Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1890, Page 7

eet a ——; THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1890—TEN PAGES. CITY AND DISTRICT. F The difference between a loose vague Doast and an affidavit giving exact figures is a wide one, and of vital significance to @ person interested in the statoment. Tux Star sears to its circwlation. This is @ point of great im- portance to advertiaers, SECRETARY NOBLE'S REPORT. Operations of the Various Bureaus of the De partment of the Interior, , THE PUBLIC LANDS AND IMPORTANCE OF RESER- Yont SITES —INDIAN AFFAIRS AND WILD WEST SHOWS —VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THIS CITY CN- DER THE SECRETARY'S SUPERVISION. Secretary Noble in his annual report gives an interesting summary of the operations during the past year of the twenty-one separate bu- eaus, institutions, parks, 4c., under bis con- trol. He states that the vacant lands of the United States, exclusive of those in Alaska, at present ex:end over 586,216,361 acres, of which 282,772,439 are already surveyed. Alaska con- tains 577,390 square miles, or 369,529,600 acres, of which not more than 1,000 acres have been entered. The aggregate reaches 955,746,461 acres. ‘The policy of the department has been con- tinued, he says, as the Secretary's last report shows it to have been begun under the present administration, in giving a liberal interpreta- tion to the land laws in favor of the settlers and by advancing. as far as can reasonably be done, the early decisions upon all entries made, contested or uncontested. RESERVOIR SITES In regard to the location and selection in the public lands of reservoir sites the Secretary states that the work under the law of August 80, 1890, is proceeding with decided energy. ‘The present existence of the sites, their con- tinued mul tiplication,and their future use now demand from the people and the government the most serious consideration, for it must be determined what shal! be done with upon the proper answer to this que pends in great part the prosperity of the terri- tories or states in which they are located. ‘The act. it will be perceived, reserves from all lands west of the 100th meridian a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by authority of the United States. It needs but a moment's retlection to recog- nize that these reservoir sites must be upon very high ground for the most part to gain those natural depressions in the mountains or foot-hills, where the water can be garnered in vast volume; that this water will be gathered in the season when the streams are full and overflowing. so that the amount caught in the reservoirs will not deprive any one of his own t supply at that time, and were it not ed this overflow would go to wast. that both to conduct the water to the reservoir in the flood season and thence back into the bed of the streem in the dry season, ditches must exist under the same control as that which commands the reservoirs. In this connection it is also to be recognized that when these reservoirs exist they will be, with the water they contain, the absolute prop- erty of the United States on its own soil and not in any degree dependent upon the stream, which they are rather to supply than to exhaust. ‘The Secretary urges that Congress should without delay enact comprehensive laws deter- mining the national policy in this business, and, if the reservoirs are subject to local con- trol. particularly guarding against such misuse of the powers granted as would either allow the upper lands to absorb the water continu- ly through the dry season, or the anthor- ities to require any but the cheapest and most liberal terms for its transportation to the in- habitants and farmers. The act should sat tion its provisions and reservations to these | ends by the most severe penalties of forfeiture of privileges conferred, and of all improve- th absolute and immediate resump- al control to preserve and effect purposes. INDIAN AFFAIRS. arions questions connected with the administration of Indian affairs are fully dis- cussed. The Secretary states during the year satisfactory progress has been made in the work of allotting lands in severalty. The field work of making allotments has been entirely leted during the year on the Yankton reservation in South Dakota, the Grande Ronde | im Oregon, the Modoe, Ottawa, Seneca and Shawnce reservations in the Indian territory, and such work will be finished upon several other reservations at an early dl WILD WEST sHOws, The Secretary has the following to say of will west show: When the present administration began there was little or norestrairt upor any one seeking to take indians off th> rese xs for exhibition cis, The first act done > gotiry was to requ‘re a bond | h privilege, condi- | “ pay and treatment of ansand their return to thetr homes, and for the employment of a waite man to be selected to go along with the Indians ard look to thi ‘This, it is thought, did much good in som: eases; but experience hs since that in othe- eases the Indian has greatly lost by such employment. He is taken into sti ing may nge and most exciting surround- he is tanght to renew the wildest and most scenes of Indian warfare, and too often tempted to recur im practice the lowest vices. When misfortune overtakes him any form of disease or accident, or bankruptcy breaks up the show of his employer, ndition on return home is not a good ob- Jenson of the b of civilized life as 1 by bim in the capitals of our own or er enlightened lands. ‘The results are, in 2 rable, and it has been ordered that no more such licenses or contracts shall be made or approved. and that all Indian agents shell exert themselves to prevent and defeat any attempts in future to take Indians from the reservations or elsewhere for such pur- pores. If some act of Congress were passed forbid- ding any person or corporation to take into employment or under control any American Indian, it would be of much assistance to the department in enforcing this policy The Secretary asks that the salaries of the commissioner, the associate commissioner and the firancial clerk of the Indian office be in- creased. AS TO PATENTS. The report of the commissioner of patents, the Secretary observes, furnishes