Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1890, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, -D.-C.,. TUESDAY, CONNECTING THE OCEANS. FAST AND FURMIDABLE, a ABOUT IRISH AFFAIRS. Progress of the Work on the Nicaraguan Secretary Tracy Wants a Swift 1,200- RS Thomas H. Walsh Talks About Sbip Canal. 4 TALK WITH CIVIL ENGINEER FRANK P. DAVIS— WORK ON THE HARBOR OF GREYTOWN—CLEAR- ING GROUND FOR THE CANAL—DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED. “T've been end a half,” reporter this morning, “and I am here on Ton Torpedo Boat. Secretary Tracy is just at present engaged in Prominent Men of the Emerald Isle. considering the advisability of adding to the |?4®X#LL XO LONGER A LEADER—WHO WILL list of small swift vessels for chasing work. Bids are to be opened in February for the con- struction of a vessel of 750 tons displacement, ving inthe tropics fora year |‘ be called » “torpedo cruiser," to attain a naka Mac Mae Fe these &c 0 dean | Soeeder! Greet ava iioena tema smaller crafts of the torpedo service, A cer- leave of absence for the purpose of getting a | ‘Ain amount of difficulty has been met with in breath of fresh air.” Mr. Davis is division engineer on the Nicara: gua canal, and ranks next to Chief Engineer Menocal. “Work is going on steadily,” said Mr. Davis, in response toa question. ‘During the pest year there has been most satisfactory progress. Fully 900 feet of the breakwater at the trance to the harbor at the eastern terminns has been constructed—there will be 1,700 feet of it when completed—and it has accomplished more than we had expected of it. It has given Us an opening from the seato the San Juan la- goon 600 feet wide, with an undredged depth at high water of eight feet. This has cnabled larger vessels to enter the lagoon than had been abie to get in for the past twenty-seven years. Now we have two dredges CUTTING & CHANNEL across the bar to secure s depth of twenty feet, and if the weather continues reasonably good that channel will be open by the Ist of next January. That will be of incalculable advan- tage tous. Ocean steamers may then come right up to our wharf in still water and there discharge their cargoes, Under the present primitive arrangement cargoes have to be dis- charged into lighters out om the open sea. ‘This open-sea discharging has been the most fruitful cause of delay in our work of cou- struction. It was impossible to unload loco- motives in rough weather and we never had any other kind of weather when locomotives had to be delivered. As a consequence we have had to send our lighters and tugs to Corn Isiand, eighty miles away, where the locomo- tives could be transferred in still water; other times the lighters have been taken to Monkey Point, thirty miles distant, for th wame purpose. At the railroad terminus hare completed a substantial wharf. which is equipped with a steam derrick and the necos- sary railroad tracks, Assoon as the channel has been cut through the bar we can transfer supplies directly from the steamers to the cars.” TEN MILES OF RAILTOAP NEARLY DONE. “How is the railroad progressing?” “All right. Ten wiles of road have been completed and will be in operation by Janu- aryl. The value of this road can scarcely bo over-estimated. for without it no heavy machin- ery could be gotten into Big Divide Cut, where there will be the heaviest piece of excavating on the entire route. It is also important be- cause it affords the only means of securing rock with which to fill up the breakwater. None but those who have been there can realize how difficult was the construction of the first six miles of that road. The primary foundation was very wet swamp. Then we built up a long corduroy above high water and on the ‘oy We laid temporary stringers aud the tr. Dirt was dumped in and the e@ulroad was ready for business. The corduroy was built up entirely by manual labor, the workmen being in from two to four feet of water all the time. WORK ON THE CANAL. “On the canal itself the only actual work done is clearing. The right of way has been cleared for about eleven miles from the eastern terminus, known popularly as Greytown. Five or six survey parties have been continually in the field completing the final location of the canal and railroad and also making careful de- tail surveys for locks, dams and other im- portant works. Test borings have been made Over the route. Earth augers and diamond drills have revealed the character of the material that must be excavated—and the revelations are most satisfactory. In the Big Divide Cut one boring was made every 600 feet. There the boring, have been carried to the bottom of the canal—in some cases to a depth of 300 feet— and the rock brought up was very favorable. It is very easy to work and yet is of sufficient bardaess to stand well. HOW THE MEN LIVE. “The company has erected a good many permanent buildings in the vicinity of the eastern terminus—quarters for employes, shops and store houses. The hospital facilities have also been largely added to.” “Where do you get your drinking water from?” asked the reporter. “From above. We have large tanks and in rain water stores itself. Well water is nogood. Youdon't have to go more than a couple of feet below the surface to get it; it just drains through from the swamps. Twelve miles away from our headquarters is a small mountain stream, and as soon as the railroad goes far enough to enable us to distribute the pipe by its aidwe will have spring water to ok. HEALTH OF THE FORCE. “The health of officers and men has been ex- cellent With fourteen hundred men at work the average number in hospital has been about fifty and the average duration of individual sickness is five days. “And the diseases? Nearly all light fevers. The total number of deaths in the pasteighteen months was twenty. Of these five were acci- dental and five were caused by diseases which Nere in nowise attributable to the climate. Not one of the officers died from sickness. About eighty of the force are from the United States; the laborers are either Jamaicans or uatives of Nicaragua. “When will the canal be completed? A trifle hard to answer,” and Mr. Davis shook bis head and smiled. “If there is a plenitude of