Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1896, Page 3

—— TA .THE- EVE 1 ve SHE 6, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. : SPECIAL NOTICES. UALISMMISS MAGGIE GAULE OF B timore, the wonderful medium, every FRIDA' during’ day. for private sittings, 905 H, st. n.w. Beery AY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 Gth st. fed-2t* REV. DR. STEARNS OF GERMANTOWN, PA. who has heretofore given several Bible readings in this city with great success, will have an- other reading TOMORROW (Friday) at Epworth ‘M. E. Churel’ South, cor. of 7th and A sts. ne., commencing at 12 noon and lasting one hour. 1t* BPECIAL MEETING OF BRICKLAYERS’ UNION will be held THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m. By order of committee. ‘(1t) J. B. DOWELL. PECIAL MEETING OF WASHING- L 0. 0. P., will be held at Odd FRIDAY EVENING . Every member is expected to be 8 business of importance 1s to be trans- order cf S. af = |. J. PEABODY, N. G. OFFICE OF THE EXCISE BOARD OF THE DIS- of Columbia, Wasbirgton, February 6, 1896, —Application for transfer of bar roum Heense from W. Goetzinger to W. J. Brown, 725 7th st. 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The crime for which young Mar- cum must suffer was a very singuiar one, indeed, and the records of the courts of the commonwealth will doubtless show very few similar instances. In the summer of 1895 Miss Ella Short and A. S. Johnson, who were bent on mat- rimony, were having a difficult time of it, since the father of the bride oppozed them and a license could not be obtained in Breathitt county, as the bride was not of age. Bruce Marcum, among other young men, was very much in sympathy with Johnson fn his troubles, and volunteered his services to go over into Wolfe county to see if the license could not be obtained. He succeeded in obtaining the license from the clerk of the Wolfe court house under which the young couple were made man and wife. Most people thought this would be the end of the love affair, but the bride's father never forgave young Marcum for the part he took in securing the marriage of bis daughter without his consent. It was mainly through his instrumentality that young Marcum was indicted for fraudu- lently obtaining the license, and Is now sent up. Young Marcum is well connected in Breathitt county. = Beecham’s Pills for con- Stipation, roc. and 25c Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Annoal Sales More Than 6,000,000 Boxes, GAS FOR SIXTY CENTS What the New Company Will Do if Chartered. HEARING BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE Representative Livingstone Warmly : Advocates the Bill. OTHER LOCAL MEASURES The House District committee gave a hearing this morning upon the Dill to in- corporate the National Capital Gas Light, Heat and Power Company of the District of Columbia. The incorporators of this company named in the bill are Charles D. Hank, Francis P. B. Sands; Park Agnew, Anthony Pollok, Rensselaer Stone, C. C. Bryan and J. L. Hastings. The bill au- thorizes a capital stock of $2,000,000. The company, according to the terms of the bill, proposes to make twenty-two-can- dle-power gas to be sold to the public at 7 cents per thousand feet, and to the city government at 60 cents per thousand, the company to enter into a bond of $200,000 to carry out its contract. The Commissioners have reported ad- versely upon the bill, on the ground that it is not advisable to authorize tearing up the streets for a new gas plant, when Congress possesses the power, if it cares to exert it, to require the existing company to furnisn cheaper and better gas. Mr. Livingston Advocates the Bill. Representative Livingston of Georgia advocated the reporting of the bill by the committee. He said it is the same bill that was reported favorably at the last Con- Sress, but did not come up for action in the House. He said this bill was not introduced to antagonize the existing gas light com- pany, but its purpose is to give better and cheaper gas to the people of the District and the government. He hoped the com- mittee would carefully analyze the Com- inissioners’ adverse report. He regretted that they gave the reasons they did for op- Posing the bill. The streets of the city cer- tainly shouid be available for any purpose conducive to the welfare of the citizens. If the tearing up of the streets outweighs the advantages offered by the bill, the Commis- sioners should have said so, but such is not the case, said Mr. Livingston, This bill will save $650,0U0 annually to the citizens and $65,000 to the government, said Mr. Livingston. The new company will also increase the quality of the gas. These considerations, he held, should remove the Commissioners’ objections. The plea of the Commissioners that Congress shall control the price to be paid the existing company, he held, ts not a valid one, as Congress can- rot force that company to furnish the gas at a price which they declare is unprofitable. He said this bill is not a blackmailing process, or he would have washed his hands of it long ago. He had examined into the personnel of the bill and could vouch for all of the men named in