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Bytheuseot AYERS Sarseparilla SYLVESTER ‘BIR, « well-known grocer in new Albany, Ind, ‘writes: ‘My oldest daughter, when = child, was s greateufferer from Serofula, having three sores on (me side of her neck andone on the other. I used AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and so effective was the result ‘that the sores healed rapidly, leaving only their scars Behind. She tsnow s woman, in good health. Ihave “‘Serofula in my blood caused painful sores to ‘Breck out oa my left leg and arm, and but for the use ‘@fthis medicine, Iam now swell man. I believe it Peaseaved my life."W.N. PHILLIPS, P.M. and ‘Merchant, Beaver Ridge, Knox county, Tenn. AYER’S SARSAPARILLA ‘Preparedby Dr. J. ©. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. CURES OTHERS, WILL CURE YOU. THE BaBY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE ‘end use wid.end weil-tied remedy. Mx Wis: soorben seftene the game. alleys ail pain. Solin and is the best remedy tor diars ‘Feenty ave cents s bottle. myl-ly B CURES DYSPEPSIA. TRON BITTERS 9 tonic for Ni t ‘children. AEE EEUTRLEUU EET OUT EN EUTEETEETEUTEED CE ETT EE TET EET COURT MARTIAL ORDERED ‘In the Case of Paymaster Sullivan, Charged With Embezzlement. Secretary Herbert today ordered a ne val ‘court martial to convene at me Mare Island, Cal, navy yard on the 26th instant for the trial of; Paymaster John C. Sullivan, attached to the receiving ship In- dependence, on the charge of embezzlement and irregularities in his official account, ‘The detail for the court is as follows: Capt. T. 0. Selfridge, Capt. George C. Remey, Commanders Henry Glass and Charles E. Chrk, Paymasters A. D. Bache, H. ES and J. P. Loomis, Lieut. Com.C.T. Hutchins and F. P. Gilmore, with Lieut. Perry Garst as judge advocate. ———___ -e- -—__ WAS MILLER INNOCENT? Fears Yhat the Wrong Man Was Lynched at Bardwell, Ky. Much excitement still prevails over the Iynch- ing of C. J. Miller at Bardwell, Ky., last Friday afternoon. Some doubt is now expressed as to his guilt. His first examination was held at It turned out that not one of those who were Present at the examination was convinced in his own mind that there were bloodstains on theknife and razor, or hi clothing. The aid facilitate the examination, but even it failed to reveal bloodstains. Wickliffe people, thinking that the proofs were insufficient, refrained from After a short talk by the sheriff of Carlisle county he was allowed to con’ i was placed on a train for Bardwell. It was in- that he should be placed in jail at this as Carlisle was the county in which the murder was committed. The mob of more than 5.000 which had gath- ered were thirsting for revenge for the brutal marder of the innocent girls, and, as the evi- against the prisoner was exaggerated and distorted as it went from mouth to mouth, had made up their minds that he was beyond all reasonable doubt. Shortly after the hanging took place a tele- gram was received from Springfield. NIL, stat- that Miller was from that place, but had there two weeks before. After the man was dead there was no feeling of jubilation manifested. On the contrary, a sort of mental wet blanket seemed to settle down over the crowd. Two out of every three men cautiously expressed doubts as to the pro- ‘of their ection, and enid they feared that "s connection with the murder of the Ray girls was not fully established. 208 HARD WINDS AT CHICAGO. dings and Exhibits at the Fair Dam- aged by @ Storm. A wind storm of terrific force, followed by a heavy downpour of rain, passed over the Chi- cago fair grounds a few minutes before 6 o'clock last evening, doing considerable damage to the different buildings and to the exhibits stored theretn. ‘The afternoon was sultry, and as it drew toa close the atmosphere became oppressively heavy. Nota breath of sir was stirring and heavy black clouds banked up to the north and east. About 5:45 the storm burst suddenly over the park. ‘Ten thousand people were grouped about the pavilion to the east of the manufacturers’ build- ing enjoying the music being given by the Cincinnati Band. seh The wind, sweeping dense clouds of blinding dust before it, caught them, as it-did every- body, totaliy unawares. They hastily rushed for the shelter of the big building and entered the doors in much disorder. guards, after admitting the crowds, en- deavored to close the doors, but the force of the wind shut the doors with such violence that the gies in three big entrances was shattered into fragments. There was much confusion, but asthe biow lasted only ten minutes the People soon became calm. 2d EDITION GOLD IS REQUIRED. Importers Want to Protect Them- selves From Loss, A WALL STREET BANKERS VIEW. No Anticipation of a Premium on the Yellow Metal. WHAT SOME LENDERS WANT. ‘New Yorx, July 10.—A dispatch from Pitts- burg reports a feeling of great dissatisfaction among the big drug houses in that city. It is said that the trouble arises from circular letter sent out by W. H. Schieffelin & Co. of this city to the effect that at present all payments for im- Ported drugs purchased through their house must be made in gold, and that no silyer would be taken. At the office of W. H. Schieffelin & Company this morning Manager Tompkins said: “We are not demandin for our goods. We hare taken a geecasthecoey step pote avd to « premium. of the pres- simple in theevent of We laraed Fon this circular on ~ “All the druggists understand,” said Mr. Tompkins, “that we have to pay the European houses in gold, and, farther, that we are simply protecting ourselves in these uncertain times against gold going to a premium. It was found on inquiry that several firms in this trade have taken a similar precaution, but they all explain that gold is not as yet de- manded, but that they wish to be in a position to require gold or its equivalent in the event of any premium obtaining on gold. No other trade seems to bave found fi a necessary precaution to give such notice. A single silk-importing house is reported to have done so. Bankers dealing largely with importers say they have heard of no such measures. One prominent Wall street banker said: ‘In busi- ness circles there is no such distrust or anticipation of gold reaching premium. Some foreign —_ individuals are asking to have gold clause inserted in all contracts. They ask that dividends and inter- est be obtained for them in gold, and they seem to wish to have their accumblations in that metal. But business houses here and abroad are satisfied with the usual course.” This banker added that he found that in re- newing bonds and mortgages some people asked to have a clause inserted to make pay- ments due in gold. “And,” he continued, “what is still more interesting, is that some mortgagees refuse to accept these terms, and in two cases, to my per- knowledge, have chosen to borrow at 6 per cent and pay off the debt rather than submit.” Canadian banks, it was learned from the same source. have of late been anxiously sug- gesting that their agents here require gold con- tracts in time loans. They bave thus far been dissuaded from insisting on this, but seem to feel uneasiness. a TO ENCOURAGE GERMAN YACHTING. Kaiser William Announces His Intention te Found Another Annual Prize. Bratrx, July 10.