Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY ‘11, 1895—-TEN PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. Best of All Cooling Drinks Is PALMER'S BELFAST GINGER ALE. Dcesn’t ‘oa’? even on the hottest days. Iefreshi- ing and delicious, You won't enjoy the finest Aniported ales more than ‘Palmer's,’ It comes fn mame size bottles. COSTS ONLY HALV AS [7 Insist on having “Palmer's” at soda foun- tains. Your grocer will supply you—or order from us direct. Samil.C.Palmer, fii warers, 615-621 D ST. S.W. TEL. 480. jyll-14d Pint Bottle of Claret With our Dinners. Finest in the city for 50c. Elegant menu. Delicious cooking. Daily, 5 10 7. The Belford, 617-21 13th St. dylt-sd the Webster Non-filing You Can Buy ‘Tepewriter Ribbon, same @s used in the U. 8. gov't depts.—and they are the ares John C. Parker, dyll-6a 617-619 Tth st. n.w. Frank Libbey & Co.’s Mill Work Warehouse & Lumber Yi ri. Office Cor. 6th & N.Y. Ave. — for dressing lumber. for delivering to boats or loading on care. Florida & South Carolina Red Cypress (S-H-I-N-G-L-E-S, 4 50 1,000 o 5x20 6x20, $5.00 Ready-made Shelving. 2a, “Sound ‘Knots, ‘dressed oo"4 ea, $1.75 100 Feet. Ready-made Shelving <edges nicely jointed, extra fine, 12-In., Gccssed on 4 sides; only $2 100 Feet. LATHS, $1.90 thousand. These are North Carolina Alr-dried Laths. LATHS, $2.50 thousand. White Pine—~no better made. Frank Libbey & Co., 5thto| In the heart |N.Y.av. 6thst.| of the city. | to Kst. It If we told you the P.T. HALL, 205,08 ga te clusive"’ shirt-making business, ycu would hardly belteve ug. Leading men of every walk of life thronghout the country are our customers. They appreciate fine work—the crly kind we turn out. They appreciate our low prices. Better let us Neslige” Sturt for us Shirtmaker. guminer. F ST. Jy11-10d AN EXAMINATION FOR POSITION OF RESIDENT piysiclan wil be held at Garfeid Mospital FRE AY, July 1: 10 o'clock p.m. it TO WHOM iT MAY CONCER: We hereby announce that on the 16th of May, 199, we sold to Chas. L. Beatty the busi- ness’ carried on at 1213 Pa. ave. n.w. under the name and style of Chas. [. Beatty & Co. All bills due to sald firm up to ond including the above date bave beew transferred to and are pay- able to the undersigned. All bills due by sald firm up to and including above date are payable by the undersigned. All parties indebted are re- Spectfully requested to make early and prompt of thelr accounts. All parties @ay- galnat eald firm will please prosent JAS. L. BARBOUR & SON. TO THE PUBLIC.—THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE that E. A. Paul jr., 1s ne longer connected with the National Bureau of Information, 615 F B.W. Adl moaeys due shculd be paid at this office. 8. J. BLOC, President and Manager. A. OEHMANN, Treasurer. 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ADAMS, “Prompt Printer,”” 612 11th. dy9-148 SPECIAL NOTT NOTICE IS IXEREBY GIVEN thet the second mortgege bonds of the Washing- ton Light Infantry Corps of the District of Co- lumbia, which matured ie 1, 1895, will be re- dec med on presontation at the ‘Columbia National Bonk, Wasbiugton, D.C. 1805." AIL on and after JULY 15, interest’ on there bonds will cease at that date. he (Washington Light Infantry Corpe of the District of Columbta, by its president, Jy6-108 WM. G.’ MOORE. HL, McQUEEN, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER, FINE BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. fyl__1108-1116 B sT. TELEPHONE 820. FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES—ALL ANDIRONS, fenders, spark guards and fire vets in stock will be sold at cost until further notice. Je22-tf J. H. CORNING, 520-522 13th st. SPECIAL NOTICE -DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEK- Jy and monthly Installments—10 per cent discount STUBULEFIELD, for cash. rT. W. %, _ JeTtojy16 11th and F n.w.—Mertz bidg. 7 ry = You'll Soon Be Going Away! Don't forget to get a good supply of BOX -APER and ENVELOPES. All the latest styles re here—in plain white and delicate tints. An £XCELSION DIARY will come in handy— lots of delightful happenings that a diary’ Account will help you te remember. Tr Our “drawing card’ ts lowest prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 1th st. Popular Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) it’s Very Easy To leain to ride a Bicycle If properly instructed on,a suitable Safety, Instruction by competent men may be had at our large and elegant riding school, 14th st. o.w., both day and evening, (a we claim to teach papils to ride In “good Beginning May 13 the school will be lighted electricity and dpen every evening except Suni: urtil 10 o'clock. We shall be in better shape take care of our Lumerous patrons, and the even- ings will be