Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1891, Page 5

Tus Besr PROTECTION AGAINST SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE WEATHERS 18 TO PURIFY = THE BLOOD wire arans BARSAPABILLA ‘TP VITALIZES 4D EXRICHES ‘THE LIFE CURRENT AX} WILL CURE YoU. Fon MOSQUITO BITES, SUNBURN, SORE FEET, LAMENESS FROM OVER-EXERTION UsE POND’s EXTRACT. For PILES. CHAVING, to BATHE FACE and HANDS when bested, ke. ‘Refuse substitutes, probably worthiess. Accept ‘POND'S EXTRACT only. ° PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY, ew York and London. M2*. WINsLows soorHise syRUP Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETH- ING, with PEKFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHEA. Sold js in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup” and take uo other kind. 25 cents bottle. alsiy Woarre Turx Aut Go To. Where did James G. Bia ine go when in Europe? Where did Senator William M. Evarts go? Where cid Mr. P. D. Armour go? To Carlsbad, where exists the greatest health resort and has been known as such for centu- bad can now be brousht into every home. ‘must havethes:cnatureof “EISNER & MENDELSON co. 2d EDITION. FRANK ALMY CAUGHT. Found in a Barn Near the Scene of the Crime. THE RECENT AUSTRIAN CLOUD BURST. | soem President Livingston of the Georgia Alliance Re-elected. THE GRAIN MARKETS DULL. ALMY, THE MURDERER He Has Been Found and He May Soon Be | Von Branit, the German minister to China, Haxover, N. H.. Angust 20.—Hanover isagain wild with excitement. Frank G. Almy, the brutal murderer of Christie Warden, has been located, and a crowd of people have gathered and expect soon to lynch the wretph. Almy was traced to the Warden farm and is i a bay mow. pare cernctea oni Seestag cnoaingg while looking for some chickens, found under the barn a number of empty cans and_bottles, in- dicating that some one been hiding there and subsisting on canned fruits and vegetables and beer. Wednesday F. W. Davidson and N. A. Frost, who had been told of Mrs. Warden's discovery, made a further search and found | more euns andaclub. The cans and bottles wero identified as having been stolen. with their contents, from the cellars of familles in the village. - Last night Prof. Whitcher and Sherif Brown watched the premises. At 2e.m. they saw Aimy walking about the garden. He was bare- footed, ragged, pale and thin. He filled a bag with apples from the trees, eating ravenously at the same time. He then walked back to the barn and waiked around to the other side of it. The watchers returned to the village and! sroused about forty men, whe soon surrounded the building, and a search began. Chas. E. Stewart, a student at the State College, was the first to locate Almy. He was roddi the struck the bedy of the concealed. man. In- stantly Almy fired through the hay. The bullet missed Stewart. Almy fired again and again, making bis way upward through the hay atthe same time. Ho fired at least fifteen shots and the barn was quickly desurted. One of the shote struck and slightly wounded Asro Turner of Norwich, Vt., 9 studeut bere. A council of war was held by the men outside the barn as tothe best means of continuing the attack upon the outlaw. z ‘Asa result of the conference the following were appointed us a committee of procedure: Sheriffs Stevens of Lancaster and Clarke of Lebanon, L. C. Huriburt of Lebanon and ex- Sheriff N. C. Bridgeman. While many favored fo drive “Almy out the | majority | wore for entering the barn, and volunteers for this purpose were called for. ‘Twenty-two men in- stantly responded. As the party entered the barn Almy’s voice was heard asking tuat John Fuller be sent to him, as he wished to speak to him. ‘Ex-Sheriff Bridgeman and Fuller went into the loft and, atter conversing with Aimy, Sheriff Bridgeman returned and, mount ing a ladder kaning agninet the house, said to the crowd: “Fellow citizens, Almy has been found. Now I call upon you in the neme of the law and order to restrain your anger and let the law take ite course with the foul murderer. I say this at the request of the county officials, men whom we chose by our votes to actfor us. We have confidence in them.” ‘The crowd finally agreed to let Almy be taken care of by the officers. He had threatened to £0. Agents, New York,” on every bottle. 50_ | kill himself and sell his life dearly otherwise. For Dy ‘The crowd formed in lines aiong the road to on Drserrsta sce Almy brought out. yp x abner = 2 our BY ¥0! AU deaiereiees it. 81 per tettle- Genuine has | Almy afterward refused 10 come out. The Mark and crossed Fed lines on wrapper. Ey DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, HEAD- je by stall doses of Carter's Littie Ose More Caaxce Orrenrn To GET THE FULL WORTH OF YOUR MONEY. (GOe. Hairy Brushes f0F. .....2.-cecce--csensveenneseees DIC ‘Toe. Botties of Quinine and Rum Hair Tonic. 500 20e 35e Preseriptions carefully compounded by Registered Drugstecs. (Our prices are from 15 to 25 per cent lower than other drucgists chance, Store open all night ¥. 8. WILLIAMS & CO., Druggists, w@T-eotr M.W. Beveamez, Nos. 1215 Fst. and 121468, ‘HAS HIS STORE FULL OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL GOODS. Buch as dolicht housekeepers and others, ‘NOW IN SEASON. ‘Under Masonte Temple. FREEZERS_WHITE MOUNTAIN. REFRIGEKATORS—EDDY'S, withsiatestoneshelves., De. LORILLARD’S, for hotels and clube. FRUIT JARS—MASON'S. JELLY TUMBLERS—TIN TOP. WATEE COOLERS PORCELAIN LINED, ICE PITCHERS-FLATED PORCELAIN GLASS WAKE OF EVERY DESCKIPTION. ‘Tuaiblers trom ic. each to 80 per dozen. WHITE STONE CHINA, all kinds. DECORATED POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, FROM BICH DESIGNS to very sunple and inexpensive. Ftore closes at S p. m. during August. mb7-On Turee Is No Dasarz Is using a MODERN GAS STOVE of the serious tse of ith other stoves, accidens cur wi Call apa Loo RELIABLE. ECLIPSE and | wy1Str_WASTINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Bazox Liewa, ‘The grest chemist, pronounced the well-known LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF, madeot the finest River Platte cattle, infinitely superior im flavor ant quailty to any made of cattle grown in Eurove creisewhere. He authorized the useof his Well-Ano wn sisuature as the trade-mark of LIEDIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF BEEF. For deiicious beef tea. For improved and economic cookery. 