Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, >7896+16; PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. REVIVAL SERVICES AT WAUGH M.E. CHURCH Ccntianed tonight at 7:80 ¢clock. AN sre te Vited. OF THE CON- is’ at the Yee. 16, nt ite THERE WILL BE A MEETIO kregation of St. Micbael's aud All Al during Dec. Sundays. ST. JAMES’ CHURCH, 8TH ST. NEAR BS Advent conferences by the Rev. Father Sargeat, Superior O. H. C., subject at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dee. “Phe Church of the English Kace Catho- Reman.’ The public invited. it 2 MEETING OF THE MEDICAL SOC of the Mistrict of Columoia, to be held in x own College Law bidg., 506 Est. mw., 02 WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 16th instant, at $ o'clock, the president, Dr. Samuel C. Busey, will deliver the annual address, entitled “1806; an fn the History of the Medical Society District of Columbis."” The med! rofes- the fr fam: d the public generally are Hy invited to THOMAS present. SMITH, M. D., Corr. See. NOTICE stockb Insure: OF ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Important Meeting of the Busmess Men's Associati Preparations for Christmas—Rallroad Ticket Office Broken Into and Robbed. The regular meeting of the Business Men's League was held in their rooms last night, with President M. B. Harlow in the chair. The matter of running an excursion from the Valley of Virginia, over the new rcute ‘opened up by the Southern Railway Company between this city and Harrison- burg, was the principal topic of discussion. Mr. Frank E. Anderson, chairman of the special committee on transportation, pre- sented two letters which he had received from the Southern Railway Company in re- PHILIP H. WARD OF 1252-1254 20TH ST. N.W., baving made ao assignment to me for the benefit of his creditors, all persons indebted to him are notified to call and pay their accounts at once, and all persons to whom he fs indebted are warn- ed to exhibit thelr claims properly verified to the undersigned. JOHN T. CROWLEY, 920 Pa. BW. del5-3t Indorsed ‘ 3 derson, L. S. Brown, D. W. Glassie, J. B. Hamn- man B. Cutler ond many others. CRUMP ©O., 1029 Tth st. de AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED ING at hight, bring your down here for a little supper. " Cafe, on the 2d floor, fs the centest place in town. We serve srerything in searom goed to eat—cooked and Task for. EL AND RESTAURANT, AVE. de15-10d “I never disappoint. A man, wil which he thinks 1s personal. That's ya Why our typewriter circulars i ivertising purposes. from real type- If you want to do any come in and see us about B12 1th st. at5-140 prompt printer, & AS. R.. SOUTHERN JUR Vnited Stites.—Mithras Lodge of Perfection, 1, will hold a regular meeting at the Cathedral of the Rite, 1007 ¢ .w., TUESDAY, December 15, 1896, at Work, nd 5th degrees. By order of V. 3 W. H. OLCOTT, 17th deg., Sec. DIVIDEND. A dividend of 1 per cent on the COMMON cap- ital stock of the American Grapbophone Company paid at the office of the . Washington, D. C., PAUL H. CROMELIN, ALL KINDS OF LIFE INS Purehased at INVESTMENT PRICES. T. D. HADDAWAY, (de3-Liw) Shington, D.C. s ESSEX OF THE WEEMS STEAM- t Company Will leave 7th st. wharf, carrying cight aud passengers to Baltimore and river dings, at 10 p.m. December 10, 14, 17 and 21. STEPHENSON & BRO. eV A: of Frnits and and Indigestion hased at y s for the cure of Y FRE} rar Christmas. “A. thing ver.” 1469 Howard ay Take 14th st ND PARK. and bealthful. Call or send for Office, G10 14th CE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURA Company of the District of Columbia, WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1896. Policy holders of this company are hereby noti- fied thst all policies will expire on the LAST MONDAY IN DECEMBER (28th Instant) at 6 Renewal for the year 1807 will be Policies Inust be indorsed al certificate be obtained to continue in Please attend without delay aif avoid owed. SAMUEL C. WILSON, Secretary. LL ¥OU SO.* Osborne & Hoban’s Tadic ‘le Hote, 8, 's the biggest thing of the Sind ton. %) cents; with small bottle of wine, 75 cents. del-im GARBAGH SERVICE—GARBAGE WILL BE COL- lected twice a week in Washington elty and sub- urbs until Avril 15, 1897. nob J. N. WARFIELD, Contractor. MENTAL WROUGHT TRON RATLINGS S, Gates, Hinges and Esentcheons, Window from 4 until tn Washing- ete. ‘Protect your property. No charge cues and estimates. ‘rought Iron Gas Andirons, Fenders, etc. ee Tile Shop, 520-522 131 fe15 Se. nts. YTHING. MERCHANTS’ PAR- CEL DELIVERY CO., 929-921 D nw. ‘Tel. 659. delim SAVE 25 PER CENT ON THAT PAPER hanging, house painting and decorating by get- ting my figures. GEORGE PLITT, 1716 7th st. nw. n030-1m* HAVE YOUR FURNITURE REPAIRED, REUP- bolstered and finished at WALTER'S, All work first-class, 3 E st. nw. nie prices. no26-1m* For Banks & Draughtsmen School Rooms and Art Classes, the PLANET- ARY PENCIL POINTER is an invaluabie tool. A few turns of the handle make a PERFECT bal TNT on all kinds of Lead and Slate Pencils, . ete. The points are never broken ing shaped. ‘The machine is simple, operate and lasts a lifetime. Easton & Rupp, 421th St., w] ERS. del4-lid POPULAR PRICED STATION: A Beautiful House -is often marred by windows with little panes of glass. Don’t let it be the case with your home. If it has amall win- dow panes let us put in the new large plate glass windows for you. “It'll cost you a little less than the lowest prices awked elsewhere! Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th. Gloss, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Builders’ Hardware, ete del4-16d BERKELEY 2 Brass ence, whetber used as a stimulant or a medicine. Indorsed by physicians ttle Soil only? by mat $i qt. Tharp, 812 Fst. 7 7** NO EXCUSE NOW For not ft a Bicycle, as to make room 1897 Teas pies, expected soon, we shall an all patterns of 1896 RAMBLERS, singles, in black or colors, at the unexpectedly low figure of SIXTY DOLLARS NET CASH. On time sales a slight advance will be asked. We do vot claim that the 1897 patterns are twenty dollara better than the "96, but they will be more up-to-date and improved wherever pos- sible to make improvements: and"as*oue oT price has been set at EIGHTY DOLLARS, what Wheels we have left must be sacrificed. Medium grade and “auction wheels” are not in the same class as "96 RAMBLERS, and we think the cycling public wil Re Capen the chances we are giving them on genuine bargains. Gormully & Jeffery lfg. Co., 27 14th st. nw. 429-31 10th st. n.w. 28d Asrusa Ax Crrsenu Cured by the ESPIC’S CIGARETTES OR POWDER. Suffocating, Coughs, Colds, Chest, = J. IC, 20 Rue St. Lazare. New York: FOUGERA, MILHAU. Solf by all chemists of America. mh21-1415 Transfers of Real Estate. - ‘T street northwest between 16th and streets. —Chas. T. Yoder, trustee, et al. to Jos. R. Johnson and Geo. 5. Cooper, lots 36 to 40, sq. 177; $14,500. Seventh street northesst near Callan street—F. Sorrel Stoddard to I. Everett Vail, lot 129, sq. 856: $10. Lydecker avenue and 18th street extended—Trus- tees of South Washington Investment Compary to Oliver T. Thompson, lot 66, bik. 43, Holmead Manor; $10. Higuiny street northeast between F and G streets— David M. Lea et ux. to P. Benj. Taltaferco, part lots 104, 105, 108, sq. 913; $10. Eighth street northeast between F and G streets pSting to Clarence V. Part lot 107, 9q. Wiltberger street—Emtly Turner to Michael Dora Holzbeterietn, part lot 59, ey. 441; $1,475. L street routheast between 7th aad Sth streets— Baulie M. Darneli!e, part 'B. Murray to Clara W. Seventh and F streets northeast—Saml. W. Cur- al., trustees, to Louisa EB. Cammack, lot 144, sq. S61; . Eleventh Street southeast streets—Saml. H. Walker et ard T. Talbert, lot 21 and part original lot ¥ MOnititm Cantle—Tobt. A. Boy@ et ux. to Wm. @. Woodruff, part; $10. garé to running the excursion. This com- mittee was instructed to make further in- vestigation and report at a future meeting. The committee to whom had been referred the matter of the league publishing a pam- phlet setting forth the advantage of deal- ing with the Alexandria mechants brought in an adverse report, with. the suggestion that the merchants themselves take the matter up and suggested-that they arrange advertising matter. Mr. Worth Hulfish of J. F. Carlin’s Sons suggested that*the ex- cursicn be given by the league in Heu of the annual banquet, and that the merchants purchase tickets to be sent to their friends in the valley, and that the excursion be given in April, in time for the opening of the spring trade. Mr. Wm. H. May was of the opinion that the excursion should take place in May, that the tickets be distributed through the secretary in the name of the Business Men's League, and that all the visitors on that occasion be given a banquet on their arrival in this city. Mr. John W. May sug- gested the 22d of February as being a suit- able date. Mr. Snyder thought it would be Well te give all this information to the committee having the matter in charge. Mr. Anderson requested that the committee be given a list of the valley merchants and prominent men to be invited. A date was not fixed upon, though this wig be done at a later meeting. Much en- thusiasm was manifested at the bright rrospect of securing the valley trade, and every effort will be made by business men generally to control it. Oat of Politics. The board of trade of Johnstown, Pa., in a ccmmmnication to President Hallow re- quest the co-operation of the Business Men's League in a movement to take the money question, tariff and differences be- tween capital and labor out of the political arena and have them settled by a non-par- tisan committee. This was laid on the table on motion of Mr. Hubert Snowden of the Alexandria Gazette. An invitation to send two delegates to a monetary convention, to be held in Indian- apolis July 17, 1897, was laid on the table. The maiter of parking the center of Washington street was brought up, but as this street has already a luxuriant growth of green