Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1896-TEN PAGES. — = SPECIAL NOTICES. oat ME Qik. oso Gates for the or- bis apart- has call issued by M. sotnd money 3 st. o.w., THIS EVE! 5 desire, Judging from the many ndation received yesterday. The vusiness men have ad- present. Those interested 2 iif Important movement will please be pres- nt at 8:30 this evening it D COMMITTEE OF GRAND havi marge of the excursion 2 Honor to Indi jan Head Is who shared the pleasure of that captain and officers of 5 shown and their BAUMGARTEN, at CATTELL. { THOMAS, aT administered on Monday, day, from 9 to 12 and 2 to 6; Sunda: to’ 2 only. Cull or send for’ booklel om blank, for thuse who «re going away and desire “héme" treatment, Con- gultation free Dr. Shade in cbarge. 1232 14th st y21-1m TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Controller of the Currency, Washington, June 30, 1896. WIIEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented ¢ undersigned, it has been made to appear tional Bank of Washington, - city of Washington and District of . has complied with ail the provisions of es of the United States, required to be with before an association shall be au- the business of banking; J, James H. Eckels, Con- ¥, do hereby certify that “The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. ¢.”" io the City of Washington, and District of xithorized to commence the busl- nking, as provided in section fifty-one bundsed and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes « United State: IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand and seal of office this thirtieth aay of Jane, 1806 (Seal) JAMES H. ECKELS, Controller of the Currency: Js1-€0t No. 5,046. SPECIAL CASH PRICES From now on will prevail in high-grade bicycles, as our fixing the price of 1896 CRAMBLERS" is Pound, to uring competitors to that Agure, or, be- low it. Until further notice RAMBLERS, late "86 patterns, either in black or eolored enamels, Will be sold at EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS, CASH. When scla on installments a slight advance wili be made on above price. Buying RAMBLERS at this new price is like pickiag up money, and the rider thar has not yet made selection ot mount will do well ‘to inspect our line. We also cll the best &To wheel in this city, and only ask $55 for it. Both men's and women’s patterns in Stock, and prompt delivery can be made. Re- member, ‘he new wheels we sell have the guar- antes of 17 years’ experien of eae: back of them, and a reputation for good wor trat counts for something. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., 1325-2 —429-31 10th st. nw. RY DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY “SS. W. STURBLEFIELD, D.D.3 Mertz ditt DENT inst 24th at. ow. apmett 1ith aod F ORNAMENTAL WROUGIT IRON RAILINGS, les, Gates, Hinges end Escutcheons, Window . Protect your property. No charge etches and estimates. Wrought Irou Gas ba cn ete. 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OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS —— The intention to do the work having been duly advertised, the Commissioners today ordered that sewers be constructed as fol- lows: In the alley in Thomas E. Waggaman’s subdivision of Long Meadows, at an esti- mated cost of $262 One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 180, 131, 138, 143 and 182. In the east side of Delaware avenue be- tween N and O streets, at an estimated cost of $248. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lot 13, square east of square 546. In 9th street southeast between K and I streets, at an estimated cost of $442. One- half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 10, 11, 12 and 1, square 928, and 13, 6 and 7, square 951. In the north side of Maryland avenue be- tween 9th and 10th streets southwest, at an estimated cost of $305. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 3, 4 and A, square 385. In _ the west side of Delaware avenue southwest between H and I streets, at an estimated cost of $372. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, F, E, D, 7 and 6, square 590. Along the south side of P street north- east between North Capitol street and Flo! fda avenue, at an estimated cost of $32) One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 5S, 59, 00, 61 and @2, square 669. Along the south side of Florida avenue between Connecticut avenue and 20th street northwest, at an estimated cost of $480. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 23, 24 and 23, square 90. In the south side of D street northeast between 7th and 8th streets, at an estl- mated cust of $211. One-half of the cost ig to be assessed against lots 12, 23, ‘24 and that part of original lot 11 fronting on D street, square 804. In the south side of I street southeast between 8th and 9th streets, at an esti- mated cost of $227. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 9 and 10, square 928. On I street southeast, south side, be- tween 9th and 10th streets, at an esti- mated cost of $374. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, square 951. In the south side of M street north- West between 3ith and 85th streets, at cn estimated cost of $490. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against all parts of lot 1, square 1183, fronting on M street between 34th and 35th streets. In the east side of 13th street extended between Cjifton and Roanoke streets, un- der the assessment system, at an est!- mated cost of $245. One-half of the cost is to he assessed against lots 16, 17, 31, 32 and 83, block 27, Columbia Heights. In Roanoke and Irving streets between 13th street and Sherman avenue, at an estimated cost of $2,820. One-half of the cost is to be assessed against lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, block 12; lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 8, block 11; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, block 26; lots 34, 35, 36, 87, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 20 and 30, block 27. 27, Four hundred and _ eighty-five feet of twelve-inch sewer in Gales street. between 16th and 17th streets, at an estimated cost of $891. One-half of the cost is to be as- 5, block 30. In the north side of North Carolina avenue northeast between 13th and 14th streets, at an estimated cost of $1,059. One-half of the cost 1s to be assessed against lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 69, 5, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, , 37 and 38, square 1034. One hundred and ten feet of ten-inch sewer and one manhole in the south side of N street southwest, from Hs street east- ward, at an estimated cost of $189. The cost 3s to be charged to the appropriation for main and pipe sewers. One hundred and five feet of twelve-inch sewer in Gales street, from 16th street east- ward, at an estimated cost of $168. The cost is to be charged to the appropriation for subyrban sewers. Fifty-five feet of twelve-inch sewer in the west side of Sth street. between G street and Virginia avenue, in front of the Lenox School, at an estimated cost of $88. The cost is to be charged to the appropriation for main and pipe sewers. Two hundred ard five feet of 12-inch sewer along the south and east flanks of Square $89, to serve as an outlet for the sewer proposed to be constructed under the assessment system in the north side of Maryland avenue southwest between 9th and 10th streets, at an estimated cost of #433, including three manholes. The cost is to be charged to the appropriation for pipe and main sewers. Sewer in P street between 81st and Val- ley streets _be replaced at an estimated cost of $1,774. The cost is to be charged to the appropriation for replacing ob- structed sewers. Five hundred and eighty feet of 10-inch sewer in 15th street extended between Co- jumbia and Kenesaw avenues at an est! mated cost of $888. The cost ig to be charged to the appropriation for that par- ticular sewer. One hundred and thirty feet of 15-inch sewer and one manhole at the intersection of North Carolina avenue and 14th street southeast at an estimated cost of $237. The cost is to be charged to the current appropriation for main and pipe sewers. Forty-five feet of 8-inch sewer in Ward Place to serve lot 98, square 70, under the permit system at an estimated cost of $36. Wells to Be Driven. The Commissioners today also ordered that deep wells be driven at or near the following localities, the work to be dene under contract with William C. Miller, at @ cost not to exceed $5,000: Northwest sec- tlon—6th street between Missourl and Penn- sylvania avenues; 7th and M streets; 6th and O streets; 4th and N streets; 12th and N streets; 17th and K streets: Pennsyl- vania avenue between 20th and 2ist street: 84th and P streets. Southeast section—3d and M streets; 24 ard E streets; 10th and South Carolina avenue; Lincoln Park; 14th and C streets: corner Stanton and Elvan streets, Hillsdale. Southwest section—Half and T streets; 3d and D streets; 2d street and Virgini. - nue; 14th and D streets. gis eve: Proposals Accepted. The Commissioners today accepted pro- posals for constructing sewers as follows, the work being awarded to the lowest bid- der in each case: Flagler place, John J. Shipman; lith street road between Park and Center streets, E. G. Gummel; 5th street between Newark and Omaha streets, Petworth, Thomas Buckley; Princeton street between Sherman avenue and 18th street, E. G. Gummel; A street between Massachusetts avenue and 14th street southeast, D. G. Gummel; 8 street between 18th and l4th streets southeast, BE. G. Gum- mel; 9th street between Virginia avenue and M street southeast, E. G. Gummel. The proposal of Lyons Brothers, received August 1, 1896, for constructing the 15th street and F street portions of the F street and Easby’s Point intercepting sewer has poem accepted, they being the lowest bid- ers. ‘The