Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1894, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, -1894—TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. NUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN te held in the Builders” Exchange Hall, 719 13th ‘at 8 p.ia. TUESDAY, January 18, i804, when ‘umber’ of short papers relating to inventions and patents wi:."be ‘of the association. P-rsons iaterested im these subjects are invited 9 aD SG eexG, GEO. C, MAYNARD, Secretary. Notice 15 HEREBY GIVEN THaT — the stockholders President. ja15-20° THE SEMI- ‘the craft invited t oy en anes are 5 . HOWELL GLEAVES, _Jal5-2t8 Financial Secretary. ‘TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Do c. c. SAM ALL, Residence, 1103 5th st. n.w. Pr ans. - OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF SYRACUSIANS No. 10, ot P., are Hall on = AY tee gronngn :30 o'clock, to arrange at- ‘H. Hawarth. T. A. HUGHES, ae K. of R. and 8. ATTENTION, MEMBERS OF THE ROG January 15, at 7: tendirg the funeral of Bro. J. It Isa “Chestnut” ——but its age is its greatest virtue. Fine Old Double “Distilled Sechiedam Gin—old enough to vote. Half gallon bottles—twice as good_as when the price was $2.50. Now Only $1.75 Per Bot. H. A. Seligson, 1200 Pa. av. jal5 The Old Talking Machine not good enough for us—we did a lot of thinking—lot of experimenting, and now We have a better—it is the “New up-todate 1894 Gray "COMPACT !—SIMPLE! PERFECT in enunciation! You'll buy one before the year’s out—you can’t do without it in teching your ‘correspondence. EF Wil remove to 919 ave. Jan- wary 15. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.. 627 F st. n. E. D. EASTON, Pres. (jails) R. F. CROMELL HAVE YOU HEARD OF A HOTEL FOR HORSES? If you prize your horse you want him to have every care and attention.—We supply every horse want. Our facilities for properly caring for horses are the best in this country. We also buy and sell sound young horses and guarantee highest satisfaction or money cheerfully refunded. Geegueathee Seateey-thes constitution ap-| ©7Fine carriages for bire—special monthly ites Beurly $1,200 to more than| fates. eret before. Why not divide this surplus 7f | DOWNEY'S HOTEL FOR HORSES, Come to the meeting at Costello's TUES: | 1622-1628 L ST. Telephone 555. _DAY EVENING, and help us do it. jal5-2t° r brs THE FRAUEN VEREIN oF concompia cavacH |All for $1. are requested to mest at Mrs. Dunkhorst's, 2008 Think of tt: You can have that old suit t a . . scoure: pressed ‘poss! feck sbarg p.m. to attend the funeral of our} save the expense of Paying new one. ail ‘tor irs. Mary M. Zange. R. ie. Sec. E. C. DUNKHORST, Pres ite Yashington Gaslight Co.'s Coke, which goes 1. further tham anthracite coal.” “ clinkers, smoke nor gas. A able for range, latrobe, furnace, the bake oven. Try this and be You can save money. : op fags “Vonrast Agent 3. Ze, It, 926-930 N st. n.w. Telephone call 476. Jal3-20 THE RUSINESS OF ¢ BEALL & CO., HAV- ing this day dissolved, by mutual consent,’ all ac- cunts in connection ‘with said firm have been placed ia my hauds for settlement. Parties in- terested will please address J. E. DYER, _ January 15, 1894. al5-3t*) 3330 M st. nw. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE stockholders of the Obio National Bank of Wash- fagtom for-the election of directors will be held xt the banking house of said bank on TUESDAY, January 16, 1804, between the hours of 12m. <ias. H. DAVIDGE, jer. SCOTTISH “RITE CATHEDRAL—A_ STATED meeting of Sonsistory, No. 1, will - bert Pike C MONDAY EVENING, J ERT ..' 1894, at 7 o'clock sharp. ROD! deg: ¥. —THE al” Egeainp: DAY, January 16, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. SAM'L E. BOYCE, Grand Seribe- 13-2t© MISS KILHAM, REPRESENTING MISS SARA Hadley, 923 Broadway, New York, will give an exbibition of hand-made table lace at the Ar- lington Hotel January 15 and 16, 1894. ‘The are cordially ladies: invited to and te Hist. entrance. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Rochdale Co-operative Society of the District of Columbia ‘wi be held. TUESDAY NING, z Costello Hall, 610 officers for January 16, 7:30 A at lembers are req trade card at the door. EMERY, Secretary of the Society, 811 G st. n.w. jal3-31 MY WIFE, NELLIE BECKHAM, HAS LEFT MY bed and board. 1 will uot, bo responsible for eay Suess by ber. JOHN ‘KHAM. PUBLIC COMFORT CO: Pst KNIGHTS OF board- municate by letter or in person to the committee, Room 18, Warder buil cor. 9th aad F sts. nw. J. H. M. Chairman. PERCY G. SMITH, Secretary. Jal0-5t THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION for the election of three trustees to serve for three years and for such other business as may come january 15, at 4 o'clock p.m.. in parlor 10, Wil- Hot JOHN DALZELL, lard’s President. Jad-6t THE CABIN JOHN HOTEL. aT CABIN JOHN BRIDGE. Is open for thi tion of R. BOBINGER & SONS. ‘Telephone, 600. (a9-6t*) Cabin John, 3fd. RAMBIERS FOR 1894. Five new patterns, rerging from 19 Ibs. to 38 Ihe, are what we offer, sad will soon be ‘on exbibitién. Prices of all 94 patterns, stardard finish, $125. We a a few each a THREE” FOUR” mami ae Snd will sell them at Ove Hundred and Five Dol Jars while they last. No better bargaius can be GORMCLLY @ JEFFERY MFG. co., ja2 “13% 14th st. nw., Washington, D. ©. OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Company, of District of Columbia, W: . o of on, December 30, 1803.