Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1891, Page 8

UNDER THE TREES IN ARLINGTON. ROADSIDE Journeys Afoot About Arlington and Falls Church. remains of soldiers who were gathered from the ahanneck, but many officers and sol- since the close of the war are also buried here at their own request. Among the atter are Gens. P. H. Sheridan, Ricketts, Paul, Hazen, Wiliam Myers, Baxter and Admiral | Porter. | ampli eater, wh ch you poss in movin » erected in 1873 anv dl for use in condueting the annual nm lay ceremonies. It is eapable of ac- modating 5.000 persons, teast of here is a anted b sarcophagus, cannons and which, in ed over the remains of 2,111 un: s. gathered after how m r battle fields. The vault in placed is 30 feet deep The Forts That Helghts— Walks That AKLINGTON HOUSE. : ae ae Arlington house was the old-time home of myo FORT MYER AND ARLINGTON BY | the Washingtons, the Custises and the Lees,and of Fort Myer and Cemetery road 28 for its hospitality. From the a first class, hard, level surface, with Which is 200 feet above th: { Fort Myer) and Huckle- river, a spk fomac and the intervening resented. ‘The buildings in the rear were once Reaching Rosslyn keep on through the © quarte of the slaves were the ¥ talang the don the plain in front, down toward the Cemetery road, where it Some o! = eab La ra sa outh- he overseer’s house, which stood near the ao you move along this rosd was cc- sion is four miles from the Capitol enpied by oid Fort Corcoran ng the and abouta mile and a half from Rosslyn. war, and most of the earthworks are eine eee east you wil yet preserved. Looki near the old canal, an elevated, which is the remains of old Fort Haggert, Here, too, running in a sontherly direction, ts Gen. McDowell had bis headquarters in this building in 1861 and it was from here that he hed at th dof the original army of Virginia to the ill-fated battle field of the first the bed « jecte oad which | Bull Kun. pete: abediatl on gran Ceomaynabaas w York militia was < ma) ce dk temas 1 officer to occupy the house. eo ae eee ee na; | Entel the mantion axe the gravest Mr. fabbling sireamn for some distance. Ontheside 4nd Mrs George Washington Park Custi — we atbatue or While immediately in front are the graves of Gens. Sheridan and Baxter and Admiral Porter. At the north end of the cemetery are buried May Jom season, of March. — the remains of white and ed soldiera dying ocd in hospital in the vicinity, as well as civilian fst and plants camp followers and contrabands. This is the oldest part of the cemete You can now return to Hoaslyn by the George- town and Alexandria road, wiuick ruus slong in front of the cemetery, or by said road, the Co- lumbia turnpike and Long bridge: Lut these roads having once been traveled you may pre- are prese at Ar ramble is here pr elines, by taking through the woe if famey SO I= by-road, which leads e north side of the ve ee ee ee eae bean | tet te netinon your stopa Gicengh Nock ler — r z.awellof pure water, 04 take Huckleberry path, which ix new to Fae read i ao ; you. ‘Therefore, ascending ‘the hill north of i 2 Fort Myer, teke’ this path, which is entered « sored by seems ie reached by a fe¥ paces luortheast of the signboard bearing cpa ae ia dadece the lege © thoroughfare, before referred po poy te. It leads through the woods almost parallel egeonsion im the with the main road, which it again ex bul the culvert near + brook. a few ro south of Kosslyn. ‘The path, which is suitable only for « walk, is shaded all’ the way, and the phere is always delightfully ec ng. The toothsome buckleberry and bluchberry are found in great abundance in season—July and August. Taken altogether this is a charming short and moving along on the of the officers’ quar- ok a cis oa cund- | Walk and ought to be popular, especially with Se bas ike saecsss iNaaa pomypesite yer above the level | Afbutus brook is interesting, and the views . from Fort Myer and Arlington are hard to ex- ww three aud three- + col” In curly spring tie trailing arbutue found in abundance on the ridges bordering on the brook of that name. WHERE THE CROWS ROOST. One of the greatest—perhaps the greatest— | rookeries in the United States issitaated in the strip of woods covering about twelve acres on the northwest side of the National cemetery. Some one has estimated that fully 500,900 crows roost here every winter and the estimate does not seem to be excessive. Of an autumn or winter evening, about sunset er, it is both amusing 4 le during was regarded by military men as 3 pt ting to iads of ly. in pairs, by the dozen and in flocks of hundreds from | their feeding grounds vp the Eastern bran | The noise of their chatter as they relate the day's experiences—for bird language, be it | known, is both graphic and gossipy—is almost deafening: and when, at they rise, from the trees and circle abo . the’ scene is indescribable. ‘Then suddenly, with the noise of « hurricane, the vast host makes adive for the roost, A TRAMP To PALES CHURCH. Route—Take Falls Church road at Rosslyn, THe PRD one of the str: e defensive ington. At was converted into camp of iustruc- fion for olicers and men of the signal service of the army, and placed under com mand of Gen. Altert Myer, whose mame it | dence by said road to Fulle Chacon ne i vice having abandoned | sotto, eras ‘9 Falls Church, return- Ge nost Gen, EH Shorsten, fy 1500 ter | ing by Minor’s Hill road to Brown's Bend road, commander of the army. e-tablished here a | to Chain Bridge road, to Bullston road, to Rosw- cavalry camp of two companies, which has been | lyn, to Georgetown bridge, to eity continaed ever since. |" Condition of the roads--Falls Church road, | fair, but rough in spots: Minor’s Hill row 3e AT FORT MYER. s within the for- it Turning to the right at the south end of the office arters You pass the parale ground, | very rough; Brown's B a bad cross ® beautiful square green sward, opposite which, ; country road but little used by vehicles, but Debind the flagstail, is observed a square | makes a pleasant walk; Chain Bridge oad, wooden building with a lookout on its roof. ‘This was used ax a station of observation when | the signal eorpe occupied the pe A little south west of the parade stables, from whence, looking nc works of Fort Cass would be ¥ for the trees which hide them. South of the stables you pass on the right Whipple road, which forks just beyond, the Fight fork striking Ballston road about a mile east of Ballston, while the left fork takes x | earthworks of which