Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1887, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 4. 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. crry AND_ DISTRICT. RESULTS OF THE Bewefits Which army 0 DRILL, AN ANNUAL. NATIONAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT PROBA- Bie THE De HIGHLY PRAISED —LACK OF DIs- CIPLINK IN CAMP—A PROPOSED CAMP FOR PRACTICAL INSTRCUTION. With the exception, perhaps, of the citizens who ‘Were financially interested in the matter, no per- Soas waiched with greater interest the progress of the late National Drill than the oMcers of the reg- War Army who are stationed at the capital A lance part of the general public still regards the militia as play soidiers to a certain extent, Danded together for soctal benefits and for the Purposes of parade and show, without having any Teal connection with the military defensive Strength of the country. Regular Army officers Tealize that in the time of war or of revolution the ‘National Guard will constitute the main defense of the conntry, and that the numerically insignifl- cant U.S. Army will be able to afford but slight Protection. Miny officers at Washington have for several years done all in their power to Influence the government to recognize the Dy putting it on asounder military as to organization and discipline. 1 were, therefore, as stated, particularly interested in the National Drill. A Stax reporter. tall Rumber of them yesterd out exception they spoke ereditabie ffir, and emphatically expressed the opinion that its Mfect wi Very beneficial and Pronounced, and will pave the way to an aunual Rational encampment, ADJUTANT GEN. DRUM’S OPINION. Adjutant Gen. Drum satd “I watched the drill with a great deal of interest, and consider it a Success, There were many points to be criticised, Bat many others to be commended. The drill Maelf was admirably conducted, and the perform- ance of those who participated Was unexe ‘The camp discipline was, however, not of the best. Guard duty was a little slack, and there was too Much publicity, but the men undoubtedly were “d with a and to-day, and with. the drill as avery greatly Deneiliéd by thetr camp experience, and . of deal better informed about many things than when they came. Tnever saw guch excellent drilling as was exhibited. [saw some of the prize companies drtll, and in my ent there Was nothing” to equal Lomax Hitles, The Toledo Cadets made & good impression upon the public, but they did not driil tactics All tneir movements were executed With this one, two, three regularity os cana the public but not’ the judges, who ‘Were looking for exce’ mili- tary point of view. I think the drill will tend to increase public interest in National Guard matters ‘wthe end of obtaining the financtal support of ‘fae Government. | should like to see an annual milila enca ent held in the vicinity of Wash- ington under the direction of the Government, and ‘thesoidiers who take part in it paid a regular malary by the Government during the time they areincamp. Similar encampments should be held aif over the country by grouping the States. ‘Washington encampment might include New ‘York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Then and States could ‘asimtlar encampment in Massachusetts, and so on With the Western and Southern States. W are bound to come to some such arrangement, and Tregard the National Drill as a move in the right direction, in that — Clana to arouse tee Dublic interest, and that fs the first step. The People must pot look upon the National Guard as militia of Mfty years ago, armed with corn- ‘stalk guns ana pumpkin drums. They must re- gard It as the Dalwark of defense to the country.” ‘Assistant Adjutant General Kelton, who has given considerable attention to milida matters and has: studied the question tor many years ‘with care, spoke In the same manner. WHAT GEN. KELTON SAYS. “7 regard the drill asa great success" he sald im answer to THE Stax reporter's question, “and am sure that the public-spirited committee will De fully recompensed for their financtal loss when ‘they see the good effects the drill will have in Years to come. We are bound to have the National Guard under the protection and direc- on of the National Government. The National Drill was a splendid starter. It dwakened public Interest, and Whatever the public wants it will ge So that as a meausof bringing matters tw the attention of Congress, with a view of securing needed iegisiation, backed by the general public, the drill cannot be considered ther than highly successful. The encampment ea the Monument grounds was not all that It Should have been. ‘There was too much pubilcity and the men were undergoing a continual orde Of dress parade. 1 hope to see the time, not many Years distant, when there will be an annual en- campment here, not on the Monument grounds nor tm the White Lot, but in a retired locality, where we public cannot well obtrude itself, men Will not come to find ‘rything prepared for them, but will be compelled to camp in the sane Way as t \din earnest— Piteh their own get theirown water, and do their own coo 1 should be compelled to strike ¢ during encampment and ¢ march and return, ant again go into camp. as they In. other words, do just will have to do some day. A man cannot apprectate thi ts of even a ‘Week's experience in ca I venture to say that not a man who Was in Camp George Washington ‘Went away Without having learned a great deal. He sgw many things to do and many to avold. Last week'Sencampment cannot, therefore, be re- garded but as a good beginning.” It may take two Or three more siunilar affairs, with fancy drills and ‘h board fence with adiuission, but they Will fually give plac tue proper camp. I non-military vet T saw stich excellent drilling as was exuibited last week. The cadets at West Point ‘cannot show anything likesuch proficiency. They drili well enough tor practical purposes, and de- Yote more attention to becoming pro‘icient in What will be actualiy required of them on the Meld, The sooner our legislators come to a real- ing seuse of the necessity of helping the National Guard the better it will be for the country.” ‘OTHER OFFICERS OF SIMILAR MIND. Officers om Gen. Sheridan's staff, Capt. Taylor, Yhe secretary of War's military Secretary, and many others who Were questioned on the matter, expressed exactly sluilar opinions. = so Real Estate Sales. Wescott, Wilcox & Wine report the following sales recently made: For Mrs. Mary Sherman to Wm. O'Neil, house and two lots on H street, be- ‘tween 21st and 22d streets; $6,500. For George J. Johnson to Ji. F. Whiteside, house on Pennsylvania avenue, between 19¢p and 20th streets: $13,500, For Thomas W. Johnson to M. Doolittle, house and two los on Hi street, between vot and 21st streets; $6,000. For Dr. J.B. Moore to Dr. J. R. ‘Walton, Buse on Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and LUN sireets: For 1 Waggaman to A. L. Phillips, lot on U si tween 21st and 22d streets; 1. For Geo Jonnson to Messrs. Byrutn © Thowias, lot on Street, between Hand I street: Witmer to Mri Mankin, house tween 2d and Zhi sireets: Donn wo J. H. Jochum, lot va MWh and itn streets; Ramaay to W. W. Wetze 2st and 22d Streets; $2,508.80. For w LJ. Bryant and Mr. Hazen, pt. 10 $360820." For Mrs H. L bommer to Dove, lot near 2st street on N stree Mueller 3) Sq. 618; ‘J. Maury $4,510. For J.B. "Moore w Geo. J. Jonason, Un 133 On BOLL street, between H and I street: 0. For J. Maury Dove tos. W. F. Draper. lot on N street, bear Zist street; $5,135. For C. . Newiman to AL B. Hines, lot 7," sq-27; $1,800. For Coumodore Easby to Major Moore, property at the corner of Zid and E streets; $3,000. "For J.E. Libby to Johan Mean: th street, bear I stree! W. Baidon, pt. lot Hian- urn wo E. For “A. Mi avenue, between Sead streets: $1,200. For 0. #. Donn to Win. Gade Gis, lot on dth “street, between East Capitol and Asireets; £2,064 For Jounson Wine to Thos. Aivedy, six lols ai Hyattsville; $1,900 ‘The Street Improvements—Why Is I o the Eiitor of Tux EvEsiNe Stax T notice that in the list of street improvements Published in Tue Stax of the 2d the kind of pave ent for South and East Washington is specified, ‘while that for the northwest is not. I inter, bo ever, trom the fact that Messrs Cranford, Barber ortuwest, as Well & Ca, are the contractors for the as (rom former experie tbe favored norluwest Baz sheet pavement of wuolly or tainly Alt OF its substitute, ‘Whe coul-tar distillate, wh ated, a lange pro- Portion of that in the souil sts to be as Puait blocks, 4s was t fr. Why tit Anat thisdisdinction Is maue between the sections? And why tue ouiscion to state te kind to be laid Jn the northwest as Weil a While the Diock pavement ts Very good so long as it lasts, Wheu the blocks become Ww broken there 18 no way to repair ft but U Une blocks and lay iL anew, at the same cost as the nal. On She other hind, the sueet pavement has a founda~ on of beady "Unit ts peru and When the surface Is worn, cau be resuriaced «i much less cost than a uew one ca be laid, It is therefore clear That this discrimination is to the detriment of those seetious in which the block pavements are Yad. Why is It that very littie or none of these are iaid in the nortaw in the oter sec- Uons? It doesn’t look Wo me like a talr deal ‘A Citzas. ‘Transfers of Heal Estate. Deeds in tee have been led as follows: Mary Flagler te W. O'Brien, sub lots 67 and 68, sq. 96; $~ James E Padgett to James E Hoye, lot 4, Diock 8, Whitney Clo-e; $2,450. Oilver Cox to D. A. Watterson, sub lots 15 und 14, sy. 82; $3,350. David W. Brown to B.S. Ashley and C. C. Waiter, Yous 6, 7, 8 and 13, sq. 1,084: $—. GW. Ashby to Waitacte, sub lots 52 aid 33, 39.985; $1,500. Einily Brooks to Lela U. Marsiaal!, ‘part of Laciosure; $— J. B. Brooks to same, sane proverty; $—~ Laura Bivoks et al to same,” same property; §—. Frank Brooks to sane, sume property; g—.' Elizabeth L. ‘Upham to ¥. J. Kedway, sub iot 3, sq. 625; $4300. ¥. J. Redway w 7." A. Rover, same prop. erty; $5,500. 