Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1889, Page 6

ANALOSTAN CLUB. THE NEW BOATHOUSE T0 BE ERECTED Sketch of the Organization--Its Successes and Disasters. With a name known all over the United States, with a hospitality that no disaster can subdue, with “grit” of the highest order, and with the best wishes of everybody, the Analos- tan boat club is going right ahead into a new existence, and. as soon as possible, into a new boathouse. The tribulations of the organiza- tion resulting from the June freshet are well known. but the previous history of the club is not as thoroughly understood as it will be when the following sketch has been read: On the 20th of June, 1868, Mr. Jno. W. Cor- son, then connected with the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., together with Messrs. Jos. T. Brown, W. P. Caldwell, H. C. Swain, W. M. Tenney, and Geo. D. Patten, all of whom were in the THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., SATURDAY. JULY 13, 1889—TWELVE PAGES, of “shell” rowing. It is for this reason that the club has kept out of the local regattas for the past two years, as there were not ¢1 rh men interested in “shell” rowing to ji the expense attendant on ente! ‘The ten dency always been to make social fea- ture nt, and the club has acquired an enviable reputation for its hospitality, having always a to throw open its doors to visiting clubs. They were the of the rep- resentative crews which came from the uni- versities of Cambridge and Dublin during the centennial year. WIPED OUT BY THE FRESHET. On the Ist day of June last the house,with all contents, was swept away by the tremendous freshet which prevailed at that time. The day of the disaster was the one on which the regu- lar meeting of the club was to have been held, anda number of the members were on the ground and witnessed the destruction of their property. It would have seemed that such ut- ter obliteration, not only of the house, but of all the accumulations of twenty years, would have meant the dissolution of the club. Be- fore the final collapse, however, a meeting had been called for the Monday evening following. ‘This meeting was largely attended, and a very decided spirit to maintain the organization and build another house was manifested. It took definite shape in the way of subscriptions to the amount of over $2,000 and the appoint- ment of a committee to devise ways and means to the end in view. The result of the delibera- THE NEW CLUB HOUSE. employ of the above named firm, met together with a view to forming a boatclub. The organ- ization was effected by the election of Mr. Patten president, Mr. Brown secretary, Mr. Caldwell treasurer, and Mr. Corson coxswain. Steps were at once taken to put the club on an active fodting. THE BARGE FALCON, which was obtained from the old Falcon club, whose history dated back to 1844, and whose | timbers seemed likely to stand the buffeting of many more years, was the first boat owned by the new club. After a short time a small boat house was erected on the spot where “Cumberland’s” now stands, being in fact part of his property, and the club started forth in its career. It was not very long before con- siderable additions were made to its member- ports were inaugurated. In 1871 ‘THE FIRST RACE of any importance in which the club partici- pated was rowed with the Potomac club of Georgetown. The Analostan’s crew consisted of Messrs. J. W. Corson, Major Marcellus Bai- ley, O. L. Prescott, W. Roach, Melville Gurley, and Richard Clark, with Samuel Lewis ascoxswain. The course was from the Aque- duct bridge to a point below Easby’s wharf and return, and the race resulted in an easy victory for the Analostans. In the course of five or six years it became evident tbat the house was not commodious enough for the members and the desirability ef more room began to be suggested. The club was not composed of wealthy young men, but under the able leadership of Mr. L. H. Stevens, at that time the president of the club, a start was made. disadvantages under which the new undertak- ing labored, it is stated, on the authority of s+ 2owm. BALCONY. Mr. Stevens. that there was not a dollar in the elub’s treasury when the new house was com- menced. The and aid from outside friends furnished enough to warrant going ahead, and im 1875 the club | moved to its new house, at the foot of New Hampshire avenue, where, until the Ist of June last, it stood forth a prominent feature of the landscape. A nival, arranged by ladies who were friends of the club, realized a very handsome amount. which was applied to fur- nishing the house. THE FIRST DECADE. During the first ten years of its existence the club was « very active participant in rowing events, both at home and abroad. It measured weapons twice with the Nassau club of New York. being victorious in the first race, which took place on the Harlem river, and yielding | the palm to their opponents in the return race, which occurred on the Potomac. They met the Undines of Baltimore on the home waters and came forth conquerers, but the tabies were turned when the second contest came off in Baltimore. Acertain ization from Norfolk called the Chesapeake club administered a thrashing to the Analostan boys on their own course, but there was no doubt in the minds of fair judges that the defeat was due to “rough water.” FOR PLEASURE ONLY, During the past few years the majority of the rowing men in the club have been content to use the pleasure boats, and leave to the few enthusiastic ones the more vigorous exercise ‘ip and the usual contests incident to aquatic | To indicate the | subscriptions from members | tions of that committee wasa decision to pur- | chase a lot and put up a new house, THE NEW BOAT HOUSE. The place selected is about one hundred SHORE ENTRANCE. | pbulden. BOAT ROOM. |! 