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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
THEY ARE PARTED.
Wife I'm Bed and Husband Behind the
BarS

Today about noon there was an exciting
scene enacted in an alley in rear of the
south side of F street northwest between
9th and 10th streets. The trouble was the
result Of an alleged assault committed by
John w. Turner. a oolored waiter en- his
wife, Sadie Turner. When Policeman Hoop
er heard of the affair he was told that a
murder had been committed, and he hur-
ried to the house of a colored woman IN
the alley, where he was informed the vic
lin mad been taken. Upon mis- arrival there
ne found the woman. unable to speak.
She is delicate woman and WAS released
from the hospital only last Saturday. where
she had been treated for alleged Injuries
received al her husbands hands. When the
officer reached the house John had de-
parted, and he was told that he had gone
for a dcstor. In few minutes the hus-
band ret rned and the officer placed him
under arrest. The colored man. who had
been drinking. denied that he had assaulted
his wife
But the injured woman said she could
live with him no longer, and as she had
concluded to prosecute him the officer
locked him up. The wife says that be-
cause she refused to return to him lie
knocked her down and beat her. She Is
under the doctors care, and he is behind
the bars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
SOLDIERS HOME TRUST FUNDS.
The Board Has Recovered Money
Claimed Due From Gen. Butler.

The Board Has Recovered Moneys
Claimed Due From Gen. Butler.
The investigation of the National Sod:
Home at Leavenworth. Kan. by a special
committee of the House was continued tc-
and home We're examined. Gen. Franklin.
the president of the board. was questioned
concerning three trust funds bequeathed to
the homes. known as the Ward and Stinson
funds.
Gen. Franklin stated these were held by
HIM in trust president Of the board, it
icing considered that the government has
nothing TO do with them. as the homes were
an Independent corporation. and bonds
were given for them. He had another fund
OF nearly $1,000 deposited in HartfoI j
which had been secured by a law suit
against Gen. B. F. Butler. When Cen
Butler -etired from the board 1t was found
tfat $4,000 was due the government from
him.
Suit was brought by the board to recover.
as General Butler. then governor of Massa-
chusetts. declared he had no time to at
tend to such matters. The Butler estate
paid SlS.UUO in 1894, S15,0D being turned
into the United States treasury and tie bal
ance held by Gen. Franklin, vino intended
TO secure the opinion of the Treasury he
partment as to what disposition should be
made of it,
Assistant Inspector Averill and j. NJ Bir-
m'ngham. general treasurer of the homes
testified 10 various details of home manage
ment- Mr.. Birmingham said most of the
officers bonds were furnished by the
American Security Trust Company of New
York, which charged one-half of / Der cent
OF the face of the bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.
capt. Gatllard's Report of the Onera-
lions Last Month

lions Last Month.
capt. Gafllard. the engineer officer in
charge OF the Washington aqueduct, re-
ports to Gen. Craighill. chief of engine .-s.
that during the month of November The
height OF waters on the gauge at the mouth
of the conduit at Great Falls varied he
tween 15l.1 and 1888 feet above the datum
plane. The condition of the water at the
various parts Of the system during the
month is reported as follows:
AT Great Falls, very turbid for s days,
turbid for days. slightly turbid for /
day and clear for % days
At the Dalecarlia reservoir effluent gate
house: Very turbid for days, turbid for l
Is days.
AT the distributing reservoir eff1uent gate
house-Clear for entire 80 days.
Current meter observation. taken in the
conduit between the Dalecarlia and dis
trfbuting reservoirs, have been reduced and
plotted and will, Capt. Gaiilard nopes,
when combined with other observatf ons
yet to be taken, afford the means of deter
mining the daily consumption and waste of
water without the necessity of temporarily
shutting off the supply to the distribut-
ing reservoir. Good progress is reported in
the work of inserting b1ow-offs and air
valves in the 36-inch and 30-inch mains.
Under the project for incre asing the
water supply of Washington by raising the
height of the dam at Great Falls, Capt
Gaillard says that 101 feet of the dam
were completed during the month and that
the abutment on the Virginia shore was
raised from reference Isl feet to refer
ence 1925 feet for a distance of 37.7 feet
by the addition Of a coping course. The
closure in the Maryland channel was COM
leted on the 23d inst, and the work on the
abutment on the Virginia shore on the
25th thus completing all the masonry
work on the dam. The amount of work
yet to be done to complete operations on
the dam Is as follows: To put in anchor
bolts and clamps for a distance of Eli
hneal ieet and to replace about 1919 cubic
yards of riprap. which was carried over the
dam across the Virginia channel during
the food of October 1 last. During the
present month it is expected to complete
the small amount Of work still remaining
to be done on the DAM The property used
In the work Is to be collected and stored,
and the work of Strengthening the con-
duit by widening the entertainments in
which 1t rests will be continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
.PROTECTIONFAVORED
Conference Of English Opposed to
Free Trade.
HR. LONTHER WANTS 4 GRAIN DUTY
Menace of the Wheat of Mani
toba and Minnesota.
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS

LONDON, December 1O-The conference
al ST. James Hall today, open to all IA
rorable to the reform of the fiscal policy of
Grea. Britain on protection lines, and called
by James Lowther. NJ. p, who presided,
was .hinly attended. Those present in
Guided Lord Marsham and Messrs. How
arth, DiSraeli. Sandys and Seton Kerr,
members of parliament. Mr.. Lowther in a
ionE speech stated that there is rapidly
Increasing sentiment in Great Britain that
the nations fiscal system is radically wrong.
me Sultan of Turkey, he added, is the
1T?iy ruler under heaven who has adopted
the principles OF the Golden Club. Contin-
Iin-. Mr.. Lowther remarked:
Within year the two greatest repub-
les of the world have gone through re-
narkabie changes"
The speaker then referred to the high
character and great ability OF President
elect Mckinley. saying:
He would never have occupied his pres
1T position had net his name been associ-
ated with the most protective tariff ever
framed in the United States. And the same
an be said of NJ. Meline uhe French
-,f'einier)."
ar. Lowther then mentioned the recent
Ganad.an general election to prove that the
-cttled policy of Canada was protection
Ieciared himself to being as much opposed
10 the ruin of England by Manitoba rs by
Minnesota wheat and asserted that it was
no longer true that the masses in England
"ere opposed to any imposition CT duties.
Getween two and a half and three million
acres of land, Mr.. Iowther explained, had
3een driven Out Of cereal production in
England for f1sO, OOU, OGO of imports, of which
the most could be produced here.
The speaker then stated that he favored
a D per cent duty on wheat, which he add
ed. would produce l2.500,CO0 &C., JO0.OCO of
revenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
MAXIMUM OF SENTENCE.
Claimed That Judge kfmbnII Imposed
Too Large n Fine.

Abraham Page the colored man who was
yesterday sentenced in the Police Court by
Judge kimhall 10 pay a fine OF ST. as stat
ed i'm The Star. upon conviction on a charge
Of profanity. and committed to the work
| house for sixty days in default OF the fine
was this afternoon brought before Chief
Justice Bingham OF the District Supreme
| Court on a writ OF habeas corpus
The petition of the convicted man. filed
| by Attorneys Amber and Peyton. recited
! the imposition of the fine. anl ~Narsed that
Judge kimball exceeded his a.; hority. the
man claiming that a fine of $50. and not
| 81. is the maximum amount authorized by
law. The hearing was set for o'clock this
afternoon. but counsel for the District So
cured postponement until tomorrow morn
ing.
Page Was arrested in Queens alley last
Sunday by Policeman Thomas Lynch and
at the trial in the Police Court yesterday Il
was charged that he saw Lynch ana an
other policeman walking along. when he re-
fcrred to them In profanc language. init
mating that they We're going to make an
other London Shears case. The policemen,
hearing the remark. went over to Page,
Y hen. IL Is claimed. he repeated the pro-
family.
The officers placed him un6cr arrest. and
the negro claimed that they dubbed him.
an accusation they denied. Judge kimball
IF the extreme penalty, and imposed a fine
of 50. or sixty days in the work house in
default. Page Was unable to pay the fine.
and was committed to the work house
After his counsel had presented the
petition for the writ of habeas corpus to
Chef Justice Bingham this morning, the
judge directed that the man ne Drought
before HIM at l O'Clock this afternoon, and
that the attorney for the Dis rict be ie-
quired to show car-se why the man should
not he released. Shortly after the appoint
ed lime. the court room being well filled
by color ed people. Mr.. Mason y. Richard
son, representing the District. appeared
in court and asked that the hearing be
postponed until tomorrow morning at Ia
o'clock He stated that the attorney for
the District ,ir. :. T. Thomas. was en-
gagged in another court, and in view cf the
very brief notice given the District, he
asked fer the r,ostpoEement.
Mr.. Peyton opposed any postponeTent.
He said the statutes expressly fix the max
| imum fine al so. aid Judge k!mball had
| imposed a fire of 81. the judge had eN-
oeeded his authority. and the sentence was
| therefore Illegal. He also said that even
V hen Judge K!mball was told the sentence
| was excessive he refused TO reduce IL. Mr..
true. Imprisonment in default of The pay
nent of SO could be enforced. HoweN,r.
he thought the postponement asked for
should he granted. and Chief Justice 2iIg-
| ham so ordered Page. being unable TO
| give bail, was rcmanded to the workhouse
| until tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
DIR. sTAKELY DECLINES.
Decides Not to Accept n Call From
Richmond.

