Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1898, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1898-14 PAGES Mcknew’s. 933 Pa. Ave. Severai lines of Ladies’ $1.25 and $1.50 GLOVES, 68e. Thursday only. We propose to close. out in one day, Toursday, several odd lots of ladies’ fine ad MeKnew's $1.25 kids; embracing all erth $1.25 and $1.50 W.H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Av. aality dress and street gloves. including the Perinot suedes, McKnew's $1.50 sizes except 6%. They are in black, s and stylish tans. and they will all go to- 63¢. morrow at........ = 0026-600 Sette Pal * Db DD PA-DY IN TL OEY DY IGDDOLO0OD © FORGE SOE S Fese e Great Providers. The Best Bed Offer You ‘ Ever Heard of For Thursday Only. White Enameled Iron Bed with brass trimmings—heavy posts and solid burnt-in enamel —AND best iron frame woven wire spring. A value that you cannot match under -48 $ Our special $3 : $7.00. price for Thursday... “Cash or Credit.” 4 Mayer & Pettit, ¢ 415-417 Seventh St.’ $ 3 SLEESOOCEREEESESELOED DUCRO’S ALIMENTARY ELIXIR Is highly recommended ag a remedy for lung din- eases and as a preventive for typhold, all kinds of fevers. Agents: E. FOU New York. DPD DODD DMO DD DO FFOH: POLI HOPOD LOOP ODOIDOTOODIODLAC ED OFGOPODOOOMDEANOD ODS. ry + ( Preserve HAIR. No reasen why hair should lese its beauty. Learn to pre- serve {t. A demonstrator from the IMPERIAL HAIR REG! ERATOR PARLOKS of NEW YORK is here to tell you the secrets of beautiful hair, MERTZ'S PHARMACY, celT-12t,28 lth and F sts. naeeeEO AA MOVED Right across the street from the old location. Stil] delivering Sees ruil 2240-1. tons of that 9 Q 9D e 2 * © clean White Ash Coal for se the low price of. z "Phone 476. W. J. ZEH, 717 11th N.W. oc25-14d Reliable Gas Heaters. sk * After a thorough test of all the best ‘* gas-heating stoves on the market, we * bave elected only those which we * know to be relfable. It is impossible to secure a “poor heater” here, for we have none in stock. Best gas heaters made at $1.25 up. Gas Appliance Co., 1424 N. Y. Ave. YEONERSEMMAOE MNS Great Reduction in Hair. Switches, bres formeriy 35.00. Switches, $6.00, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly 1.00. Gray Switcbes, $4.50, formerly #03: First-class xttepdants in Hairdressing, Imperial Hair Regenerator f sareatornae oS . or bair. Never fatls. — S. HELLER’S, 720 Seventh St. N.W. se2-20tf “We're Out-taiked Often---Out-done Never.” The Silk Sale Continues Tomorrow. An Importer’s Sample Line of Novelty Dress Goods. A special offering of the delicacies of the season. Always on the lookout to turn your way every possible advantage—we have succeeded in securing the complete line of samples shown by one of the leading im- porters in New York city. It consists, of course, of many styles—but -of but from one to three pieces of each effect—merely enough for him to take orders from. A noteworthy feature of this sale—aside from the very small pri we are able to put on these best weaves—is that it is forty-five days ahead of the usual time of finding these samples at liberty. They are worth more to you now—before you have supplied yourselves --and vou get them for LESS THAN EVER before—at any time— late or early. Our promise of superior service wasn’t an idle one. The entire purchase will be on the counters in the morning—every to swell the variety. 45-inch Strictly All-wool 59¢. goods you can find. . ing Parisian shades. try of $2. The special price is... . a shade. Equal to any $1.15 Kersey 42-inch Fancy Novelty Dress colors and new patterns; another domestic—worth 25c. — offered at half price. 45-inch French Drap d’Ete, in Blue, Green; a model of rich weaving—at yard that can go in the sale will be in or three lots of the better class of dom —of which only a limited quantity remain—and we have thrown them in Now you've got the facts—tomorrow 44-inch All-wool French Serge, in Blue, Red, Brown and Green. The best of the 50c. goods is Henriettas, in Cardinal, Navy Blue, Brown and Myrtle. Compare them to the best 44-inch New Polka Dot Designs, in three of the lead- They have a retail value in this coun- 48-inch Fine Imported Check Suitings, the choicest © dollar values, for... 2 cs canicisccisesmwss 50-inch Imported Kerseys, especially intended for tail- or-made Suits; in Navy Blue, Brown and Tan—a piece of ght—and included are some two tic fabrics out of our own stock you'll see the fabrics. 3 3 $l ya. 50 ca yd. c. a yd. Cc. a yd. a yd. anywhere. 38-inch ALL-WOOL Suitings—one of our domestic contributions; in effect decidedly foreign. Worth 35c.—and others at that price want you to be satisfied with cctton and wool mix- fares.” Dhis of APL WOOD for... 2.6202 s cas scene ca 1 yd. 12 5a 8754. Goods; in new Brown and least $1.50 value, for 45-inch rich, refined Plaids, in bright tints, so consistently blended as to be not loud in effect, but exceedingly attractive. The importer reports this as one of his best sellers for 75c. re- tailing. Our special price is... 40-inch 50c. Suitings from over the seas, in their con- ception of catchy mixtures—and that’s born. Special price... 37-inch All-wool Figured Suitings, small designs, but artistic in arrangement and tinting. beyond question...... 