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THE EV + NING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898-14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. F._THE SEMI AANUAE nent, 1. 0. | psychor ireles WV "Perry will be r notice. ry ja ls-1w “ie ITU ALISM <M AY MR. Wt 205 and PRIDA nitations on all Jent sh Only tailoring ment in Amer dfastly mainta position and nd high ‘great nen Hors ir the ‘Third Co-operative — Building Association.) Shares, $2 per month tling the holder to an advance of §! . a paying at tut ast year. Mistock can be obtained upon application to any of the tollow'nz pated persons: ANDREW AI HK. Pres.. cor, 4% & I sts. 4 . Vice Pres.. Co-eoran blig. naw. ry. Masonie Tem. Pa. ave. nv 6th st. sw. host. nw. band D s.w. ean ay i J. N. BIRCKHEA Dr. RH. GUN? prove our assertion. ‘THOS. W. SMITH, Ist & Ind. ave. ‘Phone 217. Mill and Wharves, ‘foot of 4th st. se. "Phone 553 ja17-10d < oi “I isappoint. Stick up for your Rights! No printer has any right disappointing you. You'll never ¢ disc ppoin if we do +4 New, “‘catehy™ in printing, too. 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There is a broken sewer trap in rear of the National Rifles’ armory. Yesterda: afternoon Lieutenant } of it to the police and the matter was for- warded to the sewer department. Hess of the seventh precinct » complaint of an uncovered weil east side of Nebraska avenue be- the Leughboro’ and Tenleytown ‘The w is dangerous and the » have usked that it be covered. Judge Scott today sent Frank Miller to the workhouse for five days on the charge of being an habitual drunkard. Jecob S$. Harrison, a resident of Bi ville, Md., was on his way to market about & o'clock yesterday afternoon and ap elec- tric car and his team callided on a cross- ts- ing. The wagon and horses sustained considerable injury, but the occupant of the vehicle was not hurt. ulting and beating Marla Wal- lored, with a cane, Joseph Bruce, “ lored, was today fined $10, and in di fault of payment sent to jail for th'rty day by Judge Scott. ‘The District Commissioners h: ihat the contract with R. M. Moore & Co., for th ‘onstruction of sewer C, Piney branch, be extended to March 31, without penalty or cost of inspection. John Harris, cclored, was today sent to ordered jail for ninety days by Judge Scott for cursing and swearing and striking Ke- Scott, aisc colored. Volume I of the report of the District Commussicners for the year ending June was received at the District build- ing in pamphlet form teday. The volume contains all of the annual reports of the District officials except those of the en- gi r department, which will comprise the 'd volume, and those of the health d partment, which will form the third vo! ume. The remaining volumes are expecte in a few days. —— To Be Naval Chaplains. Rev. Arthur O. Sykes of Danville, N. ¥.. and Kev. R. T. Helms of West Virginia have been designated for appointment 2s chaplains in the navy. The former will take the place made vacant by the resigna- tion of Chaplain Gocdwin, attached io the receiving ship Wabash. Rev. Mr. Helms will fill the vacancy which has existed for more than one year, and to which Presi- dent Cleveland appointed Rev. C. H. Me- Duncan of Montana in February, 1ov7. The latter failed on the physical examination. —_—___—6— For a Hygienic Laboratory. Senator Vest has made a favorable report from the committee on public buildings and grounds on a pil! introduced in the Senate by Mz. Corkrell for the purchase cf @ site and erection of a building for the hygienic laboratory of the marine hospital service. } ©as a glib talker. SIEGE OF HAVANA (Continued from First Page.) uniform they wore. In all there had been between fifty ani sixty of them. They had made their demonstration against auton- | omy i the guise of defending the honor of the Spanish scldiers. fere doubt They might there- whether Gen. Solano was in | earnest when he said they had dishonored the uniform of Spain. The army officers krew they had touched the fuse which reached a powder box. The explosion might rot ceme just then, but it w reasonable to expect a sputtering. ‘They were rot mistaken. An hour after they had gone the mob which was not j clothed in uniforms completed the demon- stration against autonomy. It smashed the windows of the building ingwhich La Discusion is printed. Then it decided to have the painted sign. Two or three rough fellows who tried to mount the ladder that had been brought were gently pulled down by the police. The rioters grew in numbers ard in boldness. A mob orator mounted a bex and deciaimed