Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1898, Page 3

Rs ‘THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898-14 PAGES. e : ‘ = PECIAL NOTICES. BE OF THE M! ar of of Colw in the City Hall, on lock estel and THERE WILT the M the Bar Associatio ja28-2t rbonetts and reduced the price for a f sittings. Carbonetts, cabinet colored, $3.00 per dozen. per dozen up. AN work Sai K in studio. HIP HERETOFORY s campbell & Sen is THIS DAY. bs dissclved. The business will be tinned at the old stands by J. Frank Camp- hel, who asaumes all sof the old urm and will eolect all bills due the same JOUN T. fou'll find it is a pleasure to pay = for garments when made- . by K You'll have no “ki $0 Suits for $85 for a while. Taltor, 1310 F ‘st. ja2S-16d “T never disappoint.” The more particular you are about your Briefs the better you’ll be pleased with ours. They'll be reads the moment promised, ‘We. page for 50 copies Lawyers’ ADAMS, “Prompt” Printer, 512 11th. he “Lowest Bid Wins Outi Put in a “strong” bid to secure con- trae‘ for some of the buildings to be ted shortly! Secure the Lumber and Woodwork required from us—and you'll be able to bid lowest! Can we give you TH SMITE, 1 & Ind. hone 217. OS. W. SMITH. Ist & Ind. ave. : Mill and Wharves, foot of 4th st. se. "Phone 551. Je2s-1ed “Globe” Filing or filing papers of all inds. In handsome quar- tered oak. An ornameut to any office. ‘Colum bia” Letter Files—Soc. Fancy Waste Raskets—lote of styles- all_pretty—CSe. up. Come tous for Cabinets pince "the “excelsior™ is very popular. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St jazs. 4b POPULAR-PRICED STATION: ITUALISM. N's FRIDAY NIG) WAL NOTIC 31, 1 WILL ove my main office from 920 20th st. Bw. to llth st. p.w.. opposite the Palais Roya! where I wili be pleased to see my friends troms on and after the above date. WM. J. BH. ja27-Bt How much ofa bargain is it necessary to tempt you te buy Andirons? Duplicates of fine old Colonial designs as well 2s other patterns—go to buyers now—for 20 per cvnt Hs é 1, ny “THE TILE SHOP. ras 120-22 13th st. deli-4m.12 Calilahan’s Steam Jecint Cement for steam, , but cheaper than the Washing- water, Delivered a large order ton and Mount Vernon ratlway today. John B. Es pey, HARDW4SRE, MOE TES 1010 Va. ave. Depend upon me turning cut the very best printing. I have the men, the presses—the newest and Istest_of up-to-date print appliances, and, most important of all. the “know how.’ What's more, Tim known as the ised-printer.” T. ELLIOTT. 506 torn. 4d one-on-the-minute-prom- ‘Tel. 1679. MR. KEELER. 905 HST. DNESDAY and FRIDAY NX The delicicus flavor of THARPS PURE BERKELEY is what recom- mends it to so many. Of all whis- Taste. Kies, it has the most delicate flavor, the mest delightful aroma. JAS. THARP, 812 F st. n.w. Hedges, the Blank Ruler. to order blanks and ja28-10d ers of the Wasbingto Alexandria ron Railway Compart will be held at 12: clock p.m. om the 8th day of FEBRUARY, 1888, at the principal office of the company, 111 S. Fairfax st., Alexandria. Va. ja2itote F. K. HIPPLE, Secretary. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE stockholders of the Arlington Fire Ins. Co. for the District of Celumbia will be held at the ind Mt. Ver- 0 No. 1505 Pa. ave. Wash- on THURSDA ‘ebruary 24, the hour of 12 o'clock m.. for the clec- directors. Polls open from velock p Ja22tot23in 5. JON! em. Washington Savings Bank Cor. 12th and G sts. nw. (Successor t« the Ohio jonal Bank.) Conduets a general banking business. Pa; per cent interest on accounts subject to el ik averaging $300 or mere. Pays 3 per cent inter- est om savings deposits. One dollar opens an ae- count. Special rates for deposits er more. Safe Deposit boxes in lat fire and burglar-proof vault to rent at very rea- sonable rat Ypen from 9:30 3.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily ard until 5 p.m. on the 15th and last day of the month. sud receives savings deposits from 6 to 8 Saturday e 5%. ja22-6t WASHL See's pro t BTO! . JAN. 21. 1898. the ‘shareboiders of Hight Company, for the IM be held at ‘the office he companys. 415 10th st. p.w., MONDAY, %. 1808. The polls will be open from ck p. 0 ‘The annual weeting ‘of the Washington € ". NOO: LUMBi Pst. bet. L and M tS VETERE w.—Open day and night. S and examining as to soundness purchasers. DAVID McMASTER, "Phone 136. del5-5tf air Removed from 1425 R, 1 to No. 1128 15th st. jal-lp now. RY HOSPITAI, ial. jention to Suppress. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department has informed a committee of the Union Veteran Legion that there was ne intention to suppress any material rec- erds of the wer of the rebellion, but that owing to the great ex- se and the time consumed in their pub- . desired to cut them down to the possible compass, and it was with that object in view that the Secre- tary of War had issued the order limiting the official records relating to prisoners of War ty six books. He assured the com- mittee that therg was no purpose to de- stroy the historical symmetry and com- pleteness of the records. The committee which upon Acting Secretary Meikle} sisted of the national com- mander, General Archibald Blakeley of Pittsburg: ex-Commander J. P. Donahoe mington, Del., and Colonel Thomas nnon of Washington. —-e ry Answered. Answering an inquiry mad> by the House fubcommittee on appropriations as to how much land will have to be acquired in ac- cordance with the provision attached to the appropriation for the bridge over Rock creek on the line of Massachusetts avenu2 extended, the Commissioners have sub- mitted a plat showing the position and ap- proximate amount of land needed. They state it will be necessary to acquire sO square feet, which is part of a tract eighteen acres assessed in the name of Walter F. Hewitt. > i's Shoe Sale. One of the largest sales of ladies’ shoes ever known in Washington is going on at Stoll’s mammoth shoe house, 810 7th street northwest. He has taken all of the ladies’ footwear in his house, several thousand pairs, and grouped them, frrespective of former prices or real worth, into three classes—7 cents, $1.47 and $1.97. His stock of ladies’ shoes comprises all of the best- known makes, and for style and durability have no equal. In another column of The Star will be found his advertisement, which © at greater length the remarkable bargains that may now be had tm ladies’ footwear. DEATH MASK OF NATIVES | | Remarkable Feature of a Prehistoric Vase. An Interesting Collection Just Rée- ceived at the National Museam—A Prize for Archaeologists. One of the mest interesting collections recently received at the National Museum has just arrived there. It consists of a large number of interesting relics of pre- historic man. Prof. Wilson, while at the national exposition, had the opportunity of seeing this exhibition of aboriginal pre- Listoric pottery displayed in the Woman's building. It was under the supervision of Mrs. Surprise. The collection had been made by a gentleman living in Memphis and was the result of excavations made in Indian mounds on the west side of the Mississippi in Arkansas. It contains a large number of pieces most interesting from an archaeological standpoint, and Prof. Wilson had it brought to the Na- tional Museum for inspection. A Death Mask. There are two vases which are of par- ticlar interest to archaeologists. One of them is an exceedingly rare specimen, as {t contains something over which &cientists have frequently had discussions, which dis- cussions, in fact, are still being carried on. The vase Is about six incheS high. At the top is a small opening about two inches across and the bottom is intact. It is made from red clay. The chief feature of the utensil, however, ts the human face which is on one side of the vase. This is perfect in every detail, and is known among scientists as “the death mask.” _The question which has been so much disputed among the scientists is whether cr no the representation of the face is or is not really a mask formed from the fea- tures of a dead jerson. An inspection would seem to prove that it was in reality # death mask, and Prof. Wilson inclines to that opinion. It would seem doubtful whether the prehistoric people could so cleverly reproduce the features of a human being. They are perfect in detail, just as the death masks of the present day are formed. The one in question shows the face with closed eyelids of either a boy of twelve or fourteen years of age or a girl, perhaps, 2 little older. The lips are protruding and slightly thick. The mouth is half open, as it would perhaps be in the case of a corpse. The cheek bones are high, while the forehead and cheeks themselves are finely reproduced. The nose is as perfect or more perfect, perhaps, than if carved from marble by the hands of a mosi skill- ful sculptor. The organ is small, aquiline and thin. None of the physiognomy of the African race is shown, while the character- istics ure not altogether of an Indian type. While the ears are on the vase, they have been plainly molded and affixed to it, as they are not as perfect as the other parts. The forehead {s apparently well shaped. The whole face is broad, as would happen, perhaps, as the result of the way in which it had been reproduced. The whole ex- Pression of the face is one of death-like repose. The eyes are closed, and it would be taken for the head of a dead person. It is the opinion of Prof. Wilson, as it is of many scientists, that these death masks were formed by the ancient people press- ing clay on the features of the dead. The mask thus formed was filled on the in- side with a softer clay, probably after the other had grown hard, and the features were thus preserved. It is thus shown that the death mask is nothing new. How the prehistoric races discovered this means of reproducing the faces of their dead rela- tives or friends is a mystery, but it is the undoubted opinion of many scientists that this was done. The proof of it is shown in the vase. It.is probable that these funeral vases were buried with the remains of features they represented, as they are found in mounds and graves, along with skeletons. As a further proof that this is a genuine death mask, there is another vase in the same collection of a similar nature. It is of apparently the same size as the other, but it can be plainly seen that this has simply been molded into form, as the features are much