Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1894, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. the rear of the house, “there were a num- ber of members of Congress here yesterday and when they went away one of them waid to me that they ought to send ex- Speaker Reed here to get some points on gagging.” This remark stirred up Mrs. Stranahan, | who, in a caim dispassionate way, ex-| Piained the position which she had taken throughout the morning. “Let me remark, ladies, that there have been actions here this morning which if made in the House | of Representatives would bring the offender) to the bar of the House to be publicly rep-/ Timanded.” ‘Then after a futher effort to secure order Mrs. Stranahan said in an earnest tone: “Ladies, ladies, do not jet us so act that The Star will say of us that we are trying to drive order out of our midst. “Madame chairman,” said Mrs. Macart- . “if you remember, our honored chap- m general prayed at the opening of this meeting for divine blessing upon our de- liberations and for peace and order. It lcoks to me as if we had forgotten the | words of our chaplain general.” Mrs. Cabell's Speech. The fight began at 11 o'clock. At 11 after trying all possible parliamentary tac- tics to the bitter end, It was decided that | it had been discovered that she | had the constitutional right to the floor, but it was twenty minutes later before she got it. It was agreed that Mrs. Cabell should be allowed to speak for ten minutes, but when she finally got the floor the speaker only wanted five. Mrs. Cabell then took up the cudgeis in the battle over the so-called ejection of Mrs. Gen. Boynton from the office of vice president general in charge of organiza-} tion. Reference to this fight has already been made in The Star. At a meeting of the national board of management, October % last, it was decided that Mrs. Boynton’s term of office would expire two days later, and they at once proceeded to elect Mrs. | Elien Hardin Waiworth to fill the vacancy. | Three members of the board, among them Mrs. Cabell, took umbrage at this act, and formally withdrew from the board. They afterward issued a pamphiet to the soctety setting forth their position and practically making charges aseinst the board. Cae Mrs. Cabell said that her reason for rising | at this time was to call the attention of the yngress to the eminent impropriety holding an election of = while — were pending and unacted upon agains’ some or those already holding office in the iety. et demand,” said Mrs. Cabell, “that a full, free and fair investisation be held into these charges by the entire congress before we proceed to elect officers for the ensuing year.” The Investigation. | After some spirited discussion it was | cided that the congress might as well give} im first as last, and go ahead with this In-, vestigation which has been hanging over} the head of the society from the beginning. It was decided by vote to devote an hour to the investigation, giving each side a half} hour for a discussion of the merits of the | case. 5 | Mrs. Cabell opened the discussion with a elaborate and carefully prepared paper, in| which she set forth the side of the minority | in_the board. Mrs. Putney of Virginia read an ex-} baustive paper on the other side and this | wer contained an opinion submiited by Saaee Shepherd of Chicago, in which he supported the legality of of the board in tneir action the office of vice president general va- | eant. Mrs. Hills of Georgia read a decision | from Mr. A. H. Cox of Atlanta, concurred in by two other Atlanta lawyers, support- | ing Judge Shepherd in his view of the case. Mrs. Lockwood, Mrs. Dickins and Mrs. Baker also spoke at some iength | majority side of the question, giving the | details ard mcidents of that now famous | meeting of the board, when, by a vote of | 13 to 4, they decided the post vacant and | roceeded to fill it. Mrs. Walworth, Mrs. ynton’s successor, also spoke in a pleas- | ant and conciliatory tone to the effect that | the board had honestly considered that it was doing only what was right and proper hen it filled the vacancy. : “The discussion was closed by the minority, Mrs. J. C. Breckinridge and Mrs. Shields speaking. the Justice Harlan Snowed U A spirit of kindly feeling prevailed to an/ astonishing degree during the discussion, and all the speakers on both sides were istened to with the closest attention and in the deepest silence until the close, when | there was a spirited effort on the part of a} number of ladies to get the floor, in urder| to extend the discussion. Mrs. Shields reag | another legal opinion supporting the miner- ity, and when she was through the chair decided that the time allotted to the dis-| cussion was all used up. “Ladi shouted an excited delegate again and again, “won't you listen to a de-/ cision on this point prepared by Mr. Justice | Harlan of the Supreme C sae ‘Th were loud cries of “no, “yes,” “regular order of the di order.” Justice Harian’s decision was turn-}| ea down and snowed under in the confu- sion, seventeen women, by actual count, trying to talk at one time. Election ef Officers. ‘The investigation was closed in a rather summary manner. A motion was put and) carried by an overwhelming majority to the effect that the congress supported the action of the board of management last October. ‘The congress then proceeded to a vote for officers. The name of Mrs. Letitia Green Stevenson was put in nomination to succeed herself as | President general of the society. } “New York rises en-masse to second this | nomination,” shouted Mrs. McLean. | It was decided by acclamation that the} secretary should cast the unanimous vote! of the society for Mrs. Stevenson. The con-' gress then proceeded to the election of the other officers by ballot. “Ladies,” said Mrs. Stranahan, “I can't expect you to act as well as men in holding an election, but I do hope you will act as well as you possibly can.” ——_—_—___+- © +_____ THE TARIFF BILL. | Democrats of the Senate Committee | miter on It. } The democratic members of the Senate! committee were together fn the finance com- mittee room this morning, but it is under- stood that they were only engaged in an in- formal discussion of the tariff bill and of the work they have been doing, as the work has been completed as far as it can be done today or until other democratic Senators! shall have had an opportunity to pass upon! it. It appears that the bill as completed last | night is a tenative measure and may yet | be changed. It is intended as a compromise ! Proposition on the part of the committee and a peace offering to the discontented