Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1896—-SIXTEEN PAGES. ee DISTRICT Little Prospect of Further Local Legislation. LAST MEETING OF SENATE COMMITTEE Many Measures on the Calendar Awaiting Action. OTHER MATTERS Tomorrow's meeting of the Senate D!s- trict committee may be the last of the present session of Congress, as Chairman McMillan fs to leave the city for Michigan tomorrow night, to gone at kh toa week, and the skipping of the meeting day of next week will greatly reduce the avail- able time left before the final adjournment. The committee calendar is well filled with material for legislation, and some of the more important of these will be taken up tomorrow and passed upon. But it matters little what work the committee may do, the opportunity for ing action by the Senate is now small y grows less. ssion it Is very difti- 2 on local bills, so the does not feel that it necessary te clear up its own calendar, ally as eve hing now pending either before it or the Senate will not be affected by the ad, ent of Congr but will retain every right now possessec It may be that the Senate will grant at least one day before adjournment for the consideration of bills on the calendar. Local Measures Sow Pending. At this end of the cuit to secure acti District committee e local measures now pending before the with favorable reports, are as fol- 2, to license billiard tables; 2 relief of C ate, Ss. 12) e the practice of medicine; H. to regulate the business of storage; . relating to th imony of ph. in the Distri ), to relieve the ased; S. 17st, to ses in the Dis- : nclaimed S. 2s and H. R. 6h tand- ards of dry m pointment o pensi 3S. 2409, property Francis H. R. 5105, to abolish days of grace; S. incorporate the convention of erie structors of the Deaf tn the District 9, to au- thorize the reassessment of water main taxes; S. to regulate certain pros $. 1315, to redeem outstanding ued by i supply; S. ton Heights of the tr Hi th Cay e United St to amend u Railw, 2 C. Bau. amend bill wall prob- from the srrow. The the work on sw ting tomor- the bill in the left by the sub- om on the | ¥ follow the about Wednes- Thur day of n Wages. duced a bill in t of electroty in the governme: 5 an hour for the Fixing the Weish has intr: fixing the wages 3 and fin at tion of Cemeteries, ed a Dill in the after it shall be any corporation, company, f ersons to locate Physiclans* Th rably House Di ve ported vw such sn obtained from or from the of him: Pro- rot apply to rimina! Ps re the accused 1 with causing the juries upo of Peter Van Exsen. A favorable report was also made on the bill authorizing the Commission the The Bequest cept nest of the late Peter V. en for use of the public schools of Georgetown. Poles Outside the € Tt is understood that the subcommittee en District appropriations has decided to amend the amendment recently introduced by Senator McMillan authorizing the erec- tion of telephone poles outside the city lim- to permit any company whi a@ permit to do mits. is to say, as now agreed upon, the nt, it is said, will open the suburl- free competit! means and en- the District laws nd secure from the District ts permission to engage in this even though they may not be the of congressional authoriza: applies only to that section the District that lies outside of the pre limits of the city of Washington. oa Death of Mra. FP. J. Noona The friends of Mr. William Ryan of th: quartermaster general's office will be pain- ed to leara of the death of his dayghter, Mrs. Julia M. Noonan, wife of Mr. P. J. Noor last evening at her home, 1210 Linden place. Mrs. Noonan was the sister of P. J. Ryan of the senior class of the Georgetown Law School, and a lady of very estimable caaracter and a wide circle of friends. on Caught Under a Wall. Gilbert Johnson and Charles Harris, both colored, while engaged in tearing down the Stephen school building on 21st street be- tween K and L streets this morning were caught under a falling brick wall and se- verely cut and bruised. The injured men were taken to the Emergency Hospital in the third precinet patrol wagon. Johnson Hves at 1023 Vermont avenue and Harris at 477 Armory street southwest. j to distingu: LAWS/TWO SUSPECTS HELD (Continued from First Page.)* day afternoon. The developments of the last forty-eight hours, however, have re- sulted in the officers of the law devoting all their attention to the search for Irwin L. Ford, the negro against whom all evi- dence points so strongly. A number of arrests have been made in this city of suspicious-looking colored men or of men who were thought to answer the description which has been sent out. So far none of these arrests have developed anything of material importance, and the local detectives anticipate that the next evelopment will come from somewhere in Maryland. It was rumored this morning that a man answering Ford's description had been ar- rested in Baltimore as he alighted from a freight train from this city. Seen at Hyattsville. A man who resembled Ford so much that a former employer of that much-wanted person thought that it was he passed