Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR,. THURSDAY, OOTOBER 1, 1896-[WELVE PAGES.- SPECIAL NOTICES. MRS. McDONALD, PSYCHOMETRIC READER and Test Medium.—Seance TONIGHT, Typo- graphical Hall, G st. n.w., opposite pension offi Silver collection. 5X TRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULB OF BAL- timore, the wonderful medium, Wona's Hail, every FRIDAY NIGHT, and at 906 H Me . during the diy every Briday. UNITED ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CROSS.—THE session of the Grand Commandery will* be sumed THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at eielock, In the National Capital Banik building floor), 316 Pa. ave. sc. GEURGE W. N. CUSTIS, Grand Commander. 1t* THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD- ers of the American Graphophone Company will be held at the Mountain View, Hotel, Harper Ferry, W. Va., on MONDAY, October 12, 1896, at 1:30 p.m. mete bat es oe uae the annual report, and for election of officers. By order 7 the directors. EDWARD D. EA: TON, President W. E FISHER, Secretary. WASHINGTO! D. C., October 1, 1896. 0¢1 3&1 DIVIDEND.—A DIVIDEND OF 1 PER CENT ON the common stock of the American Graphophone Company has been declared, payable October 17, 1896, to, stockholders of ‘record October 10, 1Sv6. Transfer books close on October 10 and Feopen on October 19, EDWARD D. EASTON, President. W. E. FISHEL, Secretary. WASHINGTON, D. €., October 1, 1806. ocl-0t NGTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.— October 1.—The partnership existing between S. J. Block and Andrew Uchmann, under the firm ame of Block & Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Block will continue the office at the old place, 615 F st. n.w., Room and will be glad to meet all tits friends omers, as before. Respectfully, ete., oel-3t* BLOCK & CO. TORNADOES AND WIND STORMS. WHY SUFFER loss? We insure against all damage at one-third the cost of fire Insurance. AGRICULTURAL IN- SURANCE CO., 1319 F st. nw. (Established 1883.) oel-2t* G0. T BUDD & CO., 510 9TH ST., BEG LEAVE to announee that their store is open for business. Orders will be received as usual at the main 8e30-3t store and at the branch, 1 26 Pa. ave. MR. W. D. HADGER HAS OPES eless bicycle repair shop at S11 lth work cut when promised a specialty. prices. ‘Wilhelm’ ‘parts on band. To THE PUBLIC: 1 DESIRE TO tbat siuce the disaster of September store I have ope to my d a new place of business at 3100 M street northwest, where I shall be glad to see my friends and’ the public in general. Trustiag In a continuation of your patrouage and that those owing me accounts will be us prempt as possible in settlement, I am ‘Most Fespectfully, ot Bese" MC, MITCHELL, 520-2 3100 M st. nite. Fix it firm! in your mind: “I never disappotnt."* Here's a typewriter circular that looks so much like genuine typewriting it's impossible to tell the difference. Splendid advertising medium. Tuke the form of personal letters and are always read. Come and see samples. BYRON S. ADAMS, 512 HTH ST. 5630-144 Rechdale Members, take notice. I am giving 50 cents per ton dis- count off present coal exchange prices and $1.00 er cord off wood. JOHN KENNEDY, Contractor Tor Rochdale Soclets, offices 1235 F sk. n.w. 107 yard, 4th and F sts. ne. pitol and K st se26-7t* ANT TO BE THE JEWELER WHO comes into your mind first, To My Friends, Patrons and the Public: ‘ I have opened an office in the Mertz building, ith and F sts., for the sale of Diamonds, Watches and fine Jewelry. No heavy expenses, ively sell goods at prices no store compete with. GOODS SOLD ON s MS. Thanking you for past patronage, T cordially solicit a continuance of the same. Respectful ©. H. DAVISC ORNAMENTAL WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS, Grilles, Gates, Hinges and Escutcheons, Window Guards, etc Protect, your property. No charge for sketches and estimates. Wrought Iron Gas Fixtures, Andirons, Fenders, ete., ete. J. H. CORNTN 20-22 13th st. felS DR. > ‘POMEROY Announces the removal of his Dental Office To 1114 G st. nw. se15-3w* A CORDIAL “WELCOME HOME” IS EXTENDED TO ALL OUR RETURNING FRIENDS AND PATRONS. It is our desire this coming winter to extend the sale of our fce among those who have bither- fo not given it a trial. All we ask is a trial. A coriial and earmest invitation is extended to every one Interested in securing the very best ice for every home use to visit our works, and there see every process employed in the production of “HYGIENIC ICE"—the only Ice so made of pure spring water in this city. Every intelligent per- son who has thus visited our works has invari- ably preferred “Hygienic Ice” to any other. For this reason YOU are thus invited. The works are at 15th and E sts. n.e.—3 squares from the eastern terminus of the Columbia cable railway and 4 squares from the Metropolitan. THD HYGIENIC ICE CO., sel2 Office 1423 F st. n.w. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE FIRM OF Acker & Kenner, composed of Albert E. Acker and Harry W. Kenner, doing a drug business at 1420 Pa. ave. n.w., has been this day dissolved by mutusi consent. Mr. Albert E. Acker will continue the business at the old stand, and is authorized to settle up all the transactions of the late firm. = ALBERT ACKER. _sel2-3w HARRY W. KENNER. HAVE YOU VISITED CLEVELAND PARK? Call! or send for booklet. sell Office, 610 14th st. BICYCLING FOR HEALTH fs best done on the “Columbia’— the standard of the world for wheels. The greatness of the Columbia 1s evidenced by the fact that other makers strive to make their wheels “Just as good." POPE MFG. CO. J. Hart Brittain, Manager, 452 Pa. are. fot-tt Blank Books To Order. Meking Blank Books to special order is a branch of our business that Business Men appreciate. We make them of any size, shape or ruling do the work correctly—and have the books finished when promised. ©All kinds of Biank Books in stock. Low- est prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 1th St., POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. 9630-144 Tired, Listless People —find in Tharp’s Old Reliable ‘Berkeley’? @ sure tonfc and invigorator. It has never failed to help invalids to a quick recovery. Doctors recommend It and prescribe it to thelr patients because of its absolute purity. $1 quart S. THARP, S12 F ST. 830-100 Have Hedgkin Repair the damage done by the storm! If last night's storm demolished the window glass in your house have us re Palr the damage. Telephone 287 and our experts will be on hand in a jiffy. We keep In stock every sort of glass imaginable. Our workmen are exper and understand glass work in all its phases. Lowest prices in the elty. Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th. 8030-160. PLATE GLASS EXPERT. Not ‘‘Auction Bicycles,” BUT BICYCLES AT AUCTION PRICES. We have in stock some twenty-five or thirty menu's $65 Btrycles, 1896 patterns, new every wey, and fully up-to-date in all respects, that We are going to sell at the low price of THIRTY DOLLARS CASH. Fitted with either G. & J. or M. & W. “Quick Repair’ tires, and fully uaranteed by the makers. Bear tn mind, these are not RAMBLERS, though We have a very few slightly used Ladies’ Ramblers, ‘05 and '96 patterns, recently over- hauled and refinished, which we can give you bargains on. As said above, there are not many of them, and the early buyer gets the bargain. Take a glance at the $30 Bicycles in our win- dow at 1325 14th nw. se¢-tf28 GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. The Independent Ice Co.’s yellow wagons deliver pare Kennebec Ice to all parts of the city and Mt. Pleasant—daily. Prompt service. Rea- sonable rates. OFFICES, 910 Pa. ave.—3108 Water st. sel-tt ‘Telephone 591-2. Asraxa Axp Carannn Cured by the ESPIC'S CIGARETTES OR POWDER. Oppression, Suffocating, Coughs, Colds, Chest, Neuralgia, & J. ESPIC, 20 Rue St. Lazare. Paris: New York: FOUGHRA, MILHAU. Sold by all chemists of America. ‘mh2i-1835 Naval Orders. Medical Director W. K. Van Reypen has been ordered to duty as a member of the board of inspection and survey, Navy De- ‘tment. Medical Inspector J. C. Wise as been detached from the board cf in- spection and survey and ordered to the Museum of Hygiene. FOUND A DEAD BODY (Continued from First Page.) of life and damage to adjoining property of the five-story building being erected by Mr. W. Stone Abert on Pennsylvania avc- nue near 12th, the west wall of which was blown out by the wind. storm of Tues- day night last, falling upon the two ad- joining buildings, crushing them through to the cellar perfect wrecks, and thereby injuring seriously several persons and the loss of one life sure and perhaps more un- der the ruins? By examining the east wall you will see that these walls had no an- chor trons and plates through the walls from the outside to secure them to the joists, thus preventing them from falling outward by any unusual disturbance. These walls are over 100 feet long and about 30 feet or more above the adjoining property, and there being nothing to secure them, and the immense accumulating pressure of the wind at say sixty miles an hour through the open front, acting like an Im- mense piston, pressed the unsecured, weak- est wall out, causing the damage. The building inspector should never have given @ permit to any architect or builder for poet work. Some one should be respons- A Talk With Achitect Brown. Mr. Glenn Brown, the architect of the Abert building, was seen this afternoon at his office in the Union building, on F street. “There was nothing wrong in the con- struction of the building,” said Mr. Brown. “The end of each iron beam was securely anchored in either wall, just as the beams in this building are anchored. The anchors did not go to the outside of the wall, but were secured in the brickwork. In com- pany with Mr. Abert and myself, Messrs. Brady and King have fust visited the build- ing, and they expressed themselves as per- fectly satisfied with the construction of the building, and said that they would so testify if necessary in the courts.” At the Emergency. In