Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, SPECIAL NOTICES. \ MEMORIAM. At a special mecting of the board of t the Corcoran Gallery of Art, held at ees 0 gallery butkdingy Thursday evening, February 24, the foi- had: weoran Gallery of Art, as- ke lowing proveedings were The trustees of the sembied in special meeting to appropriate action upon tle death of their colle Matthew W. Galt, desire to record in their proceedings the profetnd’ sorrow which they feel, and their high appreciation of the Iife and character of their late fellow-worker, and to that end adopt the following of the District ing all the Bern in Alexand: this District, on Oc with his’ father he Was a constant rters of a century. v her he in turn his sens, when a few years azo, century of active, creditable and suc- ipation, he r.tircd for well-earned re ‘As a business man he won not only well-deserves success, but the pect of the community in the commercial world where D. sod with the best for the best chiel be loved, solicitous for generous in its charities. its welfare, th ‘As a man bis personal character was beyond re- and as husband, preach, fainer and friend his werm heart appreciation in the affection and the loyal rd of a wide zens of Washington, this Institution. “Me. Corcoran, at his death, Kft @ memorandum suggesting Mr. Galt as one of the rsons to be selected for a vacancy in this board, in pursuance © ich suggestion Mr. Galt was alected a trustee on the 21 day of March, 1892, and faithfully and zeatously discharged his duties as a member of this body ap to the time of his death ‘The secretary of the board is directed to plac the foregoing minute upoa the records of the lery and to transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. with the assurance of the re- spectful sympathy of the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of A:t. <i HE ANNUAL MEETIN = STOC TYelders of the NAT E INSURA! OMPANY OF THE STATES ERICA for the election of directors of said Washington, . 180K, "at 10 o'clock aH. NY THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT 1 withdrawn from the Capital Engineeri am not responsible for any bilts by said company. E. W. February 1. 1808. ALL POLICY HOLD: MUTU serve > ie will do well to send their names and addresses to W. A. ROOKS, Room 20, Wyett bldg. ~ “IE never disappoint. e25-2r° bit teo soon for your mnecment. No mat ter how large or small you de- sire it—whether It is to contain two or forty-two pages—sou'd best let us get it out for you. Some very original and artistic ideas are at your disposal. Punctuality is our forte. BYRON S. ADAMS, “Prempt’’ Printer. fe25-14d 2 11th : exquist thing called st: ctiy apparent in KEEN § exclusive tailor ing. Tailor, 1310 Fst. Doubling Up! thousand thanks to all kind friends. ve doubled our business the past ve made ‘angements to in this spri d our stock and doubled A ¥ you spare a minute to get ac- quainted with the new spring trouser- ings, suitings and top-coatings that came in today? Same moderate prices for the. same Same old motto: superlative qualities. No fe25-16if Come to us for Blank Bonks. We'll fill your wants ‘to the let- ter. If we haven't just the size or shape or ruling that your busi- hess requires in car regular stock —it won't take us long to maie the _becks to order. TrWe are noted for PRICES. & Rupp, 421 11th St GEO. V. SLOAT. Sup't. OLD DOMINION STEAM- SHIP CO., writes as follows: allahan’s Steam-jJoint Cement has made tight joints where all other material has failed. and it has my highest consideration for 1 joint work."’ This is, indeed, “praise from ." for Mr. Sloat 4s one of the finest en iIneer experts of America. Callahan's Sveam- Jot Cement is for sale only at HARDWARE. John B. Espey, iarpware fe25-1od Still 20 per TileShop, Selling | cent 520-22 Andirons. off. | 13th st. Low Easton fe25-14d METROPOLITAN RAILROAD ‘Washington, D. C., Feb. 17, 1898. Notice is bereby given that the books’ for the trapsfer of stock will be closed from February 18 to the 28th. inclusive. G. B. COLEMA fe19,21,23,25,28 YLUMBIA RAILWAY ¢€ ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Columbia Rallw: for the election of seven directors to serve the ensuing yes ut the office of the company, 500 Fl. on TUESD ave. me, at 12 o'cloek noo March 8, 1898. Books for the transfer will be closed from March 1 to March 8, both inclusive. ‘THEODORE J. KIN fe24-2w Secretary. SPIRITUALISM WONN'S HALL, 721 6TH ST. n.w., FRIDAY NIGHT. Also Fi during the day at 905 H st. nw. GAULE of Baltimore, the great fe24-20° TRE COLUMBIA Ti NY HAS “Bell Co.,"" and are pushing thelr bill In Congress. Telephone sub- ribers will please not complicate matters by ing other contract 3t fe: Tlagazines bound in leather, 75c. vol.