Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1895-TWELVE PAGE _ SPECIAL NOTICES. INS, nw. Test TONIGHT, also “1 SATE 8 p.m. SUNDAY, 008 Pa. ave 1? BE. MeNEI circle on ave. Attendance limit it OF BAL- FRIDAY st rivate PYUALISM. sittings Sit AULI ap ents aloug the company 1 y WP MY justice Harlan and 1x3, my the peenrises, aad orm Same prices youepay for infer! shirts. f14-10d TIELD IN 13th st. SP st. Busey, pre Justrated: Johnston, others. Al I HAVE tt st. ow. EDW and Insuram A OMAN WHO CAN'T ENS ED MY OFFICES TON Y. KAISER, Real Estat jO¥ our Must be very hard. to, ple Every one we serve the best dinners ‘good things'’ of the season fn exquisite style. From 4 S, COR. PA. AVE, AND 414 ST. seen @ man who didn't enjoy them. who ; lines here FRITZ REUTER 113-104 ee COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND LY- ing-In Aaylum.—Regular graduates fn medicine ecome candidates for the position of second assistant resident physician in this hospital must make written application to the secretary of the medical staff, Dr. J. FOSTER SCOTT, 1311 Conn, ave., om or before FEBRUARY 18, from whom ail particrtars as to competitive examination aad remuneration may be obtained. 8-0 or’ the plens of a stove. 20 per cent Grates, Spark ¢ fex-tt JH. CORNT FIRES.—FRANKLIN STOVES GIVE ALL es of an open fireplace with the heat May be used with andtrous or grate. disconnt Fortable Andirons, om in the Distric amd vendor of mineral and other bevocages by uw allowed to be sol do hereby file with the clerk of the Su- rt of the District of Columbia a de- f such bottles as are used by me in J of the names and marks nse af protecting the same of sald statutes. rihed as follows: used for bottling lager blue glass, having on one ‘The A on’ Rotjling Co., and on the other, “This bot nil on the bottom thereof an ted with the letters “A. Washingtoa, tle not to be. sold hor and chain. d * gerose the ont-—Small bot of white, 2 » used for bottling Inzer on or bine ginsa, having the ‘The Arlington Rettlins jacobsen,. Prop., Washington, D.C... . “This bottle not be sol on the bet thereof ar Hineated,. with the 3 the words “trade mark’ impressed across said anchor and chain, persona are notified ‘ith heer or other b hed. or to sell, ti A ise they will ‘be pre: beer, ‘and cantioned not to es any such bottles a or buy the same, ted according to A true cony ; Ry L. PL WILLIAMS, Assistant Clerk. TO BE MAD FOR THE ASKI CATALOGUE, edition de v edition for 1 rr same souvenir as given away at New show. Orr 1895 Is limited, so early ap- even {f we ¢ for them. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. €0., fi-tid 1825 Lith st. nw. SUITS MADE BY OWEN G23 TITH ST. N.W) Are hard to Mare more of them to date than ason. previous in his efforts to please. Jad-tr vis untirin: Pricer Fine Boos and J Telephone 1108 111 Cancers 3 Ce fe2-Im PROTECT ittle pure mind other purer whisky made than Old Rell dollar quart. 812 F St. in trying to ron his print- at Byron et a eS ee Shirt Making an Art! rt making, as we know it, deserves to ank with the fine arts. We have been Tongest at It, and earned You have rush §.Adams,! 11th st. mw. flt-tid Sa ae ee es There’s Sense in Ordering : wip at Shirts NOW band it be from the w serse—to get how a shirt Amd if the S ints don’t satisfy ‘Try a sample for $1.50. Shirt Expert, Under Willard’s. FRANK WELLS, f1-1a ye Treatment Is a delicate eperation—and one that requires ly in order to be successfully We have that skill, and the quired by long study—and can ag well as the skill and st simplest troubles success, Let us ex serihe a remedy for the Glasses furnished. LEY, WASH. LOAN & i ( & OPTICIAN. | ROOMS G AND 70. The Godfrey Laundry, F st. feo you ean b my Know bury Ere” Lot r $1.25. To-Kalon Win "Phene, 998. FW. through 5 ¢ & Jones, 3: You 7 ‘alia! Is Your Time Valuable? Dov't waste ft leoking for just the kind of Bt y and ¢ ir be 7 ndless va CyOur prices on Easton & Rupp, 421 1th St. ationers, (Just above Ave.) are money- SASSOUN’S MASSACRE The Commission at Moosh Has Held Twelve Sessions. ————— MUSSULMAN EVIDENCE IS REFUTED Testimony Given by an Unintimi- dated Witness. |GENERAL FOREI( TOPICS CONSTANTINOPLE, February 14.—The Turkish comm'ssion, which is making an inquiry at Moosh into the alleged mas- sacres of Armenians, has already he!d twelve sittings. As soon as the commi sion has finished the examination of wit- nesses it will visit the villages in the Sas- soun district where the atrocities are said to have occurred, and make as rigid an inquiry as is possible on the charges. The work of the commission cannot be ter- minated for some months. Authentic news has been received at the British embassy here that of the Ar- memans tried at Erzinghian, and against whom judgment was given on the lth of November, - twenty were sentenced to death, six to imprisonment for life and twenty-one to various terms of imprison- ment. The court has given assurances to the British government that before these sentences are carried out it will have a careful revision of all the proceedings in the case made, in order that full justice shall be done to the convicted persons. The judgment given in these cases at Erzinghian was confirmed by the court of cassation at Constantinople on January 20. LONDON, February 14.—A dispatch from Constantinople to the Standard says that the first Armenian witness before the ‘Tur- kish commission, sitting at Moosh to in- vestigate the Armenian outrages, entirely refuted the Mussulman evidence. It is hoped that his.example will embolden other Armenians to testify, especially as the porte is already jubilant, pretending that @ verdict of acquittal has virtually been secured. BOSTON, Mass., February 14.