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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. . SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. IRITUALISM_ MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BaL- mere, the wonderful medium, every FRIDAY during’ da: rivate sittings, nw, every PRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th ei. fes-2t* MEE £0 10an IN THE DISTRICT ‘ON an property at lowest rates of terest. @ specialty. | HERRON & NIXON, feS-Imo 1206 '@ THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE SUB- seriber bas obtained from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, a term such, letters of administration on t rsonal Thos. J. Luttrell, late of the District February 16, ‘A.D. ODORE L. HOLBROOK, President the Wash. jal2teser5 Brick Mach. Go. @_S. T. MASON HAS REMOVED HIS DENTAL office from cor. 12th si . Til 12th st. a G. T. KEEN, TAILOR, fei-tt 1312 F st. 16 FOR 98e—THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PORT- folios you have and what I will bind them for in bai? Diack Russia. HODGES’, feS Sil oth st. oar. 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Union, Pacige’ Wailway, “bepinsing’ with ita actos ni cite way, ming with its ince tion in "1832—shows how» localism ‘and ‘section: alism, defeated ssional action from » building of the . ory of (the Credit’ Mobiller_the action of the .sary Department—the proceedings in the U. Courts, under the Thurman act—and a diseus- won of the various plans proposed for the set- tlement of the question. Maps showing the various routes and their terminals and official statistics accompany the work. ‘Thus the question is presented in its origin, de- velopment and present status. | _ The author of this volume has made the subject a special study. and has had unusual facilities for examining the data of the work. The matter presented is historically exact, and the treatment full. clear and practical. ‘The history of other railways in this country has much in commen with that of the Union Pa- cific, so that a study of this road is a study of railways in general. PRICE TWO DOLLARS. Sold by booksellers or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by the publishers. S. C. GRIGGS & CO., 262 and 264 Wabash avenue, Chicago. it High Voltage Electrical Currents. Up to recently, says the Electrical World, our ideas in regard to the consequences of higher voltages were based upon ex- perience with direct currents, in which the considerations were danger to life and diffi- culty with commutators, mather than with simple insulation. Owing, however, to the use of transformers with alternating cur- rents, which enable us to almost entirely obviate danger to life from high voltages, the voltage of 16,000 used at the Frankfort- Lauffen transmission was less dangerous in this respect than any arc-light currents under the ordinary conditions of use. On eccount of the absence of commutators, the voltage of 16,000 was also produced by the dynamo with less practical difficulties than one-half as great a voltage would |be in a direct current machine. The only | factor therefore to be ordinarily considered in relation to the voltage of simple or mul- tiphased alternating currents is the insula- tion of the line and apparatus, and this factor does not become of direct import- ance until we approach a practical limit, which seems to be yet far removed. With direct currents, however, we have the two additional factors of danger to life on ac- count of the necessary disposition of the generating and receiving apparatus and difficulty with commutators, to which may j be added a third factor due to electrical difficulties with high voltages at the re- celving apparatus, which do not exist where alternating currents are employed with transformers as intermediaries. This is but another ‘Illustration of the variance in ideas derived from experience with direct currents and those connected with alternat- ing currents. Levan Se eS “Between You and I.” From the Boston Evening Transcript. What in the world is to be done with those otherwise good people who persist, in conversation, in using “1” and “he” in the objective? Most of these people know bet- ter, though some of them are college grad- uates; but they go on saying, “Will you go with Dick and I to the symphony?” and even, “It was between he and I,” though they would never, of course, say, “Will you go with I?” The rumber of people who use this solecism is apparently in- creasing. Public school teachers use it, and the sound of it is not altogether unfa- miliar in what is called good society,though “me and him did it” is not a whit more ungrammatical than “between you and I.” Evidently some people use the phrase with- out knowing that they do it; but why should they? Still other people, who have been taught that “me and him went” is not correct, ignorantly suppose that “between you and me” is also ungrammatical. In this ease, of course, the mistake is due to pure ignorance. and no one can complain of it, because ignorance is generally a mis- fortune rather than a fault. But when peo- ple who have been to school use the nomi- native case in the objective, and say “‘be- tween you and I,” or “I will let you and he | know,” one feels like projecting some con- venient article of furniture at them. Per- haps some form of violence will have to be resorted to in order to break up the prac- tice. SILVER DROPS AGAIN The London Market Completely Demoralized. PRINCE OF WALES RETURNS 70 LONDON British Merchants Want Protection at Rio Janeiro, GENERAL FOREIGN TOPICS LONDON, Feb. 8.