Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1897-16 PAGES. —_a— : 11 Special The Physical Culture Corset Co. Will have a special sale and exhibit of the celebrated “Redfern” Corset, Commencing Wednesday to practically illustrate the advantages of this superior make. It is made of the best imported material, boned with genuine whalebone, and is light, flexible and durable. A lady expert. fitter from New York is now in at= tendance to fit and demon= strate the merits of the “Redfern”? Corset. It is equal to the finest imported or custom-made corset and is sold at about one-half the cost. M.-C. WHELAN, Manager. Summer's coming'on apace. Let us have your order for a summer suit this week-+it's-not a bit too early. Come ‘and see our line of summer serges apd cheviots. They're the finest goods ever shown in Washington. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert Tailor, 1208 F St. PEREMPTORY SALE! Balance of magnifi cent stock of Diamonds, ; Watches and choice Bri a-Brac will be sold regard- less of cost or value each day at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p-m. at Gerome Desio’s AUCTION SALE, 1107 F St. N. W. Tomorrow 2 elegant Vene- tian Dressing Tables will be of- fered. These will make lovely pieces of furniture for “milady's” boudoir. This sale will be continued a few days lonzer. Retiring From Business! Two Sales Daily. 10:30 a.m & 2:30 p.m. F. WARREN JOBNSON, AUCTIONEER. Tuts sale will be condneted under the personal supervision of Mr. é. AL LVENGENE. OOOO VO COCO COTE . corn PRG TIME’ FLOUR 77 reduced to $4.75 barrel. S% ‘N.Y. Potatoes, (37c. bushel. } 554% Genuive NEW YORK RER- CODED D BANA The these Potatoes grown) (ces ta New: York ciate Big. °° ones —t» fie ax any re ever han- ¢ > 22 dicd. The price Is unumally low ») bet you Knew owe always quote °° * LOWEST prices. qts. Pearl, Hominy. Ibs. Rolled Oats... peck Corn Meal... pkgs. Macaroni... . 3 pkgs. Corn Starch. . 3 cans Corn...... { Can Table Peaches r 2 Ibs. Cal. Prunes * J.T. D. Pyles, ) > 412 4th st. sc. 4 FIVE eat bt ind Md. ave. n.e. ) USTORES. Romo 1904 7th rt. ow. Washington and Monroe People with Kidney and Bladder troubles will find Blackistone Island Mineral Water— A Splendid Diuretic! And a gentle, yet certain cathartic. Furthermore—it is @ good appetizer and a remarkable ald to digestion. All the {il eMlects of a hearty habit of living are rented! and the wole aystem js kept in perfect order, by the constant use of POSITIVELY PURE TABLE WATER! Soid im 4-gal. bottles, 20c. ea., or $2 Blackistone Island Water, ae b2)-2m, 40 Fhe iron bound bucket was ar ‘SES TRUCT to this INDESTRUCTIBLE i i ‘Trunk $675 | J.T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W.—-CAR- Pet Lining. Feits, Fire Brick and Clay, inti twe three- a Brasnes. Lime, Cement, o and J}INSIDE: THE EARTH Temperature Steadily Increases DIGGING A WELL TO MEASURE HEAT When Completed It Will Be the Deepest in the World. OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE ie The deepest well ip the world will soon be completed near Pittsburg, Pa. It is nc*v more than one mile deep, and when finished it may reach dewn'two.miles into the earth. It ts being bored in the interest of science. The object in penetrating so deeply is to determine~just what the in- terior of the human, footstool is like. From @ commercial point of view the well was a success iong ago. \At comparatively few feet below the surface both gas and oil were struck in paying quantities, but the company owning, the plant determined to dedicate it to selence and invited Prof. William Hallock “of Columbia College to carry on a series of temperature investiga- tions as the hole is carried deeper and deep- er into the éarth. The results of these in- vestigations are very interesting, and it is the opinion of several well-known scien- tists that the ultimate result of the boring will prove to be of widespread economic as well as of scientific value.. Most significant of ail the facts so far ascertained is that the well grows steadily hotter as its depth itcreases. It is the intention of the well company to continue the boring process until something endrely new und original is developed. ‘This may seem to be a crude way of putting the statement, but it has long been a theory among well merf that if it is possi- ble fo go deep enough some new geologic condition or economic feature would be found to exist. At the very least they ciaim natural steam would be encountered, or the well walls would finally become so hot that water could be pumped down cold and pumped up in the form of steam, and thus the natural power of the future be ob- tained. At any rate, there is material for much speculation, and the interest becomes greater in increased ratio as the drili de- scends, and a startling event is expected to happen almost any day. One remarkable feature of the well is that the gas found near the surface is now used to operate the powerfu! engines which do the drilling. ‘Thus the natural power already issuing trom the well is utilized for the purpose of deepening it. Temperature at the Bottom. Taking the temperature of a deep well is a delicate operation It is a 12-hour task, although most of that time is put in in anxious waiting. The thermometers used are known to scientists as maximum ther- mometers. They will record up to the limit of the hottest medium in which they are placed, but the mercury cannot fall below this maximum point until {t is reduced by mechanical means. They are made on the same principle as a clinical thermometer. The hole through which thig mercury rises has a little twist im it just above the bulb. The heat will drive the mercury up the tube until a maximum point is reached. If the thermometer is brought tmto a colder climate the mercury will attempt to drop back inte the bulb, buf cannot of its own weigkt pass the twisted point. It therefore forms 4 reliable record of the highest tem- perature it has encountered in its passage down the well. After being brought to the surface the mereury can he shaken back to the bulb. Two thermometers are operated side by side in the well, so as to account for any individual variation in the