-Word has been received in Boston from Erzroom, the city from which the European delegation has recently set out for the scene of the late massacre in the Sassoun district, that the delegates were not allowed by the Turkish government to take Armenian in- terpreters with them. The Sassoun Armenians know only Kurdish and a little Armenian, but no Turkish. It will be im- possible for these delegates to obtain any definite information from them through an official Turkish interpreter who does not understand their language. The delegation thus equipped has gone to do its work. WILL THREATEN FOO CHOW NEXT. Additional Particulnrs Regarding Fighting at Wel-Hal-Wal. LONDON, February 14—A Hong Kong dispatch to the Times says it is supposed that the Japanese will threaten Foo Chow, capital of the province of Fukien, after they have secured Wei-Hai-Wel. The Chi- nese are preparing for the defense of that place. More About Wei-Hai-Wel's Fight. ‘The dispatch adds that officers of the British warship Spartan have arrived in Hong Kong. They confirm the statement tIfat three Chinese warships, two of them being ironclads, were sunk at Wel-Hat Wei, and that all the Chinese torpedo boats were either captured or sunk. They state that eight torpedo boats went out of the harbor, apparently with the intention of attacking the Japanese fleet, but in- stead of doing so they ran alongside the Japanese flagship and then surrendered. Some of the torpedo boats were run ashore and their crews escaped by jumping to the land. A dispatch from Kobe, Japan, to the Times that, according to statements nade by Chinese prisoners at Wei-Hai-Wei, thers are seven foreigners in the fort on the island of Lui Kung Tao, five of them being Englishmen, one’a German and one an American, the latter being one of the three men formerly arrested at Kobe on the French steamer Sydney. The island is vietualed for five months. Coal ts plentiful, but ammunition is deficient. The garrison is determined to fight to the last. A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says that orders have been given from Pekin to mobilize the large forces in Tsing Chow to releive Wei-Hai-Wei. Tsing-Chow is in the province of Shan- Tung, in which Wei-Hai-Wei is also situ- ated, and is about 220 miles west by south of Wei-Hai-Wel. New Peace Commissione: A dispatch to the Standard from Tien- Tsin says that the recall ef the Chinese peace envoys will be followed soon by the appointment of Li Hung Chang and either Prince Kung or Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of the Chinese customs, to act as high commissioners and plenipotentiaries to arrange terms of peace. This step is taken on the advice of the ministers of the foreign powers. DISCUSSING THE ELBE WRECK. An Interesting Debate Regarding the Cause in the German Reichstag. BERLIN, February 14.—During a ¢iscus- sion in the reichstag today on the vote for the maritime accidents department, Herr Frese, who sits for Bremen, and is a mer- chant of that city, took occasion to express his thanks to Chancellor Hohenlohe for his recent remarks in the chamber praising the conduct of the crew of the North Ger- man-Lloyd steamer Elbe when she was run into and sunk by the British steamer Crathie in the North sea. Herr Frese also defended the North Ger- man-Lioyd Company against various at- tacks that had been made upon it in con- nection with the collision. Herr Bebel, socialist, responded to the remarks of Herr Frese. He insisted that the crews of the company’s vessels had not sufficiently practiced the lowering of boats and the closing of water-tight com- partments, and urged the necessity of more extended control by imperial au- thority, in order that the regulations for saving life and preventing accidents at sea should be more exactly followed. Dr. von Botiicher, imperial secretary of the interior, declared that the greater part of the mercantile navy of Germany was fully up to the required levels, and that the control at present exercised by the Ger- man Lloyds was sufficient for all purposes. As to matter of boat drills and the closing of compartments no blame whatever could be attached to the crew of the Elbe. (Cheers.) The emigration commissioners had examined the bulkheads of the steam- er before she sailed. The sinking of the vessel was due to the fact that one com- partment was broken through when she was ripped open by the collision. Ferdinand Not Expelled. BUCHAREST, Roumania, February 14.— It is semi-officially announced here today that there is no truth in the rumor which was circulated in Berlin last evening that nee Ferdinand of Bulga had been ex- led from that country and has fled to Roumania, Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and over- y, Constipation, Scur Stomach, ex and Feverlshness, ‘Thus the child ts Ithy and {ts sleep NATURAL. CAS- alug no morphine or other narcotle RTA fs so well adapted to children that I wd {t as superior to any prescription ee Il. A. ARCHER, M.D., JIL So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. yeurs I have recommended ‘Casto- EDWIN F. PARDEE, ™.D., 25th st. and 7th ave., New York city, IMPROVING THE POTOMAC Major Davis’ Report of Operations During the Month of January. Work Was Delayed by Ice—Repairs to the Long Bridge by the Rail- road Company. Major Davis of the engineer corps has made a report to Gen. Casey of operations for the improvement of the Potomac river Curing the month of January. Dredging operations in the Washington channel were suspended during the month on account of ice and unfavorable weather. On the Ist of January the ice was about three inches in thickness. On the llth it had disappear- ed and the river was entirely clear. On the lith, however, ice again form on the river and continued until the 25th, when her became warmer, and the river in. The contractors then made preparations to resume work, but before channel could be laid out and the piles driven, ice formed for the third time, so that nothing could be done except the driv- ing of a few piles for the support of the discharge pipe. The maximum thickness of ice during the month was four inches and up to January 31 ferry boats and steamers were able to make their regular trips. During the month 285 cubie yards of rip- rap stone were put in place on the training dike in the Virginia channel. The tidal reservoir remained closed by ice, so that no building stone could be delivered. Major Davis says that dredging and other active operations will be resumed as soon as the river is opened to navigation. The Aqueduct Bridge. In a chapter in regard to the Aqueduct bridge he ‘says that work on the coffer @am for the repair of pier No. 4 was con- tinued whenever the weather permitted. The sheet piling has been driven entirely areund the crib, except for a space. of zbout four feet on the north side, which will be closed when the dam Is ready to be pumped out. Some shoring has been done by the diver under the overhanging part of the ice breaker of the pier. The north side of the crib has also been blocked up from the bed of the river, so as to give a firm support for the trestle piers of the false work. ‘The north trestle tower gf the false work, which is to support the ends of the spans resting on pier No. 4 during the repairs, has been erected. Work was delayed five days during the month by sterms and a freshet, which, however, did no damage to the coffer dam. Repairs to the Long Bridge. Maj. Davis made special reference to the repairs made to the Long bridge by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company. “On January 2, 1895," he says, “the Secre- tary of War granted permission to the Bal- timore and Potomac Railroad Company to close the draw of the Long bridge for re- pairs on the following days: Northeast opening, January southwest opening, January 12 and 13, and again on January 19 and 20, with the condition that the rail- road company would release ‘the United states of all liability to damages due to de- murrage, or for any other cause, on the part of those interested in the navigation of the river, and that the company would cause a notice to be inserted in the news- papers stating that the draw would be closed on the days mentioned, and also en- deavor to notify Georgetown shippers of the intended interruption of navigation. Due notice was given by advertisement, as required by the permit. The repairs were made to the trusses of the draw span, and necessitated the driving of piles under the same for false work to support them while new chords and truss members were being put in. The work was commenced on the specified dates, but during the repair of the down stream truss the upper chord was broken, delaying the opening of the draw until January 16. In removing the piles under this truss in the southwest draw opening they were broken off near the bed ‘of the river, instead of being drawn as specified in the application for the permit. As this opening is used by deep-draught vessels, the broken ends of piles in the channel might be dangerous to navigation, as well as accumulaté drift and cause de- terioration of the channel. The attention of the chief engineer of the railroad com- pany was therefore called to this matter, and he has made arrangements to have the broken piles drawn as soon as the weather will permit. The repairs to the up-stream truss were commenced January 11, but the breaking of a tension rod caused a delay in reopening the draw until January s that navigation was closed in all about seven and one-half days. The false work piles in the southwest draw, opening under this truss, as well as all of those in the northeast draw opening, were drawn as re- quired by the conditions of the permit.” a THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Admissions, Geo. F. Edmunds, Wm. H. Pope and Nicholas M. Goodlett, jr. Nos. 349 and 355, Holcomb agt. Wright and Wright agt. Holeomb; appeal by C. W. Hol- comb to Supreme Court United States al- lowed, and bond fixed at $11,000, and appeal by Wright et al. prayed and allowed, and bend fixed at $1,000, No, 333, Olmstead agt. Webb; motion to recall mandate argued by J. S. Webb and Enoch Jotten in support and H. Davis in opposition. No. 429, Moore agt. Miller; argument concluded. No. 431, Norment agt. Edwards; on motion Plaintiff allowed to file an addition to rec- ord. Brown agt. B. and P. R. R. Co.; on hearing. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Morris agt. Duncanson; replications al- lowed to be withdrawn. Durrell agt.Smith; demnrrer sustained, with leave to amend, dcerce to be drawn. Harvey agt. Dyer; de- cree construing will, decree to be drawn. Chesley agt. Moore; amendment of decree granted. Kiesecker agt. Kiesecker; pay- nent of fund out of registry ordered. Davis agt. Clark; decree for partition. Henderson agt. Lee; sale decreed, with Leo Simmons trustee, to sell. Lawler agt. Lawler; de- cree of separation from bed and board. Dowell agt. Smith, and Fay agt. Small; demurrers sustained, with leave to amend bill. Ague and Healing Springs Company agt. Walter; decree granting injunction. Ivy City Brick Company agt, Hauback; leave to file amended bill granted. Lyons agt.Ulke; decree construing will and grant- ing leave to trustee to borrow money. Equity Court No. 2.—Judge Hagner. Hay agt. Sheehy; order overruling de- murrer. Selby agt. Heald; leave to with- draw deeds granted. Fegan agt. Gannon; order of reference to auditor. Bruehl agt. Bruehl; order granting custody of infant children to Emil G. Bruebl. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Bradley. Jno. H. Shannon agt. Anacostia and Po- tomac River Railroad Company; verdict for defendant. Jas. Broughton agt. Emrich; defendant called and judgment. Pillsbury agt. Davis; judgment of J. P. affirmed. Lewis Jobnson & Co. agt. Kennedy; judg- ment by default. Hendley & Biggs agt. Marguerite J. Jones; on hearing. Nauck & Nauck agt. Sam'l 8. Shelley; verdict for defendant. Britton agt. Parke; judgment by default. i Cireult Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Portsmouth Savings Bank agt. Wilson; motion for new trial and in arrest of judg- ment filed. Mackey agt. Wagner; off calen- dar as settled. Gibson agt. District of Co- lumbia; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. H. W. Howgate, forg- ery and embezzlement; on trial. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. James Hell, house- breaking; case given to jury. United States agt. Ernest Smallwood, larceny from the person; on trial. Probate Court—Judge Hagner, Estate of John Farrell; executrix bonded and qualified, Estate of Charles Thompson; petition for letters of administration filed. In re Clarence V. Cragin, orphan; petition for appointment of guardian filed. pie ae Billy Florence's Property. A Dill in equity was filed today by BenJa- min F. Conlin, as one of the heirs-at-law and next of kin of the late Wm. J. Flor- ence, or “Billy” Florence, as his assoclatcs in the dramatic profession called him, against Mrs. Florence and other hetrs-at= law and next of kin. The object of the suit is the sale or partition of certain real estate which Florence, or Wm. J. Conlin, as he was christened, owned here. The property consists of sublots 23 and 24, square 02, and the court is asked to deter- mine and assign the widow's dower inter- est to Mrs. Florence or Annie Teresa Cov- eney, she having married since Mr. Flor- ence’s death, November 1%, 1891, and, !f partition cannot be made, to’ sell ‘the property and divide the proceeds among those entitled to it by inheritance, COSMOS CLUB LICENSE An Opinion in the Case Rendered by Attor- { ney Thoinas. The Club Entitled toa Return of Its Deposits—Other Points That Are a Still Unsettled. The ajtorney for the District today re- turned fo the Commiysigners the applica- tion of the Cosmos Club ,for the return of $100 deposited by it as a license fee, Oc- tober 31, 184, for the year ending October 31, 1805, and also the protest of the club against the issuance to it by the excise board of a license for the license year end- = November 1, 1895, with his opinion. The disposition of this case, he says, does not depend upon the decision of the Police Court in the District against the Na- tonal Capital Press Ciub, the basis of the Cosmos Club's demand for the return of its money resting on entirely different grounds. It was the right of the club, he says, after having applied for a license, to change its mind, and demand the return ef its muney at any time before the i suance of the lice and it cannot be de- prived of such right by the issuance of a license after it had withdrawn its appli- cation and requested the refundment of its deposit. He is of the opinion that the Cosmos Ciub ts entitled to the return of its de- posit, and that the license issued, but not delivered to it, should be canceled. If the Officers of the club, he continues, suppose that they do not need a license, they take the risk of prosecution for dispensing liquors without it. Continuing, he says: “I do not understand that the decision of the Police Court holds generally that in- corporated clubs are not fequired to get a license, but only that owing to the pe- culiar organization of that club it was not required to have a license. Scope of the Opinion. At the first reading of Mr. Thomas’ opin- fon one would think it to be a direct con- tradiction of the opinion rendered in the first instance in the case of the Cosmos Club. When the club first applied for a re- fund of its deposit of $400, it was supposed that the application was based on the de- cision of Judge Miller in the Press Club case. The application was refused, ‘The attorney ruled that where money had been paid in, not under protest, and received by the government in good faith, the money could not be recovered. That ruling was rendered February 2. As was stated in The Star at the tinse, the excise board made a sharp move on the clubs and issued licenses to all clubs which had applied for them—eight in all. On the 5th instant the president and secretary of the Cosmos Club wrote a lengthy commu- nication to the Commisgioners, protesting aginst this, and it was with reference to this protest that today’s opinion was ren- dered by the attorney. He holds, as stated, that “it was the right of the club, after having applied for a license, to change its mind and demand the return of its money at any time before thé issuance of the license, and it cannot be deprived of such right by the issuance of a license after it had withdrawn its applfcation and request- ed the refundment of Sts deposit.” It was on this viewlof the case and not on the analogy betweannthe case of the Cosraes Club and that of, the Press Club that the attorney now, hofds that the $400 may be refunded. As) pyictieally all the i other clubs of the city’ the same action as did the Cosmos Clg, it is but natural to presume that the. decision applies to them equally, and thf they can all get their money back. A New Point itnised But Mr. Thomas’ lateSt Opinion does nét settle the question by any means, for on certain important points it is not at all definite. Assessor Trirhble now has another question to be decidéd; which a cursory reading of the opinion has raised in his mind. In the case of an individual, who de- posits his $400 with an application for a li- cense and then withdrawa,the application, or has it rejected, the entire amount is net refunded, but a deduction is made in pr portion to the length of, time the man ha been doing business. Furthermore, before a refund is made, the assessor must be satisfied that the individual has ceased to do business. ‘The question, of course, presents Itself as to whether these two restrictions apply to clubs as well as to individuals, and the at- torhey has touched on neither of, these two points. The second point will not be raised against the Cosmes Club, for Mr. Thomas says that if the officers cf the club suppose they do not need a license they run the risk of prosecution fer selling liquors with- out it. He does not say, it will be noted, that clubs do not need a license, ‘but simply that they have the right to withdraw their applications. The first matter, that of making a deduction, will probably have to go back to the attorney for another opin- ion, Ahout three months of the present license year had expired when the applica- tions for refund were made, and that would mean a deduction of $10) from each deposit. ‘There is some talk today of one or more of the local