Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1888, Page 5

eT ‘THR EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, % ox SALE RESTAUEANT. ‘GoOD LOCATION, and sil complete: HERRON & WE oP Ete ow. SALE_MANUBAOTUNING CANDY ESTAR: pA ‘Street. will iuyemtory & whole. uo com. qeution CRBAM TT Psi. Suht-08 Petition WHITARER & 701 " T OB SAE E40 ACEES si0UX HaLr- REED F sat " je aad Porte grid crn NORM BLER Sith Atiorsey tei a Pot tw : NELEGANT | NCE IN WESTCHE: ‘County, state of New Lork, where Property i ade fencing nore rapidly with, sixty. acree’ of she inalarin aud wit Est-cluse rea Sy. Wail uoted. and, not lows than twenty-dive fect front. For farther particulars apply to JNO. BOALES ro. NE OF THE BEST tm Ma city oa are on 1th. st, between ‘ate. iummedistely north of depth of ‘eet, or will sel the south 1OUGH & CO. 26-f,m,0. 3m 1405 Fst. WASTPD.92. 000.7 y TO EXTEND AN eatablisi cash bosiuesa Party with above apttalcau become am active or silent partuer. of will Bak thoes ‘with cost aad whe ean ‘Dasincss peed MCLACHLES ' BATCHSLDER 1 ne ar DPiNaT Securities oil te ternisted fal partiealars peal Securities Will be furhisiied £4 ghappiteation at our Ofice. OUALEY BROTHELS, TS16'F st uw. al: 3 L . AGENTS FOR Tum Rfloctcae Co" Carita, $2,000,000. Nearing 0 per cent interest, payable sexi : Sebune siways on’ baba for i. Jestora’ These nrottguges tre gusraniced UY the hove esa. jaS-Ime FOR SALE — MISCELLANEOUS SALE — ONLY TWO OF THOSE SMALL, Pincthisclet, prices 800 ana 70, reated at sa mene GaN PSARDERS & STAYMAN, m0 ee sake BW SALE —A VERY VALUABLE DIAMOND LING, ‘beantifu ly eet: reasonable toright part need the money. yeas BOX 138, Star offic” ‘OR $4 Feige ee e| fn e Dapple Gray, 16 hands: one pair ich: two very Ane Suldle Horses, . Prop., DUC. GAKGES, Mapazer ei5-2w SALE_ONE NEW CHAMBER SET MaHog- 3g forpiture. lance square mirror: al! bamdsorucly jeunesse marble new hair mattreys and wire springs. must be gol ‘thts ween: party Ieay- Rigclty: price 8100. 408 Rat mw.” oe SALE—A, SEVEN.OCTAVE PIANO.” NEW ‘make, with carved lems and in spieudid orter. rice $120: surest targa, "Addreae CLAMA SAT jarumiee aes te Fe SALE—BREWSTER BROUGHAM. 1 cellent condition. rk je and shafts Apply at PALNE'S Coach Factory, 2308 Pans} are. zs R SALE_HANDSOME SLEIGH AND BELLS QR SALE $125CO1EMBUS MADE 31DE-BAR igarly Dew, w' 7 Fobe ard wei Pe, B57 sare private fam it original cost. a3 1 ‘used ‘tr No reasonable offer refused have lost iny band, bound to sell. Room 2¥, Se. Cloud ee ae saiE—JUST ANRIVED THIRTY Sion thers wotze Bue drvught aud drivers fen To m- price Brees. pric les SCHLEGEL SQCIGLET ih tear SF G33 D st, between Och and lieteoe ele Foe ate BRADBURY PIANOS. “The awestes: toned Plaud uate” uaranteed for a Lifetime” Factory prices, ‘Easy paywence. Mare st 7 PPS, G*SMTTE 1225 Pa ave, RK SALE— ‘ALE~ PALACE ORGANS. ‘@5cash and #3 monthly buys « handsome Orean for yous br Factory prices, Jaze F. G. SMITH, 1225 Pa_ave._ ores lok 2 82: Plawoy, #95 and up. wards “Easy payiment avser PPS g swrra, 1275 Pa ave JR SALE-ENCYCLOPEDIAS. JANES PARTON, the celel sated bietorian abd biographer. says “tha: in every bouse where there ieplaced a Jot of Aprletou Cyclopedia it ix like sending the whole family tocol- lege.” This work, all the volumos, can be obtained at chee on stuall motthly payments ty addressiny Box 129, Star oifice. E Foeessee 25 EES EMONTBLY, PAYMENTS— Beautiful Stultz & Bauer Upright Pianos at rea sonable prices, ‘The Stultz & Bauer is the most elegant Cpriebt Pi- suos made for fine workmanship, tone aud durability. Semone see our Pianos toguod parties You cap save value in ox: to suit t ge, and pas Ove month’s trial free t0 $100 with us. THE PIANO EXCHANGE, 422 tb) JOR SALE_§ NECESSITY-WEBSIER'S U sbpudged Dictionary, latest, agd Wat eiition, nouthly subseription, sf standard price Fi tation address WEBSTEE, Star ofice. Ja JUR SALE—PRICES VOR THE HOLIDAYS AND en ne METER MONTES Sweet Couawue Abuelica Califor: Sema, Beery 90 Navten's Va.Clarvi’” Fort = 130 Dey Catewes (sour) Frumpt attention given to cndere vy 3 riche Large seeurtmest ‘of’ Prezch, Utter Fortage Wines und Cordials, ‘A SELIGSON'S WHOLESALE STORE. 2 felepeus 114-2 200 Fenus ave. u.\ 2 Wholesale Avent for the Celebrated 7KIMBLE 230-wéeu: Woi-kies—the purest it the market Ft Seth be SRAPER HAY Bako ats THIS jonth tn RMANICH & BACH SEPP Pi sushsly need. at cs =e ee oe " $0 SALECWE ARE PUBLISHING AT Loc FEI : Gitana, complete: fea, von Weber Invitation to the Dance’ Weber Bouiahwer March Erwins Weitzes. Ti Beller. HUGO wore 2 C0, Pubitasers, i 0. PROUGHAMS, COUPES AND ROCK- vate Use: made Uy best makers, in tad at one-half oryeinal A wagons d00 HE “OTTO” GAS ENGINE i ulres bo Luter avoile all expensive attendauce, uciling of fuel. rend for cirewlas LLAPE, Aveut 731 7thss KED BED- ‘3 Found: the best iu the country for fe promysly don rs Seuss, Flere by wall of otbe MONEY TO LOAN. AT FIVE PER C! ON AP secarity. Larwe aoante’s Tike © keiniksou. L007 F st. nw. os¥4.79 boas o8 wes Estate, 28 seus F. . Sali TH & DON, oN BEAL ESTATE SECURITY a) ONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS FR 500 UP. | oka, on Spyro ved real c#tate Wy thls e175 KO. HOLTZM. ee Corner oth anid F ate. i Monee LOMSED ON FIRST-CLASS REAL Estate security WESCOTT & WILCOX, welt tn 1007 Renusylvania ave. MoxEs TOLOSS 1X sows 19 Suit at LowEst AME rave0 04 interest on approved real estace security WEL FIOUSstos, Fas 15th at. a, ON REAL ESTATE. BONDS, notes, or other security, 13 5 auoint desired, LIPS. 141% New Vork avenue, ONRY TO Loa’ stocks, 7 1 THOS. E. w. TO LOAN OF XLAND Farms and Counirs Ves G. i. WHITE & CO. Chatles si Battsnore, Os Kew HOLLAND & THOMPSON, 1913 F st, Adjowuing Su Building, 10,000 usee 1B wis M°*=* ToLoas NS APPROVED 1° Seagra KEAL KSTATE sderate commuiseione oy delay. solo" GOW WaINS cot: Mand 19th ste ) et cE B. ame tr ate on, sorate secunty. ¥iiCl, POX & BROWS, 1427 Pooks) ivania ONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE aT LOW M Keaton, cor WASH-N DANENHOWE! S124 Soccer sor & DANENMOWEE & SOM TI1S Pat MONEY 2.hONs OS RESL ESTATE Om rausr- Uh cine securities, wt lows delay where the wcurity egoed es te §® ered G RIZED PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGE ed Sy ana treated weeny cowl icant sata Soe ILL Se, cts OLD STAND 19 THE ONLY Frace where fivet-cl.se secund- by dst reapectabl: prices or eal ae G19 D CE SERTCE, eax ATION QUESTIONS sad abeeery or Ney. ly Ever Finns Kuors That weeds must be torn upby the reote, or they will be sure to crop out again. So itis with disexses which bave thelr origin in de- pravel blood. The causeof the complaint must ‘ve removed by Ayers Sarsaparilla, oF no pesms- nent cureis possible Try it, C. W. Allen, Druseist, of Brunswick, Me. says: “Ihave never known Ayerts Sarsapariile fail to give satisfaction. In hundreds of cases within my knowledge it has proved « perfeot specific for diseases arising from impurities in the blood. I regard itasan invaluable spring medicine. i AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass, Sold by all Druswists. Price 81; six bottles, 65. WORTH 83 A BOTTLE. Tue Gescrse [urorte> CARLSBAD SPRUDEL WATER ap SPRUDEL SALT 8 NATURE'S WONDERFUL REMEDY FOR LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASES. A PERFECY CURE roR Constipation, Gout, Rheumatism, Diabetes, apd all Diseases of the Stomach. Beware of imitations. “Tthas given me better satisfection than anything whieh I have ever used."