Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1896, Page 3

LODGE, NO. 14, ‘bath Insts it 2 p.m., to attend yer, Past Master Ab- our late . Longley. A fall attendance of members ‘Council, K, H., will meet on * ¢ 7:30 p.m. Bus- Rovert De Bru ‘TUESDAY, 25th February, at fe24-2t WM. OSCAR ROOME, 33°, Recorder. ZSPECIAL CONVOCATION OF THE GRAND R.A. Chapter of the District of Columbia will be held @t Masonfe Temple on WEDNESDAY AFTER- NOON, 25th instant, at 1:80 o'clock, for the pur- pose of attending tie tmeral of our late, compan- By onter of the grand kigh priest oe iA ie lent. fe24-2t TG. SIBEHENS, Grand Sec. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD- ida ave. between 15th und 1éth sts. ue, on TUESDAY, Murch 10, 1866, at 12 o'clock, for the election of seven directors to serve the et year and for the consideration of such busines 9 may prope:ly come before eald meeting. J B. Secrets1y. “fe2itomrin X PATRIOTIC TEMPERANCE EV W. C. T. U. Messenger By ‘oa TUESDAY, February Ref th - Han, 419 10th st. mw. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, 15 cents. ments free. " OFFICE OF THE EXCISE BOARD OF THE DIS- triet of Columbia, Washington, February 24, 1896.—The following applications for transfer of Uquor licenses have been received: Julius Span- er, wholesale, from 1 F st. mw. to 521 9th st. n.w.; H. D. Nash, bar room, from C. M. Leahy. 1001 6th ct. s.w. ROGER WILLIAMS, Clerk Ex. it else Board, D. 18 SLIGHTED AT OUR 50c. DINNERS. We're just as careful about the service and the cuisine as we are of the menu, and our menus are famous for contzining every ‘substantial and ty in seasou. Everything dell red—and served in faultless style. ITZ REUTER'S, COR. PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. fez4-10d TO RETAIL GROCERS, If we are not already selling yon we want to in the future. We handle everything that you require—of a satisfactory quality—and Suarautee lowest prices. We believe we can ave you money—ring us up for prices—and see. E7NO CONSUMERS SUPPLIED. B. B. EARNSHAW & BRO., Wholesale Grocers, 1105-9 11TH ST. S.E. AND 1000-2 M ST. S.E._It ee STEPHENS, TRANCE ings daily, except Sunday. Hours, Bast we. : S pe02-2t" SPIRITUALISM. MRS. EFFIE McNEIL, business and test me- dium, bas resumed practice for the fall and win- ter and will be at home daily until further no- ‘Business examinations a specialty ahd satis- 1914 Pa. ave. feb-18t* D. C, FEBRUARY 22, 1896.—The annual niceting of the stockholders of the Douglas Cutter Saw Co. of West Virginia will be held at the office of the company, 1007 D., om TUES- Pa. ave. n.w., Washington city, D. C. DAY EVENING, March 3, 1 230 o'clock, for the of electing directors and transact- ing such other business us may come before the meeting. Transfer books closed. HENRY 0. TOWLES, Acting Secretary. fe22-8t NOTICE.—I RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEN- tion of the public to the fact that I hare made arrangements with the Ferdinand Munch cele- brated beers of Brooklyn, N. Y., to handie their beers in bottles and Orders by * 594 or pestal card will bave prompt attention. J.-H. SCHLUETER, 1601 6th st. nw. fe22-6t LADIES, Mr. J. M. DELANY wishes to announce that he is no f in the employ of Mr. Keen. but {3 lo- cated at 1719 De Sales st., where he would be to have a continuance of your patronage. fe2z2-3t° DR. CHARLES R. LUCE HAS REMOVED HIS OF- tice and residence to 215 2d street southeast. YWARD & HUTCHINSON, ‘No. 424 9th st. n.w., having made an assign- ment for the benefit of creditors to the mder- signed the 19th day of February, 1896, all per- sons owing said firm are notified and requested to make payment without delay to the assignee. ARTHUR S. MATTINGLY, Assignee, 435 7th n.w. £20-6t* car \@ GOOD INSURANCE. me Life Insurance Company does a liberal settles CER: ‘The lio safe, conservative Dusiness, pass dividends to living policy, holders and ita death claima without delay. ‘The policies of this company contain almost ro restrictions, while the privileges are a3 to mect the need of every possible financial condition. The Dividend Erdowment polley of the Home fs unparalleled for equity, lberality = T. ih — cobs fe3-1m,16 ORNAMENTAL WROUGHT IKON Grilles, Gates, Hinges and Escutcheons, is, ote. | Vrotect sour property. 3 for sketches and estimates. ht Iron Gas Fixtures, Andirons, Fenders, etc., etc. J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st. fel5 GOVER’S RENT LEDGER. A new cdition in preparaticn. Orders solicited for early delivery. Invaluable to Meal Estate Agents. “H. L. McQUEEN, 1108-1116 E st.n.w. Ja15 DENTISTRY DONE GN WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RAILINGS, Window io charge installments. R. T. W. STUBBLEFIELD, fe7-tf N1tu and F ets., Mertz bldg. COAL! COALI COAL Furnace $1.60 ‘$4.00 tage very reasonable. 