Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1895, Page 3

THE.‘EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,71895-PWELVE. PAGES > SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL SERVICE AND SERMON, ST. JOUN'S Chureh, Washington, 16th and H_ sts., THUS. ING, March 21, at 8 o'clock. 100, James bY islanchard, "rector of St. phia. SPIRIT ISS MA > OF BAL- timore, the wonderful medium, every FRIDAY during’ day, for private sittings, 905 H st. n.w. Every FRIDAY MGH‘I, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. THE WELL F st. nw. ETT HAS REMOVED TO 916 (7th st. mhz NOTICE.—THE Al EETIN THE e holders of the GREAT FALLS POWER COM: toc! > PANY will be held at Alexandria, V Braddock House, on TUESDAY, April 2, 1895, at 12 o'clock noon,’ for the following purposes: 1. To elect 8. 2: To consider and determine whether the capl- tal’ stock of said company shall be inci 0 two million five hundred thousand dollars, and to provide for the disposition of the same. . ‘To transact any other business that may le- galiy come before sald meeting. PAUL BUTLER, President. JOMN B. COTTON, Secretary. Murch 19, 189. mh20-10t SUFFER FEOM INDIGESTI NEED A GOOD TONIC? Something that’s not injurious—that'll aid as- similation—build up and strengthen the system? “MUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER fills the bill.”* Brewed of the purest hops and malt—makes a perfect spring tonic. As a delicious beverage, it cat be surpamed. We have it on draught and in bottles, Families supplied. FRITZ REUTER'S, COR. YA. AVE. AND 4% ST. ~_mb20-100 ALL PERSONS HAVING GOODS ON DEPOSIT with H. K. Fulton, upon which interest is due one yenr or more, are hereby notified to call and pay ‘interest on the same or the goods will be sold at auction a) mh20-12t* OUR RIDING SCHOOL Is now open for business, Track has been re- surfacedand put in fine shape; competent instruc- tors arevalways on hand, and you may be sure of learning to ride in “good form’? If we teach you. ‘Ten lesson tiekets for $2.00; single lessons, 50c. each; yearly ticket, $10.00; life meinbership, $25.00." Price of course ticket applies on pur- chase of wheel, if you desire to buy a RAMBLER. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., il 2. 1. K. LTON, Pawnbroker. mb6-lid + 1325 14th st. n.w. “SPRING! SPRING! ‘SPRING! . B Goods, G Prices, Ey ‘Treat it reatwent. OWEN, Fine Tailoring, 423 11TH ST. f27-tt OPEN FIGES.—FRANKLIN STOVES GIVE ALL the pleasures of an open fireplace with the beat of a stove. May be used with andirons or grate. 20 per cent discount on Andirons, Fortable Grates, Spark Guards, Gns_ Logs, ete. fe8-tf J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st. H. L. McQUEEN, Priner and Publisher. ronnie ES w mec ~ —we don’t believe in “greasing the fat pig’’ always, but we think we are deserving of still more patronage by Washingtonians. We have the finest equipped laundry plant and the best _ facili- ties for turning out work in this city. Our - collections and deliv- eries are more punctual than other laundries. Drop a postal and our wagon will call. F. H. WALKER & CO, ~ 2 YAEE Steam Laundry, MAIN BRANCH, 514 10TH ST. N:W. , _ ‘Phone 1002. ay Plant, 43 G st. n.w. Patience and Shuffle the Cards. “We have the patlence—to walt for the public to be convinced that Our Domestic Finish ‘Is the creme de Ia creme of ALL LAUNDRY WORK. Collars and Cuffs Are coming in by thousands to have this high- toned and LINEN-SAVING finish, AS WE DO IT. ‘Try our coupon system and get 15 PER CENT ON YOUR WORK. The Godfrey Laundry, Tel. 592. 1807 F st. mh16-e0 Watch This Business Grow . * Half of you do not realize the immensity {of this business. Four floors, two out- . . - buildings and a storage warehouse literally packed with glass, and yet we have not : room enough. "This month—Ma: our ninth year in business. ‘ago the stock could be put ‘Today there isn’t a larg in this city, and there is no ge for us to complete with atisfaction. Doing business doing work quickly — satisfac- ml reasonably has caused this Watch our future! Chas.E.Hodgkin,o13 7th St. XPERT GLASS HANDLER." mb21-22d | sec. Men’s Neckwear 35c. *¢*** —for Saturday only. Rather an ex- @ ++ pensive way to advertise the goodness #92 © of our Neckwdar, but a good one, how- *¢ © ever. Light and dark patterns in Four- e 9 ¢ © © in-Hands and Tecks. 35c. each. Two Old-timers, 931 9th st. Qext N.Y.ave.) Ellery & Ireland, mb21-1id Colored Shirts will be more Will Be popular this Spring and Summer than ever before—and we've a The Ragen. wise at piers ut —more, perhaps, than all the other mmbined. Your ‘choice ‘of Percales, ts, Flannels to order for $2.75, and 2e. extra for Collars and 908 F St. Shirt 9 Maker, 10d Lawyers’ || wy" | As far as the work is | concerned, ‘nobody does | it 5 || better—or’ turns out cleaner Briefs, goc. i proofs. The paper is the j Hnest—the pases, are large ee and you get them when EGU. | promised —for “we never Alsappoint.”” Try us ona “aulek- Job! Prompt Printer, Byron S. Adams, s12'ttw stan. mb21-1 Our Reputation for Making The Best $25 Suit in Town Is founded on no assertion of our own. It's | been told us by many people—and substantiated by the test of comparison. And the excellence of our tailoring isn’t. confined to the above- mentioned suit—Trousers at $5 will have the cut and material you'd only expect for several dollars more. BURNS & CO., 1-14 THERE’S SATISFACTION And IN THE WEARING COR. 9TH AND G STS. in every you're don’t —- Sam- 9% 99 “[’m Real