Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY sores oa AT THE STAR BUILD 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't, New York Office, 49 Potter Building, srtteas, e-ciinsoni ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tn the ty by carriers, oa thelr owm account, at 10 cents week, or #4c. per month. Coples at the counter cents each. mail—anywhere in the United States or Cunada—postage prepaid—30 cents per ‘reonth. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With foreign postage addsd, $3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Washingtoa, D.C, as second-class mail matter.) T7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising taade known on application Part 2. Gh ¢ Fy ening Siar. Pages Q=12. WASHINGTON, D. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. AMUSEMENTS. EXCURSIONS, é&o. EDUCATIONAL. —<<=<== BASE BALL WASHINGTON VS, BOSTON. GAMB CALLED AT 4:20 P.M. seeee--25e. and SOc. ¥ GENTLEMEN'S DRIVING PARK, ¥ ‘ST. Information ‘received daily. Asaph Junction, Va. leave B. & P. depot 11:50 a.m., 12:50, 20 and 4: pm. 15 minutes to’ driving my19-2m* ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. EDW. H. ALLEN, Manager. AT EVERY PERFORMANCE THE FAMOUS LIVING PICTURES. EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE, The Bohemian Girl BY THB comIo STRAKOSCH onz’S. Next week—Johnson and Shaw's new opera, “Marken, or the Legend of Vuur Bril.’ THE GREAT FAMILY RESOR’ Purk—Photograph and Shooting gallery for rent, base ball stards. everybody with amusements in- vited to call on MULLEN & McOOBB, every aft hoon at park after 3 p.m. NEW NATIONAL THEATER. @acT —FREDERICK BOND, | “‘Aris- - RLES COOTE, “Masked un" am Theater Co.; Willard's Co.; ALBERT. FRAN PEKC ‘A GAL- ard Mansiicld Co. STEV- u Reserved seats, 25, 50 and 75c. t_week—Robertson’s comedy, KERNAN'’S LYCEUM THEATER. SUMMER GARDEN.) AFTERNOONS, 4 Tu 6. EVENINGS, 8 TO 12 GRAND — FEMALE WALKING MATCH. Datly Exhibitions by W. A. HOAGLAND, cham- pion Beci-and-toe walker of the world. gana Admission, 25 cents, Old Dominion Jockey Club. FIVE RACES EACH DAY. Race Rain or Shine. Books on New York and Western Races. ‘Trains leave the B. & P. depot at 12:50 and 1:50. First race at 2:30. Trains return after the races, Positively no improper characters admitted. +----50 CENTS. BANJO QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY TAUGHT by ncte or stmplifiad method; reduced rates summer months. Parlors 9 p.m. GEURGE DRAEG Jet-im EXCURSIONS, éc. Marshall Hall. Summer Schedule. STR. MACALESTER leaves daily, EX, (Sanday excepted) at 10 a.m. ‘urning. leaves Marshall Hall at 1 STR. RIVER QUEEN lenves dally, inday excepted) at 9:30 a.m. a from Macal- beter's wharf at 5:30 p.m. Returning, leaves Mar Mall ‘at 1:39 and 7:30 p.m. Sundays. M mn. :30 p.m. st. wharf, ith and nd 2:30 p. od STR. MACALESTER leaves at 11 a.m., 2:30 and $90 Rim. Returning, leaves Marshall Hall at 1, 3 ).. STR. RIVER QUEEN leaves Macalester’s wharf at 2 gs Returning, leaves Marshall Hall at 6:30 = Indian Head Trips, Landing at Marshall Hall both ways, will com- Mence on Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, and every Friday and Saturday in June. Wili ence on Thursday July 5, and every Thurs- ¥, Friday and Saturday throughout the summer. Perties at the Hall can avail themselves of the MACALESTER leaves Washington at 6:30 p.m. Leaves Marshall Hall at 0:30 p.m. Parties leaving Washington om morning and after- goon boats can return on any of the company’s regular steamers. Fare, Round Trip, 25 cts. Running time, either way, about one hour. Music by Schroder’s Band. Music and Dancing All Day. 7A steamer leaves Murshall Hall every even-€Q ing during the summer at 7:20 o'clock, thus giving our guesis the full enjoyment of Summer afternoons and evening sunsets. ‘The MACALESTEK and RIVER QUEEN are the Randsomest and best equipped excursion steamers oa the Potomac. MARSHALL HALL has cleanliness and good orde ‘The ment reserves the right reject all objectionable persons on thelr Excursion trips. ‘fam ur. VERNON AND MARSHALL HALL lephone eall, | MOS. C. McKIBERY Tei eall, 825. JOS. C. Me rN, fete 4 Genl. Manager. BAY RIDGE, On the Chesapeake, The fuest beach in the south. Boating, bathing, fishing. Music by Military Band. ‘Trains leave Baltimore and Obio station, Wasb- ington, week days, 9:15 a.m. and 4:28 p.m. Sun- days, 9:35 a.m., 1:30 and 3:15 p.m. BOUND TRIP FROM WASHINGTON, $1. CHILDRE! We. A delightful trip on the steamer Columbia to Baltimore und return, 10 cents. Jell-tt CHANGED ‘THEIR NAME. At a meeting of a majority of the original Jolly Fat Men, held im southwest several months since, ft was decided by the lub to change the name ot 5 ‘< Ro competitor for beauty, r, nd will JOLLY FAT MEN CLUB, and make it the FAT MEN BENEFICIAL CIATION. They will give their anaual this year on the 9TH ¢ JULY, to RIVER VIEW. If you want to ha a Sood time go with them to River View on the of July. Remember the date, ax we have no c a: Bection whatever with any other Fat organization. & CABIN JOHN BRIDGE-STEAM LAU Florence will make two trips, Sundays Jeuvos 32d st. amd canal at 9 a.m. and Bo: for charter for the Great Falis and Upper Potomae at reasonable rates. Inquire of engineer at « 1 st. ow., of J. MARCONNIER, 1073 mb22ta,th&s-3mo NCH aly. Boat 2:30 p.m. “LECTRIC RAIL ROUTE TO UNT VERNON, MOUN Long Bridge, in view of principal streets of Alex- hb, where Washington where Col. Ells-| ddock’s headquarters, | historic places, thence ; . giving ‘a beau- omac River for | tom estate, 7,600 and revolut 3. mansions), | ough four miles to the gate of UN 1 kin & S my25-3: ON, INO. CUMBERLAND ‘. 2 | of F st. and N. H. ave. ow. LUTHERAN REUNION. BAY RIDGE, Friday, June 22, 1894. IN WASHINGTON. SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING Thoroughly and practically taught ig three months. School open all the year. Individual in- struction throughout course. “Call for circulars. SCHOOL OF ACME PHONOGRAPHY, 7th and G Bs. DW. Je20-1m* MRS. ELLA FOLCK, Studio 63 N st. nw. ih fasons from Y a.m. to 9 p.m. Paintings om ex- pit! Ord en and prompt! Trains leave B. and O.‘station 9:35 am. 1:00] Jrigare Ow Logg te and 4:28 p.m. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ENGLISH AND FRENGH TWO LARGE CHORUSES FRoM BaLToworE | “ OT ON THOOL, FOR Gites. AND WASHINGTON. PROMINENT SPEAKERS. EVERY LUTHERAN IN THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO GO. TICKETS TO BE HAD AT THE STATION. ADULTS. . -$1.00 FOR THE ROUND TRIP. CHILDREN. -50c. FOR THE ROUND TRIP. it = . eS Classics and English. Couching for college ex- SEOOND ANNUAL EXCURSION, FOR THE BENE-| suminations, Call after 4, W. F. DALES, Pb ee DIsTHICE OF CoLtatptt site WEPANE | GasgO_@ Se the DISTRICT OF COLUM Pmr -| BANJO QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY TAUGHT MENT, will be given MONDAY, June 25, 1894, | “py ere simplified method; reduced rates for to RIVER VIEW. ‘Tickets. 50 cents. Children summer months. Parlors open from 10 a.m. to Boats leave—Pents, 9:45] 9 >m. GEORGE DRAEGER, 904 K st. a.w. 80 p.m.; Randal, 4:30 and 715] $f ittee reserve the right to reject. | —- ——— See ™ No ‘objectionable person admitted. Will take | SUMMIR COURSE. IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS Place, rain or shine. Jezi-at® COLLEGE, 8.W- COR. STH & K STS, XW. 2 Bookikeep! nimanstiip, a bust- Steamer HARRY RANDALL eae ibicenahio tetate see re The will leave at 9 a.m., SATURDAY, JUNE 23, for Chapel Point. Salt-water bathing, fishing, crabbing, dancing, music and amusements. Tickats, 50c.; children, 25¢. Home at 10 p.m. Je20-3t RAYMOND’S VACATION EXCURSIONS. ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED. Parties will LEAVE PHILADELPHIA to July, August and September for 33 Summer Tours THE WHITE, ADIRONDACK and GREEN MNIAGANA FALLS, tha THOUSAND ISLANDS, MONTREAL, EC and the SAGUENAY. ISLES OF’ SHOALS, MT. DESERT and MOOSE- HEAD LAKE. THE MARITIME PROVINCES. SPECIAL TRAIN THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE, the party to leave New York by the North German Lloyd line JUNB 26. EXCURSIONS TO ALASKA, outward by Canadian Pacific route, homeward through the Yel- lowstone National Park, July 6 and 20. TOURS TO COLORADO AND THB YELLOW- STONE NATIONAL PARK, July 23 and August 13; to the Yellowstone Park ‘and return, and to the Yellowstone Park and the Pacific coast, September independent Railroad and Steamship Tickets to all points. Send for descriptive book, mentioning whether Summer, European, Aleaca or Yellowstone tour is Raymond & Whitcomb, 20 SOUTH 10TH ST. (MUTUAL LIFE INS. BLDG.), Je19-tu,th,s3t__ PHILADELPHIA. TALLY-HO COACH LINE DAILY, 9:80 A. M pm., from Sil 13th st.—Aritagton, and all ints of interest. Myer drill, 9 a.m. bonito = TAKE A_ PLEASANT, RECUPERATIVE TRIP @uring vacation, via M. & M.S. S. Co., by sea to Boston or Savannali. For information and kets, apply to J. SPI . it, National Hotel. ‘jeis-2w* MERCHANTS’ AND MINERS’ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. ‘OF SUMMER TRIPS. PRO’ i ery and THURSDAY at 4 p.m., and SUNDAY at 10 am. Sailings, Baltimore to Providence, every MO! DAY und FRIDAY at 2 p.m. Fares, from Baltimore, tucluding meals and saloon state room berth. $ : a ee ae Fare, children between 5 and 12 years. Round trip 4 Upper deck state $1.50 ‘one way" $3.00 round trip. Each state room contains For further information address $ ARTHUL W. 615 15th st. w. P Gen'l RNER, Pass. Agent. River View. TIME SCHEDULE. SUNDAY—The Palace Steamer SAM’L J. PENTZ leaves at 10:45 a.m. 15:30 p.m. Return- ng, 4:30 and 7:30 PENTZ leaves at 6 5, 5:00 and 10:30 p.m. Tickets, 25e.; ehil- 13 SATURDAY, grand family day, the PENTZ at am, and £45 p.m. Everybody 10e. on these two trips. Todian Head every WEDNESDAY and SATUR- DAY at 6:45, stopping at River View both wa: Home at 11:15 p.m. Tickets, 25c jell E. 8. RANDALL, Sole Proprietor. ~ MOUNT VERNON, HOME AND TOMB OF WASHINGTON. The Palatial Steamer Charles Macalester Will leave 7th and M s.w. daily (except Sun- day) at 10 and 2:30 p.m. Returning, reach Washington at 2 5 FARE, KO! ADMISSION TO MA UNDS, 2c. ‘This company alone permitted to sell tickets of | admission to Mansion and Grounds. Tickets for | sale at steamer's wharf and leading hotels. A delightful trip on the farnou replete with beauty and historic route—Arlington, the United States Arsenal, Navy Yard, Alexundria, Fort Foote, Fort Washington and United States Fish Commission. A visit to Wasbington is incomplete without this trip. Elegant Cafe on steamer. THE MOUNT VERNON AND MARSHALL HALL st : rEAMBOAT CO. ‘Telephone cal jel » Potomae, interest. En Ml $25. JOS. C. McKIBBIN, Gen'l Munager. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. STEAMER T. V. turesque lower P ¢ Delightful trips to sult wharf MONDAYS, WEDN DAYS. Touching at all j and summer resorts. On MONDAY NESDAYS. at 3 p.m., for Colonial Leonardtown, “Nominl, Piney # Island, Sinith ek, Con, . Clement's hay, arriving at ‘Wushington Wednesday and Friday mornings. ITH FOR THE PIC- nd Chesapeake URDAY, at 5:30 p.m., for Colonial B ton's, Piney Point, St! George's Island, K, rivers, arriving at a. RIDLEY, Gen. Man. _ NEW PALACE STEAMER HARRY RANDALL | f, 7 a Leaves River View th sday aud Thursda: harves as far down Sunday, Landing at ali ays and f accommodations tirt-class. hour of sailin: Seng until F. 1 WEDNES. CO. D. ©, DAILY LINE BETWEEN FORTRESS, ri 1 NORFOLK, VA. ‘The new and powerful Iron Palace Steamers. IN E and . ‘GTON AND NORFOLK—SOUTH BOUND, Leave Washing laily at 7 p.m. from host. wharf, arrive at Fortress Mc m. next day. Arrive at Norfolk here rallroad connections are mude south and southwest. NORTH BOUND. Leave Norfolk daily at 6:10 p.ui. Leave Fortress | Monroe at 7:10 p.m. Arrive at’ Washington at 6 . 