Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1897, Page 1

—— THE EVENI TAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1€) Fernsylvania Avente, Cor. 11th &t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Com} bregng Sar Newepaper, Compeny AUFFMA Sew York Ofice, 49 Potter Buildin, The Evoning Star fs served to subscribers fn the eity by csrriers, on their ywn account, at 10 ecnts per week, or 44 cepts per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Crnada—pestage prepaid—50 cents er month. Satrrday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1 per year, with foreizn postage added. $3.00. ‘Entered a” the Post Ortice at Washington, D. C., @s sero nd-chisa mail matter. TF All wail subscriptions must be paid in advance. es of advertising made brown on application. BELT RAILWAY SALE Decree Entered by Justice Cox in the Equity Court. NOTICE GIVEN OF IMMEDIATE APPEAL May Be Carried to the U. S. Su- preme Court. EXT OF TH DECREE — See x, today in y Court No. 1, e decree directing the sale of the As the American Security and is appointed sole trustee to Trist Compan conduct The tor the mediate t noted an appeal to . from the de through At- y Fr Ry of the rt of A th Cox. All other interests, about haif a dezen in numb not recognized by - Will also appeal, one of the p - firm of S h & Son, an un- ured mz.tter to the eredi intending the Supreme Court of the United to carry ad, it is stated, ca at least, if 5 quired in filing the n cpinion from the nnot sixty days will be ne t time and se rt_of Appe In the decree, Juage Cox directs that the elt Railw ‘ompany shall, within fif- the of the holde company, mber 1 pons by ISSS, ant pperta with inte ment; tim: me yment be made within the it is provided. the deed ot foreclosed and all property, ronveyed thereby sold. nt. it is further pro- ind franchises of the ny shall be ld with- ement, redemption or auction, to the highest the premises at the tilway Company, unless th ered by the court. Previous me and place and terms of be given by publication of a rtisement, it is dire ablished daily, Sunday rm of four weeks prec it ecurity and Trust Gom- vinted trustee to required to give performance of duties as jer the Ar party conn 1 and purchase ntirety. shall sell the p 1t valuation, It sh edemption. iy bidder who not first uands or deposit with it at the of making the bid the sum of $5,000, fa rt reserves the right to set aside nade by the » and to re upon f: of any purchaser days to comply with any order court requi payment. The bal- not required to tru: dur ash or the the pure bal qui t the > pur- n money or Ime: forty r payable aid in equal tin fifteen, thirty, respectivel the . from the date le. f Proce that the fund property shail t of the costs of the per exp s of the may be ustee, in- 1 for making sation of Company it Ameri respect of ay company. by deed of 1 interest of the trust, dated July 1, payment of the interest on all overd jute of the maturity ectively, to the from Disposition of Surplus. there be any surplus remaini ts directed the shall b court to awai y make. In ul not be aym un suff in t dis the orth that the claims of the i the intervenors the claims of Mat- Ament & Com- corporation; Talty, War- par- wish & s ity, Morris + & corporation: th. Company, and the claim of 4 and Mary! Railway Com- . and the other claims, not entitled indebtedne: bonds and coupons, yable only out of what- ever surplus may remain after the payment of the amounts specifically designated and free from ali claims. Relicf of Employes. ristmas money. ° | Chas. F of the road, it is ave Immediate possession full payment of the purchase loyes of the company will unex- dly be supplied with a small amount Judge Cox this af- ternoon signed an order authorizing Re- he #ben WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24. ceiver Schoepf to distribute ratably among the employes on account of wages due, $191.50, realized from the sale of unservice- able horses. This action was taken through the efforts of Receiver Schoepf and counsel for the employes and the railway com- pany, and with the assent of counsel rep- resenting the trustees for the bondholders. ate Notes of the Navy. Commander A. Ross has been detached from the Naval Academy and ordered to command the Alliance, relieving Comman- der H. N. Manney, who is ordered home with two months’ leave. Lieut. FE. Green has been detached from the Washington navy yard and order- ed to the Alliance, relieving Lieut. H. J. . Patch, who is going to take examina- n for promotion and wait order: sut. Commander J. D. Adams has been ved from duty at the Nashville and Omaha exposition Lieut. W. W. Gilmer has been ordered to the Saratoga. he unexpired leave of Lieut. J. H. Rohr- acher has been revoked, and he is ordered to the Carne “1 works Paymaster R. Trazer