Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1894, Page 7

. . ; — Ve Speco THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1894-TEN PAGES. 7 DISTRICT MEASURES Laws That Have Been Enacted at the Present Session. BILLS NOW PENDING IN CONGRESS —__ + —_ Some on the Calendars of the House and Senate AND SOME NOT REPORTED ‘The regular session of Congress, which, ft is expected, will end in a few days, re- gulted in twenty-two local bills being sent to the President. Of these twenty have been signed and two are now awaiting sig- Mature. Of the twenty signed, one was the Fegular District appropriation bill, which Contained a few items of new legislation. Of all the rest,excepting two,the act amend- ing the charter of the Metfopolitan Rail- Toad Company and the act providing for a system of tax assessments and revision, there is not one that marks any special ad- warce on the part of the city or the Dis- trict. Noted in the order of their approval, with the dates on which they were signed Preceding, these laws are as follows: December 21—An act to extend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home. This Provided for the condemnation of property belonging to Annie E. Barbour and the Hill cemetery in order that North" Capitol street might be cut through to the (founds of the home. Condemnation pro- @eedings were had and an order to the transfer was signed by the court, but an appeal was taken by the owners of the to the District committee of the te, as the result of which, at the in- Stance of Senator Faulkner, an amendment inserted in the District appropriation in the Senate providing that the con- @emnation order be vacated and that new pondemnation proceedings be instituted, the provisions of a different law re- to condemnations. This was because owners elaimed tnat they had not re- éeived full value, that the commissioners condemnation had not given them credit x the “benefits that would accrue from imprevements. This amendment was enacted into law, and thus the extension hhas been delayed. eommaoad 21—To close alleys in square March 12—To amend the act ofganizing the Smithsonian Institution by a zevision Of the list of ex-olficio trustees in order to tcnform with the present organization of the cabinet. % March 14-To make service connections ‘with water mains and sewers. This bill merely provided for amendments to the existing laws and rearranging the system. May 11—To amend the liquor law approv- ed March 3, 1803. This bill has two princi- pal effects. First, to require the testi- Jmony of but one witness in order to secure Prosecutions; and second, to exempt hotels and wholesale establishments located with- iq 400 feet of churches and schoois, having been established within those limits prior to the passage of the act of 18. This Saved from revocation of license the great cluster of hostelries in the vicinity of the corner of 15th and H streets northwest. May 25—To provide for the sale of new Yickets by the Street rai:tway and herdic companies of the District. The nuisance of old, tattered and germ-laden tickets has borne more or less patiently by the patrons of the local companies for many years, and this bill granted great relief by compelling the companies to issue their tickets in sheets of six for 25 cents and to @ancel each ticket presented for fare so that it could not be used again. An appro- iate penalty was provided to punish ved violations of the law. Since the ex- ration of the thirty days’ margin granted the companies after the passage of the ct there has been inaugurated an era of elean, crisp and wholesome trip-slips such as has never before been experienced in Washington. May 28—To construe the act incorporat- img the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral foundation. This defined certain powers of trustees of the institution necessary be- re complete organization should be had. June 19—-To close a part of an alley in the re on which Gonzaga College is located w the relief of the officials of that institu- mn. June 28—Making Labor day a legal holi- @ay. An interesting controversy has arisen @oncerning this act, in regard to the ter- fitory of its application. [t assuredly re- tes to the @istrict, but there has been e doubt aS to whether it goes further ‘and established the holiday outside. But as that, the local folks have no particular terest, for sufficient unto Washington is e holiday therein. Jure 4-To incorporate tho Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias as a body cor- wate in the District of Columbia. This as in anticipation of the coming national campment of knights m this city. duly 30—Amending the act establishing Court of Appeals of the District in cer- matters. It provided for an additional lerk, and established a new system of Kore instead of the monthly terms here- fore in vogue. August—To authorize the Metropolitan way Company to change its motive wer. This is one of the most important t railroad bills ever passed by Con- ess. It solves, to the satisfaction of st citizens, a problem that has kept Vashington from possessing one of the finest systems of stret railroad transporta- tion in the country for a nurhber of years. The Metropolitan Railroad Company was, several years ago, givea notice by Congress to change its motive power, and a date was fixed after which, in case of failure, the company should lose its charter. The com- any experimented with storage battery cars without success, and, claiming that it Could not use a cable on