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present form.
The result has been. as stated bv the
auditor in his report hereto appended. that
clalms aSgregat1ng, with interest, 81 300
most of which Is absolutely without narit
or Justification.
law so burdensome and Unjust to tho
taxpayers of the District of Columbia. and
gested by the auditor. be speedily repealed.
Auditors 0mce.
The report Of the auditor is a clear and
concise statement Of the financial condi
tion Of the District, accompanied by q val.
liable discussion Of the matters pertaining
to his department, and important recom-
mendations. which have the approval of the
Commissioners.
Collectors Omce.
Attention is invited to the report of the
collector Of taxes transmitted herewith.
His recommendations are based upon an
intimate knowledge Of the duties of his
office, acquired by long experience. and ara
fully approved by the Commissioners
Excise Board.
The excise board granted during the wear
562 retail and 163 wholesale liquor licenses
reduction of 43 barroom and 0 wholesale
licenses. Sixty-seven applications for bar
room and 16 for wholesale licenses were re-
jected. There has been reduction of X
barroom and II wholesale licenses in the
last two years. Outside of hotels and clubs
but one new place has been licensed in the
last two years.
The Commissioners believe that the board
has exercised wise discretion in the dis
charge of its difficult and responsible duties
which has fully established the wisdom OF
the law transferring them to the board OF
assistant assessors. whose knowledge of the
environment of each barroom acquired in
assessing real property, is essential to their
proper and intelligent performance
Street and Alley Cleaning.
AT the instance of the Commissioners
and with the object Of improving the meth
DDS Of street cleaning. the superintendent
Of that branch Of the public service re-
Evening star., 1896-12-07

ohoeSo ELleCITlC LlSntlNS CON-
Pany declined to submit. proposals for con.
tinulng the existing arc lighting service
hllherto maintained by it, or for the pro-
posed extensions thereof, and protested
against the receiving by the Commission
ers OF any bids for electric arc lighting
The company offered to :anaintafn the ex-
lstlns service and make all reasonable ex-
,'sl tension thereof at thesma xamum price fixed
by the appropriations item
contract was made for continuing
naphtha lighting at so per lamp per an
mum mum 1or the same service as last year
contract was also made AforZ 1ncandescent
electric lamps at $40 peri 54amp per annum,
and the number Of f7such1larnps has been
The gas companies1. dgGlinedi to bid for
the gas lighting. pcomaromise on an al
lighting and eAtinguishingfwas subsequent
ly reached and contracts made for this
lighting for the curfent!oyea at $40 Der
lamp per annum for 3.7ed hours service. as
The Potomac Electric Rover Company 9
bids for supplying and maintaining cleo
trio arc lamps weren $9f!6O per lamp per
annum west of Rofk creek and 500 per
maximum price alloysHed By the appropriae
ton item being 30 cents per night, or slHD 10
Fer annun. The Commissioners accepted
the bid of the Potomac company for light
of the proposed additional lighting east of
Rock creek as was on streets not provided
with conduits for electric lighting pur-
poses. and offered the United States Elec-
trio Lighting Company contract for the
remainder of the service Whereupon the
latter named company fled bill in the
Supreme Court Of the District asking that
court to enjoin the Commissioners from
entering into a contract with the Potomac
company and from issuing any permits to
that company to occupy. the streets In exc
cutton of such contract. The usual tenoo-
rary restraining order, was granted, and
after considerable delay the case was heard.
AS the result the court held, in a full and
carefully prepared opinion, that the Com
missioneFs were justified in their course in
asking for bids and awarding the contract
to the Potomac company as the lowest
Evening star., 1896-12-07

