Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1895, Page 6

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ONLY 3 CENTS A COPY FOR STANDARD ANT: POPULAR MUSIC AT THOMSON'S MUSIC STORE, 521 11TH ST. SELLING BELOW COST TO CLOSE BUSINESS. ‘The claim is made that ex-Governor Pat- tison fs tneligibie for mayor of Philadelphia having a legal residence in Harrisburg. The first trial of the new elghteen-inch Howell torpedo was held yesterday off | Newport and proved very successful. Ex-Commodore Smith of the New York | Yacht Club has accepted George Gould's | offer to take charge of the Vigilant in the | trial races for the America’s Cup defender next fall. ‘The legislative battle in Nashville, Tenn., over the governorship has begun in earnest. Debate and parliamentary skirmishes 0 cupy the time. The populists are working) with the republicans. ‘The Southern Ballot Rights League was organized by representatives from Louisi- ana, Alaboma, Kansas, Georgia, Misstssippl, and Virginia at New Orleans yesterday. The Denver police board adopted a resi lution yesterday afternoon directing the police to prevent the exhibition of “living pictures," which they deem indecent. The senatorial ballot at Boise, Idaho, yesterday resulted: Sweet, 20; Shoup, 16; necessary to a choice, 28. Six ballots for United States Senator were taken in the Minnesota republican caucus last night, the last one standing: Nelson, 0; Washburn, 56; Comstock, 14; 1 i | EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. ONE DAY'S A Trans‘ormation by the Power of United Public Eifort. BS INTO TONS COCGESS OF THE STAR —E FOUND PART Contributions in Money Received at The Star Oitice. — OF DISTRIBUTION eet WORK The pounds so generously contributed ty | those who attended The Star's pound party terday have grown into tons. The large room in The Star building where all these contributions were received had the ap- pearance tifs mojning of several retail grocery stores consolidated into one. There were literally mountains—not merely piles— of all sorts of eatables about the oom, and | it seemed as if there was no need that any one in the city should go hungry. Today the work of disiribution was begua. Mr. Lawrence Gardner, the chairman of the distributing committee of the citizens’ cen- tral relief committee, paid a visit early in the day to the headquarters of the poun? party. He expressed surprise and gratifica- tion, as, indeed, every one does, at this splendid testimonial to the generosity and sympathy of the people of Washington. ‘The contributions were apportioned be- tween the various charitable distributing agencies of the city, and, accorcing to the an as prepared by Mr. Gardner, the dis- tribution was begun and carried on vigor- ously during the day. The Central Union Charitable Little Ones. Mission, the police and the Associated Charities all received a share of the pounds which have been contributed to ‘The Star's pound party. It is probable that in many @ home throughout the city the materials ef a good dinner were received long be- fore the time of the usual city dinner hour, and to that extent a large amount of misery has been alleviated. Result in Figures. ‘The contributions to the pound party corltinued to come in until a late hour yesterday afternoon, and this morning quite a number were received. It is almost impossible to give the readers of The Star an idea of the amount of food material which came to The Star building in re- gponse to a suggestion of a pound party for the benefit of the suffering poor. Only those who visited headquarters and saw the great array can appreciate the extent and the magnitude of the respouse which was made to the appeal. There are several facts which may be of use in en- abling those who were unable to make a personal visit to form some conception of the unique spectacle. It is safe to say that tie like of it has never before been seen in this city. But here are some facts. One of the grocers of the city, and he did not by any means furnish the largest quanti- ty, states that he filled orders of food ma- terial to be sent to The St: pound party amounting to between 5,000 and pounds. One of the large flouring concerns was so pressed with orders for flour for the pound party that it was obliged to em- ploy an extra force. A Commendable Public Spirit. It is estimated that about ten tons of potatoes were received and an equal amount of flour. In addition, it 1s belleved that between forty and fifty tons oF other fcod material was contributed. When it is corsidered that all this was done in one day, and that from the simple suggestion in the columns of The Star that the citi- zens contribute a pound of food material of some sort for the tellef of the suffering in their midst, that more than 100,000 pounds has been received and is now belng distributed where it is most needed, the conclusion is justified that this is one of the most remarkable exhibitions of public spirit in the history of the city. ‘The employes of the interstate commerce commission sent eighty pounds of flour yesterday. ‘From the employes of S. Kann, Sons & Co. came five barrels of flour. ‘The Bradbury Piano Company employes gave twelve bushels of potatoes. A unique contribution came from the employes of Nicol, the tailor, in the shape of one pound of pennies. POUND PARTY STATIONS. Generosity of the Residents on Capi- ol Hi Georgetown and Elsewhere. “The Evening Star Pound Party. Dona- tions for the Poor Received Here.” Such was the legend painted in white on the windows of the store in the new Naval Lodge building, corner of 4th street and Pernsylvania avenue