through Hyattsville last evening about 7 o'clock, or a little before, stopping ut a store in the vicinity of the post office to make a purchase. A Mr. Scaggs, who had employed Ford some time ago, recognized ané@ practically opaque and an incision was made to admit of the examination of the retina. As was to be expected, this was already in a putrid state, and when in- spected with the glass developed absolutely nothing. Dr. Gray’s Dinscluimer. Dr. Gray was very much disturbed today over the fact that his name had been used in connection with the experiment, as he feared that some people might think that he had entered into the matter willingly and hopeful of results. In conversation with a Star reporter this morning he said: “I told Dr. Hammett yesterday that the whole theory was an unadulterated fake. Before doing anything with th> camera I looked up the Lterature on the subject and found that there is not a single au- thentleated case on record of a photograph ef the retina showing anything that would be of the slightest use in distinguishing or discovering anything. There is one case recorded about 1860 where it was claimed a photograph was taken of the eye of a murdered person which gave a satisfactory bortrait of the man who had struck the fatal blow. It was almost the only clug or piece of evidence against the man, but when he was confronted with the phdto- graph of himself, taken under such clrcum- stances, he broke down and made a com- plete confession of guilt. I say there is one case on record, but {t is not authentic, and the character of the man who made the record is sufficient proof that the thing never occurred as he said it did.” “A classmate of mine was very much him, as he thought, and immediately gave the word. The suspected man went north of the village, and, climbing on the top of a passing train, went as far as Branchville, and there secreted himself somewhere in the weods about that station. The de- ives of this city we notified, and ty nbers of the force went out on the $ in. Ford 15, it is thought if the man was really that he got wind of the telegrams that were being sent up the line and made his way from the train to the country back of Branchville, but no trace could be found of him in that vicinity. It would, however, have been an easy matter for the man to board one of the many freight trains run- ning on the B. and O. at that hour and pro- ceed to Baltimore after the oificers had r turned to the cit $s hing the Woods. Two of the local detectives spent the night near Ford's home at Burnt Mills as- sisting the deputy sheriff and his posse in the search for the hunted man. This morning Detective Horne and Weedon, who have been most active in the investigation, drove out to Eurnt Mills to continue the search for the murderer. Detective Wee- don said to a Star reporter @his morning that he was sctisfied that Ford was some- w re in the woods near Burnt Millis yes- terday afternoon, During the search which Was prosecuted later in the day, evidence was found to show that h> had spent some little time in the uaderbr and the rem- pants of a hurried meal were also found. The wooded section is so cor siderable thai it would be a ditt for a crowd of men numbering several hundred to thor- oughly scour the woods, and the detectives have reason to believe that he was in the underbrush somewhere while they were looking for him yesterday, but that owing comparatively small number of se who were following him, it was no difficult matter for hint to elude- his pur- suers. Inspector Hellinberger this morning had a large number of circulars printed notity- ing the public of the erime and giving a description ot the supposed) murdere: Teward of $i During the nt Alvey Hroad seni ving the man to all points ad and also promised to dis- reulars and do everything in e the work of running sted murdere! headquarters * @ suspect had been ar- cumstances has though he wanted. The tele- before the detectives and Detective Weedon that he woul 8 I probably tak from near Burnt 3 5 somebody who knows Ford and go with him to more to see if they could identify fags. The detectives are very much distressed over the fact that they should have heen 9 near Ford yesterday et net have Leen able to 1 him. The plece of woods in which he ts supposed to ave been in hiding is upyw Mare, and oods to an that piece cf ratively sim- Is now that if the authe d called for volunteers ght befor to proc to urnt Mills and make a thor sh search of y could nave , of men on ed withi hours, and t he would now be behind the bars. 2 hborhood of Burnt Mills an intense int in the ef- iy n down the Every man in the immediate vicir a part in the hunt. They not sat i and ¢ om and in- ‘ t might : tols in their pockets or shotguns over their shoulders have tramp- ed the woods f hours at a time, stopping: only long enough to eat and sleep. Many | of them are hot-headed young Marylanders | who h the of weapons, would not kave hesitated a moment to shoot the man down in his tracks if he had Hi ance. in this a sharp Ieckout for F little to do heside wait v are keeping . there