Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1887, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D..c.. iin NOVEMBER 15, 1887-8IX PAGES. OIry AND DISTRICT. SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS, Opening Session of the Convention at Wesley Church Last Evening. ‘The fret session of the Sunday-school con tention, under the auspices of the Sunday-School Union of tue District, was held last evening at Wesiey chapel, and Was quite well attended. Mr. W. H. H. Smith presided, and to the course of his opening address he spoke of the objects and work of the union, and asked that a more general interest be taken tn chat organtzation by the Sunday-school workers, He said that this winter would probably decide the question whether the union should con- Unue in existence. Those who were interested in its objects delieved that It was a good thing, apd was calculated to stimulate Sunday-schoot work- ers and give an impetus to the entire work tn the District. But if those for whose benefit the unton ‘Yad been organized were not Interested the at- vempt to maintain it would be al ‘The union nad monthly meetings, and in adait! it was to bod mMassmeetings ut once évery two months In diff-rent sections of he city, and it was belleved that (he schools would be benefited. He thet introduced Kev. A. C. Dix- on, the pastor of Immanuel Baptist churc! 1 amore, who spoke of “The true Sunday School idea, which be maintained was Christs’ idea of Christ- jan Work. Christ he said was a teacher and not a preacher; he went out to men and did not wait for them to ‘come to him, and be talked with them face to faee. From these characteristics of Christs methods the speaker drew a number or parallels guide modern Christians in their work. lie ‘dweit upon the ceof going out after the neopie and thought that church Was the most ac- a Successful which Was not content to ‘merely open the church doors and provide seats ‘aservice. He thought that while the church current, Yet men did not nat- core into that current, and for this reason need of active hand to band and wo face work In order to reach the masses, At the ‘conclusion of Mr. Dixon’s address the convention adjourued._ There are tobe two, sessions (0-day ‘two Wednesday. At this afternoon's session ‘Cutiin will preside and L. D. Aldea and Rev. ‘Buictt will deliver t”> addresses, This Cveulog ii Kendall wi and addresses ‘will be delivered by Mra. ‘S& Todd and J. Frank Suppiee, of seas. ab LS ‘The Rock Creek Improvement. ‘To the Editor of Tus Evewine Stan: In Tar Star of the 11th I notice the statement ‘that the Commissioners intend to recommend the arching of Rock Creek and the cutting of a tunnel tostraighten the channel,and which they think can Be dove for $500,000, and that the benefit will “more than repay the citizens for the small addi- tonal Derden of taxation that may be imposed upon them,” from whieh it would seem they pro- fo lmeTease our taxes for that purpose, thereby admitung that the present revenues ‘the District will not justify undertaking the work. On the 9th of June, 1886, I published an “open Jetter™ to the Commlssioners, in which I called at- wation to Unis and some six’ other schemes pro- and which would involve = oo of many milijons of dollars. Io that predict Mat tue cost of the water-works exteusion would reach $2,000,000, and already there x pended op it $2,215,270.30, and $300,000 more is asked for to cofupiete i. ' When Une appropriation Was made, July 15, 1882, we were assured by the engineers that the’ work would be completed in two ye: but, in Tue Star of November 12, 1867, we are told by the coutractors that at least @ year more would be required to complete it, thus making six and a half instead of two yea s, and the cost over $2,500,000 instead of $1,08,- 541.91, their origmal esumate, or §1,48%,824.30, their revised estimate! ‘When this Rock Creek scheme was discussed two years ago, Mr. Webb stated that It would cost be- ‘tween (Wo and three muilions of dollars, and I ven- ture the prediction now that if undertaken it will cost nearer two millions than the five hundred ‘thousand now given out. ‘What 8 the necessity for it? Sofar asI have seen two reasons are given: First, that the lower Mater polluted by. sewage, Second, that Dy water Tt