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habitati0n; that majority of them are not
supplied with water and have no sewer con-
nectons; that many of the houses, the
yards attached to them and the box priv
les in these yards are in q very insanitary
condition: that typhoid fever and other in
feCtious diseases cause a conSdera bic NOR
tally IN these alley houses as a result of
such insanitary conditions; that the SAM
tary inspection service of the health de-
partment is entirely Inadequate and that it
Is not in the power of the District Com
missioners or the health office of the city
to remedy these evils under existing laws
and circums tances.
This state Of affairs is a disgrace to the
national capital, and, in our opinion, calls
for legislation by the Congress of the
United States by which the District Com
missiorers may be enabled to condemn and
destroy tenements which are unfit for hui
man occupation to condemn and pay for
buildings and ground required for the pur-
pose of widening alleys and opening blind
alleys conformably to existing laws; to
construct branch sewers and introduce
water and gas, so that sanitary tenements
may be erected in these minor streets or
alleys which can be rented to the Door as
low or lower than are the insanitary dwell
ings low occupied by many of them.
We concur in general with the recon-
mendations recently made by a committee
of the Civic Center of this city, and de-
sire to call special attention to the follow
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real thing" Such people insist that the
bIXOm Canadian, however clever she NAV
he, cannot give more than a passing fair
imitation OF the rhythm Of melody and mo-
tIOn OF which her dusky sister of the south
IS supposed 10 be capable To such as these
the performance last night was a revela-
ton. The colOred persons presented the
curious anomaly Of trying TO initiate the
white actors conception Of coon" char
dcter- II is perhaps just to them to say
that their iInitatiOnS of the imitation of
themselves was quite as good as the orlgi-
nal imitation. The audience heard their
efforts with apathy and yawned for Part
III. the cake walk to begin. But the man
agement had something up their sleeves as
htting hnaIe to this part OF the perform
aECe. This was the WASHINGTON Female
Quartet, Afro-American Entertainers -"
W mere the management dug up the Afro
American entertainers may never be known
| OF one thing there was no mlstake-they
were the real thing and were hailed as
such by the delighted audience the mo-
nient they made their halting appearance at
the far end OF the improvised stage. They
sang on and on until it began to be almost
embarrassing for the stage manager. who
was not quite sure of the quality of the an
plauSe. He had tried to hail them from
wings to come off but his voice was lost
in the maelstrom of sound outside the
stage He then slipped out and took posi-
tion in the audience in front of the stage
and wildly signaled for them to retire. His
motions were finally noticed and the UNIQUE
combination shufiied off the stage, amid
storm Of applause. A Washington audience
had at last been up against the real thing
| III coon dramatics. The cake walk pre-
scented no unusual features All the con-
Ventional styles Of walking had representa-
tives of more or less prominence. and the
performance was quite up TO the usual
standard and was thoroughly enjoyed by
the spectators. James Russell and Mamie
Jones Of New York carried off the first
prize. represented by cash. Frank White
and Eva Turner of Washington took sec
! Ond place and Edward Smith and Minnie
Rogers won the third prize.
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must be regarded a gratifying showing.
The assets OF the company in lSlS
amounted to Sn,alA14; In April lSH 81 -
80 Il; in October, 1884 SGD :S;lN -: Of which
Sl9,3SO are invested In real estate. S4g A.. A.
in buildings ana improvements and S5la. I
cash
The company owns twenty-eiEht houses
each containing two flats and whfl,. lis
growth has not been phenomenal, IL speaks
well for the management that il has paid
per cent dividends per annum on all stock
subscribed from the beginning and has sur
Plus tund of $62S.SS or a fraction over
per cent on the amount of stock issued
In conclusion the writer cannot fail 10
emphasize the important services rendered
by the Noman's AnthroPolOgical Society
anc especially the zeal and energy displaYgd
by Miss katherine p Hosmer in the promo
ton of this work
The chief merits of the Washington San
itary Improvement Company consist in:
L The erection Of tWO-StOry fats each
constituting distinct and complete home
with separate entrance, exit. separate yards
and cellars.
p In granting one months rent free to
every tenant or SO much thereof as has not
Deen expended during any one year for in
terror repairs. Exterior repairs necessirafa1
oy the elements are not charged against
tenants
3. The company has established a high
standard of sanitary homes for wage earn
ers at reasonable rentals. and unless other
-ahdiords pursue the same course Il will
continue to supply the demand
4. No officer of the company receives any
compensation; and this. together with the
exercise Of strict economy and careful busi-
ness methods, has enabled the directors not
only to pay per cent dividends on all
moneys invested in the company from the
beginning, but also promoted the philan-
throplc aspect of the enterprise by pro-
WONG the very best accommodations from
the standpoint of hygiene, and TO com
fort. the utmost which a given cost Will
permit.
