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The times., 1897-08-19
NARROWING THE DIVISION
Effort TO Restore Part Of the
Section to Decency.
COMMISSIONER WIGHT'S PLANS
Disrepntable Houses Must Be Con-
fined to the Territory West OF
Thirteenth Street-Order Based
or Complaints of Agricultural
Department Clerks.

In the near future Commissioner Wight
viii issue AN order confning the settlement
of dlsorderly houses known as the Division
To the streets west of Thirteenth street
That is to say, that Thirteenth street he
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the Agri
cu ural Department and all the streets
scuiI of the Avenue and between Tenth
anG Thirteenth, now given over for The
most part TO oisreputable houses, are to
Toe cleansed ana the section transformed
into reSpectabillty.
Commissioner Wight has given this phase
of the city government a great deal
OF thought and time and has made a
personal investigation of he houses located
in that section OF the city. Hc has studied
the stuat ion thoroughly and believes
that Thirteenth street, which Is one of
tbs principal thoroughfares between North
and South Washington, should be made 80
that persons of respectability can pass
through 1t.
One of the reasons tor Commissioner
Wight'a decision is the number of com.
plants hich he has received from clerks
employed in the Agricultural Department,
National Museum aud Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing who have to pass through
Thirteenth street Co go to work. Another
reason is the proximity of the new city
postoffice, The very nature OF which makes
il Imperative that nc houses of doubtful
caaracte- should remain in the vicinity.
1t is probable that this order Of Com
missioner WighU's, when it comes to be
issueI VIII be net by strenuous opposi
tion from many quarters. The property
owners of the section. many of whom are
numbered among the most prominent and
influential citizens, VIII undoubtedly make
stIong protests against anything which 50
nearly concerns their pockets, and may
eventually defeAt the. Commissioners III
tention Many OF the occupants also own
their houses, and if forced To move, would
have To sell their property at a sacrifice.
They also will bring influence to oppose the
new order
1t would be an easy matter. however.
for the authorities 10 clean out the street.
All that would be necessary, it is said.
would be the issuance OF an order 20
the lieutenant of the precinct to notify
the proprietors of houses along the line
OF the street to move within a certain
time. II they failed TO obey. they could
be raided. and tue prospect of jail SEN
tence would soon convince them that it
would be better TO obey the mandate OF
the law.
Some time ago, when this matter was
hroacfrd in ali official way to one OF
the women who owned the property she
replied that there was no power TO coin
pei her to move The Commissioners could
break up her business, OF course, but she
| lroposed to live there Just The sane.
The times., 1897-08-19
STOCK AND GRAIN MARKETS
Remarkable Advance in Wheat the
Striking Feature of the Day.
Granger Shares and Missouri Pa
cific the Strong Members OF
the Railway List.

New York, Aug. 1s.-sales OF stock to-
day were 323,152 shares. and of bonds
$1,616, 900.
The reports OF traffic returns made TO
day by railway companies in various Sec
tions OF the country were very salts factory
exhibitions CT increasing business. The
st. Paul Cornpany's report for the sec
ond week of August showed an increase in
gross earnings of about 10 per cent.
The Missouri Pacific made the noteworthy
gain OF 15 per cent in its gross earnings
for the second week of August, while
the Central Branch of the same company
increased its earnings for the period by
over Sc per cent. Such figures must be
accepted as conclusive evidence OF a change
In business conditions which has not per
haps, been fully appreciated. The full
July statemento OF Chicago and Great West
ern showed an increase In net earnings
of Al per cent.
The only disappointing showing was that
OF Northern Pacific, a small comparative
decrease being reported.
Perhaps the Temarka bl e advance in wheat
WIS Llt lllDst SlTlklflS IcsItuie oI Tue Cft y
situation. The advance of 4 12c. a bushel
was chiefly in response to French markets,
although there were additional rhmors by
way OF Chicago of favorable weather COLI
ditions in wheat sections. These rumors
Were utilized throughout the day by the
redctlonist element i'll the stock market,
but with much less effect than yesterday.
The other developments of the day com
prised a hardening tendency in the money
market In both the time loan and com
mercial par divisions, and somewhat firnler
| Conditions In the foreign exchange market.
A further sharp decline in silver bullion
was circumstance OF the day OF minor
importance.
Practically the whole list participated
| in the afternoon recovery, which took place,
however, upon only a moderate incr ease in
activity The granger shares and Mis-
sorTi Pacific were the strongest features of
tee railway list, and Sugar Refining and
American Tobacco were notably strong
members of the industrial group. The
bond market was dull, but the tone there
was more consistently firm than In the
| dealings In stocks. The last prices were
made at recessions from the best, but The
| dosing was strong.
The times., 1897-08-19
Army and Navy orders.

