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We allow no one to bottle Old Berkeley Rye Whisky but ourselves—as we are afraid ers might a e it and thus lower staat ‘The purest medicinal Whisky on t Only" $1 quart, ard market. Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. N.W. ja a Columbia for 1895. We hare a MODEL 40 now on exhibition an Will be pleased to have the riders k It ove It ts ture from all former models and is unquestionably a NEW wheel, not a built- The weight {s right; the bearings are right; the tires are right; the price is right. Come to and “°° District Cycle Co., ft 452 PE: Ww. cur ‘T THE KNIFE. Sanitarium, 1320 G st. n.w. CHARLES ALLEN, M.D. Cancers alia MANY FIREMEN DEAD Powder Explosions During a Fire at Butte, Montana. FORTY-FOUR BODIES ARE RECOVERED Forty-three Wounded in the Hos- pitals. CITIZENS HARD AT WORK BUTTE, Mort. Janvary 16.—At 9:55 o'clock last night the fire department re- spended to a call from box 72—the call of death to nearly the entire department. ‘The fire was either in the store of Kenyon Cennell or the Butte Hardware Company warehouse, and both contained powder. There was a rumor that there was pow- der in the buildings and this reached the ears of the firemen as soon as they reached the scene, but it was denied and after a moment's hesitation they began fighting the fire. At 10:08 the men had barely started to work when there was an explosion, which shcok Butte to its very foundation. The powder in the warehouse blew up, spread- ing death and ruin to all who were near. It is believed that in the first explosion only three firemen were killed. There wére heroes among the spectators, however, and as soon as the stun of the shock passed away, while some ran in terror, they im- mediately began pulling the mutilated bod- ies of the firemen and injured from the proximity ef thé flames. From all over the city people began mov- ing toward the fire, and the crowd had greatly increased within five minutes. Just about that length of time after the first explosion a secand explosion, almost equal in volume to the first, heightened the terror all over the city and spread death and desolation among scores of citizens. Parts ot bodies were hurled hundreds of feet away. A man near the Northern Pa- cifie water tank was almost struck by the leg and thigh of a human being, driven by the ierce of dynamite from the fearful scene. There were still heroes left to help pull the shrieking wounded and the gcoan- ing dying. There had been two explosions, and there might be more. There were rumors of car loads of powder in the vi- ity besides that stored in the ware- houses. Hundreds of people were hurled right and left, and many of them were mangled beyond recognition. Bodies were thrown for hundreds of yards in all directions. Some were thrown against houses and smashed to a pulp, while flying debris liter- ally knocked the heads from others where they stood. One body, it is reported, was seen flying through the air at a height of 200 or suv yards, Blood, brains, arms, legs and other pieces of bodies were lying around: everywhere. Many of the wounded were a pitiable sight. After the first explosion occurred many of the wounded were compelled by their helplessness to lie near the scene, and the heat only intensified the pain they were suffering. They begged to be taken away, but there was no means of conveying them from the scene at that time. A hackman, seeing the terrible state of affairs, drove up and at- tempted to assist in their removal, but while in the act the second explosion took place and killed him and his horses and many of the wounded. Five minutes later a third explosion did ccme, but it was a miid one, ard it is be- lieved that very few, if any, were injured by it. The disaster had all occurred im fit- teen minutes, the most horrible quarter of an hour in Butte’s history. Scenes After the Explosion. The scenes after the explosion resembled a field of battle more than anything else. The dead were strewn everywhere, and the cries and groans of the injured and dying presented a scene altogether unearthly. Blood and brains were scattered about. Here were legs and arms, scattered around were pieces of flesh and entrails. It was sickenigg. Between the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern depots, a space of uy feet, the ground w literally covered h parts of human beings and with the dead and injured. fhe scave was one of utter and desolate struction. Houses in the vicinity were badly wrecked ss if a cyclone had struck them. One of the rescuing corps gathered twenty-seven dead bodies in one place. Eight were in another. Two and three were in groups here and there. ‘The rescuers pulled some of the bodies out still quivering, remnants of the human beings still groaning, while legs and arms had been torn off. Shapeless trunks quivered and died in the arms of the living. The work of rescue was prosecuted in earn- est. Every vehicle in the city was brought into service to carry away the scores of dead and the hundreds of injured. The hospitals were filled. The spare rooms in the hotels were taken, and private houses were thrown open where it was necessary. At the Hospital. The sights in the undertaking establish- ments are something awful. All are crowded with heaps of human flesh. Here