Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1894, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1894—-SIXTEEN PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. U0. 0. F,, HARMONY LODGE, NO. 9—THE officers and members are notified of the deeth of William T. Walker. Arrangements for funeral vil) be made st the teeting TO- Wal. PB. ALLAN, Ree. Secretary. 1t SPiRITUATISM—J. 1. ALTEMUS WILL HOLD A meeting ou TUESDAY EVENING, December 4, at Ww Hell Gth st. nw. a“ BOOTTISH “HITE ~CATHEDRAT. meeting of Mithras Lodge of Perfection, No. will be held TUESDAY, December 4, 1804, at 7:20 o'clock Work, th degree H. HOLT, 32] deg., Secretary ALL PERS HAVIN with H. K. Fulton upon one year oF mune are he once and pay interest or the go at auction December 11 at 10 0" aie H. K Bre gular 500. Our menu em- * im season, Our pot be surpassed any dioner from 4 to 7, On Su dinner? Have y ry braces aried 9 he tines’ iu the e Ser. EF Ladies’ Cafe, 2A floor, Entrance on 4% st. PITS BEL COR. PAL AVE. AND 414 87. -104 BLIC LL BE HELD ‘eU AY NIGH’ AY 3 7:30 o’ clock, New York and in this vicinity a at Lelie Hall, OF REN 10: ict of Columbta.—The y will be held at W 3 h apd Hi streets northy FVENING, December cs CHAN 1805 PATTERNS OF RAMBLE! We would ree NUM pectfully announce that simples R TWELN ed at our sales roo: machine weighs but of the row be st. nw. on, a ge y perience in 1804.——Frice only $100-—Take a look at it before you decide on & ew mount for 1s05, GORMULLY & JE! deeatt ‘su FERY MFG. CO. AFE, Proprie- Takoma ael-st* P. W. FAVORITE, “Lhe Favorite Cafe, late of Kk, D.C. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TP ers of the Masonic Hall Asso. of the D. C., for the election of five directors, will be held at the eretary, = MONDAY December ck. Stock- here tofore declar 1 lease call for the same with Bring your Stock certificate with you. n3O-3t NOBLE D. ASSIGNE WICE.—ADOLPH KAH doing business at No. 935 F st. nw. ton, D. €., having this 26th day of November, 1804, made an assixnment of his assets to the subscriber for the benefit of bis creditors, notice fs hereby given to all persous having” lawful claims against said Adolph Kahn to preseat the same immediately to JAMES H. CLARKE, Assignee, n28.5t* 935 F st. n.w., Washington, D. C. T HAVE REMOVED MY HORSESHOEING ES- tablisiment back agein to my old location, 626 K st. n.w., which I bad to vacate on account of the recent’ Stumph fire. nZs-6e* FREE DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD F fish commission have decided not to give away fish this season. But for one week only to every purchaser of goxls to the value of $1 aug upward in my stores I will give away four deautiful Chinese " il fish. MIDS BIRD STORES, n26-2w 712 st. p.w, and 1221 Pa ave. OVEN FIRES. 144 PAIRS MODERN ANDIRONS in stock, in brass, iron, gold and sflver fiutshes. 20 per cent discount uncil December 1. 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PU NT TO THE PROVISIONS OF -4 tions eleven hundred aud eighty eight (1188) and eleven hundred and eighty-nine (1182) of the Re- Vised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of haries Jacobsen, of the elty of Wash cturer and ven- f niineral wate owed to be sol er beverages, by Ia do hereby fle with : wrt of the District of cription of such bottles and of the ks th for the purpose of pro- same ui the provisions of said 2 sald bottles are described as fol statutes. lows joitle of white, colored or transparent glass to contain one (1) pint, generally used for purposes of bottliag lager beer, having on th f the words words bottom or the lette “Eh across the sar Gately cd “trade All persons 47e notified and with inin aters or oth rages any such Dottle so marked, or to sell, traffic in, or buy the fine, otherwise they wil’ be prosecuted according jo law. iven under my hand and seal at Washington, D.C, this 12th day of July, A.D. 1804. CHARLES JACOBS! Witners: LEON TOBKINER. 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Kind of Truss _ fits perfectly, that's es the wearer trussés without extra funded {f rot satist: prices ranteed a els Gilm aa Present Conditions of Peace With China. WILL BE INCREASED AS TIME PASSES A Challenge Sent for the America’s Cup. FOREIGN TOPICS a GENERAL YOKOHAMA, December 3.—According to the sem!-official press Japan has decided to insist upon heavy conditions of peace, which will be Increased as the war is pro- lorged. If the war was concluded at the present ‘ime Japan would accept an indemnity of 400,000,009 yen and the cession of the ter- ritory now occupied by her forces. Tco much weight should not be attached to the Chinese overtures for peace, for it is belleved that Japan will be required to give her enemy further proof of the power | of Japan in order that the Chinese people may learn that their government sued for peace. If Taku and Shan Hal Kwan cannot be attacked this winter owing to the severity of the climate the war will be carried on in other populous parts of China. No ar- mistic will be granted unless China _for- mally sues for peace and surrenders Pekin to the Japanese or gives other pledges tn proportion to the demands of Japan. if China is unable to pay the war In- demnity immediately a portion of the sum decided upon paid down will be accepted and the remainder may be paid in instail- ments, with interest. It must, however, be stipulated that the power of Japan is regarded as absolute and then there will be no further opposi- tion to the conclusion of peace. DUNRAVEN HAS CHALLENGED. Another British Boat to Race for the America’s Cup. LONDON, December 3.