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The Washington times., 1894-06-08
WEALERs WILL CELEBRATE
Carl Browne Applies for Marching Per
NIT on the Glorious Fourth.

IaIl brOWne AppiicS Tor q Marching Dor.
NIT on the Glorious Fourth.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CoMnosMosvE1r n,
CHRIST, CELL ca, UNITED STATES JAZZ WAsgrsG
To,', D. c., June Z, 1894
CoHRADEs-We have been informed BIZ The
iailors that on Sunday morning our time is up
for carrying a badge Of Christ upon .he
Capitol grounds. and our fines have been paid
for getting on the grass, We must so out of iail
whether no. So viii be ready for you 10 take
us to camp on next Sunday morning, as hear
communication 20 Major Moore, of the Washing
ten police, that we propose TO hold n Fourth Of
July celeo eo-ation, and tnat we want police PRO
lection from any thugs on the force. Marsha,
Coxey viii have this communication read 70 you.
FrGternally, CARL BROWNE
Following is my request for marching per-
NIT:
HEADQUARTERS OF TIE CoM,ioSwEAL OF cHErsr,
T. 5. JAIL. June 6, 1885,
To the Honorable Commissioners of the District
Of Columbia, and TO Major Moore, Superin-
tendent OF Police, Washington, D. c.
GESTLENES-On behalf of mem bers of the COM
monweal Of Christ, every enc Of whom Is a citi-
zen Of the United States Of AMERICA | write this
alienable rights such. TO celebrate the FORTH.
coming birthday CT cur liberty By procession
speaking, and fireworks In the evening
In order TO accom- plish cur purpose We re-
nience to notify rs II you viii permit us TO have
music On that day, AID to indicate 10 US the
route nos: desirable for rs 20 pass over in going
from camp AZ Highlands, ON the Bladensburg
road, 70 our Nations Capitol, there TO salute or
flag and the Goddess Of Liberty upon its done,
and then 70 march 70 our old camp ground, on
the corner % First and N streets, where We VIII
have speaking and fireworks IN the evening, re-
Respectfaily yours, our sa- A' H.qs caan qBsRAvsE,
Chief Marshal Comrnonweal OF fChrist-
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Notes from Senate and Hons,

T he House Naval Affairs Committee has de-
side after hearing Edward c. Sill one OF the
Carnegie workmen, next Monday TO go to Pitts
burg ard Homestead to continue their inquiry
into the armor plate frauds.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs has
authorized o favorable report on the bill intro
duced by Representative Sweet, of Idaho, to
ratify the agreement for opening for settlement
the Lapwai reservation,
The House Committee on Railways and Canals
agreed yesterday to report the compromise bill
for the survey of a ship canal route from the
Ohio river to Lake Erie. board of engineers is
to be appointed by the Secretary of War, who
are to select tho most practical route, and
S20,0o0 is to be appropriated for the work.
Senator George YESTERDAY introduced bill
providing for the transfer of the geological sur
vey and the national fish commission to the
control of Agricultural Department
The Senate commit go appointed to invcsti-
gate the prevailing distress at the instgatioh OF
Senator Blackburn has not yet assembled, but
Senator Villas, the chairman, says he VIII call
meeting forthwith.
Representative Houk, of Tennessee, has intro
drced bill TO pension at S12 n month all SOL
diers and sailors honorably discharged who have
reached the age of 62 years end who served 80
days during the war.
The House Committee on immigration viii 70
TO New York Saturday 70 investigate the wor,
inss OF the bureau at Ellis Island.
Chairman Springer will call together tho
House Banking and Currency Committee Mt an
early day to consider the next step on the bank
ingyquestion, now that sta 10 banks are disposci
of, and MIR Springer is disposed TO push the sur-
iect un.il the state bank champions of the South
spptec'atS sie significance of the vote
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
u. 5. SHIP BsAa WRECKED.
Mesae- Dispatches from Alaskan w.t.rs
Tell Of tie Acoideuf