many inter- esting facts, showing a great advancement in the work of the burean, and a most praise- worthy increase in its receipts over its ex- penses. There is no burean that bas earned by its own success greater claims to an increase of force and room for ita officers and clerks than the patent office, and the Secretary strongly ap- proves the recommendations of the commis- siouer hereinafter set forth WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU. In regard to the ruling of the pension office the Secretary says: “The work to be done by this bureau has reached wonderful proportions, ‘and its expenditares have sent into the channels of trade and commerce in our country more than one bundred millions of dollars the past | year. The use of this vast sum bas served more than one valuable pu It has been not alone a relief to bundre thousands of the families of the soldiers who in different wars have served their country, chiefly those who de- fended the Unioy against secession, but it has also transferred ‘at most opportune moments the accumulated treasures: the government to the hands of the people, ‘blessing him that gives and him that takes.’ The appropriation for the present year ia+} 297,090,761, but such has been the great num- | ber of pensioners added to the list by ¥pecial acts of Congress and the energetic work of the bureau that a deticiency prpropeiation will be | required, the amount of which cannot yet be | accurately state d. CENSUS WORK ACCOMPLISHED. A review is given of what the census office hax aceomplished, and it is stated that three have been some contests, and in some instances corrections have been made on applieations for Tenumeration. But 80 per cent of all the com- plaints against the eleventh census, and there were only about the sme number as against the tenth census, have on careful investigation found groundless. The Secretary adds: “It is a noteworthy Tomulgation of ' fact that upon the the ques- for the purposes of the census, some relating to disease and other of the subjects above mentioned, a great number of editors throughout the country began a bit- ter attack upon the whole used ever array the” } ménded to favorable consideration. | increased from seventy-four to 124, and the jim like proportion, \ber of lieutenants ‘of the junior grade and great body of our people are content with it.” MORE FORCE AND MORE ROOM WANTED. Secretary Noble strongly recommends that the salaries of the first assistant secretary and the assistant secretary be increased to $5,000 ad responsiblity dovalting open thems He an volvin le also says that a greater forte and more room are needed for ‘ork of the land office, as, in spite of all the work that has been done, the work of the office is in arrears. Nine additional clerks and one medical expert for the Indian zp recommended. Additional force ‘and Hin the patent office and an increase Lot the of copyists, to $900, as in other buremus, is urged. A of the report is devoted to a re- view of the condition of the various institutes in this city that come under the supervision of the department. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The catalogue of Howard University shows 365 students. In the industrial department instruction is given in printing, carpentry, tailoring, shoe- making, mechanical drawing and other useful handicrafts. A suitable structure for instruction in the different mechanical arts is greatly needed. A building, equipped as required for school of technology and gymnastics, can. be erected for $100,000, and for this purpore the trustees ask &n appropriation of $25,000 to be expended in the present fiseal year. ' They also desire toem- ploy a librarian and teacher of bookbinding in addition to those to whom salaries have hereto- fore been paid. These requests are recom- COLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF AXD DUMB. Of the Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb the Secretaty says: The management of this humane institution has continued to be most praiseworthy, and it is commended to the favor and liberality of the government. The report from this institution states that there have been 129 students and pupils instructed since July 1, 1889. Seventy-one of them have been in the collegiate department, Geen twenty states, the District of Columbia an Canada. Fifty-eight have been in the Kendall Se The ‘receipts of the institution from all sources amount to 264,830.14, and_ the expendi- tures were 368,970.47; balance on hand, 859.67. Estimates aggregating 266,000 are submitted for the coming year, and the directors propose, if the small increase asked for is granted, to d the facilities already existing for normal teaching. The Secretary concurs with the statement that this is a great and growing necessity, as there is no school in the country devoted to training teachers for deaf mutes. FOUNDLING HOSPITAL. Sixty children were admitted during the year in the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, 11 of whom were adopted. It is intended to start a training school for nursing maids in connec- tion with the hospital. Over 2,357 persons were in the Freedmen’s Hospital during the year. ‘Three hundred and fifty-four surgical opera- tions were performed. we were 9 cases of alcoholism treated, 12 of which were colored. There were 193 cases of women treated during confinement. 