Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1892, Page 9

——___— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, M. = IT WAS A GOOD THING How the District Soldiers View the Recent Consolidation. A MINIMUM OF OBJECTIONS. , Are Bound to Miscon- struc the Order—The Value of the New War ENERALLY, IN FACT with but a single excep- tion, the District Na- tional Guard looked with decided favor upon the consolidations which were effected by the order printed in Tus Stax on Saturday last. Everybody seemed to realize at once that the changes were brought about by neces- sities which had been @rident to a good many guardsmen for some time past. The exception was in the endeavor te bring about the consolidation of company C °f the fifth with company A of the fourth. Gen. Ordway felt satisfied that no more satis- factory combination could be made, so he ‘ordered it, but it soon became plain that one of the companies was oil while the other was Water, and they would not mix. The oil per- Sisted, naturally, in remaining on top. There ‘Was a consultation at brigade headquarters on Monday evening, and as.a result one paragraph @f the order was suspended. Another consoli- dation will be arranged, and then everybody ‘who bas any title to happiness will be happy. Let it be remembered, though, that there are some people who never can be bappy. Among these unfortunates, perhaps, is the in- dividual who wrote an anonymous letter to Tne Sran in which a ridiculous complaint was mad ‘The writer of the singular epistle, which is signed “Interested Citizen,” waxes indignant @ver the fact that the Sheridan Rifles were ordered to consolidate with the Emmet Guard. He argues that Gen. Sheridan was a more de- sirable man to follow than Robert Emmet, and for that reason, if consolidation was necessary, the Emmet Guard should have sunk its identity im the Sheridan Kifes. If the man who raised that ludicrous p»int of order will only come @ut into the open he will be laughed at from Row until Mar:a 17 next. The designations of individual compizies are not officially recog- nized in the guar. Tke Sheridan Rifles are simply company C, fifth battalion: the Emmet ons company A. fourth battalion. Every intelligent man in the brigade knows that and that is why the criticism lucks force. The ec- centric idea that Gen. Ordway came to bis con- solidating conclusions by weighing the re- tive merits of Gen. Sheridan and Robert mmet and declaring for the latter would be funny were it not for the fact that such de- plorable ignorance is too serious to be mizthiul over. Instructions have been issued from brigade headquarters to captains who have an imme- diate interest in the consolidations. Among the more important of these guide posts ix one bh may be appreciated by some of the men who were transferred with companies. Men who desire transfers to other commands will have ample opportunity to bring about needed personal changes. There will not be any effort fo compel a man to serve with a company be has joined by force of military law. Tbe non- commissioned officers who by reason of the consolidations have become supernumerary way be discharged if they so desire, otherwise they will go back to the ranks. THE BUREAU OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. One of the longest strides in advance ever taken by the War Department was made ap- parent in Tae Sram a few days since, when it was announced that Secretary Elkins had estab- lished a bureau of military intelligence. The work of the bureaa was clearly outlined and if the officer in charge of 1t ie avything of an enthusiast he will have iarge opportunities to ditingsich himself. National Guard workers ly begin to appreciate the im- ‘tance of the bureau. _ It is to collect all in- formation on National Guard matters and is in- tended to be the connecting official link be- tween the War Department and the volunteer | army. Strenuous endeavor is now being made by Gen. Schofield, Gen. Miles anda number of other active and leading army officers to bring about closer relations between the regular army and the greate: army which toils without any other recompense than a feeling of satisfied patriotism. advantages of the bureau as a collector of facts would be evident in case of international troubles. Some time before the Franco-Prussian war broke out two Prussian engineer officers disguised as wine merchants went to one of the big French cities and by careful observation succeeded in taking the measurements of a big bridge which was part of the highway to Paris. When the war came and the German troops reached that city the bridge, of course, was gone. In less than eday there was a uew bridge and the army crossed the river. Anticipating the destruc- tiongthe Germans had brought with them the necessary timbers and ironwork shaped to the proper sizes. The invading force could not have been delayed a week had every between Berlin and Paris been wrecked. Ie would have been different had the Germans been without a bureau of military intelligence. COMPETITIVE RIFLE PRACTICE. ‘The engineer corps had its monthly rifle prac- tice at 200 and $00 yards yesterday evening. To give more zest to the practice and asa little preliminary schooling in overcoming the nerv- ousness attending matches, Lieut. Thompson initiated a departure which may be found worthy of imitation—the adoption of the methous of the old-furbioued spelling match to rifle practice. The officer in charge selec twoas chiefs of squads, and whodraw lotefor first ehoice, when they choose alternately until all who are present are ranged as rival teams. Corp. Albertie had first choice and his team made the following record at 300 yards: Corp. Albertie, 45; Sergt Maj. Devine, 42: Corp. Dickey, 34; Shaw, 45; Voultney. ‘$1; Roberts (23-25). 47; Barrett, 35: Lieut. Thompson, 41. ‘otal, 390." Average, 20.6. Corp. Blazer had second choice and his team made the following record: Corp. Blazer, 44; Sergt. Hutterly. 43; Sergt. Edwards, 46: Young, 41; Scott, 44; Stambaugh, 46; Corp. Brighton, 89: Steevens, 98; total, 34 rage, 21.2 rangement is that the beginner have an equal inter- ing, as the sides in ability ‘hed, as was the case in this example of actual practice. HOW WOULD SEA GIRT Do? Should the Senate see fit to appropriate the ‘mail sum necessary for a camp Of instruetion this year it may be that the brigade will ma- neuver some distance from home. The agitation is already in motion, but its extent will be con- trolled by the rank and file. The pruposition— which comes from some of the members of the Fifle team which visited Sea Girt last year—is to have the brigade go into camp on the mag- Rificent grounds of the state of New Jersey. It w believed that the privilege could be secured without difficulty. The great obstruction in ‘the way of such a proposition (even if Congress '& camp appropriation) would be the item of transportation. ‘his would have to be borne by individuals: each man would neces- sarily have to go down in bis own pocket for railroad fare. It is quite probable that « 5 round-trip fare could be arranged for, so the tax would not be burden- some. The advantages of the Jersey camp are too well 'nown to need reiteration. cam; fia holiday, but it would be p is not a holiday, but it would be rather Pleasant expericnce ia such @ locality, et ™ ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL caDETE. Gen. Ordway would not be displeased it some of the many e1-High School Cadets would ‘organize s company and come into the National Guard. There are a great many of these young men