3y30-th.tu Siuzosos. 2200 AND 120? PA. AVE Mas just received a carioad of OLD PASADENA PORT, SHEKRY AND CLARET. 63,000, jueting for seed and consam| i tion 30,000,000 bushels, this will leave 28,000,060 Se Dusbels for export. Of this amount Manitoba © BOTTLES. $1, AND 4 BOTTLES, g1. | expects to export 25,000,000 of hard as the finest Canads Laat ee ieee Ca Frouteen. “Latent A Pocket Corkactow gratis with every dollar ale. | little over 15,000,000 bushels. The wheat ae crop, hero, ae. nearly 3,000,000, short “of MAX. 2O5s8, OF SERVOC™, DEBILITE TF | BI Geetenton, “and “thie ‘shertage, wes Satuabie Sor nervous Weakucsn’ niskt Sweats: ty | supplied by large tanportations of United Sistas toe flour. — = crowd finally overpowered him and be was taken to the Wheelock House under a stron; guard. The crowd could still be easily ind to lynch him. jue ed THE CLOUDBUKST AT BOTZEN. Great Loss of Life Caused by Tuesday's Dis- aster. Viewxa, August 20.—Further details from Botzen, near the scene of the cloudburst whieb, as announced on Tuesday last, partially destroyed the village of Kollman, seems to show that the damage done and the number of lives lost are greater than at first supposed. The cloudburst over the mountains flooded the low lands, converted & mountain stream, inte, a torrent, whieh owept rough the vi iman, away people and cattle and destroying half the houses in tue place. Forty were said to have been drowned by this accident, which also destroyed, the railroad for many miles. It now appears that the fall of water from the clouds also flooded the other side of the mountains and that hamlets situated on the bill tops have been isolated by the flood. Many corpses have been seen in the valley on the other side of the mountains. They were being carried down the torrents and it is feared that further and great damage to property has resulte from the calamity and that the loss of life is very much greater than announced in the first reports. Some time must necessarily elapse fore the full details of the affair are known. —— GRAIN MAKKETS DULL. ‘They Open Excited and Higher, but Sub- sequently Break. Carcaco, August 20.—As usual during the past few days the grain markets opened excited and higher, followed by a break and then duil- nese. London was 134a3 pence lower om car- goce, but Liverpool, Paris and Antwerp were firm and advancing. ‘The weather in England was variable, butin this country it was favorable. ‘There were good buying orders in the wheat it at the start and December bigher at 05; it advanced by quarters to 106, then broke to 1044 on selling orders from New York and ‘St. Louis, rallied to 104% and at 11 o'clock was aujet at that price. eoaueam Septem! corn opened ® scat way at enywhore between 67062. "In s ahors thee it broke to 6644, but rallied to 6794, and at 11 c'elack stood at that, with little doing. ‘The market is Yery nervous; the crowd expects heavy receipts and is inclined to sell, but isa lot of strongly held long corn and they fear manipulation to keep prices up. ‘Oats were quite strong September closed v y at It sold up this morning to 30\4 andat 11 o'clock it was quoted at 305. ‘Ike cause ofthis advance was Stated to be foreign buying orders. The sup- position is that the unusual trade is on account Bf the short crop of Russia, which usually sup- plies England with oats for horse feed. Pork opened 5 cents lower on the heavy re- ceiptt of and lower prices for hogs’ bat atrcngthened on the report of of the country for the past week, which «howed a total ‘of only 105,000 a ene toms cor- res] week year. mal opened at ¢10.25, sold up to a) $10-4254 and reacted to 10.30. On the call Tallied to $10.85. ie Al 20.—The grain market here Brnirs, August it for August delivery a one mark per 1,000 kilos; September and Octo- ber delivery declined 2 mar! prices of ryeshowed no change from the clos- ing values of yesterday. —_ CANADA'S WHEAT CEOP. ‘The Dominiow Will Export Mere Wheat ‘This Year Than Kver Before. hay with » shovel handle, when | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. LIVINGSTONE RE-ELECTED. ‘The Georgia Alliance Refuses to Consider the Charges Against Him. Artaxta, Ga., August 20.—The state alliance convention this morning re-elected L. F. Liv- ingstone, congressman from the fifth Georgia district, president. The convention refused to investigate the charges which some of the members wished to to prefer against Presi- dent Livingstone. It is believed that a resolu- tion wili be d condemning railroad con- solidation in this state and calling upon the | trom legislature to enforce that provision of the constitution which forbids euch consolidation. ‘THE OCALA PLATFORM ADOPTED. Dispatch to The Eveni Bicawoxp, Va., August ance convention today adopted with only two dissenting votes the Ocala platform with an ed- dition demanding that the Congressmen-clect should give the subtreasury plan or something better. ae OUTRAGES IN CHINA. Germany Kemonstrates Against the Violence to Foreigners. Braxiy, August 20.—The North German Gazette today confirms the report that Herr acting in concert with the representatives of the other powers, has remonstrated with China in regard to the outrages which foreigners have been subjected to in that country. The North German Gazette adda that Ger- man trade has suffered in consequence of the disturbances. Referring to the occurrence in 1890 when the German Catholic mission in the province of Stan Foong, “The mountainous east” was damaged by a Chinese mob, the (/a- zelte ways the matter under dis- cussion in Pekin for about a year, but obtained nothing beyond — promises.’ The ofticial chiefly responsible for this outrage complained of has lately received marks of special favor from the Chinese government. ¢ Intter, it should be added, his strengtl ened the malevolent elements of the proviuce. Germany attaches the greatest importance to the welfare of the mission in the province jl per cent on the of Shan Yoong, and would impress this fact upon the authorities at Peki —— THE HOLY COAT OF TREVES. Its Exhtbition Inaugurated by a Solemn Pontifical Service. Toxpox, August 20.