Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1897-14 PAGES. »' SPECIAL NOTICES. ober S, 180 in attendance. uler. 2 F. A » OCTOBER 1 the funeral of our late Members of sister lodges EA Ww. M. _§ ally invited. THE WASHINGT at Ty as any tail can es fabries in ment according to the ken from yeur beds. wugly, at a doth: vnits of third Tess thar is asked in New of tatlerie; Isn't $25 cheap enough for a stylish custom-made Scotch Suit? Isn't $20 cheap enough for a Black Clay Diagonal Cutaway Coat and Vest? : Let us show sou our cloths, whether you wish to boy oF Lot: : G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert Tailor, 1208 F st. fit Yer “potato atlors and 2 York for our class jectrical and surzical MEDI to ING MOXEY? y spent is merey lost! inferior elething ce kk it ARE BEING HELD They meet to pick out the pattern from our $25 saitings. ‘These ma- ially adapted to business men's peinz extremely durable. We'll be glad ake your measure tody! J. FRED. GATCHED Tatlors aad Got 13th st. E. FL 3 15 years cut- now with us. inte firm of Geo. T. Keen, SOLDIERS, EVERY ONE Newly Commissioned Officers of the High School Cadets. SYSTEM OF THEIR SELECTION Personal Sketches of the Brave Boys Who Will Carry Swords. ALL HAVE GOOD RECORDS ee r At a meeting of the committee in charge of mihtary drill in the Washington High School last evening the following young men were commissioned regimental officers in the cadet corps: Colonel, -H. F. Pipes, Central; lieutenant colonel, John F. Bethune, Eastern; regimental” adjutant, Harry W. Wild, Central; regimental quar- termaster, R. M. Lackey, Central; major of 1st Battalion, S. M. Clirk, Centrat; major of 2d Battalon, Claude Corell, East- ern. The committee was made up of Major George H. Harries as chattman, Dr.Francis Lowe, director of the Washington High Schools, and the principals of the several high schools. Eta é Special interest centered around the ap- pointment of the regimental officers this year, as a new system of appointing these officers had been arrived at allowing the three literary high schools, the Central, D svi AT. J. HL VE. Goop XP TH YA wig N.Y. it will rent to ful party Star office To WHOM IT MAY CONCE! rf y Well speat. Old Sifes taken in ¢x- If you're interested come and see ust RRILL, Jr, LE DROIT BLDG., S02 F ST. ent the best local and foreign cem- RALPH W. LE hb st. (Phone 449.) IMPLEST WATCH ful repairing. It takes so Ittle to 1 guarantee all my work, so you ir wateh to me, requires: spoil a wateh. ed have no fear in -ims* a. CW. os . GRAD- uate Michigan S, has reopened her office at Ohio Natl Bank, cor. 12th and G sts. Hours. 95 p.m. 8e20-3w* ND PARK from Connecticut ave. to Tenallytown au2s aE Extends rund. Pay it a vist? Look to your house! Keep your louse in therough repair. If there's new shed—or uny other re- lumber plete stock of every 1 quote remels low tes furnished. Ist and Ind. ave. ‘Phone 217. foot 4th st. s.e. "Phuue 551. is that every garment made here is fashioned with an eye to extending our reputation for making clothes. The skill of a mast careful work of of our sell-3m.10 “Brevity is the soul of wit”’ and our briefs ow. raze, 50 copies, are prepared typographi- cally perfect in abbreviated time Fer rarriet reopie. NT. Elliott, Quick, Neat Printer, 10th st. ocT- Lid er d An Exact Counterfeit. real typewritten letters are” those 1 by our typewritten cireular process. letter ai we print any mer- all through. a found th profitable means We are agents for this pro- 12 11th St. oct 14d Warnin Tal a chom you intrest the repairing r electrical justruments—some repairers uin them. We're fully competent to re- even the most delicate instruments. Small “OFT, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, 740 Sth st. bw. "Phone 1516. GSA No Matter What You Need —if it comes under the head of Stationery or Office des the to find hun. the Office and Library ou're not likely to find any- Where ele in town. COUR PRICES also will prove very satis- factory to ston & Rupp, 421 1ithSt. TPOPULAR-PRICED STATI oc6-14d Stop Slamming the Door. Get the “noiseless” Blount Door Check and Spring-ean be adjusted to any door—simple and sure—only one piece. Sold for seven years with- out a complaint. Gled to show you all about it. Drep in any time. John B. Espey, 27-3m,10 The Delicious Flavor Hardware, 1010 Pa. ave. of Tharp’s Pure Berkeley Whis- key has been often commented on. It ts on account of the ab- solute purity. A doctored whis- key cannot have the same flavor; it is impossible. $1 a full guart at JAS. THARE'S, 812 oc4-10d meral of Frederic S. Doyle. “Cut Off in the Bud” was the subject of remarks made by Rev. Mr. Verbrycke, pastor Gurley