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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. T AHATA DAIWEVSa aH r SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM 1E GAULE OF BAT. tmore.. the we every FRIDA\ during day, for private sittings, 905 1H st. n.w. AY NIGHT, Wonn's' Hall, 721 6th OF THE STOCKHOLD- | e the elec- tion of dire rs to Serve for the ensuing year Will he held at the office of the. bank, 1415 G st. nw., TUESDAY, January 8, 1805. Volls open from 12 to 1 o'clock. CHAS. P. WILLIAMS, Cashier. 413,15, 22,29, jand,7-6t WESY END NATIONAL BA’ 1S Gs A dividend of 6 per cent per annum, payable quarter'y, hus this day been declared by the beard ot directors, payable January 1, 1805, to stockholders of record of December ‘24, 1h04, ‘Transfer books will be closed from December 24, 1894, to January 2, 1805, inclusiv CHAS. "P. WILLIAMS, 13-15 MY WIPE, MINNA L. RICKS, HAVING LEFT my house without my consent and against my wish, I hereby notify all persons not to give her credit on my account, as I will not be responsi- Wie for or pay any debt that she may contract. ai3-2t° LOUIS RICKS, ER 13, 1504. TO MY FRIENDS: On my return from the bedside of one very dear to me in the far west I have been shown an article in The Evening Star of the 1st instant, an article which to those maliciously disposed does injustice to my wife as well ax myself. I do not intend to defend myself against so- called newspaper att I want to say that ivy wife and myself condnet our practice in a legiti- mate way and stull continue to do so in the re. But ‘we will be ready to defend our good name at any th tfully, SA. CZARRA, 3 alsa a4 OB st. on DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIY.—THE PART- nership heretofore existing between Geo. ‘T. Ed- wards aml Kdiund #. Myers, under the name of 24, ISH, by the di Myer will collect ness of the late firm. EDMUND B. 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But whether it's only a two or three-collar bundle or the laundry of a hotel they'll get Just as painstaking attention, Drop postal ‘or ask central for 502—we re- spond quickly. jodfrey Steam Laundry. esa UTTERLY DISCOURAGED With thore blinding headaches. Why suffer when there is a sure, safe and permanent cure in WEBR'S HEAD- ACHE POWDERS. No narcotics, no in- Jurious drugs. toc. At All Druggists. (dt3-11d CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers Sanitarium, 1320 G st. n. CHARLES ALLEN, M.D, THE COURTS. Court of Appeals.—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Admissions, Alfred M. Fuller and Elbert Dent. United States agt. H. W. Howgate; petition for allowance of appeal from an order overruling demurrer to indictments argued by A. S. Worthington and J. M. Wilson in-support and A. A. Birney in op- position. No. 370, United States ex rel. Kerr agt. District of Columbia; commis- siorer’s argument concluded. Special dock- ets, Nos. 2 and 3, Chapman agt. United States and Macartney agt. United States; argunfent commenced by J. M. Wilson for appellants. No. 354, Otterback agt. Patch; judgment affirmed, with costs, opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. Equity Court No, 1—Judge Cox. Central National Bank agt. Johnson; sale decreea, with Job Barnard trustee to sell. Brown ‘agt. Chase; pro confesso against defendant, Katherine Chase, ordered, and trustees ordered to report proceeds of sale. Burns agt. Mullett; pro confesso against defendant, Mullett, ordered. Ricketts agt. Kicketts;" divorce’a vin. mat. granted. Leitch agt. Work; decree dismissing bill. Pollard agt. Lybrand; Lill dismissed, with- vut prejudice. Walter ogt. Bevans;’settle- ment of title, and trustees directed to con- vey. Ramsey agt. Fidelity Building and Loan Association; order appointing. re- ceiver amended. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Haines agt. Todd; case submitted. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Pierce agt. Schneider; verdict for defend- ant. Pierce agt. Vinson; juror withdrawn. Becker agt. McCobb; judgement by default. In re estate of Maria Cole; on hearing. Washington Building Lime Company agt. Jackson Jores Co.; plaintiff allowed to withdraw original notes and protest on filing copies. Kline & Co. agt. Lendner; judgment by default. Newton agt. Au- gusta; judgment for defendant on agreed facts. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Saltzstein agt. Shepherd; verdict for plain- tiff for $350. United States agt. Storr; judg- ment by default, and jury of inquisition, verdict for plaintiff for $73.78 C. and C. Electric Motor Co. agt. John Lyon; verdict for plaintiff for $655. Hirsh agt. Frank; order directing register to pay funds in his hands. Criminal Court No. 2.—Judge Cole. United States agt. Wm. Clark, per- jury; defendant arraigned; plea, not guilty. United States agt. Lewis Williams, larceny do. United States agt. Frank Johnson, housebreaking; do. United States agt. Chas. Willis, perjury; do. United States agt. Daniel Brooks and Dennis Johnson, housebreaking; do. United States agt. Jno. Pitcher and Frank Brown, housebreaking; defendants arraigned; plea, guilty and sen- tenced to reform school. United States agt. Lewis Wood, housebreaking; verdict, not guilty, by reason of insanity. United States agt. Fied J. Owens, larceny; recogni- zance, $500, taken with Wm. Harnedy surety. United States agt. Fred J. Owens, conspiras recognizance, $1,000, taken with same surety. Probate Court.—Judge Hagner. Estate of Wm. Hendley; petition for let- ters of administration filed. Estate of Har- riet Ordway; claim filed. Estate of Wm. 1. Dugger; renunciation and assent of next kin filed. Estate of Wm. G. Palmer; in- ventory filed. Estate of Lillian B. Malord; will filed. Estate of Leroy Tuttle; do. SL eas The Owls and Sparrows. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Apropos of “What is the Justification?” and “Let the Owls Alone” in today's is- sue, it may be suggested that since the primal night duty of the police is to owl, or pry and prowl about, they were zealous ot the innocent screech’ owl, or barn owl, for pursuing their legitimate prey without the confines of the barns aud barn yards. I heard a screech owl on 28th street north- West shertly before midnight, Saturday right last. Just afterward, 1 heard a pis- tol shot, but coufd not see by whom fired. May be it was an owl firing at a blarsted English sparrow, or possibly the police regard tke Gwl as a disturber of the peace and quiet, but not so their pistol shots. Clearly, the police firing was unauthorized, whereas the owls were plying their legiti- mate and laudable vocation. SINE CERA. December 10, 1894. Raised the Bill. About two weeks ago M. Horst, said to be an Englishman, presented a bill of ex- change at Riggs’ Bank for £125. The man, ® stranger to the bank officials, was fash- ionably attired, and is said to have also presented a letter of credit, purporting to have been issued by the Bank of Australia, London. The bill was cashed, and subse- quently it was discovered that it had been raised. The matter was reported to police headquarters, and Tuesday afternoon word was received that the man had been arrested in Philadelphia, where, it is said, he was attempting to swindle another bank. He is aiso said to have swindled banks in Boston, Kansas City and Montreal. Yes- terday the case was presented to the grand jury here, and it is understood that an tn- dictment will be returned, when an effort will be made to bring Horst here for trial. ee Grand Jury Indictments. The following indictments have been re- turned by the grand jury: William Carter, perjury; Charles Willis, perjury; Charles Shreeves, perjury; Charles C. Herbert, as- sault with intent to kill; Frank Johnson, housebreaking; John Pitcher and Frank Brown, housebreaking; Thomas J. Taylor, murder, and Lewis Williams, larceny. The one against Thomas J. Taylor re- calls the shooting of Nannie Taylor, his young wife, at their home on ‘llth street southeast, on the 14th of last September. Taylor, it is said, suspected his wife of infidelity, and after shooting his wife, who died almost instantly, shot himself, but not dangerously. ——._——_ Receivers for a Local Railway. Judge Morris of the United States Cir- cult Court, Baltimore, yesterday appoint- ed Messrs. Winfield J. Taylor and Lincoln H. Hyer, the latter the engineer of the road, as receivers of the Washington and Chesapeake Beach Railway Company. The receivers’ bond was fixed at $10,000 each. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTCRIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and over- comes Flatulency, Costipation, Sour Stomach, Diar:hoea and Feve-istness, Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. CAs. TORIA contains uo morphine or other narcotic property. “CASTORIA fs so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. ARCHER, M.D., 111 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I have recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do so, as it has favarlably profuced bereficlal results.” EDWIN F. PARDEE, ™M.D., 125th st. and 7th ave.. New York cite. STREET CAR FENDERS Inspector Bradshaw’s Report on Those Being Tried. SOME ADVANTAGES AND DEFECTS Large Number of Different Ideas Tested and Described. SECURING SAFETY + It may be safely stated that the Com- missioners wilt usher in the New Year with an important piece of legislation affecting the hives and limbs of the citizens of Wash- ington. ‘They will issue an order compelling the street railroads of the city to equip their cars with a suitable fender. For some time past this subject has been engrossing the minds of the Commissioners and the settlement of the vexed problem has been anxiously awaited. Capt. G. J. Fiebeger, the assistant engineer commis- sioner, was selected to make a report upon the subject, ana he detailed Inspector L. P. Bradshaw to investigate the several fen- | ders now in operation on the street lines of | the city and report at once to him. For the past week the inspector has been studying the subject, and today made his report. He describes in detail the different fenders now being tried, and, among other things, says: Smith Fender. t “The Smith fender is of the combination wheel-guard and pick-up pattern, having automatic trip devices for throwing it down to the surface traversed, actuated by pen- dant trip guard in front, which encounters the object upon the tracks. “The entire mechanism is secured under the car platform and occupies the space between the front edge of the platform and the car wheels. This fender is specially designed for ‘picking up an object or per- sen lying or that may chance to be struck and thrown upon the track in front of the car, and for preventing injury from contact with the car wheels, and it is claimed that these objects will be accomplished without the infliction of additional injury than has been received from the blow or otherwise before the pick-up is called into action. “Although this render has the special ad- vantages pointed out, which apparently render it a safe and sure pick-up when called into action, yet, as a whole, it does not commend itself as # substantial me- chanical device possessing the qualities af strength and durability adapted to with- stand the severe strains and shocks which such devices must necessarily encounter. The Parmenter Fender. “This fender is also of the combination wheelguard and pick-up pattern, designed to accomplish substantially the same ob- jects as the Smith fender, occupying the sume amount of space beneath the car platforms, and a similar position with re- spect to the car wheels, and being brought into action by an almost exactly similar device for encountering objects upon the tracks. The Sterling Fender. “It has none of the qualities of a pick-up in the sense of the two just described, but serves