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Gas Stove Bargains. ‘Tuesday we will bake sample biscuits, &e., to show our patrons how nicely our Gas Stoves will do their cooking, from the fact that there ts no waste of fuel and that you can cook on any one part of Gas Stove with balance of Stove cold. Gus is * © the cheapest fuel. C. A. Muddiman, 614 12th. myld ANGOSTURA BITTERS, SAYS A LONG-TIME Mferer from indigestion, thoroughly cured me. ole manufacturers, Dr.'J. G, B. SIEGERT & SCNS. Dealers. THE NATIONAL GUARD Some Suggestions as to Ohange of Computation. ADJUTANT RENNIE'S PROPOSED METHOD Rifle Practice in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Guard. SMALL NOTES OF INTEREST = ‘Those who have been somewhat concerned because the District National Guard did not receive the credit to which it is entitled for the admirable work it has done with the rifle on the range will be much interested in the proposition made in a letter which has been written by Adjutant Rennie of the third battalian to Maj. Geo. H. Harries, in- spector general of rifle practice. The commu- nication, which was discussed and emphati- cally indorsed at the meeting of inspectors of rifle practice held at brigade headquarters last Monday evening, is as follows: “I have been of the opinion for a long time that we of the District of Columbia National Guard have been doing ourselves great injustice in our method of computing the figure of merit of our different organi- zations in rifle practice, and, in accordance with your request, give my views on the subject. * “According to our regulations as they are now, ‘the final classification for the year shall include the name of every officer and man who has been borne on the roll of the organization during the year, and on the classification thus made computation shall be made.’ While this method is just as fair for one as it is for another in the District National Guard, it fails to do us the credit to which we are really entitled, and does not give us the standing as an organization compared to the militia of the various states to which our work with the rifle gives us a right. There are in almost all, and more especially in some companies, a number of men discharged for one cause or another between December land July 1. A general weeding out of ‘dead wood’ takes place every April, previous to the annual muster. Now, it is simply a physical impossibility for men who belong to the guard on Decem- ber 1, and are discharged between that date and, say, June 1, no matter how willing they may be, to qualify as marksmen or any- thing else, because they have no opportunity to shoot their scores on the range. And yet, we are required to take every one of these men, who could not qualify if they would, into consideration when computing our figure of merit. How the Standard is Reduced. “It is easil seen how this reduces our standard. Then, again, recruits enlisting after September 30 have no time to re- ceive the necessary instruction and qualify previous to the close of the target yeas, November 30, and yet we are required to reduce our figure of merit by counting them in the strength of the company. The practice season in the army, according to Blunt, is only of two months’ duration, and it is only members of the company (with the exceptions noted) who have been present at the scation of the company dur- ing that period that are classified. Blunt ‘The following will not be classified * * those who have been absent from the station of the company for a period of one month or more, not necessarily con- tinuously, of the practice season * * * recruits who have not been advanced, etc.’ Now, if a man does not belong to a com- pany during the time at which It is possi- ble for him to perform a certain dut although he may have belonged to it for several months prior to or after that time, I hold he cannot be included under the heading, ‘present for duty.’ Therefore, 1 propose as a remedy for what I consider the existing evil, that a period, say from July 1 to October 31, be designated as a practice season, and that only men borne on the rolls of the company (or other or- ganization, as the case may be) during that time, or, in other words, during the when it is possible fora man, unless he neglects his duty, to get in his range scores, shall be classified, it being understood that an opportunity be afforded those who have not had it, to fire their scores in the gal- lery during the same period. I would also suggest that men absent from the station of their company for a period of, sa months of the target season be mot classi- fied. This need not prevent the classifie: tion of scores made in the gallery between January 1 ana July 1, or after September 30, but by designating as a practice season the four months named you cover a period when it is possible for every man belong- ing to a company to put in his score, both in the gallery and on the range, and there is no possibility for a man to be a third- class man except through his own neglect in not firing the required number