—There was another fall today in the value of rupee paper, the price declining 3-8. A dispatch from Calcutta states that the Bank of Bengal on Tuesday last raised its rate of discount from seven to eight per cent. Today a further advance to nine per cent was made. The market for bar silver appears to be completely demoralized. The tone today was flat and prices again showed a con- siderable decline. Yesterday the quotation was 29 13-16 d. per ounce. At 2:30 this af- ternoon the price had fallen off 7-16, the quotation being 29 3-8 d. The Times in its financial article says: “How far the collapse in the silver market is due to simple panic remains to be seen. Pixley and Abel state that India took in 1898, £7,052,000 worth of silver out of an aggregate production of £17,795,000, this being much above the average in the past decade. India now pauses in her absorption, and until a strong and new demand arises, it is to be feared that accumulation of stock will tend to depress the value of silver. It is evident that the nations will not combine to protect silver. It is also doubtful wheth- er strong private holders of silver will step in at present. Seeing how small is the margin of supply required they will keep off the market because no full recovery and freedom of confidence in finance is yet ap- parent. It is only certain that the cheap- ness of silver will both curtail production and extend consumption until the decline is arrested and probably reversed.” The Chronicle, commenting upon the ex- tremely low price of silver, says: “The Indian council is severely blamed in this city for the fearful muddle which has re- sulted from the currency experiment. Per- haps if it had not listened so readily to the Indian authorities and the traders in India the muddle would have looked less hopeless. In contrast with yesterday's allotment the action of the council in itumn shows a lack of continuity of policy.” The Daily News, in its financial articles, says: “The Indian council sold eight lakhs of rupees in telegraphic transfers at about 141-82 pence, which is a fraction below the current exchange from India. This is a very small allotment at such a terribly low rate and has increased the consternation in the silver rupee markets, where it is argued that now that the council has accepted such a small tender at so low a rate there is no saying to what further extent ex- change may decline. But while a further fall in silver is admittedly probable, people who are wel. informed are disposed to take a calmer view concerning the future course of exchange and even regard the silver spot supplies as very small, and that there are indications from the United States and elsewhere of the speedy reduction in the output of the silver mines. The depression has not had much influence on other mar- kets.” No Legislation Expected. In an interview with the submanager of the principal bank doing basiness with In- dia today in regard to the silver situation and prospective legislation, the latter said that the directors of the bank were ignorant of any prospective legislation and asserted that the general belief was that the gov- ernment cannot take definite measures, or even propose them with any prospect of success until the silver market is steadier. The submanager also said that he thought it probable that, at the present price, the Indians would resume making purchases of silver for hoarding. Nothing was known, he asserted, concerning the probable re- opening of the Indian mints. “The Prince Returns to Londo The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters left Osborne, Isle of Wight, this morning on board the royal yacht Al- berta for London. Upon entering the Cotves roads the Alberta steamed around the Prince of Wales’ cutter Britannia and the prince said good-bye to the crew as the Bri- tannia started for the Riviera, in order to take part in a series of yacht races in those waters. The Prince of Wales will rejoin the Alberta at the Riviera and will be present at the races in which his cutter takes part. After leaving the Britannia the Alberta met the new and very fast torpedo catcher Havoc, which displayed its rapid-turning powers and great speed by circling around and around the Alberta, much to the amuse- ment of the royal party on board. British Merchants Admire Benham’s Course. ‘A deputation consisting of ship owners, merchants and others interested in the shipping trade visited the foreign office today for the purpose of protesting against the government's neglect of British inter- ests at Rio Janeiro. The deputation complained that British ships at Rio Janeiro had been detained for months, and their cargoes were not yet discharged. They declared