Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1889, Page 5

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1889 2 A Goon Isvesrwes, Health and Happiness come to all who persist. ently use Ayer's Sarsaparilla This powertul aiteeative effects in the system schange that scoms little short of miraculous, No medic‘ne “If any cue suffering from general debility, ‘Waut of appetite, depression of spirits, and las- situde, will use Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I am comf- dent a cure will result, for I Lave used it, and speak from experience. It is by far the best a Tever knew."—F. 0. Loring, Brovkton. AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Masa. Sold by all Drugwists. Price, 81; six bottles, $5. _feb20 WORTH 95 A BOTTLE. "['!® WoNDEREUL CARLSBAD SPRINGS. At the Ninth International Medical Congress, Dr. A. 1. A Toboldt, of the University of Pennsylvania, read 2 paper stating that out of thirty cases treated with the #evuine imported Powdered Carlsbad Sprudel Salt for chronic constipation, hypochondria, disease of the liv- er and kidneys, jaundice, adiposis, diabetes, dropsy from valvular heart disease, dyspepsia, catarrhal in- fiaamation of the stomach, ulcer of the stomach or spleen, children with marasmus, gout, rheumatism of the Joints, gravel, ete, twenty-six were entirely cured, threemnch improved, and one not treated long enough. Average time of treatment, four weeks. ‘The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt (powder form), is an ex; cellent Aperient Lazative and Dturetic, It clears the complexion, purifies the Blood. Wt is easily soluble, Fleasant to take and permanent inaction. The genuine product of the Carlsbad Springs is exported in round bottles, Each bottle comes in a light blue paper car- toou, and has the signature “EISNER & MENDLE- SON CO.,” sole agents, 6 Barclay street, New Yerk, ep every bottle. One bottle mailed upon receipt of One Dollar. Dr. Toboidt’s lectures mailed free upon application. aul-m,wést Sseease Carannn. ‘The distressing sneeze, sneeze, sneeze, the acrid, watery discharge from the eyes and uose, the painful inflamation extending to the throat, the swelling of the mucus lining, causing choking sensations, cough ringing noises in the head and splitting headaches— how familiar the symptoms are to thousands who suffer periodicslly from head colds or influenza, and who live in ignorance of the fact that a single applica- tion of SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE for CATARKH ‘will afford instantaneous relicf. But this treatment in cases of simple Catarrh gives Dat a faint idea of what this remedy will doin the chronic forms, where the breathing is obstructed by choking, putrid mucous accumulations, the hearing atfected, smell and taste gone, throat ulcerated, and hacking cough gradually fastening itself upon the debilitated system, Then it is that the marvellous curative power of SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE manifests itself in instantaneous and grateful relief, Cure begins from the first application. It is rapid radical, permanent, economical, safe. SANFC RADICAL CURE consists of one bottle of the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an IMPROVED INHALER; price, $1. POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston "Tf STOPS THE PAIN. Aching Muscles, Back, Hips and Sides, and all Pain, Initlamation and Weakuess relieved in ONE Minute by the CUTICURA ANTL-PAIN PLASTER. The frst ing plaster. 25 cents, ap8,11 E THE STOMACH, LIVER AND ote digestion, take one of Carter's Scot Ts (CURES COUGHS AND COLDS, SCOTT'S EMULSION RELIEVES CONSUMPTION. SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES BRONCEITIS. SBCOTT,S EMULSION WONDERFUL FLESH PRODUCER. EMULSION OF COD LIVER OIL AS PLEASANT AS MILK. SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES THROAT AFFECTIONS, SCOTT'S EMULSION bs MAKES THE WEAK STRONG. SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES SCROFULA IN ALL FORMS. SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES SKIN DISEASES, scoTT SCOTT'S EMULSION OF COD LIVER OIL WITH KYPOPHOSPHITES IS SOLD ALL OVER THE WORLD. i ALL nod CRUDE AND IMAITA- * Little E ‘ " Ger Tuc Best 4HE CUNCORD HARNESS LUTZ & BRO. 297 Penn. eve. adjoining National Hotel, Eerse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety at sery low prices, ec3 J W tice hew Bith sts ae: » A Lb Tow ER DRY GOODS DEALERS, 1316 7TH ST. N.W., N. T. Spool Cotton, 4c. per spool, or 45e. pROMPT REL zine “ in the side, guar- pation. pai rs Little n Cotton, Sc. + mot reuosuts), 10, 1734,@0 and t DOUBLE COMBINATION._ Sommuso New. LEATHEROID TRUY light im weight, GER and MORE DURABLE than Sele Leather, and at HALF THE PRICE. TOPHAM’S 231 Pa. ave. KS. Made and sold only at ‘Trunk Factory, TTTT ERE TE T FE ; T EER THE SALE OF CHOCOLATE MENIER EXCE£DS 100,000 POUNDS PER DAY. BOLD EVERYWHERE AVOID IMITATIONS. m13-eoSmA&sinap pur WASHING EDWARD L. DENT, M. E., Proprietor. The best facilities in the city for all kinds of Iron Beats, Angles, Bc. elways in stock. work done i Posps Exrnact Is USED IN THE HUUSE- HOLD oF nets PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. SUBDUES INFLAMMA- TION. CONTROLS HEM- ORRHAGES. INVALU. BLE FOR BURNS, woun InP IN SICK HEADACHE, DIZ- | 2d EDITION. Last ernst To Si THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD. Secretary Tracy Pays It a Visit, and is Received with Full Honors. Brooxtyx, N. Y., April 8.—Secretary Tracy paid his first official visit to the navy-yard here this morning. The officers, in full uniform, and the marines turned out to receive him. at that hour his carriage was driven under the main gateway. When the Secretaryalighted he was surrounded by the officers and subjected to a vigorous handsheking. The marines pre- sented arms, and at the same time the battery visit at half-past 10, and_ precisely on the Cobb dock discharged the usual ni teen puns. the usual salute to the head of the Naval department, The Secretary was shown around the yard by Cammander Francis W. Ramsay, the chief officer, attended by Commodore Walker, Capt. Miller, Lieut. Mason, Lieut.