clubs endeavoring to get their $400 for last year returned to them. That, as Mr. Kipling would say, is quite another story, and is not touched by Mr. Thomas’ opinion. The matter as it stands now, how- ever, seems to open up a vista of almost Limitless possibilities for questions and opinions, more questions and more opinions. Anti-Saloon League Protest. James L. Ewin, first vice president of the Anti-Saloon League, has written a lengthy communication to the Commission- ers with reference to a recent ccmmunica- tion to the Commissioners on behalf of the Anti-Saloon League, protesting against the acceptance of the so-called “Press Ciub case” as a test case settling the Hability of clubs under the liquor law. In his let- ter he states that he has not received any reply to that communication, but was in- fermed by the newspapers of the city that the communication was received and re- ferred to the attorney for the District, and that his opinion was to the effect that “if Judge Miller’s decision was correct, it will be necessary to have the law amended in‘ order to require incorporated clubs to take out Hquor licenses. This is quoted from an article in The Evening Star of January 22. In his letter he inclosed a clipping from The Star of February 8, it being his object to call the attention of the Commissioners to it, and requesting that the same be re- ferred to their attorney. ‘The statements of Judge Miller, he says, directly sustain the principal contention of his recent communication, and would appear to justify Mr. Thomas in recon- sidering the construction placed by him upon Judge Miller's decision, and in the energetic prosecution of clubs in which liquor is served without a license. Sa CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. A Public Meeting (ontemplated by the Local Agsociation. The executive committée of the Civil Service Reform Associaton of the District of Columbia held its regular monthly meet- ing in the office of the secretary, Mr. F. L, Siddons, yesterday @#fternoon. The mem- bers present were I’, Ij, Siddons, Dr. Frank 'T. Howe, General Ghauncey McKeever, Chas. W. Stetson, Agolph G. Wolf and Joseph G. Gurley. Mr. Siddons, from the special committee appointed at a recent meeting to confer with President Cleveland on the question of civil service reform and our local gov- ernment and other matters, made a brief report, the substance of which has hereto- fore appeared in Th The committee then ticn of the date of tHe public meeting of the association, to be held in the near fu- ture. It was the general opinion that such meeting should take place about the mid- dle of Merch. Prominent speakers, includ- ing, it is hoped, the Secretary of Agricul- ture, Mr. Morton, and Mr. Eckels, con- troller of the currency, will address the members of the association and their friends. After the transaction of routine busi- ness the committee then adjourned. Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: John Wood and Rachel Haw- kins; Leo Banks and Annie Burgess; Mar- cus Byng May of Winchester, Mass., and Gertrude Jeanette Davis of this city; Eu- gene Aime Barboux and Clara elle Casey; Edward P. Howard and Florence O. Hill. R. Edwin Joyce and Nellie Beall; Harvey 0. Veiman and Matilda Neurath, both of Baltimore, Md.; James Lucian Duf- fey of Alexandria, Va., and Alice Belle Taylor of this city. WORK FOR MORE MEN The District Commissioners Urge Hiring More Poor Men. SEVERAL HUNDRED AT WORK The Applications for Help Keep Coming In. ——_+ WORK FOR SEWING WOMEN At 7:30 this morning Superintendent Me- Kenzie was at the Peace monument to meet the force of charity laborers who were to go to work on the streets shovel- ing snow. Mcre than half of the number designated did not show up. They had not called at the central relief committee headquarters and received their . cards. Having given in their names, they went away and lost their chance. Other names had to be written in on the cards thus left by these men, and other men soon filled up the quota. They were divided up into squads, under competent overseers, and distributed over the city to clear the streets of snow. ‘The committee is taking great care in 1s- suing these cards. Men who are temporar- ily here cannot receive them; tramps and vnworthy men—men who evidently spend what little money they get fcr drink—do not get them. And one other thing the committee insists upon—the men who re- ceive this work must be married men, sup- porting families. One cr two exceptions occurred where it was well known to the committee that men had mothers and brothers and sisters dependent on them. Care was taken in cach case to take down and verify the addresses of the men em- ployed. The police, who know the city so thoroughly, were able to scan the lists of rames given and look up several doubtful cases in a way to protect the committee from any imposition. ‘The Force to Be Increased. The Commissioners this afternoon recom- mended that tke number of men on the streets be increased to 500 as fast as pos- sible, and they authorized Mr. McKenzie to purchase picks and shovels out of the fund of the street cleaning department, the tools to remain in the possession of that depart- ment. It is not certain how long the work will be continued, but the central relief committee will probably appropriate money for it as fast as it is needed. The fund of $10,000 has been turned over to Treasurer Wilkins of the committee. According to the provisions of the act, the money 1s to be expended under the direction of the Com- missioners by the charity organizations of the city, but so far as the Commissioners know, there is nothing to prevent this sum, or any portion of it, being used to supply work instead of being given out directly in provisions and fuel. The committee, how- ever, has at its disposal a considerable sum in addition to this fund, and that will be drawn on first, so that the appropriation from Cong will not be utilized for this purpose for the present. Mr. Mckenzie was in communication today with a num- ber of contractors