Hungry. Many and many an invalid would give millions just to be able to say those few staple words. To-Kalon Old Stock Port will make you hun iq; It will build up your system—and enrich tbe blood. Only Kaion Wine Co.,614 14th one 908. CF West Washington orders filled innogue & Jones, 32d and M sts. nw. Saves Time and Trouble, When you have FILE ENVELOPES in your of- or home le papers and letters: in order. and additional ex- WwW Household,” “Cab- Ke and “Sec +, EF Everything in lowest prices. aston & Rupp, 421 mth St. Popular-Priced Stationers. (ust above ave.) mh20-Lid ways on hand, he Stationery line at very SPECIAL NOTICES. BRADBURY IMPROVEMENT SALE. Special Friday Bargains. Whenever we advertise Piano Bargains in the Special Notice coluum you had best call in the morning as early as Possible, for we never advertise any- thing in this column which is not an unusual bargain. Every instrument here- tofore advertised in this column has been sold before twelve o'clock next day. Here are three “picked” bargains for tomorrow (Friday) only, and they will not last until twelve o'clock.” Do not * put of $500 “ KNABE" “Rosewood no, in splendid condition, very hand- some case, longest octave made. \* Worth, new, $500. As a special drive for to- morro’ only, $125, on $5 monthly {ostall- ene Lock + , Pru Upright, $250. Our immense case factory at. Leo- minster, Mass., not only makes all of our own cases for the Bradbury Pianos, but a 't many for other first-class Piano manufacturers, and we have in exchange for work two or three’ spe- ¢lal sample Pianos from one of these prominent manufacturers, which’ we are enabled to offer at unusually low sacri- fice prices. They are shown in_ rich San Bomingo Mahogany cases, embrace all the latest improvements, three ped- als, tneludii celebrated lock practice pedal, entirely distinct from the scft pedal. 1 not only adds years to the durability of your piano, but it is eo arranged that it can be locked wiifle the children are practicing, softening the tone so as not to be objectionable to the most delicate nerves. We fully guar- antee these Pianos and give one year's tuning free. They are positively brand new. $350 is the listed prige. As a special drive for tomorrow (Friday) only, $250 on small monthly payments without interest. $125 Weaver Organ, $65. Perfectly new high-top Weayer Walnut Organ, beeutiful case, beveled mirror in top, double knee swells, six stops. This celebrated make of Orga was selected above all others for the public schools of Baltimore. This instrument.is. listed. at $125. As a special drive for tomorrow (Friday) only. . on $3 monthly pay- ments. CALL &N THE MORN- ING. F. G. SMITH, MANUFACTURER OF BRADBURY PIANOS, 1225 Pa. Ave it Magnificent Pia $350 Weather tomorrow—Fair. Until March 24th We will cut the PRICE OF FLOORING To $1.25 per 100 ft. Heart, Small Knots, One Width. : Flooring per 100 ft., $1.25. Flooring per 100 ft.,.$1.25. Flooring per 100 ft., $1.25. Flooring per ico ft., $1.25. Flooring per 100 ft., $1.25. Or $12.50 for 1,000 feet.” Established Frank Libbey.& Co., ™ig:t" “Lumber, Mill Work and Builders” Hardware,” 6th and New York Ave. It 39 As a “‘Builder-Up”.... .... —of the system Tharp's Old Rell- able‘ BERKELEY'*' Whisky is unexcelled. If you are just recovering from a ‘ll’ of sickness try taking a Uttle “BERKELEY” Whisky each morning. It will make you strong! Only $1 full quart. James Tharp,812 FSt.N.W. mb21-12d To Lovers of Quality. Nothing but the best shirts—nothing but pei fect fits—nothing that is shoddy. Let us mea: Harry T. Miller, 606 14th. mh20-7d MANAGER SPINDLEI SHIRT CO. . CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers Sanitarium. 1320 G st. n.w. CHARLES ALLEN, M.D. mb2-1m_ CAPTURING AMERICAN TRADE. The Pushing Methods Pursued by German Merchants. United States Consul General DeKay has more to say about the pushing, ag- gressive German methods of capturing the lucrative A nerican trade for German man- ufacturers in a special report to the State Department. He has transmitted a trans- lation of an official publication which con- tains valuable suggestions to German mer- chants looking to the extension of their trade with the United States. It concisely tells of our American business practices, how agents; may be secured, how - goods should be packed and: many’ other facts of interest to exporters, and altogether the whole publication might serve a useful pur- pose if adopted for the guidance of Amer- ican merchants looking for foreign markets for their products. One passage in the offi- cial article that is full of significance at this time reads as follows: “However gratifying it may tbe when our exporters receive such advices from official sources, yet would we beg to remark that all such consuls would be useless if our government shall be driven by agrarian in- fluences to risk our commercial relations with the world in general, but especially with the United States.” “OC: Delegate to Philadelphia. Last night at the quarterly business. meet- ing of the Foundry Epworth League Robt. L. Bains and Mrs. G. M. Brumbaugh were elected as delegates and Miss Grace Chand- lee and Miss Nettie Shotwell as alternates to the convention to be held at Philadel- phia in May. z ————— Rolling Away a Barrel. , A man named George Javings, who was once an expressman, was given a trial in Judge Miller’s court today on a charge of larceny. He was arrested by an officer at the market when he was found rolling away a barrel of bacon, the property of J. B. Schroth. A fine of $25 or sixty days was imposed. Castoria For Infants and Children. . CASTORIA PROMOYES DIGESTION, and over- comes Flatulency, Constipation, Scur ‘Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. CAs- TORIA contains no morphine or other narcotic property. 