Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1897, Page 3

— SPECIAL NOTICES. NGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION. DL Sic lees sre suspended during the absence of Stern. The same will be resumed Hy onler of the TANCOLN FIRE OF THE strict of e quarterly dividend of Ceo to) per cont will be pa ial stork of this company JULY 15, 1807. Books for transfer of stock will be closed from Saturday, July 10, to Thursday, Jul; both days inclu: WILL ion TUE DAY. 2 UGUST m., at thelr banking hon: . for the purpose ronsidering and vot- ing vpen the volunts Jiqui ion 6 said bank. Jys- 4. thre CHAS. S. BRADLEY, Cashier. to September 20. July 11 will be ¢ It will be open to Visitors this season. proves that, Even if sucit iderably! Es- “Phone 217. "Phone 551. 1 SMITH, 1st und Ind. ave. Wharves, foot 4th st. se. THOS. W RATE OF fared NNUAL DIVIT per cent: per anpum hi upen the capital stock TARLES, SCHNE ER TAK “ NY, payable on and after July 15, Ise7. nsfer books ¢ any Will be closed from July 9 to J NK ROR, Treasurer. Best DIVE ml of 35 cents THE W. dend No. 41.—Th usual July diy Were of thks company of te- 7. has been declared, payable at office ‘In Center market on and after JULY 6 SOW. + duly 1, JULY AND AUGU be closed_at . during the week and at 3 p-m. on Sa TURDAYS. Sanders & Stayman LEADING PIANOS, ORG. STORE WILL 1 OSTER, Manager. “DIRECT - of Washington will company MONDAY. e right and uundry, main office, HINGTON, June 30, 1857. given that the anngal meetii ne stockholders for the el mn of nine «i rectors to serve during the ensuing y Fok BEAUTY, FOR PROFIT, ‘OR HEALTH Cleveland Park. ~ Not in hugeness--but in beauty--dees our mantel exhibit excel. Ps in ¢ 0 mmer Stationery. Iisas 6S eeel ite eal ee a sect a coo inte ae correspondence. &Rupp,42i ith St. ICED STATIONERS Sy7-14d ea “L never divappoint.”” We have a “hobby” peculiarly our own=- that of promptness. Easto um eu AR- Let us have your print- ing orders.- Byron Js@1 » “Prompt * Printer, 512 11th st. often bring on summer con plaints, and ye a Ca Cold Thary’s Pure Whis A SMUG TRICK. One Brought Over Fine Dia- Ix, Which He Boldly Dixplayed. Me Detroit Fige Press. is talk~About smuggling recalls things I learned when I was in announced a retired crook- r the other day. “New ways of i eat- = the government are being devised right « and many of the tricks I diccovered now. There used to be more trou- with the diamond smugi than ppears to be at present. I have the sparklers in women’s back hair, aments, hollowed shoe heels and up in various articles of wear; in lars, In horses’ hoofs, in fruits and n trunks with faise bottom im canes, on the re Keons and even buried in men's the manner of whe Kaffir dia- eves. - man who did the slickest bust- without ever being suspected, told me it « He was a retired de- © who had served with great ly before resigning he claimed received a beautiful diamond ring ‘h three very large stones from a New Yorker for whom he had been able to save @ good dexl of money. It was certainly a magnificent ring and the matter was duly ex din the papers. He professed to be doing a private business that took him ver frequer.tly, and he would ferry three or four times a wore th dazzling rinz I looked at it every day for months. t fellow was making big money © had a paste ring made he genuine one. He one over, leave it t wear them back, ha h ps them ste end thus carry on the right before our admiring eyes. We pected the rascal.” S riment station of the Amherst has just i: d which is on “The Habits, ‘onomic value of the American e b in is the work of A. H. ssistant entomologist to the committee. Mr. Kirkland has time to the study of id and embodies the results In the He finds that insects constitute 77 per cent of the food of a toad. To show the nber of werms which a toad de- erab sta @ingle toad were found 55 army worms, @nother 6 cypsy moth caterpillars, ar tent caterpillars e int ed between 30 and He found by e s that in the stomach of a in celery wor: ration of a large number ef toads that Si per cen of the insects it destroys are in- to cultivated crops, cr in othe: oxious to man. vour in the m the following 140 my vils, sect am may be worth. Confining his attention to but one element of the food, the cut worms, and assuming that 10 per cent of these insects would have been kilied by the eara- bid beetles it still leaves 1.988 cut worms to the toad’s credit; and if the ge the cut worms would kave caused timated at 1 cent per worm, a figure which gardeners and tehacco growers will probably consider ridiculously low, it will be seen that a toad might destroy cut worms which would otherwise have des- troyed crops to the extent of $19.88. «e+ | A colored weman named Ellen Brown, fifty years old, died suddenly last night at her home, No. 260% 15th street. As no phy- siclan had atterded her the case was re- ported to the coroner. Mr. Kirkland then figures out the nt in dollars and cents which a toad VALUED COLLECTION Oyrus Field’s Private Papers Concern- ing the Atlantic Cable pe et DONATED 10 THE NATIONAL. MUSEUM | Gift From Mrs. Judson, Daughter of the Famous Electrician. COPIES OE CABLEGRAMS _————— nd