1351 and 1421 Peon- BW. sylvania ave 3 15 |""ask for tickets via cew line, Telephone, 750. INO. CALLATIAN, Gen. Supt. apli-tt LINE Leaves ia every on every Monday, juts norte and cast i all py Agents, wart foot of N st. s. Leave River View! bay. | h WHITTINGHAM INST., TAKOMA PARK, D. boarding and day school for young ladies and in English, ROSS, Prin. children. Full graduating course Latin, modern languages, etc. Miss mhi9toVel Gz A JOHNS HOPKINS GRADUATE STUDENT OF eight years’ experience will give lessons in ness subjects thoroughly taught. To government employes and others the best fa- cilities to take @ special course im arithmetic and letter writing. Full business course, day or night, $25 a ze ‘The typewriting and shorthand course, $16. Established 1876. Central location. ’ Diplomas and positious for graduates. Send for announce- ment. S. W. FLYNN, A. M., Principal. ap4-4m SERVICE INSTITUTE '§ CIVIL, College, 1207 10th n.w. Pupils Business successfully for’ civil service, depart census examinations. Stenograpby JUNE 18-SUMMER FRENC! grades; good pronunciation; and rapid hod for beginners: expe: ‘and successful teacher, MELE. V. PRUDHOMME, Sof Datu, w, Jed-Im* Woop’s COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND of Shorthand SCHOOL and Typewriting, 311 East Cay at. You le of good character of both sexes welcome.» Positions ‘vecured. Day “and evening write for circular. sessions. Rates reduced. Call or ja2s Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUR oc8O0 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principala COLUMBIA COLI 23 La. a E OF COMMERCE, bet. 6th 7th sts. p.w. Cc. K. URNER, A.M., C.E., Prin. ‘The leading school of business and shorthand LANGUAGI THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. o.w. Branches in the principal American and European cities. Open all summer. WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1235 Piano, orgat 10th st. n.w. Twenty-tifth year. . m, | Voice, violin, flute, cornet. &c. Free advantages | to puplis. 6. B. BULLARD, Director. ap28-2m* Gunston Institute. jalt-6mo air, and Mrs. B. Rr MASON. OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1827 T ST, School for young ladies ‘and little girla, Miss Virginia Mason Dorsey, ‘Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Principals. OUT OF WASHINGTON. SELWYN HALL, READING, PA.—A FIRST-CLASS boarding school for boys: conducted on the imil- {tary plan; thorough teaching and training; class- feal, scientific, business, preparatory depart- | ments; new gymnasium; beautifal and healthy | location; athletics encouraged. References —Hon, Thowas F. Bayard of Delaware ir. Williaa , provost of Gaireralty of Pennsylvania; | Wittaunson nith, nt psotoeny of Trinity College, Hartfor Conn., al many others. Be- gins 20th year, Sept ber 1 wee taform tlon and catalogues, apply ~ (durt months of Tune ‘and July) to Dit. ‘Saw MURPHY, ‘A. M., Head Master, 927 M a1 Washing- ton, D. C. MURDER SUSPECTED. A Boy Believed to Have Been Whip- ped to Death, Tuesday afternoon Sydney Plummer, a colored man living in a cabin in the woods near a little settlement called Crowfoot, in Burlington county, N. J., a short distance from the Camden county line, in the great pine belt, came into Marlton and informed old Squire Garwood that a boy named Harris Richardson, aged fourteen years, in his em- ploy, had been drowned in Kettle run on Monday afternoon. He said that the boy was disobedient, and, at his employer's wife's request, he had given him a whipping. He still refused to obey his orders, so he took him in the house, stripped him of all his clothing and admin- istered a severe thrashing upon his bare skin. While this was gving on he claims the | boy broke away from him and started off on a run in his nude state toward Kettle run, and in attempting to cross it upon a log slipped and fell into the water. Before he could reach the spot to render any assist- ance the boy was drowned. He pulled the body out upon the bank and let it remain there while he came into town to notify the authoricies of the accident and find out what to do with the body. A constable was detailed to secure the body, and after a long search it was found, lying exposed to the sun, where it had been hauled out of the water. A hasty investiga- tion showed that the boy had been shame- fully beaten before his death. There were great welts raised upon different parts of the body and there appeared to be no indi- cations whatever that death had resulted from drowning. An inquest was held yester- day and Plummer held to await the action of the grand jury. Jeo THEY SAW SEA SERPENTS, Not One, but Twenty Slimy Monsters Appeared to American Seamen. The American ship A. J. Fuller brings to Boston the first sea-serpent story of the season. First Officer Dunn asserts that on Monday, May 28, at 5:30 a.m., in mid At- lantic, he saw some specimens of this ani- mal of enormous size. He said: “We had been Becalmed all day, when suddenly the sluggish water, filled with gulf weed, be- came a whirling mass of serpents, and out of the mass the head of a monster reared | fuliy ten feet into the air. I shot at them from my revolver without effect and ran for a Winchester rifle, while one of the sea- | men Was sent to arouse the captain. “On the captain's arrival the monster had disappeared. (At first the large serpent had appeared to ‘be alone, but when the head sank out of sight we saw about two dozen serpents, all over twenty feet long. The head of the monster was similar in shape to that of an ordinary snake, with a large, flat mouth, white teeth, darted tongue and ny lair over the whole head. The color was a dark green.” Those who saw these strange monsters of the deep and are willing to satisfy doubters by taking their oaths as to what they saw are Mate Dunn, Third Mate Ed- gett, the boatswain, quartermaster and | Seaman Harffman, tee Ss OF REPUBLICAN VERMONT. S. A. Woodbury of Burlintgon Nomi- nated for Governor. The Vermont republican convention was | heid in the opera house at Montpelier yes- | |terday. The convention was called to order by Chairman F. W. Baldwin of the state committee, who made a speech eulk z | the republican party and in ally men- | tioning the name of Congressman T.B.Reed, | | which w: eived with applause. He then | | introduced G. M wers as the temporar } chairman, who spoke at length. McKinley's | hame was greeted with cheers and applause. | De t ter of Burlington presented the | of 3. A. Woodbury of Burlington us ate for governor and Mr. Woodbury manimously nominated amid cheers. | H. Dole presented the name of Z. M. nsur of Island Pond for leutenant gov- ne ndii was Por u rnor and Homer W. Vail and T. C. Bates were also put in nomination, An informal ballot lted as follows: Mansur, 332; | Vail, 193; Bates, 46. | c. W. Brownell of Burlington was nomi- tary of state, H. F. Field for id F.D-Hale for auditor. Speeches by Congressmen Grout and Hep- platform was adopted lamenting | the results o: mocratic rul denouncing | the Wilson bill and favoring “the continued | and extended use of silver in our circuia- tion.” DOCTORS DEBATE The Medical Society Adopt the Typhoid Fever Report. THE BILL 10 LICENSE PHYSICIANS An Important Measure to Provide for Licenses and Examinations. THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS | After two hours’ discussion last evening the report of the committee appointed by the Medical Society of the District of Co- lumbia to investigate the subject of ty- phoid fever in Washington was adopted. The full text of this report, together with the discussion at the last meeting of the society, was printed in The Star. When the society met last evening Dr. Robert Reyburn was recognized. He cemplimented the committee on its excellent report, but took exception to some statistics, claim- ing, among other things, that Washington had more miles of sewers in proportion to the length of streets than exist in any other city of the United States. The doc- tor then attacked the scavenger service of the city and said: “The scavenger service of Washington is @ perfect farce. The garbage in the alleys of the portions of the city occupied by the Doorer people is very much neglected and allowed to accumulate. Quite a number of houses in the alleys of Washington have no proper privies, and in many that have them the privy is replaced by a bucket, which is emptied in the nearest sewer in- let under cover of the night. The result is that a large number of families have no other place ot deposit for their night soil than the inlet of the surface drains. As these drains are only flushed out by heavy rain storms we have here a condition of great uncleanliness. Typhoid and other germs may remain there on and around the surfaces of these drains for days or weeks before being washed into the sewer. Then, again, our garbage is a constant source of filth ahd consequently of disease. Two years ago a police investigation was made of the garbage service of our city, which showed that the working capacity’ of the thirty-three carts then in the service was at their highest point of efficiency equal to the work of making 5,900 visits a day to the houses. At this rate the contractor's plant (which at the present time consists of thirty-one carts) has now a capacity of making 5,000 visits daily, or of making one complete round of the city in nine days. The number of houses in the city of Wash- ington, including Georgetown, is estimated by the best authorities to be about 45,000, The Quantity of Garbuge. “This means that at all times there must be at least 100 tons of uncollected decom- posing meterial lying uncared for in our streets and alleys. This in itself is a suffi- cient reason for the general unhealthiness of our city. The root of the evil lies in the fact that our sanitary department is as Bpmitive in its condition as it was when ashington was a village. When our sani- tary methods attain the development that our water and sewer supply nave already attained then typhoid fever and other filth diseases will greatly diminish tn frequency, Just think for a moment of the utter ab- surdity of pretending to collect the garbage of this city with thirty-one carts, or about cone cart to collect the refuse from about 8,000 persons. Such a condition of things in the capital would be laughable were it not disgraceful and dangerous to every resident of Washington. “Finally, while I agree most heartily with all the sanitary reforms advocated by the committee, yet I differ most decidedly with them in their estimate of their relative im- portance and of the order in which they should be carried out. I wouid, therefore, respecttully beg leave to offer the followng suggestions for the consideration of the committee: “First, that the District Commissioners be earnestly req ested to ask an increase of the appropri. District of “Second, that the District Commissioners be respectfully requested to issue an order closing up all pumps in the District of Co- lumbla that are located in districts supplied with Potomac water. “Third, that the District Commissioners be requested to urge upon Congress the adoption of the plans devised by Col. Eliot for the storage, purification and increase of the water supply of the District. “Fourth, and lastly, that the District Commisstoners be requested to prepare and submit to Congress a complete and compre- hensive system of sewerage, which will be adequate to supply the future as well as the present needs of the citizens of the District of Columbia. Differing Views. Dr. B. G. Poole read a lengthy argument opposing the report, concluding as follows: “It should be the pleasure, as it is the duty, of the medical profession to collect and study the facts appertaining to the prevalence of disease, and to impart to the public such positive knowledge as will enable the people to take measures for the prevention of sickness and death, but the bugaboo ought to have no place in scien- tific research and can have little other ef- fect than to excite distrust in the minds of an intelligent community.” Dr. J. W. Chappel argued that typhoid fever was on the decrease, and explained the figures of the committee by stating that physicians had changed their diag- nosis, He did not believe wells were con- aminated as much as people thought. Fil- tration through soil certainly purified water, and it was only where there was direct drainage that there was any likel{hood of contamination, Dr, Stone of Brightwood spoke earnestly in support of the committee's report. It Was a most valuable document, he said, and the society should adopt it. He re- ferred to the urgency of better sewerage facilities In the county and said that each year the soil was becoming more contami- nated. He deprecated the opposition that had developed and hoped it would be with- drawn, Speaking for the Report. Upon motion of Dr. Franzoni the discus- ston then closed. The committee, how- ever, was allowed to close. Dr. Magruder was the first to speak. He thanked the so- ciety for the almost unanimous indorse- ment it had given the report. compiling such a report had been a her- culean one, yet the indorsement of the Medical Society amply repaid the care and attention incident to its preparation. The report showed conclusively that the wells were responsible for typhoid fever. 