Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING ,STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 9,. 1897-14. PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. <ERSHIP HERETOFORE EXISTING wRiert C. Strauss, and William —C. name of Strauss & Son, at i issolved by iuutual by Albert 2 and bills due payable to William C. Strauss, who the business in his own name. the firm a will continue ALBERT C. STRAUSS, now-ta, th, WILLIAM STRAUSS. eITUS . H ALTEXUS WILL HOLD A toe ¢€ ESDAY) EVENING, Nov. ao nn's Hall, 721 6th st. nw. t wc U.-THE REGULAR MEETING OF Chapin Caton will be held TOMORROW (Wednes- ). at 2 p.m., in he WASH. ‘There will bar of the Dist vis, esquire. HENRY E. DAVIS, President of the Bar Association. FER LEWIN, Sec RGE AND SMALL Hi sale at stables, 10th and C sts. G. EDER . Agent. __ not-t QUITE ENGLISH, one for Thanksgiving then—for the fi" Let us make ye aH feel thankful p and finish will be unexeelled. Our cutter fits hard-to-fit men easily! J. FRED. GATCHEL & CO., Tailors and Drapers, 604 13th s. E. P. MUDD, 15 years cut- ter for late firm of Geo. T. Keen, 1s now with us. Se IP UNTIL YOUVE BEEN BURGLAR- arnt out b & “Mosle in which to store your valuables. Securing one me net-Gl D. F.Merrill, Jr., 802 F st., Le Droi AND MES. BRACKEN, SPIRITUAL st circle every Wednes- class Monday evening. nos-3t* Office of UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., No. 213 14th st. n.w WASHINGTON, D. Notice at Ha the loth day of 4 3 vars of 1 and 3 p.in., for the purpose of electing board of directors to serve for the ensuing year action of such other business as may wfully come before an annuel meeting. The books will remain closed from the 2d day inclusive, until after the meeting. Attest: Es A. A. THOMAS, President. SEYMOUR W. TULLOCH, Seeret 0c19, 26,0028! z ee! T CAN BIND ONE BOOK OR ONE MILLION books. Ne is too small to receive my most careful . or too for my capacity. I ake a specialty of rebinding old Bibles, prayer ete. HO Sa SLL Mth st. os-: ied equipment best printed possible copies) and a ring them the min- 5O6 1TH ST. N.W. PHONE praised. ute 7 7 Clever men skilled in the art typout presses and the lowest prices—is the combination that should win us your next printing der. ‘On the minute promised printer.”” IRDER ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS —skiituuy put in order. Repairing delicate tn- etruments a speci The more difficult the . the better we'll like it. A postal or ‘phone e will bring us to you. Modest ces. SOUTT, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, a “Phone 1516. ‘no 8- Sa THINK ING A BUSINESS SUIT? Drop in end see the exclusive woolens we are showing. Learn about how we are putting out the hardsemest tailored garments—that needle and shears ever had to do with. Also get ac- quiinted with the economical prices prevailing ETT & DOWNEY—1ith st. n.w.—"433."* aull-3m,10 THOS. D. SINGLETON, FOR MANY YEARS identified with the Carpet, Furniture and istery business of this city, late Singleton & Fletcher, begs leave to announce to his former frieids and patrons that he is now connected with the Julius Larsburgh Furniture and Ca‘ i as manager of the carpet department, 1226 F at, nw., where he will be pleased to see’ them. not-3t CLARENCE A. BRANDENBURG, ATTORNEY-AT- law, has removed his offices from 412 5th st. to Fendall building, cor. 4% and D sts. n.w. oc29-10t OUR PRICE FOR BRICK DELIVERED IN CITY Umits is as follows: Salmon, $ per thousand. cl per thousand. $6.75 per thousand. .00 per thousand. nz for sidewalks, $7 to $10, according to quality. ified paving for streets, $20. Special prices for large orders. We make any- thing made of clay. VASHINGTON BRICK AND TERRA COTTA CO., 10th amd Fn.w. "Phone 446. TO THE PUBLIC_JOHN C. FANNING, MY SON, is no longer in my employ and has no authority whatever to receive or receipt for any amounts du- me. CHAS. J. FANNING. not-1w* THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE FORMED A COPART- under thy name of Davis & Sturtevant transaction of business pertaining to real estate, loans and 2. e201 AT LEGAL RATES OF INTEREST—MONEY TO Joan upon indorsed notes, insurance policies and collateral security; no delay with responsthle ap- Dlicants. P.O. Box 244. oclS-Im* An ordinary circular is tossed aside=-but these typewritten circular let- ters of ours are read. Precively like a perscnal communicat pstiy, ef z.. ver ppowmt. ADAMS, Priater, 512 11th st. Sy Iq Many people imagine urns& Co.’s tis prced tu st . No such thing. G Tailoring best garments est possible Talk. P sistent with geod materiais and first- elas workmarship and skilled cutting. See the Soft English Worsted Coat and Vest we make for $2). Imported Trouserings, $7 and up. Sults from $2) up. Overcoats, $20 to $50. Bot-Iil JD. BURNS & 00., cor. 9th and G nw. Epilepsy. Suggestions regarding treatment; the result of 20 years’ experience in a sanitarium. Send stamp for pamphlet. Dr. WILLIAMSON, New London, Conn. Piasterers Reap ™ Benefit —of this Lath purchase we secured un- der pri We were oniy able to secure a Hmited quantity to sell at $1.90 1,000. ‘These are good quality White Pine Laths. Let cs have your order. THOS. W. SMITH, ist & Ind. ave. "Phone 217. Mill_and ives, foot of 4t! s.e. "Phone 551. neS-10d You Could Do Better Work and do more work—if your office was supplied with rome of the many handy, useful appli- ¢ have for a busy man's office. Pin ling ‘Tools, fety Ink Wells, Copying Presses, Fount Pens and Letter Files are only random se! ‘ions from a great number of reedful articles that every office should heve. Prices are very small. Easton & Rupp, 42! 