Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1889, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1889. Health avd Happiness come to all who persist ently use Ayer's Sarsaparilla This powertul alteative effects in the system schange that seems little short of miraculous, No medic'ne has been in such universal demand for yeara Gtve it s trial. “If any one suffering from general debility, ‘want of appetite, depression of spirite, and las- situde, will use Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, I am conf- Gent acure will result, for I have used it, and @peak from experience. It is by far the best gemedy I ever knew."—F. O. Loring, Brotkton. ‘Maca, AYER’S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, Masa Sold by all Druggists. Price, $1; six bottles, $5. feb20 WORTH 95 A BOTTLE. Tx Garson JOHANN HOFF'S MALT EXTRAOT EXTRACT OF MEAT. USE IT FOR SOUPS, SEEP TEA, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES. Genuine only with facsimile of Justus von Liebig’s SIGNATURE IN BLUE INK Across Label. Bold by Storekeopers, Grocers, and Druggista, LIEBIG’S EXTRACT OF MEAT CO., Ltd, 26-ta,th London, HERE ARE MANY FORMS OF NERVOUS DE- I 5 eld to carter's Iron “Ii Wass wins ure topahted with mesvous weakns Bight sweats, etc. should try them. To Mase Moser Suave In WE HAVE $50,000 WORTH OF LAST YEAR'S STOCK TO SELL AT LESS THAN COST. UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. In this department you will find every class of Fur- Biture Covering manufactured, from the cheapest Goods to the best. All kinds and styles of Heavy Cur- tains and Portieres, Fringes and all manner of Trim- mings, Lace Curtains of every make, from thecheapest Nottingham to the finest Brussels, Irish Point and Russian, All goods that were in stock January 1 in this department will be sold at 3334 per cent discount. CARPET DEPARTMENT. 1,050 yards Best Ingrain Carpets, 55c. per yard. 2,000 yards Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 450. per yard. 3,000 yards Best Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 70c. per yard. 750 yards Body Brussels Carpets, 80¢. per yard. 4,500 yards Best Body Brussels Carpets, $1.00 per yard. 900 yards Velvet Carpets, 80c. per yard. ‘2,500 yards Best Velvet Carpets, $1.00 per yard. 2,700 yards Best Moquette Carpets, $1.10 per yard FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. If you want tomake s paying investment this is your opportunity. Fine as well ascheap Furniture ofevery Kind snd class will be sold at from 25 to 50 percent Jess than regular prices. Why? Because the styles change twice s year and we are determined not to ex- Bibit the same styles two years in succession. MUST BE SOLD THIS MONTH All our Refrigerators, Water Coolers, Water Filters Baby Carriages, Tricycles, Bicycles, Velocipedes, Ham- mocks, Mosquito Canopies, Boats, Tents, Wire Win- dow Screens aud Doors, ‘Because we haven't room for them. Though our stock fs spread over nearly three acres of flooring there ian't room for the above enumerated stocks when the (gods for Fall arrive, and they are arriving every day. ‘WALL PAPER AND DECORATIONS. ‘We would call particular attention to this branch of our business, which we bave taken up within the last Year with renewed vigor and streugth. Our friends and customers of Biteen years ago will remember how we once Jed in this business, and we now propose to sur- Pass allour former efforts. Our aim and study is to Produce the best efforts for the least possible expense, nd we have been remarkably successful in the past few months. No one furnishing can afford to leave our ideas unnoticed. Our productious are the best and most original, and all work is doue with s guarantee of best workmanship, oe www wwww ew Ww ww CORNER 11TH AND F STS. N.W. WASHINTON, D. 0. Souerume New. LEATHEROID TRUNKS, ‘Very light in weight. STRONGER «nd MORE DURABLE than Bole Leather, and at HALF THE PRICE. Made and sold only at TOPHAM'S Trunk Factory, 1231 Pa. ave, 3722-3 ERSONS WHOSE OCCUPATION GIVES BUT little exercise are victiime of Torpid Liver and Con- Carter's Liver Pills will relieve you. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EBPPs’s cocoa BREAKFAST. laws which et ol | eet ‘application of the fine properties of weil- o Epps has prov! may be gradua.ly built ti) rh to Bist every tendency to diseese. “i of subtle maladies are floativs around uagenay to attack wher- Spel path te beck criesives wel “ortited wits fy -¥— Morti ted ES pees _— mer Geacte ea tm balt-pound tins xf ; which could 2d EDITION. Lats eras tv ‘Th St THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLES. Virginia Republicans Called Together by Gen. Mahone. BE 18 GREETED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AXD MAKES A GPEECH REVIEWING THE SISTORY OF THE PARTY FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS—A PRE- DICTION aS TO THE TICKET. Special Dispatch to Tue Evaxrxe BraR, hence, Va., Aug. 22.