Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1890, Page 9

RAILROAD CROSSINGS. Evils Which Washington is Trying to Remedy. MILES OF SURFACE Daugers and Annoyances of the Prev- ent Systen—Important Sections of the city Off by a Belt of Dangerous ‘Tracks—The Situation. incase SURFACE TRACKS and grade cross- =< ings greatly aggravate the grievances of the sections of the city traversed by the steam railroads, whose resi- 7 dents have been appealing to Con- «ress foryears for some relief from the hard- ships they have been compelled to endure, Along the line of the Pennsylvania road from the navy yard tunnel to the Long bridge, a dis- tance of about three miles, all the streets that manage to pass over tracks at all cross at grade. Some of these streets being the main thorough- fares between the river front and the business centers are well eled, and all this travel— street cars, drays. carriages, pedestrians—flows on over the railroad tracks, except when the gates are put down and the streets for the time barricaded. Along the Baltimore and Ohio from the station on New Jersey avenue out over both branches of the road to the Boundary, the streets either cross at grade or are completely blocked by the railroad tracks. Some of these streets are constantly filled with teams and pedestrians, Gates or bars which are let down when an engine or train is approaching, and hoisted up when the passage is supposed to be clear, are provided at these crossings. The gatemen, however, except in the case of a few of the most traveled crossings, leave their posts after the busy bours of the day and early night are and be- lated wayfarers have to trust to their own acute- ness of vision and hearing to protect them from the dangers of the track. Besides the annoy- ing delays occasioned by the blocking of the way nearly every grade crossing has its tale to tell of some fatal occurrence. It was stated yesterday before the House District committee from official reports that in fourteen years fifty-seven people had been killed on the grade crossings of Washington. The report on the subject of steam railroads recently adopted by the Board of Trade laid especial emphasis on the necessity of remov- ing the obstruction to travel and traffic offered by the belt of surface tracks separating the wharves and river front and a large section of the city from the business center, and urged that defimte provision should be made for the lowering of these tracks and the construction of bridges. Stan reporters sent over the lines of the railroads within the city limite during the present week took notes and photographs show- ing the situation at each crossing. The views of several typical grade crossings are given herewith. TRACKS. ‘THE D STREET CROSSING, The first grade crossing on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after leaving the depot yard is at D street. This crossing is not only danger- ous, but causes more annoyance than the ordinary crossings. In the first place D street north is partly barricaded by a fence which protects the railroad tracks and all vehicles are compelled to drive around the end of the fence in order to cross the network of tracks, On the east side of the tracks there is a bill, which renders the crossing even more danger- ous that it would otherwise be. There are gates or bars at the crossing, which are elevated or depressed the same as those at other cross- ings. Just at this point North Capitol street comes toa sudden break and is rendered of no earthly use as a through thoroughfare, vehicles coming from the direction of the Gov- ernment Printing Office to the Capitol have to circle around the depot and climb a much longer hill than that which North Capitol street would ascend if it could be continued and properly graded. To reach the Capitol from the point where North Capitol street is ob- structed by the railroad one has to go around w Jersey avenue or Ist street east. North tol street is oue of the widest streets in the city, forming the line that divides the city into eastern and western sections, DELAWARE AVENUE AND E sTREET. From D street to the next crossing at Dela- Ware avenue and E street the tracks make a sweeping curve. Delaware avenue at this crossing is almost closed by the fence inclosing the tracks, and the eorner of the sidewalk had to be chopped off to give room for vehicles to Pass between the tracks and the curb. There are five tracks at this crossing and on account of its proximity to the railroad yard the con- Stant shifting of trains and moving of engines and cars causes many delays to drivers and pe- destrians who are obliged to venture across the track at that point. 7 FIRST AND MYRTLE STREETS. The next crossing, and one that is much used, fs at Massachusetts avenue. This avenue is the principal connection between the northwest- ern and northeastern and southeastern sections end the number of vehicles and pedestrians crossing is very large. As is the case at other ports near the depot this crossing is block- aded by cars almost as often as it is open to travel. From that crossing to the next one at G street there are four tracks on Delaware ‘venue. On the south side of this thorough- fare there is not even a pathway for pedestri- ans. and such a thing as a curbstone cannot be seen. The street there is virtually the pro} erty of the corporation, as there is nota single thing to indicate that the egy has any control whatever over it, AT @ STREET. G street is the next crossing, and near that point the four tracks divide, the Branch road going slong Ist street to the left i Oe ee eee ee along ware avenue to poten eee and H streets is a riilrosd THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890—TWELVE PAGES. to pass between the car tracks and the curb stone, but the roadway is generally in such a miserable condition that few persons would care to risk driving over it. H STREET. Next in order on the Washington branch is the H-street crossing, which, like the others, is @ grade crossing. The crossing is traveied as much if not more than any other in the city. The cars on the Columbia railway, the herdics and many country wagons passing over this route greatly increase the number of vehicles that pass over the tracks, What adds to the —— of this crossing is the closeness of the tracks to a high