Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1890, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. CITY AND DISTRICT. F The difference between a loose vague boast aad an affidavit giving exact figures is a wide one. and of great significance to a person interested in the statement, Tue Star swears © ts circulation, This is a point of great im portance to advertisers. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Work of Surveying the Lines of City Streets Extended. THE NEW CITY THAT IS GROWING UP IN THE SUBURDS—IMPROVEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS THAT ARE BRING MADE BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE cITY Lrmirs, The work which was begun last summer by the engineer department of the District gov- ernment in making surveys for the extension of city streets is being pushed forward rapidly. The engineer in charge, Mr. D. J. Howell, is Occupied the greater partof the time in field work and he finds that the requests for sur- Yeys are constantly increasing in number. Under the law of August, 1884, no subdivisions of land within the limits of the Dis- trict are permitted to be recorded un- less the proposed streets conform not only in width, but with the lines of the city streets. In order to make a subdivision in ac- cordance with the requirements of the law it is necessary to obtain the correct lines which the city streets will follow when extended out beyond the bounds of the city. This is the work that is now being done under the direc- tion of Mr. Howell. Applications for the sur- vey of the lines of streets are attended to in regular order. It is necessary in some in- stances to extend the surveys for miles into the country. The surveys for the lines of 17th street cast have been carried south across the Eastern branch to the top of the hiils above Unicntown. The lines of the same street have been surveyed to the north through Montello. asubdivision beyond the old Ivy City race course. Montello is one of the old subdivisions of land in the District, but since the passage of the subdivision law the plan has been changed and it now conforms to the plun of the city. The surveys for the extension eastof M et south have been made toa point wher intersects with Massachusetts avenue. which has also been extended by surveys. S street south has been extended to a point where it will intersect with 17th street extended. At the intersection of these two streets a subdi- Vision of land is being made by Weller & Repetti. A survey has also been made of the country road from Uniontown to Bennings with the view of straightening it out and making ita part of the proposed system of new suburban The surveys for the continuation of 15th street east have also been made to a point where it will intersect with T street north ex- tended east. THE IVY CITY SURDIVISION. The place where these two streets intersect is the infield of the Ivy City race course. This property was recently purchased at public sale by a syndicate of Washington men and it is their intention to make a subdivision and place it upon the market at an early date. ‘The lines for the extension of T street north have been surveyed in an easterly direction about a mile beyond where it crosses the Bladensburg road. Applications are on file for the survey of the lines of 4th street east beyond the grounds of the new Catholic university, This survey will continue ith street to within a short distance of Takoma Park. As an indication of the activity in the work of suburban development it may also be stated that applications are on file for surveys of streets just south of Takoma Park, in the Vicinity of Btotts, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and for those north of Brookland. Other streets and avenues bave already been extended, by sur- ‘Yeys at least, and the above enumeration only includes those'streets in sections of the District where there w no lines which could be used in laying out a subdivision in conformity with the plan of the city. In the event that the bill now before Congress to provide for the acquir- ing of the land needed for the uniform exten- sion of the city streets becomes a law it will make general what is now being done in detail by authority of Congress. In addition to the provision made for the surveys of the lines of streets ppropriations were made at the last session of Congress for the extension of such streets as 4th street east and Ist street west, the land being donated to the District by the owners for this purpose. The former has already been extended to the Bunker Hill road and the tracks of the Eckington electric road are laid down on this street. The work on other streets is in progress. In some of the recent subdivisions of land at a distance from the city names of the new streets indicate to what extent the extensionof the city streets has been carried. {In the numbered streets there is now a 52d street andin the lettered streets there is a Joliet street. The system adopted in naming the latter streets follows the alphubet- ical plan, but as the alphabet is exhausted in designating the city streets the new streets will be given the names of the large cities of the country, beginning with Albany and proceeding in alphabetical order. ME. SHEHAN’S NEW HOUSE, The fine building site at the southeast corner of 16th and Ki streets has recently been eye by Mr. Geo. A. Shehan through O, Holtzman. The lot adjoms the residence of Naval Constructor Wilson. The new owner intends in the spring to erect there a handsome residence for his use. The lot hasa frontage of twenty-five feet. Plans are now being pre- pared and Mr. Shehan expects to begin build- ing operations early in the spring. MR. MOXLEY'S RESIDENCE. Mr. Lloyd Moxley, who recently purchased the residence 1215 K street, which was the home of the late Admiral Goldsborough, is having it remodeled’ and fitted up for his use. ‘The present front will be torn out anda one built that will be more modern in its d sign as well as more suited tothe interior Fangements of a city house of the present ‘The location in the older residence portion of the city is an attractive one and a number of improvements have been made in the neigh- | ‘THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. One of the enterprising, pushing rea! estate agents, who has, in common with others en- gaged in the same business, been active in pro- Mmoting the interests of the city, is of the Opinion that there are just as good chances now for making money in real estate operations ithin the city limits as ever. In his graphic way of putting things he said: ‘Years ago it required very little money to make imvest- ments—but very little money. Now it takes a good deal of money and no outlay of faith.” poe He venlonethintn THE COURTS. Court mm Gevenan Tenw.