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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-12
PART OF THE LEMON ESTATE.
Authority Given for Selling Stock of
National Bank of the Republic.

Authority Given for Selling Stock of
National Bank of the Republic.
Justice Hagner has issued an order au-
thorizing Judge Jeremiah NJ Wilson and
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, trustees of the estate of George E.
Lemon deceased, 10 sell 1928 shares OF
E.ock OF the National Bank of the Republic.
held in the name of the decedent. The
price at which the sale is to be made is
1921, the appraised value OF the stock,
an offer Of that figure having been re-
oeived by the executors.
IL is stated in the petition for permits
sion to dispose of the stock that the num-
Der OF shares referred to constitute a
majority of the stock issued by the bank,
but the name of the proposed purchaser is
not given, nor is it stated whether the
offer was from single individual or sew
eral persons. who, in making the pur-
chase, will come into control Of the insti-
tuition.
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STRING OF CENTER SHOTS.


Carleton, of the Amateur Rifle Club,
Does Some Good Shooting.
The Amateur Rifle Club held its regular
weekly practice for members and all
corners over the 200-yards range The
new riflebroughton by Carleton developed
in his hands some very accurate shooting.
Seven times in succession did he puncture
with his bunetthe 8-inch bull at 200 yards,
Off-hand, standard target. 1t is the
longest string of center shots made in
succession over the range OF the Amateur
Rifle Club.
The match for the silver cup comes off
at the next meeting. Practice for the ldg
"Bundes Shoot where $4,000 in cash
will be competed for next June, will also
be opened. The scores made are as
follows:
Carleton ....... $40 9 8 e10-63
4 8 8 8 $50
115
Shaw ......... 8 6 4 s-45
10 8 9 $40 8 S-5S
100
Farrow s-51
1o2
Williams ..... 776 6 8 6 4-43
10 8 8 6 8 8 $40
80
Colladay ..... 80 z 8 8 al
3 3 9 8 9-42
SO
Gheep . 3 o 7-33
3 8 6 II S-37
20
'Drury ........ 10 8 6 3 Al IA
'Shot one score with Springfield musket
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lsorrlsng and sunday Times. IS cents
O Month.
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Morning and sunday Times, 35 cents
Month.
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Richard Harley, was heldin $500 bond for

Richard Harley, was heldin $500 bond for
the grand jury this morning before Judge
Miller. The man questioned the witnesses
like a veteran lawyer, but his shrewd-
ness did not avail him.
Henry Burton was cursing yesterday,
and when Policeman Leech heard him end
placed him under arrest he fought the
officer. There were two charges against
him this morning, and he went down Tor
forty-five days in default Of SIS.
Charles McIntire went down for ninety
days this morning for thr eat ening his vile
and assaulting Catherine Hill. He was
asked to give 5000 real estate security
and stepped back in default.
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Che ~ Timei
BONA FIDE CIRCULATION.

The circulation CT The Times for
the week ended April 8, 1897,
x.Rs as follows.
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Average daily CALCULATION
fSSsRday, 23,7s4, exceptedl. 1883
j hereby certify that the above
fs a correct statement of cIrcula-
ton for the week ended April 8,
1907 WILLIAM p. LEECH,
Manager of Circulation.
Advertisers are cordially invited
60 satisfy themselves as 10 tie
correctness OF the above figures
through an examination Of our cir
culstion books, blank paper record,
and circulation cash book.
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Tic toronto Club Arrives.

Arthur lrwin's Toronto club, Of the
Eastern League, arrived this morning
and registered at the Lawrence. The Ca
nucks win play the Senators at National
Park this afternoon.
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rDrury .......... 10 3 8 B II IA
-Shot one score with Springfield musket
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THE DIFFERENCE

between high grade and cheap bicy-
cles, did you say? On the one You
risk your neck: on the other you dom
This latter kind we build Catalogue
tells you all about them. Equippe1
with the new Doolittle automatic
brake Greatest improvement since the
pneumatic tire.
DUQU ESNE NJ Fti. CO., Pitt sburv. Pa.
Makers of distinctly higfi-yrade III
cycles.
Agency. WASHINGTON CYCLE IN
No. 11l5 9th st. NV.
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Two years ago r. J. Warren, a druggist
at Pleasant Brock, n. T., bought small
supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
lie sums up the result as follows: s'At
that time the goods were unknown in
this section; today Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is n household word" 1t is the
same in hundreds of communities. Where
ever the good qualities of Chamberiain's
Cough Remedy become known, the people
will have nothing else. For sale by drug
gists.
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Amateur Baseball.

