Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 8

AND SONS, » MOSES F Street, | Corner Eleventh. Sole agents for the DOUBLE ADJUST- MENT WOVEN WIRE BED SPRING. Price, $3.50-with FIVE-YEAR GUAR- ANTEE. A Little Talk : On Parlor Suites. Many people don’t know that we make Parlor Suites here on the premises—have a shop and facili- ties for turning out work we're justified in feeling proud of. It’sa good point for you to remember— for when vou want a suite made to your order—carrying out your own ideas you'll know where to get it. Whether your ideas call for an Over- stuffed or a Frame Suite, we're equally Well prepared to fill your order—and give you just the style Suite you want, too. All the materials are bought first- hand, and we can comvete with the factories in price. Frame Suites. $42 up. Overstuffed Suites. -$45 up. Don’t buy in wet weather The clothing you need for wet weather. Procrastination always produces dissatisfaction. * Your selection of a Mackintosh—Rubber Clothing, &c.—can be attended to much more satisfactorily if {t's done now. stock in town and small prices—you're as- °° sured of here. Goodyear Rubber Co., 807 Pa. Ave. Ja7-200 “Comfort of our shoes.” All that you have heard about the COMFORT of the Wilson $3.50 Shoes is TRUE—every word of it. We guarantee them to be the most durable—the most stylish and the most com- fortable $3.50 Shoes in America. They are never reduced—always $3.50. Wilson, 929 F. Good paint preserves and beautifies. ‘To hae paint preserve its original con ditions Jong and well Is every one's wish who does painting. It’s a matter of money and appearance. Bud paint generally shows deterlorations in a short while. Whether your paint lasts or not mostly lies with the paint itself. We rantee “Model” Paints, because we Enow that they last and look well Tonge ttan any other paint on the market, 2 1.50 gal. can. “Model”? Paints and 2 S. $1.59 gal. cau. Floor Stains, cans. Be. Di Chas. E. Hodgkin,Patnts, ois and Glass, 13 Seventh St. aru Bargains in Furs. Balance of our stock Furs for la- dies, gents and children, Carriage Robes, Coachmen Capes and Gloves at 20 per cent off for cash, JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, Cor. Penna. Ave. and 12th St. ja6-Im ‘Vou can be a Jewelry Dealer! oa can buy just as advantageously at retail as if you owned the largest kind of a Jeweiry store! In buying JEWELRY, WATCHES, DIAMONDS, CLOCKS AND SILVERWARE—heco— you get them at the same price as all the large dealers in town pay at wholesale—because I'm selling at eee Cost. Carl Petersen, Jeweler 427-29 7th st. Pog chit bomen ja7-244 An oe ’t Scold Don 0) —your washwoman when the clothes look yellow and dirty. Very often it isn't her fault, but the fault of the soap she is using. Keep her supplied wit Weaver, Kengla & Co.’s ‘_aundry & Borax” Soaps SSFE AND CONOMICAL, <and you will have no fault to find. Insist upon having Weaver, Kengla & Co.'s Laundry and Borax Soaps— accept no substitute! For sale by all grocers. Plant, 3244 K st. ow. Ja7-32d : Ca aS —~* ae —should have a photograph taken once fn a while, and to insure yourself a good like- Ve eat $4 doz. W. H. Stalee, 107 F St., Ova: Photographs only Successor to M. B. Brady. Ja6-16a "THE LIGHT-RUNNING Domestic Sewing Machine Is used exclusively at the WHITE HOUSE. Cc. AUERBACH, 7TH AND H § SOLE AGENT. Ja6-m,w&(6t Wrinkles Are Disfiguring ving to most lad BRIGHTWELL'S (ON CREAM es them out. Ke- 3 and blackheads, Makes skin like Feivet. 'Bhe. box. "Samples free. Evans’ Drug Store, 938 F St., : =e ‘Wrolesale and Retail. —— Cudahy Not Liable. ’ Judge Tuley yesterday at Chicago award- ed a verdict to John Cudahy in the chancery ltigation brought by Austin W. Wright to prove a partnership with Cudahy in the celebrated pork deal of Sep- tember, 1893. Wright sought in his bill to Prove that the deals, which involved a loss of $600,000 and brought about his failure, Were a partnership trarsaction, and that Cudahy was equally liable with him for the losses. Judge Tuley holds that the evi- dence does not support Wright's claim, and he dismisses the bill for want of equity. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. CRAIG & HARDING, Furniture, &c., 13# and F Sts. Souk eed el Bee oie THAT BIG SALE OF tae arek.] MANUFACTURERS’ “SAMPLES” Of Furniture, Carpet “Lengths” & Curtains Im Full Blast!’ We closed out these “samples” from’ manufacturers, who had stop- | ped making these particular patterns. We have separated them from the regular stock and you get them for two-thirds their regular prices. “Samples” of Carpets. ‘These are one yard and one yard and a halt lengths of all the various kinds of Carpets. We have divided them into three lots: I lot at 35c. I lot at 5oc. 1 lot at 75c. “Samples” of Chairs, ‘These are or our second floor, and of the 40 or more no two are alike. With them we have placed a dozen or so chairs from our regular stock, of which we have but one of a kind. Reduced as follows: $1.25 Chairs, 75c. i $1.50 Chairs, $1. $1.75 Chairs, $1. y $2.25 Chairs, $1.50. $3.00 Chairs, $2. = $3.50 Chairs, $2.50. “Sample” Iron Beds. These show a little scratching from having been shown, but we will touch them all up brand new before we deliver them. 1 White Iron Bed. Size 4 ft. S$. € in. Value, $6.50. Only...... 4. 