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great jubilation by the members interested in private bills. The House then went into committee of the whole for the considera- tion of bills on the private calendar. Bilis to Be Considered. Mr. Pickler (8. D.), chairman of the com- mittee on invalid pensions, moved that the bills from the committees on claims and war claims be laid aside without prejudice and that the committee consider only bills “from the committees on pensions, invalid pensions and military affairs. Some of the democrats attempted to fili- buster by offering dilatory amendments, but all were voted down, and Mr. Pickler’s motion was agreed to. Much of the afternoon was consumed in the discussion of a single bill, the demo- crats intimating that an unfair advantage has been taken of them by the adoption of Mr. Pickler’s motion. When the appropria- tion Dill had been displaced they supposed claims and all other bills on the private ealendar would be considered in their or- der, not that pension cases alone would be singled out for consideration. —_———_ BELT LINE IMPROVEMENT. Proposition for Rapid Transit by Use of Compressed Air. ‘There was a conference this afternoon in the room of the Senate District com- mittee between Senator McMillan and rep- resentatives of the Eckington and Belt Railway Companies, accompanied by Sen- ator Gorman and Mr. Douglass, formerly thief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio road and now consulting engineer of this nystem of street railways. @ object of this conference was to dis- vas plans for the extension of the Ecking- ton an Relt lines on terms that would be mutually agreeable to the company and to the District committee. Senator McMil- lan had persuaded the representatives of the companies that extensions along L and Tith streets in the city were utterly out of question, as they could not be consented to Ly the committee. Accordingly, this plan Was abandoned. ‘The companies agree to put first-class cars, propelled by compressed a'r motors, on the line within a short time after the fe of the bill granting them the ex- tensions they ask. ——__. EMERGENCY HOSPITAL. This Was Donation Day at the Insti- tution. This has been a red letter day for the Emergency Hospital, and since early morn- ing delivery wagons have been driving up to the door and depositing in the way of supplies almost everything from a box of matches toa ton of coal. The congressional appropriation for the support of the Emer- gency has been found rather parstmonious, nd, in order to secure many necessary rticles for the use of the institution, an annual donation day was several years ago- established, and has now become a feature. —_ REPORT IS CONFIRMED. ‘Torkish Minister in Washington Will Be Recalled. The repor. that Mayroyeni Bey, the Trrkish minister to the United States, is to be recalled has been confirmed at the «fice at Constantinople. So tar as learned, however, noihing of an i character on that point has been Department or at the nister says he cannot s: be recalled for the very good reason thet no diplomat ean tel! in advance that he is or fs not to be traasierred to another field of dury. that he may Official Report of the Congressional Joint Committee. ntative Grosvenor of Ohio has 1 to the House the report of the joint committee representing Congress that perticipated in the dedication of Chicka- mauga and Chattanooga National Park. The report says the ¢veat proved to be without presedent in the history of wars, and one which would not be pessite in any ether naticn than our cwn, for there were found gathered ir enthusiastic comradship the most distinguished ving leaders of sides, and many thcusands of the rank and fite of the once contending furces. The park itself was also found to be nout precedent, beng the reconstruc- t battlefields by the victorious . in every respect. both great the utmost impartiality has i in marking lines of battle ng on monuments and tab- curate history of every organiza- Rep subn d. ring of the point Lookout moun- tam, which overlooks all the battlefields embraced in the National Park, seems to the committee very important to the com- Pletion of the project. —_ Defictency Estimate: ‘The Secrstary of the Treasury submitted te the House today estimates of deficiency epprepriations for the District of Colum- bia aggregating $90,072. Among the items wa Mx”) to complete the smati- tal, and one of $40 to light the Streets of Eckington and West Eckington. eae: es Race ack Gambling Killed in Jersey. The anti-gambling amendments to the stitution were passed by the New Jersey assembly yesterday. They were previously passed by the senate. The amendments Head in New Jersey, with betting, Plegal. oe ‘The Nicaragua Canal. The investigation of the Nicaragua canal problem by the House commerce commit- tee was begun today, ex-Senator Warner Miller, president of the canal company, be- irg heard un the subject. + ——_____ Senators Go to Bethlehem. PHILADELPHIA, Fa., March A committee of Senators from Washington, including Messrs. Chandler, Tillman, Squire and Kyle, left this city this morn- in gin a special car over the Reading tailrowl for Bethlehem, where they will visit the plant of the ethlehem Iron Com- pany and inspect the manufacture of armor piate. _— Police Captain Devery's Case. March 27.—The jury in the case of Folice Capt. Wm. S. Devery, on trial for extortion, sent in werd to Justice Smythe today that they could not agree and asked to be dizcharged. Justice Smyth= sent back word that they must agree. CHICAGO, March 27.—It has been ascer- tained from the books of the Northwestern Railroad Compaay that the box containing a corpse, which was sold at the unclaim- ed freiznt auction was shipped from Salt Lake City February 8, 1898. The con- signor was G. M. Morgan and the co: signee G. M. Morgan, 166 Jefferson street, Chicago. The pclice have communicated the facts to the Sait Lake City police. —— Alleged Purchase of Delngon Bay. LONDON, March 27.—The Chronicle prints under reserve a rumor that England has purchased Delagoa bay, with the whole trip of territory from Amatonga on the south to the Chartered Company's terr tory on the torth, the Limpopo river con- atituting the eastern boundary, for 0 sterling. —_—— Opera House Burned. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 27.—Fire gcmpletely destroyed the Grand Opera House at 1 o'clock this morning. The build- icg cost $75,000, and was insured for $25,000. ‘The property was owned by F. S. Heffern. Sees No Sen Good Friday. Friday next being “Good Friday,” Judge Hagner announced today that he would hold the Probate Court Thursday next in- stead. ——_—_ -__ Miss Willard Coming. Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the World's and National W. C. T. U., -will speak in this city under the auspices of the District W. C. T. U. Sunday, Aprii 12. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Indications of a Serious Uprising in “Matabeleland. DEFEAT OF THE MOUNTED POLICE Volunteer Troops Forced to Come to a Halt. GOVERNMENT UNPREPARED ee gt @opyright, 1896, by the Assoeiated Press.) CAPETOWN, March 27.—Dispatches re- ceived from Buluwayo, Matabeland, today indicate that the uprising in that part of the colony is much more serious than the authorities will admit. The telegrams from the front yesterday merely outlined a revolt of a few natives in the Inseza and Filubusi districts, the massacre of some white settlers, including Commissary Bentley and the dispatch of a small force of volunteers to the scene of the disturbance. The dispatches of today show that the disturbance is widespread, and becoming more alarming as time passes. An extensive uprising of the na- tives, it is now understood, has taken place, and the revolt is Iikely to spread to other parts of South Africa. The settlers in Matabeleland are flocking into the towns, which are being placed in a condition for defense. Volunteers are be- ing enrolled everywhere, provisions are be- ing collected and, in short, all the steps necessary are being taken to meet most serious developments. Reinforcemet of mounted police have already been s to Buluwayo, Inseza and Gamboa, and the Cape Rifles have received orders to prepare for active service. Sup- Pies of ammunition for the Maxim guns are being hurried to Buluwayo, and all the horses of the disturbed territory have been impressed by Col. Napier, who is in charge of the government forces. The natives are raiding farms and killing white settlers in the Matapo hills district, and rumor has it that over fifty people. have been slain. Explorer Selous Drivea Aw: Frederick C. Selous, the well-known fight- ing explorer, who distinguished himself dur- ing the Matabele war, has been driven from his farm, and has sought safety at Bulu- wayo. He brought in with him, however, three Indunas, whom he had arrested as a matter of precaution, and he asks that they be held prisoners until the cattle from the Selous estate, raided by the natives, are re- stored. In the meanwhile Selous is enrolling vol- unteers, and will shortly start for the front at the head of a strong force of South African troops. In an interview, Selous is quoted as saying that the authorities must act quickly and effectively, otherwise the revolt wiil spread in all directions, and the government will experience great difficulty in restoring order. A patrol of mounted police, which was sent out from Buluwayo yesterday, had sharp engagement with the nati although the official repert sa: troopers “retired in good order,” unofficial advices have it that the police patrol lost several men killed, had a number of wound- ed, and beat a hasty retreat, closely pur- sued by the Mataheles. Volunteers Compelled to Halt. A small detachment of volunteers, which also pushed forward yesterday to protect the endangered settlers, as been compelled to hait, and is now occupying a fortified position about twenty-five miles from Bulu- wayo, while awalting the reinforcements under Selous, which may be able to leave EBuluwayo today. ‘There are plenty of volunteers, but all the horses necessary to mount them and the arms, ammunition and supplies neces- sary te equip them are not forthcoming as promptly as desired. The fact is that the authorities ha been caugitt unprepared for! the outbreak, and while the usual detachments of mount- ed police had been drawn upon to provide troopers for service elsewhere. The opinion is expressed here that the outbreak in Matabeleland is one of the outcomes of the Jameson raid, and the de- feai inflicted by the Boers upon the British. The news ha¥ spread far and wide in greatly exaggerated form, and, coupled with the arming of the Boers of the Transvaal and of the Orange Free State and the exodus of Boers from other par: of South Africa intg the two republics, has excited the natives, who are being led to believe that the British to be driven out of South Africa. Official Adviccn. LONDON, March 27.—The governor of Cape Colony, Sir Hercules Robinson, tele- graphs under yesterday's date, saying that a courler from the Shangani district has arrived at Buluwayo and reports that seven whites in that part of the country have been killed or wounded and that four more are missing. The remaining—whites of the Shangani district, the courier reported, have fled from their farms and are encamped in two la- gers, twenty miles apart. The natives of Shangani, the governor also wired, left their kraal and had a pow- wow at Jingen yesterday. It is said that a prominent witch doctor is the instigator of the rising, and that great excitement prevails at Buluwayo. In official circles here it is believed that the uprising im Matabeleland will be promptly quelled and that the disturbance will not spread to any extent. ——— WALTER DYGERT’S CASE. Consul General Williams Waiting for a Rep HAVANA, March 27.-Walter Grant Dy- gert of Ilincis, who is alleged to have heen one of the leaders of the ‘nsurgents under another name, was recently detained by a detschment of troops operating in the coun- try, and as he had no doruments upon person, with which to establish his % as an American citizen, he in the jail at Guines, province of Havana. He wrote a letter to the Uniled States Con- sul General Williams, who yesterday pre- sented it to the government here. Instruc- tions were immediately issued for a report of the case to he forwarded to the captain general, and Mr. Williams is now endesvor- ing to ascertain if Mr. Dyxert is to be tried by civil or military law. As this dispatch is sent the United States consul general has not received an answer to ihis inquiry. bio eae OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE GAMES. Light Blue Won the Majority of the Athletic Contexts, LONDON, March 27.