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Report of the Judges Awards o: the Pictures Exhibited. ‘The committee of three gentlemen whose duty it was to decide upon the merits of the Photographic work presented for competi- tion in the Capital Bicycle Club exhibition finished their labors late last night. The members of the committee were Mr. Smil- Me of the National Museum, professional photographer; Mr. Max Hansmann, ama- teur photographer; Mr. Max Weyl, artist, and their report is as follow: “For the best collection of photographic work in several classes, one first award, to Mr. Chas. Richards Dodge. “In the class competition, there are ten awards: In the portrait class the first award is to Mr. Jas. H. Harper, for his exquisite study of two heads, entitled “The Message;" second to Chas. R. Dodge, for the portrait and figure study, of a lady, en- titled ‘An Interruption.’ In’ this class Mr. Chas.H. Schaaff is given an honorable men- tion for his artistic study cailed “An Out- door Portrait.” “In the genre class there is but one award, to Mr. Chas. Richards Dodge, for his exquisite picture of an old lady, ninety years of age, sitting at the ss wheel, talogued e Old Flax and which is cai Spinner.’ “In the landscape class, Mr. H. Gray Douglas is given the first prize, for a most effective bit, called ‘Reflections;’ the second is awarded to Mr. Frank M. Boteler, for ‘A Winter Morning.’ Mr. D. E. McComb receives honorable mention for his ‘George- town College.’ “In the fourth class, Mr. E. P. Goodrich’s home study, ‘An Interior,’ receives the first prize, there being no other awards in this class. (This picture also took first prize at blac te exhibition at the Cosmos ) “As several members of the C. Bi. C. Camera Club are engaged in scientific pur- suits, in which the camera is used as an aid to technical work, a fifth class is con- sidered, which comprises ‘technical work for scientific illustration.” In this class two awards are made, the first to Mr. A. J. Henry of the weather bureau for his su- perb cloud studies, the second to Mr. Alex. McAdie for photographs of lightning flashes. “Your board of judges feels called upon to add a class of ‘Marine’ for the purpose of expressing its high appreciation of Mr. Chas. Richards "s ‘The Man at the Dodge also receives the one instal- lation award for ‘most original and artistic easel or screen design, and arrangement.’ The award ig for the panel of lichen-cover- ed old fence boards, from Nantucket, upon which are arranged seventeen silver prints of landscapes mounted on maroon cards, the aaa resting upon a white enameled easel.” This finishes the report, although the judges verbally complimented the club for the high-class work shown in this, its first exhibition, of which an older club might be proud. A large concourse of visitors passed before the easels last evening, and the lights were turned off at a late hour. The exhibition is open this afternoon and evening, and closes tomorrow night at 10 o'clock. The prize Pictures will be by their ribbons iy —_——__ Walter Wellm: Gen, A. W. Greely, in McClure’s Magazine. Without doubt the most interesting and Promising of the present polar expeditions is that led by Mr.Walter Wellman of Wash- ington. The route and plan followed by Mr. Wellman are integral parts of the scheme advanced by Parry in his letter to Sir John Barrow, November 25, 1845. Parry proposed wintering in a ship, whence he would, with a sledge party, leave the north of Spitzber- gen “in the course of the month of April, when the ice would present one hard, un- broken surface, over which it would not be difficult to make good thirty miles per day. At this season the ice would probably be stationary. The intention would be to com- plete the enterprise in the month of May, before any disruption of the ice or any ma- terial softening of the surface had taken Place.” Wellman, however, eliminates what the writer thinks to be the mcst promising idea, a wintering ship, whereby, says Parry, “an opportunity would be afforded, during two seasons, of stretching far to the north- ward in the ship, should the season prove favorable.” With three other Americans as scientific assistants, and ten picked Norwegian sail- ors, Wellman,who is now in Norway, leaves Tromso early in May, 1804, for Dane's Is- land,about 79 degrees and 45 minutes north, off the northwest coast of Spitzbergen. Wellman’s steamer will not stop at Dane's Island on its outward voyage, but will push northward to the margin of the impene- trable tce-pack, upon the surface of which will be landed the traveling party, with boats, sledges, dogs and accouterments. The steamer then returns to its selected Trip. | haven at Dane's Island, where food and fuel are to be landed and a house erected. The plan further contemplates the return of the exploring party to Spitzbergen about the middle of September, whence the whal- ing steamer should bring them to Tromso or Hammerfest by the middle of October. In 1827 Parry attempted over this route a similar journey, during which he reached S2 degrees and 45 minutes north. * * * * To