was a half head and a mutilated trunk below it; in another place an armless and legless trunk with the face disfigured be- yond all possibility of recognition. Scarcely. any of the corpses were rec- ognizable and the complete roll of dead will probably never be known. There are twelve dead at the Butte undertaking rooms; ten at the Montana and nineteen at the Sherman. Forty-three wounded are in the hos- pitals and twenty-eight of them in a crit- ical condition. No attempt will be made to complete the identification of the dead until the in- jured are all cared for. No good estimate can be made of the number of wounded. They were cared for by every conceivable method. Vehicle3 of every description were pressed into service and mangled men, women and children were taken to hospitals, the city hall, drug stores, public buildings, doctors’ offices and residences. It may be several days before the full list can be published. Only about one-half of the dead bodies so far recovered have been identified. The undertakers’ shops are full of the identi- fied bodies, and at the police station are a large number of the unidentified ones. ‘These bodies are fearfully mangled and burned, and as the faces of most of them are unrecognizable, the only means of identification will be by the clothing or other property found on the person of the dead. The MWentified Dead. ‘The dead who have been identified up to 6 o'clock this morning are: J. B. Miller, attorney, Salmon C Idaho; J. D, Came- ren, fire marshal; George fireman; Ja ane, fireman; William McGee, fir man; C. E. Fracey, Fred. Kremback, J. J. right, J. J. McHal — Robbins, —— Mike Mead, Will Smith, George Welton, ack Charles, Charles Guttenbur oloye of the Butte Hardware Com- folks live at Osage, Iowa; George aith, Ed. Sloan, fireman; Dav 3, fireman; John Fudge, volunteer n; Alexander W. Mik volunteer fireman; *4 Bowman, volunteer fireman orling, James O'Leary, Wiliam Pierce, Albert rge Holloway, Dan Hickey, lish, Charles Ashton, W. H. Hanson, Elmer Green, e De Longherey. Not Thinking of Rest. Many hours after the explosion the fire was still burning, and the stench of con- NOTICES. | FON Si MBOAT CO. lan, Paul George Wilson, SPECI For the purps pportunity of see fumous, . bia,” “new Tyin folk navy y ‘Atinneapolis her new ¥essels of th tlanti * tlekets will be sold on return only on round trip. wad state room re pany's Wharf, fot of rvations apply at h st. ‘Telephone ALLAHA: suming bodies was terrible. Forty-four bodies have been recovered, and as many more, it is feared by some, are still in the ruins. Never before have such exciting scenes been witnessed in Montana. The Pecple of Butte have not thought of rest. The explosions occurre d before many peo- ple had gone to bed, and when the horror of the situation fastened itself upon them they gave their whole strength and the means about them in aid of the wounded and in caring for the bodies of the dead. Over Seventy-Five Dead. At 9:35 this morning it was estimated that 75 to 100 persons were already dead, but it was impossible to get names on ac- count of the mangled condition of the re- mains. It is likely they will never be iden- t fied. At 9:40 the following additional named Persons were found dead: Will Magee, Johnny Morgen, Alex. Caddy, —— Foster. Investigation but adds to the horror of last night’s terrible accident. The brilliant glare of the skies from the flames of the burning buildings has passed away, only to be succeeded by the leaden gray of early morning, thus giving to the awful scene a fitting canopy. Never did a landscape bear more impres- sively the unmistakable record of the great destroying force of powder than the gloomy, blood-stained wreck which appeared in the first faint light of morning. Nearly all of the dead bedies of men have been recov- ered, but the mammoth heaps of. debris, the charred remains of buildings, warped and shattcred fire engines and mangled bodies of dead horses are still reminders of the terrible work of the fateful night. In addition to the sickening slaughter of human beings, the destruction of property is great. Where vast sums of money were represented in well-filled warehouses noth- ing remains but blackened ruins, and the streets of the city sparkle and glisten with broken glass. Butte has more the appear- ance of a besieged city in days of war than that of a busy center of commerce in times of peace. The hour fer practical work has arrived, and a meeting was called by Mayor Dugan for 1l o’clock this morning. The fire was under control at 4 o'clock, and several more bodies were sighted and taken from the ruins. Damage to plate glass windows in the city amounts to several thousand dollars. A number of persons reported led have turned up, among them being Julius Jacks, George King, Wesley Warden and Mrs. George Fifer. Some bodies are reported to have been entirely consumed in the flames. ‘The fire is supposed to be of incendiary crigin, as there was no fire, so far as known, about the place. One body was taken from the ruins this morning and was identified as that of Chief Cameron of the fire department. The head, arms and legs were burned off. atte oaey PROTESTS INNOCENCE. HAYWARD Assertions to the Sister of the Mur- dered Catherine Ging. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., January 16—The state sprang a little surprice on Harry Hayward, accused of the murder of Cath- erine Ging, when Miss Julia Ging of Au- burn, N. ¥., twin sister of the murdered woman and almost exactly like her in ap- pearance, was suddenly and without warn- ing ushered into Hayward’s cell at the county jail. The state’s attorneys were counting on the effect the sudden appari- tion of the murdered woman's double might have on the supposed murderer. But they’ were greatly disappointed. Hay- ward's magnificent nerve never deserted bim for an instant. The sister's eyes fair- ly blazed as they rested on Hayward, and to an impressionable culprit | might well have looked like an avenging Nemesis come back to earth. But Harry looked up calmly, then bo ing slightly he said: “From appearan I should say this was Miss Juha Ging. Is this not Miss Ging? Miss Ging made no reply, but a nod of affirmation, and Hayward went on rapidly: “I am very glad to meet you, Miss Gin, The circumstances are peculiar and very unfortunate, but I am sure that if I could have a long talk with you 1 could con- vince you of my innocence in this murder. If I had seen you on the street I should hardly have known you from Kit. The resemblance is remarkable.” Miss Ging still maintained silence, and Hayward had to fill in the gap. You cannct think that 1 murdered your sist he said. Miss Ging, in a low volce, but steady and full of feeling, remarked ‘I don’t cure to make any assertion on that point.” Hayward went on detailing the business relations he had with Catherine Ging, and inding up by exclaiming again that it was impossible that any one could believe him connected with the murder who knew ail the facts. “A great many important things haven't be brought out,” he added. “If I could have a long talk with you, either here or somewhere else, 1 know I could convince you of my innocence. Time will tell. Do you think I am guilty he asked again, addressing Miss Ging. “As you say, ‘time will tell,’ answer. The interview lasted ten minutes, Hay- ward doing all the taiking. Miss Ging will attend the trial, which be- ” was the gins next week. She has not yet seen Blixt. . eS TWO MEN KILLED. Fatal Explesion in the Steel Works at Homestead. PITTSBURG, Pa., January 16.—Two men were killed and two others injured by a boiler explosion at the 40-inch mill in the Carnegie steel works at Homestead this morning. The killed are Harry Breneman and John Gorecka. The injured, John Der- nak, skull crushed and badly scalded, can’t recover; William Banks, seriously, but not fatally, scalded by steam. The accident was due to the impure river water which supplied the boilers. Heavy incrustations of mud blocked the Injector valve and the water failed to feed into the boilers. A false report was circulated that the explosion had been caused by dynamite. Overcome by Gas. NEW YORK, January 16.--Five people were overcome by gas in a house at 15 Rutgers place this morning. Two 8f them, Samuel Cohen, twenty-two, and Jacob Scholtkey, sixteen, may die. The gas escaped from a defective pipe in the base- ment. > — WILL NOT REACH PEKL Correspondent Villiers Regarding Japanese Pregress This Winter. VANCOUWER, B. C., January 16.—Among the passengers by the Empress of Japan was Frederick Villiers, war correspondent and artist, who arrived straight from the seat of war. Wei-Hai-Wei, tured this wintel reached. YOKOHAMA, January 16.—Chinese pri crers report that 400 mines have been laid at Ying Kow. —__—_ Bring a Pound of Something. Members of Congress and visitors in the city are just as welcome guests at The Star's pound party as any native born Washingtonian. All that is necessary is to bring a pound, and The Star will see that the contributions are properly distributed. It will be next Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come in the forenoon and afternoon, too, if you want to—only bring a pound each time you come. od Washington Lodge. Washington Lodge, ens (04 Cn held an interesting session Monday even- irg. The lodge was called to order by the chief templar, Thomas Steep. After the initiation of Mr. Miller the usual busi- ness was transacted. The following are the delegates elected to the newly intro- duced District lodge: Wm, Tucker, Harry East, Thomas Steep, Mary Mowatt, Mrs. F. E. Miller, Raymond Salkeld. After a lively recess ‘the members of P. D, Hollo- way Lodge were formally received by Chief Templar Steep. The opening address was made by Mr. J. N. Davy in a_ lively temperance speech. A music recital by Mrs. and Mr. Frear opened the social fea- ture of the evening. The program contin- ued as follows: Solo, Mr. Salkeld; reci- tation, Mr. Cole; remarks Mr. Hob- son; grecitation, Harry East; reading J. N- Davy; solo, Clara Hanley; recita- tion, Miss Griffith. The following lodges were represented: P. D. Holloway, Perse- yerance, Good Will, Star of Hope, Liberty, Independent, Friendship. Villiers but ays, will be cap- ekin will not be PERIER IS CENSURED —_ (Continued som qt Page.) chosen the present moment to withdraw from office. ae His Physical Weakness. In this connection Some details of the election of M. CasimirrPerier to the presi- dency, which have hitherto remained se- cret, have come to light. It appears that it was known among: hig intimate friends and relatives that he,was not strong