Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1889, Page 5

Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggisia. Price $1; six bottles $5. Bee Tx JOHANN HFOFF'S MALT EXTRACT is the BEST NUTRITIVE TONIO WE TH BEVERAGE PALATABLE HEAL’ for Impared Digestion, Dyspepsia, Couvalescence ‘Weak Children, and General Debility. WHAT PROF. TT: Sut bymarkea found Yo pase the tly. 2. The Solving apimal by Beware of imitations ture of “Johann Hof" op others are w: JOHANN Hi , Berlin fice, § Barclay st. a, th&s puBsess SUFFERING FROM SICK HEADACHE, ness, pauses, constipation. pain in the side, are Bee toy one vial of Carter's Lite Liver Pills. 919 Ps Ave. JULY 15, 1889. WE STILL CONTINUE THE SACRIFICE SALE OF OUR STOCK OF FINE DRY GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 100 PIECES OF CHINA SILKS, PLAIN, OF ALL COLORS; ALSO FIGURES; ALL MARKED VERY CHEAP. 50 PIECES OF BLACK LACE AND LACE NET- TING, ALL OF GOOD QUALITY, PRICES VERY LOW 50 PIECES OF FRENCH SATINE AT OUR USUAL LOW PRICE OF 20c. PER YARD. 25 PIECES PLAIN WHITE GOODS OF GOOD QUALITY, AWFULLY CHEAP AT 12340. 100 PIECES OF GINGHAMS, ALL KINDS AND QUALITIES. THE STYLES ARE GOOD PRICES, VERY LOW. 10 FINE FRENCH SATINE ROBES, ALL WE HAVE LEFT, FRICE $6.50. 25 DOZEN GENTS’ SILK 4 HOSE, ONLY 50CENTS PER PAIR, THE GREATEST BARGAIN OF THE Day. 150 GENTS’ NEGLIGE SHIRTS OF ALLSTYLES AND DESIGNS. ALL KINDS OF FINE DRESS GOODS, SUCH AS ARE USUALLY FOUND IN A FIRST-CLASS STORE, WE OFFER AT VERY LOW PRICES. WE MUST REDUCE THE STOCK AND A CALL WILL CONVINCE YOU OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT. : CUSTOMERS OWING RLLS WILL PLEASE CALL AND MAKE SETILEMENT. STORE OPEN TILL ¢ O'CLOCK TILL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL @ODS MARKED IN PLAIN BIGURES. ONEPRICE. WM. SHUSTER & SONS wis 919 PENN. AVE, N.W. 2d EDITION. Last aaa To Si THE LEWIS BROTHER’S FAILURE. Surprise on the Announcement in Phil- adelphia. Purtapetrata, July 25.—Surprise was occa- sioned in business circles this morning by the announcement that the firm of Lewis Brothers & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers, Chestnut street, above 2d, had made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors, While the exact amount cannot as Psd certained it is ht the liabiliti firm will sum up nearly $4,000,000. The firm is one of the largest in its line of business in the city, and perhaps in the coun- try. It has houses in many of the larger cities of the United States, notably New York, Chi- cago, Baltimore, and Boston. the members of the firm resident in this pes are George W. Wharton, Joseph W. Lewis and Henry wis. Mr. Wharton when seen this morning promptly admitted the authenti- city of the rumor that his firm haa made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors. Cornelius W. Bliss of the New York of Bliss, Fabyan & Co., he stated, was the assig- nee. “Tam unable,” continued Mr. Wharton, “to — the amount of our liabilities; however, I ‘eel convinced that they will be not much in excess of our assets. “Of course it is irapossible to determine these things until an examination of the books has been made. We are now going over our books and will probably know more definitely to- night how and where we stand. “If we could have had only two or threo more days I am sure we would havefpeen able to tide over,our ditliculties, but the blow fell just at the worst time and our only course was to make an assignment, and this we did this morning. For some time past our business a have never been brighter, but you ow you can’t market ‘paper.’ ” An Assignment Filed. New York, July 25.—The assignment of Lewis Bros. was filed in the county clerk’s office here this afternoon. Cornelius N. Bliss is made assignee. The assignment was executed in Philadelphia, —_—.____ Father Delles Elected to the Reichstag. Beau, July 25.—Father Delles, a Catholic and a member of the protester party, has been elected a member of the German reichstag for , to take the place of Herr Antoine, who relinquished his seat and returned to France. > A Big Fire in Rochester. Rocuester, N. Y., July 25.—At 9a. m. to-day smoke was noticed issuing from the four-story building at Nos. 70 and 72 Mill street, occupied by the spring-bed manufactory of Buckford Bros. and Black, Meyer & Co., wholesale clothiers. An alarm was immediately sent in and the fire department were soon on hand. The flames were extinguished after about an hour and ahalf of hard work. The loss to Bickford Bros. cannot yet be estimated, but will be several thousand dollars. ‘The loss is more by water than fire. Black, Meyer & Co.’s stock is badly damaged by water, also the building. The losses in either case are not fully covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is not known. ‘The em- ployes of the spring-bed factory say there was no fire in their = of the building. There were several hand extinguishers in the build- ing, but they did not work. The loss will prob- ably amount to 27,000. bo an Sa Minister Loring Presents His Credentials Lisson, July 25.—Mr. Loring, the new Amer- ican minister, to-day proceeded to Cintra, where the king is sojourning, and presented his credentials to his majes a A Consul’s Son Arrested. Erxestox, Ont., July 25.