Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. 38 (= SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRI FOURTH UF TO BOW . Train leaves Gth street “depot 9 a.m. sharp, THURSDAY, July 4th, 1 TICKETS “Mtound. ‘Trig It TH BALL SIRUP; 25 vor gchUELLER, ave. Be OF in the general report to Miss Lav NEALB, Kni 5 MMER RATES AT TH URANT, $31 14th st. n.w.—Board ro rata by the w PLE DINNER. fn an hour. W atte DR. WM. J. R. THONSSEN HAS F t WILL F p. until 1 1 i Ui . for the held at dhe oflic on MONDAY, J fon el of iy 8, 1895. all these redux ject in makin: “ sek must ba close ur time to Shirtmal » 8Se.; $1 Shirts, 75e.; 50 Shirts, $1.50. P. T. HALL, Shirtmaker, 908 F st. Jy2-10d 1108- . AMER. NO. 8, iation are ‘her e offi will be closed JULY 4, » regular monthly meeting for the ues has been postponed to FRIDAY, Bh y are mand construct experimental c xrade, to make models for tn- yentions and patterns for castings. They have had a large experience In those specialtles, both in this country and Europ Je2s-12t® THE CHEAr SUMMER F ton Gas Light Company's Coke, C ae B.W., oF 1 e'call 476. "25 bushels, §: ; 50 bushels, $4.00, to any part of the eit. COAL—5O cents per ton cheaper ¢! year. FOR COUNTRY RESIDE ALL. ANDIRC fenders, Spark guards and fire sets In stock will be sold’ at cost until further notice, Jez2-tt TH. CORNIN 522 1th at. SPECIAL NOTICE—-DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEK: ly and monthly installments—J0 per cent discount for cash. Dr. T. W. STUBBL JeTtojy 16 1th and F sts. n.w. A and cof » both injuricts; tea is for the nervous system, and cotte for the conplexton, Thi Claret is best for summer drinks CAL. CLARET ONLY $1 FOR 5 BC JAMES THARP, S12 F ST. : Women Are So Queer! lets, Diar st_prh Easton & Rupp, 421 1th St. Vopular Priced Stationers, Just abeve ave.) jv3-14d_ The Knowledge of Cycling Comes Easy RIDIN ——You the best and running w learn on and. « tent instructors to ail you ————Then, too, you have ih of taking your lessons: at suited to your conventene is open both day and evening. If you purchase a wh deduct the tuition fees from i District Cycle Coe manronp 452 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. miust it “Cool, CLARE’ ow." And NT OF ICED Every day from 5 to ‘The Belford, 617-21 13thSt. Sy2-14d_ All advertising is good —)ut some kinds are better than others. never tried our typewriter process war letters? person ean h them from personal typewritte letters when mailed as first-class matte ‘They ar sure to be opened and read. Get our prices for doing it. Byron S. 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Goes Up Fifty Per Cent Owing to Sum- mer Complaints, The death rate increased &) per cent dur- ing last week over that of the previous As reported at the health depart- the number of deaths rose from 70 The tause of this change in the status is to be attributed mainly to week. the advent of the annual visitation of diarrhoeal malad among children. This yearly reappearance of cholera infantum nd inflam: apparat oceurs about t tory attacks upon the diges- nd intestinal tract usu last of \ June. Its recurrance this 3 ne: a month, owing, probabl 1 conditions. There were 47 deaths of children under five years of age, as against as by the last report. While th was a material increase in lung, brain and kidney dise there was a de- cline of r 1) per cent in deaths from consumption. Elderly people w 5 wonderfully during the lz term there having been but 14 of these over fifty ars of ho were call there having been no death of the so-called dangerous ses or from typhoid fever. ms to be free not only from thes: rom any of the various malarial ail- ments in fatal form. ——-——_—— Heir to 4,000,000 Francs. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 3.—A restaur- ant keeper named Scotto has received in- formation to the effect that he has fallen heir to 4,000,000 francs in Italy. His uncle died some time ago, leaving a large estate, to which Scotto is the only heir. | PRICES OF ’PHONES The Present High Rates and the Causes for Them. THE COMPANY CONTENTIONS: OF ——— An Interesting Chapter of Inside Te'eahone History. CHARGES IN OTHER CITIES ————>+——- The deep-seated conviction long ago found a place in the bosom of every man whose business enterprise demanded that The should have a telephone in his estab- lishment that the annual rental charged for such instruments and their use was altogether unfair and extra nt. This sentiment found vent in the shape of a gereral chorus of thankful some months ago when the announcement was made that the [Berliner patents, upon which the Bell Telephone Company upheld its monopoly, were void. Almost coin- cidently with this declaration came the heralding of the formation of new tele- phone corporatiors, whose glowing pros- pectuses promised that the new associa- tions would give an improved telephone service in each populous community at largely reduced charges from the present rates. in Washington no less than three of three prospective companies represented inaugurated, hurried around among to the present telephone exchange to secure their Promises to patronize