instru- ments. They are lowered to distances of fifty feet apart, all the way down the well. A complete descent of the well accupies twenty minutes, and, of course, the sare amount .of time 1s, required for the ascent. The thermometers are lowered and raised on a this stéel tapé working én a windlass, ard for the sake of greater accuracy m the record they are left in the well over night. It is found that the temperature of the earth rises in. increased ratio as the center is approached. Within the wells which have as yet been bored the rise has aver- aged about 1 degree Fahrenheit for every fifty feet, with a very small but yet per- ceptible increase as the bottom is approach- ed. The temperature of the Pittsburg well at a depth of 5,000 feet was found to be 120.9 degrees Fh. At the bottom the tem- perature is 128 degrees Fh. The well in its present stage is 5,02 feet deep. This grad- ual rise is found to exist all over the world, although it is more marked in some places than tn others. In a deep well near Wheel- ing, W. Va., the temperature is 51 degrees at the top and 110 degrees at the deptn of 4,500 feet. In the Sperenberg salt. well, near Berlin, the temperature is about 47 degrees at the top and 118 degrees at a depth of 4,170 feet. In the Schaladabach salt well, near Leipsic, the surface tempera- ture is about 51 degrees, while at 5,740 feet it rums up to 135.5 degrees. External con- ditions seem in no way to affect the tem- peratures of the wells. Work on the bor- ing of the Wheeling well was stopped at one time for two years. An oak plug was placed in the top and the well was left un- toucked. When opened, the well was found to have filled with fresh water to within forty feet of the top, yet when the tem- peratures were taken at various deptas they were found to be identical with those taken when the hole contained nothing but air. Unhtke a shaliow well, the surface was colder than the bottom, proving that very little circulation even of water takes piace in a hole five inches in diameter. The Earth's Center. Scientists no longer believe the center of the earth to be a molten mass. They be- lieve it to be very hot, but yet cooling day by day, just as a spent cannon ball cools toward the center. This would explain why the rise of temperature is so gradual as the depths of the wells are increased. Accord- ing to the condition already encountered, the boiling point of water, 212 degrees. should be reached at a depth of two miles. This is, of course, for places where the sur- face offers no unusual evidence of heat be- neath. In geyser districts the increase is much more rapid. For instance, near Boise City, Idaho, the comparatively shallow ar- tesian wells furnish very hot water, which is used for domestic purposes in the houses. Professor Hallock was asked if it were practicable to utihze directly the internal heat ef the earth. “I should say it would be practicable,” he replied. ‘The heat couid be used in the form of steam. If water was encountered at the proper depth it would be in the form of steam. which could be raised to the surface and used direct. On the other hand,.if the bottom of the hole was dry and hot, water might be pumped down cold and réetufned as sieam. It could then be utilized im the most practical man- ner. A methed! something like this is em- ployed at the German salt wells in Silesia. ‘The well hole ts bored until a stratum of salt is reached. Then water is poured in and allowed to become thoroughly impreg- uated with salt. The solution is then pumped to the surface’ and the water is evaporated, leaving commercial salt in sufficient quantity to make the well a good paying institution. a A Deep Well. “The bottom of these salt wells are hot and in the Schaladabach well the tempera- tures reached 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the present time this well is the deepest. in the world, but it will remain so only a short time, as it is the intention ef the Pennsyl- vania company to carry the well on Peters creek to a depth of 6,000 feet at the very least. It may be carried still deeper, the company being much interested in the scientific outcome of the boring. Besides, this very deep boring may. develop some teature of the internal construction as yet unknown to us. The hole extends down through a thick stratum of shales that overlie the coviferous Mmestone of the region. Some of the deeper strata do not come to the surface until ‘they reach a point toward the middle of Ohio. It would, of course, be premature to make any state- ment concerning any development except the constant: dmerease’ of heat. That, how- ever, is likely to continue,and it in the course of time™come’ to be ut! earth could then be drawn upon like an i mense storage battéry and the creation of what would be veritable art! ysers wouid be not inf ite “Some time ago I measured the temperp- ture of the deep well near Wheeling, W. Va. The conditions surrounding it and the ore on_ Peters creek are identical. precaut was needed to Prevent circulation of the air. The ther- mometers were lowered and raised and the depths were measured by a steel wire. The upper parts of the wells have steel casings or lining extending to a depth of 1,500 feet or more. The rest of the weil is in shale. In the Wheeling well an oil sand occurs at a depth of 3,000 feet. In the Pittsburg well gas was discovered at a depth of 2,285 feet in sufficient quantity to operate the twenty-horse-power engines which operate the boring cable. I found that the tem- perature rose 1 in 80 or 90 feet near the top, while the increase got as as 1 degree in 50 feet near the bottom. In- asmuch as we penetrated some 3,700 below sea level, it seemed worth while to attempt barometer readings, but the instruments used proved ill adapted to the work, and the results were unsatisfactory. Samples of air were also taken from the bottom, but they have not yet been analyzed. The thermometers used were inclosed in heavy, sealed glass tubes to protect them from pressure, and were operated in pairs. The two always agreed to within 0 degrees 2 minutes~Fahr. Two Donen Placed in an iron bucket, three f and three inches in diameter, on the end of