Memorial Church, officiating at the funeral of Frederic S. Doyle, serv- ices held from residence of his father, Le Droit Park, yesterday morning. ‘The deceased was born in Philadelphia September 3, 1869, coming to Washington in 1880, where he completed his common school course. He graduated from the Washington High School, going into the real estate business, where his many friends will remember him for his busi- ness-like qualities. He was last connected with the real estate firm of Pitney & Brad- ford. during which time he studied law at night, graduating from the Celumbian Law School in "9%, and entered the bar shortly after. Thinking his prospects better in his native city, he connected himself with the firm of Teller & Bros., real estate brokers, Philadelphia, where he purposed studying Pennsylvania state law, necessary to prac- tice there. At the time of his death he was diligently preparing himself for the Phila- delphia bar, which he would have entered in a short time, after which his prospect as a lawyer, both by his own integrity and by his connection with the Title Insurance Company, by whom he was last employed, was a bright one. He was also an active church worker in both cities. He married before leaving this city, and leaves a wife and infant child, who bave returned here. She was formerly Miss Henderson, daugh- ter of Dr. Geo. H. Henderson, the well- known surgeon of Washington. —s— you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what-you wish, you will get an answer, H. F. Pipes, Central. * Eastern and Business, an equal chance in obtaining the commissions, variating from the old system of allowing the Central School all the regimental appointments. The old system apportioned the appoint- ments, regimental and battalion, among the schools, according to the length of the school’s course of study, the number of cadet companies and the length of time the school had been represented in the regiment. In this old system the Central was al- lowed all of the regimental positions, as it was the oldest school, had the greater rember of companies, was the school where the idea of having cadets originated, and was the headquarters of the corps. ° The Eastern was allowed the major of the 2d Battalion, the Business the adju- tancy of the 2d Battalion, and the Western the quartermaster of the 2d Battalion. As the Ist Battalion was made up of Central companies alone, the officers were selected from that school. The cause of the doing away with this system of apportioning the appointments was due to complaint made by the West- ern High School to the high school board of trustees. ‘The Western complained that they should have been given the major of the 2d Bat- talion last year, as a cadet of their school, Captain Berry of Company H, the year previous, and who was a fourth-year stu- dent last year, outranked J. Strother Miller of the Eastern, who had been given the appointment. Miller was, a leutenant in Company F the year before, and, as he was the ranking cadet in his school last year, was given the position, as customary. Major Harries made known the method to be followed in the future a few weeks ago. It has been followed out and found very satisfactory. Description of the New System. The new method is as follows: First. Only such candidates shall be ¢x- amined for these positions as have full and regular standing in their respective schools. This 1s to be understood as ex- cluding all such as are pursuing special or partial courses, or are deficient, i.e., “con- ditioned,” in any branch. In the Central School the seven cadets ranking the high- est may undertake the examination, in the Kastern School the four ranking highest, in the Western School the three ranking highest. In computing scholarship rank Jno. F. Bethune, Eastern, all marks skall be included for the entire time that the cadet has been a member of the school, it being understood that this necessitates three years’ membership of ihe school and three years’ service as a cadet in the Washington High School Regiment. Second. The Business High School, as heretofore, shall appoint an adjutant for the 2d Battalion, but is not:to compete, on account of the two years’ course of the school, for the regimental positions. Third. The examination for these four- teen candidates snall be conducted orally by a beard of military officers, of which the military instructor shall be chairman. Fourth. The competition for the majority of the 1st Battalion shall Ife with the can- dicates of the Central School; for the ma- jority of the 2d Battalion, with the can- didates from the Eastern and Western Schools. Harry Wild, Central. Positions to be competed for in