3.8. DAISH & SON, Corner 2d and Fla. ave. n.e. fe22-Im Telephone 323. A little of Tharp’s Pure OLD RELIABLE BERKELEY would have Prevented that cold if taken in time. Should be in every medicine chest! But $1 full cuart. Only of Jas. »» 812 B at. nw. fe22-100 BICYCLING FOR HEALTH is best done on the “Columbia’*— the standard of the world for wheels. greatness of the Columbia is evidenced by the fact that other makers strive to make their nels & "DISTRICT CYCLE as CO., Agents. J. Hart Brittain, 3 ager. 452 Penn. ave. fet = ‘And put your savings Begin With the Young Connecticut Life Ins. Co. to THE RETURN Is simply wonderful Save. | soa the protection guaranteed. A. H. Gibbs, General Agent, fel5-Im 918 F st. n.w., Wasbington, D.O. Keep Valuable Papers “ —1m our KEYLESS CASH BOXES. Very strong, yet ee and convenient in size. Just the thing to keep at home or in your desk at the . Reasonable ee @>7 KEYLESS MAIL BOXES prevent loss. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., ilar-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) fe24-14d ian- tf “Send for Hodgkin."* Glass Waste. It's a waste of time and money to lass In a house. It the bal of nt Tell your architect or builder to have attend to the ing and you'll be as- dof the BEST. No lower prices anywhere. cas. E. HODGEIN, 913 7th st. fe22-14a “T never disappoint.” “ORIGINAL” PRINTING. Business men will tell you that there's something original and artistic about our printing. The “experts” here unde=stand all the little “‘knacks” that sre neces- sary for really fine Deinting. ‘Try us. Byron S. Adams (20u5T PRINTER, COAL! COAL! COAL! Pa. Pea Coal at $4.00. Ctestnat $5.00 5 tos $4. es and Furnace at MILLER & CO., 10th and F sts. nw. 21m laxative, T4uaz & ait i meee very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, hemorrhoids, bi INDIBN lees of appetite, usttic and fe pedo Oh re and che arising from them. F. GRILLON. GRILLON, 38 Rue _apiS-mism-8p Sota Oy all Drvegistee EXPENSIVE NEUTRALITY. ‘What It Cost to Try to Intercept the Hawkins. ‘That the execution of the neutrality laws in the case of the Cuban insurrection fs somewhat expensive, is exemplified in the single instance of the search for the Haw- kins fillbustering expedition. The cruisers Montgcmery and Raleigh were sent out from Hampton Roads to intercept the Haw- kins. The Montgomery lost a steam cutter in a storm off Hatteras, and the Raleigh fan aground near Key West and is fow un- dergoing repairs. The two accidents en- tailed an expense of $1,000, In addition to the ordinary expenses of the cruise. The Hawkins foundered soon after leaving New York, and in that way successfully evaded the pursuit of the two warships. DISTRICT AFFAIRS Hearing on the Free Street. Railway Transfer Bill. PROPOSITION HAS BEEN POSTFONED Merchants Oppose Plan to Compel Use of Broad Tires. OTHER LOCAL NOTES ———— House bill 3345, “To require the street railrcads in the District of Columbia to issue and receive transfers and for cther Purposes,” was the subject of a public hearing before the Commissioners this morning. The object of the bill is to require all street railroads to issue free transfers to any passenger requesting the same at any street or place where the railroad inter- sects with another. The bill specifically provides that the Capital Traction Com- pany and the Columbia Railroad Company shall issue and receive transfers at 15th street and New York avenue and between the Capital Traction Company and the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company a similar arrangement shall exist at the corner of 15th and G streets north- west. The transfers are redeemable at 2 cents each between the railroad com- panies. The hearing was set for 11 o'clock, and the representatives of the following rail- ruads were present: Capital Traction Com- pany, George T. Dunlop, president; Metro- Politan Railroad Company, Samuel W.. Phillips, president; Anacostia Railroad Company, H. A. Griswold, president, and Tenleytown road, President O. T. Crosby. Commissioner Ross called for the uadvo- cates of the bill, but no one responded. Anacostia Objects. President Griswold opposed the bill. It would be the death of the Anacostia road, he said. In 1895, hoping to increase its business, the Anacostia road had entered inte a free transfer arrangement with the Eckington and Belt line railroads. At the end of the year it was found that the road had carried 247,576 more passengers than it had during the preceding year, but its receipts had fallen of $1,325.54. He did not believe such a system of transfers as that contemplated by the bill was possible in Washington. The conditions here were dif- ferent from most other cities. The people here were great walkers and bicycle riders. The passage of the bill would wipe out a large portion of the tracks of the Ana- costia road. He was certain that no rail- Piste could carry passengers at 2 1-12 cents eacl President Dunlop's Views. President Dunlop of the traction company followed. He referred to the conditions of the several railroads operating in the city and said they would not show that a trans- fer system such as was contemplated by the bill was possible. The railroad question in Washington at the present time was in a transitory stage. Bills were pending in Congress that did away with horse cars, and if they passed would put the roads to enormous expense. The present fare was needed. The records of the Capital Trac- tion Company would show that it was im- possibie for it to carry passengers at 2 