Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1895, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. So OO 4 O<o 20 OH OP 64 0% OO 6% 99409000400 Until September first we close evenings at 5 o’clock—Saturdays at 1 p.m. $ Always something of interest-== =At== PERRY’S. One day is as good as week in and week out. when it is ripe. place to shop. same superior stock and uniformly tow prices— Opportunity is harvested Conditions may alter cost marks —circumstances regulate selling. But any time —all the time you will find this an advantageous The bargain spots are rich and many just now. another here. It is the Parasols. Some few of you yet unsupplied. Some | : few of them here yet for you. Offered at Prices that makes it folly to step and think twice. Of course you will get heaping measure of quality—and fashfou. What els does a reduction here m 1 ch Pongee natural handle—$1. ik Parasol, with A few 22-inch Checked Silk Parasols Navy Blue, Garnet or Brown with A small lot of Inch Changeable Silic pis—Blue and Red, Navy Blue and Brown and Biue and Red and White pin stripes—Now $2.€S. Dresden Parasol—Was $2.50. Silk Paraso!s— Parasol, with ruffle—Was $3—Now 2—Faney Changeabi light effects—Were $4—Now $3.38. 22-inch China Silk Were $5—Now $4. 1—Black Surah Silk Parasol, with double crepe de chine rufiles—Was $8.50 Figured Taffeta Stik Parasol, ich lace flounce and marceline silk Mning—Was $12—Now $9. 1—22-tnch White Plisse Silk with Biack satin stripes—Was $+ $3.68. MOURNING PARASOLS, 22-inch Union Silk, with Black handles, of course—$2.00. 22-{nch Surah Sik—$2.50. ‘22-Incb Gros Grain Sil, with marceline silk ining—$3.50. 22-inch Crepe Silk—$4.50. 22-tnch Gros Grain Silk, ned—$4.50, $5 and $7. marceline FANCY BLACK PARASOLS. 22-inch Figured Taffetas—$2.7. 22-Iach Satin Striped Motre—$3.56. 22.inch Figured India Silk, with Mar- celine siik Mning—$5. 22-inch Figured Taffetas, with Ince {nserting and Black or natural handles CHILDREN’S PARASOLS. Navy Blue, Ecru, Pink, Light Blue and Rose India Siik Parasols—girlish sizes— $1, $1.38 and $2. ibbons. Did you ever see anything to equal the way fashion has embraced the Ribbon fad? Here a bow—there a streamer—somewhere else a knot—what gown 1s considered com- plete without a touch at lect of Ribbon telmming? Now, then, where to find the shade you want—the width—and at the price. You will indeed have a bunt if we haven't what you want. Not much danger of dis- appointment. 1% and 2inch Belting—White, Pink, Light Blue, Mais, Cardinal, Gray, Green, Navy Blue, Lilac and Black—45e. and B0c. a yard. 2-inch Belting—Navy Blue, Black and White—25e. a yard. Established 1540. Telephone 995. PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” 24nch Fancy Gold Relting Number 1 Satin Ribbons—t —85e. a pl 5-inch Satin Ribbons—Pink, Blue, Nile, Red, Lilac, Cream, Old Rose and White Se. a yard. in all colors —30e, a yard. S-inch Faney Ribben—Brown, Navy Blue, Corfse and Befge— rd. Cord and Loop Edge Ribbon—White, Cream and Black—t%e. a yard. Black Velvet Ribbons—linen or satin backs—to all widths. Double-faced Satin Ribbons—Black, White, Cream and all the colors—in all widths—in all qualities. 5-Inch Navy Blue and White Striped Ribbou—Ge. @ yard. Fans. Fancy selects—and there are a plenty here for your taste to feast on. Fans that WH do their auty, Oad—and fashionable. Comforters. Just see how Mttle you will have to pay— Satin Patm Leaf Fans—all sizes—2 for Be. Open Japanese Fans—cnte shapes—Se. and Pia Black Open Fans—5e. xiviteNaspo Fans—12e. Colored Nin Foiding Japanese Fans—6e. to’ G5c. Black Extension Fans--cloth, 25¢.— Silk. 50c. Plain Black Parchment Fans—9e., 12¢., Se. and 18e, Blick Fans, decorated in White—25e. ard 35c. Plain Black Silk Fans—35e., G5c., B5e. avd $1.15. Black Crepe Fans, with carved sticks— $1.25 and $1.65. Colored China Silk Fars—50e., T5e., 9Se. and $1.25, | Witte Ching Silk Fans—soec, Handkerchiefs. It we wanted to be sensational we could shout “bargain” in our Handkerchief De- partment most all the time. It ten't al- ways a clipped price that affords the vest value advantage. If you want quality you want to come here. Nothing else to be had of us. Ladies’ Pure Linen Hemstitehed Hand- Kerchiefs, with %4 and I-Inch hems—10c., B for Be. Ladies’ Pure Sheer Linen’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, with %, % and %inch hems—12%4c. Ladies’ White and Colored Embrotdered Handkere!stefs—12Ke. Ladies’ Pure Linea Hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs—unlaundered — 12%4c. and 25e. Ladies’ Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, em- broidered in Pink, Blue, Red, Heliotrope and Green—5S0c. Ladies’ Pure Linen Hand-embrofdered Handkerchlefs—$2 quality for 75c. Men's Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs —fust colors—fe. Mea's Pure Linen (“‘soft bleach"’) Hem- stitched Hardkerchtefs—12%4e. Men's Pure Linen Hemstitehed ‘Hand- Kerchlefs, with small initlals— Men's Pure Linen Initial Handker- chiefs—25c. quality for 18c, each—0c. for three. 