Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY i1, 1898-14 PAGES. TPUALISM tests, . test now TOMORROW “of Portsmouth, DAY NiGilt Everybody it 1b PMOUTH al bang: SPAY eker will be pre lly invited. It T HEREBY pay orb We p a better and qu nt more in Fellow the others for your Brief: We. Pp and We L r 50 mpt Printer, 512 11th st. you left your or- “a pair of these Patent Tron- will not bag Kot to be We for D. € lor, 1810 F ste 3 __3all-16d_ “Belt Dressing’’ Sample Can To troduce the ¢ feat expert pis John B. Espey, inot we DD tomd A el THE NATIONAL HoMEOr old its and thi DAY, Usth of J: in red par OTT! mneett ix, No. the’ 11th By TING OF THI Building and Lo ANNUAL M nd Baltimore timere ¢ held at r 1893, at the offic North Charles st. Bul CHAS. H. HOPK ANNUAL MEET sof the Heme PI Washington, D. €.. will be held at tienal Union bul OF THE STOCK Co. will be held 23 10th st. naw., t 3 p.m. Election BIN, i Third Co-operative Building Association. month, entitling the bolder to an on ‘each share. 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On F st., opposite the Patent Uttce It’s Tharp Fe 2 can get No. 812 though “tals” $100 quart, ne flavor or Whisky has a finer oF al Steam Laundry at 512 8th nw. will be ren 1214 D st. nw. ney at Henderson's F sts. aw selici A other bookkeeper saved y ectesieg@ Saat bp flat Journals ruled t enly by HOD during It is remarkabl to see the S-14a J. D. BURNS & €0., 9 G ASSOCIATION INSURANCE COMPANY We Janu » MEETING & COMPANY ter of the company the election of % to conduct affairs of ed to Id at the ab with orporaticn and 6 o'clock p.m.” raium Notes. Iy for di ton at the ctlce of the company abome Jun: der of the Board of 3 SAMUEL C. WIL ~T. V. NOONAN, MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDE she Capital Traction Company for of director. will be held at the « pany, Unien Passenger Station. AY. the i2th of January, 1805. The polis will be opened xt p.m. T. bw Mi" KoonEs, Sver aus. McMASTER'S VETE .w.—Open day ess and examining as to soundness ing purchasers, VID MeMASTER, MLD., Veterinaran, Prop. ‘Phone 135. del5-Stf aod ' BADLY "DAMAGED BY FIRE . | Flames Break Out in the Dwelling of | E. A. Fenton. Supposed to Have Been Caused by Spontaneous Combustion—Building Insured; Furniture Uninsured. A fire broke out at 2024 P street north- | west about 9:45 o'clock today, and before | the flames could be subdued the house was | badly damaged. It is believed the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. The preperty was owned by Dr. G. V. Ham- mond and was occupied by Mr. E.A. Fenton, a clerk in the records and pension division of the War Department, his wife, two daughters and a son. There was no insur- ance whatever on the furniture, and the amount of insurance on the house could not be ascertained, as Dr. Hammond is absent in Baltimore. Mrs. Hammond ated to a Star reporter, however, that she was satisfied the insurance on. the prop- erty was more than sufficient to cover the damage caused by the fire. There was no one in the house at the time the blaze started. Mr. Fenton had gone to work before 9 o'clock, his children went to school about 8:30 o'clock, and Mi Fenton had an appointment with the dent- ist and left the house shortly after 9 o'clock. A little later a gang of men at work upon a building in course of erection on the lot just back of 2026 P street saw smoke coming out of the windows and doors of the hou: A number of them hastily left their work, and, breaking open the back gate which leads to an alley, forced an entrance into the house by a back window and succeeded in keeping the flames from several of the rooms. Alarm Sent In. In the meantime Poiicemen Fugitt ana Wil who had also been attracted to the scene, had broken open the front door in order that anyone who might be in the house could escape. Policeman Fusgitt then ran to the box to turn in the alarm, but found that a colored man had already per- formed that duty. While all this was go- on Dr. Glazebrook, who lives at 2022 P street, had telephoned for the engines, and his summons for md arrived at head— quarters at about the same time the regu- lar alarm was turned in. The fire depart- ment responded promptly, and in spite of the fact that the fire was a hot one and was in an exceedingly difficult place to fight managed to get the fire under control within a few minutes. Origin of the Blaze. From ali appearances, the fire originated in a small closst under the front stairs. The wall of this closet is formed by the chimney of the next house, a latrobe being located just about its center. Mrs. Fenton had been in the habit of putting waste pa per and books and other inflammable ma- terial in this closet, in which was also kept seme old paint and the oil for the lamps. Mrs. Fenton says she has often remarked in the past upon the heat that S always o