succeed, the Wellman party must be favored with unusually smooth ice, an un- broken, fixed pack, very open sea to the north of Spitzbergen, or strong, continued southerly gales, which would set the ice- pack to the northward. The writer has always held this to be the most promising route by which to obtain a very high latitude, but he has thought that success must be the result of chance rather than of effort. No vessel that was ever built could penetrate the ice-fields, and no body of men could ever hope to reach the iee-floes to the northward of the eighty- third parallel, to the north of Spitzbergen, under ordinary ice conditions. With fa- yoring ice and wind, however, any well- found steam whaler would reach the limits of the loose and disintegrating ice, whether degrees degrees. it be in latitude & or 8&7 DISORDERIN MOROCCO) Soldiers of Abdul Aziz Raiding the Villages. APPREHENSIONS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS Arrival of a British Warship at ; Tangier. GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS TANGIER, June 13.—The troubles antici- | Pated as a result of the death of Sultan Mu- ley Hassan and the proclamation of his younger son, Abdul Aziz, as his successor seem likely to be as serious as at first ap- prehended. The soldiers of Abdul Aziz are raiding the | villages in the vicinity of their camp, and are thereby causing a bitter feeling against them among the tribesmen of the vicinity. In addition, a French courier has been at- tacked and wounded, and, the mail matter intended for foreign residents in the in- terior, which he was carrying, has been stolen, The foreign residents are unanimous in expressing the hope that the warships will promptly land a force of blue jackets and marines sufficient to cope with any emer- gency. The governor of Tangier has issued a de- cree inviting the Kabyles to come armed to the religious festival which is to be held this week. ‘Though the above facts point to trouble of a serious nature, it is stated that the popu- lation of the interior of Morocco generally is in favor of the succession of Abdul Aziz to the sultanate. The new sultan ts upon the point of leav- ing Rabat for Fez. The British gunboat Brambie, six guns, Lieutenant Commander Edward Currey,has arrived here. MADRID, June 13.—It is stated here that ‘the British cable to Tangier is the only one working, and it is added that it was occu- pied the whole of Monday night with dis- patches exchanged between the British min- ister and the government of Great Britain. The newspapers of this city, commenting upon this monopoly of the Tangier cable, declare that the interests of the other pow- ers are thus likely to be jeopardized. LONDON, June 13.—The correspondent of the Times at Paris rays: The Marquis of Dufferin, the British ambassador, in an interview yesterday with M. Hanoteaux, the French minister, informed him that England desired to act in complete accord with France in regari to Morocco. A dispatch to the Siandard from Madrid says: The Spanish generals at Ceuta and Melilla report that the tribesmen in the vicinity of these places are all loyal to Atdul Aziz, The Spanish minister at Tan- gier says that Abdul Aziz has 15,000 faith- ful soldiers near Rabat and Fez, and is supported by the ministers, the court and the coast tribes. The attitude of the priest- heod, the populace of Tetuan, Fez, Cassa- blanca, Mogador and the City of Morocco and the tribesmen of the interior is more doubtful, and will depend upon the conduct of the older brother and the uncles of Abdul Aziz. The foreign minister at Tangier has as- sured the Spanish minister that the new sultan would execute the treaty with Spain in relation to Melilla. Gen. Martinez Cam- pos, the commander of the Spanish forces in Morocco, believes that Abdul Aziz will easily establish his authority if he has the moral support of the European powel The Correspendencia Espana says that telegrams from the Spanish legation at Tangier report that the foreign representa- tives have held a meeting and decided to ask their respective governments to place men-of-war within easy call of Tangier in the event of trouble. A part of the Moorish army favors Muley Ismail, the uncle of Abdul Aziz, for sultan. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE? Mysterious Attempt Law. LONDON, June 1%—In view of the ap- Proaching acconchement of the Duchess of | York, wife of the heir presumptive to the throne, a special telegraph wire has been run between the White Lodge, Richmond Park, where the duchess is staying, and Whitehall, this city, in order that the offl- cials who must be present may be prompt- ly notified when to start for Richmond. This special wire, it appears, was myster- fously cut three times at Richmond during Sunday and Monday, and the authorities up to the present have been unable to dis- cover any clue to the culprit. In order to prevent any further cutting of the wire, watchmen are now stationed all along the line. Dr. John Williams of London, who has been appointed medical attendant to the | Duchess of York, has been in attendance upon her since yesterday. SENT OUT FALSE REPORTS. to Defeat the Arrest of a Newspaper Correspon: at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 13.