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The times., 1898-10-08
MONTHLY FIRE REPORT.
Chief Rarris Complains of Defectiv.
Alarm Gongs.

Alarm GOngs.
Joseph Paris chief of the Fire Depart
ment, submitted to the District Commits
sioners yesterday his report of the opera
tions of his department during the month
of September
The report shows that during the month
there were twenty-nine alarms of fire, an
increase Of one over the previous month,
and an increase OF two as compared with
the corresponding month of the preceding
year. Eleven OF these alarms We're false
There were fourteen local alarms an
swered by the department during the
month.
The estimated loss for the month was
sl92, 740, covered by insurance OF s134, ,SS5
as against loss of 81 598- and an insur-
ance of s., ,923 for the month of August
and loss of 53170 and an insurance of
S326, $40 for the month of September. 1897
Irregular striking of alarms on the gongs
of the fire engine houses is shown to have
occurred. 1t appears that only twenty
one out OF twenty-nine alarms were cor
rectly struck on the gongs.
The report has been referred to W. c.
Allen, the electrical engineer of the Dis
trict, by Commissioner Wight, calling his
attention to the number of alarms which
were thus incorrectly received with the
request that everything possible be done
to remedy such errors.
The times., 1898-10-08
RENTAL OF SIDEWALKS.
The Commissioners May ASSESS Com
mission Merchants,

An opinion was rendered yesterday by
S. T. Thomas. the attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia, relative to the occu-
pancy of the sidewalks on Louisiana
Avenue and Street by the goods of
commission merchants and the question
as to whether the District should receive
rental for such use.
The opinion of the attorney leaves the
matter to the discretion of the Commits
sioners.
A delegation of commission merchants
called upon the Commissioners last June
and requested on behalf of the merchants
on the streets in question that the order
requiring them to pay a tax for the use
of the sidewalk be rescinded, inasmuch
as they pay an annual license of $40
The question was taken under consid-
Grafton by the Commissioners, and a
hearing was asked before any decision
was reached, it being feared by the
board that the repeal of the regulation in
its entirety would lead to the prosecu-
ton of merchants for occupying public
space for private purposes. The commits
sion merchants then informed the Com
missioners that they were content to let
the matter pass, and that they would
continue to pay the tax.
The subject of the controversy was re-
ferred to the attorney for the District.
The opinion is as follows:
Section 225 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States provides as follows:
" The proper authorities of the District
are authorized to set apart from time to
time, as parks, to be adorned with shade
trees, walks, and inclosed with curb
width of any and all avenues and streets
in the said city Of Washington except
Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Indiana Az
enue, and Four -and-a-half Street between
the City Hall and Pennsylvania Avenue,
leaving a roadway of not less than thir-
ty-five feet in width In the center of said
avenues and streets, two such road
ways on each side of the park in the CEN
ter of the same; but such Enclosures shall
not be used for private purposes
THE authority contained In section 225
of the Revised Statutes is in terms a
continuing one, and may be exercised at
any time by the Commissioners, as the
public authorities of the District, as to
any of the streets and avenues of the
city.
THE last proviso In section of the act
of Congress approved July ], 1898, oper-
ates to modify section 225 of the Revised
Statutes. 1t authorizes the Commission
ers to denominate certain parked streets
I business Streets" and permits the use
for private business purposes. by abut-
ting property owners, of so much of the
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Commissioners, orders.

The District Commissioners yesterday
ordered that the following work be done
under the permit system:
Lay cement sidewalk in front of lots
81, 3S, SO. square 67; estimated cost, Sis
Lay cement sidewalk in front of SUBJ
lot 10, square south of square 572 esti-
mated cost s36.
Lay cement sidewalk In front of No.
S11 Seventh Street northwest; estimated
cost, $50.
Lay cement sidewalk in front of No.
1929 Rhode Island Avenue northwest; es-
timated cost, s64.
Lay cement sidewalk and set curb in
front of school building on Marshall
Street: estimated cost, $3.50; also in front
of school building corner of Twenty
fourth and y Streets: estimated cost, $7s6.
Orders were issued by the District
Commissioners yesterday as follows:
That two naphtha lamps on Street
between Thirty-second and Thirty-fourtf
Streets, be moved; cost to be charged tc
assessment and permit work, 1899.
Construct sewer in Baltimore Street
from Twentieth Street westward, as fol
| lows: GEO feet 21-inch sewer. So feet 15-
| inch sewer, and 8 manholes; estimated
| cost, $3.50. chargeable to suburban sew
| ers, 1899.
| That drinking fountain for animal:
be erected at corner of Capitol Avenu
The times., 1898-10-08
DECISION ON WATER RENT.
The Crittenden Home Must Pay tn,
Tax

