Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1894, Page 2

wean Wells: ‘The Resolutions. ‘Resolved by the Senate and House of tatives in Congress assembled, the commission of labor be instructed investigate and report the number, date, tion and attendant facts and circum- @tances of all alleged assaults by males _——— throughout the a dur- e e last precedin; this Fesolution, for, OF om account whic! t —— but unlawfui violence fas peea or attempted to be in- Also, to ae and report all acts of it unlawful, violence on the mn, with the attendant facts and ctr- tances which have been inflicted upon LATE NEWS BY WIRE Race Tomorrow. —— ——— Today. entry within the ter years last preceding passage of this resolution. HARFORDCOUNTY DEMOCRATS Such investigations shall be made by the Usual methods and egenctes of the depart- fhent of labor, and report made to Con- as soon as the work can be satisfac- ch done; and the sum of $25,000, or so us E VIGILANT TO BACK. thereof as may be necessary, is here- appropriated to pay the expenses out of money in the treasury not otherwise A Number of America: Will Witness the Event Tomorrow. appropriated. = SOUTHAMPTON, Atgust 3.—The Britan- . Di -) objected. nia today was measured in the graving dock Mr. Out! ae from the committee on s ~ unaen while afloat. During the afternoon the Vigilant returned to the dock she recently occupied, and was also measured. The official measurer said he was not al- lowed to give the measurements of the two yachts until his report was handed in to the secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron. But, he added, the time hitherto allowed the Britannia is about correct. LONDON, August 3.—A large number of Americans are going to Cowes, in order to be present at the match race tomorrow be- tween the Prince of Wales’ cutter Britan- nia and the Messrs. Gould's sloop yacht Vigilant. President Griscom of the American Steam- ship Line is to be the guest of Lord Dun- raven for a week. After that Mr. Griscom will visit Lo Carew at the latter’s es- taces in Ireland. Commander W. Cowles, the United States naval attache, will be the guest of Mr. John E. Brooks of New York on board the latter’s Schooner yacht Lasca. -_ WORTHLESS OLD DEEDS. if boo Temainder of the day after the morning yur to business reported from the com- ‘The previ the special order—140—40. Mr. (ind.) moved to reconsider, and Mr. Dun- y (N. ¥.) moved to lay that motion on @ table. ‘The motion to reconsider was laid on the table, and the ial order was agreed to. On rotion of Mr. Outhwaite it was @greed that when the House adjourns to- Gay It be to meet on Monday next. Mr. Catchings then presented the confer- ence report on the river and harbor bill, which was agreed to without division. THEY WERKE MARRIED. Two Loving Henrts Made One “arty This Morning. Two Washington hearts with but a single thought sought bliss in matrimony and found it at 6 o'clock this morning at Sheeps- head, New York. The affair was conducted with remarkable suddenness and this publi- ation will prove a shock to « large circle Of interested friends. The parties at inter- est are Miss Laura H. Vansant, cashier In the Family Shoe Store, and Mr. William H. Baker, jr., late an employe tn the Capitol restaurant. Miss Vansant is the daughter of M. J. Vansant, a driver in the employ of Samuel J. Palmer, and tived with her fa- ther, stepmother and famtly of little broth- ers and sisters. at 16 Virginia avenue. Baker and Miss Laura had been warm friends for a number of months, and it was currently reported in that neighborhood that fate had destined each for the other. It is understood that the suit of the young ™man was not regarded with especial favor by the family of the bride, and that he was invited to discontinue his attentions. This was only one of the rough places in the course of this true love. Three weeks ago Miss Laura was given a vacation by her Swindlers Succeed tn Getting Consid- erable Sums of Money. ALBANY, N. Y., August 3.—Swindlers have obtained a number of old deeds of a tract of land just taken by the city of Al- bany for park purposes, and the county clerk has already received notice of their operations. One ts from Eugene C. Allison of Sun- set Cottage, Winthrop Beach, Mass., in which he says that he has been swindled cut of all he had, amounting to about $6,000. A legal firm in New York city sends a communication, accompanied by a deed of Property at Martin street, which had been deeded by A. Freeman's wife of the city of Schnectady to somebody whose name is erased. The name of Jacob Leonard had been substituted. The original grantee was @ resident of Pittsfield) The deed was —— a feeaiymes Noe *. hag blyrnsnor-an made out in 1880 and put on record in 1894. at Tre ucks county, Pa. Her family rs here received several letters from the young | _ Th Scheme was worked by two men, who gave their names as Alfred Brady and John Leonard. They had secured posses- sion of old deeds of a number of pieces of property bought up by the Beaver Park commission. The sharpers would approach their victim and ask for a loan of a certainamount of money on valuable land situated on Martin street near the Beaver Park. They promis- ed to pay liberal interest, and the victim would be glad to loan money on such good security, and would accordingly give the loan and take as security the worthless old deeds. Then the bunco men would de- part, leaving no trace of the direction they had taken. lady, stating that she was having a big time, but none of these letters contained any intimation that she was going to enter into a holy alliance with her erstwhile lov- er. The family also lost track of Mr. Ba- ker about two montas ago, and it was given out in some quarters that he had gone west, and one of the friends of the young man said that he had gone to Long Island to ac- cept a position there similar to the one he had filled at the Capitol restaurant. Miss Laura was expected home tomorrow and would resume work on Monday morn- A Star man called this afternoon at the family residence and had a talk with Mrs. Vansant. She could not believe it. She did not think that Laura would do anything so abrupt. Laura and Mr. Baker had been keeping company for some time, Lt aa didn’t think that {t was a serious effair. ——_—-> _— BUSINESS PROPERTY DESTROYED, Disastrous Fires ‘Two Western * Towns Today. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August 3.—Fire at Marion today destroyed $125,000 worth of Property in the business part of the town. One of the principal losses was the gas plant and bank building, owned by the Dan- fels estate, $40,000, with Insurance of $3,000. The aggregate insurance ts about $%#),000. Two banks and a dozen stores were burned out. HOWARD CITY, Mich., August 3.—Fire originating in the buildings south of the Mont Calm house in Lake View burned all the buildings on both sides of Main street as far south as Read's blacksmitn shop. Thirty-five buildings were consumed, corm- prising the principal part of the business portion of the village, and including both hotels, the post office, Macomber & Bates’ Gry goods store, C. M. Northop’s general store and two drug stores. The loss is es- timated at $130,000; insurance unknown. —~—___ HARFORD COUNTY DEMOCRATS. There must be some mistake about Somebody has put this up on Laura Just to give her trouble. But as long as it was done all will have to make the best of it. Mr. Baker was thirty years old, ‘was understood to be making a good Hv- ing and was able to support his wife. ura was twenty-two years old, and ts &@ brunette. She had a gay, vivacious dis- position, laughing eyes and an entrancing mouth. and was generally accounted preity. The affair ts a surprise, but it i believed that {t was a marriage conducted on the winciples of love. It is understood that at o'clock this morning Miss Vansant and Bir. Baker aroused Justice of the Peace Grannell from his bed at his cottage at Brcepshead, and requested that the knot be tied. ‘The justice besged time to put on his clothes. and at 6 o’ctock the two were made one. All trace after this occurrence 1s lost. ut supposed that the new couple are ving pptly at Sheepshead and thst the family of the young lady in this city will be duly apprised of the ceremony. +. — SENATOR VOORHEES. 4 Number Desire to Indorse the President’s Tariff Policy. BELAIR, Md., August 3—A number of democrats of Harford county have tssued the following circular: “To the people of Harford county: “Whereas it is evident to all that our In- terests in Congres are not properly repree sented, we, undersigned, citizens of Harford county, call upon all good demo- crats Interested in tariff reform to assemble at the court house in Belair, on Saturday, August 11, 1594, at 2 o’clock p.m. to ex- ress our sentiments in regard to proper esisiation on the tariff question and our approval of the course of Grover Cleveland.” He Continues to Improve and 1s Doing Mieely. Senator Voorhees’ physician today re- ported that his patient continues to improve and Is now getting along nicely. The Sena- tor passed a good night. —-e- RUMORS OF AN AGREEMENT. Bat It Was Discouraged by Likely to Know. ‘There are severai rumors floating about the Capitol this afternoon to the effect that @ tariff agreement had been hed. This could not be confirmed, as all the conferees Temain close in committee rooms. It is father discouraged by those who would be Ukely to know. ‘Those —— AN MENSE TUMOR. A Successful Operation Performed on a Woman in Chiengo. CHICAGO, August 3.—A surgical operation of great value to the medical profession has been successfully performed at Mercy Hos. pital, and the life of the patient, Mra. W. M. Howell, wife of Officer Howell, at the Harrison street station, has been saved. An enormous tumor, weighing twenty-one pounds, and nearly ten inches in diameter, was taken from her abdomen. She was placed under the Influence of ether, an in- cision was made, the tumor removed and —— CAPITOL TOPICS. Printing Oftice Site. sundry civil appropriation bill, con- taining the Senate amendment providing the Mahone site for the new government Printing office, was ordered into confer- ence by the House today. Before this ac- tion was taken, however, Chairman Sayres stated that he would bring it back so that the. House could vote upon it If it wished to. Chairman Bankhead of the public “4 buildings and grounds committee says that | Surenen Disced Im the wound in s remark- the friends of the new printing office will | $D!Y sho: : Serena i e = al tose state for two days and then gradually walt until this amendment comes up in began to recover. She is now out of danger. The operation is pronounced one of the most difficult that has ever been suc- cessfully performed. the House, and then make a fight for a site of some kind and an appropriation. For Mr. Heard. The House today unanimously, and with much apparent gratification, passed the bill to pay Congressman Heard $10,000 for legal —— ee Sale of the Valkyrie. GLASGOW, August 3.