-Commander A, B. Lillie, and a number of other officers, ‘The Secretary visited the naval lyceum build- ing, the new cruiser Chicago, and in- spected the frame work of the cruiser Maine, which has been set up in the yard. The Secre- tary remained til! 1:30. Thé officers and men assembled again to witness the Secretary's departure. The Secretary subsequently ex- pressed himself as being greatly pleased at what he saw at the yard. THE ROCHESTER CAR-STRIKE. Another Route Opened To-day—More tone-throwing and Disturbances. jocuEstEeR, N. ¥., April 8.—Another route was opened up this afternoon by the street car company. There are now only two lines tied up. Twenty of the new drivers joined to strikers yesterday and 38 men arrived in the city this morning to take the place of strikers. There are now 43 cars in operation. Regularly 123 cars are run. The scenes of Saturday were repeated on Main and State streets this morning. There was throw- ing of stones, sticks and missiles at passing cars, Great excitement prevailed, age Edwin Booth Improving. New York, April 8.—The air of Gramercy park, where the Players’ club is situated, is slowly but surely improving Edwin Booth’s health, and ina few days the great tragedian will be able to go about. His condition to-day is much improved. ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The New York Stock Market. ‘The following are the opening and closing prices of the New York Stock Mark t,as reported by special wire to Corson and Macartney, 1419 F atreet. | OT 64") 64 0436! 104% YO 999 20") 20 60% i {8 1 x Mg Mich. € N.¥.Cen.. Do., west! Unioa: | Bas wo hsaccan Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 8—Cotton firm—middling, 104. Flour dui and lower. Howard street and western super, 50a 00; City” mills, firm; white, 4 quiet and_ firm April, 424a42";; May, 4204: ‘Cats, firm; southern and Pent Western White, graded No. 2, w Stas7. Hay. timothy, aiet and steady. ked, 4 mixe wo Butter, fir Isa20; best roll, 17a18; cre: dy, 10yall. Pe |. 6.20. Coffee, quic 1syals%. ‘Sugar, steady 5 copper, stead: refined 14al4i¢."’ Whisky,” steady, ghts to Liverpool per steamer, quiet . 40 cents per 100 pounds; d. kfor orde tklads. Keceipts— flour, 9,000 barrel 11.000 bushels; corn, 30,000; oats, 12,000 bushels; Shiphents—tiour, 900 barrel: corn, 80,000 bushels. Saies — Wheat, 60,000" bushels; corn, bushels. } BALTIMORE, April 8 — Virginia consols, | ten-forties, 35%, do. threes. 6: | and Ohio stock, 9a; Northern | Cincinnati, Washington do. seconds, Sla . threes, M1 yalL sa usolidated Georgia do. stock, 4554846. cago Markets. Wheat opened lower ththe May and June and Was weak during the first part of the ‘Ihe first price May ‘sa: time the fluctuations were betwee ne setin, and by 10 . July wheat is lower, 84a t steady, 354A isions, lower, May So: short ribs, 6.15. bonds, ‘APT. ARMES. | A Change in the Composition of the Court-Martial anda Postponement. A general court-martial will meet Thursday | moruing in the old offices of the Secretary of War. where the Lydecker court held its ses- js for the trial of “such persons as may be brought before it.” This meaus Captain Armes, | whowas in Virg’ osed would a special mes- The court was to have met to-morrow. bat Captain Armes’ absence rendered it nec |sary to change the date. The cap’ | back. d was at the White House to-day, | THE FIRST DETAIL OF THE COURT follows: Col. I. L Dodge, eleventh in- | fantr ; Col. E. F. Townsend, twelfth infantr: Col. John Mendenhall, second artillery, Lieut. Col. H. W. Lawton, inspector-ge D. H. Carpenter, fifth cavalry; 5 Tarubull, third urtille Capt. S.C. Kel fifty cavalry; Capt. J. R. Myrick, third arti Capt. Lewis Smith, third artil! W. Hess, third artillery € : derson, sixth cavalry; Capt. Parker, fourth cavalry; Cap Jas. third artillery; Major J. W. Clous, judge-advocate of the court. WHY A CHANGE WAS MADE. But as soon as this detail was made known comments were heard on all sides about the se- | lection of three oficers—Col Lawton, Major Carpenter. and Major Clouse. Col. Lawton was the inspector who investigated this case |ayd preferred the charges on which Capt. | Armes will be tried. Major Carpenter once | preferred charges against Capt. Armes, on which he was tried several years ago; while | Major Clous was the judge-advocate of the two | courts that tried him previously, So this morn- | ing work was begun on the detail to make the necessary changes, THE DETAIL OF THE NEW COURT is as follows: Capt. Knox, first cavalry, of Licutenant-Colonel Lawton; Capta Knower, third artillery, im place of Major Carpenter, and Major George Davis, judge-advocate, in place of Major Clous, as judge-advocate of the court. Major Davis was e-udvocate of the Lydecker court. ‘ge specifies that Capt. Armes, on the Sth of March, made an affidavit before Judge Miller that Captain Bourke, third cavalry, }bad made an assault on Armes, which Armes knew to be false and malicious, causing the false arrest of Bourke and his appearance in the Police Court: that Armes charges in place a | against Col. Gibson. third artillery, and Capt, Bourke, of drunkenness and boisterous con- duct, the ase being false and malicious to Armes knowledge, who made them with the intent of injuring the officers; that Capt.Armes caused the publication of a newspaper article over his own name calling Gibson and Bourke blackguards, and further insulted and defamed them in a letter to the Adjutant-General; and finally, that Armes made e ‘cowardly and disgraceful violent public assault upon the per- son of his exceliency, James A. Beaver, the goxernor of Pennsylvania, Capt. Armes will be tried on a charge of con- duct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, the specifications including the disturbance in ; | he paid 1 A FEW OLD BARRELS. One of the Charges Against the Intend- ant of the Asylum. OLD MATERIAL SAID TO BE SOLD AND NO RETURN MADE—HOW THE EXPLANATION OF TRE INTEND- ANT, THE RECORD AT THR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AND THE STATEMENT OF THE PURCHASERS DIFFER Mr. Stoutenburgh, the intendant of the Washington asylum, came to the District building this morning and had a long inter- view with Commissioner Wheatley, who has been making inquiries to satisfy himself whether there is any grounds for the serious charges preferred by Mr. J. J. McGuigan, late engineer at the asylum, against the manage- ment of the institution. These charges, as set forth in Tz Star, are directed against both the intendant and the matron, whose habits, it lleged, are of acharacter to unfit her to have the charge of the inmates of the alms- house, among whom are many women