merely as a guard or pilot for the car wheels, and viewing it with reference to the cars of the Washington and George- tewn Railroad Company, is considered an improvement only on the present pilot bourd, while, I believe, it is generally un- adapted for use upon cars having much ovcillation, or upon roads that hve ngt an approximately even surface. The Russ Fender. “It is a stationary front fender of heavy iron construction, hardly capable of being called a pick-up, having an automatic wheel- brake thrown on by the fender guard en- countering an cbjéct upon the tracks, ‘The fender proper is secured to the front of the car body, its rigid lower edge, or guard, projecting forward about 2 1-2 feet, having a cover of rubber belting as @ buffer, and also being susceptible of a backward spring movement for relieving the shock of im- pact, which is supposed to cause the per- scn to fall forward upon the pick-up, or carrying part of the fender, “From the standpoints of safety and practical vtility the fender is open to the following objections: The drawbar and bumper are afforded no protection what- ever, and the slatwork dash protection be- ing only limited, it practically fails of its purpose as a preventive against injury from this source, while the fact of the fender being carried in such an elevated position renders it inefficient as a protection to per- sons who may chance to fall or be thrown in front of it. From a practical point of view it is objectionable on account of its weight, as interfering with the coupling of cars, and being stationary and projecting in front, as requiring greater storage room than the present facilities of many of the ccmpanies will admit of. The Hurst Fender. “It is of the projecting front, pick-up pattern, mounted in bearings beneath the car platform, and held normally in posi- toin above the surface on the counterpoise principle, the fender mechanism occupying all the available space beneath the car in front of the wheels, and projecting forward on an incline about 3 1-2 feet from the car bo ‘From a practical point of view the fen- der is open to the following objections: Generally, as interfering with the coupling of cars and the facilities for storage; sve- cially, the spring-tension rope and pick-up mechanism, being designed to be depressed to conform to the roadway when brougat into action, is not believed to be adapted to withstand the resistance offered by immov- able obstructions in the line of the tracks. The Crawford Fenders. “These fenders are styled as wheel guard and pick-up, and may be used together or separately on a car. “It does not commend itself, however, as a safe and efficient device for accomplish- ing the object of its design, for the reason that it 1s absolutely dependent upon the action of springs for effective operation, nor will the fender*board, when called into action, prevent a hand from getting a start beneath it, and if encountered with suf- ficient force to overcome the resistance of the springs holding it under tension, it is believed will afford no protection from get- ting under the wheels, It is claimed, how- ever, that these springs are of sufficient strength to resist the shock produced by contact with a man and are susceptible only to yield upon encountering an im- movable obstruction in the line of the tracks. The use of the guard alone does not contemplate other than wheel protec- tion, so it is open to the general objection of affording no protection to the draw bar and other low-hanging parts of the car. The Blackstone Fenders, Wheel guard and stationary front pick- up. The wheel guard was seen on car No. 6 of the Brightwood avenue line, and the pick-up at the power house, but not in use. The wheel-guard is something on the order of the Smith and Parmenter fenders in manner of operation, being actuated by a similar tripping device, occupying the same amount of space beneath the car platforms and a similar position with re- spect to the car wheels. It is not equal to the Parmenter fender, however, in strength and simplicity of construction, and fs de- pendent upon the action of springs of dif- ferent tension for effective operation, “The fender had not been adjusted to a car when examined, but the rape netting is intended to extend up over the draw bar and bumper and to afford limited dash pro- tection. The fender will not pick up a person lying with an outstretched arm in the direction of the pick-up, and, being stationary, is practically objectionable as interfering with coupling and storage. The Stiefel Fender. “This fender was seen at the Georgetown and Tenleytown Railway Company’s power house. It is of the projecting front pick- up pattern, designed t be secured to the front of the car, extending forward there- of, and to be carried fixed above the sur- face about three inches. “I did not see the fender adjusted upon a car, but I think if is stationary, and hence is open to the objection of interfer- ing with coupling and storage, as well as being unsightly in appearance, nor will it effectually pick up a person lying with an outstretched arm in front of it. The Polle\Fender. “This fender was at the power house of the Rock Creek Railway Com- pany on car No. 1. It is a stationary front fender, carried normally jn position about three and one-half inches above the sur- face, susceptible of being dropped within aninch or an inch and alf of the track rails by the automatic action of a tripping bar, which is carried about six inches in advance of the fender on the same plane, in conjunction with the fender mechanism secured beneath the cer platform, “It is believed the fender is open to the same objections as the other fenders of this description, as being inoperative for picking up a person lying with an out- stretched arm in front of it, and practi- cally as interfering with coupling and stor- age. It is also said that the noise attend- ant upon the flapping of the