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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
Representative Aldrich's Friend
Want Him to Have q Place on 1t.

Aldrich's Friends
Want Him to Have a Place on 1t.
Some Of the friends of Representative
Aldrich Of Illinois are trying to induce him
to apply for a place on the House District
committee. They are doing this because
they think Mr.. Aldrich Is peculiarly fitted
for such a position and would prove a val
liable man. Mr.. Aldrich has been asso-
ciated with municipal reforms in the city
of Chicago for a number Of years. He has
been member Of the board of public
works In the city and was also president of
a board of county commissioners and has
made a study of the practical needs of
great cities. He understands the require
ments of great and growing city and is
not appalled, by the mention Of round fig
ures representing the cost of improve
ments. He Is also acquainted however,
with methods of economy in expenditures.
as he was elected to his municipal posi-
tons on a reform ticket.
To a Star reporter today Mr.. Aldrich
said that he had not applied for a place on
the District committee, but would have no
to taking one, the work SEEM
ed to be in the line OF his past experience
Mr.. Aldrich favors the underground trolley
system. IL that can be proved to be practi-
cable for use in cities. but until that Is
proven he prefers the cable and has bitter
ly opposed the overhead trolley in Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
Washington Stock Exchnnue-

1921 bid lllI asked g. as ses eoapea 1892 1897
lO9ie bid. 111ha asked. NNp'"' i'"''
,s district Of Columbia Bonds.-2O-year fund IS
~ tHyS ioo bid. 3o-year fund 6s. gold. 1902 lOe
DID 3S5s funding, currency 1924 los asked.
miscellaneous Bonds.-Washington and George
town X R. conv. 6s, 1st, 100 bid, I4o asked
Washington and Georgetown X. r. conv 6s. sd
l2o bid l4O asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel,
sphone os, 1896 1911, 1903 asked. Capitol and O
street H. r. 5s, 1921. 1O2 asked Metropolitan r
r. COW: Is. 1901 1O2 hid. los asked T. s. Flee
tric Light cOnv. 5s. 1901. l21 asked
Nationa! Bank Stecks.-Bank of the Rermbiic
Ip asked Metropolitan, 297 asked. Second 10
asked Citizens, 179Is asked. Columbia IDS
asked. Capital 1876 asked West End I23 asked
Finders, 40 asked. Lincoln, lO7 asked
Railroad Stocks.--Metropolitan lO2 asked Eek
ington and Soldiers Home, 40 asked. Georgetnwn
and Tenleytown. As asked
Insurance StOcks.-Firemen's so asked Frank
lin. 55 asked National Union, lS asked Column
bta. 1873 asked Riggs SIa asked. People's 50.
asked. Lincoln go asked. Commercial az asked
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title I27b
asked. "'
Gas and Electric Light Stocks Washington Gas
43 bid. so asked. u. s. Electric Light. 135 asked
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac az
asked. American Graphophone. ~ bid 81. asked
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Pneumatic Gun Carriage
rs asked Lincoln Hall. s5 asked. Inter Ocean
safe Deposit and Trust Companies - National
Safe Deposit and Trust Company. 1875 asked
Washington Safe Deposit. los asked. Washington
Loan and Trust. 1875 asked. American Security and
Trust. 1876 asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
CHAT WITH GEN. HARRISON.
He Is Enjoying the Sea Breexcs and
ROmpinE With Baby Mckee.


