Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1894, Page 8

azews cennt| World’s Fair PECTORAL, vaue uno. | MEDAL AND WonrD’s ram DIPLOMA Awarded AYER’S Cherry Pectoral For | AYED’S CHERRY | PECTORAL, | PRIZE MEDAL | aT 1 | WORLD'S FAIR. | OXFORDS —FoR- Summer Wear At less hroat and hircay an Lun Compiaints. than Salf of manufacturer's Wholesale prices, 69 Cents - $2 Russia Calf Oxfords, Lots of sizes from 1 to 31%. Larger sizes Dearly gone. 98 Cents Buys Ladies" Pree erceh ty Boss Lai $2.50 Patent Tip Bright Dongola Oxfords, Sizes 2 to 7, mostiy A and B widths. $1.95 Men's $4 Russia Calf Oxfords, ting broken. Better come soon, The Warren Shoe House, 0 Overlook Inn, (Havemeyer Syndicate Located near the extension of Pennsylvania Ave. east, across the Eastern Branch, Will be open to the public on and after July 1, 1894. The Inn hay been handsomely furnished; there 8, & gentle- porches, commanding » civer. city and country. man's buffet and Gghtly views of t Retreshments serv . BOWEN, ‘Manager. East Washington Heights, Orericoking the city at an clevation of 285 feet abeve datum, part of the Archibald M. Bliss’ Gubdivistons, comprisinc the propertics of the HAVEMEYER, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK and CALIFORNIA SYNDICATES. Streets and avenues correspond fm width with those of the city, and have been graded, graveled, Gutters Inid and shade trees set out. Gas aud city Water mains bave deen introduced; also police patrol. Beautiful and eligible building sites for sale on tasy terms, and money advanced to build homes, and payaMe on the tnstallment plan if desired. For plats and prices inquire at office of OVER- LOOK INN. dyl2tt and ity, on 185 feet above the highest ENA MR AN ur Butter Best. ONE POUND, Refund the money if tt ts not perfectly satisfactory. ZH5C. order a trial pound to be BS PUUNDS, sent to you. A postal will do It. We'll add another offer to that. To purchasers of our EXCELSIOR CREAM ERY BUTTER we'll sell Slammer tam vim tutem me I 15c- K ST. MARKET, STALL 25. cor. STH AND K sTs “nnn Clearing Sale Of Mattings. We want to be of every Matting tn the house. The prices we're quoting ought to accomplish our purpose. Every Matting Is reduced uy Ieiow value . Z-cent Matin; for 17% cents, priced. e up and clean © Boderate charges. a res The Houghton Company, S16 OTH ST. AND i710 14TH sr. G A tured by Dr. J. GB. §! @ detic or to all al: summer diseases. = = 2 Were Is the Mammoth Stone? To the Eilitor of The Evening Star: Some seventy years ago there was to be seen near Greenleaf's Point, Washington, a large block of stone about four feet in length, estimated to weigh nearly three thousand pounds, upon which was carved the semblence of a human foot about ten irches in length, while at the cdge of the same block was the heel of another foot, fhe distance from heel to heel of the two icks Leing about twenty-two inches. This block seems to have been at the time one of the curtosities of Washington, and among the archives of the old Colum. bian Institute ts a colored drawing by Mr. Henry Meigs ef New York, presented to the institute In 1821, with this inscription: “Singular bieck of gnetss at Commodore Rogers’ place, near Greenleaf's Point, ‘Wasbinston.” I- would be interesting to know whether this stone is still in existence, and I send yeu this memorandum, hoping that some cf the older citizens of Washington may be able to say whether the block still exists. Yours very truly, G. BROWN GOODE. Fae Wen ‘STAR, MONDAY, JULY 23, me gee fsol_TWELVE PAGES. POLITICS IN KANSAS The Three Parties Preparing for an Active Campaign. Prospects of the Poplist, Republican and Demoerntic Parties—Prohibi- tlonists and Suffragists Influence. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., July 21, 1894. The executive committees of the repub- lican, democratic ani people's parties are now busily engaged in making preliminary arrangements for the campaign, which ts to be inaugurated by cach of the three par- tles A st 1, and waged with vigor until election ¢ All have determined upon an aggressive canvass and will work to win. Never before in the history of the state has the result of an election been clouded in so much uncertainty, and never before have partisans shown so Uttle Inclination to be guided by in selecting the candidates for whom they will cast their ballots. The independent voter is in the saddle and will d mine the party win- ner in the cont New issues are coming up that are causing new alignments and men of prominence are daily being recorded as transferring thelr allegiance from one party organization to another. The plans of the several committees for the campaign are being made on similar lines and each will call into action every resource in {ts power. The populists have the state officers and all of the state em- ployes to depend upen for a foundation for their campaign funds, the democrats have the federal officials and the republicans must depend upon private sources for their sinews of war. No large contributions are being made to the people's party state central committee, but every mail brings small sums from en- thusiastic members of the party, from em- ployes of the state institutions, county officers and local candidates. Contributions have been coming from various sources sinee last January, when the work of or- ganizing for the campaign began. A small corps of clerks has been constantly engaged in sending out populist literature and in keeping up the correspondence between the { chairma and local mmittees. Most of the exp , So far, has been for postage, express and sub ms. In the future the greatest expense will be in keeping speakers in the field. The populist organiza- tion is in complete working order and no further > is ne ‘sary to set it in mo- In this it has a blican: nization was per- ces for lack of an admin- fter the campalgn of two me ts true of the demo- zation. In fusing with the vulists in 1892 the democratic organiza- tion in many of the counties completely lost its identity, being practically absorbed by the populists, In nominating an ind pendent ticket this year the main obj was to collect the scattered forces of the party and make a