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And T, writes » Connecticut, bat who now resides at Honolulu, ‘for ‘20 years past have ued Ayer's Hair Vigor. and we attribute to it the dark hair which she and I nowhave, ‘While bundreds of vur acquaintances, ten or a dozen Yeats younser than w*, areeither gray headed. white, ‘orbald. When asked how our hair has retained i color and fullness, we reply, “By the use of Ay ‘Bair Vigor—nothing eise.'” Antonio Alarrun of Bastrop, Texas, tells why be RECOMMENDS ‘In 1868, my affianced kept falling out every AYER'S HAIR VIGOR, Prepared by DR. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., U. 5. A. Cad Ds NG A TONIC, OR CHILDREN Spas wb owe inks Boreas es Butcueaces and Liver Compisints, makes the Blood rich and pure. 1 (ed Hi DACHE, BILIOUS- ‘Ee., use Carter's Little Liver able. ‘They wently sthnalase Go PRE FREE FrOw SICK Fa nem. coustivation, Ever and free the stomach from bile Ao wee Dee DENTISTRY. DYEING AND CLEANING. EDUGATIONAL EXCURSION FINANCIAL. 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Pace 3) Paco 3 Pace 3 Page 7 Paco 7) Pare 8 Paco 3) MANICURE Pace 7| MARRIAGES. ace 5 MEDICAL ... -Paze 7 | MISCELLANFOUS. “eace | -Pare 2 Pace 3 8 3 19 19 “Dis Om ds Hiei tettits ‘The Star Out of T Taz Evexrxe Stan will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Crondafor such veriod as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. €F'Bat all snch orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper ‘eannot be seat, asso accounts are kept with mail subseriptions. ses | COLORADO'S PROTEST. fext of the Letter to Secretary Car. Male in Regard to Silver Purchases. | Following is the text of the protest which the Colorado members addressed to Secre- tary Cariisle yesterday after the rejection | of the silver bids at which they were pres-| ent: Washington, D. C., July 31, 139. Hon. Johan Carlisle, Secretary ‘of the ‘Treasury, Washington. D. C. Dear Sir: Upon leaving your office at| Noon, today we saw Mr. Preston, acting di- Fector of the mint, At that hour he had Rot received any offers of silver on today’s hases. We have just now returned rom a second visit to his oi.ce. where we | found that five offers had been made today, | Viz: 48,000 ounces at .7085. 100,000 ounces at -7130, $6,000 ounces at 7100, 40,000 ounces at “TKS and 30.00 ounces at 7150 All of these offers Mr. Preston has de- elined, although this is the last day of the month. and he has already purchased but 2,168,000 ounces in July. He has estimated that ‘the value of Silver in London today is 7067, and the assayer in New. York has telegraphed him that some siiver bullion (how much or how little not stated) has been sold in New York today for 7025. He has made a counter bid of .7030 upon the silver offered today. | He has no intention of purchasing the 4,- | 00,000 ounces in July, as directed by the Statute. He makes no offer with a view to doing so. He holds that the language of the | law, “That the Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby directed to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount Of 4,560,000 ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered, in each month, at the mar- ket price thereof, not exceeding $1 for 371 1-4 grains pure silver, &c..” imposes no duty upon your department to purchase at all unless the price is satisfactory to you. ‘There action of today will no doubt be ac- cepted generally as outlining the policy of Your administration for succeeding months. ‘While the silver mines are already closed gnd the miners idle, the people still cling to the hope that by your official act their in- terests will be saved from utter destruc- tion. In our judgment the action contem- ted by Mr. Preston will bring further and we tfully ask the ex- ercose of your authority to prevent such re- sult Yours respectully, ‘Lafe Pence. John C. Bell. —— Am Electric Ratiroad in Bangkok. Information has been received by the De- partment of State from the vice consul gen- eral at Bangkok that an electric street car | Ine three miles long has been put into suc- | cessful operation in that city by the aid of | American enterprise. This is the first elec- frie street car line in the extreme Orient. Its success is such that the receipts of the Une have already increased by 30 per cent, and the manaxement is contemplating ‘an extension. -e- Interest Checks Mailed. ‘Treasurer Morgan today mailed 293 checks aggregating $24,082 in payment of the semi- annual interest due August 1, 1893. on $12,- ‘779,000 tered 3.6% per cent registered 3% per cent bonds of the —_ - ‘The Public Debt Statement. ‘The public debt statement issued this af- ternoon shows that the cash balance has decreased from $122,%62,28 June 31 to $ii7,- $87,067 July 31, of which latter amount 3%,- 202,83 is in gold. The gold balance suffered ‘a slight loss from yesterday, but is gradual- Jy nearing the $100,0W0,000 reserve limit. — Fourth-€ Postmasters. ‘The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was ninety-six, of which thirty-five were to fill vacancies caused by resignations and death. a AN Qaufet im the Choctaw ry. Inspector Faison, in a report to the Sec- retary of the Interior received today, says that the condition of affairs in the Choctaw country is quiet and satisfactory, and there is certainly no danger of any immediate trouble. -o- Government Receip ‘The receipts from internal revenue today Were £47; trom customs, $10,021. “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1893. 2d EDITION. TWOMETALS FAVORED Convention of the Silver Men at Chicago. | WELCOMED BY MAYOR CARTER HARRISON Response for the Delegates by Thomas W. Patterson. GENERAL WARNER’S SPEECH. CHICAGO, Aug. 1—The delegates to the opening session of the national silver con- vention, a gathering which, according to one of the prime movers of the affair, is to “sound the first gun for financial independ- ence from British dictation,” were slow in getting together at the First Methodist Church this morning. Possibly out of respect to the sacred char- acter of the edifice, no banners or mottoes were displayed, with but one solitary excep- tion, a small silken bannerette which marked the place of the Indiana delegation and bore the inscription “Free Coinage of Silver, Special Privileges to None. The Iowa delegation, with Gen. J. B. Weave: marching at its head, was one of the earliest to put in an appearance, and the Colorado centingent came close behind. Gen. Warner, Goy. Walte, Chairman Kolb of the Alabai pulists, Allen W. Thur- man, jr., droj in almost unnoticed and hunted “up their respective delegations. While the convention was getting together there was an utter lack of enthusiasm. Not a solitary hand-clap greeted any of the distinguished men when they were recognized, and even Mayor Harrison came in to deliver the address of welcome with- out a single token of recognition. There was but a single woman delegate on the floor, Mrs. Josephine Moody Luthe, a mem- ber of the Denver bar. jed to Order by Gen. Warner. At 10:15 o'clock, Gen. A. J. Warner, as president of the Bi-Metallic League, called the convention to order, but it was fully fifteen minutes before a semblance of quiet was secured. At this time every seat in the gallery and on the ground floor had {ts occupant, and the aisles, with the rear of the house, were packed with people on their feet. Hearty applause greeted Mayor Harrison when he was introduced to welcome the delegates. He said that the men before him were certainly earnest. Some said they were wild, that they were silver lunatics. He was glad to welcome such lunatics. There had been such lunatics since the be- innt of history. “Nluyor Harrison proceeded to deal at length with the silver question, incident- ally paying his respects to the New York plutocrats. He urged the delegates not to go wild, not to create any new “isms,” not to go in for flat money. Let them have but one cry, but one platform—that the money of the country should be placed side by side, gold to silver, doing