enovgh physically to; resist the nervous tension which the responsibilities of his election involved. After his election, it erpears, M. Casimir-Perler fell back upon a couch and remained completely pros- tracted for several hours, to the consterna- tion of his friends, who did everything possible to hush the matter up, and who succeeded in keeping it almost a secret until the present time. Now, however, the incident is being commented upon on all Zoaiii\t M. Brisson, President of the Chamber: sides, and it is generally believed that the rervous strain has been too much for him, especially as he is understood to have been in constant apprehension of an at- tempt upon his Jife. ‘Then, again, the death of M. Burdeau, the late president of the chamber of depu- ties, deprived the president of an intt e personal friend and Sound adviser. and his loss affected the president most deeply. Why He Resigned. But those who are most competent to express an opinion say that they have good reason to believe that the manifesto issued by the socialist deputies after the refusal of the chamber of deputies to. Hb- erate M. Gerault-Richard, who had been elected a deputy after having been sen- tenced to a year’s imprisonment and a heavy fine for violently attacking the pres- ident in Le Chomard, in which manifesto the president, the ministry and the ma- M. Bourgeois, a Possible Candidate. Senet jority of the chamher ot deputies were viclently attacked, contributed more th anything else to induce 'M. Casimir-Perier to resign. * SOCIAL) ST MANIFESTO. They Call the Retirement of Perier a Victory for Their Party. PARIS, January 16, 3 a.m.—The socialist group in the chamber of deputies have is- sued a manifesto saying they do not be- lieve that M. Casimir-Perier will present himself for re-election. The manifesto adds: “He is gone forever, vanquished by socialism. He failed in the combat to ob- tain the victory expected of him by the reactionaries, on account of his weakness of character. It is a victory for the so- cialist party. Wishing to struggle against us, he found only rotten instruments. Ho perished through the corruption of the regime of which he was the chief, He was defeated by the intrigues of his pres- ident of the council.” The manifesto finds his flight shameful and says: “In the dishonor of such a flight the capitalist class will perish. The downfall of Casimir-Perier is the down- fall of capitalism and reacticn. Let us remain united as the supreme crisis ap- proaches and desert not our post of com- bat.” Not a Patriot's Act. LONDON, January. 16.—The Times this morning in an editorial on the French sit- uation, say: “If M.‘Casimir-Perier was convinced that he accepted the only alternative it must be allowed that he made the only hon- orable and dignified choice, but if he has abandoned his post through mere impa- tience or personal disgust he will be right- ly adjudged to have incurred heavy re- sponsibility in the eyes of his contempo- raries and in history. Such an act may be the act of a strong man, but it is not the act of a true lever of his country.” A Principle at Stake. A dispatch to the Times from Paris says that the crisis {s not really a ministerial one, but one in which a constitutional prin- ciple not peculiar to France, but common to all countries possessing a constitution, was at stake. Ever since the beginning of the present republic the republican party has always shown a peculiar ten- dency to transform the chamber of depu- ties into a convention—that is, into a dic- tatorial executive assembly rather than an assembly of legislators. What happened Monday was only one more proof of the singular force of this tendency. The act of: the majority was the act of the convention. By resisting this terdency M. Dupuy has been greatly elc- Premier Dupuy. vated in the eyes of all constitutionalists. He must be praised for having immediate- ly understood the revolutionary character of the radical position in pretending to contest the authority of the decision of the council of state. If, as believed by many, he chose to fall he could not possibly have quitted office with more credit to himself than in fall- ing gallantly fighting for the defense of a principle so universally honored by all self-respecting communities as that of a scparation of powers. A dispatch “to the Standard from Paris says: “M. Casimir-Perier during his presi- dency has done nothing remarkable. His indicates great lack of present decision moral courage.” Besides M. Brisson and Dupuy the other candidates are General Fevrier and M. M. Arago and Gavaignae. Party Feeling Running High. A dispatch to the Telegraph from Paris says: M. Dupuy’s cabinet was the thirty- third since the war and the sixth within three years. So high is party feeling run- ning that some of the radical and socialist organs accuse the government of the Rue Monceau bomb outrage in order to create a panic and rally waverers to its side dur- ing the debate in the chamber. The Standard says editorially: The evil in France is ss a riot of socialist and anarchist forces than utter recklessness and mischievous spite on the part of the moderate groups. Truly, the “Grande Na- tion” offers a pitiable spectacle. There 4s no man left to lift her out of the perilous slough into which she has fallen. Plunged France Into