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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
RALPH GAIT MARRIED
United to Miss Maude Bramlitt Quietly Last
Night

Ralph L. Gait of the firm of NJ. W. Calf
& Company was married last night to Miss
Maude Bramlitt of Augusta, Ga, by the
Rev. DR.. A. s. Fiske, pastor Of Gunton
Temple Memorial Church. They will leave
in q few days for a four weeks tour, re-
turning to live at Mr.. Galts residence, No.
1900 n street.
The marriage was private and will be a
surprise to his many friends. He had kept
his purpose so quiet that not even his as
sociates in his place Of business were
aware that he had a second time become a
Benedict until this morning, when they
were appraised of it in an indefinite way.
The marriage was witnessed only by a
gentleman friend of Mr. Gait. and 1t oc-
CURED at DR.. Fishes residence, No. 1853 q
street northwest. DR.. Fiske is not person
ally acquainted with Mr.. Gait, who lives
at No 1900 N street. The party called
upon him about O'Clock, and, producing
a regular license, asked to be married The
minister, without further Questioning, uni
ted them and they departed at once.
Mr. Gait was at his post of duty for a
short time today. but The Star reporter
was unable to find him or to obtain from
his friends any extended account of the
details.
Il only know" said DR.. Fiske to the re-
porter. that I married Mr.. Calf and Miss
Bramlitt in the presence of a friend OF the
groom. l had never seen them befofe, ana
asked them no questions, after seeing that
the license was regular.
THE bride is a very pretty woman, about
twenty-five or twentythree years of age.
She was becomingly attired and she said
and did nothing to indicate that 1t was
marriage in defiance of parents wishes or
secret in any particular"
Mr.. Gait and his first wife were di-
vorced last year, the papers being with
held from publication by order of the court.
r I--fiN %
years Of age, and very popular among a
wide circle of friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
REQUEST DENIED.
District Declines to Place a ,Phone
In Eastern Dfspensary.

Mr.. Thomas W. Smith dean of the Fast.
ern Dispensary, recently asked the District
Commissioners to furnish the hospdtaI with
telephone facilities at the expense of the
District, as the institution is not in a fnan.
cial condition to stand such expense. Mai
Sylvester, the chief Of police, Endorsed the
request as follows:
This dispensary is proving a great bene-
ft to the citizens of the District. and the
management is always willing and glad to
cooperate with the police in their efforts
to take care of the sick and injured The
assistance rendered the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital is similar to that requested
by the Eastern Dispensary and If the Dis
trict can help this institution in this mat
ter, L recommend that it be done"
The matter was referred to Mr. Walter
G. Allen, the Districts electrical engineer
with statement by Commissioner Wight
that as Mr.. Smith has control of private
wire adjacent to the house of truck com
pany A, the use Of which he Is willing to
give, the connection with police headquar-
tiers could be made through the truck
house, the only expense being the placing
OF the instruments and the annual rental
OF IS, such as is paid for District phones.
In reply, Mr.. Allen stated that the condi-
ton of the funds for telephone service Will
not warrant the placing of the telephone
in question during the present fiscal year,
DIS bestueS lue rental OF 30 year, other
expenses would amount to 1919
Under the circumstances" reported Mr.
Allen, land in view of the limited funds for
extensions of the telephone service, 1 think
1t would be advisable to confine such ex-
tensions as can be made this year to the
various departments OF the District govern
ment, and not to outside institutions The
placing of the telephone in the Georgetown
University Hospital was against my recon-
mendasion. but was done at the urgent re-
quest of the major and superintendent of
police. Other hospitals might also claim
the privilege which the department could
not then wei refuse"
Comm ssioner Wight thereupon Endorsed
the application follows: II recommend
that Mr. Smith be notified that the Com
m'ssioners have fully considered his appli-
cation for a telephone in the Eastern Dis
pensary, and regret that they are COM
PEELED to say that, owing to the unusual
demands which have been made on the an
propriation available for that purpose they
will be unable to furnish the Instrument
This recommendation of Mr. Wight will
be approved by his associates, 1t is under
stood, and Mr. Smith will be so notified.
In many cases, as, for instance, where in
jured persons are carried or are to be car
ried to the dispensary for treatment teie-
phone communication would be of the
greatest convenience to the police and the
public, as we'll as to the dispensary and
the hope is expressed in several quarters
that in view of the smallness of the ex-
pense involved some way may be quickly
found to introduce this telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
THE NAVAL ACADEMY,
Opposition to Sending Cadets to Bos-
ton for InstructiOn.

