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8 TdE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1897-12 PAGES. AND SONS. * MOSES F st.. cor. 11th. ! Storage, 221.and M. Mattress Factory, Ist and D- D. A special department--Stora, ond Vacking. Cold storage. REMNANTS MAKE RUG BARGAINS. Lots of small lots of Japanese and Smyrna Rugs here whose space is just now more valuable to ‘us than | the Rugs themselves. We're going to encourage big buying in this de- partment by cutting the price right down to the last notch of lowne Better be in and pick up one or two bargains you will appreciate. Hauling, Moving Japanese Rugs. No 12 ft 16 by 14 ft 3-12 by 15 ft. Smyrna Rugs. Size. eee Lansburgh & Bro. | > Our store is cool. The patent cooling ¢ your shopping a pleasure. For pping no pleasanter place can . summer be found. EFA 92-page catalomue given with every purchase of a pa’ tomorrow. Tee $1.00 Satchels, 33c. If you are going on a short trip one of these will be all right. There are 4 sizes to se lect from, and you can take your pick for 33c. $1.00 and $1.25 Wrappers, 69c. i i : E ° : These will be on sale tomor- row. Well made, stylish cut Lawn Wrappers. All sizes. Worth $1.00 and $1.25. For 60c. Take Your Pick for 1o0c. Se ee eee eeee Of any of our 50c., 35¢. or 25¢. ver or Gilt Belt Buckles. Cooi Draperies. Tiped Et: 44. wide. for ° ° le . ° yd. yd. yd. mine, 1 bet Figured Deautiful par SEPT TT TTS OTST ST TTT T ET yd. Drapery, and coh 16¢, Crose-stripe x ee yd. * 20c. yd. 1 Denim . 36 spery. for port TF $2.50 pr. | enim 48 spiateles $3.50 pr. Now is the time for Awn- ings, Loose Covers, Fly Screens and Window Shades. Let us make yours for you. We guarantee the lowest pos- sible prices. Estimates furnish- ed free of charge. AY a BRO, 420-422-424 -426 7th St. dy . . ° ° eS eS S Ss . ° e ° . . ° eS le ° CxRRMERMMRK KERR MER EE ERR EMM EE ERS Reduction In Hair. j2 formerly, $5.00, rmerly ” $10.50. formerly $5.00, f Gray Switches, $4.5 First class attendants ia E ete. ing gry hair. for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. Imperial Hair Regenerator for res ever fails. Try our “Curlette” apl6-20d jheap and omfortable ooking ae —in summer means using a Gas Stove. You'll be able to secure a better stove for less money here ¢ than elsewhere. Come—let us explain the manifold advantages of a Gas Cooking Stove. Priced from $8 up. ;Gas Appliance Exchange, 1424 New York ave. Sete-2Sa AALARARAaAAD ww’ Anaad weer every weer eevee yre for f party—you're going to t tents that money can t be @ penny more worth. your camping very b 9 Sy17-16a ND BARGAINS IN Russet Shoes! Every Russet Shoe (high or low cut) is marked way down to move them. Buying this week is money tn your pocket. Read the lowest prices quoted, and then Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. N.W. “Shoes Polished F: )30-3m,20 ev wr vlaret, 5 bots. for 5 ]] Ap sncsually, fine, Claret—rich—heavy body— ng full of strength and purity. The only cooll and satisfyiog summer beverage. 5 bots., $1. -R. Brown, 20th &Pa.Ave dy1T-3m,12 Se Cae oe Oxiords- elegant finish were regularly $4 and-$5. that were $2 and $3 at 97c. like this--all sizes and widths are represented. MEN’S $4 and $5 Vici Kid Tan Shoes--B, C, D and E widths- in English Bulldog, Grecian and New Opera shapes.......... MEN’S $4 and $5 Willow Calf Oxblood Shoes, in fashionable new Opera shapes-=B, C, D and Eiwidthts .2ascociete soieiea is 3 LADIES’ $3 Bicycle Oxfords, in black=-lacing to toe--famous L. A. W. brand-=-nickel heeis-- =CUE EO 2.55 52s Extra Salesmen. 5,000 Pairs of She Stoll Says Sol — The great shoe seller holds his annual "Midsummer sale, and the Bargains are richer, more generous than ever before. Every- one remembers his past great successes- $3 Shoes--the $2.47 sale of [en’s Patent Leather Shoes that And now he offers $3.50, $4 and $5 Tan Shoes for fen at $1.95 and Ladies’ Dress and Bicycle Shoes There is no humbug about a sale MEN’S $4 and §5 [letallic Calf in B, C, D and E Tan Shoes= widths--all ' sizes--Opera London exclusive shapes ..... LADIES’ $3 Patent Leather all sizes and widths-= fashionable shapes, at ...... a the 97c. sale of Ladies’ MEN’S $4 and $5 Cloth Top Finest Tan Shoes, in ’95 Opera shapes--B, C and D widths-- splendidly made and lined .... and > 1.05 °1.05 LADIES’ $3 Tan Oxfords, all every, width correct shades- and size LADIES’ “Crispine’ Oxfords =-the most popular Shoe of the season--in Brown and Green-- new styles and shapes==perfect for Summer wear »......... No Waiting. - Cool Store. STOLL'S, “810” Seventh St. The Potomac Electric Power Company fs now establishing circuits for General Electric Supply in all of its recently constructed subways in the city of Washington. | For rates apply to office, 1417 @ st. ow. Telephone. 