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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29

toronto at an annual expense to the telc-
phone company of So. %, why may it not be
given here at that sum? If at rates never
exceeding $50 the Bell Telephone Company
or Canada has for years paid per cent
dlFldtndS on its capital stock, and has
hndSSed Ssio.ooo of reserve fund, why is it
mat the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company cannot live and pay divi-
bends at like rates?
IT Is with confidence submitted that not
ohly mas the defendant company failed 10
demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt
mat the statute rates are low to
amount to confiscatiOn of its property, but
1t is affirmatively established that these
rates are much IN excess of what is neces-
sary TO the payment Of all expenses of
maintaining and operating the plant and
the return OF fair or even large dividends
upon the value of the property to those
"ho hold its bonds and stock
IL may, We think, be regarded as quite
certain that obedience by the defendant to
the statute will result In an increase of
subscribers stations to at least 1000 TAX
ing mat number as a basis of calcuat ton
results as follows might reasonably be ex-
pc cted:
-Four thousand stations al $50, 5000, 900;
annual expense per station. $50 S12O.00
SINKING ana surplus funds, $50 600; balance
ior oiVlaends and interest, $40, 600; 500. 900
In this statement it will be observed
.hat the expense allowed is greater than
the actual expense in any proved instance
Such results are far removed from con
fiscation'
The 1n1unctions asked for should be
granted and the defendant comneIIed to
observe the statute"
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HARPER & BROS. ASSIGN
State Trust Company in Possession of the
Publishing House.
Business 10 go or Under Col. Harvey.
Who il Appointed Agent for
the Assignee.


Tho y. s. York Tribune IF today says:
The. -s-,--- ANIL .-a-- IF the r,1IhIi1hfDe
g.. r5 q D.. - ..r,.
i.f,A "i Harper Il Ht"5- We're yesterday
taken possession "i- as q preliminary 70 the
appointment ~ "a Receiver. ny the State
Trust t.-rr-.-.r. .-..s I'm f.Ffr nf fh.. ti-st
,,.-..-.... 49,. .....r-,. ,I.t.-.,,,,-, ~.
-.. '.'. -''. .-i. Oh d MOI t-''4F
IF'vH..'-';tr- t--'' step vs. taken upon tn"
=ggE. stan ..- 3d.. directors oE the Irm and
,v.r. -a. -as.s.E... concurrence. IF r T,f-,-
-- ,.--.... ,. r 7....- =.
'- &c -'''
'.'. N' '.H -.i -'-'.' .-..-r mat t@ElrF <
Bros. a.r. .s ....u.-.' difficulties. The first
T-r f-.r.yr.Fa.. .f -rf- f.-- r.,0,s. -, tf,-ht
... ,..
-' 81 "'9 I'P'r''d
me arm WIN
bvliH.etFy * Mcclure had practically been
completed
F'.r r......r.- -.-r.- -. -, ... ..--f 49,
.. s gu ''''
-' DUG 7.."l '-".f ID. W. the negptldupnS
were OHL carried .H-t effect But on No
Ermbrr Il tL,. house Ms, r-.rs,.triz..l ,,.i,b
Col 8; g. N I.tr,-,- as d.. .,..-+1..
.-' same NH' Col Harvey purchased Il
it'-- DOCK ~ Shares III the company. the
tN.... amount "! which could not bc a~ccr-
.i-'-9' No. Tine. but IVES said To be in
i" i-.-'h'F mood 7t Slt.n'HA' par value,
S.' pro }'1d 10y Col Harvey being S1II a
snare mat TINS transaction did not ~uf-
To-" Co put the company on q SOUND financial
i''tt'- Was atIT5fTed yesterday by the di-
i..t'-r- "-l' announced that the firm was
Not III g position % meet its maturing oblf-
= .i'il--
rom staten mis- made public last night
j. arIr ans that tE. action of the STATE
iE3s. company Va ken at The instance. f,f
'.-l- harvey himself who, as a result of Z,
-'""i..s. investigation of tine affairs of the
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day, November 10. concluded Monday Mo-
vember ~. with banquet. Rev. John
Richards, pastor in charge, presented Rev.
James III. Hill, h. D.. as master OF cere-
monies After music by the choir, under
Prof Harrison Carter, chorister and Miss
Mary Wilson, orgauist, devotional services
We're held by Rev. r. l.. Holmes. Prof. John
". NJ Stewart, the church clerk. Prof.
Harrison Carter read a history Of the
church, stating ii was organized in Mo-
vember. 1884, under the pastoral charge
of Rev. Henry Baiiar with twenty mem
bers. The interest of General %. .. How
ard and Mrs. Z. ID. Blackford was gained
and they gave the congregation frame
structure As a meeting place. This was
the beginning. The present pastor. he said.
had the brick structure erected. and The
people Will soon liquidate the indebtedn- -.
Speeches were delivered by Rev. Warth1n.
pastor of st. Paul's NJ T.. Church; Rev.
Geo. W. Powell of Second Baptist Church,
Falls Church. Va; Rev John Holmes, Rev.
Philip Stewart Rev. Alex. Wibanks and
Rev. J. q. Loveing. The officers Of the
church follows: Deacous, George
Bray, Robert Lucas Arthur Pratt, VIM.
Holmes, Henry Thomas, Jacob Payne. Os-
Smith; trustees, John Stone, James
Clark. Alfred Peterson.
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PAID WRONG TAX BILL.
The Commissioners Order n Refund TO
he Made.

