Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1896, Page 15

OrFiCce OF BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPARY. DURHAM, N. C. Pear! ots Yearly Report of the Commissioner 0 FREE trom your wholesale dealer of Patent, Merchants Who Reta TOBACCO, WHITE STAR SOAP with Durham Smoking Tobacco you 0 of soap Free with each pound, whether 16 0z., 8 0z., 4 0Z., OF 2 oz., packages. We have notified every sale dealer in the United States ton we will supply them with soap to give you F| = supply Pi GENUINE once, and insist on getting your soap. al Sard FREE with h an rou buy. Offered for a limited time, so order to-day. BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. If you have any difficulty in procuring your poh cut out this notice and send it with your order to your wholesale dealer, THE. EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15 THE YANKEE KNACK REMARKABLE ACTIVITY OF INVENTORS The Patent Office Reaps a Hand- some Harvest. buy. One bar Seta BICYCLE PATENTS Order a good DURHAM at The report of Commissioner of Patents John S. Seymour for the year ending De- cember 31, 1806, was submitted to Congress today. It is perhaps the most exhaustive calendar year report in the history of the office, and embodies an interesting review of the growth of industrial arts in the United States during the past quarter cen- tury. The aggregate receipts from all sources during the year were $1,245,247, ex- penditures $1,084,496, and the total balance in the treasury to the credit of the patent fund at the beginning of this year was Soap Yours very truly, eeaanans WIMODAUGHSIS ART LOAN EXHIBIT. Everything Points to a Successful Opening Thix Evening. Wimodaughsis will offer great attrac- in its parlors this week, if the prom- ises of the different loans be fulfilled, as the different artists are taking an interest in the art loan exhibit by already sending many of their best works. teristic marine Brooke G. Mr. Powell and miliar figure on our streets. There will also be a collection of Indian relics, em- choice paintings and curios. de Among the ex- are Le Grand Johnston's “Herd of loaned by Veerhoff; Mr. Brumide’s Mrs. Nona Coleman, three charac- landscapes by Mr. Max Weyl, a scene and pastel by Mr. D. } three paintings in oil by Mrs. F. Doubleday and some of the best work of Ubl, Mr. Parker Mann, Mr. Lucien others. There’ will also be aintings from private collections, in- F ures loaned by Mrs. Hearst, . Sherman and Mrs. A. H. Thompson. Rudolph Evans, jr., exhibits two busts , one of Justice Strong and the tudy from life, being the head of known book agent, who ts a fa- Katie Lay Howe will give a nanjo this evening. The ladies in charge and tonight are Mesdames Bradle: Dickersen, Doubleday. Burk lano, Thompson, Houghton, Off- White, Brandenberg, Hood, McClelland and Clayton and uhaus, Snyder, Semmes, Mac- eymour, Bolw Simonds, New- nald, ton, Lac gewer, Gillett, Garst, Bar- ton, Crawford, Gecrge, Haines, Keabies, Hunter, I. Banes, M. Banes, McCullum, Vance, Brooke, Kelly, Slater, Pres- cott and Vretenhelmer. ——__ COLUMBIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Students Who Will Reecive Their Diplomas Thursday Evening. Invitations have been issued for the sev- enty-fourth annual commencement of the medial department of the Columbian Unt- versity, which will be held in Lafayette Sqvare Opera House Thursday evening. ‘The United States Marine Band will fur- nish ti o'clock. in Bs gr PF liver u A Benization en; v musi rt the direction of Prof. ciulli, the overture to begin at 8 Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir will offer the ation, degrees will be conferred by resident Whitman and the address to the tes will be delivered by Dr. William Carr. R. L. Lynch of Indiana will de- the valedictory address, after which ne award of prizes will be made by Prof. - F. A. King. Officers of the class or- s President, H. T. A. Lem- sident, Thomas Dowling, jr. ee Huntington; «feasurer, James; assistant treasure: ham ard L. H. Reicheldert of graduates is as follows: arbour, Maine; Marion Dorset, James M. Fair. Missis- A. Frankland, Virgint oO. J. ‘olorado; J. R. Hamilton, Texa Virginia; Montgomery Hunt L. Lawrenge, Phar. D., Ohi irginia; Hanson T. A.<Lemon, District of Columbia; RL i te Delos District of Columbia; W. N be Ly: ch, Phar. D., Indiana; J. H. Mc- henny, District of Columbia; E. W. Pat- rson, Ohio; H. T. Penny, M.D., Montana; Reeve, Iowa; Henry H. Seltzer, S. Scott, Ohio; . Wolfe, Iowa; T. A. Whittington, ebraskd = The reception committee is composed of the following members of the senior and freshmen man; B. F. Blye, jr. = Bs K C._N. Howard, chair- N. 1 Barron, C. A. F. F. Fadely, W. H. Gallinger, a on, R. C. Gotta, W. W. Grier, J. Gunion, Y. A. Lewis, J. St. J. Lockwood, . McKee, R. A. W. McKeldin, 3 J. hael, B. E. Marshall, H. A. May, R. A. Ragan, M. J. Simmons, D. Slattery, G. R. Sorrell, J. M. Tracey, W. . Ward, C. S. White. Nurses to Graduate. interesting program has been ar- classes: lemons, Gits An ranged for the commencement exercises of the Freedme "3 Hospital Training School } for Nurs: which will be held Wednesday evening at the First Congregational Church. After several selections by Donch's Orchestra, Rev. Alexander Crum- miell will make the invocation, and Secre- ‘tary Hoke Smith is expected to be present and deliver an address. Rey. Teunis 3. ‘Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Cove- ' charg: preferred Zan H w a ana John Eaton, LL.D., trustee of oward University, are to make addresses, hile Commissioner Ross will present the plomas to the graduates. He will also * award the certificates to the internes, after which the exercises will be brought to a close b:; t benediction by Rev. J. E. Ran- nt of Howard University. The pre _humbers will be interspersed with musical se are Luci Viola Ashton, Navinia_L. Black- a“ Pi B. A lections the orchestra. The graduates »burn, Julia Burke, Sara Iredell Fleetwood, LL. . Isabella Foust, Katherine C. Gibson, nna M. Green, Laura A. Owens, Letitia