Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1887, Page 2

CIty AND DISTRICT. THE MASONIC CENTENNIAL. ‘Washington Ledges to Take Part in the Demonstration im Baltimore. S PARADE (8 THE CITY NRXT THURSDAY BEFORE THR DRPARTUKE—THR ORDER OF YROCESSION— PROGRAM OF THE THRE DAYS' CELEBRATION IN BALTIMORE, BTC. AS announced in the Stax & large representation trom the Masonic bodies of this city will go to ‘Balttmore next Thursday to take part in the dem- ‘onstration there in celebration of the Maryland ‘Masonic Centennial. The arrangements for the ‘wip are in charge of @ committee composed of Messrs. J.S. Tomlinson, Henry K. Simpson, Wil- mer W. Wetzel, Chas. A. Stockett, Warren C. Bick- Jord, Henry C. Craig and Fred. G. Alexander. The jodges will not participate as open lodges, and no lodge furniture will be carried except Dea- con’sand;Steward’s rods and Tiler's sword. Of cers will Wear the Jewels of thetr respective offices, and the Master will carry his gavel. Past offi- cers will wear the jewe' of their office, Badges or other decorations Will not be allowed, ‘The lodges will meet at the Temple at 8 o'clock a.in. sharp, and be formed according to orders of ehtet a and be under the direction of the marshals of ‘the clive lodges. Mr. Rob’t Baill will act as chief marshal of the W: a division, and bave as his aids Messrs. F.G. Alex- ander, W. C. Bickford, and L. Cabell Williams. ‘The ofder of procession issued by Chief Marshal Ball, states that the lodges will be formed in pro- cession each by its respective marshal at 8: 2m, ag follows: Division No. 1, under comman: ot F.G, Alexander, aid, consisting of lodges 25, 24, » 21, 20, and 19 will form in the order named, ob the south side of G street northwest, right resting on east side of 9th street; division No 2, under command of W. C. Bicktord, aid, con- sisting of lodges Nos. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, and 11, oa the east side of 9th’ street, right resting on ‘south side of G street; division’ No. 3, under com- ne eee <a “WHE EVENING STAR: WAS = INGTON, D.C., SA THE NATIONAL DRILL. The Coming Gathering of Volunteer Soldiers in Camp Washington. PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT ENCAMPMENT—HOW THE DRILL WAS PROJECTED—THE COMMITTEES IN (CHARGE—THE PRIZES AND THE RULES—PROVISIONS MADE POR PUBLIC COMFORT. ‘The busiest man in the city just now fs Mr. T. C. De Leon, the managing secretary of the National Drill. He aits all day at bis desk in the rear office ‘at National Drill headquarters, corner of Pennsyi- vanla avenue and 13th street. A sign posted up | on the glass partition announces that “Mr. De Leon is engaged,” AS Mr. De Leon is always busily engaged, the sign is never taken down. The front office has assumed quite a military air. Samples of camp cots, pictures of camp scenes, Uthographs representing a tented feld, with marching troops and the Washington monument looming up above all, and other little shadows of the coming great event le around. Clerks are at work at tables, and in oné corner the com- mittee of comfort has it headquarters. Here a register is kept of rooms and beds available, and other information that might de useful to persons intending to visit the city during the week of the National Drill. In the White too, prepara~ Uons are going on for the and the huge cam) nd 1s. enclosed. It is expected that there will be in’ the neighborhood of six or seven thousand troops in the camp--Cump George Washington, At the foot of the Washington ‘Monument the troops of the North and the South ‘will meet in a fraternal and patriotic spirit to vie for the honors and prizes provided by the enter- prise and Uberality of the ettizens who projected the dri, The project of holding a National Drill herein May when first broached last fall was taken up at once by a number of energetic and enterprising citizens, who, by their personal in- uence and labors, a3 well as their Iiberal sub- scriptions in money, st once assured the success of the undertaking.’ “Committees were organized, and steps taken to asembie in “Camp George Washington” the flower of the American National Jaand of LC. Willlaindon, aid, consiating of lodges Noa. 10, 9, 7.5, 4, 3, and 1, on the north side of ¥ street, ‘right resting on West side 9h street. ‘The line of march Will be: G street to 12th, 12th Ww Pennsyivania avenue, Pennsylvania to’ west Front of the Capitol, New Jersey avenue to the, B, & O, depot. ‘The Colma Will reach Baltimore sh Io'clock. The blue lodges will form the escort Yo the Grand of the District of Columbia. On the arrival of the train at Baltimore a delega- ion of the Baltimore brethren will meet and es- ort them to the remlezvous. ‘The parade tn Baltimore, which takes place at Ji o'clock, wil: form in five’ divisions, under Chief Marshal Hanway, on Cathedral strect, and march Yence around the Washington Monument to Charies street, to Lexington, to Holiday, to Bal- ‘more, to Howard, to the Academy of Music, where ‘Mayor Hodges wii! make a formal address of wel- come, ané an historical oration will be delivered ‘dy Mr. John M. Carter. ‘The divisions, after the close of the exercises, reform and march to their Yespective headquarters, which will be the Con- conila Opera House, new assembly rooms, Crescent Club, Lehmann’s Hall, Biddle street rink, and pos- sibiy the fun nt armory. A banquet will tbe tendered the visiting grand offers at the Hovel Rennert at night, and the festivities of the day ‘Will terminate with a reception and hop at the academy. Tt ts understood that each visiting member is to ‘De presented with a bronze centennial medal. On vone side 1s the Masonic embiem, and on the other are the words: “Commemorative cf the centennial ‘of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, A. F. and A. M.;" ‘also, “1787, Talbot Court House, John Coats, grand master; 1887, Baltimore City, Thomas J. Shryock, rand master.” It 1s expected that Masonic box'es from all parts “of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey ‘and New York wili be in the parade, and it is esti- nated that the number of Masons 1h line Will not ‘fall short of 10,000. THE THREE DAYS IN BALTIMORE. ‘The program for the celebration in Baltimore von Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday has been completed. The rst day and part of the second .¥ will be devoted to the regular meeting of the ‘Grand Lodge, with addresses by Thos. J. Shryock, grand waster, and Jno. S. Tyson, past grand mas: Yer. The rest of the second day will be taken uy with a Chesapeake Bay excursion, Thursday ‘De the public day. After the parade the academy ceremonies will ‘begin. Thos. J. Shryock, grand master, will pre- side. “Prayer Will be offered by Kev. J. B. Ste, grand chaplain, which will be foliowed by an ad dress by the grand master, the singing of au an- ‘Yuem Written for the occasion by Jas. K. Brewer, an address of welcome by Mayor Hodges, an ora Ton by Fast Grand Master Jaa. M. Carter, & slo tion by the vegiment Band, the reading Jas R Brewer of an ode written’ by himself, an- ‘Other selection by the band, and then benediction. Dinner wiil be served for $1,500 persons at the Puth Regiment Armory, for 1,400 at the Biddle Sureet Skating Kink, for 700 at Lehmann’ Sor 700 at the Academy of Music, for 600 at thé ‘Concordia Opera House, for600 at’ New Assembly Frotus andor Sop at the Crescent Club, making 5,300 In ail. During Thursday evening there ‘bea lunch for all comers at Masonic Temple. A Danguet at the Hotel Reunert, an excursion down tue bay, and concerts and hops at the Academy and at elther the Fifth Regiment Armory or the Concordia will conclude the celebration, coo TRE POLYNESIAN STATUE. ‘The Stone Image im the National Mua- seum—What is Known of Easter Island. ‘The big stone idol or monolithic statue brought from Polynesia, and at last safely deposited in the National Museum, 1s of especial interest to archmologists as a stray line or two, or perhaps ‘The heading of achapter, im the story of the peo- ple that have inhabited Rapa-Nut, or Easter Jsland. The buge stone images set up at different places on the tsland have given rise to much con- Jecture, one romantic suggestion being that the Jsland, which 1s about 35 mites in etrcumference, 45 what remains above water of a submerged con- Unent. This lttie isiand# has a biswory that Beretches far back into the remote past, and everywhere on its lava-coverd surface are the ‘traces of a much more active race than that which. now ekes out a miserable existence within its nar- xow lumits. NOT AN IDOI. ‘Lieut. Bolles, of the National Museum, speaking {oa Stax reporter of the images on Easter Isiand, seid that there was little doubt that they were Blatues, erected to commenforate kings or chiefs, dsiand bad proved very unsatisfactory, because ‘he old and the new were found so mixed up to- gether, In the caverns old flint instruments would be found in the same deposit with a mod- rn iron ox-shoe or some other article of recent Imake. It Was difficult to make out whether the carved or painted figures had any meaning or not, or whether they