sheet iron plate side protection when the car is in motion is a source of serious objection to this fender, but this does not appear to be well taken, since that may be obviated in many ways. DISTRICT GOVERNMEN' Police Changes. J. W. Everly has been appointed station keeper at the first precinct police station, vice W. H. Rollins, deceased. Private J. E. Hartman has been promoted to class two, metropolitan police force, vice J. W. Jett, removed. School Play Grounds, Inspector of Buildings John B. Brady made an inspection a short while ago of the play grounds (of the exclusive drill grounds) of the Central High, Henry and Polk school buildings, and found them in a condition which, he thinks, should no longer exist if the comfort of the pupils be considered. To correct this state of affairs Mr. Brady has recommended, as an absolute necessity, a special appropria+ tion of $6,957 for the work. District Notes. The Commissioners today disapproved the application of Robert M. Went, of 701 15th stre@t northeast, for a position on the met- tropolitan police force. John Brady, inspector of buildings, has notified the Commissioners that the ap- propriation of $14,800 for the chemical en- gine house, lot and furniture will be in- suifictent to inclose the lot, grade and pave the same, and build the necessary store house, so as to make the premises fit for occupancy, without an immediate defici- ency appropriation of $1,000. This work, he says, must be done to make the build- ing available for service. Wants Relief. The building inspector is anxious to be relieved of the care of the public scales. In a letter to the Commissioners he says there is no good reason why these scales should be saddled upon his office, and sug- gests that the sealer of weights and meas- ures is the proper one to care for them. Bad Condition. Building Inspector Brady has submitted a report to the Commissioners regarding the yards attached to No. 3 police station on G street northwest, which he finds in a deplorable condition upon examination. Bridging « Diticalty. Captain Beach, the new assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, demonstrated yes- terday that he was thoroughly familiar with municipal affairs and was capable to deal with engineering difficulties. An in- spector informed him yesterday that the contractor who is building the big Easby Point sewer had struck @ snag, and was waiting for instrugtions before proceeding. The trouble was iocated at the corner of 19th and C streets, and consisted of a big soft spot, supposed to be a quicksand. Captain Beach examined the matter at length and decided to adopt the Chicago method of bridging over. It would have been folly to have dug decper, for even then the sand was bubbling up In several spots, and to dig a few feet deeper would have brought water. The plan to make a suitable foundation here is to spread sev- eral inches of broken stone ever the soft spot, and ram it slightly. On top of this will be placed a thickness of concrete and then a floor of cement. Long iron rails will then be placed over the whole, and cement enough placed on top to bring it to grade. Under this plan, it is believed that the foundation will be ample to support the weight of the sewer. Ask for a Street. The Commissioners today received a pe- tition signed by a majority of the property owners in square 205, praying for the open- ing of a street through that square. The petition, which was submitted by Mr. George A. Prevost, attorney for the pe- titioners, represents that they are the own- ers of more than one haif of the real estate in square 205, in the city of Washington, and that the squares on either side of square 205 are intersected east and west by short streets, namely, Wallach and Caroline, the latter being forty feet at its respective ends. Continuing, the petition says: “There is a 30-foot alley,paved and sewer- ed, running east and west through square 205, registering with Caroline and Wallach streets, but extending to within 138 feet of 14th and 15th streets. If this alley were widened to & feet on 1ith street, and to 40 feet on 15th street, the short streets, Caroline and Wallach, would be merged in- to one street, extending from 13th to 16th streets, the desirability of which, from every standpoint, is obvious, especially in view of the great depth of the lots facing T street and U street, and abutting on the alley, the rear end of which lots are now entirely useless to the owners. The matter has been referred to the engineer department for investigation and report. Billa Received. The following bills have been received by the Commissioners for examination and re- port: Senate bill 2339, to incorporate the East Washington Belt Line Railway Com- pany; House bill 8057, to incorporate the same; Hovse bill 8133, to regulate the prac- tice of surgery and medicine, license phy- sicians, ete.; House bill 8061, to amend an act entitled “An act. to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Com- pany, approved August 1, 1802, and for other purpose: House bill. 7885, to regu- late fares on certain street car lines in the District of Columbia. Regulating Fares. The bill to regulate fares on certain street car lines in the District of Columbia, on which the Commissioners will soon make a report, provides: “That any passenger having paid legal fare on any street car line in the District of Columbia intersect- ing or making a function with a suburban street car line in the District whose cars do not run to the central part of the city, shall be entitled, upon an additional fare of not exceeding 2 cents, to a continuous ride from the connecting point in the cars of the connecting litte to any terminus thereof in the District.!" — Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Henry S. Balton and Lydah E. French; John W. Staley of this city ard Mollie Smith of Albemarle county, Vi Benjamin P. Pope and ‘Julia Johnson