Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896—-TEN PAGES. ce = SPECIAL NOTICES oF MEETIN nw, » form # the er see Maryland th Chat espectall A. SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF POTOMAC <r reerown, D.C. FRIDAY. Au- gust 7. # p.in., purpose of at- tending the funeral af wa T. Payne. ’ sister lxices: d to atteud. By orde the W. M. FRANK THOMAS, Secretary, WHOSE FU AL. ~ Zion Chareh on Augnst 2 was a member of the Ancteat Unite Order Mewes a of the Anctent Independent der of Moves. coe + Tots of sick folks owe | their rapid recovery to Tharp's Old el “Berkeley.” Its t purity makes it pecially efficacious fn a sick room. $1.00 quart. JAMES THARP, S12 F ST. FORGING THE LINKS Winding a Chain of Evidence Aroand George Matthews. ATTORNEY POSEY'S DETECTIVE WORK Difference in the Loads and Wads of the Gun. MRS. IRWIN’S CONDITION CLEVELAND With its delightful houses, is 380 feet above tide water. Pay it a visit. JONN SHERMAN, Prest. (au5) Office, 610 14th at. N D.C. August # 1800. hold ‘claims against Elias Ratt are hereby notified to file t me with the ##- Signecs on or beiore AUGUS distribution will be in: filed up to sald date HENRY MYER COU ans-3t Assignees of Elias Raff. DISSOLUTION NOTICE.—THE FIRM OF DURAND & Merrick, doing business at and 939 B st. bow... is this day dissolved, E: M. Merrick having porchased the interest of Henry A. Tn- basis of claims STRASBURGER, rmd in said firm. All accounts due «ald firm are able to Ernest M. Merrick, who contiunes the Eitiness ‘at the old stand und-r his own name. (Signed) A. DURAND, Washington, D.C. August i, 1896. _au3-6te_ R. SHAL cH COVERY FOR oe on, Jung, throat, asthma and catarrhal diseases; administered Se d from 9 to 12 and 2 to Cull or send for booklet ptom lank, etc., for those who are and “hon treatn Shade in charge. desire t Dr. away sultation free SURY DEPARTMENT, of Controller of the Washington, June 29, WHEREAS, by eatisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned. it has teen made to appear that “The Kigge National Bank of Waskinzton, 2." in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, has complied with all the provisions of the statutes of the United States, required to be lied with before an assoctation shall be au- rence the business of ivanking ‘ORE I, James H. Eckels, Con- ¥, do lereby certify that ‘ Bank of Washington, D. €.." in the City of Washington, and District of Columbia, ts authorized to commence the busi- tess of banking, as provided in section fifty-one hundred and sizty-pine of the Revised Statutes of the United State IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness and seal of office this thirtieth day of J (Sealy Js 1-6ot hand . 1896 JAMES H. ECKELS, Controtier of the Currency: No. 5.046. SPECIAL CASH PRICES From now on will prevail in high-grade as our fixing the price of 1896 “RKAMBLEKS” bound to briag competitors to that figur Jow it. Untli further notice RAMBLE. "96 patterns, either or colored enamels, Will be sold’ a! SIVE DOLLARS, CASH. When sla on installments a siig! be made om above this new price ts 11 mount will do well to inspect our line. Sell the best $55 for t+. Stock, aad prompt delivery can be made. Ki Imember, ‘be new wheels we have the guar- experience of wheel-bulding le uf a reputation for good work t counts for something. 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Sy27-1in.1: One Heauty of a Letter fs its neatne % From an ordinary 1 ell often get too much ink on your pen. It son your fingers. then on’ your’ letter. ht amount of ink steady in a GARDNER INKWELL non evaporative dust- proof. Dip pen in site Instead of top—only Boe CF Latest styles in BOX PAPER and EN- VELOPES. Lowest prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Popular-Priced Stationers. 4c (Just above ave.) 7 disappo No Lawyer or Patent Attorne: cam efford to) se any th than the very best BRIEFS BRIEF oe fall” well. that oar | Briefe are tlawless, we are con- TALK. | fivat, thes wit suit” you + | Printed at shortest notice, “too. wc. paze for LO coples. Byron S. Adams, 512 ith st. au5-14id DEC YED HER WITH MUSIC. Two Officers Don Disguises and Cir- cumvent « Woman. From the Chicago News. Officers Dorgan and Bretternitz ofthe Harrison street station di sed them- selves in the interests of justice last night and now claim to be the first policemen who ever put on disguises without getting caught at it. For some time the police have suspected that a woman on Mictigan avenue, near Sth street has been violating various ordi nances, but have never been able to gain access to her hume. She knew all the Har- rison street and central station men by sight and gave them the mocking laugh whenever they came fn sight, and for many moons her dwelling has veritably been her castle. Last night Officers Dorgan and Bretter- nitz conspired. Two hours after the con- acy Was hatched au organ grinder, in halted ¢ picturesque dress of Italy, in front of the suspected dem to grind out strains of music very tomeais of the with agony. that se neighborhood The woman whom the sleuths pursued came out of her house helter-ske!