Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1896, Page 3

= THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM.—J. H. ALTEMUS WILL HOLD A meeting this TUESDAY EVENING, March 3, at Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. n.w. Tee WIEL BE MELD - n.W., on WEDNES- medium. — Inter- . mh3-2t® SPECIAL MEETING < BRANCH, Granite Cutters, will be held at McMennanin’s Hall, 2d and Pa. ave. n.w., on WEDNESDAY, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Busiress of Importance to be acted on Gy J. JS. CROWL See. existing between 2. T. Robertson, doing business at 4: under the firm name Pahier to will conduet the titure, nname, under ALM . OF THE meeting au the ASM. business and dium, has resumed practice for ter and will be at bome daily tice. Business examinations test me- fall and win- THE A: ers of the United States of c rectors of said company for the be held at the oth Sun building, 1317 F° stre ton, D. ¢., TUESDAY, M: Y of the wing Year, will of the ‘company, Koon 8, we type-Machine Company will be held at the B. dock House, Alexandria, ~ at 3 o'clock pom on THURSDAY, the 5th day of March, A.D. 1896, for the purpose’ of sect! serve for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may properly come pefore It. Polls open at 3:30 pin.” Transfer Hye wll be eld at the office between I March 10, 1596, at z Seven directors to serve the ensuin: the consideration of such business come before said meeting. JAME Secretery GOVER'S -EDGE! A new edition in preparatyn. Orders solicited for carly delivery. Invaluable te Real Estate Agents. H.L. McQUEEN, 1108-1116 E st.n.w. jalS DENTISTRY DONE CN WEEKLY AND Mi instailments. DR. T. W. STUBRLEFIELD, Jat-tf dita and F +ts., Mertz bldg. 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Madden and wife, Boston, Mass. —_—__ Mrs. Jordan Asks a Divorce. Mary Elizabech Jordan today filed a peti- tion for divorce from James Adelbert Jor- dan. The papers in the case were with- held from publication. Beecham’s Pills for con- stipation, toc. and 25c Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Ansval Sales More Than 6.000.000 Dorea “erection of ov WIRES AND CONDUITS Subjects Treated in Reports by the Commissioners. PROPOSED ELECTRIC LIGHT EXTENSIONS Commissioners Suggest. Some Amendments to Congress. OVERHEAD PERMITS ‘The Commiss‘oners today made a favor- able report upon Senate bill 2124, to au- thorize the extensicn of the lines of the Potomac Light and Power Company, and substituted a new bill, embodying the changes recommended by them. In their letter to Cpairman McMillan upon the bil. they say: ue proposed legislation is regarded in the min as advantageous for the public interests, in that it provides. means for Hghting streets and roadways and public aad private buildings by electricity, in the parts of the District outside of the city of Washington where such lighting cannot now be had, and therefore the bill, with some changes noted below, ommended for favorable action. T! bject of the | chang sec D- s Moat cr akaciont | Changes Is to more securely guard the pub. Ko interests, to increase the compensation in kind to be furnished for rights and priv- ileges granted, and to harmonize the bill with, and make its provis‘ons preliminary to, legislation lately recommended by the Commissioners for the establishment of a general system of subways for wires.” After giving an account of the Potomac Light and Power Company, and stating the facts showing how the company had been restrained by court from extending its lines, the Commissioners go on to say: 8 the Commissioners understand the situation, ‘the company finding its hands Ued and its property and projecis jeopard- ized, asks for congressional authority to extend its existing lines, erected under permits, and offers to provide certain priv- ileges and submit to certain conditions as compensation therefor. Among such priv- ileges and conditions are the free use of its conduits and poles, where poles are allo: ed, as along county roads and unimproved suburban streets, for public wires; the right ef purchase by the public of its condui:s upon specitied and reasonable terms; furnishing of public are lamps at a max mum price of $100, where existing law makes the maximum price $146, and pri- vate ligating at not more than 10 per cen- tum less than rates prevailing in Decem- ber, 1806. “The Commissioners have added to the bil, among other provisiong cne for a rigkt of purchase of the cd&duits by a general subway company or contractor, which may be authorized by Congress to eperate in the District of Colvmbla, re- serving to Corgress the right of fixing maximum rat for ~public and private lighting; and limiting the use of overhead wires in the county, so that all poles and everhead wires shall be wholly removy: from a street or part of a street wi six monihs after the date of the approv of an act of Congress