Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1895-TWELVE ‘PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL. NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM.—J. H. ALTEMUS HAS RETURN- ed to the city “and ‘will hold a meeting TUES DAY EVENING, Jan. 8, at Woun's Hall, 721 ih st. me it Moris RITE CATHEDRAL—A SPECIAL Hecting of Mithras luge of Verfection, No. 1, Fill be held THIS TURSDAY, Junuary 8, 1895, &/ 8 o'clock p.m, Work. 4th deg. et seq. By ger ten Sates. 4. nol, ea dex., 3 it SCOTUSH KITE CATHEDKAL.—A — STATED mecting of Evangelist Chapter, Mose Croia, No. dL be belt TLS TUESDAY, January 8, ‘1695, 7:20, oclock pam. Busiuews geacral. A. IH. See. & CARD. To the pelley holders of the Mutual Fire In- surance Company of D. C.- I tespectfally ask Jour support fer the vacancy in the bourd of Tnanagers at the ensuing election. I have lived fn the city over fifty” years, io business in Seuth Washington over thirty years, and a policy Bolder iu thf company twenty-five years, having a large amount of property fmured therein, IT am not so pressed with other business that J cannot give proper attention to, the datics of It is true that I only have the support of the two younger am active members of the board, while my opponent has the support of three. It ix also true that I am no member of the same Seanth Methedist Church as my oppo- ‘nt and ether members of the board have for years, b 1 do hope the policy refuse uppert me on that elected to do my e done in th —_ L COOOPERNTIV LDIN is Subseriptions for shares im the seventh issue will ed by Ed. J. Hannan, 5) Ith st. . Coppell, Ist and Tt sts. nw Ahorn Alee, entrane West End, Charlottenburg, many. licy Holders of the Mutual Fire Insurance” of the District of Columbia: etfuily call your attention to the managers held this elected te by the By <artz Johnson. WESLEY BOfELER, Secret Having been elected a manager, in accork with the above notice, [ would ask your support and votes at the approacting annual meeting of the company. ‘Having been grossly misrepresented by some of my opponents, who are trying to mislead the pub- He by stating that I have been, until recently, a resident of Baltimore, I feel it duty to myself and friends to say that the statement is entirely faise, aud known to be false by those wio utter it. It is well known that I have not onl: v a, but was actively engay ness ax partner of E. Kurtz Johnson for more y-five (25) years. wely trust that the bros holders in this naged company will net be misled b mall aud unworthy methods of opposition. *_ALBANU FIRE INSUR. COMPAD District of Columb! ington Loun and ‘Trust buildi dividend of two (2) per cent will be pa he capital stock of this company JANUARY 15, 1895, to stockholders of record January 10, 1895. ' Books for the transfer of stock will be closed from Jan- uary 10 to January 16, 1895, both days imeclasive. 1 . ‘TERS, Secret: NU 2 he Belt Ratlway Company for the elec- Wash- THE ers of tien of seven directors, to serve for the ensuing “tr, Will be held at the office of the company, Metill building, $0914 G st. n.w., Washington, ‘Jaruary 12, 1895, be- , a tween’ the hears of ‘Transfer books will we on SALUKDA 2 AY, aS OF THE t to an ord yers-at-large of the Do A. ik. are re » meet on WEDNESDAY, January 9, at at the rooms in the Loan aud Trust bi . F and 9th sts, for the purpose of electing delegates to the Continental Congress of 1595. ‘The constitution requires 50 vorers to be present tu elect one delegate and to show re- ceipts for paid-up due 1804. KATE KEARN! 7-2t Regent L GOD LIVING MAKES HAPPY MEN. You nist eat, Why not enjoy your meals? Our Sec. dinner embraces everything that oes to make @ perfect meal. Our menu fas’ alt ‘the. “good things" in season— and Is changed every day. Our cooking cannot be surpassed tn this city—everything Is most de- Helous and appetizing. Our service Is that found in the finest hotels only. Regular dinner, Svc from 4 to 7. Sundays. «1 to 2 FRITZ REUTER Mt. VA. AVE. AND 4% ST. JfaT-100 MEETING OF THE IMORE BUILDID AND OF BALTIMORE CITY for_ the election of DIRECTORS witli be WEDNESDAY, January 9, r ves of the association, 323 N. Charles st., Baltimore, Md. 3 AS. H. HOPKINS, Secretary. H. OL. MQ 3 Prixer and Publisher. EAL ESTATE BROKER, oftice from 615 14th street bt Pn St ‘ist Instant, ut of Pennsyt yimmencing at 9 o'clock a.m, the company the electivt of nagers, to conduct the affairs of the iy required to be held at the abor puny, corne Street nortly nes By company it ts prov ing of tne company : “At the annual meet- e first business in order nt of a chairman, who tu and election, in xe- cordance with the of incorporation, ‘between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m.” Amount of premium uotes beld by the ail be the a shall condnet COMPAL cece eee oe $2 ABT 8IS Amount of cash on hund. ss ne ot Securities . 270,655 9S Real esta: ne teeeee 70,000 00 Oftive furniture ‘and ‘fiatures. ‘500 00 Losses ty fire for the year 1804, ‘adjusted ond paid 14,580 82 Aunoal statements will be ready for distribu- pi at the office of the company about Jaauary Instant. WN RAILROAD Ct the election of directors, will be held DWE HOUSE of the company. in the AY, JAN- t of Columbia, oa WEDS polls will be open at 12 o'clock m. and at 2 o'clxk p.m. nefer books will be closed from January 4, 1806, and opened on — mery BY 1Su5. 6 EMO} c jat-tw Jou neers FULL-DRESS” SUITS MADE LY ow! 423 WITH ST. N.W.) more of then to date than Previous season. is untiring im his efforts to please. ja3-tr A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Washington and Georgetown Kailroad Company, es Mog np= of ag hs with be beld at the ite of the company, ‘ashingtea, oa WEDN, DAY, the wth day of January, 1895. ee ‘The polls will be — at 10 a.m. at 12 m. Transfer books will be el 2d of January, 18%, and opened on Januai Presiden 1805. G._T. DUNLOP, Vie CM. KOONES, Secretary. oP Tat 1995 PATTERNS OF RAMBLERS. We would. respectfully announce that samples of the “NUMBER ‘TWELVE’ RAMBLER cao now be fuspected at our sles room, 1325 Lith st. nw, Th hine weighs but 2U pounds, all nd embodies many chai m detail ‘sug- gested by our experience im 1894. ce ovly $100.