Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1895, Page 9

®@ = - @5o0cOstrichTipsi5¢ THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 9 @ $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 “GLOVES eF ORg5cP We are ¢ wf out our entire S ——— stock of “Old-style Thamb™ # ____ Gieres to make room for more of “Patent Thumbs.” “= ‘Temorrow we shail offer three large lots of Fine 4-button Ki Gloves, large pearl buttons, black, white and fall shades. Were $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. -5 NOW o5C. PR_ @4oc. llittens, 27¢. OD eont ence tee woe _This Sale, 27¢._ © S @ ®Gossamers, A45C. 8 About fifteen Children’s Gos- ——- - samers, which were 98¢., $1.25 ——- — and $1.50. — 8 This Sale, 45¢ 5 * Gossamers, 69c. 84 Ladies’ Fancy Striped Gos- — samers, four or five different —— styles, with and without capes. — _Were $3, $2.50 and $1.50. ® ~ © This Sale, 69c. > SSSSS SSS OS 9888 Adding More G To The Buying Flame! ’ Our January “Trade Sale” Equally As Great: A Success As Our “Anti-Tariff’ Sale. Thousands of Happy Buyers Continuously Crowd The Store! Ladies’ Coats, Millinery, Ribbons and Furnishings being sold for less than they can be bought today at wholesale. Our January business to be the heaviest of our experience! SATURDAY’S BATCH OF BARGAINS: R|Foruc.ayd. 19, 25, 39 & 50. RIBBONS We shall fill up a center table tomorrow with all of the “odd pieces,” including Satin and Gros Grain, Plain Gros Grain, Gres. “Grain with satin edge, Molres, Fancy Plaids and ‘“Ewo-tone’” effects, in almost every desirable color, 2 to 5 inches wide. Ribbons which have been selling at 50c., 29e., B9e., Qe. and 19c. per CHOICE, TIC. YARD. $6.50 to $8.00 Silk Waists, $3.05. One lot of Ladies’ Fancy — Figured, Striped and Plain —— Black Silk Watsts, exquisite —— —— variety of coloms. Were $6.50, ——~ This Sale, $3.95. LIPEL LTE Ladies’ | Hdkfs., 2C. We quote this ridiculously low —— price simply because one or —— two of the initials are missing. — About 300 Ladies’ Fine White —— “Initial” Hemstitched Handker- chiefs, nearly all initials. This Sale, 2c. Ladies’ & Men’s Initial Hdks., 7c. 150 dozen Lacies’ and Men's —— White Initial Hemstitchet —— —— Handkerchiefs. 12%c. and 15e. —— ——_qualities. — _ This Sale, Je. “Imperfect” Emb. Hdkf's.,17¢. We have about 25 dozen Ladies’ Fine White and Colored Em- broidered Handkerchiefs, . sub- Ject to slight imperfections, such as pinholes, &c., yet hard- ly distinguishable. Regular prices, 25e,, 29e. and 37c. : This Sale, 17¢. HAT HAT Drawers, 13¢. Another 25 dozen of Fine Mus- 21C. One lot of Colored Ostrich —— — Feather Bands, one yard each. — Were $1. ©This Sale, 25c. ea. Os: Feather Bands, 25c. We have closgd out from an —— importer of Now York 500 — Jetted Ostrich Tips, with aig- Regular selling price, —— rette, ——_1We. This Sale, 15¢. soc. Plumes, gc. One lot of Fine Ostrich —— Plumes, black and colors. Regu- ————_lar selling price, 50e. This Sale, 15¢ I 2S 31 lin Drawers, deep hem and —— tucks above. 2tc. quality. This Sale, 13c. pr: soc. Drawers, 36c. ——— _ 50 dozen Ladies’ Fine Muslin —— Drawers, deep Hamburg ruf- — fle, with tucks above. Sold — regularly at 50c. This Sale, 36c. pr. 98c. Gowns, 6ic. 80 dozen Ladies’ Extra Fine Muslin Gowns, yoke of heavy Hamburg embroidery, deep em- broidery ruffle around the yoke, neck and sleeves. Sold regu- larly at 98e. his Sale, 61c. [11 $1 Corsets, 69¢. 140 dozen Fine “W. B..” “0, ."" and ‘‘Sonnette’’ Corsets, medium and extra long waists, in black, white and drab, silk stitched and silk flossed. Regu- lar prices, $1 and $1.25 per pair. This Sale, oc. 75c. Corsets, 4Ic. 25 dozen Fine Extra Long —— Waist Corsets, in tan and drab only, silk flossed, double side — steels, all sizes. Regular price, This Sale, 41c. pr. 25cTowel Racks 5c 200 ‘Three-prong — Nickeled. —— —— Towel Racks. Regular price, ~ This Sale, 5c. | ' THE BON MARC 316 SEVENTH ST. GOSS SOSSSOSSHSS ©GG9SSS600 09980800 ood Fuel. IOSOSD =~ COAT SALE. - We have had wonderful success in dividing the en=¢) tire stock of Coats intog four lots. We are goings to make an additional re a duction by running in ag few of the Coats that were reduced to $7.98 into the, $4.91 lot, and a few of theg $9.91 Coats into the 57.89 lot, and a few of the $13.25 Coats into the Sp.o1g4 lot. This makes some ofz them practically half theirg former prices. Q Trimmings, © 1 Cent a Yard.” One lot of Old Style Worsted —— & OST CHSC OPO OOGHOG OO GOTSEOSHOSOSOO ——— Ruditing and “‘Featherine” ‘Trim- —— ——— mings. Were to Be. per 2 ae ae —® This Sale, ic. yd. © o @ o | @ mps at 6c. yd. One “odd lot" of 124%c., 15¢. and 1) ilk Gimps, Jet and ——— Beaded Bands and Edgings. This Sale, Oc. yd. 29c.Lad.Vests,19c¢.6 = These have been on display —— and become a little dusty, hence the reduction. Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Ecru Vests, neck run with tape. Were 2c. This Sale, 1QC. 30c¢. Vests, 23¢. HILL QOSSSSS G8 OSS60C8 One lot of Children's White and Natural Gray Vests and Pants. Sizes 16 to 34, lar price, 29¢. This Sale, 23c. FIle, Regu- [11 © 2) ~ Remarkable Curiosity Just Received at the Treasury Department. Slow Burned Money is Identified and Redeemed—The Parlor Stove as the Household Safe. Something very queer reached the re- @emption division of the treasury one day this week. Of all the curiosities that have ever come inte that bureau the following may fairly be considered the most remark- able. It was a thin sheet of sterling stiver, Into w h had been rolled a ten-dollar sil- * ver certificate, so that the particles of the Lill were to a large extent incorporated with the supertices of the metal. .The t liar certificate was a brand new or ot long from the treasury. That was evident from the appearance of Its oddly-metamorphosed remains. It was the property of @ workman in a silverware factory. It so chanced that he had it in his hand while rolling out a sheet of the metal. He ped it, and ed with the silver peneatn the roll t that has been described. ly one thing + to do, and that was to forward the silver’ plate in statu quo to the Treasury Depar jaent. This he has done. He will get back his $10 in the shape of a fresh certificate, tegether with the silver sheet, though the chief of the redemption division, Mr.Relyea, would like to keep the latter for a souvenir. A Burned Money Expert. ‘The most Interesting person in the employ of the treasury is Mrs. Brown, who knows more about burned money than any other Individual living. It ts marvelous to see her take a handful of charred fragments of bank notes and, pasting them plece by Piece upon a@ sheet of er, transform them into recognizable shape, so that the may be reimbursed by Uncle Sam. the other day an old woman, named | h, died in Rockford, Hl., leaving é her property to her niece, Lizzie. | For some reason. because the @eath was trom a ¢ ious disease—the Afte burned. -complished, aps there mi 19 task had been a 1 to Lizzle that per en some money in the pockets searched among the ashes, and, sure | eh, she found a few bits of what had | a sent them to the re- id they were identified Dynamited Money. Farmers and Mer- la, IL, was entered burglars. x ‘They destroyed the safe with adynamite, tneidentally blowing ral pac 's of notes into small bits, which were forwarded to the treasury at Wash- ington for redemption. Mrs. Brown had a quantity of the stuff yesterday in a big envelope, and it looked as though the job of putting the pieces together would be no small one. This particular kind of work, however, has become familiar, owing to the growing popularity of dynamite among robbers. Many similar consignments of blown-up money have been received within the last few months. Mrs. Brown is equally well acquainted with the work of the puppy-dog which gets @ chew at the family wad; also with the results accomplished by the omnivorous gcat and the almost equally indiscriminate baby. A half-digested roll of bills may be recovered from the stomach of a goat, as has been done in more than one instance, by the simple process of killing the beast, but the infant affords a more serious prob- lem. The Stove as the Family Safe. However, these causes of destructive ac- cident to paper money are not in it at this season with the stove—particularly the parlor stove—in which people will persist in hearding their cash, considering it more safe than the bank. Somebody, ignorant or forgetful of the presence of the precious contents, lights the stove, and up go the household savings in smoke. This is usual- ly final. It is rarely that the stove gives up anything that can be redeemed, though people often send in small packages of un- recognizable ashes, together with attidavits, stating the manner and amount of the loss. Casualties of this description are reported to the redemption division at a rate exceed- ing one a day curing this time of the year. Counterfeit Fractional Currency. A good deal of counterfeit fractional cur- renecy has been coming in lately from Ken- tucky and Tennessee. Durirg war times and subsequently that part of the country was flooded with bogus money of this kind. Of late the hard times have compelled peo- ple to hunt up old kespsakes and lucky money in cracked teapots and other such hiding places, and a good deal of fractional currency, good and bad, has thus been brought to light. Of course, when a note of any kind is discovered to be false at the treasury it is marked ‘Counterfeit’ with a perforating stemp and is returned to the person from whom it came. During the last year the treasury has redeemed $4,472 rth of fracticnal currency. Every now and then quite a lot of it is received frcm some bank that has kept ft stored ‘or the last thirty years. Perhaps it 1 be in the original sheets. But only the t issues were sent out in that shape; subsequent ones were delivered by the quantity in packages of 100 each, done up in paper straps. The Value yf Old Fractional Currency. Some issues and denominations of the old fractional currency are worth more than their face value today as curfosities, but such pieces are not apt to find their way to the macerating mill at the Treasury De- partment. They are picked out usually by clerks at the