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SPIRITUALISM — Mits— EIL, CLAIR voyant, business and tes FIE medium, COLLECTOR OF TAXES, DISTRICT Washington, May 1, is07.—Tuxpayers olumbia Will take notice that ly to receive payment rom and after the Ist . By act of +1806, the tax for the wh: «« ¢ and payable May 1. 1897. On 80 inuch of said tax as shall be due May 1, 1897, as shall ot be paid before the Ist day of Jube ensuing shall reupen be in arrears and delinquent and a pen of one () per cent en the amount ehall be nd on the Ist day of each su until the same shall be listed for and tax sale in the manner prescribed slaw. hal tame is paid or otherwise procecded with as the law directs. Attest: EL G. DAVIS, Collector of Taxes, mny1-ot Ce OFFICE LEMCVED TO 1300 H st. nw. Hours, until further notice, 3 to 5:30 Rm. msl-6t Tr. LOUEASE NORTON LENMAN. ‘TRE SERIE ‘ABLE BUILDING ASSOCTA- Tio’ OF GEORGETOWN, D. C., CORNER 31ST AND M ‘STREETS. 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Page 13 LUGAL NOTIC Page 13 LOCAL MENTIC "age 10 LOST AND FOUND. Page 12 MEDICAL . ae 13 MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. Page 12 OFFICIAL NOTICES. . Page 13 E. Page 13 Frage 12 Page 13 RIVER BOATS. Page 13 RAILROADS ... Page 13 Page 13 Page 3 3 Page 13 SUBURBAN Page 12 SUMMER RESORTS Page 13 UNDERTAKERS . Poge 13 WANTED (Heip). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Sttuations) Suit Filed by U. H. Painter. In a@ suit filed yeeterday by Uriah H. Painter, who claims to own 20 of the 600 stares of the stock of the Washington Post Company, against that company and its president, Beriah Wilkins, the com- plaint is made that the affairs of the com- peny are being controlled by its president contravention of the comp'ainan' rights. The complainant is represent by Henry P. Biair as attorney. —_> Sale of I Street Property. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co. sold, at auction, last week the residence of the late W. ‘W. McCullough, at 1714 I street northwest. ‘The purchaser was Mr. Louis P. Shoe- maker of Brightwood, who pald $11,950. The lot is 25.8 by 149 and 2djoins the re: dence of Judge Jere Wilson. The price paid by Mr. Shoemaker is nearly what Mr. McCullough paid some years ago, and is regarded as an indication of an upward tendency in real estate values. There was a large attendance at the sale and lively bidding. 2 MEDICAL CONGRESS Honors to Be Paid to the Memory of HIS STATUE 10 BE UNVEILED TODAY The Physicians Held Their Banquet Last Night. SESSION THIS EVENING a ‘The Congress of American physicians and surgeons, whose fourth triennial session be- @an yesterday afternoon at the Columbia Theater, decided, after the close of the re- port of their proceedings in The Star of last evening, to adopt Washington as the permanent meeting place for the congresses of the future. The names of several other cities were mentioned in this connection, but the friends of Washington secured the honor with comparative ease. The second day's meeting of the congress began this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the National Theater. Until 5 o'clock the gen- eral meeting of the congress will be under the joint participation of the Association of American Physicians, the American Physio- logical Society and the American Pediatric Society. The subject of discussion will be “Internal Secretions Considered in their Physiological, Pathological and Clin- ical Aspects.” On this theme Dr. Wiliam H. Howell of Baltimore, Md., and Prof. Russell H. Chittenden of New Haven, Conn., will speak in behalf ef the American Physiological Society, Dr. J. George Adams of Montreal, Canada; Dr. James J. Putnam of Boston, Mass., and Dr. Francis P. Kinni- cutt of New York city, in behalf of the As- sociation of American Physicians, and Dr. William Osler of Baltimore, Md., in behalf of the American Pediatric Society. The pa- pers will be followed by a discusssion. Unveiling the Groas Statue. At 5 o'clock the members of the congress and their friends will accompany the American Surgical Association and the Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medi- cal College, to the Smithsonian grounds, where the statue of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross will be unveiled. The order of exercises which will be ob- served there are as follows: Prayer by Rev. B. L. Whitman, president of Columbian University; presentation of the statue to the United States government by Ciaudius H. Maston, D.D.; unveiling of the statue by Miss Adele Horwitz, a