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The Washington times., 1901-07-11

! Comptroller TraccwcIi's Opinion on
the Per Diem EmpIoycs-The Seed
OF Iore school Room in fooiS-
Iaud-A water Mnin Assessment.
Warner Stutler. the Superintendent of
Street Cleaning, has addressed com
munication TO the Commissioners request
ing reference to the Comptroller of the
Treasury for a decision, certain Fneces-
sary and contingent expenses of his
department. MIR. Stutler says:
The act Of March /. 1901, provides that
necessary incidental expenses of sprink-
ling, sweeping, and cleaning streets ave
nues, alleys. and suburban streets shall
be paid from the appropriation for that
work The act aforesaid also provides
an appropriation which the Commission
ers are required to apportion for the con
tinsent expenses of the District govern
ment.
In constituting these provisions it has
been found difficult to determine whether
certain items are necessary Incidental
expenses of street sweeping and charge
able to the appropriation for that work,
or are purely office requirements, and
payable from the appropriation for con
tingent expenses of the Office. To make
TIE matter clear, l will mention one or
two items of this class of expenditure.
First. / name street sweeping eX-
peuditure. In order to properly conduct
the work it is necessary TO prepare sched
ules Gt tsignating the street and prescrib-
ing the area to be swept each night.
copies of which are furnished to the
drivers and to each of the inspectors.
who follow the machines when the lat
ttrs are at work. These schedules after
being signed and certified by the inspec-
tors are returned TO the office and be-
come the bases of the vouchers upon
which payments are made to the CON
tractor, they are used solely in connection
with the work, and being considered "a
necessary incidental expense, have al
ways heretofore been charged to the ap-
preparation for street sweeping.
Il mention next the maintenance of
horse and buggy Lor the use of the Super
intendent This horse and buggy are used
exclusively in the general inspection and
supervision of street cleaning, and with
out their aid no intelligent oversight of
the operations would be possible. Under
these circumstances 1 consider this outlay
properly chargeable to the work as
necessary incidental expense
''One other item is the telephone. This
is used constantly by the inspectors and
contractors in communicating with the
eftce in connection with the work and by
citizens in making requests for service,
complaints. etc, and is believed to be an
Indispensable adjunct and properly
chargeable to necessary incidental eX-
pense. i
"As we are Just entering upon a new
fiscal year il is desirable to have def
mite understanding in this matter with
the accounting officers of the Government,
and TO this end Il have the honor to re-
quest that the question be submitted to
the Comptroller of the Treasury for set
tlement."
Commissioner Ross in forwarding Mr..
Suffers letter to his associates. has
moved that the views of the Comptroller
of the Treasury be requested on the ques-
tiOns raised
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Dancing at Chevy Chase Lake
might. Marine Band concert tomorrow eve.
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THURSDAY. JULY IL. 1901.
Weather Indications.
TEMPERATURE.

