Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1893, Page 2

2 THE EVEN NG STAR: WASHINGTON, D C.. SATURDAY, JULY 1. 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. DISTRICT AFFAIRS. A Suggestion in Regard to the Six- teenth Street Circle. ee, PROTESTS OF CITIZENS. : —_ The District Commissioners Asked to Pardon = Man Convicted of Violating the Liquor Law—The Complaint That Hack Drivers Are Insulting Dented. Sa In the preparation of the map for the exten- sion of the streets and avenues of the city the engineer department has received many sug- gestions from citizens and property owners ‘along the several proposed lines. More letters and suggestions have been received concerning the extension of 16th street than any other street. Today the Commissioners recetved from Mesars. Deeble, Davis & Co. the following nd | the Department of California and will join his of file in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The map to which this reference is made would make the outer line of said circle to be as shown on a map touch the northeast corner of the circle a4 Morris and streets, but we find that the fixed by the act referred to above, and is there- fore in violation of that act. PRINCIPAL AVENUES AND STREETS. ““A clause in the second section of the act of March 2, 1898, however, may be construed to repeal the clause of the former act quoted above. It reads as follows: ‘In making such mape the Commissioners are further authorized to lay out at the intersection of the principal avenites and streets thereof circies or other res ervations, corresponding in number and dimen- sions with those now existing at such inter- sections in the city of gton. We beg leave to call your atten- tion particularly to the words under- im the above quotation. Morris street, it seems to us, cannot be recognized as a prin- cipal street, as it is but one short block in Iength. We therefore respectfully petition that the contemplated circle be located at the inter- tection of 16th and Superior streets. now under consideration for the general exten- sion of streets proposes the extension of Well- ing street westward to the eastern terminus of Superior street at 16ch street, and thus with Clif- ton street forming a continuous street from Sew The center i be about ut per cent grade runnin, at the end of the six per avenue. We represent the owners of the west haif of biock 8, Meridian Hill, whieh embraces all the lots on the east side of and fronting on 16th sireet between Morris and Erie streets, and present this peti- tion on their behalt. ‘The map | avenne or | GEN, SPAULDING’S RETIREMENT. | He Is Presented With a Token of Esteem by His Late Associates. Gen. 0. L. Spaulding, the retiring assistant secretary of the Treasury Department, was this morning presented by # number of treasury officials, his personal friends and associates, with a bandsome gold-headed ebony cane as & mark of their esteem. In doing so they accom- panied the gift with an engrossed copy of the following letter bearing the signatures of the donors: Wasurxoroy, D. C., July 1, 1898. Gen. 0. L. Spaulding. Dean Gexenat: The official ties are severed which bave for so long a term brought us in close relations with you, but we cannot allow you to go out from amoag us without some ex- pression of our friendship, gratitude and es- teem. We have enjoyed the rare opportunity of winning your confidence and of profiting by your example, and we believe that you are en- titled to all’ the honor which is due to great abitity, unselfish devotion to the public interest and unflagging industry in the public service. We beg your acceptance of the token which accompanies this letter. and hope that it may be to you a daily reminder that wherever your lot may be east you have our best wishes for your happiness and success. Sse ee Army Orders. Capt. Robert Craig, signal corps, will proceed to Worcester, Mass., on official business. Lieut. Col. Edwin V. Sumner, eighth cavalry, is relieved from farther duty in New York city and will join his proper station. First Lieut. Charles H. Bonestecl, twenty- first infantry, will be relieved from’ duty in company. ‘The following transfers in the seventh cav- alry are made: Capt Edward 8. Godfrey, from troop D to troop H: Capt. Charles C. De Radio, from troop H to troop D. Capt. De Radio will proceed to join the troop to which he is transferred. Leave of absence for two months is granted Capt. Greenleaf A. Goodale, twenty-third in- fantry. Leave of absence for four months is granted First Lieut. Wilham D. McAnaney, eighth cav- alry. Controller Eckels today appointed J. H. Adams receiver of the failed Citizens’ National Bank of Spokane, Wash. He aleo directed Bank Examiner Swan to take charge of the failed First National Bank of Provo, Utah, and Bank Examiner Latimer to take charge of the failed Nebraska National Bank of Beatrice. ‘The First National Bank of Rico, Colo., which has also failed, will be placed in the hands of bank examiner during the day. All the banks are small institutions. ee The Princess Retarns Thank: President Cleveland has received an auto- graph letter from the Princess Eulalie of Spain thanking him most cordially for the hospitalities | extended by himself and Mra, Cleveland during her recent visit to Washini President declines to make public the text of the letter. It was written before the princess sailed for! | Europe. | et Se eee National Bank Notes Outstanding. A statement prepared by the controller of the currency shows that the amount of national bank notes outstanding today is $178.614,535, | | an increase during the fiscal year ended June | 80 of $6,033,897. eee Naval Orders. Lieut. Commander C. C. Cornwell has been | | ordered as executive officer of the Newark; “We trust thut a carefal consideration of the | Liewt. Commander J. E. Pillsbury, detached | subject will convince you that the location of | from the Newark and granted leave until Oc- the cirele suggested by us is the most proper | tober 1; Lieut. H. M. Dombangh, from the and desirable, as well as in more strict compli- | Vesuvius and granted leave for three months; ance with the law. We send herewith inclosed for your farther information a tracing showing | N*y3! Cadets Edward Kellogg, J. R. Campbell | That, we have, gndeavored to explain im this | oracred to the San’ Francisco: Lieut. H. C. | : | Gearing. from the Naval Academy to the | A PROPERTY OWNER'S COMPLAINT. | Nesnvius; Ensign 8. it Hurlbut. ‘from. the | The following letter was received Uf the Com- | Kearsage to the Academy; Lieut. Be missioners today from Mr. John G. Buxman: I Bt g bors os Newark eel ‘e ; sign B.C. Decker, from the Newark to w fiom certain pols which are detriment tons | Mongngsbele: Lieut CT. Sfoge, from the interest of property holders in Washington. [| 4 y auasetue wie Whittelsey. from the Richmond to the ¥ reside at 1816 4th street northwestund contrib- |p, ad tes, from the Concord to th ‘wining,from