Harry Cook and Bertie Otterback; William Robertson of Creevz, Va., and Mamie Bradshaw of Rice, Va.; Louis N. Bogan of St. Louis and Mary D. Thornton of Balti- more, Md.; Lewis Gee cf New York and Ida Dant of this city; William sfackall and Mamie Elizabeth Moore; Harrison Banks and Mary E. Williams; George Davis and Mary Howa; Eugene Mayhew and Ada Hows; Christ Lucke and Mar- guethe Margenwek; Albert Lee and Eliza- beth Brooks. —_—_—=——_ Bethel Association. In the annual meeting for the election of officers of the Bethel Literary and Histori- cal Association for the ensuing year Law- yer R.,S. Smith was elected president, Prof. FE. A. Clarke, first vice president; Mrs. Jno, T. Layton, second vice president, and A. S. Gray, secretary. The election of treas- urer was deferred to the next meeting. > Robbers Monday night entered the rail- road station at Woodsilell, Ohio, and, after knocking the agent insensible, securely bound him. The robbers then ransacked the station, securing express goods, rail- road goods and tickets, after which they fled. BOARDS OF HEALTH Matters Discussed at the Session of the Conference Today. A NATIONAL BOARD IN WASHINGTON Legislation to This End Will Be Advocated. DISCUSSION ON VACCINATION The second day’s session of national conference of the state boards of health convened in the red parlor of the Ebbitt House at 10 o'clock this morning. Committee reports were called for upon reassembling and Dr. Benjamin Lee of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee on assessments, reported that the com- mittee recommended that every state and provincial board of the United States, Canada and Mexico be entitled to be rep- resented in the conference and that each such board should be assessed $15 each an- nually and that 500 copies of the proceed- ings of each meeting be printed for the use of such boards. He also recommended the appointment of a special finance commit- tee to examine into and report upon the condition of the treasury. In the discus- sion that followed it was evinced that se’ eral members of the conference were to- tally opposed to paying the expenses of a former quarantine commission. It was finally decided to postpone the mo- tion until the secretary could telegraph to the treasurer of the association, Dr. Henry 3B. Baker, and ascertain how much of the expenses incurred by the quarantine re- main to be paid. A National Board of Health. Dr. Henry P. Walcott of Massachusetts, who was appointed a committee of one at last night's session to report upon just what national health legislation is most impor- tant at the present time, reported a resolu- tion reciting that, in the opinion of the meeting, it is essential to the proper pro- tection of the whole people that there be established in Washington a national health authority exclusively devoted to questions of public health; that the pro- posed legislation should be such as to se- cure for the national authority the sanitary knowledge and the hearty co-operation of existing organizations, and that the con- ference pledges itself the support of any legislation which is adapted to the accom- plishment of these results. The resolution was unanimously adopted and the conference then listened to an ad- dress by Dr. J. W. Scott of Illinois upon the question submitted by the state board of health of Wisconsin: “Shall the state maintain supervision of the propagation of vaccine virus?” Dr. Scott's paper was a very interesting one and a strong argu- ment in favor of the state supervision of the important branch of medicine under consideration, The Question of Vaccination. Referring to the arguments of Prof. Crookshank of King’s College, London, against the use of vaccination on the ground of the carelessness surroundfng its operation, Dr. Scott said that it was time for health authorities and sanitarians to address themselves to an investigation of the cause or causes of such adverse con- clusions and to measures for thelr re- moval. “It is hardly necessary,” said Dr. Scott, “to dwell upon the flaw-in Prof. Crook- shank’s argument—that it is a flagrant ‘petitio-principii’ to assume that vaccina- tion is vaccination, no matter how per- formed or with what material. That is a flaw in his argument as an argument; but the fact remains that the profession’ and the public have come to regard anything as a vaccination in which the skin 4 abraded, no matter Low, and something rubbed on the abrasion, no matter wha’ 80 it is called vaccine. Some Practices Condemned. “It is not necessary to take any stock in newspaper stories of points dipped in a mixture of croton oil and egg albumen, gelatin or mucilage, but I presume every member present has duplicated my own ex- perience in his examination of the vaccine points of commerce. A superficial inspec- tion has frequently detected blood stains and even grosser impurities, while the microscope has revealed the presence of corpuscular elements, blood and pus cells, &c., which are foreign to the pure lymph. As to the technique of the operation itself, I know oi nothing better calculated to bring vaccination into disrepute than the methods I have seen employed in some lo- calities during the past year. Large, bleed- ing surfaces, often produced by scraping, exposed to the micro-beladen atmosphere of a crowded dispensary or vaccination bureau; a total disregard of the most ordi- nary aseptic precautions, either before or after the operation; no adequate examina- tion as to the condition of the subject, but an indiscriminate cutting, scraping or scratching of every individual presented, healthy or diseased, pure blooded or scrof lous, or even syphilitic for all the vacet nator had learned or knew. ‘he wonder is not that undue inflam- mation, septic infection, erysipelas—un- doubtedly destructive of’ vaccinal protec- tion—occur occasionally, but that they oc- cur so seldom, and the curse of it all is that the unfortunate