Partly cloudy today; moderately warm To
morrow fair; light to fresh porthcrly winds.
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The Committee on Schools Of the Brook
land Citizens Association recently sub
mftted a report TO the association on the
repairs and changes needed In the Brook
land school house. The report was adopt
ed by the association and transmitted en-
tire 10 the Commissioners for their infor-
nation and consideration. The committee
is composed of Millard J. Holmes, Chair
man: W. L. Morgan Jones, J. II. Hyatt
ana W p Armstrong. In part the report
is:
The brick wall in front and around
the school building should be relad and
repaired, widened and extended. The ter
races Of the school yard should be sodded,
tile play ground should be cemented. and
the areaway on the east side of the build
ing should be sunk so as TO be below the
level Of the basement floor in order 10
prevent s1epage from entering the base
ment wallis. said walls and floor being
more or less damp from the cause named.
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b. II. Warner has written TO the Com
missioners. stating that the agreement
in regard to laying a water main through
the property of the heirs of Mary ].
Warner, on Umatilla Street, was a YER
bal one, and he requests that enquiry be
made with reference thereto. and that
the tax bill formerly sent to the Commits
sioners be returned to him
w A. Mcfarland, Superintendent of the
Water Department, in reporting upon the
matter, produces "A letter signed by Mr.
Warner, giving the District authority to
lay the water main through the proherty
refe--ed to, with the understanding that
NO NO assessment ass should be made.
Mr.. Mcfarland states that il seems
TO be plain that the property re
terred to in MIR. Warmers letter is that
fronting ON Umatilla Street. and that the
exemption of that property does not also
exempt that on Chestnut Street which
are the lots against which the assessemnt
is levied.
Capt: Lansing H.. Beach, the Engineer
Commissioner. in forwarding the papSrs
to his associates, states that diIigent en-
curry talls to give any information as to
tne verbal agreement referred to by Mr.
arner. Captain Beach states that in
correspondence which has been in the
Engineers Office since 1896 there Is found
statement on the part of the office to
nm, that no assessment could be levied
Tor the water main laid on the right of
way granted by him through the line of
the proposed Jmatillas Street as the law
only provided for assessment for mains
laidin the public highways. Captain Beach
recommends that Mr.. Warner be apprised
OF these facts. and that the tax bill sent
TO the Commissioners is for the lots on
Chestnut Street. which Is a public high
way, ana that the assessment is in all re-
spects IN accordance with law and that
the Commissioners have no right to can
eel the same
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The gas fixtures should be extended to
the basement to afford light during cloudy
days. Under present conditions the base
ment is too dark during the winter
months 10 afford proper recreation
room The grounds on the south side of
OF the other portions OF the play ground.
As TO the needs Of the school in the
matter OF additional room your commit
Tee Is informed that there were enrolled
during the last school year S2l pupils in
aduluen to the pupils attending the kin
lerBarten department, all attending at
the same r7hool building. but that the
manual training school and the cooking
school occupied rented quarters The
principal Is of the opinion that during the
coming year an additional four-ro9m
Schoot should be provided, and stated that
such a building would be adequate. IL
may be stated that five years ago ninety
puplIS We're enrolled. or an increase OF
Z7o per cent. If the same ratio holds
for the coming year the enrolment for
the next year viii be Az, which will. in
our opinion, render not only present ac-
cCHmodations insufficient but also the
added accommodations suggested by the
principal"
The committee suggests that a new
Nlutd. ana that IL be built in the vicinity
of the present building They further
suggest that probably the present play
GROUND would be available for the needed
buiidlng, and that Congress should be
asked TO make an appropriation for the
adjoining lot on the east of the play
ground.
ceipt OF the report. and have ordered it
Med for consideration when the esti-
mates for the next Congress are made
up.
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Heiskell McLeran. agents for George
Glorious, have entered protest with the
Commissioners against the laying of a
cement walk in front of 1919 Third Street
northwest. The matter was referred TO
the surface division of the Engineer De-
partment and c. b. Hunt, the Computing
Engineer, has reported as follows:
The roadway on Third Street between
r Street and Florida Avenue was paved
very recently by the operation of the
schedule, and no sidewalk exists on
the west side of the street the order for
new walk was made on the initiative of
the office, after legal advertisement. The
large improvement that has been made
to this property without cost to the same
by the construction of an asphalt road
way; the nature of the location; the sur
rounding improvements and the amount
of pedestrian travel would. in themselves,
justify the Commissioners in allowing this
order to stand. / recommend, in spite of
this protest. that the walk be laid as
ordered"
The report has been approved by the
Engineer Commissioner and forwarded TO
his associates.
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AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT.
A Ruling Asked Upon Certain Ex-
penses of Street Sweeping.

TrnceweII's Opinion on
the Per Diem Empioycs-The Weed
of More school Room in b. ooI<-
Iaud-A water Muin Assessment.
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J. G. Adams OF g37 Street. has sub
mitted to the Commissioners a long
statement relative to the paving of the
alleys in square 3s7. Mr.. Adams states, in
substance, that The pavements are in
very bad condition. and that their proper
cleaning under the circumstances is i'm
possible.
The matter was referred to Warner
Stutler. Superintendent of Street Clean
ing, who has reported that the east alley
running north and south. and that part
Of the south alley running east and west
beginning at Ninth Street and ending at
the east alley aforesaid. are all that are
essential TO his department. He suggests
that the interests of the public health
and comfort require that so much of the
alleys as have been referred to should be
paved.
This report has been approved by Com
missioner Ross and forwarded TO his as
sociates.
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possible.

