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Evening star., 1899-04-08
NEW SYSTEM ASSURED.
Electric Power for Belt Line md
AnacOstia Street Railways.

Electric Power for Belt Line md
AnacOstia Street Railways.
Although the deed of sale of the Belt
Railway Company to the Anacostia and
Potomac River Company was only placed
on record yesterday, the arrangements for
the re-equipment Of both roads and their
operation as one line has been in progress
for some time. 1t Is expected that it will
be possible to have delivered in this city in
the course of the next two months the
iron work needed for the installation cf the
underground electric system, which it is
proposed to provide for these roads. The
Capital railway, which runs through An
acostia to Congress Heights. Is owned by
those who own the Anacostia road, and
will be operated as part Of the system,
although it will not be possible under ex-
listing law to make an organic union. The
mortgage which has been recorded to Sc
cure the proposed bond issue, however, is
upon the entire properties.
1t is stated that the whole of the proposed
issue of S2,225OO0 Of bonds for which SUBJ
scriptions were invited by Baltimore
trust company has been subscribed, and, In
fact. oyer-3ubscribed, so that the money re-
quired for the work of rehabilitating these
properties will be at once available. Mr..
Frederick G. Stevens, who made the pur-
chase of these roads. will be the president
of the company, and under his direction
the work of putting in the new system will
be dore. The engineer of the company is
Mr. +. L.. Hart, who was formerly the en-
gneer of the Baltimore City Passenger
Company. Mr.. L. P. Hail. who became the
superintendent of the road soon after it
was purchased by Mr.. Stevens, continues
in the same capacity.
Mr.. Hall has made some changes in the
schedule on the consolidated roads. Instead
of the cars on the 11th street line running
SIX minutes apart they will be run on a
nVe-mlnute schedule. At 11th and streets
the cars will turn to the west and continue
down to the river. The Anacostia cars
passing down 11th street will turn to the
east and thence over to Anacostia. The
cars on the section of the Belt road run
ming east along P street will pass along
lst street and thence by the market and
along 9th street, and by G street to 11th
street ~ "
Evening star., 1899-04-08
SEALED PROPOSALS.
Offers of Site for CO1Ored Manual
Training School.

Training School.
The District Commissioners, in answer to
their advertised request, today received
twenty-one proposals to sell a site for the
colored manual training high school, The
sum of $4,000 was appropriated at the
recent session Of Congress for the purchase
Of the site.
The proposals received were as follows:
Fidelity Investment Company, lots 3 and
A, block 10, Bloomingdale, 1854 square
feet at 81 Is per foot.
F H. r. Howenstein, parts Of original lot 2.
and all of lots IA. 15 and 16, square Ss6,
about 10. 1853 feet, at $1.25 a foot, or $24 21O
Brice & Lipscomb, original lot 4, square
555, about IA 900 feet, $2S,OO0
r. w. Walker g. Son, part of square GIL
about "a 9O5 feet, 30 cents a foot; square
east of 71O, about 80, ,4sS feet, 80 cents a
foot. and part of square GIL. about &c, SIC
feet, "a cents a foot.
B. H. Warner e. Co., lots IA, Is and 49,
block 4, and Linden streets, p 600 feet,
$1.25 foot, and lots 156 to 165, square S55
about Is, 800 feet. 50 cents a foot.
L. M. Saunders, ten lots on Q street be-
tween North Capitol and 1st streets, square
617, 80 cents a foot.
Oscar NJ Bryant, lots 40 to 55, square $40,
1925 feet, $1.25 a foot with improvements,
amounting to $631S.75. additional.
August Donath, parts of lots !. and 3,
and all of 6 to 10, square ss6, 1850 feet
$4,000.
Allen c. Clark, lots and and %, % and
"a, square $50, 1.50 a foot, s24, 10.
Thos. J. Fisher & Co.. lots 80 to 1OO
square 555, 1900 feet, 81 a foot
Eliza Bole Chambers. lots Z, g. and 10,
square 963, 21,G0O feet, rs cents a foot
Columbia Investment Company, lots %
to to 2s. and 80 y 40, square a57, ss,4o5 feet,
George E. johnson. lots As to sc. square
55i. 1850 feet, 81 e foot.
Allison Nailef,. jrif, three parcels in square
555, first ones 2s.5ee feet. $49,9sO; second
2S,474 feet, $49S29. Jtb and third, 59,6 feet,
$1O4, ,412. o. sb II .tsE
Eugene R. Russell. lots 46 and At. square
$40; 80 cents foot:
Edwards & Barnard lots and 8, SQUARE
554. 1866 feet. 81 d. doot.
H. L. Rust, lots and s, square GIT, 10
cents foot.-Fo NJ
Ella F. Cott&r. let's A and 5, square 55l :,
c. H. H. Ficklifsg, lois 81 to "a, square sSs,
3O397 feet: 50.eents'a foot, SIS, 1850.
Beck & Weller, lots 121 to 142, square 554
340SO feet, $1hO ABBOT, and parts of origi-
nal lots % % and "a, square 554, 27,74S feet
S5 cents q foe6 . ;'4
Grace A. Dyson. lots %. "A and %, square
SO, $4,000.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
GOOD FOR DREYFUs
Major Hartmann's Testimony Rx-
onerates the Imprisoned Officer.
GIVEN 10 COURT OF CASSAqI0H
He Declares the Captain Could
Not Have Written Bordereau.
REFLECTS ON ESTERHAZY

