Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR S5UILDINGS, T16] Pears ;lvaviy Azov, Sor, Lith 82, by. The Evaninz Star Newspaper Com 8. H. }cAUFFMANN. pres) Tew York Ofice. 49 Potter E The Exe eity Ly cal z red te sulscrivers ta the rs. ob their own a-count, at i0 cents o- 44 cect per monts. Copies at the cents each. By mail-answhere In the es or Canida—postage prepald—50 ceats ar is se matter.) na inst be pabl in advance. Rates of sdvertist de knowa on application. WASHINGTON, = Has = D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES GRADUATES IN LAW Seventy-Six Disciples of Blackstone Receive Their Degrees. FORTY-SIX POST-GRADUATES HONORED The Annual Commencement Exer- cises of Georgetown University. OF es AWARDS PRIZES Seventy-six young disciples of Black- stone, students of Georgetown University Law School, received their diplomas” last night and were sent forth in the world to prosecute the criminal, defend the right- eous and untangle many a legal Gordian knot. Forty-six men of more mature age, post-graduates, received higher degrees in their profession. The twenty-seventh annual commence- ment exercises of the law department of the famous old university were held last nt at the New National Theater, which was crowded to the topmost gallery with a fashionable audience. In the upper gal- lery were a large number of undergradu- ates, who kept the air lively with their col- lege yells and calls. The auditorium of the theater was profusely decorated with Amer- ican flags, red, white and blue bunting and green and white bunting, the whole inter- spersed here and there with blue and gray, the colors of Georgetown. acre = stage s handsomely set and i sented the appearance of a flower garden of rare beauty. Seats were arranged, in the midst of ferns and potted plants, for the graduates, members of the faculty and invited guests. On the right-hand side of the proscenium was draped an immense Cuban flag, while on the other side hung an American flag of equal size. In the cen- i a floral pair ter of the stage was suspend of just ales, the hanging baskets at either end of the jpporting ver being in- tertwined with minute red, white and blue incandescent lights. From the center of the scales hung a floral scroll, on which was | i in red, “Georgetown Uni si Law Department, * Calcium ef- fects enhanced the beauty of the rear set- tng of the stage. The Graduates Appear. It was but a few minutes after 8 o'clock when the graduates and post-graduates came on the stage and took their seats to the left. The candr s for diploma honors were attired in immaculate even- the left lapels of their coats decorated with a red boutonniere. post-gra » similarly attired, rr mark jon be a. white icre. a Band, which had al selections up to this time, orgetown — University er himse of patriot: reatest enthusiasm. pleasing to the cc when it was played t hoarse. The med ngled Ba in their ation, s nee were y prominent people, including repre- rs and sione The appe M C. Butler on the stage prolonged applause. Si a box. 3 urin were present, d Tyner, Judge Cole, ex-Commissioner ass and the prominent members of the faculty of the college. Change in Term of Study. Rev. Jerome Daugherty, S. J., presided over the exercises of the evening in the ab- atives of the judi ves, the District sence of Father Richards, who was not present on account of iilness. Father Daugherty announced that, beginning with the coming fall session, the degree of LL. B. would be confered by the college only on those students who had completed a three years’ course of study, instead of two years, as heretofore. This step was necessary, he said, to properly prepare the student for the rigorous exami quired nowadays before he is practice before the bar. It was also neces- sary to keep Georgetown in the front zank of the colleges of the country. Assist the secretary of the college, Mr. Samuel M. Yeatman, Father Daugher- ty conferred th on the graduates of law on the many favorite ed ovations as they w roll of parchment the more popt Martin T. chad of bachelor of law There were ses, who rei given the precious Latin inscribed. Among ar of the boys were Mr. Conboy and Mr. Fred both being gr with Me. Youmans’ Address. Following this ceremony the orchestra lered eral selections, and Mr. Jere ented t orator of the roy F. Youmans of South Youmans spoke at great rolina. Mr. ngth, toward the close of+his remarks rrupted time and again by the nts and audience. The ad- a gcod one, but the auditors d to regard it as very much too pro- ‘One more point and I am done,” finally lared the speaker. Then demonium broke loose in the audience. The boys cheered and the entire audience joined in making a fearful rack When the peaker concluded the applause was deafening. He was presented with a large basket of flower: Mr. Youmans spoke on political and eco- nomic questions and compared at some length the common law in vogue in many of the United States today with that in e in England at the beginning of present century. His address was re- te with legal terms and quotations, while e often discussed judicial decisions. The ©rater aroused some enthusiasm by speak- Ing of the present war, saying that in an emergen could put into the fleld an army of millions—superior in number to the army of Xerxes. They would not be men taken from the crowded cities and factories, as would be the case in Europe, but would be fresh from the fields—healthy and ready to fight. Speaking of the an- ces of the American people, he said we are the heirs of the best blood of the ages. The Awards. ‘The award of prizes was made by Mr. Wilson, who said: “A cash prize of $40 Is annually awarded to the author of the best essay upon any legal subject, among the members of the or class, and a cash prize of $40 to the author of the best essay on any legal sub- ject, among the members of the post-grad- uate class. A prize is furnished by Messrs. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. of Philadelphia of a set of ‘Smith's Leading Cases,’ to be awarded for the best essay in the senior post-graduate classes, combined. The ys offered in competition for these prizes referred to a committee consisting of rs. Edward H. Thomas and Henry P. and in accordance with their finding the prizes are awarded as follows: “Faculty cash prize of $40, to Mercer Hampton Magruder of Maryland, for the best esssy from among the members of the senior class. Subject: ‘The Law of In- junctions as Applied to Boycotts and Strikes. “Feculty cash prize of $40, to James Car ter Cook of Georgia, for the best essay from among the members of the post-grad- uate class. Subject: Causa.” i “Special prize of a set of ‘Smith's Lead- ing Cases,’ to Mercer Hampton Magruder of Maryland, for the best essay from among the members of the senior and post- graduate classes, combined. “A prize is also furnished by the Edward Thompson Company of Northport, Long Island, New York, of a set of the ‘Encyclo- pedia of Pleading and Practice,’ or a set of the ‘First Edition Encyclopedia of Law,’ or a set of the ‘Second Edition Encyclo- pedia of Law’ (as the student may elect) to the member of the school who shall write the best thesis on some legal sub- ject, to be assigned by the faculty. The subject selected by the faculty, was: ‘Thee Merits and Demerits of the System of Trial by Jury, and How the Last May Best be Remedied,’ The essays offered in competi- tion were referred to a committee consist- ing ot Messrs. Job Barnard and Leigh Rob- inson, and in accordance with their finding the prize is awarded to Bernhald F, Schu- bert of Missouri, a member of the junior class. ‘Donatio Mortis Class Prizes. “A cash prize of $50 to the member of the junior class maintaining the best average in recitations and examinations during the year. Awarded to William Curtin Wood- ald, M. D., of the District of Columbia. “A cash prize of $25 to the member of the junior class maintaining the second best average in recitations and examinations during the year. Awarded to Gerald Van Casteel of the District of Columbia. s » of $160 to the member of ntaining the best aver- age in r the y h Carolina prize of $50 to the member of class maintaining ‘the second best average in recitations and examina- tions during the year. Awarded to Martin of $50 to the member of the ss maintaining the best in recitation d examinations the year. Awarded to Michael J. ne of Massachusetts. “A cash prize of $25 to the member of the -graduate class maintaining the second average in recitations and examina- @uring the year. Awarded to Rudolph B. Behrend of the District of Columbia.” Those Who Received Degrees. The degrees were conferred as follows: Bachelor of laws—George Williams Alli- son, Georgia; Edmund J. Bach, A. M., W censin; Goundry W. Bingham, Alabama; Arthur Garnett Bishop, District of Colum- bia; James Daniel Bivins, North Carolina: John A. Boyd, A. M., Maryland; Waters E. Brown, District of Columbia; William H. J. Brown, Maryland; John K. I. Cody, New Jersey; Martin T. Conboy, New York; Charles F. Conlon, Connecticut: Dennis J. Connelly, New York; James Joseph Coo- ney, Pennsulvania; James C. Crawford, siana; William G. Crawford, Louis- Levi David, South Carolina; John Deneen, New York; Theodore H. Dessez, District of Columbia; Charles M. Doran, Virginia; Charles Hugh Duffy, trict of Columbia; Paul Warrington E District of Columbia; Andrew Robert Gordon : of Columbia; Harry Brightwell Fowler, Maryland; Joseph H. Freeman, B. S., Michigan; Edmund R. French, District ef Columbia: Frederick P. Gibson, A. B., Alabama; Frank Key Green, District of Columbia; Raphael N. Gwynn, District of Columbia; Joseph Edward Hall, Maine: Leo P. Harlowe, A. B., Virginia; James L. Herring, A. B., Alabama; William Henry Hitz, Ca District “of Jackson, Florid Alabama; Anderson B, Eugene Adolphus Logan, Emanuel $S. Luby, reer H. Magruder, A. B. Leonard H. Mattingly, Dis bia; Edgar Bryant I tin W. } Columbia; Richard William Henry Lacey, Mis- Michigan; Maryland; rict of Colum: t, Arkansas; Mar- 5 Michigan; John A. Ohio: John D. Normoyle, Norton, Michiga: aE vania; Winter Owens, ia; John Isaac Painter, A. B., lowa: Dennis Palmer, District of Columbia; Mun- sen D. Pardee, Connecticut; David B. Per- , North Carolina; Frederick E. Phillips, Illinois; Sidney R. Prince, A. B., Alabama: William J. Rich, B. S., Massachusetts; Wil- liam N. Roach, jr, A. B., Ni Thomas Mitchell Rogers, Missouri; ward Scanlon, A.B., District of Columbia; Frederick Schade, Virginia; Edwin H. Sharp, Iowa; Edgar Beverly Sherrill, North Carolina; Antonio J. Smith, A.M., Virginia; Edward D. Smith, A.B., Alabama; Frank E. Smith, B.P., Rhode Island; George M. Stackhouse, South Carolina; James Ray- mond Stafford, District of Columbia; Henry Clay Stier, jr., District of Columbia; Fred- erick S. Stitt, A.B., District of Columbia: iement S. Ucker, Ohio; Lemuel R. Via, Virginia; J. B. Fuller Walker, M.D., New Yerk; Patrick Joseph Walshe, District of Columbia; George A. Ward, Kansas; Ralph S. Warfield, Connecticut; Reuben Benjamin Watts,Alabama; Ben Temple Webster, New >. R. Yeatman, District of Columbia; Master of iaws.—J. Ray Adams, LL.B., Listrict of Columbia; William R. Andrews, LL. B., District of Columbi Ril T. Baker, LL. B., Ohio; Rudolph B. Behrend, LL. 1. District of Columbia; George E. Balisle, A. B, LL. B. Massachusetts; Bugené nan, jr, LL. B., New York; John B. LL. B., Pennsylvania; Justin Mor- Chamberlin, LL. B., Virginia; Benja- min M. Connelly, LL.B. Pennsylvania; James C. Cook, LL.E., Georgia harles F. Crosby, LL. B, Virginia; Patrick J. Done. gan, LL. B., Maryland; Clarence F. Dono- hoe, LL. B., District of Columbia Joseph R. Fague, LL. B., District of Columbia; Edward G. Farrell, LL. B., Connecticut: John L. Fogle, LL. B., West Virginia; HL Anton Heitmuller, LL. B., District of Co. lumbla; Frank 8. Holliger, LL. M.. Mis- sourl; Clinton James, LL. B., District of Columbia; Jacobus 8. Jones,” LL. I. Tennessee; Michael J. Keane, LL. B, Mas. sachusetts; George EB. Kerrigan, A: M., Lin B., Massachusetts; J: Edward Lewis’ Li. B., District of Columbia; Francis M. lowe, A. B, LL. 3B Alabama: Francis Carroll Mattingly, LL.B., Ken. tucky; George Perey MoGlue, LLi., Dis- trict of