Burton Macafee of the Cercoran Build
ing. suggests that the east side OF Six
teenth Street northeast, near the corner
of Rosedale Street be brought TO grade
and the curb set after a catch basin has
been constructed. The matter was refer
red to the surface division of the Engi-
neer Department. and c. B. Hunt has
reported that Sixteenth Street near Rose
/ dale street is approximately at grade.
while at kraemer Street a fiji Of about
two feet is contemplated. He states that
under operations about to be undertaken
Kraemer Street will be filled to grade
and the filling of necessity will be con
tinued along Sixteenth Street TO Rosedale
Street. Should the material then be
available, the sidewalk space will be
brought to grade after the roadway has
been, but should this not be practicable.
Mr.. Hunt states that this filling will
not be long postponed.
The board of officers of the Graceland
Cemetery Association have called the at
tention of-siae Commissioners to the fact
that sewer pipe laid by them on the
Rladensburg Road, and connecting with
tho boundary sewer has been filled and
obsructed by making improvements on
said road. They suggest that a ditch or
drain he opened through the ceme-
tCry grounds TO the sewer il the Benning
Road.
c. 3. Hunt. the Computing Engineer. in
reporting upon the matter states: "The
inspector on the work reports that no
operations by the contractor have OBJ
structed any drain pipe such as the
cemetery board describes. and as the Dis
trict is prevented by law from doing
work. on private property. the work sug-
gested cannot be done. Mr.. Hunt is of
the opinion that the ditch suggested
would probably solve the problem. but
he states that it must 6e done at private
expense.
David Moore, of III Fourteenth Street
northwest, has prOteS:aI against water
main assessment levied against lot 9
block 2, and lot l. block g. Moore and Par
bOur's addition. The Assessor in his re-
port upon the protest has Informed the
Commissioners that the assessment ap-
pears to have been enormously made and
he recommends that the same be can
ceed
r. w. Dutton, Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department, has requested that free
tags be furnished for the dogs at engine
companies 2, Z. 8. II, and u, truck com
pany No ]. according to the request of
Foreman Nicholson, of truck company D.
Ii is understood that the Commissioners
will grant the request. as IL has been de
cided that the dogs kept at the engine
houses are municipal property.
Commissioner Ross has forwarded to
his associates with his recommendation
the name of George w. Phillips for
watchman at the Washington Asylum
Mr.. Phillips has recommendations for the
position from Hon. J. w Patterson and
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania.
Warner Stutler, Superintendent of Street
Cleaning, has forwarded to the Commits
sioner a request that James Henderson,
be appointed as foreman in the Street
Cleaning Department.
II. II. Darneille. the Assessor. has re-
quostcd that $50 from the appropriation
for assessment and permit work be al
lottcd frola tha appropriation for the ds-
cal year 1902.
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II. H. Darneille. The Assessor has re-
qucstcd that $50 frem the appropriation
for assessment and permit work be al
cal year 1902.
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Warner Stuter Superintendent of Street
Cleaning, has forwarded to the Commits
siOner request that James Henderson,
be appointed as foreman in the Street
Cleaning Department.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-05-12
A CIVILIZED CITY.
Sonb Mistaken Ideas About Dawson,