—Take a look at it before you decide ou a bew mount for 1895. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. 1325 Lith st. ow. Going to tulk tailring to you Tailoring right along, so you might as Chat. | “cu sec now and don in instead of waiting for furcher persuasion. This time it Is $8 and $9 Trouser'ngs Eng. Diagonal Cutaway Coat- atid ELD SIMPSON, 12th md F sts. jaS~tm UZZ SAW” —whitling under your temples—nothing but a hewlache—the sure remedy costs bat 10c.—at all druggists. Its name— Webb’s Headache Powders. fad-11d dale Columbia for i895. “A We have a MOT 40 now on exhibition and will be pleased to have the riders “look it over." It i# a radical departure from all former models tionably a NEW wheel, not a built- over ‘The weight is right; the bearings are right; the tires are the price is right. Come im und “*"" District Cycle Co., azr-tt 452 PENNA. AVE. N.W. Have You Been Ruptured? ‘The only means of relief is a Truss. Even a Truss will not afford comfort or effect a cure unless it's adjusted by e: We've had over 25 years’ experience. W amination and fit and adjust Trusses without extra chai We have ali kinds and styles—50 per cent cheaper than elsewhere. Money re- funded if Soy Get ehh Gilman’s Drug Store, . £4. ja8-lid “Qid Reliabie’’ Berkeley Pure Rye Whisky =for medicinal use—Doctors prescribe it —Everybedy should keep a bottle in the house all the time for emergencies. $1 gt. $4 gal. Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. Jas-i2d A BULGE aus A WRINKLE. @08% In your Shirt front. Our Shirts neither bulge nor wrinkle, because they are modeled. on individual measurements. A sample Shirt, eut to ‘your form, for $1.50. sur 14i1 Pa. Ave. TAILOR, A man with an Ml-ftting shirt fs us fll at ease as a fish out of water, He is continually tret- ting. “His coat does aot seem to Q fit “him, eith He ‘he puts, on a full dress suit his shirt boson 6 For So. ulges outside Lis vest, throws it out of gear and probably shows his suspenders. A perfect-titting shirt Is @ treasure—and 6 treasures for $9 Is no price at all. EI P. T. Hall, 908 F Giving Up Men’s Goods. Am closing out every stitch of my Men's Furnishings stock to de- vote all my attention mule shirts. As you prices’ are “next to no when you consider the goods We car 25c. & soc. Half Hose,10c.pr. 2sc. Neckwear, 15¢. soc. Neckwear, 25¢. These are in ‘Tecks, Four-in- hands, Putts, Bows, ete. $2 Underwear for $1. soc. & 75c.Night Shirts,38c. $1 Suspenders for soc. $2 & $3 Full Dress Shirts, $1 $5 Wool Pajamas, $2.50. Everything in stock at about the same ratio of reduction. P. T. HALL, 908 F St. é21-1m,40 + Avy Kind of brandy may do for ordinary use—but physicians say “‘Nothing but’ To- Kalon’s pure, strong >randy for medicinal use." $1 and $1.25 bottle. To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th "Phene, 998. [7 West Washington orders filled through Manogue & Joves, 32d and M sts. nw. Ja7-15a I Never Think of a printer Di ith the: nerve: (oss: sum such a trad isappoint. 327%. Wine "torive up te it, though! Let me put im a bid for your briefs, bill heads, letter he: cir culars, booklets, ete. Quick, artistic and aaron in every mauner—especially price. Byron S. Adams, Frompt Printer, 512 Lith st. jaz-14e We Want You To Know Us. It's to your interest to do so, if you're in business. There's nething you ¢¢ 1 ask for in the Stationery line thut we haven't always at hand. We can fill every order promptly. We quot prices that'll save you many dollars in a year. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. Popular-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.)jaT-14d Keep Warm By Laving your FINE FLANNELS PROPERLY WASHED. All fannels are treated by the methods USED IN THER MANUFACTURE. We guarantee NO SHRINKAGE, SOFT, SWEET, RIGHT. GODFREY LAUNDRY, Ja5-eott 1307 F ST. TEL. 592. CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers Siittariom, 206 st nw: CHARLES ALLEN, M.D. jal-im Week of Prayer. Observance of the week of prayer was begun in the churches throughout the city yesterday in accordance with the program recently published in The Star. The serv- ices, embracing specia! prayers and suppll- cations, were well attended at all the houses of worship. Noonday meetings are being held as well as evening services. ee Holy Name Ca fic Union. ‘At a meeting of the Holy Name Catholic Union. of Northeast Washington last even- ing the members and their friends—about sixty in number—were entertained at sup- per served by several of the younger mem- bers. Toasts were offered and responded to by Rev. Father Delaney, Wm. J. Frizzell, president of the union; George Killeen, Frank S. Merkling, Wm. J. White and Ed. Bresnahan. Songs were rendered by Messrs. | Wm. E. Fahey and Timothy Bresnahan, and instrumental music by Messrs. Henry Harlon, Odie Winter and George Seitz. Dr. Ed. J. Collins acted as toastmaster. aS Can the Asphyiated Be Resucitated? To the Editor of The Evening Star: Four victims of misplaced confidence in deadly gas fixtures losing their lives in this city within a week should certainly lead to a thorough overhauling of gas fixtures and greater care in using them, but this is not all. Can you not tell us what to do in a case of apparent asphyxiation? Last summer a young Yriend of the writer, over- come by the accidental escape of illumi- nating gas, was pronounced dead by two physicians. Fortunately they left the house without insisting upon a summary post-mortem, and, more fortunately for the young man, his landlady worked over the inanimate body for hours with such skill and persistence that her efforts were finally crowned with complete success and my young friend still lives to tell the story. Undeubtedly many lives might be saved by the intelligent and persistent use of the proper means for recovery. I believe it was Dr. Lambert of New York who demonstrated that, in many cases, persons even long under water might be resusci- tated by the proper application of great heat and friction. After the routine prac- tice has been tried to the utmost and failed, what harm can there be* in the further thorough applicagion of these agen- cies in trying to resuscitate an asphyxi- ated person? G. Castoria F ‘or Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ ts so untversal and its merits so well known that 't seems a work of supererogation to indorse Few are the intelll- gent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.” CARLC3 MARTYN, D.D., New York city. GREAT COLD ABROAD A Number of Peasants Frozen to Death. DISCORD IN THE BRITISH CARINE? Resolutions Regarding Lynchings in the South. GENERAL FOREIGN TOPICS LONDON, January $.