democratic Senators, and as such goes farther in the direction of protection of cer- tain articles over the rate of duty on which | there have been contests than the commit- | tee would go but for the conditions which | exist. i The bill, as prepared by the committee, is! now being printed, and, as it will come from the printer's hands, it will provide for a duty on sugar, coal and iron ore. There Is no doubt that these provisions are made, but the rates are not so high as the advocates of a duty on these articles have contended for. The income tax remains in the bill. i The Whisky Tax. | It is probable that the whisky tax will not exceed $1.10 per gallon {f a sugar duty is to be imposed, as to provide for this duty and to advance the whisky tax to $1.20, as was decided upon ten days ago, would re- than is believed With reference to lead ore, it is understood that the subcommittee ts not a unit, one of the members holding out stiffly asainst any change from the Wilson bill, and the other two being willing to grant a duty and to cancel the provision in the bill to the effect | that the value of the silver lead ores shall be determined by the metal of the great-| est value, and no duty levied if the value) of the silver should be found to be the/ great It ts will cx is laid b the full committee | on ndall’s Candidacy. The name of Dr. William Tindail, secre- tary to the District Commissioners, has been presented to the President for consid- eration In connection with the appointment of @ successor to ( er Parker. Sol Pe Cravorth rs . Kee, Balti M a z . Simms and Carter Sate: a | vantage, he soon had five griaders where | | citizen was then a happy man, a) | course. Don't you think it needs it’ NOT FINALLY ABANDONED. | Kearanrge May Carrs Gta | Fing Once More. The proposition to attempt « iivat the | Kearsarge, wrecked on Roncador reef, has at last taken definite form. Secretary Her- bert has been in consultation with Admiral Stanton and has concluded. that the under- taking is perfectly practicable, and more- over, that considerations of patriotism re- | quire that the effort be made. Therefore, he has prepared a bill which will be st b- mitted to Congress conveying the neces- sary authority to contract for the work and appropriating $20,000 for the purpose. The report of Admiral Stanton on this subject is as follows: “In obedience to your verbal order of this date, I have the honor to report that at the time of the last | trip to the Kearsarge at Roncador Key, made by [Ensign Gates,Paymaster Ring and @ part o. « boat's crew, who hauled them: | selves through the breakers on the cata- | | maran by the hawser which had been left | from the inner reef to the bows of the ship, they found the holds and berth deck full of water to within fifteen inches of the | spar deck beams on the port side. The ship being heeled to port about fif-° | teen degrees left the starboard side of the berth deck partly free of water. This vis- it was made on February 8. The ship lies with her bows in about nine feet of water and her stern in about thirteen feet. At the time of striking the reef she was draw- ing approximately thirteen and one-half feet forward and fifteen feet aft. Two or three of the butts forward on the port side appeared to be started,and I am of, the opinion that the port bilge under the | bollers is partially crushed in, from the fact that the boilers had been displaced and that the water seemed to come in more | readily in that part of the ship. The masts, spars, sails, guns and equip- | ments, while not of the modern type,were not those that originaily belonged to the | ship in the historic period of her career. | The ship's hull was extensively repaired at! Mare Island navy yard in 1872-73. The | keel, stem, sternpost, deadwood, and about | one-quarter of the frame timbers of the ship are believed by the chief of the bureau of construction and repair to belong to the original ship. “As the frames were diagonally braced’ and strapped with iron. shé will not, in my opinion, break during the next four a well-equipped wreck- | working at favor- able times, move the ship to the lee side of | the reet, Keeping their powerful pumps going to keep her afloat during the change | of position. Her bottom could then be! patched by divers, and I believe she could | be towed by way of the west end of Cuba | to Key West, and thence to any point de- | sired. + e+ Donjan Indicted in Baltimore. ‘The grand jury in Baltimore returned an | indictment against Joseph Donjan, the al- | leged crank, for sending the threatening postal card to Vice President Stevenson, and his case will be tried next Wednesday morning. —__—— NICARAGUAN WAR ENDED. | The Allied Forees Have Captured | Tegucigalpa. } PARIS, Feb. 24.—The foreign minister of Nicaragua has sent a cable message to | the Nicaraguan consul in this city, saying that the allied forces have captured Tegu- cigalpa, and that the war is at an end. > Testimony Against Miss Pollard. | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ! LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 24.—The depost- | tion of Dr. R. B. Green was t“@ today in the Poilard-Breckinridze case. rie tes- tifled to sceing Miss Pollard frequently in a disreputable house with James Rodes, who, | he understood, intended to marry her. Hi- | ram Kaufman gave similar testimony, some ‘ very damaging to the plaintiff's repu- | jon. | —_——_— A CHEERFUL TIME. The Dentist Had a Rash of B on That Good Sunday. From the Old Colony Memorial. A Sunday or two ago one of our popular dentists had quite a picine !n the exercise of his profession. A suffering citizen said | to his wife as she started for chure! you meet Dr. — send him over.” She did / happen to meet him, and the man of for- | ceps was soon with the s. ¢., whose courage fell to zero on seeing him. Fact was, he “.dn't think his wife would meet the doc- tor, and if the latter would acc-pt payment | for his trouble he would pe glad to have | him go away without torturiag an unwiil- ing victim. “Let's see the offender,” said the dentist, and then, following up the ad- they would do no more aching. afering | A, desir- ing to also make happy a_aeishbor whom ! he knew was afraid of a Jentist, ne invei- | gled Mr. P. into the dread presence, and, after some coaxing, out came twelve snags | to make way for “a set.” ‘Then the neigh- bor, in his great sense of relief, catled in| his wife, who yielded seven more to the! harv By this time the man-afraid-of-a- dentist, who had had out twelve, concluded it was just fun, and sat down for a pull | of three more. Then the doctor was out of business, and counted up