4 “CASTORIA is so well ndapted to children that I recommesd it as superior to any prescription kvowa to me” H. A, ARCHER, M.D. 111 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥., “For several years I have recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do so, as it bas Invariably produced beneficial results."* IN F. PARDEE, M.D., 125th st. and 7th ave., New York city. ‘“Knabe”’ Piano, $125. MANY WERE KILLED Terrible. Explosion in a Wyoming Mine. EIGHTY IMPRISONED IN THE EARTH Bringing Up the Bodies of the Victims. BURNED AND BLACKENED SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21.—A special to the Tribune from Red Canyon says: Aterrible explosion at Rocky Mountain mine, No. 5, situated at Red Canyon, Wyo., is believed to have killed eighty men, who are imprisoned in the mine, in addition to ten, who were in the power-house above ground, or near the shaft openings. The slopes-and entrances to the lower workings are all blockaded by wreckage, and it is thought at least three days will be re- quired for rescve parties to reach the bodies in the mine. The horror occurred at 5:45 yesterday evening at No. 5, Central Pacific mine, Red Canyon, five miles north of Evanston. The explosion’ in the mine shocked the whole ccuntry around, wrecked the power plant, a fan house and several other buildings, en- tailing heavy loss, but the death roll far overshadows other considerations. Edwin Cox, the outside carpenter; James Truce, outside boss; James Clark, Wiliiam Sellers, jr., and James Gernley, an Aus- trian, were killed in the power house, while O. Maltby, foreman; Jerry Crawford and Andrew Mason were injured, and died soon afterward, the last three being about the pcwer house at the time of the explosion. A few hours later the dead hodies of Jas. Lamb and Fred Morgan were brought from the slope, only a short distance down, but as this Is written there is around the mine @ great throng of people, anxiously inquir- ing regarding friends known to be in the mine, and all hope of any of them being alive is gone. No one, after seeing the ghastly spectacle presented by the two bodies brought out of the slope, could have any hopes of any in the mine being alive. Those bodies were burned and blackened, with garments torn to shreds, making it almost impossible to identify them. How many were in the mine at the time of the explosion will take time to tell, but the best information obtainable places the number ct over eighty. Nearly all known to be killed leave large families. The Work of Rescue. Immediately after the explosion Super- intendent Bradley telephoned to Cranston for all the physicians with an extra train. The relief corps, carrying lanterns, got ready to descend, in hopes of rescuing alive some of the victims. The black- smith shop was turned into a dead house with four bodies lying there, one disfigured with its head blown off, the others less mangled. Brave men had tried to descend some of the air and escape slopes without suacess,.and it was not until three hours after the explosion that a volunteer party entered-the main entrance to the slopes and soon afterward returned with two bcdies. They reported that caves stopped further progress down the slope. ‘The rescue party went down to clear away the caves, after which the searching party again entered, and work in that line is now going on. This slope being down 2,000 feet, with nine levels, each one and a half miles long, it will probably require several days to reach all parts of the mine. A few lives were saved because of the time of the explosion. ‘The Explosion. ‘The miners quit work at 6 o'clock, and it is customary for them to be near the en- trance and come out just as the whistle blows. A number of men had come out and some had just left the entrance to the mine slope, away from the working tunnel, when the explosion occurred, thus escaping death. Zeke Baker and his father and a brother came out five minutes before the explosion. Zeke was hit by the timber which killed the Crawford boy, but he was not much hurt. John Hanna, a carpenter, had just come out and was talking to Cox and Bruce when they were killed, he be- ing burned slightly, but it was understood the following persons were in the mine: Willard Brown, John Locke, Joseph High- ton, George Hides, John Fearn, Aaron Butler, John Critchly, E. Sloan, John Dex- ter, Charles Clark, Thomas James and Samuel Hutchinson, George Hardy, Wm. Langdon and son, John Feebee, William Weedup and John Martin, jr. A weigher was the only person in the pewer house not killed, he being but slight- ly burned, except the engineer, who was blown through the window but little hurt. Around the mine is a population of about 2,000, A Sorrowful Community. Many families are bereft of their fathers or sons. A more sorrowful - community could not be found; children and women mourn the loss of husbands, fathers and brothers. The explosion is described by many as most terrific, shaking the whole town and causing women and children to run {nto the streets, crying, “Oh, my hus- band,” “Oh, my husband,” with ‘raised hands, imploring for the safety of the be- loved ones. The explosion is supposed to have come from a blast setting fire to dust, making a dust explosion. since the mine was sup- posed to be free from gas and being well ventilated. ‘The Rocky Mountain Company, generally designated as the Central Pacific mines, has two mines, numbers 5 and 6, with ene mile face, making two separate mines, with 150-foot pillars separating them. This leaves No. 6 unharmed, but deprives the company of one-half of its capacity. This is the third disastrous explosion in this vicinity. In 1881 No. 2 mine, Rocky Moun- tain, exploded, killing thirty-six . Chinese and four white men. In the spring of 1836 Union Pacific mine No. 4. killed thirty-six men. Newell Beeman, manager, arrived from Salt Lake today and hastened to the mine, and is doing ali he can for the injured and bereaved and to reach those in the mine. DENVER, Col., March 21.