the pleasantest part of the day 2s warmer weather approaches. Special evenin: can be reserved for ladles if desired. A me nominal charge {* made for teach’ and ev that deducted frum the price of a machine if you “~* RAMBLER. All 1805 patterns of Safettes, $106, Tardems, $150. Never so before—and never before so cheap GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. C0., my14-28d 1325 14th st. nw. A District Attorney Appointed. Lee Cowart has been appointed an as- sistant United States attorney for the Rorthern district of Alabama. Se The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for suck period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. {> But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. TO. RESTORE GRAY odlor, as in yout and Strong, there is Hall's Halr Renewer. at | etter preparation than f MORE ROOM NEEDED Col. Wilson Urges Changes at the White House. PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN Thousands of Visitors at the Wash- ington Monument. IMPROVING PARKS Many interesting things in regard to the public parks and reservations of the Dis- trict are told by Col. John M. Wilson, the officer in cherge, in his annual report to the chief of ergineers of operations during the fiscal year ended June 30 last. Consid- erable werk was done in necessary repairs to the Executive Mansion. In the red par- lor the soufheast window has been cut down to the level of the balcony and a glass door ccrstructed. New carpets have been placed in the blue parlor and in two bed rooms. New furniture was purchased for the lower corridor. Some additions were made to the china, glass, linen and silver used at official receptions. Attention is again invited to the bad condition of the conservatory. The frame, which is of wood, is rapidly decaying, and is in an almost dangerous ccndition. A new iron super- structure is considered necessary, the cost of which is estimated at $13,000. Annual repairs are made to the old superstructure. but Col. Wilson regards it as almost a waste of funds to patch up portions of the old, decayed wooden frame with wood, which will also decay. A violent storm, he says, might possibly wreck the structure at any time. An Office Bullding. Attention Is also again invited to the im- portance of providing suitable offices out- side the Execrvtive Mansion for the use of the President of the United States, and Col. Wilson earnestly recommends that an appropriation of $250,000 be made for the erection within the Executive Mansion grounds, und directly oppesite the treasury building, of a granite structure for offices for the chief executive of the nation. “This structure,” he says, “could be connected by a wide corridor with a large conserva- tory fitted up as a winter garden with trop- ical plants, fountains and statues of emi- nent Americans. The conservatory could open into a picture gallery, connected by two wide corridors with the east room, and these improvements would serve:a double purpose by relieving the mansion of the terrible crush incident to the evening offi- cial receptions. I earnestly hope that this important matter may no longer be de- layed, and that action may be teken at the approeching sessfon of Congress toward erecting a suitable office building for the President of the United States.” Washington Monument. In regard to the Washington monument, Col. Wilson says that vandals continue to give annoyance by occasiorally chipping pieces from the outside or from the me- mcrial shafts on the inner walls. When- ever detected these thoughtless person are arrested, but, says Col. Wilscn, as a rule, when brought to trial, they escape with a small fine. It is belleved that the elevator is as safe as it is possible for man to make it, and overy effort is made to prevent ac- cident. Should an accident ever occur it will, according to Col. Wilson, result from something which it ts impossible to foresee. The monument was open dally during the year, except Surdays and holidays, and a few days in the autumn and spring, when it was necessary to overhaul and machinery. There were 1 to the top of the monument during the year, of which number 107,855 made the ascent in the elevator and 852 by the stairway, making 1,098,126 persons who have visited the top without a single ac- cident of any kind since tHe shaft was opened to the public, October 9, 1888. In the City. Col. Wilson tells of the operations for the improvement of the government printing office, including work already done for the erection of two new structures and the fire escapes authorized by Congress, and takes occasion to commend highly the work per- formed in‘ this connection by Lieut. John S. Sewell, corps of engineers, who has assist- ed him in this duty. The