Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1897, Page 3

“THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY, avuGusr 16, 1897—12 SPECIAL NOTICES. HEBREW CONGREGATION — given that the funeral of our . Henry King, jr., will také place (Tuesday), Aug.” 17, at 3 p.m. are invited to utiend. By order of the OLPH ADLER, Secretary. It WISH TO EX- for their kind- death of their ; PARK CLUB. present EVENING neat ( WANTED—FOR ST. t¥'S ROMAN CATHOLIC Charch chotr: a competent tenor. For particulars apply to WILLIAM WALDECKER, Organist, Xo. 213 B E HEADQUARTERS FOR ‘S$ OF ALL KINDS, EST PRICES. CPP, 421 11TH<ST. completed ‘The their remodsling work — and as a re- builders have just sult we have the brightest, cleanest and best-equipped printing "establish- ment in Wasuingten With the in- creased facilities we can promise even + work —end the lowest of low Remeniver, too, we are always anl6-1 @ITUALISM_MRS. EFFIE MeNEIL, CLAIR- ant, busiusss ard test medium, wis Penna. fault Is YOUR HOUSE ACANT? We are finding tenants for others; why not yours? trial LATH PRICES WILT ADVAN 7 No more Latha at this “cut"’ price after this siipment is sold. A judicious pur- bles us to sell ood quality $2.05 1,000 from wharf, or $2. 1,006 from yard. As ihe lot is rapidly diminishing We advise plasterers to order "Phone 217. "Phone 551. Ist and Ind. ave. foot 4th ut. s.e. he . and Tillotse hb of Brown Brothers this day disseived by mut consent, Mr. Til- Jotson E. Brown retiring from the firm. The Business Will be hereafter conducted under the old firm name as Brown Bros. by . W. Brown as opris H t seamed by 2 W. Brown, and he will receive all claims due to the late fi CHAS. W Fm. ROWN. TIL . BROWN. Aug. 13, 1897. Thanking my friends for their past patronage to the late firm of Brown Bres., I request a con tinuance of the same under th aul3-3t* TILL: ALL PERKS Mt. Vernon and Mars! pany are requested to fo delay, to either of the w JAM ; HAVING CLAIMS A Hi Hall Steamboat Com- ward the same, without aul3-8t Re eS BARGAIN FOR MAC —T WILL CLos out 3 pes. of best “mildle-of-the-hide™” leather belting a cI 86 ft. 7 im, belting, Be. ft, 57 %.: 78 ft. 1S in. belting, 57¢. PEY, 1010 Pa. ave. au7-3m.6 PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND. The regular quarterly dividend (No. 9) at the rate of seven per cent per annum on the preferred apital stock of the American Graphophone Com- pany will be paid at the office of the company on August 16 to stockholders of record August ‘Transfer close August, 2 EASTON, President. LARK, DEA removed from: 5146 M st Washington, D. BRICKS.1F_ YOU SEED us and get our spectal dis- t delivery. We will save you jaz this special discount for IN BE AND TERRA au2-Im 1s] Cleveland Park recently? ¥eu should do #0. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE DISTRICT of Columbia.TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The commission created by section 2 of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1893, entitled “An act to provide # permanent system of high- ways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities." bas received from the Cormisstorers of the District of Columbia a cer- tified copy of a ap showing a proposed perma- nent system of highways In the District of Co- Iumbia within the area bounded by North Cap- iol street, Florida avenne, Eastern branch and the District line. This map and plats showing jn detail how coach lot and tract {is affected by ‘the proposed system of highways are now on ex- hibition in Room No. 9, 4th floor, of the District beiiding. All persons interested are invited to examize the map and plats. The commission will ccnsider any suggestion or protest concerning the lecation of any highway or portion of a highway as shown en the map. The suggestions and pro- tests rust be in writing and must set forth clearly the reasons for the changes. and show the property owned or controlled by the objector. AD protests, etc., must be submitted on or be- fore the FIRST of OCTOBER, 1897, and be ad- dressed to the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D.C. The com mission will meet OCTOBER FIFTEENT! at NINE O'CLOCK A.M, to thus support their written objections. R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. ©. N. BLISS, Secre- tary of the Interior. JOHN M. WILSON, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. fy12-15t—au9-15t Wave of prosperity here! Merchants should make ready for a busy fall and winter season. The new fall and winter goods* will ‘soon be crying for space in the windows. Have you room for them? If not let us put in larger window frents. Very low pri Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th. Gloss, Paints, Oils, Varrishes, Builders’ Hardware, € JUST COME AND LOC INE > exelusive, dressy, fall woolens which are aeriving. ‘They'll tempt you strongly to let us make the rew fall si We are “pioneers” in the fitting field. “Fit or no pay. Gatchel & Co. Pre... cos isTH or. +---E. F. Mudd J. Fred. Gatchel.. aulé- A Good Whisky aul3-10d Asrnsa Asp Carsern Cured by the ESPIC'S CIGA OR POWDER. ion, Suffocating, Coughs, Colds, Neuralgia, &c. Paris: J. ESPIC. 