Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1897— PAGES. “SPECIAL NOTICES. DISSOLUTION NOTICE.—J. C. ERGOOD & CO. have this da of 3 Lyn Hi ‘sokl out thelr interest in the firm Mr. Warren K. Lawson of est. RE bark, V: er «I fi JNO. BL HEBREW COD WASE INGTO! REGATIC ‘The regular Friday and Saturday divine service will be resumed next Friday, August 6, at the cr. By order of the beard. ADOLPH amd-2t He - MWe, gust 4, at 8 p.m. A fall attendance = ee us iness of importance ts to be € 2 bese =: J. €, CHANEY, President. LOWD, Secret: it NEVER HAD A MORE SUCCESSFUL SEASON. appreciate “fuultiess’’ tatloring at @ rate price. W busy that we had to secure the'xervices of Mr. E. I, eneter and designer for the late firm of . Keen for pest 15 yea He'll be glad to see his many ; J. PRED. GATCHEL & CO., 604 13th st. Jot comprises over one million “ we can sell them at the never-heard-of price of $2.05 per 1,000 from wharf, or $2.25 per 1,000 from’ yard. ‘These won't last long this ficure, so let us book our ordes onee! S. W. SMITH, Ist and Ind. ave. "Phone 217. ‘Mill and Wharves, foot 4th ct. s.e. "Phone 551. Je24-3m-10 Ri The reg rate of seven per cent per anuum on the preferred capital stock of the Amerietn Graphophone Com- pany will be paid at the office of the company on August 16 to stockholders of record August 2 books close August 2. E. D. EASTON, President. , Secretary. Transfer PAUL H. CROMEL Jy26-countilaulé IF ¥C <EED nd get our special dis- We will save you court | for neue by is special discount “for i tl Ansust NGTON BRICK AND TERRA coT1 °O., 10th and F sts, now, din SPIRITUALISM—MRS. EFFIE M CLAIR. ‘EL, - t, busi and test medium, 1914 Penna. ee : Je26-36¢ HAVE YOU VISITED Cleveland Pork recently? Srt2-tf You should do #0. A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE National Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia will be held MONDAY, August 9, 1897, to elect directors. Polis ope: at 12 m. and close at 1 o'clock p.m. SAM. CROSS, Secretary. Sy9-1, m T never disappoint. A promise is sacred with us. When we promise a printing job by a certain ime you can depend on its being ready. it hurry-up Brief printing—90e. page for 50 BYHON S. ADAMS, aut-14d ‘rompt” Printer, 512 11th st. 99 In hot weather, because it “Berkeley supplies the system with the energy that treme aly. makes the ex- heat uses up so ra Its absclute purity it Whisky is good = mc JAS. THAPY, S12 F st. nw. aut-10d BLANK BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. PAPER IN EVERY FORM. PENS, INK, ERASERS, PENCILS. IN SHORT, EVERYTHING FOR THE LIBRARY AND OFFICE IN STATIONERY LINE. LOWEST PRICES. Easton& Rupp,421 11th St. POPULAE-PRICED STATIONER: an excellent A Mexican Pension Decision. An important decision was rendered yes- terday by Assistant Secretary of the In- terior Webster Davis. It related to claims for pensions under the act of January 29, 1887, known as the Mexican war survivors’ act, granting pensions to those officers and men of the age of sixty-two or over who served with the army and navy in the war with Mexico. Mr. Davis held that the or- der of the President, under the act of March 2, 1799, by which the revenue cutter Ferward w turned over to the navy for co-operation therewith during the war with Mexico, operated to merge that vessel and her officers and men inte the naval estab- it hment, and that, during the period she was so employed, she was part and parcel of the navy establishment. This decision, it is believed, may operate to grant pe! sions to such officers and men of the rev- enue marine service who co-operated with the navy under crders of the President in the war of the rebellion and other wars. ——__ -e-—_____ Importation of Breadstuffs. The impertation of breadstuffs into the United State: statistics, as reported by the bureau of during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1 amounted, in the vaine of the various products grouped under that head, to $ Barley and wheat 1 » bushels, of the As compared with the preceding year there is a decrease in the in.portation of wheat of over 1,000,000 bush- cls. Foreign corn finds scarcely any mare ket In the United States, only 12,071 bush- els having been imported during the iast fiscal year. Small as trese importations of grain are, most of them are again sent out of the country, having been entered from Canada in bond for exportation. It is said but little enters into actual consumption, United that destined to remain ed for seed. in the ates being —————2—___. Orders to the Montgomery. Orders have been sent to the commander of the cruiser Montgomery to take the Louisiana naval militia aboard on the 10th for a sea drill. She was to have come nerth immediately, but will now remain on the Florida station until relieved by the Helena. —_—_—____-e-—______ Mail for Yukon. » Postmaster General has authorized ka Commerc: Francisco, Cal. 1 Company of San to carry the mail one trip, without compersation, from San Francisco te Unalaska, Alaska, St. Michael's, where new post ¢ffice has’ been established, and such other points as they may reach upon