Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1894, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. During February Colds and chills are prevalent, and unless the system is strong enough to throw them off, serious illness, often ending in pneu- monia and death, result. The Cause Of colds, chills and attendant dangers is found in the blood, poisoned by uric acid, which should be expelled by the kid- neys. The Effect Of this kidney-poisoned blood reaching. Health and strength are impossible while it exists. The system is being acontinually maakened leaving it open to the ravages of colds, chills, pneumonia and fevers. The Cure For such a diseased condition is found in Warner's Safe Cure, which will restore the kidneys to health and enable them to roperly perform their functions. ere 1s no doubt about this. The record of the past is Proof Positive. CAUTION.—Ir a dealer offers W. L. 1 es <i - Douctas BEST IN 3 SHOE at Wome, L, DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, ea ‘and give better satisfaction at the prices ad- To Bouglast Detion, which guarattess js of dollars annually them. Dealers who push the sale of W.L. Douglas Shoes gain cus which helps to increase the sales on their full "They can afford to sell at a less believe you can save money footwear of the dealer advertised hel free upon application. Mane, itman & Sons, 422 7th s.w. me org, 1906 Pa. ave. Hoover & Bay’ J. O. Marcero: H. Oettinger, B. Nordli: WW ¥, 433 Tth uw. 913 Sth s.e. 806 14th nw. 3124 G ot 16,600 francs to T. LAROCHE. QUINA-LAROCHE, EXCITEMENT UNABATED, Tumors Diseppear Like Magic and | Paralyzed Limbs Take On New Life, ANOTHER LECTURE TO LADIES. WPoilders’ Exchange Hall was crowded last even- fing to suffocation with some of the best people in Washington, drawn there to witness the grandest @thibition of healing the sick by vital magnetism that ever took place. People suffering with all forts of diseases were taken upou the stage and @ickly relieved. One lady, who had a large goitre, With which she had suffered twenty years, was treated. But before the ductor touched it he in- Fited several ladies and gentlemen to examine it. Me then treated {t about four minutes, and all that was left was the loose flesh where the tumor fad been. An old colored woman had been lame from paralysis and rheumatism for years. She was ured almost before she could realize it. When he found she could use her limbs again she ran &p and down the stage shouting: “Thank God, I am cured." Some twenty or more were quickly Felieved of their sufferings hy this God-given power, @s wielded by Br. Damon and axsociate. Evers day the doctor's new offices at 608 12th Street are crowded by those who are able and Willing to pay to be cx mary 21. Dr. Damon will the above hall to es only, at 2:30 o'clock. This lecture wilt a by charts, and will be particularly inte to every woman in Wash- ington. 1t Ss Hor nor 7 < THE TROLLEY’S NEW TERROR! A Discovery That Has Just Been Made at Philadelphia. Underground Metal Pipes Rained and the Water and Gas Systems of the City Imperiled. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. PHILADELPHIA, feb. 1i, 184. A new danger threatening Philadelphia and every other city in the Union on which trolley cars are run is just now occupying the attention of local engineers. It is claimed that the effect of the trolley on the streets will be the speedy destruction of all underground metal pipes, imperiling the water and gas systems and causing enor- mous expense to taxpayers. William McDevitt is electrical inspector for the Philadelphia fire underwriters and for the Philadeiphia fire patrol. As a prac- tical expert in electrical work he is regard- ed as one of the best. He has studied tne various systems in use in this country and abroad, and in pursuing his investigations he has visited every large city in America | and Europe. Upon Mr. McDevitt’s return from his last trip he made a careiul report of his observations of underground electri- cal currents upon gas and water systems. According to this report the great network of underground pipes, upon which every city depends for {ts water, was threatened with destruction by subterranean electric currents. In explaining the escape of electric cur- rents from the trolley rails, Mr. McDevitt said to a Star reporter: “Ihe tracks upon | which the trolley cars run are charged with electricity of, we will say, 30u volts. ‘hat is what ‘s termed high tension, 150 volts being low tension, and the strength of the current used varying between these ex- tremes. If you will notice the laying of the tracks you will see that where the rails are joined they are riveted with iron plates, and after that they are wired together. it is necessary to keep the connection be- | tween the rails, otherwise the currents will be destroyed. The iron plates in themseives are not sufficient, and for that reason the wire reinforcement is used. “Notwithstanding these double precau- tions, however, it is not long before the expansion and contraction impairs the con- nections between the rails, and a portion of the electricity escapes into the ground. The ground is a very good conductor, and the electric current that escapes into it is therefore carried along. Wei ground is a better conductor than dry. The current will run along one stratum of made ground until it nears a stratum of earth that is more dry, when it will turn from it and jump into the pipes. In runnii