Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1891, Page 6

= THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 1, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. ON TO DETROIT.) The Sue of the Department of the Potomac Will Be There. GRAND ARMY MEN GOING. Delegations From Many Posts—The Woman's Relief Corps—DepartmentCommander Pipes aud the Representatives From This City in the Encampment All the preliminary plans for s representa- tion from the Department of the Potomac in the great national encampment next week are completed and tonight and tomorrow morning there will be a general exodus of Grand Army men frora this city. Two epecial trains, each ranning in several sections, will be required to accommodate all who are going from here. One G. A. R. train, which will also carry the citizens’ committee of invitation, leaves over the Pennsylvania road at 7:40 this eve while s second throngh set of traina will pull ont of the Baltimore and Chio railroad station tomorrow morning. will be handsome men galore as well, for the several woman's relief corps will send large delegations to the encampment. Men and women alike are firm in their intention to bring the next encampment to Washington and I next week in Detroit the battle ery will be ‘On to W, ington. The delegation to the G. A. R. encampment from thie city will be a very creditable one, all the larger. probably. by reason of the efforts | that are being made for the capital in 1892. There will be some representation from every one of the fourteen posts in this department. Tue Old Guard will go as the escort of the de- partment commander and staff. Those going from here who are entitled to | votes in the encampment are Department Commander J. M. Pipes, Senior Vice Com- mander A. F. J Vice Com- i it Gen- church, Past De Hawkes, AH. E. Corson, Harrison Din; me B. Burke, | and M. Emmet | N. D. Adams, L. 8. Emery an ton. Br this it will be seen that the depart- ment will have at least eighteen yotes in the gathering. In addition to this Mr. G. H. French, who lives here and who is a member of the national conncil of administration, bas @ vote in the encampment. There are four alternates who have no votes, except in the absence of the representatives. They are W. B. Pomeroy, Geo. Waguer, W. G. Hail and S. M. Gordon. DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC W. B.C. ‘The Department of the Potomac W. C. R.will leave this city for Detroit in company with department headquarters of the G. A. R. and the “Old Guard” on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. ‘This depsr*ment will have its headquarters at No.2 iand st ort distance departments. the 6. 2 of the efforts of the citi- have the next annual en- in Washington. In- | convention of the | + held in the ¢ us the national encampment of the GA. KR the women of the Woman's Relief | Corps naturally take great interest in the se- lection of the plice and use such intluence as they can exert for their favorite localities. From far and near come unmistakable expressions of their preferences for Washington, and if those expressions can be chrystulized at Detroit in favor of that place there is no doubt that the Woman's Relief Corps will speak of their choice very strongly. Great preparations are being | at Detroit for the receptioc of the visit- Be ites On Monday from 3 to 7 p.m presidents of departments will be invited to © carriage ride around the city. After which the reception of this department will be held. On Tuesday the rand parade will be viewed, and for that even- fre'tha” president of this department is in re- ceipt of cards for receptions to be given by the | departments of Masachusetts and Michigan | at their headquartery at the Cadill: tion a camp fire for the visiting G. and Sons of Veterans will be held. 1 of the W. R.C. willcom Y ing at 10 am., and will be h of Our Fsther on Bagby avenne. From that time on the ladies who attend the convention | asdelegates will be busy with the questions | which usually come up on such occasions, the evenings being taken up with camp fires, re- ceptions, &c. ns of the convention an ele- | e spread each day in the | parlors of the church for the visiting delegates, | and itiscvident that nothing will be left un- done to secure their comfort. On Friday the delegates will be given a rule on the lake and will be taken to all points of interest through- out the city. Friday t the W. R. C. of the Department of Michigar: give a camp tire on magnificent scale to the G. A. RW. B.C. | end Sons of Veterans department _presi- senior vice depart at; Mrs. Lydia A. Barnes, junior lepartment presilent; Mrs. Helen Durfer, department secretary: Mrs. Auna A. Feck, delegate-at-large, and Mrs. Joanna W. ‘Turner, past department president. The fol- lowing members of the several corps compos- ing this department accompany their depart- meapt prentent on the, vinit to Detroit: Mra jason, Mrs. Lydia A. Barnes, Mra. Georgia G. Bain’ Mrs. Helen J. Darfer, Mrs. Serab J. Neal, Miss Annie K. Bond, Mrs. Anna & Peck, Mra. Margaret E. Petty, Mre. Maria L. Jordan, Miss Jessic Vandoren, Mrs. Alice Bur- Gry Baume E Andcron, Mra Susie McCabe, Mrs. Mary Kipley. Mrs. Corinne Btricklan. Mrs. Georgia Snow, Mrs. Lucy Leg- G'S Mie May Lockwood. Mrs. Joanna Turner, Irs. Anne T. Bowen, Mrs. Harriet Cuts, Mrs Montis, Mrs. Kat MeMonigal, rie Harlburt, May S. Parker, Mrs. Sarah F. Vandoren, Marthe R Pipes, Mrs Pearl Pipes, Mre. Marie Hortmar, Mre. it. J. Beal, Mrs. bmma J. Erane, Mrs Mary 3, Bech, Mra M. Newell. ire. Josephs Houghton, Mrs. Beaverstock. Mise Faunie Saunders, Mrs Marshall, Mrs. 4, tle, Vanderboff, | ment vice ‘The state room in specialcar Aberdeen has for the department president, | Bewkisha, The room will be decorated | acd the banner of the Department | Cand with flowers sent from the White | that purpose. Mrs. Hend- resides in Gaithersburg, Md. Mr. Hexe. tof the Baltimore and Ohio road, will = stopped at Gaithersburg TuE OLD ocanp. The Old Guard will leave town tomorrow Bd a i HT i rats Fe plenty of ammunition for use location of the encamp- m "8. The program is to amembie at the armory of im the Grand Army building, oppo- Ps, at 6:15, when the line o! ington, — will escort the Department of the Potomac and i de camp. department staff; James M. Edgar, . 4 atarch last. Lieut. McDowell's qualifications | with company A in and Idaho Wednesday it will ‘t the commander-in- | captain Old Guard; Amos Gunning, past A. Q: “i asadjutant of the sixth and his many happy | until when he was to in of Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. chien ie progrem from hin quartet toe | 51,0, Rit Garon’ Fon Prank, Evane ot se THE, NATIONAL GUARD | peotesttnse crates and’ beve | sleryricn Maras emote Ginn | High . ene ED a cae ball wherein the encampment ia to be held. | coln Post; Mrs. Montis and sister: Mrs. M. E. . ceived the commendation and of | Oreg., and Fort Vancouver, Wash., to August, Keturning. the guard will leave Detroit on its | Gilmer, Maj. A. H. G. Richardson, past de- all who know him. Indian wit cial train at 11 o'clock Friday evening, ar- ng here at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. ‘The command will travel as follo Officers—James M. Edgar, captain; Samuel M. Gordon, first lieutenant; Albert H. Van Deusen, second lieutenant; R. Emmet Smith, jr., second lieutenant. Staff officers—Willis B. Pomeroy, chief of F. Dinsmore, judge advocate; John C. arger, Q. M.; Alva 8. Taber, inspector; Wm. 8. Odell, ordnance officer; Florence Donohue, surgeon; Thomas W. Steuart. com