Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1894, Page 6

Sale of Little’s Stock of SHOES CARD. No connection with any other shoe store of same name on F st. WE AKE Now Firmly Established ard in addition to running of the Iste John E. Little's stock of high-class shoes we have bought Manufacturers’ Lots of Shoes Below Cost, Which we shall sell proportion- ately low. Sample Line Of Elegant Slippers For $1. = We closed cut from a man- ufscturer his “‘sampie” line “of : High-class Black and Fancy Sippers, Oxfords and Ties,” ichoics $1 SOESPIODOGIE SOS I SG IHO DD dreedetielro le Da sdortehi irda PaO Meade ded $1.50 Table. We have filled a table with lot of “odd sizes’ in fine high-class Slippers, Oxfords, &e., which have always sold fer considerably more nioney. $2.50 & $3.50 3Russet Ox-= ee $1.75. ; : : We have bought from a man- Ufeetu-er about 300 pairs Indies’ High-class Russet Ox- fords. Regular prices, $2.50 and $3. Only $1.75 Pr. TMen’s $5 & $6 hoes For $3. The Haywood < | Shoe Company bas sold us a lot of Men's Ex- tra Fine Hand-sewed Russia Calf Bluchers ard F in pie- cadilly und globe toe. $3 and $s Choice, $3 Pr. NOTICE! ‘We fit all shoes. e exchange shoes. e refund money. We deliver goods. We strengthen buttons e adjust heel-plates. pen 8 A. Ti. to 6 P.M ‘Our No. is 1002 F St. ‘We have no branch shoe store on F street. B. Rich & Sons (Late John E. Littie’s), 1002 F St. It OPPOSITE BOSTON HOUSE. er eeetetnterinteteetetoeetetecietetec ate te = ‘3 $ = = = = $ z sSeeoatoateetoet oe aeeeses :Men’s Shirts S Povoeroeoe PP SOSCIO at 3 $ Best English Padras, > $ 3 : $1.25, 3 ced z Usuaily $2.25 Each. 2 A FOOLISH STATEMENT, IF 3 3 UNTRUE, BECAUSE "TWILE 3 = PROVE MORE HURTFUL TO us 4 e THAN YOU. $ i ewe $ ;Palais Royal,? e! $G& Eleventh Streets. S Cate ane page &, columns 3 and 4) ¢ < Ps Seceseccessess. Soessoeseses | ee ( {it’s Possible 4 That a few o ( ( teeth ex- ae etic meth- “But ret 5 old anaesth Vo Poland S 40c. ter ? 9 AAAADAAADAA ohn Keyworth, oth &D Pine Grover s, etc. Telephone 636, jel2 > Pes SSeS Serer oeteee | pe Refrigerators At Craig & Harding’s. One-third off the list price, and you can figure the reduction yourself. It means $6 Refriger- ators for $4; and &. up the line. This concession should clse them out at once. etter get yours before the line of sizes Le- comes broken, as we will get no more in this season. Craig & Harding, ‘Cor. 13th & F Sts. sxx LACES —At— PERRY'S. keep. So, when we buy too many—in excess of the ordinary demand—It is our business to create a call for them. To offer price-inducements that will tempt you to substitute for some other decoration you may have intended. It means considerable to ‘skim’ cents off of our prices. But we figure it that a small loss 1s better than a big one —than all loss, in edse the seasou should pass and the styles become obsolete. To guard against that we make some reduc- tions now—and on qualities, too, that you Uttle suspected would ever find their way to the bargain table. It is no fault of ¥alue—no lacking of worth—no discredit to the patterns and designs—but merely a merchant's wise precaution—a taking of time by the forclock. You are in luck a few certainly— 12-inch NET-TOP ORIENTAL LACE, in Cream, White and Belge—REDUCED to 25e. @ yard. 10-inch BEIGE POINT VENISE NET-TOP LACE—REDUCED to 25c. a yard. S-inch WHITE and ECRU BOURDON LACE- REDUCED from 20c. to 10c. a yard. S-inch BOURDON LACE~in ‘uu and Butter—-REDUCED from 35c. to 2c. & yard. inch ECRU POINT VENISE LACE— Vandyke patterns—REDUCED from $1.30 to $1 a yard. . 12-inch BEIGE LACE—musiin effects—RE- DUCED from $1.50 to $1.25 @ yard. ch BEIGE POINT VENISE LACES— ED n yard. 6 12-inch BEIGE POINT VENISE LACES and $1.25 a yard. S-iueh OVENWORK BEIGE POINT VEN- LACES-REDUCED from §2.50 to REDUCED from $1 aud $2 to 75c. $1.75 a yard. 3-inch BEIGE POINT VENISE INSERT- yard. ING- REDUCED from 60e. to 40c Linch BEIGE POINT VENISE INS INGS-REDUCED from 80c., 35e! and 40c. to 2c. a yard. lginch WINTE POINT VENISE IN- SERTINGS—REDUCED from 85c. and 40. to 23e. a yard. l-inch BEIGE INSERTINGS—an English Biake—REDUCED to 3c. yard. inch BLACK CHANTILLY CED from $1.50 and §2 to BLACK SPANISH LACE ES-REDUCED from $3 to §2 a 10-inch BLACK BOURDON DUCED from 90c. and $1 to yard. 1-Ineh BLACK NET-TOP POINT VENISE LACES-REDUCED from $4.50 to $2.75 a yard. 12-och OPENWORK POINT D* LACES—Bluck —-REDU from $10 to $6. 