One of the most interesting collections ever secured by the National Museum has Just arrived at that institution, and is be- ing arranged for exhibition by Prof. Geo. ©. Maynard, in charge of the electrical col- lections in the department of technology, under the direction of Prof. Watkins. The collection was the property of Mrs. Isabella Field Judson of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and comprises the private papers-of her father, Cyrus W. Field, relative to the lay- ing of the Atlantic cable, cablegrams first sent, objects with which he worked out his idea of laying the cable, and many other things of interest pertaining to it. The correspondence end autograph copies cf telegrams sent by Mr. Field to the Presi- dent of the United States dnd other pro:n- inent persons are- extremely interesting. There are many letters and draughts ef plans. invitations, sent and_ received, in Mr. Field's own writing. The copies of the telegrams sent to his wife and futher just after the successful laying of .he cable, or “Atlantic telegraph,” as he term- ed it, are especially attractive. The pe He Used. An object in the collection which is cal- culated to inspire the greatest amount of interest is the globe, constructed by a Lendon manufacturer, in which the great electrician traced the ccurse for the cable to be laid from Newfoundland to Ireland. The globe is about a foot and a half in diamete>, on a stand, with magnetic com- puss underneath, and shows many signs of hard usage. The mind which studied its details was the one which enabled the peo- pie of two nations, separated from each other by thousands cf miles of salt wa- ter, to exchange communications almost an eye. Though the thought to be put «id not act prop- ssion of messages, and years, a harassing, soul- eorsuming wait, intervened. the originator of the idea saw the successful culmination of his plan>. Contents of Collection. Mr. in the twinkling of The journal kept b; of deep sea sounding: and officers of the Great E: the cable was laid, are part of the collec- tion. Mr. Field’s private library, with al! the literature relating to the work of lay- ing the cable, forms another part of it. ‘There are also copies of medals presented him by Congress and the French govern- ment: engraved resolutions d by members of bodies in this country and Europe. A cane presented, made from the wood of the Great Eastern. Among the relics which cause the visitor to examine closely and attentively are cases contain- ing sections of the first cabie, and those evolved from it. z Sections of the message transmitted man- ufactures fer the space of ten and fifteen years after the first cable was laid down, and presented to Mr. Field by the manufac- turers, are shown. A silver vase, gold chased, presented him by his children’ on the occasion of his golden wedding, which occurred in December, 1890, On thi inscribed the names of all his children and grandchildren. This is inlaid with parts ot the cable, and also the steamer Great East- ern. A copy of report of the anniversary ban- quet, eld in London March 10, 1868, to commemorate the signature of the agree- ment for the establishment of the cable between England and America, is exhibit- ed. The agreement was signed March 10, IS. eld, and notes t down by him stern, by which Of Especial Valae. The charts, comprising a large number, showing preliminary soundings and move- ments of the vessels engaged in the work each day, Field's own writing, are es The diaries contain a large amount of interesting matter, show- ing. the many disappointments with which the writer met, and the hundreds of obsta- cles which had to be overcome by him before the final triumph of the child of his genius. The copies of four telegrams sent on the morning of the completion of the work, the first time, were shown to The Star re- porter. They followed within a few min- utes of one another. the hour and minute being given on each. First Messnge to His Wife. The first was as follows: “TRINITY BAY, Newfoundland, “Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, No. St East 2 street, New York. : “Arrived here yesterday. All well. The Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid. Please telegraph me here immediatel “O45 am. CYRUS W. FIELD.” TRINITY BAY, Newfoundiana, “August 5. 1858. “Messrs. Cyrus W. Field & Co., No. Cliff street, New York. “Cable successfully laid. Mrs. Field immediately by telegraph if my fa: at the office. 