along in this way the electric current comes in con- tact with some of the numerous under- grourd pipes used to convey our supply of water and gas. “Now what is called electrolysis takes Place. This actioa is similar to corro- sion, but more speedy in its action, and it 1s only a question of time when the pipes must go. Curiously enough, the place where the pipes give way and break is at the very point where the erratic electric current leaves them, not where it first strikes. Of course the pipes are affected all elong the length of exposure to the current, but invariably the vulnerable point is where the electricity jumps off. “The trolley mea all over the country have exhausted their ingenulty in devising schemes to protect the connections between the rails. It may be said that it is prac- tically impossible to do this. The electric- ity will escape at the fastenings connecting the rails and strike off into the ground in the way I have described. “The time it takes to eat up ard destroy the pipes varies, of course, but a year is sufficient to do the damage. I found such to be the case in Boston. You will see the same result in Philadelphia, for the pipes will invariably give way, entailing enormous expense in continuous repairs.” —_——.-—— THE MANASSAS CRIMINALS. White, One of the Men, Will Have a New Trial Advices from Manassas, Va., state that Ben White, one of the two young negroes sentenced to death in the county court there last week on a charge of criminally assault- | ing Mrs. Elliott, one of the two white wo- men who were outraged by White and his condemned companion, Jim Robinson, near Manassas on the 13th of last month, will be granted a new trial. The day White's case was called his counsel moved for a trial in the circuit court, but the motion was over- ruled on the ground that the law permitting a defendant to elect between the county and circuit court had been repealed. Since the trial, it is understood, it has been discovered that the law was In force on that day, ond hence the condemned man will be given a new trial, probably some time next month, before the circuit court. —— A FATHER’S CRUELTY. A Case Which Led to a Police Officer's sim issael. A story of great cruelty to children, in which it is charged an officer of the police _ force grossly neglected his duty by allow- {ing the culprit to escape, has been brought to the attention of the Commissioners, and the officer promptly removed. It gems the attention of the police was called to a case of cruelty to children by a citizen at house 1140 16th street, occupied by Clarence Woodruff, wife and two chil- dren. Private McGrann was detailed to look into the case, and although he found the facts as stated, failed to arrest the father, who acknowledged doing the beat- ing, and allowed him to escape. Charges were preferred against McGrann, and the trial board fined him $25, but Maj. Moore recommended that he be removed from the force, and the Commissioners promptly acquiesced. A picture of one of the children accompanies the papers, and shows a sweet baby face horribly mangled. This is what Lieut. Boyle reported of the cruelty: “I visited the house, 1140 16th street, and saw the children. The oldest, a boy three and a half years old, had both eyes black and closed, and the left side of his face below the eye had the appearance of being scalded or burnt (the child said his father put him on the stove), his legs and body ‘were covered with black bruises, and when asked if his father kicked him said ‘yes.’ The other child, a boy of fourteen months eld, was bruised about the legs. body and face, and on the right side of the face was @ place nearly as large as a half dollar which had all the appearance of a bruise. Woodruff is still at large, although the police are keeping a sharp lookout for him. ae Good Templarw Meeting. The attendance upon Perseverance Lodge of Good Templars at its meeting on last Saturday evening tested to its limits the seating capacity of Elks’ Hall. During the business session much practical temperance and routine work was accomplished. Two new members were initiated and several ap- plications were appropriately referred. Dur- ing the social session the lodge enjoyed a Piano solo, by Miss Hahn; vocal solos, by } Miss Ella Mundell and Mrs. Gury, and reci- tations by Profs. Ogle and Porcher. T musical and literary program being con- cluded, the inner man was cared for at a huge lunch party, at which each lady pro- vided lunch for two. The public meeting held under the auspices of Perseverance Lodge at Good Tempiars’ Hall, corner 41 street and Pennsylvania avenue, was at- tended by an interested audience, and during the program of the meeting several young men signed the total abstinence pledge. During the interesting lecture by Mrs. D. Clinton Smith she sang several temperance songs. The practical address by Mrs. Barnes of Iisnois will long be remembered by those present. Capt. Dean of Minnehaha Lodge and Grand Chief Mr. Canfield added to the | interest by brief and telling speeches. There | was congregational singing, and Grand Chaplain Blackford led the devotional ex- ercises. | | | | —. The Patent Office Arrears. That the work of the patent office Is Icss in arrears than at any time in the ment prepared by Assistant Commiss: Fisher. It shows that while seven y« ago one division was between six an¢ months in arrears, now the greatest age in any division is four months. there were more than 10,000 