PARIS, April S.-The Figaro today con.
tinued its publication of evidence given
before the court of cessation in the Drey-
fus case, and gave the deposition of Major
Hartmann of the 22d Artillery, who was
called as witness for the defense. In addi-
ton to the facts already cabled, Major
Hartmann deposed that he knew about
the hydraulic brake since 1881; gave full
details of its manufacture, and cited the
case of M. Boutonnet, an employe OF the
archives department, who was sentenced IN
1890 for giving foreign attache secret
documents, including details of the brake.
which were not modified from 1890 to 1874.
The major also handed the court the text
of lecture delivered at the military school
of St. Cyr, in 1892, describing the brake,
and said he did not believe the documents
in the bordereau came from an officer at
tached to the war office, as the brake had
not been tested at the artillery school in
1894.
Dreyfus Never Asked for Papers.
He further said he had been connected
for eight years with the technical section
and never knew Dreyfus to ask to see doc
uments. The major also testified that a
foreign artillery officer could easily obtain
any information about the cannon of 120
caliber Regarding the frontier, troops,
Major Hartmann cited articles from the
military Journals, giving full information
on the subject months anterior to the date
of the bordereau.
Referring to Madagascar, the witness
said he thought the bordereau referred to
notes of a conversation heard by some Off
Ger who thought them of sufficient interest
to send. Besides he. added, it was easy to
obtain information about the Madagascar
expedition.
The major then gave details of the Robin
shell which, he explained, has no resem-
blance to the German shrapnel shell found.
He pointed out that there was no secret
process in manufacture.
He testified that the cannon of 10 call
Der was not new in 1894, but was adopted
in $780, and that one foreign power had de-
tails concerning it. The manual OF hiring
instructions also was not confidential, ne
deposed, and many officers and civilians
were acquainted with it.
Some artillery regiments were unable 10
obtain copies and have them printed by
the regimental printing presses.
Maj. Hartmann pointed out that Count
Esterhazy was present at the maneuVers
of masses of artillery at the Cnalons
Champs, and that he probably while there
saw the firing of the 120-caliber gun. The
witne SIS contended that it was impossible
for the bordereau TO have been written by
an artillery officer, either Dreyfus or any
other.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Entries at Benning Monday.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

BENNING RACE TRACK, d. c., April 8.
Following are the entries for Monday S
races:
FIRST, five and one-half furlongs-Billali.
ia; Sanger, lib; DR.. Parker, 1O3; Boney
Boy, log.
Second, half mile. two-year-olds, selling
Specific. ITO; The Amazon, 1o7; Fredlinhy-
sen, lo2; Spalder, 1O1; Prestige, 102; Dorcas
Lathrop, 80; Summer Girl, 81; Matte Ba-
zar, 81.
Third. six and one-half furlongs, selling
Lady Exile, 95; sTyran, SO; Rec Mitchell,
80; Color, IS; sPasse Partout, Sc; sProsaic,
"a.
Fourth, seven furlongs, selling-Decanter.
10; .Marsfan. 102; Nabob, 100; Protus, 81
Barataria, 81; Nearest, 81; 'Premier 95;
.Endeavor. "a; Gen. Maceo, 93; sPlantain.
w: Lady Disdain. 81; sEastertide, 81.
Fifth, one-1nile handicap-Nosey, 126; Al
Fresco, 123; knight of the Garter. l21:
Boney Boy. lis; Alice Farley, III: Ds-
canter, ll5; Double Dummy. ia; Sensa-
uonal, liS; Oxnard, III; Roysterer, III;
Christabella, 107.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Evening star., 1899-04-08

the way of an efficient service He thought
that an inspection in Europe would be less
efficient than an inspection here.
In reply to a question Mr.. Hall said that
the influence of steamship companies he
thought prevented the passage of the Lodge
bill over the Presidents veto
in the F1fty-fourth Congress- He thought
the alleged German opposition to this bill
was largely manufactured, because only 1
per cent of the German immigration was
illiterate and would be kept out. He said
the league he represented made no issue
against the number of immigrants who
come mere, but were contending in favor of
receiving only the best
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Capital Traction Company.

