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The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
CITY BRENITIES.

Hiss Mamie Burroughs will read
|ire the Congressional Lyceum to-
Erow. Her paper will be the Negro
not a factor in the American body
| |aiac
A bar association among the colored
EU,rs will be organized next week
4 NessrS. f. NJ. Hewlett. T L. Jones
|un W Frisby, ]. ]. Johnson, w. c.
|atn W. Calvin Chase and others.
Preparations are being made to re.
hive the Stk calvary that will be here
|sI week.
paper with a heading called daily
|SSsued last week. Only one edl,
|1 has been published thus far.
C. c. Curtis of the Personal
|btry League will give his third an
|EI dinner soon.
KTon Republican Clubs are being
|ynlzed in this city.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

|aes of Ohio, City of ] oledo, !
Lucas County. 'N
Frank !. Cheney makes oath that
/ is the senior partner of the firm OF
Cheney & Co., doing business
the City Of Toledo, County and
late aforesaid, and that SAID firm will
BY the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
lRS for each and every case of Ca
lnh that cannot be cured by the use
Hall Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mesand subscribed
J my presence, this 9th day December,
I'D. 1856.
- A. w. GLASON,
PAL. Notary Public.
l~~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken =
p! and acts directly on the bio G
enmcouS surfaces of -,
|khdior testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o,
\ Sold by Druggist, 75c.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
A Travelling Cat,

A large tom cat for 13 years made
VOYAGES on mail steamer between
Sydney and San Francisco. The ami
NAL has died. and was buried at sea.
having almost completed 100000
miles of travel.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
Cnlnrs i'm Oil Tar

Chemists have extracted from coal
tar is shades of blue, Is of yellow, II
,f orange, of violet, besides shades
Of other colors too numerous to men
tion
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

James Jeffries, the fighter, the spe-
cial feature of the knickerbrockers,
which will also present "An Affair
of Honor, an Kernan's next week.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
R. J. MARSHALL,
REAL ESTATE & LOAN BRoKER,
5o8 nth Street, N. w.

FOR SALE-Near New York avenue
and North Capital street, new, buff
brick residence, 6 rooms, cellar and
bath, newly papered and decorated;
has all modern improvements and
conveniences: mirror mantels, speak
ing tubes, electric bells, etc.
This property is nicely located in an
improving section of the city. The
new electric cars will pass within a
half block. This property, 5000, on
monthly payments about the same as
rent.
FOR SALE-In the northwest, very
desirably located, dwelling and store
together, brick, large store room,
dining room and kitchen on the first
floor, a bedrooms and bath on second
floor, all modern improvements. Shell
wing and counters complete. Price,
IS. 800, OIL very easy terms. This is an
investment worthy of immediate atten'
ton.
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04

Many other we'll located properties
in different sections of the city for
sale on easy terms. Stop paying rent
and own your own home.s
The Washington bee., 1899-03-04
Established 1860
6YSBURNSTIHE LOAN OFFICE,
3S1 PENN. Ave. n,w

3S1 Penn. Ave. -, w.
Gold and silver watches, diamonds
jewelry, pistols, guns, mechanical
tools, ladies and gentlemen's wearing
apperal.
Old gold and silver bought
Unredeemed pledges for sale.
The evening times., 1899-04-29
TO SERVE AS JURORS.

