Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1892, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, FORECAST Tris 8 P.M. THUREMAY. For the District of Columbin and Maryland, y fair during the day; probably local storms im the evening: continned warm weather today and Thursday, but cooler Tharsday evening. For ‘Virgiuia, generally fair. except local thunder storme fn northern portion Thureday afternoon or night; westerly winds; cooler by Thursley night. water, Low water. Ligh 10:12 aaa. 1040 p.m. / 4:26. am. 4:46 p.m. | ak Sassen Murr. A. Nemsox, corsetiere, informs her many that ahe will be absent from the city from Angust 1 to September 1. Oxp Tar Blackberry Cordial from Va. and Me. ripe fruit. Cun. XANDER. ae Az Smxerz's, Refreshing Too Cream Soda. 5 cents per glass. The 65-cent Candies still going at 35 Cente per ponnd. Surers Canby Stone, F and 10th sts. nw. ‘Mix and Whisky Testers. Hexrien’s, Pa. ave. ea none F and 10th sts. nw. Poasrzi's Ite Cream shipped where out of town. san Y Antistre axp GuanaNTexp. Silver Fillings, — Platina, @1. Very best Teeth. $8. ~~ S. Dasrar Assoctation, 7th and D. ~ Canrers Curaxep by the Ewrimr Carrer Works, 651-635 Mam. ave. n.w., are made moth- proof free of charge. Telephone 425-2 For Braxx Booxs, Stationery and Oilice Sup- Plies to go Eastox & Rvrr. 421 Lith st. CITY AND DISTRICT. : > AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. ‘Tur Partie or Gurryse 15th street and (Chic avenue. _— EXCURSIONS TOMOE:! Manswace Hatz.—Steamer Macalester and O. station Bay River. eB. and 8:15 a.m..1 4:28 p.m. iat Beactt ax Prxex Porxt.—George espa Pang.—Take Ber Me Steamer Pentz, 9:45 a.m., 145 Erver View. and 6:45 p.m, Kx Usual trai jecoguas Fauns. am. Porst.—-Anacostia Sw Steamer Gecrge 4 Hau..—Marine excursion, steame River Queen; usual tim pez. Home Social Club excursion. ins B. and Q. statioi St angin Macalester and CONDENS! ‘Tms morning a slich Woodshed of 414 Tth st Joser# Caazetox of ‘wost fellin afitat 11th west. ‘h street north- Fortr-fou the heulth office » ——_—_ THE GARBAGE QUESTION. ‘The Situation Just the Same as Last Year— Additional Teams Ordered. “The garbage situation today is identical with that of Inst year,” said Health Oficer Hammett toa reporter of Tux Srax this morning. “I have ordered the contractor to put on forty ad- ditional teams tomorrow and that may do some good. The credit belongs to Tux Star, for the publication in your paper inviting complaints bronght ix hundreds, self hoarse and the postman sweltered under his beary burden of complaints. The longer,1 stay here the more thoroughly I am con- vinced that the garbage of Washington eannot be properlr removed for loss than €40,000 annually. We shall do ev i erything in our power to remedy complaints. but the ae | taking is a big one and there must necessarily be some delays. But, as I said before, the serv- ice is inadequate. With an appropriation of $40,000 there would be few complaints. To Give you an illustration I paid $1 myself this Morning to a colored man to remove adead dog that the contractor could not find time to take away.” * Patents for Washingtonians. Patents have been issued to citizens of the District as follows: Samuel G. Cabell, gas gov- | ernor; Jesse F. Carpenter, airbrake; Edward H. Droop, band drum; Robert F. Hunt, fan- F. Stutz. sued to Hallie L. A design for a spoon was is Wright. Transfer of Sanitary Inspectors. Heaith Uficer Hammett has made a transfer Of the sanitary inspectors. Col. W. S. Odell, Yecently appointed, bas charge of the George town district. Inspector C. H. Welch is in the second district, which is bounded by 10th and 2ist streets northwest. The third district, be- tween Ist street cast and 10th street west, will remain under Inspector Shepherd. and Dr. W. D. Hughes will retain charge of South Wash- n. > Death of Wm. S. Brock. Mr. William S. Brock. formerly chief clerk of the pension bureau, with which he had been | year: connected for a dozen 3 last night at Rectortown. Va. .after a long illness. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at his late resilience, No. 440 K street. The news of Mr. Brock’s death bas come with the suddenness of a shock to his friends here. It was known that Mr. Brock had been in ill-health for along time, but no serious termination of his illness was ‘apprehended. He had a wide circle of frinds and was especially popular with his a Bociates in the pe office. He leaves a widow and a little daughter. Mr. Brock was the son of Maj. Brock, formerly chief of police of the District. _— The Cattle Warket. At the cattle market, Union stock yards (Ben- ning). yesterday 114 cattle were on the market and sold as follows: Best sold from te. to 4ic. | Per pound; goo. from Sige. to4e. per pound medium, from 3c. to Sie. per pound: com mon, from 2c. to 3e. per pound. Sheep aud ‘lambs on the market and sold as follows: Old sheep soid from 3c. to tc . per poun to Se. por pound. Cows $20 to $40 each. State lamb: sok from 454: with calves sold from of the market slow. pee aed ‘Two of Her Victims Here. Information has been received here that ‘Carrie Boss, alias McBride, has been committed to jail at Flemiugton, N. J., for forgery. One 3. H. MeBride, weeks ago, was sick at the Na- tional Hotei, und Miss Boss appeared in response toa telegram and claimed to be McBride's sis- ter aud paid his bills one to Mr. Tenney of $225 ang one of Dr. W. B. Lane for §30, giving forged checks on the Huntingtan Dank of New Jersey, and on these checks she is arrested. _ A Das’s Outing at Bay Ridge. Boating, bathing, fishing, crabbing. sailing, a Fide ou steamer Columbia, sixty miles, for 10 cents, picnic groves, riding hortes, merry-go- rounds, electricand gravity roads, free concerts. Baltimore and Ohio trains at 9:15 a.m. 1:30 p. m.. 438 p.m. Sundays, 9:85 am, 1:90 p.m, 8:15 p.m. $1 round trip. Ader. > he Seashore Via Penn- - ‘y Katlroad. ‘Tickets will be sold every Friday during July and August from Washington to Atlantle City, Cage May ‘or Sen Tole City and retarm at rate of 85. Good going only on 11 a.m. train and valid for return within five days.—det. bere ose: Te the Cool Blue Ridge. Round-trip tickets bought to points en the Washington and Ohio divisien, Richmond and Danville railread. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 29, $0 and $1, at regular two-day rates, will be valid for return until Tuesday “August 2, inclusive, thereby furnishing facili- ties for persons to leave the heated city and en- Joy the invigorating air of the Biue Ridge Mountains. Ade! apie ATTEND THE AssioxeE’s Baxe b; ep fee new and sec 1am and 1809 H arvect ‘morning at 10 o'clock. See — Exroaxt Parvarz Tusxovr at Avotiox, con- for English broughsm, tomerrow | ries, which = 1881 and 1888 H street | advertisement. siwnng of a fine matched team. Beudsone victoria ata Ber bw est nd Pennsylvania avenue | this morning and received two cuts on bis head, | Which were dressed at the Emergency Hoepital. | ar burial permits were issued from | The telephone rang it-| yy auction of | ‘carriages at | repository of B. J. Downey & Son, northw; THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. Superintendent Miles Says It Must Be Re- built and THE CITY HAS OUTGROWN ITS FIRST SUIT OF WIRES AND POXES— PROTECTION NEEDED IN TH CRES—ONE WUNDRED AND FIFTT THOUSAND DOLLARS ASKED POR EXTENDING THE SYSTEM. | The annual report of Superintendent H. R. | Miles of the District telegraph and telephone makes an urgent appeal for @ rebuild-| id enlarging of the present fire alarm system, which, he says, the city has outgrown. The report « “This eervice covers a considerable area out- side the city limits of Waenington and George- | town, with its telephone reporting stations for | police purposes, and would better serve in that | pacity were it extended to every portion of the country patrolled by the police force. Such | | extension should be provided for im the near future. “The fire alarm tel covers portions only of the cities of Washington and George- | | own, and was constructed ‘with seven signal This lim- | and four alarm clrouits (all metallic). ited number of clreuits were ample for, the nitaber and extent of the instruments required when this plant was erected seventeen years >. The wystem embraced within ite devices ll the best improvements then in use, but «ince that time many very important improvements ve been made in fire alarm apparatus, which | it would be well to introduce here when this | plant shall be enlarged. Washin, and | Georgetown are but scantily supplied as @ whole with fire alarm boxes, and one ex- ception (Columbia road and 19th street exe tended ) no protection isafforded to life or prop- | erty by this telegraph beyond the limits of the true, however, that the tele- nea of the police’ patrol might be used | | through the precinct station houses from a few Places in the suburbs for calling out the dre de- | partment should their services be required, but at best this would be a roundabout method for | alarms. DOES NOT AFFORD PROTECTION. “The fire alarm telegraph (fatrly good, what there is of it) does not afford that ample pro- tection to Hfe and property that is desirable, |and which it could easily be made to do by a judicious expenditure of « few thousand lars for rebuilding and enlarging the system. is plant was erected during the summer of with seventy-five slgual boxes, at a cost of = paid for wholly from the revenues of the ‘District of Colum seventy-five boxes were distributed over the seven signal cireuits. Since that date soventy-eight boxes have been added, thus crowding 153 boxes into the seven circuite—overloading them. “On the four alarm cireuite are distributed the gongs and bells upon which are sounded the alarins for fire and the time signals struck daily. These cireuits. like those of the signals, are ovet- loaded with instruments; neither olags of cir- cuits can be increased in number, however, without first obtaining new repeaters, switch- board and other cen! office instruments hav- ing the necessary enlarged capacity. EIS RECOMMENDATIONS. “Having treated somewhat exhaustively on this subject in my annual report last year, and as no definite action has been taken thereon, | and as, in my judgment, this is very important to the citizens of the entire District of Columbia, and especially so to those living and owning their roperty in suburban near the city, I eg totepeat, in part what was said in that re- port as follows: “Increase the number of fire alarm boxes 250, making the total 400. Distribute these | 400 boxes as nearly equal as practical over | forty metallic signal circuits. Increase the | alarm cireuits to ten for connecting with the! necessary number of firecompanies. Provide for four seperate bell circuits which shall con- nect only with such number of church bells ag may be requisite for giving the “tlme signals” to every section of tho two cities, these sig- nals to be struck through the four-signal man- | ual repeater now in use. Procure for the con- | tral office four fifteen-circuit automatic re- | peaters and one fifteen-circuit manual repeater, together with the necessary switchb; and | other central office outfits to meet the enlarged | capacity of sucha plant. I feel justified in | urging the necessity of this improvement. The | of the city demands it and unless some ch plan is adopted it will be literally impos- sible to maintain an efficient fire and without an efficient fire alarm there cannot be any great degree of efficieney in the fire depart-| ment. e “Whether the wiresare to be put under ground ry | or not, the lines must be rebuilt very soon. It iw absolutely hazardous to further postpone their reconstruction. Nearly all the overhead part of the fire alarm wires were put up sixteen Years ago and were supported in part on house- top fastenings and the remainder on small which are now in an udvanced state of decay. Of course, the lines are in a very bad condition, and Istate the case mildly when I inform yod that nearly a the wires in the dg nt are in on unsatis! condition. the tendent is and bas been aquite Help matter, but having frequently called attention ly wait and hope for to the subject, he could o1 relief. hs “If the wires are to be put underground the ork should be commence’ ae ‘soon as possible, end even should that work be undertaken as | early as next spring it will become necessary to tin many new poles along the old existing es. I culled very earnest attention to this in | my last annual report