Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1896, Page 12

i} a 1 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. DISTRICT'S NEEDS Annual Report of the President of the Board of Trade. KEW MUNICIPAL Many Matters of Loca! Interest Touched On. — + BUILDING FACTORIES nual of President Wood- of trade, rendered at was as follow 1 mee ig of the W ington trade brings us together in to ort of the work done for the Whi think we have ac- ome important things, we re- are not able to congratulate accomplishment of many the past year's work. xisting in nearly all sec- ntry has been feit here, in for the past years interests of the District, its effect in the halis of islation, not only per- . but to all the report hoard ar > we he thre as well. Treasurer's Report. Our re s for the vr, from all source ave been... r $4,281.90 Our expenditures for all purpose have bee on hand of.... accomplished and best cretary, nis us not been rietest only subject r in the report of t s question of the adv y of holding interstate and international exposition in the city of W on in 1900, After sab an due con: ion, the conclusion was com- municated to the beard of directors that, In the judgment of the committ position would rot be fea: set forth in the committe Question of Bridges. The only change during the year in the condition of the proposed legislation, with respect to the Memorial bri¢ge across the Potomac river is a favorable report from the committee on interstate and foreign submitted to the House January on Hous To provide for ction of a memorial bridge Potomac river." The committee action be taken to secure bill. uring a bridge across setts avenue ex- s it is under- report. ree, Commissioners will . in their annual : rt, the con- tion of such a bridge. ce and Manufactures. nittee held several meetings dur- at which were considered from parties in other States seeking information as to sites for manufacturing establishments in the Dis- foz the location here together with the inducements. to the peeu rict of Columb manufacturers to locate », in the way of. freedom or reduction of taxation for a term | rs, cannot be offered in this Distr communications al status of the I to of ye It is the opinion of the committee that, in spite of the disadvantag. the location of manu “ferred to for there ly creasing number of unemployed men and women willing and competent to work in Manufacturing establishments. 2 A num- her of peculiarly eligible sites for factorie available water power and ch po ties for transportation of coal, jals and finished products, | d water. 3. A cosmopolitan n, whose patronage for manufac- 1 products means muen for their wide bution in the markets of the wor both in this country and abroad. The committee closes its report by briefly mentioning the principal ses of manu- faci lants now located in the Di tric at the same time that there is abundant room for many pressing the b lors, and ex- ef that a wise and broad- spirited ic policy dictates that t board of trade should use its best effor to promote the nt and location in this city and ning sections of ) la and Virginia of such manufac- 1 flourish other loc: will not tend to injure the na- tal by affecting mfully its pur and beauty or the welfare cf its Membership. membership usually diligen dding thirty and thirty committee have been . and have succeeded in new members to the beard, have resigned removed or died, leaving the membership at 487—the same last year. We regret to report the loss by death of the following mem- bers: G. B. Bryan, John F. Chamberlin, Maj. H. L. Cranford, s R. Fava, jr « ph C. MeKibhen, William’ “H. Webb and William H. West. Perks and Reservations, committee note with gratification involving the to certain land of which was included “Potomac flat the favor of the United State le to have the apart for a ational nm for this purp. ; Ken out of the District The recommendation at everything possibl vroaching session, or se: the requisite appropri effect much needed on as p icabl the hoard of trade is in- that the Commissioner have asked for an appro- “«) for the improvements of eways of Rock Creek nfluence of board in bringing about this needed in that he title le‘med in hi le to te of the nm: an appropri ase of the six as th permit the pur will ed for ‘es of nd immediately adjoining e on the west, for use . More especially for the jeorgetown and all the western Health. ommittee ws its recommenda- tion of last year, except so far as relates ment of a law to regulate the medicine in the District of nment of charters incorporation law au- chools and socfetie$ to licenses to practice District, as such excep- iy been covered by act This ren of and the ob eral this d to the preambles and 1 from this committ y the board of BUILDING URGED | | Columbia the | | ward the completion of the system of sew- | erage d.sposal and of the extensior and pu- | rification of the water supply. Public Library. | The committee on public: library report | gratifying progress, having secured the initiatory Jegislation to establish and main- tain a free public library in the city of Washington. In accordance with this, the Comm’ssion- ers have appointed a board of nine trus- | tees, and included in their estimate for the District appropriation bill the modest ap- propriation of $8300 for the maintenance of a public library as an adjunct of the public schools. We urge all members of the board of trade to give this project their hearty sup- port by gift of money or contributions of books, so that Congress may be encouraged to do great things for us in the future. They wish the continued support of the board of trade in securing additions to the three classes of subscriptions, and su@tain- ing the Comm 'ssioners and the library trus- tees in their efforts to secure liberal appro- priations of money and books. By united efforts there is now good prospect that Washington may at last have a public li- brary worthy of the national capital. Public Schools. The committee on public schools make a most interesting report, and, after personal examination, commend highly the general 00d character of the school buildings and their appointments, speak in praise of the evident interest in their work by the teach- ers, and make special mention of the pro- gress made by both boys and girls in indus- trial