banks. Sometimes it may happen perhaps that a counter in the re- demption division will retain a rare piece of money, taking it from a bundle and put- ting other money in its place. This would be by no means a criminal offense, but it weuld not be countenanced by the officials in charge if discovered, because the treas- ury is not supposed to be in the business of collecting. It is intended that all of the paper money redeemed shall be destroyed. There were five destructions of fractional currency during the last year. What comes in is kept until somewhat of an accumula- tion of it has been made, and then it is put into the macerator to be cooked to a pulp. The ordinary paper money, on the other hand, is handed over to the commit- tee in charge of the macerator and under- goes destruction every working day. The treasurer of the United States will furnish to any member of Congress or to any museum or library, in return for face value, a set of the fractional currency, notes. Congressmen occasionally ask such favors in behalf of constituents who are interested in collecting. Any private indi- vidual, in fact, may receive a like courtesy on application. But it must be made evi- dent to the treasurer that the applicant de- sires the currency for his own private pur- poses and not for sale. ——_—__—_—_-e+___ A GREAT COAL BREAKER. Some of the Advantages Expected— The Boy Brenker to Go. From the Philadelphia Ledger. ‘The great Maxwell breaker, recently ccm- pleted at Ashley, Pa., will, in a short time, be started up for reguler work. Tests made a day or two ago show beyond doubt that this is nearer the ideal coal plant than any structure of its use and purpose in the entire anthracite region. The capac- ity of the breaker is far greater, and the machinery a notable improvement over any that has ever been put inside a breaker. The most notable feature is the machin- ery for screening and cleaning the coal, which has patent contrivances so arranged that the slate and the bony coal will drop into receptacles by force of gravity; al- lowing the good coal to pass on to the crushers. These appliances have never be- fore been used in the anthracite region, but recent and thorough tests have demon- strated that they will do all that ts ex- pected of them. The result of all this will be that the breaker bey, who is so important a fisure in the coal trade, will disappear from it. A breaker like the new Maxwell would employ 200 ar 300 of these boys, and their earnings go far toward hclping out the scanty pittance that the father earns inside the mine. The appliance will cheapen the price of production of a ton of coal, and thus, while it will work distress to a few poor families in the coal region, it will inure to the advantage of the average poor consumer of coal. Another significant improvement in the new breaker is di line with the exhaustive 1 al men for the past half dozen that is the al- most complete saving of the smaller sizes of coal. This has been a principal sub- ject of discussion at nearly all the great gatherings of coal men, and the successful selving of the problem ‘will mean a revolu- ticn in some branches of the coal indus- try. The breaker contains 3,000,000 feet of lumber and cests $150,000. THE ART OF CARVING. Hints for Women Anxious to Excel in This Masculine Line. In these revolutionary days, when wo- men are usurping most of men’s privileges and prttogatives, and are having thrust upon them so many of men’s burdens, it is eminently fitting and proper that they should consider the question of carving seriously. Not very many families dine in Russian fashion from the sideboard with the aid of a dignified butler. In most households some one has to carve, before the eyes of the assembled diners, and it behooves women that they should be able to perform the little rite with grace and skill. If they succeed in doing this they will do more than their lords and masters have often succeeded in doing. A good knife of moderate size and great sharpness is a necessity. The platter should be placed near enough to the car- ver to give her control of it. In roast pieces such as loins, breast, forequarters and the like, the butcher should have been in- structed to separate the joints so that carving may not be impossible. In carv- ing beef, mutton, lamb, and veal, thin, smooth, neat slices are desirable. They should always be cut across the grain, taking care to pass the knife through to the bones of the meat.' In carving a leg cf mutton the best slices are obtained from the center and the next best from the broad ena, The pieces from the part ~ext the knuckle are apt to be dry. A sirloin of beef yields its best slices from the end near the -tenderloin. If it is cut through in this paft, the pieces must be fairly thick; if long, thin slices are de- sired it should be cut, across. In carving turkey or’'chiéken, place the head to the right, cut off the wing near- est, then the leg, and then the second joint; then slice the breast until 4 rounded piece appears. Insert the kpife;, between that and the bone and separate them; this is considered