account of the rooked character of the line, was looking, it was asserted, to the irolley-electric sys- . and applied to Congress for an exten- ion of the charter oa the ground that its periments had been costly without afford- ‘~ the cequisite relief. At this time the istrict Commissioners brought forward an id tax claim against the Metropolitan lompany, resulting from certain improve- ty done some years ago under the old rd of public wor! amounting, in round umbers, to about $150,000. This case had n brought to trial in the Supreme Court if the District, and there, on account of a lea in bar on the basis of the statute of itations, the court awarded judgment to @ company. After great difficulty and. uch debate, the committees of Congress lecided, on the plea of the company that it could successfully maintain its sult on its Merits, that the case should be reopened, ¢ statutory Itmitations lifted, and the suit = for final Judgment without appeal in e Court of Appeals of the District. This ‘as accomplished by the bill which was frets, agreed upon by the two houses, and addition, the company is authorized to Change its motive power to an underground €lect ystem. The 9th street line is to be completed in one year, and the F street Ime in years from the date of the ap- roval of the act. Meanwhile, all oid cars My cos ont the voned_those teat bave Gece te se for three years and upward—are to be eplaced with new cars of modern pattern vithin ninety days, under penalty of a fine Of 825 for eech day of delay. A most tm- portant section was added, providing that pany shall make reciprocal transfer ements with railway com- nies running coni ines. This was rpose of enabling the Rock creek and Chevy Chase railroad to secure a city terminus without building a new trunk line into the rt of the This, it is as- Be-ted, will be the policy of Congress In the future, to connect the suburban lines with the ablished trunk lines, and thus pre- plication of tracks that will grid- ts. Under the arrangement, Chase cars will run to 13th and r nd the Metropolitan cars will Fun to the Zoo. August 3-To prohiptt tne interment of Bodies in celand cemetery and to pro- Wide for the sale of the property of that gemetery and the remoyal of the bodies al- freds interred there This cemetery has ng outgrown by the surrounding Beighboring community and almost sur- ended by dwellings. It has been deemed matter of only common precaution to re- ove the possibility of infection from the esence of these bodies in the midst of a ickly populated community, and this en- tment is In the line with all similar: legis- tion in othe; hans 2 to remove burial rounds beyond municipal limits. August 5—To exempt the property of the Young Men’s Christian Association from taxation, except such property as is used for purposes of profit. August 6—To pay for an alley condemned in square 493. August 1l—To regulate water main as- sessments. This bill did not receive the unanimous approval of the Commissioners, but was the cause of a majority report against it to the President. It provides a new scale of assessments against property owners for water main improvements. August 11—To provide for the closing of part of an alley in square 185. August i4—To provide an immediate re- vision and equalization of real estate val- ues. and an assessment of real estate in 1806 and every third year thereafter. This is @ very important enactment,as has been fre- quently pointed out in The Star. It creates a board of assistant assessors to revise and equalize the tax assessments. The board of assessors is also made the excise board of the District. The Commissioners have al- ready appointed the three members of this bres and they have entered upon their les. August 13—To provide for the payment of the 8 per cent greenback certificates of the District of Columbia. There are about $20,000 of these securities now unsold in the hands of the treasurer of the United States. Awaiting Approval. In addition to these bilis that have been signed, there are two important street railway measures awaiting approval. One of these grants the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railroad Company a right of way into the District from the Wash- ington end of the Long bridge and north- ward by lth street to E, thence to 13 1-2, to B, to the Center Market. This will give connections with Adexandria and Mount Vernon by electric car, and in case a bili row pending in the Senate granting right of way through the Arlington reservation becomes a laws it will also give facilities for communication with Arlington and ort Myer. The company will use the Lorg bridge under arrangement with the Pennsylvania Railway Company. The other bili new awaiting signature is known as the omnibus railroad bill, and affects the charters of three Jocal com- panies. It is entitled “An act to amend the charter of the Washington and Great Falls Railway Company” and re-establish the route of ‘that company so that it will have, without crossing the conduit road, a terminus at the north end of the Aqueduct bridge by way of t street. The bill also authorizes the Washington and George- town Company to extend its track from the present terminus to the end of the bridge and requires that company to erect and maintain a union passenger house for the convenience of the passengers of these two com, ies and also all others that may be hereafter chartered to that terminus. The bill amends the charter of the Ecking- ton and Soldiers’ Home Company by