granddaughter of Professor Gross; reception of the statue on the part of the government by Brig. Gen. George M. Sternberg, M.D., surgeon geperal U. 5S. A.; address by Dr. William Keen; benediction. The indications point to a great demon- stration on this occasion, as the exercises will, it is expected, be attended by many of the most distinguished medical men of the country, a number of whom are now here at the session of the triennial con- gress, and hosts of citizens. President Mc- Kinley, with his cabinet, the members of the Senate and House of Representatives have been invited and, it is hoped, will be present. Visiting Guests. A number of invited guesis of the con- gress came to Washington especially to be present at the ceremonies of dedica- ticn and reached here this morning in spe- cial cars placed at their disposal by gen- eral officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They were the surviving mem- bers of the -family of the late Dr. Gress and many eminent physicians of Philadel- phia. Besides these, but on other trains, were about one hundred members of the alumni of Jefferson Medical College and undergraduates, who will, it is expected, be present at the exercises. The list of those specially invited to at- tend the exercises besides the officers of the United States government above men- tioned comprise the trustees, faculty ard chief demonstrators of Jefferson Medical College and officers of the alumni; the members of the family of Dr. Gross, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Horwitz of Balti- more, Mr. and Mrs. A. Haller Gross and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bullitt of Phila- delphia; ex-President Cleveland and ex- cretary of War Lamont. Mrs. Orville Horwitz, a daughter of Dr. Grozs, who is now in Europe, intended to also be present, but was prevented by the illness of her daughter. Dr. Gross was born near Easton, Pa., Jvly 8, 1805, and died in Philadelphia May 6, 1884. He was graduated in 1828, and in 183 entered on his career as a teacher. He went first to Cincinnati, where he be- came demonstrator of anatomy in the Ohio Medical College. Two years later he be- came professor of pathological anatomy in the Cincinnati Medical College, and in 1840 he went to the University of Louisville as professor of surgery, where he remained for sixteen years, with the exception of one year, during which he was professor of sirgery in the University of New York. In 1856 he went to Jefferson Medical College, where he remained until his resignation twenty-six years later. As stated by one. of those who has been prominently connected with the movement for the erection of the monument since its inception, “the monument was erected as a moerk of loving appreciation of America’s fcremost surgeon, jointly by the Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medical Col- lege and by the American Surgical Asso- ciation, for the fame of Dr. Gross exists pot alone in the college in which he taught, but throughout the nation.” The money for the erection of the testi- menial was raised by subscriptions from every part of the country, gathered by these two associations, but Congress, as a testimonial of the national fame of Dr. Gress, voted the sum of $1,500 for the erec- tion of the granite pedestal. The congress will have an evening meet- irg at 8:15 o'clock, at the Columbia Theater, for the purpose of listening to the address by the president of the congress, Dr. WIl- lem H. Welch of Baltimore, whose-subject vill be ‘Compensatory and Protective Pathological Processes,” which will be fol- lewed by a reception at the Arlington Hetel. Ss The Banqguct. The triennial banquet of the members of the congress took place last evening at the Arlington Hotel, the banqueting room of which was beautifully decorated with the flags of the United States and Great Brit- ain. At intervals along the tables there were placed large vases of American beauty roses. A portrait of the president of the congress, Dr.- William H. Welch, was surrounded with a circle of electric lights. The principal address of the even- ing was by Dr. Welch, who congratulated those present upon the success attained by the congress. He also pronounced a glow- ing eulogy on the late Dr. Samuel D. Gross of Philadelphia, whese monument is to he unveiled today. Others who spoke were Dr. John S. Billings of New York, Dr. Wil- liam Pepper of Philadelphia, Dr. William Polk of New York, Dr. Alvan Jacobi of the same city and others. Nearly all of those named referred in eloquent terms to Dr. Gross, of whom, among other things, it was said that he “recast surgical science as taught in North America, formulated anew its principles, enlarged its domain and imparted fresh impetus to its study; composed many beoks, and among them a system of surgery which is read in differ- ent tongues wherever the healing art is practiced.” Who Were There. Those at the banquet were Dr, 8. 