—Prof. Seegen, University of Viewna, “I have used it for years with remarkable suecess.”— Prof. Hiawazak. Write for Dr. Tobolit's lecture on Carlsbad Water wud Salt, read before the Ninth International Medical Congress, mailed free upon application. < EISNER & MENDELSON CO. Sole Agents, 6 Bar- clay st. New York. Je2an,wat Wasaaxers Tt secms a paradox that much current interest in the store should be divided between the things for mid- SUuiuer and midwinter. “Tursand Lawns, Tobogyan Sirdsaud Ginghams, Skates und Hamburg Xinuroid~ ¢rios, Overcoats aud Muslin Underwear are equally 10 fhe tind of retail buyers ‘fo meet al chews ts ‘The dress stuffs for future wear are opening in your faror, FRENCH SATEEXS They'reon hand. Not the highest cost. 31 cents s ard You weed not Know the uskers: call’ thent WAXAMAKEIS, for wecomtrol this wanket oa them. This is tue hub of the Sateen trade. You thay Ket © notion frou the fact Ubat the 70,000 yards in store to- Gey ure guly one-fourth of s siugle onder Stijer orders om both sides of te aea_ Wwateb Sogou will Snow how arent fret pee; Fifty-thi lain shades Gobelins a fonshgired ded baby bite, erpent and crm rls: ‘ts = ar a Sali vie atipes with pol a : ee rattle about styles MAY do. some good. Not sac unless it Brisa Sou to see the sulle COLORED HBNRIETTAS. Henrietta Cloth in Colors. ‘That means a woot pny ay age Co C3 warp. fore fem oo sheep difter in questivas of colur. ful bousand miles away bee you test. x Nesbow 32 colors” price, S123 « yard: SO tebes ‘There is & science and art in these stuffs. The pto- portion of the fibers is rizht. They don’t slip on the warp. You can make button-holes that but and seams that hold. “And colors’” Your eye only on ook, stieen is like silk. Intulu se eeduenteat tious cau catch the fine touch of colur shown bp ‘Order by mail anything in the store. dots: ding isis plsids, pate patterna and” double 0% tnvol Saget rns. _817-0m Dosairxs Exzornic Soar. THE BEST FAMILY SOAP IN THE WORLD, IT IS STRICTLY PURE, UNIFORM IN QUALITY. ‘The original formula for which we paid 50,000 twenty years ago has never been mcdificd oF changed an the slightest. ‘This soap is identical in quality to- day with that made twenty years aro. It contains uothing that can injure the finest fabric. It brightens colors and bleaches whites. It washes flannels and biankets as no other soap in the world does—without shrinking—ieaving them soft and Whiteand like uew. READ THIS TWICE ‘There is a great saving of thine, of labor. of soap, of fuel, and of the fabric, where Dobbins’ Electric Soap is ‘Used according to directions, One trial will demonstrate its great merit. It will pay you to make that trial. Like all best things it is extensively imitated and counterfeited. BEWARE DBETATIONS. Insist upon DOBBINS' Electric. Don't take Mag- netic. Electro-Miagie, Philadelphia Electric, or any other fraud, simply because it is cheap. ‘They will ruin clothes, and are deur at any price. Ask for DOBBINS’ ELECTKIC sed take no other. Nearly every grocer from Maine to | Mexico keeps it in stock. If your's hasn't it, be will order from bis mearest wholesale grocer. Read carefully the inside wrapper around each bar, and be careful to Follow Directions oueach outside wrapper. You Cannot Afford to wait louger before ‘Trying for Yourself thie old, reliable, and truly wou- deriui ee ee Sozovonr. A GRATEFUL ODOR, Indicative of health and purity,is copmunicated tothe mouth by the aromatio SOZODONT ‘Which makes the teeth as white and as radiant as pol- ished porcelain, sud contajus uo imgredient that is no Liguly benetical to both gums wad teeth. The Lyric and Dramatic professions are loud in their Praises of SOAP. To Parevest Pszvvoxn Use BENSON'S PLASTER. FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ETC. Endorsed by over 1 5,000 PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS. SOZODONT. For Ta Nenvovs. THE DEBILITATED. THE AGED. Medical and scientific skill has at last solved the problem of the lons-needed medicine for the Dervous, debilitated, and the aged, by combining the best nerve tonics, Celery and Coca, with otner effective remedies, which, seting geatly but efficiently on the kidneys liver and bowels, remove disease, restore strength and renew vitality. This medicine is PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND. It fills place heretofore unoccupied, and marks 8 ‘new era in the treatment of nervous troubles Over- work, anxiety. disease, lay the foundation of nervous prostration and weakness, and experieuce has shown that the usual remedies do mot mend the strain and paralysis of the nervens sytem. Recommended by professional and business men. Send for cireulars. Price @1.00. Sold by druggists. WELLS RICHARDSON & CO, Proprietors, 2 Burlington, Vt. Oce Srock Taxixe will beim soon. Annihilation of Values in Every De- partment. MEN'S OVERCOATS, SUITS, PANTALOONS AND FURNISHINGS YOUTHS’ BOYS AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHING. Chinebiila Overcoats, from $10 up. Satin-Lined Overcosts, from $13.50 up. Prince Albert Suits, from $20 up. Four-Button Cutaway Suits, from $12 up. Business Sack Suits, from 98 up. (Children’s Overeosts, from @2.50 up. Children's Suits, from $2.50 up, Pantaloons, from $2.50 up. Other Goods mot mentioned will be sold st @ sedue- iow, no matter what the former price, si C25 Pepusylvanis ave, 6 748, rare sagan 1dr foe 9d EDITION. i as \m Aged Clergyman’s Sad Fate. PROZEN TO DEATH SATURDAY NIGHT WITHIN 4 FEW RODS OF HIS HOME. Prrtsscra, Feb. 1.—A Somerset, Pa., special says: Rev. Cornelius Birkley, an aged minister of ‘the German Baptist church, was yesterday found dead in a Meld on ius farm, half-way between the country road and his house. He had been in Somer- set on Saturday, and in the evening started home on the sled or Jonn Bruner, a neighbor. His home He about 7 gules trom Somersgt and halt a lle from Bruner’s, “When he reached Bruner’s barn or. Birkiey sald he would take the near cut across the felds to his home. ‘Tue snow was very deep and the weather was intensely cold, with a heavy wind. Not reaching home a search was made, Which resulted in the finding of the lifeless bouy lying face downward in the snow. tev. Mr. Birk ley Was about seventy years of age ind was a prominent minister for many years fn the German japtist Church, ———— ‘The Prosecution of Gould and New Yor, Feb. 1—W. H. DeLancey and cthers interested in the proposed prosecution ot Messrs Gould and sage for alleged grand larceny, went into consultu.in with District Attorney Fellows Ut the Ltter's office at noon to-day. Nothing will “Ve Kaown of the conterence until late this after- noou, if then. Killed by a Fall. Batons, Feb. 1.