Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1893, Page 9

DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. BIN ne Reported. Speaking of the District appropriation bill as reported Commissioner Donglass said: Our estimates for the next year ware conservative and right, in our judgment, in every particalar. We will have the money to meet them, if a Iowed by the final action of Congress, and probably considerable sum over. This will come ont of the new assewinent, which must in- erence the revennes considerabl be city t= growing rapidly and not to keep. the public Recesary improvements up to the pace of the private improvements would be bad public policy Tocrente a fund of nearly haifa million dol- lars out of the next year's revenues to pay in e@tvance ou debts already provided for by sink- ing fond arrangements i* to tax this geners- tion for the benefit of the next in » matter in Which both are equally interested. Then the sewer system, devised or advised by the commission constituted by Congress « few sears since and whose able report was daly le should be commenced at i take several years to build, will be of sig- Ral benefit, no doubt, to the health of residents god visitors and should be started at once. ‘This world isn't clear yet from several cendly epidvmies, and cleanliness is one of the present Ereat protections against them. I trast tbat between this aud the 4th of March both houses Will see their way clear to give the District what fhe absolutely needs for proper care and im- Provement. a TO KEPEAL THE SHERMAN BILL. ‘The First Active Step Taken in the House Banking and Currency Committe ‘The first active steps toward a report to the House of proposition for the repeal of the Sherman silver bullion purchase act was taken this morning by the House committee on bank- | fog and currency, which briefly discussed the repeal of the act then adjourned until 2 @ clock tomorrow afternoon, when it will fur- ther consider the matter. There was a quorum when the committee met st 10:30 Chairman Bacon stated that at the last meeting the committee had informaily passed upon the banking features of the Andrew bili and bad acthorived him to make any changes neces- gacy in the first and third sections, which au thonize nati al banks to iseue circulation ap £ bonds deposited and reduce tion. Mr. Bacon stated that on be thought there was no occa- r making amendments and accordiagly eadied bill to report, mmittee then plunged immediately into section four, which repeals the silver Bullion purchase’ features of the Sherman act. Representative Cate of Arkansas offered a substitute providing for the. stoppage of silver archases and the coinage into dollars of the ullion gow in the treasury. It did not pro- vide for a return to the Bland act, bat, as a member expressed it, stopped silver purchases by the erument entirely and made the United Staves treasury conse to be a safe deposit company for silver ballion. Mr. Townsend of Colorado, a free coinage met this move with a connter motion that section repealing the Sherman act be re- ported back to the House with a recommenda- tion that it be referred to the committee pr. eriy having jurisdiction over it, namely, the evinage | Hand) commuttee. There was uo vote of any sort, but Mr. ‘ownsend was con: ‘termina- tion reached to pres# tho repeal of the Sherman act and that the committee intended to t Jurisdiction of the subject. Mr. Drew, formerly bank examiner in Phila delphia, was waiting tobe heard on the Ker- stove Bank failure. and accordingly the Andrew Dill was dropped anti tomorrow. Meanwhile several compromises on the maturing. the meubers ho; ymon ground on which an agree- ment may be reached that will stop the present bullion purchases. — UNLAWFUL MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS Senator Chandler What the Word- ing of His Means. The attention of Senator Chandler was called by «Sram reporter this morning to the fact that his bill to prohibit unlawful military or- fanizations was worded so as to affect those sub- ject to enrollment as a part of the militia of ny state or of the United States. The ques- arose as to whether this wording would affect those of the territories and the Ditrict of Columbia. Mr. Chandier said: “The bill intends to and does cover citizens of the territories and the District of Columbia, as according to the Con- stitution they are subject to enrollment asa partof the militia of the United States and consequently would come under the provisions of the bill. The measure is not intended to ef- fect organizations of school boys here or the Grilling at military schools, but was framed to prevent men who are members of the militia of & state or the United States or subject to enroll- Mentassuch from voluntarily assembling in Parties of ten or more for the purposes of drill or bearing arms. = — Kates to Minneapolis and Datut Tatate commerce commission today. mn by Commissioner MeDill, an- the ease of the Minne- commerce agninst the (Great jiway Company others. wheat f North and South points to Minneapolis were charged ¢ be unreason- d,s ared with rates from the same Pointe to Duluth and other Like Superior points. to subject Minneapolis tou Prvivdice, such rates from a large sec | of ‘the Dakotas being the same to Minneapolis and Duluth. It was also elaim | the rate on flour, formerly i per 100 pounds from Supertor ction with Miaue- med subject rejudice. on wheat Dakota to The t ther rates on er nearest -o- Business in the Senate. ttee om order of busines ap the republican cauens heid a shi and discussed the various w before the Senate. It the proposed slate commerce act as to pending legisiation was Fur- the chairman, Mr. Sbernu th the democratic committee. iutrodaced with view of the territor f Okle- the courts there was naidered, and, after being “il be passed. There is no bat the bil of Mr. Perkins to at the simile. tories will re ance of the week sideration of « ters and t tory to statehood will pass, or ures respecting other terri- fxvorable action. The bal- ms migration mat- bill will be again be- fore the ie the first of the week. Before this ie disposed of the committee will hold Gaother meeting -o- Senator Kenus Slightly Batter. From information obtained at the residence of Senator Kenna shortly after noon today it wae learned that the Senator scondition showed scight improvement. Yesterday afternoon he le to sit up for a short time, ashe bas able to doat times di his sickness. Yeoterday a consultation was at the house between Dr. Sowers and Dr. Busey of this city, Chilton of West ¥ and Chew of Balti. more. At that time they found that there had been no change in the for the past ng. however, be appeared a The Capitol this mori wes startled by the information that Senator henna was dead, but the story proved to be untrue. It originated from the fact that some one had Commissioner Douglass Says of the | They Are Placed i and Du- | THE LETTER