5 Muddox et al, trustee Jos, Barden, sub lots 10s to 113, Sy.’ 674; $1, ED. Dauiet> to Jov Barnard, lot 3, sq. 655; $5,000, J. F. Ouusied etal, trustees, to J. F. Baichenter, Bud lots 47 to S4, "sq. 723; B1GSGLUG. AL Hyde, trustee, to F. M. Green, Sub lov” A, Widow's Mite; $1,200." Jax” Thomas to i. C. Stewart, part 1, sq. ‘S17; $500, Fila K. Moore to Jane Case, part 31, Cuichester; 0, Saraa W. Wiillains to Martha AD | | | Waters, part it, Beall’s adidition,to West Wasting- wou; $3,000, Martha A. Waters lo A.W. Fergusoa, $000." AL W. Ferguson to S. M. REAL ESTATE AFFAIRS, Activity im Property on the Virginia Side of the Potomac, IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE TENLEYTOWN ROAD—IN- CREASED KATES FOR TITLE SEARCHERS—NEW BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY OP THE CAPITOL— SOME OF THE NEW HOUSES GOING UP. ‘The purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge by the Government, and the discussion in regard to the proposed erection of the Grant memorial bridge to Arlington, has had the effect of calling the atten- tion of investors to the land in Alexandria County, Va., in the victnity of Ariingtom and the Aqueduct Bridge. ‘The erection of a new bridge on the piers of the Aqueduct Bridge is now in progress, and it 4s expected that early in the coming fall it will be ready for use, with the additional aavantage over the old bridge of beng free to all. Already some ofthe property tn the vicinity has changed hands. As previously stated in Tux Sram, Mr. A. F. Barker and others have purchased a tract of land contain- ing 150 acres, bordering on the Potomac, a short distance north of the approach to theold aqueduct Bridge, These gentlemen have begun to make & subdivision of the property with the view of laying gut villa sites. “Twenty years ago Mr. H. H. Wells Mr. Dungan and the other lessess of the ol Aqueduct Bridge purchased about 23 acres near the approach to the bridge, which they subdivided and “named Rosslyn. "It was given that name because Mr. Rosa, who owned most of the land, had his residence there. No houses were erected) and it has been only a town on paper. Recently, however, Messrs. Wells & Dungah pur- chased 150 acres, Which has been subdivided and made an addition to the old subdivision of Ross- lyn. ‘Then these gentiemen formed a syndicate, of which Messrs. Jno. W. Thompson, W. 8. Thomp- son, M. W. Beveridge, and N. W. Burchell are embers, and the entire tract 1s now under their ontrol. ‘It has been placed on the market, and some of the lots have been sold. ‘This subdivision les between the upper and lower Fall's Church roads, and extends about a mile back from the river. There has also recently been sold several tracts of land, containing from four to sixteen acres, located on the two roads to Fall’s Church, also on the road to the Chain Bridge, and in the lmmediate Vicinity of that bridge. "The prices pald have ranged from $100 to $400 per acre. ‘The speculation which has pusued investments far beyond the bounds of the city on the north, and also into Montgomery County, Md., has, as it may be seea, crossed the Potomac into Virginia, ‘THE QUESTION OF RETROCESSION. As will be remembered by those familiar with the history of the District, the entire county of Alexandria, where all this property 1s located, together with the city of Alexandria, comprisin, in all nearly forty square miles, was once a part o! the District. In’ 1846 Congress an act re- troceding that portion of the District which had been ceded tothe United Stat by the state of Virginia In 1790 back to the State, and the retro- cession received the indorsement, by popular vote, of the citizens of the county. It has been main- tained that this law enacted by Congress was un- constitutional, and those interested in property in Alexandria County propose by petition toask Con- 'S8, aL itS next session, to restore Alexandria county to the District. This will not be the first Ume that this question has been agitated, In the year 1874 {t came before the Supreme Court of the District,and was then appealed to the United States Supreme Court, where, in 1875, the case was argued by Messrs. Samuel S. Shellabarger and W. Willoughby. The case came before the courts in the following Manner, Mr. K. A. Be was the owner of a tract of land near the Chain Bridge. ‘The property was assessed for taxes by the Alex- andria County officials, which Mr. Phillips paid under protest. He then instituted suit against the tax collector for the recovery of the money, claiming that his property lay within the bounds of the District, and therefore was not subject to taxation by the Virginia authorities. The District Supreme Court did not sustain him, and then he appealed to the United States Supreme Court, Where it was argued in his bebalf that the act was not constitutional, for the reason that it was not competent for Congress to retrocede what the Constitution had, for a particular purpose, author- thorized it to accept. Congress accepted this ces- sion of land, not for itself, but for the people of the United States, and the people being invested with the title and right of sovereignty could not be di- vested of ibexcept by their own consent. It was further argued that the bill in providing for the assent of the people of the town and county of Alexandria as a condition of the act becoming operative did literally delegate to these citizens the powers and prerogratives of Congress and the President, to whom the law-making power had been intrusted by the Constitution. It was claimed that fmnportant legisiative functions could not thus be delegated. ‘The decision of the court was, that as the present government of Alexandria County had not been objected to by either the State or the National Government during the quar- ter of a century of its existence, and as it had been recognized by the political department of the State and affirmed by the judicial department, an issue Which neither party Wishes to make cannot be Torced upon them. The appeal was not sus- tained. AS may be seen, the Supreme Court did not pass upon the constitutionallty of the act, but sluply recognized the fact. that the government | then existing Was the recognized government by all the parties concerned. ‘The persons Interested. in Uhis case claim that in the light of this deciston the initiative step toward retrocession must_be made elther by the United States Government or the State of Virginia. ‘Therefore, they propose to petition Congress. COL. BUGHER’S HOUSE. ‘Work has been begun upon a handsome house for Col A. H. Bugher. It 1s situated on I street, between 17th and 18th streets. ‘The front of the house will be a picturesque combination of stone and brick. ‘The structure will have a frontage of about 46 feet and a depth of 47, and will cost $20,000. Win. M. Poindexter ts thé architect, ALONG THE TENLEYTOWN ROAD. ‘The recent purchasers of the College Villa and the Nourse properties, on the Tenleytown road, a8 well as a portion of Secretary Whitney's farm, have a force of mea at work making improve- ments, The land fronting og the Tenleytown road. ts being graded, with the view of adding to the attractions of that locality. When the subdi- visions of these properties 1s completed it 1s the intention to lay oUt streets. Workmen are en- gaged insinking an artesian well near the en- trance to the Country Club House grounds, and it fs expected Uhat by this means a supply of water wili be secured for the entire property. As stated in Tae Stax, there are about 250 acres comprising the above-named tracts, ag well as portions of others in the same locality, which are controlled by the Same parties or syndicate, and the improve- ments aiready begun are said to be but the begin- hing of an extensive plan of improvements which will transform this entire tract into a park, It will be, however, a park not for pleasure alone, but to be used for residence purposes also, Tne park will hardly assume shape until next year, ut still there are arrangements completed tof Uhe accommodation of those who wish to go out that way during the warm weather. The Country Club of Course entertains its many friends, while tary Whitney’ dispenses a pleasant hospital. ity to_his visitors. The Washington Ina, a\ new hotel which has just been completed by Mr. A. E. Bateman and his associates, will be opened ina v Weeks WIth accommodations for about fifty | people. ‘The only recent movement of property in this locality 4s the purchase of the farms of the late Mr. Jos. H. Bradley and Mr. B. 