education, with the:few hours each week devoted to it, and with the limtied facilities at command, and close by sug- gesting that money could not be spent to better advantage than by erecting a build- ing specially devoted to the higher grades of industrial education. This committee suggested the celebration of Washingion’s birthday in the public hools. The plan was heartily indorsed by the superintendent, and a’ plan was formulated and carried into eifect, whicn embraced exercises of a patriotic ‘chara ter in the principal public school building: singing of patriotic songs and an addr, in cach school by some distinguished cit zen, eliher of the city of Washington or from Congress. The exercises were great- ly appreciated by the scholars of the pub- lic schools, were favorably commented on by the press and we have been urged to celebration on cach succeed ing z ary of the birthday of our il- lustrious first President and foremost citi- zen. Committee on Railroads. The committee on railroads report that, after several interviews with the railroad engineers and the Commissioners, they found that the whole matter scemed to hinge on the depth of the cut between 6th street and the tunnel, the railroad com- bany declining to zo below ten feet below datum at Delaware avenue, which would bring the roadbed just on top of the present arch of near South Capitol street. The Engineer Commissioner, after careful consideration of the subject, was unable to agree to this line of grade, and hol that if the railroad company deems it impracticable to depress their tracks to the depth of four feet abeve the des- ignated datum, no other solution of the problem remains than for the company to adopt the system of track elevation within the city limits. In regard to the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road, they report that the text of their conference and discussion has been the Senate bill, which provides for two via- dui at for bringing their tracks into the . The committee, the District Commis- ners aud ihe Northeast Association all unite in opposing this, and believe one track or viaduct is amply sufficient, and here the matter rests at present. We regret the disagreement between the Pennsylvania railroad and the District of Commissioners and board of trade committee on the question as to ele- vation or dépression of the tracks in South Washington. If the Commissioners are cerrect in their claim that it would be fa- tal to the future welfare of the city to consent to a settlement of the question by a partial depression, as it would seem they are: and on the other hand a sericus injustice would seem to be done the railroad company by compell- ing them to go to an unreasonable ex- pense to elevate the tracks, It would seem to be just thai a part of the expense should be borne by the District, in view of the great benefits to be derived. This course has been followed in Philadelphia and Buffalo, and would undoubtedly prove of great value to V hington. Public Buildings. The time has now arrived, in the judg- ment of the committee, when the board of trade should co-operate with the people cf the District in general, to secure an appro- priation for the erection of a building on Judiciary Square for the accommodation of the courts of the District, and of all mu- nicipal offices. It is thougat- that in the near future an appropriation can be cb- tained with which to begin the erection of the new building. Attention is called to the fact that both the courts and the municipal offices sre new badly located. A comparison made with ten other great cities of the country shows that jn such, cities the federal courts are in buildings costing from more than one million to about nine million dollars each. In other leading cities the cost of buildings for municipal purposes alone Tan; from nearly one and a half million to fourteen million doll: each. ‘The ccmmittze is unanimous in the opin- ion that the site now occupied by the C all, or Judiciary Square, should be se- fected for the proposed building, reality for two separate aljoln ings, to constitute, architecturally, one building, one part for the courts and the other for the municipality, the total c thereof not to exceed two and a half mil- lion dollars. The site mentioned is be- | lieved by the committee to be tae choice of the people of the District. It 1s believed that this e of the cost of the new building cannoz be regarded as excessive in View of the great import- ance to the national capital that the h of its municipal government should be all respects suitable for the purpose. recommendation is submitted that beard of trade heartily approve the es mate made by in The ne fe the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the fiseal year ending June 30, 189%, of $190,0%) for the pur- pose of beginning the erection of a new municipal building and cour: house, and co- operate with them to the end that said amount may be aporoprisied by Congress. River and Harbor Improvement. The committee makes special reference to @ trip taken by its members and their gvests, early in March last, up the Ana- ccstia river, the members of the commit- tees on rivers and harbors of the House and of the commerce of the Senate, the United States. engineers and the District Commissioners, as a result of which the rembers of both of the congressional com- miltees as well as the engineers agreed that | on account of both the public health and commerce thé improvement of that river a matter of tmmediate necessity. The is regretted that the chief of engineers failed to recommend an appropriation for this purpose. he appro; iation made by Congress at its last session*for the general !mprove- ment of our harbor was $100,000. No dredging was done during the fiscal year and probably no contracts will be let until some time during the winter. Up to the nd of the fiscal year ending June 80, 1996, 2,645 linear feet, or more than six miles of sea wall, had been completed. The committee renews its recommenda- n that vigorous efforts should be made to secure an epprepriation for the Anacos- tia river from the Navy Yard bridge to Giesboro’ Point suffictently large to bring it up and into the general tmprovement pro- ject. It is recommended further that all that part of the Anacostia river lying east and north of the navy yard be