showing of its strength rather than with any hope of winning the ction. To wake even a respectab) will be no easy task, for the er: umpaign of two years ago, “An. thing to republicar till rings in the ears .» and it will not b y the average dem that there is no p et of it ssful, when he feels that his vote w be more tual in defeating the old en my by being counted for the populis Democrats and ¥ A large proportion of the democrats open- ly declared their intention of supporting the populist ticke s @ reason that as their own party Populist to republican dition may be ¢ campaign pri alists. nd appeals are mi: to party loyalt democrats are pre- paring for a vigorous campaign, and they have nominated candidates and elected a state central committ at is capable of doing effective work, even under the adverse conditions with which they mu contend. Their ticket Is | an unusus strong one, and is headed by the two ewmpaigners in the party—David Ov andidate for governor, and Ji Lowe, candidate for Congressmar Lowe's nomination is frequently $3 a rebuke to Corgressman Harr », after his election by democratic vote Went over into Virginia and stumped the state against the democratic ticket. Lowe Was a stalwart in 1802, and voted the re- Publican state ticket. The democratic quantity, and th will poil is variously to 6,000, ‘The last time pendent ticket was age vote for the ticket was nearly How many of them have gone over tu't populists ‘permanently no man can say, and how many recruits the party will gain because of its opposition to woman suffrage 1 prohibition is purely speculative. Should the vote be less than 20,000 the result will be exceedingly close, and may give the state to the popull: On the democrats then the outcome the campaign will vote that the tick ted from ivan they ran an inde- in 1800, when the of largely depend, although {t is conceded that that party has no show of carrying the state. While the democratic vote will draw from the populists, the prohibition ~rote will make inroads on the strength cf the re- publicans. For the first time since the adoption of the prohibition amendment to the constitution the republicans have this plank in their platform. Many mutterings prohibition-republicans bec some influential men have a they will vote the prohibition tcket be- cause the republicans have, by ‘eglecging to indorse prohibition, pandered to the whisky element. How extensive the revolt will be on this account will not be known until the prohibition vote has been count- ed. Ex-Governor St. John has announced that he will put In sixty days in Kansas for the straight prohibition ticket. He is an able stumper and a very dangerous nian in Kansas for the republicans. In 1892 the prohibitiorists polled 5,000 votes, cnough to have elected several republican state of- ficers had they been cast for the republican ticket. Any materiai increasc of this vote would prove fatal to the republican party, for all of its recruits, or nearly wll, must come from that source. : The Woman Vote. The populists are anticipating a great deal of help from the women, because of the adoption of a woman suffrage plank by the state convention. At the opening mcet- ings of the campaign, which will be held in each county seat town in the state August 1, the state central committee has under- taken to provide a man and womun syeak- er. The country women are expected to conduct political picnics through the months of July, August and September, to which ali of the men will be invited to listen to their arguments and eat spring cticken and other delicacies of the Kansas farm. In this way, it is believed by the cam- paign managers, many votes will be wen to the populist cause. The character of campalgn to be waged for the state ticket will undoubtedly make {a number of changes in congressional dis- tricts. The sixth, represented by Baker, is one of the strongest populist districts in the state. Judge A. H. Ellis, the republi- can nominee, ts holding rousing mectings. The same is true of Hurd, the democratic candidate. Many republicans are confident that Ellis will be elected. The democrats of Jerry Simpson's district have about agreed to nominate a against him. Chester I. Long, the republican candidate, will win. In the fourth Curtis cannot be beaten. A democrat will be pitted against Hudson in the third, and if he should poll 2.00) votes it wili defeat Hudson and elect Kirkpatrick, republican. In the first a fusion has been effected between the demo- crais and populists on H. C. Solomon of Atchison. He may beat Broderick. The de- feat of Funston for renomination in the sec- ond, the leaders say, and the nomination of | Judge Oo. L. Miller means two thousand additional votes for the congressional and state tickets. Miller is a very strong man | and will be elected by from 3,500 to 5.000 majority. Col. Moore,Funston's contestant, will be the democratic candidate, and F. | A. Willard fs the populist nominee. figure cn a republican legislature on joint ballot by five votes. The populicts say they will have ten majority and will eiect the successor of Senator Martin. —_——-_—_.- Capt. Giasgow of the sixth regiment, Tili- no!s National Guard, sald at Chicago that rength {s an unknown | | year neglected to incorporate a prohibition | straight democrat | if they do and force the fight | Conservative republicans and democrats | | | } of dissatisfaction have been heard from | BA? been pave HUNGRY AND MISERABLE. Industr! is Camps’ Commissary in an Empty Condition. The nine hundred and odd men who are camped over in Virginia near Rosslyn un- der the name of industrials cleaned out their commissaty department last night, and when they went to sleep not a morsel of food was left in their possession, Up to a week or ten days ago, when there were but a moderate number of individuals in the ercampment, sufficlent food was se- cured in the way of cortributions and from berry picking and other sources to provide precarious, but sufficient, subsistence for the men, The increase in numbers, how- ever, has made tt impossible for these sources of supply to meet the demand, and starvetion s the industrials in’ the face. They do not prop to submit to