- ter and demanded that the Italian get off crazy the block. At this moment a bicycle rider, in full knickerbockers, also came upon the scene and seconded the woman's demand that the Italian get off tne earth. The wo- man, emboldened by the championship of the wheelman, ran down from her front steps and the Italian promptly seized her. She squealed with surprise and rage and called on the wheelman for protection. The latter, with a ftendish laugh, drew a war- rant from his pocket, and the moon, sifting sofily through the trees, illumined the face of OMcer Dorgan, while the Italian, as he read another warrant from the other side, was revealed as Officer Bretternitz. The woman—Mrs. Glossy Kretzer—was ar- ralgned before Justice Richardson this morning on two charges of violating the “ ordinances, but the case was contin- ued. see yrrances Thurman, an acrobat known as Zoe, was drowned rear Baltimore yester- F While sliding down a wire cable. The tower holding the wire collapsed. There were five fatal Ni Yori eater tas sunstrokes in New vernor Bradley respited Anth. 1- gorn Lincoln thirty days. He was to be hanged today at Frankf = dering his father. rankfort, Ky., for mur- ~ Sp2-ial Dispatch to The Evening Star. COX'S STATION, Charles county, Md., August 6, 1896. State’s Attorney Adrian Posey has suc- ceeded in doing a great piece of detective work, and last night he told The Star cor- respondent that he was certain he had the murderer in jail. George Matthews, he said, is beyond doubt the murderer of James J. Irwin, and the chain of circum- stantial evidence has not now a missing link. But in face of all this proof the pris- oner still maintains his innccence and de- clares that he had no criminal relations with the woman who is now a widow. He has not weakened in the slightest particu- lar, nor has Mrs. Irwin, who is still at the house of the colored man, “Dick” Swann, at Allen’s Fresh, near the scene of Sunday night's tragedy. Her condition has some- what improved, and the doctors are now of the opinion that her hysteria was partly the result of shamming. This is certain, Sheriff Wade. because while the constables are in the room she keeps her eyes fixed on the ceil- ing, but when they leave the room and go cutside and watch her they notice that she turns her head and rises from the bed, in order to see where they are and what they are doing. The constables on duty at the house are keeping close watch over her, fearing she might possibly attempt suicide, but if she has any such notion the officers are determined that she shall not put them in_ effect. . It is thought ehe might make an effort to end her life by running down as far as the stream and jumping in the water, and this she might do if she could slip out the back door and get a short start on the constables. Then, too, it is thought she wanted to cut her throat or take poison, for she continued all day yesterday and the day before to ask for her valise. In the valise was a peculiarly-shaped knife and a bottle containing seme fluid, but what the fluid was is not known. The knife was taken from the valise, as was the bottle, and the she did not want it. Mrs. Irwin's Father Sees Her. Her condition was so much improved yes- terday that her father, John Jackson, was permitted to see her and coaverse with her. So long as the conversation did not bear upon the awful tragedy the patient appeared almost as well as she did last Sunday, when she went with her husband to Lower Cedar Point to give the childrea as well as herself an outing. But when the subject of the murder was mentioned she became almost frantic. “I know you are guilty of figuring in this murder, and that George Matthews shot Jim,” ner father said to her; “and I want nto tell the truth.” ‘Murdered Jim?" she muttered. “Oh, no,” and then she was apparently unconscious. The father remained at ter bedside a while, but was unable to get anything in the na- ture of a confession from her. Mrs. Irwin thought she should have better quarters than she has at Swann's. This was heard by State's Attorney Posey, and he offered to have her taken to a hotel and cared for; but, evidently realizing that she might be sent to fall, she declined the offer and sald ste preferred to remain where she was. Matthews in Jail. While she has comfortable quarters in the colored man’s house, her love letter writing friend Matthewsels languishing in the jail here. Most of his time is spent In the new jail in solitary confinement, for Wash. Burch, the colored jailer, spends but little of his time in the new prison. The alleged murderer being the first prisoner in the new building, the structure has been christened ‘Matthews’ Prison.” Last night when The Star's representative visited the prison all was in darkness, and the only sound to be heard from the outside was the rattling of a tin cup, from which the al- ieged murderer was taking a drink of water. Yesterday morning he was asked how he felt. He