5 white and 193. colored, only 46 of whom claimed tobe married. In the hos- pital 228 cases of venereal diseases were treated and in the dispensary 541. On the recommen- dation of the commissioner of pensions 128 ex- soldiers were admitted and treated, and, on the recommendation of the board of the ra of jational Soldiers’ Home, 18 were cared for waiting for transportation. Congress having made an appropriation of 00 for that purpose, the intention is to build a two-story four-room house for the treat- ment of contagious diseases. GOVERNMENT INSANE ROSPITAL. The total number treated in the Government Hospital for the Insane was 1,742. There are still five inmates living who were admitted or to June 30, 1855. During the year the Foner building has been opened as distinct hospital for the sick, with trained nurses and all modern appliances. The infirmary annex, for which appropria- tion has been made, is now under contract and is expected to be completed during the fiscal NAVY. Secretary Tracy Makes Some Very Pertinent Remarks on the Subject. Secretary Tracy's remarks in his annual re- port upon the subject of the personnel of the navy and the need of measures to improve the existing conditions are interesting. He says: The number of rear admirals is too small for the needs of the service and I recommend that it be increased from six to ten. Of the reduc- tions made in the numbers of the naval person- nel by the acts of Congress of July 15, 1870, and August 5, 1882, the firs: was adopted at a time when the material of the navy was in a state of rapid decline, boti in the number and quality oi ships, and the second when it had touched the lowes: poini. The transformatioa and rapid development of the fleet which has taken place in the last six years mak2 it absolutel:” necessary to call for & new adjustment in ce: tain branches of the personnel, in oader to keep upa reasonable standard of efficiency among the officers of the navy. LINE OFFICERS. The situation of the lower part of the list of line officers from the grades of Heutenant to) ensign is so serious as to be little less than | slarming- At the prosent rate of promotion | these officers bid fair to pass their lives in the junior grades. The average age of the five officers now at the head of the list in each of these grades is as follows: Lieutenants, forty- four years and one month; lieutenant, junior grade, thirty-four years and five months; en- sign, thirty-two years and seven months. ‘This is bad enough, ‘but the situation during the next few years is growing rapidly worse, and actual calculation shows that at the average rate of promotion the officers now at the foot of these three grades will only be promoted out of their grades at the following ages: Lieu- tenant, fifty-four years; lieutenant, junior grade, thirty-seven years; ensign, thirty-three years. The Je will thus be presented, at a time not very far distant, of the whole grade of lieutenants in the navy com; of men be- tween the ages of thirty-seven and fifty-four. During all this period they can only have a sub- ordinate responsibility, although they have reached an age when many men are alm ready to retire from the pursuit of an acti career. They are till in leading strings, al- ways compelled to refer even unim; nt ques- tions to their seniors, aregsing out the mixera- ble existence of a subordinate whose energies have been sapped, whose ambition is gone and who has learned from long experience to evade and shirk responsibilit; ‘The absurdity of this arrangement is shown by the fact that after spending forty years of his life in inferior positions the lieutenant has but eight years left in which to puss through the highest grades before retirement. When he reaches a position of responsibility he is no longer fitted for it, and he is, therefore, as inca- pacitated for efficient service during his short period of command as he was during his pro- tracted career of subordination. If this practice continues, the government will ‘soon find itself possessed’ of a tleet of the highest qualities placed in the hands of « body of officers origi- nally inferior to none in the world, but with a capacity that has been dwarfed and stunted by the results of this restrictive legislation. ‘A PARTIAL REMEDY. Asa partial remedy the department proposes that the number of lieutenant commanders be lieutenants be deminished and that the num- number of Of pusigns be more nearly equalized. fn eonnection with this subject I would strongly urge that the bill (8.540) now ae ‘in Cony to amend the statutes the naming, rating and command of veasels be soamended that second rates may be com- manded by captains or commanders, third rates by commanders or Heutenant command- ers and fourth rates by lieutenants, thus { Stadually lessening. About the middle of Feb- obviating the hardahips which the Dill im its present shape would impose upon junior officers. PERSONNEL ENGINEER CORPS. fs the demand for an increase in the numbers of the engineer corps. At present there are not enough enginee® officers im the Navy for ordinary working purposes, and if no additional ships ‘were building’ an enlargement of te corps would be necessary. ‘The important ad- ition hat are noe being made fo’ the feet emphasize still furtber the urgent necessi immediate action. ‘The ¢1 ships, with their great complex , require eae eese vided of the ahipe will be seriously A bil for ‘this purpose of a certain mi ‘the selection be taken upon it at the coming session. yee cont bee beeches; wg: Batewg howe, ant i old te be the . United THE HEAVENS IN DECEMBER. | Jupiter Now Without a Rival in the Evening Sky. ‘MARS AN OBJECT OF GREAT INTEREST TO ASTRON- OMERS—SATURN NOW GEMS THE CORONET OF THE MOBN AND MERCURY 18 AN EVENING STAR ‘(THE WINTER SOLSTICE. ‘The sun gets to the extreme southern limit of its journey December 21 and astronomical winter begins, ays a writer in the New York Times. This point in his course is called the solstice and, as the word implies, the sun seems tostand still for a few days before starting north to ripen both our wits and our crops. Months will pass, however, before we can ap- preciate the increase in light and heat, and we shall no doubt have practical proof of the old saying that as the days begin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen. In the days of the old heathen nations the year began when the sun started north. It was the jubilee of the year to thei: simple natures, the long-looked-forward-to hour when, with music, dancing and festive offerings, they homage to the rude deities they ‘worshiped and in whose power they had implicit faith. To them the sun was the great representative deity and the winter solstice the time pecn- liarly devoted to religious worship. Our own festivities and thankegivings at Christmas time are no more genuine than were the simple faith and trust that were symbolized by the observances of the ancients at the time when old Sol turned his face northward. December 11 there is. central eclipse of the sun, which is the last for the year, but whichis of little in- terest to us, a8 we can see