The War Department has issued orders
as follows:
The general cnurt-martlal appointed TO
meet at West Point, n. Y, by paragraph
2, special orders, No. 1877, June l i, 1S97,
from this office, is dissolved.
BY direction of the President, a gen
eral court-martial S appointed to meet ut
West Point, n. Y. at II O'Clock a. m. un
Saturday, August 21, 1897, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, for the trial
OF such prisoners as may be brought be
fore 1T.
Detail for the court-Capt. James l..
Lusk, Corps Of Engineers; Capt Francis A.
Winter, assistant surgeon; First Lieut.. Ohm
I. Thompson, Ordnance Department; First
Lieut.. Samson l.. Faison, First Infantry;
First Lieut.. John j. Pershing, Tenth
Cavalry; First Lieut.. George F. Landers.
Fourth Artillery; First Lieut.. Chester Hard
ing' Corps OF Engineers, Second Lieut.. jay
E. Hoffer, Third Artillery: Second Lieut..
Julian r. Lindsey, Ninth Cavalry Second
Lieut.. Walter c. Babcock, Eighth Cavalry:
Second Lieut.. William P. Pence, Fifth
Artillery: Second Lieut.. Samuel Hof. Sixth
Cavalry; Second Iieut. Charles w. Castle,
Sixteenth Infantry: Second Lieut.. Mathew
G. Smith, Second Cavalry, Judge advocate
The court is empowered to proceed with
the business before 1t with any number
of members present not less than the mini
mum prescribed by law
Second Lieutenant Robert L. Hamilton,
Twenty second Infantry, viii report in
person on September 10, 1897, TO Capt
John B. Kerr, Sixth Cavalry, president
Of the examining board appointed to meet
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., for exaui-
nation as to his fitness for promotion.
orders have been issued by the Navy
Department as follows: Lieut.. j. II. Bull.
detached from the Pensacola yard and
| ordered 70 duty with the Newport at Ports
mouth. Lieut.. Commander d. Kennedy, de-
tached from the New York September 10
and granted one months leave; Lieut..
Commander w. z. Potter, detached from
the Naval Academy September and or
dered to the New York as executive of.
ficer; Pay Clerk A. Gaffney, appointment
to Cincinnati revoked; Pay Clerk R. l..
Gressitt, appointment On Vermont revoked
Pay Clerk G. A. White, appointment ON
Detroit revoked.
The times., 1897-08-19
RATINGS FOR WATER TAX.
40 Change in the System Until
Meters Are Adopted.

Capt. Burr, in charge Of the water de-
partmert OF the District, yesterday made
an Endorsement upon the application Of
a property owner for an alleged excessive
charge for water, as follows
The only way to rate houses sor water
according TO the amount OF water con-
suned in the premises is through a meter.
Any other system is but al approximation,
based upon the number of fixtures, number
Of consumers size Of house or other data.
All such schedules are Of necessity more
nr less Inaccurate and work Unev enly, re.
quiring consumers in certain cases to pay
for proportionately more water than they
use, and in other instances TO pa for less.
The present system Of rating houses for
water rent in Washington upon the mum
Der of front feet and stories high has been
in use great many years, and people
have become accustomed 10 it. knowing
what the.r water rents will be from year 10
year. II would, therefore. be inadv!sa bic
to change t unless it was positively Ger.
tainty that a mole uniform schedule Of
rates Gould be devised, and Of this there is
nn evidence whatever. Therefore, until
such time as all water consumers in Wash.
ington can be supplied through meters, thus
paying for the exact amount of water they
use, the Commissioners do not deem it ad.
visabie to change tie present schedule, and
ali houses must be rated according 70 it,"
The times., 1897-08-19
HELPFUL TO DEALERS.
Sealer Siiller's Schedule of Prices
for Stamped Measures.