believes that he has been vaccinally protected, and when he comes down with the smallpox his large, unsightly cicatrix is cited as another proof of the failure of vaccination. Dr. Cochran's Piain Speak In the discussion which followed many interesting facts were brought out about the manner in which bovine vaccine mat- ter is grown and prepared, and Dr.Cochran of Mobile created something of a sensation by declaring that the minute details sup- posed to be necessary in preparing vaccine points were of no use whatever. He de- clared that antisepticism had run mad among the members of the medical profes- sion and they were carrying something that was largely experimental and about ‘which nothing of certainty was known entirely too far. He stated that the hu- man vaccine scab was used exclustvely in this country before the war with excellent results, and explained that it was not con- crete pus, af many supposed, but concrete lymph. He startled the assemblage by declaring bis belief that a scab from the vaccinated arm of a person afflicted with syphilis could be used to vaccinate another person, without fear of giving the latter the disease. He also said he could tell by look- ing at a detached vaccine scab whether the person from whom it was taken was a blonde, brunette or a negro, merely by the depth of color assumed by it. Other delegates Joined in and most of them believed that While the states should dertake the supervision of vaccine farms where they may be established, the owner- ship of such establishments by the com- monwealth was not deemed altogether necessary. A State Supervision Resolution. Dr. Laine of California introduced a resolution that states should, as far as practicable, exercise supervision of vac- cine farms, and of the methods for propa- gating vaccine virus, and that the supply should be obtained from farms that meet the approval of local state boards of health. ‘This was unanimously passed. On mo- tion of Dr. Scott a resolution was passed reciting the sense of the conference of the important services rendered to the cause of sanitary science and sanitary organiza- ticn in this country by its late lamented member, Dr. John H. R. Rauch of Illinois, whese wise counsels and large experience ccntributed so greatly to the value of its deliberations. On motion of Dr. Lee, Drs. Swarts of Rhode Island, Scott of Mlinois and Wingate of Wisconsin were appointed a committee to consider the question of vaccine propa- gating establishments inspected by it and ence the condition of the various propa- gating establishments expected by it and to formulate regulations for the propaga- tion of viras, which every propagator wili be expected to conform to. The conference also authorized the committee to print the reports of its progress from time to time during the year, and adjournment was had until. 8 o'clock this evening. This after- noon many of the delegates will visit the INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ACCOUNTANTS . Page 5 Page 12 Page 12 Page 4 Page 10 Ha CeneSauaseaeane COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD...... 2 a EDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS FINANCIAL , FOR EXCHANGE. FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses), te = & 3 Onenee FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots)......... FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) FOR SALE (Pianos)... HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS: LADIES’ GOODS. LECTURES . LEGAL NOTICI LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. & a Bakaaseaa = 8 MANICURE . + Page MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING... we MEDICAL .. eeae: "age MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAD Page PERSONAL Page PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS .. SUECIAL NOTICES... STORAGE . STEAM CARPET CLEAN SUBURBAN PROPERTY UNDERTAKERS .. WANTED (lielp). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneou: WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations). WINTER RESORTS. Marine Hospital laboratory and examine the various systems of disinfection used in quarantine against epidemics of con- tagions, while others have gone out to in- vestigate the methods in use at the vaccine farm of Dr. Walsh near this city.- The subject of tuberculosis in cattle will be ccnsidered at the session tonight. The First Da Session. At the first day’s sessions of the confer- ence yesterday a proposition introduced by the state board of Connecticut, on the ne- cessity of legislation to give the state board of health of each state power to enforce its orders, was discussed at length, but no definite action was taken. ‘The conference resolved that the general government should inaugurate some plans by which the best method for dealing with tuberculosis in cattle should be found, and apply it. In the afternoon it was decided, after a long discussion,that medical colleges should devote more time to the study of hygiene, and that examining boards should be re- quired to conduct more rigid examinations of persons brought before them for admis- jion to the practice of medicine upon the subject of hygienic knowledge. At night the proposition submitted by the Michigan state board, as to what national health legislation is most important at this time, Dr. Henry P. Walcott was appointed a committee to report on the subject at the session today. His report is found in the summary of today’s session, printed above. ‘The Delegates Present. The delegates present at the conference are Supervising Surgeon General Walter Wyman of the marine hospital service, Dr. C. A. Lindsley of New Haven, Conn., pres- ident of the body; Dr. C. O, Probst of Co- lumbus, Ohio, secretary; Dr. E. P. Lachap- pell2 of Montreal, Dr. J. J. Des Roches of Montreal, Dr. Jerome Coehran of Mont- gomery, Ala.; Dr. J. R. Laine of Sacra- mento, Cal.; Dre C. A. Ruggles of