Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 ——————————— DISTRICT ESTIMATES (Continued from First Page.) —_— ®treets, provided the owners thereof dedi- cate to the District of Columbia the ground for widening Sherman avenue for conform- ity with tne adopted and recorded plans of highway extensions. For grading and graveling Kenesaw ave- rue and Park road, $10,000. Provided, that Park road, or Park highway, between Ken- esaw avenue and Klingle road be dedicated to the District of Columbia for conformity with the adopted and recorded plans of highway extensions. For paving Harrison street, Anacostia, Monroe eastward, $5,090. For paving Spruce street, Le Droit Park, from Larch street to Harewood avenue, 35,000, : For grading Massachusetts avenue ex- tended, $10,000. For grading and graveling Providence, Lansing, Hartfore and 10th streets, Brook- land, $9,000. For grading and regulating Yale, Bis- marck, Princeton, Harvard and Columbia streets between 7th and 14th streets, and for graveling 13th street, completing im- provement, $17,000. For paving R street extended from Flor- ida avenue westward, $4,000. For grading Illinois avenue, $5,000. For grading Michigan avenue, $5,000. For paving Harewood avenue from Maple to Spruce, $3,000, For grading and graveling 12th street, Brookland, completing improvement, and improving the connection between such part and the Brentwood road, $2,000. For grading and graveling Albemarle street and opening same by purchase or condemnation to Grant road, continuing improvement, $9,090. For grading and regulating road connect- ing § oad Branch road with Chevy Chase Circle, completing improvement, $5,000. For grading and regulating Belmont and Kalorama streets between 18th street and Columbia road, $1,000. For grading and regulating California avenue, 23d, 24th and S streets, Belair Heights, $10,000. For grading and regulating Wilson street, Le Droit Park, $5,000. For yrading and regulating Trinidad ave- nue from Florida avenue to M street, $2,000. For grading 22d and 24th streets, Lang- don, $4,000. For grading and regulating 12th street extended from Florida avenue to Mount Olivet road, $10,000. For grading and graveling Pierce and High streets, Anacostia, from*Jefferson to Maple, $3,000; provided, the land necessary to unite these streets be first dedicated. For grading and graveling Flint street, Brightwood Park, $4,000. For paving Massachusetts avenue ex- tended from 22d street to Sheridan Circle, $5,000. For paving T street west from Ist street to Le Droit Park avenue, $5,000. Followir g in importance is a list of the sewers schcduied for improvement and to be built during the next fiscal year. The list, as recommended by the Commission- ers, is os follows: - Sewers. For cleaning and repairing sewers and basin, $50,000. For replacing obstructed sewers, $25,000. For main and pipe sewers and receiving basins, $98,000. For completing the construction of the following named sewers now under con- tract: Rock creek and B street intercept- ing sewer, $190,000; Eckington valley sewer, $17,000; Kenesaw avenue sewer, $10,000; Brookland sewer, $44,764. For constructing in part the Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue high level inter- cepting sewer, $50,000. Provided, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for the said work at a cost not to exceed : Provided further, that said Com- missioners are authorized to construct such sewer, where necessary, across lands be- longing to the United States, and after cor struction across such lands the surface of the excavated portion shall be restored to its original condition. For suburban sewers, $121,000. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance and repairs of public sewers, $2,000, or so much thereof as_may be necessary. For automatic flushing tanks, $2,500. Streets. Repairs streets, avenues and alleys—For current work of repairs of streets, avenues and alleys, $45,000. And this appropriation shall be availabie for repairing the pave- ments of street railways when necessary. ‘The amounts thus expended shall be col- lected from such railroad company as pro- vided by section five of “An act providing @ permarent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are collected. For replacing sidewalks and curbs around Public reservations, $10,000. Repairs county roads: For current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, $60,000: Provided, that this appro- priation shall be available for the repairs of all county roads except such as are rendered useless by the opening and im- proving of new highways established under the act approved March 2, 188. Construction of county roads, $190,000. Grading unimproved streets, roads and alleys: For grading unimproved streets, roads and alleys, at a cost not to exceed 10 cents per cubic yard, $10,000. For the parking commission: For contin- gent expenses, including laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks and miscellaneous iteras, $25,000; for improving the District park in front of the Center market, $6,500. Care of bridges: For ordinary care of brid: including keepers, oils, lamps and matches, $3,500, for construction and re- pair of bridges, $20,000; in all, $23,500. rie widening approaches to P street, 0000. Rock Creek Park: For care and improve- ment of Rock Creek Park, $5,000: Provided, that of this sum $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for plans of improvement by an eminent land- scape architect. Water Department. The following sums are estimated for to carry on the operations of the water de- partment, to be paid wholly from its reve- nues, namely: Revenue and inspe One chief clerk.. Two clerks, at $1,400 each. Three clerks, at $1,000 each. Chief inspector.. Elght inspecters, at Messenger Fer distribution branch Superintendent Draftsman Foreman Clerk 8 jon branch lerks, at $1,000 each. Assistant tapper .. Three steam engin’ smith Two plumbers, Two assistant each at $750 each. 2 1,500.00 machinists, at $864 - 1,728.00 Property keeper. 900.00 Three foremen, at $730 each Two flushers, at $510 each. Driver + 1,080.00 480.00, For For ng fuel, pipe distribution to high and low serv- ice, materials, labor, &c., erecting and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants + 90,000.00 For interest and sinking fund on water stcck bonds.. 44,610.00 For Interest on account of increas- ing the water supply, as provided in act of July 15, 1882. For sinking fund on ac crease of water supply, under act of July 15, 1882. 11,761.51 For fifth year’s interest on one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch and 14th street mains...... 