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The Washington times., 1902-09-23

The time for completing of contract
with Mr.. James W. Hendley for heating
apparatus in various school buildings
has been extended until October j. owing
to unavoidable delay in the delivery OF
the material needed to make the repairs.
The Engineer Commissioner has re-
quested that the Washington Steamboat
Company be required to submit an offer
for the lease of the wharf frontage and
property now occupied by them, between
NJ and n Streets southwest.
The Commissioners will inform the
attorney Of Mr.. ]. W. Pilling that no
application for permit TO establish a
coal and wood yard in the vicinity Of
712 l. Street northeast has been filed
with the Commissioners, and that IL
such application is made his objections
thereto will be given due consideration.
Master Plumbers licenses have been
issued by the Commissioners to W. ii.
Amiss. Albert E. Anderson, and Alfred
Gawthrop, to be good upon the filing of
satisfactory bond.
The Commissioners have approved ap-
pllcations for the following permits for
have forwarded the same to the Secre-
tary of War: n. l.. Fitzhugh, George
Frost. Emma NJ. Gordon, II. p Howe.
stine and p. G. Clark & Co.
Bert NJ. Ruin has been appointed
watchman in the Fire Department vice
L. j. MalOney. who declined said ap-
rointment. The appointment os Mr.
Huhn is TO take effect September IT,
The Commissioners have directed tha.
the amount of curbstone. approximately
5000 feet. to meet the deficiency under
the contract with the Dunn's Mountain
Granite Quarry be purchased in the open
market, and that whatever money may
BE due under said contract be held back
until such time as the purchase is COM
pletec, when the actual excess cost shall
be deducted.
H. c. Lewis has been appointed driver |
In the Water Department at $3.50 per |
annum. the appointment to take effect |
September l6
Thomas E. Drake. the Superintendent |
Of Insurance, has requested the Commits !
sioners to procure from the Corpo-
ration Counsel an opinion whether an
insurance company licensed to do busi-
ness in the District can re-insure any
OF its risks located In the
District N company that is not IL
'ensed to do business In the District
On the request of Huldah w. Rlack-
ord. secretary TO the board OF trustees
II the Industrial Home School, the Com
1issioners have authorized the appoint
Dent of Mrs. B. Is. McCaslin as house
eeper ad interim vice Mrs. f Hunter.
esigned; also the appointment OF Mrs
adelaide Davis as housekeeper from
eptember !; also the appointment of
ydia Sue Statham as housemaid fro1a
eptember !. vice Edna Wilson, re-
iencd.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

National Thester-"The Defender, y
evening.
Columbia Theater-'"Libefty Bellies, y
evening.
Lafayette Opera House-"Zaza," af-
ternoOn and evening.
Chase's Theater-Polite Vaudeville.
afternoon and evening.
Academy Of Music-"The Bandit
King afternoon and evening.
Empire Theater-Musical comedy, at
ternoon and evening
Kernan's-Burlesque, afternoon and
evening.
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$1,000 Niagara Falls Excursion Via
B. & O, R. R,

Leaving Washington $50 n. m, September 25.
Special through train of day coaches and parlor
cars. Stop-overs returning. Tickets good for ten
days, via Philadelphia and famous Lohigh Vat.
ley route.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Fair today; increasing cloudiness to-
morrow, possibly showers; light to fresh
winds, mostly northerly.
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EXCURSIONS.

Norfolk and Washington line for Fort
Monroe and Norfolk at 6:30 p. IN.
Chesapeake Beach-See schedule un-
der Railroads and Steamboats," for
time.
Trains leave Pennsylvania Avenue and
Thirteen -and-a-half Street for Alex
andria and Arlington every half hour;
Mount Vernon hourly. 10 a. IN. to p. H.
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Dramatic Club Dance.

The Linthicum Dramatic Club will give
its first dance of the season on the
evening of October at Linthicum Hail.
3116 o Street northwest.
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TEMPERATURE.
SAME DATE LAST YEAR.