it now runs. fortuous course through the fic ntering | Gaining the summit of the commanding Hunter's Chapel road @ mile and a halt south | ridge, which is 255 feet above the level of the geod: Ballston road, fair. ching the south end of the Georgetown bridge, bear to the right along the Falls Church, road, following for some the tortuous weil-shaded course of Button Bush brook. On croundare the | th, the earth- able Were it not | the right, as the hill is ascended, Ivanwoid by- | rodit is passed. It leads to a prospective villa in flora. It was orig- 4 during the war in counee- F. Smith, through the old of Ballston. river, old Fort Strong is on the right, the earth- Within the inclosure on the right, as you | works of which on the roulside are fairly ‘well move forward, are the cav grew preserved. Forts Bennett and C. F. Smith are ast insite the fence a table observed | over to the right near the river. Fort Bennett Dearing the inscription * Tess be curious to You will de ities. Well, | occupied the first high bluff west of the south uow what it si end of the Georgetown bridge. BROAD STREET, FALLS CHURCH. that it is the center of the " Lt Distr ; t cannot now be seen from the road. Splendid 79 Views are obtained from these old works. About two miles from Kossivn the old Army nited States vey. Extending the eye scr n the road penetrates your course, the finger board outward margin, wi works of | telling you that the Chain bridge is three miles old Fort Craig. “I south the cstaut! A mile further on you eross the Chain elevation in the distance & ithe Columbia Briige read. Near this crossing is Hall's Hill, oad was the site of old Fort Kichardson. & village of about a dozen families, mostly col- ARLINGTON CEMETERY. ered. “A good landscape view is presented You now approneh the west gate of Arlington | fom this point. Brown's Bend told, which Rational cemetery. McPherson road, which 524 Minors Ill toul teeeey Sntn bridge runs de the walls, leads to Columbia road, | from here. Loc < south from from this lat- ut, @ good view is prescuted, rfax Seminary, being oue of the promi- jects in sight! Cow Tun ip wou crossed. Seon the church steeples of Falls Church appear. At the outskirts of the town the track Balf a mile off Fort MePher fn the south the olt earthwork Pherson ani Colurabia r The cemetery which v« the remains of some 16.00 pa that the country might live. It was established fe 167. There are 200 acres iat It was part of the estate of te threak of the civ il stood on the elevated ground f the cemetery inclosure, and still visible from 'Me- owenter contains the passenger station being at the crossing to the Fight. “The old boundary line of the Die, trict 0: mbia runs a litle cast of the track, the western point of the square being k half a mile to the northwest. planter, ‘The siream which is presently -crossed is Four-Mile run, which forms the dividing line Detweon Alexandria and Fairfax counties Stroliiag through the principal streets of the town, the neat, thrifty appears of things attract attention,and one instinctively wants to know something regarding the history, &c., of the piace. kn bowl Lee, who 1 the Sates ‘army, eepoured the cause of the confederacy and guandoued this erate, containing upward of 1,000 acres. In 1863 it was acquired by the Boeverament ander the contiseatiua law, poses sion being taken in Isei. | ‘The government in i854 pail €150,000 for the | Broan, the Supreme Court of the United toe ing deci AS ANCIENT PLACE. ‘Though new and young in appearance now ¢ thet the fee simple was | the founding of this village dates back a ce: im the Lee Loire, Thus the government has tury and quarter. The old brick chureh on rer a perfect to the propert; Washington street a little west of Broad Biures are principally occupied by the ‘ which gave the village its name, was built in the cupola | ‘ta. who died the Washington and Ohio railway is crossed, | THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, is D.C, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. 1765 and was the pionecr of civilization in this section. Itwas the Episcopal parish church, and the building was originally called “Little Falls Church,” on account of The prosimity to the Little Fails of the Potomac. The bricks used in its construction came from England. Itcost £600 sterling. “The gallery was udded to the church in 1757. During the civil war it was used as a hospital by the government, some changes being made in the windows and door, but after the wr the government re- stored everything as it found it, but the new bricks then used can be easily ‘distinguished from the old. The aecompaning illustration is a good representation of the building. In the old churchyard lie the remaink of @ number of Virginia's bistoric dead, but many of the tombs and « Ww obliterated beyond recognition, by @ neat evergreen hedge. ‘THE OLD FALLS CHURCH. The present pastor of the church, the Rev. Frank Page, is said to de a lineal descendant of the Rev. Bernard Page, who was rector a hun- dred yours azo. Asthe village grew up about Little Church the name was contracted to Church. | _ At the close of the civil war, when the | commenced its new growth, the e name to local Indian mie of it. is with age, the YY new, the growth of com- paratively few years, At ihe close of the war it did not contain balf a dozen houses. It has now ulation of 792 according to the last | Rational census. It is an incorporated town gnomen with a mayor and common council, and is rap- y xrowing. . The maie part of thé population t rgely composed of persons who do busi- ness in Washington eity, a good proportion of being government clerks. ‘There are ny bandsome residenecs and all the leading stian denommations have attractive church es. The Presbyterian Churen on Broad street ix the most attra It was built in Iss4, of handsome stoi rried in the town. The northern and southern branches of 1 Methodist church have each & nent edifice. od public schools are also provided and the veral stores in the place do a protitable busi- ness. Lhe old building on the northwest corner of Broad and ‘hington streets, now used as a teed store, is, next to the old church, the oldest building in the town, it it has been ren several times. It was kno’ as “Star 1 in the old days. Falls Church is a temperance town, no intoxi- cants being allowed to be sold. This has had much to do with its prosperity ‘The town is six miles from Washington and eight miles from Alexandria. It occupies high ground, being