'T. Swart, The former has ‘been bought by a syndicate of Wash- ington gentlemen, and the latter by Mr. Dos Passos, a New York lawyer. Both of these farms, however, are located soine distance north and east nleytown, It 1s probably the intention of the asers Lo Subdivide these farms tnto building in much the same way as Senator Cameron 4s subdividing the Lay farm, on the 7th street road. ‘This latter subdivision has not yet been placed on the market. It {s to be given the name of Rosser, which 1s of Scoteh origin, and 1s said to have been selected by Mrs. Cameron, IMPROVING AN ENTIRE SQUARE. ‘The removal a few years ago of the Washington and Georgetown Street Railway stables from the square adjolning the Capitol grounds on the north. has provided fine building sites, which are now gradually belng improved. ‘The surroundings are Of such a character as to make this locality desira- bie for residence purposes. ‘The square has been subdivided, and a new street running trom north tw south has been opened and named arthur Place. Under the superintendence of Mr. Geo. K Em mons, of B. H. Warner & Co., ten houses have been ereciéd on Uils street; and the District govern. ment, under the m, 13 now laying a javeluent of asphalt’ blocks ahd. putting dewn rick sidewalks. ‘The new street extends from B street lo © street, the former fronting on the Deautiful Capitol Park. ‘The new houses have press-brick fronts, and are built tn a tastevul style, Which now 1s the ‘feature in house construction in this city. They are Intended for those who preter sinall houses, but they have all the modern con- Veniences which are introduced into houses of more pretentious size and character. Now that a | good start has been made, the central location and the convenience of accéss will no doubt lead to other improvements of a similar character on this street, and before long this square will be band- somely built up. Al the work is far advanced by the erection on the Ist street fromd of a row of eight houses, Which are all occupied. Many of the lotson the B street frout and on the New Jersey avenue front have been sold to persons who have expressed the intenUon of making Improvements, ADVANCED RATES FOR TITLE SEARCHING. One of the real estate title companies in this city have announced that its rates for an abstract of Utle for property located within cer. tain Limits have been increased from §25 to $50. ‘The iiinits named comprise all the property in the coutral poruion of the city from the Capitol weat to Sad street, and as far north as Massachusetts avenue and K street, In the other localities where | the transfers have ‘been less numerous the old rates are maintained. This increase in the rates is due to the fact that the title searchers have all the work that they can attend to, and is only another indication of the fact, which the readers of Tue STAR are well acquainted with, that real estate market bas been very active for SS coum boy movement in tas cen taeceal tae dF aaa provements, Which gives an increased Value Ree : i ments, and bas been feit tn erey. of the cit @s Wellas beyond the boundary The yroveneane have also been made in all sections ‘ae city, and there has been a uniform a! ‘Uon in values of all city and suburban. ‘ON THE SOUTH SIDR OF THE AVENUR. ‘Workmen are now engaged in tearing down the old building 1220 and 1222 Pennsylvania avenue, which bas been owned for so many years by the 3 aig 5 Fi 5 E' E A alters, sine ‘property; gs00. C. W. Fadeley, | late Mr. J. and was recent ry Fe gra ey dd et al, trustees, to M. a venue 2o=2 sq. TUch abd 9 and’ 10, Sq. 1086; ¥8,19453. | buck wo D street, a distance of somes feet whens 8. and G. Uppenueimer to Catherine Keating, sub | it has a frontage of 33 feet. Mr. DeAtey proposes 265, Sq, S45; $1,750. Emmon K, Lundy to & i. | at once to the erection of "a wi Landy, part 2, 5q. %22; $6,000. occupy eatire ground, and waich use for the accommodation of his restaurant busi- ness, The Avenue front will be three stories high, but the D street front will be only one story in height. The first story on the Avenue Will be com structed of tron, and the remaining stories of press brick, witp a bay window in the center. one restaurant entrance will have wi! side, and ‘will also be provision made for a ‘small store. The erection of this butiding will be a great addition to the improvements on side of the Avenue, where the 18 now grad- sly lingering unratu, Meatiy elo Set Se invalug, Me Dedtey 65 okie A Fonte, promery i alted Ate Mr. ik has been tu this locality he states that the property has constantly appreciated, When he first came there hardiy a store was he bas june Gouge fore Guedes Drab Sane, See ‘Now every store is rented at double the rates which were then asked. He thinks that the south ‘side of the Avenue has a promising future. anne oer During the month of May the number of per- mits taken out for the erection of new buildings In the District was 231, while during the month of April there were 267 permits During the Sdrresponding monttsot last year the records of building permits issued afford no accurate basis for comparison, because of the strike which went paratively but tow pernutt iagued st chat tae for paratively, but few Uhe reason stated, ‘and it was not until July the normal condition was resumed. In talking to the builders a Star reporter found that there 18 ent activity inthe buildin ent act In ng builders say that there are vary few new build. ings being started at this time, ‘that they have all the work that to give bids to and are ret new Set kd there is no While there is a on in the city ity. TWO NEW HOUSES. Mr. W. Bruce Gray, the architect, has prepared ‘the plans for a reatdence for Dr. Bisphman, to be erected on Connecticut avenue, between Hillyer Place and R street northwest. ‘The building will ave a width of 25 feet and a depth of 38 feet, and the front will be a combination of pressed brick and Hummelstown stone. It will be three stories in height, surmounted by a mansard roof. There will be an octagon shaped bow window on the front, extending upward a distance of three ‘stories. Mr. John Henderson ts the builder. Mr. D. D. Thom] the builder, is Casey ae welling house or ie. CA. farvey, on 1oth Rorthwest, numbered 1408, It will be’ of brick With front of pressed brick, and have a mansard Toof, Tne house has a front of about 21 feet: anda depth of 37 teet. It will be three stories high, and will cost about $10,000, TO ERECT FORTY-RIGHT HOUSES. Mr. W. E. Burford to-dap took out a permit to erect forty-eight houses, on square 1003, between 18th and 14th, G and H streets northeast. This is the beginning of extensive improvements con- templated by the gentlemen who recently pur- chased nearly the whole of this square. ‘Twenty- four of these houses will front on H street, and twenty-four on the new street, fitty feet wide, opened by the owners through the middie of the ‘square, The H street houses will be two stories in height, with @ mansard roof, and contain each nine rooms and a bath-room, ‘The fronts will be made of selected red. brick laid in black mortar. ‘The fronts will all afffer in de- sign and architectural treatment,and thus present ford suggested the genoral plan of the houses, his view’ being ‘to combine“in-e small houss of moderate cost some of the desirable features of f and more expensive dwellings. One feature isthe combination of an interior hall with ap ope rep incs and = dining Toons: ‘The courts be ‘ween ck are 80 arranged as allow eight feet of space for air and light between the houses, and the interior hall and ning. room will be lighted by a window ooking out upon this court. ‘This arrangement also permits a very convenient division of the upper floor into bed chambers, ‘The houses will have hard wood mantels, and the woodwork will ail be finished in oil. The smaller houses on the new strect will Ukewise have fronts of different designs, and will contain each six rooms, Mr. Burtord said to a Star reporter to-d1y that it was intended to spend from $500,000 to. 0°00 in im- proving this square. The work will all be done by day’s work, under Mr. Burford’s personal super- vision. —— Why the Museu and Art Galleries Should Not be Opened on Sundays, To the Editor of THE Evewino Stan: Your correspondent, “Blacksmith,” in the issue of June 2, pleads for the opening of the Museum and Corcoran Art Gallery on Sundays, and urges ag a demand for 1t incessant labor “from Monday morning until Saturday night.” How glad he ought to bewe has employment constantly. How willingly should he spend at least ix daysin a Year taking himself and family to see the beau. es of our beautiful city; his longevity, health, and happiness demand if, and he would be ng Worse off, physically or Mianclally, at the end of @ year. ‘The grand old precept, “Do unto others as would they ‘should do nto poo never be forgotten in considering our privations. He did not consider that the employes of the Museum and of the Corcoran Art Gallery, with equal pro- priety, might urge the keeping’ ot Government Rave the peiellege of seeing tas wonders of that ve silege o ‘wonders: sclenee, which by “Hammer and hand All arts do stand.” ‘The terrible condition of serfdom to which our street car employes and thelr families have been reduced 1s a fearful Mustration of yielding to the cTyranus Plea.” necessity. | Does not. ilar smith” know that “Sa bath amusements and Sab- bath toil are inseparable?” Let us rather try not: to take from any man or woman the hallowed God- given day of rest, one in seven; but, as far ay We are able,restore it to those from whoth It has been ‘taken. “Will a man rob Goat” ‘Washington, D.C., June 3, 1887. a Where Are the Antlers? To the Editor of THe EVENING Stan: , Permit the writer, by the ald of your valuable Journal, to call the attention of the ladies having in charge that hallowed spot, Mount Vernon, to remind them of a conspicuous absence of some objects that belong to the mansion. Visiting Washington fifty years ago, and making a pilgrim- age there the very _year (1837) that the remains of Gen. Washington were removed from the old vault to their present resting place, the mansion Was, a8 remembered, very much as'it 1s to.day, access being had t6 the several rooms freely. Over the doorways in the main hall, also in the story above, were placed deer's antlers, said to be those of an- imals shot by Washington himself. Paying an- other visit there @ few days since, not one was to be seen—all gone! Evidently the woodwork over the doors was arranged for, this very purpose, and probably planned by. Washington imself, A determined effort would most likely result in thelr being obtained, replaced where they belong, And forever remain ds most interesting trophies 0 the skill of our beloved Washington. The large Belnting im the, banqueting hall represent ‘ashington and Lafayette, painted by Remb1 Peale, recalled vividly to my mind the visit of La- fayetie in 1824 