Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1896, Page 11

‘TO BE A BUSY WEEK Establishmests Reopened After Idleness. - EFFECT OF CONFIDENCE ESTABLISHED ‘Industrial Contracts That Were Conditional on McKinley's Election. INCREASE OF WAGES ————-——_ There is evary reason to believe that this week will mark the beginning of a business boom that will extend all over the country. This morning mills and fac- tories that have been idle or work!ig on half time started on full time, giving em- ployment to an increased number of hands. Not only are mills, factories and potter- ies starting in every section, but many plants are being put in shape for a re- sumption of business on an increased scale. In the Ohio Valley. The following factories in the Ohio valley resume today on full time: !vansville, Ind., all full time; Blount plow works, 100 men; Hellam chain works, 100 men; Crown Pot- tery, 2” men; Evansville coffin works, 8U men; Portsmouth (Ohio) Excelsior Shoe ompany, 600 men; Portsmouth range works, Scioto Shoe Company; Warren,(nio, city boiler works, 50 men; Shelby steel tube works, 400 men. As a direct result of confidence resivred by the election, this morning over 2,000 em, ployes in the various bicycle factories of Toledo, and who have been idle many weeks, resumed work. Nearly 60 bicycle salesmen will go upon the road in that line alone. In the other iron and wood- working manufacturing _establisaments nearly 3,000 men will be added to the regu- lar forces today in Toledo. The Maumee Rolling Mill Company will increase its force by 200 men today. The sheet tron mills have been closed for several months and would not have opened in the event of Bsyan’s election. The men are all high- priced skilled workmen and go to work at the regular scale. Frank Rockefeller has gone to the J.ake Superior iron mining district to arrange for an immediate resumption of work in 1 departments of his mining interests th Among the iron mines which 1} ginning within a few d I be operated, full force and full time, are the Franklin, Bessemer, No. 1; Bessemer, No and on the Messaba rang the Ze- the Vermillion range, and the At- and Pence, on the Gogevie range. mines have been closed for several and the resumption of operations give employment to about 4) men. also expected that within the next few days all the mines controlled by John D. Rockefeller, and which give employment to even a greater number of men than those owned by his brother, will be in operation. Big Carnegie Expenditures. The Carnegie Steel Company, limited, at a meeting Saturday at Pittsburg resolved to proceed with the building of two ad- ditional blast furndces and to expend more than half a million dollars in additions nith, Jantic These to its plant. The total expenditures au- thorized exceed $1,200,000. It was also de- cided to push to rapid completion the company’s new railroad to the lakes, re- quiring the expenditure of W100. MT. Carnegie has accepted bids for the erection of a new library and hall at Homestead to cost $250,000. He said he was certain the country was entering 2 period of great ity and he was so sure of this that willing to spend his surplus. In the Peniusw State. From the manufacturing concerns of the Lake Michigan shore, from the mines in the upper peninsula and from the mills and factories through the eastern and central pertions of Michigan come reports of in- creased work for the laborers and a de- mand for help. The Standard Box Company and the Alaska Refrigerator Company of Muskegon will start today in full force after idleness of several months. The pay roll of each concern is over $100,000 a year. The Round Oak stove works started yesterday, and the Dowagias Manufacturing Company in the same city will start today. ‘The force in the Traders’ mines at Iron Mountain will be doubled, and largely in- # creased at the Chapin and Pewabic. Berkey & Gay, and Nelson, Matter & Co., furniture manufacturers at Grand Rapids, will add fifty men each, and the Grand Rapids Brush Company opens after a long shut-down. The Phoenix Furniture Company, which has been closed for several months, has started its first department, and the cther departments will be started this week. The factory employs 500 men. The Widdycomb Company started its shop department Saturday, and other de- partments will resume this week. This company employs 600 men. The other forty factories of Detroit are preparing to resume work with full forces of men. The Hamilton cycle factory will double its fcrce and run full time, with suv men. No less than half a dozen wagon and wheel works will open in Kalamazoo, em- ploying hundreds of hands. Sims Brozhers, ‘with orders for 250,000 feet of lumber, re- ceived the last three days, have advertised for men, and will open their mills as soon as_possible. ‘The Benton Harbor and Eastern railroad will be built at once, and part of it be run- ning in ninety days. In Connecticut. ‘The New Departure Bell Company works at Bristol, Conn., commenced last week to run six days a week. The spoon depart- ment of the Bristol Brass and Clock Com- pany is running full time, and may be working overtime within a few weeks. Ail the manufacturers in Bristol report an im- Proved feeling in business, and feel eonfi- dent that an era of prosperity is at hand. Two firms are arranging for the enlarge- ment of their plants. The factories at Winsted, employing sev- eral thousand hands, are running on full tir The Gilbert Clock Company and Winsted Shoe Corapany are running nights to keep up with their orders. Many of the factories expect to double their present force within a fortnight. At New Hartford the Greenwoods cottcn mills, 600 hands, recently closed pending the result of the election, Saturday re- sumed operations six days a week. In Tor- rington and Watertown the same state of affairs exists, and several of the shops are running until 2 and 10 o'clock at night. In Bridgeport Hiners & Johnson, carriage manufacturers, took on nearly two hundred additional hands. The Bridgeport Brass Company was notified by a large dealer to double his standing order for November und December. stice was posted Friday in the large factory of the Stanley Rule and Level Com- pany, New Britain, that, beginning this week, the shops would be run six days a Week instead of four, which has been the schedule for the last two months. H. E. Rogers’ two paper mills have peen reopen. ed. he having been waiting for ihe election before resuming operations. The Derby Cotton Mills at once started up their works the day after election. The bolt works of Dickerman & Basset are to start up right away. The Derby Silver Company paid its em- Ployes in gold Wednesday in honor of the victory. and the revival of business. ‘The Consolidated Quarries, in Portland, are soon to start on full time to fill large orders from New Fork for stone. In Southington the Peck, Stowe & Wiic: bolt shop, which has been shut aownnten weeks, will resume operations today. The 8. 