8 White Iron Beds, all dif- Value, ferent sizes. Only Small Lot of Rockers. We closed out from a manufacturer 9 Solid Quarter Oak Saddie-seat Colonial Rockers, shaped arms, hand carved: Ought be marked $7.50. Spe- cia! price. "$4.25 vane $1.50 0 $4.85 1 Large-arm Rocker. $2.25. Special price. 4 Handsome Upholstered Parlor Rock- ers, with .arm, solid oak and imitation mahogany. Worth every cent of $5.25. Will be marked.. 53.10 We also bought 8 Adjustable Reclin- ing Rockers, upholstered in plush, cordu- Toy and tapestry. Would be marked $12 and $15 4f bought in the reg- ‘ular way. Will be sold at.. $8.75 9 Handsome Large Reception Window Crairs, no two alike, dainty shapes, richly upholstered in silk brocatelle. Worth from $10 to $15. Will eure: 97-25 Six Coiches; = Bought a Nttle lot of 6 Couches, and will offer them at @0c. on the dollar of regular value. . 4 Fancy Denim-covered Box Couches, fall size. As well made as any couch at any price. Ought to be marked $15. Win sell these at 29°75 2 Olive Corduroy Couches, slanting head, extra large size. Ought read- fly bring $20. Special price. . 513-50 Parlor Suites. All we could get of them, Three fam- illes can be made happy. Dainty 3-plece Divan Parlor Suites, up- holstered in silk tapestry. We have sold suites not as good for $20 and $22.50. Choice of these 3 for 513-95 Graig & Harding, Furniture, &c., 13th and F Sts. TROOPS FOR THE CAPE English Reinforcements to Be Sent to South Africa. A Flying Squadron of Six Ships to Be Immediately Commissioned for an Emergency. The London Daily Telegraph announces that it has been decided to intercept the troops in transit to and from India in or- der to send strong reinforcements of in- fantry and cavalry to the Cape. This paper also states that troops in addition will be sent from England, and that a first-class cruiser has been ordered to Delagoa bay. The correspondent of the London Stand- ard at Aldershot believes that there ts a question of calling out the army reserve and a portion of the militia. The Duke of Connaught and the chief staff officers, the correspondent says, are busy at headquar- ters, and are in constant communication with the war office. A special dispatch from Berlin says that Dr. Leyds, the secretary of state of the Transvaal, has received a dispatch which states that the Transvaal demands from England an indemnity of half a million pounds for Dr. Jameson’s invasion. The Times this morning makes the fol- lowing announcement: “Orders have been sent to Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham for the immediate Poatucurse TERR ws the New York Heraid. From the New York He MAP OF so Showing Delagoa Bay, the point where, if hostilit tro: plain the Boers’ extraordinary obstinacy in refusing moderate concessions to the Uitlanders.” The Feeling in South Africa. A dispatch to the London Times from Johannesburg, dated January 1, and others dated since that time, show that the citi- zens are well armed and organized, under the leadership of Colonel Frank Rhodes and Mr. Farrarr, to secure the redress of «rievances without intending an offensive movement, but only desiring to show the government that they were ready to fight if compelled to do so. All the Transvaal police were withdrawn from the town and concentrated at the jail, while a force of 500 Boers commanded the jail from a ridge. Meantime the reform committee pledged themselves to abstain from violence, and not to aid Dr. Jameson, provided he should be allowed to enter the town unmolested, and they guaranteed that he should be sent bi ack. Long dispatches from Cape Town to the ‘Times describe the intense feeling there at the failure of the Johannesburgers to suc- cor Dr. Jameson, but the National Union delegates say that a disobedience of Gov- ernor Sir Hercules Robinson's orders would have frustrated his delicate mission of mediation, and all the old animosities of the Majuba times would have been revived. The people are angry and at cross-purposes, but are unanimous in their enthusiasm for Dr. Jameson. A London Times dispatch from Johannes- burg says that Colonel Rhodes told the crowd the whole truth, declaring that it was the bitterest momént of his life. The committee never imagined that Dr. Jame- son was in such desperate straits, hav- ing received hopeful messages. Kaiser Wilhelm Explains. The London Daily News says that the By Zemde! 