—A son of Marshall H. Twitchell, U.S. consul here, was arrested to- day on the charge of being the masked burg- lar who entered the residence of Mrs. Martin lastnight. He isa mere boy, and up to the present time bore a good character. He is said to beinsane. be as- of the poe aes FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The New York Stock Market. ihe following sre she opent clostz proces of the New York Stock Market, rte; ‘speci Wire to Corson and Macartuey, 1410 stroct. MEN WI! LE, COLORLESS FACES, WHO 2 bodily vigor using Carter's Little Liver Pi Ne FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1889. ‘SEW MACKEREL NEW MACKEREL!! N ELPEONZO YONGS COMPANY are always first J sasonable supplies. world can be more palatable for bt mornings than NEW MACKEREL? bem—-ast received to-day—not large, but AT AM JUICY, and positively new fish— ason’s cath. Don’t eat old Mackerel when you <E\ which are always much sweeter and finer favored. In all probabfity there is not a genuine NEW Mack- erel in Washingon to-day outside of our store, except the few that w have already sold, What in al Dreskfast :LPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, 425 NINTH STREET. P. S.—Don"forget that we are still making a “run” on FLOUE ad are offering bargains in that line. wld EY. Gazar Crosrxe Suz or DEY GOODS AND NOTIONS. On sndafter July 5 we will begin a great Closing of ow Entire Stock. We have had built for usa No. 1508 7th street, two doors north of our + tore, and expect to move about August 15, drathr than move our present stock we offer all Goods s cost. $20,000 worth of Dry Goods to be sold bet wees July 5 and August 15. (Couseaud secure your bargains, 8. D. BURCH, 1504 HO SUFFER FROM should use Carter's Lit- re made oxpressly for sleepless, ery ufferers. Price 25 cents, Now Is Tux Tus ‘To have your Furnace cleaned, your Range re- Faired, your Tin Roof painted and repaired. ‘We do ail these things to your satisfaction, HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, 424 9th st, ‘Who also make the open fire-placeand its ar- Ustic treatment a special study. my25 Ger Tux Bust. THE CONCORD HARNESS, LUTZ & BRO, 407 Penn. ave:, adjoining National Hotel ‘Trunks and Satchels of best makes at low prices, aplz Sore 'PECIAL ‘RIVES. Pcs, Dart Nevte.Ge: worth te. mae Bisck Hosiery one Uren for vaier eultr fuarated for Ladiosand eer Battcan ail size iotcellont quality, 40. 0den, (fast colors), Se. a yard. Dr. Warner's brigliton Corseta, 50c. Dr. Warner's Coraline Corsets, 79¢. ‘Fruit of the Loom 4-4 Muslin, Sige. a yard. WM. C. VIERBUCHEN, 1602 7th st. nw. my13-3m__—-10 7th st. n.e. (formerly Castells). Tus Fisesr MEAT-FLAVORING STOCR, LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT, USE IT FOR SOUPS, SIGNATURE IN BLUE INK ‘Across Label. Hold by Storekecpers, Grocers, and Druggtsta 8 i 3 a a ag Sry oceees 7 Dr. Siegert & Sous ak a Washington Stock Exchange. Following are today’s quotations at close of regular call: Government bonds—U.S. 44, registered, 106% bid, 107% asked. U. S. 4s, 1801, coupon, 106: bid, 107% asked. S. 48, registered. 1. "12834" asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, bid, 1283 ask District of Columbia bonds—Per imp. 6s, 1891, coin, 105 bid. Per imp. 7s, rency, 107 bid, Market stocks, 7s, "1892, currency, 108 bid. 20-year fund, 6s, 182, coin, 105% bid. 20-year fund, 5 p. coin, 111” bid.” Water stock, 7s, rency, 130 bid. 0-year fund, 6s, 1902, coin, 123 Did. ter stocks, 1903, currency, 132 24 bid. ic Light bonds «8. Electric Light bonds Washington and George- oad, 10-40 6s, 10634 bid, 1083¢ asked. Ma- Associat . 1598, "110 “bia. ington Market company Ist mortgage, 120 bid. Washington ‘Light Infantry’ frst mortgage bonds, 65, 1904, 102 bid. ington Light Infantry bonds, 24 7s, 1904, Washington Gaslight Company bonds, series A, 6s, 122 vid, 126 asked. “Washington Gas: light Company bonds, series B. 6s, 124 bid. National Bank stocks — Bi y ton, 400 bid. Bank of Republi Metropolitan, 250 b Central, ed. ‘Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 20 bid. Columbia, 143 bid. chs—Washington and Georgetown, 255 asked. Metropolitan, 140 asked. Columbia, 50 bid. Capitol and North O street, 40 bid. Insurance stocks—Firemen’s, 403 bid, 46 asked. Frankiiu, 42 bid. National’ Union, 19% bid, 21 ask Arlington, 170 bid. Corcoran, 65 bid. Columbia, 15 bid, 16 asked. German- American, 180’bid. Potomac, 92 bid. Riggs, 8% bid. National Typographic, 35 bid, 46 asked: Mergenthaler, 25 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stock-Washington Gas, 435; bid, 443 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. jeumatic Gun Carriage, lig bid, 1 Telephone Stocks — Pennsylvania, asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 8514 bid, 80 asked. American Graphophone ' Company, 2475 bid, 2534 asked. a lisceliancous Stocks—Washington Market Com- 68, pany, 16 pid. Washington Brick Machine Company, 275 ‘bid. Great Falls Ice Com- pany, 160 bid. Bull Kun Panorama, 25 did, 28 asked. Real Estate Title Insuranc 124 bid. Columbia Title Insurance Compan: 6 bia. National Safe Deposit Company, 273 peal Sn ae ome Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 25.—Cotton dull — middling, Flour very dul. _Wheat—southern, firm; ping grades bigher; Fultz, S0aS8; Longberry, S2a80; No. 2, 873: steamer, 854; western. weak; No, 2 wintor red spot, 854; July, 864: August, Meelis: ugust, 43433 %42 eo very steacy grades easy—south Si western firm—prime to choice mothy, 14.56*15.00, Provisions dU. Butter dull teady— A soft, 9, copper. 1k. ‘Liverpool barrels; wheat. 8C,000 bushels; corn, % els; oats, 15,000 eames. Seipeesnt—tonz, 3,000 barrels: whea’ bushels; corn, bush- cls. Sales—wheat, 233,000 bushels; corn, 3,000 bushels, BALSIMORE, July 25. — Virginia consols, 37 ten-forties, 35 bid; do. threes. 