and children, One of the most serious allegations against Mr. Stoutenburgh, the intendant, is that he has disposed of property belonging to the Dis- trict and made no returns of the proceeds. One of the chief items coming under this head, it is stated, is that of old barrels, In the bakery at the asylum a Star reporter was informed that one hundred barrels of flour were used a month. These barrels, together with the fish, vinegar, molasses, and oil barrels used at the asylum make a considerable item, amounting, according to a Stak reporter's information, to $300 or 7400 a year. When a Stak reporter was present at the District building Friday Mr. Wheatley made some inquiry of the property clerk concerninj ing this material. The property clerk state that he had sold, in the usual manner, two tons ofold iron and junk for the asylum, and he thought material sold by Mr. Stoutenburgh, the intendant, were noted in that officers’s detailed annual report. A search through the reports of recent years, however, failed to discover the fact of such sales. Mr. Beckett, the property clerk, suggested that the barrels might be sold by the baker. MR, STOUTENBURGH'S STATEMENT, Later in the day Mr. Stoutenburgh had an in- terview with Mr, Wheatley, who seemed to be favorably impressed by the fact that Mr. Stout- enburgh, when asked abouf old property, im-’ diately made an explanation concerning the old barrels. Mr. Wheatley gave Tue Stak re- porter a brief account of the interview with Mr. Stoutenburgh, which was substantially as fol- lows: Mr. Wheatley asked Mr. Stoutenburgh about old property sold at the asylum, and Mr, Stoutenbirgh spoke at once about the barrels, saying that there were some old barrels sold and some broken up for kindling; that they were small sales, amounting to seventy-five cents ora dollar, and he made no return of them at the time, in order to save the trouble of having to get so many different papers passed and aaeorens that he did make a return of all property he sold at the end of the year, depos- iting the money with the collector, and that his accounts were all straight. WHAT THE RECORDS sHOW. The books at the collector's office show no deposits from the Washington asylum in recent years, except an item of $25.58 for vegetables sold in 1886, andan item of $24 received for the board of aninmate. The officials in the office had no recoliection of any returns other than these, A Srar reporter looked over the records of the auditor's office and found no account there of other items except those noted in the col- lector’s office. The reporter was informed in the anditor’s office that all moneys received for old material sold was received through the property clerk; that is, the sales were made by order of the property clerk and the money paid by the auctioneer to the collector; that if any property or old material was sold by any one other than the property clerk, it was in direct violation of an order by the District Commis- sioners forbidding any employe other than the property clerk to sell or dispose of District property. The auditor has no separate account of any kind with the Washington asylum for old material sold. THE MEN WHO BUY THE BARRELS, A Star reporter has investigated the matter of the sale of barrels with some interesting re- sults, There are two men who give direct tes- One is Charles Pryor, a driver for Kuhn, a Georgetown cooper. Up to ar ago Pryor purchased some of the | surplus empty barrels at the asylum, his pur- chases averaging, he says, about $3 per trip. He made, he says, two trips a month during a period of about three years. For flour barrels i ach, while for molasses and vi ar barrels his prices were, respectively, ts and 40 cents, C from 50 to 75 ceuta each, worth only about 10 cents, ‘The barrel transactions were always for sh,” said Pryor toa Star reporter. “I paid most of the money to Mr. Stoutenburgh’s son, but sometimes when he was not there I ga itto Mr. Stoutenburgh in person. I ha bought any barrels there for more than a year past. 25 al oil barreis Lrought Fish barrels were ‘THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH. Ambrose M. Gosnell is a cooper on Jefferson street, Georgetown, who has for more than three years past been a barrel-purchaser at the asylum, He has taken the business from Pryor because he paid a higher price for the barrels, his figure for flour barrels being 15 cents each, He now, he says, buys all the barrels because no one will compete with him, He makes a trip. he states, about every ten days, and each time he buys a load of about 70 barrels, paying for them at the rate of 15 cents each. He buys but few of the tight barrels, such as are used | for oil, vinegar or molasses, but when he does he pays the highest market price for them. “To whom do you pay the money?” asked the reporter. “To different ones.” was Mr. Gosnell’s: re- ply. “Sometimes to Mr. Stoutenburgh; always when he is there. If he is away then I turn it over tothe head baker,and he gives it to Stoutenburgh. Atone time paid it to the doctor when Stoutenburgh was absent. I pay | about $35 a month for the barrels.” THE ORDERS FOR LIQUOR AND LAUDANUM. Mr. Stoutenburgh, the intendant of the asylum, has made an explanation concerning the orders sent by the matron to the dispensary for liquor and laudanum, He says that when Mrs, Stoutenbough desires whisky or brandy for use in flavoring puddings or desert of any kind she sends an order to the dispensary, He denies that these articles have been used to excess either by his wife or himself. The morphine powders ordered, he said, were for his own use. taken as a remedy for nervous headache, aud Mrs. Stoutenburgh, he say: taken the same drug by order of his physician, but never y other time, THE DECORATED CHINA SET. It was stated in Tue Stax Saturday that the | bill for the decorated china set for the poor- house was disallowed by the controller. The fa °‘s that the controller called for an explana- ti * of this unusual item of expenditure, and the Commissioners returned the goods to the merchant from whom they were purchased, The story, as shown by the ords at the Treasury department. is as follows: Controller | Durham, on the 9th of December, 1886, ad- dressed a letter to the District Commissioners, calling their attention to certain items in their account for expenses of the Washington asylum, ‘These items were as follows: One doz orated dinner plates, 213; one dozen deco rated breakfast plates, $12; one dozen deco- rated tea plates, $10: one dozen decorated soup plates, $13; one dozen decorated ice cream dishes, 6; one dozen decorated butter plates, 3.50; one dozen decorated soyp tureens, $8.50; one dozen sauce dishes. decorated, $4.50; five decorated meat dishes. $2.75, #3.75, 4.50. 