Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1894, Page 3

| : THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. bans Lee SPECIAL NOTICES: SPECIAL NOTICES. 4T A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF a the Citizens’ Natiooal Bank of Wash- following resolutions were the of, Wasiin st honored dir t aid Intimate pis beard during and, Ww ys “which past twenty years have now been severed, dd 28 an expression of our appreciation of bis ices and regret for nis loss, solved, That this board of directors will ever teful remembrance the sterting cl ‘Alfred. Kieh- ndship We esteemed, and id in gi r of our late who re ry ards, am se advice and counsel was always prudent and to follow; whose chief characteristic was ness however, sterttn 2 so favorably known. lost a valuabie friend, laiiy papers of this city. the board of directors attend {ARYLAND — DEMOCK: nocratie”voters In Mary- trict of Columbia are requested to call at 912 P n.w., from 7 to make arrang: on 6. Full information will be given. S OF THE LA’ sll, druggist, S01 hat his widow w » to Cispense tofore, only the strictiy pare will STATES “ELECTRIC De, Washington, D. C., : Wetober 23, 1804. Notice is hereby given that the annual meet- ing of the stockholders of this company will be ry. West Virginia, on the IBER, 1894, “between dFFICE OF ‘THE ON LIGH TINE 516 12th st. ow. and the trans y lawfully ed © transfer 1 ne before an annual meet oks Will remain closed from er, 154. ‘THOMAS, President. LLOCH, Secretary. desirable. to sustain what we made, but the The above rile goes far claim for them. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., 1325 Mth st. nw. 25 WHETUALISM.—THE PROGRESSIVE . under the charge of M: ton, pastor, will hold special “servic 6th st. mw., ‘THURS EVENING, October 25. ‘This ‘will be_t fvening with Rev. W. H. Bach of St. Paul, Minn., wlio will give a short address. Also some experiments of his Service to begin at 7 Tie FINEST 50c. DINN AIL the substantials a 4d power. wonderful hypnotic . te ly. perfeet in evers i. from 4 to 7. Sundays, 1 isine, ppetizing. Regular Dinner, Gde. 2 floor. Entrance on 4 SL AND RE FE. AND 4% ST. THIS IS ROOF PAINTING TIME-AND WE'RE EXPERTS AT [TIF INTERESTED A POSTAL DROPPED US OR ASK CEN- LL DO THE REST. RAL PAINT CO., 1335 F ST. 12a WiLL BB GON- peck. Day sales are » 8. SAMSTAG, STAGS AUCTIONS tinued only at night, 7 Postponed until further not! Auctioneer, 514 9th -W 0c23-3t WoovkRUrr’S PILI CTOR fs located, while rebuilding, at 613 New York ave. Bw. 0c23-3w MRS. DRO RENNER Has removed from 131 84 st. n. To 34 B st. n.e., Washington, D. 0. HAS OPENED THIS w., Rooms 7 and 8. ntistry i 0¢22-2w “CHEAT? INSURANCE IS USUALLY UNCER- tain, and often worthless. Life insurance that able is expensive at any price, Send and date of your birth to W. N. ont Equitable Life Assurance So- $e29-1m* WANT YOUR GOODS TO LOOK LIKE NEW, SEND US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS: ONE OF OUR TEN WAGONS WILL CALL. Curtains and Blankets by hand. Lace Curtains, per pair, 50c. to $1. Nottingham Curtains, per pair, 40e. Something for-nothing. See our F st. window. SWISS STEAM LAUNDRY CO., 1341 F st. nw. Ir you oclt-1m ws ‘The weather is likely to be fair and warmer, Established 1824. The Oldest Firm. FRANK LIBBEY & CO., ct si © and N.Y. ave., CETOBER 25, 1894-10 a.m. Daily Lumber Bulletin. Lumber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware are very low, FALLING IN PRICE RIGHT ALONG, Take Flooring For instance. Per 100 ft. Clear N: ©. Flooring, kiln dried $1.75 ch N. ©. Flooring, a Mile better. % ° $1.90 Georgia Pine Flooring, 2% nae RA rete ok Take Partition. Per 100 ft. Ordinary Partition, kiln ariea 91675 Partition, a ittle hotter... 92-25 While "you can buy ‘the prettiest Gilt-edge Partition, 3 reeds, S-inch face, ai We Also Have GEORGIA PINE PARTITION. POPLAR PARTITION. BASWOOD PARTITION. EDGE GRAIN FLOORING. Established Frank Libbey & ae “Lumber, Mili Work aod Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and New York Ave. at Still Talking Cigars. We've another new one for you to try. It’s “all right.” It always has been good. It always will be good. It’s “‘tine as silk." If you want a tip-top Se. Cigar ask your dealer for “ROYAL PURPLE,” 5c., Cigars. They're made selected Havana to- bacco, and have a real Sumatra wrappe Many cigars sold for 10c. are not as good. GF'If your tobacconist doesn't handle them drop us a postal. We'll see that you are supplied. Jas. L. Barbour & Son, Jobbers and Importers, and Caterers to Hotels, 614-616 PENNA. AVE. N.W. Our Low Prices on Trusses Place them within reach of the slimmest purse. -We buy in large quantities—we buy often—thus we get low prices. We give our trens the benefit, for OUR prices are fully per cent cheaper than elsewhere. We have a complete stock—all the latest, best styles and makes. TA GOOD, DURABLE TRUSS FOR 7: Gilman’s Drug Store, ,°2 24. id Old Stock Port Stock Po t fever or other sickness. Preseribed by leading physicians, Only T5ec. qt. To-KalonWineCo., 614 14th "Phone 998. VAULTS, 27th and K sts. nw. 13d C. I. Bell’s Gallery <1s at 465 and 465 Pa. ave.