nothing of it. Peo- ple living in the latitude of Auckl or Mauritius will have ® fine chance for observation, and our scientists will have to depend upon their observations for additional data. ‘The last quarter of the present moon is on December 4, the new moon comes on the 11th, first quarter on the 18th and fall moon on ‘hristmas. The age of the moon at the be- ginning of the year gives us the exact number, twenty, which, in the church calendar, isa very important number to remember. ’ The moon is in conjunetior. with a planet when the center of the moon and the center of the planet are in the same right ascension or longitud>. The moon at that time may be, and generally is, north or south of the planet. The conjune- tions for the month begin with Saturn on the 4th and end with the same planet on_ the last day of the year. Neither of these is sufficiently close to attract particular attention. The sec ond conjunction is with Uranus on the 8th, but as we can seldom see the planet this meeting also has but little significance. Venus is too close to the sun when her turn comes, and Mercury can be included in the same remark. December 15 and 16, however, there will bea con- junction with Jupiter and with Mars, and, if the evenings are bright and clear, there will be a very pretty picture. Although the celestial bodies are not very close together, their tions in relation ‘to each other ‘afforda fine tableau. ‘The full moon in December is high in north- erly declination, so that for two or three nights we shall have its round, smiling face through- ight. It was only a few week ago that in the midst of the peculiar tint of yellow green so brilliant in the western sky soon after the sun had touched the horizon Venus could be seen shining serene and bright, but gradually it faded from view, as getting nearer and neare> the sun it was absorbed by the more powerful light. Almost the entire year Venus has proved the chief attraction of the evening planets. We have watched it emerge from the glare of | the sunlight, challenge Jupiter, and coming out trinmphant from the contest, reign un- | rivaled as the most brilliant gem in the celes- | tial vault. But, like the ball secured to the | end of a piece of rubber and thrown out from the hand to return to it on the rebound, #0 Venus, having receded to its limit—about forty-five degrees—from the sun, is drawn by irresistible force back once again toward the center of the solar system, with which it is in inferior conjunction on the 3d. According to the ancients Venus had two names—Hesperus when it was evening star,and Phosphorus when it was morning star. As it now Joins the latte: group and will be west of the sun we shall next see it appear in the east before sunrise, where it will shine long after the rest of night's candles have burned out. Venus's diamete: is getting smaller and smaller anda year hence it will hardly be one-sixth of its present size. At the beginning of De- cember the planet will be found in the con- stellation of the Scorpion. Jupiter is now without arival in the evening sky and can be seen just before the sun disa pears. He is well south in declination and is coming to our meridian earlier and earlier as the distance that separates him from the sun is Tuary the two will be in conjunction, and when next we see the giant planet it will be as morn- ing star He ix chasing Venus and early in April he will overtake and pass her. ‘The con- function will be close and interesting, although it will be somewhat too early in the morning for the majority of star gazers. The right as- censioa of Jupiter on the Ist is 20 hours 44 minutes, his declination is 18 degrees 54 min- utes south, and heis tobe found in the con- stellation of Capricorn. ‘Mars, whose approach to Jupiter and depar- | ture from that planet formed so interesting a study for several weeks, is also an evening star. At present he is not quite three-quarters of an hour behind his neighbor, but before the month closes the interval will be increased to almost one hour and three-quarters and will con- tinue to get wider and wider in the course of the coming year. Just at present there is no heavenly body that gives rise to more specula- tion as to its composition, inhabitants, arti- ficial changes, and so;forth than Mars. Scient- iets await with impatience the approach of the planet toa favorable location for observation In order that if possible some light may be thrown on many of the vexed questions that are dividing our astronomers into factions and producing the wildest speculations as to what really does exist upon the surface of our war- like neighbors. Neptune and Uranus are at so very great a distance that they failto attract the attention of the amateur student of the evening skies. We are denied our nsual monthly privilege of finding Uranus by his proximity to the moon, as at the time of conjunction the waning moon is not visible in the evening. Uranus was at first thought to be a star, but closer observa- tions of its disk showed that it was not a sta so it was then taken for a comet, and a study of its orbit was made. This resulied in its beng proved a planet, whose nearest distance to the sun was at least fourteen times that of the earth from the sun. Mercury is evening star, and as he is growin larger and getting further from the sun we shall be ‘able to. see him in the southwestern skies shortly after sunset a little to the southward of the point at which the sun disappears. The spring of the year is more favorable for seeing the planet than the autumn; but if one looks steadily at the point referred to he will find Mercury shining with a brilliant white light, brighter than any fixed star, except Sirius. It does not seem so bright asit really is, because it can. never be seen except when very near the horizon; then, too, its brilliancy varies consid- erably, owing to the great eccentricity of its or- bit and the great changes in its distance from the earth. Saturn is now the fair star that gems the glit tering coronet of morn. He rises about six hours in advance of the «un and is larger and more beautiful than at any time since the early months of the year. He is in the constellation of the Lion, not very far from the brightest star of that