applic patents on hand, while the number penaing is now about 6,500. The work of the office relating to designs and trade-marks, of which there are only sixty-thres of | ¢he IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. Seated around a table in a rear room of the Normandie last night were Messrs. John B. Allen, Andrew Reid, John Stephens and Alfred Slater, all of New jersey. They were part of a delegation of flax, hemp and jute workers, who have been here some days endeavoring to secure more protection for their industry than is accorded it by the Wilson bill as it went to the Senate. Their toil-worn palms and blunted: fingers prove that they are tollers and not walking delegates. They met with no encouragement from the subcommittee of the Senate finance committee, which has the bill in charge, and have turned their efforts in an- other direction. They have male an active canvass of the Senate with a view to hay- ing the bill recommitted to the dnance cor- mittee, with instructions to give hearings to representatives of all branches of manu- facturing. Senator Aldrich has assured them that such a motion would meet with hearty support, and they claim Senator }ii)l as one of their warmest avocates. As the bill is set to be called up next Tuesday they ex- pect that the motion to recomm:t will be made upon that day. They are very con- fident of success. They say that 4 majority of the finance committee woud like the re- commitment. Mr. Allen, their spokesman, said: “The trouble has been that we were unable to get Senators to uaderstand our business. They seemed to think that it con- sisted of making bagging for cotton bales and sacks for wheat, corn and oats. That, in reality, is a very small part of it—quite an unimportant one. The misap- rehension arose from the fact that there is a little trust out west, composed of two or three mills, which does manufacture bagging and forces the farmer to pay through the nose. We have been met on all sides with the assurance that the & ato>s were sorry for us, but that the far- mer must be given a fair show. Most of the jute, flax and hemp industry of the east consists of cordage. We make finé ihreads, binding twine and things of that sort. The commonest form of our linen thread sells for $1 a pound. We have no more to do with the farmer than with any other American consumer of such products. Of the 65,000 people engaged in the industry 40,000 are now idle, the mills having ciosed down in fear of the tariff. Those of us who have work are laboring on only two- thirds time. If the schedule goes through unchaned the wages of our most skilled operatives will be reduced to 34 a week, and no white man can live on it.” “The destruction of the fair buildings by fire is regretable from an artistic or senti- mental standpoint,” said Mr. John D. Ham- lin of Chicago at the Arlington, “but it was very lucky for the stockholders. The build- ings were fully insured, o: nearly so. If they had remained standing they would have been nearly a dead weight upon their owners. They could not hay been sold for | the cost of the lumber in them, and as revenue producers they would have been very expensive failures. As it {s, (ne stock. holders will get something like their ap- proximate value. One or two attempts to fire the remaining buildinys have been made. Of course there have been agly ru- mors. There always are ia such cases, but wise men take no stock in them. There Is one thing about Chicag> that the outside | world possibly does not appreciate: Every | man, woman and child In It is heartily tred | of Columbus and everything that has the Columbian tang. Steele Mackuye's latest entezprise, the ‘Scenatorium,’ a successor to his uncompleted ‘Spectatoriu:n,’ has fail- ed, because it gave scenes from ‘the life of Columbus, including, of course, the 1:¢y ble landing and meeting with the a stricken but joyful Indians. ‘The peuple | simply would not pay to see It.”* “Silver has gone down to comparatively nothing,” said Mr. Nathan Hargas, an American resident of Paso del Norte, Mex., at the National, "but gold has not ont i never will. The gold miner who has pay .dirt and plenty of water is the miner wav makes the money now and will hereafter. There are plenty of unexplored gold fields in the world and phenomenal strikes will be made for a century to come. So far as the North American continent is concerned, it has been pretty well dug over, but there fs one part of it that in my opinion is the | future gold bearer of this hemisphere. I refer to the Yaqui country in northern Mex- leo. The Yaquis live amid mountains that are a part of the great Sierra Madre or “Mother Mountain” range, and cheir hills and valleys have been hitherto inaccessible to American white men on account of their unceasing wars with the Mexican govern- ment. They are a shapely, intelligent, light- skinned and light-eyed race, unconquered and unconquerable. They are penceahte enough when let alone, but they permit the entrance of a number of Apaches, who ure anything else. Gold ornaments are very common among them, and they make no secret of the possession of mined of fabu- lous richness, which they will not sell, nor work themselves, nor permit to be worked. The Yaqui river forks into three prongs a ttle way below its head, opening out like the sticks of a lady’s fan. I used to know an old German miner named Fischer, who made his way to the middle branch, re- mained a winter and