Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1897-12 PAGES. A FATAL PLUNGE Aaron Brunn Meets Death in the Potomac River. ed JUMPED FROM THE LONG BRIDGE Believed He Was at the Time Mentally Deranged. ———— A MAN WITH MANY FRIENDS > of -known circles in this city, river off the Long the b ‘on Brunn, one 1 fraternal society drowned in the bridge between 10 and 11 o'clock this mor Although no on w him when went into the water, the cre lice beat who recovered his bo mitted suicide. are satisfied he eon tunately, the police b came along be- h the br pon after the drowning, body was secured before it could down the river. rly seventy-two years all his tife, a led many to believ He had be nysical vigor mue punger man. He was at his No, 510 F stzeet, this morning, as 11, and when he left he said he was > the bank. In: . how- . he went to the » had ehin tly time re tat e Teo at which he must have j the river. the hour he is sup S reachéd the Long bridge the rain was pour- ing down. He met lored man named William Bradley y tired of him b ris this?” a singular question t is considered he had lived here rs, and had frequently been on * the colored and the elderly man who uiry passed along in the sen City. net pedestrian who was on the se ai the time, sew him stop and lower umbrella, which he placed against the rail. Observing this the man paid no more attention to him. w Him Straggling. A few minvtes later the colored man, Bradley, saw Mr. Brunn struggling in the water. “The man jumped overboard,” he shouted, an? although the rain was still pouring dowa a small crowd soon collected. No one then ventured into the wat however, to din a few seconds all was * man who had seemingly made struggle for life sank beneath a and was seen no more. A » straw hat and two lead pencils float- yout in the water, the former being One of the members of the crew of the t picked up the pencils and the was also turned over to him. i * small boats were out in the water, and the body was re- 1 shortly thereafter and placed in t urge red bank book in the dead man's pocket attracted the attention of those on the wharf, and his reddish gray raustache and hair were noted. A button in the lapel of his coat and an emblen of the erican of Honor on his vest owed that s a member of fraternal <, but it was not until the harbor ched and the body ter's wharf w s taken ashore that the nam ywned man was learned. It covered on the I and revealed his ntity. Cards kis na the number of his he were found in i his office eis. Held in High Esteem. Arrangements w made for the rem: of the body to the morgue, and his wife and Acting Coroner Glazebrook were noti- fied. Thi ceased was loved and respected by all who knew him, and among his friends no one could be found who could assign any cause for the taking of his own life it is thought, however, that his mind had become suddenely affected, and that he was sane when he jumped from the t It is thought unlikely that he could uve accidentally fallen into the river, for it was found to be necessary for one to climb over the high rail in order to have been in danger of such an accident. Then, again, there was no known reason he should have gone over on the luring the severe rain storm. The he inquired the name of the river, nds think, shows that he was not ight mind, for he knew the river as most as doe y other person in Up to a short time ago the de- had been in excellent health, but eek he was sick, and Saturday he at home of -mber he held important positions d large sums of money, but no that there was anything Such a thing, his : possibly have oc- for they re; an hon- 1 unrizht man in every way. He iled funds for many of them, but there a discrepancy in his ac- ounts. not y. could count Appeared to Be as Usual. This tnorning when he went to the office to attend to his duties as insurance col- lector aud also to taining to his frat s, and showed no signs of conte nplating suicide. He not remain at the office very long, there a few minutes before 10 o'clock to go to the hank, as before stated. “I'l. not be gone long,” was his remark, walked out the door. n the news of his death reached the proved to be a terrible shock to Ww given carce- . was contem- office, but think It a sudden change in the y that f plated when he left the Was the result of dition of his m news was almost more could stand, the sudden and shock- ing ending of their happy union being very nearly erough to break her hear: ~ deceased was a native of Germany, had come to this country when he was young. His wife was very young they were married, being several years his junior. than his In Fraternal Cireles. rnal societies no one was known n the deceased, and the many positions which he has filled shows the high esteem in which he was held. He was a Royal Arch Mason and a mem- ber of the American Legion of Honor, as well as having been connected with other izations, and members of the organ- {zations say it will be no easy matter to fill the positions made vacant by his death. instead of being taken to the morgue, the body was sent to J. William Lee's under- and will be prepared for burial when Acting Coroner Glazebrook passes upon the case. The funeral will probably take place from the late home of the deceased, No. 3:0 Missouri avenue. The Geceased left no children. ES Philadelphia Eleven at Bath. BATH, England, July 19.—The Gentle- Men of Philadelphia began a cricket match here today with an eleven representing Somersetshire. After the home team, which went first to the bat, had scored 78 ruus for two wickets down in their first inning, play had to be abandoned for the day on account of a rain storm. pipes or aes Beryl Wins Wigston Selling Plate. LONDON, July 19.