the wire, and two were in an open wire frame, 260 feet from the end of the wire. The temperatures at depths of 100, 200 and 300 feet were determined with other ther- mometers lowered into the well. Of Scientific Interest. “The probable condition of the interior ef the earth is a question which has at- tracted much attention in the scientific world. The British association has seized every opportunity for investigation in Eu- rope, and the temperatures of several deep wells have been taken. The investi- gations of Mr. E. Dunker of Halle, Ger- many, in regard to the Sperenberg well, not far from Berlin, were of marked scien- tific value. So also were his observations at Schladabach, near Leipzig. These wells are both full of water, which interferes somewhat with the investigations. Never- theless, the results, as already pointed out, are definite. Our own dry wells, however, offer better facilities for scientific investi- gation, and the rfeasurement of tempera- ture is being watched with interest by our scientists. At present the outcome of the investigation is purely scientific, but it has its practical aspects, in view of the economic condition which will exist if a way is invented to utilize the inclosed heat. It is certainly only a question of digging deep enough and of raising the heated water to the surface. “The well on Peters creek is being dug on the American plan, which is to raise a heavy drill on a derrick cable and to hoist it up and down after the method of a pile driver. The constant blows on the rock cause the drill to sink gradualiy through it. In Europe diamond drills are used. Ordinary black diamonds are set in the end of a steel bar; the latter is turned around constantly, the diamonds cutting their ‘way into the rock beneath. The latter way is more expensive in the mat- ter of tools. Prof. Hallock is making his investigations at the instance of the United States geo- logical survey, which is at the present time making every effort to determine just what lies under the United States. His investigations open up a new field of re- search which will undoubtedly henceforth engross the attention of our scientists. The earth, through its products, has been in- directly harnessed before, but here is a scheme to capture its internal fires and cause them to furnish the power with which to run our factories, light our houses and warm our dwellings. THEODORE WATERS. Carter. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered a court-martial for the trial of Lieut. F. S. Carter, attached to the receiving ship In- dependence, at the Mare Island navy yard. The charge against the officer ts conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and grows out of his action in writing an alleged threatening letter to a gentleman in San Francisco. He thought the ctvilian had made complaint against him to his official superiors, whereas the fact is no such complaint had been made. Lieut. Car- ter’s letter was turned over to the naval authorities, however, and its character was such that it was decided to put him on trial, egPecially in view of his alleged un-’ satisfactory explanation of his conduct. Capt. Kempf, commanding the Indepen- dence, is president of the court. Army Orders, Second Lieut. H. P. Howard, 6th Cavalry, has "been ordered to duty at the Military Academy, June 15. First Lieut. Henry H. Ludlow, 3d Artil- lery, has been detailed as military in- Structor at the Agricultural and Mechani- cal College of the State of Mississippi, Ok- tibbeha county. First Lieut. S. A. Cloman, 15th In- fantry, has been detailed as military in- structor at the University of California, Berkley, relieving First Lieut. F. L. Winn, 12th Infantry, ordered to join his com- pany. Capt. B. C. Lockwood, 22d Infantry, 1e- cruiting officer at Detroit; Capt. Henry Seton, 4th Infantry, at Baltimore, and Lieut. E. H. Piummer, 10th Infantry, at Buffalo, have been relieved of recruiting duty and ordered to join their stations. —-. Occupation of Larissa. The Turkish legation has received the following dispatch from Constantinople: “In fleeing from Larissa, the Hellenes re- leased the convicts, who committed acts of destruction and pillaging. Our troops on entering the town were received by the inhabitants with enthusiasm, and public prayers were made for his imperial majesty, the sultan, in the very presence of the metropolitan and of the population —Moslems, Christians and Israelites who had removed in town. The Hellenes left at Larissa a great quantity of ammunition, provisions, tents and other things; also six guns of twelve centimeters and four mountain guns.” ———_ + 2+_____ Delegates to the Postal Congress. Director Edward Hohn of the universi? postal bureau at Berne, reached here yes- terday, with his three secretaries. The first delegation to the posial congress to make its presence officially known is that from Japan. The delegates are R. Arai, secretary of telegraph an. posts of Japan; K. Yukawa, secretary to the minister of communication, and K. Komatsu, coun- sellor and secretary to the minister of communication. They called on Acimg Postmaster General Heath, accompanied by Keishire Matsui, secretary of the legation here. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are expected to ask for an ap- propriation of $10,000 to defray the ex- penses of entertainment to be given the congress by the District. It is probable that the oversight of Congress in failing to act on the provision in the general de- ficiency bill for $50,000 for the government expenses of the congress wil! be remedied by a concurrent resolution, making the $50,000 immediately available for the usc of the department. oe ‘Transfers of Real Estate. N street northwest between 30th and 21st streets.— Wm. H. Gaskins et al. to Ellen Heffernan, part lot 64, sq. 1233; $7,000. Fast Washington Helghts.—Clandius B. Sinith ct al., trustees, to W. N. Freeman, lots 8, 9 and 10, bik. 3; $1,086. Alley between C and D, 13th and Lith streets southeast.—Chas. H. Davidson to Gcorgianna M. Ballliere, lot 46, sq. 1041; $10. First strect southeast between N and O streets.