Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1892, Page 8

Rg e A FREE EDUCATION Offered to Young Men by the Y. Mi | may have the privilege of several studies with- ont conflicting and involving a minimum sacri- fice of time. It is possible for the «indent to | take np stenography, typewriting, arithmetic, | bookkeeping algebra, geometry, English draft- | mg and the C. [. 8. C. studies with but half an hour of conflict and spend every evening of the week except Saturday in the class room and be O. A. Here. | brought in contact with every one of the seven instructors. The limited time of the students - | for preparation makes thi impossible, for home THE PLAN OF STUDIES work is empbasized and demanded. At Covers Quite a Good Range of Utilitarian Subjects The Teachers and Thetr Meth Interesting Statistics and a Compart. sun of Washington With Other Cites. UEER DEVICES ARE sometimes adopted by lube to attract mem- erehip. Perhaps the ont notorious of the wthods recently ado) ed by some clube is in- viting the leading pu- gilists to give sparring evhibitions. It i» in- MRCMANICAL DRAWING. educational department is under the direct charge of a committee composed of structive to turn from | Mesare J. 8. Westcott, chairman: fi. T. N. wach inatances and wee Lemon, Geo. F. Williams, R. N. Taggart and what one of the largest | John T. Freeman. Mr. Westcott has been on . the committee for several years, and when Mr. clubs in this city ts | Freeman's work made it impossible to give it AS | the time that he fe deserved Mr. Westcott Christian Asso- | fell heir to plenty of labor, that has great re- wardin the amount of good sccomplished. General Secretary Pugh is identified thor- Going to attract end hold their members. fe well known, the Young Men names if oughly with ali the departments of the associa- Of over 1,200 members, and im addition to the | {38 Gar seems tobare an especial interest tn €lab building on New York avenue, which i* | this’ He keeps close watch on all that is being the property of the assoclation, there #4 first-| done, and many @ confidential chat with the ¢lass gemna: = park sports | stu keeps him in close sympathy with pear (Bapiharseenpe: Bir hare them. While he will not admit the greater re nee oa importance any secular — — oe = " pases scare | Spiritual he emphasizes most enthusiastically — : ber on _ in — an Papeete mal, and his vision of the night as of the advantages offered to me * | well as of the day is when 1,000 young men of IME EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. Washington who cannot afford to pay for Tn the last few vears this partment bat /an education will take haplara rs of the Bade sich rapid strides that It can almost be | liberal generosity of public-spirited business ea can: fom stion in| men and throng the new building, which is to re = ade that it | have an ideal atudy department. at such @ Fost hb the fact ox presented | dream can be realized and that the Y. M. C. A. re cu ee it was not for | ikable to do the work when the equipment is cee mpi « organization, | §iven them may be readily appreciated by wore the reaalt of a too vivid fmagination upon | knowing the comparative relation of the work | done in this city to that in other large cities of jepartment was fully set | the countr; by Rev. T. $. Ham- INTERESTING COMPARISONS. seventh anniversary celebra-| Washington has probably the poorest bnild- tiraved the | ing of any eity with more than 200,000 inhabit- | ants, of which there are in this country alx- | teen. Washington stands fourteenth on the st according to Mr. Porter's census. The oung Men's Christian Association is twelfth in number of members avd fh in propor- tion of population. Ten astociations epend More money per a: |. while oniy three cost less per member. In the ment this association stands « the enrollment and fourth in propor bership. It ie v somebody's part The need of th forth about three years ag he n content ex the membership proportion of the cost for | current expenses than any of the associations in larger cities. This is due to the great number who avail themselves of all the privileges of the association. ‘These facts are gratifying to local pride, | bear strongly upon the importance of’ thi work a for life # activities anaking or gaining life « prizes, for He also said: “We ore « aot are to say, in m very Large and magnificent fashion.” — The doctor's | eve was ne devubt se ilding that has | pot yet prediction has | 1 has been whom the red are those who bavi : ere aaxtor cose has nt- to eo many adr with the ed) + so commingles TRE TYPEWRITING crass. The cost of this work to the individual stn- dent is comparatively small, the benefits very great, and while there has been no display in dy in ma be given figures. the matter of graduating exercises nor diplomas | Bien were 1h studenz« in elev th area large number of men who hare} different studie~ son in- | proven the high character of the instruction eludes October 1 and Ay nty-five | given. weeks. I | of the studies there are | TESTIMONY OF FOUR STUDENTS. te cower | The association is continuously in receipt of evenings. - te | letters from young men who have gone to dif- ns of the country expressing their a: avemaue. ude for the benefits that they have re- Sem enon Making a total | ceived. All sections of the country are repre- tint |seuted and among the most gratifving testi. Ce ee mony isone from New Mexico. A young manhav- he cence has sae plea tatee | ing availed bimself of the advantages offered in pian for this sear differs but hittle from | stenography and typewriting tella how he was Inst your Freneh and German have been | enabled thereby to getagood start inanew coun- dropped and English given greater prominence. | try and showed his gratitude by agitating the as- Algebra and geometry have bad increased time | S0Ciation idea until an organization was effected, Another, whois m charge ofa department in one of the largest business colleges of the country, | | writes: “1 thought the Y. M.C. A. school was | | altogether amateurish, but find it will be some time before this school reaches the standard set by it, and my position has been given me because of familiarity with your methods. These illustrations serve to show the esti tin in which the school is held by those who | have reason to know its worth. | A CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLE. | The formation of a Chautanqna literary and | scientific circle has been to meet a growing | demand among the members for such a course of reading as this system affords, and the pos- sibility of securing Rev. George