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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-28
letter. salt Rheum and eczema

The intense itching and smarting -inci-
dent to these diseases is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. l,
is equally efficient tor itching piles an
favorite remedy for sore nipples. chap.
ped hands. chilblains, frost bites and
chronic sore eyes. 25cts per box. Fol-
sale by Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug
Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-28

Dr.. Cady's Condition Ros0ae,y. are just
what horse. needs when in bad condition
Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge
They are not food but medicine and the
best in use to put horse in prime con-
dition. Price IS cts per package. For
sale by Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-28

Just six things are requisite
To make our home life sunny;
One Is a cook of excellence,
The other five are money.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
GUSTAVE A. ERNI DEAD.
Sudden Demise From Spotted Fever
of q WeIl-knOwn Engraver.

Gustave Adolph Erni a well-known en-
graver employed in the bureau of printing
and engraving, died at IL o'clock this morn
ing of cerebro- spinal meningitis, or spot
ted fever" at the residence Of his aunt,
Mrs. Prall, No. 920 10th street northwest
Mr.. Ern. a tall, athletic young man, ac-
companied by huge mastiff, was famil-
lar figure about the city, and was very pop
ular among a wide circle of friends and ac-
quaintances. He was unmarried.
Mr.. Erni was born In Switzerland at the
time his father was serving as American
consul at Berne He came here about
thirteen years ago and entered the bureau
as an apprentice.
Later he went to the photographic office,
where he remained for time. Afterward
he re-entered the bureau of printing and
engraving and continued in it's employ to
the last. About week ago he fell on ths
street in front of Thompsou's drug store.
on 18th street, and it was found after he
had been carried into the drug store that
he had received a cut on his chin.
He was removed to the Emergency Hos
pital and the wound sewed. After staying
there two days he went to his aunt 8 home.
where he had severe chill and became un-
conscious, remaining SO till death this
morning.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
Washington stock Exchanre.