7, For fifth installment in repayment of one-half the cost of the forty- eight-inch and 1ith street mains. .11,826.51 An item cf $175,000 is inserted for light- ing the streets of the city by gas, and $6S,- tm for lighting the streets by electricity. Important Recommendations. Other important recommendations are these for a new municipal” building and court house, and they ask $100,000 for its construction. A new harbor boat, at $50,000, to be used as a fire, ice and wreck- ing beat. A new Western High School, at $100,000, and five new public school buildings, in- 4,448.73 cluding the reconstruction of several old school buildings. Another impertant feature is the reeom- mendation of 125 new police officers, a new engine company in Anacostia, one in Mt. Pleasant and one in the vicinity of North Capitol street and Florida avenue. Another important feature is an item of $49,000 for the purchase of a site and erec- tion of an isolated hospital for the treat- ment of minor contagious diseases. The Sewerage System. An important item of the estimates Is the one for $3,100,000 for completing the sewer- age system of the city, and an item of $500,- 000 for grading ungraded streets of the city. Also an item of $1,000,000 for con- structing trunk sewers outside of Wash- ington. There is also an item carrying with it an appropriation of $300,000 for the pur- chase of underground conduits, and one of 39,000 in the supplemental estimates for adapting the inner basin of the Potomac flats for a public bathing pool. The Changes in Salaries. In the Commissioners’ office the following changes are proposed in salaries: The sal- ary of the secretary is increased from $2,- 160 to $3,000, and there is an increase of $200 per year in the pay of the private sec- retaries to the Commissioners. A general inspector at $2,500 per annum is a new of- fice created this year, his duties to be a general inspection of all work going on, subject, of course, to the orders of the Commissioners. An increase from $720 per annum to $1,200 is asked in the pay of the lady stenographer and typewriter to the Commissioners. The pay of the laborer on duty in the executive office is increased to $469.50 per annum. Three additional as- sistant inspectors of buildings are esti- mated for at $1,000 per annum each, and an increase of $200 per annum is asked for the Fay of the architect and draftsman. A new clerk at $1,200 per annum for the building inspector is also asked. The pay of the janitor of the District building is in- creased $200 per annum. An increase of $200 per annum in the pay of the deputy property. clerk is estimated. Two additional inspectors of plumbing are asked for, with compensation at the rate of $1,000 per an- num, and two additional laborers for the harbor boat at $360 per year are ask‘ An engineer for the harbor boat at per year, one watchman at $480 and one deck hand at $480 per annum are new places estimated for. An inspector of fuel, whose duty It shall be to inspect all fuel and see that dealers comply with the law, is asked, with compensation at $1,500 per annum. In the assessor's office the pay of the first assistant assessor is increased in the estimate to $2,000 per annum, and the sala- ry of the second assistant from $1,600 to $1,800 per year. The pay of the draftsman in this office is increased $200 per annum. The pay of the license clerk is raised $200, making it $1,400 per annum, and a new messenger for the board of assistant as- sessors at $480 per annum is asked. In_ the collector's office the Commission- ers have estimated for a deputy collector of taxes at $2,000 per annum, one assistant cashier at $1,400 and one additional clerk. In the auditor's office there are few changes. One additional clerk at $1,400 and one at $1,200 per annum are estimated for. In the office of the attorney for the’ Dis- trict the changes from last year’s appro- priations are an increase of $200 per annum in the pay of the special assistant attorney, an increase of $300 per annum in the pay of the law clerk, an increase of $100 per an- rum in the pay of the messenger, and an item of $200 for rent of office. In the office of the sinking fund there is an increase of $300 per annum in the pay of the clerk to the Commissioner and $300 inerease in the salary of the clerk. An increase of $585 is asked for the pay of laborers in connection with the markets. The following items occur in the office of the sealer of weights and measures; one sealer, $2,500; one assistant sealer, $1,200, and one laborer, $240 per annum. Engincer Department. In the record division of this department the follo#ing changes occur: One additional clerk at $1,400; an increase of $300 in salary of messenger clerk. In the surface division the pay of the tn- spector of streets is increased $300 per an- num, and an appropriation of $12,500 is asked for the surveyor’s office. In the subsurface division the pay of the superintendent of lamps is increased $800 per annum, making the salary $1,800; an additional inspector of street lighting at $900 per annum is asked; the pay of the permit clerk is increased to $1,400, and an estimate of $300 each is made for the mem- bers of the plumbing board. The contingent expenses of the District are increased $2,500, and the rent of the Dis- trict offices is increased from $3,600 to $10,- A New Morgue. In the estimates there js an item for $12,- 000 to be expended in the purchase of a site and the erection of a new morgue. Au item for $2,500 for general advertising is made. An addition to the Eastern Market is urged, and an appropriation of $1,500 for this work is asked. An estimate of $1,000 1s made to enable the assessor to transcribe the general as- segsment and prepare the numerical bocks, Sprinkling, Sweeping and Cleaning. In the street department these changes are proposed: The pay of the superin- tendent is increased to $2,000; the salary of the assistant superintendent, $1,800; the clerk, $1,200, and the chief inspector of street sweeping to $1,300. Three inspectors are put on the permanent roll at $1,200 per annum each, and an additional inspector of improved alleys is asked. The pay of the inspector on improved alleys is made $1,100, and the inspector for the hand- cleaning gang on Pennsylvania avenue is rated at $1,000. The pay of the messenger and driver in this department is increased to $600 per annum. ‘The item for sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning the streets, avenues and alleys is lumped at $165,450. There is an estimate of $10,000 for cleaning snow and Ice from crosswalks, gutters, &c., under the act of March 2, 1895. This act provides, it will be recalled, for the cleaning of tue sidewalks and gutters in front of vacapt lots by the District and charging the cost thereof against the prorerty. ‘The Harbor. The most important item under this head is that of $50,000 for the purchase of a new harbor boat to be used for fire, breaking ice and raising wrecks. The bathing beach estimate was cut at the last minute from $10,000 to 31,000, the same as last year. The Public Schools. ‘The first item different from last year’s appropriation is an increase of $300 per arnum in the pay of the clerk to the super- intendent of the first six divisions; an in- crease of $44) per annum in the salary of the clerk of the superintendent of the sev- enth and eighth divisions. Four new teach ers, at $1,600 per annum, are asked. There is a reduction of one teacher at $1,500, only eleven being estimated for at this figure. Four new teachers at $1,200 per annum