scattered all time. Should there be such a company it would be the nucleus of a distinctive organi- zation—e High School battalion. It is extremely probable that the High School will in future be more closely associated ith the National Guard than they bave been ‘Some ema sane boys have been to enjoy ivileges of the ‘aud many of the officers of the nd are anxious that ‘the be accommodated. This may be all cut and | | dha regular 1 cent a round for their prac- NOTES. With the approach of spring—now not very far away—battalion commanders are beginning to figare on outdoor drills. Most of the com- Panies are progressit satisfactorily in the new regulations, and within a little while all of them will be fit to exhibit on the street. Some of the battalion commanders propose to ‘use up a conple of hours on May 30 with exer- cises that are not possible in even the biggest of drill halls. Riflemen are looking forward to the meeting in this city of several National Guard officers representing New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela. ware. Connecticut, Matyland, Virginia and the District. Gen. Bird W. Spencer of New Jersey is at the head of the movement, which, it is ex- pected, wili result in the organization and solid establishment of the eastern ritle association. Rifle practice for the coming week will be on the following sehedul Tuesday—Company D, fourth battalion. Friday—Companys B and D, first separate | battalion. Saturday—The general staff and the field and staff officers and non-commissioned staff of regiments. Lieut. Frank Murphy. company C, fifth bat- talion, has resigned his commission. Arrangements are now being made by which the ritle gallery will, after the first of next month, be open for general practice every evening when there is no company assigned. Maj. J. M. Pollard, who has been very near the dividing line between life and death, is now recovering slowly but satisfactorily. The major has been missed. as MR HILL'S SALARY AS SENATOR. If He Don't Take the Money It Will Go Into the Conscience Fund. There is one thing connected with Mr. Hill's refusal to accept pay as Senator for the time during which he retained the governorship which the Senator may not like. That is that the money when covered into the treasury will have to be credited to the conscience fund, which, as the name signifies, is money which having been received by fraud or in some other way improperly bas been returned to the gov- ernment to relieve the pricking conscience of the receiver. The fact that Mr. Hill did not receive the money at all does not take it out of this category, and there is no way of covering it into the treasury except to the credit of con- science. Mr. Hillis not the only Congressman who has refused to take money, but most of those who have done so have repented of their action and accepted it. When Congress passed au appropriation bill to reimburse members of the Hous® who had lost their salaries through the defaleation of the absconding teller, Mr. Sileott, a large number of the members who had voted against the bill declared with virtu- ous indignation that the House had no right to thus reimburse its members for their own neg- ligence and thet they would not accept one penny of the amounts alleged to be due them. They were confronted, however, with the an- nouncement that if they did not accept the money it would have to go into the conscience fund, a thing which secmed extremely dis- agreeable to them. That was sufficient to in- duce some of the reluctant ones to pocket their scruples and their money. A good many, how- ever, held persistently and reftised to present their drait, but today of all that number there is but one member who has lived up to his declaration. Some of them took a part of the money. which they argued that they could rly clanm, and refused the rest, but Mr. Mclea of Arkansas is the only man who has absolutely refused to take a penny of themoney and persisted in his refusal. A large majority of tke lower House are very prompt in drawing their pay as soon as it is due. Others, to avoid an appearance of ua- dignified haste, wait for three or four days or a week before presenting their drafts, but there are about ten men in the House who have to be almost compelled to take their money. A south- ern member, who was sick when the House opened and has been absent most of the ses- sion, had not drawn a penny of his salary from A CITY OF SCIENTISTS. Organisations in This City Devoted to the Star-Eyed Goddess. NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED RESIDENT ACTIVE MEM- ‘BERS—THE SIX SOCIETIES AND THE JOINT CoM- ‘MISSION—A ERIEF STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH EACH WAS ORGANIZED, If all the members of the scientific societies of Washington are so considered there are 684 scientists residing in thiscity. The total mem- bership of all the six societies is 1,229, but when proper allowance is made for the names of those who are members of two or more societies the net total number of persons is 962, of which number 278 are not residenta. In 1891 there were 851, in 1890 662 and in 1889 579. These figures take into account only the active membership. and are shown by the “Directory of Scientific Societies of Washing- ton” for 1892, just issued by the joint commis- sion. The societies are six in number: The Anthropological, the Biological, the Chemical, the Entomological, the National Geographic and the Philosophical. ‘The directory gives a little account of each society as follows: ANTAROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. “The Anthropological Society of Washing- ton” was organized;February 17, 1879, “‘to en- courage the study of the natural history of man, especially with reference to America.” There were 17 original members. The present membership is 31. classed as 214 active, 81 corresponding and 36 honorary members. ‘The society was incorporated December 13, 1887. It has published three volumes of Transactions, one volume of Abstract of Transactions and seventeen numbers of a quarterly journal en- titled The American Anthropologist. ‘The an- nual dues are $5, uad there is no admission r meetings of the society are held nd third ‘tuesdays of each month from November to May inclusive at 8 p.m. in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. Elec- tions are annual. Officers were elected Jan- uary 19, 1892, as follows: President. J- 1 ling; vice presidents, Garrick Mallery (section a), Lester F. Ward (section b), J. W. Powell (section c), O. T. Mason (section d): general secretary, Frank Baker: secretary to board of managers, Weston Flint; treasurer, Perry B. Pierce; curator, Henry W. Henshaw; coun- cilors, J. H. Gore, W. H. Holm D. 8. Lamb, W. J. MoGee, F. A. Seely, Thomas Wilson. BIOLOGICAL 6octETY. “The Biological Society of Washington” was organized December 3, 1880, “to encourage the study of the biological sciences and to the 4th of iast March until two or three days ago, and then it was with difficulty that he was induced to accept it. There were nine others sides himself who had not drawn their pay daring this period, and the sergeant-at-arms had to go to them and insist upon their taking the money in order to avoid complications in bookkeeping. They were told that if they did not take the money it would be covered back into the treasury and they would never get it at all except through the Court of Claims or by special legisiation. The sergeant-at-arms always has a large amount of money on hand belonging to mem- bers which has been receipted for by the mem- bers