—At the first day's racing of the Leicester summer meeting tcday the Lorillard-Beresford stables bay filly Beryl won the Wigston two-year-old — a J. L. Dugdale’s Sheep was secon This race ts of 150 sovereigns, the winner to be sold for 100 sovereigns: In fra better respo th ANTI-TRUST SENTIMENT SATISFIED. Statement Reas- sures House Republicans. The anti-sugar trust sentiment in the House is satisfled with the sugar schedule as adopted in conference. Mr. Dingley’s statement has convinced the republicans of the House that the House has really won a victory. . ‘Those best qualified to speak on the sub- ject for the anti-trust republicans in the House say that the Senate is merely try- ing to cover its retreat, and that the dif- ferential in the conference schedule is no greater than it was in the House schedule. ‘They say that the fact is that the Senate has been compelled to recognize the au- thority of the House to originate revenue legislation, and to take Its proper position in such legislation. They insist that it fs a decided victory for the House and a triumph for Speaker Reed. An effort is going to be made to reach a vote on the conference report in the House before the adjournment of today’s session, and the expectation is that every republi- can will vote for the bill. It is announced t the opposition in the Senate wil! consume but litle time in debate when the report goes over to the Senate. It is understood that they will be satis- fied to take a vote almost at once on a mo- tion to recommit the report to conferenc with instructions to restore white pine lum: ber to the $1 rate, and perhaps to restore some of the items taken by conference from the free list. : If they are defeated on-this motion, it is not expected that there will be much de- lay in the direct vote on the adoption of ference repor ome of the opponents of the tariff bill made a hasty canvass of the Senate dur- ing the executive session of the Senate, and expressed the opinion that it possible to de ence report by one ma- jority if a see ¥ > secure this, how crats, including McEner: bill, all these who refused to neluding Stewart of Nevada ilver republican), who voted for the bill, would be necessary. CONFIRMED. all the demo- who voted for vote er, Me WLEY stpones Action on the War- ner Nomination, After the introduction of several bills, among which was one by Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire provid'ng for the payment of French spoliation claims, the Senate at 12:01 went into executive session. The Senate confirmed Charles L. McCaw- ley to be assistant quartermaster in the United States Marine Corps, with rank of captain. The nomination of .B. H. Warner, jr., to be consul at Leipsic, went over until to- morrow. The Senate also confirmed these nomina- tions: David A. Nunn of Tennessee, to be col- lector of internal revenue for the fifth dis- trict of Tennessee; Frederick E. Coyne of Illinois, to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of Illinois. Postmasters—Texas, George J. Elam at Marlin; Mississippi, Thos. B. Leland at Water Valley; Louisiana, Alexander Ces- tia at New Iberia; Minnesota, J. A. Henry at Janesville. Army—Lieut. Col. Daniel W. Benham, 7th Senate F Infantry, to be colonel. avy—Commander Nehemiah M. Dyer to be a captain in the navy; Lieut. Com- mander £. P. Wood to be a commander. Also other minor appointments in the navy. Report on Deficiency Bill Adopted. When the doors were reopened, at 2:30 p-m., the conference report on the general deficiency bill was agreed to. The Harris resolution in regard to the Union Paelfic railroad was taken up, and Morgan continued his speech on the ct. He read a@ letter from a corres- pendent saying that in the manipul Ss of the stock, the large shareholders had been protected while si been frozeu out. This wes about to he hoped that the President would defe tion in order to enable Cong to look into the matter. Mr. Harris of Kansas hoped that a vote would soon be had. Mr. Thurston gave notice of his inten- tion to dise the subject in the future. Mr. Stewart of Nevada then took the floor. ler holders nad done again Hi Successful Applications From the Dis- trict, Maryland and Virginia. Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—Robert McChesney, S. Soldiers’ Home; John H. Mahoney, alter Preston; special, July 2, George “lichael Walsh, Charles G. Toepper, Robt. Morten, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home; Fred H. Smerbitz, George W. Street; special, July 2, William G. Hoffman; Lucy A. Col- lins, Charlotte L. Rice, Mary E. Tomlin, Oliver P. Morey, James T, Adams, Horace M. Deeble, Armstead Jackson, Edward Mc_ Murrin, Richard Black, U. S. Soldiers’ Home; Susan McBride, James L. Contee, Patrick J. Morgan, Max Simon, Soldiers’ Home; Thomas B. Crisp, Charles Queen, crawford, Charles Gerber, Marga- ret A. Weaver, Lucius Emmons, Daniel Carmel, Alphonso Hollis, Jennie V. Beadle. Maryland—David L, Beard, Hancock, ce C. Keyser, Buckeystown: William «dman, Lombard; Thomas Lewis, B bridge; John Weyer, eertiaore asus Bryan, Baltimore; Margaret Green, Balti- mere; _Rebec G. Kirtland, Baltimore; tatherine Timmanus, Cumberland; Hira J ampney, Baltimore; Hilary Dusing, Lew istown; | Benjamin H. F: ey, Salisbury: John Woodiand, St. Inignes; Peter Kolter Branchville; James Shields (deceased), Frestburg; William C. Barnes, Baltimore: Charles B. Johnson, Baltimore; Margaret Bowtie, Waterbury; Hester A. Ruley, Cecil- ton; Margaret Shields, Frostbur: 4 atha- Flack, Baltimore; Nancy Andrews, ton wina Parr, Baltimore; minor : Rosa A. Hawkins, . Reisterstowa Dublin; “August William H. Cisel, Cresaptown; Israel B. Secnrist, Hagerstown; William A. Bell, id; John Mattox, Manokin. nia—Robt. Smith, Portsmouth; Eliza Hampton; Fannie Butt, Berkl Bright, minor of Nemo Atkins, Providence Forge James J. Grennen, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Edward C. Geyer, ational Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City: Thomas F. Williams, Front Royal; Archi- bald Nimmo, National Soldiers’’ Home, lizabeth City; John McGuire, Hixburg: Deans, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth Clty; Anderson Brown, City Point; Alban H. Foster, John; Thomas Negelein, National Soldiers’ Home, Eliza- beth City; Charles B. Wright, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Matthew B. Davidson, National Soldiers’ Home, izabeth City; James T. Yates, Orbit: Granville Robinson, Burrowsville; minors of Samuel Crittenden, Hampton; John An- derson, Nationa! Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Max Hopfengartner, National Sol- diers’ Home, Elizabeth City. eras Bowling Meeting Declared Off. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 19.