8. Adams of this city, who, as chairman of AYER’S Sarsaparilla THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: WEATHER MAP. Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are ts0- bars, or lines of equal alr pressure, drawn for each tenth of au inch, Dotted lines are ‘sotherms, or lines 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 how location of areas of UNSETTLED TONIGHT. Fair Wenther is Indicated for To morrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday.—For the District of Columbia, Deiaware and Mary- land, partly cloudy and unsettled weather tonight; Thursday, fair; northerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, fair in western and showers in eastern portions tonight; Thursday, fair; northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast. —The pressure is relatively low over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and on the Atlantic coast and generally high throughout the central valleys. A moderate depression is central in North Dakota and an area of high pressure is forming to the north of Montana. The barometer has risen in New England, the lower lake region and in the central valleys; also on the northern Rocky mountain plateau. The temperature is warmer in the upper Mississippi valley and has remained sta- tionary in the other districts. Occasional showers have occurred in New England, the lower lake region and the north Atlantic states; also in the west gulf states. Clearing weather is indicated for New Engiand and the north Atlantic states to- night and fair weather Thursday. The weather will be fair in the Ohio valley and the east gulf states, but showers are in- dicated for the west gulf states tonight and ‘Thursday. The temperature will remain about sta- tionary in all districts. Rivers.—The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: 0.2; Fallen, Arkansas City, 0.6; Vicksburg, 0.1. St. Louts, Above the danger line and falling, Ar- kansas City, 5.6; Vicksburg, 10.6. Stationary, New Orleans, 3.3. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 3:34 a.m. and 4:34 p.m.; high tide, 10 a.m. and 10:04 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:13 a.m. and 5:16 p.m.; higa tide, 10:43 a.m. and 10:51 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, ‘7 a.m.; 6:56 p.m. Moon sets, 10:54 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:56 a.m. The City Lights, Gas lamps all lighted by 8:05 p.m.: ex- tinguishing begun at 4:04 am. The light- ing {s begun one hour before the time Damed. Arc lamps lighted at 7:50 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:19 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of: water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 63; condi- tion, 1. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 62; condition at north connection, 1; condi. tion at south connection, 36. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 63; condition at ine fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, ‘Temperatares 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 afternocn: May 4—4 p.m., 59; 8 p.m., 56: midnight, May 54 a.m., 50; 8 a.m., 52; 12 m.,’ 56, and 2 p.m., 59. Maximum, 59, at 2 p.m., May 5; minim 50, at 4am. May 5. ee sun sets, the committee of arrangements, did won- ders to make the congress and banquet a success; Drs. L. C. Gray, E. D. Fisher, H. R. Stedman, P. F. Mundie, C. Jewett, B. McMonagle, A. F. A. King, A. J. C. Skewe, W. L. Lusk, J. R. Chadwick, R. B. Maury, T. A. Emmett, J. J. Taber, E. C. Gemung, R. D. Sutton, J. KR. Goffe, B. E. Emmett, E. P. Davis, H. D. Fry, T. A. Reany, S. C. Gordon, H. P. Dudley, C. P. Noble, J. H. Etheridge, 8. S. Stone, W. E. Ford, E. B. Bronso, D. W. Montgomery, J. A. Fordyce, I. C. Atkinson, P. A. Morrow, W. T. Corlett, H. C. Yarrow, A. R. Robin- son, J. N. Hyde, Frank Leech, J. R. Wel- lington, F. Hagner, B. K. Ashford, J. A. Fordyce, W. F. Chappell, H. K. Swain, C. H. Knight, H. S, Birkett, E. Mayer, J. H. Bryan, T. M. Murray, A. W. MacCoy, iad oO. Vanderpool, Cc. Rice Leland, S. H. Weeks, P. 8S. Connor, H. McGraie, J. C. Warren, W. W. Keen, G. B. Johnson, A. Van der