1414. wi3-14tt Trusses Fitted properly. Abdominal Supporters, Elastic Hostery” ke. SEW. WASHINGTON. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HOUSE. 1108 F st 15-tf GooD FOR WELL PEOPLE AND SICK ONES— Liebig Company Extract of Beef. my21-f&mly In order to stimulate the appetite and keep the disestive organs good order pre-eminence 1s given to ANGOSTURA BITTERS. When you try them be sure it is the genuine article, manufuc- tured by Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sons. ENTOMBED MINER RESCUED. James Stevens Was Buried Thirteen Days Without Food. James Stevens, a gold fields miner of Phoenix, Ariz., is again free, after being entombed for thirteen days and ten hours without food and eleven days without water. He ts alive, and, his physician says, stands an excellent chance to recover, though convalescence will be probably slow. Stevens’ body 1s frightfully emaciated. Every bone is outlined under the wrinkled ekin. From a stockily built man of 160 pounds he has shrunk to not more than ninety pounds. « The rescue was made at 7:30 o'clock Sat- urday morning. All night long the miners had heard Stevens below them signalling with his hammer on the drift timbers. Finally a stout blow drove a pick through the side of the drift, and within five min- utes Stevens was lifted into the shaft, and the good news shouted to the expectant throng gathered at the pit mouth. Lying back on a mattress in the bottom of the drift, Stevens at intervals pieced to- gether his story of his awful trial. He ys he was at work with another man on a lower drift on the Fourth of July, when he heard the timbers creaking. He took his canteen and started for the whim shaft. As he ran down came the rock, filling up the slope and bringing a wave of sand. He had a gallon of water and two short candles. As soon as the dust settled he be- gan working toward the slope and labored so far as his strength permitted until his rescue. Re Steamship Arrivals. At New York—Spaarndam, from Rotter- dam; Mobile, from London; Tauric, from Liverpcol. ‘At ‘Qveenstown—Gallia, Boston for Liver- pool. ———— Rev. Dr. Swallow to Pay a Fine. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 19.—Rev. Dr. Silas W. Swallow of this city, who was recently found guilty cf Hveling Capt. John C. Delaney, superintendent of public bulld- ings and grounds, was today seatenced by Judge Simonton to pay a fine of $00 and costs. oo To Authorize Extension. Mr. Rixey has introduced in the House the bill offered in last session, authorizing the Falls Church and Potomac Railroad Company to extend their lines into the District. ee They Mistook the Place. A pair of swinging, slatted doors, very suggestive to the man of bibulous tenden- cles, communicate between the Senate Dis- trict committee room and the lobby during the hot weather. ‘An officer of the Senate found two weary, thirsty-looking men shaking the doors vig- crously the other day. “What are you doing there?” he asked sharply. get into the bar.” bar.” “We want to “That's not a bar. “Well, why don’t you take down the sign then,” the man muttered disgustedly, point- ing to the saloon-like doors. THE NEW TARIFF (Continued from First Page.) than those on the higher grades the duty on 75 degree sugar is reduced five hun- dredths of one cent and then the duty per degree increased regularly from three hundredths (as propcsed in House bill) to three and a half hundredths in order to raise the duty on raw sugars the same as on refined “By this arrangement the duty on raw sugars of 100 degrees purity is raised from 1.75 (as proposed originally by the House) to 1.82 1-2, and the duty on refined sugar is raised from 1.87 (as proposed originally by the House) to 1.95, thus giving the same differential of twelve and a half hundredths between raw and refined sugar at this point as was originally given by the House. “As this arrangement will increase the revenue over two millions of dollars and at the same time give additional encourage- ment to the production of sugar in this country, it is thought to be a desirable consummation.” The paragraph in relation to sugar in full follows: “Sugars not above number 16 Dutch standard in color, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses testing by the