capital i ithin six MAJ. BURKE’S PROPOSITION. How He Would Put a Stop to the Threatened Outbreak of Sioux Indians. “If the government wants to puta stop to the trouble thatseems to be brewing among the Sioux on account of their so-called Messiah, it had better engage me.” So said Maj. Burke, he of the Wild West Show, just returned from Europe. “From all I can hear.” he continued, ad- dressing Taz Stan reporter, who had started the conversation, “there is a strong probabil- ity thatalarge number of Indians will court annihilation on the war path. Now, we, who know the red man, are fully aware of the fact that he is not easily annihilated; it is an ex- joy and « wearisome process at best. An indian war would cost the United States sev- efal millions of dollars. Such a war could not be justified because it is not necessary. Iam willing togo outand find this Messiah and within twenty-four hours from our first inter- View wo will be on onr way east together. To make assurance doubly sure I would make a twelve months’ engagement with Sitting Bull have a double-star combination. About #75 week would pay both their salaries and expenses. Wouidu't that be the cheapest way of settling this ditticulty? I'm going away to- night—goig to dear old Philadelphia to get a good, long sleep—but you are at liberty to stion to the administration in New Vessels for the Revenue Service. Capt Shepard, chief of the revenue marine division, ia his report to the Secretary of the Treasury, says that the Manhattan is not able to efficiently perform the duties assigned to her ofenforcing the anchorage regulations at New York and should be replaced at an carly date bys larger and more powerful steamer. He say t several new vessels are required Proper maintenance of the service and jess the present fleet is enlarged it will gradually become debilitated. The rapidly in- ereasing commerce at the ports of Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco that new steamers of moderate cost be furnished at cach of these ports within the Bext two years to replace vessels nearly worn out and uot suitable for the service. ‘The greatly increased work required on the Pacific Coast makes another vessel for duty on that station absolutely necessary, An Old War Claim Disallowed. In 1783 the continental congress passed an act granting five years’ full pay to officers of the continental army who continued in sorvice until the close of the war. Col. Francis Tay- lor was the commander of the Albemarle Guards of Virginia, a regiment raised by that state to perform duties within a specified dig trfet. and he served until the close of the war. Before his appomtmout Col. Taylor had served in the regular continental ment. He entered a claim against nment for five years’ full pay with interest, under the act of and the claim was disallowed by the Court of Claims, Yesterday the United states Supreme Court rendered « decision. through the preparation of plans for this craft, nearly all of the available space being taken up with machinery. The Seeretary has conceived the idea of duplicating the vessel on a larger scele, and preliminary calculations are now being made as to the chance of obtaining a speed of 26 knots out of a cruiser of 1.200 tons displace- ment. She will have to be given at least 8,000 horse power, and will probably cost upward of three-quarters of @ million, but it is estimated that she will be a more serviceable vessel, and better adapted to the we of her design than the smaller craft. She will be armed. if constructed, with ove or two of the heavier rapid-fire guns, destined to destroy the use- fulness of the small, unprotected torpedo boats of the Cushing class, The 750-ton vessel will bo a very uncomfortable one, there being almost no accommodations for her officers and crew beyond the bare necessities, and the added tonnage will afford plenty of room in the projected ship, which will be somewhat larger than the Petrel. It is probable that the Secretary will includo this vessel in his coming budget of estimates for new ships. REPUBLICANS AND THE SOUTH. Representative Ewart Thinks There is a Stormy Time Ahead. Representative Ewart of North Carolina, who is generally regarded as one of the ablest re- publicans in Congress from the south, thinks he sees a pretty stormy prospect ahead for his party. He said toa Stan reporter today that the resuit of the election had shown how un- wise was the attitude of his party toward the south. It looked, he said, as if they did not want to make any progress for the party there. “Yet,” he added, “thore appears to be about as good a field for us to work there as in the west, This alliance business is playing the mischief with the Barty. In the south the democrats just gobbled up the alliance, taking it all but the sub-troasury seheme, and the two are one. In the west the republicans are antagonized by the alliance and do not appear to be able to hold anything agninst it. I do not think the alliance will hold out for the sub- treasury plan, but will be satistied to contend for unlimited coinage of silver and tho abolition of the ‘national bank system. The failure of the ropublicans to keep the pledges of their platform to repeal the tobneco tax did them great harm. If they do not repeal this tax outright and give free coinage of silver before this Congress adjourns, they may rely on it the alliance will lock horns with them and run a full national ticket in "92. ‘They will nominate a candidate for the presi- dency and a candidate for Congress in every district in the west. They cannot elect a Presi- dent, of courae, but they can defeat the repub- lican party and give the democrats absolute control.” Speaking of the McKinley bill, ho said he thought there would be a reaction in its favor, uniess the tightness in the money market and the presence of a big democratic majority in the House made capital timid about building up the industries. The danger he saw was that men with money, not feeling sure that the law would be allowed to stand, would not in- vestin big plants and build up the business contemplated by the framers of the bill. Mr. Hodnett’s Complaint. Today the proceedings of the Police Court Were interrupted by Mr. John Pope