Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1890, Page 9

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SOLEY’S ABLE ADDRESS. os ‘Thrilling Story of the Fearful Journey Across the Ice—Dea Rescue of the Monument Was Erect eeereeeieaaan Special Dispatch to Tae Evento Star Ayxapouis, Mp., Oct. 30.—The monument to the officers and men who perished in the arctic snow and ice in an attempt to escape from the | wreck of the fated Jeannette expedition ot | 1879 that has been erected in the Naval Acad- emy cemetery here was unveiled in the pres- ence of several hundred distinguished porsons. ‘The services were begun with a brief prayer by the chaplain of the academy, after which | Commander Barber, chairman of the memorial | committee, made an address, turning the mon- ument over to the superintendent of the acad- emy, Capt. R. L. Pythian. A long oration was then delivered by ‘Hon. J. R. Soley assistant secretary of the navy, who unveiled the monu- ment. The cadets of the Naval Academy attended in their battalion formation, their band furnishing music for the occasion. 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Tappan, Chief Engineer Fletcher, Assistant Engineer Leopold, Pay- master Wright, Commodore Skerrett. Capt. McNair, Commander Bradford, Anthony Pol- lock, esq., Private Secretary Raymond, Chief Engineer Baker, Assistant Engineer Bennett, Chief Engimeer Williamson, Rear Admiral Walker, Commander Terry, Pay Director Washington, Prof. Hendrickson, Lieut. Cowles, Lieut. 5. C. Lemly, Rear Admiral Shufeldt, Medical Inspector Wells, U.8.N.; Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett, Hon. J. M, Schumacher, Florida; Rear Admiral Russell, U.8.N.; Lieut, Naka- mura, Japanese legation; Mr. legation; Dr. 8. F. Emmons, geologi M. de Struve, Russian minister; M. koffsky, Russian legation; Mr. Danenhower, Maj. Huxford, Col. Hosmer, Mr. B.W fapanese legation; Mr. Irving v. Stevens, W. Scott, California; Mr. J. F, Manning. The Memorial. The monument was erected by the officers and men of the navy through popular subscrip- tious collected by a committee appointed for that purpose. consistin; of Commander F. 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Commemorative of the Heroic Officers and Men of the United States Navy Who Perished mm the Jeannette Arctic Exploring Expedition. 1ss1. Lieut. Com. Geo. W. De Long, Lieut. Chas, W. Chipp, Passed Assistant Surgeon James W. Ambler, Meteorologist Jerome J. Collins, Ice Pilot Wm. Dunbar, Coppersmith Walter Lee. Seamen—Heinrich H. Kaack, Adolph Dressler, | Hans H. Erickson. Alfred Sweetman, Henry D. Warren, Peter E. Johnson, Albert G. Kuehne, Carl A. Gortz, Alexey, Ab Sam, Edward Starr. Coal heavers—Nelse Iverson, Walter Sharvell, George W. Boyd. Mr. Soley’s Address. No more elcquent words could weil be spoken than those in which the memorial to the arctic sufferers of the Jeannette expedition, erected at Annapolis and un- veiled today, was dedi- cated. The address upon that occasion was a notable addition to the reputation of the orator, Hon. James R, Soley, assistant secre~ tary of the navy, who was selected for this honor by the commit~ tee having the erec- in charge. He not only paid worthy tribute to the dead and to their surviving companions, but he gave a brie? sketch of the ill-fatedasst, sgo'y J. R. SOLEY. expedition that was beautiful us it was inter- esting and bis hearers were rapt in the most complete attention, His opening sentence was characteristically simple and striking. He said: “We have come here today to pay the final tribute to a little band of officers and seamen of the navy, who, nine years ago, gave up their lives in a toil-! some and difficult enterprise, an arduous labor | of exploration and scientific research. It is a date well chosen, for itis the anniversary of the day upon which closed the record of their undertaking. They entered on their task with no certain prospects of success, sure ouly of ts | Which comes from the consciousness of duty the perils aud difficulties they were to en- counter and looking for no reward save that done. Their expedition made its contribution to our knowledge of the lands within the Arctic circle, but, like so many others that had gone before it, failed of its great and ultimato pur- = But this same expedition, failure though it was in its attempts to penetrate to the pole, or even to gain a latitude beyond its predeces- sors, yet, in its bright example of sustained en- endeavor, of lofty steadfastness of purpose, of Manufactories—212, 214 aud 216 West Washington | dangers met unflinchingly and hardships borne st, Syracuse, N.Y. ; 52,54, 56 Pearl st., Buffalo, N.Y. without com; 8, Was crowned with ¢ suc- pa eg disco! and worthy u we can Weta pens Remtyn line, § | <oPGE | Ce eeencnats endl cabauate ta here” G = STORY OF STRUGGLE AND HARDSAIP. zxrs Scrrs Scounsp ‘Then followed the story of the expedition, AED PRESSED FOR et. Costs, 50¢. : cance meres’. Sp iicuas eatetattate dak ait St ite formation and objects, its early trials in the never opening ice pack, the bravery of the officers