7. A oe OUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC nae Mewes ‘°Delagos Bry INDIAN OCEAN UTH AFRICA. es take place, the Germans would like to land pS. commissioning of six ships to form a flying squadron, the object of which 1s obvious- ly to have a squadron ready for any re- quired emergency. It will be composed of two first-class battle ships, two first-class and two second-class cruisers. Probably the Royal Oak and the Revenge will be chosen. “The possibility of the commissioning of such a squadron at a moment's notice shows that our resources are better than was supposed, and is proof that our naval organization has greatly improved of late TS. wore has also been decided to disnatch a naval force to Delagoa bay, but it is un- known whether it will be composed of ve: sels from the Cape or from the East In- dies.” In an editorial the Times hopes that the Mediterranean fleet will be withdrawn from Salonica and ordered elsewhere and pre- pared for emergencies. The Times congratulates the country upon the foregoing news. Had Germany Planned a Blow? The London Times says today, with ref- erence to a reiteration by its Berlin corre- spondent of the statement that Germany had intended to land marines at Lorenzo Marques for the invasion of the Transvaal and had only abardoned the intention on hearing of Dr. Jameson’s defeat: “This is a grave statement, and we refuse to believe that Portugal would have lent herself to such a move. But it proves that German interference was not the result of sudden indignation at Dr. Jameson’s ac- tion, but had been meditated and discussed and presumably concerted with the Boers. Emperor William's indignation must ac- cordingly be regarded in the light of diplo- matic histrionics. It is a tradition of Ger- man policy to prepare a coup secretly and then to give it an air of coming about by an unfortunate accident. There is grave reason to suspect that she has long harbor- ed hostile designs. This theory will ex- German government, fearing that Emperor William’s message to President Kruger would offend Emperor Francis Joseph, has explained to Count Goluchowski, Austrian minister of foreign affairs, that Emperor William did not intend to offend England. His message was merely meant to encourage the free states of South Africa to maintain their independence. A similar message has been sent to Rome, where, it is stated, the opposition intend to use the incident against a renewal of the triple alliance. —see- IMMENSE PRAIRIE FIRES. Flames Stretching Over Two Counties in Western Kansas, A Wichita,Kan., dispatch, January 7, says: Probably two counties in western Kansas were covered by fire last night.” About 9 o'clock light was seen in the sky, observable simultaneously at Pueblo, Col., and Wichita, a distance apart of five hundred miles. The supposition is that there are two immense prairie fires in Kansas about one hundred and fifty miles apart. The Eagle has reports from ten stations, which indicates the largest fire to be in Kiowa county, and that it 1s of vast pro- portions. Haviland is the nearest sta- tion to the fire that can be reached, ard the agent there says the nearest fringe of blaze is probably fifteen miles away, but that a newspaper can be read by its light in the streets of that town. At St. John, in Stafford county, the peo- ple are panic-stricken, as the fire is sweep- ing in their direction before a.strong wind. Many of the farms have been abandoned for years, and the fire is feeding on the rank grass, sunflowers and dead hedges. St. John people think that the loss of prop- erty and life of man and beast will be appalling. It is Impossible to get details, as operations on the Wichita and Western were recently abandoned in that section cf the country, “and there are no operators at the stations to report the disasters. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA January Term of Oourts Bazan Yesteriay With Many Cases, Local Notes of Interest From Down the River—Brotherhood of St. Andrew. { The United Stateg, circuit and district courts, Judge R. W."Hughes presiding, be- gan the work of the January term yester- day morning, when’ a large number of cases were given to the grand jury, and indictments were returned as follows: John R. Waldman, two indictments for fraudu- lently obtaining pension money, both true bills; S. C. Dixon of Charles Clty county, indictment for stealing a letter from the mails, a true bill; John-Robinson of Wash- Ington, indictment for fraudulently obtain- ing a pension while in Richmond, a true bill; Henry M. Owens, Indictment: for em- bezzling $300 trom the post office at Water- fall, Loudoun county, a true bill; John H. Price of Loudoun county, for interfering with a mail carrier, not a true bill. The court, after ordering the payment of wit- ness fees, &c., and bench warrants for the indicted men not already in custody, ad- journed until 11 o'clock, when the grand jury will resume its work. Young Men’s Sodality Lyceum. The seventh annual meeting of the Young Men’s Sodality Lyceum was held in their hall, on Duke street, last night, and, after the regular order of exercises, President Quinn read his annual address, which showed that the lyceum had steadily gained in raembership during the past year. The following officers were elected for the en- suing year: T. F. McCarty, president; John A. Nugent, first vice president; W. Schoeni, second vice president; William L. Hoy, cording secretary; William Desmond, ‘cor- responding. secretary; Joseph West, ser- geant-at-arms; John Hametty, treasurer, and M. D. Delaney, librarian; J.’Kelly, Wm. Kelly, Jas. Roche, M. McFarland, P. Lap- ham and M. Downey, members of council. After a few remarks by Rev. Father Bowler the meeting adjourned. Beat His Wife. Last night about half-past 8 o'clock, while Officer Bettis was petrcling his beat in the neighborhood of the local depot, he heard cries of murder, police, etc., and hastening to the.corner of Cameron and Fayette streets he found William Holland, @ colored man, beating his wife. He placed him under arrest and took him to the station house. This morning the evi- dence showed that his wife, Nancy Hol- land, had left him about a month ago on account of his cruel treatment of her, and last night she was in company with a col- ored man named William McConklin, and the husband seeing them became jealous, and proceeded to clean up the pavement with her. Mayor Thompson this morning fined him $5. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The local council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew held another one of its public meetings in the parish hall of Christ Church last night. The subjects discussed were: “A Brotherhood Life of Self-Denial,” by Mr. Clarence C. Leadbeater; “A Brother- hood Life of Consecration,” by Mr. Robert B. Nelson of the Theological Seminary, and “A Brotherhood Life of Faith,” by Rev. Berryman Green of Christ. Church. The subjects were all ably discussed and were greatly enjoyed by the large crowd present. United States Grand Jury List. The following is the grand jury list for the present term of the United States court, which is in/session in this city: T. M. Kell, Chas. E. Glover, A. J. Ballenger, C. W. Bell, Wm. Suttdn, R. W. Gilliard, Edgar Warfield, I. G. Reed, M. D. Mc- Lean, Marshall Cheshire, John Robinson, R. A. Kearney, W. W. Adams, J. W. E ans, ¥. P. Reed, F. o Johnson of Alexapdria! W. J. Malone, Anandale, Fairfax county: J. J. Douglas, Cafletts;’ S. _R. Donohoe, Fairfax Court House;'Wm. Nevitt, Acco- tink, Fairfax county, asid T. M. Hunt, Gar- field, Fairfax county. '; Police Court. The police on duty last night report the night as being cloudy and cold, with three prisoners and seven lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this morning dis- Fosed of the following cases: James Davis, colored, arrested by Officer Ferguson; charge, disorderly conduct; fine, $5 or thirty days on the gang. William Holland, colt ored, arrested by Officer Bettis, charged with an assault on his wife; fined $5. Nancy Holland, colored, arrested by Officer Bettis, charged with disorderly conduct; dismissed. A Runaway Match. The many friends of Mr. Joha A. Gaines, the popular salesman for John A. Marsali’s shoe store on King street, were very much surprised yesterday to hear of his mar- riage to Miss Ecna Knott of West Vir- ginia, which took place in Washington yesterday. It was a case of love at first sight. The bride is a beautiful brunette of seventeen summers, and came to Alexan- dria to visit her sister, Mrs. J. S. Renner, on South Henry street, about a month ago. Miss Knott had received a letter from her mother in West Virginia telling her to come home at once, and she communicated this Purify And Enrich | Your Blood By Taking YER’S It was the Only Sarsaparilla admitted At World’s Fair. AYER’S PILLS for the Liver. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE shat old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winsiow's Sootaing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child. softens the gum, allays ali ain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for jarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. se10-1y Mrs. A. H. Cransby of Memphis, Tenn., had a terribie cancer, which ate two holes in the breast. and -wras, pronounced. incurable by, the best physi- clans in New York. §. S. 8. cured her permanently. SANTA BARBARA SEA SALT, FOR BATHING. Supercharged with oxygen. Bracing! Invigora ing! A boon for irvalids. The ocean at home! 4 per keg. Sufficient for one month. COLUM- IA CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1404 14th st. jal-w,f&min.fel2 ‘Use Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters to stimulate jhe appetite and Kcep the digestive organs in order. to Mr. Gaines, and rather than be sepa- rated they decided to get married at once. So they boarded the 9 o'clock train for Washington yesterday morning, where they secured a marriage license and were quieffy married.“ Mr. and Mrs. Gaines will re- side in this city in the future. It is said that the bride’s parents objected to her marriage on account of her age. SS MAY BE BURGLARS The Men Arrested at the British Lega- tion, Kit of Tools Found on One—The Men - Held and Photographed Today. Two young men, strangers in the city, who have been making the Central Union Mission their home for several weeks, were arrested last evening as common vagrants, and the police are certain that one of them is a professional burglar. He had a fairly good burglar’s outfit on him, which con- sisted of about twenty skeleton keys and lock-pickers, a loaded 38-caliber revolver and an extra charge in his pocket. This man gave his name as Henry Phelps, while his companion registered as George Wil- liams. The men were taken in custody between 7 and 8 o'clock at the back door of the residence of Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, at Connecticut avenue and N street. Policemen O'Donoghue an@ Jacobson are the officers who made the supposed im- portant arrests of the men, who are held until the police can make a