Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1891, Page 11

MONUMENTO DE LA MARINA. ABOUT VALPARAISO. The Most Beautiful City on the South American Coast. CHILI'S PRINCIPAL SEAPORT. Its Spacious Harbor Filled With Vessels of ery Nation—Its Houses Built Upon the Hills—Well-Paved Streets and Handsome Public and Private Buildings, From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Varranarso, 1891. w= THOSE IMAGINATIVE SPANIARDS of the early time should have dubbed this spot a “Vale of Paradise” nobody living nowadayscan understand, for there is no vale anywhere in the vicinity, and no indica- tion of a paradise. Certainly it is the last; place on the face of the earth where one would think of locating a great city. Ancient Rome, they tell us, was built upon seven hills; but Valparaiso straggles up @ score of them, for the simple reason that there is not room | enough on the narrow strip of sand between the rugged heights and the sea. The horse- sboe-curved coast in its widest part admits of eight or ten streets; but they extend only a short distance: in another and longer place there is space for but two streets between the cliffs and the rolling surf. The greater i of the city, however, oceupies a slightly lop- ing incline, and the calles (streets) are laid out im regular squares. THE TOWN EXTENDS SKYWARD. As the population increased the rocky bills had to be made available, and now the town, which SPLENDID CHURCHES AXD HANDSOME PLAZAS. Electric lights are used in the leading hotels and shops. The streets have Belgian pave- ments and the sidewalks are smoothly flagged, though some of them are so narrow that pedes- trians must hug the wall when « street car passes. There are splendid churches; Snd plazas filled with trees and flowers,’ fa the midst of which fountains are set and beautiful atai in bronze and marble—most of the latter, I regret to add, having been atolen from Poor 'Pera during the recent war. There is magnificent theater ‘the aver- age 2 “wd picture galleries, pul libraries and’ rea Foome—ia short, all the adjuncts of ao ern civilization. ish-Americans seem to have a passion for erecting monuments to dead heroes, and among several in Valpa- raiso is one recently set up on the site of the old custom house to the memory of Mr. Arthur Pratt, an Irishman who conspicuously in that notable conflict. Pratt seems to have been endowed with an unusual —_—* the reckless daring common to Em Islanders. He was the Lafuyette of Chili, and the people admired him so much that now every = hasa —_ of him, = streets, sh joons, opera houses, mines a lotteries ace named Ay honor, and in this city a fine building was demolished in order to — his monument in the most conspicuous DOUBLE-DECKER STREET CARS. The principal streets of Valparaiso are trav- ersed by tramways, and the cars are all two- storied—“‘double deckers,” soto speak—second- class passengers climbing up some narrow out- side stairs to seats con top, where a fare is just half the amount that is charged inside. One pleasant innovation is that when the seats are all taken no more passengers are admitted, nobody being permitted to stand. However the clouds may pour, or whatever the exigen- cies of the occasion, you may stand on the streets and signal in vain, if the seating capac- ity is Gilled—not « car will take you on. consequence is that in timesof unusual crowds, like the Diez-y-ocho and other festival day. everybody hies him to the starting point an rans along shore some three or four miles, ter back a considerable distance. More cor- makes a grand rush for the empty cars as they emerge from the stable, greatly to the detri- ment of dignity and good clothes. rectly speaking it extends ekyward, one man’ house being built above another's, reached by long stairways, winding roads, and “lifts” pro- pelled by steam, similar to those in use at Niag- ara. Making neighborly calls on foot in this portion of the city is too hard work to become ¥ery popular, while coming down again is posi- tively dangerous when the walks happen to be slippery after a rain. Thus one man s vegeta- | bie garden may sce to hang suspended di- | rectly over another man’s roof; and the latter, by reaching out of his upper windows, might almost help himself to the former's beets and cabbages. A HORSE TAKES A DROP! | A friend of mine. who has house opposite the Hotel Colon, set close up to the steep, rocky escarpment, relates an amusing story of how be beard a terrible commotion one night in the rear of his bed room, and baving searched in vain for | the thereof, remained sleepless till day- wondering whether it were a visitation of sts or burglars. Morning revealed a strange | rous sight. A horse which bad been | he day before grazing efully upon above had somehow slipped off in the and stuck fast in the narrow space be- tween the ehff and the back wall of my frien: house on the terrace next below, where his fruitless struggles had nearly demolished the | Japboarda. By dint of lowered roj aoe | less animal was at length rese: very little the worse for his giventure. There are two Kinds of public hacks for hire | raiso. and one chooses between them | to his de: if his exeursion | to the lower town he takes an or: nary carriage with two horses attached, but if n three horses are harnessed abreast—the | law forbu The hap- | hazard originally laid out by | the goats that fed upon the mountain sides, meander about in the most confusing manner, | b now abandoned except by pedestrians, | for all waeels go by the splendid