—The annual meeting of the Of the. Distric THIRD MON- of the company, Pennsylvania avenue and 9th st. u.w., commencing at ¥ o'clock ‘im. By the charter of the company the election of seven managers, to conduct the ‘affairs’ of the Sompany, is required to be Reld at the above ting. the sixth article of the by-laws of the com- it is provided: * ‘annual By 00000 ty fre for the year 1806, ad ied v for ear usted tnd pald..tsccrsccrteee, 10,888 WR Annual statement’ will ‘be ready for distribu- tion at the office of the company about 12th proximo, By order of the board of a30-14t J. WESLEY January Secretary. HIGH GRADE FAMILY COaLs Always in sto. peatly reparding the BUSINESS 24 ‘around, ba 2 yea: as we bave Main office, 2ist and I sts p.w. Branches, /1206 ist. ow.: 126 M st. ow. Dk. E. S. CARROLL HAS RESUMED THE PRAC- tice of dentistry. Office 1314 F street north- West, opposite Sun butlding. ja6-1mo aoe eer. - 1894. NEW BOOKs. his ts a necessity and the National Bookbinde: & the place to fill the order. ay Records, Ledgers, Journals, and Cash Books made at short notice. NATIONAL BOOKBINDERY, as 511 9th st. Tomorrow's weather forecast for the District of Columbia and vicinity, rainy. We Have Always Encouraged Building ~by quoting the lowest prices of any lumber dealer im the city—prices which bave never been met. We have not waited until “bard times” (or necessity) forced us to lower Prices—our quotations have always been the lowest. No credit cam be claimed for reducing prices through necessity. Where else can you buy Best Gang-Sawed Boards at $1.15 per 100 ft. Best €x20-in. Cypress Shingles at $6 per 1,000. 100-Ib. Keg Best Steel Nails At $1.85. NEW BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS —€e into effect February 1, and as our books must be closed, we beg all in- debted to us to settle prior to that day. Libbey, 2 yr rs, fs “Lumber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and N. Y. ave. was pairing done at 705 StH ST. N. W- jahn, fon! he When You Write Letters— —you want good paper. We handle all Kinds, in any form desired—loose or in tablets—in any quantities—at lowest prices G7 Headquarters for Blank Books and Stationers’ surdries. Popular Priced Easton & Rupp, "gus? ". (Just above the avenue.) One vsually wants it “bad"—immediately. Lawyers are ro exception to the rule—We print “Briefs” for 9c. page on good paper—clear read- able type—on short notice. Byron S. Adams, Printer, 512 11th st. nw. ais) Telephone 930. We Have An Exhibit — At the Pure Food Exposition, which inter- ests every true American, because it is an exhibit of American products—wines made by us from grapes grown in our own vine- yard in sunny Calffornia. for_Americans” a5 a stock Grippe,” only 73. qt. TO-KALON WINE CO., 614 14TH ST. "Vhone, 998. Vaults, 27th and K_ sts. The New Hammond 1 emp Coal. rachines. Universal or Ideal itself. (a3) JOHN C. PARKER, 617-619 7th st. n.w. Wood. Wood. Wood. Wood. We sell Coal and Wood Coal that bears inspection. No * rocks in the coal—clear- est wood obtainable in Coal. America. —_Rock-bottom Coal. prices. ARTHUR B. SMITH, Main Yard, 4th and I sts. n.e. Branches: 701 12th st.: Mass. ave. and F ne. jal2 If You Are Ruptured —call and he advised of us intellizently con- cerving the most suitable TXUSS to wear. We are headquarters for ALL KINI i im handling these our Jong. experience ing these goods makes onr knowledge valuable. O7No charge for scientific fitting. Z. D. Gilman, 627 Pa. 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STATES’ PHILOSOPHY, STATES’ ECONOMY AND FINANCES, in one volume of 100 pages, by Tel. call 76-4. (n17-6m) ‘tius Bats of Baltimore, for sule at ‘ANO’S, lith and Pa. ave. d4-m&s,3m Y. EPILEPS' EPILEPSY. An account ef the only rational mode of treat- ment. Pamphlet edition, 10c. Address Dr. WILL- IAMSON, New London, Conn. d21-1m Asraua Ayp Caranra Cured by the ESPIC’S CIGARETTES OR POWDER. Be wigs ‘Suffocating, Coughs, Colds, Chest, Neu- Paris: J. ESPIC, 20 Rue St. Lazare. New York: FOUGERA, MILHAU. Sold by all chemists of America” mnbel 115 aMaz Auszative. T ative, refreshing ‘very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, Lt 1, bil INDIEN Joss of appetite, astric and antest troubles and be arising trom them. GRILLON, GRILLON, 88 Rue des Archives, Paris. jal5-m3m-lp all THE COURTS. Circuit Court, No. 1—Justice Bradley, Sat- urday.