Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1897-10 P is. —— SPECIAL NOTICES. 4 GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF the Prall Engine and Power Company will Te held at 51 West 12th st.. New York city, on WEDNESDAY, Angust 25, 1897, at 2 o'clock p.m., to elect new directors and reduce the capital stock. By order of the undersigned, stockholders. E. €, PRALL, W. EB. PRALL, Ir. ae : Te ScoTIRH RITE CATHEDRAL — ROBERT DE Brace Council, K.H.—A cial meeting will be held oa THURSDAY, foth August, 1807, at. 7:30 a atias, 1, CALDWELL. 32d Deg., acting Commander. WM. OSCAR ROOME, #3d Deg., Retorder. ATE RIENDS pectfally announce that Mr. is no longer under my empio HAS. E. HODGRIN, 93: ft. 12-in. JOHN B. ESPEY A SYNDICA NOW FO G TO 5S A ‘expedition to Aiaska to work claims already lo- cated, which slelded $14,000 In thirteen ass, has re stil ‘a few shares untaken. Those interested write at once. “RARE OPPORTUNT’ 14, Atlantic building. STOCK 3 A meeting of the stockholders of the American Graphophone Company will be held at Mountain View Hotel, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, on THURSDAY, September 2, 1807, at 1:30 p.m., for the purpose of considering a resolution to in- crease the preferred capital stoek of the company. ler of the directors. iether E. D. EASTON, President. PAUL H. CROMELIN, Secretary. ‘aull-lawit LATHS, $2.06 1,000 Plasterers from all points LATHS, $2.05 1/000 of the city have congregated LATHS, $2.0 0) at our wharves and yard to secure their share of | this great lath purchase. $2.05 » 1,000 from wharf and $2.25 ) 1,000 from yard are the price MazDets. 1st and Ind. ave. ? "Phone 217. "Puone 551. EFFIE McNEIL. CLAIR- voyant, business ard test medium, 1914 Penna. ave. ault-Gt BRICKS.—1F YOU NEED see us and get our special dis- delivery. We will xave you count for count’ for money by on this special disc Anzust. WASHINGTON BRICK AND TERIA CORT CO., Joth and F sts. nw. au2-Lm HAVE YOU VISITED Cleveland Perk recently? You should do so. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE DISTRICT ‘of Columbia.—TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ‘The commission created by section 2 of the act of Conzress, approved March 2, 1833, entitled “An act to provide a permanent’ system of hi ways in that part of the District of Colum Ising outside of cities.” bas received from the meiissiorers of the District of ColumMia a cer- tified copy of a wap showing a proj perma- nent. syetem of highways Inthe District of Co- lumbia within the area bounded by North Cap- {tot street, Florida avenue, Eastern branch and the District iine. This map and plats showing in detail how lot and tract is affected by the proposed cystem of highways are now on ex- hibition in Room No. 9. 4th floor, of the District beilding. All persons interested’ are invited to exzmire the map and plats. The commission will ccusider any suggestion or protest concerning the Iecation of any highway or pertion of a highway as shown on the map. The suzgestions and pro- tests rust pe in writing and must set forth clearly the reasons for the changes. and show the pronerty owned or controlled by the objector. AL! protests. ete., must be submitted on or be- fore the FIRST of OCTOBER, 1807, and be ad- ressed to the Chief ef Encineers, U. War Department, mission wili_ meet SINE €°CLOC! Everything That Comes Under The Head Of Stationery and Office Supplies—Is Here. Lowest Prices—Always. Easton & Rupp, 421 1ithSt. POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. Lad auls-14d auls, “T never disaj it pon Consult a lawyer! eo BYRON s. ADAMS ani 1d August is the Last dull month —before the busy fall season sets in. to display Are the new goods to tt moderate. Chas. E. ts, Oils, Varrishes, a ete. aulS-16d Tharp’s Pure “‘Rerkeley’’ Whisky cannot be impre upon. he de- Lightful mellowness of its taste, its absolute purity, its strength ‘and quality, all tend to give it first place in the’ estimation of connoisseurs. ‘Though the price is low the quality JAS. THARP, S12 F auit- is undoubted. street. A GOOD YEAR AT HOWAR President Rankin Submits His Annual Re- port. President Rankin of Howard University has submitted his annual report for the year ended June 30, 1897, to the Secretary of the Interior. The report says: “The year has been one of entire har- mony and progress, and we have tried in ali respects to conform to the legislation of ngress as to the expenditures of the money granted. “In all the departments the students have aggregated 598, being only a slight variation from last year, though most schools in the country have felt the effect of the business depression prevalent in the coun from the government, students are unusually largely escaped. “Our ctedents are of both sexes, and have come from thirty-four different states and territories, besides