for Stamped Measures.
The schedule Of prices announced yes
teriay by Acting Sealer Of Weights and
Measures Miller will no doubt receive the
general approval OF dealers in measures,
as it allows considerable reduction t,
dealers If they have their measures in
large numbers.
Mr. Miler's idea is TO induce the deal
ers TO have the measures stamped before
they leave their hands. Then, If any are
found to be short, they can be returned to
the manufacturers without loss to the
persons In whose hands they Were con
demued
Under the present method, which in
wolves the inspection of nearly all measures
in the hands oft users, the short measures
are confiecated the less thus falling upon
the small storekeepers, who in many in
stances, can Ill afford 10 stand it. Mr..
Miller at first wished the Commissioners
to make regulation obliging the dealers
to have the measures stamped before sell
ing, but the attorney for the District, In
an opinion, held that the power 10 make
such regulation lies only in Congress.
AS substitute, then Mr.. Miller prepared
schedule, allowing a large discount for
measures sealed in quantities, which he
hopes viii induce the dealers themselves
to conform to his plan. The schedule Is
for lluuid measures under one gallon i'll
capacity, and dry measures.
Under 20 measures, 10 cents each; over
% and under 90 measures. 8 cents each;
over 80 and under 100 measures, 3 cents
each; over 100 measures, Z 1-2 cents each
Mr. Muller further recommended that
all dry measures used by dealers in oys-
tiers be made with grated or wire bottoms,
This Will include all measures used
by the retail dealers at the wharyes,
where by constant use u.ore or less dirt is
apt to accumulate in the botton1s of the
measures. The recommendation. however,
Mr Miller says, is not Intended to apply
to the measures used by dealers IN shucked
rysters.
The times., 1897-08-19
SEEKS A SEPARATION.
Gripman Voorhees, Charges His
Wife With Adultery.

Alfred Voorhees,, a gripnan IN the Wash
ington and Georgetown Railroad yesterday
instituted proceedings for divorce from his
wife, Maggie L. Voorhees,, upon the ground
OF adultery. Thomas P Taylor naInedas
Correspondent.
Mr.. voorhees, states that he was married
to the defendant March %, ISL, and that
they have two children living, son aged
fifteen ana girl aged ten. That the Co
respondent first made the acquaintance OF
his wife as a boarder in their home, a t
No. 1908 Twenty eighth street. THAT he
first learned Of the improper relations he
tive the two iii December, 1898. when
he ordered him out OF the house. He sub
seTiently learned that after being elected
from the house Taylor would visit it almost 6
daily While the plaintiff was a bsent at
bis work. on account OF these relations
and also because Of her acquaintance with
immoral women of that section he decided
to move 10 Mount Pleasant, but when he
told the defendant Of this she deserted
him. going to live with Taylor, and taking
with her the two children.
The times., 1897-08-19
DEMANDS HEAVY DAMAGES.
Alexandrian Sues the Washington
Post for Alleged Libel.

AleNandrian Sues the Washington
Post for Alleged Libel.
Herman Friedlander, merchant of
Alexandra, yesterday filed a suit for
$4,000 against the Washington Post
Company as damages for al alleged
iibeloUs article which appeared in the
Post newspaper concerning the plaintiff
In the article, it is alleged, IL was
stated that the plaintiff had been sen
fenced 20 seven years Imprisonment In
Altoona. Pa, for incendiarism, and facts set
forth which would lead 10 the suspicion
that he had ;gnlted fire which occurred
IN his store in Alex andria year previous
The alleged libelous article appeared
in the Post of July 15, 1897, under an
Alexandria datel line. and with the caption,
Seven Years For Fire Bug"
The plaintiff states that he is man OF
good reputation, and has never been guilty
of incendlarism, and that the defend
ant, knowing this. willfully published the
article, Thich greatly injured hiss good
name, brought him into disgrace among
his neighbors, customers and friends, and
has greatly injured him in his occupation
as merchant and salesman, and thereby
interfering with his means OF earning q
livelih ihood
The times., 1897-08-19
PARKING STAKES MUST GO.
Attorney Thomas UphoIds the Valid
ity of Recent Order.