the Yukon river, leaving San Francisco about July 31 or August 2. SSS Grant itequests for Ships. Assistant Secretary Reosevelt has found it impossible to grant all the requests that are made to the Navy Department for war- ships for celebrations, regattas and flower ows, and has decided to refuse all such quests. The skips at the present time © needed for other service. Caw ‘To Purchase Para’s Water Works. The State Department has been informea that the government of the state of Para, brazil, has invited proposals for the pur- chase of the waterworks of the city of Para, with a view to their extension. Bids will be received up to November 18 next. SOCR “A dying anchorite,” said Sidney Smith, “would be tempted to eat it.” He didn’t happen to be referring to iLiebig Company’s Extract: o Beef but it would be true enough of any of the delicious soups, sauces or made dishes in which this famous product is grocer knows the can x our Emi, in‘bine on the far? > SESE POOSOSAH SESE OE” ODD PPV9F9 SS 95404 4 THE SALE OF POISON The Present Law Governing It is In- adequate for the Purpose. VIEWS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVIS Concerted Action to Be Taken in Behalf of New Legislation. HOW DRUGS ARE DISPENSED ‘The suicide of the unfortunate girl, Sadie Tasker, several days ago, called renewed attention to the careless manner in which deadly poisons are dispensed in Washing- ton, and the result will probably be that new legislation will be secured from the next session of Congress which will place safeguards around the sale and purchase of poisons sufficiently strong to prevent a repetition of the poor woman's deed. The inquest over the body of the girl disclosed the fact that she had quarreled with her lover after a spree, and had drank more heavily in consequence, and while drunk had secured from Druggist Wm. P. Phelps of 13th and C streets northwest a bottle containing a large quantity of sulphate of morphia. The intending suicide procured the poison merely by representing that she wented it for another woman of her class who was addicted to the use of the drug. The investigation inspired by the tragedy developed that the law in force in the Dis- trict governing the sale of poisons is en- tirely inadequate for the-purposes intended. The Laws Governing Pharmacy. The statutes in force in the District of Columbia, compiled by William Stone Abert and Benjamin G. Lovejoy, has a chapter, which is numbered 54 in the volume, headed Pharmacy. Its importance at the present Ume is such that extracts from it will be both interesting and instructive. Scction 1 provides that it shall be unlaw- ful for the proprietor of any pharmacy or store to allow any person except a regis- tered pharmacist to compound or dispense the prescriptions of physicians or to retail or dispense poisons for medical use except as an aid to and under the immediate super- vision of a registered pharmacist. A viola- tion of this section subjects the offender to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $100. Section 5 provides that the District Com- missioners shall* appoint biennially three Pharmacists and two physicians, all of whom shall have been residents of the Dis- trict for at least five years, and of five years’ practical experience in their profes- sions, as commissioners of pharmacy. This commission now consists of R. M. Harper, druggist, No. 600 Pennsylvania avenue, president; G. G. C. Simms, druggist, of 14th and New York avenue; Dr. J. M. Winter of Mount Vernon square, and Dr. William P. Carr, coroner, of 1319 13th street northwest. R. S. Lynch was the fifth member until his recent resignation, and the vacancy has not yet been tilled. The duties of the commis- sioner are to examine applicants for the practice of pharmacy, and if found accept- able to admit them to practice. The Law Governing Poison Selling. Section 13 of the chapter is a most im- portant one. It provides as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any firm from and after the passage of this act (June 15, 1878) to retail any poisons enumerated in schedules A and B, as follows, to wit: “Schedule A. “Arsenic and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red precipi- tate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of po- tassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids, and their salts, essential oil of bitter almonds, opium and its preparations, except par: goric and other preparations of opium, centaining less than two grains to the ounce. “Schedule B. “Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, mux vomica, creosote, digitalis and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, mineral acids, carbolic acid and ox- alic acid, without distinctly labeling the box, vessel or paper in which the said Foisqn is contained, and also the outside Wrapper or cover with the name of the article, the word ‘poison’ and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful for any person to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in sched- ules A and B, unless upon due inquiry it be