group, Regulus. Early risers will find him well up in the northeast section of the heavens, where his brightness renders him un- mistakable and not to be confounded with any twinkler in his vicinity. Saturn is twice in con junction with the moon in the course of the month. ‘The December heavens have many of the most brilliant stars of the firmanent. Some of the summer groups we miss, but their places as points of attraction are filled by others of equal interest, although we inay have to, look in some other position of the sky to find them. An interesting discovery was made a few months ago in the constellation of the Great Bear, or, as we more familiarly call it, the Dipper. "Mizar, the middle star of the three forming the handle, is of the second i tude; and even to the naked eye is observed to be double. Alcor. its partner, is of the fifth magnitude, and the Arabs considered it a good test of the eyesight to discern the rot. Pic of Harvard found by ‘that Mizar itself is double at regular of fifty-two days and the inference that ‘Mizar consists of two immense suns revolving around each other, sometimes aj i center of gravity is estimated at 104 days and their maximum Velocity is 100 miles a second. Took toward the are also gems of lesser 7, Such while ‘to the and Pollux, " I ‘the imaller constllationa of Equulcus and Dalphie NAVAL MILITIA, Necessity for Such = National Organization Shown by Secretary Tracy. ‘The necessity for increased facilities for the organization of » national naval militia calls forth » in the annual report of Secre- tary Tracy that will be read with interest. He says: One of the most vital defects in our present naval saystem is the want of an organized militia, 80 trained that in case of necessity it will be prepared to supply the demands of the naval service. ‘The number of seamen now al- lowed by law is 7,500. Most of them at any given time are necessarily scattered. They would not be available at all in an emergency, nor would they inany cas be numerous enough foform more than the nucleus of sn active lorce. At the outbreak of the civil wer there were only 200 seamen on the Atlantic coast at the disposal of the government for the crews of ships fitting out. Largely in consequence of this naval operations during the first six months were delayed and obstructed. The necessities of war afterward increased the force to 50,000. Most of the new recruits were destitute of naval training, and to obtain even these it was neces- sary to pay heavy bounties. ihe want of a supply. of men in reserve places the navy at a great disadvantage as com- red with the army’ ‘The army” hes, alwa hind it a well-trained militia, which makes its real numerical strength. Without this it would be a feeble instrument of national defense. The navy needs its reserves as much as the army,and they should be composed not only of trained seamen, but of trained naval seamen. The development of the militia is in the in- terest of a true economy. Its cost to the gen- eral government lies only ix arms and equip- ment for training. The remainder of the ex- pense is voluntarily borne by the states. Com- pared with the cost of s regular force of the saiue size this expense is little more than nomi- nal, as the periods of active employment are confined to what is required for training pur- poses alone. It is the true American principle that the standing forces of the government, military or naval, should be kept on the smallest possible footing consistent with the requirements of defense. But it is essential to the maintenance of this principle that there should be a body of traimed citizens back of the small standing force which will be ready to meet an emer- ney. The United States has no use for a large body of men, drawn away from productive labor and consumi their time in a permanent army or navy, but it requires that provision should be made for recruiting both branches of the service in case of necessity directly from the people. INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT DEVELOPED. Until recently no steps have been taken to- ward the creation of a naval militia, but within the last two years an active interest in the sub- ject has develope! itself, not only on the sea- oard, but on the interior waters and on the Pacifi:, and a spontaneous movement bas taken shape in the re by several states of acts for the establishment of a naval militia, In some cases successful organizations have been already formed, and all that is required is such action on the part of the general government as will put the naval militia on the same footing as the land militia, namely, the issue of arms and equipments. ‘Other states are tending in the same direction in mse to an active [tae demand, and there is every reason to lieve that with proper encouragement from the department and no other action by Con- gress than an appropriation for the supply of rma the creation of a naval militia. will be a sure It is clearly in the interest of sound policy that a demand of this kind springing directly from the people and closely concerning them should meet with a hearty co-operation on the part of the government, and that a general dis- ‘ition thus aroused and expressed should not suffered to die from delays and discourage- ment. The naval militia of the country now actually in existence should be put on the same footing as the land militia. A bill with this ob- ject was introduced at the Inst session of Con- ‘reas and T earnestly recommend its paarage. The naval militin organization in New York has been permitted to drill on board the Min- nesota and the organization in Boston on board the Wabash. The latter drill Insted several days and was equivalent to the annual encamp- ment of the land militia, Landing and boat driils also took place at selected points in the neighborhood of Boston and the organization developed a high degree of spirit and energy in its members. In connection with the subject of » naval tia, I would call attention to the advantage of providing a place in its ranks for persons of special acquirements demanded by the naval service, but of a character somewhat outside of the ordinary scope of professional training. The extensive employment of electricity in its applications on