Columbia; Peter J, McLoughlin, A. B., LL.B. Massachusetts; James Henry Miller, LL-B., Kansas; Denny Montgomery, LL.B., Tennessee; William H. Nelms, Ili- Louis T. Noonan, A.B., LL.B. Mary- land; Harry M. Packard, LI.B., Ohio; Jos. W. Pearson, LL.B., District of Columbia; Solomon C.' Pool, LL.B., North Carolina: Henry F. Reilly, A-M., LL.B, Wisconsin Charles E. Roach, A.B), LL.B’, North Da kota; Hugh B. Rowland, LL.B’, District of Columbia; Joseph Salomon, LL.B., District of Columbia; Tecumseh G. Settie, LLB. Tennessee; Robert Preston Shealey, LIB Maryland; John Alfred Stagg, LL.B., Louis- iara; William Walter Stewart, D.D'S- LL. B., District of Columbia; Milton Str: ‘sbur- ger, LL.B., District of Columbia: Reeves T. Strickland, LL.B., New York; George EA. ward Tralles, LU'B., District of Columbia; Jcseph D. Wright, A.B., LL.B, Alabama. pei ade BUILDING OPERATIONS. District Inspector Submits Exhibit for Month of May. ‘The building inspector has submitted the following report for the month of May, 1898, of the building operations in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Permits were issued for the number and character of buildings as follow! Brick dwellings, 53, $204,050; frame dwell- ings, 7, $7,350; brick repairs, 50, $22,500.50; frame repairs, 40, $5,159; brick store and dwelling, 2, $5,500; store and apartment, 1, $6,000; stores, 3, $5,775; stables, 6, $7,050: engine and boilers, 2, $10,800; warehouse, 1. $1,000; workshop, 1, $1,950; stone lodge, 1, $1,500; conservatory, 1, $45; sheds, 20, 31,085; totals, 188 and $280,064.50. ‘The following summary will show the dis- tribution of improvements in the different sections of the city and the value of same: Buildings in county, $94,575; in northwest, $76,195; in southeast, $29,000; in southwest, $28,850; in northeast, $22,700; total, $252,320. Repairs in northwest, $10,091; in north- east, $8,690; in county, $5,055; in southwest, $2,885.50; In southeast, $2,045; total, $28, CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE Presidential Nominations for Office in the Army and Navy. Promotion of Dewey’s Captains for Gallantry at Manila Bay—Action Taken in Numerous Cases. The Senate yesterday afternoon confirm- ed these nominations: To be brigadier generals—Leonard W. Colby of Nebraska, Roy Stone of New York, Henry T. Douglas of Maryland, Har- rison Gray Otis of California, Lieutenant J. N. Andrews, 12th Infantry; Colonel R. P. Hughes, inspector general; Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Babcock, assistant adjutant general. First Regiment, Volunteer Engineers: To be lieutenant colonels—Captain G. W. Goth- als, Corps of Engineers. : To be majors—First Lieutenant J. 8. Seweil, Corps of Engineers; L. Duncan of Maryland, J. D. Ferguson of District of Columbia. Second Regiment,Volunteer Engineers: To be colonel—Willard Young of Utah, late captain, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A. To be majors—R. C. Savage of New York, Edward L. Pinckard of Alabama. To be division engineers of rank major— i . Kuhn, Corps of Engineers; - Lucas, Corps of To be comm R. Lee Lon nett of Arkans Fourth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry: To be lieutenant colonel—George Cole of Con- necticut. To be surgeon with rank of major—J. M. Henry of Pennsylvania. To be first tant surgeons with rank of first lieutenant—P. J. McGrath of Dis- trict of Columbia, C. S. Ford of West Vir- ginia. To be first lieutenants—J. V. Phillip of District of Columbia, B. Stark, jr., of Con- necticut. ata be captain—Oslan Latrobe of Mary- and. Fifth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry: To be surgeon with rank of major—S. Win- chester of Mississippi. To be first lieutenant—C. Briand, quar- aries with rank of major— reet of Georgia, E. S. Gar- termaster sergeant, 2d Cavalry; J. W. Wright of T see. Sixth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry— First Lieutenant A. S. Rowan, 19th U. 8. Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel. To be first lieutenants—H. Vandeventer of Tennessee, C. F. Spence of Tennessee. Eighth Regiment, Volunteer Infantr: To be surgeon with rank of major—Geo. T. Vaughan of the marine hospital service. Ninth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry: To be colonel—Captain C. J. Crane, 24th In- fantry. To be assistant adjutant general with rank of captain—D, Elkins of West Vir- ginia, now first lieutenant Ist West Vir- ginia Volunteer Infantry. To be assistant quartermaster, with rank of captain: J. H. McMillan of Michigan. To be additional paymasters: W. Mona- ghan of Ohio; M. B. Curry of Georgia; J. Stuart Wilkins of the District of Colum- bia; M. F. Sheary of New York; Second Lieut. W. Moses. 3d Cavalry; F. Bo: wick of New York; F. M. Rix of Arkans: Cc. A. Smylie of New York; James Camby of Colorado. To be chief commissary of subsis- tence, with rank of major: First Lieut. G. T. Bartlett, 3d_Artille J. D. Black of North Dakota; R. H. Fitzhugh of Penn- sylvania; W. M. Grinnell of New York. To be colonel: Capt. J. M. Lee, 9th In- fantry. To be commi tain: W. Larabe Handy of Delaware. To be chief quartermaster, with rank of major: Capt. G. Ruhlen, assistant quartermaster; Capt. E. B. Robertson, 9th Infantry. To be assistant quartermaster, with rank of captain: C. M. Forrest of the District of Columbia, Second Lieut. C. G. Sawtelle, ir., 2d Cavalry; C. D. V. Hunt of Vermont, First Lieut. J. A. Perry, 8th Infantry; First Lieut. A. W. Perry, 9th Cavalry. To be assistant adjutant general, with rank of lieutenant colonel: Capt. W. V. Richards, 16th Infantry. To. be assistant adjutant general, with rank of major: Capt. H. Ligget, 5th In- fantry; First Lieut. H. T. Allen, 2d Caval- ry. Assistant adjutant general, with rank of aptain: First Lieut. C. D. Rhodes, 6th Cavalry; W. G. Bates of New York, F. M. Page of Virginia. To be inspector general with rank of ma- jor: D. Vickers of Idaho. Also the advancement of captains and commznders of Admiral Dewey's squadron. H. Terrell to be attorney for the western district of Texas; D. C. Bailey, marshal district of Colorado; C. F. Leach, collector of customs Cuyahoga district, Ohio; M. Hahn, collector of customs district of Pam- lico, N. C. Postmasters: New York—J. A. Leggett, Troy; New Hampshire—Geo. P. Dustan, Peterborough. ———_—_+ e.____ ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT. ries, with rank of cap- ir., of low: J. B. Power House of the United States Company Nearly Completed. The smoke stack of the new electric plant of the United States Electric Lighting Company at 14th and B streets northwest is now completed and is a con- spicuous object. It towers to a height of 244 feet and is made of fron cast in sec- tions, and is similar in this respect to the one at the power house of the Capital Traction railroad. It is expected by the end of the present month the power house of the electric lighting company, as well as its equipment, will be completed. The old machinery now in use will be abandon- ed and the wires supplying the current to different portions of the city will be con- nected with apparatus just put in for generating electricity and the installation of the new plant will be completed. It is claimed for the new plant that it is modern and up to date in every particular. In the boiler room the fires are fed ‘auto- matically and the ashes are removed in the same vay. The machinery {s also oiled without the direct agency of human hands, and there are other features which to those who are not familiar with mod- ein devices of this nature seem little short of the marvelous. ed BOYS GOING TO CAMP. Washington Youths Who Will Re- create in White Mountains. A number of boys from this city will this year, as others have in the past, join boys from several different states in spending their vacation months in camp in the White Mountain region. Mr. George H. Sensner of the Emerson Institute is to have personal charge of the Washington party. Already over half the number of boys which this city is entitled to have secured places. The camp, known as Idlewild, at Manhannock Island, Lake Winnipeg, is owned by Rev. John M. Dick of Boston, and is designed for well-to-do people who desire to give their -boys the pleasure of outdoor life, free from the objectionable features of the average summer resort. The boys will live in tents, row, swim, fish and enjoy all sorts of aquatic and ath- letic life. Among the many gentlemen in- terested in the camp are Mr, Chauncey M. Depew, President Dwight of Yale, O. Vin- cent Coffin, ex-governor of Connecticut, and oe Russell H. Conwell, D. D., of Phila+ elphia. Some of the Washington boys who have joined the party for this season are John D. Kendall, Thomas G Townsend, jr., Ed- ward D. Townsend, Yelverton P, Garnett and Henry W. Garneit. The party will leave, under Mr. Sensner’s care, June 29, going to New York city and taking the Fall River boat there for Boston, where the main party will be met and special train taken to the camp. THE SIXTH DISTRICT The Possible Disqualifications of the Sitting Member. Maryland History Brought in—Candi- date in the Fifth—Congressman McDorald’s Opponent. * —— Correspondence of The Evening Star. LAUREL, Md., June 7, 1898. The recent publications of the possible disqualification of Captain John McDon- ald, United States army, retired, present representative in Congress from the 6th Maryland district, from holding that office have aroused wide interest in Mary- land. That Capt. McDonald, being a retired officer of the United Stat2s army, and draw- ing the pay of his rank, according to the statute made and provided in such cases, is ineligible, under. the Constitution, to also occupy a seat in Congress is regarded by authorities in the stats to be clearly estab- lished. He is in the same situation as when he sat in the Maryland house of delegates at the session of assembly held at Annapo- lis in 1882, The stat2ment in The Siar that Mr. Blair Lee, in view‘ef the expressed de- sire of the people of the 6th district, as shown by the returns, that Capt. McDonald should be theic repr2sentative, refrained from contesting his seat was news to most of the people of Maryland. Capt. McDonald was elected to the house of delegates in November, 1881, and his d2feated opponent promptly raised the question of his eligibil- ity, under the clause of the state constitu- tion which prohibits a senator or delegate from being the holder of any office, civil or military, under the federal government. The session of 1882 was a stormy and busy one. There were several contests over the scats of members and growing out of the judgeship elections in south2rn Maryland. Cept. MeDonald’s case slept in the commit- tee on elections in the house until the oth- ers were disposed of, and when the commit- tze finally took it up a report was agreed upon unseating the captain. His election was not tainted with fraud and the con- testant could not be seated, so the commit- tee proposed to refer the matter back to the Montgomery county voters. The latter pro- tested against the expense and the useless- ness of sending a new man to Annapolis, in all probability at the very close of the ses- sion. Therefor2 the contest was allowed to die in the committee. Capt. McDonald made a good record, but he never afterward ask- ed the support of the Montgomery voters for the gen>ral assembly. There is a general opinion throughout the district that Captain McDonald will not try for a renomination. He fell heir to the nomination two yeats ago because of the bitter fight between Pearre of Alle- gany and Hagner of ,Washington county. This time both these candidates are again in the field, with, it is said, a better un- derstanding. There is strong opposition to the captain in his own county. Ravens- croft, the state senator from Garrett, is also making another effort for the nomi- nation, and a half dozen other aspirants have sprung’ up over the district, including Dr. Harfner, the Wellington leader of Fred- erick. It has been learned from an army source that Captain McDonald has been very anx- ious to re-enter the service. His friends at one time thought that his army record and his place upon the House military af- fairs committee, together with what