0. 8. Bag Company is now running nights. The Eagle Lock Company's works, in Terryville, are running six days a week in- stead of four, and the Mount Carmel axle Works will begin running full time today. They have been running short-handed for several weeks. Last week they received a number of large orders, enough to keep them running all winter. Will Increase the Force. In Cincinnati Hall's Safe and Lock Com- psny, who have been working with reduced forces, will put on a full force on a mass of conditionel orders. The Oscar Onken Picture Frame Mold- ing Company will put on a fall force and work day and night to All an accumulation of conditioned orders. oe Helming & McNamara will ‘c! from Part time to full time in their shoe ory. _ Laidlaw, Dunn & Gordan, pump manu- facturers, will immediately put on a full force of employes. +i : At Ivorydale Proctor & Gamble are great- ly increasing the numbet of their employes, 26 eee ee y- ‘Warren, Ohio, reports orders given for increasing the working force of the War- ren city boiler works to fill orders for a new grain elevator, the building of which was conditioned. : : The Aetna Machinery Company of Cleve- land announces that it will at once employ 110 men, and open its factory. The Acme Machinery Company‘s works, which have been working on part time, will be put on full time. Wages Raised. Bentley & Gerwig, proprietors of the big furniture factory at Parkersburg, W. Va., have posted a notice in their factory that they will give their men higher wages. George Ecker, proprietor of the saw mill at Nicolette, called the men together and read them a letter, dated November 3, from the proprietors, saying in the event of Mc- Kinley’s election to order 300 rafts of tim- ber, and if Bryan was elected to close down indefinitely. The Kanawha woolen mills, Charleston, W. Va., resumed Thursday. In the Lumber Business. The result of the election is already felt in the lumber business. Orders are com- ing in fast and some large sales have been made. A. C. McLean of Saginaw, Mich., who operates a line of lumber lighters, put on 125 more men today and wanted as many more, but could not obtain them. Wickes Brothers’ machine and boiler build- ings have added forty men to their force. The United States Graphite Company of Seginaw, whose mines are in Sonora, Mex- ico, have ordered operations resumed and will during the ensuing six months of dry seasor. take out the largest tonnage ever mined by the company. Good Effect in the South. A Chettanooga special says one holler firm of that city has just received orders for half a million feet of boiler tubing and for 500 tons of steel, that all the furnaces and rolling mills in that region have elther resumed or are preparing for immediate resumption, and that the Chattanooga Brewing Company has just contracted for a $30,000 addition to its bottling depart- rent. The Newport, Ky., rolling mill employes were paid $8,500 in gold Saturda: Three men, however, who preferred !t, were paid in silver. In the East. The nkattan silver-plate factory of Lyons, N. Y., which has been running ir- regularly since January last, has com- menced running at nights on account of large orders conditioned on the election re- sult. The New Haven silver-plate factory ard A. H. Towar & Co.'s stlver-plate fac- tery have both started up on full time. There is even a scarcity of employes at present. The Jacob Fisher pottery, estab- lished in 1825, is now running full blast for the first time in many months. The result of all this is that the produce handlers are now able to secure money with which to move the big apple crop, which is estimated at three-quarters of a million barreis. There has been an increase in farm produce prices also and collections are said to be improving. The Wyoming Valley lace mills at Wilkes- barre, Fa., which have been idle more or less. for several months, will resume toda Fer the past two days large mail and tele- graph orcers have been coming in. The mills will be run on full time. Business industries in Franklin county, ‘. Y., have been revived during the last few days. The McMillan woolen mills of Malone, N. Y., which have been closed for some time, will start today on full time with 100 hands. The Chateaugay ore and iron works opened their mines November 4, employing a large force of men. These mines have been closed for three years. Notes From the West. The American Glucose Company notified its workmen at Peoria, Ill, Saturday to re- pert for duty November 16, at which time a recent reduction of 10 per cent in wages will be restored. : The Herrick Refrigerator Company of Waterloo, Iowa, has leased a manufactory at Karsas City and will immediately begin the production of refrigerators, butchers’ coolers, counters and bank fixtures, hiring 100 men from the start. The lease was made conditional on the election of Mc- Kinley. Silver Mine to Open. A Carson, Nev., paper states that one of the important silver mines in Nevada, after being closed some time, will at once open in full blast. Two hundred men have been engaged to commence work at once, and others will be put on later. This mine is the Cortez Limited and is strictly silver. Over 160,000 Men. The New York World today prints a list of mills and factories that have reopened or increased their force since election day. The list includes establishments employing 164,635 men. ——_—_+e+— MANY THEFTs. The Cold Weather Expected to Start Up the Sneak Thiet. The