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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-22
F.4IR HAVEN,

The lecture on Cooks Arctic Expedi- tion," given in the Grand avenue Bap- tist church Thursday evening by Philip S. Evans. jr.. was replete with interest. Mir. Evans gave details of the trip in manner that interested his audience, and the story of the life and habits of the natives of Greenland was told enter tainingly. He exhibited many articles or wearing apparel worn by the natives Charlie Deforest is the new clerk at Mrs. John Burke's drug store on Grand avenue. For several years he has been employed at Derby. Mir. Deforest Tor merly resided here. and his friends are glad to welcome him back.
 Rev. F. c. Sage will preach at the Grand avenue Baptist church to-mor- row morning. beginning a short series on "The Christian Life" First, "The Outer Life" Evening subject. "Adop- ton. or Belonging to Good Family"
 M. A. Farren will speak in the I'M. c. A. meeting tomorrow afternoon, re- ferring particularly to the work of B. Fay Mills. the evangelist, having re- gently attended some of his meetings.
 The executive committee of the wH- mans auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A. held their first meeting yesterday afternoon. The first meeting of the auxiliary will be on Friday afternoon next. They now Lumber ninety members.
 The banjo club of the YMC.A. will meet next Thursday afternoon.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church new order of evening service will be introduced tomorrow. The pub lie Is cordially invited to attend, and all who are present are urged to take part in the services. The following is the program: Organ voluntary, congrega- tional hymn, response, choir, scripture reading, anthem. Jubilate, Beech, the ninety-first psalm in concert; Gloria Patrim, congregation; prayer, response, choir, offertory, solo, sermon, congre- gational hymn.
 The annual report of the Grand ave- nue Baptist church, prepared for the association, shows additions by bap- tisms, 23; by letter. 10; by restoration, 1; total of 34 additions during the year. The total membership of the church is now 312. The Sunday school has an en- rollment of 416, with an average at- tendance of 265 during the past twelve months.
 The following have been chosen as delegates to represent the Grand ave- nue Baptist church at the New Haven association, which meets October 3:The pastor, Dr. Sage. Deacons J. P. Mer- row, Henry Barnes. o. J. Hull. s. WY Hammond, N. A. Beebe, and Mrs. p. c. Sage, Mrs. N. A. Be Joe and Mrs c. w. Watrous.
 pr. D. A. Jones will sing at the Sec ond Congregational church next Sab- bath evening. The Congregational Brotherhood has arranged a printed program for the service.
 VOTE OF THANKS.
 The members of the Fair Haven Mo Kinley club after their rally Thursday night extended vote of thanks to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
SPECIAL ARMY RETIREMENTS
President Cleveland Gives His Views on
the Subject.
His Remarks on VetOing the Bill for
Captain Twelfth Infantry.

President Cleveland gave to Congress a
clear statement of his views on special
legislation Tor the retirement of army Of
ficers in veto of the bill for the relief OF
Eugene Wells. late captain of the twelfth
infantry. The bill authorized the President
to appoint the beneficiary a second lieuten-
ant of artillery. to be placed on the retired
list for disability, without the usual exam
ination by a retiring beard
The President writes: Appointments to
the army under the authority Of special
legislation which name the proposed ap-
pointee, and the purpose Of which is the
immediate retirement of the appointee. are
open to serious objections, though i confess
l have been persuaded through sympathy
and sentiment on a number of occasions to
approve such legislation.
when, however, 1t Is proposed to make
the retirement compulsory. and without
reference to age or previous examination, q
most objectionable feature is introduced
THE cases covered by the special enact
ments referred to are usually such as
should. II worthy Of any consideration. be
provided for under general or private PEN
sion laws. leaving the retired list Of the
army to serve the legitimate purpose for
which 1t was established
A recent discussion in the House Of Rep
resentatives upon a bill similar to the one
now before me drew from a member Ct the
House committee on military affairs the
declaration that hundreds Of such bills were
before that committee and that there were
nifty presidents for the passage of the
particular one then under discussion. 1t
seems to me that this condition suggests
such an encroachment upon the retired
LIST Of the army as should lead to the vir-
.tual abandonment of the legislation refer
red to- In addition to the objections to
such legislation, based upon sound policy
and good administration, there are facts
connected with the case, covered by the bill
new before me, which, In my judgment. for
bid It's favorable consideration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
FINDING HALUABLEs.
Taking Out Treasure mt the hno
II wreck.