are asked, and four new ones at $1,000 per arnum_are recommended. There is a re- duction of one teacher at $90 per annum, only eighteen being estimated for this year. There is also a reduction of one teacher at $875 per annum, the number recommended being twelve. Seven new teachers are recommended at $825 per annum, and two at 3800 per annum. Three new teachers are estimated for at $ per annum, and there are two cut off at $750 per year in the new imates. Three additional teachers at $700 are recommended, and six new ones at $650 per annum urged. Nine new teachers are asked in the $500 class, and there is a reduction of two in the $525 class. Four rew teachers are recommended in the *:00 class, and three in the $475 class. There are eleven new teachers recom- mended at $450 per annum, and a reduc- tion of fourteen in the $425 class. Four uew teackers are recommended at $400 per annum. ‘An appropriation of $8,000 is asked for the teachers of night schools. This is an increase of $2,000 over the present appropri- ation. For contingent expenses for night schools the estimate this year is increased 3200. Janitors. A new janitor at $2,500 per annum is asked. One additional janitor at $1,200,who must be a steam engineer; one new janitor at $1,000. There is a decrease of two jan- itors at $900, and a total of 53 janitors at 3600 per annum is recommended in lieu of 47 at $500 per annum, Five new janitors at $400 per annum are recommended, one at $350, and eight at $300, to take the place of four at $250 and eleven at $165 per an- num. The item for the rent of school buildings and repair sheps is increased 31,500. ‘An Increase of $9,000 1s asked for re- pairs and improvements to school bulld- ings and grounds. An increase of $2,000 in connection with the manual training school is asked. A total increase of $6,000 per annum for fuel is made, and an estimate of $1,400 for furniture in the new eight-room school building furnished. For furnishing the public schools at Tenleytown, Brightwood, Brookland, Conduit road and Congress Heights at $700 each, $3,500 is asked. An appropriation of $700 for same purpose is made for the Ivy City and Garfield schools. ‘fhe contingent expenses of the schools are increased #2,000, and an increase of $5,000 is asked for text books ard supplies. An ap- propriation of $6,000 for reconstructing the Stevens school is urged. New School Buildings. Under this head the Commissioners esti- mate as follows: Reconstructing and adding to Wallach School building, $22,000. One eight-room building and site in northeast, $39,000. One four-room buildirg and site at Lang- don, $12,000. One four-room addition, Benning school (white), $10,000. Reconstructing Anthony Bowen school, One new building and site for Western High School, $100,000. Two eight-room buildings and sites in the second division, $78,000. . Modification of Henry building to fit it for a manual training school, $10,000. Police Department. The first itera of interest is that of $1,500 for the salary of a new lieutenant of po- lice. Sixty-two new privates of class one, at 3000 each per annum, are asked, and sixty- three new privates of class two, at $1,080 per year, are estimated for, making a total increase of one hundred and twenty-five new privates asked for. Two new drivers, at $480 per year each, are estimated. To meet a deficiency in the police relief fund, and to be deposited with the treas- vrer of the United States out of the re- ceipts from fines in the Police Court, $16,650, an increase of $12,650 over last year. An increase of $2,250 is asked for miscel- |.’ laneous and contingent expenses. A light ambulance, to cost $350, is asked, and an appropriation of $7,500 urged for extending the patrol system. For improving the stable in the third precinct $2,073 is estimated. Fire Department. The Commissioners open their estimates for this department by a recommenda- tion for an increase of $300 in the pay of the chief and an increase of $190 per annum in the pay of the two assistant chiefs. The fire marshal is recommended for an in- crease of $1,150, and the clerk to the chief is increased $300 per year. An additional ecmpany is also recommended, as well as ten additional privates. Six rew watch- men are estimated in order that those men incapacitated in the service may be em- ployed and uew men appointed in their places on the active list. A machinist at $1,200 is a new item, and an increase of $1,500 in repairs io engine houses and $500 for repairs to apparatus is also included. For the purchase of hose $7,000, an in- crease of $1,000. For fuel, $6,500, an in- crease of $3,500. For forage, $2,000 ad- ditional in asked, making ‘the total figures $10,000. For contingent expenses, $10,000, an increase of $2,000 over last year. =~ For pensions, $7,500, an increase over the present appropriation of $5,000. A new aerial truck at $3,500 is asked, and an item of $4,000 to exchange old- style straight frame engine for modern up- right. New Engine Companies. For house, lot and furniture for one new engine company in Anacostia, $22,000; for apparatus and company for same, $45,402. House, lot and furniture for a new en- gine company, to be located in the vicinity ef North Capitol street and Florida ave- nue, $23,000; apparatus and company for same, $39,402. One new engine, to be placed in house now oc2upied by chemical company No. 2, at Mt. Pleasant, 34,500; apparatus and company for same, $11,902. House, lot and furniture, to be located in the vicinity of Brightwood, to accommo- date chemical engine company No. 2, now in service at Mt. Pleasant, $15,900. District Telegraph and Telephone Service. Two additional telephone operators are estimated for at $600 each. A new repair- man is urged at $720 per annum. For general supplies the amount is in- creased $2,000. An item of $5,600 Is Included in the esti- mates for renewing the city lines, and an item of $7,990 for repairs to instruments and lines of existing patrol plant. For extending the fire alarm and police patrol telegraph, an increased appropria- tion of $14,800 is ‘urged. Health Department. In this division a new chief inspector is estimated for, who shall be a physician, and act as deputy health officer, $1,800. ‘The salary of the sanitary food inspector is increased $600, making his pay $1,800. A new sanitary and food inspector is recommended to assist the District chem- ist at $400 per year; an important item call- ing for two sanitary and food Inspectors, who shall be veterinary surgeons, who shall act as inspector of live stock, dairy farms, etc., at $1,500 and $900 respectively; an in- crease of ) for the support of the -hem- ical laboratory is asked. Six new sanitary and food inspectors at 310,000 are recommended. For the collec- tion and disposal cf garbage and dead ani- mals, $57,000. For he purchase of a site and building for Isolation Hospital for the treatment of minor contagious diseases, $49,000. To prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria and other minor contagious diseases, including the maintenance of a bactericlcgical and disinfecting