Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1895, Page 3

NG STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 8 SPECIAL NOTIC SPECIAL NOTICES. Enewmpment, 3 1 to attend th wa ALL i, MIELE U. i 1 of Be ler and or- Columbian University ganizations of whieh be THE COLUMBLAN UN FE! égan, sons of Joba Ei . in the perish of N tmeuth, Ireland, and to the representatives of the sald respectively: Where- of the two sous of an), who was formerly nstabulary, and as, Eighan, the above nanied John E a constable in the royal Irish who emigrated to Australia, died at Meanee, near pier, in New Z . intestate, in or about the snd the public trustee of mouth" of J New Zeal i, whereas, om app ew Zealand attorney of Michi of Sing Sing, in. the state distribution by the public trustee fhe said Joho Rizixn, or Egan, deceased, it ap- are that the above named Christopher Elzhan, or igrated from Ireiand to the Unite 4 “« some time prior to the year 1S fs reported to ied of yellow fever at New Orleans in or about the year ISGt or 1862. 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LOAN & TRUST BLDG., ROOMS © AND 70. FOR WORK. Not Much Chance for Men Who Go to Switzerinnd. Mr. George Gifford, U. 8. consul at Basle, Switzeriand, has made a report to the State tment in regard to the hardships of rants returning from profitless jour- neys to the United States, from which it appears that Switzerland is a poor field for igrated to the United States In former years are now re- g to Europe in search “of employ- They are people who have saved at st enough to pay the cost of the trip, and therefore belong, for the most part, numbers of persons who e! to the better el of immigrants. Not in- frequentiy families have become American citizens ren who were, ted States, arrive in Switzerland, for instance, after expend- ing their entire resources for the trip. They are impelled to take this serious step the s hope of improving their mate- tion that once led them to seek a he new world. So far us this part rope is concerned, these hopes are far from being realized, for there ent enough for persons perha 3 of bu centers of Basle and N ing, watch making ard the ture of colors and chemicals—are not jeying a period of especial prosperity, 4 are by no means number of operatt ‘The building tr and day Inbec are more than ampls plied by the resident workin by the large number of It sup- people and ns whose ser- viees are sometimes employed to the exclu- sion of the natives of the country on a count of the extremely low wases with which they ¢ontent themselves. The con- sequence is that the returned emigrants often find themselves In a state of complete destitution soon after their arrival. While seeking in vain for employment, they have parted not only with their money, but al. with all the clothing and effects they spare. American citizens and others in this unfortunate situation often apply for assistance to return to: the United State: having the impression that there are go ernment funds available for that purpose. ‘If I could only get back home I should be all right. I conld earn something at least, but herd I spall starve,’ is the expression which, with many variations of form, is now constantly heard. Some of these pe ple, to be sure, are not especially deserv- ing, and have no claim to assistance as American citizens. But there are enough of the latter. w e at the same time honest and Ss men, to make the matter one of si consequence. The resources they sacrifice for the trip to Eu- rope, and while looking for work here, 1, it seems to me, be better used in awaiting a complete revival: of business at home, even in cases where it is impos- sible to find employment at reduced wage: for here business is duller and wages lower than in the United States, so that, even whert a returned emigrant finds work, it will take him a long time to earn enough to go back to the United States, should he ever desire to do so.” ————— Tvok His Bonds. There fs a heavy snowdrift on 83th street, which renders It impossible for vehicles to pass. Drivers have been go- ing around the drift and to do so they have to cross the sidewalk. The police have been unable to stop these drivers, and yesterday Policernan Fennelly arrested Mr. Isaac Runyon. The case was tried in the Police Court today. Judge Kimball said he thought it was about time the author- ities had removed the obstruction. As there was a technical violation of law committed, the court took Mr. Runyon’s personal bonds, — ee Death of Mrs. Sally Sprigg Carroll. Mrs. Sally Sprigg Carroll, the widow of William Thomas Carroll, who was for ferty-three years clerk of the Supreme Court, died yesterday at her residence, No. 1801 F strect. She was a daughter of ex- Governor Sprigg of Maryland, and for sixty years has been well known and loved by all those who knew her. Her pure and Christian character was manifested by every act of her life. She leaves three daughters, the Countess Esterhazy, Mrs. T. Dix Bolles and Mrs. John Marshall Brown, and one son, Charles Carvoll. . ° Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTQRIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROULLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The sz of ‘Castorfa’ fs so universal and tts merits so well known that ft scems a work of supererogation to indorse it. Few are the futellt- families who do not Ecep Castoria within easy reach.’ gent CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city. Wate. Seated vectors re konered with Soom, THE COMING STORN Weather Burean Still Promises Some Bad Weather. SNOW AND RAIN TONIGHi —— Still Another Storm Gathering Its Forces in the West. THE AREA OF SNOW ——— The thaw we long for has not come yet. The weather officials confess that their prophecy as to snow last night or this morning was slightly premature, but that their promises shall be fulfilled before night closes in. It is ceming. That storm which was first seen raging and blowing and blustering and raining in the central gulf regfon is coming this way. It has moved to the South Atlantic states and is increasing in intensity. It is not known just how earnestly it will attack Washing- ton, but snow is scheduled for this even- ing. It is also thought that because of the rising temperature this will turn into rain, Should this prove to be, the prospect of a jam at the Long bridge and a flood looms up. The indications are it will be a warm rain, ani this will, if continued any con- siderable length of time, produce a sudden collapse of the ice in the river. The indi- cations are for northeast winds, and this is an important factor to be taken iuto ac- A northeast wind will drive the ice stream h added velocity, thus asing the chance for a flood, should the Long bridge withstand the pressure that will be brought against {t. There is a possibility that, with a break-up of the ice and a northeaster, the Long bridge It- self may take a cruise down river. The present unfavorable conditions are not wholly the result of that gulf storm. The west is in a measure responsible. Chief of the Weather Bureau H. A. Hazen said this morning there was a complication of west- ern and southern conditions. that there would be snow tonight, po followed by rain, and then cleari lowed by northeasterly winds. The Ther The Atlantic coast ings, at S a. y thermometric read- were as follows: The as flashed over the wires this morning that a second storm was developing off the North Pacific coast. This is bad news. As a rule these storms chase along the northern edge of the United States, make an fce harvest in the great Jakes, wreck a number of ships and some- how kind of reach down this way and send & shudder down the back of the Washing- ton thermometer. The reports from this storm are as yet meager, but the section is just as celebrated for the size, capacity and success of its storms as the gulf. The weather oricials will not venture a guess that this Pacific production will strike this Jatitude, but they are loath to assure us tha it will not. A ridge of high pressure extends from the west gulf to the north of Mortana. This is not a reassuring sign, The temperature has fallen in the gulf states and the extreme northwest, and has remained nearly’stationary elsewhere. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) has been re Charleston, 1.04; Au- 0G; Tampa, 1.04; Mobile, 1.10; Eu- 1.10; Sacramento, ; San Francis- 1 are to have snow during the suc- ceeding twenty-four hours all up through the middie and New England states. It ts also indicated for most of the states of the country. g Washington is only receiving its share of winter. ‘That Snow Storm. According to the weather bureau, and the weather bureau ts pretty good author- ity on weather subjects, the snow storm which just swept over Washington was one of the most remarxable in snow-storm story. It was not a local storm. It tigtthed out and embraced the whole country in its white embrace. East of the Mississippi the snow-covered area at 8 p.m., February 11, reached lower jatitudes than has been shown on any previous snow map issued by the weather bureau during the winter of 1801-5, and from northern Georgia, eastern ‘Tennessee and the western porticns of the Carolinas, northenstward to New England, the ground is now covered with greater depths than at any previous time during the winter. From central Virginia northeastward, ex- cept along the immediate coast, the depth of snow exceeds six inches, and from the District of Columbia ncrthward over west- ern Maryland, eastern Pennsylvania and northern New York the depth varies from ten to twenty inches, being greatest along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, more than twenty inches being reported from Rochester to Oswego, N.Y. Tennessee and