Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1893, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, N! VEMBER 14, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL—Aa S ~ Evangelist Chapter Rose Will be held this, TUESDAY EVE: ber 14, 1893. at 7 o'clock SHARE A. H. HOLT. 324 desr it OSIRIS LODGE, No. communication will Of the Scottish AY November 15, 1883, at 7:30 o'clock. Work, third degree. By order of the W. M. FRED. E. TASKER, ce WED) 1 Union Mi: ~ La. ave. and 7th st. nw. The pi Vited. Mrs. M. E. GRIFFITH, President. 1 LI BAKING OF ROLAN SFI. AK AN SE THERE WL BE X the Emrich . from § ain. WED- 3 ‘DA Ww. 2 . Calland try them. mS : SPIRITUALISM MRS. E. MeNEIL, CLAIRVOYANT Pa. ave. | matters of business, sonal or domestic tm Test circle at ber residence every WEDNES- EVENING at 8 o'clock. Pat kee notice Professional” column. n13-3t® THE CHORAL SOCIETY DESIRES TO INCREASE its membership to 500 voices; also to form an auxiliary chorus for “The Singers: kenerally, and particularly choir members, are fovited. “Apply to E. E. STEVENS, Secretary, 1419 F st.. of Mra. E. R. TRUE, Assistant Sec- retary, 933 N. ¥. ave. al3-3t HE. FIRM OF HUDSON & STRIEBY, PAINTERS Tiina "Decocatorn, 0S ith st. a-w., is this day, November 7, Ist, dissolved by mutual consent. ‘The business of painting and decorating will be continued at the above address by Mr. James Hudson, who will collect all bills and pay all debt JAMES HUDSO: ‘GEO. PL W. ieBy. nit-3 TO THE PUBLIC— Dr. T. H. Williams, formerly located im the Metzerott buflding. uever had any connection with e Washington Hernia Institute, Rooms 30 and Metzerott building. Dr. K. Galloway 1s now and has always been the surgeon in charge of this institute. He will be glad to consult with any one afflicted with rupture and explain to them bow they can be permanently cured and throw the truss away forever. all-3t ADVICE FREE— ‘As to the best kind of Coal to buy. We are Ca tenst' dealers in all kinds, and have = for | rears, amd When we sell y KE OR And if {t's our delicious punch let's crack two or three bottles, for one re enough. white punches are a pure blend our wines and brandies and are of ull ready for use by the addition of a little fruit flavoring. gallon. $5 case of 12 gts. Thanksgiving will be a good time to try our punch, if not sooner. TO-KALON WINE €O., 614 14th st.—'Phone, 998. vIN) VAULTS, 27th and K sts. n.w. ald [It may ‘sound paradoxical, but the mi “hest'’ dressed is the “most econom- | ically" dressed. Hix clothes cost him the least «in the long run) because he pays the most for them. My customers are the best dressed and the most economleally dressed men in the city. See the New English Trouserings just off the ocean. OWEN OWEN, Tatlor, 423 11th st. TO BE FITTED FoR A GOWN Is the most fattguing thing in a Indy’s whole existence. No lady needs to be told this, but our dressmaking establishment (the best and most satisfactory in the cits) especially intends to produce the most artistic, tasteful and durable effects with the least pos- sible annoyance. Hundreds of fashion plates adorn our tubles. Mr. JOHN M. DELANY, late with Madam Conley of New York, has charge of our Ladies’ Tatlor- | ing Department. | KEEN, 1310 F st. _ | TYPEWRITER PATE: | TYPEWRITER PAT YPEWRITER T \t who 1s nl4 WILL WILL INCRE. CAN CONVINCE YOU "Phone 930. (uty OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES, DISTRICT of Columbia, Wasbiugton, November 1, Us%i.— ‘Tax payers of the District will take notice thal the undersigned has received the statement ¢f assessment of the taxes for the District of Co- Iumbia for the year ending June 30, 1S94, and Will be ready to receive payment of taxes at this office from snd after the DAY of NOVEMRER, FIRST 1893. One-half of sald tax is due November 1, 1893, the other half May 1, 1804. On so much of the frat half of said tax dy November, 1893. as shall uot be paid during said month a ‘penalty of two (2) per cent wi added on the first day of each succeeding month thereafter until the same is paid, or otherwise With, 9s the law directs. The law tay ‘a like ‘penalty for non-payment of sec- ond bait. due May 1, 1804, If not paid ‘within said month of May. E. G. DAVIS, Collector of Taxes. n9-6t THE UNION SAVINGS BANK, 509 7th Street Northwest. Fonr per cent nterest on ordinary savings accounts. Dividends at higher rates on five and ten year in- salient accounts Hewular banbing accounts received. OFFICERS: ¥.H. SMITH. Pres’t. A. M.LOTHROP., Ist V. Pres't. JOHN TWEEDA! 24 V. Pres't. JACKS H.RALSTON Sec. A LAMBERT, Treas. THE DE WOLF HOPPER OPERA are using the celebrated WASHBURN 3 LINS and GUITARS, the best and truest in- struments made in the world. Prices moderate. Call and see = a ON ——COAL——COAL—-COAL.— $4.50 per ton $4.50 per ton $4.50 per ton Is the price of Genuine Philadelphia Pea Coal, a FO! E range, la- trobe a rs. 00 per ton Is the price of Arona Grate Coal. All Kinds of Coal, Coke and Wood. mpt delivery. A THOMAS R. MARTIN, MAIN OFFICE, 920 20th st. ‘TEL. CALL, 1766. nl4-6t SHOES-FROM MAKER TO YOU. It makes a ference fitted great deal of dit whether your to the shoe or fitted to your foot. case yon are insured a period of misery as long as lasts, and in the other # com- fortable, easy-wearing shoe. The tightness and cramping of a shoe may cause more than temporary pain. “Emerson” are made on “several different lasts, AND THEY FIT THE FEET. f- is R. B. GROVER & CO., “Makers and Sellers’* Of “Emerson” 1103 Pa. ave. ni¢ DR_S. T. MASON HAS REMOVED HIS DENTAL office from cor. of 12th st. and Pa. ave. nw. to Til 12th st. mw., bet. G and H. oc24 RACING WHEELS AT A REDUCTION. We have two or three “Number Five” BLERS, used but a few times om the track, in excellent condition every way, that cam be sold at from $15 to $25 less than list price. This is an excellent opportunity to obtain a light-weight, rigid and high-grade safety not often happening. Better take advantage of it while they last. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., oc2t 1825 14th st. mw. WANTED—TRY RUBBER ROOF PAINT. WE STOP ALL LEAKS FREE And charge only for painting; all work guar- anteed; 1,000 references. For’ estimates, ete., THE NATIONAL RUBBER’ ROOF oc2t4-1m DISCOUNT ON WROUGHT-IRON and novelties. to reduce stock. 10 ber ceat d-srount on andirons and other fixtures. J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520 at. HIGH GRADE FAMILY COALS ab in st Pati advised Intell. ways jock. rons ate gently regarding the purchase of THE ECONOMICAL GoaLS. We are in the COAL BU: around, as we have ‘SINESS all tho year for FORTY-THREE vears past. 1 MAPRY DOVE 2ist and I sts. ow. Branches. 1206 Main office. H st. ow.: 1626 M st. ow. DR. J. C. McGUIRE HAS REMOVED Hi. 3 oF- fice to 818 17th st. nw. 1s b2w DR. HERMAN CANFIELD OF HOPEWORTH or: Bristol, Khode Island, is located 17th st. n.w., Where he will continue in the Practice of bis specialty, Diseases of the Ner- 3 nod-12t* vous System. IF YOU WANT TATLORING COME TO A TAILOR. You wouldn't get a plumber to do your carpen- tering—would you? If it’s $15 or $20 you want to spend for a Suit. better leave those self-styled “tailors” alone and get one of our ready made. Better in every way—shape and form. EISEMAN BROS., E and Seventh sts. aw. THE OHIO MINERAL PAINT Co. Have removed From 610 14th ADAMS’ BUILDING, 1333 F ST. N.W. 23-30 oc31 st. to HORSE BLANKETS Require no argument in their favor. A small amount invested in a Blanket will enhance the value of your horse and make him eat less to keep warm. For street use, $1.25 gto $7.50. For stable use, $1.00 to $4.50. LAP ROBES. Lacger assortment and lower prices than ever. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, ee27-Sm 10th, 11th and F sts. n.w. Wooo. All under cover. All kinds. All prices. quality And that the best. Pollard & Bro., 12th st. and R. Lave. "Phone 1732. coaL. COKE. COKE. wy ASSIGNEES’ SALE OF ENTIRE STOCK OF THE HOUGHTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, NUMBERS 1218 AND 1220 F ST. N.W. facturing The Houghton Mi mpany having made an assigement to us under date of November 7. 1893, the same having been duly rec Will receive sealed proposals until NOVES 20, 1898, for the entire stock im bulk, consisting of furniture, upholstery goods, carpets, horses, wag- one, fixtures, &c &c., in buildings Nos. 1218 and ‘The can be seen by 1220 F st. o.w. and ware rooms in the rear. Stock is now open for inspection and your Coal, Wood and Coke the reliable firm of Johnson Brothers. They handle the high- the Houghton Mfg. Co. Buy frou: est grades of fuel only antee satisfaction. yards throughout the city. No charge for storing coal Where “shute™ wagon can be JOHNSON BROS. 1206 F ST. “MAIN OFFICE, "Phone 726. 2. HYGIENIC ICE, Made from Pure Spring Water Distilled and Filtered. THE PUREST—THE BEST. Sames Rates as for Other Ice. Delivered Promptly to All parts of City. tS Order from Works, 15th and E sts. n.e. Phone 1800. Order from Office. 419 Ninth st aoa YOUR Patronage Sol YOUB Inspection of Works Reque: né-tt I5e. isement out and pre- . and we will fit you This Coupon Will Save You Cut this ad with a pair of our best dollar Gloves | for Men. Best stocked men's store in town. “MAYER'S."* 1105 Pa. ave., next to Star, “MAYER'S,"” 1105 Pa. ave., next to Star. nl3 CASH SAVES 20 TO 25 PER CENT. We propose figure closer season than ever. We alr the reputation of quoting th prices in Ir ye this Save 10 Per Cent on Coal Save 10 Per Cent on Coal buying only dry coal. I have UNDER COVER bundreds of tous of the best coals mine Same price as for wet coal. Visit my “ No dust, no stones, no water, but Coal, CUAL, coal, BALDWIN JOHNSO: v. N. Ke ave. ow. Gll Ast. ne. 510 4% st. s.w. ERC PREPARE FOR 1894. ras cheap as you can buy stock books. NATIONAL BOOK BINDERY, 51 orde: ni3-tr OUR COST PRICE SALE HAS MET WITH SUCH Unprecedented success that already the lines are badly broken. Instead of buying like qualities to take the place of what has been sold, we have drawn on our finer goods. Several $25 Suitings, and all that were $20. Price now, SUIT TO ORDER, $15. Several $35 Suitings, and all that Were $30. Price now, SUIT TO ORDER, $20. Satin-lined Overcoat, from Black, Blue and Mixed Meltons and Kerseys, $23. MORTON C. STOUT & CO., Merchant Tailors, 1112 F ST. N.W. n13-3t Balto. and Liberty sts., Balto., Md. EVERY BUSINESS HOUSE —im the city will reaulre handsome calendars for "04. Thi headduarters for the newest and neatest designs. Samples now ready. H. L. MeQUEEN, PRINTRR AND PUBLISHER. 1108-i116 EST. 