Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1898, Page 10

: 4% 10 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1898-14 PAGES. ———=====S=====SS=S===S== LOCAL MENTION. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Academy of Music.—Isham’‘s Octoroons. Bijou Theater.—High-ciass specialties. Columbia Theater._Frank Daniels in “The Idol's Ey Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—Th3 Hill Folly Co. Lafayette Square Opera House.—"The Girl From Paris.” New National Theater.—Digby Bell in “The Hoosier Doctor.” Willard Hall.—Lumiere’s Cinematographe. Soldiers’ Home.—Entertainment by the Burnt Cork Club. a EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Rose Steam2r Samuel J. Pentz for Glymont and intermediate landings at 9:30 a.m. Steamer Newport News for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 7 pm. Trains leave 1342 street and Pennsylvania avenue for Arlington hourly from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Trains leave 13% street and Pennsylvania avenue for Mount Vernon at 6:30, 10:05, 11 -m., 12:05, 2:05, 3, 4 and 4:15 p.m. Trains leave Aqueduct bridge for Arling- ton, Fort Myer and Falls Church hourly. aoe geear “PABST” BEER TOWERS ABOVE all competitors as the Washington monu- ment does above all other structures. It’s “quality” beer. Six different kinds. Ever tried “Doppel Braeu?" It’s aark and heavy. PABST BREWING CO., 703 N. Cap. st. —_ LIGHT ON A LIGHT SUBJECT. Folks who see our huge electric light sign won't likely forget that we upholster ard recover furniture—and remake mat- trezses. Stumph Bedding Co., 7th and K sts. ———— KENNY'S DRY ROASTED COFFEES. Highest quality, lowest prices. Pure jugars sold at cost; 8 city stores. Cc. D. KENNY. CITY AND DISTRICT. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. Chiefs of District Domain Named Last Night. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of the Grand Domain of the District of Co- lumbia last evening elected officers, as fol- lows: Grand chancellor, John C. Yost; grand vice chancellor, John A. Frank; grand prelate, Frank H. Hosford; grana keeper of records and seals, Geo. W. Bau- mann; grand master of the exchequer, John Humphrey; grand master-at-arms, H. J. Casson; grand inner guard, E. D. Frazier; grand outer guard, J. T. Woodfield; grand lecturer, Lemuel Fugitt; trustees, J. Skidmore, J. K. Mangum and Thomas E. Landon. z Resolutions were adopted in favor of the bill now before Congress, setting apart a portion of the Hot Springs reservation, in Arkansas, for the national sanitarium of the order, and directing minor lodges of the District to display the American flag at every session. The final and fourth session of the annual convention will be held this evening. &. of P. ee Ss Fifteen Days on the Farm. Patrick McGuire and Arthur Cushman, strangers in the city, whose appearance in- dicated that they had been on the road for a long time, faced Judge Kimball this morning and answered to the charge of vagrancy. “I ain't no vagrant,” swer. was McGuire's an- “And,” said Cushman, “I'm also ‘We are workingmen and not “This morning about 2 o'clock,” Police- man Owens told the court, “I went with Officer Allen to “‘Tramp’s Rest,’ in the An- acostia freight yard, but we found no tramps there, and then we went over to a tool house, where we found these men.” “What were they doing?” the court in- quired. “Sleeping beside a fire,” the officer an- swered, “and they claimed they had been given permission to sleep there. The front door of the place was locked, but a rear door had been forced open.” “Judge, your honor,” said McGuire, “I'm a workingman, and here's my card.” He claimed that he had been working in Virginia and now he was on his way home. “And I'm going with him,” added his companion. They were given fifteen days each on the farm. —_.—___ The whole family derives benefit from Malt-Nutrine, best of all malt tonics. Malt-" Nutrine is prepared by the famour An- heuser-Busch Brewirg Ass'n, which fact guarantees the purity, ex :2!l-:nce and meilt claimed for it.—Advt. —.>+__ Kansas Association Officers. At a meeting of the Kansas Republican As- sociation last evening officers were elected as follows: President, Joseph L. Bristow, fourth assistant postmaster general; vice President, B. A. Allen of Topeka; secretary, W. C. Wood, Howard, Kan.; financial secre- tary, J. A. Goodiear, Oakley, Kan.; treas- turer, B. J. Evans, Topeka. An executive committee, consisting of one member from each congressional district in the state, will be selected by the president- elect at the next regular meeting. A com- mittee was appointed to invite ex-Senator John J. Ingalls to adjress the organization some time in March. The association de- cided to meet the second and fourth Wed- nesdays of each month. ————— Money to lend at 5 and 6 per cent on estate. Frank T. Rawlings, 1505 Pa. ay Advertisement. ———— The Burnt Cork Cinb. The Burnt Cork Club will give a perform- ance at the Soldiers’ Home tonight,when an entirely new first part that has