—A special to the News from Evanston, Wyo., says: A force of twenty-one men have gone into the mine: to recover the dead bodies of the men caught in the: explosion, thought to number from forty to seventy. The exact number is unascertainable, and none of them can be alive. Two have been hrought cut. Their names are James Lamb and &. Morgan. ‘They were found in the manway. —————— FOR BETTER CITY GOVERNMENT. The New Civil Service Law of Hlinois. SPRINGFIELD, Ill; March 21—The gov- ernor of Illinois having signed the civil service reform bill, which finally passed the Senate yesterday, that measure now becomes a law. It is practically the bill prepared by the Civic Federation of Chi- cago, ‘and although designed primarily for the benefit of that city, has been so ar- ranged as to apply to all the smaller cities of the state. In order to secure its adopticn, however, in these other places, it will be necessary for it to be submitted to a vote of the cit- izens. The principal object of the law Is to do away as largely as possible with the workings of the spoils system and thereby make possible the creation and mainten- ance of a-more effective public service in the municipalities. ———— Ocean Steamers Arrived. NEW YORK, March 21.—Arrived: Lahn, Bremen; Willehad, Bremen. ERBMER HAVEN, March 21.—Arrived: Havel, New York via Southampton. NAPLES, March 21—Arrived: Werra, New York. LONDON, March 21—Arrived: Massachu- setts, New: York. NEW YORK, March 21—Arrived: Steamer Ethiopia, Glasgow ee A Jersey City Official Dead. JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 21.—City Clerk John M. Scott died today. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lnes are “ fsobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or lnes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High’’ and “Low” show location of area's of high and low barometer. Small arrows show path of storm. HIGHS AND LOWS. The Stcry of Twenty-Four Hours as Told by the Wenther Map. : Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, fair; northerly, shifting to southeasterly, winds; slightly warmer Friday. The storm central over Tennessee Wed- nesday morning moved rapidly eastward off the Carolina coast yesterday and passed northeastward over the ocean last night, its passage being attended by heavy rain in Virginia and the south Atlantic states and quickly foNowed by clearing weather in those districts. The storm in the ex- treme northwest has remained nearly sta- tionary, attended by rain along the north Pacific coast. The temperature has fallen decidedly in the southern states and light frost is re- ported this morning in north portions of the middle gulf states. The extensive area of high barometer, which covers the lake region and central valleys this morning, will dcminate the weather conditions of the southern and eastern districts during the next thirty-six hours, giving fair weather and rising tem- perature in the Atlantic coast and gulf states Friday. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 40; condi- tion, 10; receiving reservoir, temperature, 42; condition at north connection, 14; condi- tion at south connection, 19; distributing reservoir, temperature, 41; condition at in- eee gate house, .08; effluent gate house, Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 11:19 p.m. Tomorrow—High tide, 5:07 a.m. and 5:20 p.m.; low tide, 11:35 a.m. and 12:01 mid- night. Range of the Thermometer. The fololwing were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 34; 2 p.m., 44; maximum, 44; min- imum, 31. DEATH UNDER THE WHEEL Inquest to Be Held on the Death of Little Louis Bachsmid. ‘The Witnesses Agree on Some Points— The Driver of the Wagon Makes a Statement. The inquest over the little boy, Louis Bachsmid, who was run over by'a wagon belonging to M. W. Beveridge, and driven by George L. C. Brooks, will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon. At 11 o'elock this mcrning Dr. Hammett, the coroner, met the various witnesse# and questioned each one privately to ascertain the,facis of the accident. Among these witnesses were Thomas J. King, H: Oppenheimer, J. B. Sechrist and George Cole, wHé were eye- witnesses of the distressing affiir. The exceptionally considerate .gongyct of Brooks in going for a doctor,and:ithen re- turning to the house after he had deliver- ed his load had created a stréng*4mpres- sion in his favor, and all who,gppkp of the matter commended him for this. |. On the Wrong ‘Side. °° The accounts all,agreed that the wagon was not on the right side of thé street, that the boy had crossed: and.got past the path in which Brooks was driving, and that it was not thei boy's carelessness, nor any act of his’ that: caused.the