fj
subscription rates:
25 Cents Per Month; 53.00 Per Year.
Less Than One Cent a Day.
Delivered In this clty Georgetown, Anncoslln And Alex
andria or ly mail anywhere. In tho United Stales.
Situations and Help Wanted
Nob Exceeding Threo Linen Inserted Without Cunrgo
11IHTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH AND FUNERAL
NOTIOEa not oxcooUlng' 3 lines-Free.
Other advertisements under the minor claMlded heading,
one (cnt n word or (even cent a line first lnertlon; five cents n
line each subsequent Insertion.
THE C1UTIC, FOUNDED 18G8, WHOLE NO. 7,0!)7,
WASHINGTON, X. C, TUESDAY EYENrNG, MAT 5, 1891.
TWO CENTS A COPY. i-'o CENTS A MOXTI.l.
'
st new mm w stock
Open or Subscription ami Payment.
Monthly Payments aro $2.50 per share.
KTniliTrtRic C n AccnniAvirui
Assets :
$ f,2 2,2 4' A Purely Oo-oporativo Saviugaud Loaning Institution.
Office,
"Equitable littilding,"
1003 I' street.
Hours, 9 a. 111, to 4.30 p. m,
SPHCIAX. NOTICK9.
IT11IE NATIONAL HAVE DEPOSIT
-0M-
JL PANY OK WASHINGTON.
Chartered liy ppeclal net of Congress January
84, 1S07. Reorganized as a
TRUST COMPANY
Under act ot Congress .October 1, 1800,
This company heirs to nnnounco that It has
received from tbe Controller ot tho Currency
Up ccrtlflcato ot reorganization under the act
ot Congress ot October 1, 16!K),
Ah heretofore, and for twenty-four years
liast, this company will receive, securities, sll
verwarc and other valuables for safe-keeping
In Its nrc-proot building, and will rent safes or
boxes In its ticw fire and burglar-proof vaults,
which havo time locks and all other modern
Appliances.
Under and by vlrtno of the net ot Congress
nt October 1, 1S9C, and the certlllcntc.pt tho
Controller of the Currency, that it has fully
compiled with the law in all respects, this
company will, In nddltton to tho business
heretofore transacted by It, act as executor,
administrator, receiver, nssignco and as com
mittee or guardian ot estates and will receive
and execute trusts of every description com
mitted to it by any court or by individuals.
All trust funds mid trust investments nre
kept separate and apart from the assets of the
company. Besides which protection tho com
pany lias a capital cf
$1,000,000.
Deposits will be received from ton cent up
ward and Interest will bo allowed on such-deposits.
Wills receipted for and kept without charge.
BENJAMIN 1 SNYDElt, Prest.
OHAltLES C. GLOVEIt, 1st VIcc-Prest.
JAMES M. JOHNSTON, 2d Vice-Frest.
E. FRANCIS RIGGS, Trcas.
ALBERT L. STUUTEVANT, Scc'y.
Directors:
William E. Clark,
Lewis Clcphane,
Matthew U. Emery,
It. Ross Terry,
George II. I'lant,
E. Francis Rlggs,
Zcnas C. Bobbins,
John F. ltodgers,
Benjamin P. Snyder,
Albert L. Sturtevnut,
Henry A. Wlllard,
Charles C. Glover,
unomas liyac,
Charles A. James,
Tames M. Johnston,
Jonnu. rarse,
Andrew Wylie.
B
EHKELKY
runn bye whisky.
$1 A GALLON, $1 A QUAItT, 60c. A TINT,
JAMES TIIARP,
813 F STREET.
SECUI1E DRY BASEMENTS AND CEL
lars, &c from a material that will never
deteriorate by age by UBIng
It Is cheaper than brick. An 18-Inch
FOUNDATION WALT.
Can he limit
ot Potomac Blue Stone.
best
workmanship, for the same cost ot all
1-Inch
brick wall. For heavier walls the cost Is much
less, in proportion. Any quantity delivered
timmntlr lv boat at anv nolnt 011 the river
"rent or by wagons to any part of tho city,
ijuarrles extending 2 miles on tho 1'otomnc,
between Aqueduct and Chain Bridges. Bridgo
Stone, Block Stono for building fronts, range
and broken ashler work. Also BrAken Stone,
Base, Binder and Granolithic. I'uro ground
rstono Du t nt a very low price; excellent ma
terial for lawns and walks. Broken Stone
from elevated bins loaded upon vessels nnd
wagons. Tho 1'otomnc Bluo Stone was used
tn build the Catholic University, Georgetown
College and many other largo buildings In the
city; also for foundations of moat ot tho largo
Uovetumcnt buildings In Washington.
Ofllco at Docks, a0 Water street. Box nt
Builders' Exchange. Telephone No. 1378.
POTOMAC STONE CO.
THE FIRE AND BURGLAR - PROOF
BUILDING,
THE WASHINGTON SAFE DEPOSIT CO.,
010 Pennsylvania avenue,
Contains
STORAGE ROOMS
Constructed cutlrcly ot Brlck.wlth Steel Doors.
For Rent nt Minimum Rates.
STEEL VAULTS
For storage of Silver-Plate, Jewelry, and all
other valuables nt minimum charges.
SAFE-DEPOSIT BOXES
Rent tor $3, $7.50, $10, and upward per year.
Inspection Invited.
FIDELITY
BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION
D13 AND 915 F ST. N. W.
Has tho best plan devised for securing a Home.
NO AUCTION OF MONEY.
Any amount loaned repayablo $13 per month
on each $1,000 advanced. Shares l per
month, maturing In 102 mouths lor
fSOO. Profit, $D3.
NO BACK DUES REQUIRED.
BIX PER CENT. INTEREST ALLOWED ON
SPECIAL PAYMENTS.
Paid-up certificates for $ 100 Issued nt$30per
share. 5 per cent, per nnnum paid on
purchase price, semi-annually.
OFFICERS:
HARRISON DINGMAN, Prest.
GEO. W. LEACH, Vice-Prcst.
O. T. THOMPSON, Treas.
ALONZO TWEEDALE, See'y.
ANDREW WALL, Manager.
GEN. J. B. SMITH, Attorney.
TRUSTEES:
American Security nnd Trust Company,
A. T. D1UTTON, Brest.
DEPOSITORY!
Central National Bank.
-TMPORTANT NOTICE
TO
CJAS CONSUMERS.
For tho convenience ot persons living In the
eastern and western sections of tho city, ar
rangements have been made by which they can
pay their gas bills during banking hours at
tho
NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK
onTiifi
WEST END NATIONAL BANK.
Hills paid after tho 8th ot each mouth will
not bo entitled to tho discount 01 25 cents per
J.CIOO cubic feet.
WASHINGTON OASLiailT CO.
WHY NOT HAVE YOUR SHIRTS
made by 0110 of tho most eolebrated
Cutters In America t Prices samo as thoso
thlrd-rato cutters charge p. T. HALL, m V
atrootnw.
The Itltohlu-FlcuanntH Jltiol,
From tht JtMimonU JJlnwtch.