responded: “As well as a man could feel under the circumstances.” “Well, if you're a guilty man, I guess you feel rather bad.” “I'm innocent of the charge, but I was bothered very much during the night.” The prisoner takes proper nourishment now, and is holding up well, although when the new evidence is given before him to- morrow morning it is thought he may weaken and tell something of the crime. While some of the officers are laboring un- der this delusion, others believe he will maintain his innocence to the last. His Whereabouts Sunday Night. When the hearing before the coroner's Jury Tuesday was closed, and the prisoner had made a full statement of his side of the case, State's Attorney Posey and Constable Joe Howard made a start for Rock Point, down in Cobb's Neck, the home of the pris- oner, to follow up the investigation, and it was during this trip that the important evi- dence mentioned was obtained. In the statement of the prisoner he said he had been on the water Sunday night, and re- turned home about 10 o'clock. His claim was that he went as far as “Stoddard’s Bar" to meet Alton Hayden for the sake of his company home, but he failed to see him. He left home two hours before sundown, he said, and reached the “Bar” just about dusk. It 1s certain, however, that he did not reach the “Bar,” for he was seen scull- ing away at a lively rate up the river on the = Sees = Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and oren comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverishuess. Thus the child ts rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. Cas- TORIA contains vo morphine or otber narcotic property. “CASTORIA ts so well adapted to children that I recommend it ss superior to any prescription known to me."* A. A. ARCHER, M.D., 311 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I bave recommended ‘Caste and shall always continue to do #0, as it bas warably produced beneficial results.”* EDWIN F. PARDEE, M.D., 125th st. and 7th ave., New York city. F THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAB.) = Olean @ Partly Cou O Crude EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solfd lines are {so- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for ench ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High and “Low’’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. WARM WAVE TO CONTINUE. But There May Be Cooler With Show- ers Tomorrow Night. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, fair and warm weather will continue to- night and Friday; slightly cooler, with showers Friday night or Saturday; souther- ly winds. For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, fair tonight and Friday, fol- lowed by local thunder-storms near the coast; variable winds; not so warm Friday afternoon, Weather ccnditions and general forecast— The barometer has risen throughout the region east of the Rocky mountains; it is highest northeast of New England and high on the Atlantic coast and it ts lowest in Montana. The temperature has risen slightly from the lower lake region southward to the gulf states; it is cooler in New England and from Minnesota southward to Texas. Local showers are reported this morn- ing from the New England and gulf coasts, from the upper lake region, lowa, Indiana and. Kansas. Generally fair and warm weather will continue in the south and middle Atlantic states, except local showers on the gulf coast, Conditions are favorable for local showers in the Ohio valley and lower lake region, with a slight fall in temperature Friday. & Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 82; condi- tion, 45; receiving reservoir, temperature, $5; condition at north connection, 26; con- dition at south connection, 29; distributing reservoir, temperature, 83; condition at in- fluent gate house, 20; eMuent gate house,20. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:50 a.m.; high tide, 5:03 a.m. and 5:32'p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12 midnight and 40 p.m.; high tide, 6 a.m. and 6:26 p.m. The Suan and Moon. 05; sun sets, 7 . tomorrow. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:03 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 4:21 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:58 p.m.; extinguish- ed at 4:30 a.m. : Range of the Thermometer. Moon rises, The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 8); 2 p.m., 97; maximum, imum, 80, St. Mary’s side, going in the direction of Chaptico. On that side of the river the sun was be- hind the trees, and in the shadow, where it was rather dark, he evidently thought he would not be recognized by the other boat- men on the river, but in this he was mis- teken, for he was seen and fully recognized. ‘Then he was at a point beyond “Stoddard’s Bar” farther up the river than’he had ad- mitted he had gone. Judging from the time he was seen at this point it is thought hi must have reached Allen's Fresh about 8:30 o'clock. The Theory Now. The theory is that he hid about the house vntil