11thSt. POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. no8-14d The enormous and con- tinued sale of Tharp's Pure “Berkeley” Whisky alone Proves that It must possess os 99 uncowmon qualities. Peo] Berkeley.” (rvoigariucs Heme gehen they can get xood,and “they are satisficd that Jas. * Berkeley” 18 good, Tharp, S12 F st. nw. Wear a Badge. wt The acting sealer of weights and meas- ures has been denied a commission as ad- ditional private on the police force. Sev- eral days ago, believing his duties required police authority, he applied for a special commission. The matter was referred to the attorney for the District, who decides that the Commissioners have no power to grant a roving commission to any man. Not to be deprived of a badge, however, the sealer has submitted a design of a badge to distinguish his office, and this will undoubtedly be approved. It represents a scale on the balance, with the words, “Sealer W. & M. D. C.” stamped thereon. ———._ Martin Case Set for Trial. District Attorney Davis stated today that he will call the case of Robert H. Martin, the ex-treasurer of the Columbian Univer- sity, for trial next Monday. The indicted man, it is charged, embezzled the funds of the university to the amount of several thousand dollars. The trial will probably take place before Chief Justice Bingham in Criminal Court No. L —_——>—_—_ Case Dismissed. A charge of grand lerceny against Joseph L. Yates was dismissed yesterday in the arrested of stealing a bicycle from George Pitkin of 1312 P street. THE OFFICIAL Pra dao RL ms oh) Ae ‘ma Po Mu tcear Hil “ow . if | vf L/h tae Se w: WEATHER MAP. t Qi f i i! (igen ‘iti Mn jul Oa — EXPLANATORY NOTE: Ofservations taken at 8 a.m., 75th raeridian time. Sozid lines are iso- bars, or Iines of equal alr pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal 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 arrow@ fly with the wind. CLEARING TONIGHT. Fair and Colder Weather Indicated for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, the weather will clear tonight; Wed- nesday fair; colder; southwesterly winds, becoming northwesterly. For Virginia and North Carolina, show- ers, followed by clearing weather tonight; Wednesday, fair; colder; southwesterly winds, becoming northwesterly; probably frosts in western portions Wednesday morning. ‘Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm, central Monday morning in the middle Mississippi valley, has moved northeastward to Lake Ontario, increasing decidedly in intensity. The barometer reads 20.16 at Erie, Pa., attended by rain generally in New England,the lake regions, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and the middle Atlantic states, brisk to high winds prevailing in the Ohio valley and lower lake region, and they may become danger-. cus on the lower lakes today. The weather will clear in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys tonight and in the middie Atlantic states and New England Wednes- day. Increasing southwesterly winds are indicated for the New England and New Jersey coast. An area of high pressure covers the Rocky mountain plateau and the southern ter has fallen decidedly over the lower lake region and the Atlantic states, also on the northern Rocky mountain plateau; it is rising rapidly on the southern Rocky mountain slope and in the lower Mississippi valley. The temperature is higher in the Atlantic states and lower in the Mississippi valley and west gulf states. The temperature will fall generally in the Atlantic states, the Ohio and lower Missis- sippi valleys. Frosts are indicated tonight for the interior of the west gulf states and throughout the Ohio valley. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—De- troit, 1.22; Loutsvilie, 1.22; Mobile, 1.36. Tide Table. : ‘Today—Low tide, 1:59 high tide, 7:43 a.m. and 5 Tomorrow—Low tide, a.m. and 2:21 p.m.; high tide, 8:18 a.m. and 8:29 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 6:37 a.m.; 4:51 p.m. Full moon, 9:50 a.m. today. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6:38 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps ail lighted by 5:50 p.m.; extin- suishing begun at 5:46 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 5:44 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:01 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 52: condi- tion, 18; receiving reservoir, temperature, condition at north connection, 10; condi- tion at south connection, 10; distributing reservoir, temperature, 56; condition at in- fuent gate house, 20; effluent gate house, 35. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon ovember 8—4 p.m., 53; 8 p.m., 61; mid- night, 50. 3 emia November 9—4 a.m., 50; 8 a.m., 56; 12 m. 62, and 2 p.m., 62. ‘ Maximum, 65, at 11 p.m., November 8; minimum, 50, at 2 a.m. November 9. The following are the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: ovember S—4 p.m., 20.82; .™m.. .78; midnight, 20.68, Sie ee eas: November 9—4 a.m., 29.55: 12 m., 20.35, and 2'p.m., 29, sun sets, 8 a.m., 29.42; AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. News Gathered From Vicinity of the Aqueduct Bridge. Considerable complaint has been made of late regarding the condition of the east side of 32d street. adjoining the high-serv- ice reservoir at U street. The reservoir leaks, it is sald, and a steady stream of waste water runs across the pavement at the point named, keeping the sidewalk almost continually wet, and rendering walking on a clear day rather disagrce- able. Now that winter is coming on the water will freeze and make the entire sidewalk so slippery that it will be danger- ous for pedestrians, as happend last year. In case the District government ca:not repair the leak, the citizens say it ougat to make a small gutter near the retaining wall of the reservoir and carry off the waste water without allowing it to run over the sidewalk. Levi Johnson, colored, was arrested this morning about 3 o'clock by Polic?man Maher, on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The complainant is Mary Rawlins, who lives at 1019 Cissell’s alley. The as- sault occurred Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of the girl. It is said Johnson called to see her, but she was not at home. going with other men, and quarrel, which resulted in Join ing a pocket knife and stabbi in the groin. The poltce were 1 of the fact until yesterday, when the col- cred woman asked Policeman Grove to have her sent *o a hospital, ating she was sick. Sergt. Conlon was sent to the house to investigate, and the weman told him the story. He swore out a warrant for Johnson and the woman wus sent to Freedmen’s Hospital. ‘The arrest was made at Johnson's home. A pleasant surprise party was tendered Theresa, the little daughter of Mr. d Mrs. John W. Schlosser of 1671 last evening. Among those pr Masters Harvey Davis, George Charles Hobb, Hillery Hoskinson, Chamberlain, George Custard, Engells, Norman Engells, George Paxtcn, Will Hobb, Clarence Hob», Freddie Lep- pell, Charles Kirkley, Clarke Hollins, bowie Stevens, August Vogt, Willie Vogt, Ber- nard Vogt, Edward Holt, Freddie Schlos- ser, Bernard Watts, Misses Carrie Holt, Bertha and Pearl Morton, Nellie and Ger- tie Schlosser, May Foley, Ethel and Delia Schlosser, Amelia and Clara Lowe, Mamie Meincikin, Nora Holliday, Mamie Hoskin- son, Bessie Lapell and Sadie Guthrie. The conditien of Mr. Robert E. Talnot of 32d street, considered to be critically ill, is unimproved. The parking commission ‘s now visiting Georgetown and making a number of necessary improvements in the way of re- moving dead trees and planting new cnes. ———— Orders for Work. The Commissioners have ordered: That catch basin at northeast corner of North Capitol street and Florida avenue be reconstructed; estimated cost, $85, charge- able to appropriation for paving North Capitol street from O to Q streets; also that catch basin be constructed at the northeast corner of North Capitol and Q streets; estimated cost, $55, chargeable to main and pipe sewers. Allotments be made as follows: From appropriation for replacing ob- structed sewers, 1848, on contract with E. G. Gummell, $950. From appropriation main and pipe sew- ers, 1898, on contract with John Jacoby, &,360. Fer work on contract with Adam Mc- Candlish, $960. For work on contract with E. G. Cum- mell, $2,600. From appropriation for suburban sewers, 18%, for work on <€ontract with Lyons Bros., $1,450. For work on contract with B. G. Gum- mell, 34,200. Ae work on contract with B. J. Coyle, 4,500. He later accused her of ere Was a ——>_—_. CASTORIA FOR Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher 18 ON THE WRAPPER CP EVERY BOTTLE OF PITCHER’S CASTORIA ADMIRAL RHIND DEAD. He Was Twice Thanked by the Navy Department. ‘The Navy Department has received from Admiral Bunce, commandant of the New York navy yard, a telegram announcing the death in New York of Admiral Alex. C. Ebind, retired. He entered the navy as a midshipmsn from Alabama in September, 1838, and his earlier services were in the John Adams of the Pacific squadron and the Constellation on the cvast of Africa. At