southeast, the recelv- ing station on Capitol Hill, where contribu- tiens were received all day yesterday for the huge pound party in which all the city joined. From before 8 o'clock in the morn- | ing, pounds began to pour in, and through- out the day the stream of people with their contributions continued in an ever-increas- ing volume. Hill were coming in,” said Mr. Alex. I. Borland, who was in charge of the branch | receiving station. “At first 1 attempted to assort the packages, putting all goods of the same variety in piles by themselves, but soon the pressure became so great that things were thrown around promiscuously and a great mass of tea, coffee, flour, ete., collected in the corner of the room.” ‘This station on Capitol Hill was a great convenience to the charitable people of that neighborhood, call at The Star office, and was established through the courtesy of Mr. Yost, the bullder in charge of the construction of the new Naval Lodge, and Mr. Palmer, the architect, both of whom did valuable service in the work of preparing the room ard receiving the goods. "The window on the Pennsylvania avenue McCleary, 6; Pillsbury, 1; Tawney, 1; side was filled with canned goods of all 6,000 | | raiges, ‘It seemed as if all Capitol | who had not time to | description: atoes being in the major- ity. In another part of the room were 500 peunds of meat, pork and b: were baskets of apples and turnips; packages of tea, coffee, sugar and other gioceries. Mr. Blair, the Capitol Hill | , sent bread enough to fill a barrel, i while J. T. D. Pyles, the grocer, 600 pounds of potatoes, 400 pounds of buckwheat, 400 pounds of hominy, ore barrel of flour and | peunds cf corn meal. It is | that at this station there was receiv: 2) barrels of flour and seven or eight | els of potatoes. A large amount cf clothing was also: brought in, and one storekeeper sent ten or a dozen derby hats; ‘one of them a stylish brown of the latest | pattern, just the kind our West End swells | will have to buy in the spring to complete their Easter costumes. a Various Points. Boyd, the Capitol Hill express- so generously contributed his sterday, was engaged again this ug hauling the meat, provisions, gro- ceres and clothing away from the south- east station to the store rooms of the Cen- tral Union Mission. Down by the navy yard Phillip B. Otter- back did his share of the work of receiving the donations to the charitable enterprise. He became infused with the spirit of the good cause, and of his own accord adver- tised that any donations sent to his store would be received and delivered to the cen- tral station without charge. Quite a num- ber of generous contributions were sent to | this point, the most notable being 100 pounds of prunes from B. B. Earnshaw & Bro. Mr. Otterback himself contributed twenty-five loaves of bread, besides a large quantity of sugar and some tea. “My la Carrying on here, ain't you?” was the remark of an astonished negro, as he put his head in the door of Phelps & Co., corner of 10th and H streets northcast, another branch receiving station of ‘The Star pound party, and saw the piles of goods which had’ been brought to that point. And his astonishment was not to be wondered at, for under the counters and occupying a large portion of the floor space were the bags of flour and packages of groceries end bundles of clothing which had been left by the generous people of rtheast Washington, in response to the appeal! of The Star for contributions in kind for the suffering poor. About four barrels of flour were taken in, in quarter- barrel sacks; canned goods in large quan- tities, bags of salt and even a small amount of pepper were contributed. The same story of thoughtfulness and generosity was told over again at each of the other receiving stations—Eppley’s drug store, corner of lith and Staughion streets, and Real's drug store, on Con- necticut avenue near Dupont circle. At each of these points goods were brought in all day yesterday by persons who could net well make the trip to The Star office. A large number of donatioas were received at the drug store of Morgan & Painter, in Brcokland. They were kept busy receiving the pounds, and nearly a wagon load was brought in from this point. The Gesrgetqwn Station. The Star’s pound party idea caught the Georgetown people heart and soul, and the liberality of their donations is substantial evidence of this. The big reading room at the seventh precinct police station looks like an overstocked grocery store; with all the goods put up in retail quantities. Al- most every grocery in town has sent some- thing. All day yesterday there was an unload- ing taking place. Barrels of flour, quarters, eights and sixteenths of barrels were most prominent among the gifts to the poor. Few of the donations have been limited in weight. Some of the bundles sent in yes- terday, last night and this morning con- tained warm underclothes, females. Some of It was especially made for children. Investigating officers are look- ing well about the town for those in need of assistance. Georgetown is a territory well known to the people, and the pelice particularly, and lit will be highly improbable that any im- postor will share at all in the donors’ lib- lerality. Worthy families are being pro- vided with little informally drawn orders by the police, and specially detailed men. Pr: Poor, but Generous. These, on being presented, will be honored. Another Georgetown depository for chari- table donations is the post office building on Sist street just above M. All the letter carriers and the pcstmaster, too, were called from their desks and distributing benches frequently yesterday to take charge of the bundles brought in. About two vagon loads were received. There were luxuries as well as necessities. THE STAR'S POUND PARTY. What Some of the Newspapers Here Have Said About It. Associated Press Dispatch. ‘WASHINGTON, January 18.