Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1890, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star New: paper Company, Ter Evextec Stan is served to subscribers in the etty by carplere, on thotvowa serount an TOcents. per Serk. of dc per month Copies at the counter, 2 cents each. By mail—postage cents & Mouth: one year, $6; six months, 8: [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C08 eecond-class mail matter.) Che Moagh Ve. 76—No. 15,050, WASHINGTON, D.C.. MONDAY,. FEBRUARY 3, 1890. r¥O CENTS. ‘Tue Weextr St. bished om Friday—@1 s Fear, postage prepaid. Six months, 50 cents. S27 All mail subseri must be paid in advance; Bopaper sent longer than i« paid for. ter eananonn mi ber . * SPECIAL NOTICES.__ ETUAL BUILD ILDING ASSOCIATION 30: Surplus and iat 2a edrest fund Present assets... 366, 390.68 “95,000.00 Receipts in the last three months. 5 Per Cent Per Annum. 6 Per Cent Per Annum. Per Cent Per Annum. As & Building Association the “Perpetual” is with- outa rival in the showing it bas made and the financial Success it bas achieved in proportion to the business done. This splendid showing has not been gained at the expene cf those who have taken advances trom | We Assoc . It will take less m ay an ad- obey t soneeed ny other in the city of Washington, So the. prosperity of the Association has not been built up by oppressing the borr wers with large percentages of interest on the Sdvances taken. he secret of our splem $s entirely owing to economy in management, inw down the expenses, thus reservin« the profits for astrii se shares will mt per annum. maturity ye pay res, payment 814 i This period ‘of 10% 100 months. shortened by monthly to 9 Our methour of ‘bu rete elastic, making it convenient for everybody to deal with us. For inat 'o fines are enforced for m pay ent of dues? Fowed money; fr be taken at any time and No. baci SPECIAL NOTICES. yER—THE BOARD OF tral Union Mission call upon the friends of the work to earnestly pray that & our may be opened where. the crowds of pe ones who are utttacted to the mission may modated. “Hundreds are turned away weekly for lack Cf Tuomi, and the police have. warned the directors | against allowing the hail to be crowded as heretofore. | Let this first week in February be a week of supplicae tion and prayer that Gud inay vive the city a perma Reut home of sufficient capacity for its mission work Bp jd at the m 1 and Tig) SIE ae ed to make e this matter a subjectof prayerin thelr church ser | eter) hereby notified that bu. pecial importance will be transa at the next regu meeting. MON | @ ce DAY, Febru 90, A full attendance is re fully’ requested.” By order of the Assembi f > NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. New Series opens February 5, 1890. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Shares $l each permonth, $200 advanced on each share. Annual meeting for election of 9 directors will be held at Herrei!"s hall, 64 ns. AVE, ages EDNES- DAY, February 5, 1NG0, at 7:30 o'elock p. Subscriptions for stuck. received and ‘payments on sume can be made at office of Secretary, No. 402 Feaua. ave, se, daily, from § Fs nee Guee rs <a w ang hun reds of new shares dues required. eare issuing de of new shares treet OF Fair LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. A ABKAHAM, | jz Nice Hreaiden re 5 ANTED_A TENANT FOR A BUILDING FER OT Stat ot mc" to be erected om prominent corner on F torney. ot, nw. . » 15, Corcoran, building. $025-12¢ L304 F st, KER, it Brauch by A. N. Sas i Nyor ad st ne. EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. “LQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST. ASSETS €1,119,062.77. Offce hours, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. On the firet Wednesday in each month the office will be cyenfrom 6 to S o'clock p.m. Advances will be made promptly at 7 o'clock. The 18th issue of stock is open fer subscription. Shares are $2.50 per month. 81,000 advanced on cach share. Tampbiets exploining the objects and advantages of tLe Assccuation are furnished upon application, THOMAS SOMERVILLE INO. JOY EDSON, See'ry. at ___ BUSINESS CHANCES. __ JJpolt SALe—ON ACCOUNT OF FAILING HEALTH lator, one of the Best-aetabitehed Hotels ia _§. J; 125 rooms; furnished: central ut. “For particulars ue ALL G. ADAMS & CO.. Real Mutate and | Bui. ing, Atlantic City, ¥. J. PROVISION — ane AS Milt suit pal ty with moderate capits th et Bw. $ALE—THE FURNITURE Wenteen-room House: roc rable aut eee eee, “ten re » GROCERY AND L business; best stand 1 reason for selling. ‘Inquire of th st. uw. a and G ly 5 sa Bone But tho-e meauiy, coeneed ap) hit od tar u y reasons for selling. Address TA W “AR T $8,000 TO 210,00 in an esiadlished business manufactur- ing afoud product which alvertiser desires to, locate st of u ar Washington, .C. Address PRODUCE, Star office. aia "_317-lint * IR SALE-STORE HOUS above iRST-C iss < OLD EST! ABLISR p Teasun for se! cor. 12th aud T 3a31. PARTY WHO HAS ABOUT BEVEN and Carts desires to Hire the same_with Drivers. for tai pacticulars &. FEDDICOKD, 10 North wt. Baltimore. 