the Newark month's sick lente; Lieut. Com. Uriel Sebree, frow lighthouse duty to the Navul Academy; | Assistant Engineer W. H. Chambers, from the | | Miantonomoh to the Newark; Lieut. Stokeley to keep the yater Pipes from freezing. hence | Morgan. from the bureau of ordnance to the | our pipes did not farcish suter in January last, | Washington nary yard, ‘Lieut W. B. Capers and at great expense Thad the same revaited, | tun. from the Miantonomoh to the Vesuvius; but not before I paid one doliur for » permit to | Lieut. Leaton Schroeder and T. B. M. Mason, the same authority which is responsible for the | to examination for promotion: Lieut. H. H. damage, and now mast expect x further Dill | Hosier and Lieut. Josoph Beale, to. the re- itt. in. | ceiving ship Vermont; . Gravat fe bad ® good sewer in the alley. bat in| to duty at the Smithsonian Institution Jul order to accommodate people farther up n new | Surgeon John C Wise, to dat sewer was substituicd, and for which | ingion marr ard; Navel Cadey A.M. Proctor Thave to par again. Thé crowning of ail is | from the Charleston to the Coneord; i mr Calling of two bar windows on the | Cadet H. A. Evans, from the Concord to the sidewalk. which is = very narrow one. fora | Charleston; Medical Director G. &, Beardsley Deliding at the corner of Florida | from the Washington navy yard July 1; Medi avenue and 42h street northwest. by which ail | Cui Tospector C.F, White. from, da our property is depreciated in value. All the | Smithsonian Institution July 15 and placed on people in the block are therefore protesting | waiting orders agninst such a great injustice.” a ‘THE CONDITION OF ORIO AVENUE. O14 Collectors Go Out. J. Edward Chapman im a letter to the Com-| The old collectors of internal revenue go out missioners toduy calla attention to the con-| and the new collectors assume charge in the dition of mp aera and lth | following internal revenue districts today: | arenes tie camara be cape hee cite failroad | Aiabama, eighth Kentucky, fifth Tennessee, sal “4 vgn Sota } te | West Virginia, Maryland, Nebraska, fifth North paired. although tae company changed its | (4. ~ tome vente ago.” The aepressions where | a ATkansas, fourth Texas and First Toute the old tracks existed have never been filled, and they remain, not only unsightly, but dangerous. NO POWER OF PARDOX. ‘The attornes for the District holds, in an opinion rendered to the Commissioners todas that the Commmsioners have mo power to = under the act of March 3, 1893, regulat- the water main correspondi id it wns left | Jess than two feet below the A law Probibite me from letting water run in order a With the Bureau cf American Republics. Capt. Abram A. Harbach, twentieth infantry, has been relieved from duty pertaining to the exhibit of the War Department at the world’s Columbian exposition, and will report to the | representative of the State Department at the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Dis- | €xposition for duty with the bureau of Ameri- trict of Columbia. The opinion was called for | C8" Fepublics, and in connection with the ex- ia eo tion of Lizzie Prell for the | bibit of the Department of State at the exposi- parden of her husband. Geo. Prell, who | tion. was eonvieted in the Police Court of seli- | ing liquor without a license and sentenced to | fine of €400 or stand committed to the | workhouse for four months. The prosecating attorney for the District recommended a de- crease in the fine. and a letter from the family physician of Prell certifies that he is a con- sumptive. HACK DRIVERS SAID TO BE INSULTING. With reference to the complaint of Misa Mary Carr that the hack drivers at Peace monument insult and annoy her the back inspector for the District says he bas given that stand particular | attention and believes the complaints to be groundiess. If the parties will give him their address he will bring the offending Jehu before } Indian Troubles Over. Gen. Schofield has received reports from Leech Lake, Minn.. indicating that the recent troubles with the Chippewas are at an end; that the Indians are satisfied that the shooting of | one of their number by Dr. Walker was purely | aceidental and that the injured man is now on | the mend. The troops will not be withdrawn for the present. pes re The New Register of the Treasury. J. F. Tillman of Tennessee, who has been ap- | pointed to the position of register of the treas- | ury, was strongly indorsed for that place by the Police Court. the entire Tennessee delegation and by a large wuckeemasetines. number of Senators and Representatives from Building permits were issued today as fol-| Other states. He has twice been a member of lows: A. H. Semmes, one brick dwelling, 1520| the Tennessee legislature ands prominent Hees brick, dwelling: 312) uieees | img been the head of the educational and lecture west: $13,500. Edwit’ Nanck, two frame | bureau of that organization until last fall. His rame | connection with the alliance has made him ver; dwellings. Des Moines street, Brightwood Fark; | weil known throughout the south. He has | always been a stanch adherent of the demo- cratic party,and his appointment is as a recognition of that element of the alliance. —__- Real Estate Matters. JR. Y. Blakely, from ‘the Newark and | R. Antoinette H. Lambie has purchased of Bertha Hammond for $19,000 subs 17 and 13, square %—each 20 by 90 feet on P between 20th and ist streets northwest. And for $12,500 | of T. ¥. Hammond sub 44, square 92-20’ by | 48 feet on 2ist between R and S streets north- | west. | J.P. Manning has bought for £30,573 of W. G. Pond sub lots 3 and 7, square 179101.7 by 100 feeton Q between 16th and 17th streets northwest Millard F. Coxon has purchased of Mary 2. Miller for $7,000 part sub 23, square 904— 21.53 by 109 feet—No. 719 Sth street southeast. | Ida M. Batt bas purchased of C. P. Crandell for $6,000 sub 46, square 735, 17 feet front on | North Carolina avenue between Ist and 2d/ streets southeast. | G. Pond has of J. FP. Manning for | $10,000 sub 123. square 133, 16.67 by 47.50 feet | on 18th between Lawrence and 5 streets north- | west. For 29,000 sub 12, square 237, 18 by 100 | feet on T between 13th and 14th streets north- | west. For $9,000 sub 67. square 452, 18.50 br 73.17 feet on M between Sth and 6th streets northwest. N. E. Webb bas bought of S. Cross for $7,500 part 6, square 984, 74.99 feet on Pennsylvania avenue between 1ith and 12th streets south- | east. > ‘A Washingtonian Assaulted by Desperadoes. News has been received that T. F. Hensley of this city was brutally assaulted several days ago im the town of El Reno, 0. T., by a trio of des peradoes known throughout the territory as | the “Jennings gang.” The injuries inflicted with the pistols in the hands of the would-be murderers, though of a serious character, it is thought will not necessarily prove fatal War asks no odds on B. B. L.. ever kown it’s bound to sell. 10 cents. Mr. Tillman