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The first eight houses Of this type were
completed and rented by November u, 1897,
the four-room fats renting for ST. and
$3.50 per month and the three-room flats
for $3.50 and so.
The renting Of the apartments and col
lection of rents has been attended to by
the secretary of the company during the
first year of its existence, and since July /,
1889, this work is being done by MIR. Ter
rell PattiSon, an experienced agent, who re-
sides in one of the flats and IS thus brought
into intimate contact with the tenants
and their wants. He receives per cent
commission on all rent collections.
Among the tenants is widow with five
children, who supports the family as pro-
fessional nurse, while the eldest girl keeps
house. the five children having previously
been cared for in an orphan asylum. An
other tenant is a salesman in one of the
department stores. who supports a wife
and four children on a salary of $40 week
Provision for Improved Dwellings.
1T should be stated, perhaps, that while
the original intention was to provide homes
for the alley residents and thereby remove
the slums It was considered best to begin
this movement by providing improved
dwellings for the better class of wage earn
ers, in the belief that houses vacated by
them would be rented by the next grade,
and so on until the bottom of the ladder
was reached. 1t Is confidently believed that
in work of :his character it is always best
to begin at the top. Had the company
acted otherwise the undertaking would
probably have resulted in failure. AS it is
II has established a standard Of sanitary
homes at reasonable rentals which other
landlords are bound to adopt'or the COM
yany will supply the demand.
In the spring of 1898 the company pur
chased additional lots on Bates street and
proceeded with the erection of eight addi-
tional houses, each containing two flats OF
the four-room type, which were completed
md promptly occupied during the summer
months.
THE first annual report of the company
fas submitted April g. 1898. and by the ex-
.rcise of strict economy the directors were
nabled TO pay a dividend at the rate of )
=r cent per annum from the net earnings
IL ali moneys paid into the treasury prior
, January |, 1898. This, in view Of the
act that most of the capital remained un-
productive during the building operations,
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1897, to the Washington Sanitary Improve
ment Company under the laws of the state
of Virginia. At the same meeting the by
laws of the company We're adopted, and
the following executive committee elected:
George NJ. Sternberg, president; S. Walter
Woodward John JOY Edison, Chas. J. Bell,
George Truesdelf, George II. Harres, Geo.
l.. Andrews, Miss X. 2. Hosmer; George NJ.
KOber, secretary.
''At a meeting of the executive committee,
held April -, the president submitted a
prospectus, of which 5000 copies were or
dered to be printed for distributions
Purchase of Lots.
In the meantime sufficient stock had been
sold to justify the company in purchasing
suitable building lots, and May % the eX-
ecutive committee confirmed the selection
made by a subcommittee. composed of
Messrs. Andrews and Truesdell and Dr..
Kober of a lot on Bates street between
and Q and LIST and North Capitol streets,
fronting 40 feet on Bates street by ~
feet depth to paved alley. at 40 cents per
square foot. building committee, con-
sisting of the president, General Sternberg,
and Messrs. Andrews. Harries, Kober and
Truesdell, was appointed and considered
the plans prepared by General Sternberg,
in which no detail was omitted which would
tend to provide the best accommodations
from the standpoint of hygiene.
Each house has a frontage of liz feet,
and consists of two independent flats, one
on each floor the special feature being that
each fiat is complete, having separate en-
trance and exit, separate YARD, celar ana
bath room. The plan provided for four
houses with three rooms bath and cellar
and four houses with four rooms, bath and
cellar in each fat. The lighting and venti-
lation is good and the plumbing the best
The entrance To the fiat on the first foo!
opens into the front sitting room. Back
of this room is Il hallway leading to the
bed rooms, bath room and kitchen. Each
kitchen is supplied with a range and a hot
water boiler. The entrance to the fiat in
the second story is by a staircase, with
access through doorway on a level witt
the one opening into the fiat on the frs
floor but at the other end of the front %
the house. Each fiat has also three laT2
closets and the kitchens are provided vii
dressers and sinks
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ing extract from the report Of this COM
mittee, submitted January G, 1897.
FOR the purpose of securing prompt ac-
ton in accordance with this recommended
ton the committee suggested plan for the
organization Of d sanitary Improvement
company.
Public Meeting Held.
In February the civic center. in conjunc-
ucn with the board Of trade of Washing
ten; the central relief committee and the
Woman's AnthrOpological Society, held a
public meeting at the Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church on the subject of houS-
Ing the Wage-earners, which was addressed
by DR.. f. r. L. Gould of New York: Bishop
Satterlee, Cen Sternberg, Mr.. John Joy
Edison and others. Another meeting was
helC under the auspices of the board of
trade, March 2G. 1897, at the Builders Ex-
change which was addressed by Mr. $ w
woodward, Gen. Sjernherg. DR.. L. r. L.
