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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Senate Committee Increases the Hous,
Measure $143,0O0.

The Senate committee on appropriations
reported the Indian appropriation bill to-
day. The increase made is s143, 900 over the
House bill. A proviso is made in relation
to detailing army officers for Indian agents
only at such agencies as in the opinion of
the President may require the presence of
an officer. The number of Indian inspect
ors is increased from five to eight. and one
must be competent in the location, con-
struction and maintenance Of irrigation
works. The Dawes commission is increas-
ed from three to four. and provision is
made for the commission to make up the
rolls of the five civilized tribes, and it is
declared that when the rolls are made up
and approved by the Secretary of the In
terror they shall be final.
The time fixed for opening the Uncom-
pahgre lands in Utah is extended six
months. The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to contract for a water supply
for the southern Ute reservation in Colo
RADIO. Representation of the Indian tribes
at the trans Mississippi international expo
sition at Omaha in 1898 is authorized. The
legislation of the House bill regarding the
Pottowattomies and Kickapoos in Kansas
is stricken out.
The increase of appropriations are in
small amounts, and are for schools, sur
veys and miscellaneous matters at differ
ent agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09

road or line. to submit to the Commission
ers of the District of Columbia a plan. in
duplicate, of the system proposed to be
used for every Fart of its lines.
One copy of this plan, with such modif,-
cations as the Commissioners may deem
proper, shall be returned to the railway
company, which shall within three months
after the approval of the plan by the Com
mlssioners OF the District of Columbia fully
carry out its requirements. Any failure to
submit such plan or carry II into execu-
tlon shall render the offending railway
company subject to a fine of $25 day for
each day of Noncompliance with any of
the requirements of this act TO be recov-
cred In the Police Court of the District of
Columbia as other fines are recovered, and
failure to pay such fine within sixty days
shall act a forfeiture of its charter and
all rights and privileges Hereunder.
Thorough Insulation.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted that
after the passage of this act it shall be I'M
lawful for any person, company or cor
poration in the District of Columbia to
furnish current for electric light. heat or
power on circuit system any portion
of which is grounded connected to any
grounded construction or which is not thor
oughly insulated from the ground. 1t shall
be unlawful for any person, company or
corporation in the District Of Columbia TO
use any dynamo. generator. motor or
transforming device. or any lighting or
neatlnS apparatus Tor Inc production OF
utilization of electric current, any pole or
terminal of which is grounded connect
ed to the earth or any grounded construc-
ton.
Each and every person, company OF cor
poration employing any such grounded
system shall submit to the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia within thirty
days after the Passage of this act a plan
in duplicate. showing the changes pro-
posed to he made in its system. One copy
of this plan, with such notifications
the Commissioners may deem proper, shall
be returned to the party, company or
corporation submitting the same. which
shall within sixty days thereafter begin
to carry out its requirements, and shall
complete such changes within six months
from the date of the approval thereof by
the Commissioners. Any failure to submit
such plan or to carry II into execution
shall render the offending person, COM
pany corporation subject to fine OF
twenty-five dollars a day, for each day OF
noncompliance with any of the terms Of
this act to be recovered in the Police
Court of the District of Columbia, as
other fines are recovered, and a failure to
pay such fine within sixty days shall act
as q forfeiture of it's charter and all rights
and privileges Hereunder, or any permits,
licenses or privileges that may be enjoyed
under existing law.
Section 3. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION.
An Investi9atfOn TO Be Made by th
House Committee