it. He said it is pro- posed to add an amendment to the bill offer- ing gas for heating and power at 60 cents a thousand feet. The new company would light the streets better and would furnish gas that would not ruin the eyes of the peo- ple who work by gaslight. Mr. Hulick asked why It would not be bet- ter to adopt an electric light system at once and not depend upon gas. Mr. Livingston said it would not be prac- ticable to do so, and of this he felt sure, be- cause his company would not undertake the great work proposed if it saw the prospect of electric lighting supplanting gas. He was in favor of the government owning its gas plant, and he would be willing for the government to take the proposed gas plant by law. Chairman Babcock asked what kind of gas the company proposes to furnish, to which Mr. Hastings, the new company’s expert, replied that the gas would be made from bituminous coal, enriched witir oil or naphtha. Enriched gas would not smoke if the burners were properly arranged so that there would be perfect combustion. Mr. Sands’ Statement. In answer to a question by Mr. Richard- son, Mr. Sands stated that the-process now proposed to be used by the company is en- tirely different from the process which the company had in view last Congress and declined to describe at that time because the patents were not completed. Mr. Sands sald the bill is strongly hedged by provis- ions for the safety of the public, and there Is no question as to the good faith of the compény to carry out its promises. He said the District Commissioners have taken a position in this matter in conflict with their stand upon other matters not conflicting with the interests of the local gas com- pany. Whenever it was necessary to tear up the streets to allow a street railway company to render rapid transit they will- ingly permitted it. They laid new water pipes along the entire length ef a street to enable one line to improve its service. Mr. Richardson called Mr. Sands’ atten- tion to the fact that Congress required the railway company to make the change, and the Commissioners were compelled to relay the water pipes. Mr. Sands admitted the force of this re- mark, but ccnstrued it as strengthening his argument, by showing that Congrcss and the Commissioners gladly permit tear- ing up the streets to benefit the public, and this fact contrasts unfavorably with the Commissioners’ action in the pending mat- ter, where the public is to be benefited to a much larger extent than by the installa- tion of rapid transit. At this point the committee took a recess for one hour. After the Recess. When the committee reassembled at 1 o'clock, Mr. Sands continued his argument in behalf of the bill. He held it to be the duty of Congress to see that the citizens get the best advantage from the use of the streets, which, he said, are primarily for the use of the public. He denied in the most vigorous terms the allegations made against the good faith of his company. In answer to a question, Mr. Sands said he is confident tLis bill would pass the Senate if it passes the House. Mr. Tucker of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association also favored the bill, representing his &Rssociation. He was not connected with the proposed corporation. He reviewed the efforts of the citizens to improve and cheapen the gas and their inability to accomplish those ends. The citizens have therefore come to the con- clusion that their only hope lies in securing competition to bring the existing company to do what Is right. He thorght the citi- zens would be willing to have the streets torn up in order to secure the benefits pro- posed by this bill. He desired, however, to Fropose a few amendments, designed to bind the company more closely to perform its contracts. District Appropriation Bill. The House committee on appropriations will not take up the District appropriation bill again for several days, being now en- gaged on the legislative bill, and in no par- ticular hurry to resume eonsideration of the other one, anyhow. It is thought that when the committee does take up the Dill very careful attention will be given it, and the items for the various charities will be closely scrutinized. It seems to be the general opinion that it fy the desire of the House to have a bill re- ported which will strike out the appropria- tions for sectarian charities, but not do it In a way which omits one sectarian instl- tution but leaves in another, Committee Room Improvements, A great change has been brought about in the appearance of the room of the Sen- ate committee on the District of Columbia. When Mr. McMillan, chairman of the com- mittee, teok possession of the room its furnishings were rot in accord with the handsome decorations of the ceiling and walls. The District committee room is quite generally acknowledged to be the very handsomest committee room in the Capitol building. Since Mr. McMillan took charge of it the room has become doubly entitled to this reputation. A portion of the decoration of the wails that had been injured has been repainted, a handsome velvet carpst has been provided, while other furniture has been added to the room. The