20 Rue St. Lazare. New York: FOUGERA, MILHAU. Sold by all chemists of America. is not harmful in its effects. On the contrary.it 1s a good tonic. The trouble is that so many doctored decoetions ‘are sold that people have bezun to believe that all whisky is bad. “Berkeley"* Rye is absolutely pure and braces in- stead of depressing. $1 a quart, at JAS. THARD'S, 812 F st. FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT. Capt. E. S. Ran Made Defendant in 2 Damage Suit. Walter P. Fowler, jr., through Attorney Tracy L. Jeffords, today sued Ephriam S. Randall, controllirg and running the steamer Samuel J. Pentz, claiming $10,000 dzmages because of an alleged assault. The plaintiff states that the 224 of last May he took passage on the boat here for a point between this city and River View, Md. While a passenger on the ‘steamer, so Mr. Fowler charges, the defendant violently seized him, beat, wounded, bruised, pushed and hauled him, and cast and threw him down into the vessel's hold, where, the plaintiff alleges, he was Imprisoned for about two hours. In consequence whereof, says Mr. Fowler, he was greatly and per- wanently injured and humiliated and ag- grieved in his feelirgs and reputation, be- sides suffering great pain of body and mind, and is now disabled and incapac- for the performance of manual labor. Infant Struck by a Car. Charles Fanning, two years old, whose Parents live at 717 4% street southwest, ap- yeared as principal in an exciting episode yesterday. He was on the street near his parents’ home and got in front of motor car No. 30 so suddenly that the car could not be stopped until the infant had been etruck. Fortunately for Charles there was a fender on the cur and he was given a short ride on tt without having to pay his fare. He was not injured. : o_o Rudolph Henai’s Will. Z The will of the late Rudolph Henni, who is said to have destroyed himself several NEED NEW BUILDING Views of the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Freedmen’s Hospital. SHOULD BE A MODEL INSTITUTION Opposed to Putting It Under Pri- vate Control. ANNUAL. REPORT SUBMITTED Dr. D. H. Williams, surgeon-in-chief of Freedmen’s Hospital, today made nis an- nual report to the Secretary of the In- terior for the last fiscal year, giving much interesting information regarding the con- dition and needs of the hospital. The re- pert says: “I deem it necessary at the outset to repeat the recommendation already twice submitted by me with reference to the need of new buildings for hospital pur- poses. This is, in my opinion, the most urgent present need of the hospital. It is absolutely impossible to render the best professional service to the public through the means of a hospital without the aid of, the best facilities for hospital work, and among these facilities, as experience has demonstrated, none are more “enecessary than are properly constructed wards, with proper means for easily controlling heat, light and ventilation. That the present buildings are inadequate and ill adapted to this kind of service will be apparent on the merest inspection. They are frame structures, built on the old army barracks plan more than thirty years ago, with no intercommunication or connection, and no means for properly regulating heat, light or ventilation. On an occasion of fire they would be a ready prey to the flames, and in an emergency it would be exceedingly difficult, if not altogether impossible, to re- move the sick and helpless from the wards before the flames devoured buildings and inmates. I would earnestly invite your most earnest attention to this condition at the hospital, because in it is involved per- haps an irreparable and unnecessary joss of human life. “I believe the government could build, equip and maintain on the present site substantial brick structures fully adapted to the needs of the hospital at a cost but little in excess of the amount now being expended in maintaining the ill-adapted frame structures in present use. Aside from the actual necessities of the case, an- other consideration upon which this recom- mendation is based, and one which is only second in importance to the first, lies in the fact that since Freedmen’s Hospital is the only institution of its kind under control of the government and managed by colored physicians, where the colored people are received without restriction and without embarrassments, it should be in a position to offer that race the best medical service that the profession can give. Coming from homes, as many of them do, that offer no comfort, no opposition to disease and no facilities for properly caring’ for the sick, it is but fair to them that they be accord- €d such facilities in this hospital