and for which the bondsmen of the ser- geant-at-arms are not responsible. When the sergeant-at-arms of the last House settled his accounts be turned into the treasury €20,000 more than the department had charged against him. ‘This money belonged to individual mem- bers who bad the vouchers for it, but had nev drawn it from the office, and it was only by ac- cident that it failed to be covered into the ‘treasury. —_—-2+—______ BONFIELD AND HIS MICROPHONE. How a Chicago Detective Listened to the ‘Boodler’s Plans. State's Attorney Longenecker said, regarding the testimony of Alderman Kunz before the grand jury yesterday: “Kunz can tell a great deal—in fact, we have so much incontrovertible evidence that he can doas he pleasesabout ver- ifying it. ‘The state's attorney seemed to have no doubt of the indictment of a number of the “city fathers,” forming a well-known organized ring, and the possibility that much larger fish would be caught in the net. The discovery is s11d to have been made by the detectives employed by the investigators that the “combine” met in a room in the rear of a saloon owned by a certain alderman for the division of the spoils or the planning of others and bagging #ehemes. Join Bontield, who is said to have done most of the work in the case, rented a room directly over that used by the “combine” as aclearing house. Through abole made in the ceiling, and a microphone connecting with the interior of the lower room, the ex-chief of detectives saw and heard every- thing that transpired below him. Shorthand reports of the scene and conversations were made by thedetective’s assistant, whosat beside him while taxing observations. In addition to this 3 i seid that disappointed political ambition has had considerable to do with the expose. Two aldermen—oue a repub- lican and the other # democrat—were turned down by their respective parties at the recent primaries and in Tevenge are divulging the se- crets of the gang. Alderman Roth was defeated for renomina- d a report was current yesterday that m largely the inception of the investiga- tion was due. He was said to have received £1,000 in two bills of 2500 each in the retiring room of the council chamber or the Sherman House on the night of the passage of ‘the Eco- nomic Gus ordinance. ‘The story is that he kept the money, voted “yea” and then wilted. He subsequently gave up the money and told of othertransactions that had come to bis knowledge. —_—<ee—____ WILL SEND ANOTHER SHIP, The Conemaugh Will Foliow the Indiana on a Similar Errand. The executive committee of the Russian Re- lief Association held an executive session yes- terday afternoon im the office of Mayor Stuart im Philadelphia and decided to send another vessel loaded with a cargo of food to the fam- ishing Russians. A commanication was received from Clement A. Griscom, president of the International Navigation Company. offering the association the use of the steamship Conemaugh. The offer of Mr. Griscom was accepted gratefully by the committee. ‘The following cablegram was received by the mayor from Mr. Blankenburg in St. Peters- bar, Drexel and Biddle reached Liban tonight. Tleave for famine districts Monday. Indiana discharging. First train, twenty-seven car loads, left Liban last mght. Locomotive deco- rated with Russian and American flage In- tense enthusiasm. Suggestions or instructions reach me here. ‘The folowing m was sent to Messrs. Blankenburg, Drexel and Biddle, the commis- sioners in Russia: Committee just decided to ship second cargo of flour from the port of Philadelphia Wedues- = 13, Steamship Cone- President Hastings of the Stirling Coal Com- pany offered to cont the C Fame conditions as the Indiaus. “The referred to the committee on hold meetings at which papers shall be read and discussed.” There were forty- five original members. present membership is classed as 149 active and twenty-seven corespouding members. The society is not incorporated. It has published six volumes of proceedings. The annual dues are $3; the entrance fee is $1. ‘The society meets on alternate Saturdays from October to May at8p.m. in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. Elections are annual. Officers were elected January 9, 1892, as follows: President, @. Hart Merriam: residents, Frank Baker, C. V. Riley, tathbun, C. D. Walcott; recording see F. V. "Coville; corresponding secretary Frederic A. Lucas; treasurer, F. H. Knowlton; councilors, ‘T. H. Bean, L. 0. Howard, T. 8. Palmer, Theobald Smith, F. W. ‘True; past presidents and ex-ofticio mem! of the council: Theo. N. Gill, 1881, 1882; Chas, White, 1883, 1884; G. Brown Good 835, 18° W. H. Dall, 1887, 1888; Lester F. Ward, 18¥9, 1890. CHEMICAL socrerY. “The Chemical Society of Washington” was organized January 31, 1884, for the “cultiva- tion of chemical science, pure and applied.” ‘There were thirty-one original members. ‘The present membership is nincty, classed as seventy-three active or resident and seventeen absent or non-resident. The society 1s not in- corporated. It has published seven bulletins. ‘The annual dues are $2 and there is no entrance fee. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month from November to May, in- clusive, at 8 p.m., in the assombly hall of ‘the Cosmos Clab. Elections are annual. Officers were elected January 14, 1892, as follows: President, T. M. Chatard; vice presidents, E. P. Dewey and W.H. Krug: treusurer, E. A. von Schweinitz; secretary, X. C. Peale; ex- ecutive committee, the foregoing officers und F. W. Clarke, RB, Warder, H. W. Wiley, Cabell Whitehead. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ‘The Entomological Society of Washington was organized February 29, 188, “‘to promote the study ofentomology in allits possible bear- ings.” There were twenty-six original mem- bers. The present membership is fitty- three, classed as twenty-nine resident and twenty-four corresponding. It not incor- porated. The society publishes its proceed- ings, of which five numbers have appeured, constituting one volume and part of u second ‘The annual dues for resident members is $2; for corresponding members, #1. The entrance fee is $1. Meetings are held on the first Thurs- day of every month from@ctober to June, in- elusive. Elections are annual. Officers were elected January 7, 1892, as follows: President, C. V. Riley; vice presidents, W. H. Ashmead, €. L. Marlatt; corresponding secretary, L. O. Howard; recording secretary, N. Banka; tre urer, E. A. Schwarz; executive com: foregoing officers and B. E. Fernow, George Marx. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. The National Geographic Society was organ- | ized and incorporated January 27, 1888, for “the increase and diffusion of geog:aphic knowledge.” There were 165 original bers. Tue present membership is 473, classed as 6 life, 372 active and 9 corresponding. ‘The society bes published three volumes of the National Geographic Magazine. The annual dues are $5 and there is no cutrance fee. Regu- Jar mectings are held on alternate Fridays from November to May in the assembiy hail of the Cosmos’ Club. Special meetings and public lectures are held from time to time and also one field meetirg each year. Elections are annual. Officers were elected December 23, 1891, as follows: President, Gardiner G. Hubbard; vicg, presidents, section—land, Herbert G. Og- den; sea, Everett Hayden; air, A. W. Greeiy; life,'C. Hart Merriam; geographic art, Henry Gannett; treasurer, C. J. Bell: recording secre tary, F. ell; corresponding secretary, E R ; managers. Marcus Baker, H. F Blount, G. K. Gilbert, John Hyde, W.'J. Me- Gee, T. C. Mendenhall, W. B. Powell, Edwin Willits. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. The Philosophical Society of Washington was organized March 13, 1871, “for the pur- pose of * * * free exchango of views on scientific subjects, and the promotion of scien- tific inquiry among ite members.” There were 44 original members, ‘The present membership is 250, classed as 195 active or resident mem- bers and 55 absent or non-resident members ‘the society is not incorporated. It hus pub- lished eleven volumes of bulletins. The annual dues are $5 and there is no entrance fee. iteg- ular meetings of the society are held on alter- nate Saturdays from October to May, at 8 p.m. in the assembly hall of the Cosimos Club. Elections are annual. It has a wnathematica! section, which meets on Wednesdays at irregular intervals, at 8 p.m., in the mathematical lecture room of Columbian University. ‘The section was organized March 29, 1883. Officers of the society were elected Decem- ber 19, 1891, as follows: President, G.-K. Gil- bert; vice’ presidents, W. H. Dall, Robert Fletcher, G. Browne Goode and 2. 8. Wood- ward; treasurer, W. A. DeCaindry; secretaries, J. 8. Diller and 'W. C. Winlock. Members-at- large of the general committee—Marcus Laker, Henry H. Bates, F. H. Bigelow, F. W. Clarke, G. W. Hill, H. M. Paul, C. V. Riley, 0. H. Titt mann and Lester F. Ward. Pust presidents of the society and ex-officio members of the gen- eral committee—Simon Newcomb, 1879-80; W. B. Taylor, 1882; J. W. Powell, 1983; J. C. Well ing. 1884;' Asaph Hall, 1885; J. 8. Billings, 1836; Wm. Harkness, 1887: Garrick Mallery, 1888; J. k. Eastman, 1889; C. E. Dutton, 1890, and ‘1. C. Mendenhall, 1391. ‘THE JOINT COMMISSION, A joint commission of the Anthropological, Biological, Chemical, National Geographic and Philosophical societies was formed February 25, 1888 ‘The commission consists of three delegates from each of the component so- cieties, and its functions are advisory, except that it may execute instructions on ‘general ALL ON A WINTER'S DAY. They Met by Chance, but the Encounter ‘Was Unpleasant. “Boston is a remarkable place,” said a Wash- ington girl toa writer for Tae Stan. “I went there on a visit a fortnight ago and not a day passed during my stay that something very surprising did not occur. But my worst ex- perience was met with the afternoon before I left. “Iwas walking across the Common, quite alone. Suddenly s young man of uncouth aspect overtook and joined me without saying sword. Iwas frightened and quickened my pace, but he quickened his also. Of course, there was no policeman in sight. “Finally I grew desperate and said: ‘Sir, I ob- ject to your walking with me.’ |. “He made no reply whatever. “If you do not cease annoying me I will call a policeman,’ I added. “He made no response, but kept on with me as before, accommodating his pace to mine. My alarm was hardly diminished when he be- gan to whistle and then to jabber incoherently. Immediately I perceived that he was an idiot. Presently be pulled out @ tin trumpet from beneath his coat and proceeded to toot upon it jou this time we had struck into one of the main paths, and I seriously contemplated throwing myself upon the protection of the first gentleman I met. My unwelcorie com- anion continued to toot upon the hora, and at intervals he would shout, “Here we go march- ing on, on, on—here we gomarching on!’ ‘The situation was certainly unpleasant, but it was almost immediately made much moro so. ‘wo small boys, attracted by the tooting of the born and the crics of the performer, fell in bebind us; then two more joined them, and another two, It reminded me of the man- ner im which the walrus and the carpenter in- vited the ‘8 for a walk along the beach. You remember how it goew: ** “Four otier oysters followed them, And yer anc Aud th.ck and fast they came at last, And tore, and more, and more.” “That was about the way it was with my- self, the young man of uncouth aspect wid the small boys. In Jes8 time than it takes to atthe head of quite a n of ribald youngsters. A crowd of people, thinking thai the Salvation Army had come to town, begun to gather, and it was with the utmost relief that I solicited and received the protection of a police officer at the gate of the Common, who took the idiot with the horn in charge, while 1 hurried home.” a PUSSIES AND BABIES, Their Voices Are Much Alike—Tricks of Wicked Cats. “How very like cats’ voices are to those of babies!" said Noodles last night at the Platypus Club. “I was at little card party one even- ing this week on Q street. While talking to my hostess I heard a series of yowls, and, speaking jokingly, I remarked that I enjoyed cat con- certs very much. “+ *Cat concerts?’ she said inquiringl; “ ‘Don't you hear? Lasked. ‘Just that h note !” “Cats, indeed!” replied her Iadyship with pardonable indignation. ‘Those are my two babies upstairs. They have waked up, and I suppose that the nurse has not been able to quiet them. “Imagine my embarressment, dear boys. Of course [ offered a thousaud apologies, but I don't believe that one of them was and my notion is that I shall never that house again. “But really L claim that it is not to be ex- i shall be able to distin- ou all occasions. s for myselt I don’t know which I dislike the most. It is true tuat | was once a baby myrelf, but I have since tried to be different, I may say with some success. However, speak- ing of cats, we have one at howe which isa surprise. He knows how io open the refrigerator by turning the knob, and be commonly gets the piece de resistance inicuded for ner. A favorite trick of ius is to sit in a vacant chair «t the table and pretend to be fast asleep. But if conversation appears to be absorbing the attention of the assembied he extends a sly pawand scoops in yothsome morsel from the nearest dish on the board, conveying it at once from his paw to his mouth. ‘Then, if anybody looks at him, he wems to be fust asleep again, some- times hoiding the stolen bi ween his teeth. “Lhe other day we sent to Phil: some sausuges of a particularly costly brand. They came by express and wer placed cu the kitchen tablé after being taken irom the box which had contained them. The cook was absent tor tifzecn imiuutes, and when she returned it was found that Blue Plusbh— that is the cat’s naine—had taken one bite out of every maividual sausage. Lf it were not for my wife's prejudice in his favor { would con- vey the interesting animal to Rock crcek and anclor him in the middle of that stream with @ brick.” ion to An entertainment was given last evening by the pupils of the Business High School at the Franklin building, The musical portion of the program was carried out by Misses Laura Bangs, MeNelly, Colline, Jackson, Kurpeles and Proudfit, Messrs. Dyer, Donaldson, Hall aud Monroe. The Glee Club aud the Suntlow Orchestra gave selections. Lawyer's Office,” was reude aldson as the lawyer, W. ( Stewart, stenog- aud Misses Brice aud Jackson, type- Apicked squad of the High School Cadets, captain, Was a competitive drill by fourteen cadets, and Sergt. Harlan of company A was decided the of aril, under command H. Young, ave an exhibition ‘the finale winner. ee 7 Ex-Confederate Veterans, The Asecciation of Ex-Confederate Veterans met last evening. An invitation was received by the association to attend the reception to be y the Ladies’ Auxiliary Aid Society at ational Rifles’ urmory on Tuesday, the 20th instant, ‘ihe aseoetation was also asked to attend the reunion of confederate veterans at the grand encampment