polariscope not above 75 degrees, .45 per pound, and for every additional degree shown by the polariscopic test, .035 of one cent rer pound additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion; and on sugar above number 16 Dutch standard in color, and on all sugar which has gone through a process of refining, 1 cent and -95 of one cent per pound; molasses testing above 40 degrees and not above 56 degrees, 8 cents per gallon; testing 56 degrees and above, 6 cents per gallon; sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polariscopic test. Provid- ed that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any man- per impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and the King of the Hawaiian Islands on January 30, 1875, or the provisions of any act of Congress heretofore passed for the execution of the same.”” Conference restored the House rate of % per cent on sugar cane. Saccharine is made $1.50 per pound and 10 per cent ad valorem. The confectionery paragraph is changed to read as follows: “Sugar candy and all confectionery not specially provided for in this act, valued at 15 cents per pound or less, and on sugars after being refined when tinctured, colored or in any way adul- terated, 4 cents per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem; valued at more than 15 cents per pound, 50 per cent ad valorem. The weight and the value of the immediate eoverings, other than the outer packing case or other covering, shall be included in the dutiable weight and the value of the merchandise.” Duty on Hides Cut. The conference reduced the Senate ad valorem of 20 per cent on hides to 15 per cent and added a proviso as follows: “That upon all leather exported made frem imported hides there shall be al- lowed a drawback equal to the amount of duty paid on such hides, to be paid under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.” In the paragraph relating to band or belt- ing leather the following clause was stricken out: “Skins of sheep origin, dressed with the grain on, $1.50 per dozen; skins of goat origin, dressed with the grain on, $2 per dozen; skins dressed as suede or with the exterior grain surface removed, whether known as mocha or otherwise, $2.50 per dozen;” these articles being placed upon the free list. The rate of pique, or prix, sean gloves was increased from 2 Scents per dozen, the Senate rate, to 40 cents per dozen pairs. ‘The same increase was made on all glov: stitched or embroidered with more than three single strands or cords. The rro- vision for a reduction of 25 cents per dozen pairs from the preceding rates on leather stares with wrist openings, was stricken, ou: The act is made operative immediately ‘upon its passage. Free List Cha: free list: Phthalic acid was added to the acid schedule. The provision allowing cattle, horses, sheep or other domestic animals, straying or driven across the boundary line of an- other country for pasturage purposes, to be brought back free of duty, is modified so as to continue this privilege for the speci- fied time of six months. The conference restored to the free list the House paragraph on books and engray- ings imported by authority of the United States for the Library of Congress, and made some verbal alteration in the amend- ment inserted by the Senate putting books, maps, etc., which had been printed more than twenty years on the free list, but they were not material. The paragraph relating to the free in- troduction of books, libraries and reason- able furniture of persons from foreign countries was simplified and altered so as to provide that where they were not in- troduced for sale they were to be allowed free entrance where they had not been so used for Jess than one year. ‘The conference restored the House pro- vision on camphor, merely maktng free crude camphor and excluding crude liquid camphor, The following ts ‘the paragraph agreed upon anthracite coal in the free list: “Coal anthracite, not specially provided for in this act, and coal stores of American vessels, but none shall be unloaded.” Following is the paragraph agreed upon on coal tar in the free list: “Coal tar, crude, pitch of coal tar and products of coal tar known as dead or cre- osote oil, benzol, toluol, napthalin, xylol, phenol, cresol, taluidine, xylidin, cumidin, binitrotoluol, binitrobenzol, benzidin, toli- din, dianisidin, naphtol and naptylamin, diphenylamin, benzaldehide, benzyl chlor- ide, resorcin, nitro-benzol and nitro-toluol, all the foregoing not medicinal and not colors.”” The