has been detached from the Puritan and ordered to the in- Li re dian: Payn Colby has been detached from thi and ordered to settle ac- counts, ‘the gunboat Marblehead, which has been tau Prince for a week pa arrived vest yesterda She will take on 1 there and proceed to Navassa to in- vestigate the allegations of inhuman treat- ment of the laborers there. First Lieut. Alexander S. Porter, assist- surgeon, has been granted four months’ ve he flagship San cisco arrived at la y. The monitor ‘Terror at Lambert's Point, ar Norfolk. Licut. R. D. Tisdale has been detached from the Allian nted (wo months’ leave: Lieut. W. LB. Fletcher, from the Aliance te.the Vicksburg; Cadet Thos. Hart, from the Alliance to the Massacau- setts; Cadets H. Withams and O. G. Mur- . from the Allia to the Iowa; Cadet from the M chuset to the ut. Wm. well, from the Constructor F. rtment to the structor J. J. y, N. Y., to in- Witt Biamer and Puritan to the to the S: from the MARTINELLI AT CHICAGO Apostolic Delegate Cornered by the Ubiqui- tous Reporter. He is Plied With a Variety of Ques- tions—Prelate En Route to St. CHICAGO, December artinelli, apostolic delegate to the United States, spent yesterday in Chicago. He ved in the morning with a party of nds from Wastington, and left in the ning with a slightly larger party for Paul, where he is to be the ¢ hbishep Ireland during the holide ys. With Mgr. Martinelli were Dr. Rooker, is secretary, and Dr. Pace, professor of psychology in the Washington Un i Archbishop Martineili speaks Engl enough to answer all the purposes of his work, but is modest about his acquirements, and do iently at home with the language to enjoy general conversation. His secretary -r, whom he deie- gated to . Said that the work of Archbishop Martinelli since he came to this country, a tittle over a ye ago, had been largely of a routine cha ae . Nothing of importance has arisen to occupy the attention of the arc! “The relations of the church have been thoroughly harmonious and no serious questions have been brought before us. E he probable oulcome of the ‘atholic theological circles, to the retirement of Prof. the Washington Univ to Europe?” Fath 24. — Archbishop from and his return a. ter with which the apos- > delegation nas had nothing whatever to do, and I do not feel as if 1 could speak of it ata her Rooker said further that he knew jMothing at oll about the nature of the shopric with which Father Kozlowski, the Polish priest, has returned to this country. | sity vker was “IT only know what I have read in the seid he. “Bishop Zozlowski is not > of the Catholic ‘hurch. I never heard 6£ the so-called independent Catholic Church, with whi n he claims to be con- nected, and do not know whether any such society exists. If it does. it has no more ¢ ction with the Catholic Chureh than do the Protestant churche ss ELROPEAN HORSE MARKE . Stubbs to Collect Info tion for Seerctary Wilson. veretary Wilson of the Agricultural De- artment that there no good mat believes is reason why the United States should not supply many of the horses used abroad, and he is especi: pressed with the f that we could breed in this country, particularly in the western states, hors which could b viceable for cavalry pur- ses. The ag of the department in and other places have been in- structed to make reports on this subject, cove the general questigns and the horse, the demand, price, ete. les E. Stubbs will leave for Europe in few days bearing an honorary commission from the department. Mr. Stubbs’ special ion is to inv the horse markets » with jal reference to cav- nd such data as he obtains of interest to horse breeders who induced to embark in this new be field of competition will be turned over to the department for publication. Must S: ae pp Pelagic Sealing. Assistant Secretary Howell has instructed the collectors of customs at San Francts-:0 and Port Townsend, Wash., to notify ail persons in their respective districts con- templating engaging in pelagic sealing of the y ge of a bill prohibiting sealing in the Pacific ocean north of the 25th degree north latitude, under a penalty of forfeiture and a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for X months. not longer than The Senate Wing Almost Deserted. ‘The Senate end of the Capitol was almost deserte The office of the sergeant- at-arms was open until noon. nate committee the mbia was open all day, and Mr. Charles Me to the committee, spent the 1y in looking after various matiers that come before the committee at its first meeting after Congress reassembles. Sen- ators Millan and Burrows of Michigan, both visited the Capitol and spent some © together talking over Michigan mat- ters in general. + @+-- The Departments Closed. All government departments closed to- y at noon and will remain closed all day tomorrow. The room of istrict of on a Government Receipts. Government receipts—From internal reve- nue today, $154,408; customs, $123,229; mis- cellaneous, $13,712. WILL PAY IN) FULL Statement of President Singerly of the Philadelphia Bank. TRUST COMPANY ASSIGNS TODAY It Was Affiliated With the Chest- nut Street Bank. GEORGE H. EARLE, ASSIGNEE PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 24.