this man- ner shall be as follows: Colonel, lieutenant colonel, regimental adjutant, regimental quartermaster of Ist Battalion, major of 2d Battalicn, six in all. ‘The Qualifications Considered. After the candidates from ‘the several schools, selected for their ord only, have been given both h a and an oral examination, the ss imal | ing the highest averages in the:two: milix, THE OFFICIAL WEATHER ca ET EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Selid-lines ‘are 1so- tenth of an inch, Dotted: lines.are isotherms, or Mnes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen daring preceding twelve hours. The wo rds “High” and “Low"’ show location’ of areas of high and low barometer. Smail arrows fly with the wind. - LOCAL SHOWERS. Fair Weather Indicated for Tomor- row. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia and Maryland, fair Fri- day, preceded by light local showers this afternoon or evening; northerly winds. For Virginia, generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler in southeast portion to- night; northerly winds. The barometer has risen slowly generally over districts east of the Mississippi and fallen in the northwest and at Rocky mountain stations; it is highest north of Lake Superior and lowest north of Da- kota. It is cooler from New England westward to Dakota and over the OPio valley, but it is warmer at northern Rocky mountain stations and in the lower Missouri valley. Fair weather continues, except in the Saint Lawrence valley and lower lake re- gion, where showers are reported. The indications are that fair weather will prevail in the southern states and the Ohio valley Friday. The conditions are favorable for local showers tonight from Virginia northward over New England, followed by generally fair weather Friday. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 65; condi- i} tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 65; condition at north connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature. 65; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. £ Tide Table, Today—Low tide, 11:30 a.m. 5:14 a.m. and 5:31 p.m. : Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:13 a.m. and 12:17 p.m. High tide, 6:30 a.m. and 6:18 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 6:02 a.m. 5:33 p.m. ae Moon sets 4:01 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6:03 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:41 p.m. Ex- tinguishing begun at 5:11 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before’ the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 6:26 p.m. guished at 5:26 a.m. Temperature for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weatherebureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: October 6—4 p.m., 74; 8 -p.m., 67; mid- night, 54. October 7—4 a.m., 51 66, and 2 p.m., 71. Maximum, 76,. at 8 p.m., October 6; min- imum, 49, at 6 a.m., October 7. High tide, Sun sets, Extin- +8 am., 53; 12 m., tery tests are given the highest positions in the order which they stand. Their scholarship records have nothing whagever to do with the decision of the committee. nothing but their military ability and fit- Robt. Lackey, Central. ness te command being taken into consid- eration, after they have been selected to represent their school. Won the Honors Fairly. ‘The young men who have been so highly henored in being given regimental commis- sions deserve them as a result of three years of hard study and of earnest and conscientious work. The colonel, H. F. Pipes, is only eighteen years of age. He was first sergeant of Cempany A last year, and is considered th ia j bh tse S. M. Clark, Central. one of the best-informed cadets on military matters in the organization. He stanis well up in his studies and will make a first-class colonel, his physique and bearing making him an attractive and commanding officer. John F. Bethune, the lieutenant colonel, is the only cadet outside of the Central who has ever been given a regimental posi- tien. Harry Lenard of the Eastern was given the position of lieutenant colonel in ’95. Lenard was in his fourth term that year, and was captain of Company F the year Claude Corell. previous. Bethune is only seventeen years of age, and has the highest scholarsh as well as military record in his school. He was first sergeant of Company F last year. *S M. Clark, the major of the Ist Bai- talion, was first sergeant of Company B last year. He is nineteen years old and a hard and earnest student. The regimental adjutant is Harry W. Wild. He was second lieutenant of Com- pany “Bb” last year and is nineteen years of age. Wild is popular with the students apd will make an excellent officer. R. M. Lackey is regimental quartermas- ter. He was right guide of Company “A,” last year, and is eighteen years of age. The major of the 2d Battalion is. Claude the 2d Battalion at large, as Covell is pop- ular: with all the High School boys. He is nineteen years of age, and a member of the Eastern foot ball eleven. Western School Declines. ‘The Western school was allowed three candidates, byt the boys selected from that school refused to take the examination, being satisfied with company positions. |. ‘The regiment will be formed next Mon- day. The cadets will be divided into sq and instructed by * temporary officers.’ ~ ‘This evening at the Cent High School all candidates for were given an oral examination by ‘Major 2 = VQ“ 2 —— Sy 3 > 3 4 cy \ == 5 | 8 D855 g f : : 5 BEA A be made for a week or morep as the re- sults of the examinations have to be as- certained, and the committees of the sev- eral schools have to report. i There will be several changes this year. Instead of the “setting-up” exercises which were the torment of the men in ranks last year, there will be substituted a set of ex- ercises with the ‘riffe. The new practice formula is the work of Capt. Chase, Battery 1, 4th Artillery, U. S. A. It will form a new feature to the drill, and the few ca- dets who have known of it have hailed it with pleasure. It is generally conceded that drilling without the ‘fle is’ tiresome and uninteresting. Moreover, being done in cadence, the exercises wi!l form one of the meet beautiful features of the;competitive rill. ELECTRICALLY WELDED RAILS. =a A Suggestion to Local Street Car Com- panies, “The communicaticn signe@ A Sufferer which appeared in The Evening Star and referred to the jarring of the streets by the street cars reminds me that I saw in Youngstown, Ohio, a few weeks ago a method of joining rails that the street car companies here*would do well to examine if not adopt,” said Mr. Stamton Weaver to a Star reporter today. sn “The jarring of the streets: may possibly be caused bv flattened wheels,"as your cor- respondent states, but f think it is more likely due to loose joints at the ends .of the rafis. No mattér how well, the rails are bolted to the iron yokes or are bolted together with fish bars they are so covered with concrete, etc.. that the frequent tight- ening they ought to have cannot be given. The result is the nuts work loose, the rails begin to spring and pound as the cars pass over the ends, and the more they pound the worse they get, until workmen are sent to dig down to them to tighten them up again. “Now, in -this respect our local street railways appear to me to be behind the age. They should adopt the Youngstown method, which is to fasten the ends to- gether by an electric weld. A large elose- fitting chair or open sleeve surrounds and joins together the ends of adjacent rails, and the three parts are then electrically welded together—the current being taken from the trolley line. Then follows a truck which is provided with an electric motor to which fs attached by a flexible shaft an emery wheel, which is used to grind the joint perfectly true, test being made with a steel straight edge. Tpis machine de- rives its power from the trolley wire, the return current being led to one of the tracks by an iron plate placed thereon. The removal of the electric connections when a car passes and replacing after is the work of a moment, £o traffic is not in- terfered with. ‘By this means a perfectly smooth track is secured, and it is stronger at the joints than at any other point, and, if the weld- ing is well done, obviates the necessity of any further attention to the joints till the rails are worn out, and also prevents loose ends and consequent pounding.” ———— WILLIAM WAS UNWISE. He Tried to Bury a Dead Wife and Child Too Many. Times. Fer begging money on the old, old plea of the necessity of raising funds to bury a fictitious deceased wife and child, Will- jam Brown, colored, was arrested last evening, and in the.Police Court today was sentenced to the workhouse for one hundred and eighty days, the charge being vagrancy. According to the testimony, Brown, about two months ago, visited a house where Elizabeth Thompson and Ella Smiley were employed. He exhibfted. to the women a paper, which he said was a death certifi- cate. . The. man added that his wife and child had died that morning, and on the strength of his repregentations each of the women gave him 25 cents. They were very -much surprised yesterday when Brown again put in an-appearance at the hcevse and reiterated the story of misfor- tune recounted on the occasion of his for- mer visit. - Brown next applied dor assistance