report contains a detailed account of operations in various public parks, with various suggestions of improvement. Hancock place, corner 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue, has been selected as the site for the statue of Gen. Hancock. It is proposed to improve It at an estimated cost of $3,000 by the construc- tion of a circle of 120 feet in diameter, in which a circulir mound sixty feet in diam- eter will be formed around the pedestal of the statue, the circle and mound to be in- closed with a dressed granite curb. An es- timate of $5,000-is submitted for the im- provement of reservation No. $2, at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania avenue and I4th street. It is contemplated to re- move all the old soft maple trees, to con- struct a granite coping, to construct a fountain with basins and to construct gran- clithic paths. “There are still 168 of these little spaces unimproved throughout the city,” says Col. Wilson, “and if the general appropriations for various reservations could bé increased to $15,000 annually they could be gradually transformed into ex~ quisite little parklets, and add greatly to the beauty of the oapital city.’” Children’s Playground A chapter of the report is devoted to the children’s playground, recently establish- ed by a special act of Congress south of the White House. “Under the terms of this law,” Col. Wilson says, “dt is pro~ posed to authorize the use by children of the grounds within the ellipse for playing tennfs, croquet, and ‘like games. Permits will be issued from this office upon written applications, countersigned by some repu- table citizen, who will hold himself re- sponsible that no unnecessary damage will be done, and that there will be no viola: tion of the ordinary police regulations. In response to the copier of the citizens’ committee of East Washington and in ac- cordance with the terms of the act of August 30, 1800, I have authorized the use for a children’s playground of U. S. reser- vation No. 126, at the intersection of Georgia and Virginia avenues. This reser- vation covers an area of about two acres and is admirably located for a playground. The ollizens’ committee has requested that a fence be constructed around the reser- vation, that trees be planted and water introduced. The cost of the work requested will be $1,500, and an estimate for that amount is submitted. If Congress deems it best to continue the privileges extend- ed by the acts of August 30, 1890, and March, 1895, there should be some punish- ment prescribed for breaches of the rules and regulations, governing the parks, and here should be regular watchmen on duty st all hours, not simply for eight hours ef the day. The duty of these watchmen should be to prevent improper characters from interfering with the children, and to Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBL CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Custoria’ 1s so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to indorse it. Few are the intefli- geut familfes who do not keep Castorla within cusy reach." CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city. see that all proper regulations are thor- oughly enforced.” The section of the Washington monu- mert grounds between the main drive north of the monument and B street north, is now used for playing foct ball znd base ball, under the terms of an act of Con- gress. For this reason and also on xc- count of lack of funds no effort has been made in the year to improve that portion of the reservation. . For Drill Grounds. Reference is made to the frequent use of the grounds south of the White House for drills and parades by local militia, and also by visiting military companies from other cities. Some years since a compsti- tive drill, lasting several days, took place in the park, and more recently the grounds were occupied by the Grand Army of the Republic in their memorable reunion. On of these occasions it has been apparent, says Col. Wilson, that a wide walk around the parade would be a desirable feature and afford safe standing room out of the way of passing vehicles for spectators, as wel! as a path for pedestrians visiting the locality. With this object in view it is suggested that an asphalt walk, fifteen feet wide, be constructed around the outer portion of the ellipse, separating it from the carriageway by a parking thirty feet wide. The American elm trees now border- ing the parade would afford partial shade to this walk as well as to the roadway. At all the principal outlets of the park to surrounding streets wide walk openings might be made te connect with these roads for the convenience of the public. It is estimated that the cost of this walk with kts approaches, &c., will