Tell Of tie Acoideuf.
BAN FRANCISCO June THE United Stctes
revenue cutter Bear is almost a total wreck,
and possibly by this time is battered to pieces.
That information was received in San FRAN
cisco last night from the dispatch of the ofIl-
GERS OF the well-known vessel, which says she
is fast on the rock, ut the entrance to the
harbor at Sitka.
The steamer was plowing her wy into the
harbor at good speed on the night OF Nfey 20,
when she struck on u rock, and all efforts to
get her relief were unavailing. She went on
at high water, and the officers state in T., ,ir
brief dispatch that they have very little hope
OF ever getting her of. Her slers vas tie
part to suffer most, and the dispatch says
that her rudder, propeller, and stern post
were gone, and Il a sea the vessel must surely
break up, as it would be impossible for her
10 Withstand any amount OF pounding on tho
jagged points Of the rock on hich she rests
The Bear left San Francisco about SIX
weeks ago to join the Bering sea feet to pro-
tect the seals. In her hold she had about 200
tons OF freight for the naval supply stations
at Point Clarence and Point Barry. and il it
is lost the cutters will necessarily be short of
supplies unless another vesaA is sent up with
the necessary cargo. No lives were reported
lost.
SAN FnANo1sco, CAL, June Cant, Med
baum o. the Alaska Commercial Company,
declared that he had failed to find anything
to confirm the report of the disaster at Stka
He thought possibly the story Of the mishap
Of the Patterson has been confounded with
the Bear. He believed Capt Healy was too
good a navigator to lose his vessel at the en-
trance Of such harbor as that OF Sitka.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Grade Crossings Must Go.

To the Editor of TIE TINES:
The killing of Miss Hattie Robey, a much be-
loved and highly respected young lady of South
Washington, on the grade crossing of the Balti-
more and Potomac railroad last Tuesday even
ing is another strong argument in condemnation
OF the deadly grade crossing.
These death-traps must 90. But whom and
how? All things come to him who waits. They
come quicker 10 him who works while he waits
Il is one thing to wait supinely for Providence,
chance. or forces of nature to do mans work; II
is quite another to use means that lie all around
you, TO use them energeilcally, intelligently, TO
compass the desired end, and compass II as
speedily as may be. Rome wasn't built In day,
the beginning Of Rome.
The pestilent grade crossing won't go in day
1t will never go until beginning is made Who
Is to mako that beginning! Either the railroad
authorities or the city authorities, representing
the people of this great city. The railroad au-
way. Their policy is one of constant persistent
encroachment 1t is your duty and privi-
lego TO make the beginning. The time to make
1t Is now. You can't write that now in TOO plain
characters The longer 1t is delayed the harder
will be the task, the more firmly will the
monster corporations be entrenched. That
which was a privilege has become a right in law,
the roadbeds Of the gigantic companies through
the great pulsing heart of populous and COM
mercial centers belonging to them by right of
cesson and possession They are not seeking to
either elevate or depress their tracks.over which
hundreds of trains come laundering ct high rates
of speed, menace to life and limb They are
crossings, run more trains over them, and run
them ut a higher rate of speed.
The deadly grade crossing must 60. The time
to act is now. c. Il. Cox.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Large Fortunes Made Small.

To the Editor of THE TINES:
An editorial paragraph in THE TINES this
morning, referring to the recently filed claim Of
the government for sI5,OOo,00o against the estate
of Leland Stanford says:
1.-THE estate was recenes.@ appraised at si7. .6Oo,-
600, but heavy obligations have been met out Of
this, and a payment Of the claim would wipe out
the entire estate.
AS matter of fact, the estate of Stanford is
worth nearer Si0O00,000 than S20,000c0a 1t has
been the policy of the Southern Pacific Company
of Kentucky to have the estates of its deceased
members appraised at as low figure as posst-
BILE. The estate of Hopkins, who was the first Of
tho four to die was appraised at s15,0G0.0oo
There were heirs to hoodwink, and the smaller
the sum they could be settled with the larger
the amount the widow could retain in the South
ern Pacific Company of Kentucky and its inner
wheel the Pacific Improvement Company. She
was afterwards in court forced TO admit the
value of the estate to be s31 900 600 The estate
Of Charles Crocker, who died next,was appraised
at go 100000. 1t is worth s3o,000,Oo0, and has
been incorporated with an eye single to retain
ing the property within the two companies
named. Huntington is worth Sc, 900, 600 to Si0-
OOOOo0. He has OF late years transferred much
Of his private property to members Of his FAM
lily. and has large private ownership in Mexico
The Pacific improvement Company holds in
its name large values which belong to the four
interests, but being undivided much of 1t es-
capes apprasemen. on an individual estate. In
the name of the Pacific Improvement Company
these four interests own perhaps four-ffths of
tne eiectric ana caDie street car systems OF san
Francisco and Oakland. Under the same name
they own the magnificent Del Monte hotel prop
erty at Monterey and much othLr valuable prop
erty populer ) supposed 10 be owned by the
Central Pacific. This holding includes also some
Of the railroad bridges, all Of the coal mines Of
value, and several of the ferry boats
Perhaps quite one-haf OF each of :hese inter-
ests is composed of bonds created by the con-
struction of railroads. They ere 10 large ex-
tent fictitious, aud during tns last swo AIRS
have suffered heavy depreciation. There Ii,
however, enough Of real property to lay the
government claims j. T. bASsEIT..
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
MANY CHANGES SUGGESTED.
Special Agents Report on the Boston Gus.
tom Horsc Investigation