after 9 o'clock, when the Irwins re- turned nome, and then he went near the house. Although Mrs. Irwin has stated that the children werc in the room asleep at the time the crime was committed, it is cer- tain to the minds of those engaged in the investigation that they were really in the Deputy Barbour. back room, and were probably under a heavy covering when the fatal shot was fired. Be that as it may, it is now known that instead of returning home at 10 o'clock that night, as he said he did, Matthews really returned a little after 3 o'clock in the morning, giving him just about the time necessary to go from Ailen's Fresh to Rock Point. At the former place he could have landed within fifty yards of the house, and under cover of darkness he could never have been seen, recognized. 3 ‘This is only one link in the strong chain of circumstantial evidence, and the fact that he returned home after 3 a.m. cannot be disputed, for he was seen, and not only identified, but Mr. Stein, one of his nelgh- bers, also a crabber, not only saw him, but conversed with him. In the Stein house the alarm clock had been set for 3:30 o'clock, Mr. Stein wanting to make an early start in order to get one of the best posi- tions in the cove. Mrs. Stein had the early waking on her mind, and, consequently, she did not sleep soundly. The noise of some cne sculling a boat aroused her, and «eeing @ man in a boat going in the ‘direction of the choicest crabbing place, she called to her husband, “Get up; there's a man in the cove ahead of you.” He got up, as his wife had advised, and Icoking out ‘the window, saw the boat go directly to the spot where he had thought of going. “There,” he said to his wife, “the man has my place in the cove.” He watched the boat closely and was harplly surprised when he discovered that the man in the boat did nct stop and make fast, as he had supposed he weuld, but con- tinued over toward Lancaster's wharf and landed In front of Matthews’ shanty. Soon afterward Mr. Stein went out and talked to the man, who proved to be Matthews. The convergation was a general ene, and there was nothing about it to excite suspicion that there was anything wrcng. Wore His Oil Coat. It is now believed by the state's attorney that Matthews wore his oil coat when, as he believes, he committed the crime. This was because he could wash off any stains of blood which might get on it. To the shanty was searched for this coat, as well as for the clothing worn by Matthews Sun- day night, and which he had not had an opportunity to get rid of between the time of his return home and his arrest by Con- stable Joe Howard. They were all found and were all soaking wei, showing that they had been dipped in the river recently, if not actually washed. Even the oil coat was wet, id upon it were two spots which State's Attorney Posey thinks-are pieces of human flesh. The coat had evidently been washed in the dark of the night, as had the trousers and coat,and these two spots had been overlook- ed. In the pockets of one of the other gar- ments two rags were found. These rags the prisoner had sald he left in the boat, and that he had used them while washing the boat. Because of the wet condition of the coat and vest State’s Attorney Posey found it useléss to examine them for blood stains, although when they get dry they may show such stains. An Examination of the Gun. Having gctten possession of these gar- ments the state's attorney and Constable Howard then made search for the gun and hatchet, but the latter instrument was not to be found. If one had been used and Matthews is the real murderer, then, it is thought, he dropped it in the river on his return trip hormeward after the deadly work had been done. ‘The gun was found, and its condition as- sured the attorney that its recent use had taken the life of Jim Irwin, the inoffensive oysterman. Both barrels of the ancient weapon were loaded, but one of them had been loaded only a short time, and the condition of the load showed that it had been put in the gun in e hurry, for there was scarcely powder enough in it to send much less | the shot from it. This barrel, however, had been fired recently, and the paper used as a wad was an old piece of greasy paper, as Matthews had said he used. But he had falled to fix the other barrel, however, for the wad In this was of a piece of the populist publication heretofore referred to, and a piece of the same paper was found in the pocket of the prisoner. It was a piece of this paper, too, that was taken from the brain of ‘the dead man. These connecting links, the state's attorney thinks, are enough to fasten the crime upon the man in jail. But to make it even more certain that the gun had been used recently the cap on the reloaded barrel was new and shirting, while that on the other bar- rel was old and had corroded. In addition to all this the \shot taken from the barrel that had been loaded for some time were of the mixture of the shot taken from the dead man's head, and a tin box of the same mixture. wags also