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BOSTON, Aug. u.-EX-President Har-
rison is romping with Baby Mckee and en-
joying the breezes at Beverly, Mass
The ex-President is the guest of his
daughter, Mrs, Mckee. and her husband
who are passing the summer quietly at
the home of d. A. Kilham.
Kilham House. where they are domiciled
this year, Is a coy, unpretentious two-story
dwelling. somber brown in color and be-
speaking in its interior furnishings the
quiet. pleasant home of a well-to-do family,
whose head Is known as a prosperous
manufacturer. 1t is in the midst OF very
attractive surroundings. and few hundred
Feet away through the shady vista of the
street one may catch a glimpse of the sea
washing at high tide against the steep
cliffs.
Ex-President Harrison was seen by a re-
porter yesterday afternoon, and when
asked to express an opinion on Mr.. Cleve-
Iands message replied quietly: ''Oh, you
OF public life now, you know, and / don't
know what benefit would result from an
expression on the subject from me. 1t would
to say anything about It..
Gen. Harrison did not wish to discuss the
financial ma La situation though he remarked that
most extraordinary in some respects that
he had ever known.
we nave always considered he said
that a New York draft was as good as
money anywhere. but i have actually ex-
perienced difficulty In getting one cashed
this summer. The great mistake people are
making now Is in boarding their money and
keeping II out of circulation. It's a foolish
thing to do"
The ex-President was -committal whom
his attention was called to the fact that
lo.0eo men were shortly to be turned ont
OF employment In the Lawrence mills and
the suggestion that the uncertainty that
exists as to what Congress will do with the
tarin WILL perhaps. postpone a restora-
ton OF confidence longer than might be the
one involved TIC why
If 1t were in my power" he said "to
utter any words which would be of service
IN this trying period should certainly be
giad to do so. but am simply a private
citizen now"
The story to the effect that VIM. Harri-
son, Claiming to be cousin of the ex-
PRESIDENT. had turned UP in Denver as
pauper, and had been sent to the county
poor farm, was met by his emphatic de-
NAL.
1T is silly bit of nonsense 1 have no
cousins nor near relations in Denver. and
married daughter Of Gen. Pike and lives
on the old family homestead in Kentucky
He has several sons living on farms near
him and is in comfortable circumstances
The story Is Of piece with the one printed
some time ago to the effect that a man by
the name of Harrison. who lost his life on
a Norfolk steamer. was a near relative of
mine. The only relationship was the SINH
lartty Of name"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
UNNATURAL PARENTS.
Simon Serger's Murder of His Little
Daughter.

CLEVELAND. o., Aug. IA terrible
crime was committed in this city last night
Simon Serger. a Hungarian thirty-two years
Of age. In a fit Of dependency and crazed
by drink killed his three-year-old daughter.
Lena, and then tried to take his own life.
He had a quarrel with his wife and step
children and drove them from the house:
He took little Lena to q vacant lot and
drawing clasp knife. with q blade four
inches long. plunged II into her temple. He
then shot her In the right temple, the bull
let entering her brain. He then stabbed
himself twice in the left breast and fired a
bullet near the same place. The child died
at o'clock this morning.
SANDCSKY, O., Aug. u.-Richard Kamin
was arrested yesterday charged with hav-
ing seriously pounded his sixteen-year- old
daughter with a club while she was dying
with intent to kill her. He is said to have
repeatedly assaulted her before this. and
while she was passing away last evening he
is said to have struck her on the face and
body. The corpse was black and blue in
many places.
Upon Kamin's request the undertaker
painted the spots to correspond with the
color of the body. The city humane society
heard Of the case and had Kamin arrested
The girls death is said to have been caused
more by Ramin's brutality than anything
else. Though poor. the family is O we'll
known one In Sandusky-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
Army Orders.

ed Second Lieut. Alfred C.. Merillat, eighth
cavalry.
Leave Of absence for four months is
granted First Lieut.. Edward l. GrumIey
seventeenth infantry.
Special orders OF August 4. 1893. are so
amended as to grant Capt Augustus G..
TasSin. twelfth infantry, an extension of
leave Of absence on account of sickness to
the date of the receipt by him IF the order
detailing him for duty as acting Indian
agent.
Leave OF absence for four months Is
granted Mai. Thomas c. Lebo. sixth cav
airy.
a board to consist of Capt. John G.. Leefe
nineteenth infantry: Capt George 5. Hoyt.
assistant quartermaster. and Mr. William
Webster of Sault Sainte Marie. is appointed
to meet at Fort Brady. Mich. for the pur-
pose of appraising the old site of Fort
Brady, Mich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
ILL WITH TYPHCS FEVER.
The Disease Developed I'm a Patient
Taken From Bellevue Hospital.

The Disease Developed In q Patient
Taken From Bellevue Hospital.
NEW YORK. August 11.-At 10 o'clock
this morning DIR. Doty. chief Of the bureau
OF contagious diseases. received a report
from North Brother Island stating that
Robert Watson. the suspect removed from
Bellevue Hospital yesterday, had developed
typhus fever. There Is no longer any
doubt about the nature of the disease.
What is now puzzling DR.. Doty Is how,
when and where the man caught the dis
ease.
Watson was employed as a laborer at
the Manhattan Beach Hotel before he got
sick. He went there on July 10 from Penn
sylvania and was taken sick day before
yesterday.
That is about the usual time required for
typhus to develop. and DIR. Doty Is Of the
opinion that Watson caught the disease in
Pennsylvania. but in what city he does not
know. Watson can not or will not tell
what place in Pennsylvania he came from
The health board of this city has had
no information of the existence of tyDhus
anywhere in that state except in Phila-
delphia, where two cases have been re-
ported. DIR. Doty is now in telegraphic cor
respondence with the Philadelphia health
board, trying to find out II Watson was
there and caught the disease In that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
THE CONSCIENCE FUND.
The Amount to Which Small COntri-
buttons has Reached.