92) a.m. The next message was as follows: “TRINITY BAY, W Please info~-m and let me know ily are all well and CYRUS W. FIELD.” was to his father, and N: wfoundland, Augast 5, 1858. Field, Stockbridye, Mass., via “Rev. Dr. Pittsfield. able ccessfully laid. All well. “CYRUS W. FIELD.” p -™m. To President Buchanan. Field’s next thought was for the President of the United States, James Buchanan, who was sent the next tele- gram, as follo Mr. . S. S. NIAGARA, TRINITY BAY, Newfoundl “August “To the President of the Wastingten, D. C. “Dear Sir: The Atlantic telegraph cable on board of the U.S.S.F. Niagara and H.M. steamer Agamemnon joined in mid- ecean Thursday, July 27, and has been successfully laid. As soon as the two ends are connected ith the land lines Queen Victoria will send a message to you and the cable will be kept” free until after your reply has a, 1858. United States, been transmitted. With great respect I remain, Your obedient servant, “10:35 a.m. CYRUS W. FIELD.” reetings to the People. A more extended message, intended for the people of the United States, was traas- CASTORIA Infants ee SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILB SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher 18 ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 Murray st., N.Y. are; EXPLANATORY NOTE: Ooscrvations taken at § a.m., 75th meridian time. vars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Solid lines are {so Dotted lines are :sotherms, or Mnes of cqual 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 Small arrows fy with the wind. “High” and ‘Low’? show location of areas of POSSIBLY THUNDER STORMS. Continued High Temperature In cated for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday: For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, possibly thunder storms this evening, fair Friday; continued high tem- perature; northeasterly winds, shifting to southeasterly. Weather conditions and general forecast: The pressure is high off the middle At- lantiec and north Pacific coasts A storm of considerable inte veloped over South Dakota. Showers have occurred on the Atlantic coast and in the upper Mississippi and Mis- scuri valleys. ‘The temperature has remained stationary in all districts. Showers may be expected on the middle and south Atlantic coast this evening, and gererally fair Friday. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hour: Moorhead, 1.74; Port Arthur, 1.42; Gaines- ville, Ga., 1: sity has de- Tide Table. Today—Lew tide, 7:54 a.m. and 8:21 p.m.; high tide, 1 a.m, and 2:02 p.m. oe Tomorrcw—Low tide, 9:00 a.m, and 9:26 p.m.; high tide, 2:20 a.m. and 3:06 p.m: The Suz und Moon. Today—Sun ri: sun sets, Moon sets, 11 5, 443. The City Lights, Gag lamps all lighted by 8:36 p.m.; extin- Tomorro mitted fifteen minutes follows: and was as later, USS. Niagara, “TRIN BAY, Newfoundland, ahs “August 5, 1858. “To the Assuciated Press, New York: Tpke Atlantic telegraph Meet sailed from Queenstown, Ireland, Saturday, July 17, met in mid-ocean Wednesday, the 28th, made the splice at 1 p.m. Thursday, the 20th, and separated—the Agamemnon and Valorous bound to Valencia, Ireland, the Niagara and Gorgon for this place, where they arrived yesterday, and this morning the end of the cables will be lande “Tt is 1,696 nautical, or 1,950 statute, miles from the telegraph house at the head of Valencia harbor to the telegraph house at the Bay of Bulls, Trizity ay, and for more than two-thirds of this distance the water is over two miles in depth. “The cable has been payed out from the Agamemnor at about the same speed as from the Niagara. “The electrical signals sent and received through the whole cable are perfect, the machinery for paying out the cable worked in the most satisfactory manner and was not stopped for a single moment from the time the splice was made until we arrived here. . “Capt. Hudson, Messrs. Everett, Wood- ho: the engineers, the electricians, offi- cers of the ships, and, in fact, every man on board the telegraph fleet, has exerted himself to the utmost to make the expedi- tion successful, and by the blessing of Divine Providence it has succeeded. “After the end of the cable is landed and connected with the land line of telegraph and the Niagara has discharged some cargo belonging to the telegraph company she will go to St. John’s for coal and then ee nce to New York. Proceed at once to NCYRUS W. FIELD.” D. H., The Chivography Excellent. The messages were written on blue linen paper, in a firm hand of almost copper- plate chirography. As is well known to those who have read of the operations of laying the cable, it worked successfully for a short time and then, for some reason, was an almost total failure. ‘The originator worked faitafully for nearly eight years after Queen Victoria and President Buchanan aad exchanged congratulations across the water before ft was again put in successful eperat:on It was on the morning of July that other messages were seat the fact that this was the c first occasion the first_mi mitted to his wife, and was mH : “Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Newburgh, N. We arrived here at 9 o'clock this morning; all well. Thank God the cable nas been successfully laid and is in perfect wol order. 