Capt. Dickins. assistant chief OF the navi-
cation bureau, Navy Department, has re-
turned from Boston. where ne went to in
quire into the facilities possessed by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology for
providing instruction for officers of the con-
Struction corps. He went there at the sug-
gestfon of Secretary Long, as it is propos ed
20 transfer the course in naval architecture
from the Naval Academy to the Boston in
stitute.
II is stated that Capt. Dickins will make
Il report adverse TO the change. Represent
alive Mudd has protested against the pro-
posed change and states that the people of
Annapolis would protest against any action
mat tended to reduce the Importance of
the school or TO rob it of any of its func-
dons as an institution for the education of
officers for the naval service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
is COL. ROOSEVELT ELIGIBLE.
His Enemies Claim He is Not a Resi-
dent of New York.

The question as to whether Theodore
Roosevelt is eligible to the office of gov
error of New York is being discussed by
Mr. Roosevelts friends, Governor Black
friends, the democrats and the indepen-
dents.
Mr., Roosevelt. according to an alleged
affidavit that has been sent to New York
from Washington, affirmed under oath on
March 81 1898, that he was at that time a
resident of Washington. Last night he de-
Clared, in an interview In New York that
he had not removed his residence from New
York state. and showed to his political
friends evidence that satisfied them that he
is now and has been for more than five
years a resident of New York state,
Both the democrats and the political
friends of Governor Black intend to make
the most of this affidavit and of the ineli-
glbility of Mr.. Roosevelt that it seems to
establish.
Inc state constitution provides that only
residents of the state who have been resi-
uehts Tor hVe years, may hold the office
of governor.
1t is claimed by the democrats and the
friends of Governor Black that Mr.. Roosa-
NeIt afhdavit settles the question beyond
an controversy. This affidavit as given nv
me me democrats, who have had it sent from
w &shlngtOn, is follows:
Washington, D. c., ss:
theodore Roosevelt, being duly sworn
says: On april 10 last was appointed as
sIStant secretary of the navy / came on
10 Washington and took up nv residence
mere. On May l, 1891 l and nv family
moved out Of the house we had been no.
cupylng in New York city and NV sister
moved in had rented the house from her
my understanding being that NV farniI,,
should move out on May l. but thar
could stay there until October if I SO de-
sired L had no residence in New Yorl.
CITY, ana did not vote, and could NOT vote
there ct the last election. Since October
1897, / have not had any domiciie or resi-
Gence in New York city, and have not and
90 not now own or lease any dwelling house
thefe whatsoever. Last June | rented the
mouse in which | am now residing with INV
FAMILY at 1910 \ street, Washington. d {;
In october last my family came on here
from oyster Bay, L. l., and since then /
have been and now am a resident of wash
irgton.
lSigneD THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
sworn 10 before me this 21st day of
March, 1898.
{Signed) EDWIN p HANNA
mi Notary Public.
This affidavit, it is said was made nv
Mr. Roosevelt in reference to a tax on
S5opt of personal property he was said TO
own in this city
Mr. Roosevelt, when he entered the serv-
ice OF the United States as colonel of the
Rough Riders, gave New York as his resi-
oence. He still insists that his holding
public office here and his absence with his
regiment does not invalidate his legal resi-
uence at oyster Bay. N Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF.
Record of Thomas 6. bradley Ms =,
Rough Rider.