— Jno. Walter, jr., surviving trustee, to Chas. Schafer, trustee, lot '46, ‘sq. 744; $700. Chas. Schafer, trus- tee, conveys same property to Wm. W. Magruder; N street northwest between 4th and 5th streets. —- Brainard H. Warner et al., trustees, to Mf! Schafer, lot 73, sq. 512; 3 ‘Twenty-second street northwest between D and B ‘streets.—Chas. Barly et ux. to Albert B. Eines, lot 26, sq. 83; $10. Elm street near Larch strect.--Emily A. 8. Riley to Ernest A. A. Dene, oc 30, bik, Is, Le Droit Park; $10. G street between 2ist and 22d streets. —Harriet W: Blunt ct al. to Mary L McAllister, 3 Jot 40, sq. 80; $4,000, T street northwest between 13th and 14th streets, —Lewis C. Denham, trustee, to Joseph M. Coleman, lot 9, sq. 287; $2,430. T street northwest between 13th and 14th streets. —Same to Alex. 8. Clarke, lot 10, 237; $2,480. Heights.—Jas. Fi. A. Day, lot 11 to Wm. 3 Holmead Manor.—Kirkweod man, trustee, coe Fenian, ante se Mambots Wi . executor, vin- ner, part lot 17, aq. 331; $2,150, Charles Still, now held under arrest money in °York: Par ot Teouving atolen CAVALRYMAN’ SALEWSKY’S DEATHS. Sérgeant Lucher of the Sixth Cavalry Denies Thai; Me Was Intoxicated. Sergt. Lucher 6f Company G, 6th Cav- alry, stated té7Hhe Star today that Otto E. Salewsky, the United States calvaryman who was,killed Iast Sunday by a train on the Falls Chursh; electric line, was not in- toxicated on timt-day. “Salewsky ahsWered retreat-roll cail with the detachmetit'*to which he belonged on Sunday evening, and he was certainly not drunk at that)time,” aid Sergt. Lucher. “Retreat roll <i} takes place at sundown. I have known Salewsky intimately for over two years, aft during that time he has never had the ‘ ation of being an ex- cessive drinket! "As for the name of ‘Jug’ by which he ®a¥ sometimes called, it had 2qthe amount of whisky he out of the curious pronun- ciation to whith his name was subjected by strangers. Jt is, I have ro doubt, to the interest of the railroad company to make it appear that the man committed svicide. No one, however, who ever knew Satewsky will give the smallest credence to suck a statement. “It is far from the sergeant, om being likely,” continued r ‘that a soldier, even if he wished to die, would subject his body to the mutilation which accompanies death by a trolley car, having at the same time @ loaded pistol on his person. c ‘The ether which was found in his Pocket dees not by any means prove that he was given to the use of that article. There is scareely a man in Troop G, 6th Cavalry, who has not a ttle ether in his Possession, but it is kept for the legitimate purpose of spreading a kind of wax known as heel-baH over the surface of black leather equipments. I have heard it stated by a person who claims to have actually measured the distance that Satewsky was dragged by. the trolley car a aistance of 160 feet. It appears to me that an electric car properly handled could be brought to a standstill in a much shorter distance.” —_—.__ THE COURTS. Court of Appeals. Arthur Garner, H. Rg Gweneteli and Frank P. Davis were admitted to practice. 671. District of Columbia agt. Humphries; argument on motion to dismiss commenced by, A. A. Birney in support, and continued by A. B. Duvall in opposition thereto. 659. Robinson, Chery: & Robinson agt. Parker; argument commenced by M. N. Richardson for appellant, and continued by W.G. John- fon for appellee. 679. Whitesell & Co. agt. Byrns; docketed and dismissed, with costs on motion of M. J. Colbert. 654. Banville agt. Sullivan; order; judgment and decree appealed from reversed, with costs; opinion by Justice Morris. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Prall agt. Tyler; bill dismissed with costs. Taylor agt. Duncanson; order of dismissal stricken out. In re Q. O'M. Gillmore; al- leged lunatic; objection to certain questions sustained. Prall agt. Hutchinson; bill dis- missed with costs. Hurst agt. Antrim; re- ceiver allowed to reduce rents. Carlisle agt. Brown; testimony before Ruttledge Willson, examiner, ordered taken. Vinton agt. Martin; receiver allowed to purchase necessary merchandise. Madigan agt. Mad- igan; Frank P.Madigan appointed guardian ad litem. Newman agt. Lea; auditor’s re- Port confirmed. Maccubbin agt. Shoemaker; W. Preston Williamson appointed guardian ad litem. In re lunacy of Margaret Cotter; Bernard Leonard appointed committee. Turner agt. Moxley; sale ratified and cause referred to auditor. Draley agt. Brown; Ella Collins allowed to intervene. Wilson agt. Wilson; rule on defendant, returnable April 30, grafted. Wilson agt. Wilson; testimony orderéd taken in thirty-five days. Renfro agt. Renfro; commission ordered to issue. Barber‘ay Wells; sale by Receiver Leckie ordered; Circuit Gdust No. 1—Judge © le. Washington Hydraulic Press Brick Co. agt. Winfree;;-jydgment for amount ad- mitted. Cephag,agt. District of Columbia; jadgment in cepstorari. Winder agt. Mans- field; judgment Jor costs as. per mandate. Mackall agt. on; on trial Smith agt. Washington ‘gpd Georgetown Railvoad Company; vepdigt for defendant. Byrns agt. Whitesel Co.; judgment by default against Whitese! Circuit Court:\No. 2—Judge McComas. Gordon agt. Rand leave to file amend- ed aeclarattori:; Parsons agt. Washington Times Co.; leave to file amended plea. Bowle: agt. Hunie; on trial. Criminal Court No. ‘2—Jndge Bradley. United Statewisgt? Phitin’ MeB!hone, vio- lating, sections 3403 and 5456, Revised .Stat- ues, United States, and act of June 19, 1878; on trial. ~ = Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Jno. L. Boteler; affidavit filed. Estate of Caroline W. Morgan; account of sales filed. Estate of Hezry Pantaerbicter: will filed. Estate of Catharine Alber; do. Estate of Godwin Pierce; do, Estate of Caroline Meinking; will admitted to pro- bate andletters testamentary granted to Adolp Meinking; bond, $900. ——— JUDGE CHICHESTER’S FUNERAL. ‘ourt Adjourned at Fairfax to Attend the Services, Special Corresponderce of The Evening Star. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Va., April 26.