Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1890, Page 15

cIry AND DISTRICT. @® Upon the basis of price per line per 1,000 circulation, the advertising rates of Tux Even- tse Stax are only about haif as high as those of other Washington papers. But cheapness is not the only merit. Its service is better than Gny other paper in the city can possibly give! REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. ‘What Some People Have Paid for Gilt- Edged Residence Property, THE FINE GRANITE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED BY THE WASEINOTON LOAN AND TRUST CoMPANY— FACTS WHICH SHOW THAT THE CITY KAS BEEN @OING AHEAD FAST FOR THE PAST TEX YEARR People pay handsomely for choice residence sites in this city nowadays. They are becom- ing scarcer and then again it is the style to build large houses. It is rather difficalt to build a large house on a small lot, and so good, generous building sites are in demand. The owners do not part with them withoutastruggle, and it is, therefore. necessary to pay a good price in order to recoucile them to the change. It appears fromanumber of recent trans actions that such prices are paid, and one of the notable features of the real estate market has been the numerous sales of property of this ebaracter. Ouly last Saturday it was mentioned in Tue Stan that Miss Litchfield had paid €30,000 for the lot adjoining on the west the former residence of Secretary Blaine on Dupont Circle. The lot, however, is 54 feet wide, which gives an opportunity to have spaces on all sides of the house, which may even then be commodious and elegant. Thie tendency in selecting a site fora house to secure ground | enough for lawns has a good illustration in| the purchase made by Mrs. Chandler, the widow of ex-Senator Zach Chandler. She bought a lot at the northeast corner of 16th and K streets, where she is now erecting a handsome residence. The ground is more than 100 feet square, and it cost her $63,000, which is at the rate of $5.50 per square foot. Lhis may appear to agood deal to pay fora residence site, but he property at the southeast corner of 16th ad I eerecte brought even a higher price. ‘The present owner, Robert J. C. Walker, paid $65, 9 for it, and as it is only 75x100 feet with some background, the price per foot was about $7.30. Mr. Alexander Graham Bell, the well-known inventor of the Bell telephone, and his cousin," Jhas. J. Beil, some time ago paid between forty and fifty thousand dollars for a building site. For this money they secured a froutage of 126 feet on Connecticut avenue just south of Dupont Cirele, at 84 per foot, which was the price they paid. The sum total reached a good round figure. Some time before he ieft the city last spring ex-Senator Van Wyck paid about 233,000 for a building lot. He secured at auction the whole of the triangular square fronting on Dupont Circle where the Church of the Holy Cross stands. Some day. perhaps, the ex-Senator will build a residence there which will be finer than the house on the oppo- site corner, where be made hisbome. His is now under lease to Chief Justice THE TRACY HOUSE. As he is removing completely the blackened walls of the Tracy house it may be considered that the price paid for the property by Capt. A. ©, Tyler was for the ground. He therefore, in that view of it, paid 30,750 for a lot which is 40x100. That is at the rate of nearly $7 per Square foot. Around the corner in the adjoin- | ing square the building lot at the southeast corner of Connecticut avenue and I street cost the U. 8. Service Club $28,000. ‘The lot is only 50x12], and the price per foot was $10, which the highest price per foot ever paid for prop- { ‘ty in the resideut part of the city. * Abandsome house is being erected at the .ortheast corner of Massachusetts avenue and Oth street. It adjoins the Chinese legation, nd when completed it will be occupied by the awner, Mr. Hunt of New York. He paid for the ground $27.50. It is only 50x100, but the price was €5.50 per foot. These are only a few of the recent purchases, There are # nuin- ber of other instances where large sums of money have been paid for residence and in each case either a very large house has been erected or else the extra space has been devoted togardens and lawns. The policy of build- ing with some liberality as to space is doing @ great deal toward beautifying the resi- dence sections of the city. THE AVENUE STILL IN THE LEAD. Eee other day 245 was paid fora business corner on F street, It is true that there was not 90 square feet in the entire property, but still it was a notable sale,as it marked the high- est price per foot that business property had ever reached in thiscity. Since then it has been announced