Commissioners today ordered that catch basins be constructed as follows, chargeable to the appropriation for pipe Sth and main sewers: Northwest corner of and Riggs streets northwest; northeast cor- rer of Florida avenue and Quincy street northwest, southwest corner of Florida ave- nue and Q street northwest; northeast co. ner of Delaware avenue and M street north- east, northeast corner of 4th and M streets northeast; northwest corner of 4th and M streets northeast; northeast corner of 5th and M streets northeast; northeast corner of 6th and M streets northeast; northeast The following catch basins are to be con- structed, the cost chargeable to the ap- propriation fer improvements and repairs— rerthwest section: Northwest corner of ith and U streets northwest; northeast THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: _ @rarctyLioudy Clay Oran Osnom Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lnes are 1so- 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 each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. Tho words “High”? and “Low’’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. BUT SLIGHT HOPE. Not So Warm 1s Predicted for Tomor- row, But— Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday.—For east- ern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, increasing cloudiness, Possibly local thunder storms Thursday; cooler; northerly winds. For the District of Columbia and Mary- land, not so warm Thursday and fair weather, probably followed by local thun- der storms; northerly winds. For Virginia and West Virginia, local thunder storms tonight; Thursday, fair} variable winds. ‘Weather conditions and general forecast.— The barometer has risen rapidly over the lake regions and upper Mississippi valley; it has fallen slightly in the east gulf states and in Florida. It is cooler in the upper lake region, the upper Mississippi valley, Indiana, Kansas and Nebraska. The temperature has re- mained about stationary on the Atlantic and ‘ulf coasts and in the lower Mississippi val- ley. Thunder storms are reported this morn- ing from the lake regions, the Ohio and low- er Missouri valleys. The weather is clear generally throughout the southern, middle and New England states. The indications are that slightly cooler weather will prevail from New England southwestward to Tennessee, with local thunder storms Thursday or Thursday night. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the twenty-four hours: Raleigh, 1.03; 1. 2.00; Erie, 1.34; Kingstree, 8. C., dale, S. C., 1.84. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at & a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 84; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, tempet 87; condition at north connection, 3 dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 85; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 4:09 a.m. and 4:21 p.m.; high tide, 9:58 a.m. and 10:28 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, am. and 5:07 p.m.; high tide, 10:44 a.m. and 11:16 p.m. The San and Moon, Sun rises, 5:11; sun sets, 6:58. Moon sets, 9:15 p.m. The City Lights, Gas lamps all lighted by 7:54 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 4:30 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc apes lighted at ‘1 p.m.; extinguished at 8; Allen- Range of the Thermometer. The fcllowing were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 82; 2 p.m., 93; maximum, 94; min- imum, 76. corner of i7th and U streets northwest; northeast corner of Florida avenue and U street. Pavements Ordered. The Commissioners today directed that the unpaved space in 10th street southeast between Pennsylvania avenue and G street, about 400 square yards, be paved with as- phalt block by the Washington Asphalt Block and Tile Company at $1.80 per square yard. Also that a cement sidewalk be laid in the parking in front of 529 13th street northwest, and at the northeast corner of 13th and E streets northwest, under the provision of the permit system, at an esti- mated cost of $445.72. Se DEATH OF CAPT. RYAN. A Well-Known Veteran and Official at the Cayfitol. ‘The funeral of Capt. John A. Ryan, one of the members of the soidiers’ roll of the House of Representatives, who died at his home, 211 4th street southeast, Monday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, aged sixty years, took place this morning at St. Pet- er’s Church. Capt. Ryan was born in Columbia county, Pa. His early boyhood was spent in New York city. He enlisted in the rebellion while living in Pennsylvania and rose to be captain. He was captured at Gettys- burg and held nine months in Libby prison. After the war Capt. Ryan returned to Pottsville, Pa., and while in the employ of the Reading railroad lost his right leg. In 1876 he was appointed to his positien under the ‘House of Representatives. He was prominent in temperance work, and was a member of Spartan Council, No. 5, Sons of