and the of the men, prereer pec anrtenaelH rtiematty | how great or little none could say, of open which had lasted 130 day: down, a story of little else than death. swiftly past northwest came in collision with other fields, and then began a second battle of the ice floes, such as bad gearly sunk the ship the fore. Driven by the winds and current way and that, the huge mass:s crashed to- gether and ina mom were rent asunder, piling up vast broken ridges here and there sinking and disappearing. Hour after hour the crushing and tearing, the upheavals of shapeless floebergs continued with a deafening uproar and the ice around the ship was hurled about in tumultuous confusion. The pack splitting apart suddenly opens lanes in all di- rections, and these as suddenly close when the floobergs , propelled by resistless unseen forces, are dashed upon each other, Each moment the shipseems on the verge of destruction. For afew hours she escapes, but presently a lane opens where she lies and for an instant * again afloat. It is but foran iustaut. The floes that have been torn apart have only recoiled, as it would seem, for one final spring, and returning they crush the vessel like grain between the upper and the nether millstone. ‘They hold her fast just long enough for the crew to take refuge on the ice with boats and sleds and stores, for every preparation had been made, and then separating they leave her acrushed and shattered craft to plunge into the depths below. “And now with the sinking of the Jeannette comes the most marvelous chapter in this strange history, Thirty-three men, with a pack of dogs, three boats, five sleds and sixty days’ provisions, cast upon the drifting pack, started forth to reach the land, 500 miles away. Never was there such a retreat as this, The Bearest point on the Siberian coast was the Lena Delta, Between it and them lay three or four islands, the New Siberian group; but ex- cept for these only a moving pack anda stretch. water,” ‘THE FATAL. JOURNEY. The story of that fearful journey across the ico was next told in the same pure style to the point where the dissolution began of the band that clung together around De Long, the others having become separated. One of three par- thes was utterly lost beyond all recovery, that of Lieut, Chipp and his men, and that of Mel- ville had found succor. ‘The brave, untiring. never-despairing commander bad wandered about on the frozen land for days and days, uutil the end came. “So with the same unfaltering resolution which had carried him and those whose lives rested upon his word through so many perils he started with them on the southward journey. The long confinement in the boat, the hard- ships and exposure of the retreat, had sapped their energies and they were in no condition for forced marching. One of the men—Erick- sen—crippled and weak beyond his fellows, kept all the party back when every moment was vital to their safe deliverance. Tenderly they cared for him, waited for him, carried hini, weak as they were, when he could no lon- ger walk himself, until at length his death re- heved them of their burden. But by this time their own strength was nearly spent and, toil as they might, they could not make up for the days already lost. “We need not dweil upon the events of that fatal journey. Its history is written day by day in the captain's journal, where in letters firm and sharp to the very end the whole record is preserved. It tells how a man of un- conquerable will, firm in his faith, kept up for six weeks of agony of mind and body, the struggle with a remorseless fate that stared him in the face, It tells of weary marches and countermarches, of days of painful toil, fight- ing against the pitiless gusts of wind that swept those dreary plains, of bitter nights, without shelter and without rest, of weakness and ili- ness creeping over the men by slow degrees, of hunger gradually turning to starvation. It tell how hopes were raised by tracks of deer, by foot prints of men even, only to be blasted, for as mischance would have it natives had gone that way but a fow days before, and others found the records of the band after De Lon; had passed, It tells how after three weeks unsuccessful effort the captain sent Nindeman and Noros off for succor; how for ten days thereafter the main body struggled on, hoping each day that the expected help would reach them, and at last how for teu days more, un- able to move, having reached the parting of the streams at the delta’s head they waited, giving up one by one, until only the captain and the surgeon remained alive, And then the record ceases, THE LAST TEN DAYS. “Read the piteous story of these last ten days, the final ending of that glorious retreat, ce the ship went Friday, October 21, 131st day—Kaack was found dead about midnight between the doctor and myself. Lee died about noon, Read prayers for sick when we found he was going. esata October 22, 132d day—Too weak to carry the bodies of Lee and Kaack out on tho ice. The doctor, Co! and Icarried them arounfi the corner out of sight. Then my eye closed