Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1893, Page 2

z THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Match Between Directum and Alix for $5,000. TWO HEATS TAK“N BY THE LATTER. A Large Number of Sportsmen at Fleetwood Park. SLOW TIME BY THE TROTTERS. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Directum and Alix are to race this afternoon at Fleect- wood Park for a purse of $5,000, and outside of the prize thousands and thousands of Gcllars are staked on the result. While being led around the track today Directum broke away, and there was an exciting chase before he was caught. Until the starting gong is sounded the famous horse will be closely watched. Directum’s record is 2.061-4, while Alix has 2.07 3-4 to her credit. The track is said to be in excellent con- Gition, though somewhat hard from last night's frost. Many Sportsmen at the Track. The trot drew a large and enthusiastic rowd of sportsmen out this afternoon. The event was looked upon as the closing event in a year of marvelous events and, though it was late in the season for trotting rec- ords, there was every indication of a sen- sational contest. The day was not favorable for record- breaking. A slight haze in the early morn- ing gave way to a settled cloudiness before Boon and the air was raw and chilly. Both Directum and Alix appeared to be @ good condition. ‘The early arrivals at the track were not pearance erage arti the benpatanie dota Of the club house. “The raw November air was not conducive to thorough enjoyment. The judges were Samuel McMillen, presi- dent of the New York Driving Club, and David Bonner. Direct ‘Takes the First Heat. Directum appeared on the track at 1:15. He was cheered when he passed the grand stand. John Kelly was driving. He warm- e4 up Directum, while the first race on the list was called. Alix, with Jack Curry driving, appeared at 1:50. The crowd was growing impatient. but gave Curry a good cheer as he drove the brown mare past the stand. Directum followed, and then the crowd ‘was happy. * The first heat was started at 1:56 p. m. Sirectum had the pole, with Alix a neck ahead. At the quarter they were nose and nose. Just before the half the mare broke and Directum got three lengths’ advantage. At the 3-4 Alix was up within two lengths. Directum won by two lengths. Time, 2:15 The second heat was won by Directum by three lengths in 2:16 1-4. glioma LOBENGULA A FALLEN KING. The War Against Him to Be Waged by Native Policemen. LONDON, Nov. 21.—A dispatch from Capetown says that although reefs of gold/ are visible near Buluwayo, late the head- quarters of the Matabele king, Lo Bengula, but now in possession of the forces of the Sritish South Africa Company, no prospect ing is allowed. ‘The forces at Fort Salisbury are being @isbanded and the breaking up of the forces at the other forts is imminent. The re- mainder of the campaign against the Mata-| crea: Beles will be carried on by the Matabele- land police force, which is now being or- ganized. ———- MR. CARLISLE IN NEW YORK. Be Spends the Day Consulting Sub- ‘Treasury Offic NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Secretary Carlisle arrived here from Washington last evening and is stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel. ‘The Secretary was in consultation with the officials of the subtreasury this morning and could not be seen. He will visit the subtreasury building this afternoon and will deliver an address at the banquet of the New York chamber of commerce to- nine Secretary expects to return to Wash- ington tomorrow. —_—_ Meeting of the British Ca et. LONDON, Nov. 21.—All the members of the cabinet except Mr. Morley were pres- ent today at a ministerial council held for the purpose of considering the congested business of the house of commons. A spe- cial feature of the meeting is the considera- tion of the scheme to divide the parish councils bill. _o Claiming Lapsed Land at Spokane Falls. SPOKANE FALLS, Nov. 21.—There is great excitement over a telegram from Washington that the lands formerly be- Jonging to the Northen Pacific Railroad Company had lapsed back to the govern- ment again by a recent court decision. Hun- dreds of settlers, young and old, spent all Sunday aight filing claims. — Drowned Where a Tugboat Sank. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—The tug Charles R. Stone sank at pier 1, North river, early this morning. Two men on it were drowned. Harry Rogers, the ninetcen-year-old son of Robert Rogers of 64 Barrow street, and the fireman, known only as “William.” The bodies were recovered. ————— Governor of the French Soudan. PARIS, Nov. 21.—At a cabinet council held at the Palace of Elysee today M. Grodet is appointed governor of the French Boudan- ae HIGH PRAISE AND CENSURE. Major Moore Deals Out Both in the Case of Officers. The Commisstoners have before them for final action the papers in the trial of Pri- vates J. W. Blaisdell, R. T. Payne and W. W. Mendenhall of the police force recently tried for gross neglect of duty. They were! all found guilty of leaving their respective | beats, and the trial board recommended their dismissal. Major Moore in endorsing the findings Say: “Finding approved. As to the recommen- dation for the removal of these men, I have Ro hesitation in expressing my concurrence. “This entire community has been, and Still is, terrorized by a series of depreda- tions of the boldest and most despicable character. As soon as they were developed every possible measure was taken to bring to justice the perpetrators, and the good and faithful men of the force willingly res- ponded to my appeal that they should use effort to arrest the scoundrels. I am Grateful to the officers who have dillgent- dy and faithfully worked to this end, regard- Jess of hours. These defendants, however, have deliberately made themselves excep- tions—grossly neglecting duty, they left their beats uncovered and the citizens under their care act the mercy of desperadoes. The accused have proved themselves un- worthy of confidence, and should not be @llowed longer to wear a police badge, which ought to be a synonym of fidelity and trustworthiness.” oo The autopsy in the case of Prince Alex- ander of Battenberg showed that the ortgi- nal cause of his illness was the lodging of @ cherry stone in the vermitorm appendix. J. F. Allison, J. M. Overton and Robert L. | Overton, who recently entered into a con-/} tract with certain coal miners giving them @ monopoly of the coal trade at Nashville, Tenn., have been indicted by the Davidson | county grand jury for conspiracy. | W. W. Bryant, a real estate agent of Cuthbert, Ga.. was recently shot and fatally | wounded by W. E. Hickey, a merchant of | Cuthbert, in a quarrel over a game of pool. | Seven colored men, who acknowledge that | they were among those who lynched D. T. Nelson, at Varner, Ark., a few nights ago, were arrested Saturda; Rev. E. B. Hodge Burlington, has accepted the appointment of sec tary of the Presbyterian board of education. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, class of ' MORE FORCE NEEDED.! | Assessor Trimble Tells of ‘the Overwork | of Clerks, Licenses Issued and Real Estate Taxa- tion—An Important Supplemental Report—More Help Needed. Several Gays ago The Star printed the | annual report of Assessor Trimble. In his supplemental report, which was submitted jJast evening, there are many interesting facts. The report touches on many points, among them the following: “If our real estate, liquor and other li- censes, which are now payable in advance, were made due and collectable on July 1 of each year, instead of November, there would probably be received, in addition to other usual receipts, a sufficient revenue to meet current expenditures until the semi-annual payment of general taxes in November without any advance from the general government, as reported to be the case under our present system. This plan might possibly enable the District to “catch up” with the general government in its current expenses, and thus do away with one serious argument which is ud- vanced against our former recommenda- tion for the payment of general taxes in one installment at the end of the fiscal year. One annual payment of taxes has been persistently urged by this office and has also been ably advocated by the col- lector as desirable and economical. Assessed for Over $15,000, “One of our enterprising newspapers (The Evening Star), in its issues of the 26th, 28th and 3ist ultimo, published a carefully pre-} pared list of 2,515 who pay taxes on assess- ments over $15,000. From this list it ap- Pears that 665 pay a real estate tax on an assessment of $40,000 and over; 650 on an assessment of 325,000 to $40,000, and 1,200 who pay on an assessment between $15,000 and $25,000, the largest assessment to one individual on our books being that of the estate of W. W. Corcoran, with an assessed value of $1,264,472, and following as a close second, our esteemed and popular citizen, Mr. Caleb C. Willard. There are, perhaps, some 25,000 others who contribute to the District revenues on assessments below $15,000 each. bs Constant Increase Required. “The expert clerical work required of the officials and employes of this office in the Preparation and compilation of the numer- ical books and tax ledgers has been a la- borious and difficult task for the past six months, and most of them have averaged fourteen hours’ daily service in order to in- sure completion of the work. I cannot too highly commend this sacrificing devotion of the clerks to the interests of the District, and it is proper for me to state that the tax books would not have been ready for the collection of taxes in the time prescrib- ed by law had the clerks not worked this extra time. The demand now for tax bills exceeds any previous years tn the history of the District government. and the limited number of employes ailowed this office compels them to continue the working of exira hours. A few weeks ago I forwarded | a formal recommendation for the meager sum of $1,500 for the purpose of partly com- pensating them for this extra labor, and I trust it will be favorably reported to Con- gress. “Valuable and material ald has been ren- dered by my _ two assistants, E. W. W. Griffin and Goff A. Hall, who have been un- tiring in their efforts with the limited force at their disposal to promote the Proper execution of the work. In my esti- mate submitted I have recommended a slight increase in the pay of one of my as- tants, and I specially request the favora- indorsement of the Commissioners to the District committee, his duties being of such a nature as to justly merit the in- se, “As an illustration of the increase of work in this office, the real estate in the county was up to and including 1880 em- braced in one volume of 400 folios; it now requires five volumes of 300 folios each, and next year on account of the crowded con- dition of the accounts, will necessitate six Volumes of 350 folios each. This increase is owing to the large num- ber of tracts subdivided into lots. The numerical book of the county exhibits the same ratio of increase. The real estate in the city is embraced in eight volumes, with an average of 450 to each, and six years ago there were three volumes, afterwards six, but it is estimated that in three years the number will be Increased to ten. The force of this office is not sufficient to perform the work necessary to be done in the regular official hours, and the daily strain upon the clerks working night and day will soon unfit them for active service, and an addition of the clerical force is ab- solutely necessary to perform the duties now being done by extra work. Licensen. During the past year 3,216 licenses were is- sued, exclusive of Mquor licenses, besides 451 | certificates to the collector of taxes for miscellaneous receipts. There have also been issued 121 engineer licenses and 28 licenses to dealers in deadly weapons. | Between the begining of the, license year | and the $d of March, 1893, the date of the Passage of the new law, 619 bar and 320 Wholesale liquor licenses were issued. The total amout of yearly collections was $278,084.81 credited to the various sources. A GOOD STORY TELLER. Assistant Secretary Grant Gives Some Interesting Reminiscences. Assistant Secretary Grant has a very high admiration for Gov. Rusk’s character, which, he said, was marked by a sturdy honesty of purpose in everything he un- dertook. “He was not so particular as to the manner of doing a thing,” said Gen. Grant, “provided always, however, it was done honorably.” He was not intimately acquainted with Gen. Rusk, but knew him sufficiently well to esteem him highly. Gen. Rusk was a great deal of a joker and is credited with many good stories. “One of these,” Gen, Grant said, “I heard soon after I first arrived in Washington. It may be old, but it’s still good. It ran something like this: He was talking about the hotels and eating houses with a young man who claimed to know all about them, and in the course of the conversation the young man spoke of his great fondness for beefsteaks smothered in onions. It Was a source of regret with him, howev2r, that he could not indulge his taste in that direction and maintain his standing in so- clety, because the dish made his bre: offensive. Gen. Rusk seemed to be very much impressed with the young man’ social