—At midnight of last night the morning dailies of this city were groping in darkness regarding Gen. Mahone’s designs on the governorship of the state, To an editorial of the Landmark, appearing in today’s issue, declaring that Mae hone will not accept the honor of standard bearer to his party, for reasons that appear to his friends to be un- surmountable and overwhelming there is ap- pended a postacript in these words: “Since the foregoing editorial was written we have re- ceived trustworthy advices that Gen. Mahone will accept the nomination.” The Stan's an- nouucement yesterday of his intention to do so, telegraphed some hours in advance even of his arrival in this city, was made by authority, and is, of course, correct, He will be renomiuated today by acclama- tion and with great enthusiasm. He will accept and then, with little or no opposition, Col. Campbell C. Slemp of Lee county will be made the nominee for lieutenant governor. He was acolonel in the confederate army and was a member of the state legislature for two terms. He is a strong man in the southwest Capt. Warren S. Lurty of Harrisburg will probably be selected for attorney general. ie also served in the confederate army and is a cousin of the renowned Stonewall J The aress of the ticket is confederate gray. It has the stars and bars of the major general, the colonel and the captain. Its politics are endorsed by Sherman and Quay. Itisthe best appearing republican convention that ever assembled in the state, and every indication POINTS TO HARMONY AND PEACE. Along conference was held last night be- tween Mahone and his lieutenants regarding the platform of the party. The trouble was as to what the party should declare about the state debt. ‘This still remains a difficult prob- lem, demanding consideration from every con- vention of both parties. ‘The democrats in the late great gathering at Richmond renewed their assurances of con- sideration for the Riddleberger bill and again indorsed it as a final and irre- vocable settlement of that matter. Ma- hone, who was never a readjuster at heart, has undertaken now to indicate in « faint kind of way through the republican platform that if given the bearer executive and legislative power he means that this question shall be settled satisfactorily and honorably to both debtor and creditor. This concession, however slight, will be al- most sure to send Riddleberger to the Demo- crats, Yost’s Valley Virginian, the leading Re- publican pay r of the State, will probably go in the same direction, but for reasons personal rather than political, COL, LAMB WILL PRESENT MAHONE’S NAME. It has just been arranged that Gen, Mahone shall be nominated by Col. Wm. Lamb of this city, Lamb was a soldier of conspicuous gal- lantry and known in Confederate war history as the Hero of Fort Fisher.” and eloquent speaker. He isa brilliant The metrical address of the late James Barron Hope recited a few years ago on the anniver- sary of the battle of the surviving bone’s convention. it will be by some other speaker. It is a stirrin, the Crater before Officers and men of Ma- brigade will be read to the If not recited by Col. Lamb roduction, full of praise of Mahone an lahone’s brigade. Many thousands of this address are to be printed MAHONE GREETED WITH CHEERS. Mahone, at the opening of the convention at noon today, was received with a great shout. It was oot th® ordinary cheering of many throats, but an enthusiasm that roared itself hoarse in man. He the aggressive and determined nature of his remarks, It is now evident that the tariff and state debt are to furnish the business materia) of the campaign, while the confederate color- ing of the nominees for the three state offices in controversy is to dissipate all fears of negro admiration surprised nd devotion to the even his friends by domination. The Convention Called Together. Coxvention Hair, Norroik, Va., Ang. 22.— When Chairman Mahone called the state re- publican convention to order at 12:30 this af- ternoon, the Academy of Music was filled to overfiowing with delegates, al- ternates and visitors, The air was intensely hot and close. At 12:25 o'clock the band struck up Dixie, and, amid uprorious applause, Gen. Mahone appeared upon the stage. Chairman Mahone introduced Rev. Vernon 1. Anson, who opened the convention with prayer. The chairman then addressed the convention, He held his address, which was in proof slips, in bis hands, referring to it occasion- ally to refresh bis memory. He said he returned to the convention the chairmanship which he had held since the Mozar: ball convention ten yearsago. He reviewed the history of the ghd since that time and made a sharp attack upon what he termed the unfair methods of the democratic party at the polla , He contended that neither men nor capital would seek the state so long as this condition of things lasted. He charged that the demo- cratic party had wasted the public money in foolish and vexatious litigation in matter of the poblie debt. He believed the thought- ful and best people of the state demanded that the state debt should be honorably settled. ‘The people of the state were not disposed to bear the burden of the present taxation when over twenty-five percent of the expenses of the government were unnecessary, At 12:50 o'clock the chairman introduced H. C. Wood of Scott county as temporary chairma: After the introduction and adoption of r Intions for the appointment of various com- mittees anda call of the roll the convention took a recess until 3 o'clock, ——_— THE QUARTETTE OF MURDERERS. They Will Take Farewell Leave of Their Friends Today. New York, Aug. 22.—The quartette of mur- derers, now confined in the Tombs awaiting ex- ecution tomorrow, will take farewell leave of their friends this afternoon. The Sisters of Merey will remain with them all day and two priests will give them religions consola- tion during the night, At 5 o'clock to- morrow morning mass will be celebrated in the chapel of the female prison. They will all die im the Catholic faith. The mass will consume one hour, and after it is over the men willreturn to their cage breskiast. Three- quarters of an hour later the execution will take place. enchant A FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION. Five Men Seriously and Perhaps Fatally injured. Scrantox, Pa., Aug. 22.