their work as it was given them to do. Thos, W. Patterso Mayor Harrison concluded amid pro- longed applause, and it was renewed when Thomas W. Patterson of Denver was pre- sented to respond in behalf of the delegates. Mr. Patterson spoke in an strain, and was repeatedly applauded. He said that Chicago and the country needed conservative council and conserva- tive advice. They could get it from the bi- metallists, for they were the conservatives. ‘The present situation could only be arrest- ed by placing on the statute books the leg- islation recommended by the conservative men of the country. Every day reputable citizens of Denver were arriving from that place on dead head freight trains, and people had declar- ed that they should be well watched. If there was danger of anarchy, who would produce the anarchy? (Cries of “the mill- lonaires"). If there was danger of looting the banks, who would be the cause of it? (Yells cf “gold bugs and milltonaires’’). Should these men be thrown as paupers upon the charity of the land? (Cries of “No Let the bankers of Chicago when % Ineet to determine what was to be done in the present situation, Jet them remember that it was their financial s: tem that had stricken down silver. These gentry had a boomerang before them. So far as the people of Colorado were concerned they had never taken a selfish view of the situation. The unani- mous demand in the west was for free coinage. such as Washington and Hamil- ton and Monroe gave to the country when Jackson was President. They desired to call buck to their shops the discharged me- chanics now wandering over the United States. Where were the real anarchists? They were sitting behind the banking counters; they were turning the people out of their homes; they were dragging down prices and robbing everybody of their property. The American people had the right and they would ultimately triumph. A year from now they would be singing psalms of triumph. Gen. Warner's Address. Mr. Patterson concluded amid a torrent of applause and Gen. A. J. Warner then began his address as temporary chairman. He safd that a most extraordinary con- dition o affairs meets the assembling of the convention. Almost profound peace prevailed over the world, the earth had yielded her fruits in abundance, and the rich harvest was be- ing gathered under favoring skies. There was enough and to spare and yet never be- fore in the history of the country had there | been such widespread fear and distrust; never before such a loss of confidence and destruction of credit. Ind: ries every- where were breaking down: laborers by tens of thousands were being thrown on the street with want staring them in the face. Trade was stagnant, business of all kinds in a state of semi-suspension. Scores of banks, most of them prudently managed and showing as they closed their doors, assets which under ordinary circumstances Would place them ‘above suspicion, were driven into suspension. ‘There was also a shrinkage in the prices of stocks of a thousand million dollars ex. tending to all gold countries. Altogether the financial situation was unparalleled There must. be some adequate cause for such a general depression in the financial condition. To attribute this condition of affairs to the present purchase law in’ the : nited States Prsns to magnify a mole hill into a mountain even if the law were nm in itself beneficent. on a LIVING SCARECROWs, Utilizing His Chitdren to Keep the Crows From Pulling Up His Corn. From the New York Sun. A wrecking gang on the Delaware divis- fon of the Erie railway were clearing up a wreck at Nobody's Block, not far from Cochecton, last week, when their attention was called to a curious shrill cooing sound, which came at short and regular intervals from a corn field across the Delaware river, in Wayne county, Pa. They made an in- vestigation and found that the sound ema- nated from the children of a German farmer, who had been stationed around his corn field to scare away the crows from pulling up the young and tender shoots of The farmer had been unusually wei! biesstd wica progeny, his wife having borne him no less than twelve children, including four pairs of twins. He had been yearly bothered with crows in corn-planting time, and he had adopted all the scarecrow de- vices In common usage among farmers, such as placing stuffed straw men in the fields, stringing twine over poles, with bits of white rags fluttering in the wind, é&c., but the crows had become used to ‘these things, and, crowlike, would post their sen- tinels on lofty treetops to give warning of danger while their companions were at work uncovesing the hills, A happy thought struck the farmer, by which he could pro- tect his corn and utilize his several off- spring. ‘Arming two of them with old tin pans each day, he placed them in the fleld at 4 o'clock in the morning and told them to eall out “Coo! coo!” and pound their pans whenever they saw any crows flying near. When the children became tired the father replaced them with two others, and thus, by successive relays, the crows were kept away. This proces epeated cach day until the corn was of a size sufficient to Protect itself. Ie was this strange noise, pt up all day long. from early morn tili eve, that made the Erie wreckers marvel. It is said that this ts the second year in which the Wayne county farmer has pro- tected his corn fields with living scare- crows. —eoe Maybe He Just Yells “H’yar, Wuxtra.” From the New Haven Palladinm. ‘As showing how fearfully and wonder- fully made the Russian newsboy must be. the following are specimens of the papers he cries out on the streets of St. Peters. burg and Moscow: Wjedomosly Gradona‘ shalstwa, Olonetzklja_ | Goubernskis Pskoffsky Gorodskot Listok, Jekaterino: lawsky, Listok, Wostotshuoje Objaafieni;, Estlandskija Goubernsk Wjedomosty. energetic | Michtcan Contest. AFFECTED BY CHICAGO NEWS. Reports of the Western Failures Checked a Rise in Wall Street. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. New York, Aug. 1.—That the bears in Wall street were still in a nervous condition was very much in evidence this morning, when the oversold condition of the market was developed by the fact that all active stocks were very scarce in the loan crowd, and lenders were exacting a premium of 1-3 to 1-2 of 1 per cent a day for use. At the same time London reversed its po- sition and was a free buyer. The more Prominent commission houses also had moderate buying orders and prices opened from 1-2 to 2 per cent higher than last night. the higher advance being for Lake Shore, which was the weak sister in yesterday's trading. ‘The better feeling was helped along by the announcement that the Bank of Eng- land had reduced its selling price for goid; that $8,000,000 gold was of its way here and that upwards of $6.00,00) would leave Tope by steamer Majestic ‘sailing toda With these favorable items to aid it, the stock market was strong and fairly ac- tive and advanced steadily under the lead of telegraph with sugar a ntil the noon hour, when dispatches from Chicago with details of the smash in pork, coupled with the an- Nouncement of several important failures, and the fact that the loan committee of the clearing house had authorized an ad- ditional issue of $1,250,000 loan certificates, bringing the amount outstanding up to $29,250,000, checked the enthusiasm and in- duced the early bulls to realize profits and the room traders to sell for a reaction, Money on call was a trifle easier than ruling about 6 per cent, with a jy loans at 8. Sterling exchange about as yesterday, 48807485, with actual rates 482 1-2@3-4. Old houses like the Seligmans, Von Hoff- man and Company and Ladenburg, Halman and Company were important additions to the foreign contingent in ordering gold from Europe today, and all agree that a great deal more will follow. The subtreasury was again creditor to the clearing house to the amount of $103,000. A dispatch from Chicago stating on’ the authority of Lyman Gage that the Chicago banks had not and would not apply for loan certificates failed to create much enthust- asm among bankers here, who are doing so much to tide over the bad state of affairs in the west. As forecast in these dispatches yesterday the General Electrie Company are paying the full 2 per cent cash on the common stock only. ‘The selling which was started by th room traders at 12 o'clock on the bad news from Chicago, continued up to this hour 2:35 p. m.), and the stock market is weak and shows declines, ranging from 1-2 to 21-2 Per cent from highest prices of the day. Government bonds very dull and only small business in railroad mortgages. eae FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the hi lowest and the closing prices of the market today, a8 reported by Corson & Mavart ema jow York stock gachance. | Correspondents jesars. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadwa: Stocks, Open. High. Low. American Suar. SB uM American Cotton Oii Atehiaon N. A. & Chicaso. fanhattan Flevated. Missonri Pacific. Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. (By private wire to Corson & Macartney.) CHICAGO, Aus. 1, 1893. Opening. Hixhest. Lowest. Closing. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE. Aug. 1.—Flour dull, unchanged —receipts, 9.268 barrels; shipments, 11,498 barrel sales, 440’ barrels. Wheat unsettied and higher Spot, earcase7s; | August, 64 use + 665,386% — receipts, 43,700 “bushels; shipments, 186,126 bushels: stock, 1,252.1" ushels: salez, 400,000 bushels. Milling wheat ty sample, 45u65\;. Corn dull and eaay—mixed. spot. 447445; August, 44%u45; September, 46a45u; year, 465; asked—Tecelpts, 1.581 bushels; shipments, "98,694 bushels: stock, ‘$95,866 bushels;’ sales, 20,000 bush- els. White corn by sample. 50; yellow corn by 48. Oats quiet—No. 2 white western, No, 2 mixed western, 35a86—receipts, 290 ; Shipments, 45,295 bushels: stock, 111,195 tye slow--No. 2% S2as3—recelpts, | 356 stock, 26,085 bushels. Hay active—good to choice timothy, 15.50a19.5¢. and higher—steamer to Liverpool, per bushel, 44 d.: Cork for orders, per quarter, 38.34. Cotton nominal—middiing. Sy. Provisions quiet—mess pork, 19.50; bulk meats, loose shoulders. 104: long clear, 9; clear rib sides, 94; sugar-pickled shoul- ders,’ 9%: Tcured smoked shoulders, 10%; hams, i8\; lard, refined, 11. Butter steady— creamery, faney, 21; do. fair to choice. 1sa2: do. imitation, 1S." Eggs steadier—13. Coffee quiet Rio car fair, 19; No. 7, 164. Sugar strong ‘Copper unchanged. Whisky frm eanuts unchanged. BALTIMORE, Ang. 1.—Virginia threes, 65 Baltimcre and Ohio stock, 5ia60; Northern Cen- tral stock, 66%463; Baltimore and Ohio Soutn- Western first Incomes, 102; do. second incomes, 24 asked; Consolidated ‘gaa’ bonds, 109 asked; do. stocks, 5% bid. ie z Washingron stock Exchange. Sates—Regular call-—t9 o'clock m.: Amer. Graph- ophone. 5 at 2. Government Bonds—U. 8. 48, registered, 1907, 108 “hud. 102 asked. S& “4s, coupons, 1907, 108 bid. 109 asked. District of Columbia Bonds—2-year fund, 58, 1892, gold. 108 bid. Water stock, 7s, currency. 1901, 113 bid. 30-year fund. 68, gold. 1902, 110 vid: Water stock. 78, 1903. currency, 115 bid, 8.658, 194, fund, currency, 106 bid, li anked” Sis, reg. 105. 1nb8- 1601. J00 bd. Miscellaneous Bonds—Washington and George- town K.R.Cony. 63, Ist, 125 bid, 18i% asked. Wash- Ington and Georgetown R.R. Conv. és, 2da, 128 bid. 187 asked. , Washington Gas Co. Convertible 6s, 1901, 120 bid. Washington Gas Co... series A. 03, 112 bid. Washington Gas Co.. series B. 68, 118 ‘bid. American Security and Trust 58, 1905, A. & ( 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5s, 1905, & A.. 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5a, 1906."A. & 0...100 bid. Eekington Rallroad 63, 101 asked. U."S. Electric Light Convertible 53," 120 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 105 asked. “Metropolitan Railroad Convertible 66, asi ational Bank Stocks—Bank of Washington. 400 asked. Bank of the Republic. 300 asked. Metro- itn, 267 vid. “v7 asked. Columbia, 160 asked, 180 bid. Citizens’, 165 artwers and Mechanic bid, 180 asked. Capital. 120 bid. West End.’ 115 asked. ‘Traders, 115 asked. Lincoln, 106 asked. Central. 300 bid. Ohio, 100 asked. Kallroud Stocks—Metropolltun, 105 asked. Colum- bia. so asked. Rock Creek, luv bid. Washington and Georgetown. 375 asked. Insurance Stocks—Firemen’s, 50 asked. Frank- lin, 35 asked. National Union. 18 asked. Cor- coran, 70 bid. Columbia. 16 asked. Kiggs, 7 bid. Lincoin, 9 asked. Commercial. 5 bn Title Insurance Stocks—Real Est asked. Columbia Tithe, 1% asked. Gas and rlectric Light Stocks —Washington Gas, 49 vid. 50 asked. U.S. Electric Light, 18) asked, Telephone Stocks — American Graphophone, 24 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks — Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 190 asked. Pneumatic Gua Carriage, 1 asked. Interocean Building. 100 asked. Nor. and Wash~ ington Steamboat Co.. 90 bid. dafe Deposit aud Trast Companies—Nationai je Title, 128 Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 13; asked. Was! ington safe Devosit. 108 asked. gion Lo and ‘Trust, 140 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, 130 asked. ae Now, This is Fishing. From the Asotin, Wash., Sentinel. Frank Vinton and others caught a 200- pound sturgeon last week and made the line fast to a young tree standing on shore. Later, when they went to draw the big fish to land, they found it had escaped by pu!- ling the tree up by the roots and taking over elghty feet of small rope along. The fishermen have three other big fish tied up at different places along the —_—_—_ ++ ‘The Wise Virgin. From Brooklyn Life “Mary, you don’t mean to say you intend to wear this switch?” “Be calm, my dear. Last year eleven young men asked me for locks of hair; this year I mean to be ready.” Grain freights active | | DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS It Will Probably Be Held Next Saturday Evening. pee Se REPRESENTATIVE FELLOWS’ OPINION. Candidates for Office and Their Probable Chances. > SENATE AND BIMETALLISM a It is expected that the House democratic caucus will be held at 8 o'clock Saturday even- ing. There is considerable disappointment ‘among those interested in the matter on account of Mr. Holman’s neglect to issue the call for the caucns before this. Representative Robertson of Louisiana, who is one of the sec- retaries of the caucus, telegraphed Mr. Holman today for autiority to issue the call at once for ‘Saturday evening. The candidates for the two places under dis- pute are very active in their canvass, though they have but little material here to work on at present, and they are still more active in ciren- lating reports of their strength and their great expectations, Turner's friends claim that he bas at this time, asa dead sure thing, 116 votes tor the doorkeepership. His rivals do not grant any such claims, how- ever, and are outspoken in the opinion that they have bim beaten. Turner claims that he wili have more votes from the south than the other two candidates together will have. ‘What Mr. Fellows Says, ‘The impression still prevails that there is trouble for the New York man in his own deie- gation. The only Tammany representative in the city today was Representative Fellows, who expects to return to New York to- night and may not be back here toattend the caucus. He tolda Star ropre- seutative that the New York members had had no conference yet, and therefore was not cer- tain what they would do. He said that he supposed that “if most of the members from that state got here in time they would hold a conference Friday evening. He did not know what they wouid do, but had no doubt they would indorae Turner for the door- keepership. Speaking of the approaching ses- sion Mr. Fellows said that the success of the session depended chiefly upon the spirit with which the Congressmen came together. If they came here with an earnest desire to do the right thing, though they might differ as to what the right ih . the