Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. — PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 Peansyivania Avoany. Cor. 12ti St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Com ° (SH. RAUFFMANN: Prost” Few York Ofce, 49 Potter Ending, The Evening Star is served tc carricts. of their own a o 44 certs per Copies at the 2 certs each. By mail anywhere in un States or Cunada—pestaze prepaid—60 cents nth. subserivers 19 the unt, at 10 cents jsietuple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with pestage d. $3.c0. red at th t Otfice at Washington, D. C.. | od tzil matter.) oral criptions must be pald In advance, Rates of advertisi ing made known on applicatioa. EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EP EE EP EP Pt January Tailoring Sale! OLD POLONIOUS, referring to Hamlet’s peculiarities, said: “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.” hebebetebb Madness. News. De eee ee Se Se SS i De nm oo en oe cms WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Unsettled Condit A General Weakness, ‘The continued mild weather is responsi- Lie for the w led condition of the local wholesale produce market and for the gen- eral downward tend of prices. Butter | is affected by the her, trac light. even f ally duit Prices a pound lower. Strictly un: is dull, better indicat are also dull, being m n the quality is poor. ther continues result. Poultry quick sales, but prices . Game shows bu rby 18 cents Eges—> dozen, western uthern, 15 cents, Poultry—T drawn, il ents; ur Drawn, § to winter chicks i live, 8 to cents Old d= 40 cents: Ww The fame of Foot Form Bc the world. for “Foot Form” Boots. But of the superiority of even invaded the factori shoe factory in Athol, Mass. ‘oot Form” comfort, fit, ea nt $3. Th tired by especially en Yours Exchange st., : Expert Tailor. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEEEEETEEE EEE | crate. F $1 | %4-bbl. box, § | bunches, $1 to | s4: r{ with a des rom China comes our alast haps the most interesting orders—orders that carry convi “oot Form” Boots. of other shoe manufacturer: , furnishes From the forewoman of an Athol, Mass., shoe factory: 74. for which send a pair atisfuctory. My feet are very me very much by swelling. so es. ‘The palr of xhioes shoes T have had for a Part2.—- Che | Foening Star. ae san é If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease preperty or rent rooms, want a situation or nt help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. fhey are closely studied by more than three Though it may be madness to inaugurate this great reduction sale at this tinie—there is method in the madness. 1 you will not be able to fully appreciate the advantages of this sale. In the first p they must be closed out in January! In the second place, I have a large force of good workmen and do not care to lay them off, as I will need them in the inaugurate thi Thirdly, the workmen appreciate not being laid off and will do 1 kK and bett more of it. Ww Fourthly, [ save you 15 and 25 per cent on what were already y for our class cf tailoring. My only hope for ultimate profit is in securing you for a permanent patron, whic! the low Tices in the I hope to do. Here Are How Prices Have D WASHINGTON, D. C., ce I have too many Trouserings and Suitings, and le to keep them busy in an otherwise dull season. - Even after reading spring, so I nl ropped $8 and $9 Trouserings— SO. The $12 Trouserings— $8. $10. $14 and $16 Trouserings— $25 Black Diag. Cutaway Coat and Vest— $19. The $30 and $35 English Suitin 22. G. WARFIELD SIPMPSON, 1208 F Street. EF EEEEEEEEEEEEL EEE LEE BL BoB hsfoslehi per bus., 3 to 4 cent: Dried fruits—Evaporated apple 1 to 6 cents: Ss, sliced, it Sito ap o 10 cents ckberrie . per Ib., 1 to 11 cer ry, and nuts fancy, te $ and $4.50; choice, per bbl, windfalls, per $1 and 31 $3; walnuts, We Ir per brights, er bo er box, $4 and $3.7) per cwt., hand $5.50; r cured, rt and clean, 5 e hogs—Hogs large and small and neat, 4 cents; reusa, ¢ > “One Hour With noans.* Mr. John C. Moore, d. cretary of I. O. G. T., will deliy lecture, under of that order, the e at Jonadab Hall. ption of the g! aval disaster in the At that time Mr. of th Nips pan corre | and rbor of Apia, Moore was invite dots reaches half way around “far-a-way” order in our Own country come per- ction “Foot Forms” have A convert to the se and style. last air I bought in the full vith rt i but send ine 1 suit my feet best. blister very Miss -——-, Athol, Mass. 21 styles at one price Fem F St. Cor. 13th. Sb. REE EERE REE EERE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE Eb eee | y. Der cwt., net, | sheep, per cwt., $3 and | | spring, choice, per cwt. 3t and $5; . prime, EEEELEEEEELEEEELELEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEEEREEELEDEEELIEEEE EE EEE EEE EE PERE EDE EEE E EEE ETE EEE FAULTY CONCRETE Previous Statements Concerning New Post Office Floors Are Verified. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF EXPENSE ——_-+____ Imperfect Material Causes Loss to the Government. WORK OF REPLACING ‘ated positively in The Star some. ago that the cuncrete which 1 eden the nine floors of the dd been t new post building was so defective thi in all puld have to be removed and good material substituted. An examination of the concrete was made ne Ss nd. atemment Was verified in fact though the post cfficc idea t mitted ale officials ridiculed the at anything was wrong. ‘They ad- reluct ete on ve to be removed, ttributed this crumblir red, to the moving of hi obje over the floo: They s nothing about hy of the floors but one, but it was found that all were the same and that it was caused by the materials which formed the pnerete. » workmen ebout the pl, who were in thelr intentions and knew geod rete wher the: Ww it, did not hesitate to declire it to be nothing better than coal sh The formula from which the con- erete was mide was published at the time they so tation that the ficors of the 3 would have to be reconcreted, ic by The Stur, costing the government i i} y thovrunds of doliurs of extra. ex- *) has been ver While those con- cled with the a Office originally ridiculed the ide come io. pass, hevertheles Kis for placing the concrete on the fe submitted about the midd "eof the floors the basen floor and the m zanine, dy had the fr crete placed cn them. What cover placed ther Mr. A. Cowsill, a Washington contractor, done some cf the work of replacin gonerete. It is thought probable that ; the work of recovering the remaining seven ficors Will be given to him, as th= work dcne so far has been satisfactorily finished, ard in marked comtrast to what covered the floors betore. ‘fhe present concrete Will withstand the pressure of a boot heel | and will not show the impression of a foot print, as d.d the other stuff, which looked as if it had been simply dumped out of a rt. Superintendent Steward would not tkis morning how much the ccntract called for. He did not know, and felt easier for not know- ing, as it did not come under his jurisdic Ucn, and he did not wish to meddle with anything which’did not concern him. ‘the original contract made by the gov- ernment with a Chicago firm for the til- ing und concreting of the nine floors was between $49,000 and $50,000, This amount, it was stated to a Star reporter this morn: ing, was about $25,000 below the bid sub- mitted by any other firm. “It might have been known that the work could not be done properly for the umount named in the bid accepted,” said The Star informant. “The stuff put on the floors was nothing in the world but coal ashes. How many more thousands of dollars were required from the government to finish the work of concreting , those who knew were too close-mouthed to divulge, but it was stated that it was up in the thousands. If the contract had been prop- erly awarded in the first place, of course this would not have happened. The con- tract was not only given, but passed upon as good work, when finished. But Little Work Being Done. There is little work being done on’ the post. office now, though Superintendent Stewart declared things were going on firely. Inside the building there is heard the sound of an occasional hammer end a cloud of dust arises when a pile of debris is Gumped by a workman from a wheel- barrow, but otherwise it is extremely quiet say new concrete declared that he SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 1898-TWENTY-FOUR P re. A large part of the interior tirgs have arrived and @ccupy a portion of the main floor, where the dust and dirt settles upon them continual, mest spicuous obje on the ain floor are the detective boxes late erected. These resemble much the tur- rets of a warship and are, as known, for the secret service people, who occupy th or the purpose of sy upon the movements of the ermy of cler 10 Will be detailed for work upon the m One of the turrets is in the center of the floor and there are seven of them in all. They are so arranged that the mcn who will sit in them and spy of the holes pro- vided