placed with. in the jurisdiction of a special committee, to the end that an adequete appropriation may he secured for {ts Improvement as a sanitary measure. Sewerage. In the early part of January, 1896, the subject of the necessity for an adequate bruary 25, 1806, ic health and -ertain effective means for ssomotion thereof. The fact is referred - of the foregoia olutions was practical effect by the act of titled “An act to provide for ge of lots in the District of Co- approved May 19, 1896, so that plution requires no further atten- tion from the beard. The extension of the svstem of sewerage and completion and purification of the sup- ply of drinking water demand imperative immediate attention. he committee expresses the belief that preper efforts on the part of the officers and committees of the board of trade Would accomplish satisfactory progress to- drain th lombta. suid r | system of sewerage disposal was consid- | ered with great care. Shortly afterward a | special committee was appointed to con- er the subject recommended, that the so-called sewer bond bill be amended 80 ax | to provide for sewerage disposal, and pre- pared ard had Introduced into both houses | of Congress a new bill, authorizing the is- ‘sue of 3 per cent fifty-year bonds to the | amount of $3,500,000 for that purpose, which | met with general favor, and was to be aggressively supported, but was abandoned for that session of Congress in the hopes that the subject of street extension would be definitely settled before the commence- ment of the next session. 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WOODWARD, ChairmanCom. on Donations, Library Trustees, . “rth and F, City. . . . . . ° . . ° . . . . . ° seeseee = annual appropriations, in. the opinion ‘of | the committee, by the fact that the entire appropriation for this purpose for the past seven years has been but $375,000, while the construction of the entire system will re- quire $3.598,003.20, and, at the above rate, a period of sixty years. The committee notes the fact that the condition of the water front is constantly becoming worse and earnestly renews its recommendation of 1895, that the board ot trade use its best endeavors to have passed during the coming session of Con gress a bill authorizing the issue of low rate interest tonds in the amount required for the construction of the system ot sewerage disposal recommended by the board of sanitary engineers and for the building of the necessary trunk sewers in the District of Columbia. Streets and Avenues, The hope is expressed that Congress will enact such legislation as will render opera- tive the street extension act law, and, in the judgment of the committee, the in- fluence of the board of trade should be exerted tcward obtaining such legislation. The statement is made that the appro- priations made by Congress at its last ses- sion for paving, grading and repairing streets are being expended by the District Commissioners with beneficial results. Transportation, This committee reports that there has been no occesion during the year for the agitation or investigation of any matte: coming within the scope of its province: The year has been one of depression in trade, from which the railroads have suf- fered especially, so that no improvements have been made in the terminal facilities of the roads entering the District, and no positive action has been taken: looking toward the erection of the Baltimore and Ohio viaduct or the abolition of the cross- ing at grade of the Pennsylvania railroad. The conmittee expresses hopes that in the near future, under more prosperous conditions, some recogniiion of the rights of the community may be secured in this respect, and material improvement af- fected. Water Supply. The efforts made last spring to secure the passage of Senate joint resolution No. 84, then pending, for the completion of our water supply, are briefly referred to and the failure thereof at that time is briefly set forth. Attention is again di- rected to the {mperative necessity for this or corresponding legislation at the earliest possible Gate. The committee submits as a part of its present report the special re- port unanimously adopted by the board of trade on March 17 last, in which was urged the speedy passage of the joint resolution to which reference has just been made. Philadelphia Museums. The city of Philadelphia has established what is known as the Philadelphia mu- seums, in which it 1s proposed to have an exhibit of all such goods as are manu- factured in foreign countries, which will decidedly aid thee manufacturer in this country in knowing what he has to com- pete with in foreign markets. It is in- tended simply to be an exhibit, not for the purpose of sale, or of advertising in any way, but to gather at one place, where they can be seen by any visitor, an exhibit of all such articles as are manu- factured in foreign countries. It has been thought best by those in charge of this interesting enterprise to invite into its ad- visory board, members of the principal chambers of commerce and boards of trade of the country. Our board has been honor- ed with such an invitation and the directors have appointed as representatives the president of our board and Mr. Charles J. Bell. Appenl for United Action. Gentlemen of the Board of Trade and Citi- zens of Washington: A great and heavy responsibility rests upon us. It is evident from the reports of our com- mittees, which we commend to your care- ful perusal when they are presented to you in printed form, that there is great need of earnest, united effort on our part to accomplish much-needed ends. We mention a few, not all: We need a new municipal building. We need an appropriation to improve the Ana- costia river: to deepen the channel; to take care of the sewage entering the Poto- mac therefrom and daily threatening the health and well-being of the inhabitants of East Washington. The very large movement of industrial | and manufacturing interests in all sec- tions of the country, which have been started in the last few days, gives promis of a revival of business such as we have not seen for four years. There can be no revival of business interest throughout the country without it being reflected in all the governmental and privaie business in- | terests of the city of Was: While Washington