Veer, M. H. Richardson, J. J. Ashhurst, D. F. Willard, A. J. McCosh, J. F. Thompson, H. H. Mudd, E. Sonchon, L. McLane Tiffany, G. R. Fowler, N. P. Dandridge, D. P. Allen, ©. B. Porter, 8. Marks, C.'P. Nancrede, T. F. Prewitt, L. C. Bosher, C. A. Porrine, ©. Parkhill, J. D. Bushmore, 8. J. Mixter, S. H. Weeks, J. B. Roberts, R. Abbe, R. H. M. Danbarn, A. D. Beran, V. Y. Bowditch, J. Deland, 8. A. Fisk, S.A, Knopp, J. H. Haree, T. D. Coleman, C. E. Quimby, C. D. Alton, 8. E. Solly, D. H. Bergy, 8. G. Brurrey, E. F. Ingals, C. P. Ambler, Wil- liam M. Gibson, F. M. Chapin, H. L. Els- mere, J. Musser, W. W. Johnson, J. C. Wilson, W. Reed, F. Delafield, W. H. Draper, W. Pepper, J. M. Da -Costa, D. W. Prentiss, Q. Adler, W. H. Welch, T. M. Prudden, M. H. Fussell, T. S. Latimer, B. Robinson, P. H. Fitz, A. Hare, A. C. Abbitt, H. M. Biggs, A. A. Smith, J. Lyson, D. D. Stewart, § G. Wilkins, 8. C. Busey, Z TT. Lowns, N. Bridge, E. G. Janeway, W._ Osler, R. W. Taylor, L. B. Banks, F. S. Watson, J. P. Bryson, W. T. Ingals, G. T. Howland, G. Chismore, S. Alexander, G. K. Swin- burne, I. E. Goldthwait, F. M. Sherman, V. P. Gitney, S. Ketch, N. M. Shaffer, J. Dane, W. R. Townsend, J. D. Griilith, P. H. Sayre, B. Dillon, A. Shands, G. Lusk, 8. J. Meltzer, H. C. Woods, H. P. Bowditch, A. Jacobi, W. D. Booker, T, M. Rotch, J. H. Twinight, C. G. Jennings, F. Koplite, G. N. Acker, David Webster, Arthur Matheson, W. H. Calmutt, William Thom- son, Horace G. Miller, J. M. Ray, W. B. Johnson, F. M. Wilson, R. A. Keeon, L. H. French, William H. Wilder, H. W. Ring, N. J. Hepburn, E. E. Holt, G. T. Stevens, O. Reily, Robert Sauter, Johnson Baem, C. J. Blake, J. S. Adams, J. F. McKernon, J. MecKernon, W. Linkler, C. L. Dana, M. A. Starr, H. T, Patrick, H. T. Pershing, J. H. McBride and F. K. Halleck. — A LIEUTENANT, NOW A Washington Boy Rises Army Ranks. From the But few readers of the newspapers, prob- ably, noticed in the concluding paragraph of a long list of army orders published yes- | terday the announcement that “The death of Col. Jewett of the 2ist Infantry causes the following promotions in the infantry: * * © © Sergt. A. T. Smith of Company H of the 6th Infantry, to be second Meutenant of the 12th Infantry.” The order meant a great deal to one person, however, for it marked the culmination of several years of the hardest kind of work and effort, and the crowning point of a life-long ambition. It also brought delight to an unusually large circle of deeply interested friends of the party concerned in this city. Lieut. Smith of the 12th Infantry, United States Army, as it should now read, is the Alfred T. Smith who, it seems, just a short time ago, was a Washington High School boy. The son of a deceased army officer, Alfred Smith was a resident of this city nearly all his life. He passed through the graded public schools and finally entered the Centra! High School. The High School Cadets was his hobby, and from the day he began duty as a rear-rank private until he carried off all the honors as captain of the prize company of the regiment, in May, 1804, he never was absent f a drill or essembly of the command. he pazsed through the several grades of non-commis- s.cned officer, it was agreed that the High School Cadets never seed a member who was a more thorough soldier in every perticular. His one aim in life being to follow in the footsteps of his father and hold a commis- sion in the army, Alfred Smith, after re- ceiving his High School diploma, set to thinking. He soon reached the conclusion that an appointment to the Military Acad- emy at West Point was out of the ques- tien, so he surprised his friends one bright morning, September 1, 1804, by proceeding to a recruiting office and enlisting as an ordinary soldier in the infantry branch of the regular army. He was assigned to the 6th Infantry, stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky., and in a few. weeks word reached Washington that he had been appointed corporal and was assigned to special duty as school teacher. It was no surprise to his friends when it was reported that he had reached the grade of third sergeant of Company H, June 11, 1896. All this time Smith had a commission in view, and he was working for it with all his command. the energy The death of Col. Jewett has provided the required va- cancy, Third Sergt. Alfred T. Smith of Ccmpany H, 6th United States Infantry, is acw ‘Lieut. Smith of the 12th United States Infantry. The nomination was sent to es Senate by the Presiden Monday last “ —_—— _.. ‘It matters little what it is that you want whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the HISTORIC. WORDS First Message Sent From Alleghenies, West of the Annual Meeting in, Washington Today of the Telegraphic Histori- cal Soctefy. Lt bap The annual meeting of the Telegraphic Historical Society was held today at the rooms of the board ¥f trade. The clection of officers for the efjuing year resulted in the choice of the , following: President, William -B. Wilson ef Philadelphia; first vice president, I. Ny Miler of Cincinnati; second vice president, Francis W. Jones of New York city; third vige president, Will- iam D. Sargent of Brooklyn; secretary and treasurer, George C_,Maynard of Washing- ton, D. C.; executive council, Charles Sel- den, Baltimare; J. Compton; Nashville: J. KE. Pettit, Chicago, and William H. Young, Washington, D. C. : The mecting began at ten a.m., and for the first hour the retiring president, Mr. S. H. Kauffmann, occupied the chair. A previous and important engagement com- pelled Mr. Kauffmann to leave the session at 11 o'clock, and the first vice president, Willian B. Wilson, ‘was called by Mr. Kauffmann to take his place. An Interesting Document. Secretary Maynard laid before the soci- ely a copy of the first telegram sent over the wire west of the Allegheny moutains to Washington. This was secured by Vice President Wilson and was as follows: Headquarters Pennsylvania Militia, PITTSBURG, December 20, 1846. 3 p.m. 7. To the President of the United States. The compliments of Adjutant General Bowman to hi excellency, James K. Polk, President of the United States. The 2d Pennsylvania Regiment will be organized and ready to lave this place by the 6th of January. The weather is mild and the river in good order. Through the politeness of Henry O'Reilly, I have the honor con. ferred on me of making the first communi- cation by telegraph west of the Allegheny mountains to the President of the United States over the Atlanth ak eee oe lautic and Ohio Tele: (Signed) G. W. BOWMAN, Adjutant General. oe Bowman, Mr. Wilson Stated in his letter forwarding the interesting docu- ment, was at Pittsburg at that time or- eenleing the 2d Regiment of Pennsylvania olunteers, gathering there for service in the Mexican war, which accounts for his headquarters being in that city instead of Harrisburg, the capital of the state. Henry O'Reilly, whose hame was mi tioned in the dispatch, ent of the telegraph company. eee Papers Read. Papers were read as follows: “History of the Morse Telegraph,” by Mr. Thomas D. Leonard of Boston; “History of Sub- marine Cables and River Crossings,” by are Henry A. Reed of New York, and ‘History of Early Telegraphers of Cincin- nati,” by Mr. I, N. Miller of that city. Among those referred to in Mr. Miller's Paper was Edison, who, it was noticed, Mr. Miller said, had a great habit of getting sick whenever there was a dull day in the telegraph operating room. Instead, how- ever, of going home and to bed, Edison in- variably went to the public library, where he studied everything obtainable ‘on the subject of electricity. A vote of thanks was tendered *to Mr. Kauffmann and the other retiring officers for their faithful performance of duty dur- ing the past year/¥als0’to Messrs. Lock- wood, Reed and Milleér.for the papers pre- pared by them apd nead at the annual meeting. The memberszexpect to complete the business of thesannual session and ad- Journ during this afterngon. Marringé Ijcenses. Marriage licenses haveibeen issued to the following: White—Harry H. Guilford and Susie A. Indermaué: ick E, Long and Margaret’ R. , woth of Frederick City, Md.; Frank &c~Tkiboden and ‘Norah Wanders; Hugh. Hi Létrick of Frederick county, Va. and usta Verse of this city; James J. Mavbtiey’ and Mary E. Gil- july; Dennis A.. Mahoney and Mary A: O'Donnell; Davia YW. Gilbert and Nettie M. Sprouse, both of ita county, Va.; Richard J. Glasco L. Lane, both of Hanover count}; Va.; Theodore Ma- riello and Marta Mastela. Colored—Walter ‘iggins. C.,-and Lucinda 4 Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight 1s to be prohibit- ed in Pueblo. On. petition of the W. C. T. is that SAY ct peaeenceeaer instructed the attorney to’ ap such ordinance. ‘The. petition was ‘granted, without discus- water main in front ittention ‘tthe “3 Leng STATUS OF PRINTERS Civil Service Commissioner Procter on the Requirements for Examination. CLAINS THAT LAWS DO OP CONFLICE Opinion by the Attorney General is Desired. THE CASE DISCUSSED The report that the Attorney General would be called upon to pass upon the validity of the civil