Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1895, Page 6

1895—FOURTEEN PAGES. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, Open Everings till Christmas, Acolian Concerts Every Evening. » MOSES F Street, AND SONS, Storage Warehouse, Corner Eleventh. 22d near M. Domestic and Oriental Rugs. Bales’ of them here in wonderful variety of colors and patterns. Every desirable size. Remember, there’s always room for these art ‘reasures in every home. Better gifts can’t be made. Japanese Jute Rugs. 1,000 Rugs of the cholcest end colorings—excellent the oriental rugs—at th Rug 1% feet by 3 feet patterns imitations of Tug 3 feet by 6 feet. Rug 4 ‘eet by 7 feet ” Werth «$15.00 as 4 yurds by 5 Russia Rugs. 1,500 of cur famous Russia Rugs in the sale at bargain prices. The best- wearing chenp rugs ever sold. Rug 1 font 4 in. by 2 feet 8 In... SOc. Rng 1 foot 9 in. by 8 feet 6 in. Rug 2 feet 2 in. by 4 fect 4 In. $1.25 Rug 2 feet 6 in. by 5 feet 81.50 Rug 3 feet by 6 feet -$2.00 Rug 2 feet 6 in. square +$1.50 Rag 2 feet 6 In. by 3 feet +82.00 China Sheep Rugs, $1.95. We sre now exbibiting in our Rug Department the greatest variety of Ele- . gant Fur Rugs ever yet shown—and their prices are the lowest we've seen. Oriental Rugs. One bale of Rugs, each... .$5.00 One bale of Rugs, each... .$6.00 One bale of Rugs, each... .$7.00 One bale of Rugs, each. .. .$9.75 The real values of these Rugs are at least 60 per cent higher than the above figures. It Your Xmas present will cost you but little money $5 Hf Jour purchase ts made here. I have hand- id Watehes from $12 up. Dia- $4.00 up. Silver Chatelaine Solid Gold and Silver Pencils Cole, on F @23-124 OS Oo 26 +0 2290-9 You'll aaa ‘St, The Jeweler, No, 1201}. | 7 Your Hands eee to be soft and white—espectally dur- ing the holidays—when you'll be go- otning leer than Cures redness, E. es rough hands like velvet. Sooth- chapped lips. Makes the ees elightful for th 9 shaving. Only Ben Bottle. Nan al ¢w. Thom Son,7 Pp 9703 4 by S. PHARMACIST, 15th. Po 9s 00-00 <o 90-9 09 te PAsAsaseesed a sAdeARAAAAARAD XMAS GLOVES! The largest and finest, stock of Men's, Wom nd Chi dren's wevvvvvei e purchases jog to $1 or more handsomely eS open EVENINGS. Louvre Glove co.t ‘New Store, QIQ F St. it AAAAAAADRAAAMAARALARAADSEADADDDADARESAL eth tathttutaadnttad en an J. Karr’s “Retiring” Sale.; RICH & RARE GIFTS <of High. ATTA ade Gold and Silver lain art’ Plates, Bric-a-brac, ete., at the uniform’ discount of [20 & 30 Sent. 945 Pa. Ave. N. W. 420-4000, SSeemaamenaioomn uM aRGeR cw NMIN RMN MTARGR TAR Sager nsinamceanmamaneacameaneme tae eR aA (Rockers Reduced. —We've quite a line of Rockers comfortable ones—all size: every finish. "And the little prices we've put cn them for the next three days are ure to, tempt you, for 3 Our $5 Rocker fs as #53 ies for jewel at the price. Gilt) Chalrs reduc Priced now at $3.50, too. THE Houghton co,. 1214 F SY.N. W. 121-200 Sees Wt? Half Price This Week On all work—whether It’s cleaning—altering—or | inealeling COA GOWNS. We do the very nest work. TF Our. specialty ts steaming Ladtes’ Plush Coats—make them cal te LOR, M. GUTMAN, eh" Sriker, de21-Sd J. JAY GOULD, 21 9th st., has everything for ‘p per fancy work. Bact Fou can make for tree! ‘Tinsel, scrap book _ple- paper. napk! Holmes’ Home-)} made MINCE —No holiday dinner ts ¢ a mince ple. And no mines delicious as those ES 5. Kann, Sons & 0, STH & MARKET SPAGE AB Drop in Stoeks, Books, Toys, Bric-a-Brac and Plated Ware seriously affected by last Friday’s slump in 2 |WALL SIRE Dollar’s worth of goods for fifty cents in each of these departments. ONLY 36 Hours left for us to make a clean sweep. 