ferce. Antoinette Martina Ricks, Annie . Robinson, Sara A. Shorter, Annie melie Simms, A. Eliza Smith, M. Gertrude Smith, Marte Louise Thornton, Elizabeth Williams Tyler. t The internes are John W. Mitchell, Will- jam A. Warfield, Edward D. Williston, Jas. c. . Erwin, Henry W. Furniss, Jackson B. Shepard, Charles I. West. Trouble at a Dance Two weeks ago Joseph Bell gave what ‘was termed a “country dance” at the hall on Congress Heights, and one of the un- invited 2 day, w: jests, Bell told Judge Miller to- George Hayes. George had been an attendant at the Insane Asylum, and he claims that B had him discharged. Nearly a dozen young men who attended th he dance were in court today to tell of of threats and concealed Weapons against Hayes by Bell. in Complainant said he sew Hayes have a razor, but did not hear him make any threats. He relied upon several young men who were at the dance to tell of the alle; that threats threats Some of them declared ere made, while a large number told the court to the contrary. No ore said that Hayes had been drinking, end all the witnesses gave him a good name. < The man who had given the dance failed to sustain the charges, and the defendant, who wa S represented by Lawyer Moss, was acquitted ———._—__ Studying the Unknown Ray. Mr. Outerbridge Horsey, jr., lectured Set- urday evening at Georgetown College, at the semi-monthly meeting of the Lower “ Sctentific Circle, on “The X Ray and the New Photography.” The lecture was {ilus- trated with stereopticon views of various radiographs, including human hands, fish and a nimals. During the lecture various experime ts were conducted and a picture Bu = uccessfully made. It’s a snap!—snapping HIRES Rootbeer with ginger snaps. Made onis he The Charies K. Hires Co. Philadelphia, 4 io. package makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. = za y $4,529,886, In every year since 1861 there THE BIBLE SOCIETY. has been a surplus over all expenditures, and in every year but eight since the foun- dation of the patent office, on Its present basis, In 1856, there has been a surplus. During the year there were Issued 21,006 patents and designs, exclusive of 89 re- issues, and Inclusive of 2,049 issued to for- elgners, 1,34) trade marks, and 3 prints reg- istered, and 46,890 applications filed for patents, trade marks, labels, prints, etc., requiring investigation and action. There were also 12,345 patents which expired, and 3,424 patents forfeited for non-payment of final fees. Inventive Connecticut and Washing- ton. As an index of the comparative genius of foreigners, the four foreign countries lead- ing in the number of patents issued to its citizens by this government are: England, 614; Germany, 2 v2, and France, Dr. Talmage Spenks at the Anniver- sary Meeting. Before an audience numbering in the thousands, which he impaneled as a jury to well and truly try the case of Infidelity, plaintiff, vs. Christianity, defendant, Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage appeared as the advocate of the Bible and argued his cause last night. The occasion was the sixty-eighth anni- versary meeting of the Washington City Bible Society, which” was held in Central Hall. Rey. Dr. A. W. Pitzer, president, con- ducted the erercises, and seated wiih him on the platform were Dr. Talmage, Rev. Thornton Sampson of Fredericksburg, V and the cfficers and directors of the society. Mr. Percy S. Foster led the singing, in which he was assisted by Miss Emily Given and Mr. Elphonzo Youngs, jr., accompa- nists on the piano and cornet. Mr. Foster also sang two solos very appropriate to the occasion. In the course of a brief introductory ad- dress, Dr. Pitzer acknowledged his appre- clation of having again been re-elected to the presidency of the society, an office which he had continuously held for twenty- three years, and he referred to the honor- able record of the Washington society, an ); Canada, 22. All the others fall below fifty each. In the United States the states leading in the number of patents issued to its citizens are: New York, 3,539; Pennsylvania, 2,270; liinois, 1,576; Massachusetts, 1,11, “and Ohio, 1,423, while Arizona territory js at the foot of the list. In proportion to population, however, Connecticut leads the list, with 1 to every 927 people; District of Colurabia, 1 to 1,047, and Massachusetts, 1 to 1,246, while Mississippi is at the foot, with one to auxiliary of the American Bible Society of | every 54,864, with South Carolina, on the New York, having in its early history sub-| basis of 26,076, next. The report makes the scribed nearly $20”) for the circulation of| yearly ‘recommendation for remedying the bible to every family in the world. Dur- ing his term as president five canvasses of Washington had been made and copies of the Scriptures given away to those whose means would not permit them to buy them. An interested auditor to his remarks was the a; mother of Dr. Pitzer, who is in the city on a visit. Dr. Talmage delivered the anniversary ad- dress. He took his text from Jeremian: nd when Jehudi had read three or four leav he cut it with a penknife.” ‘And his address was an eloquent defense of the Bible against its critics. a RAILROAD NOTES. crowded quarters, for increasing the scien- tific library appropriation; enactment to secure admission to a solicitors’ bar of those entitled to practice before the offi sive admission of lawyers being a n injustice, and to allow the commis joner to prices of uncertified copies of paients without any minimum limit. Ratification of Rules. Commissioner Seymour cites the pendency of 43,643 cases at the end of the year which had been acted on by the office and await- ing further attention by applicants, and re- cites the important rules made a year ago to prevent more than six months’ delay by applicants in taking further action on their cases, and allowing examiners to reject claims where there have been intentional delays in cases pending more than jive years before the office. He says these ruics have been