Hodnett, who announced himself as a lawyer who prac- tices inevery court in the land. He had a complaint to make and he directed it against the station keeper. That officer, he said, inter- fered with his business when he was consulting aclient this morning. He spoke of the rights of lawyers to privately confer with their client and he was proceeding to tell how the station keeper interfered with him when the court | mlerrupted and told him that the station keeper came under the Commissioners and not under the court. Lieut. Amiss said he had been informed that Mr. Hodnett was among the prisoners solicitin; trade. ‘He had no information to that effect,” interrupted Mr. Hodnett. Lieut Amiss then told Mr. Hodnett that he would have acted as the station keeper did had he been present at the time. Judge Miller told Mr. Hodnett that he had better put his complaint in writing and submit it to the Commissioners. Mr. Hoduett said he had already prepared such a complaint, Caring for Poor Colored Children. A meeting of the Educational and Relief As- sociation was held last night at Mount Zion Baptist Church, corner of 12th and E streets northeast, with R. D. Ruffin president and Rev. J. L Loving secretary. The report of the general agent, Miss B. E. Brooks, showed she collected during the past month 111 pieces of clothing from the generous public,which, with the goods purchased with the funds of the as- sociation, had been turned into the treasury. The treasurer's report showed that the sewing circle bad and altered clothing for seventy children and they had clothed aixty-six children for the mouth ending the 17th of No- vember, and all of whom had been put into the public schools. The committee on cart boys for the reading room reported forty-five boys who would come to the room. ‘The committee on hall reported that the building engaged for the association had been leased for one year andthe carpenters were working on it and promised to have it ready for occupancy this week. The committee on outfit reported hav- ing received from the Secretary of the Interior Department two large mail sacks of books and other reading matter for the reading room. A communication was received trom Hon. John B. Lynch stating that he was in full sympathy with the movenicnt and would aid it By hee labor and his money. gern nee Meant No Disrespect to the President. Capt. A. P. Cunningham, who shortly after the election of President Harrison had charge of the firing of a salute on the White Lot, just in the rear of the White House, to celebrate the republican victory, called at the Executive Mansion yesterday and requested an inter- view with the President, Policeman Cun- ningham was atthe door, and when he re- fused to let the captain in to see the President he says Cunningham became abusive and pro- fane. The result was that the captain was re- quired to leave @20 collateral. Col. Christy appeared as his counsel in the Police Court today, and upon a statement that the captain meant no disrespect to the President, 5 was imposed, The captain was recently in- formed that he had been left a fortune by his uncle, who died in Australia some years ago, #0 he won't mind th exer sistas Taking an Unfair Advantage. Samue! Wheeler and Frank Whittington, colored boys, agreed to settle a dispute by “fighting it out” in an alley, but on their way to the battle ground Sam took advantage of Frank and struck him with «stone. Sam's ar- rest followed, and today Judge Miller fined bim @5. Ee He ts One of Them. The Clothing Gazette for November contains an excellent full-page portrait of Mr. Isadore Saks of this city, with asketch in which he is classed as one of the big buyers of the country. ——— ee Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in tee have been filed as follows: Bi. C. Borden to W. Mayse, subs A and E, sq. 1112; @—. Lots 1, 2, 13 and 14, #q. 1142; @—. W. A. Migrath to Jesse D. Gibbs, lots 39 and 40, M.'s sub Belleview; H. Barton et al, to W. H. Lepley, lot 6, bik. 7, University Heights; 1,125. J. H, Purdy to John B. Lybrook, sub 47, blk. 5, Le Droit k; $1,400, KR. J. Ste- phens to J. W. Morris, n. 34 14, aq. 319; $1,000. Moussa Bey Bunished. The Secretary of State has been informed that the notorious Moussa Bey, whose reported outrages on American missionaries in Turkey have so long engaged the attention of the State been summarily Department, has at banished to Ar - : THE COURTS. Ciacurt Court—Judee Mc Bradb: Steam Com; Nnlitie ia SUCCEED HIM—FUNDS FOR RELIEF OF STARV- ING IRELAND—ARE THEY USED FOR LEAGUE PURPOSES—MR. WALSH SATS 50. 2 “Parnelf can no longer be leader of the Irish party in parliament,” said Mr. Thomas H. Walsh tos Stax reporter this morning. “He has disgraced himself and the cause he was eo Prominent in, Ho has set back home rule twenty years, “Who will lead? That's s question I am really unable toanswer, Either Dillon or Sex- tou; more probably Dillon. He isa brave yet conservative man, He would follow out what ho believed to be the line of bis duty without regard to the personal sacrifice involved, There isno braver man connected with the cause. Sexton would be much weaker; he hasn't the ontspoken courage of his convic- tions. No, Healy would never do; he is too impetuous—a flash in the pan. ‘MR. WAISH WANTS TO KNOW. “By the way,” said Mr. Walsh, ‘can you tell me why Dillon, O'Brien, Sullivan, Harrington, Gill and O'Connor are appealing to the Amer- ican public in behalf of the famine-stricken poor of Ireland? Ten years ago they said they would never again ask this country for financial assistauco, aud here they are again. They announced three months ago that they were coming and acommittee of eminent Americans was formed to help them in the work of solicitation, “Now they have come and through their action this American committee has been disbanded. Can anybody tell why? If there is a ine why was that committee juggled out of exist- ence? If there is no famine then there is noth- ing to relieve, FAMINE FUNDS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. “The whole truth of the matter is thut those follows are after money for political purposes. They have more than a hundred thousand dol- lare now and will probably get more. Tho