Africa, Canada, Ccrea, Honduras, Japan and the West In- dies. Though the act of incorporation con- templated an agricultural department, the is the first in which one has been y- As our support comes so largely this, though our poor, we have ly organized, instruction having been giver according to the ‘First Prin- ciples of Agriculture,’ by Prof. E. B. Voor- New Jersey. The secure land for a pr: * farm, it being thought possible :o gather up from the District many boys who might otherwise fall into habits of indo’ence and crime. “The attention of the honorable Seeré- tary is ealled to the fact that the Distri of Columbia kas never participated in t benefits of the act of Congress by which agricultural colleges in other portions of the country have been endowed by Cor gress; and the trustees raise the inqui why Howard University may not legiti- mately be the recipient of this benefit. If this were done it would help us at once to sricultural plant for a practice farm. “During the last year the buildings were injured to the extent of more than $1,000 by a severe storm, and for needed repairs the university expended $2,300 beyond the 00 granted for that purpose by Con- er 1 would respectfully request that as this sum has been drawn from our perma- nent endowments, a sum sufficient to cover it be added to this year’s appropriation for repairs. For the fitting. up of a practice room for our normal department, which the trustees contemplate doing. the pres- ent year, I respectfully ask not to exceed $se0. This would be expended in seats and other furniture and appliances suitable for such a room,” A report of receipts and expenses of Howard University accompanies the re- port. The total receipts and expenses amounted to $42,723.85. ———+ e+ __. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer, hees of Rutgers College, tru would gladiy < e 1 a on Se eee aaa sere nsiontnsiacis cases ne antennas S. Army. Washington. D.C. The com- i OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, 1897. Y K A. . in the office of the Seerctary of War, to d'spase of all objections, and will then Lear orally from these who desire to thue A R. a c. = . chi see d by rT Ufa os then “Fit or ne pay” s 0. Drapers and Tailors, Gatchel & Co., iis Wine PASSED A HARD TEST}. Successful Candidates for Law Olerk- ships. SEVERE TREASURY EXAMINATIONS Onty Eight Out of Over Twenty Had the Required Percentage. RESULT OF THE COMPETITION . When Secretary Gage entered upon his duties, he and Assistant Secretary Vander- lip made inquiries as to the status of per- sons holdirg the positions of law clerk in the department, and it was soon found that many had never been examined; that some were not even lawyers. This was corrected at once by examinations, reduc- tions and transfers. Former Chief Clerk J. W. Nichol was removed and W. W. Warwick was appointed temporarily to fill the place. Secretary Gage, after con- sultation with Mr. Vanderlip, determined to have a competitive examination to fill the vacancy and at the same time to ob- tain an eligible register from which to se- lect law cierks for the treasury in the future. The examination was held August 2 and 3. by the Treasury Department. The ques- tions were prepared by Assistant Control- ler Bowers, and were purposely made very Gifticult, covering as much territory as Possible. There were forty questions in all, and the requirements were of the strictest character, designed to show the abilities ar applicants as lawyers of high stand- The Successful Candidates. Over twenty bright lawyers entered the examination. The report, of the committee was made today, and the resu!t shows that the following secured beyond the required general average of 80: W. W. Warwick, E. H. Peery, N. H. Thompson, Chas. E. Mc- Nabb, J. D. Terrill, J. L. Summers, C: J. Kellogg and A. C. McDonald. Mr. War- wick stood at the head of the list, making a general average of 92, Mr. Peery being next with 91%, The examination is said to have been the most famous in tke history of the Treas- ury Department. It at least excited gen- eral interest, and congratulations are being PS on the successful candidates to- As a result of the com wick’s promotion to chief law clerk, at $2,500 a year. The promotion of Mr. Peery and others will follow at once. Below will be found brief sketches of the lives of the successful candidates: W. W. Warwick. Walter W. Warwick was born in Scioto county, Ohio, March 1, 1868. He was a son of Captain N. R. Warwick (91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry). He removed to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1874, and was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati. He had several years’ experience in the railway passenger service of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. He then studied law and received the degree