Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. vt, Che Lpening Slav. veo». WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1894-TWELVE PAGES TO ADVERTISERS, ‘Advertisers are urgently re Quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day °f publication, precedence being given to those first received, = = SEs AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. EDUCATIONAL. TO EVER Y HO ME Peet ate. cee eer tne pe IWHY CHILE DECLINED ea ee ee | ix WASHINGTON. be seen through the single fact that the Amended Articles Signed—A Differs CONVENTION A L L. ei ISS NINA MORSE, | Instruments “whatever which can be used > ease See eaeuee epee Lehi h Universi t a eee ; ri n't de Come for Lack for the detection of bacteria. Every person To Consent to the Oontinnance of the sree Mitchell signet the amended Tonight at 7:30. g Yj Fite ES: seawe_| Contagion is Apt to fe 10F subject is aware that such instruments are Claims Commission, aS eit Suuean ot ee Pure Food Exposition Under the auspices of the Wholesale Grocers’ As=- sociation, indorsed by the Retail Grocery Trade of the city. MUSIC BY THE Marine Band. COOKING LECTURES By Miss Helen Louise Johnson, THE POPULAR EDITOR OF “TABLE TALK.” Among the unexpected at- tractions will be several Expensive Exhibits From The World’S Fair. Admission 25 cents. att NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Eve-y Evening and Saturday Matinee. THE GLORIOUS NAVAL DRAMA, The Ensign. SUPERB SCENIC SPLENDORS, NEXT WEEK- The Girl I Left Behind Me. Jat-tt ACADEMY—NEW YEAR'S WEEK. Matinee Saturday at 2. SUTTON VANE'S THRILLING DRAMA, The Span Of Life. ‘THE GREATEST NOVELTY OF THE AGE. Next week— Edward Vroom in ve “RUY BLAS.” tf WEW NATIONAL THEATER. Sunday Evening, January I, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, his famous lecture Att LINCOLN. a a6 Glee and Banjo Clubs. METZEROTT HALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, AT 8 B. M. Reserved seats, $1 and 75 cents. Admission, 50 cents. Seats now on sale at Metzerott Hall. ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA EVERY XEY, In a Revival of the Famous Burlesque, SECOND ADONIS UP TO Ja3-4t EDITION DATE.: 60— PEOPLE — — direction of C. B. Jefferson, Klaw & Er- ager. New Novelties, -lalties, Dances, Music, Cos- tumes, lclum Light — &e. et, MR. RICHARD MANSFIELD nox PROF. CALDWELL’S DANCING ACADEMY, 5TH ond H aw. TUES and PRI. EVENINGS. Erivate lessous ven by appointment at my residence. furnish 40 C nw. ed for balls, parties, &e. METZEROTT MU HALL. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1894, 8:15 O'CLOCK, Anton Schott, Greatest Living German Tenor, Albert Schott, Late from Royal Opera Hotaes Berlin, Dresden, in one Grand Song Recital Embracing selections from Weber, Beethoven, Wagner, Schubert, Schumann and others. Tickets on sale now at Metzerott’s, 1110 Fst. POPULAR PRICES. a28-7t “THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY.” Encampment No. 6), Union Veteran Legion, ‘The Confederate Veterans’ Associatg Respectfully announce that they have secured t Services 0! € EN. JOHN B. GURDON, Gi will deliver bis celebrated lecture, entitled Nive" LaSt DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY.” it CONVENTION HALL, FRIDAY JAN 2a 180k, AT 730 P.M * the benefit of the relief funds of the Proceeds for the ‘ions. +... .50 ets. Reserved seats, 50 cts. ex.ra, to be had only at Metzerott’s, 12th and F' sts. Sale of reserved seats will begin Jan. 10. ts for general admission can be obtained from members of the Union Veteran Legion and Confederate Veterans’ Associations. ‘.B.—No reserved seats will be sold after 7 gvelock p.m. on 26th, and none will be suld at the ball. a29-td . ALLAN DE COU MU select school for dancing, delsarte and deport: ment, Masonic Temple, 9th and F sts. 2.W. = » C. lars at the academy. ™m MT. VERNON MUSIC STUDIO, 1003 9TH ST. n.w., G. W. Lawrence, ‘teacher; volce culture, violin and piano: rapid ‘development; advan of musicales and recitals; no charge for examl- nation. Jad-1w* AN EXPERT STENOGRAPHER _ WISHES to give private lessons in sborthand to ladies and gentlemen at their homes; terms moderate. Ad- dress R. SB. JaB-2t* 1864—EDUCATION FOR REAL LIFE—1804 FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Na- tional Bank of the Repubite building, corner 7th and D sts. aw. Day and night sessions began September 4.° Practical English, shorthand and {ypewriting; Byencerian rapid writing; mechunt- cal and architectural drawing. Corps of ten thoroughly trained teachers. Location central. Services of graduates always in demand. Ofice open Srery business day and nigh. Write or call for new annual announcement. SARA A. SPEN COLUY E, 623. La. ave., bet. 6th und 7th sts. nw. C. K. URNER, A.M., C.E., Prin. ‘business: Twenty-third year as a’ successful educator; elghth year in this city and fifteen years with Eastman College. Six thorough and practical courses: Business, ish, accountancy, civil. service, shorthand and typewriting. Learn the re] and typewriter; the quickest preparation for the office; complete course, $15, Shorthand dietations by ‘competent readers and . the pl ; iedividual instruction by ex- pertenced ers. Graduates of rare excellence And