1 am sure that no one will be thankful to God as you and our dear ch! dren, for now we shall be together a united family. We leave in about a week to re- cover the cable of last year. graph at once and write in full receive your letters on my revurn here on the 15th. i received throuzh the cable from Valencia your message trom Newport and Gracie’s telegram from Newburgh, ard on the id your telegraphic dispach wot the loth. CYRUS W. FLELD.' His Father's Prayers. The second telegram, a few minutes af- terward, was to his father, in which he s Your prayers have been answered. The telegraph cable has peer successfully laid across the Atlantic. The next was as follow! “Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, July “His Excellency Andrew Johnson, lent of the United States, Washington: “Dear Sir: The Atlantic’ telegraph was successfully completed this morning. I ‘nope that it will prove a blessing to Eng- land and the United States, and increase the intercourse between our own country e eastern hemisphere, Yours, faithful “CYRUS W? FIELD. Materint for a Book, In the collection of letters is enough in- teresting material to cover a book of the mest attractive reading. The donation of the whole was secured by Prof. Watkins from Mrs. Judson, on a recent visit to her in Dobbs Ferry. Prof. Maynard is preparing another col- lection. It is that of the early dynamos and motors, to embrace first designs by Edison, >} omson, Brush, Wallace and other PonSEE TERT in electrical lighting and power inventions. Some of these were shown at the Philadelphia centennial. The designs of Prof. Joseph Henry, first secre- tary of the Smithsonian, who was an elec- trical worker, are being made’ into one col- lection. ; —_——>—_—_ ‘ ve of nations, raised mostly by taxation: hes, trebled since 1850, increased over five times since 1810 and forty-five times since 1680. French paupers are provided for by the funds arisirg from a 10 per cent tax on theater tickets. This tax averages 10,000,- 000 francs a year. inty, Kan: which gave a joad of wheat for the India’ famine-sutte ers, a raan died of starvation before the wheat reached the Indians. Between 1878 and 1881, in a single Roman village district, 797 heads of families in a ulation of 1,200 families were flogged for not paying their taxes, guishing begun at 3:51 a.m. The lighting 1s begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at $:21 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:06 a.m. 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 afternoo: .m. midnight, 72. 2; 8S am., 76; 12 m., 82, Maximum, 87, at 3 p.m. July mini- mum, 68, at 4 p.m., July Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, $7; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, condition at north connection, $6; con. dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 85: condition at in fluent gate house, 36; eftluent gate house, 36. Water at Harper's Ferry. At the request of members of the Wool- mont and Blue Ridge Rod and Gun clubs Mr. S. B. Hege, passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railrcad, has arranged to secure from the agents of the road at some of the up-river stations the condi- tion of the water each morning. This has been done in erder that anglers who wish to try their luck over fishing grounds fur- ther y than Great Falls may be posted before starting as to ihe condition of the river. These reports as rec he published in The ceived from the ege this morning sa ved each day will zr. A report re- arper’s Ferry “The Skenandoah and Potomac rivers at Har- water in the Ferry is clear today.” BEAUTIFYING PUBLIC BUILDINGS. A Tropical Growth Being Cultivated in the Pension Office. An effort is being made by a number of officials of the pensthn affice to secure a luxuriant tropical grgwth, about the foun- tain which sprinkles, a fine jet of water in | the center of the pension office building. Some time ago soméraré"pineapple plants were sent to Washington from Florida and given a place about the basin of the foun- tain. Lately Superintendent Saunders’ of the Department of “Agridulture added to this collection several handsome specimens of philodendrons, paydadus and other hand- some tropical plants, The superintendent of the botanical gardens has also promised ; @ contribution to this collection, and friends of officials living In Florida! will shortly for- ward a number of plants for the same pur- pose. Among these plants will be specimens of the pincapple about to flower, so that if the experiment of raising them jn the court of the pension office bullding is successful the plant bearing the pineapple can be seen by the clerks there from the time it flowers until the fruit has ripened. From Florida will also come several orange tree: Before the summer is over it is expected that the space about the fountain will be given a beautiful tropical appearance, and it 1s believed that the temperature and other conditions to be found there will be of a character to permit of a handsome development of all these rare plants throughout the year. Chief Clerk Bayl: Col. Hancock, chief of the stationery div sion, and Superintendent Barnes are all leading in this movement to beautify the court of the pension office building. Since this movement was begun it has been suggested that the conditions of tempera- ture, &c.. in nearly all the government buildings in this city are such as to en- courage a healthy growth of tropical plants. But little czre would be required on the Part of messengers or others to keep them In good condition. Their propagation at the Department of Agriculture or in the bo- tanical gardens is a matter of comparative- ly no expense to the government, and if the desire to ornament public buildings generally