Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1894, Page 3

“THE: EVENING: STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 18, uma “S| 1804—TWELVE PAGES. 97 SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL- more, the wonderful medium, every FRIDAY during day, for private sittings, 905 fH st. n. every FRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th mylt-2t* ARIS: eh % (HE PUBLIC IS WARNED NOT TO ACCEPT OR Begotiate two notes given by Charles Erdmann of Suitland, Md., under date of May 16th, 1894, pay- able fo three and four months respectively, at Nat. Bank of Wash., this city, as they will not be paid on presentation. C. M. WERLE, 720 2d st. ow. 1° $8 REASONABLE —to suppose that you could buy the cele- brated “ANGELUS” by the great artist Millet for as low a price as a meritiess daub by 22 a gags td wired, the same _ prine - We charge tore than ‘cheap ‘Oue-borse tailors, bat we you Bo-more for fine tailormg than it is worth. myi3 OWEN OWEN, Tatlor, 423 11tn st.* + He MOST FASTIDIOUS APPETITE SOS ‘Would be satisfied with our Suc. dinner. all the delicacies of the season We igi from 1 serve on 5 street. WuiTZ REUTER, COR. PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. mylt FoR SALE—VERY HANDSOME PAIR OF CANa- @iaw-bred cobs; suitable for victoria or T cart; ; steel gray aud chestout; six seven years old; have extra high action; thoroughly broken to and reliable drivers; fearless of steam or and single harness; tien the most stylish pair of horses Maryland, to veterinary; will sell single. For . &e., address W. 3, DIFFENDERFFER, 113 st., Baltimore, Md. myis-2° OUR WORK PLEASES. Let _us please you. THE DELOE TING CO. Tel. 742. (my) vol H st. "ne, {COOL DRESSING FOR SUMMER. For summer wear a man wants apparel light, airy—and comfortable—and yet such clothing withal as will not overstep the bounds of stylish dignity and becoming- ness. * He finds his ideal in one of our natty Diue or black long-cut sack oF ie serge suits. Not as expensive as yle and general “get-up” of the sult would lead you to suppose. ‘Tailored only oue way. KEEN, Tailor, 1310-1312 F st. n.w, OTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSIIP. nents A ais ‘The copartne: ip heretofore existing he undersi; |, George J. Eas- Detween the undersigped, George 1. Eat” insurance business at ‘firm hereby ‘The GEO. J. BASTERDAY, ALLEN W. MALLERY. Allen W. Mallery & Co., having suc- ceeded the firm of Easterdsy & Mallery, Will continue to conduct the Real Estate business in all its various branches. We shall make a specialty of small houses from $3,000 to $8,000 for “home- seekers” upon the easiest of easy terms, Money to loan upon real estate at pre- vailing rates of interest. Estates managed. We have also added a number of other fire insurance companies. Thanking you for past favors, we ask @ continuance of the sane, cesuring Fou of ‘y execution of prompt aad satisfact business intrusted to us. & Co., Allen W. Fialle REAL ESTATE AND INSURAN wylt-t BUSY SELLING $5 80 We are hearing echoes of dullness on all sides. No let-up here—we're doing twice the business of last season. It simply means we are turning out satis- ‘tory tailoring at reasonable ces. We can make you up an excellent Sum- mer Suit for $25 to measure-and it ‘TCHEL & TOMPKINS, Tailors, 2th st. mw. : NT TO BUY A 23X30 CAME! —A few backgrounds and other photo- graphic accessories cheap? They were in {Use im our 15th st. gallery but a short time. We have no use them, Al- most new. © M. BELL, Photograph Gallery, ad 8-465 Pa. ave. myIt FoR cov RY RESIDENCES. Wrought-iron Caudle Sticks and Lanterns, Koockers, for efre mylt 4 E. RORINSOD maker and cleaner; orders receive prompt atten- tion by mail or miessage; orders received at R. L._MAINS, 14th and Madison sts. my15-lw* NS_ HAVING GOODS ON DEPOSIT K. Fulton, upon which interest ts due one year or more are hereby notified to cali a1 pay the interest due or the zoods will be ‘at auction, TUESDAY, May 22, 1804. H. K. FULTON, - * Pawnbrokers, - To MAKE A GOOD ARANCE REQUIRES & good fitting shirt $9 to order. Maker of shirts and underwear. FRANK WELLS, sor to Miller's, G0; 12th st. mw. myl2-lw® Tr COSTS NOTHING To learn to ride 2 RAMBLER—provided yon purchase one.--If you merely wish to learn we cherge a nominal sum, to cover the wear and tear of our instructors.Competent men to teach you, th the largest private instruction ground in the United States.—Special hours can be as Signed to timid or backward pupils. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., ap23 1325 14th st. nw. Breas oF STODDARD, DREAM OF IVER Dream of Werner and have your Dream oy terles bound by HODGES, S1i 9th. They wi t for your children to dream of. ‘apa with H. Tomorrow's weather forecast—For the Distzict of Columbia and vicinity, showers; cooler. Georgia | Now it Pine | is Flooring _, $20 1,000 ft. Drops $20 1,000 ft. Way | $20 1,000 ft. $20.1,000 ft. & hard-op manufacturer sent us @ lot of the finest Georgia Pine Flooring we ever saw. Kiln dried, Well worked, all 2%-Inch face, AND WE SELL [Tf aT $20 Per 1,000 Feet. FRANK LIBBEY & CO., “Lumber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hardware.” Cor. 6th and N. Y. Ave. it At Hudson’s. Hudson’s Variety, CHINA AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS, 912 7TH ST. N.W. It “The Effects Of A Chill _ <cam be counteracted: by 9 drink of pure Whisky,"" a Medicinal y,"" said a prominent local physician. “Old Reliable Berke- ley’’ is the best to do it with. $1 qt. $4 |. Only of Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. _myl Se Don’t Be Deluded Yentives against oothe," wiieh injure cloth: | Piven. only rd insufficient protection. MOCH being absolitely moth proof, is the certain preventive—does uot injure the most delicate fabrics. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. Poyular-Priced Stationers (Just above the ave.) m18 Gold [lining Stock, Positively Non-assessable. will find a “bonanza” in “Butter- Hoing Stock, par value, $10, nov selling oe have taken advantage | SPECIMENS OF and learn particulars. Van Syckel’s Pharmacy, COR. 13TH AND G STREETS N.W. mylS Most Stylish, Durable, Perfect-fitting Suit Ever made in this city for $15 are those we are now turning out.—Cut to your individual measure—style, fit and elegance guaranteed. Many $25 suits elsewhere have not as much fashiea, finish and wear. Immense array of “swell stuffs to select from. Morton C. Stout & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, 1112 F ST. N.W, Could You Invest $1 . oe than to have your old suit ele: and pressed? Coats, 50c. Vests, and Trousers, 25c. each. C7 Write or telephone. Our wagon will call. Hahn CLEANING AND — 705 9TH ST.N.W. 19” RAFAIRING. "Phone 143-2. my Tioonlight on the River Will soon sbe enjoyed by excursion parties. Let us print the Programs, Tickets, etc.—we'll do it “agit at ‘owest peices. CF Reduction to religious and charitable organ- izations. yron S. Adams, Printer, 3 TH Vy. "Phone 930. my1s $15. A Complete Turnover. my18 ‘That's what some people say about the Senate Tarif Bill. It's what best-dressed Washington has done about ordering clothing. It’s what we've | done with our prices for spring and summer cloth- ing. New stuffs, fresh from Importers and handlers, for only $15. The whole suit made tor oyles and -in a style to make the old-fashioned tailors feel "yueer all over.”” Mertz - And Mertz, Our Rule: Must fit you\or we keep “em. The Neostyle Duplicator Is SIMPLE, CLEAN and QUICK, and, withal, low in, price. An ideal duplicating apparatus. JOHN C. PARKER, Agent, 617-619 Tth st. 906! F St. my18 ‘Progressive Tailors, OPENING OF THE — “HOME ICE COMPANY” (SUCCESSOR 'TO AMER- Co.). Tel. 459. KM. WILLIS, Gen, 13th and 14th st. aod ‘Kei Fair prices. eale and retail. B. L, McQUEEN. PRINTER AND PUPLISHER, FL BOOK AND JOW PRINTIN¢ (fel2) 1108-1116 B GS. IRON PORCHES. TRON ANYTHING CAN BE HAD FROM GEO. WHITE & SONS, 452 MAINE AVE. 8.W. Tron is cheaper than ever — before. Cam ‘We call and i prices: Send postal or telephone 855, ay7-3m We Do Everything —on a LA SCALE. We grow our grapes on a ia le (the To-Kalon vineyard is one of the largest in Calffornia)—we wake the wine—we ship in LAKGE QUANTITIES— we sell cur own products—no middlemen’s Profite—we save money at every step—that's Gallon Beet Claret, We. why our PRICES are so LOW. To-Kalon. WineCo,614 14th. ‘PHONE, 908. VAULTS, 27th and K x my16 Where Coal is Plentiful ‘There's no danger of « coal famine HERE. We have hundreds of tons of ARGYLE COAL—su- Derior for heating and steaming purposes. C7 Write or telephone 925. Allegheny Coal Co., myl6 DUMP, HALF AND G STREETS S.w. Sufferers From Rupture- Come here and be advised scientifically and inteilizently exactly what Truss you need. ‘Twenty-five years’ experience have made us ex- perts ‘im fitting and adjusting. All kinds—ap- ‘yles—prices, 50 per cent cheaper than Gilman’s Drug Store, .f2%'w. myi6 We Mend Clothes! Let us mend yours. We do everything from sew- fag on the elusive button to patting a patch where mecded. Gloves, hosiery, shirts—your whole ward- Pode put In thorough repair. Charges from Se. up. Goods called for and delivered, UNIVERSAL MENDING CO., my?-Imo _ M06 Lith st. aw. The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., RAYS FuUR PER oar INTEREST ON SAVINGS © * \CCOUNTS. Opea until 5 p.m. on Goveramest oo, and Boturday ‘evwulaos from 6 to &) sia 1 Wearied Brain and Muscle Need no drugs to restore them to their proper functions. TURKISH BATHS are the moat lururious, most lightt™l, most efficient. cheap- est “spring tont: known. Thin people grow fat ~the old grow young after taking them. C7 A guaranteed cure for chills und fever. Ladies from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Men from 7 a. m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays till 11 p.m. Turkish Baths, 1329 G St. _BylT When You Need A Carriage For Theater Parties, Weddings, Receptions, etc., order HERE. We'll send rou the handvomest, “awellest turnout" in the cit; ‘Of boarding facilities are the best tn this country—best care and feed—perfect ventilation and drainage. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1022-1628 L ST. TELEPHONE 555. mylT “With the talking ma- chine I do half a day’s| work in half an hour.” B. H. WARNER. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 919 Pa. @& BD. EASTON. Pres. (mii TL F. CROWELTIN, Ser, SUNDAY, MAY 13. Tablé @Hote Dinuer served daily from 5 until Spe Re ck Creek (eleetric) cars leave city every 15 minutes. my+-2w LASKER NEARLY OUT. He Only Wants One More Game to Win the Champtonship of the World. Steinitz opened the sixteenth game of his match with Lasker yesterday afternoon at the Cosmopolitan Club, Montreal, with a Queen’s Gambit, which Lasker declined to acecept.— Lasker again won. ‘TRE scofe of the match now stands: Las- ker, 9; Steinitz, 4; drawn, 3. Score of yes- terday’s game: STEINITZ. LASRER, sTerNrTz. White. Biack. 