and in a subsequent com- | imunication ou the same subject, but Congress | no such provision for such re] ‘houid ample provision be made for placing | all the wires underground, and should the work be commenced in the near future, even then it will be necessary to secure an appropriation for keeping the present lines in reasonal ly good condition while the cables are being laid. | in my judgment eannotbe done without an ex- | | penditure of at least $7,500 for new poles. Of | course the overhead system must be maintained until the underground shall have been fully | completed. A MORE YORLORN CONDITION THAN EVER. “Having failed in procuring the necessary appropriation for putting the overhead wires in | repair as above recommended, I can only add | that the lines, notwithstanding the most stren- uous efforts to keep them up, are in a more for- | Jorn condition than they were a year ago. | “During the year just el wweral of there | decayed poles ave fallen and many others are | liable to fall at any ti ret Do adequate | baz been provided for ing these abso- ely necessary repairs. You will not wonder, fore, that Iam obliged once again to re- jl i t = the wires in bad condition. This become a very serfous matter, and yet, | as stated in the quotation from last ‘year's re- port, the superintendent is helplese in the prem- respectfully and very earnestly renew '¢ recommendation in to increase 1 th ropriation for putti oP enornoes stem, either under- | ground or overhead, as may be wisely deter- | mined by Cong : “To = build ‘the lines overhead with heat y of poles tall enough to support the ove the tree tops and with bert quality of hard drawn copper wire of suitable gaugo | would cost for construction of the lines, as | estimate, #105,000, and the new in- struments about 945,000, making the total cost of the proposed new plant $150,000. These ostimates I consider fuir and reasonable, and | yet far below the relative prices paid for the present system. “Should an underground system of wiring be | adopted the cost would be largely in excess of | the estimate for overhead construction. “The number of new boxes (250) recom- mended would, with those now in use, increase the total to 403, which wonld bea reasonab] supply for the two cities aud the suburban luges and settlements within reach of the fire i | Braet | dent aud Mise Katie Lay Howe temporary sec- AN ENJOYABLE EVENING. THE CHILDREN’S COUNTRY HOME. A Good Chance to Do a Good Hot Weather Sedgwick Command, Union Veterans’ Union, Entertains Its Lady Friends. Deed. Sedgwick Command, Union Veterans’ Union, | Tis prolonged hot spell is very trying and gave its second public entertainment at its hall | exhausting to grown, strong people. .What on 9th street last night. Although the heat was | must it be to little chtldren who spend sleepless almost unbearable the attendance was quite | nights fn hot,stuffy tenements where the poison- good, and the program, prepared by the com- | ous air is rapidly sapping what little vitality is mittee on entertainment, of which Dr. A. B. ©. | left them. If every person who has what he Clement is chairman, was very enjoyable. After | needs in the way of comfort and convenience & brief address of welcome by Col. Wm. E. | would stop to think that a contribution to the Rogers, the. exercises consisted of a recitation | Children’s Country Home would be of incal- of “Sheridan's Ride” by Capt. Smith, solo aud | ae Leora bese poor ae Pee quartet, “Softly O'er the Rippling Waters,” | ® "a outing thomanagers: e 16 woul Mire, Clement, Miss Williams, Dra, Clement and | 2robsbly have all pein tere ee Howe, and address on the aims and progress of | this exocilent institution, the Union Veterans’ Union by Gen. Ross, quar-| The following have been received: termaster general of the order; xylophone solo, | Heretofore acknowledged. Mins Williams, with Migs Cloment as acoom-| A friend . “The Fight of the Armst Clement; ‘“Tenting on the Ok Camp Groun: jolo by Clement,and reci- tation, “The Schoolmaster,” Dr. T. Howe. At the conalnsion of the there was meeting of the Indios looking to the formation of an auxiliary corps to Sedgwick Command and Mrs. Wm. E. was choren temporary prest- HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT. A Material Improvement Last Week Com- pared With the Week Before. In the report of Health Officer Ham- mett for las’ week he calls attention to a ma- tertal improvement in the health of the city as retary. The spatter was discussed quite earn- estly and considerable interest was manifested. | Tt Was finally decided to hold a meeting on | Thursday, August 4, at the residence of Col. | compared with the previous woek. Rogorn ie Brolt Park, gimbich it ie expected | “It was a matter of congratulation at the = aaa health department to note that from # total of epters of the members of Sedgwick Com- mand. ‘The entire command was then taken into Messrs. Hinke & Budd's, where refreshments | were served. 194 deaths during the week before the number fell to 159 last week,” says the report, ‘ak though this is nbove the average as against the record of previous similar periods of time, a decline in the death rate from 40.35 to 83.0 was ‘@ change-in the right direction, especially con- sidering the very unusually hot weather and in face of an undeniably rapid increase in popula- ton of the city. While 105 babios died in the preceding week, there were 81 deaths among these under five years of uge, two-thirds of whom were under ono year old.’ ‘The mortality | among old people of sixty years and over was | = ‘The Eight-Hour Bill. The Federation of Labor, throngh its repre. sentatives,is actively at work pushing the eight- hour bill before the Senate. At a meeting of the federation Inst night a special resolution of | thanks to Representative Tarsney, chairman of the House committee on labor, for the effective | hthour bill and accompanying report pre- Slaw Seaiigae Renae ee a | but 28 out of the whole number, thus showing Resolutions of thanks to the folowing Rep- | that the heated term doce not ect: the aged | Fesentatives wera aleo pasted: Bunting of New |as severely as it docs the young children, All York, McGann of Hlinots, Dungan of Ohio, | who can do so are advised to take the babies to HYATTSVILLE TAX FIGHT. Decision of the Court Reserved on the Ap- plication for Mandamus, ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. 