to our country, whom I saw, with Tree. his son, George Washington Lafayette, that year at Ulled, NX. AS well as that I mew personally the artist, Mr. Peale. Ihave visited the graves of Lafayette and his son in Paris twice. Onmoxve. Lord Randolph Churchill’s Revela- tions. HE SAYS ENGLAND'S VAST MILITARY AND NAVAL FOWRK EXISTS ONLY ON PAPER. In a speech Lord Randolph Churchill made some Startling revelations in regard to mismanagement in the warofice and admiralty. He claimed that England's powerful navy existed only on paper, and that the forcs were without guns or ammuni- tion, that the ships were in the same way, that what guns the navy had would burst, and that the condition of the army was equally as disgraceful. — eee. Decline the Challenge. THR LOMAX RIFLES WILL NOT DRILL WITH THE ‘TOLEDO CADETS. In answer toa proposition received yesterday from the Toledo Cadets to drill tor $5,000 @ side, the captain of the Lomax Rifles, of Mobile, writes ‘tuat they will, under no circumstances, be a party ——-—se0. The Expelled K. of L. Assemblies, pet Weavers’ assembly, 126, which has been ex- pelled from the Knights of Labor, was in consul- tation with counsel in Philadelphia yesterday. It is said his object ts to bring suit u eral executive board. of the Knighte ns Wea at the expelled assembly. All assemblies whion have Stas eees eres | a the “constitution. ‘The suit will be based on te THE NEW STREET PAVEMENTS. How the Distillate and Asphalt Bleck Pavements are Laid. THE WORK 70 BR ‘DONS THIS SUMMER~THE DAPTH OF EXCAVATION AND THB MANNER OP PUTTING OX THE WEARING SURFACE. ‘The greater portion of street surface in the city to be paved this year—in fact all the streets scheduled in West Washington, and the north and southwest sections—will be covered with the dis- Pavement. ‘The space over which the pave- it 18 to be laid will, according to the directions for laying such pavements, be excavated to the depth of 6 inches below the top surface of the Pavement when completed. Any objectionable or ‘Unsuitable material below the bed will be removed, and the space filled with clean gravel or sand well Tanmed. The bed will then be trimmed so as to be exactly parallel to the surtace of the new pave- ment when completed, and the entire roadbed will be thoroughly rolied. THE BASE OR BINDER, ‘Upon this foundation will be laid the base and binder, 43; inches in thickness, in the following manner: The base will be composed of clean, broken that will pass throt a3 inch ring, Well rammed and rolled with eee wa depth of 4 inches, and thoroughly coated with hot posed of coal-tar distillate in © proportion of about1 gallon tothe square Yardof pavement. ‘The second or binder course will be composed of clean, broken stone, thorough- 1y Screened, not exceeding 1 inches in the largest mensions, and coal-tar distillate, ‘rhe stone Will ‘be heated by ing through revolving heaters, and thoror mixed by machinery with the dis— Ullate in the proportion of 1 gallon of distillate to 1 cubic foot of stone. ‘The binder will be hauled to the work, spread upon the base course at. least 9 inches, fhe and immediately rammed and ‘with hand and heavy steam rollers while in ‘hot and plastic condition, THE WEARING SURFAOR ‘will be 13g inches thick when compacted, made of Paving cement, composed of 25 per cent of asphalt oe ‘% per cent of coal-tar distillate, mixed with other materials, ag follows: Clean, sharp sand Wil be mixed with pulverized stone’ of such die mensions as to pass through a % inch screen, in ‘the proportion of two toone. To2icubic feet of ‘the mixture will be added 1 peck of dry_ hydraulic: cement, 1 quart of flour of pulpuare and 2 quarts of atr-slaked ime. ‘To this mixture will be added 820 pounds of paving cement to compose the wear- ing surface, |The material will be heated to about Fahrenheit, the paving cement in kettles, the sand, stone, &c,, in revolving heaters. ‘They will be thoroughly mixed by approved machinery, fand the mixture éarried upon the work, where it will be spread upon the binder course 2 inches thick With hot iron rakes and other suitable ap- jliances and immediately Ces With tamp- ig-irons, hand and steam rollers in its hot and lastio state, ‘The surface will be finished with a lusting of dry hydraulic cement roiled in. ‘Ihe pecnant 80 constructed must be a solid mass 6 inches thick, and will be thoroughly rolled and cross-rolled until it has become hard and solid. ‘THE ASPHALT BLOCK PAVEMENT. ‘The streets in the other two sections will be laid for the greater part with the asphalt block pave- ment. The size of the blocks will be 4 by 5 by 12 inches, ‘The blocks will be composed of paving cement 8 to 12 parts, crushed limestone 92 to 8%. The paving cement will be made from refined Trin- idad or other acceptable asphaitum and heavy petroleum. ‘The space over which the pavement 18 be laid Will be excavated to the depth of 12 inches below the epee of the proposed pavement when fully ramm¢ Any objectionable or unsuit- able material below the ‘bed will be removed and ‘the space filled with clean gravel or sand. All holes and inequalities will be filled, and the filling compacted by rolling: or ramming. Upon this foundation 1s to be laid a bed of fine bauk gravel, 5 inches thick when compacted by rolling and ramming. Upon this will be laid a bed of fine, sharp sand, 2 inches in thickness, to serve as a bed for the blocks, which will be laid directly upon and imbedded in it with close joints, HOW THE BLOCKS ARR LAID. ‘The blocks are to be laid at right angles with the line of the street, each course to be of biocks of a uniform width and depth, and so laid that all longitudinal joints shall be broken by a lap of at Jeast four inches, Each course of blocks will be driven against the course preceding it by a héavy maul, in order to make the lateral Joints as tight 43 possible, and the longitudinal nts will be closed by pressing each corner tn the direction of its length by alever. When laid the blocks will be immediately covered with clean, fne sand. They will then be carefully rammed by placing a plank over several courses and ramming the plank with a heavy rammer. The ramming Will be con- Unued until the biocks reach a firm, unyielding bed and present a unlform surface, with proper grade und crown, : ‘The work Will be commenced as soon as poss{ble ‘by the contractors, who are H. L. Cranford, the Barber Company, and P. Maloney. ‘Ihe work of grading and regulating the streets will be done by Andrew Gleason and W, H. Buckley, os Scandal of ‘i'weed’s Day. ASTORY THAT JOHN ANDERSON OFFERED A BRIBE TO PRTEM B. SWEENEY. Felix McCloskey was a witness again Thursday in the case before Judge Lawrence in New York, in which Mary Maud Watson 1s trying to break the willof her grandfather, John Anderson, the tobacconist. Mr. Curtis asked the witness whether Peter B. Sweeney had told him that he (Sweeney) Would not nominate John Anderson for mayor be- cause Anderson was crazy; that Anderson had offered him (Sweeney) $50,000 for the nomination of himself for mayor, and $100,000 for the nomina- ton of George C. Barnard, his son-in-law, for gov- ernor. ‘The question was ruled out, McCloskey was also prevented from telling whether Sweeney said that the Mary Rogers scandal would defeat Anderson, and that Anderson was crazy upon the subject. Mr. McCloskey Was not allow: to answer a question as to whether he had been told by John Anderson that he had given Eagar Alla ‘Poe $5,000 to write the “Mystery of Marie Roget,” in order to allay the suspicion that Anderson imur- dered Mary Kogers. Judge Lawrence refused to direct a verdict for the defendant, and the case was summed up yesterday. The Allegations of Jury-Fixing. SHARP'S COUNSEL COMPLAIN OF THEM IN COURT AND ‘THE MATTER WILL BE SLETED. As stated in Tug Stax’s dispatches yesterday, District Attorney Martine in court in New York yesterday confirmed the allegations that attempts had been made to influence the Sharp jury. Mr. Parsons, of the counsel for the defense, brought to the attention of the court the allegations of jury- fixing which have been made, and then District Attorney Martine gave an account of what he knew. ‘There was a lively scene, the counsel for the defense disclaiming any knowledge on their pe or that of Mr. Sharp of any attempts to fix he jury, and they charged that the district at- torney had given to the newspapers the reports which appeared anonymously of alleged. jury-tix- ing. The district es declined to say Whether he did ornot, There will be an examination of the charges on Monday, and the talesmen sald to have been approached will be produced in court and questioned. ‘The effect of the disclosures on the trial cannot be determined. It It be shown that friends of Sharp have been trying to “fix” jurors, the effect will be to weaken his case and to influence unfavorably the jurymen already obtained, On. the other hand, if there is a failure to connect Sharp with the attempts at jury-fixing, the effect will be to injure the case of the prosécution, and particu larly to hurt the district attorney if it be shown that he made the reports public with the view of prejudicing the case of the defense, The persons who, according to Mr. Martine’s statement, were {mproperiy approachéd are Messrs. Kupfel, Suith, Sutton and Kahnweller. ‘The remainder’ of thé Panel was exhausted yesterday without finding a single person capable of serving asa juror. Be- fore adjourning court Judge Barrett made a'short address to the counsel in the case, in the course of which he called their attention tothe fact that 1,400 talesmen had been summoned, and that ‘With every fresh panel more and more persons dis. qualified for jury service were found, “1 huve ordered the clerk to enter a fine of $100 against every talesman summoned who has not answered wo his name,” continued the judge, “and I