Tho celebrated duel between John
Hampden Pleasants and Thomas Ritchie,
ir., occurred on Wednesday morning,
Pcuruary 23, 1810. It was fought on tho
TManchcstcr sido of tho rivor, about 200
yards abovo tho cotton factory situated tit
tho end of Mayo's Bridge, T. Jefferson
Archer was tho second of Mr. 1'Ieasants,
mid William Scott, tho son of Robert (J,
Hcott, sr., was tho second of Ritchie.
Thomas J. Dcano and Washington Green
how, as friends of tho jespeetTve parties,
were 011 the Hold as advisors, but not
actively as seconds, Tho surgeons presont
wore Dr. Augustus L. Warner aud Dr, 1,
Yklo Brown.
Further information can lie obtained upon npplica,
tioti tit the office ; also, pamphlets explaining the ob
ject of the Association, its advantages and benefits.
Jno. Joy IJdson, Seavlaiy.
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST.
1'or the Mutrkl of Columbia, Kiutcrn Venn-
sykania, Xcto Jawy, JMamrt, Maryland
and Virginia, neutrally fair, except thotcer
on the coaxt; no change in temperature; north
winds; fivst, trcept in Virginia.
Special Weather llullctln.
The Signal 0 dice furnishes tho follow
ing special bulletin:
Vnusunlly cohl weather prevailed this
morning throughout tho entire northern
portion ot the country east of tho Mis
souri and Mississippi Rivers, tho line of
freezing temperature extending from
southern Maine westward through west
ern New York and northern Ohio, nnd
including tho States of Michigan, Wis'
cousin, Minnesota and North Dakotai
In southern Michigan tho temperature)
was the lowest on rccortl for this season
of tho year, the minimum nt Detroit,
being 28 degrees, or 1 degree lower than
previously observed during tho ilrst de
cade of May. Severe frosts occurred
throughont tlieso regions, probably caus
ing considerable injury to fruit and early
vegetation.
Frosts are indicated for to-night
throughout Now England and tho Middle
States, tho Ohio Valley, Kentucky, Tcn
nesseo and the Lake regions.
THE DEPARTMENTS.
TO-J) A YS KJSW(t AXIi JXCIIWXTS
JX TJIE 1'JUtVll.lIj Ol'VlVVS,
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
The President and party crossed tho
California line yesterday into Oregon and
llio first part of their journey was made in
a lain storm, the first they had ex
perienced since they entered the Golden
State. '1 he President made a speech nt Ash
land, being introduced by an old Army
comrade, Captain Mautock.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Chief Clerk Itrackctt will return to tho
city to-morrow from Minneapolis.
A warrant was issued to-day in favor of
the Plate of Pennsylvania for SI ,05 1,7 13,
paying direct tax.
Assistant Treasurer Whclpley has re
covered from his incipient attack of grip,
and is at his post again to-day.
Government receipts to-day from cus
toms, $313,478.05; from internal revenue,
$05,700.71; from miscellaneous sources,
$210,01)0.71. Total, 7(K),187.K1.
Tho count of Treasury assets is proceed
ing quite rapidly. Tho counters expect
to finish up tho paper money this week,
when thesilvcr vaults will bo opened and
their contents inspected and estimated.
The collector of the port at Now Berne,
N, C, has been advised that molasses in
tended for consumption received since
April I is entitled to free entry, nnd need
not be gauged, as a record of the packages
will bo ample for statistical purposes.
Secretary Spaulding has Instructed the
collectorof customs at Bridgeport, Conn.,
that a deputy collector can make ap
praisements only in case of tho absence
or iiisauuuy or 1110 collector, aim mat
such authority cannot be permanently
delegated. "
Tho Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized tho following national banks
to begin business to-day: Hank of Avon
dale, Avoudale, Pa.; capital, $.r0,000.
Lloyd's National Hank, Jamestown, N.
1).; capital, 100,000. Greyloek National
Hank, Adams, Mass.; capital, $100,000.
Treasurer Nebeker's circular offering to
send $20,000,000 in subsidiary silver coin to
banks at tho cxpenso of the Department
is producing good results. Threo orders
for silver havo already been filled direct
from tho Treasury Department here and
quite a number by sub-treasuries. A
largo number or inquiries havo been re
ceived by Treasurer Ncbeker, which shows
the interest the plan has already awak
ened, although tho circular was only
issued last Saturday.
Photos ahi: t Kxkmit. The Treas
ury officials havo decided that certain
photographs imported through the mails
for permanent exhibition at the Girls'
High School of Brooklyn, must pay tho
usual duty, thatInstitutiou,intho opinion
of tho officials, not being established for
the encouragement of tho arts or of
science within the meaning of the law.
I.Mrnuri;ii Cir.-UinnTs. Assistant Secre
tary Spaulding has instructed tho collector
of customs at New York that a drawback
equal to the duty paid on tho imported
wrapping pancr used will bo allowed on
all cigarettes" exported, less tho usual col
lection of one per centum. It is deter
mined that only fourteen ounces of paper
shall boused intho wrappiugof each 1,000
cigarettes.
Pav.mi:xts ron Yrssr.tls ami Guss. Tlio
Treasurer has been instructed by tho Sec
retary of War to pay the following drafts
when presented: To Tnlon Iron Works,
San Francisco, seventh payment on tho
coast defenso vessel Monterey, $110,000;
Cramp A: Sons, Philadelphia, fifth pay
ment on cruisorNo. 0, 53,000; third pay
ment on cruiser No. J2. SS1.700; Bethle
hem Iron Works, Pennsylvania, partial
payment on G-inch gun lorgings, 0,070.
Total, $287,070.
Oi'it Hrnixct Sea Curnini. Tho reve
nue cutters Bear, Rush and Corwin, de
tailed for duty in tho Boring Sea, aro
equipped with three-inch brooch-loading
rifles, and, on a smooth sea. can steam
twelve knots. Thoy aro rakish-looking,
two-most boats, with propeller power,
each with a full complement of inon aud
officers. Tho three-inch rifles aro n bit
obsolete and tho Government has ccaed
toinanufacturo them. Still they aro ad
mirablo weapons and aro very accurate by
reason of their lightness.
BncnmitY losTjui'sSncanT, It is under
stood that a meeting of such members of
tho Cabinet as aro hero was held yester
day, and tho Bering Sea mattor was dis
cussed at length. It is also woll under
stood that Secretary Foster has prepared
his instructions to tno commanders of tho
rovenuo cutters to do ser.'ico In tliOM'
waters, but tho nature of thoso is, of
course, a secret. Tlioy-nro typo writt
0 typo written,
The Secretary
ami cover several liagos. T
vektnrdnv smllinelv hid them from a re
porter, and bald lie could not afford to
givo nut n state secret ot such grave mo
ment, ,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The Attorney-General has rendered an
opinion that tho second proviso of section
W of the now Tariff bill is general in its.
scope and Hint when duties aro based
upon the wclghtof merchandise deposited
in bonded warehouses duties should be
levied upon the weight of tho merchandise
at the lliuo of its withdrawal ami not at
the time of Its entry.