—and ‘lo not be misled into believing that we have any sold any branch or rights, for w elesed up the G st. bi our 95,000 negatives ut at 468 and —for convalescents from have not. h in spring to concentrate lee ane ceof—our old stand, oc23-1m OPEN PIRES—HAVE YOU SHEN THE RIDEAU nd Canopy Grates? Open Franklin Stoves, with andirons or grate for wood or coal. Special low prices this we A few andirons left, to be sold at cost. J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, o0e20 520-522 13th st. NNOUNCEMENT. Having rez ed and refitted the studio for- merly occupied by the late C. M. Bell, corner 10th and G sts. nw., we are prepared to make the very best work’ im the photographie line. We make a specialty of the very finest crayons, colored crayons, pastels, ete. Our copying a enlarging department is under the mangement of & most competent operator. All work done under my persouil supervision, and guaranteed satis- factory. S. A. TAYLOR, ocl-1m Cor, 15th and G sts. hw. JACOB D. GOLDSMITH, SIGN’ PAINTER, REMOVED TO 417 7TH ST. N.W., ocll-lmo* TOP FLOQR. CALENDARS FOR 1895, Lowell's aid Elliott's complete lines of stcel- plate calendars; finest ever shown; samples ready bow. Bl, BeQuees, Fine Book ‘and Jo) Printing, Telephone, 820. 1108-1116 E st. mw. oc: MERCHANT TAILOR, 423 1ITH ST. N.W. Give him your order and you will be suited. Fall and winter stock now ready. ee2l-tr A Pint of Fine Claret Served With Our Superb Table d’Hote Dinners—sac. Choice, carefully selected menu—everything ex- quisitely cooked and served. ‘Table board, including We. Dinners, $20 per mo. HOTEL EMRICH, 485 TO 489 PA. AVE. 14d We Can Supply Anything And EVERYTHING in the Stationery line. Whetber you want Blank Books, Paper floose, tablet or box), Pens, Inks or Mucilage, Paste, File E ash Bores, CG Presses, Waste ete., you'll them here in endless variety. €7 Our prices are always the lowest. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. Popular-priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) 14d A Soiled Suit Is Noticed By every one. There's no excuse for weari “rusty’” clothes when we make old sults brigh and “new” for $1. Coats, Sle. Vests aud Trousers, 2c. each. “Drop postal wagon calls. DYEING AND 705 9TH ST. N.W. CLEANING. ‘Telephone 143-2, Hahn, There are no “ifs” or “ands”? about it— We make THE BEST clothes, for the least money, obtainable ANYWHERE. Every garment has our personal super- vision and is made up in the most durable manner. The army of well-dressed men on the streets of Washington are the bene- ficiartes of our skill and low prices. €7 Our $15 Suits to order are unequaled elsewhere under $23. We have finer ones for $20-—-perfect fit and geueral satisfaction or we keep them. florton C. Stout & Co., PINE TAILORING AT POPULAR PRICES, 112 F STREET N.W. Bicycles at Retail At Wholesale Prices. FIRST-CLASS.———WARRANTED. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, FLOOR, 10TH ST. BLDG 21a tel work 48 our specialty. ‘Teil your architect to put us on bis ligt for a Bid. We have dozens of different de- signs {a stock, or we can make them to your special order. M. Roche, 716 13th St. sd Dressmak ANNOUNCEM M. CAVANAUGH nd bas teopened het dressmaking parlors at 21 13th st. mw.; latest styles a! sonable Bt guarantecd. 126" prices A Plan’s Inmost Nature —Is reflected by the clothes he wears. A hanging button, the tiny staiu reveals the carelessness and shiftlessness of the Wearer. On the other hand, well-utted garments plainly evidence "a man_ of, felf-respect and careful ways. Poor materials soou show their worPilessness and you will do well to avoid. them. The ‘best may be a little higher in rice, but It 1s cheaper in the me to us for the F the lowest prices possible to quote. Gatchel & Tompkins, ‘j22"" 418 12TH ST. NW. 15d Who Knows —when be will have for a little medicinal whisky. Bet have a bottle of “Old Reliable Berkey’? Whisky in the house at all times. quart, $4 gal. Only of us. Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. N.W. Lawyers’ Briefs 90 Cents Page. Byron S. Adams 512 uth St. oc8 We guarantee every bit of watch repairing we do. We insure your watch for one year for $2. Geo. W. Spier, sii'shers tne aveoue You can order from our stock of Man- tels—or froin designs which we will show you, or we will make them after your own ideas. Muking Mantels to order is a specialt We have fitted u wome oF es in the elty You cannot afford to skip us it you are buying Mantels or having Tile or Mosaic work done. S. K. Spalding, Macufacturer’s Agent, ST._N.W. os ™ Shirts to Measure, FOR DRESS. FOR OUTING. FOR BUSINESS. FOR TRAVELING. Quality, style, fit, workmanship and price guaranteed. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 10th, 11th and F sts. n.w. 12a The Interest of Benning. At the meeting of the Benning Citizens’ Association last evening it was reported that the Baltimore snd Ohio company was putting up automatic bells at the crossings, and would also put down new crossings. ‘The chairman of the committee on united associations reported progress in the work of arousing other suburban assoclations on the unlawful tax question. He sald repre- sentatives from the Takoma, Brightwood, ‘Tenleytown and Anacostia assemblies were ready to meet the first Wednesday in No- vember. It was decided to indorse no one for the position of postmaster. P. J. Meany was appointed to confer with the fourth assist- ant postmaster general in regard to the ap- plications for the office and see what has become of them. a Treasury Gold Reserve Gains. The cash balance In the treasury 1s $111,- 407,351; gold reserve, $60,022,023. Yester- day's increase in the gold reserve of over $500,000 was caused In part by the recefpt at the New York subtreasury of $200,000 in old to retire national bank circulation and 100,000 at Philadelphia in exchange for notes, —_—— Six persons, including a crippled girl, a baby and a seven-year-old boy, were badly burned in a fire at GO Orchard street, New York, Sunday noon. typhoid | | the first | better times, ‘| ahead. The speeches he has made in the st Tailoring at | LOOKING FAR AHEAD Gov. McKinley Has an Eye on the Year '96. POLITICS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE Brice Stands an Excellent Chance for Re-election. Mr. CAMPBELL’S ROLE a EX-GOV. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 23, 1894. It was a magnificent meeting that Gov.Me- Kinley addressed here last week. This was the only speech he has made here in this campaign and the only one he will make. D. K. Watson, the republican candidate for Congress, makes complaint to the state committee that he is not receivingthe aid from them that his efforts and the chances for republican success here in the cap! district ought to secure. For the first-time in twenty yearg the republicans are making a congressional fight here with some hope of success. Yet not a single speaker has been sent into the district to help Watson, and even Governor McKinley gives him but this one speech, while he is to spend one whole day the first week in November in the rineteenth—Garfield’s old district— where Stephen A, Northway had two years ago 11,000 republican plurality, and would probably increase it this year if he made no effort at all. But Watson is not the only republican candidate for Congress in Ohio who feels that Governor Mckinley is not giving him the support he ought to have. The feeling is general that the gov- ernor is ¢mbracing the opportunity to get around over all the states, and make him- self solid for the nomination in 18%, and that he really has more interest in this than in any particular candidate. The governor is doing more hard work for republican success in the natlonal elec- tions (congressional), however, than any other republican, For the last month he has been traveling day and night, making a dozen or more short addreses en route, and one or two formal addresses each da! And he will keep it up until election day. His itinerary covering the remainder of the campaign has been completed, showing such a program for each of the remaining lays. It is perfectly wnderstood- here that the governor has a greater interest in the re- sult of the congressional elections than any other prominent republican in the na- tion. His interest is both political and personal. Better times are at hand, Un- usual prosperity will follow the unusual commercial and industrial depression from which we are just emerging, as it always has done, no matter what the result of the congressional elections may be. If the re- publicans secure control of the next House of Representatives, G McKinley can ascribe the revival of trade and industry to the republican success, and to the fact, as he will put it, that a republican chunk has been thrown under the wheels of the democratic free trade wagon and stopped its progress. If the democrats retain the control of the House of Representatives and better times come on, as It is gener- ally predicted they will, the wind will be taken completely out of Gov. MeKinley’s sails, and he will not in any sense be the 1 candidate of the republican party in 1896. The City Hall Meeting. | Ex-Goy. Campbell’s meeting here Sat- urday night was much larger than was ex- pected. The managers of it were surprised themselves at the number that turned out to hear the ex-governor, and at the en- thusiasm shown. The auditorium of the city hall was packed. While it will not accommodate half as many as the armory building, where Gov. McKinley spoke, @ political meeting that fills the city hall has always been rezarded here as a success be- yond adverse criticism, so far as numbers are concerned. Campbell was not brought here by the state committee. In fact, Chairman Thur- man does not seem to think the ex-governor sufficiently orthodox on his free silver plank to be assigned to work upon the stump. He spoke here under the auspices of the county committee and at the reques of Congressman Outhwaite, with whom he spoke also the same day at Lancaster, in this district. In his speech Mr. Campbell touched the silver question very lightly, and the only reference he made to it was directly against free coinage. It was an allusion to the repeal of tie Sherman silver purchesing act, which he characterized as ‘step of democracy toward the which, he said, lay just campaign so far have not been published by Chairman Thurman and circulated as | campaign documents, as is generally done. It is currently reported that Chairman Thurman has refused to circulate the ex- governor’s speeches unless he would indorse free silver. When ex-Governor Campbell was asked about this he sald he did not know whether Mr. Thurman had taken that position or not, but {f he had his speeches would not be circulated by the democratic state committee. The suggestion that Executive Chairman Thurman had arranged to open the state campaign at Mansfield for the express pur- pose of getting back at Congressman M. D. Harter, whose home ts at Mansfield, upon the silver questton 1s quite borne out by the developments at the opening and since. Neither Senator Voorhees nor Speaker Crisp, who were announced to speak, ap- peared, and as ex-Governor Campbell’ was the only other speaker, Chairman Thurman and Secretary Taylor of the executive com- mittee were obliged to fill in the time that should have been taken by the absent orators. Thurman's ported, and those present, as well as Messrs. Thurman and Harter, are not agreed as to what the former said about Harter and his anti-free silver coinage views, but 1¢ was evidently meant to sting pretty hard, and Mr. Harter was at the time occupying a seat upon the platform from which Mr. Thurman was speaking. When