—The Even- ing Star, the leading newspaper of this city, gave a “pound” party today for the benefit of the poor of the city, who have been suffering severely this winter. Every one was asked to bring a pound of some- thing useful. The response was most generous, over one hundred wagon loads of provisions being contributed. Of this four loads were of flour, and the rest was nearly all of a substantial and nourishing character. A few persons sent golden English “pounds” sterling, others pounds of copper cents. Many articles were brought in private car- occupied by fashionably dressed ladies, but the greater part were from people of moderate means, seme of them pocr people themselves. About half the provisions came to the main Star office and the rest to branch offices. ‘The food will be distributed through the regular charity organizations of the city. The Star 1s being everywhere congratu- lated on the splendid results of its efforts. Tons of Good Things. From the Washington Post. The Evening Star’s big pound party yes- terday was a decided success. The pounds of the individual giver amounted to tons | before the day was over, and tho result is a big supply of material that will be care- fully used in alleviating distress. * * * t woulld be impossible in small space to enumerate all, even of the strikingly big | contributions, but the general result was all that could be desired, and the result speaks well for the generosity of the peo- ple of Washington, who responded to the call upon them, as well as to the epergy and thcughtfulness ‘that prompted the big enterpris. Will Result in Manifold Blessings. From the Event The great evening journal which shines in so many family ‘circles in Washington lends its column to'a cause that honors it far more than, another could. Its pound party will in the future bring it more of reverence than the wealth which rewards its enterprise. *°* * Indications are that the big pound party being conducted by The Evening Stir will result in manifold blessings to the deserving destitute of the city. The charitable of the city are re- sponding nobly to the solicitations of the paper, and the ‘roomy building in which The Star is printed was besieged from early dawn by *hundreds bringing pound packages of provisions and contributions of money. Several rooms, set apart for the storage of the groceries, early tool: on the appearance of a well-stocked grocery, and as soon “os the receipts are distributed there will be no lack of supplies in the larders of those reduced to want by the eccentricities of Dame Fortune. Most Generous Response. ‘om the Washin Times. After the meeting the ‘citizens’ central relief) committee repaired to The Even’ Star office to a‘d in distributing the “pound rerty” donations to The Star's appeal. ‘The respouse was most generous, over 10) wagon icads of provisions being contribut- ed. Of this four loads were of flour and ; neatly ail of a substantial i g character. A few persons: sent golden Knglish “pounds” sterling, cthers pounds cf copper cents. Many ar- ticles were brought in private car cupied by fashionably dressed ladie: the greater part were from people of mod- | erate means, rome of them poor people themselves. About. halt the provisions came to the main Star office and the rest to branch offices. The focd will be distri- buted through the regular charity crgani- zations of the city. Thanks to The Star. JANUARY 19, 1895. The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: When the suggestion was first made in The Star that a “pound party” would be held for the benefit of the poor the idea struck me as a good one, and I thought that considerable good’ could be accon:plished. The results, however, have demonstrated that the estimate was en- tirely too conservative: the proceeds of the arty have far exceeded anything that could possibly have been expected, and the gcod that will be accomplished | through your efforts will undoubtedly bring down the blessings of the poor on The Evening Star and its proprietors. While no oificial action has yet been taken by our ccmmittee on distribution, 1 have been requested by the individual members of the committee to express their thanks for the great assistance rendered. Very respectfully, LAWRENCE GARDNER, Chairman Committee on Distribution. a, a ONE WAY TO MAKE BIG PROFITS. Nervy Practices of Cigar Manufactur- ers in Duplicating Standard Brands. From the Chicago Times. “Let me have two of these,” said a cus- tomer at the cigar counter of a prominent downtown hotel yerterday as he pointed his index finger at a box of perfectos marked twenty-five cents each. He had smoked cigars of the brand designated by the label on the box before—it was a stand- ard importation—and he supposed that he krew just what she, was getting, although he had not purchased these goods from that particular counter before. Yet in the purchase cf those two cigars he was de- ceived to a certain extent, and he did not know it. He had just bought from a dealer who had practiced what is known by the trade as “loading” or “dumping,” beth of which terms are used in one par- ticular process. And, while this process defrauds the smoker, he really sets as xcod @ cigar as he anticipated made of im- ported goods, but manufactured in this country, ‘The secret and profit in “dumping” is easily