up. Sunday, October 23, 133d day—Everybody pretty weak. Slept or rested all day and then managed to get enough wood in before dark. Read part of divine service, Suffering in our feet—no foot gear. Monday, October 24, 134th day—A hard night, Tuesday, October 25, 135th day. Wednesday, October 26, 136th di Thursday, October 27, 137th broken down, Friday, October 28, 138th day—Iverson died died during early morning. Saturday, Octobe: 29, 139th day—Dressler during night. Sunday, October 90, 140th day—Boyd and Gortz died during night. Mr. Collins dying, | “The pencil drops, the eye is glazed, the arm is palsied, the fingers stiffen and grow cold, The fight has been fought, the struggle is ended. The others, one by one, have passed away, There is no more that human effort can ac- complish, * ‘Vex not his soul: Oh let him pass; he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.’ “De Long and Ambler lie side by side. We know not to which of them first came the whis- pered summons of the death angel; but we now that they were the last to auswer. What was it, think you, that made these two holdout to the last? Was it that they were made of tougher fiber, endowed with greater healthand vigor, greater than their seasoned shipmates, the hardy seamen, the Alaskan hunter? I think not, It was that in them lay that un- conquerable purpose to keep their charge, to fulfill, even to the bitter end, their sacred trust. And thus it happened that De Long, his brother officer still taithfulat his side, only surrendered his commission when the Almighty had disbanded his command. “There is more yet to be told of this expedi- tion, but we may not dwell upon it here. How Danenhower first attempted a desperate search for his lost companions; how Melville heard from Nindeman and Noros of his captain's cruel plight, and how, before he had regained his strength, he braved alone the arctic storms and cold and hunger, traversing the delta down to the very coast, freely putting his lite again at hazard, in the faint hope that he might bring relief; how a second time he scoured the plains in March, and found the bodies, and, laying them in the earth to rest, built over them the cairn and cross, in whose likeness this stone has been erected here; how | the later exploring parties came out, and now | the generous patron of the expedition gave | lavishly of his time and fortune to carry ou tite | search and to relieve the wants of the sur- | vivors, Butit is not of those things we are speaking here and now. It is not to the living, but the dead, that this day is cousecrated. “It matters not where their bones lie, here or at their homes, or on the bleak Siberian coust, | ay. day—Iverson where they gave up their lives. “fhe whole earth,’ said Pericles, ‘is the sepulcher of illus- trious men.’ But it is fitting that here should be their monument. It stands here for us Americans, who hold our navy and our coun- try dear, as a memorial of what her sous have done and aa an earnest of what they will do hereafter. Itstands here for you, the com- rades of those young officers who fell, to give you added strength and courage when you, too, find yourselves the victims of relentless | fate and driven to the edge of the biack chasm of despair. It stands here last of all for you, cadets of the navy, that daily you may have | before your eyes this bright exaimple of heroic virtue, virtue which in the past has been the | pride and glory ot your service, and which it will rest with you to transmit in undimmed | luster to the generations yet to come. “Heartrending as is the burden of that song, borne tous upon the wings of the Siberian | wind, it is not the mournful music of defeat, | As with their great Norse ancestors, the sea Ley the — chant of our —) sen Sper] " iy with e joyous strain jam) fo heir triumph we triumph also. Pree ee eee nat would we with @ dirge! by a walls—Collins, a victim of the poisonous mi- toma of the isthmus; Strain, porlsbing unger and fatigue under the burning sun of meeians Talbott, sailing in gti boat over 1,400 miles of the Pacific to bring succor to his shipwrecked comrades; and Herndon, issuing un! ed from the ofthe Ama- zon, but yielding his life acheerful sacrifice to save the passengers upon his sinking ship,” The Story of the Expedition. The story of the cruise of the Jeannette was well known at the time of the expedition and the discovery of its ghastly results, but it may have slipped from the minds of people during the nine and more years that have elapsed, so that « brief summary of the events may be of interest. The Jeannette exploring expedition, under the command of Lieutenant Commander G.W. De Long, United States navy, sailed from San Francisco on the 8th of July, 1879. Its ob- ject was to reach the north pole by way of hring strait, and it was the first exploring ition that bad ever attempted to gain the pole by this route. Two months afterward the Jeannette entered the ice pack about twenty-five miles east of Herald Island. For nearly two years she was held fast in its embrace, slowly drifting to the northwest, until on