—At the dinner of the Im- perial Yacht Club in Kiel yesterday Emperor William annoanced his intention to found a Hohenzollern prize to be awarded annually at the clab’s regatta. The conditions of entry would be, he said, that every competing yacht be built within the year since the last race in a German ship vard. from German materials and after German According to the size of he vietorious yacht, the prize would be 4,000, 000 or 2,000 marks. The emperor has already founded s meteor oblet prize for an annual race. The competi- ors be yachts of the first and second classes. The owner of » first or second class yacht can become owner of the goblet by winning three of these races. Hohenzollern and Meteor. the names of the events in ques- tion, are the names of the emperor's two yachts. —_-—_. FATAL EFFORT TO ESCAPE. ‘Three Prisoners Killed at the Michigan House of Correction. Towra, Mica., July 10.—A whole section of prisoners attempted to escape at the house of of correction this morning. Three were killed. gudomi i OUTROWED BY CORNELL. The Pennsylvania Eight Beaten on Lake ‘Minnetonka. ‘The Cornell University eight defeated the University of Pennsylvania eight on Saturday evening on Lake Minnetonka, Minn., by two lengths. It was demonstrated that the western lakes are no more reliable than those in New York state, where a squall is likely to come up at any moment, and where no onecan tell when the wind and waves will go down. The race was set for 6 o'clock, but the water was then too rough. The crowd waited. and the officials of the race hoped for a smoother course. At last at about 8 o'clock the word was given. It was almost dark before Referee West got the crews started, andeven when the two-mile flag was reached neither crew could be seen from the shore, and so indistinct were they that their progress was watched with great difficulty from the referee's boat, where the newspaper men had been placed. It now appears that at the two-mile-and-a- half flag the crews were neck and neck, neither having the advantage, but when Big Island was reached Cornell steered into a stretch of fectly smooth water and forged two boat lengths ahead then and there, while Pennsyl- vania was almost swamped in the rough ses farther from the island. The time given out as officially decided upon is Cornell 23.46, Pennsylvania 23.52. Courtney said that the race was the hardest one Cornell had ever rowed and that he had never seen two crews go even for two miles and ahalf. The Cornell carsmen claim that they were never so nearly exhausted in their lives. ‘The Pennsylvania partisans claim that it was only Cornell's good luck in getting # smoother course that gave them the race. fact that the odds were 5 to 1 against Pennsylvania shows that the public deemed Cornell the better crew. ‘The crews were as follows: Cornell—A. C. Freeborn. bow; i E. C. Gahen. No. Shafe, 5; E. C. Gibson, No. Sherman, coxswain. sylvania—Frank Hollingshead, bow; H. ‘ No. 2; L H. Wagenhurst, No. 3; C. J. Marshall. captain, No. 4; O. Wagenhurst, No. 5; A. J. P. Wilson, No. 6; T. E. Waters, No. 7; R. W. Barnes, stroke, and J. Perkins, coxswain. Weight, 1,254 pounds, | THE HORSE BURNED. In a Fire Today a Domb Brute Loses His Life. ‘This afternoon about 2 o'clock an alarm of fire was sounded from box 54, cor- ner of 3d and L streets southeast, |for the burning of frame sheds if rear of Now. 1112 and 1114 New Jersey avenue. No one was able to tell the origin of the fire, and when the discovery was made the two sheds were enveloped in flames. In the shed in rear of the residence of Mr. Jobn Wise’s house wasa horse and the animal made a bold attempt to get out of the burning building, but did not succeed. A large crowd was attracted to the seene, but the flames had gained such a headway ‘that nothing cculd be done to rescue the dumb animals. Both sheds were totally demolished and the charred body of the animal was removed from the debris after the tiremen had finished their work. APTER a night with the boys i Yours for a clear head—Bromo-Seltzer. Rob- | ments, 17,283 bushels; stock, 846,875 bushels. PRICES WEAKER IN WALL STREET. Disquieting Rumors From Abroad Given as the Cause. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. New Yorx, July 10.—The stock market opened off fractionally this morning. with no business of importance in sight. This being settlement week in London selling orders from that side were numerous. Rumors of the failure of a large cor- poration which was unable to meet its obliga- tions maturing this month and the fear of similar trouble was responsible for London's carly prices in that market were 3 to 134 per cent lower than our closing. tts act feasionalism si the course of pi It is admitted on all sides that affairs are ally taking on a better shape, ut caution and conservatiem are order of the day. Among the more ong active stocks was Cordage, which sold down a point-and-a-half from the opening to 9. The time for paying the first installment of the Tecent assessment expires today. Lackawanna load &potnt to 148%: Now York Central, 5 to 10034; Rock Island declined from 68% to 67%. and St. Paul reacted a point and a quarter to 65. About 1:30 cables from London reported that the settlements were being made promptiy and quietly and prices here improved some- vl Money varied from 7 to 10 per cent through- out the day. ‘Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars additional clearing house certificates were issued today, making a total now outstand- va $22,900,000. it was hoped that the last issue of these cer- tificates had been made and that the redemp- tion would begin this week, but conditions, it would seem, will postpone such astep for a few days at least. j, Magoun change at 4840486. Silver is dull, and advanced from 72 to 72% on At 2:15 prices began to weaken, presumably on disturbing rumors from abroad, and in many instances the lowest figures of the day were re- The directors of Louisville and Nashville de- clared a dividerd of 2 percent cash. The not earnings of the rod for the fiscal year were over half a million dollars. The last half hour of the market was without any noteworthy feature, and the result of the day's trading told but fractionally upon the Prices of stocks in the active list. TES FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. & Co, quote sterling ex- ni The following are the opening, lowest and the closing prices of the highest and the ihe Reet hasce ‘© Macart Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—Regalar call—-i2 o'clock m.: U. 8 Elec. Light Conv. 5's, $900 at 118. Cnes. and Pot. Tel, 6 at as American Security and Trust, 5 at 196 Government Bonds—U. ». 