to be held at New Or- Jeans on the 8th and 9th of next month. Dr. f Alexandria, Va., delivered an address and remarks were made by Senator Daniel and Col. Ackers. pases eae Strength for Today. For tomorrow will prove but another today With its measures of Joy and sorrow. ‘Then why forecast the trials of life With such sad and gre persistence, And wait and watch for a crowd of tls ‘That as yet have no existence? Strength for today; wht a precious boon For earnest souls who labor, For the willing hands that nunister ‘To the needy friend or neighbor. Strength for today, that the weary neat In tue battle for tight may quail not, And the eyes bedimined by bitter tears in their searca for light may fail not. Strength for today on the down-hill track For the travelers near the valley, That up, far up on the other side, Ere long they miay sufely rally. Strength for today, that our precious youth May happity shat temptation. And build from the rise to the sot of the sum ‘On a strong and sure foundation. Strength for today in house and home, ‘To practice forbearance aweetly; Toscutter kind words and loving deeds, ‘Still trusting in God completely. a He Brought it. From Judge. subjects and in cases from two or moro of the societies participating. The commission meets at intervals and at the call of the nt. Its officers, elected January 22, 1892, are: President, Garrick Mallery; sccre- tary, tere Baker. beeen yd oa Kobect ¥latchec, Gacrick’ Mallory New barber—Excuse me, sir; have you got C. Hart Merriam, Richard Rathbun, Lester F. | your mug here?” Ward; Chemical, T. M. Chatard, F. W. Clarke, |” Mr. Mulligan—“Yis; roight in this chair, on H. W. Wiley; ‘Geouraphic, “G. G. Hubbard, | top av me neck.” Henry Gannett, Everett Baulosgphi- ea agai 2 cal, Gilbert, Mareus Baker; c Bev. F. B. Swarb committed suicide near || Beabenn eecustevipteenters Se SAE An Italisn named Gatti died by the guillo-| ‘Tho English Miners’ F decided Mile Dogan, tescher. This fo Switaariand's| Monday’ they" should & first execution since 1868. week. & CONGRESSMAN'S DAY. A Brief Account of What Occupied One Rep- Fegentative’s Working Hours. One day taken apart from all the rest in the existence of a Congressman is not apt to be marked by great adventures or enlivened by in exciting incident Most days of the average member of the House are repetitions each of the other. A review of the twenty-four hours made by a member before closing his eyes for ® night's rest puts him to sleep with the thought that the lot of « legislator is not al- waysabappy one and that statesmanship is the least of things that enters in his day's toil. A Stan reporter asked one of the oldest mem- bers of the House to keep a record for him of one day of congressional life. This it is in brief: 8 o'clock, brenkfast; 8:30, opened mail and Jaid aside all newspapers with marked articles for futare examination. Read upward of ninety letters on all sorts of subjects.of which the following are twenty examples: One is from a veteran asking for information about his pen- sion. He gives no post office address and fam obliged to write a letter to the pension office to secure his address. Another correspondent ants a number of old volumes of geological survey, which, upon investigation. IT find are not to be had.’ A veteran writes that he com- municated with the pension office December 7. 1891, and got a communication from them nearly ® month later which made no reference ‘to hi letter. Wants me to go to the office to see if his communication was received. Another letter requires me to go to the pension office to ascertain what there is d fective in the application of the writer for a ension. A gentleman from the Agricultural Department requests me to accompany lim to my home, where he is to deliver a lecture to some of my constituents. Another wants the Congressional Record sent to him. An appli- cant for pension wants to know where his papers are. One of my constituents writes for me to secure hima place in the government departments. Another wants the report of the bureau of animai industry. Another wants his pension matters looked up, but does not give the number of his case.’ Another wants a position in the government printing office. In another letter the gentleman gives an account of trouble he is having over the exuction of duties from him for goods bronght to the cus- tom house. This requires investigation at the customs division, Tre: Department and an examination of ‘the law, which shows the duties were properly collected. ‘the pe sion office notifics me of the allowance of a pension. The office also wants to know bow an applicant for pension in my district spells his name. Another correspondent wants infor- mation as tothe foreign insurance companies doing business at the nationai capital. A pen- sion applicant wants to know all about the sur- ‘ical report in his case. Another wants me to fave » medical exemination as to his condition made at his home, because he is unable to travel. Another letter is on the subject of river and harbor improvements. Another gen- tleman wants me to ascertain what action as been taken in some lund case he has before the government. ‘Theso are examples of requests contained in nearly a hundred letters. Each one requires a reply and most of them involve writing letters to the departments or making personal visits. Many require long personal examinations of department records and an unwinding of lots of red tape. Most of the matters aro such as rust be looked into before going to the Capi- tol. After this I go to,the committee work. There is adifferent com-aittee for every day in the week, with subcommittee work besides, and on Saturday, besides several subcommittees to look after, I have various departments to visit. At 12 o'clock I entered tue House, introduced bills, chased around after the Speaker's eye, listened to debates, took part in general legis: lation, answerin; ters between times, an- swered roll calls and received visits from alarge number of constituents and other persons who called me out by card, Five minutes is al- lowed for lunch meanwhile, and at 6 o'clock I dine. At7 I again turn to my muil and to the newspapers and to pamphlets and a world of other printed matter. ‘This oecunics me until 11 clock, when, for the first time during the day, I get a chance for general reading and for . Which occupies me for an hour or more, until drowsiness compels retirement. This is the average humdrum day with a Congressman, which 1s repeated every twenty- four hours, and involves an immense amount of lubor without interest. ince LERS AT WAR. Street Railway Men and Merchants at Pater- son in Opposition. Allively war between the merchants of this city and the employes of the Paterson City Lailway Company, which resulted in the su pension of trafic on tho car company’s lincs, took placo yesterday at Paterson, N. J. The trouble began eurly in the morning when the snow plow used by the company in cleaning the tracks began to pile the snow high up on either side of Main street. Workmen followed in the wake of the plow and completed the task of cleaning the,street so as to permit the elec- tric cars to run. A number of merchants armed with brooms and snow shovels threw the snow over the tracks again. ‘The railway men returned and a few serions personal encounters occurred. Both merchants and workmen were frequently almost buried beneath the flying snow. The police suthorities put an end to the battie by ordering tie railway company to cease using its plow and to withdraw its men. An ordinance which prohibits