Gould of New York. Prof. B. T. Januey
and President Whitman of the Columbian
University.
In the meantime sufficient stock had been
subscribed to justify the organization CT
a company, and March %, 1897 the first
meeting Of subscribers to the stock was
held in the rooms of the board Of trade.
At this meeting a committee Of three. CON
slsting Of Messrs c. c. Cole, a. s. WOr-
thington and Nathaniel Wilson. was ap-
pointed 20 prepare articles of Incorporation
and to take such steps as may ne ncces-
sary toward ne organic alton Of Z COM
pany.
AT meeting held April ,, 1897. the
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undiscoverabie, except to the initiated
Fifty-eight of the dwellings, it was stat
ed. are hidden away In the rear of other
structures. with only one approach in each
case, and that sometimes disguised. The
buildings were described difficult, even
dangerous, OF access, off the policemen's
beats and inviting lawleSsnesS and crime.
AS to construction, the buildings are
one and two stories in height, and rooms
small. but every room has a window. In
general, houses are without cellar or attic.
Such conditions, when drainage and pre-
cautions for cleanliness are lacking, in
evitably cause disease. In fourteen houses
out of fifty tabulated no sewers have been
laid: in twenty-four no sewer connections
located in close proximity to stables. Fur
Their comment was to the effect that:
AT the first glance it would appear that
the best remedy for existing evils lies in
the abandonment of every alley house in
this city and the substitution of large sani-
tary flats at a reasonable rental. The wis
dom of such a radical measure is doubtful
however The financial success of large
sanitary tenements depends upon the in
terest on the money invested, and the cap
italist unless he is at the same time a phi
lanthropist would feel obliged to order
their construction on cheap ground in unde-
sirable parts of the city. with consequent
concentration of people under one roof, and
possibly even more effectuaily removed
than ever from educating environments.
The report states further:
Houses in Alleys.
Our Investigations show that a large
proportion of the INDECENT population of
Washington are housed in teuements To-
Gated IN the alleys of the city; that many
of these alley houses are unfit for human
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-22
Address by Dr. Kober Before Anthro
biological Society.
DATA GATHERED BY INVESTIGATION
Organization of the Washington
Sanitary Improvement Company
THE RESULTS IN DETAIL

George NJ. Kober NJ. D., read a paper last
night before the Anthropological Society.
in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club
on "the housing of the laboring classes
having particular reference to the work
already accomplished in Washington under
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-22
PERSONAL.

Ilert Italics of Mcrcur II stopping at
the ~ Elmo.
n. Defabrc. "a tusrlan traveller. u
STAYING at the Kenyon.
j. n. pahlcn II In from bingham AMI
" stopping NJ the cullen.
John Watson aud n. l.. Eddy from
Moab are In town and make the White
House their headquarters.
Mr. Charles y. Watkins " up from
Provo city and II stopping at tho
Walker House.
Mr. ". g. strntford. tho wcll-known
furniture man. II down from Ogden.
taking In tho Sign % the Cross,
Ex-Mnyor g. ~. Trough. together
with ~ NJ. Graves, are down from
ogden and are registered at the cui-
lon.
Miss Mcmillan. who has been visit
ing with Mrs. Hanson 81 the Hanson
Produce company, left for ~. Louis
this morning.
NJ. u. uclRer. wife and child nre TAX.
ing In ths sights Of the city, They hail
from Miahawnkn, Ind, and are regis
tered at the knutsford,
Misses Waiford. Wright. Mrs Benu-
mont and Mearrr. r. w. II. Ashiory
and a. icatham. n party NJ English
tourists. are registered at the knuta-
for1.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-22
SCmAFFNER DISMISSED.
iandmastcr NJ thr Fort Deposed In
View of Christensen Case.


According to an Associated Press
dispatch q " schnnner, leader u The
Twenty-fnufth infantry band. VINO u
temporarily sulnufnluE lu ln1 Angeles.
CAT was dlHHgfseahlf surprised icH-
teriay morning hy receiving notice htt
he was dlsuhnragi from ~. United
states service, and ordering MN Co. g.
main there until HE dlsrhnrro p1rcrH
could b. furnished him 1he dispatch
further goes on a. ftatei
The band N which schnnner was the
leader WIS stationed with thc rcgi.
mcnt at Font Douglas. near salt l. No
city. where schaffnor lived with HE
wife and three children. The rex IN nj
has only recently returned frpm e ha.
where II took part ln fhe Complain.
The band. which ~ composed ~ col.
ifrd musicians. ~ now az the lrceidin.
and schanncr WAS on hla way "a Join
them.