of LL. B. at the Cincinnati Law School in 1890. He was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of Ohio in May, 1890. He engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati until Septem- ber, 1893, and was for one year private secretary to William H. Taft, United States circuit judge. He accepted the appoint- ment as confidential clerk to First Con- troller Bowler September, 18% moted to law clerk December, 1896. He received the degree of master of laws, Co- lumbian University law department, in 1895. E. H. Peery. Edwin H. Peery was born in Grundy county, Missouri; educated at Grand River College, Edinburg, Mo., and at the Mis- souri State University, where he took the degree of bachelor of laws in 1881. At the age of twenty-one he went to California, and there engaged for a number of years in teaching. While there he was admitted to practice law before the supreme court of California, in 1882, and entered upon the practice of that profession. He located in Portland, Ore., in 1886. In September, 1894, he was appointed toa position on the board of examiners in the United States civil service commission, which place he retained until selected to be confidential clerk in the office of the assistant con- troller of the treasury, in July, 1895. Since coming to Washington he has taken the degree of master of laws in the Columbian University of this city, and was in 1897 admitted to practice before the Supremé Court of the United States. N. H., Thompson, Mr. N. H. Thompson is a fourth-class clerk in the office of the auditor for the Treasury Department, and has been em- ployed in the accounting offices over twen- ty-five years. He is a resident of Albion, Mich., born in Michigan, and was educated at the Albion College. He afterward grad- uated in law and was admitted to the bar. His legal knowledge has been employed for many years in the preparation of opin- fons upon questions of law arising in the accounting offices, whi have been for- mulated as decisions, and have saved many thousands of dollars to the treasury. He has also given extensive study to the organization of the accounting offices and their methods of doing business, having in 1892 proposed a consolidation of those of- fices into a unified system, with a single controller at their head. His proposition was subsequently carried out in 2 modified form by what is known as the Dockery act. Mr. Thompson thinks that some serious mistakes were made by that act, which impair the safeguards of the treas- ury, and he has suggested certain modifi- cations of its provisions, which are now being considered. Chas. E. McNabb. Chas. E. McNabb is now a clerk of class 4, $1,800, in the bookkeeping division, office of the treasurer of the United States. He was bor: in Baltimore, Md., in 1861, and entered the Treasury Department in 1873 as a messenger; was subsequently employ- ed in the bureau of engraving and print- ing, and w2s transferred to the treasurer’s office. In 1892, under the competitive ex- amining system of Secretary Foster, he attained a general average of 94.75 for a clerkship of class 4. By study as a private student he acquired many accomplish- ments; is a graduate from the law depart- ment of the Columbian University of Weshington, D.C.; is not now engaged on jaw work, but wil! soon be assigned to it. Todd D. Terrill. J. D. Terrill was born and brought up on a farm in Plymouth, Mich.; educated in the common schools and at the academies at Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Mich.; entered the Union army as a private in the 1st Mickigan Cavalry; received a gunshot wound at second Bull Run, causing the amputation of right arm; was twice elected collector of taxes of his township; was ap- peinted first-class clerk in second con- treller’s office April 8, 1861; worked his way up through intermediate grades to be chief of division, which position he held until 1888, when ke was reduced to third- class clerk. On the reorganization of the Treas‘ ry Department in 1894 he was trans- ferred to the office of the controller of the SPSSSPOLSSSSHTOHOOSOSOES IONS AYER’S Sarsaparilla Is the original Sarsaparilla, the standard of the world. Others have imitated the remedy. They can't imitate the record: 50 Years of Cures. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER aMAP, - 3a ot a Batis i atl et BURT EXPLANATORY NOTS: Gbservations taken at $ a.m., “5th meridian time. Solid lines are 1s0- bars, or lices of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of eqcal 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 fy with the wind, PARTLY CLOUDY. puene gate house, 10; effluent gate house, Weather Indications for Tonight and ‘Tomorrow. - Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland’ and Virginia, partly cloudy weather tonight and Thursday; variable winds. Up-River Water. Reports from Harper’s Ferry this morn- ing are to the effect that the water is cloudy in the Potomac and clearing in the Shenandoah. Tide Table. 