26, 1892. In the hearing of the Hyattsville single tax ease at Marlboro’ yesterday before Judge J. B. Brooke of the cireuit conrt of Prince George's | county after Tux Sran’s report closed Mr. R. Ford Comb continued his argument on behalf of the petitioners, . Mr. Comb contended that the act of the board wns unconstitutional, because they did not pro- pose to tax the people of Hyattsville according to the actual worth of each citizen. The laws of the state declared that each citizen of the state should bear the burden of taxation equally, but under the assossment made by the commis- stoners that was rendered impossible, for the man who owned land alone was compelled to Pay as much as the one who owned the same | amount of land and thousands of improvements. | The state declaration of rights declare that every ee of the state shall contribute 6 SU) of e government according to his actual worth was, as beautiful ast was fair and just, and any act which violated that decla- ration was unconstitutional, and therefore null and void. In support of his contention Mr. Comb read numerous authorities, state and national, which he claimed supported the re- quest of the petitioners for a writ of mandamus. THE COMMISSIONERS’ SIDE. Mr. L. H. Leverson followed for the respond- jentewith tho staterient that what he and his | associate would have to say would touch upon | the legal questions of the case alone and he | apol for having in their answer gone out- | aide the legal t of the case, having done | so because of the misstatements contained in | the petition of the relators. It had been de- clarod by the Maryland court of appeals that ia the furtherance of public policy and the benefit of the community certain property could be exempted from taxation. That was just what had been intended by the majority of the com- missioners. In other words they did what they did that Hyattsville might prosper, that it might seek to make two blades of grass grow where one had grown before. Surely that wae Mr. Charles H. Stanley followed, also for the ospondents, He of Henry George inthe case. That alone seemed | cool places outafde of the city, and away from the exhatations of the boiling asphalt, where wholesome milk and other diet can be had. Un- fortunately there are many who cannot leave | thetr homes in town. These should employ all | available means to obtain pure fresh milk, and | where infant food preparations are used’ only | those of the best manufacture and reputation | should be administered. “The hygienic conditions for the week, as | | shown by the reports, illustrate the prevalence | of the law of compensation. In the matter of | disease and death when a certain class of mala- | dies prevail othors seem to be held in abeyanc We thus see that in the face of a high percent- age of diarrhoal cases the contagious have subsided. The only noticoable oases were | the three deaths from diphtheria reported this | week, which all occ in the same family in | the Wost End and all of whom died within a| few hours of each other. “The reports of the progross of cholera west- ward still continue. This malady has reached | the towns on the southern coast of the Black | sea and is now threatening Europe both by way of Russia on the north and France and Italy on the south. London medical journals still insist that the disease which in Paris in called ‘chol- | erine’ is only aterm devised by the French doctors to cover up from the traveling public the Presence of the dread visitor in that etty. | The health officers of our large cities are on tho alert, and by orders from the United States Tresaury Department closo inspections and thorough fumigations aro dineoted to be| observed. “While during this heated spell cases of sun- stroke are frequent in other cities, {t is now | plain that the wide strects of Washington, with many shaded squares and miles of shady streats onder auch eates very rare, Up to the prosont time but one fatal case haa been reported.” The report shows number of death, 1 white, 84; colored, 75. Death rate per 1,000 per annum—White, 25.7; colored, 48.7. Total Population, 33.0. ‘Bighty-one wore under five years of age, 53 were undor one year old and | 23 over sixty years. Thirty of tho deaths oo- | curred in hospitalsand publio institutions. Tho deaths by classoa were as follows: Zymotic, 62 constitutional, 95; local, 57; developmental, 9 i The principal causes of death wore: theria, 3; coneumption, 15; diar- | rheeal. 80; typhoid fover, 4; malarial fever, 1; | pneumonia, 9; bronchitis, 9; kidney disonses, 6: | cancers, 3,’ Births roported—Twenty-five white | males, 14 white females; 15 colored males, 22 | colored females. Marriages reported—Twenty white, 4 colored. Btillbirthy reported—One white, 4 colored. hart of Wet Virginia, Brosius of Pennsylvania, O'Neill of Missouri,” Cummings of New York, Reilly of Penneylvania, Wolverton of Ponnsy!- | vania, Butler of lows, Simpson of Kansas, Chip- msn of Michigan, MoKinney of New Hamp- Brown of Indiana, English of New Jersey and Watson of Georgia.” The labor committees st work on the measure propose to send out literature for perusal in the ‘coming campaign and have preparsd anslyses of votes showing ther record members have made on the eight- og In Behalf of Neglected Babes. To the Paitor of The Evening Star: Public attention ought tobe called to the cruel exposure of infants to the hot sunlight, ‘a8 practiced by some nurses and parents. This morning quite a young infant was found out- side an eating house, while its mother or nurse was taking breakfast, between 9and 10 o'clock. | A stranger passing held over the suffering babe | fanned it until compelled to an umbrella and leave, and then sought the service of a colored | woman until the mother’s breakfast was over. | Infants are not infrequently left outside stores in the sun, while the attendant performs some act of shopping; and in several instances, as I ersonally know, a passing relief to the unhappy abe has n met with @ savage re) f from the party in charge. If a merciful Providence does not interfere, the neglect and indifference of vome of these attendante—whether mothers or nurses—will result in so-called “‘myaterions deaths.” 