Highest temperature, 4 p. m......... rs
Lowest temperature, 6 a. m. .65
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Examined House Conditions.

in the course of the inspection at
each house We first visited the sleep
ing rooms, and then inspected the
horses. and looked TO the condition of
the stalls. The cellars, pits, coal bins.
alleyways. and back yards came in for
due share of attention. Before the
bells were tapped for the hitch-up and
drill in each instance the men were sent
to their dormitories by the foremen. We
timed the performance from the first
stroke of the gong until the last man
had mounted the apparatus in his prop
er place.
''As the men were called to atten-
tion following this We inspected their
clothing. and formed good estimate
OF their general ideas OF neatness. An
absence OF buttons on vests or coats
and considerable dust were the great
est faults found with many of the men
OF the department, bnt when these were
not in objectionable excess they were
overlooked. The cellars of the houses
throughout the department are in ex-
cep1onaily good condition, well kept.
andkin most cases neatly whitewashed.
The grounds surrounding the houses. and
especially the suburban houses. with one
exception, were clean and attractive in
appearance.
We began the tour of inspection We'd
nesday morning, September Il, in loco
mobile. kindly loaned by Mr.. A. l.. Cline,
manager of the Washington branch of
the Locomobile Company, who for a
greater part OF the first day accom-
panied the committee on its rounds.
Twelve houses were inspected the first
DAY. and at all of these your committee
WAS entirely unexpected, and thus found
the men just as they are from day to
day. The following houses were visited
that day: Engine company No. H. truck
company. chemical engine company
No. 2, al Brightwood; engine company
No. z. engine company No. 9, engine
company No. !. truck B company. engine
company No. 5, truck Z company, truck
company, engine company No. IL, and
chemical company No. 1, at Brockland.
Visited the New Companies.
THE second day your committee first
inspected engine company No. 6, then en-
gine company No. 10, engine company
No. s and training stables, engine com |
pany No. 15, at Anacostia; truck A com
pany, engine company No. g. and engine
company No. 4. After visiting the Ana
costa company, your committee contfp-
ued on to Congress Heights and inspect
ed the magnificent new truck and engine
house in course of construction there.
We found the work progressing finely.
the walls being up 10 the second floor.
The appearance of the house promises
10 be all that was claimed for 1t. The
brick. concerning which there was some
discussion short while ago gives n 70 {,
markably pretty and soft effect, and
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TIDE TABIE
STREET LIGHTING.

Low tide ..s:1s am. and 6:25 pm.
High tide. .12 m.
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Maximum -
Minimum ...... 40
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THE SUN AND THE MOON.
Sun rises. ..5:49 am. Sun sets.5:57 pm
Moon rises.10:21 pm. Moon sets ......
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MINOR MUNICIPAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST

The time for completing of contract
with Mr.. James W. Hendley for heating
apparatus in various school buildings
has been extended until October j. owing
to unavoidable delay in the delivery of
the material needed to make the repairs
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Special Committee Named
by the Commissioner
Makes Report.
INSPECTION WAS IN DETAIL
Thorough Examination of Condition of
Apparatus and Fire Houses, Appear
ance of Men, and Conduct Records
Newspaper Men as Judges.

The special committee appointed by
Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland TO
conduct the annual inspection Of the
Fire Department submitted its report
yesterday. This committee was appoint
ed on the recommendation OF the Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department, and
consisted Of Messrs e. B. Wilkins. Rob-
representatives of the Washington daily
papers at the District Building.
The committee states that it endeav-
ored to be and believes it is wholly just
and impartial in its decision. 1t was
authorized to examine each company in
the department and from its inspection
to name the company which in its judg-
ment should receive the Mcfarland
trophy flag for the coming year. The
Joint report of the members OF the COM
mittee upon their decision follows:
''As we have stated to you under sep
arate cover, we believe truck G COM
pany, located at Fourteenth Street and
Ohio Avenue, and ander command of
"A.
distinction of being awarded the Mac
farland flag for general excellence. The
appearance Of this company's quarters.
the condition of the horses and appara-
tus, the neatness and alertness OF the
men. together with remarkably quick
hitch-up and a clear record as to mis-
conduct cases combined to make this in
our judgment the premier organization
of the department this year
Demerit Marks Fatal.
This decision was not reached how
ever, with any great degree of ease, for
the performance and general condition
of chemical engine company No. 2, at
Brightwood, commanded by Foreman
John Sherman, so impressed your COM
mittee il was hard to displant that COM
pany in our favor. Engine companies
Nos. and 6. commanded by Foreman J.
Darlington and W. F. Lanahan. respect
iyely, made the better showings of the
engine and reel organizations, but both
of these companies had to be thrown out
OF our calculations because of the three
or four misconduct cases reported
through headquarters in each. If it had
not been for the one demerit resting
against the Brightwood company the
race between it and truck c would have
indeed been difficult to decide. Later in
our report we detail something of the
performance and condition of each COM
pany.
I'm the inspection of the companies
we decided upon perfect standard of
sixty points. These points were divid- |
ed as follows: House and dormitories, |
ten points; appearance of men, ten
points; horses and stalls. ten points; |
appearance of apparatus and harness,
ten points: hitch-up, ten points. and |
conduct, ten points. We believed that |
each case of misconduct reported by |
Chief Engineer Dutton to you N the |
various companies since the last inspec
lion should justly constitute point off |
Tor that company. In taking this view
we believed the discipline of the men
was as important a matter to consider
as any of the other elements of the
The Washington times., 1902-09-23