45'X 70? INCLINE. FIRST FLOOR. yards north of the old site and is out of the line of current and drift, besides deriving pro- tection from the wharves, which extend be- yond to Rock creek. The plans for the new house have been prepared by Messrs, Horn- blower and Marshall, the latter gentleman an experienced oarsman and an old member of the club. The house will be carried on stone piles and will be a stoutly-framed structure, 45x79 feeton plan. The first floor will be 12 feet above low-water mark and will be the boat room, which will be divided into three aisles, each 15 feet wide. THE INTERIOR. The main stairs will be on the south side and will have a long gallery at the half-story height, from which the view will sweep the whole river, The second flight will lead up to a hallway in the second story, which divides the locker room from the assembly room, Over this hall- way and looking into the assembly room will be a musicians’ gallery, with store and jani- tor’s rooms on either side. The assembly room will be 20 feet wide and 45 feet long, with a balcony in front 16x45 feet. The locker room is arranged to obtain as full and free a circulation of air as possible. There will be a small lookout balcony and pilot house riding on the ridge of the main roof, from which a very extended prospect may be had and from which the club colors will be flown. The sides of the house will be weather- | boarded and the roof shingled, and the exte- rior wiil be stained, not painted. ‘The interior | will be wainscoted with yellow pine and cypress, finished in hard oil. The cost of the structure will be in the neighborhood of $6,000, It will be tue aim of the club to have their new | house built for stability and endurance. ‘The | club at present, while not having any shelter of | its own, is not entirely homeless. The Potomac } boat club has extended all the advantages of its handsome house to the Analostans, and ‘ lockers have been assigned to any of the mem- bers desiring them and boats placed at their disposal. RELICS. All that the club possesses in the way of relics is the boat-house key, which the janitor handed to one of the officers the morning after the dis- aster, a few old records and a boat belonging to one of the members, which happened to be in the hands of Mr. Cumberland at the time of the freshet, ‘There ix every prospect, however. that the | Opening of another season will see the Anslos- | tans ouce more afloat, and it is to be hoy | with a prosperous future before them. ‘The present program is to commence work on the erection of the club house early next week | and to have it completed and ready for occu- pation by September 1. he club regatta is down for the first week in October. The Funeral of Mrs. Tyler. The funeral of the late Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, the wife of ex-President Tyler, took place from St. Peter's cathedral at Richmond, Va., yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Governor | Lee and Judge Joseph Christian headed the honorary pall-bearers, which ineluded Mayor Eliison, Judges Fitzhugh, Wellford, Witt, and other prominent citizens. The coffin was pro- | fuseiy decorated with flowers. Father Charles E. Donohue of Fredericksburg velebrated the mass. ishop-elect Van de Vyver peformed absolution and read the prayers for the dead both in English and Latin, Father Van de Vyver also paid a beautiful tribute to the deceased. The requiem mass was sung by the choir ina very impressive manner. The re- mains were taken to Hollywood for interment by the side of her illustrious husband, and were followed by a long line of carriages filled with the relatives hue accompanied the remains to the grave, where he concluded the services. The proces- sion was one of the largest ever witnessed in Richmond. ———_ ee ____ At Wilmington, N. C., Col. L. C. Jones, superintendent of the Carolina Central rail- Foad. died of heart failure last night. Bill Hester, =o North Carolina mur- derer, wanted for killing another negro three months ago in » quarrel over a woman, has been arrested in Norfolk, Va. and citizens, Father Dono- | | He Was Bow-Legged. From the Chicago Tribune. | He had taken a vacant seat in the car by the | side of a lovely young girl with whom he had some acquaintance already, and whom he was | ardently desirious of impressing favorably. | Under the spell of his brilliant conversational | powers and the glance of his dark hazel eye the | tell-tale blush had risen to her cheek and bore | mute yet eloquent testimony to the progress | the presumptuous youth was making in her ' poet graces. Carelessly handing the train-boy | @ quarter of a dollar and requesting the worth of it in caramels he was about to resume the conversation that had been interrupted for the | moment, when he saw the flush die out of the young lady's face and a cold, indifferent, wearied look take its place, and he knew a | blight had fallen forever on his budding hopes. | what trifles hangs the destinies of two | human lives! As the boxes.of caramels were | lap they fell to the floor, | panion bad seen them fall and noted the | reason. “I can never marry a man,” herself, “as 1 ashe bows eis bs Mrs. Frank Gilbert Corner, Pa., was struck Sse tg t she had said to is.” . A BEAUTIFUL SPOT. The Camping Ground of District Mili- tia at Fort Washington. HOW THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THE SOLDIER BOYS—A BUSY SCENE— WHERE THE TENTS WILL BE PITCHED— BEAUTIFUL VIEW IN ALL DIRECTIONS, A year ago Fort Washington stood in lone- liness on the bluffs of the Potomac, garrisoned by an ordnance sergeant, with a light house keeper for company. The reservation sur- rounding it, lying between Swan and Piscata- qua creeks, was wild and thick with underbrush and trees—a wilderness traversed only by the squirrel and the cat-bird. To-day it is alive with busy workmen, noisy with hammers and the shouts of teamsters, the picture of activity. Its expanse