the best part, of the bird. Next comes the “merry thought.” After this turn over the bird a little and just below the breast will be found’ the “oyster,” which can be separated as the inner breast can he. The side bone lies beside the rump and the morsel can be taken out without separating the whole bo Proceed in the same way with the other side. cos Killed His Sweetheart’s Father. News comes of the killing of J. H. Hud- son, one of the best-known citizens of Mon- roe county, West Virginia, by Osborne E a school boy, aged sixteen years. was about Hudson's daughter, young Garten is in love. Hud- son attacked the young man and was stab- bed. ee W. J. Roney William J. Roney was yesterday nomi- nated by the republican convention of Philadelphia for receiver of taxes. Roney is a brother-in-law of David Mar- tin, DELINQUENT TAXES Mr, Thomas Thinks Penalty Qan Be Collected. No Amendment Necessary, He Thinks— Takes Issue With Judge Bradley's Contention—His Opinion. The attcrney for the District, Mr. S. T. ‘Thomas, has forwarded to the Commis- stoners his opinion on House bill 5628,which provides that if the first installment of taxes be not paid before the Ist day of De- cember of each year there shall be added to be collected a penalty of 1 per centum upcn the amount thereof, and a like pen- alty on the first day of each succeeding month until payment of the installment and penalty, and if the installment is not paid before the 1st of June following, to- gether with the one-half of the original tax, a like penalty shall then be added. The bill was recently referred to the at- teorney upon the recommendation of As- sessor Trimble, who was of the opinion that a certain section of the bill was some- what ambiguous, in that some parties, learned in the law, interpreted it to mean that the 2 per cent penalty cannct be le- gally collected after July 1 of each year, and that if a new law should be enacted on this subject Mr. Trimble thought it would be advisable to change its present phraseology, so as to relieve it of any un- certainty as to its legal construction in this regard. Penalty Too Large. The effect of the proposed amendment, says Attorney Thomas in his opinion, if enacted will be to reduce the penalty for delinquency in the payment of taxes from 2 to 1 per cent per month. There can be no doubt, he thinks, that the penalty of 2 per cent per month is very harsh. It is four times the rate of legal interest at which the tax-payer may borrow money to pay his taxes. It is the opinion of the at- torney that the proposed reduction is proper. Attention was called by the as- sessor to the following language at the sion of section 4, in the act of March which is to be repeated in the pro- sed cmendment: “And the whole to- gether shall constitute the delinquent tax to be dealt with and collected in the man- ner prescribed in this act.” The Meaning. By this language is meant, says Mr. Thomas, that the penalty of 2 per cent ceases after a sale for delinquent taxes and not that it ceases on July 1 of each year. When property is sold for the pur- pose of collecting delinquent taxes the municipality collects its taxes and penal- ties, except in cases where the bid is not sufficient to meet the amount of the tax, penalty and cost, in which case it is bid off by the Commissioners. But it is provided by section 5 of the act of March, 1877, that “the property so bid off shall rot be ex- empted from assessment and taxation, but shall be taxed and assessed as other prop- erty; and if within two years thereafter such property is not redeemed by the own- er or owners thereof by the payment of the taxes, penalties and costs due at the time of the offer of the sale, and that may have accrued after that date, and 10 per centum thereon, the Commissioners of the District, in the name and on behalf of the District of Columbia, may apply to the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, sitting in equity, for the purpose of enforcing the lien required on the prop- erty aforesaid.” Has a Right. Apparently by this section of the tax act, the attorney goes on to say, the pen- alty of 2 per centum and interest at the rate of 10 per centum per annum on taxes and penalties ceases at the time of filing a bill by the District to enforce its lien for taxes in cases where it becomes the pur- chaser under the statute. In other cases, manifestly where the District collects its taxes by a sale, penalties cease at the date of the sale, and the question of interest afterward is one between the purchaser and the delinquent owner, a thing with which the District has nothing to do. Mr. ‘Thomas is of the opinion that the fourth section of the act of March 3, 1877, needs no amendment to protect a municipality in collecting penalties on delinquent taxes. THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1.—Judge Cox. Norment agt. Edwards; time to make up record extended twenty days. Killian agt. Killian; testimony before W. H. Giesy, ex- aminer, ordered taken. Washington Bene- ficial Endowment Association agt. Commer- cial Alliarce Life Insurance Company; Georgianna Mills allowed to sue complain- ant at law. Washington Gas Light Com- pany agt. Moulton; leave to file cross-bill granted. Equity Court No. 1.