as will afford them the best means of recovery from disease and sickness. Should Re a Model Hospital. “A third consideration is that this hos- pital is in a distinct sense a national in- stitution, and its location at the national capital should make it typical of all that is best and highest in the public mind to- ward this particular class of our fellow citi- zens. It should represent the best thought and best service of the colored physician. It should be in a large sense the public training school for the colored physiciau, sending him forth into the various com- munities richly endowed with practical ex- perience and fully prepared to meet the intricate requirements of his profession. Hospitals the world over are the real edu- cators of medical men. To meet this need this hospital should be modern in its archi- tecture and up to date in every feature of its construction. It should have the most approved appliances for handling the sick and the best facilities for treating disease. When thus equipped the hospital should make no apologies or offer any excuses tor any defects or shortcomings in its man- agement. “The government ond the people have a right to expect practical resuits in the con- duct of an institution like this, and with proper facilities at hand nothing less should be expected as satisfactory or reasonable. There should be no exception to the general rule in dealing with this institution, either cn the pert of the government or the hos- pital, end while under existing conditions the management of th2 hespitai Is given ever to colored physicians, it is neverthe- less true that these physicians should be held tc a strict accountability for the proper administration of the responsible trust confided to them, and it is equally imperative that to obtain the best results the best means should be placed at their disposal. “The past year’s experience has but add- ed to the proof of the practical utility of the change made in the hospital staff, with reference to the work assigned to the in- ternes. These officers, consisting of cap- able young graduates from the various medical schools of the country, have great- ly aided in the work of the hospital, re- lieving the surgeon-in-cnief of many lighter duties which would otherwise have demanded time greatly needed in the dis- charge of the executive affairs of the in- stitution. These young men have given faithful and efficient service, and form an indispensable aid in the work. urses’ Training School. “The training school for nurses, under the management of its efficient head, has rendered excellent service during the year in the care of the sick, and in looking after the wards. The system of instruction pre- viously adopted for this branch of the work has been pursued during the past year, and in May a class of young ladies was grad- vated from the school and sent out fully prepared to perform the duties of scien- tifically trained rurses. Adjunct to Howard University. “The hospital during the past year has endeavored more than ever to be an ad- junct of the Howard University Medical School (upon whose grounds the hospital is located), to the end that the said medical school might have enlarged facilities tor the practical instruction of its students in all the branches of medical and surgical practice. Clinics have been held at fre- quent regular intervals, and the medical, pharmaceutical and dental ‘students are privileged not only to attend,but to partici- pate in these clinics. During the year there have been 419 surgical operations of various kinds performed, including abdomi- nal, brain and thoracic, with a mortality of 2 per cent. Special attention is here called to one operation of special surgical interest, a Caesarian section, which was success- fully performed on a patient in the Freed- men’s Hospital on the 20th of June of the present year. This was the first operation of the kind ever performed in the Freed- men’s Hospital, and I am reliably informed that but one other such operation is known to have been successfully performed in the District of Columbia. Our subject was a dwarf forty-two inches tall and weighed seventy-two pounds. The infant delivered weighed seven pounds fourteen ounces, and was perfect in anatomical formation. The mother and child are both living and in good health. Facilities Needed. “Among the facilities needed to complete the outfit at the hospital are a pathological THE OFFICIAL I ey [or high and low barometer. bone WEATHER ;MAP. 1g fi ee tet atts EXYLANATORY NOTE: Goeervations taken-at 8 a.m., “5th meridian time. Solld lines are 1s0- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of.an inch. Dotted Unes are isotherms, or Mnes-of equal temperature, drawn for each ten-degrees. Shaded areas are Tegions whore rain or gpow. has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘Low’? show location of areas of Small arrows fly with the wind. COOLER TOMORROW. Partly Cloudy Followed by Fair Weather This Evening. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday: For the District of Columbia and Virginia, partly cloudy weather this evening, followed by fair; cooler Tuesday morning; westerly winds, becoming northwesterly. Weather conditions: The storm has mov- ed from upper Michigan to Ontario, in- creasing in intensity, causing rain over the whole country east of the Mississippi river. The pressure is high off the Atlantic and middle Pacific coasts, and a ridge of higa pressure extends from Arkansas to Assin- iboia. Cool northwesterly winds from this ridge have lowered the temperature over the whole country east of the Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys, except in the South Atlantic states, where it has re- mained stationary. For the twenty-four hours ending Sunday morning showers occurred in the upper Mississippi valley, the lake regions and south Atlantie’states. The following heavy inches) was reported: During the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday—Augusta, 1:01; Savannah, 2.00; Spartanburg, S.C., 1.94; St. George's, 3.90; Forrest, Ark., 2.80; Brownsville, ‘Tenn., 1.80. During the past twenty-four hours—Mar- quette, 1.28; Abilene, 1.18; Jacksonville, 1.18; Savannah, 1.18; Mobile, 1.24; Erie, 1.48. * Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 4:48 a.m. and high tide, 10:32 a.m. and 10:51 p.m. precipitation (in 2 p.m.; Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:31 a.m. and 5:19 p.m.; high tide, 11:12 a.m. and 11:32 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:14; sun sets, 6:53. Moon rises 8:34 p.m. today. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5: The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted’ by 8:01 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:24 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:46 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:39 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, $1; con- dition, 5. Recefving reservoir, temperaturc, 81; condition at north connection, 3; con- dition at south connection, 2. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at in- fluent gate house, 24; effluent gate house, 36. Up-River Water. The water in both rivers at Harper's Ferry was muddied somewhat by heavy rains Saturday. It was clearing this morning, however, and unless there is more rain it will be clear in a few days. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: August 15-4 p.m., 88; 8 p.m., 72; mid- night, 74. August 16—4 a.m., 73; 8 a.m., 76; 12 m., 85, and 2 p.m., 86. Maximum, 8&8 at 1 p.m., August 16; min- imum, 90, at 9 a.m., August 15. laboratory, and an additional operating room, then contact infection could be ab- solutely controlled. .There should also be put in a telephonic communication between the main office and the wards, as these are now scattered about the grounds, and in emergencies much valuable time is lost in communicating with the officers within the hospital, and officials in the city who have business frequently in the hospital. Tele- phonic communications should also be put in between the ambulance building and the police headquarters, so that calls could be made direct to the driver in the ambu- lance house. These conveniences, when at hand, often save a human life, or in some way turn the point in an emergency, and the cost would be a trifle compared with the valuable service performed. “It is believed that the various changes in the methods pursued at the hospital have given the institution a more adyan- tageous position before the community. The idea of being cared for at the Freed- men’s Hospital seems to have lost some of its repulsiveness with the better class of people, and this class seems more and more to appreciate the fact that as our facilities and methods improve, the dis- tinction between this institution and sim- ilar ones in the District disappear cor- respondingly. This is the test of public approval of a policy of liberality toward the hospital. The demand for admission to the hospitai, from the most intelligent of our citizeas, those who are willing and able to pay for medical and surgical serv- ice, has been very large—as much as eight thousand dollars could have been collect- ed from patients, for such attention as they wanted and would have willirgly paid for. The expense of conducting the hospital would not have been increased, and the amount received from these pa- tients could have gone toward the sup- rt of the hospital or form a nucleys of a building fund. I recommend that some provision be made for pay patients. Should Be Under Federal Control. “As already stated the hospital is a na- tional institution, and as such should be kept under control of national officers, who are responsible directly to the national gov- ernment, and should not be put under the authority of private parties, whether mas- querading