and boulders, it was decided that no action be taken in the matter. The meeting adjourned until a later date, when the proposed excursion will be dis- cussed further and the date fixed upon. St. John’s Church. Arrangements are being made to put in thorough repair old St. John’s Church at the toll gate in West End, and to this end there will be a special meeting of the La- dies’ Guild Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. A full atterdarce is expected and it is hoped that the many friends of the chapel will come to its assistance. This church is in charge of students from the Virgil Theological Seminary, who hold services there every Sunday. The stu- dents wil! co-operate with the ladies in repairing the church. Tresday night next the Christmas cele- bration of the Sunday school will take place, and an interesting program has been arraviged. Christmas Donation. At St. John’s Chapel, West End, last night there was a Christmas pound party for the benefit of the Alexandria Infirmary. Quite a large quantity of groceries and other supplies were received. They were sent to the infirmary today. Col. Hubert’s Experience. At the regular weekly meeting of R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, last night Col. Arthur Hubert read an interesting pa- per about his personal experiences during the late unpleasantness. The paper was listened to attentively and was much en- joyed. Rev. J. T. Williams, who was a member of Mosby's famous band, will read @ paper before the camp shortly. Mrs. Casenove’s Funeral. The funeral of the late Mrs. Harriet E. Casenove, widow of L. A. Casenove, will take place from the residence of her son, Dr. Louis A. Casenove, tomorrow at noon. The interment will be private. Ticket Office Robbed. Some time during last night, not night before last, as stated in one of the morn- ing papers, an unknown thief or thieves broke into the ticket office of the Washing- ton Southern Railway Company at the Fayette strect depot and stole about $15 from the cash drawer. Mr. Smith, the ticket agent, closed the office shortly after the arrival of the Richmond train at 10: p.m., and the night watchman on his round found everything in good shape. Ten min- utes later, however, it was found thar the robbery had been committed. The coor to the gentlemen’s waiting room was broken open, and the iron screen over the ticket window torn from its place. No clue has yet been fcund as to the robber. The po- lice are investigating the matier. Complimentary Entertainment. A complimentary entertainment will be given at the Opera House tomorrow night by Tent No. 2, K. O. T. M. A very inter- esting program has been arranged and a pleasant evening is expected. Admission will be free to holders of complimentary tckets. Police Court. Mayor Thompson this morning disposed of the following cases: Fritz Hunberman, charge, assault and cutting Joseph Sten- nagh with a knife, fined $5; eight small col- ored boys, charge, disorderly conduct, dis- missed with a reprimand; Alice Jones, col- ored, charge, vagrancy, sent to jail for sixty days; Martha Lewis and Dennis Nap- per, colored, charge, drunk in the street, dismissed with reprimand; John Sullivan Joseph Reagan, hobos, charge, refus- ing to work in the chain gang, put on bread apd water diet; William Jones, colored, charge, larceny of 25 cents, dismissed for want of evidence. Notes. The weekiy meeting and drill of the Alex- andria Light Infantry was held last night. Belle Haven Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, held a regular meet- ing last night. This afternoon at 3 o'clock Prof. Cogan, ———- Castoria 4 For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. “The use of ‘Castoria’ ts so universal and ite merits eo well Known that i seems @ work ef snpererogation to isdorse it. Few are the intelll- ‘reach. ' ee: CARLOS MARTYN. B.D, Kew Yer’ city. THE OFFICIAL i BAY WEATHER -MAP: ‘| niet ~ im CaS vie . wall“ nithlt: | Hall EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 76th meridiar time. Solid lines are s0- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are’ lsotherms, oF Iines of equal emperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or . Snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and “Low’’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with ‘the wind. THREATENING AND RAIN. The Weather for This Afternoon and Tonight. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia, threatening weather and rain this af- ternoon and tonight; clearing Wednesday morning; fair Wednesday afternoon; con- tinued cold northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast —The barometer has fallen from the lower lake region southward to Florida and on the California coast; it has risen in all other districts, the barometer being highest north of the lake region and lowest on the Carolina coast. Rain has prevailed from the lower lake region southward to Florida, and the weather is cloudy generally over districts east of the Mississippi. It {s decidedly colder in New England, New York and the lower Mississippi valley. There is a storm, central off the South Carolina coast, which will move northeast- ward, attended by dangerous gales on the middie Atlantic and New England coast, and probably in the lower lake region with snow. Fair weather will prevail in the southern states Wednesday. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: | During the past twenty-four hours—Key | West, 1.12; Mobile, 1.40; Nashville, 1.04; San. Francfsco, 1.10. Condition of the Water. * Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 42; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature. 44; condition at north connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 44; condition at in- BRS gate house, 36; effluent gate house, Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 10:17 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.; high tide, 3:45 a.m. ard 4:14 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:03 a.m. and 11:47 P.m.; high tide, 4:35 a.m. and 5:01 p.m. The Sun and Moon. San rises, 7:12; sun sets, 4:40. Moon rises, 4:02 tomorrow morning. The City Lights. = Gas lamps all lighted by 5:47 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 6:21 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 5:32 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:36-a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The followirg were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau toda: 8 a.m., 36; 2 p.m., 36; maximum, imum, 36. the slack wire walker, gave a free exhibi- tion at Reed's dock. The work of extending the gas mains on King street has been resumed. New baggage cars will be put on the electric trains between this city and Wash- ington. George Chichester has been released from jail on a writ of habeas corpus; bond, $50U. The Christian Endeavor Society of the | M. P. Church held an tnteresting meeting last night. Mr. and Mrs. Zeiss of Philadelphia, who have been visiting Mr. W. H. Stenernagel, have returned to their home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Smoot have gone to New York. AN ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION. Mr. Sylvester Proposes Ways to Pro- tect the Potomac Bass. “It was my pleasure a few days ago,” said Mr. Richard Sylvester to a Star re- porter today, “to read an interesting inter- view had by a representative of The Star with my piscatoria! friend, Mr. Jos. Miller, ex-itternal revenue commissioner of the United States, in which he advanced in a most decided and lucid manner many rea- sons and indisputable arguments why there should exist in Washington an an- glers’ association, to be composed primar- ily of thcse who are anxious for the con- tinued propagation and maintenance of the black bass in the Potomac river and con- tributing streams. Mr. Miller is a West Virginian end aside from an inherent ac- quaintance with the Pctomac and the bass, has given the subject years of observa- tion and study, which enables him to speak as a high authority upon the prevailing conditions, and his statements coincide with the information I have obtained dur- ing a ten years’ experience in the waters and among the natives of the upper Poto- mac and Shenandoah rivers. “It is generally admitted by those who have hunted the bess, season after season, along those rivers, that conditions have changed. Carp, the ‘razor back hog’ of the water, which destroy the spawn of the bass, equivalent to the destruction of my- riads of ycung bass, are more abundant, pulp mills have been erected, without the necessary crematories to burn the debris which follows their crushing process, and the waters are contaminated thereby, sum- mer hotel and other markets have encour- aged the use of the cutline by the pot hun- ter, to capture the bass, and last but not least. I have been informed that the net which catches young fish for the animals at the Zoological Park often embraces in its hauls the young game fish, which should be allowed its freedom and growth. “The Maryland Club has taken the iniu- ative lcoking to the preservation of the bass, and several members of the Wood- mont and Blue Ridge clubs have lent their co-operation,but such general action should be inevgurated, it occurs to me, and as suggested by Mr. Miller, as would ac- complish the results so much desired. The two states, Maryland and Virginia, have, through the efforts of the organizations named, passed such a law as is needed to protect and increase the bass, but my in- termaticn is that West Virginia must do the seme thing to make the statute op- erative at all in any one of these states. This latter legislation remains to be ac- complished, and when it 1s secured, who is to see that it is properly enforced? Move- ments have been made in the proper direc- tion, but it is clearly obvious that all the laws and good intentions combined will not make the Potomac the great bass stream of the world, unless there is organ- ization and means sufficient to carry