of scores, in which case a dishonorable discharge would be the proper thing, or his inability to make the required percentage, which, with proper instruction and attention, is, I think, hardly possibie. Two Methods Contrasted. For example, we have a company lows: Strength, December 1, 1893... = Enlisted between December 1, 1803, and September 30, 1804.. Enlisted between September 30, 1894, and November 30, 1804. . as fol- Total carried on rolls during year Discharged for various causes be- tween December 1, 1893, and July 1, 1s04 eee Discharged for various causes be- tween July 1, i884, and November 30, 1S04....5. “ 8 19 Strength of company November 30, 1s According to the present method of d termining the figures of merit, the company would stand as follows: 4 sharpshooters x 320, ll 20 marksmen — x 26). is class x 200, 1 class x 100, d class = 6. rey Total... which divided by 74 gives 152 °10-37'as ‘the figure of merit of the organlzation.Accord- ing to my method the company would stand as follows: 4} The number of men to whom it has been possible to complete their scores in gallery and on range 11,280 which divid yerfod | figure of merit of the company. vantage is apparent. As a National Guard organization, more is required of us in target practice than in any state militia, and as a matter of fact we do what is required of us better than any of the states, but the figures given to the world do not by any means indicate the good work done. It is, of course, understood that scores nade in the gallery or on the range at other times during the whole year (December 1 to November 30) and duly certified to shall be credited to the man making them. Pennsylvanin Rifle Practice. The order regulating rifle practice in the National Guard of Pennsyivania this year has been made public, and it is exceeding strict, so much so that some of the com- pantes in the guard will be lucky to escape disbandment. In part the order says: “The current season for rifle practice opened May 1 and closes October 31. Practice will be required of every officer and enlisted man, and no commutation for rifle range will be allowed any company that does not qualify its entire membership. All officers are re- quested to impress upon their men the im- portance of rifle practice and to urge them to strive for excellence in marksmanship. Every soldier of Pennsylvania must be- come a marksman, for no soldier is effect- ive unless he is able to qualify. If any com- pany in the infantry or cavalry arm of the service fails to qualify as marksmen its en- tire membership, unless satisfactory rea- sons are shown for such failure, shall be considered so lacking in discipline as to warrant its disbandment. “Company officers should recognize their responsibility in overseeing not only the construction of the range as to availability and safety, but also the conduct of the men while at practice. No one should be allowed to fire over the range who has not been in- structed carefully in aiming and position and made familiar with the rifle. Officers should be proficient in the use of the rifle, and each company should detail a compe- tent instructor. Men should be able to ad- just elevation and windage before going to the firing point. They should be taught how to biacken their sights and be instruct- ed, but not coached too much, and should be made to acquire the necessary knowledge for themselves and to depend upon their own skill. “Men who have not previously qualified as marksmen will be brought upon the range to classify and must always be ac- companied by a proficient instructor, and | never allowed to fire over the range unless so accompunied. Every man who has never before qualified will be required to shoot at the three ranges, 100, 200 and 500 yards, and will be allowed five shots—and no more in one entry—at each range, beginning always at 10) yards, and never firing at the longer range until he has made at least thirteen points in five shots at the range below. To be classified, thirteen points or more must have been made at each of the three dis- tances. Any classified man may enter for qualification. For qualifying five consecu- tive shots are allowed at 200 yards and five at 500 yards. Re-entries are allowed until a score of twenty-five is made. When a score of twenty-five or more {s once made the shooter is qualified for the year. If it be under forty-five he is a marksmen; if forty-five or more, then he is a sharpshoot- er. Re-entries for higher qualifying scores are prohibited. “It is understocd that the soldier may practice from time to time during the sea- son as frequently as the ammunition al- lowed him may admit of. But when he proposes to qualify he must declare his in- tention of so doing before he fires the first | shot on his score, and the score thus made, provided it be twenty-five or over, must stand as his qualifying score. If the score | is less than forty-five he is a marksman; If ty flv ver then sharpshooter, as ve stated.” Various experiments with the new rifles which have recently taken place in Germany have