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Evening star., 1897-01-23
Engineer Tower. Ret,rem.,,.

Chief Engineer George E. Tower, U. S.
navy. who was before the naval retiring
bcsrd at the Washington navy yard this
week, has been recommended for retire
ment. Mr.. Towers last duty was as chief
engineer Of the battle ship Indiana. but he
remained there only short time, as he
and one of his assistants broke down dur
ing the maneuvers Of the North Atlantic
squadron last August, and he has been
under treatment In one Of the naval hos
pitals ever since. The assistant was re-
tired some months ago, but as it was
thought that Mr., Tower would ultimately
recover Ne was continued at the hospital.
His recovery, has been SO slow, however.
that the hospital authorities came to the
conclusion that It would be better for him
to be ordered before a retiring board MIR.
Tower is s1 officer Of long service, having
served during the entire period of the civil
war, and his always had important duty
on shore and af1oat.
The Navy Register just Issued by the
Navy Department shows that as many as
twelve ehEfHeer officers were retired dur
ing the past year, although only four of
them retired on account of age. That the
conditions existing in the navy are such
that a greater strain Is thrown on the en-
gineer tfan on any other officer Is shown
by the fact that Of officers retired for
causes other than age the engineer corps
had AZ per cent of It's numbers retired,
the medieaEeorps 2h per cent. the line IA
per cent? and the pay officers 1 per cent.
So that " may be broadly stated that the
percentage sof engineer officers retired for
causes other than age is twice as great
as the average in the three other seagoing
corps Of the navy for the same causes.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
HELP For THE POOR
The Number Of Applicants for Aid Steadily
Increasing.
Contribatiens Come In slowly tn the
is Need Of a Farther Appeal.

Yesterday there were more than 100 APP
plicants for assistance at the ofiice OF the
Associated Charities. the largest number
tied mears at the disposal of ,he organiza-
tion but half could be aided. The personal
appeals sent by the central relief COM
mittee have resulted in timely addition
to the charity fund. but this has been a
mere drop in the bucket compared TO what
was needed. When the committee started
work this winter 1t was with the under
standing that if slO.O1 could he raised TO
carry on the work there would be no neces-
sity for a general house-to-house canvass
have amounted to less than S2.u1. and
these were from a comparatively small
number of people.
With the cold weather tolay there was
every reason to think that the number of
appeals would exceed evan that of yester-
day A welcome donation today came in
the form of 100 big lOaves of bread from
Mr.. l.. M. Saunders. and this has been
used to supply many family that was
absolutely out of fool and face TO face with
starvation. The Associated Charities has
teen called upon recently to take care of q
number of poor families in which there are
cases Of contagious disease. several of
them being cases of iiphthe;ia. In such
instances the wage-eArners are uuaran-
tined and unable to work even if they had
employment.
Certainly not for a number of years have
the relief organizations of the city been SO
ni-prepared to answer the cries of need
The Associated Charities has a store room
at the corner of Sth ami ID streets. and in
addition to money, would appreciate c,n-
tributions of meat, groceries. cIothing
mats. shoes and fuel from shopkeepers who
90 not 1eel able to give in money
Evening star., 1897-01-23
MANSFIELD SUED AGAIN
Miss Ethel Douglas, Actrens. Chi,
That Money In Due Her

MISS Ethel Douglas. Actrens. Claims
That Money In Due Her.
Ethel Douglas OF New York city. an
actress by profession, entered suit here to-
day against Richard Mansfield, the we'll
known actor now playing an engagement
in this city. to recover the sum of $50,
balance of the salary alleged to be due her
under a contract and agreement claimed
to have been made between them July L..
1S,a
Miss Douglas alleges that Mr.. Mansfield
engaged her on the day in question as an
actress for the season of 1SI5-'6, from
September =. 1899. to June ~, 1856, at a
weekly salary of so. said payments to be
made on tfe Saturday of each week during
said season. She declares that she faith
fully rendered Mr.. Mansfield her services
from September ,. 1885. until April ~, 1856
during which time she was paid as agreed
except Tor two weeks. when she was. she
asserts, paid nothing. although she claims
to have rendered herself ready and willing
to render Ter services as agreed.
From April Is to June ~, 1856. further
states Miss Douglas. she so rendered her
services, but declares that Mr.. Mansfield
refused, not only TO avail himself of them
but also refused and failed to pay her the
alleged agreed-upon salary. a period of
nine weeks. Therefore she sues for sal
airy for said nine weeks, well as for the
two weeks preceding April Is 1885, eleven
weeks in all, with interest from June 30
1896. exclusive of S'5.72, paid her March
Z. 1896.
Miss Douglas is represented by Attorneys
NJ. J. Colbert and Charles J. Murphy. who
represented Miss Mary Sanders i'm the suit
filed by her against Mr.. Mansfield and in
which she was few weeks ago given
judgment of 81 .309.
The plaintiff is said to be Miss Ethel
Sprague, daughter of ex-senator Sprague
of Rhode Island and Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague. who are now divorced, and grand
iAf T,,-f C.l m
Chase. Miss Sprague. it will be remember
ed. embraced the theatrical profession sew
eral years ago, ana has since been a MEM
Der of different companies. About six
weeks ago the papers contained an account
of her marriage to DIR. Douglas. in San
Francisco, accompanied with sensatio
features of the events leading up to the
marriage. DIR. Douglas was said to be a
member of. a Baltimore family, who was
leading sporting life on the coast with
whom Miss Sprague had become enamored
Evening star., 1897-01-23
VISITORS AT CANTON.
Three Distinguished Callers on the
Presideut.E Elect.