1 Po P-gt 2p-Qps PRS % Kt—QB3 -Kt_KBS Skeckas Okr-g2 > — ste Castles PBS Kt—K5 8 Ktx kt Pxkt » ie. 4 2 é Kes iu Rr t— KF. 11 Rinbe P-Qkis re Pixies i gi Pi 15 Ki Q-) 16 ¥ 0-8: 43 K— 17P By a 44 hb. 19 xKP | 45 KI iv BK 46 Kx P- Bs kt ) 47 P PxB rrP 48 B- BQ — i 2 K 23 P—Rts Rk 50 K— 248-QB K-Q) | oh BS 25 Castes ax |e aye oe RE 37 Qt x Bib. kite 3 Kesixns In the event of Steinitz losing the match, bis backers say that they are again pre- Fared to pit him against Lasker for $2,000. jis Own Race. A special from Jefferson, ‘Tex., says: Henry Scott, colored, who was arrested for the murder of his six-year-old step- daughter, was delivered by the magistrate to the deupty sheriffs to take to jail in this city. On their way to town they were en- countered by a mob of about 100 negroes, who took Scott to an adjoining swamp and hanged him. The negro said that his rea- son for murdering the chfld was that she was the cause of frequent quarrels be- tween him and his wife. —— ree Pitcher Gumbert Will Try Again. A. C. Gumbert, the pitcher, has renewed his» suit against the Chicago Leauge Ball Club. He wants 1,825 salary. The pre- vious suit failed because the title of the club sued was not made out correctly. SIGK PEOPLE CURED Eminent Doctors nt Your Service Free Lynched by Not a Penny to Pay for the Fallest Medical Examination. Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Company employ & number of emixent doctors, who have achieved distinction in diagnosing and curing diseases. The marvelous cures which they have made have caused physicians of all schools to ponder with amazement, and lave attracted sick people to them from nearly every state In the Union. Thousands praise the day they came for treat- ment. There is no guesswork, no experimenting, no painful operation. You can get your remedies here, at your drug store, or not at all; there is positively rge for the examination. 1 day and evening. Sundays, 10 to 12 H. H. [i Co., 1344 G st. aw. mete | banquet, but he had gained a good deal of COXEY IS CHEERFUL The Clover Club Turn Down Does Not Affect Him. « SOME OHI0 WOME- RESERVES Goings On at the Camp Out in Maryland. ARGUMENTS POSTPONED Mr. Coxey reiurned from Philadelphia tkis morning. He went to the city. of brotherly love on the Invitation of the Clover Club to attend a banquet last night. Mr. Coxey returned this morning without having obtained even’ a glimpse of the experience, and had considerable fun watching some of the members of the Clover Club squirm. The Clover Club usu- ally makes its guests do all thé squirming, but this. time the program was entirely re- versed. Some days ago Mr. Coxey received a formal invitation from the Clover Club to attend a dinner at the Bellevue on Thursday night. It was somewhat a mat- ter of doubt in the commonweal leader's mind as to exactly where .he would be on Thursday night, and he replied that he * ould be glad to attend provided he was not in jail. A day or so ago Col. Thomas Don- aldson of the club called on Mr. Coxey and inquired whether he expected to attend the dinner. Mr: Coxey d that it was a matter that still rested with ‘the court. ‘The truth of the matter was that there had been an upheaval in the Clover Club over the invitation, and* Donaldson had come over for the purpose of hedging. Col. Donaldson, probably obtaining a wrong impression from Mr. Coxey, telegraphed to Philadelphia that the cruei-war was over, and the commonwealer would not be pres- ent. This was a relief to the Clover Club, and the empty seat -was immediately filled. Yesterday afternoon, however, the dinner committee was thrown into commotion once more by finding on the Bellevue Hotel egister the name “J. S. Coxey, Massillon, nio."” From that time on there was wild scurrying among the Cloverites. Mr. Coxey, with the peaceful assurance that he had been invited to dinner, had gone over to Philadelphia, registered. at the hotel and sent, his card to the secretary of the club. Then Col. Thos. Donaldson was thrown into the breach again. He told Mr. Coxey of the mixed up condition of affairs, but thought everything could be straightened out. Later on Mr. Coxey sent another card to the secretary of the club, and that gen- tleman then very’ frankly told the club's guest that the affair was a very awkward one. Several members of the club had ex- pressed the intention of not being present at the dinner in «i the commonweal leader attended, and, further, that in view of his quasi declination his presence was unlooked: for, and another man was at his chajr. The general thanked him for his frankness, and said dt made no difference. He was offered his car fare to and from Philadelphia, but promptly and firmly re- fused to accept it. Coxey Not Disturbed. During the evening, although Mr. Coxey did not attend the dinner, he met a number of the club members and spent the night with Mr. Mellvitle Phillips of the Philadel- phia Press, at his home near the city. On his arrival here today Mr. Coxey did not appear disturbed to any extent over his Philadelphia turn down. 4 “The affair was unfortunate,” said he, “in every way. I had no desire to thrust myself anywhere where I was not wel- come. The Clover Club invitation was en- tirely unsolicited by me, and I accepted It | in the same friendly spirit in which I sup- sed it had been extended. I realized when P accspied the invitation that .I would be subjected to criticism -from the people for dining with a class.of men who they look on as unfriendly to themselves. I wished, however, to present our views, especially ta this’ class of people. The result of the ex- periment, however, is unfortunate in that it- will intensify the people's feeling that certain classes of men are unfriendly them, theoreticallyand practically. Per~ sondlly, f have no feeling whatever on the, subject, and 1. realize and appreciate’ the embarrassing situation in which the mem- bers of the club