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The evening times., 1898-11-30
AUDITOR PETTY
MAKES HIS REPORT
Total Amount of Appropriations
Including Repayments From APP
priations. Was $6.991 .S63.12.

], T. Petty. the auditor for the District
of Columbia, today submitted to the Dis
.trict Commissioners statement of the
year ended June 30 last.
The statement is accompanied by a
lengthy commentary on the claims of con-
tractors of the late of board of public
works, the recovery of interest paii under
the act of February 13. 1885, the Northern
Liberty Market claims, the pro-
lection of laborers and subcon-
tractors, the application of the law of
August 13, 1894, for the protection of per-
sons furnishing materials and labor for
the completion of public works, the pur-
chase of hospital supplies by institutions
not directly controlled by the Commits
sioners, the remission of taxes and pen
alties, the collection of police court fines,
the Encouragement of old records, the
change in disbursing methods, the close
of Commissioners accounts, the revising
of counting methods and other matters
coming under the jurisdiction of the au-
ditor's office.
During the year IL, 106 claims were au-
dited and 3S,46S checks were issued.
The revenues of the District year were
as follows:
Balance I'm the treasury July l. 1897
$3.50, 1885, 50: half of uneXpended balances OF
appropriations carried to tha general
fund of the District, s29.971.42; re-em-
bursement of the District for payment of
lots, Potomac River flats. s13, 3i2.0i; gen.
eral taxes, 50, 2,904;1.3.1S; licenses, 1888 t13 S.
markets, SIG, ,Ts7.44; hay scales and
wharves, s3, ,717,9S; court fines, s11,6S. IA;
other items, s46,7l9.si. Total revenues,
81, ,043, ,099. SO.
The total amount of appropriations dur
ing the year including repayments TO ap-
propriatio was Sc, ,s91, ,S63. .72.
The amount advanced by the Secretary
of the Treasury upon acquisitions on the
account of appropriations and the unex-
pended balances of appropria tons car
ried to the United States surplus fund
and the District of Columbia general fund
was Sc, $50. .040a5.
The balance to the credit of the Dis
trict OF Columbia in the Treasury of the
United States, June 80, last is shown to
have been s471 ,S22.T.
The expenditures of the District for the
fiscal year in question are shown to have
been S6.644, SOLO
The amounts advanced by the Secretary
of the Treasury upon requisition by the
Commissioners, and deposited with the
Treasurer of the United States. aggre-
gated s0.354. I'll .7S.
The disbursements by the Commission
ers on account of general expenses was
s5,354. .77o0S. This leaves a balance of $17o
to the credit of the Commissioners in the
hands of the Treasurer of tbs United
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Marriage I.iccnses.

Marriage licenses were issued today to
Eliwoed L. Smith, Anne Arundel County.
and Belle Reeves, Prince George County.
Md; Joseph Ludering. Pittsburg. Pa. ard
Maria Louise Zimmerman; John A Mad
doX and Florence E. Terrell. CharlOttes-
vile. Va; Emanuel Levi. Philadelphia.
Pa, and Fannie c. Kaufman: Albert Gi-
rard Delisle and Loula Frances Living
ston: Ulys r. Webb and Elizabeth r. Pc
gram; Andrew 3. Rodgerson and Bertha
HepIer; John E. Eaton and Lola c. Lam
kins.
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SNAPSHOT INTERVIEWS.

The people are confdent.-Lyman J.
Gage.
l believe there is to be a long period Of
great prosperity and that it is now be-
ginning. Financial people say that the
the turn of the tide is due. 1t was ten
years ago that the Barings failed and
virtually the depression may be said to
have begun with that event. The depres-
sion has run its course. Washington
will be one of the first cities to reflect the
better conditions. Already there are
many encouraging features in the situa-
tion.-M. NJ. Parker.
The Business Mems Association wishes
every business man In Washington to be-
come member, and especially all the
retailers who are not members of the
Board of Trade or other business organi-
cations. We are confident that we will
be able to accomplish much for business
Washington.-W. s. Mexican, Secretary.
In the hotel business there has already
been most important and encouraging
Improvement. ] know that as far as the
Ebbitt is concerned the coming winter
will be the most prosperous for many
years.-H. c. Burch. Hotel Man.
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Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-U. S. 3's coupon: 81 ,200dlO5 :
Lincoln Fire Insurance: 10d10%; Capital
Traction: 20@S57s, 1l0ds6; Washington
Gas: 25d 1875; L. S. Electric Light: 10d127;
Mergenthaler Linotype: 20G194 1-2, 15G
1873. Lanston Monotype: fedI5 II, 35d16;
American GraphOphone: 50d134: Ameri-
can Graphophone, preferred: 50a141s. Aft
er call-American sGraphophone: 25d13s /:
American GraphophOne, preferred: 15l14.
- NJ
The evening times., 1898-11-30
STRENGTH OF ADMIRAL,
DEWEY'S SQUADRON
SUMBERS TWENTY VESSELS
The Three Spanish Ships Raised
From Manila BEy to BE Recon-
structed at HOngkOnE.