appearance of cool weather natural- ly suggests to the police the probability that the sreak thief in quest of overcoats and whatever else he may find will call at residences during the early hours of the night and under the pretens2 of want- ing food will clean off the hall racks. For this reason the police advise it would be well that persons called upon for assistance should be careful to see that their visi- tors are not given an opportunity to prac- tice dishonesty. Although several bicycle thieves are in jail or penitentiary there are others who are willing to take the risk of being given similar treatment, for bicycle thefts are still being reported. Saturday morning William H. Snyder lost his bicycle, a Victor, No. 91,710. He is a clerk at the Cairo and Saturday when he had business in the Treasury building he left his wheel outside. When he went to get it he was surprised to find it missing. Charles Turner, No. 433 I street north- west, reports the theft of a bicycle Fri- day night. The bicycle, a Columbia of the 1892 model, was stolen from in front of his house. The thief whose attention was attracted to J. L. Simmons’ bicycle on 41-2 street Saturday was satisfied to take the lamp and let the wheel alone. During the past few days Detective Boardman, who is known as the “bicycle detective, has recovered several stolen wheels. One of them, a Rambler, was stolen from Mr. Avery of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank several months ago. It had evidently been stored away by the thief, who was afraid to ride It, and a few days ago it was found abandoned. Among those to report thefts to the po- lice yesterday was Charles P. Powell, a private in Battery A, 4th Artillery. His complaint is that his trunk in his quarters at the arsenal was robbed of $135. This amount represented his savings of a num- ber of months, and he thought it was safe in his trunk beneath his cot. The military authorities will also investigate the case. Gilbert B. Towles, who has an office in the Robbins building, corner of 7th and F streets, complains that Friday night his foe was entered and his desk robbed of William N. Hutchinson, who lives at 3263 Prospect street, complains that during the past two weeks he has been robbed of a gold watch. The timeptece was taken ‘rom his house. A gold scarf pin was stolen from the room of Catherine Cox in Jackson Hall alley a few Gays ago. John L. Perkins lives at 218 Seaton court, and Friday night he went out on his front porch to escape the appressive heat. of the hovse. The cool atmosphere had a soothing effect and he soon fell asleep. When he woke up he discovered that he had been robbed of his watch. John L. McDuell, who lives on Marion street, reported Saturday that he had been robbed of a watch, and this morning Detective Gallaher found the timepiece in a pawnshop. ——— ee Death of Dr. Estrasulas. ‘Word has been received here of the death in Montevideo of Dr. Jaime Estrazulas, for the past three years Uruguayan minister of foreign affairs, and one of the most pro- gressive statesmen of South America. He had been prominently considered as a can- didate for election as president of Uru- guay. _PHE EVENING STAR, MONDAY,’ NOVEMBER 9, 1896~TWELVE PAGES. LIFE AND DEATH Topics Discussed in the Health Officer's Beport. ENFORCING THE SANITARY LAWS) Proposed Amendments to the Dairy Regulations. GARBAGE CREMATION SSS Health Officer Woodward today trans- mitted to the Commissioners the annual re- port of the operations of his department for the past fiscal year. The report opens with a statement of the work accomplish- ed during the year. Deaths numbering 5,904 occurred in the District during that period, of which number 1,810 were white males and 1,492 white females. A total of 2,702 colcred persons died, 1,290 being males and 1,312 being females. There was an in- crease of all zymotic diseases over the pre- vious year; an increase cf 2) constitutional diseases over last year, an increase of 74 local diseases, and an increase of 39 dis- eases by development. A decrease of 14 deaths by violence is recorded No epidemics prevailed during the year unless the mortality from typhoid fever might be so cailed. Of the 228 from typhoid fever, 194 oc- curred in the first six months of the year, 99 of them in the months of October, No- vember and December. The prevalence of this fever at this time caused a special tn- vestigation to be made with a view to de- termining the cause. The result of this in- vestigation was published in the arnual re- port of the department for 1895. Among children under five years oid 2,004 deaths occurred, of which 972 were white and 1,122 colored. Of this number 4 were under one year old. Thus per cent of all vho died were under five years old, and of these over 72 per cent were in the first year of life. Returns of 4,706 births were received and recorded during the year, while last year they numbered 4,794, and for the average of the last six year: 8. Of the births 2,788 were white and 1,920 colored. ‘There were 617 illegitimate births (white, 100; col- cred, 517). Of marriages, returns only were received and recorded, 1,488 of which were of whites and 749 colored, althouzh, accord- ing to the records of the clerk of the court, there were 3,168 marriage licenses The returns last year numbered E the last six years they have numbered 1,346 per annum. The law in relation to marriages enacted at the last session of Congress, the report says, made no change in the requirement as to making returns to the health officer by the officiating clergyman or cfficial. It should be better understood by the clergy that this duty is due to not only the parties married, but to their decedents and legal representatives. The marriage records of the health department now contain the of- ficial returns of over 25,000 marriages in the District of Columbia. Transcripts of 2.097 these records, to be used as evidence before the court and governmental departments, are constantly called for. manifestly, a disincli- nation on the part of those having charge of some of the hospitals,” says the report, “to deliver the bodies of inmates, as they are authorized by law to do, to the medi- cal colleges, the