to John L. Saunders, messenger to Judge C. C. Cole of the Distrie4. Supreme Court. Saunders received a warning from the women mentioned, and followed Brown, finally causing his arrest by Polfeeman Kilmartin. ee “How often do your wife and child die?” inquired Judge Kimball ef:\Béown, us. the latter mounted the witness:stand. “A fellow on the corner ggjye me that paper,” mumbled the prisoner, “What was his name?’ the ‘eourt wanted a7 30 to know. 5 “I don’t remember,” replied Brown. “Well, you will have six, monghs to think It over,” the court decided. “Step back.” ——— Scout Allison’s,,Leciures, | - Correspondence of The Zventng: Stars : LINDEN, M4@.,October 7, 1897. Scout Allison, whose name i& familiar to the readers of The Star, delivered a lecture last night to a select audience in Irving Hall. His subject was “Indian Life and Language.” To say that he fulfilled the expectations of every one in the hall faint- ly expresses the sentiment of the large of his ilfe among the Sioux nation, and Tt, matters 1 audience. Tne scout spent thirty-one years | GUITEAU’S WEAPON Recovery of Revolver With Which President Garfield Was Shot. NOW IN CUSTODY OF POLICE OFFICIALS ‘Rehearsal of the Particulars of the Startling Crime. VIEWS OF THE OFFICERS Maj. Moore and Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police department are highly elated over the announcement they were able to make yesterday afternoon that the revol- ver used by the assassin, Charies J. Gui- teau, when he shot President James A. Garfield, is in their custody, and will be put in the cabinet at headquarters. The revel- ver was delivered at police headquarters late Tuesday afternoon, and yesterday Chief Clerk Sylvester had the weapon iden- tified to his complete satisfaction. “This, to my mind,” he said, to a Star reporter, this rnorning, as he exhibited the weapon, “is the.revolver used by the as- sassin, Guiteau.” The revolver is an ordinary British bull dog of 44 caliber. Four of the chambers were loaded, while in the fifth chamber there was an empty shell. While, of course, the bullets were all of the same caliber, one of them was much longer than the others. Because of the long time the weapon has rested untouched, the bullets were partly covered with a green mildew, and parts of the weapon showed that rust had started to do its work on the metal. The pistol is a cheap affair, the handle be- ing set with pieces of wood instead of with bone, ivory or other composition. In Chief Clerk’s Desk. When a Star reporter called on Chief Clerk Sylvester the weapon was resting in a small drawer in his desk. He had removed the cartridges and the empty skell. This was done because of a rule not to keep such weapons about the office load- ed. Then, too, a loaded weapon would not be put in the cabinet. When the weapon is finally put in the cabinet it will be fas- téned more securely than are the other weapons, in order to guard against the possibility of its being carried away by @n unscrupulous relic hunter. Mr. Sylvester said he could not disclose from whence the weapcn was obtained, but it was gotten from a citizen who has had it in his possession for a number of years. Mr. Sylvester directed a letter to the person who held it, and this letter, which was signed by Major Moore, brought forth the weapon now in Mr. Sylvester's possession. The day of President Garfield's assassi- nation, July 2, 1881, the revolver was taken from police headquarters, at Pennsylvania avenue and 41 street northwest, by the late Col. George B. Corkhill, who was then dis- trict attorney, and was never returned, it is stated. The Assassin's Arrest. When the late Policeman Patrick Kear- ney arrested Guiteau he took him to head- quarters, where Policeman M. B. Gorman was on duty at the desk. “What's the matter?” the officer behind the desk asked the policeman who had the assassin in custody. “This man killed the President,” was ihe officer's response. No one in the room believed what he said, but thought he was joking, and when they intimated as much, Policeman “Pat” Kearney, as he was called, in his own pe- culiar way, said: “So help me God, he's killed nim.” His earnest manner caused a stir, and when he ventured the remark: “I believe he’s got the pisto] in his pocket,” those in the room started forward to search him. ‘Then it was that the assassin began to struggle, and when the pistol was taken from his hip pocket Officer Gorman put it in the drawer of his desk, and then put Guiteau in one of the two cells provided for prisorers. The detectives who were in headquarters and Policeman Kearney went at once to the Baltimore and Potomac depot to render what assistance they could to