—As a refutation of the fake interviews published in the United States through the United Press today, tn which persons classed as “Lord Dunraven’s yachting friend: were ‘re- ported as saying that no challenge for the America’s cup would be sent this year, the secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Mr. Richard Grant, telegraphs to the As- sociated Press this afternoon from Cowes, Isle of Wight, that a challenge for the America’s cup was posted last night. — - GLASGOW, December 3.—The cup chal- lenger to be butit for the syndicate rep- resented by Lord Dunraven will be launched tn April next from Henderson's yard at Meadowside. The new yacht will be a little shorter than the Valkyrie, and will probably sail for New York at the completion of the fortnight’s yach: on the Clyde. - eer COLLISION IN THE Fog. The Steamer Albertine Runs Down an Unknown Vessel. LONDON, December 3.—The steamer Albertine, from Shields to this port, ar- rived at Yarmouth today with her bows completely stove ip and leaking badly. Her commander reported that she was in collision yesterday with a large passen- ger steamer. The Albertine struck the steamer amidships and the latter disap- peared in the for which enveloped that part of the coast all day yesterday. The Albertine, in spite of her damaged con- dition, remained about the spot where the collision occurred and searched for the vessel with which she had collided, but no trace of the steamer could be found. and it is supposed that she has foundered A life buoy and four steamer hatches marked “Kenmore” were washed ashore near Yarmouth today. The steamship Ken- more left Shields on November 1S for Car- thagera. Several other collisions and wrecks of small steamers are reported to have oc- curred during the fog of yesterday. ITALY'S PARLIAMENT OPENS. King Humbert Congratulates It on Reviving Industry. ROME, December 8.—King Humbert opened parliament today with a touching reference to the suffering and ruin caused by the recent earthquakes. He added that national tndustry was reviving; that the credit of the country had improved, and that the confidence manifested toward Italy rendered it her duty to attain a bal- ance In the budget. The king also said that measures would be presented to parliament for the amelf- oration of the monetary circulation and to improve credit. His majesty concluded with the expres- sion of confidence in the continued main- tenance of the peace of Europe RUSSIA'S NEW LOAN. It ts for $100,000,000 and Bears 3 1-2 Per Cent Interest. BERLIN, December 3.—The contract for the new Russian loan of 20,000,000 or $100,000,000, at 31-2 per cent, was signed here today by the Disconto Geselschatft, the Mendessohns and the Bleichsroder Banking House. The Boerse Gazette says that the loan is destined for the redemp- tion of the 5 per cent bonds of the Russian railways, whieh were taken over by the state during the last few years. General Foreign Topics. BERLIN, December 3.—A dispatch from Levensau says that Emperor William to- day opened the high bridge over the North Sea canal. PENZANCE, England, December 3.—The cable steamer Faraday, which has arrived from St. Johns, N. F., reports that on No- vember 21 a heavy sea smashed lifeboats steam launch, saloon ventilators and two water tanks. ST. PETERSBURG, December 3.—A_pe- troleum train, which was derailed near Morshansk, caught fire. Three raflroad officials were burned to death and others were killed “or severely injured. ee, Unusual Sort of a Damage Suit. LA PLATA, Md., December 3.—Mrs. Eliz- beth Swan (colored), who sued the Balti- more and Potomac railroad for $1,000, se- cured a verdict for the full amount. Mrs. Swan purchased a regular ticket from Cox's to Pope's Creek. She was in ill-health fed a ten-months old child. Owing ent to the passenger coach, Mrs. Swan was compelled to ride in the bag- gage car, resulting, she claimed, in causi vent Injury to her health. > arbour's Death. Johnson R. RICHMOND, Va., December 3.—B. John- son Barbour, one of the most eminent Vir- ginians of his time, died yesterday at Chariottesville at an advanced age. He was especially well known for his literary culture, was the intimate friend of John R. Thompson, was a young MIterateur in the days of Edgar Allan Poe, whom Le knew well. m, 1320 G st. n.w. CHARLES ALLED A lnzative, fruit lorenger, very agreeable to take for refreshing CONSTIPATION, hemorrhoids, bile, loss of appetite, gustrte and iutest troubles and headache aristag froma them. F. GRILLON 83 Rue des Archives, Paria Seld by all Druggists. INDIEN The Investigation to Be Oonduoted by the Senate Committee. Work Will Be Begun at Once and Pushed Rapidly Forward—Plan of Chairman McMillan. Senator McMillan, who fs chairman of the subcommittee of the District commit- tee of the Senate appointed by Senator Harris at the last session to conduct an investigation into the entire question of the charities organizations of the District, anucunced to a Star reporter today that it was his intention to go ahead with the werk of this committee at once. He made | preparations for meetings of the commit- tee and to obtain information before he had reached Washington, so that little time will be loct before the committee get under way. The program will probably be for the committee to hold a few sessions and listen to the opinions of certain offi- clals and experts on charitable matters, but the greater part of the work will be dons through correspondence, and to this end letters will be sent out very soon by the committee to the officials of the various institutions in the city