grant- ‘g the privilege of an extension of its tracks to the Center Market by way of Sth street, Louisiana avenue, 6th and B streets. In addition to the strictly local measures signed, there have been minor matters of some importance scattered through the regular appropriation bills. In the urgent deficiency bill of March 12 there were ap- propriations for repairing the old Armory building, now used by the fish commission, and also the old Ford Theater building, on 1th street. ‘The District appropriation bill, approved August 7, carries an increase over last year of upward of $200,000. In addition to the current appropriations, it provided $165,000 for assessment and permit work and set forth an entirely new system to regulate this service. In the Senate. ‘The Senate calendar contains nineteen lo- cal measures, mest of them of considerable importance to the people of the District, but it is not probable that any one of them will become a law at this session, They are as follows: Making a judgment a lien on all real es- tate or interest of the debtor in the Dis- trict. To prevent the recording of subdivisions of land in the office of the recorder of deeds, To simplify the form of deeds of con- veyance, trusts and releases of land in the District. To amend the act of October 1, 1800, re- lating to the incorporation of certain cor- Porations within the District. To provide additional accommodations for the government printing office. Revising and izing the system of tax sales. To change the name of 16th street to Ex- ecutive avenue. To establish labor regulations for the District of Columbia. A resolution relative to the transfer shed at the corner of 15th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. To amend the act of May 11, 1892, pun- ishing false swearing before police and fire department trial boards. To require street railway companies in the District to pave-and repair pavements with asphalt, vitrified brick or granite — increase the water supply in the city by the purchase of all the water and land rights at Great Falls. To authorize the sale of certain private property in Georgetown. To amend the law in relation to the sep- arate property of married women in the District. To amend the law with relation to mar- riage and marriage returns in the District. To amend the charter of the Eckington and Soidiers’ Home Railroad Company. This bill was enacted as a section of the omni- bus railroad bill, aiready referred to. Tec provide for continuing the system of trunk sewers in the District, to provide for sewerage disposal, to lay out highways and for other purposes. This is the bond issue bill, similar to that pending in the House, except that the Senate committee has taken a strong ground in favor of the continu- ance of the system, whereby the govern- ment pays one-half of the expenses of the District. This is in controversion of the attitude of the House. Granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes. This is a House bill and needs but the action of the Senate to give the Mount Vernon road its necessary Arling- ton terminus. To provide for the erection of a national home for the aged and infirm colored per- sona in the District. Bills Not Reported. The calendar of the Senate committee on the District contains a large number of measures that were never reported to the Senate. Among the most important of these are the following: To amend the charter of the Washington and Arlington Railroad Company, the District Commissioners rec- ommending adverse action; to define the route of the B. and O. road in the District, to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors: to authorize the Falls Church and Potomac Railroad Company to extend its line into the District, which was practically enacted in the Mount Vernon bill; to incorporate the Washington Traction Company; to found a college of scientific ———- to authorize the Norfolk and Western road Company to extend its line into the District; to in- corporate the Washington Central Railway Company, the Commissioners recommending adversely; to amend the charter of the Sub- urban Railway Company; to incorporate the Washington and Benning Street Railway Company; for the relief of owners of corner lots in the District, the Commissioners be- ing unfavorable; to provide a building site for the National Conservatory of Music; to provide general regulations for the corporation of street railway companies; to provide for annual reports by certain cor- porations; to amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company; to amend the fire laws of the District; to enable stor- age warehouse men to collect their charges upon goods deposited with them by selling them; to protect the property of the United States Electric Lighting Company and to punish trespassing upon the same; to pro- vide for the reconstruction of the Aqueduct bridge; to regulate the laying and repair- ing of sidewalks; to amend the charter of the Belt Line road—two bills; for the con- struction of a memorial bridge to Arlington from the naval observatory grounds; to provide for a survey for a bridge across the astern branch; to regulate medical col- leges in the District; to provide for the im- provement of the bathing beach; to in- corporate the Union Passenger Ratlway Company; to protect Sunday as a day of rest and’ worship; to regulate fares and transfers on street’ railway lines; to author- ize the appointment of women as school stees; to amend the act of July 22, 1892, jating the