were placed.” Gen. Coxey’s mail still continues to grow, and ‘this morning he received several propo- sitions for lectures-from different places. The Coxey Reserve. Another letter, from G. F. Elmer of Co- lumbus, Ohio, told of the organization in that state-of the Coxey Commissary Home Reserve. A circular was inclosed telling of what the reserve intended to do. In. the constitution, as printed therein, it was stated “the object of. this organization js to. give support to Coxey’s army by soliciting! food, money and clothing in every township and precinct in Ohio, and to establish a shipping point in every county, so that all) donations can be forwarded to Washington and other. points needed; alto to give said. army any’ other support necessary, that justice may be dealt to them by Congress. Another letter was from a western gentle- man, inclosing. ten cents in stamps, and asking Mr. Coxey to send him a commen-’ weal badge and banner, so that he could show his neighbors the nature of the heinous crime committed on May 1. Anothér Postponement. There was another instance of the law’s delay displayed in the case of Coxey, Brewne and Jones today, thought it was comparatively a trivial one. The case was to have come up before Judge Bradley on atguments for the issuing of a writ of cer- tiorari, but at 10 o’clock, the hour set, there was.a railroad. case before the court, and the .Coxey case was postponed until J o'clock. o At the Camp. Nothing of importance transpired in the Coxéy camp last evening. A number of the ccmmonwealers visited the Catholic Church in Hyattsville and listened to an interest- ing sermon’ preached for their special bene- fit. Christopher Columbus Jones told The Star reporter that quite an improvement had been made in the sanitary arrange- ments, and that the lower part of the camp- ing grounds had been filled in with gravel. Dr. Walter A. Wells visited the camp and prescribed for a patient who had malarial fever, Curtosity is rapidly dying out, and “the greatest show on earth” seems to of- fer but. few attractions, as the number of visitors last evening was very small. Better Walk Back. A heavy club made of the round of a chair and in which Coxey inscriptions were cut by Tony Dwyer, one of the common- wealers who tramped here with the army, is on exhibition at police” headquarters. The club was taken from Dwyer when ne was arrested on Pennsylvania avenue soon after the arrival of the army In this city. The prisoner at that time was released by Judge Miller and warned that he had bet- ter let clubs alone ng as he remained here. He did not get another club, but he returned to'the army, and about two weeks ago he deserted. Since then he has lived from pillar to post, and last night he con- cluded that he would like to try a few days in the workhouse, where he thought he would fare. better than he had fared in the commonweal: army, and so he surrendered to the police. Officer Wannell met the com- monweal deserter in front of the Baltimore and Ohio depot, and Dwyer said to, him: “I want to go to the workhouse.” The officer learned something of the pris- oner’s identity, and this morning he had him in Judge Kimball's court for vagrancy. Judge Kimball -heard the proof and ques- tioned: the, prisoner. : “Where. are you from?” ittsburg.” ~~ nd you walked here?” ‘said the judge, “you had better I am not going to send you to the workhouse and have the city feed you. This case is dismissed, and. you had better turn toward Pittsburg and’ return on foot, the way you came here.’ a The Midway to Become a Canal. The South Park commisstoners of Chi- cago have decided to turn Midway Piais- ance into a canal 100 feet wide, with walks | and lawns upon eagh side. The Ili- nois Central railroad declares that it will never allow the canal to pass under its tracks and a legal contest is probable, Antonio Bem and Luts Budenah, ‘two Austro-Hungarian travelers, have arrived in Panama. They had waiked from Buenos Ayres, a distance of 5,0 miles, They are on their way to Chicago, and their inten- tion ie to reach that city by traveling on foot, WATERING ARID LANDS. 1 }0 Plans of the Irrigation Commission. of Kansas. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA Kan., May 16, 1894. ‘The Kansas irrigation commission is des- perately in earnest and proposes to demon- strate to the world that western Kansas can be made to yield crops under irrigation thdt will forever stop the talk about drouth and hot winds. The commission has provided for ascertaining, as near as possible, the amount of arid and semi-arid land, the amount of land now irrigated and the acre- age believed to be irrigable; the sources of water supply, developed and possible of de- velopment; the cost of procuring, storing and delivering water on lands. To this end the state has been divided into Cistricts, and, different members of the commission have been assigned to each, witn instructions to report fully at the next meeting, to be held here May 15. Judge J. W. Gregory of Garden City, who has probably had more experience in the irrigation movement than any man in Kan- sas, says: “The most feasible means of se- curing immediate results is that which is being so extensively employed at the pres- ent time in the vicinity of Garden City— that is, using pumps and windmills. The reason why this method is of so much value is that there is a great deal of land under which the water lies but a few feet below the surface, and a pumping plant costs so little that it is within the means of the in- dividual. He need not wait to organize a company, nor to effect any sort of combina- tion. He