against autonomy. He While he was talking a fellow aga'n mounted the ladder, tore down the sign and it was carried off in triumph by his companions. During these proceedings a squad of mounted po- licemen kad reinforced those on foot. Sev- eral times they forced their horses on the sidewalk and through the crowd, but this had no effect. One of them who sought to use his sword was sharply reprimanded by his superior. Fernandez de Castro, chief of the potice, w: mseif in command, and I saw him arguing with the rioters instead of ordering his men to charge them. How- ever, there was reason for this mildness. The civil and military authorities at that ur were not strong enough for a conflict with the unknown forces back of these rioters. A rivulet of biood then might have brought down a torrent when night came. So it was easier to let the crowd have its way. De Castro has since been made a scapegoat and relieved. When by common impulse it moved toward the Di- ario newspaper office the mounted police headed the mob off ard by a single charge were able to disperse it. n the Parane Central. But this was not to be the end. The Parque Centra!, through which the rioters scattered, was to be the scene of further incidents. A word of digression here about the jeopardy of Havana may be of advan- tage in helping to a better understanding of current happenings. Kept in mind, it iving a clear con- The Prado is the main avenue of Hiavara. It bisects the eit: The Prado begins at the shore of the sea just opposite Castle Moro and at the nerrow entrance to the harbor. The street fis very bro Along its center runs a pi d on either side by laurels. Miiway up the Prado is the Parque Cen- tral. In the states this small park would be cailed the public square. Its four sides are faced by handsome buildings, hotels, theaters and arcades for the bazaars. Tho Albisu, Tacon and Payret theaters front upon ‘!t. The Spazish Casino, the Union Club and the German Club all occupy fine quarters looking down upon its shaded walks. The Hoiel Inglaterra, which gets into the newspaper dispatches so often be- cause of the Americans who live there, faces the square directly across the Prado. La Discusion newspaper occupies a low building adjoining the hotel. Diario has @ showy structure built on a triangular piece of ground which projects to a corner of the park. Streets from all parts of the city lead directly o the Parque Central. lt is an excellent center in which to mass military or similar forces. Another plece must be designated in the geography cf Havana. This is the palace, the official residence of the captain general. ‘The headquarters of the civil and military government are in this building and in others clcse to it. Two narrow parallel streets, Obispo and O'Reilly, lead from Parque Central to the palace, which is half a mile away. An cpen space in front of the palace is called the plaza of arms. It is flanked on one side by “La Fuerza,” the old fort, which has housed troops of Spain for more than th centuries. “La Fuer- za” stretches down to the water. Other Luildings on the water front help to shut in the plaza of arms, which is reached by O'Reilly and Obispo streets and two or three narrow thoroughfares which coine into Obispo at right ang) While the Parqve Central is open, the palace is prac- tically shut and the guarding of its ap- proaches is not difficult. In telling of events in Havana an idea of the relative location and surroundings of these two places is important. That Wednesday afternoon the rioters showed a tendency to rally. Gen. Parrado, who ts next in command to Blanco, was in Parque Central, directing the disposition of the police forces. With him was Civil Governor Bruzon. The rioters grew in numbers, but made little demonstration. ‘The storekcepers obeyed with alacrity the order to close their shops. Soon the doors were closed and the iron shutters fastened. People were warned not only off the pub- lic square, but off the Prado. The reserves of the order publico, or police, put in an ap- pearance. They were followed by the first detachment of the guardia civil. These civil guards are the rural police of Cuba. They ace the finest military force that Spain can command today, better than the Spanish cavalry, equal to the crack cavalry of the United States army. Part of the afternoon I watch«d the arrivals of the squadrons frem the balcony of the hotel and listened to the comment. The horses ef the guardia civil were jaded. The men were covered with dust. They had evident- ly ridaen hard. A Significant Question. “Dees not this mean American