Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897-12 PAGES. BARBER & ROSS, Cor. G and 11th Sts. Predicted Colder. Colder weather has to come and you who have been putting off buying a gas or oil heater will eventually have to buy one. Why not give it thought now— drop in when you're passing and take a look at the “Puri- tan” oil heater and the “Calo- vit” gas heater—the two bests in their line. We know we can convince you that none other are so good. ‘Puritan’ oil heaters have woa their workl-wide repntation through merit alone. Had they not been best ther would not be conceded to be by every dealer in this country. They give out more heat and burn less oll —are more easily managed and are iand- somer thin any oa the market. No. 34—-burns 3%e. worth of off in ten hours. Bes No. 44—-burts 6¢. worth of oll im tem houra..........2.--00+ ; No. 54-bnrus Se. worth of oll fn ten hourr.... : 64 burns Se. worth of off Setbtetodndntetetnedetneedebaetuntatnndetlediedet eee end edetetes ¥ 8 $5.00 $7.50 edudetetetedeteedtetetiton seohessenetondoreontendesterdecoetondontondondoeloreortenedeetestoetentos se iordoniorgorooerGestonzonzodtoesorzoetoreonan tion zaraot colar oipseoneotaol lp oplaplio ly No im ten hours and has double drum, cast-iron fre box and is + $9.00 fs heudsomer 2 5 Nos. 34 and 64 have drip pan end rollers, = ee = 6 e499 +“‘Calovit” Gas Heaters: 2 3 $ are new this season. They have filled the long-felt want for a heater that weekislt taukage (ke ‘hemeiela ex = chequer in the consummation of gas. 2 ‘The “Celovit™ is the mest powerful gas heater, too. L-burner size heats a single bed Tom, and coosumes but Se. worth $F of gas tn ten hours = 2 £ Zburner size heats a large room, Sand burns but tie. worth of gas in z ‘The 3-burner size heats an extra large SM, and burns bur 16. worth of gas Sa aay es Felt Strips 114c. foot. We have gotten hold of a felt weather strip whieh we can sell for 1 It is & much better strip than ix usually sold even at Mge.—in fact, it ix the best f strip In the world, except Valenti the acknowledged best Tf you ask us we advise you to pat up Valentine's. for it lasts so much longer an] does its work so much better that it ot Soedeededoeteesetetn foal eae rrortonsoseasesesdostontratontonseesoetegoatontententeeting aml leay inal luster bo grease. & ts really pest in the end. ‘4g Estimates given when you're ready. 2Brighten up your wheel. At Inst a Bicycle Enzmel Polish has BY «dec found that will not injure the % © enamel—that will bring back its or! = Bath-tub enamel,50c.pt.: Thenk goodness, there that will leave a that will mak: Swe. pint is one Enamel 3 dry porcelain nm enamel bath Be. snralt finish tub like new jar, Japanned Coal Hods, 17¢. Furnace Scoops, 60c. If you want good skates easeageaesdontondenseeseesees vou know that we sell them, for we never kept sny other sort. Poor 4 are not recliy worth having, so nile them. However, we § ates for as low as SOc. pair, 3 = 3 pa £ BARBER & ROSS, 3 Cor. G and 11th Sts. z Seittetntntntet Pees Stock- Gloves. After the holidays comes the teckoning—a bitter one for us. Heaps of Gloves — “mussed” — wrinkled—soiled—all due to the busy holiday shoppers—examining —tossing about—"“trying on.” All these are gathered together—in two lots—each marked at a price that wouldn't cover one-quarter their cost tous! Such is the reason for these wonderful values. Will you take advantage of them? j regularly sold at Te. This lot includes hota solled and mend-d Glo ve s— about 300 pairs in all. Comprise Gincon, Swedes, bat - $1- $1. Only 3 pair to a customer. ‘The only fault the Gloves in thin lot bave—is their being slightly sotled wrianica. T ¥ compris Men's, Women's and Mise wear-in Kid and 0 Suedes—in 1, 2 also fn S, Only 3 pair to a customer, Louvre DR. SHADE'S ridum Discovery fer Consump- tion Admf tered at Reduced Rates, $10 Per Mon 6 All Applicnnts for Treatment Before the 15th of January, 1587, Will Re- ceive Treatment at the Redueed $10 a Month til Cured. Price of ra Dr. Shade’s chloridum discovery for consumption fs conceded to have cured a larger percentage of throat, lung, eatarrhal and bronchial diseases than all other treatments combined. Dr. Shade has been permanently located in Wash- ington for five years. Interview a few permanent curcs, the result of Dr. Shades chloridum discovery for consumptic Reference- Dr. Patterson, 52 B st. ne.; Dr. Me- Kim, 25 5th st. s.e.; Miss Lillian Hunt, 1104 13th st. a.w.; Mrs. Bender, 1282 6th st. n.w.; Mrs. Hol- land, 601 91h st. we.; Mrs. Hughes, 440 7th st. s.w.; W. Sanford Brown, 2145 K st. nw. Write or call for booklet. Symptom blank, &e., for those destring “home’’ treatment. Consulta- tion free. 1232 14th st. Dr, Shade in charge. Jastold THEFTS REPORTED. jctim to a Confidence Game. A young man, not more than twenty-five years old, played a confidence game on a Montgomery county farmer ‘yesterday. The trick was an old one, but it was new to the farmer, and he went home minus $15, the price of a load of hay. J. A. Chiswell, who lives near Bethesda, was the victim. He came to the city with a load of hay for the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Street Rail- road Company, and when he got near the stable, at 13th and D streets northeast, the young man met him and asked if the hay was for the railroad company. When told it was, he asked the farmer for his ticket, which he proceeded to get cashed. Then he directed