is really for news from Y were on sn if he did not con- of the crime is partly borne ont by the y ing Ford's wife left her home and was gene in the woods for an hour‘or longer, his was before any close watch was ¢s- tablished about the and the only per- fon who saw her leave was an elderly col- ored man, ho teld the detecti bad wi dd. The Main Cine. The detectives willingly admitted today the assistance which they had received as a result of the newspaper publication of all the details of the crime. Sometimes in 4 mysterious murder the detectives seeit to keep everything from the reporters, and to shroud their every move with deepest mystery, looking wise and dropping hints of great developments that may he ex- pected. In the present case they have pur- ued different tactics, except when It was inconsistent duty, given out all the the: with information The wisdom of this has been demonstrated have had. by the fact that the first ciue which started the police on the track of Ford came through the publication in the papers of the fact that a revolver had been found on the scene cf the murder, and t! on the butt of the weapon were scratched three ers. Tre man who sold the pistol to ‘ord in ISM read of this and identitied the § as those which he placed on ail pis- tols that he scld. cience Carried Far. Coroner Hammett continued his scientific investigation of the case last evening. As interested in this subject, and has made many interesting experiments with the vis- ual purple. It is an admitted fact that there may be color effects on the retina of the eye which may be distinguishable for a brief period after death. Some of his experiments were successful to a certain extent, while others proved absolutely nothing. Small animals like the rabbit or the guinea pig can be exposed to the strong light of a window, for example, and if kill- ed then and the eyes examined immediate- ly something may be found, but it is ab- surd to say that the results have ever been such as would warrant an experiment on the eyes of a murdered person. In the case of this poor girl the cyes were not removed for more than forty-eight hours after death. In point cf fact, the retina undergoes a very material change within two or three hours of death, and for this reason it is extremely difficult to get even a satisfactory ‘im for a micrcseople slide. 1 have tried again and again within a very short time after death, but decomposition has already set in, and we are compelled to get sec- tions when eyes are removed from living beings. Then. of course, the eye is not normal. When the eyes of this girl were brought to me last evening the corners were already clouded and opaque, and the retina was in no condition to make an ex- amination, would lke very much to have my connection with this case made clear, for it is rather embarrassing for me to have intelligent people think that I took part in such a performance with the belief that I was doing anything in a scientific man- ner. Morbid Curiosity. The body of Elsie Kreglo lay this morn- ing in an undertaker’s establishment on lith street. It was inclosed in a pretty white casket, on the top of which was a silver plate, with the words “At Rest.’ The body was gowned in white, with a ruching about the neck and a big spray of lilies of the valley, which completely hid the cruel gashes that caused her death, As soon as jit was noised about that the tcdy had been prepared for burial, and was in the back room of the undertaker’s es- teblishment, there an exhibition of worbid curiosity that was all but disgust- ing. A crowd, which at times numbered several hundred, gathered in front of the shop and eagerly sought admission. Nine out of ten were women, young and old, on thelr way to or from the big stores in the neighborhood. They clamored eagerly for ission, and every once in a while the decors were opened to allow the crowd in to view the remams. A man stood at the or and told them to pass in to the right, so that all might have a chance to view the iy. With curiosity written on every line thelr faces the spectators hung as long as they couid over the body of the unfe e girl and commented audibly on her Her eyellds were closed over ts, and gave the face a w look, very unlike that which the girl wore in life. a He! gollen hair was tastefully s if to m, the 1 the more uns ters sat fly v near the coflin, All were crying audibly, and it seemed too bad that they could not have been left alone with their dead. This afternoon the body was removed to Foresiviile, where the Kreglo family for- merly resided, and there glven Christian burial. To Aid the Family. Washington people are always quick to show their sympathy in times of need, and the sad blow which has overtaken the Kreglo family has brought to the attention of the public their bitter distress. The old has never found it an easy thing to ide for his family, although they have lived decently and comfortably. The hor- rible death of his daughter has been such a shock to him that he will never be the man he used to be. He is still in the hos- pital, and, while it is now certain