is not, can never be, a great commer is not, therefore, dependent up commercial or manufacturing int are other cities, we are still a city of near- ly three hundred thousand people, and | the business interests which are necessary | to the proper care of the demands of even this number of pecple are not small. As a rule, members of Congress are willing to | Hsten to the reasonable requests of the citizens of Washington for appropriation of which we pay our full proportion. Washington is their city as well as ours, and they are equaliy interested with us in making it the representative city of the vestern republic; designed and planned hy Washington on a scale of grandeur, which should be fitting the dignity and glory of that great republic which his prophetic eye perhaps alone saw, the c today | leaves nothing to be desired in its general plan, which could make it more truly a capital city of the great nation of seventy million people. As the Speaker of the House said to a committee of the board of trade last session: “Your streets and ave- nues are ® to 100 feet wide, respectivel not because that width is necessary any sense to your business Interests, but because they are the streets and avenues of @ great capital, and are necessary to giv dignity and character to our beauUful cap- ital, and the other great buildings already built and to be erected in the future, to supply the ever-increasing demands of the business of the nation.” Our parks and park spaces number 301, covering an area of 405 acres, not neces- sary perhaps for the health of the peo- ple, but because they add to the beauty of the capital city and offer spaces for ador: ment, which are utilized by a grateful peo- ple in memorializing, In bronze and stone, the virtues and talents of those who ha helped to make its fame, who have de- fended its honor and must forever live in the hearts of its citizens. It only remains fer us to see to it that our streets and avenues are extended on ‘the lines originally drawn, and the right of way secured now, while the cost is comparatively small. Hand in hand with the street extension plam should go the plan for the proper sewerage of these a ; suburbs, The laws of health and sanitation are now such a part of the science of munici- pal government that any expenditure is considered a wise one if thereby the health and comfort of the people are subserved. The city of Chicago is spending $40,000,000 on her system of sewage. The city of Bos- ton is alsé/making a large expenditure for the same purpose. it is apparent that valuable improvemenis have been made cutside of the lmits of the old city of’ Washington during the past summer, and in the midst of the genera! depression: grat tmprovements have been made in all the suburbs. about Washing- ton, and especially upon Columbia Heights, where long rows of valuable buildings have been erected, adding largely to the taxable property of the District. Aside from general considerations tending to this improvement, there may be men- tioned the fact that prior to the adoption by Congress of the territorial form of govern- Ment in 1871 the total debt of Washin, ton and Georgetown’ was $5,084,770.16, while the debt of that part of the District outside of the cities of Washington and George- town, known as the county of Washing- ton, was but $34,857.12; and, while the te ritorial act. provided that county property should not be taxed for the improvement of public spaces within the said cities, yet the whole debt then existing, together with that which was thereafter incurred, emounting,in all to about $23,000,000, was funded into the District of Columbia bonds, So that the county of Washington became obligated for its pro rata share of the en- tire municipal debt of the said cities, and this debt 1s today a charge upon all the property in the county, although that part of the District receives but a small share of the benefits arising from the’ said indebted- ness, The Whole District. It is a fact worthy of further considera- tion in this connection, that the seat of government of the United States is not simply Washington, but the District of Co- lumbfa, as appédrs from the act of July 16, 17) (U.S. Stat. at L., vol1, p. 130), sec- tion 6: “And be it further enacted, that, on the first Monday: in December, in the year 1800, the seat of government of the United States shall, by virtue of this act, be transferred to the District and place aforesaid.” _. Besides, the suburbs and the city so far constitute but one community, that the health and well being of the suburbs can- not be ignored without injury to that part of the District known as the old cities of Washington and Georgetown. It would seem, therefore, that the street extension plan and the system of sewage disposal are necessary and essential parts of one and the same great system and should go hand in hand. In all ages the glory and power of a na- tion have been exemplified to the world by the beauty of architecture, the grandeur of the bulldings, the magnificence of the temples of its chief city, the capital. The beauty of form and architecture and the art and glory of adornment of the lat- est addition to our great public buildings, attest the wisdom of the men in both houses of Congress who supervised its Plans and erection, and are evidence of their desire and Intention to give the people of the United States 2 building which shall be at once an education and an inspiration for all time. Is {t too much to hope that, ere long, we may see if complemented by another tem- ple, which shall in its majesty and perfec- tion fitly represent the dignity and respect which every loyal citizen must feol for the highest tribunal of justice, which it will be designed to hold? = As humble citizens of our gracious re- public, fortunately resident in this, Its beautiful capital city, let us go forward in every movement looking toward the health and prosperity of its citizens, the beauty and adornment of its parks and avenues, the protection of its public buildings, with such unselfish: purpose and evident interest in the public welfare that we shall so com- mend ourselves and our undertakings to the people's representatives In Congress, as to find favor ‘with them, and thus united in our efforts, we shall succeed in making Washington in every sense typical and worthy of the highest citizenship of the World’s foremost nation. a Suess ae a Financial Authority. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The cablegram in this morning's paners brings the opinion of Prof. Suess of Vien- na, said to be “the greatest of European authorities on currency questions,” on the results that are to follow the election of Mr. McKinley. Prof. Suess Is professor of geology in the University of Vienna, and the author of two volumes, entitled, “Die Lukunft des Goldes” and “Die Lukunft des Silbers’—the “Future of Gold” and the “Future of Silver.” The latter work was obtained by the Senate committee on finance and translated by Mr. Robert Stein of the United States geological survey and.| diver, expires next June. was “published hy the permission of the author and by direction of ihe committee on finance of the Senate of the United 5 "as “Senate Mis, Doc. No. “95? . Ist sess.,” and again in the va! toinage of laws. Prof. Suess {s an avowed silver mono- | i | t 1 i MANY Those Who-Are Mentioned for Federal Posi- tions in Maryland. Minor Places Now Protected by the Civil Service Law—Mudd Out for the Senator: Correspondence of The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md.. November 9, 1896. Although the excitement incident to the election itself, and the disturbance created by the enthusiasm of the local silverites at the later reports, which seemed to render McKinley's victory doubtful, have scarceiy subsided, speculation is already well under way as to who will fill the federal offices, and numbers of republicans have an- nounced their willingness to serve their country in any capacity whatsoever. The local headquarters have been crowd- ed continuously since ct‘on day by party workers of all degrees of prominence, both white and black, who are anxious to learn what prospect there is of their “being look- ed after” by Mr. Wellington and the six Congressmen-elect. Mr. Wellington is rest- ing at his home in Cumberland, and is for the time being, at Yeast, out of the reach of local office seekers, but the gentlemen who will represent Maryland in the House of Representatives are more accessible, and their lives are being made a veritable burden. - Civil Service Burs Ma’ The majority of the ward workers, who have heretofore neglected to inform them- selves as to the broad extension of the clas- sified sérvice by President Cleveland have found it out within the last two days, and are in many instances highly indignant to learn that all the minor offices in the cus- tom house, post office and other federal de- partments are practically out of their reach. It difficult to convince these men, many of whem held the offices they are now seeking under former republican ad- ministrations, that the democratic officials are not to he swept out as soon as Me- Kinley is inaugurated, and it is easy to per- celve that civil service reform does not commend itself to them. Probable Postmaster. It is the general belief among those who discuss the distribution of the more import- ant offices that Mr. Willlam T. Henderson will succeed Mr. S. Davies Warfield as post- master of Baltimore. Mr. Henderson has been Chairman Wellington’s right-hand man during the entire campaign, and it is thought that the Senator-elect will indi- cate his appreciation of his services by do- Ing all in his power to insure his appoint- ment as postmaster. Mr. Henderson was chairman of the republican committee on registration, and the efficiency he displayed in attending ‘to this important detail of campaign work was indicated in the tre- mendous republican vote qualified. He. is a@ man whose private caracter is above re- prosch, and enjoys a personal popularity which extends far beyond the limits of his own party. The Collector of Customs. Among those-who are mentioned in con- nection with the collectorship of the port are Mr. William M. Marine and Col. J. Frank Supplee. Mr. Marine held this office under President Harrison, and is said to be anxious to regain it. Another prominent candidate is State Senator James M. Sloan of Allegany county, who led the Welling- ton forces tn the senatorial fight at An- napolis last winter. Senator Sioan ig ex- pected to be backed by Mr. Wellington for this place, and will in that event be a for- midable competitor. City Chairman Stone is also said to aspire to this office. Mr. Newton S. Cook, member of the house of delegates from Washington county, and Dr. Samuel T. Haffner of Frederick are spoken of for naval officer, and ex-Marshal William F. Airy and State Senator A. Lin- coln Dryden of Somerset are mentioned for surveyor of the port. Collector of Internal Revenue. Dr. Washington G. Tuck of Annapolis is mentioned among those who aspire to be the next collector of internal revenue. Dr. ‘Tuck’s prominence among the politicians of southern Maryland is likely to be recog- nized in some substantial way, and popular opinion has already selected this as his par- ticular prize. It is understood that Con- gressman-elect Barker of the first district is anxious to bring about the appointment of Col. James C. Mulliken, the veteran leader of the Talbot republicans, as assist- ant treasurer. Col. Mulliken has been an active worker in Dr. Barker's behalf dur- ing the recent campaign, and the latter is known ty be anxious to indicate his appre- ciation in some substantial form. Mudd Out for Senator. Althcugh it has been generally known for some time that Congressman-elect Sydney E. Mudd is anxious to succeed Mr. Gor- man in the United States Senate, the fact has not been announced until today, but Mr. Mudd appears to be entirely willing to give his ambition full publicity, and his announcement other candidates. Mr. John V. L. Findlay has often been mentioned as a possible successor to Sena- tor Gorman, and, should the republicans carry the next legislature, he will unques- tionably become a candidate. In the mean- time Mr. Gorman can have the satisfaction of knowing that only one aspirant has ap- peared openly in the field, and that a full year must elapse before another gencral assembly is chosen. The only one cf the foregoing offices that will be Vacant before June, 1898, is that of the internal revenue collector. The term of the present incumbent, Mr. Murray Van- ir President Cleve- land allowed the republicans wicm he found