railway co! panies from using plows in clearing their tracks, and prescribes that if the com: desire to clear the rails they shall cart the snow away, was the basis of the order issued by the authorities. The railway offi y that they will not cart the snow away, as it takes too much time, aud would be tuo ex- pensive. From the present indications it looks as if no cars would be run until the snow melts, unless the business men decide to give up the tight. Se Breaking Backing Broncos. Capt. John G. Bourke in**On the Borde: with Crook.” Back of the quartermaster’s and commissary store houses, somo little distance, were the blacksmith’s forge, the butcher's corral and the cavalry stables, while in the rear of the men's quarters, on the banks of the San Pedro and not far from the traces of the ruins of a pre- historic village or pueblo of stone, was the loose, sandy spot upon which the bucking broncho horses were broken to the saddle. Such squealing and struggling and_ biting and kicking and rolling in the dust and getting up again, only to introduce some entirely original combination of a hop, skip and jump and a double back somersault er could be seen ontside of a herd of California *-broncos.” The animal was first thrown, blindfolded and then the bridle and saddle were put on, the latter girthed so tightly that the horse's eyes would + from their sockets. Then, armed with a pair of spurs of the diameter of a soup plate anda mesquit clu’ big enongh to fell an ox, the Mexican “vaquero” would get into the sad~ dle, the blinds would be cast off and the circus begin. There would be one moment of sweet donbt as to what the bronco was going todo and now and then there would be aroused ‘taucy that a really mild-mannered steed sul been sent to the ost by some mistako of the quartermaster's department, But this doubt never lasted very long; the genuine bronco can always be known from the spurious one by the fact that when he makes up his mind to “buck” he sets out apon-his work without delay and with a vim that means business. If there were many horses arriving ina “bunch” there would be lots of fan and no little danger and excitement. The men would mount, and amid tho encouraging comments of the onlookers begin the task of subjugation. ‘Tho bronco, as I have said, or should have said, nearly always looks around and up at his rider with an expression of countenance that was really ——s and then he would roach his back, [a2 is four feet bunched together and await nts. These always came ina Fay productive of the best results: ifthe rider foolishly listened to the suggestions of hi critics he would almost always mistake this te Porary paroxyam of docility for fear or lack of ap! ‘And then would come the counsel inspired by the evil one himself: ucAteab, thin, shtick yer spburs int’ him, riarty. ‘This was just the kind of advice that suited the bronco’s feclings, because Ho somes would the rowels strike his flanks than the air would seem to be filled with a mass of mano and tail rapidly revolving and of hoofs flying out in defiance of all the laws of gravity, while ‘@ descendant of the kings of Iretand, describ- ing @ parabolic orbit through Sp with Gis chiead tin tenel choses f up el . etect ef- fects to be locked for under such circumstances. Yes, those bay ‘08, woo peg py, happy days—for the Hefased Naturalization Papers. Pang Yim, » Chinaman and the husband of a Very pretty American girl, with whom he re- cently eloped to Chicago, has been trying to take ont naturalization papers ua ARCH 19, -1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 tg THE ACORN CLUB A Popular Social Organisation and the Way It 1s Conducted. Among the many social organizations in town there are few that have attained « higher rank in popularity than the Acorn Club, which hae given many successful entertainmenta. The pleasantness of their dances alone, the arrange- ments of which were always complete and car- ried ont in every particular, won for them a host of admirers. A feature of the club at its affairs is to have plenty of the best music ob- tainable and to see that the comforts of its guests are carefully looked after. An evidence of the club's popularity, and no doubt its greatest achievement, was ite excursion to Marshall Hall last sammer. On that occasion 1,427 of their friends went down the river. The club was organized May 5, 1890, for social, literary and athletic purposes and has been incorporated under the laws of the Dis- trict of Columbia. For threo years previous to this date the members constituted one-half the membership of another club, They drew out ina body with an idea that a membershi of ten was large enough for a club of ite kind, and have always maintained it notwithstanding the fact that many appliestions for membership | are put into the club. Mr. Dani. 5 fiug the president of the cluband a dry goods cier has an extensive acquaintance throughout # city and is especially well known on Capitol | Hill. where he has resided for several years. Ho | has filled every office in the club and was unani- mously elected its presiding officer at the be- ginning of the year. Mr. Wm. G. Greenwall is vice president. Mr. J. Frank Coleman, a well-known architect, is treasurer of the club and has filled every office its gift) Mr. Wm. F. Lacey, the secretary, is now serving his first term in an oticial capacity. He drafted the constitution and by- laws, if counted on all committees and has transacted much important business for the club since its organization. The other mem- bers are Mr. Wm. G. Betts, a well-known mechanical engineer of the 3 Harry G. Bayly of the firm of Hoover & Bayly, ‘shoe merchants; Messrs. Robert L. Grecnwall, Walter S. Ferris, Edwd. R. Alexander and Wm. B. Holtzclaw, ‘Their club rooms, which are on Capitol Hill, consist of four rooms, reception room, livrary, dining room and kitchen, all comforta~ bly fitted up. The handiwork of their lady friends plays a conspicuous part in the decora- tions and furnishings of the rooma Many peat evenings are spent and banquets, irthday celebrations and other small parties are given there by the membera, There are usually a number of invitations on band, as there is always something going on to which the club or some of its members are invited. Stationery is uccessible in the library and much of the members’ correspondence, _ busi- hess and otherwise, 1s done at the club." There is one married member and the rest are looked upon as contirmed bachelors. Every evening some of the members are present. Their friends are always welcomed. It is usually a late hour when all have departed for home, Every question in clab matters must be carried unanimously or not at all. Gambling 1s strictly prohibited within the club rooms, —— BY SUPPRESSE SPARKS. A Letter of Washington's U: rorably Com- menting on New England Officers. A great deal of interest has been created, says the Baltimore Sun, by the discussion at the Maryland Historical Society's last meeting of Washington's character and opinion as shown in his letters, After some remarks by Prof. Herbert B. Adams of the Johns Hopki University upon the method of amending and publishing the correspondence of Washington used by Rev. Jared Sparks, Rev. Hail Harrison of Ellicott City cited an instance in which Sparks suppressed an unfavorable comment upon the New England officers in the revolu- tion, Mr. Harrison suid the letter in which the comment was suppressed was now in the possession of Mr. Jos, Packard, jr. Dr. Adams also said that some of Washington's letters were defective in spelling