found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character and represents that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. “Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist to sell any poisons included in schedule A without, before delivering to the purshaser, causing an entry to be made in a book kept for that Purpose, stating the date of sale, the name and qual- ity of the poison sol the purpose for which it is represented by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dis- penser; such book to be always open for the inspection of the proper authorities, and to be preserved for reference for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not unusual quantities or doses upon the prescriptions of practitioners of medicine.” The penalty for violating these provisions fe @ fine of not less than $25 or more than $100. Section 16 provides that it shall be the duty of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia to prosecute all vio- lators of the act. A Talk With District Attorney Davis. United States District Attorney Henry E. Davis. was asked by The Star reporter this morning to give his views on the present laws governing the sale of poisons in the District of Columbia, and his ideas as to the necessity of better legislation on the subject. “The law at present, if properly en- ferced,” said Mr. Davis, “is a good law. There is one difficulty about it, however, and that is inherent in the subject matter itself. There ought not to be any poison allowed to be sold without either the pre- scription of @ physician for the particular instance, or in cases in which the drug- gist has been previously made aware by a reputable physician that the person ap- plying for the poison needs it in reasona- ble quantity from time to time, as in the czse of those addicted to the morphine habit, but no druggist ought to be per- mitted, except in very extreme cases of exigency, if at all, to sell a poison as the law now permits it to be sold, upon his finding, on what he considers due inquiry, that the purchaser is aware of its poison- ous character, and the mere representa- tion of the purchaser that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. “Take, for example, the case of a person applyirg to a druggist for arsenic,” con- tinued Mr. Davis. “According to the law a3 it now stands, the druggist is permitted to sell arsenic ‘f, upon inquiry, he finds that the customer knows the ‘poisonous character of arsenic and represents that it is to be used for killing rats. This is mani- festly absurd, for the reason that no in- tending suicide or murderer, would ask for anything except what he knew before- hand to be a deadly poison, and in order to obtain it, it is merely necessary that he should tell a He. The Dificulties Presented. “What I mean by the difficulty being in- herent in the subject matter of the law is, for instance, that in the case of one ad- dicted to the morphine habit, who is a stranger to the druggist, the. unfortunate victim of the habit frequently really needs the drug when a physician is not at to prescribe it, even getting a te tion would involve what might seem an in the way of a fee “THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at $8 a.m., “5th meridian time. bars, or Unes of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or Anes of eqal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘“Low’’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with WEATHER MAP. [SAN ANTONIO. DRILL[, ==" == AUCTION SALES... BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY Tres. Page 10 Page 4 Oaptain French Expresses His Views of Disputed Points. THE INTERPRETATION OF TACTICS Captain Shilling Sustained Upon Two Points at Issue. ‘ii FF FOR KENT (Wiats) FOR RENT (Halls) FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (ttiecellaneous)... FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables) FOR KENT (Stores). Cred THE CLAUSES DISCUSSED Capt. John T. French, jr., of the quarter- master’s department, United States army, today explained to the representative of The Star the operation of those clauses of the tactics called into question at the re- cent interstate drill at San Antonio, Tex. Capt. French, then lieutenant in the 4th Artillery, was recorder of the board of tacticians which compiled the present drill regulations, and his constructions of un- i MORSES AND VEU! HOTELS ..... janeous) ICLES. LOCAL MENTION. LOST AND FOUND. Solid lines are iso- the wind. LOCAL SHOWERS. They Are Predicted for Tonight and Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday.—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, local ‘showers tonight and Thursday; cooler Thursday night; south- westerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast. ~The area of high pressure in the upper Missouri valley has increased in magni- tude, a pressure of 30.34 inches being re- ported from’ Bismarck and Rapid City. The pressure is high off the south Atlantic and south Pacific coasts. A disturbed condi- tion is central in the Ohio valley. Showers have occurred in the upper lake region, the middle and upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. The temperature has remained station- ary in all districts. The heated condition that has prevailed during the past few days throughout the central valleys and the cerftral and west gulf states has been one of the most intense for this season of the year of which the weather bureau has record. The maximum temperature of 100 degrees, reported from New Orleans on Tuesday was the highest on record for that cit ‘Showers may be expected in the lower lake region, New England and the middle Atlantic states. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported during the past twenty-four hours: Des. Moines, 1.24; Rowlesburg, W. Va., 3.40. certain clauses of the tactics were the au- thority at that drill. But he was not one Condition of the Water.’ PROPOSALS: a of the judges, being here at Washington | RaILROAbs Seen focopenen of water at 81 auring the competition, and had no con- | SEASHORE tion, 13; receiving reservoir, temperature, | nection with the contest except that his | SI’'ECIAL NOTICES. $1; condition at north connection, 6; condi- | published interpretations of the regula- | STORAGE .. tion at south connection, 5; distributing reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at in- fluent gate house, 10; effiuent_gate house, 18. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide; 5:33 a.m. and 5:58 p.m.; high tide, 11:45 a.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:28 am. and 6:53 p.m.; high tide, 12:08 a.m. and 12:38 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:04 a.m.; sun sets, 7:08 mm. Pe Moon sets, 10.01 p.m. today. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:04 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:14 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:14 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:59 p.m.; guished at 4:29 am. Temperature 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 p.m., 85; 8 p.m., SUMMER RESORTS. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. TARLE LOARD. UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (ieip). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Situations), tions were to be final. _ It will be remembered that the San An- tonio competition hung upon the interpre- tation of three clauses of the book of in- fantry tactics, the captain of the winning company, the Governor's Guards of Austin, Tex., construing them differently from all the other competing company commanders. In two of these three cases Capt. French holds that the board which compiled the book intended the clauses to operate as in- terpreted by Capt. Shilling of the Morton Cadets and by all the other captains ex- cept the captain of the Governor's Guards. Capt. Shilling’s construction of the third clause, says Capt. French, was erroneous. Points in Dispute. “I was much interested to know the ex- act points disputed at San Antonio,” he said. “The telegraphic reports to the local newspapers were necessarily incomplete, and I have only just learned what those points really were. “As I understand the matter, the prize went to a company which would probably have been altogether out of the race other- wise, on the construction of three para- graphs in the book of tactics. Mind, I do not say that that is the case; only that 1 understand it to be so. Those three para- graphs relate to the maneuvering of a col- eee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee es will make every effort to get to their hibition drill wherever they give it.” Captain Shiling and Captain Domer of the Fencibles were seen and questioned about the three points mentioned above, but the former would say very little. “If I had had four years to study the program, I don’t know that I would change my con- struction of it in any respect.” he said. My company drilled as the book directs. and drilled weil. But the judges did not read the book as we here in Washington read it, and so we lost.” Capt. Domer's Views. Captain Domer discussed the interview with Captain French in detail, and disa- greed with the construction of the regular army man almost in toto. He could not agree that the column of files could be moved in any way most convenient. If ex- extin- 76; midnight, August 4—4 a.m., 73; 8 a.m., 76; 12 m., 88, and 2 p.m., 86. Maximum, 86, at 2 p.m., Avgust 4; mini- mum, 78, at 4 a.m., August 4. umn of files, to the load when the company | that be so, he asked, why should the book Mable to incur the penalty of manslaughter by the negligent selling of poison to per- sons. who, from their known recklessness of character, or manifest drunkenness at ime of their purchase of poison, are Inkery to use it for the purpose of suicide. ‘This manifestly is a consideration of the first importance, both to the community ind to the druggists. care respects the penalties prescribed for failure to observe the present law, the mere imposition of a fine is too slight to meet the requirements of the case. A law with proper provisions hedging about the sale and purchase of poison, and prescrib- ing adequate