Sal Sales regular call. II O'Clock m-U s. ss. regis
io7 W B. q 500 at s. s9GpS1 500 At
'ti road cony u.s. $1,000 at 2lo. $1,000 at 211 Metro
'a1 m roaa hnllr1ad rs ser b. $50 At l1e $1,000 at
159 $500 at 10 Traders National Bank, 10 at
10 ~ a,s ,MstrNpolitgn % III s Railroad at no 10 2ls
2is 2i 10 10 at At 2sl5S 10 a5 21S al 10 at
is5 City and sa5npan kailTpna Rarsaa 20 at 1s
Wa Washington Gas, 100 at 5sla 100 at 5ss. 40 at at
9s 9ss 10 10 at at nslS Mergeathaer Linotype 10 Mt
Phsae rIags @ a1 q 70 at 2 Pneumatic Car
at and q fens 100 R
at 1856 West End National Bank 10 at los. nailR'
,do District Of Columbia Bonds.-5s 2O-year funding
funding III bid Iio asked asked S'0tA A0' 0'i $685.
,ea Misesiane9as sd 9a Railroad IS.
& e. 80 bid 2l2 asked Metropolitan naiiroad cert
nas dsht n A. l lis bid I'D MIstrosotan RaiIroad
ia I'd mort + IS, 1os BID, 10 asked: City and Sub.
pnsn phy ss4 aaFoad % s. g. IE5 bid Gas
Rany pan sn series B. s. 10 BID Electric Light
apeake and Potomac Telephone IS, its bid Amer er
Gan Mant seegrts ana Trust 1 Is 100 bid Washington
ket Company imp Gs, los bid: Washington Market
Company extn 6s. ios bid. Masonic Hall Associa-
ion iS1 BID. ID i0S 0a american Gr"phoph0ne deb Ss
National Bank stocks,-Bank of Washington. $40
bid. Metropolitan. $50 bid Central $50 hid
Farmers and Mechanics, 1s5 bid. second i4s bid bid
Gti1eps 6t ..t is9 D bid Columbia l4o bid Capital iso
1eo bid iai asked. Lincoln, III bid, 100 asked
Deposit and Trust. I24 bid Washington Loan and
Trust 1o0ha bid, 1o1H asked. American Security
and Trust $50 bid. Washington Safe Deposit 55
bid. f' ~
Insurance stocks-Firemen's, 80 bid Franklin
3 bid; MeetrMopoiitan e M IS bid Coreoran, 55 bid
American 1876 bid. National Union, I01s bid Co
lumbia, II bid. Riggs, SA bid, 81. asked Peo-
pies, 81 bid. 81 asked. lincoln lis bid Com
mereial bid.
Title Insurance Stocks.--Real Estate Title. SO bid
Columbia Title, SIS bid, 5t4 asked. District Title
2 bid.
Railroad Stocks.-Capital Traction Company xs3R
bid. S4h asked. Metropolitan 215h bid, 2151s ask
ed: Columbia, 124 bid. City and Suburban. 42Ia
bid, 43 asked
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-w Washington Cas-
5S1a bid 5sN asked. Georgetown Gas, 62 bid
6SR asked. U. s. Electric Light, $50 bid
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac 631a
asked Pennsylvania. IS bid
Miscellaneous StOcks.-Mergenthaler Linotype
1851 I'd 1ssls asked. Lanston Monotype ls,k bid
1S;s asked. American Graphophone, 12 bid f3 ask-
ed. American Graphophone preferred, 12A bid.
Pneumatic Gun Carriage. 10 bid, "A asked. WASH
ingten Market. 12 hid. Great Falls lee. 40 bid
152 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 102
bid.
xEx dividend.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, March 16-Flour dun and easy:
western super. 81 25as25 do extra, g. 6oaS3 do.
family. SO 3S5as36 90: winter wheat patent 3.7aaS4
spring do, $395a$415; spring wheat straight, So %
aS3.S5; receipts. s27 barrels: EXPORTS 3.757 bar
rels. Wheat dnii; spot and month, 744a74as: April
74l5a7424; May, 74S4a75; steamer No. red, 10ita
70z; receipts. s,222 bushels; exports none; stock
3S4.632 bushels; sales. $500 bushels; southern
wheat by sample. 67a75; do. on grade, T015a74ls.
Corn steady: spot and month 371la37as; April. 37s
a37Ts; May. 3slaa3Sa4; steamer mixed, 35a.a351s:
receipts 1I9 ass bushels; exports, 39s, AL bushels
stock 5S9 35S bushels sales. 5000 bushels sonth
ern white corn. BASS; DO. yellow, a7s37h. Oats
steady: No. white, 35aS51 No. mixed. 321aa33 /;
receipts 2661s busheis; exports, none; stock. 1885,
s5s bushes Rye es.sier; No: nearby, 59a59la; No.
western, 61h; receipts, IL, ,933 bushels; exports
none; stock, 50 ,539 bushels Hay firm; No. tim
othy, s11.50 bid. Grain freights very quiet, rates
fairly steady unchanged. Sugar strong, unchanged.
Butter steady. unchanged. Eggs firm. unchansed
Cheese firm and active, unchanged. Lettuce, g. 25a
s. 80 per bushel box. Whisky unchanged
Evening star., 1899-03-16
LIEUT.. CaSTNER REPORTS.
Will Describe His Exploration and
Return to- Alaska