CARRIERS. in the Classified Service by the President's Order. ALL YREE DELIVERY OFFICES INCLUDED IN THE | VES OF THE WEATHER BUREAU ALSO INCLUDED—TOTAL NUMBER AFFECTED | PY EXTENSION UNDER TUIS ADMINISTRATION anovr 8,000, | | The President has extended by an amend-| ment to postal rule 1 the classification of the postal service so as to include all free delivery offices, of which there are understood to be 601. Fifty-three of these offices are at it | classified. Before thin extension the civil service | | rales applied only to those post offices which bad es many es fifty employes. | Now the service extends to all post offices | | where carriers are employed. Of the 548 offices | | brought into the classification by this amend- ment about sixty-seven | or more, but less yes. About 260 have ten, but than twenty-1ive employes, and ubout 220 have less than ien employes. The civil service | commission will proceed at once with the or-| | gunization of of examiners ut these offices, the holdings of examina- | tons and establisbing eligible registers. As soon aa eligibic registers have been estab- lished at any office the rules will go into effect that office. Some considerable time arill necessarily elapse before the rules will be in ‘tual operation in all of there offices. A definite statement cannot be made from the data in the | Possession of the commission as to the number of persons who will be bronght within the, classitied service by this extension, but it is | presumed to be more than 700. Tue President has also approved an amend- | ment to the classification of the Agriculture | Department bringing within the classification | of that department the employes of the weather bureau employed elsewhere than at Wachington. | The number of personsaffected by this change of | classification is between 100 and 200. It brings inall the weather observers at the various signal stations throngkout the country. | "The records of the several executive depart- | ments show that the extensions of the classified service subsequent to March 4, 1889, Lave been as follows: On April 13. 1891, the President ctassified certain classes of school employes ana the | | physicians in the Indian service, about 626 emploves in all. On May 5, 1892, the fish commission was classified as 0 art of the departmental —_service, ringing in 140 employes. Since the ad- ministration of President Harrison began ten post offices, each having attained the requisite number of employes—fifty—have been classi fied. By the President's order, made publto today, about 180 places in the weather burean were added to tie classified service and about 7,000 places at post offices, making altogether more than 8,000 added under the present adminis- | tration. Under President Cleveland’s administratic records show that on March 1, 1888 the Presi dent made an order classifying the United States civil service commission. On June 29, 1838, the classifications of the departmental service at Washington were revised by order of tho President and ex- tended so as to embrace all the officers, clerks | and other employes in the departments, except these appointed ~b; the President, by and wi the vice and —_ consent of the Senate, aud those employed merely as messengers, watchmen, workmen and laborers. Altogether 1,931 places were added to the classified departmental service by this revision and extension of classi- fications. The railway mail service. with — 5,320 employes, was _ classified December 1, 1888. On January 4. 1889, rules for that service were promulgated, to take effect March 15, 1889. These extensions brought iu altogether about 7,300 places. ‘ollowing is the President's order: Section 2, of postal rule 1, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “The classification of the portal service made by the Postmaster General under section 6 of the act of January 16,1838, is hereby extended to ail free delivery post offices, and hereafter when- ever any post office becomes a free deliver; office the said classification or any then exist- ing classification made by the Postmaster Gen- eral under said section and act shail apply there- to, aud the civil service commission shall pro- vide examinations to test the fitness of persons to fill vacancies in all free delivery post offices; and these rules shall be in force therein, but this shall not include any post office made an ex- perimental free delivery office under the author ty contained in the appropriation act of March 3, 1891. Every revision of the classification of any post office under section 6 of the act of Jannar: 1883, and every inclusion of a post office within the classified postal ser- vice shall be reported to the President.” THE TKOUBLE ON THE BORDER. Ne Change tm the Policy of the War De- partment in Regard to It. The War Department bas adopted no new policy concerning the better preservation of order on the Mexican border and, to quote a | prominent official of the department, “order cannot be entirely maintained until a railroad is built along the dividering line, thus insur- | ing the quick transfer of troops.” An order | has been issued for « new flying telegraph line [from Fort MeIntosh, Texas, to insure quick | transmission of messages from the seat of the trouble, and Lieut. J. E. Maxfield of the signal corps has becu directed to proceed with ite construction. Beyond this aud the employ- ment ot extra vigilance there will be no change from the present policy of the ent. here is no truth in the report that the fifth cavalry, now in the Indian territory, bas been ordered’ to reinforce the troops now in the field in ‘Texas. Gen. Schofield said this morning thet there were «lready suf- ficient troops in Texas to su ippress an uprising much more formidable than the present one appears to be. The three troops of the seventh cavalry will remain there for some months, but the four troops of the third cavalry, recently ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, will leave for that post as soon as the present trou- bles on the burder are at an end. -o THE SILVER QUESTION. | Mr. Will Not Agree to Any Com- prouise. Speaking of the suggestion of Mr. Cleveland that tbe Bland act should be accepted as a com- promise to secure the repeal of the Sherman law, Mr. Bland «id today that he would not agree to any compromise and that he did |not think one could be got through Congress. “Lam,” he said, “perfectly willing | that the silver quertion should come up at any time a At & vote be taken at any time. They can take up my bill and may amend it if they have the power. I shall fight any proposition to repeal the Sherman law unless we can have free coinage in its place. I voted aguinat the Sherman bill, but there is one good thing about It wili compel free coinage. All we have to do is to permit it to continue in operation and we shall have so much sliver on hand that free coinage will have tobe permitted. I do not think it will take