demonstrated in a very conclusive manner that another war would practically be cne of annthilation. A French writer, in an article which he devotes to the subject, says that the battlefield would, at the ter- mination of the engagement, be covered with two or three hundred thousand corpses all crushed and broken, and would be noth- ing but a vast charnel house. No one would be ieft to bury the dead, and_ pestilence | would in its turn sweep away the country people. Pointing the moral, he adds that the man—emperor, king or president of a republic—who, under these conditions, would expose the human race to such a fate, would be the greatest criminal that the world had ever seen; yet when the question of dis- | armament 18 broached {t does not seem to | meet with much epproval in certain quar- ters. It is, however, tolerably plain that the horrors and the butchery which a war would entail are becoming more and more recognized, and that the terrible vista thus | opened out Is exercising a sobering effect on those who were formerly wont to discuss various eventualities with a light heart. Work in New Jersey. New Jersey's rifle shooting guardsmen are more wide awake than ever and are prepar- ing for a most interesting meeting at Sea Girt during the coming fall. Information received from Gen. B. W. Spencer, the state Inspector general of rifle practice, is to the effect that the meeting will commence on September 3 and end on the Sth, and that a | very attractive program will be presented. Heretofore there have not been enough indi- vidual prizes to tempt those who were not team men to journey from afar for the pur- pose of participating in the competition The ad- ' but this year the individual prizes will be quite plentiful, and as a result there will be much rore doting. The Virst Rehearsal. The Second Regiment Glee Club will be- gin its musical work next week, at a meet- ing to be held in regimental headquarters on Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. An | excellent plano has been provided for ac- companiment, and as this is the first prac- tice night a full attendance is desired. ap Shots, Special orders No. 35, from headquarters, | announce that Quartermaster Sezgeant | Morris E, Sabin, fourth battalion, is ap- | pointed an inspector of rifle practice, with | the rank of acting first lie t, from’ May 14, ISM. He will be obeyed and r spected accordingly. Also that Acting | First Lieutenant Morris E, Sabin, foucth | battalion, inspector of practice, wiil report to the commanding officer, fourth | battalion, for duty. | ‘Those members of the guard who have not as yet completed their gallery scores for the past season will have until end of the present month to do so. gallery is open every week day for prac- tice from 10 a. m. until 6 p. m. A matgh between teams esenting the wineer corps and the second battalion is scheduled to be shot at the gallery this evenir A meeting of the Fencibles’ committee « entertainment was held Sunday afternc and considerable progress made in pre- liminary arrangements for the benefit on June 18. An admirable program will be presented, which is expected to compare favorably with anything of a similar nature ever before attempted. —>___ Test Case to Be Made. Postmaster General Bissell has decided to sive a hearing in the test case instituted by ex-Letter Carrier Slater of the Fort Wayne, | Ind., post oftice, who was removed and now | seeks reinstatement. Slater was first tem- porarily removed on the recommendation of Postmaster Rockhill of Fort Wayne, who alleged that Slater had censured him in a republican paper. He declared his inno- cence, and an tspector of the department Was sent to Fort Wayne. onerated him from the char assaults, but charged negl | The report | paper polite permanent removal was | concluded to contest the actic master and to lay his appeal personally b fore the Postmaster General, and has al cordingly come to Washington, | The Postmaster General said today that | he would give the hearing during the mi die of the week. Postmaster Rockhill is also expected to be present to protest | against the reinstatement. | | Sees a | Meeting of the White Oak Farmers’ Club, The May meeting of the White Oak} Farmers’ Club was held at “White Oak,” the residence of J. S. J. Clark, on Satur- day. Only one member failed to respond to the roll call. The farm, stock and crops were inspected with interest and profit. A promising young herd of Jersey cattle at tracted attention and admiration, Some two hundred incubator-hatehed chick -ns responding to the cluck of their fostet . came forth from an artificial brood- nd healthy as if hatched m the oid- rly large enough to split rve on toast. How- expressed after sup- per w On this oc dered by M nt music was ren- Fisher, Long and Green of the Georgetown Orch in-| vited guests of the host. After discussing the qu operative buying advisable? pey to oray fruit trees and vines meeting adjourned, to meet at W H. Cari June 18. The questions for discus-/ sion are, “Should grass be cut when in| bloom or when in seed?” and “Does the | wheat wevil cut th wheat when in the| shock, stack or bin?" |sum every year. | be regarded as the most serious condition in } | Necessities of some of the most prominent le | ters in his ing when the execution was ordered. A grave had been dug in a field about a mile trem City Point, and early in the morning ; thre iments of infantry were ordered out to attend the execution. Gen, Grant | over the condemned man’s head and that | shot it off, and then the three regiments |geles and has a promising platation of young fig trees in Sonora, at Willard’s this morning. “It is only recently that the Cal- IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. The action of the Washington city au- thorities in arresting and convicting Coxey and Browne for getting on the grass in the Capitol grounds has apparently stirred up cur city fathers in Boston,” said Henry A. Stoll of the cultured hub of the universe at the Riggs House today. “Every summer for years past our famous commons has been the favorite loa‘ing spot for the majority of the lazy people in New England. It ha: been a no unusual signt to several dozen | tired out Weary Waxggles and Meandering Mikes reclining in sweet slumber on the grassy sward of Boston's pet p: Along the Park street mall and around the Brewer | monument have been favorite places for the | tired tramps to stretch out on the grass and indulge in siestas. Of course, we have had policemen there, but they have never ap- peared to take any notice of the trespassers upon the parking within the prohibited line. Last week, however, the powers that be suddenly awakened to a realization of the condition ef things as I have described them, and since Monday several scores of the sleepers have been gathered into the station houses, and a number of them fined in substantial amounts in the municipal court, Consequently, as a good Bostonian, I look upon the Coxey movement as having had a very good effect tn leading, as I have no reason to doubt it did, to the disposses- sion of Boston commons by the unwashed and unregenerate individuals who used its sod as a lodging house.” “I understand that Washington ts fortun- ate in possessing a very strong and enthu- siastie Sanitary League,” said Dr. H. M. Gcoddell of New York at the National yes- terday. “There should be such an organi- zation in every American city, for the rapid increase of our population and the tendency of the people toward gregariousness de- j mands that a very great deal of serious at- tention should be given to the question af- fecting the Ith of communities. One of the most important problems which pré- sents itself to municipalities for solution is the removal of its sewage in such manner as to prevent its injurious constituents from exercising an evil influence upon the hy- gienic conditions of the community. I am very much interested in the question, and I beheve that the system now in use in Glasgow, Scotland, will be found to meet all requirements of our American cities should they wisely see proper to adopt them. sgow contains a population of nearly x souls, aud its sewage is subjected to a chemical process by which the liquid portion of it is made as pure as spring Water, while the solid precipitated matter that it contains is compressed into cakes of excellent fertilizing material. This system is not only found to be very effective, but economical as well, because the sale of the fertilizing material nets quite a handsome The national capital should certainly adopt something of that sort, I think,because of what I have read of the location of the Coxey camp on the banks of the stagnant canal, which is al- leged to receive and to hold a large quantity of the sewage of the city, it seems to me that there couid not be a better opportunity secured to test the effleacy of the Scotch system.” “Chicago is now confronted by what must her history, with, perhaps, the exception of | the period following the great fire,” said M. iL. Frazier of the windy city at the Ebbitt this morning. ‘The impending coal panic threatens to close up all her industries as tight as a drum and virtually throw the en- tire working population out of employment. | This would be bad enough, but a worse evil overhangs Chicago, and one need not be a | calamity howler to feel very much worried | over the outlook for the future. An epi-| demic of smailpox now has my city in its There are hundreds of cases of | ase; one pest house is full, and a} new one is being built, and forty or fifty | new cases are being reported every day, while the health authorities are powerle: to stop the progress of the plague. Last summer the disease was sporadic. There were several cases in districts wide apar' but they were not taken sufficient care of by the health department. Premises where such patients were found were fumigated so hastily that the disinfectant had no chance to blot out the contagion. Vaccination was } not practiced to any great extent either, as! it was allowed to be entirely voluntary’ on} the part of the citizens. We are now reap- | ing the