tble in the closet, and she is cf the opinion that the heat from the latrobe in the adjoining house induced spontaneous ccmbustion, in yvhich the oil and paint P da prominent part. The hails of the house are badly dam- aged, the entire stairway from the first to the second flcor having been burned away. The front and back rooms on the second floor, with their contents, escaped injury. due to the fact that Mrs. Fenton had closed all the doors to the rooms on that flcor before going out. The pantry E kitchen are damaged somewhat, as is the room occupied by Mr. Fenton on second floor, and in which were vai- ¢ papers and clothing. Mrs. Fenton unable to state the amount of dam- age to her goods, but it is not thought that the figure will foot up very high, te prin- cipal damage being confined to the hall antry to the third floor. fire under good headway was, as a dilficult one for the fire depar ment to be The flames were so hot th hen Policemen Fugitt and Willis broke cpen the front deor their whi. suffered materially. The halls were nar- row and dark, and they well made an ex- cellent flue for the flames to follow on their journey upward. = AGED CLERK DEAD. + E. Wilson, for Forty Years in Public Service, Passes Away. P. E. Wilson died yesterday merning at the residence of his scn-in-law, Mr. Hervey S. Knight, in Takoma Park. Funeral ser- vices will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the family residirce, and the interment will be at Rock Creek cemetery. Rey. Dr. Sunderland, co-pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, which church the de- ceased attended for many years, and Rev. John Van Ness, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Takoma Park, will officiate. At the grave the services prescribed in the ritual of the Mascnic order will be held. Mr. Wilson had been in poor health for the past three years—ever since, in fact, he had a stroke of paralysis—and the an- nouncement of his death was not, therefore, unexpected to his friends and acquaint- ances. As he had been for more than forty-three years an official in the patent office, he was well known, not only in this city, but among those who had business before that office and lived elsewhere. He born in Rockbridge county, Va., in the year 184. He came to this city in 1s51 and was appointed to a position in the census office. From that office he was transferred to the patent office, and as hief or assistant chief of the assignment division he continued in service until three years ago, when a stroke of paralysis ren- dered him incapable of active work. He was a man of gentle disposition and kindly nature and was much liked by all who knew kim. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his loss. > Hit Him With a Tenpot. Joseph Beard was today fined §& by Judge Scott for assaulting Joseph Miller with a teapot. The difficulty grew out of a quer- tion of the removal of some furniture be- longing to a subtenant of Miller's. - Jury Furloughed. The jury in the United States branch of the Police Court was today called by Clerk Potts and excused from further atiend- ance by Judge Scott until Tuesday next. _— Ninety Days in Jail. m Jackson, colored, last evening t with Jesse Drake, also colored, and after Officer Potter arrested him he ulted the policeman also. ‘Today Scott sent him to jail for ninety Abrah NOTICES. — LEGAL PR OF COLUME AS A DIST. STATES F T RT SAID DISTRICT. STRICT COURT NO. 512. matter of the condemnation of the right for the cons: jon and maintenance of a portion of Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue high vale intere ng Sewer across a portion of square number Upon consideration of the petition filed in this [ease by Jobn W. Ross, Joba I. Wight and Willian Counnissioners of the District of Ce sok fqanution of the right of wa ction cf a public sewer in the Dis- | trier of Columbia a That Clement W. Bennett, Fannie peth Thomas, the Grand Order of rs of Love and Charity of the . William F piattingly ana | gte nm Company, | and laiming to own n occupants or otherwise, be by required to appear in this T ty the sald petith or THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, . at Which time the court will proceed condemnation of said land, DED: That the marshal of the United District serve a py of thia notice t W. Bennett, Fannle A. Nichol pas, the Grau) Order of Brother Love and Charity of the District of at, William EB. Mattingly and ‘Thomas. E. Emmons, Maggie F. Riley ction Compaby, If they ‘ean be District, at least seven days before the sald Sist day of January. A.D. 1898. AND PROVIDED, FURTHER: That copy of this oa fe me oa in — vening Star news- paper at least six times and in the Washingt Lew Rejorter twice befere seh da aie W. 8. COX, Justice, J. R. YOUNG, Clerk. Assistant Clerk. " jall-6t A true copy. Test: By R. J. MEIGS, Jr., NOTED CROOK IN THE TOILS Held at Philadelphia for Requisition From Massachusetta. Man of Several Aliases, Who Had Worked a Confidence Game on Many Fariners. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 11.-- George Spencer, alias Reed, alias Green- halge of New York, who was arresteq at the Reading railroad station last night, charged with the larceny of $3,500 from Charles Sweitzer, an aged farmer of Chelmsford, Mass., was given a hearing this morning and held to await requisition pafers from Massachusetts. Spencer, it is alleged, represented to Sweitzer that he was a nephew of ex- Governor Grenhalge of Massachusetts. He said he wanted to buy a farm for a widow. Sweitzer took him out in his buggy and showed him several properties, none of which suited. While driving on the road they met a man with whom Spencer engaged in a three- card monte game, at which the stranger lost $5,000. The money was put in a tin box, and the stranger said he would meet the men again the next day. In the meantime Sweitzer and Spencer drove to Lowell and there Sweitzer drew $3,504) out of a bank. Spencer, it is al- leged, grabbed the money from him and put it in a tin box, saying he would meet Sweitzer the next da: Sweitzer, however, wanted his money, whereupon Spencer gave him a tin box which subsequently proved to be empty. Spencer was later arrested at Clinton, Mass. He was taken to the various dis- trict courts at Lowell, South Framing- ham, Natick and Gardiner, where he was wanted for working his game, and was allowed to enter bail amounting to $15,000 for his appearance at a preliminary hear- ing. He then disappeared and was not captured until last night. Detective J. H. Whitney of Lowell, Mass., was at the hearing this morning and iden- tified the prisoner as the man wanted. pete eas FIRE SCARE AT HYATTSVILLE. Coal Oil Stove Explodes in House of Charies Meithenny. Special Dispatch to The Fyening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 11.—A coal oil stove exploded about 7:30 o'clock this morning at the residence of Mr. Chas. Mc- Ihenny, and but for the timely arrival of nearby neighbors, would have resulted in a serious conflagration, as there are six or eight cottages on either side in close prox- imity. Mr. MclIlhenny first discovered the fire and attempted to subdue the flames, that had gained considerable headway, by throwing carpets, bed clothing, feather bed and other material on the flames in his en- deavors to smother the fire, but this only answered as so much inflammable material to the fiercely burning oil. Finding the flames were getting beyond his control, Mr. Mclihenny called his neighbors to his as: sistance, and with buckets of water they soon had the flames under control. The loss is estimated at about —— WHISKY WAREHOUSE BURNED. Over 11,000 Gallons of the Go Up in Flames. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. critter” TCMPKINSVILLE, Ky January 11.— At Mud-Lick, this county, last night the large bonded warehouse of Marrs Bros.’ Distillery was burned. It contained 6,000 gallons of old whisky and » gallons of n2w mash. The whisky was the property of A. C. Pile, who bought the output of the distil- lery. The loss will probably be $10,000; about half insur aaa 4 PRETTY GIRL’S TRAGIC DEATH. Took Strychnine and Died Sweethenrt’s Presence. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 11.—At Tem- ple Hill Sunday night Miss Mattie Buckley, the pretty and popular young daughter of a wealthy merchant, took strychnine and died in the presence of her sweetheart, Constable Joe Simms, with whom she had had a falling out recent! Simms had come to make up, it is said, and the girl, under high nervous tension, took the fatal dose. How she got the pol- son Was a mystery to the family. Young Simms 1s grief-stricken over the girl's tragic death. WHIPPL in Her VIRGINIA, Prospect of Passage of Bill Re-Es- tablishing That Punishment. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 11.—It now looks very much as if the whipping-post bill will become a law in this state. The legislative committee or courts of jus- tice has recommended the favorable pas- sage of the bill, which, according to the claims of its patron, Delegate Murphy of Richmond, will reduce the criminal ex- penses of the state one-half. The bill pro- vides that petty larceny may be punished in the discretion of the court by from five to thirty lashes. Women and persons over sixty years of age are exempt from its pro- visions. The bill is designed to have a better moral effect on people who make a specialty of petty larceny and at the same time to save money to the state. A case was cited where a man stole cents’ worth of Irish potatoes and the case cost the common- wealth nearly $100. —~>—_—_ TREATY WITH KING MENELIK. Secretary Chamberlain Secures Valu- able Concessions, LONDON, January 11.