long to bring this about.” --e- OLD AND WORNOUT HORSES. ‘The Humane Society Want the Commis- sioners to Prevent Their Sale Her. The Washington Humane Society, through ite president, Mr. A.S. Platt, writes to the Commissioners today that in couformity with « resolution adopted at the regular monthly meeting of the society he desires to invite at- tention to the statement of the society's agent re- garding the numberof wornout and useless horses that are brought to this city and sold to hucksters, peddlers and odd jobbers. The agent states that a large number of such horses, almost erally on take proper effre of them the: in the streets or are left to die when they can no longer stand up in the wretched places where they are kept. Under the law the society's agent can seize horse that is evidently unfit for tee if he ap oy ey pe ‘iy low. | S2ds the animal at work, but in such coed. outng to the wind, saa Ban ae, on cases the coxt comes upon the 008 owner, who roky. het may have invested ail hix capital the day before oe a im purchasing the werihlewe animal. "The eo- Seunter IN Gone to Atvany. ciety is of the opinion that measures should be Henajwr Hill left the city this afternoon for | jM*", "2 prevent the sale of such y previous inspection at the marts Alba:y. He hes gone, it ix saul, to see that the | where they are told, and” he says the Pinu to elect Mr. Edward Murphy, jr., to the | society — that the bye Senate de not misear find that they possess requisite Teoday nest, thee tae nrmnen | auteerity and be wiling t esencine it te this matter 20 a= to prevent the sale of animals unit — for work sud to keep Washington from becom- ‘Turtay's Cabinet Meeting. ‘The cabinet meeting today was attended by Gi} the members except Sweretary Noble. ‘The meson was eborier tan uoual. ing the permanent marke: for such wornout | and disabled stock. A veteriuary act- | ing as inspector might be able to aid ofieer or other authority under whose province this matter may come. I et | everybody, will feel its los THE EV LIQUOR AND Law. Various Views on the Pending License Bills. WHAT REPRESENTATIVES OF LIQUOR INTERESTS | SAY—THE VIEWS OF WHOLESALE DEALERS AND BREWERS—WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAT. Speaking today in reference to the liquor problem as it stands now in the District, Rev, Dr, Bartlett of the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church said that whilehe had not studied the subject very deeply he was heartily in favor of the enactment of some legislation putti stringent restrictions on the traffic. “Thaverea all that Tre Stax his had to say on the mat- ter,” be continued. “and I heartily concur in the stand it has taken editorially. 1 am in favor of stringent measures, and they should be | taken without delay. The restrictions should | be just as stringent as the sentiment of the com- munity will supportand they should be active upon all classes of people alike, rich and poor, | ‘pon all places where liquor is sold and upon classes of the business, both wholesale and retail. Of course Iam not a supporter of any measures that are so foolishly severe that they | cannot be approved by the seutiment of the | People, for then they would sim, be inop. Ative and we would be ne better than we are ry oon MR. SCHADE AGAINST HIGH LICENSE. Mr. Louis Schade being asked hi» opinion about the proposed new logislation stated that there wna no need for any legislation beyond | patsing the Hunton bill and the Carath one- mile limit bill. Under the present law wo bnd nequired the reputation of having the best and most respectably conducted restaurants in the country. Congressman, who bad been livin here for years and bad had full observations,hai frequently corroborated that aisertion. If there had been a disorderly place it had not been the fault of the law, ax the Commission- ers had claimed and exercised for yoars probib- itory power in granting and refusing licenses. Though he would be very glad to have the signer clanse so amended as propored in two of the bills introduced, yet he was afrai | to goon the ice, remembering what had been done in previous Congresses, though then the Commis- sioners themselven had ndvocated in their bill such a change. It had been the first thing struck out as soon as the bill had come up be- fore the Hotse, to rink 80 bile making great concessions oth sald Mr. wise, a8 pro} “High license in this District," Schade, “is not a tavern question. It concerns all the Citizens, as under our aystem it in a tax onall, even our temperance people Included. ‘The tavern keeper merely hands the money over. He takew it out of the circulation cash in the District and it goos on the already too big pile of District taxes in the Treasury Department, where it remains until Congress appropriates it! And the latter will not appropriate a cent more, whether the license feo is #100 or $1,000. The Cotimissioners in their report estimaie the pro- ceeds from high license up to §300,000 per enonum. Let that amguut be taken out of cir- culation and added 4 the $1,000,000 collected, for instance,last year, from our citizens beyond. their share, and every business man, in fact for lows it is, an it does not come back to ther “High license is no: temperance. No tavern- keeper monopoly should be established. The small beer tavern does less injury than the costly marble saloon. The former cannot pay high license, for there is less money in the sale of beer than in that of whisky. That explains why some tavern keepers desire high license. Neither should the tavern keeper be degraded below the bawdy house keeper as the Meredith dill, for instance, proposes, by allowing the police entrance to licensed premises—i. e., the wholo hotel or house by day end night. “Any refusal forfeits the license. Nor should there be any discrimination between the rich and oor, as proposed in the Campbell bill, by giv ing especial privileges to the big hotels with over 100 rooms, &c, “The Sol Home limit bill, now a dead lettor, the work of real estate speculators,should be repealed. It was passed upon false ‘moral’ retensex. It was to protect the old soldie1 at though during the whole ycar a large num- ber of places have been open, more, in fact, than before, and all selling withont license, there bas been no increase of drunkenness nor any riotous proceedings on the part of the old eoidiers, orany other persons. The old soldiers have now their canteen, just as they havo at Milwaukee, Dayton, Hampton and other homes, or regular army poste. yy need no longer such laws.” Mr. Schade did not tltink that the overdemo- cratic House would pass a high license bill for this District and do what the republicans themselves bad never done, thereby creating unnecessary opposition to themselves at election time, as the republican papers of their respective would certainly take advantage of any such blunder, unbecoming the cosmopolitan char- acter of'the capital of the