673468; Balkimsre and Onl stock, bo =n L. aT iG: more 3 da seconds, 49 a 50%: do, rees, 2340245; consolidated gas bonds, 112% Tita do. etock, 45%. re RAINY MORNING IN CAMP, Depressing Effect of the Drizzle, BUT THE BOYS ARE LEARNING. And Perfecting Themselves in the Details of Military Duty. VISITORS FAVORABLY IMPRESSED. Baaxou Orrice Evexrxa Stan, Camp Onpwar, Fort Wasuinctox, Mp., July 25, 1889, OURING DOWN! Rain, rain, rain. Itcom- menced last night shortly after “taps” sounded and drizzled in a very dispiriting manner for two or three hours. Then it came down more steadily and with greater force and correspondingly in- creased degree of dis- comport, The camp awoke at reveille, but it was less noisy, less active than it has been at the same time on previous days. Gray dawn showed a few open tents, before which paced a weary lot of sentinels, whose principal protection inst the excessive moisture was @ rubber bignket apiece. Phe road from the wharf was a couple of inches deep in mud, and as soon as traffic com- menced in the company streets the inner camp grounds were but little better. The utmost good humor prevailed although the men saw nothing before them but a day under wet canvas, ‘There was an odd-looking column when the regiments were formed for breakfast and the march down to the mess sheds was more than ordinarily silent. The weather was not calcu- lated to make men hilarious, BREAKFAST WITHOUT COFFEE. Breakfast was something of a disappoint- ment, for there was no coffee. When the range on which the coffee-boiler is was set in place it was given for a foundation but one course of brick. Through this the intense heat speedily penetrated and as a _ result a ae flooring was set on fire. This first occurrred yesterday, but it was tem- orarily doctored up. This moi ig the con- lagration was more serious, and as a result the meal was served without coffee. When it be- came understood as to how the menu had been shortened nobody growled; it was one of those things that could hardly be foreseen. Assistant Quartermaster Gencral Parmenter came forward soon after breakfast with a substitute system, which will be put into ration if the range is not ready for use this afternoon, His proposition was one which only an old soldier would have thought of. To- night there will be coffee galore if it has to be boiled in camp-kettles, over camp-fires, DRILLS OFF FOR THE DAY, BUT SHOOTING GOES ON. Toward noon the rain stopped, but the clouds threatened to renew their showery proceed- ings, so it became generally understood that drill of any and all descriptions was off for the day. Inspector James Bell, however, insisted on rifle practice, and he had a number of squads down at the range as soon as the rain ceased to fall. The first, fourth and fifth battalions have had their “go” at the target and this afternoon orders are out for the seventh and eighth to go down to the wharf and show the inspector what they know about prac- tical work with the Springfields. ‘The shooting, so far has been of a very low grade indeed, and there are many theories as to the whyfore. The range -is 200 yards, and the scores have been so universally w round that they will not be made publi Kost of the riflemen biame the target. A rifle- man always does that when his shooting is poor. Acting Inspector of Rifle Practice Bell said this morning that the principle upon which the Ullman electric target was made was all right, but that the construction of the one in use at the fort was somewhat faulty. The scores would naturally, he said, be lower than on the regulation target because when a shot struck on the line between 3 and 4 and the greater force of the missile fell on late 3 the indicator would mark 3. Inder the old system the marksman would have been allowed four. The target will be thoroughly tested—every man in camp having a few chances at it—and the general impres- sion seems to be that when properly constructed it will be adopted by the government, SATISFACTORY RESULTS OF THE ENCAMPMENT. That camp life has been beneficial to the Dis trict militia in at least a military sense is no longer a question for discussion. When the troops arrived but few of them realized what was before them. The first battalion of the first regiment and the veteran company of the third battalion were tolerably well posted, but the great majority were en- tirely green, Three days at Camp Ordwa have demonstrated very clearly that the mil- itiamen were anxious to learn the art of war so far as it could be taught under the present cir- cumstances. Acommanding officer thinks he has accomplished a great deal when his men show a willingness to receive instruction, but when the soldiers display an anxiety to learn then he has a command to be proud of. The voluntary manner in which everything is done surprises not a few of the observing visitors, They see privates and non-commissioned officers who are in very many instances the social equals and perhaps superiors of the officers #a- lute as promptly and as properly as would a regular soldier. Everything moves like clock- work and an hour's walk through the encamp- ment will hardly reveal a single “‘kicker.” HOW VISITORS WERE IMPRESSED. To visitors the camp is really a wonder—a revelation. When the last Congress expired, after giving the militia a status but no appro- priation, some few pessimists predicted the de- crease of the District national guard as soon as summer came. If the organization had been commanded by some other officer than Gen. Ordway that dismal _ pre- diction might ‘have become _ true, but the general is, why—the general. He saw at once the danger that threatened.and although many of his military friends thought it would be better to postpone the camp until there was an appropriation to pay for it, he came to what seems to be the wiser conclusion and decided to have the camp. It was absolutely necessary. To have gone through the summer without such a demonstration would be to hold the guard in suspense for a whole year and in that time it would undoubtedly lose ground. The camp had to be, even, as the general himself expressed it, “if it