1-12 cents. It cost within a fraction of 3 cents to carry each one. The road has recently added seven miles of unproductive road to its road, from which the receipts did not pay expenses. To make a further cut by making free transfers would seriously crip- ple the road. He criticised several features of the bill and urged the Commissioners to report adversely upon the same. Also gcenident Phillips. President £..liios closed with an argu- ment agairst the bill. . The railroads of the city were in a fornulative state. The roads were groping in the dark, and with their futures yet unknown, no one knew what to expect. “When it is costing us 4 4-10 cenis to carry each passenger, a3 it does the Meiro- politan road, we are certainly in no situa- ten te enter into a transfer arrangement The Commissioners have inquired pal ticularly Into this statement, but President Philips exhib.ted a sworn statemeat, which showed, further, that the receipts over all expenditures for the pest month was $24.40 ber day, against which, he seid, must be charged ali .nterest on outstanding indebt- edness. ‘he people of Washington were getting the best railroad facilities in the country. Not Comparisons. Major Powell called attention to the rail- road fares charged in Detroit, where eight uckets for twenty-five cents were sold. President Griswold said they were wreck- ing themselves doing it, and President Dun- 4op stated that in Savannah, Ga., they were selling two tickets for one cent, while the other road was selling tickets at a cent apiece. But that was not a comparison, as tne roads weré engaged in a war. Presi- uent Crosby of the ‘lenleytown road said that the transfer arrangements now in vogue with the Capital Traction Co., where- by the latter transferred with his road at eight tickets for a quarter, was a great disappointment to him. He was certain that a decrease of the fare in the winter was disastrous to suburban roads. ‘ihe ‘fenleytown road had never paid a cent of dividend, and his first and last connection with it was in paying out of his private funds the interest on a bonded debt of $70,000. Another Bil. It was suggested, after the hearing had closed, that the Senate bill 749, introduced by Senator McMillan, be taken up and discussed. This was, with the exception of several small provisions, in line with the bill just heard. President Dunlop called the matter up and invited attention to the section relating to the issuance of transfers, which pro- vided that the Commissioners shall pre- scribe the places where and the method whereby such trarsfers shall be conducted. He desired to be put on record as opposed to isguing transfers on cars. It would mean a great delay at junctions and de- stroy rapid transit. President Phillips said his objections to the House bill applied equally to the Senate bill. ‘The Commissioners immediately went into executive session at the close of the hear- ing, and agreed to recommend a postpone- ment of the subject of free transfers un- til some time later, when the condition of the roads would justify it. é Reading Matter for the Sick. The superintendent of charities has laid before the Commissioners a proposition to establish in different sections of the city, especially at the railroad stations and places of public concourse, a number of boxes to recelve magazines, newspapers and other periodicals, which, when readers are = with a and wast tae devote them (0 some charitable use, w: distributed Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO BEART PALPITATING, NERVOUS ANTI<p¥spernc. « THE OFFICIAL WEATHER* MAP. lh | : Ua } ea! Ln chiA ca ua 2 Otter Soo” @ Partly Cougy Hf sacisorville crud BXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 s.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are 1s0- bars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each <enth of an inch. Dotted lines Unes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words Small, arrows fly with the wind. areas of high and low barometer. re isotherms or eas are reglors where rain or and “Low” show location of Shaded “High” THREATENING WEATHER, But It Will Probably Be Without Rain —Tomorrow Colder and Fair. Forecast till.8 p.m. Tuesday.—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, threatening weather tonight, prob- ably without rain; Tuesday, fair and cold- er; northwesterly winds. For Virginia, threatening weather to- night; Tuesday, colder and fair; northwest- erly wings. Weather conditions and general forecast. <The area of low pressure covering the lake regions Sunday morning has moved eastward, and is now central over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The high area has dis- appeared from the South Atlantic states, and a new area of high pressure appears to be forming in Manitoba. The pressure is also high over the Rocky mountain dis- tricts. The barometer has fallen gencrally in the Atlantic and east gulf states; algo in the extreme northwest. It has risen in the lake regions and on the southern Rocky mountain plateau. It is warmer this morning on the Atlan- tic ecast and colder in the upper lake re- gion and on the Rocky mountain slope. Rain has fallen in the gulf states, and light rain or snow has occurred in northern New England and the lower lake region. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the past twenty-four hours: Vicksburg, 1.62; Shreve- Port, 1.06; Palestine, 2.34. Threatening weather, with possibly light rain or snow, 1s indicated for New England and the mid- dle states tonight and Tuesday, with lower temperature. The weather will be unset- tled tonight in the middle Atlantic states and the Qhio valley, possibly clearing and cooler by’ Tuesday. Occasional rains will probably continue In the gulf states to- night, and possibly Tuesday. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 34; condi- tion, 16; receiving reservoir, temperature, 36; condition at north connection, 15; condi- tion at south connection,’ 12; distributing reservoir, temperature, 35; condition at in- fluent gate house, 8; effluent gate house, 8. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 9:57 a.m, and 10:52 p. m.; high tide, 3:31 a.m. and 4:04 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:05 a.m. and 11:47 D-m.; high tide, 4:35 a.m. and 5:03 p.m. The Sun and Moon. un rises, 6:41; sun sets, 5:47. Moon sets, 4:38 a.m. tomorrow. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:54 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 5:34 am. The light- ing 1s begun one hour before the time named. If clear, less lighting may be or- dered. . Naphtha lamps all lighted by 6:54 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 5:49. The moon schedule does not apply to the naphtha lamps. Public are lamps Mghted at 6:24 p.m., and extinguished at 6:19 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. ‘The readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today were as follows: 8 a.m., 46; 2 p.m., 56; maximum, 56; min- imum, 44. THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. No. 1. No. 2 No. 8 No. & No. 6. Clea: or fate Rain or - Local rato Terrnerntnes Cold wave. weather enc: crane goal Explanation of the Fings. a ‘The flags are fed each day upon the Issne of the morning weather mp and float until dark. ‘They indicate the weather that may be expected during the following thirty-y{x hours, but more par- ticularly the Isst twenty-four hours of that period. They are to oe read from the top of the staff downward. If more than one kind of weather is predicted for the pertod from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the corditions first named in the forecast will be represented by the ippermoét flag. When a warning of = “cold wave" is included in the forecast message, the cold-wave flag wifl be displayed below the proper weather flag. ‘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. to the several hospitals for the use of in- mates who are unable to provide them- selves with reading matter. This arrange- ment is used in nearly all the large cities and if adopted here it is believed will ac- complish much good. The Commissioners favor the idea, and in a short time, if the funds are available, a number of such boxes will be erected. Eckington Bills. The Commissioners have reported the bill fer the extension of the Eckington Railway Company adversely. ‘They say that the 17th street extension is unnecessary and unde- sirable, and that Mt. Pleasant and the Zoo can be reached better by the contemplated extension of the Capital Traction Company along 18th street, or by extensions of the iith or Connecticut avenue lines. They disapprove the extension of the Eckington road on Bladensburg road, and say if that thoroughfare is to be occupied, the Columbia should have it. The Commissioners, however, approve the Lill authorizing this company to change its motive power. _ Made Foreman. The Commissioners have appointed As- sistant Foreman J. G. Wilson foreman in the fire department, vice Walsh, reduced. Private C. E. Schrom has been promoted to the position of assistant foreman. Time Extended. The time for the completion of the school house on Congress Heights has been ex- tended to May 15, 1896. Officers Dismissed. ‘The Commissioners have dismissed Pri- vates C. E. Gordon and J. M. Mohl of the police force for a violation of paragraph 36—leaving their begts and entering a house without permission. Police Sentences. Private W. H. West of the police force has been fined $25 for conduct unbecoming an officer. The charges against Private Hugh Espey for intoxication have been dismissed. The charges of conduct unbecoming an officer against Sergt. Moore and Private Gross have been dismissed. Municipal Lodging Housc. There was an increase of seven dependent people cared for by the Municipal Lodging House last week over the previous week. Overhead Wires. Mr. M. A. Ballinger, president of the Co- lumbia Heights Citizens’ Association, ap- peared before the Commissioners this after- noon with reference to the bill now before them concerning the Potomac Light and Power Company. President Ballinger ex- plained the views of his association and offered the following amendment to the bill: “That outside the city limits and within the fire limits as now established and fixed, and within the line of the proposed amended fire