Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1897, Page 3

Dg sage OS THE EVENING STAR. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1897-14 GES. SPECIAL NOTICES. HBADQUARTERS JOHN 1, G. A. R.—Notice ef Comrade Frank W ¥ given of the death engineer U. na Funeral will lite niw., Wednesday, at 2:30 p.m. Members of the post are requested to attend, S it MES A. ALLEN, Adjuta CHARLES HAVING THIS DAY tired from the firm of Lewis Johnson & € Bankers, the business hereafter will be conducted as usual by the rem:ining members. SINSUN DAVIS, i Mi. ‘this gre1 of ours is dw as well as ad Wharves, foot 4th st. s.e. euat-0d R NEW FALL urm strictly STOCK lat admire it until the | it now When we’ tern J. PRED. GATCHEL & CO, 604 7 & Drapers. J. Fred Gatchel, E. F. Mudd. Fa SCOTTISH KIT Che Rose Croix, A. sp meeting will be eld op TUESDAY, 31st day of August, 1897, a for conferring degrees und’ balloting jons for 18th dexree. iy order of W. GEORGE H. 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DOWNEY, 433 11th HBOS When It Comes to Paper, We Don’t Believe There’s A Paper ‘“‘Want” That We Can’t Supply. Little Prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 1L1thSt. POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. au30-14d A “Klondike Rush” OF PLASTERERS AND LATHERS: set in last week for those celebrated Under- Scot ing the DLW. Bil Star Brand All-steel Lathing Hatehets. No heed to praise "em—everybody knows they re orth a half dozen of any other make. Still a few I “EARDWARE,” 1010 Pa. ave. John B. Espey, 27-3m,10d WHAT TO DO FOR SUNSTROKE. Rules te F jow When No Medical Help is at Hand. From the New York Tribune. “Sunstroke is mor pt to occur on the second, third or fourth day of a heated term than on the first,” says a member of the health board. ‘‘Loss of sleep, worry, xcitement, close sleeping rooms, debility, overheating and the use of liquor in any form predispose to it. It is more apt to ck those working in the sun, and es- pecially between the hours of 11 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the af On hot days wear thin clot Ee cool sleeping zooms as possible. sleep and all unnecessary orking indoors, and where 1 hez laundries, ete.—see well venti ed. If work- wear a light hat (not black, at), and put inside of it on cloth or a large green lea: uently lift the from the head and that the cloth is wet. Do not check piration, but drink w vaier you need to keep it up, m prevents the ody from be “If a feeling heaa- ache or exhaustion occurs, lie lown in a dy, cool place. Appiy cold ¢ to and pour water over the head and ne ‘Any one overcome by the heat ately removed to shade. and the collar of the shirt or dress should be loosened. Send immediately fer the nearest physician and 4 m1 and give the black tea or ¢ the skin at aand, keep on the head, and pour cold s as on the yr. cloth ron it the aint and ¢ back, let him ‘onds, or or tincture of gingor in two table- fuls of watér. Use no cold water upon the head or body, but rub the back, et, and apply warm pplications to the feet until the circulation is restored. for the latter purpose use mustard—table- spocnful to quart of water.” — A Neat Game. From the Pittsburg Dispa.ch, The Italian hand-organ grinders in Lon- don manage to make money out of being fined. The process is as follows: The or- st defies the law against playing at ance of insists on having an inter- The latter is invariably a com- in league with the Saffron Hil! His fee is -, and if the organ an is fined 2s. 6d.—the usual sum—5s. re- to be divided between the two con- federates, triot ———+ e+—_____ Pardonable Curiosity. From Puck. “Hew about this, Mr. Broadhead?” in- Guired the able editor of the Ruratville Bazoo. “We observe that you say, in your unt of the wedding last night, that ‘a ight bustle announced the coming of the hing bride.’ Is that true?" “Yes, sir," tentatively replied the tail- browed young academy graduate, who was acting in a reportorial capacity. “Well, then, what we wish to know is, why the bride came in backward?” ——_+ + —_____ Want” eds. in The Star pay because they bring answers. Inspector Brady’s Comprehensive Report for the Last Fiscal Year. ADDIMIONIAL APPROPRIATIONS ASKED Important Recommendations Made to the Commissioners. ELEVATORS SHOULD BE SAFE ‘The annucl report of Mr. John B. Brady, inspector of buildings, was submitted to- day to Engineer Ccmmissioner Black. It is a voluminous document, and goes into most minute detail about the transactions of the building department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. The total num- ber of permits issued during the year was 3,892, and the total amount expended for the structures was $4,102,596.75. The detailed statement of the character of the improvements and the amount ex- pended in each class is as follows: Brick dwellings, 616, value, $2,248,310; frame dwellings, 116, value, $161,310; brick repairs and alterations, 526, value, $620,247; frame repairs and alterations, 395, value, $59,817; stores (brick), 19, value, $124,259; stores (frame), 4, value, $1,450; stables (brick), 22, valve, $15,900; stables (frame), 12, value, $3,785; warehouses (brick). 