nation. The law should be such, ho said, that any decent people could engage in such a business. The restau- Taut and hotel Keepers should not be treated ax suspected criminals or ticket-of-leave men in whom the police ffm pounce at any time. fe had a small opinion, he said, of the intelli- genee and self-respect of such tavern keepers who would themselves ask the passuge of bills depriving them of the inalienable rights of free American citizens. MR. CHRISTIAN XANDER. Mr. Christian Xander, who has been in the liquor business for a longer time than baif of Washington has been in oxistence, when asked by @ Stax roporter what he thought of the pro- posed new legislation said: “Thereareacceptable ints,” he replied, ‘‘in ail of the bills—points don fairness and justice to all concerned. ‘Then there are again other clauses which are Very unsatisfactory and greatly objectionable. Asa general rule the wholesale dealer is dis- criminated against inwtend of protected, and the fect that he is surrounded by more’ than ordinary business difficulties, ignored when, stead, bia hardships ought to be mitigated. ‘The ‘present license fee is not burdensome, notwithstanding the fact that our line of busi: ness bears the lion’s share of the burden of furnishing the revenues derived from all busi- ness sourees. I might point out in this connec- tion a great injustice under which our line of business suffers in common with many other District interests, and which has often been referred to in Tax Sran—that of allowing the indiscriminate sale of goods of all kinds in the District by the drummers of other places in competition with the District merchants who have to pay heavy licensos, and spend most of their money here, too, to say nothiug of other benefits conterred upon the community by them, while the gay and festive drummer, after’ paying his little hotel bill and giving the “porter a — quarter th condescending air of a mill thropist, can langh in his slee ing d of his goods without a cent of tax upon his business. ‘Thore has been somo pretty lively kicking doue about thix matter by come of our merebants in other lines of business, but the liquor men remain silent because it is only one of many discriminations they endure, and, according to the views of some people, pressed through Tar Sran, they ought to be mighty glad that they are allowed to live. What makes this outside trado all the more injurious to our business in particular is the fact that among the dozens of unlicensed so-called ‘clubs’ many obtain their supplies from dealers in other cities, and that their custom carries with it a very large family trade thus unjustly taken away from the city dealer, who has to bear his share of local burdens and taxation. “The community in gencral,and the legitimate ble dealer in particular, ought to be amply protected by full power being vested in the Commissioners to crush out all illegitimate traific. But, on the other hand, any undue interference, such as depriving a whole portion of the District itself of legal rights by imposing prohibition, is unworthy of an enlightened community and contrary to the dictates of good sense. Fines for violating the license law as it stands, and the prosent law is good enoagh if fairly and justly enforced. may be imposed, but no violence and terference, such as is contrary to the spirit of constitutional rights, ought to be countenanced. ‘The rule limiting the wholesale dealer to one pint as the minimum of a sale is a Proper one and should stand. It is more conducive to temperate habits, and will not im- ie in moderate cir- ‘ing on the other will suit me and thost with whom I'bave discussed the prospective legis- | ye. KOLB LIKRS THE CAMPRELL BILL. organization known as the Citizens’ Protective past veven said to a Sram re- Porter yesterday: '~To | me the Campbell ill seems to be the one containing most of the commendable features among the various meas- | ures now before our city council, as C years, reperentatives in that body it would perhs) not be ¢o difficult to frame a law which seem fair and just to all interests involved; but as we have none we must content ourselves with such measures gs will come nearest to those which could bedevised by the District people themeelves, and in that sense I look npon the Campbell bill as the one as nearly acceptable as any might have been emanating from somerepre- sentative of the District. It is ovidently drawn up with a spirit and tendency to elevate rather i interest or a class, and it is, therefor, in a line with the efforts of some of the best men in this business who aim to elevate it to the highest degree of respectability and integrity of con- duct attainab! MR, WM. MUPHLEISRN, Mr. Wm. Muehleisen of the firm of W. Muehleisen & Co., wholesale liquor dealers, in discussing tho merita of the various liquor Ucense measures’ proposed. said to a repre- sentative of Tux Srau yesterday: “You will probably find as widely varying views among thove most directly affected by ths legislation ax among the rest of the public. No matter what may be anid in favor of the present law it has been found inoperative, and the natural result is an effort to replace it by something else. So far as I have beon able to study the different propositions now before Congress the Meredith bill appears to me to contain the ele ments from which it may he possible to con struct a very good law. ton extreme and its license fee requirement altogether too high. Excessive fees will produce the very opposite effect from the one intended; they will force many respectable business met to the wall and encourage the establishment of low places which havo to shun the light of day. SUSTIOR SAMUEL 0. MILLA, “Tama high license advocate,” said Justice Samuel C. Mills, who was the firet sovereign patriarch of the Sons of Jonadab. “I have uot had a chance to examine the pending bills,” he added, ‘and therefore I am unable to suy any: bout them. The remedy, however, I bo- in high license and not ‘in prohibition. By giving the people a high license law the bosines will be mate one is which capital will be invested, and the dealers wil! be interested in the business of enforcing the law for their own protection. ‘The penalty for the first offense should be a fine of €100, und the second offense should be punished by a jail sentence not exceeding a term of six months. For the year's imprisonment aud the confiscation of the license “The'real benefit of such an act wonld be the putting of the business in the hunds of re- Spousible persons who would be interested in bringing illicit dealers to justice, us the latter business would detract from the benefit of the investment. There are natural rights which belong to all men. It is the abuse of the privi- lege that makes the injury.” ‘The justico said he had long entertained the idea thut high license was the remedy. Before that he had thonght that prohibition was the best thing, but bé changed his