Inc Srittenuen nome Must Pay the
Tax.
Notice was recently served on the Crit
tenden Home for Fallen Women, No. 21S
Third Street northwest, that the water
rent upon the premises for the fiscal year
ending June 3O 1898. has not been paid.
The matter was brought to the atten-
tion of Commissioner Ross, who referred
the papers in the case to Engineer Com
missioner Beach. with the inquiry wheth-
er there can properly be any exemption
from taxation for water rent upon such
an institution.
The matter was subsequently referred
to District Attorney Thomas. He holds
that by the clause in the current District
appropriation bill in regard to the water
department, it is provided that
1.-THE Commissioners are authorized to
furnish Potomac water without charge
to orphan asylums and charity schools
ind such institutions as receive annual
appropriations from Congress. to an
amount to be fixed by the Commission.
The times., 1898-10-08
Mayer & Petit, 4f5-417 Seventh.

sidewalk and paving on such streets as
may not be needed by the general public.
Such use TO be under general regulations
prescribed by the Commissioners.
Said proviso contemplates existing
parked streets and avenues, and abutting
property owners may be permitted to use
so much of the sidewalks and parking as
may not be needed by the general public.
Under the power TO make general reg
ulations for the use of the sidewalks and
parkings, as provided in the act of 1893
the Commissioners may provide for such
use with or without compensation."
The times., 1898-10-08
NO BOARD WALKS.
Experience Proves That They Lead
to Damage Suits.

Experience Proves That They Lead
to Damage Suits.
The petition of Richard ]. Saffell and
other residents of Heating Avenue, SUBJ
mitted for the second time to the Dis
trict Commissioners about a month ago,
requesting the laying of board walk
along that thoroughfare. from Lincoln
Avenue to Second Street, and which was
recently referred to the Engineer Com
missioner. has been returned to the
Board of Commissioners with the recon-
mendation that the petitioners be in
formed that 1t is against the policy of the
office to construct or to allow the con-
struction of board walks
Charles B. Hunt computing engineer,
says: Experience has repeatedly proved
that board walks rapidly decay and be-
come dangerous. and often lead to dam
age suits"
The times., 1898-10-08
They want Fire Fighters.

A petition was presented to the District
Commissioners yesterday asking that a
fire engine company be located on Wis
consn Avenue, north Of Loughboro
Road The signers of the paper are all
property owners Or residents of Tenley-
town, and they request the Commits
sioners to include the sum requisite for
the establishment of such a company in
their estimates for the coming fiscal year.
The times., 1898-10-08
Denfhs of Day.

The following deaths were recorded at
the health office during the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday: Annie
Whittingstone, IS years; Emil Oscar Hoff-
mann, 40 years; Arabella Adams, SO years
Louisa Williams. 20 years; Clarence D.
Rockafellow, IS years; Viney BrazeIl, Q
years; John William Harrison, years:
Louise Tompkins. 6 years; James M.
Clark, 6 years; Oliver L. Beaumont. 3
years; John w. Crane, months; Happy
Palmer, / month; Gladys Lloyd, month
- Reynolds, infant, days
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NOT A BUSINESS STREET.
Commissioner Reach Acts AdverseI,
an Application.

on an Application.
Rev. Thomas S. Lee, of No. 1879 Rhode
Island Avenue, has written to the Dis
trict Commissioners, requesting that Fiji
teenth Street, between H and I Streets
northwest, be designated as business
street.
The communication was referred to
Capt. Beach, the engineer Commissioner
of the District, who forwarded 1t to the
board with the recommendation that as
the street is occupied by two hotels and
one drug store on the corner in the block
in question such an occupancy is insult
f1cient to warrant the terming of the
thoroughfare a business street.
The times., 1898-10-08