Mr. Harter undertook to address the Thurman Club here last winter in the advocacy of timited coinage of silver, and was attacked “rough shod,” to put it in the mildest terms, by Allen W. Thurman, Har- ter, in his soft reply, intimated that if ever Thurman should come to Mansteld upon invitation to speak upon any subject, or even without invitation, he, Harter, would not take tssue with him, or if he did would treat him courteously in the argument. Perhaps Thurman was testing this at the Mansfield meeting. If so, he found Harter true to his word, for not a word did he say in rejoinder. Mr. Harter’s Reply. But the next day he gave to the press a letter that he wrote to Chairman Thur- man several weeks after the opening of the campaign and in reply to a circular letter soliciting contributions to the cam- paign fund. While the letter is not bitter in tone, the language is very plain, and the wkcle is a very vigorous dig at the free silver turn the democratic party in this state has taken, and which ‘Thurman spe- Castoria For Infants and Children. 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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS . SPECIAL NOTICES. BAN PROPERTY, RTAKERS WANTED (Houses) WANTED (Miscelleneoua). WANTED (tooms). cially indorses. Harter in the letter calls at- tention to the fact that he ison record both in and out of Congress as being in favor ef sound currency, and to maintain it, in favor of the limited coinage of the cheaper metal in order that the dearer may not go into hiding. He closes by saying that he bas concluded that he ought 1ot to take part against his party in the campaign, so he will simply be a spectator. ‘This latter remark recalls the fact that when Kutherford B. Hayes was a candidate for governor in 1875, and Allen G. Thurman was his opponent on the democratic ticket, “rag money’ being made an issue by the democrats, Harter, though a democrat, stumped the state for Hayes and sound money. His opponents must at least concede that Mr, Harter is consistent. John H. Clark of Youngstown, the man who made such a savage attack upon Sen- ator Brice in the democratic state conven- tion, has kept in retirement since then, but is out now in an interview regarding the Brice question us it will present itself next year. “It is a long look ahead,” said he, “but I do not believe he can be re-elected to the Senate. If he announces himself as a candidate it will weaken the party so that It will not be possible to elect a dem- ocratic legislature. ‘He must announce himself one way or the other. With such a man as Sam. F. Hunt, James E. Campbell, John A, Mc- Mahon, Frank Hurd, Thomas L. Johnson, Virgil P. Kline, or any pf a dozen other able and honest men in the democratic party in Ohio as the candidate for the Senate, and an equally able man for gov- ernor, we could have such a campaign in Ohio next year as the state has not seen for years. I predict that the republicans will adopt the plan of electing United States Senators by populaf vote,and we will after ail be obliged to méekly follow their example.” Brice Out for a Re-Election. The general notion is, however, that Sen- ator Brice will be a cafdidate for re-elec- tion to the Senate next year, and that It is by no means certain that he will not be successful. The work of democratic cam- paign orators upon the stump here now is going far teward putting the party in a better feeling as to the new tariff law, The dissatisfied democrats were blamin; Mr. Brice for all that the new law fell short of in the way of tariff reform, As a party necessity the democrats are now preaching from the stump that the new law is the best that could possibly have been drawn. ‘Chere must be some tariff in order to meet the necessary expenses of the gov- ernment, they say, and this being the case, what better arrangement of it could be suggested than that which Mr. Brice and his associates insisted upon? Would the party be willing to face the country with growing larger each year? Such is :the phas@ the demo- cratic orators in thé Ohio campaign are putting upon the tariff legislation of their party. It is a matter of necessity with them, and Brice men and anti-Brice men are doing it alike; so that the work of the campaign, without any special effort on Senator Brice’s part, is putting him in bet- ter odor with his party. If the good times that are promised come now it is not too much to predict that the Senator will have put himself in_ better ‘avor with his party when the legislative election comes off next year. It is very evident now that the Senator will arrange it if possible that ex-Speaker N. R, Hysell of this city will be the demo- crati¢ candidate for governor next year. Hysell was not many years ago a coal miner. He was prominent in their labor unions and finally became a state leader. He was elected a member of the house which chose Brice for Senator five years ago. There was strong opposition to Brice among leading democrats on account of his great money power, and the opposition found strong sympathy in the labor unions. It was through Hysell that Brice overcame this sentiment and secured his election. An arrangement was made with Hysell and his fellow laboring men representatives in the house that in return for their support the Brice men would make Hysell speaker of the house. Th's settled the whole matter. When it was announced that Brice had the labor union vote in the house, which every- body supposed would be against him first, last and all the time, the opposition to Brice went to pieces and his election was pract!