200 eoooece 4 “CREDIT IS OUR CREED.” gO@ Lucky Man--- —4on’t you know you are? §lere’s our “Equitable Credit System” ready to put its shoulder to the wheel and help you over the rough places along life's road. There are plenty of people in Washington today who'll tell rou they wouldn't have the comfort- able homes they're got if it hadn't been for It—and us. Let us give you a lift. We never sald no. in our Hnes to anybody who asked for credit {f-they were people of their word. You see, a promise is all the collateral we ask for FURNITURE — CARPETS—MATTINGS—DRAP- ERIES—REFRIGERATORS—BABY CARRIAGES — anything of the kind—to any amount. What do we ask you to promise? Merely to make regular “weekly or monthly payments till the amount {s closed up. That isn’t much, 1s 1t? BOSSSSBODOSSOHOOSOO 5} House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. @S8SS SESSSS & Bargains In Long Hair Switches. 2.59. Formerly §5.00. 4.50. Formerly fo 80: 6.50. Formerly $10.50. (First-class attendance Hair Dressing, Bhampooing, ete. Try our “Curlette,” for keeping the hair im curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 0 7th Street N.W. POSHOHOSlS DHS HD GOSS OOO SSSOGOSIDO SOO OOOO 9O090008 $O9099006055000000000000000 25 Cents [onth. 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You can delay parting with a favorite garment of any description by having it repaired by the UNIVERSAL MENDING CO., ap6-74 ] ® © i) ® © i) ® 8 & 8 © i) 2) @ @ 2) S GOSSOVGSS HO DSO 99 008 NG Ci Room 4, 1114-1116 F st. n. Of exquisite flavor, pure end wholesome. An- gostura Bitters le a standazd fable delicacy. Sole Manufacturers, Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. Al ell druggists. A White Cat's Eyes. From the New York World. ‘On Columbus avenue between 93d and 94th streets a white cat keeps the mice out of the store of its owner. There is nothing remarkable in a white cat per se, but the owner of this particular animal declares that it is a feline curicsity—a freak, in fact. “Look at that cat's eyes," he said yester- day; “ever see anything Hke them? Why! don’t you see anything remarkable? Don't krow much about white cats, then. Now, that cat, you see, has two blue eyes—I never saw nor heard of the like before. Cats usually have gray eyes, but white cats as a rule have only one gray eye—the other is blue. Every white cat that I ever saw but this one had one blue eye and one gray eye. Both the eyes yf my cat are blue. It ts a wonderful freak of nature, I think. Go to any man who knows much about cats—white cats especially—and see if he doesn’t tell you that I am right.” ——_—_+e+______ A Curiosity in Colds, From the Philadelphia Record. “The general prevalence of slight colds,” sald a well-known lawyer at the Conti- nental Hotel last evening, “reminds me of the sad case of an intimate friend of mine who suffers very much from annoying colds. His first wife was a robust woman, who had a wealth of fiery red hair, which, according to his notion, must have kept him comfortably warm at nights. Be that as it may, when she died my friend mar- ried a dark-baired woman, and, strange to relate, from the very first night of the honeymoon he was afflicted with a pester- ing cold. He had a suspicion that the lack of that red hair accounted for his afilic- tion, 80, by way of test, he sent his new wife to the seashore, and, strange to say, he enjoyed immunity frem the cold during her absence.” Young People’s Union. One thousand delegates were present in the Church of the Unity at the opening of the sixth annual convention of the National Psa People’s Union of thé Universalist Boston, Yesterday, “dam of sheet THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE Major Davis Make: a Report on the Weak Pier. A Surprising \Discovery Made — Poor Work Done in Building the Picr. Major Davis has made a special report to the chef of ,enginecrs of operations under the project for the repair of the Aqueduct bridge during the fiscal year ended June 30; many of the early details of which, including mishaps and difficulties, have appeared in The Star from time to time as the work progressed. During June the repairs to pler No. 4 were continued. The dam was satisfactorily tested during the first five days of the month. Since then the dam has remained In good condi- tion. The leakage has been uniform and is easily handled by the pump. Much of the water comes from springs in fissures in the rock, which yield clear water when the river is turbid. One of the springs is a sulphur spring. The overhanging masonry of the ice breaker was removed in order that the reconstruct! this part of the pier might be safely prosecuted. This masonry, which was just above the eroded cavity, was found to be well laid in lime mortar and was removed with some difficulty. Th removal of the debris below this cavl was next undertaken. The excavation was carried down to solid rock and as far down stream as the first line of cross braces of the original coffer dam of 1889, which tim- bers, twenty-one in number, had been left in place and built into the masonry of the pier. A Surprising Discovery. As this work went on an unexpected and surprising discovery was made. It was found that the old masonry had not been started from solid rock, as shown on the original plans, but upon rip-rap stone, ap- parently thrown in without removing the debris upon the réck. Layers of mud and sand were found under the lowest of the old shores, while lying on the rock diago- nally under the masonry of the pier an old tree was found, which must have been there before the pler was built. For some twelve feet above this insecure foundation, Maj. Davis says, the masonry is of the Poorest quality possible, and