found in the house. Poison Found. Besides this, a bottle of strychnine was found in the house, and some small balls, supposed to be polson, were in the pocket of the wet trousers. ‘This bottlé of poison, it Is thought, was intended for use on Em- ma Irwin’s husband, “Jim,” but the woman, it is thought, weakened and pre- ferred that Matthews should do -the deed which would make her eligible to his heart and hand. If the man was secreted in the house when the husband returned heme, which is not, at all Ukely, he must have been in the gatret, but {t is gener- ally supposed that he was outside and was told to climb in the side window when im” was asleep and in good condition to fall a victim to the midnight assassin. Mrs. Irwin during the cours? of her first cemplaint told of a noise made by the slamming of a ccor, and this, it is thought, was true. The noise was made by the door being slammed by the escaping murderer as he went down the steps and made his escape through the dining room window, which was kept raised by means of one. of the tobacco sticks. ‘The gun which now plays so important a part in the case is the property of Charles Goode, and was borrowed on Monday of lest week. It is known that Matthews had not been in the habit of using a gun, for there had been a gun in his house for a number of months prior to a few weeks ago, and he had never even handled it. Bad Reputation as to Women. George Matthews did not enjoy a-good reputation so far as women were concern- ed, and has been in trouble before because of his breaking up a family in this way, with the exception of the taking of life. He has a child living at his house, and this child, it 1s said, is his own, the ‘mother having died in a Washington hospital. He is another Cocking, so the people here think, and no one has any sympathy to \@yaste on him. Mrs. Irwin comes in for her hare of the censure also, the feeling against her being worse than that against the man. All the good citizens about here are advising that the law be allowed to take ita course, although the people gen- erally are loud in their denunciation of the law's delay. Under ordinary circumstances the grand jury will not meet here until Oc- tober, but a numerously signed petition has been sent to Chief Judge Briscoe asking that the grand jury be convened next week in order that a speedy trial may be had. If the judge finds that he can grant this request he will also convene the Prince George's g1and jury to try the colored man “Jim” Smith, who so foully murdered Miss Marguerite Drown at the Seat Pleasant house last week. State’s Attorney Posey Congratulated State's Attorney Posey is reveiving con- gratulations on all sides for~ the ability he has displayed in the investigation of this case. He now has plenty of circum- stantial evidence upon wfich to hold the prisoner for the grand jury, and it is also believed that the woman will be held witn him as a co-defendant. The attorney is only abcut thirty-five years old, and is an able lawyer, who has represented the coun- ty in both branches of the legislaiuce. To him belongs the credit of the investigation of the Cocking murder case, in which evi- dence of guilt was obtained which would Sispel any doubt of the guilt of the man who was afterward lynched, | = <= PPOROSOSOC OS presereryrryrrr ys Greater Comfort. For Laundry and House- hold Purposes. Lever Bros., Ltd., Hudson and Harrison LIGHTING THE PARKS Public Streets Cannot Be Used to Secure Connections. ANOTHER OPINION OF MR. THOMAS He Again Defines the Powers of the Commissioners. AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT The attorney for the District, as stated several days ago in The Star, decided, in an opinion to the Commissioners, that they had no power to grant a permit to the Po- temac Electric Light and Power Company to make connections for the purpose of lighting the parks. His opinion was given out by the Com- missioners today, nd Is as follows: The Opinion of the Attorney. “I have considered the letter of Col. John M. Wilson, U. 8. A., in charge of public buildings and grounds, suggesting that he has received proposals from the United States Electric Lighting Company and the Potomac Light and Power Company to light Lafayette, Franklin, Judiciary and Lincoln Parks with electric lights, and de- string to know if the contract is awarded to either of the bidders the Commissioners will permit the cpening of the streets for the reception of the necessary underground wires to furnish the lights, which you re- ferred to me for opinion. “The item in the current sundry civil bill, approved June 11, 1896, for lighting the Executlve Mansion and public grounds pro- ides: For electric lights for three hundred and sixty-five nights for not exceeding thirty- two posts in Lafayette, Franklin, Judiciary and Lincoln parks, at 28 cents per light per night, $3,270.40: Provided, That ail wires shall be placed underground, and that the conduits, wires, lamp posts, complete shall be furnished by the electric light company, without