some 300 feet above the level of the Potomac. ON THE MINOR'S HILL ROAD. Resuming the excursion, move to the right around Brown's store, aud proceed along Broad street for an eighth of a mile, when you turn to the right on Minor’s Hiil road. A few paces bring you to the Lewisville road, which Y ain a few yards beyond crossing the tracks of the Washington and Ohio railroad and Four-Mile run. ‘This point is # little north the railway station, which is observed to the Fight Not far from’ here the Vienna road is crossed. keaching Minor’s Hill, which is one and a ailes from Falls Chureh and three and a Lalf miles from Chain bridge and Georgetown respectively, splendid views are presente Bt on its summit, which is quite ci vate tu bird sexe view of Falls Church, which nestles cozily at its base. Mov- ing the head to the left, in the distance to the eastward the cupola of Fairfax Seminary and the shaft of the Washington monument loom up iu the distance. Of a clear day, when the foliage 1s off the trees, the Soldicre’ Home also visible. é At the foot of the hill you pass byrond on the right which leads to some of the farm houses in the neighborhood. ng the eastern side of the hill ass Ou the left w road that leads over to Li three miles to the northward. Five hun- ards up this road stands the old mausion of George Minor, he with other members of | his family being once the proprietors of most | of the land about here. ‘The building was used | by the army during the war us headquarters for the advance pickets. Your read now leads through woodland for a quarter of a mile, when the clearing is again catered. This piece of woodland is spe interesting on account of its botanic ness. ‘ihe song every direction. Minor’s Hill road is very rough and has the ppearance of being neglected by the county olheers having supervi-ion of roads. you Keaching Brown's Bend road, which is pres- ently reached, take it to the right. This road, whick has a bad suriace at oints, leads through open fields, over highland low janls, and is full of botanical interest. It mukes # charming walk and a light buggy could pass through without danger. At Chain Bridge road junction Mount Olivet Methodist Church, a modest but neat frame building, occupies a position on the right. Here tke the Chain Bridge road to the right, Which follow to Ballston, through an interest” ing strctch of country, crossing Falls Church road on the way. At Ball-ton take the Baliston road to the left for Rosslyn, which piece of road was described in # previous excursion. Geonce Simmos. Pn ee ARRESTS AT A NAVY YARD. nd through Sensation Created at the Norfolk Yard. leged “Crookedness” Exposed. Atremendous sensation was created at the Norfolk navy yard yesterday by the arrest of Paymaster's Clerk Van Vranken of the general store house and Mr. H. W. Coston, a clerical employe of the same establishment, on the charge of stealing composition metal and other ‘goods from the government to the value, it is estimated, of $10,000, ‘The arrests were caused by the discovery in the store of a box of goods marked to the commandant of the naval sta- tion at Port Royal, 5.C., for which there was no orders. News of “crooked” shipments had reached the ears of the yard officials and Capt. orton, the executive officer of the yard, went to the general store, and, finding the box in juestion, asked Mr. Coston what it contained. fie told him, so Coston states, that it coutained composition to be sent to Port Rt Capt. Norton had the box opened and it was found to contain composition metal. He had Mr. Coston put in the guard house to await action by the United States court. Clerk Van Vranken was also arrested, and, being in the naval service, was carried aboard the United States receiving ship Franklin to await court- martial for implication in the aflair. It was discovered that on Wednesday a simi- lar shipment was carried out of the yard colored trockman named Americus Smith of Portsmouth was sent for, and he told all he knew of like shipments he had handied. Later in the day United States Deputy Marsbal J. J. Sullivan of Norfolk carried Mr. Costan over to Norfolk and he was arralgned before United States Commissioner H. 8. Ackiss. His counsel was Major John Crocker, United States District Attorney Farland ap- pearing tor the United States. Mr. Coston stated thet he had only acted as shipping clerk, and the box in question was to be. sent Kike any regular shipment. He denies in toto knowing anything about its irregularity or the irregularity of auy other shipment irom the navy yard. The commissioncr decided to con- tine the case, aud admitted the accused to bail uuder a bond of €1,000. Americus Smith, the | colored driver, stated that for about two mouth he bas Leen carrying boxes out of the yard and delivering them at Mr. Woodman’s store |in Portsmouth: that he couidn't’ read and didn’t know how they were marked; that Mr. Van Vranken and Mr. Coston have both gone to Portsmouth with him and shown him where | to deliver the box. The puss for the box carried out on Wednesday has the appearance of regu- larity. It had the signature of Paymaster D. | A. Smith, who was then in charge of the store temporaril, Mr. Van Vranken has for a long time been one of the social leaders in the section and Mr. Coston is a resident of Portsmouth and the son of Captain Coston of the United States marine corps. Mr. Coston's prelimi- nary examination will take piace before United States Commissioner “Ackiss next Toesda; +02 Discovered in the Nick of Time. THE NEW CONCORDIA CHUKCH. A Fine Structure to Replace the Old Build- ing at Twentieth and G Streets. The historic building at the southeast corner of 20th and G streets, occupied by the Con- cordia Lutheran Church, is to be taken down. Ahandsome church edifice is to be erected the accommodation of this large and flourish- ing congregation. The design has been pre- pared by the architects, Schulze and Goenner, and as shown by the accompanying cut the building is to bea handsome one. It will be constructed most entirely of brick and the seating capacity will be abont 700. The cost of the improvement will be about $30,000. Mr. Nicholas Eckhardt is the builder. The Concordia Church is the oldest as well as one of the most interesting of the Lutheran churches of the city. It has two dates, either one of which may be claimed as witnessing its birth. The congregation in its present organi- zation was constituted February 13, 1832, by Rev. Mr. Ungerrer. From an old deed it was Funk, who