service, $16,000. Police Court. The only change in the new estimates over the present appropriation is the rec- ommendation of a new deputy clerk, $1,500. Miscellaneous Items. For marshals’ fees, $3,000, an increase of $1,600. Witness fees, $7,000, an increase of $1,000. Construction of cells in Police Court, $1,200. Defending suits and claims, $2,500. Interest and sinking fund, $1,213,947.97, which fs the same as this year. The Commissioners insert an item of $100,000 for a municipal building and court house, which shows conclusively that they propose to utilize, if possible, the City Hall building and construct about the same the new municipal building. For the support of convicts, $50,000, an increase of $10,000. Militia. Under this head are embraced the esti- mates for the support of the District Na- tional Guard. They are as follows: For rent, fuel, light, care and re- pair of armories.. $14,720.00 For lockers and furniture for ar- mories For printing and stationer For cleaning and repairing unt- forms, arms and eq' ments and 1,200.00 450.00 contingent experses. . 500.00 For custodian in charge of Unitet States property and storerooms.. 1,000.00 For one clerk in office of adjutant general 900.00 For expenses of drills and parades. 800.00 For expenses of rifle practice and matches and construction and re- pairs on rifle range.... 8,600.00 For expenses of camp of instru tion 10,000.00 For general incidental expenses of the service... 300,00 $33,470.00 Additional Estimates. Assessment and permit work. $195,000 Curbing and paving roadways under the permit system, provided that said pavement shall join, abut ap- on or cornect with some existing pavement, and that the work so done shall be complete for the en- tire width of roadway, and shall be at least one square in length... 15,006 Improvements and repairs = Georgetown schedule. . 54,000 Northwest schedule. 180,000 Southwest schedule.. + 90,000 Southeast schedule 138,500 Northeast schedule 138,000 Price for concrete or asphalt pave- ment limited to 81.80 per square yard, except where the Commis- sioners deem a heavier and strong- er pavement necessary, in which case $2.15 may be allowed. Grading streets, alleys and reads by inmates of Washington Asylum.... Repairs, renewals and resurfacing concrete pavement: 6,000 150,000 Condemnation of roads and alleys... 15,000 Washington aqueduct: s Engineer, maintenance, etc + 21,000 Protecting fnlet at Great Falls 5,000 Blow-off valves in 30 and 36-inch Supplementary Estimates, 1897. For completing thé execution of the sys- tem of sewage disposal and protection against floods, recommended by the board of sanitary engineers appointed by the Pres- ident of the United ‘States pursuant to the Provisions of an act of Congress approved March 2, 1889, and whose report is published as House Executi' Document No. 445, first session, Fifty-fit$t Congress, $3,100,000. For constructing trink sewers outside of Washington, $1,000, For street lighting,. For grading ungr: ton, $500,000. ae For storage yard for the Washington aque- duct, $10,000. © For underground conduits, to be expended in carrying out the general plans of the electrical board as reported to Congress De- cember 23, 1891, and’ the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized, in their discretion, to purchase any or all of the electrical conduits in the streets and avenues of the city of Washington now be- longing to private corporations by agreement or condemnation, as hereinafter provided; to fix the annual rental of all conduits so purchased or constructed, and to make such expenditures from fhis appropriation for assistants and other items and services as they shall deem necessary to carry this pro- vision into effect, $300,000. g For adepting the inner basin on the Po- tomac flats for a public bathing pool, $9,000. Charities, For Washington Asylum, $73,808. This in- cludes the erection of a central heating station, at a cost of $4,000, and the erection of a vault in potter's fleld cemetery. Reform School. For this important institution a total of $48,306 is recommended. This includes an increase of $340 for teachers, an increase of $210 for the employment of additional watchmen, a manager of the box factory at $780, a driver for the box wagon at $270 and a clerk at $300, Also a new bake oven, to cost $2,600; for the support of the insane, $104,019; for instruction of the deaf and dumb, $10,500; for the relief of the poor, streets in Washing- $14,000; for the municipal lodging house, $4,000; for the Soldiers and Sailors’ Home, #2,500; for the Woman's Christian Associa- uon, $4,000; for the central dispensary and Emergency Hospital, $15,000; Columbia Hos- pital for Women, $24,000; for Children’s Hospital, $14,000; for Freedman’s Hospital, $57,500; for Homeopathic Hospital, $0,250; reform school for girls, $55,785; hospital for feundlings, $6,000; church orphanage, St. John's parish, $1,900; German Ohphan Asy- lum, $1,900; for the relief of destitute color- ed women and children, $11,000; St. Ann's Infant Asylum, $6,000; Association for Works of Mercy, $1,900; House of Good Shepherd, $2,850; St. Rose's industrial school, $4,750; St. Joseph’s Asylum, $1,900; Young Women’s Christian Home, $1,000; industrial home school, $12,000; board of children’s guardians, $28,000; "Hope and Help Mission, $1,000; Newsboys and Chil- drens’ Aid Society, 31,000; eastern dispensa- ry, including purchase of property upon which it is located, $10,000; for women’s dis- pensary, $13.000; Washington Home for In- curables, $3,000. In all for charity, $537,998. Last Year's Estimates. The estimates submitted by the District Commissioners a year ago were $6,983,014.97 from the general revenues and $234,919.28 from the water revenues. The congression- al appropriation was $5,597,243.97 from the general reventes, of which $310,000 was for the aqueduct tunnel and $231,293.97 from the water revenues i¢; >—— The Sunday School Workers. Local Sunday schgol, workers will hold to- morrow night at the Ryland M. E. Church the second of the series of meetings which have been arranged fer the winter. Rev. Edward Warren hag been allowed ten min- utes for an address,.and others who are expected to take part in the meeting are William R. Woodward, whose subject is “The Relation of the Teacher to the School; James L. Ewin, who will speak of the coming Sunday school convention, to be held In this city Nayember 11-13, and Dr. D. Percy Hickling, who will have something to say of the international union. Primary werk also Will be discjissed by a prominent primary teacher, Se There will be an open parliament on the work of the pastor and the superintendent, ard the lesson for October 20 will be taught asa model. John Imirie, jr., is chairman of the committee’on arrangements for tomor- row’s meeting. Collecting Money._ To collect the sum of $840, alleged to be due him, Edward Graves, surviving partner of the firm of B. Charlton & Co., filed yesterday a bill in equity against Frederick H. Vogt, a son of the late John L. Vogt, and the lat- ter’s executors, Charles Graff and Freder- ick C. Gleseking. The complainant prayed that the executors be restrained from pay- ing Mr. Vogt the amount, and Judge Hagner issued a rule to show cause, returnable the 283d of next month. —<—$<_—__— An Interesting Lecture. Mr. Ernest Flagg, the eminent archi- tect, whose plans for,the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral have given him much additional prestige, will lecture tomorrow night be- fore the Nati.nal Geographic Society on “The Development of the Mediaeval Cathe- dral.”” The talk will be illustrated by lan- tern views. Se Had a Fight. William Offutt and John Norton, colored boys, participated in an altercation near Florida avenue and 20th street about 9 o'clock this morning, during which Morton used a shovel on his antagonist’s head. The shovel was not demolished, neither was Offutt's head hurt very seriously. He was taken to Freedman’s Hospital by the police and was able to go home as soon as the wound on his head was dressed. 