Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1894, Page 2

but the smallpox jt of typhoid fever, — appeared, ted among the Inspector Beall called at the house, street, this morning, a glance at satisfied him that Dr. Krog- 's diagnosis was correct, and the pa- lent was removed to the hoepital. Dr. "Malley used the usual disinfectants and it the house in as sanitary condi- yn as possible. At the Hospital. All day long there was a constant stream of physicians at the drug siores, waiting for vaccine points. For some unaccount- able reason the supply fell far below the demand, and last night there was not a vaccine point in the city. Every one wanted to be vaccinated, and all day yesterday and today the physicians were kept busy scarl- fying and applying the virus. Health Offi- ter Woodward called upon the Commission- ers this afternoon, and notified them that ir. Mertz, the druggist, bad kindly wffered is large supply to him for the use of the poor. Beyond -this there was Ittle done at the Commissioners’ office on the smallpox sub- Ject. As The Star goes to press in charge of the hospital, says charges doing cemarkably Nevitt, Dr. hey considerable slept well last night and took nourishment this morning. The disease is pregressing finely, und the eruption is at its height. Judge Rucker is quite com- fortable, and Judge Parker, who came this afterncen, ix accepting the situation philo- scphicaily. All of the patients are obeying | instructions implicitly, and I hope to save all. mmissioner Ross and the clerks in the ullve office were vaccinated this after- noon. At the Health Office. cked in front. of the health otfice this morning was a pink card, similar to the cards used on houses where there a smallpox patients. But there was not t yellow flag susperded from a stick, and the consequence was that none of the callers “We do not vaccinate any one here and we have no poirts for distribution. Points may be had at the drug stores now. The physicians to the poor will vaccinate poor people, ar poor people may be vaccinated at the Emergency Hospital or Freedman’s Hospital.” Health Oficer Woodward and Drs. Beall and O'Malley were on hand early in the morving. The case of George Anderson was the only victim of the disease found yesterday, and two suspected eases were reported carly this morning. When a Stir reporter calied at the h ealth ofkee this morning he found the usual large delegation of persons, sume seeking informaticn, some wanting to be vacci- nated, while some others were there to offer their services. But these people were not wanted for there is a corps of assist ants already in the field who are able to handle many more cases than ar, dy under treatment. A number of physicians, some of whom are in the departments, have volunteered to assist at the hespital or in sche ambulance service, or wherever their services may be required, but Dr. Wood- rd was obliged to decline the offers with | nks. In ccnversation with a Star reporter the ficer said that at this time he could n ve an pinion as to the spreading of the disease, although he does not fear that the epidemic will spread to an alarming ¢: tent. As he said yesterday, t period of ine n averages about twelve days, and there are no symptoms between the tim of exposure and the breaing cut of the ‘There are excepti al cases, ever, in which the period is from six to : s, but these exceptions are rare. cases of the disease thus far, Dr. Woodward told a Star reporter, have been Jd form, with the exception of the Mary Mundel, who died, and the Owens boy is also quite sick. Dr. Woodw urd is more than pleased that woman he has succecded in serding all the patients to the hospital, for this, he says, lessens the danger > far as others are concerne(, 3 the patient a much bett bance for proper treatment of the diseas: Th keeping of a patient at the house, the doctor says, would make the place a focus of infection, and might spread the disease in a dozen directions. Should a person be taken sick at home, of course, he could not be removed without consent of the famil: but Dr. Woodward thirks that public senti- | ment is such chat no trouble will be expe! ienced, even should a person be taken sic at horre. aking of the statements that suspected persons will be sent to the quar- antine station at 18th and D streets south- east, the health officer said that no place had been prepared for such persons, nor dil he anticipate that any such arrange- merts would be made. He thought, how- ever, that a ital for this purpose would be a great advantage in the treatment of these cases, Short on Vaccine. Sulphur and vaccine points were scarce articles in this city last evening. Many of the doctors were overrun with persons who wanted to get vaccinated, but hundreds. and perhaps thousands, were sent away for the reason that there were no points to be had. The health office had 1,500 ordered for yesterday, but only got 1,000 of them, and an additional 1,000 were ordered for this morning. The physicians to tae poor were each given sixty points this morning, and will be given another supply later in the day. One of the physiclans to the poor stated that he had 150 applications for vac- cination before 9 o'clock this morning. Although the supply of points was short yesterday, some of the druggists sent io Philadelphia, and received a large suppl this morning. the Lancaster county vaccine farms at Marietta, Pa. This company also operates a farm at Omaha, and conducts the largest establishment of the kind In the world ‘Then, too, the Natlonal Vaccine Company's plant near Chevy Chase has increased its supply, and the output today went a great way toward making up a supply sufficient | to vaccinate many hundred more persons. A new supply of sulphur and sulphur can- dies also reached here today, and supplies of the fumigating material are to be had | at drug stores and other places. ‘Those in Charge. Health fficer Woodward takes care to reey away from the smellpox patients, be- zause he is obliged to be in his office a rreat part of bis time and meet persons con- aected with the service, and give the neces- sary instructions. He also has to meet citi- zens who call on other business connected with the office. Drs. Benjamin M. Beall And Austin O'Malley have personal supervi- xion over the smallpox cases. Dr. Beall re- yoonds to reports when they are sent in, jnd if upon investigation It proves that the juspected perty has the disease, the ambu- ance or “black wagon,” js telephoned for nd the patient removed to the hospital. or. O'Malley 1s