—The court took a recess today as soon as it convened to attend the funeral of Judge Chichester, who died yesterday after- noon. The services took place at the Epis- copal Church ‘at 11 o'clock. All of the r.embers of the bar and most of the citi- zens cf the town attended the funeral. Judge Chichester was one of the most popular men in this community, and his Geath Is felt as a great lass. The remains were taken to Stafford county for inter- ment. os Will of the Late Policeman Picree. The will of the late police officer, Godwin Pierce, was filed teday. It is dated Sep- tember 18, 1595, a codicil being dated Avgust 19, 1896. Gcorge W. Pierce, his son, is named as executor. To his daugh- ters, Anrie Cleveland and Fannie McKen- zie, one-half interest each in fee simple in premises No. 497 11th street southeast is given. To a son, George W., all moneys due testator at date of death not other- wiec disposed of by th2 will, and proceeds of life insurance policies, are given; also Masonic Mutual Relief Association, Pru- dertial Insurance Company, Policemen’s Relief Association, and such money as may Le at testator’s.credit at National Bank of Washington; his, books and papers and gold watch and chain. To Mrs. McKenzie the proceeds of policy in the Metropolitan Insurance Con:pany and the picture of her-+ mother are given. It Was Not Massey. Mr. William Blasland writes to The Star: “In your edition of!last Saturday, in pub- lishing my letter, as evidence before the investigating committee of the fox and geese civil service commission of the last administration, !.you state’ that ‘Massey’ was transferred from the signal office, at $1,000 per annym, and promoted to $1,600 over old and Pure. clerks in the reg- iater's office. is was an error on your part. It shoulg, hi ave been ‘Meservey,” not ‘Massey.’ ” ood —>___ Hin Death is Imminent. J. H. Will , who was struck by a Baltimore and jo train Sunday last while walking on the;,.track about three miles north of Wasiington, and was earried to the Emergency Hospital, was in a critical cordition this Yfternoon, and it was be- lieved that hjs @eath was a question of ‘but a few hours. Expressly ¢ttoded His Children. The will of iheulate Henry Pantzerbieter given to his wife,"Fredéricka, with express provision that children and next of kin shall be ee The will is dated March 26, 1894. Sass See Her Estate Divided. Among the willy filed today was that of Catharine Alber. After small special be-{ STILL MISSING. oJ Ne Clue te the Whereabouts of | Bauker Thomas K. Ellictt. A Banker Thomas ii. miliott of Winnsboro, 8 C., is still missing. Yesterday his brother-in-law, Mr. A. F. Ruff of Rock Him, 8. C., and Mr. F. H. Ketchim of ‘Winnsboro, came here to search for him. Elliott, it is thought, went to Alexandria when he eluded his wife last Friday, and a man ans’ his description hes been, seen on the Alexandria.” Today jollinberger sent out a descriptive circular with a pho- tograph of the man, asking for information concerning his whereabouts. = eee greene SUPREME COUNCEL A. P. A. The Annual Meeting to Bc Held Here Next Month. “It has been decided that the annual meet- ing of the supreme council of the Ameri, can Protective Association shall be held in this city beginning the 11th of May,”in+ stead of in Kansas City as was fixed .by the.supreme council at its annual meeti in Washington last year. This change was recently made by the unanimous vote of the executive board when it was found that a majority of the delegates who are to attend the convention preferred Wash- ington to Kansas City. This preference was induced by a great many reasons, one being that the permanent headquar- ters of the order are located in this city. The supreme officers here and the local members are arranging for the meeting. The Hotel Vendome will be the headquar- ters of the delegates. The sessions of the council will be held in the neoms of the supreme officers, Pennsylvania avenue and 12th street, if there is enough room. If the attendance is larger than expected other quarters will be rented. Thirty-eight state courcils will be represented, and the total number of delegates will be between 100 and 150. The election of officers will be one of the features. Colonel John W. Echols, the supreme president, will be a candidate for re-election. So far no opposition to him hes developed. His friends say that he has made a valuable officer and that he will be retained. The courcil will likely have something to say on politics. It will, it is said, defi- nitely decide its future attitude. Ss Wheelmen and Policemen. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In an editorial in your issue. of Saturday headed “‘Scorchers,” you state that the number of cases in court does not diminish, though fines have been exacted of hundreds of riders within a few months, and sug- gest that the fines be increased with a view of stopping dangerously rapid riding (’scorching”), which you appear to think has not decreased, as would naturally be expected from the publicity given to th- penalties inflicted. But is this a correct view cf the matter? Rather is it not due to the fact that the bicycle squad are making numerous arrests on what may be termed technical grounds. of: cyclists, who, when arrested, are take: by surprise, having teen going when over- hauled at only a moderately rapid rate of specd and not at a sate which they re- garded as excessive or which would lay them liable to arrest for scorching, that this seeming lack of results in controlling fast. riding is traceable? From personai observation this appears to be the explana- tion. For instance, in the case to which you refer in your editorial the defendant testi- fled that he was only going at the rate of about five miles per hour, but he was con- victed and fined upon the statement of Offi- to the effect that his tachom- eter registered eleven miles per hour. As the officer, in order to apprehend the cy- clist, must have ridden faster than the wheelman, it is evident that the latter was making less than eleven miles per hour, and as the law permits a speed of twelve miles per hour, except at street crossings, it may be taken for granted that the con- viction was for exceeding the legal limit of six miles on a street crossing. But surely this cannot be termed “scorching,” for eleven miles per horr om a bicycle is a very moderat rate of speed, and the