30 pieces HAND-MADE TORCHON LACES to 4 tuches wide-REDUCED to Se. a yard, LACES—RE- GENE Grenadines. 24-inch BLACK HERN embroidered tn Mais, REDUCED from $2 45-inch NI GRENADIN BLACK GE $—embroid- REDUCED from $3.50 to cl SATIN-STRIPED GRENA- DINES-- REDUCED from $1.50 to $1 a yard. 4S-inch BLACK STRIPED NET—REDUCED from $3 to $2 a yard. RENADINE ROBE, embroidered in $45 to $12. -! » GRENADINE, embroid- ered in colors—REDUCED from §3 to $1.75 a yard. Lace Neckwear. BLACK and ECRU REDUCED frou and $2.50 to $1. LACE-TRIMM SILK BOWS—White, Black and Colors—REDUCED from 50c. to Bde. ALSATIAN BOWS— ‘wo BLACK LA TOS REDUCED from $6.59 to $4. LINEN CHEMISEITES—White and col- ors—all sizes—25e. POINT DE ESPRIT PARASOL COVERS for just what they cost us. But this is not all of our Lace stock—we still have a ecmplete assortment of CREPES —CHIFFONS--MOUSSELINE—DE — SOTES— BRUSSELS LA TOSCA and RUSSIAN NETS BEADINGS— FOOTIN' ‘S-ORIENTAL and POINT GAZE NETS—WASH BLONDS ORIENTAL LACES — VALENCIENNES LACES-POINT GAZE and POINT AP- PLIQUE LACES—POINT VE GENE—ORIENTAL, * ENCIENNES INSERTINGS, in White, Cream and Beige—all widths—-BEADED NETS, EDGES and INSERT PLAIN FANCY VEILS and VEILINGS. ISE—POINT DE YANTILLY and VAL- and We don't know of any place more justly entitled to the name of “headquarters” than s. We surely have got all the popular LACES—and who wants any other kind? PERRY’S, Ninth And The Avenue, Established 1840. Qt) Telephone 995. e “Nox Spotz’”’ of Soiled Fabrics send us, we do ft f: from “our ® crispness Th @ that pleased feelin, sher,707 9th st. in| 3 the Porch ROCKERS, °Wash. B. Williams, jSeventh and D Sts. YBALDWIN Refrigerator, ndispensables FOR THE SUMMER include MAT- TINGS, REFRIGERATORS, SUMMER FURNITURE, &c. All these will play leading parts in the question of keep- ing the house cool, in spite of sum- mer's heat. On these things we've put prices down to that point which means making a present of our profit to you, Instance these prices on cool floor coverings: THIS TIME DOWN TO 8e., 121y¢. AND 15e., 7c. Finest geades. When you buy Mat- ting bere you'll get 100 cents’ worth of value for every 75 CTS. you lay out. ee ae ee ee Have you provided yourself with a REFRIGERATOR yet? If not, you're lucky. How's the Per 2Oci. Off List Prices! ! This ts a bonafide reduction on a refrigerator long known as the “chil- Hest’ of tts kind. Ice men are uni- formly lacking in enthusiasm when the “BALDWIN” Is under discussion, ‘This is going to be a hot summer. If you want to economize on fee, get a “Baldwin.” Come in and see it, any- Pe Be There's a price for you! What's more, it buys $1.25 worth of a chair, We're headquarters for SUM MER CHAIRS, LAWN SETTEES—in fact, for Summer Furniture of all Kinds. Call on us for whatever you need. The price'll be right. Jewelry and SterlingSilver- ware reduced for mi to buy, you will find this very interesting. and there's only one way to do it—that’s by cutting the price. Music Straps, Key Rings and Hat Pins, Boe. “Here’s a Surprise.” Diamonds, Watches, this onth only. If you have a wedding or birthday present We are determined to reduce our stock Umbre! Straps and Hat Marks, 25e. Mie. Clocks, G5e Misses’ Itings, set with turquoise; Link Buttons, Souvenir Spoons, Toothpick Hold- ers. Napkin Rings, Satchel Tags and Set Studs, Tie, ‘Teaspoons, Alarm Clocks, Individuat But- ter Plates and Hair Pins, S5e. Bon Spoons, Sugar Spoons, Sugar Tongs and Bon 25, Key Charms, Bonbonnieres, Shoe Hooks, the latest Hat Buckles and Mateh Safes, $1.50, Forks, $2.25 Je 3 3 e PIGS PEDOOO ES bOGOSS POTSSOIOE TESTO GOGO OOD Too Hot To Cook? ner Gas 3. ner Gas 4burucr Gas Ru » $22. ‘Wash. Gaslight Co., 413 10th st. nw. Jel2 UVES HS SOS SSOGSIIG 9D OGOSS Butter Knives and Olive Forks, $1.85, Tea Bowls, Berry Spoons and Lettuce, Teaspoons, $7.00 per dozen, Dessertspoons, $15.60 per dozen. Tablespoons, $20.00 per dozen. 50 pair Carter Buckles at $2.25 each Special sale of Belt Buckles, from $1.50 up to $5.00. Reduced from $3.00 to $10, Dresden Clocks, from $18 to $25. Reduced from $55 aul $44, Enameled Clock, with alarm, $3.00 and Very Handsome Gilt Fiftecn-day Clock, With beveled edge glass case, $35. Re- duced from $60. 