fence inclosing a coal yard at the northeast corner of the Fanction of the two streets. As their view of the rail- road is cut off persons passing slong H street going west after the gatemen have gone have nothing to warn them of the approach of an incoming train until the train is almost upon them, and then sometimes it is too late. The rails form another curve from the H street crossing around to the overhead bridge at 2d street east or the eastern connec- tion of the “fatal Y.” THE SECOND-STREET BRIDGE. Then comes s dangerous stretch of track from the 2d-street bridge or end of the “Y” to the ‘no crossing” at 3d street, which is directly in rear of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The track along there is considerably below grade, and the houses that face it on the south side of Istreet are on a high bank that slopes precip- etously down to the railroad. There is no sidewalk in front of the houses and small chil- dren cannot be trusted out the front door unaccompanied without being in danger of rolling down the bank upon the tracks, The track along there is traveled @ great deal by persons living in that section north of I street, and it i& a lonely spot after dark. It was on the track between the bridge and 3d street that the late George Juenemann was attacked by ruffians and killed, according to the verdict of the coroner's jury, although the police are still of the opinion that a rail- road train did the fatal work. At 3d street, as already stated, there is no crossing except a narrow gully or washout through the embankment that was made by the rain, and through this a few persons pass daily to make a short cut home. It La) cepesese that a driver not acquainted with the neighborhood might undertake to drive over this death trap at night in an effort to find some place in the northeastern section. Along the next square and facing the tracks are a few human habitations. THE FOURTH-STREET CROSSING, The 4th-street crossing, that comes next, is the last place where a vehicle can cross the tracks for a distance of probably a quarter of a mile, This crossing is the principal one for persons living in the territory between 3d and 6th streets and north of the track. The curve in the track makes it exceedingly dangerous, especially when there is no watchman on duty. One night a couple of years ago a resident of East Washington was returning home from the country ata late hour of the night in a car- riage. His family were in the vehicle and the driver wasa stranger in that locality. The wind was so high at the time that the noise of & puffing steam engine to the leeward could not be heard. The wagon was not far from the track when suddenly the head of the family, aware of the driver's ignorance of the location of the tracks, jumped from the vehicle to see if there was a train in sight, He saw the headlight of a locomotive that was dashing around the curve and grabbed the heads of the horses in time to prevent a frightful tragedy. From this crossing the rail- Toad soon finds its way above the present grade of the adjacent streets and passes on a level raised to about the top of the first story of the houses for three squares, It forms a barrier that virtually cuts off the streets it crosses. The embankment on either side of the track slopes at such an angle that pedestrians can only with difficulty climb over to reach their homes, SEVENTH STREET. Seventh street is the next place where the failroad is passable for teams, and even this issuch a crossing that horses find it difficult to draw avehicle from the south side of the track. This street leads to the deaf mute col- lege at Kendall Green. To pass over the track pedestrians and vehicles have to ascend the steep embankment on one side and descend on the other. For pedestrians there are wooden steps. Just beyond this crossing K street and the railroad tracks meet. The railroad tracks continue on their way to the country, but K street ceases to exist as a thoroughfare. Next comes L street, but before it reaches the tracks it is lost in the commons, and the next and last crossing within the city limits are M street and the Boundary. These crossings are on grade and protected by gates, but the rough and muddy roads render it possible for heavy vehi- cles to get stalled there and meet with an acci- dent before the engineer of an approaching train could be notified of the danger. THE METROPOLITAN BRANCH, On the Metropohtan Branch after leaving @ street the tracks which run along Ist street are continually used as storage tracks for freight cars, The number of cars left standing on these tracks often renders it extremely difficult for even the watchman to discover a train until ort distance of H street. This crossing is especially dangercus after the gate- man goes off duty at night, for then there is nothing to warn persons approaching the tracks of the danger ahead and often on ac- count of the long lines of cars standing onthe tracks the moving train cannot be seen until 1t dasbes over the crossing. One-half square north isthe “Y" or the track connecting the Washington and Metropolitan branches. The eastern terminus of the “Y” is not far from 2d street bridge on the Wash- ington branch. The track circles from that point to a point on the Metropolitan branch almost Cs ery the eastern end of Myrtle street. ere this dangerous track crosses the sidewalk it is less than six feet from the porch of the nearest house. The I street crossing is not traveled over so much because of the mean condition of the street, due to the “Y” and the Washington branch track, which is below grado, Going north from the “Y” the next crossing on the Metropolitan Branch is at K street. This is a much-traveled crossing and is directly on the grade of the street. One square further and there is another grade crossing at L street. ‘This street has recently been graded through to the eastern part of the city and is not at present traveled much on account of its rough surface. At M street there is another crossing, which is protected by gates. there are no more crossings on the road, which is filled up to about where the grade ought to be, until New York avenue and Boundary crossings are reached. These have proven dangerous, one accident resulting in death, aud injury having occurred there more than