—At the in- stance of the Canadian Pacific a newspaper correspondent has been arrested here for sending out false reports of the wrecking of @ train having the Raymond excursion Party aboard, first published in San Fran- cisco papers. All_reports from the interior state that the Fraser and its branches are falling rapidly. At Langley the water has fallen ten inches. General Superintendent Abbott of the Canadian Pacific states that local traffic will be resumed on Friday. The re- port that the bridge was gone at Donald proved erroneous. A meeting was held in New West Minster last evering, attended by Premier Davie, Finance Minister Turner and representa- tives of boards of trade and municipal coun- cils, at which a committee was appointed to draw up a petition to the dominion govern- ment asking it to assist in making perma- nent dykes to withstand any future freshets, ——.—_ lemt ‘The Czarewitch’s English Trip. LONDON, -June 13.—A dispatch to the Times from St. Petersburg says: The czare- witch will start for England to visit his | grades. The little tot of the first grade will jing principals, will deliver addres.es. betrothed, the Princess Alix of Hesse, on June 16. ‘He will make the whole journey in the imperial yacht Polar Star. An Expensive Uniform. ST. PETERSBURG, June 13.—The Official Gazette publishes twelve columns of a new law regulating the wearing of uniforms by members of the civil service. The law! compels all members to provide themselves with different uniforms for various occa- sions. The Novoe Vremya declares that many of the poorer officials will be ruined by the expense entailed in procuring the uniforms, unless their salaries are in- er Italian Cabinet Reo: fon, ROME, June 13.—The newspapers of this city today confirm the report that the cab- inet reorganization has been completed by Signor Bosell! becoming minister of finance in place of Signor Sonnino, who will have the portfolio of minister of the treasury. Signor Damiant replaces Signor Boselll as minister of husbandry. The new cabinet will appear in parlia- ment tomorrow. The Khedive Changes His Mind. BERLIN, June 13.—The Cologne Gazette today publishes a dispatch from Constanti- nople, saying that the Khedive of Egypt has abandoned his proposed tour of Europe, owing to pressure brought to bear upon him by the sultan. It is added that the khedive will instead pay a visit to Constantinople. Baron Nicotera’s Death. NAPLES, June 13.—Baron Giovanni Nico- tera, ex-minister of the interior, died this morning at Vico Equenz, sixteen miles from this city. Reported Flight of the Corean King. SHANGHAI, June 13.—The government of Japan has sent large forces of troops to pretect her interests in Corea. The king of Corea is reported to have fied to Japanese territory. An American’s Predicament. LONDON, June 13.—An American named Eugene Torbett was remanded today at the Guild Hall charged with forging an order on the Bank of Scotland for a check book. The prisoner maintained that he had been duped and that he believed the signature to be genuine, | of the members to use freely as a place for HOLIDAYS DRAWING NEAR The School Year is Ending and Vacation is at Hand. Programs of the Closing Exercises in the Public Schools of the City— Music and Flowers. The pupils of the public schools of the city are looking forward to the closing days of the school year, which will begin on Monday of next week, with varied feelings. Some rejoice because it marks the begin- ning of their emancipation from school du- ties and the opening of a long vacation. Others, however, look forward with some anxiety to the coming days, which will demonstrate whether their efforts during the past year have been rewarded, and they are to receive the mead of scholarship and are listed to go forwal to higher be advanced to the second grade, and s0 this process continues up through the eight grades, thence to the High School, and to the Normal School and the scholarships. The schools will not close until Wednes- day, the 20th instant, and while no formal program is prescribed, the scholars and teachers in each school will arrange such exercises as they may think are suitable to the occasion, amd will invite their parents and friends to come to the various school rooms where the exercises will be held. The closing exercises of tne Business High School will be held on the evening of Monday in the hall of the Central High School. A section of the Marine Band will fur- nish the music, and an address will be de- livered by Mr. Paul T. Bowen, a member of the board of trustees. Normal School Graduates. The closing exercises of the Normal School will be held in their room in the Franklin building at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The program will be, as usual, interspersed with instrumental and vocal selections. Dr. Lane, the principal of the Central High School; Mr. Freeman, one of the supervis- It is expected that Superintendent Powell | will speak, as usual, but that fact is never announced. The diplomas will be awarded | by the president of the board of trustees, Mr. Whelpley, to the following graduates: Anna Rebecca Williams, Charles Albert Johnson, Blanche Carroll Beall, Marie Ro- berta Bailey, Carolyn Louise Jones, Bertha Willis Gibson, Alice Butler, Florence Hop- kins, Daisy Violet Cook, Mabel Henderson Swingle, Julia Poole Fernald, Grace Lind- say Altschu, Annie Rachel Williamson, Ad- die Thompson Lyon, Mary Lackey, Mary Lois Sherman, Isabelle Turkenton, Kather- ine White Hobgood, Ada May Williams, Maria’ Tavenner, Mary Cecelia Bresnahai Maidee Schutter Ewer, Mary Adelaide Kel ton, Florence Brown Holmes, Emily Hen- rietta Rose, Margaret Mary Carraher, Mary Holmes, Annie Graham Getty, Fannie Mc Cullough Thomson, Cora H. Pimper, Ivah Maude Bennett, Florence Frederic Laster. Wilma Willenbucher, Susie Beatrice Wa- ters, Daisy Catherine Alwine, Lilian Au- gusta Ritten, Sarah Lamborne, Nellie May Ossire, Ida Roselle Garrett, Sarah Musson, Daisy Elaine Pumphrey, Helen Mabelle Alden, Marie Gertrude Mahr, Mamie Smith, Bernice Austin Stockbridge, Alice | Pollok, _ Natalie Baldwin Huntington, Eunice Hartman Welch, Emma Gertrude Crook. High School Commencements. On the evening of Wednesday, at the Academy of Music, the closing exercises of the High and Normal schools of the seventh and eighth grades will be held. The ad- dress will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Shippea, and Commissioner Powell will present the diplomas. The great space of Convention Hall will be needed to accommodate all those who wish to attend the closing exercises of the Central, Eastern and Western High schools. ‘This event will occur on the evening of the ist instant. The music will be furnished by the Marine Band. The program will be as follo Overture, “Light Cavalry,” Suppe; “A Night in Bohemia,” Fanciulil; selection, “La Mascotte,” Audrian; march, “The Eastern High School,” Miss Hattie Diver; invocation, Rev. R. Shippen; “In the Clock Store.” Orth; introductory address, J. Ross, president board of Commissioners; ‘Patrol American,” Meach- am; address, Representative W.M.Springer; “Russian Carriage Song,” Thoutin; presen- tation of diplomas, Col. George Truesdell, Commissioner of | the District; march, “Marine Band,” Fanctullt, ——— FREE LIBRARY BILL. Librari: Spofford Reports Favorably on the Metsure. At the meeting of the House’ District committee this morring Mr. Cooper of Florida called up the bill to establish a free public library in this city. At the last meeting of the committee Librarian Spof- ford of the Congressional Library had been requested to examine the bill and report upon it, which he did in time for today's meeting. Mr. Spofford suggested one or two verbal changes in the bill, unimportant ones, and reported that he thought it a worthy bill. Mr. Cooper's motion this morning followed the action of the commit- tee on the assessment bill, and as the time for the meeting had expired, the bill went over until next Wednesday, when it will come up before the committee for action before the next District day in the House. ——_—_ Near the Head. Fifty-four cadets yesterday bade fare- well to the United States Military Academy at West Point and started out to enjoy the furlough which will precede their being commissioned as officers of the army. The second cadet to receive a diploma from the hands of Adjutant General Ruggles was Wm. J. Barden, a Washington boy and a graduate of the Washington High School. It was confidently expected by many of Mr. Barden's friends that he would grad- uate from the academy at the head of his class, for he was No. 2 in his first year and No. 1 in his second and third years, A hair’s breadth of difference, however, in the markings on one subject resulted in victory for another man. There is con- solation in the fact that the academy rec- ords do not disclose any better showing than that made by the two leaders. Mr. Barden {s the product of Washington's public school system, than which there is one better. ——— Board of Trade Rooms, The new headquarters of the board of trade in the Ames building, 1410-12 G street, will be opened this evening informally for the inspectioa of the members. From 8 to 10 o'clock, the hours named, it is expected that there will be a large attendance of the members of the board. These rooms, which are convenient and appropriately fitted up for the use of the board, are at the disposal making appointments to meet friends, for correspondence or for such other purposes as may sult their convenience or pleasure. The rooms will be opened daily, from 9 to half-past 4. —_————>_—_ Further Subscriptio: The following additionai ‘subscriptions for the benefit of Rardolph Robertson, who was bittea by a mad dog, have been re- ceived at The Star office: Heretofore acknowledged. H. L. W. H. B. S.. Georgetown public school children. —_— Fractured His Right Shoulder. William Tyler, a fifty-year-old colored man, while rushing to part his son and an- other urchin who were engaged in an affray this morning, fell and fractured his right shoulder. After the injury was attended to at the Emergency Hospital Tyler was re- moved to his home, 502 Pierce place. ST An Operation Performed. A letter from Senator Wolcott to his col- league, Mr. Teller, has just been received, | dated at Paris, announcing that Mr. Wol-| cott has recently undergone a painful and | serious operation for hernia, which was suc- cessful, but which will keep him confined for fully three months. Mr. Wolcott will be an invalid for some time, and he may not be able to sail for America before vext winter. ——- + 2 + Will Represent Great Britain. LIVERPOOL, June 13.