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THE TELEPHONE INQUIRY.
Gen. Bradley +. Johnston Examined

When the telephone investigating commit
tee met to-day Gen. Bradley T. Johnston, pres
ident and attorney for the Washington Tele-
phone Co. of Baltimore, made an application
| to have expunged from the record all that part
of Secretary Gardeners testimony which does
not relate to the connection OF that company
with officers OF the government. He explained
| that the Washington Telephone Co. was now
engaged in a law suit in Baltimore, and while
1t had nothing to conceal from the committee
or the public, he did not regard 1t as proper
that it should be required to expose its private
business to its opponents. The application was
taken under adv1sement, and Gen. Johnston
took the stand.
In answer to question by the chairman the
witness said that he had signed every certifi-
cate of stock issued by his company, and no
certificate had been issued to any government
officer. Mr. Hart b. Holton, Representative
ne in the
pany OF Maryland "a company licensed by the
parent company-the Washington Telephone
company, but only after his term had expired,
and he had not taken any part in the meetings.
The chairman had inquired whether there
had been any expectation that Mr. Holton
would use his official influence to benefit the
None In the world" replied the witness "a
republican member OF Congress from Maryland
don't amount to a row of pins in that way"
The witness then explained at some length
the circumstances connected with the begin
He said s he had o ALSO ioined Casey Young in
the Memphis suit and had come here on
August LIST to meet Young and Van Benthuy-
sen to try to get possession OF the models Of
the New Orleans people for use in their suit
When he had arrived here he found the parties
talking over a government suit, and after two
days discussion they had concluded that that
was the best method to pursue.
Chairman Boyle inquired If the witness had
had intercourse with government officers about
bringing suit.
He replied that certainly he had had nothing
| to do with Mr.. Garland. He had gone to Mr.
Goodies Office one day to inquire IL Senator Har-
ris were there and not finding him he (wtness)
had asked If a telephone suit had been ordered
and received an affirmative answer. He had
COME to Washington to learn something of the
government suit for use in the Baltimore case
| to prevent the issue of a preliminary injunc-
| ton to the Bell company.
REFUSING TO ANSWER.
Mr.. Ranney began an enquiry into the nature
| of the provision made by the Washington Co.
for the defense of the suit but the witness posi-
lively declined to testify on that paint holding
that Mr.. Ranney had no right to inquire into
his acts as counsel; he had no idea OF informing
| the Bell company Of matters Of that kind, while
he had a suit pending with that company. He
refused, generally and specifically, to give any
information as to to the affairs OF his com pany
either corporate or personal.
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CRUEI. TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS ORPHANG
Gov. Partison has demanded the resignation Of
pubiic instruction. and eummarilv removed
Rev. j. w. Sayers, male inspector OF soldier
orphans schools, and Mrs. +. Il. Hutter, female
OF his personal inspection of the schools and
the examination OF witnesses, which, he says
unhappily established the substantial truth Of
the allegations of abuse and mismanagement
which were made against the schoolA Tho
testimony, he says, shows . most pittful, cruols
and fnhuman neglect Of the children. The
governor requests the attorney general 20 exr
haust all the power Of his Departmental punish
those who have made themselves amenabte 20
the criminal law. TO enforce the rights Of the
state against those who have defrauded her,
and 70 recover some OF the fligotten gains q
diahou0sf den1ingH with the STATE.
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Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. Internal
revenue, S32S.S5S; customs. SS17 ,631.
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Elections VIII be held at Annapolis, Ma, and
in the rst precinct OF the nfth district Of Anne
Arundel county April 26th, 90 decide for e.
against licensing the sale Of liquor.
Tho Greek government q continuing tho -
ley ofprepartng Coz Wal.
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THE LIBRARY BILL SIGNED-The President
has signed the library bill. He affixed his Sig
nature yesterday afternoon, but it was not re-
corded until this morning
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OUT OF EMPLoYMENT.-The work of distribu
ton OF seeds in the seed division of the agricul
tural bureau having been completed, about &c
employees of that Observation-Disclosures Of them
women-were dismissed yesterday.
No MORE FREE CAR TICKETS FOR DEPART
MENT EMPLoYEs.-First Controller Durham
has decided that there is no appropriation
available for the purchase of car tickets by any
OF the departments. 1t was always customary
heretofore to make express provision for ca.
fund, but in this years bill the item of cal
tickets was omitted. The first controller con.
strues the omission to mean that Congress for
bids the purchase of car tickets.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. w. T. Colman, president OF
the Lake Shore National bank of Dunkirk who
visited his father-in-law, Mr.. Charles Kennedy,
of Capitol Hill, this week, has returned to his
home:-Col. J. N. Dresser, off Fayette, Ind,
and Clarence p. Dresser, OF Chicago, are at the
National hotel for few days.-Mr. George
w. Childs has given to the Historical Society OF
coin, the original being in the National museum
here. II. Hughes, of Georgia; II. T. Pierce,
and Frank Maddox, of Roanoke, Va, are at
the MetrOpolitan.-Rev.P p. ]. Donahue for.
merly a member of the bar here, and at present
Baltimore, will, it is said, be appointed, in the
near future, to an important position in the
household of the new Cardinal, at Baltimore.
w.
Davis were registered in New York last night.
IS. r. Dresser, of NodfOrd, Pa, a prominent
Oil dealer is at the StJames-Horato king,
j. A. Post and II. NJ. StorrS, OF New York, and
VIM. d. White, of ST. Louis, are at National-
George w. Royce, Of New York; L. F. Deland,
of Boston; F. T. Fisk, Of Cambridge, Mass; Geo.
V. Forman, Of Olean, N. Y; George H. Palmer,
of San Francisco; John S. Lyle, of New York,
and n: P. Brooks, of Boston, are at the Riggs.
Major and Mrs. Maynadier, Capt. c. F. Shoe
Pittsburg, are at the Ebbitt.-George D.
Stevens, Montreal; George Phelps Of Chicago;
W. T. Andrews of Alabama, and b. F. Coulter,
Mcclure, of New York; John NJ Sweeny, OF
Wheeling; Cyrus Bentley, of Chicago; J. T. Tree,
Of Salt Lake City; j. S. Andrews, OF New York;
]. d. Gallery, of Pittsburg, and Charles Won Ga
Z. Eng of Berlin are at Wizards
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OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.-The work of distribu
ton Of seeds in the seed division of the agricul
tural bureau having been completed, about lac
employees of that Observation-Disclosures of them
women-were dismissed Yesterday.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