shipboard makes it nécessary for naval officers to acquire a certain amount of electrical knowledge, but it is impossible for all, or even for any great number of them, to become expert electricians, nor is it desirable that they should do #0 at. the expense of other branches of their profession of more pressing importance. To meet this want it is su; that a corps of naval electricians be established in the different states that have created a naval militia, to be attached to this militia and to re- ceive the naval training which it is the great object of the militia to give. ty this means a corps of electrical specialists would be organized, familiar with the needs and usages of the naval service, and the ex- tended applications of electricity to naval ves- sels would be rapidly developed in’ time of peace as well asin war. In the latter contin- gency the corps would be especially valuable in fitting out new vessels with electrical appar- atus, and in taking charge of the electrical lant on board ships in commission. The num- er of officers available in an emergency would. thus be increased, as those now detailed to elec- trical work could be assigned to other duties, and their work could be carried on by the ex- perts of the naval militia, 8T. ALOYSIUS’ CHURCH. Father McGurk, the Pastor, Succeeded by Father Gillespie. Rev. Father McGurk, 8. J., who has been for over six years pastor of St. Aloysius’ Church and president of Gonzaga College, has been transferred to 8t. Lawrence Church, New York city, and left last week to commence work in his new calling. Father McGurk was a very Fie The greatest regret i felt ot his ising, ity. re ing, and from the. time ‘that the news of ths change reached here the college dwelling house was thronged with bundreds of his friends and mers who came to bid him farewell. He served over two terms here, an unusually long time, but being a member of the Jesuit order he to instantly obey the orders that came from Father Campbell, the father provincial. Perhaps Father McGurk’s best work at 8t. Aloysius was in clearing the church from debt. He built rows — — rio the — aa ed property, at a large prot Tad waa abt to Feduce the large debt to citsest nothing. His successor in both offices is Father Gil- lespie, 8.J. of Philadelphia, who is well and favorably known in thie ‘city and who was chosen, probably, on account of his standing a8 an educator and his famil- jarity ‘with the needs of this city. Father Gillespie comes to this city from Bos- ton. He was educated at Woodstock College, Md.; was for two years vice president of Georgetown College, and from 1879 to 1884 was a teacher at Gonzuga College. Ho is al planning some important improvements in the college, among them introduction of a business course and the classical father provincial of Father Campbell $. J, Ye potas. this province Miss., Saturday night, and the robbers were AUCTION SALES. __- AUCTION _SALES. i a, : Ht Ei i é Et Me 1001 D street, opposite Pennsylvania avenue, ‘Inmaking the announcement of the following GRAND NINETEENTH ANNUAL sale of Silver Plated Ware, manufactured by the world-renowned and celebrated. Taunton Silver Piste Company, special importance is attached to this sale from the fact that this entire and magnificent stock was manufactured before the “McKinley high tariff bill was passed,” thus giving close buyers the opportunity of their lifetime in this “*Special line of goods.” We shall use every endeavor to make this “‘Auction Sale” surpass the former sales we have made for this old and reliable company, and especially announce ie | that the sale will commencs MONDAY. DECEMBER FIRST, AT ELEVEN A.M., THBEE AND HALE-PAST SEVEN P. M., And will continue until the entire extraordinary large stock is disposed of. Here area few examples of the “stock” that will be sold tothe ‘highest bidder:” Elegant and Unique Electric Silver Piated Ware, Im- Ported French Clocks, Antique Bronzes of various de- signs and colors, Statuettes, Table, Mantel and Clock Ornaments, English Plaques, Fine Imported China, latest designs, rich in color and decoration; Piano and Banquet Lampe, Imported Opera Glasses and Lovely and Exquisite Jewel Cases. ‘Magnificently and Artistically Mounted Bon Bon Boxes, Crackers and Rose Jars, Covered Dishes, Tu- Teens, Repousse Sets, Hand-engraved Tea Sets, Epergnes, Tureens, Fruit and Berry Bowls, with » full line of the most attractive Toilet Goods in Cellu- lod, together with our immense **full line” of Rogers’ 1847 Table Cutlery. As in all ocr previous sales special provision will be made for the comfort of ladies attending this peremp- tory sale of Artistic Sheffield Ware, &c. Parties looking for ‘Christmas Presents” will find it greatly to their advantage to attend this brief “IMPORTANT SALE," Every article strictly gusranteed as represented or “money refunded." And it is with pardonable pride that we refer to our previous sales made by us for this “company,” 80 far asthe quality of the ware ts con- cerned, which is second to none in the country. ‘Kindly remember that the sale will commence MON- DAY, DECEMBER FIRST, at ELEVEN A.M. and HALF-PAST SEVEN P.M., and continue daily until everything is sold. Respectfully, WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., n29-10t Auctioneers. T, CLAIR FECHNER, AUCTIONED PA, Sr oT ee eee estate. Prompt settlement; ble chanres. FUTURE DAYs. I[HOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF LOT, IMPROVED DWELLING, NO. O5CSTREET SOUTHWEST By ‘of ‘a deed of trust, bearing. 