2,000 Assortéd Books at give-away prices. The entire St. Nicholas series for boys and girls, handsomely bound in cloth. Such titles as GOLDEN M. ABEOAD IS THE "FOREST, AND 100 OTHER TITLES OF BOTH INSTRUCTIVE AND PLEASANT READING. O00 IMustrated Juveniles. IN PICTURE LAND, BIBLE STORIES, CHERRY TIME, INDOOR FU LITTLE noes N’ LAD] NURSERY DOINGS, 300 Juveniles, Large Size. 12C, LITTLE ROSEBUD, DOROTHY'S PEI THE YOUNG LANBLERS, WONDERLAND, LITTLE BRIGHT EYES, CHRISTMAS JINGLES, John North in Mexico, hand- < some cloth bound, Wood's Natural History, hand- some cloth bound, Sunshine for Little Children, These Books will make a grand and acceptable pres: ent for one and all. OUR TOY Department is offering greater in- ducements as the time grows shorter. Everything must go, even if we must give them away. Your chance is NOW OR NEVER. Bric-a-Brac and | ated Ware In the Same Class! don’t want them and you must have them. See how luck plays in your favor. We haven’t a piece of goods in our house but what can be utilized fora Christmas present. WE ARE OPEN UNTIL 10:20 TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW NIGHT STILL LAT! S Kann, Song Co., STi & MARKET SPACE ee eB tandard Book St 814 9th Street. 3d. The number of New George Eliot’s NEW PUBLICATIONS. ‘These Books are of the highest order of attainment in Binding, Print, Paper and Makeup. Our | Prices | are ‘much below any g Corelll,, The. Gata + logued at $1.t |= | Fort Frayne, cat ha, Hn, ne | A Daughter of the Tenements, | $1.09. Ry the author of Chimmie Fa the greatest work of the day. Cat. at $1.’ 24. Stark Munro Letters, Catalogued at $1 Casa Bracio, logued at $1 A Gentleman of France, *% > ley Weyman, Cataloened at $1.50. $1 By + Conan Doyle. Two superb vols. Cata- a —-| Two Little Pilgrims’ Progress, r Cata- $1.24, Fr: =| logued at $1 SETS. | Waverley Novels (12 vols.). | (Reduced fron Thackeray (10 vols. Hodgson Burnett. tive Men (sume edition, TODAY AND TOMORROW IT’S SIMPLY: Will find numerous advantages in shopping here. There’s lots of reasons. The principal ones, though, are: 1st. Our Central Location. 2d. Our Unlimited Assortment. 4th. Because we sell the Cheapest Books in Washington. YOU MAY COME AND LOOK. - OUR PRICES WILL SURELY CONQUER Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (Bound), 34c. $1.25 Edition, by Ian MacLaren. Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, in White, Kid, Red and Gold, 12¢c. Regular 25c. Edition. Cemplete Works, 6 vols., 69c. farion Crawford, $1.48. | 1s,000 Volumes of the Oxford Edition, 25c. All the Prominent Authors. St. Nichclas Series of Boys’ Stories, 25c. $1.25 German and French Translations, 34c. The Most Children’s Books in Town. Standard Book: Store, 314 oth Street. Works we carry. Sick Or Bilious Headache Cured by Taking ene Awarded Medal and Diploma At World’s Fair. r Druggist for A; Ask yo ‘Sarsaparilia. ( THE BABY 1S CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use shat old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething: It soothes the child: softens the gum, allays ali pain, cures wind colle and is the best remedy for iarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. se10-1y GIFT BOOKS. Palmer Cox’s Books. .....34¢- Queer People with Wings and Stings. Queer People with Paws and Claws. Goblins, Giants, Merry Men and Monarchs. BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF EVA! Store Open Evenings. Sterling Silver Photo Frames, —hbeautiful designs, as low as $2. Hundreds of other articles equally desirable and low priced. Galt & Bro., 1107 Penn. Ave. Bound in white kid, azure and gold. | SONGS FROM THE OPERAS. +200. Carmen, Faust and Lob bound and illustrated. Red Line Poems......... -25¢- Never sold under 45c. Boys’ and Girls’ Books. | ALGER'S Boo! Be. a TY BO OPTICS ALCOTT'S. BOC (Serap Bag ELSIE BOOKS. GINEVERA (a Christinas Tel By Gen. Lew Wallace. MISCELLANEOUS. Shakespeare (complete, with memolrs). A) U 41 Dictiona: BC Simantha at’ Saritoga | Palmer ¢ Frontier Humor. $1.00 Edition of Female Poets of Ameica, Scotia’s Bards, Aurora Leigh, de23-28d A Is most desirable Four.taim Pem and in every way a most appropri- us! = ate gift. Reduced ristmas from $2.50 to $1. Present An excellent line of other goods sultzble for the holidays. Come in, examine ouc_stock. Open evenings. John C. Parker’s, @ 2%. de23-16d “What shall I give?” Is easily answered If you'll inspect the splen- see did stock of famous GOODYEAR RUBBER GOODS we're showing. Low prices a feature of this holiday showing. Mackinioshes and Boots. sss Ttubber Boots for boys and Mackintoshes for men or ladies—are sensible and serviceable gifts—they’re useful 12 months in the year. Sure to win the appreciation of the recipient. Goedvex Rubber Co., 807 Pa. Ave. 423-200 the 34c. table should be Angostura Bitters, © of exquisite flavor. No Christmas and New Yea Beware of counterfeits! pleasing and economical Things that are useful, ; Children's . RUBBI BEST QUALITY ER BOO’ Wm. Hahn &Co., RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930. 