limits as of date *** there shall be no overhead wires except where the owners of a majority in assessed value of property in each square fronting on any street where sald company may desire to construct overhead wires may, in writing, filed with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, consent thereto, the Commis- sioners may in such case, at their discre- tion, grant permit for construction of over- head wires in front of such square.” Broad or Narrow Tires. ‘The exclusive anncuncement in The Star that the Commissioners had under consider- ation a police regulation governing the size of tires for vehicles, and had received from their attorney an opinion in which he held that they had ample power under the au- thority vested in them to make such a regu- lation, brought a large delegation of busi- ness men to the Commissioners’ office this morning. They were all representatives of businesses using a number of heavy vehicles, and who were directly interested in the matter. There were present representatives from Johnson Brothers, the Great Falls and In- dependent ice companies, and also Messrs. Ch. Heurich, Chas, Werner, Albert Cary, James Springman, Frank Williams, Frank B. Davis, Gerry Johnson and M. Kinslow & Son. No objection was made to the order itself, but the fact of compelling an imme- diate change in every one of the heavy ‘wagons used in the city was presented for es) consideration. It was urged that if adopted by the Commissioners, all wagons newly built be supplied with wheels with tires of appropriate size, and that fines be laid. upon all parties who fail to comply after the expiratibn of not less than three years. For a less time than this would in- volve, the objectors said, the needless de- struction of valuable wagons and cripple many ‘‘teaming” enterprises. THE DUTY ON WOOL Plea for an Tnotente at This Time Not Likely to Succeed, An Amendment to the Tariff Bill Would Bring a Veto—Threat of an Extra Session Not Feared. Some of the republican Senators, in whose states the wool interest is worthy of con- sideration, and who have no sympathy with silver, are making an effort to induce the eastern republicans to agree to a sub- stantial increase of the duty on wool. They urge that this increase should be made and that, inasmuch as the silver men who oppose the tariff bill base their opposition upon the ground that wool Is not sufti- cently rrotected, they can have no further excuse for the policy of obstruction if this item Is increased. They insist that since this is the only possible way the vill can be got throvgh the Senate, the change skould be mace. Appeals Not Successful. Their appeals are not thus far very suc- cessful. Tho reply made to them Is that nothing is to be gained by amending the bill; that if the refusal to amend means the failure of legislation, the failure is equally certain with the amendment. If the bill should pass with a higher duty on Wool every one would know that there was no chance of Mr. Cleveland allowing it to become a law. A change of program at this time would uselessiy prolong the fight and interfere with the plans for an early adjournment. The eastern Senators say that If no legislation is to be had they are Well satisfied to let the responsibility rest where it is, upon the democrats, populists aud a few silver republicans. They think it will not add anything to the strength of the silver movement to have it generally known that the silver Senators killed the eee ie Prevented relief which 'y”’ men everywhi - egiudimon everywhere were will The Extra Session Threat. The threat that an extra session may be called by Mr. Cleveland if an early adjourn- ment is had without substantial relief being afforded the treasury has no terror for the republican leaders. They maintain that the republican party cannot be held to be at fault in this matter, even though a few of their number stand out against action. ie y think they can stand on the record of the republican House, and the majority of the republicans of the Senate, and can rely to protect them from any criticism by the cave upon the ‘fact that If they could ee had the assistance of a very few of fermen in the Senate of Mr. Cleveland's ae the legislation would not have failed. peel think Mr. Cteveland’s friends must sl ate Tesponsibility-with the few silver re- publicans for the faiture of the revenue bill. To Secure Green’s Pardon. An effort is being made to secure the pardon of Albert Green, colored, now sery- ing a life sentence jim the Albany peniten- taray. Several years ago Green was con- victed of the murder of James Lucas. He Was sentenced to be hanged, but President ae commuted the sentence to life prisonment. He has already served nine years. The mrementy for his release is be- ing championed by Mré. James W. Green of Culpeper, Va., by whom he was brought up as a servant during the war. It is expected that the case will President in a short time. ee oe — Today's Presidential Nominations, The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Postmasters—Ansoh E. Chamberlain, Dalton, Mass.; Charles Laurence, Owosso, ich.; Edmund C. Burke, Virginia, Minn.: Sloan’E. Wible, Hopkins, Mo. = War—Second Lieut. Wm. A. Campbell, ninth infantry, to be first lieutenant. —-o+___<_ Paint for Ships. Commander C. S, Sperry, ordnance officer at the New York navy yard, has come to this city te confer with the officials of the Navy Department ibject of ® for ships. on the subject of the best AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Long Sentences for Robbery on the High- wey. Great Success of the Business Me! Banquct—Other Local Notes of General Interest. The trial of Poss and Henry, the two. Alexandrians charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. Alexander McClintock, an old Fairfax county farmer, near Edsalls sta- tion, on the Southern railroad, on the evening of November 2% last. which has been goirg on since Tuesday, was con- cluded Saturday evening at Fairfax Court House. The case was given to the jury at 4:30, and after being out an hour and e half returned the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the prisoners, Harry Poss and Thomas Henry, guilty as indicted, and fix their punishment at nine years each in the penitentiary. AMOS FOX, “Foreman.” As soon as the verdict was announced Mr. Edmond Burke made a motion for a new trial, and upon being asked by Judge Chichester if he desired to argue the mo- tion, said he did, and was given until Mon- day, March 2, in which to do so. The interest in this case has been in- tense since its beginning, the court room being crowded each day. The prisoners Were as calm and collected when the ver- dict was read as possible, and when they were taken back to jail Poss said in an- swere to a question by the sheriff as to what, he thought of the verdict: “That it was no more than he expected.” Henry in reply to the same question, replied: “That what they did they did right.” The Star man mirgled among the crowd as they slowly left the court recom and nearly all seemed to think that the prisoners had re- ceived a fair and just sentence. The crime for which Poss and Henry were punished fs considered one of the most serious in this state, the penalty for which Is from eight to elghteen years, or death. The jury cn the first ballot stood as follows: Ono for fifteen years, two for twelve, two for ten and seven for elght. Business Men’s League. The Business Men’s League of this city held its first annual banquet and reception Saturday night. At 7 o'clock the members of the league and its invited guests began to assemble at their rooms at the corner of King and Washington streets, and at 8 they moved in a body to Odd Fellows’ Hall on Columbus street, where the banquet was to be held. The hall was beautifully deco- rated with colonial flags and national colors, potted plants and cut flowers. The tables had been arranged in a square, and presented a beautiful appearance. The menu, which was most elaborate in every particular, consisted of all substantials and jelicacies of the season. When the last course had been served, Mr. M. B. Harlow, president of the league and toastmaster of the occasion, began the speech making. In a few well-timed remarks he outlined the work that the league proposed to do. Said that one of the principal objects of the league would be to devise practical plans for beautifying and improving the streets. He said that the league would also make a vigorous effort to secure the building of a memorial bridge and forever unite the rorth and south. He was foltowed by Mr. Frank E. Andersan, who responded to the toast, ‘The Day We Celebrate.” Mr. Wm. F. Carne responded to the toast, “Alexan- dria City, Its Past, Present and Future.” The evening program was concluded by the reading of “‘Washington’s Farewell Ad- dress” by Mr. K. Kemper. The banquet and reception were a fitting conclusion to the exercises in honor of Washington's birthday. Police Court. The police on duty last night report the night as being clear and cool; three prison- ers and thirteen lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this morning dis- posed of the following cases: James Lucas, arrested by Officer Hall, charge, assault and cutting Benjamin Henderson, colored, continued, Henderson being unable to ap- pear on account of injury; Horace John- son, colored, arrested by Officer Smith, charge, obtaining a team from Mr. Hi. B. Pullman under false pretenses, sent to jail for ninety days, subject to the chain gang; Ckas, McGill, cciored, arrested by Officer Young, charge, vagrancy, neld to notify pérents’ Martha Lewis, colored, arrested by_ Officer Deane, charge, drunk and dis- orderly, fined $5; Alonzo Simms and James Cliff, refusing to work on chain gang, put on bread and water diet until they change their mind. * A Young Hobo. Saturday night Officer Young picked up a small negro boy and carried him to the station house, where a charge of vagrancy was placed against him. To The Star man he said he had been in Atlanta, Ga., with the Buffalo Bill show during the exposition there. On the way north he left the show in this city, and has been wandering around the city ever since. When brought before Mayor Thompson this morning he said that he was an orphan, and that he was on his way to New York, where he hoped to get a