penalties for its breach, is as much a necessity as any other law in- tended for the general protection of the health and lives of our citizens. Bills are now pending in Congress intended properly to cover this subject, and recent- occur- rences in the community will doubtless have good effect in bringing about the pas- sage of a law meeting the necessities. Concerted Action Contemplated. “President R. M. Harper of the commis- sioners of pharmacy has already conferred with me cn the subject,” said Mr. Davis, in conclusion, “and I have suggested that united action be seasonably had against the next meeting of Congress by the commis- sioners of pharmacy, the Medical Society, the committee on legislation of the Bar As sociation, the attorney of the District o: Columbia and the United States district at- torney, looking to bringing about a compre- hensive and adequate law in the premises. The concerted action of the associations and officials named ought and will, in my opin- ion, achieve the desired result, and if I have anything to do with the matter I shall see to it that every act on the subject now in force in England and in this country, as well as the pending bills in Congress, will be freely drawn upon for aid. An Old Drug Clerk’s Story. An old drug clerk, who has been em- ployed in Washington for a number of years, conversed with The Star reporter freely when he was assured that his iden- tity would be preserved. “I have always wondered why more safe- guards are not thrown around the sale of poisons,” he remarked. “Under the pres- ent law there is absolutely no way of pre- venting persons procuring all the deadly drugs they desire. The law simply pro- vides that a purchaser must give his name and address and state the purpose for which the poison is required. I have sold poison several times to customers of good appearance who gave very straightforward accounts of what they wanted with it and then found out from the newspapers that they had made misrepresentations and really wanted it to end their lifes with. I think I have five suicides of this sort on my list. If there could be some law adopt- ed to prevent the indiscriminate sale of poison I think the druggists would be re- lieved of a very great responsibility. .They are now compelled to sell it merely on the representation of the buyer. Why? Be- cause if one druggist declines to make the sale another one two squares off will do it. It may be a ghastly sort of com#etition, but the facts are as I have stated. Treatment of Dope Fiends. “I don’t believe there is a drug store in Washington or any other city,” he con- tinued, ‘‘that has not a regular trade with ‘dope fiends.’ ‘Dope fiends’ I use as a gen- eric term to include all those addicted to the habit of taking such poisons as mor- phine, cocaine, chloral and so forth. As soon as one of these people become known to the average dispenser of drugs the lat- ter discontinues the custom of recording the purchas The dispenser comes to know the customer and takes his trade as a matter of course, just as a saloon keeper comes to know a regular habitue. The Sadie Taskers and women of her class. are not the only morphine users among their sex in this city. “I know a dozen women who are regular fiends, as we call them, and five times as many men. I know they would. go stark, staring crazy, if they didn’t get their regu- lar supplies. The worst fiends of all are the cocaine fiends. After they get the habit they cannot do without the drug. I.was doing a night shift at an all-night drug store here once, and there were five of these fiends who came regularly between 2 and 5 o'clock in the morning. Did I sell them the drug? Yes. Just the same as I'd sell a hungry man food if I was running a restaurant. Of course it may seem mere- tricious in me to say this, but the man out- side the drug business cannot understan it. Some Remarkable Cases. “T felt a‘cocaine fiend’s pulse one night, and it was 108. Ten minutes after he got his dose it was 82, “Morphine takers are nearly as bad. I know cre who gets away with ie abies P . Is that much? Well, if you ae took ball of it they’d call se oasaee There was-a man here once who took, hy- perdermically, over forty grains of sulphate of morphia reece: a . He would take a teaspoonful 1e drug, tablespoon, fill the latter with water end hold it over the gas jet until the mor- VIRGINIA HISTORY. limit maneuvers while in that formation? If the company could be marched to the flank, what was the purpose of the word “faced?” He would hate to think captains were at Hberty to teach their companics just as they chose about the load at lic down. If they could do that, wasn’t that an end to uniformity in the service? And he agreed fully with Captain Shilling about the platoon movements. The men in the ranks were not supposed to know what to do at the command “right by platoons.” Their leutenants were there to tell them, and how could the men move off withou: command? And didn’t the command divide the company from the start, and when di- vided, should not each platoon await tne command of its platoon