Among the well-known Washington boys
who saw service with Roosevelt's Rough
Riders in Cuba was Mr.. Thomas @. Brad
ley. whose present home is at Potomac.
Montgomery county, just beyond the Dis
trict line Mr. Bradley has returned 10
Washington and is In the best of health
According 10 the stories of other Rough
Riders. Bradley distinguished himself bv
his courage and daring on a number of oc-
c@siOns. During the battle Of San Juan he
was assigned to duty with the dynamite
gun He was promoted to be sergeant and
was arterward recommended for a com
mission as lieutenant to succeed Lieut. Tiff
fanny. who died in Boston after his return
rom Cuba Sergeant Bradley would doubt
less have received his commission had not
the regiment gone out Of service SO soon
When the regiment was mustered out Col
Roosevelt called for Sergeant Bradley's dis
charge and wrote upon the paper the fol-
lowing unusual Endorsement:
One OF the very best men in my resi-
menti he embodied every soldlerly quality
vflor, hardfhood, energy. obedience and
With them all was emphatically In the
RYE sense Of the word. gentleman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24

Plans for the building which Colonel
Henry Strong intends to put UP at the
southwest corner of 18th and streets on
the site Of the structure which was de-
stroyed by fire Monday night, are being
prepared by Mr.. N. T. Halter, architect,
and it is expected that his work will be
80 far enough advanced that ii will be pos
sible to ask for bids some time next week
The new structure Is to be five stories I'm
height, and is to be of much the same de-
sign as that of the Wyatt building, at the
northwest corner of 18th and f streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Special Appropriation Necessary.

Controller Tracewell of the treasury has
decided that Public Printer Palmer cannot
expend 5000 for the putting down of new
sidewalks around the government printing
office. Mr.. Palmer wanted new sidewalks
on H street and North Capitol street. The
Commissioners proposed to pay half of the
cost-about $1,000. Mr.. Palmer desired to
know If he could pay his half out of the
appropriation made for him by Congress.
Controller Tracewell says he cannot, and
that special appropriation will have to
be secured for the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
YELLOW JACK AT JACKSON.
State Health Officer Advises Depopu
lati0n of the City.

JACKSON, Miss, September 24.-Another
case of yellow fever has appeared in Jack
son. The patient is a thirteen-year-old
messenger boy named Harry Wright. EN-
ployed by the Western Union company. He
lives fully a quarter of a mile from the
former seat of infection, and it is feared a
new foci has appeared.
DIR. Purnell, state health officer, has is
sued a proclamation advising a total de-
population of the town. Preparations are
now being made to send out a special train
load of refugees. The infected house is
surrounded by strong Gordon Of guards.
The case is Of mild type.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Files a Demurrer.

Mr.. S. T. Thomas, attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia, late this afternoon filed
demurrer In the case of VIM. 8. Detweiler-
against the District for the cancellation of
certain taxes. In the demurrer Ii is said
that the complainant has not stated in his
petition such case as entities him to any
relief in equity against the defendant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Charge of Assault and battery.

Edward c. Burgess, a white man about
forty-five years of age, was arrested this
afternoon by Officer Mari and taken to
police headquarters. 1t is said Burgess is
wanted in Anne Arundel county Maryland
on a charge of assault and battery He
was turned over to Sheriff Englehart and
will be taken to Maryland this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Alleged WfIfuI Abandonment.

Mrs. Ellen K. Temple was this afternoon
granted an absolute divorce by Justice Cox
from George A. Temple Mrs. Temple
brought suit against her husband March .
last, charging him with willful abandon
ment and desertion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs G. Co, bankers
and brokers, 1921 St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs La
denburg, Thalmann & Co, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
BoNA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to Is a bona fde 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-
users. by sending out thousands OF
papers to newsstands, which are re-
turnable, 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-
tons don't give them.
The family circulation Of The Star
is many thousands in excess Of any
other Washington paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Statehood.

Since the passage of the Curtis bill
changing to some extent the status of the
five civilized tribes and apparently post
poning the question of statehood therein
for several years, the sentiment in Okla
homa- is somewhat stronger for immediate
statehood than when / made my last re-
port. All political parties have this year
declared in favor of statehood upon such
terms and with such boundaries as may
seem best to Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
Circulation of The "Evening STAR"