and grammar. ‘Ibe letter referred to by Mr. Ha: written to Richard Hens! of Virgin dated “Camp at Cambrid; August 29, 177 It was penned soon aster Washington arrived and took command of tue army upon his ap- pointment to the post of comumander-in-chief by the Continental Congress. ihe aseagee omitted by Sparks nre as tollows, the exact amar and punctuation of the “As we have now nearly compleated our Lines of Defence, we have uotbing more, in my opin- ion, to fear from the Enemy provided we can keep our men to their duty aud make them watchful & vigilant; but itis amoug the most difficult tusks I ever undertook in my life to induce these peopie to believe that there is, or can be, danger till the Buyonet is pushed at their Breasts; not that it proceeds from any un- common prowess, but rather from an unac- countable kind of stupidity in the lower class of these people which believe me prevails but tov generally among the ofticers of the Massa- chusetts part of the army, who are neariy ail of the same kidney with the Privates, and adds nota little to my ‘difficulties; as there is no such thing as getting officers of this stamp to exert themselves in carrying orders into exe- eution—to curry favour with the men (by whom they were chos:n, & ou whose smiies possibly they may think’ they may again rely) seems to be une of the principal objects of their atiention. ave made a pretty good slam among such kind of officers as the Massachusetts Govern- ment abound in since i cameto this Camp, hav- ing Broke one Coi. and two Captains for ‘eow- uruly behaviour in the action on Bunkers Hill —two Captains for drawing more provisions and pay than they had men in their Company and one for being absent from his Post when the Eucmy appeared there and burat a House just by 1t.—ileside these, I have at this time one Col., one Major, one Captn. & two subal- terns under arrest for uyal—In short I spare none, & yet tear it will not all do as these Peo- ple scem to be too inattentive to everything vut their Interest. “There has been so many great and capital errors & abuses to rectity—so many examples to muke & so little Inclination in the ofticers of inferior Rank to contribuze their aid to accom- plish this work, that-my life has been‘nothing else (since I came kere but one continual round of annoyance & fatigue; in short no pecuniary Tecompense could induce me to undergo what Thave especially as I expect, by shewing so lit- tle countenance to irregularities & publick abuses, to render myself very obnoxivus to a greater part of tuese People.” ‘The parts quoted by Sparks relate chiefly to military movements, "The letter was copied by ‘Mr. Packard several yearsago trom the original in the handwriting of Washington. Mr. Pack- COON MOUNTAIN, THE LONDON TOURNAMENT. ‘This Peculiar Creter Described and the | Problems, Games, Solutions and Solvers< Probable Causes of the Phenomena. At the meeting of the National Notes. ic| The London tournament endod yosterday. Society Inst evening Mr. G. K. Gilbert of the | In the final round Lasker drow ith Locock geological survey read a valuabie paper on the | and took first place by # score of 9 wins out of subject, “Coon Mountain, Arizona, and the |® possible ii. The Berlin master's play has Diablo Meteorite” The meeting was held in deen of a igh order throughout, but stricuy the lecture room of the National Museum, and | of the modern school—“‘risk nothing, accumu notwithstanding the unpleasant weather and | late material and keep a draw in hand” the disagreeable walking the large auditorium | Mason, who is an America citizen, came im was well filled. The lecture was illustrated by | second with 7!y wins tohiscrodit. Mach toevery- some excellent stereopticon views, showing | body's surprise Loman braced up wonderfully photographs and maps of the region described, | nd stands third with 7 wins. Birdana Locock and diagrams of its geological formation. | Come next with 6's Several specimens of meteoric and volcanic | Fenton, rocks from the same region were also ex-| 4 hibited. COON MOUNTAIN DEACRIRED, From Mr. Gilbert's paper it appeared that Coon mountain isa curiously shaped crater in desolate region some three days’ journey from Tombstone, Ariz. The crater jg about three-quarters of a mile in diamet#, bowl shaped and quite deep, and yarious reasons have been given at times for its existence. Near it have beon discovere1 so many epeci- mens of meteoric iron at it would seem al- ‘Most necessarily more than a mere coincidence, Speaking of the unequal distribution of land and water on the surface of the earth Mr.Gilbert said that one reason given in explanation of | this was that there wasa greater density in that hemisphere and bence a greater attracting power for water. This unequal density might be accounted for by some unusnal accretion there, such aa would arise from contact with a star." He then discussed the phenomena that would arise from such a meeting, and sug- gested what be called the steliar th ing occurred to him as an explanation curious craier. In order to find out what this theory was Worth Mr. Gilbert, accompanied by Mr. Marcus Baker, visited Coon mountain and camped neat there for some time, carefully studyimg all the Peculiarities of the place and making a number of observations to discover whether the rela- tion between ail this meteoric iron and the crater was one of cause and effect or of coinci- dence merely. Coon mountain rises come 400 feet above the level of the surrounding plain and the bottom of the crater is about 600 fect below the highest point on the rim. The rock strata of the plain are limestone and sandstone and lie nearly flat. In the rim of the crator these rocks are bent upward, and upon them lie broken fragments of the same materials. The peculiarity of the crater, from & geological point of view, is that it contains no volcanic rocks, and in this respect it is unique. this CAUSES OF THE PHENOMENA. The phenomena observavle in connection with the crater had given rise toa number of hypotheses, two of which the speaker discussed more fully than the others. ‘Ihe glacial | bypothesis aud the theory of the iimestone sinl are both inadequate. ‘The true hypothesis of the crater implies the expenditure of a tremendous amount of energy in a very brief space of by tent of elimination ail the hypotheses have been abandoned with the exception of the stellar and the explosive. Magnetic and volumetric wsts were applied, and with the former the needie showed no evidence of the presence of a considerable mass ofiron. Afterexperiments with these same needles later it was estimated that if the crater Was formed by the penetration of such masa it must have been buried tifty miles below the furface to have affected the needie so slightly. By the yciumetric test it was necessary to determine whether the debris surrounding the crater Would just fill it or exceed the necessury amount by tue supposed amount of the im- bedded star. Ii was found that it wouid just fill it, and this would seem to compel the aban- doning of the stellar theory, and we are forced to believe that the relation of rock and crater is one of comcidence ouly, though the chances of such a coincidence are not greater than one in 5,000. After comparing the phenomena of Coon mountain with those of the voleanic erap- tons in Japan in 1883 Mr. Gilbert said that in the future Coon mountain will probably be looked upon as an example of the bursuug of the earth's surface prior to the eruption of the lava. It is highly improbable that this catas- trophe was witnessed by mau. eee THE