tom House Investigation
The following synopsis OF the report Of
Special Agents Hanlon, Wood, and Smith on
the customs investigation recently concluded
at the port of Boston was made public yester-
day:
The agents criticise to some extent the
methods in vogue in the first division, where
entries for immediate consumption and en-
tries Of free goods are made. They suggest
some rearrangement Of the work and changes
in detail. This division Ia in charge OF Dep
uty Collector Martin A. Monroe.
They recommend that the service in the
various departments be differently arranged
and classified; that the custodian's force
should be reconstructed and the stationery
department combined with IL; that important
changes OF detail work be made in the ap-
praiser's and surveyors offices; that the office
of the superintendent of warehouses should
be established and closer inspection OF ware
houses made and more frequent inventories
taken of their contents.
Complaint is made OF inefficency in the
messenger force and in the storekeeper's di-
vision, and the removal of the brokers from
the building is recommended. The agents
advise new grouping and location OF some
departments, requiring considerable altera-
tion in the building and special appropria-
rion from Congress.
The total dismissals and changes suggested
are q very small percentage OF the force.
The savings on the salaries and expenses if
all suggestions are carried out, is upward of
$4,000
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
HIS APPLICATION REHEAR$l

President Baker Addresses the Commits
sioners on Columbia Railways Plans. 4
President R. t. Raker mas addressed the
following letter to the Commissioners:
ssReferr;ng to my communication 10 Won OF
the lst instant, in whicn made application for
a permit to enable the Columbia hallway Com
pany Of this D.stric. 20 change its motive power
from horses TO an underground cable, have to
say that the application relates 10 O change
CT motive power on the company's entire
line as defined by the first section OF the
act OF Incorporation as follows: Commence
ing at a point on the eastern side OF West Twen-
ty-fcurth street, or New York avenue. thence
eastwa-dly along said avenue TO its intersection
with north X street, thence along north street
to its tate section with Massachusetts avenue,
thence along Massachusetts avenue TO its inter-
section with north u street, thence along north
II street TO its eastern termination with the Co
lunbia turnpike gate, with the right 10 run pub
lie carriages thereon, drawn by horse power =
Tine right 20 make the proposed change in itsF
motive power is claimed by this company under
the following provision, contained in the act Of
March B. 1883 rs stat, p 80: That any company
authorized TO run cars propelled by horses
within the District Of Colura bia is hereby author
lied 10 substitute Tor horses electric power By
storage or Independent electrical batteries or
underground cables moved By steam power, on
the whole or any part Of its roadway
The COMPANY proposes TO construct under
ground cables moved By steam power, and IL has
good reasons to believe that IL the required per-
nit be granted the worS will be completed BY
the 1st Of January next l respectfully request
that answer be given in writing to this letter,
and to that of the LIST instant in order that the
exist 10 the change proposed TO be made along
the companvs entire line. If there is no obiec-
tion to the general plan herein outlined. the
plans in detail viii be quickly prepared and
submitted"
The letter was referred to the Engineei
Commissioner
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
At the Distric, Buildings.

The Commissioners have, upon the nomination
of the Engineer Commissioner. appointed VIII
lam p. Richards "civilian assistant" wit:i
compensation of sl75 per month, for period
not exceeding twelve months.
Health Ofas.r hamne.t recommends that
sewer traps be placed il, Drapers alley, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth, Is aud G streets, south
west; also that the sewer trap at the northwest
corner OF Sixteenth and o streets be cleaned.
Senate: Proctor has requested the Commis-
sioner to give Abrem Frey, OF 1873 Corcoran
street. hea:T>s on the bill changing the pres
ent laws for Special tax assessment for layin g
water mains and fire plugs from l14 cents per
squire foot TO 81 per linenl foot.
The Commissioners have been petitioned by
several citizens OF South Washing gton to revoke
the permit granting tie Baltimore and Potomac
railroad authority to construct switch into
square 799, located between and L, Third
end Fourth streets southwest.
The Commissioners have advised Secretary
Lamont that 1t Is desired TO widen the rosdway
Of Fifth street northwest, between and G
streets, to mako 1t correspond with the width
between D ard streets northwest. They re-
quest the consent OF the War Department to the
moving baca Of the sidewalk along Judiciary
square front and the mov..c of two lamp posts
., --uenss OF the District
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
HITS-OR MISSES.