48. registered, 1901. 110% bid,— asked. U. & 48, coupons,” 1907, 110% did, — asked. District of Columbia Bonds—v0-year fund, se, 189%, gold, 10755 > asked. Water stock, 76, currency, 1901, 111 bid. — asked. 30-year fund. 6a, gold, 1902, 111 bid, — asked. Water stock, 74, 1903, currency, 112 bid,—asked. 3.658, 1924, fund, cur- Tency, 106 bid, 11] asked. Bonds—Washington and Gi town K.R. Conv. és, 181 on and Georgetown R. 150 asked. Masonic Hall ‘aahington — bid, 150 asked. Wash- R. Conv. 68, 2ds, — bid. Ansociation 88. '100 bid. 110 uaked. Wi Light Infantry ist mort- a, 1904, ‘bid, — asxed. “Washingiou fight Infantry 24 ie,—bid, “asked. W 190 bid, 140 asked. Gas Co. Convertible 68, 190: Wash. Market Co. ist 6s. 1992-1 curity and ‘Trust 5s, 1906. A. & O.. 100 bid,— asked. Wi Gas Co., series A, 68, 115 bid, — asked. Washington Gas Co., series B, és, 116 bid, — asked. Eckington Kailroad és, — bid, — asked. U.S. Electric Light Convertible 5, i10 bia. 118 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 58, — bid, 105 asked. Capitol and North 0 Street Railroad’ ist 3s, 1921, — bid, 103 asked. Metropolitan Railroad Converiibie é, 105 bid, 110 asked. ‘National Bauk Stocks—Bank of Washington, — did, 400 asked. Bank of the Kepublic. — bid. 800 asked. Metropolitan, 270 vid. 300 asked." Columbia, —bid, 160 asked. Second. — bid, 165 asked. Farm ers and Mechanics’, 190 bid. —'asked. Citizens’, 16534 bid, — asked. Capital, 126 bid, — asked. West End, — did. 120 asked. ‘Trade! bid, 1:6 asked. ‘Lincoln, — bid. 106 asked. ‘Railroad Stocks—Washington and Georgetown, 395 bid, 850 asked. Metropolitan, 85 bid, 97 asked. Capitol and North O Street, — bid, 38 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, — bid, 38 asked. Georgetown and Tenleytown, — bid. 45 asked. ‘Columbia, 65 bid, 50 asked. Kock Creek, 100 bid. insurance Stocks—Firemen’s, — bid, 50 asked. Franklin, —bid, 60 asked. Metropolitan, — bid, — asked. National Union, — bid, 20 asked. Ar- Vington, — bid, 185 asked. Corcoran, 70 bid, — asked. Columbia, bid, Sasked. =P 8 bid, — asked. Potomac, — bid, 35 asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks—Real Estate Title, — bid, 135 asked. Colainbia Title, 6% bi ed. Gas and Electric Light Stocks—U. 8. Electric Light, — bid, 138 asked. Washington Gas. 46 oid, 30 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. — asked. ‘Telephone Stocks — American Graphophone, 17% bid, 2% asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 33 bid, 42 asked. Pennsylvania, — bid, 40 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks — Washington Market, 10 bid, 15 asked. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 130 asked. Washington Brick Machine, 115 bid, 150 asked. Bull Kun Panorama, — bid, 3¢ asked. Pneu- Matic Gun Carriage, — bid, .80 asked. Safe Deposit aud Trust Companies—National Safe Deposit and Trust Co..— bid. — asked. Washington Loan and Trust, — bid, 140 asked. American Security and Trust, — bid, 181 asked. persis oe Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 10.—Flour, dull—Western superfine, 2.00a2.50; do. extra, 2.40a2.90; winter wheat patent, 3.750410; spzing wheat patent. 8.908 4.25; spring wheat straight, 3.60a3.75; receipts, 14,- Si9 barrels; shipments, 1,294 barrels. Wheat steady =No, 2 red, spot and July, 68460; August, 6948 To%s; September, 72a7t; steamer No. x, red, 63: Tecelpts, 145,541 bushel els; stock, tiled, spot and July: ab ‘hugast savors Sep- mix ‘and July, 4% August, 493043%: Se tember, 49°,a40%—recelpts, 61,108 bushelet’ ani ite corn by sample, 82; yeliow ‘corn by sample, 49. Oats firmer—No. 2 white western, 373, a8314! No. 2 mixed western, 364487 bushels; shi 1» 16.50a17.00. steamer to Liverpool, per ; Cork for orders, per quarter, 3s.13d.; cotton, 22 cents per 100 pounds: flour, 16 cents per 100 pounds. Cotton firm—middiing, $x. Provisions quiet—mess pork, 20.00, Butter quiet—creamery. fancy, 21%; do. fair to cholce, 19a2l; do. imitation, 18. Eggs duli 18. Coffee ‘strong—Kio cargoes, fair, 19%; No. E,JiMaITN. | Sugar active and strong —grandiated, 5's8. “Copper steady—refined, 114. Whisky firm— LISaL.i9. Peanuts very dull, unchanged. BALTIMORE, July 10. — Virginia threes, 5 Baltimore and Ohio stock. 75; Baltimore and 1 Southwestern first Incomes, 102%; Conselidated gas stocks, 5434255. Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. (By private wire to Corson & Macartne; CHICAGO, July 10, 1893. ing. Hizhest. Lowest. Cl a ogee Mage ae Cee i g —— Contract Awarded. ‘The contract for removing the models from the patent office to the Union building has been awarded to White & Freeman at their bid of $15 per case. Between 200 and 225 cases are to be moved. Wheat—Jnly Bept. Dec. Corn—July hept. Oate—Jaly pt Pork—July Sey Lard—July Ribe—Jnly Bept 2010 e Tos i 80 THE EVENING STAR:- WASHINGTON, a a D. C. MONDAY, JULY 10, 1893. [CHOLERA SCOURGE. Dr. Kempster’s Report Upon the Re- sults of His Investigations. SOME OF THE PLACES VISIRED BY HIM. tee ge Jerusalem a Focal Point of Con- tagion From Any Epidemic. ———— VALUABLE INFORMATION. eg Dr. Walter Kempster, who has just returned from a several months’ trip abroad, is engaged in preparing a voluminous report for the sur- eon general of the marine hospital service upon the results of his investigations. By the re- quest of the surgeon general a commis- sion was appointed with the approval of the President and Secretary of the Treasury in December last, consisting of Surgeon Fairfax Irwin of the marine hospital service and Dr. Kempster. Surgeon Irvin was de- tailed because of his long connec- tion with the quarantine service and with the immigration medical service in Boston and Dr. Kempster by reason of his especial ex- perience and observation in the previous year ‘as one of the special commission appointed to investigate the causes of immigration from Eu- rope, and in the performance of which duty he had acquired large experience and observation in Russia and northern European countries, EXTENT OF THEIR TRIP. These officers visited the principal ports along the Atlantic const from Liverpool to Stettin, including every port of considerable size on that coast. Hence they went through Hol- land, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy to Genoa,thence to Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, and to Jaffa and Jerusalem, to which latter