distinguished success; moderate prices; send for catalogue. au26 NEW TERM OPENS JANUARY 2, will be @ good time to enter Wood’ College, 407 East Capitol st. January will be allowed a cent. Day aid evening sessions. PROF. J. FRANCIS GERMUILLER, TEACHER OF of UL! . “I owe all my success to the training received at your institution.” So say hundreds of our graduates. y night classes will resume work January 2, 1894, EATON, RURNETT & DURLING’S ‘Business Training School, Huyler boliding, “12th 422-81 and F sts. nw. w STON INSTITUTE, 2926 and 2928 P st. n.w. Boarding and Day School for Girl a14-1m Mr. and Mrs. B. R. MASON. MR. PUTNAM’S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND is located at 1434 Q st. n.w. Preparation for and ‘technical schools and for business. Best of references. For particulars apply to WM. H. PUTNAM, or A. N. McQUARRIE. n7-2m* NOW OPEN. | ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE—NINTH SEASON. Day classes—Antique, portrait, oils, water colors and women’s life. Evening classes—Antique and men’s life. For circulars send to oc8-tt 808 17th st. mw. Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, oc30 Mr. and M.s. W. D, CABELL, Srincipale, IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, 8. W. COR. 8fH AND, K STS. N. W. Course of instruction equal fed of any business er. coll: in Washing*ton; t Pe Pripeipal ‘has qellable and we been ‘a well-known, guccesstul Washington ‘educator for 1 Full business course, day or night, $25 a year. ping. arithmetic. spelling, grammar, iet- typewriting, for graduates.” Central lo- | ai cation. Experienced teachers. Send for announce ment. 8. W. FLYNN, A. M. a MISS AMY C, LEAVITT, 1121 VERMONT AVE. N.W. PIANO AND HARMONY. se21-tf LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBOARD. BANJO THOROUGHLY TAUGHT ified method; only $7 per quitter. antee to teach most unmusical EXCURSIONS, &c. Mount Vernon, TOMB OF WASHINGTON. Take trains Pennsylvania depot $:40, 9:45, 10:45 &.m., 12:01, 1:00 and 2:11 p.m. Also via ferry to Alexandria, 7th st. wharf, at 9:30, 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. Fare, round trip, 50 cents. Grounds open 11 am. to + p.m. d22-tf STEAMER MACALESTER TO MOUNT VERNON. Tomb of Washington, Datly (except Sunday), At 10 a.m., returning by 2:45 p.m. FARE, ROUND TRIP. 60 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents. Tickets, with Mount Vernon adumission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. Will also make river landings as far as Glrmont. stopping for freight and passengers toth ways. els L. LL. BLAKE, Capt. TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY, 10 frown 511 13th st.—Arlington, Cabin J. ints of interes! fo on earth. and ai it Tally 9-3m* Trip, 50 to Te. Fim ‘No cars ‘to Arlinzton. oct LECTURES. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON IRELANI Prof. DONALD DOWNIE, at § o'clock SUNDAY ING, January 7, 1894, under the auspices of Carroll Institute, at its hall on loth st. n.w. mmission, 25e. oF MUSIC AND MIMICRY. M OF LONDON, English Humorist and Elocu- The distinguished tionist. Reminiscences of rare readers. Original, laughable, mimetic. At the M. C. A. 1400 New York ave. n.w., FEIDAY, January 5, 8 p.m. Tickets, 25 cents. Jat-2t SEATS NOW ON SALE FOR ME. RICHARD MANSFIELD'S Engagemept at ALBAUGH’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE, COMMENCING MONDAY, JANUARY 8. REPERTOIRE: Monday and Thursday Evenings, BEAU BRUMMELL. Tuesday Evening, MERCHANT OF VENICE. Wednesday Matinee aad Thursday Evening, PRINCE KARL. Wednesday Evening, A PARISIAN ROMANCE. Saturday Matinee, LEAU BRUMMELL. ——— Night, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. BY SPECIAL RE | “THE WISE EAST, } Will_be repeated, with sev new features, on NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, Sth instant. at 7 the Zion's Lutheran Church, cor. 6th and P | Symphony Orchestra. | ME. EMIL PAUR, CONDUCTOR. SOLOIST, MME. MATERNA. PROGRAM Brains. overture, Bus * Gluek; “Euryanthe,”’ Weber. arian Rhapsody, “ Jal HARRIS’ THEATE! Week commencing Monday, January 1, 1994. THE MERRY COMEDY, DR. BILL. Next Week THE POWER OF GOLD. _ jal-6t 3 LYCEUM THEATER. vopay AT 2. TONIGHT AT 8. Roger Brothers’Company of Fun Makers. artist 2 prominent SS-EMINENT- REF ALDMAN’: We T N LARD HALL. ALL) P CARF HYPNOTISM ——MESMEKISM. : —_ nll-2m_ THE HOUSE IN WHICH AB DIED, £1¢ 10th now contains over D relies of Mr. | Homestead” at i except Surday, 912 and 1-4, ‘Open daily. Tues- ays ard Fridays, 8-10 pu. 1 i 23 cents. oc26-3m RAHAM LINCOLN | EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. PRIVATE LESSONS IN MATHEMATICS; MODERN languages and engineering studies; by an expe- i mivesaity Address IN- 1 rienced tutor; university gruduate. STRUCTOR, Star office. e a a= TEACHES ev ocal, theory. “Training the voice for- opera ‘cert a specialty. Only teacher using alphabet! method.doing away with notes and staff. 516 11th st. nw. __630-2w* GAILLARD SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. 