new road, | winding around the hills, which has lately been | Ja distance of about nine miles. | 'S APPEARANCE VIEWED FROM THE Bar. | Viewed from the bay, especially of an g lines of lights, one above anothe: Urtiss says, like “a city {up on end.” Electric lights placed the crests of the cliffs throw their ray ensified shadows upon the streets and sand gardens below with the effect of But by “the garish light of | the rows of housesand buts, of irregular shay and elevations, clinging to the precipices like | ds’ nests, look as if one stiff breeze | w them off into the bay. | nt likens Valparaiso toa vast am- ling the ri nded of Hong Kong by its| i of Quebec by its spurs ate in bluffs at the water's edge despite its natural disadvantages, nterprise, assisted by Englush, French | aan capital, bas made here « splendid | ity—the finest port in South America. In } fact, the only one on the southern continents | Wuich can show all modern improvements. It Tesembles a city of France or Germany, or even United States, more nearly than it does er in this country. Bat our northern | e has no city with only Valparaiso yaiation (125,000) which contains so many shops and such » display of costly * articles. The foreign element is| 4 wealthy, the natives proud and pros- | and, like the near-by capital, the place | as for the extravagance of its citizens. Oilar people at home. THE STREETS AND BUILDINGS. The principal commercial street, called the aue Victoria, stretches around the entire har- & preseits some splendid architecture, considerable rivalry in the matter Lorately carved facades and other adorn- | of the best public and private | found in the street, which was | din honor of England's queen, as well as must of the banks, hotels, counting houses of clesale firms and shops of the heaviest re- A recent traveler writes: “As I walked gant bronze statue of Lord Coch- agisiunan who commanded the from 1818 to 1822—with the! i fire engine to the left, and the ai paiace befure me, and turned | * street to the right to the “Grand, atral Hotel.” with its long flight of marble | ps. was struck by the very civilized look | the famous Chilian port. ‘The people whe | Were rushing about in the cag, eae activity did not seem to be am, but Germans, French, Yankees. When I Ta appointments, and when “suntered through the long calles where most { the retail business ts done, with brilliantly “chted shops filled with a gorgeous variety of | 1 vods from ev: country, Ieould hardly be- sve mput'co tee Semce setae | | Each | Women are | dow we wate have home FEMALE CONDUCTORS. Another innovation is the universal employ- ment of female conductors. The experiment of allowing women to serve in this capacity was first tried by the street car managers a few years ago, when the able-bodied men had all gone north to whip the Peruvians, and it proved So successful that their retention bas Become ca sight a young woman with a bell punch does | not produce @ pleasant impression: but one gets used to it in time as to most other novel- ties and soon wonders why the idea has not | been adopted in other countries. The petticoated conductors wear # uniform, cousisting of a pala blue flannel dress, a man’s felt hat and a white apron, with bib attached and capa- cious pockets for holding change and tickets. ‘@ small leather hand slung over ber shoulder, in which she carries the over- flow of her pockets, lunch, handkerchief. perhaps a surreptitions "powder puff and other distinctly feminine belongings. Their salary is $25 per month. Each passen- ger after paying his fare is given a yellow japer ticket, which he is expected to destroy. Fit ecndusteess io charged with a certain number of tickets and when she reports again at headquarters must return the money for all that are missing out of that number or make up the deticit from her own salary. This = naturally tends to make them attentive to their duties and also prevents free riding on the part of their relatives and favorites. Though generally young and often extremely pretty it should be mentioned to the eredit of Chilians that ‘are seldom in- sulted or otherwise annoyed in the discharge of their daily or nightly task. When they are disturbed the rule is to call on the nearest po- liceman. The latter gentry stand at every cor- ner and would not hesitate to eject a trouble- some passenger, without listening to hia side of the story, or to march him off to jail under suspicion of drunkenness. SPACIOUS AXD BEAUTIFUL HARBOR. No more spacious or beautiful harbor can be found on either side of the hemisphere than this of Valparaiso and out most of the . Valparaiso presents fine appearance, | year it is «fe for shipping, except during the ‘then two months when noriNern gales prevail. | vessels are sometimes driven from their anchor- age and compelled to cruise about, to avoid be- 2ng dashed to pieces upon the rocks on which che city is built. One day from our hotel win- hed the progress of a fierce ‘norther” that set all the ships a-rocking till their mast tips nearly touched the water and tent mountain-high billows rolling over the cs- planade, away up to the doors of business yases on the Calle Victoria. Several trians were washed off yet ‘The harbor is circular in form, with a mile- wide entrance facing the north. Could a break- water be built across theentrance it would give perfect protection to shipping throughout the entire year, whatever storms might ont- side, but here the sea is sodeep (over 100 fatboms) that such a work is not considered