l, The work Of cleaning up the ruins OF the
great Knox fire is progressing rapidly, but
iat Will be some days yet before all the
wreck is removed IA large force of men
are employed at the task, but 1t is a slow
job at best. Contractor Gleason IL in charge
OF the work and he has upward of 200 men
at It all the time. with a Considerable num-
Der of carts and wagons. '''-' T. ct
The men are working In six matches n,
about thirty each at different parts Of the
ruins, and as fast as the debris is tossed
out, and 1t Is certain that there-is nothinesp
value IN the mass, 1t Is shofeled into
wagons and carted off. All the carcasses of
the dead horses have been removed some
time since and there is no longer the
nauseating odor about the place that mark.
ed the first few days after the fire. Each
batch of men Is under foreman and there
are eight watchmen, who are employed by
full of the bricks and dirt to see that II
does not contain anything Of value The
stun Is all inspected before 1t Is throSn
from the pile. and then again before n is
placed In the wagons to be carried Off, SO
that there is very little chance of ANYTHING
of value being lost. Everything that seems
TO be OF any value at all Is carefullyr ice.
moved to Mitchelrs blacksmith shop, In the
rear alley, and Will be stored there until the
collection Is complete and 1t is possible to
go on with the work Of classifying II and
finding the owners ="
Very little of any value had been nm
earthed today when a Star reporter visited
the ruins this afternoon. In the main stor-
age building they were just getting at, the
ruins fairly. for up to then the work had
been largely that of removing the walls
and the bricks from the streets 40 "a 10
get at the inside Of the building. On the
b street side things had been pretty thor
oughly cleared to about the level NJ the
ground, but. after all, while there will he
lots OF little articles recovered the entire
salvage will not amount to so very much
AT least this Is the opinion of those who re-
at work on the ground A number OF bir
iron safes which were stored In the builG-
ing have been taken out and opened and
their contents jounl to be practicaIjv nm
injured. A number OF these were onened
this morning 10y professional locksmith
who came over from Baltimore, but the
men in charge of the works were rather
reticent when asked as to the nature of
the contents. 1t Is said that at least one
or the safes was used for storing silver
ware, ard that this was found in fairly
good condition. One of the coloreI men, who
is engaged in clearing up the rubbish. found
a diamond ring OF the value Of 500 and at
once turned 1t over to the foreman of his
| force who put it with the other yalrab les
that have been saved. A number of chill
dren's toy banks have also been found
some of them containing sums of money
that have footed up to quite a large figure
Ii Is thought that the work of clearing nm
the ruins will not be concluded before the
latter part Of next week. 80 :
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New York Cotton.
Rear Admiral Rodgers Operations IN
1871 Recalled.