been in course of preparation and rehearsal for some time past will be presented. It will not only be full of new and lively stage business and new jokes and songs, but its effect will be further heightened by brilliant electrical contrivances that will add greatly to its attractiveness. The Burnt Cork Club has gained an excellent reputation as a pur- veyor of comedy in the minstrel lMne, and the old soldiers will enjoy just such a per- formance as the “Corkers” will furnish. ‘The program will include in the specialty line, Milton M. Clark, whistler; the Del Rays, acrobats; Henry Hills,batonist; How- erd and Leigh, contortionists; Burnt Cork Quartet, song illustrations; Steve Clements, banjoist; Shackelford and Graham, sketch ertists; concluding with a laughable skit, entitled “Miss Lucy’s Lawn Party,” bring- ing out the full strength of the company. — Five and One-Half Hours to Old Point Comfort. All rail, via Pennsylvania R. R., Rich- mond and the C. and O. route, beginning February 22. Leave Washington Tiesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 4:15 p-m. from 6th street station. Solid train, comprising combined car, parlor car, dining car and observation car. Tickets at Pennsylvania offices and at station. Full information at C. and O. ticket offices—Advt. —— Werk of Sneak Thicf. clothesline thief found his way to boro’ late Tuesday night or early yes- terday morning, and cailed at the residence of Walter Sandford. Instead of rapping on the door he stopped at the fence, and contented himself with taking the best ar- cies of ciothing from the line. Four white shirts and some bed clothing were Btolen. esoeeeaed Book sale at Sloan's, 1407 G 7:20 o'clcex. Law and medic ———_ Injured by a F: Mrs. Mary Owens, who lives at No. 1206 Kirby street northwest, fell down the base- ment steps at No. 604 13th street north- east yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, end received an ugly cut in the back of her bead, which rendered her unconscious. Dr. Burton was called to attend her, and when she hud recovered consciousness she was removed to her home in the ambulance. etsy ‘The Workingmen’s Club. Dr. Robert Reyburn will give @ rare en- tertcinment in the way of stereopticon views, etc, to the members of the Work- ingmen's Club and their frierds this even- ing at 8 o'clock at the club rooms, 2105 Pennsylvania avenue nerthwest. The en- tertainment is free. TYPHOID FEVER THE THEME Subject Exhaustively Discussed by Medical Society of the District, Pollution of Potomac Water Cited as a Producing Cause — The Shallow Wells. ~ The regular monthly meeting of the Med- ical Society of thé District was held last night, and proved to be one of the most in- teresting sessions of the year. Typhoid fever in Washington was the subject discussed, and although other pa- pers were to have been presented, the im- pcrtance of the first subject consumed all the time. President Busey presided and rehearsed the efforts of the society in reducing the mortality from typhoid, and referred to the work of Dr. Kober. In this connection he said: “As early as 1890, in a contribution to tho etiology of typhoid fever, Dr.-George M. Kober cited the notable iact that following the epidemic in Cumberland, Md., the first case of which occurred December 10, 1889, the number of deaths from the disease in this city from December, 1889, to April 30, 1890, were seventy-five, nearly double the number during the corresponding months of the previous year. This may, adds Dr. Kober, have been a coincidence, but it may also confirm the conclusions of the English river pollution commission, that nothing short of abandonment of the inexpressibly filthy habit cf mixing human excrement with our drinking water can confer upon us immunity from the propegation of ep!- demics through the medium of potable wa- ter. “In a lecture delivered in 1894 Surgeon Charles Smart, United States army, em- phasized the great prevalence of typhoid fever in this city, and attributed it to the pollution of the Potomac water supply. While subsequent investigations have not verified Surgeon Smart's statement that the high percentage of typhoid fever in this city was solely due to the distribution of the germs of the disease through the Potomac water, they point to the conclu- sion that it is one of the sources of infec- tion, and that one which offers the greatest danger.” The Shallow Wells. Referring to the efforts of the society to close the shallow wells and to the sanitary improvements effected, he closed by saying: “All these efforts have been futile, and the city remains today the prey of a single preventable disease, which has cost its cit!