appropric ting money tor, or otherwise authorizing, the paving or improvement by standard macadam or graveling of suck street or part of street; that the erection of poles on a concreie sidewalk shall be proh.bited, and the re- moval of poles from a sidewalk space about to be paved wiih concrete shall be re- quired.” The Commissioners send with the letter a bill drawn up to cover the changes they suggest. The Commissioners also submit a letter from President Crosby of the Potomac Light and Power Company upon the mer- its of the ling bill. About Overhead Wir The Commissioners this afternoon sent their reply to Congress upon the subject of the resolution calling for infermation ccn- cerning the number of permits granted for the stringing of overhead wires since: 1838. In their reply the Commissioners say that ce that date four permits have been granted for the erection of oyeriead wires, upon and over streets and avenues of the sity. Then follows a list of the permits. Continuing, the Commissioners s either the act approvel July 1S, 1888, nor any subsequent acts of Congress pro- hibit the erection of overhead wires in the alleys in the city of Washington, nor the head wires in any. part of the District of Columbia outside of said city. Under the general police clause. conferred upon them by Congress, the Commissioners have granted permits to the following cor- porations.”” Then follows a list of the companies, the mmissioners adding it would take con- erable time to make a transcript of all c | such permits, but it can be done if desired. The Comm ssioners quote the paragraph in the appropriation act of August S04, concerning the erection of overhead wires in all al‘eys, and say, under its provisions, permits have been granted to erect poles and string wires in the alleys of the city. In conclusion they say: “Since March 3, 1891, the Commissioners have fssued the following permits for the construction of conduits for electric wires, which were not an addition to, nor exten- sion of a previously existing condu‘t or sub- way establ'shed under previously existing The Commissioners having agreed to en- ter into a contract with the Potomac Light and Power Company to light the Aqueduct bridge, permit was given this company on November 26, 1895, co lay an underground conduit across M street northwest for the purpose of connecting its existing lines with the Aqueduct bridge. This conduit has not been constructed. December 18, 1895, permit was given the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church railroad, successors to the Washington and Arlington railway, to construct a conduit across M street so as to replace two wires which had been formerly strung across the street. In their letter of transmittal the Com- missioners forwarded copies of the permits and copies of opinions rendered by their legal advisers. Wires in Conduits, The Commissioners also transmitted other statements sent to them under the resolution cited-above as follows: Col. Wilson, in charx~ of public buildings and grounds, states that the only under- ground conduits under his control is one six-inch pipe conduit, 135 feet long, running from 17th and G streets to the State, War and Navy departments, and one eight-inch pipe conduit, 350 feet, running from the south side of G street north and North Capitol street through the Capitol grounds into the basement of the Senate. Superintendent Miles of tfle District tele- graph and telephone service reports that the District owns about five “and one-quar- ter miles of conduits. but they consist of cheap wood boxes about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground. The manager of the Western Union Tele- graph Company reports that the only con- duit owned by it is located under the side- walk on South Capitol street, from B to C streets, thence to the Capitol building, the total iength being about 1,200 feet. The Postal Telegraph Company reports that it has 14,315 feet of conduit. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. reports that it has 70,900.42 feet of sub- way trench. In a letter to the Commission- ers accompanying this statement” President Bryan states, that while there is no stip- ulation in relation to reservation of a duct for the District he has always been ready and willing, as heretofore stated, to permit the District to use a duct without charge or expense. The United States Electric Lighting Co. reports that it has 44.6 miles of conduit. Changes in the Fire Department. For the purpose of equipping truck D of the fire department, the Commissianers yes- terday appo‘rted the following new firemen: P. M. Jeffries, Frank Lochboehler, S. B. Rollins, Norman Pulliam, J. H. Aigner, C. W. Sears, Edward Douglas, Charles W. O'Neil, J._A. Lewis, Bernard Buscher and Luchian Williams. In order to propérly officer this compa.y, the Comm‘ssioners made the following pro- motions: Assistant Foreman P. W. Nichol- son to be foreman, Ass‘stant Tillerman W. E. Jones to be tillerman, Assistant Hostler W. B. Handy to be hostler, and Private G. W. Ketler to be assistant foreman. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. @ Partly Cloud OCroudy. * @ fan. ® Soom EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75:h meridian time. Sol! lincs are 180 bars or lnes of equal alr pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or. Unes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. snow has fa! are: en dering preceding twelve hours, of high and low barometer. The words “High and “Low Small arrows fly with the wind. Shaded areas are regiors where rain or show location of CLOUDY TONIGHT. Snow or Rain and Warmer Weather Predicted for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday.--For the District of Cclumbia, Delaware and Mary- land, increasing cloudiness tonight; Wed- nesday, snow or rain and warmer; rorth- westerly winds, diminishing in force and becoming northeasterly. For Virginia and North Carolina, increas- ing cioudiness, with rain in western portion teright; Wednesday, rain; warmer; norzh- westerly winds, diminishing in force and becoming northeasterly. Weather conditions and general forecast: The eastern storm has continued near the New England ccast, and is meving very slowly northeastward. It has been attend- ed by high northwest gales from Eastport to Hatte: The area of high pressure has moved slowly eastward and southwerd, but it has diminished in intensity in the northwest. A second storm is central cn the Pacific coast, and gradients of pressure and tem- perature are very steep on the Rocky mountain pliteau, the pressure increasing on the southern Rocky mountain slope, and the indications favor the forming of a storm center in southern Texas. The pressure nas n in the lake regious and fallen over the northern Rocky mountain plateau and in the Pacific states. Rain or snow has fallen in the middle Mississippi valley and on the southern Rocky mountain slope, also in northern New England. The following heavy inches) was reported During the past twenty-four hours—Los Angeles, It is colder in New England, Montana precipitation (in and Wyoming, and warmer generally in the Mississippi valley. Gales will continue on the north Atlantic ccast Wednesday, but the weather will be generally fair and warmer. Snew or rain is indicated for the Ohio yalley, and it may become heavy by Wednesday. The rain will extend into the east gulf states, but it will clear in the west gulf states | with colder weather Wednesday. Condition of the Water, Temperature and condition of wat>r at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 26; condi- tion, 1. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 39; condition at north connection, condi- tion at south connection, 3. Dirtributing reservoir, temperature, 37; condition at in- fluent gate house, 10; cffluent gate house, 15, Tide Table, Today—Low tide, 4:25 a.m. and 5:06 p.m.; high tide, 10:44 am. and 10:5 p.m. Tomorrow-—Low tide, 5:14 a.m, and 6:00 p.m.; high tide, 11:22 a.m, and 11:40 p.m, The Sun and Moon, Sun rises, 6:2) e.m.; sin sets, Moon rises, 11:04 p.m. today. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by ¢ tinguishing begun at 5:24 a.m. ing is begun one hour before the tim nemed. If clear less lighting may be or- dered. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 6:01 p.m.: extinguishing begun at m. The moon schedule does not apply to the nap: lamps. Public are lemps lighied at 6:31 p.m. and extinguished at 6:09 a. Range of the Thermometer. The readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today were as follows: & 2 pm., 40; maximum, 40; min- THE WEATHER FORECASTS No. 1. No. 2 No. & No. 4 . ‘ ' Clear or falr Rain or Local rata Terperature’! Cold ware. ‘weather. snow. ‘or snow. signal. Explanation of the Fings. ‘The fiags are ko!sted cach day npon the tsne of the morning weather map and, float unt! dark. ‘They indicate the weatter that may be expected during th: following thirty-tix hours, but more par- Meutarly the lest twenty-four hours of that perlod. They are to ve read from the top of the xtaff downward. proper weather flag. ‘The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 8 indicates warmer wenthe: If more than one kind of weather is predi-ted for the period from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the corditions first named In the forecast will be represented by the wppermest fias. of s “cold wave’? {s included in the forecast message, the cold- When a waraing e flag will'be digpiased below the when placed below numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates colder westher; when not displayed, the imlications are that the temperature will remain stationary. RUMORS OF A RUPTURE Democrats Expect Dissensions in Their Central Committee. While They