Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C... MONDAY. 4N IMPORTANT DECISION. A Sew York Judge on Architects and Their Responsibilities. The case of Hubert vs. Aitkin, recently de- in the court of common pleas of New ork city, gave Judge Van Hoesen occasion to define the relation of an architect to his client and its incidental responsibilities. The question in the particular case was as to Whether this architect was liable in damages for the insufficient size of a chimney for steam ‘an apartment house, he having relied upon judgment in that respect of the steam- beating contractor, which proved at fault. The action was brought by the plaintiff, Philip G. Hubert, an architect, against John W. Aiken for the value of his services, and the defense was that the area of the flue provided in the chimney was inadequate for the service of the boiler, so that the proper consumption of the coal could not be secured; and that on account of this deficiency in the chimney flue the defendant will be obliged to build a new chimney flue on the outside of the building, and that the necessary cost and expense thereof will be $1,000. In commenting on the case the fudge said: “The plaintiffs are architects of standing, who assume to be able to plan and superintend the construction of first-class a) ent houses, to be heated by steam and to be provided with every convenience demanded by the luxurious tastes of the day. They are not architects in a rural community, but in the first city of Amer- ica. Steam heat is, as we all know, com- mon, if not a necessity, in partment houses of large size and of ahigh class. It is true that houses of this description are of recent introduction, but they are now a very im- portant part of our system of economics, for in some of the new streets they are more numer- ous than private residences or tenements of the kind that was formerly in vogue. The architect who undertakes to construct a house that is to be heated by steam is groping in the dark unless he knows how large a chimney is required. It is as that the arehi should know what isn —— ae heat apparatus serviceable as it is secede wee how sewer-gas is to be kept out of the house. No one would contend that at this day an architect could shelter himself behind the plumber, and excuse his ignorance of the ordinary appliances for sanitary venti- lation b; Ty it he was not an expert in the ‘trade of plumbing. He is an expert in carpentry, in cements, in mortar, in the strei of materials, in the art of construct- ing the walls, the floors, the staircases, the roofs, and is phen § bound to reason- able skill and knowledge as to all these things; and when, in the progress of civilization, new conveniences are introduced into our homes, and become, not curious novelties, but the customary means of securing the comfort of the unpretentious citizen, why should not the architect be expected to possess thé technical learning respecting them that is exacted of him with respect to other and older branches of his professional studies? It id not asking too much of the man who assumes that he is com- tent to build a house at a cost of more than 100,000, and to arrange that it shall be heated by steam, to insist that he shall know how to proportion his chimney to the boiler. It is not enough for him to say, ‘I asked the steam-fitter,, and then throw the con- sequences of any error that may be made upon the employer who engages him, relying upon his skill. Responsibility cannot be shifted in that way. In the case of Moneypenny va. Hartland it was held that if a surveyor be em- ployed to erect a bridge and form the ap- roaches to it, he is bound to ascertain for Eimeelt, by experiments, the nature of the soil, even although a person previously employed for that purpose by his employer has made such experiments, and has given him the re- sult at his employer's request; and if the sur- veyor makes a low estimate, and thereby in- duces persons to subscribe for the execution of the work who would otherwise have declined it, and it turns out that, owing to his negli- pence and want of skill, such estimate is gross- ly incorrect, and that the work can be done, but at a much greater expense, he is not en- titled to recover for his services.” The court, at general term, decided that this sum of 31,000, necessary for the construction of a new chimney flue, must be deducted from the claim of the plaintiff for his services, amen Queer Ways in Vienna. From Chambers’ Journal. Nothing except the linen, plate, china, and glass is ever served twice at the Austrian court tables, but the full meaning of this cannot well be grasped by anybody who has not seen the system at work. Some of the servants have as their perquisites the bottles which have come up to the dining room but have not been uncorked; others the uncorked bottles, and others again the wine that remains in the glasses. Therefore it is the interest of one set of servants to keep the glasses full, of another set to draw as many corks a8 possible, while parting with as little wine as they can, and of a third set to draw corks sparingly. The result is that often a great deal of unseemly whisper- ing and nudging goes on at the sideboards. As regards the food. too, there are different orders of claimants for perquisites, one man having a vested interest in the joints, another in the poultry, a third in the sweet dishes, and so on. Then there are the men to whom the wax candles belong, and these naturally make a rush to blow out the candles the moment the last guest has walked out of the room. Altogether, this system of perquisites canses the imperial banquets to be served in double- quick time, so that the longest of them seldom lasts beyond three-quarters of an hour. The emperor's dining hour is 5 o’clock; but it is etiquette for the