3 —<—___ Military Marching Distance. From the Boston Herald. Experiments in marching were made by some Berlin medical students lately at the request of the German war office. The marches varied from twenty-two to thirty- three miles, and the loads from. forty- eight to sixty-eight pounds, the full equip- ment of the German infantry soldier being seventy pounds. With forty-eight pounds in cool weather, sixty degrees Fahrenheit, a march of twenty-five miles can easily be made with no Ill effects, and can be repeat- ed for some days consecutively. At seventy degrees the same lead has considerable temporary effect, requiring ten hours’ rest in the twenty-four. A load of sixty-eight pounds cannot be carried twenty-five miles without injuring the Man, making & full day's rest on the fotlawing day necessary; fifteen miles is as fur as the load can he carried from day. today without sixty pounds is as muck as can be ¢ by a man weighing k@apounds for twerty- five miles on conseeitive days in ordinary summer weather. «« We No White%Mén There. From the Savannah Preis, ' A town in which thére:is no white man is on Judson Island, fy the Mississippi riyer, just north of Mempkjq, Judson is the name of the place, named,after the white planter whose son is the mulgttg owner of the islaid. The case in which he wep the rich property in contesting the will of the dead planter is well remembered in Tennessee, and the courts duly allowed, him,part of the inheri- tance, since he was the only living issue of Judson. doar So far as known, Judstm is the only negro town In America there sthere is not a white man. Elmer Judson, its wealthy owner, allows no white man to come except on a visit. The town has 450 inhabitants and Is well organized, since Judson is a highly educated and progressive man. He owns everything on the isjand, and the most of the inhabitants are his tenants. There are six stores in the place, with a few shops, two churches and a school. soe Radyard Kiplia: Rudyard Kipling’s admirers, and 1 practically everybody, will be Interested in the story ftom his pen which will appear in Saturday's Star, the scene of which is laid in the cold and darkness of the arctic regions. —~—.— * Dr. J. J. Ray, a prominent physician of Dallas, Tex., was shot and almost instantly killed Monday by Marion Hardcastle, @ well-known resident. TAYLOR’S LITTLE SPEECH. Colored Politicians Talk of a Con- gressional Investigation. Recorder Taylor’s freak in appearing at @ republican meeting in South Washington Monday night and making a speech is still the subject of talk here among local poll- ticlans, and especially among the colored republicans. Some even go so far as to say that it may result in a change in the office of recorder. The fact that he made his speech a most emphatic indorsement of Perry Carson’s claims to represent his party in the national convention accounts, perhaps, for the very general disapproval of his course by those who are candidates themselves for the honor which Carson has so often managed to secure. Such critics of the recorder say that if the President dces not remove him from office, the repub- licans of the next Congress will order an irvestigation into the administration of the recorder’s office. W. Calvin Chase and Marcellus West are quoted as saying that when Congress convenes they will have some one offer a resolution calling for an investigation of the office. It is said that if the investigation is or- dered, all of the evidence against Taylor that was produced before the civil service commission and in the Chase libel suit will be laid before the congressional committee. Scme republican Senators voted for Mr. Taylor's confirmation upon the earnest so- licitation, it is stated, of leading colored republicans here. These Senators, it is said, are now shaking their fiugers at the colored republicans referred to, and saying to them, “I told you so.” Some of the men who worked for Mr. Taylor’s confirmation with republican Senators, it is said, have been turned down by Mr. Taylor, and ara disposed to join in a movement against him. The politicians are attempting to use Mr. Taylor's presence at the meeting to the detriment of Perry Carson, and say that he had him come to the meeting to say something for him. Mr. Carson emphatic- ally denies that he had anything to do with the presence of Mr. Taylor at the meeting. —_— A NOVELISTS BLUNDER. Forgot Entirely He Had Killed Off a Character. Paris Letter to Boston Transcript. ‘A great master of the art of throwing off stories by daily installments was Ponson du Terrafl. When he was at the height of his vogue he kept three running at the same time in different papers. His fertilé imagination was never at a loss, but his memory frequently was. He was apt to forget today what he did with a hero or heroine yesterday. To help his memory he at first noted down briefly in copy books what happened to his men and women, but finding that often he could not read his own writing, he invented a new, system. He procured little leaden figures, én which he gummed the names of his characters as they were born. Supposing there were three stories running, there were three sets of figures in different drawers. When 2 character was settled off, the little man or woman in lead was taken away from its companions and laid aside. One day, when Ponson du Terrail was all behind in'his work, he set himself to his task without examining the slain. His bad memory Jed him into a terrible blunder. He had forgotten that he had killed Ro- cambole—the still famous Rocambole—in the previous feuflleton, and, to the great surprise of the reader, he made him talk again as if nothing out of the common had befallen him. This resuscitation of Ro- cambole is one of the most curious things in the history of the romans-feuilleton. egg gn see ELECTRICITY FOR WOMEN. Convenient Applications of the Fluid to the Requirements of the Toilet. From the New York Post. A new electric device for vromen's use is an artistic little heater by which crimp- ing irons and curling tongs may be heated without the dafigers that often result from using kerosene or alcoholic lamps. Elec- tricity