The Engineer Commissioner has re-
quested that the Washington Steamboat
Company be required to submit an offer
for the lease of the wharf frontage and
property now occupied by them, between
NJ and n Streets southwest.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23

Master Plumbers licenses have been
issued by the Commissioners to w. IL.
Amiss. Albert E. Anderson, ard Alfred
Gawthrop, to be good upon the filing of
a satisfactory bond.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23

The Commissioners have approved ap-
plications for the following permits for
projections beyond the building line, and
have forwarded the same to the Secre-
tary of War: n. L. Fitzhugh. George
Frost, Emma NJ. Gordon, II. p Howe
stine and p. G. Clark & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
FOREIGN News.

Sofa, Feb. 11.-During the funeral
.odsy of NJ. Kanlchef, the Minister Of
Public Instruction, who was assassins'
cd last week, panic was caused by
oumbsr Of men, believed to be Mace
domains firing of evolvers promiscuous-
ly. Several persons were Injured.
None of them were seriously hurt.
Paris, Feb. I'm. Delcasse, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, has appointed
Mile. Jeanne De Villeneuve Secretary to
the French Consul General ht New
York. This is the frat time woman
uas been engaged 10 the French diplo
mstlc service. Mile De Vllleneuve
belongs to an old Provence family. For
nine wears she has been a goverDme Il
clerk. >,
Hong Kong, Feb. ia disastrous fire is
raging in the suburbs Of Canton. Four hun
drsd houses have been destroyed.
Rome, Feb. 1.-the Pope hiss orfered
that no be informed daily as to the condition
Of President Roosevelt's son.
Berlin, Feb. lin view Of the fact that
no alarming reports have been received
| from the German Embassy at Warrington re-
gsrding the condition OF President Roosevslt's
son. nothing Is being done 10 the way OF post
poning Prince Henry's visit to the United
state.
Rome, Feb 11.-Crown.Prince Louis Phil
ippe, of Portugal, arrived at Pisa yesterday
evening, on the route to Naples. His train
no. being ready, the Prince became angry
| and cursed italian railways in general. some
| oys.anders Astly contradicted him, and a
lively exchange Of inyectives Continued for
come time.
London, Feb IL. The Marquis Of Duf
| feIin, who has been seriously i'll for some
| time past, is dying.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
lCoMMUNICATED
RETROCESsION.

Some people in Congress add out Of
Congress have been suggesting that the
people in the District OF Columbia do
not pay in taxes what they should be
made 70 pay for the pleasure OF living
in that district, and the pTess, city and
rural, have il tlmated that people iiV-
ing in Washington are tax dodgers.
rhis has raised the ire OF one OF lht
oewspapersprinLed In that city for 1t
says:
"With the citizens OF Washington
paying a greater per capita tax than 10.
dianspolis, Omaha, and 500 out OF the
l ,O83 American municipalities exceed.
log 1000 10 population ; WITH the fed
eral government owning more than one
halt of the property values OF the Dis
trict, and every now and then Sinking
its share OF responsibility for capital
improvement the charge tost WASH
ingtonisos ere tix-dodgers comes as b
chilling example of cold gall"
This per capita tax IS very mislead-
ing and is also beyond the comprehen-
sion of most people. So II Is left for
others IL discuss, but the plain mean
ing which the paper desires TO convey
is that Washington pays a higher tax
rate than eighty per cent. OF LOSE
American cities. The annexationists
say they desire to be residents of t1e
District of Columbia because somelhii &
will be done for this portion OF the Dl :
trict. Why, OF course. II was because
20 much was done for US fifty-si yesrs
a2o that Influenced Elk out OF every
seven voters 10 express desire TO re-
turn to Virginia. o. course, in case Of
retrocession, Alexandra would be well
looked altsr in order that her people
escape none OF their responsibilities as
tax payers but when the appropriations
we're TO be handed out, that part OF the
District known as Alexandria would
rece We the same scaLt treatment O.
which South Washington, Georgetown
and Anacostia yearly complain. The
Qoyernment does not want Alexandria,
aud AlexaadriiDs, those worthy OF the
name, do not want t. be- one square
yard nearer Washington t1sn they now
are, A patriotic feeling has not ceased
to exist among cur men, except 1t be .
tew comDerciallsts who forget they
will some day die, aud leave everything
behiod them, including the poor opin'
lon of their fellow men. No; the ma.
tonal government does not want, and
mas no use for our CITY, the annexation
ISIS and retrocessionisis TO the contrary,
| and we can leave them To the fats of
Little 30 Peep who lost her sheep
And didn't know where to find them;
Let them alone, and they II come home
Wsggling their tails behind them"
ALEXANDRIA,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIEH

John E. Baldwin, the aeronaut OF
Ret moDd, Ind., is preparing to max"
an interesting experiment next sum-
mer the fret time there is drOuth IL
tlis section. His plan is ID send up
| 900 balloons from different points
each to carry q dynamite bomb the
same to be exploded simultaneously
II possible, the object being to produce
rain.
After travelling 5000 miles TO get mar
aied, Miss ngela d. Saverio, Of Italy, and ar
rived at Reading, Pa. two weeks ago, has
bsen lifted by Rietro DmeO, her fince from
Chi dhood. He sent her money TO come to
him but on her arrival disappeared. The
girl is now stranded. Today she brought q
.uit for breach Of prouile Of marriage against
Dmeo.
The residence of James Russell, al 0radell,
a short distance from Haekensack, N. j., was
burned this morning ct 4 O'clock and Mr..
Russell's mother persisted in the fsmeI while
bis sister was injured by jumping from q
second story window. RUSSELL was on the
ground floor Of the house and had no diff
calty In escaping
A quantity of coal gas, accumulated In the
FIRE box Of the engine In tho boiler room OF
tho Ocorr & Rugg Company, sash and blind
manufacturers, exploded ct Rochester, T.,
this morning. six boys were blown through
the door Of the boiler room, and ali we're SER
iously burned.
A meteorological phenomenon. In the form
of yellow rainfall, has occurred In the pro-
vince of Msnche, France.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr. Richard Shirley, an aged resi-
dent Of Warrenton, died suddenly sun
day from heart disease.
Miss Mary 0tley, daughter Of Mr.. J.
Arthur Obey, died at her home 10 rnii-
omoDt, on Sunday. She was 70 years
of age.
The President has appointed Charles
M. Blackford Of Virginia to be sec
ond lieutenant in the United states
Infsr try.
Mss Mabel Florence, of New Balti-
more, Fauquier cOur ty, died sunday 10
hospital ut Pnisdelphia. where she
was under treat nent.
MIR. William Parker, OF the Belmont
neighborhood, SpoitsylvaDia county, is
dead, aged sixty years. A widow ana
six children survive him.
Mrs. Francis MCGEE. wife of Mr..
Abner MCGEE, died ct her home 10
Spottsylvsnis coutty sunday morning
in the 83'd year OF her sge.
Mr. Winfield Scott Cox, we'll
known young man of Stafford county,
died Sunday at his home, near White
Oak, aged twenty-five years.
The Methodist Church at Newport
News Yves destroyed by fire yesterday.
Au oyerbes sd It we started the blszs.
The church wAs used ss school dur
log the week.
Judge Edmund Wsddill ia suffering
from a severe cold and Wfs compelled
to leave his office 10 the U0tsd States
building Ia Richmond yest srday morn
ing and return hoWe.
Mr.. Thomas Lee Moore, who suc'
ceeded' Judge T. M. Anderson as United
States A t)rney Tor tho Western Dis
trict of Virginia, has moved his office
from Abingdon to Lynchburg.
Mr.. Herbert Mock and Miss Mae
GeiRer were drowned yesterday while
skating on Onancock river near the
town of OOaucock. The Ice broke
through and friends near by were mo-
able TO save taem.
The trial OF @. Ayleit Ashby for to'
murder OF City Engineer b. A. Mary
began at Newport News today. Jack
Lee, the Lynchburg criminal lawyer
will assist 10 the defen SO for which alsC
are r. NJ. Lett, Col. J. G. Baker, and G
10. Mitchell, of Newport News. Th'
Msryes will be represented st tle tria
By Hill Carter, the Richmond lawyer
Capt. ALT P. Thorn, Of Norfolk, Is als'
ut crested 10 the case, but will not ap
pear at the bar during tne trial. II i
stated that any representatives of th'
Maryes will net be there to prosecute
Ashby but 10 defend the memory o
"Nedn Marye.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