spring, washing on the banks of the middle branch, and returned to civilization with some thousands of dollars’ worth of dust, which he had packed on a burro. He lost it in speculation, and made another venture. He never came back, and his secret dies with him. Some day’ that country will swarm with the Anglo-Saxon, who is a man you cannot keep down If get. ting up will allow him to lay his hasd upon wealth.” Seated in the rotunda of the Normandie last night were ex-Senator Paddock of Ne- braska and Senator Hunton of Virginia. They were engaged in low and earnest con- verse. Near them was Mr. Mclihenny. Mr, MclIthenny has a dog—a Scotch terrier of superhuman intelligence—na‘ned “Robert.” “Robert!" said Mr. McIhenny in a loud voice, and the two Senators looked around. “Robert, how is Senator Hill?” The dog stood upon his hind legs and waltzed gaily about, holding his head upon one side.and having in his eyes a look of} joyous abandon. “Robert, how is Mr. Peckhant?” He dropped to four feet. gazed mournfully at his master, and suddenly flopped upon his back and held his legs stiffly in the air, playing dead as a stone. “Knocked out, eh?” said Mr. McIihenny. It is thought that Mr. Hunton voted for the Peckham confirmation. ‘The others laughed, but a shade of annoyance crossed his face. “You ought to take that dog to the north end of the Capitol,” he said; “he would make a first-class Senator.” Proprietor Gibbs of the Wormley ts in constant communication with Mr. Nicholas Eneel, president of the New York Beef- steak Club, which proposes entertaining forty Gridironers at that hostelry on the 24th instant. Mr. Engel, accompanied by many of his fellow conspirators, will ar- rive on the 23d. They will do the cooking themselves, dnd will bring their meats with them. It has been suggested that they could find as good beef in Washington as in any city of the country, but they will not have {t so. ‘Their steaks are purchased some days in advance, and submitted to a course of mysterious preparation which {s popularly supposed to include incantations hy the high priest, and morning, noon and right prayers by the faithful. The Beef- steakers are practical jokers, and it may be thelr purpose to serve the Washington- jans with papier mache imitations of the | genuine article. An extra large time is expected, and no police will be allowed in- side the building. Capt. Jack Adams of Boston, commander- in-chief of the Grand Army of the Repub- lc, is at the Wormley. He ts on his annual tour of inspection. Tonight he wili be given a very elaborate banquet at the hotel by his Washington comrades, and some of t most distinguished men in the city are ex- pected to be present. In that room of Chamberlin's which ts between the hotel office and the dining room proper “Buffalo Lill” sat last night at the head of a long table. Something like a dozen gentlemen, many of whose names are known everywhere, were listening to him. In the rich, racy and expressive dia- lect of the west, which, after all, is the true American language, he was telling them strange tales of life upon the prairies and the scarred slopes of the Rockies—tales of midnight foray and the torture stake, and hand-to-hand encounter and thirst,and starvation and arctic weather and tropic heat and blood licked up by the waterless sands. lt was strange to see the long-hair- ed, long-limbed, keen-eyed scout discours- | ing to snug, well-groomed denizens of the east, whose lives have been spent in the great centers of trade. They heard him with breathiess Interest, and the yellow wine stood untasted in the glasses. Cody is perceptibly older than when in Washing- ton last. To put it gently, he is not s0 he used to be. He has, however, appreciation of a good time, the ‘ame cordial manners and tHe same reck- jess generosity. He has, too, the same fac- ulty for money-getting, as witness the Chi- fair, at the close of which he and Saulsbury divided $750,000 clear profit en them. They are talking of run- ning him for governor of Nebraska, and if pelitics does not break him he will go sounding down the ages as quite the most | remarkable American of the latter part of former and forty-nine of the latter pending, is less than a month in arrears. the nineteenth century. He will remain in | Washington some four or five days. IN° THE SOCIAL WORLD Mrs. Manning’s Handsome Luncheon in Honor of Mrs. Cleveland. Other Entertainments—Lenten Diver- sions of an Informal Nature. Mrs. Manning gave a luncheon on Satur- day in honor of Mrs. Cleveland, which was considered one of the handsomest oc- casions at which the mistress of the White House hi been entertained this winter. the Vermont avenue suite at the Arling- ton. It was simply heaped with Parma violets and insertions of violet ribbons. The corsage bouquets of violets had streamer ends of violet ribbons. To meet ys Cleve- land there were present about t! y ladies, including Mrs. Gresham, Mrs. Carlisle and others in the cabinet circle, Mrs. Romero and some others of the diplomatic corps, and several among the residents. Mrs. Manning will remain at the Arlington till the end of the present week, and, as usual, her stay is being made as delightful as Possible by her friends. Mrs. John R. McLean gave a luncheon on Saturday, entertaining a dozen ladies. The table was superbly decorated with American beauty roses. The Brazilian minister and Mrs. de Men- donca entertained at dinner on Saturday the French ambassador, the German