Sixteen and one-haf miles Of water mains
were laid. exclusive. Of replaced mains
along street railway conduits and of con-
Eections to fire hydrants and premises,
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justice dissented. and held the section in
question to be constitutional. All the
judges of the Court of Appeals further
held, first, that section Is of the act, pro-
viding for an assessment, is not capable of
enforcement as it stands: and. second. that
the rest Of the act is valid, notwithstand-
ing the defects of sections IL and Is.
The cases then went back to the lower
court for further proceedings, whereupon
judgment was entered in favor of the land
owners Except in few cases, where a
new trial was granted). for the amounts
found due them for the land taken, with
out regard to any deduction or assessment
for benefits Most of the land owners in
volved were sal tisfied with this result and
the Commissioners were also disposed to
accept the situation and not delay proceed
ings by further appeals. But some of the
land owners took another appeal, with the
view of taking the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States Since the case
was to be appealed, duty required the Com
misSioners to appeal also, so as to bring
before the Supreme Court all the questions
involved.
An early hearing is to be had in the Su-
preme Court, and its decision is expected
in January.
Previous to the court proceedings the
Commissioners had careful detailed state
ments made of the cost of executing the
highway act, omitting all benefits and de-
ductions, in case of the forty-seven subdi-
visions Of section l, by two competent au-
thorities, working independently and with
out knowledge of each other; the totals of
these estimates agreed very closely and
with them as standard it was judged that
the cost Of carrying out the act throughout
the District would be from seven and a
half to eight million dollars, to say nothing
of reduction from benefits. 1t is further
worthy of remark that the jury awards in
the Supreme Court confirmed in a remark
able manner the said estimates as to the
subdivisions passed upon by it,
The first section of the highway extern
sion plans includes that part of the county
lying between the east line of North Cant
tol street extended and Rock creek. 1t
comprises the greater number of subdiyis-
ions in the District and the more valuable
lands and improvements.
THE maps for record of the second sec
ton. between North Capitol street and the
Eastern branch, are completed, and can
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
Sir Henry CaIcraft.

Sir Henry Calcraft, who died the 9TH
or day, was for many years one Of the
best known and most popular men in
the social life Of London. In sketch
of his career Tho St. James Gazette
says: There was famous hangman Of
the name Of Calcraft, and Sir Henry
used to be jocularly known as the Hang
mana title ho would laughingly &C.
cept. The position he held i'll public and
social life may not inaptly be indicated
by recalling the circumstances that his
name was freely canvassed as that Of
Mr., Delane's successor in the editorship
of The Times. He knew nothing Of jour
nalism in its practical aspects, but he
had an unrivaled knowledge of the
mon and affairs Of his time, and 1t was
this fact and the reputation he had 40
CURED Us man Of signal penetration
and soundness Of Judgment that led to
the association Of his name with the
editorship. Sir Henry had never dulled
the brightness Of his outlook on life by
accepting the responsibilities Of matri-
mony. He was confirmed bachelor,
who retained to middle age the gayety
of youth {" f'
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
Woman's Best Friend.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE.
Instances In Which It Has Been Used to
the Delight of Message Sepderss

A good many stories are told Of the
strange uses Of the long distance tele-
phone. The day the line was opened to
Merrill, Wis, Chicago man, hunting
In the northern woods, came into town
and learned of the innovation. He went
into one Of the "soundproof" booths
and had himself put into communica-
ton with his family. AS they had O
telephone in the house, the task was
small one. He ohatted with his wife,
told her q fish story at which she might
smile without embarrassing him, since
he could not see the signs of incredulity;
talked with his boy and girl, and then
called for Gyp
Gyp was setter, great family pet,
which had been left behind because Of
on accident which rendered it lame.
Gyp was called to the telephone, and he
stood on chair, his fore feet on the
back, and his mistress held the trans
mitter to his ear.
Hello, Gypr' called the master
from Merrill. And the dog in Chicago
prioked up his ears and whined. The
master whistled cheerily, and the setter
barked directly into the receiver. He
knew his master voice and the whistle
as well, and the master cheered him by
ready laughter at the prompt and eager
reply. t
1t was worth the 80. 80 it cost.
A lady living near Indianapolis, who
had for more than year been in deli
cate health, was taken to Chicago early
last winter, where she received surgical
treatment in hospital It was impos-
sible to take her home for the Christmas
celebration, although she had recovered
SO much that she could walk readily all
over the hospital. She had three beau
tiful children at home, and the father
prepared Christmas tree, just as he
had formerly done, only he added a
feature which had never been found
there before. He had the electricians
come Ill on the afternoon before Christ
mas and put his residence telephone in
the tree, where it was concealed with
pine needles and tinsel He arranged
with the long distance people, appraised
his wife of her part in the play, and Mt
q certain moment in the evening, when
the children, bubbling over with Joy at
their presents, still felt sadness at the
absence of their mother, he clapped the
receiver to the ear Of his youngest child,
and the gentle voice Of mamma came
over the wire.
1t was their most precious Christmas
present. Tacoma Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
A New Test OF sobrietz.