- cally unanimous, but three members of the caucus refusing to vote for him. -Hysell has studied law since then and been ad- mitted to the bar. He is practicing law here now, but is still closely connected with labor unions and takes an active part in politics. He wouid no doubt make a strong candidate for governor. Ex-Governor Campbell is making a strong point against both Governor McKinley and Senator Sherman by showing that they are ignoring the income tax feature of the new tariff law. Neither of these gentlemen has made any mention of it in his speeches. Mr. Campbell keeps pounding away at them with his question, asking whether they in- dorse or denounce it. An answer is hardly necessary from Senator Sherman,for Camp- bell has found a speech made by him in Congress soon after the war in opposition to the proposition to repeal the income tax law of that time, in which he said it was the most just and equitable method of tax- ation that could be devised and he urged Congress to retain it and abolish other forms. The ex-governor quotes freely from this speech by Senator Sherman in the speeches he is now making. ag Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been Issued to the following: James Burrovghs of this city and Virginia Miller of Alexandria, Va.; George Willis and Emily Fletcher; Horace Orrid and Mery E. Humphreys; Wilmer H. Hampton and Belle Haring; George Graves and Jane A. Prout, both of Prince George’s county, Md.; James W. Consodine and Sophie M. Small; John Sutton of this city and Alice Powell of Steubenville, Ohio; Samuel Philip Morrison and Mary Frances Reed, both of Alexandria county, Va.; Wil- liam R. Ranchenstine and Eva Mabel Shields; Robert B. Humphreys and Annie Spilman; Oscar W. White of Raleigh, N. C., and Jennie Lemon of Warrenton, Va. ———.—— Sugar Trust Witnesses.. Judge Cole stated to a Star reporter today that he would hardly render his decision in the matter of the demurrer filed by the indicted sugar trust witnesses inside of a week's time. The matter had, explained Judge Cole, taken more time than he had at first anticipated, and while he was at work on his decision it would hardly be ready before Saturday, November 3. Judge Cole stated that there was no authority for the published statement that he would overrule the demurrer, that the Court of Appeals might pass upon the points raised on demurrer. WATER AND SEWERS Dr. Billings Gives Some Results of ‘His Observations. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WASHINGTON Need for Pu-hing the Improvement of the Water Supply. A TALK TO THE DOCTORS An unusually large number of physicians, as well as many interested persons not en- titled to add “M. D.” to their signatures, attended a meeting cf the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, held last even- ing in the Georgetown Law School building, on E street between 5th and 6th streets northwest. They were attracted by the an- nouncement that Dr. J. S, Billings of the Army Medical Museum would speak on “Fil- tration Methods of Water Supply and Sew- age Disposal in Some Large European Cities.” Dr. Billings in his address gave the re- sults of his observations while recently in Europe of the water supply and sewerage of cities. Referring to Hamburg and Altona he said: “Hamburg and Altona form one contin- uous building area, so that it is impossible for a stranger to see any difference in the character of the buildings or the surround- ings; nor, when near the boundary, can he teil whether he is in Hamburg or in Altona, unless it be by observing the uniform of the policemen whom he may meet.'The two cities are, however, quite distinct in their forms of government, and, what is more important to us, in their water ply. Hamburg is an old free city of over .000 people, which retains many special privileges since it has become a part of the German empire, while Altona is a Prussian city of about 145,000 inhabitants, in which the conditions of life are in some respects not so satisfactory to the people as are those in Hamburg. Ham- burg took its water from the river Elbe above the town, though not above tidal in- fluence, and supplied it unfiltered, while Altona took its water from the same river below the town, where it was highly pol- luted with sewage, but filtered it through sand filters before distributing it to the people. In the great cholera outbreak in 1992 the cases occurred almost exclusively in Hamburg, and in a map of the two cities on which the cholera cases are lo- cated I saw the boundary line between Hamburg and Altona almost as distinctly marked by the red dots as if it had been shaded in for that purpose. It is true that there were cases in Altona, but inquiry showed that in almost all these cases the sick had either drunk Hamburg water or water directly taken from the river, One of the most remarkable bits of evidence is fur- nished by a small court, the houses about which are occupied by several hundred peo- ple. This court is in Hamburg, on the boundary line between it and Altona; but for some reason it was not supplied with water from the Hamburg works, but from those of Altona. Now, on the map just re- ferred to there are no red dots on this court, although they surround it on three sides— the fourth, or Altona side, being free. And there was a very significant sign at the entrance to this court—‘Hamburger Gebiet, Altona Wasser”’—so that I was not sur- prised to find that the rents of rooms in this court had been decidedly higher than those of similar rooms in the immediate neighbor- hood—since its inhabitants had the benefit of both the privileges of the free city and of the pure water