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at tax sale. The Commissioners should be author
tied to receive this tax with such abatement OF
it within the power or interest Of the owners to
pay II, or else Congress should pass SUCH law as
would enable the Commissioners to give valid
arrears.
Another portion OF the balance is excessive and
@ saiss on anc
on the Judgment OF the assessor. This Omcer Is
REQUIRED by law, IN cases where parties subject to
able personal property, to estimate from the best
Information he can obtain what SUCH return
9 anS 9ee and to add y pet
These estimated assessments form part OF the
uncoliected taxes, and, as their collection IS al
regard them tn making up the oficfal balance OF
uncOllected taxes.
The Commissioners hope to be able to have
nate all errors c0rrecttble without legislation,
and that such legislation will be had by Congress
uine arrears
RECORD OF TAXES IN ARREARS.
The lack OF well-arranged record Of taxes In
arrears Is q cause OF much Inconvenience 10 the
public by reason Of the delay and errors cOnse-
quent upon the extended and complicated search
necessary In the present state OF these records to
ascertain the condition OF unpaid tax accounts,
and also cause Of loss to the District government
which cannot collect any arrears overlooked in
tros , EXAMINATIONS ana consequently 0t t
premises
The Commissioners have given the subject earn
est attention and hope soon to have these records
arranged under convenient system.
AUDITOR.
The report of the auditor, herewith appended,
exhibits in detail the financial transactions OF the
District, exclusive of those connected with the
funded debt during the year and special assess
ment liens held by third parties and wholly or
partly paid to the collector Of taxes in cash.
The appropriations for the support OF the audit
ors Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886,
were:
Salaries. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
contingent expenses. ...... 800
$16,5OO
The expenditures were:
Salaries. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $16,113 O5
contingent expenses. ....... 100 ~
- 1912 n
Leaving an unexpended
balance of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $S7 %
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dat1on Is based. There has been 50 much dis
cuSsi0n on the subject OF disseminating the pres
ent uns1ghtly and dangerous pole system OF car
rylng telegraph wires along the streets that the
commissioners deem 1t Unnecessary to refer to the
matter here further than to state that their eS
mates for the fiscal year ending June go 1888 they
included an item OF $4,000 to commence the work
VI putting Underground the wires OF this service.
NFLANMABLE OILS
The District greatly needs better laws than now
exist respecting the storage of petroleum and other
mighty inflammable and explosive fluids. The
commissioners are now obliged to rely upon the
act OF the Legislative Assembly of August % 1871,
which merely limits the amount that shall be kept
IN any one building. They should be authorized
20 regulate the tests, storage and sale OF such
MUGS, and prohibit the sale OF spurious and low
There is now pending In Congress bill to au-
Gnorlze the District authorities to make neces-
sary regulations on the subject, which the Com
missioners hope will receive early and favorable
POLICE
The appropriation for the support of this de-
partment for the fiscal wear ended Time IN 1R2R
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Anacostia district. 6,St2A cords.
INSPECTION AND MEASURING OF LUMBER
There are 1--WE inspectors and measurers OF lum-
Der in the District whose duty It is to inspect and
measure all boards, plank, 1oist, scantling and
timbers brought to and sold In the District, not
previously Inspected, measured ana marked pur-
suant 10 law, and mark thereon the number OF
square 1eet they contain. and VINO receive pay
ment therefor In fees from the buyer and seller In
equal parts at rate OF 30 cents per 600 feet board
measure.
They report the quantity measured by them dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1856, 10 be
%, 461 ,67S square feet.
SRALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1t is the duty or the Sealer OF weights ard meas
ures to examine, at least once every six months,
every scale weight and measure in every store,
shop market or other place where goods are sold,
and brand the same, and it Is not lawful TO use
any scale, weight Or measure not properly branded
Oy SAID inspector, Who receives payment 1or his
services in fees.
This officer recommends the passage OF law
requiring all vegetables and fruit 10 be sold by
weight, and that the cans containing canned
goods should have the quantity contained in each
can plainly marked thereon, with penalty OF fine
and confScat1oaf for deception in this respect.
MARKETS
The District government owns and manages
three markets, two OF which are in washington,
called the Eastern market and Western market,
respectively, and one in Georgetown. The reports
OF the officers Immediately in charge OF them are
herewith appended.
The Eastern market is situated on the northwest
corner Of 9TH and streets southeast:
Its receipts for the year were. s., 9.50
And its expenses
Salary OF marketmaster.... 10000
hepaAS. ..'...........-......... oo.oo ,,o .,
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THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT,
THE COMMISSIONERS, REPORT.
They Render an Account Of Their Stew.
ardship.