and others who own horses and wagons, for the purpose of securing vehicles to off the snow as fast as it is cleared away. The majority of the men at work today were put at clear- ing out gutters and cleaning crossings on the streets and in clearing eway the snow fiom in front of reservations. Lower Wages Suggested. At least twenty-five more men will be put on tomorrow, and probably a similar increase wiil be made from day to day. It has been suggested that if more men are employed the day’s wages be reduced from one dollar to seventy-five cents, and one week's work given each man. This is the going price of a day’s work in the country now, and where so many are idle it ‘s sug- gested that worthy men would be glad to work for less and be sure of something. It is argued that many contractors who might employ labor would do so at the lower price and give support to many peo- ple who are now a public burden. The committee will take no action on this sug- gestion for the present, and the men _al- ready engaged will be paid a dollar a day. The usual number of applications for help came in today to the Central Union M the police and the Associated The work of distribution is g0- practically the same as heretofore. ing The soup kitchen fed 2,400 yesterday. The supply of meat, vegetables and bread ts still coming in sufficiently from the butchers, produce men and bakers and lunch rooms. = Work of the Loyal Legion Women. The ladies of the Legion of Loyal Women have appropriated money from their funds to pay poor sewing women wages for mak- ing up garments for the poor. The ma- | terials for these garments are bought out of the $200 given by Mr. S. A, Thomas to the central relief committee. ‘The generous donations of clothing and shoes to the legion for the poor continue, and the work of repairing the same at their headquar- ters, 419 10th street, goes steadily on. Among the more recent donors the follow- ing were especially timely: Mrs. Capt. Gross, Mrs. Reeves, Miss Clark, Mrs. M. E. Gibbon, O. H. Budlong, Miss Winfield, Mrs. E. S. Mussey, Miss J. T. Rugg, Mrs. Martin Knapp, Miss Laura Cottrell, Mrs. Barnes, Lieut. Amiss, Mrs. Martha Hamp- son, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. W. W. Curry, Mr: B. D, Avis, Mrs. Dr. Pomeroy, Miss Bell ©, Saunders, Mrs. Burke and’ Miss Clar Barton, president of the Red Cross, who sent five barrels, three boxes and a num- ber of bundles and packages. Miss E- also sent a check for $10, and Mr. El- phonzo Youngs kindly sent out his wagons and helped in collecting donations during the extreme weather. oad Ie DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Interest and Sinking Fund. Treasurer Morgan has reported to the Commissioners that there {s available for the sinking fund for the water stock bonds, from the appropriation for interest and sinking fund for sald bonds, for the fiscal year 1895, the sum of $19,970, and request- ing that this amount he deposited to the credit of the appropriation for interest and sinking fund for the funded indebtedness of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, as required by the act of Congress approved July 5, 188i. A Recommendation. ‘The Commissioners have transmitted to Senator Gorman, chairman subcommittee on appropriations. a report received from the assessor relative to the proviso in thé District appropriation bill as it passed the Senate to reduce the penalty on arrears of general taxes, and recommending that the proviso be modified so as to secure its permanency and to exclude its application to taxes now delinquent. The Commission- ers recommend that the suggested changes be made. Amendments Suggested. The Commissioners are of the opinion that the legislation proposed in Senate bill 2610, “To redeem outstanding certificates issued by the board of audit and the board of public works,” which was referred to them by Chairman Heard of the District committee of the House for their views thereon, is founded in equity, but they recommend that if the bill should be favor- ably acted on it be first amended as fol- low: ‘Section 1, lne 11, strike out the words “as therein specified” and insert “at three and sixty-five hundredths per centum per annum.” Line 12, after the word “redemp- tion” add “Provided, That interest on all certificates, the redemption of which Is herein authorized, shall cease at the ex- piration of sixty days from the passage of this act.” Want a Sidewalk. The residents of Florida avenue between 21st and 22d streets have petitioned the Commissioners to order a sidewalk laid on the east side of the avenue between its intersection with R street and 2st street. They say that for years they have been hopeful that the street would be improved as it should be, but failing that they would like to have a sidewalk, so that it would be possible to reach improved streets with- out being compelled to wade through sev- eral inches of mud, as is now the case. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSE! ATTOR) AUCTION BU: cry ITEM: Reese eee eee nee ee baanaaion RENT (Miscellaneous). RENT (Offices). RENT (Rooms) 'T (Stables). RENT (Store LECTURES 1 LOCAL MENTIOY 12 L 4 7 5 5 5 4 AL NOTICES. 5 ‘ONAL ... . 4 NOS AND ORGANS. 5 5 4 5 8 STORAGE . 3 SUBURBAN PROPE! 5 UNDERTAKERS. 