house Somm1ttee.
The House District committee today
adopted the following resolution:
That a special committee of three be ap-
pointed by the chairman, with full power
to investigate the offices Of the assessor
and the collector of taxes for the purpose
of determining the system of assessments,
valuations, taxes paid and compiling tho
tax laws governing the District of Colum-
bia, and such special committee is hereby
directed to report its findings to this COM
mitteo for such action as may be deemed
wise in the premises"
The resolution was adopted after a spirit.
ed discussion and by a majority of one vote.
The chairman thereupon appointed Mr..
Odell Of New York. Mr.. White of Illinois
and Mr.. Cowherd of Missouri as the special
committee.
Mr.. Odell, who was the author of the res.
olution, said to a Star reporter this after.
roon:
1T is my purpose to have the tax asses.
scr and the collector bring their books be-
fore the special committee that We may
learn all there is in reference to the pres
ept system of assessment and taxation in
the District
I'VE will ascertain, IL possible whether
there is anything in the claims SO persist
emily put forward that assessment and
taxation in this District is not equitable.
II have received letters from a good
many people claiming that the prevailing
system of taxation in the District does not
apply with equal fairness to all classes. I
want to III out IL this is true. Further
more, the committee v I'll consider whether
ii is wise to change the law SO as to mako
it more binding and less liable to miscon-
struction on the part OF the officials who
administer it. The committee will probably
will continue Until the subject is thoroughly
Investigated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09


In a letter which he wrote to Horace
Mann, more than a hundred and twenty
years ago, Horace Walpole declared that
he believed that England will be con-
euered some day in New England or Ben
GAL and on another occasion he wrote to
the Countess Of Ossory that there ara
many able Englishrnen left but they ham
pen 10 be on the other side of the Allan
uc-referring to the United States. The
hrst statement appears to have been al
most prophetic; the second had some trutb
II much exaggeration. If We take New
england as typical not only of the eastern
states, but of the middle and southorn
states as well, Walpole's prediction is with.
in measurable distance of fulfillm ant. at
any rate. British supremacy is being cbal.
lenged- l dc not thereby imply that the
British are to be vanquished. because thew
are scarcely made that way. BY and by.
no doubt, it will resolve itself into a tug al
war TO which Wellington's remark at Wat
erioo Will probably apply: Hard pounding,
this, gentlemen; let's see who win pound
the longest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
G H ZAP TELEP HOMES
Action Taken by the District Pharmaceuti
cal Association.
Amendment for Lower Rates APP
prOved-Rcsult of an Interview
With Mr.. Bryan.

AT a recent meeting Of the District of Co
lumbia Pharmaceutical Association. which
is composed of those engaged in the drug
business in this city, the legislative COM
mittee was authorized to urge upon the
Senate District appropriation committee
the adoption of the amendment put in the
bill by the House fixing the rental of tele-
phones in this District at $50 per year.
The position of the druggists is simply
this, that next March or April when the
contracts for the telephone services are to
be renewed they have been notified by
Mr.. Bryan, the president of the COM
peny, that the old contract would not be
renewed.
Under the terms of that contract the
druggists are allowed to the phones
free of charge for calls of physicians. hos
pitfalls, druggists and the fire and police de-
partment. But next year they are in
formed that under the new contract they
must guarantee SO per month as a revenue
to the company from the slot machines
or that 1t will not be put in. and the only
calls allowed free of charge will be what
is known as hospital emergency calls.
Interview With MIR. Bryan.
In addition to this they can have the
privilege of taking what is known the
measured service, and when the calls arc
as many as 1900 during the year then the
rate will be ) cents, but as that amount of
business is done by very few of the drug
gists it will not be possible for many to
have the use of the telephone at such a
rate.
A committee representing the association
has been to see Mr.. Bryan, but find that
they are unable to obtain any more favor
able rates than these indicated above, and
for this reason it has been decided to ask
Congress to enact the proposed legisla don.
Representative men of the association. in
talking about this matter, say that they
need the telephone in their business just as
they do city directory more for the
commodatior of the public than for their
own use. They say that If they have a
message to deliver that they have porters
employed and they also have wagons and
other facilities for rapid communication.
They say, however, that the public expects
to find such conveniences in the drug
stores as telephones and directories, and
fer this reason they feel obliged to furnish
tfem.
Public Accommodation.
One prominent member of the associa-
ton, in talking with a Star reporter to-
day, said he, for one, and he knew of others
of the same mind, We're perfectly willing to
ray $50 year for the purpose of having
telephone in their places of business for the
use of their customers and public gener-
ally, nut that they could not afford to pay
excessive rates. The refusal on the part
of the company, he said, to permit tele-
phones in drug stores to be used by the
public unless a charge is made for the priv
i,ege made it necessary for some action TO
be taken.
1t is stated that at the meeting of the
association in March the members will
phone company unless the rates are re-
duced,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
Leased for DIR. Bucks Dauph,.r.