were made by the ancestors of ‘the present inhabitants. The islanders went long ‘distances from island to island, the strong drit out the weak and in turn being displaced Uy —— tribes. The present race may have ‘ound the images there and in their own carving | and painting on the rocks have simply what they saw continually before them. THE ARCHAOLOGICAL REMAINS on the surface of the island are of great interest. No less than twenty-two generations of kings reigned over the island, their names being ail held 4n_ memory in the traditions of the island, and given to various points of the mauy headlands. | ‘ne last king, Tepito y Gregorio, ts sald to have deen carried of by the Peruvians and killed. In | Bs place they elected the Dird’s egg from the top of its extremely precipi- Yous cua The natives claim that at one time | Showa wore ny bee (ham twenty. Sve theentndl le on ize und the standing, ‘Wo the platforias on wi dug the badies of the linages the muge he the the nt Shoulders alote. being formed. and showing considerable skill. “Ine Agures were gen Up With the face turned toward the sea, the qorms being usually erected against the hill "The stone used is trachyte, the eyes often Ynlaid, and the heads ofven covered with cap Jerent colored stones in something approacaing a Symmetrical pattern. With the exception of th lock, the Placed on the top without TER FACRS OF THE STATUES are well formed, the noses large and regular, the pecially the, lobes, are of huge size, tn accordance ‘wit the custom of the to distend ivory. ‘They have no mustache, but occasionally chia and often have ‘the hair thick aud ‘crown of red tufa, which was also inlaid wit of these crowns the are of one soll! bi Of dag Kind. eyebrows raised and very marked. The ears, es Polynesians ‘them by the insertion of blocks of round wood or heavy over the forehead and passing behind the Guard. ‘THE OBJECT OF THE DRILL. ‘The purposes and objects of the drill were set forth by the executive committee in a memorial to Congress, “Within the past decade,” they said, “interstate competitive drills of the volunteer s0l- diers of the United States have been held at dif- ferent points of this country, always with steadily increasing advantage to the driU, discipline and morale of the militia, and with steadily increas- ing attention and interest of the general citizen- ip of the several Statea. The idea has frequently been canvassed, and the feeling over the Union bas that’ s national competitive drill and encampment at the National Capital would not only collect a larger body of representative sol- diers of the several States, but would be of more military importance and advantage from the na- tional Character the event would necessarily at- tain amid national surroundings. Impressed with the propriety and advantage of these views, Some ninety citizens have raised money to the amount of $50,000 to secure payment of for excellence (to the extent of $26,500 in money, besides stands of colors, flags, trophies, medals of merlt &., &c.), and all ther éxpenses Of the aril and have completed all preliminary arrange- ments.” To this memorial was reminded “that the volunteer commands, comprising the National Guard of the Union embrace the most thoroughly resentative men of each State and Territory whence they come; that the professions, trades, capital, labor, and’ all business Interests therein are directly connected with, and in the main com- prise, them; that they thus rate the reliance ‘and reserve power of the entire Union in its mill- tary arm, and thus enforce practically our repub- Mean theory of a large and well-appointed militia force in Hew of an expensive standing army.” In @ circular issued by the committee the two-fold object of the National Drill was set forth as fol lows: First. As an incentive to advancement and proficiency in the science of arms of the citizen goldfery of the Union, through emulation and friendly competition on the comion groundof the national capital. Second. The ing of repre- sentative men, comprised in the volunteer organt- zations, in the’ fraternal associations of a camp, ‘where they may better appreciate each other and Jearn mutual reliance should the national reserves ever be called to stand shoulder to shoulder in de- fense of their common country. ‘THE COMMITTEES = im charge were organized as follows: Executive.—Commissioner 8. E. Wheatly, chalr- man; General Albert Ordway, Captain James E. Waugh, Marshal A. A Wilson, Major James P. Wil- eet, Messrs, ‘Wilitaim “A. Gordon, Thomas E, Wag- C. G, Duncanson and George T. Duniap. "Finance. — Thomas EW: an,” chairman; nance. ‘Messrs. James L. Norris, Charles 8. Bradley, M. M. Parker, J. W. poteler ata C. W. Thora. ‘Transportation. — George Pearson, chairman; Messrs. H. H. Carter, James L. Taylor, James H. Marr, Jobn F. Waggiman and A. M. Lothrop. Advertising, &.—E. W. Fox, chairman; Messrs. Robert A. Parke, General Gibson, 0. G.’ staples, John Keyworth and Charles T. Murray. Rules, Judges, Prizes, &c.—General Albert Ord- way, chairman; Captains George E Lemon and Thomas J. Luttrell, Dr. Smith Townshend, Major HL. Cranford and ‘Mr. Jeff Chandler. Grounds, Construction. &c.—Marshal A. A. Wil- son, chairman; Major James P. Willett, Messrs. ‘Will Wheatley, P. H. Christman, C. C. Duncanson, Sequvisory Members to Committee on Transporta- Advisory Mem! on tions.—E. P. Wilson, General Passenger Agent Chi- So ee Passenger and Freight Agent Queen and Cres- cent Railroad; B. W. Wrenn, General Passenger aud Ticket Agent, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Sir nes ¢. 8 Lora. General Paswenger Agent Bal- ‘tumore and Obio Railroad, and H. W. Fuller, Gen- eral Passenger Agent Chesapeake and Ohid Ball Mr. T. C. De Leon was chosen as managing sec- retary, and at a recent meeting Gen. Christopher . Augur was chosen as commandant of the camp. ‘The, drill and encampment will open Monday, May 2 and end with Decoration bay, Stay 30: ‘The entries, which were open organ- ized voluntéer militia of the United: States ‘and to regularly organized corps of cadets from military or university schools, closed on April. ‘These en- tries have been published in Tu Stak. There ‘were 80 entries for individual drill and 98 for rifle practice. The drills will be judged and the gram will be prepared by oilicers of the United States Army, In the different arms of service, spe- cially designated by the War Department fof this ‘The program fomthe encampment and drill has not been Sally announced. There will be a series Of special days, such as “Regimental Day,” “Gov- ernors’ Day,” “Battalion Day,” “President's Day,” and “Chaplains Day,” and camp will be broken on Memorial Day. On Governors’ Day the troops will be reviewed by the governors of the States, a number of whom will attend with their staffs, On the President's Day there will bea review by the President. During the encampment there will be promenade concerts by famous military bands. THE PRIZES. ‘The prizes are the largest ever offered. The cash Prizes aggregate $26,500. Besides these prizes ‘souvenir trophies will be'awarded. ‘The prizes offered are as follows: 1. Regimental: For the best reyiment of tnfan- ‘try, @ Inagnificent stand of colors (United States flag, regimental flag and guidons), with gold, silver and bronze to the officers, 2. Battalion: For the best battalion of infantry, of not Jess than four companies, frst prize, $3,000: second prize (If more than two compete), $1,500; cat ‘3, Company: For the best company of infantry, IESt prize, $6,000; second prize $2.300; third prize, $1,500; fourth prize, $1,000; rin prize, $500; total, $10,500. 4 Cavalry: For the best com of cavalry, ist prize, $2,000; second more than two ‘comy here ste $3: 5, Light Artillery: For the best platoon, first Prize, $1,500; second prize (if more than two com. ete), $1,000; total, $2,500. &. Machine Gund: For the best platoon, first ae ‘$750; second prize,’ $500, 7. Zouaves: For the best zouave drill, frst prize, $2,000; second prize (if more than tw compere), $750; total, $1, '8. Cadet Corps: For the best infantry company, from any rly established military school of university (not under United States control), frst prize, $1,000; secOnd if more than two com- pete), $750; @. iadiviiual Prize: the best drilled soldier im the manual of arms, competition restricted to not more than two members of any competin company, first prize, gold medal and $100; secon prize, silver medal ‘and $75; third prize, bronze ‘medal and $50; total, $225. 