500 Sulid 14k, Gold Watches, from $20 We have over $50,000 worth of set ani and unset Diamonds, which we nrefer cash instead, and we will sell thew at your prices, Don't miss this opportunity. S. Desio, M’f'g Jeweler, 1012 F St. 13-4 —Never—on a Gas Range. It doesn't add a bit more heat to 3 a the reom. It doesn’t hot, roaring fire, an swelter over give SFCO00O900 00504395696 0006 A Another one of Redman’s Bargain Prices, Special “Cut” Our Myong Tea THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ONLY. N Jel3 . PECEEEETECEELEE TE M. W Our Very Best Tea. Regular price is 60c. This tea ts genu- ine first crop pickings, and is of the same quality es the cent tea advertised extensively by anotier house In town, Mail 4o0c. or telephone orders,or better still, Ib. eall when out marketing. -T.Redman,950La. av. ee eecesoce Refrigerator TO KEEP COOL Without Ice WOULD INDEED BE A NOVELTY. We do not make any such claims for the EDDY, But, we do claim that tt w work well with as It eeeccee ° . Uttle SLATE and easily See thi ing a ref. POTTERY, PORC ND GLASS, je a ts. ee eceesecee Se eeeee Poe eeeereereseseeovreoe ‘Overheard | On the Street. ard A man say, | t wany diferent kinds, places.” Our Coffee or purity, st ‘One while the quality with any other ‘& Co.,626 Pa. Ave , Wines, ete, Teiephone,1524. Fly Weather Here. Door And Window 85c.—Screens—z2o0c. Easy-working, perfect-fitti quality. Complete, — with Linges, springs, ete. Price apt to go up any time, Best take advan- tage of it NOW. GF Rest of our stock priced same way. Hopkins, 933 F St. sel ing. Good serews, L. H. “Get the number and name right.’ PY Sn, O46. | We can quote prices on UMBRELLAS that makes it an object to you to patronize us. ‘This time it’s a 94-cent UMBRELLA— @ $1.37 one in reality—made of gloria silk ca a paragon frame. Big choice of handles. New York Umbrella Co., Wilson’s Pretty=- Baby Contest. If your baby intends to enter our con- test, “please fll out the. following blank and’send in at once, so that we tay re- serve a space in the big exhibition frame for its photograph. Baby's Name..... Residence . [7 Also please state when you will send in its photograph. PRIZES. ee thy 35 1 a IN GOLD. PAIRS OF THE FIN- TOCK FOR THE RABY Re N. H.—This contest 1s also open to babies of suburban towns, snch as Alex- . Rockville, Hyattsville, Takoma, Falls Chureb, ete. WILSON, “Shoemaker for tender feet,’* 929 F ST. N.W. Jel BAPPS®OSPHDH GOCE DE SOWO Prices Lowest. SSSSSSE IE SIO Syrup of Figs. Varry’s ‘Tricophe Bal Resolvent: a Salve Cuticura “Soap Mi2ckali Bros. & Flemer, rv. 14th & P Sts. N.W. nd 9th & H Sts. N.E. FEO48 4850600404650 0605 25c.lb. LB. BRICKS. a surprise to the purchase that it was ela >o SOOOSFOLOO DDI OPEC SSC OSES | FEPOPSPC SPOS SOOO HOS SOO OS SOSH SO IS t most ver tasted, why send it ‘Telepuone or mall orders bave quick T. D. Daly, 917 La. Ave. — and “Retail. Established i857. Je Preserving. Pres ‘Tur i erving Kettles, Glass vrs ut the lowest d for equal qualities. Jars and prices ever dozen, Covered Jelly Tumblers, fluted Inside, forming mold.” Only ‘doz. Preserving “Kettles, nl ‘vest px rom 4 to 30 03 with F ex, fi te $1.25 each. Wilmarth & Edmonston, \Crockery,&c., 1205 Pa. av. SILVER ( jel3 BUCKLES, $2. WITH MONOGRAM AND BELT Heavy Quadruple Plate, with monogram, 406 ea Na a | | \ } ! 4 HEAVY SOLID We intend to do entirely away with the notion that lr prices are erything tu we sell. Jewelry and 9. Optical Goods, 035 F St. N.W. Jel8 Coats our hobby. (The Very Best Meat (in Center Market Eu aka ane peat Corset Co.’s ww? here. name Keane and finest quality are synonymous. Nee us ify stickler for quality. Meat ——— approval. THOS. T. KEANE, Where QUALITY is first and price ts secoud, 50 Center Market. 513 $s A big reduction frem their 3 e. . Ps and ‘Clas. | 7 the lot. You} : : . made of real wha at $ f 107G st Tirs. Whelan, Mgr., wuts jes oe se : accompanying 7 VERSIBLE” else it's not the genu! just twice the ser- ae ee E. Building Papers, Moth-proof Goods, Giay ana Tile Asbestos, Flue Lining, &e. rs vice in it as has the >) +" “one-sided” mattress, and «| $ it COSTS NO MOR! g aid C7 Ali dealers sell it. ° ¢ e| ¢S. & B. S. & B.3| + 2) Loose soeoeseeessveevervewes | F CEI ms | > i Pulp Slate, aply | into th | upe AYER'S SA RSAPARILLA, AYER’S Was WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO, The Only | Sarsaparilla Admitted at The | 1, AYER’S: ’ Seek World 's Fair WORLD'S FAIR. CHICAGO, Get 1893. ‘he Best. You hardly realize that it ts medicine, when taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they are very smell; no bad eifects; all troubles from torpid liver are relieved by their use, THE MODERN MIRACLES OF HEALING WHICH ‘are indisputably performed by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills should ‘receive the ‘closest 1nvestiga- tion by sick people and their friends.ja23-tu&thly ti 7. 