further in- vestigation of their conduct here and learn something of their identity. The men were taken to the third pre- cinct, and at the station they were regis- tered as suspicious persons, and the ar- ticles mentioned were taken from Phelps. A ‘elephone message sent to headquarters brought Detectives Lacy and Helan to the station, and the prisoners were questioned. It socn developed that they had been liv- ing at the Central Union Mission, and Lieut. Boyle went with cne of the prison- crs to the mission. There, he says, he found no register which would render him any assistance, but he did learn that the man Phelps was known to the lodgers as “Jack,” while Williams, whose hair is red, was known as “Reddy.” They had been there several weeks, but had no baggage, although the officers are certain that Phelps has a valise here somewhere. It was learned, however, that Phelps had given one of the other lodgers a silver ring with a garnet setting, and the man to whom he had given it promptly released all claim to the piece of jewelry and sur- rendered it to the officers. The prisoner Phelps is about twenty- eight years old and is tall and slender. His face is very white, and this pallor, Inspec- tor Hollinberger says, is similar to that of men who have done time, but the prisoner says his health is bad. Last night he said he was from. Chicago, but this morning he poly the officers that he was from Marion, nd. George Williams, or “Reddy,” as he is called, is an Englishman about the same age as his companion and says he is a shoemaker | trade and has lived in the fourth ward uv: Brooklyn. Although he has been here several weeks, stopping at the mission, he has been associated with Phelps but a few days and has been about the city with him since Sunday. This morning the pair of strangers ap- peared at headqvarters, where they were interviewed by the detectives, and were then measured and photcgraphed for the gallery. The detectives are inclined to believe that Williams is not a professional crook. Aiter being photographed, the young men were separated, Phelps being taken back to the third precinct, while Williams was taken to No. 1. The detectives will communicate with the authorities of other cities to as- certain what they can concerning Phelps. If they fail to connect him with any crime here, and he is not wanted elsewhere, he will be taken into court on charges of con- cealed weapors and vagrancy. On these charges he may be given one year én prison. The ycung Englishman wiil be charged un- der the vagrancy act with being a suspi- cious person. ——————— MRS. HALL DEAD. The Second Victim of the Tragedy at Rev. Mr. Gibbons’ House. Mrs. Isabella V. Hall, who was ‘employed as a domestic in the household of Rev. W. P. Gibbons, a colored divine, and an ac- count of whose asphyxiation was published in yesterday’s Star, died at the residence of Mr. Gibbons, 421 Q street, this moraing about 4 o'clock, not having regained con- sciousness. It will be remembered that Miss Maria E. Gibbons, a sister of the minister, and Mrs. Hall occupied the same room, and it is supposed that Mrs. Hall blew out the gas before retiring. Miss Gib- bons was found dead in the rosm yéster- day morning, and Mrs. Hall, thoagh alive, was unconscious and in a critical condition, Though every effort of medical attention was made to restore her, she never recov- ered consciousness and died early this morning. Funeral services over the remains of Miss Gibbons will be held from her late residence tomorrow afternoon at 5:30, and the inter- ment will be made in Charlottesville, Va., her native home. Rev. W. J. Howard of the Zion Baptist Church and Rev. G. W. Lee., D.D., of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church will conduct the services, and the Baptist Ministers’ Association, of which Rev. Mr. Gibbons is a member, will attend the funeral in-a body. Mrs. Hali’s remains will be taken to Heathsville, Va., her home, Sunday, for burial. : a All About Great Britain, The dispute regarding the Venezuelan questicn between Great Britain and the United States has brought these two coun- tries prominently before the entire world. Beginning with page J76 and ending with page 180 of The Evening Star’s New Alma- nac and Encyclopedia for 1896 will be found all about the Government of Great Britain, its Ministry, Courts of Law, its Army and Navy Officers, its - possessions, area of square miles, population, reverue, publi> debt, imports and exports, educational and financial statistics, the annuities paid to the British Royal Family, etc. The Even- ing Star’s Almanac also Contains complete information regarding all of the other for- eign powers, the recent war between the Japanese and Chinese and a mine of other facts, statistics and records regarding the entire world 25c. per copy. For sale at The Star office aud all news stands, ANACOSTIA FLATS Reclamation Recommended by the East Washington Citizens. GREAT COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES National Sanitary Bureau Proposed by Professor Hird. FOR POLICE MAGISTRATES The long-looked-for report from the com- mittee on the reclamation of the Anacostia flats was presented last evening at the