is alsv soon to displace the hot water. The means employed will be a flexible wrap of silk that can be applied to any fart of the body and heated at once with a current of electricity to any tempera- ture desired. -Tystend of the hot water and steam Turkish baths, we are to have a down comforter charged with electric heat, and a Turkish towel charged in the same way, with which to dry the hair after It has -been washed. In any house where electric lights are used these conveniences | are available. Inside of each is an ar- rangement of extremely flexible wires that will conform to any folds given the mate- rial jn which they are placed. They are connected by a silk-covered wire, also flex- ible, at the end of which there is a me-al- lic plug to make electric contact with the lights In the room. There is sald not to be the slightest possibility of receiving a shock or of fire from their use, as all the details have been carefully worked out. — 200. Christian Endeavor. An enjoyable sociable was given last night by the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Baptist Church, 16th and O stre2ts northwest. A solo was sung by Mrs. Wishart, accom- panied by Miss Emily Given. An address on Italy by the president of the society, E. H. Jackson, was listened to with unusual interest. All noted places of Italy were de- scribed in an interesting manner, and he re- ceived several outbursts of applause. Percy 8. Foster’s catchy songs created a great deal of laughter. He was encored several times. Refreshments were served in the basement room of the church, and every- body had a good time. Among those present were: Dr. Stakely, Dr. and Mrs. Sampson, P. S. Foster and wife, Prof. Montague of the Columbian Univer- sity, Prof. Mason of the Smithsonian, Miles M. Shand, president of the District union; J. H. Holtzman, Mr. and Mrs. Neidham, Dr: Sanderlin, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Misses Given, Wingfield, Musson, Altemus, Dickin- son, Hazelton, Mr. and Mrs. Crane, Messrs. Speiden, Dickinson, Jackson, Wilkinson, Musson, Wingfield, Leet, Latch, Snyder and others. _— Funernil of Surgeon Hall. Surg. J. H. Hall, a retired officer of the navy, died at Winchendon, Mass., on the 2ist instant. His remains have been brought to this city for interment at Ar- lington. Funeral services will take place st the Church of the Epiphany torhorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Deceased was a brother of Maj. W. P. Hall, assistant ad- jutant general, and Representative U. S. Hall of Missouri. eo. Our Girls Growing Taller. From the Philadelphia Thnes. ‘There are indications that the American woman is gradually growing taller and higher, says aa authority. Certainly there are more tall girls in Philadelphia than ever before. A few years ago the fash- ionable skirt length taken in the fashion- able dressmaking establishments was forty-two inches, and forty-two inches was the length used for all the model gowns sent over from Paris. The model length has now increased to forty-five inches, and the increase in other measurements is in proportion. The middle-aged American woman shows an inclination to grow broad- er across the hips and shoulders, and stouter and thicker through the arms; but the college graduate, the university woman and the debutante grow more gracefully vigorous every year. The typical college graduate is from two to four inches longer from the waist down than formerly. Her waist is getting longer, her chest fuller and her limbs narrower. The middle-aged women grow corpulent and clumsy through indolence and indulgent habits of life, while the ever-increasing tendency toward athletic sports and outdoor exercise is im- proving the younger of the sex. The statuesque Juno type may yet express the American woman. ss Convention of Imsurance Men. The sixth annual convention of the Na- tional Association of Life Underwriters held their first day’s session in Philadel- phia yesterday. Twenty-nine associations from all parts of the United States sent delegates. The address of welcome was delivered by Mayor Warwick. President E. H. Plummer of Philadelphia in his an- nual address to the convention laid particu- lar stress on, the progress made in the abol- fshment of ‘the rebate nuisance. Samuel R. Shipley, president of the Provident Life Trust Company, read a paper on “What is the Ideal Life Insurance Compuny, which the convention adjourned until this morning. INSTALLED OFFICERS. jupreme Council, Thirty-Third De- gree, Continues Its Sessions. The Supreme Council, thirty-third degree, resumed its session in Scottish Rite Hall, 908 Pennsylvauia avenve, this morning and installed the officers elected at yesterday afternoon’s meeting. These were: Grand commander, William A. Hershiser, Colum- bus, Ohio; Heutenant grand commander, Maj. W. Bayliss, Washington, D. C.; grand minister of state, Granville A. Frambes, Grand Rapids, Mich.; grand treasurer gen- eral, David W. Thompson, New Yor! grand secretary general, John G. Barker, Brooklyn; grand keeper of tha archives, William C. Vanderslip, Boston; grand mas- ter of ceremonies, C. Julius W. Edwards, Minneapolis, Minn.; grand marshal, Calvin W. Edwards, New York; grand standard bearer, Alexander Atkinson, Omaha; grand captain of the guard, John J. Stoddard, Columbus, Ohio. Appointments by the grand commander were: Grand prior, Marcus W. Morton, Providence, R. I.; grand marshals of the camps, Peter O. Anderson, Brooklyn; W. W. Carpenter, Waltham, Mass.. and Fran! lin Saunders, Columbus, Qhio. Deputi For the state of New York, James H. Cur- tin; California, Powell 8. Lawson; New Hampshire, John A. Gliddon; Indiana, Christian Boseker; Florida, M. R. Cooper; Nebraska, Henry A. Haskell; Michigan, Rush J. Shank; Tennessee, John H. Rath- mell; Washington, Richard J. Graham; District of Columbia, George Gibson; Rhode Island, Gardiner C. Sims; Connecticut, Wm. Welch. The committee of general admin- istration consists of Hopkins Thompson, chairman; Edward W. Atwood, John G. Barker, John B. Harris and John Haigh. Dr. E. S. Foster of Boston and Vernon O. Taylor of Providence were elected members of the Supreme Council. After the installa- tion of officers this merning the considera- tion of new business in executive session was resumed. ——~___ NYE’S EFFECTIVE SPEECH. It Made Even Sumner Laugh, but Did the Business. Ex-Senator E. G. Ross of Kansas. Stewart’s colleague during a portion of the reconstruction period was J. W. Nye, a violent partisan, but a man of sterling common sense and homely yet-caustic and delightful wit. In earlier life he had been an extremely popular stump orator, and In the Senate he was often able, with a telling arecdote or a laugh-provoking illustration, to demolish at a blow the labored argu- ments of an opponent. On one occasion a bill to admit the Chi- nese to equal privileges of citizenship was urder discussion in the Senate, and Mr. Sumner had the ficor. His speech—as usual elaborate, studied and classical—was an earnest appeal for the children of the flow- ery kingdom, and at its conclusion it was evident that he had