906 F ST. Modern languages taught by Gailiard method, comprising 2 series of text books published by D. Appleton & Co., scientific and aest decorated by the the only one system, the French minister of public in- ‘struction and indorsed by the celebrated Sorbonne | and the leading educators of Europe and America. German classes and private lessons by lier, author of the Words Chain Method. Visitors admitted to all the classes Jd daily a19 THE TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND COURSE. $15 ita $15 3 $15 TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND. $1 $13 $ 15, $15 TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND. a $15 3 s iy ER. ft is the CHEAPEST. STITUTE, BUSINESS COLLEC coas of its Washington pupils, RECOMMENDS ITSELF. Full business course, day or night, Estublished 1876. | Bookkeeping, $25 a year. arittimetie, , grammar, letter ting, penmansl: sand positions for graduates. Send for W. FLYNN, A.M, Principal, K sts. now. a16-3m* L. A. CHESTER DRAWING TAUGHT EVENIN and architectural. Spring term Ise4. 531 7th st. me CSEFUL STUDIES, SUITABLE TO THE TIMES, Finance and economics taught In the eveuing classes of the Corcoran Scientitie School, Col bisa University. 29. ae 1485 N ST. 3 THE MISSES KERR’: FOR ¥ LADIES AND LITT! CHILDREN 429 = J. ee Sona rhe asteicnaie Classes in reading music at sight. e cl system. Mme. Duly indorsed by J. P. 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A day echool for young Indics and litte girls. ‘The course of study embraces a!l the branches of a practical education. qu3-6m MISS FRANCES MARTIN'S ENGLISH AND FRENCH SCHOOL FOR GILLS, 1205 Q st. n.w. ' French, kindergarten. Boarding pupils limited. se2-4m* MISS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND Business College, 1207 10th n.w. Pupils brepared successfully for eivil service, departmental and cengus examinations. Stenography taught. se2-tr LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 728 14th st. nw. Branches in all American and European Principal cities. New term begins now. LADY JUST FROM ENGLAND WISHES TO cvs int 4-3 lessons in French (acquired in Paris), il, ‘ter_colots, and ings. Address EXE BARTON O10. 20th MISS PEEBLES AND ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOK GIRLS, 30, 32, 34 East 57th street, New York. 416-cod2in Special students admitted. HARD TIMES IN ENGLAND. The Past Year Hus Been the Most Try- ing One the Decade. In a review of English trade in 1898, the London Timds asserts that the year has been a more trying one than any year in the decade. It recalls the lockout in the Lancashire cotton districts, the strike of the dock laborers at Hull, the lockout on the Midland coal fields and the attendant strikes on the coal fields of South Wales and Scotland. These all dislocated trade, which was further disturbed by the long series of bank failures in Australia, by the [depression in American railway stocks and yy home investment troubles. These de- | pleted incomes and forced economy on large numbers of the English people. | In addition, manufacturers and traders jhave had to meet increasing foreign com- petition. The Kidderminster carpet trade and the screw-making industry at Birming- ham, as well as the Leicester shoe trade, have felt the effects of American competi- tion, while the lace makers at Nottingham have felt increasingly the competition of the continent. Sheffield has had to endure German com- petition in cutlery, the Yorkshire woolen | trade felt the effects of the American finan- /elal crisis, ay well as the widespread indus- |trial depression at home, and English steel |makers have. suffered from the effects of |over-production. Since the lockout terminated in the spring the Lancashire cotton trade has benefited by cheap supplies of raw material and by a good and steady demand from India. The lockout and the silver troubles have, however, according to the Times, absorbed the advantages enjoyed during the latter | part of 1893 by the cotton trade. On the other hand the building and en- gineering trades have been in a generally satisfactory condition, and the silverware industry at Sheffield has received a fillip by the fall in the price of silver. There has also been some improvement in the Cleve- land and Cumberland hematite trade. The inherent conditions of trade have been gen- erally sound and remain so. What is now lacking is confidence and stability of affairs abroad. “In America,” continues the Times, “the situation is clearing and there is likely to be a revival of trade. If uncertainty in Brazil and Argentina were removed the de- ferred shipments to those countries would stimulate industry in England. The Indian financial situation may be the retarding ele- ment and remain so until the value of silver becomes more certain. With abundant sup- |plies of raw materials at almost bottom | prices and a steadily enlarging demand, the | prospect for 1894 is more promising than was the prospect for 189%.” The Times adds that the cycle of depres- |sion which followed the Baring collapse in | 1s Is now showing signs of exhaustion. | Punishing a French Female Traitor. | Marie Milles Camps, a spirit medium, who has been a popular performer in the best private houses in Paris, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and ten years exile from Paris, besides being fined 1,000 francs, for having communicated to ‘the German embassy plans left at