'N. W. Telephone 763. nl ‘Monday, Nov. FIFTH AVENUE TAILORING. If you waut to wear clothes that are really “swell” call on ‘Schutz, who will fit you after the latest New York style. E97 Moderate prices. © 3. B.SCHUTZ,1413GSTREETN. W. ni3 13. jusiness men will require als and Led “Plank Books “Blank Books. “Plank Books. “Blank Books. EASTON & KU! 1iTH in stock the largest Hne in the etry. CF Lowest prices. PP, Popular-priced Stationers, (ust above the avenue.) nl3 TO THE LADIES OF WASHIN e Mr. John M. Delany, cutter and designer, late with Madam Con- neliy of Fifth avenue, New York, has charge of our Ladies’ Tailor- ing Department. KEEN, 1310 F st. it Weather tomorrow—Generally fair. YOU WHO LIVis IN Alexandria, > Anacostia, Falls Church, Mai 2 i Hyattsville, | Laurel, Kk, | Rockville. | Gaithersburg, Should learn that here 1s the cheapest = to bay any kind of lumber. For stance: Best 6x20-in. Cypress Shingles, ‘Only 36 per 1,000. Best Gang-sawed Boards, $1.15 100 ft. Best Heart Siding. $1 per 100 ft. LIBBEY, BITTINGER “Lumber, Mili Work and Builders’ Hardware, Ww. Cor. 6th’ and N.Y. ave. ob. & MILLER, 13 ‘Clean Coal. Clean Coal. Clean Ce Co Clean Coal. T ARTHUR B. SMITH, Main Yard, 4th and I's Branches: AS. Caywood's, 9th and K n.w.; 701 12th st. mw.; Mass ave. and F me. ald MISTER —when you see a loug moldy streak across your wall-you can't C. FEN KEYES too oulck—it means dampness. “Tm death on dampness.” “15 years at it." Leaky roofs and roof painting attend- ed to RIGHT. ©. FEN KEY Paint Co., 916 F st. n.w. n13_ THE DENSMORE TYPEW RITER. longest. Rest and lasts Remington keyboard. We are sole D. C. agents. COLUMBIA PH! E. D. EASTON, Pre GRAPH CO.. 627 E st. n.w., (13) R. F. CROMELIN, See. HAVE YOU SEE: Those Double-breasted Sack Suits? Some with single-breasted vest, with pants of the material. Colored and mix- k and blue. Price per sult, others have double. same sey Overcoat, $15 to GEORG: 434 in the latest Ker: style, PRANSY, it. never had a Suitings than factilties for perfect | garments. bate of $25 Suitinzs, received Satuniay, a Drop in and see them. GATCHEL & TOMPKINS (late with Keen), 418 12th st. nw. DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNE nership “heretofore existing of Ferrell & Smith, Real E: solved by mutual consent th a choicer line now or turning out Our latest which we “beauties."” of better nls 1IP--THE PART. the firm name | okers, 1s dis- | E. SMITH will continue t - | he business at the | place, 519 12th st. o.w., Met: zerott Music 11st sam Hall. CRORE KILLER MAKFS str Laight st., New York. oc2¢-tui8t RADAM'S le w pi Reason KILLER 00., 7 DIED FOR HIS CRIME. Electrocution of a Convict Who. “Ran Amuck.” JOHNSON, THE AUBURN MURDERER. The Operation Was Without Hitch or Bungie. NERVE SHOWN BY THE MAN. ae AUBURN, N., Y., Nov. 14.—The electrocu- tion of Johnson took place at 12:40 today and was perfect. His nerve did not desert him Johnson’s Double Crime. The double murder for which John John- son paid the penalty of his life today was committed on the morning of April 17 last, in the broom shop of Auburn prison. No cause other than ill temper and an uncon- querable determination to do something desperate has been adduced for the murder- ous freak which his vicious fancy took on that fatal morning in April. He was known as the “Blue nigger from Clyde” and his reputation was that of a bad man. He seemed to have conceived a bitter enmity against the whole body of his fel- lows and had threatened to “do up” the | whole shop upon the first favorable oppor- tunity. His weapon was a sharp knife, used in cutting broom corn. With this in his hand he started to run amuck through the shop. Dashing down the middle aisle, where convicts were at work on either side, ob- livious of danger, he slashed right and left, desperately and relentlessly, bent upon slaying as many of his fellows as possible. One of his first victims was Charles Peck, an inoffensive convict from West Chester county. The blade penetrated Peck's heart and he fell dead in his tracks. The next victim was Daniel Britton, the knife pene- trating the abdomen and death resulting after two hours of suffering. ‘Two other convicts had to receive treat- ment in the hospital for wounds inflicted by Johnson, while others escaped with lacerated fingers and slight scratches. The list of the dead might have been increased had not the blade of the murderer's knife broken off during the affray. He. directed a vicious blow at Keeper Mitchell after the blade had been broken, but it did not penetrate his clothing. The keeper drew his revolver, but just as he Was about to pull the trigger somebody hit his arm and the ball went wide of its mark. It frightened Johnson into sur- rendering, however, and he made no fur- ther resistance. Johnson was brought to trial in May of this year, in the prison on the fearful morning. His handcuffs had bgen removed for the first time since the trial began and his impres- sive delivery and vigorous gestures created considerable excitement and no small ele- ment of fear, for upon his original convic- tion to Auburn prison he established a reputation for hurling inkstands and cuspi- dors at the presiding justice and prosecut- ing attorney. In his excitement he would rise from his chair and advance toward the court while asking questions. The sheriff finally took a seat on the bench between the prisoner and the court Johnson also stepped down from the ness stand and faced the jury with wild gesticulations and vehement utterances. He seemed to possess a remarkable flow of language and was far from being the tg- norant negro represented. He asked for a broom handle to illustrate the alleged attack upon Rim at the time of the murder, but it was refused for pru- dent reasons, ‘whereupon he looked at the district attorney and gave a loud guffah. The whole tenor of his speech was to Prove he acted in self-defense. He stiz- matized the keepers in prison as cruel and cowardly. The jury’s first vote was unanimous for conviction. The prisoner received the ver- dict with little show of concern, but as he entered a hack and was driven: back to prison in the rain he remarked: “It’s a dark day for me. ee eS FIRE ESCAPES LACKING. Why There Was So Much Loss of Life at Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 14.