- zens in loss of life and actual outlay in the last ten years more than would have been required to complete the systems of water extension and purification and sewage dis- posal.”” Dr. G. W. Johnston, chairman of the com- mittee on public health, quoted statistics tending to prove that users of pure water have a remarkably low rate from typhoid fever. Referring to filtration as a prevent- ative, he said: “It is possible to improve the water sup- ply of towns and cities either by procuring water supply from a more healthful source or, where this is not feasible, of purifying the supply furnished. The last can be ac- complished by filtration, either by the agency of filter beds or by mechanical fil- tration. One Vast Sewer. “The Potomac river above the in-take,” he continued, “is one vast sewer for the reception of all sorts of industrial waste and the offal and sewage of comparatively large communities. The distance is such that it to some extent diminishes these dangers. Excluding all deaths except thoge of typhoid fever, we find that in the past seventeen years 2,539 persons have died in Washington from this cause alone, or an average of 145.35 per year. “Since there is usually but one death from typhoid fever out of every ten per- sons affected, we have therefore in seven- teen years 25,390 cases, or an average of 1,493.5 per year. Following the well-known methods of computation, we find that ty- phoid fever alone has cost us in money— that is, for funerals, medical attendance, medicines, wages tost and other matters for the past seventeen years—$6,695,211.15, while the cost of a filtration plant and its maintenance for that length of time at the highest estimate would only be $3,577,404. “It is apparent, therefore, even with this ridiculously low estimate of human life and illness, that the expense to the city by ty- phoid fever is far greater than the mainte- nance and cost of the most expensive fil- tration plant would have been.” Same Subject Treated. Dr. Kober was next recognized, and read @ paper upon the subject, in the course of which he related how the germs of fever had been found in the well and pump water. He recommended the abandonment of all wells and the filtration of the Poto- mac supply. Dr. Kenyoun read an interesting paper regarding the transmission of disease through water, and stated if cholera ever got into this country it would be an easy matter to infect our drinking water by the prevalence of the disease in Cumberland. ———— POLICE CHIEFS PROVIDED FOR. Amendment to Pension Law for Their Benefit. The District Commissioners today sug- gested to the Senate appropriations com- mittee an amendment to the pending Dis- trict appropriation bill, which, if adopted, will enable the chief, the captain and the Meutenants on the District police force to receive a pension when incapacitated by age or disabled by injury received or dis- ease contracted in the line of duty. The amendment suggested by the Co--- missioners is as follows: “The provision in the District appropria- tion act, approved February 25, 1885, pro- viding a revenue for the police fund, and limiting the extent to which relief there- from shall be granted, is hereby so amend- ed ‘That the major and superintendent, the captain and lieutenants of the metropolitan police department, when incapacitated by age or so disabled by injury or disease con- tracted in the line of duty as to be unfitted for active service, shall be entitled to re- ceive the benefits of the police relief fund, as follows: Major and superintendent, $125 per month; captain, $90 per month, and lieutenants, $65 a month each.’ ” as THE MASONIC VETERANS. Twelfth Annual Banquet of the Dis- trict Association. The twelfth annual feast of the Masonic Veterans’ Association was given last night at Freund's, and many members of the or- der were present with their friends. Past Master Noble D. Larner officiated as toast- master, and kept the evening enlivened by his bright sallies as he called for the speeches. The association is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. its membership 1s composed of rnaster Masons, resident of the District of Columbia, who have been entered apprentices for twenty-one years. Those present at the banquet last night included W. 8. Anderson, G. Yorke Atlee, G. W. Baird, Dr. 8. S. Bond, A. R. Brown, H. P. Cattell, Dennis Coughlin, George E. Carson, David G. Dixon, Dr. R. B.- Donald- son, Benjamin Durfee, J. M. Emory, Marion P. Fisher, James M. Fowler, A. M. Hoover, C. W. Howard, Jacques Jouvenal, Dr. Jo- seph Jouy. Henry Kronhelmer, Noble D. Larner, Alexander McGerichar, L. H. Posey, J. R. Riggies, Richard Rothwell, Jumes A. Sample, John H. Schultze, George W. Shears,-J. D. Smith, William Ryde Smith, H. O. Towles, William Wall, W. H. Wetzel, John F. Wild, James Woodward, E. H. Chamberlin, George Spransy, Justice Lewis I. O'Neil, J. N. Walker, also John Gibson, president of the Masonic Veterans’ Association, and Representative Wanger, past grand master of Pennsy!vania. ———. —_ A Lost Diamond. Lost summer a resident of this city lat @ valuable diamond while stopping in At- lantic City. Inspector Mattingly has re- ceived pee zie er lead to the recovery stone. now anxious to find the person who Jost it, ; _—. Ia selling your personal effects go to Sloan’s, 1407 G st. Best locstlon and best pie THE CENTRAL BODY, Delegate Committee of Citizens’ As- sociations Holds a Meeting. ‘There was a meeting last evening of the organization which is cdémposed of dele- gates from several of the citizens’ associa- tions of the District.. The meeting con- tinued for about three hours, most of the time being consumed in discussing numer- ous propositions of local interest presented for consideration. ‘ The executive committee was directed to report io the next meeting of the commit- tee what action, if any, in its opinion, the central committee ought to take on the question now before Congress as to tele- phone rates. A resolution offered by Mr. C. C. Lan- caster, calling upon the executive com- mittee to issue a call for a public meet- ing of the property owners in the city and ccunty to be held next Wednesday evening to consider the repeal of the highway ex- tension act, and to urge prompt action on the same by Congress at this session, was discussed at some length, but was finally laid on the table. The same course was taken on a resolution presented by Mr. Bates. Mr. Bates’ proposition was that the executive committee be instructed to formulate, if possible, such amendments to the highway act of 18% as will meet with the approval of the citizens and property owners of the District of Colum- bia and report the same to the next meet- ing. An hour was consumed in discussing a point of order raised against a motion in- troduced by Mr. Lancaster to approve plans for a new engine house in the northwest suburbs, the point of order being finally sustained. Upon the motion of Mr. W. G. Hender- son, the central committee indorsed the efforts of the North Capitol and Ecking- ton Citizens’ Association to obtain im- proved service and rapid transit on the lines of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and the Belt Line railway companies, and for the extension of the tracks of the Capital Traction Company along Florida avenue. from 7th street northwest to North Capitol street, and urges upon Congress early legislation at this session which will give the relief desired. Mr. L. M. Saunders reported that be- cause of the influence of the board of trade it is more than probable that his association, the Woodburn, will withdraw from the committee. The central committee indorsed the plan to erect state exhibition buildings in the National Rock Creek Park, but referred to the executive committee a proposition to recommendgthe extension of the Metro- politan Railway Company’s lines from the present terminal at 18th street out to Mount Pleasant, and so on to the National Park. The executive committee of the associa- tion was announced to be as follows: M. A. Ballinger, William V. Cox, Louis P. Shoemaker, E. B. Townsend, William G. Henderson, William J. Frizzell, L. M. Saunders and Charles A. Langley. eg Goes Back for Longer Term. - “When did you get out?” John McNa- mara was asked, when he appeared in the Police Court this morning on a charge of vagrancy. “A few days ago,” was his answer. “How much time did you get the last time you were here?” “Ten days,’ was his response. “Rather short time for you, John.” Policeman Wheeler explained that John had not yet given up the habit of drinking liquor, and a sentence of thirty days was imposed. > Charged With Desertion. Elmer A. Schatz, the seaman on the Wil- mington who deserted his ship at Norfclk three weeks ago, and was arrested in this city, as published in The Star at the time, was given a hearing before a court-martial in New York yesterday. A member of In- spector Mattingly’s detective corps was a witness before the court. Schatz was granted a leave of absence in January, and before the expiration of his leave he was married in Norfolk. Ho came to this city to live, and was arrested near l4th street and New York avenue. The result of the hearing will probably not be known for several days. —————— Grand _ exhibition of Antique Furniture, China, Glass, Curios, &c., at Sloan's, 1407 G st., Monday and Tuesday next.—Advt. en geens Mrs. Colby’s Lecture. “From Eve to the New Woman” is the subject of e@ lecture to be given by Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby at Willard Hall to- night at 8 o’clock. The lecture will be il- lustrated with sixty-five lantern slides, fol- lowed by recitation, which the gifted elo- cutionist, Irene Hernandez, will render. The proceeds will go toward making the last payment on the portrait busts of Lucretia Mott, Mrs. S‘enton and Miss Anthony. a eet Wants Additional Facilities. ‘The Central Athletic Club, which 1s com- posed of boys connected with Epiphany Church, are preparing for an entertain- ment in the near future. They have just completed the placing of additional facili- ties in the guild room, and are said to be fast becoming adepts in various gymnastic exercises. It 1s claimed that no more de- sirable place of meeting for boys who wish to develop themselves can be found in the District, and although the meetings do not occur oftener than once a week, the room is open nightly and the members of the club are free to avall themselves of the privileges extended as often as they desire, ee Prof. Gaillard Dead. Professor Joseph D. Gaillard, who was well known in this city as a teacher of French, died yesterday at his residence, 1023 15th street northwest. He was born in Paris and followed the profession of teach- er in his native city, Liverpool, New York and Washington. He leaves a widow and one daughter. —__.