—The Chestnut Street Trust and Saving Fund Company, which closed its doors yesterday, made an assignment today for the benefit of creditors to George H. Earle, jr., presi- dent of the ‘fradesmen’s National Bank, and Richard Y. Cook, president of the Guazantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com- pany. The Chestnut Street Trust Company is closely aftiiiated with the Chestnut Street National Bank, which was yesterday taken in charge by the national bank examiner. William M. Singerly is president of both ccmpanies, and the boards of directors of the two ¢con.panies are the same, with the exception that in each bcard there is one member who is not a director in the other. Signed by Mr. Singerly. The deed of assignment is signed by Will- iam M. Singerly, as president, and there 1s no reserve in the conveyance of the prop- erty of the company to the assigne: The directors of the trust company held a meeting this morning and the assignment to Mr. Earle and Mr. ‘Cook the out- come of a discussion of the troubles of the institution. It was announced that a stat ment would be issued in a day or two sho ing the exact condition of the company’s airs, ‘The assignment was made today by the Philadelphia Binding and Mailing Com- pany. This 1s\a small organization, which Was incorporatea in Maine. The ‘assign- ment is said to have been forced upon the company through the failure yesterday of the Chestnut Street National Bank. resident Singerly's Statement. Tke Record today publishes the fol! ing editorial: “To the public: The Record is compelled make a :ainful personal announcement this morning. Owing to the financial em- barrassment Mr. William M. Singerly, president of the Record Publishing Com- pany, the Chestnut Street National Bank nd the Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Fund Company were obliged to suspend business yesterday “The weight which proved too heavy for r. Singerly to carry was his large inves! tin the Singerly Pulp and Paper Mills Elkton, Md. ‘Tne extreme shrinkage in we of the price of paper and the resulting de- ion in the value of that property the primary cause of his embarrass- nt and of the suspension of the bank and trust company, with which he has been so closely identified. An extraordinary effort v made be- fore the announcement of the suspension terday to tide over the difficulty, d Singerly's friends ance with rare gencrosity and fide it was found imy ple to turn the as- sets at his disposa] into a shape to meet immediate requirement. Statement Soon to Be Made. “A complete statement of the condition of the Chestnut Street National Bank will soon be available. It is probable that such arrangements will be perfected as will en- able the bank to liquidate its obligations without the necessity or delay of a re- celvership. In the Record property Mr. Singerly has a valuable asset. The ear ings of this journal during the year 1806, in excess of all expenditure, were $310,000. With such a money-maker to fall hack upon, and with a grim determination to pay every dollar he owes, he hopes to. re- deem his credit and satisfy his creditors.” prea TRICK 1 ed to hi MEAN AYED. Man Throws Ammonium Sulphide ina Japanese Restaurant. R, Col., December 24.—The Cooks and Waiters’ Union has declared war upon the cheap Japanese restaurants recently opened in this city, and is using every po: sible method to drive them out of busin While the Oriental Restaurant on Larl- mer street was crowded an unknown man threw about a half pound of ammonium sulphide underneath the table nearest the Kitchen door. Huirying to the cashier's desk, he paid his bill and deposited an- other batch of the same chemical in front of the cigar case. Almost immediately the gases from the ammonium filled the place and every one present was forced to seck the open air to escupe the strangling Stench liberated from the chemical. Tho ul who playel the trick was soon lost in the crowded streets. Later somebody threw « quantity of chloride of lime in at the open doorway. F. Obi, manager of the restaurant, said he believed the acts were instig: by the union. —— WIRE NAIL PLA IN JAPAN, It Will Reduce the Demand fer the American Product. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., December 24.