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AT THE NAVY YARD.
SECRETARY TRACY's ORDER VEL
COINED BY ALL INTERESTED.

Talk with Captain O'Nell, Inspector OF
Ordnance at the Gun Foundry, Navy
Yard, This City--Also With Forcmen,
Quartermen and Lead.mcn--All Ap.
prove.
Undoubtedly the most popular order
that has been issued by any Cabinet Of
flcer in this Administration is that of Sec
retary Tracy, which practically places all
master mechanics, foremen and lead
men in the Navy Yards under civil service
rules.
Under the new arrangement general
discharge of foremen, quartermen, &C.,
will take place ON certain day and a
competitive examination for the vacant
places will be ordered.
The discharged inCumbents must be
prepared to stand the test of an exam
ination which will be of a practical
character, In other words, they will
not he asked irrelevant questions about
the topography of Kamschatska or Zan-
zbar, but they must be able to show to
the examining board that they are capa-
BILE to do the work which will be assigned
them.
Captain Charles ONeil, Inspector of
Ordnance at the Navy-Yard i'm this city,
and, by the way, one of the most courte-
ous officers in the service of Uncle Sam,
thinks the Secretary has hit the nail
square on the head.
THE Sccretary's order is good thing
for everybody" he said to CRIrIC re-
porter, and especially good for the per-
sonnel OF the navy-yards. We have not
as yet received an order TO begin the re
form in this yard, but we expect one in
the course of time, probably late in the
summer or carly in the fall. From con-
versations ] have had with the men
think they all welcome the new order,
because, for one thing, it eliminates poll
tics from the yards and makes them feel
that they are safe in their places so long
as they conscientiously perform their
| dutiCs.n
Then, the men are not afraid of the
examination 2"
"0h, no. We have in the gun foundry
corps Of very competent foremen and
quartermen. believe every one of them
will be able to hold his position. The
other day one man asked me what the
examination would cover. ] told him il
| would cover the very things he ought to
know; that he would not be examined
with reference to scientific mathematics,
| but only as to matters pertaining to the
work with which he had to do nearly
every day in the year"
Other officers with whom the Critic re-
| porter talked shared Captain O'Neil's be-
| lief that the reform was the proper thing
for the Navy Yards, and would result in
| greatgood.
MessIs. George Wilson and Andrew
Wood are the foremen in charge of the
! gun foundry. Both are splendid me.
Chanics, and are therefore not alarmed
about facing the examining board In
fact, they express themselves as eager tc
son, james Street, VIM. Hoofnagle, Mel
son Steele, Joseph Lawrence, John Van
Horn and George Cook, hold positions as
! quartermen and lead-men. They, to g
man, say they are able to pass an eXami
nation, and are therefore not worryins
much over the new order of things.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