Three Distinguished Callers on the
President-Elect.
CANTON, Ohio January 23.-Presi.lent-
elect Mckinley had not fir. shed his break
fast this morning before a dozen of callers
sent in their cards for a conference The
early morning trains brought three dis
tinguished Indiana citizens, Senator-elect
Chas. ". Fairbanks, National Executive
Committeeman W. T. Durbin and Supreme
Judge l.. J. Monks. They reached Canton
at . o'clock from Cleveland, where they
had been to confer with National Chairman
NJ A. Hanna. They were driven directly to
the Mckinley home and were soon in con-
sultation with the President-elect.
They We're driven directly to the McKin-
ley home and were soon in consultation
with the President-elec:. They left on the
10:26 Fort Wayne train for indianapolis.
Senator Fairbanks said to an Associated
no special political significance and was Of
{, confidential nature.
Mr.. Durbin said that great many ma t.
ters had been talked over during tie in
terview, but he was not in a position to
disclose their nature. He said that he was
led to believe that his state would not
have representative in the next official
family.
I'VE are greatly interested" he said. -..in
Mr.. Hanna. and many of our people would
like to see him in the cabinet 1 am con-
WINGED that Maj. Mckinley desires to have
a thoroughly business administration, and
with Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Sherman in the
cabinet he would have what nc desires.
Mr.. Shernlan's selection is a wise one. and
Mr.. Hanna should be his colleague.
There is regret expressed in many quar-
ters that Cornelius N. Bliss Of New York
did not accept the navy portfolio as he
is one of the best business men in the
country
The 1926 o'clock Fort Wayne train
brought cx-NatiOnal Chairman Thomas II
Carter of Helena. Mont, and Senator Johr
L.. Wilson of Spokane, Wash. They were
met by Capt. Heistand and driven drectI,
to the majors home
Evening star., 1897-01-23
PUBLISHERS GIVE THEIR VIEW.
4 Senate Committee Hears Argument
The land EfIU

A Senate Committee Hears Arguments
on the LOud Bill.
The Senate committee on post offices and
post roads resumed its hearing on the
Loud second-class mail bill tody, Orville
J. Victor, chairman of New York COM
mittee of publishers. being the first to be
hear. He said the bill was in the interest
Of express companies. and opposed to the
interest of the public, which demands good
and cheap literature.
John Elderkin OF the New York Ledger
claimed that under the proposed law such
papers as the Ledger would be excluded
from the privilege Of being entered as Sec
cond-class mail matter.
Mr.. g. s. Mcclure addressed himself es-
recially to Senator Chambers proposed
amendments to the Loud till. Any. addl-
tion to the cost Of distribution, he said.
would render It impossible to publish 10
cent magazines To advance the price Of
magazines to 1b cents would be to cut cir
culation In half
Senator Chandler said he did not propose
to pT ess his amendment.
.ernment was under 4n implied contract
with the publishers to maintain present
rates.
Yates Hickey of the American Railway
Literary Association and David Williams,
proprietor Of the New York Iron Age. ia
lvored the bill
senator Chandler stated that the hear
.ings would close next Saturday.
Evening star., 1897-01-23

The Concern Is to Be Recognized,
hut Not to Have Its Land Grant.