Kentucky are also covered with unusual depths, the eastern portion of these states having from six to twelve inches. In the Mississipp! valley from Vicksburg horth- ward to St. Louts, and over the southern portions of Hlinois, Indiana and Ohio, there is but little snow, the depth being generally less than three inches, but to the northward over the upper Mississippi val- ley and lake region the depths increase rapidly, eastern lowa, ncrthern Illinois and southern Wisconsin being covered with from ten to sixteen inches. The greatest depths are, as usual, over the upper Mich- igan peninsula, where, along the southern shore of Lake Superior from Marquette to Sault Ste Marie, there are from two to three feet, but these depths ‘are not greater than vere reported a week ago. > Compared with the depths indicated on the chart of the previous week, a decided increase is shown in the states to the east- ward of thes Mississippi and also over North Dakota, eastern Montana and Colo- rado, but over Nebraska, Kansas, Mis- sourf, Arkansas and northern Texas there was more snow shown on the chart of last week than on the current Issue. At the corresponding date of last year there was no snow south of the Ohio river, but over portions of New England, the lake region, Missourl, Kansas and Ne- braska there was more snow than at this date. Iee in the Rivers and Harbors. - During the past week ice has formed rupidly, all northern stations reporting a marked increase over the previous week. In the Ohio river, from Louisville to Pitts- burg, there are from 7 to 10 jnches; in the Mississippi, from St. Louis to Keokuk, | len ‘rom 15 to 18 inches, and from Davenport o St. Paul, about 2’ feet; in the Missouri, ‘rem 2 to 3 feet, from Omaha northward, ind in the Hudson, 22 inches at Albany. ‘The Arkansas at Little Rock is frozen, ice being 3% inches thick, and there are inches In the Congaree at Columbia, S. C. The following special reports were tele- graphed by weather bureau officials even- ‘ng of February 11: Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Wis.—Mil- vaukee river full of fleating ice. Ice roken up daily by fire tugs. None in aarbor and navigation here uninterrupted. Grand Haven,Mich.—Navigation at stand- stil. No arrivals or departures during week. St. Mary’s river,Sault Ste Marie, Mich.— Ice twenty inches thick. Dealers and fish- ermen cutting ice. Lake Huron and St. Clair Huron, Mich.—The rapids at Lake Huron keep St. Clair from the lake to Port Huron. frozen solid above and below. —_——_— NECKTIES ALWAYS NEW. river, Port the foot of river open Everything Mr. Feathers Learns the Secret of Mr. Ginks’ Attractive Assortment. “I am somewhat curious by nature,” said Mr. Feathers recently, ‘and sometime ago I was struck by the remarkable number of new neckties worn by young Mr. Ginks, who sits opposite me at our boarding house table. I proceeded to study them and after a weck or two I discovered that they were not only always smooth and fresh, but that their appearance was regulated ac- cording to their hues. For two days he would wear a black and gray tle, for in- stance; then a black flowered red ground affair would creep out from his bosom and then two or three other combinations would be worn. At last I could re- strain myself no longer and I asked Ginks to explain to me his necktle system. He looked mysterious and beckoned me to a secluded corner. ‘Mr. Feathers,’ he feel that I can confide The scarfs you have so kindly admired are five in number, and are all I have. I wear one until it gets soiled] and then I drop it in gasoline outside of “my window. After the liquid has evaporated I take the scarf in and every sign of dirt Nas disappeared. By doing this in rotation with the five ties I keep up «n appearshee ‘that would cost more than I could afferd if I depended upen new ones.’ A Z I thanked the young man for his very Interesting information,” said Mr. Feathers in conclusion, “and I’do not doubt that many others like hin’ know the value of gasoline as a cleansing article, and put It to good use. I hope they all use it in the cpen air, however, as it is a very volatile uid and is 1iable to ronm-where ther said, earnestly, ‘I In you thoroughly. is plode if exposed in @ gaslight or a fire. SS TO WARM COLD HANDS. HOW Ram 1 The passenger on the front platform of the crowded car was blowing energetically his gloved hands. hey ‘pear to be cold,” said the driver, sympathetically. “Well, I'll tell you how to warm ‘em. Don't keep your gloves on when your hands get cold. Take ‘em off right away. Then double up your fist as tight as you can—just as if scmebody was tryin’ to open your fingers an’ you wouldn’t let ‘em—an’ then ram your hands down in your coat peckets. It'll s'prise you, sir, hew quick they'll get warm. ‘The passenger immediately put the sug- gestion into effect. In a minute or two he lcoked pleasantly at the driver. It is