construction of alley build- ings; to authorize the adoption of children in the District; regulating the price of gas; to provide for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, crosswalks and gutters; to Gispose of idle labor and discourage idle wealth—introduced by Mr. Peffer; for the erection of a municipal building on the mar- ket reservation; to provide work for unem- ployed persons in the District—also from Mr. Peffer; to quthorize the Great Falis Power Company to sell electricity for light and power purposes; requiring gates or uards to be erected at railroad crossings fn he District; to establish a free public library; to renumber the entire District of Columbia by squares; to amend the insur- ance law of January 26, + to regulate the telephone service; to make permanent provision for the police fund; to incorporate the Capital Railroad Company; for the ap- pointment of a public administrator; for a permanent exposition at Washington; to in- corporate the Washington City Railroad Company; to secure uniformity in the names of minor streets; to require the use of safety fenders on rapid-transit cars; to regulate Canal street; to reguiate the sale of milk; relating to the witnessing of wills. Bills to incorporate the National Light and Fuel Company were rejected by the committee; also a number of street railway bills. The bill relating to the sale of gas, regulating the price, known as the “dollar gas bill,” reached the Senate after favor- able action by the House, but has not yet been acted upon. The committee will not take action upon this measure until next session. A resolution has been ate, on motion of Mr. McMillan, supple- mented by a later resolution by Mr. Hoar, which will result in a comprehensive inves- tigation at the next session into the sys- tem of charities and charitable institutions in this city. This is the result of agitation over the appropriations for the support of charitable institutions and the board of children’s guardians. The subcommittee that has been appointed to conduct the in- quiry is composed of Scnators McMillan, Hunton, Gallinger, Faulkner and Martin. The inquiry will be devoted especially to the relations of the office of the superinten- dent of charities with the board of chil- dren’s guardians. Incidentally the com- mittee will investigate the Humane Society, and will make a ccmplete survey of the government-aided institutions, with especial reference to their property and systems of management. A number of local nominations have passed through the Senate, including those of Commissioner Truesdell, Commissioner Ross, Recorder C. H. J. Taylor and Judge Miller of the Police Court. All of these passed without opposition except that of Taylor, against whom a determined oppo- sition developed on account of his non-resi- dence in the District. The District com- mittee made an adverse report to the Sen- ate, but, after a long and bitter fight, he was confirmed by the Senate. District Matters in the House. The House District committee has had a busy session, has reported a number of im- portant bills and secured their passage through the House, has reported other im- portant measures, which now hang fire on the House calendar, and has given careful consideration to a number of bills of public and private import, which are yet in an unfinished state in committee. The work of the committee at this session has been marked by one feature, which will not fig- ure so extensively in future sessions, name- ly, the holding of prolonged public hearings upon before the committee. Day in and day out the committee listened to argu- ments for and against billg which had been already made before the District Commis- sioners. Next session there will be short hearings and every one will be given an op- portunity to file written statements. This is expected to afford the committee more = to give to the actual consideration of Bills on the House Calendar. The work of the committee most closely approaching fruition is those measures now on the calendar of the House, ready to be taken up at the first opportunity for consideration next session. They are as follows: A bill to amend the act approved February 18, 1803, changing the name of the Capitol, Nerth O Street and South Washington Railway Company to the Belt Railway Company, and granting additional powers to said company. This is popularly known as the L street crosstown railway bill. It was considered in the House May 14 and July 9, but action was deferred on account of vigorous opposition to the route. A bill for the sale of burial sites for the benefit of the ‘Congressional cemetery. A bill continuing the system of trunk sewers in the District (popularly known as the bond bill). It will be among the first bills brought up at the next session. A bill to establish a free and departmen- tal public Mbrary in the District of Co- lumbia. This bill will have the right of way on the first District day next session, coming over as unfinished business. A bill to provide that the laws relating to bookmaking shall not apply to book- making at any regular meeting of any jockey club or racing association in the District of Columbia conducted on mile tracks and beyond three-fourths of a mile from the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and between the Ist day of April and the 30th day of November, said club or association to be lmited to one spring or summer meeting and one fall meeting, of not more than eighteen days each, in any one year. A