can have his own irrigation works ready in short order and be enjoying its benefits without delay. ‘The average area which one man should undertake to irrigate by pumping ought not to exceed ten acres. But that area, properly handled, will pro- vide a good lving for the average family and a substantial margin for the savings account. On a large scale, and for future development, ditches using water from the streams, supplemented by storage reservoirs and water obtained from the underflow, both by gravity “fountains” and by ex- tensive pumping works, will irrigate a great deal of our land and make it very produc- tive. In northwestern Kansas, damming the numerous draws and thus saving the storm waters, will be quite a factor.” President Gregory does not believe the people of the west will secure much aid from the general government. Congress, he says, is not inclined to do anything. East- ern farmers are opposed to the expenditure of public money for the purpose of veclaim- ing the arid lands in tl west, and it is President Gregory's judgment ihat nothing will be accomplished until the west sends to Congress a man, like Bland of Missouri, who refuses to quit fighting until he gets what he wants. —~--—. TROUBLE OVER A WELL. It Was to Supply Good Drinking Water for Fort Myer. A controversy has arisen between the quartermaster’s department, of the army and Mr. Levi Maish of this city in regard to the construction of an artesian well at the cavalry post at Forty Myer, Va. Mr: Maish made a contract with Quartermaster General Batchelder for the construction of a well to supply drinking water for the use of the garrison. It was to be sunk within a certain radius of the barraeks, and was to supply a given quantity of water. For this service it was agreed that the govern- ment would pay $8,000 out of a special ap- propriation for that purpose. Recently the contractor pretented his bil for the work. It was disapproved by Gen. Batchelder on the general grounds that the contract had rot been compliei with either with regard to the location of the well or as to the sup- ply of water. It was also alleged against the contractor that, when he found he could not obtain water within the boun- dries specified in the contract, he selected a site for himself in a bettom into which the post stables are drained, which drain- age, it is asserted, would render the water unfit for drinking purposes, even if it were produced in sufficient quantities, The con- tractor claims that he has complied fully with the spirit of the contract, and that his well produces the specified quantity of gecd, wholesome water. Secretary Lamont has referred the matter to Assistant Sec- retary Doe, with full authority to act. The officers at Fort Myer are unfortunate in their efforts to improve their water service. They have not only failed to obtain water by sinking wells, but they have also failed in thelr efforts to induce Congress to au- therize the tapping of the main of the. Washington aqueduct for their benefit. The army appropriation bill as reported to the House contained a provision to that effect, but it was stricken out by the Senate com~ mittee having charge of the bill. THE SALVADOR REVOLUTION, American Interests to Re Protected by the Bennington. ‘The Navy Department is informed that the gunboat; Bennington sailed from Aca- pulco, Mexico, today for La Libertad, Sal- vador, This vessel was recently attached to the European station, and was sent all the way from Gibraltar, around Cape Horn, to San Francisco, for the sole purpose of assisting !n the enforcement of the Ber- ing sea regulations for the protection of the sealing industry. Her unexpected detach- ment from that duty, after her tong cruise, and her departure for San Salvadore,in Cen- ‘| tral America, show the importance attached to the insurrection regently inaugurated against President Carlos Ezeta, and also emphasize the intention of the administra- tion to have American interests fully -pro- tected during its continuance. The present outbreak in Salvador occurred in the prov- irce of Santa Ana, where the insurgents ‘under Gen. Gutierrez surprised the govern- ment garrison. The result of this engage- ment is still in doubt. Both’ sides report a victory. Salvador, the smallest 1n area of the Central American republics, but the most densely populated, has had several revolutions in the past ten years. The cause of the present uprising is not clearly understood in Washington, but it is confi- dently expected that the presence of the Eennington will insure the adequate pro- tection of American interests, regardless of the result of the revolution. —_——_-7+— LIGHTNING FACTS, As Found in a Recent Agricultural Department Circular. Mr. Alexandria McAdie of the Agricul- tural Department has issued a circular on the ‘general subject of “Lightning,” in which he shows the damage done by light- ning during recent years,and suggests of reducing to a minimum possible danger of being struck by the electric fluid. Duting five years, from 1843 to 1S87, there was a yearly average of 206 deaths caused by lightning in the United States, and for four’ other, years, up to) 18%3, the yearly average was 1% deaths. In eight years, ending with 1892, lightning caused 3,516 fires, with loss of $12,603,835, in the United States, for the most part west of the Rocky mountains. During nine years, ending with 1802, 2,335 barns, 104 churches and 664 dwellings have been struck by Ightning. “It may be said in general,” says Mr. Mc- Adie, “that the risk in the country is five times greater than in the city. For ordi- nary dwelling houses not unduly exposed in city blocks lightning rods are hardly necessary, a very considerable protection being afforded by the tin roofing, numerous cornices, gutters, ete.” Mr. McAdie upsets the theory that light- ning does not strike twice in the same place and offers many instances to show that it has not only struck twice, but oftener in some places. 