took the shirt off my back.” IN LOVE WITH THE CAMP, Measured by the men’s own standard, the camp is perfectly satisfactory. Men who came down to stay but three days havo voluntarily, joyfully declared it to be their intention to stay until the flag comes down on Monday morning. They are in love with the camp and. have developed an open affection for Gen. Ordway. For this con- dition of affairs the general himself is to blame. When reveille sounds he mounts his horse and rides through the camp to the fort and there he remains until both regiments have eaten breakfast. His vision seems to know no limit and the most minute details are watched over with a caref-Iness and assiduity that are realiv wonderful. When the men know that the genseal sees to it that they are properly fed before he breaks bis own fast they cannot _ liking and admiring him. At din- ner time it is the sams; the general leaves the parade ground as toon as the dress parade is dismissed, drops his belts, sword and gloves. and rides down to the fort again. He cannot help being popular. WHISTLE SIGNALS FOR SXIRMISH DRILLS area decided success, As Gen. Ordway says: ‘Bugles or drums require trained musicians, Awhistle can be blown by any one, can be heard at a distance and bid; Northern Cen- Cincinnati, Washington and Bairi- | Heutenant col return trip on the Law were told that the Mary Washington would honor the tickets and take the remainder of the crowd home. Wh Washington, was at the gangway when the plank was thrown ashore and he promptly refused to honor any of the tickets presented to him. He wanted 25 cents a head from every one of those whose immediate objective point was the city of Wash- ington. There was nothing else to do but pay 80 the tired crowd went down into its pockets and handed out the fare demanded. en the cash had been pretty well cleaned out Mr. Randall allowed those who either could not or would not oy eas come on board, taking uj their George Law tickets. The air was phurous, THE POST DISPENSARY was a popular place with the young lady visit- ors yesterday evening. They leaned on the counter and smiled at the hospital stewards, drank the distilled ice water, which is “for | Loe medicinal pi a pene made — selves so very agreeable they are respec fully invited to call Each of the fair ones was presented with a bottle of “jigger” mixture as a souvenir, To-night quinine cap- sules will go with every glass of water. “WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WATERMELON?” was the loudly-expressed inquiry repeatedly fired at the three men who were carrying a very fine specimen of a melon up to Gen. Ordway’s headquarters tent last night, but the bearers wouldn't say a word. The gen- eral was very much delighted with the gift and ha laced on ice. The staff consumed it at lunch to-day. There was no truth in the rumor that the colored troops for- sook the camp to backtrack the three men in order that they might find the patch. CAMP NOTES. A light battery detachment, consisting of Milton E. King, Del. Cox and J. H.* Griffith, was sent down to Senator Evart’s place last night with orders to bring back a quantity of ars, After the detachment ate it coul it returned to camp with about a busbel an a half of green fruit. The it surgeon, an hour later, treated the detachment for a very rapid weestyy nar of incipient cholera, jorporal G. A. Leach of company B, fourth battalion, is doing duty in the office of Assistant Quartermaster General Parmenter. The cor- poral is an M. D. and a gentleman. A case of apoplexy in camp could be treated according to Hoyle, for there are three leeches on the reservation—Surgeon Hamilton E. Leach, Lieut. D. Olin Leach, commanding the ambu- lance company, and Corporal Leach, Tue Star was in great demand last night. ‘Ten minutes after dress parade was over every copy of the paper on the reservation was in hands which refused to loose their grip upon it. Everybody wants Tne Star down here, and no one thinks of buying any other er until it is absolutely impossible to get e news as embodied in a copy of Tue Star. The cavalry camp is in first-class condition and rainy weather is just what the horsemen needed to stir them up. They have never been accustomed to parading in fine weather. The troop misses Sergeant Major Rennie very much, He went away last night after staying with the boys up to the last possible moment, The troopers unite in praising him to the skies. Before he left the sergeant major said he had enjoyed himself very much, and had become xo attached to the troop that he felt like erying when he said good-bye. ‘The guard of the light battery fared elegantly last night. Privates Shannon and Zeller went over to River View and there met the Misses Bailey of Capitol Hill. The young ladies were so touched by the ghost stories which the boys told them about the hard fare that they sent them back inside the lines with a feast of fried chicken and fruit. Great times that guard had, When the light battery goes down to the wharf side to wash up its guns it would be more in keeping with the laws of decency if the men would not take off all their clothing. The sensibilities of a number of ladies have been shocked by the nudity exhibited, and something ought to be, and probably will be, done to prevent its repetition. A number of lady visitors, friends and rela- tives of staff-officers, were treated last night to a ride in the ambulance. The ground was de- cidedly rough and the experience of the inside [pester must have been similar to that of lorace Greeley when Hank Monk requested him to keep his seat, It was a night of ests last night. The veterans, the old war-time soldiers—company A, third battalion, was on guard duty, and they kept folks