sad results of this official stupidity, | and I shudder when I think of the dis- | astrous effect of the epidemic before it is | eventually blotted out. Indeed, I have no hesitancy in saying that Chicago would be in danger of iosing a very large proportion of its population were it not for the dis- covery of vaccination. One of the most intelligent and well-in- formed men in Washington is Henry Wil- son, who has attended to the tonsorial people of America at the Ebbitt House bar- ber shop for the past fifteen or. twenty years. He was at City Point, in the em- ploy of a Union officer, during the latter part of the war, and fairly teems with in- teresting reminiscences of that exciting period. AS the corridor man lay back in Henry's chair this morning the latter sald: “I saw a man shot down in City Point in 1854 vho came pretty near stampeding the hundred thousand men who composed the Army of the James, I forget that man’s name, but ae was a colored man and an or- derly sergeant in a Maryland regiment. I tell you, it was a thrilling sight to a young- ster like I was at that time, and I shali never forget it as long as I live. You see, the colored troops hadn't got any pay for five or six months, and this man got it into | his head that they were not going to be paid at all. So he began talking among his men, and he swore that he wouldn't order his Company out again until the men had got their money, One night there was an Jer to tura out and this fellow refused to Il on his company to obey it. Of course the news spread through the army like wildfire. Things looked mighty black and | serious for discipline. His captain took mat- n hands and shot the orderly ant in the head, but didn’t kill him; so he was taken to the hospital, and when he got weil he was tried for mutiny and s tenced to be shot, It was a beautiful morn- was down there at that time, and his head- quarters band led the death procession around, playing the ‘Dead March.’ Then » four men carrying the convicted mu- "s coffin, and then came the victim | elf with 4 chaplain by his side. They hed around a great, big space, proba. three hundred is square, and then | back to the grave, and the mutineer ed to sit on a board that had been of the coffin, while the ing on two sticks put s » open grave. A_ lieutenant and ive men had been standing on the hill- nd at some order or other they march- kly down until they got within about yards of the man, Then the lieutenant was ry side, ed qu ten halted his men, quickly gave the orders and a volley was fired. I forgot to say that before this a black cap had been placed | he had taken his bound-together hands and pushed it back so he could see, but a ser- geant + 1 forward and pulled it down again, and then the company fired. The} colonel in the regiment dropped off his horse and examin the gun of each ene of the firi squad to see that its owner had were ma dead bod. the band: ched by the coftin, into which the | of the mutineer had fallen, while played ‘Yankee Doodie’ and ‘Hail ‘olumbia’ and all the gay martial airs which were then customary in the army. It pretty near made me sick,” said Henry, in conélusion; “but I don’t believe a si man in all those three regiments who had marched by and looked at that bloody body laying there in the coffin with it S stick- after it had taken plac ed to bloodshed that the: more about it than a butcher does about kilfing a sheep.” “California has a wonderful future before it in the cultivation of fruits, and the great- est source of its wealth in this connection will be, I believe, in the growing of figs,” id R. H. Martin, who resides in Los An- ifornians have learned the proper variety of figs to plant. Like most of our early fruits, the blue fig was found growing by sttlers at the various missions, any years it was the only variety cultivated. While excellent for home use, the blue fig was almost worthless as a dry- nd for some time the lack of any sub- ite led to the neglect of fig culture. Of y however, many varieties of the ve been introduced into Califor- nia, notably the white Adriatic and the brown Smyrna, and thesé are fully equal to the imported article when dried or crystal- lized. There are ten million pounds of dried figs consumed in the United States every year, and there is no reason in the world} wh ‘fornia shouldn't © oes < demand. It is easy to realize what immense profits can be made in the cultivation of figs, when one well-developed tree will pro- duce one thousand pounds of the fruit after it is dried, which will command a price of six cents per pound, at least, in the mar- ket. Almost all soils and locations in south- ern California, both in the valleys and on the foothills, are suitable to its cultivation, and I anticipate that within the next twen. ty years California will produce almost as large a crop of figs as Smyrna itself, which exports something like thirty m: of dried figs every year”) “lon pounds ———— The Ticket Scalper. To the Editor of The Evening Sta Permit me to take issue on a few points with the writer of an article headed ‘Ticket