Shibboleths to test sobriety, or COM
parative sobriety. in the case Of sup
posed drunkards have often been heard
of, and have generally been looked upon
as jokes for the dinner table or the
smoking room. From q case reported at
the Westminster police court, it ap-
pears that doctor, examined as wit
ness, has invented a test phrase which
he regards as infallible. 1t is, "The
artillery extinguished the conflagra-
ton early" This may be very effect
i've, and it was tried successfully on u
cabman (the defendant), but the doctor
need not have taxed his inventive pow
ers. There is the "Peter Piper picked a
peck of pepper" etc., test. and one or
two more not quite so elaborate. Glib
ical criticism" and "British constitu-
ton" have long been favorite tests, but
the best Ia probably Mrs. Smiths fish
sauce shop. London News.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
In Santiago.

Santiago is the ancient capital of
Cuba. 1t stands on sloping ground ut the
head Of magnificent land looked har-
Dor, and all around, in an amphitheater,
are mountains and forests--a lovely
place. but fatal one for the Spanish
soldiers. The town itself is q whited
sepuloher. The streets are narrow, and
the place filthy beyond oil words; tho
heat is only varied by tropical showers,
which fall every afternoon through the
summer and autumn months-rain so
heavy that in very few minutes the
streets slipping down to the bay are like
muddy mountain streams, carrying with
them oil kinds of refuse and rubbish.
Everywhere the yellow fever is abroad.
but it is particularly deadly among the
Spanish troops. How many die is never
made known; the dead are carried away
and buried bynight, and in one hospital
o hole was cut in the wall facing the
burial ground, that the soldiers outside
might not SEQ the nightly professions.
Tho Spanish soldiers stalk about tho
streets in their dirty white linen uni
forms and big straw hats. looking pale
and thin; they are badly fed. and suffer
every kind Of privation. Boys for the
most part under 20, they are unaccus-
toned to the climate, and by exposure
are made unfit to battle with it. Con
temporary Review.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
A Household Treasure.

D. W. Fuller, Of Oansjoherie, N. Y,
SAYS ehas he always keeps DR.. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
fepdily has always found she very best
results follow LIS use; that he would not
be without 1t, II procurable. G. A. Dyke
man. Druggist. Catskill, N. Y, says that
DR.. Kings New Discovery is undoubt-
used Tin his family for eight yesrs, and
1t has never failed to do ell that is
olsimed for ID. Why not try remedy
so long tried and teBted2 Trial bottles
free 90 Msssie's Pharmacy, 100 Jefferson
street. Regular eize SOC and SlOU.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
Words of Wisdom.
SALEM NEWS

HEAR the Smith Sisters Tonight.
Joel 81. Cutchin, of Roanoke, was in
town yesterday.
T. G. Oarper Is sick at Blacksburg
College with the grippe.
G. w. Thomas, treasurer Of Roanoke
city, came up yesterday on business.
A license was Issued from the clerks
Office yesterday for the marriage of
William Peyton Arglebright TO Miss
Anna Johnson.
The ordinance OF the Lords Supper
will be administered tom brow morn
ing ut the Baptist Church after the
regular services.
F. w. Whitescarver, A. T. Horine
and W. e. Wolfenden went to Ellis ion
yesterday morning on their wheels, but
the rain having begun while en- route
they we're forced to take the noon train
on their return.
District Deputy Grand Master S. NJ.
White returned yesterday evening from
Blaczsburg, where he had gone TO in
ou!ute en- Odd Fellows lodge. He re-
mrs m excellent time, over eighty Dad
Fellows being present.
hear the Smith Sisters tonight.
Question for debate at the Oiceronisn
Literary Society Tonight is: RE
solved, That the Democratic Party
Would be Justifisble in Nominating
Cleveland for President In the Coming
National Convention" Orator for the
evening, Stemple. ss5
The Dsmosthenesns will discuss the
question:: Resolved. That Ignorance
is Greater Course Than Inssmper-
ance." Orators, Black and Matthews.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
TENNYsoN's TWO LETTERS.
Ono Was For Declining and tho Other Flo,
Accepting tho Laureateahin.