troubles, but after a minute's! thought brightened up and said: ‘I'll tell | you what to do. You go to Chamberlin’s. | You know where it is. They smother beefsteak in onions in fine style. You cat one of their steaks, and take my word for it when you get the bill it will take your breath away, so that society will have ro fault to find on that score.’"" ———o+—_____ Jadge sham’s Decision Reversed. Yesterday In the United States Supreme | Court a decision rendered by Judge W. Q. | Gresham was reversed. This was in the | case of Herman Sturm of Indianapolis against Ferdinand Boker and others of | New York, for several hundred thousand | dollars on account of a shipment of arms | to Maximilian, in Mexico, which was lost by the wrecking of the steamer. Sturm was an agent of Maximilian, and the case turn- | ed on the contract between the parties, | Judge Gresham holding it was a sale of the | arms to Sturm, while the highest court holds it was only a consignment at the | risk of Boker. a een Patents to Local Inventors. Patents were granted today to Washing- | ton inventors as follows: Harrison B. | Brown, washstand; Will C. Clark, traveling , trunk; Geo. P. Frothingham, collapsible or knock-down vessel; Eddie H. Hamilton, wall table; John B. Murdock, wire splicing | tool; Harold P. Norton, drawing pen. The Maryland inventors who secured | patents were Charles R. R. Heck, Baltt- | more, druggist’s shell; Francis J. Cole, Bal- timore, stock adjuster for car brakes; Chas. F. Hutchinson, Baltimore, grate for stoves, furnaces or rang Geo. W. Knapp, Balti- more, socket for dipper handles. The Virginia patentees were as follows: Henry S. Becker, Charlottesville, stop mo- tion for knitting machines; Francis B. Deane, Lynchburg, apparatus for liquifying gas; J. H. O. K Front Royal, car coupling; Calvert R. McGahey, Elkton, bal- anced slide valve; Oliver P.’ Murray and J. V. K. Waiker, Portsmouth, track-sand- ing apparatus; James C. ‘Thompson, Fairfax Cc. H., grubbing hoe; Willam H. Watts, jr., Swoope, Va., tongue support. | i | [coming campaign. PLANS OF KOLBITES. They Are Preparing to Make a Vigorous Fight. POPOLISIS ARE 0 STAND ALOOF. Congressman Oates May Lead the Demfér-4>. THE REPUBLICANS QUIET. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 21.—The heat- ed gubernatorial campaign in the state that everybody has been ivoking forward to since the state democratic executive com- mittee refused finally some weeks ago to take back into the fold of regular organized democracy that wing of the party led by Capts. Reuben and Kolb, which split off from the regular organization last year, has already fairly begun. The state election does not occur until the first Monday in August next, but de- spite that fact the campaign has opened and for bitterness it promises to exceed any contest known in the history of the state. It is a fight between two factions of the democratic party; one, the old or- ganization, led by old time party men who believe in the political practices that have been in vozue since the war, and the other the outgrowth of the farmers’ alliance with the aid of the people's party. This fight is the result of years of bitterness and hatred that has been brewing between the factions. There is a very strong sentiment among many conservative democrats to let Kolb men back into the party so as to put an end to the political warfare that has been raging in this state for the past three years, and thus heal the present breach in the democratic party. However, their offers were not heeded by the committee. The Kolb men have their own party or- ganization and are preparing to make a long and bitter fight for control of the state. Pla of the Kolb Men. P. G. Bowman, formerly chairman.of the Kolb executive committee and one of Kolb's ablest lieutenants, who is a prominent lawyer of this city, in speaking of the inten- tions of the Jeffersonian democrats, sai: “Our ‘committee will meet in Birming- ham on the 16th of November and call a state convention and mass meeting of our party and all who are interested in honest elections to meet in Birmingham some time in January. We expect an attendance of fully 10,000 deputies and others at the con- vention, and it will be the largest political gathering ever held in Alabama. “Kolb will be nominated for governor,” continued Mr. Bowman, “and the same ticket that ran with him last year will be! renominated with the possible exception of the nominee for attorney general. B. K. Collier of Birmingham, who was the nomi- nee last year for attorney general, is in California now, and another man will be named in his place. Kolb and his ticket will sweep the state by 0 ~majorit: People are tired of fraudulent elections and are weary of the dictation of party bosses. After Kolb is elected. and we are sure he will be, the democratic party will be reorganized. We will also have control of the legislature and the first thing that will be done when that body meets will be to remove the capital from Montgomery to Birmingham. Mr. Bowman ts fully acquainted with the plans of the Kolb men and therefore speaks by the card. He is, however, a very en- thusiastic and sanguine man, as is also Capt. Kolb. Kolb, Bowman and others are now busy stumping the state in the interests of the Jeffersonian democrats. Their strength lies in the mountains and backwoods,where they have large crowds turn out to meet them. The Regular Democrats. The regular democratic leaders are re- maining quiet. They are not inclined at all to assume the offensive. They will not hold their state convention before the regular accustomed time, in the spring, about April or May. They have no speakers in the fleld yet, but say they will be on deck t the proper time. “alreany there is quite a pretty contest up for the regular democratic nomination for governor. The leading candidates are Col. W. C. Gates, Congressman from the third district; Capt. Joseph F. Johnston, a prominent Uirmingham banker, and ‘ol. William Richardson of Huntsville. Capt. Johnston and Col. Richardson were both candidates for the nomination in the mem- orable convention of 18%), when Kolb was the strongest man in the race. but needed about ten votes to get the nominaticn. These he was unable to secure after days of balloting, and finally Gov. Jones, who was the weakest candidate, was nominated by a combination of the strength of all those who were opposed to Kolb. Capt. Johnston is a very pronounced tree silver man and is an abie politician and a most successful business man. He has a very ng following. ee Rich of Mobile is a young man and is the candidate of the young blood of the democratic party. He is a handsome and intelligent man and has a large