the beginning of the civil war he commanded the steamer Crusader on the South Atlantic blockade and participated in a series of operations in Edisto sound, South Carolina, for which he received the thanks of the Navy Department. Subsequently he had ck: rge of the Seneca and the monitor Keokuk in 1862 and '63. Prior to the attack on the forts at Charleston in 1863 he buoyed the ckannel on the bar, and in the attack ‘he next day took the Keokuk within 550 yards of Fort Sumter, becoming the speciai tar- get of all the forts. His vessel was hit ninety times, and nineteen shot penetrated at or below the water line. He withdrew from action in a sinking condition, but kept the ship afloat till next morning, when she Went down without the loss of any of her crew. He continued in duty off Charleston for some tionths, commanding the steamer Paul Jones and the flagship Wabash, and participating in engagements with Fort Wagner and other forts in 1863 and 1864. He was in command of the gunboat Agga- wam in the James river in 1864, co-operat- ing with Gen. Grant’s army, and bombard- ed the forts and batteries, especially How- lett’s, for which he received the thanks of the Navy Department. In the attack on Fort Fisher he was selected to command the Louisiana, with @ volunteer crew from his vessel. She was loaded with 215 tens of gunpowder and bcmbs, fitted with fuses set to explode by clockwork, and towed to within 200 yards of the beach and 400 yards from the fort. This perilous undertaking was successful, but did not injure the fort. Since the war he served in various capacities, and be- came rear admiral Octoter 29, 1883, retiring the next day. He lived in N his retirement. Sei cee ence COMPLAINTS FILED. Alleged Ill Usage of Horses by Street Railway Companies. The Humane Society is said to be in re- ceipt almost daily of complaints against the Soldiers’ Home and Eckington and Belt Line railroad companies for alleged cruelty to horses, this despite the fact that the agents of the society make arrests of driv- ers about three times a week. Agent Reiplinger of the Humane Soctet; today told a Star reporter that the railway people had seemingly grown indifferent tu prosecution and prefer to forfeit collateral Tather than to take horses that are unfit to work off the street, and that to break up the practice would require ull the time of both agents of the soceity. Mr. Reiplinger said further that he had recelved complaints as to the quality of the feed given the car horses, but it would take an expert to ascertain whether or not that was true, as to all appearances it was as good as horses usually get. The excuse given by the railroad people is that the motive power of the roads is about to be changed, and that it would not Pay to buy rew stock. ———.—__ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the fcllowing: ‘ White—Francis X. Johnson and Mary A. Buckler, both of Charles county, Md.; John W. Wells and Mary E. Hill; T. Henry W. Catlin of Chestertown, Md., and Mary A. Page of this city; J. Albert and Electra Murray. u Bae Colored—J. L. Jasper, jr. and Emma Rhodes; James Daniel and Martha Mocdy; James Seymour and Clara Thomas; Esau Hill and Rosa Hamilton; William Giles and Mary 8. Farrish; Wm. H. Carroll and Frances Butler. ——__ Housewarming at Bruen Home. There will be a housewarming at Bruen Home, 436 M street northwest, tomorrow between the hours of 3 and 5:30 and 8 and 10 p.m. Reports of the work will be given after 4:30 and 9 p.m. Invitations have been issued to all con- tributors and friends whose addresses are known, and it is stated that all Persons in- omested in the work of this charity will be welcome. —-—_—_—_ Not Dorsey Foults, PROSPECT ENGOURAGING Improvement in Railway Eamings During di M Annual Report of "Commissioner ren Hampton—Low-Water Mark in Con- ne struction Reached Last Year. Wee The report of the commissioner of rall- roads for the last fiscal was made public today. It is an ékhaustive docu- ment, covering ninety-eigHt pages of print- ed matter. ae “The long period of genétat depression in all lines of business, beginning in 1892 and continuing throughout the succeeding three years,” says Commissioner Wade Hamp- ton in beginning his report, “was conspicu- ously marked during the year 1896, when, owing to a partial failuré of crops, low prices, and the uncertainties always at- tendant upon a national election year, busi- ness almost reached the point of stagna- tion. No industry is more sensitive to dis- turbances in commerciai cireles and more accurate in reflecting surrounding condi- tions than the railrcad business, and the Statistics for the past calendar year show a falling off in the passenger traffic, and a general demoralization among the railroads as to freight rates, Which seriously affect- ed their earnings from those sources. The low-water mark was reached in railway construction, and during the year thirty- four roads