—The Birmingham Post, the organ of Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain, secretary of state for the colonies, ‘The treaty which Mr. James Rennell Rodd, principal eretary of the British agency and consulate general in Egypt, negotiated with King Menelik of Abyssinia contains a clause binding King Menelik not to allow any obstacle to emanate from Abyssinian territory with the object of blocking the advance upon Khartoum, As a quid pro quo King Menelik secures a certain rectification of the frontier when the Khalifa is subdued.” — ORDERED TO FOREIG) SERVICE, British Home Regiments Prepairing to Go Abroad. DOVER, January 11.—The greatest en- thusiasm and activity prevails at Shorn- cliffe, from which camp the 3d Hussars has beer ordered to proceed to Cairo. Large drafts frcm other British regi- ments are also preparing for foreign service. ae ANNUAL MEETING OF THE P., W. & B. Old Officers Re-Elected aad Yearly Statement of Earnings Made. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 11.—At the annual meeting of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com- pany at Wilmington, Del., yesterday, the old board of directors was re-elected and they at once met and organized by re-elect- ing Frank Thomson, president; John P. Green, vice president; Charles E. Pugh, second vice president, and S. M. Prevost, third vice president. President Thomson in his annual report showed that the net earnings for the year were $2,387,231. There was a decrease in the gross earnings over the previous year of $255,604, a decrease in the expenses of $280,802, and an increase in the net earnings of $34,108. President Thomson said the falling off in revenue was mainly in the peach traffic, as there had been practically an entire failure of the peach crop on the peninsula in the past year. ~ — Furniture Dealers Fail. ALLENTOWN, Pa., January 11.-C. B. Krause & Co., furniture dealers, failed today on executions in favor of Emeline Krause for $17,500. She also entered ex- ecutions for $3,333.33 against C. B. Krause individually. THE EYE, EAR AND THROAT v a Annual Meeting ef Bo&rd of Governors of Episcopal Institution. ae £ Vacancies in the Board Filled by Election—Reports for the Year— Routine Business. The annual meeting of the board of cor- porators of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital took place last night at the parish hall of the Church of the Epiphany. Vice President William D. Baldwin presided, in the absence of Bishop Satterlee. As the terms of eight of the governors had expired, these were elected, for three years: Rev. Dr. R. H. McKim, Rev. Alfred Harding, Dr. J. W. Bayne, Dr. Frank Hyatt and Messrs. W. D. Baldwin, M. M. Crenshaw, William A. Gordon and W. M. Poindexter. In the report of Bishop Satterlee was a brief history of the institution. The report of the treasurer showed that the sum of $1,369.62 was collected through the board of lady managers and the ex- Fenses had been, for nine months, includ- ing medical, household and surgical sup- plies, $3,300. Total receipts are $3,964.13. More Room Needed. The following was said in reference to the need of more room: “The rent of private rooms to patients able to pay for maintenance at the hospital has been a scurce of considerable income. The superintendent's rerort, testifying to the overflowing condition of the wards, in- dicates that there is an increasing demand for such rcoms, and that therefore there exisis a need for larger quarters. ‘This need can be met only by increased expendi- ture, and it is to be hoped that charitably disposed people, seeing the great amount of good that is being done by this institu- tion, will be moved to contribute even more gererously to its support in the future than they have dene in the pa: The report of the attending medical staff stated that during nine months there were 3,741 visits and 129 operations. patients 420 were white and Uy The aggregate number of days colored. spent by patients in the hospital was 1,076. The denominations were represented among the patients as follo Episcopalians, 225, yer cent; Baptists, 192, 24 per cent; Meth- cdists, 159’ 20 per cent; Roman Catholics, , 10% per cent; Christians, 39, 5 per cent: resbyterians, 35, 4% per cent; no church, 32, 4 per cent; Congregationalists, 11; Luth- erans, 10; not given, 7; Hebrews, 3; Friends, Moravians, 1. Bequest for Endowment. Mention was made of a bequest by the president of the board of managers, by one of their number, who died during the year, to be devoted to the endowment fund. Mrs. Mary M. Carter was the lady referred to. The amount of the bequest was — CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. CLAIM OF His Right for Pension Den by As- sistant Secretary Davis. Webster Dav: ant secretary of the 8s interior, rendered a decision today of con- siderable interest, because