the 13th day of June, 1881, in latitude 77 degrees 15 minutes north and longitude 155 degrees east, crushed and help- less, she sank beneath the waves. Fortunately this catastrophe had been fore- seen and the vessel had been abandoned the day before. One week afterward the entire | party, dragging their sleds and boats, started across the ice for the Siberian coast, 500 miles away. For two months they toiled and struggled in the face of tremendous difficulties, finding at times after twelve hours of continuous labor that though they had apparently made five or six miles to the southward the ice pack had been moving and carryiag them with it to the northward. Finally the edge of the ice was reached, and breaking up their sledge for fire wood the three boats in company made sail for the Siberian coast, On the night of September 12, while driving before a northeast gale, the three boats be- came separated. De Long commanded the firat cutter, Lieut. C. W. Chipp the second cut- bo and Chief Engineer Melville the whale oat, A DREADFUL, STRUGGLE. After days of anguish and suffering Melville and his party, bleeding and famished, crawled up the banks of the Lena river and were saved. Lieut. Chipp's boat was never seen again, while De Long and his party, with the exception of two men sent ahead for succor, erished of starvation in the Lena Delta. In April, 1882, Melville, who had used almost superhuman ef-, forts to answer his com-, mander’s cry for help, 4 discovered the last 4 camping place of this ill- fated party, From the note book found with De Long it was learned that ninety-seven days after the ship sank he ENGINEER MELVILLE. made the Lena Delta, where, on account of the shoalness of the water, the boat was abandoned amile andahalf from land and the party waded ashore. From this date until the pencil dropped from his dying band De Long's note- bookie aipathetee story of hardship, suffering and death, With but four di rovisions, through a desolation of snow and ice they set out for the nearest settlement as shown on their chart. For twenty-two days they struggled to the south- ward, provisions gone, frozen and famished, until on the one hundred and nineteenth day, having found ne settlement, with his men sick und dying, eating deerskin and drinking tea made from willow roots, De Long halted his party and sent his two strongest men ahead for relief, ADVANCE SCOUT® FOR AID. Noros and Nindermann, the two seamen chosen for this undertaking, were furnished with a rifle, fourty rounds of ammunition and two ounces of alcohol. In the early morning they shook hands with everybody, those re- maining behind gave them three cheers and they started forward on their desperate march, Keeping along the west bank of the river they struggled on as best they could, seeking shelter at night sometimes ina hole scooped out of the snow and at times in abandoned huts, wet and freezing, buruing and eating their boot joles and morsels of decayed fish, Sick and feeble they reached a deserted hut on the 22d of October. Here they wero found by some natives. Ry every means in their powse they tried to make the natives understand the desperete situation of DeLong and his party. But all their efforts were in vain and they were carried off to the little settlement of Belun. Here these two despairing men were found by Melville on No- vember 2. He at once organized and started an expedition for the relief of his distressed shipmates, Five months later their last camp- ing place was discovered, and from beneath the evezlasting snow the unclad bodies of these earn heroes were carefully and tenderly TAIBO: THE ORIGINAL BURIAL PLACE. Arocky mount, about four miles distant, was selected for their burying place. An old flat boat that had been found in the river was a broken up, and from its timbers a coffin, 7 feet wide, 22 feet long and 22 inches deep, was built. In it were placed the bodies. Planks were laid across the box and weighted down by stones. After- ward large logs were rolied in at the ends and sides and a framework erected thereon to A\\trengthen it. Upon Jit all were heaped large wT. tirely covered, A cross, previously erected, towered above the cairn. Here the bodies of De Long and his com- rades remained until the spring of 1883, when ; Lieuts. G. B, Harber and W. H, Scheutze of the navy, who had been sent to Siberia to prosecute'a further search for Lieut, Chipp and his party, received orders to éxhume them and bring them to the United States, On the 22d of February, 1884, the remains of these hegoes, after a transportation of 12,000 miles, were solemnly borne through the streets of the city of New York and laid at rest with public demonstrations of honor and mourning. LIEUT. HARBER. The Hennepin Canal. Capt. W. M. Marshal, engineer in charge of the work of constructing the Illinois and Mis- sissippi canal, has submitted a report to the Secretary of War giving his views on the sub- ject and inclosing estimates and plans for car- rying out the will of Congress, These plans are now in the hands of Col. Casey. the chief of engineers, and contemplate