1t was preposterous for any one to claim that the report was sensational or that it was a He had always fought the state- shington was an unhealthy city. It was with a view of stamping out these sensational reports that the facts were presented. He did not believe that malarial fever was as much responsible for sickness as was represented. The death rate fer typhoid fever is 10.5, and he did not think that any one could blame the com- mittee for bringing out the true state of affairs. It was the pumps that were to blame, and he believed if they were all closed’ some lives would be saved this sum- mer. If one life alone is saved it would be better to sacrifice 1,000 pumps. He wanted to emphasize the recommendation of the committee to purify the Potomac supply, and urge upon Congress the necessity of better sewerage facilities. He was followed by Dr. W. W. Johnston, who met the arguments made against the report with an array of facts. He said the society should have no_ differences of opinion upon the report. It was not ger- mane to the subject whether the wells were responsible or not for the sickness. He be- lieved they were. The history of the Euro- The task of | pean cities similarly afflicted was evidence enough. It was shown in Berlin that as soon as the wells were closed typhoid di- minished. But the question was not a mat- ter of whether there were one or two more deaths in the city this year over last. Typhoid fever did exist, and it was the duty of the Medical Society to take steps to get rid of it. The committee had sug- gested remedies that had been tried and proved efficacious. It was for the society to lend its aid in putting them into prac- tice. Dr. S. S. Adams moved that the report of the committee be accepted, and his motion was carried, there being but one dissenting vote. Complete Text of the Bill. The society then entered upon a discus- sion of the bill to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the erere of Columbia, to license physicians eres geons and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District. The bill is as follows: “Whereas, because of the absence of a law to ascertain the qualification of indi- viduals desiring to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, it 1s made a resort of persons who are excluded from the practice of medicine and surgery in other states by laws in said states re- quiring evidence of such qualification: Be it enacted, etc., That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint a board of examiners which shall be known as the board of medical examiners of the District of Columbia; said board shall con- sist of nine members, five to be selected from a list of not less than ten names sub- mitted by a majority vote, at some regular meeting, of the Medical Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia, three homeopaths to be selected from a list of not-less than six names submitted by @ majority vote at some regular meeting of the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society, and one ec- lectic to be selected from a list of not less than two names submitted by a majority vote at some reguiar meeting of the Ec- lectic Medical Society of the District of Co- lumbia; of the members of the board first appointed three shall be appointed for one year, three shail be appointed for two years and three shall be appointed for three years, and thereafter each member of said board shall be appointed for a term of three years, or until his successor 1s appointed: provided that no member of said board shall serve more than two terms in succession; that no member of said board shall have been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia for less than ten years at the time of his ap- poinfment, and that no member of said board shall be connected with any college or university having a medical department; and provided further, that the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia may at any time remove any member of said board, upon petition by the medical society by which such member was first nominated, and that in case of the death, resignation or removal of any member, the vacancy for the unexpired term of said member shall be filled in the same manner as other ap- pointments are made. Duties of Medical Examiners. That each member of said board of med- ical examiners of the District of Colum- bia shall, before entering upon the dis- charge of his duties, take an oath to fairly and impartially administer the provisions of this act; sald board shall elect a presi- dent, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer; it shall have a common seal, and the secretary shail be empowered to administer caths in taking testimony upon any matter pertaining to the duties of said board; said board shall hold meetings for | eXamination In the city of Washington on! the second Thursday in January, April, | July and October of each year and con- tinuing so long as may be necessary to examine all applicanis, and at such other majority of the board may deem expedient; said board shall keep an official record of all its meetings, also an official register of all applicants for examination for a license to practice medicine and sur- gery in the District of Columbja; said rej ister shall show the name, age and place, ard duration of residence of each candi- date, the time he or she has spent in med- ical study in or out of medical school, and | the names and locations of all medical schools which have granted said applicant any degree or certificate of attendance upon lectures in medicine, and shall show the School of medicine which the applicant de- sires to practice; said register shall also show whether such applicant was rejected or licensed under this act; said register shall be prima facie evidence of all mat- ters contained therein; it shall be the duty of the secretary of sald board to mail to the address of each applicant a notice of the time and place of examination; said no- tice shall be mailed not less than seven days before the examination and at a longer period if requested by the applicant at the time of making application; said