The Has Been baseball team defeated
the Crack Potomacs yesterday at the
Point by score of TO 3. Batteries
Navers, Whiting; Stone, Cranston.
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We extraordinarily large purchases
floor
offer this
These
will to the chance and
Credit
adjusted to suit
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Knocked Down by Carriage.

Knocked Down by Carriage.
Dominick Norton, q boy nine years Of
age, living at No. 80 F street south west,
was knocked down by two-horse car
riage at the corner of Sevent zenith street
and Connecticut avenue last evening and
painfully but not seriously hurt.
Evening star., 1897-01-04
NTERCONTINENTA RAILWAY
neport OF the Conn issfon Now tu
Course of Preparation.

The report of the intercontinentaI rot,
way commission is now i'm course of prem
aration and VIII be completed In a short
une. The commission was appointed sew
erai years ago to select a route for a rail-
way connecting the United States with
Sehtrai and South America. and all ,ha
countries through which the line vould
run are represented in the commission
including the United States of CoIoubi.
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Paraguay
Ihe proposed line runs along the Pariac
COAST through Guatemala, Salvador. Hon.
1uras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia
Ecuador, Peru and Chile whence IN 90
verges to the east " Ooi
small portion of the line is already
ouit' ana several of the governments ar.
now making concessions to private enter
guises 10 extend the rail communication
IN, ne commission VIII estimate In its report
that about 400 miles of the road IN
nave to be constructed. reaching from The
mexican frontier to Lake Titfcaca in Perm
only Few hundred miles will have to he
Duilt by the Chilean government I'm order
70 connect a terminus of her system with
the proposed line.
Some trouble is being experienced I'm es-
umating the total cost of the line, on ac-
count OF the fact that in some sectionS
the cost will be 10000 per mile and I'm
others 1t will reach 100000. One of the
engineers has estimated the cost of the
line across Ecuador at more than slS ,seo
Wo, and the estimate for Peru is about
s4o,Vo,UU. The commission will EXPRESS
It's conviction OF the entire practica5ility
OF the proposed railway. Several of the
the route selected by the commission. and
Guatemala is actually carrying out the
recommendations of the commission SO FAR
as Its territory is concerned.
Evening star., 1897-01-04
THE TARIEF HEARING.
Difficulty and the. Cost of Reporting
the Testimony.

the Testimony.
The work Of reporting the tariff hearing
now going on before the ways and means
committee is a great hig undertaking. 1t
costs the government about s25 an hour
and as the hearing lasts about on an aver
age of six hours a day the expense will
be about $50 day. The work is done by
TWO Official committee stenographers of
the House-Mr. George c. Lafferty and
MI. w. }. kehoe-who have called in to
assist them Mr.. Henry G. Hayes The
committee stenographers say that a ways
and means hearing is one of the most try
ing features of their work and the one
that they dread most. There are many
dlfnculties in connection with reporting a
tariH nearing, and the end of the hearing
usually finds the stenographers pretty well
used up
Each stenographer takes notes for two
hours at time. He then puts in about
three hours debating the notes to phon-
ograph, after which a typewriter comes
l.a aiong ana takes of the matter on type
writing machine. The report must then be
gone over carefully by the stenographer
and corrections made. In a tariff hearing
one of the main difficulties to the stenog-
rapher Is the technical character of the
testimony. The manufacturer talks p1thJv
upon matters that may be wholly strange
TO the nearer, but the stenographer must
eaten the meaning of his terms quickly
ana put them down at once, for he has
no time to think over what is being said
or to ask questions. The stenographer
must also as he makes his running report
put into good English the crude and often
ungrammatical sentences of the speaker
II Is said that no man in making an af1u-
ment will confne himself strictly to good
grammar, and If the speaker is man who
Is not accustomed to making long argu-
ments or debating long statements 1t is
Impossible to arrange his sentences as he
talks In the correct manner In which they
must appear in the printed testimony.
The present tariff hearing will make a
very voluminous mass of testimony 1t is
necessary to correct the matter each dav
ana nave 1t In shape for the printer, and
the stenographers have to work ali day
and far into the night
Evening star., 1897-01-04
HE MAY NOT ACCEPT
representative DinEley and the
Treasury Portfolio