Naval officers are naturally very much in
terested in the outcome of the pending
troubles between China and Japan. grow
ing out of the desire fer the control of
Corea. 1t is believed that many valuable
lessons will be learned I'm regard TO the
merits of modern battle ships the effective
ress of torpedoes and the ability Of fast
cruisers to cope with more powerful armor-
ed ships. A good many years ago Corea
had slight difficulty with the United
States navy, which resulted I'm the death
Of reveral American officers and men.
Before the trouble ended, however. our
naval forces destroyed five Corean forts and
captured 4s1 pieces Of artillery and fifty
flags. with a loss of about 49, Coreans
Several OF the guns captured on that occa-
sion are now at the Naval Academy. There
Is also a tablet I'm the chapel at Annapolis
can officers killed In this Corean difficulty.
The hght occurred June IL, 1871, and was
the first and last serious engagement the
United States has had with the people OF
from the attempt OF ex-Gov. Lowe of Cali
fornia, then United States minister to
China, to arrange a convention with Corea
for the protection Of sailors shipwrecked on
the coast Of that country. Corea was then
under the suzerainty Of China, and the lat
ter country had given it's consent 20 the
convention. Rear Admiral John Rodgers.
In the flagship Colorado. with the ships
Alaska. Beinicia, Monocacy and Paios.
assembled the Salee river In Corea, with the
implied consent of the authorities of that
country. to continue the negotiations. A
surveying party in two steam launches
passed up the river ahead OF the main body
until Il reached a point above the Corean
forts. There they were fired upon by the
Coreans and retreated IN dsmay with their
wounded to the warships farther down the
river. Admiral Rodgers demanded an en-
PLANTATION at once, and waited ten days
without receiving an answer TO his de-
mand, whereupon he ordered an attack
upon the CoreaDs. Blk hundred sailors
and marines were landed and marched a.
rectly upon the forts. short fight fcl-
lowed The Coreans were easily driver
back into the country. and their forts. cam
non. flags and a number OF prisoners fel.
into the hands OF the victorious Americans.
Col. McI-ane T'ilton. now on duty AT AnnRp-
oils was In command OF the marine guard
on that occasion. Ever since then the re-
lations between Corea and the United
States have been extremely cordial. md the
latter has on several occasions shown al
most a paternal interest In the welfare OF
its feeble neighbor in the orient. Ii Is
not at all likely that trouble will ever occur
between them again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07

receipts. 1a994 barrels; shipments pa ,arrrls.
Eli. l;Uo barrels What unsettled and higher
IT, . 1oa'o1s: Anlust s6a5Gis: September :s6i "A
% receipts llI.155 bushels: stock sea ssi bush
~ ~ sales. z"sWp bushels: milling wheat by sam
pe, "tasoi2- Corn stnong-sroi. 6els asked: Au-
g S9 eoi4 asked-reeeipts. 4ess bushels: stock
iSnsI' bushels; southern white corn. Goas2: do
aell9w. U'ats Oats frfner aud fairly active-No
"lte western. ysai0: No. mixed western 3ds
-iscelp's, lly bushels stock. 1924 bushels
$50 bushels. Hay firm and steady-gooi 10
cnoce timothy sl4 50as15.Oo. Grain freights dull
ana unchanged. Sugar firm. unchanged But Ter
sS,eadtnfancy creamery. %; do. Imitation. I7ais;
10 lh9ie 40; good ladle. l4ai5: store packed "a
changed ""h' wi"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
THE POSTPONED TESTS.
Dynamite Gum. 10 he Tried mt sandy
Hook.