explained. A retailer buys two bexes of standard imported perfectos, for instance. They cost him $170 per 1,00), or seventeen cenis each, and sell for twenty- five cents each, realizing the proportionate profit on an imported cigar. In the mean- time he makes arrangements with a local manufacturer, who makes a business of supplying this class of trade, to make him 1,000 cigars of imported tobacco in exactly the same shape and size as that which he has paid $170 per 1,000 for, The local man- ufacturer has made this work a study, and duplicates the imported perfecto at $110 per 1,000, and packs them so that they can be slipped into the boxes formerly occupied by the standard importation. Thus the re- tailer sells a perfecto shape made of im- for males and | Ported tobacco to his customer as an im- ported cigar. Against the Law. The material is fully as good as that in the imported manufactured article, but the workmanship is not quite as good. But the average smoker does not know the differ- ence, and many men who think that they are smoking imported perfectes today are getting them out of “loaded’’ boxe In this transaction between the retailer and the manufacturer the utmest secrecy has to be preserved, as it is against the law to use a cigar box the second time, defraud- ing the government of the revenue repre- ted by the stamp that should be used on every box of cigars. But the difference in the profit is so great, and the difference in the cigar so httle between a foreign- made perfecto costing $170 per 1,000 and a domestic-made cigar of similar size, shape, and goods at $110, that the local dealer is often tempted to run the risk of the pen- aity that Uncle Sam inflicts or the loss 6 trade should an exposure he made. Fourteen cents’ profit on one cigar instead of 8 cents is a big inducement to some dealers. The method of filling an old box with new cigars is a trick that requires care and experience. To transfer fifty ci- jars trom one box to another and not de- stroy the appearance of perfect packing is something that can be done only by those who know how to do it. It is generally perforined with two pieces of bristol card- board bent at right angles. ‘Thes2 are slipped into the two ends of the box that is to be “dumped,” and, while the pleces of cardboard protect the ends ot the bunch from breaking, the other ends of the cardboard are bent to cover the top layer of the box. Then the box is turned upside down and its contents re- meved into the two pieces of cardboard without a break in the bunch. The box formerly used for the imported perfecto is then slipped over the bunch while under the protection of the cards. Thus the transfer is made without marring the ap- pearance of the goods or breaking a layer. In the Cheaper Grades. While the better grade of goods has been taken for an illustration, the trick and de- ception applies proportionately to cheaper standard gocds, and was practiced very largely last summer at the hundreds of cigar stands in the world’s fair district. Even boxes of standard domestic goods, the labe!s of which should insure a smoker a good cigar, were “loaded” with cheaper gradcs of goods in hundreds of instances. Thousands of smokers paid 10 cents for a cigar last summer that was taken from a box bearing the brand of a standard “‘ten- center,” yet the cigar they really got waS deliberately made by other manufacturers to be “dumped” into these standard brand boxes, to be sold for 10 cents each, while the grade of the material was such that over the retail counter they should not have brought more than a nickel each, and would be high priced at that. —_—_—_+e-+____. Proved. From Clothier and Furnisher, He.—Your hat wasn’t on straight at the theater last night.” She.—‘‘How do you know?” He —“I sat behind you and I saw one-half of the play.” +04 They Could Not Object. From the L'Iilustrazione Popolare. A financier used to meet his shareholders once every year. The place of meeting was an immense room, with neither seats nor table in it. The financier read out his re- port and then added: “All those who ap- prove the proceedings of the board will stand up and the others will sit down.” Of course, nobody sat down, and the finan- cier concluded by saying: “Approved unan- imously.”” = The Reins Anzanger of Berlin officially denies any changes in the ministry of state are impending. FOR SAFE TRAVEL The Showing Made by the Railroads for the Year 1894. LOW PERCENTAGE IN LIVES LOST eS A Plea for the Abolition of the Deadly Grade Crossing. NEGLECTING THE EMPLOYE The record made during the year 1894 by the railroads of the United States in the way of fatal accidents is an evtremely favorable one. Tne railroad stockholders, in spite of the reduction In earnings and the disastrous Pullman strike, no doubt join. with the public in the congratulations cver this showing. The strike at Pullmgn may be sa‘d to have inaugurated the era of hard times for the railroads of the country, as previous to that time they were about holding their own in the way of meeting fixed charges. When the strike was finally settled, every corpo- ration found itself, directly .or indi- rectly, affected, those entering Chi- cago the most seriously, and those roads at a distance feeling its effects as the pulse of a human being marks the irregularities of the heart. At once every road set to werk to repair the damage. Works of improvement were discontinued; operating expenses reduced, and, in the case of several eastern roads, this action will bring them out about even on the year. In the matter of fatal railroad accidents the year 19 will stand out as a “red