7th st. 1914-1916 Pa. av 283 Pa. ave. 8.e. Velvet or r Slippers, COMFORTABLE | 48c., 69°., $1.00 and $1.50, AND Men's Tan, nd, Black Faust 2 HANDSOME , BD ata $2.00. ES) HOUSE Ladles’ arm “Jullets or SLIPPERS. 1 “for ye Alnest | meats —delctously ft: yored after our own e. Good many other kinds. Be Sit eeacae “Lo Ask er for it— A. Loctiler, oe 618-620 N. L., 72 O st. and 65 W de23-20d. eueaticenc onan BIBLES. We have always adquarters of the ches for Bibles. all sizes, 20e. phone 1617-2. G42 Center Market,’ stern Mkt. svar Our forte is ‘Bibles."" recognized. sand Chi editions, eee to $25. Cc. €. Pursell, 418 9th St. 423-160 CHOCOLATE CREAMS. Lowney’s. They're delicious —and fresh. In fancy boxes, 25sec. French Glace) ‘Fruits—in imported fancy bos N. W. Burchell, gas F St 23-14 “Don’tdothat today——what can be done tomorrow,” tiling of the heed of prompt ri = v i wn i Procrastination is costly—the smail matters often tot on ti for sory Orders aptly attended. to. Robt. M. Harrover, “58 oth St. a23-1id ses_Teautiful Souvenirs for all. Delicious Xmas Candles for the children, Good Thin gs for Christraas. * * — For the season of good cheer * * at hand—we’ve made extra * * preparations to supply our * * patrons with all that’s choice in * * the way of “eatables.” Here’s ee mention of a few— Mixed Nuts (new), 15¢. Ib., 7 Ibs., $1. an ounce ‘In the place that hasn't been just received. Mixed Candy Assorted flavors, 15¢. a Ib.! French Mix. Candies,20c.,3 lbs., 50c.! Walnut Buttercups, 20c., 3 Ibs., 50c.! French Conserve Fruits, }—$ and 1 lb.very attractively put up in fancy boxes—2oc., 35¢c. and 65¢.! Cluster Raisins, 5-lb. box, $1.25! Very handsomely pnt up in boxes suitable for gift-giving, extra fine quality. Fine Cluster Raisins, 5-Ib. box, $1! = Sate Don't forget that the distinguishing: eee © feature of this ste is the freshness eeee? and new ef the ods, as well eee? as the fact of their ing the very © * finest qualities, Then the vartety ba shown Is large enough to suit the most ious visitor. As prices —in y instance you will find them to yas low—if not loner than any in town y considered, r pation assured to : t given in person, by CHole TROCERL ‘D TABLE LUXURD 1210 F St. ’Phone d for sick be Found an Excellent Remedy 5 Altile Liver Pil who have us —— A COURT-MARTIAL ORDERED Many Seamen Gunners to Be Tried for Hasing the Uolored Men, Detail for the Court Made—Specifica- tions to the Charges Against the Accused. As predicted in Saturday's Star, the Sec- retary of the Navy has ordered a court- martial to assemble at the Washington navy yard next Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock to try four members of the class of seamen gunners on charges of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline, in having hazed three colored members of the same class with the intention of driving them out of the service. The detail for the court is as follows: Capt. P. F, Harrington, Commanders R. P. Leary and Joshua Bishop, Lieut. Com- mander J. N. Hemphill and Lieutenants D. H. Mahan, Charles Laird and Jahn Hood, with Ensign Warren J. Terhune as judge advocate. The men to be tried are Ramsy W. Smith, Edward Murphy, Archibald J. Lamont and Raymond W. Fox, seamen in the United States navy. There is but one charge against them, and it Is based on a single specification. The Specification. In it ic is charged that the men named, while servirg as members of the class of erlisted men under instruction in ordnance at the Washirgton navy yard, did, on No- vember 14, 1895, or thereabouts, “conspire among themselves and with others for the unlawful purpose of driving from said class the following legally constituted mem- bers thereof, nainely, John A. Jackson, John Thompson and Wm. Johnson, sea- men, United States navy, by hooting and jeering said men and by singing a de- risive song in their presence, with intent to anney them and by means of the sev- eral acts of persecution and