was fondly hoped was his political pull, would eventually put his name in the list of nomi- nations to the Senate, with the rank of brigadier general following it. So far, however, President McKinley has not taken kindly to the idea. In the fifth congressional district Cap- tain Charles G. Gordon, another retired army officer, whose home is at Bladens- burg. but a short distance from that of Captain McDonald in Montgomery, has been indorsed by the colored republican organization of Prince George's for the congressional nomination, in opposition to Sydney Emanuel Mudd. Captain Gordon has been a candidate for this honor for some years, Last year he succeeded in get- ting nominated for the state senate. He contested the seat of Senator W. B. Clagett at the late session of the general assembly, but the committee on elections, though composed mainly of republicans, found that the sitting senator from Prince George's, a democrat, had been fairly elected. ———— IMPROVED ALLI DWELLINGS. Project of Sanitary Company Placed Before Commissioners. Ex-District Commissioner George Trues- dell and Mr. George. L, Andrews of the board,of directors of Washington Sanitary Improvement Company had a conference with the District Commissioners yesterday for the purpose of enlisting the support of the Commissioners in the work of the com- pany, and particularly to ask them to di- rect the improvement, at the rst opportun- ity, of Bates street between 1st and North Capitol and P and Q streets. The object of the company is to supply to wage-earners improved, wholesome houses at reasonable rents, not in any spécial locality, however, although until the .principal® inhabited al- leys in the city shall have been converted into minor streets, a measure which the company advocates in the interest of pub- Mc health and morals, the dwellings erect- ed by the company will be located upon es- tablished streets and avenues. ‘Two blocks of two-story brick apartment houses have been erected ‘by the company on Bates street, there being sixteen build- ings and thirty-two apartments in the two blocks, one of which is already occupied and the other block: will be completed and oceupied some time this month. Four of the completed houses contain apartments of four rooms each, with three large closets, and four have apartments of three rooms each; with two large closets, each apartment being provided with the best sanitary fixtures and with hot and cold water, together,with a good range and 30-gallon boiler. These apartments were occupied as soon as'completed last fall and the demand for them is now far in excess of the supply. sy All this was told the Commissioners by Messrs, Truesdell arid Andrews, who stated that the company, , which: is composed of people here of pr ce in charitable matters, has no money-making purpose in view, but merely to supply houses of con- venience and of the best sanitary arrange- ments to wage earners and thereby not only improve the health, but also the mor- als of the city, in that way setting an ex- ample which may be followed by owners of alley houses. Bates street in front of the buildings is in need of improvement, and the Commissioners were te put it at the head of the new streets to be improved. The Commissioners. expressed great grati- fication with the report made to them, re- marking that in view.of the public charac- ter of the work of. the company it Is de serving of support. They stated that they will be very glad to have the improvements made at the first opportunity. Se as Our Commerce With the Orient. The monthly “Summary of Finance and Commerce,” iss by the bureauSof sta- tistics, which {ts appearance today at the earliest date ‘the month for more than. three years,4s a xolume of especial interest in view o! fact that It contains nearly fifty pages’ of statistics relative to the commerce of the” e Islands and countries adjacent to: them, a subject now attracting ition. It shows the imports and of the countries in question for a term’ ‘by articles have in comme: facts of this VIRGINIA SPRINGS Messrs. Ingalls and Morgan Become Owners of Famous Resort. Capitalists Make Investments—Gossip at the Springs Respecting New York Politics. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HOT SPRINGS, Bath Co., Va.,June 4, 1898. It has just transpired that Messrs. J. Pier- pont Morgan of New York and M. E. In- galls of Cincinnati are th> controlling own- ers of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, a corporation which not long ago purchased the vast property in this section known as the Warm Springs valley, and which com- prises not only the Hot, the Healing and the Warm Springs, but also large hotels and various other buildings which go to the raking up of the mod2rn fashionable re- sort. Coincident with the disclosure of the in- formation that the capitalists named are taking an interest in property in the south in other lines than those of railroads, with which both have been connected for many rs, it fs made known that plans have been adopted for an immense continuation of the New Homestead, the principal hotel here, and, in fact, the demolition of the buildings which must be removed in ord2r that the improvement may be consummated has already been begun. : There will be in the new building, which is expect2d to be ready for oceupancy by December 1, 16) rooms, en suite, and 45 bath rooms, and this when finished will make the New Homestead the largest ho- tel to be found at any mountain resort in tha south, if not on the continent. The structure will correspond in architecture to the present building, which is extremely at- tractive and imposing in appearance. The Hot Springs were at one time the prep2rty of the late Ben Holliday, who was well known in Washington, and who for so many years petitioned Congress to reim- burse him for property lost by him while in the service of the government as a con- tractor in carrying the United States mails across the plains b2fore the days of rail- roads, and for which he claimed the gov- ernment was responsible. The failure of Congress to reimburse Mr. Holliday pre- vented