improvements wrought are not the result of any extravagant expenditure, Re ay Bin) EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. em Be by ( We fiat: c Solid lines are iso- bars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch, Dotted lines are isotherms or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. snow has fallen during précedin areas of high and low barometer. twelve hours. The words Small arrows fly with th: Shaded areas are regiors where rain or High’? and “Low’ show location of wind. STILL RAINING, A Faint Promise of Clearing Weather for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Frida: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, rain tonight, probably clear- ing by Friday morning; Friday, generally fair; colder; northeasterly, shifting to northwesterly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, clearing tonight; Friday, generally fair; colder; southwesterly gales on the coast this af- ternoon, shifting to northwesterly tonight, dangerous to shipping today and probably tonight. Weather conditions and general forecast: The storm central on the gulf coast Wed- nesday morning has moved very rapidly northeastward and is now central on the Virginia and North Carolina coast. It has developed great ener; the barometer reading at Raleigh this morning being 29.00 inches. It has heen attended by Very heavy rains in the middle and south Atlantic States, with southeast gales from Hatteras to Jacksonville. It will move northeast- ward along the Atlantic coast today and to- night, causing heavy rains and northeast sales in New England dangerous to ship- ping. All vessels should remain in port. Storm warnings were displayed on the At- lantic coast from Eastport to Jacksonville on Wednesday, with orders to hold ship- ping in port from Norfolk to Jacksonville. The pressure is high in the Rocky moun- tain districts, and it is rising rapidiy in thi extreme northwest. The barometer hi fallen very rapidly in the Atlantic states, and risen in the gulf states. The temperature is higher in the middi Atlantic states, and lower in the gulf state: The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported During the past Philadelphia, 1 Lynchburg, ‘1.1 1.16; Augusta, 2. ntic City, 4.10; Raleigh, 48; Columbia, Mo., 1. twenty-four hours— Washington city, 1.40; orfolk, 1.56; Knoxville, Hawk, 3.24; At- 74; Montgomer: Adairsville, Ga. 1.50. Rain is indicated for the lower lake region and the Ohio valley tonight, with threaten- ing weather Friday. The weather will be generally fair tonight in the gulf states and threatening on Friday. Hurricane Signals Out. The danger warrings yesterday displayed on the gulf and south Atlantic coasts, with caution to mariners to remain in port, have been fully verified by a severe storm pass- ing from the central gulf to eastern North Carolina. It has tow increased to the in- tensity of a hurricane, and will doubtless sweep the Atlantic coast northward to New England, and the Canadian provinces dur- ing the next twenty-four hours. Danger signals were displayed last night northward to Eastport and this morning orders have gone to weather bureau ob- servers at the threatened ports to actively employ their entire force in giving warn- ing to shipping and holding vessels in port. Information was given yesterday after- noon to northern ports of the approach of this storm. HurricAne signals are now fly- ing at all ports from Eastport southward to Nerfolk. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 7:27 a.m. and 8:22 p.m.; high tide, 0:58 a.m. and 1:35 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 8:32 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.; high tide, 2:00 a.m. and 2:35 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, sun sets, 5. Moon rises, 31 a.m, tomorrow. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6: Pp.M.; ex-| tinguishing begun at # a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 6:36 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 6:09, The moon schedule does not apply to these lamps. Public are lamps lighted at 6:06 p.m. and extinguished at ) am. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 40; condi- tlon, 2. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 40; condition at north connection, 3; con- dition at south connection, 4. Distributing reservoir, temperafuré,' 40; condition at in- fluent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, 5. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 52; 2 p.m., 43; maximum, 57; min- THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. — No. 1. No. 2. No. 8. No. 4. No.5. * Clear or fatr Local rain Tempers ture Cold wave. weather. or snow. signal. Explanation of the Flags. ‘The flags are hosted each day upon the fesne of the morning weather map and float until dark. Thi downward. If more than one ii of s “cold wave" proper weather flag. y indicate th weather that may be expected during the following thirty-{x ours, but more par- ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that period. d of weather 13 predicted for the pericd from 8 p.m. corditions first named in the forecast will be represented by the vppermest tag. is included in the forecast mestage, the cold-wave flag will be displayed below the They are to ve read from the top of the staff 9 8 pm. the When a warning The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates warmer weather; when- placed below numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the indications are that the temperature will remain stationary. ave been brought about by the exer- bie Bf good taste in the refurnishings. To Acquire Alley Entrances. A bill to provide street entrances for al- leys in the District of Columbia was in- troduced in the Senate by Mr. Baker. It authorizes the Commissioners, in the dis- cretion or upon the application of the health officer of the District, to acquire by purchase or condemnation the necessary land to extend alleys to the streets so as to have said alieys run through from street to street in a straight line. The Commis- sioners are alsoauthorized to refuse per- mits for repairs to alley houses, and are directed to have conderaned and demolish- ed, according to law, such alley houses in the District of Columbia as shall be re- ported unfit for habitation by the health officer of the District. In order to carry out the above provisions $50,000 is appropriated. The Monroe Correspondence. A bill introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Chandler appropriates $10,000 for the purchase of that portion of the unpublish- ed correspondence of President James Mon. ree known as the “Gouverneur collection, now in the possession of Mrs. M. Gouver- neur of Washington, D. C. A Pension for Miss Shufeldt. Mr. Chandler introduced a bill in the Sen- ate today placing the name of Mary Aber- crombie Shufeldt, daughter of the late Rear Admiral Robt. W. Shufeldt of the United States navy, on the pension list at the rate of $30 per month, to begin at the Gate of the decease of the late admiral. Anxious About the District. The ¥. M. C. A. of Chester, Pa., is con- cerned in the good conduct of affairs in the District of Columbia. Mr. Quay presented in the Senate today petitions from that organization favoring compulsory educa- tion, the raising of the age of consent and the enactment of a Sunday rest law for the District of Columbia. Salaries of Justices. ‘The Secretary of War has sent to Congress a letter of the Attorney General recom- mending an increase in the salaries of the justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and the increase of the salary of the warden of the District jail from $1,S00 to $2,500. Civil Service in the District. A bill was introduced in the House yester- day by Mr. Brosius to extend the civil serv- ice to the District of Columbia, and to regu- fate appointments and promotions in the municipal gevernment of the District of Columbia and in the offices of the recorder of deeds and the register of wills for sald Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘The bill sets forth that three months after the passage of this act no person shall be promoted or appointed in any of the above services except through competitive exam- inations. —E———————— On the Sick List. ‘There are thirty members of the police department cn the sick list. The fifth pre- einct is the only one in which there is no sickness. —_— ‘ Alarm of Fire. Yesterday afternoon an alarm of fire was sounded from bcx 425, and the fire.and po- lice departments responded to the box, which was on C street southwest between 2d and 3d streets. There wes no fire in the neighborhood, and it was found that the door of the alarm box had been demolish- ed. How or by whom the box had been smashed the police could not ascertain, but the partly ruined box was removed, and for a short while the neighborhood will be without an alarm box. THEY HAD MONEY, It Caused the Arrest of a Colored Couple. Thomas Scott, colored, of Baltimore, and Georgie Gaskins, a colored widow, who lives here, were arrested this afternoon by Detectives Helan ind Lacy and locked up cen susricion because they have been spending money recklessly about the city for two days. They are heid until the offl- cers can learn just wkere and under what circumstances t got the money. It appears from the woman's statement that her mother, Mary Branson, who lives at No. 503 Colfax street, in the county, got back pension money to the amount of $472, and her mother had her deposit $362 cf this amount in bank. Some time in the fall, she ‘said, she met Scott and they were marri2d in December in Baltimore. It was some orf this money, she said, that they had been spending. Scott denies that they were married in Baltimore, but says it is their intention to become husband and wife. He says he met Georgie in December aud has been going to sec her ever since. They did not want to remain at the mother’s house, and so they went down to Louse alley and rented a room. Yesterday they spent a large amount of money in clothing, as well as in other ways, 80 the officers learned. They had brea! fast at a colored hotel on Pennsylvania avenue, where they had Spanish mackerel, Philadelphia squa>, porterhouse steak and expensive trimmings. In tae cvening their bill for drinks amounted to and