service law as applied to the government printing office has cre- ated a feeling of uncertainty among the employes of the big printing establishment. It has also stirred up the civil service com- mission, and while the public printer and many other republicans antagonistic to the idea of applying the civil service law to the government printing office believe that such application is illegal, the commis- sion -is firmly of the opinion that the facts in the case will show that the government printing office is properly placed within the classified service, and that it will stay so. The public printer and others, however, will not be satisfied that it is proper to apply the law to the government printing office until an opinion has been rendered by the Attorney General. A Star reporter today asked Mr. Procter, president of the civil service commission, to give his opin- ion about the proper interpretation of the civil service law as epplied to this branch of the government. Commissioner Procter said: Commissioner Procter’s View. “While the law provides that the public printer shall test the qualifications of em- ployes in his department in a practical way, I know nothing that indicates that they are not to be first tested by an ex- amination under the civil service com- mission. Section 1753 of the Revised Stat- utes, provides that ‘the President is author- ized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fit- ness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their du- ties, and establish regulations for the con* duct of persons who may receive appoint- ments in the civil service.’ “By this provision the President of the United States is authorized to prescribe regulations for admission to any position in any part of the civil service, without exception or limitation. The civil service act goes further, and in section 7 provides: “Nor shall any officer not in the execu- tive branch of the government, or any per- son merely employed as a laborer or work- man, be required to be classified hereunder; nor, unless by direction of the Senate, shall any person who has been nominated for confirmation by the Senate be required to be classified or to pass an examination.’ “The civil service act conferred the gen- eral authority to extend its provisions, which is shown by a part of section 6, Paragraph 3, which provides: “‘That from time to time * * * each head of an office shall, on the direction of the President, * * * respectively revise any then existing classification or arrangement of those in their respective offices, and shall, for the purposes of the 2xamina-:ion herein provided for, include in one er mcre of such classes, so far as practicabi ordinate places, clerks and offic in the public service pertaining to their re- spective departments not before classitied for examination.’ “The President extended the provisions of the civil service act and rules to the gov- ernment printing office on June 1. under the following proraulgating 3 ‘In the exercise of the power vested in him by the Constitution by the 1 tion of the Revised Statutes and entitled “An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,” ap- proved January 16, 1883, the President here- by makes and promulgates the following rules concerning the classitied service of the government printing office, to be known as the government printing office rules.’ The Laws Not Confiicting. “I cannot see that the act providing for public printing, and which prescribes cer- tain duties of the public printer, affects in any way the operation of the civil service act or rules. The provisions cf section 45 of the act providing for public printing and those of the civil service act and rules both prescribe conditions of employment in the government printing office, but these conditions do not conflict. The first pro- vides that ‘It shall be the duty of the public printer to employ workmen who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction.’ While that provision is made, the general requirement of the civil service law is that no person shall be employed in a classified position in the government printing office until he hes passed a suitable examination pro- vided by the civil service commission. There is no conflict between those provisions. Section 2 of the civil service act provides ‘that there shall be a period of probation before any absolute appointment or em- ployment,’ and rule 8 of section 4 provides that ‘A person selected for appointment * * ©* shall receive from the appointing officer. -a certificate of appointment for a probationary period of six months, at the end of which period, if the conduct and ca- pacity of the probatiorer are satisfactory to the appointing officer, his retention in the service shall be equivalent to his abso- lute appointment; but if his conduct or ca- pecity be not satisfactory, he shall be noti- fied by the appointing officer that he will not receive absolute appointment, because of such unsatisfactory conduct or want of capacity, and such notification shall dis- charge him from the service.’ “The regulations of the commission pro- vide that ‘Applicants for employment in any of the mechanical trades or skilled oc- cupations who puss an examination and re- ceive appointment will be given a practical trial when they report for duty, and will be Mable to immediate discharge if found to Possess the requisite skill or abir y.' RUMORED CHANGES. Possible Improvements in Railroad Facilities to Tenleytown. ; There are some interesting street railroad rumors which are just now the subject of considerable talk among the residents of what is known as the Tenleytown region. One rumor -relates to negotiations which are said to be in progress and which will result in the establishment of the ordinary city street railroad fare for those who wish ‘to go from the center of the city’or from any part of it to Tenleytown. This is to be brought about, it is claimed, by a trans- fer arrangement between the Georgetown FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL. Pérpétual- Building Association. ' The Last Six Months’ Business. We have received for dues on shares ............2..2- -$396,081.50 We have received for interest......... We have received for advances repaid by We have received for real estate sold Total Tecewis o> cus css pcchcktcweces We have disbursed for advances made to borrowers. .. We have disbursed for redemption of shares We have disbursed for interest paid members... . We have disbursed for real estate............ We have-disbursed for expenses.............. Total disbursed Our assets are $1,728,335.77. Our liabilities are And our surplus stands at $132,033.72. 59,947.50 the borrowers. 156,685.50 18,062.89 -$630,777.39 . - -$165,300.00 + 301,001.50 58,921.02 43,347.26 6,665.92 -$578,235.65 $1,596,302.05. The contiriued growth and prosperity of the association are evi- denced by the above figures, and indicate the wisdom of the man- agement for the period of fifteen and a half vears of its existnece. We pay 5 per-cent per annum on shares withdrawn before maturi Mature in 100 months for 12 per cent per annum. Spe- cial payments at 6 per cent per annum, interest paid every month or every thtee months, according to the amount due. withdrawn twice in any one month. Qur methods of business are rapid and inexpensive, the transactions in the shortest possible time and at the Money may be Business accounts not taken. facilitating least cost. OFFICE AT 606 11TH STREET. C. C. Duncanson, President, John Cook, Secretary. my3-6t = dard icise OF ST OPEN FOR SUBSCRIPTION AND FIRST PAYMENT. SUBSCRIPTION for the 33rd issue of stock and first payment thereon will be received daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the office of the Association. Share, $2.50 monthiy. Four_per.cent_irterest per annum guaran- teed. Upon maturity of shares full earnings are paid. LOANS made to members are repaid in monthly installments. A part or all of a loan may be returned at any time and in- terest charged to date of settlement, and monthly payments reduced. Interest, 6 per cent per annum. Asse ta, - $1,468,338.63. Pamphlets explaining the advantages and Deuefits of the association and other infor- mation furnished gpon application at the office, -Eqitedle Bafldirg, 1003 F st. EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ‘Thomas Somerville, President. A. J. Schafhirt, Vice President. Geo. W. Casilear, 24. Vice President. John Joy Eason, Secretary. my5-w,s,m,te vere is money ont the right side of stocks.) No Better Facilities —for receiving the quickest and most -reliable. Steck-and Grain quotations and “news.” Our customers secure any informa- tion at our disposal at all times. Lowest commissions. C. T. HAVENNER, jember Washington Stock Exchange: 928 F st. Mitac big Phone a8 ae ~~ EOS THERE IS PROFIT, ‘RE IS NEALTH, Sat THERE 3S PLEASURE In a home at Cleveland Park. apart CONDENSED LOCALS jetectives have not yet arrested the Daa ietep aseculted and robbed Mr. W. M. Fcresman of Madison, Wik: as published in yesterday’ 5 Foresman has gone to Chicago, but