—John Younger, an Services rendered the Cherokes Indians in | ‘ron merchant, has purchased the Valkyrie, S.2ut againgt the government. The money | formerly the property of Lord Dunraven, fomes out of the Indians’ own funds, and| which was sunk in collision with the Sati. is not paid by the government. nita and subsequently raised. The unlucky yacht was purchased at auction for 680 pounds. eS SS Counterfeit Captured. The Treasury Department has given notice of the appearance of a new and dangerous erfelt $10 United States legal tender series of 1880, check letter, B; face number, 22%), back plate number, W. S. Rosecrans, register; James W. att, treasurer; portrait of Webster; large nd red seal. general appearance of the note ts slated to decetve. The numbering y good, both as to color and formation. ortrait of Webster, however, {s poor, a flat, unnatural appearance. The f the secret service burean sta- Yew York captured $1,000 worth nterfeit, and two of the men en- passing tt. Thetr names are Sam . Who at one time kept a saloon at ner of Broadway and Fulton streets, | —_—_.__. A Panama Lobbyist Jatlea. PARIS, August 3.—Dr. Cornellus Herz, the Panama lobbyist, was sentenced today in contumaciam to five years imprisonment and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs. —_>_—_ An Insane Man. Yesterday afternoon an elderly white man called at an office on 14th street and created some little disturbance, claiming, among other things, that he was the owner of the land on which the Riding Academy ts bullt, and that he was being kept out of his own. He was turned over to the police, and for a man who had even a claim to so much means, he was about the shabblest speci men imaginable. He was Iccked up at the s str first precinct station, where he was tdenti- net igt Lave” and | fed as Conzad Soule, about sixty yoare of ; case On roectd in | 88e, Who lives tn a tumble-down shanty on ot oe pci aera the — of Rock Creek. He has been ex- amined the police surgeons, who said that he was undoubtedly insane, and he will probably be sent to the Washi um. “shovers” and the re any of It had Le n put hington Asy- —_-——-___ Meld for Grand Jury. | John Butts, the young man arrested on a | charge ealing a gold watch and other art welry from the room of } Star > $06 10th street, was tried i the Polfce Court today. It was g it he went to the house with another young man and rented a room, Then the theft was committed and the roomers disap- archy have not as yet = g an audience with the S. . one of the comm! tal with and, it ts understood, ar- ficial reception at the peared. ent tomorrow or Monday. Judge Mills held him for the grand jury, The Vigilant and Britannia Will SUCCESSFUL WORK OF TWO SWINDLERS Disastrous Fires in Western Towns THE EVENING sak, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1894—TEN PAGES. Under Them. eral Hall Rendered Today—rhe Law on the Subject. the act of March 3, 1803. The opinion is as follows: “The statute in of the government of the District of Co- lumbia fer the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. Under the head of ‘charities’ in said act $53,025 are appropriated for the use of said hospital and apportioned to special purposes, such as subsistence, salaries, rent, fuel, clothing, medical suppifes, fur- niture, ete., with the following provision in the concluding paragraph: ‘And hereafter the expenditures for the Freedmen’s Hos- al and Asylum shall be under the super- vision and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.’ The relations of the department to this in- stitution, prior to the passage of the act above cited, depend upon the act of June 23, IST4 (IN Stat. making appropria- tion for sundry civil expenses of the gov- ernment, which provided: That atter June 30, 1874, the Freedmen’s Hospital in the District of Columbia shall undl otherwise ordered by Congress, be con- tinued under the directior’ of the Secretary ef the Interior, who shall make all est ccountable to the tres tes for all expenditures; and all property, including hospital and’ quartermaster’s stores, belonging to safd hospital, and now in charge of the War Department, be also transferrel to the Interior Department. Under this legislation the department was placed in charge of said institution an? given general controfef its affairs, and this general control was not modified by Con- gress until the passage of the act in ques- tion, which transfers the “supervision and control” of the “expenditures” of said hos- pital to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. A proper exercts> of this “supervision and control” would seem to carry with it the power to:determine the necessity of paz- ticular expenditures on behalf of the hos- pital when considered in_ connection with the supplies already on hand. In other words, all matters Involving expenditures are now under the proviston and control of the District Commisstoners, snd this “con- trol” cannot be effectively exercised in the absence of a corr»sponding control of prop- erty heretofore, or hereafter, purchased for the use of tha hospital in the disposition of the appropriations made therefor. It ts, therefore, my opinion that the con- trol of said property was by said act trans- ferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Commissione-s of the District. —_ MR. TATENO’S SUCCESSOR. Something About Mr. Kaneko, Who, It is Sata, W Come Here. At the time the recall of Mr. Gozo Tateno as Japanese minister at Washington was apnounced in a cable message from Yoko- hama it was also stated that Mr. Kentaro Kaneko had been appointed to succeed him at Washington. It is a curious fact, how- ever, that neither the Department of State nor the Japanese legation in this city has up to this time received any official infor- mation on the subject of Mr. Kaneko’s ap- rointment. There is no doubt whatever at either place, however, of the accuracy of the news from Yokohama, and it