— Charles W. Richards, a mechanical expert of Cleveland, Ohio, has arrived from Japan, where he has been superintending the con- struction of a wire nail plant, costing $250,- 000, at Tokio. The capacity of the works is 500 kegs of nails and 1,000 wooden kegs daily. As skilled labor in Japan is paid but cents a dey, as against $1.50 in this coun- try, the output of the factory will cause a corresponding reduction jn the demand for the American product. ——.___ FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION. One Man Killed and Two Others Se- riously Injured. NEW YORK, December 2t.—A drill en- gine and a train of flat cars on the Central railréad of New Jersey collided in Commu- nipaw today. Brakeman Collis Haycock was killed, Fireman John Higgins was fa- tally injured and Engincer William Mar- tagh was so badly scalded that flesh came off with his clothing in great strips. a Lowell's Mills to Cat Wages. LOWELL, Mass., December —The treasurers of the Lowell cotton mills, at a meeting held here today, voted to reduce the wages of their employes from January 17. The causes of the reduction are the same as those which led to the manufac- turers in Fall River, Manchester, Suncook, N. H., and other places to lower the wage’ scale. About 15,000 operatives in this city will be affected. . > Aged Woman Burned te Death. TROY, N. Y., December 24.—Mrs. Cath- erine Penifeather, sixty years of age, was burned to death in her apartments in Co- hoes early today. It is supposed that a lamp exploded while Mrs. Penifeather was asleep. Tne building was.badly damaged by the fire. DOUBLE WATCH-ABOLISHED Order Issued to Fire Department Affecting New Alarm Syatem. The Requirements Regarded as Un- meces: ry and as Imposing Hard- ship—The Feature Policy. Commissioner Wight and Chief Engineer Parris today made the members of the four companies of the fire department in which the new method for receiving alarms of fire at night were placed two or three weeks ago a Christmas gift in the shape of an order discontinuing what is known as the double watch system. The new method, it will be recalled, was placed in engine companies 2 and 7, and truck companies C and D, and an order was issued at the time requiring a double watch between the hours of dv p.m. and 4 a.m., the period during which the new method is used—one man being required to remain beside the instrument and another on what is known as the outside watch. It soon became apparent, however, that not only was this doubie watch an unnecessary hardship on the men of those four com- panies, but that the new method coud be safely carried into effect by discontinuing the outside watchman. Order Approved Today. Commissioner Wight teday appre an order doing away with ‘the double watch system in those four houses, with the ex- ception of truck company D, where there is an additional man, or regular watchman. The order, as approved by Commissioner Wight, is as follows: “For the proper performance of the duties involved by the new method, the duties set forth in General Order No. 69 will be dis- continued, and whenever it becomes neces- sary for the watchman at the instrument to look after the horses, engine or heater, during his watch, he will switch onto the large gong, that in ¢: f an alarm coming in while he is performing either of these dutie: and absent from the bell, the alarm will be received as @uring the day.” e New Method. Under the new method, as has been ex- plained “in The Star, the alarm is first sounded on a small gong attached to an electrical instrument, when, if the box rung is in the district covered by the company, the man on duty at the instrument switches which immediately releases the and rings the succeeding rounus of the alarm on the hig house gong. So far, the new method proved to be the great necess Commissioner “Wight, who intro- duced it into the 1 +t fire department believed it’ would and-in time every company in the department will be so equipped, it is understood. It ‘is not improbable that the outside em Will in time be discontinued at all houses in the department, as Chief tris said today that, while it is a good thing in some respects, he believes that it should be done away with; in view of tue ct that the department is equipped with pout all of the modern appliance ing and responding to alarms. 