ISLE OF »KULLS, A Woman's Lonely Life Surrounded by the Bones of Hi Tribe. From the San Francisco Examiner. On the lonely wind-swept island of San Nicolas, eighty miles off the coast of Ventura county, where, as far back as the memory of man runs, hundreds of white skeletons have dotted the valieys and hillsides, iocal archwol- ogists are now busy gathering the relics of a trange extinct race. The island is ten miles long and oval in shape, being four miles across at the widest part. Strange utensils of serpen- tine, sandstone and steatite are found there among the human bones, and the island and its erstwhile inbabitants have a history so curious that it is difficult of comprehension. In 1885 the padres of Santa Barbara, learning that there were but sixteen of the strange In- dian race then living there, determined to res- cue them from the island. "They went over in a sloop and succeeded, as they thought, in get- tingall on board. At the iast moment ‘an In- dian woman returned for her child, and one of the frequent storms of the channel islands springing up, the sloop was driven away with- out her. “The sloop went on the rocks of Point Conception and all on board were lost. Sixteen years later Capt. George Nidever and two men went from the coast on « sloop to hunt otter off San Nicolas. On landing they were, like Crusoe, astovished to discover hu- man footprints in the sand. They saw no one, however, and a storm compelled them to put to sea. It was two years thereafter that the adven- turous captain, revolving in bis mind the sight of the footprints in the uncanny island, de- termmed to go and discover and. bring over the lonely woman of whom he had vaguely heard. Men accompanied him, and at length they saw on the surf-beaten shore a woman with long tawny hair dressed in a queer garb of colored bird skins, and scraping, witha bone knife, the blubber from a seal. They surrounded and approached her stealthily, and, although suddenly confronted, she did not appear in the least afraid, but smiled, and then, falling on ber knees, prayed to the sun. The wild woman offered no objec- tion when by signs she was made to understand that she was to go with them in the boat. ‘They reached Santa Barbara across the rough sen and the first thing the Iudian woman saw was Dr. 8. L. Shaw, now eighty years old and yet living there, riding a horse, “She had never seen nor heard of any object like itand thought ard first saw the original in the summer of 1860, in the possession of Mrs. Ellen Lee Knapp, a granddaughter ot Richard Henry Lee, at her house in Washington, D.C., and he borrowed it for the purpose of making s. copy from Mrs. Knapp’s danghter, the wife of Rev. John R. Joyner of Lerlin, Worcester county, Md. In some places where the words were not plain they were supplied from scopy which Airs Joyner says was wade by the late Herbert N. Lathrop of New York city when the letter was in better condition. A copy has been deposited in the Maryland Historical Society hbrary. CALLED THE “GREATEST LITTLE MAN.” E1 Pasé Does Honor to Jay Gould on St. Patrick’s Day. Jay Gould did not leave his car on Thursday a8 achilly breeze had been blowing, and though ‘the sky was clear and the sun bright overcoats and wraps were worn with comfort. “The House of Representatives did = very wise thing,” said Gen. Nelson A. Miles toa the man and horse were one, and she knelt on the shore and offered her devotions to it. Two weeks afterward the last inhabitant of rock- ribbed, tempest-tossed San Nicolas died from eating food to which she was unaccustomed, furnished by er rescuers, and the curtain fell on her race forever. Wild dogs had eaten her child. Her dress of red and blue feathers, wonderful creation of barbaric hands, was seut to the pope of Boma Relic hunters have ga ‘mortars, pes ollas, toy steatite canoes and other curious things for some years past and them to various eastern and vergities. Skeletons i iG HH H ge A Hi A | E é i i I rate i ff fF i ; i Hf ? i : i ee A Be 8 : i fe. E i f ; i é i F : H ze. i. i i i i ge | | nd then follow Lee and St ench; Jaanogrodski, 5; Van Viiety timer,3';; Rumboll, 3, and Gossip, 24. PROBLEM No. 90 (TOURNEY No. 12. (Componed for The Eventne Star.) ‘White to piay and mate in two (2) mowes, BROBLEM No. 100—By B. W. LaMOTHR, @wksa2Aast ACKKES Q GK? KEE ORS KES QS KERB @ Zit t ft KK KS Keka KES he wo White to play and mate » 2) moves. GAME No. 46—Twelfth in the Havann mateh. TWO KNIGHTS DECENSE Black —Techieort GAME No. 47 Nineteenth in the Havana match, SCOTCH GAMBIT. White—Techivorin. sh IES rete “4 is wo luaders whole of tap ring om Whites, SOLUTIONS AND BOLVERS. is KKB, 4 pointe, A.V. i wy We . ro 1) Anotiver nu. Ludead, 1 fine tuates Vionder “Variations veiy pretty.” Noes. The team to represent the Manhattan Chess Club in the approaching telegraph match with New Orleans has been selected and is anex- tremely strong one: indeed, the I in getting to to make a good Delmar, Hodges, Hasham, Dr. Simonvom, will have great disiicuity pough rs strong The followy Mauhattan team: Lipschu' the two Bairds, Ma, 3.8. Ryan, 5. Isaacson and de Visser: substir tutes, Dr. M1 . A. Schmidt. Ihe Net Orleans contingent has not yet been at nounced, although the match takes place this evening. Hodges is leading in the Brooklyn tourney. Delmar bas lost both the games played by bim so far. Pollock, who is suffering from al health, has wou two and lost two, but hus plenty of time to better bis score. The Gotham Chess Club bas defeated the Staten Island Chess Club an @ team match by the score of 4 Mr. Steinitz, in a long and interesting edi- torial in his column in the New York Jirvhene, remarks among other things taat Dr. Tarract may be the greatest chess player the world ever knew and that he (Steiuitz) considers ‘Techigorin inferior to the German master. But as the champion very truly observes, match between the two is the only method of arriving at a certainty in the matter. = ‘Tschigorin is in New Orleans, where he will d some time as the guest of the New ‘leans Club. —__—_+2+ —___ A Harmless Fiirtation. From the Boston Juurusl. The victim of one of the latest tragedies of the general type of tho Deacon affair at Cannes—the scene in this case being Yoko- hama, and the participants, as usual, high im social position—is reported as explaining a few bours before bis death that he bad been guilty of nothing more than ‘a harmless flirtation” time that society, in all its strata, realized that fact, and acted upon it, unless we are to have an indefinitely prolonged series of these loath- some tragedies. It ix of of flirta~ tion, which is « sufi at best, that bestow their ‘They may trifie with their others, and in s0 doing they take Hocus, bo aaactee the parties chose, to ent uine feelings Simulate. that matter, matter, with edged we Sidnne pene i epmetep sam leads straight toward and misery. It may happen that the course is checked be- fore the brink of ultimate is reached, oF it may be that it is until open scandal or tragedy ispthe result, But in either case the ain upon which the moralist should put his lies far back of the public - pe poet ny ‘It lies with the beginning of those freedoms end familiarities wich, con- doned in some cases as a part of # “flirtation, should never be people who bave assumed the ties and ‘of mar- riage. It is time for more plain speaking and clear ‘at this It is not {e'deplore thee min tragedies which Sil ies eae press, Sie “s fone, cat e- ‘refined, intelligent and Christian socie:y, be more to a ‘all those which are fountainhesd of these crimes. Let us have