Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895-TEN PAGES. 3 SPECIAL NOTICES. , E_TIBRE WILL HE 4 SPECIAL, of Beacon Lodge, . (ietacraay) EVENING, Fellows’ Hull, 7th st. u.w., for the pu MEET- . F., THIS o'clock, Odd of waking arrangements for the funeral of Brother Samuel P. Keller, whose death occurred last night at 12 o'clock. PHILIP FRIEDLANDER, Noble Grand. C. R. MCBRIDE, Rec. Sec. it MOST PC PLACE MOST POPULAR DININ cIry. ‘Think we may safely claim that title. Men who've “been ‘round a bit” say our S0c. Di ners are the finest in town. We're trying to make them so. Think we've su |. Are you a judge of good eating? Try one and see for yourself. Every day from 4 to 8. Fitz REUTERS, COR. PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. auzt-10d THIS {S TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC GENERALLY that I will not be resi for any debts contracted by my wife, A Dries. JOHN F. DRIES, 1219 Fla. ave. n.c. au20-2t° T REPAIR ENGLISH AND SWISS WATCHES, charg* modestly and guarantee all the work I do. Cleaning, $1. New mainspring, $1. L. E. COLE, 1201% FF st., Jeweler and Wa'chinaker. aul4-3ui,4 CAL CLARET, . FOR $ Our high standard of purity and excellence ts strictly maintained In thts Callfornta Claret, of which we are selling 5 bottles for $1—we couldn't afford to let {t be otherwise! JAMES THARP, $12 F ST. N.W. i = au20-7a ils, JICQUEES, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER, FIXE BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. frl__ 1108-1116 EB ST. N.W. TELEPH FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES—ALL | ANDIRO: fenders, spark guards and fire sets in stock wi be sold’ at cost until further notice. Je22-tf J. H. CORNING, 520-522 18th st. SPECIAL NOTICE -DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEK- 1g And monthly’ testaliments-10 per cent discount ir cash. Dr. T. W. STUBBLEFIELD, Jet-tt 1ith and F’sts. u.w.—Mertz bldg. ‘There is just one printer in town who Never Disappoints, and he’s ADAMS, au2l-lid 512 11th st. Ready For Fall Business? Getting in your fall stocks? Don't put off getting “yom fall supply of Stationery. It's ing to to everytl you need in the abe Mac ie Wie recta that we should have—everything that any one could wish. Prices, as always, the very low- Easton & Rupp, 421 uth St. Popular-Priced Statiousts. (Just above ave.). auzi-l4d Gs A Little Calculation —Will show you that the amount saved on car fare, doctor's bills, shoe leather and fi r sundry other tems would more than buy a rst-class bicycle—a Columbia or Hartford, for instance. That's not saying a word about the inestimable pleasure to be derived from its it use. Tu! ion free if you buy of us. District Cycle Co., “Sirti.” 452 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W. aul0-3m,14 Nothing Like Ginger Ale To “cool a fellow off''—make one fecl re- freehed. None like PALMER'S BELFAST GINGER ALE. It’s the finest made—even the imported ales aren't more enjoyable. Comes im imported ale bottles. COSTS ONLY HALF AS MUCH. At grocers’, or we'll supply eyou. Sam!.C.Palmer,sixteaL waters. 615-621 D ST. S.W. TEL. 430. au20-14d_ we ee like Twain's jingle: “Punch, brothers, punch with ‘care— punch in the presence of the passen- ire."" But zhe Liberty Bicycle is un- ike any other in every, respect—in' a word, it Is the {deal Bicycle. There in Improvement that 1s worth having that the Liberty kas not got. It won't require more than a glance ou that. ‘Take that g) rand new machive. Wheel Hardwere. Celebrated “Demon” Lamp, 60 cts. W. D. HADGER, THE WHEEL HEADQUARTERS, 1024 Conn. Ave. eee eee eee eee ee & With a Liberty. Something Lead 02-3m The Most Popular Riding School In Washington Is located at 1325 14TH ST. N.W., as the hundreds of satisfied patrons can testify. Hours for Iadies—9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6 to 10 p.m. 10 ticksts for $2.00. Hours for gentlemen—7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. 5 tickets for $1.00. “Special pains taken with backward pupils," as the boarding school circulars put it. Open every evening but Sunday, rain or shine, only We prefer not to teach pupils in the rain. 8,500 square feet of space, with sandpapered surface, and the most lofty and star-spangled canopy of any riding school in the U. S Lighted by elec- trie Hghts in the evening. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., $y23-28d Washington, D. 0. Arrested in a Church Yard. James Anderson, a cclored man, thirty years old, whose female friends seem to be rumerous, was on his knees at a prayer meeting held in the Vermont Avenue Bap- tist Church last night when Detevtives Boyd and Lacy called at the church to ar- rest him for alleged theft. A message was sent to the devout chrrchman that he was wanted at the door, but he saw Detective Lacy there, and so he started in the oppo- site direction, thinking he had better go out the back way, and in his haste he up- Set several of the church people, so it is said, and started through the church yard, but he was overtaken and arrested. It is charged that the prisoner went to Dr. McMurtie’s house on S street several days ago to visit the cook, and while there, it is alleged, he stole a watch and chain worth $240 and $4 In cash. The prisoner denies the charge, but the officers claim that he