that $43 per square foot bas been offered for the west endof the Vernon Row building at Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street. Sothe fame of having the highest priced property or at t obtain- ing the highest price paid for property again belongs to Pennsylvania, after having for a few short weeks rected upon the head of her younger sister, namely, street. There have been seversi previous sales of F street operty which came preciously near the ighest figure known to have been paid for Penusylvania ave. v2 property in recent years, ‘Thirty-nine dollars p-r foot and even @41 has been paid for F strees corners, but both fell short of €42, which was paid in the spring of 1887 for the St. Mare property by the Central National Bank. It contains only 2,452 square feet of ground. but like the Vernon Row prop- erty every inch can be utilized. A SPLENDID GRANITE PILE. Rising to & height of 120 fee: the massive walls of granite forming the nine storiss of the new office building of the Washington Loan and Trust Company will present an imposing appearance. It will be the costliest buildin; of the kind ever erected in this i involve the expenditure of half a million of dollars, including. of course, the cost of the ground. The contract has just been awarded toMr. W.C. Morrison, The construction is not ouly to be fireproof but it is to be thoroughly substantial The artistic features of modern architecture have not been omitted by Mr. James G. Hill, the architect, in making the desigux. Safety, convenience and beauty have been the three’ principles which have guide: the building committee, of which Mr. John Joy Edson is chairman, in determin- ing the character of the building to be erected. The members of the comwittee, as well as the architect, have personally visited and inspected many of the best specimiens of modern office buildings in the country and they will endeavor to reproduce the best features of this style of building in this building. A granite of light color will be used in the construction of the ex- terior walls. It will be rock faced and will give the appropriate massive effect which a building of the size demands. The fronts on ¥ aud 9th streets willbe divided architecturally by prominent string courses into three parts. The spacious window openings of the first stor: ere will be located the offices of the com- pany, will be marked by arches, and above will be the openings of the second story, completing the first part, The fe of the second part, a main section of i be a series of lofty arches ach arch inclosing the window openings in five stories, Then comes the third portion of building, with the Window openings of the upper s form- ing ap arcade. Above will be a straight cornice haudsomely decorated. The roof —_ be fiat and will be phalt and will be protected by « parapet of brick. The floors will be formed pi wai pd arches resting upon iron beams. A surface of concrete is to be laid over these arches, and Upon this the wooden floors will be placed. All the partitions will be of terracotta. The only wood used in the construction will be the floor- ing and in the trimmings of the doors and wiu- dow. The hallways will be tiled and the walls of the entrances on the first floor will be faced with white marble. The subbases will be mar- ble and all the wood work will be oak. There will be au entrance from both streots leading ‘to the two elevators and the stairease. The latter will be of iron with marble treads. A very attrac- tive feature will be the railing of the staircase, whieh will be of wrought iron of handsome design. A wrought-iron grating will protect the elevator shafts. The eight upper stories will be devoted to office purposes. There will be 166 office rooms besides the Javatories and other rooms of that character. The frontage of the building on F street wiil be 52 feet and on 9th street 116. An L on the west side con- tinues the south wall a distance of 122 feet, THE CENSUS AND THE DisTaIcT. Some persons express disappointment that population in this District than the returns in- dicate. Is is claimed that another period of than the summer season for taki: the 2enees would have produced better resulte we many houses found vacant would have been oceupied by the families who make their home in this city for the greater part of sach year. Another large class, it is thought, that is not weil represented in th turns tor the Districtare the residen or section a alll country a t of the meme iny ed for census Pe it is not so inclu jowever, Los yl show! gratifying increase in the population. | An average yearly addition of vonlsite tne number of the residents of Any, city a, Naha bad record. During the ten Years since 1830 