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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
Water Supply in Maryland Towns.

Under the above caption the Balti-
more SIN of Friday, says editorially:
"The sale of water bonds in the
town of Rockville, Md, took place
Wednesdays s announced in The Sun.
Town waterworks are to be speedily
constructed. Artesian wells and a
stand pipe will provide the supply.
The bonds bear / per cent. interest
and run for twenty years. They were
all taken bya New York purchaser at
good premium, which is most graft
of the people. Rockville has a high
and healthful location in Montgomery
county, Md, of which it is the county
seat, about sixteen miles from Wash
ington. The location and surround
ing are not only healthful, but are
beautiful and in every way attractive
1t is place of residence for many per-
sons whose business is in Washington
and there is a charming and refined
society in and around it.
"Rockville is a small town, but the
manifest advantage of waterwOrks in
attracting residents is such that the
surprise is they have not been prOvi
ded long ago. The comfort of bath
room and hot and cold water in the
house is mighty inducement, and
1Nl do 10 hD
population of the town by attracting
citizens from the city than any other
attraction they could be offered. In
a town good water supply is not
only essential to comfort, but is also
generally essential to health. To keep
a town clean, healthful and attractive
to have well-paved and we'll lighted
streets, does more to-promOte substan-
tial prosperity than all the artificial
booms and assisted factories that can
be started.
There has been a vast amount of
discussion in Cumberland about the
impurity of water served to the peO-
pie from the town waterwOrks, but
there seems to be but little progress
toward a good supply. The present
supply comes from the Potomac river,
and it is taken from the river not
many miles below the point where
the drainage from several large towns
is received. There are also upon the
river not far above Cumberland a pulp
mill and perhaps other factories.
The result has been a supply of water
which during a good part of the year
is the color of sassafras tea. Cases of
typhoid fever have, of course, been
were bored at various places in the
streets of the town 10 afford drinking
water. But it is now stated that these
wells were too shallow and the water
in them became contaminated with
sewage and surface drainage.
1T is uncomfortable how the town
council of Cumberland can permit
this condition to remain for day
longer than it will require to remedy
it. The problem of correction is
doubtless a difficult one to solve. But
no one doubts it can be solved either
by tiltering the present supply or by
going to new source. The matter
is too important for trifling and the
consequences of delay are so serious
that the authorities with whom the
responsibility lies should not rest day
or night until the remedy is found
and applied
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

y Chairman Alexandra Shaw. of the
Baltimore Reorganization committee
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company, said yesterday that he
would call the committee together
this week to consider the report Of
Mr.. Stephen w. Little on the fnan-
cial condition of the property and to
ill the vacancies on the committee
caused by the designations of EX-
Judge VIM. 4. Fisher and Mr.. d.
Fahnstock. The security holders of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company and the public in general
look forward to this meeting with
considerable interest, as it is minated
that there may be some important
developments.
A gentleman who is prominent in
Baltimore financial circles said ycster-
day:
ut is almost incredible that gentle
men enjoying, as most of those who
served as directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company from
1888 to 1895, the confidence and esteem
of the community should continue to
rest under the serious charges that
have been preferred by Mr.. Stephen
W. Little in his report to the New
York Reorganization committee
against the old management of the
property of which they were a part.
According to Mr. Little's statement,
they either knew that the accounts
of the company had been falsified
and that unearned dividends had
been disbursed among the stockhOld-
ers, which is, of course not to be be
lieved, or they accepted without any
pretense at a personal investigation
the statements of the officers of the
corporation.
Viewed in either light, the charge
is serious one.
at is idle to talk of formulating a
plan of reorganization until The
causes that brought about the pres
ent condition of the company are
known. Mr.. Titles report failed to
enlighten the security holders on this
I ir5sgint, and in my opinion the only way
open now is for the Baltimore Reor-
ganization committee to sift matters
and solve this questian."
The letter of EXVice President
VIM. Keyser severely blaming the
directors for their inattention to the
company's condition is the subject of
much comment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
Consolidation Coal Company.