—John Cohn agt. William E. Rogers; motion for judgment granted. J. T. Patter- son et al. agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; motion for security for costs granted. Lewis Porter Cabinet Com- pany agt. .. Lansburgh; order for return fer security for costs. Co. agt. do, Green & Co. agt. do., H. L. Judd & Co. agt. do. and Schwartz & Groff agt. do. Hoffman agt. Ordway; demurrer to declaration. Manning agt. Ewing; mo- tion for judgment under seventy-third rule granted. Fullerton agt. Bliss Engraving Co.; motion for judgment, notwithstanding plea,cverruled. Talbollt agt. Burche; do. L. S. Dupue agt. Ornie & Gould; defendant al- lowed till February 1 to plead. Hackelford agt. E. L. Gerold; order for marshal to pay register of court the money in his hands paid by defendant on attachment. Life Insurance Company agt. J. M. Payne et al.; motion for judgment on auditor’s re- port, notwithstanding exceptions, granted. Samm agt. Schley; motion for judgment overruled. E. T. Simpson agt. A. W. Yan- cie; affirmance of J. P. judgment. McKewan agt. John Paul Jones; motion for security for costs overruled and judgment for plaintiff on motion. Mullen a Martin; plaintiff allowed to deposit $: leu of security for costs. Stone agt. ter; motion for new trial. United States ex rel. Charles De Long vs. Commissioner of Pensions; judgment of costs for peti- tioner. Circuit Court, 2—Chief Justice Bing- ham.—Saturday. agt. Mason; mo- tion by plaintiff to make husband co-plain- tiff granted. George W. Triplett agt. F. E. Smith; on defendant's motion to dismiss suit submitted to court. Krane agt. District of Columbia; motion for new trial. = Plead Guilty. A seventeen-year-old colored boy, George Jones, was arrested Detectives Weedon and Lacy on Saturday night for house- breaking in the barber shop of A. L. Weltz of 428 Sth street southeast on the 7th in- stant, and the larceny of clothing and ci- gars. When arrested he had on the clothes and hat. Jones plead guilty in the Police Court today and was committed for the action of the grand jury. — The czarina and the King of Denmark are suffering from influenza. en One Wants a Thing “American wines “La Is far superior to all other keyboards — easily operated and kept in order. Simplicity I can furnish tenants immediately for from $25 to $50 there so inhumaniy severe toward all those Same judgment in | cases of Wiggins’ Sons agt. do., Rhoner & | Mutual | J. B.} BS Wal- | GEN. GOURKO DYING. Last Hours of the Hero of Shipka Pass. TRIAL OF SUSPECTED CONSPIRATORS. Details of the Killing of General Telles, GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS. WARSAW, Jan. 15.—Gen. Gourko, gov- ernor of this province, who has been ill for @ long time, is dying. Gen. Gourko’s Career. Gen. Gourko is not very old—he is only sixty-five, having been born in 1828. He is a thorough soldier. He was but thirty-nine years of age when he rose to the rank of major general. That was in 1867, and in 1873 followed his promotion to a brigadier- ship in the imperial guard. Three years later he was made commander of a division in the same elite corps. At the outbreak of the Turkish war in 1877 he was sent to lead the advance guard of the Russian army of the Danube. He | pushed on so rapidly to Tirnova (July 7) and ;over the Balkans to the Tundja valley, within two days’ march of Adrianople, as to make him famous. The comparative slow- ness, however, of the army following in his wake made his efforts and those of his men bootless. He had to retreat before a large corps of Turks under Suleiman Pacha’s command, and took a stand in the wild Shipka pass, which he occupied and held until the news of his appointment as adju- tant general and the order to return to St. Petersburg and mobilize his guard corps division reached him. After Plevna had surrendered Gourko was made commander of a large corps of in- fantry, and with them he crossed, under the most trying circumstances and through | blinding snow storms and avalanches, the | Balkans, arriving on January 4, 1878, at Sofia. Then he hurried on to Philippopolis and dispersed the army of Suleiman Pacha, accomplishing the task on January 16 and 17. In Adrianople he finally joined the Rus- sian main army, and with them he marched on to within earshot of Constantinople. After the war he was made a general of cavalry and adjutant general of the em- peror’s chief general staff. He loved war and war's alarms. He was never happier than when the drum was beating and the bugle sounding as the pre- jude to battle. He is, too, a peculiar man. His enemies have asserted that he is the least popular of the Russian generals, but this is not strictly correct. He insisted upon a rigid discipline and nothing more. He is almost as reticent as our Gen. Grant. When Solovieff was unsuccessful in his attempt to assassinate Alexander Il the ezar picked out Gourko for a post that made him the guardian of his master’s life. The soldier at once declared the capital in a state of siege and took the utmost pre- cautions against nihilistic conspirators. But unfortunately for the soldier the conspira- tors were too clever for him, and during the winter two attempts were made on the life of the czar. Quite incensed, the emperor banished his guardian, banished him to Si- beria, but relented and kept him under Police surveillance on his (Gourko’s) own estates. There he stayed for years, morose and sullen, and this exile had a remarkable effect on the man. He was never seen to smiie again. When he came forth to active life once more he was a changed man. A stern disciplinarian before, he was ruthless now. His ruthlessness was seen in his treatment of the Poles. It was the present emperor who recalled him, and he sent him in 1885 as governor general to Warsaw. It became a saying in Warsaw that there had never been a representative of the czar who showed even the faintest tinge of lib- eraiism in their political aspirations. DEATH OF GEN. TELLES. Details of the Defeat of the Brasilian Government. LISBON, Jan. 15.