1800, and fecorded date on the ist in Liber ‘No. one of'the land records of the Dis- atsaory notes ety ents Molar, oF ‘ ere! on 'THURIDAY. the ELEVENTH DAY of DECEM: BER, 1800, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., in front of the lat public auction, to thd heat vidder, parcel of iand in the vashins District of Colmubia, known and distin: ots nuibered four Cd) aud five (3) ‘Ave. tmndred. and thirty-four strvet 36 fect 3 inches east Inches, thence north 115 feet 20 teet, thence south 5 feet IL feet 3 inches, and thence south ton, in, gulbed as parts of numl in square Cape inches, thence west 50 feet to the bewinning, with the ‘i rene ‘the land records of sald District. ean ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the cash and the residue in two. eq able in one (1) and two (2) years. fro with interest’ at the rate of six ai cea ay Been pure chasers Wi quired, secured by leod of trast on the pi he satistc: ae 2 2 ? : a Wold. tothe satiatac may in cash, at the option 1A depos! of $200 will ‘be reavared Pirchanees “ifthe tothe oh eaiesce ha eet “4 ferns of at ‘conn Eaten dng trom the day” of asler the tracts steer Pee eae p ee 3 1y8" notice in The ‘hase money in Installments, Pay ‘ROBERT W. McPHERSO} JOHN, BILLING O87} Trastocs, THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. > dlauds UBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE I VE Under and by virtue of a stains sauce execnted by the Potomac Hed Saud Stone Conte pay Monteomery anys Maryland, to He H. sphensnitiarhaan gee 9? ne Ce of the land record books of Montizomery couity. laces ties nt of the indebtedness described thereon), the duly constituted attorney for the parties secured, by suid mortgage and nated therein for that purpose, Will sell at public auction, on ‘the. premises, on BAT: URDAY, THE TWENTIETH OF DECEMBEC 1800, at TWO O'CLOCK P.M., to the highest bidder, the following real estate and property, namely: Al the property mentioned antd des vibed im anid mortwage. consisting of all those tracts, Pieces or Par- cels of land lying and being in Montyomery county. in the state of Maryland, desicnated as lots numberee: three (3) and part of lot numbered four (4)in thedivision of the real estate of the late John P. C. Peter, made by the commissioners appointed by the circuit court for Montromery county, aa court of equity, in the case of Sarah E. Peter and others vs, John F.C, Peter amd others, No. 118 equity, to 1858, and containing 500 acres of land, more.or ‘he said tracts of land being the samie which were heretofore conveyed to the Said Potomac ed Sand Stone Company ot Montgomery. souaty,,aleryland, ‘by Nathaniel Wlison and anni E. Wilion. his wile, ‘by deed bearing deto. the Ist diy of December, in the year nth snd recorded auioug ‘the land _ recoris font geunty. I aber |e of said M gen Reet te, atin NS: 26, folios Tr, “de. also mills, machiners Is, implenient docks, ‘cows, ‘touts, ‘stone quarried and ‘ungnarried, and personal property of every Kind and description belonxing to the said company, and situste, lying und. ne on-about and upon the iforessnd tracts of land, oF jn any manner used in connection with the quarries ‘and mills thereon, and all and sin-ular the appurten- SBarateanchises, rights, emewments, wayy water richie tori any wiseappertaining incioding eich ne rajeye, under x eane frou the Cleta ‘inches OFT. celebrated Seneca quai ‘et of Red wand stone, with all the mills tuachigery, Siarreg ch au Sxtennivenmcaig soe? © oPeTwS ‘The property is situated timinediately on the Chena- penke und Ohio canal af the moult et Seaton Shea about twenty-two hilles above: ts On the public road leadinue esville, “known ‘ws the Hiver ‘tool oper operation of the quarries fests‘ brated Vuilding’ stone in, the the | a the ‘easential to the i to be alinost inexbousiible, on wat supply of the ‘There will ‘be sold for stone, ioe eet uae fn working the two Blake air property a number of cars: construction of the Smithsonian partment of Justice inthe city of Ws other finportant bt in Washi Saale sree ciate vets ~ FOE DWELLINGS, LARGE AND WELL 10- CATED BUILDING LOTS AND VALUABLE WAREHOUSES AND WHARF On SATURDAY AT 12M., THEGTH DAY OF: CEMBER, 180, at the front door of the Corporation Court room, Fairfax street, Alexandria, Va., the sub- ‘scriber, as executor of Wm. N. McVeigh, will offer at public auction, the real i & I a Ratcurrs, DARE & 23. Ce) Special announcement of sale by catalogue of am ex- ‘quisite and superb collection of ‘TURKISH, PERSIAN AND INDIAN RUGS, CARPETS, ‘TAPESTRIES, ‘TEXTILES, tom house and never before offered to the public view. In this stock will be found the CHOICEST AND MOST VALUABLE SPECIMENS Obtainable from Khiva, Bobkara, Daghestan, Bsken ‘Shirvan, Kazak, Shires, Karalech, Demesces, Tobe ran, Derbeut, Afghanistan, Heress, Feraghaw, chak, Beloochistan, Khorasan, Bagdad, Coula, Iran, ‘Ineli snd Tehitchy, such as Rugs and Carpete for the HALL, STAIR, PARLOR, DRAWING ROOM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 3, 4,5 AND 6, AT 11 4M. ANDS P.M. EACH DAY. PUBLIO EXHIBITION MONDAY, DEC. 1, 1890. RATCLIFFE, DARE & 00., AUCTIONEERS. n20-dkds (THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, 11th and Pe.ave. TWO HUNDRED ‘TURKISH CARPETS AND BUGS AND OTHER ORIENTAL TEXTILES AT AUCTION. Tmportant opening of a magnificent consignment, embracing Camel's Hair Carpets and Rugs, Khorassan Carpets and Rugs, Cashmere, Inilis, Shervahan, Mer- Zapore, Mohair, Royal Sumac, Kermit, Royal Ellore, ‘Zviti, Zariff, Kazak, Mella,Candshar, Baku, Anatolian and Cerabegh Carpets and Rugs, Angora and Gulistan Mats, Antique Rugs, Rich Portieres and other Rare Oriental Textiles. ‘To be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, without reserve, AT MY ART ROOMS, SOUTHWEST CORNER PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND ELEVENTH STREET, ‘TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, AT ELEVEN A.M. AND THREE P.M, THOMAS DOWLING, LAW BOOKS, ‘TO TAKE PLACE AT MY AUCTION ROOMS, 11TH ST. AND PA. AVE., MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER FIRST AND SECOND, 1800, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK P.M. ‘N.B.—Books now ready for examination and cate- logues ready for distribution. 