—The Earl of Jer- sey, who is to represent Great Britain at the approaching colonial conference, sailed today for New York, en route to Ottawa. by the steamer Teutonic, ASSESSMENT BILL House District Committee Reports Board of Trade Measure. PERMANENT BOARD OF ASSESSORS Also to Constitute the- License Granting Power. OTHER AMENDMENTS The House District committee today agreed upon the bill to provide a permanent board of tax assessors for the District of Columbia and prescribing regulations for ‘the equalization of assessments. This is the bill which has been recommended by the Commissioners and the board of trade. The committee amended the bill in a few instances, the most important one being a provision that the board of assessors shall also constitute the excise board. Commissioners Truesdell and Powell were present at the meeting of the committee. Mr. Truesdell said this bill is a matter, per- | haps, of more general interest than any other bill now pending. The District has never had a proper assessment, and the fault is in the law. It needs no argument to convince the committee that there is nothing more Irri- tating to the peopie than inequality of as- sessment, and yet under existing law it has been impossible to have anything else. The Commissioners have been compelled to pick up idle men, pay them $100 a month and put them to assess property valued at nearly two hundred millions. As a rule, the Commissioners have had men who were out of business, and while it is not designed to reflect upon these assessors of the past, it was impossible to get men for that price who could successfully assume the vast responsibilities of their positions. This bill now pending has many features which commends ft to the almost unani- mous approbation of the citizens. The most important feature in the bill is the requirement for a permanent board of as- sessors. There is no question of the abil- ity of a permanent board of able men to make a fair assessment, for they will be men of experience. What was wanted was an equable system of assessments, fair to all interes There is a wide difference of opinion among men as to the methods of assess- ments, but the main thing to be kept in view what will give us a fair system of assessments. Mr. Truesdell did not think it wise to appoint men from specified sec- tions of the city. The most harmful thing to the interests of the city has been thi: sectional cry, the contest between the dif- ferent portions of the city. The assessors should be selected without respect to their lecation. He thought the time fixed in the bill sufficient for the purpose. Mr. Hall suggested that there should be a time when the tax books should be closed and the assessments certified to the tax col- lector, With reference to the personal tax of the citizens, Mr. Truesdell said he thought the present law should not be amended through this bill. It would not be wise to connect the questions of real estate and personal tax. He said the personal tax revenues of the District have decreased of late years, and it might be well at a subsequent time to arrange for a more thorough collection of persona] tax. An inefficient execution of the law is the cause of the decrease in revenues. Mr. Truesdell favored putti the duties of the excise board upon the rd of as- sessors, proposed by this bill, as the board will be in a position to gather very much valuable information. The Commissioners, he said, are overburdened with the work demanded by the granting of liquor licenses and the board would relieve them. He urged the committee to amend the bill So as to place these duties upon the board of assessors. He did not favor reviving the old board of assessors, as the result, he thought, would be further vexatious delay in the final set- tlement of the assessment question. This bill, he said, should be passed, and if a year’s experience with the law should de- velop defects, changes could be made in the law in the future. Commissioner Powell briefly addressed the committee, explaining how this bill was prepared. At the close of his remarks the committee went into executive session. The Reported Bi The bill, which the committee agreed to report, provides that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint three discreet persons, who shall have been bona fide residents of the District of Columbia for the period of at least five years, and conversant with real estate values therein, as a permanent board of assistant assessors, who shall