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MADE AN UNEXPECTED CATCH.
Revenue Cutter Forward Captures q
Spanish Schooner.


Spanish Schooner.
A special to the Baltimore American
from Punta Gorda, Fla, yesterday says:
The United States revenue cutter Forward,
Capt. Rogers. arrived here today, hav-
ing in tow the Spanish fishing schooner
Carmen, which has been seized for vio-
lation of the navigation laws.
The Forward left Tampa Monday to
intercept a fiiibustering expedition report
ed to have been in readiness to sail for
Cuba with arms and ammunition, at a
point on the west Florida coast in the
vicinity of Cape Romano. The embark
alton was to have taken place yesterday
morning on tug already en- route, dis
patched from some northern port.
Proceeding to the point named. and after
cruising around for several hours and
hearing nothing Of flibusters, the For
wards bow was pointed for Charlotte har-
Dor, from whence 1t was thought the fili-
clustering vessel might depart having pre-
viously taken party aboard elthar at
this place or Peace river, opposite this
city. Upon rounding sanibel Light. at the
entrance to Charlotte harbor. the For
ward came upon the Carmen at anchor.
making preparations to put to sea- Capt,
Rogers sent an officer on board the Span
lard. and. ascertaining that the xtrang-
er had been there for more than twenty
four hours without reporting to the GUS
toms authorities. placed the Carmen ,r1-
der seizure. fastened q line to ner, brought
her to this port and turned her over to
the deputy collector of customs. The lat
ter officer has removed the schooner's sails,
placed watchman aboard and Is awaiting
instructions from Washington. When seiz-
ed the Carmen had live and saIted fish
aboard, the result Of her catch since lesv-
ing Havana, where the vessel is owned.
Her master says he has only been engagsd
in fishing around the Tortugas and the
waters Of Florida bay, having cleared
from Havana for that purpose several
days since, and put into Charlotte harbor
on account Of stress Of weather.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
roL1Cx HoLDnRs ORGANIZE.
Patrons OF Insurance Company Resi-
Increase I'm Assessmente.

Patrons OF Insurance Company Resist
Increase I'm Assessments.
At . meeting of policy holders of the
New York Mutual Reserve Fund at VIII
lard's last evening an organization was
formed for the purpose OF resisting an In
crease In the assessments. A constitution
ard by-Iaws we've Adopted. which state that
the object II mutual protection.
Odacers were elected a. follows: General
D. 9. Stanley. presidens: Colonel r. q.
Rutherford. vice presfdeot; r. @. Clark,
secretary Mr.. Frailey has beer
retained 50 counsel. committee. consist
Ing OF Messra. Townsend. Miller ana Kirk
ley, were appointed to communicate with
the officers and ascertain II they are willing
to make any concessions. The affairs Of
the company are being irvestieated at
present at their own request, as the result
Of inquiries from organizations similar to
that formed MT might. which exist IN
Baltimore. Brooklyn. Boston and New
York
It b announced 30 be TIA purpose Of the
new organixation 10 obta1n an in5unc<ion to
restrain the company from imposing In
the intenttoa % the ney crgnninaftoa 70
bring the matter before sks Judiciary coas-
znittee Of the House of Repreeenfattves.
ard n1go 10 oan TIE a4teRfton Of the Dootn2
authorities to x. In an eudeavor TO have
the company prohibited from unfng the
u.a1ls u furthsr1ng their- hnsinees faeerostA
Evening star., 1898-03-17
The Request Refused.

: Commissioner Wight today recommended
unfavorable action On the application of the
captains Of two bicycle clubs for permission
to use on club runs handle bars lower than
those permitted by the recently adopted
police regulation. Mr.. Wights recon-
mendation will undoubtedly be adopted by
the board of District Commissioners, and,
as predicted in The Star some time ago,
there will, therefore, be no amendment of
the regulation In favor of any class of rid
ers. Mr.. Wfghts action was based upon
reports made by the attorney for the Dis
tricf, his assistant. Mr.. Pugh. and the chief
OF police, each of them advising against
proposed amendment OF the regulation,
which t will be recalled, prohibits the use
on handle bars lower than four inches be-
low the saddle Of the machine.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
The Shooting ON r Street.