—A dispatch to the Deily News from Odessa says that six British steamers have gone ashore in the Nicolaieff river cwing to the fog and ice. A Paris dispatch to the same paper says that the cold is intense, the mereury- mark- ing seven degrees. At Toulouse ice floes are being carried down the river. Corsica is under snow. The Ajaccio and Bastia railway is nearly everywhere blocked. A Vienna dispatch says that terrible snowstorms have prevailed in Hungary and along the Dalmatian coast. Several vil- lages have been completely isolated ard a number of peasants have been frozen to death. Severe snowstorms have impeded traffic in different parts of the kingdom. In West Duraam there are three feet of snow. The Northeastern and Highland railways are blocked. ‘TOULOUSE, January 8—There were 30 degrees of frost registered nere this morn- ing. The river Garonne and the canal Du Midi are frozen over. Several persons have died from the cold. Gossip of the Day in Berlin. BERLIN, January 8—The Prussian land- tag will be opened January 15th by the emperor, as King of Prussia, in person. In the lower house of the diet’ the con- servatives number 200 members, and the government is, therefcre, safe of a work- ing majority Forty meetings of socialists and radicals have been calied for Friday next in order to protest against the passage of the anti- revolution bill by the reichstag. Von Schele, governor of German East Africa, is about to resign. He will probably be suc- ceeded by Von Wissman. Herr Von Limbach, the portrait painter, who has just returned from Freiderichs- ruhe, says that Prince Bismarck, although physically strong, is suffering from mental depression. Chancellor Von Hohenlohe held his first oiticiai reception last evening at the chan- cellerie. All the diplomatic corps, including the United States ambassador, Mr. Theo- dore Runyon, and the entire staff of the United States embassy, were present. Prirce Hohenlohe was particularly cor- dial toward Mr. Runyon. The latter to- morrow will attend the reception at the Turkish embassy. Mr. Runyon’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Haskin, arrive here tonight from Nice, anJ will spend a month in Ber- lin. The reichstag reassembled today and re- rea the debate on the anti-revolution Discord in the British Cabinet. LONDON, January 8—The Pall Mail zette, this afternoon, says that Sir William Harcourt’s disclaimer of his intention to resign the chancellership of the exchequer does not cover all the rumors afloat con- cerni: « the relations between the members of the ministry. The principal of these rumors has inspired the very definite be- lief that Lord Rosebery and Sir William Harcourt did not agree during the recent conferences on the future policy of the government. Sir William Harcecurt,it would appear, cannot accept the premier’s views as to the disposal of the surplus for 1895. It is claimed on behalf of the navy and also by another section of the cabinet in behalf of the payment of members or at least for the payment of the returning officers’expenses in parliamentary elections. Sir William Harcourt, it is assumed, desires the surplus to be devoted to the “free breakiast table,” according to the Pall Mall Gazette. The visit of Lord Rosebery to the queen, however, is not connected with ministerial imatters of policy. It is not in spite of this, without significance at this juncture, es- pecially as on returning, the premier will call on Sir William Harcourt at Malwood. Interest in Southern Lynching. LONDON, January 8.—The anti-lynching committee; of which Miss Florence Balgar- nie is secretary, is receiving accessions constantly. Mr. Justin McCarthy, M. P., and chairman of the Irish parliamentary party, is the latest notable recruit. ‘ The committee yesterday adopted th following resolution: “The anti-lynching executive committee having heard from undoubted sources in Memphis, Tenn.; New York and Boston that a jury at Memphis, composed exclu- sively of whites, refused to convict those of whose guilty complicity (according to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal) there was no moral doubt whatever in the ghast- ly, cowardly and brutal massacre of six helpless negroes, near Millington, Tenn., and having learned from William Lloyd Garrison of Boston that it is imposstble to find a jury which will convict a white man for lynching a colored man in the south, tae committee desires to express to the six widows of the murdered negroes and to all colored people suffering under oppres- sion its warmest sympathy and the earn- est hepe that the spirit of justice, irre- spective of race, may yet be kindled throughout the United States. “The committee has reac’ with deep satis- faction the powerful denunciation of lynch- ing by Mr. Malcolm Patterson on behalf of the prosecution.” Mr. Gladstone Leaves London. LONDON, January 8.—Mr. and Mrs. Glad- stone left London at 10 o'clock this morn- ing for Cannes. A large crowd gathered at the railroad station to greet them, and cheered the travelers heartily as they ap- peared and as the train drew out of the station. Among those gathered to see Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone off for the continent were several notables of the liberal party, including Sir Algernon West, Lord Welby, Lord Rosebery’s private secretary, and Canon Wilberforce. A dispatch to the Standard from Con- stantinople says that the sultan is furious on account of the spe recently delivered by Mr. Gladstone to the Anglo-Armenian deputation that waited upon him at Ha- warden. The Graphic publises a letter from Mr. Gladstone to Madame Novikoff, a Russian writer for English papers, touching the Armenian question. In the course of his letter Mr. Gladstone expresses the hope that the spirit of Alexander III may long preside over the councils of Russia. Various Foreign Notes. BRUSSELS, January 8.