1t is expected that the postponed tests OF
pneumatic dynamite guns FOR coast de-
lenses will take phase very soon. at..the
Sandy Hook proving grounds. There arr
three of these guns at the proving grounds
ready for trial one s-inch and two l5-inch
guns. There is another group OF l5inch
guns for which a contract Is oat. but the
contractors have yet failed 10 0Rliver
them The contracts were made several
years ago with the Pneumatic Torpedo and
Construction Company OF New York city.
With the s-inch gun, received at the prov.
ing grounds. there came ten shells charged
with explosive gelatine Eve of which con-
tained fifty pounds and i've 100 pounds.
The total cost of this piece was s29.si25o.
The group of iva l5-inch guns are sup
piled under the contract with twenty-eight
shells, charged with gelatine. three con-
tanning fifty pounds; eight, 100; ten. go
and seven. 500 pounds of the explosive gela-
tine. The total cost OF the outfit Will be
$l26l 225 20. The guas are so constructed as
to admit of being moved ALPHABETICALLY.
pneumatically or by electric power The 81
inch gun. to be accepted, must be capable
of projecting a shell charged with lG
pounds of explosive to all ranges, from
100 to 1900 yards. and a shell containing 20
pounds of explosive from all ranges from
100 to 1910 yards. Each l5-inch gun of
forty calibers length of bore must be capa-
BILE of projecting shells to the following
ranges: From 100 to 1900 yards. shell con-
tanning 51 pounds of explosive; to $3.50
yards, shell containing 2o pounds Of ex-
plosive; to 400 yards, shell containing loo
rounds of explosive, and to $3.50 yards,
shell containing 80 pounds OF explosive.
The shell for these guns is of such char
acter as to insure a firm and steady fight
and not to break up in the air. or be me-
chemically destroyed on striking the water
before the defamation OF the charge. Ii 10
provided with electrical fuses, capable OF
igniting charges at any desired point. and
also of igniting charges at any number OF
points. Ii has also a mechanical fuse which.
ii is asserted, is certain Of action at all
ranges.
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Washington stock Exchnnpe

Government Bonds.-U. s. IS registered IlaaL
asked I. $. IS. 1I7I4 bid, lis asked. "'u' iifH.
District of Columbia Bonds.-2Olyear fund Is
s os o i siYear fund es gold, ll3 hid Water
i?oS currency, l2O bid. 3.65s, funding, currency
Miscellaneous Bonds.-w.sh,ny,on nm, o..
town Railroad conv, Us. LIST. Is2 hid Iaz asxs.S
Mashinston and Georgetown Railroad COW ts. ad
To- bid. 49, asked Metropolitan Railroad COW
Us, ltS bid Washington Gas Company "a Series
b 11s hid washington Gas Company U scnr sef ss
Caesapcake and Potomac Telephone 81 ~ b ia
American Security and Trust SIS, F. and A loo
100 bid. Masonic Hail Association Ia. apd al ~
Warrington Light Infantry LIST 6s, 100 bid Wash.
inston Light Infantry I'd as 100 hid.
bid $50 asked Bank OF the Republic OBJ Ma
re asked. Metropolitan. 2y6 asked. Central, 30
bid, 1876 asked. Columbia Ia5 hid 10 .sl %
capital no bid West End, 1I5 asked. Traders
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National Sal
Deposit and Trust. iso bid, Ito asked. Washingtan
Loan and Trust, ll9 bid. 123 asked American Sc
e G, and Trust 1913 asked. Washington safe
Railroad Stocks..-washington and Georgetown
S Sio,h asked Me'copoi,an, s. bid. 20 asked co,
ton, - bid Georgetown and Tenallytown, IS
Gas and E,ctric Light Stocks. WASHINGTON Gas
4 bid, 30 asked. Georgetown Gas. 50 bid. Z. s
Electric Light, l2ils bid. l2s asked.
Insurance Stocks-Firemens, 40 asked. Frank
lin, - bid 10 asked. Metropolitan. 10 bid. Ar
lington. l6O asked. German American. I55 hid
National rnien, 10 hid, II asked. Columbia. 1871
asked. Lincoln, III bid, asked. Commercial. 0
asked.
Title Insurance stocks.-Real Estate Title, Io7
hid.
Telephone siocks.-Ameriean Graphophone. bid
@ asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage. 30 bid
Miscellaneous Stocks, W ashington Market, IL
bid. Great Falls lee, 1870 BID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
MRS. bERGMANN'S SALOON.
An Attempt to Break Down Onlccu
Cd, ,sGeiabert's Testimony.