let- ter” year in the minds of the traveling pub- lic. Hardly in a decade has such a good rec- ord been made. The reports for the year have not been finally compiled, but advance reports would indicate that in the matter of fatalities resulting from railroad accidents the record will be a phenomenally favor- able one. But one coilision occurred that proved exceptionally disastrous—the Hack- ensack Meadows horror—while the year 189% furnished a dozen such catastrophes. The lamentable fact connected with the Hackensack collision is that it could have been prevented with modern appliances and the year’s record kept clear as regards ac- cidents of such large proportions. Only One Death. It is doubtful if any eastern state will be able to make as good a showing as Minne- sota, the report of the railroad commission of that state having just been filed. ‘This report demonstrates how nearly perfect the railroad travel of that state has become. ‘The improvements made in 1803 to ac- commodate the world’s fair travel have | proved of great value, as the lessened pat- ronage of 1891 has permitted the officers of the different rcads in that state to handle their customers with almost absolute safe- ty. Minnesota has in the neighborhood of 6,000 miles of railroad, and In the year un- der review it carried nearly 6,050,000 pas- sengers. These passengers rode about 247,- 000,009 miles, or if one man had ridden the whole distance, he would have traveled a distance equal to about 10,000 journeys around the world. Each passenger did travel on an average of about fifty miles, and there ‘was an averege of four railroad journeys to each person in the state. Now, with this startling array of figures, taking in long and short journeys, only one passenger in the whole state cf Minne- sota was killed in the period covered by the report. This is very near the per- fection of safety in traveling, and shows what a great change care, skill and or- ganization have made in the manage- ment of the railroad passenger traffic. It is a question if there is any other business in which the percentage of safety is so great. A census of deaths from accidents, even among the farmers in Minnesota, would doubtless show a much higher per- centage. It ts such facts as these that prove how safe traveling by railroad has become. The public is shocked by a pain- ful disaster now and then in which sev- eral lives are lost and many are injured, and an impression is made of the great risks taken in traveling, but the millions of passengers carried in safety are for- gotten. Such statistics ag those from Minnesota prove, however, that a passen- ger car is as safe as a home. Ta Fatal Car Coupler. ‘The English magazine writers have, dur- ing the past summer, taken great pleasure in comparing the disastrous record of fa- talities of 1893 with the records of their own roads during the same year. The question now is, will the same writers take the opportunity to write about the phenomenal record made by the Ameri- can roads in 1894 It is safe to say they will not. There is one point .upon which these English writers can still harp, and that is the care taken by the railroads of Amer- ica of their employes. For years back the record for killing and maiming rail- roads’ employes has been a black one, and the year 1891 shows but a small percentage of improvement. The same report referred to above as coming from Minnesota shows that in twelve months there were twenty- three trainmen, nine switchmen and flag- men, seven other employes, forty-titree trespassers and nine non-tre: in that state. This is atotal of nine non-passengers killed in that state, and, in addition 473 were wounded. Taking into consideration ‘the fact that the total of all the employes of the railroads centering in Minnesota was about 85,000, it will be seen how large the percentage of fatali. ties and injuries among this class of work. men is. As the safety of passenger traffic has been brought nearly to perfection it is time, without relaxing in such efforts, to devise means for preserving the lives of the employes. The great railroad employe killer—the old-fashioned link and pin coupler—we have still with us, and notwithstanding the efforts of organized trainmen to havc legislation passed looking to the adoption of improved coupling apparatus, the kill- ing and maiming still goes on. The ad- vance sheets of the yearly reports of the eastern roads show that this class of uc- cidents has not fallen off to any great ex- tent in 1894, notwithstanding the appalling record made during 1893, owing to the tre- mendous travel brought about by the Chi- cago exposition. The trouble in this case seems to be the numerous collection of patented coupling devices and the desire of three or four of the larger corpora- tions to favor different designs. With the tariff and currency questions out of the way Congress may, perhaps, during the coming year adopt a measure ‘looking to the protection of railroad trainmen which can only be attained through an eflicient coupler universally adopted. Modern Safeguards. : To return to the greatest accident of 1894, which occurred on the Hackensack Meadows, we find that the road that sut- fered in reputation, and also financially, was ten years behind the times in the mat- ter of adopting safeguards. The train came to a stop at a draw bridge. The weather was extremely fogzy, but under similar cir- cumstances many times before the trains had gone on all right. The rear flagman thought everything all right, and when once employes begin to think that the pas- sengers had better take to the woods until the thinking