bill for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves. It provides that bodies of paupers may be given to medical colleges under certain stipulations. A bill to amend the charter of the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company. A bill to extend the route and amend the charter of the Brightwood Railway Com- pany. On the Committee's Calendar. There are a great many bills still on the calendar of the committee which have not reached final action, and some of them are of unusual importance. At the head of this list stands the bill to define the route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company within the District, and to require that ecmpany to abolish grade crossings. Sev- eral hearings were given upon this meas- ure during the session, but the bill was never reported. Its friends now claim that they have assurances of early action by the committee at the beginning of next session. Next in importance, perhaps, in this cate- gory comes the bill to‘codify the laws of the District. At the beginning of the ses- sion there was lively promise of action upon’ this measure. Chairmar. Heard ap- pointed a special subcommittee to consider it, but no meeting has ever been held, and it is thought that there is but little likeli- hood of action at the next session, as the session will continue but three months. Other measures of importance which are still before the committee are as follows: A bill making April 2 a legal holiday. A bill to simplyfy the form of deeds of conveyance. A bill relating to separate estates of mar- ried women. A bill for the settlement of outstanding claims against the District. A bill to incorporate the Washington and Benning Railway Company, A bill to prevent the recording of subdi- visions of land in the District, A bill authorizing the appointment of a deputy coroner. A bill to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Terminal railway. meas- ure is said to be for the purpose of a fur- ther extension of the tracks of the Penn- sylvania Railway Com; ny in South Wash- ington, and a bitter heh has been made upon it. A bill to amend the law relating to di- vorces. A bill requiring the appointment of wo- men as school trustees. A bill to quiet titles to lands In dispute. A bill to require the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks. A bill to regulate the use of Canal street. A bill relating to the form of bills of sale, conditional sales, mortgages and trusts of chattels. A bill providing for the construction of Mt. Vernon avenue. ‘A bill requiring gates or guards to be erected at railway crossings in the District. A bill requiring immediate returns of marriage licenses. A bill to incorporate the National Gas and Electric Light Company. A bill providing for the appointment of a public administrator, A bill requiring all future street railway charters to be sold at public auction. One of the bills which passed the House and is pending in the Senate is the act re- ducing the price of gas to consumers, = requiring a higher degree of purity in the gas supplied. Guarding the Health, A circular has been sent to all collectors of customs instructing them to notify the Secretary of the Treasury promptly by tel- egraph of the arrival at their port of any vessel from a foreign port without the con- sular bill of health prescribed by the act of February 15, 1893. This notification must state the port of clearance of the vessel and any ports of call, with the dates oi each, number and class of passengers, gen- 1 nature of cargo and the present san- itary condition of Ge vessel as reported by the quarantine or health authorities for their port. They will thereupon be instruct- ed by the department as to the entry of the vessel. ‘They are also to notify the United States attorney for a district 0; = violation of law, and they will report thereafter to the department the master’s reasons for failure to produce the required bill of health and any mitigating circumstances, GUARDING ii CAMP The Knowledge of the Sentinels at Camp Thompson Tested. The Soldier wins tbls Fan With Duty and Are Enjoying Their Life Under Canvas. Correspondence of The Eventiig Sthr. CAMP GILBERT THOMPSON, OCEAN CITY, Md., August 18, 1894. The regular routine was suspended yes- terday and this evening,’and-a new order substituted, which was productive not only of a good deal of amusement, but also of Profitable instruction. Capt. Horton gave the company some tests of sentinel duty, which exemplified some of the points with which a sentinel should be thoroughly familiar, but of which company C knew very little at all. Immediately after retreat almost the en- tire company was put on duty for this sentinel practice. Lieut. Ruebsam was de- tailed as officer of the day, Lieut. Middle- ton as officer of the guard, Sergt. Stevens as sergeant of the guard, Corp. Steward as corporal of the first relief, Corp. Lepper of the second, and Corp. Stevens of the third, each relief consistittg of five men. Capt. Horton then addressed the company, giving in outline the general duties of sen- tries, but not saying anything specially about the particular tests he proposed to make. Corp. Steward postéd his men, gave them the countersign, and then the fun be- gan. The idle reliefs and all the other men in camp accompanied Capt. Horton on his rounds, in order to see and appreciate the mistakes of the different guards. The first one encountered was the one on the board He did not understand that he was to halt the