Attor11py-Ucnor.1l Miller has rendered
nn opinion that tho new immigration law,
when passed, became aj'artof the general
legislation on that subject. Such being
the case, the opluionliolds that the Secre
tary of the Treasury is empowered to use
as much money as necessary, out of the
immigtatioufund, to pay the salaries of
olllccs created by the new law, tho ex
pense of putting the law into forconnd
continuing it in operation. A Superin
tendent of Immigration, created by the
law, will notr-however, bo appointed until
the President's return.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Tho Board of Ordnance, of which Gen
eral Scholicld is president, is holding im
portant sessions at the ar Department,
which will ho continued during tho week.
These meetings arc secret because they
arc devoted to the examination of various
war implements nnd tho hearing of sug
gestions fof offense and defense.
Falsi; l'litrrr.stiia. The following
named men, having enlisted under fnlso
pretenses, wlllbcdischargcd: Private Leon
II. Crowdis, Company 1), Eighteenth In
fantry, Fort Clark, Texas; Private Edward
Huniilton? Company D, Sixth Infantry,
Fort Porter, N. Y.; Recruits Arthur V.
Aldrich and John Martin, mounted serv
ice, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; John ICclly,
general service, David's Island, N. Y.,atul
John M. Cisko, -John J. Noll and John
Smith, general service, Columbus Bar
racks, Ohio.
Pitr.SEr.VKTf in Piuistuio. "Tho Presidio
of San Francisco," observed a curious in
dividual to a War Department clerk.
"What sort of name is that and what docs
it mean? I've noticed it sometimes in
Army orders published in Tin; Ciutiu
Rixomi." Tho clerk was in his office; he had been
asked tho question before, but did not re
member the correct answer. Ho bustled
about among the archives and literature
of his office and gave the Intelligence that
"The Presidio" was literal Spanish in a
general way for a "place of defense."
"Tho Presidio" is the principal garrison
of San Francisco, situated on an elevated
spot, about three miles from the city
limits. It is the headquarters of tho Firs't
Artillery, six batteries being stationed
there. The other garrisons about the
"Golden Gate" arc Alcatraz Island, with
two batteries of the Fifth Artillery, Angel
Island, where there arc five companies
and the regimental headquarters of the
Fifth Infantry, and Fort Mason, five
miles from the. city, with 0110 battery of
tnoi'inn Artillery. 1110 neauquarters 01
the Department of California are in the
city of San Francisco.
IIoxoisAiii.v Disi'iiAiior.ii. The following-named
enlisted men: Corporal Wil
liam J. Billinglon, Troop A, First Cavalry,
Fort Custer, Mont.; Private Joseph F.
Crawford, Company A, Nineteenth In
fantry, Fort Wayne, Mich.; Sergeant
Cclotes llcmingcr, Company E, Twenty
first Infantry, Fort Sidney, Neb.; Private
Peter Lower, Battery E, Fifth Artillery,
FortCanby, Wash.; Private Moses Ship
man, Troop 1, Ninth Cavalry, Fort
Robinson, Neb.; Private George W.
Brooke, Company G, Eighteenth
Infantry. Fort (Mark, Texas; Pri
vate Holland C. Briggs. Mounted Serv
ice, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Private
Michael Cox, Company D, Seventh In
fantry, Fort Logan, Colorado; Sergeant
Hiram A. Havens, Troop E, Eighth Cav
alry, Fort Buford, North Dakota; Privato
Frederick Kactz, Troop 1!, Eighth Cav
alry, Fort Meade. South Dakota; Privato
John P. Martin, Troop A, First Cavalry,
! ore Luster, luomana ecconu 1 lass rn
vate Daniel Mahedy, Company E, Battal
ion of Engineers, est Point, New ork;
Privato Otto Schuetz, Troop F, Sixth Cav
alry, Fort Niobrara, Nebraska; Privates
Andrew I.ludbcrg, Troop 1), and Charles
W. Dencker, Troop 1, Seventh Cavalry,
Fort Riley, Kausas.
Aii-my Oiun:r.s. One year of the sentence
of imprisonment of Private James Clark,
Battery C, Third Artillery, and six mnhthi
of the sentenco of Private Samuel M.
Kane, Troop F, Third Cavalry, aro re
mitted. First Lieutenant Edwin P. Andrus
Fifth Cavalry, is detailed to duty with the
Wisconsin Jsational Guard until Novem
ber 1,
Captain Crosby P. Miller, as-i-tant
quartermaster, from this city to Fort
Ihomas, Ky., 011 public business.
Sergeant Frederick Stearns, Company
C, Sixteenth Infantry, now iu this city on
furlough, will bo discharged.
First Lieutenant J. Waiter Benet. Ord
nance Department, from Frankford
Arsenal, Philadelphia, to tho Dupont
powder mills, inspector of powder for the
Ordnance Department.
Private Meivillo L. Bateman, Troop F,
Sixth Cavalry, at Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
is transferred to the Hospital Corps as u
private.
I'm ate Roderick N. Bicrco, Signal
Corns, on duty at San Francisco, Cal., will
be discharged the service of the United
States by the chief signal officer.
Privato Patrick J. Byron, Company C,
Fouith Infantry, at Bois.o Barracks,
Idaho, is transferred to the Hospital Corps
as a private.
Private Simon J. Heiiuan, Comppny A,
Twenty-first Infantry, will be discharged
without character.
Piivato Charles Moran, Hospital Corps,
at Fort Assinuiboine, Montana, is trans
ferred to tho Twentieth Infantry.
Ordnance Sergeant Joseph Sudsburgcr,
now at Fort Mycr, Virginia, will report
to tho commanding otllcor for duty at
that point.
The leave of Captain Morris O. Footo,
Ninth Infantry, extended ono month.
Leave for threo months, from June 1,
granted l'ost Chaplain Jaiucs C. Kerr,
U.S. Army.
Upon his own application Second Lieu
tenant Guy II. Preston, Ninth Cavalry, is
transferred from Troop L to Troop G of
that regiment.
Transfers of enlisted men:
Private Nathaniel It. Albright, from
Troop B, Tenth Cavalry, lit Fort Apache,
Arizona, to Company G.Twonty-fourth In
fantry. Privato Edward It. O'Brien, from
Company D, Twenty-second Infantry, at
Fort Keogli, Montana, to Company B,
Tenth Infantry.
Enlisted men discharged without char
acter from tho service of tho United States
with forfeiture of retained pay:
Private Dell II, Lowis, Troop K, Fourth
Cavalry. Sequoia National Park, Califor
nia. Privato William E. Sanders, Troop
C, Ninth Cavalry, Fort Leavenworth,
Kausas.
Recruit Munson C. Marshall, Mounted
Service, nt Jefferson Barracks, Mo,, hav
ing enlisted while a minor without tho
consent of his parents or guardian, will
bo discharged.
