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The times., 1899-07-11
Soldiers Under arrest.

Joseph Thompson and ''TeNas' Scott, members
OF Troop d. OF the Third United States Cavalry
stationed at Fort Myer, We're arrested by the post
guard yesterday morning after drill and locked
up in the guardhouse, charged with having cont
mitted several robberies which have recently
annoyed the cavalryneu. 1t is said that the
thieving has been going on for some time. and
the total amount lost by members OF the regiment
and the Government will aggregate about Sl00
In most instances the accused men are said 10
have stolen harness, blankets, clothing, etc, al
though ii is said that frequent losses of money
have occurred OF which the men are suspected.
They will be tried by court-martiaI tomorrow
morning. The above information was given to
the police last night 10y Charles Ramlock, menu
Der Of Troop d. who appeared at Police Head
quarters to ascertain il anything had been
learned Of a gold-hlled watch which he reported
stolen on June IL
The times., 1899-07-11

viii sc1n find that in the hydrants of
Washington's water supply the death-deal-
ing germs are the principal cause of our
febrile disorders. l am convinced that
the Districts administration is alive to
the dangers of this condition and will
hereafter give our devoted people immu-
nity from epidemics so disastrous to hui
man life. Our District authorities and
Commissioners could easily inform them
selves of the mode and means TO provide
system Of filtration and purifying pro-
cesses. There are ample and numerous
systems in vogue in European cities and
countries wherein scientific appliances are
provided for clarifying the water supply.
Your correspondent is Of the opinion
that until our authorities resort to a gen
erai publication Of our water supply some
apparatus might be attached to all pub
lie hydrants and dwellings which would
etfectually change the water into a purer
and more wholesome vital element.
JULIUS SILVERSMITH
The times., 1899-07-11
Each Has II Candidate.

The medical staff Of st. Elizabeth's, the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane. is wondering
when the superintendent to succeed the late Dr.
Coddins will he appointed The force Is some
what dcmoralized on account OF the delay The
understanding is that no appointment has been
made because the President has 4 candidate for
the place and 50 has Secretary Hitchcock OF whose
department the hospital is a part. Inability on
their part to agree Is said 10 he causing the de-
lay. The board Of trustees may have 4 candi-
date but If it has it has not sgnifed its de-
sire in the matter by any official action has
much as the Secretary aud the board Of trustees
make the appointment, the President Is in tie
attitude of an ofiiceseekcr. Up 10 this time he
does not appear TO have had much weight with
the Secretary Of the Interior so far is Is known
Dr. Irving G. Rose i the only physician nom
this city who Is known TO tie an aspirant for
the place Others undoubtedly have ambitious,
but they have not stated them publicly
The times., 1899-07-11
THE IHPCRE WATER SUPPLY.
A Warming From an Independent
Investigator.

A Warming From an Independent
investigators.
To the Editor Of The Times;
From the data just published by Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine Hospital
Service regarding the unfiness of the
water supply of Washington l should
think it about time that the municipal
heads-or whoever the powers may be
devise means. al the earliest moment, to
cleanse. filter or cause to be purihed our
water supply, which has been long known
to be reeking with dangerous malarial
germs, death dealing both to man and
beast.
Your correspondent has from time to
time Investigated and analyzed the water
furnished by the District through its hy-
drants. Its turpidity and sedimentary
condition gave him ample hints of the i'm
purity CT the product, but the discovery
of the lurking fever and malarial germs
can be readily and easily discovered with
the aid OF an ordinary microscope.
/ am not surprised that the analysis
Just rendered by the Marine Hospital
and the director of the hygienic labora-
tory to Secretary Gage fully corroborates
the writer's estimate OF Washington's
water supply and its utter unftness for
the use Of human beings. Your CORE
spondent has discovered that during the
recent malarial epidemic, between June
25 and July last, the climatic conditions
were OF high pressure, the heat at times
ranging from IS to 100 degrees Fahren-
heit. During that period an accelerated
germinatiye status was manifest in the
water supply, as is usual in such seasons,
when all streams and rivers tend to low
stadiums and when the solar and caloric
conditions Of the atmosphere are most
conducive 10 animalculative- genetic de-
velopment. 4 malarial attack followed
and involved at least five-sixths OF Wash
ington S citizens. and not few suffered
demise. resulting from febrile disorders
directly traceable TO the infected water
II is now estimated that some LOO per-
sons we're recorded in the official reports
as suffering from this disorder.
! am aware that some physicians do not
entertain the idea that our water supply
is to any extent impure. and find argu
men1s to attribute the late epidemic to
other causes. Be that as IL may, if the
scientists would consult carefully the re-
cent chemical Investigations and cultivate
more intimate acquaintance with the
microscope. as well as the science OF inoc-
ulating against contagious diseases, they
The times., 1899-07-11
Eight-Hour Law Not Applicable.