be $10,500. During the spring and summer of 1895 the beauty of this park has been greatly marred by the construction of a large sewer running from 15th to 17th street, waich necessitated heavy excavation through the lawns and across the main roadways. In ‘addition to the destruction of a section of the lawn it was necessary to remove from the line of the sewer a number of valuable trees and shrubs. Requests for Plants. Col. Wilson says that he tis frequently in receipt of requests for the loan of plants from the propagating gardens for the use of churches, fairs, festivals, etc., and that demands are constantly made for flowering decorative plants for private purposes. He says he is obliged to decline all such re- quests, as’ a compliance with them would be in violation of a provision of the act of Congress approved June 20, 1878. After the annual spring planting in the parks is completed it sometimes happens, however, that there is.a small surplus of bedding plants on hand. These are divided among public reservations and institutions,the Dis- trict police and fire departments and the various hospitals and orphan asylums. Af- ter these are supplied, should there still be a few such surplus plants remaining, they are given to whoever may ask for them. Electric Lights. It is again earnestly recommended that the electric light system inaugurated in 1889 in the grounds south of the White House be extended throughout the Monu- ment park. There is now no method of artificial illumination between*B street, and the propagating gardens south of the mon- ument between 14th and 17th streets, and in the interest of morality and for the pro- tection of persons crossing those grounds at night, lights, in. Col. Wilson’s opinion, are an absolute necessity. It is also recommended that the system of electric Hghts now in operation upon many of the streets and avenues of the city of Washington be gradually extended to all the public greunds, especially in Lafayette, Franklin and Smithsonian parks. Estimates are submitted for the first two named reservations. The cost of placing lights in Franklin Park would be $4,000. Seventy new ‘boulevard lanterns and eighteen new lamp posts have been purchased during the year, and will be used in the more. import- ant parks in place of the old-fashioned lamps now in use. According to Col. Wilson it is becoming more and more difficult to operate the overhead telegraph system connecting the Capitol with the departments, owing to the growth of trees along the line, which in- terrupt the electric current, especially in wet and windy weather. The necessity for either replacing the present poles with tall- er ones or constructing a system of under- ground cable, he says, is so apparent that argument in its favor is unnecessary. The cost of the underground system is esti- mated at $25,000, and the matter is present- ed to Congress for such action as may be deemed advisable. —_——_+ e+_____ PLANNING RAPID TRANSIT. Steps Taken by Residents of the Silver Spring Kegion. 5 For some time the residents of Silver Spring, Woodside, Linden and Forest Glen have felt the need of additional rapid tran- sit facilities for travel to and from Wash- ington. Practical steps toward the build-~ ing of an electric line to connect with the Brightwood road at North Takoma were taken by a number of interested property owners at a meeting last night In the li- brary of the National Park Seminary at Forest Glen. There were present Benj. F. Leighton, J. C. Dowell, W. Riley Deeble, Frank T. Browning, J. A. I. Cassedy, Sey- loch, O. Harr, A. M. Proctor, vright, Luke Devlin, Wm. P. . B. Bushnell, W. W. Wright, jr., F. Gibbs, Chas. Eccleson, F. Benjamin, After considerable discussion of various routes from the present North Takoma terminus of the Brightwood road to Forest Glen, in which it was developed that most of the property owners interested would grant a right of way for the road, a com- mittee was appointed to investigate the most feasible route, taking into considera- tion the matters of expense of construction and operation, concessions of rights of way and subscriptions to stock, and report at a meeting to be held on the 24th instant, The committee, consisting of Messrs. Browning, Cassedy, Harr, Lawrence, Childs, Leighton, Deeble, Theodore W. Noyes and J. C. Dowell, will meet at Forest Glen Friday afternoon and go over the lands near or through which it is proposed to run the road. A communicaticn was read from the officers of the Brightwood road, which evinced a desire to co-operate with the parties interested and furaish transpor- tation to and from the city. “The country through which it is proposed to construct this road is largely owned and occupied by people engaged