SuFS fOrtIOItO.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
LIE" lsIoN. Maine. January At can be
stated on the best authority that unless
circumstances should arise which are now
entirely unexpected, Representative Dinelev
Will not accept place in President Nc
kiniey's cabinet 1t is not known that Mr..
Dlngley has been formally offered a place
IT the cabinet. but it is well known that
the President-eaect Is anxious that he should
take the place. MIR. Dingley prefers the
Work Of legislation and his present place
IN the House as chairman of the ways ana
means committee is most congenial to his
tastes
His principal reason however is the con-
sideration Of his health. Mr.. Dingley is
now siXty-fve years of age and his health h
was never OF the best. His friends have
noticed that long session of Congress ha 9
made serious inroads upon his nhysicaI COW
ditlon, and they fear the effects of the
strain ne would have to undergo as Score
tSry OF the Treasury. They have in mind
that Daniel Manning and Mr. windo,n
could not withstand the work and tba
constant anxiety which are insenarahIe
from the duties of the position of the head
OF the treasury Department. 1t is known
10 The Star correspondent that Mr. DING
ley decision in this matter is final unless
as has been said. something extraordinary
shouId arise 10 change his mind Mr. Ding
ley hopes TO frame the tariff bill, which
VIII not only bear his name but he so
satisfactory that it will be a long while he.
Iore II will need to be changed except in
minor detail ~ "
Mr., Dingiey was shown the foregoing dis
patch from Lewiston TODAY and he Rad If
carefully. " A0"u IL
do not care to say anything about the
I.S, ne remarked Il do not want to
In the Dispatch ''''10e
Evening star., 1897-01-04
MR.. CHAPMAN'S CASE
Surrendered to the District Court and in
Charge Of Marshal.
Application for q Writ of Habeas
Corpus to He Argued in the United
States Supreme Court.

Mr.. Elverton r. Chapman, who was con-
victed about a year ago of refusing to
answer certain inquiries propounded to
him by the Senate sugar trust investigat-
Ing committee, appeared before Judge Cole
in Criminal Court No. l shortly before
noon today. The court committed him to
the custody of the marshal. and then Mr.
Chapman's counsel proceeded to the
United States Supreme Court for the pur-
pose OF suing out a writ of habeas corpus
Brief Proceedings.
The proceedings before Judge Cole oc-
cupied not more than a minute or two
Mr.. Chapman was accompanied by Mr..
Jere NJ. Wilson of his counsel, while Dis
trict Attorney Birney represented the gov
ernment. Mr.. Birney produced the man.
date Of the United States Supreme Court
certifying that that tribunal had denied
the writ of error granted by the Court Of
Appeals of the District. Thereupon, at
Mr.. Birney's suggestion, Judge Cole di-
rected the mandate to be filed and ordered
Mr.. Chapman to be committed to the GUS
tody of the marshal to abide the sentence
imposed upon him-a fine of s1OO and inn
prisonment in the District Jail for thirty
days.
That done the marshal placed Mr. Chap
man In the custody of Bailiff Cook. and
they, with Mr.. Wilson, at once left for the
United States Supreme Court.
Ihe United States Supreme Court.
Ex-senator George F. Edmunds appeared
before the Supreme Court of the United
States today with an application for writs
OF habeas corpus for the defendants in the
case of the United States agt. Elverton r.
Chapman ct al. Mr.. Edmunds took the
ground that the courts of the District of
Columbia had no jurisdiction in this case
and questioned the constitutional right o.
a Senate committee to call witnesses be-
fore 1t and compel them to answet ques-
lons The 222 Instant was fixed as the
aay On which arguments in the case should
be SIlmifttl % the
Evening star., 1897-01-04
IT LACKS CONFIRMAT,ox
The Report of the Disappearance. os
Juan Fernandez.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 4-The story
published upon the authority of cant.in
Powles OF the British ship James K.rr
relative % the disappearance of the island
oi Juan Fernandez, lacks veriflcation
chilean papers under date of November IN
gave accounts of the results of a scientiso
expedition recently dispatched to Juan Fer
hahdez, upon the government warsbin
fresldente Errasuriz. Furthermore a
large cannery for packing Holsters is es-
taoiished at Cumberland bay, the only port
on the island. and the last steamer from,
New York carried to Valparaiso from
Panama a quantity of material for tb,s
eahnery II is therefore unlikely that the
island has disappeared ie
me Chllean government is sending Some
thlrty Families to the island as colonists
ana hsnermen, In order that the piscatoriaI I
Resources of IT., surrounding waters MAJ he
utVeloped- Every month sailing schooner
Phes between Valparaiso and Cur,be- -la1d
pay SO that communication has been made
with the settlement since its alleged dis
appearance. AS
Ine Powfes yarn originated during the
early part of 1896. when durens a series of
hsary earthquake shocks ON the mainland
OF Shile another British vessel sailed into
valparaiso with the news that he had seen
% mnen passing Juan Fernandez a column of
smoke, and his ship received a violent
shock. and he thought Selkirk's Island had
been swallowed up
me chilean maritime officials sent the
transport Casma TO the island and she re-
turned In three days with a large con-
sisnment of both canned and live Holsters
Siooi conclusive OF the existence Of land.
Evening star., 1897-01-04
THE FUNDING BILL.
Opposition to 1t Said to he ON the
Increase.