Richmond.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Star.
RICHMOND, Va, December 1O.-Rev.
Dr. Charles A. Stakely, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Washington, has written
to the committee appointed by the Second
Baptist Church here to recommend a pas
tor. declining to accept call to that
church. Members Of the committee will
not discuss the subject, but 1t is known
that a committee of two gentlemen from
the Second Baptist Church went to Wash
ington and urged DR.. Stakely to come to
Richmond. They requested that he would
notify them this week of his decision.
DIR. Stakelys reasons for declining could
rot be learned. 1t is known that he was
anxious 10 have the Second Baptist Church
build new house of worship, higher I'D
town. and practically stated to the two
gentlemen who visited him in Washington
that If he accepted the call to the pastor
ate here he would expect this to be DONE
The committee could not give him any
assurance that this would be done at this
time, saying that such was now imprac-
ticaDle. 1t is also known that Dr. StakeIy's
salary in Washington is 5000 more than the
Second Baptist Church pays, and that he
has handsome house of worship and a
large congregation in Washington, with
whom he Is very popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
SOUTHERN LEADERS HERE.
Believed to Re Talking to Hanna
About N Cabinet Position,


Since Tuesday night a number of ..eoub-
hcan- committeeman from the south, to-
gether with republican leaders from the
same section. have been in the city. Am jng
these are Hill Of Mississippi. ]. W. Lyons,
Georgia; +. A Webster. South Carolina.
and ]. e Boyd. North Carolina, national
committeeman. Col E. A. Buck and w
A Pledger. other Georgia leaders, are also
here.
The presence of these men gives rise to
report that they came here to talk with
Chairman Hanna about southern appoint
ments and particularly about thc represea-
tatcu the south may have in The cabinet
The Georgia men have come since the
published report that Major HaISon of
Georgia is favorably looked upon for the
cabinet.
1t is admitted that some of the southern
men have talked 10 Mr.. Hanna about
Aajor Hanson, as well about the other
southern men. who have been talked of for
cabinet positions. Whether they did so at
the solicitation OF Mr.. Hanna is another
question.
standing. he needs no recon- menda ton from
southern republicans, and neither recon-
incubation nor opposition would affect his
position with the President-elect- Maj. Nc
kinley is said to knew Maj. Hanson better
than the southern leaders. and If Hanson is
appointed TO the cabinet is now adj
United to be a probability, the appoin :ment
VIII be made WITHOUT consultation.
Naturally the southern men are in
ierested as to who goSa in the cabinet
from that part OF the country. Nearly all
OF them will be applicants for positions
under the new administration and they
want to gather the lay of the land before
the time comes 10 apply for Office.
1t Is rumored among visiting republicans
that opposition has developed to the an.
pcintment of III. Clay Evans to the cabi.
net lie on tho tbat
ern men do not look upon him as a stronp
partisan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
TOBACCO AN ESSENTIAL.
An Order In Regard to 1t as an
Emergency Ration.

An OfdeF In Ae8ar0 10 II M an
Emergency Ration.
In a genel al order issued today the Presi-
dent virtually recognizes tobacco as an
article essential to the well-being and sus-
tensnce of the soldier in times of great
exertion, as well as in times of peace and
routire. The order, which emanates from
the War Department, reads as follows:
Under the authority vested in him by
section 1146. Revised Statutes, the Presi-
dent hereby establishes an emergency fa-
ton for troops operating for short periods
under circumstances which require them
to depend upon supplies carried upon their
persons. Its component parts are as fol-
lows: Bacon, 10 ounces; hard bread. 16
ounces; peameal ounces. or an eQuiva-
lent in approved material for making soup;
coffee, roasted and ground. ounces, or
tea, " ounce; saccharin, 4 grains; salt, "a
ounce; pepper, Oh ounce: tobacco, u ounce.
The Secretary of War directs that this
emergency ration be resorted to only on
occasions arising in active operations when
the Use Of the regularly established ration
may be imprae ttcable: that. although its
nutritive qualities permit its use on half
allowance. 1t Will not be SO used except In
cases of oyerruling necessity, and never
for q longer period than ten days; ana
that not more than five days emergency
raticns be carried ON the person at one
time.
BY direction of the Secretary of War. the
subsistence department will provide tough
parafhn paper for wrapping the bacon: will
furnish hard bread in erease-proof pack
ages. the pcameal in cylindrical packages.
and the conee tea. saccharin, salt, pepper
and tobacco In suitable packages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
CLEANER THAN EVER.
What AN Old Employe Says OF the
House Wing.