that the spir- ited action of Rear Admiral Benham, com- manding the American fleet at Rio Janeiro, had been the means of freeing American ships from all obnoxious restrictions. The ips of other nations, they said, were liable to be interfered with at any moment. Mr. Francis Leveson Bertie, one of the senior clerks of the foreign office, replied to the deputation in the absence of Lord Rosebery, the secretary of state for for- |elgn affairs. Mr. Bertie promised to com- municate the complaint of the deputation to Lord Rosebery, who would see if it was possible to instruct the commander of the British fleet at Rio Janeiro to see that Eritish vessels approached the wharves and discharged their cargoes, and without mo- lestation from the insurgents. Admiral Benham, he added, had doubtless effected the end desired, and had succeeded in ac- complishing what his more cautious col- leagues might have shrunk from. ‘The Work of Clever Burgliars. The house of Capt. Burns, at Farnham, was entered by burglars last night, who stole $7,000 worth of jewelry. Capt. Burns, who is the aid-de-camp of the Duke of Ccnnaught, and who married Miss Forbes- Leith, had as his guests the Pelham-Clin- tons, who were the losers of the majority of the jewelry stolen by the burglars. The burglary appears to have been a cleverly planned affair, the cracksman tak- ing the precaution to place a wire around the house in order to prevent being sur- prised. Russia Blamed by Frenchmen. A dispatch to the Times from Paris says that the Russo-German treaty of commerce has caused a profound impression in France, where sentiment is mixed with pure econo. mics in view of the Cornstadt and Toulon receptions. According to the Times correspondent,the French public thought that Russia would quarrel with the dreibund, and that she would be the irreconcilable enemy of every nation, hostile to France. Some of the Paris papers, the Times dis- patch says, are already accusing Russia of betraying France. London Notes. H. J. Phillips, ex-manager here of the New York Life Insurance Company, was before the bankruptcy court today. He has no assets. His liabilities are not stated. ‘The agents in this city of the Hamburg- American Steamship Company have issued a circular to passenger and freight agents in Great Britain with a view to establish- ing a weekly service between Liverpool and New York. The London and Northwestern District Bank, Limited, the head office of which is at No. 53 New Broad street, E. C., failed. The capital of the bank was £25,000. The liabilities are small. From All Parts of Europe. The American line steamer Paris arrived at Southampton at 7:45 o'clock from New York. She was comp lled to wait in the channel for a pilot, and was consequently somewhat delayed in reaching her dock. A dispatch from Tangiers states that the Arabs are receiving as a martyr the no- torious Riff agitator, Maimon Mohatar, who is journeying from Tangier to Mo- rocco. Upon his arrival at the latter city he will be immediately incarcerated for the part he took in inciting the Rif tribesmen to carry on the warfare against the Span- jards at Melilla. The National League of Spanish Pro- ducers, representing manufacturers in Bis- cay, Catalonia and Asturias, held a meet- ing last night, and appointed a committee of defense and propaganda, with a view to opposing the importation of articles sim- ilar to those produced by the manufactur- ers they represent. The committee will to- day visit Senhor Gamazo, minister of fi- nance, for the purpose of urging that the government adopt protective measures. Serious religious riots between Mo! a medans and Hindoos have occurred at Ycdla near Nassick, ninety-five miles from Bom- bay. The Hindoo temples and Mohamme- dan mosques were destroyed. Many of the combatants were injured. Troops were summoned, and they quelled the disturb- ance. ‘The King of Saxony 1s suffering with a slight attack of influenza. TALK OF THE BOULEVARDS. Paris Anarchists Promise to Av: Vaillant. PARIS, Feb. 8.—The police have removed from Vaillant’s grave in the “Turnip Field,” in Ivry cemetery, a quantity of palm leaves, a pot of flowers and a number of pamphlets glorifying the dead anarchist and promising that his execution will be avenged. The Soleil says that Admiral Lefevre, minister of marine, will retire from office on the conclusion of the labors of the extr: parliamentary commission appointed to f vestigate into naval affairs. The paper adds that the appointment of a civilian to suc- ceed him is contemplated. Among the passengers injured in the rafl- way accident Tuesday night at Complegne ‘hee Mr. Reisner, a draughtsman, of New orl Advices have been received that Loben- gula, King of the Matabeles, who was driven northward from Buluwayo, his cap- ital, by the forces of the British South Africa Company, is now wandering almost solitary in the bush, having been deserted by nearly all his followers. It is added that Lobengula is suffering from gout. United Ireland says that the Paris fund of the Irish parliamentary party is about to be released. Messrs. Munroe & Company, the Paris bankers, who are the custodians of the fund, have, the paper adds, to the conditions for the release of the money that will leave no ground for con- troversy between them and Mr. Justin Mc- Carthy, the leader of tne anti-Parnellite section of the party. MASS IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL. Changes Made in the Comin; Encyclical. ROME, Feb. 8.