—A dispatch from Trevos says that the public exhibition of the holy coat.zsaid to have been worn by the Savior, was begun today. The exhibition was inangn- rated by a solemn pontifical service, conducted by the bishop, after which the people of the parish of St. Gangolph, in Treves, opened the series of pilgrim processions. The coat was in a glass case on the high marble staircase bo- hind the high a large cross,illuminated by a8, has been er the place where the relic ig shown und fivo flags were hotsted on the roof of the cathedral. A great multitude wasin attendance to sce the holy coat aud physicians are overrun with applications for certificates on the part of the pilgrims who wish to touch the garment, wit being cured of disease. Neither the diocesan authorities nor the great and incrensing throng of pilgrime apparently pay any attention to the charges affecting the authenticity of the holy coat. eae Cattle on the Cherokee Strip. Carpwerr, Kax., August 20.—J. B. Mayes, chief of the Cherokee nation, with twenty-five loading men of the tribe, has held a conference here with the cattlemen who are now herding cattle on the Cherokee strip. The conference | resulted from the recent order of President Harrison permitting the Cherokees to hold cat- | tle in the strip, provided they can show that the ¢attle belong’ to them. At the meeting it was arrauged that ail the cattle now razing there whall be transferred to individual Eiicrokees by bills of sale, and that when tho time for marketing the’ cattle arrives tho Cherokees shall transter them back to the cattlemen at an advance sufficient to mect the grazing charges. By this agreement | the $00,000 bead of exttle on the strip canbe kept thereand as many more brought in as the Cherokees care to take. aos Racing at Saratoga Today. s Sanatooa, N. ¥., August 20.—The track to- day was in fine condition and the attendance large. First race—Six furlongs. Prince Royal won. Bell of Orange, second; Versatile, third. Time, 1.13. “Second race, 13 miles, Spencer handicap— Pessara won; Bolero, 2; Santa Anna, 3. Time, 10. 2:10. ‘Third race, 6 furlongs, Grand Union Hotel handicap Charade won; Actor, 2; Leonawel, 8. _ Time 1.1634. Fourth race, 1 8-16 miles—Santiago won: Abi, 2; Redfellow, Time, 2.09. Fifth race, 7 furlongs—Gertie D. won; Eric, 2; Salvini, 3. Time, 1.303 ‘THE PROMOTION OF CLERKS. A Conference to Devise a Scheme of Exam- inations. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt held a | — conference this afternoon with Messrs. Theo. L. De Land of the Treasury De ut, O. W. Lougan and Chas. H. Carrington of the War Department, Chief Clerk Cooley of the Post Office Department and others in refer- ee to the regulations to be made governing examinations for promotion in the departments. The gentlemen invited to the conference by Mr. Roosevelt are those who have, asa rule, had charge of examinations in their departments, Chief Examiner Webster was also present. Mr. Roosevelt has been giving considerable attention to formulating a scheme for exaunina- tions for promotions under the new rule recently approved by the President. It is the intention of the commission to de- vise a plan that will be applicable to all depart- ments. In ench department there will proba- bly be a board of examiners. ‘The general examinations will be similar in tho different departments, but in euch case there will be added questions relating especially to the business of — the othe oF burean concerned. The plan of allowing markings for efficiency, the rating to be made before the applicant is examined, will probably form a part of the new scheme. ‘The efficiency” rating or, in other words, the estimate of a clerk’s worth by his chief, if high, added to the percentage @ clerk can muke in answering “oftice” questions, under the aystem followed in the War Department is sufficient to secure the promotion of a clerk who might pees an indiffereut examination on general + HE GREAT ENCAMPMENT. ‘The Committee That Will Fix the Date Not ‘Yet Announced. The time for holding the next annnal en- campment will, as stated in Tue Stan, be de- termined by the national council of adminis- tration of the Grand Army of the Republic. The members of the council elected at De- trott held « meeting there, but did not discues this question. Tho cxec- utive committeo of the council will practically decide tho question. The com- mittee, to be composed of five members, has not yet been annonneed, but will probably be appointed soon. Dr. A. G. Huntoon repre- sents the Department of the Potomac in the couneil. ‘Tt is thought that he will be made a member of the executive committee, asso much of the business the committee will have to transact relates to Washington. Dr. Huntoon said toa Stan Se today that he thonght the idea of holding the en- campment in the full as late as the law of the order would it wns lly favored. He expressed belict that the encampment would be the greatest the Grand Army ever had or ever would have. the hope of | #2 IN WALL STREET TODAY. Am Early Advance in Stocks That ts After- ‘ward Lost. New Yorx, Aug. 20.—The stock market was still less active this morning and narrowed down perceptibly, but the activity in a few stocks, inclnding St. Paul, Northern Pacific preferred, Atchison, sugar and some others, made a moderately active business. ‘The weakness of yesterday was carried over to the opening and ‘first generally to 44 lower than last night's figures, with exceptional losses of 3 each in Pacific Mail and Island. The markes gathered strength immediately, however, and ma- terial made in ‘th sugar leading with a rise rrom 8934 to 845;, mong’ the ‘railroad ‘stocks Northess Pacitic preferred was most it. with a rise of 1 to 6735, Rock id. regaining i opening lose of 5, and Burlington and Atchi- von cach rising %. The market slowly aud became comparatively dull, the greater portion of the advance lost, and at 11 o'clock it was qnict and steady to firm, Renerally at small fractions better than first res. loney on call is easy at 3-and 8 per cent. Primo mercantile paper, 5% and 734. Sterling exchange is quiet and firm, with actualbusiness at 483; and 494 for sixty-day bila and and 486 for demand. Posted rates, 48434 an 48634. ‘The official report of the Mercantile Bafe De- posit Company