racticable. According to local ns The vessels in Valparaiso harbor are in lines, with the precision ready for review, and very beau either from the esplanade or the hill tops, ali swaying to and fro with uniform motion billows rise and fall In times the rarest of any —— trade in i ‘con transactions are calculated im pounds sterling and in business circles the English church, ¥ is arch, an doctors and dentists 3 in little more than a great English aliberal sprinkling of Germans men, a few Chilians and fewer Americans. The latter infinitesimal community is congratulating itself ‘the excellent consul—e rather part of the w am extremely Col. ‘StcCreery, the Vi from Flint, Mieb. whose name will be the honored veterans ness.” He is the benefit of ing his nationality, duct of some of been sent down here government THE EVENING STAR: Th iz ‘The Rapid Progress Made in Building Opera- tions. ‘NIGH BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMEXT— IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE BUSINESS SEC- TIOX—THE CORCORAN GALLERY PURCHASE— OTHER MATTERS. UDGING FROM THE REMARKS MOST generally heard from strangors when commenting upon the material development of the city, Washington is a city fall of surprises. Visitors are surprised to see the beauty of the city. They marvel at tho variety of the types of domestic architecture and they exclaim with wonder over the wide, well-paved streets and other features which command the admiration of the world. Itis not strangors only that are treated to that aggregation of sensations which are known as a surprise. The natives, at times, fall « victim to the same mental condition. Men who have spent their lives here and have seen the city develop from a straggling village to its Present condition find it difficult to keep up with the march of improvements. are some sections of the gity, perhaps, which they only occasionally visit, and if after the lapse of a few months another visit discovers to their surprised view rows of houses where only vacant squares existed be- fore, they may be pardoned tor expressing, a mild way, at any rate, their wonder. A rési- dent who might be clissed ax an old citizen, although he is by no means decrepit, recently an experience of this sort. He walked out one Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of Lincoln Park and when he saw the number of new houses that had been built during the past four months he could hardly trust the reality of his own senses. Where, he asked himself, was that expanse of ‘commons which ’ was such a familiar feature of the scenery in that vicinity? ‘The open fields, it was evident enough, had disappeared and on their site comfortable residences already occupied ashomes. He realized that he was behind the times, and while he was following the daily round of his calling the city was growing and ‘expanding at such a rate that afew months had wrought this marvelous change in only one small section. If he had continued his stroll he would have found the same substantial evidences of growth in other sections. Yet no extraordinary activity in building provails this year. Itis only the nataral growth and de- velopment which has been a marked character- istic of the material life of the city for the past decade or more. HIGH BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE SERVICE. The recent addition to the building regula- tions which requires that all buildings over seventy-five feet in height must be fire proof in construction will have an important influence on building in the future. Nearly all the newer business buildings on F street, for ex- ample, exceed in their height this limit. A yuilding of six stories is generally soventy-five feet high, and recently the practice has been to run up large structures to u height of at least seven stories. ‘The effect of the new regulation will be either to confine the height of build- ings to six stories or else to make & decided change in the character of the construction. The term fire proof, as explained at the building inspector's office, means that the floors rest on iron beams, with either brick or terra cottaarches. What is known as the slow-burning construction does not come within this definition of fire proof. That system of building uses wooden joists, which are protected by asbestos, iron laths or some kind of composition, and it is supposed to be, practically fire proof becnuse of the obstacles ited to the progress of the flames in the event of a fire. "The use of fron beams, with brick or terra cotta filling in the spaces, is considered the most substantial form of construction. It necessitates heavy walls in order to carry the weight of the iron and the brick and terra cotta. In e future, therefore, large _ buildings exceeding the height of seventy-five feet, whether intended for use as business building or hotels, will be built in accordance with this approved system. ‘The main purpose of the regulation, howe }ore to discourage the ractice of running up buildings to great eights than to obtain greater security in the event of a fire. The fire recerd in all large cities demonstrates the fact that the most ap- proved fir if building docs not always Serre as acheck to the progres of the fery element. main difficulty that has been perienced in getting a fire under control ises from the great height of the buildings nd the new regulation is more particularly intended to correct this evil. Fortunately, owing to the efficiency of the fire department, no disastrous fires have occurred