Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1896, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL- fimore, the wonderful eS FuipaY during lay, for private sittings, . 0.W. Every !RIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th . WASHINGTON, D.C., January 17, 1806. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Weshington Gas Light Company, for the election of directors, will be held at the office of the company, 415 10th st. n.=., MONDAY, Februa: 8, 18396." The polis will be open from 12 o’eloc noon to 1 o'clock p.m. _Jalstofeline WILLIAM B. ORME, Secy. THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF SEVEN TRUSTEES for the ensuing yea: by the stockhclders of the Washington Brick Company will be held at the Office of the company © + and 5, No. 1420 New York ave. n.w., Washington, D. C., on the THIRD MONDAY in February, 1896, being Feb- teary 17, 1896. Polls open from 12 noon to 3 p.m., in pursuance of the by-laws of sald com- THEDORE L. HOLBROOK, President, Jal7&fel0,15-3t The Weshington Brick Compa READ THE PRINCE GEORGE'S “ENQUIRER’ (Upper Marlboro’, Md.) for county news and ficial notices. Tax ‘rale advertisements_ now running. Subscription, $1. Jal7-2t WE TAKE SPECIAL PRIDE IN OUR 50c. DINNER: We see to it—there's nothing jacking make them most enjoyable. You'll find every. thing in season ov our menu—cooked and served in mos: delightful style. Every day, from 4 to $._ Sundays FRITZ REUTE! Jal7-100 NOTICE.—THE ANNUAL MESTING OF THE Stockholders of the Americaa Security and Trust Compeny will be held at the off of the com- pany, No. 1406 G st. n.w., Washington, D. C., on MONDAY, eae 1896, at 12 o'clock m. a3 F. HOOD, Secretary. ©. J. BELL, President. Ja16-3t DQUARTERS JOIN A. RAWLINS POST, » 1.—The officers and comrades of eaid post w: mest at G. A. KR. Hall, Pennsylvania ave., on FRIDAY NIGHT, January 17, at_§ o'clock sharp, for the purpose of visiting John F. Reynolds Post, Re °OR. PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. ast No. 6. By direction of THOS. R. SHEPPARD, —- Attest: JAMES A. ALLEN, Adjt- HE UAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION of Washington city will be held on MONDAY, Janu- ary 20, at 4 p.m., in the rooms of the Washington Board of Trade, No. 1412 G st. n.w., for the clec- tion of officers to serve for the ensuing year and three trustces to serve for three years. Reports will be presented from the various branches of the association. 4t LEWIS CLEPHANE, Secretary. LAW CLASS FOR WOMEN Women interested in forming a cliss for the study of law are requested to confer with either of the undersigned— ELLEN SPENCER MUSSEY, 470 La. ave. n.w. EMMA M. GILLETT, 802 F Ja15-2t We SPIRITUALISM. MRS. EFFIE McNEIL, business ond test me- dium, has resumed practice forgthe fall and win- ter and will be at home dailyuntil farther no- tice. Business examinations a specialty aud satis- faction guaranteed. 19]4 Pa. ave. jat-121 DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY installments. DR. T. W. STUBBLEFIELD, JaT-tf dita and F ets... Mertz bldg. OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANC Company of the Distriet of Columbia, Washing- ton, D. C., January 3, 1 ‘The annual meeting of .he Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia will be held on the THIRD MONDAY of JANUARY, 1896, the 20th instant, Qt the office of the company, corner of Pennsyl- Yania avenue and Ninth street northwest. com- mencing at 9 o'clock a.m. By the charter of the company the election of seven mrnagers to conduct the affairs of the com- Dany Is required to be held at the above meeting. By the sixth article the by-laws of the com- pany it is provided: “‘At the annual meeting of the company the first business in order shall be the appolatment of a chairman, who shall conduct the meeting and election in accordance with the act of incorporation, between the hours of 9 oO’cloee a.m. vad 6 o'clock p.ti Amount of pre the company Amount of cash on band. 484 Securities ...... $58 98 Real estate i 70,000 00 Office furniture and fixtures. ‘500 00 Losses by Gre for the year 1896, adjusted ind paid 9,019 55 ‘The annual statement will be ready for distri- bation ac the ofice of the company about January 13th Instant. By order of the board of managers. ja3-15t J. WESLEY BOTELER, Secretary. OPEN FIRES-THE RIDEAU STOVE, AN ARTIS- tle grate, may be used in any chimney, with or without mantel, and combines heating’ qualities with the pleasures of an open fire, burning hard or soft coal or wood. J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, jal 520-522 13th st. CALENDARS FOR ‘96. pri cimateds on ace lees froun © m. upward. @e2_ McQUEEN'S, 1108 & STREET NW. The 96 “Columbia” is the result of 19 years of careful study and constant improve- ment. Its minutest part is perfect, and taken all in all, it’s th? aeme of bicycle perfection. "98 Co- $100. cL