under the guise of a corpora- tion or openly asserting a personal prerog- ative. This observation is elicited by :he renewal during the past year of the ef- forts on the part of some person in this city to induce Congress to take the over- sight and management of the hospital out of the hands of the Department of the Interior and place this authority in the hands of an incorporated body of private citizens, acting on their own responsibility. “They offer to the government no relief from the duty of providing all the funds necessary to run the hospital, but they are ready to take charge of affairs, including the government funds, and set up a sort of autocracy of their own. This proposition was made without reason and defended without logic, and doubtless will be treat- ed as it deserves to be at the hands of the netional legislators. “Since my last annual report, the em- ployes of this hospital, professional and industrial, have been placed under the civil service law, and I believe that the change tends to promote the efficiency of the work dcne by the employes. Those on the roll new have given faithful and competent ser- vice, and with the record maintained, the present force will prove sufficient for pres- ent needs. I cannot close this report with- out acknowledging my obligations to the several officials, both at the departments and at the Commissioners’ office, with whom I have had official relaticns, for their uniform kindness and promptness in dispatching the business presented to them by me, and thus aiding materially in the conduct of affairs of this hospital.” A tabulated statement is submitted with the report showing the number and char- acter of cases treated at the hospital dur- ing the year, and such other statistical data as will be needed to complete the offi- cial records of the hospital. _———— TO ARMOR THE WISCONSIN. The Union Iron Works of ’Frisco Ac- cept the Departments Terms. A telegram was received at the Navy Department Saturday from the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, accepting the department’s terms for the diagonal armor for bulkheads for the battle ship Wiscon- sin, now under construction at their ship yard. The arrangements for the supply of this structural armor are fhe same as were made recently with the Cramps in the case of the battle ship Alabama, being at the rate of $300 a ton, which is the maximum rate allowed by law. Nothing has yet been heard from the Newport Se for the ipattle ship under construction at their yard. * SS » Naval Orders. Assistant Surgeon F. L. Pleadwell, from the Texas to the Nashville; Assistant Sur- geon W. M. Wheeler, from the Oregon to the Marietta; Chief Engineer P. R. Free- man, from the bureau of steam engineer- ing to the Nashville; Passed Assistant En- c. N. '. the Columbian ee hE ant Engineer W. H. Chambers, from the —_——_-e To Be Examined for Promotion, The following named officers have been ordered to examination for promotion: Capt. Wm. H. Boyle, 2ist Infantry; First ieuts. Jas. H.. Watson, 10th’ Cavalry; Percy E. Trippé, 10th Cavairy, and sone Fuller, 24 Cavalry, and Lieut. Wm. E? NAVAL MILITIA. Mr. Roosevelt Thinking of Assigning a Vessel to Its Exclusive Use. Acting Secretary Roosevelt is consider- ing the advisability of assigning a naval vesse! to the exclusive use of the naval militia of the country..He considers the naval reserves a mé¥t valuable adjunct to the regular naval establishment, and that better means shouldbe provided for their instruction in the ts 6f naval warfare. His recent inspection of the militia con- vinced him of the pecegsity for a radical change in the present methods of drills and exercises in order to render the men more efficient in the duties that would devolve upon them in the event, of war. He has outlined a plan whereby a vessel of the gunboat class will" be ‘ssigned to work with the reserves, ''spepding the winter months with the southegn bedies and the summer with the nogthern, thus giving all organizations ample chance to secure the benefits of training,on modern vessels of wer. As the dutiesof ihe militia in war time will be in harbor work and on auxil- lary cruisers, such as the swift liners in the Atlantic trade, it 1s urged that a vessel cerrying the same armamenj, that ships of lethis class woutd have should te senses This will not be difficult, owing to the num. ber of ships now available of the type de- sired. The vessel for this duty is to be of light draught in order that she may ascend the shallow rivers on the southern coast and can be readily hi toate ly handled in narrow wa- ye Bids for Stecl Gun Forgings. Bids were opened at the Navy Depart- ment this afternoon for steel gun forgings. The Midvale Steel Company made the fol- Icwing bid: Six sets. 6-inch, 26% cents per pound; 25 sets 5-inch, 26% cents per pound; 15 sets 4-inch, 25% cents per pound. ; The Bethlehem Iron Co: reconstructed Hartford.’ eo —__ Bank Dividends Declared. The controller of the currenc: 5 y has de- clared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks, as follows: Second dividend, 25 per cent, creditors of the Sumner National Bank of Wellington, pee: third dividend, 10 per cent, the creditors of the Humboldt First National Bank of Humboldt, Kansas; third ‘divi- dend, 10 per cent, creditors of the Marine National Bank of Duluth, Minn.; fifth divi- dend, 5 per cent, creditors of the American National Bank of Arkansas City, Kansas; sixth dividend, 5 per cent, creditors of the Stock Growers’ National pares nal Bank of Miles ————_-e-________ For Sale and Division. Minnie S. Bowie, through her attorneys, Messrs. T. A. and Wilton J. Lambert, to- day filed suit against William E. Russell for partition of the eastern part of lot 4, Square 558, improved by a two-story dwell- ing. The bill states that complainant and defendant are tenants in common of the property and each entitled to a one-half interest therein; that the property is in- capable of being divided equally between them, and she prays for a decree for sale, and the appointment of trustees to convey title and make distribution of the funds. Z —_— Cannot Muzzle the Dogs. The attorney for the District, in a lengthy opinion to. the Commissioners, has decided they are without authority to make regulations in accordance with the recom- mendations of the ‘Yeterinary Society for .the muzzling of dogs, : para, ..cil. Faved _ Intoxication. Ne Excuse. Frank Sackett, colored; was today sent to jail for three mogths-by Judge Kimball for assaulting and ;kicking Officer L. 8. Collins, and also finesk $5<for disorderly con- duct. Sackett-claimedsthat he was so drunk at the time efthevoccurrence as not to know what he was*deing. Judge Kim- ball said intoxicatiea. was no excuse for crime, 20 Be —_——— Not Under Assgecinted Charities. Mrs. Sarah 8. Fuller; Secretary of the Associated Charities,,sgys that the Diet Kitchen has nothing,tordo with the latter organization, and is independent of any other society. Dresi- dent of the Was! jet. chen is Mrs. Senator Th of Nebraska, ‘Whereabouts of the Warships. - The Monongahela--has arrived at Lynn Haven bay; the’ Monocacy--has salleq from Shanghai for Monocaeo; the Castine, from | New York for Newport; the Montgomery, from Shi Pensacola; 9 —————_—-2-___—_ Will Play for the G. A. RB. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn has = Buffalo from Sackett’s Harbor to asdet annual meeting Sunday, elected the following officers: Harry Her- FACTS ESTABLISHED Agreement by Counsel for Wedder- ~ burn and the Government. SAVING OF MUCH TIME EFFECTED Propositions Regarding Inventions Not Patentable. AWARDING THE MEDALS ——_+-_—_. The stipulations between counsel for John Wedderburn & Co. and the govern- ment as to the facts in certain cases re- garding which oral testimony was not taken during the recent investigation be- fore Assistant Commissioner of Patents Greeley Were signed teday by the par- ties in interest. To have taken testimony to establish the facts embodied ‘in these cases would have consumed nearly a month, which time has been saved by the agreement between counsel. The stipulations set fcrth the form of letters that were sent to inventors in cer- tain cases, and cover fourteen pages of typewritten matter. Counsel for Wedderburn & Co. admit that a letter was sent to clients in nine cases which it is believed involved inven- tions which were not patentable, a para- graph of this letter reading: “Please remit $20 to cover the first gov- ernment fee of $15 and $5, the cost of one sheet of official drawing, and upon the receipt of this amount we will prepare the necessary application papers and send them to you for approval and execution.” The references found in these cases were sent along with the letter. In thirty cases a letter was sent to the clients, as admitted by counsel on both sides in the stipulation, in which Wedder- burn & Co. told the inventor they would immediately prepare application papers to “broadiy cover” the device, and the in- ventor was told that his invention would be entered in the competition for the monthly award of prizes. Mr. Bond of Wedderburn & Co. when on the stand ad- mitted that in nearly every one of these cases the invention was not patentable. It is also stipulated that in ten cases let- ters giving the value cf “a successful de- vice of this nature if patented immediately and properly handled” would net the owner not less than a certain amount; in nearly all of such cases the devices are admitied- ly unpatentable. Awarding the Medals. In twenty cases silver medals were sent after the report of the result of the search, and before the first fee of $20 was paid, in six of which cases anticipating references had been cited in the letter reporting the result of the search. In seventeen cases the silver medal was sent from one to thirty-four days after the first fee of $20 