the wards of the Emergency Hospital there are still two patients who are suffer- ing from injuries received during the great hurricane of Tuesday night. They are Charles Craig, the colored laborer, who was injured by a falling shed at a brickyard on South Capitol street, and George Sutton, @ colored cook at Kelly’s restaurant, who had his leg broken. An operation has been performed on the latter with excellent re- sults. Craig was hurt about the chest, and for a time it was thought he had received severe internal injuries, but at a late hour this afternoon he was reported as doing as well as could be expected under the cir- cumstances and there is reason to believe that he will recover LOST THEIR LIVES. Schooner Wrecked by the Gale Tues- day Night. The officers of the steamer Harry Ran- dall, which reached this city last evening, brought the information that Captain Rob- ert Cheseldine and the crew of the schooner Capital lost their lives Tuesday night as the result of the foundering of the vessel off Sandy Point. Captain Cheseldine, who was a native of St. Mary's county, Md., was well known among the shipping men of this city. He left here Tuesday morn- ing, bound for Wicomico. Those aboard the Randall counted eigh- teen vessels ashore between Washington and Sandy Point yesterday. ESTIMATED LOSSES. Nearly Half a Million, Not Counting Damage to Trees. ‘The streets are still filied with uprooted trees, broken branches, tin from house tops and pieces of timber from sheds, houses and fences, and the street cleaning department expects it will be several days before all the obstructions are removed and the streets cleaned. Superintcndent McKenzie of this department says he will work all the men he can get and will do his best to have the city cleaned by Satur- day night, but he hardly expects he will be able to succeed. There are so many smali branches of trees and heavy material on the streets that he expects it will be next week by the time the debris is all removed. Wheelmen are having a hard time with their pneumatic tires because of tne great quantity of glass on the streets. The pieces of glass have been driven over so much territory and ground so fine that slow punctures are caused, and some of the repair shops are reaping a harvest. For this reason the wheelmen are particu- larly anxious that the streets should be cleaned as early as possible. In many places people anxicus to get wood for fuel have cleared the streets of the heavier timbers, and this will assist the force of men employed on the work of the District and result in the streets being cleared earlier than they would otherwise hav been. At the corner of 26th and I streets, where there was a large tree uprooted, a well forty feet deep was found beneath the tree. ‘The tree was an old one and none of the old residents of the neighborhood knew of the existence of the well. An examination showed that the well was regularly bricked and lined and was, of course, built many years ago. Estimated Losses. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment received from the Heutenants of the various precincts the estimated amount of damege to property done in the several precincts. In their estimates the damage to trees, shrubbery and street lamps was not taken into account. The losses esti- mated by the police lieutenants amount to $433,500, distributed =mong the precincts us follows: First precinct. Second precinct. Third precinct Fourth precinct. Fifth precinct Sixth precinct Seventh precin Eighth precinct. Ninth precinct, SCARCITY OF ROOFING MATERIAL. $75,000 18,500 70,000 100,000, 25,000 25,000 Looking Up the Damage Done to Plate Glass Windows. The visible supply of tin and tarred felt, which is used for temporary roofing, in case of emergencies, was exhausted before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and those engaged in the hardware business sent agents to other cities to secure immediate supplies. These errands were mostly suc- cessful in so far as getting promises were concerned, but there was little chance pre- sented for immediate delivery. The neigh- boring small towns were also ransacked for roofing tin, and prices as high as $10 @ square were offered to suburban tinners,. whose regular price is $4.50 a square. The order books of the roofers and hardware merchants were crainmed with demands of those whose roofs had either been taken completely off or injured to a less degree. The regular price for first-class tin roofing in Washingion is $6 per square, which con- sists of ten square feet, but many house owners who desire to have their property protected as soon as possible are offering much higher sums to secure immediate at- tention. Awnings and Broken Glass. There was equally widespread destruc- Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and oven comes Flatulency, Constipation, four Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverishness. Thus the child 1s rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL, (as. TORIA contains mo morphine or other narcotic property. ‘“ is 20 well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” H. A. ARCHER, MD., 311 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I have recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do #0, as it has invariably produced beneficial resuits.”