the new systems wh they were started. Many business men who have suffered for years from what they have regarded as imposition by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany willingly signed the first paper pre- sented, and before they were aware of it found that two others were being circulated for the same purpose. resentatives of each of the three pros- ive companies state positively that they have a sufficient number of signatures to their respective agreements to guarantee their inaugurating their telephone systems in the District. A Monopoly of Necessity. It is a self-evident proposition that any corporaticn whicheatterapts to proviile tele- phone commurication-between the busines: houses ow between residences in a thickly populated community must be a monopoly Two or more telephone systems in Wasi branches ch being al, were were ington, for instance, would lead to inter- minable confusion and nev tion and misunderstandin; man would, for F che system, while half a dozen of his best customers mignt patronize a rival com- pany. It is easy for any one who cares to follow out and te on this illustration to see whi i-telephone arrange- ment would 1 only way a care- ful busine act in such an emergency wi be Lo each of the different and have his estab- with their various in- nee, be a subs could wld be to subse omnanie: lishment equipped struments, and such a course would bring him back to where he fs at this moment— man confronted with an altogether unjust ex- pens ‘hen the service he secures in re- turn is taken into consideration. The Washington business man wants one, and only one, comprehensive telephone s: tem in the Distriet ef Columbia, but h wents from that monopoly the best serv ice at the cheapest rates which the bus ness men in other ec! of similar lation end conditions are able to ol popu- in, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephc Company conducts business in trict and a large portion of raies are resarded as entirely for the servic it The company claims that it is ma: d with rigtd ecor omy and yet pnot pay its stockhold more than 4 per cent per annum despite the high charges for its telephones. Some Interesting History. The telephone was first introduced Washington in 1 There Telephone Company organized then and Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard was the trus- tee of all the patents and managed all Lusiness in connection with them, The In- struments were first used cn private wires, and the general business public would have rone of them. The agent whom Mr. Hub- bard engaged to solicit customers for tele- phcnes had a disappointing time of it. Business men said they might be of use to @ ccctor, a grocer or a livery stable keeper, rut would be of no advantage to others. Bankers wanted to know how in the world they cculd transact financial business over a wire. How would they be able to recog- nize the voice of some one asking the amcunt of a depositor’s account as the voice of that depositor, they asked, and when grocers, liverymen and doctors were approached-on the subject of having a tele- rhene placed in their establishments they in was no Bell objected to it on the same ground; that it would be impossible for them to tell whether orders given over "phones were real or sent by practical jokers. Major Ben: Perley Poore, who was at that time clerk cf the Senate committee on printing, yas persuaded to establish a system be- tween the Senate wing of the Capitol and the goverrment printing office, and this worked exceedingly well. The instruments were attached to telegraph wires already erected, which were placed at the dis- posal of Mr. Hubbard and his associates. The Evening Star Exchange. ‘The first exchange in Washington was a single switch in the office of Mr. George C. Maynard, by which the office of The Even- ing Star was connected with the Senate wing of the Capitol. The instrument had been placed in The Star office at the sug- gestion of Mr. Maynard, and connected with his office, whence another connection reached the Capitol. Mr. Nevius, the pres- ent superintendent of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Exchange in thts city, was then an office boy in Mr. Maynard’s employ, and in the afternoon when some- thing important would occur at the Capitol, The Star reporter wopld call up Mr. May- nard’s office and young Nevius would switch him on to the wire leading to the editorial rooms. It was not long, however, before the eminent practicability of the telephone was to be demonstrated. The gentlemen who had pushed the introduction of the instru- ments here made strenuous efforts to in- augurate an exchange system. It is inter- esting to note the prices then asked by the originators of the telephone system in Washington. They agreed to establish an exchange if they could secure 200 sub- scribers who would pay a rental of $4 per month each. In 187) the National Tele- pkone Exchange was established, with a capital of about $100,000. There was not as much known in those days about the expansion of stock by such associations as there is now. The capital of $100,000, or