| We ara cabled that the Pittsburg toby is the
rage in London. In this way the Pittsburg
cabbage farmers may get up trade in Bos-
ton.
The inventive genius should Immediately
| get to work on a reversible hat-straw on one
side and sealskin on the other.
We are free from the other smoke nuisances,
but the cigarette smoker still rears his con-
sumptive head.
Who was the humorist who introduced
Governor Tillman to the temperance congress
at Staten Islandi 1t was funny thing, but
bordered closely on cruel practical joke on
the congress.
The height of the Venus de Milo, five feet
eight inches. is considered by artists to be the
most perfect stature for women. When they
attain this average there will be more respect
for women's rights.
The treadmill and crank are still in use in
English prisons. Cincinnati Enquirer. We
don't get our cranks into prisons soon
enough over here.
In France the ballet girl begins her career
usually at years of age. No one has ever
dared to inquire about her age when she
leaves it.
weather must be, valuable days going by that
will never return.
In the sweet by-and-by Congress will ad-
iourn and Prendergast will be hung.
he is neither a saint nor an angel" The
colonel is not linr all the time.
A man named Henry Cunning married
woman named Guinevere Bird in Alexandria
yesterday. The courtship must have been
done off Indian Point
The errors OF charity are rare, rarer than
charity itself, and generally those who protest
loudest against impostors have never been
imposed upon themselves.
The Maryland militia will beat the bushes
II they don't lick the miners.
Schmelz's team is now a kind Of reform
club.
1t is suggested that Il We could get the
Weather Bureau to give US 100 IL the shade
for couple of weeks we might roast Congress
out. A heroic remedy, but the case is des-
perate.
Wandering Willie's Tale" is considered by
some to be the greatest fiction ever written.
For straight fiction our own Willie B. s tale is
certainly a close second.
1t depends on how you use the word If you
call New York's "the finest"
The New York Mail and Express calls the
speeches OF Cave and Rosser ''the most dis
gusting exhibitions Of sectional bitterness in
years. Probably right; but the Mail and Ex-
press and the Advertiser do pretty well, too,
once in a while
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
MADE A NICE cHoHDBR.
DR.. Frederick's Doecart ard Two liam
Carts Get Badly Mixed.

DR.. Frederick's Dogcart ard Two liam
Carts Get Badly Mixed.
Two clam carts near the corner Of Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
were demolished and their contents strewn
on the pavement about o'clock last night.
The accident grieved the clam men, but
sent thrill Of joy to every one Of the score
or more street urchins who witnessed the
scene.
The affeir was caused by runaway pony
attached to dogc.rt owned by Dr.. Freder-
lex and occupied ~ himself and little boy.
The run was started from the corner Of
Fourth and East Capitol streets, in front OF
the doctors residence, and the stolid little
pony with its frightened burden OF humanity
went down Fourth street like Coxeyi:s after
o ham sandwich.
The doctor soon sighted the two clam carts,
and shouted to their owners to 'look outr'
But it was too late, and before the itinerant
vsnders OF the Summer luxury could wheel
their stock In trade to place of safety the
CLANS solved the difficulty by escaping from
their demolished vehicles and stretching out
their food feelers on tho asphalt.
Every street urchin got clans and ate the;-.
One of the venders recovered three Of his
ocean-born dainties, but the other got what
Mother Hubbards dog found.
The pony was coon stopped, and tho doc
tor thought he was through. but his troubles
wers renewed when the clam men demanded
damages.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
The Fourth Dimension of Space.

