Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1897, Page 3

" THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL -8, 1897-12 - PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. n LISM.—WONN'S HALL, OTH ST. ee MISS MAGGIE GAULE of Baltimore, 905 Ti now. during day FRIDAY for private sittings. 4 aps-2t" ERT DE meeting will be S07, at Mt ¥. sth day . to confer 22d et seq. degrees, By order of M. D. BRAINAKD. 32° Comma; Attest: WM. OSCAR ROOME, 33° It = eee A MISSION BROTHERHOOD ¢ ANDER t St. Paul's Cb st., eouth of EVERETT JOH POMORROW your ladies and HEADQUARTERS Veteran I parties; trl the #th instant, will repert at the B. and 0. at 2:30 pim. sharp on that date. Tickets ‘at the depot of ced s, or of Q'runtster Have your will meet at B. and oth instant, to visit ET on MO} smn. Estate nw Office to Lath st apS-3t “TL never disappoint. sueh n tell t om the genuine. person who receives one of them re to read it—and therein lies the secret of Its success ay an advertising med BYRON S. ADAMS, “prompt printer,” 512 11th St. aps Ha NOW RUNNING AND BUSY. Our Navy Yard mill is row running—and Dusiest spot along the river front! Best lumber, t delivery. See < if vou want lumber or mill work! MITH, Ist and Ind. ave. "Phoue 217. rves, foot 4th st. s.e. "Phone 351. HADDAWAY, apé-Im OR BOX 563, NCOLN FIRE he Lincoln Distriet ¢f Columbia for the rd of trustees ensuing. rv will Le held at the office o mn Lan ‘Prust “riday. April 9, to ‘Thursd:ty, inclesive, on whieh latter date th S ividend of two (2) per cent will be paid on the < of this company. E. N. WATERS, HORSES FOR SALE—300 GOOD WO! horses at private Herdie Stables, 10t and € sts. se. Agt. MA- : Le sonal meeting otype Ma- eo and MONOTYPE Station, W 1897.7 f the Lanston 3 any will be held at the Exe Va. at i of April, A, board ef ear, and Alexandria, Y, the 3 purpose hod serve for the ensuing suet other business gs ina proper Polls open at 2 p.m. Transfer ised April 9 1897. at 6 p.m. or send for Rooklet. We Carry No Old Stock. 1s advertised at low prices by Morton ©. Stuur & having b of George T. are not this season's left overs from former years. KEEN, 1210 F st. A Benedick If You're To ‘denier. Letter Heads, p, 421 LithSt. “hy STATIONERS, ee ta hen you Feel badly your aties In 9 time you Whisky. nd put you Ways best. $1 gt. busi Transfers of Real Estate. ing terrace—Frank L. er Watkins, lot 14; § Ww Sper Hanvey et ux. 0. 3th and 1th st Davidson et al., truste: , lots 45, 46, between Ba ast between 13th Addison 57, sq. a 1th and 1034, 158, sa. » Blooming: ett, lot mann to Hattie $10. and N streets to Joln MeDou- $500, ne 6th . to Alex and H. ¢ North yet ux. G16; $10. H. Way Richard northwest between 7th and Sth streets- ‘Sly. W. Jewett et nx. cimal lot to Wm. Schwing, se. 426; $10. northwest between North Capttol and Prank Kt ding et ux. to Patrick F. part Cosick, lot 72, sq. 628; $10. Second street northeast between G and H streets Adium H. Groff et ux. to Diller B. Groff, jot 31, sie and Park—Jobn Sherman et al. to Joho ; lots 1y, 20 part lots IS and 21; "blk. 310. Fifteenth and M_ streets John E. Mitchell et ux. to John Ch + Bart lots 18 to 2 30. went be Albert et v ween T to Ri nd U streets rd L. Parrott, i: $19. Ktebard L. Panott convey operty to Albert P. Albert: $10. vet Alle isth n to Susie and horthWest between f T. Boatwri a 316. fst and New York avenue northwest Joun Ct et ux. to Ino. EB, Mitchell, Twining Cits—FNa V. Browning to Jobn Herath, . bik. 4; $10. *$—dobn Herath et ux io Ella V. half lot Same to west half avenue northeast Ha Bell to bet Wu. 1 lots 3 Somtih Stod woed, part; - will be special services held every Right next week at the Western Presby- Church, Rev. Mr. Ennis, pastor. mg an flustrated lecture wili Le delivered on the “Life of Christ, espe- ting to Passion Week, nd a the choir will be present. used in the tecture are taken from masterpieces of art. f LIEUREICH OF THE UNIVERSITY im says that “APENTA™ may be classed «st apetient waters, and be pronounced > strongest. fe20-tudethi, tf HOPE IN THE LEVEE It Withstood a Storm That Wrecked Stronger Structures. REPORTS FROM ALONG THE LINE The Dixe Stronger Than It Ever Was Before. ad GIVING FEDERAL AID NEW ORLEANS, La., April §.