has been an outspoken supporter of the financial policies of President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle and has for some time advocated the unconditional repeal of the Sher- man act as the only course possible under pres- ent circumeiances. : ars 2 Ex-President Tyler's Granddaughter Ap- pointed. Secretary Herbert bas appointed Mise Letitis . Tyler of Alabama, granddavgbter of ex- President Tyler, to a minor clerkship, below the classified grade, in the bureau of supplies and accounts, Navy Department. poceecidemeidi se. “oleae ees A Few More Offices Fitted. ‘The President late yesterday afternoon made the following appointments: Enoch Knight of Los Angeles, Cal., receiver of the land office at Los Angeles, Cal L. S. Barnes of Redding, Cal., receiver at Redding, Cal. Kobert A. Miller of Jacksonville, Oreg., regis- ter at Oregon City, Oreg. = Dew M. Wisdom of Muse dian agent at | ogea, Ind. Ter., In- ind. Te Ex-Representative Peel's Place ‘The Secretary of the Interior has appointed ex-Congressman Samuel W. Peel of Arkansas to bea special agent to pay the Delaware In- dinns in the Cherokee nation in the Indian territory ail moneys due them, as provided by the act of Congress approved March 3, 1898, | with a compensation of 82.000. es A Presidential! Cadet. The President has appointed Alfred C. Owen of Washington, D. C., a cadet to the Naval | ABOUT GEORGETOWN. psa eee ay A Lively Business Hustle Along the Banks of the Canal. TENLEYTOWN NEEDS. A Brilliant Company Enjoy a Gay Evening at the Potomac Boat House — Benefit for the Home for Incurables — Shipments of New Wheat Expected Next Week. — Mr. John H. Wendell one of the oldest, most enterpising and well-to-do citizens of ‘Tenl complains that the Post Office De- partment 1s not giving that well-populated place her fair share of postal conven- iencies. While letter carriers are sent way out the Loughborough road, where the houses are few and far between, ‘Tenleytown's citizens are forced to go in the old-fashioned way to the post office, « mile away from some of the most thickly settled parts of the now wide-spreading town. It isall due,though, Mr. Wendell thinks, tothe lack of general interest that the citizens take in their place of residence. He says that as soon as some particularly enterprising man comes among them for the purpose of getting their assistance in accomplishing some object for the general good he is looked upon with suspicion. It the citizens would only combine and unitedly ask for what belongs to them Tenleytown, it is said, would speedily become, through her great natural advantages, one of the most important of Washington's children. Since March 1 las: there have been erected in per a fifty-seven new honses costing over ACTIVE CANAL BUSINESS. There was the usual harry yesterday on the old commercial path, the numerous arrivals and departures necessitating the most active application of the brains, feet and muscles of those who work in the interests of canaimen. The following boate were among those that arrived, loaded with the black and chief pro- duct of the Cumberland region: For Meredith, Winship & Co., Detroit 112. Consolidation No. 7, Consolidation No. 5, L. P. Reed, Consolida- tion No. 12 and M. E. Grove. For John P. Agnew & Co. there arrived the John Spencer, Sarah Krom, Judge Douglass and A. , The average number of tons brought down’ was 113. Boats to clear Georgetown yesterday were the Mertinsville, C. W. Ridley, No. 121, Con- solidation No. 4. Judge Alvey, Dr. Knott, Con- solidation No. 16, Consolidation No. 10, No. 18 and Consolidation No. 11. The majority of these went back light. Bonta to clear Cumberland yesterday for Georgetown and consigned to Meredith, Win- ship & Co. were: G. 8. Runon, No. 138, No. 107, Judge McComas, W. H. Dinkinson, “Con- solidation No. 19, W. T. Coulehan, B. F. Jokn- son and M. J. Adler. To John P. Agnew & €o., the cargo of the A. H. Brodt was con- signed. THE poToOMAC’S HOP. At the Potomac boat house last night one of those charming Friday dances wus given and an attendance that was just of the right pro- portions for comfort and congeniality was present. ‘The muvic was new and excellently executed, the floor in perfect condition and the weather delightful. Some of those present were Dr. Will Howard, Miss Seitz, Mr. W. H. Hanoy, Miss Edna Birch, Miss Nellie Birch, Mr. Jobn Shoemaker, Mise Agnes Shoemaker, ‘Mr. B. P. Craig, Mr. Fred Duvall, the Mistes Gowans, Miss Kin- Miss * Mr. Gash, Mrs. Newton, Miss Mullet, Mr. Tom Miner, Jackson, Mise _ Keef Mullet. Mr. F. Kettle, Mrs. Hurst, Mr. Way, tho Misses Hodges, Mr. W. Nolan, Mise Oyster, Mr. O'Connor, Dr. Madert, Dr. Hendrickson, Dr. Lindsey, Miss Thompson, Miss Mauger, Mr. ‘Mr. Cameron, Mr. Washington, Mr.’ Schneider, Mise Widdicombe. Ermer, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Charles McGuiggan, Mr. C. Cornwell, Liowt. Merritt, Miss Dalzel!, Mr. Stelle, Mr. Jasper, Mr.W. H. Conley, Mr. E. E. Dwyer, Mr, Ford, Miss Belle Collins, Mr. and Mrs. E. F, Riggs, Mr. J. J. Nolan, Capt. Offiey and Mr. GOING TO THE ENDEAVORERS’ CONVENTION. On Monday next Rev. W. R. Graham, who has been selected to represent the Congress Street M. P. Charch at the Christian En- deavor Society's convention to be held on Jtily Gat Montreal, Canada. will leave for that city. Thero will be, it is said, 14,000 representatives of churches present during the days of the convention. Before returning to Georgetown Mr. Graham will spend five days at the fair. TS AID OF A DESERVING CHARITY. Tonight the benefit for the Home for Incur- ables takes place at the residence of Mra. Wil- son, 3050 P street. It will uo doubt prove financially successful, as this charity claims more of the attention of the Georgetown people than any other. They feel as if the Home for Incurables were a local institution, and the local pride will not allow them to cease striving to make it one of the noblest in the land. ‘Ten patients were admitted to the home on Wednesday last, and by next Saturday it is thought probable that half a hundred unfortunates will there find « comfortable home for the future. , MECHANICS’ LODGE ELECTION. At the regular meeting of Mechanics’ Lodge, held last evening, officers for the ensuing term were elected as follows: Sitting past grand, | MRS, HERBE! REVENGE. An Interesting Sequel to a Recent Divorce - Case. New York furnishes a sequel to divoree scandal which began in San Francisco and which involved some persons well known in Washington. In April the San Francisco news- papers reported the beginning of a suit for divorce by Lieut, Wm. C. Herbert, U. 8. N., against his wife Grace, mentioning David Towers, the theatrical manager, as a co- respondent. Recently a card was published in this city by afr. Towers denying that he was implicated in the divorce proceedings. A pub- lication in New York in which Mr. Towers’ name was connected with that of another woman, according to the New York Sun