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8 TT oo THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1898—TWELVE PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. THE WEATHER. Forecast Till S p.m. Tharsday. For the District of Colambia, Maryland and Virginia, fair this evening; probably fair Thursday; winds shifting to northwesterly; eolder Thursday night. ce ition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falis, temperature, 40; condition, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 43: condi- tion at north connection, 36; condition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, tempera- ture, 44: condition at influent gate house, 36; effiuent gate house, 36. Tides Tomorrow. High tide. Low tide. 790 a.m. 7:28 p.m. | 1:20 am. 1:28 p.m. ——— NO AFTER GIFT Can compersate for that which did not come on Christmas morning. To those who intend photographs as gifts, remember this, and make immediate engagements sittings at ——— PRINCE'S STUDIO, llth st. and Penna. ave. a = fal every day at J. F.Sheetz’s—Choco- aan an a Mixture of all 60c. Candy for Se. per pound. Only one store, corner 7th and 1 arpet Forks, GoL-005 Massa: ire Ci Cleaning Worl 1 Massa- Caaeects ave. Telephone 42. Carpets made moth-proof free of charge. CITY AND DISTRICT. ee sili AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Albaugh’s Grand Charlies Coghlan in “ New National Theater.—E. H. Sothern in “Sheridan; or the Maid of Bath.” Academy of Musi Neil Burgess’ “County Fair.” Harris’ Bijou Theater.—“Just Landed.” Kernan's Lyceum Theater.—H. W. Will- jams’ Meteors. Mayse Hall, 51 and New England Dinner by the Ladies of Hamline M. E. Church. Washington City Orphan Asylum, cor. 14th and S sts. n.w.—Concert by the chil- dren of the asylum. Willard Hall.—Prof. Carpenter's Lectures on Hypnotism and Mesmerism. Wonderland, 7th between D and E streets northwest.—Entertainments day and night. Lincoln Relies, 516 10th st. n.w.—Open daily except Sunday, 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday and Friday, 8 to 10 p.m. seo bs EXCURSIO: TOMORROW. Mount Vernon.—Macalester leaves at 10 a.m. Harry Randall for Chapel Point, Colonial Beach and river landings at 7 a.m. Tally-ho coach line from 511 13th street at 1¢ a.m. and 2 p.m. for Arlington, Cabin John bridge and points of interest. ——>__ 4 CLERKS’ ORGANIZATION. To Be Known as a Civil Service Bene- ficial Associat A meeting was held last evering at Op-/ penneimer’s Hall on 9th street by a num- ber of goverrment clerks, who were ap- pointed under civil service rules, for the purpose of forming a civil service bene- ficial organization. The general and a number of spirited speeches were made on the subject. The main objects to be secured ar» three in number, to create a fund from which the sum of $270 is to be paid upon tt heirs; to aid the ¢ im executing tne civil honorable wa: extension of the service; 2 service commission rvice laws in every and to assist in the further id laws for the benetit of foster and maintain the to cause of civil service reform regardless of polities, and to pr among the clerks service. A proposed constitution and by-laws was read and laid om the table until the next meeting. The temporary presiding officer appointed a nominating committee to whom ail nominations fo office and for the board ef governors should be made. ‘arther Propositions to Be Discussed. It was decided that at the coming meet- ings of the new crganization the following | propositions should be discussed: First. That prortotions in the departmen- tal service sho be made by certification of the civil service commission after ex- amiaation. Second. That the salaries of each division shall be equalized and classified. Third. That ali petscns now in the classi- fled service should be chirged to the states of which they ere bena fide residents, thereby enabliag c! service eligibles to secure their jusi righis in the quota of ap- pointments “belonging to the different states. Fourth. That the civil service law which prohibits more than two persons of the same family to be appointed under civil | vice should aiso be made to apply to} 7 empk yes now in government service having from two to nine members of the | same family in office. ; ote a friendlier feeling appointed under civil —— ‘The Engineer Acquitted. Yesterday Engineer John F. Cunning of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was charged in the Police Court with driving his train, No. 351i, on the 13th of October last at a fascer syesd than allowed by law within the ci-y Meaits, twelve miles an! hour. Police officers who timed the train testified that it was running about twenty miles in the neighborhood of Sth and K Streets northeast, bu: th: doubted the accuracy of the officers’ estimite and re- turned a verdict of not guilty. | > Law Seh Election. At a meeting of the three classes of the Law School of the National University last Saturday evening a debating society Was organized by the election of the fol- lowing officers: Presi Mr. De Haven ef Missourt; first vic dent, Mr. Par. sons; second vi Carroll D. Jud- - Metical! sergeant-: last night at the ne ® company, With, the occasiva being the presentation to the company -f a hkandsome* upright piano by the neighbors, as well as a house warming. Roche of the government Printing office presented the piano to the men in behalf of the neighbors, and For man Waish responded, with As: man Geddes acting as master nies. An interesting mus literary program arried out. Who pa ticipated were ses A. and K. Hanley and Biessrs. Sweeney. Palmer, Dougherty Ogle, Weldon, Dulzer and Mayer. The visi- tors were entertained at a bounteous re- past. Court of In che Appeais, Chief Justice Alvey and Justices Morris and Shep 5 today, Frank L. Stevens was admitted to the bar on motion of Mr. G. E. Hamilton. Vogeler Son & Co. against Cropley; argued and submitted. Casey against i Union, and Young agairst Kell Blatthai Ingram & Co. against Conway; ar- gued by C. Brown. — Suit to Recover Isabella Johnson and T. J. Johnson, by Mr. W. J. Muller, filed a suit against the Home Insurance Company of New York to Fecover $300 insurance on the premises on the Sheriff road, destroyed by fire on No- vember 2 last ies Reduced Rates to Augusta, Ga., Ex- position. For the above oc the Richmond and Danville railroad have placed on sale round trip tickets to Augus uding one admission into exposition grounds, at $23.50, limited for return passage fifteen days from date of purchase. Extreme limit, December 20, 1883.