once. NEAR LONG BRIDGE, When tho trains roll into the city off the Long bridge there is danger in every revolu- “Dere vos some beoples somedimes vot looks like dey vants der veels mid der drains to rund ober dem purty gwick righd avay.” Right in this mt aid bebe ay ah is littler or no protection. From the Long bridge to 1ith Street there is a fect network of Cegral switches, &c., and —- no fencing an The bailaion, ¢ the hreteht pleat bor y gine y o! pot en; Danville Railroad THE TRACKS AT TENTH STREET. At 10th street the crossing is very dangerous. There are six tracks with a switch, On the north side the tracks are above grade. Vehi- cles coming down Maryland avenue are liable to accident. There are side tracks which lead off into the freight yard and these are below grade and unprotected, Five tracks loom up at the 9th-street cross- ing. On the east side there is a bad place, making a death-trap for vehicles on dark nights, The curbing is low and there is no fencing. * AT NINTH STREET. Between 7th and 9th streets there is a net- work of tracks unguarded, there being no pro- tection on either side, The tracks run through ® public reservation from 7th to 9th, com- pletely cutting it in half. The parking on the west side is being fenced and this will give some protection. Perhaps there is not a more dangerous crossing than the one at 7th street. Here the tracks branch off from Maryland into Virginia avenue. There is no fencing and the curbing is low, while the tracks are not filled in. The street is much traveled, it being the crossing for Washington and Georgetown cars, and they are frequently delayed by the long, snake-like iretgtt trains, while pedes- trians fill the air with sulphurous words, SIXTH STREET. Following the tracks around the curve 6th street is the next crossing. Hundreds of chil- dren who attend the Jefferson school daily cross this dangerous place. The west side ap- proach is entirely ea) aRoamapse The tracks are exposed and a number of accidents have oc- curred here, A lamp lighter named McIntosh met his death at this place, while Mr. Spring- man’s son had his foot cutoff. A track for Adam's Express Company runs across the street from the main line. In every way the cross- ing ie dangerous, Sixth street from Virginia avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad station at north B street is practically surrendered to the railroad. The crossings are all at grade and exceedingly dangerous, except in the one case of the road through the Mall, for which the railroad com- pany was required some years ago to build a viaduct, Where the tracks from 6th street curve around into Maryland avenue and again at Virginia avenue there is a combination of grade crossing, sharp curve and all that makes railroada dangerous, The danger is iucreased by the great amount of travel both on the railroad and on the streets, AT FOUR-AND-A-HALF STREET. There are few crossings over which there are more travel than at 43¢ street, and it is one of the most dangerous, there being six tracks al- most entirely unprotected. A number of acci- dents have occurred here, It is the crossing for the Metropolitan line of street cars and there is always a heavy travel. At the 3d street crossing the gates are above age! fully three feet, and the same is true at 8a. where the approach is even worse than at ‘There is a net work of tracks and no fenc- ing. When the weather is good there is a heavy travel, A number of accidents have occurred here, There is no protection. FIRST AND VIRGINIA AVENUE. The Delaware avenue, Ist street and 2d street crossings are much the same. These crossings are above grade and provided with safety gates and watchmen. The watchmen, however, are only on duty from 6:30 in the gto, Serie 8:30 at night. The reet crossing runs into Virginia avenue a short distance east of Half street. The approaches to the crossing are in a bad condition and considerable travel goes over this‘point. There is no watchman at this cross- ing after 8:30 o'clock p.m. Gates of the usual pattern are on each side of the crossing. South Capitol street has two railroad cross- ings. The one on the west is provided with gates and watchmen, while a fence incloses the tracks, On the east. however, there is no protection to the tracks gave at the crossings and on a dark night one might easily drive into the perfect net work of tracks at this point, d before being able to extricate himself be killed. NEW JERSEY AVENUE. The New Jersey avenue crossing is another dangerous place. There are thirteen tracks side by side here and trains and engines are always shifting. Watchmen are kept here all day and night. Several accidents have occurred at this point anda collision took place here several years ago, From this point down to the tunnel the crossings are much the same. Each is poy ore with safety gates and watchmen, but the latter go off duty at 8:30 at night, and the crossings are jeft unprotected, These are especially dangerous in view of the fact that a train coming from the tunnel giver no warning and before one is aware of it the engine is upon him, SOME OF THE ACCIDENTS. ‘The accidents occurring on the surface tracks and at grade crossings on both the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Potomac railroads have been many. The most startling one oc- curring recently was the killing of several men at the Bennings crossing on the Baltimore and Potomat Railroad, just outside the city. That accident resulted from the grade crossing and alleged neglect of the watchman, Some of the other accidents that have hap- = within the past five years are mentioned low. Edward Carter, a colored deaf mute, who was obliged to cross the tracks of the Metropol- itan Legere ney oe = —_ Railroad every morning on his way to his work, was run over and killed at the grade crossing at the Boundary. had crossed the railroad track morning after morning before daybreak with- out meeting with an accident, but on the fatal morning there was a high wind blowing and the dust flying in the ai blinding. A train that came dashing around the durve into the city struck Carter and injured him fatally. Rev. Eugene Peck, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, met a horrible death one strack by a Baltimore and the tracks enter the city was de- afternoon by bei Ohio train