—John Donavan, aged twenty-three, a bollermaker employed at the ‘Steelton Works, near this city, was killed to-day by falling from the roof of the stockhouse, 50 feet. RINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. ‘The pening and closing prices of tha ee Pores are ucheans sn, clesing price of mite to Corson & Mucartuey, 1419 F atrect, 4 107; se Washington stock Exchange. ¢ following changes from yesterday's quotations on tige Wantipetgu Biote Backers cre mothe tosses O's? aya, 1801, AE es ae keg End Georsetown faifroad bouds, 2 Golumyis “Heuroad’ stock 26 bid SBP Ste ated ations Union 18% bid. Columbia Tnmirane lie Hall bonds, 100 bid. Machine, "215 bid, 261. asked. 05 Did, 325 ented mac te 12K bid. 1 waked. 2 asked Weatingron "Brick ‘Secon Chesapeske and. Poto- ‘National ‘epone Co., 78 bid, 707%, asked. Washington Gaga eS hae Bid.” Waalington, Gaslight Go, 119% bia, 1205s asked. National Bank of the Kepublic, 157 bd. umbia Natioual bank. 109! 1] asked. Bank, 203 bid, 22 ip lueurenee Co. a0 bid? OU Baltimore Markets, BAL! Mp., February 1. — Vitwinia st eu 0: tensforties, 307 dy- uew tareee, BALTIMORE, Mp., February 1.—Cotton sterdy and quest middling 1u%¢ Flour i id dull Howard eet aud. western sliper, 2-3 008 i: go full 65 do. extra, tapaco intive paten Whest—soutbern.qniet and steady red, Dusit rut W7a100: western. fairly active, Fi a0. western, bid; February, o¥iga: id. Outa ste dy and dull ‘Biai]: western white, ‘onai0. rh, 13.00 gt ad ‘Steady —-Mens pork, shoulders aud elear rib sides, wuluers. /iaSie: clear rib Lard-retined, ‘ereatery. ed. Luis. five, du nid 1 Whisky, y. 1 feamier duil—cotton, Tela, Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, Int. February 1.11 a. u. ou "Chase onetied very quiet this rai remain practically uiehalued tom yew Terday"s closing quotations, but substantial eaina we Biade in provisions. Thi Se follows” Wheat, 8: pork, 14.5235; lard MRS. MACKEY’S DIVORCE SUIT. The Charges wed on the Judge’: Relations with Mrs. Witherbee. As stated in yesterday's Stax, Mrs T. J. Mackey, the wife of Judge T. J. Mackey, who has figured so. prominentiy tu the so-colled Wither! seanda!, has tiled through her counsel, Mr. J. J. Darlington, a suit for divorce. The papers in the suit’ were entered at the clerk's office. by Mr. Darlington, and at once withdrawn by him from the files, so as to prevent their pub- lication, The suit grows out of the recent scandal, and the ground on which divorce ts asked Js adultery. Mr. Darlington, Mrs. Mackey’s at- torney, declined today to give a Stax reporter aecess'to the papers orto replace them in the court fles at present, He said he did not know Where Judge Mackey ls. Judge Mackey’s doings, he said, had received considerable attention from the newspapers, and the grounds on which divorce was asked could fairly be presumed. from the facts well known to the public. By a ‘whe had seen the papers, a Stak reporter informed that they would, when pub- Uisbed, —dusappoint. those” who expected toglean from them the details ofascandal. Tue petition was short and stated barely waat was re- quired to be stated by the statute with. Out going into particulars, It charged adultery, and, as is red, mentioned the woman —with whom it is alleged the adultery was committed. ‘the bill also usks the court w ler to Mrs. Mackey the property now held in tub elty by Judge in trust for his Wile. ‘The Dil does not charge “desertion on the of Judge Mackey, as the latter's absence home bas not Hct Been loug enough to make that a legal ground for divorce. Two years’ ab- sence ts Degessary to make a case of desertion. As stated also 12 THE Stak, Mrs. Mackey began yesterday another separate suit, asking to have tue control of certain property in this city trans- from her husvand to herself. This lates to @ house on Capitol Hill which, is salt, was purchased with he s of the sale of a house in South Caro- lina belonzing to Mrs. Mackey, and which has ven heid by Judge Mackey as trustee for his wife. Judge diackey and Mrs. Witherbee, when last heard from, Was at Bismarck, Dak., but, It Was Said, were’about:to lave for Chic He first became axsociated with Mrs. Witnerbee as counsel, and went to ‘Texas with ber and afverward to Bismarck, for the purpose, it Was stated, of ring @ divorce for Mrs. With. bee from ber husband. It is charged that the re- tions of the Judge wich bis fairclient went beyona lunits usually cognized in legal practice. At Bismarck they lived together in a handsome house, and the judge introduced Mra Witherbee as his niece. ¢ an An Evening with Ben Hur. ‘The audience that filled National Rifles armory last evening to spend an evening with Ben Hur evidenced the hold the wonderful delineations of character and scene in Gen. Lew. Wallace's book have upon the public wind. Scene after scene was unfolded and realistically pictured before their eyes. ‘The entertainment was yiven under the auspices of the Ludies’ Aid Society of the Congregational church, and wasin every way a complete suc. ‘cess. tableaux which ted yome of the most interesting incidents, jn the barrative were accompanied by from manuseri by Mrs. E. kK wd, the effect ing most satisfactory. Ben Hur, who was the central in the series of life pictures was admirably represented by Charles A. Burnett. Other principal char acters wore Messala, Mr. Fishback; the three wise men, Gen. Whittlesey and Me.srs. ‘'r. F. Green and i Aman, Mrs. Ciltt; Buther, ‘Mise East. ‘wood; Ira’, Miss"Martha Biumenburg: Tirsah, ‘MisaSamson; Ben Hur's Mother, Mra Alvin M. Lo- throp; Herod, Mr. H. ; Simonides, Mr. Ey N. Hazen.” All Youngs; Idlerim, Mr. pnonzo mM NEW DISTRICT LAWs, ing the Landlord and Tenant Acts. ‘The judiciary sub-committee of the House Dig- trict committee held a meeting to-day. They de cided to report favorably to the fuil committee t¢- morrow the bill amending the law relating to Serving summesses upon delinquent tenants, #0 as to meke it lawful to hand the summons to a servant or a child above twelve yearsold,in the ab. sence of the principal, or to post the summons on the door. ‘They adopted a favorable report also upon Mr. ‘McComas’ bill to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia, These bills were approved without amendment, and will probably be acted upon favorably by the full committee, 3 ‘The insurance bill provides that no company or- antzed or Incorporated within the District of Co- Fimbia sball transact the business of insurance 1a any of