conference restored raw cotton to the free list. The paragraph in regard to the free ad- mission of fresh fish caught by American fishermen was amended so as to include salmon on the fr¢e list, which were espe- clally excepted by the Senate bill, and as agreed upon reads as follows: “Fish, fresh, frozen or packed in ice, caught in the great lakes or other fresh waters by citizens of the United States.” On hide cuttings, the House paragraph was restored. For the paragraph on ivory tusks the following was substituted: “Ivory tusks in their natural state, or cut vertically across the grain only, with the bark left intact, and vegetable ivory in its natural state.” : Manganese ore was restored ‘to the free Est, as was cocoanut oil. The House phraseology vf the paragraph in regard to ores of gold, silver, etc., was restored, which has the effect) of making free nickel and nickel mate. +! The Senate amendment making free paintings, drawings and statuary was also stricken out. 4 th Sauerkraut was stricken from the free it. t Crude sulphur was restored.to the free list, a8 were tonka and tonka:beans; also salts of auranium. as Wafers for covering of holding pharma- ceutical preparations were stticken from the free list. 3.3 The paragraph admitting free works of art for a permanent exhibition-at a fixed Place was amended by wtriking out the word “permanent.” Gs .39 Wood Schelfule.' The following was submitted for the par- graph on hewn timber: “Timber hewn, sided or squared (not less than elght inches square) and round tim- ber used for spars or in building wharves, one cent per cubic foot.” The paragraph relating to sawed boards and planks was amended. by striking out words “white pine” at $1 per thousand feet and by restoring the Ho:se rate on all the other items of the schedule, mak- ing the rates 50 cents per thousand fect for each side planed or finished, $1 for tongued and grooved, and $1.50 if planed on two sites and tongued and grooved. THe legislative vroviso to this paragraph inserted by the Senate was changed go as to read as follows: “That if any country or dependency shall impose an export duty upon raw round unmanufactured timber, stave, bolts, shingle bolts or heading bolts, exported in discriminating ‘The following changes wet made in the the United States, or & charge upon boom sticks or chains used by American citizens in towing logs, the amount of such export duty, tax or other charge, as the case may be, shall be added as an additional duty to the duties imposed upon the articles mentioned in this para- graph when imported from such country or dependency.” Fence posts are reduced from 20 to 10 per cent ad valorem. The House rate of 80 per cent ad valorem is restored on casks and barrels, sugar box shooks, etc. The House rate of 2 cents per thousand and 15 per cent ad valorem is restored on toothpicks, as is the House -ate of 40 certs per thousand upon butchers’ skewers. Wool Schedule. The changes in the wool schedule leave the duties on disputed items as follows: Paragraph 354. The duty on wools of the first class which shall be imported washed shall be twice the amount of the duty to which they would be subjected importe1 unwashed; and the duty on wools of the first and second classes which shall be im- ported scoured shall be three times the duty to which they would be subjected i? imported unwashed. The duty on wools of the third class, if imported in condition for use in carding or spinning into yarns, or which shall not contain more than 8 per cent of dirt or other foreign substances, shall be three times the duty to which they would otherwise be subjected. The conference restored the House rates on first and second-class wool. Paragraph 358. On wools of the third class and on camels hair of the third class the value whereof shall be 12 cents or less per pound, the duty shall be 4 cents per pound. Paragraph 359. On wools of the third class, and on camels hair of the third class the value whereof shall exceed 12 cents per pound, the duty shall be 7 cents per pound. Paragraph 362. Shoddy, 25 cents per pound; oils, wool extract, yarn waste, thread waste, and all other wastes, com- posed wholly or in part of wool and not specially provided for in this act, 20 cents per pound. Paragraph 365. On yarns made wholly or in part of wool, valued at net more than thirty cents per pound, the duty per pound shall be two and one-half times the duty imposed by this act on one pound of un- washed wool of the first class; valued at more than thirty