New York, April 23-Money loaned
at 81 per cent.
Exchange steady; posted rates, 4SG@is9l;
actual rates, 4S5@ls5l for sixty days, and
4sS1G4SS1 for demand.
Governments steady; currency 6s, 113
bid; as, coupon, 1914 bid; As, do, l02
bid.
There was heavy trading in stocks
during the morning hours to-day, the
sales aggregating 262, 700 shares, being the
largest mornings business in long time.
Prices opened irregular, but generally 10
per cent. higher. During the first half
hour, under brisk buying, there was a
further advance, and AT the first call
values were ups to II per cent, the latter
in Rock Island. From this there was a
fractional reaction, but prices were strong
again by II o'clock and were nearly up to
the best prices again. Louisville aud
Nashville was the feature of the second
hour. 1t was very strong and advanced
sharply on good demand. The rest of
the list generally improved in sympathy.
At this writing the market is qniet but
firm at generally to 2 per cent. advance,
Washington Stock Exchange.
Reported for TIE CRITIC by Gurley Il
Stevens, real estate and local securities,
1885 II street northwest.
Sales-Regular call - o'clock m.-
Wash. Gas Convertible Gs, SIS q 1851.
West End Nat. Bank, 10 l0l; a l0l.
Lincoln Nat. Bank, 10 a 1921, Eck'tn &
Sol. Home r, r., 20 5jl; 8 55l, Col.
Fire ms, 90 q l0s; 80 a l6sr 45 l0s.
Commercial ms, 100 a II. Amer. Graph
2al7S. Wash. Loan and Trust Co., 10 a
0G 10 a 9Gi 10 06; 7a9G; 8 a 00 10 03
Miscellaneous Bonds-W. II q. r. Il.
lO-40 G's, R03-'23. 1903; W. ~ G. II. h.
ConvertibleGs '09l20 l2S; Masonic Hall
ASSN 5's, g 1908, l0I; Wash. Market Co.
lst 6's lS02-l9ll, 40; Wash. Market Co.,
Imp. 0's l0l2'27 llG Amer. Security and
fantry, lst 6's, 1904, l02; Washington Light
Infantry, I'd rs, 1901, 81; Wash. Gas Co.
Ser. A G's, l0O2,'27, 1913; Wash. Gas. Co.
Ser. b, G's, l90i-'20, l2G; Wash Gas Co.
Convertible 6's 1901, 1886,
National Bank Stocks-Bank of Wash
ington, 4l0; Bank of Republic 210; Met
ropolitan, 2s0; Central, 300; Second 1866
Farmers and Mechanics, 1876; Citizens
100 Columbia, 1856; Capital, 1913; West
Railroad Stocks. - Washington and
Georgetown, 942; Metropolitan, ll7;s Co
lumbia, Go; Capitol and North o Street,
63i lexington and Soldiers Home, OF;
Georgetown and Tenallytown, 63.
Insurance Stocks - Firemen's, 81;
franklin, 90; Metropolitan, so; National
Union, lSl; Arlington, lS0; Corcoran, 90;
Columbia, l6e; German American, 4;
Potomac, SO; Riggs, 81 Peoples, 81; Lin
coin, 81; Commercial, 4f.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate
Title 1875 Columbia Title, o..
Gas and Electric Light Stocks. Wash
ington Gas, VA; Georgetown Gas, 49, IT,.
S. Electric Light, l75.
Telephone Stooks.-Pennsylyania, 25;
Chesapeake IL Potomac, "67 American
Graphophone, 81.
Miscellaneous Stocks Washington Mar
ket, II; Bull Run Panorama, 10; Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, Z; Great Falls Ice, 175.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies-
Washington Safe Deposit, 40; Washing
ton Loan and Trust, 80; Amer Security
and Trust, 7O},
'EX Dividend
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THE PRESIDENT IN CALIFORNIA.

a Cordial Western Welcome Grects the
chief Magistrate and His Party.
CotToN. CAI., April 23.-When the
President and party awoke yesterday
morning they were i'm California. At
lndio Governor Markham and stafr and
large delegation of prominent citizens
boarded the train and speeches we're
made. President Harrison spoke ot Col
ton rs follows:
1--WE have Travelled now something more
than $500 miles. They have been $500
miles of cordial greeting from my fellow
citizens; they have been $500 miles of per-
retual talk. II would require q brain
more fertile in resources, more diversified
in its operations than the State of Califor-
mia in its productions, TO say something
original or interesting at each one of these
stopping-places, but ! can say always with
n warm heart to my felluw-CitZens who
greet me so cordially, who look to me out
of such kindly faces ] thank you. ] am
your servant in all things that will con-
duce to the general prosperity and happi-
ness of the American people. Remote
from us of the far East in dis
tance, we are united TO you not
only by ties of common citizenship, by
the reverence and honor we ioyfully give
to one flag, but by those interchanges of
emigration which have brought so many
of the people of the Older States TO you
At every station where ] have stopped
since entering California some HOOsier
has reached up his hand to greet me
daughter and checrs), and the omni-
present Ohio man, of course, ! have
found everywhere. ! was assured by
these gentlemen that they were making
their full contributions TO the develop.
meut of your country, and that they had
possessed themselves of their fair share
,f ia ~
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A STABLE BURNED.
4 Man Killed Trying to Save Fast
Horse.