with such plants becomes wide- read there is no reason why these build- Ings shoulé not present a very pleasing appearance in the future. —-——_- TWO SETS OF BACKERS. Clerks Who Have “Influence” in Both Political Parties. If any government official wishes to make the acquaintance of every senator ard representative in Congress all he has to do is to order a number of reductions and a few dismissals in his force. He will have his offices crowded the’ day after h!s action is known. This has been the expe- rience of every head of a department or ; bureau since the 4th of March whenever they have promulgated changes in their office force. It appears that there is al- mcst no man or woman holding 2 govern- ment position in this city who cannot at a moment of need marshal several sena- tors and a score of representatives and bring them to the head of the department in which they are employed, with earnest protests against any action which might affect their interests. Many government employes have two entirely distinct and separate sets of sen- ators and representatives. One set Is democratic and another is republican, so it is declared by some officials, and ‘the one they use depends upon the politics cf the administration in power. In a num- ber of the departments all recommenda- tions that have been placed en file in the interest of employes are preserved from administration to administration, and it is said that the colors of these papers change, chameleon-like, from a republican tint to a democratic hu¢, and it ts ulso declared by men having charge of such papers that at the alose of an administra- tion or the beginni: of a new one, when there is a change ‘of politics, desperate efforts are frequently made by employes of the government.to destroy their old Papers, the usefulness of which has ceas- ed, so that they might begin under their new chiefs with an accumulation of pa- pers of recommendation from men who are in favor with the powers that be. ——_—. -— There are two business men in an English town named I. Camé and“H. E. Went. Bee men in Minpesota say the army worm is destroying ‘the prospect for bass- weod honey. Sis Capt. Mahan has-decided to prepare a volume on sea-power, for use in schools and colleges. wo oe Professional window cleaners in New York wash them with alcohol and whiting, using no soap. A New York millionaire has recently im- ported a Russian drosky and several Jap- anese jinrickshas. Bulgaria is thinking of substituting the reformed Gregorian galendar for the Rus- sian orthodox one. - it is stated in a fashionable journal that 1,000,000 bonnets were sold in London dur- ing one week recently. Victoria reigns over one continent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promontories, 1,000 lakes, 2,000 rivers and 10,000 istands. It is no unusual thing for a vessel plying between Japan and London to carry 1,000,- 000 fans as a single item of cargo. ~ Ferdinand Rodliff_ completed ‘Monday the seventieth ycar of his employment in the Hamilton mills at Lowell, Mass. ON THE OTHER SIDE|—— Civil Service Rules in the Printing | Office Defended. DECLARED 10 BE BENEFICIAL Assistant Foreman Oyster Speaks of Many Years’ Experience. EXAMINATIONS PRACTICAL The Senate committee on civil service and retrenchment resumeé its hearings this morning in the Maltby building. Mr. Oscar J. Ricketts, private secretary to the presenf public printer, wes the first witness examined. He said he desired to refer to the charges cf Samuel P. Donovan at a previous meeting, that he had been unfairly dismissed, and had not been rein- stated, as he should have been. Mr. Rick- etts said Mr. Donovan was appointed a temporary compositor last May from a list certified by the civil service ccmmission. Mr. Donovan's name was fifth on a list of seventy-three others. When he reached this name he looked in the record to see if Mr. Donovan had been employed in the bu- reau previously, He found that Mr. Dono- van had been employed for twenty days. During nine days’ time he had set 29,100 type, which at piece rates would have amounted to $12.45. This did not include the blank allowance, which would probably have increased the earnings one-fourth. For this, however, he had received $28.80 wages. Mr. Ricketts concluded from this record that Mr. pert printer, and he rejected the name. Mr. Ricketts said he rejected him solely on the ground of his previous record in the of- fice. He had told Mr. Donovan that there could be no other reason, because he did not know anything of him. “Then, as I understand it,” asked Senator Pritchard, “influence {s not necessary to se ‘2 appointment in the government inting office?" bsolutcly unnecessary,” replied Mr. Ricketts; “and, besides, an attempt to ex- ert influence would be illegal.” Mr. Ricketis was closely questioned by Senator Chilton as to the method of se- lecting one name from the three names certified upon each communication from the civil service commission. “How does it happen that in one case here,” said Senator Chilton, “you selected Mr. Ruggles, who, it appears, held the low- est grade of the three names mentioned in the certificate, and that you passed over