board shall make such rules and regula tions as they may deem necessary to ca: ry into effect the provisions of this act; said rules and regulations, when approved ; by the Commissioners of’ the District of Columbia, shall have the full force and effect of law; provided that said board mi elect a secretary from other than its own members, and when so elected said secre- tary may be removed at any time by a ma- | Jority vote of said board. That from and after the passage of this act all persons desiring to practice medi- cine and surgery in any of their branches in the District of Columbia shall apply to the satd board of medical examiners for a license so to do; applicants shall submit to examination upon the following named branches, to wit: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, materia medica and therapeutics, hygiene, histology, practice of Medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynae- cology, diseases of the eye and the ear, medical jurisprudence and such other branches as the board may deem advisable; said board shall not examine any appli- cant until satisfactory proof is furnished that he is of good moral character and over twenty-one years of age; nor until he has presented a diploma conferring upon him the degree of doctor of medicine, iss ied by some medical college authorized by law to confer such degree, provided that diploma if issued prior to July 1, 1897, be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that sald applicant has studied medicine and surgery for not less than three years prior to the issue thereof and if issued sub- sequent to June 30, 1897, shall be accom- panied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant has studied medicine and surgery for not less than four years prior to the issue of said diploma. All examinations shall be both scientific and practical, but of sufficient severity to test a candidate's fitness to practice medicine and surgery. Insue of Licenses, That each application for a Mcense shall be made to the secretary of said board of | medical examiners upon a form prescribed by sald board and approved by the Commis- sicners of the District of Columbia, and | shall be accompanied by a fee of $20; each | pplication shail be in the hands of the sec- cretary of said board not less than two weeks before the day set for examination; each application shall state the full name and address of each applicant, his or her age, the place and duration of ‘residence of said applicant, the time he or she has spent in the study and practice of medicine in or | out of medical schools and hospitals, the names and locations of all medical schools which have granted said applicant any de- gree or certificate of attendance upon lec- tures in medicine and surgery, the school of |} medicine which the applicant res to practice, and such other information as the board may require; said information shall be furnished under oath; any application | may be rejected for refusal to furnish any | of the information called for or for otner | irregularity; each application shall be kept | on tile by the secretary of the board. That examination shall be in writing; in | all examinations the questions must be, ex- cept in practice of medicine and in materia medica and therapeutics, such as can be answered in ecmmon by all schools of prac- tice; and if the applicant intends to practice homeopathy or eclecticism, the member or members of said board of the schools select- ed by him shall examine said applicant in practice of ntedicine and in materia medica and therapeutics; the votes of all examin- | ers shall be “Yes” or “No” for the respec- tive branches and written with their signa- tures upon the backs of the examination papers of each candidate; said examination papers shall be kept on file by the secretary of said board for five years and shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contain- ed therein. ‘That if any applicant shall pass such ex- amination as is hereinbefore provided for in a manner satisfactory to seven mem- bers of said board of medicai examiners of the District of Columbia, said board shall ! croft School at Chicago. issue a license, signed by the president and the thereof, and attested by its seal, which shall entitle said applicant, after it has been registered as hereinafter rovided, to practice medicine and surgery Invthe District of Columbia; eny applicant refused a license by said board for failure on examination may, by depositing $15 with the treasurer of said board, to cover the cost thereof, appeal from the decision of said board to the appointing power thereof, who may thereupon appoint a medical com- mittee of review, consisting of three mem- bers, one from each school of medicine, none of whom shall have been enj in the practice of medicine in the District of Columbia for less than ten years, nor be connected with any college or university having a medical department, who shall examine the exammacion papers of sald | is to applicant and from them «ietermine whether a license should issue, and their decision shall be final; each member of said com- mittee shall receive for the examination of the papers of each candidate the sum of $5; if said committee by a unanimous vote reverse the finding cf said board, the board shall thereupon issue a license to the ap- plicant, and the treasurer of said board shall return to said applicant all money | everything deposited by him to cover the cost of said | There seems to be appeal and shall pay the cost of said ap- peal out of the funds belonging to the said board; if, however, the finding of said board is not reversed by said committee of re- view, the cost of said shall be paid by the treasurer of suid board out of such Gcpoatt made by appellee to cover the coat it je ee of said appeal; all licenses issued by said board shall be numbered consecutively and a register shall be hept by the secretary showing the number of each license, the date of issue and to whom issued. Revoking a License. That the board of medical examiners of the District of Columbia may, by-a vote of seven members, refuse to grant or may re- voke a license, or may cause the name of any person to be removed from the record