2+ TO TRY PASTEUR. Policeman Brown to Take Treat for a Dog Bite. Policeman Philip Brown, whose hand was terribly lacerated by a supposed mad dog on Q street several nights ago, printed in The Star at the time, has gone to the Pasteur Institute in New York for treat- ment. Pelice Surgeon Cannon has treated the officer for his trouble since the night of the attack, but the patient's arm was ter- ribly swollen, and the doctor recommended the Pasteur treatment. Yesterday Dr. Ma- gruder examMned the officer's hand and arm, and indorsed the recommendations of Dr. Cannon. The expense of the treatment will be borne by the department. The police fund is in such bad shape that the money’ will have-to be taken from the book fund, which Is- under the supervision of Chief Clerk Sylvester. From this fund money ts being furnished to pay those on the police pensicn roll. -_-- New Quarter The naval dispensary has engaged new quarters at 2037 F street, and will move there in a few weeks. The collections at the naval medical museum are being re- n.oved to the old observatory building, and tho muscsn b3 vaze ‘eg. ays |" TICKET SCALPERS How the Business Has Grown in This and Other Cities, HOW ONE CAN TRAVEL CHEAP The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Down on Them. WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT. When you or I wish to buy a railroad ticket we go to one of the regular ticket offices on the avenue, Where the gold let- ters on the windows, indicating various in- termediate and terminal points, give an assurance of respectability, but when the fellow around the corner wants to buy a ticket he goes and gets it of a ticket broker, or, more popularly, of a ticket “scalper,” becafse he can get it cheaper. He can, in fact, get it very much cheaper, and the busi- ness is now conducted in such a way that there is no particular lack of respectability. The trade in railroad tickets is a growing one, and it is engaged in by a very large number of agents in all of the great cities. Statistics gathered by the interstate com- merce commission and published in the an- nual report as far back as 1890 show that the expenses of ticket scalpers for merely rental and clerk hire in Chicago, New York, Cincinnati and Kansas City amounted in the previous year to nearly $135,000. In this city there are a dozen or so bro« kers’ offices, almost all of them doing a thriving business. They are on the north side of the avenue, mostly between 6th and 41-2 streets. Two or three offices are close to Gth street, toward 7th. These offices for the most part consist of a desk and a rail- ing in a store or room devoted to some other purpose. The signs outside are usu- ally blue, with white lettering, an indica- tion almost as general as the pawnbroker’s three balls. . Cheap Tickets. The tickets most commonly sold by “scalp- ers’ from this city are to New York or in- termediate points. The regular fare to New York is $6.50, and the broker will send you there for $5.50, with a regular ticket, as good as the one you would get at the rail- road office. That is, he will give you a good one if you watch him. In this business, aw in others, there are dealers and dealers. There are ticket brokers on the avenue who would not sell a ticket which had run out or was for any reason void. ‘There are others whom it would be as well to watch. Ordinarily the “scalper” will be able to provide you with the return half of a round- trip ticket from New York, but should he be out of these tickets he will still make you the rate if you are willing to invest $10.50 and take a rebate of $5 payable in New York at the office of his correspondent. You buy a round-trip ticket to New York, for which you pay $10, and you pay the agent here 50 cents to give you an order on his correspondent in New York. The New York correspondent buys the unused half of your ticket at $5, and you have saved $1 on your fare. Had you cared to risk it, you might have ignored the agent in this city, hunted up a sealper on Broadway in New York and sold him your ticket, probably for $3, thus saving 50 cents, or one agent’s commission. It should be said, also, that the railroad company would pay you $3.50 for your re- turn coupon in New York If, for any reason, you had bought a round-trip ticket and did not wish to return, If you are going to Chicago and want to buy your ticket in the regular way it will cost $17. The ticket broker has a regular rate of $14.50, which he is almost always ready to offer, and when luck runs his way in the shape of return tickets which he car buy cheap he will do a little better than that. He has, also, a usual second-class rate of $13 to Chicago, which is §2 cheaper than the regular fare. The broker's rate to Memphis, Tenn., is $20, $8 cheaper than the veguiar ‘rate. These are examples of the average cut. The broker will send you, in some way or another, to almost any place to which you want to go. If he can do no better, he will farm out a mileage ticket to you at 2 1-2 cents a mile. In times of peace, as it were, the dozen or so broker offices referred to make up the total of the “scalping” businees in this city, but at the times of inaugurations, or when there is any particular ceremony or celebra- tion here, the offices spring