the farmer to take the hay to the 11th street stable, and it was not until the hay had been delivered that the farmer learned that he was the victim of a confi- dence game. Yesterday afternoon there was some ex- citement on Corcoran street northwest be- tween 13th and 14th streets, when a col- ored man snatched a lady’s pocket book and ran off with it. Mra. N. L. True of 1604 17th street northwest was the victim. She was walking along the street, when the colored man appeared suddenly from behind and snatched her pocket book, which contained $1.25 in cash and two money orders. He managed to escape ar- rest. . E. Mierville, No. 905 4% street, is the victim of a sneak thief. His house was entered about noon yesterday, and $25 taken. Soon after the robbery was com- mitted the police were notified and were given a description of the alleged crook. Edward A. Beckman, a clerk in the pen- sion office, complains of*the theft of a gold watch. The timepiece, he complains, was taken from the Y. M. C. A. building a week ago. Two dozen neckties and a box of spool silk were stolen from A. M. Curran’s store In South Washington Saturday afternoon. R. C. McLane, who is connected with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has asked the police to récover his damaged bicycle for him. He was on the Conduit road Friday afternoon, when his wheel became disabled, and he hired a colored man to deliver it in the city for him. The wheel was not de- livered. Emory E. Berry, a resident of 1212 6th street northwest, made an unpleasant dis- esterday. He has been in the of putting money away in a box, and putting the box in a closet. Yesterday when he looked in the box he found that some one had been there before him, and he was just $125 short. A seal cape was stolen from the store of S. E. Young, Suz 7th street, about 8 o'clock A Farmer Fell Sunday night, about 8 o'clock, there was an uninvited guest at the residence of Mr. ©. Thaw, No. 1129 11th street northwest. A few minutes afterward three hats were d from the house. John Webb, who lives at 208 A street southeast, has made complaint of the theft of a bicycle. The wheel, a Crescent, No. 191,449, was stolen last night from in front of 126 id street southeast. > Funeral of Rudolph Goldschmid. The funeral of Mr. Rudolph Goldschmid, who d uddenly yesterday morning, will take tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 from his late residence, 1210 N street. M., of which Mr. Gold- © an active member. Rev. L. stor cf the Washington Hebrew ‘ation, with which he was_promi- nently identified, will officiate. The pall- bearers will all be active Masons, and for most part prominent business ¢ interment will be at Adas Israel ceme- tery, beyond Anacostia. ———— An Enjoyable Musicale. A very enjoyable musicale took place last evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Droop, 716 12th street north- west. A number of invited guests were present, and the excellent program furnish- ed for their entertainment was liberally ap- plauded. The first number was a piano duet, Messrs. S. Monroe Fabian and E. H. Droop playing the Rossini-Gottschalk ar- rangement of the overture to “William Tell.” This was followed by Mendelssohn's “Andante and Finale” to the concerto in E minor for violin, by Mr. Rakemann, ac- companied on the piano by Mr. Henry Xander. Mrs. Lizsle Macnichol-Vetta sang Carl Bohm’s “Calm as the Night,” and Mr. Fabian contributed two selections by Chop- in on the piano as solo numbers. Bem- berg’s “Hindoo Song” was Biven by Mrs. Agnes Osgood Clifton, and Miss Bertha Lucas played Bezzini's “Elegie’ on the violin. Mrs. Shir-Cliff and Mrs. Vetta gay. as a duet Ponchielli's “Who Art Thou, and the musicale was brought to a close with Gounod’s “Ave Maria,” sung by Mrs. Shir-Cliff, with piano, organ, violin and ‘cello accompaniment, end a ‘solo number on the piano, Rubenstein’s “Valse de Con- cert.” by Mr. Fablan. Supper was served ¢n the completion of the program. ee George P. Goff Dead. Intelligence was received here yesterday of the death on December 20 of George P. Goff, a former well-known resident of this city. Mr. Goff was for many years foreman of the bindery in the government printing office. Afterward he was engaged in the hardware business for a time, and for a few years prior to his departure for the Pa- cific coast was interested in contracts with the Navy Department. He projected and began the building known as “The Wood- mont” on lowa Circle, but the venture was too great and proved his financial ruin. During his busy life he had found time for study, graduating in the law, and be- coming quite a linguist. He was an intl- mate friend of the late Dr. Toner. Trausfers ef Real Estate. © street northwest between 15th and 16th streets James J. Shedd to Geo, F. Huff, part lot 67, sq. 19%; $2,300. Petworth—The Washington Loan and Trust Com- pany to Chas. L. D. Washburn, lots 34 and 35, sq. 74; $4,000. Hi street northwest between 6th and 7th streets— Ramuel Bensinger et ux. to Dennis ©. Shea, pact original lot 15, sq. 454; $10. Rock Creek Church ‘road near 13th street ex- tended—Alexander Grant et al., trustees, to James H. Ellsworth, part lot 7, block 47, Holmead Manor; Fourth street northwest between Q and R streets a A. Hill to Minnie M. Strayer, lot 47, sq. 0 nth street extended between Clifton and Roanoke streets Jno. G. Meyers et ux. to Geo. C. Esher, lot 61, bik. 30, Columbla Heights; 815,500. ‘Cleveland av ween W street and Fi avenue--Barbara O'Brien to Dius Booker, lot 120, mq. 271; $1,800. Bernard Krause, a Chicago tailor, became tired of iiving yesterday, and going to the lake shore in Lincoln Park, he jumped into the water with the determination of drown- ing himself. He was nozic2d by Park Po- liceman Krueger, who drew his revolver. 