The feature Of the local stock market
during the past week has undoubtedly been
the large sales of Capital Traction railroad
stock. Last Monday the stock was quoted
at S511, and today sales were made at 91b,
During these FIVE days, including today, It
Is estimated that some 5000 shares of the
stock have changed hands. There are two
reasons assigned for this great activity; one
is that the company. 1t is claimed, Is earn
Ing per cent and the other that the road
Is likely to be purchased By Mr.. Stevens.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, April s.-Flour du,I uncbsnysd
, ,SGeip.s ee4 earrels; exports 737 barrels Wheat
9uII' Iui,' spot and month, 75%a751a; May, 754a76;
ssipss ea bushels exports, 5000 bushels stock
7ss 49, a. bushels; southern wheat by sample, 6sa
aIs ana month, asHa3sis; May, 3sAa3sla; June, 80
sSssas steamer mixed receipts III 800
e9sheis sales, 5000 bushels southern white corn,
H. ait ASKED DO yellow, 80 asked Oats dull; No.
wnite Soa35ta; No. mixed, 32a33 receipts, II. .s79
bushels; exports. 1900 bushels; stock, 25I,o
pusnes, Kat Rye steady; No. nearby, 51a57ls; No
western, 591z; receipts. 1,219 bushels; exports,
none; stock, lI2.521 bushels. Hay firm; No. tim
othy, $l25 5oasl3. Grain freights weak and lower;
uncharged Sugar strong. unchanged. Butter steady,
unchanged. Eggs firm, unchanged. Cheese firm and
active, unchanged. Whisky active, unchanged. Let
tuce, 81. .75a$22 25 per bushel box.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
HAS THE PopE's GOOD WILL.
Affecting Parting Between Him and
ArchbishOp Ireland.

ROME, April S-Further particulars re-
garding the ferewell audience accorded
Archbishop Ireland by the pope on Wednes-
day last show that 1t lasted half an hour,
and was of a most cordial nature through
out. The pontiff strove to prove his great
esteem of the archbishop and the friendly
feeling he had for him.
He congratulated the archbishop upon
having been chosen by the French episco-
pate to preach the panegyric of Joan Of
Arc on May 7, and said, smiling sadly: II
hope to see you again, but if God takes ma
before your return, remember. I have al
ways felt fatherly love and interest in
yourself and all American Catholics, to
whom 1 send my blessing
Both the pope and Archbishop Ireland
were greatly affected.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Movement. of Warships.

The Essex has arrived at Kingston, ia
maica The Massac husetts has dropped
down to Tompkinsville to take on ammuni-
ton. and will leave about Monday for the
south to join the North Atlantic squadron.
The flagship New York, Brooklyn. Indiana,
Texas and Newark sailed yesterday from
La Guayra for Port of Spain, Trinidad. The
Nashville has sailed from Nuevitas for Ma
tanzas, Cuba The Marietta has arrived at
Guanta, the Supply at Tompkinsville, and
the Princeton has sailed from Singapore
for Manila
Evening star., 1899-04-08
PEACE TREATY WITH SPAIN.
Queen Regesnt Acted Advfsedly in
Signing the Document.

LONDON, April S-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Standard says:
THE queen regent, in signing the peace
treaty, acted under the advice of the re-
sponsible ministers. nor will her action
meet with opposition from Senor Sagasta
on the reassemblirg of the cortes. Sagasta
simply means to place it upon record that
his object in applying to parliament for an
authorization to cede the Philippines was
10 reconcile two apparently conflicting arti-
cies In the constitution and to make the
authorization a shield for the queen regent
against attacks by the carlists and repub-
licanS."
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Gen. Shafter En- Route Here.

CHICAGO, April S-Maj. Gen. William
II. Smarter, commanding the Department of
oaliornla, passed through Chicago today
on fts way to Washington to appear before
the war investigating commission to tell
1t what he knows about the quality of
the beef furnished the troops while he was
in command at Santiago.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
POPE WORRIED BY. RuMoRs.
Reports of His Health Failing Are
Not True.