5, val- ue, $16,200; churches, 6, value, $122,000; of- fice buildings, 4, value, $96,500; work shops, ¢te., 5, value, $7,800; fats and apartment schools and col- Value, $205,000; green grand stand, 1, value, houses, 6, value, $242,000; 2 leges (private), house, 1, value, $2,400; market, 1, value. $10,000; gymna~ sium, value, $5,500; sheds, 277, value, $14,028; “vaults ‘or underground construc- tion, 12, value, $6,4 minor repairs, 1,499, value, $1 ; reviewing stands (not including stands on reservations), 71, value, ; awnings (post frames), 103, value, 38, boilers, elevators and fire escapi 148, Value, $35,13 for all structur: 3,852, value, $4,102 Three hundred and fifty-four permits for projections beyond the building line were approved and one disapproved. Comprrative Statements. ‘The comparative statements of the build- ing operations in the years 1806 and 1; show a considerable decrease. One thous and three hundred and thirty-seven new buildings were erected in 1896, and 1,008 in 1897, a decrease o} ; 1,006 dwellings were erected in 1896 and 732 in 1897, a decrease of 274. The valuation of building operations in was $4.78 and in 1807, $4,102,- a decrease of $691,393.24.” stribution of improvements during the past year in the different sections of the District was as follows: Buildings. Repatrs. County b5 Northwes Northwes County. Northeast ) Southwest. Southeast Northeast. Southwes Southeast Total. --8694,002 ‘The receipts for the year of the building inspector's office were $5,580.77, a decrease over the previous year of $1,200.31. Department of Inspections. Mr. Brady reports that the corps of as- sistant inspectors have been faithful and painstaking in the discharge of their duties and appends a statement of the miscel- laneous character of their assignments and their execution of them. The three in- spectors state that they made a total of 4,874 inspections; 59 brick and 129 frame buiidings were condemned, 27 dangerous buildings were ordered vacated. ‘There vere 38 violations of building regulations. In their report, the assistant inspectors, calling attention to the vastly increased duties devolving upon them, state that they think there is an absolute necessity for an increase of force both of office and field work, in order that they may be able to de- vote more time and give a more careful in- spection te the supervision and construction of new buildings being erected in the sixty square miles of the District. Additional Force Recommended. In approving this recommendation Build- ing Inspector Brady says: “The increase in the physical equipment of this department, suggested above, is a reiteration of the argument I used in my last annual report. The volume of work of a miscellaneous character increases each year, and to dispose of it promptly will re- quire an additional force. “I recommend that four more assistant inspectors be provided, each at a salary of $1,200 per annum, and that the salaries cf the present inspectors be increased to $1,200 per annum, also that an additional clerk at $1,200 per annum be provided. “If this increase be granted the adminis- tration of this office will be more effectual, and the community will appreciate the prompt service this department would ren- der with such a changed condition.” District Buildings. Reporting upon the several municipal buildings, for which plans and specifica- ticns were prepared in his office, the build- ing inspector makes full and detailed re perts. Tre school end other buildings, the amounts appropriated for them, the ex- renditur id balances, were as follows: School building, Congress Heights, Gies- $9,000; expended, bero’ — Appropriation, $8,780.24; balance, $219. School building, Langdon—-Approprtation, Conduit $8,000; expended, Central heating $4,000; expended, The bids for this building appropriation, and an additional appropria- i ade for 1598, d the ‘Appropriati ance, werk is now in progress. aie Garfield Hospital—Ay propriation, expended, $7,500. Repairs to School Buildings. Appropriation, $52,000; deficiency appro- priation, $4,543; total, $36,543.24. Expended as follov First division, G4; second division, $2,658.62; third di- fourth division, 20.11; sixth division, sion, $486.59; eighth Colored High School, y nd muterials delivered at shop, $18,849.08. Total, $32,280.80. Balance, $4,262.44. Regarding the remodeling of Wallach School and building addition to same, Mr. Brady says: A contract was made for this work for the sum of $19,779. After the old portion of the building had been remodeled and occupied for school purposes and the new addition had reached the first floor of Joists, the contractor abandoned the work. His bondsmen took possession of the build- ing and carried it as far as roofing in the building, when they, too, abandened the work. The Commissioners then ordered the inspector of buildings to complete the build- ing. The sum appropriated for this work was $7,500; CASTORIA Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILB SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher Is ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 Murray st., N. ¥. THE OFFICIAL EXIV'LANATORY NOTB: Observations taken at $ a.m., 35th meridian time. bars, or Uses of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. WEATHER MAP. Solid lines are s0- Dotted Ines are tsotherms, or lines of eqval temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve bours, The words “High” and “Low” siow location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fy with the wind. FAIR. Increasing Cloudiness Indicated for ‘Tomorrow Afternoon. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, fair, followed by increasing cloudiness Wednesday afternoon; variable winds. A storin has developed over eastern Mon- tana. The pressure is high over the whole country east of the Mississipp! valley; it is also high off the middle Pacific coast. Showers have occurred in the middle and south Atlantic and middle gulf states ¢nd in the upper Missouri valley. The temperature has fallen in the Ohio valley, tne middle Atlantic states and the middle plateau region; it risen in the upper Mississippi, the middie and upper Missouri vaile: and has remained sta- tionary elsewhere. ' The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: Duriag the past twenty-four Knoxville, 1.58; Mempiiis, 1.06. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m. eat Fail emperature, 78; condi- tion, receiving reservoir, temperature, 79; condition at north connection, 6; condi- tion at south connectioa, 4; tributing: hours— Muddy and Cloudy. The condition of the Potomac river at Harper’s Ferry zchis morning was reported as being muddy, while the Shenandoah is cloudy. . Tide Table. = Today—Low tide, 3:35 a.m. and 3:58 p.m. High tide, 9:44 a.m. and 10:05 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:22 a.m. and 4:44 p.m. High tide, 10:31 a.m. and 10:52 p.m. The San and Moon, Today—Sun rises, 5:23 a.m. 6.51 p.m. Bicycle lamps must be lighted one hour after sunset, at 7:31 p.m. Moon sets, 8:04 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:29 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all iignted by 7:39 p.m. Ex- tinguishing begun at 4:37 am. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 7:2 p.m. guished at 4:52 a.m. 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 afternoon: August 30-4 p.m., 85; 8 p.m., 78; mid- night, 76. August 314 a.m., 74, and 2 p.m., 78. Maximum, 85, at 4 p.m., August 30; min- imum, 65, at 6 a.m., August 31. Sun sets, Extin- ; 8 am., 67; 12 m., found to he inadequate to complete the building, and a further sum of $2.000 was secured. The appropriation amounted to $22,000, and the amount expended, $21,824.72. The above shows the amount expended of the original appropriation of $22,000, which left the building still uncompleted. The ad- ditional appropriation of $2,000 is now be- ing applied to the ccmpletion of the steam heating and other work of a misceilaneous character, which is incorporated in the specification for this building. Stevens School. A contract was entered into to recon- struct the Stevens School, for the sum of $26,250, but by reason of the slow progress of the work, and the many claims filed against the contractor, the Commissioners were obliged to suspend him, and order the inspector of buildings to complete the work. As the work contracted for left off the finishing of four rooms a second: ap- propriation of $6,000 was secured, making the total appropriation $35,000. Expended, $25,781.72; balance, $3,216.28. The expenditures made for the appropria- tion of $6,000 were $3,438.93, leaving a hal- ance of $2,561.05. Legislation has been ob- tained to use the unexpended balances to satisfy as far as possible the claims filed with the auditor, District of Columoia, for material and labor furnished to the con- tractor on this building. Z Repairs to station houses, 1896, 1897, from the appropriation of $2,021.80 were $1,997.77, leaving balance of $24.63. Special repairs to market houses from an appropriation of $1,609 were $1,280.70, leav- ing a balance of $415.30. Repairs to engine houses from an appro- pratior of $3,719.96 were $3,501.47, leaving a balance of $219.49. Repairs to market houses, contingent ex- penses, from an appropriation of $600 were $502.62, leaving a balance of $07.38. The sum of $4,821.81, the balance of an apropriation ‘transferred from truck house D to complete new No. 2 engine house and remodel old ai 2 engine house, dd was expended as follows: New. No. 231,800.55. Remodeling old No. 2, $2,353.22. For the house, lot and furniture to ac- commodate chemical engine company No. 2, at Brightwood, $15,900 was appropriated, and $1 expended, leaving a balance of $2,444. z The appropriation for No. 12 engine house was $23,000, and the amount expended, $18,131.87, leaving balance of $4,968.1 Repairs to Police Court building cost 3 “Of the $6,000 appropriated to complete and equip the smallpox hospital, with boiler house, heating apparatus, etc., $3,464.75 was expended, leaving balance of $2,530.24. Estimates for Next Year. The following are the estimates for the year ending June 30, 1800, for the exp2nses of this office, for care of the District office building and repairs of various buildings under the superintendence of this office: Salaries—Inspecter of buildings, $2,100; chief clerk and architect, $1,000; eight as- sistant inspectors of buildings, four ad- ditional, $9,600; one clerk, $900; one clerk additional, $1,200; messenger, $480; con- lingent expe: Care of Distr t office buildings—One en- gineer, $000; one fireman, $480; one janitor, 3700; two elevator conducto $360 each, six laborers, total, Repairs to buildings--Public school build- ings and grounds, $0,000; police stations, $5,000; fire engine houses, $5,000; market houses, Police Court, $500; interior changes of office building, $1,000. Inspector Brady states that in his for- mer reports he had recommended that the Potomac School building should be re- placed by an cight-room modern school building because “it is old, unsightly, has no coaveniences, is not properly heated or ventilated and is unfit for the purposes to ich it is devoted. wayne conditions of the Hillsdale and Lovejoy school buildings are parallel to the Potomac and appropriations should be seeured to replace them with modern eight- recom buildings.” Mr. Brady recommends the appropriation of $5,000 to neutralize the annual wear and tear on 116 school build- ings. = To keep engine and truck house No. 17 in a habitable condition and neutralize wear and tear, which is excessive, he asks. for $5,000, having found by experience that the former sum appropriated, $3,500 annually, is inadequate. “I have been compelled,” he states, “by lack of funds to eliminate decay in struct- ural features in many buildings, and pro- crastination means additional cost in neu- tralizing wear and tear. Therefore, it would be economy to allow the necessary appropriations asked. ‘The District's nine police station houses cannot be properly taken care of, he states, with the usual annual appropria- tion of $2,000. Many of them need painting and sanitary improvements; $5,000 is asked for annual repairs to them. Mr. Brady says the current appropria- tions for the several buildings are not in any respect sufficient to comply with the demands that are made to place them in proper condition. Each year the number of buildings is increased, but the amount estimated fer their proper care has not been allowed. The wear and tear that our buildings .are subjected to is such as to demand prompt attention to neutralize, and when repairs are delayed for want of money the cost becomeg greater. There- fore he hopes that estimates submitted will receive the Commissioners’ indorse- ment for favorable consideration, Day Labor Recommended. “During the preseht year, he says, the building department has been subjected to much friction and trouble in the construc- tion of the Stevens and Wallach school buildings by reason of the inability of the contractors to prosecute the work in the manner prescribed in the contracts by rea- sons of claims filed against them by ma- terial men, subcontractors and mechanics; that the Commissioners were forced to the necessity of suspending them and directing the inspector of buildings to complete the work. To avgid the repetition he recommends: FirstThat the form of bond be so amended as to impose upon the bonds- men the responsibility of all obligations assumed by the centractor to every person connected with the building, namely, ma- terial men, mechanics and laborers. Second. That Congress be asked for legis- lation to authorize the erectfon of the Dis- trict buildings by day labor, er by contract, at the discretion of the Comm: loners. While buildings under this system would ecst more money, yet their construction vould be of such a character ag to create in every citizen confidence in their security and integrity. Elevator Regulations Need Change. The