86, 28; half dozen cnps and saucers, ‘decorated, 316.75; four covered dishes, decorated, 218; two decorated dessert dishes, $4.50; one boat | and stand, decorated, $3; one decorated butter | dish, £2.50; one decorated salad bowl, $3.50; | two decorated comports, $6.50, and two deco- | tated pickle dishes, €2, making a total of 2151.75 for the decorated set. WHAT THE CONTROLLER WANTED TO KNOW. The controller said: “The act making the appropriation seems to give you discretionary power to expend for certain specified articles and other necessary items the sum of 888,000, The foregoing list of articles does not appear to be necessary, the prices eppear to be high, and the purchase of them an unreasonable out- lay for a public institution. You are, therefore, requested to furnish an explananion as to the necessity for these articles and the reasonable- ness of their prices, in order that this depart- ment may act understandingly in the settlement of the amount. Action upon the vouchers will be temporarily suspended to await your expla- nation. ‘TO ENTERTAIN DISTRICT OFFICIALS. The Commissioners replied that this table- ware was necessary for the purpose of prop- erly entertaining those officials of the District promet whose duty it was to inspect the ‘titution.. The Commissioners said that parade on inauguration day, the news; r | they were not in possession of any information irre cchecting ox ha comeion et r | that would enable them to determine whether officers, and the assault on Gov. Beaver in the | the prices asked for the articles were too high, lobby of the Riggs house. Groept the report mode by ~ md 4 The venerable Alexander H. H. Stuart, of | prices were At that time the intendant | Staunton, Va., bas just turned into his eighty- confined his bed by sickness, and it third year. was the Commissioners said, to furnish any satisfactory explanation as to the necessity for these articles. | Under those cir- cumstances they had concluded to require the articles to be returned to the party from whom they were purchased and to collect the pur- chase money from him, A QUESTION ABOUT WINE. Controller Durham, ‘on the 2d of September, 1887, wrote as follows to the Commissioners: “In your May, 1887, account for Washington asylum, I find in voucher 42,652, Jackson & Co., $25, the following items, viz: Oe pint Angelica wine, 75c.; one pint cooking e, 25c.; one pint sherry wine, It is sup) that this voucher is for ss ' for the intendant and his family (Webb's Digest, 27), although there is nothing on its face bs show that this isthe case. Heretofore, in some instances, items like the above for liquors have been stricken out of the vouchers for intendant’s es i before it received your approval, while in other cases such charges seem to have been approved. Will you kindly inform me whether all the items charged for in the bill referred to are for ‘necessary food’ for the intendant and his family, and whether the items for liquors are approved by you? In rendering this account in the future please indicate on the voucher for the intend- ant’s ‘necessary food’ its character, in order that I may be able to recognize it.” The Commissioners, under date of Septem- ber 17, replied as follows: “In response the Commissioners would say that it has been satisfactorily shown to them that the articles in question were used in the preparation of delicacies for weak and infirm ersons in the asylum, Wines. or other liquors, lispensed in this way do not seem to come under the provisions contained in the ordi- nance which require such articles to be fur- nished on the written orders of the physician of the asylum, because the wine in question was furnished from the private stores of the intendant. The term ‘intendant’s necessary food’ is so vague in its character that former Commissioners have endeavored to give it cer- tainty by allowing a fixed amount by way of commutation, No record of their action in this respect exists, but the amount of $25 a month seems to have been determined upon and approved by the Treasury department as proper allowance for some years.” Upon this explanation the items were finally approved. * ee ee THE NEW TREASURER. His Bond Approved, But He Will Not Take Charge Just Yet. ‘The solicitor of the Treasury to-day approved the bond of Mr. Huston, the new treasurer of the United States, in the sum of £150,000. It is very probable that Mr. Huston will not be able to take charge ofthe office until the return of Treasurer Hyatt from New York, where he will be com- pelled to remain until the count is made and the office turned over to Mr. Roberts, the successor of the late Judge McCue. He will qualify next Monday, and the count will be- gin at once, probably — occupying at least two weeks, Then Mr. Hyatt will return to this city and turn the office over to Mr. Huston. It will be necessary for the New York oftice to be counted first, owing to the fact that Judge McCue’s death left the office of assistant treasurer vacant, and Mr. Hyatt’s presence there is required while the count is in progress, HOLMAN AND BLAINE. The Representative Thinks the Secre- tary is Looking Remarkably Well. Representative Holman had a few moments chat with Mr. Blaine at the State department to-day. Judge Holman was a member of the House when Mr. Blaine was Speaker, and, aside from politics, they have always been good friends, Each has such a strongly-marked character as to attract the admiration of the other, Ir. Blaine is looking well, remarkably well,” the judge said to a Stan reporter after the interview, “I have known him for some time, as you know, andI do not recollect when he has appeared to better advantage. He was surrounded by people who were laying claim to his attention and consideration and was pressed for time, but his bear- ing was more calmly’ powerful than I have known it. He appears to be in the best of health and spi Tis eyes are bright and there is a general firmness in his gaze, his voice, his hand-grasp, and his pose that denotes vitality. He looks