thereabouts, not only represented ‘the actual plant, such as the wires and poles of the company, but also what it consider- ed its franchise to be worth, and included 2 residue necessary to extend busines The National Telephone Exchange was suc- ceeded about 1880 by the National Capital Telephone Company, and a still further capitalization was made necessary by the Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE MUAJUL POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIC ACHING. -NERVOUS. ANTI =-DYSPEPTIC, THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPL. NATORY NOTE: 0! or snow has f len during precedi areas of high and low barometer. ations taken at 8 a.m., {sobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrecs. g twelve hours. Small arrows fly with the wind. 75th meridian time. Solid tines are Dotted lines are isotherms aded a aire regions where rain The words “High" and “Low'? show location of WEATHER FOR THE FOURTH. A Good Chance for Showers in the ES ning. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday Form the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, fair weather; slight changes in temperature; northerly winds, becoming variable. The rain area in the west and southwest has increased in magnitude, and copious showers have occurred in parts of Ala- bama and Georgia, and in an area extend- ing from the middle Rocky mountain re- gion to Arkansas. Rain hag also fallen in the valley of the Columbia river, and thence over the region north of Montana. The temperature chinges have been slight. The morning map indicates that the area of high barometer which occupies the lake region will move slowly eastward, and that the storm in the northwest 1 advance toward the great lakes. The rain area will overspread the southern states and Ohio valley within the next twenty-four hours, and will cover the south Atlantic states Thursday. In this section the weather will continue generaily fair during Thursday, but there is a strong chance for showers by Thurs- day night. No decided change in t@mper: ture will occur. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 11:25 a.m. and 11: p.m.; high tide, 4:85 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:22 p.m.; high tide, 5:31 a.m. and 6:08 p.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 73; co tion, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, condition at north connection, 1; condition at south connection, 1; distributing reser- voir, temperature, 77; condition at influent gute housey2; effluent gate house, 2. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 68; 2 p.m., 78; maximum, imum, 57. growing demands of the business. The stock in this company was nearly all taken in the District of Columbia. Bell Company Licenses. Right here it may be well to state that the Bell Telephone Company (which had in the meantime been organized, and which was industriously promoting the establish- ment of exchanges over the country and representing that an exchange sufficient to serve several hundred subscribers could be established for $4,000) issued licenses to agents which extended seven years. The two earliest agencies, however, were in Detroit and Washington, and in these two cities the Leense was made perpetual, ex- tending it to the term of the patents A Star reporter, fortified with these facts, jay upon a gentleman weil versed pne matters since the formation of nt local telephone company. After iting to him the foregoing atement: 1 being sured of their correctness, the reporter ked for a continuation of the chapter to the present time, and this re- quest was acceded to. ell Company Makes Purchases. “When the Bell company realized that the telephone system had gone far beyond its wanted the Washington license the meanwhile the Maryland Telephone Company had been established with a sev- en-year license, and this term had nearly expired. The Bell company, therefore, bought up a large portion of the stock of the National Capital Telephone Company, did the same thing with the Marylind Telephone Company and merged the two into one, under the style and title of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany. To the hold of the securities of the two companies the Bell Telephone Company paid the market value of the stock, and when it put out the new stock, it made it largely in excess of the capital of the two original companies combined. Royalty on 'Te “The original rental charged for te! phones by the Bell company to agencies in various cities was fixed at $12 per year for a set of instruments,” he continued. “ince then many of the patents upon which they ‘based this rental have ex- pired, notably the patent on the Bell re- ceiver, and consequently if the Bell com- pany charges as much royalty now as it did then, the rates are not, I believe, alto- gether fair. Since the Bell T-lephone Com- pany gained control of the Chesapeake and Potomac corporation the stock hes de- clined from par to 56 or GO, and an crgan- ization composed of high-salaried otiicials has grown into existence. There is a pres- ident at a princely salar: board of di- rectors, Who are