occupying these imporiant places to finish out their terms, and te presumption is that Major McKinley will follow his ex- ampie. Should this be the case, the local aspirants for the above mentioned positions have a long period af waiting to undergo, metallist for all nations, and apposed to | and they will doubtless be joined by many bimetallism, international or independent. In his volume the “Future of Gold,” pub- lished in 1877, he “tried to show that from geologic indications we must expect i the future a scareity of gold and an abund- ance of silver, and that the extension cf the gold standard to all civilized states 1s impossihle.” That was exploded by the dis- covery of the South Africa old fields in | 1883. In his volume, the ‘Future of Silver,” 1t is his conclusion that “assuming the sys- tem of metallic coinage continues to exist (and I see as yet no practicable salstitute) silver will become the standard metal of the earth. That conclusion seems to have received a decided set-back by the result of the “Bryan agitation. The inaccuracy of his chief postulate, that there would be a failure of the gold supply, was made apparent by the discov- ery of new fields of extraordinary rich- ness, and his whofe argument in favor of silver, resting on his “geologic indication” of a failure of gold, came down with a rush. Hence, one may doubt the accuracy of the cablegram indorsement that Prof. Suess is “the greatest of European au- thorities on the currency question.” Those who desizt. to examine for themselves the claims of pre-eminence for Prof. Suess among European authorities, will find in Sen. Mis. Idoc. No. 95, 53d Cong., 1st ses: ample opportunity of investigation. N. T. —— Age Did Not Prevent. The recent election was remarkable for the number of men who thought they were too old to venture away from home, but who were induced to go to the polls by the exigencies of the situation. An interesting story of such an Incident has just reached here from New Galilee, Pa. Mr. James Wilson, formerly a well-known resident of this city, nm lives at New Galilee, fn the ninety-first of his age. He is confined to his bed by the infirmities of age. A year ago the bordugh election of the town re- silted !n a tfd, and last Tuesday the repub- licans did everything possible to bring out the full stretigts of the party. Mr. Wilson was induced tb go to the poils,and his repub- lican friends carried him to the voting place in a big arm'thair. There the voters, with bowed heads," made way for him, and he was treated with every sign of respect. Mr. Wilson ie one of the few surviving dele- gates to the’ convention in Pittsburg in 1856, when the republican party was fairly launched as‘a factor in American politics, and for forty years he has been a loyal member of the party. ae eit im other candidates before tie suecessors to the present officials are installed in office. ——— HOW THE FIGHT WAS Lost. Chairman Jones Explains the Secret of Defeat. = A public reception was tendered Sena- tor James K. Jones at the Opera House at Hope, Ark., yesterday afternoon. The meeting was arranged for the purpose of allowing the Senator’s friends and neigh- bors to show their appreciation of his work in the recent campaign and from every point it was a great success. People came into town from all over Hampstead county to welcome the Senator, and the little opera hcuse was literally packed, many lacies and children being present, «all anxious to see Senator Jones. After a cordial greeting, Senator Jones spoke for an hour or more on the cam- paign and the obstacles that had to be met. He said that the result was a vic- tory for the democratic party. He eaid that while they had lost the election, they had not lost the fight. The cause of sil- ver was stronger today than it was when the campaign opened .and victory was assured in 1900. He paid a high tribute to William J. Bryan, and said he had made one of the most wonderful fights that had ever been made by any leader. He said that a large number of commercial orders placed previous to election day and con- tingent upon McKinley's election had been made use of in influencing the votes of workingmen and had caused thousan.is of | Bryan men to vote for McKinley, and that Bryan lost the election by the changes mace during the three lest days of the campaign. The Senator did not make any effort at a speech, but talked to his friends in a conversational tone. His remarks, nevertheless, elicited generous applause. His farmer friends were out in force and many populists and republicans were in the audience and joined in to make the welcome a hearty one. Senator Jones will remain in Hope several days before leay- ing for Washington. IF YOUR FOOD DISTRESSES YOU Take Horsford’s Acid Vhosphate, It aids the stomach to digest the food, and does awuy with tbat ful feeling ‘utter eating. a: is expected to bring out; AFTER OFFICE! | | | A BIG BREWERY. The Buildings of the Heurich Co: pany Formally Opened. A proud man today is Mr. Christian Heurich, and his friends say that he has good reason for feeling elated and grat!- fied. The new brewery of the Heurich Brewing Company was formally opened last night, and Mr. Heurich witnessed the crowning of his ambition to furnish the United States and the city of Washington with a brewery that would be a model in every way and take foremost rank with the institutions of that character in the world. He has devoted labor and thought to the undertaking, and feels now that he ployed in the construction of the plant, and | the plans were under the general super- | Vision of Mr. Leon Tobriner, chairman of the building committee. | A few newspaper men were the guests of the company yesterday evening, and were welcomed to the plant by Mr. Heurich in person, who caused them to be escorted through the building. The various stages of beer-makirg were explained to the in- terested visitors, and the process was fol- | lowed from the beginning until the refresh- ing beverage was finally stored away in immense vats, to get the six months’ age considered necessary to produce a whol some quality of beer. One of the most in- teresting features of the brewery is the immense fermenting room. where scores of | reat tanks hold the yeasty compound that { rises as it ferments and overflows the sides of the tanks, hanging in festoons