the erection of a dam on Rock river. When approved by Secre- tary Proctor advertisements for proposals to earry out the work decided upon will be issued by the department. ‘the appropriation of $500,000 for commencing the work will largely be expended on the Rock river dam. Work is expected to be begun in the spring. Obliged to Close the Post Office. Col. Whitfield, the first assistant postmaster general, has given instruction to the post office inspector at Chattanooga, Tenn., to at once proceed to Varn, Ga., where it is reported a lawless mob has control. The postmaster in telegraphic dispatches to the department says that he was obliged to close up the office and seek safety elsewhere. This post office has only been recently created. ‘The inspector's report is not expected for several days yet, Col. Whitfield says that a lawless mob breaks outat Varn every once ina while and plays havoc, ‘If the mob cannot be suppressed by the inspector,” he said, “I think we shall have to do the next best thing to preserve the dignity of the United States by closing up the office,” Chili and the Silver Question. The Department of State has received a dis- patch from Patrick Egan, United States minis- ter to Chili, as follows: “I have the honor toin- form you that in the course of the interview which I bad with the president of the republic, referred to in my No. 93, his excellency ex- pressed the most cordial approval of the sev- ral propositions which emanated from the international American conference on the sub- jects of banking, uniform customs, custom re; ulations, an international bureaw for disse: nation of information concerning the Anierican republic, uniform weights and measures, uni- form sanitary regulations, an itercontinental , and especially of the tion of a common silver coin for all of the American f trad: bane gb yee Cooma Foe THE POLICE COURT BUILDING. The Work of Improvement Being Pushed Forward Rapidly. ‘The work of improving the Police Court building is being pushed forward and Building Entwisle expects to have the work finished by the Ist of December. The new ad- dition to the building will give much more room and, in the event of = jury being pro- vided for the court during the coming session of Congress, the building will afford ample ac- commodations, In the new structure there will be three cell rooms in addition to rooms for the use of the clerks, This addition 1s being erected on rented ground and isin the rear of the old home of Daniel Webster. Workmen digging for the foundation last week cut down an old tree that was said to have been planted by the illustrious statesman, The ch: being made in the court room will give it an entirely different appearanze, end it will be so arranged that the business will not be so badly obstructed as heretofore. SOME OF THE CHANGES. The judge's bench will be on the west side of the room betwoen the two windows, and the dock will reach from the door leading to the cell rooms more than half way across the room, so that a dozen or more prisoners can be brought out at a time for arraignment. The construction of the dock wili necessitate the erection of two rails and these will separate the witnesses from the general public. Another place, in front of the judge’s bench, wiil be set apart for members of the bar, and they, like general public, will be separated from the witnesses for the prosecution, The witnesses will enter the building from the 6th street side, while the general public will enter from D street, This arrangement will make it extremely difficult for the “cappers” to do business, and the practice before tho court will be much cleaner than it was several years ago. The Charges Against James Smallwood. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bing- ham, today Maj. J. McD. Carrington called attention to the case of James Smallwood, and suggested a nolle pros. He said that Smali- wood had been convicted in May last of keep- ing an unlicensed bar, and taking an appeal he was went to jail, where ho has served over ninety days, the punishment in default imposed in the Police Court. Mr. M. N. Richardson, for the District, said that he had not examined the case, but under- stood that Smallwood had beeu out on bail, At this point Mr, Clagett said that there was @ United States case against Smallwood for keeping a gaming table. Mr. Carrington said that he understood that that was another man of the same name, On inquiry it was found that Mr. Carrington was mistaken, and the subject was passed. ccouinian eddie Real Estate Matters. H. B. Davidson has bought for $64,000 of G. E. Lemon part 1, square 223, 32 by 100, on G between 14th and 15th streets northwest, and bas conveyed the same for $75,200 to A. T. Britton and ©, J. Bell for the American Security and Trust Company, James Graham has bought of F. Brackett for $8,000 sub lots 8 to 5, square 630, 50 feet on D street and 110 feet 11 incheson New Jersey avenue northwest, and has sold the same to the Real Estate and Improvement Company of Bal- timore on private terms. 