position of some kind. He is only about twelve years of age. A colcred woman named Martha Allen requested the 1auyor to allow her to adopt him; that she would take good care of him. The mayor granted her request, and he left the court with the woman, perfectly satisfied. Wanted te Go to Jail. About three weeks ago a colored man came to the station house and asked Mayor Thompson if he would not send him to a hospital, as he was suffering with the rheu- matism. He said that he lived in Loudoun county. and that he was an orphan, and said his name was Horace Johnson: He was told that Alexandria had no hospital for his kind, and that he had better go to Washington, where he could be accommo- dated. About a week afterward he came back to the station house for lodging. Offi- cer Ferguson locked him up and put a charge of vagrancy against him. He was sent to the chain gang for ten days. While he was serving the sentence Mr. B. Pullman, who runs a livery stable in this city, swore out a warrant, charging him with obtaining a team under false pre- tenses. Officer Smith went to the city jail and placed him under arrest and brought him to the station house. Mayor Thomp- son this morning sent him to jail for ninety days, subject to the chain gang. Wanted an Officer to Serve Attach- ment. Mr. William Webster, a constable of this city, this morning asked Mayor Thompson to send a uniformed police officer to issue an attachment against Tom Sing, who runs a laundry at the corner of St. Asaph and Prince streets. He said that the Chi- naman would not obey the orders of any one unless he had on the brass buttons, and that he did not care to have any diffi- culty with the Chinaman. Miss Civaiier a Success. Miss Myra Lee Civalier, one of the so- clety belles of this city, left here about ten days agu to join the Edwin Ferry Theatri- cal Company in Texas, and a Houston, Tex., paper eay® of her first appearance as an actrees: ‘‘The Desdemona of Miss Civ- aher was attractive and pleasing. She has an unusually pathetic and sweet voice, and a winning simplic.ty of manner, a clear enunciation, tender, musical tones and much dramatic fire and taste, which goes toward making the performance one that gives pleasure, and also bespeaks for her the promise of a great future.” Miss Cival- jer has been a resident of this city all her life, and is a great favorite in society, and her many friends here will be glad to learn that she has made a success. Officers Commissioned. The President has commissioned the fol- lowing named officers of the National Guard of the District: Thomas W. Williams, cap- tain, company A, first battalion, infantry; Frederick 8. Hodgson, captain, company C, fourth battalion, infantry; Chas. H. Ourand, captain and aid-de-camp; Donald B. Mc- Leod, first Heutenant, company A, fourth bation, infantry; Samuel H. Jacobson, first lieutenant and quartermaster, fourth battalion, infantry; Wm. M. Spriggs, first Heutenant and surgeon, fifth battalion, in- fantry; Sydney R. Jacobs, first Meutenant and adjutant, fourth battalion, infantry, and George W. Byron, second lieutenant, company C, fourth battalion, infantry. “THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1806¢—TWetvi“Pabns, Page 12 Page 4 Page 5 Page 9 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page ‘Page Page Page ‘Page FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). Page FOR RENT (Ufices) Page FOR RENT (Rooms). Page BOR RENT (Stables)... Page FOR RENT (Stores)... Page FOR RENT (Warehouses). FOR SALE (Bicycles)... FOR SALB (Houses). FOR SALE (Lote)...... FOR SALE (Miscellancous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS MONEY WANTED AXD TO LOAN.. PERSONAL .... .. . PIANUS AND ORGANS. RAILRVADS Aa ee ssanUeuntes area baaareeaneaneeeaebanaeal m Discussed by Mi ister De Lome and Senor Quesada. The conditions in Cuba, after a year of war between the liberty-seeking revolution- ists and the soldiers of Spain, are the sub- jects of review from both sides of the con- troversy, which appeared in the New York Herald yesterday. In two articles of about five columns each Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister to the United States, and Mr. Gonzalo de Quesada, secretary of the revolutionary party in Washington, present their conclusions on the subject. In commencing bis statement, Senor de Leme repeats his assertion that every Americ, ~ewspaper has refused to print the ar;“@&, ts in favor of Spain presented to then. , many Spaniards, who have tried to discredit the interested statements of the Cubans and their sympathizers, who, during the last year, he declares, have filled the columns of the press with abuses of Spain. Senor de Lome then pro- ceeds to repeat what he declares to be the real facts of the insurrection. He describes how he personally left Spain at the end of March, 1895, with Gen. Martinez Campos, for Cuba, and refers to the opinion he ex- pressed when he reached New York in April, that the insurrection would be finish- before the rainy season. “‘Unfortunate- ly,” he adds, “it has not been so. The moral importance of the rebellion has not increased, but the material strength is greater than anybody