of am- is weli paid for everything by the outcome, as demonstrated in the establishment just opened. The building iver front, at the foot of ets north. west, gnd has been three years in building. | it has capacity of 5,000 barrels of beer yearl; and an ice plant attached, with a capacity of 25) tons daily. constructed in the mcst thorough and com- plete manner known to modern building art, and lacks nothing that invention has | offered to the industry of beer-making. The brewery was put into operation last Jan- | uary, and the first beer sent out the fol- lowing June. Only union labor was em- First Assistant Postmaster General Jones’ | Annual Report. A Saving and Reduction in Expen tures During the Last Three Years of Over Three Millions. The annual report of Frank H. Jone first assistant postmaster general, gives succinet review of a large part of the year’s postal and makes numerous recommendations for improving the service. In the last three fiscal years the aggregate savings in the divisions of salaries and allowances of postmasters were $545,004; in free deliv- ery, $2,314,415, and post office supplies, $218,540; total, $3,278,085. For that period there was an aggregate reduction of 3,- 630,134 in pieces of mail matter sent from Pcst offices to the dead letter office. The total number of presidential offices Jvly 1 last was 3,651, of which 169 were first class, 746 second-class and 2,736 third- class. Gross receipts for all the first, seo- ond and third-class offices—the fourth- a class having been already reported by Col. | Maxwell, fourth assistant—were $65,2k2, and the total salaries 130K"), Since vember 2, 1894, there have been 2,459 posi- tions in the post offices drawn into the classified service. This leaves as the only Positions at first-class post offices that are now excepted from civil service ex- amination: stant postmasters and prin- cipal cashier; at second-class offices, as- sistant postmaste: Increasing Facilities, During the year 29 stations and 120 sub- stations were established, and one station and seven substations were discontinue 1, a net increase of 141 stations and sub- stations. Fifty-five pest offices of the second, third and fourth classes were djs- continued curing the year, and 54 sta- tions and substations were established to take their place. The salarics and allow- | ances at the discontinued offices amounted the to $36,810, while the allowances for stations and substations amounted to $1 970, an increase in the cost of the service of $1,160. This increase was annexation of a number of square miles of territory by the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and the consequent extension of free delivery limits. The realty values in a number of the larger cities are so rapidly advancing that in order to judiciously expend the money appropriated for rent at first and second class offices, the Post Office Department should be at liberty to execute leases for post cffice premises for a period in excess of five years, where, in the opinion of the department, it is necessary. The expec’ ed completion of sixteen government buil¢ ings during the present year will result in an annual saving of $24,081 in rent. Can- celing machines are highly commended and there are 100 of one pattern and 237 of an- other now in use under contract. It is ex- pected that the investigations of overtime carrier claims will be completed during the current fiscal year ard about $4,000 more will be necessary to pay all claims accrued. Free Delivery. The experiment of free delivery in forty- five towns and villages cost the depart- ment $8, leaving an unexpended balance of $1,753. Investigation showed that in a majority of the offices the gross receipts had Gecreased since the establishment of the service, the department being com- pelled to send money to some offices for the payment of the letter carriers’ salaries. Congress did not appropriate for further permanent or experimental service, and the experiment was necessarily discontinued with the ciose of the fiscal year. There are sixty-three offices which were entitled to the esiablishment of the free delivery serv- ice during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, but the service could not be establish- ed at more than nineteen offices without entailing a greater expense upon the lim- ited appropriations for the current year than the maintenance of the established service would permit. The rural free de- livery experiment was in operation at points in thirty states by the Ist of this month, and the result of this test will be received in a special report to Congress in December. Money Orders. The aggregate number of domestic and international money orders issued during the year was 24,947,849, amounting to $185,- 953,264, and their payments and repay- ments were 24,140,848, amounting to $177, 087,567. There was an increase of over cight per cent in the whole number of money orders issved, showing growth of the system, and the total increase in rev- enue from both the domestic and interna- tional business was $74,147. The total amount of bills of exchange resulting from exchange of international money orders sent to foreign countries during the year “was $8,291,799, the balances received from abroad for the same purpose heing $201,870. In the dead letter office 6,253,368 pieces of original dead mail matter were_recetved, about $33,860 being inclosed and 87 per cent of the money restored, Letters also came containing drafts, checks, etc., of the ap- parent value cf $956,005, about 92 per cent of this being returned to owners. Recommendations. “The attention of Congress ought to be called,” says the report, “to the private letter-box abuse in large cities. It is in some cases impossible to locate persons en- gaged in conducting fraudulent and un- lawful correspondence through the mails, who, for a comparatively small sum, can rent a box in some cigar or stationery store through which to receive letters ad- dressed to them. Several bills have been introduced within the past few years de- signed to put an end to the practice of boy- cotting postmasters at offices of the fourth class, thereby depriving them of the com- pensation properly belonging to them. This matter should be called up and some action taken that would result in postmasters re- The building is | business of the government | due to the | | ber-colored foam. The ce‘ling and walls of this reom are Mned with pips thickly crusted with ice, and ¢ ature of the place ts correspondin After the tour ins last might the guests were entertained at dinner | Mr. Heurtch, and felici | made and re ng opening of the plant and the ext | one of Washington's most notable tries. This evening the company will entertain the wh ale and regular patrons of the | brew a number of whom will come from Baltimore, together with prominent brewers from other cities. ceiving, at least, { properly belongs fices.”” the compensation wt to their respective Appropriations Asked. Other recommendations are: Placing deal- ers in obscene matter upon the fraud lst: penalty for unlawful use of the frank of a member of Congress; authority for su sion of fost office employes; for substi clerks, with pay, in the p clerks necessarily absen pay, to clerks or carrie on duty; substity te ace of reguiar “ave, with full disabled while utes to assist regular car- j Tiers on holidays and other emergencics, ; nd to require bonds covering negligence | Or dishonesty of money order clerks For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1808, the report asks for appropriations of $17,. | 060,000, for compe n of postm: {| $11,000,000, rk hire allowances: § rent, fuel and light ‘st, second and third-class offices: $1 | 000, for miscellaneous and incidental item including furniture: for canc | machines; §} for advertising; , for post office supplies, and $ ». for free delivery, iyciuding salarics of 60 regular carriers. NT AN IMPORTANT CASE. at Hearing on the Suit Involving the Berliner Teley tent The case of the United States against the American Bell Telephone Company was argued in the United States Supreme Court yest ; In some respects the case ts regarded as among the most important be+ fore the court, as it involves the validity | Of the Berhner patents, owned by the Bell |; Company. Attorney General Harmon, So- licitor General Conrad and a number of | attorneys representing special interests ap- | Peared in connection with the suit of the United States, while the Bell Company had a heavy array of counsel, including Mersrs. James J. Storrow, James ii. Choate and Frederick P. Fish. The Standard Telephone Company was | represented by General James McNaugnt and Myron Francis Hili, who filed 2 brief | on two points in behalf of the gov The Standard Company has no terest in the litigation except as it U the general use of telephones. It is said that a decision in favor of the government | Would tend to open the telephone to public use. | “Owing to the importance of the interests | involved the court granted nine hours for | argument, which will continue the case for about three days. Judge R. 8. Taylor of Indianapolis opened the argument yes- terday in behalf of the United States. The suit began February 9, 18, when the attorney general filed a bill in’ equity against the American Bell Telephone Com- pany and Emilie Berliner, asking for the annulment of its patent. An alternat.ve prayer was made that if the patent was not declared wholly null and void, it should be repealed im part, as the court deemed affe proper. The Berliner application for pat- ent was filed June 4, 1877, but the patent was rot issued until fourteen years there- after. The main points raised by the Unived States are: First, that the patent is vo'd for illegal delay in its issue, second, that it is also void on the ground that a prior patent was granted upon the same appll- cation to the sare applicant for the same invention. ‘The patent covers what is known as the microphone The attorney general wil! s=t up that the Bell Telephone Company “‘designedly and with intent to thereby prolong its monopoly, delayed and prolonged the pendency of the application for more ‘hau thirteen years after its cou- trol of the patent.” The Bell Telephone Company in its an- swer points out that the United States officials from the first have had entire control of the application for patent, and an express denial is made that there was any fraud, accident or mistake. The com- pany maintained that it had not designed- ly delayed the issue of the patent with a view to extending its rights, It alleged that if there was any slowness it was (he act of the plaintiff itself, the United State Th- case was tried in the United State circuit court for the district of Massact setts, where the contentions of the Uni States were sustained. The Bell Compar appealed to the Circu!t Court of Appenis, where the preceding decision was reversed on the ground that there was no evidence of dereliction of duty in the patent otic and the bill in equity of the United States was dismissed. The case now comes before the Supreme Court on an appeal by the United States from the decision of the Court of Appeals The same points first presented, as to d lay, are still emost and the arguments of counsel yesterday were directed mainly to these points Se AI Sa Army Assignments. The following assignments to regiments of officers recently Promoted have Leen made by the Secretary of War: Col. Alexander C. M. Pennington, to the 2d Artillery. Lieut. Col. 4th Artillery, Maj. James M. Lancaster, to the 4th Ar- tillery. Capt. Joseph M. Califf, to the 3d Artiliery, Light Battery C. First Lieut. Morris K. Barroll, to the 34 Artillery. Battery G. The following assignments of additional second heutenants to vacancies of second lieutenant are announced: Edwin Landon, 4th Artillery, to be second lieutenant, 2d Artillery, Battery L. Henry C. Hasbrouck, to the James N. Pickering, 1th Infantry, to be second lieutenant, Ist Infantry, Com- pany D. William A. Burnside, 17th Infantry, to be second Meutenant, 14th Infantry, Com- pany I. Col. Alexander C. M. Pennington, 24 Ar- tillery, recently promoted, will proceed +o join his regiment. Maj. James M. Lancaster, 4th Artillery, recently promoted, will report by telegraph to the commanding general, Department of the East, for assignment to a station. se Miss Monroe Gets $5,000. The United States Supreme Court yester- day cffirmed the judgment of the lower court awarding Harriet Monroe $5,000 dam- ages against the company publishing the New York World for alleged premature publication, without her authority, of che world’s fair ode composed by her.