In recognition of the long and yaluab Ie
services OF the late Rev. Dr. Buck. rector
of Rock Creek parish, the vestry of that
parish has formally executed a lease of
the rectory and two acres of ground in
Rock Creek cemetery for the use of Miss
Sarah A. and Miss Olivia Buck. his sur-
wing daughters, for the term of their
natural nVes The rental is, of course.
merely nominal, and the action ~ ,ha
vestry was taken because it was thought
IL would be lifting tribute to the life
ana services of the late rector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
To Contract for Armor Plate.

Senator Hale today gave notice of an
amendment to be proposed by him to the
naval appropriation bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to contract for ar
NOR plate for the three battle ships Ala
bama Illinois and Wisconsin at the rate
of 500 per ton. The amendment is the
line authorized yesterday by the committee
On naval affairs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09

Mrs. James o. West of New York, while
visiting in st. Louis suffered the loss of
81 600 worth of diamonds and jewelry,
which was taken by sneak thieves while
the family and their guest were at dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09

The following fourth-class Virginia post%
masters have been appointed: Alton. Chas.
T. Arlington; Edmunt's Store. Wilbur T.
Gilmore: Fairview, Isaac r. Jennings: Lent,
Mrs. Ida l. Henshaw; Sayersville, J. W.
Witten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
Conditions Vary.

arc lamps maintained by the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company are burning, and con-
siderable current is beirg sent through
their cables in AZ street, that the conditions
in the pipe line are materially changed, a
great amount of current being present. The
receiving tank at the corner of LIST and l.
streets southwes st is 20 feet in diameter and
12 feet high. The tanks present large
surface area in contact with the ground,
and, being connected by a pipe line, the
Joints OF which are screw joints, and there
fore well connected electrically form an
easy path for any current seeking a return
through other paths than those provided
for it. The larger amount of current at
New Hampshire and Virginia avenues and
It's flow in westerly direction toward the
station of the Potomac Electric Power
Company terd to show that the current
found in the pipe line was generated there.
Other evidence of electrolytic action has
recently been brought to light by the de-
struction Of the lead-Covered cables OF the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany at 22d and G streets northwest. That
portion of the conduit system of this COM
pany west Of 18th street is shown on the
ACCOMMODATING map in solid green lines, the
G street portion having recently been put
in. At 10Th and X streets. where one set
of cables ends. the company have bonded
the lead covers to the tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, to which the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company have also
connected the negative pole of their gen.
orators. The telephone cable recently
drawn into the G street conduit to the cor
ner of 22d street has been badly eaten up
and to protect it the company has just run
heavy copper wire from the latter cor
ner to 10Th and K streets, and have con-
nected 1t to the lead cables and the Balti-
more and Ohio tracks. l have not seen the
results of the tests made at 22d and G
streets by Mr.. Crandall, electrician for the
telephone company, but they will undoubt-
eddy be furnished to the Commissioners, II
asked for. 1t would be well. think. to
have them on record, since this depart
ment has not yet had an opportunity TO
make any at that point.
The Proposed Bill.
The bill transmitted by the Commission
ers is as follows:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That
each and every street railway company in
| the District of Columbia using the single
overhead trolley system for the propul-
| sion of it's cars or using any other cleo
trical system, employing an uninsulated
| q grounded, or a rail return or feeding
| circuit for the current. shall equip it's lines
| with the double trolley system, or other
! equally good insulated metallic-eircuit
| system, subject to the approval of tine
| Commissioners of the District of Column
| bia 1t shall be the duty of each and every
| such railway company within sixty days
| after the passage Of this act, or before
| beginning the reconstruction of its lines.
or the construction Of any new branch or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
NeckWear.