T THE SECOND DISTRICT AND NORTH
49, WASHINGTON were headed by MAR
Shall HAWKINS, who had the neatest and most
accomplished of any onehorse turn out in the pro-
ceSSiOn. PROF j. II. ALLEN, Its
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In the morning hour, when he sailed FORTH
lie thought Of the Revolution,
And his spirits rose and bis step was light
And he praised the Constitution
AS the freeman's guideto the heights OF
Right
From the marsh of Wrongs pollution.
In the evening hour, when he sought his
home,
His brain was in revolution,
His spirits down, and his step was weak,
And his breath was foul pollution,
And the best he could do when he tried to
speak
Was, "IIrah f'r zhe Conshlshushuu ~
-[Columbus Dispatch.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

The public in general and friends Of Gen
eral Dan. Macauley Of Indiana In particu-
lar, are cordially invited, when in New
York city, to stop at the GEDNEY HOUSE,
Broadway and Fortieth street, In the man
agement of which he has associated himself
with Mr. Walter b. Bowers, so well and
out the country.
Location best in the city, opposite Metro
politan Opera-llouse and Casino, near
Grand Central Depot convenient to West
Shore aud elevated railroad stations and
principal horse car lines. Hotel new and
elegantly furnished. Elevators, telc-
phones, electric bells, All modern improve
ments. Two hundred rooms. 81 day up
wards. Restaurant of unsurpassed excel
lence. Moderate prices.
MAcAULEY ~ BOWERS, Proprletors.
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The PostOnice Department.