—The Wetter building, a five-story structure occupied by the Schmalzreid Hardware Company, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Pythian Journal newspaper, was gutted by fire last night. Three adjoining buildings were damaged by fire and water, bringing the total loss up to nearly $500,000. Several persons are believed to have been burned to death. Four persons will die from in- juries received in jumping to escape the flames, while a dozen or more were injured in making hasty exit. Cc. R. White was talking to Secretary | Perkins when the fire was discovered. He made a dash for the Main street exit, but found the flames coming up the stairway, and fled to the rear of the building. They both leaped from the window and sustained injuries which will prove fatal. Although he was suffering fearfully, White was per- fectly rational and talked freely when seen by a reporter for the United Press at the hospital about an hour after the fire. “The absence of fire escapes was respon- sible for the people jumping,” said he. “A young man named Burrows caught a wire or piece of pipe and succeeded in reach- ing the ground with only a few bruises, but the others that I saw were all injured. There were two or three people in the back rooms, six or seven in the brary and sev- eral more in the gymnasium. There was an old man with white hair in the front room and a boy about thirteen years uf age in the rear. I did not see them jump and I am afraid that they perished in the flames.” Frank Monteverde, bookieeper and part owner, and John Ringwald, cashier of the Schmalzreid House, were the only persons in the store when the fire started. They related their story together to a United Press reporter. “We were alone in the counting room in the rear of the building. We were post- ing the books, preparatory to leaving for the night. “In the front of the store stood a lighted coal oil lamp. It stood on a desk near the front show window and about five feet from the thin partition separating the store from the stairway leading to the rooms abov Suddenly we heard an explosion, and, look- ing to the front of the store whence the sound came, saw that the lamp iad ex- ploded. In an instant the flames had cov- ered the floor and were climbing the parti- tion alongside the stairway. We hurried to get out and had a hard job to escape unscathed, “Of course we did not know whether or not there were people in the upper stories. If there were they had a hard job to e; — and many may have perished miser- ably.” Extent of the Casualties. Later.—The report that a number of mem- bers of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation were burned in last night's fire seems to be without foundation, except as to Thos. H. Bond, who cannot be found. It is thought that he perished in the flames. Joe Watkins, the colored porter, leaped from the third story of the building and was probably fatally injured. Secretary E. A. Perkins, who jumped Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking pow- der. Highest of all in leavening strength.—Latest United States Governmen Food Report. Royal Baking Powder (o., 106 Wall &.,¥.¥. Justice Adams presiding. He | was called to the stand in his own defense | and gave a dramatic recital of the scenes | —_ Pigg building and fractured his skull, wi ie. Will Boardman jumped and fell across | telegraph wires, but when he struck the | 8round his ankle was fractured and his right arm broken in two places. Will Brandon and C. R. White are seri- ously injured. The loss is $100,000, scattered among three firms and the Young Men's Christian Association. All of those who escaped from the build- | Ing unite in saying that there was an old gray-haired man in the Y. M. C. A. rooms when the alarm of the fire was given. No one has seen him since; none saw him escape from the ‘building, and@ it js prob- able that he perished in the flames. He is | thought to be some countryman that came ba > iam to attend the Sam Jones re- vival. ——_———>-— BISHOP COXE TO SATOLLI. The Episcopal Bishop Writes a Letter to the Papal Delegate. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 14.—Bishop A. Cleveland Coxe of Buffalo has written’ to Moas:gnor Satolli the following letter: To Mgr. Satolli, ablegate, &c.: During the past twelve months you have continued to place yourself before the American people in a manner alike ag- gressive and offensive—cffensive not only to the Protestant corvictions, but to the honest citizenship of many who profess a Roman religion. I have hoped that some eminent civilian would feel it his duty to inform you that you are not qualified to expound our Constitution to an intelligent people, nor entitled as an alien to lecture us on our duties. You are not only an alien, but the emissary of a foreign court and evidently as ignorant of our institutions as you are of our language. Since you | have come to the city where [ dwell and where no incoasiderable number of its prominent citizens look to me as their chief pastor, 1 cannot permit your intrusive and gratuitous teachings to be placed be- fore my people without a courteous but firm rejoinder. My people profess the Catholic religion, oned among their Protestant fellow-citizens in all civil relations. It was to define this fact of brotherhood with the American peo- ple and of loyalty to their constitution