Increase.
Representative Harrison of Alabama,
member Of the Pacific railroads committee,
said to Star reporter today that he may
Introduce a substitute for the Pacific rail-
read funding bill providing for the appoint
ment of commission to represent the gov
ernment, as recommended by General
Hampton, commissioner of railroads. Gen.
Harrison said he had not fully made up his
mind what course he would pursue, but he
was not satisfied in every particular with
the bill reported by the committee, and
which is to be debated in the House this
week under special order One of his objec-
tlons Is that second mortgage is proposed
for the government at a low rate of inter-
est. If first mortgage could be secured,
he said, he would not object to the low in
terest He said that he would support
some OF the amendments proposed by Rep
resentative Bell.
General Harrison believes that the Pacific
roads could do better by the government if
forced to do so, but he thought it uncertain,
he said, how far they could go and do JUS
tice to themselves. He was at least satis-
fled that they could do better than pro-
posed by the present bill.
I am opposed to the government owning
these roads," said General Harrison. BE
fore l would consent to that 1 would vote
for the funding proposition. We 10 not
want any government ownership of rail
roads IN this country. In view of the tan
gled condition of affairs l am inclined TO
think the best plan would be commission,
which would have full power to act''
The members of the House are beginning
to swiftly line up on the bill, and the oppo-
sltlon to the measure seems 10 be increas-
Ing each day. Representative Hartman of
Montana said today that he would vote
against the bill. Representative Barham Of
California thought that there was a good
chance to defeat the bill. The solid oppo-
sition Of the California delegation Is being
felt on all sides, and the prediction is made
that when they get through exposing some
OF the deals of the Pacific railroad powers
the House will come to the conclusion tina
1t does not want funding bill
Evening star., 1897-01-04
PATENT OFFICE RULES.
A Proposed COdiRcatfOn to Secure
Simplicity.

Patent Commissioner Seymour, with the
aid OF the examiners in the bureau has
been engaged for several weeks In codify-
ing the rules under which attorneys prac-
tlce before the patent office. 1t is said
this codification will reduce the number of
rules from 229 to 10, and greatly simplify
the methods of doing business within the
office.
The patent attorneys of Washington are
naturally somewhat exercised over this
proposed change in the rules. They be-
lieve that it may possibly embarrass rather
than expedite business. Saturday num-
Der of attorneys held an informal meeting
to discuss the matter and arrangements
were made for a later meeting at which
action will be taken to secure consent from
Secretary Francis for hearing on the
proposed rules before he gives his sanction
to them. The rules as they now stand
embrace the precedents of nearly half a
century. To change them, it is feared.
will imperil pending cases and result in
serious Inconvenience. At least the at
torneys claim they should be consulted be-
fore the new code goes into effect. They
desire especially to make sure that the
new rules shall not effect pending business,
but apply to future applications.
Evening star., 1897-01-04
DECIDED TO ASSIGN.
Doors of the Germania Bank of st.
Paul Closed,