interven- n?" asked a foreigner at my elbow. An nswer spared the question by an ex- clamatio ‘Ah, the regulars at last. Those are veterans.” It was infantry, 250 strong. The populace at that moment was not threatening a movement, but the infantry wus put through the evolutions and swept the vacant streets with the precision of regular soldiers. A little later I heard the call, ‘See the volunteers.” It was the 5th Battalion, 40 strong, better known as the Herrera Battalion, from the name of its commander, Col. Herrera. It was proceed- ing under orders to the palace. Two re- ports were current about this battalion. One was that if was called out because of its known loyalty and the feeling that it could be depended on for the emergency. ‘The other report was that because of the CASTORIA FO Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILB bold t SIGNATURE OF Chas. H. Fletcher 1S ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF PITCHER’S CASTORIA THE CENTAUB COMPANY. 77 Murray ot., N.Y. disaffection of its members this battalion was t6 be surrounded by regular troops. In time we shall know which rumor was correct. A person who was in the palace in the evening tld me he distinctly heard some of these volunteers respond to the shouts of .he mob without, which was cheering Weyler. As the batta!fon moved toward the palace I heard one man wonder whether the volunteers would in the end do with Blanco as they did with Dulce. Dulce was tre captain general who during the ten years war was put on shipboard by the volunteers and sent out of the coun- try because his policy against the in- surgents was too gentle. The afternocn wore off fnto evening slowly. It was like waiting for the thunder- storm on an oppressive-summer day. At dusk there was a little of the appearance of animation, but the people were ordered off the streets again. In front of the hotel swaggering officers strotled along in groups of threes and fours. One of the reporters of “La Discusion," who had helped to repel the assault in the morning, pointed out to me a dozen officers whom he recog- nized as having taken part in it. Night brought the expected gathering of the rioters. They contented themselves with throwing stones and breaking windows. In a distant street a pistol shot was heard. “Malo, malo—bad, bad,"’ cried a Spaniard at my side who is a large property owner. It wes probably a blank shot, for no more firing was heard. The crowd was all the time growing larger, but suddenly it began to lessen. An orderly rode up to the gen- eral in command. I heard him give the terse order, ‘Head them off.” In a minute the mounted orden publico and other forces were on the gallop. The clatter of their horses’ hoofs on the stone pavement had not died away when their places were taken by another. mounted corps, which shot cut from a neighboring street and ranged along the park. They were the guardia civil, who had been held in re- serve. The mounted policemen had gone off to keep the rioters from reaching the palace. The narrow streets of Havana are bad for 2 mob. It cannot move through them in the large masses which give courage to mcbs. The troops got into several of the thoroughfares before the rioters and head- ed them off. There was need of it. In the early evening sufficient precautions had not been taken. “Down With Autonomy. Seve hundred persons had crowded in- to the plaza of arms and were crying out, “Long live Weyler!” “Down with auton- omy “Death to Blanco!” Gen. Blanco and the members of the autonomist cabi- net who were with him heard these cries. These rioters were dispersed and the pla: cleared with difficulty. Most of them went to the Parque Central, where they kept both the cavalry and the infantry busy in making charges to force them back. In frent of the circulo military, or mili- tary club, on the Prado, a squad of yolun- teers in uniform collected. Among* them were a dozen of their officers. They con- tented themselves with crying out long life to the army and to Weyler. They expected ® sympathetic response from the inmates, but Gen. Farrado had forestalled that by visiting the club earlier in the evening. th a sharp rebuke ne had sent all the officers lounging there to their quarters. The rioters made a second attempt to reach the palace, though not all of them Were aware of the movement. Hearing of it, in company with a friend, I took a cab and persuaded the cabman to drive us in the directicn of the palace. It was a very roundabout Grive, indeed. The peo- ple in the streets through which we passed peered timorovsiy out of their barred windows, as