Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1890, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. * CITY AND DISTRICL GP The local circulation of Tue Evextxa Sax is not only the iargest and fullest, but it is also the zest, since the paper goes not alone into the hands of the people of the District of Columpia as a body, but regularly info Heir Romes,—into the families of all classes, and into those of the money-spending as well as the money-earning portion of the community. An advertisement in its columns therefore Keaches the eye of everybody worth reaching. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Lively Western Appearance Which the City Presents. PRE PIECES OF BRICK BLOCK THE STREETS, BUT THEY MEAN BUSINESS—THE COST OF BUILDING SITES. .DERS AND BUILDING—NOTES OF IM- PROVEMENT ABOUT THE CITY. Awestern man while on a briet visit re- cently to this city said that he was reminded constantly while here of some of the growing towns in his section, When asked in what particular he replied that he saw piles of brick aad building material along the streets and other evidences that a large number of new buildings were being erected. In the west such obstructions to the ordinary traffic of the street Were regarded as the principal ornament of the town. They are not very handsome in themselves, and when it is necessary to pick | your way around these piles of brick and lum- ber and at the same time endeavor to extract from your eyes the flying particles which ac- company the removal of the old buildings the average citizen is rather inclined to onject to the discomfort. However, the western man’s estimate of the situation is the correct one, and the close of the present building sea- son will witness the addition of many fine buildings in the resident and business sections of the city. The large amount of | money that has been invested in building, es- | pevially im business buildings, is a substantial evidence that the growth of the city 1s not a empty boom. shrewd men of affairs do not in- | vest their money uniess they feel confident that there isto be au adequate return. All these new buildings for business purpo Mieans increased rents, and of course the vol- ‘ume of busines must be increasing in order to justify the addition to the expense account. yhilo during the past year the improvements made in the business sections have, perhaps, been the noticeable feature, still there have been a good many houses built. The building record of the past year will compare favorably in the number of new buildings erected with that of the preceding year. It is probable that when the totais are ascertained that there will be a marked increase shown in the amount ex- pended in building as compared with the pre- vious year. PRICES FOR BUILDING STTES. Itisnlso noted that improvements have not been checked by what is considered by some to be the high prices prevailing for building lota. Infact the prices obtained for ground have been, if anything, higher than ever before. Some conservative men regard the present | values as tending to discourage individual | building. They argue that even now it is difti- | cuit for men of moderate means to build houses and the result willbe asin New York. That the high prices of land will tend to confine buildimg to large operators who buy up the land in blocks and build rowsof houses. Of | course a number of houses can be built more cheaply than one house and this will bslance the advance in the cost of the ground. On the other hand it is maintained that Jand is no higher here than in other cities of the same size and that the values have only kept pace with the improvements. It is denied that a man of moderate means cannot build a home for himself, but, of course, itis said that he cannot expect to secure a building site ina choice locality unless he is willing to pay a good price. Itis aiso said that building houses in blocks makes homes available at a more Feasonable figure than in any other way and therefore these large building operations are really @ beuefit to the people of moderate means, z BRICK VS. STONE. ‘The foundation walls of the new addition to the Shoreham are brick. That is the usual material employed in this city for such a pur- pose. But in New York and other places north stone is regarded as the only suitable material. ‘This was the opinion of Vice President Morton and of his New York architects when the Shore- bam was built. He has Rephrei 3 experienced achange of heart, and so have the architects, sud the judgment of the local builders has been vindicated. The stone used in the ordi- nary rubble masonry, it is said, does not com- pare with hard red brick in common use here. The stone is not only more porous but its rer of resistance is not equal to the brick. Bricks laid substantially in cement are re- arded a8 making a wall which is equal in Sarability and strength to anything that can be constructed. A brick wall, however, looks | Jess substantial than a stoue wall for founda- tion purposes, and it is natural for those ac- customed to see only stone used to regard with buspicion the brick wall. ‘THE MAN WHO BUILDS, When s man builds a house he generally makes two contracts, one with the builder and the other with the plumber. The latter puts in-the plumbing and heating and is inde- pendent of everybody except the owner and architect. The contractor is the general boss | about the premises. His contract is to com- | plete the house entire, with the exceptions | named and others that may be named. Ge eraily the contractor is acarpenter. His bid is based upon the bids of « number of subcon- tractors, such as the brick layer, the plasterer, the stone man and others. He adds together | the amounts which they state they will do | their part of the work for. Then he adds the i ost of the carpenter work. which he does him- | self, and finally he adds ten per cent on the entire cost, which is supposed to remunerate him for bis work as superintendent. Some- times the builder makes ten per cent profit on ® building, sometimes he makes lesa and sometimes more. There are some men who do away with the builder entirely. They make contracts with the carpenter, brick mason, plasterer, &c., and attend to the supervision themselves or hire some one to doit. ‘The idea is to save what is known as the profit of the general contractor. ‘Then again there is a method in vogue which is quite different from either of the above. An afrangement is made with some reputable builder to take the entire charge of the build- ing, just as general contractor doea He makes all the contracts for material and labor, sees that the work is done properly, and he r ceives for his services 10 per cent upon the cost of the house. Some of the best builders im the city do work in this way. It insures thom profit on their work without fail, while itmsures to the owner