today, brought a woman who said she was Mra. Herbert to Howe & Hummel’s office yesterday. She said her purpose was to get Square with Towers, and she took a singular way to do it, She thereupon gave out for publication a number of letters signed “Dave,” ‘snd which she asverted were from Dave Towers. ‘The immediate cause for her act was a letter she had received, which she asserted was from Mrs. Towers, indicating that Towers had got out of the divorce case and left her to her fate. The letters she gave out, asserting that they were written by Towers, and which were pub- Mshed by the New York Sun today, were all of & most ardent character. — THEY GET TANGLED UP. A Couple of Trunks and a Board Bill and the Police Court is Appealed To. Detective Lacy this morning arrested E. Brooks Sligh, a young man residing at the Rochester House, 18th and G streets north- west, on a warrant sworn out this morning by Emily J. Brazier, charging him with perjury, in having, on the 22d of last April, falsely sworn that two trunks and contents of the value of $250 had been stolen, taken and carried away out of his possession, and that he had probable cause to *uspect, and did suspect, that the said trunks aud contents were concealed in the house 1014 or 1017 15th street northwest, in the possession of the said Emily J. Brazier. The trouble is said to have arisen out of the fact that the trunks were held by the complaining witnoss to secure the payment of a board biil made by Sligh, it being denied that uhe liad ever wrong- fully taken possession or held the trunks. The young man, a well-dressed and inteiligent ap- pearing person, was held at the first preemet station pending the giving of bail for his ap- pearance in the Police Court. —— WHEELMEN GOING TO CHICAGO, Washington and Maryland Riders Will Make the Trip in August. ‘The contemplated trip of the District of Co- lumbia division, L. A. W., to Chicago to attend the annual meet of the leagus and at the same time see the world’s fair, August 5 to 12 next, is an all-absorbing topic among wheelmen, and already many are making arrangement to at- tend. Secretary Stearns has received many letters from Chicago hotel proprietors, and the information thereby obtained, conpled with the rates quoted by the railroad agents, insures @ remarkably cheap trip. Chief Consul Mott of the Marvland division is getting up w party of Marylaud wheelmen to join that of the D. C, division and if everythin, ‘works well quite a large party of lp | Washington riders will alight in Chicago on the eve of August 5, to partake of the hospitality of the Chicago wheelmen. Mr. Mott returned from Chicago last week and states that they are making preparations for the largest and most successful meet ever held in the history of the league. A large part of their program embraces trips and entertainments to and-at the exposition grounds, The local wheelmen will leave here August 4 at Tp.m. by special train and arrive in Chi- cago in time for dinner at the hotel the follow- ing night at 8:30 o'clock. The hotel is near the fair and bas a large roof garden, from which a full view of the grounds can be had. At night it is said to be a very beautiful s ‘The cost of the trip, including ‘meals en route and seven days’ board and room at the Delaware, will not be over $80 exch per- son, and possibly this figure may be reduced during the next two weeks. — EXCURSIONS. ‘The Saturday evening excursionsof the Macal- ester to Marshall Hall and Indian Head have lost none of their popularity and continue to be well patronized. This evening the Macales- tor leaves her wharf at 6:45 o'clock, and if the crowd that is certain to go proves too great for the one steamer the River Queen will start a quarter of an hour later. ‘The steamer Samuel J. Pentz has been chartered for today by a committee of the men's meetings” of the Epiphany Church Mission of South Washington for an excursion to River View. ‘The Pentz has already made two trips today, and will make a third this evening at 6:36 o'clock to accommodate those who could not get away earlier in the afternoon. The pro- ceeds of the trips are to be used for charitable purposes. "The ‘ever-popular National Fencibles ¢will give another of their famous excursions to Marshall Hall next’ Monday evening. The Macalester has been secured for the occasion and will leave her wharf at 6:30 o'clock. ‘The George Leary will make « Fourth of July trip to Colonial Beach and Piney Point, leaving her wharf Monday evening at 6 o'clock for Co- Jonial Beach and Piney Point, and Tuesday morning, July 4, for Colonial Beach and Piney Point at 9 o'clock. Returning, leaves Piney Point at 9p. m., after the concert, and Colonial ight. railroad fare, Andrew Frye: noble grand, John Jenkins; vice grand, Ezra Troth; recording secretary, A. G. Thomas; permanent secretary, E. B. Gregory; treasurer, T. T. Sparro; representatives to Grand Lodge, Past Grand T. T. Sparro, James H. Chamberlain, William A. Doi mand A. G. Thomas. The grand master has appointed 1. F. Randolph, P. G., to install the officers on aly 7. CHANGES IN THE POLICE FORCE. Officers G. W. Morgan, John Maher and H. M. Smith have been appointed for duty in this precinct. Officer C, H. Bradiey of the seventh hhas been transferred to mounted duty and Offi- cer Branagan bas been sent to the fourth pre- cinet. ‘THE ORAIN SHIPMENTS EXPECTED. Owing to the farmers being busily engaged in harvesting there is no wheat to speak of coming down the canal. A grent deal has been ordered. bowever. by Georgetown millers and commission merchants, and about two weeks henee be flowing into the West End in quantities sufficiently large to please a St. Paul grain magnate. a es ‘w Chief of Bureau. The President has appointed Commander F. E. Chadwick, chief of the burean of recruiting, Navy Department, in place of Capt. George Dewey, who hae been assigned to duty with the light house board. Commander Chadwick has been in charge of the bureau of naval intelli- gence since August last. 2 Promotions in the Pension Office. The new fiscal sear in the pension office be- gan today with the promotion of about forty clerks and the reduction to lower grades of about the same number. There were no dis- missals among the clerks. : ‘The names of those promoted were not made public, contrary to the usual custom which pre- vaiis in other departments and bas heretofore existed in the Interior Department. No ex- planation is given of Secretary Hoke Smith's Feagon for keeping the names from being made public. —_s at War Department Changes. Winthrop Alexandria, Massachusetts, ap- pointed assistant draftsman, $1,200, quarter- master general's office; Fred. J. Haig ot Kan- sas, appointed clerk, class $1,000, office chief of ordnance; Clarence M. Aguew, Pennsylva- nia, appointed copyist, #900, record and pen- sion office. Homer Guerry of Georgia, clerk, class 1, office surgeon general, resigned; Samuel ‘A. Moreland of Texas and ‘Thos. C. Newton of Georgia, clerks, class 1, record and nsion office, resigned; John T. Masters of New York, clerk, class 1, office adjutant gen- eral, resigned. es Fourth-Clase Postmasters. Ninety-three fourth-ciass postmasters were appointed today, of which number twenty-five were to fill vacancies caused by death and re- signations. pare eee Tne Monterey at Seat The Navy Department is informed cf the arrival of the U. 8. 