am- bassador, the Mexican minister and Mme. Romero, the’ minister of the Netherlands, the Turkish minister, the Swiss minister, Mrs. Condit Smith, Mrs. Audenreid, Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Reamey, Miss Sherrill, Miss Biddle, the Misses de Mendonca, Mr. Ben- jamin Constant, Mr. Oscar do Amaral, and Mr. Marlo de Mendonca. One of the features of “Mustapha,” the comic opera to be given next Monday even- ing by the Paint and Powder Club of Bal- timore, which the audience would probably enjoy quite as well as the play Itself, is the “dresser” that each young gentleman actor has for the evening. This all import- ant person is either his sister or his mother, and they alone are let into the secret of the processes by which a dazzling oriental complexion or any other kind desired is secured, the last fascinating touch given to the costumes, which are easy to put on, and the young men saved from becoming driveling idiots in adjusting all the furbe- lows on some of the more complicated get- ups. Those who have watched this part of the performance say it is as funny as the play itself The actors, and their mothers and sisters, and all their admirers will come over in a special the early even- ing of the performance. Mrs, Yale is visiting her parents at 912) 15th street, and will be with Mrs. McCulloch on Wednesday from 3 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. George Rollings, formerly Miss Scott, hag returned to the city and will be Pleased to see her friends on Thursdays, | 1145 2ist street northwest. Dr. and Mrs. E. Megrim McComas were | at home informally on Thursday evening and were assisted in welcoming the guests by the Misses Frayner of Hagerstown, Md., and the Misses Lewis. Among those’ pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Eraest McComas, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Boyde and Mrs. and | Miss Lee of Stanford, Conn. } Mrs. Henrietta L. King is lying ill at the residence of her son, Mr. Harry King, 1335 | Q street northwest. > Daisy Chain Contributions, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins acknowledges re- ceipt of annual dues for 1894 from the fol- | lowing members of the Daisy Chain for the fund of the Hospital for Contagious Dis- eases: Misses Ruth and Esther Cleveland, Miss Mary Lodge McKee, Master Benj. Har- rison McKee and the Misses Bell, Ne lands, Barney, Hiss, Wilson, Rochester, Ferguson, Steele, McCammon, Grossman, Connally, Gilliss, Britton, Clagett, Fuller, Burritt, Glover, Houston, Johnston, An- \arews,” Seymour, Leupp, Bright, Taylor, | Carlisie, Belknap, Gardner, Ball, Magruder, Gray, ‘Schmid, Ffoulke,’ Mann, Sanger, | Brown, Sands, Hopkins, Barbour, Wright, | Baier, Michler, Colton, McCauley, Galiau- | det, Aukam, Emory, Baum, Smith, Walke ‘and Masters Bell, Hiss, Gordon, Newton, McKay, Britton, Robbins, Pierce, Burritt, Tuckerman, Chandler, Bright, Gardner, E) kins, jr., Strong, jr., Schmid, Clymer, Hop- kins; Mrs. Wm. 8. Teel, in memoriam Chas. 8. Teel; Mrs. Thomas Wilson, in memoriam Violet Robinson; Archibald Hopkins, jr., in| memoriam, Mrs. Hopkins hopes that all remaining members of the Daisy Chain will send in their subscriptions as soon as possible. The fund for the Contagious Hospital is now $8,770.97, invested at 5 per cent, beside a large sum held for it by the Norwood In- stitute. As soon as the District Commis- sioners will select a site the hospital, sadly needed, will be built. oo The B. and 0. Co.’s Posttio: To the Eustor of The Evening Star: Your editorial in The Star of the 16th in reference to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company's false pretenses, that it is the disagreement of the citizens that has caused the delay in the change of their tracks, is exactly right and true. It was astounding to hear their attorney | make such a statement, but no more so than his quick adoption of the suggestion of the chairman of the committee that Con- gress has no right to legislate on the sub- ject. This same claim was made by the gas company some years ago, that while Con- gress might charter another or competing company, it could not regulate the existing company or fix the price of gas, but the gas company abandoned that pretense at the investigation in 1586, as 1 apprehend the railrozd company will if the question can ever be brought fairly before Congress or the courts. 1t is, however, evident, as shown by your correspondent C. M. C. was the case in the gus investigation, that there is litte nope of anything being done in the matter; that | every suggestion on the part of the com- pany and the committee so far Squints at delay on one excuse or another, the last be- ing on the part of the company the dis- agreement of the citizens as to the ian, and now for the first time raised by any one, the absence of power on the part of Congress to act at all in the ter. In- deed, in answer to a question or suggestion | by a member of the committee that the | company stood on its “vested rights" In ac- | cordance with the doctrine laid down in the old Dartmouth College decision, the attor- ney for the company sald “that was it ex- | actly,” and that they denied the right of | Congress or any other power to interfere. I venture to predict now that at the close of the session the matter will be no nearer a scttlement than it now is, unless the Sen- | ate committee agrees to such plan as the | railroad company demands. | In view of the outcry of