The General Postonlce Department is on tho
EsRt6 streets, streets II i a handsome building,
although It's proximity to It's larger and
what ohScures its great size and tends 10
lessen Its beauty. Its different bureaus
possess great interest 10 the visitor, but the
oaJ t,,,d ma nIantin"n m c,nsiticg
taken from the mails In transit, as spcci-
mems of the uses TO which the Nations pose
tai COuycyauccs are put, Is both varied and
dian tomahawk toa stuffed kangaroo, is to
be seen in this collection, and II is still
growing.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

the War Department occupies the entire
northern half IL Is new and very hand
some structure. The most beautiful room
In the whole building is conceded TO be tho
library Of the State Department. with south
front, from whose windows the eye can
sweep unnterruptedly down the Potomac
TO Mt. Vernon and far over the Virginia
hills. The building Is In the Italian Renais.
sance. II is 6G7 feet long and 3l3 feet wide.
Its greatest height Is 1913 feet and the flag,
floating over the central portion. 0aunts In
the breeze higher up than any other flag In
the city, not excepting those above the
Senate and House OF Representatives Tho
cost Of the building was FIVE millions Of dol
lars, about three times rs much az the
white House, and, We think, as much as
tln Il
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

The Corcoran Art Gallery Is nc the corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth
street, opposite the War, Navy and State
Department. 1t IL open Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays freeS on other days tex
cept sundays a small admission fee is
charged. This gallery, although not to be
compared with the great Old World gal
lcries, is nevertheless Il very creditable in
stitution for so new country as the United
States, II contains among other original
objects Powers great statue of the Greek
Slave. -
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The Botanical Gardens.

Passing eastward from the Museum, over
the railroad bridge that spans Sixth street,
and through the pretty park lying between
comes to the entrance on Third street, Just
south of Pennsylvania avenue, of the Bo-
tanical Gardens. These interesting grounds
are open daily from . in the morning to
80 years ago. The conservatories are filed
with the choicest and rarest foreign plants.
Around the gardens are extensive collec.
tlons of trees and shrubs. In the centre of
the famous Bartholdi Fountain that at
tracted so much attention at the Phladel-
plia Centennial,
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

The Louise Home Is n beautiful building at
the corner OF Massachusetts, avenue and
Fifteenth street, near Scott Circle. IL has
extensive grounds, beautifully ombellished,
and is a unique establishment. IL is a
memorial to the wife and daughter of Mr..
W. W. Corcoran. and is intended as a home
for ladies of education, birth and refine
from nfllugnpp,
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

one OF the curlostles of Washington Is old
Davy Burns Cottage on Seventeenth street,
near the river. II may be reached by the
drive south Of the Presidents House or by
the Metropolitan or Avenue line of cars.
Next door to IL is General Van Ness once
stately mansion, where he brought his
bride, Marcia Burns, one of the original
heiresses of Washington.
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The CoIumbian University.

Coming down Fifteenth street from thO louise
Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and II
streets, the visitor secs the Columbian Uni,
Griswald mansion This university was in
corpuratcd rs Columbian College In 1921,
and is under the special supervision of the
for tic disciplne and thoroughness of It's
iustIuYtitu.
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The Peace Monument.

Just half way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden
And at the west foot of the Capitol Grounds
Is the Peace Monument. This was de-
signed by Admiral Porter In honor of the
dead soldiers and sailors of the late war.
II is of marble and cost, with PEDESTAL and
platform $4,000 1t Is proposed to remove
this monument to one of the squares on the
northwest section,
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The Printing and Engraving Rureau

The great money mill ot the Government Is
located at the corner of Fourteenth and II
street southwest, southeast from the Monu.
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. 1t is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and is opened TO visitors every day.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12
Lafayette square.

Due north from the White House is Lafayette
Square, the first public reservation in Wash
ingtOn that was improved IL contains the
equestrian statue of Andrew jackson, by
Clark Mills. Many of its trees are old forest
monarchs, hundreds of years Old. II is In
part a specimen of the old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable In England two
hundred years ago, style that was inn
ported info this country. Lafayette Square
was, one hundred years ago, part If n grave
yard that enclosed the square north, on
which st. Johns Church Is built, and the
square east, ON which are situated the At
torney. Generals Office formerly the Freed
mans Bank, the Surgeon, Generals office
ana higgs Bank (both in the building for
merly used as the United states Bans J.
teenth ard a.half and Ii streets and the
old Club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was killed by Daniel E. Sicklos, Mem
bodies from this graveyard were not re
moved until 1919.
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The National Museum.