Attorney for the District Thomas in HI
opinion submitted to the Commissioners
yesterday upholds the legality of the order
recently promulgated directing property
owners to remove all stakes placed around
sidewalk parkings.
A notice containing this order was sent
out by the Commissioners several days
ago, 10 which attention was also called To
the regulation which permits fences TO be
built, but directs that no portion of same
should project beyond the building line
When vines or hedges are to be planted
the fence must be set back foot from the
building line. Blocks or pedestaIs for
fences must not project above the pave
ment, nor can barbed wire fences be con-
structed.
When the notices were sent out the author
ity of the Commissioners TO issue such an
ordinance was questioned. and to settle
the matter the board sent a copy Of the
notice to The attorney.
He returned bis opinion as follows
''In my opinion property owners who
place such distractions around the margin
of or across sidewalk parkings, or n the
space around trees in the streets NAV be
prosecuted under Section of Article
VIII of the police regulations Such
distractions are clearly dangerous to
life and limb and may, if anyone is
injured 5y them, subject the District to an
action for damages The only remedy
the Commissioners have for compelling
the removal of such Instructions is an
indirect one, by prosecuting those who
maintain them In the police court
The times., 1897-08-19

stock from broker to trader be actuany
made, the whole enormous business OF
margin trading in New York would be
Illegal
MIR. George w. Silsby himself said:
I'm granting the injunction against
MacdonaId, Bullock & Co. it Is reported,
Judge Bradley expressed the opinion that
dealing on margins where no transfer OF
stock IS contemplated is illegal. and any
debt incurred in such transactions is nul
and void In the eyes Of the lay.
No doubt that is good law or Judge
B,aaIey would not have said it, but sup
nose tile broker did contemplate the ac-
ceptance or delivery OF all stock Offered
for sale or ordered purchased in his OF
flee do not the transactions then become
regular and in conformity to the law? l
suppose that only small number OF peo
pie who buy and sell stocks through any
member of tie New York Stock Exchange.
the Consolidated New York Stock EN-
change or any other exchange actuallyin
tend receiving and paying fer tue stock
purchased on margin, or either own or
can borrow stock for delivery when they
sell on marsia, but do not believe Judge
Bradley wG1ld consider such transactions
tional dealing In real estate, cotton goods,
potetces, grain futures, etc, is gambling
and the would-be purchaser must state
under oath that he intends accepting and
paying fer his future wheat purchase or
ans other option offered him. If Judge
Bradley's position is tenahe 1T will here
after be Impossible 70 conduct stock
brokerage business CT any description in
the District of Columbia. Statistics show
that only about 10 per cent of the stock
Transactions CT the New York exchanges
involve the delivery Of stock to or by
traders"
Mr.. Macdonald, of Macdonald, Bullock &
Co., was seen at the firms offices ny
The Times reporter Said Mr.. Macdonald
"of course people in our position prefer 10
say nothing. The public has heard but one
side of the case, and we ask our friends
to suspend judgment until the facts be-
come known
at is learned that some days ago, before
the decision OF Judge Bradley was render
ed, Macdonald Bullock went 10 the Loan
and Trust Company 10 take out Miss Chan
nings jewalry that they Were keeping
there, and were not allowed to take it
away. The Loan and Trust people said
that the court had ordered that the jewelry
be keptintact. The receiverfor the jeweiry
was Yesterday appointed by Judge Brad
ley. Mr.. Michael j. Colbert was the man
chosen. Mr.. Colbert was order ed not only
to take possession of the jewelry, but also
OF the notes, and to hold them until he
received a further order Of the court.
The times., 1897-08-19