2A 24 2m Ae (Examination t «Will Prove i { ** Whether yoo necd to wear EYE- > 4 * GLASSES “or not. If you have the > cies 9! sont ieten Saas Seba ame ane 2 T cyes, than we. So let us mes {Claflin Optical Co., b @MASONIC TEMPLE, FST. ~~ RESSING HAIR ——— Artistically, as well curling and cutting, Advice given. Styles — extremely low. S. Heller, 720 7th St. aa Healthful & Delicious In_hot weather—BURCHELL’S SPRIN LEAP (ICED) T! More “best homes’ 3 shampooing, specialties, ested. Prices use it throughout America than any other. Famous everywhere for strength. purity and delicious flavor. Try it and you ‘will use no other. Only 50c. a pound. Jel3 N. W. BURCHELL, 1225 F STREET. se Mea a ‘Do You “Go In For” ‘Then why do without AWNINGS on your bouse—They are indixpennal to COMPORT in summer, to say ne ing of them from an ornatmental sta point. Modern designs at lowest prices. CF Cail, write ‘or telephone. Sam- * ples and éstiuates cheerfully furnished. iM. G. Copeland & Co., 5409 11TH ST. . (Opp. Star office), Jel Sm MAL ini te UR Cool Off The Place i i i By watering your stree’ Price’ moderate- ly, but thorough: reliable quality—as is everything we carry, S. S. SHEDD & BRO., =. 432 w. At Ramsay's Your watch cleaned fer $1; watch mainspriug, $i. AN our work rranted for ope year. TER 01 FIND A PLACE cry household. The best eure for indigestion, Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. SIBGERT & SONS. All dealers keep the TYPHOID AND MILK Important Topics Discussed by the Medical Society. PROPCSED REGULATION OF THE DAIRIES Pon Paar eben eee, Earnest Efforts to Be Made to Lower the Death Rate. SUGGESTIONS OF EXPERTS alata! Two matters of great local interest were discussed by the Medical Society last night. The first was the report of the committee intrusted with the preparation of a “pure milk bill,” and the second was the report on typhoid fever in the District of Colum- submitted at the last meeting of the and published in full in The Star. Commissioners of the District were at by invitation, and they took an active Interest in the discussion, ‘he first thing in order after the reading of the minutes was the report of the com- mittee inirusted with the preparation of a milk bill. The committee was composed of Drs. C. H. A. Kleinschmidt, 8. 8, Adams nd W. C, Woedward. Dr. Woodward read the report, which proposes several amend- ments to the bill prepared by the attorney for the District. ‘The report said: Your committee, appointed to consider the “bill to regulate the sale of milk in the ct of Columbia, and for other pur- D submitted to the society by the District Commissioners, respectfully submit the followings amended bil) for your consid- “"The committee beli but also the produ The e that not only the ‘tion of milk should sale, be subject to regulation by the heaith office, aid have endeavored by the amendments to secure this end. Followin pil: A BLLL LATE THE SALE OF MILK IN ‘ DISTRICT OF CO- LUMBIA, AND OTHER PURPC acted by the Senate and House of a the United Stares of mbied: d aiter the pas- rson shall, w Appiicat in wriur n receipt of sa to make or to con- verning dairies arms within the District of Co- said health cilicer shail issua the hereinbefore = specitici, — without revoked et any tims, without id health officer, ifthe milk id dairy or dairy farm fs, in dangercus to the public ection 2. No verson shall bring or send District of Columbia, for sale, any raitk hout a permit so to do from the nealth officer of said Dictrict. Apyhcation for seid permit shall be made in writing, form prescribed by said h and shail be accompanied by s: fice tafled ption cf the dairy farn or dairy where said miik is produced or stored as | said health officer may require, and by a sworn statement as to the physicai condi- tien of the cattle supplying said milk. If, examination of said application, 3 Ith officer is set'sfied that said mtik will be brought into the District of Colum- bia. for sale or consumption, without danger to public health, he shall charge, to the