—The anniversary of the death of the late Pope Pius IX was the occasion for a requiem mass in the Sistine chapel today. The pope, the members of the sacred college and numbers of for- eigners were present. At the conclusion of the mass, the pope, seated on the throne, Pronounced the absolution. The pope appeared to be in good health. The pope's jubilee encyclical will appear on the 18th instant. At the last moment his holiness struck out that part of the encyclical bearing on political affairs, ow- ing to the changes that have supervened in the political situation since it was written. In the document the pope thanks Christen- dom for the manifestations made on the occasion of his jubilee. These manifesta- tions, he says, prove the vitality of the church and the prestige of the papacy. He refers to his aged life, and says he prays for the world the blessings of peace. In a reply to a letter from the Bishop of Liege, the pope has written, thanking him for his recent letter on the social question, which, his holiness declares, is the leading question of the day. —_— IT WAS A CLOSE CALL. Papal Quarrel Between Neighbors Nearly Ends in Murder. NEW YORK, Feb. 8—A quarrel took place early today between Charles Albertsin of No. 114 West 68d street and John Flied- man of No. 110 West 63d street, and Albert- sin is now suffering from the effects of a bullet wound in the left breast. The two neighbors met a few minutes after 6 o'clock. They at once began to quarrel and suddenly Fliedman drew a re- volver from his pocket and aimed directly at the region of Albertsin’s heart and fired, the latter falling to the ground with a heavy groan, and the blood flowing from a wound in his breast. A doctor was hastily summoned and found the wounded man’s injury to be not very serious, although he had had a narrow escape from being shot through the heart. Fitedman fled after the shooting, but was later captured and taken to the Yorkville court, where he was held to await the re- sult of Albertsin’s injuries. ——— OVER $12,000 RAISED. The Cor‘-ibutions Received for the Citizens’ Relief Fund. Col. Truesdell, chairman of the citizens’ committee on canvass, had received up to last night and turned over to the treasurer of the committee $12,013.15. This repre- sented the total collections reported up to yesterday. The total received a lift yester- day when Dr. A. J. Schafhirt, chairman of the seventeenth district, made the re- turns of cash collections in his district, ag- gregating $1,002.85. Of this amount $899.17 was contributed by employes of the govern- ment printing office. It was expected that Dr. Schafhirt's district would be the banner district in point of the amount of money contributed, but the eleventh district has earned the right to march in front of the procession. Mrs. Lewis Clephane, who is chairman of the district, announced her Purpose not to stop working. until she had raised $1,000. The result has been that Mrs. Clephane has already turned in $1,147, and hopes to make it an even $1,200. Mrs. Cle- Phane’s district is the one between K and P streets north, and 9th and 15th streets west. It is not expected that any more large returns will be made by canvassers, but there will be some straggling returns coming in maybe for several days yet. ——__ A HIGHWAY ASSAULT. A Woman Attacked on the Streets and Robbed. Mrs. Esther Wunderlich, a white woman, reported to the police that while on her way from the Baltimore and Ohio depot last night she was knocked down and robbed near the corner of New Jersey avenue and B street northwest. She had in her purse a railroad ticket for New York and $3 in change, which her assailant, after dealing her a blow, knocking her senseless, seized and ran off. Two citizens and Officer Lang- ley responded to her call for help, but failed to secure even a sign of the miscreant. She was assisted to the sixth police precinct station and after a time was able to give a pretty fair description of the fellow. She described him as a dark-skinned colored man, aged about twenty-five years, about five feet six inches in height, and wearing dark clothes and a derby hat. She is cer- tain it was a colored man, not only because ef his color, but the few words he uttered while he was jerking at her purse con- vinced her of that fact. —_>__. Let Him Off With a Warning. ‘This morning in the Police Court Sarah Waters, a young light-colored lady, charged her husband, a very black young man, some years her junior, by name Andrew Waters, with making an assault upon her last night. Andrew pleaded guilty. Judge Miller said that there had evidently been a good deal of trouble between them, but that if he sent Andrew to jail there would be none to look after Sarah. He would lose his job and she would become dependent on charity for support. It was a hard problem to solve, but Judge