Assistant Secretary OF War MeikeIjohn
yesterday had a call from a quiet weather.
beaten young man in civilians clothes. who
introduced himself as Lieut.. ]. G. Castner
4th United States Infantry. and reported
that he was alive, contrary TO previous
report. and ready for duty. 1t was Lieut.
CaStner. who started out with Capt Glenn's
Alaska expedition from Seattle on April /.
last year, and who, after being missing and
unaccounted for for months in the widest
part of Alaska, had made the trip out from
the mouth of the Tauaha in winter, cover
ing l,''D miles and making one OF the most
remarkable trips ever accomplished by
white man IN the frozen northwest.
Lieutenant Castner was stationed at Fort
sheridan. near Chicago. when ordered into
Alaska with the Glenn expedition, and
made the greater part of his trip through
the interior with only two enlisted men.
and occasionally with a few of the local
and left him and his men to make their
way out as best they could. The party of
three had adventures enough to fill a vol
uule OF travels. and after covering q big
circuit IN the interior of Alaska, where no
white men had ever set foot before they
reached Chena Indian settlement on the
river of that name, where they We're saved
from starvation by the kindness of the ma
tYes. Subsequently Lieutenant Castner
made his way to the coast and securing q
the dead OF winter.
He reported at the War Department only
yesterday, after having been given up for
dead by the authorities. He will make a
hasty report TO the department on the
result of mis- exploration and probably will
return to Alaska with the Glenn expedi-
tion, which is now fitting out for summer
campaign IN the Alaskan coast range.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
CRUSHED by MACHINERY.
THOMAS Frederick Accidentally KILL
ed at the Navy Yard.

Thomas Broderick a rgger who has
been In government employ since about
october last, met with a fatal accident
about 9:4o o'clock this morning, while work.
ing In the navy yard. He was caugh: be-
neath slotter that was being placed in
position and so seriously crushed about the
body that he lived only fifteen minutes. The
unfortunate man was an expert rigger and
had done work on most of the high church
steeples in this city. He was so good a
hand at the business that he was put in
charge of gang of men from the construc-
ton and repair shop to move and place the
rigger in position. In some unaccountab!e e
way the big piece of machinery, weighing
about 1900 pounds, slipped and fell to one
side. Broderick was caught by the slotter
and crushed against piece of iron shaft
ing.
The gang of men soon rescued him from
beneath the piece Of machinery, but he
was unconscious. In few seconds he was
able to talk. and he complained of being
unable to see He was soon removed to
Providence Hospital. When the hospital
was reached he seemed perfectly conscious
and had regained his eyesight. Despite the
heroic treatment of the physicians he died
about II O'Clock. Coroner Carr was noti-
fed of the fatality, and it is likely that a
certificate of accidental death will be given
The deceased was we'll known in labor cir
cles. He about sixty years old, and
lived at 457 Z street southwest
His wife has just recovered from a long
spell of sickness resulting from a broken
arm, and one daughter, it is stated is seri-
ously i'll. The deceased leaves number of
children.
This is the third accident that has hap
pened in the yard during the past week or
ten days. Tuesday morning James Barker,
living at 415 l street southeast, fell from
the scaffolding of ship and was seriously
injured. His condition. 1t is said, Is still
serious. One day last week Valentine NJ.
Roper met with an accident, but his in
juries We're not serious.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
Sugar Stock Advances Sixteen Points
on Today's Market.
CITY RAILWAY STOCKS ALSO HIGHER
Slight Rise in Grangers Follows in
Sympathy.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK, March 16.-The opening of
today's market was entirely commonplace,
and gave no inklinG of the subsequent sem
sational developments in one two of the
specialties.
American Sugar was the feature of the
market, advancing from 141 to 10 during
the first half of the days business.
TIE covering of short contracts and
rumors of Standard Oil buying in anticipa-
tion of harmonious action throughout the
trade were offered in explanation of the
rise. The movement is the outcome of a
quiet and well-matured plan to force higher
prices for these shares.
1t has been previously noted that this
particular industrial was acting with a de-
gree of dignity and nationality quite out of
Keeping with the almost daily movement a
few years ago. During the recent almost
unprecedented advance in the industrial
markets this property, the pioneer of such
rapid movements, has been neglected.
The developments this morning, however,
clearly demonstrate the fact that beneath
the surface the old-time activity was in
progress
Chicago was large buyer of the stock.
both accounts being represented.
The municipal railways were also fea-
lures of considerable prominence during
the day.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit was opened at
par and was later advanced on good buy
ing something over per cent. The short
interest In Manhattan came in for it's pro-
portion of the penalty incident to the ex-
treme fluctuations in the general market
Five per cent was added to early prices on
these shares and later the buying was con-
sidered to be good in character.
The market for the granger shares was
better in sympathy with the new activity,
but the railroad list particularly the coal
stocks, was only a secondary feature. The
days movement in prices reflects more of
manipulation than Of any real change in
actual conditions.
The money market and the crop outlook
are both in doubtful condition to a moder-
ate degree, but the market is not likely to
be permitted to overestimate the sgnifi-
canoe of these doubts. Money may get up
beyond the average dividend return for the
active stocks, but this fact must be consid-
cred In its character as a transient condf-
ton. The money rate will not advance be-
yond the percentage earned on the better
class of stocks, and the amount paid should
not be serious except from traders
standpoint
Evening star., 1899-03-16
NAVAL MAG AZTNE SITE.
appointment of u Board to Deter
mine 1t.