meeting of the East Washington Citizens’ Association, and formed the principal topic of discussion. Another interesting feature of the meeting was a paper on sanitation, prepared and read by Prof. J. H. Hird, the chemist of the District. The president, "Mr. J. W. Babson, and the secretary, Mr. A. F. Sperry, were in their places when the meeting was called te order. After the usual routine business had beet disposed of the recent recom- mendation cf the major and superintendent of police for a change in Police Court mat- ters was taken up. This proposed change provides for the appointment of precinct megistrates to dispose of cases at each Ppclice station. Police Magistrates. The chairman stated that Maj. 8. H. Walker, at one time superintendent of po- lice in the District, was present, and the rules were suspended in order that he might be.heard on the subject. In opening, Maj. Walker warmly commended the rec- ommendation for the designation of a megistrate for each police precinct. The section of the city represented by the as- sociation would be affected by the change, he said, and the matter should be brought to the attention of Congress. Maj. Walker described the lack of police’ protection to all sections while the policemen are nec- essarily in attendance at the Police Court, and he set forth that trivial offenses shculd be tried before a magistrate, thus saving time and also tending to protect innocent persons arrested on charges that cannot be sustained. When such persons are taken to the Police Court, and their ceses called, continued Maj. Walker, their namcs are published and much undesired notoriety given them. This, he declared, skould b2 avoided, and the desired course would result .nder the proposed system. Provision should be made for appeals from the judgment of the magistrates, and all jury trials could take place at the court appointed for hearing appeals. The bene- fits of the system, it was stated, would largely outweigh the expense involved. In ccnclusion Maj. Walker expressed the opin- ion that the crowded condition of the Po- lice Court business at times rendered it in.possible for two judges to give the proper attention to all the cases that came before them for consideration. Messrs. Sperry, Weller and Jeffords also spoke briefly on the subject, after which Mr. Weller moved that the matter be re- ferred to the committee on health, police and charity, with instructions to prepare a bill for submission to Congress. In his remarks Mr. Jeffords, who is an assistant district attorney, called atteation to the fact that the money 5s by the District is providing meals for prisoners each morning would be largely diminished by the introduction of the proposed system. The prevailing situation, as described by Major Walker, could not be too strongly emphasized, so said Mr. Jeffords. National Board of Health. Reports from committees were then called for by President Babson. When that on health, police and charities was reached Prof. J. H. Hird said that at a recent meet- ing of the association the president made certain statements, to the effect that, al- though the association dealt particularly with matters pertaining to the eastern sec- tion of the city, yet whenever any member bad any communication to make, general in its character, but at the same time in- volving ‘the interests of the section, the as- sociation would cheerfully receive such a communication. “I shall, therefore, with your permissio: said Prof. Hird, “lay be- fore you at this time certain ideas, some- what original in their character, but at the same time deserving of your consider- ation.” In his paper Prof. Hird recommended the establishment of a department, which would, in addition to its other work, em- brace the duties usually devolving upon a national board of health. He referred to the establishment of a national sanitary experiment station that should be establish- ed in this city for the purpose of promoting sanitary science. The necessity for such a station in this city, according to Prof. Hird, could be clearly demonstrated, and such for the most part was the object of his paper last evening. He maintained that a station of the character mentioned would serve as an educator to the various departments of health throughout the coun- try and to the public generally. He set forth that the people are not ignorant of the ultimate causes, but rather of the pri- mary, and the various environments that centro] and modify the character of disease, and this proposition he illustrated fully. Prof. Hird called attention to the fact that bread as well as water and milk is a source of many diseases, and recited 2xperiments made which clearly proved the allegation. The origin of scarlet fever was touched upon, as were several other diseases of a like nature. In conclusion, Prof. Hird stated that, first, we have no national bu- reau of sanitation; second, it is absolutely necessary that we do have one. The work that is accumulating for a department of this character is enormous, he said, and the time cannot be long delayed before it shall have been projected. “Those of you who have had a son or daughter, or a brother or sister stricken down