which embodies principles that Protestant nations only have never professed nor main- tained that our fathers accepted a local and civil name for our American church. But that name defines our civil estate— the Nicene creed defines our religion. I shall therefore express myself as a Christian bishop should, but I shall speak as one Jealous of the freedom which it has cost our forefathers so much to purchase and to perpetuate. And I shall say to you nothing but what the noblest oracles of your own religion have said before; nay, I shall quote the illustrious pontiff, Clement XIV, as fully sustaining my position 1s Bossuet spoke for France. I shall cite the maxims of Mr. Brownson, the most eminent and respect- able convert among American laymen who has ever been led to cast in his lot. with your people. In everything I mean to say, my fellow citizens of your persuasion shall find me, not their enemy, but their champion. I make no war upon their right to enjoy | their religion, but, like the best and noblest | man that for centuries has been reckoned among Roman pontifts; like him who earn- | ed the applause of all nations when he con- demned and suppressed the Jesuits, I am the antagonist of that corrupt society. So Pe thousands of professed Roman Catho- ics. I trust many of them will aid me to awaken my countrymen to the fact that it is a band of secret conspirators against ail liberty and all laws. I shall prove that it is the duty of all free people to limi. ind control, if not to banish the Jesuits trom their coasts. For a few weeks my occupation may not permit me to speak to you in another let- ter, but in a short time you shall hear again, by God's leave, from your Christian brother and sincere friend. A. CLEVELAND COXE, Bishop of Western New York. Buffalo, N. Y., November 14, 1893. —_ AGREEMENT REACHED. Result of Meetings Between Amalga- Ohio, Nov. 14—As a re- sult of numerous meetings between the amalgamated men and manufacturers an amicable settlemeht of the scale question has been reported. Under the terms of the settlement the puddlers will receive $4.75 on a basis of 1 1-2 cents, and the scale will be in the nature of a perpetual one, and can only be abrogated by either side giving no- tice of three months. The amalgamated lodges have placed pe- titions in the hands of President Garland requesting that a general conference be called, to be held in this city or Pittsburg next Thursday, for the purpose of arrang- ing the details and confirming the scale agreement decided upon here. —__—_»—___- CAUGHT AT LIVERPOOL. is, Who Absconded From is With a Millio: ST. LOUIS, Nov. 14.—Somewhat less than jone year ago William Evans, a reputed millionaire commission merchant, suddenly | disappeared. It was then discovered he had | taken with him more than. $1,000,000 of St. | Louis money. Among his victims was the Meyer Brothers Drug Company, and through | theif untiring efforts Evans .has just been located at Liverpool, where he is now under arrest. jit was learned that he had worked sim: schemes in New York, Chicago and else- where, where he was known by the name of Allen. eee COMPELLED TO RETURN. The Alaska Broke a Crank Pin and Had to Go Bac! NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Steamer Alaska of the Guion line, which sailed from this port on Friday last for Liverpool, was sighted northeast of Fire Island at 10:10 this morning, returning. She signaled that her after crank pin was fractured. paren DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Repnirs Needed. The Commissioners have been advised by | Inspector Dubant of the alley cleaning de- partment that repairs are heeded to the alleys in squares 192 and 5), A Petition, | The property owners of Kirby street be- tween New York avenue and N street have joined in a petition to the Commissioners for the improvement of that streat. To Be Improved. to place Van street between M and N street southwest and id and 4 i-2 streets southwest on the list of streets to be mproved next year. i No Conductors, The readers of The Star are already familiar with the endeavor of the citizens lving along the line of the Anacostia rail- road to force the railroad to put conductors on its cars. Recently the Commissioners directed In- inspection of the road and report upon its conditiog, financial and otherwise, with a view of complying with the request of the citizens. The renort of the inspecto->s was made today and shows that at this time the road could not afford to put on conductors, and if the Commissioners were to insist upon it, the result would be that fewer cars would be run, thereby greatly inconveni- encing the public. ee THE THREE NEW GUNBOATS, The Newport News Shipbuilding Co. to Probably Get the Contract. The award of the contract for the con- struction of the three new naval gunboats | to the Newport News Shipbuilding Company | is almost a foregone conclusion. The naval board to which the bids were referred has recommended that action, and Secretary Herbert ts known to favor it. The bid of | the Newport News Company was the low- | est one received, and the department Is sat- fied that it possesses the facilities for the | work. It is of great satis- faction ton: als. that where- as a dozen years there was not a single establishment in the country capable of constructing a steel war vessel, there are now complete plants for such work at Philadelphia, San Francisco, Balti- more, Chester, Elizabethport, Boston, Bath, Bristol, Dubuque, and Newport News, as well as at the navy yards at Prooklyn and