10. Kile Practice: Competition open to any regularly enlisted man or commissioned officer of however, to exceed two Eight izes, Br st pr Irst prize, gold medal and $100; three p: silver medal, $5254 aggregate money prizes ofered: wd” 5 aggregal fe It is the further intent of the committee to bestow medals of merit, in gold silver and brouze, according to their grading, upon all commands taking prizes at unis ‘ational competition. RULES FOR THE DRILL. ‘The rules made for the drill provide the follow- {ng as the minimum number of men that will en- title eommands to compete for prizes: en required for winter and Koo lon ast fs BS, right guide, one left guide, and two commissioned of- Companies of cavalry: Not less than twenty- four privates, one Fight guide, one left guide, and Light artillery platoons: val four corporals, two sergeants,” one commlndoned ‘commands one hour prior vo the ume mated for their di z be expreseed ta clear abd tacti eeg tBey il out any “catches” or “trick commande’ seinen: drill and bayonet-exercise will not be included 1a the infantry All will be ‘regular (ull-dress uniform. vor ntry 1s accepted 7, Wi be ously. of all kinds and “classes are tered at prices ranging from $1 | Upward, and meals can be had from 35c. upward. tire period of the drill. Such spectal exceptions for by the will be made oniy in the case of regiments; otuer commands, only for reasons ‘geemmed ve. executive committee to be tin} dura duty, daly Gress parade, guard duty, daily regulations, and orders that may be by Se ee ee of the (es —t rout of Bop araeianye ase eee meet pair ad rel Borin atid es ane tae talions or regiments by the it of the camp. ‘Tents, or and straw for bed-sacks will be furnished. Subsistence will not be furnished. There will be a camp restaurant, at which meals may be procured at a rate to be fixed by the com- mittee, The restaurant keeper will be subjectto control of the executive committee, and will be held to strict accountability as to prices and char- acter of food. Commands doing their own cooking will be furnished with fuel and with mess quar- ‘THR BUREAU OF COMFORT. Another committee organized, when it was found that there would be many strangers coming to the city who would need attention, is the committee or bureau of information and comfort. Mr. Frank £, Madigan is chairman. At the last indugura- tion the committee of public. comfort did excellent work in see] out places where accomodations could be afforded sti and then invitt correspondence from those who wanted rooms an board. This committee undertakes the same work for the National Drill. The committee does not take notice of the large hotels, as it is presumed that they will be filled any how. It seeks to pro- vide for those who cannot get into the hotels, or Who desire to live at less daily expense than is usual at hotels. The bureau, a3 stated in THE Stak, keeps a register ot those in the city wlio have rooms for rent during the drill, or who can furnish meals, and receives applications from per- sonsin other cities who desire accommodations. “While there are not so many applications at the inauguration,” said Mr. M: in tO & STAR re~ EE, “that 1s partly due to the fact that no civic odies are coming, a8 at the inat lon, The military organizations, you see, will be quartered inthecamp. There are, however, a number of military companies, mainly from Virginia, that cannot enter the camp because their State elec- tion require them to be home on a certain day. So these companies will not remain more than three or four days, and a number have writ- ten that Maat would like to get quar- ters outside ‘the camp. We have hunted up quarters and placed them for ‘the drill, ‘They will bring musfc and jofn in the je on Governor's day and perhaps on other days. We are receiving applications from all sections for Tooms and accommodations, and we have on our Ust a large number of available rooms registered by people of the city. We can quarter all who come at very moderate prices. The price of board and rooms ranges from two to three dollars a day; lodgings only from twenty-fivecents up, and meals from fifteen cents up. MAKING UP EXCURSION PARTIES. “A great many people are writing to us,” Mr. Madigan went on, “to know what railroad rates they can get to go on from here to Philadelphia, or New York,or some of the watering places. Evi- dently large excursion parties are forming to take trips to the National Drill and then go on to other places. A great many are coming in parties of fwenty-ave ‘or more, OD. 2 ocount ot being abie to get the same railroad rates as the military organt- zations get. “There is no purpose manifested to the commit- tee, on the part of the people here to take advan- Laga of the occasion to charge exorbitant, prices. If anything they are ‘too liberal with their accommodations. In instances many we have to tell them what they ought to charge. Our list, of course, comprises only Tooms in private houses and small hotels, when & person writes for accommodations we send him One of these cards In reply.” Mr. Madegan took from his pocket a card on Which was printed the following: “BUREAU OF INFORMATION AND COMFORT. “The National Drill committee has organized and maintains a bureau of information and comfort for the benefit of strangers and visitors,and has called upon the keepers of hotels and boarding and lodg- ing houses to furnish lists of rooms and beds, with and without meals, and state terms, &c., a record of Which is kept at their headquarters, "where all information of this kind 1s furnished gratuit- Please ‘write, stating precisely the number of Tooms or beds you want (with or without. meals), and how much you are willing to pay, and we will put you in communication with parties who can furnish the accommodation. About the 2ist of May an official will be on hand at all the railway siations in this city, to give the same information 0, peonle arriving ta the cars to enable them to ‘pair direct Ich quarters as are most con- venfent to the station where they arrive. BEANE P, Mapioan, “Chairman Commitiee” “Then,” said Mr. Madigan, “they will writestating how many are coming, the kind of accommoda tons they would like to have, and what they will pay for them. ‘Then we take from our list some that we think will suit them, and put them in communication with the partiés. When the peo- ple begin to come we will have headquarters at Uhe depots. We will have a room at each depot Tish the Dooks, and men to answer questions, so strangers coming can information they need. a ‘THE PYRORAMA, Among the attractions arranged by the commit. Vee for the drill week is the pyrorama, which will beshown nightly on the camp ground. This, as stated in Tue Stax, 1s a vivid representation of the battle between’ the Merrimac and Monitor. ‘The illusion ts such that the spectator seems to Dé standing on the shore of Hampton Roads He sees the water stretching out before hin and the long shore. line. A lght-house, With a revolving light, is introduced for icturesque effect. In thé distance can be seen tress Monroe and a number of vessels of the federal fleet anchored near by. The drama opens by the appearance of the Cumberland, which sails in under full sail, and tacking around drops an- chor. The Merrimac then appears and the work of destruction begins, ending with the pattie be- tween the Merrimac and Monitor, and the final burning of the Merrimac. M:. Chas. Henry, one of the managers who was tn the city Thursday told aSraz reporter that the Cum. berland and iron-clads are made perfectly accord- ing to the originals. The Cumberland is a real ves. sel, about 60 feet long, perfectly rigged, and the fron-clads are about thirty feet long. ‘The per- Spective is such that they appear to be of full size. ‘he vessels are worked by crews. Gener ally two or three men get badly burned in the scrimmage. The guns are made of thin tron plates, and ‘are about four feet long. The; have collars at the muzzles which make them too thick and solid.” From these what are apparently red-hot shot and shell are ted, which, when tbey strike the side of a vessel, éxplode, making @ brilliant show. During one night exhibition 3,500 such bombs are fired. Vessels are burned, and the flames, leaping to the riggtny tolmic the awful splendor of the thrilling scenes. Hampton Roads. “Mr. Henry sald that the vessels are now being constructed in the old skating rink in Boston, which has been turned into a navy- Yard for the purpose, “Next week the rapher- nalla will be brought here. ‘The exhibition will Tequire a frontage of about 900 feet. Mise Katharine Douglas. The friends who looked on the dead face of Miss Katharine Douglas on last Wednesday afternoon saw even greater beauty init than they had ever seen before. She lay in her white casket sur- rounded with flowers, as though she had just fallen asleep. Her beautiful face and hands, white as the lilies, bad an unearthly grace. ‘The simplicity, the sweetness of her childlike char- acter seemed even more apparent in death than in. life. ‘The peace in her face was more restful than sympathy. It ted $0 plainly her joy at her a ie veg that remainet! A those at love Asher friends stood there ‘Shey recalled with loving thought— “The kindly deeds the icy hands had wrought, The gentle words the f Enable Ae i Tara Noone could recall aught that was selfish or un- lovely. A child in heart, though a woman in years, he was gracious in Ker every word and act ul, gentle, patient, hopeful, faithful, loving — fan sebaeyy asg, n —-__ Meeting in the New G. A. B. Hall. The new Grand Army Hall, in the Cornwell Building, was informally opened last evening, when Jobn F. Reynolds