—Judges Hagner, Coz and James, Vesterday—Hunt agt. Kuss; argued and sub- Mutted. Riggles agt. Emly; on hearing. Cmevrr Covet—Judge Montgomer; Yesterday—MeGill & Co. directed to bring in sealed verdic: 5 agt. Levy; motion for a new trial filed, Mau- rice agt. Reamey; order for payment of costs. Murphy agt. Walker; verdict for defendant. — agt. Marsh et al; verdict for plaintiff for }300. * Equity Covet—Judge Coz. Yesterday—Lee agt. Hyatt; auditor's report Fatified and distribution ordered. Barbour agt. Bryan; decree in favor of complainant. ‘Thomas agt. Glenn; sale confirmed nisi. Kets Kemethy agt. Moore & Leding; time to file Spersedias bond extended ten days. Cassels agt. Quoltrough; appearance of absent defend- aut ordered. Puonate Covrt—Judge Coz. Yesterday—Estate of Matilda Haye = for probate of will and letters has. Early. Estate of Mary C. Shea: di by N. H. Shea. Estate of Michael O’Brien letters testamentary issued to Mary O’Brien: bond €1,000. Estate of Robert E. Cla , herine R. A bond 1,000. Estate of Thos. King; do. to Margaret King; bond $100. Estate of Mary E. Summers; citation to next of kin to show cause why will should not be admitted to_ probate. Estate of Geo. Marten; letters of admimistra- tion Issued to D. KR. James; bond $50,000. Es- tate of Frances P. Sperry; do. to J: bine Butler; bond $50. Inre children of Edward Godey; allowance for board. Estate of Jos. H. Crown; inventory filed. Estate of Henry Jones; order of publication. Estateof Edward Godey; order directing sie by administratrix. Estate of Jacob Kich; petition of M. Rich to be relieved as administrator filed. Estate of Nona G. Thomas; cousent to probate of will filed. Estate of Horace Baver; will tiled. Es- tate of Anna V. Hickman; letters of adminis- tration issued to W. P. Hickman; bond #100. Curusat Count—Chief Justice Bingham, Yesterday—Artie Evans, larceny from the person; guilty. He was sent to the reform schoo! during his miuority. Henry Waliace, convicted of assault to kill; motion for new tial filed. Toole; Crusaders’ Woman's Christian Tem; Union.” WITH THE PAN-AMERICANS. Men Who Help the Conference to Settle International Questions, Executive Officer Curtis and His Asso- ciates—Men Who Record the Proceed- ings and Men Who Talk in Several Languages—Attaches of the Congress. —__—__ An interesting combination of valor, enter- prise, worldly wisdom, medical skill and manly pulchritude is to be found in the United States attaches to the international American confer- ence now in session in this city, Thrilling ex- periences have enlivened the personal history of several of them, and they are all more or less learned inthe urts of diplomacy. The duties of their various positions call for all those qualities which are in the make up of every educated gentleman, and asa rule the supply is equal tothe demand. Nearly all of these attaches are Spanish scholars, some of them ranking high in Latin-American literature, in addition to possessing reputations more than national as authors of standard works in the English tgngue, WILLIAM E. CURTIS, Very few, if any, newspaper men in the United States have a more widely-extended or firmly established reputation that William Eleroy Curtis, who is the executive officer of the conference and to whom much of the credit for the recently concluded excursion in all fairness belongs. Mr. Curtis was born at Akron, Ohio, a little more than thirty-seven wyears ago. He was edu- yX cated at the Rural high fa school at Clinton, N.Y. and at the Western Re- serve college, Ohio, graduating from the jiatter institution in the class of 1871. At the end of his freshman year at college Curtis WILLIAM F. coRTIB. Was compelled to seek means with which to continue his education and was provided with a situation as a reporter by Mr. Edwin Cowles. editor of the Cleveland Ieader, After graduation he became night editor of the Erie Zepublican and whe that paper suspended publication secw the desk on the Erie Dispate The Toledo Commercial next secured his ser ices, and in May. 1872, he went to Chicago and commenced work on the Iuter-Ocean, With this paper he remained until Novembe and held therocs? saeu’) responsible he accompanied a party of d Te in search of the James brothers and was the of the crowd that returned alive. He succeeded in securing interviews with the outlaws und cre- ated a good deal of a sensation. In 1874 he ac- companied Gen. Custer in his Sioux campaign in the Black Hills, and when he returned there- from made a tour of the Ku Klux regions of the south, risking his life for twenty-four hours in every day. From 1880 to 1884 Mr. Curtis was managmg editor of the Inler-Ocean, which paper he had represented as correspond- ent in this city for several years, In 1884 he resigned his editorial position to accept the appointment of secretary of the South American commission. This was the commencement of his South American experi- es, and from that day to this he has gone on umulating information us to the Latin- American republics. Mr. Curtis has written voluminously of the southern lands, and is ac- cepted asan authority on the conditions of those countries, He is a prolific writer on many subjects and has a reputation which has overstepped the geographical boundaries of this continent. He now represents the Chi- cago Nevs in this city. Mr. Curtis bas an in- teresting family. CAPT. JOHN G. BOURKE, ‘The first sergeant-at-arms of the conference is probably the most useful, all around official in the entire outfit. He is ready at a moment's notice to take command ) of an army corps or an ‘ excursion, andcan drop his dignity in two see- onds to tell a good story or laugh at a joke. Capt. John G. Bourke of the third cavalry is the man, and those who know say that no better selection could have been made. His knowl- edge of Spanish is thor ough, and his knowl edge of human nature § is of the highest carac- ~ ter. His experience hascaPt. JouN. G. BOURKE. been of the most remarkable description. He began his military career when scarcely six- teen years old by enlisting as a private soldier in a volunteer cavalry reg:ment from his native state, Pennsylvania, He bore a part in the desperate battles of Stone river and Chicka- mauga and others of minor importance, and at the end of the war, upon the recommendation of Gen. George H. Thomas. commanding th army in whieh