Admiral Deweys fleet in Philippine wat
ers will soon be increased to twenty fight
ing vessels
Information was received by cable at
the Navy Department today that three of
the Spanish warships which were sunk
during the terrific cannonade of the
American squadron in Manila Bay, have
been successfully raised by an English
wrecking company, and are now en- route
to Hongkong. where they will be thor
eughly oyerhaued repaired. and put in
good condition.
These raised vessels are the cruiser Don
Juan de Austria and the gunboats, IsIa de
Cuba and her sister ship Isla de Luzon
When the battieships Iowa and Oregon
the Helena and Buffalo and the three
Spanish ships mentioned are added to
Dewey's fleet it will comprise twenty
fighters of all kinds, besides hospital and
supply ships, transports, tugs and col
liers.
To Admiral Dewey's original fleet.
which participated in the fight at Manila.
there has been added two small Spanish
gunboats and an armored vessel, which
were captured from the Spaniards after
the battle and appropriated to our use.
The Hongkong and Thompson Dock
Company will practically reconstruct the
three raised Spanish vessels. The repairs
will include the installation of electric
lights and power plants. The amount to
be paid by this Government for putting
the ships in thorough repair is S226.000 In
American gold or $4,000 in Mexican sill
yer.
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SUGAR CONTINUES
IT'S UPWARD RISE
Profit-Taking i'm the Early Opening
Causes Fractional Declines i'm
the Market.

New York. Nov 30-The stock market
opened at fractional declines due to a
continuance Of profit taking supplement-
ed by professional pressure. The possi-
biiity Of dearer money in London receiv-
ed some attention in room discussion. Su-
gar was AGAIN subjected to bull manipu-
lation. rising nearly points on rumors
OF an approaching entente in the trade.
Tobacco. however. shared in the COM
mon weakness. Missouri Pacific was eX-
ceptionally strong in the railway list.
After the first rush to sell, the market
Showed a slight tendency to rally.
Government bonds were practically un-
changed.
Later the stock market became irregu-
lar and active
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Bubonic Plague I'm Madasasear.
United States Consul Gibbs. at Tama-
taye, Madagascar. cables the DeDart-
ment Of State that the bubonic plague
has broken out there.
The evening times., 1898-11-30
Master Painters Banquet.

The annual meeting and banquet of the
Master Painters and Decorators Associ-
alton of this city will be held tonight at
SIS Tenth Street northwest.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Sugar was again very strong this morn
ing Pool-buying is said To be response
BILE for the squirt. but many look for high
CT prices yet in Sugar
The evening times., 1898-11-30

From ali appearances this morning, the
reaction in the stock market has come.
Prices went of in all directions during the
first hours of the day, and there was no
indication of a stiffening at the lower
level There were considerable commits
sion house purchases but these did not
have the effect of preventing the declines.
Z he bulls are still confident that there
will be nothing more than fractional
reaction. but the long-cOntiiiued advance
and the news that is gradually coming
out that the increases in dividends VIII
not be so plentiful. as was predicted,
make the bears even more positive.
The evening times., 1898-11-30
We Will Lend You
Any Amount of Money
Loans Of SlO :; .;.s; ;Ss's5 ;ssH5ss9 ssss g.

Wagons. ETC.. at lowest rates and on the day
YOU apply. We loaning en- the Building
Loan Association plan, which makes the cost Of
CARRYING leans much less than you pay else
where, and allows you to pay it off in any sized
notes you desire. running from one TO twelve
months You only pay for the use OF money for
the length OF time you carry it. ii you have
loan with some other company we will pay 4
of and advance you more money il desired Rates
cheerfully riven, and no cost to YOU unless loan
is made Loans made anywhere in the District
CAL and get rates Front room. .arst floor. Scien-
tifc American Building.
National Mortgage Loan Co.
625 F St. N. VI.
noS-tf
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ST. Louis and San Francisco first pre-
ferred. was very strong this morning be
sng one Of the few exceptions to the pre-
vailing reactionary tendency. No news
was given out with regard TO the road
The earnings Of the company are excel
lent. as has been pointed out heretofore,
and the prospect of increased dividends
IS much better than it Is with some more
heralded roads. The securities Of 81.
Louis and San Francisco are undoubted-
il good purchases when the market is IA
N0rable.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

bly, not be good policy to believe the story
too implicitly. Such tips have gone wrong
before ncw.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