the addition to the popula- it been amore than 50,000 persons, aud this increase would be sufficient to start one or two towns, where the residents would no doubt consider that they lived in places of con- siderable importance. In other respects, besides mere numbers, the city has s made great rogress during it decade. or Te"tke bnildins impector’s ofice show tha since 1880 a yearly average of 1,500 new dwelling houses have been built in this District For the past five years the yearly average has reached 2,000 dwelling house, while a great number of apartment housed, hotels, stores and other buildings have beea erected. Since 1890 over 15,000 dwelling houses have been built in the District. The increase in the asceased valuation of property is anothdr indication that the city has not slept during the past decade. Assessor Trimble finds from his books that in 1880 the assessed valuation of the taxable ground and improvements in the District was about $89,000,000. ‘The valuation of the property in 1890, including an imated valuation of the improvements made in the county, is round numbers $142,000.00. ‘ figures show an increase in the assessed ation of property in the District since 1880 of 60 per cent. ——__. THE NATIONAL GUARD. Active Preparations for the Camp at Fort Washington. LEVELING OFF THE PARADE GROUND—THE RENO- VATION OF HEADQUARTERS BUILDING—PUTTING UP TARGETS ON THE PARADE GROUND—VARIOUS ‘NOTES FROM THE ARMORIES. The work of improving the District National Guard camp ground at Fort Washington is go- ing ahead without a hitch and ina few days the only things necessary to complete the encamp- ment will be the active, sturdy men who have elected to wear the blue and serve uncle Sam exclusively for at least one week in the year. How very mnch better the reservation looks than it did last year cannot easily be imagined by any one who has not seen it within the past two or three days. Peekskill, New York's pride, will have to grip tightly ite picturesque laurels, for they are slipping away. With the excep- tion of West Point there is not a more beauti- fully located camp in all the land than the one which will commence to operate on July 21. Obstructing underbrush has been removed from the hillsides near the main road and everything hasbeen thoroughly cleaned up. The regi- mental camp grounds are in perfect order, closely mowed and green as emerald, The long stretch of parade ground verdure is more smooth than it wasa year ago. Everything is im better shape. Turning to the more utilitarian features, which are quite as interesting as the scenery, it may please the second regiment and its friends to know that the asphalt sidewalk which runs from headquarters down to the fort has been extended in front of and beyoud the second regiment location. A PARADE GROUND. That manufacturer of artificial landscapes, Sergeant Joyce, has been toiling in the vicinity of the headquarters building recently, and as a result there will be a very pretty piece of parade ground between the building and the timber. It is large enough probably for a but- talion, but the battalions will have no business there. It isto be used for guard mount and for company “show” drills. Company C of the second battalion has already leased it, There it will more than duplicate its Kansas City successes. THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. The headquarters building is undergoing complete renovation; its fence is being torn down and the wilderness of weeds which have hitherto almost hidden it from mortal eyes has fallen before the scythe and the Maryland farm hand. A new flagstaff is to be erected immedi- ately in front of the building and from that the brigade will, for the first time, see the new headquarters flag—a white “George Washing- ton” hatchet on a blue field. THE RIFLE RANGE. On the rifle range all things will soon be ready for the hard work to be done there. Six Laid- ley revolving targets arrived here yesterday and today they were shipped to camp to be placed in position. The bridge across the Favine is going to be a substantial structure. A quantity of the old submarine telegraph cable which was used to rope off the avenue last presi- dential inauguration has been secured aud a sufficient number of strands will be thrown across the chasm. On these will be fastened the timbers, and the result will be a strong but elastic specimen of bridge building. THE COMMISSARY. Culinary matters are receiving good deal of attention from Staff Commissary Sergeant E. H. Neumeyer, who, in company with Gen. and Maj. Pollard, has been making numerous trips to the fort. New cooking ovens are being built and whatever the kitchen needs in the way of modernizing is being or will