her lodgings by a secret service spy. of a Hospital. MATTERS BEFORE SANITARY LEACOE A More Rigid Inspection of Milk Recommended. THE COURSE OF LECTURES ee. Two matters of vital interest to the resi- dents of the District were discussed in re- ports which were presented at the meeting of the council of the Sanitary League held last evening in the rooms of the board of trade. The president of the league, Mr. R. Ross Perry, presided. The two reports pre- sented were read by Mr. Theodore W. Noyes as acting chairman of the sanitary committee. ‘The committee on a hospital for conta- gious diseases, consisting of Dr. A. F. A. King, Archibald Hopkins, S. W. Woodward, George Truesdell and E. Francis Rigas, submitted the following report, which was adopted, and the committee was empowered to carry into effect the recommendations: Contagious Hospital. The committee having considered the matter of establishing a hospital for con- tagious diseases, beg to report as follows: 1st. That it is eminently desirable to have a hospital for contagious diseases in this city. 2d. It being a generally admitted scientific fact that there is no known instance in which the contagium of measles, diphtheria, starlet fever and hooping cough has been conveyed by atmospheric transmission for a distance of 100 feet, it follows that if such a hospital be located 200 feet distant from other habitations there would be no danger of conveying the above named dis- eases from the hospital to other dweliings. 3d. From the lability of contagium to be conveyed in other ways than atmospheric transmission, viz, by persons, clothing and other materials, it is eminently inadvisable that a hospital for contagious diseases should be associated with any other hos- pital; it should have a separate organiza- tion and stand apart from any other in- stitution, with regard to its personal at- tendants, its cuisine, its food supplies and other material belongings, its laundry, its sewage, its grounds for convalescents and in all other respects. 4th. That it is desirable for such a hos- Pital to provide “pay rooms” for “pay pa- tients,” for the accommodation of patients residing in hotels, rding houses, &c. where proper care of them cannot ai present be taken, where they are liable to neglect from their attendants fearing con- tagion, and where they become centers of infection. Such pay patients would thus contribute to the financial support of the institution. Sth. It is the opinion of your committee that such a hospital should not be piaced at any considerable distance from the cen- ter of the city on account of the danger to patients in being carried a long distance, especially in cold weather. It is belleved that there are several suitable sites for the hospital within the city limits that might be utilized for this purpose without jeopar- dizing the health of the surrounding in- habitants. 6th. The proposed hospital should not ad- mit smallpox cases; a separate institution is already provided for persons with this disease. So it should remain. ith. Finally, your committee respectfully recommend that the Sanitary League urge upon the honorable Commissioners of the District of Columbia the importance of a prompt settlement of this matter, in order that the proposed hospital may proceed to its establishment without further deiay. Dr. King spoke in regard to the report and said that it was important that people should be educated as to the necessity for greater care in preventing the spread of disease from infection and contagion. He believed that lectures ought to be given on methods of averting disease and of taking care of sick peopie who had such diseases. There was an outcry about one contagious hospital in a city while in fact p2ople tol- erated a great number of them, as every place where a contagious disease was lo- cated was as dangerous and perhaps more so than a hospital devoted to the purpese. In hospitals scattered throughout the city, in hotels, boarding houses and in private residences contagious diseases were Hable to break out at any time and it was im- possible to remove the-patient, for the rea- son that there was no place to take them to. Inspection of Milk. The following report from the subcom- mittee, consisting of H. O. Hall and Wm. B. King, of the committee on dairies and food supply, of which Prof. Charles E. Munroe is chairman, was adopted and the committee empowered to carry the recom- mendations into effect. “The subcommittee on legislation of the committee on dairies and food supply of the Sanitary League have had under con- sideration, in accordance with the direc- tions of the committee, the question of legislation for the protection of the milk supply of the District and beg to report as follows: The law at present in force in ‘unwholesome, watered or adulterated milk." Prosecutions have been brought by the health authorities under this provision of law and sustained by the Police Court, where it was’ shown that there had been improper additions to the milk offered for sale. “Prosecutions were, however, instituted in a number of cases in which’ dealers sold skimmed milk as milk. These prosecu- tions failed because the Police Court held | that whatever might be the