1C4L SCENE. Presentation in the Interior Depart- ment. The Christmas spirit. pervaded the In- terior’ Department today, and friends were following the old custom of exchanging presents and extending to one another the compliments of the season. Just before the office closed a little scene was enacted In the telephone room, down- stairs. During the week the clerks who use the public telephone thovght it would be a g00d opportunity to exptess their gratezul- ness to Miss Anna R. Nevius, the chief operator, by presenting her with a remem- brance of the Christmas time. So they all chipped in, and Capt. Seott was appointed a committee to select the present. His good taste suggested a brooch, and he selected one of dainty workmanship, handsomely cnameled. Miss Nevius was greatly sur- prised and gracefully expressed her thanks to those whom she had so cheerfully served aud who had so pleasantly remembered her, A TY ee TO PREVENT ITS DEPARTURE, ‘Treasury Officinin Watching a Fill- bustering Expedition. Secretary Spaulding today in- structed treasury officers on the Florida ccast to prevent the departure of a filibu tering expedition which for some days hz been planned for Christmas or Sunday. Re- ports received by the department from its officers locate the men, munitions and point of departure, unless this latter shall be ab- ruptly changed. The department decline to state the points at which preparations are making and where the expedition will try to leave. Acting Personrl Mention, Maj. P. C. Porter, 5th Infantry, is 20) G strect on leave. Prig. Gen. C. H.: Carter, the Richmond. First Lieut. J. A. Lockwood, 4th Cavairy, is here on leave of absence. He is at S14 Connecticut avenue. First Lieut. Herman Schumm, 4th Cay- alry, is at the Ebbitt. Second Lieut. James A. Parker, 4th Cay- alry, is at 1815 M street on leave. Commander E 8. Houston of League Island, Pa., is at 1418 20th street on leave. Lieut. Henry McCrea of the Brooklyn is at the Cairo. Lieut. L. A. Staunton of»the Iowa is at N street: Commander Albert ‘Ross=is in the city, and was at the Navy’ Department today. Chaplain R. R. Hoessof the Iowa is here in the city on a leave af absence. Bishop Hurst of. the: M.-E. Church has been out of the city for same days, but is expected to spend the:early part of Jan- vary at his home in Washington. Rev. F. D. Power, pastor.of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, bas gone to Vir- ginia for a brief visit. ———— Redeeming Pacifie Ratiway Bonds. United States Treasurer Roberts has mailed checks in redemption of bonds Is- sfied in aid of the Paetfic railroads matur- ing January 1, aggregating $11,732,820. The several subtreasuries upon which the checks are drawn are given as follow: New York, $10,490,583 Boston, $680,88' Philadelphia, $198,420; Baltimore, $294,220 Chicago, $135,340;° News Orleans, $10,150; Cincinnati, 20; St. Louis, $4,120; ‘San Francisco, $1,030, The remaining $7,000,000 will be redeemed as fast as presented. at retired, is at Bt eases Gifts to His §ubordinates. Gen. J. ©. Breéiinridge, one of the most popular chiefs “6f ‘bi Christmas greetings ployes of the inspectow-general’s office this morning a handsome appropriate pres- ent. 5 Virginin Fourth-Class Postmasters. ‘ Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- pointed as follows: Wirginla—Eckington, Benj. F. Bryam; Grape Lawn, Mintie L. Wood; Myndus, Annie E. Evans; Ripple- mead, J. H. Durham; Witts, P. M. Woods. au, added. to the each of the em- FOR LOCAL OFFICES —— New Marshal and Police Court Judge Selected. SPAR PREDICTIONS WERE VERIFIED District Attorney Davis’ Successor Not Chosen. — LEADING CANDIDATE THE President McKinley hi: Aulick Palmer of this city s marshal of the District of Columbia, to succeed Marshal Wilson, and Judge Ivory G. Kimball will be nominated to succes 1 | Mr. Aulick Palmer. himself as judge of the Police The nominations will go to the S shortly after Congress reassembl ul Wilson's term expires January the term of Judge Kimball January 10, As the nomination of Mr. Paimer agreed upon several months ¢ he is aware of what is coming, time to arrange bis affairs so upon the duties of the after his nomination and confirmation. of Mr. Court. w and as office Au mer. Mr. Aulick Palmer, who has been selected ident to fill the po: of Unit- $ marshal for the District of Co- s first and foremost a Washington tio: lumbia, man. He was born in this ci about fifty years ago, his father being Surgeon ( cral Palmer of the navy. Alinough Wuash- ington h: always been his hom he ‘ver been actively engaged — in here, and is in no sense a maa. After a course of study at law school, he was appointed a lieutenant in the rine corps and was in comm of the pi d de chment of ma- rines that guarded the Ame: at the Paris exposition of IS7s. ward Mr. Palmer ri an exhibi Soon after- gned from the and retired to private life. He daughter of Admiral Craven, and has six even children. One of his sons is in the New Yerk office of the New York Central Iroad Company, and bis oldest daughter soon be a debu Di y. During: President Harrison admini tion Mr. Palmer was appointed United Stateseconsul general to Dresden, and filled the positi with dignit nd efficienc He ha heen a engaged actively in politics. His time of ri nt years has been | ly devoted to look- fter his property interests. He is a vi holder of Distr owrer of two or thr street and of all the residences ty in number, on Craven nd Stough ife’s fami ¥ Club, and numbers of the mos among his n influential and prominent people in Washington. He is an intimate friend of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and we ft qvent visitor at the home of that gentleman when he resided in Washington last wint« and was often companion pen daily strolls through the streets of the tal been stated, he is not a stranger to official life, id to be thoroughly equipped to fill the position to the tion of both the administration District. These who know Mr. Palmer 5 in the highest te of him as a man and friend and predict that he will make a very efficient and po rsbal. ors Wetmore a ch of Rhode ac of have Mr. Palmer, approved of the pr the time the matter was fi them. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who contr uted largely to the campaign fund of th republican national committee, is under- stcod to have been among those who ex- pressed a desire to see Mr. P: pointed. Mr, Palmer and Mr. : are neighbors at Newport and their rela- Uons there and elsewhere are of the most cordial naturt Sclection of Judge Kimball. The probable appointment of Judge Kim- ball was announced in The Star some time ago. The fight for the position has been warm and interesting The three candi- dates of most prominence were Judge Kim- ball, John H. O'Donnell und James L. Pugh, assistant district attorney. The fight for Mr. Pugh was quietly conducted by influ- ential friends, but not the same effort was put forth as in behalf of the other candi- dates. When Judge Scott was appointed Mr. Pugh’s name was prominently men- tioned, but the President and Attorney Gen- eral McKenna, who talked over the matter, expressed doubt as to the wisdom of ele- vating a prosecuting attorney to the bench. They recognized Mr. Pugh’s ability, but they were afraid that a prosecuting attor- ney would not be disposed to look with the Same mercy upon many cases as a man who had not had experience tn that line. This was one of the things which stood in the way of Mr. Pugh’s elevation to the bench. In addition te political support, Judie Kimball had the strong indorsement «f ckureh workers and clergymen of the city toth white and colored joining in the re quest that he be reappointed. It was when the President encountered these indorse- ments, in going over the papers, that ne first became favorably impressed, as men- tioned in The Star at the time, with the advisability of reappointing Judge Kimball. Mr. O'Donnell had strong backing from G. A. R. circles and from politicians of in- fluence. Leading attorneys also indorsel tim. Friends of Mr. O'Donnell were fre- quently at the White House doing all they cculd to further his interest. The District Atterneyship. The statement can also be authoritatively made that the President “has not con- sidered” the question of a successor to Dis- trict Attorney Davis with the view of a change in the near future. He has talked to several callers, and it is probable that mentioned to * SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., he intends to take action, but it will not be at this time. The nomination of a suc- cessor to Mr. Davis will not be made with the two other nominations. Gen. Alphonso Hart, formerly of Ohio, but for some years hingionian, is id to be th leading te at tail He has known the ident for and their political and personal relations have always becn close aid pleasant. Judge Kimball's Career. Ivory G. Kimball was born at Jay, Frank- lin county, Me., Ma: 1843. At the age of three years he aken by his parents to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was edu- cated in the public sched In 1862 he enlisted in the 55th Indiana Infantry, and went to the front, where he served until honorably discharged. In 186% tim: Kimball was appointed by Secretary Hugh McCulloch a clerk in the int re bureau. Here he remaine years, and at the time of his resignation, in 1868, he had risen tobe chief of one of the most important divisions there. Meanwhile he had studied law at the Columbian Law School, where he graduat- ed with honor, and upon leaving the in- ter revenue bureau he formed a part- nership with the late Frank Davidge, a brother of Mr. W: city. M Iter D. Davidge ot this ir. Kimball practiced in the Court of Claims, courts of the District and Suprer Court of the United tes until his ap- pointme judge ef the Police Court in March, 1891. “Jutlge Kimball is author of a book on “Internal Revenue Law,” which is regarded as andard upon that sub- ject ‘rhe records of th Police Court show that ton the bench Judge © than 60,000 cases, in but few insts have his been reversed by the Court of Ap- announcement in The Star that Judge Kimball has been slated for reappointment vived by the lawyers practicing in jee Court with many expressions of isfaction. -utor Mullowny, who reflected the he reanpcintment of Judge Kimball for judge of