—Advt. _ Butter, Fine Fresh Rolls received daily at | Wth st., near Pa. D. E. DUTROW. — Medal an Diploma Awarded. A medal and diploma has been awarded Geo. Motts at the world’s fair for Can te Mr. two sets of harness. 9th street northwest. be seen at 57 Trustees’ sale e street s o'clock. Also bri @outheast, o'clock p.m These pro: are desirably the southeast. See advt. Cut See | a4 h st. n.w.—Oyster Lunch | opinion | prevailed that a great deal of good might | be accomplished by such an organization | death of a member to his! BOOKS AND HOUSES. The School Board Urges the Need for More Buildings. a RESORTING TO RENTED ROOMS. | Provision Made for Increased At- tendance Not Adequate. THE FREE TEXT BOOKS. aegis The annual report of the board of school trustees, which has been completed, com-| municates the following to the District Commissioners: “We herewith transmit the report of the | Superintendent of the first six divisions of the public schools of the District of Colum- bia and also the report of the superintend- ent of the seventh and eighth divisions, accompanied, in each instance, by full, interesting and valuable reports from their several supervising principals and the prin- cipal of the High School, for the year 1sv2-'3. The more carefully these reports are examined the more satisfactory will be found the history of the schools for the | scholastic year. In all departments the results obtained have been gratifying, and the majority of them exhibit a highly sat- isfactory degree of efficiency and succe: The board of directors in submitting them will coniine themselves to emphasizing sev- eral of the more urgent needs of th schools. ‘or some years preceding the school year 1886-7 the annual appropriations for school buildings were fixed at an arbitrary figure of $100,000, irrespective of the needs of the schools. The result was that the} attendance of pupils rapidly outgrew the! provision made for them, so that, at the| date mentioned, the half-day system was| in vogue through the first four grades and had invaded the fifth—if that may be call- ed a “system” which consisted simply in turning out the pupils of the grades named for one-half of each school day, for the purpose of permitting other pupils of the same grades to enjoy half-day attendance, although teachers were in readiness to give each pupil the benefit of full-day’s tuition had space been provided for their accom- modation. Attendance Exceedin; tions. “Beginning with the appropriation made in the year Iss6-7 Congress appropriated | so liberally for the schools that in a com- paratively few years thereafter the school | accommodations very nearly attained pro- | portions adequate for the accommodation | of the pupils. For the past two years, | however, very limited provision has been made for new school buildings, and the board now finds itself threatened with an embarrassing deficiency in this respect. Commencing with the school year 1592-3 the school authorities have been compelled to return to the rental of inadequate and unsuitable buildings, and have been driven to a sull greater resort to such rented ac- ccmmodgations during the now current ¥Scin the meantime conditions have de- | veloped which render the difficulty in ques tion more embarrassing than it was at th former period referred to. At that time the plethora was in the lower grades and | there were many parents who were con- tent that their children of comparatively | early age should be limited ta haif-day| schools. Now, and under the stimulus of | facilities for higher education which has} been afforded by the free text book system, | lately introduced, the growth of the schools | has largely been in the more advanced} grades, into which the half-day system is incapable of introduction. “In the estimates for the ensuing year, which have been furnished, only such in- creased accommodations as are actually and urgently needed have been asked. We re-| | spectfully urge that the additional school | | buildings asked in the estimate be granted, without diminution. “As pointed out in our last report, the natural and customary growth in our schools requires about four eight-room buildings annually. Last year_ only one eight-room building was appropriated for, while the appropriation for the current year les for but two. An eight-room build-| g accommodates, upon an average, about, “« pupils, while the annual increase of pu-| pils is from 1,200 to 1,400 For the Business High School. “The erection of a suitablé building for the accommodation of the Business High School is urgently recommended. This val- uable adjunct of a public school system, svpplying, as it does, a practical education and means of gaining a livelihood to a large number of pupils annually, is at present housed in a rented building formerly used as the Colored High School, and incapable of suitably accommodating more than four hundred pupiis. ‘There are now nearly five | | hundred pupils in attendance there, and the number to take the business course is con- stantiy and rapidly increasing. It will be extremely difficult next year to crowd the pupils in this branch of the Hight School into the accommodations at present allotted | to it unless there is a larger and more suit- able building available or which can be rented. “These facts emphasize their own conclu- sion, and, in the opinion of this board, de- the immediate erection of a suitable i for the use of this school. Free Text Books. “We invite attention to the statement in | the accompanying report of Superintendent | Powell concerning the advantages which | have resulted from the introduction of the | m: buildin, free text-book system. ‘These advantages | | may be briefly summarized as three-fold, | | namely: First, an increased attendance, | composed largely of puorer children in the more advanced grades, thus extending the | additional opporcunities to the children of the District most dependent upon the pub- he sehool system; secondly, a percepuble and highly valuable benetit in the inculca- tion and creation of a moral responsibility on the part of pupils intrusted temporarily with the property of the government, corded to