subdivided into building lots a tract of land extending trom H_ street to the river and from ith to 23d streets and gave it the name of Hamburg, sold alot to “the German upon this site, which will be better adapted for | found that as early as the year 1763 Jacob | Lutheran congregation.” The grofnd thus conveyed was recovered by the congregation formed in 1832and upon this site the present church building was erected in the year 1833. From Concordia Church have sprung all the other local German Lutheran churches. The pastors of Concordia since the building of the church have been as follows: 1833-36, Kev. Mr. Ungorrer; 1836339, Rev. Mr: Mertens: 1850-46 Mr. Borehers; 1846-70, Rev. Samuel E- ckel; 1870-79, Rev. Augustus Riet, , Trev. D. Krat 1882-88, Rev. L. H. Schneider: 1888, Rey. John Mueller; 189, Re: Drewitz. ‘The present pastor of Concordia Church is Rev. Ernst Drewitz, who is a member of the American-German evangelical synod. He is a native of Silesia and has been in this country v. Ernst in Wisconsin, where, for the past six years, he was in charge of the Lutheran Church at Calu- met Harbor, Wisconsin. Mr. Drewitz has been here for the past six months. ‘The church council is composed of Fred. Imhof, president; Edward Koch, secretary; Albert Greyse, treasurer; John Kaiser, Geo. Maicy Jon H. Blumenberg, Henry Koons, John Wagner, Christian Ruppert, Win. Brodt, John Steinie, John Walter, sr. The trustees are Christian Kuppert, John Walter and Geo. | Maier. ‘The building committee is as follows | Dr. J. Walter, chairman; Albert Grupe, tre urer; Edward W. Koch, secretary; John Wal- ter, r., Geo. Maier, Christian Ruppert, trus- Chas. Dietz, Wm. H. Zeh. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Some Land Values in the Tenleytown Region. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBURBS AS INDICATED BY THE TRAFFIC OF THE ELECTRIC ROADS—THE NEW BASIS OF TAXATION ASSESSMENT—OTHER ‘MATTERS OF INTEREST. PEnuars THE MOST NOTABLE FEA- ture inthe realestate market during the past week was the offer at public sale of u tract of land on the Tenleytownroad. The property advertised for sale was a part of tie old Lyle tract at the corner of the Pierce Mill road and the Tenleytown road. Considering the portion on the latter road as the frontage of the prop- erty, the forty-two acres included within the limit of the tract might be suid to have con- siderable back ground. The stretch along the Pierce road, however, gives the property @ fine “frontage ‘on = pub- ic road. The ground lies level and is in the vicinity of some of the highest priced-land in that locality. These advantages naturally attracted the attention of investors to the pro- posed sale and on the day advertised there was @ good crowd in attendauce. The bidding started at $1,000 per acre and under the per- suasive influence of the auctioneer, Mr. Dun- cangon, the bide kept rolling up until $1,600 per acre was reached. As there seemed to be ‘disposition on the part of the crowd to consider this the very highest point that they conid go the ‘auctioneer after consultation with the trustees announced that the price offered was not sufficient and that the property would be withdrawn, It was thought by the trustees that the property ought to bring at least $2,000 per acre. While in one senge the sale was a failure, yet at the same time%t affords a substantial evidence of the value of property in that locali only been a few years since’ 9 hundred dollars per” ucre would hav been regarded as a big price for such a piece of property. In tact it wi five years ago that ex-President Clevel bought a place since known as Unk View, taining only t i for about per acre. A littie over three years ago e retary Whitney sold the portion of his term fronting on the Tenleytown rond for $1,i00 per acre and it was thought that he had ob- tained a pretty stiff price. Since that time there has been : AMARKED ACTIVITY in real estate in this locality. An electric rail- road has been built from Georgetown along the Tenleytown road to the District line and some improvements have been made in the way of opening up strects in suburban subdi- Visions and the erection of houses. Under the stimulus of this activity property values have naturally enhanced, so that it is perhaps not surprising that an auction sale at this time demonstrates that the standard of values has been maeintained. It is of course nat in- tended to be implied that $1,600 per acre is the prevailing price of land in the Tenleytown region. Much higher prices have been paid. For example, a little over a year ago Mr. Cleveland sold his place for about $6,000 per acre, while last fall Dr. Busey got 4,000 per acre for his property, which is oppo- site Oak Vi ‘Two and three ‘thousand dol- lars per acre has been paid for other choice properties, ‘THE ELECTRIC RAILROADS. While in certain phases the movement that has been going on in suburban property is speculative, yet there are indications of sub- stantial growth. The statistics furnished by the electric railroad companies are interesting on this point. ‘The Eckington railroad, for ex- ample, which runs four miles out into the country, has been in operation now about two years anda balf. The passenger traftie, ac- cording to President Truesdell, shows an in- crease of about 100 per cent as compared with the first year. Then the main travel was on Sundays and holidays, now that traffic is not more than one-fourth of the total. ‘These fig- ures seem to show that there is a permanent population wlong the line of the road, which EaPcome there since the road wea Unik The travel on the Tenleytown road hasalso increased, as President Golisborough states, and the daily number of passengers carried is now over 3,000. The rate of speed an an electric road more than ten miles per hour in the city. In the country there isno legal limit, but the average 1s about fifteen miles per hour, The Rock Creek railroad, which is now being built, will also carry passengers toa point in Mont gomery county seven miles from the city. A BASIS OF ASHESUMENT. There has been so much uncertainty as to the basis of valuation of property for assess- ment purposes that the rule adopted by the ‘Rew board of assessors gives great satisfaction. There need now be no further dispute as to whether assessors in performing their duty should consider the “‘true value” of propert to be the “market valuo,” or the value whic forced sale. ‘The The fact bas leaked out that « deliber- ately planned though unsuccessful