con- stituency, especially in southwest Alabama. Col. Richardson is the candidate of the democrats in the Tennessee valley in ex- treme north Alabama, where he has been prominent in state affairs for many years. Col Oates seems to have at present the strongest pull in the democratic nomination. He is looked upon as the man who is best equipped to take the field against Kolb, as he is a bold and fearless stump speaker as well as a statesman. The great victory he won over the alliance and Kolb, when in the third congressional district last year, has led the party men to believe that Oates is the proper man to put against Kolb. Col. Oates undoubtedly stands the best show of the nomination. He has already signified his acceptance in case he is nom- inated. The People’s Party. The people's party has grown consider- pbly in Alabama. It now has an organiza- tion In nearly every county in the state. The members of the party affiliated with Kolb last year in the state campaign and in the national campaign Kolb and many of his followers voted for Weaver. But things are different now. There is a mani- fest disposition on the part of oe: eons not to support Kolb in his ating! canipel The way they ao ‘bout the matter is shown by the action of the county executive committee of this county at a recent meeting here. A reso- lufion was unanimously passed to the effect that it is the purpose of the people’s party to support only people's party men for state and county offices. This means that they will not support Kolb, as they say that they do not regard him as one of their jumber. mie is said to be the intention of the peo- ple’s party leaders to nominate a state ticket of their own and make an independ- ent fight for the state and county offices. A very friendly feeling has heretofore ex- isted between the Kolb men and the peo- ple’s party and the action of the latter is received with a degree of surprise. It is said that the people’s party men are angry at the Kolbites because the latter made overtures to the regular democracy to take them back into the party. This is doubt- less a disappointment to Capt. Kolb, as he has confidently expected all along to re- ceive the united support of the people's par- ty for governor. so it is said. If they put into effect their supposed intentions it will wenken Capt. Kolb’s strength consider- aids The Republicans. ‘The republicans are not making any po- Mitieal moves in Alabama yet. It is doubtful whether they will put out a ticket of their own or support the nominees of the people's party or the Jeffersonians. : ne thing is sure and that is taat they are a red hot for McKinley for President in 1896, and say that Alabam. will send a solid McKinley delegation to the next re- publican national convention. —— Wit Not Go to New York. Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee finds himself so overwhelmed with public business that he will be unable to attend the New York banquet, to which he had been invited. oe On Saturday afternoon at Dizie, Webster county, Ky., the boiler of Holliday & Hand- Jey’s saw mill suldenly exploded, instantly Killing the engineer, Harver Minton, and his brother Cohen. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES The Washington Conference Opens at Tabernacle Ohurch Today. Business Transacted da Future Events—Delegates Representi: the Different Churches. The Washington conference of Congrega- tional churches was held today at the Tabernacle Congregational Church on 9th street near B street southwest. There were three sessions of the conference, ending this evening. The handsome structure that the church occupies was comfortably filled when the sessions began at 10 o'clock this morning. Preparations had been made by the congre- gation for the reception and entertainment of the delegates, the committee being under the leadership of the pastor of the church, Rev. G. James Jones. At the conclusion of the morning session a handsome collation was spread by the ladies and every possible attention was shown to the visitors from out of town. Each church in the conference is entitled to representation in such a gathering as this by the pastor and three delegates, but there were a number of others present in addition to the regularly accredited members of the body. The morning session was opened by a de- votional service, conducted by Rev. E. A. Johnson. The first regular business of the morning was the receiving of the creden- tials of delegates and this showed that the following were present as representing the different churches: People’s Congregational Church, Robert White; Falls Church, V. Rey. Fred. W. Tuckerman, Deacon G. A.'L, Merrifield, A. C. Roreback, J. H. Jenkins, pastor; Hern- don, Dr. Mason, pastor; Deacon’ E. L. Howard, Clarence Yount, Mrs. Ellen H. Buell. Second Church, Baltimore, Rev. T. Root, pastor; Miss Mary Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Smith. First Church, Balti- more, Munroe Snell, Lester H. Latham. First Congregational Church, Washington, Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman, pastor; M. Ross Pishburn, assistant pastor; T. T. Stewart, George Redway, Mrs. S$. M. Newman. Fifth Congregational Church, B. N. Sey- mour, pastor; B. P. Entrikin, Deacon Jas. H. Jennings, Mrs. Cora Lewis. Mt. Pleas. ant Congregational Church, Rev. Chas. H. Small, pastor; Benj. P. Davis, J. W. Some: ville, J. B. Sleman. Tabernacle, Rev. Dr. Rankin, Deacon R. F. Downs, Mrs. W. P. Fowler. Plymouth Church, Rev Sterling X. Brown, Samuel Brown, Mrs. Alice Joice, Mrs. Sterling N. Brown. Lincoln Memorial Church, Rey. E. A. Johnson, Mrs. Minnie = Hil, Mrs. E. A. Johnson, P. B. Bag- ley. Business Transacted. The session was presided over by Mr. Lering Chappell as moderator, and as the routine business of the day was taken up, a committee to nominate officers for the coming year was appointed, consisting of the following members: Rev. C. H. Smal committee was also appointed for the pur- pose of drawing up suitable memorials on the death of Rev. Dr. Laurence. This committee consists of Rev. T. M. Beaden- kof, Rev. Mr. Seymour, and Mr. G. A. L. | Merrifield of Falls Church; Va. The remainder of the morning session was devoted to hearing reports from the differ- ent churches. These consisted for the most | part of informal talks on the subject of the work that had been accomplished during the past year. They showed that as a |rule the churches are in an unusually pros- berous condition and had grown materiaily. |An interesting feature was the recognition given té the value of the work done by_the )young people. The report of the First | Congregational Church, the largest in the | conference, given by Dr. Newman, showed | that during the year the names of 122 mem- bers had been added to the church rolis. |The other churches in the District also | showed an encouraging growth. The morn- jing session closed with the celebration of the holy communion by Rey. J. K. Mason and Rey. C. H. Small. Future Program. The program for the remaining sessions of the conference is as follows: 2:00-2:1 deveticnal services, Rev. 2: 2: » paper, “The world’s fair,” Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D.. LL. D.; 2:40-8:00, re- marks; 3:00—3 report from annual con- vention of W. H. M. U., connected with the New Jersey Association. Mrs. S. M. New- man; 3:20-3:40, report from meeting of Philadeiphia branch of the woman's board, Mra. C. H. Small. —4, the Sabbath School and Publish- ing Society, W. A. Duncan, Ph. D.; 4—4 | the Church Building Society, Rev. L, 4 Cobb, D.D.; 4:20-4:40, Paul's Great Wrong, Rev. T. W. Jones, D.D. Collation. Evening Session. 