Citizens Named to Serve In the Su-
preme Court Branches.
The following persons have been sum-
moned by the United States Marshal for
the District to serve as jurors in the dif-
ferent branches of the Supreme Court OF
the District during the month OF May:
Circuit Court. No. Henry J. Good
man, Samuel Stewart, Daniel Mullins.
George E. Gilliland. John H. Gates. George
Kreithley. Cyrus Mauts. R. H. W. heed'
Henry C. Shuster, James c. Hardness.
John Fister, Herbert Wilson, John M.
Waters, George o. Burns. Edward n.
Tompkins, Joseph. Armand. Louis p. Dar-
rell. Adolph G. Lutz. Sigmund Mayer.
Francis Hahn, Samuel H. Moore. Basil
Frazier, Charles H. Denham. Richard
Gasch. William T. Blockwell. and William
r. Simpson.
Circuit Court No. Frank L. Harvey,
William T. Harris, A. NJ Daniels. AbTa-
ham Greenfield, william T. Gibson. Henry
Auth, Harner L. Wilkinson. John T. Gar
ner Harry Knott. Frederick Zeller. B. G.
Gates, Louis Peak. Edward H. Bailey.
Frederick H. Heine S. E. Redfern. Gus
tav Hartig. George M. Nally. Robert II.
Hunter, Lemuel Lusby, Samuel H. Middle
ton. Henry C. West. George F. Brown. A.
BuruOr1, j. FRANK F1iSs, SHaiiSo - ''A'e'
and Frank Campbell.
Criminal Court No. William H. NJ.
Pearson, W. H. II. Gould, John s. Abel.
H. e. Riley, John F. Donahoe. James l..
Kennard, E. w. Yount. Charles ii. Soran,
Edwin Burke. Joseph H. Crawford. John
II. Ingraham, George W. Enrich, William
B. Tippett, E. Z. Phillips. Thomas j.
King. Emmett Hopes. R. C. Cooper. Fred
erick S. Smith. James Talbert. Charles H
Brown. Madden Butler. Cressen f. Finch
Frank H. Cozzens. Clarence E. Fries, 1sa-
ac Shoemaker. and Robert Keeling.
Criminal Court No. 2, William Poor.
Samuel Lindheimer, Charles ID. Collins, AL
bert l.. Sturtevant Charles Etzler. F. w.
Piiling. Peter Smaggula. James II. Wins
low. W. +. Bround. Edward II. Trundle.
George Shepard, William F. Givins. Ber-
nard HAZEL, Charles d. Lieberman. r. II.
Key. John H. Gheen. Joseph c. johnson,
Benjamin F. Schrider, Perry Cleveland.
Charles II. Weser. p. J. May. Robert X.
Birch. Michael J. Weller, Everett l.. Ellis.
William E. Clark and Abraham Herman.
The evening times., 1899-04-29
TO PAY THE CLAIMS
OF NAVAL VOLUNTEERS
Work of Auditor Morris Al
most Completed.
Nearly One Million Dollars to Be
Disbursed.
Contract Let for Supplying Paper
for Revenue stamps-COntribu-
tiOn to the Conscience Fund.

Frank Morris, the Auditor OF the Nary
Department. has finished the greater part
of the work of auditing and paying the
a year ago to serve during the war and
who by an act of Congress passed last
March are granted an additional two
months pay. If they saw sea service. and
one months pay II they did only shore
duty.
Since the passage Of the bill, Mr.. Nor
ris and has assistants have been rush ed
with work in adjusting the claims. Audi
tor Morris said today that he believed a l
claims will have been settled in about
two months.
The first estimate of the amount to be
paid out as a result OF these claims was
100000. but the number OF two month
meE has been found greater than was an
ticipated. SO that Mr.. Morris now thinks
that it will take fully $780, 900 to clear up
everything. The greater number OF claim
ants are twO-month men and there are
also a number Of officers who drew as
much as SIPS month, many Of whom will
receive $3.50 extra pay.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has Yet the contract for supplying paper
used in making internal revenue stamps.
The New York and Pennsylvania Com
pany, whose mills are located at Lock-
haven, was awarded the contract for the
fiscal year beginning July 1. The price TO
be paid is Az cents per pound, making the
approximate sum about 100000. The COM
pany has had the contract for supplying
the paper on which the stamps are printed
and also the internal revenue paper for
a number Of years. and has always done its
work in a manner highly satisfactory TO
the department. One bid a fraction OF a
cent lower than the one made by the New
York and Pennsylvania Company was sub
mitted by firm of paper manufacturers
in Maine. but as they were unknown TO
the Commissioner and the old company S
work had always been satisfactory. the can-
tract was not awarded TO the Maine bid
der
A check for $500 has been received at
the Treasury Department from an attor-
ney in New York, who was directed by
client to make it payable to the credit OF
the United States Government. The
amount was turned over to the conscience
fund"
The evening times., 1899-04-29
EsrERHAzY's MEAN ACTIONS.
Tells Of Disreputnble Work for the
Army StaN.