—Owing to the withdrawal of the Newport (Ky.) Club the meeting of the New National Bowling League, scheduled to be held in this city tomorrow, has been postponed ‘until Sep- tember. The interstate league meeting for today has alsc been declared off. —— SS DISCONTINUED UNTIL FALL. Suspension of the Inquiry Into the Civil Service. Senator Pritchard announced this after- noon that the civil service investigations by the Senate committee 6n civil service reform will be discontinued until fall. The subcommittee will visit Omaha in October, and take testimony in the case of some al- leged violations of the civil service law in Omaha, and upon their return may resume their hearings in this city. There will be no meeting, therefore, of the committee to- morrow. Serious Accident. Today, about noon, Richard Sewell, who lives at No. @2 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, met with a sericus accident while riding a bicycle in South Washington. He was on I street between 34 and 4% streets, when Ris wheel broke and threw him vioiently to the So bad! he injured that the patrol wagon was seat for and he was removed to his home, POLICE DEPARTMENT Chairman Harries Reports on Police and Fire Needs. CRIMICISM AND BLAME MINGLED The Needs of Larger Forces Pointed Out. SOME SUGGESTIONS Shortly after Commissioner Wight as- med the duties of his office, he wrote a letter to Chairman Harries of the commit- tee on public order of the board of trade, asking for an expression of opinion as to the needs of this city’s police and fire de- partment and th. District National Guard. This report was received today, and is as follow: “The police force should be bigger and better. Bigger it cannot be until Congress it may, but it can be made Letter without legistative enactment. “The department unquestionably needs more or less of reorganization, for there are in it many men whose interest in the department, save for the pay they re- is too smell to be of any public use. a condition will grow without much cultivation; inattention or weakness en the part of one or two officials of the higher grade speedily results in the de- moralization of a hundred subordinates. How great the scope of the reorganization should be is a matter that must be left to your own exceflent judgment, but It is our opinion that the operation should be thor- oughly and speedily performed. It is hoped that the police pension fund is large enough to render material assistance. Mahy of those who are obstacles in the way of the latter-day conditions we desire have rendered the best service to this com- munity and are therefore entitled to the most kindly consideration—brave men and efficient officers, they deserve the practi- eal good will of all Washington—but they are not now fit for the onerous duty of this time und should be retired with all possible haste. Others whose claims are not so scl- idly founded may perhaps be made useful by transfer or reduction in rank. Still oth- ers might be and should be removed fer the good of the service. Detective Department. “Our police force is weakest where it should have most strength, viz., In the de- tective department. Some of the detec- tives are really capable thief-catchers, but the majority lack the true detective qual- ity. It may be that we expect too much for the recompense we offer, and are crit- ical of men who are doing the best they can in an element for which they are not fitted, but whatever the reason it is cer- tain the average of efficiency in the detec- tive bureau is low; much lower than it should be in a city of so muck imporiane: as the national capital. To secure an ex lent altogether detective force for the money available may be a difficult matter, but it is reasonably certain that within the scope of the department's membership roll 1s a sufficient number of men able to render service more valuable than that now vouchsafed. One of the things that mili- tates against high-grade efficiency in the detective office is the rate of pay. In other cities of this class the compen- sation is much greater than it is here, and, as natural consequence, there is difficulty in securing the services of men who have eveloped that peculiar and valuable talent vessdry to the make-up of an expert de- tective. Trial Board, ‘actor in the discipline of the rtment is the trial board. The influ- that body outweigh all others. Open sessions of the board will doubtless result in disciplinary betterment, but so long as the board is composed of officers whose judicial faculties are not always be- yond conscientious bias the department will fail to reach that degree of etlicleney which you and all other good citizens would like to have it reach. Offenses against the provisions of the police manual should be considered and adjudicated by a board of citizens otherwise wholly without relation- ship to police affairs—such a body as the board of school trustees, for example. “There is no reason why there should be any difficulty in securing the voluntary services of three or five Washingtonians of high character to serve as members of the police board. The District of Columbia abounds in public-spirited men who are willing to perform, without fee or hope of reward, many of the services which less favored communities have to pay for. It is understood, of course, that such a board would be nothing more than an advisory board—to clothe it with absolute powers would positively work confusion—but if ite advice were given careful consideration there would surely be improvement through- out the entire department. Free from the entanglements of service kinship this board would relieve you of labor that you ought to be spared and would at the same time accomplish great good, Larger Force. “The fight for a larger force has been going on for years. The Commissioners, the chief of police, the press, have insisted that without considerable increase in the numerical strength of the department, the property and interests of the government and the people here resident cannot be cared for as they should be. Slowly re- sponsive to the pressure of sound public nt, Congress has made additions to but never to a sufficient extent. Over and above all the force now provided for by law we should have 200 more patrol- men, with enough of sergeants and