5 Today—Low tide, 6:15 a.m. and 5:38 p.m.; high tide, 11:49 a.m. A ridge of high pressure extends from Florida to Assiniboia. The pressure is ‘ow in Ontario. Rain bas fallen in the lake regions, the | P-™-i high tide, 12:14 a.m. and 12:28 p.m. middle and south Atlantic coasts, the gulf The Sun and Moon. states, lower Missouri valley and on the} Today—Sun rises, 5:16 a.m.; sun gets, 6:50 middle slope. p.m. The temperature has remained stationary in_all districts. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: Moon rises, 9:28 p.m, today. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:17 a.m. The City Lights. During the st twenty-four hours— Ges lamps all lighted by 7:58 p.m.; ex- Vicksburg, 3. (bene annate 1.00; Mobile, | tinguishing begun at 4:26 a.m. The lighting 2s Amite, La. 44; Brockhaven, Miss., | is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:43 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:41 a.m. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were tke readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginnng at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: August 17-4 p.m., 80; 8 p.m., 70; mid- night, 68. August 18-4 a.m., 67; 8 a.m., 67; 12 m., 77, and 2 p.m., 78. Maximum, 80, at_5 p.m., August 17; min- imum, 66, at 6 a.m., August 18. 1. Cheneyville, La., 1.60; Natches, Miss.. 00; Port Gibson, Miss. 1.84; 2.04; Huntsville, Ala., 1.54; Kerrville, Tex. 1.74; Jackson, Ala., 2.00; Lake, Miss., 1.24; Port Eads, 1.18; Sydney, 1.08. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi- tion, 7. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at north connection, 5; condi- tion at south connection, 3. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in- | trepsucy, and is now fourth-class clerk in sald office. i He studied law at the Columbian Univer- sity of Washington, D.C., from which he graduated in 18 and wes admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbio. John L. Summers. Summers was born in Tennessee He entered the Treasury Depart- by Both in Evidence Last Night in Brightwood Park. Brightwood Park was enlivened last night by light and logic, the former having been supplied by the new street lamps re- cently erected by order-of the Commission- ers, and the latter. by the members of the newly organized Citizens’ Association, which met at the residence ef Mr. John W. | John L. in 18 ment after a competitive examination the civil service Cann in ae a Keene on Fiint street: 2 $1,200. Is now employed in the office The meeting was called tp order by. the the auditor fcr the War Department at Paes $1,400, he having won his promotion by a competitive examination under the Foster ge of 93.08, with a gen- @ few «well-timed remarks’ ccngratulated plen with an av é eral rage of 93.08. He is a studious and | ent, as well as the great’ interest being anlar clerics manifested, after which hé invited persons Chas. J. Kellogg. Charles J. Kellogg is a native of New Orleans, La., appointed from Louisiana as the result of a competitive civil service ex- amination, and entered the service August 80, 1890. A+ present the is employed in the Givision of Indian affairs, office of the au- ditor of the treasury for the Interior De- partment. He bas been promoted since his appointment, and at the present writing he holds an important position in the second auditor's cffice. After his office work was e took up the study of law and at- classes at the National University Law ncol in Washington. He graduated with honors as bachelor of iaws in the Na- tional University, Washington, June 4, 1894. present who had not yet signed the roll to come forward. The following names were added: C. A. Devers, E. EU. Tolson,’ Fred Grimi, Giles Pitt, Frank J, Metcalf, J. C. Ciifferd, R. B. Blundon, EE. Gist, Wm. E, G. Widmayer and Samudl T. Harding. The repcrt of the committee on constitu- tion being called for, a well-prepared docu- rent was preserted, built on the lines laid down. in the instructions givén by the asso- ciation at its former meeting. After hay- ing been read, it was debated, amended and adopted by sections, ‘The committee on hall reported, through Mr. W. R. Reynolds, its chairman, that Felter’s Hall had been secured for the fu- ture mectings of the association, which will be held cn the first Tuesday ‘evening in each month, the next one occurring Sep- tember 7. The president was authorized to call special meetings on the request of five members. After the consideration of other routine and minor matters, the subject of park im- Trovements was taken up and ably dis- cussed by Messrs. Tolzon, Detwiler, Beck, Sands, Martin, Clayton and others. ‘It was unanimously agreed that a most