>—_—_ The Opinion Obtains that for original and exquisite floral decora- tions Gude excels. 1224 F.—Advt. SSS Voluntarily Surrenders Himself. Charles H. Monroe, who was yesterday ‘ined $10 by Judge Scott for obtaining $1.25 by means of a trick from Julius Hugel, to- day surrendered himself at the jail to be- gin an imprisonment for thirty days, in de- fault of the payment of the fine. After the sentence was imposed Judge Scott, at the request of Monroe, took his Personal bond that he would return at 4 p.m. with the money. He did not do so, and, stated, went to jail and told War- den Leonard that he had failed in his ef- forts to raise the amount of the fine, and as the alternative was thirty days in jail, he had come to take his punishment. The warden telephoned an account of Monroe's actions to the Police Court, and the necessary commitment upon which the prisoner will be held w: sent down by Chief Clerk Potts. Ea es Rev. G. H. Nimmo Dead. Rev. Gershom H. Nimmo, a brother of Joseph Nimmo, jr., of this city, died this morning at his home in Philadelphia. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that city which was founded and endowed by the late Charles Macalister. Mr. Nim- mo had the reputation of being a man of strong individuality and ripe scholarship. was a graduate of Princeton College and of the Theological Seminary of Prince- ton. Interment will be in the family burial place at Huntington, Long Island, N. Y. eee eee Meets With Ill Fortune. The four Mttle children of Mrs. Nannie Tyler, colored, were today temporarily placed in charge of the board of children’s seasons ye Judge Scott. Officer Samuel n eo Hi Widow and was yesterday turned out of r home for non-payment of rent. peninees armart ets ites bay of cases of con- W. L. L. SMOKER. Members and Friends of Corps En- tertaime@ut Armory. The members}of the Washingicn Light Infantry Corpm, with scores of their friends, assembled. Buesday evening at the armory of the oegamtzation to properly cel- ebrate Washington's birthday. The affair was in the natare af a smoker, and three tables, each extendimg the entire length of the hall, were required to accommodate the gathering. The festure of the occasion Was the presenée of Gen. George H. Har- ries and the members of his staff. Gen. Harries, on behmif @f the corps, presented service medals: to ‘the following: Lieut. Jesse F. Grant, eghteen years; Beall, eighteensyears; First Sergt. H. O. Plugge, eighteom years; Lieut. Arnold, fif- teen years; Sergt.. Maj. Heydler, ‘nine years; Private R. W. Bretney, nine years; Private George 0. Clift, nine years; Pri- vate H. E. Ennis, six years; Private C. O. Doten, six years; Private R. Chapman, six years, and Private C. F. Wright, six years. After refreshn er.ts had been served Maj. Burton R. Ross called on Col. William G. Moore to extend a welcome to all present. In a characteristic address, teeming with patriotic sentiments, Col. Moore urged all to feel perfectly at home. He then intro- duced Gen. Harries, who distributed the medals, as stated. During the remainder of the evening en- tertaining features were introduced, in- cluding a broadsword contest between’ Sea- men Brennan and Cumeo of the United States navy; a boxing match between Messrs. Dunn and McCurdy of the Eastern Athletic Club; an athletic specialty by Messrs. Horn, Chapman and Shreve of the Washington Light Infantry Athletic Club; club swinging by Mr. Royce Hough: instru- mental music by the Madrid Mandolin Club, and songs and recitations by Messrs. Tom Jones, Harry Shackelford, Adam Sax. in, Thomas Hurley, Green, Roach and Eck- ert and Buckley. The details of the smoker and enter- tainment were arranged by a committee consisting of Capt. Charles L. Beatty, Sergt. Chase, Sergt. Burnett, Lieut. Snee- den, Sergt. Dayton of Company A; Lieut. Grant, Lieut. House, Capt. Shreve, Pri- vates Harry Lee and Charles Miller of Company B; Capt. J. B. K. Lee, Lieut. Zea, Sergt. Allison, Privates Stillwell and Bowles of Company C, and Lieut. Beall, Lieut. McCartman, Sergt. McAvoy, Pri- vates Bretney ard Tucker, Company D, and Qmr. Sergt. Muzzy. - Grant acted as master of cere- monies. —_——.