made a deep impres- sion. But as soon as Mr. Sumner had taken his seat Mr. Nye sprang to his feet, and spoke somewhat as follows: - Mr. President: I was born in the grand old county of Steuben, New York state, and raised upon a farm. My parents were hard-working, God-fearing people, und we had morning and evening prayers, in which appeals were always offered for the free- dom of the slaves. My good mother—green be her memory—was a careful housewife, and, among other standard delicacies, doughnuts were always provided. We all loved doughnuts, and I often watched my mother when she made the dough, and kneaded and shortened it until it was in fit condition. The result of my observation was that she always took a small plece of dovgh and fried it in the fat before she risked the whole batch. She tried it first, and awaited results. I live on the Pacific coast, and know a good deal about the Chinese. They have nothing in common with us. They save their money, and then return, pigtail and all, to China. You can- not make a citizen of a man who will not sacrifice his pigtail! We have enfrancnised the blacks—they are now free and citizens, and I am content. My friend from Massa- chusetts has made an able and exhaustive argument, but I suggest to him that it is far better and safer to follow my good mother’s example, and fry a little piece of this suffrage dough before we risk the whole Chinese batch. The effect of this speech was marvelous. Mr. Sumner seldom had a ready apprecia- tion of humor, but on this occasion ke leaned back in his chair and laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. He did not attempt to reply, and the bill failed through the homespun argument adduced by Senator Nye. —— see THE MAN AT THE LEVER. How a Locomotive Engineer Acts When Runping a Very Fast Train. From the Railroad Gazette. The loccmotive engineer is a remarkably placid fellow, with a habit of deliberate precision in his look and motions. He occa- sionally turns a calm eye to his gauge and then resumes his quiet watch ahead. The three levers which he has to manipulate are under his hand for instant use, and when they are used it is quietly and in or- der, as an organist pulls out his stops. The noise in the cab makes conversation diffi- cult, but not as bad as that heard in the car when passing another train, with or without the windows open, and in looking out of the engine cab the objects are ap- preached gradually, not rushed past as when one looks laterally out of a parlor car window. The fact is that the engineer does not look at the side—he is looking ahead— and therefcre the speed seems less, as the objects are approached gradually. Those who have ridden at ninety miles an hour on a locomotive know that on a good road (and there are many such) the engine is not shaken and swayed in a terrific man- ner, but is rather comfortable, and the speed is not so apparent as when one is riding in a parlor car, where only a lateral view is had. The engineer can be very com- fortable if he is quite sure of the- track ahead, and it ts only in rounding curves or in approaching crcssings that he feels nervous, and it is doubtful if it is any more strain to run a locomotive at high speed than to ride a bicycle through crowded .| thoroughfares. Judging by the counte- names of the bicycle rider and the engi- neer, the engineer has rather the best of it. ——__ + e+ ______ FRUIT AS MEDICINE, It in One of the Pleasantest and Most Healthfal Adjuncts to the Table. From the Popular Sclence. Monthly. Why for ages have people eaten apple sauce with their roast goose and sucking pig? Simply because the acids and pec- tones in the fruit assist in digesting the fats so abundant in this kind of food. For the same reason at the end of a heavy dinner we eat our cooked fruits, and when we want their digestive action even more developéd we take them after dinner In their natural, uncooked state as dessert. In the past ages instinct has taught men to do this; today science tells them why they did it, and this same science tells _vs that fruit should be eaten as an aid to di- gestion of other foods much more than it s now. Cultivated fruits, such as apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, grapes, et contain on analysis very similar propo: tions of the same Ingredients, which are about 1 per cent of malic and other acids, and 1 per cent of flesh-forming albuminoids, with over 8) per cent of water. Digestion depends upon the action of pep- sin in the stomach_upon the food, which is greatly alded by the acids of the stomach. Fats are digested by these acids and the bile from the liver. Now, the acids and pectunes in fruit peculiarly assist the acids of the stomach. Only lately even royalty has been taking lemon juice in tea instead of sugar, and lemon juice has been pre- scribed largely by physicians to help weak digestion, simply because these acids exist very abundantly in the lemon. ———-2+___ @le Ball's Memory Hi: From the St. Paul Dispatch. The first monument erected to any mu- sician in the United Sta-2s will be the one that is to be raised in Minneapolis by the Norseman of this country to the memory of Ole Bull, the great violinist. It will be the first statue of him erected anywhere, and will be placed in one of the parks of this city. An association has been formed, of which John W. Arctander is president, and Charles Kettleson of the Columbia National Bank is treasurer. Mr. Arctan- der says: The committee expects to raise the necessary funds before the Ist of Jan- uary, and to unyeil the statue on the 17th a aueeet next, the anniversary of his leat! ——— ART OF SELF-DEFENSE As Taught in Japan and the Results Reached, John A. Cockerill in New York Herald. The whole teaching of Jiujutsu is sum- - med up in the two ideagraphs composing the name; it is the “art of conquering by yielding,” or, iterally, the “gentle art.” In so far as it is peculiarly adapted to those of less powerful physiques, and hence sup- pcsititiously “gentle,” the name is not a misnomer, but in reality Jiujutsu teaches how to encompass the complete overthrow of an enemy, including the quickest and surest modes of killing with the naked hands. It is thus one of the deadliest of all methods of self-defense. Some days ago it was my good fortune to meet a foreign gentleman in Tokyo who, after long years of practice, has grown to be an adept in this difficult and most vaiu- able art. I am indebted to him for an in- teresting explanation of Jiujutsu. The or- dinary course is one of three years, but he who wishes to learn the art thoroughly must give seven or even more years to its constant practice. For Jiujutsu is not one of those things, that, once learned, is not readily forgotten; a mere acquaintance with its intricate rules, its throws and counters, its attacks and foils, is by no means sufficient, although such knowledge is not without value. What is required is constant practice, whereby the muscles are hardened, the eye grows quick and keen, and each nerve, every fiber makes instant response to the will. A Fatal Skill. A certain degree of