before their time,” he continued, “or who have lost their father or mother in the prime of their manhood or womanhood, do not need to be told that the time is ripe and waiting for the promotion of this idea. And those of you who have never been placed in this position we trust will be saved this sad ex- perience by the establishment of a national sanitary experiment station.” The report was received with applause, and on motion of Mr. Jeffords the thanks of the association were extended to Prof. Hurd. The report was referred to the com- mittee on health, police and charities for consideration and report. Anacostia Flats. Mr. Jeffords, as chairman of the commit- tee on the reclamation of the flats and the improvement of the Anacostia river, pre- sented an important and carefully prepared report on that subject. The report says: “One of the largest sewers in the District empties a great volume of sewerage upon the flats, and nearly one-half of the city sewerage is discharged there, and we found it necessary to study the sewer system somewhat, and the report made by the late beard of experts on that subject. “Along the west border of these flats are located" the jail, workhouse, almshouse, hospital wards and a number of other pub- lic buildings, all of which received our con- sideration, as health of officers and inmates is endangered by proximity to the pestilen- | tial channel and flats. “The question of title to the reclaimed ground was probably our most important one, and the late decision by District Su- preme Court of the Potomac flats cases has been our guide in reaching the conclusions kere written as to title and the recom- mendatiens as to Water street. “The most imperative demand for the improvement of these flats is based upon their insanitary effects on the entire city, and particularly on persons living in their immediate vicinity.~ “The committee considered the subject with a view to reaching three direct ad- vantages from the contemplat=d improve- ment—deepening and widening of a navi- gable stream, less insanitary conditions, more wharfage. Commercial Advantages. “Some of the indirect advantages would be the building up and improvement of the city in the neighborhood of the flats, when the resident there could be free from the danger of their present disease-breeding effects; stimulated commercial activities by reason of increased water front; a possible use of the improved channel as part of a proposed system of inland water ways, and an addition of over 1,000 acres of avail- your child You note the difference in children. Some have nearly every ailment, even with the best of care. Others far more exposed pass through unharmed. Weak children will have continuous colds in winter, poor digestion in summer. They are with- out power to resist disease, they have no_ reserve strength. Scott’s Emulsion of cod-liver oil, with hypo phosphites, is cod-liver oil partly digested andadapted to the weaker digestions of children. Bcorr & Bowne, Chemists, New York. soc. and $iae = able public land, which now is useless, of- fensive and deadly. A considerable body. of such reclaimed land will be within the city and can be \gid out in squares in con- formity with the design of the plan of the city, with a Water street laid out between the bounding lines of the squares and the water of the river, in accordance with that plan,‘and it is believed that such new squares can be,sold for a sum sufficient to pay for the greater part, if not all, of the proposed improvement. Besides this, the entire Potomac river wharf is now con- trolled by private ownership and steamer landings, and the rapidly increasing com- merce on the river ‘must be accommodated in the Eastern branch, but the present condition of the same prevents individuals or corporations from investing in river front property. The widening and deepen- ing of the channel of the Anacostia river to Benning bridge will make available over one mile of wharf front. This will belong to the United States, and can be sold for enough, in our opinion, te more than pay the entire costs of the proposed improve- ments. The length of the Anacostia ri in the District of Columbia is about six ai one-half miles. It is 2,500 feet wide where it empties into the Potomac river, and grad- ually decreases to 300 feet in width at the District line. Its depth of channel varies from twenty feet at its mouth to cight feet at its most shallow depth in the District. “The tide rises and falls in this stream thirty-six inches. The area of the flats be- tween high water mark on the two sides of the stream is over 1,000 acres, and the ti to all of it is in the United States. Within the city limite there may be some modifica~ tions of line bounding United States owner- ship. That line within the city is Water street, and is contemplated by the Ellicot map, which the District Supreme Court in the flats case has in effect decided is the official map of the city. This street has not been laid out in fact, but exists in law and can be carried into effect. The Results. “Our first recommendation is that laws be made directing the proper authority to cause such street to be laid out according te the’ Ellicot