the supervision of a competent man who is interested in seeing that owner gets what he pays for. A FOURTEENTH STREET IMPROVEMENT. Messrs. W. 8. Roose and Henry M. Baker are making a handsome improvement on 14th Street between S and T streets. They owna lot of a wide frontage. upon which three stores are being built. The rear end of the lot front- ing ou the alley is being improved by the erec- tion of three houses. The plans of these build- ings were made by Mr. W. Bruce Gray, arc tect, and their erection wili add to the num- ber of basiness improvements, which are such THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. Much Powder Was Burned and the Day Was Generally Enjoyed. The general exodus from the city yesterday, combined with the hot weather, resulted in » very quiet day. The holiday, however, was generally observed by a suspension of all busi- ness, and those who did not go out of the city enjoyed the novelty of staying at home and testing how much enjoyment oan be extracted from an easy chair on the lawn or in a cool, shaded room. The day began with the usual Fourth of July bustle. The boom of cannon was heard in the early hours and tl engagement with small arms. The small boy and his timid abettor, the small girl, re up betimes and at once began to make requisitions upon the magazine which had been started with the special view of meeting the emergencies of the day. For two or three hours a general salute was fired all through the city, and as people hurried along on tate way to depots and wharves they congratulated themselves that they we: going to be out of the noisy city. Im the midst of this popular salute. the regular national salute of forty- three guns which greets the early morning sun on every Fourth of July from the forts and arsenals of Uncle Sam did not create much attention. Noone stopped to count inorder to see whether the new star which has just been added to the flag by the admission of Idabo was honored or not. A gun or two less on such occasions would not be apt to create much criticism. The patriotic enthusiasm which found expression in boom- ing cannon and in fFattling fire crackers was also gratified with hearing a selection of na- tional airs played on the chimes of the Metro- politan Church by Mr. Jas. R. Gibson. After awhile when the breeze died down and the sun shone with July fervor, a calmness fell upon the city that remained unindisturbed until evening, when the . his appearance. The national salute began all over again and as the sky darkened, lon streams of light shot up above the trees ani houses. Bright lights flashed out from the } door steps and the lawns and the devil chasers made their swift shining wriggle across the pavement and then expired amid childish shrieks of delight, It was noticed that the bildren were strongly reinforeed by con- ingent arrivals of grown people and the latier did not disdain to superintend the firing of rockets and roman candles. The grown people did not yell as much as the small boy, but they were}taking in the fun all the same, A pleasant feature of the day was that there were comparatively few accidents, Fire,which is the usual bane of the celebration of the birthday of this republic. did not break out. The annals kept at the police stations also were singularly free from the record of bloody crime, The excursionists by rail and water re- turned to their homes in safety, and so the hol- iiay was a great success if it was not full of stirring, exciting events, HOLIDAY BASE BALI. Washington Lost Two Games to Balti- more Yesterday. The base ball grounds at Capitol Park yester- day morning looked like old times, and not » MARY WARREN’S DEATH. ROWING ON THE SCHUYLKILL. It Was Tragic and Mysterious, but Was | The Columbia Eight Get Third Place Attributed to Liquor. Deputy Coroner Schaeffer spent his Fourth in an Exciting Race. The Peoples’ and Cup Regatta on the Schuyl- of July morning at the morgue making an | Kill yesterday was 9 success in almost every autopsy on the body of acolored woman named | Way. The Columbia eight-oar crew was un- Mary Ellen Warren, whose sudden death under | *uccessful. mysterious circumstances was reported to the It came in third for the Sharpless Cup, being beaten by the University of Penn- officers of the third precinct station early yes- | *Yivania and the Fairmount crews. terday. Mary was about twenty-two years old and her home was in Georgetown. She was well known to the police, having been arrested many times. Her mother died in Georgetown about six months agoand since that time Mary lived among her friends in Georgetown and the first ward, About & week ago she went to live at the house of an elderly colored woman named Frances Day, who resides in an aliey between 18th and 19th, L and M streets. While living at Mrs. Day's house Mary behaved herself well and was in the house every night until Thursday night, when she went out with some triends. 67) was after 7 o'clock in the evenmg when Mary left the house. She was perfectly well and in the best of spirits. Mrs. Day waited for her return until a late hour and then concluding that Mary had again fallen a slave to the liquor habit retired for the night, LYING DEAD AT THE DOOR, She heard no more of Mary until between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday morning, when a boy rapped at her door and said: “Mrs. Day, Mary's out here dead.” Mrs. Day imagined that Mary was only “dead drunk,” and it was not until she gave the matter ® second thought that she went down stairs to inquire into the truth of what the boy had said. Sure enough Mary was dead and her body was lying in a woodshed adjoin- ing Mrs. Day's property. Her shoes had been taken off her teetand placed near her head and her hat was on her bosom. Her dress Jooked as though ber body had been dragged some distance through the alley. Some per- sons made statements that they heard the woman scream, and it was claimed by some of the colored people that she was ausaulted. while others thought she made the noise on account the whisky and other intoxicants she had vank, ‘ ‘THE POLICE INVESTIGATION, When the body was taken in charge by the Police several colored boys were arrested, They were Thomas Jackson, Daniel Gill, Gus, Mui- Jen, Ben Wayne and Samuel Thompson. Sey- eral witnesses were examined by the coroner, but none of them could say that Mary had in any way been assaulted, although Mrs. Day thought she had. It was’ shown by the. wit- nesses that Mary met two of the boys arrested and borrowed 20 cents with which she bought a pint of gin. She drank the whole pint of liquor. Dr. Schaeffer described the au- topsy and said that there were no indica- tious of violence about the body. Death re- sulted from congestion of the brain, probably from the excessive use of alcohol stimulants, The jury returned a verdict of death from the | effects of alcoholism