for the purpore can enter them from theebasement. ‘The clerks wiil not know whether cr not the “lookouts” are or are not occupied. The Copper Skylight. No information would be given out at the post office building as to how much work would be required to put in good shape the immense copper skylight on ihe top of the new building. It was admitted that repairs would be needed, but this fact was passed Gver by the siatement that au few gl: 1 been broken, nd need replac ion of the published in in regard to the condi- Mr. Otto L. Wolfen- s that it was true in every re- wha most_}i ut will be done with cly settled when th »propriation of $175,000 for which Co: aress has been asked is obtainable. werk now going on is of a minor cha ter. Mr. Wolfenstein said in regard to the skylight: “I can prove that what I seid in regard to the matter was true in every particular, bringing to bear the best evidence obtain able. ‘This that the architects admit having gotten up preposals and_ specifica this vill be tions, dated November 10, 1897, inviting bidders to perform certain repair work on th light. T ter had just been ac- cepted as first-class work. paid fc nd the bondsmen release government must stand the los: “It must have been considered a trifling Jeb, for the proposal required the work to be done in the shortest possible time—on three weeks, rain or shine. The contr s required to go over every pane of that the every piece of weather sirip or ‘cap.’ > latter is the sheet metal strip whic the glass in place. The contract check was to be held pack w all the work was satisfactorily pe. f “Mr. should not be asto: Wolfsteiner states, “that the sks nnot be repaired, sq as to be equal to a job. Tt ean. only be repiaced, nder the local bidders refused to tackle the job, as anxious as they were to secure government work. Interest of Fair: Dealin, “In the interest ef honest workmanship and fair dealing all around, I haye a num- ber of defects which I might bring to the notice ef Mr. Taylor. These would pot be urderstood by the general public, as they are of a purely technical nature, but they would be readily by contractors. 1 might cite defects in the. building by the hun- dreds. The government has admiticd it ni ostly mistake. “Lam glad to sce the cement floor fillings replaced. The formula from which this Was prepared was defective in the place. According to,it, aamixture wu pared which disintegrated so that it w blow awé ushe3. Of course, Uncle paid for this experience. n regard to Mr., Taylor's statement that a mistake de. in conscructing the skylight too lareé, L reply th are today skylights rag. larger." “I cannot understard why o!d, pre 5 ed skylight makeré are not scnt for to come here and judgment on this work. Action shyuld not be deferred until the building is occupicd and all the risk of the elements is under; aylor should remember all the done to the contents of the Trea: ury Depariment, not so long age to be for- gotten, When the copper roof od and the utmost ns had been taken, if there is any money available the new skylight should be erected as soon as pos- system of skylight construction ul selected whic od the te: If the patent mined it would be r ever relic he Uge ords should en that no in- upon putty to keep a Course of Construction, er says there is in course of ucticn in the post office building a kylight, of the same general con- struction as the oui The glass is only Palf as long, which s twi many leaks to guard against. this The contract for ‘S$ no putty is to be used, and none been tion. Mr. Wolfsteiner is opinion that work should be stopped on the lower sky- ght, and the other fully repaired or prop- erly constructed, so that the public lieve in the ability of the supervis: architect to have c arge of such matter: FILIBUSTERING I THE HOUSE, Consideration of a BH to Pay &n Ola War Claim, In the House yesterday most of the af- ternoon was consumed in filibuster tinst a bill to pay the publishing house st Episcopal Church Sout 000 for the ure of the property of that corporation during the ¥; The property of the cor- poration, which was located at Nashv! Tenn., was seized and held by the United States from 1862 to 1866, when it turn- ed over to the owners. Mr. Cooper re- ferred to the fact that the profits of the concern were applied to the support of superannuated ministers. Thousands of petitions from religious bodies, he said, had been received praying for the pe the bill, Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) inaugurated a filibuster inst the measure by demanding the reading of the report on the bill, which consisiel of about fifty pages, the reading of which would consume several hours..At the conclusion of an hour, when Mr. Dal- zell’s time expired, the friends of the bill attempted to secure an agreement for clo: ing debate, but all requests looking to this end were objected to. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) appealed to the other side to allow a vote on the bill. Mr. Sayers (Texas) said this was as just a claim as had sunt gs en resented to Con- age of gress. The amount gsked:by the Methodist Episcopal Church gouth, in this bill, he sald, was not 50 percent of the amount which could be recayered in the Court of Claims. Leading .tjsheps. and “divines, north and south, hag {ndersed it. Common justice, not charity,-demanded its passage. Mr. Grosvenor (Oiio) made a ten-minute Speech in support ef the bill. He said he personally knew enopgh @bout the claim to know that $288,000 was awery low estimate of the damage sustained by the corpora- tion. The opposition consumed the time until o'clock, when thesHouse adjourned, e+ Lower Court Reversed. | An opinion, written by Mr. Justice Shepard, was handed down by the Court of -Appeals late yesterday afternoon in the case of Francis O. St. Clair, appellant, against Owen -F. Conlon. The judgment of the lower court is: reversed, with costs, snd the qause remanded for new. trial. The original suit ‘was.upon.a note for the sum of $3,808.75, and the appeal was from a judgment rendered under the sev- enty-third rule of sthe District Supreme 5 Court. jn isgpoinfn the: Court ‘of Ap- peals ites that if, as was to be inferred, the note was- giver, not in-settlement of a stated accognt, or admitted indebted- hess, but ‘megsly for an accommodation upon an ij Saat collateral agreement in respect. of a settlement of accounts in the future; and the plaintiff, as alleged, came into its possession without considera- tion and before majarity, then the defend- ant ought to have a trial by, jury. : \ wa -| years, s REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Talk About Deals Which Are Ex- pected to Be Carried Out. en THE UNITING OF LARGE INTERESTS Completing a Chapel After One in Padua, CONSTRU Designed Italy. ROOF CTION If the expectations entertained by some real estate brokers, some architects and some builders are realized there is to be in the near future several enterprise pore arted. It may 1} as significant or not of the ex ted activ- ity which it is thought will materialize in the spring that there is considerable talk about proposed undertakings of magnitude. Which involve the transter of property as well as erection of several handsome residences and buildings. It may be said in this connection gossip of this character 1 mon for the past year or so, and for this reason it is thought that even the mere talk is an indication that cap ally being directed into the real estate investments. A More Hopeful Feeling. At any rate, a more hopeful ling cha acterizes those who are interested as o' ers and brokers in property in this cit that Ss not been com- is actu- channels of se AGES. cluding impr the western side, from plans prepared b: —— times as many people as read any other paper. STATE CAPITOL AT AUGUSTA, MAINE. The state capitol at Augusta, Maine, occupies a situation in a park 02 an cminence, and being constructed of white Hallowell granite which retained its beauty and landsc The ns were made by Bul- finch of Boston, in 1828, and they provided for a building 10x50 feet, with a proj ing arcade and a colonnade in front. Work was begun in 1829, and the building, ine ‘ment to grounds, In 1801 an extension w at This extension is Six It is entirely hidden in the picture by the m betlt upon feet and is n building. The or back, . fireproo.. ac mes F. Den LAWS RE ATING TO ALASKA, om, architect. The building is to b heated by hot wat » feet y a nd will : Report of the ¢ Commia- » invested more f y in the near fut The same urchitect has also planned for Minn Bubinltecd be Wienusens, than has been the case in the past, but that | a row of fifteen houses to be ere in | a ee in many ways the material interests of the ton. They are to be three stories Attorney McKenna yesterday Will be ad in height, 17 by 6) feet, and will have | subr to ate a special report here se fronts of press brick, with brown-stone ; mission to revise and of the impor a : eo : and penal laws of the of the capital city whic manit tory frame house