requesting certain information, which, together with the tes- timony obtained, will be the basis for consultation. ‘The investigation, it may be remembered, was ordered primarily because of the con- flict between the superintendent of chari- ties and the bourd of children’s guar- dians, which came to a focus during the debate on the District appropriation Dill at the last session. An effort was made at that time to re- dvee the appropriations for the board to such an extent that it would be practically annihilated, and a vigorous fight ensued on the floor, in which the superintendent of charities 'was champicned and the board of children’s guardians condemned by Sena- tor Blackburn. Senator Gallinger took up the cudgel and returned the charge, with a resclution of inquiry conecrning the re- lations between the board and the superin- tendent, which was afterward broadened to include an investigation into all the charitable institutions now aided by Con- gress. The entire matter revolves around the question of how far the government shall aid these institutions while maintain- ‘|ing the board of children’s guardians, the principal object of which is to avoid send- ing children to institutions when private homes can be found for them. As @ result of the inquiry it may be that the entire system of charitable institutions of the District will be reorganized, and new schedules of appropriations made for them. It is the design of the committee to get through with this work before the Dis- trict appropriation bills shall have reached the Senate, so that these items of appro- priations may be dealt with intelligently in the light of the information obtained in this way. The committee consists of Sen- ators McMillan, Martin, Gallinger, Faulk- ner and Hunton. 2 WOMEN TO BE EDITORS. A Novel Method of Raising Money in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, December 3,—The so- ciety women of San Francisco have adopt- ed a novel plan to raise money for the sup- port of a ward for incurables at the Chil- dren's Hospital. They are going to edit the Christmas edition of the Examiner, W. R. Hearst, proprietor of the paper, has agreed to turn over the whole newspaper plant to them and they are going to write every line of the paper; manage the busi- ress department; edit the telegraph news; coliect the local news; solicit the adver- tisements, and, in fact, do everything in preparing the paper for the public up to the time it goes to the composing and press rooms. The entire proceeds of the Christ- mas edition of the er to the ladies to be used for the sup- {of the Children’s Hospital, Mrs, Frank Mrs. J. will be managing editor; »y Harvey, city editor; Spreckles, news editor; Mrs, W. telegraph editor; Mrs. George Lent, society editor; Mrs. Hall McAllister, musical eritic; Mrs. Rennie werin, Miss E. L. Noble and Miss Laura McKinsley, editors of the sup ment. Mrs. Louis Sloes will be business mana- ger. In addition to these there will be a large staff of young lady reporters. The ladies are very enthusiastic over the scheme, and promise to issue a paper that will be a revelation to Mr, Hearst’s regu- lar corps of male editors. eee IS IT THE “LOST COMET.” New Interest Added to the Recent Mt. Lowe Discovery. LOS ANGELES, Cal. December 3.—The recent observations at the Mount Lowe Observatory indicate that the Edward Swift comet, discovered by the son of Prof. Swift at that observatory on Tuesday evening, November 20, may turn out to be the famous “lest comet,” discovered by Devico at Rome, August 22, 1844, just half @ century ago. The orbit of Devico's comet was com- puted by Bruno, and found to be within that of Jupiter, its aphelion closely ap- proaching the orbit of the giant planet and its periphelion lying just within the orbit of the earth. Its period was a trifle less than five and a half (5.459) years, and it should have reappeared nine times since its discovery, but it did not return as pre- dicted, or, if it returned, It was never seen, The researches of M. Leverrier indicate that it was identical with the comet ob- served by Lahiere at Paris in 1878, though it was not detected at any one of the many returns to perihelion which must have taken place in the interim. If it proves to be the long lost comet, as- tronomers will be keenly interested in its career, and (* it were not so faint they would be observing it In all parts of the world. Prof. Bannerd can scarcely dis- cern it with his 12-inch glass, and eastern astronomers have not been able to detect it as yet. It is probable that the comet is receding from the sun and the earth, and Dr. Swift estimates that it is now about one hundred and thirty millions miles away, or three times the distance of the planet Mars in October. —_—— —_—. NORTH CAROLINA’S DELEGATION. Vote for Congressmen Counted by the Canvassers. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., December 8.—The state board of canvassers met this morning and completed the canvass of the congressional vote, which, complete, is as follows: First district—Branch, democrat, Skinner, fusion, 16,510. Second district—Woodard, democrat, 14,- 721; Cheatham, republican, 9,413; Freeman, populist, 5,314. 13,546; Third district—Shaw, democrat, 10,699; ‘Thompson, populist, 9,705; Speare, repub- lican, 9 Fourth district—Cook, democrat, 14,335; Stoud, fusion, 18,667. Fifth district—Graham, democrat, 14,646 Settle, republican, 16,93- 2,1 Merrim, populi t, xth district—Lockhart, democrat, 13,908; Martin, fusion, 13, Seventh district—Henderson, 13,124; Shuford, fusion, 15,383. Highth district—Bower, democrat, 15,491; Linney, fusion, 18,775. —<— ke Works to Re: RICHMOND, Va., December 3.