guests to arri clear half hour beforehand. After dinner coffee and cigars are served in a smoking room; the em- peror lingers about a quarter of an hour, and the guests separate soon after 6:30. But another curious result of the perquisite system is this, that the court servants make open traffic of the imperial leavings. Incredible as it may sound, there isa basement corridor in the palace which is like a bazar fall of shops. Liere not only the keepers of small hotels and restaurants, but the cooks of many ladies be- longing to the second-class official world, come to buy cold meats, — sweetmeats, wines, and candles. There is one sort of Tokay which cap only be bought from the court servants, as none is made except for the emperor; it is to be presumed, however, that the uncorked bot- tles of cham; and other fine wines are ——_ sold by the dozen, and they must jorm @ very substantial Perquisite. Stays and the Heart. INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF TIGHT CLOTHING DURING EXERCISE. Dr. D. A. Sargent in Scribner's Magazine, In order to ascertain the influence of tight clothing upon the action of the heart during exercise # dozen young women consented this summer to run 540 yards in their loose gymna- sium garments and then to run the same dis- The Prince and the Poet’s Page. From the London Globe. About Lord & Hie i TESTING THE DYNAMITE GUN. Mine Shots Fired and Captain Zalinski Scores a Success. From the New York Tribune, January 27. The postponed trial, at Fort Lafayette, of the new Zalinski dynamite gun came off yesterday and was attended with a complete success. On the occasion of the first trial, which took place last Saturday, Capt. Zalinski, after firing two shots, was compelled, owing to a leakage in one of the valves, to suspend operations for that day. At the initial trial it was intended to sub- ject the gun to six varying tests. Yesterday nine shots in all were fired, with projectiles 7 feet in length, 10 inches in diameter, each charged with 200 pounds of explosive gelatine and dynamite. The uniform range was about 2,100 yards, After a sand shot had been fired with a view to io necessary mark, the first loaded shell was discharged at 11:23a.m. This shell split and there was for the moment a slight feeling of dismay, which soon wore Lays Dore each of the shelis that followed kept a clean steady line, striking the water close to the tar- t. Nine times there was a long-drawn hiss aed the gun, followed by a crash, and then a great body of water rose into the air, tottered and fell back into the sea. Capt. Zalinski turned round each time with a satisfied smile. ‘The last shot fairly struck the target, a result that was greeted with much applause. Later in the afternoon Capt. Zalinski fired sand shot at varying from 1,000 to 50 ards in order to Semcactrate to the reporting Soara, Commander Goodrich, Lieut. Fiske, and Lieut. Schroeder, the efficacy of his at short ranges. He intended to try a shot with 600 ds of dynamite, but discoverin; on a preliminary trial with 500 pounds of san: that the heavier projectile would not balance properly with the tubes in use, decided to abandon work for the day. The has a smooth bore, divided into four sections, pivoted at the rear on a conical destal, upon which it turns by means of hy- alic power. It can be elevated by a hy- draulic ram to an angle of 35 degrees, “At the left side of the gun, at the rear, is a tel sight with a seat for the operator. When rojectile is in ition the gun can be worked by one man with the aid of a hand-lever. —_————.6e___—_ Senator Hiscock as a Political Prophet. From the New York Tribune. ‘ The following extract from a letter addressed by Senator Hiscock to Mr. Chandler, dated Syracuse, N. Y., June 27, 1887, shows the former to have been a remarkably shrewd political prophet: “The democracy,” wrote Mr. Hiscock, “must take the initiative in revenue reduction. First, there will be the report of the Secretary of the Treasury and the President's message, both I apprehend opposing a reduction of the bees on sugar and the internal revenue, and striking vigorously at the customs taxes on about every- thing except sugar. My idea Bas been that the next national conventions will find us debating the question, surplus accumulating in the Treasury at the rate of twelve or fifteen mil- lions per month; and it is not unlikely that Congress will adjourn without having accom- plished anything. The issues then will go to ¢ | Several of the ministers advocate: | BOULANGER’S GREAT TRIUMPH. He Receives a Plurality of Over 80,000 +The Cabinet Offers to Resign. The election in Paris yesterday resulted in a great triumph for Boulanger,and there is danger of @ cabinet crisis in consequence. Boulan- ger’s plurality is 81,550, and his majority 54,402, General Boulanger spent the evening at the Café Durand, where he was informed by friends of the results in the divisions. At mid- night the streets were thronged with people ex- citedly discussing the upshot of the election. The newspaper offices displayed the returns by means of illuminated placards. Great excitement prevailed in the boulevards during the night. The police did not interfere. Ten thousand persons assembled outside Café Durand, cheering and singing. They were es- pecially demonstrative whenever Boulanger appeared at the window. When Boulanger was leaving his carriage after the announce- ment of the result he passed arestaurant oppo- site to the Café Durand, where friends of the government were assembled. The latter hissed ioudly, and Boulanger’s friends replied by throwing stones. ‘he singing and cheering have continued all the morning. Gen. Boulanger left Durand’s café at mid- night and drove to his home. A popular dem- onstration occurred outside the Elysee palace. ‘The streets after that regained their