places they found that it is the custom of devout Russians to make pilgrimages. In Jerusalem the commissioners saw hun- drqds of Russian pilgrims just arrived from the provinces of Russia where famine and cholera were then prevalent. The pilgrims came through without quaran- tine examination and were camped or grouped in one building in the suburbs of Jerusalem, living in dirt and adding to the unspeakable filth of the city. American and English, residents there are larmed at these an lur- fig the peat winter they united, beth Jows and Gentiles, in a petition to the Sultan of Turkey, in which they offered to keep Jerusalem clean and supplied with pure water without any ex- pense whatever to the Turkish government, and the request was deniod. As the original sewer conduits and water supply pipes which were built originally by King Solomon and whichare almost intact, although not now in use, and the water supply now going to waste are adequate, this proposition involved but a comparatively tmall oulay. ‘The whole subject ‘war surveyed by English engineers. The money was raised to carry out the work, but the permit is with- held by the Turkish government, and the city is in consequence ibly filthy. A FOCAL POINT OF CONTAGION c At Jerusalem the pilgrims come in contact with travelers from all nations, hence this city becomes a focal point of contagion from any epidemic disease. From Jerusalem they went to Smyrna in Asia, from which port came the wools, gout and camel's hair, rugs and carpets from the far east, from those countries where cholera com- monly prevails. From Smyrna they went to Constantinople, where a very rigid and thorough examination was made, not only with reference to the pos- sible outbreak of cholera at that point, but to investigate the methods em: ployed by the Turkish — government to prevent the mvasion of the di from other parts of the eastern world, with which Turkish ports are in direct and im- mediate contact through the shipping which passes from the Black sea through the Bos- jorus. ‘Also they were authorized to investigate tho extent to which leprosy, smallpox and other infectious or contagious diseases prevailed and what was done, if anything, by the several governments to prevent the introduction or spread of epidemic Qiseases through their re- spective dominions, QUARANTINE IN NAME ONLY. At Constantinople it was found that quaran- tine was a name only, vessels being permitted to pass through the Bosphorus from Odessa and other ports on the Biack sea without re- striction. The medical officer charged with the duty of establishing quarantine re- strictions told the commissioners that it was impossible to carry out proper quarantine regulations for two reasons. First, because ‘there was no money to enable him ‘to estab- igh them, and second, because whenever any sanitary measure is suggested by him the Koran must first be consulted and if the expounders of the Koran find nothing in the book which by their interpreta- tion does not authorize the proposed sanitary ‘measure then it cannot bedone. The Koran comes first and science afterward. Tt was at this point also that special investi- gations were made todetermine the existence and extent of the cholera in southern Russia and the methods by which it was introduced through Russia and into Europe during the previous year, and which, by proper sanitary regulations, might all have been prevented. ‘THE ROUTE OF THE CHOLERA. ‘The investigation at this point shows that it was through the routes taken by pilgrims to and from Mecca and other holy cities, and the channels through which commerce that the cholera came from India to Mecca, pasi- ing thence northward through Persia to points on the Caspian sea, being especially severe at Teheran, where during the autumn of 1892 the daily deaths from cholera wei 1,800. It was at this time and Theo. Childs contracted the ch: of itat » small suburb outside of Teheran. Thence the disoase passed through commercial channels to Baku, on the Caspian sea, which is the terminus of the Southern Russian railroad system and the point at which large quan- tities of petroleum is raised from wells and sent through all the southern and eastern parts of Russia,going by boat tothe Volga river, also across the country by the Southern Rus- sian railroad to Batoun and points on the Black sea. From Astraken, at the mouth of the Vol the disease spread with rapidity and virulence toward the north, following the course of the Volga and ite tributaries until it reached Moscow and St. Petersburg on other water- courses closely related to the Volga, the dis- ease being most virulent along all the water ways, IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA. During the past winter and epring it has pre- vailed in the southwestern provinces of Russia, bordering on the Black sea, and following the Dnieper and Dneister rivers, again going northward through the territory of Russia into that part known as Old Poland, being especially ib- | severe in the province of Podolia, where at one time during the month of March over 500 deaths per day were recorded. It was from these provinces that under the recent edict of the Russian government the Hebrews were expelled. They soughtexit at the port of Odessa, and thence by wav of the Black sea through the Bosphorus and Mediterranean to ports in Sicily, Italy and other places on the Mediterraneen. 1 is ‘belioved thar in this manner the presence of cholera in Mar- seilles is accounted for. this being one of the principal seaports to which many coast trading vessels enter. From Marseilles, however, there has been no immigration for some months and there is none now. From Constantinople the commissioners pro- ceeded to Athens, Corfu. Palermo, in Sicily, and Naples, from which places there are largo shipments of commerce and immigrants te the United States. At Naples, by reason of the reported outbreak of cholera at Marseilles, Surg. Irwin was detached and sent to Mai in April to aid the consul in the pre- ventive measures necessary with regard to ves- id_ people bound for the United Dr. Kempster then continued investigations alone, __ proceeding Naples to Rome and Florence, frum which places many of the kidskins, rabbit skins and wool products are sent direct to the United States. Also to Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, near the Austro-Hungarian’ borders, at which points merchandise of the latter class freely into Italy, investigation showing that quantities of these skins come into that territory from the southern provinces of Russia. EMIGRANT TRAINS FROM SOUTHERN EUROrE. From Milan Dr. Kempster followed the route which is ordinarily taken by emigrants from | and made a on the North sea and are carried from Basle, Switzerland, on