The pool in American Spirits is putting
out the story that there will be a large
reduction in the tax on spirits soon after
the meeting of Congress. 1t would proba-
The evening times., 1898-11-30
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED COLI.AT-
ERAL-No delay. YERKES & BAKER
Rooms 40 10 Al, Metzerott Bldg, lilo st.
jfi2-tf
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New York stock Market.
Ooen High Low 81.

Corrected daily by w. b. Hibbs & Co.
members OF the New York Exchange.
Il9 Street.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

The Street is still sore over the failure
OF the Northwest directors to increase
the dividend on the common stock There
IS good Indication that the stock will see
a lower level. Other per cent dividend
payers are not selling within twenty
points of il.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

There is to be no increase in the Rock
Island dividend, as far as can be learned,
although this is one Of the roads when
the Street has expected TO see distribute
some of its larger earnings. The earn
ings Of the grangers have continued eN-
cellent, and there is every prospect thai
they will be large in the future. But The
present price of the grangers is high also.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Union Pacific, with the subsidiary lines
that up to this time have not figured IN
the earnings statements has made a flne
record for increased business and in
creased profits. II is known that the divl-
dend on the preferred stock will be in
creased TO the fun per cent rate a.
doubtedly this earning CT the road would
warrant a dividend on the common also,
but il is not thought likely that any will
be declared Immediately. The earnings
will be in the treasury, however. TO be
distributed some time. The Union Pa
S.ific securities should suffer less on any
reaction than some others.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Cfafl nm Drink and Drug InebSiates re-
OuU Uuu stored by the Keeisy Cure. Au-
thorized Institutes, al North Capt.
tol ST., Washington. ID. c.. and Greensboro. N. q
Write confdentialiy. je7-0
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs &C. Co..
members OF the New York Exchange.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Pacific Mail and the other properties
with which Mr.. Huntington is identified.
are all particularly strong recently. 1t is
in the gossip Of te Street that his people
contemplate pushing the properties in
every way. The rise in Pacific Mail and
Southern Pacific has been very small
compared with that Of other roads
The evening times., 1898-11-30

Senator Brice is said to have made ad
H-snces to the Kansas City, Pittsburg
end Gulf people to include his Lake
Erie and Western Road in their deal TO
obtain control of the Chicago and Alton.
4 he latest gossip of the deal is, how
ever. that President Stilwell will be per-
5ectly satisfied II he gets the Chicago and
Alton. and that he does not care in the
least for Mr.. Brices road.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

The earnings Of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Company. for the third
zeek of November. increased Sl9,'n and
from July !, s249,000
The evening times., 1898-11-30
Pick Up
Table Bargains.

We've gathered together a lot
OF our damaged tables-oak, ma
hogany and inlaid mahogany finish
tables-that sold for $I.oo, 81. so,
s.. 90, s.. so and $500 and are
c,osiug them out at
49c, sec, 69c, 75c & CSC
You can pick up a bargain if
you're quick.
The evening times., 1898-11-30

MONEY TO LOAN at and 4 1-2 per cent in sums
OF $1,000 20 $4,000 on d. c. real estate pay
sf and per cent mortgages and begin anew:
ali transactions conducted with economical con-
siderstion for borrowers. WAL n SAUNDERS b
CO.. 1407 ST. ax .ts-s.
The evening times., 1898-11-30
Sl0, Sl2.5O and SIS
Oyercoats for $6.9S.

Mems Covert Top Coats, in me
dunn and heavy weights-in Tans
Grays and Browns-stylish fttin.
and handsomely finish
ed. Worth SIS. For CH os
Cash or Credit QOs OC
The evening times., 1898-11-30

In Worsteds, Clays, Cheviots au
Plaids, in Scotch effects. Vel
made-in single or double breaste'
styles Also cutaway style. Yol
have to pay at other stores SIz S
and SIS. Here for Cash ck 6
or Credit. .......... 49,. .....PO.O(
The evening times., 1898-11-30
$40 Mems Suits, $4.D
SI.5O and $2.25 Pants, Csc.