maltreatment.” The acts of persecution sre described in the spec‘fication in great detail. It is charged that Smith threw a bucketful of water on Joknson, Jackson and Thompson while they were walking past the window of the wash room, and that on another oc- cosion Smith threw a leaden shrapnel bail or like missile at Jackson in the dormitory, with intent to injure, and that he subse- quently threw a similar missile at Thomp- son. On the following morning it is alleged that Fox applied an opprobious epithet to Thompson and challenged him to fight and that Smith tried to foment a quarrel be- tween the two men. It is also alleged that while the men were at breakfast in the mess hall Smith threw the contents of a salt cellar on Thompson and challenged him to fight and the challenge being de- clined he called Thompson “a dirty cur” and “a coward.” Lamont is charged with having made an effort to let down John- son's cot while the latter was asleep, and when it failed he threw shoes at Johnson. Some Alleged Utterances. It is also alleged that Smith said in the presence of Jackson that ‘we will have to kill” these men, and “if we stick together we will rival the James gang.” is also charged with the utterance of sim- lar threats, having at one time said: “Let us form a lynching party.” | Murphy, Smith and others are charged with having proposed to members of the class that a committee be appointed to compel certain other members of the class to withdraw from the main mess table, and that La- mont, Murphy, Smith, Fox and others did make such demand of Thompson, Johnson and Jackson. The various acts specified are said to have been “to the prejudice cf good order and discipline in the navy.” oe When Utah Will Be a State. The new constitution of Utah, which was brought to Washington a week ago by the Utah commissioners, has been exani- ined by the President and Attorney Gen- eral Harmon, and found té be in all respects in accordance with the terms preseribed in the enabling act. Therefore the President will issue his proclamation January 4 next declaring Utah a state of the Union. As the state officers are to assume their duties on the Monday following the admission of the new state, they will be in office on Jan- vary 6, Attorney General Harmon has tel- egraphed these facts to the chief justice of Utah, at the request of the President. Your Children MM haye a joyous, merry Christ f they have a “tree”? (at home)’all their own. Unique and gay are the ornaments at J. Jay Gould's (421 9th st.), Litile fi can make such pretty tree trimmings? Materials? Gould's. a21-2t¢ Murphy —_—______, DAIRY REFORMS Some Statements Made by the Dis- trict Veterinarian. CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE Effective Precautions Taken by the Health Officer. OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS A report of the veterinary surgeon of the District charges that the milk supply of the city is responsible for a large amount of diserse. It is a well-known fact that milk is a good medium for the propagation of bacteria. Many cases have been report- ed to the health office by the District vet- ernarian, Dr. Robinson, calling attention to the condition of the dairies in the Dis- trict, which were reeking with filth, badly ventilated, In many instances without light and surrounded by conditions that would make infection and the dissemination of disease most probable. The fact that four- teen cases of tuberculosis have been di covered in duiry cattle kept within the Dis- trict mits makes the matter one of ex- treme importance. Recently a cow belong- ing to one of the local dairies was sus- pected of being diseased, and a physical examination assured the inspectors that tuberculosis was present. The animal w: subsequently killed, and a post-mortem ex- amination confirmed the diagnosis. The cow had consumption. While a decided improvement ts reported in the cleanliness of the local dairies, the health office is practically helpless, it is caimed, to prevent the distribution of milk from diseased cattle. All the health authori- ties can do when a herd of cows is found to be affected is to quarantine them, and refuse or revoke a permit for the owner to sell the