—The Man- chester spike works, which have been shut down for a year, will resume tomorrow with a full force of hands. — Gen, Aemstvong’s Resignation, The resignation of Gen. Frank C. Arm- strong as assistant commissioner of In- dian affairs, which was -tendered to the 'y ef the Interior, to take effect on er 31, has been formaily accepted by Secretary of the Interior. ‘The Secretary expressed regret at Gen. Arm- strong’s retirement from the service. He resigned to enter railroad business in the west. democrat, — Trensury Receipts. Natiorial bank notes received for re- demption today, $301,290, Government re- ceipts: From internal revenue, $626.80; customs, $470,507; miscellaneous, $56,383. aminer will be turned | |WHAT JAPAN WANTS|°!STRICT CuaRiTIESITHE CIVIL SERVICE Eleventh Annual Report of the Com- mission to Congress. PRACTICAL, CHARACTER OF 113. WORK Competitive Examinations Are Bet- ter Than the Patronage System. EXTENSIONS OF THE RULES pee ‘The eleventh annual report of the United States civil service commission, submitted to Congress with the President's, message, shows tkat from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894, 3,532 epplicants were examined for the departmental service at Washington, of whom 2,366 passed and 1,166 failed to pass; for the railway mail service 4,267 were examined, 3,120 passed and 1,147 failed to pass; for the Indian service 431 were ex- amined, 200 passed and 141 fatled to pass; for the customs service 3,872 were exam- ined, 2,012 passed and 1,360 failed to pass; for the postal service 25,777 were examined, 14,3:3 passed and 11,434 failed to pass. The whole number examined for the five branch- es of the classified service was 87,379, of whom 22,131 passed and 15,248 failed to pass. Compared with the previous year this shows an increase of 12,541 in the whole number examined, an increase of the whole number who passed of 8,123, and in the whole number Who failed to pass of 4,418, The whole number appointed in the year covered by the report is as follows: Departmental service, 885; railway mail service, 718; Indian service, 166; customs service, 280; postal service, 2,823; total, 4,872, an increase of eight-three over the previous year. Apportionment of Appointments. The report states that the requirement of law that the appointments in the -ie- partments at Washington shall be appor- tioned to the states, territories and the District of Columbia on the basis of popu- lation has been carefully observed, and that great pains are taken to see that ap- plicants are actual bona fide residents of the states in which they claim resideace. Every state has received substantially its due share of appointments, any departure from a mathematically exact apportion- ment being caused by the need occasionally of filling a place requiring highly technical qualifications with the best qualified per- son without reference to his place of res! dence. Comparatively little attention has been paid to the apportionment of appoint- ments in the unclassified service, where in- fluence of one sort and another is the con- trolling factor. Practical Character of the Commis- sion’s Work. The commission states that the folly of the misstatements indulged dn as to the questions asked in the examinations has been so patent that they are now rarely repeated. One of the favorjte yntruths of the spoilsmen is that the quesjipns are ir- relevant or unpractical, but,as a matter of fact, the questions asked are practical and relevant to the duties of the positions sought. oat Competitive Exrminattfons. The commission states that’ it is not claimed that, under all circuristances, a system of competitive exarninations would be best for filling all positiéns, but what is claimed 1s that under existing’ conditions this system is Infinitely better than the patronage system, which ig'at present the only alternative. Experiedte shows that as a matter of fact all the ‘positions in the government service, with ‘posstbiy a few exceptions, can well be filled ‘under the competitive system, and’“In ‘the great majority of cases they canbe’ better filled in this way! than in any 6fher’at present aevised, The Clerical and Examining, Force. Stress 1s laid upon the importance of the action taken by Congress in divorcing the commission from the departments in the matter of clerical help, and putting it upon an tdependent footing by placing Its whole force under its exclusive control, the result being the building up of a force that it ts believed for ability and efficiency will bear comparison with any other force of like number in public or private em- ployment elsewhere. Examinations and Inspections, The commission states that it has not been able hitherto, on account of small force and lack of sufficient appropriations for traveling expenses, to hold examin tions as the law requires, twice a year in each state, and to make the inspections of local offices sufficiently to guarantee a full observance of the law in these «iflces, In the last two years the appropriation has fallen short, and it has been: impossible to hold examinations in some of the outlying states more than once. This is not a hard- ship upon the commission, but simply a hardship to the people living in the outly- ing states, The Postal Service. About one-half of all the employes of the classified service are in the 610 classt- fled post offices. In the larger offices it 1s said that the law ts now better observed than it has ever been before, and the post office at