report of E. F. Vermillion, inspector of elevators, accompanies Mr, Brady's re- port. After showing that he had inspected 620 elevators, condemned 69; condemned six fire escapes and made altogether 1,869 in- spections, he calls attention to the neces- sity for an amendment to the c!.. :or reg- ulations to read as follows: “To provice safety guards upon passenger elevators, and a penalty for violation there- of. ‘That all elevators that are now in use or that may hereafter be constructed in the District of Cclumbia, for the carriage of passengers, are required to have placed thereon, or attached thereto, such auto- matic locking device, electrical or mechan- ical, as will hold immovable and secure the carriage used in such elevator, while any gate, door or doors, at the landings that are used for entrance thereto, or exit therefrom, is or are open and unsecured; the said automatic device, electrical or me- chanical, to place the power of controlling: the elevator beyond the control of the at- i ee any gate, door or doors on ng leading to the or unsecured. . Sete eee Js ope “Any person or persons, firm or corpora- tion who may own any building where pas- senger elevators are used shall be required within six months from the adoption of the amendment to have said automatic lock- ing device, electrical or mechanical, placed thereon or attached thereto, and in’ perfect operation, or be subject to a penalty or fine, as prescribed in section 2 of acts of Congress approved March 3, 1887." ee SHE STOOD IN THE Way. But When Told That Were Directed at Her From the Chicago Post. They had just got the new scheme for inspecting baggage by X-ray in opera- tion, and the haughty young woman who had just got off the steamer was waiting to have hers inspected. Furthermore, she thought there had been more delay than Was necessary and she was somewhat pro- voked. Consequently when one of the ofti- cials motioned her to step a little to one side she declined to move. There was a short consultation among the officials, and one of them finally ad- vanced toward her. “If madam would kindly—" he began. Sir!” she interrupted haughty. “It would be a great favor if you would move a little,” he said rather dithdent: “Why should 17” sne demanued. “it is decidealy presumptuous in you to speak to me at ali. i've been waiung here nt- teen minutes for my baggage, and during that time you haven't gone a thing bur Stand there and look at me and taik vo the other inspectors.” “The tact 1s,’ explained the man in the same dimdent way, as if something wor- ried him, “that you are in the way.” “Ot wnat?” she asked. “It seems to me that you are the mosi impudent set of ort ciais that [ ever knew. ‘Ine idea of asking me to move as a mere matter of conveni- ence to you! There’s pienty of room to inspect the baggage without annoying me, and you ought to be at work at it now. “But we can’t,” protested the man. “You see, we don't open the trunks any more. We just put them under the X-rays and inspect them that way.” “Well, why don’t you do it?* she de- manded irritably. “Because, madam—because—” The inspector tidgeted about nervously. “Because,”” he continued at last, ‘you're standing right in the rays now, avhere we want to put the trunks."" L ‘There was a scream, /and theplace was vacant. wr zs the X-Rays She Moved. ee ‘The rain of last night was welcomed by the suburban farmers. "There was enough meisture to settle the dust and perhaps do the grass. a little good. , GATARRH Mrs. Josephine Polhill of Due West, 8. ©., had a severe case of catarrh, which finally became so deep-seated that she was entirely deaf in one ear, and part of the bone in her nese sloughed off. The best physicians treated her in vain, and she uscd various and washes to no avail. of the disease and cured her sound and well. == CURED BY of sprays bottles of S. 8. 8. promptly reached the seat 8, 8. 8. never fails to cure a blood disenze, ard it {= the only remedy which renehes deep Seated cases. Guaray : teed purely vegetabie, Books free; addrem ‘Switt Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. THE STATE WON A Pl Court Held That Prosecution. Need Not Specify How Mrs. Luetgert Was Killed. Mrs. Tosch and Frank Bialk, the Night Watchman, Examithed— State’s Main Witnesses. CHICAGO, August 31.—When the Luet- gert muréer trial was resumed this morn- ing the defense asked the court to compel the state to set forth by what means, ac- cording to the theory of the prosecution, the life of Mrs.’ Luetgert was taken be- fore her body was placed in the vat. Judge Vincent said the indictment, which ‘con- tains twelve counts, does not state the manner of Mrs. Luetgert’s death. “The first six counts,” the attorney sald, “allege that she was drowned in a vat con- taining water and caustic soda or potash. The seventh count charges that she was struck and Wnocked down by some blunt instrument; the eighth alleges striking and instantly killing her; the ninth count alleges striking with some deadly instrument,while the tenth charges that she was stabbe@ with a knife- The eleventh says sne was choked and her life thus taken and the twelfth and last alleges that life was taken by scme means unknown. State Not Bound to Specify. Judge Tuthill promptly decided that the state was not bound to specify the means of death. The first witness was Chas. P. Melandeo, photographer, who identified a dozen views of the Luetgert factory. Mrs Agatha Tcsch,- wife of Michael Tosch, saloon keeper at 629 Diversey ave- nue, was called next. She was a friend of Mrs. Luetgert, and visited the latter occa- sionally at her home. Mrs. Tosch said that on Sunday afternoon, May 2, Luetgert came to her husband's saloon and bought a glass of beer. He was pale and excited, and she asked him what was the matter with him, a question which he did not an- swer. May 15, she said, she saw him again, and asked him about the disappearance «f his wife. He said he did not know where his wife was, and was as innocent as the sun in the sky. She told him she believed he was guilty, and Luetgert rephed that he felt like taking a revoiver and kiiling him- self. He would do so, he said, but for the children. Mrs. Tosch said Luetgert asked her what she had heard from the detec- tives who were about her saloon, and what she had seen or heard herself. Showed Hostility to Luetgert. Mrs. Tosch in her testimony showed a decidedly hostile spirit toward Luetgert, and in a number of details she improved on the story she told in the habeas corpus proceedings. She said Mrs. Luetgert once had an attack of throat trouble and Luetgert told the witness in a conversation that if he had delayed a minute longer in calling a doc- tor the “rattcd beast,” meaning his wife, would have been dead. In her previous testimony Mrs. Tosch did not use these words. She said that in her conversation with him on May 15 she ask- ed him what caused the smoke from the factory furnace on the morning of May 2, and he asked her not to say anything about the smoke. In her former testimony she said Lueigert once told her he some- limes became so angry at his wife that he could take hoid of her, and, indicating by a gesture, crush her. This morning she swore he said he could crush her, using the word crush in the German, and not merely indicating it by a gesture. The witness said Luetgert told her he had a great deal of trouble with his wife, and had ceased to live with her. She objected to the presence of Mary Sim- mering, the servant, in the house, but Luet- gert told the witness that if his wife turn- ed Mary away he would take her into the factory with him. Severe Cross-Examination. Mrs. Tosch was subjected to a severe cross-examination, during which she was asked if she did not know Luetgert was out of the city when his wife was taken sick with the throat trouble. Judge Vin- cent asked her if she did not say to Luet- gert on May f5 that ff he knew his wife as well as she, Mrs. Tosch, knew her he would let her go and not worry about her. She declared she did not make this statement. She was then asked if she did not sug- gest to Luetgert that he could come to her house with the two children to live, and she would be a mother to the children. Her answer was an emphatic ‘‘No.” Frank Bialk, the old watchman at the sausage factory, was the next witnes: Bialk told about the arrival at the factory, in March last, of several barrels, which were stored on one of the upper floors, and shortly before May 1 removed to the base- ment. These are the barrels which it Is alleged contained caustic potash, and the witness said the ‘stuff was emptied into the middle vat in the basement shortly before May 1 and dissolved by steam. At this point the court took a recess. ee NOT A SHOW PITCHER. Wore Overalls and Was Net Pretty, but He Could Twirl a Ball. From the Detroit Free Press. “My experience as a base ball managee was down in the oil regions when money was plenty and sporting blood was at fever heat. The most formidable team with which I had to contend was in a neighbor- ing town, and whole fortunes changed hands before the championship was de- termined. The crowds were so strongly partisan that a few dozen stalwart pclice- men were always a necessity. We had to pay umpires princely salaries, and I never knew one of them to preside at imore than a single game. “So close had been the season’s play that we were tied, with the decisive contest to be had in our town. For some reason that 1 have never been able to fathom, three of my best players had disappeared, and among them our crack pitcher. I had enough men, but they were not the