LONDON. April 8.-The Rome correspond
ent Of the Daily Chronicle says:
'sThe pope is extremely anxious to stop
the rumors that his health is failing. and
is resolved to appear at the Thanksgiving
service In St Peters Cathedral on the 18th
las Archbishop Ireland was taking leave
Of him yesterday his holiness said he ex-
pected to see $1,000 persons at the service
He added, furthermore. that he would hold
consistory next month, when he would
announce that on the occasion of his jubi-
lee next year he would create a dozen car
dinals."
Evening star., 1899-04-08
LIEUT.. MIrcHELL's WILL.
Other Business Considered i'm the
Probate Court.

nubhucBb NOMsfucFeU the
Probate Court.
The will of the late First Lieut.. James
Mttehell, Company F. 18th United States
InfaAtry, has been filed for probate The
will was signed the 1lth of last May. The
entirel estate of the deceased Is left to his
wife. Adelia H. Mitchell. who Is named ex-
ectrtrix s5f
In the Probate Court also. caveats of
Barbara Isemann, Bernard ]. Isemann and
Sophia Naecker were filed to the will of the
late John Isemann.
The late James P. Wallace, by his will,
dated the 18th Of last July. and filed this
to Annie 8. Wallace and also named her
executrix. sSss sfs-as
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Death of j. walker Fearn.

HOT SPRINGS. Va, April 81. Walker
Fearn is dead. after lingering illness The
funeral will be at Richmond, Va. Mr.
Fearn was in charge of the foreign bureau
of the department of promotion and pub
licity of the worlds fair
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Death of James c. Newton.

James c. Newton, a well-known and es
teemed business man of this city. died last
evening at O'Clock. Mr.. Newton had been
In the paint business for the past thirty
years in this city and enjoyed the conffSsnce
of his friends and business associates. F1s
place of business was 713 18th street nordh-
tx-acf
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Death of Washington Bonifant.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star

ROCKVILLE, Nd, April S.-Washington
Bonifant, an aged and well-known citizen
of this county, died about O'Clock this
morning at his home near Sligo, Of paraIy-
sis. He had been ill three months. He was
eighty-seven years Of age and is survived
by four sons and one daughter In his
younger days Mr.. Bonifant was prominent
in republican politics and was for eight
years United States marshal under Presi-
dent Lincoln. He also represented this
county for one term in the legislature
Evening star., 1899-04-08
FOUND FLOATING.
Body of Unknoyva Man Taken From
the River.

The body of an unknown dead man was
found floating in the Potomac near Reads
wharf at Alexandria, this afternoon about
2:45 o'clock. The corpse was first discover
ed by some stevedores. From the appear
ance it was evident that the body had been
submerged for long time.
The features were so mutilated that it
could not be told whether he was white or
colored, and his identity is yet a mystery.
Coroner Purvis will view the remains
later on.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION,

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is a bona fide one.
1t is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell It's legitimate circulation enor-
mously, in order to deceive adver-
tisers. 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-
tions don't give them.
The family circulation Of The Star
Is many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The "Evening STAR"
MONDAY, April 3, 1899. sss.-...-.....,........31,O4 ,O43
TUESDAY, April :, 1899. 81 ,635
WEDNESDAY. April 5, lsss.. 81, ,s25
THURSDAY, April q. 1899. ,1O9
FRIDAY, April I, ls9e. s9e.................3I 81 293
TOTAL. ..-.-..-.........--.--.-- .-195, ,189
Daily average. ....................3 Sc 52S
solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies of
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday. April
7. 1s99-that is. the number of copies actu-
ally sold, delivered, furnished or mailed,
for valuable consideration, to bona fide pur-
chasers or subscribers. and that the copies
SO counted are not 'returnabie to or remain
In the office unsold.
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
eighth day Of April. A. d. 1s99
CHAS. 8. MUIR,
Notary Public, d. C.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
Government Receipts.

Government receipts from internal reve-
nue. today. S1213,579; customs, s66O, 500;
miscellaneous, S44 ,512; expenditures, 81 $40 =
900.
Evening star., 1899-04-08
LIEUT.. LANG'S CASE.


at the Barracks.
court-martial has been ordered to as
semble at Washington barracks, this city,
for the trial of such persons as may prop
erly be brought before it, While the name
of Lieut.. Lang is not mentioned, 1t is un-
derstood that the court is to be assembled
for the purpose of trying him on charges
preferred by Lieut. Sewei
Evening star., 1899-04-08

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1419 ST., members New York
stock exchange correspondents Messrs. La
denburg. Thalmann & Co. New York.
CHICAGO Anr;i s-Gra;u.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26
The Deadly Grip