attempt to wreck a train on the West Shore road was made on Monday morning. On that day some Persons unknown bed_ placed obstructions on tracks near Jones station. These were removed just before the arrival of the first the property would bring’ al new rule pro rovides that the “true value ie that amount in lawful money which such proper would probably rt Seer 4 a quently been, known so bring ‘a higher price for property than could have at private sale. An auction sale is not invari- ably a test of the true value of property. It sometimes happens that there may be present ayer or buyers to whom that special piece of property is especially desirable for certain | purposes and under such circumstances a high price may be paid. But a sale under adverse circumstances can mean the offer of property when there is no market for it. No one specially wants it, but there are those who would buy it if they could get it at what they regard a cheap figure. In the event of a sale of this character the property is said to have gone cheap or for less than what is regarded as the market value. When property is assessed for taxation upon such a basis then the owner is on a higher valuation than he could obtain, ut, for any reason, he was forced to olfer his property for sale. In the opinion of those who are familiar with property Values, while this rule does not solve all the diftieultics that arise in making an equit- able assessment, yet it will, ina general way, provide a fair basis for such ‘assessment. THE BUILDING REGULATIONS. The revised building regulations have not j been in operation long enough to ascertain what their effect will be. Architects and build- ers occasionally come across a change which rather surprises them, For example, a builder the other day went to'the building inspector's to get 4 permit to build « vault under the walk. He found, according to the new regulations, he would have to pay 15. cents per cubic foot instead of 3 cents. The frontage of his building was twenty-cight feet and yet the change represented an increased cost of several handred dollvrs. ‘This discovery will probably lead to a more careful examination of the new regulations than has hitherto been given them. MISS FRASER'S HOUSE. Mr. T. F. Schneider, tlie architect, bas pre- pared plans for a residence for Miss M. Fraser to be erected on New Hampshire avenue just, opposite the Leiter house, north of Dupont Curele, It will have a frontage of stone and will be three s tories high, with a basement and attic. The design of the front will be massive. A high tiled root will give a pleasing sky line. fhe interior will be finished ‘in hard. woods, ‘The entrance hall and staircase hail and dining room will be finished in quartered oak, the parlor in white and gold, the library in cherry. Che staircase will be massive and a handsome curved oak sereen will add to the effect of the hi ‘MR. L. H. EMMERT'S HOME. Allittle to the north of this houso and ad- joining the new Clover residence, at the inter- section of New Hampshire avenue and Q street. another handsome stone-front residence will be erected for the home of Mr. L. H. Emmert. ‘The design of the front will be in the East In- dian style of architecture. The stone employed will be light lime stone and Portage red’ stone combined. This style, with its rich carvings can be made very e! e and in this case the architect, T. F. Schneider, has endeavored to obtain a good result. This house will extend through to 18th street, a distance of about eighty feet, with a pressed-brick and stone front on that street and astone porch as the entrince to therear. ‘The interior of the house will be finished in hard woods. This house completes a block of six fine houses, three of which have recently been finished, designed by Mr. Schneider, fronting on New Hampshire avenue and extending through to 18th street, facing the elegant residence of Mr. Schneider on the opposite corner. ‘SEW HOUSES. ‘Three brick dwellings are being constructed at 227, 229 and 231 K street northeast by Thos. J. King. Each house will be two stories high with a frontage of sixteen feet by a depth of thirty-two feet. ‘The some gentleman is also building four handsome dweilings from 1630 to 1636 22d street and one at 2200 K street northwest. These houses will be three stories high with frontages of twenty-two feet by depths of thirty-six feet. ‘Tho fronts will be of press brick, relieved alternately by square, circular and octagon bay windows. A row of flve two-story and cellar brick dwell- lings are now in course of erection from 218 to 226 F street northeast, by Duvall & Banthell. Another row of small houses is being built for Mrs. W. E. Skelley, from 20 to 26 14th street southeast. ‘There are four houses in the row, euch two stories high, having a frontage of 12 feet 6 inches by a depth of $3 feet each. W. H. Mandley is the builder. Le Droit Park is to have » great ment shortly in the erection of se ven two-story brick dwelli from 316 to 328 Elm street. P. T. Dodge is owner and Frank N. Hobbs the builder. J. J. Riordan is neat dwelling . northwest Wane Yost & Bro. are doing the building. ‘A handsome improvement, which promises to be completed this summer, is being made on Tennessee avenue northoast by E. M. Fowler, who is bulding there at brick dwellings, numbers 5 Esch house is and 7 two f Hi i 2 F i i ith i i [ H i Fi twelve years. Most of that time he has spent | reasonably certain that he is not paying taxes | CLIMBING UP THE RECORD LADDER. The Senators Gain Another Victory Over ‘Columbus. THE BUCKEYES OUTLUCKED—NoW YreTenpar's | GAME WAS LOST—REPORTERS DALLYING wrrn | THE MUSE-—OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY—THE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD—NOTES. OLONELS LOSING, SENA- tors winning. Juck as that of yesterday the | Statesmen should soon over- | take the lagging Colonels and | assume a position in the as- sociation race other than that nondescript place that ix called @ position merely for courtesy. Yesterday” game was a pure gift. ‘The visiting team played six innings Like | men earning their salary, | but then they seemed to get | tired and the way they threw | wild and muffed and did | other forms of wretched work was enongh to make the near-sighted spectator believe that he was looking at the wrong team. The score was 10 to 4 andit should have been 4 to 3 in favor of Colambus. Washington won it in the last two innings, when most of the wild playing occurred, | scoring seven runs in these