The directors and stockholders of
the Consolidation Coal Company held
meetings Monday at the offices of the
company. No. A South street Balti-
more. The stockholders ratified the
new bond issue proposed. On Janu-
AIRY next 81 100000 of first mortgage
six per cent. coupon currency bonds
of 1872 will fall due. The new issue
will be $4,000 of first mortgage ~
per cent. 25 year gold bonds; with the
Guaranty Trust Company Of New
York as trustee. OF the total issue,
S150,000 of the new bonds will be re-
tanned in the treasury of the company
and 100000 will be placed on the
market, preference of subscription to
the extent of fifty per cent. of their
holdings being given holders of exist
ing mortgage bonds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
MONETARY COMMISSION.



Gives His Reasons.
A Washington dispatch to the Bal
timore EUening Meas gives the views
of Congressman Wellington upon the
proposed commission to examine into
our financial system and report there
on:
Il am favorable to the appoint
ment of q monetary commission. 1t
is evident that nothing can be done
with the currency at this session of
Congress. If we have a special SEES
sion of the Fifty-fifth Congress next
spring, as now seems probable, it will
be chiefly devoted to tariff and reve-
nue. matters. 1t is not likely that the
special session would undertake to
deal also with the currency problem.
\ commission made up of Senators.
Representative and financial experts
not members of either branch of Con
gress authorized TO sit during the
special session and during the vaca-
ton as well, and to send for persons
and papers and to administer Oaths
and instructed to report to Congress
on the first day of its session next
winter, could and ought to be able to
present a plan, backed up by such
facts and arguments as would satisfy
the people and convince Congress
which would permanently solve the
currency problem.
My general views on financial
questions are too well known to de
mand repetition at length at this
time" continued Mr.. Wellington,
but | will say, briefly, that | am III
favor of sound money, a correct bank
ing system, and an elastic currency.
Gold must remain the basis money of
our financial system, but at the same
time | favor the use Of such amount
of silver as subsidiary coin as we can
readily maintain at parity with gold.
Il favor taking the Government
entirely out of the banking business,
and therefore am in favor of the re
tirement of the greenbacks and Treas
ury notes. OF the two | think the
latter should go first. 1t will, how
ever, be impossible to retire these
notes all at once-instanter, as it
were. 1t will require time, and it can
only be done at all by convincing
Congress and the people that their
retirement and cancellation will not
result in contraction of the circu-
lating medium
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

4 business establishment is like a
machine; everybody is working for
one end and the introduction of I'll
terror elements is distraction which
| clogs the machinery Therefore a
| women when she enters Il business
office should be content to dispense
with the little social amenities which
| she has right to expect i'll her own
home. For example, in many offices,
and particularly in newspaper offices
the men are accustomed to work in
their shirt sleeves i'll warm weather.
The woman should not feel that she
is being treated impOlitely if they
fail to rise and put on their coats
when she enters; nor do ] think it
necessary for men to take Off their hats
in an elevator when it is also Occu-
pied by women. There is & growing
Discrimination on the part of business
women to accept seats i'll cars from
men; they want no concessions sim
ply because of their sex. But this
suggests the matter of physique.
which must not be overlooked in con
sidering the problem. Men are phys
ically stronger than women, and
when it becomes question OF
strength and weakness, as, for exam
pie, when the ear is swaying and it
requires considerable eXertion to
stand on ones feet, believe that the
man should give away to the women
But there is no element of sex in this.
In the same way gentleman would
give up his seat to one Of his own sex
if the latter were manifestly feeble
Not only does it interfere with bust
ness for women to expect cOnces-
sions or favors because she is woman
but it is dangerous as well. II this is
her attitude, she may find it difficult
to draw the line just where she wants
to; there may be too much attention.
The matter is III the wOman's hands
Let her be absolutely business-like
and her influence in an office is a
good one; but let her overstep that
bound in the least degree, and she
upsets the fine equilibrium of her pO-
sition and invites difficulties
marion Harland," IN Demorest's
Magazine for January.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

Nice line of gentlemens and ladies
slippers at TownshendS'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:
ADVERTISING RATES.

First insertion for square of ten nOnpariel
lines 81: each additional insertion after first
81 cents per square of ten nOnpariel lines.
PositivelyuO deviation will be made from
Lhe above rates
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

Candy and nuts to Sunday-schools
cheaper than ever at G.. b. Crops.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
she CANNOT FIND Her GUS
Pretty Mary Ansen Came Here to
Be Married.
Her Lover Did Not Turn Up, But She
Relieves In Him and Is
Mot Worried.