supposed to be on hand the time the patient is removed or few minutes afterward, and he ath together the clothing and other Articles to be destroyed or fumigated, and sends them off in the disinfection wagon to yither at a the quarantine headquarters. When the Wagon leaves Dr. O'Malley proceeds to vac- cinate the persons tn the house, and con- cludes his labors by using a strong disin fecting solution and lghting a sulphur candle To Watch Houses. Health Officer Woodward called on Maj «bout noon today and held a consul- tation about the appointment of raen to be de anitary police." Maj. Moore wa to render all the assistance in his power. It is Dr. Woodward's idea, in case it becomes necessary, ed from the applicants police a force to watch ho smallpox patients may be more than probable, Dr. Woodw that the family of ‘some one who may be stricken with the disease will object to the removal of the patient, and then it will be to have the house watched and rsons from going in and out of the sick room as far as possible. In this connection the health authorities are keeping under survelllance, as far as possible, the servants who were employed i2th sureet boarding house, as weil > nursed Ju Rucker. But the bealth officer, “‘w lock them up, as there is no law to § action 1 such Ips School Closed. ‘The Phelps school building was closed to- day and the building has been thoroughly fumigated. This action wa ned nei sary for the reason that some of the pupils in the building lived in the boarding house from which Judge Rucker was removed to the hospital. Mr. Patterson, principal of the Gales pullding, also had a complaint to make. He }ald that some of the pupils In the build- jg had been on the street and seen the tolor Vickery girl, 3 Mary Brown, taken from Mr. yuse. He wanted to know if it These points were sent from | THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOB was nec to close the building and use sulphur candles. Dr. O'Malley thought there was no dan- ger, and the school was not closed. Treasury Depariment Precautio: The smallpox scare has reached the Treas- ury Department in a very mild form. A lady clerk in the internal revenue bureau boarded in the house on 12th street. where Judge Rucker of the Iaterior Department was taken down with the disease. There is no reason to suppose that she has been af- fected by the disease, but as a matter of precaution it was thought best to put her in quarantine so far as her official associates are concerned and to destroy the chair cushion and the shaw! she used during office hours. Other articles about her desk that could harbor smallpox germs were also de- stroyed by fire and the desk and chgjr were fumigated. The lady has been given indefi- nite leave of absence. - Steam Disinfection. | Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service and Health Oiicer Wood- ward held a consultation last night, when | they discussed the situation. The case of a | woman, related to one of the smallpox patients, who went tc Charles county, was mentioned, and It was thought advisalle | to notify the Maryland authorities, which | was done. The big steam disinfecting ap- paratus tendered to the use of the District by Surgeon General Wyman will probably be in operation at the quarantine station this afternoon or tomorrow morning. cmergency Physicians Ba: From early morning until late this after- noon streams of people have been besieging the physicians at the Emergency Hospi‘al to have their arms scrape? and touched with the magic vaccine virus. The staff secured from the health office a large sup- | ply of points, and the young men ‘on the house staff set to work to ecinate all comers. They were of all ages, sizes, and both sexes and colors. Many children bared their arms to the steel blades, and quite a number of well-dressed business men entered during the noon hour to get their systems prepared against infection. At bout 11 o'clock a stylishly dressed young lady, with a dozen youngsters following her, entered the hospital and explained that she was a teacher In the public schools and that her satellites were her pupils. ‘They were vaccinated in a batch. It is probable that upward of a hundred people were treated in this way during the day. THE 1880 EPIDEMIC. A Comparison on Smallpox Drawn by Dr. Smart. | Dr. and Major Charles Smart of the army, | who is now on duty in the surgeon general's office, related to a Star reporter this morn- | ing the story of the smallpox epidemic of 1sSS80, in the suppression of which he, as the | representative of the national board of heelth, was largely instrumental. ‘I believe,” he said, “that the conditions now ace parallel to those which existed in 18%), The primary case then was discov- | in the vicinity of the jai ‘0 weeks | | | ere later thiMeen more cases were developed, | all of which were directly traceable to the original patient. As soon as reported thi cases were transferred to the shed-| | structure near the Jail, which was sec use as a contagious hospital. The next | crop coming two weeks later consisted of | ixty-three cases, We naturally expected | the following two weeks would de- | op numbering over a bun- | re gratified beyond meas- | vre when only two or three cases were re- | | ported, and we found that we nad succeed- | ed in stamping the disease out. This was | due the fact that during the period | which elapsed from the discovery of the | first case until the third crop was developed ,000 or 60,000 persons were vaccinated in the District of Columbia, the physicians to the poor having vacinated 30,00) of this number, | | | The Probable Course. “I have not made a close study of the primary case of the Coston child, but as you tell me that all the recently developed | cases have been traced pretty directly to | that patient I believe that the coming weeks will be similar to those which mark- ed the prevalence of the disease in 1880. | You know it takes fourteen days or two | weeks for smallpox to develop after a per- son has received the contagion, so the cases at present in the hospital are most proba- | bly the first crop or wave resulting from | the original case of the Coston child. One | or two more may be reported in the next day or two, and then none will appear and the public will think that the disease has | been stamped out by the health authorities. While there is no need, in my opinion, for any alarm, still such confidence is to be deprecated, because in the course of the next two weeks the third crop will un- doubtedly appear and the cases be con- siderably