Wm. H. Hoover, paymaster; Rev. Levi H. York, chaplain. Non-commissioned officers—Alphonso W. ‘in, Q. M. sergeant; George Y. Ml, color sergeant; Gtorge C. Harris, color sergeant; Wm. H. Fuse, first sergeant; Frank H. Mooers, second sergeant; Jacob Jacobson, third ser- geant; George W. Scheerer, fourth nt; Arthur Hendricks, sixth sergeant; bert Brown, corporal; Charles L. Patten, corporal; Charles B. Sayer, corporal; Samuel R. Swann, corporal. : One-armed color guard—Amos J. Gunning, Sith sergeants Frank H. Evans, corporal; Ed- mund C. Arfiold, Richard Bennett, Phillip W. Coleman, John Johnson, Edward McCarten, ‘Thomas Montgomery, Wim. H. |, James M. Pipes. Robert L. Smith. Privates—Peter C. Bain, Albert C. Brust, Archibald Burgess, Joseph A. Burrows, Thomas Calver. Wm. E. Chauncey, Edwin M. Clarke, A. Abial Forbush, Francis L. Fuss, John 8. Gar- rison, John_B. Gilfillen, Joseph E. Hart, John W. Haves, Frank T. Hopkins, Joseph H. Law- rence. Benjamin Leach, James E. McCabe, Jobn A. MeDonald, Wm. W. McDonald, Wm. C. Me- Euen, Jobn H. Peake. Chas. E. Roberts, Vincent W. Rowe, Daniel K. Sargent, Faward C. Spofiord. Theophil Tiverny, J” S. Wyckoff. POTOMAC RELIEF CORPS. About sixty members of the Potomac Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Department of the Po- tomac, G. A. B., will attend the Detroit con- vention, the majority of them going on the special trains leaving bere Satarday night and Sunday morning. Among them are Mrs. Nellie | F. Prentice, president; Mrs. Rose E. Ferree, past president; Mra. M. H. Weisner, senior vice resident; Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. Barton, Miss Barjon, Mra. E. J. Chisholm, Mrs. L. M. Porter, Mrs. Julia Roberts, Miss Roberts, Mrs. Jos. Leonard, Mrs. Robert’ Smith, Miss Jennie Thompson. Mrs. Addie Perkins, Mrs. Kate Mrs. Hattie Scribner, jatthews, Mra. M. rs. Hart . E. Croabey, Bingley, Mrs. Edgar, Mrs. Mrs. ELE. Myers, Miss Irving, Miss ie Gury, Mra. M. J. Wyckoff, Mrs. Eugenie er. Miss Tabler, Mrs. 8. A. “Hansell, Mrs. McK. Hoover, Mra. Annie Garrison, Mrs. tclia Howgate, Miss Howgate, Mrs. Emma J. Partridge, Miss Partridge. Their badge is the very handsome one al- ways used by this corps, being of light blue and silver and bearing a handsome cut of the Capitol. Abont thirty of the ladies, including Miss Clara Barton, will stop at their headquarters, which will be the largest and most commodi- | ous of any in Detroit, being the entire chapel of the First Baptist Church, corner of Baggs street and Cass avenue an; Cass Park. ining room, and ch asonce eaten will insure future visi Friends of the corps will always be welcome. A large house adjoining has been fitted up with sleeping accommodations and the chapel room, 40x75 feet, will be used exclusively as a head- quarters and reception room. The ladies will eive” each day from 6to 9 o'clock p.m., and some of the members will be present at ail times to receive and welcome visitors. May stationery, city directories, &c., will be in office and all conveniences for writing letters or the information of strangers will be pro- vided. Of course there will be included Wash- badges, papers, circulars, &c. The sovenirs of Potomac corps are particularly handsome and bear the motto, “Potomac Re- lief Corps offers a cordial invitation and warm welcome to Washington, D. C., in 1892." Their unique invitation cards bear the motto, “Wash- ington, D. C., 1892. The affections of the peo- ple center in the capital of the nation.” The headquarters will be handsomely deco- rated before the corps arrives and all in order for their reeeption at breakfast Monday morn- ing. In thi¢ handsome manner has the corps fulfilled its pledge given some weeks ago “to cio all in its power to secure the acceptance of the invitation for the encampment of 1892 to meet in this city.” and equally quietly and un- ostentatiously, but thoroughly, will they doubtless meet the rest of it, “to use its utmost endeavors to properly provide for the comfort of our guests when they arrive.” This corps has expended $5,398.26 since its organization less than five years ago. One thousand two hundred and ‘seventy-five per- sons have been assisted with food and clothing and 1,646 visits have been made by the relief committee. It now numbers 306 members, a gain of 118 since the Boeton convention. ‘The corps was never in @ more prosperous condition, and has been brought to its present high position by years of hard work and un- selfish devotion on the part of its members. ¥ have the entire confidence and support of the prominent G.A.R. men of this city. WILL Go ToxIGHT. Among the Grand Army men and their friends going on the Pennsylvania special lear- ing at 740 this evening are the following: Capt. Jones and Mrs. Jones, L. B. Stine and wife, Mr. and Mra Newton H. Fi E. G. Torrey, J. W. Babbitt. F.C. D. Pat iss Etizabeth Hartman, Miss Clara . J.P. Lee, Grant Sims, M. Shots- Hofford, W. S. Puckman. John P. A. Moreland, C. C. Weber. B. P. Murray Miss Blanche Spates, Miss Corg Meyer, 8. V. Peck, R. H. Hardman,’ C. N. Warfén, Mr. Ennis, C. A. Bretow, K. Whitae: B. H. Brockway and mother, iss Somerville, Miss Davis,’ C. tte, Miss Gilletie, S. 8’ Simmons. J. J. isl: and family, Capt. Henry Filler aud wife, Prof. Jerome Uni, wife and ‘son, John Finn, Mr. Barksdale, Mr. Fellows, Miss 'C. F. Mo rison, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hughes, Miss Hughes, J. M. Smith, Mr. Griswold, Geo. A. White, Mra. J. H. MeLeod, Mrs. H. Mf. Astell, E. Shaffer, L. P. Goodrich, A. P. Boque, Geo. 0. Burke and fe, Mrs. M. G. Fleet. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wik bur, R.R. Browner, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Russ. Mr.'and Mra. A. J. Hodges, H. D. Knapp, Mise Maggie Roe, J. W. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Williams, D.“P. MeCornack, E. 8. McCleary, John W. Shaw, E. W. Astell, Geo. E. Carson, Past Department Commander E. Shuille. John ‘A. Rawlins Post, No. i will have « ial car. The following will be in the party: Capt, J. W, F.. Wiliams W. D. Mack, Joba Crawford, Col. M.E. Urell, Capt. Dennis 0'Con- nor, J. Jester, T. ‘L. Matchett, Judson Knight, Morris Murphy, Capt. Chapman, Henry Jenkins, Geo. W. Keith, Robert McDonald, Pat- rick Moore, J. L. Sims, Wm. Smith, Thomas Reed, M. A. Dillon, A- M. Ackerman, T. R. Sheppard, U.S. Lowdermilk, James kt. Dur- bam, Lieut, McEwen, Chas, E. Bord, Capt. A Hamilton, Geo. Ennis, Col. Harry Jenks, Hugh Lyons, A. P. Bogue, M. D., 8. 8. Simonds, Mrs. Moore and danghter, Miss Daisie Towne, Grant Sima, W. S. Tappan, W. H. Sleeper, Geo. R. Brandon and daughters, Capt. Daniel E. Barrett, Charles N. Warren, Prof. Berryman, post artist. Phil Sheridan Post, No. 14, will occupy car D. The party. will consist of T. D. Yeager. commander; W. W. Fierce, 8. V. commander, and daughter; Gen. Ira C. Abbott and wife, Gen. D. T. Kirby, Gen. E. B. Payne, Col. J. C. De Patron and. wife, Col. William Irving and wife and son, Capt. H. E. Burton and wife, Capt. F.C. Jones and wife, Dr. J. W. Shively and family, Dr. J. F. Raub and family, Thomas J. shannon, Dr. A. H. Thompson, Mrs. M. A. MeDvnald and son, John C. Welden, G. H. Robertson, George’ V. Jennings, William N. Harder, Major J. G. Greenawalt, Edward Cor- by eer ‘The following party will go in car B: N. W. Barksdale, Harry A Fellows, Mr. Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. Stein, J. Q. Gunson and daugh- ter. J. H. Tibbetts, Fred C. — sp rte, lopkins, Z. D. Patterson, P. A. Auer, Chas. W. Egan, Miss Zappone, Mra. McLoud, nm, D.’P. MeCornack, Mr. Moore, O. Appersot Mise Mary C. Murphy. Misa Ca San- ford W. Smith, Geo. F. O'Hare, E. H. Brown and wife, E.C. Moore and daughter, H. D. Kaapp and wife, G. W. Moi Eston, Mr. Clark'sod John ren? bys di 10 START TOMORROW MOBXIXG. Among those booked today for the Baltimore and Ohio or Department of the Potomac train [hich leaves tomorrow morning were the fol- lowing: Capt. James M. Pipes, department com- | mander; Capt. William “Gibson, Gen’ °C a), departmeut commander of Texas, George H. French, national council of = istration; A. 3. Taber, junior vice at 9 o'clock, arriving in Detroit im twenty-five boura, ‘The O14 Gused will serve at the encampment 6 the escort of the * commander of ball of the Fairbanks Post during its Dewait. In the parade on Tuesday it | partment commander; Miss G. F. Snow, Mise | Katie Seymour. Lorin R. L. Smith and wife, Col. Charles P. Lincoln, past department com- mander; Mrs. Joanna Turner, past department president W. RB. C.; Maj. pay master U. S&S. M. C; Maj. L. P. Willi ost and_nation commander of Lincoln secretary of the Prisoners of War Asso- ciation: Miss roy E. J. Bachman, ; G- W. Fairweather, E. A. Saunders, Capt. Robt. Armour, M. A. Watson, W. Brewer and wife. J. 8. Garrison and wife, Capt. C. M. Meredith, chief of the bureau of engraving and printing; W. 8. Odell, fost, department commander; Capt. J. Wyckoff and wife. Miss J. Montgom- ery, L.C. Gury and wife, W. H. Hoover and wile, Capt. Patrick O'Farrell, wife and son, ‘Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Boynton, Arthur Hendricks, Mrs. Ida V. Hendricks, department president W. R. C.; Mrs. Newell, Mrs. Beaverstock. Mra. Peck, Mrs. Petty, Mrs. Strick- Mrs. Bowen ‘and son, Mrs. Neal, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Barnes, Mra Van Doren, Mrs. Durtee, Mr. and Mrs. Bayne, Mr. Vanderhoff, Mr. Nathan Bickford. commander of Burnside Post; J. B. Gilfillan, John A. Donald, Chas. Harris, Chas. McCaffrey, J. C. 8. Burger, W. H. Fuss, J. H. Hopkins, R. Bennett, P. Coleman, W. P. Colliday. P. M. Exley, T. J. Burrill, Wm. W. Chambers, Capt. Bolliuger, Thos. Montgomery, James Mulloy. Col. Childs, Mrs. Howgate and daughter, E. M. Clark, irs. Smith, Mrs. E. Briggs, L. Towers, tt: Agnes N. Geiger, F. F. Parmer, Mrs. Har- ugh, Bisbee, Samuel Hodgkins and family. — es THE COAL OIL QUESTION. ‘Mr, Justh Finds the World Cold—A House- keeper's Experience. “I published last week in your paper,” writes Mr. E. 8. Justh to Tae Sran, “‘an article on different ways coal oil can be made use of. And as I published that I would give any in- formation I could free of charge, I expected that my little shanty would not hold the num- ber of people that would call. But not one came. I wentto the park commissioners and of- fered my remedy to exterminate the caterpil- | lars. They accepted my offer, but unfortu- nately the city does not contain one caterpilla: They expect new arrivals shortly and will then try my remedy. “I visited the board of health and offered my remedy as aheaith-giver and preserver, but T found those gentlemen in ery bad humor. I next called on a chief physician of one of our = hospitals, but he promised tosee me again. I then called upon another physician, where I had better luck, as he was not at home. “I sent a copy of the article to a scientific | journal, but did not receive an answer. But still I did not give up hope. Isent a copy to ‘Mr. Rockefeller, thinking that if any persgn did understand’ anything about coal oil American coal oil king would, but still no answer. These are ail facts. Then I began to feel my pulse and I could not find whether it beat or not. I sent for a physician, and he said my pulse was normal; but I disagreed with him and asked him to be kind enough to smell | of it. After smelling three times he discovered an odor of coal oil, but said the case was not a dangerous one, and would soon be over. “I then went to my best American friend and informed him what bad happened to the. He repliea: ‘My dear friend, lam sorry that you did not call upon me for advice before. I would have told you in a minute that the result would | besuch as you found it. You say you can de- stroy with coal oil the grape louse. What do we Americans care for that? If the grape louse destroys all the vines in the world we can easily help ourselves by drinking adulterated beer and bad whisky. “You say you can destroy the potato bug. What do we care if the potato | bug destroys several million bushels of pota- | toes? We eat corn bread and muttonand if | must be, lamb. ‘ou destroy the grasshopper. Let them come: they will find so much to est in our land that they will overeat themselves and die of in- digestion. But if you would speculate on the safe side, and I tell you this American, there are but four ways to do it, namely, horse racing, base ball playing, prize fighting and polities. “‘Could_you make with the aid of coal ofl s race horse run a quarter of a minute faster than another ora batter strike a ball with a force oné ton stronger than another. Or if you could give guarantee enough that if a man drink one-half gallon of coal oil per day for a year that he would be able to knock Sullivan out; or if you could with the help of coal oil elect aldermen, councilmen, &c., &¢.. &c., then it would take one-balf of the Washington police force to keep your house from being | overrun and coal oil would become of higher value than its weight in gold.” After I heard this I told him the next time I would try to be wiser.” That Mr. Justh’s efforts in behalf of buman- | ity have not been wholly unavailing the follow- ing letter received by Tux Stan from a lady in Cleveland will show: “I would like to add the weight of my testimony in regard to the efi- | cacy of coal oil as an insect destroyer, which | has been recommended by E. 8. Justh, esq. I have been driven almost to distraction this sum- mer by flies, especially in my pantry. Daily battles with them did not have the least effect on the persistent little pests. ‘They would return with redoubled energy for another at- tack and with a settled determination to ‘hold the fort.’ “The suggestion of Mr. Justh, like a scintilla- ion from your bright Stax, which regularly ights our home, came to my relief and I imme- diately put the coal oil remedy to a test. A tin plate, with a generous supply of oil, was placed on the shelf (my mind at the same time being filled with doubt as to the result), and gteat was my surprise and gratification on entering the pantry afew hours later to find nota fy. They were completely routed and putto fight. I made a similar trial in the dining room, with the same result. There is no unpleasant odor from the oil perceptible about the house.” ——— G. A. R. Orrictaz Rovte to Dernort va B. axp O. R.R.. Rertrxixe via NracaRa FALis.