Ts the Editor Of The Evening Star:
About the killing of Rye by .Can&y. will
ycu allow few. words to citizen who has
no interest in the matter except q desire
THAT the streets OF Washington shall not be
made as unsafe as these Of an old-time
mining camp9
know that this case will be thoroughly
Investigated, and that there is no need to
urge the prosecuting officers to do their
whole duty; but there are some questions
that ought especially to- be asked and an
swered. What was Canty doing with a big
loaded revolver in his pocket, in defiance Of
the law against carrying concealed weap-
ons? The reports were as loud as those Of
a shotgun. Way did he fire all the charges
IN 1t, as II to make sure of killing his man
Why did he, q conSpicuously big, powerful
n an, arm himself against q smaller, weak
e- one? II. he was alarmed by threats made
the day before, why did ;he not complain to
the police and put himself under their pro-
lection, instead OF taking The law into his
own hands? =
An affair Of this kind reflects more or
less upon the reputation OF the whole city
for law and order. 1t shows, among other
things, that even the recent stringent law
against carrying weapons has no terrors
Tor those for whom 1t is intended, and is
practically dead letter in preventing ahom-
icides. Life is made unsafe for all those,
lrciud1ng our women and children, who
have to pass along crowded business tnor-
oughfares In the middle Of the day.
March III; 1898. PASSER-BY.
Evening star., 1898-03-17

some instances amply supported by the
government, have entered into a combine
ton to take from the enlisted men in the
United States Marine Band the right to exc
out a scanty salary by the few engage
mentS their government duty will permit
them to accept. 1t is a well-understood
feet in this city that Of the salaries paid to
the members Of the Marine Band, the lead
er's pay only is sufficient to support a fam
lily decently IL not augmented by outside
earnings. And this fact enters so largely
into the calculations Of the men that there
Is not one in the band at the present day
who has not been enlisted with the under
standing that this privilege was allowed
him. If Columbia Local NJ Al IL honest
IN its professions, let It first withdraw from
active competition those members who are
drawing good salaries from the govern
Menf, and who have no need to enter the
musical profession for q livelihood, or else
let It step upon the broad platform occu-
pied by the Washington Musical Assembly
and grant without question to all the same
rights and privileges which we Of the oppo-
sitfon allow to the enlisted musicians of the
National Guard and to the other employees
In our government service. The Washing
ton Musical Assembly includes the four
frst-class theater orchestras and the best
Of the civilian musicians of the District,
and the Marine Band does not constitute
majority Of its members.
March IA. 1898. WALTER F. SMITH.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
DEATH OF JACOB TOME.
Gave q Fortune to Found Free Insti-
tute.
Director In the Citixens' National
Bank Of This City, which He Had
Moved From Hagerstown, Md.

Jacob Tonne the millionaire philanthropy
list founder OF the Jacob Tome Institute, >"
at Port Deposit, Nd, died there yesterday,
after a brief illness. He. contracted pneu-
naonia Monday. began to sink Tuesday
morning and never rallied.
Mr.. Tome was one Of the directors in
the Citizens National Bank, opposite the
treasury building, on 18th street. He own
ed a majority Of the stock of the bank
when 1t was located at Hagerstown, Md,
and moved the institution to this city,
where its capital stock was increased to
5000. 900.
Mr.. Tome was born in Mannheim town.
ship, York county, Pa, August 13, 1910.
and after somewhat varied life he set
tied in Port Deposit as clerk to a lum-
Der firm at the age of twenty-four. Soon
thereafter he formed a partnership with q
wealthy resident of Marietta, Pa, named
Rhinehart, the firm doing a large busi-
ness in lumber and shingles for seventeen
years.
Upon the dissolution of the partnership
Mr.. Tome continued in the lumber busi
ness, but added to 1t that of banking, in
which he was very successful In 1850 he
founded the institute which bears his
name endowing it with a fund of 50 OOO.-
600. over which however, he retained con-
troll during his life. His estate Is estimat-
ed at $S,OO0.0OO, and it Is said that his
will contains a number Of beauests to
charitable Institutions.
Mr.. Tome was married twice, but left
no children. His second wife, to whom
be was welded in 1884, when in his seven
ty-fourth year, was Miss Nesbit Of Port
Deposit, and survives him.
Plan of the Institute.
The plan Of the Jacob Tome Institute is
t. have under one roof miniature public
school system on improved lines and mod
ern methods. 1t embraces every grade of
public school work, from the kindergarten
to and through high school studies, man.
ual training and form study and drawing.
The manual training for boys was con-
fined to carpentry for the first year, but
afterward took in smithing, forging and
machine work. The girls are taught sew
ing. These studies are not introduced for
tehir technical. but for their educational
value and as features essential to the SYM
Metry Of general training.
For pupils everything is free, they not
even being required to furnish their own
books or stationery. The children of Port
Deposit are to be first accommodated, then
the children OF the county, then the state
and. lastly, the country at large.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
The Cedf1la,