7:30—8, praise service, L. H. Latham. Anthem by the choir. 8 The Down Town Chuch for Today, in its organization and methods of work, Rev. M. Beadenkoft. | Music. In {ts social features, Prof. Richard Foster, M. D.; in its spiritualizing power, | Rev. J. H. Jenkins. Music. In its relations to the up-town churches, G. A, L. Merri- field; conclusions, Rev. S. M. Newman, D. D. Singing of benediction hymn. Reise DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Stable im the Way. In dedicating the alley in square 1011 in cat * the land so that it runs through a bi @ stable, which his neighbors now re- Gu to be removed. The case was sent to the District's legal adviser for report. He holds that if the owner if the stable signed the plat of the subdivision of the Square in which the alley is designated then he is estopped to say that the alley Was not dedicated through his stable. The removal of the stable, so far as it obstructs the alley may be accomplished, he says, in either of two ways The District might file a bill in equity for a manditory injunction against the owner of the stable to prevent its continuance or to compel him to remove it as a nuisance. Another way would be to prosecute him in the Police Court for ob- structing the alley and in this way compel him to remove the stable. Mr. Thomas sug- gests the latter method. Eight-Hour Law. The United States distrist attorney writes to the Commissioners today that he has been informed that the eight-hour law is being violated in the construction of the Easby Pointsewer. He requests the Com- missioners to furnish as soon as possible copies of the contract under which the work is done, the names of the inspectors who have inspected the work since the be- ginning, and copies of all reports of said inspectors, showing the number of hours per day which any of the laborers or me- chanics upon said works have been en- gaged, and the names and addresses of all laborers and mechanics employed under Subcontractors Banks. Mr. Parker Back. Commissioner Parker returned to his desk this morning, after a short acation to At- lantie City for his health. Work Ordered. The Commissioners today ordered that a sewer 275 feet in length to Levis street on Trinidad avenue between King and Levis street be added to the schedule of sewers to be built in 1894. The Commissioners have ordered the pav- ing of N_ street between 13th and 14th streets, at a cost of $900. The United States Electric Company has been granted a permit to lay a conduit on the north side of H street between 17th and 18th streets, and on the west side of 16th street. ——> A Cri J From Puck. Tenderiy they brought the girl from the scenes of midsummer gayety and laid her in her mothe-’s arms. Weeping hysterically, the maiden buried her face in the sheltering bosom. “Cruel, cruel!” she moaned. Maternal love divined the truth. “Some one has been trifling with my dar- ling’s heart.” A tempest of sobs convulsed the tender breast. ‘My daughter, tell me all.” A soothing hand pressed the throbbing brow. A_b-b-b-brute, boo, hoo!—oh, mamma!—” “Speak, child.” ‘—wrote a m-m-m-man’s n-n-name on the r-r-reg—boo, hoo!—register. Oo-0-0-00!" 2 cee The official returns of the Ohio election give McKinley a plurality of 80,995. His majority over all candidates is 43,026. L. H. Latham, and Rev. Dr. Mason. A! this city the owners of one of the lots dedi- | , D. C, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 18983—TWELVE PAGES. A DIFFICULT DUTY. The Post of the Doorman at the National Museum. Sometimes He Receives and Puts Checks Upon Babies. HE MIXED THEM UP. There is one place in this town where good nature is paid for by the government at a small sum a month. It is the post of the doorman at the National Museum, the ;Sentleman who regards an umbrella with | horror and looks upon a cane with dismay. | He stands, meek and obliging, at the great ; Portal in the north, where all enter who |are in search of information about out-of- | the-way things of earth. It is his place to see that the visitors take into the building nothing with which they can injure any of the exhibits, though just how the government regards hands, Plain, simple hands, is a mystery. Canes and umbrellas may be dangerous weapons in the possession of tourists, but where there is a will there is a ready finger to pluck eyes out of models of Chinese man- darins, and to filch fragments of burial robes from Egyptian mummies. However, it is all in a day. The man at the door knows this, so he raises no point about anything but canes and umbrellas. He has an eagle eye for them, and not one gets past him. He reaches out over his little railing that surrounds what looks like @ combination of a wardrobe and a hotel annunciator and he brings up the un- conscious traveler with a jerk. “Your cane, please,” he remarks, so quiet- ly and incidentally that the guest blushes that he did not think of it himself. Then the transfer is accomplished, the ofticial tucks the cane away in a revolving rack in the wardrobe section of the apparatus, and fishes out a little round brass check bearing a number and a few initials. There is nothing more polite in the world that the way in which this guardian of the exhibits disarms the tourists. But he does not confine his attention to canes and umbrellas, by any means; for he is an adept in taking care of almost anything, from a brown paper parcel to a baby. The other day a Star reporter | Strolled through the gates, surrendered his umbrella with the remark that he hoped the gentleman in charge would not forget him when he returned, as he might need the water shedder in the pouring rain that was falling outside; and then he tarried | & moment to ask the guard the meaning of a great variety of things that cluttered up his little compartment. “Are you going to start a general store?” was asked. “No,” sighed the watchman,“I’1a only tak- ing care of a few things. “Did you issue checks for them?’ “Oh, yes!" was the weary response; “I check everything. It is necessary in order to identify the owners.” “Couldn't you remember them?” “1 suppose I might,” yawned the guard, as he returned an overcoat to a departing guest. “But it would be too much trouble — the pay I get. It’s hard enough as it ‘What's that in the corner?” “That?” peated the guard, slowly turn- ing to see. “That's a bird cage, left here by & woman just before you came in. She's I mean, you know, that her check is She may be fifty, for all I know.” Just at this point a chicken, confined in a market basket, ted out to say some- thing. She had some trouble in getting rid of her thought, for he was accompanied by several other fowls, and the lid was down. The guard looked at the basket sadly and | remarked: “I wish the women wouldn't stop In here on their way from the market. It's a nuisance, and it sometimes makes this place smell like a butcher's stall. I had four baskets last Saturday, and one of them had a voice on it like a fog horn. Saturday is my worst day. Not to mention the baskets, there are swarms of children, | and they seem to lug thnigs along just for the fun of getting checks for them—no | ma'am! Your husband has not gone out.” | This was addressed to a lady with a very red face and an excited manner who had just rushed out of the lecture hall in search of her spouse. B “He was the tall man with a slouch hat,” she gasped. | “What was the number?” asked | guard, mechanically | rack. | “You wretch!" She was gone. | lapsed into a melancholy musing. “Do people eve> lea get to come after them? “Oh, yes; they are v Was asked. the past, and sometim | other door and carry off my checks. I've had them come back here days afterward and claim their proper of checks, and turn in a good many canes and umbrellas to the superintendent every month. We clear up each thirty days.” The owner of the chickens just then came along and claimed her poultry. She had a hard time finding the check, and grew very | much excited before she discovered it in | that darkest Africa of human apparel, her skirt pocket. It was number 44, and she gave it up with a sigh, and tucked her arm through the handle of the basket she went down the steps, and she pondered ; upon the exact amount of lard to be used | in he> next batch of cruilers. “This is a bad day.” said the guard, re- suming the conversation,“because it is rain- | 42%; stea ing, and I have very little but umbreilas, | ple, tsad2 I often wonder that I | 22.36 |don't catch cold, handling them. Then 1| $9? don't have any babies to take care of on a) }, day like this. I like babies. My wife says she | 53 ree | and wet ones, too. thinks I would rather pet one of these of various sizes. But there is so much d@ are mostly pretty, for I've noticed that a if it fen’t real good looking.” “I should think you would have a good | deal of trouble with them when they cry,” ested the reporter. utres, that’s one of the drawbacks, but they don’t cry much. They're pretty good, as a rule. You see, bables like jingling | bright things, and so I give "em the checks to play with. I've got a lot here that I don’t use very often, and I've strung ‘em together on a string, and so I keep the little ones amused. They come in arms and in carriages. The carriages make a good deal of trouble, but I can’t keep ‘em out, because the babies can go to sleep in ‘em, and so they are out of the way.” ut a party of five young ladies with um- praliessa mackintoshes and overshoes. He was very gallent about it, and refused the assistance that the reporter offered. When they had gone and he had returned the checks to their places he turned and show- ed his blushes. “One of the hardest things about this post is the fact that people think they have got to tip a fellow for this business. It hurts their feelings to refuse a tip, and it hurts mine, too, sometimes, but I must do it; it would be against the rules as well as my pride and conscience to take the tips.” The conversation was having a very rug- ged way, and another interruption came along just then in the form of a man who claimed that the guard had given him the wrong umbrella. He had tramped all the way back from the monument. The guard was sure that he had not mixed the articles and looked through the collection to con- vince the man, who was very mad. He even tock out each umbrella for inspection, but it was unavailing. The man was mad- der than ever at the efforts of the guard to pacify him. The latter was exploring a dark corner of his wardrobe when the man | suddenly exclaimed: “Gosh, darn it all, any- how.” Both the reporter and the guard looked around, astonished. The man was on his way to the door, and as he reached it, he turned and explained his profanity: “That is my umbrella, after all,” he said. “i did not know it, because when I left the hotel this morning my wife found that mine was torn a little and she insisted on sending the bell boy out to buy another. I'm sorry I bothered you, very sorry,” and he rushed out under his unfamiliar water-roof, gig- gling like a school girl. “I don’t often make mistakes, and I was pretty sure he was wrong. I made a funny mistake one day though, and so I am never | very positive about things. It happened be- fore I decided to use checks on babies. I CANES AND UMBRELLAS IN HIS CHARGE. | mother doesn't usually take her baby out’ ‘There was a pause while the guard fitted | thought I could tell "em apart easy enough. ] But one day came along a woman | with a baby about six months old, dressed all in white, with a white cap. You see, it Was in summer, and the littie thing had on its pretty white things. I put it in the corner, and gave it some checks to Day with, when here came another woman, wi another baby, also about six months old, and all dressed in white. I wish mothers Would dress their babies with more indi- vViduality, anyhow. Well, I never paid much attention to ‘em, because there was a big crowd that day, and when I heard a woman at my elbow asking me for her baby, I said: ‘Certainly, ma'am,’ and handed out one of the young ones, the first that came handy. “she went away with it, and before the doors had swung twice, the second woman came by and got the other infant. It was perhaps five minutes after this that I heard some one Bay: “Where's my baby?” “There stood the first woman, with the substitute in her arms. She was holding it away off, as if it might have the leprosy, | or something else horrible, and the young. | ster was screaming and kicking like a good fellow. 