5 he yelled; “come back to the shore or I'll shoot you.’ <rause, who was floundering around in the wat2r, which was about up to his reck, saw the revolver and yelled back: “Don’t shoot; con't shoot; I'm coming Ss and out he came in the greatest 2. then placed him under arrest, LIEUTENANT BARBER FINED The Charge of Cruelty to Animals Sus- Outcome of the Broadsword Contest at Brightwood Park—The Evi- dence and Arguments. Hearing of the charge of cruelty to ani- mals preferred against Lieut. William Barber, who engaged in a broadsword con- test the afternoon of New Year day at the Brightwood Driving Park, with Sergt.Davie of the 6th Cavalry, occurred today in the Police Court before Judge Kimball. It will be remembered that a broadsword contest was the feature of an athletic exhibition at the driving park on the day in question. Lieut. Barber was on foot and Sergt. Davie on horseback. During the contest the horse received a cut above the right eye, and by direction of Prosecuting Attorney James L. Pugh, jr., who happened to be one of the audience, Sergt. Slatterly and Policeman Mitchell placed Lieut. Barber under ar- rest. Because of this interference the crowd was greatly disappointed and considerable comment resulted. . The Case Called. When the case was called today Attorney W. Glassie, who appeared for Barber, ex- plained that he had. summoned several witnesses from Fort Myer, including Lieut. Short, in order to supply expert testimony in regard to sword contests. They had not complied however, so it had been de- cided to continue without them. Sergt. Slatterly, the first witness, testi- fied that during the contest the horse re- ceived a gash over the right eye and be- came unmanageable. The combatants had shields, but the horse was entirely unpro- tected. “The horse was expected to furnish the blood to appease the audience?” asked Mr. Pugh. “You were in the audience and you ought to know?” interjected Attorney Glassie. “I was,’ admitted Mr. Pugh with spirit, “and I was thoroughly appeased.” Continuing, Sergt. Slatterly characterized some of the blows struck as terrific. “If the cavalry at Fort Myer in regular exercise should accidently hit a horse that would not be cruelty,” Judge Kimball took occasion to state. “But an exhibition of this sort for pay is an entirely different matter.” Policeman Mitchell substantiated the statements of Sergt. Slatterly. “I heard parties in the crowd shout,” Policeman Mitchell said further, “that it was a shame to treat the horse in the manner that it had been treated. They declared that the horse was hit for the purpose of cowering the animal.” The Defense. Prosecuting Attorney Pugh at this point announced the case of the District to be closed, and the defense called as its first witness Second Lieut. Edwin H. Pillsbury of Troop A, District National Guard. After stating that he was referee of the contest New Year day, Lieut. Pillsbury explained the “points” of a broadsword engagement. He could not sweac, he said, who hit the horse, but to the best of his knowledge it was done by the man who was mounted. The cut, said the witness, was a small one. “Did you hear any protests from the spectators?” asked Mr. Pugh. heard some one say, ‘Don’t fight the horse, fight the man,’ "’ was the reply. Capt. Duncan C. Ross, who explained that he has engaged in thousands of such contests, stated that in not more than tour instances was the horse injured. Such a result is a most unusual occurrence. In the opinion of the witness the animal in the receni contest was cut by the rider and not by Lieut. Barber. The defendant testified that he has been engaged in broadsword contests since 1468, and was for six months so engaged at the world’s fair. He was for eighteen years in the British army, he said, and received daily training in that line. Lieutenant Barber declared that he did not know whether the horse was cut by Davie or himself. He did not believe that any cruelty had been perpetrated. That closed the testimony. The Arguments. In his opening argument Prosecuting At- torney Pugh declared that it was utterly immaterial which combatant cut the horse. The law, he says, hoids every man who took steps to further the contest. The swordsmen were protected by shields, while the horse was entirely unprotected. “It is not necessary to bodily injure the animal,” argued Mr. Pugh. ‘The horse was injured through mental suffering and torture. Why, they had a green horse there, and it was made to undergo agoniz- ing treatment. “I do not care who cut the horse,” con- tinued Mr. Pugh. “All connected with the affair are clearly guilty of a violation of ihe statute. They were all principals. The statute is as broad as any in the United States, and I have examined all of them. The courts have held that the stringing of a fish is an act of torment; that the trap shooting of pigeons, even when the birds are not hit; that the car- rying of chickens with their heads sus- pended are also acts of cruelty. ‘Whether such exercises are carried on,” Mr. Pugh went or to say, “at Fort Myer or