The District Commissioners recently received
letter from C. W. Phelps, the weigh clerk
at the District garbage wharf and garbage ere
matory relative to the number OF hours consti-
tuting a DAYS work for all District employees
Mr.. Phelps has been weigh clerk for four years,
and receives compensation at the rate Of $50
per day. lie states in his letter that the Dis
trict Health Officer requires him to be at his
post at o'clock in the morning and remain
there until the last garbage cart has turned in
at night and that lie is Furthermore not per-
mitted to go distance OF five blocks for his
lunch during the hour apart for the lunch
cons OF the other men. These requirements, he
maintains, make it necessary for him to remain
at the garbage wharf and crematory about
eleven hours day, and he is required to make
daily garbage report every day after regular
working time, which requires him to remain al
the crematory another hour. Mr.. Phelps de
4 sired the Commissioners to inform him whether
the eight hour law was applicable to his case
and whether he should be paid Tor extra. time.
/ When the matter was referred to the District
/ Health Officer that official said he thinks the
/ office is analogous 10 the position of policemen,
{ fremen, employees in the smallpox service, and
other District employees who have to work as
long each day as may be required by the service
to whiei, they are attached,
The times., 1899-07-11
PronosnIs Accented.

The Commissioners have accepted the following
proposals; The Crawford Paving Company to lay
cement coping and walks at the Toner School
building; the Standard Brick Company to fur
nish sewer brick to the District; of f. NJ. Kemp
& Sons to lay cement pavement in the yard Of
the Western Market for the sum Of SI-19 per
square yard; of the Michigan Brass and Iron
Works to furnish the District with swing check
valves; of the Belmont Iron Works to furnish
the District Lighting Department with cast iron
lamp nosts
The times., 1899-07-11
Extension of Pntroi box Service.

On recommendation of the District Electrical
Engineer, the Commissioners have ordered the
erection of an iron post on Newark Street to
carry the proposed patrol box in Cleveland
Park. A ffty-foot pole will also be erected in
the Sheriff Road at Deanwood TO carry the pro-
posed patrol box in that part OF the District
Ten foTty-hve foot poles will be erected in Thir-
teenth Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to C
Street northeast. and three in c Street, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets northeast. Two
guypoles will he erected at the corner of Thir-
teenth and C Streets northeast. and two sixty
foct poles in c Street near Thirteenth Street
northeast In order to accommodate the patrol
boxes which it is proposed to erect at Fifteenth
and East Capitol Streets three forty-foot poles
will be erected in A Street. between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Streets southeast, and four forty
five-foot poles in Fifteenth Street, between East
Capitol and \ Streets southeast.
The times., 1899-07-11
As Good as Can Re Exnected

The District Commissioners yesterday replied
TO complaint from r. Bowman Matthews and
others against the service of the Brightwood
Railway Company, stating that they have given
careful consideration to the conditions pre-
vailng upon the line. and that they have found
the service, with few exceptions, to be all they
could properly call upon the present management
to provide. The Commissioners state that they
themselves, well the railway company, are
aware that there is much to be desired. but tina Z
the present management acquired the property
in dilapidatcd condition and is making every
effort to rc-equip and rebuild the line-.worll
which it is believed viii be done at an early
date.
The times., 1899-07-11
Mnr Nnt ston Thcrc.

The City and Suburban Railway Company re-
Gently asked the Commissioners to grant it per-
mission TO stop its at lamppost on the
west side of Maryland Avenue northeast, near the
intersection OF d Street. The Commissioners agree
with the company that the change might prove
to be a convenience Tor some of its passengers
residing in the vicinity. but think 1t would in
vove a change of special nature in the regula-
tions which would not be advisable. The request
has been refused.
The times., 1899-07-11
leg Broken by n Car.