condit state in which said dairy or dairy farm is located, and that said dairy or dairy farm may be inspected at any time, without notice, by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed repre- sentatives, Provided, that said permit may be sus- pended or revoked at any time, without notice, by said health officer, when, in his judgment, milk from said dairy or dairy farm is dangerous to public health. Section 3. No person suffering from, or who has, within a period specified by the health officer of the District of Columbia, been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, smallpox, anthrax or other dan- gerous contagious disease, shall work or a: sist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no proprietor, manager or superintendent of any dairy or dairy farm within the District of Columbia shall permit any person suf- fering, or exposed, as aforesaid, to work or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm. Section 4. That all milk wagons shui have the name of the owner, the number of per- mit and the location of dairy from which said wagens haul milk painted thereon plainly and legibly. Section 5. All grocers, bakers and other persons having or offering for sale milk shall at al! times keep ‘the name or names ef the dairymen from whom the milk on} sale shall have been obtained posted up in a; conspicuous place wherever such milk may | be sold or kept for sale. Section 6. No person shall offer or have for sale in the District of Columbia any un- wholesome, watered, or adulterated milk, or milk known as swill milk, or milk from cows that for the most part are kept tied up in stables, or that are fed on swiil, gar- bage or other like substance, nor any butter or cheese made from any such milk. Section 7. No person shall offer or have for sale any milk containing more than 87 per cent of watery fluid, and not less than 13 per cent of total milk solids, inclusive of fat. Section 8. No person shall sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody or pos- session, with intent to sell, exchange o> deliver, skimmed milk containing less than nine and three-tenths per cent of milk solid, inclusive of fat. Section 9. No dealer in milk, and no serv- ant or agent of such a dealer, shall sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody or possession, with intent to seli, exchange or deliver, milk from which the cream, or any part thereof, has been removed, un- less in a conspicuous piace, above the center or upon the outside of every vessel, can or package thereof, in which milk is sold, the words “skimmed milk” are distinctly mark- ed in Gothic letters, not less than one inch in_length. Section 10. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or offer for sale, within the District of Columbia, milk taken from any cow less than fifteen days before or ten days after parturition, or from any cow which has not been examined and found free from tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax, or any general or local disease, which is liable to render the milk from said cow unwholesome. Section 11. It shall be the duty of the health officer of the District of Columbia, under direction of the Commissioners of said District, to make and enforce regula- Uons to secure proper water supply, drain- age, ventilation, air space, floor space and cleansing of all dairies and dairy farms within said District; to secure the tsolation of cattle suffering from any contagious dis- ease, and to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Section 12. The health officer of the Dis- trict of Columbia, or his duly appointed as- sistants, shall have the right to enter, with- cut previous notice, for the purpose of in- *pection, any dairy or dairy farm within said District. “Section 13. Prosecutions under this act shall be in the Police Court of said District, on information signed by the attorney of the District or of one of his assistants, and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con- viction, be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25, to be collected as other fines and penalties, or by imprisonment in the work house for a period of not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonmen’ nd for the second offense, and each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $0 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the work house for ninety days, or by both such fine end imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; and if the person so convicted of a second or subsequent offense hold a per- mit under this act, the same shall be can- celed and no permit shall be issued to said person for a period of five years. Section 14. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed. After the reading of the report Dr. Robt. Reyburn referred to that section giving the health cfticer power to inspect the dairies outside the District of Columbia. He did not think such a section was wise, and thought the society should not act hastily in the matter. Dr. Lovejoy thought that was a matter that properly belonged to the authorities, and upon his motion the so- ciety unanimously edopted the report, and voted to urge its enactment into a bili The Typh Fever Report. While the discussion on the milk question was in progress Dr. G. L. Magruder, chair- man of the committee on typhoid fever in the District of Columbia, was busily en- gaged hanging maps and charts, which toid by different colored dots the location of each case of typhoid fever in the District | of Columbia during the past ten years. The report of this committee, which con- sisted of Drs. Magruder, W. W. Johnston and Health Officer Hammett, has hereto- fore been printed in The Star. Last night was set aside by the society for its discus: sion. Before the discussion opened President 8. Cc. Busey announced that owing to the fact that the House committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia had agreed to hear a committee from the society on Thurslay morning, he had taken it upon himself to select a commitiee without the consent of the society, in order that its members could be thoroughly conversant with the subject when they appeared before the committee. 1 He had ramed, he said, Drs. W. W. Joh: ton, G. L. Magruder, C. H. A. Kiein- schmidt, D. W. rrentiss, G. Wythe Cook and 8. 8. Adams, Thé action of the pr ident was unanimously approved, and upon motion of Dr. Kleinschmidt President Busey was made chairman of the committee. Dr. W. W. Johnston stated that the com- mittee had, through inadvertence, omitted an important section in the preparation of his report, and he desired to read the sec- tion, which, he hoped, the society would admit as part of the report. There being | no objection, the new section was read, which provided that all receptacles and privies be made water-tight and means taken to prevent their overtlow. President Busey then gave notice that the society was ready to discuss the report. hoped, however, that some one would gi the society a statement of the benefit of the eifect of sedimentation and filtration on the general water supply. He then introduced br. D. W. Prentiss. Opening the Discuss Dr. Prentiss said the report was, p2raaps, the most valuable ever made to the society. plete and practical document, which showed careful preparation. ‘There are over 200 deaths every year in the Dis- trict of Columbia from typhoid fever. That , and when the ex- e and anxiety incident thereto is con- idered, we must agree that too much time and thought cannot be given to the subject. ‘typhoid rever is a preventable disease and it is a great wonder that the medical frater- nity has not taken more active measures icoking to its eradication. There are two principal causes of typhoid fever. is irom a ce ninaticn of the soil, for all of | the soil of the city is contaminated. That is proved from, the fact that every time our streets are built up our olfactory nerves tell us of it. n again, sewers may be reck- med as directly. ‘Phere re hundreds of instances in the city where old broken sewers have been dug up. ‘The | sewage which escaped from these contam- | inate4 the soil, Then the roots of trees have | found their way into sewers and then form- | ed a direct communication between it and a | well. He referred to the old method of dry- ing cellars. A dry well, as they termed it, was constructed in the middie of the cel- lar and the campners all settled into i And so it was with wells of this city. Th were lower than the sewers in every Tr another caus in- and wer in reality their cesspools. | re not safe and cennot be safe. If | ologist found well water good one Gay there was no reason why it would not! be bad the next. There was only one safe