act of attaining it couid hardiy be regarded 2s anything more than a mere technical violation of the aw. Two of my neighbors have recertiy un- dergone similar expericnces. Reing men of standing and exper-enced and careful riders, who never indulge in scorching on the city streets, they were naturally much surprise? when, on their way home to supper (one of them having even reached home and dismounted), they were informed that they were under arrest for fast rid- ing; the charge betig, not that they had been scorching, but that they had crossed a street faster than the law permitted. And this in face of the fact that the same officers see street cars constantly cross intersecting streets at the full rate of speed (in case of the electric cars even in excess of the maximum legal speed) without molesting the trainmen, ard who psy no apparent attentiun to violaUions of regulations on the part of drivers, which are of daily and constant occurrence. The great mass of the law-abiding citi- zens who make use of the bicycle heartily approve of the suppression of really danger- ous riding, but we cannot undersiand why we should be discriminated against, nor why it should be necessary to always ride with one eye on a tachometer to prevent being arrested for riding too fast over a crossing. Few people realize how slow six miles an hour really is on a bicycle. If we consider that one pressure of the pedal carries us three, four or more times as far, according to the gearing, as a step in walk- ing, and remember that a fast walker w_l! make four or five miles an hour, it becomes more apparent; and when we bear in mind that a certain speed must be maintained that the wheel can be kept upright, it is not going too far to assert tha the wheel is under better control at ten than it is ta six miles an hour, so far as its guidance ‘!s concerned, though it could not be stopped quite so quickly. The six-mile limit is probably necessary at crowded crossings, but it seems wholly unnecessary that it should be rigorously otserver when the crossings are free, or nearly so, from pedestrians, as i sthe case on three-fourths of the crossings, excepting thoroughfares. Indeed, it takes a menta! effort ard constant alertness not to exceed the limit of six miles per hour, and there is not a man or woman who rides who does not do it, although the majority would probably plead not guilty to the charge, not being able to guage ed accurately. Let us have equal justice in enforcing pelice regulations, and not single out wheel- men and fine them for technical violations of law that are overlooked in regard to other vehicles, because a few wheelmen are reckless. Scorching has diminished, end really dangerously high speed is now but seldom seen on the streets. FAIR PLAY. en Swiss Doctors Sent to the War. BERNE, Switzerland, April 27.—The bun- desrath has informed Greece and Turkey that an ambulance with nine doctors is starting for the seat of war. Se ‘Two Slight Fires. An alarm about 8:30 o’clock this morning sounded from box 27 for fire in the house of Henry Miller, No. 1631 6th street. A defective flue caused it and a loss of $25 resulted. About noon No. 6 engine company was called out on a local alarm to No. 723% 9th street northwest, occupied by Mrs. J. Gillett, where there was a slight fire, but no damage was done. ri Justin MeCarthy In. : Justin McCarthy, the Irish parliamentary! leader, has been seriously ill, but shows, marked improvement in health. New York Legislature Adjourns. ‘The New York legislature has adjourned sine die. = i & Window Glass Pool. A poot has been formed, it is said, among the stockholders of the Western window THE CITY OF KEY WEST. ‘Fhe Obi’ One Im the South That Was Never Under the Confederate Fing. Frem the Buffalo Courier. A man who recently bas returned from | Lewe Lite. Key West, Fla, says the first impression @ stranger gets of that place at the present time Is that the city has gone on a per- petual holiday spree. Bunting flies from almost every housetop, and the colors are abcut evenly divided between “Old Glory” and the emblem of the Cuban republic. Pecple of all classes and ages wear pins or other symbols bearing the motto “Ciba bre,” and if Uncle Sam would only nod ‘| ccnsent or say nothing at all about it the 15,000 patriotic inhabitants of this seagirt isle would across the channel and teckte the queen of the Antilles to the Star Spangled Banner without any more fuss. “Castillo “del Morro,” or Morro Castle, is only eighty-seven miles from the govern- ment dock at this point, and our swift cruisers could cover the distance in a little more than four hours. The defenses of Havana are obsolete and out of date, and a Cuban colonel, now here, a member of mez's staff, openly declares that any one of our armored ships could pass the fortvand take the city without difficulty; that is, as far as the land defenses are concerned. This far southern city, lying almost with- in the tropics, is the only town of import- ance below Mason and Dixon's line that was never’ urder the stars and bars of the confederacy. The population is about evenly divided Between white Cubans, col- ored Cubans and white Bahamians. There are not more than a score of real Ameri- can families, yegident on the island, but notwithstanding this fact the great mass of the people are loyal to the Union first and to Cuba next. It is curious, though true, that of all the houses, dwellings, stcres, hotels and other buildings that dot the island from one shore to the other, not one of them has a chireney or anything that will answer the purpose of a chimney. Handsome residences and lowly hovels are alike in this respect, and from an eminence, gazing out over acres of roofs on all sides, one is struck with the want of something to complete the symmetry of the picture. Wood and coal or fue! of any kind are unknowp quantities, as the tropital atmos- phere furnishes at all times of the year all the heat required, and for cooking pur- poses sticks of carbon are used, which are sold-by peddlers, who hawk their wares about the streets. There:are few stores, as we understand such things, and no markets. Sign boards in Spanish will tell you