league will uso it, although it was collected os- tensibly for the starving people of Ireland. Not one dollar, not a cent of it will ever reach the hunger-racked and homeless ones in whose behalf there isso much wilfully deceptive oratory. If the money was to be used in charity I would contribute cheerfully, but youcan safely bet that Dillon, O'Brien, Harrington & don’t get any of my salary.” ONE YEAR IN JAIL And Also Held for the Action of the Grand Jury. Tom Lewis, the negro thief who was arrested some days ago by Officer McGlue for commit- ting » number of robberies at the houses of Commissioner Douglass and other citizens in the same neighborhood, was taken to the Police Court today. Lewis, it appeared, mado a habit of going about and stealing such articles as hammocks, chairs and other articlos left on the front porches and in yards, There were four charges of petit larceny and oue of grand lar- | ceny against the prisoner. He plead guilty to three charges of petit lar- ceny and was given one year in jail. He also plead guilty to the charge of grand larceny and was held in €500 bail to await the action of the grand jury. —_—_.—___ CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE, Important Decfsion of the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States, through Justice Blatchford, yesterday decided that a person injured partly through his own negligence is not debarred from recovering damages. The case in which the decision was rendered was that of the steamer Max Morris, appellant, against Patrick Curry, While load- ing the vessel, Curry, a 'longshoreman, fell through a hole and was injured. The lower court found that the accident was due partly to Curry’s negligence and partly to the negli- gence of the steamship company. Curry was awarded by the district court damages for tho time he was prevented from working on ac- count of the accident, on the ground that be was not debarred by reason of his contributory negligence, The circuit court for the southern district of New York divided equally on the case and sent it to the United States Supreme Court on appeal. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court, The Supreme Court also held that it was not necessary to pass upon the question as to whether or not Curry should receive one-half or partial dam- ages on account of his contributory negligence. DR. TUMBLETY FREE. 4 Judge Miller Says the Evidence Don’t Prove Him a Suspicious Person. Dr. Francis Tumblety, who gained some no- toriety during the excitement caused by the operations of “Jack the Ripper,” was a defend- autin the Police Court this morning. ‘Sus- Picious person” was the charge made against him by Detective Horne. The doctor is a large man who wears glasses, He was well dressed and did not present sny outward signs of » vagrant Some years ago the doctor resided in this city, where he prac- ticed his profession and sold herb medicine. When arrested last night the officer found on him considerable money and some jewelry—in all more than 3,000 in value, Detective Horne gave evidence of the arrest after having seen the defendant several times under suspicious circumstances, TESTIMONY TO THE DOCTOR'S GOOD CHARACTER. Stable Keeper Keliher gave evidence as to the defendant's character, He said that he knew the doctor during the war, and during the battle of Bull Run he (the doctor) was ver: active in helping the sick and the wounde Witness had always known the doctor as a good citizen, Saloon Keeper Harvey also gave evidence as to the doctor's good character during the war. About ten years ago he missed the doctor and di dnot see him again until about ten days ago. The defendant testified in his own behalf that he was waiting for acar at 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue last night,when he heard two young men talking about New York. They were talking when Detective Horne came along and stopped near them. . Witness thought the officer acted rudely and he walked away. The doctor denied the charge against him and de- nounced the arrest as a shocking outrage. On cross-examination witness said that he was never charged with a similar offense in England to that indicated by the officer; that be was not mixed up in ascandal implicating tain lords, He said that some newspapers attempted to say he w: ‘Jack the Rip- per,” but that was & willy statement to which he paid no attention. THE CHARGE DISMIssxD. Judge Miller commented on the lay and said that the proof in this case did not come up to the legai proof required to hold » person. ‘The doctor's book was offered in evidence, und, re- ferring to it, the judge said that when a book containing the signatures of the crowned heads of Europe and the potentates of America is presented to prove a man’s good character he always looked upon it with suspicion. If there wae anything in the charge it will develop and if such should prove the case the penalty provided by this law—a bond of $20—is not sufficient, Ho should, in such event, be investigated by the grand jury under the common law for nuisance, ‘The charge was dismissed, Dr. Nicholson to Be Tried Sagurday. The case of Dr. Leonard 8, Nicholson, who was yeaterday arrested by Detective Raff on a charge of assaulting @ seven-year-old girl, as published in yesterday's Stan, has been set for trial in the Police Court Saturday. The state- ment that the doctor gave magnetic treatment was incorrect, The doctor used to pay some attention to electrical therapeutics, Dr. Nichol- son has always borne a good reputation and the arrest was a surprise to his many friends, The doctor says he will be able to fully dis- prove the charge. — Recent Robberies Reported. Robberies have been reported at police head- quarters as follows: Mrs. E. Hirmg, 923 4th street northwest, reports that her wood shed was broken into night before last and twelve hens stolen.