them for their own and for which they are held res and, y. greater and easier unifi ng teachers throughout the ulung from the readier provis- ion for the use of all pupils of the neces- Sary text-books for the purposes of in- struction. “In this connection we would renew, and very urge » the recommendation of last year that @ clause be inserted in the ap- | Propriation bili which will permit the use of the contingent fund, as formerly, in so far as may be necessary, to supply’ neces- |sitous pupils in the High School with the needed text books. Prior to the adoption of the free school book system free books | Were furnished to all pupils throughout the | entire course to such meritorious pupils as were without means to procure them. The existing provisions of law providing for free text books to all pupils in the first eight grades is construed yy the accounting offi- [cials as excluding the right to furnish free | | books outside of those grades, a conse- quence perhaps correct under principles of | legal construction, but which, it is con- | ceived, was never intended or desired by | the legisiative power. Many of our bright- est and most meritorious pupils every year | jare the children of persons in indigent or | limited circumstances; and we submit that those of them who gain admittance to the High School by their intellectual qualifica- | tions industrious application should not be turned from it because of their inability | to supply themselves with text books. “It is earnestly hoped that this recom- mendation, which ws made last year, but apparently overlooked, will not escape at- tention again when framing the phraseol- ogy of the appropriation for our schools for the next ensuing year. The Care of School Property. “In connection with the subject of free text books, we also call attention to the necessity of some suitable and adequate provision for their custody, distribution and care. The value of the property now in the It is property which cannot be kept in any one place, or under control of any one of the present school e distributed throughout . houses of $ munua! ed through some | training scho {1 | $500 to $650, |Tetrenchment is so absolutely necessary, | American Cong> forty or more different buildings, and worth probably $100,000. No well ordered business establishment would permit so large and valuable a property, whose use necessarily involves dispersion, to remain without the employment of some suitable property clerk or custodian of sufficient business qualifica- tions and experience to keep books, system- atize the distribution and be able to follow and secure the return of the assets in ques- tion. Necessarily, under existing condi- tions, this work has to be committed to the supervising principals and the teachers be- longing to different divisions, operating in many different parts of the District without connection with each other, with no central or responsible official to whom they are sev- erally accountable, and, perhaps, what is most unsatisfactory of all, who can give the time and effort required to the duties thus imposed upon them, only by withdraw- ing the same from their own appropriate duties and employment as teachers in the schools, and proportionately impairing their efficiency. “We recommend that a custodian or prop- erty clerk be provided for, at a salary of not less than $1,200 per annum, together with one laborer, at $500 per annum, with liberty to purchase and maintain out of the fund a horse and wagon for distribution and collection of text books and similar school supplies, “Such an official, so equipped, could, in addition to keeping safely and in good order the property of the schools above described, have assigned to him the duty of seeing after recessary repairs to school buildings and other matters of a purely business or routine character, which now engross a arge part of the time of supervising princi- pals, end thus enable the last named offi- cials to devote their time exclusively to supervision in the schools, where it is most useful and greatly needed. Janitors and Repair Work. ‘The act of March 3, 1881, entitled ‘An act making appropriations and providing for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, and for other pur- -| Poses,’ 21 Statutes at Large, page 458, para- graph 3, provides that the janitors of the public school buildings, in addition to their ther duties, ‘shall do all minor repairs to buildings, furniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and shall be selected with refer- ence to their qualifications to perform this work.’ This provision of law has been re- stricted by the board of trustees to the ex- | tent of selecting janitors with references to” their qualifications for work of the kind described, but it has been practically nulli- fied by the absence of tools, materials or appliances for doing the work in question. Repairs of the kind specified in the act, as @ matter of fact, are made under the direc- tion of the inspector of buildings and by persons employed and paid through that officer. This not only entails an unneces- sary expense, but consumes much of the time of the officials in seeking, frequently and again, attention to such repairs as are needed, and which can be attended to only as the convenience of or other demands upon the office of the inspector will render possible. It is reported to the board that it sometimes requires months to have a broken pane of glass replaced, and that a broken door knob will go unremedied for a twelve-month. The school officers have no power to supply glass, putty, hinges, paiat brushes or any other materials or tools in the premises, and their selection of janitors with the qualifications required by law is practically an idle formality. “We recommend that out of the school repair fund a suitable ailotment be made for an outfit of tools and materials neces- sary and suitable to enable the janitors to do this class of repairs required by law. “The foregoing recommendations are re- spectfully submitted.” —_—_— THE SCHOOL BOARD. The Cha: Made at the Meeting Held Last Night. The school board held a brief but inter- esting meeting last evening, when the an- nual reports of both Superintendent Powell and the board itself were adopted for the year for transmission to the Commission- ers. Considerable routine business was