—-The Oxford-Cam- bridge games took place at the Queen’s Club today. Jordan took the 100 yards dash _in 10% seconds. In the quarter mile run Fitzherbert beat Jordan in 49 4-5 s ords. The broad jump was won by Batch- eler of Cambridge, 22 feet 7 inches. Cambridge won five events and Oxford four. TO ADVERTISERS QUALITY is no less valuable than QUANTITY in the matter of newspaper circulation. Not only is the circulation of The Star much LARGER than that of any other paper in Washington, but it is a great deal BETTER. It goes into the family circles of the City to more than three times the extent of any other paper, and is read by pretty much every member of the household... This it is that gives its columns a special value to advertisers, and accounts for its liberal advertising patronage. OTIS II ASU Ae A EC a I SU Se de EE ee ee Ee ee eee Lap Aaahag AK NLSCY ESI ERAN RATE SEC ee USE OF THE TUNNEL. Why the Authority te Utilize It Can- ; mot Be Expedited. ‘A Gelegation of members of the board-of trade committee on the increase of the weter supply called on Sehator McMillan this afternoon to urge the prompt passage of the bill authorizing the completion of the aqueduct tunnel. it was impracticable to go ahead with any greater speed than has alreidy been shown since the most practicable way to secure this legislation, he thought, would be to havo the proposed authorization for the completion of the tunnel to be added to the District appropriation bill as an amend- ment, and that bill has not yet finally pass- ed the House. The committee informed him that joint action could be had in the House on the independent measure now on the Senate calendar if the Senate were to act upon it, and Mr. McMillen assured his callcrs that if he could be satisfied that this were the cease and the House would act without de- lay he would make an effort to secure ac- tion at once in the Senate upon the joint resolution. 2. THE B. AND 0. TRACKS. Promised Plan to Abolish Grade Crossings. Senator McMillan received a call’ this morning from a representative of the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad Company, who informed him that early next week he would lay before the Senator the proposl- tion of the iaflroad company for the aboli- tion of grade crossings on the line of its road in this city. Tt {s expected that this plan will be a modification of the bill introduced at the last Congress, which provides for the con- struction of ‘a masonry viaduct out Ist street cast from the present station, to be used in carrying both the Metropolitan and the Wazhington branches 0 tthe road, to be united at a point outside of the city limits ys diverting the latter branch from its present course just north of Kendall Green. ‘The company may, in its proposition, sub- stitute sieel for masonry in the construc- tion of the viaduct, but the principal con- tention is Hable to rest upon the directlion of the tracks. Mr. Hamilton, the attorney for the Balti- more and Ohio, and Mr. John K. Cowen for the receivers of the road, were served with formal notice today by Chief Clerk Wo- mack of the Interior Department, to vacate square 201, between G and H streets and Ist street and Delaware avenue, within thirty days. ee ANTI-DIVISION. The Association Files Articles of In- corporation Today. Articles incorporating “The Ant!-Division Association for the Suppression of Vice in the District of Columbia” were filed today iby Wray Beattie, J. S. Blackford, G. P. Hopkins, S. D. Luckett, S. M. Newman, Mary L. Newman, Lizzie C. Pratt, C. B. Shafer, D. W. Skellenger, E. D. Bailey, Hugh Johnston. C. W. Baldwin, Thomas ©. Easton, G. N. Luccock, Margaret B. Platt, Ellen Powell Thompson, Eudora Lu- cas Ha!lmann and W. L'vingston Bruen. The business and objects of the associa- tion are stated to be (o promote in all Ttoper ways the enforcement of the criminal law, to stimulate public sentiment in favor of its execution by educating both men and women to a single standard of purity, to promote the eradication of the sources and causes of crime and vice, to disseminate information respecting them, to advise and assist tne weak and helpless, and especial- ly those under age, in obtaining the protec- tion of the courts and of the law, to create a demand for the makiry of wholesome laws against vice, and to organize public meetings for discussion upen such topics. Seay MERIT SYSTEM OPPOSED. Action in the Maryland House of Deleguten. ch to ‘The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 27. The house of delegates this afternoon, after a very tumultuous session, again “turned down” civil service by a vote of 38 to 36. The bill defeated provided for the application of the system to the police and fire departments in all towns in the ate having a population over 8,000. The debate prior to the yote was exceedingly stormy and personal. A large crowd of Baltimore capitalists, headed by Mr. Enoch Pratt, came down this morning on a special train to add their protests to those already entered against the assessment bill, now in the aids of the governor. Senator Bowie has introduced a joint resoluticn calling upon the Maryland Rep- rcsentatives in Congress to aid in securing an appropriation for a bridge over the Esstern branch of the Potomac. The senate bills providing for a $500,000 loan fur a new penitentiary, and $100,000 have passed the house, Adverse the roll county, rules having been suspended to permit the passage. —————_—_ 4 SELLING GAS BY OT METERS. Growing Popularity of This Device in the City of London. From the Birmingham Post. By the commercial historian of the future 4: seems not Improbable that the present perfod will be distinguished as the “penny- in-the-slot” age—the age, that is to say, in which retail transactions were first facill- tated and encouraged by the introduction of auto-mechanism, worked by the drop- ping of coins. 