wonderful.” he remarked. ‘My Hands £¥e as comfortable now as I could wish.” SSE Toes and Hee!s. e “I am frequently struck, in sloppy weath- er, with a peculiar difference between the sexes in the inatter of locomotion across a muddy street,” said the old colonel, with the air of a profoung philosopher. “Now, when a careful man, who detests having his shoes or trousers splattered, comes to a wet street crossing he invariably rises upon the tips of his toes and picks his way over by means of the least disagreeable spots. When a woman is confronted with such an an emergency, however, she puils up her skirts, elevates her toes in the air, and pecks across on her heels, as if she is on stilts. Now, I would like mightily to have somebody explain why women use their heels upon such occasions instead of their toes.” ee Try Hot Water. “During dangerous weather of this sort,” said the old doctor, “the most careful per- sons are apt to catch a cold in their chests that will extend swiftly to he lungs if not attended to. It usually makes its presence known by a constricted sensation just under the breast bone, where the flesh is thinnest. When a person experiences this feeling he can rest assured that he can procure al- most instant relief by drinking a cup of water as hot as he can bear to take in the mouth and to swallow. There is no better medicine in the world to arrest the progress of a cold than hot water, and, besides its effect upon the stomach and the system generally, is beneficial in the highest de- gree. And in sore throat the same remedy will be found almost a specific.” a A Grateful Student of the Law. From the Green Bag. Last winter Mr. Justice Harlan delivered a lecture on the Bering sea arbitration be- fore a large audience of law students in a western city. His honor, after taking up the legal side of the question, described graphically and learmedly the habits, mi- grations and peculiarities of- the seal, with elaborate reference to othersanimals which seemed to offer instructive analogies. ‘A few days’after a sttident who had read law a few months was fiskell how he liked the lecture. “Oh, very mueh,” replied he, “very much, indeed—very dnstructive. In fact, I think I learneq more natural his- tory from Justice Harlan than from all of Blackstone.” ——_—-+e« A Horriblé Fite. From the Amusing Journal.” 7 Long she stood at the window and mused. ‘The rays of the setting sun entangled themselves In her Titian hafr, or surround- ed her glorious height of five feet eight with an aureate halo, Proud, queenly, limbed like a goddess, she was, indeed a magnificent specimen of femininity. “Strange,” she muttered. And then a soft, self-pitying, half-happy smile flitted across her face like a gleam of April sun- shine. “Strange,” she muttered again, ‘to think that I, who only six short months ago was the quarter back of the Emanci- pated Maidens’ Football Eleven,should have lost my heart to a man whose collar isa size and a half smaller than mine. But’ such is fate. And I love him!” Carelessly_ picking up a forty-pound dumbbell, she tossed it out of the win- dow and then sought her boudoir. ee. The trio of Hawaiian exiles at Vancou- ver, B. C., have retained a local legal firm to bring an action for damages against the Canadian-Australian steamship line for carrying them off against their will. 3 THE CHARITY WORK Question Against Employing Men With the Government Money. OTHER FUNDS MAY BE 80 USED The Calls for Help Continue in Full Force. COLLECTIONS NEARLY DONE —— The central relief committee is in execu- tive session this afterncon discussing the way to put out the money it has on hand. The first topic up is what fs to be done with the $10,000 appropriated by Congress. It is not clear that this money can, under the resolution, be used to employ poor men to clean the streets. Several of the com- mittee believe that they must act strictly in compliance with the intention of Con- gress, which was to give the money for im- mediate relief of the poor of the District. They say they have no right to use that money to employ poor men, but must dis- pense it through the established channels for relief. For this reascn the committee this morning shut down on the applications for work. They received over 600 yesterday and the number was increasing so rapidly that it would take a clerk all the time to take down the names. There were upward of 150 men at the committee rooms today seeking work. The committee will settle the question this afternoon, probably by voting to use $1,000 of the funds collected from citizens to keep 200 men at work five days. It is quite a task to do this. The committee must borrow shovels for this force and be responsible for them. Whether it will be possible to put on another relay of 200 or more for another five days after the first has worked a week remains to be seen. A Time to Break Rules. President Cleveland 