Circulation of The "Evening STAR"
SATURDAY, September II, 1885,. $40
MONDAY. September 49, 1898. .2S 900
TUESDAY, September 20, 1898. .2s,417
WEDNESDAY, September 81, 1898. ......... rs, 223
THURSDAY, September %, lsss.,........ 2s.1s3
FRIDAY, September %, 1898 as, O65
iotal.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,S1S
Daily average a9, 1856
l solemnly swear that the above statement rep
resehts only the number of copies of THE EVEN
ING STAR circulated during the six secular days
ending Friday September %, lsss-thst is the mum.
Der of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish
ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona
fde purchasers subscribers, and that none of
the copies so counted are returnable to or remain
In the ONCE unseld
j. F. NEWBOLD,
Superintendent Of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
twenty-fourth day of September, AID. 1895.
GRENyILLE A. whitaker,
Notary Public, d. c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
THE EARLY SHAD.

Formerly We waited for the blue
birds to mark the time of the coming
of the shad, but that is 10 longer the
case, says the Baltimore american.
In these recent years Of open winters
all the old signs, symbols and stand
ards have gone, and we simply take
things as they come. For instance,
here is January almost gone. and hard
ly any winter to speak of The old
citizen is telling rs about how the
trains crossed the Susquehanna on ice,
how sleigh was driven across the
Chesapeake. and how Baltimore's har-
Dor was frozen many feet thick and u.
commerce at standStill.
But now the vegetation has not all
been killed. aud in some Of the coun-
ties there are flowers in the open yards.
OF course. the shad knows the season.
and it, probably accepts the warm
weather as its cue to 90 north. 1t is
not very far north yet, but it has reach
cd Virginia, and a few have probably
found their way UP the Chesapeake to
Maryland. They are welcome. The
Chesapeake shad is the acme Of cX-
cellence, and the summum bonum of
piscatorial good. 1t digests itself, re-
news all the energies and makes life
brighter. May the tribe never grow
less, and may the prices be reasonable
even at this early date.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

MARYLAND LEGISLATURE

Both houses Of the General Assembly
of Maryland were in session Monday. In
joint convention one vote was taken for a
United States Senator, resulting as fol-
lows: McComaS, 10; Shaw, L.; tindlay,
|: German, Il. Necessary to choice,
-. General Shrvock is out of the fight.
In the joint convention Messrs. Writ and
Wilkinson, democrats, made speeches in
Nllaininy their votes. which were regard
ed as efforts to nerve the Shaw men to
keep together.
The Governor sent Il message to each
house, asking the General Assembly to
take such action as would aid in the cs-
Enlistment of Il drydock at Round Bay,
near Annapolis by the federal govern
mcnt In both houses a bill was intro
duced to change the name of the Shep-
parG Asylum, of Baltimore county, so as
to secure to the institution the bequest of
the late Enoch Pratt, AMI it was referred
to the Judiciary committee
OF the siXty-Seyen republican members
of the General Assembly, tifty-threc at
tended a caucus that nominated Judge
Louis +. McComas for United States Sena-
tor. Ten of the Baltimore city delegation
who have supported Major Shaw were
absent.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Baltimore county, con-
templates introducing a bill in the House
of Delegates TO reduce the terms Of the
commissioners of his country from six
years to two years.
Senator Emory, of Baltimore county,
will introduce bill in the General Assem-
bly, providing for the surrender of the
property and plant of the Chesapeake
Light and Water Company of Baltimore
County to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore in case of the extension of
the city limits to embrace the area now
supplied with light and water by the COM
Iany.
Both houses of the General Assembly of
Maryland, after Il seven days contest and
taking ten votes, on Tuesday elected Judge
Louis f. McComas United States Senator
expires March 4th, 1899. McComas re-
ceivcd 63 votes, Alexander Shaw / and
German Il. In the convention President
Randall made a speech attacking Mr. Cor
man, which the republicans generally con-
sidercd unnecessary.
In the Senate on Tuesday bills were in
troduccd: BY Mr.. Williams, to create 4 de-
paltment of roads and highways, for the
purpose of furthcring the Improvement of
county roads. BY Mr. Randall, to provide
and enlarge buildings of st. Johns Col
lege, Annapolis, and to provide for addi-
tional scholarships The bill to change
the name of the Sheppard Asylum to the
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital passed
its second reading and was ordered en-
crossed
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
APPLEG-JACk BRANDY.