tweny-seven sam- ples of jaw misery as the result of his friendly call. ——_ —-+ee ‘The Police Were “Onto” Him. From the New York World. As a Madison avenue car was turning into Fourth avenue, in front of the Grand Central depot, an elderly gentleman came | in and sat down next to the young man! near the stove. The young man recognized him as the biggest manufacturer and big- | gest man generally of his native town, but the elderly man had not recognized the | youngster, as the latter had not been of a knowable size when he left the town, and had done nothing to bring himself conspic- uously before the magnate. The great man was inclined to be com- | municative, and, opening his paper, he said, with a snort: “1 see them police has been gettin’ into trouble again.” The young man replied calmly: “Yes; they are unfortunate sometimes, but in some respects they are the finest set of police in the world, or that | ever will be in the world, for that matter.” onsense!”” | “Well,” said the young man, with appar- | ent hesitation, “I suppose I should not men- tion it, but I mean with regard to their splendid secret service of registration and identitication. They know the whereabouts of every inhabitant and stranger every | hour in the day—know his pedigree and all about him. Now,” continued the young man, “I have a very slight connection with the police force, but yet I see some of the, inside workings of this system, and I tell you it's wonderful.” “See here, young fellow,” gentleman, suspiciously, lo you expect me to believe a yarn like that?” “Gospel truth,” solemnly said the young- ster. “Why, take your own case, for in- stance. You are Ephraim C. Wells of Cal- eutta, N. Y., and”— ‘The old gentleman gasped. “And,” continued the young man, “you came In on the 8:43 train from Luykens, three miles this side of Calcutta. You are going now to No. — Grand street, and you | intend to take the 9:07 train from here to- morrow morning. This evening you intend | said the old | * said the elderly man hurriedly, | wiping the perspiration from his forehead, | “never mind that. What do they do all this , for?” He asked this in a very faint voice. | “ said the young man, jauntily, “so. that any properly authorized person, your | wife, for example, may obtain at any time a full account of your movements while are in the city. Good day. 1 get off here.” And as he swung off, leavirg the elderly | gentleman in a state of collapse, he said to self: “The old man won't run down the | w York police again for a little while, I guess,” —<o-——____ Remedial Art. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘The horse was balking and backing all over Woodward avenue, and a chappie with @ pretty girl by his side was watching its performances. : I think,” remarked the young woman, | “that they ought to send it to the art school.” j “To the art school?’ queried the chappie, without the faintest idea of his com- panion’s meaning. pway “To cultivate its talents for dra s, of | And the chappie caught on several hours | later. —-+e+-—___—__ No Mean City. From ‘Truth, Murray—“Where do you come from?” Biedle—“Philadelphia—and let me tell you that's not a bad place to come from.” Murray—‘Yes, indeed; if I was there that would be the first thing I should do.” | fessors Gloetzner and Fabian of Baltimore | Mary Howe. | sessing a phenomenal voice, her carecr so } Jast appearance in America she has 1 eta Soeaine her studies and making! lediy the leading opera' H f all musicians, H Tacustone, who will be remembered as the IN MUSICAL CIRCLES The Ooming Concert of the Brilliant Soprano Mary Howe. Mr. Cost ‘2 at the Philhar- monic Club Concert—Other Mat- ce: ters of Local Interest. The ladies of the Homeopathic Hospital are considerably exercised as to whether they will be able to repeat the juvenile performance of “Pinafore,” which was so successfully given at the National Theater on the 3d instant. The difficulty seems to be that they are unable to secure a theater without paying what they consider an exorbitant price. The demand for repe- tition has been very great and in view of the fact that on the day of its last per- formance between six and seven hundred persons were turned away the ladies feel that it would be a wise thing to repeat the performance if possible. It may be that they will arrange to give “Pinafore” and some other of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, possibly “The Pirates,” along in May sometime, giving three performances, two at night and one matinee, but that is not yet determined. There is also some taik of a repetition of the opera of “The Three Dukes,” written by Arthur Percy and W. H. Harris, which was presented at the National Theater for the benefit of the Emergency Hospital. It may be that this opera, which created a very favorable impression at its initial performance, will be again given, time with a volunteer cast different from that of the original. The origital Gi¥t, it is understood, has declined 9, :alunteer unless the performance is giyéh Yor the benefit of the composers. Ly ey It is rarely that a Washington” singer receives such an ovation as Was given to Mr. J. J. Costello, who sang at the con- cert of the Phitharmome Club at the Uni- versalist Church last Wednesday evening. Mr. Costello's voice has greatiy improved since he ‘eft Washington and he sings With better method and understanding. It has the same sweetness that made it so attractive while he was a member of St. Matthew's quartet, but it has increased in volume in the upper register and is now one of the finest baritones heard upon the concert stage. At the close of the concert Mr. Costelio held quite a reception, when his former friends gathered about him and corgratulated him upon his success, expressing the hope that he would soon be heard again in this city. It was at first thought that Mr. Costello would go into comic or fight opera, where he would certainly be successful, but it is under- stood that the deep religious feeling which has always pervaded nis nature has be- come strengthened and that he is deter- mined to enter the priesthood. har Miss Gertrude Ravenburg of this city, who has already acquired quite a reputation as a pianist, having studied under Fro- and Faelton of Boston, has sailed for Europe, where she will go direct to Berlin | to finish her musicai education under Mos- | kowski. She will be gone two years, and it | is expected that when she returns she will add another to the list of prominent temale pianists that this country has produced. | She has considerable natural talent, has already received a good foundation, aa] a conscientious and persistent