result being that the sup- ply of anatomical material has been too small to meet the requirements of the va- rious colleges. If Washington is to become a center of medical education, it will be necessary to take steps to require that all available material be delivered for use. I would respectfully recommend, therefore, that the law be so amended as to make it mandatory upon those having charge of the hospitals to deliver to the proper au- thorities such bodies as they are now au- thorized to so deliver if they be so inclined. The creation of an anatomical commission, such as exists In Pennsylvania, would ma- terially aid in carrying into effect the pro- visions of the law.” The health officer recommends that the salaries of the physicians to the poor be increased to $40 per month. “Many of the patients who come under the care of the physicians to the poor are,” the report continues, “in need of the ser- vices of a competent nurse quite as much as those of the physician. Such nurses se- curing entrance to the homes of the podr under such circumstances might frequently be able to do much for the permanent bet- terment of the poor by their practical demonstration of the advantages of cleanli- ness and good cooking and the means of securing them. The system of district nursing has operated satisfactorily in other places, and should be introduced in this city. The health officer is ex-officio one of the directors of the Central Dispensary and Emergeacy Hospital. This institution is a private corporation; the government is represented in its management by two members of the board of directors, which consists of thirty-one persons, who are, with the exception of the two members re- ferred to, elected annually by the coutrib- uting members. The health officer is also ex-officio a member of the board of man- agers of the Associated Charities, also a private organization. The existence - of these two institutions, working side by side toward the same end, and yet not co- operating with each other, is suggestive. The Associated Charities, under its pres- ent organizatior, undertakes to investigate as to the character of applicants for chari- ty; to determine whether their condition is such that they should properly be classed vpon the community, and whether they are justly entitled to receive aid therefrom. It is not its aim to directly dispence alms except in cases of absolute emergency. The Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital is organized for the purpose of rendering the necessary medical and surg- ical treatment in cases of emergency, or where the citizen is financially unable to Erovide such treatment for himself or fam- ily. It is not provided with means of de- termining, otherwise than by the statement of the patient, whether he is justly entitled to assistance or not. It is, however, re- ceiving from the government annually a large sum, at present $15,000, which is ex- pended largely for the relief of persons, the cnly evidence of whose destitution rests upon such a basis. This institution is but a type of others, each judging the amount of work done by the number of patients treated without any very scrupulous re- gard (at least so far as published reports show) of their degree of destitution. The government has no proper control over the expenditures of the large amounts appro- priated annually for the relief of the poor through such institutions. Unless the As- scciated Charities is to be recognized as the official agent of the government to investi- gate all cases of those applying for relief, and to certify worthy cases to the proper institution for such relief, it is, in my judgment, desirable that there should be organized in connection with the District government a department or board of char- ities to supervise the work of the charitable institutions receiving government aid. I am aware that such a suggestion has been made before, and venture at the present time to invite your attention to the im- pertance of some definite action in refer- ence thereto because of the result of the cbservation of the work of the organizations mentioned above, and of the medical relief of the poor through the twenty physicians to the poor.” Roping Off Streets. Under the subject of permits to rope off streets and alleys in case of sickness he says: “The obstruction of streets and alleys in the manner indicated above is frequently a source of inconvenience to persons haying business thereon, especially to those en- gaged in the delivery of ice, bread, milk, &c. It has been, therefore, the aim of this department to limit the issue of such per- ‘mits to cases of actual necessity and to re- du-e the time in each case to the shortest Period possible. It may be seriously ques- tioned whether such permits are ever neces- sary. In many instances much can be done by those in charge of the patient to secure quiet by removing him or her to a room in the rear of the house. When this cannot be done it would seem that the method adopted in other cities might be success- fully employed here, viz., spreading tan bark over the surface of the street im- mediately in front of the patient's resi- dence. Circular letters were sent to various cities to ascertain the practice in reference to this matter. Replies have been received from New York city, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Buf- falo, N. Y.; Bt. Louis, Mo.; New Orleans, La.; and in none of these instances is per- “There has been, mission granted to. obstruct streets; as is Gone in this city. “In some cases.the permit has been asked for by the family of the patient apparently because a- hb ar bad a. pet mit, and aiete extensions of time are re- quested the same line argument is often followed, viz., that Mr. , around the corner, had the repes-up- for five or ten days, so that the applicant must, therefore, be entitied to do 'Hkewise. Such applicants, when referred to the attending physicians for the necessary ce?tificates, ‘have. uni- formly been able to secure them, the phy- sician complying in ‘casea with the request of the patients family lest he should be compared tMfavorably with the physiclan who attended Mr. —. And upon the presentation of ‘& certificate