2 Not the least successful of its many appli- cations is the supply of gas for heating and illuminating purposes by means of auto- matic meters. The system is very similar to that adopted for the supply of sweetmeats, cigarettes and photographs. We are only concerned as to its success, respecting which seme suggestive statistics e contained in the report of the London Gaslight and Coke Company. That under- taking appears to have had a very success- ful time during the last twelve months. Lest year’s sales, indeed, were the largest cubic feet in excess of those for the year previous. That incrcase alone would have been sufficient to light an important town like Brighton, Oldham or Salford for a whole year. During the last half year the consumption increased by 4.86 per cent, of which no less than 2.28 per cent was owing to the new class of customers consuming &as on the prepayment meter system. There can be no doubt that the Introduction of in- candescent burners bas greatly increased the popularity of gas for illuminating pur- Foses, and enabled it to hold its own a little longer than might otherwise have been pos- sible against the rivalry of electric light- irg; but in London, at all events, the most potent new factor in promoting the con- sumption of gas has been the penny-in-the- slot system. So ccnvinced, indeed, are the directors of the Gaslight and Coke Company of the great potentialities of this system, that they have just issued further capital repre- senting nearly £300,000 in cash, which is to be devoted almost entirely to the devel- opment of the automatic-meter supply sys- icm. The number of orders already on the company’s books for these automatic ma- chines is no less than 16,000, and additional orders are pouring in at the rate of 600 a week. The gross collection from the slot- meters during the last half vear, it seems, amounted to upward of £36,600, the whole of which, of course, was in pence. At the present time, we are told, the company are collecting from these meters 100,000 coins a day, weighing nearly one ton. . ———_-e+___ Escape of a Convicted Murderer. FORT WORTH, Texas, March 27.—Ex- Alderman McGrath, convicted for the mur- der of James Rushing, and given nine years in the penitentiary, escaped from the county Jail this morrire, owing to carelessness of ie a who has been removed by the sheriff. ———.__ Ex-Grand Master Sweeney Dead. CHICAGO, March 27._Frank Sweeney, for Many years grand master of the Switch- man’s National Union, died today of con- sumption at his home in Chicago. ———— Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: . Geo. A. King, to erect one’ brick dwelling at 1611 28th street northwest; to cost $10,000. J. J. Appich, to erect a private frame stable in rear of 25 Harrison street, Ana- ccstia, at a cost of $200. The Senator showed the delegation how | on record, being more than_ 1,000,000,000 | = - The Distrjef Chemist's Analysis of the Br¢gs Captured in the Felapners’ Quarters, we 8 3 In the work of Detectives Horne, Weedon and Helan leading to the capture of the alleged “knock-out” men, Frank Lewis and Frederick Nelson, a Chinese laundryman played an important part. The celestial had their wash in his place, and was to have had it ready for them Wednesdey, but it was not ready when they called or sent for it... They therefore concluded to remain untll yesterday morning. Had the officers been delayed over night in making the investigation the men would have been gone, for they had made ar- fargements to leave yesterday morning. Detectives O'Donnell and Ward of Baiti- more, who came here yesterday with H. Easter Gale, the young man who identified them as the men who brutally assaulted aud robbed him in the monumental city, as pub- lished in yesterday's Stgr, were very much elated over the work*of the detectives in apprehending the men. Detective O'Donnell considers the arrest one of the most important that has been made in this section of the country for a long time. After the “doping” and robbing of Mr. Gale in Baltimore this officer went in search of the men. He obtained from Mr. Gale good descriptions of the men, and then he tracked them to Philadelphia, Jer- sey City and New York, where he lost all trace of them. This afternoon Mr. A. W. Eastlack of 3314 O street, Georgetown, called at police head- quarters and made inquiries concerning the men. He had seen their pictures in yester- day’s Star and he felt certain that they are the men whom he suspected of robbing him New Year's eve while on his way home from a watch meeting. Mr. Eastlack was on a street car at the time and was jostled by two men, One of them had light hair and did the work. “The pictures are exact likenesses of the men," he said, “hut I thought I would like to see them. He expla'ned that he got on the car at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 4% street, and the car was crowded at the time. One of them pushed against him, and he was certain that the other man picked his pocket of his pocket book, which contained $10. * Later Mr. Eastlake called at the police station, and fully fdentified the men as those who were on the car at the time he was robbed. Tomorrow morning the men may be taken into the Police Court and committed until next week for examination, but it is likely that they will eventually be turned over to the Balt!more authorities. Prof. J. D. Hird, chemist in the health department, has made an analysis of the solution of chloral found In the room of the prisoners, and will make his report to the police tomorrow morning. He found that there were glycerine and rose water used in some of the bottles containing the solution. This was used for the purpose of destroying the sickening odor of the chloral. There was a bottle of glycerine and rose waier found among their effects. The ordinary dose of chloral, Prof. Hird told a Star’ reporter this afternoon, is from fifteen to thirty grains. Books on this sub- ject show ithat a dose produces a quiet sleep in aWout ten or fifteen minutes and this lasts for abcut three hours without any unpleasant symptoms during its pro- gress. = A Christian Endeavor Rally. Tonight at ) o'clock, at the First Pres- byterian Church on 414 street, the second in the series of committee receptions and ral- lies of auxiliary bodies preparing for the Christian Endeavor convention in July will be held. The reception committee will meet tonight. Members of the staff. as the central division is called, will form the re- ceiving party, and with the chairman, Rev. FB, B. Bagby, will welcome every member