inspec- tors to suitably officer the whele number. Although very much has been written and said about the inadequacy of ‘our police force, few peopie have been impressed with the fact that our city has, according to area, less of police protection than any other city in the country. “Did the public fully realize now ex- tremely inadequate the force is, especially when special details, leaves of absence and sick leaves are at a maximum, there would be much more of agitation for an increase than has yet been known. General Appearance. “The cleanly appearance of the force while on duty is cause for congratulation —the additional neatness of button jackets adds much to the general effect, but there is weakness in the really more important matter of physical set-up. ‘Tnis is where the gymnasium may and should do its work. It is not too much to expect of a Washington policeman’s abillty to stand erect, with shoulders squared, to have a soldierly attitude, in short, and to be able to control the ‘club-swinging propensity which marks the average local cfficer. “A slouchy, round-shouldered liceman standing with wide-apart feet and engaged in twirling his billy, is likely to be regard- ed by the critical visitor as a fair sample of the population. The remedy is easy of application. It has been the custom here to put some ot our least attractive officers on duty in the more conspicuous places. A showy officer is not always the most ef- fective as a keeper of the peace, but it is undoubtedly the case that e sufficient num- ber of fairly good-looking physical speci- mens can be found for duty in locations where thelr appearance and acts are so notably in evidence. It is an astonishing statement, yet one easily capable of proof, that there is more carelessness as to the hygienic conditions in station houses than can be discovered in any other class of public buildings in the District cf Colum- bia. For this carelessness Congress is largely responsible; the station house ap- propriations have always been squeezed to a minimum, and generally without any re- gard for the physical regard for those who must spend a considerable portion of their time therein. Insufficient as to area and frequently unveniilated, the men’s quar- ters are inferior and do much to promote uncleaniiness, Eyery station house should be e furnished with @ well-equipped gymna- “The accommodations for prisoners are often insufficient; more cell room ts an es- sential to the proper conduct of the de- partment. Arming Policemen. “One of the altogether remarkable con- ditions which has not yet attracted public attention is the arming of policemen with revolvers, although in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred ‘the policeman knows prac- tically nothing of the arm, and has not been taught the first principles of marks- manship. That-pvery officer should be so armed must be evident to all persons hav- ing any knowledge of police duty. It there- fore follows that the officer should know how to us¢ with a greater or less degree of skill the deadly weapon he is required to carry and fnay sometimes be eompelled to use. eek “A courst of instruction should be insiste? upon, and it wéuld probably be only the proper thing to“withhold the issue of re- volvers to those officers who develop in- ability to handle them with due regard for tht safety of themselves, their associates and the unoffending public. Fire Department. “Division of authority is not always de- sirable-or profitable, but it is belfeved that division would result in increased effi- clency in the fire department. It is, of course, possible that one man may ‘some- where be found who could care at once for the discipline and equipment of the depart- ment and be possessed of all the informa- tion and-latter-day skill necessary to mag him an idea fire-fighter, but the odds are decidedly against the discovery of such an individual. “The exercise of proper supervision over the men and material to the department, the purch: of supplies, the keeping in close touch with the Commissioners and the representing of the department before the committees of Congress ought to keep ene gocd man busy. While it. would be well to select this executive head, this chief of the fire department, from among those who have practical knowledge of fire de- partment methods, it is not essential that he should be- an experienced fire fighter, for the plan contemplates a chief engineer who shall be charged specifically with the duty of handling the department at fires. With his whole time devoted to the theory and practice of fire-extinguishing this chief would necessarily become much more com- petent than is possible under present con- ditions, when the one man ha 0 more t ought to be require and who, therefore, must le undone. “The chief engineer, as provided in this Proposition, should make close and careful study of the buildings of the city, and be thoroughly conversant with their peculiari- ties, but that he cannot do while present methods prevail. Exxential Necds. “Of material assistance to the disci- Tline of the department would be the or- ganization of a board of ire commission- ers, similar {n its organization to t posed for the police department. seems to be essential that the administr. tion of justice be in the hands of gentle- men whose names are not. upon the de- partment pay roll. “Larger companies and better pay are two of the prime necessit Sickneas as- sails even firemen, and when there are at most but ten men in a company the con- ditions ‘are often distressing and often dan- gerous. he absence, legitimate or otherwise, of two members of a company, stops the day- off of all the other members, and this works real hardship to those who are in nowise responsibie for the shortcomings of the organization. It has frequently been the case that the number of men on duty was insufficient to properly handle the ap- paratus. With twelve men in each com- pany there would be no reasonable ground for complaint on the score of numerical strength. The only remaining trouble needing-lezislation would then be the rate of pay. Firemen’s service is every whit as hazardous when averaged as that ren- dered by the most active policeman in the worst neighborhood, so there