by the District militia—and I take ex- ception to the latter”— From his seat in the audience Lieut. Pillsbury began to make angry denial of the last statement of the prosecuting at- torney. “Your honor,” almost shouted Mr. Pugh, facing Lieut. Pillsbury, “I ask that quiet be maintained in court. If it ts broken in this manner again I shall insist that the party be fined for contempt.” Resuming, Mr. Pugh stated that all the parties who testified for the defense were equally guilty. ‘Where, then, your honor,” ne asked, “are the disinterested witnesses? The other side claims that Davie cut the horse, while your honor knows that a man seated on the back of the animal could not possibly have inflicted an injury of that character. They say that the cut was only skin deep. I'll concede that, for it could not have been deeper without penetrating the brain.” Attorney Glassie set forth that if the horse used in the contest was cruelly treat- ed, the same waqyld apply to fire engine horses, and othef animals that are daily frightened by steam locomotiv and bi- cycles. Mr. Glassie attempted to show that Davie, and not Barber, cut the horse, when the court interrupted to say: “You need not argue that point. If the horse_was cruelly treated, I agree with Mr. Pugh that both men were equally guilty.” In ciscussing cruelty, Attorney Glassie said: “In the Bible we hear of persons being put on the gridiron and roasted.” “Weat's that?” inquired the court. “If such a statement as that is to be found in | the Bible, I have certainly overlooked it.” Wher quiet was restored, Mr. Glassie corrected himself by saying he meant the history of the marf¥rs. In clcsing the case, Prosecuting Attorney Pugh set forth that the contest of Friday was of as serious a nature as a prize fight or a bull fight, and almost as _ bloody. “Why,” he continued, “the law looks upon contests of that character as a peniten- tlary offerse. I want to say right here that so long as I am assistant district at- torney in this court I shall suppress all cruelty to animals in the District of Co- Jumbia.” The court ruled that the fact that the horse. was urged into the contest several times after being wounded was sufficient to sustain the charge, and Lieutenant Barber was fined $20, although his attorney made an appeal that he be released on his personal bonds. The fine was later reduced to $15, and was paid. At the conclusion of the case, Sergt. Henry J. Davie, the other combatant, who was in court as a witness, was placed under arrest and arraigned on a similar charge. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was continued until Thursday next. It is among the possibilities, however, that in view of his position in the army the charge will not be pressed. Stata ee Not a Candidate, Anent the talk of William Warner, past grand commander of the G.A.R., being can- didate for the United States Senate to suc- ceed George G. Vest, the former has issued the following card: i “I am not now and have never been a candidate for the caucus nomination by the repu! of: the general as- sembly. ‘All talk of my name in connection eee is without my consent or ap- SOME DISTRICT BILLS Those Now Pending ‘in the House Await- Mr. Meyer of Louisiana Placed on the District Commiijee—subco mittees ad’ Recast. Chairman Babcock of the House District committee has returned to the city, with Mrs. Babcock, frem a visit to Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Babcock was very much bene- fited by the waters*and the rest from business, as he was ¥ery much run down from overwork before he went away. Mr. Babcock and his party narrowly escaped the recent destructive cyclone which swept through Arkansas. In fact, the train upon which they came north kept barely ahead of the cyclone. Towns through which they passed south of Little Rock were swept by the cyclone, and at Little Rock, where they stopped.for supper, the storm struck half an hour after they left and there was a foot of water in the dining room. The train following was delayed two days by the storm. Chairman Babcock will hold a meeting of the District committee tomorrow for the purpose of preparing business to be brought before the House at the next District day, which will be next Monday. There are a number of important bills on the commit- tee calendar, and the most urgent of these will be selected to bring up on District da} Owing to the short session and the f District days that will occur it will be necessary to urge upon the House the most important legislation first and let the minor bills take their chances of securing con- sideration. Bills Now Pending. The bills now pending in the House awaiting consideration are the following: H. R. 2659. Report No. 870. A bill to regu- late the practice of veterinary medicine in the District of Columbia. H. R. 6179. Report No. 1184. A bill for the incorporation of associations for the improvement of breeds of horses, and to regulate the same, and to establish a racing commission. H. R. 7169. Report No. 1448. A bill pro- viding that all judgments in civil causes In the District of Columbia shall bear in- terest. H. J. R. 189. Report No. 1985. A bill for the relief of farmers, gardeners and truck- men selling produce of their own ratsing in the markets of Washington. H. R. 4149. Report No. 1180. A bill in relation to taxes and tax sales in the Dis- trict of Columbia. H. R. 8010. Report No. 1137. A bill