hardly worthy of the name of masonry. The stones were apparently put in as they came from the quarry, without the slightest reference to beds, being set on end, edge and in every conceivable manner, while few, if any, traces of mortar or cementing material Were found. As the level of low tide Is ap- proached, however, the quality of masonry improved, and from a level about six feet below low tide up to the top of the pier the masonry, while Tough in appearance, is strong and a fairly good quality of rub- ble masonry. > An Inspection in June. . The acting secretary of war and the chief of engineers made an inspection of the pier June 24 last, and in view of the peor quality of the masonry at the base of the pler, it was decided that after the completion of the present contract (for the upstream end of the pler) it would be necessary in the near future to remove the defective masonry in the remainder of the pier and replaee tt by masonry of proper quality founded on’ the solid rock. The ex- isting approprfatisn will be insufficient for this purpose, and ft will therefore be neces- sary to ask a further appropriation from Congress. The caferdam will be needed for the propgged,,work, and It has been purchased from the contractors at a cost of $3,000. 1 ff . In order tofexeavate to and start the foundation for, the new work on solid rock it was found necessary to build an inner pifing three inches thick around the féundation area of the west end of the pier. «This dam reached to a level some six, feat below that drained by the large pump, and a steam siphon was used to keep {t clear. This small dam broke in several titnes froma the pressure of the water, but;was held on June 20, so that the excavation could be carried down to solid rock. The lowest ‘level of the bed rock was thirty-one feet below low tide; and this had probably never before been exposed. Sand, mud, logs and loose stone were found over- lying the rock. The bed rock was found to be very irregular and covered with small projecting spurs cr nodules, with corre- sponding depressions or valicys. The gen- eral level of the rock plateau uncovered was abcut twenty-four feet below low tide, but ut the extreme upstream end of the base of the pier, as it is to be rebuilt, a deep cavity was found, curving under the cverhanging shelf of rock, forming a small cave, the lowest part of which is thirty- one feet below low tide. To Be Replaced by New Masonry. Majcr Davis says in conclusion that it is expected that the eroded portions of pier No. 4, which haye ‘all been removed, will be replaced by new masonry, and the re- pairs completed as far as can be done under the present contract, soon after the close of the fiscal year, when the dam will be allowed to fill, and put in condition to withstand the winter ice and spring fresh- ets. A project. for removing all of the remaining defective parts of the pier will be prepared, with estimate of cost, with a recommendation for a further appropria- tion by Congress sufficient to completely and satisfactorily repair the pier. ——____o+_____. TOM JOHNSONS PLATFORM. He Favors Popular Election of Sena- tora. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 12—The dra- matic part which ex-Congressman Tom L. Johugon took in the democratic state con- vention last year, leading the delegation from Cleveland and conducting a hustling campaign against Senator Brice and his cohorts, is fresh in the memory of all who are familiar with Ohfo politics. Senator Brice was then alarmed over the prospect of the state convention denouncing his course in the Senate and he rallied all his friexds to his support. The Senator was not denounced in the platform, but he was in the lobbies and by speakers in the con- vention, and the result of the meeting of Ohio democrats was not entirely satisfac- tory to him. Then the tariff was the issue and Tom L. Johnson and other radicals were opposing the Senator on account of his attitude on the tariff. Within the past year Ohio democrats generally haye come to believe that Brice and Gorman were right on the tariff ques- tion and saved the government from having a tremendous deficit. The Senator consid- ers himself thoroughly vindicated on the tariff issue, and whenever an opportunity presents {tself he tells about how he and a few other Senators prevented “Prof. Wil- son's visionary free trade bill” from be- coming a law in the shape ft passed the House. So he ig not anxious about what the convention will say on the tariff. it is the silver, question that is giving the Senator trouble this year, and he has ret counted ‘upon any other issue upon which he end’any considerable number of Ohio democrats would disagree. He has not bee figuring, on any opposition from Tom Johnson, for he and the latter are both opposed to the free coinage of silver. The ex-Congressman has been so absorbed in business that he has not recently been heard from on politics, and many have supposed that he would not take part in the state convention or the campaign this falt, but he will take part, and in a way that will not be pleasing to Senator Brice, except as to the money question. A new issue is to be championed by Mr. Johnson, who arrjved in the city recently. When asked whether he would take part in the state convention, he smiled and re- plied: ‘Yes, I guegs 50.”” "What do you think the Ohio democrats