anticipated. The rev- olution started in Cuba was not of great corsequence—it grew stronger with the aid brought from abroad.” Senor de Lome then reviews the progress of the insvrrection, complaining that the revolution had been imported, and every- thing to carry on the war in the island was sent from abroad, that the direction of the revolutionary party was in the United States, that from the Cubans living out of Cuba Came the money, that all the repre- sentative leaders were and have been abroad, and have obeyed the junta which has been established in New York, and which had more than 150 revolutionary clubs, the greater part of them being in the United States,®and uses this remark. able lang age: “The revolution is not a popular rising of a discontented nation; it is a filibustering movement, principally of demagogues, without standing in the is- land, who have nothing to lose and are try- ing their chances.” Senor de Lome repeats at great length the Spanish view of the political situation in Cuba, and reasserts that previous to the cutbreak of the present rebellion Spain con- sidered that the time had arrived to follow the great reforms inaugurated in 1878, and refers to the bill presented in the Spanish cortes for the reform of the political gov- ernments of the islands 2f Cuba and Puerto Rica. He then gives, from the Spanish point of view. a recital of the progress of the insurrection, and, after describing the character of the revolutiorists, proceeds as follows: “The war in Cuba has reached a state to which nobody in the island ever thought it would come, but the revolution, so power- ful to destroy and impoverish the {sland and to do evil, is not today nearer the tri- umph than it was just one year ago. Every anarchist and revolutionary ¢lement has taken the field, and the situation is such today that it reminds me of that described in the powerful words of the second address of President Lincoln, wken he said that ‘one party would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” ” Regarding the manner in which the in- surgents have received help from the United Stat2s, Senor de Lome says the United States has fulfilled with great loy- alty and friendship to Spain the duties imposed upon it by the«national law, al- though hampered by internal laws, but the duties Incumbent upon the citizens in a netion at peace with another, he does not believe have been fulfilled so well by many of the true Americens who have aided the false cnes to dircet the revolution from a safe distance in New York. He discusses, of course, the granting of belligenent rights from the purely Spanish standpoint. ‘The Cuban Side. Secretary Quesada, after reviewing the events of the year, pays attention to Min- ister Dupuy de Lome, who,he said, “arrived in this country with the humble apology of Spain at the end of April, and among other precious things had declared that he had studied the situatior thoroughly, had no hesitation in saying that the revolt would be short-lived, and that the principal lead- ers were negroes.” He quotes the Madrid papers just ar- rived as saying that Mr. de Lome's cam- paign of insults to the Cuban patriots in this country has failed. Mr. Quesada de- clares that not one of the minister's state- ments has been verified. He shows that at the very time the Spanish authorities were scattering widespread the assertions that the revolution was being subdued, Gomez and Maceo and their lieutenants were invading the province of Ma\ and were in the neighborhood of Havana. “He then proceeds to describe the civil goverrment which was established in Cuba last September, and toward the conclusion of his article says: “Gomez and Maceo, who had been successively wounded, killed about five times, surrounded, prisoners, re- pulsed, trapped, separated from each other and their commands, have not ‘left the island in disgust’ nor ‘been bought by Spanish gold,’ nor are they, as De Lome said in December, ‘In great danger of be- ing completely routed,’ but on the con- trary they are doing what they please, al- though officially defeated every day with hundreds of dead and wounded.” He quotes. Gen. Weyler as stating that if in two years he brings the war to a close he will consider himself very lucky. Mr. Quesada states that the bloodthirsty measures of which Weyler’s recent decrees are elo- quent proofs will only serve to increase the rai ks of the Cubar army that is dally be- coming tcore powerful by the capture and reception of arms and ammunition, and, above all, he says, Weyler will not triumph, because Spain will exhaust all her resources and be urable to keep up her pace of the past twelve months. “But the Cubans can nature is their ally. The rainy season fest approaching; after a few weeks Spain will bave to wait till next fall; that will be perhaps her lest campaign in this conti- rent, and it will surely be her last if the sympathy of the people of the new world continues to be expretsed in favor of Cuba. by such men as the illustrious repuDlican of Brazil, Quintin Bocayura, or the distin- guished Montufar of Central America.” Consul Recogn! 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