Norfolk. Talking About Post Offices. Governor-elect O’Ferrall of Virginia had an interview with Fourth Assistant Post- master General Maxwell this forenoon. The conference lasted fifteen minutes and had post offices for its text, but they are proud and happy to be reck- | | | When his career in St. Louis was aired, ‘The Commissioners have been petitioned | spectors Beggs and Bradshaw to make an_ A NEW ASSESSMENT. Mr. Trimble Thinks One Necessary to Correct Many Errors. BLUNDERS THAT ARE CONFUSING. Many Complaints Received at the District Building. SOME OF THE MISTAKES. Indications at the District building point to a new assessment. Each day brings to light errors of the most glaring sort, and considerable injus- tice, it is asserted, has been done to a largé class of taxpayers. In fact the er- rors made are of such a number and char- acter as to incline officials to believe that nothing short of another assessment will rectify them. As the month wears on the taxpayers of the city gather in greater numbers the District building to pay their taxes, and when they examine their tax bills there is usually great indignation. Not only has their assessment been raised on the ground, but old houses have been increased in val- uation, in some instances as high as 7% per cent. Every one insists that this is un- just, for while it is expected that land values will increase, houses deteriorate in value every year. But who is to blame for this condition of affairs? The board of re- vision only sat as judges, and when proper- ty owners complained of erroneous or ex- orbitant taxation the board looked into the | matter and corrected the evil. It was im- possible for it, however, to revise the en- tire assessment owing to the brief time al- lotted, and the result was that only those cases which were brought to the atten- tion of the board were reconsidered. All the large property holders took ad- | Vantage of the opportunity afforded by the board and had their assessments re- vised and in every case lowered. The small property holder, however, did noth- ing. The session of the board lasted six Almost daily notices appeared | warning the property holders of the work | of the board of revision and advising them | to look after their interests before it was too late. But the life of the board ended with thousands of cases untouched, and with its death the new assessment of 18% began to live. It is a strong, vigorous baby, | but very unpopular. It will live, however, until a new assessment is made, and the Commissioners are powerless to change its construction in any respect. Many Complaints. But that does not deter the property hold- ers from complaining. They have set up |a wail that grows louder each day. The vocal complaints at the tax office are back- ed up by the protests against the high sessment received daily through the mail. |The work in the assessor's office is far | behind and the clerks are crowded to their utmost. ‘Phere are instances where a lot has been charged with a house that never existed. Then again houses rightly belonging to a | certain lot have been erroneously charged to some other lot, and the result is that gen- eval confusion exists. It is a fact that the assessor and the as- sistant assessor (the latter was the chair- man of the board of revision) are in favor of a new assessment. Assessor Trimble in| his annual report will discuss the matter | freely and recommend that a new assess- ment be made. To Recommend a New Assensment. A reporter of The Star found the assessor pondering over an error in the new assess- ment this morning when he went to inter- view him on the needs of a new assessment. “I honestly believe that it will require a complete reassessment of the real estate to | enable the assessor's office to properly as- | Sess, and the collector's office to collect the |taxes. The errors made under the last assessment are startling, and unless some- | thing is done, I fear legal difficulties will arise that may nullify the assessment. | “The trouble was with the board of as- sistant assessors. The board of revision is |not blamable in the least. It did every- | thing possible in the brief time allotted ; to it. In my annual report I «hall recom- mend a new assessment. I velieve it is one of the things urgently demanded, and |I can only hope that the Commissioners | will realizee its importance and urge Con- | gress to give immediate legislation on the | subject.” “I have no hesitancy in saying,” said | Assistant Assessor Griffin, who was chair- |man of the board of revision, “that a new assessment {s absolutely | required to | straighten us out of the difficulties in which |we find ourselves. It would take a week | for me to tell you of the errors that have come to light ‘since the Ist of November. | It is not my purpose to criticise the board |of assistant assessors which made the | assessment, but candor compels me to ad- |mit that it made many grievous errors. Anew assessment will enable us to | straighten things out, which are now hope- |lessly muddled.” The Commissioners’ Views. | Commissioner Ross said: “If the errors that have been discovered in the new as- sessment cannot be cor-ecred without hav- |ing a new assessment, I am in favor of |such a thing. Yes, I have considered this matter at some length and hay? seen evi- dence of error. The assessors first | thought it would be a good idea to yet au- | thority from Congress to change the assess- ment where glariag errors occurred. but | this would hardly do. Everyone sould come in and want his