ts expect- ed that notice of the appointment will be officially communicated in a short time. No information has been received as to the time of Mr. Kaneko’s departure from Yoko- Mr. Kaneko. hama, or as to when ft ts Itkely he may be expected at his reported new post of duty in Washington. Until a new minister shail have been appointed and reported for duty Mr, Tsunejiro Miyaoka, secretary of the legation, will have entire charge of its af- fairs, and all diplomatic business will be transacted with him. Mr. Kentaro Kaneko, who will undoubted- y be the next diplomatic representative of an at the capital of the United States, is a man of great distinction in his own country. He was educated in the United States, and fs a graduate of Harvard Uni- versity, and of the Cambridge Law School. Since then he has visited the leading coun- tries of Europe, and has made an ex- haustive study of their systems of govern- ment. The result of this experience was shown on his return to his nattve country, when he framed the code of parliamentary Ppractico which now governs their senate and house. At one time he was general secretary of the imperial house of peers, a pesition corresponding to. that of secretary of the United States Senate. Since then he has held the office of vice minister of agri- culture and commerce, and has written many valuable works on economical ques- tlors. Notwithstanding his comparatively short career—he {s only about forty-two years of age—he has already taken a high place among the diplomats of the worl! His long residence in thts country and his familiarity with our people and customs will undcubtedly serve him well in his new capacity, and make his appointment pecu- larly approprtate from a diplomatic point cf view. > —__ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. The Commissioners this afternoon tssued the following orders: That permission—subject to revoeation at the pleasure of the Commissioners —be granted the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds to make its excava- tion in the public streets when necessary for commencing United States water mains. That H. S. Hayden, superintendent of the water department, be directed to proceed to Philadelphia, Pa., to inspect special castings new being manufactured for the water de- partment, es Taken From Jury. George Gotthart, a pork butcher In Eck- ington, was defendant in a case of alleged nuisance tried in the Police Court today. His slaughter house was the nuisance charged. Inspector Beaumont of the health department was the prosecuting witness, He tcld the court that the defendant's place was as clean as a slaughter house could be kept, and notwishstanding this fact he swore out the warrant. Judge Mills took the case from the jury, and a verdict of not guilty was recorded. aes Fire This Afternoon. Shortly after noon today fire was discoy- ered in the woodshed In the rear of two sirall frame houses in Desmond's court, | between 2d and 3d@Pand H streets south. west. The fire was supposed to have origi- e4 from a cooking stove in one of the sheds. The damage amounted to about ‘The houses are owned by David Mur- ee Has Been Retired. Capt. Levi F. Burnett, seventh infantry, has been placed on the retired lst on ai count of disability incurred in the service, VESTED IN COMMISSIONERS Control of Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum Opinion of Assistant Attorney Gen- Assistant Attorney General Hall holds in an opinion rendered to the Commissioners today that the supervision and control of expenditures for the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum was placed under the Commis- sioners, and that the control of property heretofore purchased, as well as that here- after purchased, was transferred from the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior and placed under the Commissioners under question is a portion of the appropriation act of March 3, 1893, providing for expenses Reported bythe Senate District Committee ponte Te Provide a Rev tion of Real Estate V 8t Corporatio: Loe 2 nape The Senate District committee today re- ported the assessment bill. A few amend- ments were made to it, being a portion of those propose! Ly Assessor Trimble to per- fect the bill. Tie term of the assistant as- sessors is increascu to four years, and their salaries reduced to 33,000 per year. Another amendment authorizes the Sec- retary of the Treasury to advance the Com- missioners such sums as may be necessary to meet their requisition for general ex- penses, and to reimburse the treasury for one-half said advances, payable by the Dis- trict out of the taxes collected. The para- Sraph which provides that it is “the intent of this provision to require the assessment of all property to be based on the true value of the property—such value as the sald property would sell for on the terms usual in sales of real property in the District of Columbia,” was stricken out. Another amendment provides that the Commission- ers shall fix the rate of tax, which shall not ceed the rate fixed by present law. The other amendments are unimportant and merely perfect the text. The bill was placed on the calendar. The purpose of the bill is to provide an immedi- ate revision and equalization of real estate values In the District of Columbia; also to provide an assessment of real estate in the District in the year 1803 and every third yeur thereafter. its provisions have been published in full in The Star several times. As to Corporations. ‘The committee also favorably reported the bill amending the law relating to incorpora- tion in the District, providing that any cor- poration heretofore