somuch stronger and better than when I saw him before he went to Europe, and the thing I notice is an improvement in his gencral manner, He was always courteous, and had an excellent man- ner of meeting and mingling with men, but withal there was constantly apparent that self- assertion, that aggressive will power. Now the will power is just as strong, but it does not obtrude itself in his manner. He is schooled toacalm repose of manner which is both tractive and impressive, and shows that he has gained a still more perfect knowledge of men. He is bound to remain the powerful person- ality of his par His health and intellect appear vigorous. THE MECHANICS’ LIEN LAW Construed in the General Term this Morning. A decision of interest to builders and con- tractors was rendered in the Court in General Term this morning, in the case of Chas, R. Monroe & Co. agt. Ed. J. Hannan and others, the opinion of the court being delivered by Judge Hagner. The facts of the case are sub- atantially as follows; Hannen was the owner of certain vacant lots on Capitol Hill, and in February, 1888, contracted with Wm. C. Good- win for the erection thereon of eleven brick houses. Goodwin sublet to Ward & Mockabee the brickwork. Ward & Mockabee bonght all the bricks used in the work from the well- known dealers, C. R. Monroe & Co.. and Ward & Mockabee failing to pay for the bricks Mon- roe & Co. filed a lien against the houses for balance due them, some $1,100. In January, 1889, a decree was passed by the Equity Court in their favor, for #1,050. From this decree Hannan appealed, The General Term this morn- ing reversed the judgment of the Equity Court, and decided that persons furnishing materials to the sub-contractors are not entitled to liens under the law. They must look for their pay to the sub-contractors themselves, But all per- sons dealing with the principal contractor, whether material men, journeymen, laborers, or sub-contractors, may have their liens, In the future when a lot owner wishes to improve his property he will be able to form some idea in advance as to where his liability for labor and materials will. end. Monroe & Co. were represented by Messrs. Hoban & Wheeler and Hannan by Mr. Sam'l Maddox. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. BUILDING PERMITS were issued to-day as follows: R. W. Tyler, three brick dwellings, 1751 to 1755 N street northwest; 20,000. C, V. Trott, two brick dwellings, 1112 and 1104 P street northwest; 10,000, Joseph Prather, one brick dwelling, 1324 Wallach place; $3, Cc. F. Cost, one frame dwelling, 7th-street road; $500. Thos. Donaghue, one brick dwelling, 1302 North Cap- itol street: $1,500. Thomas Tucker, one brick private stable rear of 323 12th street southwest; 3800, Mr. Wilson, one brick private stable rear of 607 Ist street southwest; 8350. LOOKING AT THE TRACKS. The Commissioners this afternoon, with Captain Symons visited South Washington and inspected the railroad tracks about which there has been so much talk. SCHOOL SITES, Building Tnypector Entwisle to-day reported favorably on the school site recently selected by the Commissioners at the corner of 10th and G streets northeast. It is understood that the site on P street, between 3ist and 32d streets, recently selected by the Commissioners for a public school, has been purchased by the residents on that street. ganas OT The Four-Mile Run Disaster. TWO OF THE INJURED SUE THE RAILROAD COMPA- NIES FOR $10,000 DAMAGES EAcH. In Circuit Court, Division No. 1, to-day, be- fore Chief Justice Bingham, the cases of Thos, W. Jones agt. the Pennsylvania, the Virginia Midland, the Alexandria and -Fredericksburg and other railroads, and Charles T, Stewart agt. the same, was taken up for trial. These cases are each bt $10,000 dam- collision ought to recover for injuries received in the Four Mile run between fre Midland road and a passeng ok in February, The plaintiffs were postal clerks and were badly injured. Moors. W. A. Cook and C, Cole appeared for the plaintiffs, Mr. T: Gen. Payne, H. H. Wells, Mr. L. Kent an others appear for the defendant companies. ———__— Duncanson at public seipround rontng aren fea uM street and 159 feet on Ist northeast to O. B. Pearson for 43 cents per foot. mandy sb St, aware 1 by foot oP ‘ea ae cast THE PRESIDENT’S DAY OFF. Only Three Senatorial Callers on “‘Busi- ness.”” OHIO MEN FAIL TO AGREE ON A CANDIDATE FOR SIXTH AUDITOR—THE POSITION OF CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY SOUGHT FOR—MAJOR ARMES CALLS, BUT FAILS TO SEE THE PRESIDENT. The White House was desolate to-day. Sena- tor Spooner was not there. nor was Senator His- cock. The former was alsoabsent on Saturday, but the vile weather was regarded as the cause of his non-appearance. To-day, however, there was no such excuse, and the vigorous and brainy Wisconsin Senator had remained away from the President for two successive working days has caused no little comment, while several of the habitues and the employes have seriously indulged in the fear that he is indisposed. Senator Cul- lom, too, has been absent for several days, but, as he is known to be in Illinois, he was not ex- pected at the White House. Monday is TRE PRESIDENTS QUIET DAY. Visitors, with the exception of a privileged few, are excluded from the library, and have to pour their longings and information into Secretary Halford’s ear. Up to and| including last Monday there were | a number of daring legislators of high Fe, Hed who insisted on seeing the President in defiance of the rule which had been promul- gated and prominently displayed. They have iscovered that it does not pay to commit any such trespass, so now they obey the rule and curb their impatience from 4 p. m. on Saturday until 10 a. m. on Tuesday. But three persons—all Senators—broke in on the President’s work this morning. For nearly an hour Mr. Harrison had been sifting the wheat from the chaff in an examina- | tion of applications and indorsements—an i teresting novelty in the way of a “paper- chase”—when Senator Morrill called and was at once admitted. TWO OHIO MEN AFTER THE SIXTH AUDITORSHIP. He did not stay very long, and just as he was going out he met Senator Sherman coming in, The Ohioan had an object. He wants State Senator Colter appointed sixth auditor of the ‘Treasury, and thinks his man should get it, not only because the place will be vacated by a Buckeye democrat—MecConville—but_be- cause