spell is over. When the flag- man regained his wits and decided to go back to protect his train it was too late, and the train following crashed into the one that was stationary, with the result that about thirty passengers were killed and nearly half a hundred injured. After this wreck the corporation caught up to the times with a jump. The losses in the wreck would have equipped the road twice over with block signals, but it is the hard experience that brings about reform. The largest road in New York found this out to its sorrow, and only a year since got in the front rank of raiiroads by adopt- ing the block signal system. Of course, money will compensate for a great many things, but in the matter of life and death it hardly fills in she gap created by the loss of a dear one through a corporation's carelessness. Result of World’s Fair Travel. In conversation with an attache of the interstate commission recently an Evening Star reporter referred to the great record made by the railroads of Minnesota dur- ing the last fiscal year and the expectetl exceptionally good one from the roads of the entire country. Replying to an inter- rogation, the attache said: “To my mind, the record of 1895 will ex- cel the year just passed. I account for the 1804 record as resulting directly trem th’ great improvements made in the early months of 1893 to accommodate the im- mense traffic of the Chicago exposition. In many of the western states, where, pi vious to that year, sidings only existed, miles of double ck were called into set ice. Then the relaxation from many hours of overwork to the employes back to 2 normal condition made them realize that, no matter how long and ardgous their re: uiar labors had been previous to 183, they cculd still be worked harder. They showed their appreciation of this in 1894 by givin strict attention to business, and as a rm sult the train service was the gainer. “To take the matter under humane cen- sideration, I believe the railroads of the country have about done enough for t! occupants of their cars, and that the should look after the people on the out- ide. I do not particularly refer to the employes, but to the citizens that are com- pelled to cross their tracks, both in the cities and in the country. I have been watching the records of fatalities that come under this head, and the dire resvit is astonishing, as it almost equals the num- ber of people killed and injured whose Ga’ ly occupations take them in direct contact with railroa The Star has been push! past, but W the many little towns in New J; the rovie frem Philadelphia to Some duy the legislatures of the states will and as ar fatal grade crossings of the count either be buried under sub: i or raised out of harin’s structures. The Deadly Grade Crossing. “This state of affairs exists in England to a great extent, and why it should uct become general here is a mysterv. Of course the length of the lines in this coun- try has prevented a general adoption of this improvement on account of the ex- pense, but with the new era of prosperity dawning end contemplated ssfeguaras to be put into practice, this grade-crossing bugaboo could be eliminated to 2 great ex- Ptent. The great ambition of all ihe roads is to attain a great record for speed, but how this can be done with the grade c ing staring them in the face is a problem too much for me. If you'll take the trouble to interview an engineer running between Washington and New York you will find that the spots that try his nerves the most severely are those that contain grade cressing3. “He is not allowed to slacken speed to any great extent at many of them, and as & result, a week never passes without an additional human being is offered up on the altar of carelessness and neglect. If it is not the employe’s fault then the injured one makes the fatal oversight; the result is the same. Many a good engineer has been put out of the business through these grade-crossing accidents, as nerves are er- ratic things at the best and will not stand too much jarring. In the winter months the grade-crossing record is something aw- ful on account of the snow, the traveler approach being deadened and the watch- man’ deceived into fancied safety. I be- lieve twenty-five lives have already been sacrificed at grade crossings this year, tak- ing the entire country into consideration, and 1895 is but a few days old. “An additional comfort, for which the passengers should be thankful, is that of steam heating, which received an almost universal trial the beginning of this win- ter. Last winter but few companies had their cars equipped with the sttam pipes, but they worked so well that a general adoption followed, and at the present time, no matter how cold the weather may be, the passengers are almost as comfortable as during the summer months. I have seen reports from the western states, where travel in winter has been extremely un- comfortable, and they teem with praise of the system. The loss of steam for heating purposes does not handicap the engineer, the improved engines making the extra quantity of steam with ease.” —_- Disregard of Maryland Law by Dis- trict Authoritics. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Your article of Friday last calling atten- tion to Gov. O’Ferrall’s toleration of im- proprieties and unlawful conduct at Jack- son City and the Alexander Island race track, also to Gov. Brown's obliviousness of prize fights at the Bladensburg Club House, Yy upon authorities have failed to set a good exam- ple respecting politeness toward one’s neighbors or interstate comity. Montgom- ery, the county immediately north of Wash- ington, has on several occasions declared in a most emphatic way at the polis in cants has been prohibited by law in that county for a number of years past. On the ether hand, the District Commissioners and excise board have a free liscretion as to giving or withholding wholesale licenses to sell liquor in the District of Columbia. The law and the sentiment of Montgomery county have on several occasi been brought to the attention of the Commis- sioners by private individuals and by sev- eral petitions, yet the Commissioners have in one instance, certainly, where 7th sireet enters Maryland, and possibly in othe: granied a wholesale license to a deaier whose house is almost touched by the mery county line. from such an establish- ment could reach a local option county in one stagzer, ihe whole constituting a blow and an insult to that county, whose laws and sentiment on the liquor selling que: tion are far in advance of the city o' Washington. case, as the liquor dealer was unable, der the law, to secure a retail license | reason of opposition of his neighbo: About four-fifths of the land owners for a fe cr more north in Montgomery county, and for the same distance south in the District of Columbia, have united in cp- posing the starting of liquor selliag in this heretofore quiet neighborhood, notwith- standing. which the District authorities voluntarily granted this wholesale license. The pesition of the petitioners “rom the Maryland side was substantially, first, that the Commissioners ought not to exercise their discretion so as to nullify in part the laws of a neighboring state, and, second, that all liquor selling in the District should be done a mile or more from the line, so that the District can catch and restrain those who get drunk under its licenses. There are, of course, a few old soakers still left in Montgomery county, who con- stitute a market, but if the District will clasp them to its bosom for reasons of profit it should take them well inside its outer garment and keep them until sober. To abate nuisances at Jackspn City and in Prince George's county so shocking to the good people of the District would require vigorous and aggressive and expensive ac- tion on the part of, let us say, Govs. Brown and O’Ferrall, but the District excise board can set a proper example in these matters by simply revoking a license that should never have been granted. It will then be in order for this example to be followed 23 indicated in your editorial. MONTGOMERIAN. Couch Box Aristocrats. From the New York Sun. The boss private coachman occupies in New York a station somewhat correspond- ing to that of steward in one of the coun- try districts of England or Scotland. He is a trusted and confidential servant, holding what 1s, piactically, a lif2 place, and being supreme in his own particular department. If the stable is a larze one, as the stables of wealthy New Yorkers usually are, he has quarters rent free for himself and family, and it is no unusual thing for the eldest son of a private New York couchman to succesd his father. The pri- vate cvachmen, secure in tenure and pro- tected from the chance breezes of adverse fortune, regard the drivers whe are em- ployed by Hvery stable keepers as workers of an inferior grade, and they have very little more respect for the itinerant heck- man. The number of the latter in New York is about 600. Last year 642 hack licenses were granted, every public hack, of course, requiring a license. There are about 80 coachmen regularly employed in the livery stables, The number of pri- e coachmen members of the Benevolent Union {s considerably } —<ee— Not Righ: From Household Words. Scme time ago 4 man went to visit a friend who was an inmate of a lunatic asylum. After a prolonged chat in a ku- merous if not very edifying vein the vis- itor thought it about time to go. “Is that clock right, Jock?” he asked of the inmate. Jock gazed at him for a min- ute or so in speechless amazement, then, laying his hand compassionately on his shoulder, said: “Man, dae ye think it wid be here if it was right?” This is rather a remarkable | n- | suggests an instance of where the District | favor of local option and the sale of intoxi- ; ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS. Netes of Interesting Events From Down the River. ‘The regular meeting of Mechanics’ Ludge, No. 3, was hcld in their hall on Thursday «vening, presided over by Grand Charcello> E. P. Hulee, it peing his ovficial vis! The mem Oriental, No. 6, and Alexandcia, were alo pre The grand charecilor med by Deputy Grand Chancelior yer, on the part ef Leds May, on the part of Lodg they were respouded to by Pythians of Alexandria. 6, end Chancellor Hulce in a stirring addr the close of the iodge the knights r table » The mes all, where f the guests. rapped the to Serepta F the feast. 