Chicago. Aug. 1S.-Today's was the
widest bull wheat market so far, up al
most cents for September, with Decem-
Der advancing even faster. The news
was bliIish enough to stampede shorts
OF all sorts. 1t was remarkable that
cables, in view of our 2-cens break yes
terday, came higher. Liverpool was up
only fractionally, but Paris showed an
advance since its last market, of Satur-
day, OF sat cents buShel.
Crop news from. the Northwest was the
most bnIliSh yet Elevator people wired
that they could not see where, with so
much rain, they Were TO get any CON
tract wheat. 1t was claimed from one
direction that the Manitoba prospect
had dropped from 30,0O0,0o0 TO IA
600 900. Receipts everywhere showed
q falling off Seaboard clearances We're
ESQ 600 bushels, ma king 100000
bushels Of wheat and flour cleared i'll
three DAYS. New York wired that in the
last hour their foreigners had been the
best buyers There was good cash
business here, about 200, 900 bushels
sold to millers and shippers with No. 1
spring going at 2 lac over September
The hun crowd bought a little December,
but not much. The market impetus was
the news There has been most fashion
able TO sell deferred futures and shorts
had to buy. It is a runaway market.
corn caught some OF the bull excite
meut.
The times., 1897-08-19

1t is always gratifying to receive testi-
monials for Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and when the in.
dorsement Is from a physician 1t is espe-
cially So .Tbere is no more satisfactory or
effective remedy then Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Dr.
R. E. Robey, physician and pharmacist, OF
Olnsy, Mo and as he has used the Remedy
in his own family and sold it in his drug
store for six years, he should certainly
know For sale by Henry Evans, Wholesale
and Retail Druggist, 93S f street; Con
nectlcut avenue and s sstreetnorthwest, and
142S Maryland avenue northeast.
The times., 1897-08-19
DIsTILLER cRABRE IN TROUBLE
he Is Charged With Duplications
of Wnrehouse Receipts.

Louisville, Ky, Aug. 1S.-W. L Crabbe,
a noted distiller, Democratic politician and
friend of Senator Joe Blackburn. made an
assignment two weeks ago He was doing
business at Eminence Under the firm name
OF Fitles & Crahbe. and his liabilities were
stated to be about $50, eco and assets soIne-
thing near the same.
1t developed last Saturday that there
was a shortage of the free whisky ard
also OF the bonded stscks. carried upon
The books, and later it was learned thaU
there have been Implications of warehouse
receipts Crabbe appears to have pledged
receipts for about SEQ, 600 worth of whisky
that was not In existence. These re-
ceipts are held by Louisville banks. It
is believed that he is very much more
largely involved than at first stated. As
yet no arrests have been made, but some
are likely to follow.
w. l.. Crabbe has been one OF the lead.
ing citizens OF Erninenee for many years
and was one OF the leaders in the Dem.
ocratic campaign. He Is about fifty years
old
The times., 1897-08-19


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The Common Sense Medical Adviser " is
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The times., 1897-08-19

cost was betrayed from current earnings.
The effect of this was to reduce the
apparent surplus, but Officers of the com
pany consider the fact that there We're
surplus earnings to be devoted to the road
as the best possible indication of iinproy-
ing value. 1T was observed yesterday that
Southern Railway preferred was COIN
parativcly strong, " lille other stocks were
weak. About 5000 shares were taken
in the last hour around 34 1-2. and it was
thought a good deal more could have been
sold at moderate decline in the price"
The times., 1897-08-19

During the FIST part OF yesterdays
trading on the New York Stock Lxcnange
the market continued to be on a more
limited scale, but in spite of some fur
ther hesitation, induced by the reaction
Tuesday, its tone was decidedly better and
graaualiy tended to recovery on the COW
ering or shorts put out during the de-
cline. It seemed apparent during the
morning that the bad slump in the mar
ket which had appeared possible after
the close Tuesday was not yet due and
tnat advances would again be the order.
A great many of the speculative trad
ers bought again, and this perhaps helped
the afternoons business.
The times., 1897-08-19

People Connected with Jersey Central are
not afraid OF the anthracite coal situation.
1t is said that the Jersey Central state
Iient for July Will show a very satisfac-
tory increase in earnings. The earnings OF
Northern Pacific decreased S415 the first
week in August. The earnings OF Missouri
Pacific for the second week in August
showed an Increase OF $4,000. Canada
Pacific's earnings for the second week OF
August showed an increase OF s52, 900.
The times., 1897-08-19
submits His Estimates.

Assessor Petty yesterday submitted his
annual estimate for the running expenses
of his office during the next fiscal year
and places the amount at S41,3 300. The
only important change from the estimate
OF this year is the request for two addi-
tional transfer clerks, at 81, 20oeac.l, whose
duty it would be to transfer daily all
recorded deeds.