In aligItiug from wes;bound car of the Wash
ington and Great Falls Railway Company at Glen
Echo about II o'clock yesterday morning, william
T. Riley. thirty years old, Of Long Island, y Y,
stepped on the opposite track and was struck
hv a rapidly-approachjng castbound ear. He was
thrown a considerable distance and his right leg
broken The conductor and motorman OF the ear
took charge OF Riley and brought him to the
Georgetown terminus, where the patrol wagon OF
the seventh precinct in waiting. Riley was
conveyed to the Georgetown University Hospital.
The times., 1899-07-11
Grade Not To Re Cbunred

John McPhaul, of Brookland, has written to
the municipal authorities seeking to have the
grade on Concord Street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth Streets northeast, changed, and has
been informed that while the suggested revision
of grade would be for the present benefit of prop
erty in certain parts of the square the resulting
condition OF a broken grade is that has
been constantly avoided by the Commissioners
even under circumstances where the hardship TO
the property, due to adherence to the established
grade, would be much greater than in this case.
The times., 1899-07-11
Water Mains Ordered Laid.

The District Commissioners have ordered that
the following water mains be laid: In Bates
Street northwest, 142 feet of 6-inch water pipe
at an estimated cost of Sl27.sO; in Maryland
Avenue northeast, between Tenth and Eleventh
Streets, I62 feet of 6-inch water main at an
estimated cost of S145.s0.
The times., 1899-07-11
Not to Re Abandoned.

]. F. Stewart and Others recently wrote to
the Commissioners relative to the proposition
OF the traction syndicate to change the motive
power of the Belt Railway on o streeb between
Fourth and Eleventh Streets northwest, from
horses to storage battery The Commissioners
in replying state that they understand that it
is not the purpose OF the railway company to
abandon its tracks on either o or Streets, but
to operate them, probably with storage battery
cars. as a loop, the special work to admit OF
which has already been ordered pursuant to plans
approved by the Commissioners
The times., 1899-07-11
Neyvs,,oy U.cs n knire.

A fight between newsboys at the corner OF
Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
about 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon resulted in
the cutting OF Frank Niudd, fifteen years old,
whose home is at 125 Third Street uorthest The
injury, which was inflicted with a penAnife, by
Harry Wayne coloruI consisted OF a cash in the
right leg 1t was not serious Aiudd was
treated at the Emergency Hospital, and later
sent to his home.
The times., 1899-07-11
TIDE TABTF
STREET LIGHTING.
AMusEMENTs TODAY.

Columbia Theatre-Eugene Blair in 'Dvor-
Baseball Washington vs. Cincinnati; game
Glen Sligo-Rhode Island clsnbake.
Chevy Chase-liluminsted statuary, band con-
cert, and dancing.
Excursion to Marshall Hall. steamer Manchester.
Tuesday and Wednesday, al 10 a. m. and 2:SO
p m.
Excursion to Glymont, steamer Kent, at .
a. m. and 4:39 p. m.
The times., 1899-07-11
shark Causes n small Fire.

A spark falling on the roof of house at 10i7
jefferson Street northwest about 12 o'clock yes
terday noon caused small fire which required
the efforts Of the Fire Department to extinguish.
Several colOred families occupy the house.
The times., 1899-07-11
Ordered Under Arrest.

Chief Justice Bingham yesterday afternoon or
dered the arrest OF James L. Hendrix. VINO. with
Harry Jones, were trading as the Capital Furni-
urc Company. They some time ago were asked
10 be adiudged bankupts by the Ruws1n Mpnu.
featuring Company. 1t was alleged that Hendrix
was about to leave the jurisdiction Of the court
and conceal certain books Of accounts.
The times., 1899-07-11
Gntes Must Swing Inward.

The Commissioners have denied permission to
the board of trustees OF Ebenezer Methodist
Episcopal Church to swing the gates in front
OF the church parking outward, as such arrange
ment would be contrary to the established regu-
lations and opposed to the principles OF good
construction.
The times., 1899-07-11
Must store His Wood Elsewhere.

The Commissioners have denied permission to
Walter H.. NARROW, of 10 d Street northwest,
to place temporary racks of cord wood on and
along the parking in Delaware Avenue west OF
East Capitol Street southwest.
The times., 1899-07-11
Refused the Renuest.

The District Commissioners have, for the time
being, refused the request recently received from
Mrs. T. W. Hay, of 1895 Vermont Avenue, asking
that that thorouehfare be sprinkled between I
and L Streets The Commissioners state that
the avenue is not the schedule Tor sprnklpg,
and that, if the street is found upon investiga-
tion to need sprinkling the work will be done.
The times., 1899-07-11
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Police Surgeons Reappointcd.

Drs J. Ramsey hewitt and Clifton Mayfed
have been appointed surgeons for the Police and
Fire Departments, to take effect August l.
The times., 1899-07-11
A Fireman Resigns.