more numerous. I have every confidence in the ability of the health au- thorities to stamp out the disease by | means of the measures they were so quick to adopt. It was a great pity that persons living in the boarding house where Judge | Rucker was stricken could not have been rigidly quarantined until it was definitely } Kncewn whether or not they were going to have the smallpox. I understand from the papers that many of those people left the house, and, of course, they have come } in contact with numbers of others, with the possibility of having contaminated them, but, as I sald before, the system being pursued by the health authorities | will, in my opinion, prevent anything like | @ general epidemic of the disease. While the people cannot be too careful, there is no oceasion for alarm. ccination by the physicians of the poor and the assistance of the intelligent members of the com- munity in submitting to the operation themselves will largely aid toward a swift | eradication of the complaint. Within the | next two weeks I have no doubt a large number of cases will be reported, as was the case in the third crop of 1880, but the this, people must not be alarmed at it will be nothing but the nat | of the progression of the disease. Value of Vaccination. “I am aware,” continued Dr. Clark, | many people are opposed to vaccination, and fortify their antagonism by calling attention to instances where persons who have Been vaccinated have yet contracted the small- pox. Still, it is possible for persons who have already been afflicted with the disease in a virulent form to catch it again. A very sad instance of this occurred during the epidemic in 1880, When the first patient was taken to the contagious hospital, or the dilapidated structure that was placed at our disposal to be used as such, the roof was leaky and the walls full of cracks. We employed a man to make the repairs necessary to make the hospital airtight. We gave him a high rate of daily wages, with the promise of a new suit of clothes when he had finished the work. The man engaged had suffered from the smallpox at one time and his face was deeply pitted in consequence of it. He plastered the room in which the smallpox patient was, and he took the smallpox and died. So it is with vaccination. While it will not insure the safety of every person who submits to it, it does so in an over- whelming majority of cases. pind aie CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT. Faulkner's Unsuccessfal Visit to the White House. While the cabinet was In session today Senator Faulkner called to see the Presi- dent, presumably to ascertain what he pro- poses to say or do to help his party in New York, but he fafled to see the President at that time. He had a short talk with Pri- vate Secretary Thurber instead, and as he did not care to wait till the cabinet meet- = adjourned he arranged to call again at a more conyenient time. Mr. Several newspar val effort to obtain men made an ineffect- ome expression of opin- ion from the President on the political sit- | uation in New York. The only thing that | seems to be settled on that point is that | the President will not return to New York tomorrow to register and consequently will not vote at the coming election. He may write a letter indorsing the state demo- cratic ticket, or he may content himself with a contribution of money to the good of the cause. Tt appears, however, that he has not yet authorized any one to say positiv will or will not do. It is belteved, neverthe- less, that the uncertainty in this regard will be cleared up in a few days in a way not yet entirely clear. Mi Honor M>. Bayard. LONDON, October 26,-It is stated that the universities of Oxford and Cambridge will confer honorary degrees upon the Uni- ted States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bay- ard, when he returns to this city from the United States. wi LATE NEWS BY WIRE Vice President Stevenson and Mr. Hill Leave New York City. GOVERNOR FLOWER'S PROPOSED 1. eesti Baas Ex-Speaker Reed’s Tour Through lowa. MR. WILSON RETURNING oo NEW YORK, October 26.—Vice President Stevenson departed for Poughkeepsie this afternoon after having spent several hours in receiving callers, mostly democratic politicians, at the Park Avenue Hotel. Mr. Stevenson explains his refusal to address the workingmen’s mass meeting at Cooper Union last evening by saying that it had been arranged sometime in advance that he should speak in Brooklyn, as he did. Mr. Stevenson said to an Associated reporter this afternoon that in his peeches at Poughkeepsie and Troy he would confine himself to the discussion of national issues, practically upon the same lines he had followed when speaking in Minois and Missourt. Senatér Hill left the city early in the day for Oswego, where he will speak to- night. Governor Flower will, during the last week of the campaign, travel from Albany to Buffalo, and thence to this city over the Erie railway, making teu-minute speeches at towns along the route. Perry Belmont is alleged to have filed a claim for the United States senatorship in succession to Mr. Hill, should the latter be elected governor. Ex-President Harrison told a reporter to- day that he was astonished to learn that J. Milton Turner, the negro democratic ora- tor, had been mobbed at a meeting of ne- groes in Indiarapolis. The colored people of that city, oir. Harrison sald, were gen- erally intelligent and law-abiding, and the only way In which he could account for the ault on Turner was upon the supposi- tion that the latter had insulted his aud- fence. Ind., October 26.—A |. Milton Turner, on the highest authority, this morning, to the effeet that he had received a telegram from the governor of Missouri asking him he wants protection from Missouri against mob violence, and suggesting that he ask Governor Matthews of Indiana to intercede in his behalf. Turner, who was minister to Liberia under Grant, attempted to deliver a democratic speech in this city Wednesday night, and was mobbed. He says now that he will probably ad- dress the colored people of this city again on Saturday, when more trouble may be expected. Ex-Speaker Reed in Iowa. WATERLOO, Iowa, October 26.