done. A letter was received from Saks & Co.offering to repeat their act of last year in | giving to poor children of the schools one hundred overcoats. The offer was accepted by the board and the coats will be distrib- uted as last year, through the supervising | principals. Samuel Simmons was appointed clerk in charge of free text books in place | of W. J. Chinn. the new bullaing at the corner of 10th and U streets be named atter the lat® Senator James W. Patterson. ‘ne janitors of tne itn division wrote to the buaru requesung more pay, ana reciting tne iwng nours ana arduous (asks that are imposed on them. Their letter was referred to tne committee on teachers and janitors, Changes and appointments were recom- menaea from the various divisions as fol- tows: A. P. Cunningham, appointed jani- tor of the Madison senool, vice W. B. Kock, deceased; Emile Devlin, teacher, transferred to third grade, vice Emily En- thotter, resigned; David Lattimore, trans- ferred from Eastern High School to third grade, vice Deviin, transferred; Anna M. Dutton, transferred from first to fifth dil- vision and assigned to third grade. Seventh and eighth divisions—Promoted, M. C. Muntz, 3500 to $550; A. K. Roller, HO to $ M. E. Spillman, $400 to $425; A. Arnold, $500 to $550; A. L. Browne, $500 to $650; K. L. Wayman, A. V. Shorter, G. Fletcher, $500 to $550; M. F. Barker, Appointed—K. M. Nalle, cook- ing teacher, $00; J. B. Clarke, Stevens school, vice R. 'T. Moss, deceased, $1,000; L. E. Wilkes, $500, vice Arnold, promoted; - M. Frazier, $300; 5. Keys, $500; T. L. Furley, $550; Lillian Mason, $500; J. R. Whipper, $500, and E. Contee, tempo- rary, $00. Resigned—E. M. Jackson, teach- er. 4 Fifth division—Appointed, first grade, Weightman building, $400, E. W. Burdette and J. Fellows, without signment. The following names were recommended by the committee for teachers’ certificates: Third class, Nannie B. Croswell; second class, Thomas F. Devine and Gertrude Ballard; first class, Antoinette Clements, Flora G. Steinberg, Josephine Wharton, Charles J. O'Neil, Elizabeth L. Mitchell and Henry Lowe. The annual report of Superintendent Pow- ell, which: was approved by the board, was one of the longest ever submitted by him, and dweit upon a great variety of topics, It shows the number of pupils enrolled to be as follow: First six divisions... Seventh and eighth divisions 1; in high schools: male, § in grades schools: male, 17,874; female, mal schogjs: male, 4; female, ; in nor- - > A Clerk on Mr. Dockery’s Report. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The reported deliverance of the Hon. Mr. Dockery of Missouri, upon the subject of certain contemplated economic reforms in the executive departments of the govern- | ment, has suggested the query: Why is it | that whenever a little retrenchment in the matter of public expenditures is deemed necessary by some one or more overzealous would-be statesman, that almost invaria- bly the first target aimed at is the salary of the (all things considered) poorly paid clerk, upon whose faithful and skillful per- | lt was voted to take a recess formance of duty so much depends? Does | it never occur to these gentlemen that, if it might be ju: well for them to begin at the fountain head, and turn back into the treasury a thousand or two of their own rich and self-provided remuneration. Is it not a well-known fact that our ‘ssmen are (whether de- servedly or not) the best paid legislators in the world? Could the majority of them realize It was recommended that } THE EXCISE BOARD. Applications for Liquor License Oon- sidered and Acted on. A Large Number Granted and Some Rejected—Other Cases Held for Further Examination. The postponed meeting of the excise board was held yesterday, and proved to be the largest of the year. When the ses- sion closed it was found that fifty-eight ap- Plications for retail liquor license had been approved and four rejected, nineteen ap- plications for wholesale liquor iicense had also been approved, and a number of ap- plications for both retail and wholesale liquor licenses held up awaiting investi- gation. The following is a list of those acted upon; Retail Allowed. Jas. McGinley, 219 N street southwest; T. M. Rudd, 31 Louisiana avenue north- west; John Herble, 825 F street northwest: John W. Miller, 731 Sth street southeast; Ferdinand Igmbrecht, 237 New Jersey avenue northwest; Ernst Dahle, 1429 North Capitol street; Lorenzo Simi, 1287 New Jersey avenue southeast; Henry Murray, 151) 7th street northwest; Ernst C. i. Ruppert, ligt Pennsylvania avenue north- west; Wm. Cannon, 1218 7th street north- west; Chas. A. Sen: 14th street and Ohio avenue northwest; Chas. H. Clark, 111 6th street northwest; Chas. Mades, 3d and Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Geo. Miller, Benning road; Frank P. Hall, 1000 Tth street southwest; David Riordan, 203 L street northwest; Casper L. Misel, 1200 llth street southeast; Wm. McGuire, 1500 7th street northwest; Wm. Willers, 5 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Rosa A. Lynn, 483 Pennsylvania avenue northwest: Theodore Mueller, 617 D street northwest: Amanda C. Bossart, 201 M_ street south- west; M. A, Jennings, 124 E street north- west; Wm. E. Grieb, 920 Sth street south- east; John Heil, 614 41-2 street southwest; Henry Jaeger, 407 Q street northwest: Henry Sheehy, 1425 H Treet north- east; Bernhard Conroy, 233 Virginia ave- nue southwest; Lucius W. Snook, 325 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Mary A. Collins, 3015 K street northwest; Charles F. McLaughlin, 311 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; James O. Holmes, 333 Virginia avenue southwest; Thomas Babbington. 80 H street northeast; Philip Barry, Wit © street southeast; George Schaefer, ::605 M street northwest; Barbara Hodermann, 1748 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Wi!l- jam L. Mahoney, 600 K street southeast; William H. Lee, 18 C street northwest: Louis Steerman, 1917 14th street northwest John T. Carroll, 201 C street southwes 3 John Eller, 21 O street northwest: Johanna Hattenger, 813 Maryland avenue southeast; James P. McGrann, 1704 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Theodore Ruppert, 012 New Hampshire avenue northwest: Patrick Carr, 101 G street northeast; J. J. O'Conner, 48 E street southwest; E. Gerstenberg, 1343 E street northwest; Samuel M. Bryan, 800 L street southeast; Daniel C. Goodale, trus- tee, 1335 E street northwest; A. A. Hayden, 115 41-2 street northwest; Mary Fitzpat: rick, 1340 14th street northwest; Morris Barnett, 1110 E street northwest; William Cc. Schwartz, 1200 D_ street northwe: Michael Dietz, 239 New Jersey avenue northwest; George F. Fogle, 208 7th street southwest; Alexander Bufonchio, and Jo- seph Ardigo, 318 14th street northwest: erg H. Schonborn, 209 7th street north- west. Wholesale applications approved: Cook Bros. & Co., 1008 lith street northwest: Jesse Smith, Reno: John Ballers, 1840 1 | Street northwest; A. P. Geter. 