the Police ¢ is the very best that could be m Pu r the circum- stanc The thorough knowledge which quired by experience the p: six outside of his 1 quahiications and character as a painst: ient and ntious man, mal an ic wr th ngrate selectio: tion cn the President's very unit NO SUFFERING AT DAWSON There is a Scarcity of Certain Kinds of Pood. But Sufficient Surplus of Others to F unlize Deticiene — Stnte- ment of Latest Arrivals. TACOMA, Was the pe cown ¢ sh., Decem| —Among from Daws who came the Seattle are Col. Lamphert and M. P. Gre of € cago, D. P. Quinlan of T. Gardner of Oconomowoc, Wis., B. Denny of Roslyn, Wash. iinn, Gardner and Denny ~ came from Dawsen, heving left that plac vember 4. They walked all the way, and ed their food on their backs and on They cecupied a little more than forty days on the trip. ardner si nobody n this winter. of some suppl is going to There will S, such as riage flour and dance of nd plenty of other food to last everybody in camp all winter. Mr. Gardner and his compaaions m trip out without any trouble, altho t sent th offee, but there is a great abun- at de the h the m: his was on the mountain tops. and did not ta wuse them any inconvenience. y there will be no gre: gctting into Dawson all winte w do not get . They report the coun rich with gold, and say new overies are being mad No gold was brought out h men who came down on the City Col, Lampher mines within fifty of Si and Mr. Gilbert bought two aitie miles of Juneau, which will be worked by a company with a car ital of $1,000,000, ‘These gentle work is being rushed on t raiiroad and also on the Skaguay trail, and that botn will be in shape for the miners to pass over in the early spring. es S. H. H. € ARK VERY IL Taken Suddenly at San An SAN ANTONIO, Texas, December 24.-S. MH. H. Clark, one of the receivers of the Missouri Pacific and vice pre nt of the International and Great Northern and the Texas Pacilic railroads, arrived here yester- day. Before he could leave his p r and go to the hotel where apartments nad been er d for him he was taken ill and has not been able since to le: Mr. Clark has been in poor me time and came here in spending a few days ranch south of here where he was to spend ate exns. Car ivate c —== If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease preperty or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many pcople as read any other paper. LARGELY IMAGINARY Local Weather Not as Cold as It Seems to Be. WEATHER BUREAU'S EXPLANATION Comparison Made With the Fig- ures of Last Year. . —-- THE RECORD ELSEWHERE - A northwest wind, fresh from the ice box, was the first thing to residents of Washington when they went out of doors this morning “I guess St. Nick won't have to postpone his annual visit on punt of any yellow fever quarantine around this section,” said a joker this morning “It seems as if the weather bureau final- ly got together old fellow the nd mcluded to give the rt of a time he wants for dvent. It won't make any difference there is no snow. The old man shook his sleigh and his reindeer have been put out on the farm long ago. Santa trav. by irship nowadays. If Andree had ken some lessons from him, he would Probably be back new, delivering lectures in all the large cities. Santa Claus is right up to date hen the r said hing which od i and was silent sou: The for a minute or so The weather official stated this morning | When the bureau was visited by a Star re- perter that the wind which was making things hum about there and made it appear S0 generally cold in Wash on came from | the region of the northwest. The offl- cial seemed to hold something in reserve, however, an r official hinted my terion that the wind machine in the large secret chamber in the rear of the bu- reau annex had been repaircd within the past few d More he would not teil, but powerf! y of some kind was evident! * and the wind ap- Stronger about the weather Not So Cold. Was not nearly so cold in the capital s morning as most people imagined. The d made it seem cold and the tempera- has been so comparatively mild for it felt cold by comparison. night went do: s the min the The n only to jum, and mercury had at 8 o'clock thi climbed up to 16 deg The weather man told the possibly it might be five colder tomorrow at this time cury might fall to re That regarded as temper for this season, Just a year ago today the mercury fell to 14 degre while the maximum was 25 degrees. Christ- mas day of last yeaythe mercury reached inimum of 15 degrees, the maximum be- rning reporter that or six degrees that the mer- s above zero. av Christmas ing 30 It will be a little colder to- merrow, t much. Unless in extraor- dinary extremes, a@ differcnee of six or sev- en degrees does n things very terially. At noon to the thermoméfer : degi above, which eleven icerees omy