There are three conditions:
When the blood is poor;
When more flesh is needed;
When there is weakness
of the throat t, or + lungs.
There is one cure: that is
SCOTS Emulsion.
1t contains the best cod
liver oil emulsifed, or di-
gested, and combined with
the hyPophosphites and
glycerine. It promises more
prompt relief and more last
ing benefit in these cases than
can be obtained from the
use of any other remedy.
soc. and Sr.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York
The times., 1898-10-08

and Mount Olivet Road, Ivy City; esti-
mated cost. s41.
That 326 feet of S-inch water main be
laid in alleys in square SOL.
The times., 1898-10-08
TAX ON NATIONAL BANKS
capital Stock to Be Listed by
the District Assessor.
COMMISSIONERS OPINION

They Render a Decision After a
Critical Analysis OF the Brief SUBJ
mftted by the Representative of
the National banks i'm the District
of Columbia.
The times., 1898-10-08

Our seven fifty suit takes the lead
and no mistake. We have large va
riety of material to show you; blue
and black twilled cheviots, fancy cassi-
meres, plaids. etc. Make, fit and every
thing about them guaranteed first
class
The times., 1898-10-08
CASH OR CREDIT.

Mems Trousers. in neat striped wors-
teds large variety of shades and
patterns for you 10 choose from. Ev-
erywhere else considered $3.50 value
and rightly.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08

looking after the interests of his
house.
N. E. Gslentine, the proprietor OF
the hot springs hotel of Santa Rosslis,
came in on the Central Last night and
registered at the Grand Central.
]. H. Myers and bride, nee Miss Eva
Page. who we're married this morning
by Rev. Mr.. Millicsn, left via the
Santa Fe this morning for Colorado.
The popular curio man, W. G. Walz,
was among the arrivals on the Central
last right. Mr.. WslZ has been on
quite an extended trip through the re-
public.
Mrs. John P. Long and children, and
Miss Thompson Of Parral, Mexico,
we're among the arrivals on the Cen
trail last night, and have rooms At the
Vendome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connolly, accompanied
by Miss Martin, daughter of Supt.
Martin, left today over the G. 81. for
. summer trip in Canada. Supt. Mar
tin went down the road with the party
but will return tonight.
E. K. Baker, general superintendent
of the Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone Co., is stopping At the
Grand Central, from Austin. Mr..
Baker is in the city looking after the
telephone business. With Mr.. Baker
is 81. L. Sprague, who is the auditor
for the company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
paQe-MyerS.

Mics Eva Page, daughter of Mrs.
Mary v. Page, was married to J. Hise
Myers this morning at half past eight
Both parties are from Glasgow, Ken
lucky. Mr.. Myers is successfully en-
gagged in business there.
The wedding was q very quiet home
affair, at the residence of the bride's
mother, Sic Myrtle street. The bride
looked very beautiful in q lovely but
sweetly simple. gown of white organdie
trimmed with lace aud ribbon. She
carried Q bunch of white roses of ex-
quisite form and fragrance.
The service was read by Rev. Mr..
Millican, of the Baptist church. Dur
ing all the service the BRIDES sister,
Miss Purne Page, played very softly
on the piano.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Myers left on the Santa Fe
for Pueblo, Colorado. They will visit
Colorado Springs, and then 60 to the
Omaha exposition. Later on they will
go to Glasgow, Kentucky, to live.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
The Belen Train Robbers.