him from retaining the springs, and after b2ing in the hands of various parties in succession passed to the possession of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, by which name its present corporate owners are known. The Improvements. The latter have invested a very large sum of mony here, prominent among the im- provements being the bath house, a splen- id structure, costing over $150,000, built in the colonial style of architecture from plans made after studying the best European de- signs and adapting them to th? special con- Gitions of the springs and grounds. Situated in a lawn just below the last of a series of six distinct, large flowing hot springs, the waters are conducted to the bath house by gravity and distributed to the bathing apartments of different floors fresh from the ground without loss of heat and fully charged with all its gases. Next in importance to the central fea- ture of this valley—the splendid bath house —is the N>w Homestead, a large, grand edi- fice crowning a knoll that overlooks the bath house and springs and immediately contiguous to them. The Healing Springs. Within three miles of the Hot Springs are the Healing Springs, and almost as close are the Warm Springs, the waters of each being noted for its various healing properties. The scenery is richly colored, bold and picturesque. The visitor can drive for miles over boulevards and roads every- where attractive, and affording a succes- sion of constantly changing mountain views not excelled by any scenery in the Alleghanies. The views from Flag Rock, on the eastern mountaifN summit, are of the grandest in the world. The region is bountifully>supplied with striking manifes- tations of nature which delight the eye and impress the imagination. Mayor Maguire's Aspirations. Although the season at the Hot Springs has not really begun, there are now at the Homestead several hundred guests, who represent every section of the Union. Prominent among them is Mr. James Ma- guire, the mayor of Syracuse,N. Y. Though only twenty-nine years of age, Mr. Maguire is now serving his third term as the chief municipal officer of his native city. He ad- mits that he has aspirations to be the governor of the great state of New York, and it is said he has*not only secured the indorsement of former Senator David B. Hill, but of all the other democratic leaders in the state, except Senator Murphy and Richard Croker. The latter, it is stated, informed Mr. Maguire that he has a can- didate of his own for successorship to Gov- ernor Black. The friends of Mr. Maguire, of whom there are a number now here, are greatly en- couraged to believe that their favorite -vill be successful in securing the nomination by receiving word today from New York that Mr. Hill, who has been read out of the democratic party by Richard Croker, has given Tammany Hall a lesson in polit- ical strategy which will, it is expected, call the Tammany leader home from England before the hot weather and the racing sea- son are over. As the story goes, Mr. Croker, after warning Mr. Hill that he intended to take from him the leadership of the state democracy, as he had taken the leadership of Tammany from John C. Sheehan, sailed for England. His last words were an as- surance that he would be back late in Au- gust or early in September to take part in the state campaign. His friends said this meant he would control the convention and name the state ticket with Senator Mur- phy’s aid. It now appears that Mr. Hill has made such good use of his time that the state committee will call the conven- tion in August. Gen. Grant His Opponent. It 1s also rumored here that the demo- cratic nominee for the governorship will be antagoniz2d by Gen. Frederick D. Grant, who is now at Chickamauga in command of a brigade of volunteers. It is said Gen. Grant is a great favorite of Senator T. C. Platt, and that the latter desires Grant to be nominated for the gubernatorial office. Others among the visitors are: Mr. H. B. Ledyard, pr2sident of the Michigan Central railway, and Mr. Charles L. Frear and Col. Russell, bankers, all of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. and Miss Harrity of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. O’Donnell of New York, Mr. Frank A. Furst, a prominent grain exporter of Balti- more, and his wife; Mrs. E. G. Walworth and Mr. Gaines of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rawle of Philadelphia, Mrs. J. Bryan of Englewoody N. J.; Rev. ‘Dr. Colas of Philadelphia, Mrs. Butler of San Francisco, Mrs. Dr. Hedges of Plain- field, N. J.; Rev. Father Duggan of Balti- more, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Lord of Bangor, Me.; Mrs. Warwick, wife of former Mayor Warwick of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Alcott of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. W. R. Travers.of Newport, R. I, and hundreds of others. Among those recently her2, some of whom took their departure today, were: Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt of ed aise United States Senator Shoup of Idaho, Representives Burton and Beach of Onio, E. J. Codd, a wealthy manufacturer in Baltimore, others. — ‘ Fearn, a capitalist and banker of York, has had plans drawn for the building at Hot Springs of two magnificent houses, the work on which has been already com- menced. Both are to be palaces in grand- eur, one of which will be used as a resi- dence by Mr. Fearn and family, and the other to be devot>d to the purpose of en- tertainmg such friends of the family as may see proper to call upon them. There is but one church in Hot Springs, Presbyterian, but the guests of the Home stead hav2 contributed funds for ie but!d- ing of an Episcopal church, which is 2ow vnder construction and will soon be fin- ished. The Catholics have mass by a visit- ing priest in the Casino, a large building, which is placed at their disposal for the time being by the management of the hotel. While an intense fe2ling of loyalty to the star spangled banner pervades every one ia this neighborhood, both resident and vis- itors, it is a subject of