Sergeant Charles II. Rcirden, Company
G, Eighth Infantry, now at a branch re
cruiting rendezvous, Bridgeport, Conn., is
relieved from that duty and fttrloughod
until July 10, 1801.
A year of tho sentenco of Imprisonment
of Private Isaac L. Shoptaugh, Company
F, Fifth infantry, is remitted,
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Tho Navy Department has recoived n
dispatch, announcing thodeparturoof tho
Newark from League Island for Hampton
Roads to-day.
Commodoro James A, Greer has been
ordered to examination for promotion,
and Lieutenant Albert Glcavos to tho
Boston on tho 12th Instant.
Nuynl cadets haye been appointed to the
Annapolis Academy as follows: Newton
Mansfield of Ashtou, Fifteenth Ohio, witli
W. If. Wilter of
Bucvrus, Ohio, as alter-
nntc. and C,
Leonard Castlo of Points-
vlllo, Tenth Kentucky
Tho steel cruiser Newark left the League
Island yard for Hampton Roads to-day.
She will make up n full crew from tho
vessels of the While Squadron.
Secretary Tracy wont to Now York last
night, in company with bis daughter,
Mrs. Wllmerding, who sails for Europe
to-day. The Secretary will probably re
turn to Washington in a day or two.
The Navy Department has authorized
the payment of $1 10,000 on the coast d 3
fenso ship Monterey, being built by the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco; tho
payment of $53,000 on cruiser No. 0 nnd
$fii,7.'i0 on cruiser No. 12. A payment of
$0,070 was also authorized on tlto 0-inch
gun forgings being forged by tho Beth
lehem Company.
Navai. Owir.ns. Commodoro James A.
Greer, to examination for promotion.
Lieutenant Albert Cleaves, to tho Bos
ton, May 12.
Di:snnTi:o. Tho headquarters of the
Navy Department were nlmost bare of
those high in authority this morning.
Secretary Tracy iiad gone last night to
New York, where he goes to bid bon voy
ape to his daughter, Mrs. Wllmerding,
who sails for Europe to-day. Assistant
Secretary Soley was not in until late in
the day, and Privato Secretary Raymond
was gone to Philadelphia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
In the month of April the Pension OlllcO
Issued 31,072 certificates of all classes ns
against 14,002 during the same month of
last year.
Assistant Secretary Bussey left for Nov,
York last night, where he will remain
until Friday. Ho is a member of the
board that opens tho proposals for Indian
supplies.
Washixotox Patcxts. Patents issued
to Washingtoniuns to-day ns follows:
Walter Donaldson, washing-machine;
Montgomery C. Meigs, file case; John
Gcliwarzman, rotary engine.
DrsnnvKii Tiuiicte. Mr. William Ryan,
the able and genial secretary tn General
Noble, had a column to himself in the
Kansas City Aiva Hist Sunday. The article
was written by Smith D. Fry, who tells
in a graphic fashion Billy's struggles from
nn errand boy to Mnjor Carson of the
Philadelphia LrOycr until he reached his
present position. Tho story pays a well
deserved tribute to Mr. Ryan's executive
ability. In the discharge ol his duties he
never made an enemy and is constantly
adding to his long list of friends.
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
S. M. Alvls has been nnnointcd post
master at Long Dale, Va.
Major McKinlcy was at the Postolllce
Department this morning making hU
adieus prior to his departure for his homo
in Canton, Ohio, to-night.
HiMoxATiojf or ax Oi.p Ci.niiK. George
Emmrick, for thirty-eight years a clerk
in the Mailing Department of the City
Postolficc, tendered bis resignation to
Captain Sherwood this morning. Mr.
Emmrick lias served under eleven post
masters including the present one. Post
master Sherwood said to-day regarding
Mr. Emmrick; "Ho was the most faith
ful clerk I ever knew; a man of the
highest principle nnd Integrity. He was
n model anions his fellow employes.
His departure from tills office causes re
gret universal among superior and sub
ordinate." FROM THE DISTRICT CAPITOL.
Items of Interest from the Coinmls
inlssloner.s' Olllcc.
The contract for building the now East
Washington High School will be awarded
to Kirby .v. Bro.
The Commissioners have authorized tho
purchase of 10,000 granite blocks for im
mediate use on Brightwood avenue and on
G street southwest, between South Capi
tol and Third streets,
Captain Rossell has called attention to
the fact that the pavements of tho Ana
costia and Potomac Railroad Company
are not satisfactory, especially on the ap
proaches to the Anacostia Bridgo.
The Commissioners have approved of
the Browne pneumatic signal put in opor
ation on the Baltimoroand Ohio Rnilroad
atthoH-strect crossing, with tho sugges
tion that tho bell 111 the gatemun's houso
be rung more loudly nnd rapidly.
Coptain Rossell has written to tho
Soldiers' Homo and Kckington ftailroad
Company and the IJelf Line Company
concerning the bad condition of tho road
way at Eleventh nnd G streets northwest,
for which both companies are responsible.
Inspector of Buildings Entwislo has sub
mitted the following statement, showing'
the amount received by tho Collector of
Taxes on account of building permits for
tho month of April: 203 new buildings,
$178; 18t repairs,
railings, $30.
181; 2U awnings, s.'ii; w
LuiWon Liccx.-is, Wholesale approved:
Charles Parks, 73s Ninth street southeast;
diaries McCarthy, 3101 M street north
west. Retail approved: Christian Sproesser,
3C0 G street northwest; Charles A. Max
well. Baltimore aud Potomac Depot,Slth
and B streets, '
Stiiixt On, LuuiTiNO. Tho following
bids for street oil lighting were opened to
day: Nicolai Brothers, $10.15 per lamp for
ono year, $15.00 for threo years; Wheeler
Rellccting Light Company, $10.50 aud $10;
New York and New Jersey Gas Light Com
pany, $17.25 and $17.
LapayiittcIs View. Tho officials of tho
United States and tho District aro very
anxious that tho' view of the Lafayette
Monument shall ;bo as ilno as possible,
and in order to make It moro artistic
Captain Lusk has ordered tho removal of
the old gas lamp and post at tho corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Madison Place.
That Man Limit, In reply toarequest
of E. II. Little, to bo allowed a period of
thirty days in which to dlposo of the
stock of liquorswhicli ho has on hand at
the Casino Club, situated within tlto milo
limit of the Soldiors.' Home, the Commis
sioners state that they havo no authority
to grant such alprivilege.
Ciwdpm.nkp Bi'ii.iiiNCis. Tho Inspector
of Buildings has recommended tho con
demnation ofi tho following buildings:
Threo wooden buildings In lot 21, squaro
157, owned by C. II. Thornton; house 420
Sixth street northeast; nino wooden
buildings lots 1 nnd 2, square 000, and
houses 1400 and 1402 North Capitol street.
Oitniuis, Among tho orders issued to
day wero tlto following: Now hydrant at
Potomac nnd Water streets northwost;
hydrant at Thirty-fifth and Water streets
to bo removed; on and after ditto exact
copies of ull permits issued by the Inspec
tor of Buildings shall bo kept on record
In his ollice: well on O street, between
First and North Capitol streets, to lie
abandoned; no further orders to bo Issued
to lay granolithic or cement sidowolks
until uftcr Juno 1, 101: now hydrant to
bo erected at Grace and Thirty-second
streets.