near w peed A i iii ierter q F i F i f f E F ty : i z i i Le HA : i E z F pretty. nue and 9th.street crossing. One of the mules was killed, the driver badly injured and the wagon destroyed. The railr destroyed, The wagon was going south. There was a dense fog at the time and it was impossi- ble tosee far, When theaccident occurred the railroad men complained of reckless drivel and the police complained that the street cross- ings were not properly guarded; that the gate men go on duty about 6 o'clock in the morning and leave at 8 o'clock in theevening. After 8 o'clock they stated that the gates were not guarded, although many lei y trains pass each way and many vehicles cross the tracks. The verdict of the coroner's jury in the case of William Golway, who was killed near 14th and L streets southeast by a Baltimore and Potomac Railroad train, blamed the railroad company for the accident, which would never have happened had it not been for the surface tracks, Mr, Golway had been out walking with some friends. He attempted to cross the tracks near where the railroad curves, when a train came dashing around the curve and he was instantly killed. A milk peddier and gardener named Stier- man was struck by a train on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, He was driving a horse and wagon and was crossing Boundary street when the accident happened, Hir horse was killed, his wagon demolished and he himself received injuries which inca- acitated him for work for many weeks, The joss of his horse and wagon resulted in his wife’s walking to the city to transact what business there was to look after, and it was not many weeks after her husband’s misfortune that sho was struck and killed by a train near the point where her husband had received his injuries, ——— ONE MEAT PIE GONE DRY. Young Mrs. Newlywed Discovers That Experience Costs Gravy. That sweet little woman Mrs, Newlywed feels in despair of ever becoming a practical cook, It chanced the other night that she had prepared for her dear Edward a meat pie, and the dish used to bake it in being larger than was needed for so small a family, she adopted alittle expedient she had been toldof bya more experienced housewife and pleced in the middle of the dish a teacup upside down to hold up the crust at the central point, filling in the receptacle round about with cubes of beef and gravy previously prepared after the fashion of astew. Finally, she covered the whole with a nice crust, neatly trimmed off at the edges, and put it in the oven to bake. For such is the way, she had learned, to make a meat pie, When Edward came home and was ready for dinner it was with no little pride that she placed on the table with her own pretty hands the hot dish fresh from the oven, and as he plunged his knife through the BROWN AND APPETIZING CRUST she gazed with fond anticipation upon the re- sult of her labors, the delicious qualities of which were on the point of being developed. She was helped first of course, six or eight cubes of beef and the brownest bit of crust falling to her share. But she noticed with alarm that of the gravy, so essential in a pre- paration of the sort, there was not a single drop. She tasted one of the pieces of meat, but it was as dry as Dead sea fruit. “My treasuré,” she faltered, “I fear there must have been some mistake in the recipe for this pie. I never saw a meat pie before with- out plenty of gravy. Certainly I put a quan- tity in, but it seems to have all dried up.” “I think it very good myself,” responded the new-made husband “Iam sure that I have never tasted a more delicious pie.” As he spoke he was unabie to restrain a little choke over one of the dry tee of beef, aud the eyes of the young wife filled with tears. “IT am e I did my very best to make it nice,” she said, with a little gulp. “My precious!” “My darling!” By this time the formalities of the table had been dispensed with and she was sitting on his knee shedding a few consolatory tears into his napkin. When she had regained her accus- tomed cheerfulness by this natural method she began laughing and they both fell into the mer- riest fit imaginable. Then he asked, jokingly: THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. “My angel, whatis that cup for that I see turned upside-down in the middle of the dish?” “Why, don’t you understand, you sweet old goose,” was her reply. “It makes the pie look If the cup wasn’t there the crust would sink down in the center.” With this she leaned over and taking the cup between her dainty thumb and forefinger lifted it up—when, lo! there tlowed from the cup into the dish quite halfa pint of delicious, rich, brown gravy. It had been there all the time; but, in the process of baking, the cup fitting closely to the bottom of the receptacle, the air inside the cup had become raritied by the heat and thus all the gravy in the dish, in quantity about half a pint, had been sucked up into the cup. ‘The young husband explained this natu- ral phenomenon to his bride and now she says that no such wicked law of physics—as Edward called it—shall ever cheat her out of gravy for her meat pie again, After this she will look under that swindling old cup every time or have Edward poke his knife beneath it. ~— coe ACCORDEON SKIRTS. A Mystery of Interest to all Women Exw: plained at Last. 1 It has been the good fortune of a Star re- porter to find a solution for what has hitherto been popularly regarded as a first-class mystery—namely, the process of making that manner of garment so beautiful to the eye and 80 dear just at present to the fashionable fe inine heart, the wonderful ‘“‘accordeon skirt.” The method whereby the so-called accordeon pleat is made has been kept religiously a secret ever since the introduction of the novelty, You can procure a skirt so prepared from any dress maker, dry goods shop or sewing ma- chine place; but the work is not done on the premises, Such of it asis purchased in Washington is mostiy made up in Baltimore by amerchant who will not show his machine to anybody—not even to those whoact as his agents and people in hisown trade. And yet a Star reporter has learned just how this ma- chine is constructed and the process that is em- ployed. Neither the one nor the other is so ‘very complicated after all, To begin with, there is a -sized iron box without a cover, with parallel wires stretched across it in two layers, one layer of wires below the other. The stuff to be pleated is first wet and then passed through the wires in and out, over an upper wire, under a lower one, then over the next upper wire, under the next lower one, and so on until as much of the material is the wires will accommodate. 