them out. It is given out that Dr. Massamore of Baltimore and others propose to se- cure all the bass in the canal this winter for the Potomac, and to slaughter the curp and ¢els. Such a move would be produc- tive of excellent results, but the task and expense should not devolve upon a few of the enthusiasts. “I desire to indorse'the suggestion of Mr. Miller, and urge upon the several hundred disciples of Walton residing in this vicin- ity, who with rod and reel. seek recreation and health in the mountains adjoining the retreats of the black bass every season; to evidence their interest and sincerity in preserving and perpetuating the greatest of all game fish to the Potomac, by per- fecting an early organization looking to that end. An anglers’ association in ti city, acting in conjunction with the sev- eral clubs in adjoining states, would be able to offer rewards for the arrest and conviction of persons violating the fish laws, to secure legislation preventing the depceiting of pulp mill and other waste in the upper rivers, and bring about other re- forms, wrich would in a few years con- tribute all that is required to preserve the king of game fish.” For Saving the Bass. The following subacripticns were received by The Evening Star today for defraying the expenses of seining the canal: A special announces the death at Jack- sonville, Fla.,.of H. Clay Bascom of 'Troy, N.Y. Mr. Bascom was the recognized leader of the prohibition party tn New York state, and had been its candidate for zov- ernor. He was also prominently mentioned for the presidential nominee at the Jast ne- tional convention of his party... | Count ‘Trauttmansdort-Weinsberg, presi- a Sen eaaneens ish INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACUOUNTANTS AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS | AUCTION SALES. BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITE) VOMMISSIONERS OF Di | COUNTRY REAL ESTATE... DEATHS ..... DENTISTRY . EDUCATIONAL URSIONS, SINANCIAL . Ey FA 3 FOR EXCHANGE. FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Hails). FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT (Stables) ¥OR RENT (Store: POR SALE {Houses). FOR SALE (Lats). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. LADIES’ GooDs. LECIURES LEGAL NOTICES, OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL TIANOS AND ORGAN: PUTUMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS . SPECIAL NOTI STEAM CARPET CLEAN STORAGE . UNDERTAKRRS: WANTED (Board) WANTED (Help)... WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms) § 5 Rossen tem scenacekacias Su sGkna asa aneduecoeeoum-raaciicnek WINTER RESORTS, WOOD AND COAL, NEW EXECUTIVE OFFFICER. Mr. Richard Rathbun, Who Becomes Assistant in Charge at Smithsonian. The appointment of Mr. Richard Rath- bun yesterday to the position of assistant in charge at the Smithsonian Institution, a place made vacant by the death of Mr. W. C, Winlock, meets with general satisfaction among the large number of scientists in Washir.gton who come into relations of- ficlally or otherwise with that office. The assietant in charge is the executive officer of the Smithsonian. Mr. Rathbun, who will enter on “his new duties January 1, was born at Buffalo, N.Y., and is forty-four years old. While «employed in business he became actively interested in the paleontology of western New York state, and joined the Buffalo Scciety of Natural Sciences, of which he was the curator of paleontology from 18) to 1871. He entered Cornell in 1871, scien- tific course, and remained there two years. During this time he took up the special study of devonian and cretaceous fossils collected by the C. F, Hartt expeditions to Brazil, and in 1873 went to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., epspvicte the work upon them. He was appointed assistant of zoology at the Bos- ton Society of Natural History early in 1874, and continued there until November, 1875. He began tnvestigaticns respecting marine animals at Eastport, Me., under Prof. E. 8. Merse during the summer of 1873, and was a volunteer zobdlogical as- | sistant on the summer expeditions of the United States fish commission during’ 1874- 1875, He went to Brazil in 1875 as assist- ant geologist on the geological comimission of Brazil, under the direction of Prof, C. F. Hartt, and remained there until Feb.” ruary, 1878, After returning to the United States he was appointed a scientific assistant on the United States fish commission in connec- tion with the seacoast investigations and the study of marine fnvertebrates, contin- uing in that position until 1887. In 1880 he was made essistant cugator, and in 1883 curator of the department of: marine in- vertebrates in the Natfénal Museum. In 1887, on the reofganizatila of fish com- mission by’ Dr. G. Brown Goode, he was appointed assistant in qhargesof the divi- sion of. inquiry respecth fishes in t! fish commission, while tion he i holds, and at the same tii “designation in the museum was changed “to honorary “Yin the winter of 1602.0f"he wigs appo in the winter o: he appointed by the President the Ubiiea tes repre- sentative on the foint;commission with Great Britain relating to the, preservation TO TAG THE COWS Health Officer Woodward's Amendments to the Milk Law. How It Proposed to Keep Track of the Mflk Supplied to the City—Some Interesting Recommen The Commissioners forwarded to Con- gress yesterday afternoon, as stated in The Star, a copy of a proposed new law regulat- ing the sale of milk, covering the points already covered by existing law and reme- dying what the authorities here regard as defects. In transmitting a copy of the bill to: the Commissioners Health Officer Wood- ward explained in full all of the details of the measure, which are very compre- hensive. In his letter Dr. Woodward says in respect to some of the more important Provisions of the bill: “The examination of the milk as offered for sale is of minor importance when com- pared with. the supervision of the condi- tions under which it is produced, but nei- ther alone secures -with even a reasonable degree of certainty a good milk supply. The examination of milk as offered for sale will show whether it has been altered since taken from the cow, by the abstraction of “cream, the addition of water or the use of artificial coloring matter or of preserva- tives; it will not, under any ordinary condi- tions, show whether the cow from which it came was suffering from disease, or whether those employed about the dairy are so affected, whether it has been proper- ly cooled after milking, or kept free from dirt, whether the dairy utensils are kept clean or the water used in connection with them is free from pollution. And yet errors in the latter respect are more dangerous to the consumer than the stealing of cream by skimming, or of milk by watering, as 1s occasionally done, and the consumer is not nearly so able to protect himself against them. “The requirement in the bill submitted herewith (section 1) that all permits be re- issued each year, while imposing additional labor on the health department, is deemed desirable in order to afford a closer super- vision over the milk traffic of this District than is now possible. Under the present system it is impossible to keep track of those having permits. who go out of the milk business, so that a large amount of dead material is gradually accumulating on the records. “The authority asked to tag ail the cows «Supplying milk for use in the District of Coiumbia (scctioas 2, 3 and 4), is abso- lutely essential for the proper regulation of Experience under the the milk supply. present law has shown that cows which have been condemned on one farm find their way into the hands of another dairy- man, either directly or through the inter- vention of dealers in cattle. Owing to the infrequency of inspection, due to the limited force of inspectors, cows nfay be inno- cently used by the dairyman into whose hards they thus come for a considerable period before either the dairyman or the health office becomes aware of such use. “The proposed requirement that those en- gaged in the dairy business shall have none but tagged cows on their premises is necessary in view of the practical imposst- bility of proving whether milk is or is not sold from untagged cows, even though dis- eased, if such be allowed upon the farm. The provision for the issue of permits for the use of untagged cattle in case of neces- sity will prevent any hardship In case it becomes necessary to purchase additional stcck at a time when it is impossible for the inspector to immediately visit the farm, and the application for such a permit will serve as a notice to the health officer that there is a cow upon the premises spec- ified in the application waiting to be ex- amined. Sect'on 4, prohibiting the sale of diseased cows for dairy purposes, is neces- sary to protect dairymen and the public from unscrupulous dealers in cattle, who seem at present to make a specialty of the purchase of condemned cattle from one dairyman for the purpose of selling them as sound to another.” Tags for Cows. The sections of the bill relating to the tegging of cows are as follows: “That the health officer of the District of Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made metal tugs, numbered and stamped with some device deemed suitable by him, and to cause each cow from which milk is, or is to be, supplied for use in said District, to be examined by a veterinary surgeon, and, if such cow is sound and in good health, to cause to be affixed to her one of the tags aforesaid. No person shall counterfeit or imitate the tag before provided for, nor put on any cow any counterfeit or imitation tag, nor, with- out authority of said health officer, remove or cause to be removed, either directly or indirectly, such tag; ner place or cause to be placed such tag on any other cow than the one to which it was affixed by author- ity of said health officer. It shall be the duty of the owner of any cow