4 Man Killed Trying to Save Fast
Horse.
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 23.--Fire started
here last night at II o'clock in the board
ing stable of j. D. Cook, on the corner
of Eleventh and Jackson streets. It
spread rapidly A large number Of
horses were Cremated. William Groves,
a barn hand, was killed in trying to save
one Of the fast horses Gennie C.)
At ] o'clock all the fire was under con-
troll. The entire block was swept away,
including several handsome residences,
Cooks boarding and livery stable, Hay.
ward q Wallace's planning mill and lum-
Der yard, Swedish church and several
minor buildings. SiXty.siX omnibus
horses and three valuable trottng horses
were Crematcd. Charles Larkin was
fatally injured trying to rescue Groves.
Loss Sl25,0C0; insurance unknown.
Big Fire in Denver.
DENVER, Cor, April 23.-The machinery
establishment of Davis d Cregswell, on
Blake street, this city, was burned last
night. Loss sl25,000; insurance 10000.
rive Men Probably Crcmated.
NEENAH, WIS, April 23.--The Roland
House, large frame structure, was dis
covered to be on fire at 2:30 a. m, and
there are no hopes of saving any part of it.
OF the half a dozen transient or regular
boarders only one man is accounted for at
present, and ii is feared the others are
burned. Roland and family escaped.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23
CONGREssMAN FoRD,s DEATH.
Something of His History-Onc Term in
Congress His Possible Successor.

Something of His History-Onc Term in
Congress Possible Successor.
Congressman Melbourne Haddock Ford,
who died Of apoplexy last Monday noon
at his home in Grand Rapids, Mich, was
n member of the Fiftieth, though not Of
the Fifty-first Congress. He made good
record, especially in connection with the
investigation of the question of pauper
immigration. He was a member-elect of
the Fifty.second Congress- He was a
Democrat, ran against George w. Nc
Bride, Republican, IN 1856, and beat him
by 4i7 votes. In 1883 he had as his oppo-
nent Charles II. Belknap, Republican, and
was defeated by a plurality of over 1000.
At the election of the Fifty.second Con-
gress he was successful with n plurality of
1900.
Mr.. Ford was native of Saline Mich,
and was in mis- 42d year. He ran away
from home when 10 years old and Joined
the Navy, served a year during the war
and was appointed a cadet at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. Here, on account
of weakness of the eyes, he remained only
year. After some rest at home he be-
gan the study of law, and was admitted TO
the Bar. He gave much of his time TO
stenography, in which he became noted
as one of the fastest and most expert in
the country.
The men discussed rs candidates TO sue
ceed the deceased Congressman are State
Senator Peter Doran, Mayor Edwin II.
Uhl of Grand Rapids and Attornev-Gen
eTal Ellis, Democrats, and John PallOn,
ir., president of the Republican League of
Michigan, and the recent incumbent,
Captain Charles Il. Belknap, Republicans.
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VICTIMS OF BRITISH VICE.
Hammond's wife and Son Decinrcr
Hnmpcrs.

hammOnu's Ntie ana son Declnrou
Paupers.
SFAr1iE, WAH. April 23.-Tho wife
and son OF Charles II. Hammond of Cleve-
land street, London notoriety, were yes
terday made county poupers and are being
fed from public funds. Six months ago
Hammond was convicted of stealing a
seal skin sacque and gold watch and chain
from woman who was drinking with
him ut his wine room. He was then
prospering in business as proprietor of a
hotel and saloon, Dut misfOrtunes came
upon him. He was convicted of grand
larceny and sentenced to two years in the
penitcntiary, strong pressure being
brought to bear against him.
In his efforts to get new trial Ham
mond gave up everything to the lawyers,
leaving an invalid wife and 13-year.old
boy destitute. They were turned out of
the hotel their furniture sold for rent,
and Mrs. Hammond has been selling her
iewelry and fine clothes for the past three
months. Having exhausted all her re-
sources she threw herself upon the
county yesterday. Hammond has been
hoping FOR aid from wealthy English no.
blemcn, whose guilt he has been shield
ing, but found only disappointment, aud
from wealth and ailuenCe he went to
prison, and his family to poverty and
misery.
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white Democratic constituency Aud
among the grounds upon which he bases
his claim to nomination he gives promi-
nencc to the proposition that the colored
people shall have equal school privileges
with the whites-equal in fact as well as
in theory. Does it not occur to you Mr.
HoAR, that the colored man at the South
is getting along fairly well without your
holm or inierlcrcnce2
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23
New Government in Prince Edwards
Island,