this ccndition of afiairs, however. Not- with thoritie ding the d ion of the police au- that the officers must arrest every man found begging in the District of Co- jumbia, the hungry h sserts that it will not ns of Washing . It was announced last night that from 150 to 200 of the industr 12 be sent over to this side of th today to canvass the elty for » and that this course would be persisted in every day as long as the necessity for it continued. The worst part of the situation is that hundreds of other misguided men are on their way to join the deplorable crowd already at Koss- lyn, The farmers in that section of Vir- ginia, as well as citizens of Georgetown, are apprehensive that the steady increase of suffering among the industrials will lead them to acts of violence. Very few of the men are suflictently clothed, and the pres- ent cold and rainy weather Is not calculat- ed to inspire peaceful thoughts within thelr breasts. They are all very angry at the arrest of their comrades last week, and are not at all gentle in their mutterings against the Washington authorities for imposing on What they claim to be their “constitutional rights." There was speech-making at Ross- lyn yesterday evening, in which several of the leaders engaged, and at night “Gen.” Kelley left mp for Californi, with a promise of working for the cause, and an assurance that he would send two or three ear loads of provisions to the camp within as many weeks. James D. Gill of No. 1202 Pennsylvania avenue has taken issue with the claims made by Coxey, Browne, Kelley, Frye and the other leaders of the so-called industrials, and has challenged them to a public debate, to take place next Sunday afterrcon at ‘fypograhpical Temple, on G street. Out at the Coxey camp, near Bladens- burg, no more recruits are being received, and tho men are in about as miserable con- dition as those across the river. It 1s be- lieved that the go vor of Maryland will take steps this week, in compliance with the petition of farmers and other residents of Prince G county, looking toward the removal of Coxey’s cohorts from the state. — As to Tax Certificates, To the Editor of The Evening Star: I was glad to see by Saturday's Star that Mr. Glover ts trying to get the Commts- stoners to order the Issuance of a tax cer- tifleate that will amount to something. At present there is no way for a purchaser to find out if a piece of property has been sold for taxes unless there is a tax deed on record, Some time must elaps r taxes and the giving of a de and there fs no w ing in the interval wh ch a lien on the property. If a man buys a piece of property he has the title exam- ined by one of the companies or a lawyer, who will furnish him with an opinion, on which is noted, “Collector will certify as to taxes, Now, if the property tn qu sold for taxe: of course, the | noted on the abstract or certificate of but if no deed has been recorded the purchaser depends upon the tax certificate 1 tion has beer and a tax deed given, then, cords show it, and it is tle showing if the: a Hen against the property. 1 th meant that a tax certificate should certify to everything in the form of taxes that n be due wsainst the property; otherwise it is prac tically worthless, and defeats the purpose for which it 1s issued. I notice the as: “the law contemplites tl a Sit » technically the proper not care whether taxes are due to the gov- ernment or to an individual, so long titute a lien upon the property he pse of find!r he order a lien does ex: and I think ¢ out in that w The ass says “it cannot be ted that the assessor can go out of office and hunt up every sale of property that is made for taxes.” There should be him to go outs! no o¢ n for of his office to ascertain such as that is th I er place for all records afte al taxes to be kept. Selling } for ta loes not take it off the ment books. The clerks have to books in making up a tax certific it would involve very little ext them to note tax s labor for While the subject ates being venti call attention to the c are made up. past two mouths several come under my personal observation which 1 glering errors, On one cert s noted, ment pending for p ley,” when, as a matter of fact, the id the work paid for by private parti ars ago. Another showed general taxes due for a certain year, when theowner had a receipt from the collector for the same. Other brokers have told me of simile prience of thelr own. I trust the Commission will look into this matter and order th essessor to issue a complete and accur: certificate of all taxes that tn any way affect the property concerned. Until this is done the act of Congress is practically a a letter, the opinion of the attorney for the District to the contrary notwithstand- ing. JY. W. — oe Over-Checked Horses, To the Editor of The Eveutng Star: Day after day the sane miserably over- checked horses are seen attached to ght buggies scattered along F street before the various real estate offices. The natural inference is that the real estate agent is partial to this form of disfigurement for his horse. The poor animals are, indeed, to be pitied, as there seems to be little or no relief from their misery, for, when not scouring the country, they stand by the hour in the broiling sun, tightly checked, their heads drawn up toward the sun's rays, while their owners are comfortable in- side, discussing the value of lots. A few days ago, at about 12 o'clock, when the heat was at Its greatest, I saw a horse standing before the Sun building on F street; his mouth was stretchel, his head drawn up toward the brotiing sun, his eyes almost starting from their sockets, and there was a look of anguish in them as he turred to see ig his owner were not com- ing. I felt almost inclinel to wait and see how long this “speechless slave” would | have. to endure ali this, but it was too hot. People were hurrying along, protected by their umbrellas from the scorching sun. The humane Society has its headquarters in the Sun building, and tts agent should interfere in a case of cruelty like this. It is against the laws to torture or torment any animal. It could easily be shown in court by any one acquainted with the anatomy