Baltimore 1s mentioned as one in which a marked improvement is shown, and affording an instance of the good done by the commission’s investigations. The Indianapolis office 1s also spoken of as one which was very bad from a civil service point of view, and which has now hecome a very good office under the late and the present postmaster. Boston and Chicago are said to be offices where the law {s ob- served well. The postmaster at Chicago states that the character of the men Gb- tained through examination is better than that obtained in private business, The postmaster at Boston states that the ma- jority of the men appointed under the late republican administration of the office have been democrats. In almost all of the larger post offices, as well as in most branches of the departmental service at Washington, politics have been practically eliminated in making appcintments and removals. There have been complaints from many of the smaller offices, showing that a_large number of removals have been made for political reasons, although other offerses, generally of a minor character, are alleg- ed as the ground of dismissal. In some offices there have been practically clean sweeps. Railway Mail Sertice. Here the law has ben absolutely ob- served, and neither appoinfments nor re- movals have been made (or ‘political rea- sons. The commission points’ out objec- tions to the bill which passéd the House of Representatives at the lagt sesston for the reinstatement of che tatlway mail clerks turned out in the spring of 1889, after the change of administration. Indian School Serv¥ice. It is said that gratifying ‘progress has been made in the administration of the civil service law in connectlor’ with this service; that the great majority of those appointed have been retained, and that new appointments have been madeion a basis of fitness without reference ‘to political consideration. It is said that the super- intendent of Indian schools: Has testified in the most emphatic manner to the good conferred by the civil service law and to the extreme difficulty there would be in managing his office effectively jn the in- terest of the Indians were it not for the protection afforded by the law. Reasons for Dixminsal. The report states that from the terms of the law politics should and rightfully car. have nothing to do with continuance in or exit from the service, but that un- fortunately in many cases the facts have been otherwise, and that to some extent religious and political reasons will influence dismissals until there ts a requirement of law or rule that not only shall the reasons for dismissals be made a matter of record and be made known to the person dis- missed, but that he also be given an op- portunity to be heard in his owr defense In this lire a practice has been lately introduced by t ver General in the postal ser > far as results are known, works well in the direction of security, stability and efficiency, and the complete elimination of politics. Political Discrimination. Partisan feeling and bias have been shown not only in dismissals, but in promotions and reductions, The most common form of this discrimination is to dismiss employes of one political faith for offenses which are allowed to pass unnoticed or with slight reprimand when committed by employes of the opposite political faith. The commis- sion believes the only adequate remedy lies in the introduction and enforcement of promotion regulations. Offensive Partisanship. The rules against offensive partisanship are usually construed strictly against the opponents of the party in power and leni- ently against their adherents. The safe rulc is that the adherents of the party In power should never do what would cause friction in the office and subvert discipline if done by the opponents of the party in power. While a man in the classified ser- vice has an entire right to vote as he pleases and express his opinions on all po- litical subjects, he should not fe any ac- tive part in political management or in po- litical campaigns for precisely the same reason that a judge, an army officer, a regular soldier or a policeman is debarred from taking such active part that he should be debarred from turning his official posi- tion to the benefit of either political party. Conviction of Offenders Against the Law. After speaking of the conviction of Post- master Ickes of Newark, Ohio, and of In- ternal Revenue Collector Haney of Ken- tucky for making political assessments in the presidential campaign of 1892, refer- ence is made to the case of C. H. J. Tay- lor, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, of which a report is now in the hands of the President for action. Of this the commission said: “In investigating this case the commis- sion was much struck by the condition of terrorism that obtains in the unclassifie] civil service. In this service there Is no se- curity of tenure. Removals are made for purely political and personal reasons, and there is an amount of corruption in conse- quence. In the unclassified civil lee and in the excepted plices at Washington the conditions are as bad as ever. ‘These evils will be largely cured by the recent extension of classification the depart- mental service.” Political Assessments. The commission recounts the attempts made at assessment in the campaign of 1894 and the unfortunate effect of the opin- ion of the Attorney Genera! that solicita- tion by letter in public offices was not s0- licttation within the law. Recent extensions, already mzde public, are stated in detail with their effects, and it is said that there are only a few im- portant branchey of the service y* classified. SUFFRAGISTS AT WORK. They Decide to Hold a Public Meeting in Behalf of Their Movement. Many of the agitators of the movement in favor of having the right of suffrage re- stored to citizens in the District of Colum- bia held a conference at the residence of Dr. Reyburn on Saturday night over the progress being made in the crusade. It was determined to call a meeting for Tues- day night, December 11, in conjunction with the Federation of Labor, and to re- quest Senators, Congressmen and others to be present and make speeches on the occasion. —_——_—_ THE COURTS. Court ot Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Admissions—Marion Duckett, Marcus B. May, Arthur L. Bry! Jessie C. Bowen, Bates Warren and Francis M. Lowe. No. 147, Johnson agt. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company; appeal to Supreme Court, U. 8., prayed -and allowed, and amount of bond fixed at $500. No. 399, Thomes agt. Miller; appeal dismissed b: appellant, No. 360, ‘Jackson agt. Clifford; argument concluded. No. 367, Godfrey agt. Roessie; conttuued by consent. No. 371, Roller agt. Caruthers; continued. equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox, Mcrris agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; restraining order modi- fied. Eberly agt. iberly; sale ratified nist. Washington Beneficial Endowment Asso- ciation agt. Commercial Alliance Life In- surance Company; sale by receivers ordered; c1use consolidated with No, 15,509, and Georgianna Mills allowed to intervene. Cook agt. Cook; sale decreed, with J. J. Darlington, trustee, to sell. Barrett agt. Holliday; pro confesso against defendant ‘Taylor ordered. Barbour agt. Gordon, and Golden agt. Gordon; restraining order re- turnable December 8 granted. Galleher agt. Pope; sale finally confirmed and refer- ence to auditor ordered. Adjourned sine die. Cireult Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. National Express and Transfer Company agt. Morris; motion to compel defendant to produce documents overruled. Carlisle Shoe Company agt. Dobbins; judgment by default. Gordon agt. Lester; on hearing. Circuit Court No. 2—Chlef Justice Bingham. Columbia National Bank agt. M. V. Tierney et al.; judgment by default against M. J. Tierney. Frazer agt. Dexter; judg- ment by default. Hirsh agt. Frank; with- drawal of Whitaker and Prevost as a’ torneys, and S. F. Hyman enters appear- ance. Ockershausen agt. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt Robert Benter, lar- ceny; recognizance, $300, taken, with Jerome B. Burke surety. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Chas. Carter, exhibit- ing obscene pictures; defendant arraigned, plea guilty, sentence suspended during good behavior, personal recognizance, $100, taken. United States agt. Willlam Jones, Mary Morton and Sarah Hill, larceny from the person; on hearing. Probate Court, Judge Hagner. Estate of Clement H. Brooke; will par- tially proved. Estate of Elias J. Hill; cod- icil proved. Estate of Johanna Hettinge will filed and partially proved. Estate of Johanna Hoerman; inventory filed. Estate of James H. Baldwin; assent of next of kin filed. In re George Emmert and A. H. F. Heitmuller, guardians; first and final account approved. Estate of Geo. R. Fris- by; petition to appoint Chas. W. Handy administrator filed. Estate of Bishop W. Perkins; inventory filed Estate of Joni than D. Townley, administrator issue final notice to settle estate on January 4, 1895. Meine Soctety’s New Home. ‘The members of the Society of the Sons and Daughters of Maine took formal pos- sessicn of their new permanent headquar- ters, at No. 707 G street northwest, on Sat- urday evening, and several hours were pleasantly spent in the enjoyment of an informal program and congenial conversa- tion. Mrs. Maria L. O'Donohue presented the scclety with an engraving of the battle- ship Maine, and Captain Granville Fernald gave a fine photogravure of Madame Lilian Nordica, the Maine songstress. Among those who entertained the assemblage were Miss Adelaide Payne, Mr. Carl Arvidson and Mr. Michael Clancy. Custody of Children. Argument in the case of George A. Bohlayer against his divorced wife for the custody of his children was heard on Sat- urday by Justice Hagner. An order was issued by the court that the children be recommitted to the keeping of Frances Kness and Roberta Kress, and that the hearing of the case be postponed till De- cember 8& pen ete ets cram The Order Modified. Justice Cox on Saturday modified the re- cent order restraining the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company from using dynamite and blesting powder in the ex- cavation of the new power house on M street. The injuncticn allows the use of powder, provided 1t does no injury to ad- joining property. pudiaeravone aA Against the Railroad. Suit for $15,000 damages was filed against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company on Saturday by Mrs. Jennie Smith. Damages are claimed because of injuries sustained while alighting from a car at Ist and C streets northwest. aes An Old Case. Distribution of the estate of the late Jno. R. Reynolds was in argument before Jus- tice Hagner in the Probate Court on Sat- urday. The case has been in litigation for fifteen years. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS . ‘Page 5 EDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS . FINANCIAL . FOR EXCHANGE FOR RENT (Flats)..... FOR RENT (Houses)... FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Offices)... FOR RENT (Rooms)... FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE “(Lots) FOR SALE (Mistellaneows) FOR SALE (Pianos)..... FOR SALE (Pianos and Orgaus) HORSES AND VEHICLES. . HOTELS ... LADIES’ GOODS. LECTURES ... LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUN MANICURE ‘s & 3 Peaataeeeseae ees caneaaae Sassen MEDICAL . MONEY WA} PERSONAL . PIANOS AND ORGANS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS . SUECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET CLEANING. STORAGE ........ SUBURBAN PROPERTY.. UNDERTAKERS WANTED (Help) WANTED (Houses) WANTED (Lots) WANTED Qiscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms'. WANTED (Situations). WINTER RESORTS IN HOTEL CORRIDORS 2 § 3 atetee*SanatSaaatoaue® “J could never understand how so many women of refined and really artist: are willing to become typewriters anc shorthan | writers and slave like serfs for barely enough te keep body and soul to- gether and yet turn up their noses in fine disdain when it is suggested to them to embrace dressmaking for a livelihood. There is no business in which a cultivated woman in poor circumstances can secure ease and comfort quicke! continued the speaker, who was Joseph A. Armstrong, formerly with a big New York dry gvods end millinery establishment, and now trav eling for another, He was talking with @ group of friends at the Ebbitt. “With all due respect to the dressmakers of today there are few of them who have ideas of their own. They are mostly seamstresses who have learned their business by rote and who depend entirely on the regularly issued fashion journals for their intellec- tual stock in trade. A bright woman with an eye for the artistic and a sense of har- mony in color and the faculty of giving grace to the folds of drapery or the loop of a ribbon can fairly coin money clothing her sisters, Such a one can command good prices and as her custom increases her op- portunities for profit increase. 1 venture the assertion that not a first-class dress- maker in this or any Other city pays a cent for the linings she puts in her cus- tomers’ dresses and which she charges them for substantially. What do I mean? Merely that the dry goods houses give them to her fcr nothing in return for the trade she sends them. All well regulated establishments keep the leading dressmak- ers supplied with samples of their newest goods and the latter advise their customers about what to get. In many cases the dressmakers get a percentage on the sales they influence In this manner, besides beirg provided witheut cost with lining stuffs, Whalebones, hooks and eyes and the pumerous other necessary things that sin- derlie a woman's gown, Suppose a_ girl can't sew nicely? Bless your soul, a first- class dressmaker ‘don't sew—she emplcys others to do that. All she does ts think, and I am speaking of the opportunities in the business for women of braius.”” “That was an interesting story In your column last Saturday about the idea of hell cherished by the Ute Indians,” said S. R. Barker of Helena at the Arlington last night, when the Hotel Corridor man shook hands with him. “The belief in the deluge is just as strong among the Shosh- ones, and they tell you about it with much detail if you take the pains to lead them up to it. Some years ago I was living in the Shoshone country, near Salmon City, Idaho. The formation out there is in many respects remarkable. At frequent places in the mountains, apparently high above the possible water line of eny former sea or bay that might have existed in pre- historic times, you will come across basin- like sinks in the solid rock filled with sand that has been worked by time into ulmost solid rock itself. This sandstoac, when broken into, will be found to contain nu- merous fossils of fishes and animals. The old Shoshone Indians will quickly tell you how they got there if you ask them. I knew an old fellow at Laiavl, whoso name in English was Two Black Bears. He taid that when his grandfather was a very young brave, the whole country, mountains and all, were covered by a great fiood that lasted many moons and drowned every- thing that didn’t have a canoe, or didn’t manage to hang on to floating trees and timber. When the water went down, said Two Black Bears, the fish and animals, and the sand and mud it had stirred up, were caught in the basins I mentioned. When 1 asked him how such a thing could have occurred in his grandfather's time he ex- plained by saying that the flood didn’t come when his own grandfather was alive, but way back as many grandfathers as there were needles on a big pine tree. It is such legends scattered through all tribes and races of men which convirce me of a common origin, or at least, of a common starting place where the tnnate belief of mankind became inspired by a series of re- markable events.” “A certain famous fishing club gave a banquet quite recently, at which many of the guests were of international promi- nence,” said Lester Cady of Philadelphia at the Riggs House this morning. “Among them were three or four gentlemen of less notoriety, and who drank more of the toasts than they spoke to. When the feast was over and the intellectual pyrotechnics had soared, spiuttered and gone out, two of these individuals fell into an argument re- specting their skill at cards, and both elo- quently expatiated upon their superior skill at casino. Their friends, to humor them, and, as it turned out, to have some fun with them, suggested a game to settle the contention, and both assented to the propo- sition with much satisfaction. They ulso thought it