politictans, when | addressing the “dear people” on the stump, | against the impositions and insolence of the corporations, it is marvelous to see how, | year after year, these railroad corporations control the action or prevent action by Con- gress. Even more astounding was the statement of the attorney in reply to the showing as | to the number of persons killed and injured | that it was the people's fault and not that | of the raflroad company’s. 1t ls astounding, in view of the fact that this matter has been so long before Con- gress, and in view of the fact that the com- pany admits the evil of its present grade crossings, and that at most its present “vested rights” will terminate in 1910, that instead of a determined effort to remedy the difficulties and settle the matter perma- nently for the benefit of the company, as well as the citizens, there seem to be only excuses for further delay, but so {t looks at the present time. CLLIZEN. February 17, 1894. ae Emperor William is to take supper with Bismarck in Friedrichsruhe this evening. orous Plas The table was laid in the middle parlor of | |dred delegates were prese: FISHING IN THE POTOMAC. The Season Opens Wi Promise, but Protecting Laws Are Needed. Persons interested in the Potomac fisher- ies are anxious to see the House pass the bill introduced for the protection of the fish. The bill, as heretofore printed in The Star, has passed the Senate and should it pass the House and receive the President's signature, the work of destroying the young will have to be stopped. years ihe white and yellow perch have been taken from the District waters, the spawn- ing grounds of the Potomac, and millions of small fish have thus been destroyed, while the black bass have been taken in such numbers that Fish Commissioner Mc- Donald thinks it useless to stock any more tributaries of the Potomac. Last year some of the creeks were stocked, but this spring the nets are taken them from the waters and at times they are as cheap as yellow | perch. It is stated that at one haul in the | Waters of the District, only a few days ago, | one handred and ninety-six small bass. were caught and were sold at the rate of twenty- five cents a bunch. Seldom a day passes that some fine fish of this kind are not landed at the river front. Last week twenty-nine bass, some weighing as much as five pounds, were brought here on the steamer Macalester. Most of them were caught at the mouth of Pohick creek, just below Mount Vernon, where so many bass are caught in nets every spring. “Most of | taem were alive when they reached here in barrels with other fish, “And,” said | Spector Harris to a Star reporter this morn- ing, “they would make one hungry to look at them.” The Catch Falls Of. Even the men who fish the lower Potomac are anxious about the passage of the bill in the House, for, by raking the spawning grounds each year, the fish are materially lessened, and their work down the river is not so lucrative. Just now, white perch are coming from Potomac creek, forty miies Cown the river, and they are as fine as any fish of this variety ever brought here. Yel- low perch are also being caught down the river, and they, too, are of good quality. Several nets are now being operated in the District, and yellow perch of small size and catfish are being caught in large nurnbers. The shad and herring season is now vpen- ing in earnest. Local fishermen will soon begin the operation of their nets. Last week 10,000, herring Were caught and brought to this city, in addition to those | shipped to Alexandria, but there were but | few shad. Herring were caught as early |as the first week in January, but they al- | ways appear some weeks in advance of shed. | The oyster season is fast drawing to a close, as the fish seascn progresses. This winter the receipt of oysters has been much |larger than it has been for many years, jand Inspector Harris says that the bivalves vhave been of a better quality. Soon the |demand for the oysters will begin to de- | crease, and then the oyster boats will go in the fish business, and later on they will |bring up fruit from the farms along the jwas not rendered until July last. The Dis- river, a Important to Pensioners. ‘The pension agent in this city desires that the atiention of pensioners be called to a recent regulation of the Secretary of the Interior, which requires that after the Ist of March next the vouchers of pensioners who sign by mark shall be witnessed by the signature of two witnesses in their own handwriting, and, in every case, the sig- nature of the pensioner to each receipt at- tached to the voucher, whether written or | by mark, must be atfested by at least one witness in his or her proper handwriting, it, however, being competent for the officer before whom the voucher is executed to at- test the signature of the pensioner to the receipt. Neither the pension agent nor any clerk employed by him can appear as a witness in either the voucher or the receipts. Un- der these regulations it will be necessary for pensioners who are paid at the agency in person, especially those who -sign by mark, to produce two witnesses who can write, thereby avoiding the confusion and delay during payment. a ‘The Case of Mrs. Hart. The case of Mrs. Ernest Hart of Phila- delphia, who ts charged by the New York immigration officers with violating the alien contract law in bringing to this cout.try | four Irish weavers to work in ex-Postmas- ter General