of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia or from the register of the health office, or from both,for the following causes, to wit: Chronic and persistent inebriety, the practice of criminal abortion, conviction of crime involving moral turpitude, or for pub- licly advertising ability to treat or cure dis- eases. In complaints under this section the accused shall be furnished with a copy of the complaint and be given @ hearing be- fore said board in person or by attorney. Said board may at any time within two years from the refusal or revocation of a license or the cancellation of registration under this section, by a unanimous vot, issue, without examination, a new license to the physician so affected, restoring to him all the rights and privileges of other phy- sicians licensed under this act. That any person receiving a license as hereinbefore provided shall have it recorded in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia within three months from the date of said license, and the date of record shall be indorsed thereon by said clerk; and the holder of the license shall pay to the recording clerk a fee of 50 cents for making the record; ghe holder of raid license shall, after the same has been recorded, exhibit the same at the bealth office and register, in a book pro- vided for that purpose, his name and ad- dress. Whenever a license is revoked by said board the secretary thereof shall re- port that fact in writing to the clerk of record and to the health officer of the Dis- trict of Columbia, who shall thereupon can- cel such registration. That this act shall not apply to commis- sioned surgeors of the United States army, navy or marine hospital service nor to regu- larly leensed physicians and surgeons in actual consultation other’ states or territories, nor to regularly licensed physi- clans and surgeons actually called from other states or territories to attend specific cases in the District of Columbia, nor to any physician now office of the District of Columbia, nor to dentists in the legitimate exercise of their profession, nor to midwives registered at the health office of the said District in the man- agement of uncomplicated cases of obstet- rics, nor to the treatment of any case of actual emergency, nor to the use of ordinary don-estic remedies without any fee, gift or consideration of any kind being given in re- turn therefor. w a Physician. That any person shall be regarded as practicing mediciné and surgery within the meaning of this act who shall append the letters M. D. or M. B. to his or her name, or who shall prescribe, advise or apply for the use of any person or persons, any drug or medicine or other agency, or who shall berform any operation, for the treatment, cure, or reliefjof any bodily injury, infrm- ity or disease, or who shall publicly profess to do any of these things. That from and after the passage of this act any person practicing medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia with- out having first obtained a license to so co and registered the same as herein provided or in violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of any of the rules or regula- tions made by authority conferred by rec-| tion 2 thereof, or after his license, or regis-| tration, or both, has been canceled by order of the board of medical examiners of the District of Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment in the District jail for a period of not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment: it shall be the duty of the United States district attorney for the District of Co- lumbla to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this act. That the secretary of the board of ex- aminers shall be paid for taking testimony | the same fee that is allowed to an examiner in chancery for the same service; the ex- pense of the said board and of the ex-| aminations shall be paid from the license | fees herein provided for, and if any sur-| plus remain on the 3uth day of June of | each year, the sane may be divided among | the members of said board, pro rata to the | number of examinations at Which they hav been present during the preceding year. That all acts or parts of acts, general or | special, now existing not in’ accordance with the provisions of this act, or incon- sistent therewith, be and are hereby re- pealed.” —___ MINERS LOSE THEIR LIVES. Fire Discovered an Alabama Coal | Mine. Fire was discovered in the coal mines of the Mary Lee Coal and Raflway Company at Lewisburg, ten miles from Birmingham, Ala., yesterday. One hundred men were at | work in the mine at the time, fifty of them | being beyond the fire, their only way of | escape belng through the flames and smoke. | Up to @ late hour last night four dead bodies | had been recovered, and many of these taken | out alive were prostrated from suffocation. The dead were as follow John Whalen, superintendent of the Mary | Lee Coul and’ Railway Company's mines. leaves widow and several children. G. W. Baskins, miner, aged about forty; leaves a family. ie, aged eighteen years. William MeKin: An unknown white man. When it became known that the mine was on fire the fifty men who were imprisoned began making efforts to escape. The ereater part of them were loaded into the tram cars, which were drawn through the flames and smoke by means of wire cables as rapidly as possible. Others took their chances in making a dash through the smoke. Some sot out alive, while others were less fortu- | ate and fell victims to the smoke and fire. Among the latter was Supt. Whalen, who Was prostrated and died just as he was brought out. The work of rescue went on for several hours, and by dark every man Who was alive had been taken out of the mines, There was a panic yesterday morning among the 1,000 or more pupils at the Ban- Eddie Dost was seriously bruised. The panic was caused by the cry of fire being raised just after the noon recess. The fire was in the barn next door to the schoolhouse. Soon the school rooms filled with smoke and the children cried to their teachers for protection. Acting under orders, all the teachers locked the doors of their rooms, and when Principal Mecks went the rounds he or- dered the pupils in each room to march out of the building