HALlrAX, N. s., April 23.-The Liberal
opposition have succeeded in forming a
government in Prince Edward Island as
follows:
Premier and Attorney General, Fred
erick Peters; Commissioner of Public
Works, James X. Mclean; Provisional
Secretary, Angus Mcmillan.
The Legislature assemblies to-day, but
will adjourn pending the elections
This is the first time in fourteen years
that the Liberals have been in power.
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Miss Gabrielle Greeley Married.

PLEAsANTvILLT, N. y, April 23,--Miss
Gabrielle Greeley, daughter of the late
Clendenin at the St. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church. The Rev. b. r. Hall,
rector of the church, oiliciated. The church
was crowded with well-known people from
New York and other cities, as well as
residents of Pleasantville, Chappaqua,
Horace Greeleys old home, and the sur
rOunlinp VILLAGES
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A Young Women,s Convention.

SCRANTON, PA" April 23.-A large num-
ber Of prominent ladies from all parts
of the country are here IN attend
ance on the International Convention OF
the Young Women's Christian Association
Y, NJ. @, A. Hall and will continue in
session three days. The session was called
to order by Miss Laura Arnold of Chicago
and considerable time was occupied with
the preliminaries Of organization.
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JAY GOULD ON THE ADMINISTRATION
The Little Wizard of Wall Street Not
Sanguine of BIaine's Nomination.

CHICAGO, April 23.-"Mr. Blaine has a
large following, but | hardly think he
will be nominated to succeed Mr.. Har-
rison," said Mr.. Jay Gould in an inter
view to-day.
II think the Administration is doing as
well as could be expected. If people are
making money, they Will be reluctant to
change the politics Of the Administration
at the next election. The Cleveland ad-
ministration was very conservative, and
the Democrats have a good record on
which to go before the country"
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23
ROASTED ON TIE WIRE.
Telegraph Lincman Meets a Horrible
Death In Mid-Air.


DeatI; In Mid-Air.
DENVER, Col, April 23.--Charles Swel-
sey, lineman in the employ of the Colo
rado Telephone Company, met with ahor-
rble death in this city last night. He
was repairing telephone wires on top of
very nigh pole on the corner of Curtis
and Twenty-eighth streets. Lower down
on the same pole were some electric light
wires, His footing on the pole slipped
and he fell but still kept hold OF the telo-
his body killing him instantly, it is sup
posed. He was found an hour and a-half
after he had been seen to climb the pole,
lying across the electric light wire, the
telephone wire in his hand and bis flesh
smoking and burning. Deceased was un.
married and resided in this city.
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DistlnruIshed surpeon pco1,

RICHMOND, NAo April 23.-Dr T.. IL.
Smith died last night, lie gained con-
siderable fame during the war as the sur
geon Of the Chimborazo Hospital in this
city.
He represented the tutod States as
consul under Garfield ali Arlhur's Ad-
mlnistraton at Naples.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Michael !. Weller and George Il. Re
petit, trustees, 10 Frederick G.. Aukam,
lot No. II, square S7s, Si0s.
Ann w, Wilett to John c. Collins, lot
No, l3, square No. 500, 5000
George II. Clark 10 Jacob ID. Kilch and
Charles Childs, lot TO- square S7S, 81, 200.
Sidney A. SiNbury and wife to Robert
q. Hoffman and George w. Swartzell,
all Of block 4, in Todd 4 Browns subdi.
vision, Mount Pleasant, $40.
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ALIVE MILLION DOLLAR SALE.
a Deal to Concentrate the Manufaotur,
of Smoking TobnCcO.