331 R SALE—DRUG STORE IN ELEG thon, doing a d business of $15 to Jong lease on bu: 5 good Feasol Teasune for selling. _BSh St HEKKON & RAMEY, 1307 F st. n.w. SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY IS AFFOKDED fo a pezty with @:1,000 to buy an Established and table Busiuess, owner compelled to lea’ AL, Star office. HM. WALEER, NOTARY PUBLIC. im Real Esi a HOWLETT. CARPENTER AND Kesidence, Park’ st., Mt. Pleasant. D.C. ‘ocstions, ‘ke, furnished: and Estimates given for ail branches of work. Personal attention #iven in all cases. Jal3-Lm OHN SHERMAN « CO. (Eurmeriy of this city), Nestuent Hankers, ‘San Diewo, Cal Seven and eight per ceut interest, with the very best of real estate security, principal and interest to be Paid iu Wasu.ngton of New York, as Our at- Lention is given exclusively to this business and any Honey ioauesd through Us will be carctully aud safely place security, San Diewy is oneot the west protleitey cities of the Pactiie coast. Seat te Pieation we will gladly furnish aby iniormatiol @*m\HE WORLD DO MO’ VE REMEMBER oe a ey Sh ices: watebes ci t-clase main-sp) Rarraaced ‘one Jou, GL; SliGloch cua jewelry tock ot Yue lowest prices in tie <ity; we defy competion, 2 au Guest Banoarss Is Fue Goons. TEN PER CENT OFF FOR CASH. OUR STOCK OF FINE DRESS MATERIALS IS STILL VERY LARGE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN MAKING A GKEAT MANY SALES AT RE- DUCED RATES FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND THOSE WHO WANT GOOD MATERIALS WILL FIND IT TO THEIR INTEREST TO CALL AND LOOK THROUGH OUR STOCK BEFORE THE ASSORTMENT 15 BROKEN. TEN PER CENT OFF 1S QUITE AN ITEM IN ‘THE PURCHASE OF A NICE DRESS, AND LF WE WERE NOT OVERSTOCKED WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE SACRIFICE WE HAVE A FEW FINE BLACK CLOAKS THAT MUST BE SOLD THIS SEASON, AND WE ARE OFFERING THEM AT LESS THAN HALF WE PAID FoR THEM, AND THE DISCOUNT OFF BE- BIDES, YOU CAN NOW BUY OF US THE CHEAPEST BLACK SILK YOU HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED, IN GROS GRAINS AND FAILLES OF THE BEST BRANDS KNOWN, AND MAKE A CLEAN SAVING OF TEN CENTS GN THE DOLLAR, AND MANY OF OUR FANCY GOODS IN EVENING MATERIALS: WE ARE SELLING AT ABOUT MALF PRICE AND TAKE THE DISCOUNT OFF BESIDES, AS WE AKE DETELMINED TO CLOSE THEM UUT THIS SEASON. THEY COMPRISE ELEGANT FANCY VELVETS AND VELVET ROBES IN GREAT VARIETY. IN FACT, ANY GOOD JUDGE CAN FIND MANY EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS DUK- ING THIS SALE. REMEMBER THAT THIS DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT OFF FOR CASH APPLIES TO EVERY ITEM IN OUR STOCK THAT AMOUNTS TO TEN CENTS, WHETHER WE SELL THEM AT A PROFIT O08 A LOSS, AND OCCASIONALLY A GOOD JUDGE OF GOODS MAY FIND 41ANY EXPENSIVE ARTI- CLES AT A VERY LOZ PRICE. WE WISH TO CA/* YOUR PARTICULAR AT- TENTION TO Ol.4 LARGE STOCK OF MOUKN- ING GOODS, AY WE CLAIM TO KEEP ONE OF ‘THE BEST ASSORTMENTS OF BLACK GOODS TO BE FOUND IN THIS MARKET, COMPRISING LUPIN'S, HITCHCOCK'S AND OTHER CELE- BRATED BLACK GOODS ALL OF WHICH WE WILL TAKE FLEASURE IN SHOWING, AND YOU ‘WILL Not BE PRESSED TO BUX WHAT YOU DO Bot Link. ONE PRICE IN PLAIN FIGURES. W. M. SHUSTER & sons, ne 919 PENX AVE. N.W. anes spire retreating, very agrocsble CONSTIPATION, bemorrhoida, AD IEDIER caret ‘odbiee aad arising cunien, ‘uninigi« 1 “as te ANTICIPATE YOUR SPRING WANTS. good portion of my recent judicious Boston purchase was in Medium aud Light- Weight 5uitings and Trouserings, anc these Tam now prepared to take up/for less than usual prices. G. WAK PSON, Experti ase! Sth cod G ste, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TMH! Sos Stockholders of the ARLINGTON FIRE IN- SURANCE COMPANY for the District of Columbis for the election of ine Directors to serve for the eu- ular year will be lel at the office of the, Company, 1309 Pavave. u.w., Monday, Feburary 24, 1890. Po t 1 and cl Ne dtd Fata NRT” RAWLINGS, Secretary. >THE WS INGTON LOAN AND TRUST a SY OMPAS 1TAL $1,000, “ey TEMPORAKY OFFICES, 1001 F'street n. (reviews to the orection of the Company's Building, cor. 9th and F sts. n. MONEY LOANED ON EAI INTEREST. PA with ts. See iki. WARNER, President, W. B. ROBISON, Secretar DIRECTORS: George F. Se Charles B. Bailey, James L. Barbour, T'Frankiin Souncider, 3 i, ‘Thomas Somerville, John A. Swope, Gri Wiliiasn Bs. Gurley, John B. Larner, KS, Worthiution 8 ORD RASGS, 420 and 422 11th st. nw. HAVING LEASED THE PREMISES AD- F~ joining ours now occupied by the Fair and as we desire to convert the two stores into one mam- moth establishment aud to make room for the builder. we will clear our entire stock of Millinery 30 ver cent below cost, now ta your chauce ‘S14 7th st. nw, g= IMPORTANT TO PHYSICIANS, Survical Instruments at Cut Prices, Before purchasing elsewhere cali and see our mag- uificent stock of Surgeon's Instruments, including the Jatest and best hypodermic sy reign chuical ther- iwou: eter, ubstetrical and szpacolon electric batteries Bowe one hes Dc den aa ery aud supporters aspect hteed. 