10 the Editor Of The Evening Star:
With all their astuteness, the journalists
and proofreaders have overlooked the use
and meaning Of that form Of the letter c
which has mark attached below 1t to In
dicate the sound of s or z. This becomes
important when Spanish names are per-
verted to en- improper pronunciation
throughout this country by using the wrong
letter in Anglicized forms.
This first appeared in the name of the
ship Alianca. Properly rendered 1t is ALI
anza (ailiance); but the news offices have
transformed 1t to Alliance, and most read
ers have been misled to speak of 1t, as If
to rhyme with anchor. The same thing is
going on with the name Securanza (secur-
tty), In which the Spanish cedilla cr is
recklessly changed to c. instead of z, spoil
ing the sound and meaning.
1t is curious to read, ON this point. in the
large New Dictionary of the Spanish Lam
guage" paris, 1850. edited by Saliva, and
re representing the wisdom and authority of
the Spanish Academy. definition which.
rendered into English, is as follows:
"Cedilla.-Our ancient letter. which is
formed from and a small mark or COM
ma below Qike this @. whose pronunciation
Is equal to z. although. according TO some,
with more softness; but this difference be-
ing imperceptibie, 1t has been excluded from
our alphabet as superfiuous."
NOW, while the learned Academy may
,ioso uohS ITO ueiLfoSt " pTohipit us use, IL
has still survived, to plague and confuse
readers throughout the world, and cause
blunders of speech in this country.
Another point, interesting in the origin of
our written characters, is that our present
form of writing the small shows the curve
below the line reproduced from that of the
ancient letter. called cedilla; and that
the very name of that letter is the Spanish
diminutive from zeda, and only means
"small z"
Bonanza, duranza and many other Span
ish words are examples in the same line,
and have received better treatment than
"Anianka." A. w. BARBER.
March II, 1893.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Letter Carriers as Hests.

, About half hundred Of the members of
Oriole branch of the Letter Carriers Union
made g fraternai visit to the members of
the local branch last night. The visitors
were met at the depot by q delegation
from the Washington union and were es-
corted to the headquarters. at No. 514 9th
street. joint fraternal session was held,
during which addresses were made by
members OF the local branch and also by
some of the visitors
Later the visitors were entertained with
q banquet at the Jefferson Hotel. A. X.
Searle, the president of the local branch,
delivered the address Of welcome.
Among others who made short addresses
were w. H. Gees. president Of the Orioles;
National Secretary Jonn T. Victory. H.
G. Fisher, e. A. Wilbur and ]. H. Walker
of Baltimore
The visitors returned to Baltimore at
midnight on a special fl ain.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Divorces Granted.

Judge HagEer. in Equity Court No. 2.
has signed a decree granting William E.
Fletcher a divorce from Gertrude o.
Fletcher, because Of desertion on the part
OF the latter. The court directed that Mr.
Fletcher should have the guardianship and
custody OF the two children Of the couple.
By decree, ALSO signed by Judge Hagner,
Seiena Gibson was granted q divorce from
John Gibson because Of habitual drunken
Eeee and cruel treatment on the part of the
husband.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Two walls for Probate.

The will Of the late Karl Hermann Deu-
telin has been filed for probate. The entire
estate of the deceased is bequeathed to his
wife. Maggie G. Deutelin. who is named az
executrix.
BY her will, dated January 10. 1904, and
also fled for probate, the late Teresa Sink
Ter left her property to her children. Ste
phen Rivers einkler, son. Is named a.
executor.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
For Protection of Ivy City.

Perry Carson OF Ivy City asked for the
loan of fire hose for the protection of the
village. promising to be responsible for its
safe keeping. The chief Of the fire depart
ment having reported that 1856 feet of hose
can be loaned. together with an old rubber
play pipe, Commissioner Wight has recon-
ed.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Arranee Tor Reunion.

A meeting Of the survivors of the Ma
tional Rifles OF 1854 was held last evening
to discuss arrangements for the annual re-
union of the organization. April H. Aftes
was appointed to prepare the details Of the
reunion.
Evening star., 1898-03-17

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therefore the only one in which
the reader can find the complete
news of the world, directly trans
mitted by telegraph, up to the
moment of going to press.
Evening star., 1898-03-17

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A delegation nom the Veterans Cub OF
Baltimore has invited Commissioners Hvaas.
to speak at the ennual banquet Of the club.
April Q. Nr. Evans accepted.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
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Evening star., 1898-03-17
Built by Municipality.

The Cincinnati Southern was built at the
expense of the municipality of Cincinnati
for the purpose of developing the trade
of the city, and, although 1t has succeeded
in that regard, 1t has rot been a paying
investment. In consequence of this the
citizens Of Cincinnati have been called
en- annually for a long time to pay taxes
in order to provide interest on the bonds
The time is rapidly approaching when the
first series Of bonds. amounting to about
100000 and bearing over seven per cent
interest becomes due. -Four years later
there must be n ct an issue of nearly &c.
OoO.OOo, bearing an average of six and a
half per cent. Two years later 81 900 Co.,
with interest at six per cent, must be pro-
vlded Tor, and each succeeding year. up
to and including 1911, there is an addition
al large sum to be looked after.
The bill prepared by the committee of
be the most favorable proposition that the
representatives of the city can offer. pro-
yides that authority be given to the trus-
tees Of the Cincinnati Southern road and
of the sinking fund of that city by a ma
3orfty action of the two boards to enter
into negotiations for either the lease or
the sale of the road, the only restriction
being that in the event of sale one-ffth
the purchase price must be paid in cash.
Whatever contract is made must be SUBJ
mitted to vote of the people for final
ratification. The bill aso authorizes the
two boards TO loan the city's credit to the
leasing company in the sum of $500 600
per annum for five years.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Proposed Deal Between Southern an
Cincinnati Southern Railways.
1 SPECIAL ELECTION TO DECIDE
Southern Company Wants Control
of the Other Line.
NTEREST-BEARING DEBT