speedily be done. The cuisine is already a success, CADET HINES, Cadet Chas. DeL. Hines, whom Secretary Proctor has just ordered to attend the encamp- ment from July 19 to 30 for instruction duty, is now a member of the first class at the Mili- tary Academy, from which he will graduate next June. He is a Virginian by appointment aud a Washingtonian by education, having graduated from the city High School’ in 1885. die entered the competitive examination for the appointment from the eighth district of Virginia and passed high above all other com- titors. Last summer, while he was home on is regular furlough, he volunteered his serv- to Gen. Ordway to aid him in the instruc- of the guardsmen in camp duty, and per- formed the duties that fell to his lot so accept- ably that an especially complimentary letter of thanks was sent him by the general, Every oue that met him in camp last year will be pleased to see him again. RANDOM SHOTS. Quartermaster Sergeant Rennie of troop A and Sergt. Merry of the light battery, having passed the brigade examination, have been awarded certificates which show them to be entitled to the rank of second lieutenant in the cavalry and artillery respectively. ‘The resignation of Second Lieutenant H. C. Lee of company A, eighth battalion, has been accepted, to take effect on the 30th instant, Percy G. McComas has been certified by the medical examining board as qualified to per- form the duties of hospital steward. He will receive his warrant as such in the first regi- ment. The application of Private Silas'H. Kingsley of company B. first battalion, for transfer to the fifth battalion has been approved. When the transfer has been completed Private ny | will be appointed sergeant major of the iift battalion. An election has been ordered for July 2 to fill the vacancy left by Capt. Otto Suess, com- pany C, third battalion, wno has been’ com- missioned inspector of rifle practice for the third battalion. —— NEW BOOKS. PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol. IV, Parts 1 and? New ¥ G. PL tnam's Somes Washington: or! Brentano's. A SON OF ISSACHAR. A romance of the days essing. By ELDRIDGE 5. BROOKS New ork: G P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Brentano's. THE LOST WITNESS; or, The Mystery of Leah Page Anovel. By Lawrence L. Lyxou. Chie Laird & Lee. CAN LOVE SIN. A novel. By Maxx Dovo.as. Philadelphia: T, B. Peterson & Brothers. BARBARA ALL THE PREVOST’S DAUGH- aE A New JUANCHO, THE BULL-FIGHTER. A novel. By THEOPHILE GavTIER. Translated by Mrs. Benjamin Lewis, New York: Cassell Publish- ing Company. Washington: Brentano's. WHEELBARROW ARTICLES AND DISCUS. SIONS ON THE LABOR QUESTION. Chi- ¢ Open Court Publishing Company. TWO LUNATICS. By one ot them. New York: The Oxford Pubbahing Company THE SALMON FISHER. B; New York: The Harris CHaRLes HALLec. blishing Company. Sea 9s a Eats Keifer Will Not Return to C ongress. ‘The republican primaries in Clark county, hio, where ex-Speaker Keifer resides,resulted in an endorsement of Hon. E. 8. Wallace for Congress in the tenth district, Keifer was not — i tes Gat be rh not know whether he would ever be a candidate for tical office ws ONE OF THE SECRETS of what todo and in ity once WON IN ONE INNING. Pitcher Did Up the ns Yesterday. 4 BIG LEAD SBCURED BY THE VISITORS IN THE FIRST INNING—OTHER GAMES TESTE RDAY—THE STANDING OF THE CLUBS—GENERAL SOTES FROM MANY BALL FIELDS, EW HAVEN'S great pitcher, Doran, wou the game for his elab yester- {9 day at Capitol Park. The (Y Senators were not in it, except for the purpose of chasing the many hard hits which the visitors kept lining out from the start to the finish, The score was 10 to 2, Wash- ington having the 2. It was simply case of superior pitching on the part of the visitors. The batteries were Phillips and Riddle and Doran and Hofford. Doran was invincible and untouchable, striking out nine men, For six innings not s Senator scored, while during this time New Haven had been having « perfect picnic with Phillips, making all their ten runs in those six innings. WON IN THE FIRST INNING. They won the game in the first inning by making six runs on singles by McKee and Ca- hill, a fumble by. Senor Jeremiah O'Brien, who yed second in that inning, a double by lly, @ triple by Doyle anda sacrifice by Hof- ford, Wents succeeded O'Brien in the second, but could do little. Gleason reappeared at short and played an unfortunate game, making two errors. A RUN IN THR SEVENTH. ~ The Statesmen could not score until the seventh, when Jordan hit fora base, stole second and went home on a wild throw to first by Doyle. In the ninth Riddle hit for three bases ‘and scored on Jordan’s second single, Washington made 7 hits and 5 errors and New