lumbias” cost DISTRICT C¥ €O., — “Columbias,”” “Hartfords,"’ 452 Pa. ave. Ja2-14a Dainty Waste Baskets. Unusually pretty designs that'll just suit your fane and sizes. All priced especially low. Japanese Waste Baskets, from 2: uy leadquarters for C all kinds. aaa cs Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Poptlar-Priced Stationers. (Just . by arr ers. jat_ above ave.) How Better Can You Invest your extra money (small though {t may be) than by taking a Life Insurance Policy with the Connecticut Mutual Life—one of the very best of the seore of really good companies in this country? A little stnr annually wil! protect the home and Provide generously for the rainy day. A. H. Gibbs, General Agent, m_ 918 F st. n.w., Washington, D.C. k& LET US DO IT! If you should happen to break a showcase, let us fix it! When your plate glass front is smashed, have us replace it! ‘This kind of work should be done by skilled workmen. We employ only that kind—none better anywhei Don’t send to New York to have your mirror resilvered. We can do It just as well right here, and at much less -ost. Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th, Ja1683a 0 “PLATE GLASS EXPERT.” To We want the work of more of you lawyers who are particular Lawyers. : about your briefs are paper and artistic atness, the finest printing count for anything Jour work ought to come here! be delivered when And it will = Disar for a “I Never Disappoint. Some satisfaction in getting driefs on time, isn’t it? Byron S. Adams, 32" Frinte-” jalt-lid Here’sa Fountain Pen for $1 The Sherman Fountain Pen—built for business. 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NONEED 70 REDUCE JOURNEYMEN'S PAY In Order to Meet the Popular De- mand for Cheaper:Loaves:- SOME OLD-TIME CUSTOMS In conversation with a Star reporter in reference to the controversy that is on be- tween the bakers and the consumers over the price of bread and the reasons for its its reduction, Mr. John Fr-Seitz, the vet- eran boss baker, said: “There js not as much in this question of labor and the wages of employes @would appear at first glance. I see the argument fs made against the proposition to reduce the price of bread that the reduction would necessarily come out of the pockets of the employes, and would involve the bo: akers in another controversy with the lwbor.untons:- I am not at all certain about that. “In the figures I gave you in yesterday's intu view it is true that account.must be made of the fact that the employes are paid better wages than they were some years ago. But you must consider as off- setting that fact that the bakers today are expected to turn out more bread ‘in. pro- Portion to their hours of work than they were then. In other words, to make my meaning plain, it is my candid belief that for every dollar of money expended in la- bor today just as many loaves of bread are turned out as was the case when the wages of each man pen “re very consider- ably less. “In what I told you yesterday I allowed three dollars for labor and other expenses to each barrel of flour. That is based on present wages and reed not be cut down in the least if the price of a loaf of bread were reduced to four cents. It would still leave a big margin of profit to bakers and retailers. The profits they-make with bread at five cents are altogether out of pro- portion to the profits in any other line of legitimate business today. If bread is re- duced in price and the-bakers isist on makirg the same percentage of clear gain that they do now, ‘why; the difference, ot ccurse, must be made up from the labor item. But I still maintain that with flour at its present price bread can be sold at four cents a loaf without cutting down wages, and yet leave a margin of profit to bakers and grocers with which any bus- iness man might be more than satisfied in these hard times.” Bakers’ Prices in Olden Times. Mr. L. B. Brock, im. communication to The Star, says: Bakers one hundred years ago were saved the arduous labor of setting a price upon their bread. It was never necessary for the boss bakers to m2et when flour went up 75 cents a barrel and advance the priog of bread 1 cent a loaf. The town council was Kind enough to relieve them of that trou- ble. In the advertising columns of old co- lonial newspapers will be found, among other things quaint and curious, the price and weight of bread, published at intervals by the city officers, as the price 6f wheat varied. For instance, in a copy of the Mas- sachusetts Gazette, in the year 1765, i3 the following typical advertisement: ASSIZE OF BREAD. Wheat 4s 6d per Bushel. Ib oz adr A Fourpenny white Icaf. 2 5 1 A Twopenny white loaf. 2. oF A Fourpenny brick loaf.... 2 b Sea? 3 A Fourpenny loaf Brown Bread, 8 qrs. wheat, 1 gr. Rye Meal..2 13 - 0 A 4d Ditto, not more than half Irdian Meal 8 12 #0 A Bisket of a copper price. ‘ 6 2 N. B. Allowance must