Jenadab, and past grand sovereign chief. He had also held offices in the Union Veteran Union. Capt. Ryan leaves a widow and six children. One son, Joseph Ryan, is employed by Munn & Co. as draughts- man; Martin A. Ryan, the second son, is a New York attorney, and John A. Ryan, jr., has ckarge of the pattern shops of the Newport News Ship Building Company. Francis Ryan, the youngest child, 1s still attending school. One daughter, Mrs. Nel- son Guenther, lives in Corning, Ohio. Miss Catherine Ryan still attends school in this elty. ee DEATH OF WASHINGTON F. PEDRICK A Brilliant Lawyer Formerly in the State Department. Mr. Washington F. Pedrick died Satur- Gay in Philadelphia at his home, 2036 Arch street, and his funeral took place yesterday. Hoe was born in that city in 1846, graduated from the high school there and was ad- mitted to the bar. In the impeachment trial of President Johnson he was secretary of the President's counsel, and, the senior counsel becoming Il, he read the closing argument before the Senate. After the trial William M. Evarts became Attorney General, and appointed Mr. Pedrick his private secretary. He was afterward ap- pointed by President Grant one of the American secretaries to the Geneva arbi- tration, being associated more especially with Mr. Evarts. When the whisky ring prosecutions were begun in St. Louls Mr. Pedrick was made assistant United States attorrey. Hoe afterward became private secretary to Levi P. Morton. Upon the or- ganization of the International French claims commission he received the joint appointment of secretary from the Presi- dents of the United States and the French republic. In 1884 President Arthur selected him es secretary of the. international meridian conference. He was next secre- tury to the Haytien claims commission. In Mr. Pedrick went to New York and resumed the practice of the law in the of- fice of Evarts, Choate & Beaman, where he remained until failing health caused him to retire @rom active professional work.. He was a scholarly man of brilliant mind, and admirably fitted by his manly courtesy for the publfo positions which he filled so well. He was a member of the Metropoll- tan Club of Washington and the New York Bar Association. Mr. Pedrick leaves a widow and one child. ss Recorder Taylor Resig: Cc. H. J. Taylor, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, sent his resignation as president of the Negro Democratic League when he received a letter from A. E. Manning of Indianapolis, chairman of the executive committee, intimating that the league would declare for Bryan and free coinage. The league met yesterday at Chicago. Mr. Manning was chosen temporary chairman and H. Clark of Illinois temporary secre- tary. J. Milton Turner, ex-minister te Liberia; C. A. Sidout of Seattle, Charles F. Olmstead, West Virginia, and Charles C. Curtis, Washington, are among the dele- gates. After the temporary organization and appoirtment of committees the con- vention adjourned until today, to give the committees time to prepare their reports. —_+—__. To Release the Fuller. ‘The district attorney at Boston has asked that instructions be sent to Halifax to have the Americam barkentine Herbert Fuller released. She has been detained there ever since she put into port with the bodies of the murdered captain, his wife and second mate, in the expectation that it would be necessary to take her to Boston during the trial of the suspected murder- ers. The Boston legal authorities, however, appear to have decided that the presence ot the‘ship at Boston {s not necessary, so United States Consul Ingraham at Halifax will be telegraphed to surrender the ship’s papers and release her. SILVER AT AN INQUEST Some of the Things Said Over the Body of A. HL. Pile. The Jury Unable to Decide the Ques- tion of Suicide—Free Silver Enthu- sinsm Intoxicating in Its Effect. Today at noon, in Lieut. Kelly’s room at the sixth police station, there was a gath- ering of six citizens composing a jury of inquest in the case of A. H. Pile, whose dead body was found in the river, Coroner Hammett, and several silverites, friends of the dead man, who had been identified with the national committee of the silver party. Several persons had been summoned as witnesses in the case, and besides these, several silverites, including A. J. Wedder- burn, Mr. Devine and H. D. Carouthers. A. L. Grimes and Precinct Detective Bur- rows told the jury of the finding of the body and its condition. Their experience had shown them that suicides usually re- move their shoes, as was done In this case. Friends of the deceased told of his visit to the Falls Church silver demonstration last Tuesday, on which occasion his hilarity at- tracted attention on the train. On that day he was to have had an interview with Senator Jones, but as he was too much un- der the influence of Mquor to understand this important matter, he was persuaded to get a “‘bracer” in a drug store and go over to