1 couldn’t say anything. I Just tock hold of her and sat her down, and made her sit there. Finally I had the cour- age to say to her that if she would remain | right still for tive minutes I'd give her baby back to her, that there had been a mistake and the other woman would undoubtedly discover the fraud. She was crying hys- terically by this time, and 1 had a sweet | time of it, I can tell you. The visitors came | running and the officers hurried out to see what the matter was, and I felt like a criminal, standing there and confessing that I had given this mother’s baby away. “Well, to make a long story short, the other woman came back, raised the very same kind of a row, and there were more | tears, and more explanations, and lots of | scornful looks cast on me, and the women exchanged cards, kissed their babies, and | hustled out, giving me a cold shake as they | went. 'No,” concluded the guard, passing out a valise to a man in a tweed suit, “it isn’t safe to monkey with fate that w rm going to stick to checks right through, now, and I shall sleep well o’ nights. Good day.” palaahiteitcesnaia ANOTHER IMITATOR. Jack the Slasher See: te Impress Female Servants. Maggie Gant, the colored servant, who im- itated “Jack, the Slasher” at her service place and was sentenced to six months in jail, as published in yesterday's Star, is not alone in her endeavors to imitate the dar-| ing scoundrel. Her companion in crime is Margaret Mindall, a young colored woman who, until last evening, was employed at the house of Michael Cannon, who keeps @ grocery store at 315 Sth street northeast, | Margaret was in need of funds yesterday, and so she appropriated §¥ of her employer's | money. Then she thought she would lay her offense on the “Slasher.” his she did by | upsetting everything in the upper part of the house. Some of the goods she threw out | in the hall way. Then she went to the low-| er part of the house and caused some ex-| citement by expressing the belief that “Jack, the Slasher,” was upstairs. | Mrs. Cannon hurried upstairs and found} things in the condition stated. | Word was sent to police headquarters, | and Detective Boyd, with Officer Horne, | who is now doing special duty, hurried to | the house. The the officers interviewed her she soon ad- mittea her guilt. She had become fright-| ened and thrown the money in the stov Margaret was taken off to a police tion, and this morning she appeared in judge Miller's court on «& charge of is another Jack the Slasher case,” remarked Mr. Mullowney, as he called the case for trial. Margaret admitted her guilt, and said she — been told of “Jack the Slasher’s” do- nes. “In ordinary times,” said the udge, “this might be considered a joke, but just now it is a serious affair. Such conduct wili not be countenanced for one minute by any- body. So many persons are nervous and excited just now that there is no fun about it, and every offender will be given the extreme limit of the law. You will have to go to jail for six months, as will all other imitators of the rascally villain.” A Letter From Jack. i The Star has been favored with a letter purporting to come from Jack the Slasher and containing most dreadfule threats. it | is scrawled in ink on & half sheet of fools- | cap paper and is quite as notable for its | indifference to spelling, punctuation and | rules governing English composition, as for its general bloodthirstiness. The letter, which was received at the East Capital | Streeet post office at 10 o'clock last night, according to the post office mark, is as fol- lows: Washington, D. C., Noy. 20, 18y3. Please put this in your paper Why they | think that they got Jack the Slasher, but | © they have no and for Mr. Cleaveland he | better look sharp and keep his eyes skind the | will show turning to his cane and for them men you all think is the men The guard | all if it dont be'a change it is going to be e things here and for- | Carter Harrison did, the dam beat, be ware | But I lose lots, Skull and cross bones, and beneath it are and receipts, walked out satiated with anthropological ‘sales, 15 | facts. Her eye had a@ scientific gleam as | &4a63 | check babies than my own. I've got three, | versity about these check infants! They | | side of her all the morning, | and is bound up toward the city. | | \ ‘bi for we will fix it for him next now as tine | | 1s he going fishing and Hunting and is people are starving to death and all his | body gard will not save him and we will rase hell before we get throu yet and we you all that the police is no good is the wrong men and not the right men at hell and Cleaveland will fair like that dam to me for me and my gang are going to y absent minded | Set this dam town on fire. Pleas keep a when they get in there among the relics of | €00d look for more you look the Less you | s they £0 out of the | Will see from a friend. Jack the Slasher. | Then follows a rude drawing in ink of a the words, “You can coppie and be Dam.” Police officials to whom the letter was shown today said that High School boys have been writing “Jack the Slasher” let ters by the bushel and sending them to persons doing business along 7th street. One of them thought this letter is the pro- duction of a school boy. _ ore Markets, BALTIMORE, Nov. 21.—Flour dull, unchanged— 25,159 barrels; shipments, S barrels. Wheat firmer spot, 635,u63%: December, 644ga mer No. 2 red, @Oln6! . 6ou66—receipts, S.485 | bushels, p— mired, a: May, 7 milling wheat 1 bushels; stock, bushels. Com vember. 431,431. ny 2 stock, 287.165 bushels: sales, 107.- . Oats inactive—No. 2 white western, 2 mixed western, 334.—receipts, 1,000 237,120 bushels. Rye dull—No. 2, 303 bushels; stock, 47.926 bushela, Hay steady—zood to chotce timothy, $14. els: 50a$15.50. Grain freights stew unchanged. Coffee firm— Rio cargos, fair, 194; No. 7, 18. Sugar steady— granulated, 4%. Other articles unchanged. BALTIMORE, Nov. 21.—Vireinta consols, threes, | G4: Baltimore and Ohio stock, 85; Northern Cen: | tral stock, 67%68; Baltimore and Ohio Southwest- ern firsts, 10315; third incomes, 7; Consolidated Gas bonds, 112; do. stocks, 56%a57. —— Chicace Grain and Prevision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 188s. Bichest. Lowest, Range of e Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- mometer at the weather bureau today: 30; 2 p.m., 33; maximum, 42 Brunswick's Yellow Fever. BRUSWICK, Nov. 21.—Two new cases of yellow fever reported—Annie Von Kohler | and Gus Turner, both white. Discharged— Genevieve Ralston, white, and two col- ored. ls BOUND FOR BRAZIL, 1 The Cruiser Nictheroy Starts at Last | on Her Momentous Trip. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, Nov. 21.