pressing Allen C. McDonald. Allen C. McDonald was born near Laura, Miami county, Ohio, and is twenty-seven years of age; he began teaching in the common schools in Ohio at seventeen, then went to Richmond, Ind., where he was with a manufacturing firm as stenographer and typewriter; took the civil service examina- tion at Indianapolis, Ind., in November, 1893, and was appointed to a departmental position in this city in 1894; entered the law school of the Georgetown University in the fall of 1894, graduating with the degree LL. B. in the spring of 1806; took a post- graduate course, graduating with the degree LL. M. in the spring of 1897; took the examination for admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia in July, 1897, receiving second best grade out of a class of about seventy ap- plicants. He is now employed in the office of the light house board. in the greater portion of the park. It was the Commissioners in a body to urge this necessity. ea the sewer system were also dicussed. fter 2 voteof thanks to Mr. Keene for. the use of his parlors, the association ad- journed t> meet in Felter’s Hall, as stated Saree Tuesday evening, September 7 ats ¢ : n ——~s___. ASSESSOR’S ESTIMATES, Appropriation of $41,300 and Adat- tonal Clerks Asked For. INFRINGEMENT ALLEGED. Barry Postal Supply Company Sues a Rival Corporation. The Barry Postal Supply Company, a New York corporation, today filed a bill in equity here against the Barr, Fyke Ma- chinery Company, incorporated in Mis- scvri, but doing business here, praying that the defendent company and its rep- resentatives be enjoined from infringing upon certain patents which the complain- Ant compzny claims to own upon certain mail marking devices. The court 1s also asked to assess damages on account of the alleged infringement and compel their pay- ment to the ccmplainant company. The latter company, which is represent- ed by Atterneys A. 8. Pattison and Hu- the District were submitted to the Com- missiorers today. He asks a total appro- priation of $41,300 for the operation of his office during the next fiscal year. The only new feature of the estimates over those submitted last year, other than several increases in the salaries of clerks, is an estimate for two transfer clerks at $1,200 per annum each. These clerks have long been needed by the assessor. Their employment he deems necessary, because of the constant cemplaint on the part of taxpayers that the assessor's books are notgip to date in the matter of transfers of real estate. Oftentimes property hold- ers are required to wait for a year before they get a tax bill in their own name. ‘The reason for this is that the recorder of Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:01 a.m. and 6:36 president, Mr. Wm. McK. Clayton, who in, the association on the large number pres-' need is the construction of new sidewalks, decided that the association shall call-.on. ‘The grading of streets and extension of, The annual estimates of the assessor cf- BROCKAWAY’S BEST The Famous Thousand-Dollar Coun- terfeit Bond of 1865. | TWOSPECIMENS COME 70 THE TREASURY Some of the Cleverest Work of the Kind Ever Done. EY SMITH’S SKILL —————— CHARL After lying peacefully and harmlessly secreted, no one knows just where,for thirty years, two of the cleverest specimens of counterfeiting that ever troubled the secret service people have turned up at the Treas- ury -Department. They were two speci- mens of the famous thousand-dollar coun- terfeit bond, the work of William E. Brock- away, the king bee of the counterfeiters, who is now serving a term in the Trenton penitentiary, and his running mate, Charley Smith, who is now a helpless mental and physical wreck in New York. The counter- felt is of what is known as the 7-30 bond, the issue of 1865, and appeared in the prin- cipal bond markets of the world between 1865 and 1867. The reason that the coun- terfeiters were so prompt in landing their fictitious securities on the market was that Charley Smith, who was one of the clever- est engravers in the country, and at the time employed by the American Bank Note Company of New York, succeeded in steal- ing an impression of the plate while it was in process of construction and passed it on to his pal, Brockaway, who, then, a3 always, engineered the business end of the counterfeiting deal. So clever was the imitation that the “counterfeit was accepted on every hand, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were lost to the banks and other purchasers be- fore they found out the deception, which they did, however, after the bonds began to be thrown out by the Treasury Depart- ment. Just how much Brockaway and his confedcrates made on the transaction no one but them knows, and it is doubtful if they kept any accurate account of money which came and went easily. This big transaction