of the Prussian town. Hamburg’s Filtering Basins. “The municipal authorities of Hamburg had decided in 1890 to construct a system of saad filters for their supply, and after the cholera outbreak, work on new sys- tem was pushed vigorously, and it was put into operation in May, 1803. At the same time the point of intake was moved higher up the river, but even at this point the river water is still impure, being contam- inated by the sewage of towns higher up, and by the numerous barges and boats on the river, so that the water contains over 20,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, and among ‘hese, during this last summer,theve were at times forms of spirilla hartly to be distinguished from the genuine cholera spirillum, “The essential features of the new filtra- works are: tion The use of sedimentery basins. “2. The Gividing the filtering surface in- to numerous small areas, each of which can be at cnce disconnected without inter- ference with the others, and “%. ‘The :nanagement of the work under constant becteriolegical inspection. ere are four settling basins, each helding water enough for about one day's supply, and each having an area of about twenty acres. One of these is filled and the water allowed to stend for twenty-four hours, to allow of the rettfing of the larger suspended particles of clay, ete. The clear- ed water is then pumped on the filter beds, the sediment removed, if there 1s enough to make it necessary, and the basin is ready for a fresh supply. Last summer there were twenty-two filter basins in use, but more are to be added, for which space has been reserved. These besins are parallelo- grams, each having a surface of about two acres. The filtering substance Is composed of a layer of about three feet in depth of fine sand, resting on eight inches of coarse sand, below which fs an eight-inch layer of gravel, and an eight-inch layer of small stones. The water is admitted with special care to disturb the surface as little as pos- sible, and the supply is regulated so as to secure a depth of water of about three feet above the sand surface. This height is an important matter, for upon it largely de- pends the rate at which the water passes through the filter, the great object veing that this rate shall be uniform all over the bed, and that it shall nowhere exceed 100 millimeters per hour, and there are special and ingenious arrangements to secure this, which give about 525 galions of water per acre per day. “Each filter bed has a separate outlet, with the means of obtaining samples of the filtered water, and samples from each filter are tested bactertologically once a day under ordinary circumstances. As a rule, the number of bacteria found is between ten and forty per cubic centimeter. If they rise to 100 per cubic centimeter It is con- cluded that either the depth of the water over the filter bed is too great or that there is something wrong with the filter. When the filter becomes so obstructed by slime that the required amount of water does not pass, it is emptied, the surface layer re- moved, and fresh sand put in {ts place, Subsoil Water. “It will, of course, occur to you,” said the doctor, “that if filtration of very impure river water through less than five feet thickness of sand is suffictent to render it harmless, subsoli water taken from a depth of twenty-five or thirty feet ought also to be harmless under all ordinary circum- stances, and this, no doubt, is the case. ‘The exceptions to this occur in the case of shallow wells, which become polluted either through fissures and crevices connecting with a leaky sewer or privy vault in the vicinity, or by surface matters passing down the side of a well of the old form—that is, one, two or three feet in diameter. With fron pipe wells the danger of this last form of contamination is small, and with care may be reduced to nothing. “The soluble portions of sewage may pass with little change through fifty fect or more of soil or sand, and, in this way, the chem- ical analysis of a well water may show from the amount of chlorides, nitrates and other nitrogen compounds that sewege is being filtered into the stratum of subsoil water from which the well takes its supply. and yet the fecal bacteria from such sew- age may all be intercepted and destroyed by the natural filter. “Thousands of wells in this condition exist in the smaller cities and towns of this country, yet the water from them has been used for years without producing evi- dent ill-effects, and a bacteriological ex- amination of them would show that they @o not contain fecal or pathogenic organ- isms. Such wells should be considered as suspicious, and where a good general water supply is ‘available they should be closed, although this wif often be strongly op- posed by the people in the neighborhood, because the water trom such a well will often be cooler, clearer, sparkling and de- cidedly more agreeable to the taste than the water from the general supply. The importance of using natural filter beds of soil and sand as sources of a general sup- ply is well known to both American and European engineers, but in many localities it is impossible to do this, and, in any case, the results must be at first somewhat un- certain, since it requires prolonged pump- ing tests to determine the permanent ca- pacity of a subsoil supply. Dr. Billings described the system of works of this kind put in operation at Frankfort- on-the-Main. “The diminution in typhoid fever which has occurred in Frankfort and in Warsaw,” he said, “following the introduction of improved water supply and of model sewers by