accident, and that while Breeks may mot. have been directly and actually responsible for it, the herse and wagon went out of its way still further to the left of the center, of the, street and caused the boy’s death. Dr. Hammett, who had been inclined to re- gard the accident af unavoidable, ‘Was un- willing to take tHe ‘responsibility of de- ciding’ the question of criminal responsi- bility, and, therefore, announced that a jury ‘would be summoned to meet at the home of Mr. Bachsmid at 4:30, and then go to station No. 1, where the witnesses would be examined and the question of carelessness passed’ upon by the jury. The Driver's Story. Brooks, the driver, Mr. Beveridge says, has been with him several years, and has always borne himself as a faithful, intelli: gent and well-behaved employe. Three of his brethers are employed by Mr. Bev- eridge, and all have a good reputation. When the accident occurred Brooks stop- ped his wagon and went after a physician, and brought cne back to the house with him. He then told the boy's father that he would stop by and see’ how the boy was after he had finished his delivery uptown. When he learned that the boy had died he went to No. 1 police station house and delivered himself up to Lieut. Amiss. He was locked up to await the result of the coroner's investigation. Several friends called to see him last night and today. Brooks says the boy was about three feet from the wagon when he first saw him. He called to him, but he ran right in front of the horse, and the animal knocked him down and the wheels passed over his body. This account is not, however, corroborated by the bystanders. Yet no one seems to know just why the horse suddenly plunged to the left and upon the boy. Mr. Sechrist, who is a good norseman, said he noticed the wagon before the accident, and it was going at about six miles an hour—not at all at a pace that could be called fast driving. Mr. Bachsmid, the father of the little fellow, was present today at the pre- liminary investigation. He says, from all he could hear, he could not blame the driver, although he may have been care- less in being on the left side of the street, when he should have been on the right. The cause of death being- clearly shown from the preliminary testimony, Coroner Hammett gave the undertaker permission to embaim the body and prepare for the funeral tomorrow. Ca aeet Had the Watch. Detectives Horne and Weedon went to the Baltimore ard Ohio depot this morn- ing on police duty, and in looking over the persons who were arriving and’ departing, they saw a young man named George’ B. Robinson, whom they wanted on suspicion ef having robbed a man named Chris. G. Buckley, who belongs in Philddelphia. As soon as Robinson was-placed unden arrest he asked permission to go to the toilet room, and seemed very much offended be- cause his request was denied.!: “Not until after you are searched,” said the detective; “that trick is toq.old.” Buckley, who is a railroad man, had com- plained of the loss of a watcl and chain and $i8 in cash. His story was that Rob- inson was introduced to him asa Philadel- phian, and together they went out for a gocd time. He says they went to a-house on B street southwest, facing the Capitol, and there he was robbed. “What did you do with that watch?” Robinson was asked. : “I haven't got the man’s watgh,” Was his response. a eay At headquarters he was searched,’ and In his hip pocket the officers found a’ watch and chain. Even then he denied that they belonged to Buckley, but later he changed his mind and said that Buckley gave him the watch and chain. Robinson, .who was well dressed, had about 60 cents in his pocket and was lock- ed up for a hearing. — The Evangelical Alliance. The second day’s session of the conven- tion of the Evangelical Alliance was held at the Eastern Presbyterian Church today. Rey. A. R. Simpson of ‘the alliance pre- sided. Rev. Dr. Easton, pastor of the church, made a brief address, and Mr. Stephen A. Merritt of New York spoke at length on the desirability of a Christian life. The closing session of the conven- tion will be held at the Eastern Presby- terian Church this evening. A FLURRY IN OIL. A Well Yielding Refined Kerosene Discovered on 14th Street. Workmen in excavating a cellar at 1908 14th street struck oll. It was a peculiar find. It was’ not crude petroleum which welled forth from the greasy fount, but Xerosene of a standard quality. It was un- like the Houid riches which gush from wounds in the boSom of the earth in Penn- sylvania and Ohio in that, the home article had been refined. Just as it came from the well it was ready for use in cases of sprains, burns, rheumatism or sore throat. It.could be taken from the ground and put to work in an ordinary coal oil lamp or stove with the usual effect. The vicinity was perfumed with the discovery and sev- eral neighbors hastened to the spot. Ex- citement ran high. One gentleman sug- gested that the geological survey be at once consulted on the geological structure of the District of Columbia. The reason for all the excitement may be stated as follows: Cook Brothers, grocers, determined to re- build. The lot has been a grocery stand for eighteen years. Under the southwest corner of the back building was an aban- doned well, which, in the lapse of time, had become pretty thoroughly choked up. The southwest corner of the back building hap- pened to be the oil corner of the grocery store. Several barrels of the illuminating fluid stood there. Sometimes a barrel would leak und part of its burden would trickle through the floor into the old forgotten well below. This was kept up for many years and the drippings continued to accumulate. Then, when the grocery firm determined to rebuild and to dig a cellar, the old floor pelea Lied ana sea neglected well with gallons of coal oil drippii found. Hence the oil flurry. sige het —_.