he is being backed by John Sherman, There is, however, a difti- culty in the way. Another Ohio man is making an active canvass for the place—a gentleman named Moynahan—wxose support is derived rincipally from Representatives McKinley and Butterworth. This lack of harmony in Ohio had, it was said, made the President decide to drop both of the candidates and give the place to Judge Crowell, of Minnesota, who was sixth auditor before the Cleveland administration. WANTS TO BE CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, Senator Sherman was also interested im the case of Richard C. Parsons, an ex-congressman and at one time marshal of the United States Supreme Court.: Mr. Parsons | wants to be controller of — the currency, and Senator Sherman does not see any reason why he should not be. Secretary Windom was said to be favorably inclined to- ward Mr. Parsons, but the President has, for some reason, delayed action. ‘The Senator asked for a speedy and favorable decision, HIS THIRD AND LAST CALLER was Senator Voorhees, and he had quite a lengthy chat with his old political antag- onist but brother Hoosier. The Presi- dent knows Indiana so well that he will not need the advice which “The Tall Syeamore of the W: h” would be willing to give him, but it is understood that both Voor- hees and Turpie will be consulted as to one or two local appointments which will be important to them. HANDSHAKING IN THE EAST ROOM, Punctually at 1 o’clock the President went down to the east room, and there he met about 150 strangers, who shook his hand and smiled at him. CAPT, ARMES CALLS. Secretary Halford saw quite a number of anxious office-seekers during the day, and he also gave an audience to Major Armes, who wants to converse with the President about the causes which have led up to his being sum- moned to appear before a court-martial. Judge Jere A, Wilson also called. PRESIDENTIAL MERCY. Representative Peters to-day won his case and secured a full pardon for his constituent, Woods, Senator Plumb’s client, Henry W. Miller, who was to have been hungon the 19th inst., has been respited until June 21. | Other cases acted upon were those of W. QO. Harper, Wood Harper and Daniel Wiley, convicted of conspiracy and violation of the internal revenue laws of Tennessee, and sentenced July 26, 1883, to imprisonment in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, for two years each, had their sen-| tences commuted to one year each. John W. Thomasson, of Kentucky, convicted of violation of the internal-revenue laws and sentenced at February term, 1589, to sixty days in and €100 tine, had his fine remitted. Malachi Allen, of Arkansas, convicted of mur- | der and sentenced on February 5, 1889, to be banged on the 19th of April, 1889, will be hanged. for the President denies the applica- tion for commutation of the sentence. C, R. Taylor, of Virginia, convicted of breaking into | a post-office and stealing a letter therefrom, | was sentenced June 22, 1858, to one year's im- prisonment in Albany penitentiary, and must serve his term out. THE PRESIDENT'S HOLIDAY TRIP. The President seems to be the only one who knows anything about the holiday which he had arranged to take, and he is not saying any- thing about it. The probabilities are that when he gets ready to go he will not give the public any warning, but will simply leave in as unostentatious a manner as possible. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. REPRESENTATIVE RaNnDAut is confined to his house by an attack of gout, but is not serious! ill, Tue State or Wisc ferred from the military east to the department ¢ Cart. Beecher Disaissep.—The Secretary | of the Treasury has directed the dismissal of | Capt, Herbert Beecher, a son of the late Henry Ward Beecher, special agent at Port Townsend, W.T. Conscience StrickeN, Bur SENsitive.—The Secretary of the Treasury has received a con- science contribution of $4 from an unknown source, The sender requested that the post- mark on the envelope be not make public. Tue Court or Crarms to-day dismissed the petition in the case of Collings, executor of the estate of Wm. Sullivan, a claim for extra compensation under the eight-hour law as a watchman atthe United States mint. The court also dismissed the claim of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad company for compensa- tion under a former nail contract, bas been trans- department of the | Dakota. Wa. C. Rives, of Albermarle county, Va., son of the late Hon. Wm. C. Rives, of Virginia, died suddenly yesterd Isrernay Revexve APporsrweyts. — The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Geo. W. Wilson, of Hamilton, Ohio, to be deputy commissioner of internal revenue, to succeed Mr. Henderson, and H. C. Rogers, of Pennsyl- vania, to be chief clerk of the bureau. Mr. Rogers was formerly deputy commissioner. Cot. Sworv’s Prosaste Posrriox.—It is stated at the Treasury that the appointment of Col. H. L. Swords as inspector of furniture of the department will probably be made soon. Col. Swords was the secretary of the inaugural committee and the sergeant-at-arms of the na- tional republican committee during the cam- aNe™ ——_—_.____ Anwy Onpers.—Second Lieut. Chas. L. Beck- wits, sixth in‘antry, has been ordered to remain atthe Leavenworth school until July 1, when he will join his company. Leave of absence for four months been A LEGAL HOLIDAY. Banks Can Close on the 30th and Notes Will Go to Protest the Day Before. There has been some question whether the 80th of April, the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, will be a holiday in legal sense, The law declaring the 30th of April. 