2. D.CILMAN, O27 Fi NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the Suj JOHN M. gurt of the District of Columbis. TOLL ce hive THOMAS DANT, dr.,etal. No. 11920. In equity. rsuance of the provisions of Taccree din tue dbove eutitled cause, notice is hereby given to the creditors of the late Susannah Sherman Kee, di file their claims with the vouchers thereof, in m4 of he anditor of wail court, within 3Y days from KD DAY UO] ioe Ti AJ, F LEIGHTON, Ee OsCA& NAUC ‘rustees, _ 224-98 Bee-witson woisxys PRODUCT OF THE WILSON DISTILLERY, HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN CO., PA. ‘This celebrated Whisky. most carefully and slowly yeasted, mashed, fermented and distilled from the in- valuable health-giving Chalybeate waters and choice small ¢rsin Rye peculiar to the renowned mountain districts of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and ripened in heated ware houses, sea-voyaged and aged in the warm salt air of Bermuds. The oxides of iron and their homologous salts found in the waters from which this Whisky is distilled render this Whisky invaluable and unequaled asa tonic and rejuveuator to those in need of strength, vitality and vigor ‘See certificate of Prof. Toury of the Baltimore Med- teal College: “IT Is PURE, FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SAFFLY RECOMMENDED FOR MEDICINAL USE. ITS HIGH COLOR 1s DUE TO THE IKON PKESE: “WAL B. TONRY, Ph.D., Chemist." ‘This celebrated Whisky is sold by the following Grocers and Wholesale juor Dealers wing Hotels and Restaurants; and Eats. new. We D st. ‘i34 t, and Pennsylvania ave, n.w, winphrey. 415 LSth st. pow. 7th st. 0.W. ~~ Pennsy, Jvanieave. aw. cor. 10th and E sta. nw. D fe, 413 and 419 9th st uw. Kob't Hoy, cor. Sth and D sts. nw. Chae. A, Benes es. cor Tithst and Ohio ava, Casino Club, Mount Pleasant, Metropolitan Club, 17th aud H sts. mow. Meridian Club, 1726 Ist nw. Ask for WILSON WHISKY. THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGEH Co,, 419-3m Baltimore, Ma. ‘THE PLACE FOR CHANDELIERS AND FIXTURES FOR Gas. C.4. MUDDIMAR, ra) 1206 Fat, CHEAPEST, QUICKEST AND CLEANEST 18 WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY'S COKE JOHNSON BROTHERS, 403m Exclusive Sales Agents, — or ae BULLDING as- CaN for Constitutions Bubscribe for stock--€1 per share—between the hours of 9 am. and 4:30 p.m. daily at the officeof JNO. A. PRESCOTT, Secretary and Tressurer, 1416 F st_n.w., Kellore Building. Cg See? OF 8TOCK. Boe ee wataiaiie) ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. Ramos ‘TQ THE TERRIBLE LE CALAMITY Mra.J-Mandevilic taclisle's: 1738 Mats ter tought hac Bed postponed, ee eae A.A.8. B.-A SPECIAL eg yl oF une & eerie Sheer Tuesbaye rare NING, reurary 4, 1890, at 7 Citlock, to confer the 4tn and Sth A. H. HOLT, 329, Secretary. fe3-2t Boe AAS BA OE MEELING | OF i, = will be bela at the Cathedral of fat Lora at ‘tHis EVENING, February 3, 1800, at confer the 1st degree. esi gi CARD.—FAIR aD WEAZAAR, BURN- ide Corps No. quarters Burnside corps, Not WF % NOwing' tothe serious illness of its it it has become necessar \yptpone the date ot the Fair and Bazaar to be h Albauch’s February 5 to 10. Com- heuciie on the 10th instant, the Tair will continue for ten days. All seasot skets good for that time. yonder. of Comtittee. = 13-3t — ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Demonstrations and Lectures on Coffee and Sr er ao RNWELL & SON, _f2-tt 1412, iaT4and Ths, ‘ave. n.¥. “ag FATHER CHINIQUY, THE EX-PRIEST of Kone and Apostle of temperance of ‘rsoual friend of President Lincoln, who ngston to warn, him againat his tate, will lecture EVENING this “week at the ‘Thirteenth Street Niaptist church, between G and Hp.w. Silver collection to aid the cause. | Sub- Ject for this evening: “What do Cardinal Giubons ‘and the whole church Of Kome mean by liberty of cou, Science?” For ‘Tuesday: “Why d church of Rome wish to destroy ou ‘our ir public achioo ==> “WE HOLD THEE SAFF FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. of Washinzton, D. C. by Congress 1818) Tosures Dwellings, Furniture, Businewa louses and Stocks, fire. EN) WILL P. BOUTELER, en Secretary. GRAND FREE E EXHIBITION friends and the public ai _13-3t invited to Come ahd xet the finest cup of Colles oF Tee they over drank, 1. Ct ELL & 30! a. 1412, 1414 and Twist IMPORTANT NOTICE.—MEN ] “DESIRING uits for dress purposes will take advan- tao of the following offer, which isnot made every day: 850 Disgonals and Corkscrews reduced to 38. B40 Suits reduced to Perfect fit guaranteed or no money scooped. Fh gnegnansehip second to none. F. BOGAN, The Expert Tailor, £3-3te 3G st nw. fott PROTECT YOUR VALUABLES. ¥IRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. For Photos, &c. Call on or address J. T. RAINIER, Jn., P.O. Box 221, —_ Cor. 8th and F sts. n.w. House Safes specialty. Old Safes taken in ex- change. Terms made to suit, {3-lw qe NAVAL LODGE, N ‘A Special Commu: Novd, will be held at 1 pun day, tend the funeral of our late brothe Bret FA. ida of Naval Lodge, 4th inst., to at- 1° >, THE ONE-MIN1 Teapot. Gi oR ‘Sxnibition ‘at G. 1412, 1 male Ps 8. PRATT & SONS, SUN BUILDING. FIRE INSURANCE, HOME INSURANCE CO ee New York. MARINE INSURANCE, INSURANCE 00, OF N- AMERICA,’ Philadelphia. Orianized A. Faire > WAUGH CHURCH, CORNER FL AND A ¢.—Kevival meetings. Presohing on by Kev.Dr. Price. ‘Tue 30, ‘ramen! | or Col ae Wednesday by lew D. be orown: ine. ‘Thuraday Today by Reve DE Perry” revday, Hey JF. Wright, iz Pte Mi ORDER OF <a mio OF THE UNITED STATES, the District of Coluiubis, { ‘Ointee of the ecordees sh ington, D.0., Feb 3, 1890. By direction uf thr, board of ‘ofteers the banauct of is commandery, lode — been “given on the Sth in- nt if postpe yin irae ed peo to be designated the es Dnieandery,. eoting for transaction business only will be hel, at the va Servico to» the evening of above date. W. P. ecorder. NEW BUILDING ASSOCT API- bg ‘Hill, German-American. saint ree ciation, No. 8, ‘Ihe first meeting of this new ‘associa- will be held at witthade Hail, corner'3d aud B xts, “on. THURSDAY, February. 6, at 7:30 pun. for ent of duce and election of oM@cers for the ‘sist ‘Ail sre are invited to attend. J HAFT, President pro tem. He KOTTMAN PS VIERBUCHEN, Secroury $818,25,11,3,4.5, Be BEAT ESTATE OFFICE oF JOHN B. WIGHT, 140834 G st. n.w., near the Rigxs House, QNotary Public.) Thave opened an officeas above for the transaction of the REAL ESTATE BUSINESS in all its branches, including Renting and Insuring Property, Collecting Rents and Negotiating Loans Any business in- trusted to me will receive my prompt and careful at- tention. A life-long residence in Washington has given me sn extended acquaintance, a knowledge of the growth of the city and an opportunity to duly appreciate the de- sirability and value of property. With an office conveniently located and fully equipped for the proper transaction of business I hope to serve my patrons to their best advantage, f1-6t JORN B. WIGHT. REMOVAL PENDING IMPROVEMENTS 918 F have for 14 years Mesuranoe, haversasoves C L.W., next to cor. ‘Sd st, opp. ‘Trinity chuich, midway between City Qail'and the tax office aud one block from the several car and herdic lines. E. A. MCINTIE, Real Estate Insurance aud Loans, *_ jass]-10t <a> DISSOLUTION OF | ‘OF COPARTNEKSHIP. Notice is hereby given aye the copartnershi fofore existing between the undersigued ani = under ae FE coy of Saks aud C this day dimolved by mutual consent ‘ANDELW SAKB, BvonE Saks EORGE C. HENNING, ‘Washington, D.C., February 1, 1890, A CARD. ony is Thave this day retired from the firm of Saks and Company, but T trust iuy triends and patrons will e2- tend to my former associates, who will con bi eeucrous vatronage they secorde ment cou berrgak ior rou the same careful service that has ‘characterized this GEORGE C, HENNIN( Washington, D.C., February 1, 1890. ig) COPARTNERSHIP =e g fintance of te sa aia ANDREW Sal nee _ Washington, D.C, February 1, 1890. OnE SAO JOHN B. AK aJoHN JOHNS, D. A, CLARK, JonNS & MCKNIGHT, Attorneys-at-Law, 1416 F st., Washington, D. C, Practice Uctorg Gonumittecs of Congress the Courts and the Executive Deyartinents, 1m =. THE ARTNERBI Fapwer solved’ by Wasmiocme ae — f1-3t" A NEW REAL ESTATE AND T. KE, om R. 0. Mitts. laa ned = cial ati Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, Pare Pars Page Pace Pao Pas Page Pare Pare Pago Page Pace ‘Page Pao Pawo Page Page FOR RENT (Rooms) Page FOR RENT (Stores). Page FOR RENT (Houses) Page FOR RENT (Orrigrs). Page FOR SALE (Hovses). Page FOR SALE (Lots). Pago Page Page Page Pass... Pao MOREE WH VIVE VIA AONd AE SEGISIEE GEGEN ESIISIIVNE HIER WANTED (Srrcationa) WANTED (toows) WANTED (Boao). WINTER RESORTS. EE SCEGESECESEGES GG Ce eee Secretaries Proctor axp Rusk arrived at Fort Monroe at midnight Saturday and in- spected that post and Hampton normal school yesterday, Tue Surprise Leacue.—The fourth annual convention of the American shipping and in- dustrial league will assemble in this city Wed- nesday and continue in session until Fri- day. “Letters from the governors of states and mayors of cities have been received by the secretary, appointing delegates and expressing ee sympa’ etic co-operation in this economic worl Postmaster Geena WANAMAKER conducted the exercises at the celebration of the thirty- second anniversary of Bethany Sunday school in Philadelphia yesterday Tue Baxk To Born Business Acarx.—Con- troller of the Currency Lacy this morning tele- graphed to Bank Examiner Hepburn to permit the Sixth national bank of New York to re- sume business on Tuesday, February 4, pro- vided all legal requirements had been’ com- plied with and the condition of affairs was sat- isfactory to Mr. Hepburn. These instructions to Bank Examiner Hepburn were in answer to a telegram from that officer informing Con- troller Lacy that Mr. Leland had paid in #280, 000 this morning and that the bank was now solvent and would during the day elect a new board of direct d officers, Persoxat.—Daniel W, Fisk, editor and pro- prietor of the Helena (Montana) Herald, and wife are among lite arrivals at the Ebbitt. Mrs. Fisk isa niece of Secretary Blaine and will remain in the city until after Mrs, Cop- pinger’s funeral.— Mr. and Mrs, H. 8. Wallace of Philadelphia, J. W. Watson of St. Louis, M. C. Sloss of Cambridge, John 8. Jacobus and D, Malcohnson of New York, Mr, and Mrs, H. M. Cist of Cincinnati are at the Arno.—Edward C, Clark of Watertown, N.Y., W. W. Lord, jr., of Philadelphia, W. D. MacQuestin of New York, Chas. F, Hurm of Cincinnati, Wm. Bax- ter of New York and Jos. E. Haire of Buffalo are at the Normandie, P. Cunningham and C. J. Hubbell of New York are at the Hotel: Johnsen.—P, W. Russell of Boston, Wm. H. Ames and wife of St. Paul and C. D. Mosker of Chicago are at the St, James. Mrs, Senator Frye will receive on Thursday, February 6, for the last time during the present season,—Mr, and Mrs. Geo. 8. Cooper are now residing at No. 1336 Wallach piace northwest, where they will be pleased to see their friends,— Hon. J. foraker of Ohio, Hon, Jos, W. O'Neil of Dotana, Ohio, Gen. W. E. Hobson of Kentucky, Gen. O. E. Wood, Judge Geo. A. O'Neil of Ohio, H. G. Brown of London, Hon. it Libbey of Virginia and Gen. T. 8. Peck of Ver- mont, are at the Ebbitt.——J. McBride, Frank Ricker and ©, E. Aiken of New York, Hon, 8. V. Holliday, C. Weed of Chester, and H. Mar- lowe of New Haven, Conn., are at Willard’s, THE IDAHO TEST OATH, The U.S. Supreme Court Decides that it is Constitutional, The Supreme Court of the United States to- day rendered an opinion affirming the cousti- tutionality of the Edmunds-Tucker Idaho test oath, intended to prevent Mormons from voting. The case came up on an application for a writ of habeas corpus made by Samuel D, Davis, who is in jail in Idaho, having been sen- tenced for unlawfully taking the prescribed test oath when he was a member of the Mor- mon church. ‘The court denies the application for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that polygamy is a crime, and that the constitutional provision guaranteeing freedom of religion is not in- tended to prevent punishment of any person who, in the name of religion, commits @ crime in the eyes of the law, DECLINE OF THE GRIP, The Number of New Cases and of Deaths From Pneumofia Ete., Decreasing. “The grip is gradually decreasing,” was the information given at the health office today concerning the lung diseases that have carried off so many people. During the week ending yesterday there were thirty deaths from pneu- monia, five from bronchitis and six from con- gestion of the lungs. During the previous week there were forty-nine deaths from pneumo nia eleven from congestion of the lungsandeight from bronchitis, The reports of the physi- cians to the poor also show @ large decrease in the number of cases of throat diseases, Dur- DAYS | ing the three days ending at noon today deaths were reported to the health office as follows: White—Eastmond Pile, 87 years; James Mo- Evoy, 78 years; James Biscoe redgenee 79 Hobsrt Dalkin, 41 years; Sarah E. ‘Collins, 48 years; Gerome Sweeney, 45 Po Robert Hai Van Patten, 48 years; a) Ww. Rentzel, 30 years; Ernest Nacke, 35 years; Jeannette Lgeateol 22 years; Francis Mier Hammond, 2 Colored—Marshall son, 59 years; Inactes Johsnaad, ie Winks. youre senor Wi i rer ae os Wi OF the Seventeen deaths FIRE AND DEATH. Today’s Awful Tragedy. SECRETARY TRACY'S HOME DESOLATED Three Lives Lost in the Flames. | ; ———— THE SECRETARY STILL LIVES HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER DEAD Death Comes in Startling Form ‘ to a Happy Household. ——_—__ Thrilling Details of a Horror That Shocked the Country Today—How the Fire Originated—Efforts to Save the Fire-Imprisoned Family—The Scene in the Ruined Home. So Fire in the residence of Secretary of the Navy Tracy at 16341 street this morning took away the lives of three human beings—two of them members of the Secretary's family—and com- pletely destroyed the building and its contents, The destruction could hardly have been more complete. In addition to the death record of this blaze there were three other persons seriously injured, The Dead. The dead are: Mrs. Tracy, wife of the Secretary (killed by falling from a window). Miss Mary Tracy, daughter of the Secretary (suffocated by smoke). Josernise Monet, the French maid (burned to death). The Injured. The injured ones are: Sronerary Tracy (rendered unconscious by smoke), Yj, WY the front basement aie. as the footenan , tells the story, and when they reached the street a crowd was already assembling. Mrs. Wilmerd- ing and her little daughter were standing in the window on the second story and the people outside were running about aimlessly. In a moment Mrs. Wilmerding and the little girl jumped. Mrs. Wilmerding broke her wrist in the falland both were more or less injured, but it is not though seriously. The Work of Rescue. ‘The first attempt at rescue was made by Officer Cattell. He had just turned in usual 7 o'clock call, the call box being within a square of the Secretary's house, and was walking toward the house, when he heard the cries of fire. He ran to the front of the house. A crowd was already there. He called to them to run to the engine house, which is but two squares away, and as some one rushed in that direction he ran into the house. All the stair- case was ablaze. He ran through the flames and reached the second story, In the first room he entered he saw aman lying on the floor anda woman evidently trying to get him to the window. The room was full of smoke and the officer was almost overcome. He dragged the man, who was Secretary Tracy, into an adjoining room to a window. The officer's strength was rapidly failing and he cried from the window for a ladder and for help. He lost sight of the woman who was in the room, but it was evidently Mrs, Tracy, for it was from the window of that room that she leaped. The officer lifted the Secretary's head to the win- dow sill, and at that moment Chief Parris of the flre department rushed through the flames and came to his assistance. Still, in their ex- hausted condition the two men could not carry the weight of the Secretary. But by that time ladders had been put up to the window and arms were reached up to take the burden from them. A Dash Through the Flames. Then Chief Parris dida heroic thing. The room in which he and the exhausted officer stood was all on fire, and the only escape that seemed possible for them was through the win- dow from which the Secretary was taken. The staircase was ablaze, The chief saw the form of a woman lying on the floor in the hall at the head of the stairs, jlt was Miss Mary Tracy. The chief ran to her and stooped to pick her up. As he took hold of her arms the skin came off in his hands, She was then dead, but he picked the body up in his arms and ran down the burning staircase and out at the front door. The fire department was then on the scene and plying great streams of water on the burniag building, but already the terrivle work of the flames ae THIS MORNING’S FIRE. Mrs. Witaenprna, the Secretary's married daughter (wrist broken by jumping from a second-story window and badly bruised). Miss Auice WitMerpING, granddaughter of the Secretary (bruised by jumping from the window with her mother). A Thrilling Tragedy. The story of the fearful calamity is a thrill- ing one, and few unfortunates have suffered deaths more tragical than those which have wiped out of existence the brightest features of Secretary Tracy’s home circle. Mrs, Tracy endeavored to escape the raging element by getting out of her bed-room window, and in an endeavor to decrease the distance between that point and the ground hooked on to the window sill with the delicate and disease-weak- ened fingers, She fell forty feet into an area- way before anything could be done to eatch her. Death relieved her, al- though she did not apparently suffer much, within an hour anda halfof the time of her fall, Had she delayed her moyementsa couple of minutes ladders and mattresses and other means of safe escape would have been at hand. Miss Mary ‘Tracy was awakened from her sleep, so the butler says, by his knocking at her door, She succeeded in reaching the hall- way near the door of the bed room occupied by her father and mother and there, dead and not a little disfigured, she was found by Chief Parris, who carried her corpse to the street throngh a sheet of flame and deadly vapor. Of the French maid’s death no one knows anything, except that she was found in her room horribly burned and utterly beyond recognition, Quick Work of the Flames. How the fire originated and when it started were questions that could not readily be answered this morning. There was no appear- ance of fire yisible on the exterior when Letter Carrier Donovan passed the house shortly before 7 o'clock this morning, but when a few minutes later he was again in its vicinity the entire frout of the building was enveloped in flames, An alarm reached engine house No. 1 at 7 o'clock and following itspeedily was the sounding ofa second and then ageneral alarm.’ The flames in the mean time spread with incon- ceivable rapidity, taking tire interior and filling the surrounding atmos- phere with dense clouds of the blackest smoke, All Escape Cut Of. About 7 o’clock the footman in the house, 80 he says, had got his clothes on and was unlock- ” | ing the silver closet to get out the spoons for He had no suspicion of a fire, but ‘was starting in at his usual work. He slept in had been done. Mrs, Tracy died soon after being taken to the house of Mr. Rheem, a neighbor. Miss Tracy was dead when taken from the building. A charred body, mot at first iden- tified, but afterward found to be that of Jose- phine, the French maid, was taken from the building. It was found in the room by the firemen. The Secretary was in an uncon- scious condition when taken from the building. Taken to Attorney General Miller’s The body of Mrs, Tracy was taken from Mr. Rheem's honse to the residence of Attorney General Miller, 1808 Massachusetts avenue, and to the same place Miss Tracy’s remains were removed from Gawler’s undertaking establish- ment after they had been prepared for burial. The charred and distorted remnants of Josephine Morel will be buried from Gawler’s, THE DESOLATED HOME. Scenes in the House Where Fire and Death Did Dreadful Work. Fire did its work thoroughly in the destruc- tion of the iuterior of the house. The flames spread with lightning-like rapidity and took complete possession of the house, The first floor of the building is almost an entire wreck, especially in the front part. The fire is pre- sumed to have started in the: front parlor nearest the hall. The Parlors. This room is completely and entirely burned out, The bronzes there having been melted. Not a chair or picture is left. On the side op- posite the door is a large wooden mantel piece and directly under this in the basement is the large furnace. In one corner 4 small case is mass of charred i Pp appetnicincaptcee bape the evidently went in the direction of the hall and up the are smoked and ali the furniture drenched by water, but the flames seem not to have reached this ropm to any extent, Adjoining at the rear ig a small bitler's pantry, where everything is as intact as if terrible fames had not been rag- ing around and above. The streams of water even seem not to have penetrated into this little retreat, ‘The basement floor was not damaged in the by side and on these Mr. _and Mra, Tracy slept last night. The brass is tarnished ond everything around is binck and soaked with water, The room is « huge cinder. Pictures are charred and smoke stained; mirrors cracked; silver-backed hait brushes and the hundred and one little toilets accessories are ruined completely. The Frenc, clock on the mantel was silent, its pendulam having ceased to swing at §.20. Dirt and dirty water had ruined everything that was not ime Pervious to heat and continuous moisture. A Dead Pet. In the adjoining bath room was Miss Tracy’¢ pet poodie, with his usually snow-white woo! begrimed. He was dead. A fireman found him near the window of the Secretary's room and believing him to be still alive had put him near the bath-room window in order that he might have a chance to revive. The dog ha@ probably followed his mistress from her room on the floor above and, like her, bad givem way to the suffocating smoke. Between the Secretary's room and the spare room in front isa closet full of the most ex- pensive feminine attire—Mra. Tracy's gar- ments, These are uninjured, not even the smell of fire being upon them, but on the floor and scattered around on two or three chairs were many articles of clothing, most of them almost unrecognizable. Mrs. Wilmerding’s Room. The two front rooms on the second floor were occupied by Mrs, Wilmerding and her daugh ter, Miss Alice, These apartments are wrecks, From the windows, which face on I street, these two ladies dropped to the grass below. Miss Tracy’s Apartment. On the third floor, in the central front, waa the room occupied last night by Miss Tracy, This was a ruin of the most thorough deserip- tion—charred in every corner, the ceiling gone, the doors burned out. Cinders, ankle deep, covered the floor, and what the flames’ had spared was destroyed by water. Adjoining this room on the east was the “partment which was to be Miss Tracy's per- manent room and there was scattered all around evidence of preparation. On # couple of chairs were artists’ materials, paints, brushes and the other etcetera of decorative art, Ou one side of the room was a wooden bedstead— the only one in the house—and on its bead board the skilful fingers of the pretty girl, now dead, ad shaped festoons of poppies and morningglories pendant from true-lovers’ knote, The fire had been more kind here than elsewhere, and there was still to be traced the floral forms—now a dirty white on the smoked ground. The brushes and palette were just where they had been dropped by the artist. The Other Apartments. The servants’ rooms in the rear were filled with the debris from the fallen roof and what- ever may have been in them is done for. From the first floor to the upper story the toil of travel ix precarious. The steps, still in place, are by no means secure, and the police, firemen and reporters, whose duties called them up stairs, had to move carefully to avoid acci- dent, The balustrades were gone and the framework of the stairways was covered up With fragments of burned WiTber and an immense amount of fallen plaster. ALARMING THE HOUSEHULD. The Butler’s Succinct Story of the Terrible Tragedy. James Welch, Secretary Tracy's butler, toid all he knows about the fire toa Stan reporter, He said: “I sleep in the basement and this morning I got up about 6:30, There was no smell of fire and no appearance of anything wrong. At about 7 o'clock I started to clean my dining room, when there was a ring at the bell, and when I answered it a colored man said, ‘Your house is on fire.’ At once I rushed upstairs to arouse the family, and although the smoke was very thick I succeeded in knock- ing at every door und from each one in the rooms I secured a response, Then I started to go down stairs and nearly choked with the smoke, I fell three times, but finally got to the front door. I went around to the rear of the house and tried to get ladder so as to reach the Secretary and Mrs. Tracy's bed room. Mrs, Tracy was then at the window and while the few of us who were there appealed to her to keep still for one minute more she climbed out on the sill and lowered herself until she bung by her hands on the narrow stone projection. Everybody who saw her yelled to her to hold on for a momeut and we looked around for something on which to catch her so as to break the fall, which had to come, Mrs, Tracy may have heard our cries, but it is not certain that she did. The cook, who was on the roof, was screaming 80 that we could not hear anything distinctly. How long did Mrs, Tracy bang there? Not more than a few seconds, She told me afterward that she slipped. She fell into the areaway, almost touching me in ber swift descent (I was on the ground level) and’ struck on her left side. No sound, save a little incoherent murmur came from her lips, I picked her up and carried her into Mr. Rheem's house. It was the most awful occurrence in my life.” FOREMAN BOSS’ ACCOUNT. The Work of Rescue—The First Scenes at the Fire, Charles Boss, who is the foreman of No. 1 engine, which was the first to reach the rcene of the fire, said to a Sram reporter: “I was awakened bya yell of ‘Fire!’ I looked at my watch; it was four minutes to 7. I jumped out of bed and turned the engine out. When we reached the house a mass of flames was pouring out of the first or parlor floor. I turned’ in the alarm and immediately afterwarda gen-" eral alarm, Two women, who I afterward found were Mrs. Wilmerding and her daughter, were at the second-story window front and were Screaming for Help. “I yelled to them not to jump, but almost in- stantly one of them jumped, falling on the park- ing. We ran up a ladder which was short and were preparing to put the other extension on when the other woman jumped. She struck on the ladder and bounded off, also falling om the parking. We fougkt our way in the front door and up the stairs, which were One Sheet of Flames. We found Secretary Tracy and his younger daughter in an unconscious condition, We brought the young lady out the front way, She was still breathing slightly, although she was