though to ask what venture- gome persons were abroad. Ultimately we got within haif a dozen blocks of the pal- ace ana sought to make the rest of our way on foot. Every «pproach to the build- ings and te the pl with cavalry. diagonally sid those phalanxes. Small groups ef them did range at will up to the edges of the lines. Sometimes they banfered the people who gathered on the o¥erhanging bal conies of their homes, but most of their talk was directed to the troops. It was a good opporiumity to stury the constituent elements of the mob individually and at close view. I saw enaugh to satisfy me that they were not all of the idle class, which comes to the front in times of pub- lic disturbance. The utterance of their Sentiments came with fhe exylosive force of cannon balls. “Viva Weyler, viva Espana, viva Alfonso ae viva el Ejercito, viva los yolunta- rlos! ‘Muera Blanco, muerte a la autonoma Long life to Weyler, to Spain, to young king Alfonso, to the army, to the volun- teers. Death to the captain general who is battling desperately to save the crown for the boy king and to the political policy on which the salvation of the crown rests. pind and passionate loyalty is seldom logi- cal. The colloquies between the troops and the riotors were instructive. “This is the first time a Spaniard has turned against a Spaniard,” said one sober-looking fellow who had tried to force his way through the lines. “Good neighbors, go to your homes,” said one of the officers commanding 4 ntry were streti ‘y corner. No con- ‘able body of rioters could penetrate troop of guardia civiles. “‘Gentleme! i beg you to leave here,” said another. “Too much grammar,” retorted one of the rioters. “Guerra a la autonomia—wer to autonomy,” cried out a shrill voice. At the moment my companion was talking to a captain. “I’ve heard that cry before,” he remarked grimly. This captain was in the skirmish in Vuelta Abajo a few weeks ago when the insurgents charged the Span- ish troops with this cry on their lips. The same officer explained that the orders were to be gentle, not to use force and to per- suade the rioters to go home. Supported by sus and bayonets it was an effective plan. “Unable to reach the palace the peace breakers gradually thinned out.““Good night, comrade,” said one fellow to the sergeant who had repulsed him. 'm go- ing off for more company. Long live the army.” It was midnight when my companion and I returned to the hotel. The crowd had been entirely dispersed. Between 500 and 600 guards were distributed along the ap- proaches to the parque central and within its precincts. General Parrado and his alds were in the park giving final instruc- tions. “There is really, nothing,” he said, laughing. ‘Only a few barrachos—drunk- ards—have been raising a_disturbanc: The general went back to the palace, but he left a pair of colonels and three or four majors to carry out his instructions. The order publico were put through the mili- tary drill in “Camp Autonomy,” as the parque central has been named. I asked one of the army officers how many regular troops they would have to reinforce those already in the city. “By daybreak, 2,000,” was his reply. ‘After that the whole of the army in Cuba if we need it.” The tramp of the squads of troops coming in was the only sound that broke the silence between midnight and morning. The rioters had all gone home. Reinforcement Day. Thursday inight be called reinforcement day. The troops which had been recalled from the country pcured in steadily. Keep- ing the public order during the daytime was merely an incident. There secmed to be a fixed purpose to wreck the office of the Diario newspaper. A circular calling on the volunteers to destroy it was found in circulation. Several attempts were made to reach the building, but they were re- pulsed Ly bayonet charges of the order publico, and come rioters were jabbed. Ad- ditional fleld artillery was placed in posi- tions to command the palace, and the Parque Central was also strengthened in a similar way. The heaviest reinforcement was the Reina battalion, 700 strong, which arrived toward evening. The operations had the advantage of a single directing lead. This was Gen. Arolas, the new mili- tary governor of Havana province. Under his authority order publico, municipal po- vce, guardia civil and regular troops melt- ed into a single force. Gen. Arolas had arrived the previous night from Manzanillo. He had been in command in Santiago, and had not been fcrtunate in the operations there, but that was not his fault. Gen. Arolas has a ro- mantic history. I am told he was