—Count De Paco d’Arcos, Portuguese minister to Brazil, arrived here last evening from Rio Janeiro. It was reported some time ago that Count @’Arcos was detained in Rio Janeiro by order of the Brazilian government, but this report was subsequently contradicted. Details of the defeat of the government force, under Gen. Telles, which attacked the Ilha do Governador on December 15, have reached this city by mail. The island had been occupied by the insurgents since September. President Peixoto had been led to believe that the capture of the island would be an easy task, owing to the ab- sence of any movement on the island de- roting that the insurgents there were in force. The attack was therefore ordered. The government troops were conveyed to the island and landed without the slightest opposition being offered to them. In fact the government forces saw nobody while effecting their landing. Thinking that the island was practically theirs without a struggle, the troops advanced carelessly, and marched directly into an ambuscade the insurgents had prepared for them. Suddenly a deadly fire was poured into them, and before they could rally and form ranks to repel the enemy the insurgents sprang from their hiding places and charged Gen. Telles’ command with fixed bayonets. The ground was covered with the slain. Gen. Telles was one of the first to be struck down. He was hit in both legs with a shot from a machine gun. Admiral Da Gama, the leader of the in- surgents, permitted the removal of Gen. Telles to the mainland for medical attend- ance. It was found necessary to amputate both his legs. Death from shock and loss of blood followed soon after the operation had been performed. The route of the government troops was complete. Some of them to escape the in- surgents threw themselves into the sea. Others sought to gain the interior of the island, but were either shot ro bayoneted by the insurgents. EIGHTY MEN ON TRIAL. Members of the Omiadina, the Secret Bohemian Society. PRAGUE, Bohemia, Jan. 15.—The trial of the men arrested for belonging to the Om- | ladina, a secret political organization, the | founder of which, Rudolph Mrva, otherwise | known as “Rigoletto Von Toscana,” was | recently assassinated by some of the mem- | bers of the society, opened in this city to- | day. Before band of fifty men, wearing red ties and im- mense hats, made a demonstration in front of the court house. The police who had been detailed for duty in and about the court house were armed with rifles. They charged the band and compelled it to dis- | perse. The court room was so small that the | eighty accused men, with their counsel and |a few reporters, entirely filled it. The de- | fendants protested against the limited ac- | commodations, but scant attention was paid | to them. Most of the accused are youthful looking and appear to be either students or apprentices. Fritsch, the oldest of them, is thirty-three years of age. Seventy-seven of | the prisoners were charged with high trea- | son, and lese majeste, and the other three with the murder of Mrva. AVERTED A RUPTURE. Prime Minister Beernaert of Belgium Withdraws His Resignation. BRUSSELS, Jan. 15.—The ministerial crisis that was threatened through the ac- tion of a section of the members of the right in the chamber of deputies in refus- ing to agree to the cabinet’s program in regard to the revision of the constitution has been averted. At a meeting of the | Tightists of all sections it was decided to support Prime Minister Beernaert’s pro- posal to grant proportional representation in the chamber. M. Beernaert, it is said, | will at once withdraw his resignation, which he recently placed in the hands of the king. Funeral of M. Waddington. PARIS, Jan. 15.—The funeral of M. Wad- the court proceedings began a‘ ington, ex-senator and French ex-ambas- sador to Great Britain, who died on Satur- day last, has been fixed for Wednesday. When Vaillant W Probably Die. PARIS, Jan. 15.—If the appeal of Auguste Vaillant to the court of cassation from the death sentence imposed on him on January 10 shall be dismissed it is expected that he will be guillotined in the Place de la Ro- quette on February 5. ‘Will Abandon 67-Ton Guns. LONDON, Jan. 15.—The admiralty has de- cided to abandon the use on the new battle ships of sixty-seven-ton guns. The main armament of the new vessels will be fifty- ton guns mounted in barbettes and so ar- ranged that they can be loaded and trained by hand if the hydraulic power gets out of gear. The first ships to be thus armored will be the Majestic and Magnificent. Editor Harden Fined 600 Marks, BERLIN, Jan. 15.—Maximilian Harden, the Bismarckian editor of Zukunft, who was recently arrested on the charge of Ubeling Chancellor von Caprivi, was found guilty today. The court imposed a fine of 600 marks upon him. An Illinois Lunatic in Berlin. BERLIN, Jan. 15.