12 northeast; W. northwest; C. G. McChesney. 1636 9th street northwest; G. Riani_ 135 B street southeast; |B. P. Guyon, 3272 M street northwest; J. F. Harrmann & Son. 750 10th street southeast; Charles Repp, 1635 O street northwest; C. and F. Renshaw, 1201 M street northwest: tler Bros. & Co., 1301 |C street southwest; Alice K. Seligson, 1200 | Pennsylvania avenue northwest: James Murphy, 900 10th street southeast; Jacob S. Redman. 4 Louisiana avenue northwest; Calvin Witmer and Nelson H. Duvall, 1:18 Pennsylvania avenue northwest: Michael M. Touhy, 1021 M_ street southeast; Patrick Phillips, 126 B street northwest. Retail, rejected: John T. Moylan, 141% Pennsylvania avenue: Christian Dammeyer, 304 10th street northwest: M. E. Donohue, P street northwest: Fritz Schnaeble, 302 10th street northwest. The board will meet again on Friday. An Anti-Slasher League. To the Editor of The Evening Star: As life and fire insurance companies are able to make a financial success of their business, and since insurance against such rare and exceptional occurrences as railroad accidents, cyclones, etc., is a fairly profit- able enterprise, permit me to suggest that it might pay to start a local association in this city to indemnify the sufferers from the depredations of “Jack the Slasher.” A stock company should be formed for the purpose, to be known as the Capital City Cilizens’ Anti-Slasher League, or by some other appropriate title. Through an organization of this kind the losses incurred by individual householders at the hands of the nocturnal destroyer might be so dis- tributed among members of the mutual protective alliance as to be scarce- ly felt. If “Jack the Slasher’ is to become a _ permanent factor in the domestic and economic life of Wash- ington an association of this sort would prove abundantly popular and remunera- tive. Perhaps, however, the radical measures resorted to by the Chicago authorities for the suppression of the thugs (as described in the appended clipping) might be enforced even in the District of Columbia. It is humiliating that an outlaw like the slasher could have eluded punishment for so long a period in this “paragon” of cities: Commencing tonight (November 17) Chi- cago will be between the hours of 1 and 5 a. m. practically under martial law, with the police force as garrison. Every person found on the streets cutside the few streets where business is carried on all night will be halted by officers in plain clothes and re- quested to give an account of himself. Ev- ery person who shall act in a suspicious manner or have weapons or tools that might be used in burglary in their posses- sion will be placed under arrest. By this rigid method it is hoped that many of the midnight prowlers who have committed so many murders and burglaries recently will be captured or frightened away from the elty.” November 21, 1893. W. H. RAND. a aes Daughters of the Revolution. A meeting of the Mary Washington Chap- ter, Daughters of the American Revolution, | was held last evening at Metzerott Hall for the election of officers for the ensuing year and for delegates to the continental congress in February next. Mrs. Admiral Lee was re-elected regent by an over- | whelming vote, and the board serving for the past year was re-elected, as follow: Vice regent, Miss V. Miller; recording s jretary, Miss J. E. Richards, correspond- jing secretary, Mr M. F. O'Donoghue; | treasurer, Mrs. Dr. Lamb, and registrar, | Mrs. Janin. \ | until No- the local delegates vember 28, at 7:30 p.m., when board of management and the | would be elected. —_—_—__ Death of Mrs. W. B. Webb. The many friends of ex-Commissioner W. B. Webb sympathize with him in the bereavement which has come upon him in the death of his wife, Emily R. Webb, who died at the family residence, 1sw0 | street,yesterday. Mrs. Webb was a woman one-half as much as they | of many admirable qualities, and had a einatd by | the government in the jarge circle of acquaintances who mourn ordinary walks of business life? | her loss. She was the daughter of H. K. We have no objection, however, to! Randall, one of the old citizens of the Dis- | our Repcesentatives being well paid, but while they live, they should be willing to allow others, who are equally deserving, and who, as a rule, render a quid pro quo, to also live. A little retrenchment may be effected by means of a parismonious policy, or through the employment of cheap labo>, but econo- my at the expense of efficiency rarely, if ever, pays. There are many men of recognized intel- lectual ability, and of varied accomplish- ments who, through the foree of circum- stances, are compelled to perform cle work, Would it be fair to ask and den the services of this class of labor at a com- pensation only barely in a city like Washington to wolf from their doors? This she ghty con- sideration with ‘and one that should be y treated. It is ntimes to make a little cheap ¢ acquire a certsin kind of promini posing as an a sufficient > the a ld bh our law makers just “ pital ce ate of reform in the ng of a few paltzy dollars, but it is nerally found that he who sows to the | wind aimest invariably re the whirl- wind, A CLERK. trict, and in the house where she died she was’ married in the year 1854. Funeral services will be held ‘tomorrow morning at 11:30 at St. John’s Church, and the in- terment will be at Oak Hill. aaa Convictions and Dismissnis. In Justice McComas’ court yesterday a nolle pros. was entered in each of the foi- lowing case: James W. Haywood, forcible entry and person, Peter Voight, carnal knowledge of Haywood, housebreaking. John Taies was convicted of petit larceny and sentenced to jail for tive months. aucti ers, tomorrow at > p.m., a valu- | able building lot on New Hampshire avenue | between M and N eets northwest. See auction column.