student. Her friends anticipate a brilliant future for her. The Mount Vernon Choral Society he'd | its regular rehearsal last Thursday evening at the Mount Vernon Place Church, ard rehearsed the program for the concert that will be given for the benefit of the poor of the District on March 13th at the Church of Our Father. This program will be quite an elaborate one, including such chorases as the “Spring Song” b: insuti, “The Bells | of St. Michael's Tower” by Stewart, the | “Pilgrim's Chorus” from Verdi's opera of | Tl Lombardi, and the “Inflamatus’’ trom Rossin tabat Mater.” The soloists will include some of the best local talent. Mr. George W. Lawrence, the director of the society, feels gratified that the member- ship has increased recently, and he hopes that more of the District singers will take advantage of the Invitation to become rmem- bers and send in their names to the chorus committee at_ 1003 9th street northwest before next Thursday evening, when he hopes that there will a full attendance, as the time for rehearsal is now getting short. Mr. Bugene Stevens has, it is urlerstood. resigned from the presidency of the Capital Glee Club, finding that his time fs so nuch | occupied that he is unable to give the office | the attention that its duties require. ‘This | action Is deeply regretted by the club, for Mr. Stevens is very popular, and he pos- sesses qualities which peculiarly fitted him to preside over the organization. His eue- | cessor has not yet been determined upon. Probably no young artist before the pub- | le today has been more successful the past | three or four years, both in Europe and America, than Vermont's favorite singer— Of wondrous beauty, and pos- | far has been a series of triumphs. Since ogress in her art, which will be as srati- | ine to her many friends here, as it was this | | ninth year, to her managers across the water. Both in Tealy and afterward in Germany, where | she appeared with the Philharmonic or- chestras in Berlin and Hamburg, she was | received with the greatest enthusiasm. | vhere were | William Lavin, the noted husband) her, and often tenor, who has been with ten Shared in her triumphs; Miss Leonora Von Stosch, the handsome and brilliant voung violinist, ‘also a general favorite every : Sig. Giuseppe Campanari, undoubt- | mhere: S'f. ding operatic baritone of the t triumphs in New | present,day, whose recen’ 4 hia are fresh in the York ind Philadelphia are fresh in. the | ficient pianist of the Nordica Company. with such strong support, the Mary Howe concert will, undoubtedly, be one of the ; tunnel. jJeading musical events of the present sea-/ w a crowded house. il commence Monday, son, and should i The sale of seats | commissioners for Maryland and Virginia | at Metzerott's. ! ———— THE HONDURAS WAR. Dr. Guzman Receives a Dispatch That) j) yoth Maryland and Virginia. Nicaragua is Victorious, Senor Guzman, the minister of Nicara to the United States, has received a sua, Dble- | Second. That the tonging season in both diences as he has unfolded his tales of gram to the following effect from the min- | ister of foreign affairs of Nicaragua: “The capital of Honduras (Tegucigaipa) capitulated last night. gram. Our victory puts an é in Honduras.”” “So,” said the minister, aragua came out victoriou: ; This message contained all the informa nd to the war smilingly, “Nic- | tion that is known here concerning the very | latest developments in Honduran affairs. ———_ o- THE COLUMBIA'S BELL. Light Infantry's Gift Will Arrive Here on Monday. The bell which is to be presented by the ‘Washington Light Infantry to the United States cruiser Columbia has been cast, and | Publish this cable- | fixed fo | \ | | | | i will arrive, it is stated, in Washington on | Monday. The bell is the product of the Henry McShane Manufacturing Company of Baltimore and is said to be a worthy work of its kind. It weighs 550 pounds and cost $250. It is highly finished and is of pure brass tuned to the key of C. The mold {s a new one and has an acorn top, which serves as a brace for the iron frame. The tongue is nickel-plated. Carved on the bell as follows: “Presented to the U, S. alu mbla by the Washington Light Infantry Corps of the District of Columbia, 183." (As soon as the bell reaches Wastingtor tt” will be hauled to the armory and on thé’ day fol- lowing will be placed on exhibition. ——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Public Administration. ‘The Commissioners today received a draft of a bill from the attorney for the District | providing for the appointment of a public | py, administrator in the District of Columbia. -——o Loenl Option in Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 24.—The house to- day, after having been engaged for three days in one of the hottest discussions that has taken place this session, defeated the Miller local option bill as it came from the | senate. The effect of this is to leave the law in regard to loca! option as it now is, _ The uate of the finish glove contest be- tween Danny Russell of Bridgeport, Corn., and George Siddons of New Orleaus, for $500 a side, has been set for March 1. The Ate will be before the Ansonia Athletic ub. you | js the seal of the District of Columbia, which | | Was adopted in 1871, and the inseription is | A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to Print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self-~ evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be found the statement for the week just * past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. Cireulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Feb. 17, 1894. MONDAY, Feb. 19, ts04. TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 1894. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 1894. THURSDAY, Fen. 22, 18%4.... FRIDAY, Feb. 95, i804... +-214,163 | Total... Daily average. ces eeeeee + 35,694 | 1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesente only the number of copies of THe EVEN- ING STaR circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, February 28, 1s¢4—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormailed, for valuable cousideration, to bona fide Pparchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier vening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty- fourth day of February, A. D. ise. JAY B. SMITH, Notary Public, D. C. IN GEORGETOWN! AFFAIRS Muddy Water Oauses Inconvenience in| West Washington. Building the New Reservoir and Set- ting Sasin—Other Notes of General Interest. Georgetown’s water supply this morning | Was so unclear as to be the subject of much | unfavorable comment. Wherever water was | left the sediment was deposited. As soon as the receiving reservoir, however, is properly banked to prevent the entrance of the neighboring streams, the long-wanted set- tling basin will be in readiness for the re- ception of the water that comes from the falls above. There it will leave the mud brought down in rainy weather, and re-| enter the pipes leading to Georgetown clear | and pure. Many men are now at work in| preparing this basin for its intended use, and an immense number of brick have been carried to the scene of work. Retaining walls, tunnels, arches and open gutters are being built to further and facilitate the pas- si of foreign water. The receiving reservoir, it will be remem- bered, been the outlet for all those treams that drain the country about Chevy Chase and Tenleytown. Originally | their water had no bad influence on the reservoir, owing to its comparative purity, but since the building of numerous houses along their course they have become little more than sewers. Hence the necessity for the warding off of the water from the res- ervoir. A Sudden Death. Mr. John T. Core of 3250 M street, a | cigar merchant of wide acquathtance, died | yesterday at 1 o'clock. Mr. Core went to business in the morning in good health. | Two hours later, in waiting upon a cus-| tomer, he was attacked with apoplexy, and | his son-in-law, Mr. James S. Hayes, seeing | him a few minutes after the customer's departure, gave the alarm to the family. The stricken man was then taken charge of by a physician. Medical aid, however, was of no avail, and at 1 o'clock Mr. Core expired. The funerat will not be held un- til Tuesday next, in order to permit the presence of distant relatives. Short Notes. Mrs, Barbara S. Watkins of Lewinsville, a lady very well krown throughout this section as a prominent worker in the Pres- byterian Church, was buried yesterday. Mrs. Watkins had attained her eighty- The interment was at Lewins- le. “ithe Chesapeake and Ohio repair force is still at work near Four Locks, under the superintendence of Mr. Troupe. \ Mrs. Ruth Scaggs of Montgomery county, husband was Mr. Clark =i whose first ane the meres res Sve Washington, died yesterday in Montgom- | unanimous in cle cee bo aah yor Oe county. Mrs, Scages had reached her | cere ut chls city, Friday, March 2. At | onty-second birthda | Metzerott Hall, she will be assisted by her | CH NENCA vais has sold to Geo. W.| | Weber lots is? and 155, Rosecrans’. sub | \in Bealls addition, Georgetown, subject to _ trust, for $8,440. | Contractor Degnon Is expected here to- morrow from Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of a great quantity of tools, etc., to be used on the construction of Pimmet Run ees POTOMAC OYSTER DATES. Agreement by the Maryland and Vir- ginia Commission. The agreement as finally signed by the last night at the Metropolitan Hotel is as_ foliows: First. That it is to the interest of both states to have the oyster seasons the same uld commence on Septembe> 1 and the dredging season in both states should commence on the 15th of Oc- tober and end on the 15th day of March. ‘ourth. That the above named seasons be! e Potomac river. fth. That the legislatures of the states} of Maryland and Virginia will carry out the above by appzopriate legtsiation. ason in Maryland at present | is ptember 15 to April 20. Dredging, October 13 t» April 1. The new dates agreed apon by the Wash- ington clty conference are as follows: ‘Tonging. September 1 to April 25. Dredging, October 15 to March ar. pee THE OVERHEAD WIRES On 41-2 Street Explained to the Sen- ate by Superintendent Miles. The Commissioners have received from Superintendent Miles of the District fire alarm telegraph and telephone service his explanation for the benefit of the Senate of the proposed erection of overhead wires on 4 1-2 street in place of the underground wires connecting headquarters with the south and southeastern sections of the city. He states that up to and from the year 1875 to ISS4 a line of overhead wires had been maintained on this street, #nd at the lat- ter date it was decided to try an experi- ment with underground wires, which were laid in_a shailow ditch about eighteen inches deep in a box of pine boards, wholly unprotected, which, of course, soon rotted ay. ‘Frequent opening of sidewalk by plumb- ers and others in laying of gas and water pipes and for the necessary care of the) same subjected these unprotected cables t many This deterioration cables have become so leaky, continued until the he states, that it is hazardous to continue the fur-| ther use of them. The repair of the cables, | e states, would be too expensive, owing to the present state of available appropriation, even if the cables were worth it, which they are not. In his opinion as the erection of the pcles is not for the purpose of erecting a new line, but is needed for continuing the service us it exists at present, the law is not even technically violated. —_»—_—. New Trial Refused. Judge Miller this afternoon overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Jas. OQ. Holmes, the colored hotel <eeper on Vir- ginia avenue convicted cf keeging a bawdy house, and fmposed a fine of $%). Under! the law the defendant's liquor license is | tinct sorts of weather making that have | religious methods. \ vent rain, ) earth to tell of eastern lands, so full of | Way Mr. Stoddard fs to treat of Japan, unintentional but serious injuries.” | boi forfeited and his place cannot sgain be li- | censed for two years, MAKING OF WEATHER The Ohief of the Weather Bureau's In- teresting Talk. Ancient Superstitions and Recent At- tempts to Prodace a Fall of Rain Cost of Artificial Rain. The regular meeting of the National Geo- graphic Society was held at the Cosmos Club last evening and was largely attended, many being compelled to stand because of the lack of seating accommodations. The entertainment offered was a paper on “Weather Making, Ancient «nd Modern,” by Prof. Mark W. Harrington of the United States weather bureau. He treated the sub- ject in an interesting way from an Amer- ican standpoint and said there are three dis- been employed in different ages. The first depends upon superstitious and Then follows the degra- dation of these religious ideas into folklore remnants, which have a curious persistency in civilized countries. These are psychic, and opposed to them is the third method, mainly American and intensely practical. It is not only the pagan Indians who have tried their hand at weather making. Their Christianized descendants have also tried to control these operations of nature. In ‘he transition