ts to be erected ; tise abaiesaae Ghee : on one \ the efforts which are being | on Nichols avenue by Wy. Wardle, Ih ai howe aealtae ae aoe oot made and the talk which is being indulgel | will be y 24 fect, and the foundation | Per s relating to Alask: a code in looking to the coasolidation of various | will be of brick. of criminal procedure for th Be tay a ze is to be erected | the form of a bill, which accomy es or propos mes Effie D. Leffingwell. | report of the commission. nd on local capital, but it s : w purity of color, is a striking feature of the at those who contro large sums of addition is to be e | errs Crore Rie OP iaiiason abs keet ie yney and who live elsewhere look upon | the building occupied as a | He organization of the territory of Alaska, Washington investments with considerable | tory Pear the District of Columbia and Indian terrl- favors street northwest. [tory has been authorized by Congress With Large Capital. H. Pickford ha | which omy local self-government, There Is already considerable money from | TO {ntee houses to be erected on Sth street 1H Be eauired to, codify the criminal and Other citles investe] in various enterprises | height, 17 by 30 feet, and the fronts will be | territories, ‘The eraloal tee eee at United here, the promoters cof which contemplate | of brick and stene. 1 form the body of the which the improvement of land or the develop- Giver nDhesk Hoe ani: fon Is to prepare. The come men uola other corporate rights. | senator Perkins of Callfornia yesterday | BS ouriatherniba $e ke nee ue 33 Ta: seiy sis i) 3S introduced a bill amendatory of the act he criminal laws fer the district sowere consolidation and (the for Mital “x | Providing a civil yovernment for Alaska, Aleake. She circa that lend ome more marked in the future | providing that all public lands not reserved | notoriety. iene reson padre arm city Unan has been the case in the | in Alaska containing coal, e or mir official scurce that there will be 200,000 is quite evident the this city is being th 2 ; be located by any qu year, owing not oni q pin the | fed mineral but entry can be | population, but to the building of rapid | made only, on Of coal, i i nities of consid- wnich bring in close con- i ? « ions of the y. Durin ce Lhe work of buil with | the cent & railroads ing Gi0 acres 1 act shall be oil may be cl he laud law that ered unde | persons within that ¢ not exc yr suing r * ng the en- locations thin the fore ation, and that se price of land claimed under this dis: ur. r NO populatio: se conditions, fe it de- has begun, the territory of what might be ‘ should the influence of the city has very Decided to Re Pensionable. provided for th and py tibly extended. Webster Davis, assistant of vention of crimes by the th this is the suggestion recent- | the interior, h ndered a decision which | 28d that a penal code s' “ f the | reverses the pension office and mak oar ay le proposing that the co-op Ree nE! a4 be asked, so that | Members of Capt of what is called shopping 4th Missouri V may be established and that the | the Black Haw commission p y virine haps ¢ piston am act providing a civ ment for for the variou nts of the city AM Done In the course of ¢ in Marb! one of the th become laws ® which now ified as fole ne a per is reheat out jaws of Ore the -<-—-- side chapels whic ed to the A Parcels Post Treaty, . f Oregon in foree on the 17 chureh cuifice 0 rish, on] ‘There are Indications that before long | ‘ ot with: rae Rhode | utave-|the United States ané Venezu will | nue, when it is » ready for treaty governing the par The commission that ff the bill use. At present Italian workmen are en- “or ten years the countrics have | Sich It prox wed pet hn’ aged in fitting up the ig to get together upon this iis” oomnatanen entirely of marble from the ¢ ject, it Wen while not oppo: me he ein such an arrangement, never took i hority of exist eae € ay si Che cen et in the matier. The authori | President h ppointed Re ph pastes to 2 treaty having been dele | reside at nine des: Oe eee ee ter Andr: ine United States cther pow. 1 cut mitted to this country free of nted by Second As- | tices of the peace. It is to be ter the shell of this ral Shallenberger | that other communities of F ng cred Pees Saat ni Brooks of the members will be fortaed as the population lon of Mr. John Ss. service had a of the district increases, and to e the well-known builder. The walls | Mail service had a com factors , Pips Emin of the interior are now being covered with | With