An account designated as the ''Con-
science Fund" was opened by the register
of the treasury to show from time TO time
the receipts Of moneys by the United
States government from unknown persons
These moneys are covered into the general
treasury as miscellaneous receipts. and
may be used like other assets Of the treas
ury for any purpose that Congress may
deem proper.
The account was opened in 1911, and I'D
10 March 81. 1888 there has been received
in small and large sums, the aggregate
amount of sos, 0s9. Sc
Remittances are received almost weekly
occasionally the receipts are two or three
cases a week, and. a rule the letters
are not signed. Frequently they are for
warded by ciergymen at the request of
penitents. As nearly all the communica-
lions are anonymous. acknowledgements
are always made through the local press
OF this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
AYERS

sarsaparila wherever used. is always spoken OF in
terms of highest praise. WILLIAM SMALL. Fort
rstrfeld Ne says In letter recently received: 1T
zives me pleasure to speak from personal knowledge
ofthe wonderful cure. by the use OF AYERS sarsa-
pariila of bad hunor in child eleven years old.
The childs hands. arms feet and legs were covered
with blotches and scabs. resisting all local sppca-
lions. Very soon after TAKING AYERS ssrsapsrills
the humor disappeared. the cure being complete. As
sbloOd purifier consider that AYERS
sARSAPARILLA
Stands at the head Of the whole catalogue Of such
preparations especially when used in connection
with AYERS Pills"
There be no question to the superiority Of
AYERS sarsAparna over all other blood puridsrs- II
this was not the case the demand for IT, stead Of
cressne yearly. would have ceased long ago. like
many other blood medicines / could nAms."-F. L.
EIcKRRsoN. Charlestown Mass.
CURES OTHERS. WILL CURE YOU.
Prepared By Dr.. J. @. Aver Co.. Lowell. Mssa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11

Increase I'm the Weight of q silver
Dollar at the Proposed Ratio.

esting calculations as to the effect Of in
crcasing the ratio OF silver at 20 to !. They
find that the market price OF silver neces-
sary to place the proposed coin at par
would be s1.oS2s5s4 in New York. and a. Is
pence IN London. The dollar would con-
tain i64l4 grains of pure silver and Sis
grains of alloy, or Sic grains in all as
against 4l23 grains in the current coin
At this rate one thousand of the new coins
would weigh ANA pounds as against $500
pounds for the present dollars, and ], 600 coo
pieces would weigh thirty-seven tons as
against thirty tons for 900, 600 Of the cur
rent coins. According to the present prop
osition the new dollar would be thicker
than the present dollar, but no larger in
diameter. and the most perceptible differ
ence between the coins would be In their
weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
PeraOnal Mention

Rev. Dionysios Latus archbishop of
Zante. Greece. and his private secretary.
ioner Percltis. are stopping at the st
James Hotel. where they will remain for
several days.
Medical Referee Thomas Featherston-
haush or the pension Office Is at Virginia
lei G. Gentsch Is piled high up with work
Prof. Lemstrom of Finland, Russia, one
rope. who came to this country TO visit
the worlds fair, Is now In this city stop
ping at the Gramercy
Dr. John c. Exner and Mr. j. NJ. Rieman
have gone to Cape May for two weeks
MI T. w. Grimes. who has been very
i'll. is improving.
Rev. DR.. VIM. E. Parson and family of
New Jersey avenue are spending the sum-
mer at The Cliff," Swampscott Mass.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Brown and Mr.. Fred r.
tainS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
To Coal Vessels mt Sea.

The Secretary of the Navy is considering
the adyisabiity of converting a board to
inspect the various devices recently submit
ted for cOaling naval vessels at well
as IN port There are number of new
methods employed by the merchant ser
vice. any of which would be an improve
nent over the present navy plan. The
scope of the boards investigation will in
cllde test of the various inventions for
coaiing at sea which have been or may be
auhmiffed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
Capture of Man Charged With
FraudulentIy IsinE the Malls.