0. D. Wolfsteiner et al, have bought of J. A. Goldstein for €4,800 part 39, reservation 10, 25 by 150 feet, on 3d street between Pennsylvania avenue and C street northwest, J. A. Walter has bought for €4,590 of G. W. Fowler lot 8, square 957—85 by 90 feet, south- west corner K and 11th streets northeast. Julia B. Magee has bought for €15,500 of W. J. Palmer sub 195, square 155—20 by 100 feet— on Q between 17th and 18th streets northwest. J. M. McCoy has purchased for €4,500 of W. H. Barnes sub 111, square 721, 16.92 by 76 feet, on E between Ist and 2d streets northeast. Benjamin C. Gallup has bought for $8,000 of Meyer Loeb part 3, square 288, 18 feet $4 inch on G street between 12th and 13th streets, A. A. Wilson has purchaaed for $40,000 of B. F. Leighton et al. square 547, between O, P and 434 streets and Delaware avenue southwest, eee Left His Childgen One Dollar Each. In the caso of the will of Henry Boorman, which was sustained by the jury in the Circuit Court by their verdict yesterday, as stated in Tue Stan last evening, the children were the caveators and the property will go to the sister of the testator. Messrs, Campbell Carrington and Irving Williamson appeared for the chil- dren and Messrs, Gorden & Gordon for the sister. Boorman, a well-known colored man of Georgetown, left property valued at #2,000. He died in January, 1890, and after his death & paper was offered for probate as his last will and testament, dated September 20, 1886, in which he left @1 to each of his eight children— naming them. The will gave as a reason for his action that his children had “highly of- fended” him “by their unbecoming and. unda- tiful conduct towards” him, He then left the balance of the estate to his sister, Agnes Fer- guson, as he declares, “in consideration of the affection which I have for my sister and also i leration of the many faithful services bstantial acts of kindness she hath for many years last past done and performed for me im and about my affairs and of my con- fidence that she will continue to have regard and interest for me and to afford me relief under difficulties in the future as in the past and likewise in recompense therefor.” Upon presentation of the will for probate a caveat was filed by the children declaring that the 30 was not the last will and testament of their father, but a forgery, or if made by him at all it had been obtained by fraud and undue persuasion of the sister. On this caveat the issues were framed which have just been tried. ee Mrs. Platt Banqueted. The W.C.T.U. of North Capitol M.E. Church held an interesting meeting at the residence of Mrs, N. Bunch, No. 60 H street northwest, last night. The president, Mrs, Maggie Platt, opened the meeting with prayer. Several pa- pers were read to show the great good this branch of the W.C.T.U. is doing, Mra. Alice Fich gave a very affecting recitation, after which the dining rooms were thrown open, and A Washington Artist in Europe. Mr. W. V. Birney, son of Gen. Wm. Birney of this city, has been traveling in England since July 1 and has painted two pictures for the Royal Academy. He will spend the winter and spring iu Paris and return to this country about September next. — The Amount Due Tendered and Refused. In the answer in the case of Brown against Keese—for an account in the matter of the estate of the late John Brown—the defendants set forth that the amount due has been ter- dered the claimants in open court and been Tefusod. ——__ Too Drunk to Read Greek, Last night a man was found drunk at North Capitol and H streets and was taken to the sixth precinct station, where he was locked up for the night. He had in his possession a Greek grammar, but his condition was such that it was useless to him last night, THE COURTS. Count m Gzyrnan Trax, Yesterday—Glick agt, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; argued and submitted. Crecurt Count—Judge Montgomery. Yeuterday—In re will of Henry ecicsas Verdict sustaining will, White agi, Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, two cases; verdict for defendants. Van Riswick agt, Gor- don; new plaintiff susstituted, Chief Yestet '—Thos, Peyton, Apso to the Alban; P ears Soap Fair white hands. Brightclearcomplexion Soft healthful skin. <PEARS'—Th Ga ai Cnn SUP, Ee” EDUCATIONAL. EDUCATIONAL. _| IN WASHINGTON, _ ERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN TAUGHT BY Fraulein A. Bu: from north Germany, 715 Bibs. : best of references. u.W.; experienced teacher jations made from German, French, Ttaitan, m* CLASSICAL AND MOD LAN. guaxea: Prof. Ue, professional teacher ani bichly cultured linguists A-SI of Borbonne, Pats 1327 Fat. nw. 0350-1m* ATE LYSSONS BY A TUTOR, ¥ rs! experience; particu- Jar succe<# with duil and backward jupils, $1 Ler hour. PROF. J., $10 34 st_u.w o30-w&tu lm” DYESS BAITING TAUGHT BY CH. 5 of Paris.” S25 Zint st. nw. oS | NSTRUMPNTAL LESSONS Ex | enced teacher at home of pupils if desired. Success with chidren; terme moderate, Address Mi + Star office 30 BY AN N_EXPERIENCED TEACHER OF 3 A French and Laup would teach childre: =| tr montaly, office, DH REE LESSON PIANO) BY AN