to the health department 4t must be duly honored, or the physician who-desued it may be dis- credited before his patients. Some fixed rule must, therefore, govern the entire mat- ter. “That the demand for the roping off of streets does not come from the medical profession is shown by the following res- olution, adopted at a meeting of the Medi- cal Association of the District of Colum- bia, October 4, 1892: “Whereas it has been, and still is, the evstom in the city of Washington to ob- struct streets to travel where sickness ex- ists, be it Resolved, That the barricades to streets heretcfore permitted in cases of sickness by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia be condemned by this association. That a committee be appoint- ed by the chairman of this association to wait upon the Commissioners, expressing to them the action of the body, and urging the adoption of means used in other cities of the United States to secure quiet with- out cutting off travel.’ “I respectfully recommend, therefore, that the maximum time for obstructing the streets on account of sickness be reduced to thirty hours for any one patient in a single month; that, if the use of the street after the expiration of that period is in- jurious to such patient, permiss'on be grant- ed to cover the same with tan bark or some similar material; and that the matter be regulated py 1aw, instead of simply tclerated by the sufferance of the pubilc, as at present.” "The health officer urges the establishment of a bacteriological laboratory in connec- tion with the chemical laboratory now be- longing to the office. The Milk Law. In reference to the enforcement of the milk law, approved March 2, 1895, the re- port states that permits have been is- sued for the maintenance of dairies, 139 for the maintenance of dairy farms, and 402 to bring milk into the District from neigh- boring states. The inspections made dur- ing the year revealed in many cases an entire ignorance of the most rudimentary anitary principles connected with the pro- duction and marketing of milk. The health officer recommends that the law be amend- ed in the following particulars:, ‘All cows from which milk is to be taken for sale in the District of Columbia should be registered; the sale of milk, which has been brought into the District, in violation of law should be explicitly forbidden; the method of sampling and analyzing milk re- uired by section 12 should be changed by previding that in the case of sampling the inspector should, after taking a sample, tender a portion of St, sufficient for an- aiysis, properly sealed, to the person from whom the sample was taken, so as to en- able him to have an analysis made by his own agent, if he so desires. The Garbage Service. Considerable space is given in the re- port to the subject of the collection and disposal of garbage ayjd dead animals. The circumstances attending the letting of a contract under the appropriation act of March 2, 1805, to cover the brief period of four months pending the installation of a permanent s; em are sei forth, together with the data on wiich the pay of the ntractor was calcwiated. A review is given also of the iivestigations made by the health officer of the reduction works n various cities and ithe relative merits of the reduction system and, of cremation are considered. “Whether or not.” says Dr. he reduction sysiem is a success, so far as financial results,are concerncd, —re- mains to be demonstrated; and if it is not 1 success in this particular there is not a single gool reason why it should be employed m preference to, cremation. “The service under the new contract was inaugurated November 1, but owing to delays arising from various causes no gar- bage was cremated until March 14, when the Brown furnace at South Capitol and T streets began operations. A Smith fur- ce was to have been erected, but has not en bezun up to date of this report, ow- ing to the difficulty of securing a suit- Woodward, able site. “The Brown crematory, in use in this city, differs from those elsewhere, in the use of coal instead of oil as fuel, and in various structural particulars. An expres- sion of opinion as to the character of work done would be, at the present time, prema- lure. Owing to the delivery of the garbage scmetimes at the garbage wharf and at other times at the crematory, with the re- sulting variations in the length of ‘haul from the various parts of the city, the di- vision of the collection area into districts has not been made upon a permanent basis. “The character of the collection service has been improved during the latter part ef the year because of the close supervision which this department has been able to give, through two special inspectors ap- pointed for that purpose. “It is to be regretted that no progress has been made toward the establishment of a public scavenger service recommended in the preceding report of this department, and that even the appropriation of the small amount necessary to provide for the Gestruction of combustible waste was re- fused.” Contagion im the Schools. Refe-ring to the necessity that has arisen during the year to close schools for the purpose of disinfecting where cases =f diphtheria or scarlet fever have occurred, Dr. Woodward says that the custom now prevailing in the sctools of the lower grades of permitting the same school books to he used by two schools each day cannot be too strongly condemned. He says pro- vision should be made for the partittoning of the space along the walls of the cloak teoms of the schools so that the hats and wraps of each pupil can be left in this room during school hours without danger of their being infected by the garments of pupils coming from houses where con- tagious diseases may exist. He urges an appropriation for the maintenance of a public disinfecting service. He urges also an appropriation of $50,000 to purchase a site for a hospital for the treatment of minor ccntagious diseases. He urges the need for a revision and codification of the sanitary laws of the District. “The preparation of a code of sanitary law,” says the report, “should preferably be intrusted to a commission rather than to a single person. For while