The Secretary of the Navy has appointed
q hoar1. consisting of Rear Admiral j. W
Philip. Capt ;Sicol Ludlow and Commander
William Swift. all stationed at New York.
10 examine and report upon the most avail
able site for naval magazine in the vicin-
ity of New York city, for the establishment
of which. with all the necessary buildings.
wharves, railroad tracks, cranes etc. Com
greSs has appropriated the sum of $6pU O,al
It is pretty well understood that the board
Will recommend site on the Jersey shore
OF the Hudson river near EdgeWater, pro-
tected by the Palisades. at a point almost
opposite Grants tomb The owners of this
tract of land. which is about eleven miles
from the navy yard, value 1t at $50 Ita
This price Is regarded as some what excess
i've and is the main thing that interferes
with the immediate acceptance of the offer
The proposed magazine will be the largest
in the world and is intended for the manu-
tacture and storage of high explosives and
ammunition for the use of the navy. The
selection of the site at EdgewoOd is oppos-
Ell by many property owners in New Jersey
and in the upper part of Manhattan who
see dirsfut possibilities in the proximity Of
such an eGt> blishment
Evening star., 1899-03-16
OFFICIAL NOTICE AWAITED.
Statements Concerning Faulty Con-
strucliOn Withheld for Present

IL was stated by the District Commission
ers this afternoon that they had not vet
received an official copy of the report of
the committee on buildings and grounds of
the board of public school trustees. made
10 the board Tuesday afternoon through
its chairman. Mr.. Harries Until they have
received and read this report. which
charges that number of the school build
ings are in a dilapidated condition. the
commissioners decline 10 discuss the mat
ter.
This position IS also taken by the District
Inspector of buildings, Mr.. John b. Brady
II is expected that copy of the report
will reach the Commissioners tomorrow
In this connection. il is announced that
the superintendent of repairs Lewis f.
Bond. was today placed by the Commits
sioners' order under the immediate control
OF the Engineer Commissioner But il is
said that Mr.. Bond merely had charge of
repairs to engine houses and police sta
tions.
1t is stated also that three men were at
different times employed to superintend the
construction of the Western High School
buildings. A. Carpenter a western man:
Perry Miller. a bricklayer, and II. B. Davis
an architect The man in charge of the
construction Of the johnson School in
Mount Pleasant is said to have been John
G.. Right. builder. All of these men were
paid 81 day.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
PRESIDENT ENJOYS HIMSELF.
Plans Made for a Drive to a NeighbOr-
inb Club House,

BROWNSVILLE, Ca, March 16.-Pres,-
dent Mckinley. after a good nights rest,
awoke to find a warm sun bursting through
gathering clouds The temperature was
mild.
Plans had been made for a drive to the
Country Club. a fashionable place, about
two miles outside the town, where are To-
ca.eu s1ii aho Irap-shootlng grounds ana
liminary to his drive the President tram
sacted few business matters through AS
sistant Secretary Cortefyou.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
WILL BRING MIR. SHERMAN HOME.
The Cruiser Chicago Ordered to Meet
the Paris.