Is again abroad in the land. The air
you breathe may be full OF lis fatal
germs! Don't neglect the grip or
you will open the door to pneumonia
and consumption and invite death
Its sure signs are chills with fever.
headache, dull heavy pains, mucous
discharges from the nose, sore throat
and never-let-go cough. Don't waste
precious time treating this cough
with troches. tablets or poor. cheap
syrups. Cure it at once with DR..
Kings New Discovery. the infallible
remedy for bronchial troubles. 1t
kills the disease germs. heals the
lungs and prevents the dreaded after
effects from the malady. Price soc
and S1.00. Money back is not cured
A trial bottle free at J. T. Benefits
drug store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26

valuabIes? These islands were named
as YOU know, with some reason"
Every true, senior; but he would be a
rash man who would brave the ven
geance of Holy Mother church by such
a sacrilege. There are none in the
archipelago who would attempt such
a thing; besides, the records would be
of no value to un heretico; they are
but our secret history"
''And that, | presume, your orders
would forbid your showing to even so
profound a student and churchman as
the Padre Sebastiano. unless you were
so directed by the bishop?"
"Well, one would scarcely say so
much as that. To layman, or un
heretico. no-under no circumstances.
But 81 Padre Sebastiano-that, you
see, is different. 1t is la gran honra
that he does visit u.s.
Il see, l see. had forgotten for the
moment how near he stood to the
bishop" This was a chance shot, but
l could see by the PADRES deferential
manner that it had gone home
We presently retraced our steps to
the upper world, and when we saun-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26

tered out into the sunlight l hadplenty
of food for thought. a document, for
instance, which would be utterly be-
yond my reach for consultation,
seemed to be at Sebastiano's disposal
whenever he chose to call for it. That
there had been no time for him to do
so while the steamer was in port, felt
sure; but that he might return from
Saipan at any moment was something
more than possibility.
The sight of that box lying across
The dead trays lap would keep running
through my mind, and thought of in
Vulnerable excuses which might in
duce Padre Bartolomeo to give me
peep at its contents, especially if a suf-
fcient quantity of good wine were IN
der his skim But one and all seemed
too risky to attempt. The finding and
recovering of the treasure were but
minor difficulties; the secreting of and
the getting away with it, afterward,
constituted the most serious details Of
the undertaking. Sauntering along
toward the plaza. I became more and
more convinced that / must search
that box without either the knowledge
or the permission of my fat ecclesias-
teal friend; and the dangers involved
in such an attempt so filed my mind
that I scarcely heard the senorita call
ing me from the portico. She must
have been embarrassed by the effort
to make me hear, for her face was
| scarlet when approached the house.
rs it because el padre would not alb
solve the senior" she said. that he has
no appetite, and would walk away
/ when the brealfastdoes wait? Al, but
4 he must be the sinful man! Perhans
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26

he did not present ell padre with una
contribution for the good of the
church,. It is the custom
"Well, I'm afraid did overlook that,
senorita. But I'll make it all right
with him later. Joking aside, though,
the padre treated me very nicely
showed me all over the place. He
seems to be a very learned man. No;
l was thinking of other matters when
you called. Please forgive me-"
Possibly it is that the senior feels
sad because la Senorita Palacios has
gone away in Ell vapor? She is muy
hermosa."
Eyes, but not more so than Senorita
Dorotea. often compared them from
the photograph which you gave Ell
captain"
All but how can believe the senior?
Come, let us see if you have ell apetito;
and afterward you shall spend the day
with me as you like. Come"
[ often look back to those break
fasts at Agana as among the most de-
lightful hours of my life. Kipling has
echoed the heartfelt longing of many
a man to get for awhile outside the
bounds of civilization-to exist where
society is still in rudimentary state,
where the best is like the worst;
where there amt no ten command
@ments, and a man can raise a thirst"
If you've card the east a-callin', you won't
never ICED naught else.
mol you won't 'eed nothin' else but them
spicy garlic smells,
An the sunshine. an the palm trees, an
the tinkly temple bells.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26

aininations and local treatment. IL cures
IN the privacy Of the home II gives vlgor
and vifility 10 the organs upon which de-
ponds the perpetuation Of the human race.
Mrs. IL A. Aishrook. Of Austin. I.onoke Co,
Ark writes. After five months Of great sut-
ferine write this for the benefit Of other sui-
ferers from the same affection. doctorcd with
our family physician without any good result, 50
my husband urged me 10 Try Or. Plerce's medi-
cines-which did with wonderful results l
am completely cured. I took four bottles 81
ID pierees Favorite Prescription. four OF his
'Go.aen Medical Discovery aud two vials o. ms
j., -tnt Pellets. "
Con~tipatiou kills slowly. Or. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets cure quickly.