awake by their continuous and effective challenging’ Capt. Thomson told his men to be vigilant but they did not need any warning. They knew what it was to stand sentry. What they didn’t capture was hardly worth catching. “Their list of prisoners included such brilliant officers as Capt. John Miller, Capt. Durant and Capt. Beagle and twenty-four non-commissioned oi cers and pivates, Some of the parti arrested lost their temper and some were badly frightened, but the majority of them took the matter philosophically and in good part. A number of the militiamen expected to get away from tho “vets,” but their attempts were futile. Once, when a challenged man attempted to skip out, the sentinel—an old white whiskered man—thought he was once more on the Rappahannock, and he brought his piece up to his shoulder as though he was going to fire. That stopped the fugitive. Gen, Ordway this morning appointed Geo. H. Harries, Taz Star’s representative at Camp Ordway, brigade staff sergeant. pat oeccnilhe i ort SUPREME BENCH VACANCY. Attorney General Miller’s Chances of Appointment Good. Ithascome to be very generally expected among the United States Senators that they will be called upon when Congress meets to confirm Attorney General Miller as an associate justice on the supreme bench. Many efforts have been made to get the President to cast his eye in other directions for a man for this place, but itappears as if these efforts had been en- tirely unsucceseful. The sentiment in Indiana in favor of Judge Ward of that state for the place, is sai caused Mr. Harrison to waver in his determina- tion in favor of Miller, but it is believed that he has fully decided now to send Mr. Miller’s name to the Senate, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Decurxes a Coxsutsmir.—Emmons Clark, ex-colonel of the famous Seventh Regiment, New York national guard, has declined the ap- pointment as consul to Hav: Commopore Watxer, chief of navigation, has gone to Newport to superintend the tarn- ing trials of the new cruisers by the board of which he is president. The Boston will be tested first, after which the Yorktown will be run, On his Secretany Wixpom has returned to Wash- ington from New York and was at the Treasury department a . COMPROMISING A FELONY. That is the Charge Against Policeman Block Sworn to by Mr. Lowenstein. ASENSATIONAL SEQUEL TO THE SEATON SILVER ROBBERY—SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF THE PAWN- ‘BROKER WHO WAS CONVICTED OF RECEIVING THE STOLEN PROPERTY—WHAT THE ACCUSED SAYS. An affidavit was filed in the Police Court this sets forth that the said Sigmund J. Block, on the 17th June, 1889, made complaint in the Police Court charging a person designated “Frank Brainard” with feloniously taking and carrying away one silver vase of the value of $100, and one silver tea pot of the value of $20, and “of the goods and chattels of one Malcolm Seaton;” that when the said Block made the said complaint as aforesaid against Brainard he well knew that the person charged with the crime of grand larceny not Frank Brainard, but one Frank Mon- roe, and that the name “Frank a” was a fictitious one, adopted with the knowledge of Block for the purpose ver pee ie personality and identity of the said Monroe and for the purpose of aid- ing and i onan gee pag ae On the 22d of Jane Bloc appeared in the Po- lice Court and made com) aay against him, Loewenstein, with folonlously receiving the here. boon batare, thon ehaten, Potne Shatamts ve fore then si had Frank yoke ade which Block ard, alias Frank Monroe, with stealing. Ferdinand Loewenstein was bound over therein to answer the said complaint as made against him by Block and to appear in the Criminal Court to answer. June 5, 1889, an indictment was found against wenstein,on which he was tried for receiving stolen property. anda verdict of guilty ren- dered on the 12th of July, from which an ap- peal has been taken to the General Term, ‘THE IMPUTED MOTIVE. It ie further stated that at no time was it the intention of Block to prosecute Brainard alias Frank Monroe, but governed by malignant motives and _ ame ye considerations, it was his intention to have Loewenstein pursued for the alleged crime with which he was charged and convicted, and to secure and bring about the release and escape of Frank Monroe from the charge of grand larceny made against him on the 17th of June; that from the time of the making of the said charge of receiving stolen goods agains: this complainant until the rendition of the verdict on the 12th of July, Block was engaged in carr: out his scheme, lans and purposes for the safety and escape of ank Monroe, and, accordingly, on the 11th of ent after Monroe had been, in accordance with the wishes and recommendations of Block, called and used as a witness on the trial of said indictment against Lowenstein, without wait- ing for the verdict of the jury he applied to the court and had the charge against Monroe nolle prossed by the assistant district attorney, and thereupon applied for and obtained from the wy pew! marshal of the United States an order for the release of Monroe from jail, in which he had been incarcerated, and upon obtaining the said order he placed it in the hands of an agent acting for him for the purpose of having the said Frank Brainard released from jail, which was accordingly done. Monroe was brought from the jail to the police headquarters and detained there under the control of Block until the evening of the 11th of July, when Block conducted him (Monroe) to the depot of the Baltimore and ‘otemac railroad and purchased tickets for Monroe to New York and for himself and others, and conducted Monroe to New York, OFF FOR NICARAGUA. That after their arrival Block