yy sewage. u y . along the creek and tiling up the valley it wil benefit real estate ia that sec.ion. ‘That the latter ts the prime object is clear tomy mind. If the former Is the real reason, then why 3s it that no such plan is proposed for tne James Creek Canal? That being below tide ts far more nt than Kock Creek right up to the Capitol a Pennsylvania avenue. it receivesfar more sewage, abd under the plan of suburban sewerage devised by the engineers this year, it 1s Lo receive tm addition all the sewage of Mount Pleasant, LeDrow Park and all the northwest country be- tween and beyond those points. In THe Stan of June 15 the pian of suour! sewerage by the ts described, and altuough ft says that “the natural drainage of the surface is fora large part toward the north and west,” still it 1s to Dring the sewage ot Mount Pleasant, it Park all that regiva down into vound- ary sewer, and in the Critic a tew days later, Capt. Syuious explains that it s not to go thruugh boundary sewer into the Eastern Branch, but will De diverted from that and emp.ied into tue James Creek Canal, and he adds, that “as to the state- ment that Kock Creek ts the natural direction for the drainage of Mount Pleasant, he will protect Rock Creek from sewerage, because it is very Gesiratie to “keep the creek as pure as Die, Oa account of the National Park and for the health of the city.” ‘From this it ts clear that if either needs arching ‘over, in ord-r to protect the health of the city, James. Creek canal needs it far more than Rock Creek, and that such need will be greatly locreased by ‘the addiuca of this suburban sew. Here ts this great sewer running from the boundary clear across, and right through the heart of the city, emptying its contents into an open ditch just be- Jow the Capitol, at tide water, Where, as any one can see, the foul matter stand, and ts floated back and forth by ach rise and failof tne Just as that,‘ while ft_ Is proposed to sp nd hundreds of while B wo ot thousands, if not miuions, on Creek! Ido ‘not Write tals With the idea that the proposed im- eae ph dock Creek is not desirable. It would ‘8 good taing to do, espectaily for the owners of Teal estate in that region; but what I say Is, that the James Creek sewer peeds It more, so far as any public necessity exists, and that the revenues of ‘the District will not at the present time justify Undertaking the work. While citizens have wo bulid sewers in the public streets of the city at ‘thelr privace expense to connect their houges with, Decause Of the want of public funds, and the Teachers cannot be paid thelr salaries, and we can- Bot get school houses enough, or an increase of poilce, of police stations, or fire engines, or decent sidewalks, for the same reason, I object to the ex. penditure of the public runds, ur tne increase of our taxes for amy such projec. If thé real estate men are wil to make the improvement for the land reclaimed or the 10t3 created, by all means let them doit, ‘Noone i Tsk 1 would not object though the take the would not object, they @ million oat of it, but Ido cbjéct to being for any suck scucme. AS to te Sewerage, W should be done, ts for Congress to adopt some ‘neral and comprehensive plan of receiving intercepling sewers in South Washingwon means for keeping them clear, and dell sewage into the river at a polit in the pel the current will carry it off - once. And that the General Government ougut to do It ‘sell Just as it improves the river ttecif. It 1s a ativoal work, as necessary for the nation’s capi- Lol as 13 tue luiprovement of the sewer: ‘freasiry for the nation’s building. If do that then It ougut to relieve Us of the dent ‘Which its oMlcers created, and let us have the revenues of tue District’ to complete the work Fhich tne General Government originally agrecd and undertook to do with the proceeds of tne land Gopated to It by the citizens of the District. I think the Commissioners would much better Fy ee advocating tnis T than by vo expend our united revenues, so muc heeded for more neces- of ue ‘The members of the National Rifles who won prizes in the National Drill contests were decorated the 3 the soldiers fOrmed an agreeable for the bright faces and handsome cae ladies present. Afver referring in a manner to the part taken