2 5 WANTED (Help). age 4 WANTED (Houses)..... age 4 WANTED (Aliscelianeous) Page 4 WANTED (Rooms)... Page 4 WANTED (Situations). Page 4 Ont 5 WINTER 1 THERE EVERY DAY. Regnlar Visitors at the Police {ourt Sessions. When Judge Kimball's court opened for business this morning there was a notice- able absence of spectators, only three of the seats outside the rail being occupied. The seat on the northwest corner of the row of benches was occupied by a young man who had been there before. This yeung man, who probably thinks he has a claim to the seat because of the number of times he has occupied it, dresses well, parts his hair in the middle and wears a silver horseshoe and violets on his coat. He seemed to take as much interest in one case as in another, and the court oflicers have an idea that he is trying to absorb Police Court law. Soon after court con- vened two almond-eyed celestials came in and sat behind him. One of them, in con- versation with an officer in the corridor about the war, sald: “Japan no lickee China Melican paper lie.” ‘Are you going over there to fight?” he was_asked. “Me no fightee,” was his answer, good Melican citizen washee shirtee. There were four white men, three colpred men and five colored women in the pro- cession, and the leader of the living valen- tines was Thomas Stack. He is a young man, who failed to conduct himself in proper manner on 7th street last evening. and the charge against him was disorderly conduct. , “Are you guilty or not guilty? asked. Guilty,” wi “Five dolla When the clerk called Rachael Robinson a colored woman under the influence of liquor appeared at the prison rail. ie had been asleep in the cell, and whiie standing before the judge she finished 2 ranging her hair, and then put on a blue fascinator. “I ain't guilty, “the he was 8 his response. ‘as Rachael's plea, but when Poli s told of her con- duct in the she admitted that he had told the truth about her. judge,” she said, “won't you let me v" the court asked. I'll do better if you give me a chance. have let me go and I think you this time.” "t let you go,” said the will give you only thirty da: 5 ler may now ha’ to send his ng toa Chinese laundry, for the rea- judge, “but son that Georgie Kelly, who does the wash- ing at the judge's boarding house, was locked up last night. Gecrgie was under the influence of tiquor last night, and Policemen Lynch ond Creagh took charge of ker to prevent her freezing to death. But Georgie did not appreciate their kind- ness, for she thi ed them with a volley ef profanity. “And,” said one of the officers, the worst profanity I ever heard. Judge Kimball said he would have to impose a fire, whereupon counsel for the he used womsn made an ¢: st plea for liberty because of her children. fhe court finally made the fine $2 and Georgie’time to go and get the money so that she may return to her service place tomorrow. Fritz And mans, and W in the pro gers in a strange place where to lay their head “They came to the police station,” said Policeman Hartley, “and asked for lodg- ing. They are homeless and want to be sent down until the cold weather is over.” “Let them have ten da Florence Johnson was committed to the alms house in order that the physicians determine her mental condition. “Her mother was ejected from her house the other ds said Policeman Eliott, “and she now has the pneumonia.” The girl said that her uncle lives near Silver Spring, Ma. Three colored women and two men’ brought up the rear ef the procession. Two of them were fined. — CAPITOL TOPL on and Emile Raub, Ger- am Stepn colored, were m because they are stran- nd without a place Old Claims Revived. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions has authorized a favorable report on the resolution authorizing the President to take such measures as In his judgment may be necessary to consummate the agreement between the United States and the Spanish government for the payment by the latter of $1,500,000 for the confisca- tion in Cuba of the property of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States. The committee also had the McCord claim against the Peruvian government under consideration, but ad- journed without reaching a conclusion or agreement. Sugar Experimentation. The Secretary of Agriculture has fur- nished the Senate with a report concerning the machinery and other material which were furnished by the government in the manufacture of sugar from 1885 to 1895, He says the amount appropriated for ihat period for this purpose was $509,000, of which ‘$223,737 was expended for material and machinery at various places In several states, Kansas and Louisiana having re- ceived the greater share. The Secretary says that much of the machinery is worn out, and he adds: “The total amount re- ceived for machinery reported sold is &% 815, out of a total investment of $223,7: and the remaining sugar experimentation property. is unidentified, depreciated and scattered.” . The Pension Office Work. Responding to a resolution of the Senate, the Secretary of the Interior has sent to the Senate ,a statement, showing the work of the board of final rewew of the pension office from the beginning of the present fiscal year to January 1. The statement shows that for this period 141,013 claims were received by the board, of which 46,012 were admitted and 58,387 re- jected, the others being returned to the various divisions or remaining unacted upon. ——————e The Pennsylvania Baptist Education So- clety at its last annual meeting, held at Altoona, adopted tribute to the memory of Dr. Welling. The tribute was prepared by Rev. Owen James of Hollidaysburg, at one time pastor of @ Baptist Church in this city. FOR HEADACHE AND INDIGESTION Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. ad Ppminest physician of Batialo, N. ¥., says of have severe headaches, and it’ relieves them. I am fond of the plensures of the table, and as @ consequence of my indulgence there, I have to pay the penalty. It divides penalty with me, Indeed it is an indispensable article to me.”” FINANCIAL. Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent. Why not avoid the dangers incident to keeping securities, important papers and valuatles about tbe house, by renting one of cur sufe deposit bores within our fire and burglar-proof vaults? The rental for boxes is from $3 to $20 per year, according to size an location, and are readily accessible daily during business hours and only to renters, ANDREW PAL Washington Loan & Trust Co., COR. STH AND F STS. 1 W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F Street, REPRESENTING HUBLARD TRICE & CO., BANKERS .AND BROKERS. Members New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. 16-10att LE > AND PAID-UP jaiS-tf EDWARD No BURAS, 1397 Fost. nw. 