Miller cut the gordion knot by taking the boy’s personal bonds and warning him that if he ever raised his hand against his wife again he would go down for eleven months. SS ee Chinese Registration. In order to facilitate the registration of Chinese, under the act passed by the spe- celal ion of Congress, Secretary Carlisle has instructed collectors of internal reve- nue: “Cause to be printed in the Chinese language, and circulated extensively, no- tices to the effect that the time within which Chinese may apply for registra- tion will expire May 3 next, and that all who fail to avail themselves of the provis- tons of the act approved November 8, 1893, will be deported.” ————_+-o+____ The Colorado senate majority working for an early adjournment killed over a dozen of the bills passed by the house. RIDING A WILD BUFFALO A Thrilling Yarn Spun by a Man From Montana. A Race for Life on the Back of a Huge Bull—An Adventure on the Plains. Maj. Wiley King of Montana was at the National last night. The major is away up on affairs at the setting sun and is a mono- ™metallist with a silver lining. He believes that the true ratio between gold and silver is 16 to 1; that the latter ought not to be measured on the basis of its value in the former, and that the phrase “In God We Trust” ought to be swabbed off all gold coin. He was just getting ready to tell The Star's scribe about how the financial con- spiracies of the Rothschilds and Wall street had depreciated the value of goods and ap- preciated that of gold, when The Star man said: “I say, major, did you ever see a real, genuine, bona fide live buffalo outside of a picture frame or taxidermistical studio?” “Well, you bet,” said the major, in a sort of a sun-dance shout, as he brought his fist down on the bar. “What I am going to tell you happened in the winter of 1869-70. It was a bad winter in my country, and of course you know that means that the mercury had gone down pretty near to China. During that cold season the buffalo took refuge in mighty herds in the country round the Porcupine river, which is one of the tributaries of the Yellowstone. Over 80,000 of the brutes were killed in that coun- try. They were shot down, their throats cut and the hides taken. The carcasses were left, and for years the skeletons lay thick strewn over the region for many miles. It was only a few years ago that the bleached bones were collected for use in refining sugar. Well, word reached our camp that @ bunch of buffalo were grazing about two miles from the ranch, and our men got to- gether for the hunt. Porcupine Jack, Rocky Bill, Bitter Root Charlle, Tenderfoot Claud and myself composed the crowd. I knew the location said to be covered by the bunch just as well as I know the ingredients of a whisky straight, and I had a plan in my mind to outstrip the other boys and get ina few shots ahead of them. I swung onto my pony and off I went on a dead level run across country. I left the trail which the other members of the gang were reasonably sure to follow and cut over a hog back into the next valley, down in which the buffs were alleged to be. They were not in sight, however, and I continued on. After about ten minutes had elapsed I thought I heard the sharp crack of a rifle. “In two seconds more I was dead certain I had heard a shot, for a regular chores of bangs rattled out. I turned my broncho’s head in the direction of the shooting and had made up my mind to ride back and rejoin the crowd. My plans wouldn’t work. They had fired into the bunch from the other side and had stampeded it. The mad. dened animals, and there were fully one thousand of them, were tearing over the snow, jumping ravines and dashing toward me at a terrific pace. Behind the herd the cracks of the guns rattled. A Ride for Life. “The valley was narrow and the sides very steep. I did not have time to get out. There was only one thing to do and that was to fly and keep ahead of the herd till I found a good opening in the hills. Well, that pony of mine just turned his tail to the oncoming circus, leaned his head way forward and worked his hoofs for all there was in him. It was a furious ride. There wasn’t the least sign of a trail and the srow drifts had frozen in some places and in others, where the sun got a good look at them, they were decidedly impressiona- ble. ‘These hindrances made breakneck speed dangerous and difficult. But it was the only thing that could be done. I could just manage to keep out of the way of the herd. Every now and then a bullet from one of the boys in the rear wouJd miss its mark and whizz and whistle over my head, mak- ing truly interesting music. I'd rather hear Tristan and Isolde played by a brass band any day In the year. The herd was stretching out a little and the forenrost were about 200 yards in advance of the others. My pony stumbled, turned a scmer- sault and threw me a long ways before him. My rifle was lashed to the pommel of the Mexican tree and I did not have time to gather myself up and go back for it. There was no chance to get out and only a slim one to stay in. I pulled my six-shooter and began firing at the foremost of the bunch in an effort