—The flood wave has not yet given the Louisiana its fullest force, and the levees still average several feet above the water. A few more storms like that of Tuesday night will leave little damage for the flood to do, and the weather holds more dread for the levee boards than the rising river. Along Bayou La Fourche the vegetable crop was ruined, and many substantial structures injured, but, strange to say, the levees, regarded as probably the weakest part of the Louisiana system, came through unscathed. This has given the water-side dwellers hope, and they will make a gallant effort to hold the banks. A mass meeting was held at Thibodeaux, forces organized, money and material pledged, and the poorer people offered their services to labor and watch. From every other section the reports are excellent. The government engineers report that Iagnificent work has been accomplished in the last few-weeks, that the line is stronger than it has ever been. JACKSON, Miss., April 8—The following dispatch has just been received from Greenville: Every day now brings us some tale of woe from the overflowed regicn. Here is one the Associated Press reporter learned this morning, which fs perfectly reliable. When the levee broke at Mound Landing a family, consisiing of a mother and six children, were overtaken by the water, and before they could reach a place of safety four of the children were caught by the furiousiy rushing current and wash- ed away almost in the twinkling of an eye. Who these people were was not learned in the confusion of the night. it is believed the mother and other two chil- dren were taken care of. The railroad bridges across the main streams in the county are going fast. An iron bridge across the Bogue on the Valley route was washed away yesterday. There were some 150 cattle and horses upon it at the time. The Southern bridges on the Bogue have aiso been washed away. The Yazoo river is running up stroam from its mouth nearly to Greenwood, on ac- count of the high stage of water at Vicks- burg. Here today the riv on a stand. The river report just r ved teday is anything but encouraging, and there is, frankly, no hope of relief from the present conditions for tive weeks at least. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April §.-Consilterable rain fell in this section last night, and is drizzli here tod: but it will have lit- tle effect on the river ing a further rise. in the way of caus- According to Dr. Fran enfield, the local weather man. the river at St. Louis ard above to Paul will change but Hitle for the next day or two. The Missouri will continue to rise, as the result of floods from above. IARCK, N. D., April 8—The water issouri river has risen 4 feet since A telegraph lineman came over this morning from Mandan in a rowboat ind had great difficulty in making the trip, wing to the flowing ice. The boat land- .ng erected by the Northern Pacific rail- road for the transfer of passengers has been swept o and telegraph poles w ed and swept away by the torrent. water has broken througin th Mandan and at Bismarck, and at 8 o'clock this morning was running into the railroad round house. The ice has gone out at Fort Y but is still solid at Gtencoe, tweniy miles down stream. No trains have ar- rived here from any direction since day before yesterday. THE WORK OF RELIEF. Within a Few Days the Disbursement of Supplies Will Begin. Seeretary Alger is pushing forward the work of relief for the flood sufferers, and within a few the disbursement of the raiions provided for by Congress will begin. Teday the Secretary was in @n- sultation a Col. Glilespie, president of the Mississippi river commiss'on, who was summoned here by telegraph by the See- retary for that purpose. Col. Giliesple has just returned from a visit of inspection of the flooded districts along the lower Mississippi, and backed by his experience in the river improvements, was able to give the Secretary a fair idea of the nezds of the situation. It is felt by Gen. Wilson and the other engineer officers that with the appropria- tion of $250,000 already placed at their dis- posal by Congress for the protection cf the improvement works, they will be to restore the broken levees and get river banks into normal sha they are protected by the levees construct- Gays ed by the national government and are not state works. Already Capt. .teh at Memphis has been authorized to draw upon the appropriation to the extent of $20,000 for the repairs ‘necessary in his district, which lies up the river from Memphis. After further consultation among army officers respecting the procurement of suppli it has been decided to make the purchases not only at Memphis, but also at New Orleans and St. Louis. At the two last-named cities there are already sta- tioned officers of the commissary general's department, and this morning Commissa:y @ 1 Suilivan ordered Capt. Davis from Chicago to Memphis to superintend the vurchases to be made_ there. It has been arranged