Scalping” in Friday’s Star. First when “you or I” wish to buy a ticket we so to the scalper—the man unaccustomed to travel goes to the railroad office. Any one who does much traveling knows that it is cheaper to buy from the scalper than from the company, and all drummers or others who travel invariably go to the scalper; the “green” man goes to the com- pany. The ticke: broker is at the d teed by risks. ‘True, among the scalpers not members of the association you may meet with the same fate as you would in dealing with any dishonest merchant, or you may be impesed upon, but with the legitimate scalper you need have no fear. As for the Suggestion that if it were not for the besiness of ticket scalping the railroad companies would reduce the rates of fare, 1 would like to ask who ever heard of a railroad company voluntarily reducing rates? On the other hand, in states where ‘ket scalping is illegal you pay the maxi- mcm limit allowed by law. Take, for in- stance, the Pennsylvania railroad (NX. Y. div.), which crosses the states of New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania, where scalping is illegal, and the company gets it all—are your rates of fare any less? Not at ail. On the contrary, in the interior cities that are dependent upon this one great railroad a round-trip ticket will not be sold, and the maximum rate, 3 cents per mile, charged, because there is no opposition or nothing to force them to it, and to points where a rcund-trip ticket will be sold it is limited to six days. In previous years the Penn- sylvania railroad would sell tickets during the holidays at special rates, but on the New York division no holiday tickets have been sold for some years past. Thus, if you wished to go from Philadelphia to some other point on their lines in New Jersey and wished to remain over New Year you would have to pay 3 cents per mile or make your return within six days, and this exists where there is no scalper. On the P., W. and B. and other lines ex- tending through the territory where the “wicked scalper” plies his trade you could buy a holiday ticket, good from December 24 to January 4, at a reduced rate of fare. It is absurd for any one to say that the extermination of the scape is not solely in the interest of the railroads. And why has not the scalper as much right to buy and sell tickets as the broker has to buy and sell grain or any other merchant the right to buy and sell his wares? If I wish to buy a horse and by buying two horses and selling one to some one else can save some money what right has any one to preveht me? If I buy a round- trip ticket to Chicago and don’t wish to t sold you by an association just as good as though purchased pot, as all his sales are guaran- the association and you take no return why shall I not sell it to the scalper | and why shall not the scalper buy it and sell it over again? This idea of the philanthropy of the rail- roads is all wrong; the railroad has not yet been chartered whose desire is to lessen rates, and the only hope the public have of reduced rates is the lively opposition of a competitor, and this very city of Wash- ington can bear testimony of this fact by reference to the time when the B. and O. was the only railrcad entering the city. Let us hope that the great railroads -who shape legislation to suit their grasping interests and who confiscate government lards for their private use may never suc- ceed in depriving us of our right to go with the fellow around the corner and buy and sell our tickets where we please. C. A. J. eee Rents Are Reduced. To the Editor of The Evening Sta: I was much surprised to find in a local newspaper, first, a communication asserting that the owners of property in the District refused to reduce their rents during the present depression and then an editorial saying: “Wages are not high; rents a1 and that “the landlord is inexorabl Now, nothing could be farther from the truth. In the first place, rents are, and al- ways have been, lower for the same accom- modations in Washington and Georgetown than any city of their size In the country. In the second place, rents have been re- duced almost universally, except in cer- tain business localities where the assess- ment and taxes have been largely increased. For instance, I am offering for rent a busi- ness building in a good location for $150 per month, which in 1876 rented readily for $283.33—a reduction of $600 a year. The taxes on this were increased over 30 per cent last year. Another building which has rented readily for years past, in fact, ever sinc? it was built, for $100, and on which also the assessment was increased last sea- son, I am offering’ for $W, a reduction of $120 per year. Stil another, which from 1881 rented readily for $100, and on which the assess- ment was also increased, I now rent for $70, a reduction of $360 per annum. I venture the assertion that if these par. ties’ will go around among the agents a: owners having property for rent they will find that such is the case generally. It is especially unjust to make such