here in re- cent years; and yet with the increase in the namber of high buildings it is recognized that the work of the firemen is rendered more didi. FINE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS. cult. Two handsome additions to the business buildings of the city will soon be made. Mr. W. B. Moses has had plans prepared by the | architects, A. B. Mullett & Co., for an addition to his store building at the corner of 11th and F streets. The four-story building ,adjoix on the west will be torn down and on the si will be erected a building similar in design and of the same beigh? asthe muin building. The entire front of the | will be an immense | flank the west main entrance of ‘the present structure. An additional floor space will thus | be obtained in each story, which will greaily | increase the facilities of ‘this large establish- ment. ‘The Corcoran Fire Insurance Company will erect a handsome building upon their property on the west side of 1ith street just north of I reet. The new building will adjoin the new six-story business building which Mr. Henry Strong is erecting at the northwest corner of 11th and F streets. Property of the in- froutage of 35 feet and been prepared for the building of a ial structure four stories in height, which will farnish a permanent home for the | office of the company, as well as office rooms. On the opposite corner from these improve- ments ix the large handsome building of the Boston Store. These tine business places have and will have appropriate neighbors at the corner of lth ane streets. Already a fine large building occupies "the — southwest corner, and on the northwest corner Mr. B. H. Warder is erecting a building which will be an | attractive feature of that vicinity. The prop- erty at the northeast corner is owned by Mr. early day to have a large building erected there for the accommodation of his business. ‘These improvements, in such close proximity, arb scshalsle Soamaneer tothe development of the business sections of the city. EARLIER CLOSING HOURS. A movement in favor of carlier hours has been started by the young men who assist the real estate brokers in carrying on their bus- iness. They favor the closing of the real es- tate offices during the summer months at 4 | o'clock each day instead of at 5 o'clock, as is | the cage at present. ‘Three o'clock is regarded | proper hour to close on Saturdays during | the hot weather, and a paper is now being cir- culated among’ the brokers for the purpose of |eecuring their approval of these changes. The public will no doubt co-operate in such who im 80 much iife to the real estate busi taset ten te are appreciated by their e1 ployers and no doubt they can demonstrate Ticks ability as well us thei Willinguses toat- tend to ali the details which are intrusted to them in the proposed abbreviated business hours during the hot days of the coming sum- mer. ‘TRE COBCORAN GALLERY PURCHASE. ‘The announcement in Tux Stan of the pur- it 4 ni i REECE RISE Hs i i Lisner of the Palais Royal, and he intends at | estate has taken a decided’ rise, shown by the price paid by the tratecs of the Art Gallery, as well asother sales in the ame ry. BUILDING NOTES. Three new houses are scheduled to be erected within the next few weeks at 317, $19 and 821 G street northeast. These houses will be two stories high and have a frontage of sixteen feet by a depth of Lf Pd feet. will be built of brick and have a red brick front. John Hogan is the builder. Alley houses seem to be regarded as a good investment, if the number constantly being erected is ‘any criterion. ley ware 497 is to be improved by Mr. A.B. li, who proposes to erect five two-story brick iwellings there within a short time. North Capitol street northwest is shortly to witness a nice improvement. Henry Lee Rust hus broken ground from 1306 to 1910 on that street for the erection of three comfortable ca seine. Kennedy & Davis will do the yuilding. Orlando Smith is about to eommence the northwest. A fine storage house three stories high with a cellar has been commenced at 1866 street southwest py J. H. Johnson. A. J. Fisher is ba ee A jilson to im- Ex-Mai A. Wi Proposes Prove 20th street shortly by the erection of three handsome brick dwellings at 714, 716 and 718 20th street northwest. Each house will be three stories high and besides having a cellar will be provided with all modern improve- ments. Chas. A. Harkness is the architect and Chas. 7 oS Denham the builder. re h is erecting a very pretty frame on Brown street, Mt. Pleasant. A tine |frontage of thirty-five ‘feet with a depth of | thirty-two feet insares plenty of room. W. E. Brown is the builder. one lames Burns is building a two-story b: welling at 1106 H street northeast, A row of fine brick dwellings is in course of construction on Acker street northeast. When completed] they will be two stories high and have bascments. A frontage of 16 feet and a P*Robert Proctor fab fhreeatory tor is building » and basement prese-brick ofice building at 907 G at. northwest. ‘The building will have a front of 24 feet and a depth of 25 feet 1 inch. It w | be provided with all modern convenienoes. A. M. Proctor is the architect and builder. Arthur Cowsill is building three brick two- story and basement dwellings at 630, 632 and 634 I street northeast. A handsome two-story und basement brick dwelling has been commenced at 1117 Penneyl- Yania avenue southeast by Mr. J. F. O'Neill. ©. C. Meads is the architect and builder. ‘Mr. James H. MeGill today took out @ it to erect