trains provided by some of the trans-Atlantic steamship companies to Ports from which they ‘These = ins cai emigrants provided an maintained by the steamship companies, who run cars from Basle to their tive over 8 route known as the chemin de fer de l’est, and it was on this route that a number of cases of cholera occurred while Dr. Kempster was making his investigations, infecting more than one village where sick emigrants had been taken from the train and who subsequently died, This was during the late spring i the region thereabout. lence the investigations were continued in France, where it is believed that cholera ex- isted, but about which no official information could be learned. Investigation, however, showed that the disease was then,and had been prevalent through the country, the cases up to this time being more or less of a sporadic character and could not be called epidemic, excepting in the province of L’Orient, which is on the northwest coast of France. In France stops were made at various places to investi- gate with to the prevalence of cholera. At Paris he investigated the health conditions of the city and the commercial re- lations e: between France and the United States, with special reference to the character of merchandise and the danger which might be apprehended from the same by reason of the lespread prevalence of the disease in that country. LIABILITY OF INFECTION FROM FRANCE. From France Dr. Kempster proceeded to London, and, as a result of his investigation there, he shows in his report to the surgeon geueral that the unrestricted intercourse between French portsand London and other English ports is a serious factor in lia- bility of the United States to become infected from France. Several lines rance, vessels arriving provisions and all classes dise. These vessels lie in close proximity to vessels which are ound ‘to the United States loading and unloading on the same dock, theso vessels hav- ing bed no quarantine inspection prior to com- ing in. great nger arising from unrestricted intercourse “between London and the coast of France has necessitated the careful guarding by the United States of all English ports,and especial attention is now being paid, therefore, to the ports of London, Live Immigrants are now avoiding the continental Ports of debarkation in considerable numbers and are going to English ports for shipment to the United States, thus attempti a4 avoid the rigid examinations now made ‘by marine hospltdservice at the provincial continental sea) results of the labors of Dre. Kempster and Irwin are considered invaluable by the marine hospital bureau not only for the pres- ent season, but for the coming seasons, which may be asthreatening. The information gathered isofacharacter never before furnished, and the report when published will be « valuable work of reference for all sanitarians interested in international preventive measures. ee ON THE DIAMOND FIELD. Senatora Lose Two More, but Are Still in Tenth Place. dgaad gg do Sige Sgiisegie 2s 3 3 a? bak pgsuas ese Siteais 422339330 8 237 REEL gbig eee ee ree STE 2 $5227 93m eeeeees: e223 3 82 eeeeree Sea2 333 1 at st Game Lou... sae 3087 SATURDAY'S GAMES. Duryea pitched at St. Louis for the Senators Saturday and was hit easily whenever a hit was needed. On the other hand Arthur Clarkson, who had been resting for a mouth, pitched for the Browns and pitched well. He was given excellent support, too. Only three balls were caught by the St.’ Louis outfield, which shows how effective was Clarkson's pitching. Duryea sent five to first on balls. Browns were lively on the bases. purloining five. Stricker again filled Wiso's place at second it, four put outs, three assists and an error. of which were costly. Maui took O'Rourke's place in left field and captured five files, made a hit and an error. SCORE BY INNIX ee 8858388883 follows: * .. 0 0 her gamiee resulted as f Philadelphia, 7; Chicago, 4. Pittsburg, 13; Boston, 0, 6. DEFEATED AGAIN YESTERDAY. The Senators sustained their eleventh defeat on their western trip yesterday, playing at Chi- cago. The attendance was nearly eight thou- sand. MoGill pitched for Chicago and was very wild and ineffective at first and in the fourth inning forced in two runs by bases on balls. ‘The Senators made five runs in this inning, and took the lead, but the Colts afterward sized up Esper, and, making an average of one run an inning. pulled away in the last half of the game. The five errors of the Washingtons were di- vided between Hoy and Wise. Wise's three errors did not count in the ran making, but Hoy's two muffé let in two runs. Hoy, how- ever, stoned for his work by batting in two runs. Score: WASHINGTON. x ROA E LHor, ote BBL 2 9" 9300 9 ‘2b, ac 3 ° O91 0 0640 ° 1s g 3 side 1 0010 1 32718 3 Innings. | 1) 21 9| Total. 3) 41 51 6) 71 Bi —'5 3B) 0) 1) 0) 1) 1) 2) OF 9 Of 0) 0} 5) 0] 1) 01 OF 6 meee Fane Chicar. - oe base ee cago, 3 vi ins le fe bases —Chicaxo, 5, Washington. Firsi base on balls “Off Metall off 1, Struck out—By McGill, by Esy Facetite Matrox, Eaeers Ba re bite -Malves, Esper, ie ‘Double playe- ‘ion sce eset Preece set rer eeae tty ree ‘Time of gaune—2.05, Base Ball Notes. Mullane, after holding down the Cincinnatis for eight innings yesterday, gave way and Balti- more was beaten by 3 to 2. Ed Crane tried to pitch for Brooklyn yester- day, but the Louisvilles had on their batting clothes, and pounded him and Stein and Lovett. making twenty one hits and winning by 19 to & ‘The Coloneis seem to be justifying the confi- dence placed in them some time ago. Their lanes Lat getting into shape, and they are itting w Both Washington and Chicago have now lost more games than Louisville. Before denouncing club for making errors it is well to see whether the errors were costly or not. A player may make anumber of errors in a game and not have one of them count toward defeat. Yet the uninformed on looking at the error column will at once blame defeat on him. Boston now has joined the Lowi for pitchers. r pitched a steady gume yesterday, but it wi ot on the cards for the Senators to win. ‘The pitchers have lost more in accuracy than efficiency by the increased eprad distance. Boston wants to trade Cliff Carroll for Tom Brown. What do they take Barnie for? Baltimore had rare good luck in getting to ch Their two victories are due to that. With reliable pitchers Washington would be all right. The men are hitting the ball. Most of the errors made are not costly. - Only one week more of this western trip. It is generally conceded that Washington has the best all-round hitting team in the league. If the pitchers were more effective O'Rourke's men would be well up in the race.