—Thos. B. Reed and perty arrived here today on the private car of President Ives of the Burling- ton, Cedar Repids and Northern railway. Mr. tion on the route last night by great crowds until. bed time. Early this morning Mr. Reed’s car was invaded by hundreds of citizens, and an iinpromptu reception was accorded the visitors before the party had kfasted. at the hotel, by which Mr, pt busy until noon. jal trafus arrived heurly on all rail- roads and a.crowd of 8,000 to 12,000 people were in the city by noon. Stands were erected all over the elt Mr. Reed will make speeches during the afternoon and evening at seven different places throughout the city. No place in the city will begin to accommodate the people for one meeting. The prominent speakers in attendance, besides Mr. Reed, are Con- sressmen R. B. Hill and Thomas J. Hender- son of Illincis, ex-Congressman Struble of venth Towa district, Updegraff and s ney of the fourth Iowa district, Con- sressman R. G. Robison of the fifth dis- trict and Henderson of the third. district, besites most of thesrepublican candidates = Congress in all the north lowa dis- tricts. Mr. Wilson Coming to Washington. GRAFTON, W. Va., October 26.—William L.. Wilson and party arrived here at 1 o'clock this morning from Clarksburg, and Mr. Wil- son went on to Washington city. He will return to Berkeley Springs tonight, and to- morrow will speak at a barbecue in Morgan county. He will spend Sunday at Kingwood and speak there Monday. Reed ee “Bos, ELEVEN MINERS ENTOMBED. Tons of Rock md Earth Between Them a Freedom. TRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., October 26.— ‘The fate of eleven entombed miners in the Pewabic mine will not be known for some hours yet, probably not until 2 o'clock. An immense mass of rock, iron ore and "broken timbers twenty feet in length is to be cleared away. Superintendent Brown ts confident that all but three will be taken out alive, and he has hopes of all. ‘The accident was caused by the sandstone capping on the third level of shaft No. 1 giving away. @ p< SFr te ‘TO WALK FOR A WAGER. ‘The Task Before a Western Pedes- t CHICAGO, October 26.—Henry Schemhl, the pedestrian, will leave with a party of friends tomorrow for Indianapolis, and on Monday at p.m. he will start to walk from the state capitol in that city to Chi- cago, finishing his walk at the city hall, which he hopes to reach before 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The tramp is made on a wager of $1,000, The distance is 14 miles, and to win the walker must average 22-3 miles an hour for the entire time. He expects to waik forty-seven miles before making his first rest, be at Frankfort, Ind. WILL CAPRIVI RETIRE? Ramer That the German C Has Resigned. BERLIN, October 26.—It is rumored here that Chancellor Von Caprivi has tendered his resignation and that his resignation has been accepted. 4 which will neellor > DREW OUT A LARGE NUMBER. Effect of the Weather and the Card at St. Asaph’s. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ST. ASAPH’S JUNCTION, October 26. The perfect weather and a rather attractive card drew one of the largest crowds of the meeting to the St. Asaph track this after- noon, The track, while a little sticky in places, was anything but slow, having dried out remarkably well. All talk of an agreement between the St. Asaph people and those at Alexander Island respecting a division of dates is over, and it can be regarded as settled that there will be no agreement made. As stated in yester- day's Star, neither club has formally con- sidered the making of such an agreement, although it has been suggested to both as- eiations by persons friendly to both. While the St. Asaph people deny making any arrangement with George H. Engeman, the impression is still prevalent that the Brighton Beach man hopes to secure the k for a winter race meeting. makers, an increase of three over yesterday, did ‘business today. Old Dominion, Galilee and the Louise filly were scratched in the first race, Capt. T. and Shadow in the second, Half Mine in the third, Ella Reed in the fifth and Can- delabra, Galilee and Baroness in the sixth. The jockeys and first odds in the first race were: Walcott (Bergen), 10 and 3; Black- hawk (Penn), 8 and 2; Gold Dollar (Sims), 1 and 3 to 10; Hazelhatch (Doggett), 3 and 4 to 5; King Gold (Griffin), 4 and 8 to 5. First race, six furlongs, Hazelhurst first, King Gold, second, and Gold Dollar third. Time, 7. The second race, six furlongs, was won by Prince John, Lemento colt second, Old Dominion third. Time, 1.16 3-4. Reed's car was besieged at every sta-, At 10 o'clock there was a re- | FUNERAL OF COL. MALLERY,. The funeral of Col. Garrick Mallery, U. 8. A., retired, who died on Wednesday even- Ing, took place from his late residence, 1823 N street, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The house was filled with a large gathering of the friends of the. family, among them many men who are prominent in iiterary and scientific circles in the capital. There were present representatives of the army, of the Cosmos Club, the Literary Soclety and of a number of other organizations of which Col. Mallery was a member. The body wag; encased in a hardsome casket covered with heavy black cloth. The casket was wrapped in che stars and stripes and upon it, resting upon « mat of white roses, were the officer's helmet and sword. ‘The honorary pallbearers were Wrof. S. M. Langley, Col. I, Kdwards Clarke, Gen. Wright, Geh. Vincent, Major Powell, Dr. Yarrow, Dr. Fletcher and Mr. Thompson Alexander. The active pallbearers were eight non- commissioned officers from the fourth ar- tillery. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. A. Bartlett ef the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, who was @ personal friend of Col. Mallery’s during the latter's life. The services were begun by the reading of appropriate passages from the Scriptures, after which a quartet of female voices sang with fine effect. the hymn “Abide With Me.” Dr. Bartlett’s address was an unusually eloquent effort and remarkably well suited to the occasion and to the character of the people present, among whom were so many of scholarly attainments. He began by say- ing that we must give up for all time the problem of life and death unless we are will- ing to accept the solution which is presented in the doctrine of immortality. All people as soon as they emerge from the most savage state begin to grope about for a god, but it is only the Christian religion which has developed in its fullest flower the conception of a life beyond the grave. It is this conception that makes life worth living, and makes it worth while to love each other. With this introduction, Dr. Bartlett went on to speak briefly but earnestly of Col, Mallery's life as a man and a citizen, and of what he had done for his fellowmen through his services in the late war, and in his