mili. But this does not prevent him from disposing of it to wholesalers, or from butchering his stock and selling the meat to butchers. The District veterinarian believes that a law should be passed for the establishment of a public abattoir, where the slaughter of cattle may be properly supervised. Also, that provision be made for paying owners of cattle for those killed by reason of ease. He does not believe that dairies should be permitted within the city limits, and questions seriously the advisability of permitting dairies In the thickly populat- ed portions of the suburbs. The character of the local dairies has been materially improved during the past two months. When a milk dealer applies to the health officer for a permit to dis- pose of his milk, a permit is withheld until the veterinary surgeon of the District has had an opportunity to examine his dairy and cattle. If the condition of either of them is bad the permit is not issued until the fault is rectified to the satisfaction of the office. Bills Sent to Congress. The Commissioners today sent to Con- gress the drafts of two proposed measures which they desire to have enacted into law. One is for the licensing of -billiard and pool tables, and the other is for the regula- tion of veterinary medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia. The first bill provides that it shall be un- lawful to set up for public use or private profit any pool or billiard table, &c., with- out a license; the license fee shall be $25, and any person failing to take out a license for the business shall, upon conviction in the Police Court, be find $2 for each of- fense or imprisoned for a period not ex- ceeding three months, or both. The second provides for a veterinary board and the examination of would-be practitioners of veterinary medicine and surgery. The board is to consist of five examiners, whose duty it shail be to exam- ime and license candidates and generally to regulate the practice. To Reassess Damages. As stated in The Star of December 3, the Commissioners have decided to submit a bill to Congress, asking that all defective assessments, canceled under the Burgdorf decision, be validated, by giving the Com- missioners authority to reassess the dam- ages. The attorney for the District has submitted a draft of a bill covering the case, which, as stated long ago in The Star, the Commissioners will urge Con- gress to pass. Licenses in the Division. There is every reason to believe the ex- cise board is going to stand by its original determination to refuse liquor licenses in all places in the Division. The action Saturday in holding up all ap- plications for liquor licenses in that sec- tion strengthens the statement that they have not reconsidered the matter. Anti-Saloon League, recently, through its attorney, Mr. Shoemaker, submitted a pro- test against every saloon in that locality. In Difficulty. The act of March 2, 1895, which author- izes the Commissioners after every fall of snow to clean the gutters and cross-streets in certain parts of the city, as well as the sidewalks in front of property, where the owner or resident fails to comply with the law, and charge the same against the prop- erty, is giving the Commissioners no end of trouble. To carry ovt the provisions of the act will require many thousands of dollars, and as the Commissioners do not believe the money can be justifiably taken from the street cleaning appropriation, they will ask Congress to make an appropriation of $40,000 immediately available, to carry out the provisions of the act when the emer- gency arises. Work Ordered. The Commissioners have ordered the fol- lowing work to be done under the provi- sions of the permit system: . Lay cement sidewalks in 22d street north- west, both sides, from P street to Massa- chusetts avenue; in Florida avenue north- west, both sides, from Massachusetts ave- nue to R street; in W street northwest, both sides, from 12th to 13th streets; in U street, north side, from 25) feet west of Ob- servatory place to 2d street northwest; in H street, south side, from 14th to 15th street. Lay brick sidewalk in Ist street northwest, both sides, from O to P streets; in Delaware avenue