™as * free. HODGES, BOOKBINDER, 511 9TH ST. fe24-6a POT! “ON THE iz Why should you send to Baltimore or New York for new Store and Office Fix- tures, when we've Just as pretty de- signa’ to ct_from, and yet quote lower pric We'll be glad to send a man up to take measurements and sub- mit estin ate. THOS. W. SMITH, Ist & Ind "Phone 217. Mon . foot of 4th e. "Phone 551. “On the minute promised.” There isn’t anything in the whole art typographic that 1 cannot do in first-class fashion,” Frou, Briefs to Book! uarantee work with char- beter and individuality in it. Find out by "phon- Ing 1679 how little I ask. NOT. ELLIOTT—S06—10th st, fe23-14d JACKSON DEM fal i por be held in rlor Metrope 30 o'clock FRIDAY ENING. February’ 2h, Every ber is requested to be present. JAMES L. mem NORRIS, President. fe21 R NAT SARDO, Secretary. Late professor Dr. Fred. F. Daly, i¢¢ pote Washington Dental College—late profeseor of dental presthesty and demoustrator in charge, National University. VE Daly will from now on devote his entire ine ‘attention to irate - Will be found at his realdence. S18 KGa: an ® to 12 a.m. from 1307 E'St. rok dame = office, ° _SEVEN COTTAGES t “BERKELEY” ¢, ‘well delight — as well as fal Srink. $1. full ‘Tharp's, aw. t- $1.00 2 quart at Jas. 812 Fat. fel7-104 DON’T ORDER YOUR MANTELS OR TILE Work until you see my stock; 80 different styles of oak and white mantels to select from: 20 different styles of slate mantelx and cabinets: convince yourself as to prices; goods and matship guaranteed; over 30 years’ eal rience. 4 . iE, 3m 716 13th st. b.w. Art Students’ League, work: Drawing aod painting Tess watlque and Ut and pafnting nd life. eginylal pesizhine: Somposicion, eats cnt a chin sptcial and evening dsr-«. Abatomy ond walled. fet-Im Life Insurance ¥For,1%¢, Klooitte = Life Insurance policies bought and money haved — T. D. HADDAWAY, 521 14th st. a.w. |FOR REST ON SUNDAY | | Hearing in Committee on a Local Measure. WARMLY URGED AND OPPOSED {An Exhaustive Discussion of the Bill. |GIST OF THE ARGUMENT wee The Sunday rest bill (House bill 1075) was the subject of a hearing today b2fore a subcommittee of the House District cum- mittee, consisting of Representatives Shan- | nen, Sprague, Peters and Cowherd. ‘The bill provides that it shall not b2 law- ful for any person to keep open any place of business or maintain a stand for the sale of any articles of protit during Sunday, ex- cept venders of books or newspapers, and apothecaries for the disp:nsing of medi- cines; and undertakers for the purpose of providing for the dead, or others for the Purposes of charity or necessity; nor shall any public playing of foot ball, or bas2 ball, or any other kind of playing, sports, Pastimes or diversion, disturbing the peace and quiet of the day, be practiced by any Person or persons within the District of Columbia on Sunday; nor shall any build- ing operations or work upon railway cen- struction be lawful wpon that day. Violations of the law shall be punishable by a fine of from $5 to $530. However, It shall be a sufficient bar to a prosecution for labor on the first day of tne week that the defendant uniformly keeps another day of the week as a day of rest, aud that the labor complained of was done in such a manner as not to disturb other persons in observing the first day of the week as a day of rest. This act shall not be construed to pre- vent the sale of refreshments other than malt or spirituous liquors, or to prevent the sale of malt or spirituous liquors as now provided for by law, or tobacco, cigars, railroad er steamboat tickets, or the collec- tion and delivery of baggage. Mr. Crafts Submits an Argument. Mr. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent of the reform bureau, appeared in behair of the bill. He submitted to the committee a printed syllabus of his arguments, as fol- lows: “This bill fs exactly what the District Commissioners recommended in a letter to District committees of Congress, dated May 12, 1896. Such a bill was asked for by a_ representative union meeting of the churches of the District on December 9, 1895. And by Archbishop John J. Keane in a published letter dated March 16, 1896. Father D. J. Stafford also indorsed it in a published letter dated February 8, 1897. Such a law had previously been asked for by Cardinal Gibbons in a letter dated De- cember 4, 1888, published in Senate Docu- ment No. 43, Fiftieth Congress, second ses- sion, page 18, in which he indorsed a peti- tion to Congress to stop Sunday work (save works of necessity and charity) In its whole jurisdiction, including the District of Co- Jumbia. “This bill is in harmony with resolutions of the American Federation of Labor at the 1866 convention. The Knights of Labor and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in their international conventions of 1888, asked for such a law by unanimous peti- tions to Forty-third Congress. The main portion of the bill, which forbids unneces- sary Sunday traffic, is but a reproduction of a law enacted by the city council of Washington when it was self-governing, in December, 1964, and observed with good effect and general approval for twenty-two years, until on July 5, 1887, it was discov- ered in re Stamford that the mayor