EXP #) ‘euced teacher at home of pupils if d-sired. Special success with children. Address Miss Staroffic, AiR 2 GPEXCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Corner 7th and D sts. n.w. Embracesstx schools, vir: School of Business, Accounta and English. School of Preparatory English and Elementary Bookkeeping. School of Shorthand, Typewriting end Phonograph. School of Spencerian Practical Penmanship. School of Mechanical and Architectural Drawing. School of Civil Service Training. | Yearly, quarterly or monthly installment rates, Day | and nizht sessions, Spencerian graduates always in demand. Write or call for Mlustrated announcement for 1890-1891, Telephone call, 1084-3. HENRY C. SPENCER, LL.B, Principal, oc29° 0 - MRS. SARA A. SPENCER. Vice Principal. Y° G LADIES’ AND CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, 927 Vat. Preparatory courses for Collewe aud Civil bdervice Examiuation. | rivate pupils recei time, LAU:A 0. TALBOTT, ¥ REQUEST THE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AND COMPLIMENTARY LESSON, Presided by Hon. W. F. Powell. superintendent of schools, last Thursday, to prove thai a perfect pro- nunciation of the French or any other foreign lau- wusge can be surely und shortly acquired by GAILLARD ORTHOEPY, VISIBLE SPEECH, Til be repeated Thursday, 30th instant, 4 pm. in the parlors of the school. 1017 Coun. ave. Debate And questions solicited. Free platform, Jey, Dr. K. Shipper in the chair. All interested education ‘eanestly and cordially invited. 010-lm* LADY WHO HAS SPENT SE\ERAL YEARS IN | Berlin and Hanover "I German fluently desires pupiis iu that lanzuage; vest references. Ad- dress Miss . Star office. foz1-12t° NUARANTEE TO TEACH ANY PER-ON TO dir-w life-size crayon portraitin 16 lessons, No revious knowleige of drawing necessary. . KEYSOLDS, 820 Ftust., oom So. ‘PRIVATE INSTRUCTION IN FRENG: Mi 020-3t" men, Latin, piano and English branches by a New England’ lady ‘experic in New England public schools, Address Lox 43, Star office. 025-60" esos: SELECT SCHOOL, 1811 I st. ow. A Primary, Intermediate and High School for both sexes, Eighth year. Prepares for any college. THOS. W. SIDWELL, Principal. oz LOCUTION, ORATORY, ACTING. ‘Three complete courses. Call for catalogue, Diplomas, Degrees and Teschers' Certificates con- ferred. The success of our graduates bas surpassed all expectation. 023-tr MARTYN COLLEGE OF ELOCUTION, 614 12in st nw, Boston, will 06 Fata PU, LOPA FL AT CIATION AND RECT BK Ni VoICES EXAMINED ‘TIS. Reierences: Mrs. Wm, D. Windom, im* ‘Mrs. Aunic Louise Cary Raymond. OLD WILFRIED MEYER, GRADUATE OF Apzig, organist Assembly Presbyterian Church, Sill give Instruction in puano, organ and voice, Will wnsil circular for further information, references, Terms moderate, Addross 1119 10th st, i. w., oF call, 20-2m°* IANO INSTRUCTION BY MISS MAY H. MEAD, certificatd pupil of Herr Raf of the Koyal Con: Bervatory of Beriu, at YO? 22d st. n.w. or at Lomes of pupils. o18-lm* 338, SSBuTES gcHOOL— KINDERGARTEN and Primary—401 3d st uw. ; coaches from the northwest section, Capitol Hill and y Yard. Articu- Tation an b twught the deaf, o18-Iiu** (ORWOOD INSTITUTs, ‘Select Boarding and Day School for Young and Litde Girls. Four large connectung houses, with open grounds front and rear. Faculty of twenty-five | yrotessore and teachers. Girls prepared for collewe OF ke the Harvard examination for women, UPILS KECEIY LEY WITHOU' ED AT WE TUTE. private cl a im early in Nov,; Object and Cast Drawing, Mr. b. Messer; gg oh LeConte; Jarmony, Dr. Auton Gloetzner; z koxpearo and ‘Study of Del Sarte, Miss Mary ‘Modern Literature and Current Topica, Mra. Don P. Freucb Elocution and Conversation; nis own natural and scientific method, Prof. J. D. Gailiard: French Literature and History, Prof. Xavier Teillard ; —— aud Litersture, Frag Zuma ‘Spanieh, Pref, J. B. Correa: Goutee th Histereat sed Eeaitical Topies of Modern ure i Historical and Po Gomeeae. Dr. phil. Herman Shénfeld. Individual instruction im Voice Culture, Prof. Otto . Simon. On the Piano, Dr. Gloetzner, And in the F; CNIL SERVICE AND DEPARTMENTAL EXAMI. ‘nations. Full information Successful prepara- tion. 14 years’ experieuce. 8 W. FLYNN, A.M., Ivy Institute, s. w. cor. Sth and K ste. nw. ‘017-3m* iN SIKING EXPERIENCED Teacher soc Epelieh may address Miss BALCH, 1207 10th at ere mission to former pupils, Chilian - Bofery ty bata hse former puis, Gules Mine WT #80. VOCKEY, 3x S51 UDIED ABROAD), be Given in Drawing and Painting, 016-1m 133% Wallach Place u.w. ©, STARIN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, 15 F ST. A. aw. Full business course §3 bes chante G20 tor ten months; day and 28; private truction; students prepared for civil service exauuinations: new method of illustrating sans. by wi te ad r. ol4-imt ioe par numeuaatee ce iron 223 FITEENTE st. XW. ‘The Misses Kerr's Home School for Young Ladies and Little Childrea, 00-to13n IANO AND THEORY. HE! P Seah HENRY XAXDER o8-1m 1008 Tet nw. l= CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 913 Pa .