Btuket Swr.Kmo, In reply to tho
complaint that Twenty-second street, be
tween Pennsylvania avenuo and M street,
has not been swept for somo timo, Supor
intendent Arnold says that tho statement
is uutruo. Tuo reason for apparent
neglect, Mr. Arnold says, Is that very
many of tho routes had to bo reduced In
order to keep within tho appropriations
for street and alley work. While tho De
partment is desirous to increase rather
than decrease the service and to p"rform
all its work regularly, It will bo admitted
that it must at times cut off certain streets
to reduce expense. Attliosamo time all
necessary reductions nro distributed over
the city as evenly as possible.
Citi.knh PnoTMTixu. The Commis
sioners have received from Senator Man
derson a copy of a petition signed by resi
dent lax-payers, fee-holders and lease
holders of properly on Seventeenth street
northwest, from Farrngut Squnro
to Boundary on Connecticut avenue, II
street and Fifteenth street protesting
against the passage in Congress of any bill
proposing to authorize tho con
struction of n cable, electric or
horso car railway along thoso streets.
About a year ago, tho Senator says, that
without duo notice to the property owners
and without their knowledge the Com
missioners proposed to build a railroad
along tho streets nnmed. Senator Man
derson will nppear in behalf of the own
ers in case tho proposition is pushed any
lurtucr,
Ciiaiutv Dni.i:OATi;s. The Commission
ers have appointed tho following dele
gates for the District of Columbia to the
eighteenth national conference of chari
ties and correction, to bo held nt Indian
upolls, Ind., May 13 to May 20, 1801: Com
missioner and Mr3. John W.Douglass,
Commissioner and Mrs. Henry M. Rob
ert, Dr. Amis G. Warner, Superintendent
of Charities; Miss Clam Barton, Mrs. Sara
A. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Fos
ter, Mr. and Mrs. John Joy Edgon, Mr.
Win. II. Armstrong, Mr. aud Mrs. Sidney
II. Everett, tho Hon. nnd Mrs. Simon
Wolf, the Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Ames,
Major Wm. G. Mooro, Intendent W. II.
Stouteuberg, Colonel Jerome J. Burke,
the Rev. Placlde Chappclle, Mr. and Mrs.
B. II. Warner and Mr. L. S. Emery.
A Qmstiox of Owxnr.snir. Some time
ago the question was raised in the appli
cation of Richard A. Driscoll and Michael
T. O'Brien, 2 G street northwest, whether
the signature of a trustee under n deed of
trust Is sufficient upon an application for
a liquor license, or whether the signature
of tho owner of the equity of redemption
suoum oe secureu. Attorney iiazciton
in ills opinion rendered to-day says that
the regulations governing in such a case
requires a majority of the owners to sign
an application for license. The real (pies
lion is whether under this regulation the
trustee is the owner of the property or
whether the ownership is vested in tho
party nominally posscslng it. Tho At
torney thinks that tho real owner
shin nnd beneficial estate is vested iu
in the grantor or the owner of the equity
of redemption, he retaining and exercis
ing all the rights appurtenant to the fco,
the trust being merely created for tho se
curity of a debt. Until such rights nnd
privileges arc defeated by a default on
the part of thegrantor, he is the "owner"
contemplated by the law, whoso signa
ture should be secured,
iNTxnrsTtxci to BuiLiinns. The Com
missioners havo submitted to the Attorney
of the District an interesting question re
lating to the rights of the builders of
brick houses. In many cases frame
houses are so constructed as to extend
beyond tho party line in such manner
as to prevent the builder of a buck house
from constructing a party wall on the
property. In such cases it has for the
past five years been tho custom for the
builder ot the brick house to remove the
projecting part of the wooden dwelling, he
being responsible for the damages. This
rule worked satisfactorily until last fall
when Judge Cox issued nn injunction
prohibiting the owner of 11 brick house
from interfering with the projecting
frame dwelling, 'lhocaso was carried to
Hie Court in General Term, where, pend
ing a decision, botli parties to tho suit
abandoned theircausc. Several cases of
this sort have since come up and, asthcro
has os yet been no legal decision regard
ing tho" rights of the respective owners,
the Building Inspector lias asked Unit an
opinion upon the subject be rendered by
the attorney.
THE WHITE SQUADRON.
AN EFFORT
BEING MADE
IT IT
TO BREAK
And Divide the Ships Among the Perma
nent Stations Admiral Walker Op
posed to It Commodore Ramsey and
Clilcl Engineer Melville Favor the
Finn.
If there is 0110 thing more thnn another
that Is dear to tho heart of Admiral John
G. Walker it is the Squadron of Evolu
tion, ot which lio is now in command. At
present (ho vessels composing tho squad
ron aro at Norfolk, where they will re
main until Secretary Tracy makes up his
mind where they shall go. Admiral
Walker thinks tho squadron should con
tinue as a squadron of evolution, but
there aro other high naval officers who
take a different view of tho matter.
for instance, Commodoro Ramsey, chief
of the Navigation Bureau and Engi
neer in Chief Melville, both in tlio confi
dence of tho Secretary, are doing their
level best to bring about a dissolution of
the squadron.
Admiral Walker had an honr's talk
with Secretary Tracy yesterday and tried
to persuado him to keep tho squadron in
tact, but ho did not recclvcany encourage
ment. Indeed, it is tho impression at tho
Navy Department that tho squadron will
be divided nnd sent away to reinforce
other squadrons.
Secretary Tracy went to Brooklyn last
night but is expected to return on Thursday
or Friday when it is thought he will conto
to some decision in the matter. Bets aro
freely offered at the Department that
Commodore Ramsey and Chief Engineer
Mchillo will win their point.
Commodore Walker, who is knowifto
naval men ns King John, is a mighty
shrewd sea-dog and doesn't usually gel
the worst of anything. A friend of his
said to tho Cr,iTii'-Ri:oi!D reporter:
"King John is not going to have his
plans interfered with. He is going to
rcninin just where ho is. 1 on mark my
word for it when tho Secretary returns lie
will yield to Walker's entreaties and al
low him to remain whero ho is. Secre
tary Tracy is human. Ho can't any more
resist tho King tlian could Chandler or
Whitney."
Tho following vessels are doing service
at the stations named:
North Atlantic: Philadelphia, Vesu
vius, Koarsage, Enterprise nnd Petrel.
South Atlantic: Pcnsacola, Tallapoosa,
Essex.
Pacific: San Francisco, Baltimore,
Charleston, Mohican, Iroquois, Ranger,
Alert,
Asiatic: Omaha, Palos, Monocacy and
Alliance.