8. Monterey at Seattle yes- Bench at 11 p. m., arriving in Washington at 5 ‘8. m. on the morning of the Sth. The regular trips on Monday and Wednesday morningsfrom Washington will be omitted. St. John’s choir and the Philharmonic Quartet will have their summer outing at Piney Point on the Fourth, going on the Leary Mon- day at6p.m. On Tuesday evening. July 4, and Thursday evening, July 6, a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music will be given in the hotel parlor, and » musicale every even- ing during their stay. The Christian Endeavor Uuion of the District are having 9 great day at Bay Ridge today. A late train will leave at 4:28 to accommodate those who have not already gone. The Spanish dancer, Fleurette,and the queen of magic, Kamochi, continue to be strong cards at River View. There will be a grand perform- ance tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. and the steamer Pentz will make three trips to take care of the large crowds that will want to go. ‘There will be lots going on at Marshall Hall tomorrow. The Macalester will make three trips down and the River Queen one, so that every one can go that wants to. Schroeder's Orchestra will be on hand with a selected series of Sunday strains. ‘The steam launch Florence will leave 32d street and Canal, Georgetown, for Cabin John bridge on Sundays only at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. sharp. Capt, Randall bas announced his Fourth of July attractions at River View and the magnet will crowd his boats. Fleurette will dance her new French dances, Kamochi wili perform her magical tricks and the entire Casino Vaudeville Company will appear twice on that day. The Doats will leave on the Fourth at 9:45 a.m., 1:45, 4and 6:45 p.m. Tickets will be 50 cents for lady and gent. —— HELD FOR THE AND JURY. The Disposition Today of the American Mutual Ald Society Case. The case of Messrs, H. K. W. Patterson, James Feeney and 1. W. Johnson, officers of the American Mutual Aid Society, charged with conspiracy, as heretofore published in Tue Stan, was called up in the Police Court at noon today for disposition. Mr. Mullowney, for the goveanment, pre- sented the law and the facts in an able argu ment, citing a number of authorities and claim- ise should be held for the grand jur; Mr. Lipscomb, for the defend: + made a nov been sustained. It, he argued, the men in the company had miscalculated in’ their figur- ing, they were not made criminals. He fur- ther argued that there was nothing in the pros- pectns to show that for $52 the members would Lreceive $100, but that in every tated at an estimate cost of £52. oney, he argued, had ever reached the hands of these defendants wrongfully. Lawyer J. J. \\eed made the closing argu- ment for the defendants, holding that no criminal act had been committed on the part of the defendants. lace it was thonght it was aease upon which’ the grand jury should pass. Academy. terday,where she will take part in the Fourth of July célevration. grand jury,and the court fixed the bond at 3300. lengthy arguraent, holding that the charge bad | None of the | Judge Miller referred to the testimony and | the management of the society, and said he | The defendants were thereupon held for the | ing that he had made out a case and that the | Matthews, commander Post No. CAUSES OF TROUBLE. Gen. A. J. Warmer Talks Upon the| Present Fiscal Difficulty. AN OBJECT LESSON. — The Action of the Banks snd Capitalists Critieised — The Sherman Law Cannot Be Repealed Unless s Satisfactory Substi- tute Is Presented. ase eS Gen. A. J. Warner, president cf the American Bimetallic League, was seen by a reporter for Tue Sra this afternoon. In answer to a question as to the reason from the silver standpoint of the present fiscal trouble he said: “The bottom cause of the present trouble is the readjustment of prices to the increased gold standard. Thishas been going on in Europe for some time, but has been retarded and alleviated in this country by the increased sup- ply of money under the act of 1890; but the higher level of prices here, coupled with the extraordinary demand for gold for Austria and the readiness of our treasury to supply gold freely which could not be obtained elsewhere without some sacrifice, led to @ contrac- tion of bank credits and precipitated a fall in stocks first, which has since extended to manufactured —_ products and to commodities generally. This alone would not have produced the conditions which now prevail bad it not been for the action of the banks themselves. AN OBJECT LESSON. “When it was found that the last Congress would not repeal the Sherman law, it was given out as coming from the White House ‘that ‘an object lesson would be afforded the people.’ Acting iu the first instance under ‘the influence of foreign bankers and gold | monometallists, Wall street and the banks gen- erally conspired to prodace a condition which was to be attributed to the Sherman law, with a view to creating a public sentiment which would force s repeal of this act. To this end boards of trade, chambers of commerce and all the agencies that the banks could sway have been used tocreate the opinion that the Sherman law is responsible for the pres- ent money stringency. However, the banks are now finding that the gun they had loaded for others kicks backward and thatthey themselves are being pinched by the conditions they helped to ereate. “But nobody bas undertaken to explain how an inorease of $4,000,000 per month could in itself produce money stringency; ACTION OF THE BANKS. “This, on its face, isabsurd. Thebanks claim that there is a want of confidence: that people are withholding money from use for fear Ciat the country {x going to a silver they will not be pald in ae good (ho fact is. they are no more willing to tend greenbucks, silver certificates or silver than they are gold, and yet we are told that they hold this very money which they fear would become deprecisted, instead of investing it in property, which, if money should depreciato, must, of course, rise in value. It money is ‘depreciated property. of course, is appreciated. ,Therefore, this theory of lack of confidence in money itself has no foundation in fact. It is reported that i tificates could not be borrowed vester lay ata rate of 80 per cent on good security.” “Was this because there is too much of this kind of mones?”” “No! the truth is there is no want of confi- dence in money itself, greenbacks, silver certifi- cates .or silver, but ‘there is a fear lest continue to go down till debtors