expense to the United States, end that 28 cents per lamp per night shall cover the entire cost to the United Siates of Nghting and maintaining in good order each electric Nght in the parks mentioned.” As it will be observed, that $3,270.40 is appropriated to pay for such lighting, for 365 nights, and that the conduits, w:re: lamps and posts complete shall be furni: ed by the electric lighting company, out expense to the United States, and that neither of the electric lighting companies submitting bids is named in the act. This being so, the question is whether Colone! Wilson may award a contract for lighting to the lowest bidder, if such bidder has no electric light system in Washington city, ezst of Rock creek. Quoting the Laws. “On the same day the sundry civil bill was approved the District appropriation bill was also approved. The item in the District bill in reference to electric arc lighting provides that the Commissioners may, under reasonable restrictions, author- ize any existing electric light company having overhead wires to maintain and use for the period of eight months and no longer its existing poles and overhead wires west of Rock creek in piaces outside of the fire limits of the District, and that such existing electric light company may construct and use, under such regulations as the Commissioners may fix, conduits for the reception of its existing overhead wires within the territory formerly known as Georgetown, and to extend the same by an aggregate of not more than one and onec- fourth miles of conduit in the same terr: tory. And that the United States Electri Lighting Company may extend its under- ground conduits and wires east of Rock creck aud within the said fire limits to Mt Pleasant and Washington and Columbia Heights, also under such regulations as the Commissioners may prescribe. The clauses in the two bills being upon the same sub- are to be construed together. ngress in contemplation of law musi be supposed to have known that there were two electric lighting companies operating in this District—the United States Electric Lighting Company, operating both in the city of Washington east of Rock creek, and in that part of the city formerly Georgetown, and that it had both an un- derground and overhead system, and the Potomac Light and Power Company, oper- ating in the territory formerly known as Georgetown. Definite Action by METERS. “The history of the clause in the District appropriation bill, in reference to electric lighting, as appears by the Congressional Record, shows that the Potomac Light end Power Company sought recognition by Congress, at its last session, and succeeded so far In getting it as to be able to main- tain its existing poles and overhead wires in Georgetown for the period of eight months, and to construct and use, under such regulations as the Commissioners may fix, conduits for the reception of its over- head wires, or an aggregate length of not more than one and one-fourth miles, in that territory, but a provision intended to give the Commissioners authority to let the entire service of electric lighting to the lowest responsible bidder, after having passed the House failed in the Senate. “It will be observed that the item in the sundry civil bill, in reference to the lighting of the parks referred to, does not author- ize the officer in charge to let the service to the lowest bidder, and the question is whether the lowest bidder for the service, not having a plant or system in Washing- ton clty east of Rock creek, may be award- ed a contract for lighting those parks, Analogous to Arc Light Question. "The question is analogous to that in- vclved in the controversy between the two electric lighting companies in reference to furnishing the additional electric arc lights provided for in the current District appro- priation bill, in respect to which I gave you an opinion on the 29th ultimo. “The policy of Congress, as shown by its act of June 11, 1898 (the District appropria- tion bill), in reference to electric lighting is evidently not to duplicate in the streets and avenues of Washington, east of Rock creek, the electric wires and conduits of different electric lighting companies. “It is a general principle of law, well set- ued in this District, by the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of District agt. Baltimcre and Potomac R. R. Co., 114 U. S., 453, that the streets of this city can- not be used for telegraph, telephone, elec- tric light or railroad purposes without ex- press permission of Congress. Geographical Limits Fixed. “In view of the clause in the District ap- propriation bill fixing geographically the limits for the operations of the two electric lighting companies in this Distrct, and the fact that the item in the sundry civil bill referred to by Col. Wilson does not au- thorize him to let the service of lighting the parks to the lowest responsible bidder, it results that the Commissioners, in the event the bid of the Potomac Light and Power Company should be accepted by