is no reason why the rat- of pay shoul] not be the same in both departments, “The physical strain is usually greater upon the fireman than it is upon the police- man; his life is shorter, therefore his pay ought to be increased. In some respects the fire-fighting equipment of our depart- ment is less effective than It might be. Of life-saving apparatus other than the crude ladder we hav practically nothing, while we continue to use horses wherever horses can be made useful, although other cities with streets far inferior to ours have been using horseless engines capable of being propelled at great speed. For such engines this is the ideal city Dixtri “Like the other departments of our city government, the District National Guard suffers from poverty. More favorably re- garded now than it was when Gen. Ordway organized it, jt has beea much neglected by Congr If the District Commissioners will only end ecure the n ary funds there no reason that that local brigade—which should be regarded as a po- ice reserve—will continue much longer to struggle against adverse conditions, such as the national guard elsewhere is, for- tunately, not called upon to experience.” sera aeaiaas TIRED OF LIFE, Susie Barnes Attempts Suicide in a Station House Cell. A young colored woman named Susie Barnes, while under arrest in the sixth pre- cinct station Saturday night, made an ef- fort to end her life by hanging. She was discovered, however, and rescued from the noose, but afterward was detected making preparations for a second effort, which was to be accomplished by cutting her throat. Susie was not accustomed to being locked up, and she worried so much about what her mother would think of her conduct that she thought death would obviate the nec2s- sity of her making explanations. Susie and another woman named Carrie Overton had some trouble about washing clothes, and both women were arrested, each having sworn out a warrant for the other. The Overton woman was released on collateral, but Susie, being without means, kad to go behind the bers and await the arrival of the van this morning. It was about 9 o'clock when a policeman on his way to the ice water tank discovered the girl hanging from the grating. She had taken off her stockings and made a noose of them. The weight of her body.tightened the noose about her neck, and had she been permitted to remain there a few minutes longer she would now have been the occu- pant of something worse than a prison cell. Dr, Nevict happened to be at the station, and he applied restoratives. When the wcman had recovered from the effects of the shock she was put back in the cell. But she was still so dissatisfied with her lot in life that she removed a steel from her corset and was putting gn edge on it when discovered by an officer. She was then turned over to the matron, who de- prived her of her corset and put her in a ‘witness room, Where she could not harm herself. es Charged With Assault. Matthew Ridgeley was today fined $5 by Judge Mills for assaulting King Matthews. ‘The latter, who ts blind, testified that Sat- urday night last Ridgeley came to his house in Jackson street northeast and, al- though forbidden to enter the premises, went upstairs and into the room of Mat- thews’ stepdaughter. Matthews was im- mediately informed of the affair, and run- ning upstairs he Was attacked by Ridgeley, who beat Kim ovér the head with a cane and then bft’ him’ in the cheek and on the right arm, and inflicted several very ugly wounds. Ridgeley: escaped from the house, but was arrested ghortly afterward. o —t+—>—__. ° An Incorporation, The Washington Company, formed for the purpose’ of publishing an illustrated monthly magazing, to be known as “The Washingtonian,” Was incorporated today by articles fileq by AHynn D. Hayworth, Wm. B. Stewart and Louis C. Purman of this city, Hiram Vrooman of Cambridge, Md., and S. A. ‘Howard of Qullman, Ala. The capital stock is placed at $6,000, of shares of $10 each. i 3 Trouble Over Colonization Scheme. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 19.—A meet- ing was held last evening in B'nai B'rith building in behalf of the Jewish colonists brought here from Philadelphia by Ephraim Deinard. The assemblage had to be ad- Journed abruptly in order to avoid a coill- sicn between two factions, the one favoring the colonization and the other denouncing it as a scheme. _—_——— Rothschilds Sons Company Pails. NEW YORK, July 19.—The Rothschilds Sons’ Company, dealers in bar fixtures and furniture’ at 519 Broadway, today .as- signed to aT F. Cohn, without - erences. Liabilities,’ $150,000; assets, 00. 000. Slow collections and heavy fire losses in January last are said to have caused the failure. The com) has its Ps. fc dm Cineinnii Gho. wus incor rat 2 capital stock of $100,000, wits: THE WATER SUPPLY Capt, Gaillard’s Report on the Wash- ington Aqueduct. CONSUMPTION AND WASTE SET FORTH Extravagant Use Adds to Expense 5 of Filtration. ee Ss RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ee The annual report of Capt. D. D. Gail- lard, Corps of Engineers, relating to the maintenance and repair of the Washington aqveduct and increasing the water sup- ply of Washington, D. C., was made pub- le today. It gives a complete history of the water supply of the District and con- tains several recommendations for its im- provement. Full details are given of op- erations on the Washington aqueduct dur- ing the past fis year, the bstance of which has been already published in The Star. A table is given showing the ex- treme fluctuations of the level of the water in the distributing reservoir during the year, from which it ap; rs that the low- est stage of the reservoir during the fiscal year was feet higher than the lowest Stege during the preceding cal year and 23@® feet higher than during the year 18%. With the exception of the intensely cold period from January to February 3, 1897, the water level in the reservoir at no time fell below 145.6 fect above datum. Improvement in the Level. “This marked improvement in the normal level of the reservoir,” Capt. lard 27 ‘arises from thé following c : First, ising the dam at Great Fe second, remoying deposits from the conduit, and third, putting the Dalecarlia reservoir into From