he served. and of Gen. U. Grant, was appointed by President Lincoin a cadet “at large” to the United States military academy at West Point. Upon graduating trom West Point he was assigned to the third regiment of cavalry, then serving in Arizona, some 1.500 miles from a railroad, and was soon brought in contact with the Indian question in all its phases, He remained on the frontier for nearly thirty years, serving in every territory west of the Missouri river from Montana down to Mexico, getting his share of hard knocks and thrilling experiences, Selected as an aide- de-camp by Maj. Gen. Crook. he fough the side of that distinguished soldi in his campaigns against’ — the Sioux, Cheyennes, Bannocks, Nez Perces, Utes and Apaches. Capt. Bourke has been men- tioned a number of times in general orders for galiant behavior in combats with savages, and has also been recommended for brevet com- missions. Qn account of his experience among the more savage tribes and the accurate knowl- edge he had gained of their manners, customs and religious ideas, Capt. Bourke was assigned by Gen. Philip H. Sheridan to the duty of col- lecting all that could be learned in regard to the Pueblos of the southwest and of other tribes. Asa result of these researches he pro- duced “The Snake Danee of the Moquis,” a work which appeared first in London in 1884, and later on In New York from the press of Scribner & Co. In this he was the first white man to deseribe the revolting rite in which our native Indians dance while holding live rattle- snakes in their mouths, A year after he pub- lished “An Apache Campai and has since issued various scientific monographs—deserip- tive of certain of the more obscene and less knowa usages of the aborigines—which have ed deserved xttention in Europe and . He has contributed to the Journal of American Folk-Lore, the military journals, the Anthropologist and others. He is » member of the United Service and Cosmos clubs, and the anthropological society of this city, and is a fellow of the American society for the advance- ment of science. Capt. Bourke is between forty and forty-five years of age, married—nd the father o! two lovely little girls—and is ut present stationed ere. tectives ‘ounger LIEUT. H.R. LEMLY. Popular throaghout the entire range of his extensive circle of acquaintances, a sol- dier from cap to spurs, and a tleman in the fullest sense of the word is First Lieut, H.R. Lemly of the third artille: at present a colaborer th Capt. Bourke, Lieut. Lemly graduated at West Point in 1872 As agsigned to the third regiment of cav- alry, with which he served until 1879, taking part in various Indian sampaigus. He was W,xctively present at the Mengagements with the Sioux at Tongue river, Rosebad, Slim Buttes and Belle Fourche. He Lrevr. was mentioned In special orders of the de- partment of the Platte for “an affair wi LEMLY, wud capture of a band of horse thieves.” In the latter part of 1878 he exchanged to the third ‘artillery and by special act of Congress spent years of 1880-83 at Bogota, Colombia, where he established the National military school. This he modeled after West Point, and for its better government he translated the West Point ri tions into Spanish. He was appointed director of the school, with the honorary rank and title of colo- nel,and his administration was most succedsful. Upon his return from South America be was successively appointed, but did not serve, as quartermaster «nd aid-de-camp to jutant of hisregiment. He Was oie Hancock, with whom he remained until the death of that gallant soldier. Lieut. Lemly was, during a portion of last summer and throughout the annual en- campment, adjutant general of the District na- tional guard, and in that position not only gave entire satisfaction but made every man in cam; his devoted friend. He is the author of sever magazine articles of great merit, of a Spanish version of Upton’s infantry tactics, of a Spanish treatise on military — and ofa manual of strategy translated from the French. His services have been invaluable to the confer- ence, where he has had charge of the transla- tions and is secretary to the committees on sanitary regulationsand banking. Lieut. Lemly married a daughter of Gen, Palmer of the United States army, He rejoices in the pater- nity of two fine children, EDMUND W. P. SMITH. Edmund W. P. Smith, one of the most indus- trious of the principal attaches, was born in Vincennes, Ind., in 1850, and is a graduate of the university of that city. He has filled many positions of trust in the ublic service with jonor tv himself and to the satisfaction of his immediate employers, For a time he was secre- tary toCommodore John RB Goldsborough, U. 8. N., then commandant of the Mare Island navy yard. and for five years ‘acted in a similarly con- fidential capacity to Sen- ator Oliver P. Morton. He has been acting chief ~ clerk of the inspector EDMUND Ww. P. SMITH. general's office in the War department. During the Hayes and Tilden campaign he was sent by the national executive republican committee on a special mission to South Carolina. In 1879 Mr. Smith was ap- pointed United States commercial agent at Carthagena, republic of Colombia, and during the Garfield administration was promoted to the position of consul, which he filled until the Cleveland administration came in and Sec- retary Bayard requested him to desist, Mr. Smith traveled extensively in Colombia and he published interesting sketches in the Cincinnati Commercial-(Gazette and Indianapolis Journal and other papers. His contributions to State department literature were of the popular variety and vaiuable. When Mr. Smith tepped down and out of office he entered uc- tively into the cedar and mahogany ex- port trade and established a line of coasting steamers—the ouly American line on that route in the carrying trade, Last year Mr. Smith disposed of his business interests and returned to. this country, accompanied by his beautiful Colombian wife and their two children, His well-known capabilities caused his engagement for the purpose of arranging for the coming and comfort of the conference and he rendered excellent service on the fa- mous excursion. No gentlemen attached to the conference is more highly es- teemed. He 1s secretary to the American dele- gation and officiates in the samo capacity to the committees on customs regulations, mone- tary convention, port dues, patents and trade marks, weights and measures, and general wel- fare, Mr, Smith intends returning to Colombia at an early day. EDWARD A. TRESCOT. A general favorite, a ‘chip of the old