a fire-proof office building at 908, 910, 912 and 914 G street northwest, to cost $80,000. The building “will be seven stories high, fire Proof throughout. The front will be of brown Stone, with brick trimmings. All of the inclos- ing and partition walls throughout the building will be of brick. The building is das an office building. The first floor is divided into four large stores. The upper floors will contain sixty offices. Paul J. Pelz is the archi- tect. All ‘modern improvements, including electric lights, steam heat, elevators, &c., have been provided. Mr. McGill is the builder. pmo e asp autie 4 CREDITABLE VICTORY. ‘The Fine Rally Made by the Senators in the Ninth Inning. THE ATHLETICS DEFEATED IN A SHARP BALL GAME—HINES AND DOWD 10 THE RESCUE— OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY—WHAT THE xA- ‘TIONALS HAVE DONE. JF, TE STATESMEN CAN BUT KEEP UP the gait in their ball playing that they found Yesterday in the game against the Athletics, which they won by the score of four to two, there will be no more kicks or growls against them on the part of the public. It seemed as if the influence of Dowd on Thureday had infused every man with # new spirit, and the way in which the home nine pegged along steadily for eight innings, keeping the visitors down to two runs and then jumped in and won the game by a magnificent spurt of batting, was more than refreshing. It was positively invigorating. Hines and Dowd did the work. Hines scored two of the four runs by his bat- ting and Dowd played a wonderful game at second as well as doing a large part of the hit- ting, in the ninth when the time had come to win. : CLEAN Fretprxo. The game was sharp and clean throughout, with little base running and few errors, light hitting and no cases of demoralization. Goose eggs wore rolled up against each side innin after inning, when it looked as if runs would surely result. The visitors had rather hard luck in this matter, as most of their hits were made so that no one could score. The in-field play of the Statesmen was at ali times snappy and effective, and many a run was shut out o” existence by the quickness of the throws across | the diamond. » batteries were Cersey and McGuire and | Weyhing and Crows, Carsey did well through- out and seemed encouraged by his support. He guve two bases on balls in the first inning that resulted in the only runs that the visitors made, but after that he was steady and effect- ive, scattering the hits made from his delivery so that they wore useless. Weyhing seemed in- vincible for eight innings, but he lost his curve jm some way in the ninth and was pounded re THE RUNS. The first gave all of the runs that were mado in the game, except the bunck mado by Wash- ington in the ninth. Hatfield, according to custom, reached first on balls and stole second. | After Beecher had flied out to short Viener sacrificed and then Hines put a ball over the head of the third baseman for » base and Hat- field tallied. For the visitors Hallman went to first on balls and Corkhill sacrified and Wood sacrificed. the sphere out to right for a were scored. steal second. ‘Then Mulvey hit base and two runs Mulvey was caught trying to ‘UP IN THE aIn. Then the Senators began a series of flies that invariably landed in the hands of the fielders. Seventeen of them popped out on this sort of t. six of them to Corcoran, who: a mag- nificent game Until be made Mit soror ha tes | ninth. In the second inning with two out Me- Guire hit for » base to left, but was left on first. For the other side, with two out. Corcoran hit to center for one base and went tosecond on Hines’ fumble, but Paul immediately redeemed | himself by ‘his fine catch of a long fy from eyhing. th side went out in order in the third, and each put aman on third in the fourth who gould not score. For Washington Hines was | hitand after two men had fied ont MeQuery | hit for a base to loft, Hines went to third when | the fielder fumbled the ball, but thrown out at second on an attempt to steal, without even dodging back and forth to fit Hines a chance to score. For the visitora Wood | hit safely and went to second on a passed ball. | Malvey struck ont, and then Milligan through Hatfield,” whose rd. Hatfield regained thout run The did some lung-work at this Juneture. feerfis if it i ii oe ‘ a erection of two brick dwellings on 23d street Bry | depth of 36 feet is given each house. B. W. Car- | Kerii reve H October 26, 1800, at Parchim, Mecklenburg, | s—6 2-10 o-3 1-3 s-4 o-2 eo co po eo Heo He eo oO He eo co Ho OTmER Guts. The association games resulted as follows: At Boston—Boston, 23; Baltimore, 6. Hits—Boston, 19; Baltimore, 9. Errors—Boston, 5; Baltimore, 8. Batteries—O'Brien and Farrell and Cun- ningham, Van Haltren and Townsend. Um- pire—Snyder. At Colambus—Columbus, 4; hits, 7; errors, 2. St. Louis, 8; hits, 6; errors, 2.. Batteries—Knell and Donobue and Stivettsand Boyle. Umpire— ns, At, Louisville—Louisville, 9: hits, 12; errors, 7. Cincinnati, 10; hits, 12; errors, a Beiterdoe Daley and Cook'and’ Kilroy and Kelly. Um- pire—Ferguson. GAMES OF THE LEAGUE. ayAt,, Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 8; Brook- yn, 5. At New York—Boston, 9; New York, 6. At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 11; Chicago, 8. At Cincinnati—Cleveland, 6; Cincinnati, 6. WHAT THE STATESMEN HAVE DOXE. The Statesmen have done pretty well this week, considering the fact that the team is, to some extent, in # process of ization. je absence Dunlap's accident on Monday and