rougher and more im- perfect in every sense. It is the work of barbarian hands, and stands in decided contrast to the other, which is a perfect representation. It is the only one of the kind in the museum. Across the cheeks are ridges. Whether they existed in the face of the original living person or were sim- ply made in the clay after it was formed cannot be told. Representations of the teeth are made in the mask, or, perhaps, they were the originals. Perfect Arrow Points. In this same collection are a number of arrow points of perfect design. Some cf them, while no larger, scarcely, than a pen point, are as well shaped as those of larger size, showing that the makers used no little skill in their manufacture. There are stoppers to the bottles, formed of clay; pipes of rough designs and objects of clay probably made for toys. There has just been placed in position at the Smithsonian a stone coffin of the kind in which the different pottery objects just mentioned are found. The coffin was sc- cured by Professor Wilson in Tennessee along the edge of the Tennessee river. The ecffin is about six feet and a half in length and was formed by flat slabs of stone piaced on edge. These are about two feet in height. Inside the coffin are the bones of the human being which was buried in it and which were discovered at the time the coffin was brought to light by Professor Wilson and his assistants. It was discoy- ered in the river bottom, where it had lain for centuries perhaps. It was laid bare by a plough. It was taken up in the presence of Professor Wilson. The skull is remark- able for its extreme length. The coffin is the only one of the kind which is in the in- stitution, apd is regarded as a rare speci- men, Included in the collection are earthen- ware bowls, bottles, weapons of different kinds and implements. The pottery is of different shape and colored clay. The bowls are remarkable from different points of view. The bottles have the form of dif- ferent anfmals, and some of the bowls are artistically decorated. Ip the bottom of ne of the bowls is what is known as a ‘swasstika,"’ which is a good-luck emblem. This has at different times caused great discussion among ethnologists. It is con- sidered rare when found under such cir- cumstances. The bowls are excellently shaped, as are the bottles and vases. of mens is a stone hatchet, attached to the hgndie stone. the persons whose ——————_o——______ If you want anything, try an ad. in Ster. If anybody. has. what you wish, will get an answer. , THE SATURDAY STAR. Some of the Features of Interest That Will Appear Tomorrow. The big edition of The Star tomorrow will be very rich indeed in articles on subjects of general interest, fact, fiction, fashion, travel and sports. All conditions of lit- erary taste will be gratified and the read- ers of The Star will find much to entertain and_instruct them tomorrow. The fascinating story by Anthony Hope, “Simon Dale,” will be brought to an end a week from tomorrow, and on Saturday, February 12, The Star will commence the publication of a new serial in ten install- ments from the pen of H. Rider Haggard, whose other works have placed him high in the estimation of the reading public. n “Elissa,” Mr. Haggard's latest romance, he tells the story of a grandson of King Solomon who is on an expedition to the Golden Ophir of the Bible. It is a ro- r.ance of prehistoric Africa, daringly im- aginative and full of thrilling action. The short story in tomorrow's Star is by Harriet Prescott Spofford, and is en- titled “Miss Rhod: It is a bright and clean little bit of fiction, depicting in quiet yet rather cheerful tones a certain phase of New England life: Follo-ving are a few of the other features that will be found to be of particular in- terest: . MIND OVER MATTER (Illustrated). Showing some of the good results that have followed the system of manual training in the public schools of the District. _ ALL IN A DAY’S WORK (lllustrated). The uniformed messenger boys that one sees about the streets of Washington are called upon at times to perform some very curious and even amusing duties. AN AMBULANCE SHIP (Ilustrated). Fitted up with all the latest hospital eppliances, it will be on hand to care for the wounded in the next great naval battle. A STRIKING COSTUME (Illustrated). Remarkable color combinations in a model dress designed by a European fashion expert; some timely hints on dress. ‘ ALL PARIS AWHEEL (Illustrated). The tradesmen of the French capital are great on riding: milliners’ girls and butchers’ boys deliver their packages on bicycles. By Sterling Heilig. KINSHIP OF NATIONS (Illustrated). Few people realize how well the United States fs represented among the me- mortals in poets’ corner and elsewhere in the great Westminster Abbey. ‘W YORK FASHIONS (Illustrated). ‘The Star's regular correspordent in Goth- am sends 2 letter that is sure to be ap- preciated by the won.cn. BATTLING WITH SNOW (Illustrated). How the great railrcads of the far west deal with the problem of keeping their tracks clear in the middle of winter when blizzards are raging. PRECIOUS DIADEMS (Illustrated). The heads that wear crowns may lie uneasy, but some of the crowns they wear