block,” is Edward A, Trescot, the junior secretary of the delegation of the United States to the con- ference. His duties are varied and numerous, and they are all promptly attended to.” He is the youngest son of the Hon William Henry Trescot, the well-known diplo- mat, himself a delegate to theconference, “Ed- die,” for by that abbre- viation is he known to his many friends, was born in Pendleton, An- derson county, 8.C., wenty-two years ago. In that same town he grew up and received much of Hf vis education—that edu- cation which he is now + finishing with a law course at Columbian uni- EDWARD A. TBESCOT. versity in this city, DR, YARROW. The official surgeon of the conference 1s a man who needs no introduction to the people of this city, Henry Crecy Yarrow was born in Philadelphia a little more than forty-nine years ago. He studied medicine in Philadelphia and Switzerland and was graduated from the med- ieal department of the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1861, Duri the civil war he server a8 an assistant surgeon in the fitth Pennsylvania‘ cavalry, and subse quentiy he was surgeon and naturalist to the ex- pedition for the explora- tion of the territory west DR. YARROW, of the 100th meridian under Lieut, George M. Wheeler of the United States engineers, Dr. Yarrow is @ member of the faculty of the medical department of the Columbian university and is curator of the department of reptiles in the national museum, He isa member of the philosophi- cal, anthropological, biological and geograpl cal societies of this city, and of other scientific bodies in the United States and abroad. to whose proceedings he has contributed numer- ous and valuable papers. Dr. Yarrow is the author of a number of scientific works of inter- est and practical value. Personally be is most popular and the roll of his patients includes many of the most prominent people diplomatic and social cireles, . Dr. one of the physic cessantly to preserve the life of Gen, Sheridan. THE SECRETARIES, The secretaries of the conference are men on whose shoulders there is much responsi- bility. They keep minutes of the sessions, which are always secret, and they are careful to hold sacred the confidence reposed in them, A hundred newspapers may be anxious to se- cure information as to events passing or passed, but the secretaries must not allow one word of that which they ouly officially know to escape them, H. REMSEN WHITEHOUSE. The principal secretary is H. Remsen White- house, well known in diplomatic circles. He is the son of J. Heury Whitehouse, a New York banker. Secre- tary Whitehouse was born in New York in 1857, and waa educated in France, Germany and England, His ca- reer in connection with the State department commenced in 1893. when he was attached to the United States legation in Denmark, Later he -was attached P to the legation in Spain. In 1884 he was appointed by President Arthur H.R. WHITEHOUSE. gecretary of legution and consul general to Central America, He resigned in 1885, and spent the next two years traveling in India and the far east to study the Persian and other Oriental languages. On his return to the United States in 1884 he was ap- pointed secretary of legation to Mexico, and im November, 1889, was detailed on special duty by order of the Secretary of State as secretary of the international Aincrieau conference. Mr. Whitehouse possesses talents that peculiarly fit him for the responsible position be so ably fille FIDEL G. PIERRA. Fidel G. Pierra, the other secretary, is a Cuban, hi ig been born in Havanna in 1845, When forfeen years of age, there being no proper school in the city of Baracoa (where he then resided), he was sent to this country to be educated, and here he remained nearly four years. On returning to Cuba he at once con- nected himself with a leading commercial house in Santiago de Cuba, and when but eighteen yeurs of age was its chief clerk. A. couple of years of Cuban journalism, followed by @ revolution, resulted in Mr. Pierra’s’ landing in Pg New York in 1869 with ripena. rreina. empty pockets. In 1870 he entered, as cor- responding clerk, the house of Perez & Obarrio; in 1874 he" was r therein. ‘The was dissolved in 18/7 and-theu Mr. Peers now doing é and profitable business with South pee H Spain. Mr. Pierra has frequently contributed to Cuban and American newspapers, and he is of the jish-A merican literary society of New York, le was practically the founder of the ‘ish- American commercial union and is now its gen- eral secretary. Mr. Pierra is and has one daughter, Mr. Haughwout Howe, the: disbursing officer of the conference, isthe well known librarian of the State Department, and has been specially detailed for the duty. None of the delegates receive any compensa- tion, but their = sary expenses are frayed by the govern- ment, Over these Mr. 4 Howe exercises careful~™ supervision and on his “! order all moneys are disbursed, THE OFFICIAL INTERPRETER. The official interpreters have a good deal to do both at mectings of the committees and sessions of the conference. A few of the south- ern delegates understand but little English and the delegates of the United States are not as yet Spanish scholars, ARTUR W. FERGUSON, Arthur W. Fergusson was born in Benicia, Cal., December 4, 1859. The circumstances and surroundings of his early lifeand the ex- periences of his late years peculiarly fit him lor the position he occu- pies, Going with his parents into the north- ern states of Mexico when only a year old Spanish was his first spoken language and continued to be the language mostly heard and used by him until his tenth year, when he returned to Benicia to ARTHUR W. FERGSUSON, begin and end his edu- cation in St, Augustin's college at that place. At the age of seventeon he was again thrown among Spanish-speaking people in Lower Cali- fornia, having been placed at that early age in charge of 600 Indians engaged in the picking and exportation of orchilla. Upon his return to Benicia, in 1879, he purchased and conducted for over two years the Benicia New Era, a weekly newspaper—the seventh venture in newspaper business in Benicia and the only one which lived longer than a year. Mr, Fergusson then spent two years in the city of Mexico, ‘where kis fatier, Gol, David Rerguesan, since 00 wellknown inthis city, was then a leading American citizen. During this time he was in the United States legation, under Min- ister Philip H. Morgan, for several months. Re- signing this position he went into the employ ofthe Mexican Central railroad, leaving this place to accept the city