—There was an ex- plosion of fire damp in the No. 2 colliery of the aware and Hudson canal company this morning about 10 o'clock, by which five men were seriously and perhaps fatally burned. The No. 2 colliery is situated about a half mile this side of Olyphant, and is one of the largest breakers operated by the Delaware and Hudson canal company. Yes- terday afternoon a portion of the mine caved in and this morning a gang of in to repair the damage. As the: where the cave-in occurred one lamps ignited the gas and a fearful explosion, foreman, and fully barn wi was the most burned he will not live. A SOLDIER’S MONUMENT. President Harrison Assists in Laying the Corner Stone. A GREAT DAY FOR INDIANAPOLIS—FIFTY THOUS- Inviaxaroxss, Inp., Aug. 22.—This, the day on which the corner stone of the great soldiers’ monument is to be laid, is one of the proudest in the history of the city, The fact 6 arrange- very ying will go ment are complete and e' Ly off according to program. ithe President held & public reception this morning from 10 until 12 in the parlors of the Denison. He was asmsted by Marshal Attorney General Miller and President nm an- nounced that he would speak at the corner stone laying. It had not been known whether he would do #0 or not. RISTORY OF THE MONUMENT. ‘The scheme for a monument to the soldiers and sailors of Indiana was originated by Mr. George J. Langsdale, editor of the Greencastle Indians) Q \) Banner, In 1875 at the meeting of the State editorial association in Indianapolis he presented bis pian, which was heartily indorsed and resulted ® reunion in October of the same year in In- dianspoiis of all the surviving soldiers andsailors in the state. At this reunion the work was fairly begun, the Indiana soldiers’ and sailors’ monument association being organized. The work of collecting funds was commenced, but the panic of 1876 P gy &@ stop to the work with only $1,000 in the treasury. In 1883 the work was again taken up and the associa- tion was incorporated under the law of the state, with Mr. Langedale as sident, The association after meeting with many reverses secured the passage of a bill by the legislature of 1896-87, appropriating $200,00 for the erection of the monument. This, with the $22,000 CONTRIBUTED BY THE @. A. BR. Enabled the committee to begin work in earnest. Advertisements for designs were made and on January 27, 1888, that of Bruno Semitz of Berlin was accepted. The contract for the main central foundation was let to Enos E. Hoge of Indianapolis, and ‘was put in during the summer of 1888, at a cost of $31,683.11. It is made of volitic stone from the Bomena quarries, Owen county. In December, 1888, the coutract for the erection of the main shaft and appendices of the monument was let to the Terre Haute stone company for $139,000, The contractors expect to finish the work of the first shaft or pedestal by November of this year and by the same month in 1890 will have their contract com- pleted and the monument ready for the orna- mentation, THE MONUMENT WILL BE BUILT of light gray volitic limestone from Stinesville, Ind., quarries, When completed it will be 268 feet high; the diameter of the ground to be oc~ eupiedis 192feet, On the north and south sides will be wide steps of stone seventy feet in length leading to the platform of the terrace, from which the interior is reached by big bronze doors, Above these doors will be large tableta with inscriptions commemorative of ithe part borne in the war by the different counties, and above the tablets is the inscrip- tion of dedication: ‘‘To Indians’s silent victors, by a grateful state.” the following articles will be deposited in the corner stone: Terrill's reports; G.A.R. re- ports, badges, ritual and roster; W.B.C. re« rts, badges, ritual and roster; 8. ley ctageta taigen jstumi’ acd rosters; the monumental reports and documents since January 1, 1888; photographs and plans for the monument; “Indiana in War,” in two volumes; Loyal Legion reports, first memorial serv- ice of the G.A.R.; reports of originial G. A R; minutes of legislature which passed the monument bill: Amerwan Tri- une, the State and city papers. The monument is being erected in Circle Park in the exact geographical center of the cit} and when completed will be the most magnifi- cent and imposing structure of the kind in America, ——_—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The New York Stock Market. The wi re the opening and closing prices of the Rew York Stock Market, as reported by’ special wire to Corson #ud Macartue: alu F street. ftow-s Haat Washington Stock Exchange. Following sre today’s quotations at close of regular call: ies -w eae: case ae Government Bonds—U. registered, 1273, bid, 1283; asked. District of Columbia Bonds—Per imp. 6s, 1891, coin, 100% bid, 107 asked. Per imp. 7s, 1401, cur" rency, 107 bid, 10834 asked. Market stocks, 78, 1892, currency, 108 bid. 20-year fund, 6s,18¥2,coin, 106 bid. 20-year fund, 6 p. c., 1598, coin, 111 ‘bid, 16 asked. 40-year fund, Ge, 1902, coin, 122 bid. Water stock. 