Prospects would be good for an un- derstanding and for prompt action, If they came in an ugly and intolerant mood, with the determination to fight, whether or no, it would cause a great deal of trouble. His judg- ment was that the business of the session would” be taken up seriously and soberly, with a view to comine to settlement of differences. On the subject of the offices he had no more to say than he said at first: that he supposed tie NewYork delegation would declare for Turner . Candidates for Doorkeeper. Felix McClosky, who has been in the employ of the House for forty years, more or less, has an idea that the New York delegation may give him their support for the doorkeepership, in place of Turner. His friends say that he has eight or nine of the New York men for him | and that he is liable to have a majority in the conference, especially if there are any absentees among the Turner men. ‘The friends of Mr. Hurt and Mr. Hurt him- self speak with great confidence of Hurt’s can- didacy. ‘They say that he has great strength in the southand southwest and that they believe he is a winner. Smith, whohas been rathor a favorite from the start, is said to be gaining strength, and it suid that if the claith that the place ought to go to the South counts for anything ne ought to be successful. The Texas people, who are the chief champions of his cause, are expected here in a day or two to take up the canvass in earnest, and very favorable assurances are claimed for him from various parts of the south. ‘The Sergeant. Arms. ‘The question as to whether Johnson or Yoder is to have the support of the Ohio delegation is still unsettled, and that, of course, leaves the situation as to the sergeant-at-arms greatly in doubt. It is expected that one or the other of them will be retired by the action of the Ohio folks, and this will leave the fight in the caucus between the one who is left and ex-Ropresenta- tive Snow of Illinois. Snow bas opened his headquarters at the Metropolitan, where most of the candidates will have headquarters within a day or two. In the absence of the members whose votes are going to decide the question the canvass of the situation as to all the candidates is more or leas speculative. The South and Bimetaliam. It has become evident from the talk with the southern members who are coming in that the people in that section are more concerned in preserving bimetalism than they are in main- taining the present ratio between gold and silver for coinnge purposes. that there isa determin southern members not demonetization of silver, for the reason that they believe that both silver and gold are needed as the basis of # national currency, but they appear to have very little interest in sil- n among the 0 permit’ the ver from the mine owner's point of view, and they have, as a rule, no objection to a considerable increase in the ratio upon which free coinage of gold and silver shall be established. What they want, appa- | rently, is the free coinage of silver, on the theory that it will give more money, but they are perfectly willing that the silver dollar would be placed on “a parity with gold by in- creasing the amount of silver in the coin, ‘The more the matter is talked over the stronger is the indication that, under the leadership of the __con- servative men, it will not be difficult to secure the’ appeal of the Sherman law and to settle the silver question by coinage at an increased ratio, The most radical silver men and the radical gold men may not be expected to assent to this at once, but there is an impression that both parties to the contro- versy would really be pleased to sce the matter settled Ly as convenient a compromise as the coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1. The rally seems to be around the pro} to repeal the Sberman law, repeal the bank tax and coin silver at about 20 to 1. see ‘To Attend Camp at Rutland. Capt. Morris C. Foote, ninth infantry, bas been ordered to attend the encampment of the National Guard of Vermont at Rutland August 15 to 19. ition tate ——s Has Passed Examination. Richard G. Broderick of San Francisco has passed the examination for admission to the medical corps of the n and will receive his appointment in a few days. i The New York in Commission. The cruiser New York was placed in com- mission at the League Island navy vard at noon today, and she was alded to the list of naval vessels in active s-1 She will be temporarily attached to the home sta- tion and will eventually be the flagship of that station. Secretary Carlisle today appointed Jack- son Kirkman of Mississipp! chief of divi- sion. second auditor's office. -o- Money for the New St. Matthew’ A deed of trust of James Gibbons, Arch- bishop of Baltimore, of the property known as lots 8, 9 and part 1, spuare 159, and 10 to 15, square 220, was recorded today. The deed of trust is to S. R. Bond and Geo. E. Hamilton, to secure the payment of $100,000 five years after date. This deed covers the property at present occupied by St. Mat- thew's Church, 15th and H streets, and the property recently purchased for the church on Rhode Island avenue, where it is pro- sed to erect a new church building. The joan is made, it is unde-stood, to defray the ‘ost of building the new church. se Thermometric Readings. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 3a. m., 71; 2p. m., 86; maximum, 86; mini- mum, 68. a There will be an entertainment for the venetit of the new school house at Land- over in the school house this evening. ‘The excursion given yesterday by Good Wili Council Sons of Jonadab, was well attended and the members and their guests were loud in praise of Chairman Ww. Deckman and his assistants who had charge of the arrangements. It is quite evident | THE PENSION POLICY. (Continued from First Page.) pensioners, and no re-examination what- ever is for a moment contemplated. Canes of Fraud. “True, whenever the bureau ascertains that any pensioner ts on the rolls, under any law, through actual fraud, or at an er- roneous rate, or after his disability has ceased, or for any other reason justifying suspension, the officers of the government, by thei> sworn duty, are bound to suspend the pension and proceed accordingly. ‘This the country demands of any administration. Again, many who were pensioned for dis- abilities of service origin applied under the act of 18% and were granted higher rates. Some of these will be suspended, but not necessarily deprived of their former ratings under the old law. But the suspensions of these classes will not justify the charge that this administration intends to re- examine all pensions—invalids’, widow: minors’ and dependents’. “I have answered you fully, and, I trust, satisfactorily. In conclusion I might add, my dear judge, that this administration is not hostile to the soldier who fought for the Union. Were it a fact, I would not re- main here an instant. The country cannot be deceived in the nature of our work through excitement or denunciation. We are at present engaged in correcting abuses and placing all pensioners under the act of June 27, 189, on an equality. We are the pension roll a roll of until the reform shall call a people who demanded this a RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. A Comparative Statement for Last Month and July, 1892. The following is a comparative statement ‘of the receipts and expenditures for July, 1892, and July, 18%: Recelpts—Custom: July, 1898, $14,683,969.19; July, 1892, $17,206, 153. Internal revenue, July, 18%, $14,689,- 127.86; July, 1892, $14,868,118.33. Miscellane- ous, July, 1893, $1,532,679.44; July, 1892, $2,243,- 059.92. Total, July, 1893, '$30,905,776.19; July, 1892, $84,314,331.25. Expenditures, civil and miscellaneous, July, | 1898,” $9,487,018.37; July. 1892, $8,753.801.44. War,” July, 1893, ” $4,970,540.56; July,” 1892, $3,565,087.62. Navy, July, 1883, $2, 549,883.56:" July, 1892, $2.221,707.86." Indians, July, "1893," $834,044.78; July, " 1892," $508,614.79. Pensions, July, 1893, $14,767,668.37; July, 1892, $14,235,140.15. Interest, ea 1893, $7,126,727.96; July, "1892, $7,047,624.68, Total.’ July, 1893, '$39,075,888.60; July, 1892, $36,333, 976.54. AUER Sale Re WAS INCORRECTLY REPORTED. marks as to J. P. L. Reed's Pension. Deputy Commissioner Bell 1s reported in a morning paper as having made an ex- traordinary comment on the dispatch from Rome, Ohio, in regard to the dropping from the pension rolls of an old man named J. P. L. Reed, elghty-three years of age, a former member of Col. R. G. Ingersoll’s cavalry regiment, and the consequent in- sanity of the pensioner. The deputy com- missioner is quoted as saying that if the old man “has gone crazy sure enough, he has taken a very sure way of securing’ the $12 rating, which Is the highest pension that is now paid, for in the event of his losing his mind’ for any reason except through his own vicious. habits, he would be entitled to the highest rating anyhow.” Deputy Commissioner Bell was asked this morning if this alleged interview with him was correct. He replied: “I was in- correctly reported. I used no such lan- guage. In answer to questions by the re- porter as to what would be the effect upon the soldier's pension tf he had really be- come insane, I said that If this were true the pension would not be taken away from him or reduced, for he would be entitled to $12 a month for insanity even if he had no other disability. The dispatch from Rome, Ohio, says “Reed is elghty-three years of age. This is erroneous. His papers show him to be sixty years of age. If he had been eighty-three, or even seventy- five, his pension would not have been sus- ended, for the reason that Judge Lochren has ruled that where soldiers who are pen- sioned under the act of June 27, 1890, are seventy-five years of age, their pensions Shall ‘not be disturbed even by suspen- | sion. | ——— IMPROVEMENT AT WEST POINT. Recommendations Made in the Report of the Board of Visitors. The report of the board of visitors to the West Point Military Academy, of which Senator Cullom was chairman, makes the following recommendations, among others: The increase of the number of cadets: elevation of the standard of admission; a fuller course in history and English; op- portunity for professors and instructors to visit other institutions of learning; the es- tablishment of full professorships in the department of ordnance and artillery; the Procuring of new heavy ordnance of the st types: the appointment of the director of the gymnasium to first Heutenancy in the army, and the appointment each year of two or more members of the previous board of visitors. -see GONE INTO COMMISSION. Phillips Takes Command of the Craiser New York. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.—The United States cruiser New York, which is now re- celving her finishing touches at Cramps’ |shtp yard, went into commission at noon | today. The ceremonies were brief and simple. Just as the bell presented by the New York seventh regiment struck eight bells Capt. John W. Phillips, from the quarterdeck of the ship, gave his orders, as captain, to the officers and crew. All the officers and about 100 enlisted men were on deck and a guard of forty marines was present from the cruiser Atlanta. Then the ensign was broken from the stern and the handsome pennant p-esented by the citizens of New York was unfurled from the masthead. As the bugle sounded “to the colors” a salute of twenty-one guns was fired by the Cramps’ battery on Petty’s Island. Capt. Phillips expects about 3” more sailors from the receiving ship in the | Brooklyn navy yard by tomorrow. He will ask permission to enlist’ ren himself aboard the New York. The crusser will j remain at Cram ps about a month, diring rbettes which time the ana turrets will be completed, and the shin thoroughly fitted up. Although the Cramps’ workmen. | will finish the work, Capt. Phillips will command the vessel, |she were on a station. The mea will be |on duty aboard ship and will not be al- | lowed to leave the Vessel without permis- jston. The quarters are now ready for both | men and officer The big eight-inch guns were placed in position today. Capt. Phittips has no idea yet where he will be ordere 1. _ “FEARLESS the sume as though NO MORE FOUR.” Three of Them Sentenced to Eight Years’ Imprisonment. In disposing of the case of Charles Zy- precht, allas Seabright, William J. Stewart and Randall F. McGilvary, the three young men, members of the “Fearless Four,” con- victed last week of housebreaking, in hav- ing broken into and robbed the store of Isaac Levy, in South Washington, on the 6th of last’ month, Judge Cole this after- noon sentenced the men to 8 years each in the Albany penitentiary. Mr. Truitt, counsel for the men, asked the merciful consideration of the court in the case of McCilvary, stating that he was of a wealthy and highly connected family in Atltnta, Ga.; that he was a young man of education and that tRis was the first charge ever brought against him. Mr. ‘Truitt sub- mitted an affidavit signed by the fureman of the convicting jury, to the effect that the jury had experienced ‘some hesitancy in ar- riving at a verdict in McGilvary's case, and that had the jury been aware of their priy- ilege to so do, they would have recom mnend- ed him to the mercy of the court. Judge Cole stated that the proceedings of a jury, in deliberating upon their verdict, should be kept inviolate, and while the fore: man of the jury and counsel had undoubt- edly acted in perfect good faith, neverthe- less the proceeding was an improper one, and one which should not be countenanced. Referring to McGllvary's request for merey because of family and intellectual consid- eration, Judge Cole remarked that such facts were rather against than in favor of the prisoner, for while poverty was no ex- cuse for crime, nevertheless the court could understand that it was often great tempta- tion. Housebreaking was a crime second, in seriousness, to murder. The burglar went prepared to kill If necessary to secure his own safety, and the punishment should be correspondingly severe. — The July Coinage. The total coinage of the United States mints during July was: 2,165,500 pleces of the value of $391,900. Of these 55,500 were gold pleces of the value of $320,000, 132.000 silver pieces of the value of $33,000 and 1,978,- 00) minor coins of the value of $38,900. eee The Admiral "a Flag on the Newark. Acting Rear Admiral O. F. Stanton, for- merly governor of the Naval Home, Phila- delphia, hoisted his flag on the cruiser Newark at the Norfolkk navy yard as com- mander of the South Atlantic squadron. The Newark will sail for that station in about three weeks. DISTRICT AFFAIRS. Bids Opened for Lighting the Streets of the District, —_>—___ NO PROPOSALS FOR GAS OR ELECTRICITY Unsatisfactory Result of the Attempt to Reduce the Cost. OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS. Bids were opened by the Commissioners this afternoon on proposals to furnish lighting for the streets in the District. For a long time past there has been a feeling that the District was paying altogether too high for its system of lighting, and that it was paying a good deal more than other cities of the same size were compelled to pay. The fact, however, that the law lim- ited the time of contracts for Mghting to three years has been sufficient to prevent much outside competition for it was not thought worth while to establish new plants or systems here for such compara- tively short periods. Washington in one thing is far behind the times. It relies on the moon for light. This is fairly satisfactory when the moon shines, but the light of the moon is by no means certain. ‘There are here nearly 6,000 gas lamps which burn 3,000 hours in the year, allowing about 900 hours for the moonlight. The cost per lamp is $21.60 a year. The appropriation for gas lighting is $146,000, and for electric lighting $59,500 The price of an are ght of 1,00 candle power is $190 per year. In Cleveland, a city of about 300,000 popu- lation, the