below the freezing mark. In New York this morning ne thei neter which or - and ep a little Like the F “Why, if the fellows up in the Klondike had such weather as this,” an old-timer remarked today, would think it was the Fourth of July, and swear the dates in the almanac were all wrong. I bet they would b out in hammocks, with their h palm leaf ands. F You people cold er is. Just your in, pur hand |} » that’s som cast for Re w England coast Carolira. together and k © a duck's fvot thing like.” norrow is for slightly lly fair along the far down as North fre FREEZING WEATHER rin of Zero Tempe New Engla oinin, BOSTON, Mass., Dec —A cold Wave, accompanied by a severe northwest gale, swept over New England late last night and continued to While the tem- peratures are not unusually. low in the southern portion, the fearful wind has made the cold very penetrating, and already one ried in this s old, was son shed in South AT BOSTON. Re ature at Other : is led in many ast of Portland. rand Au- gusta report six to ten inches of ice on the Penobscot and Kennebce rivers, and the bsence ds the icemen to antici- of snow lea the winter. If his condition does not im- prove within the next few days he will be taken back to his home in Omaha. Se JAPAN BUILDING STEAMERS, They Will Ply Between San Francisco and the Orient, , December 21.— R. P. Schwerin, vice president of the Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company, has return- ed from a three months’ trip to the orient. He said that as the steamers China and Barracouta had obtained Hawaiian register the company would not seek a similar reg- ister for any more of its ve Continuing, Mr. Schwerin said: “Presi- Gent Asano of the Japanese Steamship Company is having three steamers built in England to go into the trade between this port and the orient. He expects to have them completed by next September. When they are finished the Pacific Mail and Occi- dental and Oriental companies will estab- lish a joint service with Mr. Asano’s line. The Pacitic Mail Company contemplates the consiruction of two new vessels of 10,000 tons each.” — NO ITALIAN SHIPS FOR CHINA. Reported Cabinct Meeting of Yester- day Was Pure Invention. ROME, December 24.—The statement con- tained in a special dispatch from Rome, published in London yesterday, to the effect that a cabinet meeting had decided to send an Itaiian squadron to China, was pure in- vention. There has been no cabinet meeting since December 20. PARDON FOR Ex-Cashier of Kansas Bank in Prison for Embezzlement. ‘TOPEKA, Kan., December 24. — Gov. Leedy pardoned C. E. Wightman, the banker cf Tribune, Greeley county, sent to the penitentiary for having received deposits when the bank was in an insoly- ent conditicn and also for misappropriat- ing the furds on deposit for personal use. Wightman will be released in time to join his wife on Christmas morning. pate a fine Deep Snows Around Lake Erie, CORRY, Pa., December 24.—The snow is drifting at terrific rate. At Sherman, N. Y¥., and vicinity reports say that it is over four feet and still drifting. It takes two engines to pull three cars on the Western New York 1 Pittsburg, which oes through that section. Trains on the Pennsylvania are also delayed. —-- THE LATEST OHIO RUMOR. Report That Bushnell Will Supp Silver for Demoera Special Dispatch to The Evenin COLUMBUS, Ohio, De Ohio State Journal, r. vember 24.—The the central organ of the republican party in this state, has a significant article on the senatorial election this morning, in which it is positively as- serted that Gov. Bushnell has entered into a compact with the democrats to secure the support of the democratic minority for United States senator, he to support the free coinage of silver plans of the demo- crats. ‘The governor himself has gone to Cincin- nati to confer, it is supposed, with Senator Foraker in regard to the matter. By some the story is credited here, but many claim it is a scheme on the part of the Hanna leaders to “smoke” Gov. Bushnell out on the senatorial question. The Journal is an out-and-out supporter of Senator Hanna, cc eae aioe Noted Negro Burglar Caught. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 24.—After a vigil of two years, detectives have ar rested here Thomas Hood, a self-confessed negro burglar, who has opcrated in nearly every large city in the west and south, and even now is wanted at Memphis, Tenn., where a sentence of fourteen years hangs over his head. The crimes for which Hood was wanted here are three, which he con- fessed were perpetrated about two years ago. Feta Hospital Damaged by Fire. KINGSTON, Ont., December 24.—A wing of the general hospital here was destroyed by fire this morning. Much difficulty was experienced in rescuing the inmates, but finally all were gotten out safely. The loss is about $12.00.