— The R and O. R. R. having been designated as the“ofticial route to the Detroit encampment by the Department of the Potomac, the follow- ing tour has been arranged: A special train of stundard coaches and Pullman sleeping cars will leave B. and O. station, Washington, at 9 a. m., Sunday, August 2, arriving at Detroit at 10a. m. the following ‘day. Returning train will leave Detroit at 10 p. m. Friday, August 7, arrive at Niagara Falls 6:30 a.m,’ Saturday, August 8, where the day will be spent in sight seeing. Leaving Niagara Falls at 8:20 p.m., Saturday, August 8 arrive in Washington 5:43 Rim, Sunday, August 9. Round-trip fare from Vashington, $14.25. The tickets will aiso be | valid for return passage on regular trains until August 18, inclusive, and those who wish to still further prolong their stuy at Detroit can secure an extension of limit until September 30 by depositing the return portion of the ticket with R. E. Downing, the joint agent of the terminal lines at Detroit. For tickets, sleeping car space and informa- tion in detail call upoa— John C. 8. Burger, chief mustering officer, chairman; John P. Church, assistant adjutant eneral, secretary; A. F. Dinsmore, senior vice jepartment commander: M. T. Anderson, as- sistant quartermaster general; A. H. Van Dev- sen, ‘ommander of Post 6, and G. C. Harris, post commander of Post 11. A representative of thix committee can be found at 1412 Penn- sylvaria avenue northwest from 7:30 to 9 o'clock each evening up to and including August 1. Take elevator to fourth tloor. x Or, lege, city passenger agent B. and 0. # B,, 1351 Peonsyivania evenus. ‘The special train, which will conve bers of the G. A. R., their families an mem- others et! Se Capt. Andrews Heard From. Capt. Andrews and his little boat have been heard from. On July 24 the captain was alive and sanguine that he would yet reach England Sasete, eltbecgi be bed barn aut feces" Boe: ton thirty days sud was still over 2,000 miles from his destination. Capt, Thos. Morgan of the steamship Sobreon arrived at Baltimore from Liverpool Thursday might and re that on July #4 he sighted « small boat ahead, Supposing it was © boat's crew from « abi wreck, he bore down upon it. To his astoniah- ment there was but oue man in the boat and he soemed perfectly at ease.» The man said he wus Capt, Andrews; that his boat wae the Mere Tuald. and that be hed started to race soross the ocean from Boston to Laud sEnd, England, with a bont tho same size called the Sea Serpont, Hebad been outthirty days. AstheBobrach was in, at 42.90, W. lon. 56-13, Capt. Androws and the Mermaid were about 2,146 miles from their destination. ¥ request the log book of the courageous eee thing, but ing. The . contained but little of in- long. terest. | Szation of the command, from a military stand- The Sixth and Third Battalions to Go Into Camp. DEPARTMENT SOLDIERS. 5 The Material of Which the Sixth is Com- posed—Its Officers and the Experience They Have Had—Preparations Made by the Third for a Successful Camp. The announcements heretofore made in THE Sran Of, the coming encampment of the sixth | or departmental battalion at Bay Ridge, Md., from August $ to 10, inclusive, have attracted such unusual attention and been provocative of agood many inquiries as to the organization and personnel of the battalion. ‘The idea of a departmental battalion, Ifke all else associated with the National Guard of the District of Columbia, originated with Gen. Al- bert Ordway. Among his earliest plans looking tothe adequate protection of the city in the event of local disturbance was that of assign- ing tocertain organizations the special duty of loying upon the departmental buildings, with a view to holding them until such time as they might be relieved by the regular troops. The manifest propriety of assigning to such duty those organizations whose members sessed some acquaintance with the halls, corri- dors and apartments of such buildings was seli-evident. To such men could be more properly confided the duty of guarding the public property and records, from their dai acquaintance with the ‘buildings, than to other troops who possessed ‘neither the knowledge nor the personal inter- est necessary to specially quclify them fo1 that service. Employed in the four large: departmental buildings in Washington th are probably three thousand men within the ages of military eligibility. One man out of every ten of ‘this force, properly trained, organized and disciplined, armed and equipped for instant service, might, in the moment of danger, save to the government millions of roperty and preserve from destruction tons of jocuments and papers whose value is simply incalculable. Could such a force be organized without disturbing other military organizations whose membership was largely departmental employes? Would meet with the co-operation of the heads of departments and other government officials and a satisfactory recognition on the part of the publics Would the men themselves prove willig to voluntarily associate themselves under military discipline, without hope of reward, for a purpose so foreign to their obligations as clerks and messengers? ‘The solution of these problems by the indefatigable exertions of the head of the National Guard of the District is exemplified today in the exist- ence of the “departmental battulion.”” ITS ORGANIZATION. ‘The battalion was duly organizeand beeame an integral part of the National Guard in pur- suance to general orders No. 9, headquarters D. C. M., dated April 22, 1889. The companies composing it at that time were the Post Office and Interior Guards, assigned as company A, and the Treasury igned as company mpany known as the les_was assigned under the designation of company C. ‘These three com- panies continue to form to the present time the battalion organization. Any number of oppor- tunities have presented themselves of securing a fonrth company to fally complete the orga: point, but considerations of a more or less politic nature have so far intervened to prevent their consummation. It is conceded, however, that at no distant day the full complement of companies will be enrolled under the beat bh tif banner of the sixth bi talion. As an organization the battalion perticipated in its first camp — Inst summer at Fort Washington, as apart of the District brigade. The good order maintained at that time, the attention given to military duty and the deportment of its officers and | men elicited favorable comment in the press | accounts of the day. Every parade or other | feature of military duty which the sixth has been called upon to perform since its organiza- tion has been cheerfully attended and service faithfully rendered with that conscientious ob- ser of obedience to orders which consti- tutes the trne soldier. What is known as the ‘Battalion Trophy,’ a hnadsomely engraved shield, presented by the commanding officer of the second regiment, D. C. N. G., for _excel~ lence in rifle shooting, has been won twice by the rifle team of the battalion, the only two occasions upon which it has ‘been contested for. Upon removing to their new quarters in the Second Regiment Armory, Center Market building, the battalion gave its frieuds a recep- tion and ball and kept open house on the even- ing of March 21, 1890. The affair was a great succes# and was attended by many prominent persons in military and civil life, FIELD AND STAFF. This necessary adjunct to the success of a military organization is most happily repre- sentéd in the sixth battalion. Composed en- tirely of persons connected with the govern- ment service in various capacities, who. bring to the provecution of their military duties in their respective spheres the sume methodical habits and perfect system which is so pre-emi- nently interwoven with official life in the de- partments, they form a combination which is at once productive of respect and confidence, and which faithfully exemplifies the old adage, “In union there is strength.” MAJ. BARTLETT. Maj. George A. Bartictt, the commandit officer of the sixth battslion, was born in King- ston, N. H., on April 23, 1841. He attended the ordinary schools of his native village until hie sixteenth year, when he took a courso at tho Kingston Academy. at that time the princi institution of learning in that section of state. Upon graduating he left his native state