The National Museum Is In the Smithsonian
grounds, n few yards east of the Smthso-
nian building. 1t contains thousands of the
most interesting curloslties, samples of the
as well as the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
fhn nnhlin frnm O a m To 4 Ii
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Department, of Justicc.

north Of the Treasury Building
and just across the street Is the Depart
ment of Justice. This building was origin.
square In which IL is erected Is a historic
one. On the same street, at the cast corner,
stands Riggs Bank, which was built for the
accommodation of the Washington branch
part Of II il now occupied by the clerks of
the Surgeon Generals Onicc. Around the
corner to the west is the Commlssary.Gen
erals Onioe, formerly the old Washington
Club House, in front Of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Sickles. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay, Is still
standing, although its bark had been com.
plctely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square, above the
mmissary-Generars O1lcc, Is the house
made famous by the ownership Of Commo-
dore Decatur, and where "Dolly" Madison
lived and reigned so long a social Queen
after her husbands term as President OK.
pirp1
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A strong Endowment

Is conferred upon that magnificent instI'
tuition, the human system, by DR., Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" that fortities
1t against the encroachmeuts Of disease. 1t
is the great blood purifier and Alternative,
and as Il remedy for consumption, bron
its influence is rapid eilicacous and per-
manent. Sold everywhere
New wall papers, at Veerholf's, 0lC
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.

I'VE do hsreby eertlry mat ,pe superDtse The ar.
rdnqements for all Me Monthly and Quarter.
" DrdiCinGs Of The Louisiana State LOTTERY
Company and In person manage and control tis
DtoWtHQs MemSelges, and that he same are con-
d'icted lpih honesty, fairness and In good faith
tOiDdrd all parties and tDe authorize Me Com
pdny 10 ace Mts certt fcdte toith fdc-stoliIes Of
our si0ndtures attached. in ts ddUertiss,nents."
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12
The Washington Monument.

Immediately south of the white House stands
the Washington Monument, the loftiost
posing obelisk ever constructed II IL 555
feet above its base, which Is II feet above
tide-water. Its corner stone was laid July
H. 1913, and the ap-stone, forming the apex,
was placed In position December o, 1891. In
II are ISL blocks of inserted stones or cop
per, gifts from various countries and So
cieties. The total cost will be oyer Si,350 .
o0O 10 Is situated in what will ultimately
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

To the West Of the Washington Monument,
on the highest elevation that borders tbe
north bank of the river, between st. Eliza
Eeth's Heights and Georgetown College,
stands the Naval Observatory. The hill ON
which 1t stands Is famous for having been
the camping ground of Washington Brad
dock, and the latter's army, when on their
march to the fatal field. where the English
General fell victim to his sef.conceit and
vanity. Tradition also points out this hill
as the decisive battle ground between the
District Indians and the mysterious Susque.
hannas. This observatory contains the
= largest rofracting telescope in the world,
next to the new equatorial just built for the
Lick Observatory by its aid that most in
teresting, If not greatest, astronomical dis
covcry of the country was made, the moons
of Mars. The entrance to the observatory
Is at y and Twenty third streets northwest
The llerdic cabs go to Twontysocond and
q streets.
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a Nuisance Removed.

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company has determined to remove its re-
pair-yard and round-house from its present
location, on Sixth street and Virginia
avenue, adjoining the Fifth Baptist Church,
to the freight-yards Of the company at the
head of James Creek, near the intersection
of Virginia avenue aud South Capitol street.
This will give the Fifth Baptist Church
quiet, and will relieve the Baltimore aud
Potomac Company from further yerdicts
for thousands of dollars In favor of that
church, three such yerdicts having already
been rendered. The new round-house will
have capacity to house twenty-five loco
motives, aud several hundred men will be
employed at the repair shops there.
-"Sincerity is the basis Of every virtue"
That Of 81. Jacobs Oh is proven by its
cures,
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12
The White House.