sanitary con- siderations are of supreme importance, due regard must be paid to business interests, and the principles of law, lest in protecting the health of the citizen we unnecessarily mulet him of his property or restrict his personal rights. In vfew, however, of the many needs of this department, I Have not deemed it advisable to gsk for an appro- priation to pay the ‘éxpenses of such a ecmmission. Tam ledeo this determination the more readily because of the creation by the Washington poard of trade of a committee to codify the sanitary laws of the district, and of the existence, in con- nection with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, “and' of the Washing- tcn Homeopathic Medical: Society, of com- mittees on legislation/in which committees the various interests tare’ represented, and all of which will, itis: believed, actively co- operate in the work propgsed. It is urged, however, in support ef te request of this department for additiongi clerical assist- ance, that such help would materially fa- cilitate this work.” jv ee eee es. Estate of MriiGeo. Bogus. By deed filed today, Jaznes Cardinal Gib- bons, archbishop of Baltimore, quit claimed and conveyed all his interest in the estate of the late George Bo#fis to Gustave Bogus, Henry Bogus ayi Sophia Werner, the brothers and sister and only heirs-at-law of said George Bogus. By his will Mr. Bogus conveyed omy # life estate to his heirs, with the remainder to the arch- bishop of Baltimore, to be used for char- itable purposes, but, as the testator died within one month after the execution of his will, the charitable . bequests became in- operative and void under the District law. So, in order to remove the cloud upon the title of the heirs-at-law, Cardinal Gibbons gzecuted the deed, whieh was recorded to- Ly. a The Chilean, Pamee has ged 2 a sequence of the passage through t chamber of deputies ef a vote of censure of the government, THE DINGLEY BIL A Measure That May Be Passed the : Coming Session. TTS PROVISIONS BRIEFLY EXPLAINED It Increases All Duties on the Du- tiable List. A HORIZONTAL RAISE SS An absorbing topic of epeculation among politicians at this time is whether the “Dingley bill” of last session is likely to be passed at the coming session of Congress, as a preliminary step in the march toward a general revision of the tariff at a possible extra session of Congress. The Dingley bill was passed by the House the day after last Christmas, the House remaining in session during the usual holi- day recess. The Senate, ittee on finance, in the following reported the Dingley bill to the gvith the tariff feature stricken out and a free coin- age of silver clause inserted in lieu, to- gether with a paragraph redeeming and canceling all rational bank notes of a de- nomination less than $10, and providing for the redemption of United States notes in silver dollars and the reissue of the notes. ‘The Senate did not pass the bill. Provisions of the Bill. The provisions of the Dingley bill are ex- plained in the following extract from the report to the House which accompanied the bin: “Your committee have not undertaken a general revision of the tariff on protection lines, as a majority hope can be done in 1897-98, rot only becayge they know that such tariff legislation would stand no chance of becoming a law, but also because general tariff revision would require many morths; and the need is more revenue at crce. We believe, however, that this need of more revenue is so great that a simple measure increasing all duties of the duti- able list, and taking from the free list of the present tariff a few articles that were aiways on the dutiable list until August 27, 1804, and which have always been impor- tent revenue producers, and limiting the on of such legislation to about two and a half—until the present del y of revenue is overcome—ought to Tr ceive the approval even of those who de not favor protective duties on patriotic grounds; and that the fact that it may in- cidentally encourage the production of many articles that we require at nome in- stead of abroad will not be regarded as a ground of opposition under present circum- stauices. Horizontal Raixe of Duties. “In framing the bill submitied for your censideration it has been necessary, if action was to be taken promptly, to resort to a considerable extent to a horizontal raise of duties, for the reason that it would have required months to deal with each article separately. Horizontal dealing with tariffs cannot be justified in ordi but in such an exigency as exists now- serious that the President feit it his duty to send us a special message of extreme ily for a limited time, ble, but is the o alternative. “But while we have presented in the bill reported a horizontal increase of cent of existing duties on all the schedules but two, which is an addition of less than S per cent to th average ad valorem rate, giving about $15,000,000 revenue from that scurce, yet more than $25,000,000 of the $40,000,000 which it is estimated this bil would 24d to our annual revenue will come mainly from wool, which is taken from the free list and given a moderate duty, and from manufactures of wool, which are given a compensatory duty equivalent to the duty on wool, which is always neces- sary when a duty is placed on wool, in or- der to give the wool grower the bencfit and make {t possible to manufacture woolens at home. Wool and Woolens. “The bill reported by your committee pro- poses to make the duty on imported cloth- ing woul 6) per cent of the duty imposed by the act of 1890, which would give an equivalent of six and six-tenths of a cent per pound on unwashed wool, or about 40 ber cent ad valorem. This reduction from the duty of the act of 189 has been made because the restoration of the full duty in that act might seem to be too great change from the present law to those whose co-operation it is necessary to secure in order to have any legislation, and not as a measure of what might be done when all branches of the government are in har- mony with the majority of the House on protection lines. The duty on manufac- tures of wool is increased by a specific duty equivalent to the duty on wool. “The duty on