in public. or private bus- inecs in Washington, and the need of rapid, frequent, clean and cheap transportation is now seriously felt by them, and will, they think, rapidly increase £s the locali- ties develop. ———_—_ GEOGRAPHIC CONGRESS. Wasbington Delegates to the Conven- fion in London. The Washington delegates to the sixth International Geographic Congress, which meets at London July 26 to August 3, are making preparations to sail for the English capital to attend the meeting. Mr. Everett Hayden leaves tonight for Montreal to fake ship for London, and others will fol- low soon, The attendance from Washing- ton will be in behalf of the National Geo- graphic Society, delegates having been se- lected by that organization. Those who will represent the society are President Gardiner G. Hubbard, Vice Pres- ident Rockhill, who will also represent the government of the United States; VicePres- ident Greely, Commissioner of Education Harri . ‘Cyrus ©. Adams, Mr. W. C. ore, Prof. William Libbey, jr., Dr. A. Graham ‘Bell, Rev. S. W. Greene, Miss B. R. Scidmore, Miss Arleen Bell, Mr. John BE. Hudson, Mr. Everett Hayden, Prof. W. B. Powell and Miss Lillian Hayden of the faculty of Brinmore Preparatory School, Baltimore. Mr, J. B, Jackson of the Ameri- can embassy, London, and Lieut. Com- mander Cowles, the naval attache of the embassy, have also been designated as delegates of the society. Mr. -Crosby S. Noyes was elected a delegate, but his trip to Japan will prevent his attendance. ‘The congress will be attended by repre- sentatives of the principal geographic so- cieties of the world, and its sessions are expected to prove interesting and valuable. The subjects to be treated are mathe- matical geography, physical geography, cartography, exploration, descriptive geog- raphy, historical geography, applied geog- raphy avd educatiow. The organizing com- mittee have made arrangements for the treatment of certain selected subjects, which will be introduced in a paper by a leading authority, to be followed by a dis- cussion, in which other specialists will take part. . The American delegation will make an effort "to have the next session of the con- gress, which meets in 1898, held in this city. On Whiting Orders. Lieut. J. K. Cogswell, ordnance instruc- tor at the Washington navy yard, has been ordered home and placed on waiting orders. THE OFFICIAL a4 ai ee wi c it Halk WEATHER MAP. ., EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are Ssobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or nes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. areas of high and low barometer. The words “High” and “Low’’ show location of Small arrows fly with the wind. WARMER TOMORROW. That is What the Wenther Forecaster Says. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday: For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, light rains today and to- night, probably fair and warmer Frida: northeasterly winds, becoming variable. No well-marked storm appears on the weather map this morning. The barometer is lowest north of Minnesota, and is high over the central and southern districts. Rain has fallen from the Rocky moun- tain districts over the southwestern states, and easterly winds have produced an area of clouds and rain over the middle Atlantic states. The temperature has remained nearly sta- tlonary in the eastern and southern dis- triets, and has risen generally throughout the west and northwest. ‘The locat rains that have been developed over this region are not expected to con- tinue, and fair and somewhat warmer weather is indicated for Friday. Tide Table. - Today—Low tide, 4:58 a.m. and 5:16 p.m.; high tide, 10:47 a.m. and 11:12 ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 5 p.m.; high tide, 11:27 a.m. and 11:54 p.m. Condition of the Water. ‘Femperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 74; condi- tion, 2; receiving reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at north connection, 3; condition at south connection, 3; distributing reser- voir, temperature, 77; condition at influent gate house, 2; effluent gate house, 3. Range of the Thermometer. ‘The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 64: 2 p.m., 66; maximum, 67; min- | imum, 58. ° TO -TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR Cornell to Go to the Henley Regatta in '96, Rowing Finnl Heats Today—The Grand Challenge Won by Trinity Hall in Slow Time. HENLEY, England, July 11.