mind when he went to @ prohibition state and saw es much drunkenness as he had seen in other places. He then concluded that probibition was not the remedy. In addition to these provisions he said he thought some provision should be made for the arrest of persons found drunk on the streets, =o DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. WHO WANTS THE NOVELS? There is considerable doubt ax to the respon- sibility for the requisition for school books which Commissioner Douglass refused to sign on account of the noveis contained in the list, Superintendent Powell disclaimed any knowl- edge of the requisition and said he thought it came from Superintendent Cook of the colored schools. The latter called upon the Commis- sioners this morning and also disclaimed any knowledge of the requisition, and the question the Commisvioners are trying to get answered is, “Who wants the novels?” TO CLEAN OFF THE SXOW. ‘The Commissioners today ordered Intendent Stoutenburg of the alms house to put the chain gang at work to clean the snow away from District property. A gang of forty men were required to clo the work. TO GIVE THE SURVEYOR A SALARY. ‘The Commissioners have requesied Chair- man Hemphill of the District committee to in- corporate the substance of the bill to make the surveyor of the District a salaried officer in the appropriation bill for 1894. CHANGES RECOMMENDED. ‘The Commissioners have forwarded to Cun- gress, with their recommendation, the bill to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia, The most important change in the original bill is the amendment of section one, which from the work “beginning” in line 8 to the end of thesection is stricken out and the following substituted: “Beginning at the intersec- tion of Rock Creek Church road and Richmond street, in the subdivision of Petworth, and running thence westerlySalong said Richmond street to Brightwood avenue: thence southerly along the present tracks of the said Brightwood railway on said Bright- wood avenue to the intersection of Wallach street with said Brightwood avenne; thence westerly along and over said Wallach street to Konesaw avenue; thence along said Kene- saw avenue westerly to 14th street. And said Brightwood Railway Company in also hereby, anthorized to exten: present line from the present terminus Carrol! avenue in Carroll at ‘akoma Park to and along avenue eastwardly to a point where the said avenue crosses the District line on seid avenue in said Tokoma Park, and to construct, equip, operate and run its cara thereon, with the over- head trolley system of electric motive power.” TO CARE FOR THE PORTRAITS. ‘The Commissioners have requested the United States marshal to take charge of the full-length portraits of Washington, Jackton, Clay and Corcoran, which were sent to the District build- ing during the repairs at the city hall. The Commissioners sny they have no place for stor- ing thes@valuable paintings ang they are con- stantly exposed to injury. RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSES ALLOWED, The following applications for retail liquor licenses were allowed today: George E.Linkins, 101 G street sontheast; P. J. Daly, 600 434 street, southwest; W. 8. Wheeler, 1016’ Rhode Island avenue northwest; G. Marinelli, 335 3d street south west. ONLY OxE PERMIT, A building permit was issued today to Mrs. W. W. Herron, one brick dwelling at 1823 16th street northwest; $10,000. TRACKS OF THE BRIGHTWOOD RAILWAY. This afternoon a committee composed of Messrs. C. H. Armes, Gen. Swain and Capt. ‘Tanner, representing a number of the citizens of Mount Pleasant, called upon the Commis- sioners to protest against the location of the tracks of the Brightwood railroad on Kenesaw avenue. The gentlemen maintained that the location of the tracks on Kenesaw av. enue was obviously not for the benefit of traveling public, but merely for speculative purposes. If the company desired a place to Fun ity Toud it should lay its’ tracks long its own \ property or along the streets where a amajority of the residents and property owners want it. As the bill with the Commissioners report has been sent to Con- gress the Commissioners ordered the secretary to have it returned so that those interested could have another chance to be heard. CAN BUILD THEIB HOUSES. The Commissioners today rescinded their former order revoking the permit of Nash & ‘Thomas to build houses on the east side of a thirty-eight foot in square 620. This is the case where he aes obtained a it build certain houses in the tioned, but did not commence of them until after the Hy ; a ES if H fg i 4 § é i i i 8 FEE iH G sae i i il i f : i i ‘Mr. E. Kolb, who hae been president of the | Association of Liquor Desiers for the has sometimes been called. If wehad our own | than humble or degrade the liquor trade as an | ‘The MeMillan bill is | third offeuse I think the penalty should be a) | Fiod permits were issued for 205 new buildings. Messrs. Birney & Birney have petitioned the Commissioners to remove the obstructions on 2d street and Canal street, These streets, they say, are so blocked with buildings, stone and sand that passage over them is greatly ob- struoted and access over Canal street to O street is entirely cut off for vehicles, Sieve si Suit for Professional Services. In the Circuit Court today the case of Lillian K. Roome, executrix of Dr. Ed. Roome, against A. L. Phillips, was tried. This is a bill for pro- fessional services and the defendant alleges un- professional treatment, In the spring of 1890 he (P.) received a severe scalp wound by & brick falling upon him, and after Dr. Roome had treated it for some time it was discovered thnt a piece of his felt hat had been driven into the wound and protracted sickness followed. Mr. M. D, Brainard appeared for the piaintiff and H. B. Moulton for defendant, SETAE KILLING THE COYOTES, Amusement and Profit in Idaho’ Bunting Excursions. Boise Dispatch to Sun Francisco Pxaminer. A large party of men headed by Harry Gager of Seattle enjoyed a big coyote drive on the sagebrush plains twenty miles southeast of Boise today. After an exciting chase thirty splendid specimens of the peculiar animal lay dead upon the frozen ground. At this season of the yeur the skin of the coyote ie heavy and glossy and of considerable commercial value. Gager and bis purty sought the animals for their warm coats, which they will have made inte garments, The huntors were provided with a pack of fierce hounds and the party epread out over the plains to encircle a rocky butte much fre- quented by coyotes. The dogs made the frosty air re-echo with their deep notes. Within an hour after the commencement of the bunt twents-one fine coyotes lad been killed and skinned. ‘The hounds were then seut into a growth of sagebrush in little hollow in one of the abrupt slopes of the butic. The dogs cornered four big coyotes and a battle royal followed. The coyotes fought like four-footed fiends and