Paris. April 2e.-Today's Figaro" prints
a confirmation Of former Major Esterhazy' S
testimony before the court OF cessation. in
which the witness related how he did all
the dirty work OF the general staff. Ester
hazy complained bitterly of the way the
staff officials had abandoned him from the
moment NJ. Cavaignac was appointed min
lister of war in 1898. Cavaignac shortly
after assuming his Office. announced to the
Chamber that Esterhazy would be pun
ished for his offences. 1t was therefore
evident that N. Cavaignac had determined
beforehand that he should be dismissed
from the army.
Esterhazy alleges that the suit for
swindling Instituted against him by his
cousin. Christian Esterhazy. was instigated
by the general staff for revenge. because
Esterhazy had refused to relinquish cer-
tain documents which proved the COM
plicity Of the staff in his misdeeds.
The evening times., 1899-04-29
CHASING A BLAZING CAR.
Fire Engines Racing to ExtinEuish
the Flames.

New York, April 29.-Pedestrians. In Ca
stood amazed at the spectacle OF blazing
trolley car rushing through the street hot
ly pursued by the fire engines and two
trucks with bells changing and whistles
shrieking. Fire chiefs in wagons dashed
furiously along. Hundreds of volunteer
frefghters trailed in the rear.
For five blocks car and apparatus kept
at it. 1t did not end until Broadway was
reached Hose was attached and such a
stream hurled against it that it nearly up
set it.
The car that caused all the excitement
was No. 1857 OF the Eight Avenue line. II
was bowling along eastward in Canal
Street at 10 o'clock toward Broadway. 1t
came to a stop at West Broadway to allow
two women to alight. The conductor rang
the bell twice, a signal to go ahead, and
the motorman turned on the current.
But the car didn't move. Instead sheet
of flame shot out from under the front
platform. Policeman Cox, of the Leonard
Street station, saw the spectacle and
turned in an alarm.
A dozen men and women in the car
rushed into the street in panic. 1t
seemed as il they were escaping from n
furnace. In less than minute nve en-
gines were heard in the next block. IA the
same moment another trolley car came up.
The motorman of the second car bumped
into the car ahead and started of at high
rate of speed toward Broadway. The fire
engines and trucks clattered up to see the
blazing car rushing of.
Once the race was on the flames seemed
to grow wilder until they enyelOped the
forward part Of the car. Several hundred
persons started after them. A fire engine
got alongside of the burning car, but the
motorman of the second car had his spirit
aroused and he wouldn't stop. So they
kept it up till the cars came to the end Of
the line, where they brought up with a
sudden jolt.
The firemen did not relish the idea of
running after fire, but they put stream
on the flames that ended it all in minute
Those who had enjoyed the spectacle
laughed and cheered.
The fire was caused By a fuse burning
out and igniting the woodwork of the
front platform. The car was hauled back
to the car sheds. Fifty dollars will cover
the damage. In the excitement the motor
man and conductor got away without CIV
ing their names,
The evening times., 1899-04-29
NAPHTHA STREET LIGHTING.
Commissioner Beach, l.. s. NicOlai,
and w. &. Dodge in Conference.

Com issiOncr Beach, l.. 6. NicOlai,
and w. &. Dodge in Conference.
conference was held yesterday be-
tween District Engineer Commission
er Beach, Lawrence S. Nicolai. and his at
torney, W. C. Dodge, relative to certain
notifications in the proposals for naphtha
street lighting during the next fiscal
year. There are l.273 naphtha lamps in
the District. and the present contractors
are the Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight Com
pany of Philadelphia. which has been fur
nishing naphtha lighting for five years
In explaining the matter to Captain
Beach, Mr.. Dodge produced letters from
various manufacturing concerns, the tenor
Of their contents being that. owing to
trade conditions, the lamps could not be
furnished within several months His
object in reading these letters was to
show that it would be impossible for a
prospective bidder to submit a proposal
under the specifications requiring them to
furnish lanterns.
Another specification makes 1t possible
Tor the bidder to take the contract with
out furnishing any lamps. Mr.. Dodge
said that although this might be possible.
he thought it impossible to furnish lamps
before July l owing to the inability of
various concerns executing orders on ac-
count Of trade conditions He Thought
that no single bidder could comply with
the specifications. In reply to a query
Captain Beach said that he understood that
MIR. Nicolai was prospective bidder on the
work. and as such he thought he was not
emitted to any information not given other
bidders. For this reason he declined to
explain how the District would have the
work done
Mr. Dodge suggested the advisability of
the purchase of all existing lamps by the
District. He said that the District asked
prospective bidders TO deposit 81 900 and
give heavy bonds and that when the time
came. found that it was impossible to
install lamps in time. owing to the late
hour at which bids were advertised. We're
the lamps owned b. the District, he main
tanned that any responsible bidder could
always be ready to fulfil the contract.
Under this arrangement and with fair
competition, he maintained taxpayers of
the District might be saved from 81 900
to $1,000 No plan, stated Mr. Dodge,
would place the District so much at The
mercy OF the contractors as to allow those
contractors to own their own lamps, be-
cause the contractor who has been sue
cessful one year might always have an
advantage over new bidders, since he would
always have his lamps installed and would
not have to put up with the delay that
other contractors. who might do the work
cheaper. have to face.
Captain Beach would not discuss the
question of municipal ownership of naphtha
lamps. The failure of the District to uur-
chase its own naphtha lamps, he said. was
a mistake Of his predecessors and not one
OF his OWN. Mr.. Dodge stated that he
did not think the field was open for bid
ders. He thought that while prospective
bidder might desire to furnish lamps he
could not do SO within the short time limit.
Conditions. he said. were such that things
could not be otherwise. This condition was
The evening times., 1899-04-29
A Small Favor.
(From the Brooklyn Times. }