at the time of its enactment had inadvertently failed to sign it. So far as this main por- tion of the bill 1s concerned, Uongress is only asked to correct a clerical error. In the Sunday. laws of the District there is a span gone. Congress is not asked to enter upon a@ new class of legislation (it has al- ready enacted four District Sunday laws), but only to complete an unfinished job. “The provision forbidding disturbing ‘pub- lic amusements” (privacy is not invaded) is really only a part of the law against traffic, for selling amusements is a business which must stop with the rest. This provision, in substance, is in force in most of the states, all of which, save Idaho, protect the weekly rest by law. The bill is asked for not on, the ground tirat the District is far gone in Sunday traffic, but on the ground that such traffic is increasing, and that it is easier to Frevent than to repent, as clerks are learn- ing toc late in Chicago and Milwaukee and many other places, where their efforts at deliverance from Sunday slavery have en- countered a fixed rabit of Sunday trading. “There is on file in the District building a Mst of forty-three places which 1 found opea on Sunday morning, March 24, 1806, walking from the Capitol up Pennsylvania avenne to 7th street and up 7th to E, in- ctucing sever. gents’ furnishing stores, one tailor, one jeweler, six grocers, one book store, etc. Four investigators sent out by the Churchrar’s League the next Sund: filed similar prcofs that the law is needed. He alzo qveted a decision of the United States Supreme Court, which, he claimed, upholds Sunday faws. Mr. Gordon for Charchman’ Mr. William A. Gordon followed, in behalf of the bill, representing the Churchman’s League, an organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He said that the league had become aware of the violation of the Sabbath in the city, and, after making in- veetigation, a meeting of churchmen and laity of all denominations was called, at which the necessity for remedial legislation was set forth. The pending bill, he said, was an vutcome of that meeting: He said the league does not ask that the liberties of any man shall be curtailed, but that the Sabbath shall be preserved from profana- lion. He held that Sunday ts distinguished from other days of the week by various laws and municipal regulations. Mr. Gordon said that investigations by the Churchman’s League had shown an alarming increase in Sunday opening of business places within the last few years. Mr. W. P. Young said the people of Wash- ington want Congress to make the nationai capital the model city of the country. Gen. Birney Opposes the Bill. Gen, William Birney appeared in oppo- sition to the bill. He began his argument with the statement that a person convicted before the Police Court of the District, in lieu of a fine, ts compelled to work on the chain gang at the rate of 331-3 cents a doy. He said this was a chain-gang law. It would apply to at least three religious sects in this District, the Seventh Day Baptists, the Second Day Adventists and the Hebrews. Many of the followers of these sects, Gen. Birney said, are poor pecple, and if they are convicted they are Mable to chain-gang sentences rangiag from fifteen days to five mont “This is meant to be a chain-gang law,” said Gen. Birney to Mr. Crofts, “and it will be enforced as such. nt these peo- ple to believe as you do and act as you want them to act on Sunday, and if they den’t you wil] clap them in the chain gang. And all this, you say, in behalf of brother- ly love and Christianity.” Gen. Birney held that this bill proposes~ @ new departure in legislation for the Dis- trict. He said there was an old law of King Charles II row_on the statute books of the District of Columbia which con- served the Sabbath, but in such a manner that by common consent it was not en- forced. “It 1s on a par,” said Gen. Birney, “with an old English law, also on the statute beoks of the District of Columbia, which provides that a member of the Unitarian sect, upon declaring his religion, shall be fined £40 or imprisoned six months; upon the second offense he shall be bored through the tongue with a red-hot iron, ard upon the third offense shall be put to — aes SPECIAL NOTICES. DR. McMASTER'S VETERINARY HOSPIT. 1205-7 @ st. Es B.w.—Open day night. and fczamiuing’ as fo sounavess Bib. Veterkaavlan, Prop. "Phone. 