or hereafter so organ- ized in the District may renew its charter jor any stated number of years, not exceed- ing twenty, by filing in the office of the re- corder of deeds of the District of Columbia a certificate in writing duly signed by a majority of its trustees and duly ackno i certifying that at the last regular meeting of the stockhoklers held prior to che Gate of such certificate, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, the stock- holders of such company, by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the shares of the steck of the company, resolved to renew the charter for a pertod designated by them: Provided, That the proposed renewal shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in writing indorsed on said certificate, and that a duly authen- tleated copy of the resolution of the stock- holders in respect of such renewal shall be attached to the certificate. ‘The committeé also reported the bill pro- viding for the reconveyance by the Com- missioners to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary £. Curtis certain land in the northeast sec- tion heretofofe dgnated for the site of 43d street. When the bill was reported to the Senate Mr. Martin askéeg unanimous consent for its consideratjon, and it was passed. A favorable report was also made on the bill authorizing the Commissioners to lease, to such persons and upon such terms and conditions a subject to such restric. tions as they may deem advisable and a: the public Interest’may require, the ends of streets projecting Into the Potomac river and the Eastern branch of the Potomac river and that part of Canal street lying between the ‘south line of G street and the Eastern branch of the Potomac river in said District.. the lease to cease if James creek canal is ever arched over. —___--»- DISTHICT GOVERNMENT. Want, the Pump. Louis C. Hootee, M. D., of 444 P street northwest, has again written to the Com- missioners in behalf of the neighbors in the locality of the pump on 5th street be- tween P and Q streets northwest, petition- ing them to restore to them the use of that pump. The petition was signed by a large majority of residents and property owners in the neighborhood of the pump. The petition forwarded to the Commts- sioners today reads as follows: “The citizens living adjacent to or In the neighborhood of the pump on 5th street be- tween P and Q streets northwest respect- fully petition your honorable board to re- store to them the use of the sald pump, as has been done, and ts being done for others, in the case of other pumps, which, like this one, by an order were lately put out of action. Our pump has been for perhaps twenty years the great resort of the vicinity to obtain water both in winter and sum- mer, but especially during the latter, it fur- Rishing the most delightful water in the city. Our neighborhood has never suffered with any disease from this source, and no sewerage can reach the water. We also submit that where water has been used so long and so extenstvely, as tn the instance of our well, and no evil known whatever, and much evil to result from the pump's disuse, it would be better to let it continue until some evil can be fairly charged. or until some other supply can be furnished in its stead. We therefore most earnestly request a reconsideration and reversal of order in our case, as In the case of others, and we will ever pray.” Bullding Permits. The building permits tssued yesterday were as follows: Chas. Ruoff, one brick dwelling at 151 S street extended, to cost $5,000; Isaac 8, Lee, one frame dwelling on Benning road, Benning, to cost $800; B. 3. Wagner, one frame dwelling on Providence street, Brookland, to cost $2,000. Favorable Action. The Commissioners have recommended favorable action on Senate bill 2209, “‘pro- viding for reconveyance by District Com- missioners of certain lands to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis,” which was re- ferred to them for examination and report. The topography indicates that the street in question 1s not located so as to be ad- Vantageousiy improved. It is three and one- half miles east of the Capitol, has never been improved, and only serves at present to relleve the grantor from paying taxes upon it. Expenses and Pension. The Commissioners yesterday ordered: That the sum of $75 be allowed from the firemen’s relief fund to defray the funeral expenses of the late Samuel I. Mastin, as- sistant foreman of the District of Columbia fire department. >. That a pensiin g? $30 per month, payable from the veltet fubd, be allowed the widow of the late Sdmuél E. Mastin during her widowhood, péhsigh to date from July 26, 1894, 7 21 Dantel Gainey’s Will. "The wil! of the Idte Dantel Gainey, dated July 5, 1893, foday, names his widow, Mary Gainey, (38 executrix, and devises to her all the preperty of the deceased, real and personal, furing her life or widowhood. Upon death of remarriage all the property is to go to e four children of the de- ceased) John, Agnes, Theresa and Dantel Francis, in feé simple, equally. But it 1s rrovided, furtHer, that the property shall mot be sold or divided until the youngest child reaches the age of twenty-one years, i) ee Marine Band Program. The program for the Marine Band concert at the White House on Saturday at 5:44 Dp. m. is as folows: Fanctullt Herold ++. Hoch Overture, Zampa Cornet ‘solo, Love's Dream Selection, Tobasea Chadwick Waltz, Jolly Girls -Volstedt Medley, The Metropolis at Night..._De Witt Patrol, Coxey’s Industrial Army Hail Columbia....... —.