thus tagged to notify the said health officer immediately after becoming aware of the loss of any tag therefrom. “That after the .xamination of the cows at any dairy farm has been made as here- in provided for, and tags have been affixed to such of them as are sound and in good health, It shall be unlawful for the propri- etor of such dairy farm, without a written permit from the health officer of the Dis- trict of Columbiz, to have or keep thereon any milch cow not tagged as herein pro- vided for; or, either directly or indirectly, to sell, exchange or deliver, or to send or bring into the District of Columbia any milk from any cow not tagged as afore- said; every permit hereafter issued to send or bring milk into the District of Columbia shall be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this section.” es DON CARLOS TO ABDICATE. The Pretender to the Spanish Throne to Retire in Favor of His Son._ A dispatch to the Imparcial of Madrid from Rome says that Don Carlos, the pre- tender to the throne of Spain, intends to abdicate his claim in favor of his son, Don Jaime. The present Don Carlos is the grandson of the original pretender to the Spanish throne, also named Don Carlos, and is called by the Spanish legitimists Charles VII of Spain. His grandfather was @ brother of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. King Ferdinand was without male issue, and, annulling the salic law of the country, he named his eldest daughter Isabella as his successor, ignoring the claims of his brother Carlos. The latter raised the standard of revolt in Spain, but was de- feated. 8 In 1845 he renounced his claims in favor of his eldst son, known as Carlos VI. The latter was succeeded in his pretensions }upon his death in 1861 by his brother Don | Juan, and in 1863 Don Juan renounced his ‘claims in favor of his own son, the present , Don Carlos, who, it is now announced, pro- poses to abdicate in favor of his eldest son, Don Jaime. Don Carlos said to have displayed a waning enthusiasm during the last few years over the claims put forth in his be- half to the throne of Spain. He is called indolent, and since the last .Carlist war he has come into a “fortune estimated at be- tween $20,000,000 and $30,000,000 upon the death of his first wife, who was Marguerite of Bourbon, daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma, and, in consequence, a niece of the Count and Countess of Chambord. A campaign for the throne of Spain would necessarily involve the expenditure of a large amount of this money, and would be | discountenanced by the court of Austria, with which Don Carlos desires to stand well. The Queen Regent of Spain was an of the fisheries in waters. contiguous | archduchess of Austria. to the United States and, pice It is also said that Don Carios’ t e 3 ‘who was Bertha, Princess an, would Am Opportanity ‘fit Foi * | Pnat “discourage any effort to secure ‘The ale of the Havegner # Davis fine} the throne of Spain, since, if he was to be- stock of shoes, purchased fram. the U. 8. |, come king, the Castilian aristocracy would marshal, ts now in progrése at! F street. | be likely to decline to pay her homage as The buyers clatm thes Tey dhe dossotng queen on the ground that she in not of royal of the entire stock at less than cost of msnufacture. The sale will offer many opportunities to the inclined to save money jn fcotwear.. dent of the Austrian house of lords, is dead: ! working expenses were net made ‘pabilfe, & of second daughter, vira, with a Roman it, @ married man named and ina to his follow- FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL. CORSON & MACARTNRY, MEMBERS CF THE SEW YORK STOCK 1419 F st., Glov: —w 9 Correspondents of ‘Mersea. Moore Schley, 80 it Beads. Loans. and all wecuritics Philadelphia. Railroad | Stocks A y_made of Investment securities. Dis- trict ‘and all loca! Raliroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt to Amcrican Bell Telefbone Stock bought end sold. 431-160 A PAYING AND SAFE INVESTMENT—A HOME at Clevelned Park. Il or wend for booklet. Relatives of the late C. F. Blum, whe committed suicide in this city in Septem- ber, 1894, have not yet claimed his effects. In his trunk was found a benefit cert e for $2,000 of the Knights of Honor. This certificate was issued at Wooster, Ohio, in 1881. It is still in the hands of Chief Cierk Sylvester of the police departntent, ss are the pension papers of the suicide. A fender on a Capital Traction Com- Ppany’s car on 7th street yesterday saved John Wood's life. John, who is ten old, lives at 1125 7th street, and about 5 o'clock, while crossing the street, struck by the fender of-car No. 7 thrown from the track. He was not in- jured. The police of South Washington report that there ts a limb of a tree hanging over Water street southwest between N and O streets. Yesterday the delivery wagon of “handler & Rowzee was damaged by being driven against the limb. . John Dolan, a painter, was injured yes- terday by falling from a scaffold in front