a Carlist general in the internecine wars of Spain. When ,he came to lay down his sword he refused to take the formal oath of alle- glance to the government, saying that a soldier’s action was enough. His qualities scem to have been appreciated, for he was sent te the Philippines, and there gained a reputation for honesty that was not usual among Spanish officials. In Cuba he is known as the general who built the trocha and who did not fear Weyler. He has none of the appearance of the Spaniard about him. He looks like a Scotch farmer. His head is bullet-shaped and his face is ruddy. He wears a stubby chin beard. Gen. Arolas’ figure is a stocky one. A faint resemblance to Phil Sheridan might be traced in him. His lege are fat and short and he waddles like a duck. He has to be helped onto his horse. He is a bluff, hearty, jovial soldier, and is one of Spai best generals. He is popular with his offi- cers and with his men. tHe isialso liked by the Havana populace, thoughthe storms at them and calls them bad names, for he can swear as though Wis camp stool had been with the army in Flanders. His pop- ularity will continue until he happens to kill two-or three score persons Ly ordering bis troops to fire low. ‘ThenWhere will be a@ revulsion in popular feeling. It seems like a paradox that this Carltst general, with republican leanings, should be the main prop of the-Spanish monarchy teday, but it is literally¥ so, for what hap- rens in Havana may dgtermine the fate of the monarchy. I have sketched him in out- line because any morning he may become werld-famous. That Gen. Arolas will do his duty as a soldier unflinchingly no one avestions. Whether he will perform it with judgment and discretion will be de- termined later. “They will not piay with Arolas,” I heard one man remark. A few minutes later he was giving orders to charge with bayonet the mob which was then threatening the newspaper office. And the rioters had a rougher experience Thurs- day night, with Arolas in command, than en the previous evening. He relied, too, more on the regular troops than on the erder-publico and the guardia civil. In the early evening the indications of trouble centered around the palace. Several times there the troops presented arms and chased the nob, which showed swift heels. The order, “Atras, atras, back, back, meant something. Rioters Routed. Later the disturbance broke out in the neighborhood of the Parque Central. The rioters gathered on the Prodo in force. The infantry was bivouacking in frent of the hotel. I recognized one company which I had seen as part of a Spanish column operating in the country not long ago. The men relished the fresh experience. It was better than fighting insurgents !n_ the bushes. The mass of rioters on the Prodo grew larger, and the cries began to swell into a hoarse roar. It was what had been heard the night before—“Viva Weyler,” “Abajo a Blanco, ‘Down with Blanco"-- “Long live the volunteers.” At times a cry wculd go up, “Viva Blanco,” but the tones were full of riockery. The demonstration at last became so threatening that a cavalry charge was ordered. A splendid sight it was, as the squadrons galloped through the park with their gleaming swords. But the mob was not easily scared. It cpened ranks for the squadrons without being rid- den down. The troop used the flat side of the sword steadily. The rioters yielded slowly. They did not scem to be on bad terms with the forces that were beating them back, for they kept crying, ‘‘Lons live the army.” In an hour and a half I witnessed four cavalry charges, and twice the infantry followed on the duuble-quick. Finally the mob was outflanked and scat- tered in the side streets, where sections of it continued celebrating the death of au- tonomy. Gen. Arolas personally directed the movemenis of the troops. An hour be- fcre midnight he had the streets cleared. The rest of the night passed without in- cident. Friday was a day of comparative calm. It was known everywhere that the gar- risons had been heavily strengthened, and the horities apparently had military ferces large enough to keep the elements of violence and disorder under control. The volunteers growled, but did nvthins, and there was no street rioting. The offi- cial decree muzzling the press was publish- ed in the afternoon. A good many persons turned up at the hospitals with bruises, slashes, scalp wounds and broken bones. At night cnough reinforcements had a rived to enable the military authorities to apparently loosen the grip. Permits were not required to go along the streets. ‘she cafes were open and had