by the in the National Drill, Mr. Henry Wise Gar- Successful contestants the been purchased with the to the company. to be ‘Lieut. and the will not | ESgresyee reat ‘THE CHARGE ON WHICH A COLORED WOMAN BAS BEEN ARRESTED IN WICOMICO. Dispatehes trom Salisbury, Md., give an account of an alleged case of infanticide brought to light yesterday by the arrest and imprisoninent In jail ot Nancy Gay, colored. Nancy Gay is a mulatto about Lwenty-three years old, and since the age of Six years has been a domestic in the family of Warrea Parker, a farmer, living in Nutler's dis- trict, Wicomicd County, about nine miles from Salisbury. clon having beep aroused that She Was the mother of an infant, of which no trace could be 1ound, @ search was instituted, and Debind the barn the person searching found tne Pody of an infant buried in the earth. Tt had been uried naked, face downward. summoned, and Dr. i. L. Todd, of Salisbury, made an examination” ic’ was found. that the left side of the skull "was crushed in and the head disfigured, as if it had been beaten with & Stick. ‘The Jury éxamined the woman, but she swore she bad never seen the child and had never had a child tn her jon, ‘The jury returned & verdict that the child came to its death at the hands of Nancy Gay by being struck on the head by an instrument unknown. ‘The woman on resved yrought to Salisbury and lodged She said that if there was a child found there it belonged to another person living in the neighbor- hood, and that they a it ‘and buried it ‘80 as to throw the blame on her. ———<ee Dr. Parker t the Preac! {BIS SUGGESTIONS REGARDING CHURCH WORK TO CHI- €4GO CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS. ‘The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, London, was present in Chicago yesterday at the regular Monday meeting of the Congregational ministers, and the attendance was larger than usual, in anticipa tion of the distinguished orator’s coming. Dr. Parker was introduced to the meet- ing. He hat {t might be well to hold a conference in Chicago, and that the conference should be conducted upon the freest possible lines, and that discussions Irom every point of view should be encouraged. He said: “If, in evangelical Preaching, we are wrong, by all ‘means iet us now it. If any man has alarger wisdom or a truer method of meeting the necessities of the age, I, for one, aim quite prej to extinguish my Uttle lamp, and to let im his fuller sunsuine. Ail the largest amount of good." This ts the spirit 1 amount M4 “During my intermission have Occasion to hear ministers of various churches, and my testimony is that when I enter @ church wnere they do not pray, but simpy “aspire;* where they have no doctrine, but only theory; where they’ displace historical’ Christian ity by" the ‘unconditioned infinite’ and by some Teference to the -circumambient invisible,” and Where ail the Words are polysyllubles, I find’a sad lack of active charity as embodied in Sunday Schools, Dorcas societies, sick-visiting societies, and earnest, philanthropic work among the por and the outcust, But where I find that the Cross of Christ ts first, midst, and last, I find the people stirred with a hoi ambition to’ make the world better than they found It. Any religion (hat will do that is the religion by which I am prepared to live, and in the hope of which 1 would dare to } ——_ eee Mrs. Param Steven» Property. ‘THE TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE SAY IT 18 HARD TO GET ALONG WITH HER. Messrs. Jno, L. Meichen, Chas. G. Stevens and Geo, F. Richaruson, three trustees of the Paran ‘Stevens estate, in response to Mrs. Paran Stevens’ petition to the Surrogate Court in New York to have them removed for incompetency, make state- Meats to show that Mrs. Stevens is avery eccentric person, and has ways about her that make her a Father disagreeable person to be associated with | iu the management of an estate. Puran Stevens { left an estate of $4,000,000, of whtca $100,000 was | left to his widow direct and $1,000,000 in trust, | and the rest to the other heirs. Mrs, Stevens is thé | executrix of the estat. Tue trustees charge that | Sue disregards their auchority and maitreats and abuses them. Her treatment of Mr. Meichen, who | 1s a mild man, 1s said to include