be made for the drying of the Bisket. ALL BAKERS TAKE NOTICE, Jonathan Sefton, City Treasurer. This was published on the 20th of June, 1765. On the 15th of August following wheat went up to 4 shillings 10 pence a bushel. A new assize was published, and it is interesting to compare the schedule with the other. Wheat 4s 10d per Bushel. Ib oz dr Fourpenny white loaf. 2 2 2 Twopenny white loaf. a - oO Fourpenny brick loaf. 1 6 12 Fourpenny loaf Brown ‘Bread, 3 qrs. wheat, 1 qr. Rye Meal..2 10 0 4d Ditto not more than half In. & ° A Bisket of a Copper price......0 5 12 It will be noticed that the price of bread did not fluctuate. But as wheat went up or down the consumer received more or less bread for his money. The difference of fourpence a bushel in the price of wheat made a difference of three ounces in the weight cf a fourpenny brown loaf,.and of two ounces fivé drams in the size of a four- penny white loaf. The sensitive ‘bisket of a copper price” shrank six drams at a fourpence rise in the price of wheat. The bakers in those days must have ap- preciated the force of that “consoling Phrase that “they also serve who only stand and weigh it.” Apparently life had little else for them to do, with a frequently changing scale of weights so elaborate, and a town council always admonishing them to ‘make allowance for the drying of the bisket.” The connection between a loaf of bread and a bushel of wheat at so many shill- ings and pence is too much for the modern mind. It 1s rejoiced, to find an assize that uses the familiar terms of dollars and bar- rels, so that it may revel in comparisons. In the News Letter of November 4, 1762, three years prior to those quoted, John Gibbons, city treasurer of Boston, publishes an assize of bread, stating that “the price of superfine flour being $11 a barrel, the Td. loaf of white bread must weigh 1 Ib. 13 oz. 1 dwt.; the 3! loaf must weigh 14 oz_ 2 dwt.” Thus, it is easily seen that our forefath- ers got nearly a pound of white bread for less than four rence, even with flour at $11 a barrel. So much for a vigilant mu- nictpality to regulate the price of bread. Taken in connection with this, however, must be the advertisement of two journey- men bakers at $15 a month, from a Salem paper. The assize of bread is found in Savannah and Charleston and Virginia papers also, showing that the custom of regylating the price, or, rather, the weight, of a loaf of bread by a fixed proportion to the varying price of wheat was universal in the colo- nies. The New England taste for “rye and Injun” makes the assize more complicated, and apparently the mathematical calcula- tions of the bakers more various. They must not vary the proportions of rye meal to white flour, and the elusive drams and pennyweights shift about with every change in the wheat market. Customs have changed much since the “assize of bread” Pe agree regularly fn the scanty columns of the few newspapers printed before the revoluti6n, In some in- stances, no doubt, for the better, but a backward glance at the great problem of daily bread shows an amount of sense con- nectea with it in the old tims that has been lost in the shuffle somewhere since. Running a Gambling Game. Albert, alias “Buster,” Bailey, a young white man, was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 this afternoon of running a gambling game at Buzzard’s Point Sunday morning, May 26, 1895. His counsel, Mr. Samuel D. Truitt, gave notice of a motion for a new trial, and the young man gave bonds for his appearance. The game in question was “under, over or even seven,” and while the witnesses for the government stated that the day Was a fine one, the witnesses for the de- fense swore that it rained heavily. An offi- celal of the weather bureau stated that the Feports of the office showed that 2-100 of an inch of rain fell between 8 in the morning and noon. The penalty for the offense with which Bailey is charged ts not more than five years’ imprisonment. —_—___. Twisted. ‘Prom the Indianapolis Jourral. “May I inquire,” asked the eagle, “why you are carrying that corkscrew?” “It isn’t @ corkscrew,” growled the Brit- ish Hon. “Hit’s me bloomin’ tail.’ Ss@vutee OF orev: ante and besicm, We. Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKB MCAIOL POUCH TOBACCO. WO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIC ACHING, -NERVOUS. ANTI “DYSPEPTIC. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 7Bth meridian tire,; 1 Solid lines are 19> bare or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of ap inch. Dotted.Mnesjare isotherms or Mines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. - Shaded areas are regions. where rain or mow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘Low''’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. RAIN TONIGHT. And Threatening Weather for To- morrow Predicted—Slightly Warmer. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday: For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, rain and slightly warmer tonight; Satur- day, threatening weather; northerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, threat- ening weather with rain near the coast to- night; Saturday, unsettied weather; cooler in extreme eastern portion tonight; north- easterly winds, probably high on the coast this afternoon. Weather conditions and general forecast: The pres:ure is relatively high from New England to the northern Rocky mountain Flateau. It is low over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, on the Carolina ccast and on the north Pacific coast. A storm of considerable energy is central over the state of Washington. A storm of moderate erergy has moved from western Florida to the North Carolina coast, caus- ing rain in the east gulf and middle Atlan- tic states. It will probably move along the Atlartic coast to New England, and will cause rain in the north Atlantic and New England states. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Ra- leigh, 1.02; Hatteras, 1.20; Charleston, 1. Roseburg, 1.02. Increasing northeasterly winds are indi- cated on the coast from New York city to Hatteras. The temperature has risen in New Eng- land, -the middle Atlantic states and the Ohio valley; also in tne upper Missouri val- ley. 5 Small arrows fly with the wind. Is 9) Threatening weather with’ slight changes in temperature will prohably prevall in the south Atlantic and gulf ptates. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 23; condi- tion, 20; receiving reservoir, temperature, 34; condition at north connection, 24; condi- tion at gputh connection, 18; distributing reservoir, temperature, 85, condition at in- fluent gate house, 11; effluent gate house, 8. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8:48 a.m. and 4:05 p.m.; high tide, 9:38 a.m. and 9:51 p. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:25 a.: and 4:45 p.m.; high tide, 10:17 a.m. and 10:31 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 7:20; sun sets, 5:00. Moon sets, 7:58 p.m. today. The Bicycle Lamps, All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 5:00. The police regulations require that “All cy- cles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:16 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 6:06 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 6:16 p.m,; extinguishirg begun at 6:21. The naphtha lamps burn, fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them. Public arc lamps lighted at 5:46 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: & a.m., 30; 2 p.m., 44; maximum, 44; min- imum, 26. THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. No. 1. No. 2. No. 8. No. 4. No. 5. Clear or fair Rain or Local rain Tempersture Cold wave, weather. ‘snow. ‘or snow. aignal. Explanation of the Flags. ‘The flags are holsted each day upon the issue of the morning weather map and float until dark. They indicate thy weather that may be expected during tho following thirty-elx hours, but more par- ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that perlod. They are to be read from the top of the staff downward. If more than one kind of weather is predicted for the period from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the corditions first named in the forecast will be represented by the uppermost fiag. When a warning of s “cold wave’? is included in the forecast meseage, the cold-wave flag will be displayed below the proper weather flag. ‘The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates warmer weather; when placed below numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the indications are that the temperature will remain stationary. sitchen hthd ulead bere rae INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING .. BUSINESS CHS CITY ITEMS coM DENTISTRY EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS: FINANCIAL FOR EXCHANGR. FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellancous) FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR RENT (Warehouses). FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALW (ots). FOR SALB (Miscellaneous) HORSES AND VEHICLES HOTELS .... LADIES’ GOOD: LECTURES ... LOCAL MENTION. LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE . MEDICAL .. u 1 11 ait PERSONAL . PIENOS AND ORGA: POTOMAO RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. SUBURBAN PROPER’ UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Board). WANTED (Help) WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots). WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Siguations). THEIR TESTIMONY CONTRADICTORY. Sergeant Daley and Policeman Ma- guire Will Have to Explain. Police Sergeant John C. Daley and Po- liceman Maguire were witnesses In a policy case tried in the Police Court this