times between paganism and Christianity occurred some events which throw a curious and instructive side light on this question. As illustrative of this point the lecturer related the following well- authenticated incident: Boycotting the Divinity. “In the Department of Castanas there had been no rain for nearly a year, and the peo- ple were brought to such a pass that they were actually dying of thirst, to say noth- ing of the total destruction of all crops and other vegetation. The alcalde of New San Salvador promulgated a number of resolu- tions on the subject, as follows: “Considering that the Supreme Creator has not behaved well in this province, as in the whole of last year only one shower of rain fell; that in this summer, notwithstand- ing all the processions, prayers and praises, it has not rained at all, and consequently the crops of Castanas, on which depend the prosperity of the whole department, are en- Urely ruined, it is decreed: “ “Article 1, If, within the peremptory pe- riod of elght days from the date of this de- cree, rain does not fall abundantly, no one will go to mass or say prayers. ‘Article 2. 1f the drought continues eight days more, the churches and chapels shail be burned, and missals, rosaries and other objects of devotion will be destroyed. “Article 3. If,finally,in a third period of eight days, it shall not rain, all the priests, pious nuns and saints, male and female, will be beheaded. And for the present, per- mission is given for the commission of all kinds of . in order that the Supreme Creator may understand with whom He has to deal.’ “The most remarkable feature of this affair is the fact that four days after these resolutions were passed the heaviest rain- fall known for years was precipitated on the burning community.” The lecturer reviewed at length the vari- ous schemes that have been proposed for the control of the elements of the weather, tornadces, rain, ete. The objectionable side to rain making, he said, was that the phe- nomenon to be produced cannot probably be controlled as to area covered and may occur where it is not wanted. Noise a Rain. In closing his paper he summarized his ideas of weather making in a series of questions and answers. He said there is no reason in theory or practice to make us think a nolse will make rain. “A concus- sion,” he said, “will probably jostle the droplets in a cloud and may bring a few together, which may coalesce and become large enough to cause them to drop to the g:ound—a few scattering drops only, * ¢ © Floating particles of spongy texture will absorb the moisture hydroscopically; if the air is dry this will make it drier and pre- If the air is very moist and near saturation any solid particles in the air will facilitate the condensation. Witness the experiments of Aitken and Barns. Thus when other conditions are very favorable, an addition of much dust or smoke to the air might determine nM of rain. Mr. Gatham says he has suc- ceeded in producing rain by the expansion of carbon anhydride. Mr. Baudouin says electric connection with a cloud aids in rain formation. A conflagration will quite prob- ably produce rain under favorable cireum- stances. It acts in the line that nature acts according to the best of our knowl- edge. Condensation ts the result of chilling the air. The chilling by mixture—the Hut- tonian theory, a century old—is now known to be inefficient. The chilling in nature Seems to be due either to the ascent of air and its consequent expansion and loss of heat, or the chilling of one cloud by having | the shadow of a higher cloud fall on it in sunlight. The chilling by ascent is the novia a = the Espy plan and ap- pears to be by all odds the most rain producer in nature. oe Artificial Rain Making. “If rain can be made, how much will it cost? This is truly an American and quite appropriate to the fin de siecle. Mr. Pow- ers—who, by the way, says that Mr. D: renforth did not after all really try his ex- periment—puts the cost of one experiment: with government aid at $80,000. Gatham! says he can sprinkle the earth at a cost of | from $30 to $40 a square mile. py pro- posed to fire the low forest growths at reg- ular intervals at a cost of less than five, mills per citizen per. year. The ‘method | of concussion costs the comfort and peace of all within hearing—a cost which a uch more certain result would not justify.” | i } —_~-__. THE STODDARD LECTURES. They Wil! Be Three Courses the Same | as at Hin Last Visit. There is no attraction more heartily welcomed by all than the Stoddard, lectures. Year after year Mr. Stod- dard has been greeted by admiring au- foreign lands. This year, however, he re- turns after spending many months in a| journey that he has taken around the interest to all who read about them, yet so inaccessible to the ordinary man, or even the average tourist. In his happy China and India in his new course, which is to take place at the Academy of Music, beginning March 12. The lectures are five in number, as follows: 1—‘Picturesque Japan.” 2—“The Heart of Old Japan. 3—"China.” 4—“From Ceylon to the Hima- layas.”” 5—“The Glories of India.” The interest of the subjects and the richness | of the illustrations are such that it was difficult to provide accommodation for the crowds attending in Chi Philadelphia | and Boston, while in Da! Theater, New York, packed houses are gathered during a continuous season of five consecutive | weeks. For this season the management | has arranged that the course shall be} given three times over in this city, viz: On Monday and Thursday evenings, March 12, 15, 19, 22, 26; Tuesday and Friday even- ings, March 13, 16, 20, 23, and on Wed- nesday and Saturday evenings, March 14, 17, 21, 24, 28. The sale of tickets for all the courses begins next Thursday morning, March 1, — Baby Was Bad. From Demorest’s Magazine. “Baby was taken very bad while you were cut, mum,” said the new servant girl. “Oh, dear!” said the young wife. better now?” “Oh, he's all right now; but he was bad at first! He seemed to come over quite faint; but I found his medicine in the cup- ra” “Found his | medicine? Good gracious! What have you been giving the child? ‘There's no medicine in the cupboard.” “Oh, yes there is, mum! It’s written on it.” And then the girl triumphantly produced a bottle labeled “Kid Reviver. “ee. A Mark of Superiority. From the Chicago Record. His mother—“Why don’t you play with your Christmas toys, Tommy? They’re jist = good as new, and you've had them ten ys."" Tommy—‘That’s just it. They’re no good. is he | ! | | Wabash Willie Nabors got some that he bust in no time.”