some customers. The lottery venders reappeared. People were allowed to stroll through the park ani were even encouraged to do so. Not many of those who had been engamed in the rioi- ing accepted the invitation. With the squadrons of troops facing each side of the square, they were not going to be shut up like rats in a trap. Ome or two demon- strations occurred, and oncesa charge was made by the mounted. cden publico, but te offenders were mostly boys, who scur- ried away at the first movement. The real rioters apparently had an understanding to stay away. The volunteers were said to be holding secret meetings im other pa: of the city. After midnight the patrol was decreased. One or two false alarms before daybreak caused apprehension, but it was quickly quieted. Enough froops showed themselves on the instant to give assurance that.the city was fully: protected. CHARLES M. PEPPER. ae SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CUBA. The Total in the Treasury Raised to $981.95. Subscriptions continue to be made at the Treasury Department to the Cuban re- lef fund. The total amount raised up to this afternoon was $981.5, a large increase over the amount reported yesterday. ‘Ihc division of bookkeeping and warrants to- day contributed $25, and the office of the chief clerk added to its subscription, Chief Clerk Swayze hopes to round out an evea $1,000 before sending the contribution to the State Department. The Evening Star Fund. Evening Star Co. +++-+$100.00 R. W. Farrelly. A. friend Cash M. M. L... St. John’s, W. M. Galt & Co. Cash oe Theo. J. Mayer. Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Weodward & Lothrop. Cash Cash . 1.1 N. R. P. H. M. 8. A mite A. W. Geo, W. Ray. Thos. W. Smith. A friend Iowa . M. S. Quay. Cash ... Kimon_ Nicolaides. Cara O. Bland. A friend Maxwell Woodhull. G. M. Curtt Frederick Pi 25.00 R.L. 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Cloudiness and Probably Rain or Snow Ton Forecast till 8 p.m. Wedn District of Columbia, Delaware and land, fair tonight, increasing cloudiness and probably snow or rain Wednesday; warmer; easterly winds. For Virginia, rain tonight and We cay; warmer; north s Weather conditions and general forecast. The high pressure area has moved from Lake Ontario to the New England coast, increasing in magnitude. The pressure continues high. in the middle plateau region. A storm is developing in northern Mexico. Rain has fallen in the west gulf states and light snow in the lower lake region. The temperature has risen in the lower lakes and the gulf states, and has remain- ed rearly stationary elsewhere. Rain may be expected in the gulf states and east of the Ohio and lower ippi ‘alleys, and fair, followed by snow, in New England. The following heavy inches) was_reportec twenty-four hours—Galveston, Tide Tal Today—Low tide, 9:51 a.m. and 10:49 p. high tide, 3:25 a.m. and 4:08 p.m. Tomorrcw—Low tide, 11:11 a.m.; tide, 4:39 a.m. and 5:18 p.m. Gn past precipitation During the 1. high CIAL WEATHER MAP. bof un 1 4 meridian time. Solid lines are fsobars, stted Hines are isotherms, or p.m. 01 Tomorrow -Sun rises, The © all li begun egun one a.m. mps pem.: ¢ i The ligh the time x- 4 hour befor lighted at 5 guished at 6:39 a.m. lamps extin- p.m.; pm of the Water. @ condition of w temneratur reservoir, temper 3S; condition at north connection, 1; « tion at south connecticn, 3. Distributin reservoir, temperature, 2 ition at in- fluent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, & ter at > condl- Great Fall m, 1. Receivi ry Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following are the the thermometer at the past readings of ather bureau for th beginning at afternoon: +8 p.m., 32; mid- ; 8 am. 3; 12m, Maximum, 42, minimum, 2 at 2 p.m., January at 3 a.m., January 18. The following are the readings barometer at the weather bureau for past twenty-four hours, beginning o'clock yesterday aftern January 17, 4 p.m. of the the at 4 m., 30.48, and 2 pu: ADVERTISEMENTS. Page 12 i COUNTRY REAL ESTAUE. DEATHS . ISTRY EDUCATIONSL « BXCURSIONS . FINANCIAL . FOR EXCH POR RENT (Hall FOR RENT (He VOR RENT (Miscellane FO RE.T Olices). IR RENT (Storcs)... FOR SALE (Bivy les). «Houces) FOR SALE (Mbsceilaneous) HORSES AND VBEILBs. HOT: LAD 00D: LOCAL MENTION. LOST AND FOUND PERSONAL SP STORAG: SUBURBA. UNDERE. KERS rE RESORTS. THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Present, the Chief Jus- tice, Mr. Justice Moitis and Mr. Justice Shepard. Philander A. Bowen, jr., was admitted to rractice. 717—Hume agt. Riggs et al.; pass- ed. 753—Browning agt. National Capital Bank; passed. 