a good thing to steady their nerves before the combat with generous bumpers of the strongest tea punch ever concected. After an eleven-course dinner, with the appropriate liquids and a iozen toasts with their accompanying wetness, tea punch is calculated to make men wuzzy to a superlative degree, and the combina- tion worked as usual in the case of the players. They began the game with « splendid assumption of sober gravity, and proceeded with labored care and dignity. When the cards had been pretty well dealt out a wag in the onlooking party slipped sixteen extra cards on the deck. Neither player noticed it, but the dealer continued to serve four cards to his opponent und himself. Again the deck was added to without discovery, and at last eight tens of diamonds were placed on it. The deal- er, who had been growing more and more helpless, and whose eyes were blinking, rapidly dealt the cards. His opponent and himself skinned their hands over to- gether. The player opposite the deck rub- bed his eyes and his forehead, heaved a deep sigh and laid his hand, face down, cn the table. The dealer gazed at bis, and seemed lost in thought. His eyes stared at right angles across his nose, " I made,’ he hiccoughed, ‘ze big cashiner twish already, I'll shwear, gn’ heresh fo’ mo’. Itch either er cole detk er th’ jim jamsh.’ “Then he toppled over and went to sleep before he could decide the important ques- tion.” “It nas often struck me that lying is a FINANCIAL. 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Rodgers, Thomas R. Jones, Wiliam E. Clarx, Woodbury " Blair. Rohert O. Uoltzman, ec13 TIFR_TONTIN, PNDOWMENT AND PAID. TYSURANCR POLICIES PURCHASED AT FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. 0cl6-tt ENWARD N. RURNS, 1307 F st. 2.W. Cc. T. Havenner, Member W ton Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker. Rooms 9 and 11. Atlantic building, 90 FP at. nw. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold fer cach or'on margin. Cotton bought and sold in New Yok o New Orleans. Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orleans. Telephone 453. aplo-te CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1410 F st., Glover buttaing. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 08 roadway, Bankers and Dealers n Government Bonds, - Deposits xchange. D8. eqtattroad stocks and Wend and at secoritiog Heke on e exchanges of New York, Phila Boeton and Baltinore bought and sold. ‘A specialty made of investment securities, Dis trict ‘and_all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance ang Telephone Stock dealt tn. eae Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. —————————— sort of a mental disease, of which the per- son afflicted with it cannot help showing the symptoms on the slightest provoca- tion,” said Francis R. Taylor of Cincin- nati at La Normandie this morning. “I met a striking example of the complaint coming in on a local Baltimore and Ohio train last night. He got in with some jolly white men at a small station on the Metro- politan, branch. He was called Andrew, and was as biack as the ace of spades and wore the garb of a laborer. It turned out he was a bricklayer’s assistant. It appear- ed that the job he had been working on was finished Saturday, and one of the white men asked Andrew what he was go- ing to do. He returned with the most un- abashed coolness tmaginable that he had been engaged to go to work Monday lay- ing brick at ‘fo’ dollars 'n a half a day! That attracted my attention. From that moment until the train reached the depot here Andrew lied a steady streak, under Inspiration of the clever questioning of the white men. He told about his brother giv- ing up his business and becoming a runner and getting $1,600 for running 1,500 miles in three days and a half, and swore to truth of his story. He casually remark that his was a running family. “IT runned seben ‘n a ha'f miles in twen- ny-nine minnits myse’f de udder mawnin,’ he remarked calmly: ‘dat is, I runned en wawked hit tergedder, en den I wukked hard all day.” “Now that darkey was afflicted with chronic tergiversation. He believed, evi- dently, everything he sald, and would have fought anybody who doubted him. I have run across numerous per<ons like aoe ee | of whom, however, men well educated apparently refined, but who could no more help lying than they could help breath- ing.” Sa A Bold Robber. Detective Helan of the first precinct ar- rested Jerry Sullivan, the negro who com- mitted such a daring robbery near 14th street and Florida avenue a week ago. The prisoner has confessed and returned a por- tion of the money. Today he told the offi- cers where he had hid the pocketbook in @ sewer. ‘The robbery occurred about 7:30 o'clock in the evening. Mrs. F. J. Crocker of No. 1425 W street, the victim, was on her way to a drug store to pay a bill, and just be- fore she reached the corner of lith street the negro grabbed her hand and raised @ brick as if he intended to deal her a severe blow. “Let go,” he said to her, and Mrs. Crocker, who was badly. frightened, leased her hold on her pocketbook, in whi she had more than §50 In cash. Sullivan will be tried tomorrow. eel Jury Verdicts Discussed. The ¥. M. C. A. Debating Society dis- cussed the question that the verdict of @ jury tn all criminal cases should be unant- mous on Saturday night, and the judge, Mr. Tracey, decided it in the negative. The affirmative was supported by Messrs. M. W. Watson and Fred. Tasker, and the winning side by Messrs. W. V. Wateon, W. P. Free- man, G. I. Willlams, B. C. De Knight an@ 0. P. Goodwin,