May Be Inevitable, the Probabilities Are That They WILL Be Postponed. Democrats are awaiting with much inter- est the developments that are expected to occur at the meeting of the central com- mittee tonight, and the probabilities of a rupture between the various factions rep- resented in that body are being eagerly discussed. If such a thing occurs, how- ever, it will probably be at sqme meeting subsequent to that of tonight, as there is a dispositicn on the part of all the forces that are now arrayed against each other in the pending centest to secure every ad- vantage possible by a species of still-hunt- ing befor2 coming to an open battle. The tickets in the various assembly dis- tricts, which will each contain the names of three candidates for the local conven- tion on March 10, have pretty nearly been decided upon by all the contending fac- tions, but they are being kept secret in almost all instarces. In two or three dis- tricts there will be no substantial oppo- sition to the men who are pledged to sup- port the so-called “straightout” | ticket, headed by Chairman Holmead, ‘but in many of the others there will be vigorous opposition. It is impossible to ascertain if any of the gentlemen who are candidates for Chicago along with Mr. Holmead have ambitions to represent the District on the national de: ocratic committee, but it is said in many qvarters that if Mr. William Dickson can be prevailed upon to go az one of the six, that he will have an excelient chance to be selected for the position. The fact that the sixth-name on the “straightout” ticket has not yet been se- lected leads many friends of Mr. Dickson te hope that tre local convention will take him up bodily and make him go to Chicago despite his very Gecided objection to such a course. It is well known that some of the influential local leaders who are pow- ers in their respective assembly districts ceclare that while they will take care of party interests in their sections, they will not exert any enthusiastic efforts unless Mr. Dickson is made a factor in the fight. Georgetown democrats have pretty near- ly concluded to join forces on a candidate for Chicago, and at a meeting of the party leaders of the third and fourth assembly districts to be held tomorrow night the name of ex-District Commissioner Samuel E. Wheatley will be agreed upon for pre- sentation to the local convention, March 10. This selection will be very agreeable to the stronger candidates of the straight- cuts and will receive the support of their friends in the other districts. Considering the strong efforts being made to induce Mr. Dickson to also run, the action of the Georgetown branch may lead to a change in persornel of the delegation to Chicago as now evidently favored by the majority of the party workers, — Where Theft Was Alleged. William Wynkoop, sixteen years old, was tried in the Police Court today for the theft of a pocket book, containing a small amount of money, from the reception room at the Ice Palace yesterday. The pocket book be- longed to Miss Mabel White. Wynkoop, who was unable to explain his conduct, was fined $10 or thirty days. Estelle Foster, arrested for the alleged theft of a clock, failed to appear in court this morning to answer the charge and her bond was forfeited. Henry C. Bouldin was rer bondsman. —_—>— A Verdict for $25. In the case of Harry L. Baldwin, jr., against tne Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a verdict in fayor of Mr. Bald- win was returned today, he being awarded $25. Several months ago Mr. Baldwin claimed to have been struck while riding a bicycle by an engine run by the company, his wheel being wrecked and he somewhat bruised, SILVER TH Senator Jones Says It is Not Decreasing, but Growing. He Beli yes It Will Control at Chi- cago if Its Friends Stand Firm. Senator Jones of Arkansas has returned to town after a brief participation in the campa‘gn at home. His seat in the Senrie 1s involved, and he has carried, by a sub- stantial majority, the first county to vote in the primaries. Several other counties will shortly declare then selves, and his pros- pects of success in them also are said to he very flattering. Mr. Jones himself, how- ever, declines to gq into the subject further than to say that all of bis Information leads him to believe that he will succeed himself in the Senate. In Favor of Free Coinnge. S Mr. Jones is one of the silver leaders in the Senate, and has pitched his present cempaign in the key of 16 to 1. Speaking to a representative of The Star today Mr. Jones said: “The democrats of Arkansas are over- Wwhelmingly in favor of. free coinage. The ratio, indeed, is about sixteen hundred to one. The state delegation to Chicago will be solidly for silver, and immovably so. If other states favorable to silver do as well, the Chicago convention will register a ver- dict that will be indorsed at the polls in