have an “old Virginia time.” Mr. Wedderburn and File went together, and the former told the jury that both of them were well under the influence, and he succeeded in persuading Pile that he was drunk enough to need the “bracer.” George J. Mallory of the general land office saw Pile on the train. He was in the baggage car and came near falling out the door. “He was very hilarious,” said Mr. Mal- lory, “and he. was making silver speeches. He seemed very enthusiastic. “And had he been drinking?” “He wouldn’t have had to be Arinking to have become enthusiastic over the si!ver question,” volunteered Mr. Carouthers of the “Silver Knight,” Senator Stewart's Alexandria paper. When questioned concerning Pile’s condi- tion the witness answered, ‘I’m as sure of it as I am of Bryan's election.” The question at issue, whether death was accidental, suicidal or the result of a hom- icide, was next discussed. Friends of the dead man saw no reason for suicide, as he had bright prospects before him. Of course, he was certain of Bryan's election and had told friends what he intended to do after the election. Tuesday of last week he had between $20 ard $30. When seen coming frem a questionable locality, so the jury was told, he had leaves on his hat and dirt on his clothing. Precinct Detective Burrows had been un- able to locate his shoes and hat on the river bark, nor could he find that he had isited any of the gambling places across the river. Mr. Mailory, who had witnessed the man’s narrow escape from death on the train, said he saw Pile Wednesday morning asleep on a cable car going in the direction of Georgetown. There being no direct evidence concern- ipg the manner in which the deceased got in the river the jury returned a verdict giving no cause of death. A dispatch re- ceived from Pile’s brother at Los Angeles this morning said he was not sure of iden- tity and could not defray the funeral ex- benses. Deputy Controller Coffin said to- day that Pile was a member of Chi Psi College fraternity, and he had received a request from the officers of that society to see that the dead man received a proper burial. ————— National Editorial Association. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 12.—The execu- tive committee of the National Editorial Asociation met at the Planters’ Hotel jast evening, with President R. H. Thomas of Mechanicsburg, Pa., in the chair, and transacted some routine business. It was decided to hold the next annual conven- tion at Galveston, Texas, Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday, February 8, 4 and 6, 1897. One of the features of next year's convention will be a trip to Mexico, for which the railroads promise to furnish every possible comfort and convenience. The matter of establishing a home for writers was Informally discussed. Some plan will be decided among the members of the committee before the convention meets and a report will be submitted to that body to act upon. a ~ Death of Major Worthington. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 12.—Major James C. Worthington of the United States army has died at the home of his mother- in-law, Mrs. Harrlet Osborne, 88 West St. Catherine street. He had been down with acute rheumatism since last December. Previous to that time he was surgeon in charge of Fort Thomas. He was con- nected with the army service for twenty years. His old home was at Baltimore. He stood high in military circles. Major Worthington was forty-three years of age. The funeral will take place this after- noon at 5 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Osborne. The interment will be at Cave Hill. —— Congressman Dockery Renominated. CAMERON, Mo., August 12.—Congress- man A. M. Dockery was renominated by the democratic congressional convention which met here yesterday. This is his eighth consecutive nomination by the dem- ocrats of the third district. THOUGHT WILL WIN National Committeeman Parker on the Situation. SILVER AND WESTERN STATES Republicans Alive and Eager Up in New England. TO BE SERENADED Mr. Myron M. Parker, District member of the national republican committee, re- turned to Washington this morning from a trip to New England. He spent some time in Massachuseits, and made a more pro- tracted stay in his native town of Cam- bridge, Vt. “New England is not suffering from the silver craze to any eppreciable extent,” said Mr. Parker to a Star reporter today. “The enthusiasm up there is rather of the republican sort. I do not remember such interest being taken in an election before as that now evident among New England republicans, and certainly Vermont never showed anything like it. McKinley and Hobart clubs are being formed all over the state, and in my own town of Cambridge, where such a thing as a campaign club Was never heard of before, a McKinley club was organized last Friday night, starting with over a hundred members. Senator Proctor Canvassing. ~ “Everybody is awake and at