applied with great conser lism, yet are open to attack in the courts on the question of their validity and regarded as a Matter of policy are also liable to repeal. In view of their beneficence, he recom- mends that they be enacted into law. The commissioner recommends the enact- ment of the bill prepared by the patent committee of the American Bar Associa- tion and introduced by Chairman Draper of the House committee on patents as H. R. 3014, providing among other things for re- duction from two years to six months of the period for completing and preparing ap- plications for examination and limiting the time within which an application may be made in this country by cither the foreign inventor or any other to two years after the matter has been patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country. It is suggested that the true policy is to lay no obstacle in the way of the taking of foreign patents and en- courage the course. Printing the Gazette. Concerning the publication of the Patent Office Gazette,which has in recent years In- volved many complications, and last year re- sulted in a congressional inquiry, the com- missioner decries the lack of a modern Process in its production, the entire work not being done by one firm, and wu in the event of a change being inadvisable, that a contract be authorized for printing it for a longer term than one year, in view oz the expensive plant required. Reports have been received from thirty- two foreign countries, including Great Brit- ain, Germany, Russia and France, a total number of patents issued by governments from the earliest pe to December 31, aggrega against 562,458 so far issued by the States. Prior to 1870"the United State nearly half as many patents as all fi: ign nations combined. ‘Since 1870 the United States has issued more than half as many as all foreign nations combined, and in the aggregate of patents issued Inthe periods the United States issued more than half as many patents as all foreign nations com. bined. The total number of patents issued by the United States and the foreign na- tions prior to 1870, of which the office has @ record, was 331,031; the total since 1870 is 1,215, 388, and the total number of pat- ents issued by the United State: and the foreign countries herein consid: ed is 1,- 544,419. Most of the civilized natione havo patent systems, notabie exceptions being China, Holland and Greece. Many have recently been established. The Classification Division. The establishment of a classification di- vision is again urged, the exigencies of the office demanding a thorough revision of the whole classification. Commenting on the suggestion that it would be better to issue all patents without examination as to novelty, leaving the sifting of records of priority to the courts, the commission- er says this would prove a most expensive system to inventors and would entail great lugs In many cases, in that errors when discovered by the courts are usually be- yond correction and meritorious inventions in ignorance of previous achievements in claiming too broadly might thus be declar- ed invalid, even though some might be found. During the past twenty-five years.twen- ty-five inventors have had more than 100 patents granted to them, the whole num- Movements Among the Officials of the Big Lines. General Manager Greene of the B. & O. has issued an order abolishing the position of chief detective, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. E. E. Grannan, who has been appointed by Governor Lowndes of Maryland one of the police magistrates for Baltimore city. Mr. Grannan was chief detective for the B. & ©. for more than twelve years, and in that time made so many important captures of depredators on the property of the company as to gain the reputation of being one of the best detectives in the country. His new posi- tion carries with it a salary of $2,100 an- nually, and while made for two years, the incumbent usually gets a reappointment. It is understood that the appointment was made by the governor at the personal re- quest of Mr. John K. Cowen. General Manager Greene has also abolish- ed the office of superintendent of hotels, which for some years past has been held by Mr. George D. DeShields of Cumber- land, , and the company’s hotels at that elty and Grafton, W. Va., have been leased to outside parties. The dining car sery- ice will hereafter be operated under the direct supervision of the general manager. Third Vice President Finley of the South- ern Railway Company, who has resigned to become one of the vice presidents of the Great Northern Railroad Company, is tak- ing a brief vacation preparatory to enter- ing upon his new duties. Mr. Finley was formerly general manager of the Great Northern. It is stated that the office va- cated by Mr. Finley will not be filled by President Spencer of the Southern, and that the duties of the position will be performed by Traffic Manager John M. Culp. It is understood that the Norfolk and Western, the Western Maryland and the Cumberland Valley railroad companies will build a union -freight depot in Hagers- town. ———_— Corcans at Howard University. A company of seven Corean young men, who aro tempcrarily the proteges of the Corean minister and refugees from their. native land, were yesterdey domiciled at Howard University. They came of their own accord, are penniless, save as the Corean minister has provided for them and do not know English. President Ran- kin has given them welcome and appointed Prof. Richard S. Feeter superintendent of “the Corean contingent.” This incident may help to determine the destiny of Co- rea, as they are mostly very bright young men. —— Gonzaga College. It was announced during the morning service at St. Aloysius Church yesterday that the building of the new structure for Gonzaga College would be at once begun, two-thirds of the funds recessary having been already subscribed. Thirty thousand dollars will, it is sald, be expended upon the new structure, which will be of brick on a stone