to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern branch of the Potomac river in line with Massachusetts avenue extended eastward. A New Man. Mr. Meyer of Louisiana has been placed upon the District committee to fill the va- cancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Cobb of Alabama, and is considered a val- vable acquisition to the committee. He has a record on the naval affairs committee of being a hard worker and a prompt and constant attendant upon the sessions. The District committee as now constituted con- sists of the following: Joseph W. Bahcock, Wisconsin, chair- man; Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsylvania; George M. Curtis, lowa; George W. Hulicx, Ohio; Richard C. Shannon, New York; James H. Huling, West Virginia; Benjamin B. Odell, jr., New York; Alfred Milnes, Michigan; George L. Wellington, Mary- land; James D. Richardson, Tennessee; Harry Welles Rusk, Maryland; Elisha E. Meredith, Virginia; Jo Abbott, Texas; Seth W. Cobb, Missouri; Adolph Meyer, Louis- jana. Mr. George B. Clementson of Wisconsin is the clerk of the committee. Subcommittees. The subcommittees have been recast since Mr. Meyer’s appointment upon the commit- tee, and are as follows: On judiciary—Messrs. Hulick, Shannon. Richardson, Abbott and Meredith. On ways and means—Messrs. Curtis, Odell, Milnes, Meyer and Cobb. On education, labor and charities—Messrs. Wellington, Hulick, Shannon, Abbott and Cobb. On street railways, streets and avenues— Messrs. Babcock, Harmer, Curtis, Rich- ardson and Rusk. On steam railways—Messrs. Harmer, Hul- ing, Wellington, Babcock and Meredith. On incorporations—Messrs. Odell, Huling, Milnes, Meredith and Rusk. -°—____—_ BLIZZARD IN THE WEST. orst Snow Drifts South Dakota Ever Experienced. The blizzard which began Saturday night raged with unabated fury in South Dakota last night. Only one railroad is reported to have moved a train in South Dakota yes- terday, and this was the local on the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul between Yankton and Sioux City. All other trains were abandoned. The storm is the worst that has ever been known In South Dakota for drifting snow, but not so blinding or cold as the great storm of 188%, when more than a hundred persons were frezen to death. No casualties of this nature have yet been re- ported, although a great deal of stock ts known to have perished. The meeting of the state legislature, which was to begin at Pierre today, and the banquet to Gov. Lee, which was to fol- low, will he postponed, as about eighty of the one hundred and twenty-six members of the legisluture are snow-bound, and some of them will not reach the capital for several days. Iowa is in the grasp of a blizzard. The temperature is falling, and the loose snow is drifticg, and threatens to interfere with railway travel. Owing to the sleet, many telegraph and telephone wires are jown. Up to midnight there was little abate- meut in the fury of the storm that had raged In Nebraska sixty hours. The suow ceased falling, but the wind still blew a gale and the temperature was very low. Trains on the Union Pacific, Burlington, Elkhorn and Rock Island roads moved slowly, but within one or two hours of schedule time. The Omaha line was tied up, the drifts in the northern part of the siate being such that the road could not be opened while the storm raged. So far there has beer: no loss of life reportea. +e. A JAPANESE TREATY, Negotiations Concluded Between Mr. Olmey and the Japanese Minister. Negotiations have been concluded between the Secretary of State and the Japanese minister here which contemplate giving immediate effect to article 16 of the treaty between the United States and Japan con- cluded in 1894, to becore operative in 1899, This treaty is similar in its terms with treaties recently concli by Japan with all European countries except Spain and Portugal. They were all to take effect five years from date of signing, but most of the governments affected ate arranging for im- mediate enforcement ‘of-article 16, which provides that the cifizéns or subjects of each nation shall enjeyyin the territory of the other the same rigtits and protection as. native citizens or subjects in regard to pat- ents, trade-marks and, designs upon fulfill- ment of the usual | requirements. As has been already stated in The Star, the most important provisiéh of the treaty as a whole, which, unless ‘gi earlier ratification is made, will not operative for two years, is that which gpéns the empire of Japan to citizens of the, United States for travel, residence and :husiness and manu- facturing: purpeses on ‘the same footing as the Japanese, except that land must be leased, and cannot be purchased, and makes the inhabitants of either nation amenable to the laws of the country in which they happen to be. ‘Wilk Move Into Another District. Representative Hendrick of Kentucky will move from his present district, the first, at the expiration of his present term in Congress, and will go ‘Into the second district, now represented by Dr. Clardy. it home, Smithland. — Mi Hendrick 1. - Mr was rot @ candidate for re-election because, as a gold it, he differed from ‘his constituents, t THE CIVIL SERVICE| @gg@eqeee Two Important Measures to Be Considered by the House Committee. Extension of the Rules to the Dis- trict Government and the Clerks’ Retirement Bill. Next Friday the House committee on re- form