and settled at Lawrence, Mass. where he en- gaged in business, connecting himself shortly after his arrival with the Lawrence Light In- fantry. It will be remembered that this corps formed a part of the old sixth Massachusetts, which met with so unfortunate an experience on its march through Bultimore on that memo- | rable day in April, 1861. Owing to his being a junior member he was obliged to give way to the older members of his company and hence was not with his command on this occasion. But th 1g soldier was not to be deprived of the right to fight for his country’s liberties, and hence on May 20, 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Rolf's company, which was made up of the remaining junior members of the old organization, and started for the front. On July 5, 1865, after partici- pating in many of those great engagements which form so conspicuous a part of the na- tion's history, he was mustered out of the serv- ice by reason of the consolidation of his regi- ment with another. Being the senior officer in rank at the time of the consolidation he was given the privilege of remaining in the service or resigning, and chose the latter, preferring the pursuits of civil life, now that the country no louger needed his assistance us a soldier. For several years after the war he engaged in commercial occupations, until, in March, 1873, he was appointed to a position ‘in the Treasury Department. In June, 1881, he was promoted by Secretary Windom’ to the responsible and exacting position of general disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department, which position he still occupies. In February, 1889, upon the or- ganization of the Treasury Guard, he was unanimously elected its captain, and in Octo- ber, 1889, was promoted to be’ major of the sixth battalion. His pleasant and agreeable manners, fine executive and military capacity and the interest displayed byhim in ail matters pertaining to his command have endeared jj. Bartlett to his officers and men to an un- ual degree. ay ust ADJUTANT M’DOWELL: vember 28, 1865, near Frodericksburg, Va, am the heart of ‘the great battle fields of the late war. His father was lieuten- ant captain and finally major in she tenth Virgii beginni cavalry, C. 8. A., and served from the to the end of the great struggle with ton and Fitz Lee. He was treets of Hagerstown, Md., it cut through Gen. Kilpat- rick’s advance column on the retreat from Alexander B. McDowell was born on No- to QUARTERMASTER PARsoNe. Lieut. Parsons first saw the light of day on June 22, 1858, in the monamental city. During the war his parents removed to the eastern shore of Virginia, but he returned to Baltimore late in the sixties to complete his education, graduating at the Baltimore City College im the summer of 1870. He enlisted in the navy shortly atter hie graduation and served as a petty officer in that branch of the service until December, 1976, when he was honorably disci and appointed toa position in the United States coast survey. After much service, afloat and ashore, he finally cast anchor in the disbursing office of thesurvey in the month of March, 1883. Since that time he gradually received promotion until, in December, 1889. he was ap- Pointed disbursing agenvof the United States coast and geodetic survey by Secretary Windom, which position he now fills with credit to him- self nnd the interests intrusted to bis On October 30, 1889, he was commissioned by President Harrison as first lieutenant and the sixth battalion, to fill an original vacancy. He also carries commissions from Presidente Arthur and Cleveland as notary public of the District of Columbia. In 1869, when only sixteen years old, he became = member of the famous fifth Maryland regi- ment and during his periods of duty ashore gave constant and faithful attention tohis mili- tary duttes until 1876, when he resi Lieut. Parsons is indefatigable in his attention to his duties as quartermaster of the battalion and has made many friends by his courteous and affable mannece. . SURGEON WoopMAN. Francis Joseph Woodman, A. B., M. D., son. of Joseph and Sarah Le Gros Woodman, and a native of the old granite state, was born at Great Fulls, August 7, 1851. His great grand- father, both on his father’s and mother’s side, Participated in the struggle for American inde- pendence, while his grandfather, Le Gros, par- Heipated in the war of 1812. raduate of the Great Falls High School and of ¢ Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and re- ceived the degree of A.'B. and M. D. from Yale and Columbian Universities, respectively. For avout three years after his graduation from Yale he was engaged as business manager of the Great Falls Pree Press Company. Since 1879 he has held various positions in the ponsion bureau and is now a medical examiner in that office. He was commissioned by the President as first lieutenant and surgeon of the sixth bat- talion on October 31, 1889. ‘The surgeon is a Great favorite with "the boys, and especially about camp time, when his professional ser- vices become peculiarly gratifying in more ways than one. INSPECTOR &. P. VALE. Liout. Vale has » reputation a3» marksman of whichany man might be proud. Since his connection with the sixth battalion he has la- bored day and night assiduously in his special department and the result of his efforts is plainly manifest in the possession by the bat- lion of the trophy donated by the command - ing officer of the regiment. Lieut. Vale was a member of the National Rifles’ rifle team in the match against the Washington Light Infantry and the Alexandria Light Infantry. He was also on the team which the Washington Light Infantry defeated at Ivy City, but he was with the winners when the Rifles shot against the New Jersey team at Cape May. He was a mem- ber of the victorious lifes’ drill team when it competed on the plaza east of the Capitol with teams from the Washington Light Infantry and the Scranton Guards of Pennsylvania, He was one of the original char- ter members of the reorganized National Rifles, but resigned in 1886 and for a time was not as- sociated with military matters. In February. 1800, he was commissioned first lieutenant and inspector of rifle practice of the sixth battalion. Licut. Vale was a member of the brigade team which won the Hilton trophy at Creedmoor last fall and whose reception in Washington upon their return created so much enthusiasm in the National Guard and among the citizen generally. Lieut. Vale possesses attractive qualities as an officer and s gentleman aud is a great favorite. The non-commissioned staff of the battalion is composed of Bennett B. 8. Phillips, sergeant major, employed at the patent office: Hichard J. Donnelly, quartermaster sergeant, of the War Department; Edward Berryhill, color ser- geant, sixth auditor's office: Edward M. Taber, hospital steward, pension office, and Victor E. Watkins and Thomas Crowley, right and left general guides, Treasury Department. These gentlemen are deserving of all praise for the intelligent and soldier-like manner in which they perform the many duties assigned to them. CAPT. WALKER. Capt. Bartow L. Walker, the commanding officer of company A, was born in Alabama on November 90, 1860. He graduated at the A. and M. College of that state in 1881 with the degree of civil engineer, and shortly afterward was elected chief exigineer of the S. W. Ga. KB. Subsequently, at a competitive examination, in which there were seventy-four caudidates, he successfully competed for and obtained ‘the appointment of cadet to the