remark that it is easier to know who are from Washington than from any other city, th reason given being that people from the capital city al- most invariably wear a small flag or other emblem of devotion to the cause of Union. oe TO TAKE THE NEXT CEN: Ss. Provisions of the Bill the Senate. The latter portion of the session of the Senate yesterday afternoon was devoted 20 considering the census bill. After The Star's report of the Senat2 proceedings was ciosed Mr. Carter, chairman of the census committee, made an extended statement concerning the object of the bill and the n2- cessity for its enactment into law at as early a date as practicable. As provided for in section 24 of the bill the twelfth census shall be restricted to in. quiri2s relating to population, to mortality to the products of agriculture and of manu- facturing and mechanical establishments. The schedules relating to population shal! comprehend for each inhabitant the name, age, color, sex, conjugal condiuon, place of birth and place of birth of parents, whether alien or naturalized, number of years ia the United States, occupation, months employ- ed, literacy, school attendance and owner- ship of farms and homes. The mortality schedules shall compr2nend for éach decedent the name, sex, color, ag¢ conjugal condition, place of birth and birth- place of parents, occupation, if born within the year the month or date of birth, cause of death and tim> of death. The schedules relating to agriculture shall comprehend the foliowing topics: Name of occupant of each farm, tenure acreage, value of farm and improvements, acreage of diffrent products, quantity and value of products and number and value of live stock. All questions as to quantity and Value of crops shall relate to the year end- ing Dee>mber 31 next preceding the enum- eration. The schedules of inquiries relating to products of manufacturing and mechanical establishments; character of organization, whether individual, co-operative or other form; date of commencement of operatio charact>r of business or kind of goods man- ufactured, amount of capital invested; num- ber of proprietors, firm members, copartner: or officers and the amount of their salaries; number of employes and the amount of their wages; quantity and cost of mat used in manufactur?s; amount of m: laneous exp es, quantity and value products, time in operation during the ce sus year, character and quantity of power used and character and number of machines employed. The informaticn collected shaff relate ex- clusively to the fiscal year ending nearest the date set for the enumeration cf the population. The only volumes that shall be prepared and published in connection with the twelfth census shall relate to popula- tion, mortality and vital statistics, the products of agriculture and of manufactur- ing and mechanical establishments. The director of the census is authorized after completing the above mentioned work to collect statistics relating to special classes, including the insane, feeble-mind- ed, deaf, dumb and blind; to crime, pauper- ism and benevolence, including prisone: paupers, juvenile delinquents and inmates of benevolent and reformatory institution: to deaths and births in registration areas social statistics of cities; to public indebt- edness, valuaticn, taxation and expendi- tures; to religious bodies; to electric light and power, telephone and telegraph busi- ness and transportation, including trans- portation by water, express business and street railways. At the conclusion of Mr. Carter’s state- ment Mr. Cockrell (Mo.) called attention to that part of the bill providing that the director, assistant director and certain statistic.ans shall be appointed as soon as practicable after the passage of the meas- ure. He thought this would be too long a time in advance of the work to be done. He proposed amendments to the bill that the officials should enter upon their duties January 1, 1899. He offered ulso an amendment providing that the minor employes of the census of fice should be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior instead of by the director of the census. Pending action upon the amendments, the Senate at 4:20 p.m. went into executive session and soon afterwards adjourned. se es ADDED FIRE COMPANY. Explained to No. 14 to Go Into Service Wednesday Next. One more fire engine company will be added to the District fire department to- ™morrow evening, when engine company No. 14 will go into service. This company will be located in the fine house just com- pleted on 8th street between D and E, and will add materially to the strength of the department in a section of the city where an additional company has been so badly needed for a great many years. The house, which was designed by Architect Frederick B Pyle, is considered not only the best equipped and most conveniently arranged heuse in the District fire department, but aiso one of the finest in the country. District Commissioner Wight has been particularly interested in this house, and he and Chief Parris believe that the peo- ple of the District, especially those inte ested in the business section of the city, will feel as proud of it as they do. The house will be lighted throughout by elec- tricity, and the men of the company will enjoy a great shower bath which has been placed in the house, a novelty in the Dis- ae fire department. house, although the best juipped one in the District, has been erected “<4 a cost of about $13,000. In it will be placed the largest fire engine in the department, an extra first-class one, with three horses to pull it. This engine has been in service at No. 2 house, and that company will be given a smaller one. The members of the new company are: James Keliher, foreman; . F. Nolan, assistant foreman; T. M. Robinson, engineer; J. D. Sullivan, firema: T. P. Jacobs, hostler, and Privates D. J. Bradley, O. Fraser, W. E. Sanford, 8. Mc- Lane, W. 8. Phillips and 8S. B. D. ‘Rollins, the men being for the most part those which composed No. 2 company. Their places will be taken by John Carrington, foreman; W. J. Seitz, assistant