huritng ink | bottles at him,. knocking off his glasses, and | breaking “a cigar in his vest pocket In an effort to reach his ribs with the point of her umbrella. ‘The response further States that she has been able to appropriate to her OWn USE assets Of the estate Which have come to her hands, and has undertaken to administer her oWa trust Without consultation with or regard to the rights and interests of ber trustees, It is aileged that the temporary interruption of intercourse with the lady is due to no act of the but is owing to the intemperate, violent an abusive language in which the petiiloner 1s in the habit of indulging in respect to these respondents ‘0m the occasion of interviews between them, and to her unwarranted and unwarrantable abuse and denunciation of tuem. ‘They allege that she prevented the sale of a lot for $500,000, that she keeps the rents of two stores | On State street, Boston, amounting to $18,000, and Fefuses to account for $60,000 which sue receives from the Victoria Hotel in New York city, and Which should go to the residuary legatees. ———— +e The Nicaragua Canal, AN EXPEDITION OF ENGINEERS SOON TO SAIL—THE ‘WORK OF SURVETING. Civil Engineer RE. Peury, of the Navy, will leave New York the latter part of this month for Nicaragua, where he will superintend a final sur- vey of the Nicaragua Canal. He will be accom- Danied by forty engineers and assistants, and the party will be passengers on the Hondo, which has deen chartered by the Nicaragua, Canal Associa- tion, and Which wiil be stocked with all necessary supplies and equipments. The expeditien will ‘Stop at Jamaica, where 110 lavorers will ve picked ap; the steamer will then, proceed directly to Greytown, Nicaraguu, where she 1s expected to | arrive Decemver 6. work of surveying will Pegin at once. |All the preliminary surveys have been made, abd Ue object of this exp dition Is to make the flual axial location. ‘These surveys will | be conducted on the basis of Civil Engineer | Menocav’s surveys of 1885, with the addition of a | survey with a view to constructing a canal en- Urely in Nicaraguan territory, should ctreum- ‘stances render that desirable. Mr. Peary will have eight parUes distributed to the best advantage, and experts to complete thesurveysin six months. ‘The plan and results of the surveys Will on bis re- turn be laid Bevore an international commission of engineers, and on their approval the work of con- Struction wil begin Lmmedately, The Philadelpuia Times of to-day @ays: In speaking of the new canal and the likelihood of its construction, Mr. Peary said there are nownusual engineering ‘dimiculties to. ov Proper saultary precautions no trouble is to be apprehended from the climate or territory. ‘The distance from se& tO sea is 170 miles, Dut Of that Seven locks, eacn G50 taet fect deep, and capabie of taking any merchant Fesse: afloat, excepting the Grear East Summit level of the canal will be 110 fee above the sea level. At each end will be a short length Of canal rising to this sumiit level, AS trade Winds will continually sweep over this ‘nent pastor. Dr. Bacon, says a Savannah dispatch to the New York Sun, came there from Coanecticut & year ago on trial. He is a son of the well-known 3 Ns} 4 i ale He : 86, ‘4 ‘Qt the testimony given by the younger Beagles, and in defiance of the commands of the judge ex- citedly invited his accuser to the street, where he Announced he would whip him. The challenge was ‘Bcce and the court followed the — pair. ‘As Pearson doffed his coat and sprang from the Piazza to the ground young Beagle whipped outa Fevolver and shot him, the ball entering bis head Jpst in fron: of his left ear and com:ng out behind rignt. Pearson died instantly. Beagle covered the officers with his revolver and backed off some distance, when he turned and ran.” He made his escape and has not been cap- The Luck of “Pittsburg Phil.” HOW HE HAS MADE $100,000 ON THE TURF THIS SEASON. ‘Washington Correspondence New York World. Pittsburg Phil, the boy plunger, sat in the Dilliard-room of’ Willard’s Hotel Inte Saturday night watching a game of biiliards. He is a ‘Ssmooth-faced young fellow, quiet in his dress and manners, and has just reached his majority. He has bet more money on horse-races this year than any other