to the stock exchange shows: Silver bullion on hand, 4,697.888 ounces; de- posited, 1,024 ounces; withdrawn, none; certifi- catos outstanding, 4,697. Government bonds have been dull and firm. State bonds have been dull and steady. ‘The stock market after 11 o'clock again up gathered strength and fora time mo Tapidly, the best prices of the first hour being surpassed in many cases. Special activity was shown in Atchison and St. Paul, but Bur- Iington and Rock Icland were leaders the upward movement; both at the highest prico showed a ‘gain of over r opening figares, Sugar continued to advance and rose to 8534, while among the low-priced shares New £ngland, cotton cil, and Louisville, New Albany an Chicago made marked gains. At noon the market wus fairly active and firm at close to the highest prices reached. fede ta FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. are ing and closing prices: \ewr Fork ‘Brock Market ea reported UF apse Mire to Corson and hacartuey 1410 F street. ‘De. ‘Sai Washington stock Exchange, Sales—Regular_call—ig o'clock m: Columble Title Lusurance, $0 at 63g. American Security aud ‘Crust Company, 10 at 982 10 at 93. Government Honds—U.S. 48, registered, 1907,11634 oid, 119 asked. U. 8. de, 1907,116% bid, 118 aaked, District of Columbia Bonds-—Market stock, 7s, 1902, currency, ix Did, — asked. w-year fund, 6a, 1302, gold, 101 DIG, — asked. 2-year fund, 63, 189%, 01d, 105 bid, — asked, “Water sive! Fency, 125 bid, —asked. 0-year funk 1902, 115 bid, -- asked. “Water stock, 76, currency, 1908, 1¥5 bid, — asked. 4.668, 102% fund, cure Teney, 111 bid.118% asked. 234s, reg. d10u, 1858-1901, 1d bid, — asked. Miscellaneous Bonds—Wasnington ena George- town allroad, 10-4. 20549 bid, 1454, aakod, Wash- ington @ud Georgetown Kailroad ‘Convertible 6s, 180 ‘vid, — asked. Masonic Mall Association 56, 1903, 103 bid, 106 asked. Washington Mark Company imp. 6s, 11834 bid, — asked. American Security and ‘rast Company, S100 bid. — Yashington Light infant imortgage fe, 1904, 100 Lids asked.” Washington Ligne the fantiy, "ads is, 1004, 97 vid, — asked | Washington Gas Light Company, series A, é#, 126 vid, — asked. ‘Washington Gas Company, series B, 6s, 126%; bid, — asked. ‘Vashington Gus’ Company’ Couvertibie 6a, 125 bid. — asked. Eckington Kullroud 06, 9934 bid. —asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Ast mortgage $6, 101 bid, — Capitoh and North-O street Kallroad ist mortgage 63,105 bid, — usked. Metropolitan allroad Convertible 64, 1283 bid, 12634 waked. “U.>. Electete Light, 106 Bid, — 1 as a ‘National Bank Stocks—Bank of Washington. 430 bid, — asked. Bank of Repuvile, 270 bid, — asked. Metropolitan, 265 bid, — waked. Second.” 181 bid. — asked. Farmers’ and Sechauics, i90 bid. — asked. Citizens, 110" bid. 135 asked. Columbia, 150 Did, 188 asked. Capital, 120 bid. — asked. West End, v6 Liu, ToL usked. Traderw’, tia bid, 130 asked. Lincoln Nationui Bank, 96 bid, — asked. Oftaliroud ‘Stocks Waaht tocks—Washington and Georgetown, 215 Vid, 245 asked. Metropaiitan. 109 bid, 190 asked. Columbia, — bid,i1 asked. Capitol aod North O Street, 88 bid, 42 auked. Georgetown and Teuley- town, 55% bid, insurance Stocks — Franklin, 64 bid, 64 asked. Columola, 15. bid, 17 wake 845 Did, — asked. People's, 8 bid, — asked. Siavolu, © bid, asker Tulle Insorance Stocks—Colambia Title, 6% bid, — asked. g.Gis aud Blecric Light Stocks— Washington, Gas, 4% did, 44 asked. Georgetown Gus, 50 bid, — saked. ephone Stocks—Chesapeake and Potomac, — Did, of asked. American Graphophone, 436 vid, 636 asl ‘Miscellaneous Stocks—W on Market Com- 3 Ice Company,— rama Company, 14 bie Pneumatic Gun Carriage, jj bid, iasked. se aie Deposit and ‘Trust Compantes—Washington Loau aud ‘trust Company, 94 bid, 46 usked. American Becurity and “rust Company, 9236 bid. aske —— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, August 2..Flour firmer, un- changed—recetpts, 10.365 barrels; shipments, 12,653, Darreis; sales, 1,763 barrels. Wheat unaettled and higher—spot,’ Liljaltis; the month, Luxe 11%; September, Lil%al11%; October, Hg; December, i.14yal.i4ig; steamer, 41.05"; southern wheat strong: Fultz, "1.38 -1% Longberry, 1.07al.13—receipts, 169,618 bushels; shipments, 318,355 bushels: stock, 1,109,897 bushel males, ou berg: southern corn pte wae ee ghipuients, none; stack, 69,952 bushels; ‘ales, nove. Oais wciive and casier—No. 2 white western, new, ayuda; No. 2 mix em, Me Pts, | however, tbat there may be y quiet to choice thaothy, 14.00ai6.00, Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Cottou—middling, nominal sz. Provisions, no change." Butter'no change. “Coffce steady iio. cargoes, fair, 19; No. 7, Sugar—granulated, 444. Copper, unchanged.” Whisky, ho chunge. Peanats, unchanged. BALTIMORE, August 20.—Virginia threes, 63a ¢4; Baltimore and Ohio stock, Y¥iaee Norther cy Stock, 63; Baltimore’ and Obiv South Western firsts, oe epee on OS Incomes, 20; Ue gas 4 do. stock, 444. a3 Es MUST COLLECT THE GARBAGE. If the Contractor Won't, the Health OMcer Shall, at the Contractor's Expense. ‘The Commissioners today took the matter of the removal of garbage into consideration, and decided that inasmuch as there have been so many complaints as to the failure of the contractor to properly remove all garbage there must be something done to rectify the existing state of affairs. They have therefore issued the following order: “The health officer is hereby- instructed to require the contractor for the removal of gar- to © sufficient m of wagons totremave to decd animnls eect gerteece required in his contract dated July 1, 1887. “In default of said contractor ‘so within forty-eight hours after notice of order, the bealth officer is heroby authorized to employ suficient force and appliances to m suid services, the expense thereof to charged removal of gurbage.” AGAIN AT WORK. Continued from First Page. and streams when tbe forest covering is xia mee & Lat ‘ation the — 1 ion were not srodua, but it ‘ake because. of the constant ‘use of concentric enitivation, hillside ditches, re “balks” and other protective devices, but when | Si the ficlds were abandoned the waters gathorod on the hillsides, ran down the slopes and quickly destroyed tho surface. In many cases tho destruction has gone #0 far that to check