lights burn 3,760 hours in the year, no allowance being made for the moon. The price per lamp is $17.69 a year, and {t is said that in other cities of about the same size the price of lighting is con- siderably less than it is here. In the last District appropriation act there was this proviso: That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shail investi- gate, ascertain and report to the first ses- sion’ of the Fitty-third Congress what re- duction may be made for gus and electric lighting, both for annual, five-year and ten- year contracts, and that ‘they be authorized to invite proposals for supplying light at reduced rates, and in this they are not limited to any one system or company. It was in ‘accordance with this pro- vision of the act of Congress that the bids opened this afternoon were called for. It was hoped that encouraged by the chance of getting ‘the contract for such a length of time as ten years some big corporation or company interested either in electric light- ing or gas would feel called upon to make bids based upon the establishment here. of new systems of their own. In a way the calling for bids at this time was but a ten- tative measure, a straw that 1 indicate the breeze of ‘willingness on the part of somebody to light Washington at an eco- nomical figure. If this was the hope it was doomed to isappointment. There were no bids from electric or gas companies. The Washing- ton Gaslight Company, that now nas th contract, stood on its dignity and did not submit @ bid. Instead, it sent a l-iter stat- ing that in ‘the absence from the sity of the president of the company no bid could be made at the present time One of the leading electric ight companies in the country sent @ letter stating that in view of the existing stringency in the money market {t did not feel in a position to con- sider the matter just now, but intimeting that it might later. The only bids received today were for lighting by of! and naphtha. Taere were bids of this sort received from oniy two companies, Nicolai Bros. and the Wheeler Reflector and Light Co. The biis were of three classes based on’ the different con- tracts of one, five and ten years, the cheapest, ' of course, being for the longest ' term of ‘years. ‘They Were also based on the number of jamps to be cared for, not less than 6.00, not less than 3,000 and not jess than 30. The figures ‘varied from $13.60 per vear on the most favorable terms, to $17 on the leai desirable, the shortest term und smallest number of lamps. The figures volunteered for oll lighting Were, on the w? rather more satisfactory than obtain fu. the same service at the present time. The Inspector of Flour. James H. Welch, the inspector of flour for the District, has reported to the Com- missioners that the amount of flour in- spected in his department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 18%, was 115,642 barrels. je states that there is a falling off in in- spection from year to year, owing to the fact that neariy or quite one half of the flour received is shipped in 140-pound jute | Sacks, which, the receiver claims, is not subject to inspection. Work to Be Done. The Commissioners made the following orders toda! ‘That a water main be laid in the center of Ist street west, between N and Q streets southwest, at an estimated cost including the erection of one fire hydrant, of $1,730; the work to be done at once. That #8 feet of 6-tnch Water pipe be laid in the center of 6th street extended, from Howard to Lincoln streets, at an estimated cost of $1,073, including the erection of two Mre hydrants. That sewers be laid in the alleys of square 29 during the present fiscal year under the provisions of the compulsory permit system. _That the lamppost on the north side of N street between 18th and 19th streets be moved back from the curb line. That the pavement of Lith street between B and D streets, be repaired by putting in new asphalt with 6-inch concrete base. That the roadw of Ohio avenue between 12th and lith streets be repaired. That the sidewalk on both sides of A street southeast, between ith and sth streets, now being paved, be relaid under the provisions of the mpulsory permit system on account of the change of grade due to paving street. That the following work be done under the provisions of the compulsory. permit system: Laying and relay’ ¢ ing sidewalks—sth street, west side E to streets; 29th street west side, M to Streets; 12th street, both sides, O to P streets; 6th street, east side, from’ Missouri avenue to alley; Q street, south side, Fapitol street to Ast street; 20th street, both sides, from Pennsylvania avenue to G street; W street. north ‘side, from 13th to Mth street: Ist street, west side, from D street to North Carolina avenue; 5th street, east side, Pennsylvania avenue to alley, (grano- Uthic); Mth street, front of 128 and 1630; D street northeast, north side between Ast and 24 streets; Kenyon street, north side. between 13th and 1ith streets; Park street, Mount Pleasant, in front of lot 2: 3ist street, both sides, M to P streets: Bladens- burg road, west side, from Florida avenue to Levis street. Lights Needed on Dumbarton Avenue A number of residents of West W ish- ington have petitioned the Commissioners to place at the lower end of Dumbarton avenue, in the vicinity of the intersec: Of 26th’ street, two gas lamps, one om abe north side and one on the south side of Dumbarton avenue. They say that as this is a public highway and much traveled the lights are very essential to the com- fort and safety of the residents in the vi- cinity. The Reform School Estimates. President A. J. Falls of the board of trustees of the reform school has submitted to the District Commissioners the esti- mates for that institution for the coming fiscal year. These estimates are practi- cally the same as for the present year, which will expire June 3) next. An addi- tion of $300 is asked for the salary of the superintendent and $10) for the assistant Superintendent. These additions were asked at the last session of Congress, but were not granted. The amount asked for is $15,362 for salaries. and $26,000 for support of inmates. The report then continues as follows: “Heretofore $3,500 has been allowed for teachers. An additional $500 is sked. Some years since additional teachers were required. but no appropriation ‘was made for their salaries, and the salaries of other officers were reduced in a sum aggregating $1,000 to enable the trustees to provide the necessary teachers. Congress has for some years past been asked to restore the offi- cers to their former salaries in part by the additional appropriation of $500, but {t has not been granted. “Congress having appropriated for a new family building, additional officers will be required for it; an additional oe therefore is asked as follows: Two teach- ; one watchman, $270; one matron $180; total, $1 y-six hundred ‘dollars, is asked for a new bakery oven and building fo> same. Our present oven is in a most dilapidated condition and in an oid frame building, and is only kept together by constant repairs and at considerable expense. It is indis- pensably necessary that a new oven and a building therefor be provided for at once. “All the buildings need considerable re- pairs, and there is very little if any fencing upon the grounds, and for this purpose an appropriation of $2,500 is asked. “Owing to the destruction of the barn by fire and the loss of all the horses, wagons and farming implements, a supplementary estimate therefor will have to be submitted, which will be done in time to present to Congress in the deficiency bill. Lower Prices in Open Market. The first controller of the treasury has de- cided that the engineering department of the District government may not purchase supplies in open market in excess of the immediate needs of the work in hand. The decision is rendered in connection with the efforts of the Commissioners to secure iron sewer pipe at a price that they consider reasonable and just as