man in the country, and with such fabulous success that at Saratoga the bookinakers finally refused bis money, Puil has laid away about $100,000 as a result of the season's betting, and now that ail is over, he ts going to spend money traveling. “Lve been pretty lucky here in Washington,” he Said, “and Lave won Very ciose to $29,000,” My a winnings were $3,000 on Barnum, $5,000 on Patrocles, and $5,500 on Father Bill Daly’s Va- Hant_ ‘They broke very bad forme in Baltimore, and during the meeting I dropped $7,000, “How do I beat the races? Well, I play the horses on their form. Peopie grumble about their Dut they would not lose as often if only they'd take tate account the accidents in a race. You see a horse to-day at even money. He loses, apd the next day there’s 5 tol against him, It | may be that he only lost because of a jostie or ‘some other little accident. There aren’t five men That bet who watch the horses while they are running. I always do. I never bet on jumping races, slinply because You can’t Judge a horse on form’ina jumping race, I've often played one Tace a day aud only watched the rest. I've | put a bet down when the horse broke away two or | Unree times, and put as ‘a8 $5,000 on at that, Another point is that I pl 4 on the idea that luek is aiveare gees: to turn. If 1 lose $1000, | gen- erally bet $2,000 to get even, and if I lost ubat I'd double up ugain, and so on, ’ People say it’s luck. Ti bes th a crowd of sitting around a Place like this and some one don’t know me wilt ‘Open fire on me. I heurd a fellow say to-day that I woutdn’t get wet if I dropped into water, but he srid my luck was sure to turn some day ahd that Td go broke. Td like to bet him on that only I don't make any Wager- outside the horses, ‘It's | very seldom v1 play Jockeys, but I've been prety | lucky on Garrison's and McLaughlin's mounts. I don’t often take stabie Ups, excepting Ups on Kich- mond, and I've made lots of money on him. “Tue bet Lever won Was just after I was. barred out by the bookmakers ut Saratoga, I went to Monmouth Park and put a neat little sum on Cambyses. I got odds of 15 to 1 straight and 6 Wo 1 for place, and I pulled off a ciean $20,000. It Was the closest race I ever played, and ‘Banner. | bearer, who came in second, was less than a head Deiuind. Another jump and he'd have spol.ed my for that day. Another big winner I made nd at Sheepshead Bay. He ran against | sueh horses a3 Eurus, Exile, Wickham, and Pericles, and he won easy, although ‘the odds offered against him were 8 wo 1. That | Tace brought me in $15,000. The biggest wager I ever iost was $10,000 on Brait at Jerome Park. I don’t know how 2 first’ came Lo get into the newspapers. One thing that made good deal ot tails was Whe time T Kot played for w sleeper at Monmouth Park, I bet’ $100 on a good Winner and anoth rman bet $5. He got ny ticket | and I got his. He swore on two churches he made | the bet, and ‘we had Lo leave it to Judge Withers | todecide, He sized us both up, and gave me the | big Ucket. It was worth about 1,000. “Why don’t I buy a string ot ‘horses myself? | Weill, a good many lucky becters have done tbat | thing, but I believe 1(’s easier to beat ‘em than to Win “With ’em. T'm going to go to Florida for a short Ume after I leave und then I'll go to { Caltiornia. I'm going to seo a good deal of tne | country before anowuer season opens.” er Charging 8 Grave Crime, THR LIVELY SENSATION CAUSED IN A WEST VIRGINIA ‘A fine-looking young woman entered the office of Dr. D. W. Jones, of Hagerstown, last Sunday and complained of feeling il. She lay down on a lounge and in a few minutes died. Her name was learned to be Miss Martha E. Feller, of Martins. | burg, W. Va. Acoroner’s jury rendered a verdict of death from congestion of the lungs and the re- mains were sent to Martinsburg. Now a sensation has been caused in the latter city by the arrest of Daniel Sloan and Dr, Ash Hamill upon the com- plaint of G, D. Felier, a brother of the dead girl, Charging them with being implicated in her death: When examined before Judge Matthael the facts | as brought out charged Sloun, who 18 an uncle of | the deceased woman, tor whom she had been keep- ing house for two years, with administering drugs or something for the purpose of causing an