editorship of The Two Republics, an American daily paper published in the City of Mexico. In 1883 he again re- turned to the United States, and early in 1834 entered the law office of Col. Enoch Totten and matriculated at the Georgetown univers school of law, whence he was graduated in 1886, being the prize essayist of his class, He took his LL.M. degree from this school in 1887, and was admitted to the District bar in May of that year. Since that time he has been practicing his profession in this city. Mr. Fergusson’s knowledge of the laws, manners and customs of the Spanish-speaking nations, as well as_ his cognizance of international etiquette. gained by a varied experience, stand bim in good stead in the position he now fills, Mr, Fergusson is well known among the militia of the District, he being lieutenant of a cavalry troop in that organization. JOSE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ. Jose Ignacio Rodriguez is a Cuban by birth, having been born at Havana in 1831. He was educated principally in the university of Ha- vana and from this in- stitution he received the degrees of doctor of philosophy and of civil and canonical law. Ho became a member of the faculty of philos- ophy and letters of the university and was pro- fessor of natural philos- ophy and other branches. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar? and for some time was a judge of first instance, with civil and criminal jurisdiction. Afterward 3. 1. ropRiovrz. he was a member of the superior board of pub- lic instruction and the inspector general of the high schools and other establishments of su- perior education on the island, He was one of the founders of the Review of Jurisprudence of Havana, a magazine which, with others, he edited for several years. The revolution sent M. Rodreguez here in 1870 and in a little while he was attached to the United States and Mexi- ean claims commission. He studied law under Caleb Cushing and was admitted to practice before the District aud United States Supreme Courts. He is the author of rai literary and historical works, At the request of Sec- retary Blaine he accepted the position of of- ficial'interpreter for the Spanish side of the conference, and, in addition to the duty thus devolving upon him, he is an assistant secre- tary to the conference and a clerk to the com- mittees on international law and extradition. — —_ ABOUT THE GULF STREAM. Lt. HOWE. Facts Stated by Lieut. Pillsbury—Varla- tions of the Great Ocean Current, Etc. Lieut. J. E, Pillsbury of the navy has, at the request of Prof. T. Mendenhall, superinten- dent of the coast survey, written him a letter setting forth his views on the subject of the gulf stream and its variation, He says: “I think the gulf stream does change its posi- tion to a slight amount, but not in the arbitrary manner or to the greatextent stated by some of the newspaper writers of late. * * * While it is-probably a fact that, as a rule, a current from the equator is warm, and one from the pole is colder than the surrounding waters, it is not always the fact that the warm- est flowing water is from the south, nor that the coldest is from the north, * * * The mere presence of warm water does not neces- sarily show thata current exists, nor does a change in temperature show that there is a change incurrent. * * * The gulf stream probably has a vibratory motion, as evidenced by our own anchorages at No, 1 station off Cape Hatteras and as previously noticed off Rebecea shoal, Fla, Auchored there, on the northern edge of the stream, riding to the wind with a gentle current, the latter would suddenly be- come strong und swing the vessel until she was stern to the wind, to remain but a short time, and then the current becoming weaker the wind would gain the ascendency. This was repeated a number of times. “I believe that THE DAILY VOLUME OF THE STREAM varies but little except from that due to decli- nation of the moon, Along the northern coast, however, it is not always on the surface, but is, from an unknown cause, overrun by other currents, I think that its track through the ocean is absolutely fixed by law and that its vibration is periodic, although the limit of the periodic change may Vary to a trifling amount, The generally accepted belief that a wind blow- ing across the current chauges the position of its axis is, Tam convinced, erroneous, Every temporary wind, however, does transport water (chiefly by meaus of waves) aud with it goes its heat or cold, SEA WEED IN THE STREAM. “The fact of finding gulf weed within a few miles of Nantucket light ship does not so much prove that the current is nearer our shores as it docs that winds have prevailed in.sthe direc- tion from which it comes. Its home is in the Sargasso sea, from which it is drawn by the winds and sea, A small umount tinds its way into the Caribbean through the Antigua pas- sage, but most of it passes north of the West Indian Isiands, The break of the waves has more éffect ov its movements than a current, unless the latter is very strong. and in thejgulf stream itself it is seen stretching in long lines in the direction of the wind and sea and not in the direction of the current, except only in the cuse of a rip at the meeting of currents, COLOR CHANGES IN THE WATER, “Anchored on the edge of the Florida reef, with a strong wind blowing directly from the gulf stream, which was only a short distance away, its clear blue water was driven by the sen und overcame the cloudy reef water, but no current accompanied it. “In Key West har- bor the water is usually cloudy. A southerly wind will cause a sea that will carry the clear water inshore, even in spite of an ebb tide. The wind shifting to the opposite quarter will at once alter it to milky wuiteness,” gvtindiw tein Sidesicne sl A Spanish Noble Turned Waiter. At San Francisco, Cal., Miguel Tinoco, w1 in Central America, and who was once one of the rnd gh and wealthy planters in Guate: was discovered serving as a waiter in the Occidental hotel. He was recog- nized by an old triend, ex-President Ber- nardo Soto of Costa Rica. Tinoco was supplied with funds and will leave for his former bome, where ealthy relatives, he has “BUFFALO” JONES IN TOWN. A Talk With the Great Hunter of the Wild Cattle of the Prairies. APPEARANCE OF THE MAN WHO KILLED A BUN DRED OF THE ANIMALS IN A DAY—WHY HE DID IT—A MATTER OF BUSINESS AND NOT PLEASURE— HIS HERD OF BREEDING BUFFALOES, Mr. C. J. Jones of Prairie City, Kan., and for the last eight yearsa member of the state legislature, has been stopping for several days atthe National hotel. This