with the citizens’ relief committee of Memphis that the gov- ernment will procure the rations and medi- cines and place them on boats to be sup- plied by the citizens’ committee, in charge of an army officer, who will go along on each boat to make sure that a proper dis- tribution is made. Another Resolution Likely. The attention of the Secretary of War has been called to the fact that under the terms of the resolution passed by Con- gress yesterday only rations can be pur- chased. It is regarded as absolutely neces- sary to authorize a supply of forage and such stores to the people who have herd- ed the few cattle and horses remaining to them on the levees and high grounds in the flooded districts, else the damage may be very much heavier. ‘Therefore it is likely that an immediate effort will be made to secure the passige of «nother resolution amending the first so as to per- mit such stores to be supplied. Engineer Officers’. Statements. che General Wilson, chief of engineers, to- day received the following telegrams from engineer officers stationed in the flooded Mississippi valley in response to requests for information on the subject: From Captain Derby, at New Oricans: No breaks in my line as yet. Levees un- der severe strain now, but the worst has not yet reached my district. We are mak- ing every effort all along the line to pre- vent any break.” * From Captain Newcomer at Memphis: “Levees west of river in my district prac- tieally intact. One crevasse of little im- portance on Amos bayou, about two miles from upper end of levee system and through this crevasse has inundated small area, including Arkansas City. But little damage or destitution apprehended from this. “Four crevasses in my district in Mis- sissippi, one opposite Island Seventy, one southern side Concordia bayou, about eight miles above Rosedale; one at Stop Land- ing, Choctaw Bead: one northern side Lake Lee, about eight miles below Green- ville. Width of breaks, about 800 to 1,000 feet, April 2. Land now overflowed, or be from these breaks, that soon will roughly estimated at about 25 by 120 miles, | No reliable information yet as to amount | of loss or destitution caused by flood. Will depend largely on time flood . continues. Interior points hitherto accessible ‘by’ rail- j road will probably soon exhaust supplies on hand, and can be reached only by skiff. I think vague press statements of enor- [added to the seep water, have submerge THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: WEATHER) MAP. S . (eZ. : es ian! Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are {90- bars, or Mines of equal air pressure, drawn for cach tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or Mnes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. high and low barometer. ‘The words “High” and Small arrows fly with the wind. “Low"’ show location of areas of RAIN PROMISED. The Weather Prediction for Tonight and Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, threatening weather and rain tonight and Friday; easterly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The barometer has fallen in the Mississip- pi, the Icwer Ohio and lower Missouri val- leys, and it has risen slowly on the Atlantic ceast and rapidly at Rocky mountain sta- tions. Ther> is an area of low pressure covering the lower Mississippi valley and the barometer is highest on the north Pa- cific coast. General rains prevail over the central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and from Tennessee westward to northern Texas, and local showers are reported from New Eng- land, New York and the lower lake region. Light snows occurred during the night from western Texas northward to western Ne- braska, where the temperature is below freezing this morning. It is slightly colder on the New England coast and warmer in the lower Mississippi valley. General cloudiness prevails over the regions east of the Rocky mountains. ‘The indications are that rain will prevail from southern New England and the lower Jake region southward to Georgia Friday. Rain will prevail in the lower Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys this afternoon and tonight, followed by clearing weather on Frida: It will be colder in the southwest Friday morning, possibly frosts in extreme north- ern Texas, Oklahoma, Indian territory and northwestern Arkansas Friday morning. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the past twen- ty-four hours: Cairo, 1.00; Concordia, 1.0: Padueah, Ky., 1.20. Rivers—The following changes in the rt ers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: Risen, Cincinnati, 0.3; Louisville, 0.9; ville, 1 Sioux City, 0.1; Kansas Cit La Crorse, 0.4; Dubuque, 0.7; Davenport, 0.3; Vicksburg, 0.2; New Orleans, 0.1. Fall- en—Cairo, 0.4; Chattanooga, 4.3; Helena, Ark., 0.2; Arkansas City, 0.1; St. Paul, 0.1; Memphis, 0.1. ‘They are above the danger line and rising at Nashville, 0.7; La Crosse, 3.3; Vicks- burg, 8.6; New Orleans, 1.7. Above ‘the danger line and falling at Cairo, 8.8; Helena, Ark., 11.9; Arkansas City, 7.8; St. Paul, 3.7; Memphis, 3.1. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 5:24 a.m. and 6:31 p.m.; high tide, 11:58 am. Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:13 a.m. and 7:23 p.m.; high tide, 12:03 a.m. and 12:47 p.n. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:34 a.m.; sun p.m. Moon sets, 12:57 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:32 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:39 p.m. ex- tinguishing begun at 4:40 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time amed. Are lamps lighted at 7:24 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:55 a.m. “4 Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 51; condi- tion, 12; receiving reservoir, temperature, 55; condition at north: connection, 11; con. dition at south connection, 23; distributing reservoir, temperature, condition at in- fluent gate house, 30; effluent gate house, ‘Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: et 7+ p.m., 58; 8 p.m., 56; midnight, sets, 6:31 -, 44; 8 a.m., 48; 12 m., 51, 60, at 8 p.m., April 7: = mum, 40, at 5 a.m. ‘April Gr ae mous damage and suffering very much egerate present conditions.” From Captain Fitch, also at Memphi “Breaks in St. Francis levee are: Ci ville 4.000 feet wide; just abov Mo., is line, two bri ena, Ark., sevenieen breaks, ing a mile in width, ‘Th overflowed from Gayos, Francis river for t miles hack. Overflow 2,500 square mil > cally 10., to mouth cf ty to tw i area est) Breaks in W are three miles beiow He! 800 feet wid miles below, fee wide; fourte: les below, 800 feet wide. Ark., and foot cf Island 64 are six breaks, the lower being three-quar- ters of a mile wide. hers will aggregale about 3,000 feet. Between Knowlton, Ark., and two miles above aye three breaks aggregating 2,000 feet. Laconia le broken, inundating Laconia circle. Overfiowed area of White river basin estimated at 500 square mile: In upper Yazoo district there is one break opporite mouth of St. Francis river about 809 feet wide. No information on which to base estimate cf overflowed area of upper Yazoo district. No data for approximate estimate of loss: and destitution, which, however, is gre WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS. Work on the Louisiana Levees Goes on Hopefally. The following reports have been received today from the weather bureau officials in charge of river districts: St. Louis, Mo.—Litile change from St. Louis north for day or two. Missouri will rise steadily, but the rise east of Hermann is unprecedently slow. Danger line from Booneville to Kansas City will probably be reached within two or three days and warn- ing has been given. Cairo, Ill.—River has fallen four-tenths of a foot since yesterday morning, fall slowly during next twenty-four hours. With heavy rains during next twenty-fo hours river will come to a stand by Friday night, and be rising again by Saturda; Heavy rains of past twenty-four hour the sidewalks on many of the graacd streets on Commercial avenue. The water in many places is over the sidewalks and up to the doors of the business hou: The sidewalks around the custom house are | several inches under water. Memphis, Tenn.—Very little change in the situation since yesterday. The river at this place is falling slowly; the fall at Helena is decreasing. The waters are rapidly gather- ing about Clarksdale, but they have strong hopes of saving the town. Helena, Ark.—Not much change. River falling and will continue down to 47 feet, or lower. Gauge, 48.9 feet. Rainfall, 20 of an inch. Vicksburg, Miss.—Rise at Vicksburg in- creasing. Weather threatening and windy. Levee condition unchanged and work pro- gressing rapidly. Highest water here since 1862. New Orleans, La.