the wounded PYesident. Officer C. R. Vernon, who play- ed an important part in that day's affair, and who handled the pistol when he re- turned to headquarters, arrived at the de- pot a few minutes after the shot was fired. He was then captain of police under Major Brock. Heard the Shot. While standing at the corner of 6th and C streets Officer Vernon heard the shot fired. Rushing over in the direction of the depot he found that the man who had fired the shot was in custody, and he passed into the building. Soon after learning of the seriousness of the crime, he spoke to the late James G. Blaine, who was then Sec- retary of State, and both he and the cap- tain thought that the prisoner would be better Off in jail than he would in head- quarters. It was then believed the excite- ment would be so great that mob violence would result. When he reached the Police Court Capt. Prince and Judge Snell rendered quick service in issuing a warrant and making out a commitment, on which the assassin was admitted to jail as a prisoner. “When I reached headquarters,” said Officer Vernon today, “I saw the pistol.” The Pistol Identified. “And is this pistol in Mr. Sylvester's pos- session the one you saw at headquarters then?” a Star revorter asked him. “I have every reason to believe it is,” was his answer. “I’m certain it is.” Later in the day of July 2, 1881, Col. Ccrkhill called at police headquarters and asked to be shown the weapon. Knowing him tc be the prosecuting officer for the United States, Officer Gorman did not hes- itate to show him the weapon, which ne put in his pocket and started to carry away. To this the officer raised an _objec- tion, and, turning, Col. Corkhill said: “I gvess you don’t knew who I am. I’m the district attorney.” _ The officer replied that he knew very well who he was, but so far as the weapon ‘transaction was concerned his identity made no difference. On the one hand, Col. Corkhill was bound to have the weapon, while on the other the officer was deter- mired that he would not part with it with- out apthority. While this discussion was going on Major Breck entered and by his direction the of- ficer withdrew from the contest, and Col- onel Corkhill went out with the partiy loaded revolver in his pocket. Several times during the last fifteen years the question of the whereabouts of the Guiteau pistol has been raised and dis- cussed. Statements have been made from time to time locating the revolver at ds many different places, among them the safe in the district attorney's office being the most prominent. There is now a re- volver in that safe, which was substituted for the original weapon. Mr. Donovan's Statement. Mr. W. J. Donovan, who is connected with the licensc office, was police property clerk at the time of the asgassinatiou. In conversation with a Ster reporter, he said: “When the assassin was taken to headquarters, 4% street and Pennsylvania avenue, I went into Lieut. Eckloff’s room, had taken weapon away from e and absence Corkhill the offic that it was in Colonel Cork- ACCOUNTANTS . AMUSEMENTS, ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. | INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. BOARDING ... 12 BUSINES; CHANCES. az CITY 1TEMS...... = 10 COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. 12 COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 2 DEATHS s DENTISTRY .. 13 EDUCATIONAL . 13 EXCURSIONS . 10 FINANCIAL . 3 FOR EXCHANGE. 13 FOREIGN POSTAL 13 FOR RENT (Fiats), 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 dee 12 FOR SALE (Houses). 13 13 13 13 10 12 13 12 13 pice 12 PIANOS AND ORGA: 13 POTOMAC RIVER BOAT: 10 ES. SUBURBAN PROPERTY SUMMER RESORTS. TABLE BOARD. UNDERTAKERS | WANTED ‘Help) WANTED (Houses) WANTED (Lots)... WANTED (Mus: WANTED (8 oms) WANTED (Situations). 12 e 12 12 12 12 12 Thomas FP. Morgan, at that time Commis- sioner in charge of the police department. After *a good deal of correspondence be- tween Maj. Morgan and. the disirict attor- ney, I received an order from the Criminal Court to turn over the property referred to te District Attorney Corkhill, and with it a receipt from Col. Corkhill to the property clerk for the pistol. I immediately re- turned the ‘order’ to the court, with the explanation that I could not compiy with it, for the reason that the property referred to was never in my charge, and I returned the receipt to Mr. Corkhill, for the reason that I could not accept a receipt for what I did not deliver, and that I could not place the property on the property book, for the capital this morning was"not due to forest fires in the Dismal swamp, as rumor had it. The fog was caused, the officials say, by a