Peel has not read syllable of Tenny-
son. But Milnos showed him "Locksley
Hall" and ULYSSES" and tho pension of
9200 was Immediately granted. And now,
on tho death of Wordsworth, another prime
minister has to admit that no knows moth
Ing whatever about Tennyson. Lord John
Russell wrote to Rogers:
AS you would not wear the laurel
yourself i have mentioned to the queen
those whom thought most worthy of the
honor. Her majesty Is inclined to bestow
1t on Mr.. Tonnyson, but I should wish,
before the offer Is made, to know some
thing of his character, as we'll as of his
literary merits. I know your opinion of
the last by your advice to Sir Robert Peel.
but should BIO glad If you could lot mo
know something Of his character and no.
sition."
This is indeed quaint. But no doubt
Rogers was equal to tho situation. More
than six months passed after Wordsworth's
death before the offioe was filed mn. buu
the offer Game to Tennyson at last. He
has himself given q curious account of the
way in which he received it. He told his
friend Mr.. Knowles: ftE
"The night before was asked to taxa
the laureateship, which was offered to me
through Prince Albert's liking for nv
In Memoriam, I dreamed that he Game
to me and kissed me on tho check. said
In my dream, Very kind, but very Ger
man. In the morning the letter about
tho laureateship was brought to me and
laid upon my bed. I thought about 10
through the day, but could not make nm
my mind whether to take it or refuse t.
and ut last I wrote two letters, one accept
Ing and one declining, and throw them on
the table, and settled to decide which I
would send after my dinner and bottle OF
port" .-
1t is rather curious that Tennyson, In
his first appearance at court exactly fol-
lowed Wordsworth's precedent. He dressed
at Rogers, and wore the old poets court
suit just as Wordsworth had done. al
we'll remember" says Sir Horny Taylor,
"a dinner in st. James place, when the
question arose whether Samuel's suit was
spacious enough for Alfred" But the
laureate managed to make it do.
Of Tennyson, merely rs laureate, there
10 fortunately little to soy. He did not
write much In his official capacity Tho
lode on the Death of the Duke of We'll
lington" would probably have boon writ
ten even If Tennyson had never had any
thing to do with the lord chamberlain. II
was not because he was a. laureate that
Tennyson was u. patriot His other pieces,
on royal weddings and so forth, are slight
ana unimportant.-Tem Bar.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
1t Always Wins.
HE RANG UP ANOTHER.
a Sober Mans Funny Experience with
Fare Rcgister.

a Sober Mans Funny Experience with a
Fare Register.
Sometimes things happen to men who
are perfectly sober. This one happened
on north bound ''limits" car.
The car was crowded, and when
Schiller street was reached, the lady who
sat just about amidships was unable to
attract the attention Of the conductor to
have him signal SO she might get off.
Mr.. Sanborn is always gracious, al
ways suave, always courteous He saw
beauty in distress, and he believed in
helping his neighbor. So he reached up
to the cord and rang the bell. OF course
1t was the wrong cord, and the arrow
on the face of tho cash register moved
up from SO to &c.
1t is not recorded that conductor
ever failed to notice it when this sort Of
blunder occurred. And SO the conductor,
far away MS he wes, out Of sight Of tho
passengers signal, began to edge his
way forward through the crowd, venge-
ance threatened by his manner.
or course the passengers Uttered, and
MIR. Sanborn should have turned red.
But he didn't.
He awaited the approach of the COL
lislon with the Same suavity. The lady
In whose behalf the harm was done had
left him to his fate and was edging to
the front door as the car came to O halt.
"Who rang up that fares'' demanded
the man with proper grievance.
Il did, manfully replied the culprit.
He afterward avowed that he was ready
to plead guilty in any other language,
If, as he expected, the conductor might
not be fluent with English.
The representative of corporations
lost no time. He expressed various
opinions, all tending to a harmony Of
result, Of the man who would do such O
consummately idiotio trick as to ring
up fare instead Of pulling the signal
bell. OF course from his point Of view
it was stupid trick. The conductor
who would be SO stupid would have
trouble in maintaining his standing
with the authorities Of the line
But Mr.. Sanborn wasn't o conductor
and didn't want to be. He accepted the
situation, and when the conductor
reached the end, he was ready.
You'll have to pay that fare" con-
cluded the conductor.
very we'll, can do it," said Mr..
Sanborn, handing silver dime to his
assailant.
The latter fished around in his pocket
for the nickel that was due in return.
Then came MIR. Sanborn' 8 revenge.
"You may keep the change, he said,
with the same unfailing suavity. "I
want to ring it again.
And ring it again he did, to the de-
light Of the sympathetic passengers,
who had before enjoyed the situation
and now found thSir pleasure multi
piled. But the dumfounded conductor
squeezed his way back to his domain Of
the platform and muttered, "WelI, I'm
darned. "--Chicago Record.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
IincoIn.a Granamar.

The grammar studied by Abraham
Lincoln when he clerked in Denton
Offutt's store OF New Salem in 1880 is
in North Dakota, in the possession Of
the widow Of Robert Rutledge Of Cas-
selton. In the inside Of the front cover
is receipt for $50, given with an order
on James Rutledge by Offutt in Lin
coins handwriting and over his sigma
ture. -Indianapolis Journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
MA You, Evss

Try Blorhflo Bifssrs as q remedy for
your troHb3es3 II NOD, get q bottle now
and Gst seIaef. TnIBa meiiefne hss been
found Observation-Disclosures TO 4he re-
lief sud4Ousero OF al Rsxaafo Complaints
exerafnDA ffnl dfreca, influence in
giving asxsugSh sKaG scne DO the organs
II you have asoesss5f (Anpstise, iUonatips-
lion. Haafiaehss Bihtfng Hpails, or are
Nervous. Hleepassss Charlottesville, MsIon,
oholy or sroubas1 w4sh Dizzy Spells,
Elecsstc Bi$tars Is the medicine you
mead. Health sna atsangsh esegpsran-
teea by Ats uss. Fifty eensB and si.0o
at MsaHie'a Phefmaoy, 10D JefRefaon
street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29

Here are the words Of Mrs. H. P. G.
Oarnes, one OF che best kno Un ladies in
Butler, Pa, which sre given for the
benefit of all ladies. For eight years
was q constant sufferer from female
weaknesses in the most aggravated
form. Medicine did me no good and at
aimes felt that death would be- VOL
come relief. But Warmers Ssfe Cure
was recommended to me by my druggist
and was persuaded to try IT. I was
astonished at the marvellous change 1t
made, even before I had finished one
bottle. am now feeling we'll and strong,
and am able to attend to all my 6omes'
tic duties"
This is only one case amoug thousands
but IL Ia sufficient TO prove that this
great remedy can always be relied upon
to relieve and cure. That Is why 1t Ia
80 universally recognized as.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
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SCHEDULE III KFVECT DEC. I, 1895.
Weatbound Loave Roanoke Daily.
6:15 q. N. Washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
lions and the South and We6t. Pull
man sleepePB to New Orleans and
Memphis. Connects at Radford for
Blneheld and Pocshontas.
Ans p. m. the Chicago IMPRESS for Rad.
ford, Blueaeld, PooahontaR, Kenoya,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke
TO Columbus. Also fox Pulaski,
Wysheyille. Bristol, Knoxville, Chat
ssnoogs and intermediate points.
Trains Arrive at Roanoke
From Norfolk 5:55 d. M; AIS D. %.
81 Hagerstown 500 q. M; 4:o5 o. M.
81 Winston 400 p. M.
g Bristol and the west 1905 noon;
11:40 p. m.
North and RRatbnund, Leave Roanoke
DaIiY.
1915 noon for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
1878 noon for Washington, Hagers.
town, Philadelphia end Now York.
11:50 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and LynchburR to Richmond.
1855 p. 10. Washington and Chastas
noogE limited) for Washington,
Hagerstown. Philsdelphia and New
York. Pullman sloepers to Washing
ton, vin Shenandoah junction and
Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
Durham Division-Leave LynohburR
Union stat!on) daily $3.50 .. m. for
Sonsh Boston and Durham and inter.
mediate stations.
Wlnston-Salem Division-Lea7e Roa-
noke Union station) daily 1925 noon
and $500 q. m. daily, except Sunday
Campbell street station), for Rocky
Mount, EArsinsville, Winason-ealom
and intermediate stations.
For all additional information apply
ticket office or 10 w. B. BEVILL, y
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke, VI
NJ. 3. BRAGG ~
Travelling Passenger Agepf s
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
A Broad Assertion, But True.

W. K. ANDREWS & Co., 2l9 Salem
avenue, have q larger yard, more shed
room, buy more coal, sell more coal
keep stored under their sheds greater
variety OF coal-own more teams and
run more teams than any coal dealer in
the city. Look out for the belled teams.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
Natural Resontnant.

Little boy, asked the sympathizing
lady, "why do you cry SOP"
is there anything in the manner of
my expressing my grief, madam, re-
sponded the Boston boy, ''that strikes
you as being outre OF inappropriate?
Boo-hool Boo hoo i''-Chicago Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-29
laughter.

Laughter Is most hcalthful exartion.
1t is ono of tho greatest helps to digestion
with which am acquainted and tho GUS
tom prevalent among our forcfathcrs Of
exciting 1t mt table by testers apd buffoons
was founded on true medical principles =
Hufeland