foundation. It will be 120x75 feet, and the basement will be fitted cut for gymnasium purposes. Work will be burried, so that if pcssible Cardinal Satolli may lay the cornér stone before his de- parture from this country. SS Anniversary Exercines. The anniversary exercises of the Epworth League of Epworth M. E. Church South, corner of 7th and A streets northeast, Rev. J. O. Knott, pastor, which began Thursday evening last, were concluded last night. The principal addresses of the evening were by ber being granted Prof. C. M. Lacey Sites, principal of the | Perit pane ated Bears Eastern High School, and ex-president of | Thomas A. Edison’ of Orange NW. } Mar, the District Epworth League of the M. E. Church; Rey. J. W. Grubb of Leesburg, Va., president of the Washington district Ep- worth League, and also president of the Bal- timore conference Epworth League board, and Mr. F. E. Woodward, president of the Jocal Epworth League. Mr. E. B. Kemp of the Alexandria, Va., league and Rev. Mr. Knott took part in the exercises. Mr. W. T. S. Kirk of the Cropley League, Potomaé, Md., and First Vice President Parker of the Washington District League were among the large number of persons present. The music was rendered by the choir of the church, with Miss Sallie Mason as organist. : ————_—_ witif 711; Elihu Thomson, the electrician, coming next. Following are the names: Edward J. Brooks, 116; George D. Burton, 128; Luther C. Crowell, 147; Peter C. Dea- erick, 107; Thomas A. Edison, 711; Rudolf Rickemeyer, 158; Louis Godda, i21; Ru- dolph M. Hunter, 228; John W. Hyatt, 198; Hiram S. Maxim, 131; Arthur J. Moxham, 144; Lewis Hallock Nash, 110; Edwin Norton, 125; Freeborn F. Raymond, 146 George H. Reynolds, 101; Francis H. Rich. ards, 343; George W. Saladen, 148; Walter Scott, 109; Charles S. Scribrer, 248 Sydney H. Short, 111; Elthu Thomson, 394; Charles J. Van Dopcle, 244; George Westinghouse, ir., 217; Edward Weston, 274; William N. Whiteley, 118. Bicycle Patents. The greatest activity of the year was shewn In detall inventions and necessaries to bicycles and in machines an@ process for making the parts, due, perhups, in part, to the enormous accession of think- ers to the ranks of those who use them. Pneumatic tires have attracted the in- ventor, because of their now almost uni- vers#l use on sulkies as well as bicycles. For some unknown cause there has latter- ly been great activity in sole-leveling ma- chines and in the mannfacture of shoes, in inventions in telephones, due supposedly to the expiration of pioneer patents, and not a little in electric Iccks, a new art. Others showing much activity were exca- yators, as the result of large enterprises just begun, notably the Chicago canal and the carbonization of beer, based on Anniversary of the Pope’s Communion Cardinal Satolli has issued a circular to the archbishops, bishops and priests of the United States announcing that on June 21 Leo XIII will celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of his first communion. He asks all Catholics to receive communion that day and offer special prayers that the days of the pope may be prolonged and the troubtes of the church abate. The churches in Washington will celebrate solemn high mass at 10 o'clock in response to the car- dimal's letter. A ——__. May Reception. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will give a May reception tomorrow evening at their hall, on M street between 16th and 17th streets northwest. The special features will be a cake walk and a prize waltz. the recent discovery that second fermenta- tion thus can be dispensed with. The report also comprises a summary of important typital matents granted dur- ing the last twenty-five years. Its object is to direct the attextion of isolated in- ventors to the true.fteld of invention in- stead of rediscovery. WANT WATER WORKS Eookville Moving forfan Important Im- provement, ~ An Election oe 3 Settle the Ques- tion—Low Water in Wells and Danger From Fire. g Special to The Evening Smr From a Staff Corre- spondent. ROCKVILLE, _Md., May 4, 1896. The county seat of Montgomery county 1s always an interesting place around election time. No matter whether the balloting is to be done for a President, a governor or a member of the state senate or officers of the town Itself, the population devotes all its spare time, and it usually has lots of it, to discussing the various chances of the different candidates and to forming com- binations to advance the fortunes of this side or knock the props from under the Support of the other. The people of Mont- gomery and Rockville have lived so long in the neighborhood,and their families have lived so long there before them, that they ‘re pretty well “sot” in their ways, a3 the homely saying happens to be. The town is'sixteen miles from Washington, and possesses a most beautiful situation. It 1s well shaded; the rolling country would af. rd splendid drainage if the communit wished to take advantage of it. There have been many efforts made to persuade the people of Rockville to adopt mcdern man- ners and methods, and to permit the intro- duction of such necessities as water works electric light plants, and eventually sew- 3. The old and “conservative element, ever, which has succeeded in govern- ing the municipality for a number of years, has so far prevented any possibility of brogresa in this direction. Today’s Election, There are evidences, however, of an rp- Proaching change in the existing condi- tions, and it is expected that the first stride In this direction will be taken today, when an election is to be held for the pur- of choosing a mayor of the town and bers of the town council. Heretofore these officials have been chosen in pur- suance of an agreement previously entered into between the republican and democraile leaders of the community, whereby political influences were held In check. ‘Today's election, nowever, will present novel fea- tures, inasmuch as around the ballot boxes there will be a hot battle between the Progressive element of the town and that which loves to call Itself conservative. The cause of the impending strife Is a ques- tion affecting the introduction of water works into the town. The progressive ele- ment is eagerly in favor of having this ab- solutely necessary adjunct to the health and well-being of a community added to Rockville without delay, ‘while the con- servative people, cherishing the principle that what was good enough for their grand- fathers and great-grandfathers is enough for them, are against the proposi- tion, body and soul. -'Phe main reason of their objection to the’smgternizing of Rock- ville may be found, hoWever, .n the fact that a few of the larger property owners who exercise much aifluence in the com- munity are afraid that the introduction of Water works would?