work,” con- tinued Mr. Parker. “Senator Proctor is stirring up things at a lively rate in the scuthern part of Vermont. He ts driving from town to town and calling on the farm- ers along the way and arousing interest everywhere. “The silver men will find that enthusiasm of the shouting kind, such as that which seems to be delighting them so much now, cannot be depended on to carry counti and states when it comes to an election,” continued Mr. Parker. ‘The persons who are doing the yelling and making the noise manage to create a great volume of sound, but the votes that tell will be cast by the thoughtful, calm and collected men who have something substantial at stake in the contest. cS Pondering Over the Problem. “The vilver men will find, I am sure, that their claims of winning the western states that have been placed in the so-called doubtful column are based only on their hopes, which in turn are inspired by the noisy demonstrations of their followers. They do not take into consideration the thousands of business men in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, who are not saying much, but who are pondering deep- ly over the serious problem: ‘What is the future going to have in store for us? The latter class is perceiving more and more every day that the clamor arising from the silver camps is largely occasioned by in- dividuals who have nothing whatever at stake when It comes to finally establishing the financlal policy of the government, and who are simply vociferous for the fun of the thing; and they perceive, on the other side, a compact army of men who represent all the substantial interests of the country, and supporting them with intelligence and honest purpose, arrayed earnestly against a subversion of national principle and a surrender of national honor. “That may scund something like a stump sreech,” said Mr. Parker, smiling. “but it is my honest conviction that it illustrates the present conditions. The whole question in a nutshell that Is presented to the coun- try now is, in my opinion, shall the demo- crats be permitted to tear down or the re- publicans allowed to build up the national prosperity, and in November, I am sure, that the American people will answer it in a characteristic American manner by elect- ing McKinley and Hobart.” A Reception and Serenade. Mr. Parker said he had been sleeping under blankets up in Vermont, and added to the solace this afforded by declaring that Washington was cool when compared to New York, where he spent yesterday. He will be given a serenade and recep- tion by the McKinley and Hobart Inter- state Campaign Club at the Normandie Hotel Saturday night, the arrangements for the occasion to be completed at a meet- ing of the organization to be held tonight. Mr. Parker personally preferred not to have such a demonstration in his honor, but the club officials declared that they desired to emphasize in this manner the triumph of responsible republicanism in the District as illustrated in his selection as national committeeman. The program to be followed will include a torchlight procession by the uniformed marching club of the crgenization, which will form et the Peace monument and march to the music of Haley's Washington Band up the avenue and 15th street to the Normandie. Here an address will be de- livered by President John C. Chaney, and Mr. Parker will reply. There will proba- bly be other speeches also. The Union Re- publican Club and the National Republican Club will be invited to join in the demon- stration. ————_-e-______ ROYAL ARCANUM SUED. Charles F. Smith Died Insane and His Wife Wants the Insurance. From the New York World. The widow of Charles F. Smith, who died last April, is suing the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum for $3,000, the amount of a benefit certificate issued to her husband in 1887. The suit is brought in the supreme court in Westchester county, and its decision will be of paramount interest to all members of such secret organizations. Members of the Royal Arcanum, who number 50,000 in and around this city, will be specially interested, as the court will determine what rights they have under the elastic forms of application for membership which they have to sign. Mr. Smith was a member of Alma Council, R. A., of this city. When he joined he was thirty years old, and a well-to-do builder. But in 1894 there came business reverses, and he became insane. His widow took up the burden of his affairs, and, among other things, kept up his assessments in the Royal Arcanum until August, 1895. She was not familiar with all the regulations of this order, or she might have compelled the council to carry her husband on {ts books free of charge until his recovery or his cea oe 8! eens for no assistance of at nature, and was willing to m: ‘= ments as required. ae Se ae In August, 1895, she had difficulty in find- ing the regular collector, to whom to pay the assessment of $1.44 for that