plan of the city. We next recom- mend that such legislation may be enacted as will divert the discharge of all the sew- ers which now empty into the Eastern branch, spreading their poisonous contents over that vast area of disease-breeding marsh, into interceptors which will convey the sewerage to the pumping station tu be located at New Jersey avenue and O street southeast, as proposed by the board of san- itary engineers and explained in their re- port, and thus entirely relieve this sluggish stream from sewerage pollution. “Col. Hains, in one of his letters in the document to which reference has hereinbe- fore been made, after going over the whole subject comprehensively, says, among other things, under date of October 24, 1891: “I would therefore recommend the fol- lowing plan of improvement for the Ana- costia river: Dredge a channel from its mouth to the Navy Yard bridge, 24 feet deep and 200 feet wide, with a basin in froat of the yard 400 feet wide, of the same depth, to 1,000 feet, as the demands of commerce require in the future. The material dredged to be deposited on the flats or marshes, on either side of the river, as may be most ad- vantageous and economical at the time the appropriations are available. For the pres- ent it will be sufficient to dredge a channel 20 feet deep up as far as the navy yard, as these are the ruling depths on the shoals in the Potomac at the present time.” “The members of this committee are agreed that this is what ought now to be recommended, with the addition, however, that similar improvement be extended to the District line, by straightening the chan- nel and narrowing it as advance is made from its mouth, and that a tide basin or bas- ins be made at such point or points along its course as may be determined by the author- ities having the matter in charge. “It is the sense of this committee that the plan of that section of the District em- bracing these flats be so made under the late highway law that large portions cf the reclaimed area above the railroad bridze, when reclaimed, be public parks, of such size, boundaries and locations as the au- thorities having in charge the platting un- der that law may determine.” By resolution, proposed by Mr. Weller, and unanimously adopted, the report was approved and adopted, the thanks of the association were tendered to the committee, with congratulations upon the progress made, and the committee was authorized and directed to present their report to the appropriate committee of Congress, and éarnestly urged to use all proper means and methods within its power toward the accomplishment of the great objects in pur- it of which it was organized. After further discussion of the report and the consideration of business of an unim- portant nature, the meeting adjourned. —_—__. HER MAIDEN TRIP. Departure of the Battle Ship In- ai The United States battle ship Indiana sailed from the League Island navy yard on her maiden voyaze under the official flag of the government early yesterday morning. She goes to Newport first, for her torpedoes and gun cotton, and will then formally join Admiral Bunce's fieet at Hampton Roads. After the great battle ship has been ceremoniously received by her sister ships of the squadron she will, within twenty-four hours, go to Port Royal, 8. C., where she will be placed in the big government dry dock. Capt. Robley D. Evans, the commander of the Indiana, is confined to his bed on ship board by a return of the attack of rheumatism from which he has suffered so much this winter. The Indiana, when she sailed yesterday, had on board 500 tons of ammunition and sixty days’ rations. Before she can be placed in the dry dock, it will be necessary to re- move much of her ammunition, the en- trance to the dock being so shallow that it is regarded as dangerous to attempt to place a ship of the Indiana’s draught in it before first lightening her as much us pos- sible. . The Indiana's sister ship, the Massachu- setts, which is being constructed at Cramp's ship yards, is nearly completed, the guns and one turret being yet lack- ing. Work on the big thirteen-inch guns is being pushed at the navy yard, men working twenty-four hours a day on them, and they will be finished by January 15. The after-turret is being made by the Bethlehem iron works, and this, it is stat- ed, will not be finished before late in the spring, so that the official trial will prob- ably not take place until June or July. The Oregon, the third battle ship of the Indiana class, is being built at San Fran- cisco, and is in about the same staxe of completion as the Massachusetts. These three ships were contracted for nearly five years ago, and a member of the shijpbuild- ing firm authority for the statement that they would have been in commission two years ago had it not been for the extraordinary delays in the delivery of the armor and armament. — ngled. John W. Boston, aged twenty-eight years, living at No. 213 6th street southeast, hat his rght hand and arm badly mangled in a press while printing postage stamps yes- terday afternoon at the bureau of engraving and printing. He was taken to the Emergea- cy Hospital. His condition is regarded as serious.