purchased for Frank Monroe a ticket on the steamer Hondo, bound for Greytown, Nicaragua, and furnished him with money and placed him on the 12th instant thereon, and in this manner connived at and assisted Monroe to go at large without any effort or attempt whatever to secure an in- vestigation of the crime charged against him, and encouraged, aided and assisted him in leaving the United States for the — of escaping an investigation of the charge, and pate eee it impossible to try him at any ‘time or have any subsequent proceedings for an in- vestigation of said crime, and to enable him to entirely escape the ends of justice. The complaint further says that at and after the charge of grand larceny was made on the 17th of Jane against Monroe it was not the de- sign of Block to have Monroe prosecuted and indicted for said crime, but to have him used ag a witness in charges he subsequently made against the complainant for the alleged re- ceiving of stolen goods. and that in pursuance of said purpose no effort was made by the said Block to furnish the Police Court oz the U. 8. district attorney any facts, information orstate- ments to enable Monroe to be held for the grand jury, and that Block failed to give known facts sud conmantaecwense al suspicion in his posses, sion and within his knowledge to the assistant attorney or to the judge or any other proper erson that would have tended to have estab- ished directly the guilt of Brainard or Monroe, the fact being well known to said Sigmund J. Block that the said Frank Brainard alias Mon- Toe was guilty of the larceny of the property. WHO MONROE Is. It is stated that Monroe was a regular and habitual thief, and that on the 16th of June Block had information and knowledge that other property had been stolen by him, and that if certain of his relatives, among them Malcolm Seaton and other persons well known to Block had been called as witnesses or their attendance secured as such and properly ex- amined in relation to the larceny of the said property complained of, testimony showing the larceny of said property ane of could have been obtained. as well as from other persons, The complainant states that he could also have testified as to the identity of the said Frank Brainard as the person from whom he obtained the said vase, claiming it to be his own, and that he had a right to dispose of it, and that by proper efforts a disclosure of the existing facts known to the said Sigmund J. Block, and the facts which he well knew couid easily have been obtained, and there would have been no difficulty in holding him on the charge of grand larceny. WHO FURNISHED THE MONEY? But all these mattersand things were, in ac- cordance with the plans and schemes, hidden and concealed from the Police Court and its proper Officer and assistant district attorney and sup- pressed by Block, and that in so doing he was co-operating with the said Malcolm Seaton in carrying out tho plans as mentioned; and that he received and obtained money and compensation so as to enable him, without expense to himself, to protect the said Frank Brainard from the charge and to enable him to go at large; and that the money which he used in enabling him in carry- ing Monroe out of the District, in placing him on the said steamer Hondo’ for Greytown, Nicaragua, and in purchasing and providing him with a ticket as a — thereon, was furnished in part, if not entirely. to Block by Malcolm Seaton for the expréss purpose of having the said Block remove Monroe out of the jurisdiction of said court, and to enable him to defeat and escape the ends of justice. COMPOUNDING A FELONY. It is charged that Block “compounded a felony and was guilty of misprison, and violated the provisions of section 431 of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to the District of Columbia, under the title of ‘com- promise, felony, &c.,’ and the crime and offense set forth therein, being section 431 of the said Revised Statutes. and and violated and set at nought his duties as a member of the mang Block? being at the time of, the daisy |. Block, ime of each and all of aad unlacrfal acts hereinfore mentioned and complained of a member of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia, nat § detailed as a detective and engaged as a oceding $500 of imprisonment not exceeding two years. WEAT TRE OFFiczn sivs. Mr. Block gays he does not care for a war- rant, for whatever was done in the case was by the district attorney; that he did not know that Brainard bad any other name, and that his skirts aro clear of any wronz doing. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. For some time past it has been claimed that THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Should Any Portion of its Cost be ‘Charged to the District? ‘THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS THINK NOT—CON- GRESS DID NOT 80 EXACT—THE PARK ‘STRICTLY A NATIONAL, WoT 4 LOCAL ENTERPRISE—THE QUESTION REFERRED TO THE FIRST CONTROLLER. ‘The Commissioners to-day submitted the fol- lowing letter to the first controller: “The Commissioners im the appointment of school teachers in the | making colared schools the colored graduates have been ignored and others given the positions. This gave rise to a great deal of talk, aiid ex- The matter was talked over at the meeting of the school board, but was not settled. Mr. Smith again called the matter to the attention of the Commissioners and requested that it be given immediate consideration. The whole question seemed to rest upon no’ or e skal Soni ane than normal eehool graduates was illegal. To satisfy themselves Upon this point the Commissioners submitted the matter to Attorney Riddle. ATTORNEY RIDDLE'S OPINION, In his report upon the case