——W. C. Kendall, 213 13th street, WHAT THE PRESIDENT CAN DO. How Far His Control as Commander-in- Chief Over Army and Navy Extends. The President of the United States is made by the Constitution commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Curiously enough his control over one branch of the service and over the other differs materially, So far as the navy is concerned he has comparatively little execu- tive authority, while his power in -ariny mat- ters is not to be sneezed at. For example, he is able, so long asthe Senate does not object, totake any fresh graduate from West Point end make him the general of the army. In fact, with this condition granted, he can turn Gen. Schofield out of his place of command, drop him from the list altogether and replace him with whomever he chooses. Indeed, more, i no co from the deotas i Opattes betaee? the power to uke any — in the army and make him the gener: Tho law in this regard seems to be a very curious one, inasmuch as no like power is verted in the President with relation to the navy. Mir. Harrison, however willing the Sei ate might be, could not take » sailor in thi service and make him an admiral. Neither could he promote midshipman just ont of Annapolis , i fo, such a ion. Kor would it be possible for to: to tl ity even acaptain. For itis only the senior commodore on the regular list who can legally become an admiral, and throughout the entire navy pro- motions must follow this invariable rule of seniority. A NAVAL ADVANTAGE, That is one advantage possessed by the mavy over the army. A midshipman entering the service at a given age hus tho absolute and comforting assurance that, with reasonable good conduct, he must arrive at a certain time in the future, supposing that he survives, at a definite rank. If he is graduated with high rank in his class, he may count uj being at the head of the service before he is retired, as it it were & mere matter of mathematical cal- culation. On the other hand, after the grade of colonel in the army has been reached, appointments are made by the choice of the President, only restricted by the Senato's indorsement. Greely was made a brigadier general over the heads of » considerable number of those atop of him on the list. In like manner the Chief Executive turns things about ashe desires beyond the rank of the colonels, though he usually picks out for preferment the men whom he con- siders best qualified for command, But it will bb seen that the young soldicr in the line has nb certainty to anticipate such as is held by the junior naval lieutenant from the start, THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. It has been maintained in contention that has ben carried as far as the Supreme Court that the President is granted authority by the Constitution to appoint anybody to any place, though he should choose to make a hod carrier admiral! of the navy, and thut Congress has no power to restrict the Chief Executive in this regard. But it was held, on the other hand, that Congress is given Carel to make regulations governing the land and sea forces and the last legal resort decided according to the latter proposition, One ofticer may be promoted by Mr. Harrison over the head of another, even in tho navy, but the | man 0 overslaughed would simply lose one | place on the list. ‘Ihe practice, however, has | always been to follow the rule of seniority, | In war the President is given a very much e: panded authority. His function as commander- in-chief of the army and navy then becomes active and he can dismiss officers or give them | rank pretty much as he likes, without even re- | ferring to the Senate for consent, PROFITABLE REAL ESTATE SALE. One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars Realized in a Few Months. A profit of $125,000 in six or seven months! That ie what an investment made by Mr. John W. Thompson in F street has realized. He has justsoldto@ syndicate his property at the northeast cornor of 13th and F streets for $350,000. “In April last Mr. Thompson purchased the various pieces of property comprised in this | holding, and paid the sum of $225,000, It was end now is the largest single purchase of business property ever made in this city,and the prices paid, especially in the case of the corner property, marked the highest figure that had then been reached in F street prop- erty. DIMENSIONS OF THE PROPERTY. The property thus purchased and now again transferred to new owners has a frontage of 97 | feet 3 inches on F street and .117 feet 2 inches on 13th and extends solidly back on lines uni- form with the above with sufficient back ground in addition to afford alley facilities. It includes the prorat bought four or five years ago by Messrs. Woodward & Lothrop, which has a frontage of 71 feet on F street, with the connecting pieces fronting about 34 | feet on 13th street. ‘Then there is the corner property and the adjoining house on 18th street. For tho corner property Mr. Thomp- son id $39 per square foot, but since then the ground at the northwest cor- ner of = iit and F _ streets has been sold twice, bringing the first time the sum of $45 per square foot, and at the second sale, which included the purchase of the lease, #65 per square The entire erty sold by Mr. Thompson contains 12,236 ware fect, and at the price paid by Mr. Thompson it averaged about €18 per square foot. After a period of only afew months he has obtained over $28 Lee square foot. Since Mr. Thompson has held it he has made some improv nts, which have in- creased the income derived from the property. IT WILL BE IMPROVED, The purchasers, as stated above, are a syndi- cate represented by Mr. Chas, W. Handy and Mr. B.U. Keyser and it is the ultimate intention to improve the property handsomely.