contributions to lit- erature and to a better understanding of the life and manners of the Indians of North America. The social and religious sides of his char- acter were touched upon, and the address closed with an earnest prayer for a bless- ing upon the bereaved widow. The quartet sang “Lead, Kindly Light,” and at the conclusion of the services the body was carried out on the shoulders of the soldiers and deposited in the hearse. ‘The remains were followed by a large cor- tege to Arlington, where the interment was made With military honors. —_ +2 THE PROBATE COURT. jatters Affecting Estates Passed on by Judge Hagner Today. Estate of Harriet Ordway; inventory re- turned. Estate of Reuben B. Clark; exec- utors bonded and qualified. In re Jno. W. Chappell, guardian; order authorizing, guardian to pay all money in hand to ward. Estate of Jas. W. St. Clair, cause continued until next*Friday. Estate of Jno. Rosenberg; will “admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Frederick Pitzer and Gustayg Harrison, bond, $1,000, Estate of Mary: A. Lambright; will od- mitted to probatd and letters testamentary lissued to Clava Garner, bond, $1,200, Estate of JohW Kdwards; exception of 8. H. Maynard tovanswer of executor filed and | cause continudd. it state of James Kelly; letters of adminis- tration issued to Bentley P. Murray—bond, $600, Estate Uf Jno, B. Taylor; petition o1 executor to make yWartial distribution filed. Estate of Jno) Stanlon; will admitted to probate and letter# testan.entary issued to Bridget Scantm—bend, $1,000." Estate of Nicholas White; onler of publication. Eis- state of Jno. H. Bosse; order to bring In assets before November 2. Estate of Ta M. Winn; tettets of: administration issued to Catherine 5. Babtock—bord, $500, Estate of L. Ceiss; petition for letters of adimin- istration filed. Inre Fredk. M. Supplee, minor; J. Fratk Bupplee appointed guard- ien—bond, $4,000. “Estate of Wm. D Cassin; letters of admainiatvation issued to Mary M. Cassin—bond, $400. 4 Rstate of Alfred: D. Supplee; same to J. Frank Supplee; bond 3700. Estate of Alfred Richards; will admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Wm. A. and Chas. 8. Richards; bond £10,000. tate of Ym. E. Matthe: order author- izing collectors to pay undertaker’s bill, $190, state of Michael Kane; John Kane appointed administrator; bond $1,000, and petition of John Kane for appointment es gvardian filed. Estate of Geo. W. Lighter; will admitted to probate and letters testa- mentary issued to Sarah E. Lighter; bond $0, Estate of Celia E. Andrews; will filed and fully proved. Estate of Washington S. Hurley; letters testamentary issued to Malvina R. Hurley; bond, $100. Estate of ay P. Lowe; will admitted to probate and letters testamen- tary Issued to Gabriel F. Johnston; bond, $6,000. Estate of, William H. Wright; order directing administrator to pay Certain money to Henry M. Baker and final ac- count of administrator approved and passed. ee WILL SHOOT TOMORROW. Jersey and District Ten Are Ready for the Fray at Marshall Hall. Gov. Werts of New Jersey and those who accompanied him to this city have been pleasantly engaged today. Yesterday was also a pleasant day, illumined mainly by social sunshine, but today was several points ahead. Last night the entire crowd of Jersey visitors went to Albaugh’s Opera House, where the guests weré greeted by Manager Allen and entertained by Robert Mantell and his excellent company with a clean-cut and highly polished rendition of the “Corsican Brothers.” From the theater many of the visitors went to the Army and Navy Club, chaperoned by Col. Theodore Mosher, the District's adjutant general. This morning Gen. Spencer had several members of his team in the brigade ritle gallery and kept them at work for an hour or so. The sunshine was, however, more attractive even than rifle shooting, 'so the practice was cut short in order that those members of the team who desired to see somthing of the city might have an op- portunity to do so. Somewhere between % and 4 o'clock this afternoon the visitors will call upon Presi- dent Cleveland, but the occasion wiil pot be decorated—as a similar call was last year—by full dress uniforms; this time full dress was left at home. Promptly at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the steamer Macalester will leave for Mar- shall Hall, having on board the teams and a crowd of Jersey “rosters.” All necessary preparations have been made for the con- test, and an interesting match may rea- sonably be expec ‘The teams will con- sist of ten men each, and the firing will, it is understood, be at 200, 500 and 600 yards, seven shots per man at each range. A number of:fthe-visitors and several in- terested officers of the District National Guard will remainiin the city until after- ster ar noon. ; when the boaf.ma ing from the wha On this trip jo permitted, an} on) allowed on thé bo: city later in the gvening ¥ ry found, imppssible to make arrang) 's by which sich of the general public as cared to witnes® the mate could be ac- commodated; in fadt the number of persons 0 would Want tc_be present was so small as to offer ain ivdugement ior the running of another boat. On the homeward-bound evening boat 4 collaticn will be servpd. Jae F Abo a Name. Adolph H.»,Fiegenbaum and Swormstedt Rave #filed a_ bill against Zachary T. Eterbach, or T. Eberbach, for the appointment of a trus- tee in place of the defendant. The com- plainants state that the defendant, under the name of Zachariah, is a trustee in a certain deed of trust, with Mr. Swormstedt, given by Mr. Fiegenbaum, and that he re- fuses to join in a release, claiming that his name is Zachary, and declaring that he will not correct other men’s mistake. They will lgave on the Mac: 8 its special trij at 4:20 o'clock. olders of tickets will be ticket holders will be when f: returns to the Denies the C' Answering the suit of Mariet# Froutz for divorce, Chas. F. Froutz denies that he has been cruel to his wife, and states that she refused to live with him, preferring to work in a store than to perform household duties. He denies that his income is $100 a month, and believes that they could live happily to- | gether. SPREADING THE GOSPEL The Third Day’s Session of the Woman's The Reports Submitted Today Show- ing the Progress of the Missio: Work t Foreign Lands. The third day’s session of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Societ? opened at 9 a.m. today at Foundry M. E. Church with devotional services.. There was a fair at- tendance of delegates, missionaries and