fact is, perhaps, not worthyjof particular comment until it is stated that this gentlemen is known through- out the entire west, and,jindeed, the country over, as “Buffalo” Jones, the man who has killed in his time a greater number of buffalo than any other man who ever lived and who is today the owner of the only large herd of these animals in existence. This herd he keeps on his large estates im Kansas and is the herd about which so much talk has been raised of late by the successful experiments that have been made to cross the buffalo with ordinary cattle. } Jones is considered the greatest hunter who ever rode after these big animals of the prairies whose practical extinc- tion was so quick and so complete. WHAT THE GREAT HUNTER LOOKS LIKE. A Star reporter called on him last night at the hotel and found just the sort of a man one would hope to see under the circumstances, Tall, and straight as an arrow, apparently with- out an ounce of superfluous flesh about him, he is a splendid specimen of manhood and an ideal western frontiersman. He does not wear long black hair nor a big diamond pin stuck in a flannel shirt, and one might easily take him simply for @ prosperous citizen or what he could at any time easily be if he wished, namely, x member of Congress from the west. He is an interesting talker on any subject, though not inclined to discuss himself nor his experiences, and it was with difficulty he could be gotten to talk of them at all KILLING A HUNDRED BUFFALO A DAY. “You ask me if I have killed many buffalo while there were such animals in existence to kill,” said Buffalo Jones. “Why, my httle man, I have killed any number of them before you ever thought of sharpening ® pencil or taking notes. Ihave not the slight- est idea of how many I have killed, but I know they would have to be numbered by the thou- sand, For years I earned a living, aud a good one, too, by killing buffalo at 50and 75 cents even apiece for their skins and flesh. Auy number of times I have killed a hundred in a day, and Icould have killed many more, but I was not shooting for a record and I did not like to kill more than I could dispose of. Thave known men to shoot simply to see how many they could kill, although they did not even stop to remove | the skins, but that was not my way. I once shot seventy-two from one stand; that is to say, without moving from one position I pumped bullets into that number of animals. Of course that was not sport. It was simply my business, And I used to hate to do it, too, for itseemed to me an awful thing the way they were slaught- ered, and many a time I FELT LIKE THROWING AWAY MY RIFLE and quitting the whole business, But then I thought if I did not kill them some one else would, and I might as well be earning a good living at it an any one else. And so I stayed with them until they were practically all gone. I used to do all my killing in the neighbor- hood of the railroad, however, for there an animal would bring twenty-five or fifty cents more for his flesh, aud when you think of the vast numbers that were killed that sum made a great difference in one’s receipts you can easily understand. In the fall, when the herds were moving south, I used to go about 10 miles north of the railroad, in the neighborhood of the Colorado line, and follow a herd to about the same distance on the other side of the rail- road and then, when I had disposed of the skins and flesh of the animals I had shot, would go back for another herd. I tell you, in those days I was tough and strong and could walk or run like a horse. A life like that, sleeping out in the open air at all seasons and living on nothing but buffalo meat, gives one muscles like iron and health to withstand almost any- ER TO KILL GAME THAN WRITE ABOUT IT, When asked by the reporter if he had never thought of writing an account of his experi- ences in the far west Mr. Jones said: “I have just come on from New York and while I was there I was asked by at least a dozen publishers and magazine editors to write something for them, but that is no easy task. Itis simple enough to kill big game when once you get the knack of it, but it isa different matter to tell about it afterward, It used to be as easy for me to killa buffalo as it would be for you to takes notes on any passing event, but your kind of work 1 never could ao, It is not inmy line.” RAISING BUFFALO A PROFITABLZ INDUSTRY. “What first led you to think of starting a herd of buffulo?” said Tue Star reporter, “Some six or eight years ago, when they were already beginning to become very scarc said Mr, Jones, “it occurred to me that ina few years they might be really valuable, as the complete extinction of all the wild herds was evidently a matter of buta short time. So I set to work to procure as many live animals as possible and as a result I now have A HERD OF NEARLY A HUNDRED, At that time I was considered a crank and the nickname I still bear was tacked on to me as a joke, but it now would seem that I was even wiser than I thought I was. My animals breed quite rapidly and they are valuable, too, Last spring I had twenty-one calves, which would readily bring $500 apiece. Some time ago I sold ‘twelve for $6,000 and I now wish I had not sold them, I was recently offered $25,000 for thirty head, but declined the offer. Other cattlemen in my neighborhood are rais- ing ordinary calves, Which are worth from £5 to $10 apiece, a you seeL might be doing worse than Tam. Young bull buffalo finda ready market with*attlemen and I could easily sell all I wanted to. Isuffulo cross readily with ordinary cattle, and an animal that 14 half buffalo is better than a thoroughbred, though the best of all is a three-quarters. It is large and the skin is far the finest.” AN IMPROVED BUFFALO ROPE. Mr. Jones showed the reporter a robe—the skin of a three-quarters animal—that certainly bore out his statements, It was not at all like the ordinary buffalo robes one usually sees, ‘The hair was dark «nd silky and as soft as seal- skin, In fact it most resembled beaver before the long silvery hairs have been plucked out, Mr. Jones said that he had frequently been offered for skins of that sort as much as the finest sealskins were worth, but it did not pay to dispose of them in that way. The animals are too valuable for breeding purposes, He went on to say that his buffalo were managed in much the same way as ordinary cattle. They are herded out on tho prairie and are corralled atnight. They give but little trouble and are on the whole rather cheaper to raise than ordi- nary cattle, HIS LAST HUNT. When asked