way and that was to close every well in| the city and pass a regulation prohibit! their maintenance anywhere in the Distric of Columbia. Danger tn Wells. Dr. Prentiss referred to the backing up of | tide water in the lower parts of the city | and cited it as another cause. There was no doubt in his mind that a large majority of typhoid fever cases could be traced di-| rectly to contaminated drinking water. He | mentioned ‘several cases which came un- der his observation, in which it was indis- | of him until his bo: He said this sight the water was lives of many prom- want to call attention to the unsatisfactory manner in which things of this importem are ‘dealt with. He read his letter to the health officer, and then the reply, the latior setting forth: “An analysis of this water shows it to be in sanitary condition. “J. D. HIRD, Inspector.” Such an analysis this misleading and unfair to the citizens of the District, whose life and health were entrusted to the authorities ‘Typhoid in Suburban Districts. The greatest number of cases of typhoid fever, the speaker maintained, had been found in the outlying districts of the elty. According to the observations of Dr. St . there had been eighty-eight cases of ty- phoid in the Brightwood section within three years, and twenty-seven cases had been reported in one year. This was un enormous record. Milk was another source of typhoid fever. He was not maintain that the milk itself contai cilli, but believed that the Washing of the utensils with water that was bad was cause. Washington, he seid, is not respon- sible for all the deaths reported fro: phoid fever. There are any quanti; ot people who go away for the summer and gontract the disease and then bring it back. These summer resorts ure especially can- gerous. Only a few years ago an epidemic broke out in the mountains of Virginia which was traced directly to the wells. ie thought ft was exceedingly rare, if ever, that Potomac water was responsible for typhoid fever. The rapid current and great exposure to the sun destroyed the germs. It was an injustice to blame our water ep- ply with the responsibility of disease. jie was in favor of filters, but scored the char- coal filter roundly, maintaining that it added millions upon millions uf bacilli (o the water. Dr. Prentiss then direct=4 his attention to the contaminating influence of sewer gas, and stated there was little dan- ger from this source. He read extracts from the paper of Dr. Abbott, professor of hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania, which was submitied at the recent medical congress. No specific disease will be gen- erated by sewer gas, and, therefore, jucreas- ed sewer cornections do not increase the danger of these diseases. To sum the whole matter up, he said, the citizens of Wash- ington needed: 1. A new and better sewer system. 2. An increased public water supply and provision for sedimentation and fitration before distribution. 3. The abolishment of all privies and cess- pools. 4. The abolishment of ail pumps. Dr. Smart's Remarks. At the conclusion of Dr. Prentiss’ re marks, he was loudly applauded. Dr. Charles M. Smart, U. 8S. A. who created something of a sensution recently by his attack, in a public lecture, upon the purity of Potomac water, was the next speaker. He had, he said, made many experiments, and was greatly interested in pure water. He agreed generally with the recommenda- tiors of the committee, Sut took exception to the amount of harm that came from wells. He maintained that by evolu- tion a harmless bacillus may, under fuvor- able conditions, take on harmful propor- tions. The medical history of great cities showed a great tmprovement in the number of typhoid patients in relation to the num- ber of wells destroyed. 