—Advi detainer; Jaspe> Jackson, larceny from the! female under sixteen years (defendant hav- | jing married the girl); Arthur H. Carneil, grand lasceny (sentenced in another case); James H. Skel! forgery, and Allen B.j paneer W. E. Edmonston and Calderon Carlisle, trustees, will sell th Sioan & Co., | AMUSEMENTS. The Fencing Master.—A brief season of opera comique will be ushered in at Al- baugh’s Grand Opera House Thanksgiving week, Monday evening, vember 27. The “Fencing Master” will make its bow to a Washington public upon this occasion and a hearty reception is assured. The “Fenc- ing Master,” as produced by the Mapleson & Whitney Opera Co., is really an attrac- tion extraordinary, and is bound to receive most liberal support in consequence. The complete roster of the organization em- braces, as prima donna, sopranos, Mes- dames Lilly Post, Julia Spencer and Marion Langdon; contraltos, Madame Thea Dorre and Misses Maggie Bolton and Lizzie New- man; tenors, Gerald Gerome and Edward Pease; bassos, A. M. Holbrook and Ole Norman; alzo comedians. H. W. Tre Den- ick and G. A. Bigelow, together with the celebrated barivone, Hubert Wilkie, and the star of the organization. Laura Schirmer- Mapleson. All calcium. orchestra and scen- ic effects are carried in their entirety by the company. The scenes of “The Fencing Master” are laid in Milan. Venice and Italy. Two matinees will be given—one on Thanks- giving day and the usual one on Saturday. Sale of seats begins tomorrow. . The Pulse of New York.—C. N. Bertram’s big scenic production of that well-known melo-drama “The Pulse of New York” will open their week's engagement at Harris’ Bijou Theater next Monday night. The play is one which presents a rapid succes- sion of moving situations and thrilling climaxes in a way that evokes the highest interest of the audience. The elaborate scenery carried by the company enables each episode to be presented with startling |realisem. In the pile driver scene is shown ;the mammoth hammer and steam engine in full operation. The scene in which the hero and heroine escape death by hanging from the ties of the railway track while a long train passes over their heads eclipses anything hitherto attempted in modern melodrama. The South Before the r.—Whallen & Martell’s new production. “The South fore the War.” will be the attraction at the yceum next week. It is said to be a faithful representation, illustrating the plantation life of the darkey before the war. Sheffer & Blakely appear in their latest creation, “ "Possum and Sweet Po- tatoes,” and Charles Howard. the clever Ethiopian artist. in his character of the aged darkey is excellent. The scenes of the play are arranged so as to give full scope to the eccentricities. festivities and follies of the original southern darkey. The company numbers seventy people and their specialties include buck and wing dancing, cake walks and jubilee singing. The Austrian Band Concert.—The con- cert to be given in Convention Hall on Sat- urday night by the Imperial Austrian Infantry Band promises to be a musical and social event of much more than ordi- nary importance? Besids the Austrian legation, it is understood that nearly all the diplomatic corps will be present, for the Austrian minister has, at the request of Prof. Cloward, extended invitations to all the other foreign legations in the city. ‘The playing of the band has created a furore wherever it has been heard, and those who visited “Old Vienna” at <he world’s fair do not need any inducement, but the mere announcement that the band will appear, to attend the concert. The pro- gram will be varied and so arranged as to | show the band to its best advantage. Seats may be secured at the Bradbury piano warerooms. A: Yashington City Orphan Asylum.—Not- withstanding the inclement weather last ‘evening, a goodly number of the friends of the Washington City Orphan Asylum braved the storm to be present at a concert given by the children of that institution. The cantata, “A Day in the Woods,” was ren- dered in a pleasing manner and was en- thusiastically applauded. In the intermission between the two parts of the cantata, soprano solo was given by Miss Graham | and a violin solo by Miss Mira D. Chitten- |den. Miss Graham, both in her solo and as grandma in the cantata, was very effect- ive, and Miss Chittenden’s violin solo re- ceived a good share of commendation. The setting of the stage represented a wood- land scene and the trees and bushes gave a very natural effect. After the concert re- freshments were served in the school room and a large number of the audience re- mained to enjoy them. The concert will be repeated tonight. Wonderland Museum.—In spite of the inclemency of the weather this amusement resort is still playing to its full quota of highly pleased audiences. A program of unusual merit is being presented to its pa- trons this week, a highly sensational fea- ture being Prof. Matthews’ den of Siberian wolves. These ferocious animals have been taught some most wonderful feats. Owing to their deceitful nature, their performance has to be given in a large iron cage on the stage, and during the exhibition they are continually snarling and fighting. Signor Cordano, one-man band and bird imitator, performing upon six musical instruments at one time; Nelson and Kawiski, in their indescribable acrobatic and contortion act, entitled the country boy and the frog; Miss Etta Albion, character dancer and serio comic, with Prof. Harris’ royal mar- jionettes or family of Hliputians, make up the program. Albaugh’s.The Coghlan Company-The Coghlan Company, which includes Rose and Charles Coghlan and their splendid com- pany, will present on Friday and Saturday evenings the brilliant society comedy by Charles Coghlan, entitled ‘“‘Lady Barter.” This pleasing play will be preceded by the one-act comedietta, “The Happy Pair,” by Teyre Smith. This change of bill has been brought about by a request of a large num- ber of our theater goers, who are anxious to see these favorite artists In a grand dou- ble bill. “Diplomacy” will be given to- night, Thursday evening and Saturday matinee. ———— Second Division Associated Charities. A meeting of the second division of the Associated Charities was held