has been seen wear- ing a watch and chain similar to that stolen from the doctor’s house. He will be given a hearing tomorrow. —<—_$_s— Junior Vice Commander Shoup Here. Junior Vice Commander-in-Chlef Shoup of the Grand Army of the Republic arrived in this city today from his home in New Or- Jeans, en route north. He.was met at the depot at 6:30 o'clock by representatives of the Department of the Potomac, consisting of Department Commander Marion T. An- dersou and Senior Vice Commander John H. Howlett, with one of the national aides- de-camp. This evening the junior vice com- mander-in-chief will attend a meeting of Lafayette Post at Costello’s Hall, G street near 6th, where the members will celebrate the anniversary reunion of that post. As- sistant Adjutant General Charles F. Ben- jamin will be presented a silver vase by the post, of which he Is a past commander. The Department of the Potomac will at- tend in a body. ———___. Result of a Fight. Percy Hill and Charles Handy engaged in a fight In Glick’s alley yesterday after- noon, and the former was struck on the head with an ax handle. An ugly scalp wound was inflicted, and the wounded man was sent to the hospital. Handy was not arrested. ——.—_ — J. Harris Rogers hus been elected general manager cf the United States Postal Print- ing Telegraph Company. Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKB MUAUOL POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIC ACHING. =-NERVOUS. AN TI “DYSPEPTI Ic, MARY'S MANY WOES Mrs, Reynolds Possesses a Daughter and a Bunion. THEY GOT HER IN THE POLICE COURT Other Features of the Trials Before Judge Scott. MANY BOYS ARRAIGNED “I’m in here all alone-by myself,” was the remark of Mary Reynolds, colored, the only occupant of the female cell at the temple of justice this morning, ‘‘and,” she added, “I’m here for nothing. You sec, I went down the river on an excursion last night, and when I got home it was late. T've got a daughter who Js seventeen years old, and girls her age ain’t no good no how. “But, as I was saying, I got home and hammered on the door till I woke up the whole neighborhood, and then I went out to look after my daughter. “I had one of the worst bunions on my feot that anybcdy ever had,” continued Mary, “and I sat on a doorstep and took eff my shoe. This had such a soothing ef- fect that I fell asleep, end of course a po- liceman came along, and here I'am.” “How many drinks had you taken?” she was asked. “Never teched a drop,”’ she answered. “I don’t drink.” The charge against Mary was vagrancy, and Policeman Rankin was the prosecuting witness. “She was intoxicated,” said the officer, “and I’ve found her on the streets a num- ber of times after midnight.” Mary told the judge that she had worked at one hotel for five years, and Judge Scott took her personal bonds. “Stop drinking whisky,” the judge said, id you won't get so sleepy.”” “I don’t drink,” were the parting words of Mary, as she left the court. A Fogsy Bottomer Fined. A tall man named Edward Burns was called from the procession to answer a charge of indecent conduct, the result of thoughtlessness and not because of any in- tentional violation. “Burns, your honor, is a member of the ‘Foggy Bottom’ gang,” said Policeman Pierce, “‘and they come over in Georgetown almost every night, and a number of com- plaints havo been made against them. Last night they came along by the lime kiln, and I arrested him on complaint.” A citizen told the court of the offense and the defendant made a dental. “J didn’t do what the witness said I did,” said the prisoner. “Have you any witnesses?” “Yes, sir, but he ain’t here. I was with Tommy O'Donnell, and I guess he’s gone down the river fishing today. I was to have gone with him.” “This time you will have to pay a fine of $8, and if you repeat the offense it will be more the next time.’* John Wade, a little black man whose night’s sleep had done him good, was in the procession charged with having been disorderly. Policeman Gates made the complaint the man was asleep and then satd that when arrested. “He was dead drunk,” the officer also said, “and was seated in a buggy. The horse was wandering about the streets.” “I was a little full,” the colored man said, “but I didn’t do anything wrong.” “What's the charge in the case?” “Disorderly conduct,” the clerk answer- ed. “Take his personal bonds,” the judge said, “and the next time you drink keep out of the carriage.” Stone-Throwing Boys Treated Kindly. A small colored boy named Richard John- son admitted that he had thrown stones on the street and thought he had a right to do 80. “A boy followed me with a pistol,” said the youthful prisoner, “and I threw a stone at him.” He was fined $1 or three days. A nice looking little colored boy, who was dockeied as Edward Hall, was in the procession on a charge of throwing mis- siles on the street. Soo Wah, a Chinese laundryman, com- plained against the boy and a cross-eyed celestial appeared as interpreter, although Soo talked better English than the inter- preter. “This boy came in my laundry,” said Soo through the interpreter, “and tried to take my money. When I ran after him he threw a big stone through my window.” The boy told a different story. He said he was pleying marbles near the China- man’s place and he saw another boy throw the stone. “But,” the court sald, “the: Chinaman says you threw the stone.” “I know he said so,” the boy said, “but he’s wrong.” “This time I’m going to take your per- sonal bonds,” the judge told him, “and don’t throw any more stones.”” Winnie Price and Honey King were the names given by two little colored boys who were charged with throwing stones. “These boys didn’t throw stones,” eaid the witness, “‘but they were In the crowd when the stones were thrown.” “Case dismissed.” Edward Jones plead guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, and will spend two weeks on the farm unless a fine of $ is paid fpr him. Charlie Smith, a colored man, who said he had taken a couple of drinks before he went in Cook’s saloon, was charged with having used profanity in the place. Policeman Quinlan, who was standing in front of the saloon at the time, gave evi- dence. It appeared that the colored man com- plained that water was put in his beer and he became noisy and profane. “TI didn't cuss a word,” the man said. “Had you been drinking?” s “Only had a couple of beers.” “Then you must have been profane,” said Mr. Pugh. A fine of $2 was imposed. He Kuew His Mother Best. Henry Alexander, a small colored boy, who was arrested for throwing stones, was more afraid of his mother, who is a big woman, than he was of the court, He was apparently unconcerned when the case was being tried, but at the appearance of his mother he showed signs of nervous- ness. ‘Is this your boy?” Mr. Pugh asked. es, sir,” she answered. ‘Why don’t you take better care of him?” “Well, I've got five of them,” she an- swered, “and it’s pretty hard to keep track of all of them.” She said she would give the boy a good whipping when she got him home, and the anticipation of this event of his life brought tears to his eyes. “Well you may cry,” his mother told him, “for you know what you are going to get.” His mother took him home. Four white men and five colored men and boys were in the procession as vagrants because they were found sleeping in a freight car on the Richmond and Danville railroad. Some were strangers and others belong here. Judge Scott sent some of them down and released others. back ——>— . THE BUILDING REGULATIONS. The Committee on Revision Hard at Work on Its Task. The commission appointed by the Com- missioners to revise the building regula- tlons is hard at work, and by the end of next week hopes to have the first draft of the new regulations made out. This commission, it will be recalled, is com- posed of the building inspector and Messrs. James G. Hill, Robert I. Fleming, W. C. Morrison, A. P. Clarke, jr., and Electrical Engineer. Freeman. Mr. Appleton P. Clarke, the secretary of the commission, has received copies of the building regula- tions in force in all of the large cities, and has applied to the State Department to have our ministers abroad furnish the regulations in use in the principal Euro- pean cities. It is believed that the new regulations will be in force the beginning of the new year. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP?! ae) sees 80@ Partly Cloudy Pecrsonl® @ Cloucly Z © fain” “> 0? BXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are isobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words ‘High’? and ‘Low’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. COOL WEATHER TODAY. Chance for a Storm to Come Tomor- row Afternoon. An area of high pressure has developed over lower Michigan, a pressure of 30.18 inches being reported from Green Bay. A second high pressure area is central off the middle Pacific coast. The storm to the north of Montana has moved to eastern Montana, increasing in intensity. A second storm of very slight intensity has developed in the interior of the middle gulf statcs. Rain has fallen in the lower lake region, the middle Atlantic states, and in the inte- rior of the gulf states. The following heavy rainfalls (in inches) were reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Char- lotte, 1.12; Little Rock, 1.10; Chattanooga, 1.12; Adairsville, Ga., 1.10. ‘The temperature has risen in the Missour} valley and the northern slope, and has re- mained stationary elsewhere. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday—For New England and castern New York, fair; prob- ably slightly warmer in the interior Thurs- day afternoon; westerly winds. For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and ‘West Virginia, fair; slowly rising tempera- ture Thursday; variable winds. For Maryland, fair, followed by showers in western portion; slowly rising tempera- ture Thursday; variable winds. For Virginia, fair, except showers in southern portion; warmer Thursday after- noon; variable winds. The weather map shows a algh pressure area over the upper lake region, and this bas increased in magnitude since yesterday. This will cause continued cool weather to- day and tonight, with slowly rising tem- erature tomorrow. 2 'A storm of slight energy has developed in the gulf states, and this has given us cloudy weather, but it 1s hardly probable that there will be any rain from this storm. Students of the map will have an inter- esting problem to solve as to the rapidity with which this high area will move into the Atlantic, and as to when the following storm now in Montana will give us rain. Unless the high moves much more raptdly tlan it has in the past twenty-four hours, it 1s not probable that any rain will come till Thursday night or Friday morning. If the rain front extends 600 miles beyond the center of the storm, and the zast winds bicw rather briskly from the Atlaatic ocean, we may expect the rain tomorrow after- ncon. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 2:22 a.m. and 2:43 p.m.; high tide, 8:12 a.m. and 8:42 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:11 a.m. and 3:29 p.m.; high tide, 9:02 a.m. and 9:20 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:18; sun sets, moon rises, 6:30 a.m.; moon sets, 7:33 p.m. The Bicycle Lumps. All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 6:47. The police regulations require that “all cycles, bicycles and tricycles In motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:01 p.m.; ex- tingulshing begun ‘at.4:04 a.m. ‘The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Cundition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 75; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house,36. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 65; 2 p.m., 77; m: um, 78; mini- mum, 63. ‘ ’ AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN ‘A Boy Badly Injured by a Falling Tele- graph Pole. Six Grandsons of the Late Mrs. Berry Act as Her Pallbenrers—Uphold- ing Health Ordinances? ‘An old and rotten telegraph pole on the towpath of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal fell yesterday while half a dozen boys were at its base. One, Charles G. Renner, about fourteen years of age, was crushed about the thighs. Edward Renner, his ten-year- ola brother, alse received injuries. The pole was seen falling by two of the boys, and a scramble commenced, but the Renner children were not alert enough to escape. More serious injury to the older boy was probably averted by a rise in the ground, which caught the full force of the pole's fall, and prevented it from resting its weight upon him. Edward seems to have been but grazed, though his bruises are severe. Charlie was unable to rise, and it was thought until the Emergency Hospital was reached that his bones had been crushed into a pulp. At the Emergency Hospital it was found that the principal injuries were to the flesh of the limbs, above the knees. ‘The telegraph pole which fell is one owned by the canal company, and was erected, it is said, fifteen or twenty years ago to sup- pert the company’s line to Cumberland. Long stay in the ground had decayed the lewer portion. The boys were playing some sort of a game, in which the pole was used as a home base. At an exciting point in the game there was a united run against the big upright. The force of the contact broke it at the base and it fell. Six Grandsons as Pallbearers The funeral of Mrs. Jane Berry (nee Gross) took place yesterday afternoon from Mt. Zion M. E. Church, 2¥th street. Mrs. Berry was a life-long resident of this place. Formerly she was the wife of the Rev. Joseph Gross of the M. E. conference. The pallbearers were her six grandsons, Messrs. Emmett, William and Robert Parker, Will- fam Hardesty, Enoch Mason and Horace Vessels. Rev. Aiken Lewis of Mt. Zion Chureh and Rev. T. O. Carroll of Rockville, Md., of- ficlated at the services. Mt. Zion cemetery was the place of interment. After Violators of Health Ordinances. Sanitary Inspector Geo. A. Howe swore out warrants yesterday against four per- sons for continued violation of the health laws. Mr. Howe has done excellont work here, an! through his energy and watch- fulness the generation and maintenance of nuisances is made dangerous. White Girls at 2 Colored Camp Meet- ing. A few evenings ago the colored camp meeting at Fort Reno was so disturbed through the misconduct of several white girls of the vicinity that it was found necessary to call on the police to put a quietus on the profaners. Mr. Chas. H. Isham will be accompanied on the Boston Knights Ss aes pilgrimage ‘ie I, Isham. by is Gist"Ghoemaker. left town Monday morning for his summer outing in the mountains of Viiginia. i Mr. K. C. Balinger pnd tantly: are in the h Carolina, eae Ae Donaldson and Miss Della Mc- Neir of Cherry Dale, Alexandria county, have left for a two weeks’ visit to friends at Mason’s Springs, Md. —_————_ DR. O*MALLEY’S RESIGNATION. He Will Be Succeeded in the Health Office by Two Men. ‘The resignation of Dr. Austin O'Malley, the physician in charge of the contagious disease service, has been placed in the hands. of the health officer. Dr. O'Malley resigns to accept the position of professor of English literature tendered him by the College of Notre Dame, Illinois. The office vacated by Dr. O'Malley will be reorganized and two men appointed to do the work. Dr. John E. Walsh, now in the arctic regions with the Peary relief expedition, has been selected to fill one position, and the health officer will appoint a bacteri- olegist within a few days to take the other office. Dr. O'Malley leaves the city the 1st of September. ————-.__ To Sell the Stock. Judge McComas this afternoon directed Henry F. Woodward and Edward P. Tut- tle, the assignees of George W. Rich, to sell the stock in trade at the Warren Shoe Hovse. 919 F street northwest, to W. H. Stoll for $5,050. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA School Board Selects Teachers for the Approaching: Year. ' Much Gossip Over the‘ Deftinct Farm- fi ‘ ers’ and Mechanics’. Igsurance Companies—General News. The regular meeting of the city school beard was held in Peabody building last night, with the following members present: W. H. Marbury, W. F. Vincent, J. T. Swee- ney, Capt. Herbert Bryant, John T. Har- rison, W. F. Carne, Samuel Mankin, Robert Aitcheson, Luther Thompson and Super- intendent K. Kemper. Mr. Sweeney acted as president in the absence of President F. S. Smith. Mr. W. F. Carne nominated all of the old teachers of Washington School for re- election except Miss Knoxville, and Mr. Vincent nominated Capt. W. H. Sweeney, formerly principe] of St. John’s Academy, in Miss Knoxville’s stead. Capt. Bryant made a motion, which was carried, that teachers in each grade be elected separate- ly. All the teachers were re-elected except in grade six, and Miss Mary Finch and Miss Atha Swain were put in nomination for this grade. Miss Finch was elected. All the old teachers in Lee School were re- elected, except grade five, and Miss Fannte Davis was elected to fill the vacancy. The following were elected substitute teachers: Miss Atha Swain, Mr. W. H. Sweeney, Miss Ivy Hurdle and Miss Marion Whitbeck. In Snowden School (colored), all the old teachers were re-elected, as were the teach- ers in the Hallowell School. Farmers and Mechantien’ Receivership The placing in the hands of a receiver of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Insurance Company of this city, and the Farmers and Mechanics’ Fire Insurance Company of Alexandria county, ts still causing a great deal of talk. So far, Receiver Taylor has been unable to find any assets, though it is asserted that several thousand dollars was drawn from the hank by the officers of the company after the receiver had taken charge. The company had the names of some good men at the head of it, among whom may be found Gen. Charles F. Man- derson, United States Senator, Omaha, Neb.; Charles C. Bedlow, superintendent Western Union Telegraph Company, Port- land, Me.: L. W. Estes, Washington, D. C.; Mr. Lewis McKenzie, ex-member of Con- gress, Alexandria, Va.; Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, United States Senator, Hartford, Ccnn.; Col. M. D. Birge, real estate, Chi- cago, Ill.: Marlin F. Hatch, 145 Broadway, New York; P. B. Anderson, 1010 Pennsyl- vania_ayenue, Washington, D. C.; Alexan- der Garden, Alexandria, "Va. Great sur- prise is felt here that these gentlemen’s names were used in connection with such a concern, and it is thought they might have been used without permission. The attorneys claim to have found sufficient evidence in the letter books and papers of the company left behind in their flight to ccnvict the officers of gross fraud. Rode a Horse ir ‘the Boor. John Underwood got tired of riding on the street and sidewalk Saturday evening, and tried to ride his ,horse, into Mrs. Beach’s store. He got the horse about half way in the door and Mrs. Beach faint- ed. Mr. Underwood was arrest#d and fined $2.50 for his fun. é * Police Court Trials. Justice Thompson pregided in the police court this morning ang, dispcsed of the following cases: James Sullivan.and Robert Wade, charged with fighting, were dis- missed; William Fisher and Alice Kitts, charged with fighting on Hard gorner, case continued; Charlotte Washington, charged with disorderly conduct,.dismissed; James Reed, charged with aggaulting Nicholas Hics, who keeps a fruit stand, fined $2.50. Personal apd General Notes. Mrs. Aitcheson, sister of Mr. George A. Appich, is extremely ill. The Hydraulian fire engine, which broke down at Sunday’s fire, has been repaired. Samuel G. Brent has sold a lot on Fayette street to Eliza Little for $200. The Southern railway employes were pald their July salaries yesterday. Large numbers of tramps are passing through the city, and many of them are very insolent. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Downham left here yesterday for Baltimore, whence they will zail to Boston to attend the Knights Tem- plar conclave. It is hoped by citizens generally that at the first meeting of the city council in the fall they will arrange to put in a complete electric fire alarm system. ‘A horse attached to the dellvery wagon of Mr. H. Kirk ran away on King street yesterday. LIBRARY ACCOUNTS An Alleged Report on the Case of Mr. Spofford. TREASURY OFFICIALS ARE RETICENT The Librarian Makes a Frank Statement of Facts. ADMITTED SUM DUE ‘Treasury officials haye not yet completed their final report of the investigation into the accounts of Librarian Spofford, begun about six weeks ago, as stated in The Star. Expert Meyers of the fifth auditor’s office has made a partial report, but in the ab- sence of Fifth Auditor Holcomb, his dep- uty, Mr. J. J. Willie, declines to go into de- tails pending the receipt of a communica- tion which he is expecting from Mr. Spof- ford. Mr. Willie declined to affirm or deny the truth of a story printed this morning by the New York World, which states that Mr. Spofford is short in his accounts, according to the expert’s report, about $35,000. The, World said that Mr. Spofford had utterly failed to account for moneys recelved for searching the