of the horse that this” tightly drawn overcheck Is great torture. In fact, any one with common sense and eyesight can realize that fact, and its use is only an indication of the stupidity and heartless- ness of the drivers and owners of these unfortunate horses. WwW. : ——— New Commerce Destroyer. Mr. Painton and Pref. Busse have had an interview with the Secretary of the Navy In regard to the so-called Painton propeller, a model of which is on exhibition !n the model room of the Navy Department. The model is a miniature ves- sel run by electricity, and having eighteen propellers, ranged along its sides. The in- ventor claims that 2 big ship built after his model could cross the ocean from New York to Liverpoo! fn three days. He has asked the government to take hold of his invention for use in the construction of a commerce destroyer. Secretary Herbert has referred the matter to Messrs. Hichborn the police sympathized with the strikers | and Taylor, the chief constractor and the to such an extent that he feared fire on his men. they would | head designer of the department, for an in- vestigation of the mer:ts of the invention. | | | er there ts | jing NAVAL REORGANIZATION Congressional Committee's Plan for the Staff and Line. The Changes Proposed in Junior and Pla Has Been Completed— Senior Grades. The joint congressional committee on naval reorganization has completed its work on the staff and line reorganization of the navy and of the marine corps. In the reorganization of the staff and line com- pleted it is provided that there shall be eight military corps, designated as fol- lows: Corps of the line, medical corps, pay corps, engineer corps, naval construction, marine corps, naval cadets, enlisted men. Two classes of civil employes of the navy are also established, viz.: Professors of mathematics and civil engineers. The active list of commissioned line officers divided into seven grades, with the follow- ing limits: Stxteen rear admirals, 60 cap- tains, 100 commanders, 74 lieutenant com- manders, 250 leutenants, 75 lieutenants, junior grade, ensigns sufficlent to maintain the total active list. The grade of commo- dore on the active list of the navy 1s abolished, and officers in that grade now on the active lst shall be commissioned rear admirals. No increase is made in any of ‘the corps. The status of each is fully de- fined, and a contention of many years as to relative rank between staff and line offi- cers 1s remedied. The pay of staff officers is redyced to make it conform to that of line officers of the same rank. One of the most important features is the creation of a “reserve list” to overcome the present congestion gf the line. The re- serve list {s limited to 100, and {s made up by taking from the most congested branches of the service. Those entitled to enter the list must have entered the serv- ice between the years 1861 and 1867, in- clusive. This “reserve list” does not in- crease the number of officers, the purpose being to assign officers of this list to work now performed by officers on active shore service. It ts provided that rear admirals shall be appointed by the President from the list of captains, and shall be confirmed by the Senate. Extensive changes are made in the marine corps. The commandant is raised to a brigadier general, and there are also creat- ed two colonels, two Heutenant colonels, four majors, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, The leader of the Marine Band, now an en- listed man, is advanced to the rank of second lieutenant. No advance of pay ts made to the musicians of the band. —+ e+ BLACK DE Japan Our Ch rotection Against Infection. Dr. Stewart Elbridge, health officer of the port of Yokohama and member of the im- perial board of health at Tokio, has made & report in regard to the plague in southern China, a copy of which has reached Sur- geon General Wyman, from which it pears that the present epidemic has. its greatest hold at the port of Hong Kong and 1s one of the most fatal in the history of China, ‘The disease broke out in Canton last February and steadily in ed dur- March and April in all parts of the Chinese empire, until now it has assumed antic proportions, the mortality aver- aging over $0 a day, despite the exodus of 1,00 Chinese and foreigners at the first THE earance of the plague. At least a dozen ropeans have been attacked, and most of them have died. A quarantine system bas been put in operation in Japan holding | ships from the infected district nime days after arrivirg or after the last case has bed ruction of ‘ding of the law, but | it is certainly v row, and is open to \ criticism. The pu does abated, and but one infeeted ship has reach- i un. In closing his repert Dr. El- says that the most stringent m: a e to be ken to protect the tes, particularly as regards cer- tain classes of goods from ¢ convey infection, such as rag and so forth, and dlso such manufa articles as are made in the r United tured little native workshops, with perhaps a case of plague r ying in the same m-—such things as traw mattings, e nd every rt of textile fabric. He says so long as the disease is Kept out of Japan, so long | will that country be the best bulwark for the United States against the importation f the disease, and should it break out tn any part of Japan he promises to send early information by cable. - z a NEEDED NO CHA ON. She Simply Looked and the Masher I in Dismay, From the New York Tribune, om a ay Ridge boat the other evening a young woman gave an illustration of how the American girl can take ¢ It on the trip to Bay Ridge, and the evening ws rapidly growing darker. fhe Was not more than seventeen or eighteen Id, extremely prett ul figure, large gray with a slender, shaped mouth. She seemed to be hurrying home to some place on Long Isla being ed in the city, and s! s She took a seat on the near a family group, as if she to be near women, and at times » glanced anxiously at the falling evening ado e boat was near the end of its 4 na young man, rather flashily ¢ Iked up and took a seat very near her. She was looking in another direction ond dit not notice him. When he spoke to her she turned with a little start. “I beg