it shows the fraudulent methods used by certain cl ants in their efforts to secure pen! The case is that of Christopher Columbus, colored, first-class boy, U. S. navy. The appellant alleges’ that he enlisted and served in the navy under the name of Shristopher Columbus, on board the gun- boat Naumkeag. , He claims that he was injured in the heel of the left foot a few months after hia enlistment, when that vessel was at New Orleans, La., loading with supplies, and that a barrel of mess pork was rolled or slipped down suddenly upon him while he, with others, was en- gaged in stowing away the packages in the hold of the vessel, and before he could get out of the way the edge of the: barrel caught his left heel, inflicting a severe and painful wound. Assistant Secretary Davis, in his decision, says: ki ‘The official record in the Navy Depart- ment furnishes no evidence whatever of the origin and incurrence of the alleged in- jury, or of medical or hospital treatment therefor in service or at date of discharge. This case has been most thoroughly and carefully investigated by a special exami- ration, and in his statement before a spe- cial examiner the appellant gave the names of several officers and shipmates, with whom he claims to have served on board the Naumkeag, as witnesses upon whom he relied to prove the service origin of said aj- leged injury, and who, he asserted, were present and’ could testify to the circum- stances of its incurrence. All of these per- sons, now living, were seen and interview- ed, and but one witness was found who corroborated appellant’s allegations in any particular, and his evidence is unreliable, he having evidently been coached by the appellant himself. The witnesses state that they never knew of his being injured in any way or that he was lame at any time cr from any cause, and that at the time of the alleged injury the vessel was not at New Orleans, as stated by the appellant Futhermore the proof in this case giv rise to a very grave doubt as to appellant's identity with the Christopher Columbus of record in the case. The descriptive list of Christopher Columbus shows that he was at date of enlistment, December 12, 18G4. nineteen years old, five feet and five and three-fourths invhes tall, rather preposess- ing in appearance, of slight build, of amia- ble disposition and manners, and had no cistinguishing marks »n scars about him at that time. “This is the description of the Christo- pher Columbus, in the Navy Department, but the appellant is shown to be a man of Herculean proportions, a giant in strength, nearly six feet three inches in height and of rather a sinister and forbidding caste of features, which is increased by a prominent scar, that he swears resulted from an in- jury incurred long before his alleged en- listment in the navy. He is, furthermore, shown to be a man of revengeful disposi- tion and very pugnacious, who has fre- quently been in prison for assaults and fights, and has the reputation of being an ‘all-around tough’ character in the com- munity where he lives, so much so, in fact, that it was-found dificult to procure evi- dence in his case at that place except such as was entirely in his favor, because of the fear that he would learn of anything said to his discredit and revenge himself upon the witnesses by assaulting them on the first favorable opportunity. The appellant himself swears that he never was a soldier and never had any service except in the navy. he descriptive list before referred to, shows that Christopher Columbus was by occupation a soldier. Leaving out of view the irreconcilable discrepancies between the record of Christopher Columbus’ naval ser- vice and the appellant’s sworn statement as to his alleged naval service, it is most unreasonable, if net absolutely incredible, that this appellant should have grown after he was nineteen years of age nearly seven inches in height and have developed from a slight and 1ather delicately formed youth into the physical giant-he is now said to be, and that his, character and disposition should have undergone so radical metamor- phosis from the, amiable, good-tempered, popular and obliging, young man to the sinister, revengeful, pugnacious and even dangerous character that {t appears from the evidence he is at the present time. “Furthermore, if the appellant was cor- rect in estimating his age at forty years in 1896, he could not have been the Christo- pher Columbus who enlisted in the navy at the age of ninetten years in December of 1864. It is useless, however, to further con- sider the question ofsidentity, since it is clear that the eyidence in the case, taken in connection with all jhe adverse and sus- picious circumstances “above mentioned, is entirely insufficient to establish the service origin of the alleged injury to heel of left foot, even if it be eonceded that the Chris- topher Columbus shown by the record to have served on the Naumkeag and this ap- pellant are one and the same person. The claim of Christopher Columbus is there- fcre rejected.” o——____——_— Couldn’t Pay Their Fines. Harvey Johnson, colored, wa today fined $60 by Judge Scott for carrying a razor blade concealed on his person and for be- ing engaged in a fight last night in a house in King’s court with Andrew Wil- son, Sarah Harrjs and Jennie Harvey, also colored. Wilson was fined $20 and Harris $10. In default of the payment of the fines each of the accused went to jail. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th raeridian time. Sct!d nes are iso bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for cach tenth of an Inch. lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regious where rain or snow uas fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “‘Iligh" aud “Low” stow location of areas of Smail arrows fy with the wind. igh and low barometer. FINANCIAL KHOLDERS ¢ SAND TRUST « " THE WASH. MPANY ke wil be vd addresx stock will be ANDREW Parc Washington, D.C. Janeary 11, 1808. MIT i2e DON 1 « " Pe ary Ww The capital stock of th i Comp: Tsus of the District 7 red and forty-two sh and Is fully paid ups Matilities JAMES 1 t £ n nd subscribed before me len 7, ise. RUTH GD HAVENS Notary Public, Doe @ Partly Clove You want Lb secrso'© & crovdy want Cash he ; = want a Comforts mt the Rost Tip tte Trad 2h S2-90° Trade with E. L. PARKER & CO., PITAL, $20.0KK, W YORK & CF 1417 F Street, Dotted lines are isotherms, or AGO, RAIN TONIGHT. Wet Weather Tomorrow, With Higher Temperature. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, rain tonight and Wednesday warmer Wednesday evening; east to south- east winds. Weather conditions and general forecast —The area of high pressure has moved from Manitoba to the Saint Lawrence val- ley. The pressure is high off the Florida coast and over the middle plateau region. is developing in western Texas, s caused rain from the Miss: sippi valley eastward, except in New Eng- land and Florida, and will dominate the weather for the next thirty-six hours east cf the Mississippi river. The temperature has fallen in the lower lake region, over the middle and southern plateau region, has risen in the Mississippi valley, and has remained nearly stationary elsewhere. Rain, beginning as snow in New England, may be expected in all districts east of the lower lakes, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. The following heavy inches) was reported: g During the past twenty-four hours—Nash- ville, 1.94. precipitation (in Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 3:48 a.m. and high tide, a.m. and 1 Tomcrrow—Low tide, 4: -m. a p.m.; high tide, 10:28 a.m. and 10:46 p.m. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES Current Talk About Forming a Big Organi- | zation. Prosposition to Merge a Number of the Local Concerns Into One Com- pany—Some Advantages, There is some discussion going on just at present among those who are interested in leeal fire insurance companies which may result in an effert being made to bring about a consclidation of a number of the ; companies doing a fire insurance busines: in this city. While it is thought by some who have given the matter attention that greater economy, especially in adminis- trative expenses, can be effected by one company doing the same amount of busi- ness that is now done by several, yet it 1s also thought that such a movement would be in line with the modern tendency in all business, which is said to be toward the merging of small interests so as to bring them under cne management. This movement, it is said, is not at all similar to what is generally understeod to have been the odject of some men who claimed that they represented New York capital, and who, it is said, have been en- deavoring to purchase a control in the in- terests of one or more of the local fire in- surance companies. It is understood that nothing was accom- plished in this latter direction, but it is said that a somewhat general considera- tion is likely to be given to a plan of con- solidation, and that figures showing the business done by the thirteen local com- panies in this city and the cest of doing this business have been compiled, and it is claimed the results furnish a strong argu- ment in favor of one large company in- stead of so many smaller concerns. ‘The argument is purely a financial one, so it is said, and advantages to those who have money invested in fire insurance stocks can be shown, will result from the carrying out of the ‘proposed plan. It is also admitted that if such a consolidation is affected there will be inevitably a lower- ing of rates, so that insurance in this city will be cheaper than is now the case. The total capitalization now