ardshiP.
STATEMENT OF TIE DISTRICT FINANcEs-IycREAsE OF
THE POLICE FORCE AsKED-MORE SCHOOL FACILITIES
NEKDED-OrHkR IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
The District commissioners to-day handed their
annual report TO the President. The part relating
TO the departments In charge OF Commissioners
Webb and Wheatley was completed Saturday eve-
ming, and made public then. The following is the
text of commissioners Webb and Wheatley's re-
port, TO which Col. Ludlow's report OF operations
OF the engineer department, printed elsewhere in
TIE STAR was appended to-day:
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, December 4, 1886.
The fTesident. Pursuant to the requirements OF
the act OF Congress providing a permanent form OF
government for the District OF Columbia approved
June nth, 1873, the Commissioners OF said Dis
trict hereby report through you TO Congress their
0nc1al doings In detail for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1886. The receipts and expenditures
curing That period are reported by the Auditor as
follows:
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THR WASHINGTON ASYLUM,

THE WASHINGTON ASYLUM.
The Washington Asylum includes the municipal
almshouses and the workhouse of the District
The first embraces accommodation for the care OF
paupers and the second for combining and utilizing
prisoners committed thereto for inrractiOns OF ml-
nicipal ordinances of the District.
The appropriation for the support OF this institu-
ton for the year under consideration were as fol-
lows:
Salaries observation-disclosures 81 $50 90
supplies and contingencies $4,000 90
49, ~ $4,000 90
Salaries. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 81 ], 661 72
supplies and contingencies 1889 63
New female work hOuSe. -. 1887 81
es,1ee OF
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Geo. w. Tyler, who was leading counsel for
Sarah Althea Hlllin the celebrated sharon divorce
nrenae court Of Califoruia for unprOfeasfonai con-
duct.
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Representative Price, supposed TO be on his death
bed at his home, In La Crosse, Wis, with cancer
In the stomach, has abandoned medicines refused
medical attendance, and has submitted his case TO
faith cure
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SCANDAL IN PKRu.-A pamphlet has been pub
lished In Peru which has created great excitement
It refers TO occurrences within the walls OF the
MercOd monastery, and before which the Pal Mall
tnsignifcance. The statements published by the
Lima press having been tmpugned, the writers
answer: @The signatures OF authorities respond
for u.s. the statements OF surgeons corroborate the
facts, and above ALL the names OF several deputies
to the chambers are appended TO charges which
have not been answered"
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A Struggle With the League
TIE IRISH GOVERNMENT ABOUT 10 PROCEED 10 Rx-
TREMES
The Dublin agent OF the London Central NesUs
telegraphs that the Irish executive In consequence
OF the proceedings at Fridays cabinet council is
preparing for a determined struggle against the
Irish National league. The proposed warfare, the
telegram assertS win include proclamations OF all
league meetings and arrests OF the prominent
anti-rent agitators. The agent adds that he has
reason to believe that the seizure OF United Ire
land has also been decided upon by the govern
ment.
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Balance.

Balance. Observation-Disclosures. $212 a
During the year embraced in this report the Dis
trict employed an officer at salary OF $1,000 per
annum, styled the clerk and market-master OF the
center market, private corporation, but IL was
found the duties OF the position We're not import
ant enough TO Warrs mt the payment OF salary.
The Office was therefore abolished, and the per-
torrance OF its duties imposed upon another Dis
tr1ct officer, who discharges them without addl-
uOnal compensation.
WASHINGTON MARKET FUND.
The District also receives $500 per annum from
the Washington Market Company as rental forthe
grounds occupied by its buildings. This rental
was originally 800, 900 per annum but was reduced
10 the aforesaid sum by an agreement between the
market company and the District authorities on
March 1S, 1873.
CODE OF DISTRICT LAWS.
Every branch Of the District government, the
courts and the business portion OF the public gen.
orally suffer great Inconvenience from the lack OF
well-digeSted compilation OF the laws Of the Dis
tr1ct. The laws affecting the District have ema-
mated from as many sources as there have been
forms OF government in the territory comprising the
District OF Columbia. They include the common
and statute law OF England and tie laws OF Mary
land Which prevailed in the District when the ter
ritOry which now comprises il was ceded by the
State OF Maryland to the General Government,
ordinances OF the corporations of Washington,
Georgetown and the levy court, laws OF the legis-
lative assembly Of the District, orders of the Com
mlSSiOnerS, and acts of Congress. Many of the
foregoing are obsolete and others conflicting or
useless Several attempts have been made 10 get
code enacted but SO far no measure OF this kind
has met the approval OF Congress-
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A CAnD To Tn LADIES o.