are very gorgeous and very costly. PROBLEMS OF DRESS. Some of the questions .that have con- fronted the beaux of fashion through all the ages. THINK .HIM INNOCENT. Two American handwriting experts, one~ of whom figured in the Holt will case in this city, express the opinion that Captain Dreyfus could never have written the paper upon which his con- viction was based. fe SS HIS FINGERS SEVERED. W. J. Kernan, Planing Mill Employe, Severely Injured. W. J. Kernan, aged thirty-six years, liv- ing at 1765 Superior street, who works a machine known as the jointer at Belt & Dyer’s planing mill, 12th and C streets borthwest, met with an accident this morning about 10 o'clock, which deprived him of four fingers of his left hand. What makes the accident worse in his case is that he was left-handed. Kernan’s labor this morning, as usual, consisted in pushing boards into the jointer machine, which is a kind of a planing in- strument used for the purpose of smooth- ing the ends of boards so that they can be fitted snugly together. He was endeavor- ing to push through a long board about fourteen feet in length and had some difti- culty in doing this. Whether it was that he was not so careful as usual, or the board was unusually hard to push through, can- not be told, but in some way his left hand went under the blade. There was a spurt of red blood into the air, and the unfortunate man sprang back holding the stumps of his fingers, the blood streaming from them over the floor. Ker- nan stood up well under the terrible strain, and, turning te a fellow-workman, asked lim for a handkerch with which to bind up his wounded hand. The handkerchief was given him, and he managed to wrap it about the severed digits. This stayed the flow of blood somewhat and the right hand was pressed over it. A carriage belonging to a member of the firm was standing in front of the estab- lishment. Assisted by Shipping Clerk Watts, the sufferer was put into this and taken to the Emergency Hospital. He was suffering intensely from the wound, the shock and the loss of blood. when he reach- ed the hospital. Chloroform was admin- isterel and the wound attended to. The stumps of the fingers were trimmed into shape and the ends sewn up with about twenty stitches. He was taken to his home in_a cab later on. The first finger of the hand was cut off at the first joint; the second finger between the first and second joints, the third at the second joint, and the little finger between the second and third joints. Kernan recovered quickly from the acci- dent and stood the ordeal exceedingly well. He has a wife and two children to provide for. He has been working in saw mills for about fifteen years and never met with an aecident before. He has been with Belt & Dyer about four years. It was stated at the hospital that this was the second accident of the kind which had happened at the same place within three weeks. A man recently, while at work, had his thumb cut off and was taken to the hospital. A short while -afterward ® man was taken there suffering from an aceident to his thumb, which had occurred in the same manner as in the other case. ‘The first had left a board in position and his thumb was injured, and the second had taken his place suffering exactly the same accident in the identical manner, while en- deavoring to finish the work begun by the other, —_.—__ CLOSES THE CASE. pt. Gordon’s Counsel Stops Taking Testimony in Election Contest. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 28, 1898. Ex-Judge Daniel R. Magruder, counsel for Captain Charles G. Gordon, in the elec- tion contest with Mr. William B. Clagett, decided yesterday to conclude the -esti- mony in behalf of his client, it being al- most impossible to enforce the presence of witnesses. Testimony in behalf of Mr, Clagett will be taken at Upper Marlboro’, and his attorneys will ov to rebut GEORGE ROGERS CLARK The Man Who Conquered the Western Ter- Interesting Historical Facts Brought “Out Mr. Chis. Mipere in an Address. 2 In historical accounts of the American revolutio: the operations on the Atlantic coast have been made familiar to every school boy and girl, but little importance kas beer placed upon those events that brovght the vast and fertile region lying north of the Ohio and extending from the state of New York to the Mississippi river into the Union. This region was the only pertion of the territory belonging to the great republic of America that was ac- quired by conquest during the revolution, and Virginians point with pride to the con- queror, Clark, a native of the old dominion, and to their commonwealth, which made Ms achievements possible. The story of the conquest of this region is teeming with interest. Detroit was the capital of this immense region, aud in that city lately Mr. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate committee on the District of Colum- bia, tcok occasion in addressing a gather- ing of the Scns of the Revolution to re- count the events which led up to and con- summated in this conquest. Erect Cross of St. George. “Of all the considerable cities of the United States,” said Mr.. Moore, in intro- ducing his subject, ‘Detroit alone flew the red cross of St. George, not only during the revolution, but for many years after- ward, until Jay, by his treaty of 1794, se- cured in fact the enlarged boundaries that he was the one most instrumental in draw- ing on the map made by the treaty of Ghent. “So accustcmed have we become to re- gard the revolution as an affair strictly pertaining to the Atlantic coast that, in overlooking the conquest, naturally we have overlooked the conqueror. If you shall turn to that latest and justly lauded work of biography, the Century Book of Names, you shall find this simple and brief rec- ord: ‘George Rogers Clark (or Clarke) was bern in Albemarle county, Virginia, No- vember 19, ; he died at Locust Grove, near Loulsville, Ky., February 13, 1818; an American general in the wars against the Indians, 1772-82.’ The conqueror of a re- gion out of which six great states have been carved is passed over with not, even an intimatien of his achievement! “During the decade and more that inter- vened between the close of the Pontiac war and the outbreak of the revolution, the British had slowly come into possession of those forts and settlements in the Illinois country that had been planted almost a century before by La Salle and his follow- ers.” Mr. Moore revited the coming of Henry Hamilton as lieutenant governor at the post of Detroit by appointment of King George and the character of country he found. Continuing, he said: “Such were the conditions, when one day in the latter part of August, 1776, an En- glishman, a Delaware chief called Captain White Eyes and an educated Indian had the insolence to appear at Detroit with a letter, a string and a belt from the agent of the Virginia legislature, soliciting the confederacy of western Indians to go to a conference at Pittsburg. Hamilton, an- gered by their audacity, tort their letters, cut their belts in the Presehce of the as sembled Indians and sent them out of the settlement. The messengers, however, had brought with them a cony of the Pennsyl- vania Gazette of July 25, 1776, containing the declaration of the colonies, by which they entirely threw off: all dependence on the mother country. Im such fashion was the birth of the new nation in Detrot “ The Indian atrocities committed on the white settlers at the instance of Hamilton, the captivity of Daniel: Boone and his cs- cape vere recourted by, Mr. Moore. George Rogérs Clark. “On the Gth of August, Jess ‘than a month after Boone’s escape,’ he continued, mi - ilton learned that Col. George Rogers Clark had dared to lead a party of Virginians in- to the Illinois country, and to supplant the flag of England with the stars and stripe ‘The fickle French at Kaskaskia and Ca- nokia, on the Mississippi, and at Vincennes, on the Wabash, had renounced their alle- giance to King George, and had sworn fealty to Virginia. This was too much for Governor Hamilton's warlike spirit. He had been forced to yield to the tamer coun- cis of his superiors in opposition to his plan to reduce Fort Pitt; but here was an insult that he could not brook. To have a band of rebels invade his own territory, Jay one of his commandants in irons and confine him in a pig pen was too much for British blood. “George Rogers Clark, born in the same county of Virginia that boasts of being the bithplace of Thomas Jefferson, was nine years younger than his more illustrious compatriot. With all the personal bravery and daring of Robert Rogers, the New Hampshire ranger, Clark had also in his make up something of the statesman. At the age of twenty-five Clark had deter- mined to seize the opportunity of the rev: lution to win for the new nation the terri- tory of Illinois, and so ardent was his spirit and so intelligent were his plans that Governor Patrick Henry had com- missioned him to raise the troops nece: sary to carry out the daring enterprise. Clark’s force had been too small to allow him to garrison Vincennes, but when he heard that Hamilton himself occupied the place his mind was made up. The very waters that seemingly protected the Brit- ish governor would make it possible to sur- prise ard capture him and his command, and thu3 by a single bold stroke the Amer- icans would win the jon north of the Ohio. How daring the enterprise really was Clark daréd not confide even to his follow- ers; but they had as implicit confidence in their leader as he had in himeelf. Surrender of Detroit. “Among the letters to Washington pre- served in the Department of State the story of that terrible march may be read in the handwriting of one of the expedi- tion. Am!d snow and ice, through floods sometimes neek-high, they made their way for two hundred and forty miles, until they came to the Little Wabash, then five miles wide. Through this they plunged, and thirteen days out from Kaskasia they came within hearing of Hamliton’s morn- ing gun. ‘Then came desperate hunger and pelting rain, but Clark’s energy and the drummer-boy’s jokes carried them through the last of their trials, and on the evening of February 23, 1779, the enterprising Americans were welcomed by the creoles of St, Vincennes, and endeavored to give Hamilton an intimation of their coming by a fusillade of bullets against the palisades. That over-confident in