—Judge Hagner. Crist agt. Crist; testimony before Robt. J. Murray, examiner, ordered taken. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Bradley. Franklin Jennings agt. Elizabeth Webb; verdict for defendant. Augustus S. Heaton agt. Jno. E. Beall: juror withdrawn and case continued until Monday. Hewston agt. Parker; plaintiff called and judgment for defendant, Saxton, Mason & Co. agt. Saltzstein; ordered on stet calendar. Wm. Seymour agt. Ann L. Walsh; on hearing. Clark & Bro. agt. Ruppert; judgment by default. White agt. McCormick; leave to depesit in registry $64.30. Gilbert agt. Ley- han; motion to vacate judgment granted. Chapen & Sacks agt, Millard Price & Co., and Bryant, Foster & Co. agt. same; order- ed to sell property attached and deliver proceeds to marshal. Circuit Court No. 2.—Chief Justice Bingham. Newman agt. Baker; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. Jennie Brown, larceny; verdict, not guilty. United States agt. Jos. Lee, assault to kill; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Andrew Beckett, Chas. Madden and Wm. Thomas, housebreaking; defendants arraigned; plea, not guilty. Uni- ted States agt. Wm. Stanton, second offense petit larceny; defendant withdraws plea not guilty and pleads guilty of petit larceny; sentence, jail, six months. United States agt. Benj. Hughes, Wm. Gordon, Chas. Wood and Joseph Lee, housebreaking; ver- dict, guilty; sentence, Albany, ten years each. United States agt. Sarah Johnson, perjury; defendant arraigned; plea, not guilty. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Thos. B. Turner; later will filed. Estate of Emma M. Fouke; first ac- count approved. In re Margaret A. Shil- lenburg, guardian; order modifying pre- vious decrees in respect to investment of funds. Estate of M. L. Ruth, receipts filed. Hstate of Hannah Allen; Samuel Smith ap- pointed administrator; bond, $100. Estate of Patrick F. Roche; petition for letters of administration filed. Estate of Geo. R. Frisby; letters of administration issued to Chas. W. Hendy; bond, $2400. Estate of Mary E. Barnes; do. to Chas. B. Barnes; bond, $1,400. Estate of Jno. P. Berger; pe- tition for letters of administration filed. Estate of Septimus J. Collier; order of pub- lication. Estate of Jno. Engle; petition for letters of administration filed and order of publication. Estate of Anna B. Lockwood; letters of administration issued to Henry H. Lockwood; bond, $8,000. In re Jos. R. Fagan, orphan, Cora B. Fagan appointed guardian of the person, bond, $0, and Washington Loan and Trust Co., guardian of the estate. Estate of Jas. W. Denver, renunciation of Louise C. Den- ver, widow, filed. In re orphons of Patrick B. Dunn, petition for appointment of new guardian, and citation issued. Estate of Wm. P. Alden, will admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Emily J. Alden; bond, $300. Estate of Mary a. Lee, petition for probate and assent of next of kin filed. Estate of Annie M. Graff, will ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Jno. Graff; bond, $600. Estate of Mary F. Lane, same to Caleb Hawkins; bond, $300. e of Mary M. Faunce, citation issued. Estate of Edwin Y. Rob- bins, answer filed. Estate of Elizabeth M. Ridénour, petition for probate of will and assent of next of kin filed. Estate of Jno. F. Wynne, sie M. Wynne appointed ad- ministratrix; bond, $1,200. — Cipher Dispatches Forbidden. The United States minister at Managua has informed the Secretary of State that the president of Nicaragua has issued a decree ferbidding cipher telegraphic dis- patches over national lines, unless an au- thorized copy of the key to such codes is registered with the director general of telegraph. SIDEWALK QUESTION. Warrants Issued for Non-Compliance With the Order. The warrants issued from the Police Court yesterday charging about two dozen business men with violating the recent regulation of the Commissioners in main- taining signs alleged to occupy the public space Were not returned today, but will probably come before the court tomorrow. As published in yesterday's Star, the war- rants issued are chiefly against barbers and saloonkeepers. In the case of a col- ored barber named Cajor Holt the war- rant charges a barber sign as the ob- structicn. This alleged obstruction, it is said, is a hitching post that has been in front of the shop for a long time, but it was not considered an obstruction until the barber had it painted to advertise his business. Lemon Merchants. Tcday in Judge Kimball's court an Italian named Antonio Damon was given a hearing on a charge of obstructing a street crossing on B street near the Center Market. A,basket of lemons caused the alleged obstruction. The arrest was made by Watchman Henry, who complained that he had warned these lemon venders against this violation of law. In this particular case the man said that he left his lemons on the street while he went to purchase some butter. He said he did