78, 1901, currency. ' Funding cur rency, 3658, 11 121% bid, 125 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds—U.5. Electric Light bonds, 1st, 6s, 100 bid. U. 8. Electric Light bonds, 2d 6s, 9 bid, 90 asked. Washington and George- town Kailroad, 10-40 6s, 106 bid, 108 asked. Masonic Hall “Assoctation, 58, 1808, 108 bid, Washington Market company 1st mortgage, 6s, 110 bid. W ton Market company bonds. imp. 68, 120 bid. Inland and Seaboard Com- pany, 6, 1807, 75 asked. | Washington Light In- fantry first mortgage bonds, 6s, 1004, 101 bid. Washingwo Light Infantry’ bonds, 2¢ 7s, 1904, 80 bid. Washington “Gas Light Com: pany bonds, series A, tis, 122 bid. Washington Gas Light Company bonds, series B, 6s. 123 bid. National Bank Stocks — Bank of Washington, 390 bid. Bank of Republic, 230 bid, 235 asked: Metropolitan, 260 bid. Central, 225 bid. Second, ‘77 bid. Farmers and Mechanics, 181 bid, 190 asked. Citizens, 130 bid. Columbia, 145 bid! Railroad Stocks — Washington and Ceorgetown, 200 asked. Metropolitan, 131% bid, 140% asked. Columbia, 55 bid, 50 asked. Capitol and North O Street, 4” bid, 49% asked. Insurance Stocks—Firemens, 41 bid, Franklin, 42 bid. Metropolitan, 75 bid, 80 asked. tional Union, 1944 bid, 21 asked. A’lington, 170 bid. Corcoran, 65 bid, 70 asked. Columbia, 1536 bid, 16% asked. Ge man-American, 180 bid, 202 asked. Potomac, 92 bid, 100 asked. Kiggs, 8 bid, 9 asked. National Typographic, 30 bid. Aiergenthaler, 20 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks— Washington Gas, . 45 Georgetown Gas, 4735 bid, 8. Electric Light, 90% bid: tie Gun Carriage, ag ed. — Pennsylvania, 25 bid, 2735 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 8X bid, asked. American Graphophone Company, 20 bid, 21% asked. Miscellaneous Stocks—Washington Market Com- pany, 16 bid. Washington Brick Machine ‘ ompany, 280 bid. Great Falls Ice Company, 175 bid, 185 asked. Bull Kun Panorama, 24° bid, 20% asked. Real Estate Tide Insurance, bid, 125 asked. Columbia Title Insurance Com- ny, Gj bid, 8 asked. National Safe Deposit Company, 230 bid, 255 asked. Sacto mesa Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Aug. 22.— Cotton firm — mid- dling, 11%. | Flour, dull and lower—How. ard street and western super, 2.50a3.00; do. 1504.00; do. family, 4.10a4.60; City mille, 4.90a5.10: winter wheat patent, wheat tent, 5.5005.75; do. do. extra, 3.7504.00. Wheat— 1y;, No. 2, 82a82; 79; weak; pot, B23g; August, 82ya82%; September, 825;a82%; “Octo dor a; Decomber, S4yasen.” Corn—southern, steady and, drm: white, Cet Follow, 42a4 ; mixed, spot, 41%; August, 42 taked, September, 47% asked; Usiober. 43 ask a" lower — western white, 26%; Rye, quiet and firm, 50a @ to ‘choice fisoetl.ou- Pre ous steady, Bucer’ fra: tern packed, 10a12; creamery, 17318. arm, "Petroleum steady — refined, 7.15. western WHY MR. ROSS SIGHS. He Wants a Post Office Like the One He Saw in Boston. Postmaster Ross is just the least bit envious, He has seen the Boston post office and he san- not understand why there should be so many apparent differences and glaring disparities be- tween that establishment snd the one over which he presides. “That Boston office is a beauty,” said the postmaster this morning to = Sraz reporter; ‘‘it is as near perfection as any office can be. The entire working force is on the ground floor and from a gallery may be seen in full operation excellent one—all the money passes through the hands of but one man, the cashier. All the ee for the and the employes, are very convenient, and more than all, in my eyes, is the magnificent building in which they are housed. I and here Mr. Ross Sacer a oot Ge eae ci war “we suede aay cusp geotans nage ke D ene wa, office in this city sktoul be a model one in every respect, so that office officials from other cities could come , sit at our feet and learn, practically, how a post office should be conducted.” ———_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. MISCELLANEOUS, There was but one building it issued to- day: T, F. Schneider, agent, five brick dwell- » 1500 to 1508 Zist street northwest, $40,000, ief Clerk Rock of the engineer department has returned to the city and to his desk in the District building. The Commissioners have pardoned William Thomas, a prisoner in the workhouse, The District chemist bas the water porte thal wit the water's panable be would port while the water wor advise that it be not used. — The Commissioners have approved the find ings of the trial board in the case of Station Keeper W. J. Butler, who was fined @10 for gross neglect of duty. ‘ABLES ON THE BUILDING LINE. Dr. P. P. Wemer wrote to the Commissioners on Tuesday suggesti that the rule which prevents the building ‘of stables on the build- ing line be amended. The letter was referred to Ree Inspector Entwisle and he today made an adverse report on the request therein. ‘tor says that the contact of dw ani les is @ nuisance which should not be permitted. TO USE THE OLD ASPHALT. A good many people have been around the District building lately asking whether or not the Commissioners were going to lay the old- fashioned sidewalks on those streets which have been ordered to be improved under the eed Permit system. It has been defi- nitely settled that the material out of which these sidewalks will be manufactured is the asphalt which is now being plowed up on Pennsylvania avenue. Here- tofore there has been no method by which this compound could be used a second time, but now a machine is in suc cessful operation which will keep thoroughly mixed the Jime-dust, the sand and the liquid while it is being recooked. Work on these sidewalks will be commenced within a month from now. The ed brick surface will be torn up and a base of hydraulic — will be put in to receive the asphalt surface, ———_—_. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. DetarLep For Boarp Dutr.—Deputy Quar- termaster Gen. W. B. Hughes and Surgeon Dallas Bache have been detailed for duty as members of the army retiring board at — in place of Asst. Adj. Gen, Sam). Brecks an: Surgeon Thos. MeParlin (retired. ) Tue Fisa Commission.—The Fish Com- mission today received a telegram from the commander of the steamer Albatross stating that she had completed her repairs end would leave for Sheds Bay today. Her present address will be Astoria, Ore. The commis- sioner has received a letter from Commissioner McDonald, who has been away for some time, stating that he will be home Tuesday next. He left Duluth, Minn., today. Turnp Assistant PostMasTER GENERAL Hazen went to Philadelphia today on official business. Tur Horst Must Par.—The Treasury de- partment has informed an Ogdenburg, N. Y., man that there is no provision of law for the reimportation (without payment of duty) from Canada of horses } ares § imported with Posen Icappoirs taste hore might Selgin 8. are = as have Bec brought into the United States for racing purposes without payment of duty and under bond for racing purposes. AT COLONIAL BEACH, Sojourners at This Neighboring Resort and Their Pleasures. Correspondence of Tux EVENING Stan. Coxontat Bracn, Va., Aug. 21, 1889, After several months of uncertainty and con- stant change the weather has at last settled into astate that makes the summer resort man re- joice. hough the season was backward here at first there has been quite an influx of visitors for the past two weeks, ana if the weather only holds as at present the special efforts which are being made to have a greater number of visitors here during September than in any previous year will certainly be successful, Meeting the excursion boat is one of the im- portant features of the day here, and as the steamer slowly draws up to the wharf she always finds a crowd of gaily-dressed young People assembled to give her a fitting welcome. ‘There was a successful entertainmant at the Union Chapel church last evening in aid of that institution. It was under the direction of Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Breyton. ‘The pro- gram was a good one, and those who took part were all members of families well known in Washington. It includes a recitation, *Othel- lo’s defense,” by Mr. Laskey; a tableau, “Effie Dean's” by Miss Emma Hammond and Mr, Kelly; a vocal solo by Miss Annie McGowan, (so successfully rendered that she was obliged to repeat it); tableau, ‘The Dying Soldier,” Miss Bertie Wilson and Mr. J. E. Laskey; violin solo, Mr. Weaver, accompanied on the piano by Mr. Parsons; tableau, ‘The Devil Take It,” Mesers. J. Burger and ©. W. Ford; vocal solo, Miss Emma Hammond; tableau, ‘Chariotte Corday,” Miss Annie McGowan; song and dance in costume, Mr, Charles Lenman; tableau, ‘The Shoemaker,” Miss Addie Gensler and Mr, C. W. Ford; piano solo, Mr. Parsons; tableau, “The Finishing Touch,” Miss Bessie McGowan and W. Wiseman; piano duet, the Misses Moore; tableau, ‘Ihe Marble Heart,” Miss Emma Hammond, Miss Sallie Johnson and Miss Katie McGowan; tableau, “Americ: is Jennie Hammond. After the com the program refreahments were served, Prof. Alex. Melville Bell, upon his return from Europe, will again occupy his cottage here for the fall season. Mr. Geo. Wilson's health, which was some- what shattered by constant application to busi- ness, has greatly improved since his stay here. Mrs, Hammond’s extensive and beautiful lawn is daily occupied by the members of the F, C. O. tennis club. gayly attired in their blazers of red and white. The club is com a of the Misses Hammond, Miss Bertie Wleor Miss Adaio Gensler, Misses ilgGowan and ‘esurs, Wiseman, leman, Ke! jarme! Albert, Ford and Laskey. pe ~ The folly of allowing the small boy to have a “parlor” rifle was forcibly illustrated here some LAG ago, when a youthful cowboy, after trying a shot at most everything visible, succeeded in lodging a ball in the knee of the young man who was selling crabs on the wharf.” At first it was ee that nothing serious had hay ned, but when the doctor was summoned be found that the ball had lodged under the knee cap and advised that the unfortunate young man be sent to Washington, where he now lies at the Providence hospital, in it danger of losing his leg, if not his life. Among the recent arrivals at the hotel may be mentioned Hugh T. aggart end fam- eee C, E. pho f pr ‘owers, jupperson, Mollie Noyes, Georgie N aud Lucy Noyes, Mr. C. C. Beveriagennd site, ife, Messrs. D. I. Norrel and wi don, U. D. M RE and lounturden, Bright Mrs. Harrison Offers a Prize. Burrato, N. ¥., Aug. 22.—The third day of the florist’s convention opened with undimin- attendance, de sistory of the Scottish Rite, has issued a cireu- ler, in which he to the reasons oy the order. Dr. ‘denice utes Mr, Peckham's ection to personal ed wearily into the witte Perfect. A REIGN OF SILENCE. An Order by Postmaster Ross Causes Consternation at the Post Office. The Three Experts Leave for Their Homes After Looking at the Sewers, to the ‘and the more he ought about it the more was he con: that it was the one to make the system ing working beers ta that heretofore delight- place—the city post office. this will work but few of those out- office can even i nation—silent and a hondred uch NOT ABSOLUTE SILENCE. ‘Mr. Ross says he is not going to be as severe on his men as the Boston authorities are upon theirs; he will not command absolute silence, but will simply juest the officers in c! of the various divisions to to him names of those employes who in unneo- essary conversation. Heretofore there has been no pleasanter = in Washington than the post office, An hour's chat with the post- wer ar was ~ ere] — not to Ls sneezed at, and no lover of a story cow! stay away from Capt. Sherwood d desk for more than a week at a time. Cashier Tulloch has i a cpreeead |e thers io Pod now everybody: the gloomy buiiding on Louisiana avenue is mute asa at low- water. Some of the more sturdy-minded of the employes regard the new order as unconstitu- tional, and, outside of the office, of course, talk of testing the matter in the courts, From time immemorial, they say, the post office has always been a place for those who desire it to exchange confidences and talk politics, and they ask, is it fair that these pleasant e wi have come down from ge dead, should be swept away in en instant? @ advances of a fe civili- zation have deprived this city of the grocery store attachment which so often accompanies the post office in the more highly-fav: rural regions, but this, the grumblers claim, cannot be adi asa reason why all conversation oe that tea ® business nature ee cease, Not so very lon 0 an academy of design of- fered a substan prize to the artist who should present the most natural and character- istic statue representing “Silence.” There were rorwer ie res] vrears degree went = an enious young sculptor from Chicago, whose model was that of a dog watching a rat hole. The is out of date now. His place has been Lane yy the figure of am employe in the city THE TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS. The President Enthusiastically Greeted Along the Route. The President arrived at Indianapolis at 8:45 last night, He was met at the depot by the reception committee and escorted to the Denison house, where he will remain during his stay. The people in Cincinnati tried to induce him to stay there all night. From the builders’ exchange in that city he was taken to the chamber of commerce; there he made a short speech. All along the route from Cincinnati to. Indianapolis he was cheered, He made soveral brief speeches at aig when the train stopped for a few min- uw FOX’S DISCOVERY. How Boundary Street Was Deflected— The Land in Question. To the Editorof Tax Evenro Stan: Under the above caption there appeared a Paragraph in your issue of the 12th instant, in which it was stated that Capt. Symons had recommended legal proceedings to establish title in the United States to the land lyiug at the head of 15th and Boundary and known as Fox's discovery. It is with considerable difti- dence that I ask space for the insertion of the accompanying statement in regard to the mat- ter, for the reason that I may be in error in supposing the subject tobe one in which the public may have any special interest. But every time the matter has been aliuded to in rint the buildings at the head of 15th and undary have been located upon Fox's dis- covery, whereas, in fact, they are on the col- lege land and belong to our enterprising and highly-esteemed citizen, W. C. Hill, BOUNDARY STREZT. By # glance at any map of Washington city it will be seen that there are at least two sudden deflections in the course of Boundary street, the one at the head of 15th street and the other at the head of 9th street. The former is accounted for in the following manner: The Columbian college derives its title from the Rev. Obadiah Bruen Brown by deed dated November 30, A.D. 1821, who acquired his title trom George Peter by deed dated December 11, 4.D. 1820. The plats and maps show that at that time there was an old road runnin; along this portion of the city called the George- town and Bladensburg road, and whea it reached 16th street northwes: it took a short cut to 14th street. In this way it ran across the southern extremity of the college land, thereby forming a triangle between the said road and the north line of the present boundary. The same thing resulted between 15th and 16th “ehoges e south of Porter’s land, or Meridian THE TENLEY PROPERTY. When the college buildings were erected, be- tween 1831 and 1834, I am informed by a then resident of College Hill that the college au- thorities allowed one of the builders or princi- al workmen, a Mr. Paradise, to erect a frame uilding on the extreme southern portion of their land, the triangle in question, out of ‘the lumber that was left over. This building they rented to him at first and afterward to others, When I came to the college to live in the year 1856 the said house was then occupied by a widow named Tenley. In the year 1868 the trustees of the college sold the house and tri- angle of land to William H. Tenley, a son of Mrs. Tenley. To that deed the name of Amos Kendall is affixed as president of the board of trustees and my own as secretary. The Bladensburg road above referred to had been entirely abandoned at that time and the little = = oped — & neat fence. the property was an spring of water, large and beautiful shade trees and’ a: moving: house. It formed in my mind a picture that { shall never forget. I did not then know that a Mr. Paradise had ever had anything to do with the house. When the board of public works was in power, Gov. She} 'd being at its head. I made a request that the lines of Boundary street be run from 15th to 16th streets north- Of public buildings and grounds "Every ta: of pul ui an ant very fa- eility was afforded the authorities for getting at the maps and plats of the city as originally laid out. This investigation resulted in the lo- cation of Boundary street on the present lines. ‘TRE REAL Fox's DISCOVERY. Now in regard to ‘Fox's discovery,” if Iam to go down to posterity as the propounder of this claim, I earnestly desire that I may be cor- tly re, poraneot entbeci "This einten hes no reference whet. ever to college triangle, but te the one ADDITIONAL MAIL FACILITIES. Big Boxes for Parcels and Letter Boxes of a New Pattern to be Set Up. result it has been determined to place in cen- tral localities throughout the city large boxes, where newspapers and packages can be mailed. The residents, especially those living remote from the post office and the various branch offices, have been greatly inconvenienced when they had either packages or newspapers to mail. Asa rule it was impossible to get them into the letter boxes, as the opening is designed for letters and not for parcels. In the case of newspapers, the se: frequently put them on top of the boxes, where they are ex- d to the weather and the danger of ray. Whenever packages are to be sent by mail the senders find it necessary to a trips in order to have them properly The department, appreciating this inconven- ience, some time hada large box at | the corner of and F streets. This was found to be well patronized and it bas been decided to extend the system. Mr. Bell is making a tour of inspection about the city to determine the places where boxes can be located. It is expected that fifty boxes will be ordered and put in place throughout the city by the 1st of October. There will bea ~ Frere collection route established as a part of is new system, and a carrier in @ wagon will make three or four trips daily to collect matter that has been placed in the boxes. NEW LETTER BOXES, The department has directed that s new style oi street letter box, know as the Doremus, be substituted for the letter box now in use as rapidly as the old boxes become worn outor additional boxes are needed on account of ex- tension of the service. The new box looks like the one now in use, The difference between the two is considered by the department offi- cials a vital one. Instead of the letter falli: to the bottom of the box, as is the case wi the box now in use, in the new box a hinged plate is pushed down and a large is exposed. A tray forms a part of this plate, into which the letter falls, and when the plate re- sumes its position, as it does after the pressure of the hand is ages letter is dum; into the lower the box. ‘the advantages mew box are that the contents cannot! with and that it shute up tight, not even leaving a alot open through which the rain can come, These boxes are made in three styles and, as stated, will be substituted for the present boxes as the occasion requires, One of the new boxes will be placed at once at the corner of 7thand F streets in plaze of the box already there, which is found to be too small. In places where the free delivery has just been established the new boxes will be used. KEPT IN A STATION HOUSE, The Only Place Where an Insane Woman Can Be Held. Isabella Beard is the name of a young col- ored woman who is locked up at the second precinct station. Insanity is the only excuse for er incarceration. She is twenty- one years old and has lived in Naylor's alley for several years, She went crazy, it is said, about religion. Isabella now claims that she is a daughter of Christ,and that she was sent here by the Savior from Georgia. She speaks of some one who she says has been in the penitentiary for three yesrs, and she imagines that she has power to break open the prison and release him. Last night she was very boisterous and made so much noise that she disturbed some of the neighbors. The police kept the windows closed all night, but could not keep the sound within the walls of the building. There is no place in this city eke on police etatious where the woman can be de- tained, although she had been — ye insane by the police surgeons. She will have to go through the legal form of a ji trial before she can be sent to the insane asylum, but as none of the judges are now in the city she may have to be detained in the station for several days yet. _—_—-—___ Appealing for a Light Sentence. Frank Hall, arrested for a number of lar- cenies by Detective Carter, was before the Police Court this afternoon. The charges were the larceny of harness August 21 and 22, from J.T. Arundell; saddle, &c,, from J. T. Dyer, 2ist instant, and quantity of silver ware from the same, and an umbrella from ©. D. Colvin. The guilt was admitted in each case. Mr. Carrington, for the defendant, made an appeal for light punishment, stating that the case was a pecuuur one. The defendant, he said, was a young man of good family and character, who had yielded to temptation and taken in all about $30 worth of property. He was now, he be- lieved, truly penitent and Sit was propored to put him ina place where he may retrieve his steps. ‘lhe court said he was compelled to im- pose a sentence in each case, In one case he imposed a fine of 10 or 30 days, and in each of ea other cases $10 fine, or in default 30 days in jail, ——_— To Stamp Letters by Machinery. Postmaster Ross is waiting somewhat anx- iously for the arrival of two stamping machines, They are the latest and most improved and each has a capacity of 32,000 an hour. This is an immense advance upon hand work, for although there are experts who can stamp as many as 150 letters a minute there are but few who cau keep up a speed greater than 2,000 an hour. The introduction of the machines will not cause any reduction in the force; the men superseded will be provided for elsewhere. One of the machines will not only stamp the name and date but it will also cancel; the other backing. machine will be used for Held Till an Officer Came. Lewis Sinclair, charged with the larceny of a watch from Julius Cohen, was fined $25 or sixty dayain jail by Judge Mills today. He went into the store, near 7th and N streets esterday, and, i the watch, started Jat wheu' dr, Cohen sbiaeé and held bin uae Officer Low came and took him in custody, acninhalifaiiptnnn- Frank Payne, for keeeping an unlicensed was fined §5 in the Police Court ~~ Edmund Kirke, The will of J J 4 eos rs | He Was Engaged. From the New York Sun. Fond Lover—“Is your pa in, Addie? Gentle Maiaen—‘‘Yes, but youmay come in.” F. L.—“I don’t think he likes me, and he might—" The Startling Frequency of Such Cases im the District. Yesterday morning the dead body of « col- i station in the afternooa: and took the body away. Prematare birth was the cause given in the death certificate. THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH CAsES. The finding of dead bodies under sech i> cumstances is almost a daily occurrence, and — ys as many as two or three of them are 01 almost a be by without remark. In cases the infants are doubtiess the victims violence of some sort. With so bodies found there have been very few The bodies are made away with soon after ~ and naturally there is not much upon which to workup a case of infanticide. some cases, however, clothing is found the child which might lead to the the guilty parties. CASS WHERE ARRESTS NAVE BEEN MADR. The only case of the kind thet has been cam ried through the courts successfully during the past few years was that of Grace Smallwood, colored, who tied a shoe etring about ber in- fant’s peck and threw the body into an alley. yen es murder and sentenced te bang. ut was subsequently sent to eas. Last week, as published ie Time TaR at the time, Susan Graham, also was arrested for killing her infant cbild after it was born. is etill ip the She hospital, but will be sent to jail as soon as she can be removed. ee Found the Plunder on Him, Yesterday Officer Daley of the second pre- cinet arrested « young white man giving the name of Ernest Copps on the charge of house- breaking at the residence of Mr. Dunn, 1496 6th street, a few days ago. The house was en- tered during the absence of the fumily, and Mr. Dunn missed a pair of shoes, a pair of and gold spectacles. The officer Copps, whom he saw in 5th street near Q street ba poeg gave chase and captured him, He stolen property. Lf i on his persou the ——_——___ Perry Not Out of Danger. James L Perry, the blacksmith who was se seriously assaulted at the blacksmith abop of the Washington and Georgetown railroed Tuesday afternoon by a man named Thomes Gleason, as published in yesterday's Stan, wasa little better today, although be is not yet out of danger. When a Dog ts Old Enough to Tag. In the Police Court Alfred Dorsey, colored, was charged today with keeping a dog without license. His plea was that the “‘dog don’t need ‘& tag, as it is not a year old,” and he asked the court if that wasn't so. The court said a dog es and im; a fine e court gested thae the District was now ous of teas and the informations should read without fe —— Providing for His Future Chickens. “Chickens” is what Eddie Hall was of when he went toa car at the Baltimore Obio depot yesterday and stole three pecks of corn, He didn’t have sny chickens, but he thought hischances for getting some of his favorite fowls were pretty good. At any rate, he knew the corn would keep, and even if he didn't get any chickens fors moxth the corn would do to feed them with, Before he could get away with his plunder he was ar- rested ph pa ey locked up. Today he was in the Police Court for tril He plead guilty and was given thirty daya, taint = Sah Arrested on Suspicion. Yesterday the fourth precinct officers found some 350 or 400 feet of fine walnut lumber, dressed, in the house of John Queen, in Tes alley. They arrested Queen and Wm. Haney Ou suspicion of stealing the lumber. To Have the Tax Annulled. Messrs, Weller & Repetti have by Messra, Edwards & Barnard filed « bill in equity against the District to discharge « lien against part of lot 1, square 878, and to enjoin the enforce- ment of said lien. They state that in 1887 they received certificate of the proper officers that no taxes were due on the lot, and yet in 1888 they received a bili forthe improvement of an alley. Cooler Weather Predicted. The southeastern high has finally disappeared from the face of the weather map, but another is coming, now central in Kansas, The cooler weather predicted yesterday did not materialize to an: extent, and this Seed herains ctr ent, thle morsings 8 Sonets ‘Light leoal pb ‘slightly ‘on follows: “Lay wi northwesterly wind.” ” ‘i ——___ Range of the Thermometer Today. The following were the readings at the sig- nal office today: $a.m., 76; 2 p.m, 83; maxk mum, 66; minimum, 70. MARRIED. MILES—TVLER. In Alexandria, August 21, tae 3:30 vera, Vauce, WILLIAM T. MILES ot W Miss BESSIE L. TYLEK of Alexandria, Va. Va, Wednesday, Sue ie. me. 2 cada PRENDER—HARRISON. Iu Baltimore, Md, om the Kev J. T. Wightnsn, GLORG! Przabee GERTRUDE M. ‘Maniivon touvet Washington, D.c. ad a DIED. BELL. On August 20, 1589, 2.25 p.m.,at residence, 1001 Sixteenth sirect-uortiwesl, GLOWO luterment st Bellville, Ohio. = COOK, On August 2¥, 1889, at 11 o'clock am., pr street northwest, Mrs SSO 4 CRANE. 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