—A lunatic named Lange, who, after escaping from an asy- lum in Illinois, came to this country, where he held meetings and proclaimed himself as the new Messiah, is under arrest here. He will be sent back to New York by the authorities, Various Foreign Notes. The appeal to the workingmen of Rome asking them to strike as a protest against the policy of repression in Sicily met with no response except from the men employed in the ship yards. The reichstag today continued the debate on the tobacco tax bill. The Finsbury, from Galveston, is the first cotton-laden steamer to enter the Man- chester ship canal. She entered today. The queen has conferred knighthood upon William Lane Booker, consul general of Great Britain at New York. The French chamber of deputies resumed its discussion today. The Budget committee has adopted a mo- tion of Count Zu Limberg-Stirum asking Chancellor von Caprivi to request the sub- mission of a model of the proposed monu- ment of Emperor William I. Mrs. Kitty Parneil is at Brighton, Eng- land, and not in Alabama, as dispatches report. pale ian sei + DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Drinking Fountain. Miss Harriet B. Loring, chairman of the committee on fountains of the Humane Society, has requested the Commissioners to erect a drinking fountain, presented by the city of Chicago, on the reservation north of the Cogswell fountain. Claims Damage: Michael Freeley has called the attention of the Commissioners to a‘claim for dam- ages, amounting to $250, which he has against the District by reason of the loss of his horse, which became frightened and broke its leg, owing to the presence of a fire engine, which turned around directly in front of it. The horse had to be de- stroyed, and he claims damages as above. Contrary to Law. Health Officer Hammett, in reply to the request of Henry Mathews, residing at Giesboro’ Point, for a certain amount of garbage for fertilizing pu says that the delivery of matbeae Frithin the limits of the District would be contrary to law and in violation of the contract. Not Correctly Numbered. Sanitary Inspector Whitaker has called the attention of the Commissioners to the neglect of owners to comply with the law requiring proper numbers to be placed on each house. If this law were strictly en- forced, he says, much confusion and addi- tional labor would be saved. He further that all old and erroneous numbers on houses or names of streets, alleys, places, courts, &c., be removed. Morris street between 15th and 16th streets and 15th street between Morris and Erie streets, like Temperance alley, have houses erro- neously numbered, Fire Alarm Box. Fire alarm box 418 has been erected at the District engineer stables at ist and Canal, streets southwest. * Orders for Work. The Commissioners have ordered: That a new street hydrant be erected at 36th and M streets northwest, in place of the old one. That the ofl lamp on the north side of School street east of 6th street southwest be discontinued; also that lamppost at the southwest corner of 15th street and Massa- chusetts avenue northwest be replaced. Daniel Hurley, calker in water department at $2 per day, is appointed laborer in water department at $500 per annum, and Edward Middleton, laborer in the water department at $500 per annum, is transferred to place ~ laborer in water department at $1.50 per y. That @ sewer in south side of Virginia avenue southwest between 4 1-2 and 6th streets be added to the schedule of sewers to be built under the appropriations fur re- Placing sewers, 1834. That contract No. 1736, with A. Gleeson, for grading, etc., on 16th street extended, is extended to July 1, 1894, on account of delay in removing standpipe in 16th street extended, —.__. Not a Suicide. In the issue of The Star of Friday notice was given of Thomas Dunn having shot himself at Ruppert’s on 7th street. At the time it was thought the deed had been done with a suicidal motive. To those who were with Mr. Dunn in his dying moments he said most emphatically that he had no intention whatever of taking his own life and that the shooting was purely accident- al. His funeral will take place on Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Requiem high mass will be sung at St. Paul's Church, —_—— Officer Blaisdell Dead. Officer J. W. Blaisdell died at Garfield Hospital yesterday, after an illness of two weeks. Mr. Blaisdell resided at 2008 11th street northwest with his Wife and six children and had been on the force a num- ber of years, for the past six years qn duty in the second precinct, and had le a high reputation as an office —— Officers Installed. The following officers were installed at the regular meeting of Columbia Council, No, 448, National Union, at Typographical Tem- ple Saturday night, by Friend F. W. Larner of the cabinet: President, William J. Hen- dricks; vice president, William H. Triplett; speaker, T. T. Burke; ex-president, J. M. Craig; secretary, Joseph E. Casey; financial secretary, John E. Hammond; treasurer, George Fordham; chaplain, C. B. Amazeen; usher, W. Q. Lowd; sergeant-at-arms, W. T. Kelly; doorkeeper, Geo. G. Prior; trustees, Charles W. Otis, Thos. B. Penicks