—Capt. Chaltin, who fought the Arabs on the Aruwimi, was yesterday charged by King Leopold with an important mission to the upper Congo. He will be accompanied by two officers and by several civilians. ROME, January 8.—It is semi-officially de- nied that the Italian troops have been de- feated near Kassala, Egypt, by the Der- vishes, as intimated in a Paris dispatch yes- terday. PARIS, January 8.—Advices received here from Madagascar under date of December 24 say that the Hovas have sacked the Amber Mountain Sanatarium, near Diego Suar LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Delagoa Bay, January 8.—There was a panic here last evening owing to Mahazulis and Zihlahs people attacking the loyal Matollas and ad- vancing on the town. Armed trains are now reconnoifering the vicinity of Lourenzo Marquez. ges WHI Not Arrest Gov. Brown. Speeial Dispatch to The Evening Sta BALTIMORE, Md., January 8.—The po- lice department has decided to arrest the general managers of the street railway ccmpanies instead of the presidents for not having their lines equipped with fen- ders. Dhis- was done, it is understood, to relieve Governor Brown of the ignominy of arrest. Warrants were sworn out today for the general managers of three roads. THE HUMANE SOCIETY By te The Record of Work During the Year Just Closed. Fre Annual Meeting of the Society Today —Reports Received ana Of- ficers Elected, The annual meeting of the Washington Humane Society will be held at 4 o'clock this afternocn at the Shoreham. Officers will be elected for the,.ensumg year and the reports of the officers and of the ex- ecutive committee will be received. These reports will show that the society is in a most prosperous condition, free from debt and in a position to do even better work than ever before, the past year having been the most successful in its history. A num- ber of changes will be made in the hst of officers and in the membership of the ex- ecutive committee, but it is more than probable that the following will be elected: President, A. S. Pratt; vice presidents, Judge Arthur MacArthur, Rev. R. R. Ship- pen, Mrs. Wm. E. Chandler, Mrs. A. L. Barber, Mrs. Florence Murray, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, H. F. Blount, J. B. T. Tupper, Mrs. Hugh McCulloch, Mrs, B. C. Halliday, Parker Mann, Crammond Kennedy, Miss Loring; corresponding secretary, Parker Mann; recording secretary, W. F. Stowell; financial secretary, Mrs. H. B. F. Macfar- land; treasurer, Edwin M. Truell; execu- tive committee, the president, the treas- urer and the secretaries, ex-officio; Mrs. E. Cc. Halli Mrs. A. J. Chipman, Miss Peet, J. B. T. Tupper, Mrs. Florence Murray, Miss Harriet Loring, Mrs. T. B. Hood, Mrs. A. L. Barber, H. F. Blount, Rev. R. R. Shippen, Mrs. Crammond Kennedy, H. B. F. Macfarland, Mrs. B. P. Mimmack, Mrs. Enoch Totten, Mrs. F.Cairns, Parker Mann, Mrs. Parker Mann, C. R. Fosdick, W. C. Mayo, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mrs. Wm. E. Chandler, R. Koss Perry, Miss Tiffany, Miss Gale, Miss Elsa McKeever, Mrs. H. V. Boynton. President Pratt’s report for the p: year shows that this, the twenty-fout year of its history, has been the most s' cessful of ali in the way of lessening su: fering and bringing to just punishment those who have been arrested for cruelty to dumb beasts. He expresses the opinion that there is no society of the sort in the country which can present a better record, considering the amount of work to be done and the extent of territory to be covered. The report makes a plea for the further education of young children in the princi- ples of the work, and urges the establish- ment of bards of mercy in all public, pri- vate and Sunday schools. Tue pledze of the band is: “I will try to be kind to all harmiess living creatures, and try to pro- tect them from cruel usage.”” Action of the Soctety. ‘The number of perscns reporting cases of erucity for investigation and action by the society, the report states, has trebled dur- ing the year. The courts have frequently commended from the bench the work of the society and its agents, the police have rendered assistance on many occasions and the press of the city has uniformly given its valuable support. ‘The society is free from debt and economically run, and great credit is due to the agents for the able manner in which !they have discharg- ed their duties. Reference is made to a number of cases which have been acted upon by the society, ard a plea is made for further action in the matter of putting a stop to vivisection. The society’s ambu- lance, which was destroyed in the Knox fire, has been replaced by a better one at a cost of $500, The desirability of securing a building as a permanent home for the society is also touched upon, and Mr. Pratt urges that some concerted effort be made in this line. t The report of the executive committee, prepared by Mr. Wm. F. Stowell, gives in some detail the workings of the society during the year just closed. In the course of the report the committee rays: “A number of complaints have come to the office in regard to dog fights and chick- en fights that were to be held: in the Dis- trict. In cach case, however, we have found that those brutal scenes were not perpetrated within the limits of the Dis- trict of Columbia, but were held just on the other side of the line, in either Mary- land or Virginia; therefore we could take no action. x Enforcement of the Laws. “Several complaints had been received of the needless destruction ¢f song ‘birds in the suburbs of our city, and Capt. Prince, a gentleman much interested in song birds, addressed the committee on one occasion, an informed them of the enormous num- ber of these little birds that were annually killed, and asked for their protection from the different weapons used by small boys esrecially. Various methods were suggest- ed as to what we should do, and it was finally decided that the best thing would be to send agents into the suburbs and to arrest such persons as