quietly. The smallest class was half crazed with fear, but their teacher had plenty of self-porsession and got them all out safely, | | | | ning cable cars and thus create and talking on earth A Significant Sound. Suddenly from the doors of the cloak room comes this cheerful note of summer- tide. It is a short, sharp sound, such as the small boy makes when he inserts his fore- finger into his mouth, pulls away with all the force of his lungs, and then snaps his digit into the air to make a ringing pop. The sound is also produced occasionally when a pint package of ginger ale is opened for purposes of consumption. Champagne bottles when filled with proper materials have Mkewice been heard to produce the same auricular effect. It is not an unusual great at the best. It must not be si that the pops—which are not to be confused with Senators Allen, Kyle and Peffer— which emanate from the mysterious depths of the cloak ro¢éms are caused by small boys, ginger ale or champagn: are rigorously excluded from these pre- cincts, ginger ale is beneath senatorial teste, and champagne is reserved for occa- sions of greater relaxation. A Generous Supply. No, the bombardment is caused by the not infrequent opening of pints of apol- linaris, that delightfully innocuous bever- age which so greatly raises the market value of plain, unassuming lemonade. It is this combination that follows the pop- ping in the cloak rooms. When the hot day seems imminent there are brought up from the depths of the Senate storehouses a rumber of large, commodious bow! capable of supplying, perhaps, a score thirsty men at one filling, which are care- fully dusted and washed and quietly car- ried into the cloak rooms in the dusk of morning. The lemons and the are bought at wholesale rates out of the contingent fund of the Senate. It is esti- mated that the difficulties of maintaining @ quorum of the Senate during the summer sesions are reduced fully & per cent by mesrs of these punch bowls and these poppings. Some astute statistician has evep gone to the extent of calculating that the Senate is really a gainer financially by this free distribution of liquid. When the sergeant-at-arms has been directed to secure a quorum he is compelled to expend sundry street car tickets, and mayhap cab fares, in dispatching his emissaries to rout the slumbering Senator from his lair to summon him into the august presence. Whether or not the balance between these two items is on the side of the commoner is a question, but the spectators in the gal- lery are wont to marvel greatly at the lib>- erality of the government. Front Door Parties. Lesser lights than Senators have no off- cial aid in passing the hot days of the season in comfort. The soda water foun- tain and the family refrigerator take the place of the cloak room punch bow! and the deft menial who extracts the corks, When night comes two-thirds of Washing- ton are on the front porches or in the litue parkings before the houses, seeking eagerly for the least breath of air, and making oc- casionel trips to the corner drug store or to the kitchen pantry. ‘These front-step parties are as much mat- ter of daily routine lite in Washington as one of the regular meals of the duy, and loud are the blessings heaped upon the head of the immortal engineer who planned the city for his generosity in providing wide parking spaces before the houses. Wash- ington has @ peculiar advantage in this re- pect over many other cities, especially those where the crowding of the population has necessitated the piling of humanity in layers, on the flat system. With one com- mop street door serving for perhaps fifteen or twenty families, it is, of course, impossi- ble that all or even a small fraction of the enants of @ single apartment house should be able to reach the open air by means of the front steps. The fire escapes, which pro- vide each flat with a balcony, are thus utl- lized by those who cannot get away to one j of the near-by resorts or to the parks. New York seems to live in the summer night time on the outer walls of its houses. Roof parties are frequent. In some of the better flats of upper New York the inhabitants form small clubs to furnish the roofs with railings, flat floors, and sometimes awnings to keep the sun from the surface during the day. Flowers and plants are even provided, ond the number of Uhese private roof gar- dens, it is said, has increased tremendously, during the past two or three years. In the tenement region, particularly among the great warehouses and mercantile establish- ments, roof sleeping is far more common than repose in bed. Thcusands upon thousan¢s gasp out the summer nights rods above the streets, ly- ing unshelte-ed and uncushioned on the hot roofs of stores and houses in order to get that slightly cooler atmosphere that is found cniy above the street. Most of these down-town “roofers,” as they are called, are members of the great working body of New York, and are compelled to reach their scenes of labor almost with the rising of the sun. The first reys of morning find them hastening down through scuttles and by ladders to their ordinary habitations and thence, in 4 few minutes, hurrying to their hard toll. Plenty Breathing Spaces. Here there is little or no necessity for this roof life, for Washington is humanely bult to give nearly every family a front step and a back yard. The trees keep the air free and pure, and the geography of the surrounding country gives Wasbington vsually a night breeze, owing to the shape of the valley of the Potomac. The asphalt, of course, is a great deterrent upon the comfort of the population, but with a liber- al supply of water and easy hose regula- tions, it is not difficult for each house- holder to secure a cool atmosphere early in the evening. Large parties of men, wo- men and children patronize the swiftly fun- their own breezes at @ small expense. Washington isn’t such a bad place to live in, after ell, Horsford’s Acid te. Dr. L MARRIS HALL, State Lunatic Asylom, Milledgeville, Gau., suys: “I have used it ta » after acute cases of uervous prostrs I also found it gave ¢ there seemed te be a want of proper assimilation of food accompanying chronic insanity. it © => Goubtedly « great merve tule”