the spring of 1888 to Janu- 1895, this reservoir was out of service sudden demand upon the compara 7 in the distriiy- uting reservoir affected its level much more than at present, when it is connected with the Dalecarlia reservoir. In addition, when rvoir was out of service the around it by means of :t by-conduit, which for 625 feet of its length has a diameter of but eight feet and serves to throttle the tow materi Since this reservoir has been put in service no throt- tling occurs and the flow is increased, Captain Gaillard also reports that the entire condait and both by-conduits were thoroughly cleaned during the preceding fiscal year for the first time since their construction, and that 846 cubic yards of deposit had been removed therefrom. To afford even a fairly efficient service, the entire north connection and the portion of the by-conduit adjacent to it must be rebuilt, says Captain Gaillard, and he sub- mits an estimate for doing this work. ‘The Conduit Road. “Year by year the travel on the Conduit road,” Captain Gaillard says, “which 1s the most beautiful driveway in the vicinity of Washington, increases, and with it in- creases the amount of road metal necessary to keep the road in repair, until at the pres- t time the cost for repairing this road tails a most serious drain upon the very mited anaual appropriation for the main- tenance of the Weshington aqueduct and its accessory structures, amounting during the last tw> years for the surface repairs of the road alone to more than 12 per cent of the total annual appropriation for the shington aqueduct during that peried. Although the Conduit road is tne property of the Washington aqueduc sively used as a public di t seem fair to charge the annually sing costs of maintaining it entirely ing the t of Columbia with water, thereby ng the amount available for use on other parts of the system. Although much appre nt condition by the thousands of persons who use it, the condi- tion of the road would be greatly improved fixed amount were appropriated annual- ly exclusively for supplying and spr. ing roal metal upon the road; the repairs to culverts, ditches, bridges, ete., being es- sential to the safety of the Washington aqueduct, to be paid, as at present, from the regular appropriation for the | main- tenance and repairs of the Washington aqueduct. An estimate of the annual cost for supplying and spreading road metal upon the Conduit road between George- town and the club house is accordingly sub- mitted.” the latter r The Thirty-Inch Main, Capt. Gaillard says that the interior of the 30-inch main is in such poor condition that the velocity of flow through it must be greatly retarded by friction. During the construction of the large intercepting sew- er, by means of a tunnel under the east abutment of the M Street bridge over Rock creek, it was observed that the street above the tunnel was settiing, and with it the 48-inch main, one joint of which rested rigidly on the stone abutment of the bridge, causing a slight leakage to develop in the Joints of the main. These were promptly calked, and to prevent trouble from pos- sible future settlement, the main was sup- ported by two braced iron girders, resting upon concrete piers. All of the bridges are reported to be in excellent condition, with the exception of the wooden flooring of the roadway over the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge, and that of the wooden bridge across the spillw: of the Dalecariia reservoir, both of which are considerably worn and will soon re- quire renewal. “The roadway of Pennsy’ vania Avenue bridge,” the report, “which in the vicinity is feet in clear width, is contracted on br the clear width of but 17 feet, and as driv required to walk their teams while passing toa Sare ge over the bridge, a congestion of travel re- sults during the busiest hours of the day, causing delay and annoyance, as there is not room for one team to pass another, and consequently the speed of ail teams on the bridge moving in the same direction is limited by that of the team In front. Espe- cially is this annoyance felt by the thou- sands of bicycle riders who daily pass over the bridge, and who, unless experienced riders, are frequently foreed to dismount and lead their bicycles over the bridge, the rate of progress of the teams blocking the roadway ahead being too slow to allow an inexperienced rider to maintain equilib- clum. In addition, the sightly appearance of the avenue is much injured by the ex- treme contraction at this point. This bridge, thé property of the Washington equeduct, is very graceful in appearance, and is unique among the bridges of the world, in that the roadway is supported upon arched ribs, formed by two 48-inch cast iron pipes, through which flows at least half of the water consumed by the city. It would seem, therefore, that any plan to widen the bridge should preserve Doth the graceful form and the distinctive features of the bridge.” Consumption and Waste of Water. Capt. Gaillard gives tables showing the consumption and waste of water annually from 1874 down to June 30, 1897. “By the police census of April 1, 1897,” he says, “the population of the District of Colum- bia was found to be 277,782. Of this num- ber Capt. Edward Burr, Corps of En- gineers, assistant in charge of the distri- bution system of the water department of the District, estimates from data in his possession that 261,478 persons are con- sumers of Potomac water. Assuming these figures as correct, and taking a mean of the daily consumption and waste, meas- ured on June 23-24 and 29-30, there is ob- tained a daily per capita consumption and waste of 163 gallons for every inhabitant of the District of Columbia, and of 173 gallons for every person using Potomac water. Although the total daily consump- tion and waste in 1897 is less than in 1893, "94 and ‘95, it is still largely in excess of what it should be. Careful and trustworthy investigations and measurements made in clearly that a per capita dally consump: cl it a per ca) ly consump- tion of 75 gallons is ample for all domestic, business and public purposes, and that any considerahie “above this amount must be attributed to waste, due to defec- tive mains and defective any pipe, being