your pardon,” he said, with a smirk, “but may I ask you a question She locked at him, but made no answer. “I should like to ask you a question,” he said, pausing again, as if expecting some encouragement. There were half a dozen men near who looked as if it would give them pleasure to ptck the fellow up by the neck and drop him into the sea, but no one moved. Every one seemed to fvel that the young woman was perfectly cupable of taking care of herself. She was looking at him steadily, with a little indescribable smile around her mouth, which could not be mistaken. “I wanted to ask you,” he said hesitat- ingly and beginning to look very uncom- fortable, “if you had any objections to my sitting here? She half turned away as if his conversa- tion was ended. “Do you mind,” he said, “if I-* She turned slowly and gave him another look. It was very calm and unperturbed, but there was an ae meaning in the glance. He got up,and sneaked away. Sh« had not spoken a,word. Mer eye had not even flashed. She, had looked neither indignant, helpless, nor frightened, but he had fled in consternati¢a. She turned with no sign of emotion, aud leaning her elbow on the rail so that her hand rested on a pletty cheek, iooked at the hghts down the bay, as if she were enjoying the lovely evening. e ——__--+0¢. Tactics In Cromwell's Time. From Macmiilan’s Magaz’n Were a civillan to’be set the task of train- ing and making sclgiery nowadays he could purchase for a few shillings at any book- seller's shop a drill book which would lay his duties plainly’ before him. Had the citizen soldiers of the civil war any such text books? Assuredly they hed—bulky folio volumes, sometimes of several hundred pages, such as. nd’s Animadversions of Warre” (1682), “Bingham’s Tactics” (1616), as well as one or two others, which, though known to us by name, are not to be found even in the British Museum. For the first half of the seventeenth cen- tury was, for a variety of reasons, rather prolific in military writings. Englishmen were serving ebroad by thousands in the religious wars on the continent and had set up as models for English aspirants to mili- tary fame their two most brilliant captains, Maurice of Nassau and Gustavius Adolphus of Sweden. But if we seek for the authort- ties to which these in their turn resorted for instructicn we find that Mauriq@’s fa- vorite was Aelian, who wrote in the time of the Emperor Hadrian. “Bingham's Tactics” is simply a transla- tion of the “Tactics of Aelian,” and, in a word, the drill book of the armies of Europe in the seventeenth century, including the “New Model Army,” was the drill book of the Roman legions, which, in its turn, was borrowed mainly from classical Greece. Probably few infantry cfficers are aware that when they give the word “fours” their men still execute the order in the menner prescribed by the martinets of Sparta. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Notes of Interegt From Across Rock Creel Officer Sullivan yesterday was complained fe about the existence of a-big savage- looking dog on N near 37th street, who snapped at every one and who had all the ymptoms of madness, The animal was made way with, Yesterday afternoon there was a fire at 3620 O street, the home of Mr. Benj. Braw- zell, and the property of Mrs. Ellen Sulll- van. The flames originated in a closet under a@ pair of steps. The engine responded to the alarm turned in and her men quickly extinguished the devouring element. The loss is estimated at $50. The following have arrived with cargoes for J. E. Libbey: Steamer Dennis Simmons, from North Carolina, with 70,000 feet of lumber and 160,000 shingles; schooner Sped- den, from Norfolk, Va., with 75,000 feet of lu schooner D.D. Malaroy, from Nor- folk, with 300,000 juniper laths, and schooner Mary Thompson, from Norfolk, with 40,000 feet of lumber. John Coats was arrested yesterday for throwing missiles in the public street: John Beckwith was the complainant and Oiticer Berryman the arresting party. Army Orders. The following transfers in the fourth tn- fantry are ordered: First Lieut. Frank B. Andrus, from company I to company G; First Lieut. Erneste V. Smith, from com- pany C to company I; First Lieut. George E. French, from company G to com: - Lieuts. Andrus and French will join their proper companies, © Leave of absence for two months, on sur- geon's certificete of disability, is' granted Capt. Henry J. Nowlan, seventh cavalry. First Lieut. William R. Hamilton, fifth artillery, 1s detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the State University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., relieving First Lieut. John M. Neall, fourth cavalry, who will join his troop. Capt. Charles Hobart, third infantry, will proceed to the Wisccnsin military reserva- tion near Camp Douglas, Juneau county, Wisconsin, and attend the encampment of the Wisconsin National Guard at that place, from July 29 to August 25, INM, inclusive. The leave of absence granted. First Lieut. Charles L. Collins, eleventh infantry, is ex- tended to include August 1, 1804. ——+e-+— Order: Ogden, detachad from the Navy Department and ordered to the Constellation, Chief Engineer C. E. Romell, from the Constellation to the Richmond. Ensign R. L. Russell, to the Chicago, re- Neving Ensign J. M. Elliott, detached, or- dered home and granted two mouths’ leave. ut. J. H. Givens, to the Chicago, reliev- ing Lieut. John B. Bernadon, ordercd home on three months’ leave. Lieut. Commander E. H. Gheen, ordered to be in readiness tor sea. Assistant Engineer E, L. Beech, from y York navy yard to the New York. = rish Sultan's Pity. From the London Globe, The following dramatic incideats (given in “The Jewish Chronicle”) indicate the rough and ready methods of justic? in Morocco. A year ago a Jew, named Abet- tan, presented a letter to the authorities at Mogador, purporting to come from the sul- n, Instructing them to deliver to the bearer some hi property. The letter was forged, but an alleged that he was quite innocent of any fraudulent intention. tedly threw herself before seeing his mercy in beh end. When more than us his majesty said kindly to her our husband aw you ph b if of her hus “I