* oS peg ee Henry Post, aged thirty-six years, cf Camden, N. J., is in a critical condition, having been attacked with hiccoughs, this brought on by pleuro-pneumonia. The at- tending physician has little hope of his re- covery. FINANCE AND TRADE. Industrials Occupy the Attention of the Traders. MANIPULATION MAKES SUGAR GO UP’ The Bank Statement Shows In-| crease in Loans. eens GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. paserene yaa SEAT Special Dispatch to The Evening Siar. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Speculation in railway shares dwindled into insignificance this morning and left prices practically, un- altered at the close of business. tion is the only means of activity and stocks lacking this artificial incentive re- tire into obscurity, while professional opera- tors make such quotations as their own individaal holdings demand. The industrial stocks have always been the favorites with this class of operators, because of the lack of knowledge on the part of the general public concerning inside facts and figures representing earning capacity. ‘The present legislative muddle over tariff changes af- fords excellent opportunities for manipula- tion of the most approved character, and today’s trading shows that no time has been wasted. Sugar opened up 1-2 per cent from last night's closing and on good buying of round amounts was marked up 21-8 per cent and i Per cent of best figures. No reason was assigned for the advance and authentic Washington advices contain nothing justifying any movement of this kind, for the present at least. Should the sugar representation in Washington suc- ceed, however, in gaining even the smallest of their demands, today’s figures would look exceedingly small a few weeks hence. On the other hand, should the Senate con- firm the action of the House on the sugar schedule, the higher the price the greater the decline, and a large profit both ways for those with adyance information. The plan of the Distillers party is just the reverse of the above, and once again agit ig sain pool were liquidat- ing ani t the Senate committe report the tariff bill with * preedenon ing to imported spirits unc! general selling movement, loss of 3 1-4 per cent to 23 3-4, ed only by the sounding of the gong. terday bull tips were rife on this property, and considerable stock bought then wa: sold today at a loss, traders fearing to hold — the face of such manifest vuanipula- National Lead, being also threatened from a legislative standpoint, was sold off 11-4 per cent to 271-2 on considerable activity. Chicago Gas is being quietly fed out in moderate amounts whenever the market will take it without injuring the price, and the opinion prevails that some one is Nquidating for fear of renewed attacks through city councils. Western Union holds its own in the face of pessimistic arguments, and gained 1-2 per cent to 84 on small trading. The banks have gained only $900,000 in lawful money this week, which, with an increase of $1,900,000 in loans, is reflected with more than usual accuracy in the deposits, which are about $2,700,000 larger than last week. In consequence of this last item the increase in surplus is small. resulting in a which was stay The statement shows that the taking up | of the new government bonds is about completed and has had no material effect on the current market for stocks. The statement in detail is as follows: Reserve increased, $230,675; loans in- creased, $1,889,300; yecie di $671,- 400; legals increa: $1,189,600; deposits, increased, $2,750,000, and circulation de- creased, $311,700. — ‘Wheat Was Weak. CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Wheat was weak today, and lost considerable of yesterday’: advance. May opened 5-8 of one cent low- | = u er, at 60 1-2, advanced 1-8, lost 3-8, and mm acted to opening figure. The smallest ex- port clearances, larger northwestern re- ceipts, the indifferent cables and the ap- proach of milder weather were all bear in- fluences. The long scalping wheat lines were sold, which also contributed to the weakness. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The follor are the ing, the highest the lowest and toe closiog prices of ‘the New Yore stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney. members New York stock exchange Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadw: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar sy sl American ss Del., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson. Denver and Rio Grande Dis. and Cattie Feeding. General Electric 12K Michigan Centrai. Missouri Pacific. ; wig 15: Es wy “By 3 Ington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock Electric Light cony. 5s, $100 at 125 a ag Neg a ' of Columbia: Bonde ap. ear Funding & 06 bid. Water stock currenc 1901, 113 bid Sr Me Bey Se tas ot reucy, 110 hid.” Wea Miscellaneous Bonds.—Was town Kailroad conv. 6s, shington and George- S1a3 bid. 150 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad cony 125 ‘bid, 130 asked. ‘Masoule Hall Association 2, 102 bid’ Washington Market Company Ist bid. Washington Market Co y imp. Gs,” 3 bid. Washington Market Company ext. fa, 103 bid American Security and Trust 5s, ‘105, A. & oh 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust fs, FP. & A. 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry Jet és, 100 Did. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 8° a Washington Gas Company ts, series A 118 bal Washington G: Company Gs, series B) LIT bid. | Washington Gas Company cory. 6s, 128’ bi ington Railrosd 6s, 100 _@ thenmmess ea Potomac Telephone’ Ss, 103 asked. Capitol and North © Street Railvoad 5s, 83 bid, i asked Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6, 100 bid, 105 asked Calted States Electsie Ligut ‘copv. Se, 124%) bi, 1 i National Benk Stocks. —Bank of Washi bid. 350 asked. Bank of Republic, 240 bide Mene. Mitan, 265 bid. Central, 265 ‘bid. : d. Farmers’ und Mechanics’, c 130 vid, 140 asked. Columbia, 120 bia. i «( Capital, 110 bid. West End, 103 bid. 2 | 110 vid. | West Traders’, ivi bid Railroad Stocks. Washington and Georgetown, itan, 80 , 90 asked.” Columbia. ed. Capitol and North O bid. Eckington and Soldiers” Home. it ba 270 bid. Metropol 55. bid. 65 ask rance Stocks.