The Post Office Department is advised Of
an important arrest at Chattanooga, Tenn,
Of an alleged violator OF the mails. The
man arrested is Edward B. Low OF Spar
tanburg. S. e. He is charged with using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. and with
being implicated in what Is known to the
postal authorities as the Barrett scheme
Several OF his brother offenders were taken
into custody few days ago, and II Is
thought that several others will soon be
bagged- Low was committed to jail in de-
fault OF 81 800 bond Inspector Peer made
the arrest, and Acting Inspector Baird wiz
ed the news to Headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
THE IRBY-TILLMAN DISPUTE.
Who Filed the Dispatch Which Has
Canned 40 Much COntroYeraY

SoubeO 30 uucn controversy.
Senator Irby has been much annoyed by
the notoriety which he has been given in
the dispute between him and J. H. Tiilman
regarding a publication last March in the
Augusta Chronicle. He last night began
steps to find the real authorship of the
telegram. which was sent from here. and
which Tiilman accuses Mr.. Irby of having
filed with the Western Union without his
knowledge.
Mr. Tillman's version was that he wrote
the story, but fearing 1t might cause trou-
BILE. informed Senator Irby that he had de-
cided not to send 1t to his paper. Tillman
further charged that the Senator, acting
on his own motion, and without Tilman' s
knowledge or consent. subsequently filed
the dispatch in the Office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company in Washing
ton. This the Senator emphaticalI- de-
MES in toto.
At the request OF Senator Irby there
gathered yesterday Senator Jones of Ar
kansas, Congressman Latimer, Strait and
McLaurin of South Carolina, Mr.. NJ. Mar
ean. manager of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company. Mr.. P. ~. Simpson, re-
ceiving clerk of that company, Mr.. ]. Y.
Jones Of Abbeville. S. c.. Capt. ]. NJ. wod-
dell of the same state and two stenograph-
ers. The testimony of the telegraph Off
Gals was to the effect that Tillman had
filed the telegram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11

they occupy to turn their faces to the
east and their backs to the west
As to the declaration in the democratic
platform, Mr.. Bland asserted 1t was the
understanding that free coinage of silver
necessarily meant the repeal of the Sher-
man law; the two are SO antagonstic that
they cannot exist at the same time But
We are met now with the suggestion that We
leglSlate by piecemeal; repeal the Sherman
law and take our chances of securing any
thing in its place which shall meet the
pledge OF the platform to coin both gold and
silver. And this because a panic is upon US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION.
The Progress Made IN the Oreanisasien N
One In This City.

Considerable progress has been made toward
the formation Of . clearing house association IN
this city. The committee appointed 10
Investigate the form Of Organization sf
such an institution has about corn
pleted it's report and expects soon 10
submit il TO the committee appointed ct the
meeting OF the representatives Of the bankina
institutions Of the city held last Monday night
This committee. which is the same 20
the standing committee Of the Washing
ton clearing house. consists of John W. Thomp-
son. chairman; Z. Francis Riggs, Chas. n
Bradley. I. c. Pearsall and A. B. RuH. II ID
the intention of the committee to call, prob
ably tomorrow, meeting Of the representative
Of the financial institutions OF the city 70
consider this report and 20 take action. IN
regard to the formation Of q clearing houss
association. Ii 10 expected that all The
national banks Of the city will Join the 1850
citation, and the prospect today 10 that Nc
bank would be unrepresented when the
organization Of this important institution q
effected The officers Of clearing house asse-
citation consist Of a chairman and . secretary
and manager, with Q committee on loans.
Permanent headquarters are selected ana
the manager, VINO Is a salaried ofhceI,
is in charge. The organization Of the
present Washington clearing house, the fune<
tions Of which are limited exclusively 10 the
making Of exchanges, is as follows: Mr. Georae
secretary. and Mr.. F. r. Wallace, manager.
The names OF the standing COMMITTEES srs
printed above.
Clearing House Certificate.
In view Of the importance, and TO some ess
tent the novelty, Of such an institution ID
this city ss the clearing house sssociatios,
some information as 10 the functions
Of such an association will be Of Interest.
clearing house certificate 10 issued
by committee appointed by the clearing house
association and known a. q committee on
loans. which committee receives from the banh
applying for such certificates certain mar
ketable securities other obligations,
upon which q value is placed from fifty W
seventy-five per cent Of the market value,
Such certificates when issued are receivable BIZ
the banks in the clearing house association
in settlement Of daily balances between
them. The securities upon which thess
certificates are based form . part Of the
assets OF the bank, either OF investments or
bills receivable, and are independent Of the
cash reserves Of the bank. The practical effect
Of the issue OF certificates is to create
a medium Of circulation between the banks
and render the transfer Of cash from one W
the other unnecessary, thus afording oppor-
tunity to the banks 70 furnish accommodates
to their customers. These certificates can bs
redeemed by the banks TO- which they are
issued by payment Of cash at any time upoa
which the securities pledged by said bank %
banks will be returned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
DistiIl~r. Want Currency.