and exposure, and the prisoners were released. The body of the few among the 2,500 present sighed for the days b-fore the war (base ball war), when the familiar voice of King Kel or the Ansonian kick- ing of old Anson kept the crowd excited. But little need be said of the game. Our boys lost it, 12-4, by going to pieces in the fourth inning and allowing Baltimore to score eight runs. Phillips, Riddle and Nicholas and Baker and Townshend were the opposing batteries, Wash- ington made 9 hits and 5 errors, Baltimore 10 hits andlerror. Valentine umpired to the dis- satisfaction of all. The boys went to Baltimore in the afternoon and again suffered defeat at the hands of the Orioles before 5,107 people by a score of 3 to 2. ‘the exhibition was by far better than the morning game. German pitched s magnificent game, hoiding the Senators down at critical moments, Mace and Nicholas did the battery work for Washington. Baltimore made 6 hits and 3 errors and Washington 8 hits and 2 errors, Other games resulted in Hartford defeating New Haven, 5 to 2; Wilmington defeating Worcester, 8 to 3, and Jersey City shuting out Newark, 2 to 0. These were the morning james. In the afternoon New Haven beat jartford, 16 to 4; Wilmington again defeated Worcester, 8 to 3, and Newark turned the tables by defeating Jersey City, 5 to 4. On Thursday Washington won her fifth straight by defeating Worcester—5 to 2. Un- derwood and Riddle did the battery work for Washington and Stafford and Terrien for Wor- cester, The visitors were unable to solve the delivery of Underwood and made bat three hite during the game. Other games Thurs- day resulted in the Baltimores twice defeating Jersey City--7 to 5 and 6 to 3. No other games were played in the Atlantic Association, Other games on the Fourth of July resulted as follows: National League—Philadelphia, 11; Cincin- nati, 2. Cincinnati, 7; Puiladelphia, 1. Bi lyn, 11; Pittsburg, 10. Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburg, 3. Boston, 12; Chicago, 1, Chicago, 6; Bo 5. Cleveland, 11; New York, 7. 3; Cleveland, 2. Players’ League—Cleveland, 8; Philadelphia, 7. Philadelphia, 15; Cleveland,’ 6. Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburg, 4 Pittsburg, 9: Brooklyn, 6. Chicago, 3; New York, 1; Chicago, 4, Ne: York, 2. Buffalo, 6; Boston, 6. (Game called.) Buffalo, 7; Boston, 6. ‘The attendance atthe league games yesterday was 28,244 and at tue players’ games 46,789. About 90,000 people witnessed the twenty-three ames played by the National and Players’ weague and American Association Clubs on Decoration day, while 113,87 people saw the same number of games played yesterday. The Lime Kiln Base Ball Ciub has organized for the season with the following players: D. Kaufman, catcher; M. Sullivan, catcher; G. Cleeves, pitcher; D. Pistorio, first base; J. Will- iamson, second base; H. Cleeves, captain and third base; C. Quigley: short stop; H. Heinline, left field; A. Mitchell, center field; E. Hutchin- son, right field. The club would like to hear from ail amateurs under ninetcen years of age. All challenges to be sent to John E. Prosperi, anager, gus Sth street southeast, ‘The chafhpionship races of the Atlantic As- | ls La | Hot Weather and Sleep, From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, One reason, no doubt, why so many people become “pulled down” in health during hot weather is that they do not exercise care to get their necessary amount of sleep. At the very time when the demands upou the endurance are greater than at any other period of the year they devote fewer hours to recuperating their bodies in nature's perfect way than at times when the demand upon the physical re- sources is only normal. Of course it is to be remembered that this is sociation is as follows: Club, Jersey City Wilmington Hartford. 41 : | | the season when there is the greatest tempta- tion to neglect the good old maxim of “Early to bed.” At no other time of the year is a bed room less inviting than now, when, especially if it is near the roof, as bed rooms otteu are, ® warked feature of Lith street, Alleged Frauds in Navy Contracts. ‘The San Francisco Examiner devotes thirteen | columns to an alleged exposure of fraudulent methods in furnishing government supplies to | Mare Island navy yard. The article contend: that the contract bas almost invariably been given toJames McGusden,ex-member of the leg | islature and that the paper's representatives in pursuing his investigations, states that he found Several shortages in the amount of coal de- livered at the navy yard under certain of these contracts. The were made known to Commodore Benham,commandant of the yard, and under his instructions the matter was laid | before the Department at Washington. Seere- | tery Tracy has ordered the payment of the | fraudulent bills stopped pending further in- Yestigation by the Department. that the newspaper representative, while act- lug as tally clerk or book keeper im the yard. was approached by McCudden, who o‘fered, if he would report the amount of coal delivered as being of fuil specified weight, to divide with him the profits arising from the shortage im weight, and under this agreement the rep- resentative received $500. { A Study Lamp. From the New York Weekly. Guest—*"What sort of « lamp is that?” Host—“A study lamp.” Guest—“Ah! Called that because it is for the study, I presume.” Host—~No. Called that because it takes a great deal of study to run it” “{ Have Perscursep your Me years, and kuow of nothing often use it for gruwa patients also," place. 1 writes a its air will be hot and stagnant until changed by the evening breezes from the lake. At no other season are the temptations to sit out on the frout piazza so great as now. This latter practice is one of the pleasantest of those which characterize American informal social life, and need not be entirely sacrificed. Hut wo devote 0 it hours which should be passed in sleep is to shorten life, and one can be of very little use to society after he is dead—or to himself, either. so far as the matters of this mundane | sphere are conceruvd. As the comic Irishman im the rhyme pute it: What's the world to a man whin his wife is a widdy? ‘The young can stand even le#s than the old the dram on their vitality caused by insufficient repose. ‘The growing time of life, the time when body and mind are in the developmental stage, is atime when nutrition and conversa- tion ure imperatively necessary. So let the young folks, as well as the old folks, see to it Tt is claimed | theve summier evenings that they get to bed ptimes. ‘Those who find it difficult to sleep on account of the heat cau readily circumvent old Sol by taking a bavh. If it is only a hasty sponge bath it will do wonders in cooling the body, softening and freshening the skin and pre- paring the system for the rei enjoyment of “tired Nature's sweet restore Awaking from such a sleep as it is possible to secure even in warm roomy through which there is a draft of air, one is refreshed and fitted to cope to much better advantage with the hottest weather than the tired and jaded beings who have tried to Ret along without duly availing themselves of only recuperative process which is at everybody’s command. Unfailing Sign. From Lippincott's fur July. Ted—“I'd like you to meet mg new girl; I wish to learn whether she fs pretty. : Ned—“'m no judge. Why don't you take ber inte « crowed car vome dayi woman was turned over to her friends for burial, a OUR MARYLAND NEIGHBORS. How Rockville Celebrated—A Big Rain Storm Thursday—Other News. Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR. e Rockvie, July 4. Mr. J. Sprigg Poole and wife of Washington have located at Gaithersburg for the summer. Mr. Chas. Gulentz, who has for several weeks been the guest of Mr. Geo. C. Dawson and family at this place, has gone to Atlantic City for the season. Mr. Z. T. Clagett has been awarded the con- tract for building a large two-story frame dwelling house for Wm. Reading at the east end of town. Dr. Orlando Hutton, D.D., of Brookville has resigned as rector of St. Mark’s and Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal churches in How- ard county on account of advanced age and feeble health. His retirement ends a career of activity covering a period of over fifty yeara, A branch of the Luthern Building and Loan Association of Knoxville, Tenu., has been es- tablished here, with A. M. Talbott as presiden: and counsel; A. J, Almony, secretary; John L. Brunett, treasurer. The above, with W. BR. Pumphrey and Albert King, are directors. During the past year the receipts from tolls onthe Washington and Brookeville turnpike amounted to $6,027.71. The Montgomery County National Bank at this place has declared a semi-xnnual dividend of 3 per cent. The national holiday was observed here to- day by the partial suspension of business and at night the town was ablaze with fireworks, Several prominent business places were illumi- nated with Chinese lanterns. During the day there was a large influx of visitors from Wash- ington and other places, In the afternoon a game of base ball was played at the fair grounds Setween the Yost newsboys of Washington and the Rockville Club. The game was closely con- tested throughout and at the clove of the ninth inniug the Washington boys were the victors— score 6 to 5, Yesterday evening this coun ty was visited by the heaviest rain storm for yeurs and great damage is reported from different sections, especinily to roads and crops, On the farm of D. Offutt, jr.. west of this place, about ten acres of wheat in the shock was swept away and the growing corn greatly damaged, On this and the adjacent farms much fencing was sweptaway. On the farm of Mr. J. Hall near Brookeville the damage was serious, em- bracing the destruction of a portion of the wheat and corn crops, loss of fencing, &c, ‘The heavy full of rain was accompanied by light- ning, which also did some damage, It is re- ported that Mr. Thos. J. Owen of Gaithersburg lost a valuable horse by the lightning. No loss of human life is reported, but the family of Mr. Samuel Greentield near Beane post office, on the old Georgetown road, had a narrow escape. Vhile sitting in the house the family were startled by a vivid flash of lightning, and a dog which was lying on the floor in the same room was instantly killed, ‘The building was not injured and none of the members of the family were hurt, SAM Shae HOLDING THE BAG. An Incident in Which the Hoosier Poet and Others Figure. From the Indianapolis News. This is the season of the year when the robin sings his sweetest song, the young girl turns her thoughts to ice cream and moonlight strolls and the college lad who four years ago “held the bag” for snipe to wander into at the mid- night hour is looking for some one to get even on. Ancient history gives uo account of “sniping,” and it probably isa modern institution. The city lad who goes to the country to teach his clodhopper cousin the wavs of the world is generally « victim of this game. It has never been known to result seriously unless the vic- tim takes a lay-off for a couple of weeks and thumps each one in turn of the crowd who stood him near a log in a dark woods and caused him to hold a sack into which they were to chase some real live suipe. In the days when “Jim” Riley, the Hoosier poet, Jim McClanahan, the “pore man’s triend,” unfortunate Ed Lemon and others of the merry crew held forth in Anderson, a curly headed barber came from Cincinnati, What he didn’t know could be placed im a page. | Dense ignorance on the subject of snipe Lunt- ing Was one of his accomplisiiments. ‘The gang proposed to have some fun with him, and, to make the plan carry well, used to sit around in his shop and relate wonderful stories of their adventures when the world was asleep on the snipe trail. It required one week to catch the manipulator of mugs, but he was hooked hard when he did bite. One night, armed with a coffee sack, # couple of candles nd tin pans on which to pound, the jokers led the barber to a thick forest about two miles north of town. Into the thickest part of this thick wood they Jed him. Beside a tree they placed him and on abroken limb they hung his hat. The sack was spread open wide, the candles were lighted and Mr. Barber told to stand perfectly stil}.and the snipes would surely come. ‘The jokers, tempo! on their pans, disap- ie their way ared in the bushes, and soon ack to town, laughing as they went along. The next gay a and early, the shop was visited, but no barber was there. No uu- exsiness was expressed until noon and when he did not appear the crowd vegan to feel de- cidedly uneasy. Perhaps something had hap- pened him; he may have wandered through the woods and met with a hundred different ilis, About 3 o'clock the crowd was like Davy Crockett’s ‘coon, “badly skeerd,” and many regrets were expressed that they had made the barber a victum of such a foolish joke. There was talk of ing & party for him, when he came up smiling about 8 o'clock im the e' As soon as The banks of the Schuylkill were thronged with thousands of people from an early hour, while the river itself was crowded with small craft decked out with bright colors and add- ‘ing life and gayety to the scene. THE OPENING EVENTS. ‘The first race for senior singles was started Promptly at 2 o'clock with four entries, The finish was crossed in the following order: First, E. J. Carney. Institute Boat Club; time, 9.30. Second, F. R. Baltz, Pennsylvania Boat Club; time, 9.89. Third. J. Y¥. Park, Vesper Boat Club; time, 9.50, Fourth, 0. J. Stevens, New York Athletic Club; time, — The junior singles followed and was won in the following order: First, John J. Schile, Union Boat Club, New York; time, 9.59. Sec- il, A.C.S.N.; time, 