after- noon. One of the officers made a mis- take in his testimony, and now it is said there may be an investigation by the police trial board. James Jackson, a colored man who had been arrested on a charge of promoting policy, was placed on trial before a jury, and Lawyer Ricks, his counsef, asked that the witnesses be separated. ‘This was done, Sergeant Daley being put on the stand, while Officer Maguire was put in the witness room. Sergeant Daley told the court and jury that on the day of the arrest he was on the Long bridge, when he saw Jackson go through the fence and throw away gome papers. He went over and picked up the papers, while he had Officer Maguire arrest the colored man. é Lawyer Ricks cross-examined the ‘ser- geant at some length, but his story was not chenged in any particular. The pa- pers he picked up were policy papers, and the sergeant exhibited them to the court and jury. When Policeman Maguire was called his story of the arrest was entirely different from that of his superior officer. He said that he arrested the prisoner and the pa- pers were taken from him. They were taken from his inside pocket. This testimony caused a complete sur- rise, and Judge Miller was anxious to now how the government could claim a conviction on such proof. “The government does not claim a con- viction,” said Mr. Mullowney, the prose- cuting officer. “I'll abandon the case.” A verdict of ‘not guilty was returned, and Mr. Mullowney entered a nolle pros. in @ case involving a similar charge against Strother Carter. ee The Board of Trade. The board of trade will meet in the hall of Builders’ Exchange this evening to con- sider the report of the committee on streets and avenues, submitted to the board of trade at its annual meeting in November lest, and the general subject of street and sewer extension in the District of Columbia. = ——— TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Tomorrow's Star Will Be Brimful of Good Reading. The following partial list of the special features of Saturday's Star will give a good idea of the various kinds of entertaining reading matter which it will contain: WOMEN IN COUNCIL. (tustrated.) The National Suffrage Association to meet here next week and who will at- tend. A KING AMONG TREES. ‘(ilustrated.) Scenes In a Timbuctoo of the North American continent, described by Theo- dore W. Noyes. ENGLISH IN PARIS. (llustrated.) Sterling Heilig describes John Bull and his ways from a French standpoint. HOUSING OF CADETS. (lustratea.) Proposed plan for new buildings at the Naval Academy, and the present condi- tions at Annapolis. GRANT IN MISSOURI. (Ilustrated.) Incidents of his first campaign as re- lated by veterahs, IS HE AN ARMENIAN? (lllustrated.) Henry Norman says the sultan is not a Turk and tells of the horrors of the palace, ABOUT SMALL WAISTS. (llustrated.) Various reasons why they are not much in fashion nowadays. A GIRL FROM WASHINGTON. trated.) Continuation of the capital story by Hamlin Garland, the first installment of which appears today. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Pauline Pry tells how it is taught as a science, and the effect of higher educa- tion in the kitchen on the average wo- mankind. THE HIGHEST TRIBUNAL. A day spent with a justice of the United States Supreme Court. ALL ABOUT GOLD. Some facts in regard to the world’s sup- ply and its disposition, THE DISPUTED LINE. The different claims of England and Ven- ezuela in the boundary question. INTEREST OF SCIENCE. Adventures of a party of Washington scientists in Mexico. A GREAT GAME OF CHECKERS. A fascinating short story by G. W. Rose. OLD-TIME TAVERNS. When stage coaches were patronized and there was only one railroad to Wash- ington, THE GOVERNOR'S FRIEND. A charming story of real life from the Heart of Old Hickory, by Will Allen Dromgoole. POINTS FOR SKATERS. How to secure grace and ease on the ice, and how fancy figures are executed. BICYCLE THIEVES. ...}) How they steal wheels,,and what dispo- sition they make of ithem. AMONG THE CLUBS. |”; Notes of interest amopg local wheelmen and the election results. dilus- i Longest Rivers in| th World. ‘The lengths of all the-Jong: rivers in the world are to be found in) The Star Almanac ard Hand-book for 1896. our hundred-.and sixteen solidly printed pages. On sale at all news stands ond at Star office. 