that he ill recover, he will be a helpless wreck for months to come, and the five poor, helpless women, who are dependent upon him, will find it a difficult matter to secure the ne saries of life. The charitable people of Mt. Pleasant have ready taken the case in hand, and they mptly and cheerfully started to work terday to e the ne ry funds to the exy of Elsie's burial. The conduc ors and gripmen on the 14th street line showe th ves true and gen- erous-hearted men contributing the sum of $1% toward defraying the expenses of the funera A cobbler who lives in Mt. Pleasant left s bench yest ood in the street allday. F he obtained $31 In small contributic giving Mberally of his own hard- vings. The people of nt have deter- mined to make an organized effort to relieve the needs of the Kreglo family. The fol- lowing statement has been received by Tae Sta unfortunate lady. who was so cruelly murdered, will to- day recelve a respectable Christian burial through the kindness and generosity of the good people of Mt. Pleasant, who promptly and cheerfully came to the poor family’s rescue, and furnished the necessary funds. Ail arrangements have been made, and be- fore this rea S$ the public eye she will have been quietly laid to rest. Nothing more n be done for poor Elsie, who sncriticed iife rather than honor, but very much more can be done for the poor, hard-working sur- viving members of the family. We can, and should, seatter a few roses across their athway to alleviate, as far as human agency can, their terrible affliction. The father is now in the hospital, suffering from the terrible shock, and even if he should survive will be a heipless wreck for months to come, and five poor, poverty-stricken, helpless women are struggling alone for the necessaries of life. Will not every gen- ercus soul in Washington send their mite to Rev. M. Ross Fishburn or N. E. Young, Mt. Pleasant, who wiil look after the family and see that every penny is judiciously used?” To Get Witnesses, Shortly before noon today two detectives detailed by Inspector Hollinberger for the purpose left headquarters for Burnt Mills, Md., in order to secure some one who ts young stated in The Star yesterday, he sent a plece of the bloody undergarment that was found Tuesday night in Ford’s room, to- gether with a clot of blood from the wounds In Elsie Kreglo's neck, to a micro- pist, in the hope that the examination might prove that the blood on Ford's cloth- ing had come from the red girl. Phy- sicians generally, however, expect nothing from this, for ty say that it is almost impossible to differentiate the blood of human beings from that of some animal, notably that of dogs and hogs, much less h blood as coming from one person or ancther. But later in the day the coroner fairly outdid himself in Fis efforts to leave no stone unturned. By his directions tho eyes of the dead giri were removed from the body, to be placed before a camera, In the hope that on the retina of the eye there might be an image of the murderer which could be photographed. The operation w performed by Dr. Hammett’s son, who is also a physician, and the coroner took the eyes to Dr. W. H. Gray, the microscopist at the Army Medical Museum. Dr. Gray is an expert scientific photographer, and his aid was sought in an effort to get the de- sired photograph. Dr. Gray told the coroner tha: there was no use in attempting the experiment, as the thecry that the retina retains a dis- tinct Image afier death was long since cx- ploded and abandoned. Dr. Hammett ad- mitted that he was not very confident of success, but insisted that the experiment should be mide. The cornea was clouded well acquainted with Ford to go with them to Baltimore and see if the man under ar- rest there on suspicion of being the mur- derer of Elsie Kreglo is the party wanted. As a result of this trip Detective Weedon jeft for Baltimore late this afternoon with a@ man well acquainted with Ford, for the purpose of establishing the identity of the prisoner held in that city. -To Go to Harper's Ferry, At 3 o'c‘ock this afterncon a telegram was recelved at the detective office from the mayor of Harper's Ferry in relation to the man urder ar-est there on suspicion of being the murderer of Elsie Kreglo. The officials decline to disclose the contents of the telegram, but vere heard to remark: “This is tting pretty clese to it.” Chief Clerk Syivester was immediately called in consultation, and a reply to the dispatch was framed. It is probable that Detective Boardman will go to Harper's Ferry on tke first train this afternoon, the mayor of Harper's Ferry having requested tnat an officer come to that town. The Father Better. This afternoon the father of. the mur- dered girl, who is at the Emergency Hos- pital, was improving. Some excitement was occasioned in the vicinity of police headquarters shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, Lewis Welker, \ who was arrested last evening for the = Ss murder of William Jones, was taken to the @etective office to be measured for the Police criminal record. The report. spread nbout the neighbor- hood that Ford had been captured, and a large crowd gathered and attempted to Ket a glimpse of the supposed slayer of Elsie Kreglo. It required several police- men to clear the sidewalk. ORGANIZING A SEARCH. Beating the Woods in the Neighbor- hood of Ford’s Home. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. BURNT MILLS, Montgomery County, Md., May 7.—Detectives Rhodes and He- lan, who came here last night and relieved Detectives Horne and Weedon, were in consultation with Deputy Sheriff Sam Jones early this morning, and arrange- ments were made for summoning a posse of country people to surround and make a thorough search of the big piece of woods in which the people about here think the fugitive Ford is hiding. Yesterday during the watch on the Ford house the move- ments of the father and wife of the fugi- tive were noted, but the wife had managed to make a visit from the house early in the morning, and the officers are satisfied that she visited her husband in the woods and furnished him with food and perhaps money to use in event of his getting away from this section. As published in yester- day’s dispatch, the fugitive is a very heavy man, weighing nearly 200 pounds, and he i= likely to attract attention. That he will be captured, the people about here have no doubt. No doubt is expressed concern- ing the guilt of Ford, because of his move- ments and the positive identification of the revolver. Even his own wife identified the weapon as being the property of her hus- and. eaten the wife left the house on the edge of the woods at an early hour yesterday morning she carried with her a tin bucket. She was gone for about two hours, but in what direction she went after getting in the woods is not known, nor is it known from what part of the woods she came when she returned. The detectives ques- tioned her closely about her movements, but were unable to get any information from her. Ford’s father, who is more than fifty years old, was very nervous and excited When talking to Detective Horne. He ad- mitted that he knew of the charge against his son before the officers told him, and this leads to the belief that the son told his father of what he had done. The fugi- tive’s mother is dead, so the elder Ford says, and the two sons, Irwin's wife and child and the old man are the occupants of the little frame shanty on the edge of the woods. Richard Ford, the father, was left alone in the house to mind the child yesterday when the wife went out, it is thought, to feed her fugitive husband. ——e MR. KIECKHOEFER'’S BOOKS District Attorney Birney Officially Una- ware of the Alleged Shortage. He Declines, However, to Discuss Another Phase of the Matter at the Present Time. District Attorney Birney stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that he has revstved no eMecial notification of the alleged short- age in the accounts of Francis J, Kieck- hoefer, late chlef of the bureau of accounts in the Department of State. Therefore, ex- plained Mr. Birney, no steps have been taken by him in the matter. Until he should be made aware by the State Department of the alleged shortage, he would, of course, have nothing on which to base criminal pro- lings. Notwithstanding the statement of Mr. Birney, it is understood that the Secretary of State has addressed a communication to the Attori General in the matter. In that letter it is said that the Secretary of ate lala the facts in the case before the torney General, requesting his opinion as to whetherithey are such as to warrant the Institution of criminal against Mr, Kieckhoefer. The Attorney General therer the Secretary's communication to Attorney Lirney for an opinion in the mat- ter. Mr. Birney, it is said, examined into and it is understood that to- day he communicated with the Attorney General. What ccnelusion he arrived at is not definitely known, and when The Star's reporter referred to the mat- ter this afternoon Mr. Birney refused to say anything whatever, upon the subject, emphatically saying that until furnished with the necessary data by the Depart- ment of State he could take no steps what ever in the shape of criminal proceedin| against Mr. Kleckhoefer, even su ng that the alleged shortage in his accounts skould prove to be true. Of whatever might hereafter transpire, Mr. Birney said, he r man was as much aware as he was. As to whether he had received a le ter from the Attorney General in the mat- ter, Mr. Bir referred the reporter to that officer. —— TO BE VOTED ON AGAIN. Decision by the Methodist Conference on the Woman Question, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Ma hy a vote of 425 to 08 the M. E. general conference today adopted the report of the committee on eligibility to refer the woman question back to the churches to he voted on again, The committee is agreed that the eligibil- ity of women to vote in this convention is a constitutional one, and that the general con- ference has the power to interpret the con- stitution. The committee recommends the mouifica- tion of the constitution changing the quali- ference by ing the wor instead of “layman,” thereby ion of women legal. , that this proposed amendment be to the annua! conferences of the feliowing year, and that a two-thirds vote of the general conference and a_ three fourths Vote of the annual conference be required to enact this recommendation into a law. “We report, report says that inasmuch as the question has not been judicially passed upon those having seatseon floor can retain them without prejudice. As soon as the report was completed Dr. Kynet said that neither party gave in on the principle held by them, and neither ma- jority nor minority surrendered. The views are the eame, but it was a concession by both parties, ——— COL, LUDLOW'S ANGER. A Hot Colloguy in the Canal Hearing. There was a hot colloquy in the Nicara- gua canal hearing today, Col. Ludlow and Mr. Doolittle exchanging words in anger, in which Col. Budlow declared he repre- sented the government and did not care to have Mr. Doolittle take up his time while trying to establish the truth. Mr. Doolittle pesponded that he was a member of the committee and declared that Col. Ludlow “should not trample over them with all his topheaviness.” The conversation continued until other members protested and the chairman called the men to order. ————— A Suit for Heavy Damages. Auguste Koehler, the mother and admin- istratrix of, Clara Koehler, the child who Was run over by a 9th street car at W and Oth streets the 16th of last October, today filed a suit egainst the Metropolitan Rail- road Company, claiming $10,000 damages. The child wes caught under the fender of the car, and so badly injured that she died the following day. Attorneys Alexander Welf and Hamilton & Colbert represent Mrs. Koehler. — To Sell Custom Houses. The Secretary of the Treasury toda to Congress a draft of a resolution author. Nenragua izing him to lease or sell certain public | buildings and lands appertaining to them. The Secretary furnishes a list of ten custom | houses, warehouses and sites which have been abandoned and would be affected by the resolution. They are situated in Astoria, Ore.; Key West, Fla.; Erie, Pa.; Monterey, Plaquemine, La.; Rigalets’ custom sta- tion, below New Orleans; St. Augustine, ee Sag Harbor, N. Y., and Perth Amboy, ae ELEVATED TRACKS The Commissioners Partial to a Mid-sir Boad. Report on the Subject of Grade Cross- ings Taking Shape Toward That Policy. e As the discussion over the McMillan bill to abolish grade cressings in the District of Columbia along the'line of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad proc2eded between the Commissioners there was developed a strong argument in favor of an elevated plan. This argument grew more convinc- ing each day, until finally it was decided to Icck into the matter more carefully. The result is that when the Commissioners finally make their report they will include their views upon an overhead system. The chief engineer of the railroad stated some time ago in conversation with the Engi- neer Commissioner that the railroad com- pany would not consider for a moment any- thing but a depressed system. As a general proposition, the Commission- ers favor an elevation of the tracks of the railroad. In 18% they made a report on the subject and showed profiles of the lo- cality, with the rallrcad tracks having a clearance of fourteen feet along the entire line. But an elevated structure means, so many think, a disfigurement of the mall, for a viaduct through that reservation would be unsightly. On the other hand, there is a proposition to move the present depot to some point in South Washington, where an elevated structure is an easy engineering problem. . The Commissioners are anxious, however, to have the grade crossings abolished, and they would perhaps accept a satisfactory depressed system, if they saw no chance of obtaining a viadu-t. ‘The report on the depression of the tracks is about completed, and the engineer office is hard at work upon the elevated plan. As soon as they hear from the engineer depart- ment of the railroad upon this latter propo- sition, the Commissioners will be ready to make their report. ao es NEW JERSEY’S DELEGATES, Representatives From Congressional Districts Chosen, TRENTON, N. J., May 7.—The delegates from the eight congressional districts got together before the democratic convention met and agreed upon the two delegates to the Chicago convention from each of the district: The following were chosen, the convention afterward formally ratifying the selection: First district—Hen1y M. Harley, Camden; George W. Belchner, Cumberland. Second district—Ex-Assemblyman James W. Lanning, Mercer; Frank Budd, Burling- ton. Third district—Ex-Speaker James J. Ber- gen, Somerset; George A. Helme, Middle- Sex. ourth district—Ex-Senator Morris; Theodore Morfor: Elias C. Drake, Fifth district—| ton, Bergen; Mun Sixth district—F: ger, and Colonel Edward Meaney of Essex. Seventh district—Senator Will! D. Daly and ex-Senator William D. ot Huc district—Ex-Senator Fre Union; ex-As: a NATIONAL GUARD. General Orders Issned for Parade May 12. General orders No. 4, just issued from the headquarters