cannot Let him be tried by whatever will be found deserving of a sever nt. Stull the wife did not giv ing that the sultan was abot Morece Cit she made one last effort arms of her little boy t k, and as,his majesty was one rscback, she me before him, placed the innocent babe before his horse, and cried: “If your majesty will not reléase my husband, then trample over this baby, for will be ne one to provide for tt and ke me time she cried bitterly, majesty’s mercy. The F heart was touched by the s grief, and he must have « her bold action. “Very well, releas don, but it was hardly enough, a ro: night ago ordering the rel Abettan. And he is now liberty. While feeling grateful tan for s kindliness of heart (adds our contemporary), We cannot but feel an ad- miration for the devoted wife, who showed such verance and such jiness of resoure which she has succ delivering her husband from a life. prisonment. AW From the Detroit Free Press, It was down by the sea. One of those pretty cottages near a populous summer re sort, Where the hotels are bigger t are anything else, and the lady who ow: the cottage and lived in it was in the kit en, knocking around, as any woman will do' who is any sort of a woman. Presents a ligh@tan came on the door, and she open- ed it. What met her did not look like a ii on e of Simon njoying full to the sul- eded in attitude of one. she exclaimed, in spite of her- I didn’t know there were tramps at the seaside.” “I beg your pardon, madam,” responded the visitor; “I am no tra: “Of course, you are not,” she apologized, blushing. “Is there any one you wish to see. Madam,” he replied, with an effort; “I have not tasted food for three weeks.’ “What?” she almost shriekel. “I said I had not tasted food for three weeks.” “I thought you said you were not a tramp?” and her tone was not so musical. “I am not, madam.” This with a con- vincing manner that almost unbalanced her. . “Then what are you?" she asked nerv- ously. “I am a guest, madam, at one of those big hotels over yonder, and have been since it opened.and all I have had to eat has been elegant table ware and good society.” Then it flashed .upon her like a thunder- bolt from a clear sky, if a thunderbolt ray be said to flash, and she invited him in, and gave him a dinner that made him forget all his sorrows. 12> Devil Worshipers Paris Letter to London Chronicle. The French police have been instructed to take some steps against the sect of devil worshipers, whose strange practices are exciting much angry comment. Apart from the stealing of consecrated hosts from the tabernacles of lonely churches and other unwarrantable outrages, the Satanists and Luciferians have organized a_ clandestine catechism class, to which children prepur- ing for their first ccmmunion have been in- veigied. A man in clerical garb was ar- rested on the 2ist irstant at Clignancourt for disorderly conduct. He described him- self as a celebrant of “black masses," that being the te-m applied to the rather blas- phemous Uturey of the sect. Strangers ure no lonzer admitted to the conventicle in the Rue Rochechouart. The inside of the build- ing resembles an ordinary Romish chapel. The cross over the altar is fixed head down- werd, another cross being placed at the door, ove> which each worshiper walks as he enters. The motto of the Satanists is ‘Vcluptas Peccati.” The adherents sing ana utter imprecations. Las France. The Distinction, From the Detroit Free Press. ‘The tramp reached the kitchen door with- out accident or incident and knocked. At the third kneck the hired girl, with her sleeves rolled up and several dabs Sf coap- suds on her nese, came to sce what was ante. watan I git some cold victuals here?" he “How would champagne and a_ little chicken salad strike you?” she inquired, hired girl seems to be loaded with for just such occasions. He looked at her scornfully. “I didn’t say cold viands, mom,” he replied “1 sald cold victuals—victuals— ve jo you understand that?” What he got after that is too painful to narrate. and that he had innocently received the letter from friend at the Shereefian Court. The man, how wa t int prison, and the wife made repeated efforts | to procure his release without avail. She re the sultan ly entreated | day | suddenly | tramp, although {t had chosen the pleading | asked, as if there were a doubt in his mind, | With that keen and cruel sarcasm every ! COST OF THE. STRIKE It Will Bo Very Great to Cook County and the Government. The War Department Require@ to Pay a Pretty Sum—When Quarter- ly Accounts Are Made. While the residents of Cook county, Jil, will without doubt suffer an enormous boss as a result of the disorder and lawlessness attending the great strike, the taxpayers of the United States at large will also have a considerable bill to foot to meet the ex- penses incurrei by the national government. That this will be considerable there can be no doubt, but at present it is not possible for the accounting officers to reach even an approximate estimate of the total. July 14 the Attorney General sent to Congress a communication for a deficiency ap- prepriation of 40) to defray the ex- nse of retaining United States marshals and deputies for service during the Coxey mcvements and the strike. Now he is satistied that all of this money and more, perhaps, will be required to meet expenses. A large’ number of deputies were employed and in many instances it was necessary to feed and shelter them at the government's expense. Arms and ammunition were pur- chased, carriages and horses were hired and railway fares were paid. War Department Expenses, The War Department also has been put to great expense, but just how much will nut be known until the quarterly and spe- cial returns come to Washington. The troops carried with them the rations they would otherwise have eaten at their posts, so there is no additional expense on that score, and the principal item of expenditure will be under the head of transportation. In some cases the railway companies will probubly present no bills, especially where the troops were employed in the protection of their own lives, but in others, where the troops were hauled half way across the continent, the