* EDWIN F. PARDEE, M.D., 125th st. and 7th ave. New York city. THE OFFICIAL “S~QT Pass OAbitens NE 30.2 é EXPLANATORY NOTE: WEATHER MAP.;: a, @ Partly Cloudy, Jacksomville go * @ Fain “es Snow Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines afb is0- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn foe each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or now 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. FAIR TONIGHT, But There Will Be Increased Cloudi- mess Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday.—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, fair tonight, increasing cloudiness Friday; cooler Friday morning; northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: The barometer has risen rapidly during the night in the northern states east of the Mississippi; it has also risen rapidly at northern Rocky mountain stations and fal- len slightly to the north of Minnesota. ‘The barometer is highest this morning over the upper Mississippi valley, and it is lowest in the lower St. Lawrence valley. Local showers are reported from the lower lake region and from the northern portions of New England; elsewhere the Weather is fair. It is cooler from New England westward over the lake regions, and it is warmer in the northwest. The indications are that it will be gen- eraily fair Friday to the east of the Mlis- sissippi, with cooler northerly winds in Ncw England and the middle Atlantic states. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past Spenatone hours—Quebec, 2.44; Halifax, Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8:55 a.m. and 9:09 p.m. High tide, 2:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide. 9:55 a.m. and 10:17 p.m. High tide, 3:12 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:56; sets, 5:42. Moon rises. 0:38 a.m. The City Lights. All gas lamps are lighted tonight by 6:35 P.m.; extinguishing is begun at 5:21 a.m. Public are lamps are lighted at 6:50 p.m., and extinguished at 5:06 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 60; 2 p.m., 66; maximum, 68; min- imum, 58. tion of awnings. Not only was the can- vas tcrn to tatters, but the iron frames were bent and twisted and torn from their fastenings, so today the awning makers were as much overwhelmed with orders as the tinners, and were equally unable to meet the demands. Tae shattering of window glass other than that of the plate variety was enor- mous, and will have to be replaced by house owners and tenants. Where plate glass was broken and insured, as most of it is, the broken plates will be replaced by the insurance companies carrying the risks. The loss to the insurance companies in the case of broken plate glass is difficult to ascertain, because where a plate is broken and fragments of any substantial size remain there is considerable salvage, the handlers of plate glass allowing for the value of such fragments when estimating for the restoration of the window. INSPECTING BUILDINGS. Officials Busy Noting Results of the Storm, The building department of the District is being taxed to its utmost capacity. Since yesterday the entire force of inspectors has been on the go examining walls and ordering repairs. As soon as Inspector Brady reached the District building yes- terday he sent out a call for carpenters, and immediately set them to work repair- ing the damage wrought by the storm to the public school buildings. The Seaton building, which is the most damaged, will be ready for occupation by Monday. At the present time it is closed, the inspector not caring to take any risks. A number of requests for inspections of walls and houses have been received, and the inspectors are doing all they can to examine every case. Owing to the limited force, however, the inspections are neces- sarily slow. The department is relying not alone upon the requests of property owners and residents for reports of dan- gerous buildings and walls. The police de- partment has been directed to report all such buildings, and as fast as possible they are being looked into. The building inspector has closed the Bijou Theater for the week, during which time he has ordered certain improvements made necessary by the damage done by the storm. Inter-Ocean Building. The building inspector today notified the owner of the Inter-Ocean building that on account of the damage wrought by the storm it would be necessary to have the en- tire front of that building reconstructed. DISTRICT WIRES. Fire Alarm System Still Shape. The District telephone and fire alarm wires are still in tad shape. This morn- ing, with one exception, all the engine houses could be reached by telephone, but the fire alarm boxes were by no means in order. Only four of the police stations had