—Levees continue intact all along the line and work thereon con- tinues. While all are hopeful of holding the levees against breaks, yet there is a feeling that it will be a desperate fight, and extensive preparations have been made therefor. Slight rise occurred from Bayou Sara southwest. Natchez had a slight fall. The central Ohio, lower Missouri, Cum- berland and Red rivers have risen slightly. The Mississippi has risen slightly from La Crosse to Davenport and from Vicksburg to New Orleans, and fallen slowly else- where. During the past twenty-four hours about six-tenths of an inch of rain fell in_the basins of the Arkansas and lower Mis- souri rivers. and four-tenths in the central Mississipp!. Light showers occurred in the basins of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cum- berland. ee CONSULAR FEES. Pressure Being Brought Them Restored. Censiderable pressure is being brought to bear upon the President to secure a re- peal of some consular regulations pro- mulgated by Secretary Olney last October, which, in effect, largely curtail the big fees which have been received by some ccrsular officers. The order practically did away with the requirement in all cases of an oath to invoices by an exporter. The result was that many consuls who were in the habit of dividing fat fecs with British commissioners empowered to ad- minister such oaths lost these returns. They were in the eye of the department iNegal in any sense, for they were not re- turned in the statements of fees required to be made to the department by statute, and there was no warrant for the reten- tion of any other class of fees. Now the applicants for the consular places have discovered that a large percentage of the returns of their prospective offices have been cut off by Secretary Olney’s order, and so the places are less desirable. At one British port the consul last year se- cured nearly $5,000 in such fees, which he pocketed. In addition the business of the exporters was seriously delayed by the necessity for appearing in the very lim- ited hours set by the consuls for the re- ception of invoices, and altogether the practice was regarded by Secretary Olney as improper. to Have Second Day of thy Annual National Convéntion, ‘The national science eenvention m morning in the lectur# Wail of the National Museum, with Mrs. Afjena B. Wil ams, president of the society, presiling. Session was givert up entirely to the pre- j Sentation of scientific yapers. Mrs, erine Jeannette Bush! tf Y ini et this ity | me of the results of | into the nature and adeorbis and American marine Pa by Max J., and en ning | s Mary i. + xford, Oh jal Laws, Marghe Mrs. W.. Kellermain fave a most inte of Colum sting acco. 5 t of jJons of leat variation, both fossil existing. Perhaps the most entertain- Mrs. on ing I paper of the day was one by ances Rhees Burket of Washington the life and habits of the myrmeleon, rn ise Known as the antlion or By repeated experiment Ket found that this insect, whic beth as larvae, pupae and in the winged state, certainly does in the first of th condilions respond to the “doodle call, Whistling, chirping, singing and other sounds had no effect on it. ‘The low, s “doodle” call invariably brought the out of fits tunnel. ; Other subjects | described Psylla,” by Miss Mary F | Kennebunk, M HA tory (Membracis Binota eth G. she kept resented were Hill, bit of Family His- .”’ by Miss Eliz~ Indianapolis, Ind.; “The Skells of New Jersey,” by Mrs. Harric: D. Mitchell of Washington arine Algac,” be M s, Cora H. Clarke of Jamaica Flaine cteorciogy, | wald of York, 1 Fields,” by Mr: ‘Cupili- ferae, the Oak Family,” by Mrs. Emma J. | Curtis of Milwaukee, Wis. ‘This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of the late Richard Proc- tor, the famous English astronomer, w deliver a lecture before the siub tional Museum halk on “Other Than Ours,” with stereopticon tions. Tomorrow afternoon the club will he re- ceived at the White Hous » and at 5 p.m. will be re Mrs. Hearst at her home on shire avenue. ee AN ALLEGED FATAL VARIANCE. by Mrs. L. H. Grene ne Tee Worlds iNustra- A Difference Between the Indictment and the Proof. Isaac J. Fleming, colored, was placed on trial before Chief Justice Bingham in Criminal Court No. 1 today, charged with forging the name of James H. Winslow, a colored undertaker, to two receipts for $5 each. By direction of the court, upon the motion of the defendant's counsel, Mr. H. B. Moulton, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, because of a variance be- tween the allegations of the indictment and the proof. The indictment charged that Fleming, April 26, and August 5, 1896, collected the two sums of $5 each from Rising Sun ‘Tab- ernacle, No. 1, of the General Grand and Accepted Order of the Brothers and Sis- ters of Love and Charity, an associa‘ion formed for the purpose of caring for the sick and burying the dead, for which asso- ciation Winslow had: performed certain services. Winslow, hewever, testified that Fleming