they badly injured five splendid hounds before they succumbed. Their skins were nearly torn from their bodies during the atrnggle and were worshless, A few minutes later eight big coyotes were staried out of another bunch of sagebrush. The cowardly anignals darted across the pl and tried to conceal themselves in a large tlock of sheep. They had no fight in them and did not offer to molest the sheep, upon which they usually prey. After umch difficulty the coy otes were driven into the sagebruab again then the bounds quickly dispatched five them. Another drive will be held next Snnd: when an endeavor wiil be made to kill 100 goy- otes, anday ~——- 00. ANIMAL AFFECTION. President Jordan's Dog Waited for Its Master's Arrival, From the 8t. Louis Globe Democrat. “An instance of animal affection came to my notice two years ago,” said Aquilla Fleischman, instructor of physics in the University of Ki sas, who stopped for aday at the St. James. “It was on tho occasion of President Jordan's leaving the State University of Indiana, where Iwns then a student. President Jordan re- signed the presidency of Indiana University to assume that of the Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni- versity at Pasadena, Cal. While president of the Indiana University Dr. Jordan seeared a fine Bernard pup and took good care to raise it properly. The dog soon became proficient in many ways under the tutelage of Dr. Jordan, and seemed fairly to worship its master. Nightly the dog could be reen in the Bloomington post office waiting its turn when the mail for the president would be handed ont, incloeed ina leathern pouch. With this pouch'the dog would trot away toward the residence of the presi- dent, and woe to any one who attempted to bar its progress. “Dr. -Jordan on leaving presented the dog to Prof. Hoffman of the college. At first the dog was disinclined to part with his master and upon meeting Dr. Jordan in the stroct would turn away from Pro foliow after. Being driven aw however, it made no further attempts at follow- ing him. On the occasion of the doctor's | departure Prof. Hoffman, along with the other members of the faculty, ‘went to the depot. ‘The dog journeyed with him. It was hore that Dr. Jordan stooped and patted the dog on the head and then entered the cars, ‘The dog watched wistfully for the reappearance of the good doctor, but in vain. Shortly after this Prof. Hoffman noticed that his dog wes absent in period in the day. The operator at the depot also noticed the daily visits of the dog to the station on the arrival and departure of the 2 p.m. train. Being informed ag to whom the dog belonged he sent word and ®rof. Hoffman next day watched the strange sigh The dog came, expecting the return of it former master, and waited patiently for the approach of the train. As the train neared the depot it would prick up its ears and ob- serve the arrivals, It waa only when the train had passed out of sight that the dog would depart. It was really a touching scene, and shows the depth of animal affection.” ++ “When His Nerve Failed. From the Detroit Free Press. The burglar was nota bad looking man, al- thongh his business had a bad look. He stood by the door of a sleeping room and peered in. A faint light was burning and he could hear the measured breathing of some one asleep. Cautiously he crept inside, stooping low, and looked around. No one there save a sleeping woman. Inn iustanta cloth saturated with ether was thrown over her face and he waited one, two, three—ten minutes, and the stertorous breathing of the sleepor told him the drug was 0 With a dexterons band he seized the ; and money lying on the dressing case an: a quick search in the drawers of the case. *-Qo-00,” came a voice from the shadows of finch the burglarclutched his silent knife and turned to meet his victim. ‘No one was visible. “Qo-00,” came the voice again, and the burglar saw a child in itserib by the fout of It was a protty baby, sleepil; i taddote ules ty baby, sleepily holding up its nd, stepping He let his knife fall to his si over to the crib, touched the eld in softly, and held up its arms for him to take it. 33 : The impulse was beyond his control, and he lifted the baby to his boom and it nestled its soft, white cheek down to his and put its white arm around his neck. He purred to it, and in « moment its curly hend ‘was laid aguinst his face, and it was asicep again, “Never seen a kid like that,” he jewelry began himself. ‘Most of um is afraid of Pecaten) and tenderly he laid it in the crib. ‘Then he went back to the dressing case. He stood stills moment, and then looked fur- an joked a8 fies STEP LIVELY. What te Gained by Spurring Passengers to Move Quickly. ‘Frow the Railroad Gasette. It is stated that the Pennsylvania railroad has issued notices, to be placed in prominent positions in all the stations within a radius of twenty-five miles of Philadelphia, requesting Passengers to board and alight from all trains as expeditiously as possible. The reason for this, it is eaid, is that it is very hard, under ex- isting circumstances, to maintain the schedules to the exact minute. Such a notice will bea good thing if people can be made to heed it. But it ix only a text, after all. The real preaching and driving tuust be done by the conductors and brakemen, and the main work of the superintendent will be to keep them up to the mark. On the Mi: hattan Elevated the injunction of the trainmen to “step Uvely has become a byword and they doubtless find the duty of reftorating {t thoa- sands of times very irksome, but it is only by this constant epurring at all points that a great passenger movement can be accomplished with punctuality. : General M Hain once told his men acircular issued for a “rush” day) that country people who would then visit New York would not be used to “the enorgetic ways prov- alent here,” and it ima fact that the thousands of habitual travelers on the elevated have learned to move promptly without being driven and (most of them) withont overriding their neighbors’ rights and convenien ‘The same thing is trne, but to a less degree, on the lines of the heavy sabarban travel, but the brake:nan on the ordinary railroad has « harder tusk, becanse his passengers do not bave the practice of those who ride everr day, but even he must remember that a half minute wasted ateach one of ten stations means five minutes loat. The methods of driving passengers success- fully cannot be lnid down ou paper very well. They must be delicate, for folks bate to be “‘boased” by trainmen, but ther must be con- stant and peraistont, antil people do not need to be bossed. When we apeak of “driving” of course we mean driving by the inductive meth- ods, 80 to speak, and one of the best things a brakeman can do to induce mgers to promptly prepare to disembark without co- ercion i# to announce the station distinctly twice, and always a minute or wore before the train stops. We judge there