9.343¢. Third, ond, P. J. Wail, M. J. Carney, Institute Boat Club, Newark; per Boat time, 10.09." George Van Vliet, Ver Club, Philadelphia, ruled out. The third race for four-oared gigs was the most exciting of the day, the Philadelphia rec- ord for one mile being broken by both the leading crew, There were four entries and the line was crossed as follows: First, Ravens- wood, Newark; time, 8.324, Second, Tritons, Newark; time, 8.36!g. ‘Third, Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; time, 8,45. Fourth, Union Boat Club of New York. The pair-oared shell race followed, being won by the Nonpariels in 9.49, as follows: First, Nonpariel B.C., New York, W. E. Cody, bow; J. Z. Delaner, stroke. Time, 9.49. Seconil, New York A.C., George D. Phillips, bow; H. K. Mailer, stroke. Time, .10. AN EXCITING CONTEST. The double-scull race was hotly contested, the finish was especially fine, there being but five seconds difference in the time of the win- ners and the Crescents, who were third across the line. The boats finished as follows: First, New York Athletic Club, George A. Wier, bow; P. J. Stevens, stroke, time, 9. Second, ‘Triton Boat Club, Newark, .ueodore F. Kerr, bow; Harry Sauderson, stroke; time, 9.03!y. Third, Crescent Boat Club, Philadelphia, C. M. Stokes, bow; V. J. M. Stokes, stroke; time, 9.05. Fourth, Farr«gut Boat Club, Chicago, G. B. Jennison, bow; E. C. Brown, stroke; time, 9.15. Fifth, Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia, John 8. Parke, bow; Charles Saenger, stroke, In the four-oarded shell race there were but two starters, the fi being covered in the following order: rst. ‘Triton Boat Club, Newark; time, 8.49. Second, Nonpareil Boat Club, New York; time, 9.02, ‘Lhe junior eights race had five entries and to the lialf-mile flag it was ueck and neck, At the finish Fairmount pulled away and the crews crossed as follows: First, Fairmount Boat Club; time, 8.41. Second, Staten Island Athletic Chub; time, 8.46. Third, Vesper Boat Club; time, 84%. Fourth, American Boat Club; time, 8.57, Fifth, Triton Boat Club. Newark, THE SENIOR EIGHTS. The last race was the senior eights for the Sharpless Cup. This race was the most inter- esting to Washingtonians, as the Columbia eight had entered. ‘The race was close and ex- citing at first, but the University crew soon drew away and the race settled down to a struggle for second place between the Fair- mounts and the New York Athletic Club. Near the finish Fairmount drew ahead and crossed second,while the New York crew dropped back to the Columbias, the two boats crossing the line nearly together, the Columbias having a phate advantage. ‘The crews fiuished as fol- lows: First, College Club, University of Pennsylva- nia—H. B. Lubn, bow; Myron Barlow, 2; F. B. Hancock, 3; W. H. Waugaman, 4; E. M. Har- ve! Leon E. Putnam, 6; A. L. Harris, 7; Archibald Wright, stroke; Manzo Kushida, coxswain; time, Second, Fairmount Row- ing Association-W. Brownell, bow; George Dunlap, 2; Chas, W. Preisendanz, 3; W. Hoover, 4; F. C. Heck, 5; E, 6; D. O'Neill, 7; John Snowden, stroke; George W. Mitchell, coxswain; time, 8.06. Third, Colum- bia Club, Washingtou—J. K. Eider, bow; J. N. Kenyon, 2; 8. I. Jannus, 3; A. W. Johnson, 4; W. C, McKinney, harles Buker, 6; L. L. Harbon, 7; Edward Ryan, stroke; W. A, Smith, ime, 8.18. Fourth, New York Ath- letic Club (crew not given); time, 8.18. Fifth, Passaic Boat Club, Newark —G. Huff, bow; J. Greenbaigh, 2; W. Pearson, 3; M. 8. Brown, 4; M. Sommer, 5; J. Dexter, 6; A. Archibald, 7; C. W, Startatt, stroke; E. Davis, coxswain. we. ANACOSTIA, eo Srreet Car Facruiries.—On his trip north and east, from which he has just returned, Mr, H. A. Griswold, president of the Anacostia Street Car Company, visited New York. Boston, Buffalo, Erie, Toronto, Montreal and other points to study the different motors used in operating street car lines, He says be found nothing in the electric systems except in the overhead wire suflicently developed to be deemed practical. ‘The extension of the Ana- costia line is being built with a view to using some other motor in the near future, the equip- ment for horses being a temporary arrange- ment. Mr, Griswold while away ordered twelve two-horse cars to be delivered October 1, at which time the new line to the heart of the city will be ready for operation, The com- pany will begin at once the erection here of a two-story car barn, 250 feet long, the upper story c° Which will be used for the manufacture and repair of cars. The company wili soon ex- tend its line to the Congressional Cemetery in ington and also up Harrison strect on this side of the branch to the foot of Good Ho} Hill. Besides the present direct line to the steamboat landings Anacostia will have imme- diate connection with all the departments, the cemetery and rural picnic grounds. The’ an- nual election of officers of the company will be held July 14. How Srrect-can Fares ank Connectep 1x Tonoxto.—While in Toronto Mr. Griswold noticed a unique custom that seems to be adopted nowhere else of passing around a jug to collect the street-car fares. The main part of the jug is of leather. but an upper apart- ment is of glass, so that the change can be scen by the conductor and pa: er before it is dropped into the lower chamber. He thought at first they were taking @ collection for some benevolent purpose, but soon caught on to the scheme, How Asacostia Cetepratrep.—The Fourth pred off very quictly in the village. The Methodist folks held a pleasant lawn social in the afternoon and evening on Mr. ‘Tew’s lawn, netung a goodly sum for the society, and a free theatrical performance of rare merit was given on the lawn in Shannon Place at 8 o'clock, at which many distinguished citizens smiled.’ A colored band passed through the village in the afternoon leading a company of Washington colored men toa picnic at the home of Mr, Rollins on the Bowen road, where a big time was had. Only two arrests were made on this side during the day, John Makle und Wm. Green were gathered in for profauity. Pensoxat.—Mre, W. W. Cordell is at Provi- dence Hospital today, where a surgical opera- tion wiil be performed, and her early recovery is expected. Dearu From Locxsaw.—Mr. Charles H.Butler, a colored resident of Hillsdale, about sixty-five years of age, stepped upon a rusty spike a week ago, and not thinking the wound serious, ne- glected it several day and died of lockjaw. | He was an old soldier and his pension had re- cently been incre: —~>—___ A Colored Farmers’ Alliance. A southern colored farmers’ alliance gndorses the nomination of Capt. B. R. Tillman for gov- ernor of South Carolina in the following reso- lutions: ‘In union there is strength. We are all children of Eve and Adam, why not act so in principle? There is one God, one heaven, one hell, and we must stay »together in one of the places, Why not vote together for Till- man?” 90 Not Coming This Year. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P., and Mrs. Chamberlain have decided to post- pone until next year their projected trip to this country. ‘The critical condition of the tory cabinet and the probabilities of a sudden dis- solution of parliament are asserted to be the cause for this change in their plans at the last moment, ‘They were to have sailed from Livy- erpool next week. —s00, An Owl’s Nest in a Barn, A farmer near St. Louis has a nest of owls in his barn and they keep it free from rats and mice, The birds lay up provisions at night for the next day. The farmer marked the bodies of the mice he found by cutting off one foot witha ard “ yond pep ate sok the marked ‘mice woul ext morning there would bea fresh vappiy. Three of the cit death firemen were burned to is., during the burning of the steamer Iron King and a portion of the Co- Dake Brfebans, aged sight veers o¢ Oe ry ears, hte, ed anny iy by the explosion of & NEW BOOKS, IN DARKEST AFRICA; or, The Quest, Rescue and Ketreat of Emin, Governor of toria. In two volumes, By HENRY M. STANLEY. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VIEWS AND REVIEWS—LITERATURE. By W. E. Hewigy. New York: Cuarles Scribner's Sons, W: : Brentano's, MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE END OF THE OLD REGIME By iasexT De SarNt-AMaAND ‘Transl t Perry. New Washington: THE BLIND MUSICIAN. ANovel. By Viapnere KOXOLENKO. ‘Translated from the Kussian by Aline Delano. With an introduction by George Kennan. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Washington: W. i. Morrison. A THOUGHTLESS YES. By HeLen H. GaRpENnr. New York: Belford Company. THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH. From the French of FRaNcois Corrgs. New York: Belford Com- pany. CYPRESS BEACH. A Novel By W. H. Baw- cock, WRITTEN IN RED; or, The Conspiracy in the North Case. A Novel. By CHa HowaKp W. Drak. New York: Cas- sell Publishing Washington: Brentano's. AN ARTIST'S HONOR. A Novel. By Octave FRUILLET. Translated by E. P. Robins. New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Washing- ton: Brentano's. THE ANNUALSTATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES OF MASSACHUSET IS, NEW STORIES. From the Fronch of Gvy pr MAUPASSANT. New York: The Minerva Pub- lishing Co. ME AND CHUMMY. A Novel. By Corner FLeTcHER. Washington: Sterling Publishing Co. A BORN COQUETTE. A Novel. ‘zss."" New York: P. F. Collier. CELEBRATE, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge Ablaze With Fireworks. By “Tue Ducu- CONFEDERATES The Fourth of July exercises of the reunion ofthe confederate veterans at Chattanooga took the form of a monster parade yesterday morning, ‘Two thousand veterans were in line, together with the three regiments of Tennes- see state guards, encamped near the city, and several military companies from other southern cities, Gen. John B, Gordon was commander- in-chief, Gen. E. Kirby Smith, attired in a suit of confederate gray, commanded the military division, Fifty thousand people witnessed the parade. In all the line not a single confeder- ate flag was displayed, but every command car- ried the national colors. In the afternoon five thousand people crowded into the great tent and listened to Fourth of July orations, war reminiscences and patriotic music. At night the whole city was illumi- nated and Roman lights and fireworks of var- ious kinds made the night brilliant, Lookout Mountain aud Missionary Ridge were ablaze with bright sights and on ‘the Tennessee river and Cameron Hill there were monster pyro- technic displays, In a speech at the tent Gen. jana made the remark that that slavery Gordon of Louis- ime had shown as Wrong and consequently that the south “had been on the wrong side of the fight. Today the veterans will go tu Chicka- mauga battlefield, the proposed national park, and attend a great picnic, ssn Ee A DISEASE-LADEN SHIP, Unfortunate Experience of American La- borercs Who Went to Central America, The steamship Professor Moree arrived at New Orleans yesterday with 262 passengers aboard, ‘The Morse hails from Central America and reached the quarantine station ten days ago, with 163 of her 262 passengers sick. A death occurred at Mitta on board the steamship Oteri, from which the passengers were taken, which was regarded as suspicious, and four more have occurred at quarantine. A committee of experts visited the vessel yesterday to determine whether the discase from which the passengers were suffering was | contagious or not. The visitors found 163 of the passengers sick from malariei and bilious fever and dysentery and that the five deaths had occurred all from the same disease, tere | being no contagious disease among thei The passengers wer) accordingly allowed to dis- embark, ‘Yhey aro Americans from all parts of the country who went down to Central America in April to work on banana plantations at Sacete, in Honduras. and suffered severely from the diseases of the country. They say, further, that they were very harshly and badiy treated; thut their food was wretchod and insufficient; that their quar- ters were without flooring or roof, and no beds were procured for the men, and that after working three months many of them found themselves in debt to their employers, Ten of the party died from debility, Many of the men taken from the vessel yes- terday were in very bad condition, so wasted and weak that they had to be curried asho: ‘They were very indiguant at the owner of the fruit plantation on which they worked and the employment ofice who sent them to Central America, soe. Bret Harte in London, Eli Perkins in Chicago Inter-Ocean. Bret Harte is now living in a quiet cottage in Grove End Road, near St, John’s Wood. He is getting old, and his hair is white: but the nov- list stil! retains all his old fire. His books sell immensely in England—more than those of any other American writer, Mr. Harte’s family is not with him, and the general impression in London is that he is @ widower. Mr. Joseph Hatton, a warm friend and neighbor of Mr. Harte, informs me that he is now in the con- sular vervice, No American is invited into the best English society more than Bret Harte, His American stories warm the English heart, They never tire of the novelist’s story about the first jury trial in Califoruia, and this is the way he told'it the other might, “It was over in the Mariposa Gulch in °50. They had never had a jury trial there. Ifa man stole a horse they lyuched him and that settled it. lynch law and sigh tor the good old jury trial of the east, had jomped a. poor man’s claim, the Maxsa- chusetts fellows resolved to give him a good old-fashioned jury trial, They took him into the back end of the board post office, selected a jury and the trial commenced. Dozens of witnesses were called and finally the jury re- When they had tired