was not his agent, and that as he (Winslow) still held’ the association re- sponsible for the amaynts alleged to have been paid Fleming, he-@Vinslow) had noi, as the indictment alfegéd, lost anything. Thereupon the court fAted Mr. Moulton’s motion, directing Fl ’S acquittal and discharging him from eustody. Assistant District Attorney Jeffords stat- ed to the court that he had nothing to offer to the court in obpgsition to-Mr, Moal- ton’s motion. s More Treasary'Applications, Applications for presidéntial offices under the Treasury Department were filed at that department today as ‘foNows: F. A. Holden of Hyajtsville, Md., to be deputy auditor for the, dnterior Depart- ment; M. M. Rice of Fort Scott, Kan., to be deputy auditor fan: the Navy Depart- ment, and A. J. Schilling of Leavenworth, Kan., to be deputy auditor for the War Department. a L. R. Woodward.of Unalaska, Alaska, to be collector of customs at Sitka; F.’ KE, Morse of Chicago to be appraiser at (1 cago, J. W. Parker of*Boston to be ap- praiser at Boston and O. P. Shinkle of Cincinnati to be inspector of steam yes- sels at Memphis, Tenn. Collectors of internal revenue—James Mc- Millan of Phoenix, ‘Ariz., at Santa Fe, N. M.; B. A. E. Landgren of Chicago, Il, at Chicago; T. J. Hayes of Ossawatamie, Kan., at Leavenworth,’ Kan.; W. H. Sneed of Frankfort, Ky., at Lexington, Ky.; A, J. Bowler of Yonkers, N. Y., at Albany, N. Y., and T. B, Stevens of Clevclan. at Cleveland. 38 $ Se “Want” ads. in The-Star pay because they bring “answers. : ‘BEETS FOR FARMERS Secretary Wilson Looking to Future Sugar Production, PLANS OF HIS DEPARTMENT Efforts to Introduce New Food for Cattle. THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has in- troduced a new policy in the distribution of seed. As this work was under way when he took charge of the department, it has not been possible for him to do more this spring than to make a begining of the course he Intends to pursue. He proposes to distribute rare and valuable seed as far as possible with a view of diversifying the products of the farms of the country. In the distribution of seeds the Secre- tary’s efforts are now bent upon furnishing the farmers in the northwest, where land and climate is best adapted for the cultiva- tion of sugar beets, with choice beet seed, and this spring for the first time the farm- ers who desire to raise a crop of beets to be used in making sugar will have an op- portunity to get the choicest seed for that purpose from the Department of Agricul- ture. Money in Beets. “As this country is importing $100,000,000 worth of sugar per annum,” said Secretary Wilson to a Star reporter today, “it seems to me the cultivation of the sugar beet is a very important matter. The soil of the northwest is particularly well adapted, as is the climate, to this production, the beets in some cases yielding as high as 20 per cent of sugar. In France the yield is but a little higher than 13 per cent. “We are now obliged to import beet seed from abroad, as the seed men of this coun- try are not able to supply us with large quantities of the best seed of this kind. For forty years they have been experiment- ing abread in order to get a high grade of beet seed. Year after year they have grown beets from the best seed at their command and, putting these beets under a test, termine the quantity of sugar contained in them and then select seed from those hay. ing the highest percentage of sweets. In this way they have deveioped a very fine grade of beet seed. We have just siarted in three of our experiment stations experi- mental work for the development of high- grade beet seed, and I see no reason why in a few y to come we should not be able to produce beet seed fine or finer a: those we now get abroad. Peas for Cows. Secretary Wilson also proposes to direct his efforts particularly toward the introduc tien of leguminous plants. given much attention to thi He has already eral varieties of pe food for cattle after in the heat of the summer, done much to has disapped nd in that w aten the troubles of the dairymen In Iowa he has found throu i that w known the C the soii, on, the he red from Alabs v excellently weil and ft h just the food needed r in order to produce best quality of milk. ese plant i i n chictiy nis oy 10 apy » propose ciples to the en countr ‘0 light task, and of course i be p. > for the head of the D: of Agriculture to carry it out full the four years of a single Imi But it is proposed to is likely that wherever Valuable that can be made of use to the farm« shown to grow well under c ticns and climate t will use its