will not be able to convert property into the necessary money with which to pay debts. ‘THE WANT OF CONFIDENCE. “The want of confidence 1s in the stability of prices and not in the money. On top of all this comes the order in couneil to close the mints of Indian A blow is struck on one aide of the world which closes mines on the other and makes hundreds of thousands of people re, Here is an object lesson for the world, and one which ought to teach the United States the necessity of doing as Hamilton recommended, establishing its own financial policy. “The act of the British government in stopping the free coinage of silver in India isa two-edged sword. It cuts the price of silver down and increases the value of gold. the recent demand for gold for Austria in- creased its value six per cent, and now a few lords in council at one stroke have added ten per cent to the debts of the world by the simple method of stopping the coinage of silver increasing the demand for gold. SHOULD NOT SUBMIT TO DICTATION. “England does not wait to consult other nations as to what she should do when her own interests are concerned, and why should the United States longer submit to foreign dic- tation as to its financial policy? “The gold conspirators should know that the overthrow of bimetallism ix the destruction of the principle of automatic regulation of money. that is, of regulation through the pro- duetioe of the mines and that monometall will fall nxt. “The people will not be deprived of money nor submit forever to the robbery of an in- creasing money standard. tor Jones that i? the non-producing and income- receiving classes conspire, in, their own inter- est, to destroy bimetalism by demonetizing one of ‘the money metals of the Constitution and the only one that can be produced in sufficient quantity to preserve stability of prices and maintain the equities of contracts, they need not be surprised if the producing classes and the debtors, for their own protection, unite to strike down the other metal.” THE SHERMAN LAW. “Will the Sherman law be repealed at the extra session?” asked the reporter. “It will not be repealed without a desperate fight and I do not think it can be repealed at all without a satisfactory substitute. Senators and 8 who talk of repeal first and the substitute afterward bare already deserted their constituents and gone to the enemy. ilver men do not propose to let go the hold they have until they are assured of as good or ter one. ‘The repeal of the Sherman law without a substitute and the establishment of the single gold standard will surely bring on a chronic condition of falling prices and bankruptcies will follow and fortunes melt away as never be- for “What will the Bimetahc League do?" queried | Star The national convention of the American | Bimetalic League will be called to convene be- | fore the dato set for the assembling of the extra session. The time and place have not been determined on, but this will be settled within a few days.” —_— Tagree with Sena-/ ca; A PARTNER'S COMPLAINT. | Henry B. Parker of the Firm of Rebinson, Parker & Co. Fites a BIN. Henry B. Parket of the firm of Robinson, Parker & Co. has, by W. L. Cole, filed # suit against B. Robinson, W. L. Cherry and Eugene F. Robinson for an accounting and for the amount which may be found due him and that a note of his held by Robinson be cancelled. He sete out that he became a member of the firm be es; of his business knowledge and was so- licited by Robinson & Cherry to enter the firm at 7thand D streets, his contract calling for 35 per month and 1 per cent on the amount of sales, He states that Fugene inson was appointed bookkee out his consent and was the sales forthe 120.000 and for the past five years 220,000, and he asserts that on F street the aggre- gute for the fitst year was $250,000, and since his connection with ‘that firm the sales huve aggregated €1,890,000, of which he is entitled to $18,000, and there is due him as salary $18,375. He atates that Mary E. Smith was appointed bookkeeper and he asked her discharge. but abe was retained; that in November, 1892, he was informed that he had overdrawn his’ account $1,896.95 and that he wax personally liable to’Robinson for $1,900. In May he states he was informed that he was indebted to the firm in $4,000, but_no explanation was given and he announced intention to leave the firm, and Robinson paid the bill, taking his note, He declares that it is untrue that he owes the firm. pees on en ores WILSON IN CHARGE Of All the Buildings in This City Used by the War Department. Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, today as- signed to Col. John M. Wilson, eorps of en- gineers, the duty of executing the orders of the Secretary of War in regard to the “‘care, pres- ervation and safety” of the public buildings in Washington used by the War Department outside of the State, War and Navy Depart- ments building. This was predicted in yesterday's Stam. The only public bulldings heretofore ‘under the suvervision of Col. Wilson as commissioner of public buildings and grounds are the White House and the Washington monument. His new assignment will make him responsible, in addition, for the condition of the Arm Medical Museum, the Spieden building, on street near 17th street; the building at 610 17th street, known as the Winder's annex; the war and records office, corner 18th and G streets: the engineer office, corner 18th and F streets; wrecked Ford's Theater building and the Union building, on G street near 7th street, used as a branch of the record and pension office. Col. Wilson is a perfectly competent, con- scientious and thorough going officer and will undoubtediy execute his trust to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. He enjoys the confidence of the people of Washington to an unlimited extent, and the mere fact that he is in charge of a building will relieve ita oceu- pants of all apprehensions of danger. He will at once make a thorough personal inspection of all the buildings iutrusted to bia charge with view to prompt remedial action wherever found to be necessary, con. ge Trotting Kaces at Benning. ‘There will be trotting races at the Benning race track on the Fourth, The Washington Driving Club has arranged a program, which embraces two classes of trotters and a pacing event free for all. A special train will leave the Baltimore and Potomac depot at 1:30 p. m. pcre a The A. Kaufman Sale. United States Marshal Ransdell this morning sold at public auetion, by Ratcliffe, Darr & Co., Auctioneers, the stock and fixtures of the dry goodsestablishment of A. Kaufman,909 Pennsyl- — vans avenue, under an order of the court to satisiy creditors. Bidders were present from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and this city,and Messrs. 