10 the EDITOR oil lHE TINES.
For a dozen years past during part OF each
year proof of the fourth dimension OF space has
been given three times a week 10 a room full OF
witnesses. P L o. A. Keoler, the slate-writing
medium, sits and holds the naked left arm OF
lady or gentleman at his right side. The next
sitter to the right holds the wrist of the middle
sitter. The three sitters are then covered with
black curtain. leaving only their three heads
exposed and the right arm of the third sitter
coming out from an opening in the cloth. Be-
hind the three sitters is n drawn curtain, four
and a half feet high, inciosing triangle in the
corner. The room Is dimly lighted After vari-
Gus physical manifestations behind the curtain
Mr.. Keelers coat comes of. while his hands con-
tinue clasping under the cloth the naked arm
Of the next sitter, and the coat Is thrown out
over the curtain by unseen hands When the
sitters are changed for another varied perform
ance Mr. keeler is seen in his shirt sleeves and
clasping the arm of the next sitter, as at flrst
1h1-e witnessed this performance more than
forty times IN the last six years Ihave sat
next to Mr.. Keller when his coat came of His
two hands clasped my left arm all the time, and
whom his coat came of his agitation was SO little
as 10 be scarcely noticeable.
My wife has sat next to him seven or eight
times when this feature of nght-circle
phenomena occurred, and we are only two OF n
cloud Of witnesses to the manifestation. l can
name several persons who have witnessed il
more times than we have, and who will indorse
what have now written.
WILLIAM HENRY BURR
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
CENTRAL PACIFIC HEARING.

The Co nduct of Huntington, Crocker Hop
kins and Stanford Loudly Denounced.
The House Committee on Pacific Railroads
gave hearing yesterday to the CALIFORNIA;
opposed to refunding the debt of the Central
Pacific.
Ex-Congressman Charles G. Sumner said
that he protested for the people of California
against any funding scheme which would
perpetuate the present management, one
which had brought deplorable moral. politi-
cal. and financial calamity upon that state
He declared that the cost OF the road had not
exceeded $50. .000, 900, and that it could be
shown 10 have been about SIS. 900. 600. Stan
ford. Huntington, Hopkins, and Crocker had
not been worth s40O, 900 all told in 1861, and
in 1869, when the road was finished. they
were worth S10.000.O0J each. Crocker had
resigned from the directorate to make con-
struction contracts with the others.
Eighty per cent. of the enormous dividends
had gone into the pockets of Stanford,
Crocker, Hopkins. and Huntington. Mr. Sum
ner explained the California law. which made
stockholders responsible for debts OF cor
poration.
Representative Boatner, OF Louisiana. re-
peated n statement made to him recently by
President Huntington, that he (Huntington)
had never held more than four or ten shares
OF Central Pacific stock, his stock being in
the finance and construction company.
Representatives Kyle and Powers pushed
the question as to whether the estates were
sufficient TO cover the government debts. The
Crocker estate, 1lr. Sumner said. had been in
corporated and was estimated at from 500
000, 600 to $50 000. GOO. the Hokins estate ap-
proximately at $50. 900 l00 the Stanford estate
admittedly al s17, ,O0D. 600. and the Huntingdon
at the sane figure.
Mr.. Sunr.'r SAT- that Mr.. Huntington had
admitted having spent over million in past
CONGRESSES for legislation. Incidentally, Mr.
Sumner charged that the Central Pacilo had
corrupted judges and legislature and &C.
baucted tie politics OF California.
Representative Geary spoke briefly in f-vor
of a foreclosure OF the mortgage by the gov
eminent. Hopkins and Crocker had been
long dead. he said, aud it WIS question
wheth r the government could recover any,
,lnE from their estates. If the right OF
action cid not mature there could be no
uction against the Stanford estate until some
OF the bonds matlred and thero was 10
money to pay them.
The Washington times., 1894-06-08
Her Britannia Mniesty's Crown.

Queen Victoria's crown is composed of
hoops OF gold, inclosing cap OF deep purple.
or rather blue velvet, the hoops being COM
pletely covered with precious stones. sur
mounted with ball covered with small dia-
monds and having Maltese cross OF bill
liants on the top OF it. This cross has in its
center a splendid sapphire. The rim OF the
crown is clustered with brilliants. ornamented
with aeur de lis and Maltese crosses equally
rich.
In front of the Maltese cross. which is in
the front of the crown. is the celebrated heart
shaped ruby. additionally said to have been
won by the Black Prince at the battle of
Cressy, and by Henry V ut the battle of Agin-
court. Beneath. in the circular rim, is an
immense long sapphire. There are many
other precious gems-emeralds. rubies, and
sapphires-and several small clusters of drop
pearls