cents per pound, the du- ty shall be three and one-half times the duty imposed by this act on one pound of unwashed vool of the first class, and in addition thereto, upon all the foregoing, 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 367. On blankets and flannels for underwear composed wholly or in part of wool, valued at not more than forty cents per pound, the duty per pound shall be the same as the duty Imposed by this act on two pounds of unwashed wool of the first class, and in addition thereto 30 r cent £d valorem; valued at more than ‘orty cents and not more then fifty cents per pcund, the duty per povnd shall be three times the duty imposed by this act on one pound of unwashed wool of the first class, and in addition thereto 35 per cent ad valorem. On blankets composed wholly or in part of wool, valued at more than fifty cents per pound, the duty per pound shall be three times the duty imposed by act on one pound of unwashed wool of the first class, and in addition thereto 40 per cent ad valorem. Filannels composed wholly or tn part of wool, valued at above 50 cents per pound, Shall be classified and pay the same duty as women’s and children’s dress goods, ccat linings, Italian cloths and goods of similar character and description provided by this act. Provided, that on blankets over three yards in length the same duties shall be paid as on cloths. ‘Women’s and Children’s Drens Goods. Paragraph 368, On women’s and chil- dren’s dress goods, coat linings, Italtan cloths and goods of similar description and character, of which the warp consists wholly of cotton or other vegetable ma- terial, with the-remainder of the fabric composed wholly cr in part of wool, valued at not exceeding 15 cents per square yard, 7 cents per square yard; valued at more than 15 cents per square y: 8 cents per square yard; and in addition thereto on all the foregoing valued at not above 70 cents per pound, 50 per cent ad valorem; valued above 7 an Pound, 55 cent ad valorem: Prcvided, that on alt the fore- going coping. over four ounces per square yard the duty shall be the same as imposed by this schedule on cloths. Paragraph 8. On women’s and chil- dren’s dress gocds, coat linings, Italian cioths, bunting and goods of similar de- scription or character, composed wholly or in part of wool, and not specially provided for in this act, the duty shall be 11 cents per square yard; and in addition thereto on all the foregoing valued at not above 70 cents per pound, 50 per cent ad valorem; valued above 70 cents per pound, 55 per cent ad valorem: Provided, that on all the fore- going weighing over four ounces per square yard the duty shall be the same as im- pcsed by this schedule on cloths. Clothing. Paragraph 370. On clothing, ready made, and articles of wearing apparel of every description, including shawls, whether knitted or woven, and knitted articles of every description made up or manufactured wholly or in part, felts not woven and not specially provided for in this act, composed wholly or in part of wool, the duty per pound shall be four times the duty imposed by this act on one pound of unwashed wool of the first class, and in addition thereto per cent ad valorem. Paragraph %71. Webbings, gorings, svs- penders, braces, bandings, beltings, bind- irgs, braids, galoons, edxings, insertings, flouncings, fringes, gimps. cords, cords and tassels, laces and other trimmings and ar- ticles made wholly or in part of lace, em- broideries and articles embroidered by hand or machinery, head nets, netting, buttons or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms for tasséls, ornaments, and manufactures of wool ornaments | with beads or spangles of whatever material composed, any of the foregoing inade of wool, or of which wool is a component ma- terial, whether composed in part of india rubber, or otherwise, fifty cents per pound, 60 per cent ad valorem. Carpets. 