Mr.. Charles Brunger, treasurer of the
board of trustees of Grace NJ. T.. Church
about a year ago asked for a tax bill on
the churchs parsonage. ON s street near
9th street. A bill was given him, when he
paid. Last month Mr. Brunger called for
the bill for the taxes on the property for
1899 and informed that the taxes for
last year had not been paid. Upon inVesti-
eating the matter, he discovered that the
bill he paid last year was for another Grace
Church parsC GagP. He thereupon request
ed the Commissioners 10 refund to him the
amount he paid and cancel the penalty on
the bill he desired, but which he failed to
get.
The application was referred by the Com
missioners to the proper officials, who rec
commended that il be granted, and that the
trustees of Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church, the taxes of which church Mr.
Brnnger unintsnti9nally paid, be requested
To pay the amount due because Of suc.i re-
fund. being those for the year 1898, which
recommendations the Commissioners have
approved, The action was taken upon the
suggestion of Mr.. J. I. Petty, District au-
ditOF.
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CHEATED THE GOVERNMENT.
ID. Badeas Traded In Revenue
stamps which Had Been Washed.

David ID. Badeau, forty-two years old,
who has conducted stamp store at Il
Broadway, New York, for the past sixteen
months. was arrested yesterday by fed
erai officials, charged with buying and SELL
ing washed internal revenue stamps He
was held i'm S5.0o0 bail The large number
OF errand boys and junior clerks in brokers'
offices who frequented Badeau's store d.
rected suspicion to him. Internal revenue
officials allege that he has been buying and
selling washed stamps at the rate of 5000
TO 5000 day; that he has cleared about
10000 by his transactions, and that the
government has lost twice that amount be-
cause of them.
Five thousand revenue stamps. worth
from 81 To so each, many of them washed
were seized IN Badeau's store.
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pany. The item of rentals and royalties
equals $l06 ~ in the six years.
But 1t is made apparent by contrast
the complaints say, that even this expense
OF S3IS212 per station, exceeding the cost of
maintenance and operation of any other
telephone exchange in this country or in
Europe, 80 far as is shown by the proofs,
Is reached only after the most reckless eX-
trdFagance. grave instance of extraVa-
gance is found by comparison of the list
OF officers and employees of the defendant
with similar lists from other companies.
1t Will be seen that the defendants sal
airy list, say the compiainants, excluding
wages paid operators, laborers and linemen,
is more per telephone than the entire eX-
pense to the Citizens Telephone Company
of Grand Rapids, Mich, with its 900 tcle-
phones. and 30 per cent more than the en-
tire expense at Fort Wayne. and within
about 81 of the entire expense per teIe-
phone, including head office charges, of the
Toronto plant
The suggestion made by compainants
tLat Washington will, at the statutory
rates, readily absorb several thousand more
telephones than are now in use, and that
this will result in increased profit to the
telephone company, and enable 1t readily
to do business at these rates, is met by the
claim that with the admitted probable in
crease will come an increase in the cost of
service of each telephone. This claim
which thus distinguishes this business from
every other, and makes the proprietor
thereof poorer with each increase in the
volume of trade say the complainants.
demands extraordinary proof.
Alleged Deceptive Proposition.
"One of the deceptive and fallacious
propositions persstently advanced by tele-
phone companies is that the cost of operat-
ing exchanges is greatly increased with an
increase of subscribers because of the al
legged great increase of calls which each
subscriber will make.
ITO illustrate this, a table is compiled by
the complanants., showing the possible
combinations with different numbers of
subscribers to be:
With 100 subscribers, $500 combina-
tiCns; with 600 subscribers, 800. 900 combi-
nations; with 500 subscribers, 224S 800
combinations; with 1000 subscribers $685.
600 combinations: with 5000 subscribers
2i,995.000 combinations: with 5000 sub
scribers, IS, 1914 600 combinations; with 1000
subscribers, 4S,333000 combinations; with
$500 subscribers, S0,991. 900 combinations.
Perhaps the best proof that this in
genious mathematical statement has no
value in practice it is set forth, lis found
in the fact that although more than. 399S-
0w calls might be made daily in the Wash
irgton office, less than $4,000 are in fact
made.
Discussion of Rates.
In conclusion the compliments say:
IF excellent telephone service is given in
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The Scarcity of Game,
To the Editor of The EVENING Star.