/redult in’ increasing their taxes to a smafi‘amount. The fact is, however, that the tdxes‘as at present as- sessed in Rockville ate wtogether one-sided and in fayor of the large owners of prop- erty, persons having. pullt houses in the last six or seven years out here being as- sessed to the full valuejof their property almost, white the owners of the older build- ings are paying the same small taxes that they were a quarter of a century ago. Low Water Supply. ‘The question of the water works, say the supporters of improvements, however, is of a great deal more importance to the town than even a renasessmetr of the property would be. Rockville. $hey say, has the natural right to b= the healthiest place in the vicinity of the capital, but it has no more sanitary safeguards today, with 1,20) or 1,500 inhabitants, than it did half a cen- tury ago, when its population numbered two or three hundred. For the past.two or three years there has been a very small supply of water in the wells of the town, and last summer a number of them went absolutely dry. Many residents were com- pelled to have water hauled to their dwell- ings from places more or less remote at a cost of $5 per month. The consequence of this absolute lack of water in the town has caused the Insurance companies to be chary about taking risks of any substantial amounts upon the property of the mei chants who are doing business in the town and has militated against the prosperity of the community in many other directions. Last year, after two or three disastrous fires had occurred in the community, a fire engine was purchased. At a recent fire in the fair grounds of the Montgomery Agri- cultural Association this engine went into service and did excellently; but had the fire been of larger proportions jts usefulness would have ceased, because just as the flames were under control the water in the well which was supplying the engine was rumped out. Consequently the progressl-c reople of Rockville are determined to bring about a change Sf possible in the dangerous conditions which now beset them on ac- count of the scarcity of water, and the election today will probably be carried by | 4 ticket containing the names of a mayor and town councilmen who will vote affirma- lively on the proposition to introduce a sys- tem of water works Into Rockville. A great deal of wire pulling is going on and every cltizen in the community is deeply interest- ed in the outcome of the struggle. If c fidence may be taken as a favorable prog- nostication, the water works ticket will be elected two to one. ———— NEW YORK TIMES’ LOSSES. Bond of $50,000 Given by the Re- ceiver. Alfred Ely, the receiver of the New York Times newspaper property, gave a bond of $50,000 Saturday. Spencer Trask, one of the stockholders, said that the company woull be reorganized, its floating debt paid, but that there would be no change In the policy of the paper. It was sold to the preseat owners in April, 1898, by the estate of George Jon and others, for $1,000,000, Capital stock for $1,250,000 was issued by, the new company. The paper has lost over $100,000 a year since, and the present editor and manager, in applying for a recciver, swears that the paper now ®wes $16,710, and that If al- lowed to continue itt wil lose its entire assets, namely, goodtwifl, cash in’ bank, $2,000; accounts due, 332,00, and machi ery and plant, 000 The Times’ loss se er been. increased by the heavy deficit afythe United Pr New Association. Ths'delcit has been di- vided between the } rk Herald, Sun, Tribune and Times, *hyf the ‘Times paid nearly $100,000 for stogk, ip, the concern, and this stock, instead of !being a source of profit to it, has been an'iméessant and in- supportable drain. The French: Cabinets. From the Baltimore Sun. ei k fe The new Meline miffistfly just formed at Paris, whose existence Js-considered to be but of ephemeral duratitn, is the thirty- fourth since the foungiatim of the French republic. An averagetintrregnum of nine months for each cabitfet fs all that French love of change ‘accorded .to its predeces- sors, It is true several lasted one year, that of Ferry even over two years, but others, a8 ‘a rule, only several months, one merely four weeks. After the names of the prime ministers, the following were the suczessive ministries since the dethrone ment of Napoleon III, the members indi- cating the months: Jules Faure, 12; Du- faure, 20; Duke de Broglie, 1 General Cissy, 10, Buffet, 12;' Dufaure, 9; Jules Simon, 6; Duke de’ Broglie, 6; General Rochebouet, 4; Dufanre, 14; ‘Waddington, 10; Freycinet, 9; Ferry, 14; Gambetta, 2; Freycinet, 6; Duclerc, 6;' Fellieres, 1; Ferry, 25; Brisson, 9; Freycinet, 11; Goblet, 5; Rouvier, 6; Tirard, 4; Freycinet, 23; Lovet, 10; Ribot, 4; Dupuy, 8; Casimir-Perier, Dupuy, 7; Ribot, 9; Bourgeois, 5. NOT YET SETTLED What Mr. Manley Says of the Re- publican Nominating Contest. CLARKSON AND FESSENDEN'S VIEWS Gen. Grosvenor’s Claims Are Ana- lyzed at Some Length. WHAT THE LATTER SAYS Mr. Manley, in his statement last night, says: “Since my statement of a week ago there have been elected forty-six delegates. The elections have occurred in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Arizona, Indian Terri- tory, Vermont, Alabama and