party, while they kept on the walk, and he allowed Capt. Horton to walk = behind him and snatch his machete out of his hand. But.as the camp was+sup- posed to be in hostile territory, he should have halted all on or near his beat. Try- ing it again, he challenged the party, and being given the reply, “Friends, with the countersign,” correctly ordered one to ad- vance with the countersign. The answer to the challenge of the second sentinel was “A of cavalry,” and he made the mistake of not requiring the one ordered to advance to dismount before ad- vancing. The third sentinel was told that {t was Coxey’s army. He called for the corporal of the guard, who told the “gen- eral” in command that his army could not pass through the camp. Capt. Horton then gave the countersign, and was passed, with the usual salute. Pussling the Sentries. The fourth sentinel was told that the party were friends of one of the officers in camp, that they wanted to see him, but did not know the countersign. The guard called for the corporal of the guard, who was nonplussed, and in turn yelled for the sergeant of the guard, He very properly ordered the leader to advance, asked the names of the party, 2nd pMered the names to be taken to the offices asked for, Capt. Horton then gave the countersign and went on to tackle the fifth guard. The answer to his challenge was: “Some Fiji Islanders, who have been taking 4y,-the world’s fair and are bound to return tomorrow. We are anxious to see the Simp poire returning.” The corporal of the gi being called, could not handle the case called for the sergeant of the guard,” decided not to allow the inspection, bat’ upon the pro- test of the leader at being*#hut out by a non-commissioned officer, he called for the officer of the guard, who detided to admit them, two at a time, in cMarge of an “hon- orary escort,” of two guards. Capt. Horton disappeared while this con- fab was going on, and tp Ajll time, Capt. Averill sent a couple of getg. of twos with the escort through the camp. By that time Capt. Horton returned, calling for the offi- cer of the day, to whom he reported that he had persohal knowledge 6¥ the removal of the transit from the quartermaster tent, unnoticed by the guard. The corporal of the guard had detected him, but had not stopped him. Lieut. Ruebsam was some- what startled when told that he, as officer of the day, unless he could locate the guard on duty when the theft was committed, was responsible for the goods stolen. Capt. Horton then called the game and reported the transit in the hotel office, where he had just carried it. It was then 8 o'clock, and eight of the company, with eight fair part- ners and nine watermelons, started on a They went to visit a cabin about three miles off, making the six miles in five hours. One melon was “busted,” but half of one apiece seemed to have been more than enough for them, judging from the disgruntled and crabbed appearance and demeanor of the men today. It is reported that Capt. Averill went to sleep on the wagon. Some Rifle Scores. The rifle practice was continued today, but still only at 200 and 300 yards. The scores are as follows: At 200 yards—Pri- vate Frech, 9; Pvt. Lyon, 7 and 4; Pvt. Sunderland, 16 and 19; Pvt. Wilkerson, 7 and 10; Pvt. Wright, 16, At 300 yards— Capt. Averill, 14 and 22; Lieut. Holt, 19; Sergt. Stevens, 21; Pvt. Cass, 14 and 12; Pvt. Frech, 18; Pvt. Lyon, 4 and 14; Pvt. Pellen, 14 and 7; Pvt. Wilkerson, 15 and 17; Pvt. Wright, 17. Lieut. Holt hoped to fi ish all the scores at all ranges, but the weather has been unfavorable, and other duties also demanded attention. The combination of engineering work, camp- military duty and rifle practice is too much for a small company. Lieut. Ruebsam was on the sick list to- day. The transit was also laid up for re- pairs, as the cross bars were broken. Corp. Steward and Private Frech undertook an illustration of simple methods when quick and approximate work is required and no instruments available. They took the 100- foot base line laid out yesterday, a draw- ing board, a ruler, paper and pencil, and made a very good map of the camp, pacing the distances which were wanted. It was a species of plane-table work, only without a regular alidade. There was a little bit of revolver practice had, these being the scores: Capt. Averill, 11 and 10, total 21; Corporal Steward, 12 and 14, total 26. At snap shooting, Corp. Steward made 4 and 4. The guard detail for today is: Lieut. Middleton, officer of the day; Corp. Stevens, corporal of the guard, and Privates Wright, Pellen and Gustin. Corp. Stevens was corporal of the guard yesterday, but in get- ung ready for first call and for revellle this morning (he has charge of the field music), he forgot to have the hoisted, and was put on as substitute for Corp. Lepper, who was somewhat indisposed today. He is progressing all right, however. The boys were glad to see Private Coit out again to- day, though he is not well enough to re- sume his camp duties, Ittis a ter hard on him to be sick during most of the camp. The drill in guard duty, which was so well begun last night, was cant ued again to- night. Corp. Steward, Hodarse of the first relief, posted his men, and then Corp. Stevens went around relieved them with his guards. The fi test was as to advancing by seniority. So the officer of the guard, the comman#er! of the post, Capt. Horton, who is senipr in rank to the captain commanding, and. Prof. Fava, all broke over the board walle at once, a rather