We wish 10 inform the public that have added n
cil1t1ee for executing the finest grades of Plain
Fancy Machine stitching and Quiltins, &C.
EMBROIDERY WORK
Of all kinds, including Manel IAmbrequins 1oetieruu
Cushions. Tides, 4onoerxIns, &C.
ehoud call and see with Whist We execute the mo-
oeiacase work. at OPPENHEIMERN
59S 9th st. nv.
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ATTORNEY.
The attorney for the District of Columbia is re-
quired to have "charge OF and conduct all law
business OF said District in all suits instituted by
and against the government thereof" and to "fur-
nish opinions In writing" to the Commissioners
such other professional duties as they may re-
quire OF him. He has the professional aid OF an
assistant attorney and a special assistant attOr-
ney.
The appropriation for his Office for the year
amounted to $2,712. The expenditures were
$S,34S61. Unexpended balance $16}.39.
The attorney In his report, which Is herewith
TO which the District is party which have en-
gagged him during the year, and those still pend
Ing, and makes a statement Of the other transac-
lions OF his Office
Thirty civil District cases have been disposed of
In the District supreme court during the year. and
% new civil cases added during the same period.
Eight thousand five hundred and twenty three
cases were tried In the Police Court by the special
assistant attorney, and 733 convictions resulted
The amount OF fines imposed was 1880, further
details OF which are contained in the accompany
Ing report OF the special assistant attorney.
CORONER.
1t Is the duty OF this officer to hold inquest over
persons found dead in the District OF Columbia
"when the manner and cause OF death shall not
be already known accidental or In the course OF
nature, and to make certain nvestigatiOnstn cases
Of abortion"
The appropriations for this office for the year
were
Salary. 81, 800
Contingent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 700
The expenditures were c'of.3 g5
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z B. BARNUM q 90,
d2 931 PKNNsYLvAx1a AveNul
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Imprisonment, and boys not amenable to parental

Imprisonment, and boys not amenable to parental
or other private disciplinary Influences
1t was originally Incorporated by Congress as q
blouse Of Correction for Boys by act approved
July q. 1866 tyol. H. p. 232 Y. s. ST. at Ii put
the title was changed to the Reform School OF the
May g, 1870 fvOl. 16, p. 49, U. 8. stat. at L..
1t is managed by a corporation named "Board OF
Trustees Of the Reform School Of the District OF
Columbia" consisting OF seven persons appointed
by the President Of the United states, on recon-
mendatton Of the Attorney General (vol. 19. p. ~
U. 8. Stat. at LIZ and two consulting trustees,
namely, one Senator, appointed by the presiding
on1cer OF the Senate for term OF four years, ana
one member OF the House OF Representatives, APP
pointed by the Speaker thereof for a term Of two
years 10, p. 52, and one OF the Commissioners OF
the District Of Columbia er oDfcio.
The appropriation for the support and
amounted to. s3s416 90
The expenditures vert. ................ 3SO73 o.
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Leaving an unexpended balance Of $342 80
The school should be further credited Win
$2,111.26, which has been deposited in the Treas
ury to the credit OF the United states and the DIS
tr1ct OF Columbia in equal parts, as required Dy
the District appropriation act OF February 20,
1885, and was derived from the labor performed
on the farm and in the shops connected with the
school.
said act OF February 2, 1855, for the erection OF
new family building, and an appropriation OF 800
iOr tank-h0uSe, and the Improvements Will soon
be completed.
One hundred and six boys were received during
the year, and % have become entitled to an hon.
Orable discharge
Eleven hundred and e1ghty-f1ve boys have been
received into the institution since its tncOrpOra-
ton.
RELIEF OF THE POOR.
The SIS, 900 appropriated for the relief of the
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THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

ARMY INTERCHANGEABLE INDIAN CAMPAIGN
NEED OF FORTIFICATIONs-A NEW SIGNAL SERVICE
BUILDING IN WASHINGTON ASKED FOR-LOCAL
WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, ETC.
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VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE INDIANS
THE CATTLE BARoNs AND THE rENcEs-rHH sEc-
RErARys SHARP REVIEW OF poRsEYs LETTER
OTHER NATTERS
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Uncollected taxes. real and personal. 1.12oao1
This apparent uncollected balance incIndss
charges against church, school, asylum and othes
property exempt from taxation. and nro He,Sg
which has been bought In by the District az tsy
sales. -" IA
large portion OF this balance is taxes In arrear.
for many yearA which, with the accrued nenais
cases TO the value OF the property and freonentiy
more The owners are unable or unwilling to nav
and the inability OF the District to give reliania
District courts detes people from purchasinS Il
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c. &P. S \. r

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y and tnesEnadAMto sAA1ismA A4t
SMm-
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daily. at & 10 aad 1919 q. ~ @ ~
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river extaRs1on e Asf1 D. ~ A
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and $40 m.
RnnsslSa zine n Franklin. = n ~
RunninE tlnas u Nawcaafid n &M
2. !. MILNE Az
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BIDS SOLICITED

TUE BOARD or COUNTY COM
mi1ss@nafa far King cunmaS. WAaA.
TNTls, taEeaT solicit neAfra proposals 20
fnTN IN Wedseal 4na aarE1oas AGteAdanco
ca he ooGMaN poUf farzts fef \ ReNm az one
tear tF&m boh lat, tSs. Nlaa o. b9EnaFar
- Hid tUN Naatcai and GusgieAA Az
ana Ace and Ma4ieinea b CoaalE Poor, :
nslfnn "a HsaA ~ gha ConusF A1Aisa4&
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TIA Haa4sl e1El aofs M
nnx - ~ 49, ~sges the rfaht g releca
frassv A1ai1sa q. O. MARf&tS
10 nnaF6 sK-es3cAa Clerk a.
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RTD8 SOLICITED


FFtHK BOARD or COUNTY conf
nainqionera Tor King county, WaEh-
Daton Territory h@fenF solicit sealed
Hs%paHAla of services a. aup0rinaenaant
q ne loaM1F Fa1E Farm. ter terra ef
QA4 yonr IRON Tie fsk day uf EohruAty,
a. "a tNAT. eaeh poFaos % aapnElntena the
care end eharNo q ell popF eant 70 The
kaHuA The cultivation ard management
% the farm. and the agnplaFnleut Of al
needed aMatalAnna. bot Ia al thiag0 appeF-
eASnina tharaso 70 he snhlect 50 tbs sepez-
si4i@n and nrpruTAi nf thR sid Bead -
Iuuntv CamlnisGl ouera &ha countF ~
fNrni4h medical teektmoHt for tAe peor
ana al neqaaxT gnppisea. laasafsaia and
sNnIaaMaaea
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tna4ent a. the Connly panr Farm sad
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anF e. aa bids
csuniT Auaiknr sna sz-saiafo Csesk q
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ONE or TEE W. "a ~
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train seattle It 10 ,. m. and m
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and Port 1oWnaond. NAtEfnR m
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WASHINGTON.

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BECAUSE 10 ID, the great thoroughmte
points North, East aud West u is the oui.
ihl Indian Territory II ruu-n line cot 81
SLEEPING CARS between ST. Louis VA
and sun Antonio. II runs double dail, 90.
urrtIou- iu Union Depot, W knu-u, CITY.
points solid Trans -n Antonio 10 ~ L.
Ucnisuul. But One change oi ,pr't.
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CONNIE RClAL
GENERAL COTTON RECEIPTS

GALVESTON April The following IL
comparative statement % cotton receipts st
Che principal markets to-day sui thcssmg iatc
IssfNtar
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Don't forget our ladies rcady.made
Huii Department il You aro IN ~ hurry
t,ra dress sA$Gkr BEus,
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exports THIS wcpt yrpst britain
FRANCE t.t' Continent L' d.. stock Al Iu'.t.
-tAi,s put., thi. Aa,. siN'I. this iu, lest Voc
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>oic,

lir"nuum's restaurant will open at
d "a. utr aud close At 1880 u. III.
a. 5, O'$Ef.
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That he best hot tree lunch in town
b. 10 ~ had At Ihe Cotton Exchange
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The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-09

Miss Decker Excused from Making Fur
thor Accounting to Sarah Cleary.


Miss Decker Excused from Making Furs
Their Accounting to Sarah Cleary.
Helen E. Decker is the adopted daughter
of Captain Leonie d. Decker, who about
two years ago was killed by fragment
from an exploding boiler in Hudson street,
although he was three blocks away at the
time. Her father died intestate and all his
estate consisting of a $1,000 insurance
policy-went to his wife. Mrs. Decker
died several months ago, leaving will
in which Miss Helen was described as
hera daughter and making her the chief
legatee. Mrs. Decker, however, had a
trusted servant who had been employed by
her for several years. Her name is Sarah
Oleary, and she was remembered in the
will, also. The executor of the will put
the amount rs due Sarah at $3.50, but she
claimed that the accounting was not proper,
and that she was enlisted TO 1907. In this
belief the servant HE'D to Assemblyman
Seymour's Office some time ago and en-
ployed him to make application to the
Surrogate's Court to have the executor 9
account opened and corrected. An
order was granted making Executor
Elmendcrf show cause why this
should not be done. The order was made
returnable yesterday Miss Decker, a
pretty brunette, appeared in court yester-
day morning with the executor and Miss
Cleary appeared with Counselor Seymour.
Mr.. Seymour intimated that the account
should be opened on the ground that the
will was not valid as Miss Decker is not the
daughter of the deceased woman. Judge
NcGill said he saw no reason why the ac-
count should be opened and whether the
young lady was or was not the daughter of
the deceased had no bearing in the matter
The rule was dismissed without costs and
MIR. Elmendorf and Miss Decker left the
court with triumphant smile on their
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