1 n 'i
Fractured Ills Skull.
r.Mrnsox, N. J., May fl,--Juhn Me
Reynolds died In this city yesterday as tho
resultofa fractured skull received at tho
hands of an unknown man Sunday morn
ing. Tho assault wasmadoby a man who
had been drinking with Melteyuolds and
his paramour, Mrs. Hohson, with whom
Mcltcynolds had recently eloped front
Scrnnton, Pa. Tho woman was arrested
but refuses to sav anything whatocr iu
regard to tho case.
Getting Its Grip Again.
There were nineteen deaths iu the Dls.
trict during tho twenty-four hours ending
at noon to-day. Two persons died horn
l the effects of tho grip,
LEARNED DOCTORS,
IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
CITY TO-DAY,
IN THH
Discus- Matters Hygienic A Notable
Gathering of Prominent ilea In Hie
Medical Profession front All Portions
of the Country IiitcicHtlns Proceed
ings This Morning.
Truly Washington is the scientists'
Mecca.
If you see a neatly attired stranger In
the city and have occasion to address
him you will not go far wrong if you call
him "doctor," and If his countenance be
tokens disappointment, then you may
"Beg pardon, professor."
The fact is there were never nt one lime
in any city in the country so many men
driving at the curative Eldorado ot hu
man ills.
At 10 o'clock this morning tho Hon,
John W. Ross, Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, welcomed the National
Medical Association at Albauah'ft Theatre.
The address was earnest, most Intelligently
appropriate, nnd at once put the higmass
of distinguished visitors to Washington
at their case In short, tho happy words
of Commissioner Ross made this gather
ing of useful men feel they wero at homo
in Washington, tho proud common prop
erty of a tireat nation.
Dr. I), C. Patterson of this city, chair
man of Hie Committee of Arrangements,
then nnnounced the engagements for tho
meeting expected of delegates, and adding
a word of welcome on ins own part, in
troduced Dr. William T. Briggs of Nash
ville, Tenn., president of the Association.
Dr. Brigg, who is one of the foremost
surgeons 111 the country, is a man a little
below the medium height, about 00 years
of age, gray in his thin suit of hair and in
a full beard, but impressive alwars of
nervous youthful energy. His address
was without circumlocution of nny kind,
plunging at once into the subjects of most
general interest to tho profession, and if
the frequent emphatic applause with
which his remarks were greeted was a
fair sign, his views on thcabsorbing medi
cal topics of the day will be eminently
valued. Many of Dr. Bngg's suggestions
for the consideration, ns lie termed it, of
"living burning questions," were most
heaitily approved.
When Dr. Brigg's address was con
cluded it was decided unanimously that a
committee bo appointed to consider tho
suggestions contained in (lie address aud
report upon them Friday morning.
Dr. Atkinson of Philadelphia, secretary
of the association, then mnde a number
of announcements, together with tho
reading of a number of invitations,
Dr. A. L. Gibson, medical director of
the United Slates Navy, offered the fol
lowing amendment to the constitution:
"That the ilrst day of tho general session
of this association shall be tho first
Wednesday of May or June respectively,
instead of the first Tuesday, which
latter shall be devoted to the regis
tration of members and delegates,
the meeting of the standing committees
and State delegations and the organiza
tions of tho several sections."
its consideration was postponed until
to-morrow by a vote of 117 to 87.
Dr. Harrington of lnniskcrry, Ireland,
was elected a member of .the association.
Dr. A. L. Gibson reported progress on
the Rush monument, which has seemed
to hang lire with the same persistency as
tnc uuiiuing or tne monument to tno
revolutionary ship prisoners.wlioso mem
ory was so ardently championed in Con
gress by the late General Splnolu of New
York. l'll.M'.MArlUTICAI. SUnWS.
The most elaborate display of medi
cines and surgical instruments over made
at any meeting of the National Associa
tion is that in the armory hall of tho
Washington Light Infantry, under Al
baugh's Theatre. There are over fifty
exhibitors and Hie display makes a very
attractive exposition. The exhibitors
and their assistants aro polite, obliging
and instructive of tho merits of their
wares. There wero a large number of
visitors in the hall this morning, and ani
mated conversations arc to bo hoard on
the only genuine this or Hint specialty.
Medical .louriiiillsts.
Editors of medical journals met last
evening at the Arlington, took in a num
ber of new members, discussed the best
methods of advancing the business, and
elected as ollieers for next year tho fol
lowing doctors: President, Frank Wood
bury; vice-president, C, II. Hughes of St.
Louis; secretary, C. C. Culbcrtson, Cin
cinnati. "The Best Interests of the Medical Jour
nal from u Literary Standpoint" was
chosen as tho subject for tho next meet
ing. Thereafter two or three scores of
medical journalists repaired to Chamber
lin's and enjoyed a bountiful dinner.
Tho Aciiiloniy iiT Medicine.
Another notable though modest assem
bly was tho meeting of tho American
Academy of Medicine, devoted to tho
guiding of the young professional idea
how to shoot. Subjects germane to tho
purpose of tho organization were dis
cussed. Of this body tho following
ollieers were elected for tho ensuing year:
President, Phincas S. Conner, Ohio; vice
presidents, R. L. Sebbctt, Pennsylvania;
George .I.Fisher, Now York; H. JL Ly
man, Illinois; L. S. McMurtry, Kentucky;
secretary, Charles Mclntyre, Pennsylva
nia; treasurer, J. C. .Morris, Pennsylvania.
'J lie National Medical Association.
Thcro are considerably over 1,000 mem
bers of the American Medical Association
in the country, and thoy aro composed
not only of the celebrities famous iu tho
medical profession, but of progressive
laymen, who show their faith by their
works in contributing annual dues and
perennial ideas on health topics, Tho
gathering of tho members of this associa
tion has attracted to Washington physi
cians and sanitarians from all over tho
country, embracing every quarter of tho
compass, When tho proceedings of tho
National Association aro published thcro
is not n liuinlct in tho remotest rural re
gion where there is a practicing physi
cian that does not in some way reap a
benefit from tho knowledgo diffused from
tills great assembly.
l'laiihwd Shut! for I.nwyors.
One of tho annual events iu which tlio
legal profession take no little interest is
the plank shad dinner of tho membors of
tho Bar to tho Judges on tho Bench. .
Tho date of the excursion and dinner
for thisj year has been fixed for one week
from next Saturday, May 10.
Tho Committee of Arrangements, which
is constituted of W. F. Mattlngly, Enoch
Tottcn, William A. Maury, Richard Smith,
Miles Dean, A. B. DuvalL M. N. Rich
ardson Edward A. Moseley, A.- II.
Bell and J. Holdsworth Gordon
were In consultation today with Colonel
McKlbbcn as to tlio bill of fare to bo pro-
viiled at Marshall nan. 1110 steamer .
W. Corcoran will bo used on this occasion,
and n brand now piano will bo provided
for thoso of the profession wlu aro musi
cally inclined.
A Social Club In Trouble.
James T. Garbor and Wm. Jones wore
arrested this morning by ofilcer Wcodon,
charged with keeping a gaming table. It
is alleged that they aro proprietors of tlio
Excelsior Club, an association for social
intercourse nnd literary improvement,
with rooms on Elovcnth street, just anovo
tho Avenue.