carpet wools is left at the 32 per cent ad valorem, where it was placed in 1890. This is a purely revenue duty, as we raise very few carpet woois. On Lumber. “Such lumber as was placed on the free list by the act of 1890, without the slightest justification, is restored to the dutiable list, but with a duty of only 60 per cent of the duties provided by the act of 1890—giving an equivalent of only about 15 per cent. Such a r@duction from the low rates of 1890 is justified only on the ground that the object of your committee has been to frame a bill mainly on revenue grounds, in the hope that it would secure the approval of those in official place whose co-operation is essential to legislation, and who may be supposed to feel that in such an exigency as now exists the public necessity must control. Believing that such an increase of rev- enue as is now proposed is- essential as a first step in the restoration of confidence and the restoration of the treasury to a sound condition, and that other legislation to be proposed to this end cannot be effect- ive without adequate revenue to meet the expenditures of the government, your com- mittee recommend the passage of the ac- companying bill, ‘to temporarily increase revenue to meet the expenses of gover: ment and to provide against a deficiency.’ ” FORTUNE TELLING. Chief Justice Bingham Discourages Studying the Fature. Chief Justice Bingham, in Criminal Court No. 2, today gave the business of fortune telling quite a severe blow by sentencing William H., alias Henry, Moore, a young colored man, to three years’ hard labor in the Albany penitentiary. Moore was sentenced in the Police Court in August, 1895, in five different cases to fifteen months in jail, for robbing people of his own race under the pretense of tell- ing their fortunes. Last August, when just three days out of prison, Moore wandered to the Center market on another fortune- telling expedition. There he met Benja- min Kelly, a colored farmer. Kelly wished to know the future, and foolishly hanged bis handkerchief, in a corner of which was tied three dollars, to Mocre. The latter folded it in a peculiar way, and, handing it back to the farmer, told ‘him ‘to place it next his skin, when, after allowing it to re- main there for a few minutes, he would know all. ‘The continued presence of Moore was not required, so the seer explained, to work the charm, and Mr. Moore departed. But before he was out of sight the agricultural cifizen discovered that his dollars three had also departed. He raised the cry of “catch thief,” and Mr. Moore was caught in the Smithsonian grounds, with a mob of a hundred people at his heels. * Kelly's money was found secreted under his arms, next his skin, and in court today he claimed that Kelly had given it to him that he might know the future. The jury thought differently, however, and the judge imposed the maximum penalt: ————— Eugene Field Monument Fund. Mr. Henry W. Tiernan, chief secretary of the Eugene Field Monument Fund of Chi- cago, will arrive in Washington this after- noon. His visit is for the express purpose of witnessing the bicycle race to be given at Columbia Field, Wednesday afternoon, for the benefit of the fund. Mr. Tiernan is also an honorary member of the monument committee. He will re- main until Thursday. 11 IT ISN’T OFTEN That we have to give money back, though we are always ready and willing to do‘so if any one is in the least dissatisfied. Our constant tule is to please our customers in made-to-measure clothing as much as possible. We will sometimes go a great length in order to do this. When it comes to a question of pleasing you, we don’t consider whether you are in the wrong or whether we are. If you say that we are, that is sufficient. It is bet- ter to please you and hang on to your custom than to displease you, lose your trade and the trade that a great length in order to do this. Mertz and Mertz, New “Era” Tailors, 906 F Street. Special . Suits, Sale $Q.87 to-order. Two Days Pore— 3 TUESDAY : and : WEDNESDAY. é | Z erences You will find one coupon inside cach two ounce bag, and two coupons inside each four ounce bag of Black- well’s Durham. Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon—which KENTUCKY'S VOTE. Chairman Roberts Claims the State for McKinley by 444. Chairman Samuel J. Roberts of the Ken- tucky state republican executive commit- tee said last night at Louisville: “Practically complete official returns give McKinley 444 plurality in Kentucky, un- official advices indicating that the four missing counties will increase rather than | decrease these figures. The republicans elect four members of Congress and a judge of the highest court of the state for an eight-year term, and by the filling of va- cancies have secured a majority of two ballot, to in the general assembly on joint which insures a republican successor Senator Blackburn. “The total vote in the state will proximate 425,000, an increase of 7 over last year's vote and 25,000 inore than the highest estimates before the election. The republican vote increased about 40,000 over Gov. Bradley's vote a year ago, which was 17,4 higher than ever before cast in a presidential election, and the democratic «0 higher. ‘These figures will give some idea of the intensity of the po- litical struggle through which Kentucky has just passed.” Mr. Roberts sent a telegram to Major McKinley, stating that “Kentucky, for the first time in its history, has been ‘carried by the republicans in a presidential year. After four days of anxious watching and waiting the official returns today show that you have carried the state by about [40 plurality. Four years ago Kentucky gave Cleveland 40,000 plurality, and cast 2 populist votes. The fusion of populists and democrats this year was complete, and your victory means a reversal of 61,000 votes, based on the figures of 18#2 The siiver men say they believe the com- plete official returns will give them a plu- rality in the state. +00 VERY HOARSE. His Voice Broken Since He Quit Speaking. Mr. Bryan is having a serious time of it with his voice. He ended the campaign with its flute-like properties seemingly un- impaired, but since he suddenly ceased steech-making it