Col. Wilson, would not be legally authorized to permit that company to open the streets for the purpose of putting down the under- Fouad wires necessary to furnish the ser- vice. “The streets, avenues and alle¥s of the city of Washington and its suoirbs, and the roads of the District outside of the city and suburbs, have been placed, by Con- gress, under the control and supervision of the Commissioners, but this control does not confer the right te impose extraordi- nary servitudes upon them, without ex- press authority from Congress, unless sueh authority results by necessary implication from some act of Congress: Disposition of Congress. “As showing the disposition of Congress in reference to the use of the streets the act of May 19, 1896, to permit the Pintsch Ccmpressing Company to lay pipe lines in the city of Washington, may te referred to, That act authorized the Commissioners to gran: the Pintsch Compressing Company, @ corporation of New Jersey, having a plant in square 260 in this city, permission to lay pipes in the streets for the distribu- tion of its gas for the purpose of furnish- ing light to railroad cars and the gas me os the United States light house board, but it carefully. defined the route of such Me to the Potomac river, and required th- FINANCIAL FINANCIAL. 16 GOLD To 1 SILVER— That a home at beautiful, healthful Cleveland Park will pay well. JOHN SHERMAN, Prest. (aud) Office, 610 14th st. a INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. Page 10 ATTORNEYS. Page 5 AUCTION 8ai Page 9 BOARDING .. Page 5 BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOAR. DEATHS . = DENTISTRY EDUCATIONAL, EXCURSIONS. FINANCIAL . FOR E es FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. FUR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (tooms)... FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Store). oe FOR RENT (AMfiscellaueous) FOR SALH (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses). ALE (Lots). HORSES AND “EHICLES. LEGAL NOTICE: LOCAL MENTION ee eee or Py POTOMAG RIV RAILROADS UBURBAN PROPERT! SUMMER RESORTS. NDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses) WANXTED (Mis ellamoza). ccrpany to give bond to insure the com- plete restoration of all pavements and cther private or public property disturbed in laying said pipe line, etc. “Col. Wilson's letter is herewith return- ea. — THE SURVIVORS OF HEROES Apportionment of the Fund for the Families of Dead Firemen. Sums Received by the Widows Children of Men Who Bravely Lost Their Lives. The committee appointed by the Commis- sioners to apportion the fund collected in aid of the families of the firemen who lost their tives in the fire on Louisiana ave- nue on the night of May 11, 1896, today made its report. The co:nmittee was com- posed of the secretary of the Commission- ers, Dr. Wm. Tindall; the auditor of the District, Mr. J. T. Petty, and the ch'ef of the fire department, Mr. Joseph Parri: There was a total of $0,313.79 collected, which will be distributed as follows: Mrs. G. H. Giles, $1,241.54. Mrs. T. A. Griffin, $1,241 Mrs. G. W. Kettler, $1,241.84. Mrs. Conway, $1,241.84. Mrs. Joseph Mulhall, $1,241.84. John Mulhall, Mary Mulhall, Catherine Mulhall, Ella Mulhall and Maggie T. Mul hall, children of Fireman Joseph Mulhall, each receive $620.92. Among the big receipts may be men- ‘oceeds from firemen’s excursion, $4, Collected by The Evening Star, Collected by Washington Post, Colected by Washington Times, $33.23. Proceeds from lecture on Ben Hur by Dr. G. Rogers, $177.35. ; eds of game of base ball by em- ployes of government printing office, $133. Proceeds mail equipment shop, $354. Proceeds of entertainment by Col. J. A. Jeyge and Goldwin Patten, $505. Proceeds from raffle of horse and donated by National Fencibles, $2 Masonic Bodies Incorporated. The Grand Commandery of Mason’ Knights Templar for the District of Co- jumbia and jurisdiction was incorporated today by articles filed by D. F. Seville, W. F. Lee, Geo. W. Phillips, Geo. R. Rhone, W. H. Johnson, J. H. McDowell, James 0. Holmes, O. R. King, Geo. W. Simms, J. Adams, A. Lincoln Howard, A. J. Dyer, Peter Lucas and W. P. Gray. The same persons teday also filed articles incorporating the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the Ancient Rite for the District of Columbia and jurisdiction. a Too Warm to Bring Out a Child. Judge Cole toGay overruled the motion of James F. Glenn, who is suing for divorce, to compel Mrs. Mary 1. Glenn, his wife, to produce her infant child in court. The judge explained that the weather was much too warm to bring out a little child. a —— Must Pay the Money. In the divorce case of Eudora McLaflin against Edward McLaflin, Judge Cole today ordered the marshal to arrest the defendant and retain him in custody until he shail pay to Messrs. Needham & Cotton, Mrs. McLailin’s counsel, the sum of $23, being one-half of the amount of counsel fees ordered to be paid June 15, 1896, as for con- tempt of court. 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