of Hines agai they are now in pretty fair tri been 8 gond deal of effort on the part of the management to fill the weak spot at the third base, but so far without much success. Day however, seems to be Coe! somewhat better, and it may be that he will improve so that he will be a valuable man on the bag. At present he is of little use, unless his light hitting can be called of any benefit. THAT MAX Down. Dowd has shown himself to be a great find ‘and his work has practically revolutionized the team. — new outfielder, has not yet ‘appeared in the uniform of s Senator. He will probably be put in right field and Visner may brought up behind the bat. McGuire is do- ing well enough there, but one man cannot do of the work and he is showing signs of weak- ening. Hart ia not the catcher that McGuire is ‘and it would be folly to depend upon him for @ game at any time when there is such talent as that which Visner is known to possess at hand. XEED OP A CaPraix. The matter of field captain is being seriously Gisoussed by the management and there will likely be a change before long. Visner is too far out in the field for field coaching, even if he is kept out there, and he does not seem to show the right amount of snap in keeping ‘men moving when they are playing. There is little system in the coaching when men are on bases and several runs have been lost by this fact. The crowds have kept at about 1,200 or so, and seem to be slightly on the increase since the first falling off. There is a good deal of en- thusisem awakened by the recent playing, and if the team but shows itself capable of winning a majority of the games played on the home grounds, which they have not yet done, the at- tendance will be satisfactory. Today's game will be the last on these grounds for several days. The men go to Baltimore Monday morning for @ series of four games there and thence to Boston for three more. On the 6th of May the team will return home to y each of the western clubs on these grounds. ‘This series will include sixteen games, and will end on the 2th of May, pre- ceding an equally long trip abroad. Of the men who have tak: rt in all of the eleven games played by the home team Mo- Query leads in batting with twelve hits. Hat- field, Visner and McGuire have made ten each. Beecher has made eight. Hatfield is the run getter, having made eleven, or one tu each game.’ Dowc, of course, has’ the best average, having made’S hits and 4 runs in two games. ‘The team has made 49 runs, 81° hits and 40 er- rors, to 80 runs, 103 hits and 28 errors by their opponents. THE RECORD. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. PC. Columbus..4 6 .400 Wash'ton..5 8 .834 Cincinnati5 9 357 Athletic...3 8 .272 NATIONAL LEAGUE. After a busy winter in the west, Mr. A. G. Heaton has returned to the city, and will sail by one of the French steamers on the 2d of May, to spend part of the summer abroad, see- the Salon, ete., before commencing on orders promised in lite sammer and fall. —Interest in art on the part of the New York artists seoms to be ata pretty low ebb when the Hallgarten pries offered for award at the spring exhibition of the Academy of De- sign were not awarded, simply because the artiste who exhibited were too indifferent about the matter to vote upon the merits of the paintings offered in competition. And yet it is no uncommon thing to hear the very men who are thus negligent complain that the ot thie country do not eneournge or appreciate art! —Alifelike portrait of ex-President Clevo- land, by Uhl, painted from sittings recently Sellecion of Presidentual portale in the eas o of east room of the Corcoran Gallery. = The display of works by the pupils of Miss 8. W. Kelly, just closed at her studio, was in the highest creditable, alike to teacher os saw it the best was considered by many who of its kind yet made here. — The exhibition of pastels by Mesars. Parker Mann and J. H. Moser at Fischer's during the week attracted bal oy oh nd a = sratitying proportion of the was marl Sid early ba week. — The very favorable impression made by Mr. Dunbar’s busts and reliefs, recently ex- hibited, has crystalized, his friends will be glad a Mlustration, seomingly, of the saying that “blessings brighton as they take their * the attendance of visitors at the Cor- Count Von Moltke Passes Away Peacefully After a Stirring Career. SKETCH OF THE MAN WHO WITH BMMARCE ES- TABLISHED THE GERMAN EMPIRE—INCIDENTS SHOWING AIS CHARACTERISTICS—THE RECENT | HONORS SHOWERED UPON HIM. ‘The death of Field Marshal Cont von Moltke took place last night in Berlia at 9:45 o'clock. Count von Moltke attended the session of the Teichstag in the afternoon. His death was summoned announced that it was caused by failure of the heart. He passed away quietly and painlessly. | | very sudden, and the physicians who were | CAREAR OF VON MOLTKE. Count Helmuth Carl Bernhardt von Moltke, moment came be was able to sleep ## soundly ea though nothing had happened. ‘The war broke out. Von Moltke only prayed are and everything would be ready. declared that if the emperor «lid not sce the Rhine by the 28d of July he would never see it at all. The prayer was granted. In fourteen days he had put 330,000 men on the Rhine. He ‘ccredited with the whole vast plan of the campaign—a scientific game of chess without @ flaw. The night of the battle of Gravelotte the King of Prussia was on a ladder near a garden | wallat Rezonville. Around him were Bismarck, Rooa, princes and grand dukes, ail very field marshal of the German army, was bora