to turn them a little and give me room to live. I did frighten them so that the leaders slackened the pace. The van was an old bull and after eyeing me for a brief spell he made a break with the evident intention of doing me up. On the Back of the Bull. “Just as he ducked to upper-cut me, I dodged, grappled him by his shaggy locks and leaped upon him just behind his hump. He reared and bucked violently, and twisted and writhed in rage, but I clung on and the rushing beasts in the rear compelled him to keep on the run. After that spell of bucking, the others of the bunch had come up with m, and he, burdened with my weight, hai to run for his life. Now and then he would file an objection to my pres- ence and attempt to unhorse me, but I would simply dig my heels into his ribs and we would go onward once more. Finally the pressure from behind began to slack up, and my bovine steed wanted to rest. I could not permit this, because the old fellow was so absolutely offended by my presumption that he would have murdered me on the spot. He gave me to under- stand by pantomime that if he ever laid horns on me he would make me pay very heavy car fare for my free ride. “T knew that I would have to ride him to death, so that when I did dismourt he would be too much exhausted to kill me. So every time he showed any disposition to slow down I applied my heels, and ence more we went forward with a rush. It was 3 o'clock when I had started on that un- comfortable ride, and it was now getting to be about midnight. My buff was blowing very heavily, and his tongue was lolling out. He fwanted to lick the snow, but I could not even permit this. It must have been about 2 o'clock in the morning when he began to manifest a wabbling gait. Then he lurched a few times from side to side, lunged heavily forward on his knees ard rolled over on his side, falling on my left leg before I had time to free myself. Free at Last. . “I lay there for g few minutes, and after a good deal of torture and an immense amount of squirming, I got free, whipped out my knife, and started to cut my beast's throat, because it is fashionable to do this in my country to prevent further difficul- ties, as buffalos very often do the Enoch Arden act in an unexpected way. As I plunged the blade into the old fellow’s neck he sprang to his feet, lifted me in his horny embrace, and tossed me probably forty feett in the air, and then dropped dead. I lay unconscious for sometime, but finally got together, and despite my bruises I set to work with my knife to make a buffalo robe out of that animal. “Then I lighted a fire of grease-wood and sage brush, and soon feasted off broiled bison. As soon as day broke, I began to take my bearings, and found that I was at least 100 miles from home. The other boys, who had been riding in the rear of the buffalo, had suddenly run onto my little pony that had fallen and had been ground up by the herd. They had, of course, sus- pected that my remains must be somewhere close by, and they began a hunt. They re- turned to the ranch and got two of my fa- vorite wolf hounds, which I had used for chasing coyotes, and put them on my trail. They followed the scent of the buffalo from the place where I had mounted, and just as I was dining off a second edition of roast buffalo, my friends, both men and dogs, came up. Well, you can just bet we were glad to meet each other. Come on, boys, let’s have anothe — wi Drunk When He Did It. Michael Kavanaugh pleaded guilty in the Police Court this morning to the charge of the larceny of a fur robe from the buggy of Dr. W. Smith Recose last night. Kava- raugh said that he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing at the tim “What do you do for a living?” asked the judge. “I'am a painter by trade.” “That is to say, you paint When you are not drinking.” “Yes, sir.” s “And sometimes when you are drinking you paint things, eh?* “Yes, sir.” ‘0, sir. “Thirty days.” INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS. BOARDING... BUSINESS CHANCES. ceaneatea BSSSSSESeRSHSEE ER a Shah Sey MEEESERSSSSSSSSSS woot athe sSSs FINANCIAL... FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Pianos). FOR RENT (Rooms). SEDEEECEE EEE NEW PUBLICATION! POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND ORGANS. PERSONAL... PETE SUBURBAN PROPERTY UNDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help). —_+o+—______—_. THE DISTRICT’S SURPLUS REVENUE. Ask to Have It Appropriated to District Needs. The Federation of Labor has adopted the following resolutions: Whereas the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia have prepared estimates for the necessary appropriations for said District for the next fiscal year, amounting to $6,701,079.23 (exclusive of the water de- partment), and the House appropriations committee have reported a bill appropria- ting but $4,922,194.97, thus depriving the Dis- trict of $1,778,884.26,which is urgently needed for public uses, and Whereas the Commissioners have esti- mated the general revenues of the District (exclusive of the water department) for the next fiscal year to be $3,464,740.51, and the District's share of the amount