Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 3

5 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 185¢ "SIXTEEN Kd ro BR He as PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SLIRITUALISM.—J. TH. ALTEMUS WILL RE- sume meetings on TUESDAY EVE, Jan. 14, at Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. n.w. Mr. Altemus has recovered from his it alluess. THE ANNUAL INDIAN CONFERENCE caked by the Board of Indian Commissioners will be held af 10 a.m. JAN. 15 at the Ebbitr House, it EL WHITTLESEY INDIANS Secretary. ScoTTsH CATH) ANGELIST Cupece of Hose Crois wif hald its reriar meet ing January, at 7:30 p.m. Poee ibe STEPHENS, general degree, Secretary. SPMITCALISM — MES MARY J. trance medium. Sittings daily o'clock «= Bvenings by appointment. se. ® KING'S DAUGHTERS AND SONS.—THE eee pertecly ang will be held WEDNES- DAY, Jancary 15, at 7:30 p.m., at Gunton Tem- ple Chapel, Lith 'st., above i All memcers are invited. DOWELL, Secretary of D. o. G a. rs. tock, Odd All members of the Gri nestly requested to be present. It WM. R.HU quarters, 910 day), at 2 p.m. i reat |. E. HARTSOCK, E ings, prayer, ete. angelistic Scperin- it WASHINGTON, D. C., January 11, 1 ‘The firm of J. ‘Chapman & Co. Is solved by mutual consent. All accounts are Paid to and all claims against this firm are 1 Presented to J Faw. .. who will cont mame of J. Edw. Chapman & Co.; permis hereby granted by all parties to use sid name. J. EDW. CHAPMAN, JAMES KEADY jais-aee HENRY KLEES. CAN'T GET SUCH DINNERS AS OURS ANYWHERE ELSE for 50c. Pretty hard to find one you'll enjoy so much for $1. Even $1 dinners haven't a larger, ore carefally - lected meut—aren’t cooked more Geliciousiy—or erved in more pleasing style. Every day trom 410 8. Ladies’ Cate on 2d floor, Entrance on 4% st. FRITZ REUTERS, COR. PA. AVE. AND 414 ST, Jal3-10d THE ANNU. OF THE STOCKHOLD- MEETING ers of the Carroll Co-operative Building Associa- tion will be heid at the Carroll Institute on JESDAY, 14. clock p.m. -Subserip- Moa for stock in the 9th series will be received by Lient. Ino. F. Kelly Sth Precinct Station ct. B. Brady inspector of Buildings Jeo. B. Murr of Enz. and Printing 7 1th st. mw. E st. nw. -TiZ Mth st. aw. SPIRITUALISM. MRS. EFFIE McNEIL, business ond test me- dium, has resumed practice for the fall and win- ter and will be at home dafiy until further no- tice. Business examinations a specialty and satis- faction guaranteed. 1914 Pa. avi HOME BUILDING ASSOCLATIO The tweifth annual ueeting will be held at the hall. southwest corner of Peon. ave. and 19th st., on TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th instant, at 7 o'clock. The twelfth annual report will be sub- mitted and officers for the ensuing, or thirteenth, year elected. Stockholders are requested to at: tend and bring with them such of their friends as may desire to take stock of the new, or 13th, series. which can be done at this meeting. THOMAS DOWLING, Prest., 612 EB st. n.w. W. H. WETZEL, Secy. SH st. nw. jall-3t DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY installments. - DR. T. W. STUBBLEFIELD, jeT-tt 3ita and F ets., Mertz bldg. ICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE NS Company of the District of Columbia, Wsshing- ton, D. C., January 3, 1896.—The annual meeting of .he Mutual Five Insurance Company of tie Dis- trict _of Columbia will be held on the THIRD MONDAY of JANUARY, 1896, the 20th instant, office of the compeny, corner of Pennsyl” nia. avenue and Ninth street northwest, com- at 9 o'cle-k a.m. By charter of the company the election of seven managers to conduct the affairs of the com- pany Is required to be held at the above meeting. - By the sixth article of the by-laws of the com- pany it iz provided it the annual meeting of the company the first business in order shall be the appointm. nt of a chairman, who shall conduct the meeting and election in accordance with the act of tion, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m." - Amount of premium uotes held by the com one 284,558 98 70,000 06 500 60 Losses by adjust 9,019 55 ‘The annual statement will be ready for’ distri- bation at the office of the company about January Ysth instant. By order of the board of a3-15t ESLEY BOTELEL 7VESPERTS IN TAXIDERMY.” We have sow two experts in this tine; one is a noted taxidermist of the Smithsonian Institucion on_ bi and the other from “Web- ster's"” on animals and rugs. We are now pre- pared to mount game heads, birds and animals by * the most modern and approved methods of scientific taxidermy et low prices HMID'S EMPORIUM OF PETS, 712 12th et. n.w., 1221 Pa. ave. aw. Ja2-2w* OPEN FIRES—THE RIDRAU STOVE, AN ARTIS- tie grate, may be used In any chininey, with or without mantel, and combines heating’ qualitics With the pleasures of an open fire, burning bard or soft coal or wood. J. H. CURNING, Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st. Jal “CALENDARS FOR “96. Hundreds of designs bere. Prices fron $2) per m. upward, —fe2_MeQUEEN’S, 1103 E STREET N.W. The "96 “Colntuh: is the cesult of 19 \ years of careful study and constant improve- ment. Its minntest part is perfect, and taken all in all, it's the acme of bicycle . Perfection. ‘93 Co- Tumbias cost $100. DE icT CYCLE CO., ~ “*Colimbias,"* « “Hartfords,"* 452 Pa. ave. ja2-144 A Word About Glass! Anything in the way of glass? Who says Washington isn't growing? Who says its merchants are not progressivs? How rare it i8 to bear the old cry, “I're got to fend it to New York!"* “© Anything appertaining to glass Is done right here. Curved glass, beaten glass, ribbed glass, dent gluss—“thincest of thin to the thickest of the thick’ glaag? All here! / Mirrors sqilvered? How about the cost? you ask. If we cannot beat New York prices we don't want the 2b! Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th, “PLATE GEASS EXPERT.” jalt-33a A little beef talk about briefs! Many a se been lost on I Never Disappoint! — sssont lor Si printer on time, o- having them so poorly printed and so fvll of errors that a bad impression was created. t type faces, expert pressmen, best pr best quality paper, and the Prowptly oa’ time, is best, ‘amd bo higher hose on’ time, is best, and po. ble than elsewhere! peerec-aa Byron S. Adams, ": i: Jali-l4a Your boy will bear watching ‘With one of those Handsome Solid Silver Watches such as we're selling for $5. Have them in open face or hunting case, and every wateh fully guar- anteed. SPIER, 310 9th st., near Pa. “jnl+-6a “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!’ When you feel a ebill o little Tharp’s “Berkeley” Rye Whis famous for its coll-preventive qualiti full qt, and only obtainable of us. e James Tharp, Siz FStLN.W. Cancer apt Printer, im, im any form positively and perma- nently cured by a new theory of treatment; | cits _ references, C. H. ENGLISH, 3.D., ‘no8-8m 1107 G st. ow. Pays Usto Have Everything —you need In the Stationery line. We Landie many things that can't be had elsewhere. ‘That | policy has made us hosts of new customers. remembered when anything in needed for Office or Librar: C7 All kiads of Blank Books, Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Popular-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) ial3-14d our line 13 $75 never bought a better _full dress suit than the one we'll tailor you for $50! ‘The finest cloths—the best perfectly tcilored SCHUTZ, °° ¥t 2c 00. Anu Jall-lid trimmings and ington Hotel. The Texas to Go Out of Commission. Secretary Herbert has decided to put the battle ship Texas out of commission, not- withstanding the reccmmendations of her [GRESHAM AND OLNEY Their Part in the Aesertion of the Monroe Doctrine. CLAIMS OF FRIENDS OE THE FORMER What He Would Have Dcne Had He Not Passed Away. Menroe doc+rine, and the full extent cf the President's interest in his premic jects just now of prime interest in po! circies. The friends of the late Juige Gres- ham are offering some particulars under the ene aead, and democrats meratly some suggestions under the other. What Judge Gresham's Friends Claim Had Judze Greshem lived would the an- ministration’s note to Lord Salisbury in the Venezulean contention have been ss stiff as that orepaved by Mr. Olney? Mvery bit and grain, Judge Gresham's friends reviy. And they refer to the popular comment last sprin;y when the question first hecsme active. It was announced then that the ad- ministration would assert liself in the case of the Venezuelan boundary line. The Cor- into matter was in evidence, and the popu- | lar idea was that this government should in- terpose to prevent the landing of British troops on Nicaraguan soil. The admin’stra- ticn refused to take such action, and gave as its reason a construction of the controversy between Great Britain and Nicaragua, which, in its judgment, forbade the inter- ference of the United States. “But just wait,” the friends of the administratioa said to its critics. “There 1s a case coming on which will afford an opportunity for tne assertion of the Maaroe doctrine, and the administration will-do the true American thing about that.” The reference was to the Venezuelan matter, but the administration's credit about the handling of foreixn ques- tions was at such a low ebb at that tim little attention was paid to the assurance. Hawali, Samoa, Cuba, Corinto, made a string of such blundering and confusion, the average man found it difficult to believe that anything stanchly American could come out of the administration. Came Too Late. This very good thing did come out of the administration, but unfortunately for Judge Gresham, not until after he had passed from the scene. But his friends assert that he would have carried himself in the prem- ises quite as wel] as Mr. Olney has done, and they most positively object to the di- vision of the credit of the performance which denies a share to his memory. He died at a most unfortunate time for his eputation. Except in the matter of his atch In the Allianca affair—and that the President did not appear to appreciate —he nad not scored at all. His vosition in the cabinet could not have been comfort- able to htm. Some of the warmest of his friends always regretted seeing him there. They regarded him as wholly out of place, both by reason of his temperament and his s0 recent republican affiliations. But for all this, they continued to believe in him, and to wish for him some turn in the tide before the end of his term which would lift, in a measure, the cloud that was hang- ing over him. The Venezuelan affair was to give him his chance. The administra- tion’s attitude had been agreed upon with him in the council, but before he could go upon the public record death struck him down. Cleveland’s High Opinion of Olney. Are the third termers jealous of Mr.. Ol- ney? Does his growing reputation threaten the suecess of their scheme? Or is it not Lkely that Mr. Olney is the coming man, x. Cleveland's knowledge and con- Cleveland and Olney. Men who cannot bring themselves to be- lieve that Mr. Cleveland is counting on a third term as President see several things in support of the suggestion that he would be glad to be suce2aded in office by his premier. Foremost of all is the faci that Mr. Olney is Mr. Cleveland’s ewn discovery, and he took him for Attorney General over the protests of many of his advisers. Mr. Cleveland likes to assert himself in this