3 of the cloth form the quare iron bar running wires, which, being screwed up with screw, folds up all the wires compactly to- gether like book, pressing the pleats into the smallest possible compass. It only remains now to dry the material in that shape, and for this purpose the iron bex is placed in an oven with & perforated top and permitted to bake the moisture that evay tes from the stuff going off as steam. When sufficient time has elapsed to allow for a thorough of the cloth, the iron box is taken out of the oven, the screw is undone, and the cloth is withdrawn beautifully pleated accordeon fashion and ready to be made up. The Baltimore man produces several hundred yards of accordeon pleating daily, afid, inasmuch as the consumer poys 50 cents a yard for the work, there must a reasonable profit in it. No wonder it is thought worth while to keep the methoda secret, : «A SIMPLE CONTRIVANCE, However, it is likely that this monopoly will be wiped out before long by the placing on the market of a very simple contrivance recently invented, which any woman can afford to buy and will have skill enough to use. It will cost less than $1 to manufac’ 5, and will do to 5 z other secordeon faah- news to the rate is not | é iz THE WEEK IN NEW YORK. Political Side of the Ludlow Street Exe posures. WR. GRACR’S ALLIANCE WITH WR. PLATT—THE EX- ‘MAYOR MAY SHINE IN THR NATIONAL AREXA— COL, ENOX's EXPERIENCE WITH PIRATICAL PUB~ LISHERS—A NEW SCHOOL OF ART, Corgeapondenceof Tux Evaxrve Sram. New York, March 28 Rarely has the game of local politics been so exciting as now and rarely bas the truth of the proverb that pride goeth before destruction been sostrikingly illustrated. Fourteen months ago Tammany seemed invincible, and in this very strength lurked its ruin, for it felt so strong that its chiefs thought they could afford to forget their promises, Last year the repub- licans made their deal with Tammany, but after Grant's election he and his colleagues developed ashort memory toward Tom Platt. The re- publican boss said nothing, but bided his time, and now that time has come, The scourge which he has used is the County Democracy, which only a few short months ago was so com- pletely beaten that most persons supposed it was destroyed. But it is very hard to destroy brains in this world, and as it happens the County Democracy had brains if not votes. Its leader is William R. Grace, one of the most astute politicians in the country. He has been biding histime also and within a few weeks he made an alliance with Platt, the results ofwhich we already see in part and more are veg to come. The attack was made on the uheriff’s office, which has been one of Tam- many’s strongholds for twenty years, A re- ublican }egisiative committee got ita ordera From Plateso Probe the plague spot to the very core, and.Grace, with his intimate knowledge of local itics, showed the committee where to penetrate. As often happens to men who ‘e wise plans, good luck has attended them, ‘The result you already know is one of the most frightful exposures of official corruption since the days of Tweed, THE TIGER AT BAY. When Tammany found that its enemies really meant business it exhausted the resources of bulldozing, bribery and chicanery to divert the attack. The statement is made on the best authority that as a last resort a fund of $100,000 was sent up to Albany to be used in squelching further investigation. Platt was told he could dictate any terms of surrender he pleased, but he was shrewd enough to refuse to enter into any dicker, however advantageous, He said that public opinion had become so aroused that compromise was impossible. Mayor Grant himself isto be spared indict- ment, but this 1s due more to cool political judgment than to either mercy or a sense of justice... ; “The man next, to Flack and perhaps Grant, who hag suffered most in reputation and prestige is the self-exiled Tammany boss, Mr. Richard Croker, Now that the catastrophe has come it 1s evident that his ill-health is largely polit- ical, It is perfectly true that Croker is quite a sick man, but he is no worse than he has been for two years, and his flight just at this time must have been due quite as much to his law- yer's as to his doctor's orders. There i loud call for his return going up from the dismayed braves of the wigwam, but we may be pretty certain he will stay abroad till this storm blows over. “4 QUEER SORT OF IXNocENcr. Flack, of course, is done for. His resigna- tion was the coup de grace. In its language the sheriff's letter to the governor was a docu- ment of the loftiest virtue, but its elevated sentiments deceived nobody and only made the writer a laughing stock. The psychologists would find in Flack an interesting subject for their scalpel, and moralists could use him asa picturesque text. In his letter of resignation lack poses as the victim of an inhuman and cruel persecution and resigns froma nice sense of propriety, although proclaiming himself guilty of nocrime. It would be interesting to know what the sheriff of New York county considers a crime. Apparently he is one of those repro- bates who really think they are pretty fair sam~ les of a man,although they systemat! is late every law of God and man. 