The Concern Is to Be Reorganixedl,
hut Not to Have It's Land Grant.
The conferees of the two houses reached
an agreement today on the bill for the re-
organization Of the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad. Many of the provisions contained
in the House amendments are retained, but
the language of most of these was
changed. AS agreed to, the bill authorizes
reorganization of the old company.
granting to 1t all the privileges and fran
chises Of the original concern. 1t is also
to be subject to the regulation and duties
of the old concern toward the United
States as toward other creditors.
The capital stock of the new corporation
Is not to be allowed to exceed the amount
of the mortgage, except upon the payment
of cash for additional stock. the Secretary
of the Interior to approve the same The
purchasers are to be required to relinquish
all claim to the company's unearned land
grant. The provision inserted by the House
that the company shall be Incorporated in
each state that the road traverses Is
omitted in the agreement.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
\ Sensational EIoucmeut


ei'-ia' l-Iateh to The Evening Star.
hI'hMoND. Va, January 2y-The
'Ioi'-ment at Wytheville OF Mrs. Annie +,
Simmerman has created a great sensation
"here thc parties are known The youn,
WE eioped last Monday with a man OF
'I's'ure origin named JOHN Hardy, leaving
NiE Siiamerman with the two infant chill
uFeh- Tue trtant couple took the west.
bound train.
IL Is said that Mrs Simmerman obtained
Pt sSession OF considerable amount of
money ana other securities belonging IN
her husband before her departure with
Hardy Mr. Simmerman caught up with
his wife near her former home at Walton
Furnace In Nythe county. fifteen miles
from Wythesille. and yesterday morning
brought her to town
Last night. having for some purpose gone
10 the station. she again boarded the west.
bound train and departed. leaving her hus-
band standing on the platform, a-gasp with
surprise.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
GRAIN.
Bnltinore Markets.

U,re.,epts 10, s59 barrels: exports, 6.sss barrels.
" wheat scttye and nrla- spot, S1k bid: May s7s,a
ss4.s5s bushels southern wheat by sample sisss;
90. On xIaoe. S6xaelx- O0rn armer-spot and
261zi April. 27az7N: steamer mixed. 2sNa2Sss-rc-
ceapss ~ ~ ss1 beshsis; EXPORTS 5000 bushels;
soatlsesn white corn, xza2I; %. yellow. eJNseolz
Osts quiet and easy-No. white. 3Aa2sh; No.
mixed Ziez2-reeeapts, 36 .00e bushels; exporta,
xss 30 bushels; ssse4, 90, 27s busSels Rye krm-
No neafby. 4zHa4s; western, 4Sk-recefpts, H.
busheis bay nrm-chaice tinetf1. els .soaSl4. 60
Gren metghfs arn-stean 70 Hvssleal per bushel
q 80 Jenuasy. -1tAaas.3[ FeSmary. 8agar.
eeteef ana eEgs STEADY, unclnngeA. Cheese sfruag
Evening star., 1897-01-23
MR. GAGE Undecided.
Cannot Tell What He VIII Do &Lo.,
the Trensury Portfolio

CHi' AGO, January "a meeting of the
hireet"fs OF the First National Eank. of
when Lyman j. Gage is president. was
heih today 10 decide as to whether the
business Of the institution would permit
~. ID, Withdrawal 10 accept the treas
Try portfolio in President-elect McEinlc,'s :
Gdoihtt should the place be offered TO him
n".l- opposition TO MI Cages accen,,p.c
ut'tiopeh but IL was finally decided to
W 1en Interviewed on the m.t:er II,
@eate @ said that he had not yet decided
up%h MS course. but that he would do so
Evening star., 1897-01-23
For an. Accountanw.

William Fantroy. father Of the late John
Fantroy today filed bill in equity against
Sidney A. Fitch. trustee Of lot a. square
3OS. praying for an accounting in the mat
ter of the sale OF the property, and that any
81 rpius may. be. paid to him. Attorneys
John Ridout and Thos. B. Warrfck repre-
sent the complainant.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
Numb bering Houses.
Divorce Granted.

Judge Cox today granted Rose Jackson a
divorce from Andrew Jackson. The par
ues were married at Baltimore, Md, De-
cember 20 1888. and Mrs. jackson charged
that her husband deserted and abandoned
her January =, lS.e, and asked for per-
mission to resume her maiden name of
Hardloser.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
THE DOUGLASS ESTATE
l." settle the Dover Intere., a., ~
Widow

Icdse Hasner has appointed w. Clarence
DEEah' David d. Stone. H. Bradley David
son. John :. Sworms,-dt and Henry !,
tiriswold to lay on the dover of Mrs H.ia,
douglass in the estate of her hushsnd ,bn
id;s Ere ierick Douglass ''e
Evening star., 1897-01-23
Bricklayer. Elect omcer..