Confusion. In a leader the Daily News says: M. Casimir-Perier cannot be commended. He has deserted his post at a time of difficulty and danger. He may feel strongly on the question of the separation of powers. The council of state has been compared to the Supreme Court of the United States, but there is a dilemma that the council is a court of law or that it is not. If it is, its judgments must be legally valid, and what- ever the chamber may do the executive must carry them out. If it is not, there is no reason why the chamber should accept its decrees without inquiry. M. Casimir- Perier has plunged France into political confusion rather than to stick to his oner- ous duties and anxious post. A special to the News from Paris, sent last night, says: = At the chamber of deputies at 7:30 o'clock this evening nobody had the slightest ap- prehension that a presidential crisis was imminent, although every one wondered why M. Casimir-Perier had not summoned M. Brisson, president of the chamber of deputies, to the Palace of the Elysee. In talking with various ministers, M. Casimer-Perier had expressed great dis- appointment at having failed to please any party. He spoke of himself as having drank only of the cup of bitterness since he went to the Klysee, and complained of the tone in which the opposition papers had tried to make him out an accomplice of M. Raynal because he was attached to the Ferry cabinet in 1883 as undersecretary of war. However, as he had, when the Gerault-Richard question was under con- sideration, talked in a similar tone and in similar terms, much attention was not paid to all this, In the sketch tonight of his coming mes- sage td the chamber of deputies, M. Casi- mir-Perier declares that he had the single- minded wish to be not a man of party, but of all France, to defend order by all con- stitutional means, and to seek inspiration in the example of the lamented Carnot, but, to his deep sorrow, he found he p!eased no party and was attacked on every side. ‘The attacks varied in form, but all showe¢ personal ill-will, The ministry will and consult wyh M. changes that they may deem desirable, and to take steps to secure order, which, I must say, does not seem threatened. The Succession. ‘The chief candidate for the presidency is M. Brisson. Congress may desire to re- elect M. Casimir-Perier, but as he is sick of the presidency, he will in all probability refuse to put himseif forward. Of course, some surprising election may eceur, but it seems to me that M. Bris- son's chances are very strong, there being such a general conviction that a man of vnblemished integrity and exemplary home life is more needed than ever. M. Waldeck Rosseau is spoken of, but he has against him the fact that he was a very important member of the cabinet of 1883, which hurried through the railway cercessions, for which M. Raynal’s im- reachment is demanded. I have just heard that M. Dupuy wants M. Challemet-Lacour to be a cundidate. He, however, dislikes the idea. The finding of the council of state, the debate in the chamber and the furious attacks against M. Raynal, ending in the appointment of a committee of inquiry, with a view to criminal prosecution, were considered by the president as reflecting upon himself. For some time he has been disgusted on account of the incessant at- tacks on his person and family. The so- cialist papers have made the name “Cas!- mir D’Anzin” a by-word, the nickname being an allusion to his position as the millionaire chairman of the vastly wealthy Anzin Company. Numbers of French work- men have been brought to think that M. Casimir-Perier was a “sweater.” Rochcfort on the Situation. M. Henri Rochefort, the exiled editor of the radical Intransigeant, is quoted as say- ing in an interview that the real cause of the president's resignation was the election to the chamber of deputies of M. Gerault- Richard, after the latter had been sen- tenced to a year’s imprisonment and to a fine for insulting M. Casimir-Perier in an article published in Le Chomard. M.Roche- fort adds that had M. Gerault-Richard been released by order of the chamber of dep- uties the president would have retired from office immediately. Continuing, M. Rochefort said: “The present situation is a great triumph for the sccialists, because it is owing to them that M. Gerauit-Ricbard was elected. I believe that the chances are in favor of M. Wai- dcck-Roussea being elected President to succeed M. Casimir-Perier. The candidacy of Gen. Saussier cannot, in my opinion, be regarded as serious, and the views of M. Erisson are tco advanced for him to have a chance of election by the national con- gress as at present corstituted. hese crises arise out of the hatred of the government for universal suffrage. Had M. Casimir-Perier remained president we should have seen many socialists elect- ed, and he would have been obliged to re- sort to continual coups d'etat similar to that which involved keeping M. Gerault- Richard in prison. I do not believe that the new president will dare to oppose the popular will; but, if he dces, he will fall like M. Casimir-Perier.” —————— The Golden Cross. The officers of Potomac Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, were in- stalled last evening by Grand Commander Waldo G. Perry, assisted by Past Grand Commander