West Point Mili- tary Academy from the third district of Ala batna. After two years’ service at the academy he resigned and entered the signal service of the army witha view to being detached for duty with the Greely exploring expedition. Not being selected he continued his service in the signal corps until his time had expired, when he located in this city and became a suc- ceasful dealer in real estate. He was elected captain of company A some few months since and shortly afterward received his commission from the President. The company is to be congratulated upon its selection of o capable an officer. Lieuts. Smoot and MeCauley are the efficient assistants of Capt. Walker. The following named men, among others, will go into camp at Bay Ridge: Sergts. Moore, Spen- cer, Stevenson. and Whipp, Corporal May, Fr vates Sollcrs, Kent, Miller, Stanley, Ruppert, Willeke, Rees, Dawson, Rawles, Beazier, Tal- madge, Woodson and Hennan. CAPT. BASSETT. Capt. Jesse M. Bassett was born in Washing- ton city in 1851 and was educated in the public schools. In 1871 the Washington Light Infantry (company A) was organized, of which he be- came an active member and rose to the posi- tion of first sergeant. In 1880, with a number of other members of company A, he resigned and reorganized the National Rifles, of which company he remained a lieutenant for several years. Capt. Bassett is a clerk in the United States treasurer's office, where he has been con- stantly employed since 1867. Lieuta. Tomlinson and Mooro are the right and left bowers of Capt. Bassett in the “management of com- pany Among others, the following named members of company B will gointo camp: First Sorgeant 5. F. Marsden, Sergeants W. E. Bucll, BW, Smith, Otto Simonson, T. J. Lewis, Corporals Theo. Lang. B. F. Odell, W. 8. Davenport, Privates Ellsworth, Flick, Glover, Garrett, Holtz, Loeftier, Lang, McClain, Nichols, North, Poynton, Rosser, Sliney, Stewartand Thompson. CAPT. WILEON. Capt. Frederick T. Wilson, the present com- manding officer of the War Department Rifles, isa native of Massachusetts and commenced his military record in his thirteenth year as a cadet of the Boston High School yeginent serving for # period during the latter part of the civil war in a Mossachusett regiment and later an an officer of the state militia. He then entered the army, wherehe served hon- orably for the following ‘three years, and was harged to accept the civil appointment of chief clerk of the department of Texas, at San Antonio, which he held until appointed to the War Department. He has asisted in raising and organizing no less than five militia comps: nies in his own and other states, andas theeditor and proprietor of the United States Mili List for several years has perhaps as exten an acquaintance with National Guard men and matters as any officer in the service. The first lieutenant of this company is Dr. Andrew J-Brown, the well-known dentist of @ street and the second lieutenant ie James T. Sim; of the Tronsury Department, one of the best knownand most energetic officers fn the 1880; ipated in cam) rm Nez Pereceathd Bannock Indians ia isi and "28; clerk in pension office since 1882; appointed first peepee prom: wowed when company was 5 captain of same’ November. 1889. Livat. Riche Lockie ably assists Capt, Riley. Among others the following members of company B, fourth battalion, will accompany the sixth into camp: Sergts. Salmon, Goodwin, Horrigan; Corph. Gibbs, Swearingen, Carraway; Privates Baumgarten, Babcock, Cooke, Fitzbugh, Lichty, Hacper, Pleas, Atkimon,- Kennedy, Townsend, ten. ‘THE THIBD BATTALION. The veteran third battalion, D. C. N. G., have sbout completed their arrangements for their camp at Colonial Beach, commencing August Sand ending August 10. Quartermaster Ser- geant Aughinbaugh and several of the mem- bers leave on this evening’s boat to put the finishing touches to the preparations for what promises to be the most successful camp of the searon. Tho quartermaster and the commis- sary officer, together with a detail, are already there, and on their way stopped st Fort Wash- ington toget the necessary tents for the accom- modation of the command. Everything will be in readiness when the steamer afrives with the battalion. Maj. Harrison expects to carry fully 150 men down with him, and will also be accompanied by Capt. Costinett and hiv company; the Mer- chant Rifles (company B, sixth battalion). The Kit Carson Drum Corps will furnish the music. In addition the battalion will also carvy several invited guests, officers and non-commissioned officers of other battalions and regiments. ‘The camp will be laid out well up irom the beach and the company streets will be = pendicular to the road and the river. name will be Camp Harrison. The order of the day will be as follows: Reveille, 5:45; fatigue, 5:50; mese (breakfast), 6: drill, ; i, 8; sick, 8:15; guard mounting, 9; mess dinner), 12; parade and review, retreat, ; mess (supper), 6:45; tattoo, 10:90; taps, 11. The detail for camp is as follows: Post quarter- master, First Lieut. W. H. Myers; post com- mii Second Licut. 0. 1. Suess; post sur- geon, First Lieut. 8. A. H. McKim’ post ord- Rance officer, First Lieut. J. M. Steward. ‘These officers will be recognized as comprising ‘Maj. Harrison's staff, such being their the command. * (THE BUSTLE OF PREPARATION. At the armory last night the bustle of prep- eration was everywhere apparent. Uniforms and equipments were being gone over and put in condition. Much that was unserviceable ‘was brought to light and the proper =e of good articles will be made therefor. master spirit of the whole convention was Capt. Simmons, in which he was ably seconded by the sergeant major. Maj. Harrison was on hand and viewed the preparations with ap- parent pleasure. The major is business clear throngh, and so are his boys, every one of them. They have all been through this thing before and know what to expect. Numerous stave discussions were up on the score of the omnipresent “jigger” and his destruction. Capture him you cannot. The surgeon will be & popular man when the “Jigger” crawls out of the blackberry bushes aud buries himself in the hide of t*» militiaman. Then comes rubbing with kerosene and all manner of liquids in the hope of making him let go. "he command is ordered to assemble at the srmory on Monday morning at 7 o'clock in rae lpenet order. Heavy marching order, for the guidance of the uninitiated, consists of “full kits and no extras,” as the veterans would say: otherwise each man, carries in addi- tion to his gun, from which he never willingly parts, his knapsack, with his woolen and rub- ber blankets strapped thereon, his haversack, tin cup and the inevitable canteen. In addi- tion thereto each man will wear certain laced- up brown canvas abominations known as leg- gins. Overcoats are shipped with the baggage, which ie in charge of the quartermaster and his assistants. ‘The order goes on to recite that each man will supply himself with white cotton gloves. Promptly at 7:30 the line will form and shortly thereafter the march will be taken up for the wharf of the steamer George Leary, which will be reached about 8 o'clock. The embarkation, will occur immediately thereafter, and when all is ready the Georg ‘Leary will steam out and duty will have com- menced. It will be remembered that Congress failed to provide funds for a brigade eamp thi year and all camp expenses are borne by the Tespective organizations. This has given rise toa number of minor camps, as follows: ‘The pe battery is now in campat Bay Ridge, where