Mr. Abbey, who held higher rank?” Guided by the Record. Mr. Ricketts replied that he had chosen Ruggles because reference to his record convinced him that he was probably a bet- ter printer than the other. Ruggles was temporarily employed in the office. “Had you made any inquiry about him?” one at all.” Did you consult any senator or repre- sentative about him?” “I did not.” Did you know Ruggles’ politics?” I have heard since what his politics were,” “Did you consult any senator or repre- sentative about any of the men you se- lected?” “I did not.” Senator Chilton went through the list of selections made upon the occasion men- tioned and asked Mr. Ricketts to explain in each case why the man was selected. Out of the fifty-two names chosen thirty-six were those of men who had been previously employed in the office and whose records Were on file. His action upon the others was based on the showing made in their examination papers. “Did you make these selections by your- self,” asked Senator Chiltoa, “or did you consult Public Printer Palmer? Mr. Ricketts said that in the case of men whose office records were low he consulied the public printe: “Are you sure you did not consult him about all of them?” Mr. Ricketts said he had not consulted him with respect to everything about them. “Now, of the seven names you re. did you know any one?” I did not.” Did you know their politics?” This was also answered in the nega-ive. Then Senator Chilton asked Mr. Ricketts to look over the list of the thirty-six men selected and identify those whom he knew. He recognized three names of mea thom he knew personally. One of them was a republican and two were democrats. Of the men whom he did not know there was hone with whose politics he was acquaint- ed. “Then, I understand you to tate posi- tively that there has never heen any com- munication, written or verbally, al-out the politics of these men whom you selected?” asked Senator Chilton. Not Influenced by Politics. “I will state positively,” ceplicd Mr. Ricketts, “that in making these selections politics did not enter into the choice. “That was not my que if you will excuse me,” said Senator Chilton, and then he repeated it. “There may have been communications to the public printer,” replied Mr. Ricketts, “but I had no knowledge of anything of the kind.” Mr. Robert B. Hastie of the government printing office and a member of the exam- ining board in that office was then called. He said it had been more than a year and a half since he had been called upen to prepare examinations. “Do you think the examinations are of such a quality as to bring out the qualifi- cations of applicants?” asked Mr. Procter. “I do,” replied Mr. Hastie. “Would a rigid application of civil service rules improve the service in the govern- ment printing office?” asked Mr. Procter. “It would,” Mr. Hastie said. Benetit of Civil Service Rules. Mr. E. W. Oyster then testified. He is the assistant foreman in charge of the specification division of the government printing office. He said he had been em- ployed in the government printing ®ffice at intervals for fifteen or sixteen years. He said the old system of conducting the office was defective. It increased the cost of do- ing the the public work by permitting the discharge of good men for political reasons and the employment of men not so capable. He said the object of establishing the gov- ernment printing office was to obtain a place where public work could be conduct- ed upon a business basis, and free from the influence of the spoilsman. He said his experience had demonstrated to him that the civil service law had re- sulted beneficially in the government print- ing office, and it would be a calamity to the public service to remove the application of civil service rule to the office, unless a system could be devised that would relieve the public printer from-ail political in- fluence. He said the examinations ought to be as practical as they could be made. Mr. Oyster referred to the testimony of Mr, Donovan, given at a previous meeting, and said Mr. Donovan was dropped be- cause he had not shown sufficient indica- tions of improvement in his work. He said the work was not intricate, as claimed by Mr. Donovan. : Mr. Oyster said Public Printer Benedict had made discharges for political reasons in his last term of office. Other discharges were made after September, 1894, for rea- sons not political, and thirty-three of these vacancies were filled through the civil ser- vice commission. The work of these ap- pointees showed an increase of 54 per cent over the record of those who had been dis- missed. . Mr. Oyster submitted some statistics which he had prepared, by which he esti- mated that since 1861 the government printing office had occasioned a loss of $8,450,000 by not being conducted on busi- ness principles. Up to a short time ago the government had never availed Itself of the discount in the purchase of materials,which was given to private firms, amounting from 10 to 30 per cent. ‘The committee adjourned until next Tues- day, when Mr. Oyster will continue his tes- timony. ‘ a ee In a recent graduating class at a St. Louis college there were four girls whose mothers graduated from the same school. While di up_a tree -at Monterey, atexico, Pattroniio "tternandes found three = full of gold and silver coln—$20,000 in Donovan was not an ex- |} FINA FINANCIAL. iS money on the right side of stocks. ee rc ad el ere Money Made with ease! It's easy to make money if * you're on the right side of ' stoc! Unequaled facilities for receiving stock quotations and “gossip” by direct wires. Low- est commissions. Cc. T. HAVENNER, 928 F St. Member Washington Stock Exch. ‘* Atlantic bldg.