well paid, and many of whom are high laried officials in the Bell Telephone Company, and all this, taken in connection with other expenditures, have had the effect of reducing dividends. In reply to strictures upon the exorbitant rates charged telephone users in Washing- ton it has been the custom of the officials of the local company to recite the enorm- ous expense it is under for its apparatus and plant. It is said that the conduit’ s tem, whose use was imposed upon it by an act of Congre: vas merely im an experi- 7 was put down, and that $400,000 was virtually lost in that manner. If such an amount was expended and lost it was only another evi- dence of careless and extravagant Lusiness metkcds, for which telephone users should not be held responsible. Switch Board Secrets. “Another thing that great stress is laid upon in the matter of mechanical expense is the central office switchboard,” contin- ued the gentleman. “The local company had such a switch put in several years ago at a cost of $40,000, and iore recently had another placed in position at even greater expense. These switches, as well as a large number of the cables and apparatus used in the telephone systems in operation here and elsewhere, are manufactured by the Western Electric Company of Chicago, and the Western Electric Company of Chicago is owned by the Bell ‘Telsphone Company of Boston. As the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company is owned by the same corporation it will be seen that in all this extravagant expenditure for switches it merely takes the money Gut of one of its pockets and puts it in the oth ‘The fact is that the Bell Telephone Company owns, with few exceptions, all the local telephone companies now doing business in this coun- try, and the general tendency now is for the general consolidation of all these com- ‘There is at present a movement on ‘or the consolidation of the Che peake and Potomac ‘Telephone Company and the Pennsylvania company,which prac- tically exists now, but it is expected that it will be made more oinding in a short while. Careless About Dividends. “J have heard men in a position well qualified to speak with definite knowledg? on the subject state that the question of a dividend on the stock ef the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company is a mat- ter of very small iterest to the Bell com- pary, because the local organization is re- garded by the parent co ion as a ver small pcrtion of its 4 ystem, and it does noi make any difference to it whether it pays 4 per cent to its stockholders or four-tenths of 1 per cent, so long as all the money actually expended for the e of telephones outside of the few thousand dollars paid out in salaries comes into the coffers of the Bell compaay anyhow, in one way or another.” Rates Throughout the Country. ‘There will be found a considerable amount of instruction in the paragraphs following, which give the rates charged by telephone companies in various cities. The figures quoted have been secured from the mayors, or others in municipal euthority, in the several cities and towns by some of the business men of Washing- ton who are vitally interested in the ques- tion and have been investigating it. In this city business places on a metallic efrcuit are charged $125, and on a ground circuit $100 per year, while residences pay $100 and $72 on the respective circuits. These rates are for unlimited service with- in_a radius of a mile from the central office. In Detroit, which is much the same sort of city as Washington, the charge for a telephone in a residence is $50 per year; $60 tor one used by a professional man and for a ‘phone in a business establishment. Cleveland pays $76 a year within the ra- dius of a mile of the city center, and out- side of that limit the rate runs up to $100, In Pittsburg for a grounded circuit line one mile from the central office $84 is charged; each additional half mile $27, and each half mile beyond that $14. For a metallic circuit $125 per annum is demanded, with $20 for each additional half mile. There are 4,437 telephone subscribers with the Pittsburg exchange. nll Rates in the South. in Ricltfonf, Va., are moderate, are geherafly through the south. Business houses;wijhin one mile of the central office pay $64 per year, and resi- dences $40. OutsMe of this radius $20 extra is charged for each ‘additional half mile. In Little Rock, Mgbile, Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Vickaburg and Memphis the rates run from 340. te $70 in round figures for telephones hy.the ear, while in Lynch- burg fer unlimited’ service the rates charged are $30. per year for business places and $20 for residenc Ss soon as you reach a big eity, howev schedule shows larger figures. , for in- stance, pays $12) ai 20 per cent off.fpr;cash, and residences pay 0 to according to construction, The rule of fair rates in small communi- ties and big charges dn the large ones holds food in the north and west as well as in the south, The charges in Chicago are $1 hess places and $100 for r $0 dditicnal for long In_ other Illinois towns difference. Peoria charge and $36 