A letter to the Sun from Annapolis says:
Senator Jackson's bill permitting manu-
facturers of peach brandy and apple jack
in Wicomico county to sell their product
in quantities not less than a quart, has
given the ladies of the temperance cause
a good deal of concern. Several protests
from them against its passage have been
received. These manufacturers must of
course pay the regular internal revenue
tax, but under the laws of Maryland they
cannot sell without in effect taking out
wholesale or retail liquor license and 60
ing regularly into the business. Senator
Jackson says that the quantities manu-
featured in Wicomico have always been
unimportant. Some little apple-jack has
been made in the county always, and now
and then when the peach market is glutted
the only way the fruit of the Wicomico
orchards can be utilized is by making it
into brandy This it is the object of the
bill to permit The Senator thinks the
Importance ofthe bill has beenexaggerate ed
1t does not permit the liquor to be drunk
on the premises. The Senator thinks the
bill ought to pass.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
RANDALL HAGNER KILLED.

Mr.. Randall Hagner, forty-seven years
old, nephew of Judge Hagner, of the
District bench, was accidentally killed
about p. NJ, Sunday at his home 1,21 De-
sales street, Washington by the discharge
of a shotgun. The accident was Il pccu-
liar one in that while every one connect
ed with the case says Mr. Hagner shot
himself, the shot lodged in the back of the
head.
Mr.. Hagner has just returned from Il
walk with his son, who is fourteen years
old. The latter bad recently lost a dog
of which he was very fond, and as solGce
Mr.. Hagner promised him fine shotgun
He went to his room, prepared the
weapon and brought it to his son. Some
time was spent in explaining the mech
anism of the gun. when it suddenly ex-
plodcd
Two stories are told as to how the cX-
plos:on took place. The story related by
the family and adopted by the coroner as
the official statement is that the son had
left the room, and that in pulling the gun
toward himself Mr.. Hagncr caught the
hammer on the bedpnst and received the
contents of the gun in the head
Mr.. Hagner was Il member of tie
PatuNent Gun and Rod Club, and was
well known in this county.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
BIG OFFERS TO LETTER,

Joseph Letter says he will not take any
thing less than 81 for his eleven million
bushels of wheat now in store at Chicago:
on the contrary, he expects to get 1925
bushel for it, and, judging from the way
the market acted Monday, it looks as if
higher prices will soon be the rule
What encourages Mr. Letter particular
ly is that foreigners are after his wheat at
an advance of cents over the price he
paid for it. His II 100000 bushels aver
aged him Sc cents in price, and he has been
offered 90 cents for the whole quantity
which would give him profit on his hold
ings of about 100000. AS Mr. Letter has
had many Incidental expenses connected
with his deal, the other 100000 would
only reimburse him for what he has pail
out.
The man who offered Mr.. Leiter92 cents
for his wheat is NJ. Rappaport, agent for
the well-known Paris house of Dreyfus 4
Co., who is now in Chicago. The offer
was made il few days ago and was declined.
The fact that NJ. Rappaport is a son-in law
of Baron Rothschild is believed by some
to be significant.
While Drcyfus 4 Co. are able to under
take a deal of this magnitude on their own
account. it is not unlikely that the Roths-
childs are backing it, and that an uncX
amplCd corner in wheat is in contemplA-
ton. Mr.. Letter sal that if the wheat
was worth % cents to the Frehchmen it
was worth much more than that to him,
while the fer confirmed him in the belief
that wheat is the most valuable commodity
in the world at the present time.
Il am not il wheat and do not profess
to know anything about my sons wheat
deal" said l.. L. Letter, father of Joseph
Letter. Il know, however, that he has
been offered far more than six cents profit,
said to have been offered him by Drevfus'
agent He has told me Of having been Of
ferci an advance of Ell ght cents over the
market price ! should say wait We
know pretty well what We have t. expect
| have not known Of such Il condition of
things since twenty ycarS ago, when wheat
went to 81 30 There are several prospec-
tive buyers laboring with my son now
What he will do do not know
Mr. Isaac b. Cushwa, il prominent citi |
zea of Hagerstownwn, is dead. !