fraud on the customer in offering and selling skimmed milk as milk it did not come within the statute in force, as this provides against | the sale of milk to which improper addi- | tions had been made, but does not include milk from which nourishing constituents have been subtracted. It is not the opinion of this committee that the sale of skimmed milk should be absolutely prohibited, al- though this is the law in some jurisdic- tions, but they are of the opinion that the sale of skimmed milk as milk should be prohibited. They therefore recommend that a bill be framed for presentation to Con- gress, amending section 7 of the ordinance ‘to prevent the sale of unwholesome food in the cities of Washington and George- town,’ which was legalized by joint reso- lution of Congress of April 24, 1880 (see first supplement, Revised Statutes, 307), so as to forbid the sale or offering for sale of skimmed milk as milk, providing, how- ever. that it may be sold if a suitable sign \is displayed upon or above the vessel in | which the milk is kept and in sight of cus- tomers, stating that it is skimmed milk. (See extracts from laws of N. J. on this | subject annexed.) | “The subcommittee have also made some examination into the means adopted by the | health authorities of the District for the protection of the milk supply. They ex- | press their gratification at the care which |has been shown in this respect. by the | health office and particularly by the intel- ‘iigent interest and activity displayed by | prof. J. D. Hird, inspector of dairy. pro- | ducts." While some additional legislation beside that above outlined is deemed neces- | sary for the entire protection of the Dis- \ trict, particularly as regards the construc- tion’ and conduct of dairies and care and | | feeding of cows, &c., the subcommittee are | satisfied that the most pressing need at the present time is a sufficient appropria- tion for the expenses of the inspector of | | dairy products to enable him to perform his | work with a greater degree of dispatch and | efficiency. A small appropriation could be | used to the greatest advantage in fitting out a suitable laboratory for the chemical land microscopical examination of dairy | the District forbids the offering for sale of | | Italy absolutely necessary in order to do valua- ble work in the detection of organic im- purities in food products. “This subcommittee therefore recommend that Congress be requested to furnish a moderate sum for the use of the chemical laboratory for the inspector of dairy pro- ducts. The law requires (27 Stat. L., 548) that he shall be a practical chemist. It would seem to be an anomaly to require that an officer should be a practical chem- ist and provide him with no laboratory in which to work. The subcommittee have also found that for a complete inspection of the dairies of this city, which must be constantly kept up, and for the occasional inspection of the dairies in the surround- ing country, which supply the milk for the city’s use, it is necessary that the inspector of dairy products should be provided with an assistant. The duty of the assistant would be to visit the places where milk is exposed for sale through the city and se- cure samples of it, to visit the dairies in the surrounding country and to report thereon to the inspector. The inspector's time will necessarily be consumed in grea er part in his laboratory in analyzing the specimens brought to him by his assistant, while he would make personal inspection of all places which had been the subject of special complaints or requiring particu- lar investigation. “It is impossible for both branches of this work to be satisfactorily done, in such a way as to protect the city from unwhole- some milk, by a single person. The sub- committee therefore recommend that the league ask of Congress the appointment of an assistant inspector of dairy products as well as the appropriation of a sufficient mount for the use of the chemical labora- tory.” Accompanying the report was the follow- ing extract from the law of New Jersey: “That every person who shall sell, or who shall offer or expose for sale, or who shall transport or carry, or who shall have in possession with the intent to sell or of- fer for sale, any milk from which the cream or any part thereof has been re- moved shall distinctly, durably and per- manently solder a label or tag of metal in @ conspicuous place upon the outside of every can, vessel or package containing svch milk, and such metal label or tag shall have the words ‘Skimmed milk’ stamped, indented or engraved thereon in letters not less than two inches in height, and such milk shall only be sold or shipped in or retailed out of a can, vessel or pack- age so marked.” Also the following memoranda: In New Orleans examination of milk in the delivery carts is made. In Cincinnati every dairy regularly sup- plying milk to the city is inspected. Those located across the river in the adjoining state of Kentucky are forced to submit to inspection or else permission to sell milk in Cincinnati ts withheld. The character of ewch dairy is recorded at the health of- fice and is open to public inspection. Any- body can thus ascertain the number