ordinary aspect, sure was Boulanger of winning that he — in the afternoon he would get sixty housand majority. His electoral organization was perfect, His followers everywhere were instructed to maintain order, otherwise they would injure him. Complete returns show the following result: Boulanger, 244,070; Jacques, 162,520; Boule, 16,760; other candidates, 10,358, Boulanger will resign the Seine seat, retain- ing that for the Nord department. It is rumored that M. Magnin, the governor of the Bank of France, will be asked to form a cabi- net, The cabinet sat from 11 p. m. until 1 a. m. Premier Floquet informed President Car- not that the cabinet was prepared to resign if the president considered such a step advisable, @ recon- struction of the cabinet on a wider basis, They pro d to include in the new ministry influential men from all the republican sec- tions. President Carnot awaits the result of to-day’s at. of the chamber of deputies before coming to a decision. He hasconsulted with MM. Ferry, Waldeck, Rousseau, Terard, Raynal and others, Every quarter of Paris was enlivened Satur- day evening by frequent street brawls between supporters and opponents of Gen. Boulanger. The most violent encounter took place at Montmatre, where a number of persons were injured. The police interfered and arrested several of the ringleaders, Another serious collision occurred in the Faubourg du Temple, where several persons were injured. There were a few scuffles about midnight last night, but nothing serious occurred. The Boulangists predict the immediate fall of the Floquet ministry, the dissolution of arliament, and a general election in March. They also ‘forecast s rupture in the radical arty, and express the belief that forty radical deputies will join the Boulangist ranks, and thus the ae in the presidential election, and platform-makers will have their hands full in the national conventions. If Congress ad- journs without a reduction, the republicans will elect a presidential ticket. If a reduction is aecom| lishea at all, of course it will be ona line of the President's recommendation; the democracy will have the credit of it. If our industries, capital and labor are satisfied and approve, I for one shall not be hopeful of car- rying the country in 1888; otherwise we cannot lose the election if we try.” ————-ee+ The World’s Great Race. IT 18 THE EQUITABLE THING THAT THE BEST MAN SHOULD WIN. Bishop Potter in Scribner's Magazine. Nothing is clearer than that rivalry and com- petition are not merely actual but inevitable elements of human life. And therefore is it our wisdom not to pretend that they do not exist, and even less to pretend that there is something so naughty in them that they ought not to exist, and, least of all, to pretend that, though they are naughty,they are nevertheless necessary, and we must compete and strive and struggle to excel and outwit our neighbor just as hard as we can, only taking care, if possible, not to let anybody see what we are doing, or snspect in us the competitive spirit. In a word, this is just one of those questions which wants to be ventilated with a strong breeze of candid and courageouscommon sense, and there can be no fitter moment for opening the windows ya letting such a breeze blow through than just now. Let us brome ne that competition—a strife to excel, pay: fou choose, downright rivalry—-has @ just’ and rightful place in the plan of any human life. A prize-fighter is probably the most disgusting spectacle on earth, but it has in it just one moment which very nearly approaches the sublime; and that is when the combatants shake hands with each other and exchange that salutation as old as the classic arena, “may the best man win.” Of course it is possible to suppose such a thin; as a life without rivalries and competitions, an to look forward to atime when, amid other conditions, they will be at once needless and incongruous, but in such a life as ours is now— in a life, that is to say, which so plainly has discipline and education for its end—to take all rivalry and competition out of it would be torob itof one of the mightiest and most wholesome agencies for the ennobling of human character. > ——+e+ ____ Havre-de-Grace Has a Ghost. A Havre-de-Grace special to the Baltimore American says: For the past several weeks a masked person has been seen in the neighbor- hood of tffe Salvation army barracks, on Stokes street. One night last week one of the city councilmen, who lives in that neighborhood, was followed home, and when he turned to see what was wanted a large knife was drawn on him, and, it was said, he took for home. The Cm has 1 the terror of the neighbor- ood among children and women, and the boys have armed themselves with revolvers deter- mined to find out who it is and what it wants. Last night it was seen and some une fired at it, but the shot was dodged and the ball struck a colored woman, injuring her severely. The ghost escaped, but whoever it may be will be roughly dealt with if caught, ———_+e+—_____ Hippolyte’s Diplomacy. THE ALLEGED REASON WHY HE DOES NOT TAKE PORT-AU-PRINCE BY ASSAULT. Mr. Frederick Elie,a merchant from Cape Haytien, who arrived in New York Saturday in the Wensleydale from that port, says that Hip- polyte’s reason for not taking Port-au-Prince by assault is purely political, The assault would cost a great loss of life and this would make Hippolyte unpopular and probably cause his own defeat in The election that would fol- low. . Mr. Elie says, if the ben png | pede me into power just now it will have pay the claim for indemnity made by the United States and Germany. Meantime Hi Polyte is buying all the shi) can get hold sacar Sica Satie ae confiden: " 3 time’s downfall. mi i Prisoners in a Phosphate Mine. SWEDES SID TO BE KEPT FROM QUITTING WORK ‘IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY ARMED MEN. A special from Charleston, 8. C., January 27, says: About ten days ago several carloads of [2 the general a following of sixty mem- the present chamber. cea Two West Virginia Syndicates. A RAILROAD TO BE OPENED AND EXTENSIVE COAL LANDS TO BE DEVELOPED. Ex-Senator Camden, of West Virginia, an- nounced in Baltimore Sunday the completion of negotiations for two big western syndicates. He has been in Baltimore two weeks perfecting the arrangements. The first is for building a railroad in West Virginia, along the Mononga- hela river, from Fairmount to Clarksburg, a distance of 35 miles. Traffic arrangements have been made with the Baltimore and Ohio. The second syndicate will control- and de- velop 50,000 acres of coal lands, along which runs the 9-foot vein of Pittsburg coke and gas coal. The railroad runs along the Monongahela river, and the coal property is near the railroad route. bers —_——__+e+_____ An Applicant for Charity. George W. Childs’ applicants for charity are almost endless in number, says the New York Sun, and the devices they resort to display an amount of ingenuity which, if directed toward honest labor, would probably win success. The other morning a man walked into Mr. Childs’ office, with his hair artistically disarranged and an appearance of long-drawn misery on his countenance. “Mr. Childs,” he said, shortly, and with an air of utter desperation, “I’m an embezzler and a thief.” apes me,” = the ee et looking over his spectacles ca! visitor. “My family,” continued the man, “will be disgraced and.I will be ruined for life unles can get 22,000 by 3.0’clock. Iam the cashier ofacertain bankin this city, as you would know if your, memory for faces is good, since we have met several times in the course of business arrangements.” Mr. Childs looked the man overcarefully and decided that he had never met him before. A relation of this fact did not seem to disturb the alleged cashier to any large extent. He poured out atorrent of eloquence, in which he pic- tured the awful disgrace which was about to fall upon his family, the misery which his ex- posure would entail on everybody, and wound up by saying that if the €2,600 were not forth- coming at once he would commit suicide. Mr. Childs said he was very sorry, but it would be impossible for him to assist his unknown appli- it. Then the man, after fully digesting the ct that he had failed, arose, and with a bitter smile left the room. It was one of the many schemes which the impecunious endeavor to work with the aged philanthropist. Senator Quay Down in Florida. Jacksonville Special to the New York Tribune, Jan. 26. A special from Sanford says that Senator Quay passed through there this forenoon, bound for the Indian river. Several attempts were made to interview him, but the doughty Pennsylvanian said that he had come to Florida to fish and hunt, and not to talk olitics, The party go to the lower part of Tadian river, on the east coast, and where the most famous hunting-grounds of the state are. As E. A. Gunby, the “original” Florida Harrison delegate, lives at Orlando, only twenty-two miles from Sanford, it is said that much curiosity was manifested when it was learned afterward that the Senator made many in- — about Gunby. Gunby and Jno. E. jartridge (democrat) are the two aspirants for the United States judgeship left vacant by the death of Judge Settle, and it is said that Gunby will be appointed. —————_+ee-______ A Needed Dining Reform. From the Boston Globe, There needs be a new fashion set in the matter of the important public banquets that crowd each other so closely at this time of the year. It is too much to ask of mortal man to sit through seven hours of continuous eating, drinking, smoking, and speech-making. Yet this marvelous feat of physical endurance is often attempted by large companies of other- wise rational men, and is actually performed by the heroic handful who stay till the last ora- gun is fired. Those brave men, for ex- who remained in the Vendome banquet hear the last speech at the Merchants’ attendance eight hours—i to midnight—without a break. sieges of eating and eloquence are byno means exceptional. The individual participants of these long- drawn-out occasions are. 'd to ible, and in large numbers the; fy’'the toate board be- fore speaking over; but what is will boldly inaugurate the reform of taking a short recess of, say, fifteen or twenty minutes in the middle of one of these eight-hour “feasts of "If the dinner begins at5 p.m. A the is intended to tast till mid- speaking int of fifteen minutes at 9 an aie al “a ut Ad f i i i E i E j : F i i : i fe i i i i 5 H | if i i if 1 fF F; z POPE LEO’S FAINTING FIT. Alarm at Rome Over His Depressed| The Physical Condition. ‘Rome Special to the N. ¥. Herald, Jan. 26. ‘The pope’s health is causing alarm. He has had « serious fit of unconsciousness, lasting over half an hour. The college of cardinals is Prepared for eventualities, Pope Lee XIII will, if he lives, enter his eightieth year in a few weeks. His arduous labors during the eleven years of his occupdtion of the papal chair have told severely upon his constitution, which was always frail. Throughout his life he has been a close student and during his res- idence in the vatican he has taken no exercise whatever beyond his daily walks in the gar- dens behind St. Peter's. Last year he cele- brated the jubilee of his elevation to the | sles nen He received thousands of visitors ‘rom all of the world, and was the re- cipient of many exceedingly valuable gifts, His health poet one in ap the year and during the three*mont has been worse, At several } wot, alarming rumors have been in circulation as to his health, but he has always rallied from his attacks of in tion. Pope Leo is a very light eater and sleeps very