8. Kann. Sons & Co. of Baltimore be- open business at the place in a few days. pach mea Judge McComas and the Jary. In discharging the petit jurors in Criminal Conrt, No. 1. for the term today Jadge Me- Comas thanked them in very complimentary terms for the services rendered by them, and then Juror Wm. H. Smith, on bebalf of his associates, presented the court with two very handsome floral pieces and pleasantly expremed course of action | & ‘BUDDING |Hard Problems in Their Pathway Toward a Coveted Degree. THE COLUMBIAN METHODs. ‘The Subjects for Theres Given to the Mem- bers of the Engineering Class of Colam- bian Untversity—Many of Them Relate to Important Local Conditions. ‘The young men who are engaged in master- ing the details of the profession of engincer- ing under the auspices of the faculty of Co- Jumbian University are looking into some prac- tical problems which interest the public out- side of the academic hall, This is, more especially true of the members of the class who wili graduate next year. In accordance with the custom which is observed in this de- partment of the university, a subject for a thesis is given to each member of the class at the close of the year. The preparation of these theses, in connection with other work satisfac- torily performed, will enable the students to obtain from the faculty eleven months hence the coveted recommendation to the board of There isa deal of formality about this initiatory step into the last year of studies, which, apart from the hopeful visions CROOsING THE SUBZECT. Each candidate has the right to select from the subjects presented in the order of his standing at the end of the junior year. If his standing, These theses are all practical subjects, relating mostly to the, improvements of the city of , in order to render it \didate to collect the numerous data that be will need. The preparation of these subjects requires considerable care, and it is one of those things which are apt to cause ‘the bead of department a good deal of anxious They must be so selected as to form each one a unit by itself. sufficiently extensive | to try the ability of the candidate not only in the details of the different fields of the profes- sion, but also to prove hus ability to lay ont « large comprehennive and systematic piece of work and to present it in such form ws if he were to go with it before the public. or does any candidate wish the one or the other ted?” Almost every man wishes tc hear The young man called receives the due trie shock, ‘the consequence of Pectedly called up frst, and responds, on the. black Sound, while «Sigh from tke he and, jopes he unintentionally de- reciation of the jurors of the court's | stro; = : consideration of them and their efforts. Sunday at Marshall Hall. Steamers will leave for Marshall Hall tomor- row as follows: The Macalester at 11 am., 2:45 and 6:15 p.m., and the River Queen at 3:90 p. m. Returning, the steamers leave Marvhali Hall at 12:45, 4:45, 7 and 8 p.m. and | can return on any ‘boat. P Schroeder ‘bes prepared an unusually interesting program of patriotic aire to be rendered on the steamer and grounds, ‘The fare for the round trip is 25 cents. —_—— Spoll Property, if Not Life. From the Boston Globe. “It seems to me,” said a woman—and she bi spoke with evident feeling on the subject— “that dressmakers should go through a course of instruction and secure » diploma, like a doctor. To be sure. life 1s not at the mercy of their ignorance or skill, but property is, and Tam tired of having m; ty spoiled b; irresponsible persons serving tu 8 responsible sity. PThis fact has been bronght to my notice,” she went on, ‘not alone from my own experi- ence, recent and remote. but in the careful way in which my friends answer me when I ask if they know a good dressmaker. qualified replies are the rule. “One dressmaker is said to fit waists weil, but her ekirts do not hang as they should; another excels in akirts and may fail in waiste; another has no ideas about trimming, and, worst of all, the fourth perhaps disappoints ceaselessly, Ali of which makes me sigh for a raising of the standard.” The Royal Swarm Too Big for Extras. Froin the London Spectator. ‘The Duke of York, we seo it officially an- nounced, is to be married July 6 without ap- plication to parliament for any allowance either for himself or his bride. They are to be provided for out of the £82,000 a year re- cently settled on the Prince of Wales’ children, are to occupy rooms in St. James’ palace, and are to have for country residence modest house recently fitted upon the Prince of Wales’ Norfolk estate, called ‘Sandringham Cottage.” It is “a most sensible arrangement,” all must allow, entirely in mccordance’ with the theories of hour, and _per- haps even necessary at a moment when every radical member thinks he ean make his seat safe by voting against any grant what- ever to the royal family. We understand, too, something of the reluctance of a ministry like the present to make an application for money on behalf of any descendant of Queen Vic- toria, There are such a lot of them; and the majority have so little claim | against the award and claimed that his blanket to anything but subsistence allowance. We suppose it cannot be helped in the mo- | mentary condition of opinion, and in presepee of the alarm felt by the communrty at the in- creasing of the roval race, but we should have said that £30,000 a year was not only a more reasonable but a safer allowance for a prince, who, a8 all around him will tell him at ail hours, must one day mount the throne. coe Consistent at Least. | From the Philadelphia Times. ‘The Interment of Frederick B. Loftus. ‘The final interment of the body of Mr Frederick B. Loftus, one of those who was Killed in the Ford’s Theater disaster, was mad last Monday at Glenwood cemetery. After the first services the body was placed in a vault at the cemetery, and it was over this body that the coroner's inquest was held which laid the responsibility for the disaster upon the four men who are now under bonds. Mr. Loftus ete hos) rom ihre are pea | Boscott or no boscott, those ministers are at pectoral ist nmap i pcos * | lenst consistent. If they want the fair gates when the body was removed from the vault to : é the grave, ‘was made with Grand Army honors, | Closed Sandays this vor} don't they also There were present at the services B.T. Janney | Shut thetr own church doorel jantor vice department commanier. G. A. I H. S. Stevens, department chaplain; B. F. Hawkes, ust department commander; Chas. Denean, past. commander, and Senior Vice Commander Grumley of Post 5. None of the employes of the reeord and pension division were present. —— The Indian Blanket Award. Acting Secretary Sims of the Interior De- partment has declined to modify the award heretofore made of contracts for furnishing blankets to the Indian service. John Dobson of Philadelphia, one of the bidders, protested A Noteworthy Carpet. From the Londcn Chrovicle. A curious history is attached to a carpet used \ | recently in the production at the Prince of Wales’ Theater of the comle opera, ‘Poor