Georgia. They can be assigned as follows: “In Alabama and Arizona two sets of deiegates have been clected, and they are therefore. placed, as they ought to be, in the contested column; Indian Territory, Mich- igan, Missouri and Illinois are placed m the column for Governor McKinley. “The convention in Vermont was a sur- prise to the friends of Mr. Reed. They had a right to expect that Vermont would join with the rest of New England and send a delegation pledged to the support of the New England candidate. The delegates elected unquestionably prefer the nomina- tion of Mr. Reed. How far they will feel bound by the declaration of preference for Governor Mc- Kinley by their convention time alone will determine. It must be remembered that the convention did not instruct the dele- wates and left them free to exercise their own judgment. “Preferences, and even instructions in the past, have-not uniformly governed the dei Sates, because the conditions under which they were passed did not exist at the time the delexates were called upon to dis- charge the duties intrusted to them. The situation today is as follows “For Reed, 162; for McKinley, all other candidates, 2 doubtful, 95; Vermont, 8. “This makes 757 delegates elected, and leaves 161 yet to be chosen. The contest is not yet settled, and can alone be deter- mined by the delegates when they meet in convention at St. Louis. Whnt Clarkson and Fessenden Say. In connection with the statement by Mr. Manley, an anti-McKinley statement this week is made by Gen. Ciarkson of Iowa and Mr. Fessenden of Connecticut, efter consultation with the leaders on their side. The stat2ment contends that Mr. McKink has not nearly a majority yet, and that in their judgment he will not enter the con- vention with a majority. The statement says that he will fall shorter on the first ballot thaa Plaine in 1876 and Grant in 'So, herman in s8. It is positively stated nm, Quey and Morton, and surzly aced in nomination, and sed that Bradley and Cullem will remain in the fight. McKinley, it is said, will fall frem S) to 100 vo: short of enough to nominate on the first ot, and the ‘field will represent 525 to “) votes. It is suggested that Harrison, Lincoln, Foraker, Hobart, Davis and Gen, Tracey of New York may veceiye some vetes on the first ballot. The statement lays great stress on the improbability of an emotional convention and a stampede. Mr. Grosvenor'’s Claims Analyzed. Analyzing Mr. Grosyenor’s claims for McKinley, the statement says: “He counts all the votes in Tennessee as instructed for McKinley, when in trata the olution of instructions was simply for the delegates to vote for McKinley as long as a majcrity of the delegates should deem it wise—and it is very doubtful if a ma- jority of the delegates in that state are for McKinley. He claims many votes in Lou- isiana, where McKinley has only two, and perhaps enly - He claims Alabama practically solid, while every seat in Ala- bema fs contested. He claims all but five of Georgia, while*there are conceded nine uncontested anti-McKinley delegates in that state and eight delegates contested. He claims Florida, which has a double del- exation, and the McKinley delegation elect- ed by a majority of the votes of the state convention, or an illegal body. He siaims all the votes in Mississippi, while nine, and perhaps twelve, of the legal delegaics in that state are against McKinley. The re- sult in JMinois has been exagzera* McKinley's benefit, and Gresvenor claims it as practically solid, whereas it will take the first ballot at St. Louis to show wheth- er it will be a majority for McKinley or a majority against him. Many more mis- takes could be pointed cut, but these are samples of the rest.”’ Mr. Clarkson expresses the bellef that there are eighteen vctes in the Ohio del2ga- tion which would be cast against McKin- ley if they had their free choice. Votes by States. The following table of votes by states ac- compani23 the statement: 275; for contested and States. ‘The field. Contested. AS ent ky Louisiana Nevada New F Xew J uth Dakot: Tennessee . shington st Virginia Wisconsin Mr. Grosvenor’s Summary. Mr. Grosvenor sums up the McKinley strength in the following table: Alabama .., 18] Oklahoma Arkansas . 16) Oregon Florida .. §) Pennsylvania Georgia 22\ South Carolina. Tilinots .. Indiana Kansas Kentucky .. 29 South Dakota + 30) Texas .. + 20) Virginia’? 11 West Virginia. Louisiana . + 10; Wisconsin Maryland - tah. Michigan = Tennessee Minnesota . Mississippt Missouri Nebraska New Jersey. New Mexico. New York. 8| North Carolina. North Dakota. Arizona . 4) Indian territory. 4 delegates within reach, But let us see. During the remainder of the month there will be elected in California . . 18Idaho .. 6 Indiana +++ 4)Wyoming . 6 Michigan + 10|North Carolina.... 18 Nevada @|New York. 2 West Vi 8} Illinois Montana Missouri | Delaware Colorado . Washington s' Totals . “Of this number, can anybody point out to me ten votes that will not be for Mc- Kinley? Ig has been fortunate for him that this large reserve has been available, but allow that he only has 100, and then add to that the committed and instructed vote of the New York Tribune and the other Statisticians, and he is way up ‘in the neighborhood of 550. “I have gone into all this not so much to vindicate myself, for time will do that, but to point out how idle is the suggestion that the national convention, by the settlement of a few contests, which do not aggregate the amount of McKinley's majority, can turn aside the will of the people and nomi- nate somebody else.” <a THROUGH EUROPE A-WHEEL. Interesting Cycling Tour of Digby Bell and His Wife. One of the most interesting ‘prospective bicycle tours will be made shortly by Digby Bell and his wife, Laura Joyce Bell, and Manager Duncan B. Harrison and his wife. The party will sail from New York on the 4th of June. The tour will consume four months. They will spend a fortnight in London, and will wheel from that city to Newhaven, crossing the channel to Dieppe, and proceed to