to-day he says: “We have examined with care the subsequent legislation of the District legislature, also of and find no act repealing, modify- pe the proviso at the end of the third section of of June 23, 1878, which ay pionte the question involved as 1 under- a ” ORDER OF THE COMMTSSIONERS, The Commissioners, acting upon the above, issued the following order: “That graduates of the normal school of this District must have preference in all cases when appointments of teachers for the public schools oth iret surplus of the graduat “That in case of a as tes of former year being unemployed at the gradu- ation of the next succeeding year the gradu- ates of the late year have the preference, and 80 on under this rale. “Teachers heretofore employed in violation of the rule prescribed by the legislative act above cited should not be re-employed during the present year unless all of the normal school availables have been exhausted.” DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. PROTESTING AGAINST & COBBLE STONE PAVEMENT. The Commissioners this morning received the following petition from the property own- ersonF street southwest: We, the under- signed rty owners on F street southwest, between 7th and Water streets, respectfully protest inst the repairing of said street with cobble stones. We mach prefer you to save the moncy and allow the strect to remain as it is than to make a permanent cobble-stone roadway. In lieu of the expense attached to this repair work we ask that you either stop the work immediately and give us the oppor- tunity to appeal to Congress for an asphalt pavement, else repair one square at « time with concrete by using the cobble stones as a base for the concrete. F street from ist to 4!¢ streets has granite blocks; 4}g to 7th has con- crete; Gand H streets has concrete; from 3d to Water stone; F street is built up solid from 7th to Water. Two former petitions have been sent to your office. In conclusion we ask if you will not coucrete one square ata time under the repair fund, something that can be done, and something that has been done, that you ‘include this street in the next year's | (1891) estimates, asking an immediate order to stop the cobble stone work. —— Knew the Plates Were Not There. Chief Bell of the secret service ‘says he did not expect to get the counterfciter’s plates on which the money was printed, when he made the arrest of Wilson Driggs at Dayton, 0. “We know,” he sayg, ‘‘that the plates are not within 800 miles of the place. We were acting under instructions from Assistant Secretary Bachelor to prevent any of the new issue getting in cit culation, and that is what we did, by capturing all the money.” aE The Mt. Pleasant Tennis Tournament. The lawn tennis tournament at Mount Pleas- ant is still in progress. The play Tuesday evening resulted as follows: Lewis beat Delano 6-1, 6-2; Davis beat E. K. Sturtevant 6-4, 6-2; C. L. Sturtevant beat Pattison 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. On Wednesday evening C. L. Sturtevant beat Lewis 6-3, 6-4, and to-morrow evening the finals will be played between Davis and C, L. Sturtevant. Seer! ae Contract for Steel Plates Awarded. The Secretary of the Navy has awarded the contract for furnishing 428 tons of steel plates for the armored battle-ship Maine to the Linden steel company of Pitts- burg for $34,753.60. The bid of Car- negie, Phipps & Co. was lower per ton than that of the Linden company, but they bid for a ton of 2,000 pounds, whereas the others offered a ton of 2,240 pounds, which made a consider- able difference in the total amount, A Husband’s Suit for Divorce. Bobert M. Lockwood, by J. J. Wilmarth and C, Storrs, to-day filed a bill against Etta Lockwood for a divorce. They were married July 6, 1878, and since September, 1888, he states he has not dared to occupy the same room with her or eat food prepared by her on account of fear of harm from her. that in February, without provocation, she. at the club house, 1708 H street, where he is em- ployed, dashed a glass of water in his face and attacked him with a coal shovel, and on the same day attacked him with a water pitcher, disabling nim for some days and compelling him to leave his work, &c. ——___ Real Estate Matters. Surgeon General Hamilton of the marine hospital service has disposed of his residence, No. 9 B street northwest, for $9,500 to Mrs. Annie T. Longshaw. The sale was effected through the firm of Hutchins & Bulkley. Adeline M. Noble et al. have bought for $90,000 of James M. Johnstone, sub lots 28 to 32 and sub 2, square 163, tronting 155 feet on Connecticut avenue, between K and L streets, known as the Casino property. Willard 8. Richardson bought for 24,150 of H. E. Williams, sub 3, square 237. 18x100 feet on T, between 18th and 14th streets northwest. —_—_ Electric Lights in North Washington. The Commissioners have under consideration a proposal from the Electric heat and power company of the United States to light certain streets in that portion of the city embraced north of K street to Boundary and running as far east as Ist street with incandescent lights of 25-candle power per light at 18 per annum per light, using the lamp posts now upon the streets. In doing this they pro) to con- form in every res to the specifications pared by the engineer department of the trict for ing such i follon inion of the assistant at- istrict, I recommend that the contract be entered into with the Electric heat and power company of the United States for - public lighting of streets hereafter to designated = the Commissioners with- in the area de: So ueapent at te com- pany dated June 19, 1889, in accordance with their proposals and the specifications He charges | and appropriates €200,000 