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., 189% 418 CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. C. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker, Rooms 9 and 11, Atiantic building, 930 Fst. now. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Graii conhtor ou margin’ ten sere nme oto Cotton bought snd sold in New York on New Orleans. Private wires to New York, Chicago and New hone 453. aplo-tr Orleans, Tel CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK’ STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st.. Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 89 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Gorcrnment Bonds, Deposits. Exchange. Railroad stocks and Boston and Baltimore bought and sola. ae aS oj = ees securities. Dis+ jet_ bonds ‘and all local road, Gas, Insurance aud Telephone Stock dealt in. x American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold LOANS ON LIFE, EXDOWMENXT. TONTINE OB distribution policies our specialty. Money ad- vanced on stocks, bonds, trusts and other ap- proved collateral.’ No delay. SRERKES & BAKER, 40 to 40 Metzerott bidg. jad 5 Government Clerks, As a class, have more and greater opportunities for saving metey Uan alicost any other class of people. ‘They have sure and regular incomes, More than sufficient in most cases to provide 8 for the proper support of thelr . Many xovernment cmployes have al- ready found {t profitable to keep an account with The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F STREET N. W. More Should Do So. (Four per cent interest on savings accounts. uctil 5 p.m. oa goverrment pay days, and Satu evenings betwecn 6 and 8.) $al4-20d SOUTHERN RAILWAY TROUBLES, Vice President Baldwin's Circular Letter to the Grievance Committee. Third Vice President Baldwin has pre- sented a circular letter to the grievance committee of the employes of the Southern Railway Company, showing the reason why the company cannot comply with the demands of the men for a general increase of wages. He also gave the men a state- ment to the effect that the schedule of ex- isting wages, due to the several parts of the Southern system, having been operated under different managements, would be equalized. This would increase the ex- penses of the company to a considerable degree. In a statement to the press Mr. Baldwin sai “In its answer to the request of the men for a restoration of the wages paid in 1891, the Southern Railway Company has adopted method of treatment of this subject dif- erent, it is believed, from any heretofore used, in a thorough and exhaustive analy- sis of the commercial and industrial condi- tions affecting the question of wages and the relative position of railroad employes as compared with those engaged in other industrie: ishing the - result in a pamphlet addressed to the engineers, fire- men, conductors and trainmen, which con- tains the rea why the company is un- able to make 1 increases at present. The commu: ghed by President Spencer and ident Baldwin, and explains, first, that inequalities of pay and service exist in consequence of the pre- vious separate control and management of the several component parts of the sys- tem, and thcse are to be equalized. The changes made on this account are in- creased in every case, and apply chiefly to ; small pay of $65 less than that amount on the nessee, Virginia and Georgia lines* having had their wages reduced moré than those on the Richmond and Danville. This inequality is corrected by the new schedul the rules and sched- ages on the system had been those adopted in 1890 and ISM. In order to par- tially meet the loss of revenue reductions of from 5 to 20 per cent were made in Oc- tober and November, 1893, and in Febru- ary, 1894,.0on all salaries, and when the Southern Railway Company took posses- sion of the system a further reduction of from 10 to 25 per cent was made in the salaries of the general officers. No further reduction was made, however, in the wages of the trainmen. The gress revenues for the year endi 30, 1891, in which the old rates were established, were greater than for the year ending June 30, 1804, by nearly $3,700,000, or 21 per cent. The own- ers of the properties now comprising the Southern railway have accepted their loss- es as permanent, having written off nearly 30 per cent of their investments represent- ed by Hens, and in addition, contributed some $12,000,000 In new money, on which they are not receiving one cent of income. The conference was harnionious and the grievance committee took the matter under advisement. The railway officials are con- fident that they will have no trouble with their employes. SS UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC SYSTEM To Be Uscd in the G street Line of the Eckington Rond. The District Commissioners yesterday granted a permit to the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home raflread to equip four miles of its Ine with the underground electric system owned and controlled by the Elec- tro-Magnetic Traction Company, of which organization Senator Stewart is president and Senator Hunton, vice president. The contract covers the installation of the system from the junction of North Capitol street and New York avenue south to G street, thence west along the latter thoroughfare to the Riggs House. ‘The Electro-Magnetic Traction Company's system has been in operation—carrying pas- sengers—on North Capitol street since No- vember 1, and has given such satisfaction as to induce the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Company to award the important contract referred to above. ———————— The Bank Check Forger. The police huve not yet arrested the young man, Willlam Cissel Grimes, who Is wanted for passing alleged forged checks for small amounts on merchants. Although his alleged transactions have been noted in the papers, he continues to catch the victims, and the police are receiving re- ports of his operations. Grimes 1s about twenty-five years old, and wears a long ulster or mackintosh. He is a married an, but Is separated from his wife