1889, a holiday, was enacted in the last section of the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government, This section declares ‘‘that in order that the centen- nial anniversary of the inauguration of the first President of the United States, George Wash ington, may be duly commemorated, Tuesday, the thirtieth day of April, Anno Domino eight- @en hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby de- clared to be a national holiday throughout the United States.” Under the law, as the President has set aside the 30th of April as a day of thanksgiving, it becomes a legal holiday. The law declaring what days shall be legal holidays is section 293 of the Revised Statutes for the District, which reads as follows: “The following days, namely: of January, commoniy ‘called New Yes the fourth day of July; the 25th day of DI cember, commonly called Christmas day; and any appointed or recommended by the President of the United States as a day of pub- i t or thanksgiving. shall be holidays the District, and shall for all purposes of presenting for payment or acceptance, for and protest, and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of ex- change, bank-checks, and promissory notes, or other negotiable or commercial paper, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; and all notes, drafts, checks or other commercial paper f ing due or maturing on either of said holidays shall be deemed as having matured on the day previous.” Since the enactment of this law in 1870, the 22d of February, Washington's birth- day, the 30th of May, Decoration day,and the 4th of March every four years, inauguration 2 have been added to the list of public boli- ays, —— Mrs. Russell Harrison Sick. THE UNBEALTHY CONDITION OF THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TO BE THE CAUSE. Mr. Russeil Harrison has returned from New York and will remain at the White House for a few days. He said this afternoon that Mrs, Russell Har- rison was quite sick, and that her indisposition was due to the sewer gas and the overflowing draughts with which the White House abounds. Rotten Telephone Poles. THEY GIVE WAY BEFORE THE STORM, BUT COULDN'T HAVE STOOD LONG ANYWAY. Along Water street extends a District line of telephone wires connecting the several police patrol-boxes with the various precincts. The poles bearing these wires were mostly blown down, They should have been removed some time ago, for it was found to-day that they were rotten to the heart and dangerous to pedestrians, There are several of the poles still standing which should be removed at once, as they endanger the lives of people who have to pass them, Sage A Discrepancy. To the Editor of Tue Evew~ixne Star. In the notice of the April snow storm” in Tue Sran of Saturday it is stated that the records of the signal office show that Washing- ton was exempt from April snows in 1874. Re- ferring to my diary of that year I find this entry: Wednesday, April o'clock by sleet and snow dows, 30. Thermomet ground o 1 and snow sweeping in sheets through the old cherry trees in full bloom, Strange! Blossoms and snow! ‘All up’ now with fruit. * * * Snow ceases near 10. About 3 inches. Sun swecps off the snow like jew. A newspaper slip in the diary indicates that this storm extended from Boston to Satannah and was very severe, yet the fruit suffered but little. E West Enp, Va., April 8. 1899, Se The Parnell Fund. THE HANDSOME CONTRIBUTION OF *THE T. HEALY BRANCH. At the regular monthly meeting of the T. M. Healy branch, L N. L., held last even- ing, several new members were elected. The following letter was received from the treasurer (Rev. Chas. O'Reilly, D. D. Your welcome letter of the 17th ult., containing a check for #500 is at hand. The amount has been placed inthe Parnell defense fund from the T. M. : nch as proceeds of meeting, February This is a handsome result of your efforts and a material recognition from tizens pf your city of the righteous influ- ce of the Irish cause. That right will prevail more forcibly illustrated than in the lownfall of the infamous Times’ ™M. ———-__ Tur Potomac Fisurrirs.—Owing to the high winds the water on the lower Potomac has been very rough during the past two or three days, and at several of the fishing shores work has been suspended until Thursday. Many of the hands emploved down the river returned home yesterday. Fishermen expericnced some trou- ble this season in getting sufficient hands to work the shores, and several prisoners were taken from the work-house who consented to go down the river for the season. Last week the arrivals were as follows: 540.800 herring, 27,350 shad. 3,952 bunches of fish, 4 carp, 2 black bass, 5,288 tailors, and 6.600 bushels of oysters. This isa large increase over the ar- rivals for the previous week. ee Tue Saxps Witt Case Decrpep.—In Circuit Court, Division 2, Chief Justice Bingham, the Sands will case was decided Saturday by a verdict of the jury sustaining the will. The deceased, who was the father of Mrs. J. D. Croissant and Mrs. E, 8. Davis, of this city. sold his possessions in Iowa some years ago end came to this city and invested the proceeds of his western property. In the fall of 1884 he made a will leaving most of his property toa son residing in Kansas, He died in 1885, and his daughters here filed a will dated subse- quently to that above mentioned, in which, it is alleged, he gave most of his estate to his daughters, and named J. D. Croissant executor. ‘The son contested this last will, alleging undue influence, and the case went to the Circuit Court on issues. Messrs, W. A. Cook and Jere. Wilson appeared for the propounders of the will, and Messrs. Hazzleton for the caveators, ae A Boy Saootrne Case.—Yesterday afternoon, near Sligo, Henry Holby. a colored boy. shot another colored boy, named Thomas Fields, Holby escaped, and_is supposed to have come to this city. Sheriff White sent word to the officers of the eighth precinct last night con- cerning the alleged attempted murder, to- gether with a descrip ion of Holby, and he re- quested his arrest. No particulars of the trou- ble could be ascertained. pee The National Zoological Park. From Forest and Stream. As the commission created by the act of Con- gress establishing the zoological park approach the task of selecting the most desirable site, and securing it at a reasonable price, they find that it is by no means an easy one. Already there are marked indications that the various owners of the ground which constitutes the site proposed by Senator Beck and Prof. Langley are determined to force prices a@ to the highest possible figure, regardless of the real value of the land or the interests of the public. Iv is true that Congress authorizes and direc’ that condemnation proceedings be had in case it should prove impossible to purchase the Es | necessary land at private sale; but even by that method property-owners generally to obtain alverdict of ‘values. much higher than the market value of the ey Me Fortunately, however, Commissioners have a wide area to select from, and there are at least three fine sitesavailable. It is greatly the city shall