of the large auxiliary body, which numbers more than one thousand young people. A short time will be spent in social reunion, opportunity being given the members who are to work together for the next few months with one common purpose to be- come better acquainted with each other. Afterward an address will be made by Mr. W. H. H. Smith, chairman of the commit: tee of '96, which will be responded to on be- half of the reception committee by Miss Avna J. Bell of the Calvary Baptist Church, chairman of the church section of the staff. Se The Michigan Men, A meeting «f the Michigen State Asso- clation and other sons and daughters of the state of Michigan will be held this eveaing at Willard's Hotel at The meeting {s in tl.e shape of a complimentary entertainment, to which all Michigan peo- ple in Washirgton, whether living here or simply visiting the national capital, are invited. Papers will be read by Gen. Or- lando B. Willcox and Mr. Edwin Willits relating to the early history of Michigan and the great northwest. Other features of the evening’s entertainment will pe musical and literary numbers, while social greatings will not be forgotten. Gen. Will- cox is the president of the assoclation; Ed- Willits, vice president; Benjamin A. lan, secretary, and Albert W. Bingham, Hi treasurer. The executive committee, which is in charge of the meeting tonight, com- prises the above named officers, ex officio, and Frank H. Horsford, William H.Thomp- son, William J. McGee, Ira C. Abbott and William H. Barton. ss The Company Wins. Albert Sakers, a young man, was killed at the Center Market in January, 1891, by jumping from the elevator while it was in motion. Samuel K. Dashiell, as adminis- trator, sued the Washington Market Com- pany, claiming $10,000 damages. The case was today placed on trial before Judge Mc- Comas, in Circwt Court No. 2, and, after testimony for the plaintiff had been given, the court, upon the motion of Messrs. Wm. Birney and J. J. Darlington, counsel for the defense, directed a verdict in favor of the company, holding that the young man was himself at fault. —_—— Alcohol Made From Beets. Fremont (Neb.) Corres. St. Louls Republic. W. C. Peterson, who has been experiment- ing with a process for the manufacture of crude sugar from beets, has succeeded in making crude spirits from the juice. Sat- urday, at his residence in Saunders county, in the presence of Deputy Collector of Revenue Mathews of Omaha and a number ef Fremont business men, he operated his still for the first time, and succeeded in obtaining a spirit which was tested by W. H. Bruner and reached the high point of 140 degrees. The juice is first treated by chemical process, upon which Peterson has a patent, which removes from it all the albuminoids and salts, and is then allowed to ferment, after which it goes through the still. The liquor obtained with only one distillation was a light, milky color, and was said by Mathews to be more like rum than any Other spirit. It had the general smell and appearance of raw spirits, and had no vegetable taste. The beets used in the test were of 8 per cent sugar. The purity coefficient was not determined. Mr. Peterson says that beets of as low #rate as 1 per cent sugar can be used. The cost, of the spirit, he asserted, is much less than that made from other sub- stances, and he does not think that for the manufacture of the raw spirit an exten- sive plant is necessary. Those posted on the manufacture of spirits are of the opin- fon that a high-grade alcohol can be made from the juice, and that a large additional demand for beets will thus be created, —_—_+-e+____ A Ragpicker’s Estate. From the Boston Herald. Gerdner Brown, who died recently at the Newport, R. I, Hospital, left an estate worth abvut $30,000. Brown worked daily at any employment he could find. He pick- ed over ash barrels and collected articles of all descriptions from the streets, going about with a handcart or with a bag. He was of miserly habits, living in @ hovel and denying himself common necessities of life. He left no will. The greater part of his money was deposited in savings banks. He was unmarried, DEATH OF PROF. FAVA. A Promising Career Cut Short by Con- sumption. Prof. Francis R. Fava, who held the ‘cha‘r of civil engineering at the Columbian University, died this morning at his resi- dence, 917 16th street. Prof. Fava was the son of Baron Fava, the Italian minister to the United States, ond made his home at the Italian legation. He was himself well and favorably known, and the news of his death will be received with general regret. He was atill a young man, orly about thirty-five or six years of age, but he had already taken a high Re sition in his chosen profession, and future was a bright one. He was born in Italy and received a thorough university training, ending at the polytechnic school at Zurich, where he re- celved th2 degree of civil engineer in 1882. He became a member of the American So- ciety of Civil Engineers in 1890. Before coming to this country he was occupied in engineering work in his native country and in France and showed a marked aptitude for the profession. On coming to this country he renounced his claim to the succession to his father’s tide and afterward became a full-fledged American citizen. He was very devoted to his adopted land and was intensely Amer- ican in all his views. He took a deep inter- est in the Corcoran Scientific School of the Columbian University, having been con- nected with the university for some six or seven years past. He had been a sufferer from consumption for some time, the disease to which he firally succumbed. Prof. Fava was unmar- ried. He was an attendant at the First Baptist Church, although not a church member. : Prof. Fava was a Mason, and associated with a number of other societies. He was a skilled linguist, being familiar with seven different languages. The body will be taken to Italy for interment. 