and Geo. W. Cox; medical examiner, A. C. Adams: delegates to cabinet, W. B. Reilly, W. Q. Lowd and J. E. Hammond; I. R. A., W. Q. Lowd; D. C. A. F. B. S., W. B. Reilly; del- egate to assembly, J. M. Craig. After the meeting the following program was carried out: Adress of welcome, by President Wm. J, Hendricks; overture, by Prof. J. E. Knight’s Mandolin and Guitar Club; bari- tone solo, James J. Nolan; recitatiot ward Walsh; comic son; tions (musical), Messrs. Knight, Smith, Sal- keld, Greer and Winter; tenor solo, J. B. Fitzpatrick. Remarks were made by Messrs. J. E. Hammond, Joseph Dierken, W. Q. Lowd, J. M. Craig and F. B. Larner. The committee _on entertainment was Geor; Fordham, W. B. Reilly, W. Q. Lowd, John E. Hammond, Harry A. Keyser, W.Waverly Taylor, W. H. Triplet’ id Joseph E. Casey. a Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: T. M. W. Green to Jas. H. Sayles, part 20, section 8, Barry farm; $175. Anna EF. Hen- son to A. L. Richardson, lot 11, section 5, do.; $-. John Ridout to H. Pursel, sub 26, square 258; $-. C. W. Patterson et al. to Fenelon D. Dowling, part 10, Res. D.; $2,300. F. Brinkman to J. E. Chapman, parts 4 and 5, square 1001; $-. W. A. Andri to W. B. Douglass, part 6, square 945; $—-. Elizabeth A. Koones to Blanche G. Koones, subs 36 to 38, square 1023; $—-. E. W. Bradford to D. Firtwell, part 65, square 1051; $-. D. Birt- well to Virginia H. Alexandria, do.; $4,250. L. S. Chapman to A. M. Salmon, square 335; $-. R. A. Ragan to G. W. Montgomery, sub 62, square 97; $—. Clem- entine Hutton to F. Brinkman, parts 4 and 5, square 1001; $200. J. F. Halley to F. M. Thomas, subs 32 and 33, of lots 108, Anacostia, and part 7, Chichester; $—. J. =. Chapman to F’. Brinkman, sub E, square OUR COMING NAVY. Increase and Changes as Shown by the New Naval Register. SOME OFFICIAL TRANSFERS. Vessels in Commission and Under Construction. THE LIST OF OFFICERS. BOR es ‘The annual register of the Navy Depart- ment, which has just been issued to the service, records, for the first time since the war, two first-class ships of the navy, the armored cruiser New York and the triple- screw cruiser Columbia. Of the second class the cruiser Baltimore, the largest pro- tected vessel in the navy,heads the list,with the Chicago second and Philadelphia third, of which all are of recent construction. Vessels rated as third class include all other vessels of the navy in commission, except tugs, torpedo boats and training ships, and number forty-one. The register places three boats in the class of torpedo boats, the Alarm at the New York navy yard, the Cushing at Washington and the Stiletto at Newport. For service at navy yards and in assisting large ships to dock twelve tugs are required for the navy, stationed at the yards on both coasts. Seven sailing ships are used for apprentices, naval cadets and state school ships, and seven old timers, which have seen better days, are now tied up at navy yards as receiving ships. Old Timers. Many of these are now fast going to de- cay and will be relieved this summer by some of the wooden ship<: whose days of active service are at an end. Of the unser- viceable vessels of the navy the register in- cludes the Hartford, the Pensacola, Omaha, Constitution, Swatara, Nipsic and St. Louis. Four of these are at the Mare Island navy yard waiting to be disposed of for old scows, and one, the Hartford, will be repaired and again placed in commission. The old Con- stitution Mes at the dock of the Kittery, Maine, navy yard, housed over and fast go- ing to decay. Several plans have been pro- } Posed to bring her to Washington and to preserve what is left of the vessel, but no concerted action has yet been taken to this end, Under Construction. Of the vessels under construction the first-class Battle ship Iowa is placed at the head of the hst, followed by three sis- er ships, Indiana, Masyachusetts and Oregon. The armored cruiser Brooklyn, larger, but similar in every other detail to the New York, the Minneapolis, like the Columbia, and the two second-class battle ships Maine and Texas follow. Besides these, the register shows still under con- struction the double-turret’ monitor Puri- tan and Amphrite, the cruiser Olympia, the monitors Terror and Monadnock, pro- tected cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati, harbor defense ram Katahdin, the cruiser Montgomery and one torpedo boat. By the end of the year this lst of vessels wiil be greatly reduced, the next annual regis- ter showing but very few vessels for the ravy then building. Should Congress not authorize more vessels this session, in two years, with the exception of the Iowa, there will not be one ship under construction. Official Changes. The register records a greater number of resignations, deaths, retirements and dismissals of naval officers during the year than usually occur in a similar period. The larger portion of the resignations were due to failure of naval cadets at Annapolis. Two leutenants resigned their commis- sions, one surgeon, one passed assistant engineer and one assistant engineer. Thirty-nine officers were placed on the re- tired list, including two rear admirals, ene