and description of the cows in the dairy sup- plying him, the number of acres of pas- turage and the kind of food which the cows receive. In addition to this, systematic ex- amination of the milk in delivery wagons is made. In Denver the milk trains are inspected every morning The milk and meat inspec- tors go every afternoon and inspect thor- oughly as many dairies as can be gotten to. In one case it was found that in the family supplying milk five cases of diph- theria and one case of scarlet fever exist- ed_while the milk continued to be sold. Dallas, Texas, has a good system of milk ing ‘tion. cient system.of milk 040 specimens of New York has an effi inspection. In Foe] milk were exam! . The states of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Towa have so-called dairy and food com- missions and many other states have dairy and food laws enforced by the boards of health of those states. The Lecture Course. A resolution was passed thanking the au- thoftities of the Columbian University tor granting the use of the lecture hall for the lectures of the league, which, it was an- nounced, would be inaugurated on Monday evening next by a lecture by Dr. Stern- berg. Mr. Henry Johnson and Dr. A. J. Schafhirt were elected to membership, and the latter was also elected a member of the council, and made chairman of the precinct committee of the sixth precinct. It was decided to appoint a committee consisting of three ladies and three doctors to investigate and report upon the abnor- mal mortality of infants under one year of age in the District, as shown by the sta- tistics of the last year. Ese a TO STOP THE RIOTING. Six Thousand More 1 Ordered to Sicily. : The situation in Sicily is regarded with increasing alarm by the government. Gen. Mocenni, war minister, has called under arms another section of the class of 1869. This section is 6,000 strong. The troops now in Sicily number 40,000. Two hundred reserve officers also are reported to have been called out for service. Gen. Morra di Lavriano, who was ordered Troops | to Palermo, to take Signor Colmayer's place as prefect yesterday, sent the dispatch which determined Gen. Mocennt to call out more troops. that the Fasci Del Lavoratori, the most powerful secret society in Sicily, has thous- ands of firearms and muck ammunition ready for a general outbreak. di Lavriano will be ordered to seize these war materials as soon as possible. It is said that Premier Giolitti had all the in- formation contained in this dispatch, but ignored it, as he believed the situation in Sicily was not so bad as reported. The pres- ent cabinet, however, will make every effort | to enforce rigorous measures against Sicil- ‘ian secret societies of revolutionary tenden- and the plenary powers granted to the ‘w prefect of Palermo indicate Premier Crispi’s purpose to suppress the Fasci and Kindred societies very shortly. ‘The heavy snow storms in several parts of have interfered greatly with tele- graphic communication, and the additional details of the riots in the smaller Sicilian towns within the last two days have come in slowly. Last evening a dispatch from Caltanisetta stated that eight men were killed in the riots at Pietra-Persia Tuesday morning. The peasants in the mob tried to disarm the soldiers, who were compelled to fire at close quarters to protect themselves. In the village of Gibellina, province of Tra- pani, the anti-tax rioters burned several houses yesterday. A notorious usurer, who tried to pacify them, was shot dead. The military charged the mob twice, but without effect, and then fired, killing five wounding nine or ten more. CaS ED EXCITEMENT AT SALT LAKE w Election Today in the Salt Lake, Utah, is in the throes of an election excitement which is running higher ich the Tarift eC. }even than a presidential year. Today will occur the first election which ever took place in the city, when only the two na- tional parties were pitted against each ‘other. Hitherto the elections have been complicated by the presence of an anti- Mormon ticket, but as all elements are now merged into the democratic or republican party this will be the first actual test of the! strength of the two parties there. The Mor- mons are heavily democratic. ‘The non-Mormons are supposed to be di- vided almost equally between the republican and democratic party, with the percentage on the side of the republicans. The fight has been almost entirely on the new tariff bill, on the lead, wool and sugar industries of the tezritory on the one side, and the work for statehood on the other. Both sides are confident of victory -+e+ ‘The Paris (Texas) Dry Goods Company, the largest house of its kind in north Texas outside Dallas, closed its doors at noon yes- terday, making a general assignment to M. J. McDonald. The stock on hand 1s valued at about $150,000, The liabilities are large. He informed the government } A Cause Suggested, but Denied by the Frien of Chile—Large Number of United States Claims Filed. There is considerable speculation as to the causes that induced the Chilean govern- ment to reject the overtures of the United States for an extension of the existence of the United States-Chilean claims com- mission, but so far all efforts