—There was a larger crowd than usual assembled here today, in order to witness the final heats on this the last day of the Henley regatta. The trustees of Cornell University, who are now here, have decided to bring two crews to Henley in 1896. Sécretary Cooper of the regatta committee heartily approves of the proposition, and offers the Cornell men every inducement an@ facility. He as- serts that this will be the best answer to the criticisms passed upon the conduct of the Cornell crew now at Hénley. When the Eton College crew and the crew from St. John’s College, Oxford, were sent away In the final heat for the Indices’ challenge plate, at the third stroke Eton’s No. 2 caught a crab and Iay at the bottom of the boat for some moments, unable to rise. The Oxford boat was a couple of lengths ahead when the Oxlord coxswain, H.C. Sells, cried: “Ease all,” The Oxfords then returned to the post amid frantic applause, In which the umpire and others on his launch jotped, while the Etons rattled thelr oarg in the row locks In approval. “Bravo, Oxford,” was heard on all sides, and the cry “No more Cornell” was heard from several boats. The race was then started again, and the Eton crew won as they liked by eight lengths. In the final heat for the grand challenge cup the Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Rowing Club crew, which defeated Cornell yester- day, beat the New College, Oxford, Boat Chub crew, and thus captured the trophy, representing the blue ribbon of aquatics. The race was a splendid one and Trinity Hell won by only one-third of a length in 7 minutes 30 seconds. The crew of the London Rowing Club, consisting of A. S. Little, bow; H. W. Stout, Vivian Nickalls and Guy Nickalls, stroke, defeated the crew of the Thames Rowing Club today in the final heat for the Steward’s challenge cup, and thus won that trophy. The crew of the London Rowing Club, Vivian Nickalls and Guy Nickalls (stroke), won the silver goblets for pair oars in the final heat today, defeating the Thames Rowing Club crew, W. Broughton and S. D. Muttlebury (stroke). . The Cornell men remain in trafning, and they were therefore compelled to break their engagement to dine at the Sports’ Club. The Canadians will dine as ar- ranged. Don’t Like Cornell's Jerseys. LONDON, July 11.—The Pall Mall Ga~ zette this afternoon, commenting on the Cornell crew, says: “The Americans fail- ed to enter into the spirit of the Henley regatta, which calls upon competitors, as well as visitors, to dress as cleanly and tidily as possible. The ‘varsity and other English crews make a point of rowing in new jerseys with colors unstained by rain or perspiration. It.is not too much to say that such a dirty-looking crew as Cornell never competed in the regatta within the memory of most of its frequenters. They wore a large red ‘C’ embroidered on the front of their jerseys, and in every case the color of this letter had run several inches. We hope they will get a new turn- out if they row in the coming Metropolitan regatta.” The Globe this afternoon remarks: “It is much to be regretted that the visit of the Cornell crew, instead of promoting good fellowship between English and Amer- ican athletes, has struck only a jarring note in the otherwise harmonious rivalry of nations at Henley. We cannot help thinking that the American oarsmen have been somewhat harshly judged for stand- ing upon thelr rights. At any rate, It would have been more gracious to abstain from hostile comments, in view of the. decision of the committee.” The St. James Gazette expresses the opin- ion that: “There ts a good deal of unrea- sonable prejudice against Cornell, and if they had won the grand, there might have been unpleasantness. Thé best possible thing which could occur was that Cornell should be fairly beaten by Trinity. After all the most important thing was that our American cousins should have a fair race with an English crew.” —_-. —— Chosen by Cuban‘'‘Societies. Enrique Trujillo, editor.of El Pouveniru and one of the Cuban revolutionary leaders in New York city, says ‘that the various allied clubs all over the country are send- ing in their nominations for the office of president. “We already haye received ballots from seven of the ten clubs which form the electoral college. Those ‘we have heard from are: Ocala and Jacksonville, F’ Vera Cruz, Mexico; New Orleans, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. They ure unanimously in favor of Thomas Es- trada Palma, The three districts yet to be heard from are Tampa ard West, Fla., and Kingston, Ja- We will undoubtedly hear from se three tomorrow and they will, I am confident, send ballots for Mr. Palma. To- morrow, without doubt, we can announce the election of Mr. Palma as president of the Cuban republic.”” cecham’s Pills for con= Stipation, tec. and 25¢ Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Annual Sales More Than 6,000,000 Boxes. WORKMEN MUST QUIT Reductions to Be Made in the Navy Yards Next Month. The Government to Lose Its Skilled Artisans—The