of fields have been cleared and mowed, its roads straightened and levelled, its ferwes trimmed into saape. It fact it has been reclaimed to the world and is one of the most charming spots on the river shore. AS A CAMP. A week from next Monday it will be invaded by 1,300 or more men wearing the uniform of the District national guard, who will pitch their tents and go into camp after the manner of veterans, It was for this pi that the transformation was effected, and to this end that Gen. Albert Ordway, commanding the bri- gade, has labored day and night for nearly two months, He has succeeded in bringing order out of chaos and has proved that Providence has given the District guardsmen a camp ground within sight of Washington that is not surpassed anywhere in the country. Every- thing essential to the success of this, the first annual encampment of the guard, was at hand at the fort, Pat it required a considerable mount of contriving, planning and executing to turn the possibilities of the place into facts, A VISIT TO THE PROSPECTIVE ENCAMPMENT. Yesterday morning Gen, Ordway, Major A. L, Cranford and a Star reporter boarded the steamer Corcoran and were landed at Fort Washington an hour and a quarter later. They went down to make a survey of the field, to note the improvements, and to see that things were going on smoothly. They were met at the whatt by the garrison of the fort, com- posed of Sergeant Joyce, who has worn Uncle Sam's colors for twenty-nine years. He has been incharge of the heretofore abandoned work fora number of years, and during the reparations for the encampment has been of incalculable service to Gen. Ordway in direct- ing the work at the fort. The wharf was covered with materials of all description—boxes, barrels, lumber, tent floors, tent poles, bundles of tents, bales of straw—a nondescript lot of freight that betokened the activity of the place. Wagons were hauling it, as fast as possible, up the road that wound up the steep side of the hill crowned by the sullen walls of the fort that scowled down on the bus- tle with an air of protest at being disturbed after so longa rest. The road was stony. and sandy, the wagon wheels sinking deep, but, the general explained, it had been improved beyond measure, It was undoubtedly a perfect terror of aroad before the invasion, A stop was made to admire a magnificent elm tree, fully 12 feet in circumference, that spread out over the ground for yards around—a perfect giant. This tree, said Sergeant Joyce, was one of the two that were spared on the river side of the reservation when the slopes were cleared in war times to permit the aiming of the guns in the fort. It has the reputation of being the largest tree of the kihd in the county. Pushing upward the sergeant pointed out some ditches he had caused to be dug along- side of the road to prevent washing by the rain, and in another minute the party had reached the summit of the plateau, fully 90 feet above the river. Here the road divided, the more beaten part turning to the left into the reserva- tion and a grassy path leading to the right under the shade of one of the stone ramparts of the fort. The general halted a minute to give a direction or two as to the manner of lay- ing a pipe that is to be connected to the fish commission's pumping engine on the wharf and thus force water in abundance to the camp. This water is drawn from the center of the river, away down deep, and is cool and fresh, UNDER THE RAMPARTS of the fort the heat of the sun was somewhat | diminished, and when the party passed over the bridge through the main arch into the fort inclosure the air was delightfully cool for a | minute, This arch is imposing in its decayed beauty. Its doric columns seem to be trying to keep upa semblance of respectability ‘and its keystone is making a noble effort to remain upright, while the yellow foxglove clambers over and around the green stones in mocking freedom, The dry moat is green and peaceful, The walls are pathetically crumbled «nd half- hidden from “sight. The bridge leading over the ditch is strong and modern, in rather sharp contrast to its surroundings, It was re- cently built there to replace the old draw bridge that had done duty almost ever since the fort was erected, a back near the beginning of the century. The doors heavy, thick, studded with bolts, are swang bzek into the walls, but half hiding the enormous wheels and chains that formerly were used to raise and lower the bridge. High above the arched roof of the entrance is growing green with mold, and from the other end comes a burst of sunlight that almost blinds. Leyond through this vista was heard the banging of hammers, and the throng of workmen was seen erecting some skeleton-like structures. Before reaching the other arch, however. the sergeant led the way off to the right through a doorway into a room littered with fallen plaster. “This was the guard room,” he said, “and here the dungeons,” pointing through one of two half-opened doors that looked into dark- — “This will be all cleaned up next week.” THE MESS HALLS. In the bright sun outside a score or more of men were busy with tools and muscles, build- ing three leng sheds without sides, These. it was explained, were the mess halls, where the brigade, three times each day, will’ march and eat with a military appetite. "Two long hails will accommodate the two regiments, a short one on the side of the inclosure next the river wall the seventh and eighth battalions, and an- other, yet to be built, running across the ends of the others, the commissioned officers. The kitchens will be located in a long brick b ing in a tolerable state of repair, in the southeast ‘corner of the inclosure. It will give room for three large ranges that ha’ the camp. ‘The culinary department will be im charge of Caterer Le Mour of this city, who wil eaves corps of experienced cooks to