way. He does it, too, about small places as well as great places. The politicians have had no experience so memorable with him as that of his putting aside all of their rec- emmendations for office and picking out some man of Fis own entirely outside of their range of vision. Mr. Olney was abso- lutely unknown in political circles when his selection for the Attorney Generalship was ennounced. The office was desired by a nuin- ber of men prominent in the democratic party, and the friends cf some of them were imprudent enough openly to urge their ap- pointment. But the President not ong ignored these recommendations, but went so far on the other tack that he drafted his man. Mr. Olney was not struck with the proposition. He much preferred his law practice, which Was large and lucrative, to the responsibili- ties of a field in which he had had no ex- perience. But the President insisted, and Mr. Olney yielded. The appointment was eriticised in some quarters. It was assert- ed that the President ought to have kept within known political bounds, and Mr. Ol- ney’s corporation practice was quoted as disqualifying him for entering upon a vigorous prosecution of the anti-trust laws. Have Worked Together. Neither the President nor Mr. Olney re- piied to this criticism. They worked to- gether most satisfactorily, and upon the death of Judge Gresham the man who had been averse to coming into the cabinet at all was put at the head of the cabinet. Mr. Cleveland's interest in Mr. Olney, there- fore, goes heyond the interest that would attach simply to a strong and capable man demonstrating marked aptitude for office. it includes the pride of discovery; and, al- together, if Mr. Cleveland is to have a legatee, Mr. Olney would appear to be in line for whatever the President may have to bestow. ———__+-e+_______ Grand Jary Instructed. The grand jury for the January term, to serve during the months of January, Feb- ruary and March, was formally organized by Judge Cole yesterday. Mr. Thomas B. Towner was appointed foreman, and the court instructed the grand jurors as to their duties, carefully defining crimes and misdemeanors, but calling attention to nothing outside of usual routine matters. The grand jurors were toid, howev=-r, that those individuals who seek to’ escape pun- ishment by asserting that they “dida’t know it was loaded” present no legal or sensible excuse, and should be held strict- ly_accountable. <— —_—_.—- $1.25 to Baltimore and Return via Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets will be sold Saturday and Sunday, January 18 and 19, and valid for return pas- sage until Monday, January 20. Good on any train.—Advt. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CaSTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD, he use of ‘Custoria’ is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of commander, Captain Glass, that she be kept in commission, with a reduced crew, pending her repairs. Captain Glass will be given special duty in charge of th ip e uring the repairs. supererogation to indorse it. Few are the intelli- gent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach."* CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city, ° a THIRD TERMERS’ FEAR Sed Mr. Olney’s part in ths assertion of the THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP, EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at $8 a.m., 75th meridian time. bars or lines of cqual alr pressure, drawn for each tenth cf Unes of equal -emperature, drawn for each ten degrecs. snow bas fzllen during preceding twelve hours. areas of high and low barometer. oon om @ Partly Crow % Iagwsonvitle 0 Cove, BR 60% @ Ran. I Ao DSnow 3 3q Sao LES AS Solld Ines are 1s0 > inch, Dotted lines are tsotherms or Shaded areas are regions where rain or ‘The words ‘High’? and ‘Low’? show location of Small arrows fly with the wind. FAIR AND COLDER. The Kind of Wenther for Tonight and Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware ani Meryland, fair and colder tonight and Wednesday; northwesterly winds. For Virginia, fair tonight and Wednes- day; slightiy colder tonight; westerly winds, becoming northerly. Weather conditions and general forecast: The preseure is relatively low over New England, and a large area of high pressure Rocky mountains, the highest barometer reading being 31.02 inches at Edmonton, with a gradient running directly to South Carolina. The pressure has risen generally east of the Mississippi river. The temperature has fallen in the south | Atlantic states and has fallen decidedly in the extreme northwest, where it is now 20 degrees below zero. It has risen slightly from Nebraska to central Texas. Light snows have fallen in the regions and extreme northwest. Fair und colder weather is indicated for New iingland and the Atlantic states. For West gulf states, threatening weather, ith rain or snow by Wednesday, and ris- ing temperature, probably followed by a cold waye by Wednesday night or Thurs- day morning. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at lake covers all the other districts east of the | |8.a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 32; con- dition, receiving reservoir, temperature, condition at north connection, 10; con- dition at south connection, 7; distributing reservoir, temperature, 34; condition at in- fluent gate house, 7; efuent gate house, 5. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 1:40 a.m. and 1:53 p.m.; high tide, 7:32 a.m. and 7:44 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 2:24 a.m. and 2:40 p.m.; high tide, 8:18 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 7:21; sun sets, 4:57. New moon at 5:19 p.m. today. The Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 4:57. The police regulations require that ‘All cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light." The City Lights. .Gas lamps all lighted by 6:13 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 6:01 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 6:13 p.m.; extinguishing begun at . The naphtha lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them. Public are lamps lighted at 5:43 p.m. and extinguished at 6:51 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 28; 2 p.m., 32; maximum, 82; min- imum, 26. THE WEATHER FORECA No. 2. No. Clear or fair Weather, Local or snow. STS BY FLAG SIGNALS. 3. No. 4. rain ‘Tempers ture Cola ‘signal. tes + Explanation downward. If more than one kind of weather 1s p proper weather flag. the temperature will remain stationary. corditions first named In the forecast will be represented by the uppermost flag. of » “cold wave’ is included in the forecast message, the cold-wave flag will be displayed below the The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates warmer Weather: placed below numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the ind: of the Flings. ‘The flags are hoisted each day upon the issue of the morning weather map find fiat wntil dark. They indicate the weatte® that may be expected during the following thirty-six hours, ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that period. They are to be read from the top of the staff “but ‘more par- predieted for the period from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the When & warning when ication’ are that SPECULATION IN SUBSTITUTES. Being an Original and Interesting War Reminiscence. From the Springfield Republican. : “This war talk is all bosh,” sald the doc- tor, “but if there is a war, I calculate to make a little money out of it, before it is done. About everybody will, for that mat- ter, who doesn’t have to fight. War times are great times for making money. About the first thing there is money in is substi- tutes; there's always a brisk demand for substitutes. I remember in the first part of the civil war quite a speculation in this line. A Franklin county man came down here with about forty substitutes. He picked them up around the country—men who did not have anything else to do—and he got m cheap. Only paid $5,000 for the lot of *em—promised "em so much apiece, you know. You remember how the baggage room was in the old station. Well, he had "em rounded up in there and the gates down. But somehow when he got 'em here there didn’t seem to be much call for "em—market overstocked or something—so he took ’em right away. “In some way he found out there was a wail for substitutes up in Brattleboro, and he took the whole lot of ‘em up there on the first train. When he got ‘em there ke sold ‘em just’as fast as he conld hand ’em out-— they wanted more than he had, and he got rid of the whole lot except six or seven, that the doctors wouldn’t accept there. These six or seven he took around to other places in Vermont and passed ’em off on other doc- tors, till he had sold all but one or two, I believe. Well, for every one of those men he got $00 in’ hh. They wanted to pay him partly in checks in Brattleboro, but he'd had some experience before up there with checks in a smaller matter of the same kind, and he wouldn't have anything but cash. You see, the whqle thing wasn't just legal. So, altogether, he made a good thing out of that—some $15,000 clear cash. Pretty fair profits for a week's work or so."" “Oh,” replied the little woman, to whom he unfolded this war story, and who has be- come interested in international complica- tions on her own account, having attained to a husband of her own, “there wouldn’t be any such money in substitiltes as that if we should go to war with England now. : In less than a week all the department stores would have a department of substitutes, and would be running bargain days on them. Why shouldn't they; they have ev- erything else. Wouldn't {! be fun shopping for them?” Being a recognized expert on such mat- ters, she found no one to dispute her. ————+0e+ HOW RAIL OPEN CLAMS. Gamy Little Birds Know How to Get a Toothsome Morsel. From the San Francisco Post. “I was hunting rail on the Newark marshes a few days ago,” said a well- known sportsman, “when I heard the most terrific squawking and chattering over in the tules. From the sound I concluded that there must be at least one hundred rails, and each trying to make itself heard above the otkers. I worked my way cautiously through the tules, and soon saw in a little opening ahead of me two muddy and be- draggled rail fighting over a clam. And it was the furniest sight I ever saw in my life. ‘he birds glared at each other with their feathers ruffled, and then sprang together. One went over on its back, and lay there kicking its legs up In the air and yelling like a good fellow, while the other danced around.looking for an opening. Finally he found it, and jumping on the prostrate bird’s breast, he stood and stamped with his big feet and stabbed with a sharp Dill till the under bird managed to struggle up. Then they stood over the clam and swore at each other. They didn’t use cuss words, but still I could see that they were swear- ing. They looked like a couple of muddy teamsters quarreling over the right of way. And the amount of noise they made was simply astonishing. “Finally one of the birds got a stab in the neck that made him turn tail and run, while the other Inspected the clam with the most ridiculous complacercy, as if he had just performed a great public service and that was his reward. The clam apparently proved satisfactory, and the rail went to work to open it. He stuck his long bill down the clam’s throat, tickled it tilk it had to open its shell to cough, and then yanked it out in a jiffy.” ~soo——____ Foreign Money. You will learn all about foreign money in The Star's Almanac and Hand-book for 1896. Four hundred and sixteen solidly printed pages of important information about the world and its history. For sale at all news stands and Star office. 