November. And I look fo see that action taken. Silver has never before been so strong as it is today, and its friends have only to go to Chicago and remain true to themselves to carry the day. I am not speaking at haphazard, or indulging in| mere enthusiasm, when I say this, but my correspondence, which is wide on the sub- ject, bears me out to the very letter of the assertion. I am most sincerely of the opin- fon that If the Chicago convention writes a free silver platform, and puts a true friend of silver on it as the candidate, the democ- racy will win the fight.” Sentiment Not Decreasing. “But it is asserted in the east that the free silver sentiment is decreasing,” was suggested. “I know-it is,” reptied Mfr. Jones, “and the very earnestness and great frequency with whicn that assertion tis made point to {ts unreliability. It isnot oaly not decreas- irg, but Is increasirgy!and!in the east no less than in the sovth-and:west. The east may challenge my. statement, but I am speaking advisedly. 1 ‘know it to be a fact that bimetallism—the! putting and keep- ing of gold ard silverjon am honest equal- ity &s money of redemption in this coun- try—is a rowing sentimentdn several parts of the east, and will-maRe itself felt at Chicago. This fact, teo, is having its ef- fect in making all the-more slout of heart those democrats in the olq silver strong- holds who, now that Ge sdpreme moons is approaching, are being »urged to stand by silver as never befpre Gold Men Will Not;Control. “But the gold men éxpect to control the Chicago convention,” was suggested. “I know that, too,” was the reply. “But all the same they won't. They are not nearly so numerous or influential as they appear to te, and proclaim themselves. Did you ever hear the story of the man who contracted to deliver two car loads of frogs? The cars were run on to a siding near his pond, and a force of men employed to handle the frogs. The pond was drained and a diligent search made, but only four frogs covld be found. The noise those four frogs had made misled the owner of the pond as to their number. My opinion is that when those New York bankers drain their pond in July they'li find that they Pave greatly overestimated the number of their frogs.” Mr. Jones will return to Arkansas soon &rd resume his stumping tour. MEASLES ABOUT The Malady Prevalent in tke Dis- trich CASES THAN USUAL MARY MORE How the Record Compares With Former Years. > FEBRUARY MORTALITY = According to reports made by physicians to the health officer of the District there would seem to be an epidemic of measles in Washington just now. During the last. two months there have been an unusual number of deaths from this disease, ten in the month of February. The malady. is not generally regarded as particularly se- rious. Such a number of deaths would in- dicate an alarming prevalence of the dis- ease. In some cities the health regulations in- sist that whenever a case of measles bréaks cut in a house a placard must be placed on view in front, as is done here in the case of smallpox, scarlet fever or diph- therla. No such provision is in force here and the result fs, that there is no way of getting at the exact number of cases all over the city, especially as the attending physicians are not compelled to make re- ports of such, cases to the health officer. An inspection of the records of the health office shows that during the past ten or twelve years the number of fatal- ities from the disease has varied greatly frcm year to year, each year of an epidemic being followed by several years when the city enjoyed almost complete immuni- ty. Thus the death rate from measles seems to havg been excessive in Iss4, in 1S88 and again in 1891. The explanation of this,according to Health Officer Woodward, is the fact that Infants and young chil- dren are particularly susceptible to the dis- ease. One year a very large number are affected and the result is that it takes two or three years for another generation of little ones to be ready for the contagion. To every 10,000 of the population the death rates in the years when measles were epidemic were as follows: 1884—Colored, total, 8.05. 1888—Colored, 8.27; total, %. 