8. R. M. a Breweries in the District. Senator Call Monday introduced a joint resolution which provides “That the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bin are hereby required and have authority to prevent the struction of any building or the use of any building for a brewery or the manufacture of malt liquors in the city of Washington within the space between Boundary street and the Potomac river?” To this the attorney for the Distriot has | added, “Whenever it shall be made to appear to the svtiafaction of the said Commissioners that the erection or use of such building for such purpose vhall be dangerous to the public safety or injurious to the public health.” ———— Knights of Rectprocity, At a meeting of Lincoln Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Reciprocity, at 910 Pennsylvania avenue northwest last night Chief Jnstice Thomas B. Penioks presiding, Knight Harries presented the lodge with a large portrait of President Harrison, handsomely framed. In making the resentation the donor remarked that he wished it to be @ silent lecture to the membership of | the man who as @ citizen-soldier, « legislator, a | stateeman and as pilot of the good shfp Column. | bia had fairly won and gracefully worn the | honors that a grateful and appreciative people had accorded him. Tho gift was heartily re- ceived by the lodge, and a unanimous vote of thanks tendered to the giver. Seg STIA. ‘THE CAPITAL CITY GUARD'S PIONIC. Riverside Park prosented « martial aspect last night. Company D, Capital City Guard, first separate battalion, D. C. N. G., held a picnic there. The grounds were thronged from dusk till midnight and music, dancing and uniforms contributed in making it one of the most_note- worthy events of the senson. Company D had thirty-five men in line and during the evening gave a creditable exhibition drill according to new tactics. Most of the other colored military organizations of the District financial part of the ception to the general success of the affair. ‘The procecds will be donated to the purchase of new company uniforms. ‘The committee of ar- rangements consisted of Capt. J. H. Campbell, Lieut. C. H. Hill, Lieut. Geo. Edwards, Corporais H. Murray, H. Chase, Wm. ‘Thorn: Cruelty to Clesks. To the Editor of The Eventag Star: It seems to me it borders close to cruelty to animals, whteh, I believe, is a violation of law in this District, to force the clerks in the gov- ernment service to work during « heated spell | (ont Boggs, J. Ay “Mason Privetes’ Edveani like the present in rooms where the mercury | Walton, C. G. Baker, 8. Blackwell, RD, Green, registers anywhere from $0 to 100 as they | Philip Cooper, F. Banks, Samuel Henry, H. A! might be expected to work when the atmos-| Payne, Jat > Ry Hedman, Chas. L. pheric conditions are normal. And yet this | Stewart, Arthur Green. The refreshment com- Very thing is being done in some departments, | mittee comprised Sergeant J. H. Johnson, Se “Has mercy fled from humanreasts?” A.B. | geant C. E. Collins, Private D. Wilkins, Pri- vate I. Webb, Private W. C. Payne, | Pri- vate C. Matthews, Private F. Harris, Chas. Thorn and Rich Amburh. The floor managers t. J. H. Campbell,“ commanding com- pany; Sergeant F. N. Brown and J. E. Frazier. THE CASE DIBMINSED, The case of Danicl F. Lee against P. J. Whalan, charging malicious trespass, was dis- missed in the Police Court yesterday. This was the caso of the ceria building site at the northeast corner of Navy place and Monroe strect. Mr. Whalan continues in possession and excavators began early this morning to make the cellar and foandagion trenches. Str, Whalan's builder will take off about three foet of the southwest corner of Mr. Lee's house. Yesterday the latter spoke of getting an in- — but no such process has as yet been verve > Excursion to Niagare Falls via Royal Blue ine. The Baltimore and Obio railroad will ran a special train of Pullman parlor cars and day couches to Niagara Falls on Taursday, July 24, leaving Washington ut 7:85 a.m. and Baltimore at $:45 u.m., arriving at Niagara Falls at mid- night. The ronte will be through the Lehigh and Wyoming valleys, Mauch Chunk and anthracite coal fields. and a6 it is out of the beaten track of Niagara touristefrom Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia the excursion cannot prove otherwise than interesting, in- structive and pleasant. Kound-trip tickets, govd for ten days, will be sold for €10, and on retarn Journey will be good to stop off at Baf- falo, Elmira, near which city is Watkins Glen; also at the romantic Glen Onotio and Mauch Chank.—Adot. ee Card to the Publi Osvicz Autayatox Borriixe Co., Cuantes Jacossen, Prop.,27th und K ste, Notwithstanding the disnstrous fire at the brewery of the Ohr. Heurich Brewing Company Saturday morning we are glad to state that the supply of beer on hand is amply sufficient to meet the fullest demand that can be made upon, us, Cnarues Jaconsix.—Adct. NOTES. Rehearsal of the choir and Sunday tchool children was conducted last night at Campbell A. M. E. Church in preparation for Children’s day (next Sunday) at Camp Campbell. Mrs. D. C. Smithson is critically ill. Station Keeper A. Eckloff was absent from duty yesterday to attend the funeral of his grandchild, the infant of Mr. Charles Saxty. Frederick Dot , jr., died yesterday at his home in Hi after a prolonged period of suffering. The funeral will take place to- morrow. — ‘To Atlantic City via Royal Blue Line. ‘The only double-track route to Atlantic Cit is via the Royal Biue line and the Reading rail. road. Excursion tickets on sale all the year. On Fridays of ‘each week excursion tickets are told at rate of $5 for round trip, train leaving Was! mat 4:05 returning until following Tuesday. iahex- | pax.” Ektarday. the SORE Will sete aoa cursions #t rate of $3.50 for the round trip will | nda day or two at the seashore and avoid be run every other Saturday during the season. | the t teeny. sold at $8.0 —-—.