be obtained i it be” poeebier ci ol ible. Prof. ley has expressed an earnest to provide a park which shall NOT HERE YET. President Hewett Still Dickering with the Boston Players. reuun oupectel thet Poesiiont Rowett woul return Boston to-day accompanied not arrive, however, and it is presumed that he met with more difficulty them he expected in securing the serv- ices of those much desired players. But the Washidgton president has shown so much enterprise in the matter that it is safe to pre- dict that be will not return without either the players or their contracts. From Boston dispatches it jis learned that Wise wants €3,000, but as he is classified for but for €2,250 it cannot be ex) that he will get an addition. With Morrill it is differ- ent. He is classed as a €2.500 player and e: ‘tsan addition as manager. This Walter lewett intends to give. but it is doubtful it he i to the figures announced, which is said to be $2,500 in addition to his salary asa player. At the conference Saturday evening Mr. Hewett made certain propositions to M end the latter said he would think’ over the matter. Morrill afterward said that he considered Mr. Hewett a perfect gentleman, “but it's worth good money to go to Washing- ton and bring the team out wend, end lam out for myself now, you know.” Mrs. Callan Wins Her Case. 4 PROMISSORY NOTE GIVEN BY A MARRIED WOMAN FOR HER HUSBAND'S INDEBTEDNESS 18 VOID, The Court in General Term this morning, by Justice James, gave their opinion in the case of Mrs. Jas, N. Callan against Rawlings post of the Grand Army of the Republic (cross bill in the case of Elliott against Callan), reversing the decree passed by Chief Justice Bingham. The case, as made out by Mrs. Callan through her counsel, Frank T. Browning, is as follows: In 1883 Rawlins post claimed that there was an in- debtedness due the post by her late husband, and she was induced to give her note, secured by a deed of trust upon her house, to secure the alleged indebtedness, 1n 1885 the p iy was advertised by the trustee, George H: for sale, the note not having been paid. Mra. Callan, by her said counsel, at once filed a bill asking for an injunction to the sale, claiming that the husband did not owe the Rost, and that when the trust was executed her hus- band was very ill, having just been stricken with paralysis, and that she was induced through threats of bringing dings against her husband to sign said deed of trust, It was also claimed by her counsel that the note was void, being a married woman's note for a husband's debt, and that the note being void, the deed of trust was void also. The case came on for final hearing before Justice Bing- bam last falland he diemiased Mrs. Callan's bill. From that decree Mr. Browning appealed, In the meantime Mr. Holmes, the trustee, sold the Louse under the deed of trust and instituted Proceedings to get possession of the house, which have been delayed by Mr. Browning until he could get his appeal case heard, The Court in General Term heard the appeal about two weeks ago, and this morning rendered their opinion, reversing the decree below and sus- taining Mrs. Callan’s bill, she thereby savii Bm | her house. The court sustained Proposition insisted upon by Mr. Browning that the note being given by a married woman for the husband's alleged indebtedness was void, and therefore the trust securing the same was also void, ee In the case of Mary A. A. Lindsley agt. Cle¥e- land Lindsley, in which the complainant was granted a divorce June 17, 1887, the it has filed a petition asking to be allowed to see his child, which he has not seen since last April. Chris, Ebersold, who was reported mi from No. 1209 C street last week, oar home Saturday night, + Work on the tower of the Church of the Covenant recommenced this morning and will be continued until the structure is complete, and soreness of the lungs or throat, are usually overcome by Da. Jarne’s EXPECTORANT, @ sure curative for colds. 2 VAN REUTH—MURPHY. at eget by the Rev. Father McGuirk, AbOueH Secu Jk, tOMARY A. MUKPHA, of Baltimore. ‘Ne candae ss DIED. CUSTER. At Rbeineck, Canton land. on March 21, 1880, HENBY cts Taae pn Of this city. DOUGLAS, On Saturday, April 6, 1889, MARI ‘uneral from the eburc ception Tuesday, April ¥, at 9 o'clock. No flowers, DOUGHERTY. On Sunday, April 7, otlock, EDWARD: beloved inch ee eee Dougherty, native of Tipperary, 2 forty-sixth year of lus age. Funeral from his late residence, 731 street Dorthwest, on Wednesday, April'10, ‘at 8: o'clock. equiem Mass at St. Stephen's yurch. 7 tauily are cifully idson, iu the twenty-first year Go home my friends, shed I must lie down til Christ Short was my Lume, loug be mny rest: i hen . God took me wl <r it ro 3am take place at ber Porrciets | — own, luesday, April 1889, at 10:30 Td na a ELLIS, a April 1889. at 10 SAKAH ELIZABEL iTTs Saag 2 Chace aed Do tears; Funeral will street GLASCO. On Sunday, April 7, ANNIE A- beloved daughter, of Glasce, twenty-two months and the residence of place from 23d street northwest, st 3 —— hee booms GIESY. On April 5, 1889, at 5 GUE PRA en & lokam urch of the Funeral will take place from the Ci Eyiphany, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday, JOHNSON, TM. JOHNSON departed this April 3, 18h@, after a long and painful illvess, = Funeral will take place from fis iste 217 Eighth street northwest, Duesday, April 9,at 11 KIDDER. On April 8, 1889, Dr. JEROME HENRY KIDDER, jate surgeon United States navy, in the forty-seveuth year of bis age. ? RIVES. Died suddenly April 7, 1889, WILLIAM cK. of A’bemarle county, Va., son of late Hou. Wm. C. Kives, of Virginia, SLEDGE, Sunday evening, April 7, 1889, at 6:30 glock, JOHN LEE SLEDGE: aged twenty-eight years ve mouths. Funeral. trun bis ists rondenee, 1083 17th n.w,, on Tuesday Lext, April § at 40'clock. ‘alitiiende are invited. nd LILA tama “numer of” Gbatlos ‘Funeral private, THORNTON. On il 6, 1889, of cerebro spinal meningitia, BARC “PHOLNTOS, nacd hereon care. **Puueral will take place from his iste 735 Mutations ee ae TRUNNEL. In D.C. CPOE Je MEET ASA AAR aes Qh paintul illuess, ninety years aud Bve . ‘Rest, weary dove. methane git Pears Soar. Pury Sour, Pears Sour. Far War Foo Bucet (Curaz Comruexoxn 0 Sort H[eacrerct Sem The Great Eugiteh Con.plemon Soap— PEARS’ SOAP.” BULD EVERYWHERE (Beware of Licications* Carrvzex Car FOR PITCHER’S CasTOR &

Other pages from this issue: