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2 ———— fully bow to whatever decision the court might reach in the matter. Counsel for Major Armes, thought Mr. Morrison, admit- ted the facts contained in the returns. “They admit all were pleaded facts,”’ in- terrupted Judge Bradley, “but not the legal conclusions to be deducted therefrom that you would make.” But, continued Mr. Morrison, it seemed to him that they had admitted that in the opinion of Gen. Schofield Maj. Armes had committed a military offense. And hence it appeared to him that the only question at issue was the authority of the acting secretary of war to order the arrest. He could not admit for an instant, explained Mr. Morrison, that in the eyes of military laws and regulations there exists any dif- ference between officers on the active list and those on the retired list. The retired officers, according to the provisions of law, are not subject and amenable to some of the articles of war, but, he declared, to all of them. The Question to Be Decided. Mr. MorriSon was proceeding to argue that officers on the retired list are subject to trial by courts-martial when Judge Brad- ley explained that there could be no con- tention as to that point, but the question to be decided was, was the arrest of Maj. Armes authorized by law?-and tke court told Mr. Morrison that the burden of prov- ing that it was rested upon him. Judge Bradley also exp:ained that it would be weil for Mr. Morrisen to explain the true legal meaning and significance of this term in the articles of war: “Officers charged with crime,” &c. “In reply to the court's inquiry, Mr. Mor- rison explained that the term should not be construed to mean civil crimes, but meant any offense against military law and prejudicial to discipline. When such an offense is committed, said Mr. Morri- son, whether by active or retired officers, an arrest of the offender becomes an in- itial matter of regular proceedings against such offender. Close arrest, explained Mr. Morrison, meant not actual imprisonment or restraint, but- was, In military affairs, merely constructive confinement in such @ case as the present one. Such a taking into custody, said Mr. Morrison, was the usual initiatory proceeding preceding a trial befcre a court-martial, although he ad- mitted that it was not an invariable pre- liminary proceeding. But after such an arrest it is usual, upon the applization of the arrested officer, either active or, re- tired, to grant him what is known as re- straint within limits, and such Smits might be within the boundaries of a post, bar- racks, town or state. And such an arrest, stated Mr. Morrison, was in reality nothing more, in effect, than the charging of ap offense againSt the arrested officer. Maj. Armes’ Offense. Major Armes had, in writing the com- Plained-of letter and showing it in the very face and teeth of Gen. Schofield, claimed Mr. Morrison, accused the general com- ™manding the army of the most he!nous crimes known to military authorities. While it might not have been committed in the actual personal presence of Gen. Schofield, the general had personal knowl- edge of the commission of the alleged of- ferse, and was, therefore, fully authorized and justified in imitiating the proceedings against Major Armes. As to the conten- tion of Major Armes’ counsel that he had been arrested without first being made ac- inted with the reason for his arrest, Mr. nm read from military authorities to that an officer is not entitled to know forthwith the cause of his arrest, but must subm<t to” artest, being entitled, however, to have.charzes made known to him within eight days thereafter. Such a provision of ry law, declared Mr. Morrison, was absolutely necessary to the preservation of discipline am# good order. Inquirics by the Judge. Mr. Morrison was proceeding to explain that # retired officer might commit an act of insubordination’ as ‘much so as an officer on the active list, when Judge Bradley in- quired how Maj. Armes might be insubor- dinate when he was not under any orders? Mr. Morrison's reply was that Maj. Armes Was subject to the orders of both the Pres.dent and the Secretary of War, and he became guilty of insubordination when he committed any act prejudicial to discipline and good oder, the making of false charges | against Gen. Schofield being, because of the falsonezs of the charges, such an offense. Judge Bradley next inquired whether Mr. Morrison contended that at the time of the arrest any charge had been made against Maj. Armes? “Mr. Morrison replied that there was, the charge having been made in the bosom of Gen. Schofield. That is, sald Mr. Morrison, Gen. Schofield, as acting sec- retary of war, knew that the offense had been committed, and because of that knowledge directed the arrest. As to Making Arrests. Judge Bradley explained that wiat he wished to know was whether it is usual or necessary for the officer making the arrest to acquaint the officer arrested with the © of his arrest. Mr. Morrison replied that it is not, and he ventured the asser- tion that_not until, Maj. Armes told him did the officer arresting him know the cause of the arrest. Not once in a hundred times is the cause then made known, he explained, “Then,” rematl Judge Bradley, amidst the laughter of thoSe in the court room, “I am very glad that I am not in the army?’ His Concludiag Argument. Mr. Morrison next proceeded to a discus- sion of the right of the acting secretary cf war to order Major Armes’ arrest, and he entered into a long legal argument on the point, ccntending that the secretary’s order for the arrest was in effect the order cf the President, the unquestioned command- ing officer of the army. For that reason, said Mr. Morrison, in conclusion, the arrest was a legally authorized one, and he, there- fore, asked that the petition for the writ of habeas corpus be denied, and that Major Armes be returned to the custody cf the military authorities, to be dealt with by them according to the military laws and regulations. Mr. Siddo: Follows. Mr. Morrison was followed by Mr. Sid- dons, who, on behalf of Maj. Armes, made the concluding argument in the case. He dwelt at length upon what he claimed was the clearly unconstitutional and unneces- sary arrest of Maj. Armes, claiming that neither statutes nor even military law jus- tified the arrest, and praying for his dis- charge. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Siddons’ argu- ment Judge Bradley took the case under advisement, announcing that he would ren- der a decision in the matter next Thursday morning. Until a decision in the case Maj. Armes’ personal recognizance was continued. JMR. CASTLE TALKS SS AGAINST THE RAILROAD. Expected Action in the Case of the Tenleytown Car Line. There is little doubt that the Commis- sioners will refuse the application of the Gecrgetown and Tenlzytown railroad for a permit to lay a track a short distance along Water street from the terminus of its tracks. The charter of the road does not permit the occupation of Water street, and the Commissioners, under the advice of their attorney, who, it is understood, has made an adverse report upon the applica- tion, will refuse the permit. 2 > ‘TAL DEATH. ACCIDE! Corcener'’s Jury So Decides in the Cane of John Killed at Long Bridge. ‘Today at noon Coroner Hammett held an inquest in the case of John Ellis, who was ailled near the north end of the Long bridge Thursday night, as published in yesterda: Star, and the verdict was that his death was accidental. The jury concluded that a railroad train killed him, and there was no evidence of foul play shown or inti- mated. Mrs. Sarah Behrman Gets a Divorce. Judge Hagner today granted Sarah D. Behrman a divorce from Raphael Behrman, and also granted her the custody of her shild, the charge being desertion. ee More Examinations. The civil service commission has an in- teresting class of novitiates before its ex- aminers today. Twenty-six are young men and seventy are young women. They are being examined in the English branches for positions as skilled laborers In the goy- ernment. printing office, where the lucky ones will find occupation in folding, count- ng, stitching, gathering and feeding. Monday another hurdred applicants will be wxumined for the same class of work and fuesday a like number. ’ . THE. EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. parneaAr BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION... A reference to the statement, be- « low will show that the circulation sworn to !s a bona fide one. © ~~ * Jt is easily possible for-a news- Paper with an elastic canscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstaads, which are re- turnable, and which are in, fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to’ be'“an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, . however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. aa The circulation of The Star is” many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper and is be- lieved to be fully five times that of ‘any afternoon contemporary.” Clrealation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Sept. 28, 1896. -83,349 MONDAY, Sept. Bu, 1895. TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 1995 WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 1895. THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 18995. FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 1595... Total... ~-171,901 Daily average........ 28,650 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rer- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ise Star circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, October 4, 1895—that ‘4, the num- ber of copies actually wold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the coples so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. é J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before.me this fifth day of October, A. D. 1895. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Public, D.C. The New Hawaiian Minister on the Gov- ernment’s Position. The Republic Stronger Than Ever and the Cholera the Oaly Thing That Troubles It. A representative of The Star called on the Hawaiian minister, Mr. Castle, who has recently arrived to take charge of the lega- tion. Mr. Castle arrived in this country fh August, but reached Washington only a few days ago. i “ a 5 “I knew,” he said, “that the President was not at Washington, and I could not be presented so as to formally enter upon my duttes; therefore I took my time about com- ing here. “My wife and I kave been dp in Massa- chusetts, my wife's formet Home, and then we spent two weeks in New,. York, just be-_ fore coming to Washington. I have seen the Secretary of State, Mr. Olney, Informal- ly and I await the arrival of the President to be formally presented. I am greatly pleased with Secretary Olney. He impress- ed me as a man of high order. Of course, our meeting was informal.” “When are you to be presented to the President?” _ ; “There has been no time fixed. It is not known just when the Président will re- turn to Washingten, but I presume I shaft be received to formally present my papers soon after his arrival.” Situation in Hawall. “What is the situation in Hawaii accord- ing to your. last advices?” “Everything is quiet there as far as the government is concerned. ‘The government is stronger than it ever was, and has proven its ability to take care of the islands. The cholera trouble is the most serious for the. people of. Hawaii just now, and I am anxious for news about that. Our son is there, and my wife and I are anxious to hear from him. “According to the reports I have received, the mortality in proportion to. the number of cases Is greater than indicated in the press, “The press stated 80 cases and 40 deaths. The official report, when there had been but 58 cases, recorded 50 as fatul. This comes from the Ignorant natives not dis- closing themselves for-treatment. Eighteen cases were not discoverd until after death. The authorities wete prompt to take hold of the matter, and I am siad to hear that the disease is subsiding. I think it is in check. The Annexation Policy. is there still a disposition toward an- xation to this country?” Yes; the annexation sentiment is as strong as ever, but there is no move being made in the matter, and probably will rot be for awhile. We do not want to make ourselves disagreeable. The government is in excellent condition. “In the putting down of the revolt, which was much nore serious than you realize here, the government ‘showed. its power, and no one now dcubts its strength. We are not aware of any danger threatening us, and there {s no indication of foreign inte ference in, our affairs. “If there is any country that might give us trouble it is Japan, but we have given no occasion for that, and there is no pres- ent indication of the sort. “I think ti:t liawali will be able to demonstrate that there is no just claim for indemnity to citizens of the United States growing out of the revolution, which es- tablished the present government. The government is strong and at peace.” —__$<_—- A CREMATORY PERMIT. One Taken Out This Afternoon at the District Building. Unless injunction proceedings are taken out it will not be many days before the crematory for the disposal of the garbage and dead animals of the city will be erected at the foot of South Capitol street. Late this afternoon Mr. S. H. Brown, the inventor of the crematory, applied to the building inspector for a permit to erect a one-story brick structure known as a cre- matory on the site of the old reduction plant. It was stipulated as a part of the permit that the crematory was not to be erected within 200 feet of a dwelling. Mr. Brown paid his $2 fee and went away with the permit. In conversation with a reporter of The Star he said work would be com- menced at once and pushed as fast as possible. He could not tell exactly when the crematory would be complet but would say that it was his purpose to put up a system second to none in the world. —_t—_ GEN. MILES ARRIVES. ‘ The New Commander of the Army in Washington, General Miles assumed command of the army this afternoon. He arrived here from New York at 1:45 o'clock over the Balti- more and Ohio road, and was met at the station by Adjt. Gen. Ruggles and other friends He was accompanied by Mrs. Miles, Miss Miles and Master Miles, and by Col. Bretvk, A.A.G., and Capt. Michler of the cavalry of his staff. Gen. Miles visited the War De- partment late in the afternoon and r-uld his respects to Secretary Lamon: ——__—_-e.+_____ THE WALLER RECORD. Minister Eustis Has Received It and It is Being Translated. Secretary Oiney received a cablegram this afternoon from Ambassador Eustis, ssying the record of the proceedings in the court-martial trial of ex-Consul Waller at Madagascar, and accompanying documents huve been received at the foreign office at Paris, and are now being translated, pre- sumably for his benefit. Negro Convict Lynched in the ~> South. FINGERS POORDED WITH CLUBS His Corpse -Thrown Into a Fire ‘and Burned. AN ENRAGED FATHER CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 5.—Neal Smith, a negro convict, who recently out- raged a young white lady at Cole City, Ga., after beating her into insensibility, was last night taken from the prison guards by a mob from Tennessee and Alabama and shot to death. Great excitement prevailed, dnd even the guard who had charge of the convict, allowing him to go about as a trusty, was roughly handled. No further trouble is expected. Smith was taken from the stockade used for confining prisoners by a mob, of not less than 200 men. The sheriff and jailer, Ed Cox, with several men, were on guard; but the crowd refused to listen to reason, and threatened to tear down the stockade and burn it unless Smith was delivered. Smith was then turned over to the crowd, who led him to a point near where the as- sault was committed. He confessed his guilt, and was then treated to a torture which is unparalleied in history. : After being mutilated in a frightful man- ner by the father, Wm. Henderson, who subsequently cut off the negro’s ears, he was selzed and held while one of the crowd pounded his fingers, joint by joint, one fin- ger at a time, until the hand was a shape- less mags of bloody jelly. This was because in the struggle to sub- due Miss Henderson he had bitten off one of her fingers. Each man in the crowd then took a turn at shooting at him, until, when he died, he must have had four or five pounds of lead in him. He was literally shot to pieces, and the bloody pulp which only an hour before had been Neal Smith was thrown into a hastily prepared pile of brush wood and burned until not a scrap of bone remained. Miss Henderson, his victim, is dying. ON MANHATTAN FIELD. Prospects of Fine Contests This Afier- noon, MANHATTAN FIELD, New York, Octo- ber 5.—The athletic games between the “Sons of Eli” and the Cantabs which are scheduled to take place here this afternoon promise to be very interesting. The recent defeats which our English visitors have met with on land and water have stirred up the Cambridge men, and Capt. Horan declared today that his men would do their best to turn the tide of ill- luck by their efforts this afternoon. The foreigners are undoubtedly very strong in the quarter, half and one mile runs, and they may possibly bring off the hurdle on the turf to their benefit. The American collegians are certajn of securing the hammer and shot cont well as the one-hundred-yard dash. Yale boys have a good chance of winning the high and broad jumps, and, in the opin- , the hurdles will probably be events as to the supremacy of sent for outdoor ath- shmen feel much more ss in the several events 9 disastrous to the L. A.C. in their Waterloo of a fort- night ago. Before 2 themsei fully 3,000 people had_ settled en the stands and bleachers. ‘Phe officers of the day were as follows: Stewards—Montague Sherman, Oxford; Wendell Baker, ‘vard; Sherman Day and C._H. Sherrill, Yale. Referee—W. B. Curtis, N. Y. A. C. Judges —W.J. Oakley, Oxford; C, Cuyler, Prinee- ton. Timekcepers—E. J. Wendell, Harvard; Guy Richard. Starter—A. Jor- dan, N. Y. A. In summing up only firsts will count. Much Interest in London. LONDON, October Much interest is evinced here in the athletic contest_which is to take place in New. York today be- tween the teams of Yale and Cambridge Universities, though it is generally believed that the event will be more or less of a waikover for Yale. ‘The withdrawal of Sanford, Yale’s quar- ter mile runner, from the games today has created an excellent impression, although his action is spoken of in many quarters as being Quixotic, inasmuch as it is recog- nized here that he is perfectly eligible to compete. ‘The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon, re- ferring to the Yale-Cambridge contest, si hether the match results in a consola- tion race victory 10r us cr Lot, it should contribute to re-establish good feeling. It will not be the fault of our American en- tertairers if we lose, for they bave dis- played punctilious and almost unnecessary genercsity in withdrawing their first string quarter-mile runner. _ “In our own case We should not have held that the fact that he did not run against Harvard as an invalidating cir- cumstance, unlcss he had already run dur- irg the number of years fixed by custom. But the Americans are going to do this thirg in style.” Sa a DISORDER IN CRETE. Murders and Other Acts of Lawless- ness Are Frequent. ATHENS, October 5.-Dispatches received from the Island of Crete say the situation of affairs there is very unsettled. Many murders have recently been committed, and robbery and other acts of lawlessness are of frequent occurrence. As a result, the governor of Crete has offered to resign his position, and the matter is now understood to be under consideration. ‘The Cretans have been deeply impressed with the Armenian troubles at Constanti- nople. ‘The latter, naturally, have heen greatly magnified, and the inhabitants of the island have presented a long memoran- dum to th» representatives of the powers against the Turkish administration of Crete. —_—- THE NEW DIOCESE. Action Will Seen Be Taken by the Bishops. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MINNEAPOLIS, Minr., October 5.—This morning the committee in the house of deputies of the Episcopal convention re- perted favorably on the division of the diocese of Maryland, and the house unani- mously adopted the report. The house of bishops will act in a few days in the same way, and shortly after Pishop Paret will call a convention of the new diocese of Washington to organize, then announcing his choice of diocese. Mr. John W. Foster is now addressing the ishops, deputies and a great audience in the Lyceum Theater on missions. —_——.__ OPPOSED TO THE FIGHT. The Mexican Press Almost on the Subject. CITY OF MEXICO, October 5.—President Diaz has said that as prize figating has been forbidden by all the states in the American Union, it should not be toler- ated here. The press is almost unanimous against allowing the Corhett-Fitzsimmons fight to occur in this country. SS = Gen. Mahone’s Condition. There is no change in Gen. Mahone's condition. His physicians give no hope and are surprised at the vitality displayed y their patient. He may linger a day or two, but it would not be surprising if death should occur at any time. nanimous LATE NEWS BY WIRE|MONEY The Star Will Give Ono of Ite Fair Readers ‘The Cleverest Woman in Washington is to Be; Presented With fa a0 in Gold. : 7 Folks are bowie te plan about Christ- mas already. Eaotf-year there must be about.so much fnofiey laid by for a fund for buying: presents, and this means a good deal of scheming and manetvering in advance. Some way to earn a few extra dollars is welcomed heartily by the women, who ‘have so few gpportunities to swell their pin-money acocunt. The Star pro- peses to help them out by making one of the most generous offers ever made by an American newspaper. It will give $500 in gold to the cleverest woman in Washing- ton. 2 . How? That is an easy question to an- swer. The cleverest woman in Washington ought to be able to guess the conclusion of a romance without any difficulty. She will be given a good chance. Beginning next Monday, the tale will be published, and for about a month it will run through the columns of The'Ster, but it will break off abruptly just as-the concluding chapier is reached. The story, ‘entitled “When the War Was Over,” written by Frederick R. Burton, is so ingeniously planned that the entire climax fs contained in <his conclud- ing chapter. Of course, the ending 's pro- portionate and logical with the preceding portions, and all that is necessary is to read the tale and try to throw yourself into touch with the author's motives and methods of thought. The conditions of the contest thus to be inaugurated are printed once more for the benefit of those who may have chanced to miss them be- fore. Do not fail to read every issue of The Star containing the installments of this entrancing romance, which will be well worth perusal, even if the reader does not desire to enter the contest, or is barred from it by reason of some ungov- ernable circumstance. 1, The Evening Star will pay $500 in gold to the reader from whom it receives by mail, at the publication office, Pennsylvania ave- nue and 11th street, the complete and abso- lutely correct solution of “When the War Was Over,” as it shall be disclosed in the final chapter of the story to be published Friday, November 15, in The Evening Star. If two or more complete and absolutely cor- rect solutions are received the $500.in gold will be divided equally. 2. Should The Star fail to receive a solu- tion that is complete and absolutely correct in all its details, the $500 in gold will be allotted to the twenty-nine readers whose explanation shall come nearest to the true solution of the mystery according to their percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follow: ist Prize . 2d Prize 3d_ Prize 4th Prize 25 Prizes of $10 each.. 2) Prizes; aggregating. The first prize of $100 will be explanation which comes nearest to the true solution; the second prize of $75 to. the Ferson sending the explanation next near- est, and so on,.for,the third and fourth prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes of $10 each will be, awarded to the persons sending the twénty‘five explanations next nearest to the fdurth prize, as the judges determine their’ merit. 3. The Star 48 pre-eminently a family newspaper. and ‘its ‘daily installment of a high grade seriaf story is a féature Intend- ed to especially, cortimend it to the .home circle. ‘To emphasize—and advertise—the fact that The Star is ‘a newspaper peculiar- ly suitable for wonyén's reading, the fur- ther condition 8 made that the $340 in prizes shall be ffaid*only for explanations sent in by women aid girls. All may read; but only women and girls may guess—and win the gold. "7 “When the Wat Was Over” will continue y installments until Friday, Novem- ‘all’ But the figal chap- ill have been published. The interval ter between Friday, November 5, and Tuesday, November 12, six o'clock will be allowed for the forw: of guess- es, and th= final chapter will be pubiished in The Star on Friday. November 15. Un- der no consideration whatever will suesses be recetved from any source and considered prior to Friday, November 8, or later than six o'clock p.m. November 12. For. no rea- son whatever will guesses fram any source be received or considered “after six o'clock p.m, November 12. Rutes of the Competition. 1, But one solution can be entered by a reader. 2. All guesses must be sent by mail and mm no other way, plainly addressed to “Prize Story Editer,” The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. 3. In order to put out-of-town readers of The Star on a time equality with city read- ers, they will be permitted to secure from ther local postmaster an indorsement on the back cf the envelope in which ‘heir guesses are forwarded, indicating the day and hour of delivery of the letter to him, and such guesses will be accepted at the Washington post office on the day and hour certified. The indorsement, plainly wri:ten in ink, must be personally signed by the postmaster cr acting postmaster. 4. Inquiries not considered fully answered nere will receive proper attention if ad- dressed to “Prize Story Editor, The Even- ing Star, Washington, D. C."" 5. The $500 will be awarded under the foregoing general conditions, according to the best judgment of the judges appointed by The Star, and they will have complete control and final decision in all matters re- lating to this contest. 6. “A complete and correct solution” can Le made in the reader’s own language and ‘In the nw v of Words necessary for an ent of the reader’s guess. ® the mystery and such ma- ef the plot revealed in the de- velopment of the story as may be deemed necessary by the judges to a clear and full explanation cf the mystery. The names and addresses of the winner or winners of the cash prizes will be pub- lished in The Star at the earliest date pos- sible after the publication of the final chapter. No condition of subscription to The Star is impcsed. Guessers must be women and girls and necessarily they must be readers of The Star, but they may read the story inclusive, in The Star taken by any member of the | family and need not be regular subscribers themselves in order to enter the competi- tion. While only women and girls may guess and win the prizes, they can receive help as to their gcess from any member of their family cr from all the family. —_——__ Real Estate Transfers. Deeds in fee have been filed ds follows: Harry J. Mattern et ux. to Frank H. Burns, lot 44, sq. 511; $10. Jas. E. Barnes et ux. to Chas. E. Sessford, lots 37 and 45, sq. 44; $10. Chas. E..Sessford to Jno. A. Wynkoop, same property; $10. Mary E. Wynkoop to Jas. E. Barnes, part original lot 6, sq. 733; $10. Chas, F. Benjamin, trustee, to Mary E. Coates, part lot A, sq. 579; $1. Clara V. Gessford to Inez M. Green, lot 21, sq. 969; $10. Diller F. Groff to Robt. Huston, part lot 2, bik. 15, Brightwood Park; $2,000. Jno. G. Holden et ux. to Marie L. Martinez, lot 18, sq. 70, Petworth; $10. Edgar R. Musser to Delia A. Holl, lot 37, sq. 617; $3,200. Ro- Wm. Birney, lot 20, sq. sina M. Mayer to 533; $1,706.2 Margaret S. Rogers to Thos. G. Hensey, part original lot 3, sq. 457; $10. George Truesdell et ux. to Mildred H. Parker, lots 1, 2 and 22, sq. 9, Eckington; 310. Almena B. Williams to Wm. W. Win- free, lot 5G, bik. 30, Columbia Heights; $10. qT E. Waggaman and Jno. W. Pilling, trustees, to Geo. A. Jordan, lot 5¥, sq. 190: —— = A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continued story of wh‘ch all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment ts printed. On October seventh a emost interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solation. In case no guess is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided émong those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere. FOR CHRISTMAS|THE YEAR'’S- RECORD Washingtoniaus Have Enjoyed Bet- ter Health Than Formerly. THE DECREASE IN DEATH RATES Suggestions and Recommendations of Health Officer Woodward. AN INTERESTING REPORT Health Officer Woodward today submitted to the Commissioners the annual report of the workings of his office for the past fiscai year. The report sets forth: The total number of deaths occurring in the District of Colymbia during the year specified was 5,565, of which.3,114 were white and 2,451 colored. The death rate per annum was, tiferefote, 16.97 per 1,000 white inhabitants, 28.18 per 1,000 colored inhabi- tants, and 20.57 per 1,000 of the entire popu- lation. : There were 5,565 deaths from all causes during the year. For the previous year they numbered 6,039. The decrease (474) is distributed as follows: Zymotic diseases, 362; constitutional diseases, 12; local dis- eases, 29; developmental diseases, 52, and from violence, 19. An examination of the decrease according to the ages of the dece- dents shows that the deaths during the first five years of life numbered 457 less during the year 1894-95 than during the year 1893- 94, while the difference for all other ages was but 17. Pecullarities of Epidemic Influenza. The deaths from zymotic diseases num- bered 1,036, as against 1,398 in the pre- ceding year. Of these 581 were white, with an annual death rate of 31.70, and 455 col- ored, with a rate of 52.30 per 10,000. The principal causes of mortality were diar- rhoeal diseases (300), typhoid fever (178), diphtheria (124), epidemic influenza (67) and whooping cough (58). The fact of 87 deaths occurring from epidemic influenza illustrates how an infectious disease may, when once imported, become a permanent factor in the death rate, since this is the sixth year’s presence of this disease. During the entire period it seems to have presented the same form of attack and in most cases reached a fatal result through sequelae, chiefly involving the lungs, brain or kid- neys. Of the total number of deaths from zy- motic diseases, $ were classed as milas- matic, amounting to 16.3 per cent of the total mortality from all causes. The white population suffered to the.extent of 28.5 ard the colored 44.0 per ten thousand. _ Neglect to Record Births. There were 4,74 returns of births made during the year, of which 2,878 were white and 1,916 colored. Of the total births re- ported 624 were illegitimate, 104 being white and 520 colored. Compared with the year 1893-04, twenty-seven more illegiti< mate births were reported among the whites and nineteen less among the color- ed. The births, as reported. fell short of the deaths by They amounted to 86.1 per cent of the tosal mortality. Estimated from the increase in the pop- ulation a large number of births (probably 5,000) were not reported, as required by law. Decreane in the Death Rate. It is gratifying to note that at no previous time during the entire period. for which definite information can be ob- tained, twenty years, were the death rates so low, either for the whole population or for the white or the colored element of it, as they were the year just ended. Espe- cially gratifying is the decrease of death rate for the colored population (from 40.75 per 1,000 to 28.15). It is a matter of re- gret, howeyer, that it remains even this high, and {s°so potent a factor in main- taiming a high general death rate for the District. Among the white pcpulation taken as a whole the duration of hfe was in 1881 thir- ty-two years and three days, and in 1895 thirty-six years, nine months and twenty- two days, an increase of four years, nine months and nineteen days. Further ex- amination shows that this increase has not been confined to any cne age period, but has been generally distributed. The average age of colored decedents has risen from twenty years, ten months and eleven days in 1881 to twenty-five years, eight months and twenty-seven days in 1895, an increase of four years, ten months and sixteen days, due chiefly to a lessered infant mortality. Searlet Fever and Diphtherta. There were reported among the whites 295 cases of diphtheria, 91 of which were fatal, and among the colored 117 cases, 33 of which were fatal, cr a total of 412 cases with 124 deaths. No localized outbreaks of diphtheria oc- curred during the year, Improved methoas of diasnesis have led to an altered con- ception of the clinical symptoms of diph- theria. Mary cases which would have formerly been classed under that heading are now rejected on account of the ab- sence of the Klebs-Loettier bacillus from the air passages as determined by bac- teriological tests. During the past year there were reported among the white: cases of scarlet fever, ich were fatal, and among the col- 45 cases of scarlet fever, 2 of which were fatal, or a total of cases and 16 deaths. s The marriages reported to this jepart- ment were 2,391, a3 against 1,49 last year. Of these 1,411 were white and 980 colored. This large increase is partly due to the sudden ard rigid application cf what is known as the Edmunds law. There were, however, 3,630 marriage licenses issued by the clerk of the court during the year, showing, approximately, 1,259 failures on the part of these officiating at marriages to make the return to this department, as re- quired by law. Scarlet Fever in the Schoo! ‘The disease has, as a rule, been of a mild type. Several outbreaks of the disease oc- curred in schools,. making it necessary to close the school and disirfect the school room, and probably originated from mild, undiagnosed cases, where the paticnt had been allowed, in ignorance of the true nature of the disease, to continue at his school du- ties. It is greatly to be regretted that there is no way of diagnosing such cases with certainty, but if parents would treat them as suspicious, and rescrt to isolation and disinfection, they weuld cause no trouble even In the absence of a positive diagnosis. Isolation Hospital Needed. Proviston should be made for the speedy erection and equipment of a hospital for the reception of patients suffering from minor contagious diseases, viz: dipNtheria, scarlet fever and measles. Twice «ppro- priations have been made for this purpose, but without cffect, the building erected with the first appropriation being now used (without authority of law) for a nurses’ home, and the use of the second appropria- tion having been prevented by subsequent legislation. The Smallpox Outbreak. Dr. Woodward gives a history of the smallpox outbreak, and says it cost $15,000 to quell it. He says under this head: Vaccine physicians should be employed constantly to vaccinate those unable to Fay for such service, and the law relating to the admission of unvaccinated children and others to schools and institutions should be rigidly enforced. And, finally, there should be an epidemic fund at the disposal of this department. ’ Forced economy of men and appliances at the outbreak of an epidemic is apt to be disastrous, as it is at the outbreak of a war. The general emergency fund may be drawn upon for too many purposes to make it safe to rely upon it for use in case of an epidemic, and the amount avail- able for the coming year for alkthese pur- poses is less than the cost of the small out- break of varioia during the year just end- ed. Better Salaries for Physicians to the 5 Boor. ‘The compensation of the physicians to the poor, thirty dollars per month, is inade- quate at all times, but especially so Wien, “ffs at’ pre mn “account of the presence of smallpox, they..have to vaccinate the poor by hun- dreds. An effort should be made to secure Yréinuheration for the physicians to the Poor, for, the» rdinary work done in this way during the past year to increase the -to $40 per month, and to provide each one with a telephone. Cemeteries in the District. . There are now.in this District thirty-eight cemeteries Im operation and one closed, ‘under the’ provisions of an act of Congress approved August 3, 1894. With the rapid increase in the pepulation of the surround- ing country ground suitable for cemciery purposes is becoming scarce, and the ne- cessity for laws governing their location and agement.is more apparent. There it no restriction upon the loca- tion of cemeteries, upon the number of graves in a given area or upon the depth of graves; nor does the law require any record of interments and disinterments to be kept at.the burying ground. While the majority of them are conduct- ed in.a-satisfactory manner, there are some that are not. The requirement that a plat of a cem- etery showing the location and number of each lot be filed in the office of the re- corder of deeds has, according to the de- cision of that officer, been repealed by the act of August 24, 1894, which prohibits the filing of any plat of any subdivision in his office. There is, therefore, no way of offi- clally recording the plats of cemeteries to be hereafter established. Laws should be enacted to remedy ex- isting defects. The public burying ground, potter's field, situated on reservation 13, is fast encroach- ing on the grounds belonging to the small- pox hospital. It will ‘soon be necessary to purchase another site for its extension, or to erect a crematory, in which the bodies of paupers can be burned. The latter plan is the better. An appropriation should be asked for that purpose. Public Baths and Food Supply. This District has recenty established a free bathing beach. It is available, how- ever, only for a small part of the year, and to a comparatively small number of peo- ple. Many of the poer are at all times without sufficient means of securing per- soral cleanliness. As a matter relating to public health, this is of interest to the en- tire community, but especially to the Jarge number of householders who find it neces- sarry to employ domestic servants, hut are unable to provide bathing facilities for them. Public baths should be provided for their accommodation. A Public Abattoir Recommended. The inspection of meat would be greatly facilitated by the establishment of a public abattoir. Such an institution would render practicable an examination of live stock prior to slaughter..It would prevent un- necessary cruelty in butchering, and would do away with the numerous slaughter houses now scattered throughout the Dis- trict to the annoyance, if nol the injury, of neighbors, and the d2preciation of the value of adjoining property. The Service Criticised. He gives a history of the garbage serv- ice, and says: ‘The service during the past year was far from being a model one. The total num- ber of complaints received at this office during the twelve months was 4,142. Some of these were due to carelessness on the part of householders, but many to neglect onthe part of the .contractor, Unfortu- nately, there was no remedy for either ur- til the -epwroriation act of March 2, 189 Under these specifications the health ot cer can impose upon the contractor fines for neglect; he can collect garbage and dead animals and charge the cost of such collection to the contractor, and he can employ garbage inspectovs at the con- tvactor’s expense. It is hoped that an im- proved service will result when the new contract <o¢s Jnte operation. lt is not necessary to explain the im- portance of sewers Gor to give a detailed statement of the localities where they are needed. It may be broadly stated that they ure needed in every part of the Dis- trict, and especially in our rapidly grow- ing suburbs, as Brightwood, Tenleytown, ‘Takoma Park,Brookland and others. It is Breatly to be hoped that some general sys- tem of sewers will be constructed and in operation before an epidemic of cholera or a further increase in our already too high typhoid .fever death rate occurs to em- phasize tle need-of such a measure. Sew- ers will not, however, serve their purpose unless the owners of abutting property can be made to connect such property with them and to replace box privies with proper water closets. A law shoul be speedily enacted to accomplish this purpose. Since sewers are constructed chiefly at public ex- pense the government should require that their use be not neglected by the individual to the detriment cf the community. Better Laboratory Needed. There shoul be renewed effort to provide the District with a properly equipped bac- tericlogical laboratory in connection with the health department. The analysis of milk was interfered with by the passage of the act to regulate the sale of milk and the changed conditions 1¢- sulting therefrom. Investigations have been made of substances, submitted by the cor- oner, the Police Court and the police de- purtment. The equipment of the laboratory is not, however, sutticiently complete to conduct the delicate tests required in cases of suspected criminal poisoning where the life or death of an accused person may de- pend upon the result. Continual Sources of Pollution. Until the recommendations in the pre- ing paragraph are carried into effect it is weil to clearly recogrize the existence throughout the District of an indefinite number cf privies, constantly polluting the atmesphere, and, in’ many instances, the soil and the well water. Since these must necessarily exist, for some time at least, they shouldbe regulated by proper laws to replace or to supplement those now in force. Estimates for the Next Year. The following estimates for the ensuing Year are respectfully submitted: One health officer, $3,000. One chief inspector, who shall be a phy- sician and act as deputy health officer, $1,- 80. Fifteen sanitary and food inspectors at $1,200: $8,000. One sanitary and feod inspector, who shall be a practical chemist, and inspect Cairy products, $1,900. ‘One sanitary and food inspector to assist chemist, etc., $900. Two sanitary and food inspectors, who shall be veterinary surgeons, and act as inspectors of live stock, dairy farms, etc., at_$1,200—$2,400. ‘One inspector of marine products, $1,- 200. One chief clerk and deputy health offi- cer, $1,800. One clerk, $2,400. Four clerks, two of whom may. also act as sanitary and food inspectors, at $1,200, $4,800. One clerk, $1,000. One messenger and janitor, $000. One poundmaster, $1,200. : Laborers at not exceeding $40 per month, $1,920. Ambulance driver, $480. For reni of office and stable, $1,120. For support of chemical laboratory, $3,000. For the collection and disposal of gar- bage and dead animals, $57,000. For the prevention of the spread of scarlet fever, diphtheria and other minor con- tagious Mseases, including the establish- ment and maintenance of a bacteriological laboratory and disinfecting service, to be immediately available, $15,000. Contingent expenses, $4,000. " For the erection of an administration building, isolation ward, stable, mortuary, and discharging room in connection with the smallpox hospital, and for the equip- ment of these buildings and of those al- ready erected, $15,000. For the relief of the poor—Twenty phy- sicians to. the poor, at $480 per annum, $9,090; drugs, printing, etc., $3,700. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, October 5.—Flour dall, unchauged— | receipts, 11,418 barrels; sales, 300 barrels. Wheat dull and easy—spot and month, Ga65'4; December, 66% 05%; May, 71% asked: steamer No. 2 red, 623, rs, 616 bushels; shipments, 15,912 1s: stock, 518,925 bushels: sales, 22,000 busi- southern wheat by simple, 66x67; .. Cor easy—spot, 43 month, BT4as7y: ‘evember, mew or old, 34%a35; year, 38%ja84; Jan- ry, 33%4a34—receipts, 39,283 bushels; stock, 110,- 185 bushels; sales, 10.000 bushels; southern’ white Oats steady, cool 27ga27%; No. 2 $ bushels; stock, 45a4G ‘nearby: Dusvels. Hay firm.” with active "demand—choice timothy, $15.00a$15.50. Grain freights steady, un- cbanged. Sugar very stranz, unc |. Butter firn— 12: imitation, 16a18; do. Ia 12. very { Cheese active an FINANCE AND TRADE Prices Kept Stationary Around the Opening. — THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING SHARES Armenian Troubles Are a Disturbing Factor. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 5.—The absence of important business this morning and the inharmonious attitude of the professional element served to keep prices stationary around the opening level. London cables reflected considerable irregularity in the market for international issues, and con- tributed little to the day's trading. Private advices from Paris and London indicate a somewhat steadier tone in the market for South African mining shares, but a feeling of uneasiness for tie future is distinctly marked. The Armenian trou- bles are also a disturbing factor in Euro- pean speculation and may hasten the cli- max of the mining boom. The speculative situation is unmistakably favorable to improved values, but available recources are undeveluped, and consequent ly merely discourage short selling, instead of inspiring confidence in the opposite side of the market. A few stocks,mainly the industrial shares, are likely to be given the preference over the list in general for some time to a ard special influences will be brought © bear upon them. Chicago Gas sold up 1 per cent during the day on buying for both accounts. Relieved of legal annoyances and reorganized under the management of experienced financiers, the ty should dings accumulated for a Jong time prior to the announcement of the re- organization scheme may overshadow the market for a time, however, as at the pres- oo price handsome profits would be real- Sugar sold down moderately during the morning under professional operations, and the street continues to be divided on the probable direction of future activity. The railway list has become almost wholly neglected, and is not likely to de- velop any interesting features until the room’s right to determine values is dis- puted to u greater extent than it now is. The weekly sulted in a loss of more than seven mil- lions to the banks on account of the move- ment of currency to interior poin con- traction In loans is also reflected by com- parson with one week ago, which is an undesirable and unexpected feature of the report. The decrease in deposits is merely consistent with named. the losses in the items ased, $9,037,000, $151,600. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices ef the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Mcore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. 109 «100 108K 108K * ages hicago. B. Ghic. & Northwesiera. ——.——_ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—American Se- curity and Trast, 10 at 140. Government Bonds.—U. 8. J. 8. 48, coupon, 1114 bi 122 bid. U.S. 5s, 1904, 115% bid. ‘ District of Columbia Bouds.—20-year fund Se, 104 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 112% bid. Water stock 7a, 1901, Te ake ee ii stock 7a, 1903, currency, bid. 5. funding, currency, 112 Sig i mtn 218 EE oars 3 ‘elaneous —W: fon and town Raiiread conv. ¢s, Ist, 178 asked. Wes and Georgetown conv. Metropolitan Ratiroad conv. registe 111 EPS, 1a asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 85. ton Rail nies.—National Safe and Trust, 130 bid, 140 asked. We Loan and Trust, 12141 125 asked. Security and Trust, °1: 141 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Wasbington and 245 bid, 275 axked. tan, 97 1 it, 30 asked. Eck- asked. ‘Columbia, 40 bid. 18 bid, 30 an and Electric Light Stocks—Washington Gas, 4% bid, 60% 5 Saag yeu Gas, WO bid. U. SM hrectue Light, 185 bid, 140 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 35 bid, 40 asked. Franklin, 40 bid. Betrepsiten, Ss tal Corcoran, 55 bid. Potomac, 68% ‘75 asked: Arlington, 140 bid. German-American, 165 bid, 200 gaked. Rational Union, 10 bid, 15 asked. Columbia, 18 5 bid, asked. "8, 6 tle Insurance Stocks.—Real bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 8 asked. District Title, 10 bid, 14 asked. ‘Tel Stocks.—Chena; and Botomac, 50 bid, asked. American Graphophone, asked. Pneumatic Gan Carriage, -30 bid, Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 bid. Great Fails Ice, 130 bid, 140 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 60 bid. Mergenthaler Linotype, 225 bid, 250 asked. *Ex div. ® —_———_ Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported Ww. B. Hibbs, stock, fain and cotton broker, 1 oT rst. Senge SgnseeeeeENg 2. pefdeaenetonayE 4.85 Low. Close. 8.80 8.86 88 887 BOE 8.96 89 9.02 909 9.14 908 918