—__. THE RUSH FOR ALASKA. A Washington Prospector Views of the Situation. A letter received here from one of the men who recently left this city in a party of ten for a prospecting tour in Alaska gives an idea of the condition of affairs at Seattle and what may be expected between there and the gold fields of Alaska. The writer says his party has arranged to leave Seattle for the north on the sailing vessel Blakeley, which will carry one hun- dred and fifty-four passengers. Of this number seventy-nine will go ashore at Dis- enchantment bay, and try to reach the head waters of the Copper river. The Washing- tonians will continue up the coast to Pio- neer, William sound, where they will land at Port Valdez, going from there over the Valdez glacier to the Copper river district. They will remain on the American side of the line and will flat the American flag over their big tent at all times. Speaking of the situation at Seattle, the writer says: “The crowd here is simply immense, and more people areblanding from every train. In a month this place will be overrun with People. Vessels are very scarce and can- not handle the people now here. Nobody knows what theyi will do in another month. Our party has paid enough money for pas- Sage on the Blakeley:to build a new vessel like her, and it will enly take twenty-eight days to make the:round trip, so you can see from that how the Wessels have the gang at their mercy. “Every house and wacant building in Se- attle is filled with bdds and cots, and ‘fur- nished rooms’ ard@-‘rapms for rent’ are the signs seen hanging Sut-all over town. I have seen several vessels leave here for Alaska which” were overcrowded with freight and men: There is something very wrong with the inspection of vessels here, and I am afraid trouble will commence when some of the old vessels go down, which they will surely do if they run up against a storm. Insurance on some of them runs up as high as 12 per cent. We had the vessel we are going on inspected before we engaged passage, and insisted on only one hundred and fifty-four passengers making the trip. The officers wanted to put on 300, but we drew the line at the number named. Her insurance ts 3 per cent, so you see she is a very good boat.” ——__ Century Club Entertainment. A dramatic and musical entertainment will be given under the auspices of the Cen- tury Cycle Club at Odd Fellows’ Hall to- norrow night. The comedy sketch en- titled “The Haunted Hotel” will open the evening’s entertainment, and this will be followed by the Metropolitan Mandolin Quartet, the acrobatic Del Rays, Milton M. Clark, whistler and imitator, and the Parques, Harry and Gertrude, in trick bi- cycle riding, introducing Washington's only lady trick cyclist. The two-act comedy drama, “Hick’ry Farm,” will be the dramatic feature of the program. The cast presented will include Edwin Baker, Louis Anderson, Dennis and William O'Connor, Miss Mary Worick and Mrs. A. C. Griffith. The remainder of the evening will be devoted to dancing. Gives ——— Boy’s Bold Act. Mrs, Gale P. Moore, who lives at No. 8 O street, was robbed on the street about 10 o'clock this morning, near her home, losing her pocket book, which contained $3.60 in cash. Mrs. Moore was on her way to market at the time, and was near the corner of 12th and M streets, when a small colored boy snatched her pocket book and ran. A crowd was svon in pursuit of the fugitive, who was arrested by Policeman Holmes. He gave his name as Edward Harris. and his age as fifteen years. The pocket book was recovered, and Edward: was locked up. SLEEP POR SKIN-TORTURED BABIES And rest for tirell:mothers is found in a warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, and a single anoint- ing of CUTICURAc (ointment), greatest of emol- Ment skin cures. CUTICURA REMEDIES afford instant relief and point to a speedy» cure of torturing, disfiguring, homiiliating, itcbimg, warning, bleeding, crusted, seulp Wumors, with loss of hair, sealy skin and when all cleo faite sal Sold threnghout -the:world. POTTER DRUG 'D CHEM. COR., Séile Props., Boston. ATF How io Cums Sxte-Tortured Bebles,” free. SKIM SCALP soiBePeuses oy Dyspepsia, iar first dose removes cure of the most £2 ae ari sateen OI dept Fine Traveling Bags, Pocket FO Tee ca who attend the Saturday matinee perform- PROSPECTIVE FESTIVAL. Ladies of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church te Entertain. The ladies of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Rev. Dr. Domer, pastor, will have a fair and festival for the benefit of the church at Masonic Temple Tuesday and Wednesday next. The following committees have the matter in charge: Meals—Mrs. M. M. Rouzer, Mrs. Auguste- fer, Mrs. Gonzallis, Mrs. D. W. C. Ourand, Mrs. N. Eckhart, Mrs. Souder, Mrs. A. 8S. Johnson, Mrs. Roth, Miss Mollie Davis, Mrs. L. M. Taylor, Mrs. Exel. Bread—Mrs. Domer, Mrs. Geo. F. Muth. Salad anda cranberries—Mrs. J. G. Mey- ers, Mrs. Sheetz, Mrs. E. B. Corcoran, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Gamble, Mrs. A. T. Hensey, Mrs. Frank Ourand, Mrs. Griesbauer. Cake—Mrs. Monagan, Mrs. John Thomas, Mrs. Reamer, Miss Gristock, Mrs. Kalb, Mrs. Anna Eckbert, Miss Kate Decker, Mrs. Philip Herrman. Ice cream—Mrs. John C. Parker, Mrs. J. Paul Smith. cream and sugar—Miss Hettie Mrs. Haskins, Mrs. Guenther, Mrs. N. T. Judd, Mrs. Geo. W. Linkins, Mrs. Barr, Mrs. Gettier, Mrs. E. T. Kaliser, Mrs. J. T. Chauncey, Mrs. Peter Harr. Dishes—Mrs. Domer, Mrs. John C. Parker. Butter and cheese--Mrs. Ida