chief? No, he cculd not criticise Captain French, but relther could he see the warrant for the constructions Captein French gave the dis- puted maneuvers. CONDENSED LOCALS is lying down in double rank, and to the manual of arms executed at the prepara- tory command in ‘Right by platoons.” “In the first instance, the captain was di- rected—first, to form col.mn of files; sec- ond, to change direction to the right when leading file has advanced about fiftee: paces; third, to march in line to the right not less than twenty paces; fourth, te march by the left flank in column of files, and, fifth, to form column of fours. Capt. Roberdeau moved his company to the flank by executing the following commands: ‘Right by file,” ‘Column right,’ ‘Company, halt,’ ‘Right face,’ ‘Forward, march,’ ‘Com- pany, halt,’ ‘Left face,’ ‘Forward, march,’ and ‘Form fcurs, right oblique.’ In short, he would move his company in column of files to either flank only by halting, facing to the flank, and then halting again and facing to the original direction. All the other captains secured the same result by executing simply “By the right flank’ and “By the left flank’ without halting or fac- ing. Capt. Roberdeau’s method was, I un- derstand, approved by the judges. The Drill Regulations. “Paragraph 217 of the Infantry Drill Regulations, adopted October 3, 1891, reads as follows: ‘A column of fours, twos or files may be faced to the rear, or to a flank, and marched a short distance, but no other movements should be executed until the column is again faced to the original front.’ This the captain of the winning company tock to mean that the company must be halted and faced in order to march to either flank. I do not regard that as its proper construction. “A column of files is used only for the purpose of reducing the front of the column J to enable it to pass a defile or other nar- row space, immediately after which the column of fours should be reformed. That much is stated in the book of drill regula- tions. Any movement, then, which helps the column through the defile or other nar- row place is countenanced and approved in the service. The men would probably execute it without command. At present, I can see no good reason why the column should be halted and faced in order to get through that defile, or any reason why the flank movement, while marching, is not the better of the two. I do not know just now how my constructions may read on the subject, but as far as I can see no valid objection can be urged against the move- ment as executed by Capt. Shilling. In fact both the purpose of the board of tac- ticians and the custom of the service_con- form to that construction. Governing the Rear Ranks. “The second question is whether or not the rear rank should load while the com- pany is lying down. On this point the book, paragraph 85, reads as follows: “When ly- ing down in double rank, the rear rank men do not aim or fire.” Lie down is a move- ment intended for single rank. It is used almost entirely when the company is in that formation. What the rear rdnk docs or does not do about the matter is then of little importance. But that paragraph ex- ‘ists and the movement was called for in the program, and so something had to be decided. “Being directed to neither aim nor fire, and no mention being made of the load whatever, the matter is not definitely pre- scribed in the book. My impression is that the understanding of the board was that the regr rank should not load. But as the book does not expressly prohibit it, as it prohibits aiming and firing, I suppose the captain is at liberty to teach his rear rank to load if he chooses. But the whole mat- ter actually rests with the drill sergeant, who gets his orders from the captain, und I think the various captains are at liberty to teach the rear rank just as they please. In the new book it is expressly provided that the rear rank will not load. I cannot see that Capt. Shilling erred in not having his company load. The Piatoon Movements. “About the platoon movements, however, I must ‘say I think his construction wrong. The question is whether at the command, ‘right by platoons,’ the platoons are to come to the right shoulder at the com- mand of the captain, or wait for the com- mand of their platoon chiefs. I have occa- sion to remember the purpose of the board in this question very well. 1 thought when the board was sitting,-and I think now, An Interesting Picnic at Colchester and Occoquan. The Prince William Educational Associa- tion will hold an historical picnic next Saturday at Colchester and Occequan, which will be attended by many people ot this city and the surrounding country, who are interesting in the history of Virginia and the colonies. i The program for the meeting embraces a gathering on the ancient site of Col- chester premptly at 8am: Dr. John 8. Powell will point out -the focation of the ancient streets, bridges, “wharves and buildings. “ . At 12 o’cleck lunch will be served along the romantic mill race,of Qccoquan Falls, mear the site of Ballepdine’s ancient iron furnace and mill. ‘ f In