month. Several times, she says, she went to the address given on his official notices, but could never catch him in, and no one else would receipt for the money. The collector, she alleges, held that the council room was the only official place in which assessments could be paid, and suspended Mr. Smith. The Su- preme Council ratified the action. Meantime Mr. Smith had been pronounced incurably insane, and his wife had to pay $30 a week for his care. She made a formal prea to the officers of the Supreme Coun- cil, but it was dismissed. When Smith died his wife went to considerable expense to submit_proofs of his death, doing this, she says, at the request of the officials, but they refused point-blank to pay the claim. Con- sequently she has brought suit. The Royal Arcanum officials contend that the council room is the only legal place in pat to pay assessments, and that Mrs. mith should have known this. Further- more, they say that under the application signed by her husband all of her widow's rights have been forfeited. Nevertheless, in the constitution of the order there is this paragraph: In the proceedings of the Supreme Council of 1885 it has been held to be the duty of the collector of a council to receive and receipt for assessments and dues outside the council room at any appropriate time and place. —\+o+—____ Sued for the Family Jewels. LONDON, August 12.—At the Birming- ham assizes yesterday, Viscount Hill, who was formerly engaged in farming near Florence, Kan., and now of Burford, On- tario, sued the Dowager Vicountess Hiil, his stepmother, to recover the family dia- monds and jewelry, which he claims as heirlooms under the will of his grand- mother. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Former Servant Arrested for Larceny of Olothing and Other Articles. Threatened to Shoot a Man—The Mayor's Court Cases—Other News Items. Mike Laupheimer, the second-hand deal- er, reported to Sergeant Smith on Saturday that a lot of clothing and other articles had deen stolen from his house on North Royal street. Sergeant Smith went to work on the case at once, and yesterday located some of the stolen goods in the house of Celia Level, a former servant in Laup- heimer’s household. Celia was placed un- der arrest, and at first protested that she was Innocent, but finally admitted that she had taken the things, and told the officer that some of the things could be found in the house of a colored woman named Cole. The Level woman being familiar with the premises and the customs of the fam- fly, doubtless waited around the alley in the rear of the house, and when the family were in the store, which is in the front portion of the building, slipped in and help- ed herself. She was brought before the mayor this morning and pretended to be in a state of total collapse. A fine of $25 or three montks in gull was imposed, after which she regained her strength. Mayor's Court. Mayor Thompson disposed of the follow- ing cases this morning: Chas. E. W. Brown, colored, arrested by Officer Proctor for threatening to shoot John Montgomery “full of holes;” required to give bond in the sum of $200 to keep the peace. Celia Level, colored, arrested by Sergeant Smith for the larceny of goods to the value of $30 from M. Laupheimer; $25 or three months in jail. John Mason and Chas. Whittesey, col- ored boys, charged with the larceny of $22 from Annie Kenney; $100 fine or three menths in jail. Lira Stewart and Little Stewart, colored girls, charged with disorderly conduct; fined $1 each. Andrew Lomax, colored, charged with an assault on Nettie Harris; fined $5. Nettle Harris, colored, disorderly conduct; fined $5. Percy Jordan, a colored “‘vag;"’ five days on the chain gang. Walter Sullivan, a white boy; assault on a child and abusing Mrs. J. L. Jones; dis- missed for want of evidence. Wm. Dixon, colored, charged with assault on Walter Stephenson, was assessed the cost of the warrant. Richard Burnett and Alfred Farmer, white, charged with disorderly conduct and fighting ed $3 each. Mary Shirley, colored, charged with an assault on Lettie Quill: fined $5. Thos. Waters, Henry Brooks and Wil- liam Johnson, colored, chars ing the property of C. O. Sipple; pened. Fannie Wright, colored, charged with creating a nuisance in the street; dismissed, Mr. Haupt Promoted. Mr. H. K. Haupt, who has been the gen- eral ticket agent of the W. A. and Mt. V. electric railway in this clty for some time, has been promoted to the position of as- sistant treasurer of the above named com- pany, with headquarters in Washington. Mr. Haupt has made many friends In this city, who will be glad to learn of his good luck. He will be succeeded as general ticket agent here by Mr. James Elam King. Asked to Reconsider. Brigadier General A. L. Phillips has writ- ten Capt. Geo. A. Mushhack of the Alex- andria Light Infantry stating that he has been directed by Gov. O’Ferrall to request him (Capt. Mushback) to withdraw his resignation