For thirty-odd consecutive years 1 have
hunted quail and rabbits in South River
Neck, on the Chesapeake bay, about ten
miles south of Annapolis in Anne Arundel
county, Md. 1t is small but prolific sec
uon OF the state between South and Rhode
rivers which are nearly connected by
diooe creek making it peninsula, from
which pot hunters are vigorously excluded
All conditions there are favorable 70 the
breeding, feeding and protection of game
and yet this season it is SO scarce that ali
living thefe nave determined not to hunt
themselves or permit others to kill the few
birds and rabbits that survived the severi-
~ OF the past winter I hunted there on
the l4th instant with two companions and
three excellent dogs from early morning
until the middle of the afternoon, and
found but one small covey of quail and
three rabbits, indisputable evidence of ex-
IRENE scarcity. have interviewed gentle
men who have hunted in various parts of
Maryland and Virginia, all of whom found
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Baptist Ministers Union.

The Baptist Ministers Union of the Dis
trict of Columbia and Virginia met in Shi-
loh Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va, Mon
day last, at II 30 o'clock am. Rev. Shelton
Miller. ID. president, in the chair, and
Rev. J, G. Loveing. B. D.. serving as sec
rotary. Devotional exercises We're con-
H. Brooks read the S4th Psalm, and Rev
Samuel Johnson sang the hymn
A paper was read by Rev, d. F., Rivers
ABB, pastor of Berean Baptist Church of
the District of Columbia subject, "The In
separableness of the Word and the Triper-
sonality of the Godhead;' The paper was
discussed by Rev. !. Toliver and Rev w.
H. Brooks. ID.
An invitation was extended by Rev.
Henry H. Warning, BID, vice president of
the union and pastor of Shiloh Church, for
the union to partake of q repaSt supplied
Green. chairman; Mrs. Louisa Lee, Mrs
Jane Cartwright, Mrs. Bessie Beale, Miss
Emma Watts and Mrs Sallie Francis The
invitation was accepted.
Donations We're received by Rev d. F.
Rivers. ABB, on behalf of Mrs. Waring
natron of the Friendless Girls Home Of
the District of Columbia, for a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. Rev. James H. HILL assistant
pastor of the First Baptist Church, West
ii. Lee, pastor, presented s.. 30; Rev. James
II. Lee pastor of the Third Baptist Church
of the District of Columbia, presented 81 Il: :
Rev. Phillip Stewart. pastor of Mount Jez-
reel Baptist Church, presented one-half
ton of coal.
The association adjourned to meet Mon
day, December 3, at the Metropolitan Ban
fist Church, r street between 18th and 18th
streets northwest, Washington, d. C.
Six races at Benning Thanksgiving day.
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Gov. Pingree Charges Libel

AHn1uuC, lent was made in Detroit YES
terday that libel suits amounting to $I-0po
were about to be begun against the De-
troit Free Press by Gov. Piugree and sev-
eral others. Gov. Pinsree claims $4,000.
Assistant Corporation Counsel c. p. JosIyn.
100000. and Assistant Corporation Counsel
Eli r Sutton. SIO0oSJ.
/ he Free Press says editOrially that until
The complainantS have recited their griey-
ances IN court, which they have not done
a. Yet. detailed reply is impossible, but
That in all matters in which they have op-
posed these individuals the opposition has
b~"u for what the Free Press considered
me public veal Personalities were en-
pIyyeH n" farther than was thought neces-
SdfS 10 attain righteous end.
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no game, and returned, as | did, disap-
pointed. The daily papers have confirmed
TINS by reports that have appeared from
time to time during the present hunting
season, and the Baltimore Sun of the 9th
instant contained column editorial stat
ing facts and advising legislative action to
prevent the total humiliation of game in
this section of the country.
L have written this in the hone of enlist
ing the interest of sportsmen in this city
IN the matter of game preservation, ana
trust that the Capital City and other gun
Clubs which include in their membership
most of the true sportsmen of the city
VIII seriously consider the situation and
take such united action in the premises a 5
may promise the best results in the protec-
ton of game in its now depleted condition
All lovers of the dog and gun will thank
you if you will enlist, with your influential
columns, IN this cause. f. L. &.
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MIST PUT IN WATER METER.
Notice Served on Directors of Central
Union Mission.