to obtain an official statement on the subject have fail- ed. Some time ago the Secretary of State prepared a statement setting forth that, owing to certain unlooked-for complications or delays, the commission appointed to ad- just certain claims between the United States and the Chilean government could hardly dispose of the cases submitted with- in the six months stipulated in the original treaty under which the commission was created. A draft of a new treaty was sent to Mr. Porter, our minister at Valparaiso, and he submitted it to the Chilean govern- ment. The proposition for an extension of time for the consideration of the claims was emphatically declined, and notice of that fact was transmitted to the Secretary of State. Minister Porter has not yet of- fered any further explanation of Chile's rejection of the proposition. A Possible Cause. It is suggested that in view of the fact that Chile has presented but three cases agains: the United States, involving a com- paratively small sum of money,while on the other hand the United States has presented to the commission thirty-nine cases, in- volving several millions of dollars, it may be the policy of the Chilean govern- ment to hold the United States up to the strict letter of the original treaty, and thus avoid the settlement of some of the claims. Under the stipulations of the treaty, if the claims are not settled within the six months during which the commission authorized to pass into history as unadjusted claims. The friends of the Chilean government, according to a dispatch in the New York Sun, deny that any such motive prompted their government in refusing to grant an extension of the time. They suggest that it is possible that the proposition to amend the treaty or grant an extension was not submitted in time for the congress to act upon it. It was submitted in the early part of last month. Some of the Chileans now claim that their congress was about to adjourn, and therefore they did not have time to consider the extension, which was to be about four months. The Chilean Claims. As the matter now stands, it is probabie that many of the cases which have been submitted may not be fully considered, as the commission's functions cease on April ¥. Thus far only a few of the minor claims have been disposed of on demurrer. Some have been argued and demurrers have been filed. The three Chilean claims have been heard, but in each case a demurrer has been filed. The first Chilean claim is that of the South American Steamship the seizure of the vessel Itata. Domaper’ Ser Gatention. &c., are estimated at $250,000. the United States for illegal arrest and claims $30,000 Trumbull also claims 36,000 attorney's fees, for services rendered in connection With the extradition of one Bushnell in New York. Some United States Claims. Among the United States claims there are eight cases filed by Grace & Brother of New York growing out of the seizure of niter beds, for illegal customs exactions, deten- Uon of vessels, and other depredations dur- ing the Chile-Peruvian war. The North- ern and Southern Construction Company seized a large amount of property and used it in connection with the construction of 6v0 miles of railroad, and there are other complications growing out of the bullding of the road. The claim is estimated at $6,500, Some of the other United States claims are those of W. 8S. Schrigley for de- struction of property during the Balmaceda insurrection, and the Central and South American Telegraph Company for cutting out its cable and taking possession of its Property at Iquique, $150,000. In the case of the Grace Brothers, the Chilean counsel has fed a demurrer, and depositions will be -aken in New York on January 10, Another claim relates to the guano bed cases, in- volving $5,000,000; another is the Wells, Fargo & Company claim for $60,000 for the seizure of certain American bank notes by the Chilean government. There are other equally important claims pending. ——_-e-+______ A SHIP TO RUN ON ROLLERS. The Ocean Steamer Proposed by a French Engineer. In these days of revolutionary projects in matters mechanical and scientific unusual engineering exploits have lost much of their tendency to create surprise, says the New York Press. Still, that sensation may be produced in a mild degree by the latest scheme of ocean transportation which has reached us from France, and which has M. Bazin, not unknown in engineering circies, for its author. M. Bazin proposes, in brief, to build an Auantic liner on eight rollers, with the vie of securing speed much higher than any thus far attained, arguing that the wheeis or rollers on which the vessel is to rest will so greatly diminish the resistance offered by the waves that thirty knots an hou: will be easily within the bounds of possibi!