confused the guard, and he could not stop them all and Col. Fava walked into one of the ,empty tents and borrowed a mirror and somg other article. The guard made mistakes in the advancing, which should have been’ this way, The commander of the- post was first entitled, unless he waved his right in favor of his senior, then the officer of the guard, then the senior officer and Col. Fava, who had anrounced himself as a friend., last, Guard Duty Tests. The second test was to see whether the corporal of the guard would deliver, on a verbal order, a letter in Capt. Averill’s tent to a man who had the countersign, and stated the contents and address of the letter. The corporal made the mistake of turning over the letter, The third test was to see whether the sentinel would leave his beat to assist an officer with the counter- sign who stated he had brought a wounded man from a battle, and the man might die before the corporal of the guard couid reach the post. The sentinel rightly in- sisted upon calling for the corporal of at guard, who might have gone to the assis! ance of the wounded man, but he called for he officer of the day, and the latter or- lered a litter brought. ‘The fourth sentinel was tested with a pass in the hands of an enlisted man, which was forged, and, moreover, not in the quired form. The guard was on the alert, benefit german at the Atlantic Hotel tonight, .and the admission costs a quarter, but, although there have been some complaints from some of the boys that there is no way here to spend money, they are not crowding each other in efforts to get tickets. Sunday in Camp. August 19.—Today is the hottest day of the camp. It was hot at reveille and has been getting hotter ever since. Breakfast was postponed one-half hour, and inspection two of them, coming off a little bit after 10 o’clock, when it was due at 9. Immediately after inspection, the company was ordered to fall in for church, but it arrived there a little late. It was in time, however, to hear the Rev. Mr. Howard preach and also ex- press his gratification at having a church bell to advise the that Sunday comes once a week in Ocean City, just as regu- in_the cities, Fty aes they ence here. Lieut. Holt is officer of the day, Corporal Steward is corporal of the guard, and the — detail are Privates Wilkerson, Love an Lieut. Holt hopes to fix up the target for some practice at 500 and 600 tomor- row, though we will be busy most of the day packing up. Everybody ts well today, and hopes to re- Port so on the return to Washington. Several camp pictures have been taken this afternoon, one by Col. Fava’s 10x12 camera of the whole camp. 8 5. ——_—. SUNDAY AT GRAY GABLES. The President and Mrs. Cleveland Passed It at the Cottage. Robert Lincoln O’Brien, the executive clerk, slipped away from Gray Gables Sat- urday night unnoticed, bearing in his satchel the signed sundry civil bill, and was due in Washington at 1 o’clock yesterday. The President wished the bill to reach the Capi- tol before the hour of noon today, and so Mr. O’Brien was hurried away with it. Yesterday morning the John Rogers got under way and steamed past the Islands down the bay. Dr, O'Reilly had the vessel to himself. The President and Mrs. Cleveland re- mained indoors yesterday at Gray Gables. Mr. Cleveland lolled about on the plazzas, smoked strong cigars and read the Boston morning newspapers. Not a visitor had called up to 6 o'clock in the evening. When the New York n arrived at that hour a copy of one was sent to Gray Gables bill with him. The it may return to Washington on Tuesday; he will surely go not later than Ws afternoon, says the World correspondent. The President intends to return to Wash- ington and complete the business of the end of the session, and then hasten back to Gray Gables to remain until some time in October, perhaps until the latter part. additions to the mansion provide for heat- ing the rooms. Mr. Cleveland expects to do at Gray Gables. On July 24, W. P. Walch of Chicago ar- rived and registered at the Manomet House. He is a member of the secret service the house of Mrs. Towne, a yellow cottage within a stone’s throw of the railway sta- figure may behind a tree or a bush, and a know who he is and the nature of ness will be made in civil, but in a si official manner. ————_+e+____ RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. It Becomes a Law Without the Signa- ture of the President. The river end harbor bill, carrying $11,- 478,180, became a law at midnight Satur- day, without President Cleveland's sig- nature, the legal limit of ten days having expired within which he could sign or veto it. It is the third time during Mr. Cleve- land’s two terms that a river and harbor bill has become a law without his approval, the only other bill of this kind submitted to him having been vetoed. Fears were expressed up to a late hour that the present bill would be vetoed, as Mn, Cleveland made it known to the river and harbor managers several months ago that he did not want the total of the bill to exceed ten millions. This led to paring down the appropriations on most of the river and harbor projects about four-fifths from the estimates, so that the total of $9,- 538,689 allowed by the House was about one- fifth of what the army engineers asked to prosecute the work. In the Senate the bill was raised to $12,790,680. This led to an animated struggle in conference, the House men contending that the bill would be ve- toed unless it was much reduced. The con- ferees finally