Jonathan.” When the star of Napoleon III | was at its zenith an Aubusson carpet of a mag- | nificent description was ordered by General | Fleury for the chateaa at Compiegne, but when it was seen by the emperer, directions were | given that it should be transferred to the Tunl- cries. In 1871, during the commune, the car- | pet was appropriated, and with other artistic | works dispatched to Austri. The carpet has several owners, but owing to its size is the best one for the appointment of a boar rsons to pass upon the merits of the different | value. Blankets, but Secretary Sims declines to accept | rice. He suggested the of three disinterested So much is thought of this carpet, hich in ‘Poor Jonathan” will be laid down in the suggestion upon the ground that he is sat- | tne reception room of the millionaire Vander- isfied from the evidence before him that the | gold by the manager of the Prince of Wales’, award is right and farther delay in settling the | that he has had the dresses of the characters matter would probably prolong the time of | appearing in this scene made to harmonize delivery of the blankets until it *- ‘-« late to/| with its colors, Such a cireamstance is prob- use them. | abt nnique in theatrical annale. “Mir. ¥——, what is yours?” “T select No. 2. And eo it continues until all subjects are pre- empted and the man last on the roll gets the last subject left. MUAT DEFEND HIS THESIS. After this is performed follows the explana- tion of the rules governing this work. One particular new and interesting rale has been adopted this sear, namely, that exch candidate ‘au Abstract of hie work in form of ic before the faculty dates depart with a new feeling of their im- commensurate with the extent of the practical problems they we to grap; with during the next ten months, = Below are the texte as given out and the RECLAIMING ROCK CREEK. No. Lis tobe solved by Mr. Perly Egbert Stevens, the son of Mr. W. X. Stevens, the well~ known and philanthropic superintendent of the free bathing beach. It reads as foliows: It is represented that a number of sewers and drain , d&c., emptris into Rock couch bane mn cus Seen pollute the into an open sewer and rendering the whole Rock Creek district pestilential and malarious one, which shows the largest death rate of the city and is a constant source of danger in case of an epidemic. 2 It is also stated that the Potomac river is being polluted toa considerable distance down and up stream by the discharge of Rock creek into the same. Prove by surveys, hydrographic measure- ments, water analysis, vital statistics, &c.. that the above facts are true, and establish in what degree. Prove that the best remedy of this evil is to entirely remove the di of sewers and drains of any kind from the creek and turn these into a collector built along some appro- priste line and discharging ite contents either y gravity or through « pumping apparatus as may be found best into the Potomac t distance of not less than fifteen miles below ‘Washington city. The creek being relieved of its impurities grade and faster flow by straightening and narrowing the channel. It | can be inclosed between two deep walls and | the surrounding low lands can be reclaimed | and brought to a proper level and inid out in | Docks, lots, parks, 4c. The following inci- dental parts must be included in the work: 1. | Provide for a proper terminal for the C. and | 0. canal. 2. Provide for the removal of the | K street, Massachusetts avenue and P street | bridges 40 crossings of above P street, where either no oF only insufi- | cient ‘structures exist at it. 3 Provide for nuttable crossings for the street railroads without interruption of travel while the work of removing the preseut structures and erect- ing the new ones is in progres. 4 Provide for the raising of the structures which would bo covered by the filing and which it te deemed | inexpedient to leave on their present level sur- rounded by protecting retaining walls. Prepare com Pl 5 i ions, esti | mat ok qeanlaes cae sacha; ier Gs cae | work, and pro | satisfactory solution of the problem. | statement of cost include an estimate of the benefits and income to be derived from the re- claimed lands as an offset to the expense in- volved in the work: this estimate to serve a8 a basis in the financial estimates for a loan to b¢ | made in order to raise the funds necessary to | carry out the work. ARCHING ROCK CREEK. Problem No. 2 is similar to No. 1 in ite premises, but does not remove the sewerage ENGINEERS. S322 waters of this stream, transforming the same | i pollution measurements, water | #ha ‘that it is the best and most | In the | | trom Rock creck, requiring the latter, costa, other oy mew ‘that ‘thos far and economical and TRE RAILROADS IX WASHINGTON. "use briefly any may have been put forward that yours is the most Mr. Harold J.Davis.the brother of the popular ipal of the Business High School, who himself graduated at the Columbian University tS; of {ntergets of in points of cost tion for the presentand for a the future. GREAT PALLS, THE ELECTRICAL No. 5bas been selected by Mr. John Meigs, jr, the grandson of the late clerk of the court, It is proposed to use the water power of the Great Fells of the Potomac river for the pro- duction of electric power to be utilized in vari~ ous ways in the District of Columbia, Study and project pore located either for elevators. 5. As power pos“ 7 specifications, estimates of ities and cost for the installation and the of this enterprise. Discuss the and the features of a purchase and ownership SS eguec ae Deueee as * ‘ tion. Draw up the tome, Seb and enpapioens governing the ition of power in the city ‘and the necessary for the company tm PURIFYING THE POTOMAC WATER. No. 6 is another sanitary problem of great importance. It is to be solved by Mr. William ‘H. Aspinwall of Pennsylvania. It is a matter of record that at water of the Potomac river, at source of supply of the city times the ‘the sole Washington, ts that Hh Heel , fea paper, &e. placed in the end of the pipe by the experi- menters. ————_ +e ___— Members’ Drinks. From the Boston Globe. ‘The wine cellar of the honse of commons the par | average length 7,850 luncheons and 10,690 din- | ners are served to members, and 1,1201i | and 1,190 dinners in the strangers’ room. a ve Copy Reading. From the Boston Globe. Folks who are ambitious of writing for the | magazines and are not discouraged when ® | manuscript has been rejected two or three times will Jearn with pain of a confession made by a young man employed as copy reader on ® Jar magazine. Tie owned that be and aman holding « like lace on another magazine Which was intended to advertise to each that the other had passed upon and rejected « manuscript. ("He insisted that this mark was placed upon “only auch manuscripts as were hopelessly bad, but the possibility of co-operative copy reading | must strike tervér to ambitious young #ritees