—Firemen's, 431, bid. 50 asked | sk nklin, 45 bid, 50 asked. Metro 7S bi National’ Union, “10 bid, 16 asked, "Ariingtos, “is 167 asked. Corcoran, 60 bid. 16 asked. German America tomac, 75 bid. Riges, 6% bid, tty a bi 74 hia, ple's, 5 4 asked. Lincoln, CaTitle Tosuraace. Stocks Heal le Instirance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 112 bid, 120 asked. Columbia Title, 6% bid, 744 asked. Washington Title, 74 asked * bs Gas and Electric Light Stocks. —Washincton Gas, 47 bid. Georgetown Gas, 47% bid. United States Electric Light, 123 bid. 127 asked. ed. Thy asked. Telephone Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 45 bia. 8 asked. American Graphophone, 2% bid, 5 Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 13% bid, 20 asked. Great Bull Run Panorama, 16 bi riage. .37 Md. Lincoln Hall, 7 ter-Ocean Aiding. i fe it aud Trust Companies.—National Manipula- |» ‘S| place, whose inhabitants crowded around rae jail . | ¥ited to play in the pra Bea af : sanenenstan oa aze2ehas § ne ED oo ut Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Feb. 24— receipth, 24.243 hurrela: aldgusent a barrels. it dull, lower—spot, Gta cele, Tat ay, wal | sample, 420434; | with good demand. ~ — western, 180.415 els. Rye strong-—No. ‘T—receipts, 00 bushels; | timothy. gia suepincoeen” Fieights quiet. | mothy, $14.508815.00. <7 | steady. "unchanged, ‘Sagar ‘anche putter um: | ch 1% market frm aud active. — Range of the Thermometer. | The following were the readings of the | thermometer at the weather bureau today: & ca 2 p.m., 19; maximum, 20; mini- mum, 14. —— A QUEER LITTLE TOWN. Some Incidents of Travel Sea “One day we started out from Yokohama by rail for a short trip,” saié Mr. Burditt, | who was the leader of the Stoddard party in their long trip, to a Star reporter. | “Though the railroad is a Jate institution in | Japan, its popularity is unbounded. Crowds | of natives fill every train, When we reach- ed the train it was with difficulty thet we | boarded our car, 8o great was the gathering on the platform. The cause of the commo- tion was soon found. Among our passen- gers, riding, for once, on so important an | occasion, first class, was a Japanese bridal couple. Their friends had assembled in their bonor and sent them off with all the jollity of such an occasion among us. ‘Sayonara! Sayonara!’ (goodbye) resounded all about | as the train started. The bride, who was gorgeously attired in the graceful folds of a rich silk garment, seated herself | enough at the start; but occidental eties were too much for this en. She soon arose, and por | was attired in European costume, | shawl over the seat. She | shoes on the floor of the | hopped up on the seat, where she | heels during the rest ‘of the journey manner followed by her ancestors for gen: erations. . “Leaving the train, we continued | Journey for the next five miles a along a pretty road. In one place a tree inclined over the road, but it was cut down with the march of improvement. Instead, a gash was cut its sufficient size to allow for the the car roof. At the end of | we embarked in jinrikishas. but one person each, but so road that two men were push and one to pull. down we followed the convolut hills, with the deep clear wa’ Pacific always at our side, below us. It was night w! our destination—a i af pil Hn BA li aa: | iy fs tl i i i ag ig | z ES i é “The next morning we found a pretty little town, whose main oughfare, about thirty feet wide, ran steep- ly to the water, and those streets zig-zagged in every direction. They were lHned with tiny, one-story shops, the majority of which displayed numberless articles in inlaid wood, so pretty and so cheap that nothing but a realization of the size of our trunks pre- vented us from buying out the town. We | enjoyed our shopping the more, because, hav- ing acquired a smattering of Japanese use- | ful words, we were able to dispense with our guide and go about making our | chases independently. The our party, especially of the ladies, out almost the entire population of ‘as we walked and blocked up the | wherever we | but lively interest in the children of i b ‘ it 36 It was interesting to Japanese forms of hit and other familiar rascally boys the when with a concerts in among a crowd — ey, scattering seeking every opport their gatherings.” “In the center of the | pole about thirty feet high | from which floated the Ji ; halyards fouled, and a | Smooth pole with the clear the lines. But, slender to bear his | About ten feet of it broke off ground |man fell heavily to the dying. pounded i f i f i i F i i | R AI if: ral : i i i i “ eevee? ; a i i ti HE | there groaning, ly | companions ran to him, him all man on | back and carried him off. It was primitive surgery, but we were inexpressibly relieved to hear later that he was not seriously “The next morning we left. And as our | jinrikishas flied up the bill from the hotel it was but characteristic of hospitable Japan that all the pretty housemaids, nesans, as they are called, ran ahead and ranging themselves on each side of the road, greeted us with their smiles and showered thelr parting ‘Sayonaras!’ in the sweetest and softest of voices. We sped along the nar- row streets, the children everywhere gteet- ing us with their musical ‘Ohayo's!” | morning) and were soon climbing the \ heights, whence we looked down upon the | peaceful village and wondered if we should ever elsewhere have such « delicious sense i TOO FREE WITH HIS MONEY. A Interesting Story About Judge Shackleford’s Only Pair. | From the Booneville Advertiser. I presume it is because he is 80 good- natured, and enjays himself telling good stories on others, that everybody feels at « \Aiberty to tell scmething on Judge D. W. | Shackleford of this circuit, whether there is any truth in it or not, writes Col, Lon V. Stephens. One of his friends said to me recently: “A few weeks before the last | general election I had some business with | Mr. Shackleford that made it necessary for me to call at his residence one evening about 8 o'clock. His good wife came to the | door, having in one hand @ threaded needie ‘and a button or two, while In the other hand she held a patch about a foot square, | Upon inquiring for her husband, I was told | that he was in, but in bed, and perhaps he could not see me for a few minutes. I was given @ seat in the library, and in about ten minutes Mr. Shack!eford presented eelf, locking somewhat embarrassed, thought. My business was soon attended ta and I bade him good night. “After the election I learned accident for Miller county, and that his only pair of pants needed a good deal of attention, and while his wife was engaged in putting on some buttons and a patch it was neces- sary for him to go to bed. I am glad to jearn that since then the judge has able to lay in another pair of pan’ he drew $1,000 per week he would be hard up—would loan every fellow applied for $10 three times wanted—would never get it carry his money in his overcoat and would never want more than one of pants at the same time.”