1s entitled to the gratitude of the people of the District for his promptness in signing the resolution in spite of his misgivings as to its con- stitutionality. ‘The resolution reached him Saturday not long after it passed the House. He read it at once and asked Pri- vate Secretary Thurber to telephone the Digtrict Commissioners and ask them if they wanted the resolution sent down to them, as is customary with other District measures. He said he thought it was a time to break rules when people were freezing and starving, and unless they wished otherwise he would sign the reso- lution at once. Commissioner Ross tele- phoned back that the Commissioners ap- proved the resolution and it was entirely unnecessary to send it to them in the for- mal manner. Yesterday the Commissioners received from Secretary Gresham a certl- fled copy of the bill, as signed, and today the $10,000 was placed to their credit at the Treasury Department. The money will remain in the hands of the Commis- stoners and be paid out only upon the orders ofthe ceptral relief committee, prop- erly countersigned. Notwithstanding a very palpable notion among some of the poor colored people that the whole $10,000 will be thrown out broadcast to them: in front of the Louisiana avenue committee room, the appropriation will be used in small amounts to meet emergencies as they arise. The Routine Today. ‘The work going on today at the various distributing agencies for the poor is as- suming the semblance of an old story. The Central Union Mission rooms are this min- ute full of poor people and have been since 10 o'clock this morning. They sit there on the long benches waiting their slow turn to tell their story and get the food or fuel they want. It is a motley gathering, mainly of colored people, the proportion of whites being very small. Up to 1 o'clock the seven or eight clerks who note down each application had received 310 applica- tions. Each applicant was aided inthe way and to the amount he or she mest needed, At the central ice of the board of charities the scene was like that of other day. The stream of applicants consisted almost entirely of colored people, and their wants were, as usual, fuel and food. The substations reported during the morning that the pressure of applications was full as strong as it had been for sev- eral days. The stress in consequence of the storm has let up somewhat, but the N for food and clothing is, if anything, increased. ‘The central relief committee's depot on Louisiana avenue was busy today,as usual, receiving and sending out supplies. The collection of clothing has brought in a large supply in the last two days, and as fast as the police, Associated Charities and Cen- tral Union people report what they want the articles are turned over to them. Sev- eral big loads were turned over to the police today, and coal to the amount of twelve tons was also given them. A large amount of groceries and clothing was given to the Central Union Mission, Three big boxes of canned goods came in from the Market Dealers’ Association, and a large supply of flour and groceries came in through the regular collection. The Colicctions Nearly Made. The work of gathering up the contribu- tions from all over the city has been great- ly accelerated, during the past two days, owing to the gradual clearing of the streets. Collections in the whole southeast and northwest parts of the city have been completed and the southwest will be en- tirely gone cver by tonight. It will take two or three days to cover the ground in the northwest, where it is expected the amount to be gathered up is somewhat greater than in other parts of the city. By Saturday at the farthest, the entire city will be gone over and the returns footed up. Today the committee has three large double wagons of the Hygienic Ice Com- pany, three of Woodward & Lothrop's, Mr. Ryan's and Mr. Boyd's. Mr, Boyd and his son both help, and have given their ser- vices for several days. Denconess Home Remembered. The Deaconess Home at 1340 North Cap- itol street has been quietly doing a great deal of good’ work among the poor in the northeastern part of the city. The idea has been to keep from making its benefi- ciaries dependent, and the soup kitchen connected with the home has charged the people who came there one cent a bowl in order to give them the feeling of pay- ing their way in part at least. ‘The central relief committee at its meeting this after- noon will take up the matter of distributing through the Deaconess Home, which has all along been on its list of distributing organizations, but has received no supplies because no formal application had been made for them, The home will be voted $250 today and receive a proportion of funds and supplies hereafter as it may need them. A More Contributions. Additional contributions have been re- ceived at The Star office as follows: Poor