innings on two safe | hits. widely separated. and Easton and Donoghue. Foreman was ef- fective in keeping the hits scattered, and in no case were more than two made off bis delivery in the same inning. He grew a bit wild towarc the end of the game, however, and had to de- pend very largely ‘upon his support to pull | fim through. He fed the home ‘team in bat ting, however, making a triple and a single, od himself two or three times ir sconrs. No one scored in the first, and then each side made one im the second. Slattery hit for a base into left, stole second, went to third on MeQuery’s sacrifice grounder to short and scored on Daily's cafe one over second. For Columbus, after two were out, Kuehne puta fly into right that in the first place should have been caught and in the aecond place the runner | never should have been allowed to reach sec- | ond, but he did, and he gets credit for a two- | base hit. He tallied on a safe drive by Lehane | through Dowd that got away from Daily. There wasa good deal of what is called “monkey bi on this hit, the | | throw in being gene: mufied and fumbled, | so that Lehane rested on third. He could not Easton gave Murphy a chance. Tuere were no runs in the third. Murphy hit fora base, but was caught off first. Hat field made a’neat stop of acannon shot trom Dutfee's bat and McGuire threw beautifuily to second and caught Sneed after be hit y. In the fourth MeTemany hit in the diamond for one base and stole second unhin- dered, there being no one there to take the throw, which was not made in consequence. After twomen had flied out to the ficld Kuchne hit another fly into right for two bases. ‘This, | too, should have been an out, but Mr. Daily did’not seem to exert himself ‘very bard aud | the ball dropped sate. | . Washington took the lead in the fifth. After Alvord-was out Foreman hit to right for three bases, and after Murphy bad been bit the run | Was scored when the ball was thrown down to | catch Murphy im a purposely weal attempt to | steal. Then Dowd hit the ball of tor a base, siole second and went to third on a passed ball, scoring on Wheelock’s bad throw ot Hatiield’s grounder. The other side went out in order, Alurphy making two magnificent catches. THE SCORE AGAIN TIED. | In the nixth, after the home team had been put out in rotation, thé visitors made one run | and tied the score again. Sneed hit over Al- vord's head for three bases, and, as if to punish him for doing so, Alvord took care of the next two batters in such a way that Sneed could not , one on a swift grounder and the other on But Sneed was destined to tally, for | | Wheelock smashed a ball again over the head | | of the third baseman and rested on second. Slattery looked out for the next man. Up to this point the game bad been close | | enough, although slow « but here the visitors begun to get impatient and to throw wildand to mutf,and the fun began for th bleachers. Somehow or other a wee-sms muse was bor in the bi paper men in the sky pa | tedium of the way the scribes thenceforth | amused themselves by writing doggerel apropos | of the game and its feature | In the seventh Alvord reached second on a | mutt by Dutfee and Foreman was given a hi at first by Lehaue’s muif, Alvord going to j third. “He was put out at the plate when Fore man stole. Murphy sacriticed, but no ru | Were tallicd. “The visitors aiso came near m: ing something, but failed. With two out Crooks hit by Dowd for a base, Tommy making a great effort to stop it, and then two men were given first on balls. ‘This filled the triaugle, but sie~ Yamany could dono more than lita high iy to Dowd. ‘The eighth inning was a caution and was only exceeded in villainy by the ninth, J error by Kuehne put Hattleld on second and he {and Slattery, who had gone to first on bails, | were sent alead by Me i ! Query was pi ed with a chane four bad balls and a wild pitch se and Slattery across the rubber, while McQuery ambled to second. ‘The wild one was the fourth. Alvord received a handsome present in the form ofa base by Wheviock’s bad throw, but he was too ambitious and was put out at the | plate in trying to score with McQuery on Fore- man's single to left, This gave Washington three ruus and the game, and it rattled the other side ali the more, POETS IN THE SCORER'S STAND. In the latter half the visitors could make bat one run, Alvord made a bad throw of Donog- hue's hard grounder, and Wheelock hit fora base to left. This put a man on third. Kuehne was at the but. ‘The poetic muse grew excited, aud Gus McSween, a foreigner from Baltimore, wrote as follows ‘was not there. enthused the crowd that another poet, who lives in Alexandria, added this one to the collectio: “**Twas Emperor Wilhelm, dubbed Kuehne for short, Who endeavored to bat ii the run, But thrice through the air his bat did cavort, And King Wilelm crawled out of thesun.” The run came in, however, as Lehane was more fortunate than Kuehne, and sent the ball over second for a base, Donoghue tallying and Wheelock going to third. Easton put up a very dificult ly to Alvord and the lead was saved. It looked like a game, and when the informa- tion fiashed over the wire that Louisville had been beaten by Baltimore, John Doyle of the Sunday Heraid thus expressed his feclings, so long pent: iQaiowtes winter But the man who writes bail for the Bladens- burg Worid wrote thus underneath, to express his doubts in the ability of Daily, the captain: “Maybe we can, but of that I've a doubt, We'll only ‘give way’ when Ed Daily gives out.” THE NINTH INNING had been started in the meantime and was worse than the eighth, and gave Wash- ington more rans. Murphy went to first on balls, and Dowd, in trying to sacrifice, was iven a life by Lehane’s muff. Hattield hit fard for a base to conter, and Slattery was hit by the ball. McGuire sacrificed to left and MeQuery ‘to right, so far out tnat when the throw in came the runner was on the plate, and in order to ease the hands of Lehane MeQuery caught the ball himself. Four runs were the result, a bad passed ball helping. This put the home team so much on the ht side of the tally that Telegraph Jim yelled out, “The pup's defunct,” and the man who scribbles ball notes for a morning contemporary to say: ; ‘That incans thal were shad.” ‘Then the muse took a fresh hold and the enial gentleman who edits the oficial score dashed off this one: wih apafeersindn halt, Columbus could do nothing though one man went to first on balls, and the perpetrate this ‘the throng: "peer ren Sri ree Golumbas 0 bite and Terrors, pen pace American Association. At Philadelphia—Athletic, 8; Cincinnati, 8 With such |} ‘The batteries were Foreman and MeGnire | Ro | An} At Chicago—Chicago, 8; New York, 6. At Cincinnati— Boston, »; Cincinnati, 2 THR RECORD. ‘The standing of all the clabs up to date, the j ames won and lost and the percentages are as | follows: | American Association. y Ww. 49 | Cincinnati. 