25c. per cory. e IN- HOTEL CORRIDORS Rev. George F. Breed, the well-known Brooklyn minister, has inauguarted a new and eensible departure; that of taking a brief. midwinter vacation, and accompanied by his wife and a party of congenial friends, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Platt of New Haven, and the Misses Greg- ory of Brooklyn, the pcpular divine is comfortably settled at the Cochran for a short rest, which is being thoroughly en- joyed by sight-seeing and calls upon friends who are in official life in Washington. Also at the Cochran can be found Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gallup of Hartford, Ccnn. Mr. Gallup, who is one of the sub- ‘stantial citizens of the city of insurance companies, has never visited Washington before, and Mr. and Mrs. Gallup are there- fore “doing” the city with as much interest and enthusiasm as they could display in delving among the antiquities of cities in the far east. Jos. H. Choate, the eminent lawyer of New York, is at the Arlington, Mr. Choate has several cases to argue before the United States Supreme Court, probably the most notable of which are the California irrigation cases, in which ex-President Har- rison and Judge John F. Dillon are also concerned. When asked when these cases would be heard Mr. Choate said: ‘‘Prob- ably Friday afternoon; porsibly not un- til Monday.” The point of constitutional law involved is one of general interest, while the subject matter of the suits is of the mest vital importance to the people of California. Under what is known as the Wright act, irrigation districts are created ‘and these issue bonds as municipal corpor- ations, impose irrigation taxes and with ‘the money thus obtained construct and maintain water works for the purpose of reclaiming the arid lands. The law has been upheld by the California supreme court, but in the United States Supreme Court, after one hearing, it was ordered set for another, and notwithstanding the greatest efforts to bring about an early decision, including strong resolutions by the national irrigation convention at Los Angeles, it has not been disposed of. The problem that gives the most trouble can be stated in a very few words, but the most profound lawyers in the country have given the subject the deepest thought and have reached no very certain conclusion. The question is, does the delegation of such powers to a district for the purposes of building water works constitute a dele- gation of sovereignty? If it does, the law is void. Millions of dollars worth of prop- erty, including vast amounts invested in bonds of districts elready established,which are held in all parts of the count are involved, and the “Treager case will rank with the Dartmouth College case and the Wheeling bridge case, in point of im- portance and national interest. Director General Geo. R. Davis of the world’s fair, who is at the Arlington, has been very much amused at the expense of the Washington correspondents. Gen. Davis is one of the most dignified-looking men in the west, but at the same time one of the most affable and courteous. His presence was construed to be in the interests of Chicago as a place for holding the national democratic convention and his visit for the purpose of using his influence was wired to different parts of the country. It is seldom that a man so well known as Gen. Davis is so little krown in political circles and the mistake was therefore natural. The world’s fair director felt in a very good humor about it when seen at the Arlington, and said: “I am in Washington to wind up the affairs of the world’s Columbian exposition, there still being considerable routine work to attend to. The report that I am the advance guard of Chicago's delegation is rather funny, as I am a con- sistent republican in politics, and certainly would not be deputized to secure a demo- cratic convention. However, if there is anything I can say or do to assist in get- ting the ccmmittee to name Chicago, I am willing to do it. Like every other good citi- zen of Chicago, I am thoroughly imbued with the idea that Chi ago is the best place for conventions of any kind, and conven- tions are good for Chicago, so anything I can do, except to support the nominee, I am willirg to do.” There are two judges of United States courts in the city from the far west—Judge Wm, H. Barnes from Arizona and Judge Kilgore of Indian Territory. The former is stopping at Willard’s, while the lat- ter is at the St. James. It is a co- incidence that they are here at the same time, but there is probably a good story back of it, when it becomes known. Judge Kilgore states that he does not anticipate any more trouble from Mr. Davis of Texas, the attorney who has been filing charges against the judge. Contrary to the ex- ectations of almost every one “Buck” Kilgore, as he was familiarly known from Maine to Mexico, likes judicial life. From his record as a debator and _ ob- jector in Congress it was generally supposed that he would not enjoy the comparative quietude and the monotony of judicial existence. But he does. Judge Barnes has had a much less turbulent ex- perience than that of Judge Kilgore. He was raised in Jacksonville, Ill, and his po- litical experience when he went upon the bench was confined to a term in the state legislature. He was one of the youngest judges when appointed and has made a record as one of the best. Neither is in- clined to talk about