You may have the choice
of every SI.5o, SIPS, ST and
70c. Fancy Silk Scarf in the
house-Teck, Four-in-Hand,
Puff, Imperial, Band Bow,
Club Tie, Ascot-no matter
what the shape or the pattern,
and we can tell you they're all
handsome effects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09

State Senator James E. Hayes of Charles
town. Mass. died at BostoL hospital $
terday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09

Court OF Appeals-Present, the Chief JUS
lce, Mr.. Justice Morris and Mr.. Justice
ri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
AMERICAN EXPORTS TO AFRICA.
RAPID GROWTH OF TRADE SHOWN BY
TREASURY STATISTICS.

Washington. Dec. (SpecaD..-The rapid eN-
pansion Of American export trade IL illustrated
by some figures just prepared by the Treasury
Bureau OF Statistics showing the gains In exports
TO Africa The fact that the manufactures AMI
products Of the United States arc finding an IN
creased market III that part Of the world Is just
now the subject o. "A good deal Of attention IN
Eurouean countries which have hitherto supplict
most Of the articlea imported into Africa. a re-
cent issue Of prominent European trade publ
cation declares that British exports to South
Nfrcn IA the nine months ending with September
20 1895 show q decrease in value or f123@'. or
i2is per cent as compared with the correspondn g
nine months OF the prcceii0g year. The figures o;
tho Treasury Bureau ~ Statistics show thar IN th@
same period American exports 10 Africa have IN
creased 1917 per cent.
The recent developmer; Of trade with Africa has
noon RI mid In the fiscal year 1924 the total exports
from the United States to Africa were less than
$4,000 In value. while in 1875 they were oyer
N7f00O0o The following table shows the exports to
and imports from Africa in the ten months Of each
calendar year since 1874.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
DANGERS or rNFHTERED WATER.

From The international Medical Magazine
II some fierce bar5aric horde. like the Goths and
every year upon the civilized reeions OF North
America killing our people by tens Of thousands
lack o. adequate defences. which would cost a
few beggary millions Of dollars what howl Of
platform. and even the pulpit. would ring
with dcnuncaions of the summary @patnetc
sacrifice, Yet would such needless loss In
battle he any more dePloraole or any more Grim.
annually OF the same number Of people by the
many diseases which we now Know 10, 10 De pre-
that ttyphod alone in the year 1876 caused upward
Of 800 deaths in thirty-hie American and Cana
dian cities, saying nothing Of he deaths from
places For every fatal there az least
four that recovered. which would make 2oo10 con-
demncd to a long and trying illness, with persist
ing III health in many Of them. and there must. IN
fact. have been considerably larger proportion or
recover!cs under our imHVVed modern methods Of
treatment
But ne strkinsT9ne might I,: even cay startling
death rate from typhoid fever. Instead Of ranging
from thirty-two to siSty,tqn IN zach icoeS ~
population. as 1t did IN Ph:ladelphia from 1880 TO
1926, or from thirty-one to leo ~ each 1000 az In
could b. governed on business principles. with the
hsR Of 3a the 9s to ss se ond in the effects Of thor
ough system Of SAND nliraton 81 puhlle water sup
in Berlin the mortality from typhoid has, by such
filtration been SO reduced that in Zach ca o. me
0.
only l. IN every 10000 OF the population. In Am
s,crdam the rate 10 In 1890. and came down
to 3 In 1896 In Hamburg the proportion was %
I'm the lcD 90 IN 1890 hut epidemic 81 cholera
compelled the Institution OF radical measures for
the purlhcatiOn Of the polluted Ehe water (Which.
however the typhoid death rate shows. was
not hslf as mhy as The SenGylsl Rver water fnr,
typhoid rate in 1S@ had fallen 10 6 In the 10000.
f,ut lest the thrifty PoVerning bodies II those
American cities whose inhabitants st!ll obliged
drink diluted sewage should use these figures
In support II he adoption OF some OF the
various mechanical filters which are being active
~ exploited In this country. IL Is proper To add
few more statistics In Atlanta Ca the typhoid
death rate was l5i In 1890 and In spite Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04