assessment changed. As I have said, i fwe find upon careful ex. |amination that a ew assessment 's tre | only way to correct tie errors, I will vote for such an arrangemeat.” Capt. Powell said: “I nave not heard of the numerous errors you speak of 48 ocuur- | ving in the new assessment. [ believe, how- | ever, each individual case should stand | upon its merits, and if errors found, | |snould be corrected, without imvatidating | the entire assessment. If the presen: as- |sessment is thrown aside it will seriously | embarrass the District. However, if the | | errors warrant a new assessment, I am in | | favor of it.” j DR. KERR b&XON ‘Phe Directors of the Emergency Hos- pital Approve the Report. | The case of the young man Tucker has | been disposed of at last. This, it will be re- | membered, is the case of the man who died several months ago as the result of in- juries received from a fall from a high scaf- | fold. He was taken shortly afterward to | the Emergency Hospital, and his death oc- curred there about sixteen hours after the accident. | Charges were brought against Dr. Kerr, the visiting surgeon of the hospital, alleg- | ng that he had not exercised due care and discretion in the matter in that he failed to respond in person to the telephone mes- sage of the house physician informing him of the character of the man’s injuries. The | charges were brought to the attention of | the board of directors of the hospital by the | father of the dead man, who has been very active in pressing them. |The matter was referred to the visiting | staff of the hospital, composed of a number |of the leading physicians of the city, and in the report they made to the board of directors they completely exonerated Dr. Kerr. ‘The report came up before an adjourned meeting of the beard of directors yesterday land after an exhaustive consideration of | the case in all its bearings the report was |indorsed and resolutions were adopted exon- erating Dr. Kerr and his associates from all |blame or’ responsibility for the young man’s sad death. | ——~—— Hax Been Discharged. Passed Assistant Engineer William A. Mintzer, U. S. N., who stood at the head of |his grade, has been discharged from the |navy with one year’s pay. He was re- cently examined for promotion and found | to be physically disqualified because of bad habits. The board reported against his pro- motion and the President approved their report, with the additional action already | indicated. + e<_______ Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today Were $292,531; from customs, $347,782. HORSFORD'S A PHOSPHATE The Best Tonic Known, furnishing sustenance to both brain and body. AGAINST FREE DELIVERY. Assistant Postmaster General Jones Ad- verse to Its Extension. Gives His Views in an Aunual Report —How the System Has Work- ed and Its Cost. First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Jones is a pronounced opponent of rural free delivery. He says that in the appro- priation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, Congress provided $10,000 to be used at the discretion of the Postmaster General in testing the feasibility of extending a system of free delivery in rural districts. It has been impossible up to this time to give the subject of rural free delivery the study and consideration that it necessarily re- quires, much less to put it into actual opera- tion. This is due, in the first place, to the fact that the time and energy of the free delivery division has been and is now en- tirely taken up with the problem of properly maintaining, with a deficient appropriation, the free delivery service in the cities in which it is now established, and in declining the requests for and in deferring the es- tablishment of the free delivery service in the ninety-three towns that are entitled to it under the law enacted January 3, 1887. Secondly, the amount of the appropriation for this particular experiment is not at all sufficient to provide thorough and reliable tests. The conditions in different sections vary so that a test made in and favorable to one locality would prove unsatisfactory if attempted in another. For instance, a plan might be efficient in a thickly settled rural district in New England, with its good pikes and steam roads, which would not be at all practicable in certain parts of Ohio, in which the farmers are scattered and the roads during certain seasons of the year practically impassable. Acother illustration can be found in a comparison between the states of New York and Mississippi. A free delivery system that would prove satisfactory to the residents of ‘a fruit raising and gardening district of New York State, requiring quick and frequent commu- nication with the markets, would have to be operated on very different lines from a system that would meet the requirements of a plantation section of Mississippi, where the population is scattered. It must there- fore be conceded that, in order to give the rural delivery system a fair and thorough trial, tests would have to be made in many localities, differing in density of population, topography, class of interests and condition of highways and thoroughfares. It would require an appropriation of at least $20,00,- 000 to inaugurate a system of rural free de- livery throughout the country. It is the policy of this administration to extend the postal service on reasonable and economical lines, and to establish post offices wherever communities are justified in asking for them, thereby properly, adequately and more economically meeting the require- ments of postal extension than by estabiish- ing rural free delivery at so great an ex- pense to the people.