A telegram was received at the White
House this morning from Colgate Hoyt,
who is a travelling companion of ex-Secre-
tary Sherman. dated at Fort de France,
Island of Martinique. announcing that Mr..
Sherman is suffering from an attack of
pneumonia. and requesting that he be
brought home to the United States on a
government vessel. The message was sent
over TO the Navy Department, and Secre-
tary Long Immediately gave the orders nee
essary to comply with the wish. 1t was
found that the cruiser Chicago was just
about due at Havana. a cablegram was
sent to that point to have the ship proceed
at once TO Kingston. Jamaica, to meet the
Paris and take off Mr. Sherman. The Paris
Is making tour among the West Indian
Islands, and unless this is done MIR Sher-
man must remain on the ship for two
weeks, or the excursion which the ship car
ries must be abandoned. The Chicago is
provided with medical officer so that the
patient will have ,he best of attention on
1he hOmeward journey. He will probably
be taken aboard the warship Sunday or
Monday, and should arrive at Hampton
Roads about a week from today There he
can be taken aboard one of the Potomac
river steamers and brought to Washington
without much inconvenience
No report of his condition. in addition TO
that received last night, has yet come to
General Miles.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
Raining In California.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 16.-It has
been raining here over twenty-four hours.
and the storm has now become general
throughout the state
Evening star., 1899-03-16
The Pope is Growing Weaker

ROME. March 16.-The Messagero today
says the pope shows signs of increasing
weakness and that his physicians are very
watchfuL
Evening star., 1899-03-16
Grain. Provisions and Cotton Markets,

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers. 1419 F St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thaimann & Co, New York
Ma IN
Evening star., 1899-03-16
steamship Arrivals.

At New York-LahD, from Bremen; Brem-
en- from Bremen.
At Queenstown : Germanic. from New
York.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
JOHN SHERMAN Is ILL
Has Severe Attack of Pneumonia
on Steamer Paris.
NOW At ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE
The Cruiser Chicago Ordered to
Meet the Paris.
10 BRING PATIENT HOME

ST. PIERRE, Island Of Martinique, March
IG.-The condition of John Sherman. the
former Secretary of state, who is a passen-
ger on board the American line steamer
Paris, now making tour of the West In
dian Islands, Is no better today. Mr.. Sher-
mans physicians look for a change this
afternoon. He Is very feeble.
Mr.. Sherman. who is passenger on board
the American line steamer Paris arrived
at St. Pierre yesterday from Trinidad with
the party Of eXcursionists who are making
a tour of the West Indian Islands.
While at San Juan de Porto Rico last
Wednesday Mr.. Sherman was entertained
by Brig. Gen. Fred. Grant, commander of
the Military Department OF San Juan, and
caught cold. The malady was not con-
sidered serious until Tuesday night, after
leaving Port of Spain, when pneumonia in
the most serious form developed.
DIR. Graf Of the Paris and DIR. Mdgee of
Duluth are attending him, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Colgate Hoyt of New York and F. b.
Wiborg of Cincinnati close relatives of Mr..
Sherman, are constantly near him.
Evening star., 1899-03-16
SPRING OPENING

FIf T sF n AL E SEW N5s
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-12-28
Indian Fighter to Take the Place[ of
Gen. Butler.
Much TROUBLE IS BREWING
England preparing to Put more Troops
In the Field and Wants q Better
Commander.