Haven 16 hits and 1 error. THE ATLANTIC CLUBS. Newark won again, of course, Hartford being the victim, 5 to 4. Eleven innings were re- quired to finish the game, O'Connell making an error in the ninth that tied the score, and another in the eleventh that let in the winning run, Sullivan and Duffy and Staib and Stall- ing were the batteries. Newark made 11 hits and 7 errors and Hartford 6 hits and 3 errors. Baltimore made sure of a victory from Worcester by pounding out 6 runs in the ninth, The score was 13to5. Baker and Townsend and James Stafford and Terrien were in the points, Baltimore made 19 hits and 3 errors LIFE “DOWN THE POTOMAC. ing at Piney Point. Correspondence of Tae EvexIne Star. Piney Porwr, St. Many's Co,, Mp., Jane 26, hostelrie. The flaming element that destroyed the old hotel did « good thing, and what at the enterprise of Mr, Wash. B. Williams, a com- modious building has arisen, furnishing al] the requisites to acoommodate two hundred guests, The long line of cottages still remain and are being rapidly engaged. The pines and other weer faraish shade, and with the presence of ‘oung plants and flowers the Point may really be considered very pret It is the children, and Mr. E. E. summer’ resorter, says: lace on earth, even forgrown e considers himself o1 one particular sequestered bo-ver that has for years made ite indelible impression upon my memory, that is the little house off toward the main land under the big trees, from which the odor of mint exudes and over which presides a sabic individual with a proclivity of mixin; things. Congenial spirits here assemble ani summer is forgotten, Mr. Tom Noyes, the broker of your city, dis- plays his form here to great advantage. He is a genuine utility man. Qld mothers as well ag children think that he is the loveliest man inthe world. He ties up hammocks for little girls, fills buckets and wagons with saud for little boys and takes the babies in bathing, Mr. E, & Maunder of England, known. plens- . , is here displaying his ational po on everything. Mr. E. B. Hay and his family are cozily fixed in ““Cas- tle Content"—cottage, Mr. R. K. Evang isin ““Heurt’s Ease,” Miss Evans, Miss Hay and Master Paul Hay are in “Rest Easy:" Mr. Noyes i aisy Bower,” Mr, White in “Homo Com- Mr, Thomas Dowling in “Last Chance; Capt. Gilbert Overton of the army in “Bay Mrs. A. D. Kearfote in ‘Lover's Own.” During the coming week all of the cottages will be occupied and many apartments in the hotel. It ix the most quiet, restful place shat | could be desired, Fishing is the great sport— crabbing belongs to it. Mr. Percy Culvert, the young topographical engineer on ir. Hay, one uight on the wharf with a net and lantern, caught in less than ong hour more | than one hundred hard shells. There bave | been no land breezes yet, so the mosquito has | not favored the place with its presence. It is said that that bird has been known to warble around the Point, but be it said to their di credit they are not as large, nor do they and Worcester 8 hits and 3 errors. Wilmington beat Jersey City, 19 to 15, ina miserable game, 25 errors being made. Stein, Wehrle and Williams, and Kelley, Murphy, Roussey and Dowd were the batteries, Wil- mington made 13 hits and 11 errors and Jersey City 8 hits and 14 errors. OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY. Other games were: National Lengue.— At Oincinnati — Cin- cinnati, 4; New York, 8. At Cleveland—Cleve- land,, 7; Philadelphia, 3. At Pittsburg—Pitts- burg 5; Boston, 7, At Chicago—Chicago, 2; Brooklyn, 7. Players’ League.—At Chicago—Chicago, 2; Boston, 0. At Buffalo—Buffalo, 5; Philadelphia, 7. At Cleveland—Cleveland, Brooklyn, 6. At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 10: American Associatiou.—At Columbus, 9, At St. Louis—St. Louis, 8; Louis- ville, 6. NOTES. There were over 1,000 people at the game, Lally made a home-rnn hit in the sixth in- ning. Shortstop Sullivan of Wilmington had his nose broken by a bounding bail in yesterday game. President Braden of the Atlantic Association is qvoted this morning as saying: “There is no immediate probability of anything being done in this matter. The present circuit is the best that could be obtaine As the clubs are all sound the prospect is that all will finish the ason,”” The Post boys will play the Rockvilles on the afternoon of July 4 at Rockville, Md. The Washingtons play New Haven again to- day, Worcester tomorrow at the Gentlemen's Driving Park, and Hartford on Monday and ‘Tuesday. Worcester will be the enemy on Wednesday and Thursday, and on the morning of Friday, the 4th, the’ Orioles will appear. The two teams will play in Baltimore in the afternoon, Baltimore hae won ten straight now and still clings to the Jead. Daniels will pitch today for Washington and Horner for New Haven. ‘The race stands thus: Club. | Won, | Lost, | Perc, Baltimore........., 87 | 14 725 New Haven. +e | ae ‘714 Worcester | 8 | WW 622 Newark. } 99 «| (fe 547 Washington ‘| 38 2 2500 Jersey City. 3] ae ene -404 Hartford. 