not violate the law intentionally, and asked the court to take his personal bonds this time, as he has a large family to support. The judge cautioned him not to violate the law in the future, and took his personal bonds. > Much Opposition. Merchants who are affected by the Com- missioners’ order, and those who are not affected, are loud in their expressions of disapproval of the order as uncalled for, unfair and as calculated to work great harm and injury to many poor people who are now able to make a living, but will be driven to depend on charity. No Further Action. Commissioner Ress stated today that the Commissioners will take no further action in regard to their order directing the re- moval of obstructions from sidewalks. They are willing to have all disputes that may arise settled in the courts. THE CHARITY CONCERT. Arrangements for the Continuous Performance at Metzerott’s. The arrangements for the continuous en- tertainment for the benelit of the poor of the District, to take place in Metzerott Music Hall tomorrow from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m., are nearly completed. The committee appointed by Judge Cole have met with en- couragement and assistance in every di- rection, and this entertainment will be given without a cent of expense. Mr. Met- zerott gives the hall, the tickets and pla- cards have been printed by Messrs. Barth and McGill & Wallace, the programs by Mr. Byron Adams, the paper furnished by the E. Morrison Co., and the Herdic Com- pany will furnish such cabs as may be needed. ‘The volunteers have been numerous and no declination has been made where it was possible for the party solicited to be pres- ent. The managers of the theaters have freely tendered the services of such of the performers as were needed, and Mr. Guz- mar, the secretary of the committee, seys that there was never a more generous sponse in behalf of charity. Already quite a number of tickets have been sold, and it is hoped that there will be a full house during the entire period of the performance. People who cannot make it convenient to go at one time can find opportunity to go at another, and all shculd remember that every 50 cents will hélp to swell the amount to be turned over to the poor. The program will include the following, although the order may be somewhat clanged: Overture, W. B. Gibbs; duet, Misses Morl; Charles F. Roberts, vocal solo, “Let All Obey;” Miss Jennie O'Neill Potter, “Five Minutes With Potter;” Luigi Del Oro, the musical wonder (Kindness of Manager Ker- nan and Irwin & Wood's Big Show); Prof. Sheldon and forty lads and misses in a series of brilliant dances, marches and tab- leaux; L, M. Gottwalds, cornet solo; Eu- terpean Ladies’ Club, Signor Maina, direc- tor; a “Nymphs of the Wood,” Delibes; b waltz, Summer Fancies,"’ Metra; Miss Mary Helen Howe and Signor Maina, duet, se- lected; Miss Anita Cluss, harp solo; terpean Ladies’ Club, solo and choru: Wm. Hagan, tenor solo; Prince Tinymite, smallest man in the world (by kind per- mission of McCaull & Rowland of “True Irish Hearts’); Bennetto and Gannon, mar- velous contortionists (kindness of Irwin & Wcod’s Big Show); Miss Constance Hurr- worth, whistling solo, “Loin du Bal,” Gil- lett; Marie E. Collins, impersonations; Philharmonic Quartet, Mrs. H. H. Mills, director; Master Will Newton, recitation, selected; Prof. T. Williams Pearman, bal- lad, selected; Miss Anita Ciuss, harp solo- ist, selection; Miss Lottie Hutchins, fancy dance; Mrs. E. C. Olney, reading; Mr. Hugh Saxon, impersonations; Miss Etta B. Gleason, recitation, selected; Mr. Matiland Wright, bass solo, “Happy Days,” Stre- letzky. Prof. Arnold W. Myer, piano solo, “Aeol- Dr. W. & jan Murmurs,” — Gotschalik; A. Croffut, humorist; Prof. John O. Russell, guitar solo, selected; Miss Marie M. Brandes, vocal solo, “Creole Love Song; Washington Ladies’ Quartet, selection; Hellmann, a few minutes of magic; Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard, vocal solo, selected; lit- tle Lottie Bell Ray, ballad, selected; Messrs. Parker and Brown, musical spe- cialties—a xylophone solo; b flute solo; o zither and autoharp duet; d octarina solo; Mrs. Kittie Thompson Berry, solo, selected; Mrs. Daisy L. Fox, piano solo, selected; Mme. Esputa Daly and pupils, “The Water Lily;” A. D, Mayo, piano solo, selected; Georgetown Banjo and Guitar Club; H. L. Lewis, recitation; F. T. Hayes, ballad, se- lected; Apollo Quartet, selecte: H. G@ Meem, solo, “Bedouin Love Song; Mr. John Tweedale, readings; Harry Park, fancy trick bicycle and unicycle riding; Bill Nye, “A Disjointed Remark;” Miss Virgie Luckett, jockey dance; Miss May Blossom, Spanish tambourine dance; Miss Virgie Luckett, the chain dance (kindness of Prof. Montgomery); Miss Mary V. Walsh, emotional tableaux; David Bangs, selec- tions; Cullen and Collins, Washington's leading banjoists, with Charles F. Mc- Eneny, pianist, in selections; Jas. Watson, bass solo, selected; Miss Anita Hendrie, recitation, “Bob O’Link;” Columbia Ath- letic Club—a wrestling bout, E. F. Schaf- hirt and Hary Lee; b club swinging, Mas- ter Arthur