of 810 C street southeast, where he was painting. His left arm was broken, and he was taken to Providence Hospital for treatment. The injured man lives at North Carolina avenue and B street. There was an exciting scene witnessed on Pennsylvania avenue southeast near 3d street yesterday afternoon. A man boy seated in a buggy were injured kicking horse. The animal was end ing to free itself from the buggy. O'Donnell’s drug store the man’s injuries were dressed, and he was afterward sent heme. The boy was only slixhtly injurcd Mr. A. A. Kaiser of 128 Washingion sirect Anaccstia, ‘the owner of the team, w sent home in the patrol wagon. The cruelty to animals man of Prince George's county was wanted on the Bla- densburg road Sunday. Just beyond the District line there was an abandoned horse The animal was very poor, and it was said had been abardoned by its owner when it fell from exhaustion. Percy E. Gallant, formerly employed by E. O. Whitford, a dealer in the Center mar- ket, was in the Police Court yesterday, charged with embezzling $70 from Mr. Whitford. The case was continued until Thursday next. Spencer Ball, a young white man, was fined $10 by Judge Kimball yesterday for a flagrant case of indecent exposure Satur- day on Pennsylvania avenue. In a will, dated March 30, 1896, the late Ann Smoot directs that her estate shall be divided among her children and grand- children. Madge Fisher, a well-dressed young wo- man of attractive appearance, was sent to the workhouse today for one month as a Vagrant. She is a resident of the “Divis- ion,” and she claimed the arrest was the result of animus, pure and simple. Henry Beasley, a young white man, was before Judge Miller this afternoon, charged with grand larceny. It was claimed that Beasley proceeded to a livery stable kepi by J. 1’. Geyer, and forcibly took posession of a carriage that had been placed in Mr Geyer's keeping by Constable Gould. Beas- ley imed that the carriage was seized in execution of a judgment of a justice of the peace, and Judge Miller dismissed the case. Capt. James Jones, who for several years was in charge of the grounds at River View for Capt. Randall, died at his home in the country Saturday morning. He was buried this afternoon in Prince George's county, about six miles from River View. He leaves a wife and several children. he Alumni Association of the National University will hold its fourth annual ba quet this evening at Freund’s banquet hall, and has arranged for a hundred guests—lawyers, doctors and dentists. Fight broken pavements on Capitol Hill were reported by the police today, and three dangerous holes in Georgetown were reported. There is a leaky hydrant at Po- tomac and Grace streets. In alley in rear of 116 Indiana avenue there is a sewer trap in a dangerous condition. The manhole at South Carolina avenue and Mth street pro- jects twelve inches above grade, ani is dangercus to drivers. At 7th and W streets and in front of 2014 F street there are dan- gerous holes. . Michael Sullivan was arrested today by Policeman Whalen on a warrant charging the theft of a razor from J. H. Hicks’ bar- ber snov. Sullivan, who denies the charge, is held at the 6th precinct station for a hearing. Mrs. Alice Thomas, the elderly ‘colored woman who was so badly ‘urned by fall- ing on the stove in her room at 2013 8th stieet yesterday morning, as published in yesterday’s Star, died at Freedman's Hos- pital about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The poor old woman, who had lived to be M2 years old, suffered intense agony until aeath relieved her. D. Schiasinger, 614 10th street, complains that an overcoat was taken from his wagon yesterday, while S. Friedlander reports the theft of an overcoat from in front of his store. . ‘Thomas Mason, colored, the man who as- saulted Annie Wallace while in the Division Tuesday evening last, cutting her about the face and head sixteen times with a table knife, was this afternoon held by Judge Miller for the action of the grand jury in $500 bonds. Mason waived an examination. It is said that the Wallace girl is not de- sirous of prosecuting Mason, admitting that she began the trouble. ‘The members of the Suess Rifles, Com- pany D, 5th Battalion, District of Colum- bia National Guard, last evening elected Mr. Joseph T. Duffy second lieutenant of the company. An unusual number of persons have been importuning Secretary Barnaclo today for aid in the way of food and fuel. The ma- jority for the first time this season were colored. Most all cases reported and in- vestigated by him have been found worthy. Secretary Lee Hutchins of the Washing- ton and Great Falls electric railroad has been notified by the Commissioners. that the crossing at Foxhall read will have to Be planked and not ized in order io comply with the law. ‘The Commissioners have appointed John A. Dailey carpenter at the Washington Asylum on two moaths’ probation at $600 per annum, vice John Gilliam, deceased. 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