compared with what rivaet parties would be compelied to pay. in accordance with this decision the Com- missioners have made a contract ‘or only $10,000 worth material, or enough to last through the present half of the wofking year. They will be compelled to re-adver- lise for bids for pipes for the remuning half, or that part of the year that comes after the breaking up of winter, when work can be resumed. ‘When the bids were opened some time ago in response to the advertisements calling for them it was found that all the offers were about 30 per cent higher than were secured on year’s contracts. Capt. Derby recommended that all the bids be re- Jected as excessive, and a short time there- after he got an o & Co. of New Cumberland, W. V which allowed the purchase of the goods in open | market at 10 per cent lower than the pre- Vuiling prices last year, making a difference of 40 per cent in comparison with the prices im the District. Yesterday McMahon, Por- ter & Co. siguified their readiness to sup- ply at the prices they quoted an order for present n s, and they will accordingly re- ceive a contract for about $i¢,00 worth of material. | Capt. Derby said to a Star reporter this morning that in his opinion the law had been complied with and the best interests | of the public subserved when, after once | advertising for bids, they could make a better bargain with ‘some outside party If it seemed as though there might be some effort made on the part of the bidders to keep up, the prices. In the present case they could get the same thing from an out- side party for 40 per cent below the prices contained in ‘the bids, and he was of the. opinion that it was better to get ft in that | way. The controller, however, did not in- | terpret the law in the same way, and had decided that they could not make a year's contract except after calling for bids, and so it would be necessary to advertise for the remaining half of the year. No Authority to Parden Her. The attorney for the District has decided | that the Commissioners have no authority to pardon Sarah Sefis from the work house, as she asked. | As the applicant in this case was convicted of disorderly conduct under | the act of Congress of July, 1882, it follows that the Commissioners have no authority to grant an application for pardon. | A Neisance Comp! ned Of. ' A number of citizens resident on M street | near Jith street southeast have sent a pe- | Ution to the Commissioners calling their | attention to the nuisance which they say is caused by the Washington and Anacostia railroad, which keeps four horses standing there to make the changes on the street cars. They complain that the horses are ruining the trees by gnawing them, and the stench caused by this station is well-nigh unbearable. ‘rotest Against a Change. Mr. Wm. B. Robison, the secretary of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, and prominently connected with the Beth- any Mission, has written a letter to the Commissioners to protest against the change in ‘the location of the fire engine | house which is now on D street between | 12th and 13th to reservation 16%, at the | corner of 13th and Ohio avenue. The letter says: “I beg to state that the site of the proposed new building is lower ground and Would be still more damp than the present location of the engine house. I have per- sonal recollection of two occasions when the river becoming blocked with ice, the water backed up into the city, and reservation 163 and property in the immediate vicinity were from one to two feet under water. “The firemen at the engine house refer- | red to are weil aware of the low ground and consequent unhealthfulness in the | neighborhood of reservation 183, and are themselves averse to having the new en- gine house erected there. “My ial interest in the matter is in behalf of the Bethany Mission, which is now occupying said reservation, and which is doing such good work among the per- manent residents and transient visitors of | that locality, and I feel sure that if thi good people who have been so earnestly teaching the truths of morality and good citizenship at this place during the ‘last twenty years are permitted to continue thelr work there, the good results that will be @ained to the District would be much ter and more satisfactory than could fevhad in using the site for an engine | jouse. A Quarantine Inquiry. Health Officer Hammett today addressed @ letter to the Supervising surgeon general of the marine hospital service, asking if quarantine regulations have been estab- lished at Fisherman's creek or at Cy Henry and Charles, and, if so, against wi ports does it operate? Vessels from South America and Spanish ports occasionally arrive here, says the health officer, and if extra inspections are to be made of them I — pg as to whether they shou ma t lsewhy = —s report elsewhere before ‘The New Police Surgeons. Maj. Moore, chief of police, has issued an order assigning the newly appointed police gps eget Ra) a irst ict—Dr. Clifton Mayfiek cinta three and Sahm Corn ee mi istrict—Dr. W. D. Cannon, cincts two and eight. Third district—Dr. J. R. Nevitt, precincts: one, six and nine. Addison, pre- Fourth district—Dr. Thos. cincts four and five. The order says: “All requests for medical and surgical attendance, under the police regulations, will hereafter be made to these medical officers.” Garbage Complaints. During last week the average daily num- ber of complaints about the collection of garbage veceived at the Commissioners’ office was but 191-2. This was a decrease of about ten a day over the preceding week and is the low water mark in complaints of this sort. It would seem to indicate a cor- responding improvement in the character of the service. Paying Water Rents. Yesterday being the last day of July was the last upon which water bills should be paid, according to law. The result was that when the doors of the District building | were opened yesterday there was a4 crowd of people standing ready and all day long there was a line of people extending way out on to the sidewalk waiting their turn to step up to the desk and get their bills receipted for cash. The Result of Saturday Night Sprees. Major Moore, superintendent of police, was at the District building on business yesterday. He told a Star reporter that the number of arrests for the twenty-four hours ending at $a. m. Saturday was 22, for Sunday, 14, and for Monday, 4. The first was below the average. The second was far beyond it and showed the bad ef- fect that Saturday night has on many peo- je, a large proportion of these arrests ing for drunk and disorderly. The re- sult was that the cells at the Police Court Were badly overcrowded yesterday morn- ng. . t Ballding Permits. Building permits have been issued as fol- lows: J. Maddern, 120 6th street north- east, three-story brick, $4,500; Geo. A. Ham- ilton, three-story brick, shire avenue, $16,00; € smith shop, lot lL, square S91, rear of K street southwest, $00; G. G. Hunt, three- story frame, Pearce street, Anacostia, $1,000. Many Dead Animals. The dead animal wagon in the District service is kept busy now, owing to the large number of small animals that are being found about the streets and alleys, Cats are in the majority just now, and the rea- son given therefor “is the fact that the nolsy cats on the back yard fences are be- ing Killed in order to give occupants of houses an opportunity to sleep, while many of them are being killed to get rid of fleas, and it is also thought that the small bo: with their parlor rifles and air guns are responsible for the deaths of some of the animals. Yesterday the wagon hauled twenty-seven dead The Poundmaster at Work. The time allowel the owners of canines to get their tags has expired and the pound- master has started out in earnest, now that the dog's vacation is over. This morning an early trip was made and thirty-three dogs were captured and put in the pound. Wholesale and Retail Liquor Dealers. The Commissioners yesterday received & letter in a female handwriting and signed, “A Church Member,” requesting that they inform her through the columns of The Evening Star, whether the rule that for- bids the issuance of a license to any liquor business within 400 feet of a church plied to wholesale as Well as retail esta lishments. Mr. Roger Williams, the clerk of the excise board, said to a reporter this morning that there’ were no list netion be- tween the two in this matter; the rule ap- plies to both alike. The only’ difference is that the signatures of the property holders and residents are not required to wholesale licenses as they are to retail. There is also a difference in the license tax. © les on the Eckington Road. There has been some Ittle question re- cently among the residents along the line of the Eckington railroad as to the pro- priety of allowing the company to lay cob- ble about the tracks where paving was needed, and a protest was sent recently to the Commissioners against permission be- ey. | Bens Ferry August 14, 854, and children. charges that June oval Pure A cream of tartar baking der. Highest of alliu leavenine | Strength.