hold office for a term of three years, subject to removal at the pleasure of th? Commissioners, and shall each re- ceive a salary of three thousand doilars annually. Said board of assistant assessors shall immediately proceed to hear and con- sider such complaints as may be made re- garding the assessment returned by the board of three members appointed by the President of the United States, under the act of August 5, 1892, revise and equalize said assessment, and make return to the assessor of the District of Columbia of the revision and equalization on or before the first Monday of January, 189%. And said revision and equalization so returned shall be the basis of assessment for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year ending June 3u, 1895, and until the next general assessment is made and returned. The collection of the taxes provided py law to be collected in November next shall be extended until the regular collection in May, 1sv5. ‘he Commissioners are authorized and directed to appoint a clerk for said board of assistant assessors ut a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; and ssid clerk shall also be the clerk for the board of equalization and review. Real property shall be assessed and val- ued in the year 1846, and every third year thereafter. ‘The board of assistant assessors shall, acting collectively in all cases. from actual view and from the best sources of inforraa- tion in its reach, determine the value of each separate tract or lot of real prop- erty in the District of Columbia in lawful money, and shall separately estimate the | value of all improvements on any tract or lot, and shall note the same in the proper field book, which shall be carried out as part of the value of such tract or Ict, and Shall also return the dimensions of each tract or lot, and shall perform such other official duties not inconsistent with the preper discharge of the duties specialiy tm- posed as may be required of them by the Commissioners. On or before the first Monday of Feb- ruary, 18%, and every third year thera after, they are to make out and deliver to the assessor of the District of Columbia a return in tabulgr form, contained in a book to be furnished by the Commission- ers, of the amount, description, and value of the real property subject to be listed for taxation in the District of Columbia. ‘The assessor of the District and the board of assistant assessors provided for, with the assessor as chairman, shall compose a board of equalization and review, and as such board of equalization and review they shall convene on the first Monday of Feb- ruary, 18%, and every third year there- after. It shall be the duty of the board of equalization and review to fairly and im- partially equalize the value of real prop- erty made by the board of assistant ao- sessors as the basis for assessment. ‘They shall equalize the valuations made by the board of assistant assessors so that each lot and wract and the improvements thereon shall be entered upon the tax list at their assessed value in money; and for this purpose they shall hear such com- plain’ may be made in respect of said assessments, and in determining them they may raise the valuations of such tracts or lets as, In their opinion, may have been re- turned below their value, and reduce the valuations of such as they may believe to have been returned above their value to such sum as, in their opinion, may be the value thereof. ‘The valuation of the real property made and equalized as aforesaid shall be com- pleted on or before the first Monday of June, 1896, and of every third year there- after, and when approved by the Commis- 's shall constitute the basis of tax- for the next succeeding period of years and until another valuation is made according to law. Annually, on or prior to July 1 of each year, the beard of assistant assessors shall make a list of all real property which shall have become subject to taxation, and which is not then on the tax list, and affix a value thereon; shall make return of all new structures erected or roofed, and additions to or improvements of old structures of over $500 in value, which shall not have been theretofore assessed, specifying the tract or lot of land on which each of such structures has been erected, and value INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS ... sesee-Page 9 | PAID-UP CAPITAL. ...-syes- 000,000 AMUSEMENT HALLS. ‘Page | SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFIT... $160,000 AMUSEMENTS "Page 9 = ATTORNEYS “Page 10 AUCTION SALES. “Page 12 Washington BOARDING .. Page 10 Loan and Trust Company, GRANITE BUILDING, NINTH AND F STREETS. THIS COMPANY Acts as Executor, Administraton, ‘Trostee, and in all proper és ciary eapactties. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD........ COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 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Page 10 it as executor. you WANTED Page 10 any information upon this vitally to our Mr. McKenney. American Security rust Co., 1405 G St. of such structure, and they shall add such valuation to the assessment made on such tract or lot. When the improvements on any lot or tract of land shall become dam- aged or be destroyed from any cause, the OFFICERS: said board shall reduce the assessment on 6% OE such property to the extent of such dam- A, & tet, Nous dee ee, age. Said board may also, on appeal, at Sn, & teeta any time, revise and correct any errors or irequalities in the assessment of any lots or parts of land and the improvements thereon. if said board of assistant assessors shall learn that any property liable to taxation has been omitted from the assessment for any previous year or years, or has been so assessed that the assessment was void, it shall be their duty at once to reassess such property for each and after the passage of this has escaped assessment report the same, through the assessor, to J. W. Whelpley. ae WE Ap McKenney, At & Tr. Of, SOVSEPPEL EP PSSOOSESOOOOOSOO® Second Workingmen’s Building Association. toth Issue of Stock. the collector of taxes, who shall at once | Tbe second payment of dues on the tenth serie that no pronerty which has escaped taxa- | i. vorenwost, at 7 0" such assessment, except in the. case. of constitute the excise board of the District | Sb*Te for ® return payment of two dollars monthly. of the act entitled “An act regulating the | JOHN T. LYNCH, Secretary, 2004 9th st. aw. imposes that duty upon the Commissioners asens Seka: ee SPENDING A PLEASANT SUMMER. Xe apse ah ea proceed to collect the taxes so in arrears | of stock will be received Wednesday evening, Jumt tion shall be Hable under this section for Shares One Dollar Each. property involved in litigation. Said of Columbia, and perform all the duties of |“! per cent paid on all investments, sale of intoxicating Hquors in the District | T. ) of the District of Columbia is repealed. 0 en Oe 0 on from $25 up, paying from 6 per cent to 8 per cent as other taxes are collected: Provided, | 13, at the hall, corner 7th and Pennsylvania aww a period of more than three years prior to of assessors is to hereafter | _CDe bundred and eighty dollars leane@ on cmp said board according to la’ and so much | THOS. BRODERICK, President. of Columbia,” approved March 3, 18W5, 28 | Sioecrry BUILDING AND LOAN ae im 102 months for $290. Per annum, according to length of time deposited. A Clabman’s Cheerful Chat About His Plece on the Seashore. apT HARRISON DINGMAN, President. xafipchsineet every day about} _ To comes iia TN w. “I learn something new y E St LLY 3 there being tricks in all trades,” said the) STREET join our COnrERATIVE RR, HOC clubman mournfully. He was sitting in the! eastly made, and without risk. Send for “Pros reading room of his club, waiting for bed- a a & ay ee time to come, and he looked as if he had lost his last friend. “Is it your pondering over the tricks that keeps you away from home so.late?” asked his friend, glancing at an empty glass a pile of cigar ashes. . “Home?” said the other cynically. haven't a home.” : “Gracious!” exclaimed his friend sympa- thetically. “What have you done with it?” The clubman struck the bell in a desper- ate way. “It’s gone,” he answered in a tragic voice. His eye was not wild and his hair was properly arranged, so that there was no reason to suspect him on that score of sud- den mania, but there was something strange and ominous in his manner. “I have been the victim of a “‘bunco game,’” he said, with a theatrical gesture. “I have been buncoed out of my home and family. The gold-brick game, the green- goods game, the thimblerig game—I have been a victim of them all.” “T Storks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cash or on margin. Cotton bought and sold ir New York or New Or wis te Ne ¥e ant New fae a Oe IE TONTINE. FXDOWMENT AND PAID-UP, POLICIES PURCHASED at n faim discount mb3i-tf EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. a Workingmen ‘Whose hours of employment pre- ‘vent them from making @epostts @uring regular banking hours will be benefited by the fact The Union Savings Bank 18 OPEN FROM 6 TO § EVERY SATURDAY EVENTNG. mhé 1222 F ST. N.W. The National Safe Deposit, Savings And Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, ne. Private ‘Orleans. of insanity. cried the other. “It's the worst crime of ages. Now, just listen to this. My family have gone for the summer to the New Jersey coast. We have rented a nice place down there and they enjoy it very much when it doesn’t rain floods or | the wind doesn't blow hurricanes, or the fog isn’t so thick that you can saw it into blocks, or it isn't so cold that you freeze to death in your winter flannels.” He stopped to meditate over the charms of the climate there. “But we can put up with that,” he said, “for, as I told you, it’s a good place when none of those things happen—and some- times they don’t happen. “There is my commutation ticket, though. I did not think much about that when I took the place. Well, they charged me a lot of money for that, and they made me take it for the season. You see what a fine arrangement that is. If we give up the place at the end of a month we keep right on paying our commutation rates; in fact, it is all paid up now. That is part of this beautiful arrangement. You pay in ad- vance. “Oh, there is another thing about this commutation ticket. It begins with the calendar month, and a= we went down there in the middle of a month I had the pleasure of being ‘held up’ every day. for 3 until the Ist. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVR Capital: One Million Dollar Safe Deposit Company, Special act Congress 1867. Savings Bank, Bpecial act Gongress 1870. Trust Company, . General act Congress 1890. “tem jut how about losing your home?" CORSON & MACARTAEX, ‘Oh, what I have been telling you about! agenesis OF THE Set SOR STOCK the commutation ticket is only preliminary EXCH’ —part of the bunco game. Now we come to bullding. 1419 F ts of the oat Again he rang the bell des- perately. . Bonds. “When I took the place—‘charming home | _B*t*pm™ ant Denle™s tn Government Be by the sea,’ they advertised it—there Was | Rafiroed stocks and bonds and all eecarities Mate to be, of course, a change in the time table, |ed on the exchanges of New York, Philaéelphia, a summer schedule. Well, the summer | Boston and Ba! bought amd svid. schedule has gone into effect and you see the result. f am what I call a horrible ex- ample. If I don’t catch an early afternoon boat I can’t get there at all. Iam a very busy man. I think I have succeeded in catching it three times this season. If I do catch it this is the program the next day: Two hours late at my office, time enough | when I reach it to say good afternoon to every one, to sign a check for some summer resort expense, grab my hat, bolt for the os Moore & Schley, OB Rroadwar, de of tnvest t securities, Tie Hl local Kattroad, Gus, Insurance yhoue Stock dealt in. Arprrican Bell Telephove Stock bought and ead, 3] Betting Women in England. Correspondent Birmingham Mall. I read your paragraph on “Do women | bet?” I should ray that, instead of being elevator, run like a deer for my boat, and | 2! per cent, they are st the very least 45 mise it. That's the way it goes. It’s a | per cent, if not in an actual mejority, Im beautiful fe. I am such a stranger to my | this immediate district there exists a sys- ttntnat one has fallen into the habit of | tem for collecting bets that beats creation, calling me “Mr.,” as she used to do before | be an, . we were I have to beg my oldest | 4 bookmaker, who, by the way, Is also o boy to shake hands with me; my oldest | license holder, employs five or six men, sei the apple of my £78 doesn't know me | who, I suppose, go under the name of al and won't speak to me: our two-year- | clerks, eack of whom has a round or als- old baby, who never could abide strangers, | trict, and every day—that is, every racing day—these men call ‘on their respective yells his lungs out when he sees me, and our collie won't let me come into the yard | clients—women, of course, whose husbanas are at work earning money to be throxn werd wad wife comes out to protect me, t's the sort of a summer I am spending. y here I have lost fifteen pounds, feel ten years fag tout com Ge panel trast older than I felt four weeks ago and my mind is rapidly failing.” For a few minutes he gazed down the room in a vacant way, for the purpose ts done, and the win. nings, when they have one, go to the book- maker for a reyal booze. 3 pe What I should like to point out ts the fee h@ said, wearily, “I think I'll go| mischief a man who holds a license and to bed. I have @ permanent room here now. | js a hookinuker can do in n neighborhood. Tomorrow I'm going to have m: hoto- graph taken to send to my wife. ‘She wants to know how I look. It’s only natural, you know. A wife is interested in her husband. I write her every day, and when she gets the photograph she will feel less lonesome. See here,” he said suddenly, a bright look crossing his face, “you don’t want to rent a 12-room cottage on the New Jersey coast, ¢o you? No? It’s a real nice place when it doesn’t rain floods, or the wind doesn’t blow Hr gemctery had — oe of course, you "t want it. You haven't a family. Good- night,” he said sadly. ——+e+___ John T. Andrews of Dundee, N. Y., is dead. Mr. Andrews was in his ninety-third Year, and is said to have been the oldest reed of Congress in New York state. le represented the Steuben district from He not only incites to gambiine, but also to drink I myself have seen scores of wo- men enter the hcuse with papers, and, of course, they must have a drink before they leave. Perhaps the public will ask how it is done. The house in question is so sur- rounded by touts that on the apy ote policeman the signal is given and the thing Stopped till the coast ts clear. This is no prejudiced view of the matter, but a real fact, which can be verified daily on a walk through this district by any one with his eyes open. It is surely time the law stepped in and said to the publican bookmaker, “You shall have no license.” ss 1 Orendorf wired the sheriit of Taze 1 county, Til, yesterday at the troops would be dismissed from locality unless the present situation changes.