in the klondike. Corrected.
 A tall and stately Klondiker. whose bronzed face and gray goatee make impressive his urban manners and rather nervous conversation, wrote the name of Jeremiah Lynch. Dawson," on the register at the Arlington. He was until 1897 Q resident of San Fran cisco, and was one of the gold Demo- cratic leaders in California during the campaign Of 1896. With the klondike discoveries he went to Alaska and en- gagged in divers enterprises. which prospered him exceedingly. Of late he has given his attention chiefly to min- ing, but after a visit of two or three weeks in San Francisco is on his way to Europe, where he intends to spend the winter months, says the Washing ton Post Dawson, with it's three daily newspapers, electric lighting plants ana population of 25,000 peC- pie, said he last evening, "is now hardly weeks journey from Seattle. and one can travel all the way with entire comfort. It is about three days by steamer from Seattle up the coast, few hours by rail over the White Pass road, and then two days by steamer to Dawson During thA past summer steamer has been running every day each way between the ter minus of the railroad and Dawson. That city. it is not generally known, is north of the mouth of the Yukon, the valley of which, 1 am certain, will be found capable in future years ot sup porting vast population. We raised big potatoes, cabbages and other yege- tables at Dawson this year, some Of which have been hurried to the exposi- tion at Paris for exhibition. The city is we'll governed, and when the governor general of Canada visited us during the summer and was entertain ed by resident gentlemen in full dress suits he expressed surprise at the de- velopment the city has made. Tho Canadians are model in their rule of Dawson and of the mines in that re- zion, but 1 confess to a fully warrant ed regard for our regime on the Am eriean side ot the line
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-05-12
R.. NJ. KNOX
WOMEN MAY WOO,
So One of Them Thinks, and Expresses
 Herself

Herself.
 Of course women have to dispose O, themselves in marriage. but should the woman ever propose? asks a mas c1llne writer. Sometimes, even when it is not leap year, they sno4is,. There is first of all the ease of queens; they must do so. and very prettlly did Queen Victoria fulfil the task, says the Washington Post
 But the sex is so sood-natured iD helping lame dogs over a stile, An Irish girl did it in this way She thought that her boy was slow in com ing to the point. so she said, If 1 were you, Jack, and you were ne, we'd be married long ago. Another shy man said to the lady of his choice "I Wst we were on such terms of intimacy that you wouldn't mind calling me by my first name Oh" she answered. your second is good enough for me. ' Shakespeare heroines are remark ably ready to take the initiative in this most serious business Helena demands the hand of Bertram as the price of her wonder working prescrip- ton. Desdemona hints broadly that she is to be had for the asking Miran. dada tells her patient logman that shs is his wife if he will marry her. Olivia says to her lovers masquerading mes senger:
 Would you undertake another suit. l rather hear you to solicit
 Than music from the spheres"
 Then. finding Sebastian himself mora pliable than his fair double, she fetches a priest to make sure of him while he is in the humor. Juliet, caught thinking aloud, declares her willingness to lay her fortunes at Romeo's feet if he will but say when and where the holy man shall make them one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-05-12
BENTON, VETERANS.

Unted Confederate Veterans, Pine Bluff, Ark:
 Circular No. All camps and vet erans who expect to attend the Mem phis reunion May 2S, 29, and 30, are herewith notified that the Second brigades train will leave the Pine Bluff Cotton Belt depot promptly at Ii a. m Monday, May 27, 1901. You will arrive in Memphis in ample time to get quarters that evening for sup per.
 You are expected to notify Com manding General R. M Knox or As sistant Adjutant W. L. Dewoody, Mai B. R. Donelson, Maj. J. Y. Saun- ders. Mai j. w. Tucker, Maj. w. C.. Garrett, Rev. J. F. Carr chaplin gen eral; Capt Thos. Green and Capt. ". D. Vance, of the brigade staff.
 Particular importance should be of all parties going, not later than the goth inst. so that ears may be SC. cured.
 As the train leaves before the din ner hour, it is requested that parties going from Pine Bluff will carry a liberal luncheon in order that we may divide up with comrades and friends who may not be provided.
 Tickets for round trip s36o, good until June 4. Ticket office will be open at 7:30 a. m Come early to avoid the rush. Train will make no stops between Pine Bluff and Mem phis. By command of
 R. NJ. KNOX,
 Brigadier General Commanding. W. l.. DEWOODY. Assistant Adit. Gen. and Chief of Staff
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GIFTS TO THE POPE.
His Holiness Receives Many Singular
 Presents from the Faithful.