Wanamaker’s establishment in Philadelphia, is attracting the attention of the treasury officials. The minutes cf the examination held by Dr. Senner, im gration commissioner of New York, hi reached the department. Mrs. Hart aiso came over from Philadelphia and had sev- eral conferences with Superinten tent Stzmp (of the immigration bureau and Assistant |Secretary Hamlin. Superintendsat stump went over the rec Ir. Senner very thoroughly, Hart's story, he decided to send the case tu Commissioner Rogers at Philadeiphia fo- further examination and report. It will therefore be several days before aay {nal action is taken. Smuggled Sheep Seized. The Treasury Department has received a report of the seizure of nearly 20,000 sheep which had been smuggled across the Mex- ican frontie>, so it is said, by the jirm of J. B. Dawson & Sons. The operation began with the regular importation in the district of El Paso, Texas, of 4,500 lambs upon which duty of $3,500 was paid, «nd con- tinued in some mysterious way for several months, through Texas, New Mexlco aud Arizona until the he-d reached the immense proportions of 20,000 sheep, of wnich the treasury agents are satisfied that all but the original 4,500 were smuggled in from Mexican territory. The recovery of the sheep was a most stupendous undertaking. attended with many hardships and dan, The case is now pending before the federal court of Las Vegas, and if decided in favor of the government will add the snug sum of $40,000 to the cash balance of the treas- ury. Hebrew Convention at Baltimore. The Independent Order of the Sons of 3enjamin convened tn eleventh session at Baltimore yesterday. Nearly three hun- t from all over the United States and Canada. F. C. La- trobe, mayor, welcomed the convention to Baltimore and was responded to by Grand Master Ferdinand Levy, city register of New York. The order numbers 15,000 mem- bers, and since its organization has paid endowments amounting to $1,219,769. The election for grand master and deputy grand master resulted in the re-election of Mr. vote of 191 to 74 for B. Rosen- ew York, and of A. A. Rosenberg : York, vice B. Rosenthal, by a vote to 107. A committee was appointed to control the reserve fund, which now amounts to $88,605.29, and which is to be increased to $100,000, are not actually sick but have no power to generate vitality. The cause is mal-nutrition. The cure is Hi-Oosinesr GRATEPUL—COMFORTING. Epps’s Cocoa. KFAST—SUPVE! i “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws whic govern the operatious of digestion and pu- eful application of the tne cted Cocoa, Mr. Epps bas tables with a delicately Relieve instantly, and cure quicker than any other Porous Plaster, liniment or medicine em- ployed, Clean, safe and sure, GET THE GENUINE BENSON. ‘Millions Sold Annually. } ‘ 42,8,mtu-ly Which Tuay wave us many hea is by the judicious use of euc articles of diet that a constitution may be gradual- built up until strong enough to resist every ten- to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are around us ready to attack wherever there ts a weak point. We may escape wany a fatal avored beverage, doctors’ bills. It | shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified With pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”"—Civil Serv- | tee Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or amilk. Sold aly, tg halt pound tine by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., L Homeopathic Chemis’ ‘England. fish in the waters within the District limits | During recent | SUSPICIOUS TRAMPS. Two of Them Who Made a Demand on an Old Gentleman, In the Police Court this morning there Was the usual Monday morning array of prisoners, who were charged with all sorts of minor offenses. There were in the pro- cessicn the usual number of tramps and persons who do not belong here. They were chraged with being vagrants and dis- orderly persons, and there were us many excuses as there were prisoners. Philip Turner was the name given by one young man, who said he came here from Fall River, Mass. looking for work. But he was not in search of empolyment Sat- sylvania avenue with a companion, and did the best he could to get some funds from citizens. made him think that they wanted to jostle after walking against him Turner made a request for money, and this he followed by a demand. Mr. Whiteside, however, was not to be frigatened so easily, and, seeiug the boldness of the men, he told them that he would stay with them, intending to have them arrested. From point to point he fol- lowed them, until they separated, and finally Turner was grabbed by a number of citizens, who turned him over to Policeman McCort. “If 1 had a pistol,” said the prisoner to the officer, “I would blow your brains out.” When the station house was reached the prisoner showed fight, and had to be He had 50 cents in his pocket. “The best thing you can do,” said the judge to him, “is to go to work. You were not looking for such a manner on Pennsylvania avenue.” He was given ninety days on the farm and ten days in jail. Another stranger, who gave a fictitious name, was accused of being a vagrant, be- cause he had been found begging on the street. “I was begging for a chew of tobacco,” was the man's response. who did not have any tobacco, and the third one gave me a chew.” “That's too thin,” said the judge. “That's an old excuse, and its about played out. The prisoner was given ten days on the farm and