to agree on a verdict. about concluded that Jim was innocent the | boys outside came banging at the door. “Wuat do you fellows want?” usked the fore- man through the keyliol “We want to kuow if you hain’t about agreed on the verdict. If you hain’t you'll have to get out, We want this room to lay out the corpse in!” Most of them were unacclimated | But the people, many of whom | came from Massachusetts, began to tire of | Soone day, when Bill sievens | [ KING'S SKYWARD TRIP. Thousands See His Composite Balloon Go Up From Fairmount Park. “There she goes?” “Hurrah for King!” and Similar cries burst from thousands of throats in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, yester- day afternoon as Prof. S. A. King’s big balloon, “Eagle's Eyrri with half a dozen smaller balloons clustering around it, swung grandly Up from the plaza north of Memorial Hall and shot up into space at the rate of a bundred Eczema CHILDHOOD, ‘When an infant my body broke out all over with an eruption orrash, which became more aggravated as T feet aminute, Everything in connection with | stewolder. Every noted physician in oursection wa the ascension assed off perfectly, Fully 10,- 000 people blackened the old centennial | rounds and packed the piaza around Memorial Hall, A space about fifty feet eqnare at the north entrance to the building had been roped | off and guarded by a detail of police. Within | this space the monster air ship and ite smalier | superuumeraries were filled. The crowd Pressed up curiously around the ropes and | watched the operation of filling intently, but | the police took care that the accident of two | Fears ago, when the crowd broke the balloo: loose and caused its destruction, did not recur. | Several women in the crush around the ropes were nearly overcome by the heat and had to be removed to the shade of an adjoining grove by their friends. It was ten minutes before 4 o'clock when the process of filling with gas was completed, and | the big composite balloon was tugging away as though anxious to be off. Prof, King jumped into the little car amidst the network of ropes, and was followed by a tall, dark-mustacued | stranger whom nobody in the crowd seemed to | know. This was Lawyer Fox, of Sth street, who has carefully kept his connection with the | ascension a secret im order not to alarm his family and friends, Mr. Jennings, the Penn- sylvania railroad photographer, did not get up, the weight being too great. ‘The restraining Topes were then cut and the balloon shot up into the air. Prof. King waved his hat and the immense crowd roared and cheored itself hoarse. The big air ship, with the smaller bailoons clinging to it, went up in a nearly perpendien- | lar line for # considerable height, and then be- gan to drift westward. Weight was then light- | ened by throwing out ballast, and the monster rapidly rose higher. She how seemed to strike a counter current of air, for she immediately began to travel , rapidly to the northeast, and when last visible she was going in the direction of the mountains of northern New Jersey. Prof. King expects to land somewhere in New Jersey. The result of his trip will be eagerly | waited for by everybody interested in practical | acronautics, as his experiments with the small | balloons used as feeders to the big oue will | open up a wide field for possible future long distance travel through the air. j os - SECRET OF THE DE BRAAK. Wreckers Sent to Kaise Her Millions Come Home Forlorn. The wrecking tug Rescue, which left Phila- delphia some time ago with a big crew of wreckers for the Delaware Breakwater to locate the sunken English sloop-of-war De Brauk, | which went down off the Delaware capes June | 28, 1798, with $10,000,000 of gold on board. re- | turned yesterday and a more downhearted | looking lot of sailors wouid be hard to imagine. | ‘The fact is the men were made to believe that they would have nothing todo but go to | the spot designated and raise to the surface | the vast treasure, They found nothing. Thei lexperience has taught them a lesson, a) | although they all said they would ret to | the search it is but reasonable to believe that | the next timo the Rescue leaves it will be with | a different crew. One of the sailors said that | | they would return just so soon as vome ad- | ditional appliances could be rigged to their | | wrecking boat, | Probably there is no other person surviving | that knows more about the history leading | to and connected with the loss of the DeBr | than Pilot Geo. H. Conwell. Even he does not | know the exact position the vessel went down jin, Pilot Conweil’s father, now dead many years, was the last man that knew the exact | location, but being pledged to secrecy never even told his son and died carrying his knowl- | edge to the grave. |. The specie on board the De Braak was taken from three Spanish galleons captured in the West Indies, When the De Braax, in command of Capt. John Drew, neared the capes Pilot Andrew Alicn was taken on board. A fresh | gale soon afterward arose and the pilot ordered the sail reduced. A dispute ensued, the com- mander refusing to carry out the pilot's orders, and soon afterward a gust struck her and she went over and sunk, carrying down the captain and most of the crew, together with the prisoners, Some months afterward the body of Capt. | Drew drifted ashore near Lewes. He was bur- ied there, aud until this day stands at the head of his grave in the qnaint old church yard sur- | | rounding St. Peter's Episcopal Church at | Lewes 4 mouument bearing these words: “In Memory of Captain John Drew, Her Majesty's | brig De Braak, sunk off the Capes in a squall, June 28, 1798." ‘The concession for the recovery of the treas- ure was granted to the secretary of the Inter- national Submarine Company under section 3755 of the Revised Statutes. More than usual | iterest was taken in the result of this attempt, as all in interest were overly sure of success, see =A Tammany’s Celebration. Independence Day was celebrated by Tam- many Hail, New York. ‘The orator of the day, Representative Bynum, arraigned Speaker | Reed and the republican party, especially con- | demning the federal election bill and advocat- ing armed resistance. Ail the speakers and | ex-President Cleveland in bis letter took a | hand ip atttacking the same party. | — see The Fourth at Woodstock. The celebration of Fourth of July at Henry C, Bowen's residence, Roseland Park, at Wood- | stock, Conn., was characterized by a great gathering of Sunday school children. Wayland delivered an address on cheap,” in which he criticised Fourth of July orators for not attacking the dangers of the present. -- eee. —— xcused This Time, . From Epoch. Schoolmarm (with ominous look in ber eye) “What made you ro late, Robert Reed?” Robert—“Been fightin’.” Schoolmarim (advancing furiously)—“You have, eh?” Robert—*Yes, ma'am, A