in the civil service will take up the consideration of the bill relating to the ex- tension of the civil service to the District government, and the bill to create from the salaries of clerks in the departments a fund for the compulsory retirement of such employes. Chairman Brosius of the commixtee said today that it is the purpose of the com- mittee to act at an early date upon a bill creating a retirement fund for clerks. It is not known just what shape the legisla- tion will take, as there are.conflicting views in the committee upon the subject, and wide differences of opinion among mem- bers of the House generally. The bill offered by Mr. Tawney of Minnesota is now before the committee, but jt will not be the only measure pending when next Fri- day’s meeting is held. It is understood that other bills will be introduced, and the committee will then proceed to make up a measure out of all the measures pending. The Tawney Bill. The Tawney bill attracted wide attention among the department employes at the last session. The bill in full is as follows: That there shall be withheld from the salary of every employe, including those already appointed and to be appointed, in the executive departments of the classified service and the general service, and whose salary is fixed by law, 2 per centum, or less, out of his or her monthly pay, to be deposited in the treasury of the United States to the credit of the “civil service retirement fund,” as a special deposit fund to be expended for the retirernent of em- ployes of the classified service in the ex- ecutive departments above mentioned upon the plan hereinafter recited. Section 2. On and after July 1, 1900, the employes of the above mentioned classified departmental service shall be retired 7rom duty at a salary equal to 75 per centum of the highest pay they have received at any time while in the civil service; such retire- ment to be subject to the following condi- tions: 1. All those who have reached the age of fifty years and have been employed in any of the executive departments or the general service for a period of twenty years, and are totally disabled for the per- formance of their ordinary duties because of physical disability not the rcsult of vicious habits, may be retired at their own request upon the pay as above named. Compulsory Retirement. 2. 2. All those who have reached the age of fifty-five years and have been in any of the executive departments or in the gen- eral service for the period of twenty-five years, and are totally disabled by a dis- ability not the result of victous habits, shall be compulsorily retired upon the pay as above named. 3. All those who have reached the age of sixty years and have been in any of the executive departments or the general serv- ice for a period of thirty years may, upon their own request, be retired upon the pay as above named. 4. All those who hav2 reached the age of seventy years and have been in any of the executive departments or im the eral service for a pertod of thirty-five years shall be compulsorily retired at the pay above named. Section 3. Any employe of the executive epartments or general service who shail die or be discharged from his or her yosi- tion in the civil service betore becoming eligible to retirement under the provisions above recited, shall have refunded to him or her, or paid to his or her est: the amount of pay withheld during his or her term of office. —_e+_____ A PRESENT FOR THE SULTAN. A Figure of a Sioux Chief Arrayed for a War Dance. Skilled workmen at the National Museum have recently completed a magnificent life- size figure of a Sioux chief in full regalia. It is to be sent as a present from the Smithsonian Institution to the Sultan of Turkey. Qrders were given this morning to have the figure carefully packed and boxed, and it will be forwarded to Con- stantinople without further delay. When Secretary Langley of the Smith- sonian Institution made a trip to Europe in the summer of 1895 he was accompanied by Dr. Cyrus Adler, the famous orientalist, and the two gentlemen were most royally treated when they visited the Turkish cap- ital, Dr. Adler’s famillarity with the peo- ple and language giving them a particular standing. The sultan presented them with several albums of magnificent photographs, and intimated that he would be oniy too glad to send a contribution for the National Museum. It was naturally thought proper that these courtesies should be reciprocated, and Secretary Langley came to the coficlusion that there could be no more appropriate gift than one that would be typical of the aboriginal life of this country. Orders were therefore given to construct the fig- ure of a Sioux chief, and this, after long care and study, has just been completed. It is like a number of other such figures that have been on exhibition at the mu- seum, with which Washington people are so familiar, but it will doubtless be of par- ticular interest in Constantinople. It rep- resents a big chief arrayed for a war dance, in his war blanket and moccasins, and with his costume decorated with a profusion of bead work. In his right hand he holds a stone tomahawk or war hatchet. The background for the figure is a large screen, on which are hung a number of articles in- tended for martial or domestic purposes, and the whole thing is a fine piece of work. It is understood that the sultan’s present in return is to be a magnificent