are still wome 2,000 diviston superintendents who do not keep their men up toa proper standard in this sitaple matter of distinct enunciation. Snrely ther must have learned by this'time that thie widespread an- noyance is not abolished simply by being shown up in the funny columns of the newspapers. \ Bu,t after all, the most effectual element in getting suburban trains over the road promptly on a hard time table is a good conductor. He needs no posted notices to passengers, nor any professor of elocution for bis brakeman. His quick eye and brisk movements and pervading energy soon impel every one who often uses his train to “step livels BROKERS DEMORALIZED, What One Woman Cau Do in Upsetting Wall Street. From the New York Herald. The extrac: ‘y commotion one woman can cunse in a crowd, and thet woman a quiet, self-contained, lady-like woman going about her business, is occasionally witnessed down in | Wall strect or some similarly crowded neigh- borhood given over to males of money getting. It\is ono of the amusing things of the metropol- itan streets. There are women in nearly all of the big office buiidings down town. Men grow accustomed to female clerks, stenographers and typewriters and the latter accustomed to male business society. One would naturally sup- pose that this familiar relation would tend to deaden the shock of sudden contact with any- thing in skirts or trousers, But it doesn’t. Aswelf woman of swagger attire who tarns down Wall street any business afternoon wili be assured of more attention than she ever before in her life received. If she be dressed as Ieaw one last week it will be an ovation. This young woman wore a red dress, red wrap, red hut, red shoes, red stockings, red gioves— everything in sight was red, save only bi hair and eyes, and these were black as a ray wing. She had a lovely figure and her spri step and the spirited poive of her head pr claimed the thoroughbred. Men turned around to look at her and bumped against each other and turned and got banged this way and that in the crowd because of this rare vision and smiled and apologized only to run into some- body else. Her course down Wall street from Broadway was productive of more collisions than were ever seen since the last fi panic. The whole stock market fell off am things looked feverish—just for a few brief minutes—then the Federal building swallowed her up and Wall stroet relapsed into its cus- toma apathy for all external things, ——$-or.—___. Tarning Granite Columns. From the Waverly Macazine, Granite for columns, balusters, round posts and urns is now worked chiefly in lathes, which, for the heaviest work, are made large enough to handle blocks twenty-five feet long and five feet in diameter. Instead of being turned to the desired size by sharp cutting instruments, as in ordjnary machines for turning wood and metal, granite is turned or ground away by the wedge-like action of rather thick steel disks, rotated by the pressure of the stone as it slowly turns in the latite. ‘The disks, which are six or eight inches in diameter, are set at quite an angle to the stone and move with an automatic carriage along the lathe bed. arge lathes have four disks, twoon each side, and a column may be reduced some two inches in diameter the whole length of the stone by one laterul movement of the carriage along the bed. ‘The first lathe for turning granite cut only cylindrical or conical columns, but an im- proved form is so made that templets or pat- terns may be inserted to guide the carriages and columns having any desired swell may be as readily turned. For fine grinding and hing the granite is transferred to another lathe, where the only machinery used is to produce a simple turn- ing or revolution of the stone against iron blocks carrying the necessary grinding or pol- ishing materials, Telling the Worst Last. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. “Yes, I dabbled in futures once,” said the man in th kintosh, reflectively. “Wheat?” inquired the man who bad his feet on the table. ‘No. And it wasn’t corn, or oats, or barley, or mess pork, or potatoes, or chips, or whet- stones. It was broom corn. I thought there was money in broom corn.” “Put much money in it?” asked the man the shaggy ulster. 7 “More money than judgment,” sighed the man in the mackintosh, gloomily. “How much did you lose?” “lost $50,000 I had hoped to make out of the deal.” “Have they got it yet?” ‘And that wasn’t all!” groaned the man in the mackintovh, unbeeding the interruption aud wiping his eye with the corner of his hand- kerchief. “I lost $87.65 of my own money. G.0. TAYLOR S232 farer'so WHISKIES tod witucke cocoa FusolOi, eae NOT sold in butk or by measure. bottles. Beware of imitations and betties. LOOK for proprietors’ firm name signature— CHESTER H. GRAVES & SONS, Boston. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. . “RANDIE” DIDN'T FORGET THEM. | ‘TompLing Went Without @ Winter Overcoat, Dut Little Jessic Was Remembered. From the New York Herald ‘Tompking needed @ winter overcoat. The ‘one he was wearing was made of thin miterial and formed little or no protection agaiast the chill, wintry blasts that swept about hig as be walked through the city streets. Life had been one long, weary struggle for Tompkins, His wife had died the year before, Jeaving to him the care of two little girls, aged | rexpectively ten and twelve. He had managed | with severe economy to save up enough money to buy s winter coat, but be hesitated before ‘making this necessary purchase. Christmas was | coming and Tompkins was trying to figure ont | how he could manage to pay rent and at the same time keep mp the Santa Clans fection in the minds of bis little ones. Ta Tompkins’ mathematical calculations two | and two obstinately refured to make five, and | he sighed as he recalied “how much better | things bad worked” in his little family before seed Tompkins bad left them to shift for them- selves. Two little red stockis were hanging from the ‘mantelpiece fn the children's bed reom when Tompkins entered on Christmas eve. Two little curly beads were nestled among the illows. The children were sound asleep, loubtless dreaming of the happy surprises that ‘Santa Claus had in store for them on the mor- row. “If I didn’t have to buy that coat,” muttered Tompkins, “I might be able to do something for the deur little things.” Then he carefully tucked an orange into each little stocking. He found. however, that one of them contained = wad of paper. "This be drew ont, and by the dim light in the room saw that it contained an address scrawled in pencil. “Bless her dear little heart!” exclaimed Tompkins, bolding the scrawl nearer the light. ‘The paper wae carefully folded and was ad- dressed to “Sandie Klors.” This is what Tompkins read: “Deor Sandie Klors don't forget Margaret's dolly and mine real hair and cries inside eyes winks stochins comes off mama said deer Sandie it is wrote in the bible the lord