The directors of the Central Union Mis-
sion have been notified by the District
Commissioners that hereafter they must
pay for the water service in the mission
building on Louisiana avenue, in the same
way that hotel buildings are required to
pay a compensation therefor. Water me-
tiers, the Commissioners state. must be es-
tabiishad In the baiiding for the purpose
of ascertaining the amount of water used
and that from the time of their installation
the mission will be charged for the con-
sumption of water at the rate of three
cents per 1909 gallons. During the time
the mission building was exclusively
used for religious purposes the institu-
ton was exempted from the payment
of the water tax, but the Commissioners
have been advised that the building is now
used for furnishing accommodations for
dodgers and hoarders, for which accommo-
dations, it is stated. a charge is made
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Hardwick Bill Defeated.

The Hardwick bill. introduced into the
lower house OF the Georgia assembly for
the purpose Of placing such limitations on
the negro vote IA that state as to nrac,f
cally disfranchisc the colored voter w.
oyerw he lm-ngIy ieteated YESTERDAY the r.
suit of Jhe ballcr being ia to 3
The result was a surprise as il was e,
pected the measure would receive strong
support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29
Proved Priceless.

Rutv coats and cinnamon favor. Br. Asnew's
liver pills are household fsyorites Impurities
leave the system The B~gyes are toned Yba
blood j. purified. The complexion is bright and
rgdiy. Headaches vanish and perfect health f.l
lows their 80 doses Io cents Sold iv + :
WILLIAMS. 9th and F SIS; EpMoNDS 4 WILL
iAMS 81 aAd Pa. ave Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29
THERE is AelASS OF PEOPLE

Who injErea hy rhe OF coffee. Recently
tler, he's been plHcpd in all the grocery stores a
new I,reparui ion called GRAND made Of pRre
gains. that takes the place Of coffee The most
delicate stomach receives IL without distress and
hut few tell Il from coffee. II does not cost
over a much. Children may drink II with q at
pc neit. - cts and IS cts. per package. Try It.
Ask for GRAND.
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Church Anniversary Celebrated.

The thirty-fifth anniversary OF the Re
hoboth Baptist Church, LIST street between
\ and o streets southwest, beginning Sun
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received
mnt at home Mrs Erickson
kindly
Medical and Pleasant Pellets
will
to-
sometimes picked
read his wonderful
of
Medical Discovery
what
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Defendants Objections.

The objections made by the defendant to
justify its refusal to accept the rates of the
statute are:
The quoted provision of the statute ap-
Plies only to telephones used by the corpo-
T. ton. the District of Columbia
The statute is ineffective as 10 contracts
for service which were not terminated by
notice Of ten days to the telephone company
before suit was brought. because to apply
il to them would impair the obligation of
contracts.
The statute is unconsttutionlI because
Al the rates fixed no return or reward on
the capital invested can be earned hy the
telephone company
As heretofore stated, a vast amount of
testimony on both sides was taken in diff
ferent sections OF the United states and
in Canada. The reading Of his testimony
in court occupied the two weeks ending last
Saturday. The arguments Of counsel began
yesterday and il is stated will continue for
a day or two. In court the compliments
are represented by Attorneys a. A. Birnay
and J. J. Hcmphll. Attorneys A s. Wor-
Ellington and Jerc Wilson appearing for
the defendant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29

first letter from Dr.
and could ooktr
doctor twice
all
gained within
wish
had
last
to of
His speaking
fully recommend remedies friends
well and feel good - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29

Six races at Benning Thanksgiving day
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IN conclusion the compliments say:
IF excellent telephone service is given in
The evening times., 1899-07-10

Alexandria. Va. July 10.-John New
lit, a well-known and respected res
ident of Accotink, Fairfax county
was killed by an engine on the Washing
Southern Railway about $3.50 o'clock
this morning. Mr.. hewitt left his home
at an early hour with wagon load of corn
for the Washington market. He was fol-
lowed by his brother, William Nevitt, who
also drove a team with produce for the
Washington market II is thought that
when the team driven by the unfortunate
man reached the Telegraph Road crossing
a mile west of this city, Mr.. hewitt had
fallen asleep and was unaware of the ep
proach of no-thbound engine and caboose
on the Pennsylvania Road.
The team on nearing the crossing took
fright and dashed across the rails, and the
locomotive plunged through the wagon in
which Mr.. hewitt was seated AS soon as
possible the engineer reversed his engine
and returned TO the crossing. Mr.. hewitt
was found lying near the track. The al
most lifeless form was placed in the Ca
boose and the train started for this city,
but upon reaching here life was found to
be extinct. The body was conveyed to B.
Wheatley's establishment. in King Street,
where an inquest will be held by Acting
Coroner Kirby, of Fairfax county. The
horses escaped injury.
Mr.. hewitt was forty-one years of age
and unmarried. He was a church member,
prosperous farmer, and highly esteemed
by his neighbors.
The evening times., 1899-07-10
MARYLAND HAPPENINGS.