copyright files and for furnishing kindred information in reply to inquiries. It also stated that Mr. Spofford had carried on the rolls positions that were unfilled, that employes received svlaries much below those credited to them on the pay rolls, and that Mr. Spofford had offered to make good $22,000 of alleged dis- crepancies. Refused to Go Into Details. Deputy Auditor Willie refused to go into any of these details pending the arrival of the communication he is expecting. He admitted, however, that unul the inquiry instituted several weeks ago Mr. Spotford had not made a complete accounting for several years—how many Mr. Willie de- clined to say. Mr. Spofford handles the moneys received from copyrights and dis- burses the salaries of the employes in his office. Mr. Willie declined to even approxi- mate the average rec2ipts of the librarian for copyright sources, stating tha: that could only be disclosed by the result of the investigation. With reference to a report that Secretary Carlisle had recommended Mr. Spofford’s immediaie removal, he called attention to the fact that Mr. Spofford is responsible by law to the President alone. Signatures on Pay Rolls. According to the World’s statement, Mr. Spofford is alleged to have got the signa- ture of Mr. Stroup and other employes in the library receiving from $40 to $75 per month to a pay roll at the rate of $1,800 a year in the case of Mr. Stroup and $100 a@ month in the case of the other employes. It is stated that this discrepancy between the actual pay roll and the salaries paid was discovered by accident through the interest taken by Senator Jones in Mr. Stroup. It is said that a son of Senator Jones made an Investigation at the Treas- ury Department to ascertain what pay was allowed Mr. Stroup for his services, and discovered that the pay roll which he had signed at the solicitation of Mr. Spof- furd certified that he had been paid $450 for his services during the months of April, May and June, 1894 or at the rate of $1,900 a year. Mr. Stroup had not been employed at the library during the month of April—in fact, he was in Arkansas part of that month—and during the months of May, June and July he only received $50 a month, making $150 in all. At the same time, it is alleged, Mr. Jones discovered that the papers signed by Messrs. Scott and Mahan certified that they had been paid $100 a month each for their services during the same months, when in reality they had never received mcre than $75 a month each. What Mr. Spofford Says. “Mr. Spofford, when seen today, dictated the following statement: “In a statement involving so large a field in which simple and easily explained circumstances have been distorted so as to make the strongest unfavorable impres- sion, it would require more time than this See statement to explain the whole mat- er. “Regarding the charge as to search fees for copyrights, which ure asserted to be illegal, they appear to the librarian plainly authorized by the copyright law, which provides a fee of fifty cents for copies of the records. Copies of the record, if they mean anything, mean a statement in whose names copyrights are entered or assigned as the case may be. All fees charged under this head, like ail others received on copyright account, have been regularly recorded in the books of daily cash receipts and paid into the treasury like other fees. “Regarding the statement that any du- Plicate vouchers have been paid it is a fact that two bills and two only, one of twenty-five dollars and one of about six dollars, were by mistake of the entering clerk placed in the accounts a second time for payment, these bills being found with- out receipts attached, but neither of them marked as a duplicate. The Payment of Salnries. “As to the payment of salaries on pay rolls, the librarian has acted under the belief that the law of 1874 is in full force. This law provides that whenever the duties of a clerk of higher grade can as well be performed by one of a iower grade it shall be lawful to so divide a higher salary as to employ more than one clerk under it, provided it is done within the limits of the appropriation. The librarian has therefore not only divided salaries at times, but has employed tor a longer period at a lesser rate on salary appropriations, thus secur- ing for the government service twice as much labor as could have been had had the full salary been paid to one man. As he stated to the treasury auditor, it came to him in the nature of a surprise that this course, securing as it did greatly more service to the library for the same sum, was either improper or illegal. As soon, however, as it was made known to him that it was objected to, which was several months ago, the librarian immediately dis- continued the practice. “It is entirely true that the librarian’s accounts have been involved, and, in some instances, much corfused. In the dis- charge of the onerous and complicated duties of his double office as librarian of Congress and registrar of copyrights he has postponed and neglected the regular balancing of his accounts. The most pressing and imperative duties of his office, corsisting of the daily registry of copy- rights, examination as to what was or was net proper legal subject of copyright, the signing of all copyright certificates, the answering of an enormous correspondence, involving hundreds of thousands of letters, the purchase of books for the library at home and abroad, the supervision of the catalogue work day by day, the examina- tion of all copyright material received, the incessant duty of prompt answers to all calls for books and information in every field of inquiry and the prescribing and revising of the work of his assistants, both in the library department and the copy- right bureau, all these pressing labors, from which there was no escape, have led to the long neglect of accounts which should have been attended to. The Discrepancy Due. “The discrepancies both in the copyright and the salary accounts, when fully audit- ed, will apparently leave a sum slightly ex- ceedirg $22,000 due to the treasury, which the librarian 1s ready promptly to adjust. Stripped of all sensationalism,” concluded Mr. Spofford, ‘‘this is a succinct account of the whole matter.” Being questioned regarding the reported digcrepancy as to the number of employes autkcrized by law and the number actually employed, Mr. Spofford said: “This is ac- counted for by the fact that when no skilled person of adequate experience was found for a vacancy, two persons were em- ployed for the salary, or one person tor a Jonger time at a less salary, which, as revices without experience, they were - fectly satisfied to receive. In this way the full amount of salaries provided tor uy Congress has been disbursed, and frequent- ly a larger number of perscns than the reg- ular appropriation called for have been constantly and usefully employed.” Mr. Spofford said that instead of there being only twenty-four persons employed there were actually thirty-eight, the law requir- ing thirty. Mr. Spofford, in reply to an inquiry, also stated that he had received no intimation that his services were likely to be dispensed with by the President. He added that he had received only the most courteous treat- ment at the hands of the executive offi- clals. —e—_____ SUBURBAN STREETS. Some That the Commissioners Will Recommend for Improvement. Jvst at this time, when the Commission- ers are considering the needs of the city with regard to street improvements, the greatest interest centers in their actions. Ever since The Star published the first half of the schedule, the Commissioners’ office has been flocded with letters and petitions praying for the improvement of certain streets. Delegations have had hear- ings on this subject, and cach section of the city has had @ts needs ably presented. There are bound to be many disappoint- ments, for the Commissioners, when they take care of the streets that were left over from last year, will not have over $150,000 to apply to street improvements. This is of course on the basis of an $800,- 000 appropriation. The revenues of the District will allow $400,000 for this work, and Congress will be expected to appro- priate a like sum. This applies to the streets in the city. It has been the practice of Congress to make separate appropriations for subur- ban streets and roads, and it is understood that this rule will be followed next year. At any rate the Commissioners will sub- mit a separate schedule for suburban streets and roads. It is understood that the Commissioners will select the streets in this class to be improved from the following list: Grading and _ regulating—Roanoke and Irving streets between 13th and Bright- wood roud. Yale and Bismarck streets between 14th street and Brightwood road. inceton strect between 14th - wood ss and Bright. foward street between 14th an - wood area id Bright. California and Steuben streets bet: — and Brightwood road. wey enesaw and Wallack streets be! aa and pas ge road. ee <enyon and Marshall streets be! 14th and Brightwood road. emnen aed erecics: Ges anes avenue. © grading of Massach extenaed usetts avenue ie grading and laying of sidewalks eee ees northwest. iis resul ing with lens- ure 7 rs gravel of Blad ese streets will be carefully considered when the Commissioners are ready to make up their final schedule. In the mea time they will receive suggestions for fu- ture consideration. ——__. Suggests a Non-Partisan Board of Ex- aminers for the G. P. 0., ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: As the discussion in The Star of the sub- ject of civil service in the government printing office has convinced the commis- sioners of the errors they were being led into with regard to the apprentice question and the age limit, and also led them to considerably modify their original rules on those questions, will you kindly allow me space to point out what I consider another mistake they are making, which may not amount to much, but gives the opponents of the civil service law good grounds for criticism? It is the general belief that the examin- ing boards to conduct the practical exam- inations for the several trades in the gov- ernment printing office are the selection of the public printer, or, at least, were sug- gested to the commission by him. Now, these gentlemen are all beneficiaries of the spoils system and only very recent converts to the idea that civil service should govern in that department. One member of the compositors’ board is an active member— and, if I mistake not, an officer—of the In- terstate