last evening at the residence of Judge Hagner, 1818s H street. The election of officers resulted in the choice of the following named: A. B. Hagner, president; Commodore . Easby, first vice president; Gen. kman Du Barry, second vice president, and Messrs. .. A. Littlefield, Harry C. Whitney, Tho: J. Luttrell, John L. Edwards, Francis Helberger, Jas. B. Lambie, John H. Voor- hees and Gen, A. W. Greely, directors, Mrs. M. H. Chapman was elected registrar in charge of the office. The reports on finance showed that $sy0 had been paid out during the year in money, besides large donations of clothing, food and other yecessaries. The number of families relieved was 541, which included 720 adults and 5 children, a Cruelty to Animals. Superintendent James P. Cochran of the Belt Line Street Railway Company was charged before Judge Kimball yesterday with cruelty to animals, in working one of the company’s horses when unfit to be worked, because of a bog spavin. It was testified that the horse was used as a hill horse, and that in doing that work the pain from the injury was specially aggravated. Witnesses for the defense denied that, but Judge Kimball said that it was clearly evident to him that the working of the horse was truly an act of cruelty, and the defendant would have to pay a fine of 310. premarin ee The Application Denied. In the case of George W. Thomas agt. Luther M. Longshaw, for the dissolution of a partnership and the appointment ofa receiver, Chief Justice Bingham has denied the motion for a receiver, holding that there was no partnership. ————————— HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA Is the medicine you should take if your blood is impure, your digestion poor, your nerves weak and debilitated. It will purify, vitalize and enrich your blood und give you ‘nerve, mental, Lodily and digestive strength. Be sure to get HOOD'S HOODS HOOD'S AND BooD’s HOOD'S: ONLY HOOD'S HOUD'S HOUD'S. “Formerly I suffered with neuralgia, but it has not troubled me since I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla. I gave Hood's to my Uttle girl for throat trouble, and it gave her immediate relief. My brother has also taken it aud it has cured |him of asthma. Previousiy, he could not eat much and got only a little sleep. Now he has a xood appetite, can breathe easily and sleep sound- ly ut night. He has regained his former strength nd Weight. We are all indebted to Hood's Sar- parilla and will use no other medicine.” Mrs, REBECCA WEST, Orrstown, Pa. The great value of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarri is vouched for by thousands. HOODY'S PILLS are purely vegetal | prepared trom the Lest ingredients, 25c. carefully WHO IS RESPONSIBLE For George Bolling’s Injury From the Fall of a Telegraph Pole. In Circuit Court, Division 2, Justice Cox, the case of George W. Bolling against the District of Columbia, the Western Union Telegraph Company and the United States Electric Lighting Company is on trial. The plaintiff sues for $5,000 damages caused by the fall of a telegraph pole on the north side of Thomas Circle on October 14, 1891, frightening the horse of plaintiff, causing it to run away and throw him and his wife out, injuring both of them. Messrs. Garnett and Mackall appear for the plaintiff and Messrs. Thomas and Duvall for the District; C. J. M. Gwynn of Baltimore and J. K. Reding- ton for the other defendants. It is not denied that the pole fell, &c., but the question is as to which party is respon- sible, the Western Union, who put down the poles, claiming that the poles had transferred to the Electric Lighting Com- pany, and the latter, after they had laid trict, and the District claiming that it was not responsible. —_-—___ LEIPOLD’S HAZERS FINED $100 EACH Judge Woodruff Also Gives Two of the Princeton Boys a Reprimand. Herbert W. Fitzgerald of Pennsylvania and William H. Fulper of Flemington, two of the seven Princeton students indicted -for assault and battery for hazing Robert Leipold of Washington, a fellow student, appeared in court at Trenton yesterday and pleaded non vult to the charge. They were each fined $100, which was promptly paid, and they were released, but not until Judge Woodruff had given them a severe reprimand. He said that their conduct had been disgraceful and illegal. “You call it hazing,” he said, “but we call it riotous conduct. As you are young men pursuing an education, the court has no desire to place any obstacle in your way; hence the court lets you off with a fine.” There are still five‘other students to plead to a like indictment, and they will probably be disposed of in the same way. ek BOOS THE COURTS, Circuit Court, Division 1—Justice Bradley. Yesterday—Crawford agt. Spaiding; mo- tion for a new trial filed. Suit agt. Weaver; on trial. Circuit Court, Division 2—Justice Cox. Yesterday—Bolling agt. District of Colum- bia et al.; on trial. Equity Court, Division 1—Chief Justice Bingham. Yesterday—Jordan agt. Stewart; pur- chaser directed to comply with terms of sale, &c. Equity Court, Division 2—Justice Hagner. Yesterday—Durand agt. Bateman; decree vesting title. — The Free Library Agitation. To the Editor of The Evening Star: more than gratified to find in it a few days since an editorial on the subject of a free library in this city. I am a resident of Baltimore, lately ap- pointed to a position in one of the depart- ments in this city. I have been spoiled, I suppose, by the Pratt library of that city, and it seems strange to come here and find an immense building being erected for a Congressional library and yet here there is no place for a free one. Why should not the Congressional library be a free library, such books to be reserved, as is the case in the Pratt library, that are too valuable for free circulation? SCRATCHING POY On fire with eczema will find instant relief and speedy cure by using CUTICURA REMEDIES When the best physicians, hospitals and all otber remedies fail. To those who have suffered long and humors, and who have lost faith in doctors, medi- cines and all things buman, the CUTICURA REM- EDIES appeal with startling force. Their success has excited the wonder of physicians familiar with have friends in every quarter of the civilized world. People in every walk of life believe in them, use them and recommend them. They are im truth the greatest skin cures, blood