——Latest United States Gogerm ment Food Reports Royal Baking Powder Oo., 106 Wall St.. NW. ¥. ing given. Capt. Piebeger said to a Star reporter this afternoon that permisston. Was granted only as a temporary measure, The road has only until 18% to run over- asphalting until the matter of thelr of motor. power be definitely settee. Tt they put down asphalt now {t might be only & comparatively short time before they vould have to tear it up again to put down Some sort of underground system. As goon s the question is settled the road will be required to put down a permanent and satisfactory pavement Minor Mention. Commissioner Parker has returned from the Blue Mountain House and was at hie desk at the District building today. Harry B. Kauffman has been appoipted temporarily a resident student at the Washington asylum. The Commissioners have ited a thirds a class engineer's license to phase The Educators of Colored Youth. The educators of colored youth held @ eminent educators of the country were present and took part in the exercises. e congress held mass meetings evenings during the week in the of Columbus and Washington and Church. The sessions in connection with those of the general congress of edvea- tion were ended Friday after the appaint- ment of the followi president, james M. Gregory, Howard University, vice presidents, B. W. Arnett, 1. E. 4 Biles Lacy K. Moten, are. 7: J ¢ . Pal ; secretary, E. A’ Johnson: Statistician, I.’ Garland ‘Pent ea j J. G. Saunders. A Memorial Service. A number of the friends and associstes of the late Dr. Orlando C. Ketcham met at Mount Olivet cemetery Sunday affer- hoon and held a memorial service at erave, it being the first anniversary of his death. Dr. Ketcham at the time of his jeath was printing and sta tionery division of the census office Was universally beloved and esteemed. impromptu service was opened by Mr. 3. Donaldson, and Mr. john G. Anderson delivered a touching eulogy, after the grave Ketcham and her children and a few timate friends of the family were ent. P ——_— A Salt for Divorce. Martha Ann Norris, by Mr. E. L. today filed a bill for divorce from Harry B. Norris. She states that her maiden ref deserted her. She ch tempted to carry off oldest Was frustrated by her father. She, fore, asks a divorce, the restoration maiden name, the care and custody children and an injunction to or his agents from carrying off the child, that A if) i itt Found tm an Ash An extra heavy gold ring figured in @ case tried in the Police Court teday. Lu@- wig Erdman, tailor on H street north- east. was charged with having stolen it. Shelton Bosiey, the owner ring, claimed that he sent a of trousers ets. It was the tailor’s to be in one of the Lawyer John P. O'Neill, defendant, that the ash heap in the rear tailor was acquitted. turned to 3 Robberies Reported. Eugene D. Smith reports stolen Washington barracks a gold watch, chain and gold charm. A gold ring set with six small was stolen from the house of T. W. eo 317 1th street | fit — A Missing Boy. Tommy Jarboe, the thirteen-year-old som of 5. E. Jarboe of Terra Cotta left bis father’s house on June 14 and the next day Was seen to board a freight car. He was with another boy known as Flick Dyt- son, Who Teturmed the same night. stating that they parted company at Sliver Spring. Nothing has been heard of young Jarboe. ——— Am Indian Owns the Town. From the Spokane Chronicie. Bonner’s Ferry is puzzled. The citizens don’t know wether they are at home or @n Indian land. Until a few days ago they were not worried about Indian claims, but at present these form a very lively tople for discussion, The trouble was started by the announce- ment that the government had allotted tem tracts of land to the ten heirs of old Dick Fry, the pioneer settler at the ferry, who married a squaw. The ten allotments ag- gregate 68 acres, and one tract of forty acres, claimed by Arthur Fry, includes the original town site. This has been indifer- ently known as Fry's posi office and Bon- ner’s Ferry. It includes the hotel, the post office, a number of stores and many Tresl- dences. Altogether it is claimed to be the most valuable part of the town site. The people of Bonner’s Ferry do not know what to do. Some of them think the ttle can be overthrown. Others are Inclined #0 think the Indian's title indefeasible attempt a compromise. The fact that this title is sound he will not be able §o dispose of the land for a quarter of @ century adds perplexity to the case, ab though attorneys say there may be ways to remove that difficult; At the time this apy there were no improvements on the which was cov; with an unbroken for est. Since that time settlers have upon the land, have cleared it and good substantial buildings, They to secure a title from the Northern railway when the jand was surveyed, it having been ascertained that the land would be embraced in section No. 27, which isa railroad section, ok yap" allotment = that no title oul given by the railway 4 but they continued to build. — — oe: Tarke)’s Formidable Guns. From Chambers’ Journal In 1478 Mahomet II, in forming the siege of Scutari, in Albania, employed fourtees heavy bombards, the lightest of which threw a stone shot of 370 pounds two sent shots of 50) pounds, one of pounds, two of 80 pounds, one of 1,20 pounds, five of fifteen, and one of the en- ormous weight of 1,610 pounds, enormous even in these days, for the only guns whose shot exceed the heaviest of these eighty-ton guns, throwing a 1.700-pound jectile, our 10-ton, throwing one pounds, and the i10-ton, throwing pound shot with a high velocity. The stone shot of Mehomet's guns between twenty and thirty-two inches diameter,about the height of a dining table, 2.534 of them fired on this occasion ‘weigh: ing, according to a calculation of Gen. Troy's, about 1.00 tons, and were cut out of the solid rock on the spot. Assuming twenty-four inches as the average diameter of the shot fired at the siege, the total of the surface dressed w: feet. At this siege the powder fired is estimated by Gen. to have been 20 tons At the siege of Rhodes, in 148, Mahomet caused sixteen basilisks, or double cannon, to be cast on the spot, throwing balls two to three feet in @iame- ter. ses Mik and Thunder. Science has disproved the rural belief that thunder sours milk. It is now known that the souring results from a fungus growth, and that this fungus ts peculiarly fatal to nursing children. The old time rural belief was that the concussion from thunder acted mechanically tk, and soured and then ‘The theory is i upon the mi ‘solidified it. 4 plausible one. easily derived from observ: ing one set of facts without knowing sbout the existence of others more important to the situation. It happens that milk does sour during or just after thunder storms, because the atmospheric conditions prevailing are usually of a kind favorable to the rapid development of the growth that sours fy