dual thought the firing nothing more serious than the pass- ing of some drunken Indians, and it was not until one of his men wap hit that the governor suspected that his, position was seriously attacked. At neem Clark announced opened fire from an intrenchment he had thrown up under the guns of the fort, and the expert Virginia marksmen quickly si- Jenced-the cannon fired from port holes so large that the gunners were not protected. “Hamilton and the British soldiers were not wanting in courage, but the Detroit volunteers were unnerved by the slaying of six of their Indian allies, whom-Clark had tomahawked and thrown into the river by way of an object lessoncto those within the fort. There was nothing for the British commander to do but surrender to ‘a set of Virginia woodsmen ‘armed with rifles,’ and this he did, to his great mortification. —-— Presidential Nominations Confirmed. ‘The Senate in executive session has con- firmed the following ricm‘nations: George E. Roberts of Iowa, to be director of the mint; David M. Dunne of Oregon, to be collector of internal revenue for the dis- trict of Oregon: e@ A. Webster of South Carolina, to be collector of internal revenue for the district: of South Carolina. Oo Lunched in Committee Room. || Senetor Hale entertained ex-President and Mrs. Harrison at luncheon in his com- jttec rocm at the Capitol erday after- Seon ‘The Vice Prosiient and « number of THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. AND i Pi "i i “TTY va EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at or-lines of equal air pressure, diawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded during preceding twelve houre. The words "High"? barometer. Small arrows fy with the wind. FINANCIAL. XI PAE CONDITION OF “THE Ak FIRE INS. CO. for the Mietriet Mbin at the close of business, Tec 1897 RESOURCES, Loans .. Bilis receli Real estate... Furniture and tx: Accrued interest and rent Cash in bauks and compan; S881 47 Capital stock yoo S290.000 00 MRECTORS. gare (Signed) WALTER 8. 00! Pr. L. MOORE Es Wn PHILLIPS, RT A. GMA, LES it. EDMONSTON, JACKSON, wit hia. : xe: Personally appeared E. McC. JONES. Tem. of the = ‘em. Arlington Fire Ine. mbia. whe made oath in "due forme above statement is x correct and report of the condition of company the Slat day’ of December. Ta0r, t “nany om E. MeC. JONES, See'y Pro Ten. Subscribed and to bet tin 26th 2 of Tamaited and suprn to before me thin 26th ay , areas are regions where rain or spow has fallen | (5! JESSE W. RAWLIN “Low” show location of areas of high and low | _Je2v-8t Notary Public, Doe PUT AWAY A _ 5 a.m., 73th meridian time. Solid lines are isobars, and THREATENING TONIGHT. Cloudiness —Indicatea— er Tomororw. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, increasing cloudiness and threatening weather tonight and Saturday, fair Saturday evening; warmer Saturday morning; variable winds, becoming south- erly. Increasing w Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm Thursday morning to the north of Montana has moved to Lake Superior, diminishing in intensity and causing light snow in the upper lake region. A ridge of high pressure extends from Ontario to Florida and thence northwest- ward to the middle plateau region. It has grown colder in New England and the middle Atlantic states and over the northern plateau region; it is warmer in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys and in the southwest. Increasing cloudiness and light snow mey be expected in the lower lake region to- night and in New England Saturday. Light rain, ‘followed by fair weather, will occur in the Red River of the South valley and in_the Interior of the middle gulf states. The temperature will rise generally in the middle and south Atlantic states. Rivers—The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: Risen—Catro, @.4; Memphis, 2.1; Vicks- burg, 0.9; New Orleans. « Fallen—Parkersburg, 3.1; Cincinnati, 1.4; “Louisville, 1.0; Nashville, 1.1. Above the danger line and rising—C: 3.7. Above the danger line and falling—Cin- cinnati, 5.4; Louisville, 4.8, Below the danger line and rising—Mem- phis, 0.6. iro, CRITICISED FOR NOT FAKING. The Star Prints the News at the Time It Happe: Dr. Robert Reyburn, with characteristic recklessness, writes as foilows to an es- tecmed contemporary: “Editor Post: Allow me to congratulate you in making so much more complete re- ports of local news than other daily pa- pers of this city. The Post's report of the proceedings of the Central Labor Union, held at Typographical Temple on Monday night, January 24, gives a striking illus- tration of this fact. The Post's report says: ‘The union unequivocally indorsed the franchise proposition of the District of Columbia, and will shortly send cir- cular letters to every union in the United States, asking them to request their rep- resentatives and senaiors in Congress to vote for such a measure.’ The report in your evening contemporary of the saine eeting, while it gives the other proceed- Ings of that meeting, omits entirely to give any information concerning the above action of the Central Labor Union. One of two things must be true; either your contemporary lacks newspaper enterprise or it is suppressing the truth.” Without speaking of the bad taste of the man who writes or the man who publishes such a communtcation without investiga- tion, jit need only be said that The Star did not say, in its report cf the meeting of the Central Union of January 24: “The union unequivocally indorsed the franchise proposition of the District of Columbia,” &c., for the v simple reason that no such action was taken by the union at that meeting, and because The Star endeavors to print act- ual happenings and not figments of repertorial imagination, however pleasiag they may be to Dr. Robert Reyburn. The action of the Central Labor Union on the question of suffrage, some faint inkling of which had doubtless reached the reporter whom Dr. Robert Reyburn so en- thusiastically commends, was taken way back in November of last year, and the letters and circulars referred’ to have doubtless long since been in the hands of the unions throughout the country. The Star of November 9 contains a full account of the discussion on the suffrage question at the meeting of the Central Labor Ur ion of the night before, with the resolu- tions of indorsement which were adopted, closing with the following: “To this end ‘the delegate from the Cen- tral Labor Union’ was instructed to bring this matter to the attention of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, and in behalf of this organization request that the represen- tatives of organized labor and all central bodies throughout the country petition their respective representatives in Congress to favor legislation which will secure to the residents ‘of the District of Columbia the rights and privileges of American ship.” NANSEN IN THE NORTH. The Story of the Fram and the Tramp Across Greenland. Two large and appreciative audiences greeted Dr. Fritdjof Nansen yesterday on his farewell visit to Washington in the ca- pacity of a lecturer on his travels in the aretic. Dr. Nansen’s first lecture was de- livered yesterday afternoon at the Grand Opera House and was devoted io an ac- count of the voyage of the Fram through the ice-hound Arctic ccean in search of the pole. Prov. Alexander Graham Bell intro- «Guced Nansen most happily and bade him welcome to Washington in the name of the many here who with earnest scientific in- terest in arctic exploration hail the Norse- man as the hero of the north. Dr. Nan- sen’s story of the voyage of the Fram was most interesting. The tall, athletic Norse- man, with his resonant, but strident voice, told in the simplest English how he first ctvght the idea of the trans-polar current from the Grift of the Jeannette and the find- irg on the north coast of Grcenland three years after her sinking of articles from her wreckage. He sh»wed on a large circum- polar map the straight line he drew be- fore setting cut along which he expected the Fram vould drift after she had been frozen in the iee. ‘The lecture in the evening was delivered at Convention Hall, and was devoied to his explorations in Greenland and dwelt at considerable length upon the life and hab- its of the Eskimos. Dr. Nansen took considerable paine to make clear the motive which could induce @ man to brave the dangers of the north, the Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 6:32 a.m. and 7 high tide, 12:14 a.m. and 12 Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:14 P.m.; high tide, 12:57 a.m. and The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 7:10 a.m.; sun sets, 5: p.m. PART OF YOUR Wages" Bank And be © Incritaie “eakaring something sored up for nion Savings Bank, so a Peg » 1222 F St. WM._B. GURLE BALROSS, GURLEY & BARROSS. Moon scts, 12:36 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7:10 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:25 p.m.; ex- tinguishing pegun at 6:18 a.m. The light- BANKERS AND BROKERS, 1335 FST ing Is begun one hour before the time | OMIT of WASHINGTON STUCK EXCHANGE, named. 7 ’, > - — ‘Arc lamps lighted at 6:10 p.m.; extin- HU NTER, COOPER & CO., guished at 6:33 a.m. Members of NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 Stocks, Bonds and Local Securities Bought and Sold—Cash or Margin, a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, condi- re Wire to New York. Telephone 390, tion, 3; receiving reservoir, temperature, ze 88; condition at north connection, 3;° condi- ‘S NEGOTIATED ON REAL ESTATE. This office bas constantly on hand mone: to loan on real estate in such amon may be required, and at rates of interest faring trom 5 1016 Der cent. according to fon and eecarity, No delay. Apply person or by letter. = eran B. H. WARNER & CO. 016 Ft. tion at south distributing reservolr, condition at in- fluent gate house, 3; effluent gate house, 4. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at connection, temperature, 38: SOF THE nerds KE 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon: INGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY January 27—4 p.m., 39; 8 p.m., 34; mid- he 22d regular quarterly dividend of one and 31 one-half (132) per cent on the capital stock of thix company will be paid on FEBRUARY hen dividend checks will De mailed to holders of registered address. The transfer of stock will be closed from Ju 12 m., 284 a.m., 28; 8 a.m. 2 p.m... 36. Maximum, 4 at 3 pm., January 27; minimum, at 7 am., January 2s. to February 1. 