facility and skill ac- quired, and the possessor is better armed than if he carried weapons, for in the case of a trained Jiujutsu-ka the hands are ever ready to be used with instantly fatal skill. A lithe body, a quick eye and a keen per- ception of what an opponent is thinking of or intends to do—like some masters of fenc- ing, whe seem to divine by intuition what will be the next thrust, whether in tierce, quart or what not—these are indispensable adjuncts in the acquisition of this art, which, perhaps, more than any other ath- letic exercise, brings every muscle into play and strengthens the entire frame. To the onlooker a group of youths en- gaged in_Jiujutsu contest many ways. Each combatant is dressed in a thick wadded cotton coat, with short, broad sleeves. The coat reaches half way down to the knees, and is firmly kept in place by a stout girdle of cotton cloth, both this and the coat being of exceptionally strong make. Before beginning a bout the contestants prostrate themselves and touch the mats—for mats of special thickness and make are used in Jiujutsu—with their fore- heads. Taking firm hold of each other’s girdle with the right hand and upper part of the coat with the left, the struggle be- gins. Practically speaking, Jiujutsu seems to foreign eyes to be a combination of Graeco-Roman and catch-as-catch-can, but with scores of other grips, feints and throws, which would be considered foul in foreign lands. The contestants try, in a hundred ways, to gain the mastery, which consists not merely in throwing one’s op- ponent, but, once thrown, in pinning him to the ground and keeping him hors de combat until he sues for mercy. What the Art Includes. In the regular schools of Jiujutsu the vanquished man keeps up struggling to the Umit of endurance, for if his powers of re- sistance are greater than those of his more skillful adversary, he may yet stagger to his feet and begin the bout anew. Should he acknowledge himself completely worsted he has only to gently pat the back or shoulder of his victor, whereupon the vice- like grip is at once relaxed and the fallen figlter assisted to his feet. Jiujutsu thus aims at rendering an adversary completely harmless, and this is done by scores of strange tricks and sleights, which demand years of study in order to be thoroughly comprehended. The art includes strangling, hitting at the most vulnerable places of the body, kicking—indeed everything that human ingenuity can invent. Yet to each attack, to every sleight, there is a perfect counter, and, what is still more remarkable and of high practical importance, is that those who have lost consciousness in con- sequence of a blow, kick, strangling, etc., may, so long as no vital injury has been inflicted, be promptly restored to their senses by methods known only to initiates, of the highest rank. —___+ e+ _____ HINTS FOR CYCLERS. Some Suggestions Regarding the Care of the Wheel. From the New York ‘Times. The most common cause for the “buck- ling” of steel rims and the cracking of wooden ones is loose spokes. Spokes be- gome loose without apparent cause. Steel and wood may be nevér so well treated in manufacture, but they cannot be made en- tirely insensible to natural laws. The best of material in a wheel will shrink and ex- pand under changes of weather. Again, steel spokes, even those made of hard- est piano wire and “cold swaged,“ which means drawn out from the center and butt- ended, will stretch, and will with usage wear into wood rims where they are fast- ened. When these, things bappen and spokes are slack of their proper tension a wheel is out of true. After the recent chrnges of weather every rider should go cver his spokes, testing their tension with his fingers. A good way is to snap them as you would harp strings, and notice whether they give notes of the same key, or nearly the same. Especia!ly is such at- tention required on the part of those who keep their machines in a warm room at home and let them stand in disuse for weeks at a time. Truing up a wheel by tightening the spokes is a piece of fine work, which, as a rule, should be given to a master hand. For those of mechanical bent, who are willing to give the care and patience, and prefer doing it themselves, it is advised. that they proceed very slowly. After draw- ing up the spoke, which seems necessary, by turning the nipple at the rim, try the wheel again, and so go on, retesting the wheel after tightening each spoke that is indicated by the pencil markings. Tighten very little at a time. Usually a half or three-quarter turn of the nipple is about all it 1s safe to give. The nipples of some wheels are made with flat sides, or shoul- ders, so that a small wrench or a pair of pliers can be used for tightening. Where this is not the case, a clamp or “key” spe- cially made to fit the nipple can be bought of the maker. Something that is not taught in bicycle schools, and which comparatively few rid- ers have learned to use, is the ankle mo- tion. It 1s employed by keeping only the toes and ball of the foot on the pedal bending the foot at the instep with ever, revolution, and following the pedal aroun so as to keep a constant pressure on if The pressure will not be even in every pe- sition, but it should be sufficient to help lift the pedal through its backward motion from the bottom to the top of its periphery. By using this ankle motion the muscles @ the calves will get more exercise, and tha muscles of the thighs will be relieved. A pump that wheezes and does not work properly has a washer on the piston that is dried up or worn out. Unscrew the top of the pump, and put enough oil on the leather washer to swell it. It pays to invest in a foot pump for home use, but on the road the small hand pumps are most Convenient... Experienced repairers say that the ma- jority of the jobs brought to them can be attributed to the fact that the owner has. been riding with tires not properly in- flated. A heavy rider should have much mere air in his tires than a lighter man, because the former causes them to flatten more when riding. Tires pumped very hard are less likely to puncture than those which” present a broad, soft surface of contact with the ground, because of being cnly partially inflated. In wet weather, cyclists should have much more care where they ride than in dry weather. Rubber cuts much easier when wet, ard rainy day punctures are plentiful. Se eee eo A Fast Train Story. From the London Globe. Apropos of railway racing, a French pa- per tells the following story of meridianal exaggeration: An Englishman and a Mar- seillais were disputing which was the fast- er train, the express to Edinburgh or the “rapide” to Marseilles. The southerner finally clinched the matter with the follow- ing anecdote: “Look here,” he said, “the * ‘rapide’ is the fastest troin in the world, and here's the proof of it: The other day I was getting on board at Paris when the staticn master said something that annoy- ed me, My blood was up. I aimed a blow at him, when the train suddenly started, and It was the station master at Avignon who had his ears boxed.”