telephonic communication with headquar- ters, while the patrol service wires were still out of order, and th@ officers were unable to operate the signal boxes. The work of straightening out the wires is pregressing slowly, for the reason that there are so many lines of overhead wires, and when one is straightened out men in the employ of ancther company will leave crosses and interfere with what has al- ready been accomplished. The George- town engine house 1s entirely cut off from headquarters, and is likely to remain so for several days, as many poles along this line were blown down, and it will require some time to replace them. USING THE Woop. in Bad Fallen Trees May Be Taken for Fire- ‘wood, After a conference today with the super- intendent of the street and alley cleaning department, the Commissioners took defin- ite action concesning the cleaning of the streets, which are filled with debris, the re- sult of the storm. They ordered: “That the superintendent of the street and alley cleaning department is directed to organize a force of men to assist in re- moving tree limbs and trunks of trees from the streets and avenues, in addition to the force now employed by the street cleaning department and the parking commission, to be paid out of the emergency fund, suffi- cient in number to clear the streets within a@ reasonable time; and for that purpose he is requested to employ as many expert wood choppers having axes of their own as he can find; and to inform property owners that the limbs of trees chopped into appropriate lengths and left in front of their residences may be removed by them for their own use, and if not so utilized by them within a reasonable time, any person desiring the same may remove them; and that the said superintendent report to the Commissioners as early as possible the number of men and teams that he can use for this purpose.”” The Loss of Trees. As yet the parking commission has re- ceived no reports upon which to base an estimate of the rumber of trees In the Dis- trict that were destroyed in the great storm. That the number will be a large one when it is finally known goes without saying; a far larger number then ever re- quies from any storm in the history of the city. Me. William Saunders, one of the mem- bers of the commission, said to a Star re- porter this aftcrnoon: “I have been so busily occupied with the clearing up of the debrts in the grounds of the Agricultural Department that I have not had any opportunity of figuring upon the amount of dam: done throughout the city generally; te not as care opportunity as you have yourself. e Yous to the city is enormous, that much I de know, and it will require years to make it good. The trees that suffered the most re undoubtedly those that were pruned and trimmed out too much. Years ago the authorities took altogether too much stock in pruning, and the city has suffered for it ever since. Trees that are pruned too much loge Strength in the Toots, and offer mucl c s justs less resistance to a heavy Favors the Plan, Asked as to the proposition to let the poor People of the city supply themselves with firewood for the winter froin the trees that have been blown down, Mr. Saunders ex- pressed himself as heartily in favor of it. ‘Commissioner Powell has always been in favor of that pian,” he conimued, “and I believe it Is a good one. It would greatly assist in the work of clearing the stree's, quite apart from the blessing it would bo to the poor people. It will require at the Very least $10,000 to clear the trees. from. the streets. After a big blow last year tae work required an outlay of 2,50, and that was a mere trifle to the dain age that wus done Monday night. “In point of fact the people of the city have been allowed to help therscives to the fallen trees for a couple of years past. they were not the trees would simply have to be hauled to one of the public dumps. There are always a crowd of peuple there to gather up all such stuff, and if they w 2 allowed to help themselves from the trees as they lle in the streets it would greatly ¢ciminish the amount. The nent employed to haul away the debris lop off the branches and carry away the smaller stuff, leaving the trunks and heavier bran::hes to'be taken away by whoever wants them. Pecple gen- erally ought not to touch the trees until af- ter these men have got throuh with them, for they naturally want only the heavy parts that answer for fire wood, ieav the twigs and leaves to litter up the street and make trouble for the street cleaners. If I had the authorit; thouza, I would be inclined under the cirzumstan:as to tell the people of the city to.go anead and cut up the trees. This is a peculiar emergency and not lHkely to happan! again very soon, 1 hope, and this plan would certainly de- crease the amount of hauling and the con- sequent expense of putting the stréets in order.”” STORM NOTES. Some of the Incidents vf the Great Dinaster. A thorovgh examination made of the damages sustained by Wayland Seminary as the result of the recent