2S Sa REV. JOHN WESLEY BOTELER ILL. Well-Known as a Minister Business Mai Rev. John Wesley Boteler, secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District, a well-known citizen, formerly actively engaged in the ministry of the Methodist Epiecopal Church South, is criti- cally ill at his residence, No. 227 2d street southeast, and his friends fear the worst. Mr. Beteler is one of the best-known preachers in the denomination. He entered the ministry under the old Baltimore con- ference of the M. E. Church in 1850, at the age of twenty-one years. He was the son of the late John D. Boteler, one of the old residents of Washington, and was born in this city in 1820. ‘Two years after enter- ing the conference he was transferred to the Towa conference, and for several suc- ceeding years was stationed at Dubuque and in other important cities. His health began to give way, however, and in 1858 he was, at his own request, retransferred to the Baltimore conference, where he re- trained until 1861, when he left the latter and entered the Baltimore conference of the M. E. Church South, serving where as- signed. Soon after the outbreak of the war Mr. Boteler returned to Washington, and later became engaged in the shoe business, where he remained until elected secretary of t Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a position which he has held ever since. For many years he has held®™ supernumerary rela- tion in the ccnference, and for several years has been very active in work at E worth M. E. Church South, corner of ard A sircets northeast, of which Rev. J. 0. Knott ts pastor. He was a member of the building committee of the new building of the latter, and one of the most liberal contributors to the enterprise. Mr. Boteler’s family consists of his wife, who was a Miss Prince of Virginia; two caughters, Mrs. Farny Maxson of lowa. Mrs. Gerirude Mason of Superior, Wis., and three sons, W. P., Harry L. and L. Pierce Bcteler. The daughters and Mr. Harry If Boteler, who is absent from the city, have beeen telegraphed for, and the latter and Mrs. Mason are expected to reach Washington today. Mr. Boteler also has two brothers, James E., a District of- ficer, and E. M. Boteler, an undertaker of this city. Mr. Boteler has been seriously ill only since Sunday last. He was sick with the grip several weeks ago, but grew Letter and went to his office. Sunday, how- ever, he was again taken ill. —_~-. GERMAN PAWNSHOPS. Some Are Managed by the Govern- ment and Others by Individuals, From Tid Bits There Is a royal pawnshop in Berlin, there are state pawnshops, ducal pawn- shops, county pawnshops, city or munici- pal pawnshops and private pawnsh The mun‘c!pal and private pawnshops may both exist In the same town. The rate of interest was fixed by a law passed in 1881 at not more than 24 per cent per annum on loans under thirty marks, and not over 12 per cent on larger sums. In Berlin the pawnshop is a royal insti- tution, and 1s not allowed to make a profit. Its surplus goes to charitable purposes. At Hanau no interest is charged on loans up to three marks if the articles are re- deemed within six days. At Hof, in Baden, people are allowed to raise money, giving as security the receipt of their wages two or three wesks ahead. At Weimar and Hanau anonymous pawn- ing is the rule. No names are asked and no address is given. Provision ‘s made at Memel for merchants depositing goods in time of temporary embarrassment. At Bautzen raw wool is received in pledge, At Bromberg military accouter- ments are excluded from the articles which may be pawned. The pawnshop at Det- mold will not receive articles in pawn from servants without the consent of their mas- ters. At Altenberg and one or two other places no one is allowed to pawn articles of more than two hundred marks’ value without the consent of the town council. Although private pawnbrokers exist alongside the municipal institutions, many towns the latter refuse to do bus'- ness with the former. Second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers are-especially prohibited from resorting to the municipal pawn- shops. A salutary regulation against dealing with pawn tickets Is frequently enforced. The rate of interest fluctuates a great deal in Germany, and is highest for small sums loaned for short periods. The average is about 12 per cent, and on loans issued against securities 4 or 5 per cent. Pease A Boy's Estimate of a Governor. From the Boston Transcript. In one of the public schocls last week the pupils were asked to guther from the news- papers the material for a composition on the life of Gov. Greenhalge, which they were to write in school during the first half hour of the afternoon. Here is the effort of Jerry G., eged ten; it shows a fresh, original, and incisive style: GOVERNOR GREENHALGE. In the year 1844 there came from Eng- land Frederic T. Greenhalge, with his father, who worked in a cotton mill in Lowell. Frederic wert to the grammar and high school and to Harvard College. Then his father lost his job in the mill and died, and Greenhalge had to come home, and got a job as teacher, to help his mother and sister make a living. Fe couldn't go to war, because he wasn’t healthy enovgh, but he did, just the same. ‘Then he earned money and passed io bar, and was a lawyer and a governor. My father says Greenhalge wasn't death on neather the ripublicans or the demmocrata, and nobody could buy him and sell him and put him in your pocket. Once a whole gang of them come up to the state house and yelied out they wanted a job end Frederic T. Greenhalge says: “Don't I have to mind the law as well as you fellers?” They were shooten off can- non on the common yesterday when he was gettin’ burried, every five minutes, and in Lowell evcry two minutes. He was @ square man, and we had no school to respect him. ———_+s-_____ Somebody Liked His Sermons. From the Chicago Record. The wife of a minister down in Cincinnati traded a barrel of his old sermons not long ago for a new bread pan. The next spring the rag man came around again and asked if she had any more sermons to sell. “Why do you want sermons?” “Bect.use I did so well with those I got here 8 year ago. I got sick in the summer and a preacher in the country boarded me ard my horse three months for thet barrel of eermons, and he has since got a great reputation as a preacher up there. I wi gehen 5 cents @ pound for all you have = RSS NIE seals A Dao FDA AAAI SG Ua DNS eed le SES IEC tata Ale Lt hae ta ATTA = ¢ 3 .. CG ¢ > Z — co FINANCE AND TRADE Depressing Effect of Lower Prices in - London. INTERNATIONAL SHARES WERE SOLD Further Complications in the Af- rican Situation. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 27.—A substantially lower London market had a depressing in- fluence on early prices this morning, and invited moderate selling of the internation- al shares. Further complications in the African situation were said to be respon- sible for the foreign selling of our securi- ties, but the best explanation, judged by the steadiness of Consols, is that local traders were active in the establishment of London’s depression. The larger drawers of foreign exchange express satiscaction with yesterday's ad- vance in the premium on bar gold and re- Port practically no apprehension of signifi- cant shipments of specie. The low rate for call money now prevailing is not altogether desirable during a period of advancing ex- change rates, but this condition is easily remedied. Should an emergency arise, it is likely that the department would again de- mand the payment of funds now held by depository banks, thereby decreasing the supply of borrowable funds and increasing interest rates. A fair interest rate would prevent a return of the gold borrowed on account of the recent bond issue, much of which being borrowed on sixty day obligations is now due, and would open up new fielis for profitable investment. The amount of gold which may be required in settlement cf trade balances will in all probability be of such small proportions as to invite but pass- irg notice. An increased interest rate and decreased sterling quotations are likely to be estab- ished by influential banking institutions, assisted by the federal treasury, rather than allow a period of gold depietion such as preceeded tne February bond transac- tion. Fortunately there are no prohibitive forces operating against the execution of such a pla The ma-ket shows no indications of broadening, and the several specialties in which pools are active seem likely to ab- sorb the bulk of the trading for the next fortnight at least. The short interest in Baltimore and Ohio was credited with a 2 per cent advance in the stock of that company, the scarcity of the stock alone warranting the movement. The usually active features of the railway Ust were orly steady around the weak opening level, traders buying cautiously tor quick turns. American tobacco was the feature of the day's transactions, active manipulation ad- vancing the price 3% per cent. Rumors that the plug manufacturers would form an organization for controlling the plug product and abandon the cigarette indus- try to the American Company were oft. cially denied and the dividend prospect util- ized exclusively in justification of the ad- Predictions of*a further advance per cent were confidently made by ide interests noted among today s largest buyers. All doubts as to the dividend should be isposed of during the coming weck, and an active market for this stock is practical- ly assured in consequence. The commercial setttements incident to the closing of the first quarter of the year will be awaited with some concern, owing to the almost daily exidences of insolvency, but it ia probable that no important fail” ures will be reported. The coming month, if not unusually dis. appointing, should witness a revival of culative and industrial activity on the faith of which a moderaiely higher level of values should prev: FINANCIAL AND COMMERICIAL. The following are the opening, the highes: and the lowest and the closing prices of tine New York stock market today, as reporteti by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs Moore & Schley, No 80 Broac.way. igh. Low. Last American Sugar. American Sugar, Ptd. American Tobacco. mv ee Se a ielen inal Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, March 27.—Flour unchanged — Taare: May, ;, + 70 rece 4 720%. Mas May, Sats From the New York Times. “It is a great mistake to suppose,” eaid this famous dog trainer, “that all dogs can be made to perform any trick, however simple, successfully. It is equally true— and too much emphasis cannot be put on the fact—that perhaps not one man in ev- ery five thousand is fit to educate a dog. You may laugh at this assertion, but it is painfully true, nevertheless. First of all, a man who intends to be successful with dogs must really love the animals. Dogs, far more than any dumb brutes, are most sus- ceptible to impressions and kind treat- ment. Let a dog once and for all under- stand that you do not wish to hurt or harm him and he will amply repay you for your labor. I would under no condi- tions have a dog handled by a man who did not have the kindest of dispositions as well as almost inexhaustible amount of patience. This given, let the work be- in. ee tanother illusion that the public fondly clings to is that certain breeds of dogs are more tractable and easier tausht than others. This is nonsense. Barring, per- haps, the poodle, which breed has been used for circus purposes longer than any other, almost any other dog will do. When you choose a dog you must beforehand have made up your mind to what particu: lar trick or tricks you intend to train him. A men ia this business must be thoroughly posied on the peculiarities of each breed. Tt is better to take a very young dog, say, 4 puppy about six months old, for a pupil. After such a puppy has overcome its at first very natural timidity, it develops an eager desire for romping and playfulness. Here is the opportunity of the dog trainer. He now begins a sort of dog kindergarten, utilizing the animal's disposition to play as the vehicle of instruction. tes TEA PICKERS. CHINESE How the Crops Are Gathered and Care Taken in Their Ha From ihe Providence Jourmal. The Chinese tea plant ts a pretty ever- green from three to seven feet in height, covered in the winter months with fragrant white or yelluwish blossoms, resembling those of the orange or blackberry. The first crop of ¢end>r unexpanded leaf buds ‘s gathered in May or June, and is the finest quality, being reserved for the use of the mandarins and other individuals of euthority, and selling at $8 a pound. They are gathered by hand with the greatest care, and often with a rough sort of glove, while the pickers are forbidden to partake of any fish or strong-smelling substance, for fear of affecting the delicat davor| Much depends also upon the exact time of picking, as a delay