for residence telephones: Alton and Elgin, $48 and $36. In Indiana a Iowa the rates run from $30 for ‘phone: residences to §*) for tho&e in busine: pla the latter price being charge: siness places, with > for busi- idences, with listance "phon: there is a gr in Irdianapclis for service on a metallic cir- cuit. More Discrepancies Shown. Denver, in Colorado, charges $120 for business and $9 for residence instruments, while at Leadville, in the same state, the charges are $84 and $60, respectively. The same discrepancy can be found in New England. Fall River business rates are from $120 on metallic circuit to $72 on grounded. Cambridgeport and Lynn charge rom $M) for metallic to 360 for grounded. Cleveland, Onio, pays $120 for business places and $60 to $100 for residences, while in Columbus business rates are 360 and residence rates $4 Some of the cities of size also enjoy fair rates, and among them is San Francisco. Business places there on a_metallic cir- cuit, $9; two party lines, $72. Contracts for switching are taken in San Francisco by the year, as follows: Price Switches Switches Price per for extra per year. per month. month. switches. 1,000 50 de. each HD 5.00 . each 3,000 7.00 2e. each wn 10.00 19c. each 100 2.50 le. each Minneapolis—Rusiness rates on a grounded circuit are $72 for a special and for a circuit or party wire per year. Residences pay $6) and $48, respectively. Metallic circuit business rates are $120, special wire; $100 on a two-party circuit and $8) on a three-party circuit per year. puoens on this system pay $100, $80 and for the service, respectively; $12 per r per mile for the grounded and $36 per year per mile for the metallic circuits are charged on distances more than a mile from the exchange. All metallic circuit$ in Minneapolis are equipped with long dis- tance transmitters, Boston mplicated System. Boston has a complicated system and high rates. Business houses on a metallic circuit pay $156 for special wire; $135 lim- ited to two parties on one circuit; $120 to three or more on one circuit. For the same services residences pay, respectively, $110, and On the grounded circuit bus- iness rates as above are $120, $108 and $6; residences, $96, $84 and In Boston there js also what is calied the measured service exchange, for which $102 is paid for 800 calls.a year, $114 for 1,000, $124 for 1,200 and $14 for 1,400. Four dol- lars per 100 caljs is charged for all calls contracted for in excess of 1,400, Boston telephone subscribers; must pay $24 per year extra for a desk, stand, with extra battery equipment, including long-distance trans- mitter, and eagh cpnnection of five min- utes or less is counted a call. President Bryan's Views. Mr. Samuel M, Bryan could hold out no hopes for a reductiog in telephone rates by the company of which he is president when he was interrogited by a Star reporter this afternoon. rea: “The apparent, disgroportion in the rates charged in larger and small cities which ycu mention cam bexeasily made to agree, when the facts governing both are taken into consideratign,” said Mr. Bryan. “In his argument before ‘the New York legisla- tive committee on the Gerst-Persons tele- phone bill Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy quoted from a recent article in La Nature, written by the eminent French electrician, Hospita- lier, in which he said that all the expenses of furnisling telephone service sensibly in- crease as the square of the number of sub- scribers, while the receipts, based on a fixed tax, increase only proportionately. That is absolutely true. “The public demand that a telephone company shall keep up with the progress of inventicn in appliances,” he continued, “Take our underground system. Ever: foot of underground wire has an initial cest as great as 15 feet of overhead wire. Conduits and cables have to be laid far in advance of present requirements, which means that a large portion of the capital is lying dead for an indefinite period.” No Hope for a Reduction. “Can you hold out any hope of an eventual reduction in rates by the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company, corsidering what you present as the con- ditions?” queried The Star reporter. “So long as the public is constantly de- manding improved facilities for communi- cation the cost of the necessary exchanges will prevent a reduction in rates,” was the response. “In other words, the rates are likely to remain the same while the pub- lic is being constantly supplied with tm- provements in the service. The fact 1s, that the character and quality of service furnisked in Washington ten years ago could be supplied to the public at a con- siderably lower rate and with greater profits to the company than it now derives frem the present rates.” “J understand that the original royalty charged for each set of instruments by the Bell company was $12,” suggested the re- porter; “has that been reduced?” “The original rental charged by the American Bell Telephone Company was $20, with a discount of 40 per cent,” said Mr. Bryan. “That discount has been in- creased and the rent somewhat lessened thereby. rhere is