1898, both dates inclusive The following ure the readings of the | holders who have ‘changed their addre barometer at the weather bureau for the | ate of previous dividend will please n Past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4| “°™Pany- reas —~ o'clock yesterday afternoon: Washington, D. C., January 11, 1808. jal] 18.28 January 2; 8 p.m., 30.02; | ——— Se midnight, 30. oo: January 28-4 a.m. ; § am., 30.14; ana 20: sam. 30.4; | Mutual Commission Co, New York Stocks. Mining Securities a Specialty. INDEX -TO ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS. . ADVERTISEMENTS, Ree OFFICE: HOTEL LAWRENCE. + ‘AUCTION SALES. 3a26-6t* 3. W. PUMPUIREY, Mer. BICYCLES. aa a a e BOARDING... . on fc \ inan BUSINESS CIANCES. M 0 N E Y T 0 L 0 A N ciry Trems. = COMMISSIONERS OF D) rs EEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS 9 = 9 Being the Washington representati of the lurgest savings banks of Baltit together with our private clientage, w are pre Pared to entertain all first-class loaps at a miut- ibum cost to the borrower. Wescott, Wilcox & Hieston, S } FINANCIAL . | FOR EXCHANGE. | FOREIGN pc TAL SERVIC FOR RENT Wiats) FOR RENT (allsi ee 1907 Penn. ave. now. Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers (ESTABLISHED 1858), 1315 F STREET N. W., SUN BUILDING. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANG! STOCKS. ‘OR RENT (Miscellancoas) FOR RE.T (Omices). \T (Piapos) BONDS AND CABLE TRANSFERS. LETTER: OF CREDIT. jal4-Im ' Perpetual Building Association. In Operation Sixteen Years. Assets = = = = $1,750,811.32 Liabilities - - 1,609,224.89 Surplus = = = = = 141,586.43 Doing morc businers than ever before. Stoney taken at all times. No back dues. Pay- ing 5 per cent per annum. CHARLES C. DUNCANSON, President. JOHN COOK, Secretary, 506 11th st. n.w. ja13-1m C. T. Havenner, = ROOMB 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDID G, Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Carefal attention given to FRACTIONAL LOTS. Correspondent F. L. LORING, 10 Wall st., New Yors. mo20-21d W. B. Hibbs & Co, BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 18e8 FOR SALE (Mbscellaneous)- HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS. 5 NB. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS... PROFESSIONAL. RAILROADS. Wa Ol 'seclianecous). WANTED (R-o-xs). WANTED (Situations). WINTEE RESORTS. CONDENSED LOCALS. ., Solomon Rosenthar's store, Strect, near the Police Court, by burglars this morning. It and sought an entrance by lock on the door. The noise was heard by persons in the house and the burglars were | frightened away befor: y Bot ii fright y " they got inside the , rhe theft of a black and white setter doz wes reported to the police yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Lula C. Kennison of 1238 19th street made the complaint. Hezekiah Ellwood was today fined $5 by Judge Scoit for striking Rachel Dpsetane Scott Eldred, charged with the larceny of 605 was visited . was between o'clock when they called, and they b breaking the pa two books, valued at $1.50, from. D, Hutcheson, today asked for a jury trial 1427 F Street. and was remanded by Judge Scott. Gace os a L. M. Horner. about forty years old, ac- LaDEXVURG, THALMANN & CO., New York. cidentally fell near the corner of 6th’ and E streets northwest yesterday afternoon and cut his face. He was removed to: the ae6-160 CORSON & MACARTNEY, Emergency Hospital, where the wound was Members of the New York Stock Exchange, dressed, idly st., Glover building, Correspordents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 80 way, Bankers end Denlers in Government Bonds, Railroad, stocks. cd and all “sees . tron _ Notes of General Interest to the Ser- } listed on the exchanges of New Tork, Philudelphine vice. | Beston and Baltimore bought and sold. Capt. Mason Carter, 5th Infantry, h go yy tty — ft —, 2-3 js and ail local Railroad, Gas, Insurance A trict and been retired. Teclephove Stock dealt in. Capt. Henry A. Shaw, assistant surgeon, | fail” Del! Telephove Stock bought and seid, has been ordered to Fort Crook, Nebraska, MONEY TO LOAN = for temporary duty. IX SUMS FROM $1,000 UPWARD, First Lieut. James T. Kerr, 17th Infantry, AT LOWEST RATE ‘OF INTEREST, Is detailed as professor of military science REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. and tactics at Baker University, Baldwin, | sarep » On NO AAD F STS. X.W. Kan. Ensign A. L. Norton of the United States Naval Academy is in the city on leave of absence. He is at the Wellington. Passed Assistant Engi J. 8. McKean of the Albatross registi at the Navy Department this morning. He is at 710 = exer = jeut. Col. F. D. Vroom, inspector gen- cral of the army, is at the Shoreham. sf First Lieut. J. P. Jenney of the corps of engineers is in the city and is stopping at the Arlington. * First Lieut. D. D. Johnson, retired, is at the Ebbitt. Money at 5 Per Cent toLoan On real estate in District of Columbia. No de- ett MELSR EL + 2-+______ EXCLUDED FROM JURIES, Complaints of Colored People in Louisiana.