The war office of the British en-
pire, whose lust for gold and diamonds
brought on the South African war,
has issued the following announce.
ment:
AS the campaign in Natal, in the
opinion of her majesty s government is
likely TO require the presence and I'M
divided attention of General Sir Redvers
Butler, it has been decided to send Baron
Roberts, of Kandahar and Waterford, as
commander-in-chef in South Africa,
with Lord Kitchener as chief of staff.
Also the following announcement
was made:
All the remaining portions of the army
reserve, Section d., are called out The
Seventh division which is being modified
will proceed 10 South Africa without
delay
Nine battalions of militia, in addition
to two battalions which have already
volunteered for service at Malta and one
for service in the channel islands, will be
allowed to volunteer for service outside
of the United Kingdom; and an
equivalent number of militia battalions
will be embodied for service at home.
A strong force of volunteers. selected
from the Yeomanry regiments, will be
formed for service in South Africa.
Arrangements are being made and will
shortly be announced for the employ
ment in South Africa of strong con-
tingent of carefully selected volunteers.
1t looks now as though the British
government had become very much
alarmed over the critical situation in
South Africa, and it is evidently
awake to the great necessity Of de-
cisive action in rushing soldiers to
the scene of hostilities
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REPORT MADE BY THU OREGON
STATE HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION
After Visit to Weiser and Other Idaho Points, 1t Makes
Statement of What It Has Observed as
to Our Wonderful Soil and
Great Possibilities.

tains. The demand for winter fruits
is very large and increasing, and the
soils Of Eastern Oregon valleys and
Snake river region seems specially
adapted to apple and pear culture.
1t is essential, however, to select such
varieties as mature late, say the last
of October or early in November, for
fruits which mature during the hot
weather will not keep, as the fruit
juices are warm when the fruit is
picked and will ferment and soon
decay; but such fruits as ripen when
the cool weather has set in will keep
well and have excellent shipping
qualities We would particularly
recommend the planting of such va
rieties as will stand ocean transporta-
ton, to supply the ever increasing
demand for our fine apples and pears
in the markets of England, Germany,
and France, and from now on the
rapidly developing Oriental trade.
In the foothills, however, especially
about Cove, in the Grande Ronde
valley, we find the season very short,
hence such varieties should be select
ed which come to maturity early, in
order to make it profitable
Another fruit adapted to that
region is the italian prune. The
trees now in bearing seem strong and
healthy, and the fact Of their ripen-
ing late in the season-in fact after
all prunes of Western Oregon and
California have long been consumed
give them a special market value
as a fresh fruit The Italian prunes
which were sent to us at the Trans
Mississippi Exposition in Omaha last
year in October from Ontario, Weiser
and Payette were the finest on exhi-
bition, and owing to their lateness
will always command high prices.
French prunes do not do well there.
Owing to the cheapness with which
ice can be procured along the Snake
river, for cold storage, they possess
great advantage over other sections,
and fresh fruit can be kept to humor
the markets and fruit growers of that
section will do well to consider this
point. Very few prunes being evap-
Grated in this section, the fatalities
for it are limited, but will develop
no doubt as occasion demands In
the Grande Ronde valley prunes, and
especially cherries, mature even
later than in the Snake river country,
and at time when such fruits are
sought after and would therefore
make most profitable crop to grow.
Varieties.
The choicest of apples SO far
planted is Ben Davis, Wolf River,
Jonathan, Golden Reinette, Gano,
f Rome Beauty, York Imperial and
$ Shakleford. In pears we would sug-
r gest Winter Nellis, Beurre Easter,
e Tall Butter, Beurre d'Anjou and
Doyenne du Comice-all excellent
r fruits, good keepers and commanding
8 the highest market price.
h In the X. S. & D. 200-acre or
! chard near Ontario we were shown
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Ere the Signal reaches It's many
readers again the border line of 1900
will have been crossed and another
page of history in the great book of
time will have beeu turned back and
counted with those of the past.
Therefore, we take this opportunity
to wish one and all happy and
prospefsous New Year.