>-_ Reported holera Case in Wiinols Dis- proved, ‘The reported case of Aslatic cholera at Oxville, IIL, has been disproved. It was widely published that Mrs, Jos. Hatfield of that city died of the disease, and Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital requested the Illinois state board of health 18 investigate. The board of health has re- orted to him that the person died of con- | gestive cholera morbum Sergeant Daley in His Work Against the Dives. of members of the police force who are doing duty in the fourth precinct, and it is the result of what is thought to be a lack of discipline. Sergeant John C. Daley, who is one of Lieut. Vernon's assistayts, figures in the trouble to a considerable ex- tent, and the higher officials realize that the matter is the outcome of the sergeant’s crusade against the viglators of law. Since Sergeant Daley was sent to South Washington a number of well-known “dives” have been broken up and some of their keepers, who had violated the law and sold rum almost openly, either without license or on Sunday, have been arrested. In addition to breaking up some liquor places the sergeant has succeeded in clos- ing up a number of houses of ill-fame along the line of Maryland avenue. In making the raids on these places it Was necessary for the sergeant to procure the services of persons who had frequented them In order to get evidence. He,of course, could not get the better class of citizens to go in these dives and drink cheap Hquor in order to get evidence, and even if they had gone in they would have been suspected and refused liquor. And so the sergeant, it is said, got persons who had visited them, and in that way he obtained evidence and closed up a number of known “grog shops” and “speak easies.” This kind of work, {t would seem, did not please some of the privates, and Sergt. Daley was looked upon more as a trespass- er than as an officer in authority, and he feund whisky raids uphill work. With this feeling existing among the men he could not hope for the support the men had swora to give him, and so he was not willing to tiust all the men with information in advance of taking action, It has been stated that some of the of- ficers had beea given free drinks at some of the saloons, but no proof of this has yet been given before any investigating com- mittee. Finally the climax came when the Fat Men's Beneficial Association room was ralded on Sunday and a number of police- men were found there, as printed in The Star at the time. The officers found were tried, and the testimony taken in the case will be submitted to the Commisztoners to- morrow or early next week. This raid brought the bad feeling exts ing among the men to a climax, and it is asserted that one evening not long ago an officer In the station remarked: “We are going to bring in all of Daléy’s epies,” meaning the people who had assisted him m making cases. It appears that the officers have been particularly diligent in thac line lately, for No less than five of the persons mentioned have been arrested and charged with of- fenses, generally “‘vagrancy.” The last one of the number was a colored woman, named Marla Crump. She had been arrested many times and it was the whisky places that had brought her so low. When she ap- peared In court two days ago she showed evidence of having been brutally assaulted, her eye being terribly disfigured and her face swollen. Her story was that after a man had beat her she stopped a policeman on the street and asked him to arrest her wssaliant, giv- Ing his name and place of residence. “Instead of doing that,” said Maria to Judge Taylor, “*he told me tha: he was going to lock me up because I was one of Sergt. Daley's ‘spies.’ ” There was no doubt about the woman's ing guilty, under the evidence of the off- cer, and the judge required her to give a bond of $200, much larger than the usual aemacy bond, or go down, and she went own. Lieut. Vernon has given the matter some attention and Maj. Moore, it is thought, will give permission for a general trans- fer of the men in the precinct in order to improve the efficiency of the service. ——— NO PRESENT CHANGES. Congratulations Showered on New Health Officer. This morning’s mail brought to Health Officer Woodward more than a score of con- sratulations from his numerous friends in the city, including many of the best known physicians, while as many more called at the office and gave him a hearty hand- sLake. But they were not the only ones who called, for there were many persons who called to look for a situation, Anything from janitor to enief clerk would prove ac- ceptable to many of them, but they were all informed that there were no vacancies, Speaking to a Star reporter today, Health Officer Woodward said that there would be no changes made in the office just now. He had not had time, he said, to even be- come pe with the men or their Cuties, until be does he will certainly not suggest a change. It is his intention to improve the service if possible, and effi- clency will be the requirement of persons who hold positions. He said he would not make a vacancy simply for the purpose of making room for an applicant. —_——__ Wimodaughsis Garden Fete. The ladies of the Wimodaughsis have completed their arrangements for the gar- den fete tonight. The evening will be de- voted to amusemerts, also to a musical program. Among the participants are Miss Mattie Houck, Miss Annte Evans, Miss Bre- gazzi, Miss Prehn, Miss Lizzie Leper and Mrs. Datsy Louise Fox, whose mastery of the plano won for her high reputation at the world’s fair, having been awarded high- est honors for technique and brilliancy of execution. Prof. George W. Lawrence and Mr. Edward J. Walsh, who ts well known for his fine