little. Most of his time, when not en- gaged in pontifical duties, is devoted to meditation and prayer. AFTER LEO—WwHO? The Philadelphia Times says: The news re- ceived by cable of the serious illness of Pope Leo XIII, is of grave importance. In the present disturbed state of European politics a = election just now would become of more ordinary moment. Leo XIII was elected to the papacy as a compromise. His predeces- Bae im ey —— the a oc ol Te! |, antagonize many 0! e mi powerful elements of the Roman Catholic eburch, the great Society of Jesus being amot their number. Leo, upon his election, change all this. His Policy has been vigorous yet con- ciliatory; he restored the Papal yop d to an importance which, considering the i- culties to be overcome, has been little less than marvelous. But he is an old man, and the hand of death is nearly upon him. Who will be his successor? Of the candidates prominently mentioned, Cardinal =a is at present the most for- midable. Ho is friendly both with the Italian jin and the foreign powers. Tho English man Catholics, since the lamentable mental affliction to their chief, Cardinal Howard, have no candidate of their race to offer, The ques- tion of an American cardinal being poe is too absurd to be considered. An Italian it must be, and a progressive Italian at that. In the case of a war between France and Italy, still further complications would arise. The eldest boae. ae! of the church for the time, would be in the position of an enemy, and the French cardinals, though at present fhe enough, could no longer be considered in the question. The Italians could never pormit a stranger, to say nothing of an enemy, to hold the keys of Peter. The same result would apply to the other outside nations of Euro) lowever, in the papacy, probably more than in any other institution, the old rule that the unexpected always happens has been long the fact, 80 William Walter to Succeed Edward J. New York Times’ London Cable, It is stated here on reliable authority that William Walter Phelps has written to a London friend to secure him a big house in Grosvenor square or the immediate neighborhood as a preliminary to his coming over as the Ameri- can minister. a aN John Bull Owns Up. THE AMERICAN GIRL 18 THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD. From the London Queen, The London Daily says it may fairly be acknowledged that the “American girl” is the girl of the period. What she may become in the future nobody can tell, At present her destiny seems superb. Her father finds silver, strikes oil, kills pigs by the million or raises corn by the square mile. She is pretty, can talk well, does not know what deference or diffidence means and enters Europe full of money. “If he but shakes a trave ing cloak, down our Appian roll the scudi,” said Mrs. Browning’s Roman of John . It is still truer of the little girl whom Uncle Sam does his best to spoil by unlimited tenderness and innumerable cheques. As a result of her beauty, her smartness or her wealth—some- times all combined—she has French nobles, Italian princes and English dukes at her feet, and can capture coronets at her will, Some- times, as Henry James and Mr. Howells point out, she is not so eager for these orna- ments as might be expected. For the truth must be told—ma: does not seem to the fair Americen what it still means to the ma- jority of English women. Whe' we call it a virtue or @ fault, she oan without it. French women, their berth Serops say, are not blameless as wives, but fect as mothers, Young American ladies of culture do not greatly desire, it is said, either to be wives or mothers, It is well, then, that they should come to lish soil to find out for themselves the attractive- ness of English nurseries and homes. They will learn here that no queen in society has so true a throne as the wife and mother who mixes love with rule; and even if in Yuture years the slender Yankee belle is hidden behind the ampler beauty of the English matron, we ma‘ still hear from her lips the wit and shrew ness, the acute accent, the intelligent and the rapid repartee that coun heal nal nationality, ——_——+e+____ The Kaiser and the Berlin Students. HE ACCUSES THEM OF IRRELIGION, IMMORALITY AND DANGEROUS POLITICAL LEANINGS, The celebration of the emperor’s birthday on Monday will be opened by the trumpeters of the guards, after reveille, playing a hymn from the cupola of the palace chapel. A salute of 101 guns will be fired at noon. The imperial family will attend service in the palace chapel in the morning and in the dom in the after- noon. Some of the students of the university proposed to e a torchlight procession, ut the emperor intimated that he did no} desire any public manifestation. A section of the students, irritated by remarks which the emperor recently addressed to Rector Geb- hardt, pro to hold a hostile demonstration in front of the palace, Prof. Gebhardt says that the emperor se- verely commented upon the immoral life of the students and thelr tendency toward irre- ligion, His majesty said that a ma; jority of the students professed sn gs trines, and were encouraged Oe. by democratic professors. He further complained that the growth of the Jewish element in the university was among the princij ents of the pro- (heed ds da. He finished by denouncing ‘© practice of duelling, saying, ‘Your students should frequent churches, rather than beer shops and fencing saloons. ' ‘is admonition staggered Prof. ver who does not appear to have been capable fergie the 28 The police have been warned. of the ontent among the students and are taking precautions to prevent their assembling near the palace, The Story of a Horse. From the Kingston Freeman. It is not often thata dealer in horses gets caught, but acase in point shows how a Rond- out dealer was brought up