in worthless money was in the days before the government had an engraving plant of its own, and when all of the government notes and securities were turned out by the American Bank Note Company of New York. Smith was a trusted employe of the bank note company, and was employed on the bond plate which he and Brockaway de- cided to counterfeit. He would do his work at the office in the daytime and duplicate it at home at night. There were, of course, a number of men employed on the differ- ent parts of the bond plates, but Smith managed from time to time to get proofs, impressions or some other guides to the work, and Brockaway put them together. This has always been. Brockaway’s work in every big counterfeiting trick that he has turned. He is generally supposed to be-an engraver, but as a matter of fact has never touched a graving tool in his life. But he has a process of his own, which no one has ever fathomed, for putting a sectiona? plate together so that it can be | printed from as well as the genuine gov- etnment plate which is worked up from thé Steel rolls in the bureau of engraving and printing: This and “shoving the queer” have always been Brockaway's ork. “This particular 7-30 bond was remark- ably successful, but after the secret serv- fce people found it was afloat they at once pitched on Brockaway as its author and it was finally traced home to him. He served a term of years for the job, but Smith “squealed” and delivered up the plate, which is now in the treasury mu- seum, a souvenir of this remarkable piece of criminal work. Smith, of course, was forever barred from legitimate engraving thereafter, and has since been implicated in several big counterfeiting jobs, but he has always man- aged to escape by turning state’s evidence and giving up the products of his illegiti- mate labor. He has always worked with Brockaway and was with him in another big job, the Morgan Essex railroad bond forgery; but in this case he also es- caped. He is now in New York, but so broken down-and helpless that he could not counterfeit a meal ticket, and the po- lice no longer fear him. Brockaway, on the other hand, although he has, according to his own confession, been engaged in counterfeiting since 1848, is stil! in full possession of his faculties ard: was last captured as late as 159%, when he and Dr. Bradford, his backer, were caught in Hoboken just as they had finished a remarkably fine plate for a $500 United States gold certificate and a $100 Canadian note. For this Rrockaway is now serving ten years in the Trenton, N. J., penitentiary. But the $1,000 bond p.ate is the largest denomination, as well as the most successful counterfeit, he has ever turned out. How many of these bonds there may still be outstanding !t is impossible to say. The secret service people frequently get back very old counterfeits, and only last week there floated in four five-dollar counterfeits the plates of which were cap- tured and destroyed twenty-eight years ago. The $2,000 in bad bonds which came in for redemption yesterday were from a mercantile firra in Louisville, Ky., and had stood on their books as a part of the firm's assets for over ten years. It ds not lixely that there will ever be such another counterfeit as the “7-30 bond.” All of the expert engravers who could do such work are in the employ of the government and surrocnded by such safeguards that they could scarcely turn their talent to dishonest account if they would, and the old generation of high- grade crooks, of whom Brockaway, Charley Smith and Bob Boyd were shjning ex- amples, are rapidly dying out. SSS CHARGES DESERTION. bert E. Peck, claims to have purchased from William Barry of Oswego, N.Y., four patented inventions, Nos. 511,745, 585,074, 585,075 and 585,076, for marking and can- celing mail ‘matter, leased .by the company to government and in gereral in the post of- fices throughout the countr; These in- ventions, it is alleged, the defendant com- pany hrs infringed upon and threatens a dceds reports to the assessor but once each year, and it then requires considerable time to post the books. This leads to great con- fusion. To remedy the matter these two transfer clérks are asked for, the object cf the assessor being to transfer daily ail recorded deeds. at —_——>__. The Attorney General’s New Home. Alfred Voorhecs, a gripman on the Cap- ital Traction road, today arfplied for di- vorce from Maggie L. Voorhees, charging her with adultery and desertion, and pray- ing that he be given the custody of his two continuation of the alleged infringement. One of the incorporators of the defendant company, so it is further alleged, Chas. V. Fyke, !