Here's a catchy offer in Mems
Pants: All-wool Scotch goods-in
Pin Checks. Stripe and plaid eff
fects. and all the latest
cloth shades. For Cash or O,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20

To Make Essence OF Van.ia. Take
hair pint Of spirits or bra ady. hclf ounce
Of vanilla pods. Cat up the vanilla vcry
small. ana let whole remain for month
ir temperate place.
Essence o. iingcr-Tsk- pint of
spirits, eight oSnoss OF crushed ginger.
quarter ounce OF chillies. Let the
whole stand for n month; then strain
and it is NJ for use.
Essence OF Allsp,cc Take haif pint
OF spirits, an ounce ot esscntisl oil os
pmento. Mix, end &c is ready for use.
Freezing Mixturc.-The following will
he found useful ior ordinary purposes.
such az setting a jelly. etc: TO every
quart OF spring water put an ounce oc
saltpeter and pound OF common kltch-
on salt.
To set eggs quickly when pccchirg
them, little vinegar should no added
to the water In which they are cooked
When boiling cabbages aud other
green vegetables. use large saucepan
with plenty OF water and two table,
spoonfuls of salt and let the lid remain
off after they have once come 10 tho
boil.
Cutting Now Bread-Try heating the
knife before using. You viii then b
able TO cut II quite smoothly. "a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20

carry the crossbars. the next size small
er for these horizontal crossbars and
smaller size still for the bottoms and
sides of the various divisions. The
framework may be arranged TO take the
music lengthways or II might be made
TO take three or four pieces standing
upright i'm width and two rows in
height. As pianos differ in size, IL must
be left to the individual 10 decide this
The best way to put bamboo together
is TO make holes In the larger pieces
and let in the smaller ones. gluing
them i'm position. The holes can ne made
with center bit,' using bits" the
sizes of the bamboo you are working.
Those who cannot borrow center
Bit can make the holes with a redhot
iron. I'm doing this be careful not 10
make them too large. but rely upon
shaping them 10 some extent with a
sharp pocketl<nife. BE careful. too. 10
mark accurately where the holes should
be made with pair OF dividers or COM
passes. II you get out all four uprights
at the same time, you can lay them side
10y side and mark where the holes come
without trouble ana with great accu-
racy. In saving your bamboo into
lengths, use a fine "tenton" saw. This
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20

out and fitted together before you start
sluing. as the inner pieces must he
glued i'm before tho crosspieces are
glued into the uprights for 1t is obvious
that If YOU began with these latter. you
would not be able To get at the inner
pieces. See that your glue is fresh and
boiling hot when you use il. Those who
have not glue pot could melt d little
in small jar by standing the same in
a saucepan Of boiling water and keep
ing il boiling while the glue is being
used. Put the piece OF glue in enough
water to cover Z all right before boil
ing ii up.
The framework can be fixed TO the
back OF the piano by putting fine screws
through the bamboo into the frame-
work Of the piano. See that the screws
are long enough TO go into the piano.
Turned knobs can be glued into the top
OF the bamboo upright a. a finish, and
small brass plates with q hole to re-
ceivc screw ct,ttid be screwed or to
the ends Of the bamboo and into the
Wooden knobs and then screws through
these plates into the piano hack.
Instead OF letting the rack be seen
some thin pretty colorcd sIk or other
material might bc tackled on the 'front.'
OF each division, either piaiu or plsit-
ed. but these and many other cousids
crstions can safely be left TO the in.
dividual
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20