Dcnl 10 concentrate the ManuinCturc
of Smoking Tobacco,
BALTIMORE Mn. April 23.-Tho tobacco
factories Of Marburg Brothers and G. W..
Gail & AK, have been bought by the
American Tobacco Company of New York
and will hereafter be operated by that
company. The price paid for the prop
erty cannot be learned but a conservative
estimate places it nj about $4,000 600. The
properties alone are worth 81 100000 aud
the business will approximate S2000,000
annually. There will he no change in
the management of the factories, the
firm accepting stock for three.tifths of
the purchase price.
The American Tobacco Company now
controls seven factories, the combined
output of which is 90 per cent. of all
cigarettes made in this country. Mr..
Marburg says it is the intention of the
company to concentrate in Baltimore the
manufacture of all smoking tobacco.
This means that there will be 30,000,000
pounds annually manufactured here.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23
AmnIgnmntIon or Amntenr Athletes,

BosToN, April 23.-The Herald to-day
announces the amalgamation of the
League of American Wheelmen and the
American Athletic Union. This action
was decided upon at the recent meeting
of the l.. A. W. in Washington.
II was also decided at that meeting to
reinstate the seventeen racing men who
had been suspended for accepting eX-
penses while in training. Included among
this number are many well-known BIZ
pvclisis
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Rumored Cbanre Of Eapncomon,

There have been several rumors of
changes in the management of the Wash
ington Baseball Club. II has been stated
that Manager Trott has been requested to
resign, but this was denied by members
of the board of directors to-day. II there
is a change, however, Charlie Snyder, the
umpire, will be appointed.
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Tobacco Failure.

LOUISVILLE. KYn April 23,-H. p.
Thompson q Co., Of Winchester, the
largest tobacco buying firm in the State
have failed.
The liabilities of the firm are put at
100000, with assets unknown, but much
less. The cause of the failure was, it is
said, speculation in tobacco.
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The Ladies' Board.

AUGUSTA, Me-, April 23.-Mrs. Joseph f.
Moore has declined the appointment as O
member of the Ladies' Board of Worlds
Fair Managers. Ill health is the cause Of
her dCclination. Mrs. Kate May An irews,
the wife of II. Il. Andrews of the Lewis
ton Journal, has been appointed in her
ulaCe
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ANIUSENIENTS.

L lNC0LN MUSIC HALL--FRIDAY AND
IL SATURDAY, APRIL "a and %.
Two Nights and One Matinee; Saturday.
"Yes, Wen All BE Dair."
w, $. CLEVELAND'S COLOSSAL COLORED
CARNIVAL MINSTRELS.
The swell event. Society favorites. Only
altiaction OF tne klnd IN tne world worthy OF
mnstrelsy. lnmitable, Original and only Tom
Mcintosh, the man with the big mouth. The
funny and famous Jas. A. Bland. Billy Far.
Brewer Brothers. 40 other Black Minstrel
Kings. Scale of prices: Gallery, 25c. balcony,
first rows, 75c.; back rows In balcony, Soc,
orchestra and first 2 rows in circle, 81; third
row circle, 75c.; general admission, SOC. Re-
served seats may be secured Mt Mctzerotts
Music Store. Secure seats. Avoid the Jam.
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Farmers, Alliance in New York,

HoENELLsyILLE, N. y, April 23.-The
New York State Farmers Alliance was
organized to-day, The Ocala platform
was adopted, also q section demanding
Government ownership Of water ways.
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Tie Railroad WIN AppeaI.

NEw YoHK, April 23.--ln the Hudson
County Court, at Jersey City yesterday, a
Jury awarded $4,000 TO Bridget Hurley,
the widow of Patrick Hurley, a police.
man in Bayonne, who was Killed while
making an arrest on the Jersey Central
tracks The railroad company will APP
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Two ncntIls n.om Grin.