The Albuquerque Citizen prints
the following interview with . cowboy
who claims to have seen the robbers
who recently held up the Santa Fe
train at Belen:
ION one of the stock trains that
passed through this city last Saturday
afternoon, was q COW puncher, who
claimed to q local railroader, that he
positively knows tho two Belen train
robbers and murderers, and stated
that they are not the notorious ban
dts, Pedro Garcia and Joe Evans. He
further stated that while he and sever.
al companions we're in camp,
a few miles beyond Holbrook, the two
desperadoes-"Kid" Bill johnson and
. character known as Broncho Bll'-
rode up to the camp three days after
the killing of Vigil and Bustamante,
and with their guns cooked and ready
to fire, ordering something to eat.
They were supplied with . regular
''roug square meal after
which they threw out handful of gold
and silver coins to the campers, and
then left. Both of the men looked
very tired, especially "Broncho BlIl''
who found difficulty in walking, he
having received . bullet through the
feshy part of his left thigh, and, ow-
ing to no care, the wound apparently
refused to heal. "Kld" John
son did not complain of being hit with
one of the bullets from the Vigil posse,
still the cowboy who gave out the
above news stated that he can recol-
lect that when the kid" rode up to
the camp he had blood stained hand
kerchief tied around his neck"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
A Wonderful Hen.

'Our old friend, S. E. Washington,
called at the Office today" af1rms the
usually truthful Rich Hill Review,
land told of q wonderful hen he has
had in his possession. On last Sunday
Mrs. Washington killed the hen for
dinner. In cleaning the fowl the lady
discovered three perfect eggs with
shells on and perhaps as many as fifty
smaller ones. After the discovery it
was called to mind by Mrs. Washing
ton that she had been getting three
eggs each day that were exactly alike
in one nest. It was never dreamed
OF that one single hen had been laying
three eggs each day, but it now de-
velops that that is just what has been
occurring and the faithful old creature
was prepared to keep up the pace for
long time to come when her bead
was chopped off. And now Uncle Sam
is kicking himself. He says that If he
had known the facts $40 bill would
not have purchased the fowl. "-Kansas
CITY Journal
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
An Unfortunate Child.

Norris Gray, the fve-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Gray, has suffer-
ed enough physical torture recently to
kill any ordinary man, but the little
fellow still lives and is apparently
happy.
The first of his long string OF mis-
fortunes occurred about two
months ago, when he was knocked
down by q team of horses on Overland
street and q heavy wagon passed over
him. Fortunately no bones were bro
ben, but he was badly bruised
No sooner had he recovered from the
injuries sustained in this accident than
he was taken sick with the measles
Medical skill once more placed the
boy on his feet, only to have him
down with q severe attack OF the
chicken pox. This time his recovery
seemed doubtful, but tho strong con-
stitution of the boy, assisted by the
best of medical treatment, soon placed
the lad in . sound condition.
The parents of the child were con-
graduating themselves on the boy's
narrow escape from death, and had
almost concluded that his misfortune
was at an end, when they were at
tracted by his screams in the back
yard. Rushing to the scene they
found him surrounded by flames, his
clothing having caught fire from .
burning brush pile. After the flames
were extinguished the child's left
leg was found to be frightfully burn
ed. He WAS carried to the house
where he 10 now being tenderly car
ed for.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
The Troops In Today.

The first of the three sections that
are transporting the recruits that are
to fill up the 18th and 23rd regiments
to their war footing passed through
the city to day at eleven thirty.
These sections are under command
of Msjor John w. Bubb. Major Bulb
has been recently promoted to the
rank of major and assigned to the 23rd
regiment. Before promotion he was a
captain in the 4tb.
Major Bubb was seen by the HER.
AIDS man and asked where these re-
cruits were from. He said: "We have
in these three sections 843 men that
have been recruited at different points
in the United States and mustered in at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga. They are beip G
token to San Francisco to be assigned
to the 18th and 23rd SO as to fill those
two regiments up to their war foot
ing"
q good orderly lot and that there had
been no trouble of any kind since they
had left Atlanta. The major said,
1--WE are travelling very comfortably.
as you can see; it has cost
'Uncle Sam" over S43, 900 to transport
these troops across the continent, and
this is one of the finest trains that ever
made the continuous trip from Atlanta
to the Pacific slope"
There are in command OF each OF the
trains following one captain and one
lieutenant. The officers acc0mpaying
the men are Capt. Sanburn, formerly
of the 18th, and Capt. Rogers, former
ly of the 18th. The ieutenants are
L. Kilburn, formerly of the LIST; Will
liam D. Conrad, of the 18th; and Geo
II. Steel, of the 18th.
The recruits were Q fine looking lot
of men. They were all dressed in new
uniforms that had just been issued to
Fort Mcpherson, and they have never
had their guns yet, though they have
them with them packed in the cases
just as they we've shipped out of the
factory.
Today, as the first section OF the
train bearing the recruits came into
the G. 81. yards, the engine and first
car ran into an open switch that had
been neRligently left open of the main
track. No serious damage was done:
the occupants of the first car
were pretty badly shaken up. and q
soon IS the train was brought to stop
all of them got out in Q hurry. Super.
intendent Martin happened to be on
the ground at the time of the accident.
He uncoupled the rear end
of the train and had it pulled
down out of the way; the switch
engine was put in behind and pulled
the car back on the track. It wa
coupled to the rest OF tho train. and a
roon as the train was looked over and
watered itpulled out. No time was
lost on account of the derailment.
The second section came in at 2
O'Clock and left at 2:45 amid cheering
and the booming of the MEG inty
cannon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
Telephone 1872.
Mcdonald & Tanner ,
= = PHONE 27I.