was paid, and before the payment of the balance of the fees. In fifteen cases the silver medal was cent after the balance of the fees. In two cases the medal was sent after a part of the balance of fees had been paid and the remainder had been ask- ed for, but not paid. In seven cases the medal was sent a considerable time after the balance of fees had been paid, but in four of these cases letters from Wedder- burn & Co. relating to advertising the in- ventions of their clients for sale had been sent, but the applicants had not sent on the fees for such advertising at the time. In three of these cases letters relating to taking out foreign patents had been writ- ten, but the applicants had not sent on the fees for that purpose at the time the med- al was sent. These cases will be cited by counsel for the government to show that the medals were used as a means of urg- ing the inventor to go ahead with his case. “Write-Ups.” A large number of cases are cited in which “write-up” propositions were ac- cepted, the inventor having a sketch of his life and his picture inserted in the Na- tional Recorder at a cost of, $5. In twenty-one cases $25 was asked for with the return of the signed application papers and was paid, although only $20 was then due, as shown by letters from Wedderburn & Co. In eleven cases the $25 was called for but not paid, Wedder- burn & Co. admitting, when attention was called to the fact, that $25 was called for by mistake and only $20 was due. In two cases in which Wedderburn & Co. offered to sell inventions it is agreed be- tween counsel that anticipating references had been cited, in which cases the fee of $20 for advertising was paid by the in- ventor. In twelve cases the sale offer was made and $20 for advertising called for af- ter the application had been rejected by the patent cffice. In ten-cases Wedderburn & Co. wrote their clients that “we deem it our duty to suggest to you the advisability of taking out patents on your invention in Canada and Great Britain at least’ after the appli- cations for said patents had been rejected by the United States patent office. In three of these crses this letter was sent after the application had received a second but not final rejection from the patent office. Advised to Appeal. Wedderburn & Co. advised their clients in thirty-three cases to appeal to the board of examiners and chiefs at a cost of $25, after final rejection of claims. In seven of these cases this appeal fee was paid, the appeal taken and the decision of the ex- amirer was affirmed. In two cases a previous application by Wedderburn & Co. for the same inveniion had been rejected shortly before the pre- liminary search was made. The case of Wedderburn & Co. will be argued before the assistant commissioner of patents August 30. ee Arrested for Burglary. Detective Lacy arrested a young colorea man named William Dorsey this afternoon and locked him up on a‘charge of burglary. It is alleged that several nights ago the defendant entered Robert Hawkins’ barber shop, at No. 1217 7th street, and stole eight razors and two pairs of clippers. Detec- tive Lacy has recovered the stolen property from places where the defendant had sold the different pieces. He says he disposed of them to another young man. The case wiil be heard in court tomorrow. —._—_. Fish and Fruit Supply. Last week's recetpts at the river front included 7,293 bunches of fish, 2,120 Spanish mackerel, 51 porgies, 14 sturgeon, 200 bushels of oysters, 137,000 clams, 34,400 crabs, 60,500 cantaloupes and 51,600 water- melons. and 500 watermelons. Election of Club Officers, The Violet Outing Club held its second August 15, and INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BUSTNFSS CHAD CITY ITEMS. COMMTSSIO™ COUNTRY BOARD..... OOUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS Page 4 Page 10 Page 4 Pettitt FINANCIAL. FOREIGN POST. SERVICE. FOR KENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Hats) FOR RENT (Honses). FOR RENT (liscellaneous) FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Honses) FOR SALE (Lots)... HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS TCE ttt) eee ee ee ee ee ee ee i rs 2 a i ig LCOAL MENTION MARRIAGES, MEDICAL MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. OCEAN TRAVEL. FIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS SPECIAL Ni STORAGE... SUMMER RESORTS. SUBURBAN PROPER’ TABLE boaRp. UNDERTAKERS . WANTED diclp). WANTED (Honses)..... WANTED (Lots) WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Situations) CONDENSEDLOCALS Mrs. Eugene Gott is seriously typhoid fever. The shade trees on both sides of 10th street. southeast between Pennsylvania and North Carolina avenues, the police report, need trimming. Nathaniel and Charles Bailey, colored children, three and six years old, respect- ively, were lost near 14th and P streets Sat- urday. They were found by the police and resipred to their parents, in