when he had last hunted wild buffalo Mr. Jones said: “About s year and a half 8 ago I got after a band of twenty- seven in Texas. Of this number seven were calves, I wanted them all alive, and so it was necessary to tire them out before attemptin; to capture them. For forty-two days an nights we followed them without giving them time to rest. Then we made arush at them and managed to capture them all alive and hobble them. Whe calves all lived and I have them now, bat the old ones apparently made up their minds to die. They stiffened their muscles, retused to move and seemed de- termined not to live, and, in fact, not a single one of them did live. It’ was a strange per- formance and I never understood it at ali,” A NAKROW ESCAPE, “Have you had mauy nargow escapes in your hunting experiences?” “Any number of them, ‘An enraged buffalo is anything but a p! cus- tomer to deal with at short range, and when ey show fight there is good cause to be wor- ri Ihave a very vivid remembrance of one occurrence that was trying to my nerves, to put it very mildly. I was riding a nervous young Kentucky horse and had lassoed a good-sized buffalo calf. [ threw him and when I dis- mounted to hobble him I tied the end of my ronaing away. It was a good way to keep ut an unwise move, as events prov: and looking on the ground when a little ! 5 g E ivi old but it was the narrowest escape I had. f' would not, such another ex- perience for in world.” ence of the buffalo species was dependent on this one herd that he now owns, for the few wild animalsthat are at large are not breeding and must necessarily soon die away, His ambi- tion and hope is to make some arrangement either with the government or otherwise by which the herd can be kept together for a period of at least twenty years. By that time y will probably have increased to such an extent that with reasonable care all fear of the complete extermination of the species will be removed. A number of schemes have been Suggested by government officials who are in. terested in the matter, but as yet no practica- ble and satisfactory one has been hit upon, and it would now seem as thongh the survival of this interesting race of animals were dependent only on this one man’s intentions of Eooping this herd together, —eee—_ A POLL-TAX DECISION, The Electorai Franchise is Not an In- defeasible Right. In the court of errors and appeals at Dover, Del., yesterday the opinion in the case of Jno. M. Freiszleben versus Serech F. Shallcross and others was handed down. ‘his is the cele- brated suit involving the constitutionality of the poll-tax collection law of 1875. The suit was instituted by Senator Higgins in the su- perior court and argued last June, By agree- ment after argument the issues raised were re- ferred to the court of errors and appeals, to be passed upon bya full beuch in the state's highest tribunal, The nominal appellant, Freiszleben, possessing the other qualifications ofa voter, had been placed on the delinquent list for non-payment of his poll tax of 1885, and thereby uuder the law rendered ineligible to qualigy asa voter until 1887. His claim set forth in}pffect that he had been disfranchised for 1836, contrary to the provisions of the state constitution, The court in its opinion denies this and affirms the constitutionality of the law as an enactment clearly within the constitu- tional power of the legislature as an _appropri- ate and legitimate exercise of the taxing power; that the electoral franchise is not an indefeas- ible right of citizenship, but a privilege condi- tioned upon the payment of a tax. oe. EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE. The Cashier of the New York Post Oftice Takes His Lite. George Lounsberry, cashier of the New York post office, shot himself at his home in Hack- ensack, N. J., yesterday morning. Investiga- tion developed the fact that his accounts were short to the amount of $20,000. He had been away from duty for three days, and yesterday morning he sent a telegram to Postmaster Van Cott stating that he was confined to his house by illness and would attend to his duties as soon as he got better. It was then that the investigation was put on foot and the surmise made that ¢20.000 were gone. Shortly after this discovery came the news that Lounsberry had committed suicide by shooting himself through the temple, He was thirty arsof age and married, and besides his salary as cashier of the post office had an incame of $5,000 per year from his feed store in Hackensack. He wasin the habit of lacing the money which was handed over to him as cashier in the safe deposit vaults every day at noon, soe ADOPTING THEIR CONSTITUTION, The Two Great Miners? Organizations Still at Work. The two great miners’ organizations of the country spent yesterday at Columbus, Ohio, in consideration of a constitution, and it was adopted, section by section, but not without much discussion and strong feeling. The sal- aries of the officers will be: President, $1,000 per annum; vice president, $900; secretary treasurer, $1,000; members executive board, &: per day and expen: The amalgamated miners’ union, the mining engineers, who have been in session for two days, and the members of both branches of the legisiature, listened to an address last evening by Thomas Shaw of Philadelphia, the expert on mine gases and the discoverer of a means for detecting the presence and percentage of gas in mines. A ton of apparatus was used in dem- onstrating the use of the invention, and the practical use of the instrument was made so plain that the large body of miners represent- ing the states and territories applauded. The sentiment of the gathering was that Congress should consider the instrument in the interest of the mining peseemenenm f at large. Is It the Place for a World’s Fair? The St. Louis grand jury has been en- gaged this week in investigating the charges of corruption made against certain members of the municipal assembly. One of the charges is the alleged distribution of $15,000 in the house of delegates for a fran- chixe to the rapid transit railway company. It is claimed one member took a key to asafe de- posit box and took 215,000 which he had seen put there. There are several cases awaitin, action, and many citizeus have been notified to testify, It is said that Governor Francis will be summoned as a witness, = coe —-, uld-Be Train Wreckers. Andrew Newland. who, with Henry Gni- nup, tried to wreck the Omaha vestibule express near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, has confessed. Thecrime wascommitted April 10, Newland was