another thing to be taken into consideration,” he continued, “the expecta- tion that we had when we purchased the plant of the old company did not material- ize. “There was no allowance made for depre- ciation, and the questions of maintenance and reconstruction were not understood. But it is true, nevertheless, that every dol- lar of the capital of the present company w paid for franchises, rights of way and property, including the valuable contracts the two old companies held with the American Bell Telephone Company. Our company furni the telephones in Fred- erick, and there we charge $36 per year for business places and $30 for residences. The complicated system necessary in a large community is not necessary in a city of that size? The Necessities Are Expensive. “It is the necessities of conducting a com- plex and intricate system of telephone ex- change which cause the apparent dispro- portion in the rates charged in populous and in small communities.” Mr. Bryan mentiored the intricate mech- anism and the enormous cost of the switch- boards used, and it was suggested that the Western Electric Company, which manu- factured these art! was owned by the American Bell Telephone Company, which was popularly supposed to also own a very large majority interest in the local tele- phone company. Mr. Bryan stated that there was no compulsion in the matter of his company ordering machinery from the Western Electric Company, and that it had a perfect right to purchase the neces- sary apparatus or equipment wherever it pleased. Mr. Bryan did not remember the amount cf the capital stock of the old com- pany, which was purchased and_ merged with’ the Maryland Telephone Company into the present corporation, over which he presides. —_—.—_—_. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. Vice Chancellor Beiler Returns From é an Inspection Tour. Vice Chancellor Rev. Dr. S. L. Beiler of the American University, who has just re- turned from an extended tour in the inter- est of the university, today showed a rep- resentative of The Star a large number of samples of marble, granite, blue gneiss and sandstone, there being ten varieties of the latter, in buff, gray, cream and various other colors, which have been submitted by various parties who hope to get the con- tract for furnishing the stone for the new building. The question of the sort of stone to be used wil) bave to be settled by the building committee before the architects can begin the preparation of plans. Dr. Beiler has written to Bishop Hurst, at Marion, Mass., where the bishop is spend- ing the summer, to ascertain when it will be agreeable for the latter to have a meet- ing of the building committee, as it is im- portant to have such meeting as soon as possible. As the members of that body are this time scattered in almost every po tion of the country, it is probable that or portion will be imvited to meet in Wash- ington, when the action taken by them will be submitted to the others at a meeting to be heid a few days later in New York. uring Dr. Beiler’s recent absence from he visited, with the view of studying their interior construction, many great institutions of learning, in order to their buildings. The list includ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Le- high Unive Bethlehem, Pa.; Univers ty of Penns nia, and Girard College, Philadelphia; Princeton College, University of the City of New York; Columbia and Union Theological Semin New York; Stevens Institute, Hoboken, J., and se’ 1 others. It is hoped to have all arrangements ready for the laying of the corner stone of the hall of history during the latter part of plember, or early in October, and work ill he pressed vigccously. Dr. Beiler has received a large collection of books, some of them very valuable, a gift to the unive-sity from the estate of the late Stephen C. Parrish of Washington, by the widow and daughter of the deceased. The donation is valued at at least $500, and perding the erection of a suitable place will be kept at the residence of Dr. Beiler. The universi has also received within the past few 4. subscriptions of $1,500 and $200, respectivel — A “BOUNCER” MADE MINISTER. of The Rise Billy Waters in For- mosa. VICTORIA, B. C., July 3.—The steamer Empress of China brought news that “Billy” Waters of Victoria and San Fran- cisco, pugilist and bar room “bouncer,” is now minister of war and vice president of the republic of Formosa. Waters’ connection with the new born republic dates back only a few months, when he obtained employment at the Tapen Fu forts as instructor. It was his pugilistic powers that brought him into prominence. One night some Chinese mandarins at- tempted to interfere unduly with Billy prerogative and the ex-pugilist_ promptly laid them out and handled their body guard in the same free and easy fashior. His value fgom a military standpoint was im- mediately recognized by the governor. > Government Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- ticn today, $260,296. Government receipts— internal revenue, % ; customs, 30; miscellaneous, £ < TO ADVERTISEM Amie e Sak Baoan i EXCHANGE. FOR LEAS! FOR R FoR FOR FOR FoR FOR BOR (Houses). \T (Miscellaneous) ‘T (Oitices). RRR RRR ROORANOARARARATH OTTER ROR ROR RR ONAL . Ss AND ORGANS ) RIVER BOATS. IONAL, PROPOSALS RAILROADS . CIAL NOTICES... tEAM CARPET CLEAN STORAGE ..... SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS. UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Board). WANTED (Heip). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneous) W4NTED (Rooms) WANTED (Situations)... SEEKING DYNAMITERS Detectives Working on the At- tempted Train Wrecking. CLUE 10 THE RINGLEADER Bought Explosives in Order to Kill Fish. THE ROBBERS’ ———.+—__ PLANS Railroad officials, as well as citizens gen- erally, are considerably interested in the work of the desperate train robbers who used dynamite Monday night in an attempt to blow up the “money train” on the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad, as told exclu- sively in yesterday’s Star. As the investi- gation proceeds the officers realize more fully the seriousness of the attack made on the train, and the necessity for effect- ing the capture of the men. This job, the officers think, was committed by men who were even more desperate than Searcey and Morganfield, the Aquia creek train robbers, who are now serving time for their deed. When they “held up” the train at Aquia creek they had some regard for the lives of the passengers, and instead of using deadly dynamite they simply put out a danger signal, and the engineer did the rest. Thus the lives of the passen- gers were not endangered, nor were any of them robbed of valuables. But in the attempted “hold up” Monday night the use of dynamite wasecalculated to end in a wholesale slaughter. Fortunately, how- ever, the force of the explosion was not great enough to do the damage that was evidently intended, and no one was hurt. The Damage. As printed in yesterday's Star, train 46 is known as the “money train,” although large sums of moncy are not usually car- ried on Monday nights. There was some money on the train, however, and there was an express messenger locked in the car in charge of the cash. The dynamite was placed ogainst the inner rail of the track, about 150 yards west of the Big Monocacy bridge, and so great was the force of the explosive that a piece of steel nearly two feet long was dug from the rail. 1n addition to this, one rail was badly twisted, and another was so badly damaged that it had to be re- placed with a new one before the next train could pass over the tracks. Fortunately for the railroad company there are a workshop and hand car at Dick- erson’s station, only a short distance this side of where th? e»plosion occurred, and when the railroad workmen were called from their beds at midnight they repaired the damage before the arrival of the next train. : An Excellent Choice. The spot wherg the explosion occurred is ene of the best places on the road for such an affair, and for this reason it was prob- ably selected by the robbers. There is a stcep embankment on either side of the track reaching several hundred yards west of the Monocacy bridge, and had the train been derailed the cars would have gone down this embankment a distance of from fifty to seventy-five feet to the bottom. This would no doubt have caused a smash- ing of the cars and the killing or disabling of the members of the cre Had this much been accomplished the robbers would probably have secured some plunder and escaped. Opened the Throttle. Engineer A. G. Gartrell was in charge of the engine, and to his quick action is attributed the good ending to the diabolical plot. Instead of reversing his engine and stopping the train, as was at first reported, he opened the throttle when he heard the explosion, and although the blowing out of the air tubes had set the brakes he suc- ceeded in getting his train over the broken rails in safety and reaching a point east of th: high bridge before the train came to a standstill. When he heard the explosion he was satisfied that there was something wrong, and, without a moment's hesitation, he opened th» throttle and sent the train as far as possible before stopping. This no doubt gave the robbers the Idea that their work had beeii completely ineffective, and they took to the woods instead of making an attempt to follow the train across the river. The robbers were heard by members of the train's crew, and it is certain that There were at least three, and possibly five of them in the party. When the train had been brought to a stop this side of the river one of the crew heard one of the men in the woods signal his companion by whistling. This signal was answered, their voices were heard, Dut the railroad men did not see any one. Three men were seen shortly afterward, and they were tramping over the road, coming this way. They were seen by pe! sons in the country who had been aroused by the loud explosion. The explosion was heard for se al miles, and those who heard it remained up until they learned its cause. ‘Then the excitement was intense, and many of the residents of the country along the line of the railroad and persons living near the tracks remained about