Stock- ton, Cal; Mr. Geo. P. Ingersoll of New Haven, Conn.; Dr. Wm. T. Skinner of Glasgow, Del.; Dr. S. 8. Boots, Dr. L. L. Whitesides, Dr. C. N. Metcalf, Dr. John N. Taylor and Dr. D. C. Ramsey’ of Indiana, Dr. George Beeler of Clinton, Ky J. W. Coventry of Windsor, 0 Dr. G. Farrar Patton of New Orleans, Dr. John Morris of Baltimore, Dr. James A. Stewart of Baltimore, Dr. Henry B. W cott of Cambridge, Mass.; Dr. Albert Mer- rill of St. Louis, Dr. F. J. Lutz of St. Louis, Dr. Henry Michell of Asbury Park, Dr. Florence O, Dcnohue of New York, Dr. Richard H. Lewis cf Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. Benj. Lee of Philadelphia, Dr. G. T. Swarts of Providence, R. 1; Dr. N. Fred Essig of Spokane and Health Officer Wood- ward of the District of Columbia. —_—. WASHINGTON CITIZENS. laseeeeoeca®aneotonaae EAST They Complain That the Civil Service Laws Have Been Violated in Their Post Office. At the meeting of the executive com- mittee of the East Washington Citizens’ Association held on Tuesday night several matters which have been engrossing the attention of the members were discussed, and especially exhaustive was the inter- change of opinion over the recent appoint- ment of Mr. William A. Dove as super- intendent of the East Capitol station of the city post office. The result was that the executive committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the entire as- sociation adopt a resolution which was drawn up for presentation at the next meeting, and of which copies were ordered to be sent to the other citizens’ associa- tions for their favorable consideration. The resolution recites that the East Wash. ington Citizens’ Association deeply regrets the removal of a citizen of East Washing- ton, and a member of the association, from the superintendency of the East Capitol station, whith position, by his thorough acquaintance with the patrons of that pos- tal station and his careful atiention to their convenience, he has filled with re- markable efficiency and to the complete satisfaction of the people, and protests in behalf of the 75,000 residents of East Washington against the appointment to this important office of a non-resident, who is totally without any previous postal training, unknown to the citizens patron- izing the station and unfamiliar with their wants, as detrimental to the postal service, and a violation of the spirit of civil serv- ice reform, as well as of the custom of the Post Office Department, which recog- nizes the right of the patrons of a post office to have a voice in the selection of their postmaster. The resolution closes with the declaration that the East Wash- ington Association regards the introduc- tion of this inexperienced stranger as be- ing seriously injurious to the convenience and interésts of every onc who dwells in the eastern portion of the District of Co- lumbia. Ser ee HOWGATE TRIAL. The Case Gets a Hearing in the Court of Appeals. In the Court of Appeals today Messrs. A. 8. Worthington and Jere M. Wilson, coun- sel for Capt. Henry W. Howgate, moved the court to allow an appeal from the de- cision of Judge McComas, rendered several days ago, overruling the demurrers filed against the seven indictments charging embezzlement. District Attorney Birney opposed the mo- tion, arguing that there were no public reasons for passing upon the matter pre- vious to a trial of the case. He also con- tended that to grant the motion would be to give every defendant in a criminal case the right to prosecute suchean appeal upon an interlocutory order previous to a trial. The court took the matter under advise- ment, intimating that a decision might be expected tomorrow morning. - It was stated on behalf of Judge Mc- C mas, that, while he was desirous that the ti al of Capt. Howgate should not be un- necessarily or unreasonably delayed, there was no truth in the printed statements that he had peremptorily set the trial down for the 20th instant —— - A Naval Payment. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has authorized the fifth payment on gunboat No. 7 and the fourth payments on gunboats 8 and 9, building at Newport News, Va., being 600 in each case. These vessels will be paid for in twenty installments, FINANCIAL. Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent. Why not avoid the dangers incident to keeping securities, important papers and valuables about the house, by. renting one of cur safe deposit boxes within our fire and — burglar-proof vaults? ‘The rental for boxes is from $3 to $30 per year, according to size and location, and are readily accessible daily during business hours and only, ——-— to renters. -_-—— OFFICERS: ————_ JOHN Joy EDso: + +-President ———— JOHN A. SWOPE. -Vice President H. 8 CUMMINGS. .2d Vice President JOHN R. CARMODY. - Treasurer ANDREW PARKER. -Secretary, ashington Loan & Trust Co., COR. 9TH AND F STS. It THE USUAL SEMEANNUAL, DIVIDEND OF $8 er share ou the capital stock of THE REAL ‘ATE TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF TH. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA has been declared, Payable out of the earnings of said company, at ‘the office of the company, on and after January 2, 1895, Transfer books will be closed December 20 to 31, 1894, inclusive. GEORGE E. FLEM- ING, Secretary. d13&s& wt i431 -6t FOR SALE—LIMITED NUMBER OF SHAM! dividend-paying stock. hp EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY. Particulars ai office of ANCHOR CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD Te PROVEMENT | CO., a7-6t¢ 1117 G st. n.w., Room 8. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust PO mm soy CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, aud acts of Uct., 1800, and Feb., 189% CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rent safes inside bu-glar-proof vaults yer annum upward. , sack Ets Pet sterner. CENTS posits recelved from NTS upwa: and interest allowed on and above ns money om real estate and collateral security | Sells frst-clase real estate and ote securities tn $000 TRUST, DEPAWeTAE: r.” mie company is a legal depository for and trust tunds and acts an aviministentor, ek ecutor, recelver, assignee and executes trusts Of all’kinds. Wilts prepared by a competens attorney in daily attendance. BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, President. THOMAS HYDE, First’ Vice President. JAMES M_ JOHNSTON, Second Vice Presidents THOMAS R. JONES, Third Vice President. ALBERT 1. STURTEVANT. Recre Y ANT, tary. JOHN C. WILSON. Trust Otticer. DIRECTORS: Benjamin P. Snyder, George T. Dun! Albert I, Sturtevant, Zenas’ te e A. Plant Andrew Wy! Lewis Clephane, Matthew G. Einery, jenry A. Willard, E, Francis Riggs. M. Johnstoa, Pilien E Elmoesten, ‘erry, n G. e, Thomas Hyile, John F. Rodgers, William E. Clark, Thouas R. Jones, Robert 0. Holtzman, Woodbury Blair. a During the Hard Times Many hundreds of people hare found the sa which ba nated v the A _been accumulated tn better da: ood between them and al This should present a striking lesson of the de strablity ‘of baving something laid aside for the wmonnis fog Open an account with The Union Savings Bank, (roar per cont taverest on savia ts. Open F per cent interest on savings accoun until 5 p.m. on nt days and Saturday even= ings from 6 to 8) 20 LIFE TONTINE ENDOWMENT AND PAID-UP INSURANCE LICTES PURCHASED aT & FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. oclG-tt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. now. C. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker, Booms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, 930 F st. nw. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cash ‘or’ on margin. osetion ought and s6id in New Yok ot New leans, Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orleans.” Telephone 458. ‘aplo-tr te rd CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANG! ‘ 1419 F st., Glover yg lents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 89 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government, Bonds. posite xchange. 8. Raflroad stocks and bonds and all securities Mate ¢4 on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty made of investment securities. | Dis- trict ‘and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance ang Telephone Stock dealt in, American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. — CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION, Made to Include Internal Revenue Service. The President, after a conference with Secretary Carlisle and Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue bureau late yester- day afternoon, issued an order extending the civil service law and rules to the in- ternal revenue service. This action was de- termined upon some time ago, but owing to the press of public business final action was deferred until yesterday. The new ex- tension will embrace 518 storekeepers, 578 augers, 1,100 storekeeper gaugers and 135 clerks in the office of the collectors, mak- ing 2,471 in all. Deputy collectors, of which there are i, are not included in this order, nor are the deputies which will be appoint- ed to assist in the collection of the income tax. Of the latter there are expected to be 199 for field work and 53 for service in the offices of cgllectors. The new order goes into immediate effect. — GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Henry Bier, a broker, of New Orleans, has been indicted by the grand jury at New Orleans on the charge of committing perjury in swearing that the recent pur- chase by him of the principal street rail- way franchise of New Orleans for $700,000 was on his own account, when, in fact, he acted under an agreement with Edward Denniston of Philadelphia, and received $100,000 for transferring the franchise to the New Orleans Traction Company, of which Mr. Denniston is president. W. M. Brown, who was shot at Stanley, Page county, Va., on the 29th of November by his father, T. 8. Brown, while defend- ing his wife from attack made by the former, died Monday from the effects of the wound. The jury of inquest returned . verdict in accordance with the above facts. - ‘Samuel H. Seely, the defaulting bookkep- er of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of New York, was identified by President Crane at Chicago yesterd: The City National Bank at Quanah, Tex., has closed its doors. The cashier was ar- rested some days ago on a chage of em- bezzling between $25,000 and $30,000. R. M. Capehart, a justice of the peace at Velpin, Pike county, Ind., while trying a man for some minor offense, was struck on the head by the prisoner and killed al- most instantly. The Ansonia, Conn., board of education ordered that the Lord’s prayer be dis- pensed with in schools. The Commercial Bank of St. Joseph, Mo., made an assignment... The assets are $325,000 and the liabilities $270,000. The government of Newfoundland will probably not be able to pay the interest on its debt due January 1. The ministry has resigned in a body. William ‘Taylor, colored, was convicted at Richmond, Ky., of the murder of Daniel Doty, a farmer and justice of the peace, who was killed last Friday. The quick trial averted a lynching. soe Lecture on Italy. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock Miss Anna 8. Schmidt gave to the pupils and a few friends of St. Cecella's Academy the second of her course of lectures on “Italy, Her People and Her Art.” The subjects, Florence and the ruins of ancient Rome, were illustrated by fine stereopticon views, and the lecture proved, if possible, even more instructive and entertaining than the first. TIRED PROFESSIONAL MEN Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. ‘The tired professional and literary men will find nothing so soothing and refreshing as Hors. ford’s Acid Phosphate. ‘This is the testimony of thousands of these classes of men.