Then the galley or cooking store
has to be examined to see whether it
is complete in all it's findings. The
outfit of q galley usually consists Of
two copper kettles of thirty gallons
each, fifty gallon kettle with castiron
jacket and copper hinged covers, two
steamers for vegetables, each with q
capacity of thirty-two gallons, two sets
o: sauce pans, q fine set of tools for
lifting and firing and the ordinary
cooking Implements.
Tho line officers look after the condi-
ton of the guns, the rigging, the boats,
the cables, the anchors, the flags and
signals, the charts, the nautical instru-
ments and other parts of the ships
equipment. What this means can be
appreciated by one who has actually
be written in regard to the signals
alone.
When all this work has been done
the ship is ready to 60 into commits
sion, and up to this time everything
has been under control of the COM
mandant of the yard, SO that when the
captain of the ship arrives and reports
himself to the yard commander, little
remains for him to attend to. In the
meantime men have been brought to-
gether to constitute the crew.
Sometimes they are enlisted parti-
Gu arly for the snip which is about to
60 int service, at other times they
are Withdrawn from other ships which
have just been put out of commission.
The crew and marines report aboard
with BAGS and hammocks; othe captain
orders the crew to be drawn up on the
spar deck promptly 1t noon upon the
day on which the ship is.to be put form
ally in commission, reads to them his
<Hv>4A fp>r>vr h nfnr ~ hA
the commission pennant to the main
truck and the stars and stripes to the
gaff or staff at the stern, and all is
ready. The ship is now in commits sion.
San Francisco Call.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
ALetter From Camp.

A letter received from P. j O'Neill,
from the camp at San Francisco. dated
June 4th. says that he has been pro-
noted to corporal. Mr.. O'Niell
says:
'Before next Tuesday one boat will
leave with about 1.4O0 troops. The
first battalion of the 18th will go, and
as am in the third, I will be compel
led. to wait awhile. The boys are all
anxious to get away and think will
leave with the third expedition in
about three weeks. The delay is on
account of equipment.
''In three weeks there will be 10000
troops ready for the field. None of
our boys have been troubled with sick
ness 60 far. There are about $1,000
troops in camp today.
"The.Cslifornia people are still keep
ing up an elaborate display of hospital
ity which we .Rreatly appreciate,
There was . carload of oranges given
away in camp today and they remem-
ber US every day with fruit of some
kind
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-08
All Kinds of Men.

Chickamauga corr. New York Post.
Seeing . regiment with an unusually
large number of new mon, asked one
of its offices concerning the general
class from which the recruits came.
''Lord!" he replied: they're an awful
~ mixed lot. I've got every thing.
There are farm boys and medical stu
dent. One fellow was taken suddenly
ill on the cars coming down here. At
the first sign of it, three others had
hold of him. They were ell doctors.
There are store clerks and mill hands,
sailors, dentists and merchants. I've
got men who have served in the Reg
ular Army and men who have seen
service in Brazil and Argentine " It
10 evident that, if patriotism is tho
principal motive for joining the Army,
patriotism is not confined to any one
eta ion or class of society.