when the officers learned of this extravagance they concluded to arrest the couple and then make an investigation. Waen they reached police headauarters the man talked freely of the good time he had had and said he knew there was noth- ing wrong. “Let me go out and see Mrs. Branson,” he said, “and I'll soon convince you that we are all right.” Not if t know myself,” said the detec- tive. “I'll se her first.” They were locked up at the sixth pre- cinct to await the result of the officers’ in- vestigation. ser 0 —Sie Old Conése Chum From the Philadelphia Record. From their conversatich they must have been old college cums ‘Who had not met for a long time unfil they 1an up against each other in an 14th street car last even- ing. The smaller one was accompanied by two middle-aged més, whb looked like pros- Perous merchants, while, the other ex-col- legian, cne of those fellows with a sten- torlan voice, was alone. They shook hands effusively, and then began an exchange of reminiscences, in wnich such fragments as ‘Don't you remember the '86 game with Yalei” and “What's become of Jack So- andso?” were distinguished all over the car. The big man: was: rot particularly careful in bis choice of larguage, and oc- casionally would rip out an cath that might have done credit to a “bearded pard.”” Sud- denly the ,cther seemed to realize that something "was wrong, and, leaning over, he whispered: “Say, old man, be a little careful. You know, I’ve got a church here in Philadelphia, and these two fellows with me are a couple of my most influential trustees.” The big man got off at the next corner. ee Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for re- demption, $354,556, Government receipts— From Internal revenue, $419,362; customs, $806,205; miscellaneous, $61,805. ES OS A bomb was exploded Tuesday night at Lisbon, Portugal, in the residence of the physician who certified to the lunacy of the man who threw a stone into the king's carriage a short time ago. Ten arrests have been made, THE CUBAN QUESTION Why the Senate Committee Re- ported Another Resolution. THE PRESIDENTS FOREIGN POLICY He is Not in Touch at All With Congress. A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY The action of the Senate committee on foreign relations in fcrmulating a new de- liverance on the Cuban question is a sur- prise in all quarters, and as st is en- gaging much attention. What explains it? The dissatisfiction with which the former deliverance was greeted? That was very pointed in some quarters, but it did not rise to the proportions of an energetic pro- test. The friends of Cuba, while clearly disappointed, were very diplomatic in the expression of their feelings. Any marked charge in the Cuban sit- uation liself? That situation appears to have remained unchanged since that time. Gererals Gomez and Maceo were very ac- tive then, and they are very active now. What, then, can the matter be? Co-Operation With the President Im- Possible. Congress, it is said, has made the dis- covery that co-operation with the President on questions of foreign relations is im- possible. It differs with him too widely and too radically. The Senate, in particu- lar, Is. completely out of touch with his views, and has been since the present ad- ministration began. It favored Hawaii; he opposed it. It sympathized, though by no formal expression, with Nicaragua in the contention at Corinto; the President re- fused to speak, and British troops were landed. It started in to back him up in the new assertion of the Monroe doctrine, he, through Mr. Smith of New Jersey, premptly took issue with {ts deliverance. The Davis resolution was pronounced ex- treme and untimely. Its passage will be unwelcome to the President. The Senate Save cordial approval to the Armenian res- clutions; the President, it fs said, will not forward them to the European powers. And so now in this Cuban business. The Senate, if it could, would grant belligerent rights to the insurgents at once; the Pres- ident shows no such disposition. The part of wisdom, therefore, in order to make its position entirely clear, was for the Senate to propose independent action by Congress, and that is what yesterday's deliverance comprehends. The Trouble With Mr. Cleveland. Naturally, there is talk as to why the President and Congress cannot get to- gether in business of this kind. In Con- ress, and not on the republican side alone, the blame is laid at the door of the Presi- dent. He is accused of being unwilling to permit Congress to share beyond the limit of his own allowance in the credit of a for- eign policy. He insists always on taking the Initiative. Congress may follow, but it must not presume to lead. The bulk of the glory must be his, or there shall be no glory at all. That, it is charged, is why he rejects the Davis Monroe resolution, and withholds the Armenian resolutions. In the one case the Senate has sought to further emphasize the President's Venezue- lan message, and in the other it has had the temerity to act entirely without sug- gestion from him. He, therefore, refuses to indorse either performance: Responsibilities Resting on Him. it is considered certain that