of the Dist ‘ational Guard, make the following announcement: The troops of the N: assemble Tuesday, May The brigade p. m., facing north on White Lot, near the c Unless otherwi dre: the ell regulation t that those o! vided with it will equipments. Editor Francis’ Visit. Mr. John M. Francis, the ve! and proprietor of the T: Times, and former ministe States to Grecee, under Pr: and to Portugal and Aust dent Arthur, his daughter-in-la son are guests at the Cochran ran editor y, N. Y¥., Daily of the United Mr. ta portion of nearly s city duriag the last p regrets he could not b r time to have met his eld frien: : before nrn to his Mexican heme. hen the xovernor Was ass out the whole Unit visionary a to the ett future, the Tro: of which Mr. F: ¢ prietor, defended alone ‘among t Washington. outside of | Artillery Pra Under orders from Gen. manding tke Department of the batteries of the f at Washington barrack McHenry, Md., will hold their annual ar- tillery practice and exercises for 1806 at Fort Monroe, Va., as follov Batteries G and I, from Washington bar- racks, and C, from Fort McHenry, will leave their respective posts In time to ar- rive at Fort Morroe by the 2d ef June, proximo. Vatteries A and M, from Washington barracks, and D and L, from Fort McHen- ry, will leave their respective posts in time to arrive at Fort Monroe by July 2, prox- imo. The senior officer of each battalion will command, and he will arrange to have the service of the pieces and target practice completed before proceeding to drill in me- chanical maneuve h bettery wi equipage. The detschments from Washington bar- racks will remain rntil the 2th of June d 31st of July, respectively. The de- chments from Fert McHenry will return to that post on the completion of their ar- tillery target prectice. All officers and enlisted men belonging to these batteries will accompany them, un- less especially excused. — Minnehaha Lodge. The open session of Minnehaha Lodge of Good Templars Tuesday evening proved to be enjoyable and instructive to both mem- bers and visitors. The officers were in- stalled by Grard Templar A. E. Shoemaker, Dr. Kirby and Miss Lolo Elwood officiating as marshal and deputy marshal, respect- ively. After a brief intermission, a liter- ary and musical program was announced by Chairman Russell. A voca! solo by Mrs. Raymond, jr., was notably pleasing. Recl- tations by Miss Laura Edmonds and Mas- ter Harry Pitts of Minnehaha Juvenile Temple received marked appreciation. A violin solo by Prof, Stewart, accompanied by Miss Elwood, a selection by the lodge quartet, and a plano solo by Miss Eva Milis of the temple were very acceptably rendered. Addresses were made by the grand templar, Chief Templar Dinsmore, e 2 take with it its camp Dr. Kirby and Messrs. Canfield, H. Smith and Russell. —_~—.__ The Jettries Estate. Marie B. Jeffries, the widow of Noah L. Jeffries, and Wm. L. Brown, his son-in-iaw, today applied for letters of ad- ministration on the estate, they stating that the deceased died intestate. The per- sonal estate is valued at about $3,000 in cash and $4,000 in fees and other debts due he decedent. The value of the real estate not given. Denth of Chief Engineer Baker Chief Engineer Charles H. Baker of the navy died yesterday at his residence, 1730 19th street. He was in his sixty-fifth year and had seen many years of service. For several years he had been on the retired service. The funeral takes place tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the residence. Pore Reduced Prices On Things You Want. Among Washington grown to be the synonym for “economy sonable profit versus outrageous folk, “Mertz’s” has Rea- exaction has been and always will be our creed. Today and tomorrow we quote a special price list. Every one will find it a reminder of some want. Chewing Gum, 2 pkgs..........5¢.1C. S Lavender Salts...... Queen Anne Lotion... Cooper's Hair Success sett. sess gut German Cologne, 2 for........25¢. Kennedy’s Foot Powder, For perspiring and tender feet.- -. 19c. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ..........61¢. Page’s Sarsaparilla .......... 57¢- The {deal spring medicine. Calisaya and Iron, Good for that “tired ‘feeling’ -- 59C- Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. .63¢. 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Opening Bids. annval proposals for fur + with jon at 2 The Distri te © es of bids, which included stat) blank forms and printing, school furniture, hardw: tin ware, supplies, ¢rocert : as, paint ary y and for; ay’s Orders. The Commissioners toda ‘ed that the following work be done under the pro- vistons of lay governing assessment and permit werk: i y cement si@ewalks—In V street north- hand 14th streets, in front northwest between F setts avenue, in front of square 1" street between Dupont Circle and Q ficyt of square 113 ard lot No. In Cernecticut ave 1, excepting lots 6, 7, 9, 10 and 27; around Dupont Circle, in front of squares 113, 114 in Conn icut avenue northwest Dupont Circle and Q street, in front of squares 112 and 113; in New Hamp- shire avenue nortkwest between