Richard H. Yates and Deputy Grand Heraid C. G. Harrison, as follows: Noble commander, Fletcher S. Page; vice noble commander, Miss Lillian Yates; worthy prelate, Miss Edith Ashford; keep- er of records, R. W. Burnside; financial keeper of records, E. S. Ashford; treasurer, Mrs. Alverda Slater; werthy herald, John T. Norris; warder outer gate, Dennis Bar- rett; past noble commander, Geo. W. E. Slater. Under the good of the order inter- esting remark3 were mide by Grand Com- mander Perry, Past Grand Commander Yates, Geo. W. E. Slater, R. W. Burnside, Frank B, Holden and others. — __ A General Invitation. The Evening Star extends a general invi- tation to the good people of Washington to come to a pound party, which will be given at The Star buildings next Friday, January 18, from 8 a.m. to § p.m. Every one will be welcome to bring a pound of groceries or provisions of any sort, and to take away the pleasant feeling that comes with the doing of a charitable act. Every pound will go direct to the poor of the District. Bring anything that will be of use to the needy—cereals, crackers, canned goods, cof- fee, tea—anything you think of. Only bring something, and make it the greatest occa- sion of the sort ever seen in Washington. —_—---— Bequests Made. The will of the late Mary M. Faunce, dated June 12, 1894, was filed today, Benj. F. Leighton being appointed executor, To a daughter, Elizabeth Adelaide, certain pictures are given, and sub lot 2, square 413. To the sons of the deceased, Edwin S.. Jacob R. and David M. C., as tenants in’ ccmmon, a tract of lard in Westmore- Jand county, Va., is given. The vessel, Geo. B. Faunce, and the property at Vir- ginia Beach Shore are given to John B. Faunce, a son. Sub lot 3, square 413, is given in trust to the executor to pay all debts of the deceased. The residue of the estate is to be equally divided between the children of the deceased. —— Franking Privilege Revived. In addition to many changes made in the printing office and the distribution of docu- ments, the printing bill signed by the Pres- ident yesterday partially revives the frank- ing privilege. The words are: “The Vice President, members and members-elect of and dele- gates and delegates-elect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the mails and under their frank any mail matter to any government official or to any person, correspondence not exceeding one ounce in weight, when official or depart- mental business.”” The provision was never referred to when the bill was before either House, and Sen- ators and members were equally surprised when informed of it today. eet in the morning imir-Perier on the INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ACCOUNTANTS AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING .... BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS... COAL AND WOOD.... S COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.... DEATHS ... DENTISTRY . EDUCATIONAL. i 2 & id Conteneereaetatasaeee eee eee ne aang RENT (Offices) Page FOR RENT Mooms) FOR RENT (Stables). Page RENT (Stores) LE (Houses) SALE (Lots). SALE (Miscelloreous). LE (Pianos). ES AND VEHICLES. 5 Se 3 LEGAL NOTICES... LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE* MAD MARRIAGES MEDICAL, MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN OFFICIAL NOVICES. PERSONAL .....- PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC’RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS . RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET CLEANING SUBURBAN PROPERTY. UNDEWTAKERS: WANTED (Help) WANTED (Lots) WANTED Aliscellaneous}. .. WANTED (oon.s)....- (Situations). WINTER RESORTS AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. 2 & Astana Notes of Interesting Events From Across Rock Creek. The first business meeting of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the West Washington Lutheran Church was held at the residence of the president, 1265 32d street, last night. After the transaction of business and other mat- ters those present regaled themselves with supper. Among those present were Wm. C. Fischer, president; Wm.A.Pettis, vice presi- dent; Miss Maggie Semmelbower, secre- tary; M. J. Rohr, treasurer; Rey. Stanley Billheimer, Otto H. Fischer, O. E. Cottrell, Miss Ella M. Reid, Miss M. T. Kolster, Miss M. L. Semmelbower, Miss Georgie Wenner, Miss Augusta Fischer and Master Chas. J. Fischer. Faith Tent. Faith Tent, No. 31, Female Branch I. O. R., held a very interesting meeting last night at Odd Feiiows’ Hall, Jlst street near M.. There were thirty-five members pres- ent. Under the good of the order remarks were made by Sisters Lowe, Waters, Riley and Barr. Music was furnished by Miss 8S. E. Johnson and others. The regular public meetings on Sunday, at 3:30 o'clock, will be continued. Miss Essex Dead. Miss Hollis M. Essex, who was‘so terribly burned Sunday, died yesterday at 5 p. m., after suffering intense agony. Miss Essex was not burned by a gasoline stove, as er- roneously stated. Her apron took fire from a sitting room stove. Her other clothing quickly caught fire. She tried to save her- self before giving the alarm. Everything was done to save her that kind hands could do. She was the daughter of the late Hollis and Francis Von Essen Essex, and great- granddaughter of the late Peter Von