of even twenty- four hours may produce an inferior grade of tea. ess than five successive immer- sions can be made from these leaves, while the other crops supply but one or two. The second and principal harvest is in arly summer, the tez selling at $1.50 a por M id, and the third and last crop ts gat iS Roe ered fn the autumn, This is what is usu- F ally exported, so that unless dealing with well-known tea houses we seldom obtain the choicest brand: Green tea is made by roasting the leaves Chicago Gas, Cis. over hot fires immediately after picking, M.a St Paul but those intendea for black tea are al- &St. Pant, lowed to wilt and ferment for several days in the open air till they turn red, when they are “fired” over furnaces of burning char- coal. The Hysons are most generally used of the green teas, and like other brands of Mlinois Central their class, are often stained iy the Chinese Lake Shore, with various mineral dyes, such as indigo brie and gypsum. All but the best teas are also Lonisvilie & Nash: subject to adulteration from the mixture of dong cee eaten other Lirds of leaves or of exhausted tea Nantattan Eleva eae peas recolored with black lead or log- Minsonnt Bache The greatest tea drinkers are sald to be Aah Mee Gor the Ausiralians, and after them the Eng- ‘ational Lead Co.. Bid. lish, wno consume four times as much tea 8. Leather, Prd... as coffee, while the people of the United ed es, Central. States drink eight times more coffee than ew York Central. tea. NY.& N. Eng. Cis. ———— oe a l. oe nocinee Poe MUST BE A DRUG STORE. Northern Pacttlc, Pra’. < oe American. S What a Lookout at Sen Thought He 5 Saw. Z m the Chirage Chronicle, Southern Seber aa ‘Speaking of Irishmen and drug stores Phila. ‘Traction..2....22 reminds me of a tale I heard in Ni as P : the other day,” said C.D, West. ‘ man shipped as a saiior on a large vessel z which was getting ready to go to sea. The Peawas Ped son of Erin knew no more about the duties Wheeling £ brie bia of a sailor than he did about singing in Western Union ‘lel grand opera, but he sald he could learn, Balto. & Ohio. and the captain decided to give him a trial. The third day out at sea it came Dennis’ Washington Stock Exchange. turn to go on watch part of the night Serena Sok ae ae ‘Now, Dennis,’ sald the captain, ‘if any- Haak, 10 at 133. Tancoin “National Isaak, thing happens or If you catch sight of Anes edit Washington Loan aa Trade’ 2a tae, | Anything be sure and Tet me know at once. Bat 1201; 1 21; $ at 121. 3 ** | 1 will be asleep in my cabin at the foot of es ee ee the stairs, and you must awaken me im- 110%. bia. 4 asked. USS. Ss, 1 mediately.’ “I will. sor,’ sald Dennis, and he began q of Columbia Bonds. —20-year fand Ss, 103 | his first night watch. About midnight the bid. 30-year tuod 6s, goid, 105 Water stock | captain was startled from his slumbers by 7s, 1901, currency, 110) Water stock ix, Tas, ket. Dennis came fallt {urrenes, 12 bid, 3.65," tunding, “eurrener, 100 ee Galway Gnd bended vai Gore, Did, 23 down th Y d ; Miscellancous Bonds.—Metropslitan Railroad Sa, | feet against the cabin door,shouting ‘Cap'n, 106% bid, 109 asked. Metropolitan Ratiread conv, cap'n, out with yez or we're lost.” Ge. 119% bid. 121 asked. Eekington Rallrad te, | “What's the matter, Dennis? asked the Ph Did 201 asked. Columbia’ Railroad 6s. 116% | captain. ces A diem als ane wien Gar vag. | "Hurry upstairs, quick, sor; it's comin’ pany 6s, weries B, 111 bid, 11: Washington nd I'm afraid we're goners, It's Gas Company conv. de, 130 25 asked. Us, | a big too.” Electric Light cory. Ss, 118 Wid. Chesapeake and | ** “Well, what is it that’s sailing our way? Pucomac Teleptiome Sa, 98 kL gt ake Ameri. | «Faith, cap'n, I dean know, sure. asked. Aterican Security ‘snd ‘Trust se, “A aay | There's @ red light on wan side of it and 160 bid, 105 asked. Washington Mark: wm. | @ green ligat on the other. I guess it must Ist Ga, 108 Wid. | Washington Market Company | be @ drugstore.” ” tip. 05, JO Did. Wachingion Market Gompang ——se0. + 68, Ma ‘Absocl ; = bid; Washington Light Infantry tet Ge oe tad, HOW TO SLEEP BEST. pi httounl Banle Stocks, Tank uf Washington bid. ank of the ablic, 24 Cid. Met: 200 bid B10 asked, " Ceniral, 275" bid. Farmers | Should the Head Be Tarned North, — ae A bid, ae ae ‘Second, 13% Seuth, East or West. bid, 136 a itizens’, Col ia, 132 ; ~ Y bid, 140 asked. Cupital, "117 bid.” West Rnd, 107 | Frm the New York World. Col, TOL bi tos eens > G3 id. 100 asked. “Lin | “The proper position of beds with regard y Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Companies.-National Safe | to the pots of the compass; that ts, Deposit and Trost, 11034 is 1225 asked. Wash- | whether we should He north and south, toh Secarity aha Teast, 12 bad, is eee, “| parallel to the earth's axis, or east and allroad Stocks. Capital Traction Conpans, west, across it, is the puzgling problem ee oe ta a ee “Riess propounded by Sir Benjamin Richardson tn Vid, 30 asked area an English publication. If the head ts Fae ai cirke Light Stocks. Washingt Gas, | turned west there is @ tendency, it is said, 144 b Los ie “i 2 iy akes “eee US Blectrie Light, “118 Ud. | «send the blood rushing to that ongan. iggy Fraukiin, | Tf the head is east the feet are affected im #4. Arlington, 149 bid. Ger. | @ similar way. in, 165 did. Natalcnal Tnton, 11 bid, |} Sir Benjamin thinks that “if we should 13 asked. Columbia, 12 bid, 14 asked. Hizes, 7% | ie in the line of the axis due north and Bid. People's, 5% bid. Lincoln, 714 bid, Siz ated. | south it would be most probable that the Commercial, 4% bid. 5% a-ked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks. Real Estate Title, 105 | rotation of the earth would produce no bid, 110 asked. Columbia Title. 5% bid, 6% asked. | Special effort on the blood in its course to Washington Titie, 3 bid. District Hithe, 7 id. or from the head” As for himself, he has = weale, |. Ghesa- | tried all positions eps t rl iene, Stocks. —Fennerteaaia, Seay, | tried all p and sleeps best when his zone. ee tha. 7 ea — nic | Mead is turned toward the United States. Gn: ee Sk ssa ‘Me | ‘The only objection he has to it is that the ® Saenly .— Mergenthaler Linotyp>, | 8un wakes him up a little earlier than be Micezt *117 bid, 130 asked. Lanston Monotype, 71% bi likes.