>__. THE BENND BOOKMAKER.. The District Attorney to Call Miller's Case Soon. The Court of Appeals having sustained the contention of District Attorney Birney that bookmaking and similar forms of bet- ting are unlawful in every section of the District, Mr. Birney will, at the very first opportunity, place on trial Fred T. Miller, who stands indicted for conducting book- making at the Benning race track last De- cember. It is understood that Miller will be tried early next month. The maximum penalty 1s five years in the penitentiary, there being no fine. It has been stated that Miller was urged by other parties to test the law, although Judge Cole had already passed upon it in the case of the Ivy City bookmakers, in the hope that a reversal by the Court of Ap- peals of Judge Cole's decision would permit a resumption of racing at the Benning track. The owners of the Benning track have, it is stated, determined to subdivide the tract and sell it. Just now there are said to be about 200 horses being trained at the track, which is reported to be in mag- nificent condition, prior to their racing at the St. Asaph track. ——— THE COURTS. Court.of Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey, As- socite Justice Shepard and Justice Cox. No. 404, Brown agt. Baltimore and Ohio Raiiroad Compan argument concluded. Recess until Monday, April 1, 1895. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Owsley agt. Owsley; tesiimony before J. H. Lichiiter, examiner, ordered taken. Steele agt. Steele; order for payment of nony and counsel fees. Miller agt. Mil- ler; Henry C. Porter appointed guardian ad litem. Anglo-Amer. S. and A. agt. Spaulding; time to take testimony limited to fifteen days. Young agt. Morrow; ap- pearance of absent defendants ordered. In re lunacy of Jas. O. P. Burnside; order confirming report of committee. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Cole. United States ex rel. Wm. Shakespeare agt. Wm. Lochren, commissioner of pen- sions; judgment for plaintiff for costs. Lucy ¥. Arrick agt. Henry D. Fry; appeal; bond fixed at $200. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Early agt. Wise; verdict for plaintiff for $184.88, Black agt. Maisak; motion for new trial filed. Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Mfg. Co. agt. J. M. Wheatley; order on marshal to return goods to defendant on his filing bond. Bryant, Foster & Co. agt. Price & Co.; judgment by default and con- demnation. “Drake agt. Price & Co.; judg- ment by default. Brewer agt. District of Columbia; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. James Clark, larceny from the person; verdict not guilty. United States agt. Robt. Harris, second’ offense petit larceny; verdict guilty; sentence, three years at Albany. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Jos. A. Beam, murder, en trial. United States agt. Robt. Cook, carnal knowledge; recognizance $300 taken with Wm. H. Thomas surety. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Helen P. Cady; assent of next of kin filed. Estate of Ernest Ryder; peti- tion for letters of administration’ filed. Estate of Harry MacMayo; will proved. Estate of Michael Eichmann; petition for probate of will filed. Estate of Jno. L. Hayghe; will filed. Estate of Eva White; will returned with commission executed. Estate of Jas. Johnson? will partially prov- ed. Estate of John Lynch; testimony filed. In re Anne E. Neurath, guardian; notice of death of August F. Neurath filed. Es- tate of Charles Memmert; petition for pro- bate of will filed. Estate of Julius - A. Frank; inventory filed. Estate of Jeremiah Long; do. Estate of Allan McLane; ap- peal from decree of March 14, 1895, filed. SEE! Basket Ball. Tomerrow afternoon, from 3:30 to 6 o'clock, there will be an exhibition and match game of basket ball at Carroll In- stitute gymnasium by Prof. Maurice Joyce's classes of ladies in physical culture. The exhibition will be as novel as it will undoubtedly he interesting. In deference to the wishes of the members of the classes the male sex will not be admitted. : INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ATTORNEYS: FOR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices)... FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables):..< FOK RENT (Stores) FOR SALE- Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). FOR SALE (Pianos) AR RRR ALAR OTA RAAT ARR AAR DARA RARE RARE ATED MANICURE . MANICURE A! MARRIAGES . MEDICAL PERSONAL - PIANOS AND ORGAN! POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS WANTED (Lots). WANTED (Miscellaneous) WANTED (Rooms). VANTED (Situations) BOATING MATTERS. Potomac Club Election and Projects for the Summer. On March 30 the Potomac Boat Club offi- cers for the new year will be elected. The oarsmen, with the approach of spring, have begun to hustle. A season on the water livelier than ever has been witnessed is promised for this year. The particular rivalry that has already begun to generate will give.a zest to the club’s existence dur- ing the summer. Instead of each organization practically ignoring the existence of the other