Long’s alley. Harry Mattingly, a young man who lives at Brightwood, called at the second pre- cinet police station Saturday night and complained that he had been “held up” by several colored men and robbed. The af- fair is said to have happened about 11:30 oclock near 7th and P streets. Mattingly claims to have been robbed of a pair of trousers and a new hat. The collapse of a coal platform near the gas works, in Southeast Washington, terday, resulted in the injury of E Carroll, colored, who was pushing a cos car at the time. Fellow laborers rescued him and he was taken to Providence Hos- pital. He was severely injured about the bedy and may have received internal in- juries. Police Lieut. Amiss of the first precinct is spending a couple of weeks at Fauquier White Sulphur Springs. Mr. Frank Wollard and wife are spending @ month at Walker's, near Herndon, Va. Edward Buchanan, thirteen years old, was arrested by Policeman Shipley yester- day afteraoon as a fugitive from his par- ents, He was turned over to his mother, Lizzie Buchanan, on whose complaint the arrest was mede. Broken pavements in front of No. 36 Defrees street and #01 Ist street northwest, respectively, were complained of by the Police today. The pumps at Floriday avenue and 12th street, New York avenue between 6th and 7th streets and on 11th street southeast be- tween C and I streets were reported by the police today as out of repair. Dippers have disappeared from the pumps at 4th street and South Carolina avenue scutheast and 3d and L streets northwest. The hydrant at Pennsylvania avenue and 15th street is out of repair. er THE UNUSED RAILROAD TRACKS. il with Petition for Their Removal From New York Avenue. The Commissioners have received a peu- tion from citizens residing on New York | avenue, between 5th and 7th streets norih- west, requesting the removal of the aban- dened tracks of the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railroad Company on said avenue. Inspector Bradshaw, the petition, says: “It is matter susceptible of easy proof that the tracks in question have been in a state of abandonment, by reason of non- use, so that by proper proceedings insti- tuted through the Attorney General, from length of time, at least, would subject the company to a forfeiture of its right to cnerate them. 5 “They have not been used since the en- forced removal of the overhead trolle: frcm New York avenue, in the fall of 189 In view of this, in that they fail of their primary object in facilitating the use of the sireet, it would seem that the facts should be laid before the Attorney Gen- eral with a view, at least, of compelling the railroad company to discharge the du- ties imposed upon it.” The case is now in the hands of the attcrney for the District. — Mad Dog Killed. A mad dog caused considerable excite- ment in the vicinity of 6th street and Rhode Island avenue shortly before 10 o'clock this n.orning. A half brick thrown by a colored lad. stunned the dog, prob- ably saving two little girls who were di- rectly in its path. After a long chase, in which bricks and other missiles caused some little damage to neighboring win- dews, the dog was overcome and beaten to Geath with an iron bar. serbian in passing upon Twenty Dollars for Assault. Julius Dean admitted that, without any actual provocation, about a month ago, he struck Lewis S. Hayes three times in the face, and Judge Kimball fined him $20. Dean attempted to excuse himself cn the ground tnat Hayes was said to have spoken disrespectfully of two ‘ady fSends of nis and.that he considered that that gave him a right to hit Hayes. —»——__ Mollie Scott on Tria! Mollie Scott, a middle-aged white woman, was on trial this afternoon in the Police Court, before Judge Kimball, for keeping a disorderly house on Delaware avenue southwest. The hearing had not been con- ciuded up to a late hour. —_——_—_ Glass Eye Industry. From the Ohio State Journal. It is stated on German authority that the astounding number of 2,000,000 glass eyes are made every year in Germany and Switzerland, while one French house man- ufactures 300,000 of them annually. The prpil is made of colored glass, and some- times red lines are painted on the inner surface to simulate the veins. Thi Page 5] SOCSPOOCSOOCCCCOSCCECO COO ES Page 12 FINANCIAL. Oe The Corner Stone’ of Wealth oe —is laid in your first purchase of real estate. If you want borrow money to birild house this company will you a loan at 6 per « terest without extra coamis- sions and brokers’ charges yIneNTR can be made at -=% $1,000 Jeaned on each Shares, $2.50 each, Part Equitable Co-operative Building Association 1003 F St. 3 THOMAS SOMERVILLE. . 3 JOHN JOY EDs asen t Slee * 3 ° resident 09999990 9759000O960080 99 O04 PLE LIS SPO I POEL Alaska-Klondyke Gold Mining Company, 96 BROADWAY AND 6 WALL ST. NEW YORK. Capital Stock, $5,000,000. Shares, $10 each. 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