All classc. % manufactures and products appear
70 be- gaining 4 foo,hod for themselves in this
market IN the nine rlonths ending September 20,
icae 1870 bushels Of American corn were sent
:, Afric araiIst go 923 bushels ia the correspond
iue months Of the preceding year. and 3foS5i7
bushels OF wheat against i..6aIii bushels IA the
vine month. 81 1874 Ct earned beef tne exports 20
africa in thc nine months OF ne present year "rFr
w., tSl pounds. against 1.st1.2D iouhus IN the
,',rn-nodiug months If 1871. OF lard the exports
In ths nine months OF 1875 were l15.'liO pounds.
AGAINST / 49,. 80 pounds III niHc mon ms OF 1871
;.rd SIS pounds In nine months OF lNiG Even
American butter has found market IN that part
# The world the exports Of Outtet III the nine
months OF 1895 being lt.6ii pounds. AGAINST 1870
uo..ds IN the corr espOnding months OF last year
and =; $40 pounds I'm the corresponding months Of
ISs, Americar tobacco also goes 70 Africa. the
expurts Of the nine months OF 1898 being l519,I3
pounds OF lcat tOphccp ana manufactured '"Dtccp.
worth So. :,i.
American manufactures seem 10 be in demand In
Africa The exports Of furniture in the nine months
the present year amount 10 s-s 41. against Sl'.
125 In the cores poncing months Of 1896 Exports ~
boots and shoes were s6SD In nine months Of this
year. against $S3. iJo IN nine mont n OF 1891 I'm thu
;c90oe. those Of builders hardware to sf2.l3l;
cotton cloths. 1880 yards agri 'uliurai nipple
ments. SN,@3 steel rails show large Increase IN
months Of 1895 against hiss in the corresponding
months 81 ls97 Even the more delicately adjusted
instruments and manufactures find a market In that
watches amounting in the nine months 81 1885 10
$500 sewing machines to s7s47: instruments and
apparatus for scientific purposes. including tele
e0i against sl65i7 In the corresponding months Of
last year and bicycles $l3iil agains slG7l 1877 In
the corresponding months Of 1851 and i2DsA in the
The growth OF exports TO this comparatively new
field IS illustrated by contrasting the returns FOR
the eighth year ~ the las, 'our decades the hgures
standing: 1865 81 0l5s-; lss sil9i 3j2. ,sss Cl2s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04

Charleston. W. Va. Dec (Specan The Score
tary OF state here has issued charters to the fol-
lowing New-York companies:
Union Varnish and Chemical Company. Of New
York CITY. for the purpose OF manufacturing var
nish. lacquer. paints. oils and chemicals CAPITAL
subscribed N" with the privilege OF Increasing
the to $3.50 d0. The shares 800 each and
are held by George IIozenboly. Homer A. Holt w
i. Lown, John S. Eldridge and X. Van Il. slll, all
Of New-York city
Keystone Commission Company. OF Charleston
". Va. for the purpose OF purchasing or selling
goods. wares. securities or merchandise on com
mission or otherwise. Capital subscribed, $3.50 with
the privilege Of increasing the same to $4,000. The
shares sz5 each. and held by Charles ID
WoolNorth William T. Mitchell Walter r.
Butcher. Ernest H. Ball and Lemue q. Blgelow
all OF NewYork City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
4 FITTING SENTIMENT.
From The Washington Star.

From The washington star
1T IL a fraud e.. laimcd one Of the men who
had stopped 10 read their papers In the warm
though unpretentious lit place which both
as railway waiting room and postofiice. The whole
business : A downright swiniie."
"Of course II is. answered his neighhor who
was busly engaged In prOnouncing under his
breath all the words I'm an article on successful
fertizlng.
Its an outrage on oonhding public. and
backset 10 CIVILIZATION
That's what 1t U.s." was the somewhat grudging
response.
The indignant old gentleman became excited
that he had TO out and walk up and down the
platform. AS his friend Glanced up from mis- paper
to watch him depart he caught the eye OF trav-
cling man who pending train time. had nothing
do but observe people.
Excuse me for asking questions about things
that are none Of my AFFAIR" said the travelling
man. but are you mind rtader"'
Not that know d"
You knew what your friend was talking about
without hts telling you
We'll. not precisely"
But you answered him as II you knew"
Yes | wasn't takin any risk in that. | knowei
he was maxim illusions to either a lection or
prize-hght. An whichever IL Was them was my
sentiments"