—— Saturday Excursion to Atlantic City Via The speae ety vane Railroad. department, all of which @re in great need of better protection from fires. cheapest, | | quickest aud most ready way to ie this pro- | | ould be a rebuilding of ‘entire sye- | tem, with overhead wires, substantially as ree- , ommended; but should ‘a sufficient sum be appropriated to put the new plant all under ground at the begimning I think the under- ould be the better system. A mixed and for wed | serio: Doral | MESSAGES AND FIRE ALARMS, The report shows that during the fiscal year 182,314 telephone messages were sent through | the office from various departments of the Dis- | trict government, and 574,379 calls and mee- sages went th: ‘the patrol system. were 407 alerme for ‘fire given over A statement is added showing 55 strack between ‘ if Heinle ent force, @18,000 for supplies an heat of the city. Tickets are sold at $3.50 The dates are August 6 and 20. ‘8 | for round trip and are valid for return until uotil Monday ing date of sale. For | Monday following. Ample time allowed in call on B. and O. ticket agents, 619 | Philadelphia for supper.—Adot. and 1857 Pennsylvania avenue, and at station, pli na | Carmer of New Jersey avenue and C etrect—| special Trains to Denver Account Knights ‘Save. cmplar Conclave Vin Pennsylvania eat > roud. Half Rates to Denver via B. and 0. R. R.| Special trains for accommodation of Knights For the Knights Templar Gonclave at Denver, | Templar to Denver will leave Washington at Col, the Baltimore an Obio railroad will veli | 6:10 a.m. on August 4 and § via Penneylvenia round-trip tickets at balf rates, Tickets will be sold Atigust 2 to 5 and will be valid for re- tara journey until October 11. rs will havo the option of route via St Louis or Chi- ‘et both of which cities Baltimore and railroad, Burlington route and Santa Fe route. Application for space should be made to R. A. Enrke, passenger agent, 6th street station. — Advts ie Aba So as Or ‘rnz 800 visitors who visited Atlantic City Pe sate Bin toe. nouns ea] Bae Et eae eee The rot trip rate Baltimore and E. la Sobanee, capturs a ol a 5m 3 propricter; also Hotel Johnson, Washington is 945.16-—Advé, Washington, B.'0.--Adot. Trar Tine Festina. | sponde ie to be the burden of the arguments on the other wide. But what Henry George thought or wished were not to be considered by the court. The sole question was, was athe act of tho Commissioners constitutional? He contended that it was, and cited numerous state author{- ties to show that the exemption made by tho Commissioners was a matter wholly in their discretion, Inying particular stress on the ox- emption made ip favor of manufacturers, which exemption had been sustained by the state court of appeals. He claimed that if the law under which the Commissioners acted was de- clared to be unconstitutional, that was the end of the matter, for then it would be found that they could not add improvements. That is the law was unconstitutional in one particular it was in all others save in the clause repealiny former laws. But the law was constitutional, the commissioners had been fairly and legally elected, and they had acted in that discretion which the law undoubtedly gave them. Mr. Marion Duckett, for the petitioners, con- cluded the arguments, reading from Henry Goorge’s “Progress and Poverty,” and claim- ing that the court's decision would be iy awaited by the whole world. If the act of the commissioners was eustained the legislature and courts of Maryland would be understood as advocating end assisting the single tax scheme. Mr. Duckett also briefiy discussed the authorities quoted by counsel for the re- nta, contending that they really sustained tion of the petitioners. At the conclusion of the arguments his honor took the papers, remarking that he would render his docision at the earliest practicable moment. It is known that whatever mar be Judge Brooke's decision the case will be taken to the court of appeals. That court meets in October. ‘Therefore tho case cannot be finally decided before that time. ———— ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: G. 0. Stevens to W. P. Campbell, sub 115, sq. 1051; $—. W.F. Campbell to John P. Shep- perd, same property; @—. H. Bernheimer to 8.8. Datsh, lot Sand part 2, #q. 635; 8—. J. T. Carpenter to W. Mayse, lot 18, block 20, Co- lumbia Heights; @—. ©, Gessford to 0. C. Shields, subs 73. and 74, sq. 990; $—. G. W. Barnes to B. Solomon, part {4, aq. 703; @—. E. M. Grinder to J. B. Grinder, fot 18, 9q. 848; ee Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion to Niagara ‘The next excursion to Niagara Falls via Peun- sylvania railroad will leave Washington at 7:10 am. August4 The rate is $10 for the round trip, tlokets good to return within ten days and valid for stop off at Watkins and Rochester in either direction and at Buffalo returning.—Adet, ee An Opportunity to Spend Sunday at the PPor seashore at Low Hate.” Special train will leave Washington by the Pennsylvania railroad at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, the 90th, for Atlantic City. Kate, $8.50. Tickets good to return until Mo: it = We ang determined to increase our patron- age by improving still more our table arrange: ments, play grounds, &c. Hotel Royal, Atlantic City, 'N. J, E. L. Johnson, proprietor; also Hotel Johnéon, Washington, D. C.—Adet. As Evesa Ox A Bor. SUFFERINGS INTENSE. HEAD NEARLY RAW. BODY COVERED WITH SORES. CURED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES, I bought a bottle of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, one box CUTICURA SALVE and one cake of CUTICUBA SOAP for my son, aged thirteen years, who has been afflicted with eczema for a long time, and I am pleased to say that I believe the remedies have cured him. His sufferings were intense, his head being nearly raw, his ears being gone except the gristle, and bis body was covered with sores. His condition was frightful to behold. The sores have now all disap- peared, his skin is healthy, eyes bright, cheerful tn Aisposition, and fs working every day. My neighbors are witnesses to this remarkable cure, and the doubt. ing ones are requested to call or write me, or any of my neighbors. WA. S. STEPHENSON, Winchester P. 0., Unton Co., N.C. STUBBORN SKIN DISEASE. I used the CUTICUKA REMEDIES for about four months for the troatment of a very stubborn case of skin disease, something like eczema, Iwill state