-as placed one of the alleged in- fringing machines in the local post office. Attorney General McKenna has leased the residence of Mrs. Charles Ulrich Kennedy, No. 2127 California avenue, and will make it his home during his offictal life in Wash- ington. The hous2 is modest and unpre- tentious, but exceedingly well located and comfortable. It affords, a fine panoramic view of Washington and Virginia. —-_— —————— MANY COMRADES GOING. Great Interest Being Taken in the Bultalo G. A. R. Encampment. The comrades of the G.A.R. who belong to the various posts affiliated with the De- partment of the Potomac are looking for- ward to the approaching national encamp- ment at Buffale, N. Y., next week, with much interest, and a large number of them will attend the gathering. Department Commander Hopkins said this morning that he expected, from the numerous inquiries being made for tickets, that about 500 com- rades would be in attendance from Wash- ington. Many of them “will leave Sunday night, but the department commander und his associates will leave here Monday, morning over the Pennsylvania road. a Wheel Thief Still Operatin; The bicycle thief reaped a harvest yes- Convicted of Assault. Theodore Lawson and! Willidm Slaughter, both colored, were today cominitted before Judge Kimtall of assaujjing Daniel Young and James Gray. Each of the latter was severely cut about the'head, but ‘the evi- dence showed that Lawson@vas the more guilty of the two and fhe judge sent him to jafl for six months., Slaughter got off with four months. 1 ie S $a To Manufacture Horseless Carringes, ‘The most: prominent manufacturers and capitalists of Dayton, Ohio, are considering @ proposition to stert in that,¢ity a manu- factory of horseless carriag: under Chi- cago patents, electricity to the motive terday, and this morning three such thefts | Power. A committee is Sping to Chicago to were reported. Two of the victims were | cavitaias: 1° compdhy will be largely John J. Standen, who lives at 1531 Sth —- street, and John J. Russell of 1211 C street Reeent Local Patents. southwest. Standen’s wheel was taken] Paterits have been. issued as follow: from in front of the Hotel Emrich and Washington, D. C.—John B. . Kendall, Russell's from No. 513 9th street north- west. Z J. O. Tune & Bro, lost the third whee}. They hired it to an unknown colored man, who failed to return it. s The cash register in Daniel Doody's store, No. ney ith street northwest, was robbed of $8.50 by a sneak thief yester- day. William H. Bohn of 826 7th street was also yesterday. His house was en- tered by a sneak thief and a gold watch and chain stolen, The theft of @ silver watch was reported by W. W. Cruitt of 1230 6th etreet.. His timeplece was stolen from ‘a new building. —_.——_— “Want” ads. in The SI pay because they, bring auswers, re Brmerrer’ pecrivean poetic see movement; Eustace Oxley, electric meter; Wm. M. Poindexter,” structural “support; Wm. L. Roth, non-refillable bottle; Geo. G. J. Truesdell,. New York, registering Wm. A. Lippold, Cumberland, wringer. ‘3 Robert. Strothers, a boy, by the colored years. old, was overco; terday oon ‘about y grelocke® Pennsylvania avenue and was sent tothe avenue, cartridge; Wm. H. H. Knight, mechanical | D. C., and H.” children. ‘The petitioner states that they were married in Fairfax county, Va., February 24, 1881, his wife's maiden name being Walker. They lived together until the sum- mer of 1895, when, he charges, his wife refused to live longer with him, and com- nenced, he alleges, a life of adultery with one Thos. P. Taylor, then a conductor on the Washington and Georgetown road. She took their children with~her, says Mr. Voor- hees, and ever since has lived with Taylor, now, he states, at No. 2 Fayette terrace, Georgetown. / + On one occasion, says the petitioner, he opposed a raid by the police upon the al- leged adulterous couple because of his love for his wife The husband is represented by Attorneys Bigelow & Bigelow. ——_.—_—_ Bids Will Be Rejected. All the bids for the new engine house in Anacosija will be rej2cted by the Com- missioners, and the plan& redrawn in order to bring the cost of the building within the appropriation. When this is done, new bids will be invited. The reason for this action was on account of the fact, that the bili for miscellaneous expenses in connec- tion swith the house aggregated nearly $5,000, while the lowest bid was close on to $12,000. The cost of the lot was greater than the Commissioners thought it would be, the price paid being $2,500. —>—_ Saloons Experience Hard Luck. The excise board reports: hard times among the saloon keepers. Since the be- ginning of the current license year. there have been 124 Hquor places to change hands. This is believed to be due to the hard times. The greatest number of trans- fers took place in April, when the owner- ‘| ship of awenty-one places changed hands. June was next with a total of seventeen |. places to pass into other hands. This month promises to. beat the record, there “It is