abor- tion, Dr. Ash Hamill, a well-known dentist, was accused a8 an accessory. The justice held them in ‘the suin of $1,000 for thelr appearancs on Novem. ber 28 for a further hearing. | Sioan 1s an employe Of the Baltimore and Onio Railroad Co. and has always borne a good reputation. the dead girl will probably be exhumed and a post a akg WS 2 2, mortem ‘Twice strung Up, A GYPSY ESCAPING DEATH ONLY TO BE HANGED Keen-eyed peasants saw soon enough that the hangman had been at work, and dispatched a dark man of honor into the nextarcrid. Filled with curiosity, they left their vehicle and walked around’ the gallows, The culprit was } t 258 aH rl a z [ a Hi if i SEB i 8 g et g 3 i j ee f : i E i : | HI i f d i § 5 & E : B it iy LY F i : ii fly li BP (ii He i fi Be tl t i | Paraee | $0 did Manager iusqu ‘special champion sed to general routine; in which and dis he od the bellicdse-and controversial ion he had inherited from the: Atew Grieg in to i. throat of ‘prince of Germany, w baffled all the German doctors; and this he has ‘of capacity and of strong individuality. sada ant atintitaah Sie teseasemee Bec sare ‘a joke, which ts unusual for a Scot Samuel C. Tatum, of Cincinnati, dled at hishome in Avoudale, Ohio, on Tuesday. Tatum was only thirty years of age, but was reputed to be worth $1,000,000. He was pecullar in many ways, and by his friends was considered a woman-hater. After his death a strange woman visited the house and demanded to see her husband. She showed a marriage certificate that was issued to Samuel C. ‘Tatum and Marie Frances Emonnin on July 1845, and was admitied as the wite of the dt man, She is the daughter of poor but. ple Parents, Four years ago she went to Ciuciunatl, where she entered a ital vo die from the effects. ofatumor, Here she first saw Samuel Tatum, and it wa» tue old story of acquaintance, love, and marriage, all of Which Was secretly accom| They Were married in Cincinnati under the ficti- tious names of Herbert Linton and Fannie ‘Thresher. ‘The young lady’s parents never knew ey taliban See y wife im WO re-1 is Sana aa sees Buffalo, where on July 5, 1885, they were married under thetr proper names, ‘They returned to Cin cinoatl, where they lived still under the name of Linvon, the husband, of course, ‘The Tatums recet' and she is now with them in Avondale. The cou, have had a child, which, however, lived only a mont Mme. De Bellevi HER LETTERS, PUBLISHED IN A DIVORCE SUIT, GAVE HER SOME NOTORIETY, “Mme. de Belleville,” the actress, who, according tocable uispatches, has been expelled trom Ber- lin, was for two years a resident of New York city, and gained considerable notoriety about tree years ago through the publication of her corres- Pondence with Frederick de Belleville, the actor. Manager Amberg gave some reminiscences of her to a reporter in New York Saturday. Her real hame, he said, is Elly Pferdner, and she came to New York trom Reritn d@tring te summer of 1862. At that time she was twenty-two years old, and Very, preity. She Was a petite brunette, ‘with Diack, curly hair and a fatr votce. Manager Am- berg, of the Thalia Thester, gave her a position in Uhe chorus, aud she remalhed there for a season, during which the company played a week each in Chicago and St, Louts, Wille on the road she met Fredefich de Belleville and it was soon afterwards announced that they had been married, but this de Believille promptly denied. His legal Wife sued for divorce, however, alieging that her husband had hud improper reiauious with the chorus gil ‘This suit ied to the publication of the gushing letters written by Elly to de Belleville. But Mme. de Beilcville’s principal notoriety in this country arose from her connection as corespondent With Mr. Vanderbilt Alien’s suit for divorce. Suiamer of 1884 she returned to Berlin. In that city last year Mr, Amberg ueard that Elly was at- tracting ‘considvrable avtention, thuuga she Was hot connected With any of tue theaters, Mr. Am- berg thinks Unat she uad been ordered out of Ber Un because of her scandalous conduct and not for political reasous, as she Was Not a Womun of suf- cent mental caliber to be very dangerous to the empire, although she had a mania for writing love letters, und some of them inay have tallen into the Wrong'hands It {8 possible, too, he thinks, tuat the lettors compromised soine One sufficiently Prominent to be worth provcting from scandal. — Se i Race fer a Lode, EXCITING CONTEST GOING OX IN A MONTANA MINIKO TOWN. A dispatch from Helena, Mon., says: Phillips- burg is watehing with excited interest a race now in progress on the Granite Hill, Some time ago General Manager Pardee had a prospect hole sunk on the Elizabeth claim about where some float Was vistbie. He struck alead and some good ore ata depth of & or 10 feet. He then went up the bill a few feet, where the rise began to be sharp, and started a tunnel, working with all ‘Tue point where wuis work vegan 1s les n 30 feet from the line that divides the Elizabeth trom the Fannie Parnell, which eiglin is ‘owned by the Bi wetallle Mining’Co, ‘The Elzabeth adjotns, and at the east end fs the James G. Blaine lode, trom which the Bimetailte 18 now taking plenty of rich ore, The Blmetalile started a tunnel on exactly the saine level aud mining in the saue direction. put on Uaree shits OC men eight hours each: f the Bumetalic. ‘The dumps are rising ata great rate, and the popula. tion of Flint Creek districts dre watching the contest with great interest and wondering just What it means or how it wiil end, English and American Craft, WHY LIRUT. HENN THINKS THE AMBRICAN YACHT 18 SUPERIOR, Lieut. Henn has written to the London Field bis views concerning American sailing craft as fol- lows: “Thelr ordinary coasting schooners would give many of our cruising schooner-yachts all | they could do to beat them, and most of the Gloucester fishing schooners, to say nothing of the pilot boats, can leave most of our crufsing yachts Out of sight. ‘The average American cruising yacht ts £ think, Kept in better 9 order, with fewer men proportion vo her size and spréad of canvas, than ours are. ‘The discipline on’ board is bevwet and Vessels are very much faster. ‘This last 18 in some measure due to the fuct that they carry more canvas in proportion than our crutsers do, ‘and ag a rule thelr salis are better cut and set. But taking them all round, our cruising vessels are superior as regards accommodation ‘below, ‘The new type of centerboard stoops and schooners ought to be prevty weil known Over here by this Ume, $0 that it is needless for me to say more, ex- cept that ull this talk about their being unsea- worthy veesels 18 sheer nonsense, Under certain SS mage pereen Weather the Genesta or Galatea mt pert ve drier and easier. But tor speed, especially to che windward tn crak: hary regalia weather, thelr 1s no question in Option Of Lheir superiorivy to anything we ha\ Ber bout to beat © keel bout which? in agaiuon, carries a centerboard, which all But boats do, will have a precty big contrat, and a failure more likely than success,” +o 9 Bold Bribery arged. MONEY FRESLY USeD BY THE DEFENDANTS IN CALI- FORNIA COURTS. A dispatch from San Francisco says that within the two weeks just passed two new cases of judi- cial bribery have been discovered. One was inthe United States Court, where Jas, Harkins, charged with smuggling $30,000 worth of opium, secured dismissal of the case against htm by paying $1,200 wd. F. Ce age States commissioner, who had tue case in He was subsequently tried for bribery, pe hE ftatied Ca ih the Goeyrne wetkened und confessed to q ih PE He jer fe i i i i : a writen ‘be Would vote for ‘Tuestioued be denounced the | i and ‘ruin bis repute. i Mr. Dingiey’s Enterprice, ‘TRON GHIF BUILDING TO BECOME 4 GREAT DDOSTRY Luna Coxe. aT BATH, MR. A Boston dispatch says the only way the mer- chants of Bath, Me., see to revive the old-time prosperity of that town is to go into building iron In the | CLARA i Sanit iaFinams_ | PERTENCED IN TEACHING WOULD or afew Awe 200 | Ao Be. go, Lessons given st pupils’ homes if desired. n8-1m* Oishi as Po, So! EBEL NORMAL KIN DERG: IN INSITUTE i id the Sout! EF HuMAL RINDERGABTEN CRSITOTE | wor kicinont sud be South Advanced Classen, 1127 2:ith ath... near Mass. ove, | -pp_htG 4:35 pm. daily, excrpe ‘Twelfth Qtiney ‘methods; “atiention to heal dts. 11 and. disc iy, calisthenion with “umb-belis; Bd alt nite IN NORM and Mise BUBIEF. Monday.) a5 =- ER, SOLO FLUTIST oo ee eat tae Fre Risteameretacs artis | tact aed jos an Certs &c., for the coming season. Residence, ie e M188, 2084 RAND, TEACHER OF ELOCUTION | —° — and vuice culture; gentlemen ladies ‘attent Seinen. pee eee pn ca aa! [AN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Sm if and Ip sta a.m, | Entrance, om, D st. ceva sia foung men and women Trainea for OF. ‘posit ‘Three cot Pract gen 7. tyoewnt tical lenography. ag a eed al ‘OF moni ia it ™ Local Stat peripgeienhe stot mt i! SARA A. SPENCER, Vice- pal. 9 For in RIVATE LESSONS IN ALL GRADIS OF YT; Piel goniiertial, yfarea Yor colere 45: | For bat webs WVY INSTITUE ew cor Sth and K ota. nw. Sy 4: Tae senzsrz scuoor. or LANGUAGES, WASHINGTON, 723 14TH ST. N. W., 8 Bt. : ledge in ONE or ‘also private lessons. benin now. ition, Laws of tory. QTAMMERING CURE FERENCE TO RESI steve boon, SS dents of Washington and others wi Inuneutly cured. Scien SENS HART, Principal jon. D fic methods, faahinaton School of ‘locu- 3mm ACGHT BY COM tee RAWING AND PAINTT: petent teachers, Terms 83 per Mic lssoes for Ehiidren on Saturday Studio 821 11th st. n.w, o}-2m* NSERVATORY OF MUSIC, et Vic inte Cornet kes Ye jolin. Flute, Cornet, ke, KBULLAKD, Director. Jet7-bme oi OPEN, RR, OF, PLN, new. te Ser. quarter of twenty" Jeweons. a2swe ESTABLISHED 1877). st. now i S$°H00n oF “HORIC Af Private and class ieasons. Church, for practice. | gene sean TNGALLS KING, Principal. | PEW USAT A AVE ! See LESSONS BY UNIVERSAL | W.,¥- CLEMENT, curbed map iy. Simplest, briefest, most ible Manacer. rculars fFen. PEHNIN BHORTWAND INSTT Dernorr MICH. 028-1m" Orleans, Texas and Califor York to’Atianta, in Atlanta to New Orleans, an; I'S DANCING ACADEMY, MASONIC id Oth sts. D. w. Class days, Tuesdays . For particulars send for circt 5 Cand 0, route pointe Sundays, BM Dally. except ‘and 6 COLLEGE OF EI 13 Oth st. B. w., half a block east of City P.O. western points. “4 ton to Memphis without roush ne instruction. 910 15th st.uw. o14-Sm" . VERNON SEMINARY, M* 1160, 1104, Tea ‘and 1130 1ith et. ree oh Sah BE apy and ‘and. Strasburg Loca at 9:47 A.M. im HE MoDONALD-ELLI8 SOE RAWING PAINTING Fine Arts, 804 E st, presided o ———" tedale gd oftiiod Afteen oats in Er om r Careless hubtts of drawl Beieeratt oi Forni Ts hit Feat rel 4 ir ~i% ¢ i aicederi tee bawar erate | Uorcune to Secae Ba ch ato portrait and historical painting. Kvening | {eet LyDehbung and Danie, nen —— x rate Pull with Pull Mann Boudoir Sleepers for ‘Birmingham, Vicksbure and Shreveport fratin Wasltineton to Atlanta. “Does not cenect he rr gg Soy LOCUTION.» 's. V. B for ‘Luray, arriving S ‘The SHAFTESBULY METHOD in the finest in the | 5:40 P. 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Umily, and at er residence snd et pupils’ liomes., Excclicnt pro- . arriving, Dubelation und thoro Oth and B sta. Di esneer noe. Academic, Inermediste and Primary Departments | » Tickets sleenine car oo Saaiel, | furnished, and § By u-HOOMS teas OFFICE spivanis avenue. ‘tad Teady or cocupency fall. os General ‘Thirteenth year bering OCTOBER 6, = ForcicustenplrwFracipel |, | POTOMAC RIVER D“* "22 RR Se sor pel BATE SPE | tee ovonon nec LADY OF, THE a Eel seebokkeeping,Rursinog, | _Cesonrection with hmv onan foarte dhe Fete fepera sine fans: faa ‘lng td robure- ‘Leary lands at Piney Point, Se i heer vedas UR 218 oot ye Wee 14) _Gen. Passenger Agent. _ OHIO RAILBOAD, ALTIMORE AND | eee IN EFFECT OCTOBER 16TH, 1887. peer cinclnnats and 8t Lous Exp. Daily 3:15 and or Mtiaburg and Cleveland, Bxp, Daily 10:554.m, Br, 16:45am. 4:40 pc lg points. t0:05e sna Beeps BOATS. * a ______| about 3:30 (COMBE HORE AND DAY scHOOL Fon Bors | “tig °80>™ 14 years of axe. (Gor, Masnachiastts ave sud 17th a, "nor aid Lloyds xpress Stil col French | Ho ‘nd _Day ‘School tegen ™ ten eae em ‘Wellesley Propar. | straight ticker and $3 round tripe “Ue LOth @2 for ee eee of Mo Yesxont ur. veunow? Engh rrench, Lada, Penmenabiy ‘win rs lata Hinaine, pec 8 emuploged 10t | 7 og 7y, STEAMER WW. CORCORAN = the use: taut parts of theciiy. For cir- wves 7th-atreet wharf daily ( cr ) tor Mt. Ve and Biver Lan< ~ cular alist the priya tise ANNA niia8” | Vernon and iver alien te ar Coven so circa sk ‘A few pupils taken in the family. LUCIEN E. ©, COLLIERE, A.M., ‘Washington, D.C,, 1838 I st. n.w., near Arlington Hotel. on Sunda MER Y LEAVES 7TH ST. 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