the purposes for which they came to Washington, but while they are here, their knowledge of territorial and Indian affairs will be drawn upon very largely by members of the congressional committees having those matters in charge. W. A. Hawley, a prominent young lawyer of Selma, Ala., is at the National, and in conversation the subject of Aaron Burr happened to be mentioned. - “Speaking of Burr,” he said, “reminds me of a visit I took a few days ago to Cahoba, the old-time capital of Alabama, where Burr spent considerable time and where he built a handsome residence, perhaps the finest in the place, unless it was the one owned by Wm. L. Yancy was superior to it. ‘As is well known, when railroads began to be built, Cahoba did not remain the capital of the state very long, and one by one the families that had made the place famous for fashion, hospitality and learning moved away, and when I saw it a few days ago it was a cotton field, with here and there the remains of an old brick chimney—not a house is left standing, even the cemetery has been removed or trampled down until all traces of it are obliterated.” Among the gues! at the Metropolitan is ‘@ tall, distinguished looking gentleman with @ distinctly military bearing, but he is not 1 of any title, except that of “Charlie,” by which all his friends know him. Charlie Klinefelter is engaged in the fruit business in Cincinnati, and he is re- turning from Florida to see whether or not the late freeze left him any orange trees in his grove near Bartow. “I don’t think my trees are dead,” he said, “but there certainly are no oranges. In fact, there are practically no Florida oranges in the market, and the deficiency of three or four million boxes is not havirg the effect upon prices that would be sup- posed. California, Mexico and Louisiana on this continent are shipping plenty of oranges, those of Mexico being the best. Then Spain is for the first time in years having a good American market, and large invoices are coming in from Palestine. The oranges from Jerusalem, the first I ever handled, are more carefully wrapped than any I ever saw, the most infinite pains be ing taken with each one.” - T. E. Warner of Trinity, La., is at the Riggs House. Mr. Warner comes from the picturesque little place at the junction of the Black, Little, Ouchata and Boueff riv- ers, where they raise the largest crops and have the worst overflows in the entire state. The latter river, too, is interesting from the fact that it is one of the very few streams in Louisiana where alligators have not been exterminated. From the subject of levees, which every loyal Louis- ianian believes to be the only legitimate way of commencing a conversation, Mr. Warner drifted to politics, as to which he is now a republican, although never yet having voted with that party. “No one who was not raised in the south,” he said, “can understand southern politics. The color line has been so tightly drawn in times past that all issues were lost sight of, and we banded together for mutual protec- tion to maintain a white man’s country. Now we are sufficiently strong to break loose from. that kind of an organization and FINANCIAL. Colorado Gold Stocks. Fortunes [ade Fast. For details H. EB. PACK, Jal7-2t Cashier, Hast Denver Bank, ‘Denver, Col. REPORT OF THE CAPIT. en and A DEBTS, GROSS ex] of THE NATIONAL SAFE DEF , SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, from January 1 wired by the six- We, Benjamin P. Snyder, presidunt; Albert L. Sturtevant, Secretary,.and. R. 0. Holizman, John G. 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BRYAN, President. CHARLES G. BEEBE, Treasurer. Washington, D.C., January 14, 1896. jal5to27inc WE TAKE AS COLLATERAL ANY LISTED STOCK or bond in any city of the United States; also old line life insurance syndicate certif- cates, recefj gctate, mortgages YERKES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Mets- erott building. no2-tt T. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran bidg., cor. 15th and F sts., and 605 7th st. n.w. OFFICES, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. de10-16¢¢° vote for national issues, but we have by no means abandoned our old feeling coucern- ing white supremacy, and the new repub- licans are not to be found following the old- time leaders, and there will be many sur- prises awaiting the politicians when nomi- nating conventions and elections are held throughout the south.” Among the guests at the Ebbitt is Will Holloway, who is by no. means a stranger in Washington. The first time he came to the city, which was during President Ar- thur’s administration, he secured an office and was credited to Illinois. While Presi- dent Harrison was in the White House, Will secured an office as a Kansan, and he now lives in Camp Douglass, Wis., register- ing from Chicago, as he says, because it is close and he likes to