13 | 35 (271 Wilmington ses 39 1220 gS ase 3 INTENSE HEAT IN CHICAGO. Forty Cases of Sunstroke Reported, Many of Them Proving Fatal. Chicagoans who have been sweltering under a boiling sun for just one week never watched acloud with so much interest as they did the one that crept out of the northern horizon yes- terday afternoon. The heat during the day had been appalling, men and horses falling dead in the streets from its effects, Over in the west division the thermometer marked 96 degrees at 10 o'clock. Ambulances and patrol wagons were kept from morning until night moving the victims to hospitals, Down town where the heat of un and pavement was con- fined to a narrow area the suffering was in- tense. About 2o’clock a gray cloud sprang out of the northern horizon, and moving lazily toward the city, with an accompaniment of thunder and lightning, emptied ncarly an inch of water upon the sweltering buildings, Then the cloud went away and within half an hour the heat becamo more appalling than before. When the sun went down the ther- mometer registered 92-, with a feverish breeze blowing from the south. Up to 8 o'clock at night forty suustrokes were reported by the police, many of them proving fatal, In seven instances, since the heated term began, men have gone crazy from their afflictions, Re- ports from the interior show that people are dropping dead in the streets from the heat, which in many towns has reached 100°. Unless acold wave comes soon the hospitals in this city will be unable to take care of the victims. Over 100 sufferers from sunstroke are at the county hospital alone. There is no prospect of a change in the weather, FATAL CASES OF SUNSTROKE IX 8T. LOUIS. At 8 o'clock p.m. yesterday the terrible heat in St. Louis had increased 19 degrees during the eight hours from 7 a.m. The highest point reached on Wednesday was 95.5, but the rec- ord was broken yesterday by the mercury going to 98 The following fatal cases of sunstroke were reported: Dennit Godfrey, aged 50; John Graham, aged 60; G. Gessmer, aged 62; W. Liedentif, aged 63, and Cornelius Casey, aged %, The following were prostrated: J.O°Neil, R. Potter and Emily Chambers, whose case is believed to be —soe RAISING ON TH E LOTTERY, The Cost of the Franchise Increases $250,000 Annually. The senate committee in the Louisiana legislature, to which the lottery bill passed by the house last Wednesday was re- ferved, reported it back yesterday, naming the amount to be paid by the Louisiana State Lot- tery Company for the privilege at $1,250,000 8 year instead of $1,000,000, and for the entire period of twenty-five years, $31,250,000 instead of €25,000,000. This change was due to Mr. Lawton of Algiers who, when the question came up Wednesday, announced that he would vute ‘@gainst the bill unless the amount paid by the company was increased a quarter of a million to the amount offered Phen English syndicate, ‘This was agreed to by of lottery company, and Lawton then cast his vote for _ bid, thus assuring its is as loud or bite ag deep as those at Cape May, | Atlantic City or Long Branch, Mr. Williams’ son Tom is the host and he is almost as genial as bis father. ‘The things most needed is that new Hing of, steamers, —_-__ CRIME IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Charge of Assault and Robbery—A Baby’s Death From Starvation. Correspondence of Tae EvENine Stan. Rockvitte, June 27. This evening Edgar Watkins, Thomas Dove and John Chase (the latter colored) were | brought bere and committed to jail charged | | tin, C,H. Mansur, D. B. Brunner, J. | Hams. William Mutchler, Richard Vaux. Levi Pati hg THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY,’ JUNE 28, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGEs. PROTESTING AGAINST IT. Many Washingtonians Enjoying an Out-| Democratic Representatives Attack the Election Bill asa Partisan Measure. The protest continues: ‘Under a doubtful A formal protest has been prepared by the northern democratic members ef the House construction of the Constitution, this bill pro- poses to substantially take from the states and loca authorities control of all elections at ®ppointed to office for life, and chief supervis- ors of elections. el Rag 5 , the republic has gone tareagt the ‘ithoulties of the formative period, made heroic struggle against dissolution, tri- umphed and successfully changed conditions without th power by the federal government for