The convention yesterday rejected
several measures providing tor a limit
of debate on the corporation report,
out motion to hold two sessions was
adopted, and the second meeting was
ned 10 the afternoon. Mr.. Withers
resumed his speech in support OF the
majority report of the committee on
corporation 3, and scored the railroads,
declaring they we're trying 10 pay big
dividends on enormously Wstered
stock. He went into the history OF the
vorious reorganizst ons of tue railroad
systems in Virginia for the past III
years, and claimed that while the peo-
pie of Virginia had spent millions OF
dollars 10 construction and develop
ment OF these roads, the present own
ers had come in possession OF them at o
nominal cost. They we're conducted
on business principles, and should be
amenable TO common sense business
treatment. Mr.. Withers had not con-
cluded his speech when recess was
taken at O'Clock until 4 o'clock.
When. the body reassembled Mr..
Wltners continued his speech. He
caused something Of a ripple when, In
referring ID the suit OF the city OF Dan
Vile and the railroads, BIO said That be
himself had on that occasion been
rigidly cross-exsmined by A. z. Thom,
VINO was among counsel for the rail-
roads In the suit. Tnis brought Mr..
Thorn to his feet, and he explained
that he did represent the Atlantic and
Dsnville on that occasion, but when II
was leased by the Southern his connec-
ton with the case ceased.
Ia concluding his address, Mr..
Witners said that the press, people and
commercial interests we're behind the
movement embodied in the majority
plan OF the corporation committee, and
IL would, if adopted, prove the most
popular and satisfactory feature OF the
new constitution.
Mr.. Hunton presented a number oil
tables and statistics prepared by the
railroads 10 answer to those recited by
advocates of the majority plau, after
which the convention adjourned until
tomorrow.
Ex-United States Senators Robert E
Withers and Eppa Hunton were visitors
to the Constitutional Convention yes
| terdaY.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Of the Alexandria Gazette.

TCorrsspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, February IL.
The matter OF the retrocession by
Virginia of the county and city Of Alex
andria to the District Of Columbia lie
little talked of here and OF the Capitol
1t is said by those who have even heard
OF the proposition that there is nothing
in it. Senator Merlin, Messrs. Rixey,
Hay, Maynard and the entire Virgins
delegation say they are unaltsrably
opposed to such q measure aud are
prepared to fight it II it ever comes up
10 either branch of Congress, but they
believe 1t will die natural death and
will not have to be killed. The bill in
reference to the matter was introduced
In the House by Mr.. Greene, of Msssa-
chusstts, as be says at the request Of
some gentlemen who live on the Vir.
ginia side but are engaged in business
10 this city, and was referred to the
District of Columbia committee and
ordered to be printed. In the Senst q
similar bill was introduced by Senator
MoMillan, OF Michigan, "by request, "
and was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee. Thst is all. Senator Maj tin
says he is confident the measure has
no backing and thinks 1t probable that
It will not .sgsin be heard Of at this
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11
Fall of Detroit's Financier.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 1l.-VIce-Presi-
dent Frank P. Andrews, OF the City
Savings Bank, arrested last nign'
charged with lraudetty securing more
tbsD 81, 900, 900, is a young man who
has been rated as millionaire for the
past two years. Seven years ago be
was not known 10 the financial world
beyond the corner grocery store, but
lately had been regarded as the Nspol-
can OF fiuance 10 Detroit. He mixed
tn politics and got ripper bill through
the legislature which practically msde
him dictator OF the city. His fall hat
produced the greatest CONSERVATION
aud surprise. Andrews is confined to
nis bed today boarding 90 COLLAPSE.
Mrs. Andrews is in q similar condit 90.
Physicians have given orders that no
one be allowed TO see them,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-11

DISPATCHES from Lord Kitchener
give the result of several engagements
With the Beers recently In which 1t is
stated the latter were always worsted,
while 1t is admitted that the British
lost officers and men also. The conflict
seems to have narrowed down to
struggle between a weak and cour'
ageous nation against one with power
ful resources, 10 which right will doubt
less fall before might. The Beers have
nothing to be ashamed Of. They have
struggled msniully against terrible
odds and their heroism in a conflict
with rapacious invaders will 90 down
In history and be read with interest by
coming generations.