WORCESTER. Mass, January 23.-The
two weeks convention Of the Bricklayers
and Masons' International Union came to
an end today. The following officers were
elected: President. VIM. Klein, New York:
first vice president. Jeremiah Harrington
Boston; second vice president, Geo. Thomp
son. Newark. N. j.; secretary, Thos. O.Dea.
Cohoes. N. r.; treasurer, Patrick Mrrray'
Albany, N. Y.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
To Follow New York's Example.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. January 2s-Health
Commissioner Starkloff will at the next
meeting of the board OF health recommend
that pulmonary tuberculosis be declared in
tectious- as was done in New York city
recently.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
Extenxien Of 18th street.

The Commissioners have set aside We'd
nesday, the 9th insts mt. at IL o'clock, as
the time Tor a public hearing relative to
the extension of 18th street.
Hearing Requested.
The Commissioners have requested a
hearing with the Senate committee on the
District of Columbia to discuss with the
committee on public buildings and grounds
of the Doe rd of trade Senate bill 427, to pro-
vide for a municipal building for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
A similar request was sent to the House
committee
Numbering Houses.
The Commissioners today created a COM
mission to be composed of three persons
cne to be designated by the building in
spector, two by the Engineer Commission
er, one Of the two to represent the wate-
department. to devise plan for the num-
bertng Of houses north of Florida avenue
Excise Board.
The excise board held a short session to-
day, and acted upon the following cases:
Retail allowed-James +. Conners, 3f;
Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Chiches-
ter & Dickerson, 1916 X street southeast;
John H Jamison, I'll Sd street southwest.
The board rejected the application of E.
). DAILY, FOI II street northwest.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
Government BOnds,
Quotations reported by Corson & Macart-
pey. bankers.

Grain and Cotton Markets.
Furnished by w. B. Hibbs 4 Co., bankers
ana brokers, 1427 st., members New York
STOCK exchange. correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co.. New York.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
TO Label the Daa.tles.,,. J,

/ Instructions have been sent to the United
States district attorney at jacksonville,
Fla. to institute proceedings to libel the
steamer Danntless for alleged violations OF
the neutrality laws.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today as report
by Corson & Mccartney. members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents
Evening star., 1897-01-23
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement. be-
low will show that tina circulation
sworn to Is a bona fide one.
1t is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell ITS legitimate circulation enor-
mously, in order to deceive adver-
tisers, by sending out thousands OF
papers to newsstands, which are re-
turpable. and which are In fact re-
turned. but nevertheless are in
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however.
Judge by results. and bogus circula-
tions don't give them.
The family circuia ton of The Star Is
many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper. and is be-
lieved to be fully FIVE times that Of
our afternoon contemporary.
Evening star., 1897-01-23
Circulation of The ''Evening Star.

soemnly swear that the above statement rep
resents only the number Of copies Of THE EVEN
ING STAR circulated during the six secular days
ending Friday. January p, 1ss7-that is, the
number of copies actually sOd delivered, furnish
ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona
tide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of
the copies so counted are reiurnable to or remain
in the Office unsOld.
j. WHIT. HEBRON
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
twenty-lhrd day Of January, A. D. 1897.
JESSE w. RAWLINGS,
Notary Public, ID. {.
Evening star., 1897-01-23

Canadian Parliament Prorogued.
OTTAWA. Ont. January 23-Pariiament
has been formally prorogued until the sth
OF March next
Evening star., 1897-01-23
CAGES POLITICAL RECORD.

land Three Times.
The report that Lyman Gage Of Chi
cago may be appointed Secretary of the
Treasury has created surprise here. 1t is
vi derstood that Mr.. Gage is a free trader
and a believer in Henry Georges single
tax theory. and that he has voted Tor
Cleveland three times.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-03-08