its branches unless the whole capital of such company, which shall not be less than $100,000, shall’have been actually and in good faith paid up in full in cash, nor unless the com- pany shall have assets as Hereafter required, nor Unless a majority of its directors or trustees re side within the District, and the District Commis: sioners, or any two ‘have ascer tained and determined these facts upon satistac- ‘ory evidence Sled at their and shail have given the company authority to act Every insurance company doing business in this DistFict_ must transinit to the Commissioners of the District @ statement of its condition and Dusl- hess for the year euding on the ‘S1st day of December, which statement shal? be rendered on the first day of January following, or within sixty days thereafter, except that { ‘compa- ou " @ io the following first day of July, which statements must be in form and State she Ice ulars required by the blanks prescribed by tue Commissioners; and the Commissioners, or any two of them, may require at apy time statements from any company doing business within this Dis- Urlet, oF from any of its officers or agents, on such points as they may deem necessary and proper to elicit, @ full exhibit of its business and standing, all of which statements herein required must bé verified by the signatures and oaths of the presi dent or nt, with thase of the secre. tary or actuary. No company having neglected to file a statement required of i wil e time and manner prescribed shall do any business, after notification ‘by the Commissioners, or two of them, while such neglect continues; any company OF association ‘neg! to make and transmit any statement red shall forfeit one bundrea dollars for each day's neglect. Every fire-insurance company, to entitle {teelf vo the written authority by tuis act required to transact business in this District shall have as- sets equal to its abilities, including a reinsurance Teserve Hability equal to 50 per centum of pre- mums, Feoetved upon one-year risks, and an amount proportioned to the unexpired time upon all other fire risks. Every company doing an in- Jand or marine business shall bave assets equal to ee uabalties, tncluaing a reinsurance reserve lia- y e lums charg. all unexpired inland or fuarine Haka very Site imsurance company sball have assets equal to tts Mabilties, Including @ reserve ability computed upon thé basis of the American’ ex] table of mortality, and four and one-balt per centum interest. issuing any written authority to apy company to transact Dusiness in the District, the Commissioners, or & jority of them, ‘Sauisty themselves that such company has the assets above required, and shall revoke such authority whenever satisfied Ulat the assets of sald ¢ y have fallen below such requirements, aud if such company has been organized within the District, shall institute ceedings to nave the sane wound up by dite cess of law. ‘No insurance company organized or incorporated under the laws of any of tae United States of America, or of any forelgn state or coun- try, shall transact the business of fusurance in any Of its brancims within the District of Columbia until the company shall have duly constituted Some proper person domiciled in the District their agent and attoruey for the purpose of receiving for them sumionses, writs, and processes issuing outorany court having any Jurisdiction in the District.” ‘This agen’s credentials must be fled with the Commiasoners. ‘Any insurance company or nts acting tn vloiution of tais act” shall be subject. to a pene alty Of $100 for every offense, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP, SvsPENDED.—The President has approved the suspension of Jesse Lee Hall, from the oftce of ‘agent for the Indians of the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita agencies by Inspector Marcum on October 1s, 1887. A GREAT ARRAY OF Lawyers filled the office of the Cointuissioner of Patents to-day. ‘The argu- ment Was on motion tnade to reopen the old In- terierence case between Bell, McDonough, Gray and others. Col, Ingersoll, Frank Hurd ahd Mr. Koscoe Conkling were among tie legal lights pres: ent. ‘The learing will probably occupy te re- mainder of the week. Tax Tve Fortvyg left the Brooklyn Navy-Yard this morning for Norfolk. The U. S. S. Trenton assed Sandy Hook this morning bound for Val- Paraiso. THe FISHERIES CONFEREES met again at 2 to-day, CoL. LUDLOW Nor aT AssiaNep.—Gen. Duane said this afternoon that the order assigning Col, Ludlow to @ post will probably be delayed for some time. No FisHRRIgs TREATY SENT TO TUR SRNATE.—It {3 authoritatively stated at the White House and e State Departinent that no fisheries treaty has yet been sent to the Senate, clocks Tux DaMaGe TO THE ATLANTA.—Information bas Deen received at the Navy Department concerning the inspection of the Atlanta's bottom, which took place yesterday. ‘The lates Were found to be mased’ and bent’ 2 that’ the looked lukea “*battered tea kettle,” it was said, although not a single rivet had started. ‘This fact proves the good workmanship that as put into her, but it destroys Capt. Bunce’s theory that the ves: sel ran on Sand Dak. ‘The conerete coating was | shattered. “About 14 inches of one of the screw ‘blades was broken off, and Lwo of the other blades were cracked and be: It t3 not certain whether she will require a new Screw oF not. A Rumor as to Mr. and Mire, Emmons Denied.¢ A friend of Prof. Emmons who was asked to-day by a Stax reporter in regard tothe rumored recon- ciliation between the Professor and Mrs. Emmons ‘sald that he did not believe that there was any truth tn the story. “At least,” he added, he friends of Mr. Emmons are not aware that an event of this kind 1s likely to occur.” ‘The Knickerbocker Club, MR. GASSENHEIMER'S DEFENSE TO A CHARGE OP SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY. In the Criminal Court, Judge Montgomery, to- day, the case of Samuel Gassenhetmer for selling Mquor on Sunday was called, Mr. Padgett prose- cuting and Mr. C. M, Smith for the defendant. The only prosecuting witness was David Shackelford, who testified that he was invited last summer to to go into 4 room over the saloon of defendant at Otu street and Pennsylvania, avenue, Where ne, with others, drank liquor, and he understood 1 was aclub room. Mr. Gassenbelmer testified that the Knicker. bocker Club rented a room in the building. The connection he had with it was renting the room and furnishing drinks, cigars and eating, which was paid for by a toll from parties who played cards, ‘Mr. Padgett produced the record of the incor- \tion, Showing that the objects were ‘social intercourse,” and wement an “Were these objects carried out?” “Yes sir,” answered Mr. Gassenbeimer, “we have had several balls there,” and he continued, saying tuat the rent, $100, was paid by the treastirer, his brother, He