—New York Sun. SSThe New York club has been doing worse on This trip than Washington. Ward's men have won four games, lost nine and tied two since leaving home. ‘The romaining six games to be played this week in Cleveland and Pittsburg are the hardest yet. for Mullane.—Sporting Life. ° Hardly. booked for release.—New York World. Not much. Comiskey eays he will keep him for his batting. Notice his playing for the last two gamer. ‘harley Farrell is playing a brilliant game for Washington, ‘How many errorsdo you suppose you made today?” asked a reporter of Farreli at Eastern Park recently. “A good lot, I suppor,” “but I don't give a tinker's—for errors. ey don’t bother me. I'm not looking for records,” southern Europe who seek ports of embarkation | ss ERRONEOUS _ IMPRESSIONS. Mistaken Ideas of Judge Miller's Ruling in the McDonough Case, He Explains Just the Effects of His Ruling | and Wipes Away Some Cobwebs— | An Interesting Subject. Speaking to a Stan reporter this afternoon of the Liquor question Judge Miller of the Police Court said: “There seems to be an erroneous impression abroad respecting the real | question at issue in the McDonough case, de- cided by me on Thursday last. The validity of the old licenses, either wholesale or retail, was | 20,577 not involved. That question had been | settled by the Court of Appeals in| the Busch case, and could not even be discussed | in the Police Court. The point in the MeDon- ough case was whether =a party holding a wholesale license under the old law could sell in quantities less than a pint (which would have con- stituted him a retail dealer under the old law) or could be prosecuted as a retail dealer under the new law, in which the quan- tity of liquor allowed to be sold by the retail dealer has been raised from one pint to five gallons. McDonough was under the new law with being a retail dealer. That is to say, with selling liquor less than five gallons to be drunk upon the premise. He had a license as a wholesale dealer under the old law, which en- abled bim, the license being still valid, to sell any quantity greater than one pit "ais “icone Sid not euthorize to sell liquor to be drunk upon the Premises, but there being no restriction placed upon it by the old law, he could do so with im- punity. as IT STAXps. “As the matter now stands, although McDon- ough sold in quantities which would have sub- jected him to penalties under the old law asa retail dealer, he cannot be tried on such now, Glasgow, Hull, Southampton and Queenstown, | # because there is no longer any such license required of him or any pen- alty for the non-payment of such Pleads his wholesale license under the old law, him, as before stated. to seli am any quantity greater than one pint. You tee that's great deal dopends upon the form of the information, and although I decided last Thursday that under, the information as then brought and in view of McDonough’s wholesale license he could not be convicted, I do not wish to be understood as say- ing thet an information could not be framed so as to cover his and all other cases of wholesale dealers who, by selling less than one pint without » retail license under the old lew, or any license under the new law, are practically selling liquor without any licente whatever. “There is another erroneous impression,” said Judge Miller in conclusion, “‘and that is that liquor can be sold in the District from now until November 1 without any license whatever. Nothing could well be more absurb. Either license under the old or new law must first be had, and ‘any person guilty of selling liquor without one or the other can be successfully prosecuted under the new law.” oe THE CAPITOL CENTENNIAL. Organization of Civie Societies to Take Part In the Parade Progress. The orgenization of civic societies to take pert in the parade of the centennial celebration of the laying of the corner stone Hoy had an off day, making two errors, both | Sten | Which, it is alleged, Lady Aberdeen was instra- ‘hicago, land when the Spiders were weak at third. | wwered the all-around plarer, | of the United States Capitol is progressing very rapidly, the civic organizations showing a very lively interest. The Veterans of the Mexican War have ap- pointed the following committee: A. M. Ken- nady, Edward Landers, Col. A. G. Brockett, Gen. Gibson and W. P. Wood. They will call a meet- ing in afew days of all veterans. so as to per- fect i The German following active committee to take charge of matters pertaining to the _partici- tion of their societies in the parade: John lockemeyer, J. R. Buscher, John Waldmann, William Reuter and A. H. 8.’ Holsten. The Veteran Volunteer Firemen are also taking the matter up, and bave appointed the following committee: Jas. H. » Smith Thompson, J. W. Thompson, Julius ‘Stroble and John J. “Peabody. It is proposed to in- vite not only the Veteran Firemeu’s Association but the fire companies from many of the sur- rounding cities. In the early years of the inauguraticn the main feature was the display of volunteer fire devart- ments, In the organization of volunteer fire- men of this city there are many members who were present at the laying of the corner stone extension of the building in 1851, which was laid by President Fillmore, and which was the occasion of the celebrated address delivered by Daniel Webster. Eisenia KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE. But Those Who Are Doing It in ‘Chicago Are Fooled. ‘When the newspapers told of the removal of the Blarney stone to Chicago and of its having been set up in the Irish village at the fair, to be kissed by all who would,s cold horror spread over the country at the thought of the huge coming crop of political stump speakers ‘and bunco steerers. All this fear, however, ‘was without foundation, and those gentlemen who have secured a nomination or set upa green goods manufactory and then kissed the Chicago Blarney stone will beas badly fooled as the turkey who swallowed an tian scarab and calmly waited for his meal to digest. According to the Irish papers the Biarney stone has never left Ireland and is still doing business at the old stand, children half price. The Cork Constitution’ in » correspondence from Queenstown ea\ fair who expect to “Visitors to the wor! urporting to be the famous Blar- kiss a stone ney stone will feel abashed when they learn that it is not genuine. When the cablegram from America reached here, stating that hundreds of politicians were flocking to the Irish village at the world’s fair to kiss the Blarney stone, mental in having sent to Cl , the ever- Vigilant United States consul at Queenstown, Mr. H. G. Krees, determined to satisfy himself whether the original stone had actually crossed the Atlantic ocean, and, in order that there should be no doubt'on his mind, he journeyed to Blarney last evening, being