handle the frying pans and roasting spits. The food will be first laid on a line of tables on the porch of the kitchen house, where the mea ‘detailed from the companies as waiters will go for it. They will carry it across the short yard to the mess halls and there distribute it to their hungry comrades, THE MAMMOTIL REFRIGERATOR, Down among some overhanging peach trees, under the walls of the fort, isa brick cgvern, known in military parlance as «casemate, This will be used as @ refrigerator room and store house. Its roof is formed of groined arches, white and sparkling with stalactites, The air is damp and cool, and the place is roomy enough to hold a company of men. Two small windows give light. It is an ideal ice house, but itis guarded only by a rotten door, haif ly A sentinel will be posted there at night ep off foragers from the camp. A BEAUTIFUL VIEW, From the walls of the fort a magnificent view isto be had. To the southwest stretches the Potomac, still and smooth as glass, with Mt, Vernon just visible and Marshal! Hall showing to | thrown by the train-boy on the foung man's ‘former use ie evidenced by an_ ol and hi com- on the last turn. Standing on the walls on the other side one can jook straight up stream to the . The monument is in plain sight, 12 | will be calle been bought for: 7 My Across the way is the old manor house of the place, of uncertain age, but known to have been bought by the government in 1803, It is to be at least a hundred years old. ee ea aks a "8 juarters, mess room en. room, and also a latticed : le can be set when in- doors eating becomes unbearable. The office is neatly carpeted and furnished with desks and pon a this being done by the fish commis- sion, Here Col. Lemly will sit during the day and transact the business which is sure to fi in quantity upon him. On the porch—a dozen feet square—the Virginia creeper and the fox- love have established themselves, while ts buzz about unceasingly Off to the left, on the edge of the great bluff, is the home of the sergeant, whose family keeps him from being lonely in his vigil. CAMP OF THE FIRST REGIMENT. This part of the grounds will be kept sacred from the public, who will be forced to go by the hospital tents up the road a few rods, where they will come to an open plain on the left hand side between the road and the river white with tents, Yesterday it was brown with dried grass, and extended over to the bluff, from which a pretty view up the river is ob- tained, This will be the camp of the first regi- ment. The tents of Col. Moore and his aides will be near the bluff, facing the road. In front of them will be the tents of the battalion officers, and in front of them in turn the com- pany officers. Then will come the tents of the command arranged by companies in streets, Each company will occupy two lines of tents facing each other, running at right angles to the road. The color line will be at the rear of the camp, looking from the bluff inward, HEADQUARTERS’ CAMP. A growth of trees and brush comes out to the edge of the road and hides the headquarters camp, which is located on the next clearing, running out on a point, also provided with a grand sight up the river. The arrangement ere will be about the same as in the Ist regi- ment camp, with Gen. Ordway near the bluff end of the clearing, and his staff in tents ar- ranged in two lines running down toward the toad. Here the “streeta” sill be 60 feet wide, and at its end, opposite the headquarters’ tent will be the flag staf. FOR THE SECOND REGIMENT. Beyond a cluster of buildings lies the third plain, to be occupied by the 2d regiment and the cavalry and artillery compames, with stables in the woods for their horses, The 7th and 8th battalions will occupy a beautiful field across the road, directly opposite headquarters’ camp. ‘THE DRILL GROUND is in a long field, almost level, across the road- way and extending up almost to the end of the reservation. It has been made by dint of hard labor, for this spring it was a forest of fir trees, which have been cut down and grubbed ont until the field is as smooth as a garden plat. Here the entire brigade can be formed in line aud maneuvered, the field being nearly half a mile long by half as wide, On the river side of the road is a smaller field where the cavalry and artillery troops. will be given their drills, OPENING THE ENCAMPMENT. Monday morning, July 22, ut 10 o'clock, the national guard will leave the 7th street wharf on the steamer Moseley, and will arrive at Fort Washington an hour and a half later. As fast as the companies can be landed they will be marched up to the camp ground, into their proper place, where they will find their tent floors laid im position, They will then stack arms in the company streets and pitch the tents that will lie by the floors. They will have until 1 o'clock to get things in shape, and at that hour the dinner horn will sound. After dinner, to which they will march to music, they will go back to their camps and then wili be given their bed sacks and will fill them from the straw piles. The entire afternoon will be taken up in putting the camp in order, and no visitors will be allowed to land that day. Thenceforth THE DAILY ROUTINE of camp life will be something like this: Reveille, or get-up call, at 6 o'clock, when the men will be at work for an hour cleaning up camp, sweeping out the streets, hanging up blankets, &c. At7 the breakfast call will blow, and at 8 guard-mount will take place. Drill d at 9, and then there will bea battalion drill for two hours. From 11 to 1 the men will be et hberty, and at that hour dinner will be served. After dinner there will be nothing to do until 2:30, when each company will have an hour’s drill. Rest comes again until 6 o'clock, when the brigade will march to the plains for a dress parade. Retreat call will be the signal for the evening gun and the lowering