755—Bowie agt. Hume: 4o. 6v4—-Davis et al. agt. Coblens et al.; writ of error to Supreme Court United States prayed by F. H, Mackey allowed, and bong fixed at $300. 34—Capital Traction Com- peny agt. Lusby et al.; Jerces Coleman al- lowed. to file briefs hercin, argument com- menced by J. S. Flannery for appellant, continued by A. Y. Bradley for appellee and concluded by J. S. Flannery for appellant. Equity Court 1—Justice Cox. O'Neil agt. O'Neil; auditor's report con- firmed. Simms agt. Simms; testimony be- fore D. T. Hassan, examiner, ordered taken. Fletcher agt. Burdine; amendment to answer allowed. In re Frank Kabelski, Diggs Wormiey, Frederick Bosse and Jas. Bowman; writs de lunatico inquirendo or- dered to issue. Schultz agt. Alexander; al- lowance of $0 to trustees granted. Fil- bert agt. Crawford: sale of notes by trus- tees authorized. Talty agt. Burgdorf; Co- lumbia Cabinet Co. allowed to intervene. Marceron agt. Daly; bill dismissed. Thompson agt. Thompson; divorce grant- ed. Lee agt. Lee; do. z Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Nichols agt. Fitzhugh; order for mar- shal to pay cxpenses of levy and sale un- der law cause No. 41678. Burley agt. Mar- bury: decree that complainant is entitled to conveyance from defendants ‘and ap- pointing W. Mosby Williams trustee to make conveyance. Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Gien Burnie Clay Company agt. Fan- ning; ordered at fcot of assignment for February for trial. Estate of Anna North; cn trial. Circuit Court No. Sellhavsen agt. given to jury. Criminal Court kes 1—Chief Justice Bing- ram. United States agt. Wm. Whitfield, lar- ceny from the person; deferdant arraigned, plea not guilty. United States agt. John Johnson, second offense petit larceny; de- fendant’ arraigned, plea guilty. United States agt. Jos. H. Holly, larceny; do. United States agt. Benj. Jackson, false pretenses; do. United States agt. Calvin A. Hopper, false pretenses; given to jury. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice’ Bradley. Lyles agt. Benjamin et al.; judgment on verdict Lyles agt. same; do. Nos. 301 and 321, certified to Circuit Court No. 2. No. 320, certified to Circuit Court No. 1. Probate Court—Justice Hagner. Estate of Grace B. Henry; will filed and partly proved. Estate of Edwin Fawcett; will partly proved. Estate of Ada J. Car- ter; proof of publication. Estate of New- ton L. Bates; do. 2—Justice McComas. District of Columbia; ee Abolishing the Professors. Secretary Long has prepared a letter to Congress recommending the passage of a bill abolishing the corps of professors in the navy and providing for the appoint- “ment of five civil astronomers in place of the twelve professors of mathematics now on duty at the naval observatory. The civil astronomers should be selected ac- cording to fitness, he says, and should not have Sot egies of the retiring Te ae. says tl ie proposed change wi a material saving in expenditures without detriment to the public service. 2} | Gross earnings. . | | | | 1 i | | DIRECTORS E! Annual Meeting of Stockholders Savings and Trust Co. At the annual meeting of the stockhold- ers cf the Nationa! Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Comp: lumhi of of the Dis rict of Co- , held yesterday afternoon, the fol- lowing dircctors were elected: Woodbury Blair, John Cammack, H. Bradley David- son, W. Riley Deeble, George T. Dunlop, Wm. E. Edmoensten, Matthew G. Emer: Wm. A. Gordon, Rebert O. Holtzman, Thomas Hyde, James M. Johnston, Thos. John G. Parke, George H! Plant. Riggs, Zenas 4 dgers, Albert I . Willard and Ar The ef the following officers R. Jon Vice -presiden’ Second vice president Albert L, Howard; Gist Blai Woodbury Blais 4 Holtzman y Blair and Albert L. > A Plano Recital. Mr. Leo Wheat will give a Piano recital at the Fredonia this evening, when he will 2) be heard in a program which will display abilities at their best. He will be ted by Mrs. Frances W heat Hempston ezzo soprano, and Mr. Lee C: vielinist. randall, jr., IT. AND TRU: com "AD THE TRICT GF Mine from January 1 to December 31, 4 COLUM 189; red by the sixteenth section of the : se seit October 1, 1N¥0, to b © the controller of the currche published. sg eran Amount of capital folly paid in DELTS, Tre depositors, including interest. Expenses Certified We. THOMAS President; ALM L. 8) URT . A Secretary. and JOH . VARKE. ROBERT 0. HOLTZMAN and JOHN F. RODGERS, Directors, of the above named com. peny. do solemnly mwear that the above statement ru to the best of « 0 e, info 0 Sees ur knowledge, information THO! i ALBERT