were found violat- ing the law. “The work of preventing the violation of the humane laws has been rigorously carried on during the past year, and we believe there is no other society working under the same conditions covering the same amount of territory with the same force, and with as little expense as our so- ciety, that can show as great an amount of work accomplished. Our agents deserve great credit for their persistency in prose- cuting violators of the law, and answering calls at all times, day and night, and in all kinds of weather. “Many people in this city think we do nothing but persecute poor . people, but could they see our records they would soon change their opinion. Many are the times where, upon investigation of circumstances, offenders are let off, have personal bonds taken or their cases dismissed by our agénts, and, on the other hand, the cor- pcrations receive strict attention when they violate the law, for they do it knowingly, and our records will show any number of cases against street car companies, express companies, coal dealers, sand dealers, con- tractors, ¢tc.”” Work of the Agents. Following is the summary of the reports of the agents for the past year: ‘Work for the prevention of cruelty to children—Number of cases investigated, 209; number of cases prosecuted, 4; number of cases fined, 1; number of cases sent to jail, 1; number of cases nolle prossequi, 2; number of cases amicably adjusted, 293; children. taken from parents or guardians and placed in orphanages and other institu- tions, 128; number of cases committed to beard of children’s guardians by order of Police Court, 22. Summary of work. for prevention of cruelty to animals—Number’ of cases in- vestigated, 7,891; remedied without prose- cution, 7,485; prosecuted, 207; convicted; acquitted, 20; cases of animals unfit for work, 320; cases of ahimals Abandoned to die, animals killed ‘by the agent, 65; cases of beating or whipping, 22; cases of overloading, 9; cases of overdriving, 11; driving when galled, 136; driving when lame, 177; lack of food or shelter, 12; col- lateral deposited, $1,6%; coflatéral forfeited, $1,128; fines imposed, $510. fines uncol- lected, $45; amount colfeeted if Police Court for society, $1,583.67. ; eS Washington Loan and ‘Trust. ‘The stockholders of the Washington Loan and Trust Company today elected directors as follows: Charles B. Bailey, A. L. Barber, Wm. E. Barker, R. N. Batchelder, Charles Baum, John R. Carmody, John M. Clapp, Augustus Crane, jr., Horace S. Cummine: J. J. Darlington, James: T. DuBois, Johi Joy Edson, Albert F. Fox, James Fraser, William B. Gurley, John A. Hamilton, John, B. Larner, Theodore W. Noyes, Isadore’ Saks, N. H. Shea, Ellis Spear, Frederick Stevens, John A. Swope, George Trues B. H. Warner, A. A. Wilson, Louis D. W! S. W. Woodward and A. S. Worthington. —_ Skeeter Johnson. George, alias “Skeeter” Johnson, the young colored man accused of having cut and disfigured Patrick .Costello in South Washington on the 25th of November, as published in The Star at the time, was ar- rested last night by Policemen Gauer and Knupfer and locked up. The men had. been drinking together, and Johnson, who has been in hiding, called to see his parents last night and was arrested. The case could not be tried today owing-to the absence of the government's witnesses. LOWER ASSESSMENTS Some Sanple Changes Made by the Board of Assessors. PROPERTY IN NORTHWEST SECTION Pennsylvani ja Avenue and the Busi- ; ness Part of the City. NUMBER OF APPEALS As stated in yesterday's Star, the board of permanent assessors made its report to the Commissioners and officially turned over the books containing the revised ss- sessment of real estate in the District of Columbia. The board passed upon 7,353 appeals, which represented upward of 30,000 pieces of property. Heretofore it has been impossible to even estimate what amount of reduction has been made by the board. A cursory examination, hdwever, discloses the. fact that the reductions are ot as large as have been anticipated and that the general reduction all ovef the city will not exceed 10 per cent. Of course, this is an average, for there are many pieces of property that have been raised in the as- sessment. For instance, property around Lincoin Park has been increased in some cases from 50 to 100 per cent. A reporter of The Star today had access to the books and made the following com- parison of property in several sections of the city, which will be of interest to tax- payers: At the southeast corner of 10th and F streets the ground was reduced from $4 to $3 per square foot. The Atlantic building received no reduction on the ground, al- though the building was cut $5,000. The Washington Loan and Trust building had the ground occupied by it reduced from $12-tc $10 a foot, while there was no reduc- ion cathe opposite corner—that is, Ma- fall, where the assesement of $10 per fcot remains. At the northwest corner of 13th and F streets there was no reduc- tion, and the assessment of $10.50 per square foot stands, while the northwest corner of 13th and F gets a reduction of $1 per square foot, preperty now standing at an assessed valuation of $8 per square foot. There was no change recorded at the northeust corner of 14th and F streets, and there was no reduction in the property oc- cupied by the Ebbitt House. Property at ‘the northwest corner of 15th and F streets was reduced from $® to $8.00 per square foot. The northwest corner of 11th and F streets has not been reduced, nor has the Moses building or the ground occupied by it. No change .is recorded in the assess- ment of the property at the northeast cor- ner of 14th and F, nbr at the southwest corner of 12th and'F, while the southeast corner of 13th and F ts reduced in its as- sessment on the ground from $10 to $v.50. The property occupied by Woodward & Lothrop, the northeast corner of llth and F streets, remains unchanged? and no re- ductior. is recorded in the property occu- pied by Riggs’ Bank at the corner of Penn- sylvania avenue and 15th street. On G street there are some reductions noted. Ground Assessment. The building occupied by the Paiais Royal, northeast corner