Mr. Lindley has been very remarkable, and scme very striking diagrams illus- trating this were shown at the congress at Buda-Pesth. The Warsaw system of water supply is by filtration of river water somewhat as is done at Hamburg. Of course, the practicability and utility of such water works as those of Frankfort depends on the subsurface stratification and the character of the surface of the coileciing area from which the subsoil water is derived. At Buda-Pesth they are construct- ing new water works on the bank of the Danube a few miles above the city, taking the supply from tube wells located about 100 yards from the bank of the river, Un- der such circumstances the layer of sub- soil water from which the supply is re- derived does not usually come from the river, but from the adjacent valley sur- face and hillsides, because the bottom of the river is usually nearly impervious to water on account of the fire clay which accumulates on it. Dresden also has a sub- soil water supply derived from a collecting gallery about 570 fect long, but it is doubt- ful whether this supply does not at times receive water from the river Elbe. “In Paris the water supply is from two sources, one the impure water of the Seine, which is tntended to be used only for street watering and similar purposes, and the other a comparatively pure water from springs at a distance intended to be used for drinking only. This last source of supply has been at times insufficient, and the Seine water has been turned into the drinking water pipes with very had re- sults as regards the health of the city. Washington’s Water Supply. “The securing of an abundant and pure water supply for all parts of the city,” said the speaker, “appears to me to be the most urgent need of Washington at the present time. The system of sewerage of the city is now in a fair way of betng made Satisfactory, so far as Washington itself is concerned, but we cannot yet say that we have a definite plan for making the water supply what it should be. At certain times of the year the river water is so loaded with sediment as to be unfit for bathing as well as for drinking and cook- ing purposes; it contains fecal bacilli at all times, although these are probably, for the most part, derived from the excreta of horses and cattle and not of man emu it is possible—although not preven—#at it at times contains organiswws or substances capable of producing diarrhoea in persons not accustomed to its use, and that the typhoid bacillus 1s not absolutely excluded from it, although it has never been actually found in it. The engineers desire to in- crease the certainty of a sufficient sup- ply at all times by raising the dam, and have submitted estimates for that purpose, but the plans for rapid fiitration and for sedimentation which have been proposed do not appear to merit the approval of the medical profession in view of the recent experience of Hamburg and of Lawrence. “Sedimentation alone will not give us satis- factory results and rapid filtration through steel cylinders, with or without the addition of alum or other chemicals, while quite as costly as the simple sand filtration does not give an equal guarantee of the purity of the water. It is very desirable that a careful and systematic examination of the Potomac river water should be made, samples being taken at intevals as high up as Harper's Ferry. This examination should cover a period of at least one year, and should in- clude not only a study of the bacteria, but of the lower algae and other minute organ- isms contained in it. This would require the services of a skilled bacteriologist and an assistant, with a good laboratory, all of which should be providedxby the District government. The bacteriological flora of the Potomac river is q rich one, and con- tains some peculiar forms, including at least one spirillum; over 00 different species or varieties have been isolated at the labo- ratory of the army medical museum during last spring, but it has been impossible to carry on the study through each month as it should be done, owing to the want of force to do it. An occasional examination of a gill of water drawn from a spigot in a laboratory cannot be expected to yield re- sults which 1 form a firm foundation for engineering work. It may—although it probably will not—show that at one particu- lar time the water contained some danger- ous matters; but it can never be relied on to prove that the water is at all times free from danger. No large city in this country has at the present time a thoroughly safe and entirely satisfactory water supply— probably Philadelphia is the worst off in this respect, an New York and Baltimore ainong the best. But Washington ought to be the best—for the capital of the na- tion the expenditure of $5,000,000 to secure at all times a pure, transparent wa- ter, should be considered as a wise ang per- fectly proper one, which in thirty years will be more than repaid by the increased value of property throughout the city arising from its desirability as a place of residence. “With regard to the quantity of water re- qufred for the future needs of this city it may be well to remember that at least one-half of our present supply is wasted through leaky fittings and other ways which have no connection with household use. With @ proper system of inspection and stamping of all water supply fittings of District meters, and of meters for govern- ment buildings and manufacturing estab- ishments, the average daily consumption of water in this District should not exceed sixty-seven gallons per head, whereas it has been over 150 