ought to say in their platform?” “J am opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and shall be in favor of the convention declaring against it. Ishall also favor a plank declaring for electin, United States Senators by the people. think the convention ought to indorse a candidate for the Senate.” “Will you be a candidate for the Senate, Mr. Johnson?” “J am not talking In advocacy of the nomination of any man. If the convention wents to nominate Senator Brice, let it do so. I am in favor of somebody being named.” Mr, Johnson’s announcement that he will participate in politics will add greatly to the activity among democrats in this gsec- tion of the state, and to the interest felt wm the coming convention throughout Ohio. John Farley is confidently expected to take the leadership of the Brice forces in this county, and the fun will bé on at an early date, | more powerful than he intended, WILL PAY THE PENALTY James L. Travers to Be Hanged Next Friday at Noon. The Crime for Which He Was Sen- ‘tenced to Death—Cuat His Mis- tress’ Thront. Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday next James L. Travers, a young colored man, will be hanged at the District jail for the murder of Lena Gross, a young colored wuman, with whom he lived, the 19th of last November. Travers and the woman resided near Brightwood, and on the morning of the murder her body was found in the woods just off 7th street road near Brightwood. The woman's throat was cut from ear to ear, and there was a great bruise on her face. The body was discovered by some who found it nearly covered with and brush. Travers was at once sus- pected, but he was not arrested until that evening. For a time he denied any knowl- edge of the crime, stating that he last saw the woman at their home, when he left her early in the morning. Nevertheless, he was locked up in the eighth precinct sta- tion heuse, and late that night he made a full confession to the officers. His confes- sion he repeated to a Star repcrter the next day at police headquarters. While at work in the woods about 7 o'clock on the morning of the murder, Travers stated, the woman came up to him and asked hira for money. He told her he had already well supplied her with funds, and then a quarrel followed. After some words, the woman appeared to be penitent, and threw her arms around bis neck. She had, said Travers, drawn a razor on him during the first part of the quarrel, and when she had her arms about him, he de- clared, he ‘overed that she again had the razor. Believing that she intended to cut him, he struck her down with a blow in the face with his fist. The blow was he ex- plained, and believing that he had Killed her, he covered the woman up with leaves and brush. Travers then, according to his statement, walked off; but he had gone but a few steps when, he said, he heard the woman groan. Going back to her, he found that she was not dead. “I loved the woman too much to see her explained Travers to The Star re- porter, “‘and wishing to put her out of her misery I stooped down and picked up the razor, which fell from her hand when I hit her., ‘She was still groaning and suffering, and’ I drew the razor across her throat easy like, to end her suffering. Then I threw the razor away in the bushes and covered her again with leaves and brush. Her hat had fallen off, and that I buried in a manure pile near by. While I was cover- ing the woman up a boy came alcng looking for his tog. Fearing that the boy would see what I had done, I told him that I saw his dog going in another way; and the boy went off.” Travers admitted that sf the boy had come any nearer he would probably Mave Killed him, too, in order to prevent him from telling on him. The murderer verified his confession by taking the officers to the place where the murder was committed and showing where he had buried the wo- man’s hat. He was tried befors Judge Cle last March and was promptly~convicted of murder. In his defense, his +yunsel, ex- Goy. Alphonso Hart of Ohio and Mr. Alex- ander Wolf, urged that ‘Travers was in- sane, and that he had killed: the woman in the belief that she was endeavoring to take kis life. They also contended that the man’s confession was improperly obtained from him. The Court of Appeals, however, affirmed the juigment of the trial court. An appeal to the President for clemency followed, but the President refused to in- terfere, holding that the law should take Its course. Travers’ reputation, as disclosed at the trial, was that of an inoffensive man, of a rather low intelligence, he having’ been known in Charles county, Md., where he was born ard reared, as “Crazy Travers.” His conviction has hed little effect upon him, although he has since given himself up to religious thoughts, He has, it js said, embraced the Catholic faith, and expresses himself as being prepared to die. He will be executed upon the scaffold which has been used here for the last ten or fifteen years. and upon which Guiteau was hang- ed. He will probavly be- hanged about noon, and Warden Lecnard will use in the execution a rope which has been specially prepared, and one which will be used for the first ‘time. The law limits the number of spectators, and the warden will issue only such a number of invitations as the law authorizes, althoygh a tremendous pressure is being brought to bear upon him for them. —_—.