25c. per copy, A BULL FIGHT FOR THE CHURCH. It Will Be Conducted by Cowboys in South Dakota. , From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Die f A bull fight is not often given to raise money for a religious purpose, but such is the plan which the resfdents of Ziebach, Howlin and Sterling countigs in South Da- kota Lave now in contemplation, The fight itself will resemble little the stereotyped affair to which the Sfnish-American states and the parent country in Europe are ac- customed. The idea originated with the cowboys on the Wernach ranch, in Ziebach county, on the east bank of the Cheyenne river, and from «ll indications the entertainment will be a great success. For some time the Methodists of the counties in question have been thinking of establishing a church at a central point, where all the residents of the district can reach it. The country is thinly populated, not to mention the fact that only a small propor- tion of such population as there is takes the slightest interest in religious matters, and the difficulty of raising the necessary funds was for months an insurmountable obstacle in the way of the establishment of the house of worship. The Werrach cowboys were not among those who felt the need of religious instruc- tion, but they were deeply Interested when the daughter of a neighboring rancher sug- gested the bull fight as an excellent plan for raising the money = Within a week from the time the sugges- tion was made the outlines of the fight had ee pee Se sna volunteers were agerly offering thenselve: the festivities. peice Several lively young steers were selected to play the star roles, and a score of cow- Pa religious element would not hear to cordingly arranged that the fighters should be armed only with their heavy quirts, or whips of hair, and be permitted to resort to the use of firearms only in case of absolute pecessity. As the men will all be mounted, it is unlikely that any such occasion wili arise, and the steers will probably enjoy the performance quite as much as the cow- joys. When an animal has been in the ring for a sufficient length of time, it will simply be lassoed and dragged aside, and another brought in to take its place. —<+ee___ Expects Never to Sleep. From the New York World. David Jones of Andersen, Ind., who at- tracted the attention of the entire medical profession two years ago by a sleepless spell of ninety-three days, and last year by another spell which extended over 131 days, is beginning on another, which he fears will be more serious than the preceding ones. He was put on the circuit jury three weeks ago, and, counting today, he has not slept for twenty days and nights. He eats and talks as well as usual, and is full of business and activity. He does not experl- ence any bad effects whatever, from the spell, nor did he during his 181 days. Dur- ing that spell he &ttended to all of his farm business. He says now that, he feels as though he never will sleep again, He does not seem to bother himself about the pros- pects of a long and tedious Wake- He cannot attribute it to any one thing. but thinks that It was probably superin- duced by his use of tobacco while young. Entered the Postal Union. Postmascer General Wilsén- ‘has an- nounced that the British proetectorates of Zanaibar and East Africa have joined the vniversal postal union, theirtedhesion hav- ing taken effect December ''1, Their en- trance to the union makes ad‘ehahge in the postage rates and conditions, now: applica- ble to articles mailed in the United States addressed for delivery in those protector- ates, as they wece accerded postal union advantages in mails from this country through an order of the Postmaster Gen- eral of November 30, 1804. The Largest Pane of Glass. From the New York Tribune. What is said to M@ the largest pane of plate glass in the country is in a window in Hartford, Conn. It was made in Belgium, and is 12% feet high, 15% feet wide, half an inch thick and weighs 1,800 pounds. soo Premier Greenway’s opponent in the mountain division of Manitoba has with- drawn, and the premier is consequently re- elected without opposition.”“He -has now nine supporters elected, and expects to make a clean sweep on the school issue to- morrow. ‘| the work will be resumed. TO FISH FOR MEN Why Senator Quay Has Gone to the Florida Coast, SENATOR CAMERON'S 3 Delegates to the National Conven- tion More Important. HOG COMBINE AT WORK . Senator Quay and a number of his Penn- sylvania lieutenants have gone to the Florida coast on what is pleasantly de- scribed as a fishing trip. They expect to be absent about two weeks. They may fish; they sometimes do fish; there is fish- ing on the Florida coast; but very little, if any, curiosity prevails in Pennsylvania circles as to the probable length of their piscatorial string. The prevailing opinion is that on this occasion the Senator and his guests will be fishers of men, and that the sport on the cards comprehends the naming of a successor to Mr. Cameron in the Senate, and the making of a slate for delegates to the next republican national convention. Power, but It is Limited. In a very large sense Mr. Quay is the boss of his party at home. He has great power, and he knows how to