where his nts were On a visit with his unclé, Helmuth von Moltke, who, in 1812, marched with the Mecklenburg battalion to Russia and perished there. Count von Moltke was the third of seven sons of Lieut. Gen. von Moitke. His mother was Henrietta Paschen, _— of the Connsellor of Finance Paschen of Ham- | burg. After the the husband pur-/| chased | Property first in the Priegnita af- terward in Mecklenburg. Young von Moltke went with his parents to 1806, their house was sacked the meantime his father had bought the prop- erty of Augustenhof in Holstein. | HE ENTERS THE PRUSSIAN SERVICE. | ‘Twelve months latcrit was burned down with the whole of harvest. Soon after Von | Moltke’s grandfather, who disposed of a large | fortune, died. His will contained numerous and large legacies. He had not considered the numerous losses which the war bad caused to | him. Von Moltke’s mother, as legate, had to bear them, and, therefore, the inheritance was reduced to almost nothing. The property had tobe sold. Von Moltke and hiselder brother were sent to the Land Cadets’ Military Acad- emy at Copenhagen. At the age of eighteen | di he became an officer, Prussian service as lieutenant, on recommen- | dati in, and was as- | infantry Regiment | No.8. Continuing his military rakeatee. Yon | Moltke was appointed a staff officer in 1882, and a8 a result of his investigation published in 1835 an account of the Russo-Turkish war of 1828. | ‘of | COompanied the He then undertook a journey in Turkey, and file there attracted the notice of the sultan, moud. \e latter, appreciating 1e young oficer’s skill, sought his counsel in the reor- | i rkish army and the fenses of the em) against Mehemet Ali In 1845 he was jjutant to Prince Henry of Prussia, resided at Rome. Here he prepared a map of the city and wrote a series of letters, which were afterward published. After the death of the prince, in 1847, Von Moltke was attached to the general command on the Rhine, becoming, in 1849, chief of staff of the fourth army corps. MADE CHIRF OF STAFF. | In 1858 he became chief of staff of the whole | army and in 1859 had the rank of lieutenant | general. Gen. von Moltke made the staff the most effective means of directing and concen- trating the force of the army. In 1864, when Prince Frederick Charles took the field against Denmark. Gen. von Moltke had already drawn which was up the plan of the whole campaign, carried out almost tothe letter. Still more brillant were his services in the var ith Austria in 1866. Here, accompanying 1 he not only enabled him ts gain’ the over” whelming victory of Sadowa, in which he led the main army, but followed it up with a bold advance toward Olmutz and Yume, which brought the seven weeks’ war toan end. The king acknowledged the Black Eagle and the Prasian parliament voted him cc FIGHTING BY TELEGRAPH. ‘Moltke’s characteristic tactics were seen on the field of Sadowa. His army had « front af | four miles—so wide a front that he could not —— an attack, but he suze this disnd- van’ an advant an tive onward movement by which he was sble to ncentrate all his divisions on the battle field and snrround the enemy. Only once did Moltke appear in the front at Sadowa. He had fully mastered the lessons afforded the staff by the American war, df combining the most dis- tant field operations by the means of the elec- tric telegraph. Seated at his desk in the rear | he received through the field telegraph a stream of intelligence from all the corps, followed their movements on the map, transmitted his orders through the wires with such masterly strategic power that not a movement failed | and all the combinations were made at the right | Every obstacle was foreseen and provided | for; the whole country to be traversed was mapped out with an accuracy and minuteness | of detail, in which every mountain, hill and | | valley, every ravine, stream, pass and defile was laid down. Each day's march was planned, and so thorough was his topographical and geological knowledge that the places to be avoided and those to be chosen for camps were indicated. Route maps, with all these details, were put into the hands of the subordinate officers, and it was soon found that they knew the country much more fully than the Austrians themselves. His organization of spies and scouts was so perfect that he knew every move- ment of the snemy simost se son as it was de- termined upon, and, thongh he was to the Count de Benedek, who was Tupac one of the greatest generals of the age, he was never for & moment during the war at a loss for measures to counteract all his adversary’s | operations and to turn them to his own ad- vantage. A SCENE BEFORE THE BATTLE. Here is a scene which occurred on the night | before the great battle. Two men are seated | inatent; between themacard table. Buta greater game than cards is being played, and Only one is playing it. ‘There in's nap’ spread | on the table with colored pins stuck here and | there. The player of the game moves them about, scarcely speaking a word as he does 50, until the last strategic movement is comple and the Austrian pins are swept together, spoils of war. “That is what will be done to- morrow, your apy says the = pin- man, and William of Prussia claps him to his heart. Out go the orders to the generals, and Moltke goes to bed and to sleep. midnight ~‘a scout comes flying, haste and fear.” ‘The enemy has differently from what was anticipat fe plans of the pin campaign must be recast. Moltke wakens, listens in silence, then “Por- folio No. 