Sent the liquors up on Saturdays’and did not know when it Was drank, and be gpot in his Dill op Saturdays. ‘The court instructed the jury that if the club was a bona fide organization the detendant was not responsible, DuL if it was merely & bind for {the purpose of disposing of liquors he must be con. vic ‘This question wi le @ Jon was argued by the counsel mis a Bar Open? INSTRUCTIONS TO 4 JURY IN THE CRIMINAL COURT. ‘Nicholas Thiel was charged with “sunday bar” im the Criminal Court to-day. Mr. Browning ap- peared for the defendant, A policeman testified to finding three men in the place on Sunday playing cards, The defense was that these were boarders waiting for thelr meals, were End “fnat there The court expressed that otuer Judges bad er te in & bar-room, ho sale, Without violating law provided that the bar court asked Ifa stranger should atk the of the house for his o t left in ‘he barroom, and should go in with wi be a violation of the law. “It would a the entrance behind ‘The court aitee fee als inl : 3 te 4 5 and Jessie E. Webb; ‘Drechsler Va.; Enoch ‘Lewis Waite eee ieee It is said that the Hatfelds 3 Professor the eminent botanist AT THE CAPrros. TO-DAY, District in Congress. THR PROFLE'S ELECTRIC AND CABLE RAILWAY. In the Senate to-day Mr. Hearst introduced a Dill to incorporate the People’s Electric and Cable Ratlway Co. The same dill was introduced in the House Monday, and an abstract of it was pubd- lished then in ‘Tus Stan, Government Printing Office. A RBOOLUTION PASSES THE HOUSE INCREASING THE LEAVES TO THIRTY DAYS. After a long debate the House, this afternoon, passed the bill increasing the leave of absence of employes of the Governinent Printing Office 10 thirty days per year, or at that rate for service of fractional parts of a year. Am, amendment approved, ty the committee which provided that the employes could get ext bay for working out their leave, was voted down. ‘To Prohibit Trust. PROVISIONS OF ME. RAYNER'S BILL. Representative Rayner’s bill to prevent thecrea- tion of trusts provides: Seo. 1. That it shall not be lawful for any indl- ‘viduals, bodies corporate, associations or com- panies of any sort, residing, located or transactin tu any state or territory, to enter into an’ combination or to make any contract, agreement or arrangement of any Kind or charactér, directly eeepornts, Getoctat toss Coed ga ates ations or compantes residing, located of transacting business inany other stats Or territory, by which the price of any article of merel ‘or cofimerce, or of any article in- tended for sale, use or consumption, shall be fixed at any common standard or , OF by which its price to the public shall bein aiy manner con- wed or established. Sec. It shall not be lawful for any of the rgons oF bodies mentioned in the first section of is act to make any contract or to enter into any ol lop, covenant or ent, OF y Which they shall bind themselves bot to seh oF of any article of trade, use, merchandise, ‘commerce or consumption, below a common stand: ard or figure, or by which’ they shall agree to sell such article at certain price, or by which they Shall agree, in any manner, to keep the price of sald article at 9 xed or graduated gure, or by they shall, manner, establish or set- Ue the price or auy articie Detween them, $0 as to le amonget themselves, at all times, freeand Ion, or ‘by which they shall \bine oF unite any interests they Tegultof which fa price might In any manner be affected. ‘Sec. 3. It shall not be lawful for any of the per- or bodies mentioned in the first section of this $0 combine, unite or consolidate, either directly rough the creation of trusts, Gr intervention of trustees. directors, rs, oF other fiduciary agents, any interests, franchises or property they May have for the purpose ot affecting or regulat- ing the prices of any commodities whatever that they may sell, oF for he, purpose of preventing Competition between them, and any contract not to compete with or undersell each other, at any Ume made between them, shall be unlawful. ‘Sec. 4. Any contract made in violation of any of $ Of the aforegotng sections shall be beolutely hun and ‘vold sth not entorelble eter iagee 8 Ady per ‘the officer of te . 5. ANY or icer of any cor wey cant emiarie Oa ens orate ‘afor sections, or Who shall directly or indl- Fectl¥ enter into any of the contracts therein Specified, oF become a party or privy thereto in 8 ‘any manner, shall be gulity of a raisdemeanor, shall, upon conviction in the District Court of the Uulted States within whose jurisdiction the contract is made, or upon conviction in the Dis- trict Court within whose Jurisdiction tue offending Party resides, sojourns, or lives, be flued in the ‘Sum of $1,000 or imprisoned for a period not ex- ceeding one year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of ‘the court. Sec. 6. Any purcuaser buying any article from any person or body mentioned in this act that 18 transacting business contrary to its provisions, Shall nox be liable for the price thereof, und he may at all times plead this avi ay a deiense to any Suit that may be brought against him therefor. Sec. 7. Nothing herein contained suall prevent the different assemblies and associat ons of 0 Gunized labor from passing and adopting st regulations as they may think proper in reerence to wages or the compensation for labor, or the price of any article manufactured by the meuubers Of such assembileS oF assoclutions, aud Such as- Semblies and assoctations shall retain, and there 4s hereby reserved to them all the rigits and priv- lleges now accorded to them by law, notwith- Stunulng anything herein contatned, Sec. 8. Nothing herein contained shall apply to the sale of any article of mereuandise which 18 sold entirely Within the limits of any one state or territory by individuals or corporations residing or located solely within the porders of said state or territory. Capitol Topics, A SUPERINTENDENT OF CHARITIES—PANTICULARS OF ‘THE BILL INIRODUCED TO-DAY BY SENATOR DAWES. Jn the Senate to-day Mr. Dawes tatrodueed a bill for the appotntinent of a superintennent of charities in the District. It provides tuat within thirty “days after the passage oi the act the Comuissioners shali appolut a resident of the District to be known as superinten- dent of charities and corrections, who shall hold Office for three years, and until his successor Is ap- polnted, and $ all receive a salary of $2,500. Such superintendent shali nave full power at aii Umes to exatnine into tie condition and. affairs of all Institutions and socleties of the District having for thelr opiect tue adininistretiag of charity or the punisiment of offenderswhich are: suppotied in whole or in part. by ppropiiations from the United States Treasury or by the District. It shall be the duty of the super Intendeat, at tie request of the Commissioners. to