o: Gred years and over. Mr. Jefferson and fathe such Rropesiticn as this as dangerous as an ope: empt at centralization.” ‘The Dill is then attacked as a purely partisan Measure, intended to control the election in the south in a way at utter variance from the Principles of home rule. The protest says: ‘To carry on this scheme of imperial gov- ernment millions of dollars will be taxed from our people and the judiciary of the United States prostituted to the basest partisanship in the management of clections. And these in- Vasious of the liberties of our poople will be left for safety to partisan juries im the federal courts, composed eutirely of the men of the otest say Great danger to ihe rights and liberties of the people and tothe principle of local self-gov- ernment involved in this bill we r appeal to American freemen, with Baty, to enter timely protest by way of pub- ic meuting or otherwise against this consolida- tion of government, the destruction of popular rights and the very foundation of American liberty, for we indulge no mere rhetorical flourish when we solemnly affirm on our loy- alty as citizens, and on our honor as Represen- tataves, that this viciousand unpatriotic meas- ure is u must serious menace to the very life of the republic, The issue is, ‘shall a political purty elect itself and keep in power by paid agents who are to control the political’ elec- tions in all the states?’ The protestis signed by William 8, Holman, ©, R. Buckalew, William M, Spriuger, William McAdoo, Amos J. Cummings, W. P, ‘Willcox, James Kerr, Samuel Fowler, William Barrett, J. Chipman, Benjamin Shiveley, ¢. A, Me. Clellan, J, B. Brown, J, W, Covert, A. N. M. ik. Wil. Maish, Jos. H, O'Neill drew, Chas, H. Turner necker, John Tarsney, P. Fiower, Brookshire. me ), John F. An- g ), William Stabl- |. A. Geixsenhainer, R. Wilham D, Bynum and Elijah V. ANACOSTIA, A Romance or Tur TERN Braxcu.— Mr. George ‘Tew and wife of this village left for Chicago a few days ago to get a front seat ‘at the world’s fair, and thereby hangs a little romance. George is an interesting and prom. ising youth of twenty-one summers, who fora number of years has dwelt with bis parents in their pretty home on the bank of the broad- sweeping Eastern brauch, where be has been soothud to slumber uuder the cottage root by the soughing and yearning of the tide, It is With assaulting and robbing Barnard Viend of Baltimore and Moses Kalin of Philadelphia, :} both peddlers, near the’ residence of Levi Wat-'| kins, in the vicinity of Middlebrook. The two | peddlers had been staying at the house of Wat- | the adjacent branch to bath, where they were | followed by the above partios, who, it is al- | leged, had disguised themselves for the occa- | sion. In the struggle one of the peddlers re- ceived a bad scalp wound. A watch was taken from them. which was afterward recovered, but the money, a large amount, was not found. Wm. Watkins, a young son of Levi Watkins, | was also in the party, and gave ba‘i before Jus- tice Crawford of Gaithersburg. ‘The others were committed fora further bearing on Mon- day. Edgar Watkins, ane of the accused, was tried for the murder of Edward rail some months ago and acquitted, and has since served a teym in the house of correction, A jury of inquest was summoned today by Justice Morgan to investigate the cause of the death of a child whose skeleton was found some days ago in the wheat field of Mr, Jos. Flack, near -Garrett Park, The skull anda portian of the bones were found, together with the clothing and a portion ot a woman's dress, The hair found indicated that the child .was colored and it is supposed to have been about a month old. About the Ist of the present month the children of Mr, Flack were in the vicinity of where the skeleton was found and heard a very peculiar sound, which frightened them and they ran home. It is now supposed to have been the cr: of the child before death. The jury found that the child had been abandoned by some person unknown and died from exposure and sturvation, The ccroner’s jury in the case of the child of Chas, Johnson (colored), whieh died suddenly on Thursday of last week, held their final meeting here this evening and rendered a ver- dict that the child came to its death from eat- ing poison oak. An alalysisof the stomach showed no trace of mineral poison and no one is implicated in causing its death, Jas, B. Henderson, esq., today purchased of Mrs. Wm. Wyndham a lot of 8% acres of land near Wyndham Station, Metropolitan Branch railroad, for $1,500. S.A.M. ——»—____. AT CAPE MAY POINT, Mrs. Harrison Has Not Yet Made Trial of the Bathing. Gen. Williams of Washington joined his wife, who is the guest at the presidential cottage at