they will be succeeded on Monday by the sixth battalion: the Ordway Rifles the same day for Harper's Ferry. Thus city will be deprived for the next week of a good portion of its militia. THE FIBST GUARD. Upon arriving at the camp s short time will be given to settle down and at S o'clock guard will be mounted. Capt. Simmons will be offi- cer of the day and Lieut. Knockey officer of the guard. This detail will necessarily be a short one, as itwill only last until 9 o'clock the next morning, at which time the regular guard mounting will occur on each successive day. Instead of putting whole companies on guard, as has been the custom in the militia, it is pro- posed to follow the practice which obtains in the regular army of composing the guard of details from each company pro rata according to the | the number of men present for duty as shown by the morning reports. The camp will be one of instruction purely and simply, while allowing men all reasonable time for recreation. All members will be required to attend strictly to business. ‘The extended order drill will be practiced. Butts will be erected and rifle prac- tice will be a feature at the evening parade and review: every man except the sick confined to hospital and the relief on post, will be required to be in line,, In making this a feature Maj. Harrison has not overestimated the ardor of his men, as most of them are veterans who have served at the front, and who keep up an attend- ance at drills and ‘parade which puts some of their younger competitors to shame. ‘A PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY. ‘The Muses Grace were tendered a surprise party at their picturesque home on Minnesota avenue last night. Various games were en- joyed and nearly all those present contributed vocal o instrumental music. Dancing was in- dulged in and refreshments served. The visit- ors were Miss Sadie Mullen, Miss Kate Dantz, Miss Fannie Hawson, Miss Mary Beuchert, Mise Emma Boswell, Mr. Gunny King, Mr. L. Gamp- bell, Mr. Richard Lawrenson, Mr. Edward Rielly, Mr. Hansell, Mr. Jack Hurley and Miss Lizzie Hallen. The receiving party was com- pore of Miss Nellie Grace, Miss Maggie Grace, ir. Edward Grace and Mr. Charles Grace. Ii was late when the guests returned to Washing- ton. PLANS FOR 4 NEW CHURCH. A meeting of the vestry of Emmanuel Epis- copal Church was held Thursday night at the oftice of Dr. J. Stewart Harrison. Plans for and prospects of the new church were con- sidered. Those attending were Barnabas Bryan, A. B. Frisbie, N. R. 3.8. Har- rison and Jas. H. Goddard. NOTES. ‘Miss Mollie Mallen of Kansas is visiting the family of Mr. J. N. Minnix. Mrs. Geo. Buckler has returned from the (tains of Virginie in consequence ot the serious nese of lpr other, Mes Binnie legos ou Sy al after a de- Royal CLL ABSOLUTELY PURE Baki Powder TOTAL ABSTINENCE. | ‘The Great Convention of Catholic Temper- | ance Societies Next Week. DELEGATES REPRESENTING 800 DIFFERENT s0- CIETIES AXD A CONSTITUENCY OF OVER 50,000 | RXPECTED—HOW THEY WILL BE CARED FOR BY THE FATHER MATHEW SOCIETY OF Tus CITY. ‘The arrangements for the annual convention | of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union are | about compieted, and when the delegates reach here next Tuesday they will receive a cordial welcome. The members of the Father Mathew | Society in this city will be the hosts on this vc- | easton, and they intend to make the stay in this | eaty 60 pleasant that the delegates will want to | come again. The indications are that the ap- | Proaching convention will be one of the largest and most successful in the history of the union. Among the delegates appointed to represent the various local societies and diocesan unions | are many prominent in church and state. | The Ohio, Indiana and Illinois delegations will also come in large numbers. All the New England states will Le represented. The south | will also make a fine showing. In fact, every section of the country will be represented in | the convention. Among the features of the convention wi be the presence of the Pittsburg Pioneer | Tourist clusively of RIGHT HUNDRED SOCIETIES TO BE REPRESENTED. The convention is composed of delegates Tepresenting some 800 societiesand a cou- stituency of some 55,000 members. The union been in existence twenty-one vears and its prosperity is au evidence of the active interest which is taken in the temperance cause. A permanent monument of the union will be erected in the extablishment of a chair in the Catholic University, to be known as the Father Mathew chair. The sum of $50,000 is being raised as @ tribute to the life and labors of the great apostle of temperance. This will be worthy of the man thus honored and of the union which has made the establishment of such a chair possible. The cothmittee from the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society im charge of the ar- Tangements for the convention is as follows Edward Mullin, chairman; Kev. J. F. 3 W. F. Downey, Capt. John Ryan, Miss Emily | Semmes, Mrs.'E. M. O'Connor, “Miss Mabelle Fallin and John E. Doherty, president of the local society. | This evening a public meeting will be held in Carroll Institute Hall in the interests of the convention. Addresses will be delivered by Rey. Dr. Garrigan, vice rector of the Catholic | University of America, and Rev. Father Me- | Evoy of St. Augustine, Fla, Rev. Father Me- Gee, spiritual director of the Father Mathew Society, will preside. WHEN TRE DELEGATES ARRIVE. Upon the arrival of the delegates to the con- Vention in the city next Tuesday evening they will be escorted to the. hotels by committees | from the local societies. ‘The Arlington Hotel willbe the headquarters. The same evening the executive council of the union will meet at the Arlington Hotel, The Father Mathew memoriai committee will meet at the same time and place. The convention will be opened Wednesday at 8 o'clock a.m. in Lincoln Hall. After the transaction of pre liminary business tho delegates will proceed to St. Patrick's Church, where solemn hight will be celebrated by one of the reverend dele- | gates. Bishop Keaue will deliver the sermon. Avelect choir under the direction of Prof. Mariana Maina will furnish the music. After | mass the convention will reassemble. It is ex- pected that Cardiual Gibbons will welcome the delegates on the part of the archdiocese. Com- missioner Kose will welcome them on the part of the District Commissioners. In the evening reception will be beld in Carroll Hall, G street northwest. The ladies’ reception committee for thut occasion will comprise members of every purish in the city. WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT. Thursday the convention will assemble and | after prayer will adjourn to St. Patrick \4. lub, an organization composod ex- | ~ Chureb, where a solemn mass of requiem will be offered for the repore of the souls of de-| ceased members. At the conclusion of the mass the delegates will reassemble and transact the regular order of business. At the after- noon session officers for ensuing year will be | elected and time and place of holding the next | convention will be agreed on. Thursday evening a public meeting will be held in Lincoin Music Hallat Sp.m. Addresses will be made by some of the ablest advocates of | ‘oause. On Friday the delegates will be taken ons steamboat to Mt. Vernon. After spending an hour at Mt. Vernon the boat will cross over the river to Murshall Hall, where the delegates will be entertained with impromptu speceies and various field