unconnected with a sewer, soon Detrays itself and is stopped, consequentiy. the aggregate waste from this cause is comparatively small, and the evil les prin- cipally in defective plumbing and willful waste. To what extent this waste ts at times carried may be judged from the fol- lowing experience: “During a spell of very cold weather, last- ing from January 25 to February 1, 187, the daily consumption, ‘h had pre- viously averaged about 00) gallons per day, rose to an average of more than 52,000,000 gallons per day for seven con- secutive days. During periods of very cold weather the quantity of water actually used for necessary domestic and publte Purposes is less than usual, and the abnor- mal consumption at such times is due to the fact that the water pipes in many build- ings are so located as to be in danger of freezing up unless the water is kept run) ning. From experiments made in this office it was shown that an increased consump- tion of 10,000,000 gallons per day, as was the case during the period mentioned, would correspond to about 7,000,000 ordinary size spigots running twelve hours per day at the rate usuaily employed to prevent freez- ing. Extravagant Use Must Be Checked. “If further proof of waste is required it will be found by consulting the table of daily and hourly measurement of consump- tion and waste of water, taken on June 23: 24 and 29-30, 1897, wherein it will ob- served that in a residential community like that in question 67 per cent as much wate was used between the hours of 1 and -m., when the consumption is least, as be- tween 7 and 11 a.m., when it is gr Moreover, of all the principal cities of the United, States Washingion is exceeded by but two or three in its per capila consump- tion and waste of water. “{ would therefore repeat that tra nt use of water, unless vill add greatly to the difficulties be this ex- pense of ever providing suitable methods of filtration, as the cost of operation of filter plants, after construction, varie rom about $4 to $ T 1,000,000 gallons filtered. * * * Although the ulti- capacity of the conduit is still about 21,000,000 gallons more than the pres- ent daily consumption, yet It should be re- membered that the consumption is about 60 per cent of the maximum capacity of conduit, while ten ears ago it was only > per cent of this quantity. Before the consumption equals the maximum capacity of the conduit, another conduit should be completed and be In readiness to the city with :n increase To construct Falls to the receiving re: several years, and in adv work of construction accurate survey would have to be made, lands purchased and the route of the new conduit located. It would, therefore, seem the part of wi dom not to defer too long the preliminary operations neces: to inaugurate the work. The United States already owns about four-fifths of the land which would be needed for the purpose, and the rest should be acquired while prices are rea- sonable, and few improvements are located on the lands to be purghased, and it Is proposed, in the next annual report, to sub- mit detailed estimates for the preliminary work.” Captain Gaillard renews his recommenda- tion of last year that provision be made for resuming the work of completing the tunnel between the distributing reservoir and the new reservoir near Howard Uni- versity and for the other works connected therewith, including the latter reservoir. An appropriation of $650,000 is asked for this work, of which there is $290,000 in the treasury from the appropriation made by the act of 1882. Including the amount actually spent on the uncompleted Wash- ington aqueduct tunnel and the new reser- voir near Howard University, the total amount expended for the construction, operation and maintenance of the aque- duct and all accessory works up to June 30, 1897, was $6,490,710.51, of which amount the District of Columbia ‘paid $1,2 5 SE Sees MBLY SENTENCED. prveir would tak: nee of the actual Pleads Guilty on One Forgery. Thomas A. Sembly, alias W. H. Cooper, alias William Smith, colored, released from the Albany penitentiary several months ago, after completing a term on a similar charge, was arraigned in Criminal Court No. 1 today on an indictment charging him with having forged the name of E. A. Rob- inson to a check on the Bank of Washing- ton the 9th of last month. Charge of Sembly at f entered a plea of gulit but when Judge Cole remarked, notwith- standing the plea of the prisoner's couns for clemency, that he intended impos’ the maximum penalty, the defendant w drew his plea of guilty and pleaded not guilty. Assistant District Attorney Shillington informed Judge Cole, just as he was about to impose sentence, that three if not f Uke charges are standing against Sembdl: remarking that he was released from the penitentiary abcut eight months ago, where he had been sent for forging the naine cf Senator Gorman several years ago. Semb- ly’s counsel objected to any mention of the other charges, saying that they had a good defense against them. Judge Cox however, stated that, irrespective of tho: additional charges, he would impose the maximum penalty in the one case in which a plea of guilty had been today entered, but added that he would allow the man to withdraw the plea of guilty and stand t if he so preferred. Sembly n ted upon withdrawing the plea of guilt: when Mr. Shillington informed his counse that he would be further indicted, intimat- ing that the prisoner did not know a geod thing when he saw it. Later in the day Semly concluded not to go to trial and pleaded guilty in the Robinson case, whereupon Jude Cole sen- t@ced him to six years’ imprisonment in the New Jersey state prison at hard labor, a year less than the maximum penalty, _— A Growing Nuisance. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The residents in the neighborhood of the Northern Liberty Market are much incon- venienced by the enormous amount of soot flying in the air, soiling clothes and enter- ing the windows of houses necessarily open these hot days to get fresh and cool air. This inconvenience is caused by the use of bituminous coal at the plant of the Purity Ice Company. It is hoped that The Star, which is always te the front in the best in- terests of our healthful and beautiful city, will lend its efforts to abate this nuisance, which if allowed to exist will surely grow, and in time return us to the condition of Pittsburg and other cities using soft coal. ANTHRACITE. ee eS Felli From a Window Donald Chaplin, the four-year-old son of Mr. Chaplin of 822 9th street northeast, while blowing bubbles from the window of his father’s stable yesterday afternoon, ventured too near the sill and fell, his head striking the ground with considerabie force. Those who went to his assistance expected to find him cead. He was still alive, however, although unconscious. He Was carried into the house and medical aid summoned. This morning it was found that he had recovered sufficiently to be about the house. ——— Strosnider on Trial. James Strosnider, the young man who was recently indicted for false pretenses and larceny, was placed on irial before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 1 this afternoon. The defendant was represented by At- torney Thos. C. Taylor. Betting on a foot race being unlawful here, Mr. Taylor submitted that the de- fendant could not be prosecuted, moved to quash the two indictments charging false pretenses on the ground that betting was illegal. Judge Cole, however, overruled the mo- tion, and then granted the motion of As- sistant District Attorney Shillington that the two indictments and the one charging the larceny of $150 diamond ring from Mc- Kahan be consolidated. The trial then proceeded. - Grain and Cottom Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Low, oe FINANCE AND TRADE | Washington Tariff News Sends Sugar GAIN OF $6,000,000 IN FOUR HOURS —>—____ Other Stocks Shared Slightly in the General Bull Sentiment. a is GENERAL MARKET REPORTS saben Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 19.—That Congress has perpetuated 12 per cent dividends on the stock of the American Sugar Refineries Company, was demo morning beyond the t. Wall street's appreciation of benefits ca ferred was reflected in an advance of $11 a share, by mn with Saturday’ closing level. The preferred stock paying 7 vidends and belonging strictly to vestment class of securitics add. S to its market pri This app ation of ih ital is equal to more than $4 na was ac: 4 in less than four hours 1 nary event is embraced in the conference report on the sugar The enormous profits of the + into beside the possiluiiucs of the future. The firse t tion in the steck was “ 3 next few moments rmit the consid fractions. The next rational report showed the rket to be 1:9, and from this point a re- orded At th aying for both ac- counts ter some «delay at the high point ® morning the stock crossed 140, and proceeded uninter aly to 144 Again realizing sales were attracted, but not a Suggestion as to the advisability of short selling was heard. The price has been advanced steadily for nearly twenty-five points since the tariff bill passed the House, and now no one is willing to predict its probable course As a 12 per cent stock it should high as Beil Telephone, its friend but there is a large, conservatiy which argues that such a transition is im- probable and that the safe side of the market, for the present, is the outside. Those who believed in the trust's abgli ta come triumphantly through any em gency bave proiited handsomely by the re- cent movement in the s The skeptics and those relying on the undoing of mo- nepoly have lost heavily. It is significant that the latter class of individuals pop- ularly supposed to have been nearest the stat of information. The railroad list’ made some strides but the to me All things conside the action of the general market was y satisfactory, and there would seem to be no reason for anticipating disappoiat- ment as to the future 2urse of prices. The Granger ds are likely to be the favorites afte ack to nor- mal conditi enco toward new high level: in Sugar had a tendency entire mark and increasing der ship reperted in the agcicattural district low-priced spevialties ind the coal shaves are bring carefully wateh- ed by interested holders, and adyat will be taken of every opportunity to w vance them. The stre once the pr and 1 pect t is confident of cnt session of © at the end of th 1 to be entir INANCIAL AND COM The following are the ope and the lowest and the clk “Om... State Gas. °C. & St. Louis. 0, BX Q... Chicago’ Nortnwestern Chicago Gas. Paul... - Pant, pfa RI. & PB: Iinois Central . Lake Shore. onal Lead Co. al Lead Northern Pacifle, pfd Unt. & We: P Maul. % Phila. & Keading. | Puliman P. C. Co.. Tenn. Coal & Union Pacitic S. Leatner, pia. bash, pfd. Western Union Tei on Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Metropolitan Raiirotd A Bonds, $414 at 108%. volltan d B Bonds. $40 at 108i, 108%, 5 30 at Mer- 10' at i19%4. Bonds.-20-year Fund. 5a, gold Water 119 wid. jock cur- Fund. is, 1 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropoliatn Railroad bd. ywoitan Aeailroed com. Ge, 1S. We Metropolitan Railroad Certificate of eens A, 108 bid. Metropolitan Railroad Certificate Indebtedness, B. 103 ced. Washington as Company, wer. A. Gs, 110 bid. Washington as Company, ser. Jb, Gs, "111 bid. ' United States D, 12 Md, 16 esked. Chesapeake and Poto 3s, 161 bid. American Security : A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust ha, A, and O., 100 bid. asiington M, Jompany’ ist 6s, 306 bid. Washington ompxiny Imp. Gs, 106 bid. Washington Mas Company Exten. 6s, 106 bid. Masonic Hall Associz:ion fs, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks. —B: bid. Metropolitan, 277 ‘ 255 bid.) Farmers and Merhanies’, 170 Md. Citl: zens’. 132 bid. Columbia, 125 bid, 135 asked, Capital, 118 bid. West Kad, 104 bid, 107 asked. Lincoln, 102 bid, 106 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe and Trust, 115 asked. Washington Loan Trust, 119 bid, 125 asked. American: Security and) Trust, 142 bid. Washington Suse Deposit, 54 bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, Metrovolitan, 112 bid. Ce 54 bid, 56 asked. Dia, 56 bid. Belt, 29 asked. Eckington, 20 exk:d. ‘pial Gas and Electric it Stocks. —Washi xa bide St asked town, Gan,” s2 United States Electric Light, 95% bid. Lmwrance Stocks. -F' aa 49, arked. asked. tig ads art bid. Ni rrr) EEE ELE