friends of missionary work. The exercises began with the singing of hymn No. 725, “More Love to Thee.” Prayer was offered by Miss Daly. “Nearer, My God, to Thee” was sung. Z At 9:30 the president, Mrs. Eaton, rapped for order, and the roll was called, a number of absentees being noted. Following this came the reading of the minutes. Some cor- rections of a minor nature were made. Miss Louise Manning Hodgkins, editor of “The Heathen Woman's Friend,” was in- troduced to the assembly, ard made a few appropriate remarks. The delivery of mail was accomplished and several lost articles, such as reticules, eyeg! and hand- kerchiefs, were reported and some returned to their owners. Mrs. A. N. Fisher announced her resignatior om the committee on reso- lutions in fay Mrs. O. W. Scott. This action of Mrs. « -her was acquiesced in. Miss Walden presented the fmancial re- ports of the “Heathen Woman's Friend,” “Heathen Children’s Friend” and “The German Friend.” The reports showed @ slight increase for each of the periodicals named. Miss Hodgkins made a supplementary re- port to that of Miss Walden in regard to “The Heathen Woman's Friend.” She thank- ed the society for the support which they had given her. The exchange list had in- creased nearly 100 per cent during the year. A Heroic Missionary. Secretary Gracey read the report of the literatvre committee. That committee dur- ing the year had sent out to the press of the society much literature which it was thought would do good. The president made a strong plea for the press of the society, and the several reports were properly referred. Tne next report in the order of business was the financial report of the literature committee, submitted by Miss P. J. Walden. Mrs. C. Achard submitted the report of the “Gern én Friend,” and it was read by the secretary. Secretary Gracey read a communication from the National Council of Women in- vitins representatives of the Missionary Society to attend its national convention to begin ‘in this city on February 17, 1895. It was voted that the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society should be represented by its presidert, Mrs. A. H. Eaton of Balti- more. A letter from Miss Mary Reed, a leper missionary in India, was read, in which she told of the happiness which the gospel was shedding among the doomef people of the isolated colony. The story of Miss Reed ts a sad one. While in India, in some way not wholly accounted for, she con- tracted leprosy, and then, feeling that she a divine call, wrote to her parents in this country that she could never return. She then went into the heart of the leper colony, and is devoting her energies to her distressed co-victims. ‘The hymn 892 was sung, and then Miss M. Watson read the report of the north- west India conference. Mrs, Scott, returned from five years’ service in northwest India, stated that of the 20,000 converts in India 10,000 were in this conference. She urged that at least three unmarried missionaries were badly needed. They would bring into the church the wives and children of con- verts. Native women could not be brought into central places of learning. They must visit them in their villages and homes, and do evangelistic work. Mrs. Scott spoke with great enthusiasm, and there was a disposition to grant all she asked. Mrs. Keen of Philadelphia, who visited the varions missions !n India last year, told an entertaining story of what che saw there. She spoke of the great good which had been done, which was being done, und which would be done by the missionary workers cf their church. She spoke of the enthusiasm which animated th hearts of the people. = was listened to with flattering atten- a, Converting Notes, Many of the ladies have not learned the art of public speaking, their voices, as a rule, being well modulated, but deficient in force and incisiveness, and the enunciation cloudy. Th? shining exceptions to this rule are Secretary Gracey of Rochester, N. Y., and Mrs. A. N. Fisher of Columbia River branch. During the day several of the missionaries under appointment busted themselves by taking voluminous notes of the proceediags. Several of these missionaries are very in- teresting women. The palm and fern setting of the pulpit Was rearranged today, that the view of and from that important point might not be obscured. The pulpit was additionally em- bellished this morning with a wealth of bright, fresh fall flowers, mainly chrysan- themums, These flowers were doubly sig- nificant from the fact that this society is putting forth great efforts for the christian- izing of China, Japan and far eastern coun- tries, to which this pretty blossom is native. —_—__. CANNOT DO BUSINESS. Commercial Alliance Comp: cense Revoked by Comm: The license of the Commercial Alliance Insurance Company, which it will be re- membered came to the rescue of the Equi- table, and volunteered to take its pulicy holders at advanced premiums when the latter collapsed, cannot do business in the District of Columbia any more. Today the Commissioners voted to revoke the license heretofore granted, and passed the follow- ing order in connection therewith: “Whereas, it appearing to the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia that the Commercjal Alliance Insurance Com- pany has been reported by the superinten- dent of insurance for the state of New York as insolvent, and * “Whereas, the president of the said in- surance company was notified by the Com- missioners under date of October 17, 1804, to show cause on or before the 19th in- stant why the license of sald company to transact business in the District of Co- lumbia. should not be revoked, and “Whereas, the Commissioners have re- ceived no response to said notification, and being satisfied that the said company has fallen below the requirements of the act of Congress, approved January 25, 1887, en- titled ‘An act to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia,’ it 1s therefore, in accordance with the provisions of said ‘act, ordered that the license granted the Com: mercial Alliance Insurance Company of New York to do business in the District of Columbia is hereby revoked.” eee Se Christian Soctology. Two weeks ago a meeting was held at the board of trade rooms, 1410 G street, when the organization of a branch of the American Institute of Christian Soci- clogy was discussed. Rev. Teunis 8. Ham- lin was chosen temporary chairman. An- other meeting will be held this evening at the same place. ge ee Death of Joseph Beardsley. The death of Mr. Joseph Beardsley, which occurred at his residence, 1543 Q street, yes- terday, was a great shock to his many friends. He was sick but a short time, and a fatal termination was not expected. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. Paul's Church, 15th and V streets. The deceased was one of the respected business men of the city, He had gradually built 1™ a business, and it seemed that he had fore him many more years of usefulness. He leaves & wife to mourn his loss. peace SSE Tole Sued for Divorce. Charles L, Bozzell of the United States signal corps was today made the defendant in a divorce suit, his wife, Marian M. Boz- zell, asserting that her husband, on March 10, 1888, deserted and abandoned her. They were married in Georgetown, April 28, 1883, she says, by the Rev. Father Menadier. Her husband, she declares, receives a fair salary, and she prays that he may be com- pelled to pay her counsel fees and alimony pending the suit, and a fixed monthly sum upon the termination of the case. THE SECTION REVOKED. Peeple Cam New Make Excavations . During the Winter. After considerable discussion the Com- missioners today rescinded section 23 of the Plumbing Regulations. This section has caused the C_.amissioners any amount of trouble. It was as follows: “Between November 1 and March 1 no permit shall be issued to make any exca- vation in any street, except for necessary repairs to sewer, water and gas pipes. In case of such necessary repairs the permit clerk is authorized, upon presentation of the regular application, to issue the neces- sary permit.” Last year when the Ist of November came around, applications came pouring in. To etrictly enforce the law the Commis- sioners stood by the regulations, until it was found absolutely impracticable to do so any longer, Persons who had_ erected houses and were waiting for the interiors to be finished, found all at once that they could not, under the new regulations, open the street to make sewer, light and water connections. ‘They argued, that it would be a manifest injustice to compel them to wait five months before making connec- tions, and that they did not propose to have their houses remain ‘dle so long. Then the depression of labor came on and the Com- missioners suspended the regulation for the remainder of the year. When this matter was called to the attention of the Commis- sioners this year, they referred the objec- tionable section to the plumbing board, with instructions to modify it or substi- tute a section that would not be so severe. It was at first to raise the permit fee, with the hope that tt would lessen the applications, but this was considered impracticable, and today the Commissioners finally decided to revoke the entire section. eee eee DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Added to the Schedule. The paving of K street between Ist and North Capitol streets northwest, to cost FINANCE AND TRADE Various Causes Prevent Any Wide Fluctuations in Values. DECLINE IN COAL RAILWAY STOCKS Gossip of the Street Regarding Gold Shipments. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 26.—Prices were fractionally higher at the opening of to- day’s stock market, but became irregular under the narrow trading later in the ses- sion. The evening up of traders’ contracts at the close of the week, the decreasing probabilities of gold exports and the ab- sence of any pressure to sell prevented wide fluctuations on either side of initial figures. The foreign exchange market opened dull at yesterday's rates, the supply of bills be- ing about up to the recent average. The $5,000, has been added to the schedule of too small to be signifi streets recommended to be improved. ‘The coal stocks were again active, as To Keep Record. result of being forced om the ait okg | HH. C. Rizer, acting director of the geologi- ie tras ae leck of harmony cal survey, has requested the Commissioners In® yontenay Nine iy ct HI to grant permission to that office to place | trade ha’ it is @ nilometer or self-registering tide gauge on the lower side of the west abutment of the Chain bridge for the purpose of keeping @ continuous record of the height of the Potomac at that point. He further requests that the authority should carry with it permission to con- struct @ vertical wooden box for the pro- tection of the instrument, extending from top to bottom of abutment, and to remove by hand about three cubic feet of rock. Paving Asked. Capt. Fiebeger has recommended to the Commissioners that the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company be re- quired to pave the entire intersection of 6th street and Pennsylvania avenue north- west with sheet asphalt, and be allowed to pave the space between the rails and tracks and two feet adjacent to the outer rail upon 6th street between Louisiana ave- nue and B street with vitrified brick. An Appointment, The Commissioners today appointed Nicholas Leagre night watchman at the Municipal Lodging House, vice John Phil- lips, removed. Dr. Carr Appointed, The Commissioners today appointed Dr. W. P. Carr commissioner of pharmacy for the District of Columbia, vice Dr. D. W. Prentiss, resigned. Of all of the available candidates the Commissioners selected Dr. Carr on account of his intimate knowledge of therapeutics and his well-known ability as a physician. The position was wholly unsought. It is without compensation, and considered in the light of honorary distinc- tion. Dr. Carr is at present professor of physiology in the Columbian College of Medicine in this city. Unpaid Taxes. Some of the excuses presented to the Commissioners by delinquent taxpayers, in the hope of having the penalty remitted, are amusing and original. In many instances the failure to pay the taxes when they be- come due is not through any fault of the taxpayer, but the law is mandatory and admits of no discretion. A case in point octurred today. A property holder, who, by the way, is a large taxpayer, left the city after making an arrangement with a clerk to collect the rents from certain houses and pay the taxes. The clerk, how- ever, failed to carry out the instructions, and deposited the money collected in bank. When the gentleman returned he found not only the taxes unpaid, but a penalty of nearly $50 against the property. In a letter to the Commissioners today he cites the facts in the case, and asks to be re- lieved of the penalty, as it was through no fault of his that the taxes remained unpaid. Also because the money for the taxes was deposited, which is evidence that the gov- ernment would not be put to the trouble and