The Commissioners yesterday accepted the re-
signation of Arthur Robey, private of the Fire
Department, and appointed George W Eibe to
fill the vacancy. The appointment took effect
yesterday and is subject to i probationary term
Of twelve months
The times., 1899-07-11
The pInte printers send SION.

The Plate Printers Union, through II. W.
szegedy, its President, composed OF men engaged
at the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing. YES.
terday sent 500 To Governor Savers of Texas
10 be used for the benefit of the food sufferers
OF that State.
The times., 1899-07-11
Charged with Petit Larceny.

Annie White, fifty years old, arrested yes
terday by Detectives Wecdon and Horne on the
complaint OF Mary X whelan, who alleges that
the prisoner stole from her several days ago un-
derwcar, clothing, lamp. and dishes valued at
SIS. The charge against the woman is petit
larceny.
The times., 1899-07-11
Obstruction to Be Removed.

The District Commissioners yesterday ordered
that the bank in the roadway at the intersection
of the Brightwood road and Rhode Island Ave
nue. be removed at an estimated cost of $50.
The times., 1899-07-11
PHASES OF THE MOON FOR JULY.

Sun rose......4:4S AN Sun sets.7:26 M
Moon rises. Noon sets. .....9:Is PM
The times., 1899-07-11
THE sun AND MOON

Highest temperature yesterday, p. ni....-.....
Lowest temperature yesterday, a. m..........
The times., 1899-07-11
Cbr. - Iin1es
TUESDAY. JULY IL, 1889.
The weather Prediction.
TEMPERATURE.

Fair Tuesday and wednesday; variable winds.
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AMUSEM ENTS.
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"At Gay Coney Island"


AT Gay Coney Island" will be the
bill at the Margaret tonight This
bare announcement should be enough
to fill the theater to overlooking, as the
attraction is one of the most favorably
know farce comedies ever presented in
Anaconda. All the newest fun latest
songs, freshest jokes and the latest
dances OF the day are introduced in
great profusion. No less than II superb
specialties are appropriately included
Among them is the bewitching singing
and dancing of little Matte Lockette
Her rendition of the suffering song in
the second act is one of the cleverest
bits of work in the whole production,
and has made Miss Lockette famous
Miss Marie Stor, who met with so
phenomenal a success at the morning
concerts at the famous Waldorf AS
toria hotel in New York last spring
where she was substituted as the prma
donna for the distinguished Emma
Juch, is also with the company. Miss
Stori not only possesses a dramatic So
prano voice that has won her instant
recognition in the concert and oratorio
field, but is also very favorably known
as a VioliniSt in the East where she
has appeared as soloist with the Boston
Symphony orchestra and al the musical
convention held at Cincinnati, Ohio
and Syracuse, N. Y. Miss Stori's work
affords a genuine treat for all lovers
of the sterling in music.
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ANACONDA NEWS.
NEW ASYLUM HOSPITAL
Institution Will Be Completed
Soon After New Years.
FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT
Increased Facilities Will Enable the
Physicians to Work to Much Greater
Advantage : Warm Springs an
Ideal Spot for an Asylum.