with around turn. A man named Goodwin, of Palenville, came to this city to purchase a horse, Entering » mart in Abel street, the following conversation took place: “T want to buy a horse.” “Good. I ha it kind of animal that will suit your nae “ The horse was ‘‘trotted” out, and the man He had purchased itin Montreal, Canada, four- teen years ago, At that time are of the horse was given as six years, Ho owned it twelve years and then sold it to a man who had it two thus maki uestions, er origi- i LA = At Liverpool, the striking seamen and fire- men, Saturday night, boarded the steamer Kan- loading for Boston, and dragged ashore eight men who refused to participate in the strike. Saturday a thousand strikers lined the quay and prevented men from cen vy Banoo attempted to do so, assaulting them and we ing their kits into the water. Shares of industrial concerns, especially iron and steel works, have experienced a boom on the German market on the strength of the re- port that the English and German steel rail- makers have renewed their convention. King Leopold, of Belgium, has created an African society of the Red Cross. The objects of the society are to succor the victims of war and epidemics and to aid African explorers, The king will make the society a personal pree- ent of a vast sanitarium for this , the site of which establishment will at some Point on the northwest coast of Africa. At an immense but orderly meeting of stu- dents at Pesth, Sunday, resolutions were adopted protesting against the army bill, and advocating the creation of a national army. Mr. Wm. O'Brien's solicitor has served the magistrates who tried his client with a notice requiring them to state the factsof the case for the opinion of the court of exchequer. Mr. O'Brien's movements are;still shrouded in m: tery. He eluded the police and addressed a meeting of 6,000 tenants of Baron DeFreyne, near Castlerea, but his present whereabouts are unknown. A demonstration was made by the radicals in | 0c! Rome, Sunday, to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Digione, The proceedings were orderly until one of the speakers alluded in offensive terms to King Humbert. This led toja conflict with the police, several of whom were injured. Fifteen persons were arrested. The Chicago and All-America baseball teams arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, Friday eveni and played a game Saturday afternoon. large crowd was present. The game was watched with intense interest, and the beauti- ful play of the teams was enthusiastically ap- plaude: Owing to want of time the game was called at the end of the fifth inning, the score then standing a tie, each team having made three runs. The players left on their homeward journey Saturday night. fora, Menten finn Glut in the Coal Market. TALK OF A GENERAL SUPPRESSION AT THE MINES. A Philadelphia special to the Baltimore American says: Talk of a general suspension of coal mining operations for a week is beginning to be heard among operators here. The market is glutted. On January 1 there were 652,000 tons of anthracite coal at tidewater points, the estimated stock now is 1,100,000 tons, the greatest amount on hand at one time in the history of the trade. This does not include the stock of the Delaware and Hudson canal com- any at Honesdale, which is quite large, nor 5 very considerable Ese! piled up at Buf- falo by the Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna and Reading companies. The production keeps w at the rate of 650,000 tons a week, but not haif of it is sold, the greater portion being thrown on the large and increasing piles at tidewater. It is pretty certain that small operators who have their capital locked up in unsalable coal will take advan’ f the first indication of a demand to unl at the best prices obtainable, leaving the large companies to get out as best they may. To prevent this ap) ntly inevita- ble break, officials of some of the large produc- ing companies are urging a general suspension ofa week at least to clear up the market. The Lehigh coal and navigation company will stop operations at most of its collieries next week, partly with this object in view and partly to make re Trade is everywhere reported as dull. Ves- eel freight rates to Boston have declined to 1.25 per ton, but there is little business for them. The contract for supplying 50,000 tons -of pea coal to the Philadelphia water works has been awarded to the Lehigh navigation com- it year. ie company newex on its four new colleries, and efforts illbe made to get them in operation some time this fall, eS An English Author’s Club. QUEER CROWD SEEN DAILY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM READING-ROOM, London Letter to the Boston Transcript. If the recognized men who have made their mark have no common place of resort there is still what might be fairly called an author's club, which meets daily for hard work in the reading-room of the British museum. Here you may see, any working day of the year, some three or four hundred scribes of all types, of all sorts and conditions, from the fashion- able editor of the Piccadilly Review to the last unlucky genius who has come to setthe Thames on fire, tt is the most democratic institution of the kind in the world, Hospital for poor poets and broken-down hack-writers; hunting ands for ‘ts and antiquarians and book- unters of whatever kind; refuge for Russian nihilists and Indian reformers, for theosophista, anarchists and incompatibles of every order— no such collection of men and women is to be seen elsewhere; it is the epitome, in a word, of literary London! Here are to be found no end of obscure geniuses at work on those endless magna opera which are some day to cast everything hitherto done into the shade. Here also are gradually taking form and substance those great reputations which in the next gen- eration will quite outshine the names popu- larly received to-day. Meanwhile some of these potential leaders of thought have a rather hard time of it. Be- hind the lines of desks which, under the great dome of the reading rooms, form the radii of the immense circle whose circumference is lined with books, many a poor student sustains his high ambitions @ half-starved body. Lucky for him that for ten hours every day the museum reading room, with its warmth and sufficient comfort, makes him a welcome est, whether he come in the garb of Philis- fi or of Bohemia, An some of the costumes seen there are decidedly o1 not to say melancholy. If it were not cruel one might sketch some strange figures—some somes, some very pathetic—from the motley, tre lobe, sit hour, JANUARY 28, 1889, Yet there are many conservative women. who never try new ideas; they wait until an article has become the standard in its line—“‘until it can crow.” To these ‘women we want to say that PEARLINB has reached that poi it i necessity in millions of homes throughout the land. INTELLIGENT WOMEN res modern soap—that it has no equal for ALL washing and cleaning = pi hat it effects a saving 4 time and eee ms doing away wit! ie worst 4 the rubbing it does away with the worst of the wear, and besides is absolutely harmless to fabric or hands. $ a “ ., Peddlers and some unscrupulous are Bewa T offering imitations which they claim to be Pearline, or “the same as Pearline.” IT'S FALSE— are not, and besides are dangerous. PEARLINE is never peddled, but sold by all good grocers, Manufactured only by JAMES PYLE, New York. AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEE": OF TWO POOL TABLES, WITH BALLS Racks. CUES, &c., &o. AUCTION SALES. — FUTURE DAYs. weiter B. WILLIAMS & ©0., Auctioneers, LACE CURTAINS AT AUCTION. On THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, at By virtue of a chattle deed of trust.dated 19th day of | ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. M., we shall onli the bnnete December, J 1864, and quly 1 Fecorged in liber No. 1108, stock remaining on ipaind ot ‘Lace ‘Curtains, E 3 ict of 0 and by direction of the party secured therety. f will | out reserve eer es NOU, and to be sold with- UM puvlic auction on MONDAY, “JaNvARY | ° “Terme cash, SENATE EIGHTH, 1889, at HALE-PasT FOUR WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, ‘reat coruer of th, un % aires borthwess teens | zest —_ a ty two J \UNOANSON BROG- Aecooseas— Tables, with Balls, Hacke and complete cut. J) UNCANSON BEROS., Auctioneers, fit appertaini: thereto, the gam, being more particu- oe — acca eaDy dig Soe fog deed | THCIAL, SALE OF. CHOCEERE, comrnrrea ‘erms y ENT ¢ xe x U x ee smears BEATS, CUPS AND SAUCERS, &., AT AUO- On THURSDAY MORN! ARY THIRTY. ee THIS EVENIX FIRST. commencing at TEN CLOCK. we will sel within our silesroout nd D sts. in jots to W wmuaiate 8 00- Anson, | Sees beeromientl eee GREAT SALE OF Boo! Term eed ing and con ns, cash, CANSON BROS., Auctioneers, STOCK GROCERIES, SUCH AS TEAS, COFFEES, 0 KS, commencing this even: tinuing till sold. “Books at private aule during the day — is sale is positive, to cover advances and freight, Th ‘This stock is rare and affords - - rARCH, SPICES, SOAP AND SOAPHINE, CAT= All up Four Ubrarjes at yourown price, POTTY ¥0 Ps, BHOOMS, WOODAEAR. SHOW CASE, netion, even 29 ; i. SEES crening 8 22-0t_ | on WEDNE ORNING, JANUARY THIR- TIETH, O'CLOOK, we will sell all the stock of < rogeriés, &c.; contained in store 2240 12TH STREET UNCANSON BROS., Auction AT aad mentioned above to which we invite TUESDAY MORNING, JANUA\ FA at our ae tg TeNococR Salesrooms, 9th and D streets northwest, REGULAN SALE s OF HOUSEHOLD. NITURI eseRReETS EtG Oe DUNCANSON BROS.. Aucta. ______ PROPOSALS. GEALED PROPOSALS W ‘ILL BE RECRIVED BY \ me, to be opened at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCI ine PARLOR, CHAMBEL. LIBRARY, DINTNG-RooM, | 8, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY FinST. 1880, AND OTHER FURNITURE, CARPETS, BIG. ° | S.5c0 in conuection with ths toening teorsuention ot . , President-elect Harrison ONE NEARLY NEW COUPE, 1. The privilege of the use of the various reserva- ‘iy ; dione fronting Pennsylvania avenue trom 1th street sTocK oF Mhocrntzs 10 the Capitol, and of erecting thereon or : ROCERIES, seats the stands to conform to all the requirements = TEA CADDIES, SCALFS. the Inspector of Buildings esto atrengtn, and to the requirements of the Commitice on Street Decors YEW TWO-STORY BRICK D’ Netue EAST NE: EAST CAP Lf STREET tion in connection with its task of street decoration On TUESDAY AFT: JANUARY TWENTY. | and toeffect no permancut damage to the trees oF NINTH, at FIVE 0% ‘We will sell, in front of | slirubbery, the stands to be removed before March 10, the preriises, and all damage, if any, to «rounds made good to the PART OF LOT 16, SQUARE 898, satisfaction of this Committee, Reservations to be bid fronting 22 feet 1144 inches on Sth street east,near East | for separately by numbers, as shown on plats at Capitol street, and improved by a new well-built two- | office, upon blanks prepared for that purpose wi Story and celiag brick dwelling, eight rooms, will be furnished Plats wiving the dimensions of the cual ‘Terms: One-half ; balance in six, twel a eighteen months; notes to bear interest and to be ser ng Will be shown at my office and any of trust on fe eiven that inay be desire nises sold, or allcash, at! 2. The exclusive privilege of selling flowers in the option of purchaftr. A deposit of $200 required at , Pension Office Building aud on that portion of the sure sale. Conveyancing, &c.. ot paranre cost Terms | rounding xrounds cou troied by this committee on the deg oy with in ten days, otherwise the rizht | evening of March 4 next. reserved to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting | Each bid Pirchaser after five days’ public notice of such re g,sum equal to tw : ewspaper pul im Washington, D.C. @ bid, to return ‘Abstract alown ale ‘The right to reject any or all bids or to waive defects jad UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, | is hereby r Hi rpaomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ 8. ALE. By of & of trust record 5, ~~ PTAN 1) ORG ra folio 464, ef nea. of the land records of the Disiacta} |__LANOS AND ORGANS. Columbia, and at'the written request of the holder of | = [oon 7 = the notes ‘secured thereby, we will sell on TU hsDAY. | MUSIC! PIANOS! @10N e23m, JANUARY TWENTY NINTH, at FIVE -OCLODy | I During recent repairs several NEW ULRIGRT P.M, in front of the premisea,'all those hieces sock | PIANOS became slightly Injured, We offer thetn ot cels Of land and premises known and kreatly reduced prices ob Uine or for can an abv. Scltinbias a lots Canoe aningioe ci rtyreicke | _3823-2m Music Store, 521 11th st, below F, (38), subdir of original lots num- = boven (77. fe). and three S),tn squareseventy- | Sa coens Sraray, Terms A deposit of three hundred (8300) l- lars at time of sale. Terme to be ceeptin DECKER BROS.. WEBER, FISCHER and ESTER with in ten (10) days, otherwise will be resold at the | PIANOS. Sold on accommodating terme aud for sent cost of em a Special attention called to our vew style 318-10t £ Be wineopeemtoe ESTEY ORGANS4 WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00., Mactioncors, INVESTORS, ATTENTION. Two hundred and four thousand (204,000) Extey organs have been made and sold. Everywhere the ferred organ for Home, Church, Chapel, and School stey organ for ®75. and examine, PEREMPTORY SALE OF NINE WELL-BUILT NEW SANDEKS & STAYMAN, TWO-STORY BRIO DWELTINGS ON BOLT at ‘ashington, D.O. SIDE OF PIERCE STREET, BETW} NORTH Baltimore, Md CAPITOL AND FIRST STREETS WEST. haomd, Va, rC) we se ‘ront of the prem- PU! r o£ EWHERE ¢ Hees tots 1.2, 3.4, 3, 87 Sand Bor Duty & Modis ay ay Fronting 126: toct*on' Ploste wteece, Wen Ria of a Pico maaan 2 street y a depth of c eb ‘s feet, to a 20-foot alley, and improved by nine two. ee ee ee Se eee, story brick d: each coutaining 6 rooms and Hall, water, Sewers. BBR, ERE Terms: One-fourth cash; balance in 1, 2, and 3 PE 3, notes to bear interest at 6 per cent per anuum Frou tay of msle and tet secured by deed bf trust on sold or all cash at option of purchaser. Jn- rest payable semi-annually. A deposit of fift 9) dollars will be required on each parvel on Say, of sale, se arerancing, &c., at cost of purchaser. If the terme Of sale are not complied with in ten (20) days from day of Sale the property will be resold at the risk and cost | «« of defaulting purchaser after five (S) dayw’ public uot E Hee of such eae in some bewspaper Published in n, aoe den ». C. =a! ibs WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucta. De BROS., Auctioneers. ‘RUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL EST. EE rchasers” is invited to thetr hed in designssof HIGH- Piahos for rent. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A lange assortment, comprising almost every well-known make in the country, in thorough repair, will be cloned out at low fieures. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered in prices and in terms. which will be arranged on EAS! MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS when SIMPROVED STREET red. ATE ON URTEE} x ‘i EXTENDED AND SPRING ‘81 NORTH- | ag WMT? etket tease, irtue of 8 deed of trust dated November 10th, ALLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS; SUPERB IN TONE; and duly recorded in liber 1348. folio 356, &c.. perfect in workmanship, elecant in styles; low in the land records of the District of Columbia, | price. Fine stock preparatory to the Holidays now open and at the request of the party secured thereby, I will | at 11 ¥th st. nw it L. SUMNER, Agen sct-tm sell at public auction in frontof the promises, THURS. | —————— Pas RPE ET BAY QepAne A, Sb DENTISTRY. m 7 ML. the uD x . fol Tea] estete in the co! on, Dis- unty of Wael wit: that tract or parcel of trict of Columbia, land on the north side Of Spring strect at the ni oint of union with 14th at. extended, being known as lots one, two, threo, twenty-two, twenty-three and. twenty-four, and AF Sy ria of lota fous to twenty-one inclusive, (except lots | Peers ‘Sunday. Extracoos ‘fice. Infirion ve and ten), and twenty adjoining lot ing for. | £X° ‘ ; merly part of ‘the Holmend estate, “Pleasant Pisina® | 0m October 1toJune 30. jai to be sold as per can be seen at the auc- | JR. STALL PARSONS, DENTIST, TI BT, COR: tioneer's. ner E nw. Filling. ‘a'specialty, Teeth extracted Terme: One-third cash: Balance in one, and two | without pain by pain-tiller applied to gums. Years in equal payments, with interest at 6 percent | cial tecth inserted, aching tecth saved.’ hours 6 to ranuunn payable annually, and to be ec 27 deed of truston the ¥,, 4 depoait of $100 will on, a: J)*k_ DURE DENTIST, 715 14TH NW. TRETH terms of sale are not complied with “! of sale. If the In ten days extracted without pain by aid of local srpbontion ay, of sale the property will bg resold at the risk and | prepared and used ouly by me. Teeth Giled, @1. Pur oost of fer ting party after five = public Rotice ~ — = 14-deds ©. M. ARMSTRONG, Trustee. THE ABOVE SALE 18 c-| Grand National Award of 16,600 francs. NED ON vm inclement Wwestber uae THURSDAY, aa JANUARY, A.D. 1889, at same hour C. M. ARMSTRONG, Trustee. DUNCANSON BROS.. Aucte. QUINA-LARO AN INVIGORATING TONIO, Ja25-aeas CONTAINING gener’ | PERUVIAN BARK, IRON, AND Fuwest | PURE CATALAN WINE. Phe ToEBERE | POUGERA & 00., Agents for the U.S, ine aprears of ——_ 20 NORTH WALEIAM 2 rem Poor, Foolish Men,