up like mush- rooms all along the avenue and everywhere in the vicinity of the railroad offices. Where they come from or where they disappear to nobody knows, and nobody cares for that matter. It is an interesting fact that in New York there are no scalpers doing business in the immediate vicinity of the Grand Central depot. The land is owned by the Vander- bilts, who refuse to rent for such purposes. In Canada a license is required of all agent: selling tickets, and the scalping traffic is thus suppressed, no Heenses being granted except to regularly authorized agents of railroad companies. Down on the Scalper. Although the scalper’s traffic has a simple and guileless look, and might even be re- garded-as a‘means of economy, it has been regarded with a great.deal of suspicion and even open hostility by those who were look- ing to purify the railroad system in this country. The matter was early taken up by the Interstate commerce commission, which recommended to Congress the passage of a law so framed as to send the “scalper” out of business. Congress was not as much dis- turbed as the commission and failed to pass the law, but the remarks made in the com- mission's report still stand as an indict- ment against the broker. The commission pointed out that the scalpe> was merely a jobber between the railroad company and the prospective passenger, and that while it would appear on the face of it that a por- tion of the public was benefited, it w: in fact, true that in order to meet the drain the railroad companies raised all rates of fare and that the public actually paid the expenses and profits of the scalpers. In concluding Its report on the subject the commission, in 1890, said: The business is largely sustained by the direct encouragement and co-operation of railroad companies. themselves, in the pay- ment of commissions to scalpers, in placing with them blocks of tickets in times of rate wars, and in frequently turning over to therh the return portion of round-trip tick- ets. The absence of good faith between ri- yal companies opens a door for the em- ployment of tl broker. At the outbreak of a cut in rates agreements to maintain schedule rates are ignored, the services of the brcker are invoked, and he is supplied with tickets at greatly reduced rates. or is paid heavy commissions, which may be,and are expected to be, divided with the pas- senger. Excursion, tourist and mileage tickets are all factors, and important ones, in the main- tenance of the scalping business. The first two are often purchased by a class of travel- ers who do not contemplate their use except for one way. After being so used the re- turn portion of the ticket is sold to a broker, who in turn sells to some traveler, and the difference in rate between a round- trip ticket and one good in only a single di- rection is divided between the broker ang the passenger, the former getting the larger share. The mileage ticket is sold to a roads do not attempt to confine to the orig- inal purchaser, is also largely utilized by brokers and rented out piecemeal to travel- ers. Dishonest employes of railroads contribute in no small degree to keeping up the busi- ness of furnishing the scalpers with tickets which have been used but not canceled; and stolen and counterfeit tickets algo furnish their contribution to the stock of the broker. Tickets given by railroad companies for advertising in newspapers, and to men in business, such as hotel keepers and others, fas well as passes, are made merchandise of and converted into money, the broker being the medium through which they got into the possession of persons who have ro right to their use, and who often {nd it necessary to make misrepresentations to avoid the consequences of detection. A prominent official of the interstate eommerce commission, speaking to a Star man on this subject, said: “There is not the slightest doubt that a large number of railroad companies get only a percentage of the nominal rate uf their tickets. If they did, in fact. yet the entire amount they would undoubtedly be able to reduce their rate of fare. ‘The rate ought not to be very much in excess of 2 cents a mile, and I believe in very many cases the companies do not get a# Mich as tha’ ~ INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. COUNTRY BOARD. oe --Page 10 COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. REESE SSRERESSSSSSSweotad ett ertt este ttitttttititt ti FOR SALE (Bicycles). 1 FOR SALE (Houses). 1 FOR SALE (Lots)... u FOR SALB (fiscellaneous) . x FOR SALE (Pianos) i HAIR DRESSING. ¥ x 1 1 1 8 0 u 5 Page 10 a POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROFESSIONAL . “ FROPOSALS: RAILROADS . SVECIAL NOTICES. SVECIALTIES ... STEAM CARPET CLEANING STORAGE . * SUBULBAN PROP! ERTY WANTED (Miscellaneous) IN TOMORROW'S STAR. Some of the Good Things Provided for the People of Washington. Tomorrow's twenty-page Star will be full of entertaining reading matter, but in view of the recent reported attempts to bribe Senators, one feature wili be found of spe- cial interest just now. It is an article on “The Third House.” Through an advertisement in The Evening Star “Pauline Pry” meets a number of persons who are willing to aid her in secur- ing an amendment to the tariff bill. Her subsequent experiences are told at length end in @ bright and interesting manner. A number of appropriate filustrations will lend an additional attraction to the article. The following are some of the additional chapters which will be found unusually at- tractive: THE ORDER OF FORESTERS (ilustrat- ed). Something of the history and traditions of @ great fraternal society that will hold its national, session in this city. WINNING HIS STAR dllustrated). The second installment of Paul Travers’ adventures.