decrease in temperature and corre- sponding increase in humidity. The atmos- phere, it was explained, is at present mixed with particles of dust, on account of the exceeding dryness of the time. The hu- midity causes this to become dense, as it were, and when the sun rises its power the fog is dispelled. It is nearly always hazy just at this sea- son of the year from this cause, it was Stated at the weather bureau, but the hazi- ness has no general effect. The rumor that the smokiness was caused by the Dismal swamp fires is disproved by the fact that the swamp is south of Washington, while the wind was from the northwest. It is too early yet for Indian summer, which Season does not arrive until the latter part of the month or the first of November. The indications for Washington are for stationary temperature, with possibly a lo- cal shower this afternoon or tonight, «nd fair tomorrow. There is a “low” hovering in‘ the northwest, which the Argus- weather people are “shadowing” waiting to see what it may develop. Se TRADE W1TH CUBA. and exerts ved while Possible Effect of the Selection of Senor Moret. The friends of reciprocity are encouraged to believe that the selection of Senor Moret as minister cf the colonies in the new Span- ish cabinet will lead to an improvement of the commercial relations between the United States and Cuba. Moret is the recognized exponent of reciprocity in Spain, ‘and he first came into public notice by em- bracing the views of Bastiat and urging complete free trade. When Secretary Blaine was effecting reciprocity treaties with South American countries his atten- tion was attracted by a speech by Moret, in which the Spanish statesman took the same position as Mr. Blaine. The Spanish tariff law, then as now, contained two col- umns, one of them giving reduced duties to countries entering into reciprocity ar- rangements with Spain. Moret advocated still a third column, making retaliatory rates against countries not entering into reciprocity, and designed to make reci- procity a matter of commercial necessity. These views are said to indicate that the new minister will advocate a colonial policy giving Cuba the largest possible measure of reciprocity with the United States under the reciprocity clause of the Dingley law. Another position taken by Moret will, it is believed, have a favorable effect on the Cuban insurrection. This is his authorship of the law emancipating the negro slaves in Cuba, which.is known as “the Moret law.” When he presented the law he was per- sonally attacked by .Castelar, who claimed that the emancipation was not speedy enough, and who asked jf. Moret wished his | daughters to read Cuban newspapers ad- vertising the sale of negro. women along with the sale of mares and cows. “Yes,” answered Moret; ‘I will make my daughters read these. papers, and when the sale of ‘Worhen, along with mares and FINANCIAL LINCOLN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The quarterly. divi- of two (2) per cent will be paid on the cap- Hal stock of this company tet 18. 1808. = E_N. WATERS, See J. A. Breen & Co., Bankers and Brokers, Rooms 3 und 3A, Sun butlding. Telephone $28. J. A. BREEN, Monager. a “a Tiras Toney ite of your selary cach week Begets wit start a bank accomnt toward as- Money. swine nanasome | aioe proportions, Bank, JOF ERMAN, GIO 14th at. J. S. Bache & Co., Bankers and Brokers, Members New York Stock Exchange. Cotton Ex- chanze, Chicago Bohra of Trade, &e. WASHINGTON OFFICES, 930 F ST. N.W. C. T. Havenner, Manager. Qlember Wastiagton Stock Exchange.) The attention of the Public Is called to our ODD LOT DEPARTMENT, Fractional lots of all the active stocks bought and sold for cash or on margin on the NEW YORK STUCK AY ANGE, nel$-21d The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK aVR. Chartered by xpecial act of Congrena, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 189%, Capital: OneMillionDollars auld W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BiOKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENEURG, THALMANN & CO. 46-160 New York. Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR, STH AND F STS. WAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Loans in any amount made on approved real estate or collateral, at reasonable rates. Interest paid upon deposits on dally bal- ances subject to check. ‘This company acts as executor, adminis tratot, trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and in all other fiduciary capacities. Boxes for rent in burglar and fire-proot —— vaults for safe deposit ad storage of vai- uable pa-kages. JOE q JoY¥ jOHN A, SWé H. 8. CUMMIN JOHN BR. ANDREW fe4-th,s,w.tf - -Presidoat ice President =O Money to loan at 4 per cent on Collaterals, Stocks, Bonds, etc., or auy gilt- edge Listed Securities: aul ORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1410 b at,; Glover, bullding. ts of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 80 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, ts. Exchange. paiiond, stocks and Bonds sod. all securities ed en the exchanges of New York. delphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sol. A nacre made of investment securities. Dis- trlet, ‘apd all local Railroad, Gus, Insurance and Telepbor-e Stock dealt in. ponies” Kell Telephone Stock bought and sold. Money at 5 Per Cent to Loan ~4 real estate in District of Columbia. No de- in closing loons. apitt HEISKELL & McLERAN, 1008 F st. Life Insurance Policies bought or taken as collateral on loans. TD. BA Dawax. 1508 F st. n.w., or Lox 503, City P.O. 29-t1 CONDENSED LOCALS, Number 1 engine company was called to George M. Schafer’s paperhanging store, at No. 1700 Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday. Some waste paper had caught fire from an overheated furnace, but no damage was done. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the fire department was called to the house of Norman F. Hines, No. 152s 8th street north- west. A gasoline stove had caused the fire, but no: much damage was done. Brentwood road between Queen's Chapel and Reeves roads is in a dangerous condi- tion. The police have requested the super- intendent of county roads to make the needed repairs, —— The Kansan Statue. 1 ‘From the Chicago Tribune. ‘The noise we hear in the west as the sun goes down is the,sound of Kansas’ mighty mind being made up. Kansas has learned that it is entitled to a statue in the Capitot at Washirgton, crd from the Mississippi river to Dodge City fair women and brave men are debating what form the statue shall take. Many and various are the sug- gestions now making with all the earnest- ness for which Kansas is renowned, but the enlightened and serious among the population are gradually dividing into two opposing parties, each of which is deier- mined never to surrender. One of these parties demands that the statue shall rep- resent a set of whiskers of heroic size, somewhat idealized, of course, while the cows, shocks their tender sensibilities I | other is equally insistent that it shall be a will tell them ‘Your father+was the first to | statue of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease in a call these beings to liberty.’ ” The “Moret law” has greatly endeared its author to the negroes of Cuba. —_--2+_______ Russia’s Seal Conference Delegates. The delegate: sian governmcnt at the proposed seal con- ference in this city are as follows: Coun- cilor Martens of the ministry of foreign affairs and professor of international law | is now between Mr in the” University of St. Petersburg; Court | kers, with odds about even. Councilor P.. Botkine of the Russian diplo- matic service, formerly attached to the who, will represent the Rus-| when it was learned that a heroic classic costime, showing her as the Kansas Goddess of Liberty. Another suggestion, that it should be a statue of John James Ingalls as Prometheus snatching fire from @ composite statue of the Kansas legisla- ture as Jove, found favor at first; but aiue of Mr. Ingalls would be three and one-half feet taller than the Capitol dome it was abandoned, for it is generally agreed that the stctue must be heroic. So the matter 's, Lease and the whis- The result will probably -be that the whiskers will win, for though everything elie is in favor of the lady, there is.one very serious ob- legation of that country at Washington, | jection to her—a purely artistic objection, and Councilor of State Grebnitzky, gov- a of the Commander (Seal) Islands. are on .the steamship Empress of China due at San Francisco = today. RIA CASTO FOR reason that it had never come into my pos- session.” In conclusion, he said: “I am very positive that the revolver I saw this morning in Mr. Sylvester's office is the same I-saw that memorable fore- neon in police headquarters; while I would not swear to it, I am convinced it is the same.” —__ PRESENCE OF HAZE: EXPLAINED. Due to Incrense in Humidity and Presence of Dust. It was stated today at the weather bu- reau that-the haze which hovered over the 3 and teristic Japanese representatives, whose | Lease and the Goddess of Liberty as she is names were recently published in The Star, | in Kansas is the === | ject will have to be Secking Transfer to the Treasury. ‘The demand for ‘expert stenographers and typewriters in the Treasury Depart- ment has caused « rush of experts from