Plant; d acrcbatic brother act, Messrs. Ross and Sewell and Prof. Cross- ley; William H. Conley, in his original cre- ation, “The Discovery of America; Dupont and Middleton, character sketch. ‘The following telegram was received yes- terday afternoon: NEW YORK, January 17. Dr, Franklin T. Howe, chairman, care Evening Star, Wasnington, D. C. ‘The National Conservatory of Music of America will be happy to give a concert in Washington, under the direction of Dr. Antonin Dvorak, for the benefit of the poor. Particulars by mail. JEANNETTE M. THURBER, Pres’t. It was expected that a letter would be received this morning, but up to this after- noon none had arrived. a Inspect at Any Time. An interesting question was presented in Judge Kimball’s court this morning, when Prosecuting Attorney Pugh called for trial a case involving a violation of the water law. The defendant in the case was Abra- ham David, a saloon keeper on 7th street northwest, just this side of the southern boundary of the mile limit, and the charge against him was refusing admission to the water inspector into his premises. Water Inspector Sullivan was the prosecuting witness in the case. It was as late as 9 o'clock at night when the inspector called at the saloon and wanted to inspect the water works in his house. The proprietor of the saloon made no at- tempt to deny the facts. He objected to Sullivan’s going through his premises at that hour of the night, and he also was afraid that because the man called at that hour he was one of the bogus inspec- tors who had robbed others. Judge Kimball said that there was no trouble about the facts in the case, but he thought there might be some rfrovision concerning the hours for making inspec- tions. The law printed in Webb's Digest was read, but there was no provision as to the hours for inspections, nor was there any distinction hetween public and private places. Under the law warrants directing pelicemen to search for stolen goods can- not be served at night, but Judge Kimball held that inspections may be made then. This holding was because the defendant keeps a public place—a saloon—and th; court said that if the inspection had been attempted at a private residence he would probably have dismi the case. The | Saloon keeper paid a fine. —S ANOTHER GAS HEARING Emphatic Denial of the National Company of an Effort to Sell Out. The Name of the Party Withheld= How the Matter Was Made Public— Merits of the Bill Discussed. The second session of the hearing on thy dollar gas bill was held yesterday after- noon in the rocm of the District committee cf the Senate, in continuation of the pro- ceedings of Tuesday, when, it will be re- membered, charges were made that the National Gas Company, now seeking a charter in Congress, has been urying to sell cut to the Washington Gas Light Com- pany. At the Tuesday hearing Mr. F. P. B, Sands, the counsel for the new com- pany, demanded that the letters purporting to make such an effer should be produced at the aext session. There was an in- creased attendance yesterday afternoon, owing to the interest that the report in Wednesday's Star had excited. The Alleged Offer to Sell Out. At the beginning of the session, Senator Hunton handed Mr. Sands a document which, he said, was the offer that had been made to the Washington Gas Light Com- pany. Mr. Sands read this eegerly and showed it to Mr. George C. Cowlam, the inventor of the processes which the Na- tional Company proposes to use. As soon as the cther Senators had arrived Mr. Hunton endeavored to arrange for a divis- icn of the time, and decided to give the gas companies half an hour to argue against the provisions of the bill, but Mr. Sands insisted upon making a speech to the committee vindicating himself from ctarges which, he said, had been practi- cally made against his company. He de- clared emphatically that the letter shown him did not concern his company, or any- bedy connected with it, moreover, that it did not come from anybody in the com- pany, or anybody who could by any possi- bility control its action, He said that the inventor, Mr. Cowlam, was the only one who could legitimately make such a propo- sition with any prcspects cf carrying it cut, and he had not done it. No one but he could block the wheels of the proposed company, for he has the processes that it Proposes to operate solely under his con- trol. Mr. Sands -ieclared that if such let- ters were in circulation amorg Senators purporting to come honestly from the new company, they were part of a fraudulent conspiracy to hurt the prop>sed corpora- tion. He made no personal point of this general charge, and no names were men- tioned in any ccnnection. The name signed to the letter in evidcnce, which was not read, was carefully suppressed, and Mr. Sands’ appeal to have the letter and sig- nature made public was denied. ‘The National Company Meant. An interesting question arose as to whether the proposition to sell out referred to the National Company. Enough was said between the Senators and the attorney to indicate clearly that the letter was in effect a proposition