state- ments like the above in times like these, when the papers are filled with advertise- ments of property for rent at reduced rates, and when much, if not most, of the resi- dence property, after paying the taxes, in- surance and repairs, will not pay 4 per cent per annum. Such statements are not only uns to the men who have invested their means and built up the city, but they also tend to injure the District by prevent ing people from coming here because of the supposed high rents. A PROPERTY OWNER. May 19, 1894, —-> Completing His Edi Young French, the Zoo, has left V trip. Heretofore his education has been rather neglected, and now his foster parents have decided that it is time for the young. | ster to go forth into the world to learn a few things. He has been loaned to the Barnum & Bailey circus to become one of the great family of performing animals, under the direction of Albert Stadler. This efficient tutor of beasts expects to give French points enough in a few weeks to erable him to go on with a clever act in the performance in the steel arena and to reflect. credit upon his kindergarten, the Washington Zoo. French takes the place of Frank, an older lion, with a bad temper, whose performance each time is marred by his reluctance to act and his willingness to fight his fellow actors. So Frank has been sent to the Zoo to be watched by the crowd of visito! He is a full-grown, handsome beast, and, though not so lively as his young successor in the circus, will be @1 that Washingtonians could desire in the way of a specimen monarch of the forest. In addition to this exchange, which took place at Baltimore last week, the Zoo get: from the circus a fine young male leopard, which will make it possible for the Zoo t increase its stock of these beautiful cre: tu without any additional appropria. tions. In fact, this establishment has been quite enterprising in this direction, several small editions of the animals having been issued. 0 eee Golden Cross Committees. Grand Commander W. G. Perry has ap- pointed the following committees of the Grand Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, to serve during the present term: Laws and supervision—W. S. Stetson, Halvor Nelson and Jos. Burroughs. Appeals and grievances—Dr. J. A. Dick- inson, F. J. Henry and C. G. Harrison. Finance—Jas. F. Kilgore, Geo. F. W. Strieby and Mrs, Emma S. G. Pattee. Printing—S. W. Maddux, sr., Jos. B, Bal- ley and Sami. J. Armstrong. Credentials—Mrs. Fannie E. Cordero, Mrs. Emily Moffatt and Mrs. Elvira Moore. Returns—F, B. Holden, Mrs, Lillie A. Edelen and Chas. F. Waison, State of the order—Dr. S. Groot, Mrs. Martha J. Peabody and G. W. Callahan. Supplies—W. G. Perry, Mrs. Mary I. Si monds and Wm. E. Graham. Special committee on expense assessments Halvor Nelson, A. M. McBath, O. B. Hal- lam, Dr. 8. H. A. McKim and W. 8. Stet- son. Special committee on the building of a Golden Cross hall—George Redway, Wm. E. Graham, Jos. Trainor, R. A. Walker, O. B. Hallam, R. H. Yates, E. D. Farnham, Stephen Simonds, Halvor Nelson, Frank B. "T-I#en end Dr GCG. W. N. Cx playful lion at the | hington for a summer | Emulsion, because fat foods make fat children. They are thin, and remain thin just in Proportion to their inability to assimilate food rich in fat. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is especially adaptable to those of weak diges- tion—it is partly digested alread Astonishing how quickly a thin Person gains solid fiesh by its use! Almost as palatable as milk. Prepared by Scott 4 Bowne, 8. ¥. A}! druc; RAUDULENT INDIAN CLAIMS, What Senator Kyle Says of Those He Has Investigated. Senator Kyle was in his seat in the Sen- ate today for the first time during the pres- ent month, having returned from his mis- sion as chairman of the subcommittee on Indian depredations to investigate fraudu- lent claims against the government. In conversation he said that he had visited | Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies, and that his investigation at these agencies had con- vinced him that many fraudulent practices had been resorted to in the efforts to get these claims through, and he is satisfied that of the claims which he has invest gated fully 50 per cent are fraudulent. He Says that many of the claims allowed are for depredations committed by tribes which were not in amity with the United State which is against the distinct provisions |the law. In other cases the claims ha been made much larger than the facts ju tify, and others have been apparently trumped up and manufactured out of whole cloth. Senator Kyle found that the claim | Agents had been very active in this work, |and he discovered cases in which claim had been filed of which the claimants the: selves had no knowledge for a year after | the filing. This werk was due to the claim attorneys, who, from their knowledge of the law and of Indian depredations, would undertake to make out a claim for a mam who had probably suffered at the hands of Indians, and then, having arranged all the preliminaries, assist him in procuring tes timony to