he will return if his assailants are captured. On C street northwest between 12th and 13th streets and in aliey near 12th and C streets there are broken pavements in need of repairs, so Lieut. Amiss reported to the street department today. He also reported a dangerous hole in thé sidewalk in front of $17 13th street, while a broken pavement in front of No. 1300 5th street was re- ported by Lieut. Teeple. Lieut, Gessford of the eighth police pre- cinct has requested that the alley adjoining the station on U street be repaired. Some dishonest individual called at the house of Miss billian Sefton, 329 1st street northeast, yesterday and helped himself to $8. o- 6 An open-face silver watch was stolen from the house of William E. Lawson, No. 1513 Vermont avenue, a few days ago. A man named Thomes Shears, who was being followed by a crowd of boys near 5th and G streets yesterday afternoon, made an attempt to drive the boys away. In so do- ing he struck his head against a telegraph pele and fell in the street. An express Wagon ran over him, and the police took him to the Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. He was only slightly injured. Rev. L. Stern, pastor of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, ‘has asked the police to assist him in his efforts to recover a lcst pocketbook, which contained a clergy- man’s ticket on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and $15 in cash. The pocketbook disap| while he was on a 9th street cer, but he does not know whether his pccket was picked or he lost it. If you meet a man today who has blonde hair and you know he had dark hair yester- day it might be well to report him to the police, for a blonde wig was Stolen yeste: day from. in front of Maurice Hepner’s store. Complaint of the theft was made to the police, and some wearers of blonde wigs may have to undergo an unpleasant police experience. ——— Body Not Recovered. This. morning the. members of the police ‘doat’s crew resumed the search for John- nie Perkins’ body, anda number of friends of the family. were also engaged in drag- ging the river for the body. Because of the high water and swift current the work was rendered extremely difficult. At a late body had not been ‘general rite fhe neighborhood in hich he lived. : = —_—_——— ‘Praying Bicycles for Buddhists. To so great an extent Have the Japanese an-enterprising Buddhist has adapted the si THOMAS P, MORGAN, TELEPHONE 1124. 1833 F STREET. Life Insurance& Annuities, ASSETS oF NY, $236, mn ‘COMPANY, $236,000,000, The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CCRNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Crartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct.. 1890, and Feb., 1993 Capital: One [illion Dollars SSPE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside vurglar-proof vaults at $5 per arrum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trunk or case taken cn deporit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward, and ‘uteres? allowed on $5 and above. Loans money on real estate and collateral Security. Seis first-class real estate and other securities In sums of $500 and upward. TRUST DEPARTMENT. This company is a legal depositors for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, receiver, assignce and executes trusts of ali kinds. Wills prepared by a compettst attorney in daily attendance. OFFICERS: BENJAMIN P. SNYDER. E. FRANCIS RIGGS W. RILEY DEEBLE. THOMAS K. JONES. ALBERT L. STURTEVANT. GEORGE HOW4RD... CHARLES E. N MAN WOODBURY PLAIR. jazi Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Loans in any amount made on approved real estate or collateral, at reasonable rates. Interest paid uy deposits on dail ances subjert to check be This company acts as executor, adminis: trator, trustee, treasurer, registrar and in ali ‘other fducl ary capacities. Boxes for rent in burglar and fr--proat Yauits for safe deposit ynd storage of vak- uable pacl-ages. .. -President ice President Vice President ‘Treasu-er Secretary fe4-tb.s,w.tt T.-J. HODGEN & CO., Brokers &-Dealers, Stocks, Cotton, Grain and Provisions, Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran building, cor. 15th by and 605 7th st. u.w. Silsby & Company, INCORPORATED. BANKERS AND BROKERS, OM:e, 613 15th st. o.w., National Metropolitan Bank Building. Correspordents Robert Lindblom & Co, Telephcre 505. mbid W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of nion Savings Bank #22=25 $a18-108 Individuals, Firms and 8. W. Ww 7 WOODWARD, Pres't. CHAS. 8. BRADLEY, myl-im |