Essen, who left his estate to establish schools in Georgetown. Notes. A small fire occurred yesterday at the home of Alfred Grick, 3220 O street. The partiticn wall near the stove caught. The hand pump belonging to the No. 5 engine company was put to use, with immediate effectiveness. Boys with air rifles are killing many chickens on the roads about town. The new regulation affecting business signs is meeting with a reception of repul- sion here. Indignation is rife. Tne ma- jority of the business men have refused absolutely to comply with the order and will fight it out legally, if necessary. On Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. E. P. Rhodes there was a reunion of the Hunter family to celebrate the sev- enty-ninth birthday of Mrs. Jane Hunter. The happy old lady was surrounded by her entire family of five children, Messrs. Rob- ert H. Hunter, Jacob A. Hunter, Jas. W. Hunter, Mrs. G. W. Rabbitt and Mrs. E. P. Rhodes, who offered love and congratu- lations, and wished many returns of the day. There were also present her sister and the families of her children, thus making her queen of a large dominion. _ ‘G A LAW. ENFORCE This One Relates to Swinging Signs in the Street. For some time past the Commissioners have been quietly looking into the case of the prosecuting attorney of the Police Court, who wes charged by Lieut. Amiss with refusing a warrant for the arrest of certain individuals who were violating the building regulations in maintaining swing- ing signs acress the sidewalks. It seems that Private McCort tried to make a case against Henry Bush, J. Frank Johnson and Thomas Walsh for the above mentioned violation. When he applied for a warrant it was refused, the prosecuting attorney saying, according to the officer: “If there was no complaint about them it was all right, because this regulation was being violated all over the city.” The matter was ‘brought to the attention of Lieut. Amiss and referred by him to the Commis- sioners. The latter sent the papers to the prosecuting attorney for report, and he said: “That although the order was issued on December 12, not a single application for warrant was made, although hundreds of signs are hung in violation of law. He called attention to the fact that Judge Kimball had remarked from the bench that he would not hold one or two isolated cases when in such cases the evidence is that the next door neighbor violates the law. The prosecuting attorney stated further that he cautioned the officers and stated to them the position of the court, saying it was use- less to bring this or that man in unless there was some general effort made to compel everybody to comply with the law. He denies that he said he would not issue warrant unless upon complaint. He call- ed attention to the fact that in the very block where the two signs complained of are hung there are others hung out very much lower. Concluding, he said: “I want the parties held where it is shown that the law has been violated, but in order to do this Judge Kimball must be satisfied that all, or at least a showing made that more than two or three cases will be made and the ordinance enforced.” Col. Truesdell yesterday acted upon the pa- pers and made the following indorsement thereon: “J suggest that the papers in this case be returned to the major and superintend- ent of police, and his attention be invited to the report of Mr. Pugh; that in compli- ance with the suggestions of Mr. Pugh, the officers of the metropolitan police force be instructed to enfcrce the law against every offender without delay.” The last indorse- ment upon the papers came from Maj. Moore, who after quoting the amendment of the Police Regulations under which the charges are to be brought, sa} “As it is held no penalty prescribed for the violation can be enforced until thirty days after its publication, this amended section only became operative yesterday, the 14th instant pe eS “ Spenk Easy Cases. Four persons who were tried and con- victed in the Police Court several weeks ago on charges of conducting “speak easies” in South Washington were tried tefore Judge Miller today for alleged vio- lations of the internal revenue law. The defendants were John J. Leonard, Howard G. Warner, Willlam Laws and Charles Fisher. ‘Ihe court heard the evidence and held them in $30 for the grand jury. Eugene Mercer, colored, who was held un- der bond several days ago, was surrendered by his bondsman, ——— This company has money to loam upon District real estate and ace ceptable collateral securities in sum@ to suit. If you desire to improve your prese €nt property, or erect new buildings, this compuny will advance the uecese sary amount. - Call for particulars. OFFICERS: JOHN JOY EDSON. JOHN A. SWOPE. H. S& CUMMINGS....2d Vice President JOHN R. CARMODY. ANDREW PARKER. Washington Loan & Trust Co., Cor. oth & F Sts. LIFE “TONTINE E N ENDOWMENT AND TAID-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED AT A FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. _Jal5-tt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. now. LOANS ON LIFE, ENDOWMENT, TONTINE OR distribution policies our specialt; Money ad- vanced on stocks, bonds, trusts and other aps oved collateral. No delay. JQ ERSES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Metzerott bldg. Government