What AN Old EmplOye Says OF the
House Wing.
THE House wing of the Capitol Is cleaner
now than have ever seen it before" said
an old employe today. 1.-THE thing of the
corridors. the walls and ceilings have been
scrubbed. painted and freshened up until
the whole place is as neat as can be. I
think the installation of the electric light
ing system during the summer was re-
sponsible for. It When the corridors were
dimly lighted by the old smoky gas Jets
no one knew how dirty the place was
When the electric lights were installed the
condition became apparent. and the janitor
went to work with will to freshen up the
building. / should think the change would
benefit the sanitary condition Of the Cap
itol." 80
The new lighting system of the hall of
the House was put into permanent opera
ton late Tuesday afternoon The House
remained In session until late. and the hall
was becoming dark when the lights were
suddenly turned on. The unusual briIIia nov
attracted the attention Of every one. and
there were many expressions Of satisfac-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
THE MONITOR PURITAN.
She Will. BE Put in C0mmissfOn in
New York This Afternoon.

She Will Be Put in Commission in
New York This Afternoon.
The big steel-clad monitor Puritan. which
has been under construction in a sporadic
way for the past twenty-five years. will be
put in commission at New York this after
noon or tomorrow. She is held by naval
experts to be one of the most formidable
vessels in the navy. Her. measurements
are as follows: Length on had water line,
2ssls feet: extreme breadth, SO feet ~
inches; mean draught, IL feet displace-
ment. $3.50 tons: engines, twin screw,
triple-expansion. compound type to fur
nsh 3,700 horse power She carries 400 tons
of coal and makes a speed of 1854 knots.
Her cylinders are 20 and Sc inches in
diameter, with a 42-inch stroke.
The officers thus far assigned are: Cap
tain, John R. Bartlett: Lieutenant Com
mander James r. Selfridge. executive off,
Ger; Lieutenant Austin NJ knight, navi-
gator: chief engineer. George Cowie: lieu
tenant, s. B. Cook. William B. Whittelsey
and G. L. P. Stone: ensign, R. H. Jackson;
paymaster. Reah Frazer, and pay clerk,
J. Apdyke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-reSular call-12 O'Clock MI. S. Electric
District Of Columbia Bond. Naoyesr f. fund S. 1903
nns W. s stock @atsr @
currency, l11ta bid. Boss, funding, currency, l07
Miscellaneous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad SIS.
le7 bid. Metropolitan Railroad Gs. lis bid.
So asked lexington Railroad 6s. so bid IS asked.
g. no eels s Us lis 3D.
ington Gas Company 6s. series b. ia bid Chesa-
saa sss IS I'D 100
curity and Trust IS. A. and o., 100 bid. Wash
.ss 1ss BID
1nston Marie. Company es, as. los bid Masonic
satons ssnR Of Washington
bid Bank Of the Republic: 24o bid. Metropolitan.
sss Ne $40 's I'd
s: '' L hSs id ID stss
Ohio, So asked
s.is Dspe;i. and Trust cS@ganle:mSss,sn.l SAFE
and Trust 1ls bid. is asked American Security
and Trust, Iss bid. las asked Washington Loan
Railroad stosis.-cspitai Traction Company. 8.
BID. o. asked Metropolitan. 100 bid. III asked.
CO. and Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gas.
s. Hectr III sht. Is SM. Is asked CAS- ~ DID, o.
Insurance Stocks.-Firemen's. 81 bid - asked.
60 3D. roto@.c sS Hr Ss S,a
125 bid, 40 asked. Decentralization. $50 hid
National Union, bid, II asked Columbia, 11k
bid. IA asked. Rigs, ~ bid, 81 asked. People s.
5 bid. Lincoln, 81 bid, asked. Commercial, AZ
bid, ~ asked.
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title lis
asked. Columbia Title, bid. District Title, 10
Telephone Stocks.-Pepnsyiyania, 80 bid. Chesa-
peake and Potomac IS bid. American Graphophone
6k bid, SH asked. American Graphophoue pre-
ferred. on bid. II asked Pneumatic Gun Car
rage, 10 bid, II asked.
AiscelIaneous sfocks- Mergenthaler Linotype, $50
bid. .1s0& asked. Lanstsa MoDotype, bid, ~
asked Washington Market, 10 bid. Great Falls
Ice I3O asked Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat, 100 asked. lincoln Hall, 90 asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
THE STEAMSHIP SALIER LOST
She Went Down Off the Spanish
Coast.
All on Board Said to BE Drowned
Wrecked in the Recent
Severe Storm.