272. Aubusson, axminster, moquette and ckenille, carpets. figured or plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, sixty cents per square yard, and in addition thereto 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph Saxony, wilton and Tour- nay velvet carpets, figured or plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, sixty cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 374. Brussels carpets, figured or plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like character vr description, forty-four cents per sqvare yard, and in addition thereto, 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 375. Velvet and tapestry vel- vets carpets, figured or plain, printed on the warp, or otherwise, and all cary carpeting of like character or description, forty cents per square yard, and in addi- tion thereto, 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph Tapestry Brussels car- pets, figured or plain, and all carpets er carpeting of like character or des:ription, printed on the wa-p or otherwise, twenty- eight cents per square yard, and in addi- tion thereto, 40 per ont ad valoren. Paragraph 377 Treble ingrain thr and all chain Venetian carpets, twen' v cents per square yard, and’ in addition thereto, 40 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 378. Wool, Dutch and two-ply ingrain carpets, eighteen cents per square yard, and in addition thereto, 40 per cent ad valorem. Tobacco Schedule. The conference accepted the Senate rate and language on wrapper and filler tobacco, except that the rate on wrapper tobacco was made $1.85 per pourd instead of $1. The House rate on imported cigars, cigar- ettes, &c., of $4.50 per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem was restored. The Senate made the rate $4 per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem. There were no other changes in the schedule on imported tobacco. Silk Schedule. The conference accepted paragraph 386 as amended by the Senate with the addi- tion of the words “or plush” before ribbons in the first line, making plush ribbons du- table at $1.50 per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 387 relating to woven silk fab- rics was accepted as amended by the Sen- ate, except that the rate on cloth other than black dyed in the thread or yarn and weighted in the dyeing so as to exceed the original weight of the raw silk, was chang- ed from $2.25 per pound to $2. per pound, and that on cloth dyed or printed in the Piece from $3.25 to $ Paragraph 391, relating to manufacture of silk, is changed so as to modify the de- scription of Jacquard figured goods by pri viding that they shall be “made on loom: and that they should be ‘dyed in the yarn and contain two or more colors in the fill- ing. The rate is left at 50 per cent ad valorem. Flax Schedule. The thresd paragraph (30) is a compro- mise between the two houses, making a duty of 13 cents per pound cn threads ie from yarn not finer than five lea or num- ber and &% of 1 cent per pound additional for each lea or number in excess of tive made from yarn finer than five lea or num- er. There is also a change in the next para- graph relating to single yarns in the gr reducing the Senate rate on yarns ni finer than 80 lea or number to 40 per cent ad valorem, which is a compromise be- tween the two hous Flax gill nettin » Webs, ete., is re- duced from 25 to 20 per cent ad valorem. Floor m»ttings which are taken from the free list, where they were placed by the Senate, are made dutlable at 3 cents per square yard where their value does not exceed 10 cents per square yard, and at 7 cents per square yard and 25 per cent ad valorem where their value exceeds 10 cents per square yard. The rates fixed in the original House bill on floor matting Were 8 cents per square yard on v: under 10 the rate was the same, with an ad valorem of 25 per cent added. The House rate on plain woven fabrics of single jute yarns, which the Senate placed on the free list, was reduced from % of a cent to % of a cent on yarns of that character, not exceeding sixteen inches in width, and on those exceeding thirty and not exceeding fifty-five threa to the square inch the rate was uc from one cent per pound to seven-eighths of a cent, with 15 per cent ad valorem added, just as in the original House schedule. The House proviso requiring a specific duty of one cent per pound on all of the above and 20 per cent ad valorem in case they should be dyed, colored or stained was stricken out. The House rats | was restored on flax pile fabrics. The rate is 60 per cent ad valorem. Bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics and bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and similar fabrics were taken from the free list, where they were placed by the Senate, and the language of the House practically restored in both instances, ex- cept that the rates were changed. On bags the House rate was reduced from 1% cents per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem to % of a cent per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem. On bagging the House rate was reduced half of a