southwest, both sides, from G to K streets; in Florida avenue northeast, both sides, from New York ave- nue to Brentwood road; in 10th street southeast, from Pennsylvania avenue to I street; lay brick sidewalk and set bluestone curb in Wilson street, Le Droit Park, both sides,from 4th to 5th streets; lay brick side- walk in 15th street northeast, east side, from E to Gales streets; in F street north- west, south side, from Virgina to New Hampshire avenues; in E street northeast, north side, from North Capitol street to Delawase avenue; in 13% street southwest, both sides, from B to D streets; lay brick sidewalk and set new curbs in Willard street northwest, to complete walk, both sides, from 17th to sth streets; in Sth street northeast, from F to H streets; in Pomeroy street, south side, from 4th to 5th streets. The Commissioners have authorized the superintendent of streets to grade 12th street northeast, between Lincoln Park and Maryland avenue, at a cost not to exceed $1,000, and to employ laborers at $1.25 per day, to be aid from appropriation for im- provements and repairs, northeast section. An additional allotment of $300 from ap- propriation for current repairs to county roads, for use in current quarter of the fiscal year, has been approved by the Com- missioners. Six-inch water mains have been ordered laid as follows: Sixty feet across the roadway of East Capitol street, at 13th street, before said East Capitol street is paved; 485 feet at 11th street northeast, between D and E streets, on the line of which one fire h: drant is to be erected; that a public hy- drant be erected in the south side of I street between 4% and 6th streets south- | west, estimated cost, $35. It was also ordered that a catch basin be constructed at the low point at the wes' end of the south alley, in square 280, take the place of the old defective basin located near the east liné of 13th street; | estimated cost, ee The Tammany Society Saturday night In- stalled George Sheehan and Colonel G. B. McClellan as sachems, The | the doctors approve of Scott’s Emulsion. For whom? For men and women who are weak, when they should be strong; for babies and children who are thin, when they should be fat ; for all who get no nourish- ment from their food. Poor blood is starved blood. Con- sumption and Scrofula never come without this starvation. And nothing is better for starved blood than cod-liver oil. Scott’s Emulsion is cod-liver oil with the fish-fat taste taken out. Two sizes, 50 cents and $1.00 SCOTT & BOWNE, New York LAS VEGAS GRANT A Land Case Decided Against the Gov- ernment, Action of Congress, It is Held, Die vested the United States of Title to the Land. Chief Justfee Bingham, in Equity Court No. 1, today rendered a very important de- cision in the case of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, against the Secretary of the Interior, holding that 496,446 acres of land, mostly occupied by the city, legally be- longs to it and cannot, therefore, be made part of the public lands of the United States. On behalf of Jefferson Raynolds and other residents of the town of Las Vegas ex-Goy. Alphonso Hart of Ohio filed a bill in equity the 15th of last February against the Secretary of the Interior and the com- missioner of the general land office, praying that the defendants be enjoined from re- surveying the land in question for the pur- pose of turning it back into the public do- main. It appeared from the bill of com- plaint that in 1835 Mexico granted the land to certain persons, who, in turn, transferred it to the town of Las Vegas. The com- plainants claimed that by the treaty of peace of 1848 between this country and Mexico it was provided that grants made by Mexico of lands embraced within the ceded territory should not thereafter be annulled. A survey of the grant was made by the government in_ 1854, and in_1800 Congress confirmed it. Not until 1887, so the com- plainants alleged, was that survey ques- tioned, and in 1801 Secretary of the Interior Noble directed a resurvey of the grant for the purpose of returning to the public lands of the United States the land in contro- yersy. After the present Secretary of the Interior assumed the office, he was pi ing