Paris, by way of Rouen and the valley of the Seine; from Paris the party will make excursions to various roints of interest, including Versailles, St. Germain, St. Denis, St. Cloud and the forest of Fontainebleu; then down the valley of the Maun, by way of Epernay, Nancy and Bar-Le-Duc; across France to’ Alsace Lor- raine; to Cologne,through the Black Forest; up the Rhine to Strasburg; across the flat lands of Germany to Berlin; Berlin to Hamburg; back to Berlin via Fredricksruhe, through to Vienna; thence to Buda Pesth, where they will spend a fortnight, viewing the “Hungarian exhibition;” from Buda Pesth they will bicycle trough the Aus- trian Tyroi; through Switzerland to the lakes; back to Paris; Paris to Antwerp; through Belgium to Holland, to Amster- dam, Rotterdam and The Hague; thence to Ostend, crossing the channel to Dover; bi- cycling through England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; back to Hull; steamer from Hull to Ipzenkolz; bicycling through Nor- way, Sweden and Denmark; steamer from Copenhagen to Liverpool; ‘steamer from Liverpool to New York. ——__ Maine Boys at Little Round Top. At the meeting Saturday night of the Maine Association Capt. H. L. Prince made an address on Gettysburg. Ex-Gov. Per- ham, the president of the society, being absent, Sidney Pulsifer presided. Capt. Prince related most graphically the experi- ence of the twentieth Maine volunteers in the defense of Little Round Top, at Gettys- burg, when Hood’s Texans were racing to seize and hold it. Ee Studies of Plants and Flowers. The Biological Soctety met Saturday night at the Cosmos Club. There was a large at- tendance and Surgeon General Sternberg presided. The following papers were read: “Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of Plant Cells,” Prof. B. T. Galloway, chief of division of vegetable pathology; “Genus Remondia,” by Prof. T. W. Stanton of the geological survey, and “Purple Flowered, Stemless Violets of the Atlantic Coast, Prof. J. C. Pollard. ———__. Nineteen New Doctors. The seventy-fourth annual commence- ment of the medical department of Colum- bian University will be held Thursday evening at the Lafayette Square Opera House. Admission will be by invitation on- ly, but there will be no reserved seats, the doors being open-at 7:30. The Marine Band will supply the music. Rev. B. L.Whitman, president of the university, will confer the degrees, and Prof. William P. Carr will make the eddress to the graduating class. Mr. Robert P. Lynch will deliver the vale- dictory and Prof. A. F. A. King will make the award of prizes. Nineteen students will receive diplomas. —_.__ * Annual Debate. The Phocion Society of Gonzaga College will give its annual debate Thursday even- ing in Metzerott Hall. The subject is: “Resolved, That in free governments state aid should be given to sectarian institu- tions.” James S. Markey, president of the Phocion, will preside. Henry A. Hagerty and Charles H. Duffy will take the affirma- tive and J. Achstedler and George S. Adair the negative. The judges will be Senator Roach of South Dakota, Representatives Walsh of New York and Fitzgerald of Mas- sachusetts. The successful debater will re- ceive a gold medal at the June commence- ment. The Marine Band will furnish music. SUBURBAN LOTS. Gonza, Select Your Lot At Chevy Chase At Once! Interest in Chery Chase ts steadily increasing. It behooves all intending purchasers to make thelr selections at once. Sure to be always the handsomest and most congenial suburb Washing- ton city will ever have. The low prices of these lots—15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 25¢. ft. —make them a speculative purchase as well as a-most judicious one to those In search of an fdeal country residence with city conveniences. ‘Terms, one-third cash. Special ar- rongements will be made to those who will build at once. Information cheerfully given. Thos. J. Fisher & Co., 1324 F St. my4-2t STORAGE. Splendid Storage Rooms, $3 Month. 23 | Clean scoms—well lghted and_per- fectly ventilated. Will easily bold two big loads of honsebold effects. Each ropm provided with lock and key—and reached by both freight and elevators: Centrally located. stored, $i month. Trurks, MERCHANT: Sy PARCEL DELIVERY ©O., 929-931 D St. ~Phone 659. myth FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS STORED. Se. per load; dry, light and clean; best location in the city. ‘Call or address CHARLES BAUM, 314 9th st. n.w. apis-tf STORAGE. —Our storage warerooms are mest modern in every particvlar, Clean, alry, safe. cent a cu, ft ,000 cu. ft, "Cold storag for carpets." Safety guaranteed. Protection against moths insured. —Moving, packing, hauling, storing, 4 spe clalties at tbis season. You can't trust your furniture to better lands, Service is satis. faciory always. W. B. MOSES & SONS, F and 11th sts. (Storage, 22 near M.) apl1-im nger Pianos weecose Bl) maaan tnN acta cou - 46! Totals . His Comments. In commenting on this table, Mr. Gros- venor says: “So it will be seen that my figures are based upon principles which I maintain are correct principles, and not the result of a tendency to exaggerate or to imagine anything. The New York Tri- bune states that of the 198 votes which they say are elther non-committal or not elected, McKinley will get at feast one- half. Upon that very conservative basis McKinley has a sweeping majority of the Ohio .. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS AXD NOTARY PUB- lic for all states ond territories a SPECIALTY by R. H. EVANS. Office (basement), 1321 F st. Alwaya in office, office hours. myll-tt CHARLES 8. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, B19 4p ots aw: ince Byun, rh r . de17-t JOHN & BEALL, tong: Notary Publier Gatton Segoe eens eae torr. Notary ic. Us tes ocd Ogice. 1821 F st. (irst Doon. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. THOMAS DOWLING, AUCTIONEER. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF DWELLING HOUSES NOS, 936 AND 938 F STREET SOUTHWEST. Vander end by virtue of a cert bearing date the 1th day of 3895, and recorded in Liber 2049, » 208’ et neq, (ne of the innd records of the District of at the request of the party secured thes undersigned will, ON WEDNESDAY, MAY ‘THI. TEBNTH, A. D. 1806, AT MALP4AST V.M., in front of the premises, sell at pablic auction that certain lot aud parcel of land, situate in the clty of hington, District known as and being lo: S-seven (27), n squai three hundred and eighty-nine (38%), together with the improvements thereon, consisting of two two- Story frame dwellings, Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase move} in cash, balance in two equal installments at oo and two years, secured by. th issory notes of the purchaser, ‘and a deed of trust on the Sold, or all cash, at purchaser sale to be day of sale, righ sell at the cost cud risk of defaulting purcha Coaveyaneing and recording at purchaser's cust deprsit Of $100 required on day of mule, BENJAMIN FL mL 7th wt CTIONEERS, ow. nw VALUABLE STi mr cember 15, 1x0 folio 415 one of the li Distr Hin, amd at the Party secored thereby, we will well on, in front of th THIRTHENTH, 1806, AT" HALE of lot 149 Int cls mpany's subdivision of wy improved by a three story. stone-fru containing 9 rooms and bath, imipro and nur, requent pubill dwell- with all modern ns of sale: One hird cash, balance vst at 6 per of trust on the at the option of the purr $100 required a onveyanring at pure ied With within ten days from day of sale, ise the trustees reserve the right to resell the Property at risk aud cost of defaulting JOHN SSM KB BRADLE ino Wo years, with f secured by a di all aser. A orddiongs cost, Terms to be ' RMSTE apt-d&ds * Trustees, CFTHE ABOVE SALE WEDNESDAY, MAY SI By order of the PTON & CO. siors to Kateliffe, STPONED UNTIL sasne od AUCTIONEERS Derr & Go) THREE SIX TWO-STORY 20MS AND MENTS, NOS, SOUTHEAST vrded in t sed.. one of the inn District of Columbia, and at the arty sevured thereby, the unde nm SATURDAY, at HALF 4 + dy te wit: Part of ing ail that part es sh i with nt per annum, ed by deed of trust ty sold, or all cash, at option A deposit. of $100 required on Evunc at the time of cule’ If the terms of are not complied with in fifteen days from day of sale the trustees reserve the right to the property at the risk and cost of the default ing purchaser, r five days’ advertisermvnt of svch resale in some newspaper published In Wasb- ington, D.C. All ¢ ing and recording at the cost of the purcha EDWIN F. CAMPRE RAYMOND S. DONA my 4-1 RATCLIF! . AUCT . Darr & ‘TRUSTEE ° A DES'RARLE TWO-STORY AND 1CK DWE NO. 2107 1WEST By Li records a deed of trust at folio 1 District ry recorded In eof the la wl at 1 or No, 1813, for the of t of ured thereby sales lay auction, ON TUESDAY, THE MAY, A.D. Is, AT POUR O'CLOCK PM, the ft situate In the ity and ed land and premises, Washington, District of red th in n oof Jota in square num plat recorded in Li . wituate ther wit A Lott yor of the District of of Washing! in the all the and from thi e right of the uuent odin Washi pe iting purchase tb resale in ton, D.C, e cost Of th A W. T. HARRIS, Trust AUCTIONS e, Darr & Oo.) “RATCLIFFE, SUTTO Successors to RY BRICK H BRICK STA. AS NO. SIS H wN trust, duly recorded in s . one of the land records of the Distr . and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby, we; the under- signed trustees, will sell, by public ‘auct in front SATURDAY, THE A.D. 1306, AT HAL all that nises known for the Dh No twel a 3-story brick at in rear), known as N ‘Terms of sal to be paid in ca: of Colum with impr property. sol chaser. A sale. “Terms t from day of sale, rve the right to resell at the risk and aulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement in cwspaper published in Washingten, D. at cost of the th IF, Trustee, EL, Trustee. AUCTIONEERS. front. of” the SIXTH DAY O'CLOCK P_M., lot ‘This lot can be re mere buflding Tots. Improving sectic dily subdivided Into four or It is situated in a rapidly in one and two = pe 5 aced by decd of trust upon the property ‘sold, or all cash, at option of pur- chaser. Cotveynneing, ete., at purchaser's cost, A deposit of $100 to be required of the p at time of sale. Terms of sale to be with in fiftecn days from date of sale, of] the trustee reserves the right to resell at risk and MAY THI ern M., in “premises, the undersigned, ‘as surviy under a deed of trust dated February corded In Liber No. 1996, at follo Tos ¢ the land records for the District of at request of the party secured there at public anction lot nineteen (19) in Fisher and William Sharon's sebdivision of square Xo. 153, a8 per plat eevorded in Book No. follo 171, inthe offic vevor of said District, with the improve: onsisting of the Lew and elegant residence. 1761 I street northwest, in the city of Washi: . D. Terms of sale hind In cash. of wh deposited with the trustee at ime of sale, and the balance in two equal installments, payable at one and two years from day of sale, with Interest at 6 per centum per annum, payable semt-annually, secured by first trust upon ‘the prop cash, at purchaser's fon. If terms a J with in twenty days from day rved to resell at risk and ulting purchas five days’ c ment. All conveyancing and ding at purchaser's cost. FEONNE AE PNNFOSEVHL J__ DARLINGTON. Surviving T 410 Sth st __ MEDICAL _ Cured Last week. Think it over. SPE DISBASES’ of the BLOOD, 8 SYSTEM and CATARRH prompt permanently wured by Dr. V. B. Uate and registered physician. Office hours, 11 a.m., 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p. mdays, ¥ to 2, and will sell pomas J. the purchase money ‘One £300. must my1-d&ds nw NERVOUS Charges very moderate. No experituents. my+3m =) a y MANL’ Mt AND NERVE POWER KESTO by using a bottle or two of Dr. Brot rating cordial. There is no remedy URS 50 years in this city. 906 B s.w. im* NO FEE UNTIL CURED. Dr. Leatherman, Specialist in all forms of special diseases. ydrocele, Varicocele and Stricture cured. Consultation free. Hours, 9 to 12, 2 to 5: Tues., Thues. and Sat. even., 7 to 8. "602 F N.W. apl4-1m*