Post, No. 6, met for the first time in the new hall. This was the first post meeting held there, and the exercises were on that account of more than usual interest. Post Com- mander Webster conducted the ceremonies of the Occasion. Comrade Church, chairman of the hall committee, formally turnéd over Fights and privileges of the ute ane Peete leasantly acknow! by the *comman Benait of the post, Ah eveut ot tng ear on the of the this done Comat ‘bewiet €. Sprague made a speech, in which he alluded to the ‘the first to meet in the hi the officers of the ‘were present, es ‘Transfers of Real Estate. ‘Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Susaif P. Walter to J. W. Rawlins, lots 25 and 26, block 10, Meridian Hl; $4,125. Rosa A. Shriner to 8. E. Allen, pt. 13, sq. 513; $1,450, W. E. Shreve to F.F. Repettt, lot, eq. 1045; $100. Anna M. Coakley to J.B. Kendall and P,G. Russell, pt. 5, 8q. 101; $1,500." G. W. Utvermel . yt 14, 8q. 405; "Newnan to duo. THE TEMPLE OF TINE. How the Clock atthe Naval Observatory is Kept Straight, SERVING TIMEOUT BY TELEGRAPE—THE ORACULAR CLOCK—HOW ASTRONOMERS SET THE SUN RIGHT— OBSERVING THE STARS—THE WAY THE WORLD ‘LEARNS THE TIME OF DAY. Father Time, with bis hoary locks and scant Faiment, his scythe and his hour-glass, still does duty as a symbol in allegory, but as a matter of fact, he is tar behind the time. If one was to de- ‘Sign a figure now to represent the genius presiding over time, it, should be that of an astronomer, with @ skull cap and Norfolk jacket, a sidertal clock, a | transit instrument, chronograph and a tele- Graphic switch-board, all of which, except, per- haps, she skull cap, are too new tocuta good figure in poetry or allegory. In course of centuries per- haps the chronograph and the nineteenth century chronometer may become as old-fashioned as the hour-giass, the sun-dial, and the water-clock, and then be found only in allegorical pictures or poetic figures, But at present the American people have to content themselves with these instruments for noting and measuring time, and with the electric felegyapn as the bost svatlable means of communi. ci it, Itis calculated that 1t takes a whole and occasion might arise in tue increacing compa jon might, a e com} cation of human affairs where that second would bea matter of serious importance to a business man. WHERE THE TIMH 1S SERVED OUT, ‘The place where time, f not made, ts served out by the Government, sent abroad over the country and put up in packages, warranted to keep fresh for use on shipboard, is at the Naval Observatory in this city, One wing of that venerable looking building, lifting up its white dome like the Db: head of Some old sage, is given up to the offices, and the instrument rooms devoted to the time ser- vice. ‘The gentlemen who keep track of the intri- cate affairs and calculations of this service are Rot venerable old philosophers in long cloaks or gaberdines, but trim looking, and, as a general thing, handsome young naval officers; or if they ‘are not all you e, that they care for ‘so well has dealt gently with them. There are Tooms with desks and pigeonholes and filecases, where one might think he was in an ordinary clerk's office in one of the civil departments, But the peers the ntlemen work upon contain rows of figures, with plus and minus coeMicients, fluxtons and a variety of mathemati- cal puzzles that look very tedious. ‘These repre sent the bitter shell that to be gnawed tl to get atthe sweet kernel of correct time. e man down town who has a good watch,of which he is accustomed to brag, may remark, as he pulls Out the sald watch from ite fob: “Whats the use ot all this? If Uncle Sam wants to know the time I can teil him toa second. That watch, sir, hasn’t Jost a second in six montha” WATCHES AND MENDACITY. A Star reporter ventured some such remark to one of the naval officers, at which he uttered a de- cided “humph!” and then proceeded to remark: “I believe watches have made more good men go Gok changed more truthful, conscientious, church-going men into falsifiers, than any other cause, notreven excepting fist Givea mana good watch, and he to He about it right away. There never was a watch or a clock Would not gain or lose time, not even clocks made with the greatest care and mathematical acca- acy like those used in the observatory.” ‘Many men are wont to compare their supposed infallible watches with the sun. Now, as a matter of fact, astronomers long ago discarded the sun as an absolutely accurate measurer of time. The sun bas a habit of being a little slow during a part of the year, and a little fast at other seasons, an ir- eat. due to the eccentricity of the earth’s orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic, As the sun, however, is regular in its 11 larities, the as- tronomers can always find out the true ‘time by allowing for the known amount of waywardness or error in this luminary which has so long served popularly as a model of punctuality. The astrono- ‘mer goes at once to the court of last resort to get a decision on the question of time. This is the court in which the myriads of stars sit nightly in judgment. Sometimes, however, in cloudy sea- Sons, when night after night passes without & chance ce a peep at the stars, he will consult the sin. | High noon or meridian fs supposed vo be the instant the sun crosses or 1s full upon the meridian. THR “MEAN” SUN. But the astronomer does not regard the actual sun, He has an imaginary sun that he calls the “mean” sun, Which 18 as regular in its movement as the stars, and hence 1s sometimes 1n advance and sometimes behind the true sun, sometimes a8, much as fifteen minutes, and four times a year be- ing totally eclipsed by the real sun. ‘The time that, 4g told by the real sun is known to be incorrect, except on the four occasions annually, when its ition coincides with that of the mean sun, and it is therefore called “apparent time,” whilé the genuine time, measured by the tmaginary sun, is called “mean time.” ‘The apparatus for noting and keeping track of the time fills considerable Space at the Observatory. It isa sort of sacred place; foran awkward and careless person ad- mitted to this temple of time might do damage to the delicately-adjusted apparatus that would put, out all the clocks in the United States before things could be made right again. ‘There is the great clock which 1s mounted lke some idol or oracle «ona granite block or ‘This _ granite post, Pillar bas its foundation deep in the earth. ‘The Works of the clock are attached to the enduring and motionless stone, and are entirely indepen- dent of their wooden case or cover. No heavy foot tread in the building, no rumbling cart in the road. oytside, nothing short of an earthquake, would dis- turb the motionless dnd serene dignity of this oracular clock. This clock ts adjusted to tell Wash- eet mean time, or time of the Washi m mer- idian. There are twoother clocks,solemnly mount- ed like Sir Oracle, on granite posts, and which are set to standard time. These clocks are connected with the telegraph lines that send the time atnoon all over the country, ring the fire-alarm bells in ‘this city, late three hundred clocks in the Government buildings in this city, and at thesame ‘instant drop time bulls on tall Dufldings in differ- ent cities, stretching in a long. ‘line from ‘Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts, to New Orleans, Only one of these clocks is kept running at a time. ‘The other is kept in reserve, to be used in case of need. Before entering this clock-room, however, ‘one comes to.an apartment where the ‘priests of the temple consult the stars. Here 1s mounted what 18 known as the transit instrument, a tele- scope most delicately adjusted and mounted, 80 that its sweep 1s exactly from north to south. ‘In other words, when it 15 accurately adjusted, any star seen on the center of the field of the glass would be exactly on the meriaian on which the telescope stands. The heavens form for the astronomer a great clock, and the time this clock tells is called siderial time. Ithas a day divided into twenty-four hours, beginning with the siderial noon, This day is three minutes and fifty-six sec- onds shorter than the solar day, 80 that the noons of the solar and of the sidertal day coincide but ONCE A YEAR. ‘Then the siderial noon, measured by solar time, comes later and later every day, until it is a whole day behind, when the noons occur together again. ‘To the observer, then, the celestial sphere may be likened {0 a clock, the stars being the figures on the dial and the ineridien on which the observer stands With his transit instrument is the hand of the clock. Owtl to the ae Motion of heavenly bodles the dial of this clock seems to move and the hand 1s motionless, and as the dial revolves it brings the fi or stars one after another under the hand of the clock. When the vernal equinox thus comes upon the meridian, or under the hand, it is noon, or the starting point; then the hours come round until it 1s 24 o'clock or noon again, ‘The clock stars are any whose positions havé been established to the fractional part of second by & Yong course of observations. TAKING THR STARS, Every clear night observations of this celestial clock are taken. ‘The observer lies in a recumbent postion, with his eye to the and has resting ter, “the swing faster t ht Sr rari than Se through a there is less resistance.” ‘This variation would be ‘unnoticed In an ordinary time Dut in a clock that is compared daily with the stars it becomes spparent barometric changes, ‘yarlations of as much as three or four-tenths of & second 8 day have been noticea, THR “PERSONAL EQUATION.” ‘Then there is the “personal equation” of the oD server to be considered, That is a thing that de- pends upon his nervous and muscular constitu. tion, Between the time the star ‘on the line in the fleld of the instrument aud the time its Passage is recorded on the chronograph an im- pression has to be made on the mind of the observ- er through his eve, the mind has to send out tte comma and on the telegraph key, ant the hand has toexccute it. ‘The “personal ¢qua- tion” is the length of time required for this mental and manual action. When a new observer comes no allowance is made for this personal error, DUC in course of time its amount is established ahd it always becomes a factor in the calcwations. In experienced observers though sometimes the “per- sonal equation” amounts to-as much a8 a second, ‘the amount never varies, In such minute calculations therets another tac- tor. ‘The meridian for which the time 1s recorded 4s that which passes through the center of the dome of the observatory. The transit instrument is located about twenty paces to the east. ‘The time taken the sun or star to pass over this space nas to be considered. This amounts to about two- hundredths of a second. All of these are figured out, and then the astronomer is able to; ab the error of his clock and establish its “rate. ‘THE SHIP'S CHRONOMETERS. ‘The Naval Observatory not only finds out the time and apprises the world, but it does up time, so to speak, in snug packages for use on ship Doard. The ship's chronometer is as important to the navigator as his compass or his rudder, In the clock room at the Observatory 18.3, case, containing rows and rows of ships’ chronometers, Every new chronometer for the Navy and every oid chronometer, upon its return from a to the Observatory to take a course of train: ing there and have its “rate” established, Each ‘one becomes a study. Its variations under differ. ent conditions of temperature ts noted, and finally its curve 13 “platted.” ‘That is, a chart or dia- fram is made, with acurving jine running through t, Which indi¢ates at once what ought to be ex- pected of the chronometer under any given condi ious of temperature. The navigator never at- tempts to set his chronometer right. All he wants to know is its rate, and he can then figure out the truth, ‘Thus, these little clocks come regularly to Bit at the feof of the great clock oracle to imbibe itg wisdom, and to have thetr own inconstancy measured, a. THE FIRE AT MISS McBRIDE’S, ‘What Witnesses Saw in Her House Be- fore the Fire—Testimony at the Trial. Yesterday, after Tar Stan's report closed, the trial of Mary J. McBride and John W. McFarland on the charge of arson, in setting fireto the house No, 515 11th street, on June 30 last was con- ‘tinued, Mr, James B. Verney, on cross-examination by Mr. Taylor, admitted making a second visit to Mc- Farland in the jail after a conversation with Miss McBride in regard to the Mrs. Dugan letter, Not ‘being successful he arranged for another inter- view at which Miss McBride should be present. The ‘two went to the jail the ensuing Friday and had a talk with McFarland. He wanted money for the WESSTER AND CHOATE. Judge MacArthur's Recollections of Two Famous Men. ‘WIS FIRST MEETING WITH RUFUS CHOATR—A SUFFER ‘WITH YOUNG EVARTS—A CASE IN WHICH CHOATE AND WEBSTER WERE OPFONENTS—THEIR aDMIRA- ‘TION FOR RACH OTHER. Juage MacArthur, who but recently retired from ‘the Supreme bench of the District, practiced law in his younger days at the same bar and in some ofthe same cases with Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster. He went over some of his recollections Of these two great men with 3 STaR reporter the other day. He tsa charming narrator and adds a Peculiar interest toeverything he tells that cannot be entirely preserved in the repetition by another, ‘The reporter found him in his study in the after- ‘oon with some pages of manuscript before him, and two or three volumes of rare old French plays lying onthe table. The shelves Uning the walls ‘Were filled with some fine books, of which the Judge ts fond, anda cool breeze blew through the ‘Windows, which open on two sides of the room. Tt 1s as light and cheerful a room as one can well imagine. ‘The judge wheeled up an immense arm-chair for the'rey , andgat back in his own favorite chair, swinging’ his glasses a little with his left hand as he called to mind the days when he frst began practice as a young lawyer. ‘BIS FIRST MEETING WITH CHOATE. “I frst met Mr. Choate,” he said, “under these circumstances: I was retained in a criminal case in Massachusetts. It must have been in ‘41 or “42. Iwas a young man, as you may judge. My client twas indie f wad for murder. He Was no ordinary criminal, but a man of wealth and position, and the case'attracted much attention. I secured the assistance of Mr. Ashmun, who was a lawyer of ability, and was afterward a member of Cot and became very widely known. He ad) me {to secure the sorvices of Mr. Choate, so I went to Boston with a letter of introduction, and called at his office. He was not in, and I was told that I would find him at the ibrary, where he spent much time reading. I had never seen him, and there were several others present, but I knew in @ moment which was he. His fine presence; his raven curling about his head; “his sharp black eyes; hisswarthy complexion and protruding lips; his composure and nobility of presence— ‘there was no mistaking him. I walked up to him and asked if he were not Mr. Choate, He replied ‘that he was, and I shall never forget the elegance and grace of his manners as he offered me a seat. He was a most polished aud elegant gentleman, dignified but perfectly approachable, with a man- ner so polite and unassuming that he put one at eage ina momrnt, He was 4 GOOD LISTENER, and had a way of drawing one out. I know that he drew me out—drew more from me than I thought I knew when I first began to explain the object of my visit. Iexplained the case and my anxtety that he should come into ft, and he lis- tened to me foran hour, interrupting only occa- sionally for a moment to ask a question or to point oUt some difficulty to be overcome. I remember how he would say when some doubtful paint would occur to him in the case: ‘Well, Mr. MacArthur, What are you going to do about this?’ Then I would explain’ my view of it, and we would go on to the a The defense was justifi- able homicide in detense of life and property, and. I Speed ‘to him all the points and the theory of the defense. Well, the upshot of it was that he agreed to enter the case, He was then in the Senate, and when the trial came off he came from Washington to attend it. In Massachusetts then all criminal_cases were tried by the Supreme ‘Court of the State and prosecuted by the attorney rhein assisted by the district attorney. Old ‘niet Justice Shaw, Justice Dewey and Justice Wid, ail distinguished men, were on the bench. The district attorney opened the case for the Prosecution and the attorney general closed it. I made no argument on the other side. I prepared ‘the case for trial, caring for every detail Choate addressed the jury, and I neverin my life wit- nessed a grander forensic display. Choate was the greatest of American orators. A mob had Taided a house rented by the prisoner and he had defended it, killing one of the 0 you can see there Was an immense amount of evidence. letter, as his house rent was due and he had no means of paying it. ‘The witness said that neither he nor Miss McBride had any money and could not Pay for the letter. He denied ever making a propo- sition to McFarland for Miss McBride that if he would take the wholeresponsibility of the affair she would pay his salary while he was confined in the penitentiary. He admitted that he did say to McFarland that Miss McBride said if he would tel. the truth she would do what she could for him. In answer to Col. Cook, the witness stated that he had no authority from Miss McBride to make Promises of any kind to McFarland, Jno. F. Shepherd, assistant district attorney, tes- tified to prosecuting McFarland in the Police Court on the charge of larceny preferred by Miss Mc- Bride. At that time Miss McBride denied that the Mrs. Dugan letter was in her handwriting. Mra Harriet J. McMurray testified to going to the house on 1ith street the Saturday before the fire to it a waist on Miss McBride, who met her in the hall and declined to admit her to her room, saying that Col. Tracey was there at that time. About a week before the fire the witness was in the house, and saw that the matting in the back room had been oiled. Miss McBride said it was done to give it a fresh look. She saw some yellow ‘stuff on the floor, and told Miss McBride that she Ought to have McFarland clean it up. Miss Mc- Bride said that it was put there for roaches. When the witness went into the back room there was only one chair and a lounge init. Miss McBride sent for a rocker and small marble-top table, and the witness “ran the cards” for her. Col. James G. Tracey testified to occupying a room at the house and denied being in the house or in the room of Miss McBride at the time she told Mrs. McMurray he was there, and stated that he was notin the house that day or night, He Was sitting on the steps of the house when the fire was discovered. Tt was in the back part of the building, which was all ablaze. He superintended ‘the removal of the furniture from the parlor and his room adjoining, whteh was all the furniture Temoved from thé house. About 9 o'clock that morning Miss McBride said she wanted to see hfta, and he was at the front steps waiting for her to come out. While there McFarland catse out and Went up the street. ‘Then Miss McBride came out and the witness walked with her to 10th and E streets returning tothe house in about half an our. ‘The trial was then adjourned until Monday. BOOKS OF THE WEEK. HENRY WARD BEECHER: A Sketch of his Career; ‘with Analysis of his Power as a Preacher, Lecturer, Orator and Journalist, and Incidents of his Life. By Lruax Amporr, D.D- assisted by Rov. 8. B. LLIDAY. Characterizations and Personal Remin- iscences, contributed by | thirty-nine eminent Bitere, Also, Mr. Boocher's 1100, a9 Sketched bi Himself, shortly before his death. Hartford: Ameri- jagnalls, can Publishing Co. New York: Funk & Ws LIFE OF HENRY WARD BEECHER, the Eminent Pulpit and Piatforn Orator. Bell's “graphic akotch of his Early Life, bis Career in the West and is crowning glory of & Forty Sears Pestorate in Brooklyn; with narratives of his great sciiove: Faalhangcldage., By Jotun Howaas ge atlas outiiabd oldage. 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As ho he sees the abject glass divided inte -sioces by eleven fine vertical lines at reguiar Inter. vais, As the star to be observed comes upon the fleld the observer taps his key just as it crosses each of these fine lines, ‘The central line repre sents the meridian. ‘This tapping the key makos Eee saat diet encore ‘acco! Abies the astronomer to correct. his clock teyeop with the stars. To see how this ts done one has to step trom the room where the transit instrument 4s mounted into the clock room. ‘There he will find, connected with the oracular clock, ‘4 CHRONOGRAPH. ‘This is stmply a cylinder made to revolve, upon which 1s wound a sheet of paper. Upon this is a movable hand or holder containing pen which travels at a graduated pace from one end of the cylinder to another, and, as the cylinder 1s revolv- ‘the line it traces on the pay a Titan holder Is. connected: wi ‘the eee the clock by an electric wire, tbe curren hence broken at every swing of the pendulum, so that ‘the pen makes'a little angular mark every time the clock beats. The key held by the observer also operates on the pen-holder, so that every time he presses the key the peu-holder has a spasm making a very decided mark on the paper” Beaks use of a seals made for the purpose the ‘observer can measure the distance between the second marks and the transit marks and determine down to the hundreeth part of a second, when the star Pe ne mean the actual ume of the meridian tranaft. = ‘The chronograph greatly tacilitaves the for it makes a record which can be figured out, leisure the next day, Before the days of the chronograph the observer depended to some ex- own sense of time. He would count the seconds as they were told off, “one, and a-half, two, and a-half,” and 80 on, and’ guess at the frag onal parts of the second, CORRECTING THE CLOCK. By the record of the stars it 1s determined each from the Rot get right each day, Tate or Variation from ashington day how far the big oracular clock ts rue time. 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Guavell G On Week ington; Brentanoe. Cover Dy GENERAL TERM. United States ex rel. Kenney returnable way {S. Yesterday, ; Tule issued coreg rar ia Wynne; pra confeaso, Norton oar ae Bue eiitamercenr ae Lambert ambert:'do., by J. Crufkshank and in uhio. er ether, do, by Gre diet Sata Stas 3 leave toamend. was all worn out from his and had to retire very soon. When ie banquet room (dt was at the EFeTEDody, stood “back with awe. alk With him, and 1 was with evident relief that he saw me standing In the mid- die of the room, and he came up at once and en- into conversation. We had been iu the same effort octhe day, and. Webster spoke. Ih the tsst complimentary ‘terms of choatee powers, “Toe ‘two men had the highest regard for each other. ‘Choate adored Webster, and Webster had the high- est admiration for Choate, He fully appreciated bis great genius 3 CHOATE AS AN ORATOR, “Choate was the greatest American orator,” the jndge continued, “I think there are thnes mea Who must be recognized as the greatest orators of America, and I will name them tn the order of their gentua, They are Rufus ‘Choate, Wendell Phillips, and Henry Ward Beecher. Beecher made many Seemed suet — but ee a} say some gra Phillips ‘never delivere faa address that was noca marvel ot orators Choate was the peer of “any of the great Roman orators, Choate Was one of the warm most s¥mpathetic, and gental men inthe world. His genius entered into his tellowship and ripened aad mellowed it. ee ADDITIONS TO THE CITY. Subdividing the Lund on the Northeast Bounds of the City. LEADING ACTORS WHO APPRECIATE THE ADVANTAGE OF A RESIDENCE HERE—THE EARCTION OF SUBUR- BAN HOTELS—OTHER MATTERS OF REAL ESTATE INTEREST. ‘The Distri€t Commissioners have given notice of ‘their intention to open and extend KR street north from Lincoln avenue to Brentwood road, This action was taken in consequence of the represent- ations of those who have purchased a great deal Of the property along the proposed extension with ‘Ube view of subdividing it and placing it on the market a8 am addition to the city. From Boundary to Lincoln avenue, on the line of RK street extend is a tract of 48 acres belonging to Gen. Beale. This Jand hes already been subdivided, with another large tract to the north, although it has not yet been placed on the market, Le Droit Park adjoins ‘this ground on the wesi, with a narrow tract of land intervening, so tha: Uhere ts almost acontinu- ‘ous subdivision Of the land along Boundary from ‘7th street to Lincoln avenue. The proposed ex- tension of K street a at Lincoln avenue and extends east, and will be of the same Width as the streets in the cily—nameiy, 90 feet. Fro Lincoln avenue the extension will first pass Uurough a ‘tract of 11 acres owned by F. W. Gieseking., then through Morris Murphy's tract of 1% acres, then through the of the Germania teen Park of 13 acres, and finally through: ngvon, ” containing 87 acres, to the Breatwood road, which: Givides the latter trom “Brentwood,” the Country place of Mrs. Carlisle Patterson. It is said Uo be ‘the intention of the owners of the properties along this extension to subdivide their land iuto build- Ang sites, although in some cases this will not be done durin; present season. The movement in this air garded as of con- siderable imy edu developing & part of uke suburbs of the city which has been considered as being rather out of the line of the march of mod- ern linprovements, THR RCKINGTON PLACE. “Eckington,” which was famous in the early Years of the city as the country residence of Joseph. Gales of the National Intelligencer, 1s now owned by Mr. George Truesdell. Tue old house which Was occupied for o many’ years by Mr. Gales bas been used in recent years as a boarding house and is sul . But now, instead Of being located in the midst of a dens: forest two toties from the city, as Ube country restence of Mr. Gales was described by one oi his conteinporaries, it will oc- cupy a jon of a city Diock surrounded by sireets, “The subdivision of this property, as made by Mr. Truesdell, conforias to Unat of the'city. As is known, the property extends down to Boundary, Where It has a froutage of about 1,000 feet. New York avenue extended passes Unrough tie south. ern portion of the grounds, and 24, 3d, 4th, Sth, and 6th streets northeast of the sume widun ‘as in, ‘The mob and their friends were called as wit- nesses, and the case took a week for trial I pre- pared every detail of the defense, So that there ‘Was not a point Choate wanted that did not have for him. I had every reference, and all that had any on the case right at my fingers ends. That was my part of the defense. CHOATE'S ADDRESS 70 THE JURY was magnificent. He had the sympathy of every body in the court room, of the court and of the Jury with him. We thought the district attorney the city have been laid off. Also P, @ H, 8, and T sireeis, Thes? streets