1t is believed in railroad circles that the
Southern Railroad Company will soon be-
come the owner or perpetual lessee, with
privilege OF purchase one hundred years
hence, of the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
over which the Southern now has an out
let north by way of Chattanooga, Tenn, to
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Persons IL the interest of the Southern,
In conjunction with others representing
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road,
the latter extending from Cincinnati to
Chicago, endeavored about two years ago
to secure the Cincinnati Southern, but a
great hue and cry was raised in Cincin-
natl against the proposition, and 1t was
rejected by the people Of Cincinnati at a
special election held to decide the matter.
Recently, however, the business men Of
Cincinnati, headed by the Commercial
Club of that city, whose membership COM
prises many of the most prominent and in
1uential citizens of the city, have discuss
ed the advisabi.ity of making an offer to
the Southern to either lease or buy their
road, and the matter will come before the
Ohio legislature at an early day. The
legislature alone can grant the authority
to hold another election to determine The
question.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Possible Complications.

1t is maintaiLed in some quarters that
the present lessee company. the Cincinnati
New Orleans and Texas Pacific is liable
to default within a year, and that, with
no session of the legislature until 1909
the city of CincinI att is liable to have the
Cincinnati Southern thrown on its hands.
The construction of the Cincinnati South
ern was under the direction of board of
hve trustees. appointed by the superior
court of Cincinnati, by virtue of an act of
the general assembly of Ohio, passed Nav
4, 1863. The road was completed to Chat
tanooga February II, $780, The city of
Cincinnati supplied the means for construc-
ton by the issue of municipal bonds
amounting to $lS,61O 600 The actual cost
of the road was SIS, ,491 ,954.46
A company, organized October II. 1881
as the Cincinnati, New Orleans and TEXAS
Pacific Railroad Company, was chartered
for the purpose of leasing the Cincinnati
Southern Railway for twenty-five years, d.
vided into five periods of five years each.
at rental for the first period of $500 O0o
per annum; for the second period. $500 600
per annum; 81 100000 per annum for tie
third period, ending October Il, 1896:
$l.O9O,OO0 for the fourth period ending Oc-
tober II, 1901, and for the fifth and last
period, 81 ,2J0,000 per annum, the lessee to
pay In addition to the sums mentioned s12-
600 yearly to defray the expenses of the
trustees Of the railroad. March 49, 1893.
the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific railway was placed in the hands Of a
receiver.
Evening star., 1898-03-17
Controlling Interest ACQUIRED.

In May, 1895, controlling interest in the
capital stock was acquired and is held
jointly by the Southern Railway Company
and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad Company. June 13, 1896, persons
In the interest of those companies made a
bid for perpetual lease of the road with
the privilege of purchasing It in the year
1885, and the question was submitted at a
special election held in Cincinnati. and, by
a singular coincidence, 1t was defeated at
the polls by one vote for each mile of the
length of the road, the Cincinnati Southern
being 338 miles long and the majority
against the proposed lease being 33S. The
share capital amounts to $3 100000 This
has been fully paid in. and, as above stated.
q controlling interest is held Jointly by the
Southern Railway Company and the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Company.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-08-18

him as birthday present from his wife
Then they went in to dinner and Da-
vid turned over the plate III front IF
him and discovered handsome gold
watch with an inscription upon the ease
showing that it was Prom your loving
wife on your thirty ei9hth birthday. -
The bounteOus feast sped on with
much good cheer, ami at its conclusion
Mr. Walter was invited into the back
yard, where his delighted eyes fell upon
d herd Of ten sleek HOlstein milk cattle.
This was present No 3 from the good
wife. Nor wa. that all, for when Wal
ter got back to the front porch he was
met by two handsome young women
dressed in pink, who bore between them
II tray, upon which was hcaped -, 900
III gold ana silver coin.
Everything was the gift If Mr Val
ter's wife, who by industry and frugal
ity i'll their II years Of married life had
saved the money without the knowledge
of her husband.
The festive supplies on the farm were
re-enforced by good thing from the
nearby town Of Lifl,y. thu village band
came out, and the celebration was pro
longed far into the night the whole
countryside joining IN Philadelphia
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