From the Brooklyn Tines-)
number of newspaper men were ex-
changing "reminiscences few days ago in
a Court Street inn. One of them, by the
way, was an ex-publisher: that is to say,
he once owned and edited a paper in the
upper section of the State. One of his SUBJ
scribers was William Makepeace Thack-
cray Wellington, whose neighbors called
him Uncle Bill'' to save time and labor.
lone day Uncle Bill walked into my Of
fice." said the former publisher. He
placed his whip in corner and removed
his hat. He asked if 1 was the editor.
pleaded guilty. Shake said he, 4 am glad
to know ye. When was young feller
used to do some writin' myself
Uncle Bill lapsed into silence and did
some solid thinking for several minutes.
Then he resumed the conversation. He said
he liked the appearance OF the Banner OF
Freedom mighty well and hoped it was not
only bringing me fame but money also.
Naturally my bosom swelled with pride
The old man said he had only few min
utes to spare and before leaving he wished
to ask favor. l supposed that he was
about to spring little poem which he had
dashed off all by himself. but that wasn't
the case Uncle Bill said: My son. want
to ask you a special favor. My eyes are
not as strong as they were and l would
like to have you print my copy Of the paper
in a type two or three sizes larger than
you use in the regular edition. Now mind
I don't want you to do this for nothing
know it will cost you a little extree. but
I'm willn' to pay for it. Here's the money
and if that isn't enough let me know when
my subscription is due again and I'll pay
what's owin'.'
''The old man dove his right hand into
his pocket. fished out a silver half dollar
and planked it on my table. saying:
There's the money; if that isn't enough to
cover the extree expense. let me know
when I call in next spring and I'll make
II good I'm willin' to pay for any little
fayors.' Before / could explain the i'm
possibility Of his scheme he jumped into
his buggy and started OF for Deep Hollow"
The evening times., 1899-04-29
TO SELL POWER AND PAPER.
New Corporation Granted n Charter
in Maryland.

Belair, Nd. April 29.-Articles Of incor-
poration have, been granted to the Susque-
hanna Power and Paper Company. OF
Hartford county. and were Thursday filed
for record in the circuit court here. The
incorporators are Lemuel H. Woddrop. OF
Philadelphia: c. William Woddrop and B.
Harvey Welch. Of Hughesville, Pa; Sah-
uel Mason and Henry W. Stokes. of Phil
adelphia: William H. Savery. of Whining
ton, Del; Hanson H. Haines. of Cecil
county, Md; Frank II. Jacobs, John
Holt, Philip H. Close. Noble L. Mitchell,
Henry A. Whitaker. and Fred r. Williams,
of Hartford county, Md.
The objects Of the incorporators are to
manufacture pulp and paper, to sell water.
steam or electric power, etc. The princi-
pal Office Of the company will be located
in Hartford county. The capital stock is
$2i0,
The new company has purchased the
property, rights and franchises Of the Sus-
quenanna Water Power and Paper Com
pany, which were recently sold at attor-
ney's sale. and will succeed to the busi-
ness of the old corporation.
The evening times., 1899-04-29
GREAT BRITAM's NAVY.
Next Years's Expenditure to AmOuI
to &132,D72,OOO