expense of advertising and selling his property to secure the taxes thereon, ving been publicly exposed, not unlikely that activity in this gro stocks will result in « depreciation of values. The question of dividends is directly con- cerned, and the investment security holders of at least one of the roads in question may be frightened into contributing to the bear campaign by liquidating, in anticipation of @ reduction in the usual rate. Delaware and Hudson lost 2 1-2 cent on early but was given and erty !s believed to be in position to triumph over all competing roads without judi. the interests of its stockholders. ere Manhattan sold up 8-4 per cent on carly trading for bcth accounts, but reacted be- low first prices on a renewal of bear sell- ing. The point to sell on all rallies is the one given out by traders active in the stock. The balance of the list attracted little at- tention, but held well around first prices. The industrials were vr.vsually Gull and void of feature, except Sugar, which sold down 3-4 per cent on realizing sales, and some cautious short selling. The streugth of the stock at present prices, and its unat- tractiveness to insiders for. selling pur- Poses, encourages the belief that the long side is the safer for a turn. A 5s de- cline must intervene before any important buying sets in. The last hour's business was dull and ir- regular with unimportant changes in most instances. a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. : The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: —_—>— CAPT. HOWGATE’S CASE. A Demurrer to Be Asked Before Judge McComas Tomorrew. District Attorney Birney stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that Captain How- gate and his attorney, who is ex-District Attorney A. 8. Worthington, before Judge McComas tomorrow morning to withdraw his plea of not guilty and ask leave to demur to the indictment. —_———_—. GRADE CROSSINGS. Action Taken by t Commissioners This Afternoon. The Commissioners this afternoon took summary action regarding the safety of grade crossings in the District of Colum- bia and issued an order that the police reg- ulations requiring fences and gates must be en’orced. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock | m,—Metropolitam Raflroad conv. 6s, $1,000 at 102. Metropolitan 7 —— tS U. 8. 4s, istered, 1): —v. bias U Sas, coupon, 114% tia, ES te, SE District of Columbia setzate fund Se, 108 Vater st; at ee Closing Schools. As an additional precaution against the spread of smallpox, the Commissioners this afternoon ordered the immediate closing and fumigation of the Polk, Randall and Henry school buildings. Water stock 7s, ime, — Didn't Recognise the Paper. Sitscellsneous” Boads. “Washington. snd. George A sult in equity has been filed by Thomas j town Railroad conv. Gs, ist, ad, 155 eee H. Henshaw against Calvin T. Brent and | }ysshington, a fetropelitan Rtaltread others to set aside a deed made by the com- = Bene} of ad oy 7 Care i} L. jon roa ‘ plainent. The complainant states that | [omnia Railroad Go, 100% bid, 108% 1 waste, Brent, desiring a loan of $3,000, induced | Gas € 6s, A, 114 bid. Wasb- him to —— gst by placing a mort- —— bond je ph ag) 15 “ a ~a gage on su jot. Mt. Pleasant and -, Ot, 4. bad “4 Plecsant Plains, He claims that instead of tle Tight conv. S0, 183 bid, 137 astrl. | Cheenpeake signing, as he supposed, a deed of trust, he signed a deed in fee. Therefore, he asks that it be declared null and void and that the title be restored to him. ——— Chicago Grain American Security and Trast, fs, F. and A., 100 bid. Amefiean Security and ‘Trust 5s, A. and 0. 100 bid. Washi Market Company Ist 6s, 108 bid, 112 asked. “Washington Market 1 6s,'108 bid, 112 asked. iy ext. 104 bid. somkc Be ios bid. "Wasbington Ligue Totantey Ast 4, 102 Washington Light ry 2d 7s, Reported by Silsby & Co., Bankers and Brokers. | {0g tit! ips aticed CHICAGO, October 26, 1804. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 800 eee High. Low. Close. | tid, 820 asked. Bank of the Republic, 205. bid, ‘Wheat—Oct. Diy BI BI 5144 | 280 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bil, 207 a-ked. Fara Dec a ers and Mechanics’, 190 200 asked. “Second, it 57% S74 | 140 bid, 150 asked.’ Citizens’, 140 asked. Colum- bo 50% | bia, 135 bi 150 asked. Capital, 115 bid. West 48 48! 48% | End, 110 bid. ‘Traders’, 100 bid, "112 asked. Lin- 493s | coln, 100 bid, 105 asked: Ubio, 74% bid. 27 27 27 ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. tional Sate 2s 23 = 25!) | Deposit and Trust, *126 bid, 130 asked. Washing- 32 32. 32% | ton Loan and Trust, *120 bid, 125 asked. American 12.05 11.82 11.82] Security and Trust," 134% bid, 135 asked. Washing- 11:85, 11.60 11:62 | ton Sate it, 100 asked. 7.00 G85 6.85] Hailroad Washington and Georgetown, 6.82 6.67 6.67 | 280 bid, 310 asked. Metropolitan, 79 bid, S24 6.35 6.35 6.35 | arked. ‘Columbia, 65 bid, 65 asked.’ Belt, 25 bid. 6.00 BASS BST | 2754 anked. “Eckington, 20 bid. Georgetown ond ——_—__ Fennallytown, 35 asked. , York © Gas and Electric Light Stocks. —Waskingtor Gas, *47lg bid, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, Si Wid, 60 _Month. Open. High. Low. asked. U. 8, Electric Light 132% Wid, 13¢ asked. November, 5.54 5.50 Insurance Stocks,Firemen’s, 39 Vid, 45. asked, December 5.00 5.58 44 bid, |. Metropolit January 5.68 5.57 ed. Corcora, 57 bid, 78 ask February: 5.63 Bu Arlington, 150 bid, 165. ask March, 5.74 Ex 16) bid,” National Union, 12 bid, 14 —_———__—_ ed, Columbia, *12 bid, 144 asked. | Ries 7 asked. le’s, 5% bid, 5% as . in- timore Markets. . Fig bid, 8 asked.” Commercial, 4% bid, By BALTIMORE, October 26.—Flour dull unchanged —receipts, 100,001 barrels; shipments, 11,877 bar- ‘Title Insurance Stocks.--Real Estate Title, 108 Ww bid, 118 asked. Columbia Title, 7% bid, i ‘Telepuone Siocks.—Peansylvania, 35 hid.” Chesa- peake and Potomac, *50 bid, GO asked. American shipments, 63,959 bushels: rapbophene, 5 bid, 3 asked. Pocumatic Gun Car- sales, 88,000 _ bushels e, 28 bid. . 3. Corn dill November, |" Miscellancous Storke.—Washington Market, 13 UAL 1g asked. "Great Falls Ie. 14) bid. 150 ail Rum Panorama, 25 i. Lincoln Tall, 83 100 an Building, 00 asked, asked. Tuter-Oc tite ‘corn, S1a56; southern yel- low corn, 64a55. Oats quiet and ‘steady—N ‘gevthaler Linotype, 120 bid. white westerm 2434 asked; No. 2 mixed x. div. $2 axked—stock, 204,889 bushels. Ry a No. 2, 5: —receipts, 720 bustiels; Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m,, 48; 2 p.m., 62; maximum 61; mini- mum, 46. lay quiet and stew