has steadily grown hoarser and hoarser, and all the usual remedies have done but little good. His physicians say that in the overexertion his vocal chords have suffered from his recent work, and that it will take extreme care and some weeks to reduce the inflamma- tion. He looks four years older than when he began the campaign. There are lines on the forehead that were not there when he was first nominated. His expression is graver, and there is not the boyish dash and hopefulness that characterized the man who swayed the Chicago convention. Within the next ten days Mr. Bryan ex- pects to go to Colorado, and will probably make a number of speeches in that state. it is generally understood that he expecis to take to the lecture platform, and that his addresses will not be of a character that will take him out of the list of eligivles in. 1900. Mr. bryan has received a number of offers from various gentlemen, but he declined to give them out for publication, as the evi- dent intent was to obtain some free ad- vertising. Several of them were from the- atrical managers. In his endeavors to make up for lost sieep, Mr. Bryan now retires early and rises late. ys Mr. Bryan spends most of his time abcut the house, reading the newspapers, or his correspondence, dictating replies and en- tertaining visitors. The candidate is the idol of many in Lincoln, and his efternoons are taken up receiving the condolences of these people, irrespective of sex, in which Mrs. Bryan is always included. He has nething to say for publication at this time beyond the statement given out Saturday, but may have something further to com_ municate when he has had time to learn what causes operated to overturn his popo- cratic hopes in the middle west, where they believed they had an even chance. —_—_+e2—_____ A Henvy Snowfall. Reports from points in South Dakota re- port a remarkably heavy fall of snow for this season of the year. A Huron spccial say from twelve to fourteen inches of snow covers the grovnd in that portion of the state, more than fell all last winter, and the heaviest so early in the season for sixteen years. Thousands of acres of corn are covered, and but a small portion of the crop has bzen housed. Settlers are unpre- pared fer winter, and much suffering will follow. The snow has drifted, and railway trains are impeded. Chamberlain and Miller report heavy loss to stock and much suffering a: result of the severe weather. THE BEST WAY TO AVOID SCALP DI hair falling out and premature baldness, is to use the best prevertive known for that’ purpose— Hall's Heir Renewer. AN EXTRA SESSION, Chairman Hann ys President Mes Kinley Will Call One. Chairman Mark A. Hanna of the republi- can national committee sald in New York Saturday: “I have had comparativ sations with Major McKinley since his el tion. Next week lexpect to meet him in Cieveland, and, as be has had time to think cver matters, I presume he will have more details than I am at present aware of. But this much I know, he feels that he owes much to the patriotic democrats who pre- fer principle to strict party ties. Indiana, for instance, was unquestionably carried against fusion by democratic votes. “Major McKinley will endeavor to see collected a great national party that will give prosperity to the country. He expects end hopes that men of all shades of for- mer political belief will be united to this I have talked with some of the most ntial of the old democratic leader: and Iam glad to say they are in accord Majcr McKinley's hopes. “The first movement he will make will be to obtain sufficient revenue to conduct the government. Further es of bonds would be altogether too dangerous, Busl- ress prosperity and stability demand that as soon as possible the government should be on a paying basis. “To this end an extra session of Congress will be necessary, and President McKinley will undoubtedly call one soon after his pauguraton. “Legislation will be required to sec desired revenue, and Major McKinley will do everything in his power to secure it, as well as the iegal establishment of a policy which will tend to put everybody at work. In all this he hopes and expects that he Will be backed by patriotic men, regardless of party lines.” Mr. Hanna w y brief conver- e the asked what democrats of ed with on the subject of ut I may mention Messrs. W. Whitney and Abram S. Hewitt ples.” soo All Dealers Who Make Preten to give just as good knowledge our superiority. 1b. box purest butter. James F. Oyster, 4 Pa. ave. Telephone 271.—Advt. Political Reporters Banqueted. Chairman Mark A. Hanna gave a dinner Saturday night to the newspaper men who had regularly “covered” national head- quarters either in New York or Chicago during the campaign. The dinner was served in the banquet hall at the Waldorf, and it was an elaborate affair. The deco- rations were somewhat emblematic of the issues of the campaign, a li silver ship icing provided for each as a souvenir, There was also pr each of the guests a gold medal, the ue gold and liner vf a twenty-dollar gold piece, ‘with name of the recipient and the fact that it was presented by the national committee e and also the words: “Me- and Hobart, Sound Money and Pro- Perry Heath, who had charge ress bureau at Chicago, acted as toastmaster, and sat at one end of the long tabie. At the other end was Jules Guth. ridge, the head of the bureau in r ius N. Bliss. Aside from these four men, all of the diners were reporters, —_+e<______ Cyele Patents 1,000 a Month, From the New York Evening Sun. “In the month of September,” says a cy- cling statistician, “there were recorded in the patent office at Washington 1,100 appli- cations which related in some way to cy- cling. Under the head of ‘general con- struction,’ 200 of these applications were placed. Brakes alone were credited with fifty-six. The month’s prodwct of sad inventions numbered fifty-two, the chain thirty-one, and valves, twenty-two. Lubri- cants engaged the attention of twenty-five inventors and locks, nineteen. There was a miscellaneous lot of alarms, dress gua: luggage carriers, etc. The bicycle fever, is plain to see, .continues to run among the inventors.” it high Take No Substitute. Gail Borden Eagle Brand