Work at the Ordnance Shops. With the exception of the Mare Island, Cal., navy yard, the forces of employes in the various navy yards will suffer severely from enforced reductions about the Ist of next month. This will result from the com- pletion of the most important work on hand and the failure of Congress to make provision for further construction. At the New York navy yard there will remain of Jarge projects only the work of recon- structing the machinery of the Chicago and the completion of the double-turreted mon- itor Puritan. At Norfolk, aside from the building of a tug, there will be little to do beyond current repairs. A little work on small boats for ships, and on cabin furni- ture and equipment ts all that can be ex- pected at Portsmauth and Boston, while League Island will be made but a fresh- water berth for ships out of commission. Mare Island will be more lucky, for a good deal of work will be done there {nz rebuild- ing the historic old Hartford, in complet-~ ing the monitor Monadnock, and in fitting armor and gun carrlages to the new ships. There will be more or less work at all of the yards on buildings and wharves and internal improvements, but as this will all be done under contract by private firms, the regular navy yard forces will not profit. The Folly of It. Just this state of affairs was foreseen by Chief Constructor Hichborn last fall. In his annual report he pointed out the folly of allowing the forces of trained expert workmen whom the department had gath- ered at the yards with great difficulty ana after thorough examination as to their abilities, to be dissipated through lack of employment, and he strongly recommended that Congress adopt the policy of keeping at least one large warship under consiruc- tion at all times in every constructive navy yard. Partly with a view to keeping to- gether the splendid body of machinists who have been trained at the Washington navy yard to fabricate the best naval ordnance in the world, Capt. Sampson, chief of the ordnance bureau. also besought Congress to make provision for continuing the work which ts soon to be curtailed largely there, by authorizing the manufacture of guns for the vessels of our auxiliary navy, now numbering thirty, and worthless without their. armanent. But notwithstanding the fact that Secretary Herbert himself in- dorsed these prejects, Congress refused te make the necessary appropriations, and hence thcre must be a considerable reduc- tion of force. —___—__-o.—_____ Cairo Flats Robbery. Detective Boyd last evening made an investigation of a robbery that occurred at the Cairo flats five days ago. Some one raised the window and entered the room of Mr. F. F. Schneider and carried away $84 in small change. The theft, it is thought, was committed by some one who was acquainted with the premises and sus- pected that the money was in the room. When the detective had concluded the in- vestigation, Mr. Schnelder requested that the matter ‘be dropped, and the officer therefore did not make an arrest. His Foot Crushed. George Collins, fourteen years old, was playing near the corner of 9th street afd Louisiana avenue yesterday, when his foot was crushed by a heavy piece of railroad iron. He was taken to the Emergency Hos- pital, where the injured foot was attended to, and then he was sent to his home in Purdy’s court. . ———— Denth of Dr. Pitzer’s Father. Dr. A. W. Pitzer received a telegram this morning announcing the death of his father, and left on the 8 o'clock train for Salem, Va. INDEX TO ADVERTISEM AMUSEM! ATYOR: PR AREOTUTAAUR RAMANA TAA ATTA RARE RRO SHOR R RSM RORS 4 <A ‘AND VEHICLES. WANTEI i WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Situations)... JUNE TEMPERATURES Washington and Baltimore Records Are About Equal. BOT THERE ARE UTHERN MUCH HOTTER The Record for Nineteen Years is “Favorable to Washington. THE COOL NIGHTS HERE The city of Baltimore has been pluming itself lately on account of the pretended discovery of the fact that that city is con- siderably cooler in the month of June than Washington, and the inhabitants of the monumental city are putting on a good meny airs in the notion that their place is becoming a veritable summer resort. This would, of course, be important if true, but unfortunately for the pride of the Balti- moreans it is not true. The matter came most prominently to general attention through the medium of a recent letter to the Baltimore Sun from a local statistician named Hall, who, by some jugglery of the figures covering the first twenty-two days of June, managed to show that Baltimore had, for that period, an average temperature of 75.1 degrees as against 82.6 for Washington. Closely fol- lowing this letter, The Star received a com- munication