with 5,441 miles of road passed into the hands of the courts, and fifty- eight others which had been previously placed in receivers’ hands were sold at foreclosure. “It is. gratifying to note, however, a steady improvement in rallroad earnings during the first six months of the current year. This is particularly noticeable in the so-called bond-aided Pacific roads. The outlook in the west generally for the pres- ent year is very encouraging. Everything points to an increased acreage and larger crops, and with prices higher there is every reason to look for a decided improvement in railroad earnings. The demand for cars began fully a month earlier than is cus- tomary, and it is expected that it will be unusually large this fall. “Owing to a reduced clerical force and a reduction in the allowance for traveling expenses, it has not for some years been Possibie for cfficials of this bureau to each year actually inspect the physical condition of the roadbed, shops and equipment of each of the various lines of railroad coming within the jurisdiction of the office and to report on the same, as required by the act creating the bureau. The inspections, there- fore, have been generally confined to the bond-aided roads, they being the ones in which the government is financially inter- ested. This year, however, after making the usual inspection of the bonded roads, 1 visited as many of the land-grant lines as circumstances permitted. Inspecting the Pacific Lines. “The main line of the Union Pacific from Omaha to Ogden, the Central Pacific from Ogden to Sacramento, and the old Western Pacific from Sacramento via Niles to San Francisco, were inspected by me personally in July last. * * * The roadbed has been much improved during the year, the Policy of substituting steel for wood in im- portant bridge structures and of placing heavier steel rails in the track having been continued. : “Under my direction, a tareful inspection was made by the assistant bookkeeper of the office in August of the other bond-aided lines, viz, the Kansas division of the Union Pacific and the Sioux City and Pacific rail- roads, both of which he reperts to be in very good condition. He also inspected the aided line of the Central Branch, Union Pa- cific, and reports it as in poor condition and not kept up to the'standard of the other bond-aided roads. I also personally traveled over, in August and September, the following lines of road which obtained grants of land from the United States: The Chicago and Northwestéin railway, from Chicago to Council Bluffs, Iowa; the South- ern Pacific of California, (three divisions), the California and Oregon, thé Oregon and California, and Northern Pacific railroads. ee “Of the subsidy bonds which were issued by the United States under the acts of 1862 and 1864 to aid in the construction of the several Pacific railroads there have matur- ed $20,714,000, and $20,654,000 of these bonds have been redeemed and paid out of the cash in the treasury of the United States, leaving still due and unpaid $60,000.” The proceedings in the foreclosure case of the bond-aided roads is reviewed at length. He refers to the bid of $50,000,000 on the Union Pacific railway mortgages which were to be foreclosed, and says: Union Pacific Debt. “It will be seen that the principal of bonds issued to the Union Pacific Railway Company and the interest paid thereon by the United States amounted on June 30, 1897, to $92,040,440.18, and there had been repaid by the company on its bond and in- terest account $20,931,04.61, leaving the balance of debt due the United States $71,- 109,39 By a sale of its interest in the i acific railway properties therefore, at the minimum price guaranteed as abo’ the loss to the government as of that date would be $21,104 57. The minimum bid, together with the amount already repaid by the company, will be equivalent to re- turning to the United States the princfpal of bonds originally issued and very nearly 8% per cent per annum.during the thirty years the bonds have run. “I have, in each one of my previous re- ports, recommended the adjustment of the indebtedness of the Pacific railroads to the goverrment through the medium of a com- mission, to be appointed by the President, and it has always seemed to me that a settlement more advantageous to the gov- ernment could be obtained if all the com- panies, particularly the Union and Central Pacific, could be negotiated with at the same time, and possibly in the same way, than could be accomplished by settling with them at different times and on a different basis. I am not disposed, however, to question the wisdom of the course pursued by the Department of Justice in the case of the Union Pacific railway, and, viewed from a financial standpoint, it would seem to be about the best thing for the govern- ment to do under the circumstances. The main objections which have been urged against this method of settlement