- At the resent value it yields a fair return upon the investment, and it is capable of being made still more productive. Mr. Thompson, who is an extensive owner of real estate in this District, does not consider that the prico paid for this pooper ae by any means the top figure, as he looks forward to a large expan- sion of the business interests of the city in the near future. In the event that the entire property is improved by a building and occu- ied by one business firm it will be one of the rgest establishments for trade in this city. It contains a larger area of ground than any other piece of business property that has been recently sold. ‘The property recently purchased by Mr. Lisner at the northeast cor- ner of 11th and G streets contains over 11,000 square feet, and it about $17.50 per foot, ‘There are only 8,195 square fect in the ground the southwest corner of 9th and F streets now being improved by the Washington Loan and ‘Lrust Company; $25 per foot was paid for that property. Daughters of the Revolution. Mrs, Flora Adams Darling, vice president, has the appointing power of regents to form chapters of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution throughout the United States, and will begia making appointments in the thirteen original states at once. Mre. Darling asks the aid of all the officers in the national society by sending in names of known lineal descendants to aid her in selecting desirable regents, Mrs, Mary wes pth i of Boston, Mra. Wm. Worth Henry of Richmond, Va., Mrs. John Jay, Mra, Roger A. Prvor of New York, Mrs, Bradley T. Jobnson of Baltimore, Mrs. Jonathan Trambull of Connecticut, Mrs. Blaine of Maine, Mra, Emory Spear of Georgie are among the first to respond, foot. prop- eS ee Election of Officers. The Catholic Beneficial Association has elected the following officers for tho ensuing year: H. A. Buscher, president; Jos, A. Geier, vice president; Frank Davis, recording secre- tary; Thos. Garret, financial ay John A. Holeer, treasurer; Ben. Iveman, Will Rhein- hardt and John ; L, Bhein- hardt and W. Dwy AES Virginia State Notes, The real estate convention of Virginia will meet in Norfolk tomorrow. Early next year Dr. Thomas Nelson will deliver addresses in New Jersey on the pina csaengend reply to articles written on that meet by Mr. George W. Cable. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, who was dangero: all at his home in Charlottesville, is re improving. ‘The Virginia Press Association met in Rich- ad toda moti Valentine's bust of lee «iy Commodore will soon be one of attractéons of the New York repository of vouthern art and literattre. The Veteran Zouaves of Elisabeth, N. J., will NOVEMB DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. LiQvoR Liceters were acted upon by the Commissioners today as follows: Reeneioe ‘North west—H. BR Retail Kirkwood, 1423 G street; Thos. Walsh. 1200 E Street; Frank W. Heygeter, 904 avenue; J. Frank johns. 5 Je - 408. Lith street Wholesale Barrett, 1601 street; F. 8. Williams & Co.. corner 9th and streets; Thos, Rusvell, 1213 nue; Louis Steerman, 4% Young, 620 12th street; John ‘ork ay 4. BSW. nica ars pvetanen 1831 E street; icon Hollander, agent, 425 12th street; Arthur Nattaps, 488 ‘7th, street; Chas. L. Beatty, for the Bartholomay Brewing Co., 308 1ith street; the To-kalon Co., 614 14th street; John R, Major, street; Eugene E. Cissell, 1001 New York avenue. holesale rejected—Henr; 491 10th strect northwest; Chas, B. Yan 8 622 13th street northwest, . ue od, Retail rejected—Wm, A. Eppley, $10 10th street northwest; Herman Hollander, 425 12th York Henry ‘Wassman, 310 Lith iew York avenue; street northwest, a gi AGAINST ACCEPTING THE LAND. The owners of the property on the south | lew, Mrs. Joseph Stearns, for the trouble. side of Magnolia avenue, agreed to donate five feet for the purpose of widening said avenue, and recently wrote a 18,--1890—TEN - PAGES. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 889. MINNIE PALMER’S PERIL, She Declares That Her Husband Tried to Murder Her. Miss Minnie Palmer, the actress, has left her husband, John R. Rogers, and as soon as her health permits she will begin proceedings for a Separation. Mr. Rogers blames his mother-in- it ‘akoma Park, have | seems that he has been informed that her first husband, Capt. Palmer, is not dead, though letter to the Commissioners with the request | *%¢ has again married. On Saturday Mra. that they be informed if- would accep the offer. Ca ported adversely upon the juest. He says that this donation should not b the width of the street would only be forty: the Commissioners | Rogers told him that she was. going to the pt. Rosell has te-| Aberdeen Hotel to visit her mother, Mr. Rogers objected. Acccording to his wife he oa finally said: “‘Minmte, if you go there tonight, feet after they had donated the five feet, which | YOu will goto your ve” “I didn’t pay he thinks is not a proper width for a ‘street. | much attention to this,” says Minnie, “as he He therefore recommends that the sioners do not accept this donation, fs BUILDING PERMITS. Building permite have been issued as follows: . H. Voigt, frame hotel, Rockville road; 96.700, Miss E. E. Pinckney, brick dwelling, 1401 1st street; $1,200. W. H. Brooker, frame dwelling,D street between 15th and 16th south- eust; €400. John W. Foster, one brick store and dwelling, 1223 7th street northwest; $3,000. C. Dickson, eight brick dwellings, 308 to 322, alley in square 541; $4,000. A. P. Clatk, PS one brick dwelling, 246, alley square $1,000. Mrs, L. A. Landon, one brick private stable in rear of 1618 6th street northwest; @500, Geo. P. Newton. one brick dwelling on Florida avenue, Le Droit Park: 500. Ellen Walsh, one brick dwelling, 315 K street north- ‘west; 22,400, COMPLAINT ABOUT STREET RAILROAD HORSES. Recently a complaint was received by the Commissioners that the horses epee 7m SoM the Metropolitan Railroad Company were 2 over Florida avenue from street bridge up to the intersection of Connecticut ave- | nue and Florida avenue and there hitched to the cars. while the horses taken out were transferred back to the stables, The complainants eaid this was a great nuisance and requested tho Commissioners to remedy the existing state of affairs. Capt. Rossell was called upon for an opinion as to the advisa- bility of notifying the railroad to cease the nuisance and in his report.to the Commission- ers today says: ‘Some time ago the car com- pear sent their horses to Dupont Circle and made the change there. This was objected to by the Japanese minister and the railroad made certain changes and tho horses were taken to the intersection of Connecticut avenue and Florida avenue. Mr. Curtis, living near the corner of Connecticut avenue and Florida avenue, objected to the way. in which the car company was managed there and the Metro- politan Railroad Company again made changes. It would seom that it is necessary to incom- mode some one. A route might be laid out which would stop the inconvenience to these people