from a correspondent who signed the initials “E. P. G.,” pointing out the fact that Mr. Hall's figures were er- ratic and unreliable, as he had evidently mixed up the maximum with the 8 p.m. temperatures, and he seriously questioned the reliability of the entire statement that Baltimore was actually cooler during June than Washington. In order to settle this vital point of controversy between the two cities The Star has investigated the mat- ter at the United States weather bureau, and has obtained absolutely reliable infor- mation that goes to show that the June temperatures of Washington and Baltimore are, for the Current year, practically the same, and for the past nineteen years have averaged exactly the same. It would be surprising if such were not the case, as the two cities are so close to- gether that they are under practically the same meteorological conditions. Any such difference as that indicated by Mr. Hall, namely, seven and ore-half degrees, would be little short of phenomenal, and would indicate something radically wrong in either tke recording instruments or the general climatic arrangements of the globe. The long record, that is to say, the record running over nineteen years, which is the longest period now covered by official sta- istics, shows that the two cities are re- markably close together in the point of temperature. Washington seems to be a trifle cooler In the winter and a shadc cooler in the midst of the heated term. The average temperature for the year, upon the figures for nineteen years past, is 55.3 in Baltimore and 55.0 in Washington, this city thus having three-tenths of a de- gree less heat recorded at the end of the year. Mr. Hall's comparisons in the Sun covered not only Washington and Balti- more, but New York and Philadeiphia. This is not an absolutely fair test, as the other two cities are in a different latitude, and are therefore subject to different con- ditions, The nineteen-year record for these four cities by months ts as follows: Months Wash. Balt. Phil. N.Y. January . 23.6 B44 3826 February 864 86.7 34.8 March . 410 412 39.0 April 528 528 506 May 1 641 June B2 B2 16 July %9 76 TL August U8 0 8 September 6.0 682 67.9 October. . 368 57.4 56.4 November ... 5.0 45.8 45.2 ber . ---» 368 87.6. 36.0 The year....... 55.0 55.3 53.9 Thus it will _be.seen that Philadelphia is cooler than Washington, which is cooler than Baltimore, and that New York, being the farthest north of all four, is the coolest of all. A better comparison between four cities would be along the same line of lati- tude, and for this purpose four better ex- amples could not be chosen than Washing- ton, Baltimore, Cincinnati and St. Louis. This, of course, carries the line inland, yet neither Washington nor Baltimore are coast cities, strictly speaking, and hence the comparison is not unjust to Cincinnati or St. Louis, which in the tables. that follow are shown to be considerably warmer. In calculating the average or mean tem- perature of a locality the rule is to take the maximum and minimum as extremes, and, adding them, divide by two, so as to obtain the central point of the range for the day. Thus the average maximum added to the average minimum for the month and di- vided into half will give the mean tem- perature for the month. The following table gives the minimum and maximum of each day for the thirty days of June, 1895, for each of the four cities, and shows that in point of coolness they range thus: Bal- timore, 74.25; Washington, 74.5; Cincinnatl, 75.8; St. Louis, 76.85. The temperatures are given in the order of the days from the first of the month to the thirtieth. The mini- mum temperature is given first, separated from the maximum by a hyphen. Wéash't’n. Balt’me. Cincin’t!. St. Louis. 74-96 72-4 78-96 70-94 74-98 76-98 70-96 74-96 72-86 74-92 72-72 64-88. 60-78 60-78 78 00-74 64-84 DA-T4 54-76 64-86 52-78 56-84 64-00 56-78. 60-90 72-04 - 64-78 GA-88 TAO 4-78 68-88 72-90 66-74 66-86 68-84 C178 68-86 $6 62-86 08-90 -S2 60-78 86-00 56-76 70-86 58-84 64-86 00-88, 66-84 62-90 68-70 1-78 66-82 62-86 63-90 66-58 66-90 72-90 70-85, 74-34 66-82 70-86 68-84 66-82 64-84 66-84 66- 68-88 68-88, 66-86 61-84 68-84 70-78 70-80 86-72 The monthly averages of the four cities are as follows: Maximum temperatures— Washington, $4.2; Baltimore, 82.6; Cincin- ratl, 85.4; St. Louis, 85.4. Minimum tem- peratures—Washington, 64.8; Baltimore, 65.9; Cincinnati, 66.2; St. Louls, 68.3. Mean temperatures—Washington, 74.5; Balti- more, 74.25; Cincinnatt, 7.8; St. Louis, Thus it will be seen that during the month of June just passed while Washing- ton was a shade warmer during the day the nights here were relatively cooler. 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