accompanied by 4 well-known town commissioner, who has hun- dreds of times visited the well-known spot and in the days ofhis youth kissed the stone of fame. On arriving at the castle Mr. Kress interviewed the caretaker, and learned that the stone had never been removed from its position, not even a slice of it had been taken, but remained there as ever, intact, and also ascertained that no portion’ whatever of the castle itself which might have been made to represent the stone had left the place. The representative of America in company with his friend then made & personal inspection of the summit of the cas- tle and found the stone there alll right, safe and sound, and before bidding adieu to the ancient structure both gentlemen kissed the Blarney stone. Mr. Kress will, no doubt, make an offi- cial report of the matter to the world’s fair commissioners.” ——se+ INDICTMENTS EXPECTED, The Grand Jury Now Up to the Ford's Theater Disaster. The grand jury reported a number of indict- } ments this afternoon, and it is now understood | at that they will complete their Ford's Theater once proceed to | tigation into the building disaster on the 9th of last month, It is not be-| lieved that their determination will | be delayed by the hearing of further testimony, and it is not improbable that a decision may be reached in a day or two.| If this bedone the indictments will be drawn | up as quickly as possible, but in any event no indictment will be presented much earlier than Friday next. While it is, of course, impossible to state what the decision of the grand = jury will it seems to be generally understood that Col. Ainsworth and Messrs. Dant, Covert | and Sasse will be indicted and that one or two | more will be held responsible. | —__. Post Office Promotions. | The following promotions have been made | in the Post Office Department: Wm. B. Hes- | ter of California to clerk of class 2; Louis L. Karn of New Jersey to clerk of class 3; J. G. Thompson of South Carolina, to clerk of class 4. Geo. D. Fischer of South Dakota has been jand drain PUBLIC BUILDINGS (Continued from Fifth Page.) yellow washed, and the roofs of the three store- | from the ‘houses were covered with felt and painted. Con- | trict siderable miscellancous work was accom- lished in constructing and repairing cold mes, repuiring roots, constructing water tanks ' and it boxes, tin gutters and down spouts, laying brick walks in green houses, &c. ly a half million bed- ding plants, covering about 300 varieties, were P for spring planting in the public grounds, and particular attention given to dloom. In chrysentbhemums sutumn consisting of roses, smilax, nias, heliotrope, geraniums ,577 bulbs, consisting of hyacin’ ities, tulips, narcisens and jie of the valley, rere pl for winter forcing and ear! bloom; 47.610 bulbs were purcliased ‘and planted for decorating the public grounds. grounds were maintained in 00d condition; roads and walks were raked, Tepaired weeny wey aan and gutters raps 3 all shrul was Properly trimmed, transplanted worn nec- essary, and unserviceable trees, &c., removed; 18,100 cuttings of flowering shrabs were set out poe s ry —, trees and shrubs were lifted used ornamentation of various throughout the city. aie In the spring about 10,000 tube roses and 7,000 carnations were set'out, and about 40,000 bulbs brought in from parks 10,000 orhansent ,000 ornamental fol flowerii were set out in May within ahd tn fret nursery for ornamental p The old brick tanks for growing water lilies for the fountain basins were repaired and one new tank sixty feet by twelve feet was constructed. THE FIRE AT THE NURSERY. On Sunday, March 26, the brush on the river flats on the west side of the nursery was set on fire and the flames extended to the nursery fence. burning about sixty feet before it could be extinguished by the watchman on duty. ive improvements can well be made at ‘these gardens. Nearly o half million plants are annually propagated at the green houses for use in the summer and autumn decoration of the public parks; the beautiful water lilies and other aquatic plants used in many of the foun- tain basins are also ted here. The various structures’are serviceable for the “estas for which they are used, and have n mainly erected by our own workmen at comparatively cheap cost; they are without ornamentation of nny, Kind. and aro main- tained in repair by ‘appro- riation of €2.000: the buildings should increased in number. A large paim house ands subtropical piant house are especially needed. oe douse pits oa cold frames ure required for the purpose of growing hardy herbaceous perennials, no plantings of which of any magnitude have as yet been made in any rebel es ate public gardens in Wash- Pn. The nursery grounds of the gardens, exclu- sive of the ground occupied by the green houses, store houses, sheds, roads and walks, area of about four acres, one-third of which is occupied by green house plantings for stock and hardy rose grounds; the remeiniog portion is thickly planted with young trees and hardy flowering shrubs, set out in rows ready for transplanting when required; this area is not sufficiently large to supply the tree and shrub plantings of the park ex- tensions of the pul are made of the varieties needed from commercial nurseries and wherever they can be found to supply deficiences. It is hoped that in the near future, when the work of filling the Potomae flate near the prop- agating gardens is compieted, that the nursery grounds may be extended ‘so as to furnish abundant room for the purpoees for which they are intended, Tam frequently in receipt of requests for the loan of plants from the gardens for the uso of churches, fairs, festivals, &c., and demands are constantly made for flowerjng and decora- tive plants for private purposes. Thave been obliged to decline all such re- queste, as either the loan or gift of any plants wouid be in violation of the foliowing extract from the act of Congress, approved June 20, 1878: “Provided, That hereafter such trees, shrubs and plants shall be propagated at the green houses and nursery as are suitable for planting in the public reservations. to which purpose only the productions of the green houses and pet apt perks anni ng in ease is completed 1t sometimes bar- racl y de- partment, for vases outside of public buildings and also to hospitals in the city which receive government aid. SMITHSONIAN PARK GROUNDS. ‘This large park located on the “Mall,” nearly midway between the President's grounds and the United States Capjtol grounds, and mid- way between the business sections of North and South Washington -is one of the popular park resorts of the city. It contains within its boundaries the Smithsonian In- stitution, the National Museum and the Army Medical ‘Museum, all