gallons per head. It is some- times urged that the wasted water all pass- es into the sewers and helps to keep them clean, but the tricklings from leaky fittings have no effect In this way, and are a pure waste which must be done away with if we are to have a good filter system.” Sewage Disposal. With regard to sewage disposal, Dr. Bil- lings described only what he saw at Frank- fort and at Paris. At Frankfort they are using the method of chemical precipitation with sedimentation, adding milk of lime and clay to the sewage, which then flows slowly and uniformly through long rectang- ular tanks, in which the precipitation takes place. In Paris, he said, about one-fourth of the sewage of the city is now disposed of by irrigation at a point about five miles from the city, near the bank of the Seine. The sewage pumping works, by which the con. tents of this main sewer are forced across the Seine to the irrigation grounds, are situated near the Clichy bridge. The irri- gation grounds are in two parts—one a large experimental garden, owned and man- aged by the city; the other, large fields, owned by private individulas, upon which is pumped so much of the sewage as the cultivators may desire. In both the soll is very light, sandy loam, porous and easily underdrained—naturally poor, as is shown by the sparse and stunted vegetation on those parts not irrigated. In the experimental garden an attempt has been made to show the effects of sewage irrigation on every form of vegetable growth which the climate permits, includ- ing gruss, trees, shrubbery and a great variety of vegetables and flowers. The re- sult is extremely satisfactory, as regards the luxuriance of growth of the various plants, and the effluent water which issues from the underdrains forms a sparkling broom of crystalline water, in which the fish playing about can be plainly seen, and which ir claimed to be as pure and harm- less as spring, water, the superintendent drinking a glass of it on the occasion of Dr. Billings’ visit by way of demonstration. Some of these effluents are used by the people for drinking purposes, and Dr, Feltz reports that in fifteen years there has been no case of typhoid fever amongst them. There is no odor about the gardens, nor has there been any sickness which could be at- tributed to the irrigation. The remaining three-fourths of the sew- age of Paris finds its way at present into the Seine, which, Dr. Billings says, when he saw it near Clichy, was one of the foul- est streams he had ever examined. Bubbles of gas from the putrefying slime at the bottom were escaping from the dark sur- face, and no fish could live in it. Works are now in progress to intercept ali the sew- age and send it to the Irrigation fields, for which purpose a huge inverted syphon, about twelve feet in diameter, is now being constructed beneath the Seine. The sum of 116,000,000 francs has been granted to com- lete the drainage and irrigation works of aris, including the purchase of 7,500 acres of land. Ultimate methods of sewage disposal, Dr. Billings remarked, are at present less in- jorasting to Washington than methods of securing a pure water supply; but it will probably be necessary at some future time to provide for filtering the sewage of Wash- ington before discharging it into the Po- tomac, and this possibility has been con- templated in the comprehensive plan of sewerage which is now being carried out. Discussing the Paper. 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Loans, Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities Itst- ladelphia, ed on the exchanges of New Yi Boston and Baltimore bought and A specialty made of investment secarities, Dis- trict, 3 and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt ta, American Bell Telephone Stock bought and dered a unanimous vote of thanks by the society. Then President Busey stated that the remarks made by Dr. Billings were open for discussion by the members present. Dr. Sternberg advanced the opinion that the spirillum, which Dr. Billings described being found in river water, are really @f- tenuated cholera spirillum, but, he add by passing through the human system they may become virulent again and produce cholera. This accounts for the sporadic eases which follow an epidemic of chol Dr. W. W. Johnson remarked that the more the subject of water supply and sew- erage is discussed the better for this Dis- trict. Many diseases, continued Dr. John- son, ure due to impure water, and the only way to get rid of them 1s to secure pure water. He took exception to the statt ment made by Dr. Billings, that well water can be made safe for drinking parposesy because, he said, city soll is polluted permits bacteria to pass through. Accord- ing to Dr. Johnson, under no circumstances should we allow such death traps as wells to exist—they should be destroyed at the earliest possible moment. Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson said a few words in favor of a double water supply, one for drinking purposes and the other for washing, for the use of the fire department, ete., and then Dr. Billings closed the dis- cussion for the evening by replying to Dr, W. W. Johnson. Dr. Billings said that results obtained in Hamburg would justi him in believing in sand and natural filtrag tion, and that water obtained from wells in the ‘District of Columbia should be judged more by bacteriological than by chemical analysis. On motion of Dr. Compton ft was unanf- mously agreed to continue the discussion at the next meeting of the society. The meeting then adjourned. ia ame NY Johnston's 10¢. broom day. Page & °