recitations, and Prof. J. Rhodes and his two pupils, Glenn and Earl Phelps, will also take part. Amateur Base Ball. The Capitol Hill Colts have defeated the Eastern Stars by 10 to 5. The features of the game were the battery work of Fur- lorg and Manpin for the Colts. The Colts would like to hear from all clubs whose players ere under eighteen years. Address challenges to J. J. Gorman, jr., 124 B street rortheast. a Seience in Billiards. Prof, Chas. Harer, the well-known profes- sfonal billiard player, has taken charge of the billiard room of the Hotel Randall, where he is giving exhibitions of how bil- ards are made easy every evening at 8:30 o'clock, The affair has attract very large number of the lovers of this game, as been shown during the past few days, —~— To Enforce a Mechinies’ Lien. John B. Hammond today filed a bill In equity against Jeremiah FB. Donovan and Wm. A. Vaughn, to enforce a mechanics’ len of $806.25 on part of an unnumbered lot in square 112, Beall’s addition to George- town, 57 1-2 feetfront on Sist street, be- ginning 170 feet south of U street, ee Acts Approved. The President has approved the act to prohibit th2 interment of bodies in Grace- lend cemetery, In the District of Columbia; the act for the disposal of the accretions of the Virginius Indemrity fund; the act to prcn.ote the efficiency of the naval militia; the act for the rellef of the towboat Future City, the act to provide an American regis- ter for the steamer Oceanfe; the act con- cerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park; the act in regerd to a bridge across the Missouri river near Sioux City, Iowa; the act authorizing the state of Montana to make selections from certain public lands: the act for the relief of Andrew Gray, an the act making Rockville, Conn., a port of delivery. The acts for the relief of Gen. N. J’ T. Bana and for the relief of Mai ten George 8. Greene, and the act to bar R. Ransom on the retired army, have become laws without the ident’s signature, lace Dun- A Beet Contract Award The contract for furnishing beef to goy- ernment hospitals for the insane hag been awarded to Hyman Howdermaker of Chi- cago, at 6 87-100 cents per pound. The lowest bid by a Washington firm for home slaughtered beef was nt per nd, submitted by Thomas Z, Keakh ‘There ts a surprise in store for a number list of the |. “scoop” at i price. ‘Phe rest of the list, while holding firm,was SUBTREASURY REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 3.—There was quite an anxious lot of shorts when the stock market opened this morning, as the demand for Burlington ard Rock Isidnd late yester- day ran the premium in the loan crowd up to 1-64 and 1-32 respectively, showing that, contrary to the general belief, there was a beavy additicn made to the short interest yesterday. The enxiety of the bears was helped along by rumors that some of the orders to ship gold tomorrcw had been or would be canceled and the fact that London again appeared as a buyer of its specialties at the opentag, centering its interest in Louisville and Nashville and St. Paul, for- eign speculators evidently sharing the opin- ion of thair more ccnservetive brethren on this side that we are on the eve of a settie- ment of the tariff dispute and that a bill of some kind will scon be passed. The more confident feeling abroad was the more re- marked because of the fact that the London stock market wil! until Tuesday, count” go2s merrily on, The feeling had grown over night that the slump in sugar refineries duriag the last few minutes’ trading yesterday be closed though the pure and simple, there was an excited opening in sugar due to sharp bidding up of the price by a prom- inent Hebrew firm closely identified with the sugar trust. were very heavy at prices rangiag any- where between 103 and 104 as against 102 t night's close. After the first ur- gent demands were satisfied the stock be- came very quiet but firm around 104. , The manipulation in distillers’ was of the same character as that of yesterday, in- siders being evidently anxious to unload the stock without materially affecting the The tirst very dull. The New York sutreasurer’s reports for the past week may be compiled as iollows: Receipts, $21,400,000; payments, $19,100,000. Recelpts include $4,200,000 currency of va- rious kinds received by the New York of- fice from other subtreasuries, s@ that the net receipts of the week are approximately $17,000,000, Net payments are about $15,- 20,000, after making allowances for ship- ments of money to other treasury New York institutions, have lost about $1,750,000 The while a caused by Europe. these should count against the banks for The only gain has been from a moderate money movement, which bankers calculate at about $1,000,000. The bank shipment tomorrow should show a fully $7,500,000, falling 488 1-2; very much more im; Under system sixty tcgether, and heavy buying apd prices, certificates. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high. ‘he closing prices est and the lowest and tl Pullman ‘abasn Wabasa, Wheel! e Wheeling &L E Western nion Tel Wisconsin Central Silver. ... Washington Stock Exchange. Phila. and tieaaing Kichmond Termiaal.. Phila. Traction... 