cent per square yard and 15 per cent ad valorem to 6-10 of a cent per square yard and no ad valorem. The Senate rate on handkerchiefs was accepted. The Senate phraseology and rates are re- tained on paragraph 346, relating to woven fabrics not specially provided for, except that in each case where the Senate fixed the rates on a weight of four ounces per square yard the conference increased the weight to four and a half ounces. —— ALASKA LAND LAWS. Their Necessity Will Be Pointed Out by Secretary Bliss, The necessity for efficient land laws in Alaska is being urged on the administra- tion in view of the exodus of gcld seekers now taking its course toward that terri- tery. It is probable that in his first an- nual report to Congress Secretary Bliss «f the Interior Department will approve the recommendation of Commissioner Hermann of the general land office that this be done, and also that a fully equipped local land office be éstablished at Circle City. Of course neither of these things can be done until after authority has been given by Con; gress. Among members of that body a strong indisposition has been manifested toward the extension of the powers and agencies of civil government over Alaska ever since pop the apparent lack of necessity for such legislation. It was not until 1884 that an act was passed providing a civil govern- ment for Alaska, and this act did not by any means provide for all the functions of such @ government. ad. in The RIPARIAN RIGHTS RESPECTED Interesting Correspondence Between Mr. Maury Dove and Captain Beach. The Construction of the Rock Creek Sewer Will Be Condacted With Due Regard to Property Interests. Considerable anxiety has been felt among the owners of river front property between Rock creck and -Easby’s Point over the pr@posed sewer which is to be constructed along the line of Rock creck and then turning pass cast under a great deal of the wharf property and go along F street in order to intercept and carry off the sewage that accumulates in the section bounded by Rock creek, M street, the river front and 7th street. Mr. J. Maury Dove, whose wharf is at the foot of 27th street, was vitally int the matter, and in reply to a vy quest of Capt. Lansing H. Beach made July 11 for a permit to construct the sewer under his wharves and coal yaris on the property immediately west of square wrote a leiter to Capt. Beach stating the conditions under which he would agree to the construction of the sewer. They as follows: First. That the work shall be begun and prosecuted with all due expedition. “Second. That in thé Construction of the said sewer through my premises 1 shall not be disturbed in the use of more than one-half of the length of said sew through the same at any one time. By Uhis I mean not only that no mere than one- half of the grcund shall be broken into at one time, but that in regard to the uther half I shall not be prevented from its use and occupation, free from any impedi- ments, by reason of the construction of said sewer. hird. That the material upon my prem- ises, and in the line of the proposed sewer, shall be removed before the laying of the sewer and replaced after the sewer is com- pleted, at the cost of the Distriet of Co- lumbia. “Fourth, That the premises shall be left at the completion of the sewer in their sent good condition for use and occupa- n by me. Fifth. Th: if after the completion of the sewer t hall be any sinking of the earth ip the line of the same, produced by settling incident to the construction, it shall be leveled and repaired at the cost of the District. “Finally. That the giving of this consent shall not be taken or construed as a recog- nition of any rights on the part of the Dis- trict in the premises, or a waiver by me of any claim to the absolute title and right of enlargement of said premises, it being intended that the construction’ of said se and the permiss given by me, shall in no wise a my existing rights, and that all question of title shall remain as before said permission was ¢ “If the conditions above stated meet your approvel you will please indicate the Salue, after which there will be no objec- tien on my part to the imme » prose- cution of the work referred to. In reply to Mr. Dove, Capt. Beach, under date of July 15, informed him that the conditions stated seemed to be reasonable and just and were fully agreed to. The construction of the sewer will now be proceeded with, and the owners ot wharves along the river front are y much pleased that their rignts will be rec spected, as Mr. Dove's conditions will otserved at all other affected. be points similarly —.