it would cost more than the value of the land, but when not too far ad- Yanoed it may easily be checked by Planting ibe rs 7 rm grass on the slopes and blac locusts about the heads ‘of the ‘Gallice and other preventive measures. AGRICULTURE RY INRIATION. “agriculture by Irrigation; Some Sotial- Economic Possibilities,” was the title of J. R Hinton’s paper, which wat next presented. He gave a summarization of irrigation cultivation, ite present position in this country, described the progress made and the bie ares of ‘land reclaimed by .. The tend- ency to emall farms and security of crops and ite relation to irrigation was also presented. MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY. 4 Number of Payers Kead Which Excited Groat Interest. ‘Mathematics and astronomy are the subjects assigned to section A, but today’s papers before it were almost entiroly astronomical in their character, save Prof. Christio’s mathematical paper. LITERATURE OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. The first paper read was by Prof. Alexander 8. Christie of this city and was “On a Digest of the Literature of the Mathematical Sciences.” The professor suggested and strongly advo- cated as a much-needed work eminently Proper to an association for the ad- vancoment of science the forma- tion from the abundance of literature pertaining to the mathematical sciences already accumulated of w digest of hundred or so volumes. ‘This mammoth work, according to his plan, should contain every- thing of value hitherto done in the mathemati- cal sciences, logically and perspicuously arranged in « homogeneous’ rotation, each truth or méthod referred to its discoverer and the whole thoroughly indexed. Mathema- {icians, astronomers and physicists throughout the world, he said, should be invited to aid in the preparation’ of this at digest. © co-operation of the British Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science should be secured, if possible, and the work done under tho joint aud co-ordinate direction of the two kindred associations, the volumes to be prepared and published in the English language. jer nations should, of couree, be accorded the right to iseue tho work in their own languages if they bore a proper share of the expense. After this the astronomical papers bad full swing and engrossed the section's attention for the remainder of the day. LATITUDE OF THE SAYRE OBSERVATORY. “Latitude of the Sayre Observatory” was the rather peculiar title of Prof. C. L. Doolittle of Bethlehem, Pa. One would naturally ex- pect that, however much difficulty thore might be in ascertaining the latitude of a ship at sea, the latitude of u good, solid observa- tory, built on terra firms, would of all things susceptible of easy and accurate ascertainment. But Prof. Doolittle’s paper dealt with the new problem thut is occu- pying the attention of astronomists all over the world, which might be vulgarly expressed: “Does the earth wobble?” Divested of its technicalities the professor's exhaustive and carefully prepared —pa- per. detailed the results "of between eleven aud twelve thousand zenith tclescope obscrvations extending over the past fourteen years wt the Sayre observatory. Naturally his great mass of material is of extreme value in the consideration of the pa lems presented by the varying latitude of fixed points on the carth’s surface which has been so generally observed. Prof. Dooltttle's fourteen years’ figures leave no doubt of the existence of these variations and | 4 will doubtlesg aid in the solution of the problem that 18 now the sensation of the astronomical world. VARIATION OF TERRESTRIAL LATITUDE. ‘The paper presented by Prof. George C. Com- stock, the director of Washington observatory, Madison, Wis., bore on the same subject dealt with in Prof. Doolittle’s paper. Its title was “The Secular Variation of ‘Terrestrial Lati- tudes.” The purpose of the paper was to show from existing astronomical data that the terrestrial pole is in motion and that the amount and direction of this motion admitted at least approximate de- termination. The data on which he based his conclusions were recorded annual variations of minus three one-thousandths of second of latitude at Konigsberg, minus five one-thou- sandths of a second at Pulkowa, plus forty- two one-thousandths at. Washington and pias forty-three one-thousafldths at Madison. ‘rom these facts the professor argued that the nips gm is moving along the meridian at the four and five-tenths seconds a century. The paper went onto point out the greatimport- ance of this variation in latitude, anda program for the systematic and thorough observation of the phenomenon all over the world, with » view to the better determination of the elements of the polar motion, was outiined. QUITE A DistussIOX. The class room in which the section met was crowded with people who wanted to hear these two papersand after they were both finished there was quite an extended discussion of what they had clucidated: Each of the authors had to inewer questions for some time after they bad finished reading. The diecussion sim; hy showed how deep is the interest felt in the subject treated of in the two papers, no new tacts of conseqtence being elicited by it. GROUPS OF STARS. “Groups of Stars, Binary and Multiple,” was the title of Mr. G. W. Holley’s paper. Mr. Holley is n Cornell University astronomist who has a new theory of star groups. After refer- ring to several of the famous groups of stars he says that the members of all these systems are supposed to moving onward toward u common center. If this is true, he cays, us they approach that center they will be constantly more attracted to each other till two celestial planetary systems wil! finally come in contact, producing @ boundless wreck of of worlds. Ho matter and crash inted out, stakes about these star grou, ‘Ae an illustration, he told how when one is ‘on one of two railroad trains on adjacent paral- Jel tracks, both trains moviug in the samo direction, but at different velocities, the other trai to be moving in an opposite direction. mi A similar illusion might, he said, explain the apparent motions of some star groups. His conclusion was that ‘we may reasonably cx- t that as succeeding ages with more perfect | cians make us better acquaint with the motions of the stars and the geography of the heavens, the number of double and mul- tifle stars will be less and less, while stellar systems will be constantly increasing in num- i SPECTROSCOPE AND SPECTROGRAPH. Tho next two papers were principally de- scriptive in their character. “Description of the Great Spoctroscope and Spectrograph Constructed for Halstead Observatory” was | row’ the title of the next , which was sented by Mr. J. A.” Brashour of Alle: gheny, Pa. As is indicated by its title, the paper was simply a technical and minute description of grand new astronomical instrament built for the Halstead t HT iE Interval of time clapee/ isall that fe needed be ‘The following: additional have been ve = eeiram as to Long Period Terms in the Motion of Hy- Perian,” by Ormond Stone, University of Vie inia. “Exhibition and Description . Bigelow, Washi . D.C. Sections Aand B will hold joint session on el morning in — = = J time = following paper will “Prin Algebra of Physics,” by Prot A. Mecfarkend of Austin, Tex. In the afternoon these sections will meet, as ‘usual, in their tive rooms and continue the reading of papers. PROBLEMS OF LIFE Deep Subjects Discussed in Papers Before the Biological Section. An interesting section of biology was held to- day. Annmber of papers were read which were technical, but were appreciated by the experts present. Prof. John A. Ryder pre- +] sented a paper “On the Kinds of Motion of the Ultimate Unite of Contractile Living Matter.” He said that— 1. Ameba has a Yortex movement of ite riicles; axes infinite in number; vortex flattened or elliptical, due to gravity, cobesion, 2. Muscle has no such obvious vortex move- ment of ite particles or inotogmata (Engel- mann), bat all move ith their axes pars the surface of the muscle, and they therefore have definite axes, as bave all the subsequent 3. In the flat cilium there may be alterna! rhythmical movement of the inotogmate opposite sides. In the stalk of vorticella, the inotogmata are arranged in whorls or superposed disks. The inotogmata of one side of those disks have @ maximum motion, those of the opposite side & minimum movement. The points of max- imum and minimum motion of the inotagmata in the superposed disks in the stalk of vorti- cella form two spiral lines. This effects the | of W. spiral contraction of the stalk of this organism, since the points where the maximum an minimum motion of the inotagmata occur ere xed. 5. In certain flagella and organtsms the inotog- mata are arranged as in 4, but their points of maximum and minimum’ motion can revolve around the center of the column of plasm A of which they form a part, either to the right or left, thus propagating 'a spiral or screw-like motion forward or backward. YENUs’ FLY TRAP. Dr. J. M. Macfarlane, from Edinburgh, gave another chapter on the history of “Venus’ Fly Trap.” He stated that after proving that two touches were necessary under con- ditions for producing closure of the he ex- perimented on a serics and found that whether one only of the six veritable hairs was twice touched or whether two were each tonched ‘once the same result occurred. He then tried to ascertain how long recollec- tion of the first of the two stimuli would be re- tained by the protoplasm of the leaf cella, and found that sharp memory power was shown fer fifteen veconds; that during the next fifteen seconds it became greatly weaker and recollec- tion of the first stimulus was almost or some lost in 60-70seconds. This the lecturer point out exactly agreed with the “latent period” & muscular contraction in animals, though extended over a greatly longer period. But even three stimuli might be given before closure if an interval of less than the sixteenth ‘of a second elapsed between the first and seo ond shock. He further siated and showed that every purt of the leaf blade is sensitive, and closes after two snips, or after three if two of these closely succeed each other; also after re- peated irritation of the outer or inner surface. But if the first of the snip shocks given be pretty strong the memory of the protoplasm is intensified, so that even after the lapse of two minutes closure occurs on second shock. But while these are the normal phenomena exhibited by the leaf an extremely powerful shock on jet of water such as the plant will sel- dom encounter in the wild state at once pro- s closure. ‘The action of electrical and of those being to prove identity of behavior in the leaf cells with a nerve muscle cell of the lower animals. Reference was then made to the nature and production of the digestive se- cretion and to the minutestructure of the cells that bring about contraction, the author stat- though with a degree of caution, that had observed the protoplasm to show i cases an extreme; bat be desired further investigation before fully committing himself. ‘fhe description was rendered specially inter- y the presence of a beautiful lot of cured for the occasion by Mr. Oliver ington butanie garden, and on these ted to the audience peculiarities described. ‘The Geological Section. C.K. Gilbert, United States geological sur- vey, read @ paper on “Post-glacial Anticlinal Ridges Near Ripley, N ¥., and near Caledonia, N. ¥.,” in which he said: At the Buffalo meeting T presented to, the association an account of post-glacial anticlinal ridges observed in northern New York and northwestern Ohio. The ridges are ema'l, having a width of a few rods and a height of a few feet, the maximum height observed being sixteen fect. In northern New York they are constituted of Trenton limestone in northwestern Ohio of Devonian shale, They are chiefly or entirely within areas thinly covered y till overlaid by laminated lacustrine clay of the Champlain epoch. PAt Buffalo I expressed the opinion that the phenomena are superticial, basing that infer- ence on the narrowness of the ridges. Iam now able to sustain the inference by re- porting a section which extends well toward the base of the disturbances. The locality was first mentioned by James Hall in the grology of the fourth district of New York Near “Ripley the shore of Lake Erie presents acliff toward the lake, and this cliff, about forty feet in height, exhibits a ridge in section. The