—A capital story thet should be read by every boy in Washington. THE GIRL GRADUATE (llustrated). Some becoming costumes for the stage on commencement day in June. OLD ELI’S FAVORITE SON (illustrated). A continuation of the story on the athletic craze at college. MONEY IN CHINA (illustrated). Frank G. Carpenter, in a chatty letter, gives some very interesting information about finacial matters among our an- tipodes. FOR THE LITTLE BOYS (Illustrated). Some practical suggestions to mothers about every day costumes for the youngsters. AT THE PARIS SALON (illustrated). A pen picture of the varnishing day at the great annual art exhibition. By Sterling Rellig. EARNING A LIVING. Senora Sara on the important problem that girls are often confronted with. SOME FAMOUS TREES. Those that have been planted in Washing- ton by famous men. ROYALTY RETARDED. Enterprises of public importance in the Hawaiian Islands described by The Star's special correspondent. MISS BENNING'S TROUBLE. A pretty little story, written exclusively for The Evening Star. ployes of various railroads, seeiug the ¢a- tent to which their comvani+s ure being chiseled out of their due, are interesting themselves in the matter of a cessation of these evils. If it was not for this drain the companies would be able to pay better wages to their employes ahd provide better rates for their patrons.” It is well known that the Order of Rail- road Conductors has taken up this matter, and will pash their interests iu order to secure legislation which will provide the proper authorities with power enough to do away. with the brokerage system. ‘The interstate commerce commission in this matter, as well as in oth» is blocked by the absence of sufficien: legisintioa em- powering it to carry out the lines of action which it sees to ne recessary. Where They Get Tickets, With a view to finding out, if possibie, where the ticket brokers get the paste- boards that they sell a Star man took 4 walk along the north side of the avenue and made himself acquainted with the brokers who do business there. They did not meet him with the utmost cordiality, and few were willing to say anything about where they obtained their tickets. One man, who was asked whether or not the ticket which he offered -to sell, good for a trip to Chicago, was a regular ticket ob- tained from a railroad office, replied that it was a regular ticket, and that he did not suppose it made any difference where it came from. Another more talkative broker said that the ticket came directly from the railroad office. The plan, he said, was to buy a ticket for a greater distance thar the purchaser here wanted to go. This ticket came at a reduced price on ac- count of the long distance, and was then split up into two tickets, each of which could be sold at a less rate than the regular short haul fare, and this difference was di- vided between the purchaser and the brok- er. As a matter of fact it is well enough known that the ticket brokers do get tick- ets directly from the companies’ offices, and that without any rambling process what- ever. Instances have come to light where companies being in need of money have um- loaded a large block of tickets upon brokers willing to buy at a reduced price, and there are also many instances where, in times of railroad wars in passenger rates, brokers have been made the actual though private agents of railroad companies. What the result of the war which is go- ing to be waged on the ticket brokers will be it is Rard to tell; but it may be that be- fore long the man around the corner will have to buy his tickets as we do, and that all three of us will buy at less than the present regular rate. 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It is claimed for it, and probably truthfully claimed, that no other newspaper in the country goes into so large a percentage of all the houses within a radius af twenty miles from the office of publication. p The aga has se ge ig rosperity for twenty-five years, one of the very few papers that has failed to advance its advertising rates in propor- tion to its growth in circulation, influence and popularity with the community in which it 1s issued. Considering its character, influence and circulation, its advertising rates are ex- ceedingly low, being matched in this re- spect by no more than two or thgee news- papers issued in other sections. class of advertising it carries is of the best. The value of this paper to an advertiser, all things considered, and taken in con- nection with the comparative cost of ad- vertising in it, places it not lower down than third in a list of all the best daily papers published in the United States, and in making out such a list a well-informed advertiser will have great difficulty in de- ciding upon even so small a number as two to place in advance of The Star. He may even fail to fix upon one. eee) Felling Trees by Electricity. From the Chicago Herald. @ A novel departure in electrical science te reported by the scientific journals. Trees are now to be felled by electricity. The modus operandi is as follows: A platinum wire, having been stretched out between two poles, is heated until it becomes incan- descent. It is then drawn tight against the tree, through which it immediately pro- ceeds to burn its way. It is said that @ tree can by this process be felled in about one-eighth of the time it would take to saw it down. The new method should also be ably rt + ua