___ COL. C. F. CROCKER DEAD. i Sketch of the Young Millio: aire and Rallroad Magnate. Col. Crocker, vice president of the South- ern Pacific Railway Company, died at his home in San Mateo, Cal. turday night. Charles Frederick Crocker was born tn Sacramento on December 26, 1854. The boy was only six years old when his father be- gan the railroad career which resulted in ten years in making him one of the richest men in the country. He did not inherit his father’s giant frame, but was a lad of frail paysique until he reached manhood. After preparing for college he took a tour of Eu- rope for his health, and in 1873 entered the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn. He was not graduated, as he was threatened with loss of eyesight. He took another tour in Europe, and then returned to California and determined to master practical rail- road work. Young Crocker, though the son of a mil- lionaire, was as carefully trained as though his father was a poor man. H. given an easy office in the pany, but he was put at hard work in the division superintendent's office on the Oak- land pier and learned all the detatis of op- erating a railroad. When he mastered this he was transferred to the general freight office in San Francisco, where he spent @ year and Was treated precisely as any other clerk. When Gen, Colton died Leland Stanford, then president of the road, decided to put young Crocker in Colton’s place as financial agent of the company on the coast and purchaser of all fuel. He inspected all the coal mines and showed so much executive ability that the office of third vice president was created for him. In 1888 young Crocker was promoted to the place of second vice president, and in this capacity, in the absence of Mr. Stan- ford, Mr. Huntington and Charles Crocker, at the east and abroad, the entire manage- ment of the great railroad on the coast fell upon him. He was forced to make deci- sions on many important questions without advice, and in this way acquired that re- markable faculty of quick dispatch of busi- ness which made him without an equal on the coast. On September 7, 1880, Charles Crocker died and left the principal management of his $24,000,000 estate to his eldest son. With his brother, William H., he acted as joint trustee, but most of the work of adminis- tration devolved on him. At the age of twenty-six. in September, 1880, Col. Crocker married Miss Easton, Jaughter of Mrs. Adelia N. Easton, a sister of D. O. Mills. Mrs. Crocker was a charming woman, and three children were born to the couple—a son and two daughters. His wife died sud- denly in February, 1887. Upon Leland Stanford’s retirement from the presidency, Mr. Crocker necame first vice president. He was only thirty-six years old, but he had had fifteen years of thor- ough training. Since then he had filled this laborious position, with only one term of one year’s absence in travel. Mr. Crocker was always accessible to all callers. He kept no boy at the door. In this way much time was wasted, but he obtained valuable hints which he would never have secured had he adopted the usual office methods. Mr. Crocker made many gifts to charities and to science. He gave to Lick Observa- tory its finest photographic instrument, He was a regent of the State University, and took great interest in its maragement. He belonged to the Pacific Union Ciub, was a strong Mason and was active in National Guard affairs. Me nad only recently bought Uplands, one of the handsomest suburban residences in San Mateo, —___+e+____ FUNERAL OF REV. E. H. STOKES. Ceremonies in Auditorium of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 19.—The funeral services over the remains of the late Rev. E. H.Stokes, D.D., LL.D., presi- dent of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, were held in the big audi- torlum at Ocean Grove today. The coffin was carried from the Stokes cottage to the auditorium by six employes of the association, and was received by six pallbearers, members of the association, ‘There were eight other honorary pall- bearers, four being chosen by the citizens of Ocean Grove and four by the Asbury Perk board of trade. Bishop J. a preached the ser- born and J. C. Reed. The interment be at tomorrow. —_.>—_—_ R. Taylor Scott Very Ml. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ‘ “RICHMOND, Va., July 19.—Attorney Gen-

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