of ilth and G streets, is not reduced in the assessment, although the ground on which it stands is cut from $7 to $6 per square foot. At the northwest corner of 10th and G a reduction of the ground is noted from $8 to $6.50 per square foot; while on the northwest cor- ner of 11th and G a reduction from $8.50 to 37.50 per square foot has been made. ‘he property at the northeast corner of 12th and G is assessed at $6 per square foot, a reduction of $1.50 from the last assess- mert, and the same reduction is made on the northwest corner of 12th and G, oc- cnpied by the Ohio Bank. No change is made in the assessment of $10.50 per square foot on the property located at the north- west corner of 14th and G. Pennsylvania Avenue. On Pennsylvania avenue there are few re- ductions. The property occupied by Wil- lard’s Hotel stands at $11 per square foot. The. new Hotel Raleigh, however, has been cut in the assessed value of its building from $70,000 to $60,000. No change is made in the assessment at the northwest corner of 0th street and Pennsylvania avenue and the owners will be obliged to pay taxes on the basis of $12 per square foot. Improve- ments, however, have been cut $5,000. No change is recorded in the property at the northeast corner of 10th street and Pennsylvania avenue, and no change has been made in the assessment of the Saks property at the corner of 7th and Market space. A slight reduction has been made in the property at the northeast corner of 8th and Market space, and the assess- ment books now value the ground at 39 per square foot instead of $9.50, as hereto- fore. No change is made in the property at the corner of Yth street and Pennsyi- vania avenue occupied by Perry's dry gocds house, and the assessment of $10 per square foot stands. The Northwest. A number of small reductions have been made in the valuation of property in the northwest. A few examples will bear out this statement. ‘I'he Leiter house, opposite Dupont Circle, has been reduced from $4 to $4.75 in the valuation of the ground upon which it stands. Ground on which the art castle is built is cut from $4.25 to per square foot, and the valuation of the house is reduced from $25,000 to $22,000, ‘The house occupied by Senator Hale at the northeast corner of 16th and K remains unchanged, and the assessment of $4 per square foot stands. Northeast Section. In the northeastern section of the city there has practically been no reduction. The following properties were selected as examples, and in each instance no reduc- tions were made. Northwest corner of 4th and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, north- east corngr Hast Capitol and 4th street, northeast. corner 3d and East Capitol street, northeast corner 2d and B southeast, southwest corner 2d and Maryland avenue northeast, northeast corner 6th and Mary- land avenue northeast, northeast corner 9th and Maryland avenue northeast. Few changes are recorded in the south- west. Examples, such as the southeast corner of 13th and K southwest and south- east corner 7th and B southeast, remain unchanged in the assessment of the ground. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed us follows: Wm. H. Barstow and Washington Danen- hower, trustees, to W. Irving Boswell, lot 86, sq. 898; $1,200. Laura L. Batchelder et vit Jos. F., to Harriet W. Davidson, lot 79, sq. 10°4; $10. Francis S. Carmody et ux. to Lesceles Grandy, lot 84, sq. .1023; $10. Luther M. Chilton et ux. to Robert H. Stone, lot 7, bik. 3, Avalon Heights; $10. Calderon Carlisle and Wm. E. Edmonston trustees, to Jno. B. Mayse, lot 7, sq. 335; §2.410. Jno. B. Collier et ux. to Matthew c. and Ann McNamara, lot 109, sq. 750; $1,500. Harriet W. Davidson to Joseph F. Batchelder, part original lot 11, sq. 795; $10, Manning W. Fernandez to John M. Fernandez, undivided half interest in lot 20, sq. 77; $10. Junius B. Jones et ux. to Edgar 8.’ Kennedy, lot 32, sq. 982; $10. Saivadore D. Moore et al. to Mary F. Hart- man, part original lots 23 and 24, sq. 206; $6,500. Daniel C. Murphy to Julian Morton, lot 40, blk. 12, Trinidad; $1. Jno. B. Morse to Lucy V.”Dugar, part lots 13 and 14, sq. 642; $2,500. Mary M. O'Donnell to Virginia B, Griffin, part lots 89 and 90, sq. 861; $10. Wn. P. Seville et ux. to Chas. L. Jenkins, part.lot 18, bik. 5, Trinidad; $10. Mary E. Sherwood to Wm. T. Davidson, lot 3, sq. 510; $10. George Truesdell et ux. to Mildred H. Parker, lots 47 and 48, sq. 4, West Eckington; $10. Elkanah N. Waters et ux. to D. Darby Thompson, lots 60 to 63, sq. 668; $10. Job Barnard and Francis H. Smith, trustecs; to ENa Curl, lot 46; bik.- 2, Mt. Pleasant; $1,400. Frank E. Murray to Annie M. Shaw, lot 14, sq. 813; $10. “Jacob H. Reisinger et ux. to Geo. H. Plant, jr., part original lot 2, sq. 140; $10. Nicholas ‘I Haller et ux. to Edw. C. Moore, lot 46, bik. 8, Le Droit Park; $3,500. Sa ‘The shock of the explosion at the Balti- more division of the Standard oil works, at Canton, Md., Sunday night, is believed to have killed Mrs. Barbara Rosemak, aged seventy-four years. = INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS . AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS AUCTION SALES..... BOARDING .. BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS.... COAL AND Woov. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS ..... UCATION, EXCURSIONS FINANCIAL FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables)......-++ FOR RENT @tores). FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE. (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellsreous). FOR SALE (Pianos). HORSES AND VEHK HOTELS LECTURES . “LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUN MANICURE . MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. MEDICAL = MONEY WA) OCEAD a ehewbnoeneaaanea Z Senet iuawean i vaL . =e PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS, STEAM CARPET CLEANING. SPECIAL NOTICES... STORAGE SUBURBAN PROPERTY. UNDERTAKEKS - WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots)... WANTED (Miscellaneous) WANTED (Rooms WANTED (Situations) RESOR Aa eee me ORAS R RO THE COURTS. Court of Appeais—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Patent appeal, No. 18, Soley agt. Hub- bard; decision of commissioner of patents affirmed, opinion by Justice Morris. No. 809, Clark agt. Harmer; judgment reversed with costs, and cause remanded for new trial, opinion by Justice Shepard. No. 365, Hardy agt. Wise; rulings and order af- firmed, with costs, opinion by Chief Justice Alvey. No. 375, Harlow agt. Carroll; judg- ment attirmed, with costs, opinion by Jus- tice Morris. No. 395, United States ex rel. the Miles Planting and Manufacturing Company agt. Carlisle; judgment affirmed, with costs, opinion by Justice Shepard, concurring opinion by Chief Justice Alve: No. 407, United States agt. Rodda; argu- ment concluded. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Clark agt. Dunn and Clark agt. Kauff- mann; Virginia-Alabama Co. admitted as party complainant. Earle agt. Gibbs; leav to amend granted. Glenn agt. Sothoro bill dismissed in part, with leave to answer remainder in thirty days. Wheeler agt. Fidelity B., L. and I. Assn.; Victoi Hose- good admitted as a party. Marshall agt. West; dismissal of bill ordered. Davis agt. Clark and Clark agt. Osborn; pro confesso agt. certain defts. and H. M. Locke ap- pointed guardian ad litem. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Pryor agt. McIntire, Brown agt. same, Ackerman agt. same, Southey agt. same, Haynes agt. same; order allowing reargu- ment on question of laches. Norton agt. Beauchaser; demurrer overruled. Warneke agt. Randle; objection to testumony sus- tained. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Bradley. Lansburgh agt. Johnson & Wimsatt; or- der settling case vacated. Perry azt. Main and McCeney agt. Main; rule on defendant to employ new counsel in ten days. Mary- land Shoe Company agt. Crawford; ordered on stet. calendar, no cne appearing. Stand- ard Oil Clothing Company agt. Wheeler; defendant called and judgment for plain- tiff. Straus agt. Green; plaintiff allowed to withdraw original note and protest on fil- ing copy. Rogers agt. Baitziey; judgment by default. Circuit Court Nov etd Justice Bing- am. Holland agt. Bailey; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1.—Judge McComas. United States agt. Wm. B. Smith; larceny from U. S.; on trial. Probate Court.—Judge Hagner. Estate of Almira C. Leissring; will filed. Estate of Robert McMurday; inventory filed. In re Addison A. Ashburn, guardian; citation :eturned served. Estate of Chas. Scott, receipt and release tiled. Estate of Edward Gatton; will filed. Estate of Allen McLane; certiorari from Court of Appeals tiled. ————e Whence Came the Title to Alexander's Inlandt To the Editor of The Evening Star: The claim that Alexander’s Island is legelly a portion of the District of Colum- bia has led to inquiry as to the sources of the jurisdiction over it. It is certain that in the earliest times, when it was fully recognized as an island, the governors of Virginia exercised jurisdiction over it, and that this jurisdiction was continued with- out contest until, in 1790, it was ceded to the United States and became part of the District of Columbia, and that upon its re- troce:sion of Alexandria county to Virginia, in 1847, the state of Virginia resumed juris- diction over the island. The land which includes this island was granted by the governor of Virginia, Sir Wm. Berkeley, to Capt. Robert Howsen by the following instrument, now on record in the land of- tice of. Virginia: Howsen’s Patent. To all whom these presents shall come— Whereas, his most sacred majestie hath been graciously pleased by his royal letters patent to continue the antient privilege and power of granting fifty acres of land for every person imported . into his majestie’s colony of Virginia. Now, know ye that I, Sir William Berkley, knight, governcr, ete., give and grant unto Mr. Robert Howsen six thousand acres of land, situated, lying and being upon the freshes of Potomac river, on the west side thereof, above the dividing branches of the same, beginning at a red oak standing by a small branch or run of water, nearly opposite to a small island commonly called and known by the name of-My Lord’s Island, extend- ing down the Potomac river, various courses, 3,152 pol making a southwest- erly lire, to.a pohicccry standing at the north point of a creek, named by the En- glish Indian Cabin creek, which creek di- vides this land and a tract of land sur- veyed for John Matthews. From the said pohiccory northwest by west, up the said creek and main branch 520 poles, from thence north 1,940 poles, finally east 720 to the red oak begun, including several small creeks and inletts for the said quantity. The said land being due*(per mark), trans- porting of 120 persons. To have and to hold, etc., to be held, etc., dated the 2ist yielding and -paying,- etc. day of October, 1060. The country 1:ear Alexander's Island was at this time as wild, except for ihe few paths which the hunter makes through the thicket, as when Capt. Smith explored the river. Hunters and trappers, however, knew the region well and did not fear to traverse it, though the Dogue Indians still claimed it as their hunting ground and the white man's scatp was only safe when it was protected by his rifle. So the land jaid when Capt. Howsen, who had arrived in the Potomac with a”cargo of immigrants, procured the patent which covered the land from Hunting creek to Georgetown. This Capt. Howsen was the commander of a ship trading in the Potomac; and for each pas- senger whom he brought over he was en- titled under the common law of the colony to receive fifty acres of public land. Of the origin of this custom the statutes extant show nothing. It seemed to have been al- lowed by common consent. The property in these fifty acres vested by right in the immigrant, either upon landing, if he were a free man,or if he were an indentured ser- vant, then at the end of the seven ycars, when the term of service expired. Owing doubtless to the unscrupulousness of one party and the ignorance of the other, the Jand which was intended for the immi- grant was claimed by the party importing the immigrant. Such seems to have been the case ‘with Capt. Howsen’s grant. Capt. Howsen held his patent but a short time. A few wecks after he had received it he made an assignment of the patent to John Alexander, a planter of Stafford, for 6,000 pounds of tobacco and a small sum in cash. Tobacco was then rated at two pence per pound, so that this is about 50 pounds, FINANCIAL Better keep a bank ac- count and pay your household and other bills by check—the only legal receipt. You can open. an account with us and receive interest upon your average balances— checking against your balance at will. Is it not time you were saving a~ little money for future contingenciesP A bank account encourages sav-= ings. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY. Banking House, 1405 G st. Storage Warehouse, 1140 15th st. Cc. J. Bell, President. 2 Ok SHE DISTRICT TITLE INSUR- . N NY OF THE DISTINCE OF ASCE co e IE DISTRICT OF CO- Washington, D. C., January 7, 1895. ‘The undersizned, the president, and a majority of the trustes of the above hamed company, hereby certify that the capital stock of said company is two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars, fully paid, and the debts are fourteen thousand, seven lund EUGENI : ©. A, JAMES. I, Nathanial Carusi, ‘secretary of the above named company, do ‘solemnly ‘swear that the above statement Js true to the best of my knowl- edge and belief. NATHANIAL CARUSI, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of January, A.D. 1895. CARROLL D. JUDSON. Notary Public, RICKEY & SPENCER, Bankers and Brokers, Dealers in Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, Direct private wires to New York and Chicago. 1417 G Street N.W. Telephone No. 833. a21-im The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia.~ CORNER 10TH 8T. AND NEW YORK aYE. Chartered by special act of Conzress Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892 418 CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. During the Hard Times Meny hundreds of people Have ferind the savings which bad been accumulated in better days the one snes which stood between them and absolute This should present a striking lesson of the de- sirability of baving something laid aside for the “rainy day.” Open an account with The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F st. n.w. (Four per cent interest on savinzs accounts. Open until 5 p.m. on gov't pay days, and Saturday even- ings from 6 to 8.) 220 Cc. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock: Exchat Real Estate and Stock Broker, Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic vuilding, 930 Fst. nw. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cesh or on margin. Cotton bought and sold in New York on New Orleans. = Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orleans. Telephone 453. apl0-tr CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F-st., Glover building. Correspondents of Mcssre. Moore & Schley, Sb Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A Its made of investment securities. Dis- trict, ‘and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. American Kell Telephone Stock bought and sold. LIFE TONTINE ENDOWMENT AND TAID-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED AT A FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. oclé-tt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. n.w. or somewhat near $250 in the currency of these days. ‘The following is the assignment of the patent as it appears cn the iand record of Virginia: Know all men by these presents, that 1, Robert Howsen, of the county of Stafford, do hereby assign, make over, and confirm from me, my heirs, executors and adminis- trators, unto John Alexander of the afore- said county, his heirs and assigns forever, all and every part of this patent and the land therein contained, it being for and in consideration of six thousand weight to- bacco and cash received before the signing and sealing hereof of the said John Alex- ander. in witness whereof 1 have hereunto subscribed my hand and set my seal the 13th of November, 1669. ROBT. HOWSEN. (eal.) Signed, sealed, &c., In presence of Thomas Burnbery, Samuel Hayward. Acknowledged and recorded 17th Novem- ber, 1609. T. G. TYLER, CS.C. So the title to the land passed from Charles Il, King of Great tritain,- who claimed, by the grace of God and the dis- covery of John Cabot, to own the land, to Robert Hewsen, and from him to John Alexander, from whom comes all the titles between the Potomac and Hunting creek east of Arlington. “My Lord's Isiand,” mentioned in the Howsen patent, is now Analosten Island, and Indian Cabin creek is known as Hunt- ing creek. - ‘The land thus purchased was destined to remain for many years under the shadows of its’ native forests. It was necessary, however, in order to perfect the title to make some show of settlement, and ac-~ cordingly about 1673 tenants were placed upon the land; the only one of them whom the records tefl is one John Coggins, whose cabin was pitched upon what in those days was known as Alexander's Island. In the will of John Alexander, made in 1676, he says: Item.—l give to Eliza Holmes and her heirs 209 acres of land where John Cog- ‘ins lived. Item.—I *give unto John Dry a_ horse called Blackbeard and [0 acres of land, being the uppermost part of the 6,750 acres in the freshets of the Potomac river. It is to Eliza Holmes that Alexander's Island owed the namie “Holmes Island, which it retained for nearly one hundred years. Mr. Pimet, an overseer of Alexan- der, has left his name on Pinet’s run, in the neighborhood of A:exander’s Island. A few years after the attempted settle- nent of Alexander's Island an Indian war occurred, and out of that Indian war came Bacon's rebellion: but afterward Irany a crop of good tobacco was made upon Alexander's Island. No claim has ever been made to it by any other au- thority than the state of Virginia, except that from 170 to 1847, when it constituted with the residue of Alexandria county a~ portion of th: District vf Columbia. C. ——— The trial of Claus A. Blixi of inneapo- lis. charged with the murder of Catherine Ging, has been reset for January 21, the date set for the trial of Harry 7. 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