__ - CIVIL SERVICE IN CHICAGO, Visit Here of Mr. Clark, President of the Commission, Mr. Joha M. Clark, the president of the Chicago civil service commission, which has recently been organized under the new law of that state, has left Washington for the west, after a brief stay here, in the in- terest of the new commission. Mr. Clark was the collectcr of the port of Chicago under the Harrison administration, and during his incumbency in that office gave his hearty support to the principles of civil service reform. The custom house, with its hundreds of positions, was sys- tematically and consistently kept under the protecticn of the law, and with most excellent results. When Mr, Clark was placed at the head of the new commission it was with the almost unanimous satis- faction of the people of Chicago. “The new law which 1s to be put into ef- fect is probably the strictest yet passed in the United States,” said Mr. Clark. “It goes far ahead of the federal law, and in many respects Is an improvement on the Massachusetts or New York laws. There is no office in the city government below those which are elective or appointive un- der the governor that is made an exception. Thus there are no loopholes for those who might wish to evade the civil service sys- tem. There is no way that any one can get a clerical position in the municipal service hereafter without passing an examination. And the appointment goes not to one of three persons to be selected by the head of a municipal department, but to the appli- cant who stands highest in the examina- tion. Thus merit is assured of its reward.” Mr. Clack during the world’s fair had the selection of 400 employes, who were put in charge of the foreign exhibits at the fair. He insisted upon securing these employes by civil service methods, and they all had to pass examinations for the places. The result, he says, was beyond all expectation. ‘An excellent class of men was secured; they were of a high order of intelligence, and, for the most part, they were ambi- tious-and active young men. They had charge of millions of dollars’ worth of ar- ticles, among them diamonds and other compact valuables, which they could have stolea almost without fear of detection, but not a thing was missing, and they per- formed their duties with admirable efll- clency. Under no other system of selec- tion, says Mr. Clark, could such oppaple and honest men have been appointed. His experience in this work fitted him in a considerable degree for the work he is now entering upon. ‘A part of Mr. Clark’s errand here was to offer to Mr. J. T. Doyle, secretary of the United States civil service commission, the same office with the Chicago commission. Mr. Doyle, preferring to remain here, very politely declined, at the same time ex- pressing his appreciation of the honor im- lied. Tcmorrow Mr. Doyle will leave Washington, to spend a week or ee with the commission in Chicago, ag it takes up the work of classifying the munioipal ser- vice aad arranging thé examinations nec- essary. Mr. Lamont’s Return. Secretary Lamont has notified the War Department that he will return to Wash- ington next weeks. ——__$__+o+—_____ Prisoners Guarded by Troops. The negro, Marable, and the two colored women charged with the murder of Mrs. Pollard in Lunenburg were brought to Richmond, Va., last night from Petersburg, and kept at the second police station until 12:45 a.m., when they were started for Lunenburg. Companies A and D of the first regiment were sent by the governor guard the prisoners during thelr —_—_—__e—_ Je Williams stabbed and killed Mitch- ell Rivers with e knife Tuesday afternoon at Jacksonville, Fla., at McMurray’s sta- bles, where both men, who weré negroes, worked. No cause was assigned for the ds i oote Shag he mien: werent INJUNCTION DENIED ——— (Continued from First Page.) thorized In going to the extreme of taking the law into his own hands and abating the nuisance. He might, of course, be liable for damages in the suit brought by the company,if identified, although there would be no remedy he could see if unidentified persons should cause the destruction of some part of the overhead apparatus with- in the city limits. The Commissioners Gratified. Commissioner Ross, speaking for the board of Commissioners relative to the decision of the court in the trolley case, said: * “The notice of an appeal operates as a stay, and the Commissioners’ hands ure practically tied until this appeal is dis- posed of. You might say the Commission- ers are gratified with the decision.” What the Chief Justice Said. “It is a general principle of equity,” said Chief Justice Bingham in his decision, “that a complainant coming into court seeking equity must come in with clean hards. The title of a complainant to a right which he desires a court of equity to protect must be a right clearly belong- ing to him, and one which In every respect 1s legal and of right. A court of equity will not lend its aid, although a party may show that somebody is intending to do something which may be unlawful, or that Some cne threatens to do something that is apparently {injurious to the complainant, if the complainant has no title to the en- jJoyinent of the right, which is threatened by another. The court will not lend its aid to protect the party in the enjoyment of a rizht to which he has no title whatever, cone oe a right anes is claimed in. viola- son of law, or a thing that y prohibited by law. _ bieciiigs te “It is claimed, however, in this bill, and it is claimed very strenuously in the argu- ment of counsel, that the threatened in- vasion of what is claimed by the com- plainant as its right in the trolley system and its poles and wires, is an invasion of its rights conferred by Congress. That Corgress, after granting them a right of incorporation, and the right to construct this line, and after they have invested their money in the crection of these poles and stringing these wires, confers upon them a vested right, and that after that Congress had no lawful, constitutional power or right or authority to pass a law which would practically confiscate that property or interfere with the complainant in the beneficial use of the franchise granted to them by the original act. They call to their aid the celebrated case of Dartmouth College vs. Woodward and other kindred cases, both before that decision and since. A Case That Does Not Apply. “But that was a case where it was sought to establish the sacredness of a contract, and the claim was made that the granting of a charter by the sovereignty to the corporation, or to citizens, was in the nature of a contract, and that the sov- ereignty, after having invested a party with a certain franchise which was valua- ble, and which held out inducements to the corporation in consideration of the fran- chise to invest a large sum of money, or any sum of money, that such a contract was sacred, and could not be impaired by subsequent legislative act. That case is in- voked here.It is upon that principle that the counsel argue that the charter which has been granted to the Eckington Company by Congress, without any restriction as to the use of electrical power or the manner of the use of electrical power, and clearly specifying that electrical power might be used. Having done that Congress could not afterWard pass an act which would impair and interfere with or take away from the complainant the right to use elec- trical power, granted in the original act. But I think it has been repeatedly estab- Ushed—at least St was very well established in the Dartmouth College case—that subse- quent legislation could not affect charter rights where the original act made no pro- vision or reservation of right to the legis- lative power to alter, amend or repeal. In this case, in the original act, Congress had reserved the right to alter, amend or re- peal the original act. That has been re- Peatedly held by all the courts to leave sufficient power and authority in Congress to pass any act in relation to the matter that they may think is wise and proper. They may repeal a charter in toto and pro- vide for winding up the affairs of the cor- poration, if they think this ought to be done; and that has been repeatedly done by legislative authority. Corporate char- ters have frequently been repealed and pro- vision made for winding up the affairs of corporations. There is then, clearly, I think, authority on- the part of Congress to pass this act. I have no question about No Unlawful Act Intended. “There was one feature of this case I did not call attention to, and I did not think it necessary to do s0, in order to decide the case. As an additional reason for an In- Junction, it is claimed by the complainants, they rely upon that ground alone that the Commissioners have announced their in- tention to forcibly tear down these poles and wires. That they intend so to do is de- nied by the Commissioners. They do say that they intend, however, to proceed by strictly lawful methods to prevent the wires and poles from remaining where they are, because of the authority and direction of Congress given in the act of 1893, and which provides that the trolley system shall not be used after the ist of July; and they insist that that act shall be respected. It might be a question whether the plead- ings, as they are before the court, admit that the defendants intend if not restrained to do that. In that respect we must re- member that the District of Columbia acts through its board of Commissioners in re- spect of these matters. They are officials of high character, invested with important and responsible trusts; perhaps there are no municipal officers in the country who are invested with as important duttes, powers and trusts as are the Commission- ers of this District. Such authority is usu- ally. divided among mayors, boards and councils in other cities; but here it is re- posed entirely in the board of Commission- ers. They are appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate of the United States, and, of course, are naturally se- lected by reason of their supposed qualifi- cations and character; and we cannot sup- pose that they intend to do an unlawful thing, or to do a lawful thing in an unlaw- ful way, unless it is made to appear in some way, unless there is some evidence of such intention, or, if they were to do an act that might be done lawfully, that they intended to do that act in an unlawful way. The presumption fs that they would follow. the lawful mode if it can be done in a law- ful manner, and not jn an unlawful man- ner. Linhility of the Commissioners. “While it has been urged by the counsel for the complainant that the defendant has no lawful right to prevent