to carry into effect the order of his predecessor when the present case was in- etituted. The government demurred to the bill of complaint, claiming, among other things, that Secretary Noble had acted within the iscretion conferred upon him by law. The complainants denied that, of course. The case was heard by Chief Justice Bingham several weeks ago, as reported in The Star at the time, ex-Gov. Hart representing the complainants and Assistant Attorneys Gen- eral Hall and Brent appearing on behalf of the government. The decision of Chief Justice Bingham today was an unusually long one, and in it he held that the effect of the act of Con- gress of 1860 was to divest the Un States of the title to the land and to invest it in the claimants under the grant from Mexico. Assistant Attorney General Brent gave notice of an appeal to the Court of Ap- peals on behalf of the government. ———— THE TORPEDO BOAT CUSHING. She Suffered Considerably in Her Re- cent Inland Trip. The torpedo boat Cushing suffered con- considerably from contact with ice in her re- cent trip from New York to Washington by the inland waterway. In places in the canals and in the Susquehan1a river the ice was three inches thick, and in forcing the lightly constructed boat through this ice her thin bow plates were so badly dented as to require several of them to be replaced. The bow frames were also bent, and must be straightened, and it 1s said that Lad it not been for the stiffening afforded by the tor- pedo tube, the entire bow of the Cushing would have been crushed in. The exper- fence of the boat on this trip has introduced @ new factor in the calculations of the na- val strategists, who had been counting on the inland water route as a safe means of moving torpedo boats and such light craft quickly from one point to another on our Atlantic coast. _———e-___ Prof. Fanciulli’s Messe Solennelle. There was a rehearsal of Prof. Fanclul- li's Messe Solennelle at St. Aloysius Church yesterday afternoon, and the church was well filled. The composition is in D, is ex- ceedingly meritorious, and many expres- sions of commendation, both of the work and its rendition, were heard. Prof. Fan- elulli wielded the baton, Mr. S. J. Kubel, the director of the choir, presided at the organ, and the Marine Band Orchestra of twenty-five pices furnished the accompani- ment. The solos were sung by Mrs. Kitty Thompson Berry, soprano; Miss Pauline Whitaker, contralto; Mr. Phil Baer, tenor, and Mr. Jas. Nolan, bass; all of whom at quitted themselves creditably, while some of to | the choruses were splendidly sung. This rehearsal indicated that the real interpre- tation Christmias Gay will be in every way worthy the occasion, the composition and the choir. —_————_. The Ram Katahdin Rejected. After full consideration, the President has rejected the Ammen ram Kataidin be- cause of her failure to attain the seven- teen knots speed required by the contract. Senator Hale has accordingly introduced a joint resolution in the Senate, authoriz- ing the acceptance of the vesse!. The naval authorities are unanimously of the opinion that she is an efficient warship, and is pre- vented from attaining the prescribed speed only by peculiarities of her model, for which the builders, the Bath Iron Works, are not properly Jad ciate OR. RC FLOWER BOSTON, MASS. R. C. sional Trip Through Virginia and Dr. Flower to Make a Profes- to Washington, D. C. ‘The patients of Dr. R. ©. Flower will be glad to kuow that he has arranged a professional visit throngh the state of Virginia and to Washington, . C., a8 follows: D. C.—Riggs House, Friday and 28. Actel Burton, Monday and Tues- DANVILLS, Va. . Dee, 39-81. | RicHMOND, Va.—Exchange ard Ballard Hotel, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 1-2. NORFOLK, Va.—Nev Atlantic Hobel, Friday and Saturda in, 3-4. ‘There is no physician in the United States better vn than Dr. R, C, Flower. His cures are £0 me-ous ani often of such a miraculous nature | that meny writers have claimed that many of his miracles ab Lty to tell @ patient his @isease a question is as well established as cures WH ‘of the Doctor will afford an lent opportunity to many to consult this emt+ close to thelr homes. it