34 40 2 643 Columb: a 41 28 594 | Louisville... .29 -- 84 37 479 | Washington.24 National League. 12.37 28 1569 | Cincinnati. Cleveland. "34 34.500 Pittsburg. : Norns. St. Louis Monday. Keep it up, boys! The crowds average about 1,500. McGuire was not hitting yesterday. Bastian is playing we Geo. Haddock leads # ‘Today is ladies’ day at National terday wasn't, but there were man, The game and fort there. * very slow, taking two hours minutes. Kuenhe was in luck. He gets credit for two two-baggers to which he had uo title. This is about the middle of the season. There is yet time for the home team to crawi out. Power has been deposed as manager of ochester, but continues to play in the field as captain, ammy Ryan was married last Friday toa Chicago girl. Ki: ‘An exe Ki idge acted as best man. ange says that Ned Hanlon has mdi- e recent upheavass in Pittsburg. Ying of his all stars ts enough pain in the stomach. hat Lohman, who somebody to have jum to come here, will be blacklisted “forever” by the board ot’ control as soon as the California League asks if. Cincinnati, Louisville and Baltuutre have entered a protest against Umpire Davis. That isa misiake. He is impartial ¥ only kick because he is firm.” He is the best in the association. Snyder and Smelz have asked (or his retention and Von der Ahe's word setties the matter. He has not yet been hoard from. While the poetic niuse was fluvtering around the press box yesterday a weak eflort at telling ancient history was thus mad coachers may how! and the coachers may yell, Mt Was Of bo Use—we paralyzed Lei! Viau last week struck out Anson on three | balis. A reporter who admires Umpire | Davis to the verge of distraction per this verse yesterday im the general slaughuer of metre and reason: *"The biechers may But they can't xive There is a general sctambie for short stops all over the country. Talent of this sort is very scarce just now and there is a Wakening to the fact that teams are usual! weak at this spot. ‘Tne Stam mau had recovered from the shock obthe last verse of “poetry” yesterday when the uinth inning began and he modestly tried his hand on, with bat an abbreviated success. He bad written thus far: ‘Twas tem to four, that glorious score, With Duite at the bat, His fly was caucht. is effort maught—" when a soul bs t through the air in his neighborhood andhe recognized the warnings of a kindly but tried fate. ——— LONDON’S SOCIAL EVENT. Everybody Who is Anybody Attends the Prince of Wales’ Garden Party. Special Cabie D:spateh to the New York Herald. Loxpox, July 9.—ihe Prince and Princess of Wales gave a garden party to the Gerthan em- peror and empress this afternoon, and—won- derful to relate—the weather was fine through- lightning, no thunder. Altogether it was the most remarkable day in this very eccentric summer, Ihe prince was evidently delighted with his good fortune. Almost as toon as the of the guests made their appearance out and began making Limseif agreeable to them with that charm of mauner which even bitterest euemies will not deny that be pos he came THE WHOLE FAMILY IN GOOD HUMOR. ‘The princess aud their two unmarried daugh- | ters accompanied him, and ine very few min- utes they were talking and laughing with little groaps in which no aequaintanee was over- tooked ‘The gardens of Marlborough House are of fair dimensions conmdering that they he St. James’ Park trees mingle together and give acompletely rural as- pect to the inclosure. ALL THE WORLD WAS THERE. In these gardensa couple of tents bad been erected aud two bands were playing alternately. Every moment the guests increased in num- | bers, comprising all the best known men in society, in literature, in politics or in art, and all the most famous ladies of the day, daring the weather by turning out im titeir most be- | watching apparel. | dasten! “Ihere are the strains of “God Save the Queen.” No; it's the German national anthem, which does uot vary by asingle note. ‘THE KAISER APPEARS. And now coming up the walk with the Prin. cess of Wales on his arm, isa gentleman in plain morning dress, with » white hat, wearing | lavender gloves. His left hand is stuffed par- tially within his vest. Itip the kaiser, ruler of many legata threw him wlom we all look to be the greatest man of the age—Prince Bismarck. This youth- ful, determined, but pleasant looking man, ob- serves everything around him with quick eyes, recognizing friends among the ladies aud gentlemen standing by. HE SPECIALLY NOTICES LADY DUDLEY. I particularly noticed him step out of his way to shake hands cordially with Lady Dudley, one of the handsomest and one of the purest women of the age. So the emperor on with the Princess of Wales. lin ely be- hind them came the Prince of Wales with the German empress, taller apparently than ber husband, a stately and regal woman. Then came the Duchess of Fife, lookin, happy; the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Albert Victor and the Duke of Connaught. They all have friends in the throng and shake hands with thom, the ladies so greeted responding with alow bow, the geutlemen standing uu- covered. THE PRINCE AS A HosT. Presently the royal party return tothe house end one can see the Prince of Wales within, standing bareheaded near the door. Re is waiting for the queen. A few moments after- ward a cheer is faintly heard from Pall Mall; the sovereign drives up with her two Scotch ms at the back of her carriage and the Prince of Wales helps her to alight. Then, his face beaming with smiles, he her into the mn. . Tor inajesty is as alert as over in bertowi a smile or a pleasant word upon her old frie: and, bowing on each side pleasantly as abe passes, she leans on @ short stick, the prince giving her his arm on the other side. A LOVING UNCLE AND NEPHEW. The Prince of Wales and the kaiser stroll around talking to friends, Lord Salisbury bas a few moments’ conversa- tion with the queen. Not far off are most of pass, but not crowding around ber. Still they lo undoubtedly to get near the tent when prolonged giss with ths wimest goed Ramee PI gaze utmost 3 An artist in the is