His Holiness Receives Many Singular
 Presents from the Faithful.
 The Vatican has become a perfect museum of objects, animate and inani- mate, as many of the faithful have de- sired to give his holiness a personal gift, with in many cases strange re- suits For instance, peasant from the Abruzzi the other day brought a pair of turtle doves in basket and was highly incensed because he was not al- lowed to carry them into St. Peters and present them personally then and there. to the head of the church. A woman brought-that is, carried to the station-a young and lusty pig, but was obliged by her mortified parish priest te leave it behind. Alfredo Mancini, now in Rome, has, however, maos the pom tiff a present which ia most interesting and valuable, Not long ago he brought with him from the Holy Land two magnificent goats taken from Mount Carmel. They are splendid beasts, dis tinguished from their kind by their black coats Gnus,.ally thick and soft. and by their ears, which are large and fall like those of {. hunting hound The pope has inspected them personally in their pasture in the Vatican gardens The other day as he stood looking at them he said: How they bring back to me the days of my childhood, when I scrambled about the hills of Carpi- neto like the goats. going in many places where only wild boy or a goat could gain foothold. These goats are as yet untried to the climate of Rome, but as they are hardy animals 1t is hoped they will not suffer by the change flpm Palestine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-05-12
NAMING INFANTS.
Baptismai vagar.Ns One to the South
 African War.

Baptismai vagar.vs Dne to the South
 African War.
 One of the results of the war in South Africa was an outbreak of curi- ous names. Luekless infants born at or about the time of great events are being chriaiened after the events them selves as well as after the more promi- nent individuals concerned. Redvers Butler Thompson was used not long ago, and Dundee Glencoe and Elands- laagte have all been given. At the Cape, among the many curiosities are Talana, Elanda Smith, Belmontina Grasspana, Modderriva Brown and Penn Symons White Robinson. A Boer named Troshie, residing in the Gre. dock district in Cape Colony, had his son baptit 'd Immanuel krueger Steyn Triomphus-a very unintelligent anticipation of the events that were to come. The mania appears to have taken South Wales in a very acute form. Recently Modder River Jones. John Redvers Butler Thomas, Harry White Redyors Joseph, Harold Baden Aafeking Powell and Ezekiel Methuen Macdonald Baden-Powell Williams were the names given to the helpless infants by patriotic parents in Meath. At Pontypridd there are poor babies called Richard Colenso Scott, Oliver Colenso Williams, Kimberley Clifford Charles Redvers James and Baden Powell Williams. and at Mountain Ash Victor Colenso Warren, Warren Sand ford, Macdonald Claremont, Methuen Phillips, John Stanley Methuen Will Hams and Baden-Powell Price,-Bos- On Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-05-12
mn unler tn SaIcut.a.

After not raining for long time it rained very hard in India and the re cent letters and newspapers from Cal, cutta describe the flooding of that city, where the water stood twenty inches deep in the streets. People went about in boats and wagons and as the rules of the road were suspended for the time. there was a great mix-up in the more crowded taoToughfares. In soms places pedestrians waded Up to their necks and in others up to their knees. Scores of natives went about the streets spearing fish. The fish tanks had been overtioWed and it was good fishing in all the principal streets, es pecially in the celebrated Maidan. A native clerk who was late in arriving at his office excused himself by saying that in wading to his place of busi ness he was much annoyed by the fish, one of which jumped out of the water and hit him in the eye.-New York Press.
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Tip for Ordering.

If you want your meat 'deliver ed in time for dinner, telephone us by To clock, as our del very wagon leaves the last time at that hour, and 5:3o in the afternoon or supper.
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ARE YOU SICK?

If so, do not waste further time ex perimenting but consult pr KaI,b the Specialist He will examine you adn find out your exact condition and start at the cause of your trouble and will tell you honestly whether you can be cured or not
 Dr. Keith has over 300 patients now taking treatment aal many ave al ready received sufficient benefit to recommend him to you after other doctors had failed to even relieve.
 If you are sick or afflicted with any chronic disease, call and be exam mine l it will cost you nothing for consulta. ton.
 The Doctor is graduate of the University of the City of New York, New York State. and holds special diplomas showing ms experience in chronic and private diseases. His diplomas are open to the inspection of all
 Dr. Keith has complied with the medical laws of the state of Ar6an3ae and has recorded hls diploma with the County Clerk of Jefferson County
 If you are sick or afflicted in any way, do not fail to call and see Dr. Keith at once.
 Call up old phone 793 or new phone 405 and make appointment to see Dr. Keith.