A delegation of whisky distillers We're at
the Treasury Department late yesterday af-
ternoon. and represented to Secretary Car
Isle their inability to obtain currency from
the banks. and said that internal revenue
coHectors refused to accept their certified
taxes.
Secretary Carlisle said he did not see how
ne GOULD anord them any relief. as much as
ne would IKE To do so. in view of the ex-
plicft mandate of the law that internal rev
enue taxes must be paid in currency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
Launch of the Minneapolis.

The launch of the new commerce de-
stroyer Minneapolis at Cramps ship yard,
Philadelphia, tomorrow is to be an affair
of some ceremony. A special train will
take a distinguished party from Washing
bert Senator and Mrs. Henderson, Senator
and Mrs. Cockreli. Senator and Mrs. Stock
bridge. Chief Naval Constructor Philip
Hichborn, Congressman McAleer of Penn
syivania Breckenridge of Kentucky, Liv-
ingston Of Georgia, Meyer of Louisiana
and Coggswell of Massachusetts and Sem
ator and Mrs Washburn, whose daughter
will christen the vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
Turned over TO the Board Of GUAR
dfans.

Romaine Magruder is the name OF .
l7-months-old colored child who appeared
before Judge Mills this morning in its
mothers arms IL was alleged in q paper
that the mother. a widow. being In III
health. is unable to properly provide for
the child. Judge Mills made an order turn
ing the child over to the board OF childrena
guardians, and Agent Wilson of the HUI.
name Society said the child would be cared
for At St. AIMS Asylum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11

The United States Civil Service Commiss
sion will hold an examination on August ~
to I'LL a vacancy in the position OF statistic.
al and fishery clerk in the Cnfted states
commission Of fish and fisheries. The salary
of the position is 81. so year. The subjects
OF the departmental clerk examination VIII
be used. with the addition OF geography
compilation of statistics and commercial
fisheries Residents OF the District VIII nos
be eligible. Those desiring to compete fof
this place should file applications at once.
The Examination may be held In some other
cities outside Of Washington n there are
applicants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
Vice Prestdeut Nessier Dead.

ALTOONA. Pa. Aug. 11.-Thomas D..
Messler. third vice president Of the Penn
syIVania company (which company man
ages the pennsylvania lines west Of Pitts
burg. died this morning at $50 at Cresson
SPRINGS his wife and family were at his
bedside until the last He will be taken to
his home at Shady Sude, in Pittsburg. This
evening Mr.. Messier was sixty years Of
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
A Court of Inquiry.

A court OF inquiry. composed of Capt. e.
.. Cotton. Capt. Lewis KempH and Lieut.
J. W. Carlin. with Lieut.. Chas- F. Pond
judge advocate. has been ordered to con-
vene at San Francisco on the 2lst instant
% Investigate the controversy between
MAJ. Bartlett and Capt. Cochrane of the
marine carpS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-11
MAKING MONEY NOW.
The Chicago Fair Managers Will Be-
gin to Pay Their Bonds.

CHICAGO. Aug. 1l.-With a record Of
$4,000 paid admissions to the fair for the
first four days of this week the average
daily attendance of paying visitors will no
doubt be kept up to the 10000 mark not
including Sunday, of course. The nightly
report from the department of admissions
this week has been a pleasant surprise to
the administrative officers Of the exposition
and they are not slow to assign as the chief
reason for the increased attendance the sew
eral night attractions provided by them.
The reduction in railroad rates is also
given as an important factor In the finan-
cial Improvement which has come to en-
courage the officials of the fair at a time
when they were somewhat distressed on ac-
count of the small attendance.
Next week the exposition managers will
make the first payment of 10 per cent on
the bonds. as there is a big balance in the
bank to the credit of the exposition. and
nearly all the big bills due contractors have
been liquidated