bilis will be heavy. The limit- ed annual appropriation for the transporta- tion of troops was at a low ebb when the strike occurred, and in consequence of these extraordinary expenses the War Depart- ments has had to forego altogether its usual! summer practice of transferring troops from one station to another, so much hardship will result to the troops stationed at posts in the extreme south and in the Indian country, who had reasonably ex- pected to be transferred to less arduous service after serving their turn. cassette —- A DRAMATIC WRECK. Viewed by Thousands of V the Jersey Const. A Herald dispatch from Seabrig States that in the midst of a peac yesterday afternoom thousands itors on N. J. ful 8 of guests | at the summer resorts on the New Jersey j coast ched for two hours while five sailors of the wrecked echooncr Robert H Mitchell clung for their lives to the rig- ging, anxiously watched while steam after ste; passed, unheeding the sigr of dist that floated from the masts until it seemed as if they to be left to their fate. Then, whe excitement of the thous: rom. every rew of the a boat. Cheer ug crowd towar imperile: The mast yut two miles dist but in twe: minutes a! it 1 reached them, | 3 atchers on the shore | 4 taken from the masts left behind, rk to tell of the wreck that had isfactorily. Food and cloth d for the ship-wrecked of $0 was ra The wn was the that cleared Hook yester- a Norfolk with 2 spt captain hgaded for the before reaching the ung ajeak, and the . but she sank RAN | WIDE | German | Ordinary Buty of Coustabular: | ! Prince Bisma nce said in the reich- stag: “We s fear God and noth else in the An H. Dawson, quoting this’ r that he might trathfu d the policeman.” ture of Germ: the prominence thority of the police, say | panton. Many of its f. in nd or the Uf Intrasted only to a cx ems almost ¢ rt of thes pendent of its work man not < s, but exer cundertake | “H the night! of | your street door at a sufficie: He sees that you have your Jiarly cleaned. At sta | ines your stove, and w | he may inspect a few other matt nomy outer locking arly how . if it be summer, 1 round the fruit gar table half hour in a search for cater- pillars.” One feature of his activity will strike many readers with favor. “In some places singing and piano playing with open win- dows are forbidden, and it is a common hous@ regulation in large towns that pianos shali be closed punctualiy at 10 o'clock in the evening. With all the rest, the police look sharply after all sellers food and medicine. A milkman, for instance, is driving rapidly along the street. A policeman halts him, and on the spot makes an inspection of his wares. If anything wrong is discov- ered the cans are forthwith emptied into the AT BERKELEY SPRINGS. What is Going on at Thi West Vire ginia Resort. Correspondence of The Evening Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., July 20, 1894. ‘The gay reason has commenced at Berke- ey, and balls, hops, dinners, luncheons and germans follow close upon each other. The baths here, possessing the same qualities ag Gerisbad, attract hundreds of invalids, and tue well and strong enjoy the delightful and eshilarating plunge into the magnificent Pools. An innovation this summer is “pool pasties.” A crowd of bathers, duly chap- eroned, attired in natty fetching bathing suits, the late at night in the large pool. Tho whole place {s illuminated lectria light, and the sparkling water reflects and throws back a myriad of fairy lights After the bath a daintily served little sup- per follows, enlivened by the music from the ball room. The girls look charming in the water, which is as clear as crystal, and the bright-colored suits, such as are never worn at the seashore, are extremely pretty. The most graceful swimmer here is Miss Emma Jack of Berkeley. Her feats are parvelous for a girl. She will make her debut in Washington next winter, The two hotels, the Berkeley Springs and St. Charies, are full, and the cottages ¢ well patronized. Washingtonlatis form t largest contingent, and the place resembles the capital city on a small scale. sentative Jerry Simpson was brought herd upon a stretcher, looking like a soul from the spirit land; he is now walking around and gaining strength rapidly. Mrs. Simp- son is very much liked not only for her never-ceasing devotion to her husband, but for her own charming personality. Representative A. B. Branch of North Carolina and family and Representative B, A. Enloe of Tennessee form another agree- able little circ) Mrs. B. C. Fellows of Washington gave an elegant dinner of twelve courses on Sat- urday evening last, in honor of her hus- band’s natal day. Covers were laid for twenty, and the china, table decorations and roses were pink. Candles shaded with pink gave a delicate glow, and caused thé fair women to look prettier than ever. Mra. Fellows was gowned tn yellow satin, em- broidered in pink roses, a tiara of diamonds was worn upon the hair, and a sunburst of the same stones adorned her throat. Mrs. William Stokes of Richmond wore white silk and old lace. Diamonds and pearls adorned her hair and neck. Mrs. Major Cushing, U. 8S. A., was dressed in a sty costume of black satin covered with b net. Miss Cushing wore white silk lace. Mrs. Ransom of Ba adresse] in black mull over silk, em! in gold. Mrs. Capt. Hancock, U. lcoked well in a handsome gown of w silk and lace, and Miss Doyle, her sister, was gowned in yellow silk, whfte lace, and garniture of violets. ~ D. P. McCartney, chief? engineer Tnited ates nay and wife, are great favorites e. Mrs. Wm. M. Irvin of Washington chaperoning iver niece, Miss Helen Jones, one of St. Louis’ belles. miral J. J, Almy and family are ing a lengthy stay. Judge Louis By McComas and family have enjoyed the @elightful bathing of tuis place. The Misses McComas much admired. astice White of the Supreme sjoying his vacation, ba gunning. Judge Ritchie and fam! nt a charming m: f friends one night this we ned bird supp’ mC. A. & re among the guests. to ns Messrs. Crichton of Baltimore cave straw ride and midnicht "s old a mill. Tt aw of be rawn by the was sp Jong by th ” breds from the n stables. Mr Crichton’s horses