him upon the s 4 2 ana this yenutital mantles deal States will shortly submit to the minister at to ap- erbravaenanelineeaat the protocol of a proposed convention to ak see 2 a 2 si 4 » anelte in crimir is a very simple one, but is b eoHIe ie made for the out with great be: de and the Cae ene ee arpeintment of deputy marshals in ex excellence of the material adds, of course,| Regard Law as Unconstitutional. | ofthe number now authors law; enyant tional charm to the effect of the] At a meeting of the local association of | all the deputy marshals are given t! whole. Cae SE ee Hall | thority of constables in the execu AUHaudsommelentsn. New York republicans at Maccabee Hall | thority Dison SAS i last night the civil service law was 6 Aiong the walls is a series of arches, sup- he ory ag e-—-—_____-___ ported on columns. The arches are very Seu sree Sp | Discuss Caps and Gowns. neiee yeas ; i oe contended that the establishing of the civil | 3 michiy carved jwitlle the eplumns) whichares 202 Goo cusbustitetionst ann) = of the members of the a single piece of marble, have earved capt- | “*T ads Lape ional, anc 3 of Columbien University tals ef the n orde and the pede: s that the administration of airs: ag a sale p in all the departments of the government | ist evening the question of giving a class contain with ved designs. | pefore it was inaugurated was much bet-| dance was discu . that of s of the altar platform are fine | ter than since. and gowns d the com- is, of | - Mr. Linne id that the law was un- nt, but acti yon both n elab- | American and was causing a deal of eferred unul the mecting orate design in relief upon the front. The | trouble. window which are near the roof, Se to be with thin slabs of alal Z throug ich the light will come, brin out the rich colors of the marble. The ¢ 2 of the marble and the work of p will be Carroll. An interesting feature is the roof, which is carried on flat arches composed of terra cotta tile, which are laid in cement. The carrying power of arches made of this ap- parently fragile material is said to be very great. The cement used is, of course, pure, and when it hardens the entire work is one consistent whole. The use of such material for purposes of carrying weights is perhaps unusual in this country, but is said to be of rather ancient origin. A Wall Treatment. Attention given to what may be consid- ered minor details in the building of a house often produce attractive effects. For example, in a row of three houses designed by W. B. Wood, architect, and located on Columbia road near 18th street, he has treated the walls in rather a pleasing fash- ion. In some of the rooms he has designed a dado which is made of burlaps stained in an artistic color. Above the chair rail the walis are tinted in a harmonizing color, the effect being at once novel and pleasing. Some New Houses. Pians fer a row of four houses to be built on Cedar street between 18th and 19th streets northwest have been prepared by William J. Palmer, architect. They will be three stories in height, with fronts of Roman brick and light stone. There will be tiléd vestibules and baths, and hard weod will-be used in trimming the interior. The same architect has also prepared plans for three houses to. be built at 13th and Roanoke streets. They are to be three stories in height, and the fronts are to be built of Roman brick and brown stone. The interior will be trimmed with hard ‘weod, and there will be tiled vestibules, and the hauses will be heated by steam. Two houses are ‘to be erected on Wash- ington Heights by Seymour W. Tullock. According to the plans prepared by Eaward ‘Woltz, architect, they are to be three stories in height, 20 by @ feet and the fronts to be built of light stone, and there will be stone porches. The houses are to be heated with hot water. A two-story building is to be erccted by the Baptist Home on N street near 32d ting it 30,000, which is the gift of Miss Segeteteetetetete Seat < Soageadongondongengoas Sontenteege * seedesseeseesestertondentonseeteeteeseetecgess xt Friday night. Seegeeneneeert a Se OCEAN CITY, Maryland. Fast becoming popular as a superior health and pleas- ure resort. ? Greatly improved railroad facilities for 1898. Now is the time to buy and build a home at the seashore. Building lots sold on small cash pay= ments and monthly installments. Money loaned for building. Special inducements to prompt builders. For further particulars inquire of JOHN F. WAGGAMAN, 700 14th Street Northwest. Washington, D. C.