advertise the city. Wherever he has been, and there are few Places that have not at one time or other claimed him as a citizen, he is regarded as one of the best practical jokers in the country, and he told about the one he calls his best last night. “A friend of mine, living out in the coun- try, had a dog called ‘Dan,’” he said. “It was one of the smartest of the collie spe- cies, and two or three families left word at the post office, six miles away, to let Dan have their mail. The idea struck me that he ought to receive some benefit from it, so I had a petition prepared, and in due course of time a post oftice was established and the dog duly appointed postmaster, my friend and J making out the necessary papers. The office was abolished, but for one year that dos was a government offi- cial, and I don’t believe the department ever discovered the fact.” “I notice that they have discovered oil again in my section of the country,” said Dick Barnard of Pikeville, Tenn., to some friends at Willard’s. “That is funny. Every few months the correspondents in the mountains awaken to the fact that it is time to discover oil, and they send out reports of a new field. When I was a boy, which was several years before the civil war, the principal source of income in that section was from the oil, which was placed in barrels and floated on rafts down the Cumberland river to Nashville. Some years later the Standard Oil Company bought the principal wells and leased the most of the lands. They are now opening up the field, and during the pust three years have dug several new wells. The fact that oil has been discovered in Kentucky and Ten- nessee is not newer than the fact that oil has been discove' in Pennsylvania.” “Ths Chinese have peculiar ways of set- tling affairs,” said W. E, Tilton of Spokane at the Raleigh. “What they cannot ad- just under the very stringent rules of their peculiar secret order they refer to the Six Companies, and the decision is final, no matter what it may be. A few days before left Spokane. a Chinaman and a*woman purg@rting to be his wife arrived from San Francisco, The next day the husband of the woman came and demanded his wife. The eloping couple declined to be separated, and the injured husband appealed to the Masons, who called upon the wife to return to her iawful spouse:+ This she refused to do, and the entire matter was referred to the Six Companies. Pending a @ecision from that arbiter in all moral, financial, per- sonal and domestic troubles, the husband patiently smokes his pipe within a block of where his wife is living with her para- mour. No thought,ef. revenge before the Six Companies las acted enters his head, but if the decision should be against the despoiler of his home, when it is an- nounced, every Chinaman in Spokane will assist in carrying out the decree and pun- ishing the cfiender. ———— MANITOBA’S ELECTIO: Thirty-Five of the Thirty-Nine Mem- bers Opposed to Separate Sch: a. Final returns from the Manitoba provin- cial eloctions make the following showing: The government carried thirty out of thirty- nine seats with straight supporters, and with a good majority, redeeming six seats formerly held by the. opposition. The op- position carries five seats, of which three are French and controlled by the Roman Catholic vote; the independents, two; the patrons, two. Of all the candidates elected thirty-five are pledged to support national schools, which makes a clean sweep for national schools, outside of the French constituen- cies. Premier Greenway regards the verdict as a wonderful triumph for the government and says the federal government will never attempt to coerce Manitoba now. Comment of the Premier. An Ottawa, Ont., dispatch sent last night says: The victory of the Greenway ad- ministration in the Manitoba ‘election yes- terday has brought little comfort to the conservative government here. It is felt that Premier Greenway will resist any remedial measures that the federal gov- ernment may try to impose, his sweeping triumph at the polls showing that he has the support, generally speaking, of his con- stituents, and in this event the Ottawa government will, it is thought, be brought face to face with an awkward crisis. Mackenzie Bowell, in a short interview last evening, said: ‘“‘We take no official cognizance of the result of the Manitoba elections. Our policy of remedial legisla- tion has been announced and will be car- ried out. When the imperial privy council, the highest court in the empire, says that the Roman Catholics of Manitoba are en- titled to some remedies at our hands, we are bound to carry out its directions.” Wilfred Laurier, the leader of the lib- erals, declined to say anything for publi- cation. : —_—-_—_ Foreign Money. You will learn all about foreign money in The Star’s Almanac and Hand-book for 1896. 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