195. asia through independent slate. writings, fel8-aw* Geath. That law has never been repealed.” Contin » Gen. Birney said this bill was born of the hate of the church people for opposing sects, the most odious kind of hate of which man 1s capable. “I suppose,” said Gen. Birney, “that these people have designed this bill out of their sense of Christian |: 2. God save me from having any of their Uhristian love di- Tected tow: me!” H. C. Kirk in Opposition. Mr. Hiland C. Kirk, president of the Secu- lar League, opposed the bill. He said the members of this league are fully as moral as any churchgoing people in this city. In fact, he said, secularism means the promo- tion of morality hese and now. He said this was a dangerous bill. It was the open- ing wedge in a movement to bring religion into affairs of state. The bill looks harm- less, he said, but is sinister in purpose. W. A. Croffut in Opposition. Mr. W. A. Croffut opposed the hill. He said the impression has been sent broadcast over this country recently that Washington is a turbulent city on Sunday. People are told that Washington is a bad city, and the persons who are responsible for this im- pression are now engaged in an cffort to bring light and gladness into this benighted community. “Who oppose this bill?” asked Mr. Crof- fyt. “‘All the Jews of the country, all the Seventh-day observers, all the spiritualists, and, I believe, three-fourths of the Chris- tians and the labor unions. “Who favor this bill? Chiefly clergymen, the men who of all others do the principal part of their work on Sunday. It seems strange that they should want other men to rest on the day that they have to work. I do not see any blacksmiths or carpen- ters or other workingmen here in favor of this bill.” He said he had talked yesterday with officials of the labor unions, and they op- posed the bill. They said that some en- tire unions had to labor on Sunday. Geo. B. Wheeler's Reasons. Elder Geo. B. Wheeler of tne Seventh Day Adventists opposed the bill. He said the church bells make a noise on Sunday and disturb the day of rest. Unless the bill should discriminate between a religious noise and a secular noise, the churches and the drum corps of the Salvation Army weuld come uncer this bill. He said that a law in Tennessee, stmilar to this one, had caused the arrest of 120 persons, the conviction of 78, who suffered fines and imprisonment. Mr. Wheeler quoted some recent utter- ances of Mr. Crafts on Sabbath breaking. “The point of it was,” said Mr. Wheeler, “that although there is not a word of Scrip- ture from beginning to end to support it, Mr. Crafts denounced the people who do not observe his Sabbath as traitors to God and their religion. He did that at a meet- ing where a resolution of sympathy for the Seventh Day Adventist martyrs of Tennes- see was voted down.” Rev. Mr. Lewis’ Views. Rey. Mr. Lewis of the Seventh Day Bap- tists opposeé the bill, not for what it means here, he said, but for what it may mean in the future. He opposed the bill, he said, in behalf of Christianity itself. Gen. Birney said that this bill applies to little children under fourteen years of age who may engage in innocent pastimes on Sunday. It applies to the boys in the Catholic colleges, who are permitted to play base ball in their college grounds Sunday afternoons. He claimed that the Catholics are against this kind of a bill. The bill applies to livery stables and ho- tels, too, for that matter. If they could get a punctilious judge on the bench that bill could be enforced against the hotel keepers. Mrs. Ellis Favors the Bill. Mrs. M. D. Ellis of the World’s W. C. T. U. favored the bill. Ske said that she rep- resented an organization largely composed of mothers, and in behelf of them she asked for this bill. She wanted Sunday preserved so that greed could not be per- mitted to enslave workmen so that they were deprived of their day of rest. She had petitions, she said, from all sections of the country in favor of the Sunday rest 1. Mr. Gordon controverted Gen. Birney's statement that Congress had not legislated tm_behalf of Sunday for the District. He quoted an act of the Forty-third Congress rroviding that the police shall enforce the Sunday laws of the District. Mr. Crafts followed Mr. Gordon in fur- ther elaboration of that point. He Saft that. Congress had made four Sunday laws. It is only desired 1 ow to replace one pro- viding enforcement which had dropped out by lack of the mayor's signature years ago. Mr. Crafts went on to say that this move- ment was not altogether a religious one. The Churchman’s League is composed of business men. “I am pushing many reforms,” sald Mr. Crafts, “reforms in divorce, purity, tem- perance and gambling, and they are not supported wholly by ministers.” Mr. Crafts teok issue with Mr. Croffut on the statement that labor unions oppose this bill, He said that workingmen advocate the bill, and he does not believe Mr. Croffut could find one labor union in the country cpposing the bill. The locomotive engineers are enthusiastic in its favor. In conclusion, he said his chief motive ia advocating this law was not to promote any theological view, but to protect the work- iugman by suspending his work one day in the week. In response to a question, Mr. Crafts said that he devotes the greater part of his sal- ary to his work of referm; that he had given up @ salary of $4,200 a year as min- is.er te accept half as much as superinten- dent of the reform bureau, and he does not take more than one year’s salary out of three for himself. ———o ADMITTED TO BE A TRICK. The