Fund. Heretofore ackncwledged. Tramp ...... Thank offering. Cash . N. W. D. R. M. L. Helen and af Proceeds of entertainment given by Alfred and Mannie Haas. Cash ..... Friend Ww. 8. Total ae The South Crrolina Election. ‘The question of taking up the petition of Sampsor Pope, late democratic candidate for governor of South Carolina, for an in- vestigation of the election in that state, was brought up in the Senate committee on privileges and elections today; but, with- out discussing the matter, the committee referred it to Senator Gray, the chairman, to ascertain the wishes of the South Caro- lina Senators in the premises. The doors of the Bank of Superior, Neb were closed by the state bank examiner yesterday. The depositors are not expected to lose anything. THE HOWGATE CASB. ‘The Trial Drags on Its Tedious Course Today. The trial of Captain Henry W. Howgate on the two indictments charging him with embezzling the sum of $11,800 September 6, 1879, and with forging the name of Treasurer Rochester of the Western Union Telegraph Company to a voucher for that amount the following month was resumed this morning. The attendance was egain very small, although the proceedings were’ somewhat more interesting. It is doubtful if there ever was a more tedious criminal trial, and for that reason and because about everything testified to so far was developed two years ago in the case against the defendant’s bondsmen, the present trial appears to attract little public attention. Messrs. Moffatt and Bene of the Treas- ury Department were recalled this. morn- ing in reference to the disputed checks and vouchers, but n6thing materially new was developed Henry L. Boyce of the signal service office was also examined, ag was Mr. Pliny M. Hough, formerly a clerk in the office. The latter detailed the method observed in making out vouchers and checks, and said that while he was posi- tive that on one occasion he saw no bill for a voucher made out by him, he could not recall the amount, year or month. In the course of business all clerks usually knew of the vouchers and bills, and only on exceptional occasions did one clerk make out all papers in connection with an account rendered to the office. Mr. Hough also said that the defendant seldom visited the room where the accounts were made up more than about once a month, Mr. J. B. Wimer, who sometimes made out the memoranda on which the vouchers and checks were based, was, said Mr. Hough, Gen. Myer’s confidential clerk. About the Voucher. Wm. R. Bushby, who was a clerk in the signal service office from 1871 to 1882, was next examined on behalf of the prosecu- tien. He explained that he made out the majority of the Western Union Telegraph Company’s accounts,the bills coming from New York through the Washington man- ager of the company, the late Leonard Whitney. The checks were also mostly drawn by the witness, there being two check books—one for checks payable here and the other for those payable at New York. The defendant kept the first one and Mr. Wimer the latter. Being shown the disputed checks, Mr. Bushby stated that those for $12,480.12, $12,400, $4,000 and the one mentioned in the two indictments on which the defendant was now being tried, $11,800, were drawn by him, while the one for $7,500 was in the handwriting of the defendant. The witness stated that he drew the check for $11,800 on the authority of a memorandum from Mr. Wimer, but saw no bill. The witness identified a memorandum in the handwriting of the defendant, sent in to Mr. Wjmer ia connection with the $11,890 check. The memorandum was a re- quest of the defendant's for a Washington check with vouchers, similar to those for “other extra payments.” The witness also identified a memorandum written by Mr. Wimer to the defendant, calling the lat- ter’s attention to the fact that no vouchers for the check had been received. Subse- quently, said the witness, the defendant sent in the voucher signed by him and Mr. Rochester in blank, whereupon the witness filled it out. Such a proceeding, he explain- ed, Was 2 most unusual one. ° GTO AQUEDUCT. WASHIN Col. Eliot's Report of the Operations During Last Month. Col. Ellict, ccrps of engineers, has made a report to Gen. Casey of operations on the Washington aqueduct during the month of January. He says that it has become necessary to protect the mouth of the con- duit and other works at Great Falls from damage by high water and ice. «The work of repairing the Conduit road between the distributing reservoir and culvert 2! was commenced, but had to be suspended on account of the bed weather. A fence has been constructed on the side of the Con- duit read at waste weir No. 3 to prevent pedestrians from falling into the deep channel at that point. A bad break ec- curred in the twenty-four-foot main at 3d and K streets on the 22d ultimo, in con- c n, The i under the hill east of Little Falls branch was