of which attract many Visitors, The area of the park is about fifty- eight acres, the greater portion of which is laid out in lawn surfaces, a little over mine acres being devoted to road and walks. During the year the improvement of the park has been continued, and it has been main- tained in good order. A Gravel roads and walks have been repaired, raked and rolled, lawns mown, trees and shrubs pruned, gutters and traps cleaned 60534 square’ yards of asphalt roadway pave- ment have been laid upon the gravel road- ways northeast of the museum building and 266 square yards of asphalt footwalks laid upon paths leading toward the museum; repairs were made to the old asphalt walks covering an area of 1039 square yards; about 140 square yards of sod was used in sodding along new asphalt walks and repairing trespass paths. CONDITION OF THE ROADS, The roads are subjected to heavy and con- tinuous travel; they are not only thoroughfares connecting the streets of north und south Wash- ington, but they are direct routes to the incipal city market, the Center market, the y, straw and grain markets. On the public space just north of the park is the hucksters’ market, and the debris from this place, which is blown or thrown into the patk, entails a great deal of additional labor to maintain it in sightly condition. On account of the constant passage of teams, many of them heavily Inden, over the gravel ronds, it has been somewhat “difficult to main- tain them im good condition for travel, espec- ially during the winter season. _ The lawn surfaces of this park need renova- tion, and after the completion of the roadways this important portion of the reservation will be renewed and beautified. HENRY AND SEATON PARKS. ‘These two parks have an aggregate area of about 34 acres,and extend from the Smithsonian grounds to the Botanical Gardens, which in their turn adjoin the United States Capitol grounds, and complete the chain of parks ex- tending from the Executive Mansion to the tol. beauty of the parks are somewhat marred by the depot and tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad lying between them. A mound has been constructed berdering the depot anda section of the tracks, which, if carried tocomple- tion and planted as designed.witha thick belt of suitable trees and shrubs, will screen the ub- Jectionable features fromthe west section of the park. To complete this mound and pro- vide water pipes for irrigation and drainage pipes for its water shed will cost about $2,500. At the close of the year the grounds were in comparatively good condition. but the system of asphalt roads and walks commenced in the ‘Smithsonian Park should be extended through out the reservations, and the mound west of the depot should be completed without further delay. The asphalt walks in Layfayette, Franklin, Farragut and Mount Vernon Squares were re- paired and resurfaced over an area of 1,072 square yards; in Judiciary Square 233 square yards of new asphalt roadway and 253 square rds of new wa'ks were laid; all the gravel roads and paths inall reservations were repaired and maintained in good order. All vases were filled with handsome plants and water lities were planted and gold fish placed én fountain basins in Lafayette Square the gun carriages were painted around the Jackson statue snd the statue and marble pedestal were cleaned; re- pairs were made to the lodge; the foundation intended for the Lafayette statue wai with a group of tropical plants, maki graceful addition to this beautiful park. In Franklin Square some unsightly shrubs and evergreens were removed, and in response toa at from a number of prominent citi- zens living in the vicinity the large aspen pop- lars on the southern border of the park. were extensively pruned and the old unmghtly and decaying trees on the sidewalk removed. Four small unimproved reservations known ‘as Nos. 127, 128, 134 and 148, and situated on ‘s>pointed a clerk of class D in the Post Office Department. New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island avenues, were improved during the year, WANCOCK CIRCLE. During October, 1892, the work of improve- ment of the circle, then known as Hancock Cir- cle, at the intersection of New Hampshire ave- nue, 16th and U streets, was commenced, but was discontinued of the | of Columbia that it was the intention of the Commissioners to abondon the js in conformity with the mone gg the . civil bill, a proved August 1892, scorers he lathe ner | ect ot street and )evenue, known as Hancock ? our and i ii f | lt f if Lj F 3 et i fit i i i £ i I t i | Practically completed 1875, and at that time it was anticipated that « colossal statue or a would [be erected in the center of the ov tains the Lincoln statue, and its paths should be ited and anannual appro- Priation of $1,000 made for ita improvement and care. wy teams. damages paired. ‘The main gravel road this park lead- . through ing to Virginia avenue is used as a fare for heavy teams, which renders it public partly improved ond yn similar spaces at the intersections of streets aud ‘avenues yet unimproved. The increased prosperity of this section of our city and the large number of private im- provements in progress demands that still more attention be given to beautifying the public spaces, and increased are ; | earnestly recommended for this purpose, THE INAUOURATION, ~ Under the authority conveyed by the joint resolution of Congress approved January 2 1893, ment the — were granted by the War Depart in February to theexecutive committee on GREEN HOUSES AxD Ds. In addition to the usual care extended to the ‘mansion and ite furniture the following work has been accomplished the year: A pave- ment of Neufchatel mastic Las been laid upon old brick pavement of the areas at INADEQUATE ACCOMMODATIONS. It again becomes my duty to call attention to fact that the chief by me in 1889 at the close of duty in this office, wherein that structure suitable pu might ‘erected the White House grounds on the «ite of green houses, opposite the State, War and | building. This execative office could be con- nected by a corridor with the main and would be of great assistance in caring for i "Tne conservatory and, green houses, the wood- work of which asarule is old and’ decaying, could be rebuilt on the east side of the man- sion, opposite the treasury. A plovare galley might be built opening room | thence into & handsome conservatory arranged with a winter garden. ‘The portion of the White House now used for present rooms abandoned as offices and whole mansion used for what it was evidently crigiealiy intended, the home of the chief ex~ ecutive of the nation. An estimate is submitted for redecorating and refurnishing there rooms as bed rooms as econ as the oftice is transferred.