cloudburst in the vicinity of Six-Mile House,
on the Baltimore pike, greatly damaged crops
Percy Sumption, lad of Davis, W. Va, is at
the Western Maryland Hospital in Cumberland
with peanut in his bronchial tube. He will
likely die.
man supposed to have been a tramp was
struck and killed by train Magnolia Sat-
u-day. Pal.ers found in his pocket. showed the
name Parker ''Parkes.''
Mr. Hubbard, OF the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, is in Hagerstown, with view of reaching
some satisfactory agreement with the city off,
cials by which the Postars line can enter Ha.
gerstown.
The Government has notified Major Barrows,
superintendent of the Antietam National Gene
tery, that the Reno monument and grounds on
top Of South Mountain, near Boonsboro, is now
under his care. This monument marks the posi-
ton where General Reno fell at the battle of
South Mountain in 1862. He commanded the
Ninth Army Corps, afterward commanded by
General Burnside.
Updegraf's large glove mandatory in Ha-
gerstown has not yet been invited to join the
glove trust. George F. Updegraf says that in
his opinion it would be difficult matter to form
a glove trust, as there are so many small con-
cerrs In the country. Before an effective COM
bipation can be formed it gill be necessary to
control all the skin mills in the country. and
all importations of skins, which would be hard
to accomplish.
The evening times., 1899-07-10
A Syndicate Buys Paper MiII.

Elkton, Nd, July 10.-The sale of the
large paper mill at Providence and the
pulp mill at Elkton, with machinery, land
ETC.. belonging to the Singerly Pulp and
Paper Company, of which the late William
M. Singerly was president, was consum-
mated late Saturday evening The pur-
chaser of the plant was Thoma, H. Sa-
very, Vice President of the Pusey &. Jones
company, of Wilmington, Del, who, it is
understood, represents a syndicate COM
posed OF himself. Robert Wetherell. Of
Chester, Pa, and Col. A. G. Pain. of New
York. The trustees refuse to make public
the price paid for the mills until the sale
is reported to the circuit court for Cecil
county. One Of the trustees, In an inter-
view yesterday, said that it is unknown to
them what the purchasers will do with the
mills. 1t is known, however, that the
Providence mill will be dismantled. but
what will become Of the plant here is I'm
known. The sale was made by the trus
tees with the consent of the court.
The evening times., 1899-07-10
A BOLD DAYLIGHT RoBBER.
He Seizes n Young Woman and Takes
Her Jewelry by Force.

Woodstock, Va, July 10.-The boldest
daylight robbery ever attempted in these
parts was perpetrated in Woodstock short
ly before noon yesterday. Miss G. Ed
wardine Crane. daughter of Hon. J. Par
ran Crane, Judge of the Seventh judicial
circuit of Maryland. and who lives in st.
Mary's county was the victim.
Miss Crane has been a guest at the home
of the Rev. A. A. Bushong, pastor OF the
Lutheran Church here. for some time.
Yesterday she attended services at the
Episcopal Church, but feeling i'll, left be-
fore the services were concluded and re-
turned home. She went to the parsonage
and found it closed. After resting some
time she went to the cistern in the rear
OF the house to get drink of water. The
cistern is partially screened from view OF
the street, and when the young lady en-
tered the screen man leaped from behind
the fence and attempted to take her jew
elry. She freed herself only to be caught
again and held until her rings could be
pulled from her fingers. Taking three,
the thief released her and started on his
escape. Miss Crane screamed and fell
back unconscious. When she recovered
she gave an alarm, and the phones were
set to work throughout the county and
searching parties secured the country
round about.
Some time afterward diamond ring, a
highly priced heirloom, and class ring
were found about thirty feet from the
place of the assault. The third. pain
gold band, has not been recovered. The
man is described as short, smooth -shaven,
and poorly dressed. One of the peculiar
phases of the attack is that it was less
than hundred yards from the Lutheran
Church, where services were in progress
and in a thickly settled vicinity. Miss
Crane is none the worse for her expert
eQce