where the barber shop is located, or where to buy coral or- naments. There are no more than half a dozen stores conducted on the American pian in the island. Instead of a market there is a daily auc- tion near the government dock, where ev- erything in the way of provisions, furni- ture and fruit is knocked down to the high- est bidder. Bananas, alligator pears and pineapples are the commonest articles of purchase, and here ships from Jamaica, Cuba and Nassau, in the Bahamas, unload their cargoes and dispose of them at ruin- rates rather than risk a voyage at this e of year to more northern ports. Quick jes and small profits seem to be the pre- vailing idea with them. As a consequent! Key West is, perhaps, the greatest ban and pineapple market in the world. On a’ most any day one can secure an enormous bunch of bananas, ripe or green, at from 10 to 15 cents, and can cart away all the lus- cious pineapples he cares to purchase at one cent, two cents, or three cents each. Directly opposite tne harbor docks, on the further side of the island and facing Cuba, is-a large dancing pavilion called La Brisa, where Monday and Friday nights and Sat- urday afternoons public dances are held. It has large. broad verandas overlooking the sea, which make ideal promenades, and a commodious dancing hall within, where those who desire can trip the light fan- tastic to their hearts’ content upon the pay- ment of a small fee. The very best people attend these damces;'and many go simply for the promenade or to smoke or chat with friends; but should any one step even so much as a toc upon the dancing floor a dark-skinned Cuban is immediately at hand with a proffered hat into which a coin must be dropped. There must be at least 5,000 refugees in Key West, non-combatants and exiles from their homes, who dare.not return under the present Spanish rule, and who must await the solution of the war problem one way or the other before they can return to their peaceful cccupations. ~ ~+e+ WILD BILL'S REMAINS. Dukotans Will Rewist ed Remo From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. The people of the Black Hills, and espe- ctally of Lawrence county, will stoutly oppcee the attempt to remove the remains of J. B. Hickek, better known as Wild Bill, the famous frontiersman, from their rest- ing place in Mount Moriah cemetery, near Deadwood, to San Bernardino county, Cal. It is stated that a fund of $800 has been raised by a son of Wiid Bill and the two brothers of the noted pistol shot for the purpose of having the remains taken up and reinterred in the vicinity of their acopted homes on the Pacific coast. Any attempt to carry out this design would un- doubtedly terminate in a miniature re belifon, as the Black Hilis friends of th< dead scout will never consent to the re moval of the remains. The grave of Wild Bill is one ot the chief attractions of the northern part of the Black Hills, and every visitor to that section invariably makes it a visit prior to setting out on a systematic sight-seeing expedition through that in- teresting region. ‘The cemetery is situated cn a timbered slope, several hundred feet above Deadwood, and to reach it quite a circuitous journey is necessary. For years the grave of Wild Bill has been a rich fi for relic hunters. Several wooden mon:i- ments, erected at different times to the memory of the fearless scout, have been destroyed by them and carried away. In 1801 a New York sculptor ramed J. H. Rierdan visited the Black Hills ana, noting the dilapidated condition of the wooden monument which then served to mark Wild Biil’s resting place, decided to complete and erect a more suitable and durable monument to take its place. The Rew monument is made of native rock. he features are said by those who knew Wild Bill to be very lifelike. A year or two after the monument was piaced over the grave Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout, who was a warm friend of Wild Bill, delivered a series of lectures in the towns of the Black Hills, and with the proceeds had a handsome marble and iron fence erected around the statue of his dead comrade. Notwithstanding this protection the monument has not been sufficiently se- cured against the depredations of relic hunters, and shows the marks of their van- dalism. One end of the mustache, where it protrudes over the cheek, has been broken off and @rried away, as has also the bar- rel of one of the raised revolvers. THE DOG ON THE SIDEWALK. Se ey, How It Receives the Attentions of Various Passersby. From the New York San. “On the sidewafk/im front of a store up my way,”, sald Mr, Goslington, “I see often a big, handsame; shaggy dog, always sit- ting in the*sdme place. It is a quiet, un- obtrusive dog, but ft is an intelligent ob- server, and evidently it has a good opin- ion of-ithelf; Ome or two men who-went by the other, day. leaned over in passing to pat passing. clated it in that light, and wagged his tall, fidt violently, but enough to make his ap- preciation clear. In fact, he rather prized the passing man’s salutation than other- ise. Meigen se — ingyen along patt. con head. was a well- and he had a really friendly feeling toward the dog. But he consi himself a man and the dog a APPALLING FIGURES. Which Prove e Great Care That ‘The average aumber of deaths in New York city for five years bas been G0 cach week. Of this wamber 288, or pearly oue-talf, have been from pu vmoata, consumption, or some pulinonary troa- bie. ‘Thie ts mot theory, Dut actual figures made by the Board of Health. Nearly eighty thousand people im five years in New York City nlone bave Cled from throat and tung trecbles! When we think of the thousands who had throat and lung disenses, ard who have recovered, how terrible op array of facts does this present. Doctors have said in the pest that most of these troubles were incurable: they are mow finding such Js mot the case. The test physicians declare that & man or woman, even in an advanced stage of consumption, can live for years, and evtn to old age, by a careful and constant use of pure whiskey, bat It should be remembered that the word PURE is always med by physicians. There is but one absolutely pure yliskey, and