Next Years's Expenditure to Amount
to H132.972, 900.
According to advices received here, the
British naval estimates for the next fiscal
year provide for total expenditure Of
s132 ,372, 900, an increase Of 100000 900 over
the previous year. almost equally divided
between personnel and material. There
are. according to the latest advices receiv-
ed here, III, GAO officers, seamen, engineers,
coast guards, and royal marines now part
of the service, or an increase during the
year of 1880.
The following ships have been or will
be completed this year and are expected
to be commissioned and in service before
the close of twelve months: Dreadnought,
Forte, Brisk, Cossack. Tartar. Superb. Ed
inburgh. Pylades. Buzzard. Dolphin, CO.
mus, Crescent. Orlando, st. George Sy-
billie. Bellona, Marathon. Seagull, Colling-
wood, Cambrian, Blonde. Calypso, Sala-
mander. She!drake. Aeolus. Charybdid,
Retribution, Spartan, Rainbow, and Philo-
mel. The following are well advanced and
will be completed in eighteen months or
less: Hecate, Speedy. Active. Scout, Pique,
Blanche, Blake, Astrea, Cordelia, and Part
ridge.
In the next fiscal year it is intended to
begin the construction Of two battleships,
the designs of which have not yet been de-
cided upon: two armored cruisers Of $500
tons displacement, three smalled cruisers
and two sloops for river service.
The manufacture OF guns seems to be
keeping pace with the requirements. The
design for a new and more powerful 12-
inch wire gun for the formidable class of
battleships has been approved. TIE first
gun has been delivered and is now under
trial. new design Of 9.2-inch breech-
loading wire gun for the armored cruisers
of the Cressy and Drake classes has also
been approved. The first gun is under
manufacture and not yet completed The
conversion Of the 6-inch rifles to quickfire
guns for seagoing ships will be completed
by the end Of the present year. Provision
has been made to convert similar guns for
the royal naval reserve batteries.
The British service. late reports show, Is
not as strong as II should be be in target
and rife practice, the records last year Of
officers and men indicating a. material
falling OF in general average. Only 11,62s
men took part. =
The evening times., 1899-04-29
NO RESPITE FOR PLUMBERS.
Comm issioners to Prohibit Hydrnnts
of Certain Pattern.

Mitchell Reed. of 1000 Pennsylvania
Avenue. have requested the Commission
ers not to enforce the order which pro-
hibits the use of Eclipse Hydrants" or
hydrants of similar design.
The request was endorsed by the c. J.
McCubbin Company. E. G.. Schaefer &
Co, and Thomas Somerville & Sons.
Plumbers DO not have many of the hy-
drants in stock and to supply the demand
the wholesale dealers claim that they have
been compelled to carry large stock of
them. Before the order prohibiting the
sale of the hydrants is enforced the deal
ers ask permission for sufficient time in
which to dispose of the stock Of Eclipse
hydrants which they have on hand.
The Commissioners will deny the re-
quest, having approved report by the
Water Registrar which asserted that, TO
postpone action on the matter, would pro-
duce a continuance of certain nuisances for
an indefinite period. AS it is the inten-
ton of the Commissioners to suppress the
use of the hydrant, they believe that the
present time is as good as any for the
purpose.
The evening times., 1899-04-29
LONG TRIP OF A PACKAGE.
Travelled Forty-five Thousand Mile
without Postage.


A package of geological survey maps Of
Australia, addressed to one of the profess
ors of the Minnesota State University, at
Minneapolis. has a record Of having trav-
eled more than 5000 miles before being
delivered and Of finally reaching its des-
tination without the payment Of any post
age either by the sender or the consignee.
When the package left Perth. Australia.
at out six months ago. it was stamped "ofh-
cial matter wrapped up with
other mail for the United States. The
postal authorities will not deliver trans
oceanic mail unless the postage is prepaid.
When the maps reached Minneapolis the
wrapper was marked all over with due
stamps. Father than pay this postage the
person 10 whom II was addressed sent the
package back to Washington, whence it
was reshipped to San Francisco and then
to Australia.
Its last ocean voyage was westward from
Perth, through the Red Sea and back to
this country, with a request from the ge-
ological survey authorities that it be de-
livered without the payment Of ANY post
age whatever. The United States postal
authorities have now concluded to send the
package to Minneapolis without further ac-
tion.