Bergling, Mrs. Robt. Clarkson, Mrs. Spelshouse. + Fa: to Sell His Ring. Tom Mullen, a yourg man who is as well known to the police.as he is to his neigh- bers in Northeast Washington, was ar- rested last night by Detectives Bauer, Muller and Parham, who found him on 4% street southwest trying to dispose of a snide ring. Tom stopped a pedestrian and wanted $1 for what he said was a gold Ting. Faeilirg to dispose of it, he stopped the detectives and wanted to sell it to them. “I found the ring,” he said, hard up. Give me $1 and take ft ‘When questioned by the court, Tom ad- mitted that he bought the ring for 5 cents and offered it for sale as gold. He was sent down for sixty days. ———<$_—— For Action of the Grand Jury. Sarah Price, colored, a married woman, and William Dudrow today pleaded guilty before Judge Scott ot committing adult2ry, and were held by Judge Scott in $500 bail for the action of the grand jury. eee eee Way of the Transgressor. Ida Hill, colored, was today fined $5 by Judge Scott for buying twelve yards of Percale, valued at eighty cents, knowing it to hav> been stolen. For the larceny of the goods from Henry H. Hoff Burrill Johnson was fined $1, and John Queen, Jesse Reverly and Ernest Johnson were ccmmitted to the reform school. Inquiry at the latter institution revealsd that there was no room for them. Mr. Mullowny suggested to the court that the accus2d were tuo small to be sent to jail, and Judge Scott released them on their promise not to repeat the offense of which they had been convicted. peter Sa aS Her Word Doubted. Sadie James, a young coiored woman from Baltimore, blushed when Judge Kim- ball doubied the truth of her statement about her age. “This young woman was drunk last night,” Policeman Tompkins said, “and she made so much nolse in the house that I was called to arrest her.” “Where does she live?” “On 13% street, in a disreputable house,” answered the officer. Sadie promised to return to Baltimore if released, but the court gave her sixty days on the farm. at Former Associates in National Geographic Society. As the outcome of the recent unpleas- antness in connection with the office of secretary of the National Geographic So- ciety, two suits at law to recover damages have been instituted by the former secre- tary, Everett Hayden. In one declaration, by which it is sought to recover $10,000, the defendants named are Henry Gannett, Frederick Haynes Newell, W. J. McGee, Marcus Baker, Clinton Hart Merriam, David T. Day and John Hyde. In the other, by which the plaintiff desires io re- cover $15,000, Adolphus W. Greely, Henry Gannett and W. J. McGee are named as defendants. In the declaration first mentioned Mr. Hayden recites that he was duly elected secretary of the National Geographic So- clety, receiving a salary of $1,350 a year. He at all times, he declares, fairly and honestly performed his duties, yet the de- fendants, maliciously intending to injure him, and to cause it to be suspected that he had been guilty of violating the trust and confidence imposed in him, published a defamatory libel in connection with cer- tain proposed amendments to by-laws, con- cluding with the sentence: “We feel that the secretary, in taking this course, has violated the confidence of the members of the board.” Mr. Hayden goes on to say that the de- fendants meant by their publication that he, as secretary of the society, had dishon- estly, covertly and unlawfully done certain acts and things in violation of the acts and duties with the performance of which he was intrusted. In addition to being greatly injured, Mr. Hayden adds he has been re- quired to resign the office of secretary and prevented from earning the salary attach- ed _ thereto. ‘The declaration in connection with the second suit is, in a general way, similar to the foregoing, except that the form of the alleged libel is different. The defendants, It is charged, published a notice canveying the meaning that Mr. Hayden had dishon- estly, covertly and unlawfully caused it to be announced in the public press that a certain lecture of Dr. Nansen would be given under the auspices of the National Geographic Society. McCammon & Hayden are the attorneys for the plaintiff. ss Stranger ad Sick. Louis Williams, a colored stranger in the city, is under treatment at the Emergency Hospital. He was taken sick with a fever in Cuddy’s Mission in Willow Tree alley yesterday afternoon, and the police were asked to take charge of him. When the ambulance arrived it was discovered that a doctor's certificate was lacking. “Brother Cuddy,” as he is called, said he sent for the physician to the poor in that district, but this morning the doctor had not called, he said, und he took the patient to the hespital in his mission wagon. Sanne Woman Passes Counterfeit Money. Complaint was made to the police last night that a woman had passed counter- feit silver money on conductors on the 7th street cars. One of the conductors report- ed that a woman had passed a counterfeit 50-cent piece on him. She