Sodusisiously background ARTISTS AND BISHOPS RUB ELBOWS. Great nobles and well-known literary men mingletogether. Ladies are everywhere, bean- ‘tifully dressed. Would that I hada pen ade- => do justice either to them or their The queen remains \y an hour and a half, the all the ti rities of all Soa ‘the crowd cheers and she Re peror hearty from oe pope ogee party of aes end. - & Muxazs o7 Pantiament. out. There were no tearing winds, no raiu, no | masterful spirit who ,over- | well and | ATTORNEY Orns PERIL | Narrow Escape From Death in the Hlimots Penitentiary. Assistant States Attorney W. S. Biliott of Chicago narrowly escaped death at the bat ofa desperate criminal while visiting Joliet Penitentiary on Tuesday, Mr. Eiliott during his term of office had been vig prosecution of wes against the val clement and has made bra the criminal court in Chicago @ terror to thugs and murderers Last October Charios Wagner wae sentenced to twenty years under the habitual-criminal act fora bhe,cndangeret the lives of an entire family 4 ing them while asleep. Oy leaving the coart room he swore he would hill both Judge Altgeld and At- torney Elliott if ever an opy Tuesday he struck down the attorney with « marble siab while the letter was passing through the stonecutters ward incompany with Wardem Dement Mr. Eu arglary in whi. ¥ came. in talking of the assault anid the blow doubted! As it was the Mow stunned.” ibe wa uly > AY LasT. End of Miss Alexander's Long end Weary Wait. der went to Chicago am 1858 Vi. He lett at home his father and mother and a sister, who was not then in her we The 1. Mer nome was Bero- tia, Young Alexander was prosperous. He amassed quite a tort in 1985 he her, who was believed to be summoned from I was earning & wilary of over £1,000 4 year ax a music Brother ai d until the moti T began to m Then young Elijah made proposition, which he presed wish great v that Serotia re- main wt th care for the aged 4 pase away. ‘Tbe girl conser ted to give up all h ang Elijah promised te pay her as muc ex each Vear as she coud . im Boste T10,.000 besides. Serotal remained un i roof until IN83, when & the death Was nettied up it was nO Provision baw nadie for the payment of the £10,000 to f She was now fifty years of full of pluck. even if her face | She began a correspon yers with a view to brin, cover her ryghtful sh She got little encouragement untu Lawyer E. W. Ash Wrote that he thought he could re | cover the money. He brough: the case before | Judge Clifford sind obtained a verdict for €30,- | 000 tor his client. The estate fought the d cision, which was later aflirmed by the appel | late Then the supreme coust attired the ment, and fi & petit | hearing was denied. last of | been overcome and on Tharsdny | administrator of the « | €30 | deposited it in b | Serotia that her claim he ‘The woman's parents are still alive. paid in full, soe SEEKS FOK WALES. The Prince Apparently Unmoved by the Marks of Unpopuiarity. The return to Buckingham palace of the kaiser, the Prince of Wales and the after the Guild Hall ceremony in Ls | terday was by way of the Thames embankwent. | Along that really admirable thoroughfare bor- | dering on Old Father Thames, as the river is affectionately termed, the scenes of the morn- ing or earlier progress were repeated. On the ay tothe Thames embankment, at Ludgate Circus, where the rougher element of the city was packed in all the numerous thoroughfares | branching into that much gequenied center, | there were somewhat exciting incidents. This rowdy element had been getting up steam on beer and gin for many hours and had worked itself into a frame of mid well adapted to give ing the Frince of Wales or anybody else a de fervedly warm reception. le waiting fe | the heir apparent there were a number of | and decidedly interesting free fights and scrim eo between these London hooditts aud th | police, im which the latter generally managed to come out abead, and which ended | more ruffians being relegated to t | thence escorted to the | All this bad been the as it were, ning up of 0 that when the Pra carriage appeared it was not astonishing that he was somewhat «at down upon. The au- ities, however, seem to have got wind of xpected, and it is understood that the prince's surroundings received an iuti- mation that the roughs at Ludgate Circus were preparing to give bim u distinctly hoe | tile recep Tn any case, when the car Hage containing the Prince and Princess of Wales passed down Ludgate Hill and through Ludgate Circus on ite way to the embauk- | ment, it was not driv | sion Tate (womething Li | but at a decidedly rap the carriag As it was, however, in spite of the presence of the Princess of Wales beside him, te prince was greeted with repeated outbursts of joer and “booings,” which were only slightly set «1 by a few faint cheers, In the face of this hostile demonstration the | Prince of Wales, apparentiy unmoved, looked | straight to his front as he passed the excited crowd and made no attempt to reply, by salute, to the weak cheering which broke out in oppo” sition to the “booings,” &c. ‘The rece] accorded at Ludgate Hill to the Prince of Wales was in strong contrast to the hearty, ringing cheers with wich the Duke of Connaught, his brother, was greeted by the Ludgate Circus crowd as the duke passed over the same ground. While the procession was on its way back to Buckingham palacé and Marlborough bouse | the main body of American sightwers gathered |at the windows of the big new “American” [hotels along the Thames embankment, bad | splendid vie juir in all ite state | gorgeousness, and were accordingly more oF | tess highly gratitied by what they saw. Yesterday was to all intents and purposes @ ay in London, and today will be day, in view of the great review of 20,000 volunteers and regulars, ‘There were many arrests inude yesterday, as usual on all jarge gathering of this description, but the German societios and the French unarchist element was, apparcatly, absent or subdued into a state of pas-tve submissiveness by the warnings sent out by the police to the effect that any anarchistic or socialistic out break would be most severely dealt with and remembered against the agitators in the future. a mauy of the German and French “exiles” have good reason to be on good terms with the authorities, it 8 concluded that they wisely de- in 1801 and began his career as # financier in 1882. He was one of the founders of the old Baitimore stock Four married sons and one unmarried daughter survive him.