i Shortly after the beginning of the
new year the model hospital at the
insane asylum will be opened. The
building is now practically finished and
as soon as the furniture and fixtures
have been placed it will be ready for
the reception of the patients for whom
1t is intended. This will include the
Juvenile cases that are at the asylum
for treatment, mostly imbeciles, and
such of the adult cases as require spe-
cial treatment. The completion of
the hospital will enable Dr. Warren, the
superintendent, and his assistants to
give much more careful attention to
fore been possible. In the equipment
of the hospital the same care and ex-
pert knowledge is being used as was
employed in its design, and when it is
ready for occupancy it will be one of
the finest establishments of it's kind
in the country
In the asylum there have been nu-
merous other improvements made dur
ing the past year that will add greatly
to the efficiency of the place. The rec
ord of the Montana asylum in the past
has been an excellent one. The cost
of maintaining the institution is low
proportionately, to the prices that are
paid by other states and the percentage
of cures is said BY medical men to be
The natural conditions at the Mon
tana asylum are excellent and leave
but little to be desired. The oppor-
tunities that are afforded for getting
the patients out of doors in the open
air, where light occupation strengthens
them in mind and body. are splendid
While it is true that there has been
some crowding in the ward buildings
during the past few months, the COM
pletion OF the new hospital will end
this congestion and will enable the SUI
perintendent to make better .classifl-
cation of the patients. There has
been a considerable increase in the
number of patients lately and the
hospital was finished none too soon,
but there is now plenty of room and the
work of the asylum will progress much
more satisfactorily than before. ...
DR.. Warren during a recent visit to
Anaconda said that there will now be
possible some important changes in the
system and method of treating special
cases at the asylum. The splendid IA
cilties which the new hospital affords
will add to the efficiency of the asylum
and will enable the doctors to make a
more satisfactory segregation and clas-
sification of cases. This is something
that has been desired for long time,
but until now it has not been possible.
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Owen. Thomas M. Perkins, H. Peter
son, w. A Raymond, John Shea, J. G.
Swanson, John Taggart. John d.
Thomas, Alfred Thors, Chs. Virgilis,
X. White.
Women-Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs.
Chas. Anderson, Mrs. John Barney,
Mrs. Dora Brown, Mrs. J. H. Browne,
Mrs. John Carey, Mary Hughes, Annie
Johnson, Mrs. ]. Mcdonald, Mrs. E. f.
Sears, Mrs. Sophronie E. Stewart, Mrs.
Levi Withee.
Foreign-Tbomas w. Bradley, Amedee
Campeau, Peter Gallagher, John Grady
ca, Minnie Hitz (2). A. Sechrgren.
Persons calling for above letters
please say advertised
A. DEV me, P. M.
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terday mornings Standard, called at
the office last evening to state that it
was not she who caused the arrest of
Mr.. O'Keefe, but that the person who
preferred the charge of failure to sup
port was another. She denies that she
received the whole sum of his earnings
for the month as intimated, and as
serts that he spent the greater portion
of it himself Further, she says that.
owing to private reasons, she will not
live with Mr.. O'Keefe any longer, but
she agrees to the proposition of giving
over the children to his care and GUS
tody, provided he furnishes proper as
surances that they will be well cared
far
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A Pleasant Surprise Party,

One of the most pleasant surprise
parties ever given in Anaconda was
that in honor of Lucy Dan. on last
Tuesday evening. Cards was the
amusement of the evening, the prizes
We're won by Miss Ellen Hammond and
Mr.. McMannamy and Miss Ella Serum
and Willie Goodwin.
Those present We're Misses Ellen
Hammond. Lille Whalen. Maggie
Whalen, Maggie Thomas. Agnes Ho-
gan, Nellie Sheehan, Beatrice Trisber-
ger, Mamie Plunkett, Ella Serum, Lucy
DaYy, Messrs. Charley Douglas, Frank
Mckinna, B. Crosswhite, E. Shovlin,
Z. Smith, Fl. Smith, L. Brown. S. Null
llgan a. Anderson, r. Davis. Roy Da-
Wis, Ben Rhue. Willie Goodwin and
Harrie Williams and Mrs. William Nc
Mannamy.
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There are unclaimed letters at the
Anaconda p0stofiice for the week ended
Dec. 16 1899 as follows:
Men-John Anderson. C. H. Arnold,
G. S. A. Burns, Jesse Burwell, Daniel
Burwell, Harry Cline, Henry Crofton,
James L. Dunn, VIM. Farquher John
Figwar, L. f. Gibson, j. j. Griffin, ].
A. Hobson, Pat Hogan, p. Fl. Holland,
Pat Horrigan. Robert Hunt. Charles
Johnson, Michael Kelley, p c. keenan,,
Rob Lindhurg, Geo McCuskey A. p.
Nelson, c. L. O'DonnelL Quitman
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An Error Corrected.

An unfortunate blunder occurred in
yesterday mornings Standard. 1t was
there stated that the dance of the Low
land club would take place on Friday,
February 90, while the announcement
should have been that the date was
fixed for Friday. December 30. a differ
ence of a couple OF months. The error
was made through the rush of work
consequent upon the issuing of the
Christmas Standard, and was entirely
unintentional.
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MINT X1n WILL Do.

$40 will pay for one years subscrip-
ton to the Anaconda Standard and
your choice of either one of two hand
some volumes-"From the Atlantic to
the Pacific" or History of Spanish
American War" Call at any office of
the Standard or remit to the home
office at Anaconda.
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Juvenile Birthday Party.

Everybody on Walnut street knows
the Big Four" This quartette is
made up of James and Thomas Lynch,
sons of Constable Dennis Lynch, Louis
McLaren and Frank Remington, all
four sturdy youngsters who are part
ners in fight or frolic. Friday was the
birthday of Louis McLaren, who owns
William McLaren as father. The Big
Four conducted the party which was