Poto- mac clubs, a svirit of recognition and ri- valry will pervade the whole. The plan on foot to have weekly regattas, 1 which two of the clubs are to’participate on race days, if materialized, will bring forth an enthu- siasm that will do much for boating and the lovers of the oar.” Thé Potomacs have ' appointed a committee to meet the repre- sentatives of the other clubs to discuss the matter, with a view of bripging things to a focus." Capt. Sheppard of the George- town club has just floated the 40-foot boat he has been workirg on all the winter. She bears the name of “Nancy,” ard will be a conspicuous little craft on the river. Great care has been taken with her construction. ‘The very best boat material has been used, and extreme care has been exercised in putting it together. The Potomac boats this season will be greater in‘number than last season boasted cf. Those who have‘been appointed by tiis club to confer with the committees from the others-on the regatta fdéa are: Capt. J. Hadley Doyle, Mr. U. S. Roulette and Mr. J. J.:Nolam> = SSS KENTUCKY HIGHWAYS. A Paper on the 01d and New System of Road Building. A paper on Kentucky highways, contain- ing a full history of the old and new sys- tems of road building in that state, pre- pared by Maj. M. H. Crump, member of the national advisory committee cn roads, has been made public by the Agricultural De- partment. The improvement of public roads was begun -in Kentucky in the early part of the present century; and teday few states, it is said, can boast.of a better or more extensive system of macadamized highways. Kentucky passed ‘its first road law February 25,1792 It was very similar to that of Virginia, which was in turn an adoption of the English road law that has prevailed for ages... One section of that law compelled all male Jaboring persons, six- teen years and older, except masters of two or more male laboring slaves, sixteen years or more, to work on some public road. Few states, the paper says, have been more liberal in promoting public improve- ments than Kentucky, especially in the matter of highways, railroads and water- ways. In another portion it is said: “The state has some 2,0 or more male convicts in its two penitentiaries, a portion of whom are being werked by contractors in trades which come more-or less in competition with free labor. In this day, when so much is being said and written against such cem- petition, it behooves the law makers of the land to devise some method by which such a body of able-bodied men can be required to support themselves, and at the same time render valuable aid to the state. No better plan has been suggested than that of working the prisoners on the public high- ways. Several states have already begun this. Some work has been done along this line in Virginia, as well as in North Caro- lina. Arrangements may be perfected for letting the prisoners by contract cither to counties or to congressional districts. This is a question of vital importance to the state of Kentucky.” — — Three Cruisers at San Domingo. The crulsers New York, Minneapolis and Cincinnati arrived at San Domingo this morning from La Guayra. The vessels are moving in accordance with an itinerary prepared by Admiral Meade before he left the United States, and without any regard to recent political events in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua or other countries border- ing on the Caribbean sea. It is said at the Navy Department that no orders have been sent to Admiiral Meade for a change in his itinerary. The ficet is scheduled to visit Port-au-Prince and then Santiago de Cuba, after which it will visit Bluefields and |. Nicaragua, unless present plans are chang- ed by the course of event: SSS Bulletin on American Products. “The Agricultural Department expects during the month of April to issue a bul- letin on the world’s markets for American products." The information for this publi- cation has been acquired from the consuls of the United States. Secretary Morton feels confident that much good will result from the publication of these bulletins. He says that reports haye already been re- ceived through the State Department from half of the total! number of consuls. He contemplates issuing four bulletins of the character indicated each year. —_—_e.___ An Invitation to the President. Mr. Andrew V. V. Raymond, the presi- dent of Union College, New York city, has invited President Cleveland to attend the commencement exercises of that in- stitution, which are to be held on June 27. He has also invited Secretaries Lamont and Morton, who are alumni of the college. eae Mr. Ransom to Start for Mexico. Ex-Senator Ransom, minister to Mexico, left Washington last night for his home in North Carolina, and will start for Mexico tomorrow. ee Naval Orders. Chief Engineer J. K: Barton has been ordefed to the Mohican, relieving Chief Engineer A. E. Engard, granted three months’ leave. —___-—______ The Georgia Cotton Growers’ Association, With State Senator W. A. Broughton as president, was organized in Atlanta Mon- day. address was issued to the farmers of Georgia, urging the raising of supplies for the sustenance of man and beast, making cotton a surplus crop and encouraging the erection of factories. The newspaper building on Ontario street, Cleveland, Ohio, occupied by the World, the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company and the United Press, was burned Sunday evening. The total loss was about $150,000. at. FINANCIAL... Condensed _ Financial Statement. GRANITE STATE PROVIDENT ASSOCLATION, March 1, 1895. ASSE estate end mortgages. Bonds, stocks and certifi- cates of deposit. oral Office fixtures. Accounts receivable. Cush LL Capital dues . Mortgages a: members . Accounts pay: Surplus, undivided profit $2,007,396 25 The expenses of the association Per cent of the par value of the Year, and 1 per cent ecch year thereafter. I hereby certify that the foregoing statement 18 correct, as shown by the books of the Granite State Provident Association March 1, 1805. (Seal) H. F. MORSE, Secretary. State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough, ss: MANCHESTER, March 19, 1895. Personally appeared H. F. MO) to me known to be the secretary of the Granite State Provident Association, and acknowledged the above statement, by him subscribed, to be true, according to bis best knowledge and belief. (Seal) FRANK W. FRENCH, it Notary Public. Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent. Why not avoid the dangers incident to keeping securities, important papers. and valuables about the bouse, by renting one of cur safe deposit boxes within our fire and — burglar-proof vaults? ‘The rental for boxes 1s from $3 to $30 per year, according to size ani location, and are readily accessible” daily during business hours and only, to renters. et $2,007,396 25 cannot exceed shares JOHN JOY EDSON. JOHN A. SWCPE. H. & CUMMINGS. JOHN R. CARMODY. ANDREW PARKER... shington Loan & Trust Co., COR. 9TH AND F STS. 1 ADVICE FROM WALL STREET. A well-known Wall street. man, who is in @ position to secure the very’ earliest inside in- formation ax to the daily movements of certain active stocks, will forward this information few discreet speculators moderate eration. N. W., P.O. Box, 1044, New York. 1t N 0. I OF INTEREST z: = ‘TO LYVESTORS.. The Company, i ited under the laws of V Possessing a ‘charter broad. in its scope. ‘The revenues of the can be Ge- See Fergus ai intended te di lace Teahy aatats noah at present in use. Stock has trebled in value ‘Within 3 months. The practical demonstra- tlon of its purposes may be seen’ at the ~ peg Terra ‘ National cus Siding Co., ROOM 18, ATLANTIC BUILDING. mh21-8t We Will Loan You Money To Build a Home that is, if you own the lard. In this way what usually goes for rent pays for yours, “This company will Joan money on. real tocks, bords, collateral ¢ t low rates of Interest. American Security & Trust Co., Cc. J. BELL, PRESIDENT. BANKING HOUSE, 1405 G ST. * otnsgly WAREHOUSE, 1140 15TH ST. N.W. mh20-2 The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent’ interest on savingsaccounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6 and 120-204 The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST, AND NEW YORK avR esta! Chartered by special act of Congroes Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892 20d_CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. : ‘CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCH ANG! & Schley, 3 ‘Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, Deposits. Exchange. Raflroad stocks and bonds end all securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A. specialty minde of investment securities. Die trict bonds and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell ‘Telephone Stock bought and sold, LOANS ON LIFE, ENDOWMENT, TONTINE OR distribution policies our clalty,. Money ad- vanced on stocks, bonds, trusts and other ap- proved collateral." No delay. HaTERSES & BAREL, 40 t0 40 Meterott big. ti C. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker, |, Atiaatic building, Investment’ Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cash or on margin. Cotton bought and sold in New York on New jeans. Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orleans. Telephone 453. - aplo-tr W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F Street, REPRESENTING HUBBARD TRICE & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, New Yore Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. f6-16att A) oes TONTINE, ENDOWMENT AND PAiD-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED aT & FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. Jai5-tf EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. mw. Consuls Recognized. The President has recognized Morris. Whitbridge as Danish vice consul at Bal- timore; Koya S. Jushichii, as Japanese con- sul at San Francisco; Henry A. J. Meron, as French vice consul at Galveston; Marie J. E. C. Jordan, as French consul at Bos- tol M. Thiebault, as French consul at Chicago; Francois E. Bruwaert, as French consul general at New York. ——_ = 5 A Request Refused. Upon the advice of their attorney, the -Commissicners have refused the request of the United States Electric Lighting Com- pany to erect an overhead pole line to con- nect with the underground system at 28th and M streets. oe Naval Movements. The Chicago sailed from Bermuda yester- day for New York, where she should ar- rive before the end of the week. The San Francisco has sailed from Athens for Cor- fu, and the Essex has arrived at Santa Cruz. ———2+—___<_ A colored woman named Julia Shanklin, whose age was given as 102 years, died at her home, in an alley near 2d and @ gtreets southwest, two days ago. Her funeral took place from her late home yea- terday. f Edgar Fletcher, a painter, fell from the second story of house 2508 14th street yes- terday and was injured about the head. He was sent to Garfield Hospltal-for treat- men!