amount of disturbance and the width of the disturbed area diminish from the top of the cliff to the base at so rapid a rate as to indicate that the disturbance extends but a few feet below the water level. Mr. E, B. Howell reported to me the occur- rence of a similar phenomena at Lime Rock, between the towns of Caledonia and Le Roy. N.Y.,and I afterward visited the localiti A great number of small anticlinal ridges are there to be scen and they are post- glacial, but they differ in type from thore pre- Viously described, and they probably difer in origin. They run, as @ rule, parallel with one another and with the strike of the strata. The anticlinals are usually unsymmetric and the disturbed rock is greatly ‘The ridges are much nearer together than those of other localities. The local rock is carboniferous limestone and beneath it are shales of the Salina group. A few miles to the nortiward the drill has & bed of salt in those shales. The theory advanced in explana- tion is that salt and gypsum are being removed from the shales somewhat rapidly by under- round water, that the superjecent corniforous stone sinks in ‘Masses, and that the ridges are the suj nomena of the artings of these blocks. A large spring issu- a the limestone is exporting annually {800,000 cubic feet of salt and gyp- § listed for tomor- session of the 3 ‘Tracks in the Trinssic of York County, Pa,” A. Warner; five minutes. Se “New Fi ts of Mi aan lation: wopiubttion of Certain Bones of Not Before Kn ‘ag F. Pa ssn oer: ocak rposes and of Corre- by Me of Fossil , Pe y, leans Bhs Plants,” Lester F. ‘in the Police Court await the result of He very ill, but the: « H - to | ol 4 NEW DISTRICT BUILDING, ‘Washington Lacks. ‘The Commissioners are evidently very much in earnest in their move to obtain a new build- ing for the District government. as told at length in yesterday's Stan. Today they re- ceived a achedule from the censne bureau, | for which they asked some time ago, giv. ing the cost of tho city halle in thirte- five out of fifty of the largest cities in the United States from the returns of the eleventh census. This they will probably incorporate in their recommendations to the next Congress, The schedule shows that the thirty-five cities, with a total population of 9,528,398, have munic- ipal buildings of total value of 34,118,204, to each head of population cite shay etbding. "at < ing, a Der head of @13.87. San Francisco's fire, “miion | “dolar” oulding comes Rext and averages, a ee bead, though in this latter item 8) nal x Keads all the rest, for her $900,006 building aud $8,148 people mace the cost for each citizen COMMIBSIONER DOTOLARS TALKS AGAIN. Commissioner Douglass in commenting upon the schedule toaSram reporter this after- noon said: “Ilere are thirty-five cities, as matter ment while the c: intatne winouited toi uss, iris pre in nO Wise sui! to ite ei ‘ bar ep . ti aoncea “I tell you, Washington ought to have a Dis- ‘trict building that would ph tony to the ity us well a8 a credit to the nation. If Wash- ton had a building of a value prop to its size, as put down in this list of 35 we would have no reason to complain. lave a population of about 230,000 a: citiew We je are ple DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. WHAT EAST WASHINGTON WANTS. A committee representing the East Washing- ton Citizens’ Association called at the District buildings today and presented the claims of that section of the city toa share in the next 1 + appropriagion bill. ‘They handed in a seledule of forty-three streets that they thought ought to be improved and argued the needs of that part of town. The de- sired improvements footed up to a total of $171,000 for Bouthenst Washington and €211,- 000 for Northeast Washington. Remarks were made by Mr. M. I. Weller, and Mr. F. A. Lehman. ‘The Commission said they would take the matter under advise- ment and give it proper attention. BUILDING PERMITS. The following building permits were iseued by Building Inspector Entwisle today: B. Wil- son, fram dwelling, B street between 15th and 16th streets northeast, €300; Jacob Franz, brick dwelling, Shephert road, county, €5,0W. MISCELLANEOUS. Commissioner iioss has returned to the city a his desk at the District building to- y> a Hercules Division of New Orleans. Hercules Division, No. 4, U. K. of P. New Orleans, La, arrived here on the 4:30 train of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yester- day. They were met by members of the H. H. Garnet division and driven in carriages to Green's Hall, where a banquet was served, after which they were welcomed to Washington ime peat speech by John H. Smythe, ex-matie- ter to ey are stopping at Col. Perry Carson's hotel. Hercules uivision, after sticnding the supreme lodge session and drill at New York on the 3d to 9th of August, where Shey captured first prize, visited Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Flushing, ¥. wport, R. 1; Provi- dence, R. L: Boston, Mass.; Philadelpiin, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. From this city they will to Cincinnati, Ohio, and thence home. cr are oBicered by Captain Ferdinand \- Johnson; K. E. Dandridge, lieutenant; P. H. Bask herald; W. W. Carter, right guide; James Htivers, loft guide; W. W. Carter, jr., marker: I. 3. Bisby, color bearer; W 5. Mason and J. N. Kinchen, secretaries; Dr. E. A. Williams, supreme chancellor. Maj. Gen. i B. Baquir is along with Hercules division. a daaarercusnatng Wills Fiied Today. In Register Wright's office this morning the will of the late Robert B. Cropley of 3333 N Street was filed. It bears date of October 16, 1887, and at the foot is written, “I again exe- cute this will August 16, 1888,” and he leaves bis estate, after the payment of just debts and funeral expenses, to his wife, Lementine Crop- ley, who he names as executrix. *_ An exemplified copy of the will of the late Jackson Davie of Boyle county, Ky., was re- ceived here for record todny. "He Di queaths his interest (two-thirds) in e house on 1ith street to his wifc. —__ Had His Arn Amputatea. Joseph Brown, the colored man who was in- jared by « train on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad afew is still at Freedman's Hospital. Dr. Purvis amputated bisarm Friday and the patient is now doing well. —_-__ A Mock Sutrwreck.