'o be sure, they commit adultery and ewear and cheat and lie and break the Sabbath and ble and in- dulge in afew other such trifling errors and frailties, but still they consider themselves prett good fellows, very “square” and “white” and “genteel” They would be almost as much as- tonished as insulted if they overheard them- selves described in their true character. THE EFFECT ON THE PARTY FUTURE. But now what is to be the outcome of this dramatic collapse of Tammany? For the moment it looks like the restoration of Wm, R. Grace to the real democratic leadership in local politics. Grace is one of the enigmas of the town. He is immensely rich and very am- bitious, In some respects ke much resembles Platt, with whom he is at present the close ally. But he is more fond of personal distinc- tion, He undoubtedly wants to be governor, and no doubt would like to be President. I am told that Platt has offered him the mayor- ship if he willrun on a fusion ticket, but that he has declined the proposition. He has been mayor once, and he filled the office very creditably, though his political affiliations dimamed his re- cord. He might not care to take another term. However, in the large field of politics the important thing is that he is the strongest Cleveland man in New York, and his ascend- ancy means therefore another streak of luck for the ex-President. He doesn’t like Cleve- land,but he believes in him and his leadership, in local politics would strengthen Cleveland's chances as a candidate immensely. Que gossip joes so far as to say that Grace would do his Boss to re-elect Cleveland in order to be his Secretary of the Navy, a position that would be most congenial to him, and for which he would be well qualified, but which he would particularly like because of his vast South American connections. Within a few weeks negotiati have culminated by which, if all oes well, he will become one of the richest en in América. The séttlement of the Peru- via Bond guestion, though in our modern jour- nalisin {t has attracted less attention than a cock fight, was one of the most masterly coups in the history of financiering. I am reliably in- formed that the house of Grace & Company will make $15,000,000 as their share in the profits, A HUMORIST AMONG THE PIRATES. But now to turnjto other subjects, I had an amusing talk today with Col, J. Armoy Knox of Texas Siftings, who 1s just back from Washington, full of good stories which he col- lected or invented during his recent visit there. Col. Knox wag full of copyright and while he is ap droll on that question as on most others he found time to say ina more serious vein that the effete pirates of the old world had picked his Pocket ‘quite extensively. “Laugh and the world laughs with you,” but it doesn’t pay for its fun across the border. He said that his last book had sold 125,000 copies and been trans- lated into most languages of Europe, and that he bad managed by sharp practice to side- track the pirates. A previous experience had been less fortunate, In that case a German publisher had sent him a check for $50, not as compensation, but as a compliment, and it had been accepted in the same spirit. As Col. Knox put it, “It lasted me and the boys about an hour.” ,ART IN A PRACTICAL AGE. “Among the interesting institutions of New York is the new school which Mr. John Ward Stinson is developing on 23d street. Mr. Stin- son is one of those irrepressible enthusiasts who keep the world moving in spite of the clams. is idea is the marriage of art to com- mon life, and, with the aid of some of the more progressive spirits in the trades, as well as the rich amateurs, he is organizing a perfect hive of work in artisan-art, Itis one of the pleas- ant sights of the city to witness the spirit of happy hard work which marks the students and really astonishing results which this industry pute into form and color. Before we know it New York will have an institution which will rank with the best foreign schools of this clasa, Any one who has followed the tendency of trade for the past few years need not be told that the application of art forms to mercantile ente rprise is one of its marked features, Mr. Stinson’s work is thus in accord with the demand of the age, and on that ac- count is reaching success ae ¥ jenny R. Exuior. Gur Tux Best, THE CONCORD HARNESS, LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn, ave., adjoining National Hotel, Horee Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. STRANGE TALES SENATORS TELL. Some Curious Yarns About Messrs. Pet- tigrew, Sanders and Manderson. “A tenderfoot judge from the east, when I went out to Dakota fifteen years ago,” said Senator Pettigrew to a Sram reporter, “was holding court on the extreme frontier in » town on the banks of the Missouri river, when it chanced that an indictment for murder was brought against three men who had hanged a horse thief to stelegraph pole. The accused were released on their own bonds, and when the day came for their trial they came into court, unaccompanied by an attorney, and advanced toward the judge, each one of them with his hand on a brace of 44-ealiber revolvers, and moved that the case be _ during which they should fore on ir nal bonds, The jndge promptly granted the motion, remarking sub- sequently that the argument in its bebalf was | = most powerful he had ever heard in a court | hen the year had action was instituted, until it bi ned that one of the three men was elected to the legislature. His seat was contested and the contestant, wishing to throw odium upon his adversary, had him arrested under the old indictment for murder and confined inthe jail, which was immediately beneath the room in the court house where the legislature met. The county was not willing to pay the prisoner's board, nor would the town or territorial authorities, and 80 the contestant paid it. But he lost bis case and thereupon announced that he would not y for his opponent's support any longer. So, inasmuch as no one else wonld become re- sponsible for it, the man was liberated, walked upstairs, and took his seat in due form in the a body, of which I was myself a mem- er,” by no further RESPECT FOR THE CLOTH. Senator Pettigrew had some account to give of the town of Bismarck, which was in those days the terminus of the Northern Pacific Rail- way, That center of population was then com- | of seventeen saloons and gambling | jouses and thirteen other buildings’ When | Mr. Pettigrew arrived a variety show—admis- j sion 15 cente—was being given in the middle of the principal street in a big tent. A parson— one of the enthusiastic missionaries which such | an exigency in civilization’s advance brings | into being—was mounted on a box outside the | tent declaiming on the advantages of salvation for the benefit of a gathering of gamblers and other rough characters of all degrees, This distraction annoyed the manager of the variety show and presently he came out and, mounting upon another box, shouted: | “Gents, salvation is free all the year round; | this show is free