tried a great many other advertised remedies and bad boen treated by local physicians, and all tonoparpose. The CUTICURA REMEDIES did the work, and my body when I commenced was absolutely covered, E. D. McCLELEN, Piedmont, Ala. CUTICURA RESOLVENT ‘The new Blood and Skin Purtfier and greatest of Humor Remedies, internally (to cleanse the blood of all impurities and poisonous elements and thus remove the cause),and CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA SOAP, an exquisite Skin Beautifier, externally (to clear the skin and scalp and restore the hair), speedily and permanently cure every species of ttching, burning, scaly, arusted, pimply, scrofulous and hereditary humors, from in- fancy to age, from pimples toscrofula, Soldeverywhere. Price, CUTICURA, 50c.;80AP, 25c.: RESOLVENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston. GarSend for “How to Cure Skin Diseases,” 64 pages, 50 illustrations and 100 testimonials. commendable, and surely it was constitutional. | Jaimed these was too much | EXCURSIONS, &c. (COME Wire us AND KEEP0OOL, CITY ITE! MS. There is Some Matting Left. ‘My Matting sale was a great success, but there is still some left over—not a great deal, though more than I care to carry till next sea- son. I want to get rid of it—will let you have it #t almost any price. Come in, look hb the stock and examine the qualities—no suit. EIGHTH GRAND COUNTRY PRIZE EXCURSION you will find Joux Ruppsx, Accommodator, Of the it _513 Seventh street northwest. oO BR CLUB Blue Outing Shirts, stiff collars and cuffs, Te elegant quality. Price, 81. : jenn aoa: Hexay Faaxo & Sox, RIVER VIEW, it One Price, cor. 7th and D. THURSDAY, JULY 28, ‘a2. White Wines and Claret, only $2.40 dozen fall qt. bottles; best summer drink. | Cigars from €1 per box up. Goods packed in boxes for church use only. Jy27-8t H. A. SxxrosoN, 1200 and 1202 Pa. ave. psn For the Hot Weather. Lime aa a 25c. bot, —— ° years old), 6fc. qi Port Wine wed. use, 50c. qt. Golden Catawba, 75c. gal., 250. bot. Proc. Flour, best, €1.50, 75 and 40c. ak. It 'P. R. Wis, 934 7th st. nw. ss Souvenir Spoons, Souvenir Pocket Knives, ‘Handsome Oak Bed Room Sutte given away. Every one will get « chance free. Boat leaves 9.300. m., 1:30 and 6-45 p.m. pO (COME. TAKE A Salt SEOOND GRAND EXCURSION of ‘the “ MARINE ENGINEEKS’ BENEFICIAL associa- TION, No. 83, To MARSHALL HALL, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1802, On the Palace Steamers CHARLES MACALESTER and RIVER QUEEN Souvenir Basors, Souvenir Gold and The following wojl-known musical talent | Pens, Souvenir Dog Collars, Harness and Sou- aoe peal Sa oe 2 fat ee venir Carving Sets. (1t*) | Warronp’s, all M8. Wright, Reanona. S: Thoruton, _ —- Sinfth, Depro, Emerson and Taylor Bi nartet = Uniformity of Quality is what gains favor. ‘You will always find it in White's Yucatan Gum. Jy25-6t uors eave 7th st. Wharf at Gand 10a yu. and a 245 ands p.m. H® Por wane ——— FRIDAY, JULY 20. TICKETS, 91 Buy Wilson & Carr's Bathing Slippers: price, | Bxcursion train leaves af 8.50 “Tickets tbe had Scent, 929 F st. nw. Pylicim ” | #4, pnd oka ciiee, “goto any clea 1h hikexcursion is und - branches of the VM CLA Bel Castellon Wine cures stomach troubles. iy7-im A. Hxrrwcutee & Co. set od ot $15 Will Buy New Homes, Hor Other Machi holds, White’s, &c, 5 [SSE low as @10, €3,°86. AlJ fully warranted. at | F®#= BETHESDA PARK. FREE Anerbach’s ‘Oepfiol Hill Branch, Domestic Sew- Coming PRINCE LEO, ing ee and Putterns, 4th ét. and Peunsyl- vania ave. se. Wat. PUNK, a —— Jy25,27,29,30,au1,2,5,6 — es hea TO KEEP COOL COME OUT TO BETHESDA. 8, Heller, 720 7th st. n.w. cialty in Ladies’ and and Shampooing; also cures Dandruff. my20-tr | Castellon ‘Wine is of special benefit in cases of dysentery and diarrhea. 91 per quart bottle, 6 bottles for @5. iyFim A. Hurrcuiza & Oo. bow Elixtr Babek cures all malarial diseases. <a None Name It But to Praise. Wheeler & Wilson's New High Arm No. 9. A marvel of lightness and swiftness 4027 Office 437 9th st. ow. Br oniaasd Castellon Wine checks and curés summer rinks in the cafe all conduce to make it thé coolest resort around Washington. The ride in the open cars is like the breath from Greenland’s icy mountains. Take Tennallytown care at 3MandM ste. 3725 GPAND EXCURSION TO BAY RIDGE By the complaints, A. Herracriier & Co., HOME SOCIAL CLUB, jyf-im 1933 14th et. nw. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1892. —_—_-_ A Fandsome Souventr presented to every one pur- Royal Glue mendseverything. Druggists. 10c | chasing tickets from members. Buy your tickets of A. S. JOHNSON, 12409th st n.w.: M. M. ROUSER, 332 Het. n.e., or from 3y26-2* = MEMBERS AT DEPOT. ‘A BG CROWD Is GOING ON THE 20TH é with The Tro Fishermen. The mornitis train will make setop af Lakeland 1 NEW NATIONAL THEATRE. FRIDAY, JULY 29, MONI . UROPE —_Gaze’e conducted % TESTIMONIAL CONCERT TO polistegcgnturte? exograon os aso sicwp cere « And the tie ge hy 8 Soir Be < * rst-claws all ex * JOHN PHILIP sousA. HOLY wen pall. Washington os a oe Mrs. KITTY THOMPSON BERRY, Soprano. Mr. HERNDON MORSELL, Tenor. Mr. HERMANN RAKEMAN, Violinist. ‘The FRANZ ABT CLUB WEDSESDAE, JULY 27. And the JULY 3% weiss Soe FESTIVAL OF PLEASURE. Prices, 81, 75c., 50c., 25c. Tickets on sale at theatre reat fo sped a vioasant “day and even voremc. 523-8 .. Picturgegus River View te. 8 veritable Donny Se Fair of agely Bland "race hora, ote, [eo monty Sourlat partion over the | creme Byise hace eee eee eae, oo a en, Any toe Set tnd Orden | sacle, Yancing, Vane tall, grand concerta,”'A Del- GREETS ER Se mine ee | Ee eae : Fr ia, 3b oe ato ANCISG "ALL DAY AND EVENING, ESTA. het. Rope aK DAE AMD RVERTEO, al Citldren's toketa, 160. RIVER VI ¥ Ne we BATTLE oF cerrysscea. 