storm discloses that in addition to the cupola having been blown off, the roofs of both the large and small buildings were carried away, the windows broken out and the fence thrown down. With the exception of tke cupola, which will not be replaced, the cost of re- pairs will not, it is thought, exceed $1,000. A singular freak of the hurricane’ oc- curred near Hall’s Hill, Alexandria county, Va. Mr. Burrell Pelham, colored, and fam: ily, consisting of his wife and several small children, were in his house when it was demolished by the wind. None were in- jured. But the extraordinary feature was that the baby was carried over 600 feet from the house, and was found, after an hour's search, through its cries, lying un- injured, between two boards, which had been carried with it. How it got separated from its mother, and why it should be lift- ed bodily, probably rolled over and over with the boards found with it, is inex- plicable. No other member of the family was removed from the house site. The ornamenta! station at the Connecti- cut avenue extension entrance to Cleveland Park was carried off its foundation by the wind, and now lies a complete wreck at the bottom of a deep ravine. About $2,000 worth of damage was done by the storm to the buildings at Washing- ton barracks. The roofs and porches of the officers’ quarters were badly damaged and several of the smaller buildings were entirely demolished. Many of the largest and handsomest trees were destroyed. —<—————— Doubly Guilty. A colored boy named Simon Bray was before the Police Court two. days ago on a charge of crap shooting, and when the ccurt had heard the positive charge of Policeman Muller the bey denied the charge and asserted that he was down the river at Notley Hall at the time charged. So positive was the boy in his statement that Judge Kimball continued the case until tcday to hear witnesses in the boy's behalf. The witnesses appeared and gave evidence, but did not help the boy’s cause. In disposing of the case the judge sald he was not only satisfied that the boy was a participant in the crap game, but he was also of the opinion that he was guilty of perjury. A fine of $10 was imposed in the crap case, and the judge said he would con- sider the question of holding the boy on a charge of perjury. Sas SPSOIOO PISO E IFES SS teletletetetad-d A SUNLIGHT EFFECT. The clear morning, sunlight brings with it gladness and renewed energy, and - sunlight drives into the background, like a dark shadow, that old bugbear “wash day,” and does its work quickly, easily, perfectly. Use SUNLIGHT SOAP, and you will realize that “gunlight” has come in- to your life. It Makes Home Brighter. Bros., Ltd., Hi Hi Boe: “ Hodson and Harrison LOYAL UNTO DEATH Opening of the Annual Oonvention of the District W. 0. T. U. Reports of the Work Accomplished— Plans for Advancing the Cause of Temperance. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia met in i twenty-second annual conventioa this morn- jing in Wesley Chapel, corner of 5th and F streets. Sessions were held this morning }and this afternoon, and the members will ,come together again at 7:30 p.m. Shree sessions will also be held toumorrew at the same place, beginning, respectively, at {1:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m, In honor of the occasion the church was decorated in a decidedly attractive manner. The convention was called to order shortly before 10 o'clock by the president of the union, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, after which Rev. Charles W. Baldwin, D.D., in- voked Divine blessing. After the minutes of the last executive session had been read by Mrs, Emma F. Shelton, the recording secretary of the union, and had been ap- proved, Mr. William R. Woodward, the se- nior member of Wesley Chapel, was intro- duced. Mr. Woodward. on behalf of the church, extended to the union a hearty welcome, and a fitting response was made by Mrs. Clinton Smith, in the absence of Mrs. Anna F. Beller. At the request of the president, Mrs. Dove led in a prayer, ask- ing blessing on the members unable to be present. Appointment of Committees. Committees as follows were announced: Credentials—Miss L. S. Weightman, cor- responding secretary; Mrs. T. A. Williams, treasurer, and Mrs. Clayton E. Emig, sec- retary Y branch. Finance—Mrs. T. A. Williams and the treasurers of the local unfons. Courtesies—Mrs. H. A. Gillenwater and Mrs. Walter Brown. Resolutions—Mrs. Sarah Grant, chairman; Misy Kessler, Mrs. C. E. Ritter, Mrs. Jessie Pierson, Mrs. Susan Buzzee,' Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Charles Pate, Mrs. R. E. Lawson and Mrs. Hawkins. The reports of superintendents were next called for. Mrs. Alice Chapman reported arcotics.” E. A. Chambers of the devartmeat of “purity in literature and art” described what has been accomplished in the direc- tion referred to, particular attention being devoted to theatrical show bills. Morality in the Schools. jocial Purity” was reported Mrs. Belle S. Luckett. Since the opening of the