¢ How It Worked. ‘The experiment of free delivery in towns and villages has been given a practical test, extending over a period of two and a half years. In forty-six towns and villages, ranging in population from 800 to 4,000 inhabitants, the system has been in operation for two full years. At first its establishment was received by many with satisfaction and de- light, and great results were predicted. It was certainly a novelty, and as tong as it remained so, and every resident of the vil- lage had his mail delivered by the carrier, the service not only seemed to prove of real benefit to the patrons of the local post office, but resulted in an apparent increase in the postal receipts. The gross receipts of many of these post of- fices showed temporary increases, and in | Some, a part, at least, of the increase in the volume of mail could be plausibly attrib- uted to the effect of the free delivery serv- ice. But soon the novelty wore off and the resident of the village again found it more convenient to call at the village post office for his mail. The annual increase in the postal receipts and in the volume of mail soon settled down to a moderate ratio, the result of natural growth, and the exten- sion of the free delivery service to towns and villages throughout the country, in- volving an annual expense of at least $10,- 000,000, is not justifiable. Mr. Jones recom- mended in his recent report that this ex- perimental service be discontinued at the end of the current year. +22 THE SEALING FLEET. Anxiety to Know What This Govern- ment Will Do. The President and Secretary Gresham have within the past week received several | letters from prominent merchants on the! Pacific coast making inquiry as to what action has been taken by this government to carry out the provigions of the Paris; tribunal in the Bering sea case. A repre- sentative of these commercial interests had an interview with Secretary Gresham yes- terday, in which he urged immediate action by this government. He stated that the fleet of schooners that infest Bering sea during the sealing season rendezvoused at Victoria, B. C., are already preparing for next year’s work, and some are already on their way to San Francisco to lay in their supplies of provisions, ammunition and nets. The Bering sea sealing fleet is composed of about 150 of the finest schooners afloat, em- ploying from twenty to fifty men each and carrying from five to twenty small boats for sealing purposes. The amount of mon- ey tied up in them is very large and the un- certainty as to next year’s operations is giving much concern to those engaged in commercial and marine trade on the Pacific coast. So far as known no action has been taken | by this government to obtain concurrence of | other governments to the Bering sea agree- ment, and without such concurrence it Is said that Bering sea will be thrown open to the vessels of all other nations except the United States and Great Britain, and the preservation of seal life and the United States property interests in the seals de- stroyed without benefit to this government. It is also pointed out that unless the con- currence of other nations is obtained, the probabilities are very strong that the ves- sels which this year floated the stars and stripes and the Union jack will next year sail under the flags of Germany, France, Italy or Japan. Detached From. the Revenue Steamer Crawford Pen: Capt. John C. Mitchell has been detach from command of the revenue steamer Crawford, of this district, pending final ac- tion by Secretary Carlisle on his case. He was charged with immoral and intemperate conduct, and the charges were investigated by Capts. Congdon, Henrique, and Moore. Their report was submitted to the Treasury Department nearly a month ago, but Sec- retary Carlisle has not yet been able to dis- pose of it. His relief from duty, even at this late day, is accepted by many persons as confirmatory of the theory advanced by The Star at the time the report was sub- mitted, that the charges were sustained,and that ‘Capt. Mitchell would be suspended from duty and seriously reprimanded, if nothing more. $< Nicaragua Canal Report. The long delayed annual statement of the president of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua was received at the Depart- ment of the Interior this afternoon. Presi- dent Hichcock states that during the past year the operations on the canal have been prosecuted with great diligence and energy and with the results which might be ex- pected to flow from this industry. eth ene Range of the Thermometer. 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It is said that the President will in a few days appoint Mr. Taylor as minister to Bolivia and Mr. Astwood as consul to Calais, France, notwithstanding the Senate failed to confirm the nomination of the former and rejected that of the latter. At least that is said to be the sanguine expec- tation of their friends. Mr. Taylor has been almost a daily visitor at the White House and the State Department ever since the adjournment of Congress and Mr. Ast- wood has publicly informed his friends that he is going to San Domingo to settle his private affairs and to prepare for a prolonged stay at Calais if he is commis- sioned. S006: ~ ~ SOSSSSS Dandruff is an tion from the pores of the scalp that spreads and dries, forming scurf and causing the hair to fallout. Hall's air Renewer cures it.