Tho ollieers went to tho rooms on Satur
day night to raid tlio plaeo but tho birds
had been warned and had flown. Thodo
fendanta promptly gavo bail In 1000 each
for their appearance in the Pollco Court
Saturday when tho case will como up for
Dial.
u-
A SENSATIONAL CASE.
A Modern lloigla nnd Iter Paramour
Under Arrest nt Abingdon,
AmxopoK, Va., May 5, Dr. John A. P.
Bakcrnnd Mrs. W. It. Gilmer nro under
nrrest, charged with the murder of Mis.
Baker, wlfoof Dr. Baker, and nn attempt
to murder W. It. Gilmer, husband of the
woman under arrest. Mrs. Baker died
suddenly moro than n year ago. Recently
some tell-lalo letters w'cre found which
were written by Mrs. Gilmer to Dr.
Baker. They show that a criminal
intimacy existed between the two, and
that they had plotted Mrs. Baker's death,
Mrs. Gilmer has made a confession that
Dr. Baker poisoned ills wife and sen! her
poison with Instructions how to adminis
ter it to her husband. Slio did so, and
nothing saved his life but the timely nr
rival ol Dr. Gilmer, a brother of the pois
oned man, All tho parlies aro prominent
iu Abingdon, and tho nfi'ulr has created
the greatest sensation the town has ever
known.
HOISTED RY A PETARD.
Details of Hie Sinking or tlto lllanco
Dncaliula.
Sax FiiAxeism, May 5. A rablo dis
patch dated Iqttlquo gives details of tho
sinking of tho Insurgent steamer Blanco
Encalttda in Cnldera Bay by the torpedo
boats Almirantc, Lynch and Coudcll.
The Blanco Encalda was lyingat anchor
in n helpless condition, part of her ma
chinery being on shore undergoing re
pnirs, She was unable to move lrom her
position, thus forming a steady target for
the Government vessels, which steamed
nround her and discharged toriiedoes as
they pleased. Even with this great ad
vantage six torpedoes missed their matlc
nnd exploded liarmlessly. The seventh,
however, struck the iron clad, blowing
her tip and causing a heavy loss of life.
STILL SWEAltlKG.
DETECTIVE
THIRTY
BLOCK SWEARS
WARRANTS TO-DAY
OUT
All Directed Against the Dealers In
Twlie-Siihl Goods Some of Them
Procure Licenses to Avoid Annoy
nnee, but the Constitutionality of the
Law Will be Tested.
The war against tho second-hand deal
ers lias Commenced in earnest.
About thirty warrants have been sworn
out and aro being served us rapidly as
Ollicer Block can find the men. Eight
were arrested late yesterday afternoon,
but upon producing their licenses were
released. Their names were:
Ferdinand J. Einstein, Herman Spears,
Abraham Schlomberg, Solomon Seldom
berg, Solomon Kalctski, Abraham Lipp
man, Koppcl Rosenberg.
To-day fifteen of the dealers went to
the Commissioners and procured licenses.
It Las been decided that thoy can get out
licenses for six months from the first of
the present month, if they wish.
Contesting tho I.nw.
Late yesterday afternoon Colonel Wil
liam 1). Cook argued in Judge Kimball's
court the motion to quash the informa
tion ngainst Henry Rosenberg, n dealer
in twice-sold goods, charging him with
lading to keep nn account of his purchases
and making returns dally to Pohco Head
quarters. Tliis is required by the law
jasscd by the last Congress during its
closing hours. Tho trial was in the nature
of a test case. Judge Kimball denied the
motion to quash the information. It is
understood that the Second-Hand Deal
ers' Association will, in 11 few days, bring
up another test case based on diflcrcnt ex
ceptions. FOREIGN LABOR TROUBLES.
A ISIoiiily Afterinntli oT Mny-I)ny Agi
tations. Pviiis, May 5. Tho workiiigmcn of
Flourmics have waited on the prefect and
requested that the regiment which fired
into the people on May Day bo removed
to some other station. The prefect
promised to advise the Government to
comply. The people are still exaspeartcd.
At l.Icgi).
Liuoi:, May G. A dynamite cartridge
was explodtd on tho doorstep of the resi
dence of a prominent capitalist hero to
day. Tho houso was badly damaged and
much excitement caused in the neighbor
hood. The outrage is attributed to labor
extremists.
At Moni.
Di:tv-i;i.s, May 5. At Mens to-day a
miner who had refused to strike had b'u
house blown up by n dynamitu cartridge,
No m rests havo been made but strikers
are suspected.
THANKS TO WASH1NGTONIANS
Tor Tliclr KlVorts Iu ltuliulf of
bo
Copyright Itlll.
Ni:w Yop.k, May 5. At a meeting of
tho executive council of the American
Copyright League yesterday it was re
solved: "That we desiro to extend to the many
helpful friends of tlio copyright cause at
Washington, tlio thanks of tho American
authors and other members of tills League
for services rendered in the honorable
promotion of a bill which, to the lasting
credit of the Government nnd people of
the Tinted States, has become tho Inter
national Copyright act of 181)1. And we
desiro particularly to recognize the obliga
tions of the cause to tlio representatives of
tho press aud to Dr. James C. Welling,
president, nnd Ciiarlos F. Benjamin, sec
retary pro tcm. of the Washington Copy
right Association."
WHAT MAKES THEM TIRED.
In the Nnvy
omotlon Is Slow
A I. leu-
tenant ut I'lfly.
''Great
Ctvsnr how slow promotions
come." Tliis was the exclamation of a
naval lieutenant who had just been look
ing over tlio naval register. "I am about
12 years old," he continued, "audi find
that when I ant 52 1 will still bo a lieuten
ant, and 100 from tho top of tho list.
What a beautiful future! Do you know
whoro 1 can get it job,"
Thure is a whole sermon in that short
speech.
.Snowing In tlio North,
S1!Atih., N. Y., May 5. It is vory
chilly here this morning, with occasional
flurries of snow. Snow is falling in the
Adriondacks. Tho wires there are dam
aged by last night's wind storm,
Snow foil this morning at Albany and
Auburn, N. Y. Thoro was freezing
weather at Medina, N. Y., and It is foarod
tho fruit crop is much damaged. Snow
obo fell at North Troy and Rlehford,
Vt. Tho mercury was three dogreos be
low freezing at Shrewsbury, Mass. last
night frost badly damaged tho chorry
crop in Litchfield County, Conn.
Senator Ingalls Doilies.
T.m ismi.i 1:, Kv., May 5. Iu referenco
to an alleged interview telegraphed all
over tho country yesterday, ox-Senator
Ingnlls today sent tlio following com
munication to tho Cincinnati Timc-Stf.