the complainant from using its trolley system, I do not know for what length of time, but I sup- pose upon the principle that they a: - titled to it, because the Congress of the United States has not the power to deprive them of this right, after having granted it to them; but it is conceded that the ques- tion as to whether the complainant can use this property and maintain it is one that may be tested in the courts, and it { claimed by counsel for the complainant that that is the only way that it can be tested. As to these matters, it is entirely unnecessary for me to decide. It is unnec- essary for me to decide what the Commis- stoners may do, and how they may act without transgressing the law, without be- ing themselves violators of law, and inter- fere, and require these poles and-wires to be removed. First use if they select any unlawful mode, do any unnecessary thing, and commit a trespass in doing that thing, or in a to do it, they will themselves be lable to an action for tres- iss; and if they would not, it is entirely necessary for us to speculate as to how he Commissioners may intend to do this thing. Because, as I said, they will be able if they do anything unlawful in at- tempting to do it; and if they do It lawful- » Of course they will not be responsible ‘or doing it, nor can we say at this time that they are to be restrained. If we might suppose that they might do it in scme unlawful way, still it would not be a Tearon to restrain the Commissioners, be- cause in thé event of their attempting any thing in thé nature of a trespass upon the roperty of the complainant, they would be liable in damages for the ass com- mitted. ¥ “It is true, however, that that might not bea coment answer to this bill, were we satisfied that the Commissioners were in- tending to dg this thing in an unlawful way, and if the complainant could show to the court that it had the right to the use .of these pokes and wires, if it were law- fully and clearly entitled to the uw, of them, such as would entitle the THE THEORY OF THE DIGESTION OF FOOD, The human stomach is a pear-shaped bag, inte Nhich all food drops at once when swallowed, Three things happen—the biood rushes into the SUBSTANCE of the stomach (not into its interior) to beat It; thousands of little ducts or pipes pour coplously forth a fluid called the gastric juice; and, then, the stomach begins a wave-Mke, churning movement, which thoroughly mixes the gastric Juice with the food, and by-and-by changes the Whole Into @ gras-looking, eem!-lquid paste called chyme. This is digestion as it takes place in health. But, look you! If the stomach falls to furnish the gustrie juice, or fails to furnish enough of it, the food simply lies in the stomach and turns sour, putretics, ferments—as it would in a warm, moist air out-doors. ‘This ts indigestion, dyspepsia or gastritis, Having no other way of eseipe, the bosons so engendered pass into the circulation and Set up a train of results like these: Headache; foul taste in the mouth: Joss of appetite and nausea; f ills, followed, y heat flashes; distress and weight in the chest after cating; fugitive museular pains, wed in rave local ailments, ete. All this, bear in qind, comes of a more or less complete failure cf the stomach to secrete gastrie Juice. Having studied thls subject for many years, the Shakers of Mr. Lebanon (N.Y.)—famous as medici- ral chemists and herbalists—sonzht among the plants cullivated by them only for a remedy which should have the distinct and espectal effect of Stimulating the fow of gastric Juice to a normal ainount, and, at the same time, of the full, nat- ural, digestive strength. No other so-called reme- dies for dyspepsia have this purpose in view, yet it is the ABSOLUTELY essentlal thing. Saccess- ful in thelr efforts, even beyond their hopes, they lave placed thelr discovers on the market, under the name of the Shaker Digestive Cordial. Its ef- fects are immediate and radical. Relief is felt at ehee, and a permanent cure soon follows. It is the — a sclentific remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. g Confident In thetr work, the Shakers offer trial Lottles at the nominal price of 10 conts. For sale by nearly all druggists. protection of a co: equity. I say that would not be a ome plete answer, because we could not well say that the complainant would have a remedy in an acticn at law, if a trespass Was committed, hecause it is shown in the lll, and we may presume it to be true, that the change to horse power by the destruc- tion of the trolley system, suddenly, with- out any time on the part of the complain- ant to prepare other motive power to run its cars, would cause considerable incon- venience, not only to the complainant, but to the public for the time being. But I find, first, that the complainant has no lawful title-to the right which it asks the court to protect. It has no stand- ing in a court of equity for the purpose of obtaining the relief which it prays. Secondly, it does not appear clearly by the Pleadings that the Commissioners will do any unlawful thing if they are not re= strained. That would be an additional rea- son for declining to grant the injunction in this case under the circumstances, “I think, however, I should be compelled to refuse the injunction on the ground as stated. I feel very clear or the point that this complainant