purifiers and humor remedies of modern times. Sold throughout the world. POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. CORP., sole proprietors, Boston. £7~“All About the Blood, Skin, Scalp and Hair,” mailed the conduit, had given them to the Dis- | The Star is the people's friend, and I was hopelessly from torturing, disfiguring, humiliating — ———————==========Z CITY ITEMS. < = one nt Are You There, Moriarity?t Yis' An’ Why? Because RUDDEN is the mon! An’ Why Agen? Because He Is the Only One! Hist! Why? He Sells Furniture on “Time” Payments at “Bottom” Prices. An’ Where Is He? 513 Seventh street northwest. ia — Great Reductions in Sagar. Granulated Sugar, 5 cents. A sugar, 6 cents. Extra C Sugar, 41-2 Sugar, 6 cents. Powdered Sugar, 6 cents, Four X Sugar, 6 1-2 cents. All goods delivered free and punctually te any part of the city. Our prices are the lowest—the quality the first. Eight O'Ciock Breakfast Coffee. .25c. Ib. va and Mocha Blends. Our New Crop ie Our Special—Thea-Nectar. A. and P. Beking Powder. |. Condensed Milk... Ge. can, THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA ©O., 501 and 503 Seventh st. n.w. 1620 14th st. nw. 3104M st.. Georgetown, | ‘S15 H st. n. Stands in all markets. NEWTON H. BOWMAN, Telephone, 8: (020-6) Manager. 8. Heller, 720 7th st. nw. ®pecialty in Ladies’ and Chiliren’s Hair Cute ting and Sham 3 : mtg pooing; also cures Dandruff. | — | Reva Headache Powders, 10e. ree Tria] Samples at all Druggists, | 0c S-m,w,f&stt Elixir Babek cures _— = malari: Shoe BARGAINS. diac Perhaps you have heard the word “bargain” so often mis: Used that you cannot fully ap- preciate its siguificence when properly used as in this case. Be lieve only what you see. If these prices surprise you just bear im mind that this ts a Receivers’ sale, ordered by the court to sat- isfy creditors, and real values Must succumb to immediate me- cewity. Ladies who can wear “A” last in sizes 2%, 3 or Big may buy their Fine Hand-sewed Regular $6 Sunday Shoes for $1.50. You men can buy your Fine $5 and $€ Russet Blachers for $1.50 and $2 per pair. Cbil- Greu’s Slippers and Oxford Tics, 4Sc. pr. up. Ladies’ $2 and $2.50 Black Oxfords for Tic. Boys’ Russet Oxfords, 5c. Remember the number, 726 7th. Star Shoe House Receivers’ Sale, Aiseases. | . . . . . . . . . . . le . ooo eee eee eee eee eee eae eee SH Bis Sit OE THE D&E SEATS, | Reonrvene Wx. N. Darros. Maxacen. There’s No \Comfort In life if your teeth are always troubling you. A little attention now and then Will ward off all disagreeableness. ‘That 4s, if expert atteution, the kind we in- variably give, is employed. Let us examine your teeth. If any FILLING is needed we'll fill them. If any teeth need extracting we'll extract them by our PAINLESS METHOD—the only method that is worthy of atten tion. It causes no sleep, no disagreeable effects and is absolutely PAINLESS. Extracting, without pain, 5 cents. EVANS Pere Parlors | mom 1217 Pa Ave N. W. Wraps At Half Price. free. We've a lot of Wraps of lust season's sty ‘c which we've marked down to half price, and some instances less than half. — Lot 1 contains 10 Cheviot Reefers, a be CrPiere<, oily skin, falling hair and tteby $i "and sis Noe Scalp prevented and cured by CUTICURA SOAP. Not in Mexico, Brazil or Honolulu, but right here in Washingtoa. ten years ago ing success up to the time, thereby verifying the old adage, it “Revolutions never go backward.” The seil- FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING manufacture was a revelation to the people, and completely revolutionized the clothing business hereabout, and now, im recognition of the vailing hard times, we again take the initiative and @t another spoke im the wheels of revolution. MENS SUITS That were $18, $17.50, $16.50 and $16, English | Cheeks, Allunde, Shags, Cheviots, Brush Tweeds, &., than which there are mone better, handsomer or more stylish extant, bave all uw" $12.50. With a surgeon's nerve we bave sunk the knife deep down into the prices of every line of goods ‘on our counters. le and Double-breasted Sack Suits and Three and Four-button Cutaway Frock Suits for Men, $7.50. Black Cheviot, Oxford Mixture, Black Diagonal and Fancy Cheviot Suits for Men, $10.00. Medium-weight Overcoats, Melton and Kersey, all wool, ” $5.98. Storm Coats, blue, brown and gray, $7.50. Men's Overcoats, Oxfords, Melt Kerseys and Tiger Silk Mixtures, oa $10.00. its, Double-breasted Jackets, strictly all $2.98. " Overcoats, Detachable Capes, from $2.50. Boys’ Reefers from $2.50. MEWS PANTALOONS $4, $4.50, $5. $5.50 and $6 kinds, $2.98. Aren't these prices a revelation? And won't they work a revolution? VICTOR E. ADLER'S Tex Pen Cest Crormse Hovse, 927 Axv 929 Tru Sr. N. W,, CORNER MASSACHUsEL 1s AVE STRICTLY ONE PRIC Oyen Saturday until 11 p.m. Boys’ Suit | wool, i EVOLUTION! pre- | ck, Blue and Tan Cou that were $20 and Now... So.08. = Also a few FUR CAPES AT HALF PRICE. Bear in mind that whatever you may weed the Dry Goods Mine you'll find a rd can have them retail at COST PRICES FOR ©, Johnson _Luttrell, 713 MARKET SPACE. WINTER MILLINERY. Por the choicest stock of JET BONNETS AX BANDEAUX 3 > irs. M. J. Hunt, 1309 FS: NW. MOURNING MILLIN n2i | i | | | ' | | CHILDREN'S HATS. Special Dissolution 10 Per Cent Discount = Sale of Fine Shoes. —— The well-known sboe ———— & Corr bar been disxo! consent, and Mr. Wilson sn the entire business at In order to reduce the stock, offer for a short time a special bona fide discount of 10 PER CENT on every pair of Shoes tm stock. You who appreciate comfort. durability, style, ft and artistic grace in shoe leather have in this dissolution sale a rere opportunity to gratify your wost es thetic shoe tastes for very 1 money. Ten per cent is in it very large reduction, but an from our unusually low regular prices, however slight, means quite an ap- preciable difference tn the profits, for we sell on very close margin. ‘This ten per cent reduction that Shoes which have invariably im and year out, sold for —_—— 88.50 WILL NOW SELL FOR | —————__ That Shoes which have sold for $5.0) WILL NOW SELL FoR ‘That Shoes which have sold for $8 WILL NOW SELL PoR $7.20, ete., ete., throughout the entire stock. N. B. For a limited time ouly, com mencing today (Monday), November 20, H. WILSON, I © cotssor to Wilson & Carr), 929 F St. N. W. $5.15. $4.50. GENTS" SUTTS SCOURED