Jnquire into and report concerning the faanctal Anu otuer affairs of all such institutions, and he shall have free access to them and to all books aud Papers relating to them. ‘The officers and wana- gers of such Institutions are required to furnish ail information desired by the superintendent and neglect oF refusal to do so shail be reported to the Commissioners, Who inay thereupon suspend the Government abpropriztion for the Instvition re- fusing until the demand shall be complied w: ‘The superintendent 1s given power to issue com. Dulsory process for the uttendance of witnesses, Production of papers, &c.,in making any investi: gation. Witheases summoned shall be regular fees, and. shall be punished lor perjury. ‘The superintendent shan ascertain Whether ay of the institutions suoject to his Jurisdiction require ald from the pudlic Treas- ury, and shall annually, by September 15, re- port the result of bts investigation to the Com- missioners, ‘The superintendeut shall have direct supervision of the aisiribution of funds for out- door relief, subject to the approval of the Commissioners arid shall keep exact accounts of disbursements. For the keeping of books, ac- counts, &,, bels allowed a clerk, at $1.200 per year, to Be nted by the ‘Commissioners, Whenever, in the opinion of thesuperintendent, 1t 1g necessary or desirable to place any person or sons ii institutions under his jurisdiction @ shall So report to the Commissioners, and upon thelr approval such institutions Shall receive, and such person or persons upon such terms a3 others are received, except where tal business has otherwise been made by law. he superintendent. shail. Keep a. set of ‘books showing the names, resideuces, &., of those who receive aid from such ‘institutions and societies, and maintain such supervision as Will’ prevent fraud and imposi but he shall not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract connected with any of the fustitutions. He may appoint voluntury local visitors witnout pay, and he shall make quarterly Tepofts 1n addition to bis sunual report, “Keferred to the District committee. NOTES. ‘The friends of the Wilkins bill, to t the national banks to issue currency io the fuil face Value of their bonds, have practically abandoned the propostiton. in tre Sevate Mr. Dantel introduced a bill to appropriate $35,000 for a lighthouse at ‘Newnort News, Va. A bill recently pasced by the House to permit Assistant Secretaries of the Interior to sign letters- patent, was to-day reported favorably by Senator ‘Teller, from the comnuittee on patents. The Smead Contracts. ‘THE COMMISSIONERS REVOKE AN ORDER GIVEN BY COL. LUDLOW. ‘The Commisioners, hearing that Isaac B, Smead, of Toledo, Obio, has an order to put in grates and ‘side linings in the furnaces of thirty-six public School houses, 80 as to adapt them for the use of hard coal, have written him a letter as follows: “The Conimissioners sre advised that an order has been given to you to change the grates and side ings in tuuity-six furnaces in’ public schgol ings in this District, to adapt them for fae use of hard coal, and direct me to notify you that it you have such an order it. was tssued without the knowledge and exists without the authonty 4g eee Hf ce ch 5 Fence om roneelay ‘tne Senate awes sed to ‘The situation is explataed in the tol letter written to the Commissioners by Toi Entwisie on January 28: “I to report that, under instructions udlow, I made a report on 4 3 u ie we the ‘19, 1887, upon the Lumber of ‘Ruttan’ pted for the use Of Sort ra B fl ty fk i H i 81 a eit 8 4 tH ft LELF LERIXSON'S CHAMPI ‘The Little Woman Whe Stands up for the Norse Discoverer. ‘Miss Maria A. Brown, who 1s of small stavure, Dut sturty and energetic, 18 here, as the champtos of Lett Erikson. Brixson is the Icelander who, tt 4s claimed, discovered America im A. D. 1000. Miss Brown, if she did not discover Leff Erikson, has re- Giscovered Lim. She bas spent several years in Europe collecting testimony that has strengthened ‘her faith in her Norse hero. What she wants to ‘get now ts the testimony of records buried in the archives of the Catholic Church at Rome, which she thinks will settle Deyond Qispute the claim eat Ser Eetheee, Miss Brown has been here but ree oF four succeeded ins creat aaa eet the Geographic«! Society and others io historical and archmoiogical researches. She is ¥ivactous talker, and appeals to the patriotism Fas those whom she'aduresses, as well as to their terest in sclence and history. For she thinks the legend of “Leif — Erikson Cam | the | seas trom the lic Of Iceland to discover the land where a great repubd- Me was to be established affords a much more tePropriate initial point for our history than expedizyon of Columbus, mon- archical power, She comes with @ Congress, already numerousiy signed and ‘prominent men of various cities. “The petition represents tat it Atting teinclude a commemoration of covery of America by Leit Erikson inthe appt tng célebraticn in this city In 1e8y in honor. cre Sane coe It —— eS$ author! & thorough investigauen Fecords tn the vatican and other Roman libraries relating to the discoveries and eariy settlements made by Icelanders, and make an tion tor a woruby Icelandic celebration in 180. The celebration cont tes Bienios pare Scraate, create Teelandic Viking in which would be displayed & collection of relics from the Viking ‘Miss Brown Wil deliver a lecture or an at All Souls’ church to-morrow evening in explanation of her work. 3 tek ite i Potomac Boat Club Fair, LADIRS WHO WILL ASSIBT AT THE DIPPARENT TABLES. ‘The ladies who are interested tn the Potomac Boat Club Fair held meeting yesterday at the Riggs House, and arranged ladies Who will preside atthe tables as follows: Potomacs—Mrs, Austin Herr, chairman; Mrs. Senator Puga, Mra. Trenholm, Mrs. Hugh Thomp- ‘son, Mrs. A. W. Cochran, Mrs. Benjamin Butter- worth, Mrs. Representative J¢ Ws D, eae errata, er ee Cox. Mire... Zuppone, Miser Ads Bond, Breeain, coleman, Aiken, Cox, Henning, Moreell, Jackson, Merrit, Brandenburg and Mire. We Fuse Analostans—Mre. General Ri ‘with Mrs. Representative Outhwaite, chairman; Mra. John Hadley Doyle, Miss Kuthertord, Mise’ Wiard and ley. Columbias—Mrs, W. $, Parke, chairman; Mra. Whitcomb, Miss Whitcomb, Mra. 8. B. Sheifiey, Miss Davis, of Baltimore; Miss Marle Raum, Miss Snowden, of Pennsylvania aud Mra Z. 