will be opened at once, and Mr. E. C. Gardner, the architect, 1s preparing Plans for five or six houses which Mr. ‘Truesdeli proposes to erect. Instead cag pepe vot Vision Mr, Truesdell ards Place as an i- Uon to the city, ‘and Slaims Uhat it is the first addition ever made to the city, from the fact ‘Unat all the streets follow the lines and are of the ‘Same Width as the streets in the city. ‘The new subdivision of “Petworth” and the Marshall Brown farm will aiso have all the Streeis and avenues laid out in conformity with had outside of the evidence in his opening and Mr. Choate called the courts attention. to 1t, I remember old Chief Justice Shaw. He looked like a turtle, He wore a very collar and stock, and sat with his chin drawn way down in it, and when anything attracted his attention he would stretch out his neck and his head would come out of his collar lke a turtle’s out of It's shell. But he was a very able man. He stuck his head out in that comical way and directed the dis- trict attorney that he must keep within the evidence. The district attorney was a hard headed, though an able man, and had thestatement, of the casein his mind in that way and it spollt nt to be interfered with. So we had court on our side and the best of the case. oquent and poctical sipie, he stooped so tbat his eloquent and poetical style, he 50 is lips were close to my ear, and whispered: *Well, Mr. Macarthur, do-you think we have brushed alt that rubbish away?’ He referred to the evidence Ot the prosecution. I replied that I thought 80. ‘Then,’ he sald, I will go on with the case,’ and he diregted the rest of is remarks entirely to the case, ‘was done in the coolest possible way, right in the midst of his argument, thateverybody was worked up over. “When the case went tothe Jury they returnedin few minutes, with a verdict of ‘not guilty.’” “*The case had lasted a week or more, and I had come to know Mr. Choate very well. I became very fond of him. -, A SUPPER WITH CHOATE AND BVARTS. next time Isaw Mr. Choate,” the judge continued, “wasonthe street in Boston, He came up and clapped his hand on my shoulder, and in- ited me to his house to supper. I mention this because of another thing. At that time Evaris had just made his first demonstration. He bad Just delivered the address in a case DetGre ono of he New York courts that gave him his first repu- tation, He was then a very young man, and it attracted much attention. I remember of readin great deal about it in the newspapers. Wel young Evarts was at supper with us, and there inet Bim for the first time. He did not look differ- ent then from what he dees when you see him here in Washington to-day. He was an old young man. He was Very much élated over his success. 4 FAMOUS CASE. : “tn 1948 I was retained to defend a company in Springfield in a suit brought by a car-wheel com- pany for an infringement of thelr patent on the car wheel. My client claimed that the wheel he made was different and an improvement on the other. It was avery famous case. Ofcourse the fist thing I did was to secure the services of Mr. ‘Choate. "I took my client to him and we talked the case over. Then my client left andi remained awhile longer. 801 was again associated with that great lawyer in acase. ‘That was a famous trial, It lasted for a month and there was a great of talent. There was Choate on our side n Curis, afterward Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Daniel Webster, the pinintit. Choate was a devotes or Websters, ‘They were great friends and Choate had the great- est awe and admiration for Webster's splendid ius. I remember I did not think I should like Webster. 1b was ten days atver the trial began be. fore he appeared in the court room. I remarked to Mr. Choate that he would never beable tocatch up with the case, reply was: ‘He will be dangerous whenever He comes into the case.’ WEBSTER COMES. “when the great Webster did come,” sald Judge ‘Macarthur, “he did not seem to take much inter. est in the, case,, He, came into it quietly, without ostentatl ‘ook no part in it, except occa- Sionaliy to ask a question. "He Just'sat tere and Watened, He chatted and was very soolable and agreeable 1 gol very well, and to have a great respect and admi- Tation for him. He was a ian, He wore that historical sult and high ehoker; and his fine jeep-set, and sw: ‘complexion distin- Guished him from all others, He was regal look- to mn the case for the deft He raeen i eS we are wi SSeS of us,’ and I would make some E EEE very friendly, and Mr. Webster was ly Agrecable all he while.” When the Plainttars eos ‘was closed I spoke for five hours, ‘our side, T thought 1 was dragging tt out too and inti- mated as much to Mr. Choate, ‘No,’ said he, ‘take upail the time can think of, and try an my to al) i & i fe ae i it 5 3 gs the lines of the city streets, and of the same width. ‘The iatier properties do uot adjoin the city, but are on the 7th street road, beyond Whitney avenue. he pelicy 0 having. wide strects in the Suberbe is to be recognized as and ia tue new subdivisions to be mado in thé future, 10 1s probable that more attention will be pald U6 this matter than has been the case in the 3 “BELAIR HEIGHTS.” The sales in this subdivision, lying between Kalorama and Rock Creek, and formerly known a> the Lyon’s mill tract, have beenexceedingiy large. ‘Within the two weeks during which the has been op the imarket, eighty lots have been sold, the purchase money alnounting to the sum Of $276,000. A contract for g the streets and lols has been made with air. Albert Gleason, She well-known contractor, the cost of Ube sams aggregaung about $50,000 ‘work Commenced al Once ‘andl pushed rapidly to com pletion, LEADING ACTORS WHO OWN PROPERTY HERE. Some of the leading theatrical people and actors have purchased landin thiscity with the expressed intentivn of building houses where they cap re side after their retirement from active life. Mr. Lawrence Barrett led thls movement, some years * py purchasing a fine lot at the southwest cor- her of Connecticut avenue and 20th stroct. More recently Mr, Wm. J. Florence secured two lots at the intersection of Connecticut avenue, 71st and § streets, some two Squares further north tan the location selected by Mr. Barrett, Miss Ober, who 4s known to the public as the manager of the Boston Ideals, has purchased the Jeffries tract, on Columbia road, but itis not know that she ‘has any intention of making her residence here.This urchase was made as an iuvestment. Both Mr. jarrett and Mr. Florence have expressed thelr in. tention of coming here to live after they have re- tired trom the ‘and thelr preference for this city, considering their extensive acquaintance with other places Ubroughout the country, is an indication of the superior attractions which this city affords as a place of residence. SALE OF F-STREET PROPERTY. Another residence on F strect is soon to fall into Une with the changes whicii have occurred so rap- idly during the past few years on Unat thorough- fare, and be remodeled into a business Dullding. Mr. Chas G. Thorn has purchased from Mr. Eitas E, White for $37,000 the four-story brick ‘house 2213 F'Mtreet, wilich he propones to ft up and oc- cupy a8 a store for his own business. ‘The price paid was a little over $11 per square foot. ‘The property has a frontage of 24 feet 7 inches, and the ground extends back 138 feet to an ailey. SUBURBAN HOTELS. ‘The need that has been appurent for years past of providing accommodations for people who Want Oapalahtirere pido dae Cote ocd ‘and yet are unable to leave their interests here for ‘any length of ume, has recently led to the erection 0¢ two. suburban’ hotels, and now several otLer: similar projects are belag discussed. The large inn ut Forest Glen, on the Metropolitan Branch of ‘the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, will be ready for the reception of guests about the 1st or June, ‘Those interested in this enterprise say that about half of the rooms have already been 1 ‘and they expect Ubat Unelr first season will be a’ suc cessful one. ‘The new hotel which Mr. A. E. Bateman is butid- ing on the Tenleytown road, in the vicinity of the President's coitage, and the Country Club House, ‘Will also be ready for the reception of guests about June 1, and it is expected that there will be no lack of patronage, although the building erected ‘only’ intended at present for a stall faimily hotel. View Improvement Co., who have wirehaged land on the Potouac this side of the Breat Fails, tuvend, 113 sald, to erect a lange hotel upon their ‘property, but the bullding has not yet been begun. to erect a hotel at Takoma Park, on tue Sibirepoltan Branch of the Baitwore and Ohio Railroad, 1s also being talked about, and (3 there is also ‘a plan to build # hovel in vhe bame Vicinity, somewhere between Lincoln and Knowles Station,” on the land recenUy purcuased by A. 8, Pratt & Sons. It 1s probable, however, that no gon to carry a tendency toward he? reports within a cagy distance of tals ‘DR, BISPHAM'S RESIDENCE. Dr. Chas Bispham, of Philadelphia, has pur- chased a building site on the West side of Connec- ticut avenue, between Hillyer Place and ® street, , W. Bruce Gray, the architect, Pisus fora tue residence, which he 0 erect for his ‘The front will be of brick used a8 an effectt togive the feature Of house fe : & Ai °88 ef i B ‘doors ments, ‘The dintng-room 18 on the. ‘the ball and connected with this room by a short hali-way. ist street. ‘The fromt will be25 feet wide and bore this the front will ve to the root with ~ having & bold arched Window, and ‘wlll Cerminate above the slated root ofthe Build- ing with a gable,” Broad ‘stone stepe ‘lead vo the =e the args gable pange wales la uimoat a Te second ‘hale Strog Aye —3 * ‘Staircase. At = there is ap f I : THE NATIONALS DEFEATED. ‘The Nationals secured another defeat yesterday after preventing the Phillies from scoring forseven | innings. In the eighth Inning the visitors scored | Uwice, which raved them the game, as the home team were able to get Dut one man around the bases in nine innings. The defeat of the Nationals was not regretted by the orderiy dl: spectator 30 MUCH as the disgraceful behavior of many peo ie on the side benches. They did more to Dring © ballin Washington tnto disrepute chon several defeats, ‘The umpire was hooted snd jeered during ‘the game, and at its conclu Son was in danger of being mobbed. Mr Wiison is not_a ‘competent ompire, and his carver as such will doubtless be or short duration, Judgment on Valls and strikes yestentay Was poor, but two decistons in particular angered the crowd. When Whitney knocked & bali over the rcht-field, fence be declared it afoul Tbe decision was cone tested, but very few people were ina position {0 whether it was a fou or fair ball. When Ferguson Knocked a ball over third base wach proved Lo be the Winking Lit, ne decided It a fait IL ‘There was a howl ii ely, for pearly everybody thought ita foul bs | it masa close decision to make, but a few peapia thought the umpire was correct, for they dearly Saw the ball strike the whitewashed It third base, and then bound off at an degrees. “Two xreat pl Deck of ot 4 tohers were oppowad to each, other, Ferguson and Whites, and they did noble Work, as safe hits were very scarce. The omy errors of ue game Were made by Che shortstopa, Mack caught an excellent game, as did Mcguire for the visitors. The former has improved very much of late, and ts rapidly getting ia good form, The championship ‘season thus far bag been a success, 80 far as home team is concerned, a8 It_has piaced but one victory to its eredit, une Monals $0 much as to bad ent umpiring. In the majority of games they outplayed thelr opponents, They have played seven gates, winning one, theing another, and lostug five, three Of Walch were lose by one ru All the Washington men are in good condition, nd IC they do not become disheartened by thei® ontinued bad luck Will win many games. It doesn't look well to be continually apologizing for the home club's defeats, but in every instanc® they have played well—no club that has been here Letter, unless It was the Bostons, 1m Ube boys | get te working together betver as a un © able to craw! ont of smaller holes than they cam, now. At any rate, (hose who have watched Ue Nationals play aré satisfed with them. OTHER GAMES VRSTRRDAY. New York took secoud place from Boston by de feating Kelly's aggregation 3 to 1. Detroit ime creased {ts hold on first place by 118 victory over Indianapolis, 11 to 3, and Pittsbuny gave the Chie cago champions another biack-eye, 6 to Th the American Association, Baltimore retains lace by Its victory over the Athletics, 15 1 Rite st? Louts stays on the leader's needs Op dezeating Louisville, 10 to3. ‘The other clubs did not play. ‘The League championship record to date 1s as 2 |chicago. i 2 |Washington..1 = 5 Following 1s the American Association chame Plonship record to date Won, Lost, Baltimore... Cincinnatt.....8 @ St. Louis...7..10 3 /Aublette . oe) 9. Brooklyn. x 4 jitan.. 1 42 Louisville...°78 = @ \Cleveland.....0 1 12 BASE BALL NOTES, ‘The phenomenals are exploding tn a lively manner. Anson and Ryan have been doing the best bat- Ung for Chicago. features of the Bostons’ work this season Is their er ts to be made for bis re The new grounds of the ‘Said Lo be the finest tn the country. Its said that 10,000 base balls are now being Manufactured dally In the United States It 4s estimated that the receipts taken tn at League games Uhis season will reach $400,000. ‘The Washingtons Were wise in releasing The lad ts capable, but loses his head at critical points, apt. Glasscock and his men are to dress alike $45 sults of nayy blue serge cloth, stylishly made in cutaways. 3 Watkins says that before goltig to New Orleans next February he will take Une Detroits on a trip Through the Pacific coast. White is the most economical player in the Louisville Club, and is said to have saved about $1,400 of his salary Last season, Kilroy has proved himself even better than ho Was last year. He 1s regarded as a catcher killer, but Fulmer backs him up to perfection, ‘Gore has been suffering from nn attack of malaria and a sore shoulder, but the New York Club had his services in Thursday's game with Boston, It 1s said that the Chicago's share of the receipts of the St. Louls Brown games was enough to pay the salaries of three of their men for the season, ‘One of the secrets of the old Chicagos was that ‘they never lost heart. They Will have bard work to keep up thelr spirits from the present outlook. ‘Where are Uhe men whose batting was to be so much impaired by the new rules? All the old shiggers seem to De singging awiy Just as they did. last year. ‘Brown, Carroll, Miller and Fields are the head- first sliders of the Pittsburg team. —Dairympla, ‘Suith, Coleman and the balance of the boys go in feet fist. tans have at last fallen inw the ‘The M line Just about where they Were so long last season. However, better things are expected ot ‘hem later on. Mike Kelly says: “Take all chances, and pay no attention Vo erros; it’s rans that count.” He ly about right, aud ball-players in general should eed the advice. IU 1s claimed that the Bgston club received nearly $7,000 wile playing lf exhibition games, kelly being the drawing card. In thut case Kelly wil soon pay for himself. Heary Boyle, the speedtest pitcher in the Le: has done great work with Uke Marvons since their removal to Indianapolis. They cali him “Tue ‘Adonis of the diamond.” rock Is said Lo “be One Of the worst disap- pointed mea tn the business. He has been so long striving lo get in a Winning club that he ts almost heart-broken over his failure, Denuy says that Van Haltren, the California wonder, who has disappotuted both Pittsburg and. Chicago by refusing to come East this year, 1s an ajl-around player of merit as well asa pitcer, Sunday 1s playing ball that pleases is, Brot in-law, Anson, When Sunday has no bal to do lie Works as an engineer on the Chicago Nortawestern Railroad. He and Anson live im Marshalltown, Jowa. Iu speaking’ of Daiy, the new catcher, sald: “That nan Daly is the Dest catehi ever stood behind the bat. He's the finest catcher T have ever seen, and I have stumbled over a good many of them in my day. Indianapolis Will have “@ more attractive unk form to travel in than the one they have so far Worn. It will consist of sheep's gray shirt and nts, With Ted stockings and caps, the word “In Blanapouis” worked across the breast, ‘One great secret of Chicago's success has been that the men Would take (Wo bases on a hit where Avy other team would take but one. This year Boston is euiulating Chicago's style of base run- ning, and it is easy Lo discover who is responsible tor Kt, ‘The “O14 Guard” of the League are Anson, Mor. Till, Deacon White, Sutton, O Royrke, Hines, and Burdock, ‘These seven have been With tue League from the start. Every one has for one season or ore Jed in bis respective position in the held or a& e bat. “AS obody in the Boston team cap catch Stemmyer 80 well as Mike Ki None of the other catchers, are heavy euough. "Whenever Stemmyer Is in. clined to be unsteady in the box Kelly comes im from rigut-feld tw catch, and invariably bas w feck. For Mr. O'Daj"s eye.—Put a Ittle more life in your movements between pitches. Your effective. hess may not be improved, but you will make & better 10 upon the publi, Who like to see man move as if he meant busingss, After all a ball-player depends a gooddeai on the public fur bis reputation. In a new scheme for flelding the ball from the outheld, Which Ewing has originated, be promises ‘Wo be without a peer in the profession. No matter where a ball 1s knocked “in the outfield, waen a man is on third, Ewing runs to meet the Helder, Who throws to and the way the sphere 4s ‘ined vo the plate 3 marvelous. ‘The Bostons seem to be a different tion from the team that came here last year. It seems that one man could infuse so much and vim. Kelly is@ great ball player aud ‘Supposed that the Bostons’ renge Was ‘Onerrated, but it begins to better : i wi itt it i i i rh E Ee HH I u i i i i i ? i Hi i i i teil i Sef iB : f