L. STURTEV AN’ Jon Torr JOHN F. RODGERS, Subserited and sworn 2 to before me this 13th day SUK. of January, (Sealy MYF) WILLARD Ff ‘otary Public. . G. EMERY. From January 1,1 Required by the aixt Congress, approved maade’ to the Undivided profits, net Deposits: Debenture bonds. Certified and treasurer's, ns on tate and collaterals. $2,723,013 Stocks, be nd other investments. Banking-bi furniture and fixtures. Storage warehouse and other real es- ‘26s tote ae oeee Cash on hand and in benks. Gross carningr in 1897 Expenses in 1897. . Net earnings. Amount of trust funds invested and held December 31, 1897, separate and apart from the general assets, ge required by the b company $100, g % laws of the $3.676.0 Presi CHARLES J. BELL, A, T. BRITTO: W. S. THOM! HENRY F. BLOUNT. JAS. TP. HOOD, Secretary. We. CHARLES J. BELL, President: JAMES F. HOOD, Secretary, and A. T. BRITTON. W. THOMPSON and HE: 8. Y F. BLOUNT, Directors of the AMERIC. SPCURITY AND TRUST COMPANY, do swear that the foregoing report is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of January, AD. 1803. eal) Cc. |S. DOMER, Notary Public. DIRECTORS. HENRY F. BLOUNT, WARD THORON, JAMES 8. 8. BURDETT. JOHN E HERRE WM. M. CoaT! CALEB J. MILNE, M. G. EMERY, MYRON M. PARKER, JOSEPH WRIGHT, It SMALL INVESTMENTS—FULL PAID CERTIFI. cates, bearing 6 per cent, in $100 to $500 nominations: secured by Improved real estate. UNITED STATES BUILDING AND LOAN AS- SOCIATION, 1313 F st. a. E. FITCH, A. A. THOMAS. i 5 The president, A rlie, W. Doet ob (Gee ble, Robert. O. and ex NATION AL POSIT. : w : FINANCIAL, > Every Salary Earner Can Bé an Alchemist. Mi slike They faile wealt yor Bag diys wane and tn stat pw din honk vd this wort of Re < of this Valen in ¥ pane POF THE CONDITION OF TITE COMPANY or rete meek the RANCE wet close of business OF Gt COLUMBIA st, INGOT Loans al estat owned ; and fixtu Keinsura’ Surplus Surplus over all 1 The abv best of my ki Subscribed am of January nd of one and J stock of thts ARY 1 Iso, » all stock hooks % January 1, 1898. Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers (ESTA TED S38) 1315 F STEER < RUT MANGE. Washington, D.C. 3. PARLE LETTERS OF CRE Jal4-Im Perpetual Building Association. in Operation Sixteen Years. Assets = $1,750,811.32 Liabilities = - 1,609,224.89 Surplus = = = = - 141,586.43 ss than ever before times. No back dues. Pay- annum, Doing morc bu aloney taken at ing 5 per cen. CHA JOHN COOK, ja3-1m American Security And Trust Co. Banking 1. Storage Warchos , President, 508 Lith st. nw, tor r- proof reoms, with fence. rice, trem $3 per-an- num upward. OFFICERS. c. J. RELL A. T. BRITTON a. WwW. W. Al JAS. OF. A, M. Ri Wakb T H. NS. RE c. 8. DOM $a8-11t President Mresident Vice Hoop... ©. 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. Correspondent F L. LORING, 10 Wali st.. Ni York. no20-214 BANKERS & BZOKERS, Members York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENEURG, THALMANN & CO., c6-164 New York. The National Safe Deposit,’ Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan.. 1867, and acts of Uct., 1890. and Feb., 1802, Capital: One Million Dollars 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 taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS up- ward, and interest allowed on $5 and above. Louns money on real estate and collateral security. Sells first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $500 avd upward. TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts 2s admiuistrator, * executor, receiver, assignee and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by a competent attorney in daily attendance. OFFICERS: ‘THOMAS R. JONES. E. FRANCIS RIGGS. W. RILEY DEEBLE. ALBERT L. STURTEVANT. GEORGE HOWARD.. CHARLES E. NYMAN. WOODBURY BLAIR. Andrew Wylie, Matthew G. Emery, Henry A. Willszd, ‘Woodbury Blair, Albert L. Sturtevant, George H. Plant, James M. Jchnston, Zenas C. Robbins, Jobn G. Parke, George T. Dunlop, Robert O. Holtzman, Wa. E. Edmonusion, Jobn Cammack, ‘Wm. A. Gordon, ‘H. Bradley Davidson. MONEY TO LOAN IX SUMS FROM $1,000 UPWaRn, AT LOWEST — OF INTEREST. REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. O. HOLTZMAN, jal-te ‘COR. 10TH AND’ F STS. N.W. OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC be front 5th of Joquary to the 24th of Janany, inehe- ive. SAMUEL M. BRYAN, President. CHARLES G. BEEBE, Treasurer. wi D. C.. January 11, 1898. jals ines 20.38.32 26 ou CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 141 F st., Glover building, Correspordents uf Messrs. Moore & Schicy, 80 ey at 5 Per Cent toLoan & McLERAN, 1008 F ot. _ >