—Information bas been received at the Treasury Department that Superintendent Richardson of the first life- saving district has granted the crow of the Cranb Isles station permission to partici- pate in the mock ship wreck exhibition at Mount rt, Me. General Superintendent Kimball telegraphed Superintendent Richardson that if THE AUGUSTA, ME., DISTRICT. Mr. Manley Will Contest the Nomination With Mr. Milliken. The annonncement that Mr. Manley wfll bee candidate for the congressional nomination Ig the Angasta district of Maine is nota move im any Blaine and anti-iaine fight. ‘The presead member from that district bes always been @@ enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Blaine and re mained so through Mr. Reed's rise and coures of power. It has been understood, however, that there were personal reasons why he could not agam be nominated, and if Mr. Manley te nominated it will be merely replacing one@® Mr. Binine’s earnest supporters with anothet. -<-- = GULLTY TO BIGAMY. John Smith, Not Satisfied With One, Marrie@ Two Women. The familiar name of John Smith appeared on the Police Court records today end the charge against John wasaserions one. It was that while his lawfully wedded wife, the ome whom he bad taken never to forsake, was still living be courted and wedded another female in the person of Josephine Carapbell. John has lived fully two seore years and tem, and both Mrs Smith Nos 1 and 2 have lived nearly as many years. He thought he had the matter all fixed, for Annie had told him that she would not trouble him and Josephine had showed no sicns of loving him lows than she did when the preacher told thom that they were one. But Josephine bad really experienced a won- derful change since abe learned that her name still Campbell and not Smith, and she re out the wa for his arrest. When ar digamist id Judge bail for the grand Jury PLEAD > THE CITY Prost Office sits, A Warrant Issued to Pay ‘Mr. George Shertll for Mie Ground Taken. A warrant bas been issued by the Reeretary of the Treasury for the sum of 647,450 in favor of George Sheriff of this city, in payment for lund condemned by the goverment on the site of the city post offi — ‘The Four-and-a-Malf Per Cent Lean. Acting Secretary Nettleton has replied to © letter which he received yesterday asking the following questions: First--What is the engagement of the gov- ernment as tothe payment of ite 4ly per cent bonds? Are they ue on September 1 oF sim- ply thén redeemable’ Second L! ouly redeemabie at that rate, why moral or ob is the government under any ligation or business necessi them (except at its own conve: eption) until they do fall due? on. Nettleton in ply said that the ig cent bonds are, by their terms, redeemelie at the pleasure of ‘the United Siatos after the fret day of September next. The government poses, be said, to continue ut 2 per cont such of these bonds as may be presented by the hold- ers for that purpose and to pay the remainder, because it ie considered undesirable in the pub- ic int to continue paying 4 cont after the date of thetr rebocmebuirs. id a -<- : Army Orders. The following trausfers of lieutenants of the first artiliery for the course of iustruction in- dicated in paragraph 878 of the regulations are announced: Virst Lieut. William P. Van Ness, from light battery K to battery A; First Liout. Josopa 8. Oyster, from battery A to light K; Pires Licut. Frederick Marsh, from light battery K to battery I; First Lieut. David Price, from to light battery K; ‘T. Wilson, from light battery E to bat- ; Second Lieut. Delamere from battery G to light battery E. Firet Lieut. George Valmer, ninth infantry, has been ordered to Columbus barracks, Ohio, for duty, and Firat Licut. Robert B. Walsh, fourth cavalry, to Jefferson barracks, Mo. ciBY ditgetion of the President First Lieut. arles H. The University of the South, Tenn, Ruving decided to discontinue stunery lootres. tion, First Lieut. William P. S:one, fourth artillery, is relieved from further duty et that institution. — Marriage Marringe licenses Lave beon issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Charles Gordon and Mary Dixon; Wm. MeC. White of rederick county, Va., and Susie T. Lorents; Charles H. Ricks of Prince George's counts, Md.,and Eliza Davis. James Shennon, U. & navy and Clare ¥. Jones; © ¥, Boers and Car rie Stienburg; . Sydnor and Christine Wiggins, Lobert Hardy and Sarah Dinon. ———— To Lay # Corner Stone. The corner stone of the new Zion Church, on F between 3d and 43¢ streets south- west, will be laid this afternoon at o'clock with impressive ceremonies. —__ Fell From a Wagon. A colored man named Daniel Lomax fell from a wagon today and injured hie bead badly. His skull may be fractured. He was sent to Freedman’s Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Purvis. peccclipeamasies J fosepb A. Blundon bas purchased for $12,000 of T. Franklin Schneider sub 241, square 156, 20 by 95.60 feeton Q between 17th and isth streets northwest. Richard W. Walker of Chester county, Pa, has bought of - E. De Witt for $15,000 sub 43, square £10, 1,261 square feet, fronting 19.61 feet on Khode Island avenue between 1ith and 15th streets north west. Had Four Fingers Cut Of. R. E. Gayle, employed in the earpenter shop at the government printing office, suffered & severe accident yesterday afternoou. He was he has granted such permission he must revoke it at once. An Aluminium Steamboat, From the Londen Standard. Some novel and interesting experiments have recently been made on the Lake of Zurich with & steambont built entirely of aluminium, which claims to be the first of itskind. The boat weighs only about haif aton, viz: About half the weight of an ordinary bont of the same size. furnished by the aluminium works of Schaff- hausen, where it is obtained "by an electrical process, the : which severed four fingers from bis hand. Gayle was taken to the Emergency Hospital and Dr. Atkinson dressed the etump. nadia nace Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings at office ef weather bureau today: 8 a m., 72;2 p.m, 8% Maximum, 84; minimum, 64. MAKKIED. JONPS-ELLIOTT. At 2501 Pennsylvania Mire AME: Bintioré Suet Ise TapL, Loewe RW Rigeees UB A Sena ain YuoneNce a ord. eu