made, by some person not mentioned,to the Washington Gas Light Company to discontinue the effort to se- cure the passage of a bill pending, to grant charter to the new gas company, not spe- cifically described, in consideration of a certain sum not named. Senator Hunton insisted that this proposition, though gen- eral and rather vague in its precise terms, referred by direct inference to the National Company. He asked Mr. Sands if there were any other bill pending than that for which he was counsel. Mr. Sands admitted that there was no other, so far as he knew. The letter appeared to refer, as the bill to be dropped, to one introduced By Senator Harris, and Mr. Sands admitted that such a bill had been introduced by Mr. Harris for his company, in duplication of one in- troduced in the House, although the bill which he was specifically urging was in- troduced by Mr. Kyle. There seemed to be no question that the bill alluded to in the proposition to sell out was that of the National Company. Mr. Cowlam’s Denial. Mr. Cowlam specifically denied any knowledge of the matter, or of the author of the letter, whose name, he said, was unfamiliar to him. Hg asked that the let- ter be made public, but this was not granted. Mr. Sands declared that he would follow up the matter, and intimated that there might be trouble if he found the man whose name was signed to the letter. He asked for copies of the document, but Mr, Faulkner suggested that the name and address should suffice for any lawyer. Senator McMillan at this point reminded the chairman that the subcommittee was sitting to hear arguments on the dollar gas bill, and not to clear up the apparent mystery of the blackmail question. Be- fore he persisted, however, Mr. San‘ expressed his regret that the matter should have been made public. How the Matter Got Out. Senator Hunton concurred in this regret and declared his ignorance of the means by which the story of the first hearing reach- ed the public through The Star. Mr Sands told him that he understood that there was a reporter present on Tuesday, which astounded Mr. Hunton, and the lat- ter proceeded to make inquiries of those present. The Star reporter confessed his identity and his presence at the former hearing, at which Senator Hunton said: “Don't you know, sir, that nobody hag any right to report anything that happens before this committee?” Notwithstanding, the reporter continued his presence at the meeting, as is cus- tomary in the case of all public hearings on questions of local interest before the District committees of both House and Senate, and there was no demurrer from the other members of the committee and Senator Hunton made no further objection to the presence of the representative or The Star. Merits of the Bill Discussed. The remainder of the hearing was taken up in a technical discussion of the merits of the bill. Representatives of the Wash- ington and Georgetown gas light companies declared that the present output of gas is as pure as can be made, and Mr. Leetch, for the former company, said that at @ recent convention of gas men in this city it was the unanimous opinion that the Washington company. produced the best and purest gas in the country. President ‘Tucker of the Northeast Wash- ington Citizens’ Assotiation argued against Mr. Sands’ contention that the penalty section of the bill was not severe enough. He spoke rather in favor of the company in this particular, and declared that the purity and penalty provisions of the bill would be quite satisfactory to those whom he represented. ————o__<_<_— Confirmations. The Senate in executive session has con- firmed the following nominations: Post- masters: Virginia—A. C. Ware, at West Point. New Jersey—Wm. L. Stewart, at Arling- ton; Henry A. Connolly, at Nutley; Wm. White, at Manasquan; Wm. J. Harrison, at Lakewood; Josiah Butler, at Frenchtown. Pennsylvania—John Beatty, at Bennett; Louis Stoffregen, at Pottsville; Wm. B. McCormick, at Brownsville. Ohio—Selkirk E. Morehead, at Minervas Wm. Lee Richey, at Georgetown. Minnesota—A. B, Hunkins, at Austin. Also John W. Cramsie of Fort Totten, N.D., to be Indian agent at Standing Roc agency in North Dakota; James McLaugh~ lin of Winona, N. D., now agent for = Indians of the Standing Rock agency North Dakota, to be an Indian Inspector} Thomas P. Smith of Plattsburg, N. Yo now Indian inspector, to be assistant com> missioner of Indian affairs; Lieut. Col James Miles Moore, deputy quartermast general, to be assistant quartermaster gen eral with the rank of colonel; Maj. Almon: Ferdinand Rockwell, to be deputy quare termaster general with the rank of Heutens ant colonel; Lieut. Col. Wm. Winthrop, to be assistant judge advocate general wi the rank of colonel; Maj. Edward Hunter, judge advocate, to be deputy judge advor cate general with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Lieut. Col. George Hall Burton, ins spector general, to be inspector general with the rank of colonel; Maj. Peter Due mont Vroom, inspector gene! to be spector general with the rank of Hew! colonel. Also some minor army tions.