arrested a month ago and Guinup was captured in St. Lawrence county, New York, a week ago, Newland says that he and Guinup planned to wreck the train and in the excitement rob the express car and sengers, When the attempt failed they ica. Guinup was arraigi and said he was guilty of the charge. land was bound over, Was on the Trap When it Fell, Green Braxton, a negro murderer, was hanged in the county jail at Montgomery, Ala, yesterday for the murder of Lewis Pugh, an aged white farmer, in May of last year. The drop was sprung at eight minutes past 12 o'clock, and Braxton was pronounced dead and was cut down in twenty minutes, death ensu- ing from strangulation. The drop was sprung before the black cap had been put on and Deputy Sheriff Chas. E. Parker fell with the negro. The deputy was painfully burt by the fall to the floor. — 00 Only $1,000, Oscar E. Park, cashier at Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store on State street, Chicago, was locked up at the armory Thursday after- noon on the charge of embezzlement. It is charged that Park has used about $1,000 of the firm's money. see Bishop James O'Conner of Omaha, iting from St) Augustine, Fla, states that’ be health is failing rapidly and that he never ex- pects to see Omaha again. The bishop went to St. Augustine from Omaha two months ago to better his health. Clark Adams, a wealthy farmer, was swindled at Lima, Ohio, out of $6,000 by two strangers and a couple of gold-plated bricks. Adams gave the swindiers the money for a half in- terest in an alleged mine. Aman registering as E, J. Cook, was found dead in his room at the Millar: hotel, Omaha, Thursday. He is supposed to have been dead about ten hours, as he had not been seen for that time. A bullet hole in his mouth, passing through his head and a pistol beside him, showed that he hed committed suicide. The extensive erecting and repairing shops of @: Huntingdon oj Broad Top railroad com , at Saxton, Bedford county, Pa, were totally d yyed by fire yesterday. The total Joss will reach $50,000; fully insured. Previous to Stock Taking merchants ¢ladly sacrifice Profits and even more to sell their goods It has beem our desire since our inception in business to carry over no goodsof any kind from one Grason to the other, realizing that by doing #0 goods lose their ap- pearance and their value. Like others we have suffered the inconvenience of having yet on hand more mer- chandise than is generally the case this season of the year. We have now no time to fool and with adeter- taination stronger than ever before bave decided te take desperate measures EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR HOUSE COMES UN. DER THE KNIFE, WE WERE NEVER MORE SINCERE THAN NOW. REDUCTIONS ALL OVER THE HOUSE. Tomorrow morning we begin our Semi-Annual Sale of UNLAUNDERED SHIRTS comprising the best Values obtainable for the price. Que of our principal features is the perfection of fit—you will finda great many Huprovements in our Shirts which we have adopted OUR L AND B. SHIRT 790., 6 FOR $4.50. OUR SUCCESS SHIRT 69c., 6 FOR #4. OUR LOT 1 SHIRT 47c., 6 FOR #2.75. OUR ECLIPSE SHIRT 37i¢c. FACH. About our “Eclipse” The new brand is madeof Ped cotton, linen reinforeed bosom and fits as well asany higher price Shirt in the market. The special price will be 37ige.; think of it, fors Shirt that hace linen bosom, reinforced , all sizes, THE SHIRT SALE OF 1sv0. Our L. & B. SHIRT, We usually talk to the ladies and Like to do so, but here is a subject for the men folks. We want to talk to them of the meritsof our L.& B. SHIRT, Go to any Shirt Tailor in the city, pay bimsdollar ands half and you won't eet any better material, any better Wworkiauship and better fit, we put it alongside of any Custom Shirt made for wear and gwneral gvod- ness, and all we ask for it is 7%, You need not beai- tate to come in and ask for itlour sales people are er and they will be honest with you. Look atthe Sh rt, examine it; see its good Wameutta Muslin; see its good Linen Borom, interliped with good Butcher's Linen, 3 ply im all; see its Hand-fnt Button Holes, adozen times better than machine made; also see how it 1s reinforced, gusseted and stayed. ‘Vhere isn't # thing left undone in the make of the Shirt, nothing left out in the quality, We ask youto buy it because we want your trade. We want you to deal with us, as the ladies do, The Shirt is positively @ Darwain. ‘79e., 6 for 84.50. All sizes from 14 to 18. LANSBURGH & BRO You can buy of us BEST MAKE DIESS SHIKTS During this sale At greatly reduced prices, €3.00 grade now $2 2.00 “ B1.50, e150 * * g113 e125 “ © Be We claim the above to be the best Sitting Shirts om the market, LANSBURGH & BRO, Extensive Shirt Retailers, GENERAL REDUCTIONS IN LADIES’ TEA GOWNS, Alfonr 85.50, $t and #6.50 now 85. #7 and $7.50 now 86. 98, 5.50 and $8.98 now @7. All our @9, #9.98 and 810.78 now 8.50. ‘The mauner in which our Tes Gowns sre made, trimmed and finished have made for them a decided nd deserved reputation. All alterations made gratis. AN AGREEABLE REDUCTION ON LADIES’ NECK- * WEAR A HEALTHY REDUCTION IN DRESS GOODS OF ALL KINDS. SILKS AND VELVETS SUBSTANTIALLY RE DUCED. REMARKABLE COME-DOWNS IN HEAVY UN- DERWEAR~—A chance to fill up au extra suit tode you the season, ved LANSBURGH & BRO 4 COME-DOWN IN WARM SEIBTS. Au ‘TSc, Warm Skirtsnow 680, - = = go - = © g1.00 - 2 © 125, “ © © 1h = = © 200 - = © 300 - - © 4m. A FURTHER REDUCTION OF 10 PEK-CENT ON CHILDREN'S LEGGINS, INFANTS' COATS AND CAPS. LADIES’ JERSEY UPPERS, ALL COLORS, NOW MARKED TO 61.25. LANSBURGE & BRO. ‘3 cases of Windsor Apron Gingham, fast colors, new designs, only 6c. per yard. ‘75 pieces of Columbia Cheviots, known to be the best material for domestic use only Sc. por yard, reg- ‘ular price 10c, 2 cases of Cotton Beige Remnants, superb patterns in Drab, Slate and Brown, only 6ixc. per yard, gener ally sold at 100, THIS 18 WORTHY YOUR INSPECTION. ENGLISH FLANNELETTE REMNANTS, SOFT FINISH, LIGHT AND MEDIUM STRIPES, SUIT- ABLE LENGTHS FOR ALL PURPOSES. ENTIRELY | PERFECT, ONLY 1240. PER YARD. WORTH 180, 2 cases of Outing Cloth Remnants, light stripes, suitable for shirts and other purposes, only Gc. per yard. Regular price 12}4c. 5 cases of Silicia Remnants !n all colors and lengthe; only 8c. per yard. Generally sold at 12540. 110 pieces of Furniture Sateen, besutifal colorings; only 12340. per yard. ‘To further own interests it would pay you to see other similar reductions on seasonable merchan- ‘dige all over the house, WE ARE THE WASHINGTON AGENTS FOR THR FOSTER KID GLOVES, BARS = BURGH & BR io. Ad mee