have come from strong advocates of government ownership, or of operation under govern- ment supervision. I have always regarded this as not only a doubtful but a dangerous experiment, which would inyolve the gov- erument in enormous expense and would in all probebiliiy result disastrously.”” Concluding, the repcert states: “The estimates of appropriations sub- mitted by me for the bureau for the year ending June 30, 1899, are the same as the appropriation for the current fiscal year. ‘They are: Commissicner, $4,500; book- keeper, $2,000; assistant bookkeeper, $1,800; clerk, $1,400; clerk, $1,000; assistant mes- senger, $720; traveling expenses for the ex- amination of books and,.accounts of the subsidized railroad companies ,and inspect- ing the property theredf, ag, required by law, $1,000; total, $12,420.74. Farmers’ Institutes°im ‘Maryland. The first meeting of thi Farmers’ Insti- tute lately organized in,,Margland for the advancement of agriculture !will be keld Wednesday and Thursday, ‘November 10 and 11, at Upper Marlboto’. ‘The meetings will be open to the public., Professor 8. B. Heiges of York, Pa., will deliver an ad- dress, entitled “‘Nature’si Study for Chil- dren, or Teaching the Principles of Agricul- ture in Our Public Schodls.” During the second 5 oh will be delivered as follor 1“Buying and Mixing Fertilizer at Home,” by James F. Rice of Yorktown, N. Y:; “Prepared Corn Fodder as a Substitute for Hay,” by R. W. Silvester, president of the Maryland - tultural College; “Poultry“for prot; by 2. James EB. Ric: ee committee will be Messrs, Frank ee ee compos 0! “. - ae R. W. Chew and Meetings will be hel t La Plata, Chari wi eld iat oon November 12 "ant “183 ‘Annapolis Junction, January 10 ynd 11, and Rockville, January 4, SA ek <i Furniture Dealet Assigns. | Leo Geschickter, engaged in the furni- SIR WILFRID LAURIER'S VISIT ees Os The Oanadian Premier Prepared to Take Up Many Questions, Reciprocity in Tarif Duties to Be One of the Principal Subjects of Negotiations. The visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Canada, Sir Louis Davies, minister of marine, and other officiais of the dominion to this city will undoubtedly have an im- portant bearing on all the’ pending ques- tions between the United States and Can- ada, namely, the seal fisheries, the passage of alien laborers to and from Canada, the North Atlantic fisheries question, the pres- ence of many Americans in the Klondike territory belonging to Canada and in the mining regions of British Columbia, the fisheries troubles along the great lakes, the | bending privilege granted Canadian rail- roads, the controversy cver rights in the Frazer river, British Colembia, and in Pu- get sound, and also the question of a re- Sir Wilfrid Laurier. ciprocity arrangement between the United States and Canada. There is definite in- fermation that Sir Wilfrid is prepared to take up ail these questions and, if possible, include them in one general settlement whereby the constant friction they have engendered may be overcome. On some of these subjects he will confer with President %4cKinley, and on at least one of them, that relating to alien laborers crossing the border, he will suggest such mutual modi- fication of presen: restrictions as in his opinion will be of material advantage to the thousands of Americans now in the Klon- ike and British Columbian mifiing coun- try, and at the same time will be of ad- vantage to Canada along the eastern bor- jer. While the Bering sea dispute occasioned the visit of the Canadian premier, the Can- adian authorities attach less importance to it than they do to the other questions men- tioned. They say that the Canadian sealing interest is confined almest entirely to the far western territory, where the sealers fit out, and that even there a considerable per- centage of the so-called Canadian sealers hail from Seattle, San Francisco and other American ports, who fit out in Canadian ports under the British flag. What basis of settlement can be reached is not dis- closed, but little doubt, it is said, is felt by the Canadians that an amicable adjustment can be made. Among the plans suggested is that of an indemnity large enough to permit Canada to buy out the sealers and retire them from business. There is no de- termination, however, to advance this plan in preference to others, and the scope of the settlement will remain in doubt until the negotiations open. Administering the Immigration Law. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his associates will urge strongly that the border immigration question be settled, and on this point will confer with the President. ‘The. United States immigration laws, it is asserted, are administered with harshness along the Canadian border, and are a daily source of irritation. Sir Wilfrid will sug- gest that the causes of irritation be re- moved on both sides, and it is understood that he is prepared to offer a repeal of Canadian restrictions in the Klondike and mother regions if the administration of the American law is made more lenient. The co-operation of the United States is desired in plans of the Canadian authorities to make an easy route to the Kloniike. The proposed route is by boat from Fort Wrangel to the Stickeen river, which is in territory belonging to the United States, and up the Stickeen via Tasland lake to the Yukon river, and thence to the gold fields, Reciprocity With Cannda. On the matter of reciprocity, the gen2ral purpose of the negotiation will be to give the United States the benefit of the mini- mum clause of the present Canadian law in exchange for the 20 per cent reduction al- lowed under the Dingley law. The desire of Sir Wilfrid and his associates will be to confine the arrangement to a few imporzant articles, allowing time to develop its useful- ness and extend its scope. On the part of Canada the articles likely to be proposed for reciprocity are fish, coal, lumber and barley. On the part of the United States the articles likely to figure in the negotia- tions are coal, coal oil, corn, railway and electrical supplies, machinery of all kinds, agricultural implements, native woods, watches, clocks, cotton and certain forms of iron and steel. The North Atlantic fisheries controversy is of long duration. The license system has proved to be a hardship, and efforts will be made to reach a more satisfactory system. ee DOINGS OF POLICE COURT. A Small List of Prisoners Dock. Judge Scott mounted the bench promptly at 9 o’clock this morning and began his second day as regular judge of the Dis- trict branch of the Police Court in a busi- negs-like manner. The situation was brighter than was the case yesterday. There were fewer prisoners in the dock, the court room was by no means crowded and out in the hallway Policeman Flynn had no “loose prisoners” to deal with and experienced no difficulty in maintaining a dress to the right, according to the new tactics among those in waiting near the dcorway. Among the first to submit a grievance to his honor for adjudication was John Ma- loney. John is an old friend of the at- taches of the court, and, taough released from the workhouse only five days ago, was again in the ‘oils as a vagrant. “Are you guilty or not guilty?” asked the clerk, after arraigning John on the usual vagrancyyinformation. “I gets drunk all right,” was the plea, “but I ain’t no vag.” “He was stone drunk last night on G etreet northeast,” explained Policeman uinlan. “Further than that he has been drunk and begging ever since he was last released. In fact, he never does anything else.” dilapidated in the John is perhaps the most specimen of humanity that ever faced a judge in any court. And no doubt he is as pugnacious as ary. “I’m no vag,” he declared, “and I’ve got a better home than that cop. I gits drunk O. K., but I don’t beg. I gives tae cop a chase through a alley and he couldn’t catch me. That made himi sweet. I gives myself up to another cop named Tracy in _Haitck street.” . “Four months,” said Judge Scott without further comment, meaning thereby that John’s address for the next 120sdays will be “In care of. Intendent Stoutenburgh, ‘Washington Asylum.” . The proceedings of the concluded before noon. ——__—_ The Spanish Minister's Return. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister, who is temporarily making his head- quarters In New York city, is on a visit to this city. It is not believed that the minis- eITY 1fEMs. ‘COMMISSION! OOUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS ... FOR EXCHANGE. FOREIGN POSTAL SERVIC For ; ror verdict not guilty. Abraham Coleman, perjury; on trial. pretenses; verdict guilty. lan; on trial. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. RENT (Flats) RENT (ilatis) RENT (ious s) RENT lisce! FoR FoR Fo FoR FCR FOR FOR FoR FOR SALE (Houscs) PROPOSALS . RAILRVADS . Page 13 SPECIAL NOTICES Page 8 SUBURBAN PROPERTY. Page 12 UNDERTAKERS . Page 13 WANTED ‘Help). WANTED (Houses). ..... WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Booms). WANTED (Situations). CONDENSED LOCALS. A runaway horse came near dashing over a bicyclist near the corner of 6th and F streets yestérday afternoon about 4 o'clock, the wheelman barely having time to seek refuge behind an express wagon. When the horse passed near an electric car the conductor reached out, grasped the reins and succeeded in throwing the animal. The buggy to which it was at- tached was badly damaged. Detective Procter, who has been on leave of absence for several days, has returned to duty. During his absence Detective Parham acted as inspector of pawnshops. John Shepherd, colored, thirty-one years old, figured in a fight last night about 11 o'clock near 2d and D streets southwest. He fell and cut his hand so painfully that the police removed him to the Emergency Hospital, where the injury was