continued night and day, with three shifts of miners, until the 16th ulti- mo, when it was completed. The length of heading driven during the month was 20: feet. The whole length of heading is 387 feet. The work of trimming the rock on the botiom and sides of the tunnel for its brick-arched lining has been completed, as has also the placing ef the concrete founda- “tion of the vitrified brick invert of the tunnel. The facing of the upper side of the dam across the mouth cf Mill creek, with stone, to protect the earth slope from the effect of wind waves, was about one- half completed. The driving of sheet piles to the number of 38S was completed. The construction of the dam across the valley of Little Falls branch, just below the completed shaft, has also been com- pleted. This shaft is about sixty feet deep. From the water cushion at its bottom, leads the thousand-foot tunnel under Dale- carlia hill and aqueduct tunnel, No. 4. ‘The shaft and tunnel are expected to carry all the water collected by the improvement works, from the 4,000 acres of water-shed of the reservoir, to a point below the reser- voir whence it will flow naturally into the Potomac river, and be carried to the sea. -+-e-+_—__— PENSION DECISIO! Some Important Questions Passed on by Assistant Secretary Reynolds. Some important decisions on pension questions have been promulgated by As- sistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds. In the case of Frederick W. Kerner of New Jersey, Judge Reynolds holds that where a soldier pensioned on account of deafness walks alongside of a railroad track to save distance, and is struck by a car and injured, the injury is primarily due to his own negligence, and only re- motely, if-at all, to his deafness. If he is subject to some infirmity which in- creases the risks, it is held that his oPli- gation to avoid the dangerous situation is so much the greater. To establish a claim for pension increase because of injuries alieged to have been incurred by reason of the disability pensionable, it must be satisfactorily shown that the accident was directly occasioned by the pre-existing dis- ability, and not due to negligence or care- lessness of the claimant. Pension attorneys are held to be entitled to their fees when the evidence to estab- lish a claimant's right to a pension is com- pleted. ‘The fee, according to the decis.on, will rest in the persona! representative of the attorney if he should die before allow- ance of claim or issuance of certificate. The rights of an attorney are declared to be determined by his legal status at the time the claim is completed, and without reference to the date of adjudication. The widow of a soldier or sailor, says the assistant secretary, whose husband voluntarily served in the confederate army or navy, either prior to or subsequent to his service in the United States army, is not entitled to a pension under the act cf June 27, 1890. ___—_-e—___. Southern Railway Men. Representatives of the engineers, con- ductors and firemen on the Southern rail- way system are in session here today preparatory to a conference with the offi- cials of the company, havitg for its ob- ject the restoration of certain pay and time schedules. In December the rail- road officials announced that they were not yet prepared to make the changes de- sired, but would later again consider the matter. ‘Third Vice President Baldwin will confer with the delegation tomorrow. ‘An amicable adjustment is considered probable, Se Naval Movements, The cruiser Alert arrived at Acapuico, Mexico, yesterday from San Francisco, and the cruiser Ranger sailed from Aca- pulco the same day for aventura, Co- Icmbia. = = = — a if Saved Her Life. That’s what the ELECTROPOIS! i Mrs. W. If. Nozton, G01 P st. nw “I was attemled by two physician no relief until I tried that wonderfe ment. It continues to be my d der ‘The Electropoise cures many disenses: ull. Sold or rented. (Agepis witntcd.) » 72S 11th st. wa. fel-14d JOIN N. W. RHEUMATISUL Ai those cured of rheumatism who bave given fir. "Walker testimonials is Mr. Fred. Roes- sler, the well-known baker, who resides at 332 Mc- Lean avenue. and whose ‘place of business is at 622 E street northwest. “I was a sufferer tom gatarch and rheumatism for three years,” says Mr. Rossier in a statement sworn ‘to and sub- seribed before Walter A. Brown, notary public. GAL {mes my sufferings were intense, and I felt fe was not worth living. 1 am’ no} man, thanks to Dr. Walker.” ics Tt is folly to waste time with uncertain and _un- tried remedies, when the evidence is so abundant and conclusive that Dr. Walker positively cures all disorders of the brain and nervous system, dis- esses of the skin and Ilood, catarrh, asthma, con- sumption, mai dyspepsia, rheumatism,” neu- ralzia, hem diseases of women and ‘all af- fections of th t, lungs, heart, liver, stomach, Kidneys, bladder, bowels and other’ organs, Dr.’ Walker may be consulted free of charge, Personally oF, by letter. iis well-known sank rium Pennsylvania avenue, adjoink Willard’s Hotel, is Gully for consultation and treatment. Gciée hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wed- nesday urday evenitgs, 7 to 8; Sundays, 10 anges for treatment very low. aAill, iateriews and corres Ee dential No cases ma DL oF patients ee sacredly_con- NCTAL. DENTS THAT HAPI Better have an accldcnt policy, CHAS. L. GURLEY, 1335 F st. W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F Street, yesterday. it REPRESENTING HUBBARD [RICE & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS. | Members New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. £6-16att 5 LIFE. TONTINE, EXDOWMENT NDP. INSURANCE _— POLICIES PER FAIR DISCOUNT. “Money loaned on same. Jeid-tt EDWARD N. NS, 1207 F st. now. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust « Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST, AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892 418 CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. C. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stork Broker, Booms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, $20 Fst. now. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for “Corton “bough snd ton bought snd sold in 3 re x once ‘w York on New vate wires to New York, Chi: Orleans. Telephone 453. on’ Toe” z) E, 1419 F st.. Glover building. Correspondents of “Aessre. Mowe fe Schley, 8 cond: Govcrament Ronda, exchange. Laans. Lends and all securities anges ef New York. Philadelphia, nore bought and sold. jalty made of investment se: ponds und all local Rattrosd, Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell Teiepuone Stock bousbt and sold. LOANS ON LIF distritmtion po Boston and Baits A Ss tri ENDOWMENT, DONTINE OR Money ad- vanced cn stoc Pf proved collateral. ” No delay. — Se XEREES & BAREIL 40 to 45 SMetrerott tide. Government Clerks, ¢ and greater opportunities: almost aus ether class of lave sure and le. ‘They More than suflicient in most adequate me: families. M: ready found, itable to keep The Union Savings. Bank, 1222 F STREET N. W. Tore Should Do So. (Four per cent in acti] 5 p.m. on ment evenings between 6 and 5 for the pay days, and Satur jal od ABOUT CHAMPAGNE. It Contains Littie Alcohol, but is Very Exhilarating. From the Philadelphia Press. There are two pcculiarities about cham- pagne drinking which are capable of ex- planation. The one is the rapidiiy with which the wine exhilarates, notwithstand- ing the smali proportion of alcohol which it contains. This is due to the carbonic acid gas evolved, which is inhaled while drinking, for it is the property of this gas to expedite the action of anything with which it is associated. It is estimat- ed that one giass of champagne is equal in effect to two glasses of still wine of the same strength and is more rapid in action. The other peculiarity is the sort of lethargy or deadness which follows af- ter excessive champagne drinking. This is analogous to the stupor produced by carbenic acid gas; but it is assisted and Intensified by the excess of sugar derang- ing the stomach. The undigested sugar turns Into acid, and thus it is that too much champagne is apt to produce dys- pepsia. ‘ Herein we find both the blessing and the bane of this popular liquor. Sweetness is often confused with rich- ness in wines; but 2s a matter of fact sweetness is often produced by the ad- dition of sugar, especially in champagnes, It has been compared to charity, in that it covers a multitude of sins. The rich- ness proceeding from natural saccharine is produced by a natural arrest of the process ef fermentation, leaving cess of saccharine in the li curs mestly in the hot elim: pert making a richness is produced by the artificial arrest of fermentation. As a however, champagne is best cos The Percy, Ml., city council has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of cigar- ett in Perey, also prohibiting minors smoking them in the city limits, under severe penalties. INGEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS Tase 5 AMUSEMENTS: Page 12 ATTORNEYS Pase 4 AUCTION SALES. age 5 BOARDING Page 4 age 4 E) . ge 12 COAL AND WOOD....... Page 5 COMMISSIONERS OF DEED: Page 4 COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. age 4 DEATHS = Pace 7 DENTISTRY 5 EDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS . 2 FINANCIAL FOR EXCHANGE .. FOR RENT (Flats)... FOR RENT (louses) FOR RENT (Miscellancous). FOR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SATE (Houses). FOR SALE (ats). FOR SALE (Miscellaacons). FOR SALE (Pianos) TORSES AND VEHICLES HOTELS . "ase LADIES’ GOODS. Page LECTURES PAPARAAVARRAR SAT RARER RAE RR RAR RRR RED LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND ) (Miscellaneous) (2ooms) . (Situations) WINTER RESORTS.