right men. I guess that there must have been wholesale boodling on both sides, for when the opposing team came to count noses they could find but eight. The flower of the flock was missing and our fellows felt jubilant. The enemy made a cig effort to defer the game, but the umpire, cne of our selection, stood pat on the proposition tkat they must either play or forfeit. Just to simulate fairness we allowed them to choese any player they could find in the erormous crowd, and they decided that they would at least die fighting. “Their selection was a six-footer, slim as a lightning rod, loose in every joint, red- headed, freckled and wearing a uniform that consisted of overalls and a check shirt. And he went into the box while the thousands shed tears because of laugh- ter. The first ball described the outlines of a ram’s horn and then shot over the plate with a sizzle. He had more wrinkles than a rhinoceros. He could start a ball loward ‘first base, toward third base, in any direction except behind him, and the next thing you would hear was ‘strike.’ Our fellows couldn’t have hit him with lawn tennis rackets or minfiow nets. They simply paralyzed us and carried away whole train loads of money. It is a mat- ter of local tradition that the long ‘pke- nomenon’ was thrown into an oil well by impoverished backers of our team.” The 98 Model. From the Cleveland Plain Defler. “Do you think the cM@inless bicycle will come next year?” “Undoubtedly, unless the manufacturers can think of some other change to make In their wheels that will show at a glance whether a person ts riding the latest style or not.” - + ————+0+__ Time for a Jubilee. From Answers, In one of the nerthern towns recently a man was charged with loitering, evidently ‘with intent to cOmmit burglary, and the sheriff at ence proceeded to pass sentence. “Now,” said the sheriff, “are you aware ty, mitigating circumstances in your ‘Accused—“Yes, my lord. This is the six- wwe migut gee Nyp-a little diataond. we a little to celebrate the © occasion.” wile : ——_—__—e—____— “Want" ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers, INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. . AMUSEMENTS ... ATTORNEYS AUCTION SALES. .. BOARDING . BUSINESS CHANCES. CIty ITEMS. = nee COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. .. COUNTRY BOARD....... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS . BDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS . Page 10 FINANCIAL Page 3 FOR EXCHANGE. . oa FOREIGN POSTAL SERVIC FOR T (Plats). FOR RENT (Kalis FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Misceliznecas), POR RENT (mes) FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stalies) FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots) ;OTICES. LOCAL MENTIO; LOST AND FCUND. MED:CAL OCEAN TRAVFL OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL .... PIANOS AND ORGA: POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS. TABLE BOARD. UNDERTAKES. WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses) WANTED (liscellancous). WANTED (Situations). CONDENSED LOCALS. Poundmaster Einstein impounded 182 degs and killed 162 last week. Four dogs were sold. At the close of the week there were fifty-eight in the pound, and they were killed yesterday. Six hundred bushels of oysters arrived at the river front from the lower Potomac last week. The other receipts report Inspector Harris were 153,082 bunches fish, 67,500 crabs and $3,000 watermelons. The pumps at 11th and F streets south- west, Fiorida avenue and Sth street north- west’ and Pei vania avenue an] Sd street southe: ere reported out of re- pair by the police today. y the police the Dis’ er stop-box near New avenue and R street proje the sidewalk and renders walking dan- serous. r. Samuel A. Bailey, who lives at No. South Capitol street, was taken 5 denly ill this mornirg about ey The police patrol wagon s ‘led from the fourth precinct, and he was taken to the Emergency Hcspital for treatment. The illness resulted from hemorrhage The water department has been requested to repair the hydrant near Ith and K streets southeast. A telegraph wire hanging in tne trees near 6th and Maricn and Gth aad P streevs was reported 2s dangerous by the second precinct police this mornii A colored mar rsemed William Newman, who is employed «s coachman by Judge Bentley at No. th street northwe: was arrested today by Detective Boyd on a charge of practicing medicine without a li- cense. The arrest was made on complaint of the health cffice officials, and the case will be heard in the Police Court temor- row. Peter Johnson, colored, charged with breaking into the ceal office of William J. Zch and stealing a lot of wearing apparel, valued at $3.50, from David Upperman, was today held by Judge Kimball in $300 for the action of the grand jury. SS REPORTED DROWNING. Fred Burlingame, a Young Boy, Lost on the Potoma “A message was received by The Star this morning from Indian Head, stating that Fred. Burlingame, the eight-year-old son of Mr. Fred. H. Burlingame, an employe of the bureau of engraving and printing of this city, was drowned off Sandy Point last night by the capsizing of a boat. Mr. Fred. Burlingame took his son with him on a cruise down the river in a small yacht a week ago last Saturday. Mrs. Bur- Mngame Jeft at that time on a trip to Provi- dence. She returned, however, about a week ago. When a Star reporter broke the sad news to her this morning at her resi- dence, 24 C street ncrtheast, she was totally unaware of the accident and the loss of her boy seemed to affect her deeply. Mrs. Burlingame, it seems, had been loath to let the boy go on the trip, and stated this morning that she has had a premoni- tion all along that something was going to happen. She said she had always been afraid that something would happen to the boat, and a report received frgm a naval officer several days ago, to the effect that the boat was leaking, and that her hus- band and son were forced to put up for repairs, did not tend in any way to soothe her troubled mind. The boy was a handsome little fellow, a little over eight years of age, and a prime favorite at school, at home and with his playmates. He had a bright, cheerful dis- position, and was always generous and kind-hearted. The message received contained no news of Mr. Burlingame, but it is supposed that he survived the accident. — The Cable Slipped. Travel was suspended upon the Capital Traction Company's cable line this after- noon for more than an hour. The trouble was caused by the slipping of the cable from the wheels upon which it runs at the Peace monument. The cable was so badly damaged that it was deemed advisable to splice it at once, and the engires were stopped while the re- pair men were at work splicing the rope. eee A Treasury Promotion. The death of Charles A. Dow, bookkeeper in the office of assistant superintendent of the treasury, will result in the promotion of James A. Towner of New York to the vacancy, a promotion from $1,800 to $1,300 a year. ————_+ e+ ____ An Unexpected Maneuver, From Puck. “Here is a report that Weyler has sur- prised the entire Cuban army.” “Nonsense! How did he do it?” “By letting a week pass without claiming to have suppressed the insurrection. 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Correspondents of LADENPUKG, THALMANN & ©O., ac6-16d T Dd. #08 F st. n.w., or Box 503, City P.O, ———=s There Were Plenty of Eggs. From the Detroit Journal. There is a summer visitor in Detroit who knew Mark Hanna when he was a young man, and before he left his country home to try his fortunes in Cleveland. “Mark was always practica! and outspoken,” says this authority. He was inclined to express his opinions when he felt called upon to do so, and under such circumstances he was api to disregard the conventionalities. One thing that he did in my presence I have always remémbered. It was a small matter in itself, and yet it showed a char- acteristic of the man fom which he has never received full credit. He happened to be a guest at a house where I was visiting, a widow and her son, who were very inti- mate with Mark, constituting the family then at home. We had poached eggs for breakfast, and when we were helped there was but one left on the plate. This evi- dently troubled the son, who was fastid- ious in his tastes and had a really lavish disposition as a host. Twice he suggested to his mother that they had better have more cggs, and she passed the matter over with a great deal of tact. My own im- pression is that there were no more eggs in the house. Once more the son returned to the subject, and before the old lady could reply Mark put further discussion out of the question. “There are eggs enovgb here and one to spare. Quit both- ering your mother and help entertain your company,” said the future President- maker, and it pleased me, though I was a young woman with a carefully cultivated sense of ay cig Mark was always con- siderate of his elders and kindly disposed toward those in ‘trouble. That fact leads me to telieve that he is never hard or in- considerate in dealing with the men in his employ.. Where he had personal knowledge of a wrong it would be his disposition to right it at once.” The Flies Had Sense. From the Rochester’Post Express. Ex-Gov. Altgeld tells this story on him- Swede to support him. The Swede shook his head anf said: “No; that man is a bad man. He is an anarchist, socialist and everything that is bad. I will not vote for him.” “Oh, he is not as bad as that,” said Altgeld’s friend. “He is man. There are is vere the