substantiate the claims. Another class of fraudulent claims, some of which have been allowed, are those made by white men who are members of Indian tribes. Senator Kylé is not disposed to speak |very freely of the evidence he discovered | inculpating officials of the government. He | found that many claims had been allowed upon purely €X parte testimony, and ex- presses the opinion that this is a q | which ought to be thoroughly in e before appropriation is made for the pay- ;ment of the claims. He also mentioned one j instance in which a government agent w sent to South Dakota, and who it was af- terward discovered had put in most of his time while there in securing material for claims against the government, in which he afterward appeared as attorney for the claimants. There are about 3600.000 worth of these claims which have been allowed and for which appropriations have not yet been | made. The committee on Indian depredi [tions is anxious that an appropriation should be secured this session for the mer- itorious claims, but not desire to pay the questionable claim Senator Kyle thinks it probable that the fort will not be directed to securing oney for the settlement of the ciaims which appear to be straight, while othem will probably be held up for the present. nesta. Seta DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. In Fair Condition. Inspector Hughes of the health deparm ment has reported the wharf at the foot of G street northwest to be in fair condls tion. It will be recalled that this what Was the subject of a protest fram the resi+ dents and property owners in that neigh= borhood, who objected to the odor from th garbage, which is transported from point. : Damping Garbage. It was represented to the Commisstonem several days ago that the WashingtoB Market Company was dumping garbaxe on the f of the bureau of entered ous protest against such proceedings, j he believed to be a menace to the ia the flats south of Claude M. Johnson, engraving and printing, monument, an@ | a vigor. of the 1,400 people employed 1eau. The papers were sent office for immediate investigation and morning Health Officer Hammett reports “The property upon which th dump is located is owned by the Urited States government and ts beyond the jutisdicti. | of this department. Major . ra) Davis. corps: of engineers. has charge of the property, has « promised his co-operation in abating the puisance an@ will issue orders and rega- lations that will correct the bad conditions noW existing, To Erect Poles. The president of the Chesapeake an@ Potomac Telephone Company has request- ed permission of the Commi: to | erect poles in the following lou | At the corner of 15 and 34 | Square 253; in rear of jot y square 288; on s& et st; in alley in square alleys re ast Sidi east of southwest at corner . in square the alley by Jot | Mne of M | rear of lot | of alley jalley reer | north side ot street, in square : ys in squal are | 319; in in ia square ailey jin square 4 in | alley in square In square 220; nerth side of D stre rer of 14th and D; in alley in square 376 WOMEN'S SECRET CLUBS. A New Method in the Equal Suffrage Campaign in Kansas. Special Correspondence of the Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., May 19, 1894. If the women of Karsas adopt the plan of the equal suffragists of the sixth con- | gressional district there is no way of esti- j Mating the outcome of the contest for equal | suffrage at the approaching state election. At a meeting at Osborne not long ago the women who had met to plan for the cam- paign surprised the men by locking the doors and informing them that they pro- | posed to keep their own | discovered soon after the | anized une and signa, spective 1 what toc der a system of and at that meeting. tion of the sixth district women has caused much comment throughout the state, and it is stated that organizers are seen to start out organizing secret clubs which will work for the adoption of the equal suffrage amendment. Prominent suffrage women here think the plan will fail. One of them, who refused to ave her name used, Wax very cert the secrets would get out, and the organ- ization go to p because the prying men would not rest until they gut hold of the grips, signs and passwords. She said: “The chances are that some biarneying | wretch of a man will wheedle it all out of some trusting woman, and when it is out suspicion will break up the whole busines: But whether the secret leaks out or not ¢ women are working the wrong tack. The can do nothing by themselves, and when they huddle behind doors and leave men to the brutal reflections of their Joncliness the whole affair is injured more than it is ben fited. The thing for the women to do ‘or every woman to pick her man and be in a system: sive campa | One man can always be coaxed, but man a unit is stubborn as a mule. This is a time for strategy; not for a charge of the light brigade.” ———— A Resignation. V. Hallenbeck of New York city, assist- ant chief of the records and editing divis- fon, Actiovitetal Denartment. bas resigns’,