- ity, and will enable the passage from South- ampton or Liverpool to New York to be — in four days. he rollers are to enter the water to a depth of about twenty-six feet and revoive within a platform placed about twenty-four feet above the water, so that there will be a rolling instead of a gliding body, as in the reonndl ping ge The rollers pre- sumably are to worked by engi secure a ion, “ eee M. Bazin claims to have settled by ex- periment that the stability of the roller type of vessel is at least as great as that of the ordinary type, and believes that the con- struction of his design of ship will be much eae costly than that of the usual descrip- tion. According to French report it is proposed to put M. Bazin’s plans to a practical test by constructing a vessel about 40 feet long and of about ninety feet beam, with rollers seventy-five in diameter and thirty-five feet wide. The latter are to make twenty-two revolutions per minute. Mary The Maryland legislature met at noon yesterday for its biennial session. The slates prepared by the party leaders and put through the democratic senate and house caucuses Tuesday night received the full party vote. The republicans are so largely in the minority in both branches that they were almost lost sight of. The senate organized by the election of John Walter Smith, democrat, of Worcester county as president. In the house J. Harry Preston, democrat, of Baltimore was elec:e! speaker, Benjamin L. Smith of Dorchester county chief clerk, Wm. M. Merrick of Tal- bot county journal clerk and Walter Town- send reading clerk. James Roger McSherry was made zec- retary of the senate, Frank Shipley journal clerk and W. D. Hill reading clerk. Gov. Brown sent in a_ninety-six-page message, profusely illustrated with phow engraved views of the public institutios of the state. that the fight with James J. Corbett shall take place in Duval or St. John’s county, the latter being the county in which Mitch- i! ge j i Us i Hi ; ? that it was satisfactory. The ordinance pasced’ city council opens up the club, so its members of the i i | i : i iA city for not preventing interference with what it licenses Late last night it was who is very ot see athletic club % off” the contest just as Kilrain mill was at Richburg, ‘The club managers will ii id 8 f : i large wds that pected will thus be transported selected for the mull. be kept a close secret trains club managers will point. In this way the outwit Gov. Mitchell without interference. as if the site selected is be impossible for Gov. sufficient force on the vent it. it is believed that the above POOL ROOMS RUNNING AGAIN.” There Are at Least Forty Places Opes im New York City. E Fe ff ; i i #5 ate ; iret i iE i i | fae} tg A clines to fairs. a notoriety I want Last year we were on the defensi year the racing associations are on thi fensive.” ‘The betting on the races goes merril; and the uneasy ones who are never unless their money is in action may happy yet, as many of the bookmakers as- sured the writer that the law did not affect them. did not violate any of clauses under the present system of i ot , edhe: A —___+0e< SEA LION AT BALTIMORE. A Rare Visitor Disporting in thé Waters of the Harbor. ‘The harbor of Baltimore has received ® New Year present in the shape of a large, sportive sea lion, whose former place of abode is a matter of conjecture. The har- bor bas at times been frequented by porpoises and other inhabitants water, but a representative of the tribe has never before presented The sea lion was first seen on New ¥: @ay by John Bennett, a deckhand on and Locust Point Steam steamer Robert Garrett, as returning to its slip at the foot from a Canton coal pier. The strange visitor plunged through the water, making a wake that would do credit to @ steamer. Mr. Bennett could scarcely be- lieve his eyes, and ce —— = Superintendent John T. Ws stranger, and both watched him several hours. Yesterday afternoon he again made his appearance, and this time came much closer jto the pier than before. Several employes of Baker, Whitely & Co., at Canton, many stevedores at Locust Point noticed |the lion playing around the end of piers on both sides of the outer harbor. They at first thought him a porpoise, but watched ails i i known. Several years ago one from Tolchester Beach, and about a year |ago one was lost from Ferry Bar. tugboat men have determined to catch the sea lion if an opportunity presents itself. ~— coe Secretary Morton Agnt: The nineteenth annual meeting of the New Jersey State Horticultural Society was begun at the state house at Trenton yesterday. President E. W. Williams, in his annual address, sharply criticised Sec- retary of Agriculture Morton for the ad- dress which the latter delivered before the farmers’ congress at the world’s fair. Pres- ident Williams said that if he was not mis- taken tne farmers of the United States would, if an cpportunity ever presented it- | self, return Secretary Morton's compliments to him. Secretary Morton, in the address in ques- tion, advised the farmers to read Adam Smith on “The Wealth of Nations.” Presi- dent Williams advised Secretary Morton te read the Bible, and the three hundred farme ers present applauded loudly, coe — The Shortlidge Tragedy. Judge Clayton at Media, Pa., yesterday appointed Dr. Jeffries, Dr. J. L. Forwood and Capt. Isaac Johnson a committee in lunacy. The judge said, however, that the case woulg not be disposed of until action should be taken by the grand jury, which body will not meet until March 5. ‘The funeral of Mrs. Shortlidge was hela from Christ Church, and the body was them taken to Brooklyn for interment,