Policeman Gelabert charged Mrs. Minnie
Bergmsnn in the Police Court this after
rGon; with having violated the Sunday law
at her saloon. No. 2O09 1sth street north
w'est!n He gave direct testimony in the case,
saying he saw persons in the saloon on the
Sunday charged.
Lawyer Shillington for the defense, called
.ne defendant and other witnesses to dis
Policeman Bryan OF the eighth precinct,
Oh whose beat the saloon il located, was
called. and he said he would not believe
Gelabert under oath.
Lieut.. Vernon Was called to prove Celia
berts character. 80 Tar as he knew, Celia
berts character outside OF the police force
H. good. but he said he had heard some
orneers speak disparagingly about him.
Mr. Shillington asked Lieut.. Vernon II
while Gelabert was In his precinct he did
not report to Sergt. Daley that Frank Hall
was doing big Sunday business, and II he
did not go and tell Hall Of the intended
raid and ask for the loan Of $780,
Witness answered that he had not heard
the 800 part of the story. but he had heard
! the balance OF 1t. He, however, did not
know that what he heard was true
Gelabert. he said. had trouble with two
officers, Bruce and Klinger, and these were
the officers he heard speak Of him.
witness said he would believe Officer
Gelabert under oath.
Lieut. Gessford. who is In charge of the
preslpet, N, which ,Gelabert does duty, also
gave evidence He knew but little OF the
omcer, but he had no reason to doubt his
honesty .,s. ''
Joseph Fiske., a former employer Of Celia
tert. gave evidence as to the officers good
character.
Night Inspector Pearson gave evidence
and said he believed that Gelabert gave
raid. That, he said. was 'betraying con-
bdence.' He also heard about the report
60 ftttep29t to BORROW slOO. but he hardly
believed that part of the report
Sergt. Harry Jones was next called and
he said that he would believe Gelabert un-
| President Williamson Of the Y. NJ c. A.
also gave evidence concerning Officer Celia
berts character Gelabert, he said ts n
member of the Y: NJ c. A.. and witness
said he would naturally suppose him to be
a truthful man.
Sergt. Daley also gave evidence He then
told OF Gelabert's alleged move in the Hall
liquor case. Gelabert he said, explained
to him NTitness) why he told Hall OF the
contemplated raid
Gelabert. he said told witness that the
reason he gave the raid away was because
ne was afraid Hall would get back at him
TOT drinking at bis (HalrS place while he
CSelaberD was on duty. He said that Celia
bert told him he was taken to the place bv
Cfncer Herbert. and Sergt. Daley said that
Herbert had to be taken Off that heat he
cause of Halls alleged Sunday violations OF
law. Since then. he said, Gelabert has taker
the pledge
Gelabert then took the stand to explain
how he yielded to repeated invitations to
drink. He said he did not give the raid
from Hall
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Two Deaths ut Petersburg,
Special Dispatch to The Ev-n.I; Star.

Special Dispatch to The Ev-n;n; Star
PETERSBURG, Va, August 7.-Wm Will
cox, son of ex-State Senator Boiling Will
cox. died suddel,y this morning He was
out visiting last night, and retired in his
usual healthy state. This morning he was.
found In bed unconscious. and died shortly
afterward. He was about twenty-five years
of age. and a nephew of John G. Dunn. a
wealthy citizen of this place.
Miss Mary VIII gfeld, one of the best
known ladies' IN this city, died at a late
hour last night She was ninety-thres
years of age. and the oldest white resident
of Petersburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
He Protests.