commodore, two captains, two com- manders, one lieutenant + four lieutenants, two ensigns, three medical directors, [mobad surgeons, igh a : mn surgeons, tl paymasters, chief engi- neers, several junior engineers, three chap- lains, one naval constructor and two war- rant officers. Five officers of the marine corps were also retired. The total number of deaths in the navy numbered thirty- eight, the greater number, however, being among those on the retired list. Three died in the marine corps, six naval cadets were honorably discharged, three dropped, one commander and one engineer officer discharged, one commander and two naval cadets dismissed the service. On Station. ‘The revised list of vessels on the five sta- tions shows a number of changes, espe- cially in the last few months. The home station at present consists of three vessels in active service, the Kearsarge, Miantono- moh and Vesuvius. The Pacific station is credited with a number of ships, but they are all widely scattered. The Phila- delphia remains flagship, with station at Hawall; the Monterey is at San Francisco; the Charleston, while nominally attached to the station, is at Rio; the Yorktown at Callao, the Mohican at Mare Island, Alli- ance at Callao, Adams at Hawali, and Ranger off Central America. The Asiatic station has the strongest fleet for years, headed with the cruiser Baltimore as flag- ship, the Lancaster, Marion, Concord, Mon- ocacy and Petrel. The European station, revived at the naval review, has two ships, the Chicago and Bennington, while the South Atlantic has the strongest aggre- gation of all in the San Francisco, New York, Newark,Charleston, Detroit and Yan- tic. Six vessels are rated as on special service, including the dispatch boat Dol- phin, Thetis, Pinta, Cushing and two small- er crafts, The Naval List. In the personnel of the navy there have been many changes by retirements, deaths and dismissals. Admiral Gherardi heads the list, and will remain senior officer until his rethement in the autumn. Commodore vohn 4, Walker leads the commodores, Capt. Beardley his grade, Henry Gass the commanders, and James H. Dayton the ieutenant commanders. The active list of the navy is given by the register as com- posed of 6 rear admirals, 10 commodores, 45 captains, 85 commanders, 74 lieutenant commanders, 250 Heutenants, 75 lieutenants Gunior grade), 174 ensigns, 15 medical di- rectors, 15 medical inspectors, 50 surgeons, 58 passed assistants, and 26 assistants. The pay corps is made up of 13 pay directors, 13 pay inspectors, 40 paymasters, and six assistant paymasters and 20 as! ant paymasters. There are also about 175 engineers, and a number of chaplains, pro- fessors and civil engineers. NOT AVAILABLE, Mitchell and Corbett Could Not Fight on a Government Reservation, As stated briefly in Saturda: Star, the proposed passage-at-arms between Corbett and Mitchell to determine the pugilistic championship of the world has taken on a local aspect, through the possibility of having the contest on the military reserva- tion on Anastasia Island, near St. Augus- tine. The use of this reservation is sug- gested as a means of getting beyond the jurisdiction of the civil authorities. If the managers of the affair have any such idea the sooner they dismiss it the better for their plans. A Star reporter investigated the matter at the War Department today and learned that Secretary Lament is op- posed to prize fighting per se, and that he would never consent to the desecration of a public reservation in such a way. The reservation at Anastasia is under the super- vision of Gen. Howard, at New York, com- manding the department of the east, and applicatjon for its use for private purposes would have to be approved by him in the first instance. It would also have to be approved by the Secretary of War. ER TESST GE ee Officers Elected. The following officers of the Temporary Heme for ex-Soldiers and Sailors, Depart- ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., have been elected for the ensuing year: Calvin Farnsworth, president; Newton Ferree, vice president; Thos. R. Turnbull, secretary (sev- enth term); Rev. J. H. Bradford, treasurer; Rev. Wm. H. Gotwold, chaplain. The annual election of directors of the Belt Railway Company Saturday resulted as follows: Charles B. Calvert, Andrew Glass, H. K. Gray, R. O. Holtzman, Howard Munnikhuysen, M. A. McCormick and W. $—. Catharine Underhill to G. J. Bond, parts 139 and 140, square 1004; §—. G. J. Bond to Emily Ann Freeman, do.; $—. Emi- ly A. Freeman to G. J. Bond, parts 1, 2 and 22, square 85; $—. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. BUSINESS CHANGES... CHTROPODIS' i SUeTeee ee 8 E 1 i PESEBSSESU CHESSER SHUM EHS SoHE SSSHHSSSSSSRS HS uceSunk FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores). FOR RENT (Warehouse! FOR SALE (Houses FOR SALE (Lots). HOTELS. CC ee WINTER RESORTS... WATER AND GAS MAINS. A New Regulation Will Allow Oonneo- tions at Any Time Much Complaint About the Present Status—An Opinion by Attorney Thomas on the Subject. A question of much interest to plumbers and builders was reported to the Commis- sioners today by the attorney for the Dis- trict. Heretofore the Commissioners have limit- ed the opening of the streets of the city for the laying of water and gas mains to all months of the year except those between November 1 and March 1. In making this regulation, they believed they were acting in accordance with the provisions of the act of May 1, 1865, which provides: “It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take up any pavement, or ex- cavate any avenue, street, alley or sidewalk for any purpose whutever, between the ist of November and the ist of March in each year, except for ni ers, water and gas pipes, nor to excavation in any avenue, street without first obtaining the the mayor in writing to make the same, fi which permit shall be paid the sum and the sums so for lumbing ly this evil, but it thinking the act of May 1, in force. Meanwhile, the engineer fied met a of Commission: meant, » that when a new house is all rendy for ocoapans after March 1. Regulation to Be Revoked. ‘With all of these conditions staring them in the face, and the fact that if this regula- tion were waived it would be the means of giving employment to a number of men, the Commissioners decided to revoke pa! Kesley Schoepf. The board organized by the re-election of Howard Munnikhuysen, president; W. Kelsey Schoepf, vice presi- dent and general manager, and H. K. Gray, secretary and treasurer, ‘ragraph 33 of the plumbing regulations and authorize the permit clerk to issue permits for cuts in the pavement throughout the whole of the Present winter. The attorney for the District was asked for an opinion Ing the status of the law of May 1, 1865, when taken in connec- tion with the law of April 23, 1892. In his opinion rendered to the Commis- sioners today Attorney Thomas says: “The act of Congress conferring upon the Commissioners power to make, modify and enforce regulations governing plumbing, house drainage and the ventilation, preser- vation and maintenance in good order of house sewers and public sewers in the Dis- trict of Columbia, is most com} in its terms and is broad enough to confer power upon the Commissioners to prescribe a time of year when excavations for sewers, &c., shall not be made. If the sixth section of the ordinance was in force on April 23, 1892, it was repealed by the act of of that date. It follows that the Commis- stoners have the power to make a regula- tion on the subject.” There is no doubt that the Commissioners will avail themselves of this opportunity at an early date and revoke paragraph 33 of the plumbing regulations, and insert there- for the following: “Between November 1 and March 1 no permit shall be issued to make an excava- tion in any street, except for necessary re- pairs, and for connecting premises with Sewer, water and gas pipes. “In case of such necessity, repairs and connections, the permit clerk is authorized, upon presentation of the regul applica- tion, to issue the necessary permit. A fee of $5 will be charged for all permits issued for making connections between November 1 and March 1.” eee ———— FINAN 7% Ol Ds IN COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE .’ of the District of Columbia, at en int at busis December 31, 1893. Office, 525 11th vette E885 : = & 82233 11,923.34 We, HARRISON DINGMAN c. 3. BELL, BANKING HOUSE, 1405 G 8T. N.W. STORAGE WAREHOUSE, 1140 15TH ST. Buy ki $81,010 08 |. President: a) ‘This company has for sale first-clake 6 per cent mortgages, which it will sell “‘ss is,” netting the investor 6 per cent, or will euar- antes them for one per cent, thus netting the investor 5 per cent. Better investment than government bonds. . Security & Trust The Washington Loan And Trust Company. that Tt is trae. Surely 4 you are not so blind to your own interest and welfare as not to see the advantage of SAVING money while you can EARN it, for you may become that you District of Columbia. Personally, appeared, John W. Schaefer, sec- retary of the Commercial Fire’ Insurance’ Com- pany of the District of Columbia, cath, in due form of law, that the above is a correct and true report of the Commercial Fire Insurance trict of Columbia, on the Sist 1893, (Signed.) Subse’ day of (Signed. ny ‘of December, JOHN W. SCHAEFER, Secreta: ry. ind sworn Januare isp” %® Defore me this 13th ) ALBERT B. RUFF, Notary Public. . S. Hoge, President. Jobn’ W. Schaefer, Bee. Geo. Re Repettiy Ve been. Wik jeClosky, Aise’t. + rosnees, — W. E. Abbott, Pa M. A. Ballinger, toa hie Job Barnard, X. H. Shea, Louis Tehrens, ‘Thomas Somet EC Ergond, R. A. Walker, bes ad John “F. Vogt. OFFICE OF THE CUESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC Telephone Company. —A dividend of 50 cents per share will be payable on the 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1894, “to the stockbolde.s of record at the close of business un the i9th day of Jan- uary, 1894, at the fice of the treasurer of the company, 619 14th si Washington, D. C. cH BEERE, Treasurer. Washington, D. C., Jauva-y 9, 159 Jalltja2vin Life Tontine Endowment AND PAID-UP policies purchased at a fair dis aint = epwanp x. BURNS, 1307 F st. aw. COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT ey 16 Oth ‘st. mw.