Rack NJ schanncrs disrharr' there
IL story. which. ncc0r Inns 10 hls
statement docs him b. sfraf " uatire.
On IN iGh f.v T w. -uafv ~ inft
"a Lake vii his VII and three
children. Tor nan tt.4.s. .. ....
the zane month re- woman named
Emma Chrlntunfon. died. aud. 40 There
were some suspicious clfcumatnurra
about a. the body WIS eNhumod' when
Il was found that death had resulted
from the effects ~ a criminal opera
tion.
According 10 the snii Lake papers
~ n result 81 the investigation, war.
rants were issued for the arrest ~
James 4. Luke, Mrs. !. ". naker and
g. ~ Schnnner. charging them with
being responsible Tor the wuman'H
death. The other two parties hav"
been arrested. but what steps viii ho
taken In rrTnrd TO schnnner arr not
known, beyond his discharge from the
army. Schaffner says he viii make no
fight against extrnditlon proceedings
N they are Instituted.
chief Pratt yesterday, In answer TO
dispatch from San Francisco. wired
the authorities IN that city not to
make the arrest nH tho charges against
the other parties concerned IN tho nl-
legged abortion Cnar had fallen through
ut the preliminary hearing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-22
Reaches Here This Morning and
Visits Tabernacle and Saltair,
STAY INSALT LAKE TONIGHT


\ distinguished party of Eastern rail-
rad people came In the city this
morning over the Rio urnnde Western.
The head ~ the party u Mr a.. r.
fuHtiethwaiie. who n assistant tn the
president of the great Pennsylvania
railway system, and one ~ the best
known railroad men in the country.
heHidcH Mr, rostlethWAiiu. the party IL
made up NJ Measrs. GeorHr n. Hun "
Washington, y. g., John y. Payne and
JAMES Morton ~ Philadelphia. and ".
W. Pogtirthwaite ~ Colorado springs.
Colorado.
The party. ON arriving. az once rc-
paired 10 the knutHf0rd. where they
were met by Mr.. Weihy of tho Western.
and after breakfast were taken Ia the
Tabernacle, where they listened a. an
organ recital by Prof. Mcclrllnnd.
After taking "a drive around the city
they went by special train a. Saltair.
The party viii remain over nlght In
this city
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-22
DALTON TALKS TO NEWS
Now on His Third Visit 10 America
with the Cross Company.

Mr.. Charles Dalton, the leading man
Of the Sign Of the Cross company now
playing Mt the salt Lake Theater. is
u well known actor In London. having
played at the Adelphi theatcr ON the
strand In the paimy days OF Harbor
Lights. and kindred productions made
famous by william ferris. who was 10
foully asHasslnatcd nt the stage door
" that thratcr some eighteen months
ago. by a broken down actor. named
Prince.
Mir Dalton. who II stopping at tho
Rnutsford with his wife, whose stage
name IL Miss Rcttn Walton. In con-
yefsntion with "Newn reporter this
morning, stated that this WAS his third
visit TO America with the Sign OF the
Cross company. which. with the cN-
ceptiun Of the chorus. " entirely CONE
posed Of English people. en-
liam Greet, who occupies IN
the theatrical world over there prncti-
cnlly the same position ~ that held By
Frohmnn In America. This 10 Mr. Dali
tons frat visit 10 the West and h.
expressed himself ~ being astonishcd
ut seeing such lively and up-to-datc
burrh ncatllng among the Rockies ns
that Of Salt Lake city.
In san Francisco the company met
with a royal reception and was nr-
corded crowded houses that alternately
wept with Stcphanus and laughed With
Ciahrio. From this city the players take
the cars. at o'oclck tomorrow morn
ing. Tor Pueblo. and continue enst until
they disbnnd ut the end ~ the season.
Mr. Dalton did not care 60 say how
many COMPANIES of the Sign of the
cross there were touring the various
English speaking countries OF the
world Wilson narfcttr original cont
pany, with Mnude 1erict ns Mcrcin.
and the English star NJ Marcus So
perbuS, after "a two years run nj the
Lyric Thcatcr. SALISBURY Avenue.
London. went to Australia from whence
they returned some months ago and are
now playing Ia the provinces ~ Eng
land. AIR. Dalton says that his favor.
lite role II that ~ the heavy vallian,"
especially the part Of Maurice Deep
water In The ptudigal Daughter In
which he made hit In New York some
i've years aRo when the company
played for eleven consecutive months.
lie has IN his time played many PARTS
~ his gray locks bear witness. hhN-
ing tfod the boards with Henry irving,
Forbes Robertson. Olga Nctheraole ANA
other famous cxponentH OF the drama.