their doors and windows until the train reached Dick- erson’s. So far as is known none of the natives made a move toward organizing a search- ing party, which might have resulted in the capture of one or more members of the gang, so that the dynamiters had several hours in which to travel before daybreak. The Suspected Leader. Chief Grannan of the Baltimore and Ohio detectives, as stated in yesterday's Star, reached the scene of the affair eariy yes- terday, and with him was Detective John Lloyd, one of the shrewdest detectives in the company’s employ. Besides these, other of the company’s detective corps are as- sisting in the investigation, and today the entire force was put at work on the case. The work done by the officers yesterday was not in vain, fe ey learned consider- able about the robbers and hope they will have the ringleader, at least, behind the bars in a few days While his exact identity is not known the officers obtained enough information to lead them to the belief that he had come here and Inspector Hollinberger was requested yesterday afternoon to have his men render what assistance they can in the case. The leader of the desperate gang is de- scribed as being not more than thirty years old. He is about 5 feet 8 inches tall, has a slender neck, thin, sharp face and has a downcast lock on his face. He wore a black suit of clothes, sack coat, white shirt and standing collar. His descr: nm was read in the various police stations last evening and this morn- ing and the message concluded: “He blew up a train near Monocacy bridge and is now supposed to be in this city. Make a specialty of this.” Thie man has been seen about the line of the railroad for several days, and is known to have slept in box cars near Washington Junction. He was not entirely without funds, for it is said he paid for meals at a house near the junction or at Point of Rocks, which is 0a short distance from the junction. Where he got his dynamite from was a question that was soon solved by the officers. They learned that he had purchased the explosive at a country store, and when making the purchase he asked the merchant for the most powerful cx plosive he had, saying he wanted to use it in the river, where he was going to get some fish. This manner of taking fish from the river, especially black bass, has become so common along the line of the upper Potomac that there was nothing unusual in the sale of the explosive. Expected a Battle. Soon after the train had stopped, it was learned this afternoon, the members of the crew, who were well aware of what had caused the explosion, left their train: and crossed over the bridge. They were armed and were expecting to meet the robbers and have a battle. A short distance from the track they could hear the men whis- tling to each other in the woods, and could also hear their voices, but these sounds soon died away. They evidently left the woods immediately and started in this di- rection, for three of them were seen run- ning along the road near Dickerson’s. In the party was the leader of the gang, ———| FINANCIAL. Henry A. Heiser’s Son, 47 BROAIWAY, NEW YORK. PROVISIONS, R CASH OR ON MARGIN. "LD BE READ RS, MAID Jy3-w&s3m ED FREB ON APPLICATION, Toney To Loan. —— This company has money to loan upomt District real’ estate and acceptable col lateral securitics in sums to suit. 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Raflroed stocks and bonds Listed on the exchanges of New Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. ‘A §p je of investinent se trict bods and all local Railroad, G and Telephone Stock dealt in ‘Americen Bell Telephono Stock bought and sold. a3 LIFE, TONTIND, ENDOWMENT AND PAID-UP TANSURANCE, POLICIES PURCHASED AT A FAI DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. aps-tf EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open untils p. m. on Govern= ment pay days and Satur- ed evenings between 6and whose description is given, and while the railroad men have an idea that they came here, the local officers of the law think they changed their course, and are in hid- ing somewhere in the country. Conductor Ed. Caskey was in charge of the train, and he led the armed crew across the bridge. He stopped at the door of the express car, and, rapping thereon, sald: “Open the door. There was no response except a refusal, and the railroad men are very much sur- prised to know that the messenger did not respond with a shower of bullets. fe2 208 — Speed Trial of the St. Louis. Arrangements have been made at the Navy Department for a speed trial of the American stamer St. Louis in order to de- termine officially that the vessel meets the requirements of the. postal subsidy act as @ naval auxiliary vessel. The trial will be made in the English channel August 7, and will be conducted by Commander Brad- ford and Lieut. Mulligan. The St. Louis will be given much the same trial given to warships. She has already made the required speed, but never under govern- ment auspices. She will be run over a forty-knot course, out and hack, and will be required to make twenty knots an hour for four consecutive hours.