efforts to spread ti t in every part of the country similar conditions of soil and clin found to exist. Th method will Uonize the principle on which the tion of seed i en made in the may be nec y to ties of seed to inaugu system, bu at that will be Or g. The department will m a systematic effort to have the seed 1 desire to distribute produced in this co try, and it wili probably take but a very shori time before this can be done. The Scientific Corps. Secretary Wilson has a high regard for the scientists who are employed in tne De- partment of Agriculture. Speaking of ‘he corps of assistants in his depac: day, he said . “We have the finest corps of sci employed by the Department of <A. ture that ean be found anywhere world. These gentlemen are doing t work, and the result of thei experiments cannot fail to be beneficial to the country at larg’ igen A Supply of Consular Regulations. In reference to the published statement that the State Department had been un- able to meet applications for copies of the consular regulations by the persons in- tending to apply for consulships, Mr. F. A. Crandall, superintendent of decuments, writes to The Sta: “A joint resolution ordering a congre sional edition of the consular regulation and also providing that 500 ¢ be supplied to t , Was ap- proved F i The books are now available, and their price is 75 cents per copy. I have also for sale at the same price the executive Se States (House doc. places are in the clas: Ee It matters little what it is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. a ee Denied the Language. With their respective craniums showing yery plainly the results of surgical attend- ance, Dennis Johnson and John Pierce ap- peared at the rail of the Police Court dock today and pleaded not guilty to an infor- mation setting forth disorderly conduct. he testimony was to the effect that the men had indulged in a row last evening, with such accompaniments as profanity and_boisterousness. “We wasn't disorderly,” declared the de- fendants. “In what manner, then, did you receive those injuries?” asked the court. “Oh, we both were throwing stones, but we didn’t make ase of no language.” “Five dollars each,” which was equivalent to fifteen di in the workhouse. e of the United which shows what fied servic CASTORIA' Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher IS ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 Murray st., N.¥. 5 FINANCIAL. _FINANCTAL, Union Savings Bank Offers to workingmen and small depositors every ad- vantage in — engi opening and maintaining a bank account. 1222 F ST. Ja18-10a . INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS si AMUSEMENTS Page 12 ATTORNEYS . Page 4 AUCTIC LES. Page 10 BUSINESS CHAN eee 8 CITY ITEMS. Page 12 IONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS. DENTISTRY . AUN eee eRe a eee 'T (Houses). RENT (tooms). FOR FoR FoR FOR FOR FoR oR, DR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots)... FOR SALE (Ais ous) HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS . LEGAL ICES LEG AL NOTICES. , LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUN MANICURE MEDICAL MARRIAGES MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. OCEAN TRAVEL PERSONAL. ..... PIANOS AND ORGAD POTOMAC RIVER BOA’ PROPOSALS . AILROAL 8 o ve edeue ss UNDERTAKER WANTED. (Help). WANTED (Houses) WANTED. (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED | «ituations). CONDENSED LOCALS Beene menage For throwing a stone and breaking a window at the house of Stephen Hellmut 717 Gth street, Daniel Williams, colored, was fined $1 by Judge Kimball today in the Police Court. Russell 8S. Schultz was arrested yester- by Policeman Duvatl of the bicycle ad for exceeding the speed limit while riding on his wheel. He was taken to 1 hth precinct station and released on collateral. Prosecuting Attorney Pugh in the Police Court today nolle in view of a phy young man was of his mother, critically who is sted a man night and put colored, twenty suddenly ill on a avenue and 2 last ni) H i'g F street northwest. Ps street southwest loth Streets, in front of 1 and corner of Mtn and i ion were reported jay. Lieut. He tha a dozen breken gercus holes in Northeast at lith and R streets anl iach streeis are leaking, and s asked the water de- » the necessary sked that th: M and Potomac sire repairs. arer- be ing trough a’ put in order, Sometime last show window at the El- broke edwin E. Light the stor lett, ws Io street northwest, and box of ci, and a box of cigar: police are investigating. It maiters little what it is that you want or a servant —a the tion in The S ad. on who can fill your need. “want ar will reach Sanitary Officer Frank had today the ca ot young col- n Hend Taylor, who w ‘aturday night for destroy proy and Annie 1 Anacostia colored woman, be insane. They were sont to the 2 & are plentiful, and In- says that the of ish has improved durin Ree shad are still s: sequent out 1 and they rivals of herring numbered about 1 and they sold at $$ and $3.50 a thousand. Mary Thomas, a young colored woman, inves) was arrested last evening by preeant Montgomery of the eighth precinct on a warrant charging that she abandoned a child about a month old Morday ht t on V street between 12th and ith reets. In the Police Court today the case was set for trial Saturdey. An entertsinment will be held in the Eastern High School Assembly Hal! to- rorrow afiernoon at 2 o’cleck for the joint benefit of the Libeary and Athletic Assccia- tion funds. —S = Motel Arriva! Ralcigh—F. B. Foster, C. F. Wood, J. N. Graff and G. I. Harding, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. Steadman and wife, Newark, N. J H. Veeder and wife, T. H. Dent an: » Le. Roberts and wife, Chicago, Il.; F. A. Bar- ston and wife, East Orange, N. J.; M. } Fox, London, Eng.; D. A. Tompkins, Cha E. K. Hayes, Cleveland, Ohio. Cochran—I,. T. Spencer, Woodbridge, N. J.; C. O, Scull, Baltimore, Md. Normandie—Watson C. Squire, Seattle, Wash.; C. L. Williston and P. Benjamin and wife, New York; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Advance, Hartford, Conn.; G. E. Leighton, Boston, Mass.; C. J. Harra and Capt. D. A. Tyle, U. S. A., Philadelphia, Pa. Arlington—E. C, Cudaley and J. M. Cu- daley, Chicago, Ill.; C. A. West and C. F. Carr, Boston, Mass.; H. E. Cole and J. 8S. Bach, New York; J. A. Huntington, Cin- cinnati, Ohio; C. N. Goodyear, Buffalo, N.-¥.; W. Burgess, Trenton, N. J. Shoreham—Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Brudiey, Boston, Mass; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Smith, New York; G. E. Hill, Bridgeport, Conn. D. L. Sleeper, Columbus, Ohio; F. L. Ab- bott, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. O. Douglas, Chilli- coihe, Ohio; H. C. Watts, Philadelphia, Pa. Wellington—T. B. Barnes and wife, Day- ton, O} R. J. Ennis, Cincinnati, Ohio; S. F. Keily, Boston, Mass.; C. Burgess Byrnes, Pittsburg, Pa.; J. V. Abbot, W terbury, Conn. Riggs—Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Huntington, Norwich, Conn.; E, D. Ruggies and M. Marke, New York; G. L. Parker and wife, Brooklyn, Y.; H. Class aud wife, Toledo, Ohio; W. H. Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y. Jehnson—Col. H, G. 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Stocks, 1-8; erain, 1-16 com. Cc. T. HAVENNER, 928 F st ™ - ck Exchange, “Phone 453. This is intended for the eye of “Star” readers with $1,000 or more Who are see ing an income-giving Invex ment ¥ free fron speculation inst any possible harmful holder. ANNUITY BON one guaranteed by & and ding a . six or twelve months No possitile or any other ¥ way harm of one of these 4 to any one in person or several thers, guardians, pdininistrators, trustees this ‘should at terest you. Look into it. THOMAS P. MORGAN, Tose 8% 1333 F St, N. W. b _D. AND M STR subscript utely mafe invest A Home at Cleveland Da Call for Booklet. «apt Life Insurance Policies Bough ie S BAL . BANK 320 Broadway, New York Washington Loan & Trust OFFIC Paip-cr —— loans ta proved eal estate oF collateral, ut reasonable paid upos deposits on daily bal tor, naminis. er, registrar ies 2 fireprook eof val- JOUN JOY EDSON... JOHN A. Swi iH. 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TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company ts a legal depository for court and trast funds, and acts as aistrator, executor, receiver, assignee xecutes: trusts of ali kinds, Wills prepared by a competent av a ly attendance, OFFICE BENJAMIN P. SNYDER. EF IS RIGGS W. RILEY DEEDLE THOMAS Ki. JONES. ALBERT L, STURTEV GEORGE HOWARD... CHARLES E. NYMAN WOODBURY PLAI. Je2d CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, lay st., Glover butiding. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Brezdw Bankers and Deolus in Deposits. 5 Railroad Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict bonds and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephoar Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sald. je31-16a Silsby & Company, INCORPORATED. BANKERS AND BROKERS, Off-e, 613 i5th st. o.w., ‘National Metropolitan Bauk Building. ‘Telephore 506. T. J. 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