25-58 RRATCUEFE, DARE & 00., AUCTIONEERS, | HOUSEHOLD Ri a> ‘NECESSITIES WITHIN OUR COMFORTABLE SALES ROOMS, Ni VANIA A’ . FU edited tae NB, ae stock, Wien ts Se MPLETE, CONSISTS 20 BALES ET LINING. SEVERAL SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS, SEVERAL COMBINATION-LOCK IRON SAFES. TDUNCANSON BBOS., Auctionsers. CORED SHEE, AE ESTEE OF eee on SaETE itty fete OF K STREET NORTH race AND | 0} H AUCTION SALES. Hl F 5a] Fetes 2 F ta F & tf is Pri WALTER ENTERS YO Ry ‘OC eguace gam: Wastinston, fronting 9) feet street horthwrats at tie corner tue tak with an average se of Hoot public alle), aid Sota feet. with in att ‘after date of male, LEE TEE wwrren sen ta sx WALLACE T. CHAPMAN DI MON SECOND. STAEET BEEWLEN. BAND © STREETS NORTHY ANT. . Of & decree passed by the Supreme ct “of Colunbia on the ti D. een, in eae a ube Da aie a m0. AT HALE-PAST FOUR Front by the depth of lor twenty-eight C)ein guar Seven hundred and 755), in the city oF wi the Abbi, hmproved ‘tn brick dielling house, fern of sale: Oue-thint of the money in gash. and the balance in eatal nstallwrents fa ome ant Eo fears, with atx per et interest. {row day ot’ sue to be snctred by deed of trust om the prone or allah st te option of the purciaeer. ‘dollars to Se pat when the wroperty: is sold. "All conveyamcine andl neording. at, purehasce Soat. {tthe terius of male are not complied fith in te S858, the trustee reserves the riche to Fesell ead Prope erty aiter five dayrepuvi: nore. at Seraultine pur Slisner's cost. SOHN A. CLARKE, Truster DUNCARSON BROS, Auctioneers re D BASEMENT BRICK WITH, STABLING. BEING, Xo. 01 AFTERNOC piverd tee roe ge Subdivision made vy the exer ester and Eliza L.M. Bergtman d fm Davidson's recordet sulkity Dart of sq"mre No. 127, having a frontace of :b4.] feet on H street by & depth of 148 teet t 3 a $670 teeny containiat S29 square feyuange on ay setedion the conch slat ot Woes Seperate USth streets, aud improved by a lere four-story and it house with stabling, being No. 1721 H street northwest. Sccash, and the Palance in one, two and ‘Terms: three years, with notes bearing interest and secured by: of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at op- * fiom of purchaser. $500 deposit will be reqiiieed st the time of ale. All conveyancing and recording at Picuse open ier, ay prior to male, uvdte THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. RATCHPFE, DARE & CO., Auctioncers. PEREMPTORY SALE OF UNIMPROVED PRoP. ERTY IN TODD & BROWN'S SUBDIVISION. PLEASANT PLAINS ON PRINCETON BISMARCK STRELIS, NEAR SHERMAN AV CE OR NINTH STREET EXTENDED, Bi} x a Qn THURSDAY, DECEMBER FOURTH, 1800, ve preminee, TS 2 AND 10, IN BLOCK 33 oF TODD £ BROWNS SUBDIVISION OF PLEASANT PLAINS. UR O'CLOCK P.M, we will sell in font of the sort chal Pees Oe ERT | gabe ‘Vork, #:400.m. daily Fo: New \ork only, Limited Bapress with Dining Oar, ‘B00p-mm. dally. POR PHILADELPHIA ONLY. Fast Expreee © iSa.sn week Gaye and 4.1m. alty. = Teron. without cham. 8:10 orm. week daye, ‘ands Lhpeim. every day nN. alt targus trains commect Do eect Fu Hand 9:00 a. yt Sanday. +, 8 10-05 pan, ans Quantico, 7:45a.m. and 4:55 pam. Fr ss San, 9 an 20:57 a.m. tat pmiwodation 4 Trains leave Alckanore dor Stn, Tt 9-0) and 10 Tickets and information Tat the office, northeast com nerot tit i entieyivania avenue, and at can be left for the checking th rem lencem AND OHIO RAILROAD, Schedule in effect November 10, 190. Leave Washington from st Winchester and Way Stations, t5:30 p.m. Taray. 3x = hanes Tat Be Lees inate), "3 00, 5.05, 6:00, 6: tions on the Metropolitan Branch, +6: a. $1 Ls Ry prncwel stations only, wuliate pointe, 19-68. Lot 2 fronts 30 feet on Bismarck street. Lot 10 fronts Tat, Ba, 80 feet on Princeton street, and cach liave a depth of a feet ate stations “7 p.m. ‘Termus over and above the following inc train leaves Wastiincton om ‘st 135 be paid in cast: (On lot 2 three nates of €3 Y ., stopping at all stations on ‘the Vedring interest at the rate or six percent per anna y and maturing July 16, 1801, Tne! and Inds: Lot 10, | For Frederick, 46:30, 98:90, $990, $11.90 a.m., fwo notes, each for S24), interest at six percent. ma- | €Li15. 3:40, 12:30 p Nn day of sale or right reserved. to rese' at the risk and cost of defaulting pur uaser. and recording at yurcbaser s cost. as RATCLIFF y “depots vonsplind with in All con- ‘Trains arrive frou Ch rt HANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRO} CHAENEST ATE BRON ASOT a IVISION OF LOTS IN SQUARE TWENTY-FIRST STREET BET! ‘0 STREETS NORTHWF*1. p2oaieesieteraacnet ete Seoencrt fatale in cattne Mo. 12705, Docket No, 31, the undersizned trustee will wffer. tor Da En FIFTH, A.D. EC Past FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the following describe t VED THE Cheater. real estate, lying and being im the city of Washington, . Oo, of Colun to wit: All of lot m- p.m. Limited exprems, pris ie Rered sourtees: ia) in te subaivinian of <otieed ae caine} Green's) the lots in square nunuwed inet The Ualance in'one ane two years Sle, the deferred pajrnent to i t upon the Property sold to aie yisetea Te uy ‘of the cash crm of sale: One-half of the purchase money cash, to be secured by deed of 7 intermediate points between Pastaeiphuie, 19:00 and 17:20 a.m. 08. Aucts. ICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD Oo. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. naa Tennemen, Sat aul we hewn lonseiile,. Chariortesvilley “pel VALUABLE UNIMPRO’ PROPERTY, SITUATE " ye 7 COPE CE I gece eR RORTHWEST:AT AUCTION. wees s.am,—Fast. Mal daily for Char On FRIDAY, DECEMBER FIFTH, 1900, at HALP- je. Stations Chesapeake and “Route, PAST FOUR O'CLOCK FM. .in front of the preuises, | Lynehivurs, Korky Mount, Danville and Stations be I will sell all of lot 10, in siuare east of square Sf, | tween Lyncbluy and Danville, Greeushoro™ Retest, fronting 112 feet G inches on Virginuws avenze and 7 | Asbevilie, Charlotte, Comba, Aucuste,, Atha fest of rounds California, Pulinuan Sheapce Sew Lect te sat ‘Terms: One-third cash Eb ‘Orleans. HOEKE’S CARPET AND FURNITURE STORE? BECAUSE his stock is complete and well selected. ‘BECAUSE his prices are right and guaranteed. BECAUSE itis the only house in the city which employs NEW YORK SKILLED CARPET LAYERS AND CUTTERS. ‘BECAUSE you are always sure of polite and courte- ous attention, and BECAUSE THE CASH BUYER CANNOT AFFORD ‘TO PASS HIM BY. Fallin "leeperAtlmuta' to Sew Denvilie to Colurabie, and re Wanton Cantal fin pam nllyy “except sumday. Straninins and intetinediate statioun: 230 p.tp. -Daily, rans to Greenvale, 8 Pullman Siserere fo Greenstone jeeper to vie Lyme Bristol STG pm Wewtera singe ay for a Ghaclreeeie, “Stanaton, ‘e With a Pulluen Sleeper tor’ Loulsriies p.— Southern Fi for Slee Seen and Obio division leave Wash ve, dally, G22) pm, dally and 4-46 pe returnins ‘Washinton “eo ase whe tas Exppeme dally for stations tm ‘to Cin Cincianatt {Ene Siete ura without Caahe POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. ‘>