50-inch All-wool Wide Wale Cheviot—and where did you ever hear of this quality for less than 75c.? cial price is only 44-inch Camel's Hair Suitings, in figured patterns on and Navy Blue grounds. for $1.25 a yard. We almost cut-in-half that price... Green, Oliv 48-inch Navy Blue Novelty Weave; comes only in the one shade, and there are just two pieces in the lot. Worth $n fore... 5054 3 2 506 7 Asa Cc. a yd. fashion is where Cc. a yd. They are Soc. goods The spe- Cc. a yd. Sterling quality The Truth About Linings. There are two sides to the Lining ques When we opened this store we had trash or decent value. Anybocy who knows which we de upon—QUAL If sou pay a fraction of a cent are “asking for Linings you are mi ns. ‘They cannot be sold for I The alleged lower price is in renlity a higher price—for there’s no such thing as satisfaction in what it offers. We went to swell our sales as much as porsible—but we're not geing to 1iek offending your confidence. The gain isn't worth the cost. We can show yon cuttings from others’ Lin- ings in_couwpartson with ours—and_y Judge WHOSE ARE REALLY CHEAPEST. Moire Percaline, fn colors and fast black, 36 inches wide. Not 1c. Perealine—but the kind that's wld at 106. elsewhere, Good—but at l0c.—we've a better valu TOs A yard. 25-inch Herringbone Hair Cloth—Black and Gray—this is the best qualfty—and in Hair Cloth you want the best. S9e. We ask but... A yard. All Pure Linen Canvas, in Black and @) colors. lic. everywhere else. . eas OF A yard. Vaney Black Back Figured Walst Lin- ings. Worth 12tyc.—for. [a A yard. 36-inch Fast Black Satine Pate Cos recognized 26c. kind—for... oS iC: A yard. Extra Heavy Twilled Silesia, in black and silors—and toe the! money there 18 noth ing to equal 4t.. [JOC A yard. Western Section—Ist Floor. Trimmings--that are Novelties. A veritable Trimmings Store— this—and it’s a collection of selec- tions. Choice selections. The best things that have been designed for the season. The things that are talked about in the fashion journals ~—and pictured on the fashion plates. All the exclusiveness of the exclu- sive sort—with none of its price-airs. Garnitures for waists, Jat and steel and Jet on chiffon. $3.25—for L0..... Milltnry Watst Sets, th Fine 19¢.—for Cat Jet Black Satin Roflling, edged wit chenille—the 85c, kindfor, 7. "25c. A yard. Cut Jet Trimming, 1% incher wide £ on net—worth 50c.—for. ‘25c. A yard. new combinations—worth 12!c.—for.. A yard. Colored Applique ‘Trimming, vith chenille and tinsel—worth 85e-f “O9c. Narrow Colored Bead Edges, in all the 5 - oc. Western Section—1st Floor. a Saks and Company, Our Sausage [leat Is Uncommonly Fine ——- —as toothsome a breakfast dish as any one would for. Made only of the choicest pne-dressed meats—deliciously seasoned with pure spices. Cy We make all kinds of Fine Savsages— - cure our own Hams and Bacon -render our own Lari erything fine. Cc. Ramm! ng, 312 Pa. Ave. 439-860-651 Center market cc21-f,m,w-16 Bucoo Porson. AYE VON] Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper ki AVE VU Cotsred Spotiy Aches, 01d tren, leers in Mouth Hair Falling? rite COOK REM: EDY CO. MASONIC TEMPLE. CHICAGO, ILL, tor of cores. | CAPITAL $500,000, Worst cases cured tn 15 to 8 DAYS. 100-PAGE BOOK FRE! ecll-Im* 1688 3 ‘ase for the footsore.” AINLESS treatment of painful corms. improved methods enable every cue to cn, th luxury of absolute foot-eane famous Com and Bunion Shiahla ied the feet after treatuece ES & SONS, Foot Hours, § to 6; Sunday be A a E'S ELLERY *MPOUND 1118 Pa. aye. 0c25-10d AN MAKES ELL. __ se x e QUONG SING LEE, LAUNDRY, 001 CNW CUT rices. Shirts, 7c ; collars, 1ige. blece. Farlly wait, f0c-"a oven, and delivered. Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted in The Star at a charge of 16 cents for fifteem words. Penn. Avenue and Seventh Street. IGNORED THE MURDER CHARGE. Grand Jury F to Return a Bill Against Samuel Williams. ‘The grand jury this afternoon reported that it ignored the charge against Samuel Williams of killing Frank Douglas. As the result of a coroner's inquest held June 23 last at the sixth precinct police station it was held that Douglas died at No. 8418 Sherman avenue, June 22, of injuries to the head and brain. The coroner’s jury was of the belief that the injuries were In- flicted by Williams and recommended that the matter be investigated by the grand 7 Williams has been in custody since. In view of the report of the grand jury he will be released this afternoon. Indictments were reported by the grand jury as follows: John Bell and Philip Da- vis, alias Jim Smith, larceny from the per- son; Florence Hawkins, alias Florence Coombs, bigamy; Sallie Carter, false pre- tenses; Charles Hughes, housebreaking; Michael Diggs, housebreaking; William Matthews and Benjamin Crawford, rob- bery; John Whedbee. A charge of larceny against Thomas Cook, alias Thomas Pepper, was ignored. ——— ee Marriage and Divorce. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Without wishing to enter into a contro- versy with John D. March, I would remind him that in the article to which he refers I put the question to my brother Chris- tians, “Is it not consistent with our teach- ing to be true to our principles, even though it cost us hardship?” My intention is not to engage in a dispute with those who are willing to set aside the Christian law which I quoted, “What God hath joined together let not man put asunder.” It seems to me (and my opinion is backed by several mil- lions of people) that there can be no doubt as to the exact meaning of Christ in the ———— matter. If what I have already quoted is not sufficient I am constrained to add more: “Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another commiiteth adul- tery, and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adul- tery." So spoke the Founder of Christian- ity. St. Paul teaches that nothing but death can dissolve the marriage bond. He says: “To them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.” Statistics show that divorce is spread- ing with frightful rapidity all over the country. How can we call ourselves a Christian people if we violate a funda- mental Jaw of Christlanity? JOHN THOMPSON. October 21, 1898. 2 On the other hand, one who signs herself “A Broken Heart’ writes expressing her “heartfelt gratitude to the just, God-like and broad-minded reply signed’ John D. March, October 20, 1898, to John Thomp- son's puritanical article of the 17th.” The writer details the story of one who was married to @ man who was ‘“seem- ingly all that a man of honor could be,” and yet who in one short year proved a forger and an embezzler and was sent to prison, leaving her with two infants to support, and who was forced, for self-pro- tection, to obtain a divorce, and adds: “And yet the doors of er church would be closed upon her, a place no longer pro- vided for her at God's table, an outcast, religious and social, should she meet with @ kind and sympathetic heart to beat in unison with hers and manfully shield and protect her from the rough usage of the world, to sustain her in the same social walks of life she has been reared. Can this be Christianity? Is this Christ-like?” —_—_——_. Cheap Publicity. For fifteen cents you can let every one in Washington know by a Star want ad. that you want @ situation or want s cook, NEEDS OFTHE CITIES (Continued from) First Page.) a wonderful advgnce in the value of the franchises which have been given to so many compantes, to use the public streets to carry on their busi- ne 3 also taken place hese franchiges }jfe worth nearly as much as the land fronting on the streets through which their grants. and privileges extend. They have a recognized value to buy and sell, and their earnings and divi- dends bear out that~Value; but when It ccmes to the valuation on which they pay taxes there is aywonderful drop, and the result is that they bear only a small part of the public burdens that properly belong to them, and the tax burdens of others ure proportionally increased. I know of no reason why, according to the true value of these properties, they should rot contribute their share to the support of the public schools, to the cost of maintaining our courts, and all the other expenses of city and state government, the same as other property. “True, in nearly all cases these franchises were given away as if they had no value, but is that any reason why, after their enormous value !s fully established, they should not be treated es other property and annually contribute their full share to the tax collector? : “Beycnd our churches and schools and table institutions, we want no favored and our influence should -be exerted to see that all property stands equally be- fore the law. District Officials Join. Applications for membership were recefv- ed from a large number of persons. Com- missioner Beach proposed the names of Dr. Woodward, health officer; B. E. McComb, stperintandent of sewers of the District of Columbia; W. P. Richards, surveyor; A. E. Phillips, assistant engineer, sewer depart- ment; W, F. McFarland, superintendent, water department, and A. W. Dow, inspec- tor of aspha!: pavements, all of the District of Columia. Other narses proposed for membership were: James Owens, Montclair, N.J.; Jas. M. Seymour, mayor of Newark, N.J.; Theo- dore C. Hewson, Joseph Byrne, M. T. Mc- Laughlin, Newark, N.J.; Horace Andrews, Albany, N.Y.; Mr. Vickery, Bangor, Me.; A. W. Burns, C. H. Rust, city engineer: George Willson, 30. W. Campbell, roads commissioner, “ Tcronto; Oscar Knebel, Rochester, N.¥.; Maurice J. Freiberg, C. M. Holloway, 1.. Merkbrick, Wm. B, Melish, Cincinnati, Ohio; Taeodore A. Neeson, superintendent of parks, Wilmington, Del.; Daniel Bush, commissiurer of public works, Milwaukee, Wis.; Wm. M. Leftwick, jr., Nashville, All were elected to membersitip. etary D. L. Fulton made his annual report, showing receipts from all sources to be $601.50, this amount being disbursed for printing the last annual report, and other expenses of the organization. The secretary recommended that all members of the association send to him names of any city officials likely to join ii. The reports of the treasurer, tInance and executive committees were read, The society adopted a resolution limiting debate by any member on a single subject to ten minutes, At 11:30 o'clock the convention adjourned until 2 p.m. The Members Present. Up to the time of adjournment the fol- lowing members of the society had recorded their names as being present: D. L, Fulton, superintendent gf. highways, Allegheny, Pa.; Aug Herrmann, Maurice J. Freiberg, L. Markbreitt, Wm, If. Melish, C. M. Hol- loway, Geo. A. Vandegrift, John B. Wash- burn, John Frey, A. \P. Butterfield, Alfred H. Cox of Cincinnati, Ohio; A. D. ‘Thomp- son, Peoria Il.;.G. ‘C. Sargenheim, Alle- gheny, Pa.; James A. Ryan, Peoria, Ill; Horace Andrews, Albany, N. Y.; WV: Dow, Washington, D., C.;. Gilbert 8. Nich- Me.; G. H. Benzenberg, Mil ; Harold P. Brown, New York; Harry C. Meyer, New York; B. Saunders, W. Burns, Chas. H. Rust, Geo. Wilson. Campbell, E. H. Keating, Toronto. t Holman, St. Lou! B. H. Colby, St. Louis, Ma Edwin A. Fisher, Rochester, N. ¥.; John Jones, Toronto, Canada; S. J. Brockman, Paul Muenzberg @nd Daniel B. Bush, Mil- waukee, Wis.; Geo. M, Ames, Fred A. Twamley and Thomas. Twamiey, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Oscar Knipel, Rochester, N. Y.; R. H. Thomas, C. C. Martin and W. Chancellor, Parkersburg, W. Va.; James M. Seymour, Theo. C. Hewson, H. Van Duyne, Peter Ulrich, Chas. F. Herr, J. M. Byrne, M. F. McLaughlin, M. R. Sherrett, W. E. Greathead and Ernest Adam, ark, N. J.; D. Hunter, jr., Allegheny, Pa.; W. K. Eldridge and F. J. O'Brein, Oswego. N. Y.; Kenneth Allen, Baltimore, Md.: John L. Kennedy and Wm. N. Leftwich jr., Nashville, Tenn.; Chas. S. Hill, New York. The society was called to order at 2:20 oclock by President Van Duyne. Capt. Beach’s Report. Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Engineer Com- missioner of the District of Columbia, read a lengthy and exceedingly valuable report ot a commission of experts concerning the ag- ricultural utilization of Vienna sewage. The translation was by Capt. Beach. It comprised forty-three typewritten pages, with tabulated statements showing details of the project. The sewage of Vienna is emptied in the Danube, and by the na- tional law of July 18, 1802, concerning the accomplishment of the commercial plan in the national capital and residence city of Vienna, provision was made, among other things, for the construction of trunk inter- cepting sewers which should take sewage and carvy it to the main channel of the Danube. The utilization of this sewage for agri- cultvral purposes was kept in view. The commission Maxing this report was com- posed of distinguished experts on the su ject under consideration. The report of the commission gave an e: timate of from 3,300 to 14,700 florins per da or from 1,200,000 to 5,200,000 florins per an- num, as the value of this sewage as fer- tilizer. The report showed that in other Wuro- pean cities land irrigated with sewage is Much more valuable than other land, and that no ill effects on the health of the neighborhoods are shown. Mr. Kenneth Allen, principal assistant engineer sewage commission of Baltimore, read a paper on “Ihe Sewage of Balti- mcre.”” Mr. McComb’s Paper. Superintendent McComb, in charge of the sewers of the city, read an interesting pa- per on the “Proposed Sewage Disposal Sys- tem for Washington.” It is as follows: The city of Washington is situated at the junction of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, Rock creek forming a portion of its western boundary. The main drainage areas were originally Tiber creek, 5,550 acres, 2,950 acres of which were outside. of the city limits; St. James creek, 600 acres, and Slash run, 810 acres, 160 ucres of which were outside of the city limits. Imladdftion, 200 acres drain- ed directly to Rock creek, 1,300 acres drained directly te the;Anacostia river and 700 acres drainedsdireptly to the Potomac river. The surface elevation of the lower portion of the Tiben creek valley and of the valley of St. James creek were but few feet above mean high HHde level in the Po- tomac river, andthe, street grades over a portion of these,,areas, containing about 400 acres, including Pennsylvania avenue between 2d and 13th streets west, are be- tween seven and,twelve feet above mean high tide level. This, area is subject to flooding during extreme stages of high wa- ter in the Potoma¢ river, resulting in dam- age to property, on account of which the city is at present.the defencant in a large number of suits af law, In the year 1832 the construction of the Washington ci between the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, by way of the lower portion of the Tiber éreek valley from the Potomac river near the foot of 17th street to 8d street west, thence by way of 34 street and Carai street to the Anacostia river, furnished a trunk line of drainage for the greater portion of the improved section of the city. A few drains and sewers were constructed prior to the introduction of the Potomac water supply in the ysar 1858, and after that year the construction of sewers, most of which disc! into the Washington canal, became a prominent feature of municipa! expenditurs. It was not very long before complaints were made of the filthy condition of the canal and many suggestions were offsred for its im- provement. One proposition was to create @ current by the use of a propeller wheel; this was long before the Benzingburg-Rey- nolds screw pump Was so successfully in- stalled in Milwaukee for the same pur- pose. The Main Drainage Line. ‘When the form of government was changed in 1871, and the board of public works began its task upon the comprehen- sive plan of improvements, one of the first problems for solution was the improvement of conditions In this main draimage line. It was decijed to constreet two trunk sewers to take its place. one of which was located in B street between 7th and 17th streets, and is known as the B street sewer; the other sewer was located n Missour! ave- nue, 34 street and Canal street, discharging into the James Creek canal, thence tuto the Anacostia river. The portion of this sewer which is located in 3d and Canal streets algo extends rorthward from Missouri ave- nue, and is krown as the Tiber sewer. When the Potomac flats were filled a canal Was constricted from the outlet end of the B street sewer to the bulkhead Hine which is Known as the 17th street canal. After the B street and Tiber sewers were com- pleted the Wastington cenal was filled and the lateral sewers were connected with the trunk sewers above described. In a short time it was discovered by the beard of public works that the Tiber sewer was inadequate and a sewer was con- structed along Florida avenue from 24 street east to Cool spring run, near the intersection of 17th and E streets, which was Intended to intercept all drainage from the territory northward from Florida av nue between 2d and 15th streets east. This Sewer did not meet the expectation of its designers, and the northeast boundary sewer was constructed 1879-1885 for the purpose of intercepting all dratnage from the. territory northward from Florida .ave- nue, which fermerty reached the Tiber sewer. Although relieved of a !arge amount of drainage, the Tiber sewer is still in- adequate, and storms of exceptional se- verity contribute an amount of drainage beyond its capacity. A trunk sewer was constructed by the board of public works in the valley of Slash run. It was found recessary to relieve that sewer by intercepting sewers in Ist street and in Florida avenue. By thes> sewers the sewage of Washington was discharged into the 17th street canal, the James Cr canal, Cool Spring run, Rock cr2ek and a small amount directly into the Anacostia and Potomac rivers. The discharge of sew- age into these canals and into Rock creck caused, in a short time, a state of nuisance to exist in each of these bodies of watzr, and the attention of Congress was invited to the necessity for providing more ade- quate means of s>wage disposal. The Intercepting Sewers. In 1890 a report was submitted by a board of sanitary engineers, provided for by Con- gress and appointed by the President of the United States, consisting of Rudolph Her- ing, Samuel M. Gray and Frederic P. Stearns, in which was recommended the ccnstruction of intercepting sewers to con- vey practically all of the sewage to a pumping station at the southerly end of New Jarsey avenue, there to be raised and discharged. into an inverted siphon laid un- der the bed of the Anacostia river from the pumping station to Poplar Point, from which a trunk sewer is proposed to Maga- zine Point, where the sewage will be dis- charg2d into the Potomac river. ‘This point was selected in order that the sewage discharged should not be carried back to the portion of the river adjacent to the city by the tides. 4 The subject of sewage disposal could not be separated from that of protecting the tow grade section of the city from flooding during high stages of the Potomac river. With this in view, it is proposed to con- struct a dike along the line of Virginia avenue, crossing the Tiber valley, and an- other dike along the line of N street south, crossing the St. James creek valley. Inter- cepting sewers are provided to divert as far as possible the drainage from the high- er areas which reach this section, and the main drain will be of sufficient capdcity to convey, in addition to the sewage, the storm water of the low grade section. At the pumping station auxillary pumps will be vrovided to discharge into the Anacos- tia river this storm water. At ordinary stages of the river the drain- age from the low grade area will be dis- charged by gravity into the Anacostia river, except the drainage from the parked area, which will be discharged into the Potomac river by means of the B street sewer. The amount of sewage to be pro- vided for was assumed at twenty cubic feet per head per day, including ground water reaching the sewers, and to provide for variations in rate of flow and for a small amount of rain water, the board of sanitary engineers decided that trunk sew- ers should be constructed to carry twenty cubic feet of sewage per hi per day when running half full. Work Done to Date. The work accomplished to date upon this project consists in the following: Easby Point and F street, intercepting sewer 10,- 382 feet long, varying from 11 feet 3 inches to 4 feet 6 inches diameter. This sewer in- tercepts and discharges into the Potomac river near Easby Point sewerage and drainage which formerly discharged into the B street sewer and 17th street canal from the area north of F street between 7th and Uth streets and from thé area north of D street between 17th and 23d streets. One thousand one hundred and thirty-five feet of this sewer was construct- ed upon pile foundation, and a short sec- tion, crossing an old creek bed with spongy bottom, was constructed upon a foundation of concrete masonry, in which were imbedded two layers of old iron rails. The sections in 15th and F streets werc constructed without material interference with traffic upcn thes? busy streets, the ma- terials being hardled by means of a con- veyor. To prevent complaints on account of mud and dust and at the same time to permit a reasonable length of time to eiapse for the consolidation of the trench backfilling, a temporary plank flooring was laid over the sewer trench after it wa: backfilled, urd {t was maintained for sev- eral merths, after which the asphalt car- riageway was restored. The section of the Reck creek and B street intercepting sewer between G and P streets, 5,650 feet long, six feet diameter, intercepts and discharges into the Potomac river near the foot of G street all sewage formerly discharged into Rock creek by the mein sewers of Georg2- town as well as that discharged into the same stream by the Washington sewers. This sewer was not constructed upon the lines selected by the board of sanitary en- gineers, which involved a large amount of tunnel work. Instead it was constructed along the east shore of Rock creek, and its length was thereby materially shortened. The only portion constructed in tunnel was under M street, a short distance east of the east abutment of the M street bridge. This portion of M street had been filled with ashes and other like materials, and the filling so lacked coherence that it was considered prudent to support the 48-inch main which crossed the sewer line by a pair of steel girders placed upon abutments resting upon solid rock. Georgetown’s Iron Sewer. ‘The sewage from the Georgetown sewers is intercepted by a sewer in 27th street, and discharges into an iron sewer in M street, by which it is conveyed across Rock creek and is discharged into the Rock creek intercepting sewer. The iron sewer crossing Rock creek is supported by a truss placed between the abutments of the M street bridge. ‘The crossings of Slash run and northeast boundary sewers involved reconstruction of sections of each, the intercepting sewer being carried above these sewers, which discharge storm water into Rock creek. The sewage is diverted at points above the crossings, and is conveyed by low-grade sewers to the intercepting sewer. In addition to the above, 2,500 feet of the Reck creek end B street intercepting sewer have been constructed from the intersection of 27th and G streets toward Its outlet, leaving for completion 3,400 feet of this line upon which work is now in progress. This sewer is intended to convey, upon comple- tien of the project, all sewage from the Rock cresk and Slash run systems and frcm the area drained by the Easby Point and F street intercepting sewer to the B street and New Jersey avenue trunk sewer. Two thoisend three hundred feet of the Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue high- level intercepting sewer between the south line of Garfield Park and the intersection of Canal and D streets have been con- structed, leaving for completion 6,284 feet @f this line, upon which work is now in Progress. is sewer is of D section, 14 feet by 14 feet 3 inches and has a central cunette for dry-weather flow. Its object is to inter- cept the old Tiber sewer near the intersec- tion of Ist and C streets northwest, and in addition all sewers discharging from the eastward into the Tiber sewer between that point and Virginia avenue. Incidental to the preparation of plans for the pumpii station, borings over the proposed site and gaugings of sewage flow are in progress. ‘Upon the remaining portions of the project no work has been performed. The follow- is a brief d tion of each: e 444 street intercepting sewer will in- tercept drainage from the area of South Washington, which now drains into the low district as far rorth as B street and am fa: east as 4% street; its outlet for storm water will be the Washington chan- nel of the Potomac at M street. The East Side Sewer. The east side intercepting sewer, Includ- Ing the extension of Boundary sewer, will convey the sewage of the eastern section of the city (not including that portion trib- utary to the Tiber creek system), and it Wi! tischarge into the B street and New Jersey avenue trunk sewer at M street. The Water and M streets intercepting Rewer will intercept the sewage of South Washington, now discharged into the Washington channel of the Potomac and the sewage of the James creek valley south of H street. It will intercept also, in ite lower portion, all of the storm water from the low area between H and N streets. I¢ will empty into the B street and New Jer- wey avenue trunk sewer at M street. The B street and New Jersey avenue trunk sewer will receive all the storm wa- ter of the low district which may not be disposed of otherwise than by pumping; it will receive, at its upper end, the sew: conveyed by the Rock creek and B street intercepting sewer and near its lower end the sewage conveyed by the east side, the N street and the Tiber crek and New Jer- @ey avenue high level intercepting sewer, in addition, it will receive the sewage of the territory In which it ts located, and will, therefore, deliver to the pumping sta- tion’ all the sewage of the city and the storm water of the low district. The the soxtherly end of. New Jersey avenue, and it will be provided with sand and screen hoists, high-duty pumps for lifting Sewage, and low-duty pumps for iifting storm water. PPC ereereeoerooes $9.35 fo LSS $15 Suits. ————— | Quick, economical men can save a small fortune by watch- ing our special one-day sales. Tomorrow it’s men’s fancy- worsted Sack Suits, in ultra- fashionable patterns, at $9.35. Graceful, faultless fitting gar- ments—trimmed and tailored in the usual “Eiseman way”— and the price tomorrow will be $9.35 instead of $15, pass. At the pumping station the sewage will be discharged into the siphon chamber, from wh. it is proposed to construct an inverted siphon consisting of three lines of cast-lron pipes across the Anacostia river to Poplar Point. The outfall shore between Popiar Point and Mi Point. It wil be of horse shoe section, ¥ feet 4 inches wide and 8 feet 4 inches high. Automatic regulators will be provided at points of sewage interception, and tidal gates will be placed at the outlet ends of intercepting the old sewers and of the trunk sewers. To Be Completed in 1925. This work was commenced in the year 1883, the amount expended to date and available 1s $772,000, and the amount re- quired to complete the project is $3,257, 685. At the rate of progress heretofore made the completion of the work may be expected about 1925. The general rules followed in the work of sewer construction in Washington may be of interest. The earlier sewers were bullt with stone side walls upon plank flooring and covered with planking; other types were of D sec- tion with plank, stone or brick bottoms, with stone side walls and brick arches, and others were brick sewers of circular rec- tion, commonly called “barrel sewers.” Pipe sewers were introduced about the year 1870, and within the next eceeding four years more than sixty miles of sewers ef this type were laid. After the change in the form of government of the District in 1874 the engineer of the board of Commis- sioners Lieut. (now Major) R. L. Hoxie, Was made aware of and corrected many de- fects of design and construction in the sewers more recently constructed, in prog- ress and in contemplation. The sizes were generally too small to take care of heavy rainfalls, the bottoms of main sewers were of common brick masonry and were badly worn in cases where gradients were at ail considerable, the forms given to the inverts were such that the sewage flow was not concentrated, the bedding, alignment and jointing of pipe sewers were defective and much inconvenience was caused by the in trusion of tree roots, which developed with- in the pipe sewers sufficiently to obstruct the sewage flow. The sizes of proposed sewers were in- creased; intercepting sewers were con- structed; the inverts of main sewers were designed of materials selected to resist abrasion, and were shaped to concentrate the sewage flow; pipe sewers were de. signed with concrcie cradles and concretc enveloping joints and care was taken to se- cure good alignment; these general rules are at the foundaticn of the practice of today. The sewers of Washington (including the whole of the District of Columbia) are de- signed to carry storm water and sewage. with the exception of a few small subur- ban areas, where they are designed to convey sewage only. An empirical formula which seems to fit local conditions ts used to determine the amount of drainage to be provided for. The Kutter Formula. The formula gives large unit rates for small areas, the rate decreasing as the area increases. The siz2s are determined by the use of the Kutter formula, in which .012 is used as the cvefficient of friction. Sewers between 8 end 24 inches in dlame- ter are mad: of stone ware pipes leid upon a cradle of concrete masonry, the joints be- ing covered with a concrete-enveloping band. Above 2¢ inches diameter they are made :gg shape until the 4 feet by 6 feet size is reached, which is the largest regular section: sewers above that size are con- sidered exceptional and are designed with raference to the location and conditions. In main sewer werk that portion of the sewer which is below the springing line is constructed of concrete masonry, lined with a wearing surface of vitrified brick masonry from. the bottom to a line mid- vay between the bottom and the epringing lire. Above the vitrified brick masonry the lining is of ordinary brickwork, the same thickness as the vitrified brick ma- senry. In sewers 4 feet by 6 feet and smaller stone ware inverted blocks are land in addition to the lining of vitrified and ordinary brick masonry, described above. In a few cases of sewers having light gradients, constructed in dry ground, and designed to couvey sewage only, un- lined concrete sewer inverts have been constructed with satisfactory results. The erches of main sewers are constructed either of ordinary brick or concrete ma- sonry, the selection being controlled by lo- cal conditions. Concrete masonry used in pipe sewer work and elsewhere in walls less than 6 inches thick is composed of beach pebbles, each particle of which must pass through a lg-inch ring, mixed with an amount of mortar (composed of cement 1 part, sand 2 parts) which shall be 30 pe- cent in ex- cess of the volume of voids in the gravel. Concrete masonry in more massive con- struction is composed of broken stone, each fragment of which must pass through a 2inch ring, gravel and mortar. The amount of gravel used equals the volume of voids in the broken stone, and the amount of mortar is 30 per cent in ex- cess of the volume of voids of the mixed stone and gravel. A local irspector is provided for each section of work under contract. The gen- eral inspector makes daily vis to each piece of work in progress, and the assistant engineer in charge exercises supervision over all work under his direction. Constructions exceeding $1,000 in cost are performed by contract. The work perform- ed by day labor is limited to the smaller lines of pipe sewers and sewer appurte- nances. Se LAUREL, Mr. Charles S. Willis has sold his property on Compton avenue to Miss May Marshall. He re- moved his famfly to Washington last week. Contractor Calvin W. Donaldson is progressing rapidly with his new home on 4th street, it being nearly ready for roofing. Mr. Henry A. Jobns and family and Mr. Horace K. Lutwyche and family of Baltimore moved in the Shaffer property on Fairlawn avenue last week. Lafayette day was appropriately observed in the public schools of Laurel Wedaoxd gram was carried out by the =i a Tection was taken up for the memortal fund Mayor Edward Phelps, who tas taken the con- tract to build the Southern Marsiand Migh School at Laurel, ex ect the bullding in the shortest possible time. The first contractor laid the foundation, but abandoned the work. The plans made by the architect, Mr. Alfred Mason of Lalti- more, contemplate a $10,000 building, bet it will have to be put up for a little over $5,000. Mr. Jerry M. Williams and family have removed to Creseo, Towa. ———.——__ Schooner Captain Robbed. Charles E. Henderson, captain of the schooner Martin Wagner, this afternoon re- ported to the detective bureau that while asicep Monday night in the cabin of his boat, witich was lying at the foot of llth treet southwest, he was robbed of between £s and $90 in money. —_. Acquitted John E. Newcomb. John EH. Newcomb, who lives on Bright- ‘wood avenue within what is known as the mile limit, was on trial in Police Court to- charged with violating the liquor lew. many witnesses had the jury acquitted him. sewer will skirt the river lagazine ——S—— COR. 7B ann & CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA The Dread Disease Can Now Be Successfully Oombated. Results of the Experiments Conduct« ed by the Agricultural Department —Description by Dr. Salmon. Some important expertments have been carried on by the Department of Agris culture during the past two years which, in their effect, are likely to mark tne be- ginning of @ new era in American hog rais ing. The work has been under the direo= ton of Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bus reau of animal industry, end consists in the vse of a serum in treating hogs affected with cholera or swine plague. The results of the experiments show conclustvely that these terrible diseases can be successfully treated, easily and inexpensively. There 1s a good