loveth the cheer- ful giver and tt is blesseder to give than to re- | ceive Mama knows affectionately yours Jessie. “I knew dear Sandie wouldn't forgetus,” little Jessie, as che awoke on Christmas rning and found big doll with eyes that winked” Iving at the foot of the bed. It was remarked, however, that Tompkine wore a spring overcoat during the remainder of the winter. —-—e0e STOVES aND EANLINESS, Oue of the Advantages of Life in = Tene- ment House. From the New Enziand Mocazine. “One reason for my preference for the large tenement is that it permits the elimination of the cooking stove from each household,” writes Lucia True Amos in a urticle on “The Home in the Tenement Honse. ‘A home without a stove! Impossible! I hear many exclaim. Not im the least impossible and something for the very poor greatly to be desired. First, so far as heat is concerned, in « tenement house hold- ing fifty or sixty families heat may be supplied from acentral souree which wonld be far too expensive in a stnall tenement house of eight or | ten families, Tho poor usually buy fuel in smell quantition at exceptionally high rates, | nd this amount, if added to their rent, would | in wlarge tenement supply them with heat by steam or hot water, which would be far prefer- able, for the following reasons: The storing of fuel and the carrying it up long fights of stairs by the hodful would be done away with, and the sending children out to gather kindling from wharves, streets and vacant lots, with the dirt and sloveniiness and weariness which always attend such work, would be abolished. “No one who has not worked long among the poor can realize the serious drawback to temper, comfort and cleanliness that the mere care of facl, the cleaning of the stove and the disposal of the ashes involve with people who post ext, aleep, bathe and live around @ coal ve three or four flights from the ceilar or ach barrel, as is the caso in the majority of our tenements. The waste in fuel is often appall- ing, due largely to ignorance about draughts and to letting the fire go out during a morn- g's absence from home, and then rebuildiug to cook the dinner. I once saw a child of ten, in a room strewed with shavings and ashes, try to make a fire by placing the coal in tle bottom of the grate and lighting from the top the | kindling and paper that were iaid over it. In families that were receiving coal given in| charity I have repeatedly seen red-hot stoves | packed fall of coul, the draughte all open and | the heat going up chimuey. The doing away | with the heat of a stove in the living room dur- | ing the summer months is no small-contribution | to the health and good temper of the inmates,” There's Life in it, Health in it, Joy in it. Saratoga Kissingen Water The Dalicto Sparkling 7: Drink. A pec ie fe for Lvspepsta, In- digestion, Insomnia, Nervousness, stomach lis. Sold everywhere. In botties only. Saratoga Kissingen Spring Co., NY. RARATOGA SPRINGS, BURCHE Spring Leaf Tea. The pure-too high.-flivored ti Densive alG-tt 25 F se Cammanr & Lene, 928 71a Axv 706 K Sx. N.W. To close out quickly we will sell cheap all Soiled and Mussed Handkerchiefs, Napkins, Towels, Tray Covers, Scarfs, Stamped Linens, &c., &e., de. ‘We wish to close the balance of our Ladies’ and Mieses' Coats. We will sacrifice the profit to do so. We will offer special barga‘ns in Table Linen of all kinds, Bed Comforts, Blankets, and all winter goods. Headquarters for reliable Black Dress Goods, all the popular makes and weaves at lowest prices. Best Quality 32-inch China Silks at 75c. yard. CARHART & LEIDY, ar 928 7th and 706 K ste. nw. T. B. Towser & Sox. DEALERS IN DRY GooDs, 1316 7TH ST. 8. Goods, pelt a te Fecriapg ores ae Sey tea i of Ladies’ AUl-woo! Skirts, GL and $1.25. Hebbel ital ee eee tosee Stand in good quality doers fal att Se se ‘oat Cas, RE es, Se which bave «.ven so rm! ‘Rehool Bags with ot. aw it Tt j [ ide i uf Hi 34 E i. fi does u i i | i i e i § it HE Te they've and Bilious i fit i Wusox & Cann Garar Rossee Sate STORM RUBRERS, LIGHT RURBERA, PURBERS OF. ALL #TYLRS, DONT PORGET OR 83.50 Snors FOR TENDER FEET. Wirsox «& Cann m9 F ST. Nw. The next morning T feel bright and aewand my complerion is better SBE ts gently on Pinesant lecative, “Yane ants Pleasant laxative. made frou dis prepared for use as easly as tea. It is called LAN MEDICINE. ints ell it at 50m ani nhs at mnt gee He send vo) " it EMER ELS x ’ ye arene TAS AMIE SMEDECTSS OV ES Pa EACH DAY. In orger 1th) tele by necwmary ‘Address ORATOR P. WOODWA: n-f.méewim ‘Le Koy. g S Made with the” Natural “Manitou” water combined with Jamaica Ginger and pure fruit juices. It is a most delicious and exhilarating beverage, and being heavily charged with Natural Gas taken from the “Manitou” spring it sparkles for hours after being uncorked. For family use it has no equal, and is unexcelled for admix- ture with wines and liquors. Once tried, always used. Unexcelled for Family, Club. en@ Resisurant Uses. Vacked im convent orins for dealers amd com suaners, Sold by Drngrists an LOCAL TRADE SUPP YA CHAS KRAEMER, TST. N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. formation sent on application to TOU MINERAL WATER ©o,, Manitou, Colorado. soere ceery where, b ogects at scam fellow thin tre by Phyeiiacs and benting society Indio, TREATED GY MAIL. CONFIDENTIAL. rad Wi te wtarviog, fy owen o bed a = PATIENTS Marmion, fecta. “For pactwolas sifrem, wi 6 crea 1s sap (OR. OW. F. SHYDER WVICKER'S THEATER, CHIEAGR. To Tae Lavws Or Wasnzsorox. We take piessnre in announcing to you and your friends that OUR SEMI-ANNUAL SALE LapiEs’ OF SAMPLES OF FINE FOOTWEAR ke of A. F. Smith hee com- of liue of Shoes manufectared cof AF. Suith There are nearly one thounan? pairs of them, sizes mostly 3, 3's and 4—A, Band ( widths. We bought these goods at wiaree discount, and are therefore able to ell them below cost to manufacture. Any one wearing «3, J or 4 shoe should not full te attend this sale £6.00 Hand-made French Patent Calf are praised by every ope tn the cits. Please til your Bustand, sons ani nephews to rail and examiue then. Tse Wanrex Suor Hovse, 11S FS: NW. ai Tar Price Is IMPORTANT— UML it te mot the chief feature. Poor dentistry ts tm finitely worse than mona We solicit your patronage solely on the merit of our work. That the prices are Jow ts incifental and due to superior faciiitins and the skill which produces rapidity. 18 Dentistry time ws money and if our experts, with evory improved ap- cheaper than operators with less skill and poore equipment. That they can do tt with less pain follows, as a matter of course. Extracting, 25e.; with Gar. Ge. Cleaning, Toe Silver Fulings, 75e, ; Platina, @1.00, Gold Fillings. accurdin: to size. VERY BEST TEETH, 98.00. U.S. Dewrat, Associarion, COR. TTHAND DSTA. am owe | Ger Tue Busr. . THE CONCORD MaRKEss. LUTs & BEo, 427 Penn. av. diotning Katona Da SWS. po. ‘Hore Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices.