Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1890, Page 8

WA A THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1899. LOCAL MENTION. The Weather. YORFCAST TILL RIGHT A.M. FRIDAY. For the District of Columbia and Mary! ‘land, colder; clearing weather; northwesterly winds; colder. fair weather Friday: cold wave. For Virginia, colder; northwesterly winds; clearing weather; cold wave; cold and clear Friday. Reap R. Goupscuaip’s interesting news on Page. THE MURDER TRIAL DELAYED. Indisposition of Judge Bingham Causes a Postponement of the Johnson Case. ‘The trial of Henry Johnson for the murder of Enoch Turner June 29 last was continued in the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bingham, yesterday afternoon. Several persons testified to the accused being of good character. Sodonia A. Creek, Louisa Creck, Eliza Hur- ley and Georgia Thomas testified that Wil- ‘Tue Buscx Cuanriox.—Our black derby hat | liams brought Johnson to the house of Mra, at $1.45 is equal to any €2 hat in the market. Fuaxc, One Price, 7th and D. Dn. Wanver's and Ball's corsets, %c. Mon- srch shirt, 97c. Lonsdale cambric, 9%{c. At Baopuran's. Your sight suited. Hemrcen’s. established 1859. A Lear ror Lire in case of fire can be safely secomplished by our rope fire escape. See ex- hibition every day until March 2 at 4 p.m. from fourth floor of our building. W. B. Moses & Bows, cor. 11th and F sts. n.w. Reap R. Gotpscustip's reductions on station- ery, jewelry, umbrellas and soap and perfumery on dtb page. Fixe Lapres’ Dresses (second-hand) bought snd sold. Jvsta’s old stand, 619 D st. a.w. walt C ie Paint Ir You Have 4 Leaky Roor or dam Fey Keys, 916 F nw. Princes Me Co. a Ir You Ane looking for bargains read W. H. Hoeke’s ad. in ith page. Notice! Nortcr! Notice! Highest cash price paid for old feather beda, Address Box 114. Star office. Warr rox R, Goipscusp’s sale of celebrated refrigerators, Gesvrse CaLF’s-Foot Jetty made especially for invalids. Janvis’, 426 9th street. Bey Your Coat, Coxe axp Woop of Forrest Dodge, office 1214 3ist st., telephone 956.2, Visrr the Empire Carpet Cleaning Works, €31-625 Mass. ave. n.w. ‘Telephone 737-2 Bry Your Coat. Coke and Wood from Joux- rox Buoturus, the leading trm in the Dis- trict [ee W.S. Fisurr. florist, 1425 Pa, ave, n.w. Tre Cuearest Fue. in the market is Wash- ton gas hght company’s coke. = JonNsox Brow, Exclusive Agents, Srantiive Facts by R. Goxpscummp on 4th page. eee Bewane or Pxecmoxta.—Use at once Baker's Puxx Cop Lives Or or Baken's Emvtsion, ‘The genuine only. Of druggists. CITY AND DISTRICT. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. ‘s.—MeCanull’s Opera Company in Nariowar “The Wife.” Haxets’ Bisov.—-“The White Slave.” . Jackson and Bennett Bros,” © Tuzaten.—Lorett's Congress of Nov- Masosic Tempre.—Kunights of Pythias Fair and Bazar. Lixcots Music Hatt.--Woman Suffrage Convention. Wiitarp Hatt.—Carpenter’s Mesmerism. CONDENSED LOCALS. Armstead Bundy, while cleaning the sewer trap at the corner of New Jersey avenue and E Streets sontheast, yesterday, found the body of a colored infant. James Gurley was knocked down by one of Turner & Co.'s wagons yesterday and was slightly injured. Yesterday in the Cirenit Court, Judge Mont- gomery. the will of the late Mary A. Staffin was Sustained by verdict of the jury. The de- ceased left the most of her property to an adopted daughter, and it was contested by the husband. George Stokes for being disorderly twice in one week was fined $10 by Judge Miller today. William Robinson plead guilty in the Police Court today io a charge of indecent exposure aud was fined 220 or sixty days on the farm. Mr. 1. H. Langley, a Treasury department cabinet maker, slipped on one of the stairways in the de a yesterday and fell, severely injuring himselt, —— The Knights of Pythias. The annual session of the Grand lodge, Knights of Pythias of the District, took place last night at G.A.R. hall, the grand chancellor, Wm. Brockhazen, in the chair. Capital lodge, No. 24, was given a charter and their representative admitted. A long and in- teresting report was read by the grand chan- cellor. During the past year the order has in- creased 20 per cent in the District. Tonight at 7:30 the session will be resumed, —_— Thieves Sentenced to the Penitentiary. In the Criminal Court, Judge Hagner, today, the young man, John E. Guest, arrested in Baltimore and who plead guilty on the 17th to the charge of the larceny of three watches from Wm. D. Lockwood, agent of the Keystone watch company, nearly a year ago, wassent- enced to eighteen months im the Albany peni- tentiary. James Lewis, colored, was sentenced by Judge Hagner to the Albany penitentiary for three years undera plea of guilty to a charge of housebreaking at the store of Milo Sweeney. _ < Amusements. The ninth annual ball of Washington Di- vision, No.1, U.R. K. of P., will be held at National Kitles armory hall tomorrow evening. Tickets 50 cents. The Missionary Ten Kings Daughters of Wesley Chapel. 510 E street northwest, will we a Dairy Maid reception tomorrow even- a Tickets 25 cents, A very novel and interesting concert entitled “Songs of the Nations,” conducted by Mr. Frank A. Wilson, and accompanied by the Washington Orchestral Club, will be given to- morrow evening at the Union M. E. church, 20th street near Pennsylvania avenue. This entertainment, which is appropriate for the celebration of Washington's Victhday, bas been given but once in the District, The sale of seats and boxes for “The Gondo- liers” next week st Music hall begun at Droop's music store this morning and was very lively, especially for Monday and Tuesday evenings and the Wednesday and Satarday matinees, Mr. Stuart Robson's play, “An Arrant Knave,” which he will present in Washington next week at Albaugh’s, is new and has never been seen here. As the Anave Mr. Robson is very clever. The Washington Musical Club will give their second concert on February 26 at the Univer- salist church. They will be assisted by Mrs. ‘Thomas Bb. Buxton, avd an excellant program has been prepared. The young gentlemen of the club are well known as musicians, and Mra, Buxton's many friends will be sure to give her an enthusiastic weleome on her first public appearance in this city. oe Columbian University Lectures. On Friday, February 21, at 4:30 p.m., Presi- dent James C. Weliing will deliver at the Columbian university a lecture entitled “A walk through Pompeii.” A cordial invition is extended to the public to attend this lecture. d secnnssctoet nicer Proposed Routes to Gettysburg. Gettysburg will be closely connected with Washington if the plans for « railroad between these places be carried out. The surveys have been already made, two routes having been gone over. Onc runs abont south from Gettys- burg to —— thence to Taneytown, crossin, the Western Maryland railroad at Linw. thence south to Taylorsville, Carroll county. ‘The second survey runs eustwardly to Littles- town, Pa.; thence south to Weise’s Mull, in Car- roll county, Md.; thence to Union Mills, thence to Westminster, seven miles south; thence south- west to Taylorsville, connecting with the first line. The ine then runs southwest, crossing the Baltimore and Ohio near Mount Airy. Ridgeville is near, thence to Damascus, Crack lingtown, Mechanicsville, Sandy Springs, Burnt Bladensburg, connecting with Balti- more and Potomac just east of the District line. From there the Baltimore and Potomac tracks will be used. —_———_ __ Bishop Paret on Mr. Childs’ Course. Bishop Paret is reported in the Baltimore American as saying in regard to the with- drawal of Rev. Thomas 8. Childs of this city from the Presbyterian ministry: “Dr. Childs is aman of marked ability and of high stand- ee ee ier sep very important one. it would not strange if im the present unsettlement of growing out of the discussions in regard to the revision of the Westminster Con- fession of Faith, other like changes should occur, A New Barcx Stasuz is to be sold tomorrow (Friday) atternoon at 5 o'clock, situated alley betweeu O and P and near 17th street. geod opportunity for those desiring stable property or investment, See advertisement, Creek, on Pierce street near New Jersey ave- nue, about 11 or 11:30 o'clock on the night of the homicide and remained there the next day; that Johnson was very drunk and George was carrying Henry when they came and when any one came to the door Williams would leave the room. George Johnson and Virginia Johnson, the father and mother of the accused, testified that Henry was a good boy of atniable disposition. ‘The court adjourned and the jury were. with the consent of counsel, allowed to separate, In consequence of the indisposition of the chief jastice the case was adjourned this morning till tomorrow, when the chief justice hopes to be able to hold the court. gsc Heart THE G. A. R. ELECTION, | Officers of the Department of the Poto- mac Chosen. When the ballots were aliin at Grand Army hall last night the department of the Potomac was found to have elected the following of- ficers for the ensuing year: Department coms mander, M. E. Urell; senior vice department sommander, 8. E. Faunce; junior vice depart- commander, Calvin Farnsworth; medical direc- tor, H. N. Howard; chaplain, J. H. Bradford. and the actual voting was preceded by a some- what stormy time over that portion of Depart- ment Commander Odell’s annual report which spoke of the evil strong drink was doing in the | ranks of the veterans, The majority of those | present believed it was wrong to proclaim such & condition of affairs to the world, A minority vigorously supported the commander and his expressions, tat cine 4 ninion wan 244e 40 expunge from the department's records the ; temperance section of the commander's ad- dress the minority had to give way. Other reports were adopted and the general routine business of the meeting was disposed of. On Tuesday evening next the department will elect the council of administration and de- cide who shall represent the iocal veterans at j the next annual encampment to be held in Boston. IN es ‘ THEIR NEW ARMORY. ; Gen. Ordway Turns a Bunch of Keys Over to the Second Regiment. The second regiment of the District national guard has an armory. Not a segregated variety of apartments, most of them unfit for the uses to which they were put, but an armory that is just exactly what it ought tobe. The regiment was given possession of its new quarters yester- day evening. There was not much ceremony | in the affair. Gen. Ordway, a bunch of tagged keys in one hand, stood in the spacious apart- ment in the arcade of the Center market build- ing which will be Col. Clay's sanctum. On the general's right were Adjt. Gen. Long and Ins. Gen. Gale; on his left were Qr.Mr.Gen.Cranford and Col. Clay. Facing them were Majs. Gary, Campbell, Long and Bartlett, while sull further to the rear were Capt. Parmenter, quartermas- | ter of the second regiment, and a number of others deeply interested, among them a Srar reporter. In his pleasant manner Gen, Ord- way felicitated the “second” on the armory they had come into possession of, and then he talked seriously for 4 few minutes on matters pertinent to the welfare of the guard. His re- | marks were in a happy vein. When he con- cluded the brief homily he assigned the various battalions to their quarters. THE ASSIGNMENT OF QUARTERS, The second battalion, Maj. Gary, was given the five rooms west of regimental headquarters on the same floor, while the five rooms to the east will be occupied by the fourth battalion, Maj. Campbell. The ten rooms on the floor above were divided equally among the two other battalions, the fifth, Maj. Long, being on the east side, and the sixth, Maj. Bartlett, be- ing to the west. The battalion headquarters on the lower floor are immediately adjoining regimental headquarters. Upstairs they, are, respectively, at the extreme ends. Each com- pany will have a room for itself and in these armory subdivisions the lockers and gun racks will be erected as soon as possible, THE DRILL HALL. Adjoining the armory and above the 9th street wing of the market is the drill hall—the finest thing of the kind in the city—200 feet long and 90 feet wide. “Youcan't finda better armory anywhere,” was Col. Clay's exultant comment as the doors were being locked. “It makes me smile all over.” And when he got across the avenue he was still smiling; so were several other members of the little crowd. ———— CAN WE KNOW OURSELVES ? Thought and Sensation— Bishop Keane’s Review of Herbert Spencer. Bishop Keane's Wednesday lectures on the “First Priaciples of Herbert Spencer” were continued yesterday by a review of the chap- ters on ‘Ultimate scientific ideas” and “The relativity of all knowledge.” The bishop showed that much confusion arose from the neglect to distinguish between the different kinds of concepts in dealing withy space and time. Though real entities they are not sub- stances, but merely relations between material things—space the relation of coexistence and time that of succession. Both present insu- perable difficulty to the imagination, but may be clearly perceived by the intellect, After examining the questions of matter, motion, force and consciousness, the speaker said that in treating of the thinking subject itself, the exo, Spencer was right in rejecting the skep- ticism which casts doubt upon our own exist- ence. bat was wrong in indorsing Mansell’s po- sition that self cannot know selt. Our knowl- edge of our own ego is not direct, but is never- theless real, We are conscious of our interior impressions and actions, and reason attributes them to self as the subject. It is true, how- ever, as Mr. Spencer says, that we can no more look into the intrinsic nature and being of self thau into that of the objects around us, Summing up his analysis of Mr. Spencer's data he found to be erroneous his conclusion that sensation is the material out of which thought is woven—that the intellect is power- ful within the region of experience and im- potent in that which lies beyond. He said: “When one studies the causes leading to the corruption and fall of Greek and Roman civili- zation and applies the lesson to the intellectual and moral tendencies of our time can it be said that this train of thought is woven out of sen- satious? And if from the visible universe we mount to the first cause and contemplate in- finite Lead and wisdom and love, can these thoughts be said to be woven from sensations? Sensations are the occasions of thought and the ladder which thought uses in its ascent, but they are not the material out of which it is woven. Mr, Spencer has shown in this chapter that within the region of experience the intel- lect is constantly vaftled; but when from phe- nomenal and experimental science the reason ascends to that which lies in the highest spheres of thought then it is that it attains to the highest certainty.” Passing to the next chapter Bishop Keane dwelt upon what he claimed to be the weakness of the arguments quoted by Mr. Spencer from Hamilton and Mansell in support of the thesis of the relativity of all knowledge. Mr. Spen- cer, he said, has himself rejected their conclu- sions and has done a real service to philosophy by proving that without the absolute the rela- tive could not be known and that without the infinite the finite could even be conceived, but has vitiated his whole system by merging the infinite and the absolute into the reality lying back of visible phenomena, The next lecture will be devoted to an analysis of Mr. Spencer's chapter on the i ligion and science. a enpearaeS At the Salvation Meeting Again. Geo. Roberts, who created a sensation at the went again last night, after taking several drinks, to a meeting of the army. Policeman Jordan told Judge Miller this morning that three years ago Roberts went to hold an open air meeting with one of the sisters and ran off with her, Roberts admitted that he was under the influence of liquor last night and was will- to have the salvationists The contest was an unusually interesting one | Knott’s Vision Has Come True. Col. C. H. Graves of Duluth, speaker of the house of the present Minnesota legislature, is Spending the winter in Washington in the in- terests of the” great chain of lakes, which he says is no stronger than its weakest link, the Sault Sainte Marie canal, or plain “Soo,” as it is called in the northwest. A Sram reporter found the colonel in his cheerful quarters at the Portland flats, as werene and hopeful as when in the time preceding Proctor Knott's oratorical irony he combed the head of naviga- tion and gathered to himself properties that have made him an easy fortune. “As your legislature holds only biennial ses- sions you are probably here to get a tew points from aeaker Reed remarked Tae Stax re- ter, Pet Hardly that,” said Col. Graves. “Our people need but few laws, and waut them far tween, Speaker Reed's quorum rule will be the ‘liamentary law of the future, and one need not come to Washington to find it out, I am here to present afew facts regarding the great fresh waterway to congressional com- mittees, We of the west think the work of improving the ‘Soo’ canal between Lake Huron and Lake Superior isof such general public interest that a separate appropriation should be made for the purpose. DULUTH'S GREATNESS. “Duluth is now the largest freight handling point in the world,” continued Col. Graves, as Proctor Knott predicted it would be. It is the largest primary grain market on the globe, and there is enough iron in the hills north of the city to supply the demands of all Christen- dom. Already 5,000,000 tons of ore a year are shipped from the Lake Superior country.” “Your people don’t seem to resent Proctor Knott’s satirical vision?” “Victors need never be resentful. When I say the lake commerce of that country is ten million tons a year, the mind fails to grasp its volume. It would take 5,000 vessels, each laden with 2,000 tons—a fleet which in size and num- bers would make the Spanish armado but play- things on the waves—to bear the products of our mines and grain fieids to market and bring fuel and fabrics from the east. A ton isa pretty fair load for a wagon, but if we loaded ten million wagons with these products, allow- ing fifty feet to each team, it'wouild make a caravan thrice girdling the earth, with enough left over to run a line trom the equator to the poles. Atthe rate of tour miles an hour it would take it three years,moving night and day, to pass a given point, and another crop would be ripe before it made the first lap. No, we are not resenting anything; we want Congress to expedite the canal improvements and pro- vide against accidents. Ten million tons of freight is of too great importance to be pe mitted to hang very long by that rotten the chain of lakes." OCEAN VESSELS IN THE LAKES, “What about ocean vessels going up the lakes?” “Itisa matter of only afew years when vessels will load at Duluth and unload at Liver- pool and return laden again. Some improve- ment in the waterways is all that is needed. We are on the head of navigation and have pretty nearly got the world by the top knot,” “How big is your town now?” “It had 3,400 population by the census of 1880, about 18,000 in 1885; the coming census will give us 45,000 or 50,000 and in five more years we'll have to use six figures, We have eight or ten railroads that come into the city or have connections, we have shops and ship ards inaking railroad cars and iron vessels, we have the best and most rapid transit of any city in the country and we can handle more freight in a given time than any other city on earth. Our elevator system is so perfect that a grain vessel can be loaded at the rate of a thousand bushels a minute, and an_hour sufices to put on a pretty good cargo. Vessels and cars unload or load from the same ware houses, and thus the work of handling freight is reduced to the minimum,” “Cold climate?” “Well, nearly everybody ont there wears some clothes most of the year, and there are no flies on our ordinary winters, but this sea- son has been specked up a good deal and no ice hus formed in the lake. though the bay has put on a thick overcoat, Do you good to come up and see us.” —>_—_ SPEAKING FOR WOMAN. Talks Before the Woman Suffrage Asso- elation Last Night. The rain had a decided effect on the attend- ance atthe evening session of the tional American woman suffrage association at Lin- coln hall last night. When Vice President Susan B. Anthony rapped for order the audience gathered to talk on the subject of equal rights was much smaller than at any preceding ses- sion. They were earnest and enthusiastic and gave the closest attention to all the speeches that were made, The session was pleasantly begun by a song by Miss Johnson, ‘Glide on Fair Bark,” and this was followed by a talk by Mrs, Carrie Lane Chapman of Iowa on the “The Symbol of Liberty.” Her address was mainly a criticism of the corrupt political methods of the day, and she gave a severe verbal lashing to the system of “boss rule.” She spoke of the ills of pauper immigration and the danger they threaten to our political institutions. ‘Lo save our republic from the dangers which now sur- round it on every side, she said, we must throw aside prejudice, establish citizenship on a more solid basis, purify the ballot and make intelli- gence and morality requirements for voters, Mrs. McClellan Brown of Ohio discussed the question as to whether such a thing as sex could enter into the idea of sovereignty. Miss Phebe Couzins spoke on the subject of woman's influence in official goverument. Miss Couzius, who was appoiuted a deputy marshal when her father was made marshal, and at her father's death was designated to act #8 marshal by Justice Miller, gave an interest- ing account of the persecutions and trials to which she had been subjected as being the first woman to hold such an office, and how, in the various suits brought against her, she had come off victorious. The convention then adjourned until this morning. is GEORGETOWN, cece ae ner ene Davonters or RepeKau.—A movement is on foot to establish a lodge of Daughters of Rebe- kah in Georgetown, and a preliminary meeting was held at the hall of Covenant lodge, No. 15, Tuesday evening. J. Fleming waschosen tem- rary chairman, Dr. Meade’ secretary and rs. Chas, H. Schutt treasurer. Two ballote were taken to select a name for the lodge aud Martha Washington, No. 3, was chosen by a vote of 28to 12 scattering. Covenant lodge, No. 13, has tendered the use of its hall free for two years. Stirring speeches were made by Miss Buckley, Dr. Jones, Dr. Meade, Geo, Mor- rison, J. Fleming, E. H. Harner and others, Fifty-two names are on the list of membership and everything points to the formation of w strong and prosperous lodge. Tbe application for a charter was presented to the Grand lodge at a special session held last evening at Odd Fellows’ hall, 7th street, Washington, when a charter was ordered to be granted. [t is ex- ected that the new lodge will be instituted Mareh 4. A public address at Linthicum insti- tute hall by Past Grand Sire Jas. B. Nicholson of Pennsylvania is expected. ‘Tuey Wene ar tie Basso Parnry.—Wm. Harris alias Wm, Patsy and Win. Gee, young colored men, who were at the disorderly barge party given on the bank of the canal Tuesday night, ay mentioned in Tue Stan, were receivedat the po- lice station last night and given cold buuks in the rear room. ‘This morning they were given a ride all the way to the Police Court. Police- men Cotter and Sutherland gave the prisoners an unenviable reputation and Jadge Miller told them that they could uot go to another party for twenty days, Porice Wax on THE Poticy Mex.—The offieers of this precinct are determined to do what they can to break up policy pla; several arrests have been made within a few days, Yesterday John Jones was charged with writing policy, A. B. Williams, attorney for Jones, lett 50 collateral at police headquarters for his clieat’s appearance in court, Tue Ero Waren Matx.—There remains but one section of the 48-inch water main to be laid on M street between 80th street and those points is completed, The work on the stop cock on M street will be finished in « day or two. Temperature axp Conprrion oy WaTER aT tion, 2, Receivi reservoir—temperature, 46; condition at north connection, connection, 7; condition at 5. Distributing reserv: Dwe.ume.— wisdom from experience and don’t use hand enades to ex! but prevent them fires, subern, Se Fei eho THE GREATNESS OF DULUTH. |THE PROPOSED CANAL LBASE. A Minnesota Statesman Says Proctor |The Debate on the Bill Before the _ Maryland Legislature. Yesterday the debate on the merits of the bill before the Maryland legislature to lease the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to the Wash- ington and Cumberland railroad began in the house of delegates, Mr. Rich opened with a motion to recommit, on the ground that time should be given also for the consideration of the proposal received from mine owners to lease the canal and maintain it as a waterway. Mr. Kilgour made s speech opposing any further delay. Speaking of the canal he said: “It is a lifeless corps awaiting a decent burial, and Iam willing to give itsuch. It is known toevery member in the house that scarcely had the flood of June subsided before the board of public works advertised for proposals for its repair. Not a single bid was made, They were willing even to put it in the hands of the ship owners. The next movement was a resolution by this legislature for its sale or lease, which was published far and wide, Yet not one solitary offer, save the one now before the house, was made. And how is it, then, that this new bid has been slumbering all this time? Aud who is this new proposal being backed by? None other than the Baltimore and Ohio, who want neither railroad nor canal in competition with it.” Mr. Rich said he believed that it was the pur- pose of the Baltimore and Ohio to get hold of the canal under the bill now before the house, and that they could more easily get it that way than by any other method. Messrs, Keedy, Mullin and Norwood argued in favor of recommitting. Mr. Norwood argued that the time elapsing between the advertising for bids and opening the same—twelve days— was not sufficient, for by the law twenty days’ notice should have been given, Mr. Shaw said he thought twelve days long enough and spoke against delay. Mr. Shaw went onto argue that the establishment of a railroad would give an impetus and develop- ment to western Maryland that had never been dreamed of and it was for that reason he de- sired to see a proposition to rehabilitate the canal rejected. The days of canals had long since passed, He maintained that it was im- possible to rehabilitate the canal and make ita paying institution, ir. Gantt asked if the proposed amendments to the Washington and Cumberland bill in- cluded a provision for @ connection with the Drum Point. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO. Mr, Shaw replied that the bill now made pro- vision for a connection with all railroads, Re- plying to the charge that the bill now pending was in the interest of the Baltimore and Ohio he called attention to the section which pro- vided that at no time shall the road be con- trolled by any competing line under penalty of forfeiture of charter. He concluded by saying: “I find appended to this paper bo proposal received today) the name of Fre do not know the gentleman, but I am informed by a prominent citizen of Washington county this morning that Mr. Merten informed him that the Baltimore and Ohio would furnish the [pied of the scheme with money. If Mr. erten feels aggrieved at this statement I will give him the name of my informant, The Bal- timore and Ohio, Mr. Merten had stated, would also guarantee them’ 300,000 tons of freight annually, and failing to do this would pay them for the amount of the difference. There is the cat out of the bag. Nearly all the oppo- sition to the bill has come from the Baltimore and Ohio because it does not desire a compet- ing line. WhatI want to see is a competing line, and that is what this bill provides, If the Baltimore and Ohio could keep the canal a ing along they could afford to throw their " bounds into the ditch.” The previous question was ordered, Mr. Rich's motion to recommit was lost by a vote of 35 ayes to 51 nays, and the House proceeded to consider the bill on its second reading. AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. The first section was amended, so that the building of the road shall not be delayed by any legal proceedings instituted by the Wash- ington and Cumberland company, unless un- avoidable and in good faith. Thissection was also amended, on motion of Mr. Meloy, substi- tuting six months for twelve months as the | time allowed for payments to the state treasurer | after the execution of the lease. An amendment was also adopted providing for connection by the Baltimore and Drum Point railroad with the Washington and Cumberland road. The further consideration of the bill was then postponed until today. THE DISTRICT CONGRESS. TO IMPROVE ROADS ON THE VIRGINIA SIDE. Messrs. R. A. Phillips & Son have requested Senator Barbour to introduce a bill appro- priating $50,000 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in macadam- izing with hard stone and otherwise improv- ing the road running from the south end of the chain bridge to the sonth end of the Aque- | duct bridge and thence through the Arlington estate to the south end of the long bridge. Inj their letter nclosing a draitof the proposed bill and a copy of the resolution of the Virginia legislature authorizing agents of the United j States to go upon these roads and improve | them, they say: ‘Here is the great city of Washington fronting on a beautiful river with three public bridges built by the United States | authority crossing to the county of Alexandria in which there isa great national cemetery and a military post, and yet not a public high- way in the county fit to travel upon save a single road leading from the south end of the Aqueduct bridge to the cemetery by way of Fort Myer. Factitious 6pponents of this bill may urge that the public highways of the county do not concern the United States, But this objection must fall when it is considered that the county was originally a part of the District of Columbia; that the United States owns in fee simple one-seventeenth of the county; that the United States has expended one-half a million of dollars on two of the three bridges across the Potomac in the Dis. trict, to which bridges there are no decent ap- roaches with the single exception of the road abe the Aqueduct penne to Fort Myer here- tofore mentioned; that the roads proposed to be improved by this bill are almost wholly the direct main thoroughfare to the « city.” The Death Record. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon today deaths were reported to the health office as follows: Patrick Mara, 53 years; Jumes Dillon, 66 years; Addie 8. Alderman, 26 years; Cynthia S R. Barry, 48 years; Ethel O’Con- nell, 6 years; Augustus Davis, 65 years; Lydia A. Taylor, 66 years; Maria Webb, 87 years, setae Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: M. 8, Hopkins to Mary A. Ferry, pt. 10, 8 $—. S. Ross to J. L. Poston, lot 11, sq. 640; $1,500, John L, Weaver to W. H. Barnes, pt. 2, blk. 5, LeDroit Park; @—. C. E. Kaldenback to Robt. H, Dorsey, lot 6 and pt. 5, sq. 633; 3—. R. H, Dorsey to Ella C. Kaldenback, lot 6 and t. 5, do., and pts. 17 and 18, 4. 882; Write to W. P. Smith, lot 21, blk. 4, Trinidad; $2,000, C, Witmer to T. B, Harrison, low 1 to 3, aq. 1114; ulia E. Condict 'toG. H. Gleason, sub. 9, sq. 176; $2,563.51. G. H. Glea- son to A. Gleason, same property, $—. eae sii aot) A Soldier’s Spree. Fenton Walter, who is otherwise known as Robert Swayze, is one of his country’s blue- coated defenders, and i stationed at the Wash- ington barracks. He left there yesterday, and started out “to have a good time.” Itis pre- sumed he had it, for he managed in some man- ner unkuown to himself to get into the Senate stables, and there he made his bed. When he get ready to leave this morning before day- reak he conld not find his cap. Equal to any emergency he made acap of the red carriage mat and st out in search of a cab, At the Baltimore and Ohio depot he met Police- bong Foley, whe (aaa im under jee “Vagrancy" and “suspi "were against hin in the Police Court, but Ju Miller said he could not be a “vag” because the government was under contract to feed him. He could, however, be d, but the coyst was satisfied that his act was the result of a drunken freak and released him on his personal bonds. ~ ANACOSTIA, Dears or ax Ex-Sorpren.—Mr. Frank Kelley died at his home on Washington street last ae oer about 3 perro grind He ee Mansachusette. 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Another Great Reduction in Sugars. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, 501 and 503 7th street, corner 7th and E rand west. Best Granulated Sugar. 634 cents, in 10 Ib. lots only, to any one buying tea or coffee from us, If you want a pertoct Coffee or Tea use A. & P. Condensed Mi Our 30c, Java and Mocha Coffee can't be beat. Check given with e 25c. worth of Tea, Coffee, Baking Powder and Condensed Milk. 117-6t H Bowman, Manager. “1 have been afflicted with an affection of the Throat from childhood, caused by diphthe- ria, and have used various remedies, but have never found anything egeat to Brown's Bron- CHIAL TRocuEs.”—Rev. G. M. F. Hampton, Pike- ton, Ky. Sold only in boxes, 118-e03t&K **Quack!”’ said the doctor, “You may pla duck but I mean to take Dr. Bull's Coug! Syrup.” 4 —— Piles! Piles! Piles!—Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment is the only sure cure for Blind, | Bleeding or Itching Piles ever discovered. It never fails tocure old chronic cases of long standing. Wittiams Mra. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, ja25-a,tu,thisot Star Sprin; ater, Saratoga Star Spring Water for sale in bot- tles and by the gluss by all druggists, Saar'n C. Patmer, Ag ja25-s,tu,thisot Castoria. When baby was sick we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss she clung to Castoria, Wheu she had Children she gave them Castoria, jal6-th,s,tu,ly Philups’ Digestible Cocoa Furnishes nutriment and aids digestion, For Cheap, Quick Fire Buy Washington Gas Company's Coke, a7-3m. Jounson Sac, Agents. QILK MOHAIR BRILLIANTINES, Elegant New Style Spring Dress Goods, nearly yard ands quarter wider special cash barvaine 432; neat rue value, 20c. LONSDALE CAMBRI finest quality, yard wide, only 1c. teal walue'l 35 e 2 BEACH MOHAIR BKILLIANTINES, wide double 0 . ky BES! QUALITY FRUIT OF THE 100! BLEACHED COTLON, yard wile. 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Just received a line of Fancy Mobairs, 38 in. wide, in all the new colors. These area great bargain, Only 50c. Ail-wool Plaids and Stripes, 38 in. wide, a great variety, only 50c, 52-in, Ladies’ Cloth, in all the new colors, only 50e. in Black Mobairs and Brilliantines wo are showing the best values ever offered for the money. 50c., 62c., Toc. 8c, #1 und 81.20, Asreat bargain in White Marseilles Bed Spreads at $1.25. * CARHART & LEIDY, 928 7th ot, and 706 K stn FEBRUARY 18, 1890. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY Offer a Large Stock of Flour at Prices fully in keeping with the recent decline in the market, Our “Big Bar- gain” brand ia a Choice Patent Process Flour at $5.47 ‘a barrel, ‘Weare also offering special rates on Sugar Cured Hams this week. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, 428 Ninth st P. 8. Remember! Qur Msndheling Java Coffee is the highest grade grown. as gra ‘We have made genuine reductions on all FURS AND WRAPS ‘Those desiring bargains con now obtain them. The finest goods manufactured are on exhibition, con- ‘sisting of BEAL JACKETS, CAPES AND SACQUES, Monkey, Nutria, Mink, Persian and Astrachan CAPES AND MUFFS. ‘The balance of PLUSH WRAPS at prime cost. WILLETT & RUOFF, ‘Hatters and Furriera, ee AMUSEMENTS. ERNAN'S NEW Wasi N THRATER, Eas, Wea eB aais etn THIS WEEK ONLY. GRAND MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. PETER JACKSON, BENNETT Bnos.* ALL-AMERICAN STAR SPECIALTY 00, #100 to sny one whom JACKSON fails to best in four rounds, Marquis of Q. Aiggt Week-REILLY & Woon's NEW BIG SHOW. T goo ak is A LIE E woo 2“4 Sod OPERA CUMPANY, JNO. A. MCCAULL, Bole Proprietor snd LAST TWO NIGHTS OF SUPPE’S MASTERPI ECE CLOVER. “Clover” Matinee Satu: ro SATURDAY NIGHT, FIRST TM HERE, DELLINGER's OPERA COMIQUE, CAPTAIN #RACASSA. Next Week-STUART ROBSON _Im “AN ARRANT KNAVE” ALBACGH's GEAND OPERA HOUSE, SEATS NOW ON SALE. EVENT OF THE SEASON! Commencing MONDAY EVENING, Februsry 24, Saturday Matinee, Engagement of the Comedian, MR STUART ROBSOX, And Company of Players, ‘Under the Direction of Mr. W. R. Hayden, Presenting for the First Time in Washington a Media val Comedy by Stecle Mackaye, called AN ARRANT KNAVE, MR. ROBSON as CHIQUI, THE KNAVE. ‘The above play will be produced with the sid of snd Orwinal of Mase, —— Scenery, Costumes, Properties usic by Joha u Ranice aoe ‘Occa of the Col QPOOND sore BY THE WASHINGTON MUSICAL CLUB. MR. HENRY XANDER. MR. HERMAN RAK: MK. PAUL MIERSCH MR. HERNDON MOxsi Assisted MES. THOMAS B. BUXTON, So WEDNESDAY = Gere FEBRUARY 26, 1890, AT THE UNIVERSALIST CHUS 1H, CORN’ ISTH AND L'STRELTS NUMTHWEST ADMISSION... NTS RESERVED SEATS... a CENTS Herndon Moreaihe SS1 08 see ee ee ot or lorsell's, reet ne Willian Knabe & Co.'s, #17 Pennsylvania avenue. 03 New NATIONAL THEATRE. AHIs WEER | Six Night THIS WEEK| Matinces Woiesday mid Saturday, DANIEL FROHMAN’S NEW YORE LYCEUM THEATRE WIFE COMPANY (With Mrs. Berlan Gibbs), Presenting Belasco and DeMille's Famous Play, “THE WIFE. In the Cast: with all the Sce: Accessories made from the Orisa Models Week Feb. 24.-ABBOTT OPERA COMPANY. Scate now on sale. 17-6 FAIL AND BAZAAR BURNSIDE CORPS, W.R.G day from 12 to 2 ur Taster Meat Paral mm it to 2. On 4 : 3 will give an exhibition of his wonderful skiin nytt pAslor ENTERTAINMENT For the Beneht of NEWSBOYS AND CHILDEEN'S AID SOCIETY At the Resideuce of MES. BUGH McCULLOCH, 912 15thst, SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1890, 27T04P.M Tickets $1. For sale at Metzerott'a, ‘The following artists will assist: MISS MARIE DECCA, MISS KATE FIELD, MISS ALDRICH, : MISS BERTHA LINCOLN, MRE, OSKAR KRUTZSCH. MR. RICHARD HOVEX AND OTHERS. At the close of Program the PHONOGRAPH will be exhibited. sat CoxcenT, SONGS OF THE NATIONS, Under the Leadership of MK. FRANK A. WILSON, at UNION Mb. CHURC! Both sty car Pa ave FuipaY EVEN FEBUUARY 21, 1800, Assisted by the Washinton Orchestral Adhesion Soc. — eat Loony asic aL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. ONE WEEK ONLY. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. . First production here of GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S NEW COMIC OPERA, Authorized performance, by an arrangement with R. DOYLY CARTE, Presented by an AMERICAN COMPANY Under the management of MR, JOHN STETSON Of the Globe Thester, Boston. THE SALE OF RESERVED SEATS ‘Will open at "8 Music Store, 925 Penna ave., on THURSDAL. Feb. 20; at 9 aan Prices: 1 and a to k a2. nz. NW SONAL THEATRE NEXT WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, SIX NIGHTS—TWO MATINEES. Sale of Seats THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. ENGAGEMENT OF THE FAMOUS EMMa A BB OO rrr ae BP BP TH ig AA BE BBB $3 ¢ 4 aa BE BBB ‘00 ? ? GKAND OPERA COMPANY In the following Brilliant Repertoire: ERNANL ROWN DIAMONDS. BIJOU THEATER, Week commencing Monday, February 17. Matinees Tuesday, Thureday and Saturday. Bartley Campbell's Most Realistic Play, _THE WHITE SLAVE, ‘Under the management of Mr. H. C. Kennedy. ba aa eratign eastern of the Old Stock. 7-1 LBA HOLLIDAY THEAT: artis BALTIMORE. ss ENGAGEMENT OF EDWIN BOOTH, NOTICE! The continued illness of MME MOD- tb ‘with Mr. Booth. he tnanastout therefore deceit due the public not managment So ee FecOvery’ MISS MINNA K. GALE, Baturday Night, March 1—-MACBETH, Monday, 3-HAMLET, Beery ‘patients 0 | cas __ AMUSEMENTS. NEE axxvar natn or ~~ eae WASHINGTON DIVISION, No. 1, U.R.K OF P. Will be held at NATIONAL LIFLES ARMORY, G between oth and 10th streets n.w., FRIDAY EVEN- SSR ee eh Shae DAIRY MAID RECEPTION Given Ly the MISSIONARY TrN G'S DAUGHTERS ‘Or Weel Lat 310 e STREET NW. FRIDAY, Februar; 1k90, t 730 pom. Admission, including “Heireshmente, 25 conta, from the STUDLO OF CB. IVES iho On view at 1104 Connecticut avenue. Open from 11 am. t05 p.m. JEP 2es's WoNDERFUL “TALKING MACHINE ON EXHIBITION aT GEORGE W. DRIVER'S 605 Pennsylvania ave., Day and evening, in marvelous reproductions of fall brass band overtures, cornet, banjo. whistling and vocal solos, Patrons and the public respectfully m= sited 2 Gone tae a Foun vauiaavenue and 11th street ¥, Petwuary 27, and during the THE LUKE ATs COMGHESS OF SON ELITES AND LATEST BU KOPE \N Si ATIONS a a ye Ney 7; pay ee. duniasion, U, BU, y ou ta. a wees 10, 20 and JO cents. 58 coher te MBE CYCLERIES 1406 NOY.AVE, WILL GUAR ‘antee to Teach You to Kide v0 fety Hi cycle for @1. Ladies @1. Special hours fur LADIE Open welita Largest riding school ia U.S. my STAGE EXCURSIONS. T°, ARLINGION—FAST STAGE LINE aT 7 pn. Fare 50c. round Drive throush » streets, Ze. Soldiers’ Home aud grounds, 90. Coach chartered. “Leaves the WESINM S13 Lath st mw. AT Cost. FRENCH GAUZES. FoR EVENING WEAR. In order to make room for our spring purchases we have made large reductions in all our Evening Goods and will offer them at and below cost, These Goods being all new aud of the latest desigus, are most desir- able for BALL, DINNER AND EVENING WEAR 45-inch Striped Gauzes with Silver and Gold Tinsel, im White and Silver, Cream and Gold, Cardinal and Gold, Gray and Bilver, Black and Silver. Reduced to ‘80c.; former price #1. 45-inch Fancy Striped Gauzes, in Cream and Gold, ‘Blue and Silver, Pink and Gold, Blue and Gold, Maize end Gold, Black and Gold. Leduced te 9c. . turmer Price $1.25. 45-inch Chenille Striped Geuzes, with Tinsel, in ‘Whiteand Silver and Cream and Gold. Reduced to $1.65, former price 82. 46-inch Embroidered Gauzes, with Satin Stripes, ia Cream, Blue, Pink, Cardinal, Gray and Maize, Re- duced to $2.25; former price 82.75. Two Pieces of Very Handsome Embroidered Mous- scline de Soie, in Pink and Blue, 456 yards each, 46 inches wide, the regular price of which was $10. Re- duced to 86. 45-inch Floss Striped Nets, tn Blue, Maize, Nile aud Cardinal. Reduced to @1; former price $1.35, Many Short Lengths at half price, ‘We invite an early mspection of these goods, before ‘the assortment of colorings are broken. 719 “T19 EB G. Davis, w31 719 Market Space, corner Sth st. Jciws Laysevzcn, 13TH AND F STREETS, THIS WEEK THIS WEEK OFFERS THIS WEEK THREE SPECIAL BARGAINS, THREE SPECIAL BARGAINS, THREE SPECIAL BARGAINS Esch in the UPHOLSTERY, CARPET and FURNI TURE DEPARTMENTS, as follows: UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT, BARGAIN No. 1. 3,000 yards Muslin st 25c. per yard; suitable for Curtains, Drapery and Decorative purposes. BARGAIN No. 2. 3,500 yards Madras at Z5c. per yard, Colored and Figured ; very desirable for Curtains and Drapery. BARGAIN No. 3. 900 yards Tapestry. Reduced from $1.75 to G0c. per yard. 750 yards Tapestry. Reduced from $2 to $1 per yard. ‘These goods are of very fine quality, Exquisite Col- orings, Rich Designs and are worth double the price to which they have bee. reduced. CARPET DEPARTMENT. BARGAIN No. 1. 500 Smyrna Rugs, 4x7 feet. Reduced from $10 to 86.90; extra quality. BARGAIN No. 2. 200 English Art Squares, 2}4x3 yards. Reduced from $7.50 to 85, BARGAIN No. 3. 1,000 Hassocks, made up of the best Moquette and Brussels carpets. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. BARGAIN No. L 100 OAK SUITES, 3 PIECES, 827. ‘These suites are made of solid oak, very finely fin- ished, have large beveled plate glass and are worth amiuch more. BARGAIN No. 2. 350 SOLID OAK CHAIRS, CANE SEAT, @1 EACH. BARGAIN No. 3. 1 lot ANTIQUE OAK and IMITATION MAHOGANY ROCKERS, $3.25 snd $3.75 euch. Former price, €4.50 and 85 Owing to the dullness of the season SPECIAL REDUCTIONS are also being offered in the WALL PAPER DEPARTMENT. LOW PRICES. THOROUGH WORKMANSHIP. JULIUS LANSBURGH, ns AStugand F sta, Te Last Car OF THE SYNDICATE CLOTHING COMPANY To the buyers of the District, Maryland and Virginia We have still on hand s Jot of fine Overcosta, which dow pric will be sold at the folio et aw eS now $3.78. formerly Ulster, which sold for Overcoat, sold at 618, Suite, nities 28 woh Corkscrew suite, 610.60: formerly 615. on of th one fr twenty dayemore oon ons. ony by the 1c male must be closed. SYNDICATE CLOTHING COMPANY, ns Cor. 9th and Este. now. LUTZ & BRO. 407 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel Horse Blankets and Lap Bobes at low prices. apl? Tas Tuoxsox-Hovsrox Exzormao COMPANY, 620 Atlantic avenue, Boston, Mass nrg LASMINCTON OFFICR, 1558 ¥ OT. Geers Sorrs Scovzz Siena