———"Phone 453. dyS-21d Life Insurance Policies. * x * * * * * * * * * bought or taken at collateral on loans. T. D. HADDAWAY, 1808 F st-uw., or box 5a3,City P.O. Se29-tr INDEX TO ADVERTISEMEN ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS . ATTOR: : AUCTION SALI BUSINESS CHANCE CITY ITEM: COMMISSIONERS OF Di COUNTRY BOARD DEATHS... . EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS . FINANCIAL For ANG FOREIGN POSTAL SERVI FOR KENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Halls). FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR ENT (tisceilaneous). FOR RENT (Stores). FOR SAL) HOR HOTELS . LOCAL Mt (Mliscellancous). S AND VEHICLES . AC RIVER BOATS PROPOSALS RAILROADS . 1OR] Lowest rates for best service. —YOUR SILVERWARE will be called for, stored in our Burglar- proof Vaults, insured absolutely against loss of any kind, and returne ed to your house. $1 for cne month. $5 for six months. American Security and Trust Co., Zr - Bicycles called for, ated, 1 marked and shipped for. Albert M. Read, Gen'l Manager. it Husband Your RESOURCES! "Tis worse than f to apend every cent of your income. Lay by a stipulated sum cach month to be pat with the “United Rulidinz and Loi Association an ascocia tion beneficial alike tot 6 amd in vestor, Tar value of shares, $100 each cafi be purchased outright or on $1 monthly wmyment#, No ent-ance fee. Dividends clared sem{-annua Members may borrow #0 per cent of amount paid in. Call for or Jet ux send you an explanatory booklet. UNITED BUILDING & LOAN ASS'N, 1206 G St. ‘Th very best of STORAGE If you want first-class Stor: ce wiry rooms mately proter fire, burglars and eves Notes. $1 a load per others ask Pes drop postal. "larcus Notes,637 La. Ave. it wy wry yereer ee CIAL NOLICES. STORAGE . IMMER RESORT BURBAN PROP! DERTAKER WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaueous) oe a ee ee ears (Situations) CONDENSED LOCALS Jchn Watson and Ernest Washington, small colored boys, thought of the song. “Standin’ on the Corner,” when they were seated on a curbstone last night, waiting to see a friend, who lived in a house not far away. But a policeman evidently thought differently, for he arrested them and locked them up. This morning they were told to keep away from that particular corner be- cause of complaint, and were released. There was a little fire and a big excite- ment in Navy place southeast about o'clock this morning, and hundreds of People followed the engines to the scene of the alleged conflagration. A gasoline stove kad expleded in a second-story room of house No. 756, but the flames were soon ex- tinguished after the firemen reached the Premises. When Detective Boardman returned from across the river, two days ago, after a long bicycle ride in pursuit of a thief, he looked as if he had taken a mud bath. ‘Be- cause of the Warm weather he had per- spired freely, and at a certain point on the way he was crowded to one side of the road, so that he had either to fall in the deep dirt or go over an embankment, and he chose the former alternative. Complaints have been made to the police that several worthless checks for small amounts have been passed on merchants this ie It ts stated that but one man passed them, and the police expect to ay prehend him. > <i Yesterday's storm did some little to trees in the northw and damage t section of the ‘aused several wash-outs on the t of Georgetown. Three such ‘ash-outs were reported by the police to- day, and eighteen trees were said to have been injured. Alien Brown, colored, living at No. 1307 treet southeast, was taken sick on the street about 6 o'clock yesterday. He was near Sth and E streets southeast at the time, and the police took him home in the patrol wagon. | The pump near the corner of 5th and D streets northeast is broken. This morning about 7 o'clock aa alarm of fire was sounded from box 58; for fire in the residence of John F. Healy, in South- east Washington. The upsetcing of a gas- oline stove caused the fire, which resulted in about $25 damage. Two stumps of trees on 13th street southeast, near G street, render the side- waik dangerous to pedestrians. There was a fire in the harness room over Burgdorf's livery stable, on Sth street, last night about 10 o'clock. A lighted can- cie left in the room caused the fire, which resulted in damage to the amount of about 3209. The police have complained of a broken Pavement in frent of 61! 3d street north- west, and another near Scuth Capitol and G streets. Policemen Peck and Schneider found the door of A. N. Hazen’s stable open lasi night. Nothing was missing. Lieut. Teeple has reported a dangerous hole in the concrete pavement near 8th and L streets northwest. —— Oldest American Bell. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In the Nashville exposition building which is used jointly for the displays made by Mexico, Chile, and Nev Mexico, in the space allotted to the latter ierritory there hangs a bell, battered, cracked, and rust- ed with age—a bell which certainly, if it could speak in language that we could understand, would tell an interesting tale. It was cest in the year 1349, and is un- doubtedly the oldest bell cn the American continent, its age being, as will be seen, 348 years. Its birthplace was the town or city of Grande Quivera, N. M., the re- mains of this city, which was flourishing before Santa Fe had an existence, betoken- ing a population of 20,000 people. ‘The Spanish priest Father Guerra superintend- €d the casting of the bell, the metal in it being taken from the Ritade Cobre mines, and to this native metal were adjed gold and silver coins and jewelry, contributed by the devout people of the city and neighborhood. Here the bell hung and swung and called the faith- ful to prayers for 131 years. But in 1630 tke dread Apaches, the hereditary enemies of the Pueblo or town Indians destroyed the city and burred down the church. The bell lay covered up in the ruins for 103 years, and was then dug out and taken to Socorro, wiere it was placed in the belfry of the Church of San Miguel. This caurch was also destroyed by the Indians in 1806, but the town was soon rebuilt by a colony trom Belen: the bell was once more dug from the ruins and rehung in the repaired church, which stands to tris day._ ——— Many Inducements to Wed. From the Kansas City Star. The following prizes were offered to the first couple who wovld secure a license to be married in the local park July 3, when ean Independence day celebration was to teke place at Gallatin, Mo. License and ceremony free, a year’s subscription to the Gallatin Democrat and Nerth Missourian, a bridle, a shaving eet, table linen, a silver butter knife, four pieces of glassware, a The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE, Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1993, Capital: OneMillionDollars Durglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum upward. Securities, Jewelry, silverware and vaiuatles of li kinds in owner's package, trunk or case taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CE: ‘TS upward, And interest allowed on $5 and Loans money on real eState and colinteral security. is first-closs real csiat a other securities in sums of $500 and upwant. TRUST DEPARTMENT. This company fs a legal deposttory for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, receiver, assignee anl executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by @ competent attorney in daily attendan OFFICERS: THOMAS P. JONES seeee es President E. FRANCIS RIGGs.. Inst Vice President W. RILEY DEEGLE . -Second Vice Pesilent ALBERT L. STURTEVANT Secretary BORG OWARD. Treasurer CHARLES E, NYMA! Secretary WOODBURY BLAIR ust Uiicer DIRECTORS: F. Francis Rigzs, Andrew Wylie, Thomas I. Jone Matthew ¢ W. Riley Deets Woodbury Blair, Albert L. Startevant, George H. I John Cainma-k, Hl. Brauley Davidson, $100,000. FOR QUICK LOANS AL Low Ran On Weshingt: WESCOTT, WILCOX & 1907 Pa. ave. now One eum of $50,000 at 415 per cent. je2I-1m estate. IMESTO) Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. any amount made ou approved estate or collateral, at reasouable rates. Interest paid ances subjet to . This company acts as executor, adminis- trator, trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and in ali other fiduciary capacities. Boxes for rent in burglar and fireproof vaults for safe deposit und storage of val- uable pactages. deposits on daily bal. JOY_Epso: resident A. SWOP d resideut cu; Vice President R. ‘Treasucer ANDREW PARKER ‘Sccretary fe4-th.s,w.tf T. J. HODGEN & CO., Brokers & Dealers, Stocks, Cotton, Grain and Provisions, Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran building, cor. 15th & F, and 605 7th st. o.w. mb23-14d Silsby & Company, INCORPORATED. BANKERS AND BROKERS, OM-e, 613 15th st. n.w., ‘National Metropolitan Bank Building. Correspordents Robert Lindviom & Co, Telephoxe 605. mblo CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of ibe New York Stock Zxchunge, 1419 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, Becudway, Bankers and Desks tn Goverrment Bends. Deposits. Exchai Loaus. Railroad Stocks and ‘Howls’ and ail seqprities Listed on the exchanges ci New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and soid. A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- Arict and_all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. Amerikan Bell Telepboce Stock bought and sold. 4e31-164 W. B. Hibbs & Co, BANKEKS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & ©0., 06-108 New York. Union Savings Om to Bank 2cSS.5 rae and ‘bank a-couat. iz FST. $018-10d Money at 5 PerCent to Loan Se prot emtate, to: District ef Cutombta. No de apatite “HEISCELL, & MeLERAN. 1008 F ot. CERTAIN PROFIT, ae Most Heal:hfut wee fee CLEVELSRD PARE,