of the flag. and the brigade will in a few minutes march back into camp. Supper will come at 7, and then until 10 o’clock the men are free again, Tattoo sounds at 10, when all visitors must leave the reservation and the men must go to bed. Taps, at 10:50, is for all lights to be extinguish ind from then until 6 the next morning the stillness will be broken y nothing save the challenges of the sentries back and forth, the song of the crickets, and the groaning of the frogs. ON SUNDAY both drills will be omitted. For the morning drill the Sunday morning inspection will be substituted, and instead of the afternoon drill church service will be held on the plain. Vis- itors will be allowed to visit the camp each day after Monday after 2 o'clock. Op Monda. no outsiders can enter the camp, and on other days no boats but the regulurly touching steamers can land until 2 o'clock. “On Sunday visitors will be allowed all day jong, but on the next day, when camp is to be broken, none can enter, “The fare is fixed at 25 cents for the round trip at the utmost, and the steam- boat people are to pay to the brigade 5 cents for each person landed at the fort’ during the encampment, ‘There are to be no “all-day pic nies,” and those who visit the camp will be kept in certain places andout of others, No one will be allowed to enter the fort, for the processs of muking and distributi meals a day to 1,300 men would other seriously hindered by the crowd, GUARD DUTY, One of the important featares of the camp will be the instruction in guard duty. It is so planned that every man will have one day at thix sort of soldiering. The daily detail will consist of one company from each regiment for interior guard duty, and one other company for exterior duty around the reservation. E. man will serve ‘twenty-four hours in of two hours on and four hours off. During the latter period he will have to remain in or at the guard tents, and wiil not be allowed to | ¢ Each morning at | ¢ return to his camp tent. guard-mount the adjutant will sclect two of the most soldierly-looking men from the de- tail, those with the best bearing and the best- kept equipments, and will put tzem on duty for the day as orderlies at headquarters, A few of the companies will be given skir- mish drills, which is conducted by means of whistle signals, The ticlds and woods of the reservation will afford ample opportunity for this sort of work. Only those companies that are sufficiently iar advanced in the school of the company will be put on skirmish drill, For the purpose of this drill Gen. Ordway bas printed a code of whistle signals to be given to each man on this work. He has also prepared, among other pieces of camp literature, a manual of guard mounting, which will be of great value to the men in this drill, One who sees the camp ground cannot but feel that it was made for the special purpose of accommodating the guard for a week. It ix high, free from river influences, has good water, and is so situated that the camps are located on separate plateaus, there being a natural division between each. It is near miles away, slim, white, spectral. For fully 15 miles the eye cau travel unmolested, sweeping over the horizon upon one of the finest views in the vicinity of Washington. A FUTURE RIPLE RANGE. Back again up the dusty road went the ex- plorers, stopping now to look down into a deep ravine filled with trees, which Gen, Ordway proposes to clear by another year for a rifle range. It will give a thousand yards’ swing, with a bluff for a butt into which to shoot, Just ahead is a long building in semi-decay, woft bricks, tilted window » crumbiing door- steps, uneven floors. This will be made into a post trader's store, where smail merchandise can be bought. a the decision of the President, however, there will be no li- uors, beer, or wine sold on reservation. The siro drink to be bought will be soda water and lemo: a Next to the store stands a small, unpreten- tious ‘shanty that will be used as a quarter- master’s storehouse. Its floor is wavy, and its pulpit-desk at one end onarostrum, => ——~ COMMISSARY AND MEDICAL, Just to the left, towards the river, is a clump of neat houses, four in number. On a small enough and yet far enough from the fort for convenience jn going to and from meals. It possesses certain features that make it easy to guard, and, in fact, if laid out bya landscape gardener, could uot be improved for military purposes, Gen. Ordway expects that by next year the ground will be in such shape that he can lay claim to one of the very best camp grounds in America. Solicited Political Assessments. As a result of Inspector Edgerton’s investiga- tion of the post office at New Haven, Conn., Henry M. Cummings, a carrier, was arrested yesterday, charged with soliciting political as- sesements, ————-tee. Shooting Match at Wimbledon. In the shooting at Wimbledon yesterday Ogg, Canadian, won first prize in the Windmill con- test, witha score of 68. In the St. George's contest Rogers, Weston, and Armstrong, Cana- dians, won money prizes, In the Steward con- test, sevea shots at 200 yards’ standing, Masea- REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The March of Improvements Contin- ues In Spite of the Hot Weather. BUILDING UP THE CASINO PROPERTY—THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL—THE RETIREMENT OF MR. CLUSS FROM ACTIVE BUSI- ‘NESS—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. A feature of Washington architecture that is apt to be gratefully appreciated at this season of the year is the wide window openings in pri- vate residences. Whatever other failings the houses in the city may have, they are, with rare exceptions, provided with good big win- dows. During the warm weather life is made more agreeable, not to say endur- able, by this provision for securing a fall circulation of air through the house. Of course, it is not claimed that large windows, or, in fact, any kind of windows, are calculated to create a current of air. They sim- ply invite and facilitate the progress of any stray breezes that may be floating around in the heated atmosphere and coax them, as it were, into the houses, It is probable that if the com- fort of the residents during the summer season was the only object in having wide windows that architects would not so gencrally intro- duce them in their designs. The fact is that good, generous openings add very much to the architectural richness and effect of a house, and ee are not averse to producing such resu. A WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT. The retirement of Mr. Adolph Cluss from the active practice of his profession as architect in this city removes the last representative of his profession who was active in building up the city in the first years after the close of the war. There used to be a good deal said about “the new Washington.” By that phrase was meant the beginning of the era of improvements which lifted the city out of the mud and dust of a country village and established it broadly and firmly upon the foundations of the stately national capital which is now the “admiration of all visitors. Mr. Cluss with Mr. Plowman and others were the architects of the buildings erected during the early years, and the services and skiil of Mr, Cluss'have been in demand down to the resent time, He has just completed the fine building for the Army Medical museum, Which adjoins the National museum building” also one of his designs. He designed and built the Agricultural department building. the Center market building, the Franklin school building and the other large school buildings of that period. Ho was the architect of the row of fine stone residences on Farra- gut square built by ex-Governor Shepherd, and in later years he had charge ot the reconstruction of the patent office build- ing after the fire in 1877. ir. Cluss has had the fortune to be identified with the material development of the city in the beginning of the new period. and tobe an active participant in the growth and prosperity which still con- tinue. In his new position as inspector of the buildings erected by the government he may be expected to be as active and faithful as he was during his professional career. IMPROVING THE CASINO PROPERTY, Mr. James G. Hill, the architect, is prepar- ing plans for the erection of seven handsome stores on the west side of Connecticut avenue between K and L streets. This improvement will be made by Mr. W. B. Noble. who recently purchased the ground which is known as the Casino property. The ground has a frontage of 155 feet and contains some 20,000 square feet. During the past few years it has changed hands several times and the prices obtained show how property has gradually advanced in that local- ity. In the year 1883 it was purchased by the ‘ino company, who paid for it 349.000. They held it until last summer, when, having aban- doned the original design of building a casino and theater, it was sold to James M. Johnston, trustee, for 260.000. The price paid by Mr. Noble was $90,000, CONNECTICUT AVENUE AS A BUSINESS STREET, ‘The erection of stores on this site is a con- tinuation of the movement which is gradually transforming the. west side of Connecticut avenue, between K and M streets, into a busi- ness str A number of stores have been built there recently, and several owners of property are making improvements of a similar character, The residence of the late Mr. Spald- ing hus been remodeled for store purposes, The old building at the northwest corner of Connecticut avenue and L street, occupied by the drug store of Mr. John Drew. is being enlarged aud improved. Immediately north of the drug store two small store buildings are being erected by Messrs, Dulaney and Whiting. A lot owned by Mr. Wm. F, Mattingly on the same side of Connecticut avenue is being im- proved by a store building, A NEW CEMETERY. The suburban subdivision made by Mr. Bar- ker on the Virginia side of the Potomac north of the new bridge, is being laid out by Mr, Her- man leas a cemetery. ‘The property was kno Ivauwold, and it was the intention of the first jsbotlec to sell it off as building lots. it was, however, purchased by a number of gentlemen who iiave formed an incorporation as a cemetery company, and they intend to start a new cemetery. The location is believed to be a favorable one and a driveway is being made which will follow the ridge of the high hill overlooking the river, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS, Mr. John W. Thompson is having built two large store buildings on the west side of 12th street between F and G streets northwest. The store will have a frontage of twenty-five feet and will be three stories high. The work is in charge of Mr. John MeGregor, the builder, On the opposite side of 12th street Mr. John KL McLeaa is erecting a store building whic is the case with the buildings eree y Mr. 1bompson, will take the place of dwelling houses, Changes of this kind are constantly beiug made on the cross streets near F street, THE EMERGENCY MOSPITAL, Mr. 'T. F, Schneider, architcet, is preparing pl is to be built on the corner of 15th street and enne northwest. The building and is very much 12th street, near F, is small and iladapted for the purpose, It is the intention of the boaml of directors to erect a buiiding that will accommodate the wants of the city for years to come. The building will front 100 feet on Ohio avenue, 100 feet on Dstreet, and at the point wili be 30 feet and wross the rear end about 69 feet. It will be ‘| three stories high and w containing heating room, celis for ined! 1 have a basement rgue, rooms or aundry, kitchen, vous 40 feet square, a Ze operating rooms, rooms, Inbora‘ory, registration room, The second floor will be about the same as the first. The third floor will contain two large wards, staff rooms, matrous’ and nurses’ rooms, &c. A wide platform staircase raus from top to bottom, and there will also be anelevator. The exterior will be treated plainly, but will be substantial in effect. It will be in the Roman- esque style of architecture and wiil have a steep slate roof. THE SUBDIVISION OF WCODSIDE. Asyndjcate represented by B. F. Leighton has purchased from Mrs, Laura C. Wilson one hundred acres of land at Fenwick Sta- tion, near Silver Spring, on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad. It is the intention of the new owners, who are men of means and enterprise, to make a sub- division of the land into building sites. Streets will be laid out and other improvements will be made, The new place is to have the attrac- tive name of Woodside, and itis expected by the projectors, many of whom were interested in Brookland, that there will be a great demand for building lots. A new station building is promised by the railroad authorities and the residents will be given all the facilities which are expected but not always obtamed in the suburbs, SENATOR M'MILLAN’S HOME, " Senator McMillan of Minnesota will have a handsome residence in this city, He is now the owner of the fine house on Vermont nx for the new Emergency hospital, which | first floor will be | ¥ and oriel window of side. The interior — be finished in ing three one-story stores, fronting on 12th street, adjacent thereto. — eee THE NEW STATES. Proceedings in the Various Constitu- tional Conventions Yesterday. The committee on judiciary of the North Dakota constitutional convention, now in ses- sion at Bismarck, had a long session yesterday, and trouble was developed between the district and county courts, and it resolves itself into a fight on the part of would-be judicial lights for the emoluments of the offices. If there are si or more district judges, and also county judges, the latter will receive fees which the former would like to retain, because of the necessarily limited work of the district judges. When the convention assembled in the after- noon the motion to authorize the joint commis- sion in charge of the division of the assets and liabilities of the territory and to settle tempo- rarily the boundary-line between North and South Dakota was taken up and carried. M. N. Johnson offered the following article for the new constitution: ommon carriers shall convey all troops of the state militia when on duty and all officers of the military, executive, legislative and judi- cial departments of the state government when traveling on official business at a uniform rate of not to exceed one cent per mile, to be paid out of the treasury as provided by law.” Mr. Griggs presented a series of clauses re- lating to the organization of counties. resolution was adopted instructing the ju- diciary committee to inquire whether the con- vention has power to provide for the taxation of the road-bed and rolling-stock of the North- ern Pacific railroad, which by virtue of its charter is exempt from taxation, The tem- perance committee practically stands pledged to submit a prohibition amendment to a pop’ lar vote, a majority of the delegates being in- structed to that effect. This settles the tem- perance legislation of the convention and the committee will probably make its first report on Monda SOUTH DAKOTA. At Sioux Falls, South Dakota, yesterday, about three-fourths of the-delegates met and adjourned after a half-hour session. The only feature of the proceedings was the effort to re- consider the action of the convention Thurs- day regarding the memorial to the President askiag the withholding of patents to claimants who have placed mineral filings upon school lands in the agricultural districts adjacent to the larger towns and cities. The motion to re- consider was tabled by a vote which indicated absence or change of heart on the part of quite a number of the opponents of the memorial, A report was expected from the committee on legislative and judicial apportionment, but none was made, the committee not being ready to report on the judicial apportionment. It is understood that an agreement has been reached by the committee as to the legislative appor- tionment, which provides for one member of the Senate for every 1,800 votes and one repre- sentative for every 800 voters or fraction thereof. This will increase tho number of senators from 33. as provided for at present, to 42, and the number of representatives from 98 to ‘THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION, In the convention at Olympia, W. T., yester- day a large number of petitions and resolu- lutions were introduced. Among them was one signed by 594 men and 415 women in favor of woman suffrage. All were appropriately re- ferred. The remainder of the session was con- sumed in discussion of the report on committee rules. IDAHO ANXIOUS FOR STATEHOOD, The convention to frame a constitution for the admission of Idaho, which has been in ses- sion at Boise City for a week, finds its chief difticulty upon the question of suffrage. The Mormons formerly held the balance of power, throwing their vote to the party they thought was most available for thei uses. Five years ago the passage of the test oath cut them off. Its constitutionality has been tested in the courts and sustained. As a last resort, hun- dreds of the Mormons withdrew from the church last fall, The fact that the Mormons are colonizing portions of Idaho makes this such a dangerous element that the republicans and anti-Mormon democrats of the convention insist that they must be shorn of their power to | do evil by having sufficient safeguard in a con- | stitution. This question will come up in the convention to-day and will excite a lively dis- cussion. Woman suffrage, prohibition, gov- | Se and trusts will aiso be con- sidere —-eoe The French Impeachment Motion, When M. La Martiniere offered his motion in the chamber of deputies last even- ing looking to the impeachment of M. Con- stans Premier Tirard said he could with diffi- culty restrain his indignation at the monstrous charge made against one of his colleagues. Since he entered the cabinet he had seen no document that justified the present proceed- It was the tom in Indo-China to make If the charge of corruption and dis- y was based upon the acceptance of pres- ents the same charge might be made against him- self, as he had recently accepted a present, His sole reply to the motion was to move the prevjous question, M. La Martiniere—“In that case the country will judge for itself.” M. ‘Sirard said that in spite of the efforts of slanderers the government knew how to fulfill | its mandates and tu maintain order. = - A Bloodless Duel. M. Thomson, member of the French cham- ber of deputies for the department of Constan- tine, Algeria, became involved in a quarrel yes- ings. Laur, member for the department of Loire, and struck him. M. Laur challenged M. Thom- son to fight a di They fought last evening with pistols, ither was hit, coe Important Dispatch from the Czar. The Cologne Gazette gives prominence to a statement that the Russian war minister, who is staying at Vichy, has received a very im-! portant dispatch from the czar. The missive Was of such importance that it could not be in- ‘trusted to au ordinary military courier, but was delivered by an officer of the Russian guard, a relative of the war minister. , ser ~ Sea Trial of the Baltimore. The steel cruiser Baltimore returned to Cramp’s yard last evening after a satisfactory test of both speed and sea maneuvering. The rundown the river from the ship yard to the Brandywine light was made in five hours and thirty-six minutes, under natural draught, with a draught of water of 15 feet 2 inces forward and 19 feet 8 inches aft. The run out to sea was made yesterday morning on a sea trial of the engines. The course was due east from Cape Henlopen, the run lasting several hours. The engines averaged 19 knots on a develop- ment of 8,700-horse power. The test being phia to prepare for the official trial, The Bal- timore is required by contract to maintain 9,000-horse power for a four hours’ run, a F E Ei H F i EF i terday in the lobby of the chamber with M. | Will completed, the vessel was ordered to Philadel- | 719. 719. AT cost. With a view to making important changes in my ‘business, I will sell my eutire stock of EMBROIDERIES, LACES, DRESS TRIMMINGS, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEPS, BLACK, BLACK- AND-WHITE AND WHITE DRESS GOODS, COTTON AND GAUZE UNDERWEAR, PARA SOLS, UMBRELLAS, FANCY GOODS ad NO TIONS AT COST FOR CASH. We have on hand a large stock of seasonable and de sirable goods and beg to remind our customers that this is a rare opportunity to secury Siret-class goods at wholesale prices, which they should by all mean avail themselves of, £@. Davis, ‘719 Market Space, 29 Corner of Sth street northwest, Jvuws Lasspvren JULIUS LANSBURGH JULIUS LANSBURGB Must Close EVERY ROLL OF CARPET, EVERY PIECE OF FURNITURE, EVERY YARD OF UPHOLSTERY GOODS, BEFORE REMOVAL TO 13TH AND F STS. BEFORE REMOVAL TO 13TH AND F STS. BEFORE REMOVAL TO 13TH AND F STS. On MONDAY MORNING, July 8, we will commence to sell the entire stock of Carpets, Furniture, and Up- holstery Fabrics contained in the present stores, 315 ‘7th st. and 637 D st., before removal to our " HANDSOME NEW WAREROOMS, 13TH AND F sTs. WHAT WE OFFER. Parlor Suits covered in Silk Tapestries or Silk Mar- Dieized Plushes at $50.85 per Suit of 5 pieces, These Suits were covered from finest qualities of Silk Tapes- tries and Silk Pluses that we had left over from this spring's purchases and are really worth to aclose buyer $100. Sideboards that we sold for $60, now #40. Sideboards that we sold for #42, Sideboards that we sold for €35, now Sideboards that we sold for $30, now $18. CHAMBER SUITES. Chamber Suites that we sold for #150, now #115, Chamber Suites that we sold for $135 135, now 8100, Chamber Suites that we sold for €65, now 850. Chamber Suites that we sold for $50, now 8:38. Chamber Suites that we sold for #42, now #30. Chamber Suites that we sold for 835, now $24. CARPETS. CARPETS. Best Body Brussels that were @1.25, now 90e. Best Body Brussels that were 81.10, now 85e. Best Body Brussels that were $1, now 75c. Best Tapestry Brussels that were 81, now 65c. Best Tapestry Brussels that were Ric. now 550, Best All-Wool Incrains that were 75c., now S5e. Medium Quality Ingrains that were 65c.,now 450, STRAW MATTING. | STRAW MATTIN@ 500 Rolls Straw, 40 yards to the roll, at @4.00, 150 Kolls Seamless Matting, at $9.00. 125 Rolls Best Seamless Matting, at $12.00, MOSQUITO CANOPIES. Large-size White Canopies, $1.50. ik ee WINDOW SHADES. 1,500 Dado Shades, on Spring Rollers, at 33c. each. PORTIERES, LACE CURTAINS, PLUSHES, RAW SILKS, TAPESTRIES, BROCATELLES, VELOURS ‘and in fact our ENTIRE UPHOLSTERY STOCK. Prices Cut Nearly Oue-Half JULIUS LANSBURGH, 315 7th st. ow. 500 200 iy6 A Coxmgvariox Or Low Prices Ar Drvecists,. < UNDEK MASONIC TEMPLE, Jorver sth and F ste nw. CALLLEXAMINE OL RGooDs AND BECONVINCED, a MLESCRIPTIONS. Siege and chomicets ficen the anset st rugs and chemicals from Jom turers, We cheertully invite « careful inspection of this department by the physicians. ‘The best Triple Eatracts im bulk,.... é 5 . he. Porous Plasters, io Allcock" . > Gorman ‘Porous Plasters. 106. 20 Aver lis. 18 ; 2 2 ou Levuniue, lange size 100 or bull's Cough Syruy wn's Jam. Gane: Williaus’ damn. Carurs k's Soluble Carrick’ ie Food, Med. "soluble Food, large. Syruy Fellow's Syrup Hyporbosphites.— Williams’ Com. Syruy Hypophosphi Hoy Iitters, per Porte. Hostetter’s Bitters, Hood's Sarwaparia ods ead » ee oe BS SS SvHSlrssssuswUsseuUEulasosvevsLEsseLseELvwvss wyTer »