4 r man had be A and made . Boyer lowing nd respon: of Kisghts of Py by P. Leonard M. W. H. Mey. “The Press,’ andria, the Prog- The rephes were “The Order sponded sed with their evens ore. jetter has been issued by Licut. m the third regi ting all he of his regiment to meet him in C Ville on January to discuss matters er of Mrs. Point of Roc! » On tioned in The Siar, Was brought (o Gh yesterday for interment. The funeral took. place from the M. E. Church South, Rev. | Dr. Carson conducting the servic Aq large number of the friends of the deceased © attended the services. The body was laid at rest in the receiving vauit the M. P. cemetery. Mr. Ro! son was for a number of years a resident of this city. t ‘The McCullough Dramatic Company of this city, composed of young Alexandria actors, will produce the old-time drama, “fen Nights in a Bar Room,” of the temperance organizations of Souti east Wasiungton on Monday evening next. ‘The members of the cast have been train- ing for treir part for some days past, and the performance promises to be lent one. A large number of Ale will accompany the company to Washing- ton. A delightful hop was given a: “Edge Hill,” New Alexandria, last night, which was largely attended, and heartily enjoye{ by all preseni, including several from this city. Dancing was kept up until 4 o'clock this morning, and during the evening a delightful supper was served. Messrs. M. 43. Harlow & Co. have sold for Mr. J. W. Hammond a store and dwelling - at the southwest corner of Queen and Pitt streets to Mrs. Maggie Whelan of Wash- ington for $1,800. An American fiag will be raised on the Young Men's Sodality Lyceum building in this city. Mr. George T. Price, whose iliness has been mentioned in The Star, js improving. Capt. R. E. Lee has written that he will not be able to attend the Lee Camp ban- quet tonight. Mr, J. K. Purcell is quite sick at his home on North Washington street. Minor Koy, a well-known and popular colored man, died at his home, 512 North Columbus street, yesterday. Mayor Henry Strauss has almost entirely recovered from his recent indispesition. Messis. Marshall and Nesbit of Rome,» Ga., and Miss Bessie Baker ure the guests / of Miss Lucy Lee on Duke street. Mr. William Rogers is building for Mrs. W. J. Boothe two houses on North Colum- bus street between Princess and Oronoco. At a meeting of the literary class of the public school teachers in Peabody Hal! last night the subjects for discussion were grammar, dictionary, punctuation and spelling. ———— SMITH WAS SENTENCED. Convicted Stamp Robber Get» Three Years and a Half. Ee who was convicted last~ week of stealing 70,000 two-cent postage stamps frem the bureau of engraving and printing last summer, was sentenced today by Judge McComas to three years and six months ir the Albary penitentiary. A motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment was argued by Mr. O. B. Hal- lam on behalf of the defendant, Mr. Hal- lam contending that the indictment was fatally defective because it allege! merely that his client stole and purivincd the Stamps. Tle indictment, he argued, should have alleged that Smith stole and carried away the stamps—that the crime of lar- ceny was .not completed because the in- dictment falied to aliege that the detend- ant stcle and carried away the Judge McComas, however, hel crime alleged, larceny from the United Stutes, was a statutory one, and the words of the statute, set out in the indictment, were sufficienuy explicit. Besides, stated ~ the court, the term “did steal and pur- Icin” clearly indicated the nature of the offense. The motions were, therefere, over- ruled. When asked what he had to say why tence should not be pronounced, earfully asked the mercy of the court, ex- plaining that he did so because of his acknowledged that his life n the one that it should hay t declared that he would, ur his re- turn from prison, make it henceforth all it should be. He intimated that others here would yet beseech his forgiveness and pub- licly thanked his counsel for the rendered him without the least remuneray ticn. Judge McComas, in imposing sentence, made no comments whatever, except the statement that he had considered the time Smith had spent in jail since his arrest in Uctober last. The case of Wm. A. Beach, convicted several days ago of receiving the stamps stolen by Smith, in which a motion for a new trial has been made, went over until Saturday next. _— NEW QUARTERS. The Health Office Will Remove on. February 1. The health department will be removed about February 1 from Jts present loca- tion, in the Hellen building on D street near 6th street northwest, to the new build-? ing of the Washington Title Insurance Company, on Indiana avenue, adjoining police headquarters, where it will have much more commodious quarters, the en- tire first floor having been leased, and this will be fitted up in a manner that will greatly facilitate the transaction of pyblic business. Health Officer Woodward has long been dissatisfied with his present quarters, as the building, although it has been occupied for many years, is wolly unsuited for the use of such an important department 4s that of which he is the head, a1. several days ago he had a conference with the Commissioners on the subject. Late yes- terday afternvon the Commissioners ap- proved Dr. Woodward’s recommendation in this regard, and also that Kate B. Hel- len, who hes control of the D street build- ing, be notified of the intention of the health department to vacate the premises. In their new quarters the health depart- ment will be directly connected with the police department. ——___ A Chaperon Photograph. From Deutche Warte. Niece — “Auntie, dear, Mr. Maler, the artist, has asked me for my photo; he wants to make use of it for his last pic- ture. Ought I to send it to him?” Aunt—“Yes, you can do so, but be sure to inclose with {t a photo of your mother or some elderly lady. It would be highly improper to send your photo by itself!” a A dispatch from Pekin says that Gen.Wel, accused of cowardice, was beheaded Thurs- day. Ru ptured ? If so, have you ever imystizated the ROR- ERTS PROCESS of curing’ it? It ne to heal permanen One patie “Your treatment completely cured me of a rupture of 25 yeais’ standing.” Both sexes attended. Free consultation. Nationa! Hernial Institute, Wexbingt posit y Wefan, E420 G St. ieee case. Jal9-1460