carried by the appropriation bill is but $2,461,007.49, thus leaving a surplus of $1,003,643.02, which will be wrung from the citizens of said Dis- trict and unjustly covered into the treasury of the United States under the act of July 14, 1892, in a forced prepayment of the debt of the District for the cost of the “in- creased” water supply, which debt, accord- ing to the contract,should be paid in twenty- five annual installments, and Whereas the expropriation of more than $1,000,000 of the money of our citizens and the failure to appropriate the sums esti- mated by the Commissioners as necessary for the public welfare will inflict great evils on the community, especially at a time when money is difficult to get and public employ- ment is needed by working people to sup- ee diminished private employment, an Whereas the United States is now com- pelled to borrow money for current ex- penses, and cannot be expected to be Ib- eral to the District of Columbia, but may be induced to allow the District to use its own money raised by taxation, and to re- frain from forcing it to anticipate the pay- ment of its debts at a time when’ every- ogy else is getting an extension of credit, be it Resolved by the Federation of Labor of Wachington, D. C., That we earnestly peti- tion Congress . a (Gn addition to any amoun' it_ may be appropriated as a joint charge upon the District and the United States) the whole of the surplus revenue of the District, to be paid wholly by the District, and to be devoted to the purposes for which the Commissioners have made estimates, and in the following crder of preference: 1. For the public schools. 2. For the health department. 3. For the water department. 4. For the sewer department. 5. For the police department. 6. For the streets and alleys. Resolved, That the legislative committee of the Federation of Labor is authorized and directed to do all that is practicable to secure congressional action in accordance on pepe tegy oe e District Assembly of the Kni Labor have taken similar action, maaan legislative committees of the two organiza- tions will work together to secure the end — wha ys resolutions. meml of one of the committ: says: “The alternative for the people ay from is, on the other hand, a savage cut in the appropriations and the payment of a million dollars into the treasury of the United States, and, on the other, the grant of sufficient money for the public needs,and the application of the million dollars to the necessities of the District, though accom- — by a departure from the 50 per cent rule. “The great evils that may result from the Proposed cut in the appropriations, especial- ly to the public health, order and educa- tion, and by the loss of employment by the working people, have determined the labor organizations to insist that all of the money raised by District taxation shall be ex- pended here, regardless of how Congress we shirk its just obligations, “The question is, Shall the people of the District have the benefit of their own money, or shall they submit to what amounts to ‘direct taxation’ to the extent of a million dollars for the benefit of the bankrupt federal treasury? Shall we sup- port the United States because the United States refuse any longer to support us? ————.___ Diet for Thin People. A good many recipes are given to help fat people grow thin. Mrs. Rorer, in a recent issue of Household News, thus an- swered a correspondent who desired her to give a diet for thin people to gain flesh, es- pecially one who has the common com- plaint of Intestinal dyspepsia: Now, in the first place, you cannot ac- cumulate fat unless you get rid of the in- testinal indigestion. It makes very little difference how much food, or of what qual- ity one takes, if they cannot digest or as- similate it. First, then, get rid of your indi- gestion. If you will live for a certain time on such foods as are digested in the stom- ach, and give the intestines a rest, you will no doubt be permanently cured. Then at- tend to putting flesh on your bones, but un- der no other circumstances can you find the desired benefit. A diet of lean beef that has been finely chopped and robbed of the connective tissues, made into flat cakes, lightly broiled and seasoned; and, if you wish, a tiny piece of well-toasted whole wheat bread, with a cup of hot water, if persisted in for two or three months will effect a cure. After that you may come back gradually to carbonaceous foods. Re- member that the fais are more easily con- verted into fat than the sugars and starch- es;and ‘all starchy foods must be well cook- ed. The light lunch at noon would be de- cidedly better, and then take your 6 o'clock dinner. After dinner, rest, that you may meve plenty of time to digest and assimi ta.” Fire yesterday morning destroyed the greater portion of business houses of Mont- gomery, Mo. Seventeen stores and office buildings were burned. Loss, $130,000. FINANCIAL. margin. Cottom bought and sold in New York or New Or rans. CORRESPONDENTS. ‘Pernell, Hagaman & Co.,.New York Sock Exchange Lebwan Bros., New York Cotton Exchange. 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