sports, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock the delegates: will be taken in carriages and other conv to Thomas E. Waggaman’s art gallery, ¥, which will be open through the kindness of Mr. Waggaman on that day. Afterward they will be driven to Georgetown College, where they will spend an hour or so in sightseeing. Leay- ing the college the carriages will be headed toward the Catholic University. passing through the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home. Upon ar- riving at the university they will be shown through the buildings. “The festivities of the day will close with collacion given by the uni- versity authorities. Springfield, Mass., will make an effort to se- cure the convention for 1892, and to that end Springfield Diocesar: Union has issued a special bulletin calling on all the societies in the dio- cese to send a fuli delegation to the convention. ——— ALEXANDEIA, The city superintentent 0? schools will open ! here next week the teache-s’ institute for the colored teachers of northern Virginia, and a considerable attendance from tide water Vir- ginia is expected. The superintendent will con- duct the institute, the various departments be- ing carried on by John F. Parker, W. B. Pinn and Sarah A. Gray, the principals of the colored schools here. 4 NUISANCE ABATED. ‘The city council has before it an ordinance introduced by Mr. Ballinger “for the better protection of society and to correct the morals of the city of Alexandria, Va.” The special de- sign of this act is to prohibit aud punich “street walking,” TEOOING THE CITY LIGHT. The retrenchment and reform st the city ligh$ works has been carried out by the com- mittee in charge, the new plans taking effect Mr. L. 8. Kerby, the electrician, bas orks. Engineer NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE Democrats Not Enthusiastic Over the Re- cent Nominations—General Notes. Rockvmne, July 81, 1891. Correapon tence of The I venine Star A double tournament for the benefit of Pe tomac Cornet Band took place yesterday efter- noon in Mrs. Harrison's grove near Potomee, Lich was attended uy @ iacge concourse of people of this county and the District. Good music for the occasion was furnished by the band and dancing was indulged in during the evening. Handsome prizes were awarded the snccossful knights, of whom the following en- tered the lists of the professionals: Joha Lynch, “Knight of Heriman:" Joe Harris, “Little y;" Bernard Gingle, “Bell's Mill” BE. EB. cabin John;” J. Shugurae, “Camp Jas. & Shugurue, “Georgetown.” Hon. Philip D. Laird delivered the charge to the knights, after which the riding commenced and resulted in placing E. E. Crockett, 1; J. Harris, 2; Jobn Lynch, 3, and Bernard Gingle, After the coronation address by Edward O. Peter the following young Indies were crowned: Miss Flora Dalzell of gotown, queen of love and beauty: Misses Maggie Leonbardt, Maud Lynch and Lillie Crown of the county, tuaids of honor. ter the conclusion of the professional tilt Tematenrs was inaugurated, the entries John Houser, Knight of Potomac; B. Ricketts, Way Lawrence Kirk, Glen Echo; Kobert Ston ston; John Curtin, Camp Twenty. In this tilt Robert Stone came out first, John Houser second, Johu Curtin third and B. Rickets fourth. Miss Lula Stone of Po- tomac was crowned queen, Miss Kuth Lynch first maid of honor, Miss Fmma Shaeffer of t Washington second, Miss Anna hickets Messrs. Robert Stom Jobu Lyneb ted as marshals for the nid the fee feeling ix exhibited vor the result does not seem to be of p down sticky kind that will stay with @ fellow during a whole season. There is m no doubt that the sixth congressional district from the iron beel of repub- The Brown nm from Allegany, acting under the Alliance bene- diction of Congressman-clect Mckuig al mes in for a sare of the not very good feel- ing engendered. The opening of the fall dramatieseason at the Town Hull tonight by the Hilda Vernon Com- pany was the occasion of a lange turnout of our citizens. These plays will be given at least | twice during each week of August and Septem ber, the troupe being permanently located here. Henry N. Copp bas just completed at West End Park the {nying of 300 additional yards of Pipe, being a portion of the water supply and drainage system of that subdivision. Dr. Chus. J. Maddox, this place, who was some weeks ago badly injured by an accident at the new court house, has during this week been in a very critical’ condition, but witha the past two days bas somewhat ee ay _> — NARKAGANSETT PIER. aT Ideal Seaside Weather—Pretty Girls and Stunning Costumes—Amusements, &e. Corresontence of The Evening Star. Nauxagaxserr Prex, R. L, July 30, 1891. Next week the season of gayetios will be et its height, but affairs at present are by mo means slow. The beach is thronged daily and many elegant toilets are displayed during the different events at the hotels and Casino. There is always something on the tapis; if it is nothop night at the Casino, then there are the concerts at the Mathewson or the delightfully gay sub- scription dances in the spacious new dining room of the Metatoxet. The Pier still holds its reputation for having a great nutaber of pretty girls who while away the summer bere. The Missos Brown of Washington are among the most attractive. Baltimore sends her quote. Mrs. Courtney O'Donnell, a young widow of great wealth and beauty, comes from the city of monuments, and all say she is just as charming as she is pretty. 2 ‘The hundsomest villa at Narragansett ts “Dunmere,” on Oc road, the property of R. G. Dunn of New York. There are three pluza-like elevations leading from the artificial lake to the ocean front of this cottage, and each is marked off by a Turkey red balus- trade, which,with the many fan shaped flower beds, give a bright richness to the smoothly shaved sward and heighten the Lenuty of as brilliant a bit of landscape decora- tion ss one could wih to sce. The mansion is situated on the brow of an eminence, led up to ‘on the west side by a wide staircase hewn out of the solid rock. Itsdull bluish tint makes an excellent background for a very pleasing icture. The bouse itself battles a precise Scecrigtion,bat the many windings of its oddly shaped turrets and apartments define numbers of smoothly drawn lines and curves where the eye becomes rested from every point of view. Narragansett bay can be surveyed from the front veranda, andon clear days Net distinctly visible. Looking out over at lantic Block Island is a mere «pec on the horl- zon and makesa picture to remember for @ lifetime. ‘The costumes on the beach are dally becom- ing more variegated. Two young ve been ially noticeable ‘for the past few They alw. ays appear together, both wear ing neat blue sailor suits, trimmed with « wide whito braid. One is from Chicago and the other is a daughter of some New York pro- fessor. One young lady has become a conspic~ uous figure by alighting on the beach (frou Be ‘one knows where) togged in a vivid suit of fan- nel s fowshades brighter than Turkey red. She bails from Philadelphia, but no one cam solve the problem how she gets on the . 7 H : & £ i Fifer Shiuk nothing of aki think not country, and no one doubts that rating sport agrees with them physically, and lovely complexions are ‘They are fearless riders, and th frame have yet to mount the horse not manage. Mrs. Sprague rides « chestnut, while her sister's favorite isa dark, step) ping bay. "Ete el edna leh a th Cag faces, stunning and le occasion. make an en, wore a i | | £ i | i : i ; i if i E et i it | H | | : H 7 | I | i 4 i i i i g i