set of mediae- val Tartar armor. While the Indian figure is a unique and handsome gift, its actual cost in money is small when compared to what the ruler of Turkey has done for the museum. ——+ 2 +_____ HARRY DELGADO’S IDENTITY. An Affidavit Filed at the State De- partment on the Subject. The friends cf the American newspaper correspondent, Harry Delgado, now lying dengerously ill in a Spanish prison in Cuba, have taken measures to clear away |} @ misunderstanding that exists as to his identity. It has been asserted by the Spaniards that this Delgado is the noted Cuban leader, Ricardo Delgado. Today the New York Mail and Express filed with the State Department an affidavit by Ma- rina Elena Delgado Green of New York, asserting that Harry Delgado is an Ameri- can citizen, born in Brooklyn in 1865, and adopted by her father, Jose Delgado. Ac- cording to the affiant, Harry has lived in the United States most of his life and went to Cuba to act as correspondent for the New York Mail and Express, a mem- ber of the Associated Press. He was ill when he landed in Cuba and went directly into the hospitel, where he’ was arrestcd. Further, the affiant says that Ricardo Del- gado is her cousin and an entirely different person, being a Cuban, a Spanish subject and an officer of the Cuban artillery. Harry is stout, with light hair and light com- plexion, while Ricardo is exceedingly dark, with black hair, very thin, blind in one eye and marked by smallpox. The latter 1 now and has been in the United States since July, 1896. : —_——__-2-______ Not an Applicant. Representative Linton of Michigan, who has been represented as desirmg the posi- tion of chief of the bureau of engraving and printing, will not, it is stated by his friends, be an applicant for any position. On the other hand, his friends say, he will ited a movement to have him appointed deserved successes. made. Compare with those you find edvertised for $45—$50 elsewhere. = POOGSS GOSS SOS S009 SSOCO800GO @ SSESSSSOES THE SUPREME COURT A Number of Important Decisions Handed ~ Down Yesterday. Question of Citizenship in the Chero- kee Nation Decided—Large Amount The Supreme Court yesterday afternoon rendcred a number of decisions that are of general interest. The Anti-Lottery Law. The court rendered a decision through Justice Peckham in the case of Albert L. France and others involving the anti-lot- tery law of 1895. France and his fellow appellants were conyicted in the district court for the southern district of Ohio on the charge of conspiring to violate this act, and the verdict of that court was re- versed by the opinion rendered by this cour.. The opinion did not construe the constitutionality of the lottery law, but was based upon the technical ground that the act for which France and his asso- clates were convicted was subsequent to the drawing of the lottery instead of prece- dent jo it as provided in the statute. It appears that the defendants were arrested with slips of paper showing the result of the drawing known in the lottery world as “hit slips” on their persons while on their way from Covington, Ky., where the lottery deawing took place, to Cincinnati, where the sale offices were situated. A State License Law. The court in an opinion by Justice Peck- ham affirmed the decision of the supreme court of Florida in the case of F. R. Os- borne, wno was arrested, tried and im- prisoned on the charge of violating, by acting as agent for the Southern Express Company, a state law requiring a license for the operation of express compani-s in that state. Osborne brought the case to the Supreme Court on the allegation that the law was unconstitutional, but Justice Peckham said in his opinion that the court did not violate any provision of the Constitution under the construction given it by the state court. Justice White rendered an opinion in the case of Henry Starr, who appealed from a sentence of death for murder in the Indian territory, the decision of the court below being reversed. Cherokee Citizenship. In the case of Jess and John Nofire, un- der sentence for murder of Fred Ruther- ford in the Indian territory, the court was called upon to determine what constitutes citizenship in the Cherokee nation, and it ruled that marriage to a squaw made the husband a member of the Cherokees. When there is a distribution of Indian property, this decision will have an important bear- ing on the standing of “‘squaw men.” Justice White rendered a decision in the case of the United States and the Sioux Indians vs. the Northwestern Express Company, holding that the term “citizens of the United States” in Indian depredation cases applies to corporations. In the case of John F. Bushnell vs. Cyrus A. Leland, receiver of the State National Bank of Wichita, Kan., the court reaffirm- ed, in a decision by Justice White, the right of a national bank receiver appointed by the controller of the currency to en- force the individual ability of the bank’s stockholders. A Land Decist An opinion rendered by Justice Brewer in the case of William G. Ford, jr., and Louls P. Levy vs. the Delta Pine Land Company decided the ownership of 200 dif- ferent tracts of land, including 112,160 acres in nine different counties in the state of Mississippi. The lands were acquired by the Pine Land Company upon tax sales for levee improvements, which the former owners resisted, on the ground that the lands which had formerly been granted to the Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobile Railroad Company were exempt. The case was appealed from the circuit court for the southern Gistrict of Mississippi! by Ford and Levy, the decision there having been averse to them. This verdict was yester- day affirmed. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Edward Eckart was filed by Rublee A. Cole. Eckart is "a life oe in the Wisconsin penitentiary on the charge of murder, and has already served eighteen rears. ook motion was entered in the Laclede Gas Company case to set a day for argument, which was taken under advisement. —_____o-____ CIVILIAN EXPERTS. They Will Be Employed to Examine Steel Plates. As a result of conferences between Secre- tary Herbert, Assistant Secretary McAdoo and the-members oi the special board charged with an inquiry into defective steel plates supplied for battle ships, it has been decided to employ a dozen or fifteen civilian experts to ald the steel board in the in- spection of steel at the mills, These will be paid from $4 to $6 per day, and they will be selected after competitive examination A Monument of Success. Our business has grown and grown so that now it is colossal. is the result of work right along one steady line. It is the result of years of ambition and struggle to sell the very best tailor- made clothing at prices asked for ready- In that way ours is an odd busi- ness, but we have achieved an odd success. Pull Dress Suits, silk tined, "25 MERTZ AND PERTZ, New “Era’’ Tailors, 906 F Street N.W. EPUAHeshaar HEL) bie iteee Hintbeelin field It is like all other It is permanent. It BOGS HOC 99O9SS OB9ES = é Ce = @ SSOSS SOCSTESETSORS» LANDED AT PORT ORANGE. the Commedore reat Distress, A special to the Commercial Tribune from Jacksonville, Fla., dated yesterday, ways: Four more men landed from the wrecked Commodore this morning at Port Orange. This accounts for twenty out of the thirty- eight men on board. Those landed were Major Julio Rodriguez Baz, Jose Alvarex, Manvel Conzales and Louis Sierra Maderas The men were observed in the surf and boats put out to aid them to land. They were nearly famished, and what Uttle food was in the boat was eaten, and the last drop of water was given out last night. During the night one of the men grew light-headed and attempted to jump over- board, but was prevented by the others. They say that they heve not seen the other eight men reported missing. The men without a doubt lost are E. B. Ritter, Jas. Reddig: Frank Grain, Julio Rodber, Jos. Dehaney, Le. Marbury, M. Leon and W. A. G. Smith. Capt. Edward Murphy, commander of the lost steamer Commodore: Stephen Crane,the novelist; C. B. Montgomery, Cook and Wil- liam Higgins, an oiler, with four Cubans, arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., from Dayton last night. From the survivors it is learned that the men of the Commodore left. the ship in four boat loads. Twelve Cubans embarked in the first, four more in the sec- ond, seven Americans in the third, and four, including Captain Murphy, Crane, Higgins and Montgomery, in the fourth. ‘The first three were life boats, the last a ten-foot dingy. The men in the third boat lingered in the neighborhood of the sinking steamer, and for some reason the boat foundered and sank. The men were ordered to swim back to the steamer, where they impro- vised a raft. This the captain attempted to tow to shore, fourteen miles away. Just as they started it was observed that a ne- sro on the raft was drawing himself along the tow line to the dingy. The captain realized that this meant death to all, and he or the raft cast adrifi. He shouted to the men to return to the vessel, which they attempted to do, but when near the Commodore it gave a lurch, sank, and the men on the raft were drawn down in the vortex and did not rise again. They were Jas. Rodigan, engineer: E. B. Ritter, assist- ant engineer; Frank Grain, mate; W. A. G. Smith, fireman; Modesto Leon, Cuban p and guide, and Jonas Franklin and Murray Nobles, two colored fireme: ——ro-— Naval Orders. Lieut. Commander E. 8. Prime, detached from steel inspection duty at South Beth- lehem and ordered to similar duty at Har- rsburg, Reading and Steelton. Assistant Engineer C. R. Emrich, from the Mont- gomery to the Ma husetts. Passed As- sistant Engineer W. Bartlett, from the Massachusetts to the Vesuvius. Duke Dar- nall has been appointed pay clerk at the Key West naval station. The resignation ef Pay Clerk G. E. Freeman has been a cepted. Wm. Brooks has been appoint acting boatswain. ——___-e-____ Commander Iverson Retired. Commander A. J. Iverson, lately on duty at the navy yard, Boston, has been placed on the retired list on account of age. He was in the volunteer naval service during the war, and entered the regular estabiish- ment in 1864. o—-—___. Representative Money Reappears. Representative Money returned to Ha- vana from his trip yesterday, and is at the hotel again. He declined to discuss his trip or the comments and excitement which have been caused by his absence from the city. He said that he had been in the in- terior on business of a wholly private char- acter. He saw certain estates, he said, with a view to investment. He was neither molested by the government outposts, nor did he see ary insurgents. He dined last right with Consul General Lee and with Mr. Walter B. Barker, United States con- sul at Sagua La Grande.