4” is all he says, as he lies down again tosleep. In A portfolio ‘No. 4are found the or- re dei Jon; wr cond aed fn litions. THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. Lubeck, where, in reonal by Fog tee in | 3 his merit with the Order of | 1871. silent and waiting for news The hour was come for decisive tidings. Presently Moltke, much heated, rode up to the king: “Your \jesty, we have conquered. The enemy is driven from all his positions.” A vigorous | shout was raised, and the whole party plied | their flasks. The king drank from a broken tulip glass. and Bismarck munched a bit of am- munition bread. SECRET OF mIB VICTORIES. Von Moltke had been convinced for some d had been’ preparing for it vey, and the Seok explora- of toy ical on- self so completely | | master of the topography and physical geog- raphy of the region nd got provinces and Faris that he might literally be said to know every foot of it. His officers, even down tolieutenants, were provided with pocket maps, detailing ‘all the physical fea- eer ‘try, designating the fortified ‘and indieatin; Pfu’ Froneh solder their strength. | and officers were as- tounded to find that their adversaries knew France and ite geography infinitely better than they did. At Sedan it is recorded that, when lesperate, Gen. Yon Moitke, leading the way to his maps, which Were spread out at his headquarters, showed him instantly that his army had been hope- bemmed infor more than twenty-four hours, and that it was in his power to have an- nihilated it, bad Wampilen persisted in further SCOUTS AND sPrIEs. Von Moltke had organized his system of spies and scouts in snch amanner as to make that and every other fortified town of France. | He was thoroughly informed concerning every | movement of the French armies, knows often sooner than Napoleon did; an: McMahon doubled on his track, and, in- of going direct to Paris, as he had at first been ordered, turned suddenly to the northward, in the effort, by forced marches, foreliove Bazaine and form a junction wish | bis army, Moluke had an army on his truck be- fore he had been an hour on his way and, by | when stead brilliant combinations, not uly &s in a vise, but fairly crushed McMahon by the concentration of the German troops around Sedan aud compelled him to surrender. CHIEF MARSHAL OF GERMANY. In recognition of his services Gen. von Moltke was created a count on the day of the capitulation of Metz, October 28, 1870, and was made chief marshal of the German empire on the return of the army to Berlin, in September, |. Other were showered upon him by sovereigns and people. His ability in all See et military science is universally ow! He enjoyed the unquestioned Tespett and confidence uf the German govern- ment, to which he rendered services paralleled only by those of the great civil ruler, Prince k. Count von Moltke was the author of a number of military works. HIS RECENT HONORS. ‘On the 26th of October lust the great old sol- dier, to whom the glory of Germany's brilliant military campaigns has been universally awarded, came forward from his retirement to receive the homage of the nation. He came re- Iuctantly, not because he wished it, but because his emperor desired it and the fatherland de- manded it. Had he been allowed his own de- sire he would have spent that Sunday, the an- niversary of his ninctieth birthday, in his quict home in the village of Kreisan, surrounded by his pleasant domestic circle. But he had been accustomed to obe peror had designated to bring him to Ber- Wasagreatday in Germany and was celebrated throughout the breadth of the land, Von Moltke being the especial guest of the em: peror, who lavished upon hima ail the honors in the imperial gift. On this side of the Atlantic the day was also celebrated wherever there were peneeeh Germans to sing « chorus, and in im grostings po upon from all quar- oc ei aN A PLEASANT OCCASION. Entertainment to the Local Preachers’ Asso- elation of the M.E. Church at Langdon. Last evening the suburb known as Langdon, adjoining Montello, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which is now having streets opened and graded and is beginning to look like a vil- lage, was the scene of some interesting pro- ceedings. The occasion was a reception given by the congregation of the little frame chapel to the members of the Local Preachers’ Asso- ciation of the M.E. church. ‘The church is as yet unfinished, but with flags, flowers and ever- greens it presented a gala appearance, and there was a large attendance from the village and surrounding country. At8o'clock Mr. Alderman took the chair, and the exercises were opened by singing the hymn, followed by prayer by Rev. | Then a polpit from time | nilding of debt. Emmons replied for the preach: place and to | wentiment. | the j | due Exortemenxt at THE Weite soUs Congress in session, passine BILLS so = such as greenback, gold and silver BILLS—that the President and bis Cabanet are kept boxy and passing ujon their merits, with only an cocasional VETO when there i doudt as to the genuineness Of « BILL. Concress, the President and his Caltnet are tn per- fect accon!, consequently the business moves without | hitch or jer or friction. 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Manager. lation of customers ar store ope all mari Ba = For many years France had been an been for a decisive couftict and were na determined he should not catch Moltke, in his Silesian’ retreat, plans for the impending war which no cian or general ever surpassed. ; ; nen