—Thorough instruction ; and ad- course: plano, Violin, &e. kD Prine, vanced. Inte’of ‘New ithgiand Conservatory of -2m OOD'S COMMERCIAL SCH East Capitol sk, opposite Capitol Hi P.O. In success. ful gpwrtie singe TORS an Pearly deracd by tice, aril Taped writing, grammes led, is Bow enroil iow ects sare mow re 2 ‘CUURT F. Woop. LLM. Principal. Nisa MOTE NOOB Eat, Peace ‘RS. PIKE WISHES TO IN. HER FRIENDS Mie sreyig team satan whet and ‘she will family Gu or out of city) ior board and $15 | ‘Address Hi Ob. ¥ | ceived the oui, Laares | _____ IN. WASHINGTON. HE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY. llewe, Be. cor. 15: The Corcoran Scientific School, be cor 1 The Law school, n.°. cor. hth snd M The Medicai Setiool, 132. Denta! taloctcs or other information JAMES ©. WELLING, LL.D., ‘Treeident, M: HALSTEAD'S PRIVATE SCHOOL Children now open; second year. 1429 20U 2. w. corner of P at, ob NDPHAMACEDTICAL Mp te MEDICAL, uiversity will give ‘durine the enews Departinents “of didactic and clint wiuter term ey Medical by Prot. T. . B. Hood, bureic GC LN. F. Graham . f, Kobert Keyburn, hipost vy Prot. J. E. Brackett, Seniors by Prof C. Purvis, Dr. George M. Derry, by kA cl (ulldven, by Br. mgm 3 eand Bar by Dr. Belt, Dispensary by Dr. F. 3. Shadd, cy reery Deutal Cinmes vi Special Instruction iy Autopsies by Prot. D. P. Lami Aud Dra J. . Ove: a. Prof, 4. Dufour, +» Lee, Starr Parsons and Walter & #10-toph 1. lustructors, AVITT OF BOBTO ugland Cozsérvatory, HAKMONY, Massachuseiteave. nw. 6) Th WILL LEOPEN « ER OF. and Miss. HAKTVIG NISSEN, ay Iss AMY C1. M Graduate of the PIANO *18-tr tee Je DW. © TOWNSEND AND Miss apa L. TOWNS: EXGiiiieasne . Vooal Culture, Grace, 4 (obattesbury Method), #16-6u, Ora atl ry and Drawatic Acti 17 13th at. uw. Tux BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 14th wt. uw, Best and Most Practical Lustruction Terms $10. Prevehen:, Now York Boston, Philadelphia, ute ago, Fari., Berlin, Tomtom. ke wel }\PSs SUSAN ANDREWS Ri M A read veal Culture, Certificate of NE. Comservatory, Boston, Mass. Cire culars tree. 1006 N st uw. s13-3m i NAM. MA. (HARVARD), WITH EFFI cient seatatanie in Pach deyartauetit, wil Keo iwesieal avd Lng tor Young Men and resume Private Instruction SEPTEMBER 15¥0, at 2405 Corcopan t of references fiven. | For circulers andinformation apply et SAN- DEMS & SIAYMAN'R, 056 Fat now, 6-3 Is Ba wen be yi 4 ung ledies Uctcber 1. the public schoola, Thorough preparation AndbAtCle, on tr LCH, 1 T class for Fe P IHt HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS, brace: thoroush dreparstory and Sclonti®® 01 d aflords every adsautage in Literature, Music cna Art Fiano, Harp, Viol, Guitar and Banjo Lessons given, General Vocal, Drawing and Faney ND SCHOOL AND OLMAL TRATNING CLASS, south of Dupont Cirek LOUIbA MANN 3mm X INDERGANTEN a INDEMGARTEN N 191% Sunderland I Term begins Get. 1, 1S M VERNON SEMINARY, | SW.COR. M. AND 11TH STs., WASHINGTON, DG BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR TOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GTRL& SIXTEENTH YEAR BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER SIXTH. ‘Thorough instruction in all departments in secon ance with best modern methods. Buildingsremodeled, enlarged and furvished with every appliance for health and comfort of pupils, including passenger ele vator, steam heating and perfect sanitation. For fur ther particulars apply, after September First, 18¥0, t0 is ___MRS, FLIZABETH J, SOMERS, VOLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMELCE, 625 La. ave. opposite city post vilics, ea the Best Business i raiuiiy tpal being joint author of fold wucaal awarded usiLess Lda estou at the World's Fair beld in Parts, 1880. Sux ‘courwen: » bugles, Accountancy, and lypewritiug. Ann 50. > ues rite or cell jor cotshoage. Ck. URAER A. CE, Prin, (FROM PARIS) t north west, and Private Lessons. Conversstiong olz-3u* . Lorna abd Collections. laying idie for 30, 60 or font Sor same by leaving «s Parties havi | days wall reveive sute | | 281s G TEWKsECR W. B.HIBDS,— Wanker, 60 Broadway, N.Y. Mauawer, ‘Mewler Wasiington Stock Exchange, LEWIS G. TEWESBURY & CO, BANKERS AND BROKERS, 1335 F ST., WASHINGTON, D. ©, Buy and sell for cash oron margin Stocks, Bondy, Grain, Provisions and Oil, Direct private wires to New York and Chicago. Interest allowed on deposits, Out of town business « specialty. a securitice dealt 1. Constant quotaticne all markets, “AF 1535 F st", second floor. Member Washineton Stock Exchange, Deais in ail Local Securities, listed and Offers investors some first-class 4, 5 and 6 per cent @ividend paying stocks aud bonds, Have Money to Loan on Stocks and Bonds, _07-Lm st I on hand for sale U @ per cent bonds, D. sites, isvl. 4 will execute crders fof the purchase of and will € stor LEWIS SOLNBON & prime securities, OH NBO! ol-im J 8% W. Consox. ae Ly CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. XW. Gor Bonds NHOOD KESTORED BY {or two of De, BROTHERS ‘of nervous BUITINGS, ‘TINGS AND TROUSKB- INGS RECEIVED. aD ‘MIRE FIRST-CLASS TAILORING Im ‘TO INSPECT. cur BY H D. BABK, 1111 PA AVE, ABE GUAR-