1t was difficult vo find a_city in which the typhoid fever infection of the wells could be separated from the general water supply. There was one case, however, where tnis had been done. That was in Vienna. In IST4 the authorities there realized that the water supply had something to do with the enormous death rate from typhoid fever. The water had been obtained from springs in the outlying districts, but during one hard winter number of the welis froze up and the Dan. ube was turned into the water mains in certain sections of the city. The result was many cases of typhoid fever in that section which wi supplied by water from the Danube. If, instead of getting our water supply from the Potomac with all its tur- bidity, it was purified first, we would have beneficial results. He thought the recom- mendations of the committee should be changed, and the very first one should be that Congress be urged to make an cppro- priation providing for the purification of the general supply. Drs. Woodward and Kenyon approved generally the committce’s report. The ter, however. took exeeption to the disease called typho-malarial fever, and said he did not believe that it was distinct from ty- phoid feve> Dr. Billings’ Suggestions. Dr. J. 8. Billings, U. 5S. A., was the next speaker. He said the committee had con- founded the report of the Sanitary League with that of Dr. Theobald Smith, and read the report ofthe Sanitary League subcom- mittee on water supply, as printed in The Star. From his expe-tence he believel that a chemical test of the water was far © perior to bacteriological tests. A single puff of dust 2 Na well with there hold fever bactl- wells of the city or in the . it would have been far . he believed, if the commit- tee had demonstrated what happens from some one weil. Dr.W.W. Johnston said the com endeavored to do this, and had taken the well at the corner of i4th and B streets southwest. which the District chemist had condemned some time ago, but which had been left open at the urgent reguest of the citizens in that vicinity. It had been proven that the weter from this wel! was responsi- e ft ittee had r thet tion to carry out the system of sewerage now in hand, an? ilso to obisin a system of filtration and sedimentation for the Po- tomac supply. Dr. Basey Closes. The discussion was closed by Dz. 8. C. Busey. He prefaced his remacks by an et- tack on the so-called typho-malarial fever, and thought it should be dropped from the nomenclature of disezses in the District of Columbia. There was little doubt im his mind that this so-called typho-malarial fever was nothing short of typhoid fever. and though it did raise our death rate to alarming pooportions, he believed that the physicians should fece the music operate h the Commissioners by a better water supply end sewage dist bution, In every part of the cliy, where the pumps are the thickest, there you will find the greatest mortality. ‘This w golden opportunity for the society to itself before Congress. When the p sion is united upon ai > subject, and that subject calls tainment of some good end, the re complished. For years past the society has lived within these rocms. Now is the first grand opportunity it has had to demon- strate {ts character and ability, and he wanted every member to pledge his co: eration in the attainment of results whi would be of such great good to the citizens of the capital city. His remarks were recetved with loud ap- plause, and the hour being late, the society adjourned, to meet again next Wednesda night and continue the discussion. >- atone ST. LOUIS HAS A MYSTERY. Body Found im the River of a Porter Who Disappeared Japeary 1. In the recent discovery of the body of z . ther George Remmert, in the river, ano mystery has been added to the already long list of St. Louis George Remmert was, until his disappear- ance, a porter, and had been with his em- ployer for thirteen consecutive years. On January 1 he went to the store to meet his employer to talk over some private busi- ness. The conversation was held; Remmert said goot-bye and departe2, somewhat tn lepressed state. © the last seen o, is ental his & covered in the river Tuesday. When found, the body was vo decompose, and the identity was discovered by the apparel, which was recognized by his family and relatives. But it is in this aspect that the mystery rrounding Remmert’s disappearance is In- used. The shoes he wore on the day when he was last seen were almost new, and these shoes were on the body when found in the river, and they show no signs the other articles of his arel show any increased wear. The had been in the water not over ten beginn.n days. Taking these facts into consideration, the unworn or unused condition of the man’ appar t the body ts said e r, in connection ed since he dis- t eppeared, brings about the question: Where has George Remmert been in the interim between the date of his disappear- ance, January 1, and the placing of his body in the river?