T. c. Homilier of 415 Wisconsin avenue
has written TO- the Commissioners REQUEST
ing that his name be stricken from the pc
tition for thee opening of 37th street. He
says that thei opening Of that street will
greatly damage htS.property, and therefore
through his properly.
Covered With Weeds.
Ed J. o'Hare has, called the attention of
the Commissioners to the condition of the
sidewalk on the forth side Of Madison
street between nth and 18th streets north
west. He says that the Sidewalk, Is com,
pletey covered with grass and weeds and
asks that the lpropaf department have this
attended to. f.,
APPOINTMENTS.
John S. Thompson has been appointed
resident student at the Washington Hos
pital Asylum, n
The Commissioners today ordered that
Charles S. Hyer be temporarily appointed
clerk in office of the special assessment
clerk, with compen ton at the rate of
S.S3 per diem. payable from the appropria-
ton for compulsory permit work, appoint
ment to take effect August s. 1854
Elmer Carroll has been appointed q pri-
vate of the District of Columbia fire de-
partment having satisfactorily served his
probationary time
Testing the Water. '...
The Commissioners have requested Health
Officer Woodward to have the water in the
well on the ground occupied or used in con-
nection with the public schoo. buildings
analysed and report The result to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
NO F RES # WAR NEWS
The Japanese Legation Receives No
Tidings.
What II Thought of the COnnellsville
Strikers OnerACOming of the
New Minister.

Mr.. d. w. Stevens, counselor of The
japanese legation, received no war news
from Japan today In the way of official
communications. IT am expecting some
thing, though" he said to Star represen-
tative. "as the mail to San Francisco is due
at that port in three days. There may be
other communications which, like quite a
rumber already received. have been delayed
on account Of the strike, and are en- route
via Seattle. Just as sc on as anything Is re-
ceived I will see that the press gets all the
news" he concluded.
The legation officials have not yet had
any communication fromV alentine Nowacki.
the leader Of the foreign forces OF the
Pennsylvania coke strikers, who proposed
to offer to raise 5000 soldiers for use In the
war against China. 1t Is pretty safe to say.
however. that while Mr.. Nowackfs offer
would be duly appreciated. yet 1t would be
Japans army has been brought up to a
very high standard of efficiency. modelled
very much after the tactics In vogue in
Germany; and " the former government
sought the assistance OF foreign troops
which Is not regarded as probable, 1t Is
likely that efforts would be made to obtain
them from Germany
Information received at the legation Is
that Mr.. Shinichiro Kurino. the new min
lister to this country, will leave Japan to-
day for his new post of duty. He Is ex-
pected here the latter part Of the month.
TACOMA, Wash. August Capt. w. r.
Bridgman. who has commanded the United
States cruiser Baltimore for the last two
years. has returned her on two months
leave of absence. having left the cruiser at
Chemulpo, Corea, July IL. He regards the
oriental war as an unequal contest with the
odds greatly favoring Japan, which,, he
says, has a splendid navy and an army as
well equipped as that of any European
country. Japan, he thinks, is sure to win
unless China Is given time to make war
preparations on a gigantic scale. In his
opinion, the Japanese government has be en-
endeavoring to force the war; in order to de-
tract attention to 1t from internal political
|'dfssensons
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Naval Orders.

Capt. Chas. Merton has been made presI-
Gent OF the naval examining board In place
Of Admiral Meade. and Capt Allen V.
Reid has been detailed as a member of the
board Lieut.. Commander j. c. Rich and
FL sign J. J, Blondin have besn ordered
70 exaninstion for promotion. Cadet W.
Churchill, ordered hcme from the San
Francisco and his resignation accepted.
Cadets W. p. Roberts and ID. H. Cox, from
the New York home TO prepare for a post
graduate course as naval constructor at
Greenwich. England. Civil Engineer a. J.
Menocal, from Norfolk to the Puget Sound
dock.
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Marine linnd Concert.

The program for the Marine Band Concert
at the Capitol. on Wednesday. at 5:36 pm.
Is as follows:
I. March, THE Marine Band" 80. .Fanciulli.
=. Overture. kings Lieutenant. Till.
3. Saxophone solo. "Attila". Verdi.
Mr. John ter Linden.
L. Selection from "Tabasco". Chadwick,
). Medley, The Metropolis at Night
Dewitt
G. Grand march, THE Army OF the Po
tOmaC ...-..------.-.----- 4 dnClullk
4. Characteristic, The Dying Poet.
Gottschalk
s. Patrol, "Coxey's Army. .Arth
=. Hall Columbia ......-.......-.....fyle les.