Dupont Cirele and Q street, in front of spuare 136 and scutn seventy feet of lot No. 3, square in P street northwest between 18th street and Dupont Circle, in front of square north of 187; lay brick sidewalk in Ken- tucky averue southeast between Lincoln Park and B street, in front of square 1014 (B. D. 2471, 1890); lay cement sidewalk in front of 1411 10th strcet; lay brick side- walk and new curb on the west side of 17th street northwest south from Willard street feet: lay cement sidewalk in front of 2 12th street northwest; lay cement side- walk in frent of 1419 10th street northwest. — Want the Bill Passed. Seratcr Gallinger today presented to the Senate from*the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union of Vandal yette coun- ty, IIL, petitioning Congr raise the age consent from sixteen to eighteen years of age in the District of Colombia during the present sessicn of the United States Senate.” They Favor Vivixection. Senator Gallinger today presented reso- Intions, that were adopted April 27 by the Medical Society of the county of New York, deprecating favorable action on the pending bill regulating vivisection in the District. + 2+. rent Loss of Rolling Stock. LOUISVILLE, May 7.—A special to the Post from Somerset, Ky., says the round houses and twelve locomotives belonging to the Queen and Crescent Railroad Com- pany were destroyed by fire this morning at an early nour. Loss, $300,000; fully in- sured. The depot burned a year ago. ————— Four Persons Suffocated. HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 7.—The university riding school was burned today. Four persons were suffocated and several others had narrow escapes. Twenty-seven horses perished. INES OE Hoes: z aS Pind ) “The Light That Never Fails” Tally-Ho Successfully meets all criticism Burns keroserie, and gives 2 wonderfully powerful and finished in Black Jay Isornamental, and locks on the head of the Bicycle or fits FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS THE BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO. 313 and 315 Broadway, New York BSS CBM Be : BMS <> 2. OEE reve | . Disinfectant, For House and Outdoors, A Dottle...... 2ic Witch Hazel, large bottle. .....21¢. Gum Camphor, per Ib.........56c. ° © Toilet Articles. Mennen’s Talcum Powder. .....12c. Mertz’s Talcum Powder, Best for Infants. 4 boxer for. 25 Newman's Rice Powder, Hi perfumed......... ronpesne EAC. Java Rice Powder............19¢. Extra Fine Sponges, qT and 75c. kind, for... sooner 25c. Nail Brushes for..........15¢. Violet Water, extra fine........43¢ Silver Counter. All these articles are here offered at Jess than ONE MALF of JEWELERS’ PRICES, Sterling Silver Back Combs. .. .g8c. Sterling Silver Nail Files. ..... 74c. erling Silver Dutton Hooks. .74¢. Sterling Silyer Shoe Horns. .$1.17 Sterling Silver Hat Brushes. .$1.29 Sterling Silver Cane Straps... .39¢. 18. -49c. erling Silver Umbrella Tags Sterling Silver Penknives.... Sterling Silver and Real Tor- toise Shell Back Combs... .$2.48 Perfume Extracts. 50c. bottles... . 4-02. bottle of nest Extract, half price. Violet, White Rose, Jockey Club, New Mown Ha. Ylang Ylang, Crab Blossom, &c... Mertz’s Modern Pharmacy, 1th & F Sts. trating Tight, and Nickel like a coach-lamp, FORBES x yy POLISH, PRANK JORDAN WAS F Changed Hix 4 and Received Henvier Sentence, riminal “Cou from Frank G.gust ph from in front of Th dim tewthe: mer 2 Binghan hy 4 of ot art then direct the ple sullty Pe Ret aside, and the case. trie: which yas done with the above result. au Methodixt Conference. B Wesley Gaines presided yester at the op ce of the Africs Church at Wilmington, > services were held in memory John M. Brown, D. A. P» Jand A. W. since last confer ce Bishops H. M. . B. T. Tann and Rew : Charles Bi Ark., accepted the « from the general conferen Methodist Episcopal conference in Neveland, Ohio, and a delez: nted to visit that body nex eo ae. = An Appeal for Pardon. An appeal was ma land today by ginia for th ntative Otey of Vir- pardon’ of P. J Jameson, a white maa, convicted in Roanoke of violat- ing the revente laws in maxing brandy and senterced to a term of imprisonment Mr. Otey presented a rumerously signed petition fer Jameson's pardon, in which it was stated that he had violated the law fron, ignorance and not intentionally. Mr Otey statcd to the President that the fam- fly of Jameson was in destitute circum- stances, and that his wife and three chil- dren were seriously ill. The Presiden: was touched by the appeal and promised to go over the papers tonight. $s To Increase Mextcan Pensions. ‘Tho House committee on pensions has or- dered a favorable report on the bill intro- duced by Representative Stallings to in- crease the pensions of veterans of the Mex jean and Indian wars and their wi’ from $8 to $12 a month. ——_—__+-2.— Gone to Cronstnad A telegram was received at the Navy De partment today saying that the Minncapoli flying the flag of Admiral Selfridge, safle from Southampton this morning for Cron- stadt, where she will take part in the naval exercises in honor of the coronation of Czar Nicholas II.