From the west balcony OF the Capitol, lookins
down Pennsylvania avenue, the Whitg
House is seen rearing its snowy-hued vale
above the dense mass of opening that EN-
bowers It, ikea gigantic Gala lily springing
up amid its enfolding green blades. We're
II not for the partly intervening Treasury
building the view of the White House from
the Capitol would be full and complete. The
White House Is the center of "Up.town,n as
the Capitol is the center of Down town.
II is beautifully located, the view from the
south windows covering the whole southern
front ofthe city, as the view from the north
up sixteenth street west exhibits the best
part of the Northwest section TO the gaze.
The White House Is copy of the palace of
the Duke of Lenster at Dublin, with the
addition of large porch on the north front
which was added during Andrew Jackson's
administration. The reservation in which
il stands embraces nearly 81 acres. The
main entrance Is on the north, reached by
the Pennsylvania avenue cars. 1t Is two
stories high on the north, Is built of white
free.stone, 10 feet long by SO wide. IL con-
tains on the first floor the famous Green,
Red Blue and East rooms, the State Dining
Room and the great conservatories. The
Blue Room Is the Presidents official recep-
tion room and the edrawing-room of the ladies'
of his family. The East Room, originally
designed for banquet hall and so used as
late as 1881 and In the latter part of the
century used as a drying-rOom for clothes
by Mrs. President Adams, Is the largest aud
most noted room In the building. II Is %
feet high, so feet long and 40 wide. 1t is
open TO visitors every day except Sundays.
offices, the Presidents office, the library
and the family apartments. All these
rooms except the latter are open to visitors,
by special permission, at suitable hours.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

Fresh Aldernoy butter, churned every
morning and delivered In 4 To. "Wardn
prints, 85c. per ID. Also cottage cheese /;
buttermilk and sweet milk, Sc. per -qt.
Cream, 1bc. per pit.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

Unprecedented Attraction!
Over Quarter Million Distributed!
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
Incorporated In 1868 for 25 years by the
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes-with u Capital of $1,000, ,000-to
which u reserve fund Of over $780, 900 has since
been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made a part of the present state
Constitution adopted December ., A. ID. 1870.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings will take
place monthly. II Never Scales or Postpones.
Look at the following Distribution:
Grand Monthly Drawing, at the Acad-
emy OF Music New Orleans, TUESDAY, July
l3, 1856
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12
EDUCATIONAL.
II. -. BROOKE 4Sc CO.,

Cor. Vermont Avenue and l. st. N. W.
Fresh Beef. Mutton, Lamb, Veal etc., re.
ceived daily from their valuable farm, near
the city.
E4- All table luxuries in season.
MARKETING DELIVERED FREE.
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"Aiderney Dairy wagons,

REGILDING, at Veerhofr's, GIG and All
Seventh street.
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st. .sohn's u. II. Church.

ST. Johns =. Il. church, which has been often
called the State Church because more Piesi.
dents have worshipped there than at any
other, stands at the corner of II and Six
teeuth streets. II was built In 1916 and en-.
larged in 1920. In It have worshippcd Pres
idents Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams (though the latter was u CongToga.
tionalist Martin Van Burcn, though ho be-
longed to the Dutch Reformed Church, lIar-
rison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor Fillmore Though
the latter was a Unltarun), Pierce, BuCh-
anun and Arthur, Presidents Lincoln,
vine services here although not steadily. Its
interior reminds one very forcibly Of the
old dim English country Episcopal churches.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

Across Twelfth street, Immediately cast from
the Agricultural Department, are the
Smithsonian Institution and the Smithso.
nian Grounds. The former Is specimen Of
the most graceful architecture in the city,
and the latter form the most beautiful
grounds of themselves are worth visit TO
Washington to see. They contain the
memorial urn to the artist who designed
the park, Andrew J. Downing, and the
bronze statue of Professor Henry, the first
secretary of the institution. The latter Is
at the northwest corner of the building; the
Downing Urn is in the centre of the grounds,
two hundred yards north of the east wing.
The Smithsonian Is filed with the most
varied and interesting objects connected
with science. II Is reached by the Seventh
street, the Ninth Street and the Belt Line
of sirnnt nnrs
The Washington critic., 1886-07-12

BRONZE, metal and gold, oak, cherry and
walnut frames, at Neerhoif's.
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The AgricuItura, Depnrtmcut.

This building Is situated east of the Monu-
ment. II Is enclosed by the most beautiful
and glowing flower garden in the country
and the grounds contain the most complete
Attached to this Department are the Ex-
pcrimental Gardens, whose offices are i'm
mediately west of the main building The
Belt Line cars go right past the grounds.