15TH STREET AND OHIO AVENUE. wis OPEN DAILY. rar 2825"3, FEPorox, GREEN sine oF c ea HALL Gia -Axp Cnocurry. Hy men to at 10 e.m.. re- :30 p. in, . round , Bl,” tn. While we do not sell alow grade of | ET =< CROCKERY and CHINA we keopa full line | MogntVemon. Céte on the steamer. — a ee ee ee aes ee Meakades a8 eSB 2:45, 3:30 and: G Ww PAlLY. XCRPTBORDAY Deak base Bhae.as ass W wane. . s TNDIAN HEAD EVENLY TRI We eep «fll ine of Giese Ware, trom iow | Mapball tall th vere, THUkaDAY. FRIDAY oat Tings a Gems He he | a Masia oes, Sree : A a eS r E Korcaex Urensus. of a oats for one round-trip In this department our stock is always com- plete, from the smallest article to the largest REFRIGERATOR. EEN for a PE, QUGt fe Nera at Siarinell Hall"should take ‘shor any of the company’s: fare. 4 wen MER RIV! shall Hal, Both Sunday schools the Rive n .' At®a mt DEN reese Atatale mane STEAMBOAT 00. = \ M. W. Bevsaman, ‘0 THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND $23 1216 F st. and 1214 G st. LOWER POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS RY TUESDAY AT3P. M., — STEAMER JANE MOSELEY, Kaze Coon Touching CoRnial Beach, St i Point a, “Sid ant Osaneeee areiving dn, Wasluugton finreday. nora Shd frokeht lower than by other rates ‘PINEY POINT EXCUREION BATES Bunday Schools and Tensper snr bicjetee expec ‘unday Schoo! " : invited.” STEAMER GEORGE LEAKY ely fourth ae — ; Lookout, Coan ivan, Gri TWENTY. .VEN-THOUSAND-DOLLAR §TOCK OF | yj tk re Boots, BuOes AND RUBEERS TO al SELECT FROM. ALSO GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS. ke. mo For a few days. in onder to raise cash for our credit- ors, we Will maXe the following inducements” PROFITS AND COST NOT TAKEN INTO OON- SIDERATION. some thirty bargains in ar. long enough to. raise $5,000. We bur za0re tod seit more foods and Pay more taxes than any shoo store in the city. 7,8: SELBY'S CASH SHOE STORE, m2" Cor. 19th and Pa. ave. a. “intia Sunday SSatpetelock tecuratng Foun tidy tickets ant he cluding three weals apd for thesmall warn oes Witllacus', cor. 7th aud D sts., \/ooNtenT Excrn ose aT Gi reanor and “Cabin John” FRIDAY, 6 o'clock p.m., town. | Here are riven a list of These prices will last PActric coast. . GRAND EXCURSION neyo Via the worid-fomed U, aud O., Chicago and North- Bait oe date wegiren van ‘and’ will be more at: yg istactory thaw 8 ‘use the dollar 3 W. Bl oe 5- T. B. Townes & Sox, DRY GOODS DEALERS, 1316 7TH 6T. ¥.W. | | Positi Large line Ready-made Sheets, Pillow Cases and | city. PIMPLES, black heads, red, rough, chapped and oily skin cured by CULICUBA BOP. WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS, Kidnoy and Uterine Pains and Weaknesses relieved : cne minute by the CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLAS- TER, the first and only pain-killing plaster. sy27-wka “ ‘Buaxco. For Whitening all articles of Buff Buckskin Leather, Suede Shoes, Canvas Shoes, Kid Shoes and Slippers. 25 and 50 cents. WILSON & CARR, dy15-Im 920 Fret. nw. ‘The marked benefit which people overcome by That eoment oe 2S ‘Tired Feeling derive trom ‘Sarsaparill ‘Week-End Mountain Excursions via Ches- ‘apcake aad Ohio Rail ‘Te White Sulphur 3; Springs ways me relief and great comfort. IT IS A to amy one suffering as I aid.” THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO. 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. ‘Trunks and Satchels of best make at low prices. mb29 Gxxre Surrs Scovnep AND PRESSED FOR gL. aie corel Baller, a in | sented has much tobe proud of. These isn'ta shoo ters. fF 0} eee eee Cotton, Sigo. eee prazidiea, 10 and vory Thursday at Sam. Home at § p.m. Dpbleaclid in short Bo. out = ais Hees —-. 'all wool, 50c. t0 91.25. | NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT.OO Bi tebie othe 1c. = rats th "Table Linens Napkins STEAMER ‘GEORGE LEARY.” opete ‘Shirt Weista. ne ie gots “Plain and Piaste. bey 2 Sette AS Oe in ax : Botied and Plain Swiss: ke. 381m PINEY POINT. For Taz Waore Weex Grand opening at Piney Point > SATURDAY JUNE 11. 1992. ‘There is nothing like satisfaction, and that merchant ‘ar firm who secures the confidence ef its patrons by ‘selling goods that are reliable and invariably as repre- house in Washington that has gained a wider aircle of Delightful breezes, the odor of the pines and coc! | ue | by B® Bivee 91.00 ROUND TRIP. B and 0. TRAINS ar Pad am, 19pm, 42pm SUNDAYS: PBam, 1.20, 3.15 pom #1 ROUND TRIP. Sm, 50 cexrs sovoszay neace OO cesta SPECTA, a: ECU RAION SATURDAY EV! me 8 wT now From 7th st. wharf every ' Fare, rouna sylt-Im Genera, Manat | A NEW ROUTE TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SATURDAY Baltimen aakington ofials and on Saturd EXCURSIONS Re! Po wee pier No. T 45 p.m. dally exon Baitinor, at 3 228m STFAMER BAR THO STANDING “Ss and 9) Sapte trip, 1 MINT. ¢ Ek Xp ah ex Returning. arcives 1050 and on We | Rercuseraipberst | (yLEN xcito. | sepaleees The tri over the Glen Fcho railway ts one tte sie ° Glen Feho railway i of te Beet we halt Ten Bet ‘On Sunday cu care eave Gi m ™ re. nallytown every half hour | twelve uniautes. Best oF ae curar AND PLEASANT EXCURSIONS. | Twosstoon steamers leave 7h street ferry shart | hourly from 615 am. until 716 p.m TWELVE. MILE SAIL ON THE POTOMAC FOR 15 CENTS. BABIES FREE For PLEASANT EVENING TRIP dost. Home at 7:-45p.m. Sameschedule on Sundays, m. Lastround trip, 6.30 p.m. commencing st 8 ‘Visit Alexandria, Va, FATHER WASHINGTON'S CHURCH, Masonic Lotter, the Braddock House and the many ‘Pumintsrences froin 1776 to 1N6S. dedtoorl —_— STAGE EXCURSIONS Tres TALLY Sy Ages Ly at iy ‘ant Joba re. Fare, Fogo gol Mate tt bedi ree = Nour, { DBEssxs oF CLEANED AND DYED. ALL MATERIALS SILK8—NO MATTER HOW VARIEGATED-—DYED 4 RICH EVEN GLOSSY BLACK. Goods called tur ANTON FISCHER, and delivered, 208 G st. aw. ais 314 PENN. AVE 3. PRESSES MADE OP IN Lavesi st’ | ates EAP ELLao H STFAENS £°C5", Bone . ‘At 725 13th wt, TES HAVE YOU Se re) 4 teood in tis vt utr __Shaupooing and Hair Outtme_ ENCH DYEING, SCOTRING AND Di, Bera = York ave. sein ten? Ma CLEAN. bliahment, 1203 Ne ic ___ BICYCLES Arwarer Cycre Cowraxe. BICYCLES te for the COLUMBIA. WESTERN WHUFT WORKS, HARTFORD and ELLIOTT WICKOKY ‘and largest line of hiring wheels in the «ity. etjon sclvol iu rear. “Gusratites itistrackos ATWATER CYCTF COMPANY ry Pa. ave. now FFE 955s L 4 of. i tun EeR Sss® SHON (Our Barvain Counter is loaded with Manufacturers? Samples of High and Low Cut-Shoes, which we are offering from 33 to 50 per cent below regular prices All Low Shose not on the bargain counter will be old 230 per cent below inarked prices. GENTLE REL. ‘We are gtving 20 per cent discount on all Low Shoes, consisting of Kansaroo, Oxforis, Prince Alberta Southern Tiesand Russia Calf Blacher Oxfords, Geo. W. Rica. were"