intend tohave each of these men ‘summoned to show Paving cement oom AN OVERWHELMING DEFEAT. Washington’s Nine Helpiess in the Hands of the New York Giants. PARTICULARS OP YESTERDAY'S GAME—REPORTS OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE HOME TEAM DENIED— THE AMATEUR LEAGUE OF THE DISTRICT. ‘The Washingtons were helpless in the hands of the New York giants yesterday, who made runs as they wished, and a tedious game was ended by a score of 14t0 2. O'Day pitohed for the home team, but had no terrors for the New York slug- gers, who batted him in every direction. His sup- Port was not bad, although the general playing of the home team from the beginning of the game was listless and lacked snap and vim. The home team made two errors and eight base hits, and the visitors one error and eighteen hits. The week's work thus far has about evened things, resulting in two defeats and two victories. The playing of the home team in the losing games, though, was not spirited enough for league base- ball. After winning a game from Indianapolis, {the afternoon game with the sume club Was lost y ost Indifferent playing. Shaw gave a wretched exhibition of pitching, leaving am im- pression, that he did not half ‘try. Everybody nows that he isa great pitcher when the con- ditions are favorable. ‘The Washingtons won agame very creditably from the New Yorks on Thursday, only to drop one yesterday. Whitney pitched in Monday morning's game and again ‘Thursday, ‘The home boys seem to play with a good deai more spirit and confidence when he 1s !n the Dox, and the public begins to regard him as the only pitcher Who can lead the Statesmen to victory. He makes the opponents hit the ball and does not resent them with bases gratuitously, and that elps @ good deal. He will probably pitch to-day, and if so Washington 1s apt to be credited witht another victory. i ‘THE WASHINGTON TRAM. ‘The Washingtons are weakened considerably by the temporary absence of Carroll from left feld. He 1s without doubt the most spirited player on the team, and his work this year has been splendid. "He flelds well, bats hard and runs ‘ases like adeer. ‘The effect of what he actually does 1s not 0 much as the Kellyism inspired among his comrades. He 1s a run-getter. ‘The games this week at Capitol Park have led to a number of rumors of coming changes in the per- sonnel of the Washington team, Among other things it 1s whispered that Shaw fs to be released to New York, and that White of Loulsville, who made his reputation on the old Capitol Park, Will Succeed Myers at short. Manager Gaffney stated last eventing, however, that he had not. the slight- est intention of reledsing Shaw, and if White 13 coming here he knows nothing about it, Stewart and Crane have been released, but all the other players will be retained. Myers will be a perma- hent fixture at short stop, Ils record last year Shows what he can do, and it 1s now thought that he has regained is old form, It 13 sine cerely hoped so, with the exception of this position team 4s unusually strong individually. O'Brien plays a very satis. factory tirst base.“ Farrell ts continuing lils good work At second, and although Donnelly tet down in his play in Thursday's gaime, he ts regarded as acoming rival of Denny's, No other left-flelder than Carroll 13 Wanted. Iltnes has made remark- able Improvement since the opening of the season, He never did inuif a fy in the field, but now he can return a ball much quicker than’ formerly and his base-running 18 a constant surprise to his friends, He can not only steal second, but occa slonally gets to Unird with the ald of good judy- ment.” Shoch ranks second in the feague usa right-flelder, and {s improving all the time. ‘The batteries aré a little uneven still, Whitney and Gilligan make a battery unexcelled In the country. Shaw can pitch, but sometimes will not try, and O'Day fs still wanting In command of the ‘Dall. Mack and Dealy both catch well but are not equal to throwing to second base. ‘The playing of the Washingtons since the opening of the season has been strong enough to push them above the divid,, ing line in ‘the championship race, and yet they aré hugging the tailen OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. ‘Had Washington captured yesterday’s game the day's record Wouid have been remarkable in victo- ries of the weaker clubs over thelr ackhowledged superiors. In Philadelphia the Boston's were de- feuted by the Phillles 3 to 1, by Casey's h in the second inning. The’ Detroits were v: quished by Chicago on their own grounds 4 to 2, and Indianapolis administered an overwhelming defeat to the Pittsburgs at Indianapolls, 12 to 0. St. Louls beat Brookiyn 7 to 4, and Cleveland the Metropolitans 6 to 3. Following 1s the standing of the clubs to date: for the LEAGUE. ASSOCIATION. Won. Lost. Won. Lost. Detrott . 1” 8 St. Louls.. Boston, ‘20 10 Baltimore! 0/19 13 New York -""18 13 Louisville ..1.120 16. Philadelphia 16 14 Athletic 1s 16 Chicago.....12 15 ibe 1% 15 18 19 Washington 46 \C! E28) 33 Indianapolis... 7 23 | Metropolitan. 6 ‘The District amateur League. ‘The second series of championship games will open June 9, and there will be ga’ 1es at Capitol Park every day, except Sunday, while the “Na- Uonals” are away. Phil Baker will be umpire, and Captain H. L. Prince official scorer. ‘The amateur clubs are well matched, and they will develop many promising young players, who tions in minor leagues next. season. Graff, tae promising young pitcher, and Heck, second baseman, have joined the Allentown professional club. Madigan and Winklerman, both pitchers of the last year league, are holding thelr own on the Binghampton and Minneapolis teams respectively. ‘Theodore, pitcher of the Monumentals, Homiller, pitcher of the Pallas, Johnston, first baseman of the Peabodys, and Willlamsdn, pitcher of the Alerts, have declined offers to Join various pro- fessional clubs. ‘The Pension OMce and Peabody Clubs are threatening to spring phenomenal young pitchers uyon the other clubs at the opening of the second series of games on June 9. ‘The league tnvites ladies to all charge. Gentlemen will be charged 15 cents and Boys 10 cents admission at the gates. ‘The foliowing 1s the oMcial scheduie for the en- tire season, viz: Alerts with Athletics, June 10, July 4, at4o’clock, July 27, and September 14; with Monumental, May 10, June 22, August 1 ‘and 13; with Pallas, June 15, 28, August 10 and 17; with Peabodys, Tune 25, July 5, August 4, and September 5; WIth Penston'Office, May 13, June 18, August 8, and September 12, thietics, With the Alerts, June 10, July 4, at 4 o'clock, July 27 and September 14;’ with Monu- mentais, May 14, June 27, August 9, and Sep- tember 6; with’ Pallas, June 20, 30, August 2 and 12; With Peabodys, June 13 and 16, July 30 and August 15; with Pénsion Omice, May 12, June 23, August 5 aid 19. Monumentals with the Alerts, May 10, June 22, August 1 and 13; with Athletics, May 14, June 27, August 9, and September 6; with Pallas, June 17, June 24, July 4, ut 2 o'clock, and August 20; with the Peabodys June 9, July’1 and 2s, and August 18; with Pension OMice, June 14, July 6, August 3 and 16, Pallas with the Alerts, June 15 and 28, Augu: ames free of t 10 and 17; with the Athletics, June 16 and’ 20, July 30, and August 2; with the Monumentals, June 17 and 24, July 4, at 2 o'clock, and August 20; with the Péabodys, May 9 and i1, August and September 13; wit Penston OMice, June 1 and 29, July 20, and August 11. Peabodys with the Alerts, June 25, July 5, Au- gust 4, and September 5; with Athletics, June 13 and 16, WY 30, and August 15; with tte Monu- mentals, June 9, July Land 28, and August 18; with thé Pallas, May 9 and 11, August 6, and Sep tember 13; with the Penston’ OMice, June 21 and 29, July 4, a 10 o'clock, and August'11, Pension Oftice with the Alerts, May 13, June 18, August 8, and September 12; with the Athletics, May 12, June 16, July 30, and August 5; with the Monumentals, June 14, July 6, August 3 and 1 with the Pallas, June 11, July’? and 20, and Sep: tember 7; with Peabodys, June 21 and 89, July 4, AU 10 o'clock, and August 11. ECHOES FROM THE BALL FIELD. Sporting Life says: Donnelly 13 a dashing base- runner and one of the quickest players on thedia- mond. All Chicago needs 1s one or two good pitchers and the club will play as well as ever. California is the asylum, gymnasium and hos- cause why he should not be punished for con tempt of court.” i sf sabe Curious Coincidence, From the Americus (Ga) Recorder. Capt. Wynn, who commanded the Sumter Light Guards, was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. One morning, the one after that battle, his wite, ‘who lived in Americus, entered her parlor, where ‘upon the wall had hung a handsome painting of ber husband. Asshe glanced up she was horror- stricken on seeing ee the painting had fallen trom the wall, and in doing so the face had been pierced by a chal post which stood beneath where ithad hung. Rushing from the house, she went at once toa neighbor and related the ovcurre! fading that, sué firmly believed the eaptain hi n Killed in the tight of the day previous, On the arrival of the train news of the battle was Drought, and among the first names in the list of those killed was thatot her gallant husband. ‘The strangest feature about the killing, however, ‘bad been shot in the face in the iden- cal spot wuere the chair post had pleroed the the control of the entire rubber industry 1n Ameri- ca, an industry which has) already ‘agvumed fine proportions, and which will undoubiediy inoreaso at an accelerated rate now’ that the Scheme of consolidation has become an established 100 Dorwan’s INDEFATIOABLE l-—Edward Pgmetrs teller in the Newpore aes Nationa Bent and th asta sone renute found 09 ‘studio Thursday that the catered by ‘who had cut ctures pital for Eastern ball-playérs during the winter. According to the Boston Globe John Morris first base play has never been ‘excelled in Boston, ‘The three Detroit games in Boston were wit- nessed by 30,000 people, President Stearns, of the Detroits, says that_no club can buy Hardié Richardson now for $10,000, ‘The Boston Globe says that. Johnston 1s beyond doubt the finest center-flelder in the League. Neither Gore nor Hanion can touch him, ‘The rst eight games in Chicago attracted 12,000 more people than the first elgut games last season, ‘The Boston club was thelast League club to lose a championship game, yet it was the first to be shut out without scoring. Kelley covers second bag as though he had never played anywhere else. ‘Anson 13 quoted as having said in Washington: “qt Thad a team like the Washingtons, 1 would in the race for the capture first or second pi ehumplonship,” ‘Nash is still leading the batsmen and Kelly the runners in the race for the Globe trophies. ‘Ot and Brewer, of Trenton, have donated a handsome vase as ‘a trophy forthe winner of the ue championship. games duri ‘Tne total atvendance at the Boston the first month of the season exceoded 61, more than half as many as the whole of last sea- son. ‘Boston people think that sam Wise shore evop tis season equal to the bose work Suey his left-hand stops belag ou handed Washington twintert who is playing in Hartiord is Going work. In commenWng upon a recent defeat of the sald: Young Keefe's ‘superb; fhe" visitors finding it very diticuit to ‘hit’ his curves. is ‘thought. that Burdock will ‘not be able to fab goes West “It’s refreshing to see how the Chicagos matter where the bal is hit. ‘Tho uebtous Base - | | ini. Cincinnati Base Ball Club, has gone to Rutland, V«., to fill an engagement with a l0cal club there not in the league or association, at $200 a month, Itts very doubtful 1f Detroit will bold its place in the league next Fear. That some big baseball deals and transfers are on foot is undisputed. sev. eral secret meetings have already been beld some of the leading ball magnates, They mit that there may be important chi made at their annual fall meeting, but What they Will be they refuse to disclose. “You walloped us yesterday, didu’t you?” Man- ager Watking of the betrolty remarked after the ¢ “I tell you what red to have a T, but we were very badly deceived, and Whatever club thinks they can beat your clud without trying witl find themselves very badiy mistaken, “It certain people will just let Gatley alone he will come very near having a Winner for you at the end of the season, You have the bat- teries and fielders, and at the very least should push New York and alla bard for third Place. All you want is to give @ chance.” Exchange, Andervon’s Death. LATIVES TRYING TO PROVE THAT ‘SHR COMMITTED SUICIDE. At the opening of the Peak murder trial at Mount Holly, N. J., yesterday, three witnesses testified that Andrew Brewer, a Witness for the State, who testified that he saw Bart Peak in com- Dany with Katie Anderson on the night of the murder, Was not a person of good reputation for Veracity, and that his word could not be relied on. Wm. Pritckett, a friend of Peak’y, testified that on one occasion before Christmas when Katie An- derson was spending an e at Peak's she was asked by Bart's sister if she Was coming to take Christmas dinner with them, Katie then answered: “If Iam living, andif T ain’, I will make the devil a good Christmas present.” On cross-examination thls witness became very much mixed, and towards the last admitted that he could hot remember just what Kate said in refer- ence to taking Christmas dinner at Peak’s, He would not deuy that he had sald he would swear to anything to save Peak’s life. a 2BS most lunportant witness for the defense was manda Peak, aged fourteen years, er ant’s sister, Who told a comparativel straight story in regard to the whereabouts of the detend- anton tle night of the shooting, She also testl- fied that she heard Katie Anderson say sue would take Christmas dinner with her if ahe was alive, and if not, she would make the devil a good Christ- mas present. On the Sunday before the witness sald she walked home with Katte Ander son, and the latter complaiued of pains in her head, and said she felt dizzy. Once Katie fell down, and, gecting up, sat on a stump, and sald to witness: “I guess I will take paris on and kill myself, aud get out of it i.” ‘itnesé asked her what she wanted to do that for, but she did not answer, Then she asked witness if Bart bad been Ught Saturday night; if he bh: he would be sorry lor it some day; it would al come home to him. Witness answerea that Bart was not drunk. AS to the target-shooting by Bart and Kate on Sunday, witness was live that Katle took the pistol home with her. Witness swore tiat on the night of the shooting Bart was home all the evening, playing with a music box and repairing a clock. He went to bed about 9 o'clock, and Was only out for a mninute or two dur. dng und evening to get a ylass of water. Katie Peak, a sister of the defendant, said sho saw Katie Anderson swallow a quantity of paris green a few weeks before the shooung, saying at Che time it wouldn’t hurt her, as she Often took it. Neison Carty, a witness for Une defense, deciined ‘Wo swear Chat he saw, Peak at home on the night of the shoot Mrs. Rebecca Peak, the aged mother of the pris. oner, testilled that aiter Katie Was shot an exami- nation was nade of her room, and thas wrivness and Mrs, Colkett found @ quanuty Of paris green ‘This testimony Waglomtered to ‘substanuate ‘the theory of the defense that Kalle com mitted suicide, ‘To Greet the Cardinal, RLABORATE PREPARATIONS MADE IN NEW YORK POR HIS RECEPTION. ‘The arrangements in New York for the recep- Uon of Cardinal Gibbons, who 1s expected to re- turn this evening or to-morrow morning, have been completed. The committee of the St. Michael's association, consisting of Major John D, Keiley, jr., Col. John McAnereney and Patrick Farrelly, have accepted of Hon. John Starin the tender of the excursion boat Myndest Starin. She will leave the elty about 4 o'clock this after noon, and proceed to quarantine, where she will on board the health officer, Dr. Wm. M. Smith, ‘Then the boat, will go down’ the bay and meetthe Umbria, and bring away the cardinal and his secretary, Rev. P. J. Donahue, On arriv- ing-at the city the cardinal will be taken to Arch- bishop Corrigan’s residence, where he will spend to-night and Sunday. He ‘will probably occupy the throne in the ‘sanctuary of the cathedral during the Sunday morning service. Monday morning the cardinal will go to Major Kelley's residence, In Brooklyn, where he will remat unul Tuesday morning, when he leaves for Balt more. The following are among those who will accompany Major Kelley on the Starin: Hon, Danlel Magone, collector of the port; Hon. H. S. Beattie, surveyor of the port; Hon, T. 8. Brennan, commissioner of charitles; Hon. J.’ F. Coleman, Hon, Jos. F. Daly, of the Court of Common Pleas: MacKenzie’ Semple, assistant district attorney, New York; Wm. Starr, commissioner of emigra- ton; Col, Roberta. Jamison, of Baltimore; Eugene Kelly, and the following clergymen: Mi or Bernard MeManus, Rev. John’ Foley, and Rev. Alphonse Magnien, president of St. Mary's gemt- hary of Baltimore;’ Fathers Chapelle and Walters, ot Washington, and Fathers Riordan and MeDon- nell, of New York city, representing Archbisho} Cortigan, Mayor Hewitl has been invited, and he cannot come, he will be represented by his sec- retary, Mr. Arthur Berry. The Starin will fly the papal ‘flag, a neld of blue and white the crossed keys of St, Peter ‘The Seizures of Canadian Whalers. GRAVE CHARGES OF INHUMANITY AGAINST THE AMERI- CAN OFFICIALS. ‘More papers with relation to the selzure of Cana- dian whalers in Behring Sea were laid before the Canadian parltament yesterday. Minister of Fish. erles Foster in a report states that from informa- tion received from the owners of the seized ves- sels and from the collector of customs at Victoria, he learned that James Ogilvie, an old man, and master of the Carolina, was arrested, along’ with the masters and mates of the Onward’ and ‘Thorn- ton, and brought into court for trial, $0 that be- ford sentence was pronounced he was’ suffered to wander away into the woods, where he died from want and exposure, and that the other masters and mates, after remaining several months in prison, were released by order of the governor of Alaska and turned adrift literally destitute, to find their way as best they could to thelr homes, 1,500 iniles distant, ‘Owners of condemned vessels have received no information from the United States author. ities of the release Of thelr vessels or restoration Of valuable cargoes of sealskins and equipments on board. ‘They fear that the Indians will have carried everything valuable from the vessels, and, if the owners are compelled to recetve them at Ounalaska, Where they were detained, it will nuke necessaty the chartering of a steamer with men and supplies, a expense, and a v O'5,000. inlles, "co. bring ‘vessels’ Uo. Victor Owners, therefore, consider this good ground for Claiming consideration from the United states authorities when the question of reparation 1s being settied. ‘Tue privy council ask that demand for a speedy settlement and reparation B the United States, = The President Has Hard Luck, ‘THE TROUT DON'T BITE, BUT BLACK FLIES AND MOs- QUITOES DO. ‘Yesterday was a very quiet and uneventful day for the President’s party. The storm in which they were all caught on Hoel pond Thursday after- noon continued almost uninterruptedly Thursday night, stopped yesterday morning, then began again, and continued until the afternoon, the clouds hanging heavily over all the hills. The storm lifting about 2 o'clock, the President and Col, Lamont started, while the clouds were still