Tic number of deat hs reported at the
Health Department for the past twenty
four hours, ending at noon to-day, was
twenty.
OF this number two died with the grip
Allen Goodridge and Mary Il, Sword.
There We're five deaths from pneumonia
and bronchitis.
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An Endemic of Grin.

oTTuNwA, Iowa, April 23.-An epidemic
much like the grip is raging at Pella,
Iowa. The Board of Health have traced
it to an infected water supply and half
the town b nuarantinod
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Alyord Wm Not PIny nere.

A dispatch was received from Third
Baseman Alyord this afternoon, giving
bis terms. They are too high, and he
will not be signed, For the present Davis
will be retained
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23

DURING THE soIouRN of Father IGNtrius
IN Washington cortam references were
made TO him in The Critic Of a more or
less complimentary nature The remarks
in question related to his work rather
than TO himself and were not intended to
disparage him personally. They gave of
iense however, and several of his friends
wrote letters of remonstrance TO The
Cuuc. II now appears that Father
IcNAuus has been abandoned by his fol-
lowing at home all the inmates of his
monastery i'm Wales having renowned
him and gone over TO the Catholic Church.
The cditor-in.chief of the Ch'Ortmat, the
Episcopal organ i'm New York, the Rev.
pr MAuoRY, commenting on the Incl
dent. saws. Father IGNATtUs is crazy.
His own relatives have announced that
his mind is affected. We can do nothing
with crazy man, and the only item
which appears this week as associate
with this man is the publication of the
news that the Prioress, all the nuns and
the monks of Llanthany Abbey, in Wales,
oi which Father lGNATrus is the nominal
head, have just reuounced Protestantism
ard embraced the Roman Catholic
faith.
We imagine that few close observers of
Father lGNAuus thought him any less
than a crank. His very appearance on
the street, with uncovered, shayen head
attired in flowing gown and sandals, and
decorated with q number OF theatrical
irappings, suggested the idea that he was
in anything but sound and wholesome
mind. And certainly when a missionary
leaves his own country to evangelize
another it is poor recommendation in
his behalf that he is not recognized by
his own church at home or loyalty sup
ported by those whom he had chosen as
his disciples. Father lGNATIus may be a
very good man-we have no doubt he is
but he does not seem likely to reyolu-
tionize the world or TO lead a new de-
Tarture in religion.
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wAsHINGToN's FAREWELL ADDRESS.
A Copy of It Presented to the Mount
Vernon AssoCiatiOn.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 23.-Mr.
George w. Childs has presented to the
Mount Vernon Association a proof of
Washington's farewell address, which is
particularly valuable because of the cor
lections written on it by the first Presi-
dent himself
The Critic and record., 1891-04-23
DIR. HAMMOND HITS HARD.

Vigorous DenunciatiOn of the Auth hor
of tho world" Fabrication.
The New York World yesterday printed
a story to the effect that DR.. William A..
Hammond the distinguished neuralogst
and surgeon, had charged 10000 for re-
moving n wen from the scalp of Senator
Stanford's wife. and stated on the author
ity of one of Washington's "best known
surgeons" that S5, or at most $40, is the
usual charge for such an operation.
DIR. Hammond was seen by q CRITIC
reporter at his sanitarium, at Mount
Pleasant, and asked as to the truth of the
story. lie said:
81 can't understand how such
\ FAIsEHooD,
for which there isn't the slightest basis
whatever, could have originated, except
in the mind of some jealous and small
minded doctor. The medical profession
contains some of the best and some of
the meanest men that the world has ever
seen and one Of the latter class started
this story.
Mrs. Stanford has never, to my know
ledge, had any wen on her head, and
never removed any from her. But if |
bad performed such an operation and
Senator Stanford was kind enough TO value
my services at $4,000, and although it
might
EXCITE THE ENVY
of such men as the author of this false
hood, it is nobody's business but the
Senator's and mine. Undoubtedly from
the way in which he values such
an operation, placing it at the most at $40,
he is one Of the kind who is accustomed
to pay professional visits for n maSS2um
fee Of fifty cents. However, TO be briGl
the whole thing is lie.'