4 Texas Pacitic Tenn. Coal and iron. 33 Gmion Pacino. the extreme advance ———._—_ P. Car Co. pf Tak “interest ac- . to the treasury, portant the shipments of gold to arket, but brokers report a off in the inquiry from remitters. Market is so narrow that it ts easily af- fected. Actual rates for sterling are: Ca- ble transfers, 488 1-2a488 3-4; Gays, 487 1-2a487 34. The market continued dull and uninterest- ing up to the delivery hour at 2:15, when reports were freely circulated that the con- ferees on the tariff bill had finally come of sugar finers started the railway list, Chicago Gas and Distillers, all of which became active d strong. closing firm at about the best prices of the day, which ranged from one to two and a half per cent above being in sugar white corn, S3a55; Fellow Gorn, 52055. Gata’ quiet “and easy "No.2. white, western, 506 Sab; toch, 24,076 bushels. Rye slow—No. 2, Hay" vgady_good to chats iantiy, Ha bis Hay steady—good to cholee timothy, $14.008$15.00. per quartet, i. Ancor: Cork foretets tar 'chars Per quarter, 16; August; Cork for per = Sogar frm, ‘Butter and ecg pipe pe awe) show Chicago Grain and Provision Markets od *aneaeee p73 3, 1804. cy Ty ‘Som “STR ‘Ba Ba BESS a2 Bo” awl ao s oJ a » so 12.5 12. i340 13.15 i 13.15 1% 7.5 70 em Tew, Close. 6. 6 6M 657 6 675 GAL ow —_—»—_—_ THE BIBLES SAVED. Over Twenty Taken From the Knox Ruins Unhurt. The Count of Monte Cristo himself would lock with greedy eyes at the big chunks of melted etlver that were taken out of the Tuins of the Knox fire today. Yesterday Contractor Albert Gleeson was given the contract for removing the debris, and 150 men were put to work cleaning up the ruins. Today they tackled that part of the huge pile which was supposed to contain the valuables. A corps of trusted employes was put to work and many valuable articles taken from the heterogeneous mass. Hun- dreds of books, with their covers slightly burned, were recovered, and cons‘derable crockery was recovered without a crack. The crowd of spectators was augmented from today was a consequently transactions ing in vain for some of his valuable books and pictures, which were second floor. He valued his collection at offices. therefore, it loss has of a re- all ‘Transfer System. junction, at a cost to the passengers not more than 2 cents for each transfer. The act is to go into effect fifteen after enactment, and a fine of $10 vided for every violation of the law railroad companies. Changing Troops. ‘The first detachment of the cavalry troops of the Fort Myer garrison their encampment at Marshall evening and returned to their day. Their I taken by ‘ rshall r turn! 5 | troops ha@ plenty of target practice an 6x | Showed great improvement in the use of 184 | the rife’ The average of proficiency was 10 | over 50 per cent, which is very con- 85% | sidering that the troops have had no prac- ss tiee for Henry, Col. Guy V. remal ‘Sales call "lock m.— : him weak and caused him to return tional T at 100.) Mottopotitan Tatra $5 | to this city last evening. ‘There is nothing at wo. aa eottpiiroed, 50 at 65. im his case, however, and it is ex- Government a. —U. 4s, registered, 118% | pected the will readily yield to Fig rey as s. Maes 1i4 bid, 114% | treatment. District” of ‘Columtla ‘Honte”* ay fund - osiy Vid. Bo-rear fund Ou. gold, 1 BS bid Want Completing Vessels, 1908, currency, 120 bid’ 8 S50 ranvng’ SK. | A statement prepared by Chief Naval 112 bid. Bigs, Fostetered. 1s, 100 Did. ’ | Constructor Hichborn shows the percentage town Railroad conv. a 13S bid. “Waskagrg®: | of completion reached by the various naval ct Hatirved cony. @s, 21, 134 bid. | Vessels now under construction as follows: Bair felitam Haltread cour. 6105 1a. 108 asked: | No. O-Indiana, 87 per cent; No. 11—Mansa- On, 100 bid" Weabingent Ga Company @a sored | chusetts, 84 per cent; No. 10—Minneapolts, B is ba Wweminswes Gas Company Gs, series | $5 per cent; No. 16—Brooklyn, #) per cent; 190 bia. 8. lecirie Laat oe 4 Tas at No. 17—lowa, 19 per cent; No. 3—Ericsson, 128 asked. peake and Potomac Telephone cent; No. 13-—Katahdin, 80 per cent; bid. As Security and Trust Se Fe asd 64, 106 bid.” Was! 103 bid. W, oD tional bid, 830 bid. 185 bid, Columbia, ost, ir + 8. Metropolitan, 285 bid, farmers and Mechanics’, 150 ask West End, 9% bid, 100 asked. Ohio, 80 ask: and Trust 29 bl apron 275 bid, lumbia,' 5S bid, 65 asked. ington, 26 ‘bid. ked. Paton, 20 bid, 15 Ti bid, 8 ask ie “Tasurance pid, 112 Wi Ww Masonic Light lnfantry ist hit Infantry 2d Zs, LoL Bank Stocks.Bank of V 135, bid, : 115 asked. Traders’, it and ‘Trust’ ¢ ‘Trust, 129 bid. nd 9% bid,” 122 asked. 33 asked. 128 oft. German-American, asked. asked. Peapie's, 54 bid, c jon Title, & bid. District pYashington Market Company = toy ington Market Company 3 “a Association ba,” 100" i ington, of the Republi 300 asked. Capital, 11 q 83 bid. a National shington Lown American Security ht Stocks. — Washi Heorgetown Gas, 50 bid. U. asked. Piremen's, 88 bid. Frankl: Did, 76 asked. Corcoran, Arlington, 148 150 bid. ‘Columbia, 13° bid. urance —Real Estate Title, 105 asked. Columbia Title, ™% “cane ocks. Chesapeake and na 98 per No. 2—Olympla, 99 per cent; No, 14—Cregon, 80 per cent; No. 18—Gunboat No. 7, © per cent; No. 1%-No work has yet been done on gunboats Nos. § and 0; No. 5—Maine, yt per_cent First Lieut. Wm. L. Sibert, corps of engi. neers, now at Detroit, has been detatie’ to duty at Littia Rock, Ark., relieving Capt, | Carl F. Palfrey, who ts ordered to duty at Detroit as assistant to Col. Pos, in counee- Lincoln, Bate and Stocks.—Washington and Georget on wi = york 310 aakod. Metropolitan. ¥0 asketr Gy: | Hon with river and harbor work. elt, 25 bid, 35 asked. = ie pete Some Amendments. In the Senate yesterday afternoon amenq. ments to the sundry civil bill were ad to pay the widows of the Vence of North Carolina and St of Michigan $5,000 each. Inston Gas, bid, 1 ‘National 3 asta, fis: Saritle, S| ‘The following were the readings of I Porm’ g: | 8 8. m.. 73; 2p. m., 67; maximum. 8% ‘bid, | mum, 72 the thermometer at the weather bureau todayt 87; ming