foreman: J. D. O'Connor, engineer; C. W. Sears. fireman; A. E. Easton, hostler, and Pri- vates A. Robey, E. 8. Allan, M. Dorsey, W. T, Hollidge and George Nussbaum. The dedicatory exercises will take place the The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. THE TRADE OUTLOOK Local Business Improving in Almost “Every Branch, > THE RESULT OF MANY INQUIRIES The Reason Why the Dty Goods ‘Line is Not Brisk. AN OPINION ON THE FUTURE The anticipations felt in local business circles during the feverish days preceding the actual commencement of war with Spain that the beginning of hostilities would inaugurate a greater liveliness in trade are being generally realized. Of course, there are a few branches of bus. ness that have not yet felt the beneficial effects of the war in a substantial sens but in general the improvement has been noticeable and gratifying in th lines which would be naturally affected. There has been a veritalle boom in the grocery, provision and meat trades owing to the establishment of Camp Alger, near Fails Church, Washington being naturally the depot for the large amounts of fresh sup- plies needed to feed the thaysands of sol- diers there. The hotels, too, have been en- Joying fine patrozage, and, of course, this necessitates larger buying on their part from the lines mentioned above. The sum- mer exodus, again, has not been so far and will not be anything like as great as it has been in former years. A vast number of ieisure people, as they may be termed, particularly the families of army and navy officers, will remain in Washington for a larger part of the summer than usual, and the money formerly spent elsewhere dur- ing the warm seasen will be spent here. The Unemployed Get Work. Then, again, the great army of unem- ployed has been greatly decimated. Hun- dreds have gone to the war and the extra demands on the government workshops have taken hundreds more and given them work and wages. The clothing and men’s furnishing trades, to say nothing of those which sell home necessities, have profited heavily by this. Clothing sadly depleted by long idleness has b ced and the struggle with the wolf at the door has given place to comfortable enjc plentiful larder within. So in ment of a most every direction in Washington trade has been benefited by the increased expenditures of the government. At the same time the cost of living has incre Meat, butter, bread, ffee and other materially ly umption but not suffering advanced in as to cause any the very poorest. One Effect of High Prices. Some of the merchants in th trade complain that business so even ary goo is not as good as it should be at this time of the year. A representative of one department stores in Was of the largest hington, which, however, does not handle groceries and similar articles of immediate home con- sumption, said this morning: “We find busin particularly dull for this time of year. Washington, how- ever, seems to be better off in our line than New York, Philadelphia, Buston or Baltimore, if my ‘nformation ts cor- rect. The only reason I can assign for this state of affairs is one that may strike you as singular. Women, of course, are the chief patrons of such stores as ours. Now, nine out of every ten marricd women, I reckon, handle the 4 mestic purse strings, and their first care is to see that the cup- board and the refrigerator are kept prop- erly supplied. When flour. ar, coffee and such things advance in price and bread jumps a cent a loaf higher, the housewife tightens those purse strings of hers and di- minishes her personal expe s for adornment to meet the demands of the table. There is no doubt about this, ai am confident the conditions In our line directly due to the causes I have stated. An Opinion Based on Experience, A few moments afterward the reporter for The Star met the head of the firm con- ducting the largest department store in this section of the country “Business is nct particularly brisk,” he remarked, “but it is good and steady. It is the American churacteristic to expect everything to ccme with a rush, and m persons who expected that the war would create an immediate boom are disappointed merely because their hopes were too high. War is scarciy a month old yet, and the vast amount of extra money expended by the government has not had time yet to get into circulation. When it docs, how- ever, Washington cannot help being won- derfully benefited. I am dent that there will be sure, steady and substantial improvement in every line of trade. very indication joints to it, and it will be evi- dent very soon that what I have said is true. It wiil be seen, therefore, that xcept in a very few branches of trade improve ment has already begun, and it is unque tionably true that an era of excel iness is to follow. ——— THE FIRE RECORD. Series of Small Loss Incurred’ in Various Sections. The fire department was called out about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon for a fire in the shed in rear of 186 18th street. Mr. Harvey Cutter occupies the house. The shed was destroyed and the adjoining prop- erty was slightly damaged. Fifty dollars will cover the destruction of the shed. What caused the fire is not known. There was a fire about 9:50 o'clock last night at the home of Eliza Johnson and Rosa Lomax, No. 1014 I street northeast. The blaze started in a rcom.on the second floor, and was caused by clothing left hanging too near a stove. The damage was slight. The police summoned No. 7 engine com- pany about 6:00 o'clock yesterday for a ight fire in the house of Mrs. Annie Gray, No. 1602 10th street northwest. The fire- men found nothing to do when they reach- ed the house. The loss amounted to about No. 11 engine company was called to the residence of Mrs. Margaret Daly, No. 2218 Brightwood avenue, yesterday afternoon because of the burning of some old clothes. The house was not damaged, and Mrs. Daly thinks $10 will cover the loss sus- tained. P; An alarm was turned in from bex 13 about 8 o'clock last night for a supposed fire in pear of McDermott's wagon factory on Missouri avenue. The alarm was turn-