dripping, for Hoel pond, the President de. teriined to try the waters upon which Mrs. Cleve. Tand had met with such good luck Thursday. ‘They found the black flies and mosquitoes very on the “curry” between the two lakes, and as the breeze Was light, were oblighed to apply tar oll abundantly w protect themselves from: assaults of the pests, They trolled until past sun- down, but did not get one “strike.” guides have a variety of explanations of the rather poor fishing, the best of which 1s that it 18 still early and the fish may bite better a week later. The President and his secretary were upon their return by Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Lamont neither of whom ts any the worse for the ex) ‘to Thursday's severe thunder-storm. ee ‘The Pacific Railroad Investigation, ‘A DENIAL BY PRESIDENT ADAMS—THR COMMITTER ‘GOING WEST. Mr. Charles Francis Adams denied before the Pacific Railroad committee in Boston yesterday the statement that the Union Pacific had paid ‘Theophilus French $500 to suppress. @ newspaper article with relation to that road. 1 He wu Mr, had, however, written that less. com. eecy employed him be would sell cervain informa: to the newspapers His offer was deciined. MrcAdams stated that air, French bad previously ‘deen employed by the road. “The committee will meet in Omaha on Monday, moi examination at Sioux be conducted by David T. Littler between ‘commissioners ———— Bishop Adam Accepts. Rev. Dr. W. F. Adains, rector of Holy Trinity church, of Vicksburg, Miss., has responded to felegram from the, convention of the the bishoprie of ‘that diocese, to used by the death of Bishop Henry {will accept the offer of the convention. ‘the vacancy CLay. He 81 ge § SCENES IN NEW YORK, Pen Sketches from Cummings’ and Mall's Portiolio. NEW YORK AT LUNCH—RESTAUEANTS WHERE THOU> SANDS OF PROPLE EAT DAILY—THE GREAT CITY AT THE DAWN OF SUMMER—THE CHANGE THAT COMRS IN ONE NIGHT. Special Correspondence of Tuk EvENIna Star. New York, June 3. — Nothing impresses & Stanger more with an dea of the vastness of New York thaf the scenes from midday to 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the great feeding places where the multiudes take their luncheon. The sights at the 6 o'clock dinner hour and at midnight, when the night workers dine, are almost as impressive. Breakfast in nearly all the great eating places is. a ‘very tame affair as to the number of customera, The great mass of humanky In the metropolis doesn’t appear to the stranger to breakfast at all. At 12 O'clock, however, the appetites of the half million and more workers in the heart of the city And the 500,000 transients who are in New York every day begin to assert themselves and the rush Degins, Five thousand well dressed men besiege the rotunda of the Astor House and struggle to ypt the high stools at the lunch counters. fen stand behind the seats of those who are eating and wait s quarter of an hour for the fortunate ov- Cupant of aseat to finiah his luncheon. Tue shouts of waiters calling out their orders blend with the noise of the conversation of the hundreds at the Lables, and the confusion is anything but pleasant Sg secameaseee a cake jon of a dinin . ‘The a ‘New York businessman clatins to eat alight luncheon at midday, bit the gallons of clam chowder and the dozens ot great roasts carved on the lunch counters and served to customers are evidence that they eat pretty heartily even at THE LUNCHEON HOUR, One not very extensive dining-room on Fulton Street, which caters to a cheaper class of trade, feeds 5,000 people a day, and 4,000 of these eat at ‘the luncheon hour. The a cost of their meal 18 25 cents.” Most of them are clerks and employes at limited wages. Nearly every day the proprietor of the place has to contend with a dead sat. Last week one of the fraudulent fraternity called at the eating house above mentioned, ate an expensive meal and ran out of the restaurant ‘Without paying. Two waiters pursued him. He in and out of a saloon on posite side of the street, and one waiter, in attempting to overtake him, raninto a costly’ plate glass win- dow and broke it, He finally caught his man, and the other waiter ran up and struck at the dead beat, who dodged and let the blow land in the face of the waiter who had caught him. The fraud escaped, but was again captured and a pro- fessional slugger, Who 1s a friend of the restaurant keeper, attempted to punish the captured man, Who again dodged and let the biow fall on a spec tator, who was knocked down a cellar opening and Badly hurt. Everybody rushed to the latter's e fraud escaped, and when the excite- ment had subsided three’ witnesses of the melee found that they nad been robbed of their gold watches by pickpockets. PEEDING 12,000 4 DAY. On Vesey street fs one of the most proftable restaurants in the world. Every day 12,000 per- sons eat there, the majority of them at the mid- day meal, and each year the proprietors divide $200,000 as thelr profits, The place is open every hour in the year, and the rush at the early hour of So'clock in thé morning, when the traders in ‘Washington Market come in for their breakcasts, is 4 striking spectacle. Several eating-houses in the vicinity of the Stock Exchange, on Wall street, doa tremendous Dusiness, and no surprise is manifested when a speculator, who has been lunching on soft-shell crabs at 56 cents and a small bottle of champagne ‘at $1.75, goes over to the lunch counter and takes a 10-cent sandwich and a glass of beer, The walter and his_fellow-guests know from the na- ture of hts orders for luncheon that the specula tor has become a loser ou the market; but losers ‘are so common that his reduced circumstances ex- cite no comment. ‘Three Spanish restaurants on Maiden Lane cater to the Spaniards and Cubans in the great tobacco houses thereabouts, They are crowded at the luncheon hour with dark-featured, black-mus- tached men, eating extremely torrid’ dishes, dear to the palate of the average Spaniard, frijoles (beans), taralles (meal eakes) and tomales, the base of which is hashed chicken. ‘They are baked in corn husks. Nearly every dish served in these Spanish restaurants ts hot with the little Peppers so esteemed by the Spaniards. e Ttallan district has comparatively few res- taurants, and they do not begin brisk business Until evening. The prices of tie various arucies Of food are very low, but the quality 1s not so bad aganovice would expect. The idea that every Italian eats macaroni 1s erroneous. Residents of certain sections of Italy eat rice Instead of maca- Toni, and their idiom for “Come and dine with me"'is “I should be pleased to have you eat rice with me.” ‘The Chinese eat little at the midday meal and thelr luncheon restaurants on streets are much on the plan of the couutry grocery or bakery, whose patrons eat frugal re- pasts from the counters A sinall, white sausage filled With minced chicken meat ishighly esteemed by them asa midday Udbit. LADY LUNCUERS. ‘The women workers of New York, as a rule, carry thelr luncheons with them, ‘There are only ‘two or three places down town extensively pa- ‘tronized by lady lunchers, and they are the high- salaried women of the imore prosperous houses, One of the best patrons of a chop house on Frank- lin street, one door east of Broadway, tsa lady of splendid form, who works at a high’ salary as a Uryer-on of cloaks in one of the large houses in that vicinity. ‘The guards and conductors of elevated trains have to eat their luncheons standing at their and it ts amusing to hear them try to call a station and guipdowna sandwich in the same breath, Printers on evening papers have no ume tolunch. They seize a morsel of food and eat as they Work at their cases. ‘The hunger at midday of a day worker does not compare with the desire for food at midpight of a night toller. Printers on morning papers are given Ume for a midnight luncheon, and a famous restaurant on Newspaper row is crowded with them at 12 o'clock p.m. Two of the great newspapers ofices have lunch’ quar- ters attached to the composlug rooins, where the printers get wholesome food, for which they pay al the end of the week. 4 tn the dry district of New York area great number lish chop-houses, wiere at" the luncheon hour congregate the salesinen and com- mission brokers of the trade. ‘They eat expensive dishes and are profitable custowers in the busy seasons, but when the dull trade of June seis in they order Very modestly and smoke and drink sparingly. A curious feature of Pearl street ts. a lace epi DY a person nicknained Beefsteax John. je made a reputation during the war selling pork and beans and coffee. | Ikivals in hts line. sprani up, and he made a specialty of cheap steak an jons, He has prospered so well tat otner Beef- steak Johns have sprung up over the city. BOWERY RESTAURANTS. ‘The Bowery ts the paradise of cheap restau- rateuraand cheapeaters. One restaurant sells meats at five cents, coffee and tea at two cents a cup, and other dishes proportionately cheap, ‘The Testaurant keepers have a babi of naming thelr laces after celebrated men, and the Boss Tweed, im Fisk, and Parnell restaurants are rivals tor the cheap trade of the Bowery. The Mebrew uarter bas many places Well patronized at mid- Gay'by ortuodox: Hebrews, whb xo there because they Know the flesh and fowl they eat has been Killed according to the law of their religion. Dur- ing the Passover season many Gentiies patronize these Hebrew cating-houses at the luncheon hour to get the Passover bread and very good coffee that they serve. ‘One luxurious saloon on Nassau street employs -salaried chef and furnishes a very nice ‘to its patrons free of charge. It 1s one of the Ww first-class free-iunch places in New York that ve proven profitable, and among its patrons are eminent lawyers and well-to-do tradesinen, Atos J. Commensas, 1 ‘SUMMER COMES IX 4 NIGHT. Summer captures New York over night. No man hasever been able to explain the phenome- non or fix thedate. It comes like a thief in the ht and on the following day it 1s there. In Lon- on waar the day for grouse shooting ts set by law, and in Paris, where the tme for the summer ‘exodus has been established for decades, it 1s easy enough to tell when the season begins. Not so Bere rowdiod the restaurants gay and ywded, the restaul alive, To-morrow itis a weary stretch of closed Diinds, deserted thoroughfares and strange faces, ‘The New Yorker wakes up suddenly and says: “why, bullo! Here it is summer again, and no ans made for the hot moaths—bvetter run down Pathe seaside and think it over.” To the seaside forthwith—to find that 100,000 people have ‘him, ‘The weather has nothing to do ith the case. It was cold enough for overcoats two days after Decoration day, and yet that day in the summer term. ‘Gov. Hill stood in ‘sun and reviewed the troops on Decora- by a great multitude. His heavy eyes told of the effects of Prag he lifted gh -4 as the were A fe the big boulevard was as crowded as a ‘Tace with carriages, coaches and carts going ‘AT JEROME PARE magnificent four-in-hands, loaded with the showy ‘and handsome sons and daughters of millionaires, ‘were tooled along beside big hotel coaches drawn horses, loaded to the by Bowing “sports” outside and kegs of Geer inside ‘and as noisy as boller factories on Wheels. Light Lily i F i Mott and Pell | } ( | comes again. The sh Dave lost tbe afr of sptok find span neauarws that characestited them, and the dingy awnines of a ‘year ago decorate the Summer drinks are adverused on every And Ube Walters stare idiy from the wine dows Of the fashionable restaurants, Halt the theaters are clo: Tho Simets are Still crowded, ‘Dut Laat indefinable elememt of leisut beaut) and elegance lent by tne people of fashion and wealth has fone, Soctety, maligned, abused, and Fidiculed as iL 1s, has At least a spectacuiar Valin, The omen in the streets iook travel-astained and sareiess; the men dusty and preocupied, New Yorw's “iste class” Las disapprarel. Bi ALY Hat the Princess, The Queen a: From London society. Regrettably enough, the practical estrangement Detween the Queen and the Princess of Wales 1s deepening. During the last few mouths they have seen less of each other than ever, Her royal highness never disregards her majesty’s paw itive commands When there 1s a family gatber- ing. In some vant or other for pocket hankerchlet dritl, but she avolds meeting the qacen Ung = sarily, and her majesty certainiy never makes @ measint, motherly call at Marlborough. Hower, Were Uncre NO Princess of Wales it 1s possible UNAS in her old age the queen might abdicate in favor of her eldest son, Dut her majesty Wil assuredly never consent to play queen dowager to the prim ces" Queen, a Let us Have English. WARY SHOULD DOCTORS CONTINUE TO WHITE PUREE PRESCRIPTIONS IX LATIN” From the New York Epoch. ‘The doctor has as little reason to write Latin as the cook has to write French, but in the doctors case an argument, though a bad one, may be made, He says, for instance, that whereas @ foreign physician can prescribe tn Latin exactly what he intends, he might bungle the matter if he used English and potson the patient. The cook rescribes in French, but he Is not expected to 1. ‘The real reason at the bottom of the Latin pre- scription involves a two-fold tmp sition. First, the layman stands in awe of @ Latin prescription and never dares use one over agatn lest death may lurk in the neglect of minute directions. It he knew exactly what the prescription catied he might use his own discretion as to aking It again, But the physician jealously guards his {it | secret. Secondly, the druggist can charge with impunity when no one knows wat he is charsinz for, Wien aiman pays half a dollar for Unis pre- scription uit Chlor, Aqua... he ts perfectly ¢ sick child's 34 for hits find out that he had pald half a doll puch of salt ina glass of water he Would have its opiulon of the druggist. a so. . Disturbance at Court. From the London ‘There was a tremendous row at the drawing- room between a lady well known ia society and one of the lord chamberiain’s oMectats, the Indl ‘vidual whose stern and uncompromising demeanor has strongly-worded complaints hav been addressed by the lady and her relatives both to and Lo Sir Henry Ponsonby. IL is, howe damental rule to support oficial tn ail putes, quite respective of right or wrong. A hut as een ¥ given to the culprit. that such very a maples of the fortitur in re ate ep Urely out of plai Will do weil to b and more courteous In his pi see Lord Charlic Beresfora’s Brother, From London 1 Lord Deleval Beresford, Lord Waterford's young- est brother, who went “out west” some tree Fears ago, has prospered greatly in his new home, and now finds himself with flocks and herds galore, Wisely eschewing the so-called “English colonies,” Lord Deleval proceeded to New Meaico, where he took over an extensive ranch and made up his mind to learn the bu ching It with the rest of “began at the beginning,” and picked up a sound practical ku Ing, which has sin With a few more will be able to leave t other hands, and spend the year in England, realer poruon of the soe — Nice Discriminations in Words, From the Boston Journal of Education. Pretty refers to external beauty ona small scale, Grace of manner 1s a natural gift; elegance im- plies cultivation, Well bred is referable to gem eral conduct rather than individual actions. Beau- Uful ts the strongest word of its class, implying softness and delicacy in addition to everythil that ts in similar words, Courtesy has refer Lo others, politeness to ourselves, ‘The former is a duty or privilege to others, the assumed f seli-respect, ters Wot : to the act pe ritable ts restricted to almsgiving, except when used in reference to Judge Inentol ollers. Lovely Is used only. when there ts something more than external beat 1s a combination of manuer. Faulties love latter ts behavior evolent Pe tures donot make a lady IF Who 1s disagrecable in disposition, : oe Boarding-Houve Satatations, MR, DEMPSEY EXPLAINS WHY AND LOW HE KISSED MES. PYE. From Labouchere’s Truth. From the evidence reported of a recent divorce suit some light 1s thrown upon the kissing Ina Doarding-house. A Mr. Pye sought a divorce from Mrs. Pyeon the ground that all the boarders tn the house where the pair lived had drifted into the habit of kissing Mrs, Pye, Here is a Mr. Dempsey’s evidence: “Did you ever see Thompson kiss Mrs. Pyet” “Lows of Ut ad when I did not see him heard him. ‘The lalutive sobbing gurcle about tt that ed me of Uhe exhaust of a bath-tub; 1t could be heard all over the house,” “When did Thompson kiss Mrs. I y r ly time that ye Was not theret® “Why should ih "tobject to his kissti her; here Was nothing objectionable about 1; e friendly salutation.” iu to do sor” matter how many times she and’Thompson kissed before he went out, se never got enough to last until he cate back, for as he opened the door they were at It again; $0, When he Was away, I kissed her more as a matter of accommodation than anything else.” “Where was Mr. Pye?” “Oh, he Was nowhere in particular.” It Couldn't be Exploded, CAPT. WILLIAMS’ INPERNAL MACHINE HARMURSS. Efforts made by Dr. Edson, of tue New Yorke heaith board, and Lieut. Zalinski, U. 8. Ay to ignite the so-called infernal machine sent to 1. Williatns. failed. In speaking of such ines in general, Dr. Edson s\ ple Who are of suflicient distinct have such gifts generally souse them in water the moment Their suspicious are aroused, and some ot them will get left. A. machine will be that cannot be exploded except vy tmmersia it in water, ‘There are certain preparations sodium, for instance, that will Dring about Unis re suit, Lieut. Zalinski has Just tnvs for iis dynamite gun that acts A piece of blotting pay ‘opposite poles and breaks the con thrown into water the blovling pape soaked, the current Is perfected and the explosion occurs.” Inspector Byrnes has not yet received the machine sent him. a Killed Her Grandmother. A DELAWARE COLOKED GIRL ARRESTED IN MEW SHUSEY. Sarah Bradshaw, colored, aged 18, was arrested in Salem, N. J., yesterday morning, charged with having Killed her grandmother, Debora Brad- shaw, at Millington, Del.,on April 16th. Sheriff Matcheson, ot K . Bel, traced her to Salem. Ata hearing beiure Mayor Acta yesterday, Une gir Loid contradictory stories, and she was coinmtt ted to await a requisition from Gov. Green. The girl left Millington suddenly on the day of her grand- mother's death, Which fact was looked upon With 80 much suspicion that an anaiysts of the de- ceased’s stomach Was made, when it was tound that her death ensued from poisoning. A WRECK ON THE B. AND 0.’ New Liwe.—Through the carelessness of man at Preston Ste tion, on the Philadelphia extension of the Baiti- more and Ohio Railroad, a coustruction train run- ning ata high rate of speed Was wrecked. Tue fireman and enginecr escaped by Jumping, ad > ceived no serious injury. ce en sam’ POE A MISSING BROOKLYN Burprcroow.—James H. Campbell was to have been married to Miss Nelite McCoy, of Brookiyn, last Wednesday night. He Spent Jil the afternoon with bis bride-ei Only left her to go to his boardiug-house York and don his clothes. Sue las m since, nor have any of his Iriends. He went (o ble Dourding-bouse, dressed and left there to De make Tied, He Was attacked with suusuroke last Suite mer, and his absence ix explained on the theory that he has wandered off, ‘Poxtes NINETEEN ‘muovr Foop.—Two ear Xi Days Wrruovt Foop.—Two Joads of Texas ponies that had been trom ‘Texas to Eastern Pennsyivanls, and Deen wrongly transhipped to Bangor, Me., were unloaded at Hartiord, Conn., yesterday.” I derstood that they had beeit cars without food. Several