have won for years. those here are M f Baltimore, Lena Addie Redford nd Hamlin David s to needed imp in the District rece desire to present a few lation thereto. That the real estate country have long since primitive methods cf i t patent to « ar with our pu a great necessity for form that will improve our preser as to effectually Hift our recor his cla rut ts also very evident, from the th se has a sd to take bh public : as a necessity for the dispatch and safew of bus! our re: While ons are thus practically passing from the mere cus- ians thereof into the contre! of priv < fons as abstracters of titles, thi is more the work of necessity than de- sign, It has been brought about, and it is sll being continued through parsimony nt of ente looking conventence. While it ts undoubtedly true that there will ever be a necessity for seerchers and abstracters of titles who t familiar with the records; whib quent changes In the officers prev officials from becoming thoroughly on suc methods becomes an aid to them. But aside from this consideration, the records should be made for the public, what they are designed and intended to be—chat ts, @ reliable and ready reference, from which dw clals ott. sv0d rpriee in our public the general public at the posted records; yet any tmprovement tn gutter, and the whole affair is published in the newspapers. There is no respect of persons, and the rule is, “prompt and thorough.” In the official ‘columns of the newspapers notices like this are common: “The preparation which is sold by Blank & Co., — street, Berlin (all names being given), as the ‘Universal Cough Mixture. consists of (here follows a list of the in- eredients). The preparation is sold at two shillings and eight-pence a bottle, but the real cost, with bottle, is one-half pence.” A police force like this must be “a ter- ror to evil doers,” but probably it would not be popular in America. ; ——+02- Teleptone Doctors. From the Chicago Dally News. In a telephone plant for a big city Nke Chicago there are cables containing upward records are kept of the position of every wire, and thé men in charge can at once the line of any subscriber whenever it is necessary to inspect it or work on it When a line gets into trouble it can tested in both directions from the switch- cee and out toward the subscriber's sta- jon. At every exchange there is an official called the “wire chicf." whose special duty | is to overlook the making of connections between the subscriber's line and the | switchboard, to inspect the wires, and to test them electrically in order to determine the position of any defect that may occur in a subseriber’s line or instruments. The wire chief sits at a special desk, from which wires run to various parts of the system, and he is provided with electrical tru- ments with which to make tests on lines that devélop “trouble.” He is the ambu- lance surgeon of the telephone plant, and his wires give him the advantage of being truly ubiquitous. He receives complaint; | and reports of “trouble,” and enters on special slips every “trouble” reported or discovered. ‘These slips are handed to “trouble men,” | who search out the cause, and, finding it, ‘apply the proper remedy. “They then enter Jan account of what they found and what | | they did on the slip ani return it. In this way a close and comprehensive check is kept on the operation of the telephone plant, | which, on account of {ts complexity and ef the number of small parts that go to | make it up, {s pecullarly Hable to trifling. but troublesome defects. Returns are made up. periodically from the “trouble slips,” | and these form a continuous record of the | efficiency both of the plant and of those ‘ {nmediately in charge of it. . of 30,000 miles of copper wire. Complete , into successful operat any person of ordinary intelligence could ascertain for himself or through his at- torneys any desired information direct from the records. This could and shovld be made obtainable from the records, with certainty and dis- itch. MAttengts are being made in numerous ttates already, through the press, guber- naterial recommendations and legislative action, to inaugurate a reform {a the mater of the public records, so far as the reat estate transactions are concerned. To this end they are enficavoring to introduce Sir Robert Torrins’ land transfer system,which he inaugurate’ in Australia, However,hav- ing thoroughly investigated ft, having ail the laws pertaining to the same, and also having visited Canada, where they have it upon their statute books, 1 \.1ll say that it never has been and never will be brought om with old volumi- rous records, such as we ha’ e here in Wash- ingtcn, for the reason taat they seck to issue a certificate of ttle that the courts must defend. How could the 1.” volumes of records in the District recorder's office here be examined and passed upon, as by registrar general, so as to Issue certifi. cate of title therefor? How go t ach all records, and by at least a qursi-judi- inquiry, Pass upon the titles igation of these titles retrosp< rnot be dispensed with, Som remedy must therefore be resorted to for nce to the past transactio a to + for the future, 20 as to provi Pinish the volume of the future tr One remedy I will suggest, and that is that all transactions lke mortgages, trust deeds, &c., having a limited period to run and then become inoperative, should not be spread upon the records. ‘They should Ne made out in duplicate or triplicate, as pecasion requires, and both executed as crigincls, and both taken by the mortgagee to the recorder, who files them both and retains one on file and returns the other to the holder. When the mortgage ts paid and evidenced to the recorder, then such mortgage is withdrawn from the files aud noted upon the index to suc’s files as with- drawn. This and many other remedies might be profitably adopted to reduce the vseless accumuiation of dead matter now recorded. JAMES THORNE. insinanceiipiaeananiins & Necessary Adjanct. From Truth. Youngwife- “How did you lke my angel cake, darling?” Younghusband (suffering from indigestion) “It was eA right, my decr, but IT fancy that you forgot the wings, didn’t you?”