German Charge That American Fruit is Infected. Consul General Mason, at Frankfort, has written to the State Department in regard to the German decree prohibiting the im- pcertation of fruit from the United States. Speaking of the injury to the large and growing trade of Germany in American fruits, which has been built up by years of effort and enterprise, he says: “The German press and public generally recognize in the decree simply another ecncession to the agrarian party, which seeks by such means to cut off the compe- tition of American fruits, which, through their superior quality and cheapness, hav> now attained a commanding position in the German market. From the latest available statistics, it appears that the total impor- tations of fresh fruits—mainly apples—from the United States to Germany in 1897, not- withstanding ths short supply and high prices of the past seagon at home, were 22,740,300 pounds, against 17,204,220 pounds in 1896; while the imports of dried and pre- served American fruits aggregated 30,270,- 440 pounds in 1897, against 18,506,620 pounds in 1806, “It is to be remarked that neither in Ergland, Belgium, Holland, nor in any of the other European countries which im- pert American fruits, have any dangerous parasites or chemical adulterations been discovered. Th2 Frankfurter Zeitung, com- menting upon the recent decree, expresses the general sentiment as follows: “With all du2 respect to the efforts which are being made by every branch of German agriculturists to protect them- selves from the invasion of various en mies, one cannot escape the conviction that the Am>rican tree louse is now playing the same role that the American trichina played for so long a time, and it is hoped, by means of this trick, to ward off and ex- clude another important foreign competi- tion to German agriculture. During the recent. agrarian debates in the .retchstag, some complaint was heard against the tree louse, and the government then announced that was considering measures to avert the danger. It seems to have adopted the radical remedy of a prokibitory decree. The conditions of commercial politics in Ame: ca will not be improved by such mzans, — eo Successor to Water Registrar. The District Commissioners have under consideration the appointment of a suc- cessor to the late Water Registrar Beall, and the name of_the appointee is expected to be announced in a few days. Mr. George F. Green, the chief clerk of the water reg- istrar’s office, is acting. water registrar, as he has been for the past several months, and he {s generally regarded as the most probable successor to Mr. Beall. It is re- Commissioners to ir. Green, although Justice the Peace Joha ‘O'Donnell ts understood to be a ed fight Yor the ; making a determin Mr. 3. W. Cross, a: clerk in-the ‘offlee, Io also’ an applicant for the appointment, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898-16 PAGES, THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP, ~ai in i | EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., or lices of equal air pressure, equal temperature, drawn for barometer, Small arrows fly with the wind. A a. an ies ‘TSth meridian time. Solid lines are isobars, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lnes are trotherms, or lines of each ten degrees. Shaded during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and “Low” areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen show location of areas of high and low Fan Colder Weather Indieatea for Tomor- row Morning. Forecast till 8: p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir- ginia, fair tonight and Saturday; colder Saturday morning; northwesterly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm has remained nearly stationary in Ontario and has caused light snow in the lake regions. The second storm remains off the north Pacific coast. It has grown warmer in the Rocky moun- tain regions and colder in the lake regions and the middle and upper Mississippi and Red River of the North valleys. The weather will probably clear in north- ern New England and will be generally fair elsewhere east of the Ohio valley and in the southern states. It will grow colder Saturday morning in the lower lake region, the upper Ohio valley and in the middle and north Atlantic states. The following “heavy precipitation (in inchesy was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Los Angeles, 1.10. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 5:12 a.m. and 5:50 p.m.; high tide, 11:13 a.m. and 11:37 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:50 a.m. and p.m.; high tide, 11:54 a.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 639 a.m.; sun sets, 5:48 p.m. Moon sets, 11:23. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6:38 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:56 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 5:46 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 6:41 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:01 a.m. Condition of the Watcr. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 37; cond! tion, 6; receiving reservoir, temperature, 39; condition at north connection, 2; condition at south connectioi distributing reser- voir, temperature, condition at influent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, 10. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yesterda: 4p. 50; 8 p.m., 44: mid- night, 4 a.m., 34; 8 a.m., 36; noon, 44: 2 p.m. Maximum, 50, at 4 p.m. Feb- roary minimum, 32, at 6 a.m. February 25. ‘The following were the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: 4 p.m., 29.95; 8 p.m., 29.94; 12 midnight, 30.00. 4 a.m., 30.00; 8 a.m., 30.02; noon, 29.99. 2 p.m., 20.96. COMPLETE AND WELL BALANCED. The Saturday Star This Week and Some of Its Contents. The big Saturday Star this week will be an unusually complete and well-balanced edition. Fact, fiction, fashion and fancy will each be given a fair share of attention and all classes of readers will find a great deal to their liking. The ‘nterest manifested just now in the matter of our national defenses lends time- liness as well ds‘sfgnificance to several ar- Ucles dealing pith, various features of Uncle Sam's rew-mavy. Noteworthy among these {s an article byva well-known author- ity on high explosives, in which he discusses all the circumstances of the Maine disaster, reaching the conclysion that the wreck could only have been. accomplished through the agency of submarine mine. i The near appfoach of spring brings to the minds of all women thoughts of new clothes to fit the season, and for the gentler sex The Star tomorrow -will have particular in- terest, as it witl’contain-letters:from fash- fon correspcndents in New York and Eu- rope, handscmely Mustrated. _ ° In the matter of fiction, The Star tomor- row will be well up to the high standard it has set for itself. In addition to the regular weekif installment of Rider Haggard’s seri- al, “Elissa, there will be a capital short story from the pen of W. A. Fraser, en- titled “The Eye of a God.” Among the articles of parti¢ular merit may be mertioned the following: NOT AN ACCIDENT (illustrated). John P. Holland, the inventor of the fa- mous submaring boat, hes written. an article on some of the features of the Maine Gisaster, arguing that the facts entirely fit the mine theory. MATTER OF CLOTHES (Mustrated). ‘The Star’s New York correspondent writes on a subject that is always of more or less interest to women; passing of the big sleeves. RICH PUBLIC MEN (illustrated). Frank G. Carpenter retails some pleasant gossip about well-known statesmen and others who have handsome homes in Washington, NAVY SIGNAL SERVICE (Illustrated). How ship commanders send secrets across the water; it is now a matter of science; messages can best be sent at night. A STYLISH BLOUSE (llustrated). Designed for, traveling or dressy morning wear. Fashion hints for early spring from the leading costumer of St. Peters- burg. LAND OF THE CZAR. A claim that the revolutionary moyement in Russia is dying out, owing to the amicable relations that exist between the goverrment and the, people there. EQUAL TO THE BEST. A refutation of the statement recently made in Europe that the standard of discipline maintained in our navy is not as high as.$t ought to’ be. Written for ‘The Star by an ex-chief petty officer on board’a man-of-war. AMBITION. AND ;WORK. W. H. Cranep'th¥ well-known actor, says two requisites to suc- ss advice that is equally g004 in oteea te of life. WEDDINGS "FN. ‘PARIS. From beginning jo end they are stirring affairs; the French idea of matrimony. A bright pid f€aduble letter from Ster- Ing Saupe it OVER MILES 0% WIRE. Some of thé°queé? messages that are sent by long-aigtants telephone and the big sums thatjareqaid for short talks. an Ad PURIFYING: RIVERS. A descriptigit,of°methods that have met with success in, Europe and of the sys- tem of infiltration in operation at Rheims, s < California Gets a Rain. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., February 25.— CONDENSED LOCALS. A horse attached to a cab driven by John Lee ran away near lita and C streets about 2:30 o'clock this morning. The cab was up- set and the driver injured. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital by Policeman Hartley. The District Commissioners have Inform- ed the presidents of the District street rail- way companies that under the provisions of the act of June 10, 1896, the annual re- ports of the companies must be submitted directly to Congress, The stable cf Eugene Lucas, in South Washington, was entered yesterday and robbed. Mr. Lucas reported to the police that a hundred pounds of waste paper, a pair of gloves, some cut hay and a hatchet were stolen, An electric light wire caused a slight fire at the store of Samuel Solomon, corner of 7th and D streets southwest, yesterday af- ternoon. No. 4 Engine Company was called to the building, but there was nothing for the firemen