the Senate will pass the resolution reported yester- day, and that the House will approve. Cuba, then, so far as Congress is concerned, will. be formally assured of American sym- pathy. But that will not open American ports or markets to Cuba's friends, seeking, with money in hand, to supply the men in the field with the sinews of war. They will still be obliged to dicker on the sly for all that they get, and embark it under all the disadvantages of haste and secrecy. Not until the President acts can this very great difficulty be removed. A stroke of his pen would do wonders. Will he much longer withhold it after the representatives of al! the people shall have formally spoken? Shall have, in effect, respectfully declared it his duty to use his great office in the peo- ple’s name in Cuba's interests? The gravest of responsibilities will then rest on him alone. IS CONFIDENT. Mrs. Peters Prepared to Claim the Dead French Miser. Mrs. Alice V. Peters of Georgetown, who claims she is the lawful widow of Henry Jules Peters, the Frenchman who lied in Paris and left an estate of $400,000, has employed Mr. Campbell Carrington to rep- resent her in the case. Mrs. Peters has only one child living, a daughter, Miss Mary Paul Peters, and she has a photograph of her husband, taken several years ago. She has also some of his handwriting, and these, it is claimed, will go a lcng ways toward settling the points at issue. The rumor that a man claiming to be a son of the deceased has appeared does not in any manner disturb Mrs. Peters, for she expects, as in all similar cases, that a number of claimants will zprear. Mr. Carrington, her counsel, thinks Mrs. Peters is unqucstionably the dead man's widow, and the rumor about the alleged son he thinks is not well founded. He has already begun work on the case, and has sent for a photograph and a sample of the dead man’s handwriting. LABOR MATTERS. Mr. Blake Confers With Representa- "tive Phillips on Legislation. Mr. E. M. Blake, chairman of the legisla- tive committee of the Federation of Labor, who yesterday had an interview with Rep- resentative Phillips, chairman of the House committee on labor, in reference to various matters affecting local labor interests, said today to a Star reporter that his confer- ence with Mr. Phillips was of the most pleasant character. ~ Mr. Phillips assured Mr. Blake that he will use all the influence in his power in the interests of general labor legislation and grant all the assistance the can in the passage of the labor measures now before ‘Congress in the interests of the local labor unions; that he will louk into the merits of the bill regulating the employment cf la- tor on public buildings and public grounds and if the bill can be referred to his com- mittee that he will grant a full and satis- factory hearing to all laboring men in- terested in the measure. Mr. Phiilips ex- tended an invitation to Mr. Blake and, through him, to the other members of the legislative committee to call on him at any time and to feel that they are at home in his committee room. SS Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Frederick W. Reeves to Lee Hutchins, lot 35, block 10, Le Droit Park; $10. Ida Geier et al. to Theo. C. Barber, original lot 9, square 584; $3,000, Theo. C. Barber et ux., et al. to Josephine Bergling, lot 5 and part lot 4, square 492; $7,000. Theo. C. Barber et al. to Ida Geier, part lots 3 and 4, square 492; $3,400. Joseph J. Darlington, trustee, to Geo. M., Alice S. and Aletha V. Cook, part lots 11 and 12, square 198; $1. J. Wal- ter Cooksey, trustee, t9 B. Pickman Mann, part lot 8, square 752; $1,500. Emelia Cook to Lonis Eobys, lot 60, square 623; Eliza E. Knights to Geo. W. L’. lots 48 and 4, square 208; $-. Richard T. Morsell aad W. Bladen Jackson, trustees, to Jno. T. Burdette, part lots 102 and 103, Long Meadows; $2,200. Weshington T. Nailor et ux. to the Washington Post Com- pany, lot 39 and part lot 40, square 254; $10. a Glara Barton Leaves Londo Miss Clara Barton, president of the Amer- ican Red Cross Society, and her party left London yesterday on her way to Armenia aon ne distribution of the relief fund in her ant INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS .. Preetetettttet (1 FINANCIAL FOR EXCHANGE, FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellancous).. FOR RENT (Offices) . FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores). y 3 Aenea een ohanaenanocaed —— eee ene eee i FOR SALB (Houses) FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellarcov: HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS : LEGAL NOTICES... LOCAL MENTION. LOST AND FOUND. MANICURB . PIANUS AND ORGANS... POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS ... SPECIAL NOTICES. SUBURBA WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses)...... WANTED (Miscellancous) WANTED (Rooms) WANTED (Situations). WINTER RESORTS. Ah AR RATR THOT ee Ree eee DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Liquor Licenses. ‘Three months have passed and the excise board has not yet completed its considera- tion of the liquor question. Over two hun- dred cases are held up, and there is little