Cuarto de Socorro todas las personas que allf
concurran con ese objeto. Esperamos que ell
pdblico atendera los empehos que hace la
autoridad para evitar que la epidemic variolo-
sa nos visite.
=. Es necesario no desesperar Hay que
saber aguardar. listed crefa no poder curarse
de sus dolencias, levante su espiritu. Adn
puede usted prolongar vida con ell uso de
la SOLUCION VITAL GADEA, que renueva
las fuerzas perdidas y da yigora todo ell sistema.
-. Segun la xGaceta Ofcial3 de hoy, la
compaffa West India and Panama, cuyos ca
bles amarran en- ests Isia, en- virtud del alzs
que han experimentado los G iros sobre ell ex
tranjero ha elevado al 65 por ciento ell premio
sobre ell valor del orc americana de los despa-
chos internacionales que Sc paguen moneda
corriente.
- Nuestro agente de Utuado sc queja de
10 morosos que son en- ell pago algunos de Os
abonados a LA CORRESPONDENCE en- aquel
pueblo. De contfnuar este abuse, tomaremos
la para nosotros sensible determination de re-
tirarles ell peri6dico J publican sus nombres en-
ell cuadro negro que tenemos para ta'es casos.
OJO AQU asno soS6 1eqds is s ep'sntsis snta5s
miento de provisiones, calle de San Jose, hume
ro 81. Para informes dirigirse al mismo
local 1915
-. De Toa alta nos eseriben que estan de
0uuOTaDucud IOs COscCu6IOb uc Cdley IdUdCO
granos, pues han caido algunos aguaoeros.
Nuestras notcias son que tambien ha llovido
en- algunos pueblos de Ia Isla. En- esta Capital
cayeron anoche y hoy varias buenos aguaceritos.
- Por ell vapor frances acaban de recibir
preciosdades sombrillas tejidos para Sc
noras, las mas recientes que acaban de fabri-
carse en- Francia, clos Dependencies.
- Dfas pasados nos ocupamos del re-
cluta mas grueso del ejercito frances. Hoy
vamos hacerlo de otro que no es ell mas del
gado, nj tampoco ell mas alto. sino ell mas di-
minute de cuantos Ian entrado en- ell ultimo
sorteo. Sc llama este Amadeo Canler, mide
exactameete OcHerta q ochO centtaeetros. Este
| conato de hombre fu6 introducido en- ell local
donde Sc verfcaba ell aeto en- brazos de su padre.
- Dice un peri6dico conservador madri-
leno que Maximo Gomez, hablando con un re-
| porter del <New York SUM ha declarado que
/ no aceptara Ia autonomfa, mientras haya un
| gobernador general en- Cuba. Sc mostr6 dis
| gustado de que lie hablasen de ref ormas; mani
! festando que tiene bajo Gus ordenes fl, 800
hombres con 25 mil fusiles. 81 dispusiera de
mas armas, dijo, podrfa lamar 75 mil hombres
sobre la Habana en- un de plazo con-
quistsr la ibertad de Cuba.
Muchos hombres muchos fusiles nos pa
recen esos. muy corto el.... plazo para
conquistar la isla.... Por aquf, donde menos
10 pensamos, salta un Quijote.
- 7ABASTO PUBLICO.-La carne de
res, Sc expendera manana en- esta Capt.
tai, al precio de 2s centavos el kilo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-03-08

trella Arroyo. .-Telesforo Gonzalez.-Maxi-
mino Gonzalez. - Ramon Ramos.-Luis Coma
lez.-Jose Perez /. Q jose n. Perez. Pedro
P6rez.-Jos6 Rius Rios.-Manuel Estrada
l. o-Manuel Estrada 2. Q Francisco Estra :
da.-Rafael Conception. .-Agapito Concep-
6n.-Pedro Hernandez. : Joaquin Estrella.-
Jose Vazquez.-Genaro Lopez, Antonio Pc
rez.-Dionisio Hernandez Jose Maria Her
nandez.-Santana Hernandez. Herman
dez, Francisco P6rez.--Joaqufn Estrella 2. Q
- Pedro Acevedo. os6 Velez. Antonio Mar
tfnez. Ignacio Sola.-Nicolas Cabrera. Juan
Firpi.-Nicolas Gim6nez.-Emilio Rivera
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-03-08
NOTICIAS

~. Ell bale que tuvo lugar anoche con
objeto de destinar su producido los heridos
de Cuba, resulto verdaderamente explendido y
muy concurrido. Todos los palcos altos ba-
jos estaban ocupados por bellas y distinguidas
damas de nuestra meior sociedad. Concurrle-
ron algunas ocurrentes comparsas muchas
mascaras que contribuyeron a dar animaci6n a
la velada No Sc podfa pedir mas. Las ho-
ras transcurrieron agradabilfsimas, sin dejarse
sentir, la patri6tica flantr6pica fiesta ter
min6 las atlas horas de la noche. Tienen
motive para enorguIlecerse del exito los inicia
dores del pensamiento.
~. Ell vapor ''Telesfora" Sc encuentra en-
esta Capital descargando tres mil toneladas de
carbon mineral, de las veinte mil lue ha desti
nodo ol Gobiarno 4 esta Isla