hes no right to come in court to maintain a system of electric pro- pulsion which is in violation of an act of Congress, which I hold to be a constitu- tional act, one which Congress had a right to pass, and ask this court to grant it protection in the enjoyment of that right from some threatened interference. I do not know that it Js necessary for me to discuss this case any further. I cannot See any way in which a court of equity can er be called upon to grant an injuace n. Not Like the Metropolitan Case. “The question here is entirely different from the question in the case decided by Judge Bradley in the case of the Metropol- {tan railroad. That was a question as to what might be done in the way of enforcing a judgment, and as to whether Congress might compel the payment of a judgment by legislative enactment. I have no dispo- sition to question that case. It is sufficient to say that it is no authority whatever for the granting of an injunction in this case. “The case which was cited upon the part of the complainant, in the superior court of, the state of New York, decided in general term, while a court of respectable author- ity, was clearly decided on the ground that where the party undertook to maintain this very system against a statutory prohibi- tion, there they were subject to be pulled down, and that es against the threatened act it was held that the court will not lend itseif or its aid to restrain the municipal authorities. “I think it is a clearly established prin- ciple, one which must apply, and one as old as the equity system itself, that the complainant must himself show a clear title to the right which he enjoys, and must come: into court with clean hands, and if he comes asking equity he must do equity; if he wants others to observe the law strictly, he must do the same thing, and not himself defy it. This being a final submission, I suppose the restraining order will be dissolved, and the bill dismissed” ———— POTATO NOW IS KING. consideration and Takes the Pince of Grain With the American Farmers, From the Chicago Times-Herald. And now the tuber is king. “Grow pota- tees!” has for years been Secretary Mor- ton’s urgent appeal to the farmers of the United States, and finally they have taken his advice. Now they are beginning to realize that they will profit by planting more ground to potatoes instead of wheat and corn. There is at all times a steady, demand for the tubers, and they are quite as staple as wheat, and are not subject to the fluctuations of the latter. With the low price of wheat and corn, the farmers have looked about for some more profit- able. crop, and investigation shows that the United States has never produced enough potatoes for home consumption. Thousands of bushels are bought in for- eign markets every year, and if there is @ profit for growers abroad, with small areas to devote to the crop and the additional expense of ocean freight rates, there ought to be mocey in the business for the farm- ers ir this country, who have larger tracts of land and cheaper freight rates. Secretary Morton has urged these facts upon the American agriculturists ever since ke took charge of the agricultural bureau, and his arguments are bearing fruit. Government statistics indicate that the acreage is constantly growing, and the srowers are paying more attention to the cultivation of the crop. Heretofore farm- ers haye devoted a patch of ground to what they needed for their own use. geed was put into the ground and little attention given to the crop. Consequently the quality deterlorated, and frequently the man who might have grown thousands of bushels for the market found It necessary to pay $2 a bushel for potatoes when his wheat was bringing less than one-half that sum. America produces as fine pota- toes as any other country, and more at- tention will be given their cultivation here- ter. “ie imports for the fiscal year endii June 30, were 8,022,578 bushels, of tl value of nearly one and a quarter million dollars. Reports for the year ending June , 1895, are not yet made up, but they show greatly increased importations, f the crop last year was 2,250,000 bushels lesa than the previous year. ‘This year there are 3,000,000 acres 3 to potatoes in the United States. Ni York is the greatest producer, with Michi- gan next. In the former state 878,728 acres Produced 29,000,000 bushels last year, which were sold for half as many million dollars. Michigan produced 13,000,000 bushels from 215,270 acres. Pennsylvania, with a much smaller acreage than Mic! gen, ales almost as many bushels. Iii nots fourth, and is among the heavy. producers. To Visit the Lawn ear a The Ancient Order of Hibernians visit the Acctaen lawn party and festival this evening. They will assemble at Cose tello’s Hall at 7:30 and from there will roceed to the lawn party under escort of College Drum Corps. Thig ine visit of this division of the Hibe tponed on account of riers we they hope to make a creditable showing on the grounds of the fete. ——+— Mr. Marshall Acquitted. The case involving the fight betweer ‘Thomas Hill Marshall and Charles OQ. Weston, who had been partners in the laundry business, as published in The Star at the time, was ventilated in the Court today. Weston was held for fie grand Jury, several days ago, and today, Be eral witnesses the cane = Ned, ESe°juage Miller koqultted ar.