boy sed yer wuz bons home-made sin, an’I jest give it wo um, “Well, Bobby, dear, I'll have to pardon you | this time, but control your temper the best yor | can.” see | Fire caught in the tlies of the grand opera house at Salt Lake City at 10 o’clock Thursday night, and the building was entirely con- sumed. Some Baking Powders Lose Their Strength Quickly. For twenty-five years the Royal Baking Powder Company has refused to be controlled by the mania of its competitors—to produce a cheap baking powder at the sacrifice of quality or wholesomeness. Some lower- cost brands are now being pushed on the market, which are made of inferior materials and lose their strength quickly after the can is once opened. At the second or third baking there will be noticed a falling off in strength. It is always the case that the consumer suffers in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any substitute for the Royal Baking Powder, especially when the substitute is offered on the ground that it is cheaper. The Royal Baking Powder is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is possible to attain in an abso- lutely pure powder. It is always strictly reliable. It is not only more economical because of its greater strength, but will retain its full leavening power until used, and make more wholesome food. Was there ever any article of human consumption that has so many friends among housekeepers as the Royal Baking Powder? tired or consulted. When I came of age 1 visited Hot | Springs, Ark..and was treated by the best medical ‘men, Dut was not benefited. When all things bad failed 1 determined to try 8. 8. 8, and in four months wae entirely cured. The terrible Eczema was all gone, not ‘Satan left; myeneral health built up, and I bave ever had any retura of the disease. GEO. W. IRWIN, Irwin, Pa. ‘Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. #26 SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, AtiartaGa = 2 Proresstoxa People and others wearing these will kindly call om Us to see the stock of TIGHTS, in Flesh, Bisck and Colors that we received yesterday, These are our ow import® Wor and we guarantee @ considerable saving, suficient to maxe it an object for you. ‘The colors are: Lavender, Pink, Blue, Drab, Mouse, ‘Red, Black and Flesh. OUR PRICES: Cotton Tights, @3.50 Lisle Tights, $4.50, Lisle and Sik Tighta, €5.50, Silk, #7.50. Heretofore it has been absointely necessary for those wishing Tights to goto New York oronler them frou. there, We will now save you that trouble, save you money and save you time. Weare from vow on headquarters for TIGHTS. 4 COOL CORSET—Pougwe Corsets, @3.50, ae light ae a feather, but as durable as tron A per. fect shape and atull guarantee DR. LOOMER’S CORSET —We are one of his agents for Washington. His Corsets are commend. able for ladies who go borseback nding or indulge in any atljetic exercises, Price €1.50. LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR—A specialty with Us im thie department this week is 120 Dressing Sacques, were €1.50 end €1 25. NOW we. GENTS OUTING SHIRTS in all the pew materials, an erormous assortment to select from, Peuging in price from Sc. to 3.50. Sizes th Atal manner of people, Sashes and Belts Wo wear with (hese, BATH TOWELS, Size 18x36, Unbleached Turkish Towel. Bleached Enylish Tow Sige 20x40, Chriaty's Liven Towel... CHILDREN'S LINEN FEEDERS, All-linen Feeders with dravm work., All-linen with Blue and Red border. All-linea with red band...... Children's White Figured Bibbs, 25, 35, 50, Te. Ladies’ Rustic Heats in Biue, Piuk, Red, Wuite (Cream snd Black, $2.98 LADIE£N VASSAK SHIRTS—@1°5, @1.30, 91.50, 01.75, We cerry the full complement of Studs, Cuff Buttons, Ties, Scarfs aud Rings Becessary to wear with these A general reduction in our Gauze Uuderwear Stock. BELTS Sc.,inany number of stripes and ali the plain colorings, Folks contemplating ® journey away should visit us snd secure what things they need. Particularly ought this be done wiilst our semi-annual reduction sale is in progress. MAIL OKDERS CAREFULLY FILLED. STORE DELIGHTFULLY COOL. Our Clearing Up and Closing-out Sale continues, Goods marked down all over the house. Now is the time to buy your merchandise—for not alone are profits saved bat balf the cost price. To introduce the McDowell Dress Cutting Machine we offered & froo pattern to all who bought « dross pattern. We shall discontinue that offer after this week, We will cut s liniug and try it ou to show the utility of the cutting machine. All for @1.50. We make this offer expecially for those who bave bad aiticulty in being fitted. We have excelient Fitting Linings already cut and fitted to proportionate fiyures, prepared by Mr. Geo. White, the famous Ladies’ Tailor of this city. Lesides we have the Standard Fashiou Patterns at our pattern counter, ‘The price of the McDowell Dress Cutting Machine is $20, with instruction free, ;i = : — N R > oH OR ee PG TE RR go HUH EE Sod iit BBR RRR oo as g, B RR OO ‘at* Eos EE “oo =o a3 Case Os Cuzfrr, We will sell you a Handsome SOLID OAK ANTIQUE FINISHED BED KOOM SUITE, 3 pieces, tor €17 cash or $18 on credit. We will sell you a 7-piece PARLOR SUITE, soli@ walnut {reiues, upholstered in the best Lair cloth, for cash or 830 on credit. We will sell you s 7-piece PARLOR SUITE, solid walnut frames, upholstered in plush, combivation colors, for $26 cash or #30 on credit. We will seil you a good WIKE-WOVEN BED SPRING 25 cash or $2.50 on credit We will sell you & gvod quality BRUSSELS CARPET for 80c. per yard cash or Ge. per yard on credit We will sell you agood INGRAIN CARKFRT for 350, Per yard cash or 40c. per yard ou credit. We Sew and Lay ali CAKPKTS Freeef Cost and do not change ior the waste in matching fy ures We will sell all CARPETS, MAITINGS aND OIL- CLOTES on Credit at an advance uf 4 cents per yard on the lowest cash price. EASY WEEKLY or MONTHLY PAYMENTS taken op all credit sales, aud no notes required. CABH DIDCUUNT allowed on ail accounts settled ia Budaye, Pr. GROGAK, yot-3mn 739 and 741 7th ot aw Be merciful, said the price tugs, as Grasty. the Pusher, has cli to cut t pe. Grasty repiied: Tue bengee Gunend is ana T Seal com hed hat woth te mei Suall revard me as Champion Low Price Furniture, item people a te pockets of the. use Maat be Pot, sd uae wall vot rive away the rich. We ive 100 ceuts for « dollar, er who come irom, ‘or the Blue or the y, voting for Cleveland or Hurrivon, we are open Ertsiocs at Sesryon eae Scat os to buy, We remember the old saage, “Many ® auuckle." bence we want soug trade. We tee! sence Upon the we Ube sine persous ai) the tune ear! Protection, atid 0 matter Af uot as represented we wan! we will returp the money. the ides thet Ido an installment FOUF account, but we want your woe bard to oe ise Glase Tumors, a : h i i i i i E if H i Hi i h GRASTY, The Pusher, 20-6 2510-12 7atoe perters azn, rentest variety