advised to leave the city when he gets out. Several others were tried and sent down. Sein NATIONAL GUARD FURNITURE. Red Tape is Said to Ha the Check. The first controller of the treasury has disallowed an item of $345.80 in the ac- counts of Gen. Ordway, commanding the paying National Guard, for furniture pur- |chased of W. B. Moses & Sons for the use | of the National Guard. The furniture was purchased several years ago, but the bill ‘¢ Tanglea Up | trict Commissioners approved the payment of the bill out of the appropriation act for 1804. The bill was paid by check in favor of W. B. Moses & Sons, the check being in- dorsed by Gen. Ordway, and being retained by him to await the decision of the account- |ing officers. The first controller was not satisfied with the character of the evidence furnished tm support of the voucher and re- | fused to allow the expenditure. As the mat- ter now stands, Gen. Ordway will, say some jof the authorities, have to meet all the de- mands of the controller for the support of his accounts, or he will have to settle with the dealers in his private capacity. There is not even a suspicion of wrongdoing in urday night when he appeared cn Penn-| Mr. Marquis Whiteside, an aged man, was | selected as their victim, and their conduct | and rob him. The two men separated, and | knocked down before he couid be searched. | job when you acted in| “I asked two men | Sailing Away, both of them for pleasure, — with the chances for safety in 7 favor of a the wash- | board. In fact, there isn’t much | chance for safety until it’s gone. If you don’t want your clothes rubbed to pieces — | throw it a- IE way. Use Pearline. That washes without harm. The washboard wears out while it’s getting things clean. It’s rub and wear with- out Pearline. It’s hard work, too. Pearline takes away the rubbing and the work. No use for either, it takes away the dirt easily, quickly, cheap- ly. 3:0 JAMES PYLE, New York. | a) 4 4 <x SX SX SE FE SE FO) hin People H Grow Fat 4 Brown Bread. be It’s the most wholesome— nutritious—mest — delt- XX SE RE SEE SE ET sx so) | TF Drop us a postal or tel- hone and we will deliver this FAMOUS BREAD to ‘Krafft’s Bake Meth St. aad Pe dean aad >see Se ue xx ee sr ur sro! Watkins Nearly Died from bilious headaches. She com- plained apd moaned, and ip three Months paid a doctor And while she was suffering she took medicine com- stantiy. The medicine cost the entire transaction, and the controversy \arises over a simple question of what one of the parties calls a lot of “unn sary red tape.” pa ——___+e. HUNG HOURS IN MIDAIR. Fatal Disaster to a Knoxville Aerial Cable ¢: Longstreet Heights is the name of a beautiful tract of land south of the river and about two miles above the city of Kuoxville, Tenn. Some gentlemen erected from the north bank of the river to a high bluff on the south side an aerial cable line. A car which would hold perhaps twenty persons hung suspended from the heavy cables five feet apart. The car was making a trip yesterday af- ternoon, when within 100 feet of the bluff the drawing cable snapped in two between the car and the engine room and the car Started back as if shot from a huge can- non. Near the center of the river and fully 20 feet above it its progress was sud- denly checked as the broken end of the cable wound itself like a huge serpent around the car. It went crashing through the wooden car, oniy to wind itself around and crush through its top again as if it were made of paper. There the car and passengers hung for nearly two hours while every minute the crowd increased until a thousand peopie lined the bank of the river. Employes seemed dazed, and it was some time before a long rope was secured. This was slipped down the cable to the car and a@ steamer anchored itself directly under- neath. down one by one. Oliver Ledgerwood w fatally in- jured, his skull having been fractured by the cable in two places. He had gone with Miss Wandeil, his fiancee, for the novel trip which ended so disestrously. Pure air and good digestion. Nothing docs more for health. The first is easily got; the second can be had always. Use of the genuine JOWANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT gives it. It will m: food soluble and ensy to digest. The diastase con tained In the malt makes it so. One dozen bottles of the genuine JOHANN HOFF'S MALT EX. TRACT gives as much strength and nourishment as a cask of ale or porter, withont being intoa- feating. It is therefore highly recommended for mnothers while nursing, for weak children and in general debility. See that “JOHANN HOFE’S” signature 4s on veck label of bottle. then than before, and to get mo relief she had paid. «te 108.60 Then sue bought a box of ‘Tabules at the drag store. The first one cured her headache in ‘tes of the and she has four little les still on hand. It will thus be seen that it cost ber $108.10 more to be sick than to ve well. R-I-P-A-N-S TABULES cure any Illness resulting from a disordered @- gestion, and tn nine cases out of ten a single ous Will bring substantial relief tp half an he yans Tabules are for sale by EDW. MERTZ, F and 11th sts. aw. Wi and by druggists generally. ; kates al :Repairing ¢ Spectacles and Nose Glasses. —— made while you wait. C7 Charges moder. McAllister & Co., 1311 F, Optictans and Refractionists (mext to butlding). fel7 the skill bore of expe Nervous Debility. Special Diseases. 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