'T. Carpen- Old Dominions—Mrs. J, Eskin Gadsby,chairman; Mrs. J. F. Hartigan, Sirs. Dr EG. Sudemer Sirs. Gen. Wright, Mri. Colburn, Misses Binckley, MeConthe, Cogan, Orme, Duell, Colburn, Kichard- Son, Gore, Libbey, Wilkinson ahd Ridgeley. Fruits and flowers—Mrs. Representative Blanch ard, chainnan; Mrs. P. H. Harvey, Mra. G. W. Harris, Miss Clay, of Shrev Li; Miss Rea- fa, Of Texas; Sirs. Busts, Misses "Hale, Miss reston, and Miss Creighton. Crystal Spring of Bokemia—Mrs. H. D. Green, chairman; With Miss Patterson, of Alabama; MISS Twigg, aud a host of other pretty young misses. Beal Bag Board—vre. W. F. Roberts, cnalr- man; Misses Minnie ‘Clinton, Maud ” Moore, Edith Seufferle, Lusk, Smith, Roverts, Lillian and Belle Collins, ahd Mrs. Suuith, Gypsy Deil—Miss Cornella Dougherty and Miss Zappoue, queens. Ice Cream Pariors—Mrs. Seth King, chairman; with Misses Florence Coal, Minnie Bardwell, Pool, Hodges, Quig, and the Miises Ida and Gertrudé Norton. ) Bags—Mrs. Hungerford in be assisted UF a large musberot youne ladies, who will ‘The Congressional Temperance Society i Lives. To the Fditor of Tre EveNINe Stan: Your notice of last Sunday evening's temper- ance meeting leads me to say that the Congres sional Temperance Soclety still lives, and expects tocelebrate its Mfty-fifth anniversary February 26, at St. Paul's (Lutheran) chureh, ex-Gov. Ding- ley in the chair, Its venerable secretary and un- wearied innnager, Rev. Dr. Chickering, 1s still in the tleld, and would be glad of any assistance from old or new members in the work of canvassing among tue Fittieth Congress for hew members ot the wssoclatiun, Mis address is “Kendall Green,” Washingiou. JK. ee oe THOUGHT THE Pistol. Was Not Loapep.—The case of Edward Luckett, the young coiored man charged With shooUng a colored boy named John H. Turner in Jas. Campbell's eating saloon in South Washington, sever.1 days ago, Was tried in the Police Coure thts afternoon. ‘Tue defendant pleaded not gutlty, and 1 appearing that it was another case of “thought It was not loaded” tue Judze reprimanded and warned him and sus- pended sentence during good belavior, RaNok OF THe ToenMowerex.—The following Were ihe readings at the Signal Omtice to-day: 7 a. in. 34; 2p. m., 37; maximum, 37; minum, 33, aera a The Courts. Cincvir Covnt No. 1—Judge Hagner. Yesterday, Sadler agt. Beall; verdict for plain- Uf for $252, less $5. Cinevrt Count No. 2—Judge Merrick. Yesteruey, Kautman agt. District; judgment for phunuitl $800. “Parker agt. Wright;'judgunent for plainui.” Dougherty agt, Perley; rule on pigintift tw employ new counsel.” United States use of Pike agt. Hunter; judymeut under submission to court. Egurry Covxt, Judge Coz, Yesterday, Condon agt. Gray; ume tofle super- sedea> bond'extended til Febfuary 10. Richard- son agt. Tulloch; reverence to auditor, &c, In re Wm. 5. N. Smallwood, lunatic; sale of real estate by committee authorized. Harvey agt. Semmes; pro confesso agt. Wm, H. Daw granted. Frank agt. Frank; testimony before B.@. Lovejoy, ex- aminer, ordered taken, Rose agt. Cutaberland; sale decreed and Jas. Mt. Johnson appolnted trus tee to sell, CRIMINAL CouRT—Judge Montgomery. Yesterday, Jas. H. aud W. W. Speliman, Sunday var; verdict guilty. Michael “Roberta, do.; not guilty. Richard Coulehan, do.; do, Win. A.’ Enr- mantrout, do; do. Jas. Fortune, selling to minors; noile prossed. Chas, Dasenbrook, unlicensed bar; nolied prossed, ORPHaN’s CouRT—Judge Coz. Yesterday, estat~ Jno, R.Condon; petition ofexe- cution for a stavement of account 0 Ube aygitor. Estate Anna Wailsh; inventory returned, $2950. Pouice Coret—Judge Snett. Yesterday, Kose Harris, colored, profanity; $5 or Tdays. tes, ‘Smith, Gos do. Braet ‘Hunt sore derly conduct; $5 or'15 days. a Alexandria Affairs, Reported for Tur EVENING Stan. A WASHINGTONIAN INJURED.—A Washingtonian, whose name could not be ascertained, but who It is sald resides on 7th, ne. & street, ‘South Wash ington, was found y burt oo Henry st er a Alexandria, Railroad near the Washington a: depot last nicut. He was cared for by some friends and seat to Washington on the late train, Fine DEPARTMENT.—The Alexandria fire depart ment met at the Columbta: house ast night, the president in the chair. ‘The new regulations were postponed, upon the statement that they were in conflict With a new corporation code that, it was stated, would be reported to the city coun: cil and be put in operation by the 1st of July next. ive New DRAINAGE Svstex. — The regula tion of street grades in the northwestern section Of the city $0 as to allow of proper surface drain. age hag been, ever since the town spread over the plains in that section, one of the troubles of the authorities. ‘The natural diMicuities of the situa- ton bave been enhanced by the fact that the Pennsylvania system has a railway on, Fayette Street and the Danvillo syndicate @ raliway on Henry street, and that cuttings and elevations have been made ob the streets for railway pur- Floods produced suits, and suits damages, Sonte mi x obtained iD ap] jonths ago the street ‘committee riation Of $500 from council, by the as- sistance of Capt. GriMin, of the District and he, with ex-City Surveyor Newby as: hos eximined the grade and made a plat 38x103 inches with gracing tal northwest of Cameron and Colum| Uthat section either drains i ff in I ii il I i i | ana menis to the road they. cise a control of the ent ‘their subscriptions thereto, ‘Norgs.—Uuui whe if il if H iz i i ‘3 : cert ut Hd i ih ul i F | 7 Hf i i Soiree ia i D.C. WEDNESDAY,.. FEBRUARY 1, 1888-SIX -PAGES. The District Commissioners, carrying out thelr Gecision to redivide the work of administration among themselves, yesterday afternoon made the following order: “That to facilitate the dispatch of routine business the Couumissioners sball sev erally have charge of the business and oMices uf the government of the District of Columbia as follows, ‘Subject to the control and action of the Commis. stoners as a board: Alleys, sweeping and cleaaing, Ww mshouse, Georgetown, master, Webd; health oMficer, Wheatley; lemps ‘and ga& Baymond; liquor licenses, Webb; gauger ana f Of spirituc foaee: {ors and meansrers of lumber! Wheatley’ inarers eas and en ts Tor whieh ‘BO oente 1s required, president of board or acti faspececs ot plumbing, Woratey; mond: Reform school of pauper portation ley; wurveyor's office, Raymond; tel lines, H and, wlephone "service, Wi 3 water ‘Raymond; imepec: {ors “and ‘measurers” of wood, ‘house, Washington Asylum, Webb.” ‘TRE RFFECT OF THE CHANGES. The result of the redivision of duties is chiefly to (transfer of many of the branches of the oftice here. Cofore in charge of the Engineer Commissioner tothe alleys, municipal build ot plumbing, propery clerk and the hand Slouer to Mr. Webb the barbur na ‘s and the river front. As stated tn yesterday's Stax, these changes it “until at the present time burden of administration constitutes a ‘tax upon the ‘sistants.” clerk, of tue harbor, and the Work of si ing the cleaniug of’ the streets and aueys. ihe 2 matter of te proper polciog’ aud modes of tos of Sity'than of engineering. WHAT [5 SAID AT THE TREASURY. “The organization of the boardof District Com- Iissioners makes but Uttie difference with us,” ‘Said ono Of the law officers of the First Cohtrol- ler's Ofice to a Stax reporter this “be- ‘couse all of thetr acts are preseuted to us a5 from all three, but the ‘Treasurer's office, Las to deal with checks signed by the president of te board, And it fy possivie that he may question the legality of ‘tuelr drawing mouey wituout «re organization of the board. In twat case the question will probably be referred to the control- Jer for decision, and it ts beileved that he will de- cide Uat Uke idw demands that a ization be effected. The organic act of June 11, 187%, ‘Says: “aud One of said Uuree Comnilssloners suali be [chosen president ot the Doard of Comins, Sionersat tuelr first taceuing, and annually, Whenever a Vacancy sha.l occur, thereaiter.’ ‘Now Uls leaves a chauce tor’ & double con- struction of the meaning of the word ‘vacancy,’ but I think Ubat tbe controller will hold that the present change of Engineer Commis. sloners creuted a vacancy, and that ue re-election Of Lue president should have followed. The act of June 20, 1874, orgunizing the District government, Of Which the uct of 187% was amendatory, bas several sections that. Provision of the later act, were left unrepealed, Atnong them is the Uhird, wich says Usal the Kugineer Commissioner shall, “subject. to tbe geueral supervision of said board of Commis- stoners, have the control and clarge of the work of repair and impiovement of all streets, ave. hues, alleys, sewers, roads, and bridges. This, of course, prevents any eui mt OF CUrtalling OF his duties by @ redivision of the Work,” a Explanation of the Lake Mystery, THE BOTTOM RASN'T DROPPED OUT. To the Editor of Tar EvExine Stan JANCARY 81, 1886, T noticed in your issue of yesterday an article trom the Philadeiphia Press, being a “special from Cleve- land, Onio,” and headed, “Where Has the Water Gone?—serious Consequences Threatened by the Sualiowing of the Great Lakes.” The special thea has goes on to say that “frou Tue entre chain of lakes the: the surface of all the i been made that during the past year.’ “The water 1s 16 inches lower than it was a year at this Ume, and is 2 feet lower than It was last July.” ystery. Whether some immense subterranean outlet nas suddenly Deen afforded for the vast body of water, or whether the tributary streams have been affected by drouth, is a matter for sctentific men to deter ne” The idea of “some Immense subterranean out- let” to account for SSBUC tere igo iystery about this long-knowa i mo. tay'stery al 8 fact. A very full and complete article on tue very Subject appeared in the Pupular Science Monthiy for Januaryy of this year, written by Bela Hub- bard. That article gives a history of the dow and high waters of the lakes from us far back as 1707. ME sfuboard'sboms conclusveyy that the sinter: Vals between Wy Ld low au leveis) “vary. from elght to fourteen meaa being eleven yeara” “Thata riso and fail of the waters of the lakes, extending rough several years, and amounting lo an extreme 5 feet" 1s historically perature and. tne consequent ‘The Fears of ‘heavy raiutall “are always followed (with a lag of two years) by. ter levels, Aud the reverse occurs following » oft ‘upon fallis snown,” the condition of the water-level It is then further shown bya “sun-spots” running back to 1700,that the of each approximate in leagth, the m “4 nearly identical. a i The conch i i ef ‘ E i i § i : if He 5 I 2 M i Fe a rE if fl : : 4 é id § Creatine intimacy wit, Kyrie Bellew, a member of Mra Potters company» now playing in tats city, Mr. Carter ts a) nent lawyer of Chicago. — It is reported that Prince Bis:nark, in a recent Conversation, expressed the conviction that the tb- Dic peecer sulution, "ve Sewreve prolonged ‘ 1 Fred Preffer bas with for ‘Suiary—an advance, Dut not what Be MARMIRD. _SCHULTEIS—OVSTER. Om oS tane ae eebiecerty key NE, ALDEN SCHULTEIS of Vor weshingesas ain, wo ee ctcieie of this city. SSEDEN_o' On 908, ROAR Nagar arms Roetee BEOS. W.SSEDES and BEULAM EO NHAL x ener Fe van, ‘At home at street raya BLIGH, On Jannary 31,1858. 04 5 x. ‘at ter ae * eo Sangh ch ote west, on Thursby ets E ives ane trteags Fespectiully invited to = ASA Pe sae: ane 32, 1888, e812 HO e'dock | Relatives aud frauds veoeotrae ie" moots ie" ARE Ss etzaana geen 2p; se it (Park, im the Torty awe dear of ™ ier a brief ines, ce of tuberai hereafter. GAKDNER. At the. Seventecuth street w. 5 ot td, Pee ee ket tie mesence of ie uncte, No. 2001, street southeast, February , at ¥ o'elck pas KELLY Interment at Graceland, Thuredey, February? > ORIN! MAKEAU. On Wednesday, Febrvary joes. 0 21.50 &. MATTIE Ma! uf Fret. Giana CMP Meets aged tyes Dincbe aS A “Come uute me and forbid. then not, for euch Kineuom vf Heaven seadennid MAY. Ou January 3 {30 o'clock p.m. after s abort iJiness, hula the late and Coariate sm is rtp tad vv dear fatber bas left us, FPoneral from bis late residenve, 1! SE Re McGIVERN. On January 31, 1885, at 22.35 after sbort but juful dines of Grp hold poewineme, DAMIEL C. MoGIVERN, yeu yer MEE Yoneral wil piace trem resideore. funeral wi * No, 70p tort beat fuureday. * 20°08 Sint thence to Bt Rignmas elie Fequiem: tunes will be cal " sence pad ‘iendee! te lana sect invited to attend. LEC RAKEN. Pebrosry 1, 1888, SAMUEL MUIe ‘NoUce of funeral in morning papers. f MARE Wel ROM Beloved wine od hobs Neto the thirty cuguth year of ber tae. Panera irom bet late pesdante, is ves and ivi 2h, ae She he USE ‘Fhneral frou ber Inte residence ¢ 17th strest cae feenen i Coles papers please vopy ) as eas a etahveraa seat WATSON. At the Jani moe askington Memoriam. DRATW OF a® OLD crnizES. ee | Piles “tna. moot ate thie ae pape fe — 7, tovk place this: woved from it i i ey bate ta i if ae A Attn vy, w SB eit se mee Oak Harn ‘By enttuing the prices om the entire Stok of Fine (CLOTHING for Men and Boys just in halves, apd thug offer you the greatest Lencains ever shown bere. ‘The stock consists of Overcosts, Storm Coste, Tletera, Burtouts, Business Suite, Dress Suite, Full Dress ‘Suite, Odd Panteand O44 Vests for Men. Suita, Over costs and Odd Pants and Vests for Boys. ‘There never was a time here whes Clothing could be ‘bought es cheap. and it 1s pot Likely that eeeh eeheace to got fine Clothing for eo Little money will o@er ageia 2008. ‘Tt will pay to buy oven for epring-wear ot OAK HALL? Panasmzeu Sross ‘One week more of the Clearing Gale. ‘The balance of winter goods and all remmate must Cigar Bootch Woot Gloves down trom 780. sad Bbe Ledies’ Flescy Lined Buss unbleached und ealié colors, STi. Bow 2ie. ‘Men's Pur-Tep Kid Gloves ot cost and lesa ‘Men's Senitary Natural Wool Underwesr, cheap ot $1.50, now 1. ‘Ladies’ Fine Ribbed Scartet Cashmere Vesta, we 61.50, now 6L. atk actaherweas tor Ladien, Mon end Chilées, sii mathed (4 few pieces Heavy Beaver Cloths, ts biese Wwowns marked dows fom 96 to 6150 and 68 pet pe. ‘Do not miss the bargains ta Blankets and (smferes, ‘Big Barmuize In Osesimeres fer men's and buge’ west Pt sateabatmeeel Geowls ond Stet. Thy cal (G8 Then TOE ay