Paul Closed.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, January 4.-The Ger
mania Bank, a state institution, capital
stock 100000, did not open for business
today, but announced it's assignment to
Peter M. Kerst, who for the last year or
two has been its cashier. The announce
ment stated that this action was taken
after full consideration of all the phases of
the situation, as 1t was deemed best for all
concerned that this step be taken. The
bank stood a run for nearly two weeks its
depositors beginning to withdraw their ac-
counts at the time the Bank of Minnesota
closed, December u The last official state
ment of the condition of the bank was
made December IT, 1886, and was as fol-
lows:
Resources-Loans and discounts, s975,-
42O-o3. overdrafts, secured and unsecured
81 1855. 20; stocks and bonds. $S7 800. SO; bank
ing house, $2oS SS4I.1O; furniture and fix
lures, S10,32S; other real estate, $40 15S Al;
current expenses, s13. 1924; taxes paid, ST.
checks and cash items. 81. .535.73: exchanges
for clearing, s27.6O7.46; currency, 1850;
nickels and cents, S24459; gold, $1O3, $50;
silver. =. .347. %: total. 81 1.625. 76sO1.
Liablites-Capital stock $780, JO0: surplus
and undivided profits. sos, 1927.
Dividends unpaid, 81; bank building loan
$4,000; individual deposits subject to check.
SS45. 13l. A; demand certificates of deposit,
st,oco, tlfne CeTtlncdteS OF deposit, $685.
019.1O; certified checks, $11,I5OO2; cash
creditors checks, s4.3O541; due 20 banks.
$40 1O3. II; total, 81 ,62. 76S.O1
The Germania Bank has been organized
for many years, ex-Gov. Alex Ramsay be-
Ing for a long time president and VIM
Bickel cashier. A few years ago Gov Ram
say retired and Mr.. Bickel became presi-
dent, but last spring MIR. Bickel retired
from the bank, becoming Vice president of
the reorganized Allemania Bank He was
succeeded by Gustav Willius as president of
the Germania, +. Fl. Menk being vice pres
ident and P. M. kerst cashier. The direc-
tors are Gustav Willius, VIM. BickeI Albert
Spangenb.-rg, Jos. Haag, j. r. HERNIA m.
E. F. Berrisford. T. II. Menk, O. E. Hol-
man, c. L. Hurst. Adam Beywr, ". II.
Harris, +. NJ Kerst. John Klein ami VIM.
Schornztfen The change in the official
head of the bank last year rs believed to
have caused a shifting of accounts.
Evening star., 1897-01-04
WIND, RAIN AND COLD
Southwestern States Visited by Cy-
clone and Snow.
Loss OF TEN LIVES REPORTED
Passenger Train Delayed Two Days
in the Pan Handle.
WATERS RISING RAPIDLY

ST LOUIS. January 4.-The heavy rain
which has been falling in this vicinity for
the past two days continued until yesterday
evening, when cold wave set in and the
temperature dropped thirty to forty de-
grees in short time The heavy rains
have caused the rivers on both sides of the
Mississippi to rise above the danger mark
At Richland, Mo-, the Gasconda river Is
all over the low bottoms, and Is rising at
the rate of fourteen inches an hour. Hun
dr. eds of acres of wheat and corn in the
shock have already been washed away.
The river is full of floating rails. saw logs
and railroad ties, which represent a loss of
many thousands Of dollars.
In the vicinity of Virginia ILL.,, the heav-
lest rainfall in years prevailed within the
past sixteen hours. The Sangammon river
is rising. threatening destruction to thou
sands of bushels of cribbed corn The
creeks are overhowing 1t is still raining
and growing colder.
PURCELL, l. T., January 4.-The South
Canadian river is higher than it has been
for a number of years. The Blue Goose"
saloon, which is situated in the middle OF
the river. was turned over by the Hood Sat
urday night. Six men were IN the house
when ii was capsized, and they all lodged
log which had become fastened in the
river. They were rescued about noon yes
terudy Dy people on tne ohitHoild sue
They were in the water for twelve hours
WICHITA FALLS, Texas. January f.
The south-bound passenger train due here
Saturday noon his not Yet reached this
Point, owing TO A severe SNOW storm IN
the Pan Handle. Wires are down north
of Clarendon, and no intelligence can be
had from the lost train. A snow plow was
started north from Clarendon yesterday
morning. which has not reached Claude,
thirty miles Snow drifts of fifteen feet
are reported in that section. The north
bound passenger leaving here Saturday
evening turned back at Clarendon on ac-
count of inability to make further progress.
Ten Lives Lost.
Southern Arkansas, northern Texas and
northwestern Louisiana were swept by a
wind and rain Storm Saturday evening,
causing the loss of number of lives and
the destruction of property. Telegraph
communication is prostrated but enough
Is known to warrant the tatement that TO
less than ten and probably greater num-
Ter OF lives were lost The greatest de-
struction occurred at Mooringsport La
about thirty miles from Texarkana, where
the entire town was blown away and seven
or eisht persons killed outright and as
many more injured, some of them fatally
The heaviest rainstorm of recent wears
has prevailed throughout Missouri north
eih Arkansas and Indian territory during
the last thirty-six hours. In MANY places
IN western Missouri the streams are over
moved, and in some places railroads have
suHered from washouts- Saturday night
she ram turned 10 sleet, and yesterday a
FURIOUS snow storm ragged. The tempera
ture fell 10 degrees in Missouri and eastern
Kansas, and in the latter section a gen
ulne blizzard swept over the country