II was TO meet her lover that Mary
Ansen came from New York yesterday, and
II was because she did not meet him that
sie came To police headquarters last even
ing. Mary wanted the police to locate
Gus FerDhcrg, 10 whom she was engaged
and whom she was TO meet in Washington.
She did not think that lie had de-
cei'ed her, lie had only disappointed her,
ana she though: maybe her lover bad been
taken Ill and was lying in some hospital.
she did not come TO headquarters for the
purpose OF visiting vengeance on her
lover, she Just wanted the police TO aid
her in her dilemma. SO
Mary told Il pretty story. Size is the
child or an Irish mother and a Swedish
Father. She was born at Stockholm twenty
years ago. Gus Fcrnberg was born there,
100. The boy and girl grew 10 love each
other, and as the years rolled by, their
love grew, too. Gus came to America
with his parents tn Tree years ago. He
settled in New York City, thence'be moved
10 Baltimore. ind later, says Mary, he came
to Washington.
One year ago Mary came with her par
ents 10 New York. Correspondence between
the young people fiourisbed. They in
dicatcd in their letters that the time was
at hand when they should link their for
tunes, and Gus wrete 10 Mary to come TO
washington. She WIS 10 have reached here
yesterday morning, hut did not get to
town Till last evening.
The police at the PENNSYLVANIA station re-
called that man answering the de-
scription OF Gus was there throughout the
forenoon, and was inquisitive concerning
trains from Baltimore. He waited till
afternoon and then took train to the
Monumental City. This is probably why
Mary missed the man. She tcok a train
people to hold Gus till she arrived.
for home last night, after telegraphing her
The morning times., 1896-01-22
IMPORTANT ARMY ORDERS.
Many Changes to BE Made Affectin,
the Qua urtermastcr's DeIa ri fnent.

Many Changes to BE Made Affecting
the Quurtermaster's Depart ment.
Secretary Lamont has ordered the fol-
lowing important changes i'll the stations
aud duties of Officers of the quartermaster's S
departments:
Major ]. b. Furney, chief quartermaster
department of Dakota, from ST. Paul,
Mimi, To Phila dolphin, Pa. 10 relieve Col.
A. F. Rock well, who is granted six months
sick leave with permission TO leave the
United States.
Major John Simpson. who has been tenn
pararily in charge at, Philadelphia, Is
ordered TO st. Paul as chief quartermaster
of the Department of Dakota.
Major e. A. II. McCauley is ordered from
Portland. Ore, to Philadelphia.
Major j. W. Jacobs, depot quartermaster,
Washington, ID. c., is ordered to Portland,
and Major C. Ii. Humphrey, chief quarter
master OF the Department of the Platte,
with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., is
ordered to Washington, ID. G.
Major ID. ID. Wheeler, at present assistant
quartermaster at Omaha, is ordered to duty
as chief quartermaster of the Department
of the Platte.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
DENIED AN APPEAL
Judge Shepard Showed Some Impa'
patience In Meany -Connor Cnse.

Judge Shepard Showed Some Tmpa.
patience In Meany -Connor Cnse.
A case that would seem To warrant some
impatience on ihe part OF the court was
decided by the court of appeals yesterday.
Richard T. Meany sued Michael Conor
for So ,00O fee on n land SALE. The jury
was instructed to give interest also il 1t
found Judgment for Mr.. Meany. A verdict
for $1,000 was brought in and the question
of interest was raised. The foreman, seek
ing to get rid of the case. said interest was
included in the 1000.
A poll of the jury was ordered. and the
first juror asked disagreed with the foreman.
The jury then attempted to remedy the
error. but the judge held, upon motion by
the defendant, that the plaintiff must re-
nit the interest, or the case go to trial
again. The plaintiff agreed. Motion for
a new trial was overruled and an appeal
taken.
Judge Shepard, writing the opinion.
says curtly that there was no ground for an
appeal. The remission OF interest cured the
verdict perfectly. He intimates that the
plaintiff might have had grounds for an ap-
peal.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
FOR CATALOGUE CLERK.