represented by the thirteen companies js about $1,- 540,000, which, however, is only the face value of the stock and does not represent the market value, which is largely in ex- cess of the former. —__-—_—_ MOTION TO VACATE AWARD. Action of District in Street Exten- sion Case. In the matter of the opening of 19th street extended, between Florida avenue and Connecticut avenue, according to the plan for the extension of a permanent sys- tem of highways in the District of Colum- bia, and in the matter of the opening of the suburban subdivision known as Oak Lawn, the District Commissioners, through their attorneys, Messrs. A. A. Birney, Hemphill and Voorhees, today filed a motion in each case, asking that the award of the jury, re- ported Thursday last, be vacated and set aside by the court. ‘The grounds for the suggested action are that, ir the opinion of the Commissioners, the awards are unreasonable, excessive and njust. wine motions will be argued Thursday mcrning. The jury, which reported today for additional instructions and to hear tes. timony in regard to other duties to be per- formed by it, was excused until further notice. Se For an Experimental Farm, Mr. Martin today introduced in the Sen- ate a bill to set apart a portion of the Ar- lington estate for experimental agricultura! purposes under the Secretary of Agricui- ture. It is similar to the bill introduced in the House by Representative Rixey. CASTORIA FOR Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILB SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher _ 18 ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF PITCHER’S CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 17 Murray ot., N.Y, Pyles, J. W. Whelpley, Chas. G. Dulin. ER BRANCH POST OYFICK, The Suan a Today—Sun rises, 4:58 p.m. Moon rises, 8:48 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7:18 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:06 p.m.: ex- tinguishing begun at 6:27 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the tine named. Arc lamps lighted at 5:51 p.m.; extin- Moon. 9 a.m. ja10-6r* Large Fortunes usually spring from humble beginnings. In thrift les prosperity. The hugest onk owes Its origin to an acorn little larger than one’s finger end. Dimes and nickels are secda sun sets, alskenee Productive of dollars if employ rightly. Se Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. Ja6-15d American Security And Trust Co, Storage Warehouse, 1140 1 * Temperature and condition of er at 8 a.m.: Great Falis, temperature, 32: con- dition, 4; receiving reservoir, temperature 25; condition at north connection, Pon. tion at south connection, distributing reservoir, temperature con@ition at in. fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate hous Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following are the readings of the Surplus, thermometer at the weather bureau for the fs January 10-4 p.m., Boxes for Safe #2" mum, 33, at a.m. January 11 every com the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 henge x of value se vault The following are the readings of = OFFICERS. o'clock yesterday afternoon: ‘ 4 ely, ets 5 p.m. January 10; mini- Deposit Coupon num barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 ‘k yesterday afternoon: January 10—4 p.m. midnight, 20.17. January 11-4 a.m. m. RELL BRIT 3 p.m., 30.17; 21 oPirwt Wier Sek ‘Treasurer t Officer 20; 8 a.m., 30.28; 12 30.17, and 2 p.m., 30.1 LL Manager’ Stornge W =~ = = — — , 4 Saige - Assistant INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. : ia = as-11t RTIPICATES © « ; PAID-UP STOCK, REARING COUN TS per cent interest ie eemi-w ally, tt ACCOUNTANTS denominat f $10 to $1,000. STATES BUILDING AND LOAN AS ION, 1312 F st. n. jas-3t r CHANCES IrEMs, | COMMISSIOD | COUNTRY REAL Estat ) DEATHS C. T. Havenner, BOOMS 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago. Stocks; Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Careful attention given to FRACTIONAL LOTS. (louses) : Correspondent F L. LORLING, 10 Wall st.. New NT (Miscellancozs). York. no29-214 KE \T (Oilices) FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR KENT (stables W. B. Hibbs & Co., BAXKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENVULG, THALMANN & CO., Ge6-164 New York. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of C RENT (Warehouses) SAL SAL SALE (Miscel'ane us; HORSES HOTELS * GooDs. AL NOTIC! POTOMAC PROFESSION RAILRvADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STORA lumbia, NEW YORK AVE, CORNER 15TH ST. A. Chartered by spect and acts of ( Pongress, Jan. ud Feb., 1892, Capital: One [lillion Dollars 1867, (Houses), (Msee (Bons) WANTED (Situations) WINTER RESORT: SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents sufes inside burglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trunk or case ARMY AND Navy. Notes of General Interest Seeks to the en on deposit at moderate cost. 3 : ‘8 BANK DEPARTMENT. The leave of absence granted Maj. Rich- Deposits received from TEN CENTS up- ard L. Hoxle, Corps of E: tended one month. Lieut. F. S. Hutton, 24 Infantry, has been granted one month's leay Licut. Col. F. M. Coxe, deputy paymaster general, has been relieved from duty in the department of the Columbia and ordered to duty as chief paymaster in the depart. ment of Californ! Maj. Chas. H. Whipple, paymaster, has been relieved from duty at St. Paul, Minn and ordered to duty as chief paym, t the department of the Columbia, Lieut. J. L. ngineers, is ex- ward, and interest allowed on $5 and above. Loans money on real estate and collateral security. Sells first-class real estate and other securities In sums of $500 and upward, TRUST DEPARTM This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, receiver, assignee and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared ty a competent attorney in daily attendance. OFFICER: THOMAS R. JONES ler of Chapin has been detachea from the Indiana and ranted three months’ sick leave. Passed Assistant Engineer F. C. Bieg has E, Francis Riggs, Thomas KR. Jones, W. Riley Ds Woodbury BE been detached from the bureau of steam cugincering and ordered to duty at Cam The cruiser Raleigh left Ade : ing for Colombo on her way to China whe | Altert L. Sturtevant, training ship Essex has arrived at st_| George H. Plant, Thomas. The gunboat Wilmington left St. | Zeuas C. Robbins, Thomas yesterday for Guadeloupe on her! George T. Dun way to Brazil. The gunboat Annapolis has | Wm. E. Edmonsion, arrived at St. Kitts. The gunboat Wheel. | Wi. A. Gordon, ing left Union, B. this morning for | _oc¥ Juneau, Alaska. ~ CORSON & MACARTNEY,— oe om z Members of the New York Stock Eachange, TAKEN TO TRENTON. 1419 F st., Glover building Andrew Wylie, Matthew G. Emery, Henry A. Willazd, Thomas Hyde, John F. Rodgers, James M. Jubuston, John G. Parke, Robert ©, Holtzman, John Cammack W. Bradley Davidson, —= Correspordents of Mixsrs. Moore & Schley, 80 eae Sea enn) Way 401 | nasty col Deion te iveemen Dike ‘The foll ; lentiary. “ Deposits. x Exchang a oo ‘ ¢ following recently convicted and sen- allroad stocks and bonds nd all secaritics tenced in the criminal branches of the Die- | Hitet,03 the, cxchanges of New York, Whiludelphia, Beston and Baltimore bought and sold, A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict Supreme Court left today, . sgrcthermt | Ory Se en eg ae guard, for the New Jersey state prison, at Telephone Stock dealt in, Trenton: rT ertean Bell ‘Telephore Stock bought and sold. Harry Williams, housebreaking, two | _Je5!-16d = = ere; William Chase, larceny, two years; | Money at 5 Per Cent to Loan Robert Blue, concealed Weapons, two years Nelson Wooden, second offense, petit lar- ceny, one year and one day; John Boughn, arson, two years; Charles Cook, robbery, five ars; Cato Bray, larceny from the person, three years; Isaiah Price, larcen trom the person, three years; John Bui! second offense, petit larcen ‘On real estate in District of Columbla. No de- L & McLERAN, 1008 F st. - =3 CONDENSED LOCALS, Many complaints are being made by the = A police concerning the mud-cove a ate . —~ , one year an walks throughout the city. This condition one day; George Williams, larceny from the ] of affairs exists in places where lots are person, two years, and Frances Butler, | high above the grades of the sidewalks, larceny, from the person, three years. In Northeast Washington there are many cae. ees places of this kind. DIRECTORS CHOSEN. A bicycle belonging to G, D. Pitcher was xd stolen from in front of his office, No. 711 Two Banking Institutions Hold An-]G strect, yesterday, and he has asked the Meetings Today. police to recover the wheel for him. The stockholders of the Central National] Rev. Jemes B. Taylor of Virginia is as- Bank today elected directors as follows: ; sisting Rev. C. C. Meador, D. D., in a series James 8. Edwards, Horatio Browning,Dan-| of mectings which are now in progress at fel Fraser, Leyi Woodbury, John wW-| the Fifth Baptist Church, D street between Seer eS = ersar Dt, Saree, me ois as on mirage body of . PL . Pp. 3 oliceman Holz foun e \y 01 Se ae, dt Se antant Sestetiay atiseseba eee eae a amc igrea ware avenue and C street southeast, He ‘The stockholders of the National Capital | had the body removed to the fifth precinct Bank today elected directors as follows: | station. Coroner Carr gave a certificate of John E. Herrell, Fhos. W. Smith, Allen C. | death, and the bocy was sent to potter's Clark, B. B. Earnshaw, H. C. McCauley, | field. Albert Carry, Samuel H. Walker, H. A. Griswold. Geo. F. Harbin, W. P. C. Hazen. Philo J. Lockwood, W. H. Marlow, Geo. F. —_—---— If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer.