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‘THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1898~14 “PAGES! SPECIAL NOTICES. EMEN WHO KINDLY ASSISTED fell fre car at 10th st. and P ave. November 15 send address or call no21-2t* 1K Te US To S LY EVERYTHING SEED IN THE WAY OF STATIONERY. Stathers and Office too large—too varied: here means enving money, ces with those elsewhere. PESHLANK BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. Blank Books, ete no2i-14d comparing our 421 ELEVENTH STREET N.W. FIT OF S NATURAL TPS Nistor friends should be surprised by the lead we hold. ‘Then, too, it's natural that tailor controls the cream of the flering is unparalleled for style, Tailors, 604 73th st. tter, is how with 1s. AND FAVORS Specialties for ‘ Book 1, AND CURIOUS TOYS parti whe goes. estimate oat’ tor wool ts F to. return Printing de mands = gud 5 thought cand i oe = the hare Elliott, D counter. ea work po2t 144 ‘phone: 167 506 10th Mechanics’ Fine Tools Unequaled in Quality and Price. Our Leads Bailey’s Dollar Saw Unrivaled and Guaranteed. Fqual to the Best. 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Nov. 14, 1898, Notice is hereby given that the books fer the transfer of certificates of indebtedness, series B."" will be closed from Nov. 15 to Dee. 1. 1898, and th- books for the transfer of stock will be closed from Nov. 20 to Dee. 1 G. B. nol 7.19,21,23.26 peers 2 Secretary. Lawyers’ Briefs, 75c. a Page Instead of $1. If Cadick does your priating youll save 25 per cent. Using Mergeathaler typesetting machines we lessen labor, time and cost We guarantee the neatest and best printing possible THOS. W. CAD DR ¢ K. 219 G W_ MeNAUGHTON, Dentist, Has removed her office from 1421 20th 1401 H st. nw. Office hours, 8:30 to 5 p. ee31-Im* nol-14d to New Life Goes Bounding Through the Veins by use of Thacp’s Pure “BESKELEY” Whisky Dy reriatn pale. wan and list when it will quickly bring becith! Try it. $1 at THARP. 512 F STREET. HARTMAN PRINTING CO PRINTERS BUSINESS OFFICE, Room 25, Atlantic Building TELEPHONE 268. ‘PREDERIC L. MOORE, Member W: op Stok Exchange, Has removed Pie office to the Wyatt building, octt 24th avd F sts. aw. nolTtodet SPECIAL NOTICES. SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL—ROBERT DE- Bruce Council, K. H—The stated meeting will be hed on TUESDAY, 224 day of November, 1898. at_7:30 . Business general. n2i-2r WM. OSCAR ROOME, 33d Deg., Recorder. EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMMISSION District of Columbia, Washington, 808.—To Mrs. Sarah’ E. Williams: of lot 16, square 176, known as premises street northwest, Washington, D. C.. hereby notified to connect said’ lot with the pub- He sewer within thirty days from this date, otherwise the Commissioners of the District of Columbia will cause the connection to be made and will assess the cost thereof, together with the cost of this advertisement, as a tax against said lot, under authority of an act of Congress approved May 19, 1896, entitled “An aet to pro- vide for the dreinage of lots in the District, of Columbia.” J. B. WIGHT, J. W. RC SING H. BEACH, Commissioners of the 23 ERS OF THE ovember 16, ‘As the owner 1630 U you are (OF PYTHIAS—ALL KNIGHTS WHO vish to visit Bowie, Md.. with Harmony Lodge, (Tuesday), will meet at the . , at 7 pm. sharp. All are Train leaves at 7:20 o'clock. 8 BEN. C. McQUAY, It Keeper of Records and Seal. |Espey’s Warranted Steel Carver and Fork, $1 Pr. Are the best that $1 can buy anrwhere in the world—this Carver sells in England for the same price. It is eeld on honor—“money back” if sou want it. Get one and try it on your Thanksgiving turkey. John B. Espey, ne2-3m-10 Hardware, 1010 Pa. sve. A_RIDE OR WALK THROUGH CLEVELAND Park will please you. Try it. Otfice, 610 14th st. oc22-tf INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Page Page 12 AUCTION Page 14 ROARDINC age 12 SS CHAN Page 12 TRY REAL ESTATE Page 12 DEATE Page 5 Page 13 Page 18 EXCURSIONS. Page 10 FALL RESOR1 FINANCIAL. FOREIGN FOR FoR FOR RENT (Flats). RENT (Halls). RENT (Houses) RENT (Miscellaneous) RENT (Offices) RENT (Pianos) RENT (Rooms) FOR S. FOR FOR HORSE POTOMA FI RAILROAL ROOMS AND BOARD. SPECIAL WANTED (Help). Wan ) (Houses). NTED (Miscellaneous) WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Situations). INCREASING CLOUDINE: for Tomorrow and Wednesday. For the Dis- SS. Rain Promised May Be Sn recast till $ p.m. trict. of Columbia, rn Pennsylvania, ew Jersey and Delaware, increasing cloudin nd warmer tonight; Tue rain; asing east to southeast winds; Wedn rain or snow and much colder. r Maryland, Virginia and North Caro- warmer and partly cloudy with rain in western portions rain; increasing east to southeast winds. incre Weather conditions and general forecast— fe western cold wave overspread the middle Missouri valley, Kansas, north ern Oklahoma and Indian territor; treme northern Texas, causin in ) degrees from the over the middie s, and snow as far south as the Panhandle of Texas. The line of zero temy ure is traced to northw ern Nebraska and southern Wyoming. Dur- ing the next twenty-four hours the cold wave will d over the Mississippi and lower Ohio Ss, causing a fail in tem- perature of 30 to 40 degrees and carrying the line of freezing weather almost to ihe middle and west gulf ¢ In T and th ere norther for tonight. Warnings uthwestern state: the season will pre of this severe c wave have preceded its arrt at all points in the western states about twenty-four heurs. Similar warnings have been graphed to points throughout the id the southwest, and als have been instructe ippi valley bureau offi vise « 1m al and shipp! interests to adopt precautionary measures in ad- | vance of # wave of very low temperature, which will be injurious to perishable goods. In the Atlantic coast states rain. will probably set in by Tuesday morning, and a decided fall in temperature may be expect- | Wednesday Storm signals are displayed at all lake s s.and on the gulf coast from Pensa- cola to Brownsville. Tne following heavy precipitation inches) has been reported during th twenty-four hours: During the tw four nding 8 a. nday yard Haven, 1 Wide dn st port, Vv m. and 8:46 p.m.; z a.m. 06 p.m. Tomorrew—Low . 9:11 am. and 9:48 p.m.; high t . and 3:06 p.n. The Sun and Mo Today—Sun rises, 6: p.m. Moon s Tomorrow. ) a.m; sun sets, 442 1:09 a.m. tomorrow. Sun rises, 6:51 a.m. he City Ligh 1 lighted _by Gas lamps tinguishing begun at 5:59 E ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 5:35 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:14 a.m. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Temperature, 45; condi- tion, 3. Receiving reservoir—Temperature, 48; condition at north connection, 2; condi- tion at south connection, 9. Distributing reservoir—Temperature, condition at in- fluent gatehous. ; effluent gatehouse, 25. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer and barometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 2 p.m. yesterda, ‘Thermometer—November 20, 4 p.m. p.m., 44; 12 midnight, 37. Novembe! a.m., 33; 8 a.m., Maximum, Barometer—November 20, 4 p.m., 30.13; S p.m., 30.20; 12 midnight, 30.24. November 21, 4 a.m., 30.26; 8 a.m., 30.31; noon, 2 p.m., 30.26. —_ If you want work read the want columns of The Star. a Ordered by Commissioners. ‘The following orders have been issued by the District Commissioners: That the following named work be done under the provisions of law governing the assessment system, the intention to do the work having been duly advertised, as re- quired by law: Lay cement sidewalk and set new curb in south side of Q street northwest between Ist street and Florida avenue,abutting lots 156, 213, 214, 46, 215, 216, 218, 219, 20, 221, 222 56 . 60, 61, ¢ e and 68 of square 615; $1,600. Lay ce- ment sidewalk on the south side of Har- vard street between 13th and 14th streets, abutting lots 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of block Columbia Heights; estimated cost, $590. Set curb In front of public reservation at the intersection of 13th street and Tennes- Seo avenue; estimated cost, $125, charge- able to appropriation for replacing and re- pairing curbs around public reservations, TSU9. That three lamps be erected in Florida avenue between lth and 16th streets, eost chargeable to current. appropriation for street lighting. 3S, DOCTORS DISAGREE Contradictory Opinions Concerning Alleged Case of Yellow Fever. ARCHIE MILLER'S DEATH DISCUSSED Dr. Doty's Views Not Shared by the Local Experts. RESULT OF DIAGNOSIS There is likely to be some interesting dis- cussion in medical circles within the next few weeks on the alleged case of yellow fever discovered last Saturday at the Hotel Johnson. Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of the port of New York, fs in the city, and has given it as his opinion thdt the case Was not one of yellow fever. Dr. Doty has been identified with the study of contagious and infectious diseases for twenty years, and is considered an expert. His visit to Washington at this time is to confer with President McKinley, in company with sev- eral other members of the American Public Health Association, for the purpose of des- ignating an expert who shall proceed to Havana to study the disease of yellow fever and, if possible, isolate the spectfic germ which causes the disease. A reporter of The Star found Dr. Doty at the Arlington Hotel this morning on his way to see the President. He stopped long enough to say that he had investigated the previous history of the man Miller, the supposed yellow-fever victim, and was al- most positive he did not have the dread dis- ease. He referred to the trip of Miller to this country from Porto Rico on the steam- er Allegheny, and the certificate of the cap- tain of the vessel that no one was sick on board; further, that Miller presented him- self on deck for examination, which would have been impossible had he been ill of yellow fever. The period of incubation is from three to five days, he said, and if, as stated, Miller contracted the,’ disease in Porto Rico, it would have developed long before he arrived in this country. It was his opinion, based upon the experience of all experts, that little could be learned of the disease from an autopsy. Miller, in his opinion, died of pernicious malarial fever. He scouted the idea of an epidemic here, and said yellow fever was not contagious, and that he would have no hesitancy in sleeping in the very bed in which Miller died. Statement Reaffirmed. The statement that “Milier died of yellow fever was emphatically reaffirmed today by the experts of the marine hospital service and Health Officer Woodward. They laugh- ed at Dr. Doty’s assertions, and said it was plain that he is trying to escape the responsibility for permitting Milier and his companion: Herbert, to pass through New or] “You ma: service,” place toc say for the marine hospital id one of the officials at that to a Star reporter, “that we are entirely satisfied that Miller died of yellow fever. It makes né6 difference what Dr. Doty says. The case was seen and handled by four of our experts, who know what they are talking about. We don’t care to get into any controversy with Dr. Doty, but What does he know about yellow fever He is not an expert, by any means, and hi: motive for discrediting thi: e is too ap- parent. I don’t know but what, were I in Dr. Dot place, I would do the same thing. The autopsy performed upon the body of Miller showed that the diagnosis of yellow fever was right. Examinations were made of the blood, liver, stomach and urine of the man. No malarial organisms were found in the blood, so that it ts im- t Miller died of malarial trouble. have a telegram from Dr. Cobb, who s sent to Pittston to examine Herbert, nd he states that the case is suspicious. He will continue to observe it. Dr. Cobb learned from Herbert that Miller was sick on board ship, but got up in order to the quarantine. The fact is, In my opinion, that Miller had a light case on the ship, and getting up too soon, suffered a relapse which killed him. “As to the period of incubation, we have to report of a case before us in which the person, a woman, went from Michigan to Mississippi, arriving September 22 last in the fever-infected region. She left there on the 20th and reached her home October 3. She was taken sick the loth and died the 19th. The autopsy showed that she had yellow fever. You will observe the long eriod of incubation. ‘Here is the comment of our great expert, Dr. Geddings, on this case. He says he has seen sin which the period of incuba- tion nine days, and that it is probable it has been as long as eleven days. These men know what they ng, for sev e just returned from the fever dis- I agree, however, that there is not the slightest danger of the spread of the disease in this city. Health Officer's Views. “Dr. Doty’s statement is discredited,” said Health Officer Weodward to a Star re- porter, “by the fact that h> must protect his own quarantin Jn order to explain away the facts against him, he has got ts make the man Herbert, Miller's companion, possible t out a Nar. Herbert bas stated to the m rine hospital peopie that Miller was sick on th? voyage home, and that Ne got un in erder to pass the quarantine. This con- firms what we found in his letter to Miller, which was among the dead man's effects. Doty let Col. Waring through quarantine, why not Miller and Herbert? “There is no fixed period of incubation but admitting that it is no more than five days, we find that Miller left Port Limond on the 7th instant, and was sick on ship- board. ‘Therefore the fever developed with- in five days, and when he arrived hera it was November 17, the tenth day. As you know, Dr Hooe was called in to the case and he reported to me that he was sus picious of yellow fe Thereupon I sent for experts from the marine kospital ser: vice, and arriving at ths hotel, we found the man unconscious from the black vomit, which was apparent on the cover of the bed. ‘Tests wer» made, but no malarial or- ganisms were found in the blood. In the urine there was albumen, but no The presence of albumen in connection with the black vomit was conclusive of yel- low jack. At th autopsy the stomach was cut open and the black matter was found within it. I am not an expert, by ary means, but I am entirely satisfied that Mil- ler died of the fever. At the same time, there is no danger of @ sprsad of the dis- ease.” Profess: Agrees With Diagnost: Notwithstanding the claims of Dr. Doty, the medical profession of this city, it is said, is willing to accept the diagnosis of the marine hospital experts and the emi- nent physicians who were present at the autopsy. One of them consented to discuss the case with a reporter of ‘The Star today, provided his name was not used. It was unprofessional, he thought, to discuss such matters in the press, He said: “While I have never seen a case of yel- low fever myself, I am conversant with the literature on the subject and know what a clinical picture of the disease would look like. The marine hospital experts, who have seen hundreds of yellow fever cases, had no hesitancy, after the autopsy, in declaring that Miller died of yellow fe- ver. All of the text books upon the sub- Ject agree in certain characteristics of the disease, and I tell you frankly there was nothing missing in Miller's case and no reason to even suspect anything else. “Now, let's see what was done. Before Miller died his blood was examined. The attending physician suspected malaria, and to confirm his diagnosis sent a sample of the blood to the Army Medical Museum. The microscopical examination failed to disclose any of the malarial parasites, and if Miller had been suffering from malaria the parasites would have been present. ‘This was done again after his death, but still no malarial organisms were present. So we exclude malaria. ow, it was hardly possible that Miller had typhoid, but to make the record com- plete we looked carefully for evidences of | the disease at the antopsy. Every physi- cians knows that the Pyerian glands are affected in typhoid fever. In the case of “APENTA,”” THE BEST. NATURAL. APFRIENT Water. "Shows an excellent proportion of sal- phates and chlorides. It is, therefore, a most useful aperieat.""—Julius Althaus, M.D, 1 Miller there was no s¥q@h evidence, and this, taken in connection with his clinical history while in this city, excluded tha In most of the fevers except yellow th spleen is enlarged. Milley’s spleen was nor- mal, and all authorities int to this as one of the post-mortem features of the dis- ease. In fact, the authotities refer specifi- cally to the liver, stomach and kidneys as the organs which show the greatest changes in yellow fever., Now, what did the post-mortem in Milfobe case disclose? Why, that the invotyemept of the organs was identical with the descriptions in the text books, The liver guas slightly en- larged, light yellow in color, resembling light oak wood, smooth—and free from blood. No other poison but phosphorus could bring about this change..,The yellow color ywas caused by the fatty,degeneration of the organ. Evidence in Stomach. “But the stomach gave ug.the greatest and best evidence. It was full of a dark bloody fluid, the black vomit. The mucous mem- brane of the stomach was swollen, soft and congested. The kidneys were slightly enlarged with small extravasations of blood within the capsule, while around them was a quantity of yellowish fat. One authority on yellow fever lays stress upon the pres- ence of yellow fibrin on the pleura (the covering of the lungs). The case of Miller was typical in this respect, which, as I have said, is regarded as positive evidence of the disease. The lungs were involved and were in a state of hypostatic congestion. So that I say the case in its entirety was a plain picture of yellow fever. . “We kave other evidence corroborative of the foregoing. That Miller was ill on the steamer cannot be doubted. The letter from his friend proves that. Every one agrees that yellow fever 1s divided into three stages. First we have the feeling of lan- guor with no appetite, headache and a chilly feeling. This is usually followed by a rigor and the temperature of the patient sails up. Then there comes a remission of the fever and the patient may feel per- fectly well and even go about. Expresses an. Opinion. “My opinion is that Miller contracted yel- low fever either in Porto Rico or on the steamer that he was taken ill with the pro- dromas symptoms of the disease while on board the boat,but when he arrived at quar- antine the stage of remission was on and he was able to be about. The third stage,that of relapse, came when he arrived in this city. No, sir, there can be no doubt in my mind that Milier died of yellow fever. But I de- sire to add, and I wish you would be sure and say it in The Star, that there is not the slightest danger of an outbreak of the disease in this city. The disease cannot be communicated.” The physicians of the marine hospital, as well as the experts of the Army Medical Museum, have taken cultures from the body and sections of which bacteriological and pathological examinations will be made. Not quite two years ago Sanarelli, an Ital- jan physician, startled the scientific world by publishing a paper In which he claimed to have discovered the specific germ of yellow fever. The profession, however, it is understood, has not been fully convinced of the discovery, since it has not been found in every case of yellow fever. The rned Italian claims it is present in every se, but the means of finding it in every e have not been fully understood. —__.—_—_ BELT RAILWAY SALE. Formally Reported ‘to Court Ratified Conditionally. ‘The report of the trustee of the Belt Rail- road Company, the Anierioan Security and Trust Company, Chag. J:“Bell, president, appointed under deckee of the District court, made today to Judge Cox in the Equity Court, announces the fact of the sale of the franchises 4nd property of the road the 15th of November, 1808. Further, the trustee states that at the sale but one bidder qualified by making the required de- posit of $5,000 before the offering of the property, and that was, Mrz Osear ‘T. Cros- by. The latter bid $350,000, and no other bid was made, and no othe? bidder appe ing, the property was'sold to Mr. Crosby vho, within the five days, the report s id to the trustee the additonal sum of 00 in cash and duly assigned s upon the said property*having priority over the bonds. : ‘The report adds that.the real estate, with the improvements, is assessed for taxation at about $133,000, under the terms of the act, approved June 24, 1808, tne pur- chaser is required to equip the entire line of said railway with an underground elec- tric system, izvolving a large expenditure, within one year from the final ratification of the saie, the trustee believes the bid and purchase of Oscar T. Crosby to fairly repre- sent the value of the property so sold, and recommends that the purchase be ratified by the court, he court signed an order directing that and the sale be ratified, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before December 21 nex: a THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Present, the Chief Jus- luce, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice Shepard. Mr. Wilmarth H. Thurston was admitted to practice. Patent appeal No. 105~Cain agt. argument concluded by Mr. C. L. vant for appellant. Patent app2al No. 102—Winslow agt. Au tin; argument commenced by Mr. W. § Duvall tor appellant, continued by Mr. H. S. Knight for appellee and concluded by Mr. W.'S. Duvall for appellant. Equity Court No. Steele agt. Hagner; time to tak mony limited to thirty-five days. A. and P. River R. R. Co.; suit ordered to be revived. Biundon agt. Barrow; disburse- ment of purchase money by trustee author- ized. Darby agt. Luker; pro confesso against certain defendants made absolut>. St. Louis Milling Co. agt. Shaw; auditor report confirmed. Leese agt. Leese; divorce a vin. mat. granted. In re Charles N. F2n- nell, Deborah F. McConvey, Margar2t V. Grocme and James Sheehy; inquisition in lunacy confirmed. In re Hellen J. Wallis and Margaret Ware; inquisition in lunacy ordered. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Godfrey agt. Dutton; on hearing. _ Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Neff agt. E. and S. H. Railway Company; ‘led, juror withdrawn and jurors discharged. Miller agt. Carr: judgment by ccnfession for plaintiff for $500. Armour & Co. agt. Wilson; verdict for plaintiffs for one cent damages. Lyons agt. Thompson; on trial. Circuit Court No. 2—Justice McComas. Wakefield agt. Morgan; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- ham. United States agt. Walter Middleton, vio- lating act of August 5, 1802; defendant ar- ralgned; plea, not guilty. United States agt. Thos. Robinson, housebreaking and larceny; bail fixed at $400; defendant ar- raigued; plea, not guilty.’ United States agt. Walter Carrol, housebreaking; sen- tence, Ohio penitentiafy fof three years. Criminal Court No.,2—Justice Bradley. United States agt. Gharles. Wash!ngton, assault to kill; on trigh Probate Court—Justiéé Hagner. Estatc of Bendiza J.) Behrend; proof of publication. Estate of Albert L. Root; will, dated November 16, 3698; Ailed. Estate of Bally W. Stevenson: will, dated October 31, 1898, filed. Estece of Wm. H. Jones; proof of publication. Estate of Nora M. Hughes; order returned served: Bstate of Julia E. Dorman; will fully proved.i In re Margaret Clemmer; order appointing: Wm. B. Clem- mer, guardian; bond; $2,000. Estate of Mary A. Lutz; final noticejnaming. Friday, December 16, for setting estate. Estate of Abraham B. Hiltmany: wilt, dated Decem- ber 31, 1894, filed. Park; Sturte- 1—Justice Cox. testi- Riley agt. Found in Starving Condition. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 21, 1898. Zachariah Peters, a Well-known old col- ored man, who has lve for a number of years In an old log hut’ two miles east of College station, was fowmd Saturday even- ing by Samuel an@ George Buxton, resi- dents of Washington, in a precarious condi- tion.. The old man dives alone and is badly crippled with’ rheumatism. He Was ‘found in bed in an emaciated and-starving plight. After one of the. gentlemen had adminis- tered a stimulant the old fellow stated that he had gone to bed thé previous. Monday night and had nothing“‘to eat and no fire since then. After” buil .& fire for the old man and supplying Him with something to eat from their, bunting jackets the gen- tlemen placed him in‘their wagon and took him to Washington to the hospital. WORK OF RAILROADS Annual Report of Commissioner Long- street Submitted. IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS SHOWN Results of the Acquisition of New Territory Predicted. A GOVERNMENT LINE The annual report of the commissioner of railroads, Jemes Longstreet, to the Secre- tary of the Interior, was made public to- day. The long period of financial depres- sion, which commenced in 1893 and cul- minated in 1896, the commissioner says, has disappeared, and business has been stead- ily improving. This is particularly notice- able in railrcad affairs. Many railroads which in 1893 were forced to cut the sal- aries of their employes 20 per cent have veluntarily restored the old basis of wages. In April, 1894, 210 roads were controlled by receivers, about 20 per cent of the total mileage of the United States. On June 30 of this yea> there were only 119 roads in the hands of receivers. New Strengthening Conditions. “The annexation of the Hawaiiun Isl- ands," says the report, “the possible, prob- able control of the Philippine and Ladrone Islands, must open up new trade relations of such growing proportions with them as to so materially increase the business of all the bond-alded roads as to be weil within the scope of reason to anticipate their abil- ity, at aa early date, to pay principal and interest of their debt to the United States. “These new eastern possessions, with Cu- ba and Porto Rico, producing tropicai pro ducts—our annual demand tor which is to the extent of $225,000,000 (about one-third oz our entire imports)—will, in a few ycars, be entirely furnished from these new pos: sessions and our own products taken in ex- change, while now our exports to these isl- anus, I believe, do not exceed $15,000,000 an- nually. “siecetofore, under former sway, every ef- fort has been made to discourage business intercourse with Americans, Under the new order of things in these isiands every effort will be made to encourage trade with us, and when the population is doubed in num. bers and is increased ten times in ability to produce and consume, which is not an un- reasonable anticipation, what then will our trade amount to? It is almost impossible to imagine. “Less than 5,000,000 British colonists in Australasia exchaage products to the amount of 3650,000,000 annualiy. Teasonable to suppose that in the trade with our new possessions fully equal, if it will not surpass, all this, of which the United States must and will control the bulk. “Furthermore, in my judgment, the vast volumes of wheat and other cereals which now find their way from the middle west- ern grain prairies to Asia and other coun- tries of the western hemisphere, via the Auantic seaports, will in a very few years reach these same destinations via Pacitic seaports, and with this changed condition will come vastly increased tonnage and revenues to all the transcontinental lines. ‘The diversion of this very traffic on this idea is now receiving the careful attention and consideration of the executive and man- aging officials of some of the leading liues between Chicago, St. Paul and other mid- dle western grain centers and the Pacitic slope, and therefore it seems to me the in- terest the United States has in bond-aided railroads, and especially in the Central Pa- cific railroad, should not be ‘scaled,’ but that we have every reason to look for re- payment of dollar for dollar, principal and intere: Joaned or advanced by the govern- ment originally to these corporations. Government Line to the Pacific Cuast. “It may be timely just now to suggest that the government construct and operate a first-class double-track railway from Kansas City, Mo., to San Diego, Cal., by air-line route. This will open the shortest line, measured by the map, from Boston, New York and Philadelphia to the Pacific coast along and near the coal fields of the cast, and the west of this side of the Rocki2s, and making the most direct line from our great commercial centers to the Sandwich Islands and the Philippizes. “This, with other lines now working cver- land, may prove ampie for the wants of commerce to the Pacific coast and the orient, holding trade and travel within cur borders pending the experiment of a canal through the fevered climate of the isthmus. “An overland route from Vera Cruz, Mex- feo, to Acapulco, now approaching com- pletion, may be an important adjunct to our own overland routes as commerce in- creases, “The home advantag2s of an overland line by the government will be to draw the people nearer together in interests aud sympathies, and will serve them as a ¢ guard against the monopoly of curpora- Uns. As trade increases it may develop the importance of a direct and similar line to Seattle, in Washington state. it fs only t. Louis, Mo., is a little south of the direct line between New York and San Diego, but the topographical features of the country indicate that possibly a better route may be found from that point, and the bridge over the Miss Louis may prove an important consider: tion. A survey, therfore, by direct lines should be made from each of “hese points. ‘The entire indebtedness of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company to the United States was $12,891,900.19. There remains, after deducting $5,303,000, the amount real” ized from the sale, a balance of $6,588,900.19 still due the United States. Proceedings aave been instituted against the Union Pa- cific Railway Company by the Department of Justice in the circuit court of the Unitea States for the district of Nebrask2, by which it claimed that the United States be allowed the said principal sum of $6,588, 900.19, together with interes: upon the sum of $12,891,900.19 from April 1, 1897, to Feb- ruary 16, 1898, and also interest on $6,588,- 900.19 from F2bruary 16, 1898. An amount of securities and assets which are not cov- ered by any specific lien or incumbrance are Involved in this sequestration suit. It it believed that this amount will exceed $1,- 000,000. The claims prsented by all parties approximate a total of $60,000,000.” A general history of tho railroads of the United State is embodied ‘n the report. ———_+« DIES OF HIS WOUNDs. Samuel Dove the Victim of a Shooting Affray. Samuel Dove died about 9:30 o'clock this merning at Emergency Hospital from the effects of wounds received in an affray Sat- urday night in a colored settlement known as Scotland, near Rockville, Montgomery county, Md. The story is that during the progress of an entertainment at a school house in the place named a difficulty oc- curred between Dove and Jim Wilson, both colored, which ended in the shooting of Dove by Wilson, the ball taking effect in the breast near the heart. Dr. Linthicum ef Rockville was summoned and found Dove in a very precarious condition. The sufferer was at once sent to Emergency Hospital in this city for treatment. Sunday morning officers were sent in pur- suit of Wilson, who apprehended him and lodged him in’ jail in Rockville. He was intoxicated, and it is said both men were drunk when the affair happened. Wilson says he was ejected from the house by the crewd and thrown to the ground, and that when he got up he opened fire upon them, not caring who was struck. He does not appear to be at all worried about the mat- ter and slept most of the time after being put in jail. He will have a hearing at once on the charge of murder. According to the statement by those who brought Dove to the hospital the men first quarreled over a game of crap. It !s said that Dove employed Wilson to assist him in cutting corn, and after paying aim won the money back at craps~ Wiison declared he had been cheated, and, it is sald, swore to get even. The men met at the’ school house and the quarrel was renewed, Guring which, the witnesses say, Wilson drew a revolver and fired once point blank at Dove. The bail passed down into the abdomen. He was brought to the Emergency Hos pital, where an operation was performed by Dr. W. P. Carr, but it was too late to do him any good, and he died today, as above stated. | FINANCIAL. | FINA? CIAL. WASHINGTON OFFICE. YOUR ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE OPENING OF OUR WASHINGTON OFFICE, IN THE CORCORAN BLDG., 1428 F ST.. WHERE OUR MARKEC LETTERS ARE RECEIVED DAILY OVER PRIVATE WIRE, ABOUT 11 A.M. DENTs. MAYNARD & CHRISTA! CORRESPON: FACTS CONCERNING C. B. Q., St. Paul, L. and N. and So. Ry. pfd., Giving full and complete information on the Capital Stock, Bonded In- debtedness, past, present and prospective earnings, the amount of high rate bonds that each of the above roads will have for refunding in the near future at very much lower rates, showing what per cent this will save per annum that can be applied to these stocks and much yalu- able information that every speculator or investor in these R. 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Mrs. Hicks was born at Oxon Hill, Md., in the year 1796, and was therefore over 100 years old. She was married and came to Georgetown in 1836, being the mother of several chil- Gr2n, all of whom she has outlived. She had many grand and greatgrandsons liv- ing, one of whom, Jam2s Hicks, is an em- Ploye at the White House. The deceased was a member of Mt. Zion M. E. Church and belonged to several societies. Th2 fu- neral will take place tomorrow afternoon from Mt. Zion Chureh, Rev. E. W. S. Peck officiating. The interment will be at Mt. Zion cemetery. Richard Richardson, colored, aged thirt » Was arrested shortly after 8 o'clock | morning by Policeman Bruce on charge of petit larceny on his way to the station house to duty when he observed the negro s a pint jar of milk from the door of Nellie Shilling, on 32d street. He was taken to the Police Court in the Maria, and a penalty of $ or fifteen days in jail was imy osed. William Hunter, a nineteen-year-old col- ered boy, was arrested Saturday by Pre- cinet Detective Burrows on a charge of petit larceny, the complaining witn2ss be- ing Julia Harris, a colored servant in the employ of Mr. Henry Weaver of 32d street xtended. The prisoner fs all>ged to have The policeman was | 0 mn Stolen a pocket book containing $2.51 in cash. He was arrested in the third pre- cinct, and this morning was sent down for several months for the theft. John Rosenbueh, colored, aged twenty-six, died Saturday at his residence on Prospect street, Reno, a suburb of Tenlgytown, with- | out having had medical attendance. Th> police were notified, and through them the coroner was apprised of the matter. An in- vestigation of the case revealed that death | s du> to ccnsumption. The horse attached to a vehicle containing nk Brooks, aged sixty-seven, of 3615 pect avenue, took fright at something ‘oxhall road Saturday afternoon and ran away. The vehicle was upset and Mr. Brooks was thrown to the round, sus: taining injuries about the head and shoul- ders. He was removed to the Georgetown University Hospital, where his injuries were attended to, Mr. and Mrs. E, B. Sebastian have issued fnvitauons for-the wedding of their daugh- ter, Miss Clara F. Sebastian, to Mr. Charles C. Chamberlain, the ceremony to be cele- brated Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Congress Street M. P. Church. The Canal road west of the Foxhall road is closed, receiving improvements. Cards are out announcing the opening next Monday of the lunch department of the Western High School. FOR HOUSE NUMBERIN Order of Commissioners Affecting Territory Beyond City Limits. The board appointed by the District Com- missioners January 23, 1897, to devise a plan for house numbering outside of the city limits was today directed by the Com- missioners to submit a plan for the guid- ance of the building inspector’s office in numbering houses in the territory desig. nated. The board consists of the District surveyor, Mr. C. F. Eckloff, of the water department, and Mr. R. M. Evans, assist- ant inspector of buildings. It is sald the beard has net yet submitted a plan. ‘The occasion of the Commissioners’ order of today was a complaint received recently from Mr. C. Corson of 2714 14th street, who complained of a want of proper numbering of houses on the street in his neighborhood, subjecting him to much annoyance. The matter was referred to Mr. John B. 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