"The Inclosed interview is a fabrication,
1 saw no reporter at Kansas City and have
neillior been interviewed nor oxprcssod
such sentiments at any time as aro im
puted to 1110. May I beg that you have
this contradiction telegraphed to tho Press
Association from which it emanated,"
rf
SFCRETARY NOBLE ADMITS THAT
PARTICULAR SOFT IMPEACHMENT,
Hut He Denies Vigorously Hie Story of
it Qunrrcl Between Himself anil
Commissioner Rniim The Latter Also
Denies Everything, Even Tliad Which
Hie Secretary Admitted.
"Yes, I must admit the soft Impeach
ment thai I am a courtly gentleman,''
remarked Secretary Noble to 'I'm: Ciiitu -Ri;coi:ii
tills morning when ho was shown
the following dispatch printed in the
Baltimore. Jtcmltl of yesterday:
"Secretary Noble Is a courtly gentleman,
nnd yet helms been so unfortuiiato as lo
become involved in numerous quarrels
with other high ollieers of tho Govern
ment. Not long since an account of bis
squabble with Secretary Husk, just after
the adjournment of a Cabinet luectitifr.
was published in the Jfonthii JfenxM.
Secretary Noblo took offense at the in
terest which Secretary Rusk mntiifedcd
in (lie appointment of n laud commis
sioner. The fuct is that Mr. Noble has
very exalted opinion of the dignity of his"
position, nnd he will not brook anything
which has even the appcaranceof a failure
to show it proper respect.
"His latest contention is with Pension
CoiBinissioner liaum, and it appears to ho
an Irrcconciliablo row. Mr. Noblo com
plains that the Pension Commissioner has
conducted his olllcc with entire disregarcl
of llio Secretary of tho Interior; 'that
Haunt had assumed to run his bureau hi
if it was entirely independent of tlio Iri
teiior. Secretary Noble says that upon
the return of the President lie intends to
submit to him the question of difference
between tlio head of the Department nnd
the Pension Commissioner, and with an
emphasis that meant earnestness Mr.
Noblo added:
" 'And the President will be offered the
privilege of procuring another Pension
Commissioner or another Secretary of the
Interior.'
"It is plain thnt Mr. Noble feels that lie
lias not been treated with proper defer
ence, and that ho really means to de
mand of the President a recognition uf
his olllcial prerogatives.
"Commissionerltaum has but recently
returned from a six-weeks' visit to the
West. In discussing the question of dif
ference between himself and the head of
tlio Interior Department General Hatiin is
as emphatic and defiant as Mr. Noble
He says that he will not wait for Mr. No
ble losuhniit the matter to the President,
but that ho fltaum) will very n-oiinUv
inform tho President that his rcs'guation
Is ready unless Mr. Noble retires from this
Cal I net.
" 'Why,' said General Brum, 'I have
niffcrcd more humiliation at the hands of
General Noble than I ever endured
through all my publiclife. Helms offici
ously interfered in tho management of
the Pension Olllcc. During my recent ab
sence, when I was detained in Illinois by
serious illness, General Noble promoted
three clerks in tlio Pension Olllcc who.su
applications for promotion I had disap
proved. Why, It is a matter notorious
throughout the Pension Bureau that any
employe can obtain sympathy and pro
motion from General Noble by going to
him and showing him that I had refused
him promotion.'
"General Ratlin expresses himself as con
fident of tho President's support, and ly
way of proof says that when under in
vestigation by a House committee of the
last Congress tho President took an active
interest in his behalf."
"But the only truth," added the Secre
tary, "in thoarticlcis that portion which
refers to my gentility and courtesy, f
never had a quarrel in my life with Secre
tary Husk. Why, tlio idea isludicroiis to
inanity. As for tlio relations existing be
tween Raum and myself, they have been
pleasant. No friction whatever is or has
existed. The charge of interfering in the
appointment oT pension clerks is
iljsoIutely false. General Bussey
handles that business and sends the
commissions to 1110 for my approval.
Commissioner Raum has never intimated
that nny action in the premises was re
pugnant to him. "Of course," added tho
Secretary, sarcastically, 'T believe mak
ing an appointment now and then is one
of my privileges, in the exercise of which
no one s feelings lias been wounded to my
knowledge. The whole story is rot," con
cluded Mr. Noble, emphatically.
"Excepting tlio opening sentence'."' in
terposed the reporter.
"Cerlainly, certainly," rejoined the
Secretary; "that is an emphatic truth.
By no means do 1 deny it."
"General Raum read tho story carofully
this morning. Beaming over his eye
glasses at theCiiiTir-lii:i-onn reporter, hu
said slowly: "Every word, every line,
every allegation conveyed iu this dispatch
is unutterably false. Instead of run
ning my ollice independent of Sec
retary Noblo 1 consult him frequently.
I have to. Tlio expenditures of
this ollice amounting tu $120,000,000
yearly requires numerous consultations
with my superior. Can you imagine that
after long experience in military and civil
life, 1 would ignore the superior power
vested in tho Secretary of the Interior.
No, sir. The charges are wrong, tiuote
1110 as saying so."
If there is no trouble now between
Secretary and t'ommist'oner there will
soon be. General Raum denied the story
in toto. By doing so hodisercdited tho very
tiling the Secretary admitted, the accusa
tion thnt he was "a courtly gentleman."
General Rauni is in it now with great
vigor.
Tin- Poisoned Wedding Gnnsts.
T.iu isvii.i.i:, Kv., May 5. The grand
jury was instructed ye-tcrday to make it
full investigation of tho poisoned rinooks
llcrr wedding feast. Dr. Ilobsun, who
has attended tho victims, says that tho
poisoning was caused by arsenic that was
put m water, jie aiso says mat 11 was u
deliberate plan to murder the whole party.
Tlio pollco are investigating the case and
hope to get at the bottom of the allair by
which six people lost their lives.
It May ,c n Murder.
St. P.ui., May 5. During their fight oil
Friday evening Dick Moore struck Frank
Glover, the Chicago pugilist, a heavy blow
over tho left lung which brought on a.
hemorrhage, A physician has been at
work with him over since trying to stop
the How of blood. Ho was predisposed t
consumption, and it is feared that lie will
not rally.
A Kentucky l'mul.
LotisM 1.1.1:, K.. May 5. At Adairvillo
Sunday night Dr. H. P. Townseud, presi
dent of tlio Bank or Adairvillo, was fatally
shot by Marshall Meyer. Meyer is n
uicro boy and tho son of Henry Meyer, a
merchant, find the killing grows out of u
bitter feud between the Doctor and tho
cldor Meyer.
Morn Trouble Ahead.
Kim.ston, Jamau'v, May 5. The labor
ers on tho Island of Navassu are 011 a
strike and tho United States steamer Keitr
sargo has landed a force for the protection
of tho peoplo on the Island who am
menaced,
Heavy l.os by I'lri.
Atii.vxv, N. Y., May 5, The engine
building of tho Troy Steel and Iron Cum
iiany was destroyed by tiro last night.
Seven Dickson high-power ongliies were
ruined. Loss estimated at $3011,00).
Sleainsblp Arrival.
At New York Servla from Liverpool,
Ems from Bremen, Greece from London,
Devonia from Glasgow .
At AntwerpBclgenlaiul from l'hlla-
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