therefor. missioners desire to be informed whether, in your opinion, any portion of this 8ppropriation is chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia. In their judgment it was not the intention of Congress to place any portion of | this burden upon the taxpayers of the District, The appropriation contains no requirement of _— el my wend on the contrary, has every evidence ing an independent provision, having no relation to the tunicipal edmints. tration of the District, The clause in which it is contained comes under the head of ‘water department,’ the appropriations for which are required ‘to be paid wholly from the revenues of the water be held that the perk appropriation i gore » held that the appropriation is gov- erned by the a dae tn Ge cone. pristion law, which prescribes that ‘one- lf of tne following sums named re- spectively shall be appropriated out of the istrict revenues.’ If this were so, that clause would control the entire bill, and all the water department appropriations would also be chargeable in equal parts to the United Btates —— ~ revenues of the District, “Neither can it be reasonably presumed that Congress intended to purchase ‘this park wholly vpartment, out of the revenues of the water with which it has no conceivable connection. “The object of the ‘k, as stated in the bill, is the O pereeaay of science and the instruc- tion and recreation of the people. Nothing pears in the bill to show that tae ‘District fe bo specially interested in the advancement of science that a park under the control of the United States should be established at expense for that purpose. The Smithsonian | institute, the Agricultural and other depart- ments have that object in view, but no part of their expenses is charged to the District gov- ernment, Therefore, itis evident that the ad- Vaucement of science referred to in the lawunder consideration is the improvement in national education, and the fachities provided are not to be restricted to the few persons perma- nently located in this Dsitrict. The instruc- tion and recreation of the people evidently means all the people of the Union who may de- sire to visit the capital for the advantages it offers in these respects, “Furthermore, the fourth clause of the seo- tion referred to provides that the land pur- chased shall be held for public use without re- | stricting such use to the District or giving the District officers any part in controlling it, The intention to give it a national character is further indicated by the requirement that payment for it shall be approved by the Presi- dent of the United States; that the Unitea the property so ac- — and that the survey should be made by nited States oflicers, “The only possible color for a claim that Congress intended any part of the expenses of this park to be borne he District is that derivable from the fact that the appropriation occurs in the District appropriation bill. But this the Commissioners hold is not suffi- cient to justify the imposition of sucha burden upon the District revenues, The most plausi- ¢ inference seems to the Commissioners to be that the park was inserted im the District During the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day deaths were reported to the health office as follows: R. Minnie Eckardt, white, 26 years; | John A. Greason, white, 37 years; Jos, Gess- | ford, white, 1 month; Joscph Foley, white, 2 year; Edward Payne, white, 20 years; Edward ‘olan, white, 2 years; Margaret Hyde, white, 2 years; Carric Jacobs, white, 22 years; Ralf red, 57 years; Clara’ Baily, col- yearyy Martha M. Wells, colored, 69 years; Richard Ware, colored. 8 months; Mar- garet E. Tyler, colored, 49 years; Nannie Dod- son, colored, 4 months; Felecia Helms, colored, 91 years; Arthur G. Jones, colored, 6 months, ——> Range of the Thermometer To-day. The following were the readings at the sig- nal office to-day: 8 a.m., 64; 2 p.m., 68; maxi~ mum, 63. Coleman, US. On Monday, July 2%, 1889, to Mr. and Tankland Ja 11a New He 7 Washington, D.C.,ason, ANTHONY BABERS, sANNUS. ed = —— a MARRIED. HASSETT—-SHEA. On Tuesday, July 23, 1889, i. Peter's church tn Baltimore, Uy; te eve Perber 5) OB M.A HASBELT wR A SHEA: bounet rien, . HAS! Washington, D: ¢. . Db. WN. On July 24, 1889, HOWARD LECOUNT Bow youngest son ‘of Samuel and Agues Brown, hirteen months and fourteen days, Little Howard was our darling, ‘The pride of our hearts at home; Dut an angel came aud witepered, “Darling Howard, do come home.” By Ms Morrra, Funeral from his parents’ residence, 1032 teonth street Lorthwest, at 4 p.ni ou Friday. Julyae> y 24, 1889, HOWARD vurtmonths and seven ‘treet, West Washing- aud Felatives tuvited . MARGARET BE, widow ert H. Hall, aged fifty-three years, bou bast left us, BROWN. Porom ton, Friday, at . Friends toutteud. HALL. On July 24, 18: of the late Kobe i Dearest mster We thy loss most deeply feel ; But ‘tis God who bath bereft ua, He will all our sérrows heal. Funeral will take place from Israel C. M, E. church, corner First and B streets southwest, on Friday, July 20, at 3 o'clock p.m. * JACOBS. The funeral of Mrs. CARRIE, wife of Mr. Harry Jacobs, will take place Friday morning at 10 k Trow ber lave home, 519 6th street northwest, No flowers. On July 25, 1889, at 9:15 a.m., at her 219 lhird street southwest, Mrs. Seutit MOLLUS, in the forty-second year of her age. Noties of 1 hereafter. ka, Fis.,July 19, 1889, AN- of Alexander Stranay, Noble Young of thus city. MOST PERFECT MADE. Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a querter of acentury. It is used by the United States Government. Indorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest, and most Healthful. 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