I desk is heXagonal in shape, and under
meath is set small chest, opened, not
with lid, but by two dainty doors in
the front. The most striking of these
! are made of the green wood that is
being so much used i'm the furnishing,
not alone Of summer houses, but Of WIN
! ter ones.
The suggestion Of the lotus is very
| faint in one of the pretty and con-
venient desks which bears the name OF
the famous Liberty designers and is
shown among other such novelties by
| their New York agents, who have an
exhibition room near Fifth avenue. The
shape of the long columns that support
the piece OF wide moding about the
head and the legs of the desk recalls
somewhat the pictured pillars Of the
famous temple at Earnak The back
is set with n pane! of glass, and the
desk is well supplied with drawers and
shelves. as the purpose seems 60 be as
much to afford place for the slowing
away OF odds and ends OF correspond
ence as to cultivate IL.
There arc several desks especially de-
signed for colleSians. one. the Har-
ward conforms in idea with the style of
furnishings supposed to he appropriate
I'm suburb of severe and erudte Bos-
ton. The desk is commodious, as there
is n tradition that the sons OF old Har-
ward, in addition 10 being amply sup
piled with brain, are equally well en-
dowed when IL comes 90 length of limb.
one would not think of presenting n
svelte elegant youth matriculating ct
Columbia. Yale or Princeton with the
same roomy desk which one would Sc
lect for a Harvard Undergraduate. The
traditions of each college favor a diff
ferent style of furniture. At Harvard
one revels i'm recollections OF the pill
grim fathers and Plymouth rock. At
Yale there Is a different phase or period
OF colonial history that is crystalllzed
into fashion Of furniture
The moro modern colleges arc strictly
modern In their ideas of what rs pleas
Ing. and the students who reside either
in the college buildings or in the town
as a rule follow the traditions OF the
people who surround them. At Coz
lumbla or Barnard or eny OF the great
New York colleges the students room
viii. VI nc or she be person o. taste
and imagination. strongly suggest the
Dutch colonial period.
10 must be noted that those who are
au fait as regards taste in furnishing.
which they say is merely the harmonic
ing of the useful with the appropriate.
viii tell you that what Will do for the !
college girls brother will not do FOR Che !
college girl herself. The Nassar maiden |
has a desk especially designed ~ ncet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20

her supposed requirements. In some
ways the adjustable side pieces suggest
that the designer expected that il
might be used as a sewing table. One
feature of these college desks which
makes them unique is the chair, secur-
ed 10 the table by means of a rod on
which it swings backward and forward.
IL is supplied with n comfortable cush-
ion and low support for the back.
These chairs. which form part OF the
desk. are shaped to bring the writer
closer 20 the table than is possible with
ordinary student chairs Moreover they
fit in with the desk, so that the entire
piece of furniture when packed is light
and compact. FRANCES HYDE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20
The LATEST FINDS
IN
WRITING pGSkS.

The once distinctly literary desk has
become part OF the furnishing of bou-
DOR, study. drawing room. sitting room
or bedroom--in fact, no modern house
IL now quite comfortably complete
without something OF the sort. cozy
corner for the afternoon devoted TO the
correspondence of the head of the
house. In these days, even with the
most restricted social connections, the
matter OF attending TO all the notes,
letters and invitations of one sort or
other a matter of time, so that the
desk has become necessity. There are
long accounts 10 be cast ur, setting
forth expenses which every housekeep-
er likes to keep in orde" TO have an
adequate idea OF the way her funds are
being spent. The numerous bills and
receipts arc likely TO be mislaid unless
placed in some particular place for safe
keeping. The modern desk. or secre-
tairc, is moreover very different from
the cumbersome, ungainly. green cloth
covered article OF furniture which il
was i'm the past.
The new desks combine several uses.
Some OF them are part cupboard and
part bookcase. The smaller ones are
dainty and artistic i'm effect and are
ornamental even i'm the prettiest draw
ing rooms. Nothing makes prettier
or more appropriate Christmas present
Cor wife, sister or mother than one of
these dainty desks, so distinctively one
Of the developments of nineteenth cen
tury life. The young collegian. man or
woman, too, can find nothing more use-
ful than desk To take back TO the
little dormitory room after the vacation
Is over.
For purely ornamental purposes moth
ing can he prettier than some OF the
new desks Of inlaid mahogany. with
shaped front and five small drawers
Such a table secretaire costs about SIS.
one which bears the patriotic name OF
Dewey. so called in honor of the gal
liant admiral. is n combined bookcase.
cupboard and desk The bookcase oc-
rupics one side with wide glass door
Tho cupboard Is located beneath the
writing table. which is n single piece Of
oak, cherry or mahogany let down by
n chain from it's position as covering
for the tins shelves and drawers that
form tho writing part OF the desk 4
Fheif above u accommodates small
shaded Dresden lamp.
More IN keeping win the revival OF
interest in colonial simplicity is q high |
backed dcEk With broad pieces 81 bev-
oled French glass as panel for The I
back fnd nu ornamental railing pt .ach /
sioe Va tse s!ass. The nst top vi the Z
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-20
HOW TO MAKE
a MUSIC RACK.

Now that it is a universal custom TO
have the piano 0f an upright one)
standing out in the room instead OF be-
ing against the wall as OF old, the
question, What to do with the back p"
has exercised the mind OF many IAN
angel i'm the house"
Here is new suggestion which viii
appeal to those who have to make use
OF every inch OF room, especially in
these days of flats, which are generally
too confined. IL is to make light
framework of bamboo, which can be fas-
tened at the back of the piano and so