as captain of the A. L. I. Capt. Mushback has not replied, but it is hoped by his many friends throughout the state, and especially in this city, that he will withdraw his resignation. Threatened to Shoot a Man. Chas. E. W. Brown, a negro employed in one of the departments in Washington,was before Mayor Thompson this morning charged with threatening the life of Joha Montgomery. Brown was represented by W. H. Sadler, the colored attorney-at-law, who created considerable amusement py the manner in which he conducted the de- fense. Brown was required to give bond in the sum of $200 to keep the peace. Slight Fire Last Night. A fire occurred in the residence of Mr. Henry R. Elliott on South Washington Street about 9:45 o'clock last night, which brought out the entire department, but fortunately it was extinguished before the usual damage by water was done. The fire was confined to a hall room on the second floor, where Mr. Elliott attempted to toss a match with which he had just lighted the gas out of the front window. The match fell on a cot lying under the window and in a few seconds the mattress was in a light blaze. Mr. Elliott quickly threw the cot out on the pavement, and the damage will amount to a small sum. Notes. Mr. Ashby Miller has joined his family at Sendy Springs, Md., for a short stay. Mr. O. F. Carter has returned from Bel- mar, N.J., where he has been spending a few weeks with lis family. Postmaster C. C. Carlin and family have returned from a month’s sojourn at Sweet Chalybeate Springs. Mr. W. 'f. Smith and wife will leave in a few days to spend some time in London. Miss Ruth Smith is spending the summer at Hemiltcn, Va. Miss Bettie Keys has returned from a aaa! visit in Howard county, Mary- land. It is estimated that fully 2,000 people will go to River View today on the compli- wore ts astmiarys tendered the Young en’s Soéality Lyceum of this c Capt. Randall. shied Superintendent of Schools Kemper ts en- gaged today examining white teachers for the public schools. Tomorrow and Friday the colored teachers will be examined. There was a false alarm of fire about 7:30 o’clock last night. The delegates to the eighth Virginia dis- trict democratic convention, which meets in this city tomorrow, are beginning to arrive. Several of the congressional candi- dates are already on the ground. There was no meeting of the Business Men's League last night on account of the slim attendance of members.. Bertie Miller, the girl who attempted to take her life by taking laudanum Sunday night, has been pronounced out of danger by Dr. McGuire. She refuses to say why she wanted to die. Dr. D. N. Rust is at Old Point, attending — meeting of the State Dental Associa. tion. Miss Virginia Mason is visitin, rs 1 M. Blackford, on Seminary Hill. pamipogs Mr. Harry Leef started yesterday on an extended trip through the south. Mr. Graham Hill of the Bell Telephone exchange has returned from a yisit to King George county. Mr. William Bryant hag returned from Atlantic City, and has joined the Alex- andria colony at Sweet Chalybeate Springs. —— Machinist Dunphy Dismissed. Acting Secretary McAdoo has remitted the sentence of one year’s imprisonment imposed upon the machinist, Dunphy, of the ram Katahdin, and has ordered his dis- missal from the naval service. It was Dun- phy who brought charges against the offi- cers of the Katahdin of illtreatment of the men, which led to the court of inquiry which acquitted the officers. Incidentally it was found that Dunphy had himself been guilty of fraudylent enlistment, and, after the conclusion of the court of inquiry, he was himself court-martialed on that charge and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment and dismissal. oe ——— TO ALL! PICTURES, RAZORS, articles in exchange for MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. ance) package. COLPORS EXPL ATS SOW FO te Homey ‘ mLAIN Tee Te ABOVE, FRED WATOHES, KNIV! 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Je18-21a Silsby & Company, BANKERS AND BROKERS, Office, G18 16th st. aw., Natioral Metropolitan Benk building. ‘Telephone 505. mle aeeeeeenemmmmth CORSON & MACARTNET, MEMBERS OF nie New YOKE STOCK st., Glover buliding. ents of ‘Meera, Moore “de Schley, 90 in Government Bonds, investment securitics. Dis and all local Ratiroed, Gas, Insurance tri pn coe stock bought and sold. Dr. Brown’s Case Again. SAN FRANCISCO, August 12.—-The bay — conference of the Congregational churches has beon rebuked by the Dubuque con- ference for espousing the cause of Rev. Dr, Cc. O. Brown, late pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of this city. Brown was deposed from the ministry by the bay conference as the result of a charge of immorality brought against him by Mre. Mary Davidson. The Dubuque conference at once adored a resolution restoring Brown to the ministry and censuring the bay conference. The bay conference now asks that its Iowa brethren rescind their action, —