now complaining, but the result would robably be that others would complain again. | The true relief will be found, I hope, when the more modern motive power is adopted by the Metropolitan Railroad Company.” — NOTES FROM CARLISLE, Dickinson College and the Government Indian School. Correspondence of Tar EvExrve Stan, Carxisie, Pa., November 17. About midway between Chambersburg and Harrisburg, Pa., is situated Carlisle, the seat of Dickinson College, a flourishing institution, originated by the Presbyterians about the close of tho last century and subsequently coming under the control of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, Rev. Dr. McAuley. a former well-known pastor at Washington, was until re- cently the president of Dickinson College and was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Reed, whe officiates | in the presidential office with great success, William R. Woodward and William F. Sibley are the trustees représenting Washington, and they do it woll. > Then the Indian school is located here, of which Capt. N. H. Pratt, U.S.A., is in charge, This is flourishing and could hardly be other- wise, for the government is at its back and turnishes the money, which, with Capt. Pratt's characteristic energy and experience, is a guarantee of success. I attended the First Presbyterian Church and noted with pleasure some fifty Indian youths in attendance and in- terested and attentive auditors, There reside in Carlisle three ex-judges, all men of ability—Judge Samuel Hepburn, Judge Herman and Judge Henderson—-while Judge Sadler is at present the presiding judge. Judge Frederick Watts lived here many years before his death and -wili be remembered b; your many readers as commissioner of pr f culture at Washington. There are five well-conducted newspapers, and the town itself is beautiful for situation. ‘The country surrounding is attractive and a while the society is intelligent and re- fine: The “Carlisle bar” is for mental and legal strongth unusually strong and among its mem- bers are J. W. Wetzel, former district attorney and the son of William Wetzel of the office of the commissary general of subsistence, and Joseph G. Vale, @ brother of Josiah Vale, formerly of the Treasury Department, but now & member of the Washington bar, Onsznven, ——— PARNELL IS UNMOVED. The “‘Freeman’s Jourual”’ Says He Will Not Resign the Party Leadership. The Freeman's Journal of Dublin makes the following statement: “I have direct authority for stating that Mr. Parnell has not the re- motest intention of abandoning, either perma- nently or temporarily, his position or his duties as leader of the Irish perliamentary party. This may be implicitly accepted as Mr. Par- nell’s firm resolution, and, perhaps, by learn- ing it in time the Piggott’s press may be spared the humiliation of indulging in a prolonged outburst of useless villification. “In arriving at this determination I need not say that Mr. Parnell is actuated exclusively by his sense of his responsibility to the Irish peo- ple, by whore suffrage he holds his public posi- tion, and who alone have tho power or the right to influence his public action. The wild, unscrupulous and insincere shrickings of the Piggotists on the piatforms and in the press ona do nothing to alter Mr. Parnell’s re ive. ——_—_oe_____ A RUSH TO BE TREATED. Description of a Visit to Dr. Cornet’s Consulting Rooms, . A visitor to the consulting rooms of Dr. Cor- net, the German physician who is treating con- sumption, writes ag follows: “Imagine a dark corridor scracely four and a half Wide thronged by a motley assemblage of men 4nd women, and, in a small adjacent ante- room, thirty persons coughing in a close at- mosphere anxiously waiting their turn for ex- amination and treatment, One patient who appenred to be in an advanced stage of the dis- ease bad to be carried into the consulting room. In this room there were three assist- ants at work bya little table; one patient sat in a chair undressed and examina- pd and threo other feast | partially un- dressed and awaiting their turn, Dr. Cornet has several times threatened to kill me. Not that I ever thought he meant it, though.” When she returned that evening her husband “had his coat and waistcoat off and was wait- ing for me. Beside him on the table was an empty whisky decanter that had been full when Ileft. lL explained that we had been detained at the horse show. 1 talked with him for a few minutes and then retired. There was a light in tho outside room arranged in such a way that the glare was reflected from the glass into my eyes, Iasked him to turn this down and then I tried to get to sleep. In afew moments I heard him quietly stealing up to the bed. He sat iown beside me, and, -putting his right arm under my head, began to stroke my cheek with that hand. “As I turued my head toward him I caught a gleam of along knife. ‘My God, what are you going to do? Are you going to kill mc?’ I screamed. “ ‘Didn't I tell you that if you went to that oe tonight you were going to your grave?” answered, and then I made « rate struggle for the knife. He isa strong man, but | he had been drinking, and I wrenched it out of | his hand and ran screaming to my maid's room. My husband followed me, but I was too quick for him. I had.dropped the knife, and when I got into Bertha’s room we shut the door and locked it just in trme.” Miss Palmer at once left the Gramercy and went to her mother at the Aberdeen, Mr. Mc- | Hale put Mr. Rogers in bed and lefthim. The | superintendent says that although Mr. Rogers had evidently been drinking, he talked | clearly and secmed to know what he was | doing. Mr. Rogers said that he had brought the carving kuife out to ask his wife to kill Lim if she persisted in associating with her "Sie, To a ir. Rogers appeared yesterday very much sed over the chars his wife had preferred against him, whem he was informed of their character, Atfirst he regarded the report that she was seeking « separation from him as in- credulous, but when assured that such was the case he wai “Very well: 'llnot oppose her. There is not ® word of truth in her statement that I tried to assault her. No one who knows me will believe it, and Minnie will not dare look in