reduced It to $11,478,180, and thus it was to in both houses and so went to the ident. Aside from the amounts carried by the bill, the sundry civil appropriation bill also carries $8,400,000 for river and harbor con- tracts, making a total for this class of work of $19,878,180. This is about two mil- Hons less than the amount given for river and harbor work at the first session of the last Congress. An important feature of new bill is that it authorizes no new con- tracts. —\—_-e-_____. IN STATU QUO, No New Move in the Endowment As- sociation Matter, The affairs of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association are in statu quo today. Mr. Lawrence Gardner, the presi- dent of the corporation, said this morning that his statement cf the business of the Endowment Association since its organiza- tion and the details of the transfer of its stock and property to the Commercial Alliance of New York is not yet ready for publication, but that it would be completed in a day or two, President E. A. Denham of the Cormercial Alliance will be in Washington tomorrow morning, and it 1s said that he comes prepared to make mat- ters serious for persons who have been at- tacking the stability of his tion, ‘The éntire matter wi propebiy be more thoroughly underst in yarious phases before the end of the week. Mr, Henry F. Bauer, one of the committee of expel appointed ay = poliey’ holders’ committee to examine into the of the Endowment Association, this mornin; hat his associates and self had not yet commenced their labors, but were ready to start as soon as aecess be had to the books, Girls Refusea@ to Wear Uniforms. The dining room girls in the Union Pa- cific Hotel, at Laramie, Wyo., have struck on account of Markel’s order wet brought n Kansas ity to fill their were from Kansas Places. THE ORDWAYS’ RETURN They Receive the War Department Guard ‘at the Camp. Incidents of the Last Day in Camp and the Homeward Journey and the Arrival. tr [i z & ba eg fh iE i i Fi iH } iH i z g § : i | é a3 E § i i | it 8 i | i z § i t | ! ( i fH 5 E 8 | 3 : age nit 5 g f teri 8928 i H isists i g the station of Reading road it was found that special car of the com- pan; —_—_——_ JUDGE HOLT’S ESTATE. A Petition of Nephews for a Settle- ment and Distribution. Washington D. Holt of Kentucky, John W. Holt of Texas and William G. Sterrett of this city, as heirs of the late Judge Joseph Holt, Seturday afternoon filed a pe- tition in the Probate Court, praying for a settlement and distribution of the estate of the deceased, who is stated to have been an uncle of the petitioners. It was sup- posed that Judge Holt left a will, dividing his estate between certain favorite rela- tives, but so far no will has been discoy- The petitioners state that the real estate of their uncle is valued at between dollars, Other inch 000 of per cent bonds of the city of Loutsville, $5,000 of the 4 per cent bonds of the same city, four 6 per cent bonds of the District of Columbia of a par value of $100, sixteen bonds of the Beit line railroad, worth each $500, shares in the stock of the National Bank of Commerce in New York, and two notes valued at $11,000 and $12,000, respect- ively; a large library, household furniture, bric-a-brac and a horse and vehicle. The entire estate, it is stated, is worth about $134,000, and as Judge Holt died leav- no widow, children or descendants of wall — the estate, his father’s side. It is said that he refi to recognize many of them, and returned their letters unopen It is therefore be- lieved by some that he left a will. Judge Holt’s brothers and sister were Richard S., James J., Thomas, Robert S. and Elizabeth. The latter intermarried with William Ster- rett, the father of one of the petitioners, who has a sister entitled to a share of the state with him. The two brothers, James J, and Richard S., died unmarried, and Thomas Holt died, leaving one son, Wash- ington _D. as his sole heir. Robert Holt had six children living at the time of his death in the District of Columbia. These are John W., Locke, aoe yr irerent He = had id, by @ son, Joseph, now fit- teen years old, and residing in Tex, —— Accident to Fred. Montgomery. Mr. B. F, Montgomery of the President's official staff, who has been summering with his family at Woodcliffe, near Boyd's, Md., has been compelied to move buck to his city home because of a serious accident to his boy Fred. The Ind met with an in- to his leg while at play 6 and had c+ be brovaht to Prime ea dergo a delicate surgical cperation. He bore up manfully under the painful ordeal ard is now doing as well as could be ex- pected under the circumstances, Address to Men. ‘The usual Sunday afternoon meetings for at the hall of Y. M. C. A. yester- men the ogee yews H. H. Stillwell ceptance of N. J. theme was the ac- Christ. ——= THE WORLD OF SOCIETY, Washington People Who Are on Their jammer Travels, Vivian Burnett, the only son of Dn and Mrs. Burnett, and the original of Mra, Bur- nett's famous “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” is lying dangerously ill at his parents’ home on Massachusetts avenue, with typhoid fe ver. Dr. and Mrs. Burnett, who have been ® a HE THtH if Mr. Alonzo Mocers is at Vassalboro’, Me, for a stay of several weeks. MARRIED. ee eee ee to CLARA MAY FRANK. ‘No ‘cards, . ~~ DIED. BROOKS. On Sunday, August VIVIAN ELISE, beloved tamecs er 83 (Of such is the kingdom of heaven. Funeral Tuoeday at 11 o'clock from 1706 ¥ atrget ‘. 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