Clerks, As a class, have more and greater opportanitied for saving metey thin almost any other class of people. ‘They ha re and r incomes, more than sufficient in most cases to prov! adequate ineans for the proper support of families. Minny government employes have al- ready found it protitable to keep an acconut with The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F STREET N. W. : More Should Do So. (Four per cent interest on savings accounts. uctil 5 p.m. on government pay days, and Satu evenings between 6 and 8.) Jal4-200. A SEME-ANNUAL ‘cent on the Association will be paid to stockh oa THURSDAY, January 17, the ascociation 'Room 8, Sun bufiding. Transfer bocks closed from wary 18. President, GEORGE R. Ri ‘Jal0-7¢ RICKEY & SPENCER, — Bankers and Brokers, Dealers in Stocke, Bonds, — Prov.sions, Cotton, Direct private wires to New York end Chica 1417 G Street N.W. Telephone No. 833. e21-im The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORX AVE Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 188% 418 CAPITAL, ONE ‘MILLION DOLLARS. C. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker, - Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, 930 Fst. n.w. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cesh or on margii Cotton bought and sold in New York on New Orleans. Private wires to New York, Chicago New Orleans. Telephone 453. aplo-te CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 89 Broadwas, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, Deposits. ‘Exchange. Loans. Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities listed on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bovght and sold. A specialty made pf lovestment, secarities, Dis- trict Touds and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. —s Proposal Accepted. The Commissioners have accepted ths proposition of Skinner & Burrows to grade the entrarce into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane road at 23 1-2 cents per cubic yard. Was Omitted. The Commissioners have recommended an insertion in the pending appropriation bill of an item of $1,200 for the payment of the clerk to the board of assistant as- sessors, which was inadvertently omitted from the estimates. Their Pay. The Commissioners have recommended that the pay of police van, ambulance and patrol drivers be fixed at $600 per annum. The Commissioners have asked that the salary of the superintendent and assistant eee of parking be increased $200 each. Water Famine Feared. The Commissioners discussed the situa~ tion regarding the supply of water, and later went to the Capitol to urge the pas- sage of the bill favorably reported by the House, providing for such increase. It was learned during the discussion that the books of the water department contained a delinquent list of water takers aggre- gating something over $20,000. The officials were called before the Commissioners an@ directed to compel a strict observance of the law with respect to delinquents and to turn off the water from those houses which have not paid the water rent. The Commissioners aiso desire the people all over the city to help them by avoiding unnecessary waste. Unless the houschold- ers help there is a probability of a water famine, especially if we should have any, long siege of cold weather. _—— Homeopathic Society. The regular monthly meeting of the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society, was held on Tucsday evening at the dis- pensary building. After routine business the newly elected oflicers were installed as follows: President, Dr. Macdonald; vice president, Dr. Stearns; secretary, Dr. Bab- bitt; treasurer, Dr. King; librarian, Dr. Denison; board of censors, Drs. G. W. N, Cust, Gibbs, Kingsman, Munson and Krogsiad. Papers were read by Dr. Hawxhurst on “Diseases of the Kidney,” by Dr. Rauter- berg on “Typhoid Fever,” and by Dr, Wright on “Headache.” After free discus- sicn by the large number of members present the society adjourned. SS Thousands of Pounds. A single pound of food would not go far toward feeding all the hungry at this time of need. But think what five tons of gro- ceries will accomplish! The Evening Star has more than 30,000 regular subscribers. If a third of these would give a pound each there would be more than 10,000 pounds to turn over to the central relief committee. Ss Lottery Law. James H. Lennox was in the Police Court today charged with violating the lottery law. He was arrested on a charge of vio- lating one of the municipal ordinances, and a number of lottery tickets were found oa him, His counsel demanded a jury trial. oo Real Estate Matters. Thomas Dowling & Co., auctioneers, have sold at public sale the property 621 E street northwest to W. A. Gordon for $11,500. The lot has a frontage of 19.7 fect and a depth of less than ‘100 feet, and contains 1,825 square feet. Carl B. Keferstein has sold, through Geo. A. Jordan, real estate broker, to Gen. Jchn B. Cotton for $16,000, house No. 1345 Roanoke street. Cures Insomnia. Mrs. M. C. McKennie, 621 Md. ave. ne. tried the ELECTROPOISE for insomnia. She says: “It gave me the sweetest sleep, «nd ‘also greatly relieved my rheumatic troubles.”* ‘This instrument 1s a wonderful curative agent. Sold or rented. (Agents wanted.) JOHN N. WEBB, 728 11th st. nw. jald-144