the afternoon at 2 o'clock there will be a public meeting in Occoguan village, to be presided over by M. D. Hall, superin- tendent of schools of Fairfax county. Mr. William H. Snowden will read a history ot Colchester and pay a tribjite to General Daniel Morgan, leader of the Virginia Riflemen ard the hero Bf Quebec, Saratoga and Cowpens. wis Mr. Geo. C. Round will read a paper on “Mariamme of Belle-Air,” a historical ro- mance. These papers will be: followed by volun- teer contributions to the history of Col- chester and Occoquan by R. W. Moore, judge Jas. M. Love, J. B. T. Thornton, Tyson Janney and Rev. Mr. Kloman. The association has appointed the fol- lowing local committee to have charge of details: Dr. John 8. Powell, Samuel M. Janney, Mrs. Jennie B. Atkinson, Haywood Davis and F. C. Davis. Visitors from Washington and Alexandria can reach the picnic by the local train leav- ing Washington at 7:45 a.m., which stops at Woodbridge and also on the Fairfax side of the Occoquan, near Colchester. A steamboat will leave Occoquan at 8 a.m. for Colchester, and returning will leave Colchester at 11 a.m. for Occoquan. Com- muntcations are invited by Dr. John 8. Powell, chairman committee, Occoquan, Va., and Miss Fannie B. Osbourn, secre- tary executive committee, Manassas, Va. Mabel Hill, colored, nine years old, was lost last night. She was found near 12th and R streets by the police and restored to her parents. Mrs. Louise Koek, eighty years old, was found last night about 9 o'clock on the streets by Policeman Hibl. She was lost, and the officer took her to her home, cor- ner of Sth and H sireets. John Chism, sixteen years old, was struck on the head with a stone yesterday and so painfully injured that he was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. His injury was not sericus. The police re- port that a colpred girl named Maria Lewis threw the stone. The concrete-pavement near the railroad track on New Jersey avenue near D street was reported in a bad condition by the Police today. A broken pavement correr of 41% and ¥ streets southwest has been complained of by the police. Lieutenant Swindells has reported a leak in the water main at 31st and O streets. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. Lieutenant Heffner has complained of the dangerous conditicn of 24th street, Langdon, between Emporia and Providence Streets. Because cf holes in the street drivers are almost unable to use~ the thoroughfare. The board walk on Superior street, Mt. Pleasant, between 16th street and Cham- plain avenue, is in a dangerous condition. No. 11 chemical engine was called to the house of Dr. J. Ford Thompson, on the Piney Branch road, last night about 11 o'clock, where there was a slight fire. A lamp placed too near a window curtain caused the conflagration, which did scarcely any damage. _———— PROPERTY OWNERS OBJECT. Protests Filed Prevent the Laying of a Water Matin. In order to protect property in the neigh- borhood of South Capitol street, between O and P streets southeast, the chief of the fire department recommended the laying of a water main along South Capitol street between O and P. Before laying this main the citizens and property owners in the vicinity were invited to confer with the Commissioners. The meeting was called tkis morning, and all the property owners were present. Mr. John E. Herrell said he had never opposed public improvements before, and would not oppose the one contemplated if the Commissioners would remove the gar- bage crematory and keep the garbage carts off the street. Otherwise, he was bitterly opposed to the water main. It would bene- fit no one, and the-argument that it was recessary as a protection against fire was not a good one, since there were but two houses on the block. And further, there Was no sewer, and water without sewer fa- cilities was no good. Those who entered protests were W. A. Richards, Jas. H. Richards, James Martin, Alfred Richards and Wm. Storey. The Commissioners ame ers decided not to lay the ———.—__ MR. SEWALL’S INSTRUCTIONS. Circumstances Under Which He Will Act in Hawaii. Officials of the State Department say that there is no foundation for the report that United States Minister Sewall at Honolulu has been instructed unconditionally to raise the American flag at Honolulu and declare Hawaii under the protection of the United States, further than that while the annex- ation treaty was pending in the Senate the minister was instructed to take the action indicated in the event of serious trouble or the commission of some overt act. The execution of these instructions was in no wise dependent upon the action or non-action of Congress on the annexa- tion treaty, but was merely to insure the maintenance of the status quo pending the final settlement of the annexation question. Similar instructions have been given to Admiral Miller, who is now on his way to a —_—__ Burglars and Sneak Thieves Active. Burglars visited the saloon of Charles Dietz, corner of 7th and F streets, last night and robbed two cash registers. 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