woo. Spain, December 1O.-The steam
ship Salier has been lost Off Corunas, Cor
rubedo. All hands were drowned. It is not
known if she had any passengers on board.
She left Corunna on December for
Villagarcia. Spain, and is believed to
have foundered in the heavy gale which re-
Gently prevailed Off the Spanish coast ~
steamship has gone in search of the miss
ing vessel.
The Salier was r.g-rigged screw steam
er. built at Hull, England. in 1875, and car
ried crew or sixty to seventy men. She
was Of 1900 gross tons register. 35l feet
long, :9.G feet beam and 32.6 feet deep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison has set
tied the controversy as to whether or not
he would allow his name to go before the
legislative caucus of Indiana republicans
for United States Senator. In an interview
he says he is not a candidate. does not
want the nomination and could not accept
it. General Harrison said: ITO remain in
private life is my desire and my purpose.
This purpose is not wholly selfish. for to
those friends who have urged the too
friendly view that / could serve the coun-
try usefully in public Office. l have an
swered that 1 can probably do better serv-
ice out of office: that what / might say or
write on public questions a private ciu-
zen would gain more confidence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
MANY PEOPLE DECEIVED.

The Civil Service Commission Over
run With Applications.
The civil service commission Is receiving
deluge Of applications by mail and in per-
son from people who were delrded by a
statement in an evening paper yesterday to
the effect that on January II. 1897. an ex-
animation was to be held, for which 10000
applicants were desired.
There are no examinations of any kind
set for that day by the United States civil
service commission. There are not, as
stated. 1900 jobs open for applicants, and
the commission is not at all in need Of TO-
900 applicants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
stu I'm Cu.toax

Herbert Staley. the Wissahockin boy who
was arrested yesterday as a fugitive from
his father when Detective Boardman found
him trying to sell a bicycle, is still in Gus
tody. Today telegram from Chief Lin
den Of the Philadelphia police department
wss received at police headquarters. The
boys father says he has not heard from
him since september, and says he had a
bicycle when he left home. He will prob
ably come here and take the boy home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
TO PUNISH THE NATIVES.
British Troops Have Marched Against
$4,000 Warriors.

IFOOpB HIVE MNfCHEU AfsNInbI
10000 WarriOrs.
CAPE TOWN, Africa, December 1O-Ad-
vices from Blantyre. the chief town of
British Central Africa, dated October %.
announce the dispatch of three British col
umns against the Angoni Zulus. under
Chief Chikusi, who have invaded Southwest
Nyassaiand and burned a British mission
airy station. besides numbering the inhab-
itants of number of villages. The Portu-
guese at Tete have invited the cooperation
of the British. Chikusi commands thirty
thousand warriors, and the British troops
number only about five hundred.
Great anxiety was felt at Blantyre when
these advices left that town, and an attack
upon 1t was feared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
To Fight for the Cuban..

DENVER, Col. December 1O.-Chas F.
Grell and Adelbert Fl. West. members of the
National Guard of Colorado. have obtained
leave of absence and intend to start for
Cuba next Sunday. with 200 volunteers. all
OF whom have had military training, 10
enlist In the insurgent army. Grell saws
that two hundred men have also been en-
rolled at Butte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10

NEW YORK. December 1O-In the six
day cycle race in Madison Square Garden
the following was the score at pm. Hale.
1,22i miles 5 laps; Rice, 1.17S1; Forster,
1.131: Moore, LISP: Schock, I.1365: Read
iEg, 1,15S7: Tylor. 1868: Pierce, 1,12S:
smith l,la9.4: Ashinger, 1,O441: Maddox,
1,05O.3; Cassidy, LOIS: Click, 92I6: Can
non, DISC; Mcleod, $685.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
Accidentally Hanged In Play.

OMAHA. Neb.. December 1O.-Vernon
White. thirteen-year-old boy, was acci-
dentally hanged as the result of boyish
prank. With his playmates he was play
ing police. When they captured criminals
they were condemned to be hanged. He
was condemned, and a pillow slip was tied
around his neck and he suspended himself
by the neck to a bed room door, Before
assistance arrived he was dead