Cape May Point, last evening. He was ac- companied on the trip by ex-Congressman J, V. L. Findlay, wife and daughter of Baltimore, Mr. Findlay and family have taken rooms at the Brexton Villa, Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Dimmick take their dip in the ocean regularly, having scarcely missed a day since their arrival. The beach | directly in front of the cottage is not in the | best possible condition for bathing, and they | wily enter the surf about a hundred yas ! where the hard beach, as level as a table. gently shelves into the surf, enabling them to go out fully fifty yards without fear of | disastrous results, Harrison has not | dulged in adip in the ocean, but ex- es a dvtermination to do so frequently be- fore her departure, influenced. doubtless, b: the expressions of delight evinced by bo' Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Dimmick. Mrs, Harrison is now fairly settled in her do- mestic life, and may shortly resume painting. a pastime of which she bas long been very | fond, and one that has always been a source of | i suid he was wontto paraphrase the poct and make the well-known couplet read, “Little drops of water, little grains of sand. make tue mighty ocean kiss the pleasant land,” and it is beheyed the constant osculation of the tides and ferra firma kindled within him a cousa: kins for several days, and last night went to | ing flame that could only be controlled by a | back-fire from another bosom. He was em- ployed with Mr. Fiteh, a Washington pension attorney, and in his spare hours was reading jaw. lu the same office, among other giris, was Miss Mary Sloat, who lived at Le Droit Park. Ina littie time there zrew up between them a communion of spirits. George loved Mary and, like a good, true South American re- public, Mary threw down her turiff ‘opened the portals of her heart and recipr ted. Soon they found the articles of reci- procity and confederation were not strong enough, and so about two mouths ago, in order to insure domvstic tranquility and form a more perfect umion, they bied themselves to a sanc- tuary in Montgomery county and were wed, ‘hey revurned to their respective duties in the city and “continued their dua! existence, so ythat the fact of their consolidation had not transpired, till this week they concluded to wend their western way, when they made the announcement und quietly departed, Mauy good wishes have followed after, ved Nores.—At the special meeting of Salem Tent of Rechabites ‘Lhursday uigit the follow- ing a@icers were elected for the ensuing year: Suepherd, J. C. Eller; chief ruler, James Cloey; deputy ruler, James Purcell; recording secretary, Thomas W. Scott (third term); treasurer, J. E. Minnix (second term); finan- cial secretary, Bevoui Milstead; inside guard, atterton; outside guard, H. Beach; levite, Marden King; chaplain, John Canter; delegate to the i Tent, which meets in Hagerstown, Md., on July 8,9 and 10, J. N. Minnix; alter- nate, Joseph . Harrison,——A male quartet, composed of Hurvey Brayton, bass; Ed Camp- bell, tenor; Jack Pumphrey, soprano, and Mr. Judson, alto, serenaded several Anacostia fami- lies last night with some of the latest and most popular songs.——Arrangements are making for a pleasant Fourth of July celebration in the village. —Mr. James I. Rose, accompanied by Mr. Bernard McMahon, botn of Chicago, has been visiting his parents and other relatives here for a week or two, They leave for the west tonight.—Mr. George Gray of Gray & Son was taken suddenly ill at their store yes- terday and will be contined to his home for sey- eral days.—Re ichardson will tomorrow night tell people why they ought not to dance. —AMiuneola Trive of Red Men held their weekly meeting in Gray's Hall last night. — UNIONTOWN’S SENSATION. The Man Who Robbed Paymaster At- Kinson of $1,200 Still at Liberty. The daring robbery of Paymaster Atkinson at the Wynn Works, Uniontown, Pa., Thursday, has caused the biggest sensation the coke region has had in the way of acrime since the Sullivan gang held up and robbed Superin- tendent Paisley of the Beeson Works of 83,000 a dozen yearé ago. The astounding feature thateverybody is talking about is the fact that robbery was committed in mid-day by a slender and unaided stripling, while dozens of men were within a stone's throw, and yet the fellow escaped through a cleared space of nearly a mile before he passed safely into the mountain brush, Walter Loughead of Oliphant found one of mules had disappeared and it was learned that ‘Donaldson, the alleged robber, had ven- tured back to his home at Oliphant, having been seen by different parties who did not then know of the robbery. 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