believed there will be a falling off in’ the number of filed for l- quor licenses next November. EXDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Page 5 --Page 10 Page 4 Page 5 Page i ewe meena se Ontemsnetes teem eee se eases et areenta COMMISSIONERS OF DEED3. COUNTRY BOARD. FOR KENT (Pints). FOR RENT (Halls), FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Honces FOR SALE (Misce'l LOST AND FOU) LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTION MEDICAL... SUMMER 1 : SUBURBAN PROPERTY. TABLE BOARD. UNDERTAKERS WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots) WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Situations). CONDENSED LOCAL A telephone message was received at po- lice headquarters this morning about 2 o'clock, notifying the officers that a man had been seen trying front doors in tae vicinity of 9th and L streets northwest. When detected, the man remarked: “P: about here are very careless about leaving their doors open.” A description of the man was given and che police were 1otified to look out for him. A colored woman who arrived on the Pittsburg train at the Baltimore and Po- tomac depot, this morning, called on Po- liceman Lamb and made complaint that she had been robbed. “I’m on my way to my home in Greeas- boro’, N. C.,” she said, “and last somebody took $8 out of my Ard,” she added, “that was all I had Taking the officer's advice, she tele- graphed home for funds. The people of Colonial Beach exjoyed a very successful illustrated iecuure, given in the pavilion last Sunda: McKim and Edw. both of Wash- ington. Among the y were Yosemite valley, views of Washington and of the life of Christ. An ice wagon driven by Arthur L. Lucas of 488 M street southwest and a Capital Traction train collided near. Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street today. The only damage done was the injury sustained by one of the horses drawing the wagon. Lieut. Kenney of the: eighih precinct made complaint today of the filthy condi- tion of the gutter on Grent street north- west, between School and Pine stre “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring enswers. There was a runaway accident in Ta- koma Park yesterday, in which Mr. Albert Johnson, a Montgomery county man, was injured, and his le damaged. The dairyman’s ankle was sprained. James Harris, colored, today pleaded guilty of cutting his wife Lillie with a case knife, and was sent to jail for ninety day by Judge Kimball. Mollie Jackson, the proprietress of an alleged disorderly house, was today s jail by Judge Kimball for sixty da: fined $25 or sixty days additional. For assaulting and striking Anderson Brooks with a stick Joseph Jones was today sent to jail for sixty days by Judge Kim- ball. evening, Ly Wm. ADDITIONAL POLICEMEN. Opinion of Attorney Thomas Respect- ing Issuance of Roving Commissions. ‘The attorney for the District has render- ed an important opinion regarang the com- missioning of additional policemen. Se eral days ago application was made by 4 constable for a commission as additional private on the police force. The papers were referred to the attorney for the trict for his opinion as to whether a roving commission, such as the application in- tended, could be granted. Attorney Thomas says such a commis- sion cannot be granted, and gives the fol- lowing 23 his opinion: “Sections and of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia author- ize the Commissioners to appoint an ad- ditional number of privates to do duty at any place within the District, at the charge and expense of the person by whom the application is made. “The object of this provision of law was to secure special policemen at certain places, such as railway stations, hotels and ciher points where a great many people congregate, or as watchmen at public and private buildings. It was never intended that the Commissioners should be author- ized to appoint special policemen with rov- ing commissions, either to serve civil pro- cesses or to protect themselves in the sery- ice of such processes.” —_——.__ If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. ——— Dr. Hugh Johnston in England. Recent communications from Rey. Hugh Johnston, M.A., D.D., the pastor of the Meticpolitan M. E. Church, indicate that he is enjoying his holiday. Shortly after his arrival in Liverpool he had an inter- view with Rev. John Watson (lan Mae. laren), with whom he had had pleasant in- tercourse vlen that litterateur was in Washington last winter. Visiting the Wes- leyan confererce at Leeds, he was honored by that assembly with the unusual com- pliment of being asked to address the con- ference. Dr. Johrston has joined Chaplain Mil- burn in London, will probably spend a week in Paris and will sail on his return trip early in September. 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