dressed. William Brooks, colored, fell from his bicycle near 4% and O streets yesterday and injured his hip. He was removed to his hon.e, No. G street southwest, in the patrol wagon. Se SURRENDERED TO OFFICERS. Requisition for Herman Friedlander Honored. Chief Justice Bingham this afternoon directed that Herman Friedlander, charged with having, last summer, committed arsoa in Altoona, Pa., be surrendered to James McFeely, the agent of the state of Pennsyl- vania, upon the requisition of the governor of that state. The requisition, it will be recalled, was received here last week, Mr. Friedlander being arrested and then released on bail, when he filed a petition for a writ of hae beas corpus. The hearing on the petition took place this morning, Attorneys Leon Tobriner and Charles Bendheim arguing that the requi- sition papers were defective and :nsuffi- cient. They contended that the requisi*ion ¥.as not addressed to the proper officer, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and that the support- ing affidavit, no indictment having been re- turned against the accused man, is not shown to have been sworn to before a competent and duly authorized officer. Assistant District Attorney Baker submit- ted that all requirements had been met and complied with by the governor and otker Pennsylvania officials, and referred to the objections of the other side as cap- tious and frivolous. In disposing of the matter, Chief Justice Bingham held that the law governiag requi- sitions and the surrender ef persons claim- ed to be fugitives from justice had been fully observed, and refused to discharge the accused man. —= THE COURTS. Court of Appeals. Present, the chief justice, Mr. Morris and Mr. Justice Shepard. W. C. Dodge was admitted to practice. €S8, Smith agt. Herrell; judgment affirmed with costs, opinion by Justice Shepard. Patent appeal No. 73, in re application of James W. Neill; argument continued by W. A. Megrath for commissioner and con- cluded by J. R. Regers for appellants. Pat- ent appeal No. 77, Glenn et al. agt. Adams; argument commenced by W. W. Dodge for appellants. U. 8. District Court—Justice Cox. In re Prathers, Wright & Cox and Haws’ subdivisions (street extensions); on hear- ing. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Cox. Walker agt. Walker; rule on trustees re- turnable November 15 granted. In re es- tate of Mary J. G. Temple; decree of No- vember 1 amended. Wilson agt. Wilso! time to take testimony limited to thirty Justice days. King agt. King; testimony before Margaret Murray, examiner, ordered taken. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Draley agt. Brown; order limiting time to take testimony for interveners to seventy- five days. Gilbert agt. Williams; commis- sions ordered to issue. In re guardianship of Lawrence F. Clark et al.; decree rati- fying proceedings of Orphans’ Court. Cricuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Morrison agt. B. and O. R. R. Co.; verdict for defendant. Durker agt. Davis; jury discharged and case placed at foot of cal- endar. United States Glass Co. agt. Whit- ford; verdict for plaintiff for $70. Gies agt. Dexter (garnishee); defendant called and judgment for plaintiff. De Grain Fowler Cycle Co.; verdict for plaintiff for $100. Newbold agt. Harmon; commission ordered to issue. Drew agt. King; judg- ment by default. United States agt. Co- burn; order to pay watchman’s fee. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge McComas. Clark agt. Ransdell; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- United States agt. Thos. McMahon, rape; United States agt. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. United States agt. John Johnson, false Booth agt. Con- Probate Court—Justice Hagner. Estate of Caroline Betz; citation issued. In re Annie L. 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The coroner's jury in the case of Bessie Smith, colored, whose dead infant was found in a trunk at the house where she Was employed, as stated in yesterday's Star, returned a verdict holding Nannie Nicklens, colored, responsible for the death of the child. Nannie is Bessie Smith's aunt. She has been sick for several weeks, and for this reason she was not arrested when first accused of the offense, but after the verdict wes rendered she was taken into custody and held for the action of the grand jury. —>—— Motion for Release. Judge Bradley at 3 o'clock this after- noon heard the arguments upon a motion made by counsel of Dan Williams, con- victed lust week of embezzling Police Court fines, for his release from jail on ball, pending the disposition of the motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. The tion for admission to bail will be based on the alleged ill-health of Williams. parte Railroad Gets a Verdict. In the case of Martha 3. Morrison against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, @ verdict was rendered today in Circuit