my eyes and say such a thing. Why, it’s perfectly absurd.” “What are your plans for the future?” he was asked, , if Minnie don’t return to me by to- morrow noon I'll close up our apartment end sell off everything I possess,” ~ os A Philadelphia Broker’s Offense. Robert H. C. Hill, a Philadelphia broker, was held in €2,500 bail yesterday charged with re- ; hypothecating $9,000 worth of bonds, the prop- | erty of R. L. Hart, On June 12 Hart borrowed | €5,000 from Hill, giving as security the bonds. | When the note fell due Hart went to Hill's office with the intention of paying the money back, but he was unabie to find the broker. Soon after this he received a note from Hill saying that judgment had been issued. He finally learned that Hill had depomted the bonds in the Chestnut National Bank, having | hypothecated them for $7,500, Hart paid €500 | and recovered his bonds and them swore out a warrant for Hill's arrest. Deadly Quarrel Over Cards. Andrew Smaltzee of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was arrested yesterday charged with the mur- der of John Williams, On Saturday evening John Williams, Andrew Smaltzce, James Green, John Montgomery and Samuel Kennefic were playing cards, A dispute arose and Smaltzee threw a glass at Williams, who believed he had been defrauded. Williams was finally induced to go home and Smaltzee also left the piace. An hour later Williams was found in the back yard dead An autopsy was held, which showed that Williams’ death was due toa blow just back of the left ear, followed by strangulation, as marks on the man’s throat show. Smaltzee was then arrested. The other men were also arrested and placed under bail to ap- pear before the coroner's jury. a Ray Hamilton’s Will, The will of the late Robert Ray Hamilton was offered for probate in New York yesterday. ‘The document makes no mention of Mr. Ham- ilton’s wife, who is now in a New Jersey prison, but provides $1,200 a year for life for Beatrice Ray, the child which he calls his “adopted daughter.” The bulk of the estate is left to the children of ler Hamiltoi a ectemns Much Valuable Lumber Burned. Fire last evening which originated in the mill yard of the East Florida Land and Pro- duce Company in Buna Vista,a suburb of St Augustine, Fla,, and known as the “English mills,” destroyed the entire plant and 1,500,000 feet of lumber. The loss is estimated at $110,000. There is no —. — in American companies, but it is suppose e company has veel dedeary 55 England. ge: « They Conspired Against the Czar. ‘The trial of the nibilists who were accused of being implicated im a plot against the czar con- cluded in St. Petersburg yesterday. Sophie Guengberg, one of tho prisoners who was ar- rested after her trial in Paris, in which city she was arrested for having bombs in her posses- sion. together with two of her accomplices, named Stoilanoffski «nd Friefeld, were found guilty and condemned to be hanged. The | court, however, recommended that the ezar re- mit the sentence of death against Stoilanoffski and Freifeld, and that they be banished to Siberia, Two officers, who were aleo charged with complicity im the plot, wero acquitted. ee Baron Patin, who has been tra: in this country for his health, died at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York yesterday. Baron Patin is said to be un eminent Priest anda cousin of the Prince of Chambourg. 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Goods deltvered on frst payment, Open evenings. a AA AA Aaa aa Cis POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE, 7TH STREET. 4 MILLINERY SALE our and take this Tour attention have ‘We havo entirely y Department ‘to that fact. ie 2 competent and expenenced force of milliners apa trimuers and would be pleased to bave you call end jook throws shape then ever betore to attend ‘to your oniers, ‘and are confident that with fine and stylish work, our usual low prices, polite and strict attention to your Wants, we will an increas! trouaee which Will result to your benefit ro our own. UNUSUAL MILLINERY BARGAINS. we have made for this sale unusual and extraont Bary cuts in prices. You have never scen such reductions before duri the betht of the Billlinery Season. THEY Witt. EMPHASIZE Oc ASSERLION that our prices are Unapproachably low throughout the department Our entire stock of Finest Felt Hate and Bonneta, in Biacks and Colors.” Kutirely uow shapes. WORTH UP TO cHoIce 00 EACH, ‘Tris cines u sy eee) ‘ + 56 oO rin. ‘ Our entire stock of Fine Birds for hat trimmings, Every conceivable shade. Worth up to $1.20 each. CHOICE me ete c EACH, gs Entirely New Ostrich Tip Bands in Blacks and culora, Very stylist and at preseut much used. Worth up to 61.00, CHOIcE ir) Children's Large Fiat Trimmed Hats, Very pretty colors and trisamings. “Worth $1.50, EACH. A line of Fatin-beck Velvet Ribbons, all a line of J-inch wide Satin and Gros Gi in colors, suitable fur faucy work. Worth ard. 1 CHOICE a ws00 N wa’ hn Com ut “y/® “Gov = A YARD. 4 MM > ig to hua = BA i aa ‘ow POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE, a7 SEVENTH STREET. More Goon News Bome weeks ago we offered a liberal rebate to CASH PURCHASERS oF FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS, But limited the time to such « short period that many were unabie to avail themselves, For their benefit and aleo any others who care to save this difference in price we will offer, commencing today and extending to Decem ber 11: £100 rebate on every $1,000 purchase, 875 rebate on every #750 purchase. 850 rebate on every $500 purchase. 5 rebate on every 8250 purchase. 815 rebate on every $150 purchase, $10 rebate on every $100 purchase. $5 rebate on every 850 purchase. 2.50 rebate on every #25 purchase, 81.00 rebate on every $10 purchase, FOR CASH ONLY. ‘We wish plainly to point out that this applies to purchasers of FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERY GOODS AND WALL PAPERS ONLY. ANOTBER CHANCE FOR CASH. ‘We have culled out s dozen or more patterns ef BODY BRUSSELS CAKPETS (they have not sold as freely as we desired) and cut the price to 75c. @ yard. Also about 20 pieces of Tapestry Brussels to 50c. a yard. JULIUS LANSBURGH, IMPORTER OF DRAPERIES, 23th and F ste,