1891—Colored, ); total, 2.80. In each ‘ar it will be noted that the mortality H among the colored was considerably greater than among the white, thus reducing the general average material In 1880 the death rate fell as low as an average of .05 to each 10,000, The total number of deaths from measles in each of the years mentioned is as fol- lows: 1881, 179; 1888, 150; 1801, 70. To Break the Record. At the rate things are going just now the chances are that the fiscal year ending the last of next June will be. well up in the front rank so far as mortality from measles is concerned. Last June there was one fatal case, in December two, in Janu- ary nine, and in February there were ten. Practically all of these deaths were among small children, and, as is usual with con- tagious diseases, the mortality has been higher among colored children than among the white. In the case of infants measles are likely to be accompanied by capillary bronchitis, affecting the throat and lung: especially if the climatic conditions are fa- vorable to throat and lung troubles. Du ing the month of January two of the deaths were of children seven years of age, two at ears and the others still younger. the adult fs likely to be more seri- sick than the average child, the ously, chances of his succumbing to the disease are infinitely less. So far this year there have been twee as many cases amorig the colored population as among the white, which would make it seem as though the disease was about four times as prevalent among the colored people, who are but half as numerous as the whites. The disease is by no means confined to the District, but has extended eatsward into Prince George's county. It is thought that it had its origin this time in Georgetown and has traveled almost due east across the city. What Dr. Woodward Say: Discursing the subject with a Star re- porter this morning, Dr. Woodward, the healta officer, said: = “Measles is an eruptive fever classed as one of the minor contagions. Ia the be- sinning it is usually taken for a cold, and it requires from a week to ten days afer exposure for the positive symptoms to develop. They are similar to those of a severe cold, running of the eyes and nose with a cough. It is not until the third er fourth ‘day thereafter that the erupiions appear. These conie first on the face. As they disappear the skin peels off in scales, and as long as there is eny scaling the disease is contagious. It is much more centagious even than scarlet fever, and there are very few people who are su ceptible and are exposed to the disease that do not contract it. The contagion may be carried through the medium of clothing or bedding, but this durger is minimized if not altogether removed by thoroughly air- ing the infected articles in the sunlig: I have had a number of inquiries lately from supervising principals of the public schools as to whether they should permit children to come t» schcol when any mem- bers of their families are down with measles. I have advised strongly against it in every case, for it is oe of the surest ways of spreading the disease.” ae Amos Kendall's Life of Gen. Jackson. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In my article of February 1 on this untin- ished work I menticned the singular fact that when it reached the last line of page 288 and had carried the biography up to April, 1814, it was suddenly broken off in the middle of a sentence. I said that I had rot been able to learn the reason of thi Now, I have a letter from Mrs. Wm. Stick- ney, daughter of Amos Kendall and widow of Wm. Stickney, In which she says she thinks the reason for the sudden discontinu- ance of the biography was published at the time, and as she desires it to be known to the world, I cannot give the information as well any other way than by the following extract of a recent letter from her, written at Monrovia, Cal., as follows: “In the beginning this undertaking was not for financial emolument, as you may readily see from the price of the book, but rather a labor of love on the part of Amos Kendall, with the earnest desire that justice might be done his dear old friend whose character was so severely and censoriously criticised in those days. “A few days before my father’s death, in November, 1869, ke sent for Mr. Stickney to come to his bedside, and in my presence said to him: ‘I want you to let the world know why I did not complete the “Life of General Jackson;” it was because the one who prom- ised material for so doing failed me,’ and then added: ‘It has been the disappointment of my life. I have hoped until within a very few years the way would be opened for me to compleie this work, but now it is too late.’ This utterance of my father I am sure was made public at the time, as my husband regarded the charge as a sacred one.’ HORATIO KING. Washington, February 20. ‘The Ford’s Theater Disaster. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The writer, one of the victims of the late Ford's Theater disaster, des!res to of- fer his sincere thanks for your able editor- ial on the delay by Congress in making a final settlement to the victims of that de- plorable wreck. Tne amount of suffering caused by this procrastination can well be imagined when it is known that many of these unfortunate victims have lost their positions or been reduced in salaries on account of their :nability to work as rap- idly as before they were injured; and, therefore, those who have families depen- dent upon them must necessarily experi- ence the ravages of want. 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