Democratic Association, an or- ganization expressly for the purpose of de- priving republicans of positions under the government to make room for democrats. While that, in my opinion, is nothing to the gentleman's discredit, still you would hardly select a member of the Liquor Deal- ers’ Association to enforce the excise law. The civil service commission should place upon each one of the examining boards a man selected by themselves, without any consultation with the public printer. Plenty of men—good, competent men—can be found in this city—employing printers and book- binders and pressmen, or ex-printers, who are engaged in some other business—who would be willing to serve and whose service in that capacity would disabuse the minds of many applicants of the idea that they could not get absolute justice from the boards as now constituted. There is no de- nying the fact that there are certain preju- dices existing between the employes and ex-employes which will be hard to uproot. A man employed there today is very apt to believe that a man discharged by the pres- ent public printer has no right to enter that ofiice even under the civil service law, no matter what his abilities as a workman, and it is very apt to be the belief cf the ex-employe that he cannot get justice from any one selected by the public printer to pass upon his qualifications. In fact, I know of several first-class workmen who will not take the civil service examination because they believe that, no matter what their rating by the commission, they stad no show of employment under the present administration of the government printing office. The commission may decide that they have no means to pay these exam- iners, and, consequently, for that reason cannot select them. The public printer employs experts in other lines, and why cannot the commission employ them and let the public printer pay them the same as he does other experts? The cost cer- tainly could not be very great, as it would only require four or five men, and I should think their services would only be required a very few days in a year. I want to say, in conclusion, that 1 am not a believer in the civil service law as it now stands, but as it is the law, I want to see it honestly and impartially enforced, and especially given a thorough trial in the government printing office. PRINTER. —————— Arrests in Anacostia. John Gazille, charged with carrying con- cealed weapons, and Michael Gazille, charged with being a suspicious character, both tramps, were arrested this morning at Benning by Officer Dyer and taken to the Anacostia substation. Edward Butler of Hillsdale, charged by Lottie Henson with petit larceny, was ar- rested this morning by Officer Farquhar and also taken to the Anacostia substation. TIME WASTED CAN NEVER BE REGAINED, It is folly to waste time with uncertain and un tried remedies whet aes =hu nm the evidence is disorders of heart, liver, oie ver, stomach, kidaeys, , bowels, ‘oung or middle-: effects of their own follies or cee or thee who feel their youthful vigor and power deci iene of neetorine nandeds estori to bealth, strengt and happiness See testimonials of cures of well- Known citizens published dally in the Post, Times Dr. Walker may be consulted free of charge, per- His well-known sanitarium, sonaily or, by letter, at ennsylvanin avenue, adjoining Willard’s Hotel, ts open daily for conrultation and treatiaente Office hours, 10 a.m. to 5_p.m.; Wednesday Saturday evenings, 7 to 8; Soetays, 10 to 12. irges for treatment very low. AL nce sacredly conf- interviews and dential. 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WANTED (Situationa). — The Drowning of Miss Bursley. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Start Referring to the late drowning off the steamer Macalester, it was only Sunday evening that I was on board that boat, and was thinking of the total inadequacy of ory provision whatever to save a person falling overboard, and this applies to all cur excursion boats. A life preserver thrown would not reach the person in the water, and, if it did, would not be of thi slightest use, for it must be properly ad- justed on the person before going over- beard. A cork ring might save a good swimmer if it reached him. Lowering @ boat is useless. Before it possibly could reach him, even a strong swimmer, with clothes on, would drown. There is only one way to be ready to meet such an accident cn an excursion boat. Have a small boat always in tow, with a man in it, with the rope ‘in his hand, ready to let go instanter if a person falls overboard. This is the way sll excursion steamers and going cut of New York harbor do. Men, women end children often fall overboard, but are always rescued by the small boat. In this case of the Macalester it is probable, how- ever, that the unfortunate young lady, falling right in front of the wheel, was killed immediately, and if a small boat had been in tow even her body would not have been recovered. Deck hands should have instructions to pull people off the rail quick. The captain certainly did all that man could do. He knew well enough that his and the crew's efforts were futile. OLIVER ROLAND INGERSOLL. ———_ The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such 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.