public schools, the report concluded, # letter has been addressed to tne school board requesting the appointment of proper persons to have supervision of che closets of the school Luildings during school hours, and of the play grounds and play rooms while occu- pied by the boys and girls, in order that improper language and behavior may be avoided. Also that a woman janitor shail be appointed for each of the high schools to whom young girls may appeal in case of need. 3 Mrs. Sophie Smith, in charge of “Mothers” tingsq” and Mrs. M. E. Catlin spoke of bbath ‘observance. The concluding report was that by Mrs. Cc. E. Ritter on “Heredity and hygiene.” Message of Greeting. on by Communications of greeting to the con- vention were read from an informal meet- ing of the W. C. T. U., held during a con- ference of the religious society of Friends at Swarthmore, Pa., when fourteen states were represented, including the District of Columbia and Canada. | The Washington Single Tax Club submit- ted to the union for answer some ques: tions, which were referred to the executive committee of the union for answer. From Other Organizations. The following were introduced to the meeting by the president as fraternal dele- gates: Mrs. K. A. Waters, representing the Rechabites of the District; Mr. A. E. Shoe- maker, chief templar of the District Good Templars and attorney for the Anti-Saloon League; Mrs. A. M. Hamilton, recording secretary of the Federation of Wome.'s C'ubs; Mrs. James L. Ewin, president of the Anti-Saloon League, and Mrs. Ellis, representing the Sons of Temperance. Each delegate made a short address. By unani- mous vote, the convention returned the fraternal greeting to the organizations men- tioned’ above. Mrs. J. H. Robinson and Mrs. Harper, newly elected presidents respectively of North Capitol and South Washington local uniors, were introduced to the meeting. After a noonday prayer meeting, conduct- ed by Mrs. J. H. Robinson, the annual re- port of the secretary of the branch, Mrs. C. E. Emig, was read by Mrs. Opal H. Johnson, ccrresponding secretary of the “¥" branch. In her report as corresponding secretary Miss L. S. Weightman stated that the past year has been one of unexampled prosper- ity. After reciting the events of the year so far as the union was concerned, the sec- retary said: “The president, Mrs. Platt, is planning for a W. C. T. U. temple of cur very own, and means to make that, with a large membership, a more thorough organi- zation and deeper and fuller consecration to the work for the coming year.” The an- nual reports of the local unions were em- braced in the secretary's report. Mr. R. Andrews, a fraternal delegate, was introduced, and in the course of his remarks declared women to be entitled to the right of franchise. The morring session was brought to a close at 12:30 o'clock, with the singing of the doxology. ‘The afterncon session was called to order at 1:30 o'clock and, after an invocation by Mrs. M. E. Cohen and the reading of the minutes of the morning session, Mrs. P. M. Mitchell read an interesting paper on abbath Observance.” This was followed by the annual address cf the president, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt; a solo by Miss Lillie Stewart, the report of the treasurer, Mrs. T. A. Williams, and the report of the avditor, Miss L. C. Kessler. The remainder of the program for the afternoon included the following reporis of superintendents: “Work Among Colored People,” Mrs. R. E. Lawson; “Work Among Foreigners,” Mrs, Hannah Crosby; “Legislation and Petition,” Mrs. H. A. Gillenwater; “Firemen,” Mrs. Maria Mer- rick; ‘Flower Mission,” Mrs. F. G. Jones, and “Scientific Temperance Instruction,” Mrs. Grace Spencer. The evening session will begin at 7:30 o'clock, ard the music for the occasion will be furnished by the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church choir, under the leadership of Professor Layton. The program is es follows: Prayer, Rev. G. G. Markham; Scripture, Mrs. M. E. Cohen; presentation of prize banner, Mrs. M. B. Platt; response and address, Rev. Luther B. Wilson, D.D. —— THE BIJOU THEATER. No Performance to Be Given the Roof 1s Replaced. Manager Whitesell of tne Bijou Theater states that owing to the fact that the por- tion of the building covering the stage was unroofed in the storm and was also badly shaken no performance will be given until the structure is declared to be perfectly sufe. Workmen are now engaxed in rutting on the new roof, and performances may be resumed by Saturday. Robberies Reported. Last night a burglar visited the office of an insurance company in the Hutchins ‘building, corner of 10th and D streets, and broke open several desks. Four Colum- bilan half dollars and about one dollar in small change disappeared. When this werk was finished Miller's saloon, on the Heoeas floor, was visited and robbed of Daniel F. Driscoll, 201 K street, com- plains of the theft of six knives and forks and a dozen napkins. Henry C. Blackmon reports the theft of $7.70. He left the money in a toilet room of an office building on F street and when he returned he found that it had been taken. Until —~___ The Hamburg Strike Compromised. The 500 dock laborers who went out on strike Monday at Hamburg have resumed work, @ compromise arrangement favorable to the strikers having been reached. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. ATTORNEYS ... AUCTION SALES. BOARDING -Page 4 BUSINESS CH. -Page 4 CITY ITEMS... -Page 12 COMMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD. DEATHS. FOR RENT (Fats). FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Offices) Page FOR RENT (Rooms). -Page FOR RENT (Stores)....... -Page FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). -Page FOR SALE (Bicycles) -Page FOR SALE (Housis). FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) . HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS . LADIES’ GOODS. LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AND FOUND. MARRIA MEDICAL MONEY WANTED ‘EW PUBLICATION CEA! PERSO) Coens esaeavabomiae PROPOSALS . POTOMAC RIVER BOA’ Page PIANOS AND ORGAN: Page RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET Cl SUBURBAN PROPERT 5 nresscnubundosvenereladnne UNDERTAKERS . -Page WANTED (Help). -Page WANTED (Houses). -Page WANTED -Page WANTED (Rooms). -Page WANTED (Situations). .. Page FICATION COMPLETE. All Those Employed Under the Navy Department Arranged. The Navy Department has just com- pleted the classification of its employes and submitted the blanks to the civil service ccmmission in accordance with the Presi- dent’s orders. It includes offices in Washingten and offices outside of Wash- ington, being the civil force of the depart- ment proper, navy yards, naval stations, the Naval Academy, naval training station, the War College, the navy pay officers and the marine corps. It is in general a state ment of the number of civil officers of the United States confirmed by the Senate abcve classification, the aumber of classi- fied persons by classification, the number of excepted places, the number excluded from classification under the rules of the commission, and the number of laborers or workmen below classification, and the number not yet classified, carried on the rolls of the Navy Department, compensat by a fixed salary or otherwise, approxi mately, as they stood on June 30, 1806. In class A there were 225, in class B, 1 class C, 30; class D, 100; class E, 239; class one, 160; class two, 117; class three, 74; class four, 43; class five, 16; class six, 3; or a total in the classified service of 1,163. There were twenty-cight excluded from classification by the rules of the commis- sion; two confirmed by the Senate; four rere laborcrs, and 5,063 positions not yet clzss'fied by the civil service commission, though included in the classification in the ravy yards, ete., by the regulations of the Navy Department, being a grand total of 6,261 persons under the Nav Depart- meni, for which there was expended dur- ing the last fiscal The Secretary, assistant secretary and the private secretaries of each are the only persons in the Navy Department who are exempted from examination by the civil service commission, except four cr- dinary laborers in the hydrographic office. At the Washington navy yard there are 1,361 mechanics and laborers, who are em- ployed through the board of labor employ- ment, in accordance with rules prepared by the Navy Department and adopted as rules by the civil service commission. The classification of the civil establishment of the navy in this city is as follows: Clas A, 88; class B, 44; class C, 5: class E, 105; class 1, 7: 59; class 4, 29; class 5, 8, and class 6, making a total of 497 persons. = —_-2—— FUNERAL OF MR. HORAN. Action of His Late Associates the Museum. ‘The funeral of Mr. Henry Horan, super- intendent of the National Museum, took place this morning at St. Domintc’s Church, the attendance being very large and in- cluding a large representation of his late associates at the museum. This afternoon there was a meeting of those connected with the museum, at which resolutions were adopted stating “That we, officers and employes of the United States National Museum, have lost in the death of Mr. Henry Horan a true and constant friend, and that our sorrow at his death is as- suaged by the recollection of his kindness and faithfulness with reference to all who were his colaborers and to those who were under his charge. That we bear testimony to Mr. Horan’s single-hearted devotion to the interest of the National Museum and his fidelity and unflagging patience in the performance of the arduous duties which devolved upon him; that we convey to his afficted famfly our sincere condolence under their heavy bereavement, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to them as a testimonial of our sympathies.” Mr. Horan was born in Ireland in 1837 and came to this country when a boy, set- tling soon afterward in Washington. aos Corporal Ryan Acquitted. 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