profit to the western hog raiser who can be assured of comparative freedom from cholera. Where heavy yields of corn can be grown, as in the west, and the expense of harvesting saved by ‘turn- ing the hogs tlemselves into the ripe fields, the profit is larger than in almost any other class of farming; the risk lies in the fact that the farmer is pretty sure, «very few years, tu lose nearly all his drove through cholera ravages. Enormous Loxsex of Late Years. The annual losses to .he farmers of the United States from cholera amount up to a great national debt. In 1806 the losses from this disease in Iowa alone, cording to the statements of the state board of agriculture, were $15,000,000. None of the edies heretofore gested and trie have been found effective in curing thig The best suggestions have been looking to go0d sanitary conditions, leans liness and keeping the animals’ systems and digestion in a healthy state, to enable them to better resist germ attacks. Now, however, the department comes forward with a cure, which will save a large pers centage of affected animals. Efficacy of the Serum Treatment, “What have been the actual results off the bureau's experiments and what propote tion of hogs can you save by this treate ment?” was asked of Dr. Salmon “Briefly,” he replied, “the results have been that about 8 per cent of the animals treated in droves have been saved. whereag about the same percentage have been lost in droves not treated which were affected with cholera and swine plague. “Experiments have been carried on by the department for two years in Page county, Iowa. Last year 244 hogs were treated, with the result that about 2) per cent died; but in droves of hogs living uns der exactly similar conditions, untreated, about 80 per cent died. This year treatment has been much moré extens and the experiments more far-reaching, The bureau has injected 922 hoge: of these 170 died, leaving a proportion saved of §1 cut of every 100, or 19 per cent loss. These animals comprised seventeen droves, and of these six droves lost only one hog ‘each, On the other hand, 1,107 hogs of other droves were observed, not subjected to the serum treatment. and of these 879 died, @ loss of 79.8 hogs cut of every 100. Therg is no question of the effectiveness of this treatment. Our cperations have been viewed with considerable skepticiem, but the farmers of Iowa are no longer doubte ers. Serum treatment for cholera is no more an experiment. It is a proven suce cess, and will undoubtedly save the farms ers millions of dollars annually. How Serum is Secured. “This treatment,” continued Dr. Salmon, “should not be confounded with inoculas tion, such as is practiced on cattle affected with blackleg. Inoculation signifies the ine troduction of live germs, such as occur in cases of vaccination. The cholera serum ig procured by keeping apart for treatment an animal—a horse or a cow—and injecti into {ts blood a small amount of the blood of a choiera-diseased hog. This will sicken the subject, but he will recover, when an- other dose will be administered, and so on time after time, untii finally his blood bes comes so impregnated as to render hi practically cholera proof. Then his blo ig let and the clot drawn off, leaving the thin, yellowish portion, which is the sée Tum. This is used to inject into the dise eased hogs and operates to render the! Ukewise cholera proof, or even cures them of the disease oe it has developed. It is, of course, the application of an old princte ple, but the secret of success lies in the proper preparation of the serum.” $$ GAITHERSBURG, Mr. Michael Whalen bas contracted with Mn Hezekiah Day for the constriction of « dwelling on his farm recently purchased near town, Mr, Frank R. Riley has gone west on an exe tended business trip. A conspicuous society event afternoon at 8 o'clock in the Laytonsville M. E, Church, when the marriage of Dr. Vernon Bile leary Dyson and Miss Lena May Warfield will be solemnized. The bride-ciect is the Geugbter of Justice Isruel G. Warfield. Mr. George A. Shaw died suddenly, recently, t the residence of his brother, Mr. Fred iS, Cbow arising. one morning he complained to the family of slight iliness, and after brenkfast returned to his room to lie down. The family physician was went for, and but @ few minutes after bis arrival before Mr. Shaw suddeniy . He had suffered with Bright's disease, MiP "Shaw was a pative of Nuiue, auf wes warm friend of the late James G. Blaine, com- to Washington with him in 1868 to accept an important position at the Capitol. He soon be- came influential in oficial circles aud later served many years in the Treasury Department. For four ears he had resided bere and Much esteemed. le never married aud his age was ‘Sfty-six years, Rev. W. 8. German is couducting a revival at the Germantown M. E. Church this week. The engagement of Miss Hi le of Mr, Lloyd C. Collifiower, and M: mnounced, the wedding daughter temus Griffith is a place at Unity next month. er All Washington an Audience. The Star's “Wanted Help and Situation: columns are carefully d by thousands daily. Fifteen cents pays for fifteen words, iat Catan d Private Harmon Suffers Relapse. Private Joseph L. Harmon of Company G, District of Columbia Volunteers, has suffered a relapse from fever contracted while in Cuba with His regiment. He re- sides at 8411 S street northwest. TT. A fireworks bomb charged with dynamite accidentally exploded at a democratic mass meeting in New York last night, ing Peter Bowen, an employe of the city. J 8 ensou & Company, one of the oldest car building firms in United States, has applied for a The Shoshone Indians in Nyo county, Nee vada, are reported to be on of is to occur thig *