use power. But he has not unlimited power. There are some things he now has in hand and is anxious to accomplish which call for caution and diplomacy even from him. The choosing of a successor to Mr. Cam- eron, taken singly, would not be difficult for him, but he puts above that in import- ance the control of the Pennsylvaria cele- gation to the national convention, and it Is for the purpose of bringing the whole situation under calm and philosophic view that he has gathered his advisers around him and gone south to the quiet of his waterside retreat. The Hog Combine Again in Action, The famous hog combine is again in ac- tion. The Senator routed it pretty badly last fall, but he did not destroy ft. It is coming again, and this time is, like himself, on the hunt for national delegates. It aspires to a voide in naming the party’s cadidate for President, and it is plain enough that it's choice will not be Mr. Quay’s choice. The combine is composed of the same men, with one or two additions, who opposed the Senator at Minneapolis four years ago, and helped to defeat the anti-Harrison move- ment there, Its preference this time is not announced. Neither, absolutely, is Mr. Quay’s. The combine, it is suspected, would be glad to sce Gen. Harrison put up again. Mr. Quay is claimed both by the McKinley and by the Reed people. How to Secure Delegates. The problem which Mr. Quay has carried south with him relates to how the senator- ship may be used to secure delegates. The proposition doesn't take the form of a trade outright, but rather that of bait for the Quay hook. That is where the felicity of the designation of the trip as a fishing trip comes in. When can the combine, by a skillful throw of the line so baited, be best tempted? Would Gov. Hastings take the hook? Would Mr. Wanamaker take it? Mr. Magee will not be angled for. He is the sly old trout that Mr. Quay has never been able to land, and preterds not now to want. But if the Senator can catch any one of the big fish which-have been swim- ming clear of him for some years at home, he will consider himself a lucky man, and go to the St. Louis picnic in a very joyous frame of mind. Mr. Plats Visit. It was probably without prearrangement that Mr. Platt of New York happened to pass Wednesday night in town,and just on the eve of Mr. Quay’s departure. The two men are master hands in their line, and have fre- quently worked together in national mat- ters. They worked together at Minneapolis, both with consuming zeal against the re- nomination of Gen. Harrison. Their em- tarrassments then were of a kindred de- scription. Each was materially weakened by a revolt in ‘this home delegation against his leadership. Wanamaker and Magee in the one delegation were matched by Depew and Miller in the other. The same trouble again exists, and in any exchange of views between Mr. Platt and Mr. Quay touching the plan of maneuvering to be adopted at St. Louis the experiences at Minneapolis would naturally be recalled. What shall the two bosses do to be saved? ————— ae CONSTRUCTION DELAYED. The Cold Weather Prevents Work on the Mt. Vernon Electric Road. The work of constructing the conduit for the electric underground system which the Washington and Mt. Vernon electric rall- road will use in this city has been stopped on account of the condition of the ground. President Abbott said today that there would be no difficulty in making the con- crete set all right, but the trouble lay in the frost in the earth behind it. As soon as the Weather opens and a good thaw occurs About two- thirds of the conduit which runs from the to 14th and D streets, on the and thence to the corner of E, has been completed, and in the early spring the company expects to complete the line and run trains direct from this city to Mt. Vernon. The track work on the por- tion of the line in Virginia is being pusned ahead regardless of the weather and will soon be finished. The company has leased the building at the corner of 13% and E streets, and the offices are now located there. —_~___ NOT TO BE ARCHED. What Might Be Done With James Creek Canal. There is no intention on the part of the District authorities to recommend a Dil! which has for its object the arching of the James Creek canal. ‘Some time ago it was stated that such a bijl would receive the ap- proval of the Commissioners, and today was set apart for a public hearing to the citizens of South Washington to discuss the matter. The hearing of the Commissioners before the appropriation committee, however, can- celed the appointment, and the hearing on the James Creek canal matter was post- poned. Major Powell has given the subject of the open sewers of Washington a large amount of attention. He says it is not correct that the Commissioners contemplated arching the James Creek canal. The canal was a valuable waterway, and, while in its pres- ent condition it is not all it should be, there will be improvements made which will free it from sewage, and then all objection to it will be removed. As soon as the intercept- ing sewers can be built the James Creek canal will be freed from sewage, and only storm water be permitted to flow through it. The District owns each side of the canal, and from this land large revenues could be collected in the shape of rents from mer- chants who desired to use it for the storing of merchandise. The canal is now occupied on both sides by merchants, but little rev- enue is collected. The water which flows through the cana} fs so polluted that its con- dition is not conducive to big rents. So For Condemnajion, The Maryland and Washington Railroad Company has filed a petition praying for the cordemnation of a right of way through part of lot 33, Metropolis View, in the pos- session of Jos. F. and Jefferson B. Cralle, trustees. THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. Ferther Arrangemepts for the Jan- wary Convention, _ There was a stir of busy activity around ‘Christian Endeavor headquarters yester- day afternoon. Chairman Smith, who is just recovering from a troublesome ‘cold, was hard at work at his desk, interrupted every little while by some committee chair- aman whe wished to confer with him about some phase of the work im which all are so heartily engaged. Secretary Morgan was busily engaged preparing his reports, and typewriters were writing out notices. Be- ‘sides, there were visitors from New Jersey and New England who had come to Wash- ington to look after headquarters and ac- commodations for their delegations. These were Messrs. Davis and Voorhees of New Jersey and E. E. Towner of Vermont, to whom Johr B. Sleman, fr., explained the Prospects for “Washington, "90." Last night the regular weekly meeting of the committee of "6 was hell at headquar- ters. The Central Presbyterian Church was offered for convention purposes. The “com- mittee decided that medical urrangemenis for the convention should be placed en- tirely in the hands of local cians, and the offer of a Boston physician who had some experience in. this line last year was declined. Final reports for the January convention of the District Union were zeceived. W. A. H. Church reported that the platform and seatings at Central H&il would be ready for Friday evening’s mescting, and Mr. Shand stated that Dr. S. H. Greene’ of Cal- vary Church would iead the devotional exercises at the opening session; Rev. M. Ross Fishburn of the Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church, Saturday evening, and Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir of the E Street Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon. W. S. Tuckey of the decorations committee assured the committee that the flags for the convention would be on hand and would be used in the decorations of the hall, and William “W. Everett reported for the ushers’ commit- tee that the caps which kad been ordered would be received in good season. Percy 8. Foster stated that the Moody choir would almost completely fill the platform, which is to have a seating capacity of about 200, and that a rehearsal would be held Thurs- day afternoon at the hall. The printing of a special notice with regard to the conven- tion flags and 4,000 copies of the ’96 song for general distribution was authorized. ‘The chairman of the press committee was directed to send out a letter to each state secretary calling for certain information re- garding the state delegations. Appoint- ments were made as foliows: Dr. Millard F. Thompson of the Sixth Presbyterian So- ¢lety to the music committee, and William S. Coursey of the First Baptist Society to the printing committee. _Soeeey Death of Mr. George White. Mr. George White, who for many years past had been’one of the best-known busi- tess men in Washington, died yesterday at his home, No. 1105 E street southwest, after an illness lasting more than four years, although the fatal attack did not come on until New Year day. Mr. White's wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, died about five years ago. This was a great shock to him, and it is said that he never recovered from the effects of the be- reavement. Mr. White was born at Elizabeth City, Md., November 8, 1831. He came to Wash- ington in 1850, and had resided here ever since. Until his retiring from active busi- ness a few months since, he was for many years in the foundry business. He was also for a long time president of the Belt Line Railway Company, trustee of public schools, president of the Capitol Hill Brick Company .and was prominently connected with other business enterprises. He was @ member of the Church of Our Father, and for twenty-five years had been con- nected with Dawson Lodge, F. A. A. M. He leaves seven sons and two daughters. The funeral will take place tomorrow af- ternoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. A. G. Rogers, his pastor, and the burial will be made by the side of his wife in the family lot in Rock Creek cemetery. ee Declared Not Gulity. In the case of John F. Beute, charged with embezzlement, before Justice Cox in Criminal Court No. 2 yesterday, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. Upon the conclusion of the evidence on behalf of the government the counsel for defendant, Herbert M. Locke, moved the court to in- struct the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. After a'3ong argument the motion was allowed, the jury so instructed and the prisoner released. The defendant was a clerk in the Mount Vernon Hotel and it was claimed that he secured the sum of $100 from James H. Gill of Danville, Va., a guest at the hotel, November 26, 1895. At the Lodging Houne. A notable decrease is noted in the number of dependent people cared for by the Mu- nicipal Lodging House last week. The su- rerintendent of charities shows a statement which gives a decrease of seventy-three people cared for last week over the previous week. There was also noted a decrease of 196 meals served and 83 lodgings provided. eee All the Family Asphyxiated. Peter Hougaard of Chicago killed himselt, wife and five children Sunday night. The discovery was made by the police yesterday. Upon forcing open the door of Hou- gaard’s residence they. found the whole family. asphyxiated. Hougaard had evi- dently waited until all were asleep and then, turning on all the gas jets, had calmly lain down and awaited his own death. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS, ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING ... SUSINESS CHANCES. CITY, ITEMS. COMMISSION; EEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS ... DENTISTRY ... EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS . FINANCIAL FOR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses)....... FOR RENT (fiscellaneous) FOR RENT (Offices). FOR SALE (Lots). POR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. abode ennnsseses as uusousand LEGAL NOTICES. 2 5 3 & MANICURE . MARRIAGES MEDICAL ..... MONEY WANTED AND TO OCEAN TRAVEL. OFFICIAL NUTICES. PERSONAL . PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS . RAILROADS ..... SPECIAL NOTICES... UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Board) WANTED (Heip). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots).. WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms) ee rere a ren a a WANTED Citastions _ FINANCIAL. Money to Loan aT 5, 5% and 6 Per Cent ON Real Estate. adage WIRCOTT, WILGOS S. HIGSTONe 414-1m 1907 Pa. ave. n.w. Beecham’s Pills for con- stipation, toc. and 25c Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Annual Sales More Than 6,000,000 Borea. T. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN AND FROVISIONS. Booms 10 and 11, Corcoran bidg., cor. 15th and F sts., and 605 7th st. nw. OFFICES, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. e10-161£° a ——— ASSETS. Loans on real estate ard collaterals... $115, ‘Stocks and bonds. Stoo ob business ef the above named company, a8 shown by its books, December 8i, 1885. Attest: HENRY K. SIMPSON, Secretary. Distuict of Columbia ss: Subscribed ad sworn to before me this 14th day of January, 1896, JOHN Hi. O'DONNELL, Notary Public, D.C. Cc. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Rooms 9 and 11, AUiantic building, Stocks, Bonds & Grain. Private wires, New York and Chicago. Investment Securities. Tel. 453. ja13 CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF ‘THE a ‘Yoni 1419 F st. Glover ‘butlding. Correspondents of Aless:s. sfoore & Schley, 60 roadway, Bankers and Deale:s in Governmént Bonds. Deposits. Exchanze. Loans. Raflrosd Stocks and Woods znd all securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Tbiladeipbia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sald laity made of investinent securities, Dis. Lnsurance A spec! trict bonds and all tora. Lnihead, Gas, and Telephone Stock dvait in. American Bell Telepaone Stock bought and sold. Seven per cent $50 o and S1co Gold Bonds red by first mortgage on District of Columbia real estate. Columbia Tithe Co. abstract. Apply at once. - Jil-6t SOHN F. WAGGAMAN, 700 14TH 8T. X.W Stecke, 1G shares upward, Somebe mad aah . = om Cand sold on margin.” $5 upward. invited. 8. J. PECK & ©0., New York City. ‘Consol. Stock Ex. W.B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. —_s Correspondents of LADENBURG, TIALMANN & ©0., 406-164 ___ New York. ARE YOU ED AGAUNST FIRE? should be, on both your bouses apd furniture. 1 Ronee aiken = Sone Fi WEAY F and 8th sts. nw. First-Class Real Estate . Securitigs Do Not Depreciate With 2 actuating market. They constitute the safest and surest of all investments at all times, but more especially during panicky times. Drop us @ ue for our booklet, “Concerniug Loans ond Investments.” We have “gilt edge” six per cent first mortgage notes always on hand and for sale at par and accrued interest. B. H. Warner & Co. @21-1m iF WIFE, TONTINE, ENDOWMENT AND INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED Falk DISCOUNT. apitt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1319 F st. now. FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton Direct private wires to principal cities. Long-distance telephore 1414. Correspondent of Mess:s. Theo. W. Myers & Co., No. 47 New st.. New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Jel0-28¢t F ST. N.W. PAID-Ui at 4 HILL & JOHNSTON, 1503 Tenusylvania avenue. MONEY TO LOAN, 6 PER CENT AND 6 PEG On. ed estate im ri ore-tt istrict of Columbia, The Acetylene Gas Co. The Carbide Co. Owning exclusive rights for the city of Washing. ton. apd for Light, Heat and Power. iL1. TLL. .President E = avon GI —— ‘AYSON 5 = CHAS. N WAKE a Lewis Johnson & Co. Treasurer bseriptions for a iimited number of shares will be received by the treasurer at $30 per shore; par — $50—payable in six monthly of st ens Applications for the ens will be received compautes’ office. 819 17th ct. nw. @ The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORE AVE at the 13-tf CAPITAL: ONE MILLI SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults at §5 per aunum upward. Securities, jewelrs, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's truok or case on deposit, at moderate cost, its received from TEN CENTS upward, terest allowed on $5 and above. De ani Loans con-y on real estate and collateral securits. Sells first-class real estate and other securitics in sums of §500 and upward. TRUST,VEVARTMENT. iacueiecs Ac ean is company 1s a legal ‘ors aud trust fuads and acts as adminietrator, ex- ecutor, receiver, assignee, and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared ty a compecent attorney. in daily nee, 5 THOMAS, HYDE First Vice THOMA: 0) r ALEBIY Lo SECRTEVANT. Beerctary, o¢19 SILSBY & COMPANY ncorporated), Commission Stock Brokers. nore J. R. Willard & Co. WE TAKE AS COLLATERAL ANY LISTED STOCK Sia "ino ke tncuratce pallcion, apadicate cortiee hd TronteFERKES & BAI, 40 to “a hie The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savingsaccounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between.6 and jent. President. ‘ice Pres,