for precisely thirty minutes.” | And every man in tne preacher's audience, without a moment's hesitation, deserted the parson and walked in to see the show. “Nevertheless,” added Senator Pettigrew, “my observation has been that the gamblers and roughs of a mining camp have a very great respect for the cloth. town they are the ones who contribute most to | the support of religion. In this they are in- fluenced in two ways. born more or less under the shadow of Chris- tianity, the influence of which is never alto- gether lost, and secondly they have an instinc- | tive belief in the propriety of giving what they call a fair deal to any man who is trying to do his level best. Ina town like Bismarck in its early days it is a usual thing for a clergyman to ask the privilege of speaking in a gambling | house. And asarule not only is the privilege | : granted but the game is suspended until the preacher bas been heard, and not infrequently | a collection is taken up for his benefit at the | & end of his performance.” HOW SANDERS GOT ON THE FLOOR. A remarkable Senator (supposing that he is seated in the upper house) is Sanders of Mon- tana. Not the most sensational hero of dime fiction ever approached the wildness of bis | adventures, particularly during the period of | hie leadership of the vigilantes, " Sanders’ queer experiences date back to his very young manh In 1861, when Andrew Johnson was still in the Senate and the Senators of the southern confederate states had left that body, there was a late night session drawing near to the close of the Congress, There was 80 much noise that Charles Sumner de- manded thatthe gallery should be cleared. Senator Johnson objected, but the galleries were cleared, Sanders and the present Senator, Chas, F. Munderson—at that time law partners in Canton, Ohio, in Washington for fun—going out with the rest of the crowd. Later on the eens were reopened; but Sanders said that e didn’t care ta go back there—he meant to goon the floor of the Senate, Manderson marveled at his cheek and contented himself with a seat in the gallery, while Sanders a nounced to the Senate door keeper that he was “a senator of the southern confederacy” and as such entitled to admittance on the floor. The door keeper was so dumbfounded that he let Sanders and he seated himself coolly under the eye of his friend Manderson in the gallery, At tne close of the session he beck- oned Manderson to come down, but that indi- vidual did not respond, so that at length Sanders went up to the gallery to see what the matter was, IN HIS STOCKING FEET. Now it so happened that Manderson had ona pair of these $7 boots with French heels which were at that time the joy of every unmitigated | swell, They were awfully tight, of course, and | he had tak en them off to ease his feet while he sat in the gallery and watched with admiring eyes his cheeky friend, Sanders, on the floor. He put his feet up on the rail of the gallery in delicious comfort, while they swelled and swelled until, when Sanders came up to wake him, he could not get the boots on again at all. And it is an actual fact that he was obiiged to walk down Capitol Hill and along Peunsylvania avenue to the Metropolitan Hotel, where he and Sanders were stopping, in his stocking feet. The most interesting point about this story is found in the circumstance that one of those poor Canton lawyers, Manderson, is now ® Senator of the United State: artner, Sanders, will, in all probability, soon e his colleague in that august body. Ban, > ss BB ; pe ‘We bave something here of great interest for you. ‘That is, great reductions in our MEN'S FURNISHING DEPARTMENT FOR TWO DAYS ONLY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY. ‘We would have you consider this, These reductions are made on the most reasonable line of Men's Fur- nishing Goods in the city. We care not where you look at the regular prices of these goods you cannot buy anything to equal them for style orquality. We know what we are writing about and you would be as ‘well aware of it as we are if you would make your own comparisons. ‘The prices mentioned on the items below are for two days only, ‘Men's 4-ply Cuffs for 1c. » pair. “ 50c. Fancy Night Shirts for 390. each. “ 250. Neckwear for 2lc, each, “ Sa * “ 440 ‘Men's 1230. Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs for 90. sch, Men's 250, White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs for 190. each, ‘Men's 25e. Solid Black Half-hose for 12%4c. s pair. “ 650. English Half-hose for 19c. s pair, 250. British Half-hose 3 for 50c. ‘The. Fancy Night Shirt for 63c. each. 50c. Uni'd Dress Shirt for 37c. each, a * * * = 5 * To. *§ 4+ © = Ig # ‘89, Plaited Bosom Dress Shirt for 650 each. $1 Piain Bosom Dress Shirt for 79c. each. 850. Laundered “ “ “ 620 ~ 50c. Gray Ribbed Underwear for 3c. ‘750. White ~ - “ 480 $1.25 Medium All-wool Underwear for 980. 40c. Medium Weight Underwear for 2c. Of each line of the above we could write volumes ‘Not one which does not deserve your sttention and which is an unusual offering for the price. You all know our line of Dress Shirts, take special note of the prices we offer them. Our line of Domet and Fine Flannel Shirts are now opened, beautiful styles, prettier than ever, prices very low on all. BauMws POPULAR SHOPPING PLACR, In any wild western | } Primarily they were | ¢ ____ RAILROADS ¥ leases ee PENNS: ¥, ra i EEL BAiLs. MAGNIFICENT PUULPMENT. Press, 10:00 pam. dai with through Sleeper te Chicago. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD, jor Kane, Canandaigua Rochester and Niagara Pall ly, except unday, 8 10am, For Eric, Caunniaicua aud Kocheeter daily: for Bat. falo abd Niacara daily except Saturday,10-00 pam. ar Waslinwto to kochenter. Jock Haven aud Liuire at L090 pt Sunday rt daily, 330 p.m. PLVHIAS New YORK AND THE RAST, $200, 11:00'and 11:40 am, 21Q Slay $i, 10:00 gud 14.20 0m. On bandas ¥:0g Dams 210. 321%, 4110, 10-00 and Lid Express of Pullman Parior Cara xcept Sunday, and 4.00 pus ‘ar. ADELPHIA ONLY. Bi, Week days aud 5:10 p.m daily, Accom. 