prospect that they will be decided until after the new assessment 1s returned. Included among the batch of applications for licenses that are held up are a number of cases with bad records and unfavorable report. The excise board seems to have overlooked these, for they are allowing the applicants to con- tinue in, business, A gentleman interested in the subject said to a Star reporter today that the present condition of affairs was the best argument fhat could be used to separate the duties of the excise board and the board of permanent assessors. Mem- ters of one board should not constitute the other board. He did not think the board of assessors had the time to consider liquor applications. He was aware that a number of cases had beer held up. There was no good and substantial reason why some of these applicants, who had violated the stip- ulations of the excise board, or who had offended the law and regulations, should be allowed to continue in business. It was a premium on keeping unlawful places. It was the duty of the excise board,he thought, to get to work on these bad cases and reject them. The board had not been consistent in its action. Some few places, with no worse record than those now pending, had been rejected, and the places shut up. If the board could not find time to settle these cases, he thought another excise board should be provided. Police and Contagious Diseases. The Commissioners today amended the manual of the police department by adding to paragraph 162 of the same the following: 0 member of the police department in whose family there exists a case of diph- theria, scarlet fever or smallpox will be permitted in any way to come in contact with the patient suffering with the dis ease, or those in attendance upon such pa- tient, except that it shall be shown, upon a certificate of the attending physician, to the satisfaction of the surgeon of the-police department in that district, that the pres- ence of such member is imperatively de- manded at home, in which event leave of absence shall be issued to him by the sur- geon of his district, in accordance with the law goverring sickness in the police de- partment. “This rule permits members to visit their homes for meals, but for no other purpose. Clothing and other personal effects of a member which have been subjected to in- fection by the proximity of the patient must undergo thorough disinfection before being again used. “When a policeman has been in direct contact with the patient, or in the pa- tlent’s room, such policeman must be thor- oughly cleansed by bath and sponging with some disinfecting solution, ‘to be prescribed by the ‘surgeon of his district,’ and must robe himself thoroughly throughout in clothing that has not been subjected to in- fection, or that has been thoroughly disin- fected, before he may return to the station house.’ Judgment Creditor’s Bill. To enforce a judgment creditor's %ill of $612.30 a bill in equity was filed today by Clarence M. Kemp against Edwin A. New- man. The equitable interest of the defend- ant in sub lot 4, square 240, is asked to be sold. The complainant is represented by Attorney Clarence A. Brandenburg. ee Ses Granted a Divorce. Judge Hagner today granted Alice Swain Hunter a divorce from Alexander Hunter, on the ground of desertion. The husband sued for divorce, but it was granted to the wife upon a cross bill filed by her. Se Wants Her Marringe Annulled. A Rome dispatch seys that Princess Merie Louise of Bourbon has asked the pope to annul her marriage with Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, on account of the latter consenting to the conversion of their scn, Prince Boris, to the Greek Church. e+ Instruments 3,000°Years Old. From the San Francisco Chronicle. An enormous crowd fills the museum court and neighboring square ai Copen- hagen every midsummer day to listen to a unique concert. A number of ancient Scan- dinavian horns, more than 3,000 years old, called “‘luren,” are kept in the museum. Of this collection fourteen are in good condition. They have an elegant shape, and the flat metal plates at the mouthpiece show good technical perfection and a de- veloped taste for art. They are in differ- ent pieces fitted together. They were found buried in mooriand, and their good preser- vation is believed to be due to the turfy water. They are of very thin metal, and generally seven feet long. They were al- ways found in pairs, the one in tune with the other. A few years ago it was found out by Dr. Hammerich that they could still be blown or played upon. Their tones resemble those of the tenor horn, and they have a soft but powerful sound. Some are tuned in C and E sharp, others in D, E or G, and these tones form an accord, but no “seala.” On the balcony in the court of the palace in which is kept the Northern Mu- seum two members of the “capella” blow tunes on two of these primeval horns to the delight of the inhabitants. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and ovex comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoca and Feverishnes, Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. 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