boarded his car a second time, but he recognized her and refused to take her money. It is believed that she is the woman who passed counter- feit money here several months ago. es Unwise to Rescind. Presid>nt Dunlop of the Capital Traction Company was today informed by the Dis- trict Commissioners that they deem it un- wise to rescind the provision of the police regulations requiring street railway com- panies to post in their cars a notice as to th2 penalty for expectorating in street cars. ‘and I'm —— Jailed for Assault. Move for Amendment. In reporting to Chairman Babcock of the House District committee on House bill ‘8063, to amend the act for the protection of property and the preservation of the Public peace, the District: Commissioners recommend that the bill be amended by inserting the words “hotel, theater, bank, office building” in line eleven, page three. When so amended they recommend that the bill be enacted. The suggestion of the Commissioners is made, they explain, in view of the possibility that without the in- sertion of the words it might be held that those places are not public places, where People of right may go. > Adverse Recommendation. An application having having been made to the District Commissioners for a recon- sideration of the case of Michael A. Foley, who was dismissed about a year ago from the police force, Commissioner Wight, who has charge of the police department, hi recommended adverse action on the app! cation, and his recommendation will in all Probability be followed. Foley was charged with having accom- panied Policeman Evans into a house of questionable reputation a short time be- fore his dismissal, and both men were dismissed from the force. a BRONCHITIS Or Incipient Consumption. A New Method of Cur. ing this Disease. Recommended by —Thirty-cight Hundred Physicians. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrene Hning the air passages, and is maui- fested by hoarseness and irritating cough, some- thwes accompanied by fever and soreness in the chest. In its more advanced stages there ix hectic fever, emaciation, loss of voice and other sy=np- tems of consumption. TREATMENT AND CURE.—Bronchitis, in the beginning. is purely a local diseuse of the air pas- sages, cannot be reached by stomach medicines: or liquids in eny form. ‘The vse of sprays, donches and atomizers only scrve to cause furt ion, t be dry mir at that in lies the secret of the great success of * OMEI” in all bronchial troubles. The breathe through Booth's Inhaler is DRY, freed from all microbes and laden with nature's own antiseptic; this alr reaches every part of the bronchial tubes and lungs, kills at once the germs of disease, allaying the irritation caused by their Presence and healing the inflamed membrane with astonishing rapidity; all this without any trouble to the pstient, as the Inhaler can be carried im the pocket and used at any time or in any place, NOTE.—In cases ~here there is soreness of the chest, “HYOMEI" Balm, the wonderful bealer, should be used in connection with the Inhaler, “RYOMEN” CURES BY INHALATION. It is Nature’ air you breathe. own remedy. given through the There is no danger, no risk. Your money is refunded if 1 to relieve. “Hyomei” Outfit. $1. xtra Inhalant, 50c.3 “Hyomet” Balm, 25c. Sold by druggists or seug by mail. Write for Story of “Hyomel.” Free, THE R. T. BOOTH CO., 23 EAST 2cTH STREET, NEW YORK. We sell Booth’s Hyomei Inhaler. Julian Herbert was today sent to jail for ninety days by Judge Scott for assaulting Charles Quinn in the Temporary Home for Soldiers on Missouri avenue. The testi- m:ony showed that Herbert is a desperate fighter when drunk, which the defendant admitted was his condition at the time of the alleged offense. He dented the charge, however, and told the court that he was unable to use his right hand, in which he was wounded during the war and therefore could rot fight: . The luxury of | a breakfast is in its Nice Hot Biscuit | rolls and muffins. | Royal Baking Powder | | Souvenirs of Frank Daniels. The lady admirers of Mr. Frank Daniecis, makes them light, ence of ‘The Idol’s Eye” at the Columbia Theater this week will receive a miniature sweet and delicious. | easel portrait of that clever comedian up- on the exhibition of their seat coupons. AMUSEMENTS. Mertz’s, 11th and F, —= —J AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY i. as* PRICES. HN W. ISHAM’S OCTOROONS. Presenting @ program of unusual excellence, em- SPECIAL, .aeesam & SUNDAY NIGHT, AT 8, RAN D SACRED CONCERT. Next Week—A SOUTHERN ROMANCE. fe24-201t — TONIGHT. Lafayette Matinee Saturday. EVENINGS, 25c., 50c., 75e., $1 and $1.50. MATINEBS, 25c.! 500... T5e. ‘and $1. B. B. RICE’S PRODUCTION OF — LOE EE CSCO POOOEEIOOED The World’s Great PIANO RECITAL Blood Purifier is BY 3 Hood's Sarsaparilla, Which absolutely Cures every form of lirs. Hadden-Alexander t RAUSCHER’S, Conn. av: ‘G, FEB. 25, At nd L st., FRIDAY EVEN aT 1.00 Impure blood, from roop's Music Store. 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