civil Service Commission VIII
Give Competitive Exa animation.
The United States Civil Service Conn
mission-will hold an examina ii on on
February . to fill q vacancy in the posi-
-tien' of catalogue clerk in the libra ry of the
State department., at salary of 5000
per aDnum.
The subjects of the examination will be
pennanship, copying, letter writing, aritb-
.metin. HISTORY geography, bibliography,
and the Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, and
German languages. The first six subjects
will have weight of six-t wentieths, and
each of The others seven-twentieths of the
whole examination.
1t will be useless for any one TO apply
for the examination who has not q knowI-
edge OF ut least thnce out OF the five
languages, as follows: Dutch, and either
German or French. and Spanish or Italian.
The traDslations will be only from the
foreign language 10. English and of an
elementary character. The examination
Will INCLUDE -qnestions.o on The physical con-
dition OF the competitors. The examina.
-tien -wil-b heldzni this city, and arrange.
ments may be made TO give it in some
other large CITIES OF the country, If there
are ants Who Mould be better accom-
modatcu there.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
DISTRICT LODGE NO. 1.
Good sTcinsslars InauH Officers ana
..t..l y CAnfer llasal degree.


District Lodge. No. 1. 1. o. e.. T., met a
Harbin's Hall. Capitol Hill. on Monday even
ing. The District lodge degree was con-
ferrcd upon number of members of the
lodges in the Southeast section OF the city,
over which District lodge has jurisdiction,
by ID. c. T., Azee Goff.
The grand chief tcinplar. Albert E. Shoe
maker. installed the following officers for
the ensuing term: District chief tcmplar,
George F. shaw; district counselor, II. c.
Hazard; district vice templar. Miss Clara
NJ. Baise: district secretary. w. T. Raley;
district treasurer. W. NJ Hodges: past
district chief tenplar. Azee Goff: district
chaplain, Miss E. NJ. Howe: district marshal,
L. NJ. Russell; district assistant secretary,
Miss Annette V. Anderson; district deputy
marshal. Miss Katie Jet: district guard,
George o. Webster; district sentinel. l.. ii.
Rumnlell, and district messenger, Il. S.
HOOPER.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
kicked by a. Horse

Fielding Brooks, colored, about twenty
three years of age, and employed as a
hostler by Mr.. VIM. Rogers In Alexandria,
was found shortly before z O'Clock last
night lying in Mr., Rogers stable on
Fayette street.iD an unconscious condition,
and with blood streaming from his mouth
and nose. He was taken Into q house
near by, and DR.. Quackenbush, of the above
city, was summoned. On examination it
was found that the nasal bones were broken
and the face badly bruised. The man re-
covered sufficiently to tell that while feed
ing the horses one of them kicked him
In the face. He was taken to his home
on Prince and Peyton streets, and now lies
10 a semi-conscfous condition. His injuries
are thought by the physician to be very
serious.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
OLD MAsoNs WILL FEAST.
nnual Dinner of the Masonic Veteran
Association.

The eighteenth annual dinner of the
Masonic Veteran Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia will take place at the
National Hotel Thursday evening. There
are nearly 800 members in the organiza-
ton and covers viii be laid for large
number.
The officers of the association are: c..
W. Bennett, president; Robert Ball, first
vice president; William Gibson, second vice
president: Alexander H. Holt, secretary;
George W. Ballaci, treasurer, and Messrs
George Gibson and James II. Trimble
stewards.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
ANOTHER I. b. REED CLUB.
Nineteenth District citizens Meet an

AyfSsfiNt SftiLChS -ht-ct anu
Declare for Carson and GIeeSOn.
The citizens of the Nineteenth District
met at Delaware avenue and H street north
east, last night and organized u Thomas B.
Reed Club. The folio wing officers were
elected: NJ. T. O'Brien. president; NJ. Walsh,
vice president; 6. W. Baxter, secretary; p
Boand, treasurer; j. Dunlap, sergcant-at-
arms.
didates to the st. Louis convention After
spirited discussion by Messrs. Nalley,
Crummit and John E. Thompson, NJ. T.
O'Brien was unanimously indorsed as al.
ternate on the ticket with Andrew Gleeson.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
ELECTRICAL CRUISER.
New warship Urged Before the House
Nnynl Comm iffee

New War~hip Urged Before the House
Naval COMMITTEES.
Today there will be placed on exhibition
in the room OF the Senate Committee on
Naval Affairs working model OF an
electrically equipped cruiser ,...-a5
1t Is claimed for this invention that it
will nearly double the speed of vessels
propelled by steam, and that war vessels
can easily be made to reach n speed OF
35 knots per hour, where the highest record
now is 22.S0.
il. The use of electricity. it is claimed, will
obviatc the necessity OF enormous coaling
room, and the increase of revolutions OF
the screw per minute would be practically
unlimited. Electricity would effect a
saving over steam of 4 1000 horse power
in cruiser of 10000 horse power ca
pacity. -5s-
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Prison warden Removed.

New York, Jan. 21.-Commissioner of
Corrections Robert X. Wright tonight an
nounced his decision in the case OF Warden
Fallon of the city prison. He finds, after
evidence adduced at the trial OF the warden,
that Fallon has been guilty OF conduct in
consistent with bis position, and the Com.
missioner removed him from office, the
expulsion to take effect at once.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Jrripation Case Postnoned

Owing 10 the death OF grandson of
Judge Dillon, of counsel in the case, the
argument in the California irrigation dis
trict bond cases, which was to have begun
today in the Supreme Court of the United
States. has been postponed until Friday
at the earliest, and possibly until Monday
next.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
OKLAHOMA HOMESTEAD BILL
The Secretary of the Interior Recon-
mends That 1t Do Not Pass.

The Secretary of the Interior, in 4 re-
port on the House bill providing for free
homesieads OF the public lands I'm Okla
homa Territory, recommends That the bill
do not pass.
1t, in substance, requires n settler to sim
ply pay the usual and customary fees TO
acquire title To a tract OF land without
payment of the price per acre. If such legis-
Iation were enacted the Secretary approx
mates the loss to The United States ut $15,-
O5S.462.
Another objection he has to its passage
is That Congress would lave to make ap-
preparation TO rcconnpense the Indians for
their lands or violate treaty agreements.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Employment of Canadian Sailors.

EmpfOy ment Oh CHmulan Sailors.
Mr.. Mahany has introduced a bill in
the House requiring Canadian sailors seek.
Ing employment in this country to have a
d0micile OF at least six months in the United
States before they can be employed. Mr.
Mahany says that the measure has the In
dorsement OF all the workingnlen of his
State.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Mr. Minor Gets the Seat

House Committee on Elections, No. e,
Mr.. johnson OF Indiana, chairman, has de-
cided the contested election case of Camp
bell against Miner, from the Ninth New
York district, In favor of Mr.. Minor, the
sitting member. The report was unani-
The morning times., 1896-01-22
ODD FELLOWS ANNIvERsARY

Semi a nnual Session OF the Dist rict
Grand Rncampment.
The semi-annuaI session OF the Grand
Encampment, Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows, was held last night at Odd
Fellows Hall. Owing to the illness of
Mr.. L. H. Pearson Joseph Burrows acted
as grand scribe.
A committee was appointed 10 act In
conjunction with delegation from the
Grand Lodge to observe a proper celebration
of the seventy-seventh anniversary OF the
order, which occurs April 20. The rest
of the evening was devoted to the trans
action OF routine business.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
oad Fellows TO Entert.,n.

Columbian Encampment, No. L, 1. o. o.
F., will give musical and literary enter
taInment this evening at Odd Fellows Hail.
An attractive and well selected program
win be presented by prominent local talent
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Rosa MOODY H, ,,oo,o Answer


Rosa Moody. alias Emily Miles, q siircwd
colored girl who Is charged with stealing
piano. was called for trial in Judge Coles
court yesterday 1buts failed to answer
1t is supposed she has left the city. A
warrant for herwas put In the marshars
hands.
The morning times., 1896-01-22

e'IF FToTPAYscxsH for Butter, drop me q
postal Lot me call and arrange to serve you.
GIBBONS, Butter Dealer.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
Ias .e CITIZENS ASKED It.
Light Company BaffIed in the
Injunction Suit.
TRlUMvIRATE TOUCHED UP

Mr. Davis Sarcastically Alindes to the
Feudai Power of the Dist rict Com.
missioncrs-Their Object in Grant
Ing the Wire st ringing PermIttothe
Potomac Company.
The morning times., 1896-01-22
CONGRESS 10 liiaslItt ii1sIt |! |!
Street Extension Data Called for
by Senate Resolution.
OTHER MATTERS INCLUDED

commissioners Una ble oComply With
the Instructions without II Special
Appropriation 10 Pay the Cost of
Surveying-Their Reasons Given In
Letter To the Vice President.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-10

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