6.00 p.m, daily. a For Boston without change, 3:13 p.m. every day. For Brooklyn, NY. ail through traius couusct derey City with “busts of ‘Brooklyn Aunes, afford= ine Girect trauster to Fulte strech evuiding Gvuble fermage across New Yc uty. For Avaulc City, 11:40 aun, weok days 11-20p.m, aly For Bsitmors, 6.35, S:1G, 9:00, 9:40, 1980 LevU sud 11:40 wu, 120k 2 $210, 4:20, 4:40), 6.00, 7:40, BiG, 109 ¥ Sunday, 9-00, Y US, '10.0u 740, For Vope's Creek Line, ence Daw. ALEAANDUIA AND TREDERICKSBURG RAIL WAL AND ALLXANDLIA AND WASHANG KAILWax. ~ site IN EFFECT For Alexanuria, 4 00, Am. 1204 LoL . $0 100s end 11:37 pan, 445, 9:45, 1007 wa, 10-05 pam ARCH 2 189 » 74d, 0:45, 10:67 6.01, on Sunday'at BY, Od, BE 4 am end 455 day's $200, 10:57 amend AccoumModaUOL 4.05 pn weem ret for Quantico, Paw. Week eh For tichtond aud the pout 4:15 pam, daily. e ‘Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, 6.05 7:05 5:00, 10-10,11 Ber of 1th street mp the station, wi oct. pagwawe to der Uualou iui Lotels aud teaidences CHAS. EPCGH, 3... WOOD, mA Gen. Pas, Amott RAILROAD CO. 2, 1800. ail, daly —e 1 Lyachbu Geveral Manager. ag AN ir Warren. me Kocky Moun uchburg and nt,” At omery, New Orleaus, Texas Z| Pullman Sleeper New York to Atlante aud Pullman Sleepers AUanta to New Orleans, Pu per Danville to Columbia aud Auguste. P au Sleepers Washington to Ciuciuusti vie C. aud O, ute except Sunday, for Manassa, Strasburg aud intermediate statious, 2:30 p.m.—Daily, 5:30 pin. —Daily via Lyuchourg, Bristol and Chst- tanooxa.” Puliman ¥ Libuie Sleapers Wastinwton to Menphis, connecting theuce for all Arkaneas polute. oil 29 ban-—Western Express daily tor Manuacas, Charlottesville, Staunton, Lowsvilie, moat. Pullman Vesti ain ‘Wasiiuxton "to Cancuuuatl with « Pull + for Lowsaville. 11:00 u Express daly tor Lynchburg, Danvilie » Charlotte, Columbus, muers, New Orleans, Texas au Vontibiude Car Waslinietou U3 Jontaon . Ashevi Atigusta Atiauta, ” M California. Dew Urieans ¥ and Georgia Pacitic ts + aud Pullihau Sleeper Washington to Asheville apd Hot Springs, N.C. via Salisbury. Also Washington to Auguste via Danville and Charlotte. J rains on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash- ingiou 9:00 a.m. daily e: Sum id 4:45 pan, 7:20 pms ly except 5 y » Round Hill 11:30 am. and 7:20 e Kound Hall © 00 am. daily and 12 ept Sunday, arriving Wasluuston 8.30 > PAR. ‘Lbrough trains irom the south vis Charlotte, Dan- Ville and Lynchburs arrive in Washington 7:03 ai, F10 Vis bast Tennessee, nd ¥i50 p.in.; vie Chess- ottesville at 2:48 pu trawburg local et 10:4 dicketa, sleeping-car reservation and information daily; arr returninc furnished. and bet gage checked at offic 1500 oun. 5 nd al 2 tu 5 Te and Bt Ekeeueor station, Penusylvaule JA». L. TAYLOR, Gen. Pass. Agent. Barone, Axo Onto Raxroan, Schedule in etlect December 2¥, 1889. Leave Washing tot iru: station coruer of New Jersey ‘avenue and C street. ett Chicure aud Dorthweat, Vestibuled Limited yews daily 11 °~0 e.tn., express 9:30 Dab. pr expresé + $10 and 11.30 p me of Pitsburg abd Cleveland, Vestibuled Limited apt, daily 11-20 8.1m. apd express 5:40 pm ; or aston end cal Bislious TlU: 30am, OF MWibchosier aud Way Sauoug 10.30 For Luray, 8:40 p.m. daily. apne For Baitiinore, week days, 4:00, 5.00, 6:40, 7:20, 3, (11200, 12:00, 40 miuutes) ame 30 149 wiinutes), 3:15 (49 uanutesl, 5:30, 6 Bet. 0, 1i:So p.m.’ Suday re 20, S45 ‘aa uuuuteny, 31,2508 2:30 Go minute 950,02 7:10, Toby 9:00, 1 0:80 and 11:30 p.m Way stations between Washington and Balti- 9:00, 6:40, 8:30 a.m, 12:10, 9-20, 4:50, 20h Ps, buudaye, S50 wa, Lido, S25, acd 230 Pam, hs ieave Baltimore for Washington, week. 206: 1 oath 44) DUS BO. we a 620, 7:10, 200 pel, For Annapolis, 6:40 aud 8:30 a.m, 12:10 and 42% Pau. OL Sundays, 5:50 $:u0 piu. Leave Au- eats we ES . oA 1205 end Sev Paw Bundays, 8:57 a.m. 4:00 p.m ; For stations ou ike Metropoliten Branch, 10:4 11U-30 am.,$1:1U p.m. for priucipal siaticmsoulys 710:30a.1m,, 14:50 and 15:30 pm. For Kock Ville and Way Stations, t4:25 p.m For Gaithersburg aud intermediate putts, *9:004, @B., 11200, *5 235, 11:35 pam, Yor Boyds and imtermediat® Stations, 17:00pm, $1U:00 p.m. ‘Chureb train J wes Washington on Sunday at 1:10 all statious ou Metropolitan Brauca, 2 1G, TLL Mlliey TAY TH A m, Sundays, 1:10 pan: sh For Hagerstown, 11:20 a.m, and ¢5.30 p.m. ‘Tratusarrive from Chicago day 11:40 a.m, and 4206 from Cinciuuats and St. Louis daily 3:49 50 p.; ow Fitteburs 710 am, Gov iv Nk W YORK AND PHILADFLPHIA DIVISION, Bor New ork, Trenty K bluzabet, U1 9:20, 3., 74:00, 0, 420 aad *i0:00 p.m. Buttet parlor cars on ali Sleepine car on the 10:30 p.m., open at 9-00 p.m, Dewark, Wilmington and Ci For Puiladeiplua, c Uy “2220, AR UU" Wg 9 8Uy Ay od ve Philadelphia for Washington *4-40, 4 11:10 &.Bsy 11:50, 4:40, G00, 7.40 parm. For Atlantic City *4:00 am end “22 Dua days 4:00 au. and 12:00 noon, Enfeaye called Yor and checked from tele oud fase rxagce called for and chec 10 Sdences by Uuion Transfer Co, on orders left at Woke vthoes, 61 aud 1304 da, ave, and at Depot. 3.1. ODLLL, CHAS. 0. 56 Geu. Manager. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. Potomac TRANSPORTATION ‘COMPANY, d ‘or Baitimore and River Landings Steamer SUF, Capt. Geoghexan, leaves Dteplenson's wharf every Bunday at 4 w'clock pam, For further mijormatiog wakes STEPH mh8-6m Bev and attentive officers, Phoroush discipline. com eheeeent wharf MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at 5 p.n me ‘The ouly steaiuer landing at Boston wharf, Norfoli me BOSTON AND FLUVIDENGE SILAMELE LON AND PLOVIDENC peing MARCH 1, Loi the tare to Nortallg and Vid Point will be as icllows: S AY, ry ave. ; Hawley's, 10th aud F p.w.. and Knox's Express, bo mii’ case fron, buted ue ai, Wat PS Wricit. 8 NOeroE FORTRESS MONRO! ‘South.—Pare $1.50. On au ember 18, 1859, mira newly 2 street wharf, terminus 7 m,, Tuesday, Th! Feave Clyde's whart, Norvolk. foot M se Clos} connections for New York, Piiiadelph'a and North aad ireigbtcall st Whart or Telephone Gall Ba, rd frei Fee Teloynone Gall Da. sod U. Ticket Offices, 819 and 1361 Pe. ave. abd Hew: te INLAND AND SEABUAKD OUAST> ING GOkiPaky. ith Moot vexxon, STEAMER W.W. CORCORAN, . Ta Ee jeaves. 7tb-st. whart daily ( Sera} KeMoube Veruon, leaving st 1Ga bs rensks ‘Washington about 3-30 ., ‘admission to und tip, 81, including =" POTO! RIVER LANDINGS, Ee ie SS ne aon tea a aoa town, M = wich Band keh ‘Connect ule, JOHN B. PADGETT. Manager, Bee C. W. RIDLEY WOOD AND COAL, __ WOUME. nope, W ia all Kinds of MELDED tes thas SE peooeeae : en Si AGE AT many SE RO TT, cota