—The | Brazilian cruiser Nictheroy is now (x45 p.m.) under way, bound south. The tug Wallace B. Flint, which has been along- has left her | _- The Ryan Company, dry goods dealers, | Atlanta, Ga., has gone into a receivership | with liabilities of $180,000 and assets amount- ing to $310,000, Governor McKinney will recommend to the Virginia legislature an increase of the pay of the supreme court of appeals and circuit court judges. The opposition members of the German reichstag show no signs of coalftion against the government. The clerical leaders will! oppose the mine tax, but accept the tobacco tax. The Cerman government will establish | a military camp in Rhenish Prussia. In Taunton, Mass., yesterday, Welcome H. | Hathaway, who took $)00,00) from the Fall River banks by forge. warehouse receipts and other methods, was arraigned in the superior court. He pleaded guilty and sen- tence was deferred. woman was suspected, and when di > | asked. German-American, bid, SG asked. | bid. 120 asked. Columbia FINANCE AND TRADE. Money Cheap and Abundant in Wall Street, BEARS CURTAIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS, The Industrials Enjoy a Sudden Spurt. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. ———— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Speculation was Somewhat improved this morning owing to the increased uneasiness of the bears, who began to curtail their obligations at open- ing figures. The market generally had im- Proved from 1-8 to 1 per cent over night and more substantial gains were recorded on subsequent transactions. There was no stimulant to influence prices beyond the fear inspired by the abundant supply of cheap money to be had for the asking. Conditions such as now prevail have never failed to produce a boom in prices as the bears themselves can testify, and they are now shifting their holdings so as to profit by past experience. The belief in a practically unchanged tariff led to some covering in Sugar, that was followed by good buying on later dea!- ings for long account. After opening ut 02 1-2 it advanced Steadily for a gain of 3 1-2 per cent, more than 4,000 shares changing hands between 93 and 14. The vetoing of the ordinances providing for two rival Electric Light companies in Chicago, which would have probably made Serious inroads on the receipts of the Chi- cago Gas Company, had a good effect ad the price of the latter stock, which = vanced 1 1-2 per cent to G3 5-8. Distillers gained 1 1-4 per cent on good buying, and Cordage profited 1 5-8 ber cent by a favorabie article in a morning paper. In the regular list, although almost ne- giected by traders, there were some encour- aging gains. Western Union advanced to Ss 1-4, an improvement of 1 1-2 per cen. Burlington gained 1 per cent to 7 3-4, and a and Hudson gained 2 per cent to Trading wes more spirited than at any time for days, but there were no indications of a broader or less professional market. The strike on the Lehigh Valley has not ogee so - to affect other roads, put is unsettled and may be more proionge. than at first supposed. Z The directors of the Chicago and North- Western railroad declared a quarterly div- idend of 4 per cent on the preferred Stock of that company and a semi-annual vidend of 3 per cent on the common, both Payable December 20 to Stockholders of record November 27. The market for sterling and continental exchange continues strong at fractional ad- vances from yesterday's quotations. The continued scarcity of commercial drawings and the absence of bankers’ bills are assigned as the real reason for the advance. The volume of business in this department fs e: tremely narrow. Rates posted today were: Cables, 4553-4 and 486. Demand, 485 1-4 and 4851-2. Sixty days, 483 1-4 and 48% 1 Money ruled at 11-2 per cent on call and from that amount to 5 per cent for ume joans. The clearing house statement shows ex- changes, $101 balances, $4,sui,15.,, and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $700,933. Prices were further improved during the afternoon by a continuation of the covering movement, but sold off slightly at the begin- ning of the last hour on realizing by the room. The market was very encouraging in tone and invited buying on every conces- | sion, so that final sales recorded flattering improvement over initia! figures. —————— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. {Shite price of ne MF eaine prices : repot by Corson rk stoc: cu & Schiey, end the ork stock The following lowest and the XC & Dortuern Pacific. Sorthern Pacube pid. Dorth American ro . Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguiar call—12 o'clock m.—Washington Gas cour. os, $180 at 125. American Security mpd ‘aTust, 10 at 2244); 10 wt 126; 10 wt 13%; 20 at 125%; lv at 125; 10 at 12d. Gove-ament suuds.—U. s 4s, registered, 1907, Liz bid, 135% asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, Aw, bid, 115% asked. ~ “a t of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Se, 106 bid. Water stock Ts, 1901, currency, Firgtry B- year fund da, goid, 13 bd, 115 asked. Water stock . currency, bid. 8.658, funding, cur- wency, 106 wid. i yes! Miscellaneous Bonds.—W and town K. 4. conv. Gs, ist, 185 wid, 14zip Washington and Georgetown BR. K. conv. 135 bid, 142% asked. Masonic Hall 100 bid. Washington Market Company ist bid. Washington Market Company imp, bid. Washington Market Company ext. 6a, Awerican Security and Trust 6s, 1005, A. 100 bid.. American Security and ‘rust Ss, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and mall fs PERE iF oe, o. Coes: 103 10s bus, F y 00 bid. Bark of the Republic, 230 bid. Metropolitan, 260 bid, 290 asked. Central, 260 bid. Second, 120 iid. Fariners and Mechanics’, 175 Did. Citizens’, 130 bid, 180 asked. Columbia, 120 bid, 130 asked. Capital, 110 bid, 130 asked. West End, 90 bid, P asked. ‘Traders’. $0 bid, 108 meked.” Lincol Railroad _Stocks.— Washingt rom and 200 bid, 335 asked. Metropolitan, &0 bid, 100 asked. Columbia, 0) bid. 73 asked. Capitol and North’ O Street, 20 Vid, 29 asked. “Bekington and Soldiers Home, 20 bid. 20 asked. | asked. Rises. 7 Md, 7% eaked. People's 5 Ths bid, 7% auked. Commercial, 5 bid. Stocks.-Real Estate Title, 1 Title Insurance Tie. os ta = ‘eg 49% bid, 5 Blectric Ligh’ phones ‘besapeake and Potomar, 40 tid. 44 asked. American Graphophone, 1% bid, 2% vous Stocks. Washington + Pulls Tee, 1 Boll B Market, 12 Panorams. 16% asked, 1m At the afternobn session of the Columbia Baptist Association today the report of the executiv of which Mr. A. M. Clapp is chairman was read. The report recom- mended inviting the Southern Baptist con vention to hold the sessions of 1595 in this city.