that Is Duty"s matt. In its purity cots its great power, although tt Las other qualities poswssed by mo other whiskey. A child can tke ft without any evil effects, and for restoring partially consumed lungs, building weste tissue, and giving health and xtreneth in the place of disease and wenktess, it stands ab- solutely without a rival, Care should be taken to secure only the genuine. Do mot trust any dealer who tris to substitute something in the place of Duffy's, but insist on having what you call for, — — <= FOREMOST IN LETTER WRITING. The United States First Among Nn- tions From the Respect to Correspo: ew York Sun There are 20,000 post offices in all the countries of the world enjoying organized facilities of correspondence, and of this rumber 70,000 are in the United States. In respect of the number of letters and postal cards written and received the revenue and disbursements of the department, the ex- tent, promptaess and accuracy of letter de- livery, as well as tn the number of post offices, the United States stands at the bead of all other nations, Germany follow- irg second, Great Britain third and Aus- tria, among European nations, fourth. The United States sells in a year 2,000.0 nt stamps, which is equivalent (o 1,4h),- 0 letters sent through the mails in a year. In addition to this the United States sells ima—yerr 600,000,000 I-cent stamps, some of which are used for letter, though a larger number for newspaper and circular postage; 12,000,000 3-cent PS, 20,000,000 d-cent statrips nd 5,000,000 5-cent stam) mostly used for letters sent from this try for foreign delivery. More than 1) 000,000 letters a year, therefore, paying full postage, and exclusive of postal cards, are Written in the United States. The business of the German and of the English post office department is less than halt as large. The postal card system in Germany is in much more general use than in England, and it is for this reason, per- haps, that Germany keeps ahead of Eng land in respect of the amount of corre- spondence do: The number of post offices in Great Britain by the last official sta’ ment, made on January 1, 1807, was 20,27 exclusivé of what is officially called tn England “the road and pillar letter box.” There are 150,000 employes of the post of- fice department in Great Britain, of whom 6,00 are women and girls. The number of post office employes in Germany, where telegraphic communication 1s a part of the post office system, is 125,000. The number cf letters handled by the Austrian post office department in a year is 751,000,000, and of these two-thirds are handled in that por- tion of the empire which comes under the designation of Austria, and one-third only is handled in the porticn officially known as Hungary. The Germans in Austria, as well as in Germany, are great letter writ- ers, and in those cities of the United States in which the German population is numer- ous more letters are written In @ year pro- portiopately than in cities in which the German population 1s small. The Italian post office handles 350,000,000 letters a year, the post office department of Spain 120,000,000, of Canada 100,000,000, ot Holland 100,000,000, of Belgium 125,000,000 and of Russia 200,000,000, a considerable proportion of which is carried on what are called “the mail coach rosds,” upon which postal service the imperial government Maintains 50,000 In France the rumber of setters handled by the post of- fice department is about 700,000,000 in a year and the receipts of the department are about $35,000,000, or one-half of thone of the United States. The French govera- ment, however, does a considerable express business, handling more than 40,000,000 parcels, or at the rate of one to each in- habitant of the country in cach year. The expenditures of the Post Office Department in the United States exceed the receipts by from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in an ordinary year. When times are bad there is less corresponding done. ence. Miss Kingsley im the Cornbill Magazine. The African medico man was engaged in taking the lid off a little basket, then put- ting it on, then taking it off, while he mut- tered a low chant, and was apparently ut- terly absorbed in this occupation and ob- livious of all other things. I went into the patient, and inquired what the local medico had done for him, and was informed that he had done, and was still doing, his ut- most to find out who had stolen one of the paticnt’s souls, I said Dr. So-and treatment was the best possible, but now we would try something more, so as to prevent the patient dying before this ob- scure polat in diagnosis was -made out. I” bad a good look at the man, and found him in a state of high fever. He was ly- ing, in the usual African way, on his chest, and was picking at the floor slowly with his hands, while he conversed with his father, who, I was wage wos A radipers | killed ‘many years ago. Then I wen! got out my medical book. Now, medical books are fine things in their way, and af- ford interesting reading for the young, but they are inconsiderate and exacting en the African traveler, for they don't make any allowances for surrounding con- ditions. Now, ts one of mine mace it clear that the man had got some sort of ia- flaramation in his brain, and ordersd me, among other things, to blister him on the back of his head and neck. Well, I tok the mustard leaves and went off like a lamb to obey these orders, and found that between me and the back of the patient's head there was a mass of wool some u.ches deep. It struck me that placing the “lister on this wool could serve no other end than exciting its inhabitanis, and therefore decided to remove it first, and forthwith set about clearing a patch off with a pair of scissors, watched with keen interest by as many le as could squeeze into the little hut, Which was some ten feet long, six wide and four feet six inches hi igh. While I was engaged in this lively op- eration the patient went off into a brisk convulsion that frightened me out of my tearing that structure from its supports, I wore it as a collar or neck-ruff, while the patient broke the rest of that simple home a