to.do, as the flames had been extinguished before their arrival. Jane Johnson, colored, aged fifteen years, Was today convicted of incorrigibility be- fore Judge Kimball and was committed to the reform school. Recorder of Deeds Cheatham will address the National Congressional Lyceum at Qdd Fellows’ Hall, M street northwest, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Another libel suit to recover wages al- leged to be due was filed today against the dredging boat Union Dredging Co. No. 1. The bill was presented by Jacob Sea- man, formerly employ2d as deck hand on the boat. Edward Harris, colored, today pleaded guilty before Judge Scott of snatching a pocket book from Miss Catharine D. Moore yesterday morning, and was held in $500 bail for the action of the grand jury. For stealing twe pecks of coal, valued at 6 cents, from the. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Thomas Elliott, a small colored boy, was today fined $5 by Judge Scott. The accused admitted his guilt, and, in defeult of payment of the fine, went to Jail for fifteen days. >— Claims Damages. Suit at law to recover $20,000 damages has been instituted by Charles P. Young ard Arnie Young against Clinton C. Cushing and Jennie W. Cushing. False arrest and malicious prosecution are charged. Mrs. Young, it is stated, was recently tried and acquitted in the Police Court on charges of larceny preferred by Mrs. Cush- ing. Mrs. Cushing, it is explained, engaged Mrs. Young some time ago as a companion, end the latter, having voluntarily accepted the employment to assist her husband, who is detained in the south on account of yel- low fever and has suffered recent reverses, left Mrs. Cushing, as she did not think she ‘was treated properly. Mrs. Cushing had Mrs. Young arrested, it Is set forth, and detained at police head- quarters. Mr. C. S. Welton is the attorney for Mrs. Young. . INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. EEE AA RSARRORTHUNTAARARARE DEER AREER REED EE RRO HEED GE FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Halls). FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Officcs) FOR RENT (Pianos). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALE (Hocses). FOR SALE (Lots).. FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS. . PEC ete er iter eter eter eeet et et tie id FINANCIAL. eS ~ KLOND President and General Ma - . Vice President and Alaskan Field Manager. {Vice President of the Yukon Order cf Secretary, asurer, HON. JOHN HON. G. CAVALIERE Mi F. W. DAVIS, HIRAM VROOMAN ‘The compaay will carry on extensive which’ has been proven capable of treat! @ thousand ‘This FINANCIAL. ae YUKON and COPPER RIVER = COMPANY. Inccrporated under the laws of the State of Montana. Main Office, Helena, Mont. Central Office, 132 Washington Loan aud Trast bidg., Washington, DC. ager. HON. D. 1. OFFICERS: a MORPHY, Office, 941 F street, Washington VROOMAN of SUMME Dawson Clty Yukon district.) DAVIS, Wholesale Merchant, Mini Somer U5, 8, Commulssioner of Menstons €. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS: L. WILSON, MEIKLEJO! 8. BLACKBURN, former U MURPHY, former U. 8. OMAN. TN. GG! IC) Whol of ted States Senstor—Stete of Washington. Assistant Secretary of W: War, ted States Senator from Keritecky, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. former President 1. B. and W. Railroad, for 11 years a reside of NL W. Territory. Knight of the Crown of Italy, Naples. jesale Merchant, Minneapolis, Minn. Maryland, Office, Wasbingten, D. C. PRIMARY OBJECT--DREDGING. acer mining operetions with steam dred xnecessfully more gold-bearing sands ai men are now doing with their present facilities. CANADIAN GRANTS. company has Paid for and secured from the Caradian government exclusive leases for gredging about fitty miles of the various rivers in the very center of the richest gold discover! os Jondike region. _ _U. S. Mail Contract--We Have it for 4 Years. ‘This mails from FOUR Y¥! this com, pushed, and the ship will shcrtly sail for Se: com attle, Wash. EARS, beginning July 1, 1868. pany, and which will probably be th ny bas been awarded, ty, the United States government, the contract to i ay. and intermediate points on the Alaskan e building of the *" e fastest steamship in the world. attle. Flying Dutchman,” the proper! fs being © THE CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD COMPANY. Advices have just bee of this company effected Secondary objects are: Trading and transportation, the development of other minerals which exist in vast quantities in’ Alusl n received that on the 234 instant the President and & consolidation with the New ford, the famous army scout and mining proxpector. Cepper River Co. valuable mini ford to lead the first expedition. York company, headed by This secures to the Kl Yukon and Ke, ing properties on Minook Creek and the services of Capt. Jack Cran. SECONDARY OBJECTS. Prospecting, lumbering, coal mining, and ka. LIMITED AMOUNT OF STOCK FOR SALE. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors it only 150,000 shares of the stock. company Nites should make ther information uj for the approaching season. request. with cash, certified check, or post office order. coll upon ‘or address the company's office, 132 Washington Loan and Trust Building, Washington, D. C. Balance will remain in ‘The first 50,000 ehares ct $3 per abare; par ¥; The receipts from this amount of stock are considered ample Persons intending to subscribe fo of RLY application, as the demrnd is becoming vers qutyct the was determined to place upon the market the treasury. They are offered as follows: . $10. to carry out all the plans ct ng very activ Stock certiticate will be promptly ‘Glled “out <n cocaipe “ For further information and latest | proapec-us 52d Annual Statement OF THE Connecticut I Mutual Life nsurance Company of NET ASSETS, Jamaary 1, 1607 For: Premiums. For Interest Proft and For claim ‘Commissions aminers* ing, Adi gal, Hartford, Conn. -- $00,981,671 61 RECEIVED Loss 961.744 33 $08,945,415 94 DISBURSED IN 11 fees, Print- vertixing, Le- Real Estate and BAL ANCE NET ASSETS, Dee. 31, SCHEDULE OF ASSETS. Loans upon Heal Estate. fret lien. ..$33,045.673 08 is. Loans upon Stocks and Bon 2.400 00 983,315 72 Premium Notes on Policies 1 Cost of Real Estate owned the Company... = 9,840,914 84 Cost of Bond: + 15.924.674 25 Cost of Bank and Railroad Stocks. 473.504 16 Cash in Banks. . 5 Bills receivable. 4. Less Agents’ Credit Balances ADD Interest erved Rents due and accrued. Market ‘value of stocks a Policies, al other" SURPLUS. JACOB L. JOHN M. TAYLOR, Vice Prest. EDWARD M. BUNCE, Secretary. DANIEL H. WELLS, Actuary. $61,408, due and ac- é $1,029,649 71 15,962 49 2 uired to re- Insure all outstanding net, Com- jtandard...... abilities. GREENE, President. A. H. GIBBS, General Agent, 918 F Street N. . WASHINGTON, D. C. it ~ W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, Ge6-164 1427 F Street. Coriespendents of LADENBUEG, THALMANN « o., New York. Money at5 PerCent toLoan On real estate in District tyne’ Belem ©f Columbia, No de- & McLERAN, 1008 ¥ at. YOU TIRED OF DULL ry feiz-stt CLEVELAND PARK. The National Saf: Deposit, Savings an¢ Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Ctartered by special act of Congress, Jai And acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb. 1 Capital: OneMillion Dollars, SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum apward. Securities, je » Silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trank or case Ken on deposit at moderate cost, SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS up- ward, and interest allowed cn $3 and above, Loans money on seal estate and collatertl: security. TRUST DEPARTMENT. This company is @ legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts ox administratér, executor, receiver, assignee and executes Uusts of all kinds. Wills prepared competent attorney in daily attendance, OFFICERS: THOMAS BR. JONES. E. FRANCIS Ric W. RILEY DEED ALBERT L. GEORGE HOWARD. CHARLES E. NYMA’ WOODBURY BLAIR. GIST BLAIR... fe25-7t This Bank is For Workfolk. Men and women who work for wages. Its buel- Mess hours are made to suit their convenience —ite methods are design-d to anticipate smd to belp them. Even the youngst will find assistance 16- developing thrift. To start an account—even es suall a sum $1 is sufficient. All information on the savings subject is to be liad for the asking Union Savings Bank—1222 F St. fe21-15d. Thomas P. Morgan, Life Insurance and Annui- ties. ASSETS OF COMPANY OVER OFFICE 1333 F ST. fe16-3m,14 Telepbone 1126. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSO- CIATION. IN OPERATION SIXTEEN YEARS. Asnets.@. $1,774,779.25 Liabilities... 1,631,794.59 Surplus 142,984.86, Doing more business than ever before. Owing to the cheapness and abundance of money we ‘have voluatarily ceduced the rate of interest to those borrowing from us. We are paying 5 per cent per annum to the depositors, payable every quarter. These reduced rates of interest to bor- Towers and depositors are greatly to the advantage of the association and makes our already strong pesition still stronger, and yet affording a very satisfactory profit to the members. Our aggregate of profits last year were $124,382.27 aud our ex- penses $12,170.00, or less than 10 per cent, while 4 cost the other finsncial institutions of the city 34 or 35 per cent of their earnings to pay thelr Tunning expenses. See the difference? ©. C. DUNCANSON, President. - JOHN COOK, Secretary. 506 11th st. Notes Secured by First Deeds of Trust on: Washington City Real Estate, Bearing Six Per Cent Interest, For Sale at par. Arms & Drury, 810 F St. N. W. ‘WM. B. Gi |. V. BARROSS.. }URLEY. a. GURLEY & BARROSS, HUNTER, COOPER & Cco., : Local. and ‘Fou “elephowe Seo. F Trust Officer tstaut Trust Oficer felé-1m Prnate Wire to: Now wear ieim C. T. Havenner, ROOMS 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, AKD ADAMS BUILDING, 1233-1335 F ST. N.