Elliott, D. D., to direct caused an immediate decision. The time of meeting selected makes it possible for a large attendance, as it is on Thursdays at 6:15 circle od a Chautaugce Literary and scien hab bas been a: 2 -ma., closing at 7:15. ly identified with eut and one of its most successful teachers. Thix feature of the edu- al work admits ladies and, as a central will prove very helpful to the smaller circles which are organized in many of the wATHRaAT: here have been sclested with y assurance o 2 to them. has cond great special ability Harris, commissioner of education, at a| ncement exercise, in an address on the lace of the ¥. M. C. A. in the educa- | 1, said that the association “must add | the privileges that it was | men.” The taking up | e step in this direction, | will WASHINGTON, p. ¢. [REAL ESTATE GOSSIP == The March of Improvements on the Seventh Street Road. A GREAT THOROUGHFARE. Building Up the Vacant Squares Within the City’s Limita—The Demand for Residence Property—Probable Appointment of the New Board of Assessors—Improvements of Various Kinds in All Parts of the City. Y CHRISTMAS TIME, unless som delays now ‘unforeseen occur, the electric railroad out the ‘th street road to the District line end to ‘Takoma will be in oper- ation. This is the ex- pectation of Mr.Horace S. Cummins, the pres- ident of the road. With characteristic energy he cortimenced the work of building the Toad as soon as Congress granted the charter and the necessary preliminartes were arranged. ‘The actual work of construction was begun on the 16th of September and it is expected that the entire road will be completed in three months. Congress allowed a year as the time when the road should be built to Takoma and still longer period for the building of the road to the District line. But the men in the management of this road have considerable “git up and git when they undertake any- thing, and so they won't need more than a quarter of the time allowed. The work would be still further advanced if it had not been for the freight blockade during ampment week. Tho company intend» to id and equip a first-class overhead wire el tric road. Starting from Boundary or Fiorida avenue a double track will extend along the 7th street road, or Brightwood avenue as it te known, toa point just north of Battle ceme- tery, atthe Junction of the road leading to Takoma. The double track will be continued along the Takoma road to the railroad station at Takoma. The entire distance is about five miles. From the junction of the two roads the tracks of the railroad will be continued «long the 7th street road to the District line, a distance of about half a mile. This rt of the road wili, however, bea single track. Fre power house and car house are being erected at the southern extremity of the sub- division known as Brightwood Park, which ts this side of Brightwood. AN DUPORTANT mronwat. The completion of this road will be an event of great importance in the material growth of the city and the District, for the reason that it is located in one of the great thoroughfares which connect the city with the surrounding countrs. Tho 7th street road has always been an im- portant highway, ae it is a direct means of communication between this city aud one of the richest farming regions in thir — local- ity. From the Rock Creek Church road north the new railroad will occupy the eastern part of the road, and will therefore leave unobstructed for travel the principal part of the thoroughfare. In addition to theadvantages which this railroad will afford for rapid, easy and cheap communication with the city, it is to become a sort of trunk line with at least two auxiliary roads penetrating the rich farm- ing country to the north and east for @ distance in one direction at least of some twelve miles from Takoma. When it was settled that the Brightwood rail- road was to be actually built as far as Takoma the enterprising citizens living in the vicinity of Burnt Mills and Sandy Springs at once took steps to avail themselves of the long-wished-for opportunity to secure direct railroad connec- tion with the city. Two companies have been organized, and it is stated that already nearly all the necessary capital bas been subscribed. One company will build an electric railroad from the terminus of the Brightwood railroad st Takoma to Burnt Mills, and other company will extend’ the line still further to Sandy Springs. Then the property ownera and residents of the subdivision “of Woodside, which is two miles beyond the District line, have under considera- tion a plan of building an extension of the 7th street road line of the Brightwood railroad to Woodside, which will be operated by the Bright- wood company. It is probable that other auxil- iary lines and extensions will be proposed, but what has already been determined upon is evi- dence of the stimulating influence which the new railroad has already had upon this entire region of country. SOME NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS. The value of property along the 7th street road has been favorably affected and prices are asked and received which would have been thought absurd a short time ago. One sale is reported of twenty acres of the Beall property, on the 7th street road just beyond Brightwood, for €2,000 per acre. The improvements in the Petworth subdivision are being rapidly pushed. Streets are being curbed and paved with asphalt, sidewalks are being laid, a sewer stem with connection with the new Piney ranch sewer is being put in and a water supply be provided. Perhaps it is not entirely due to the new railroad, bat a sewer system and a water supply will soon constitute additional attractions to those which Takoma Park offers as a place of residence. The population of that thriving suburb has inereased so rapidly that it is now quite a town, and its founder, Mr. B. F. Gilbert, is determined that these conveniences shall be enjoyed by the residents. During the past sea- son Mr. Gilbert erected a hotel in Takoma, wherea number of guests spent the heated term. It is estimated that during the past year about $150,000 has been invested in the érec- tion of new houses in Takoma Park. VACANT CITY GROUND. Owing to the great suburban development of recent years it is not surprising if there is an impression that the land within the bounds of the city is pretty well occupied. While, of course, the number of houses within the city limits is increasing each year, still the urban area is by no means all occupied. ‘There are squares and squares of ground which con- twin hardly a single improvement of any kind and there are a number abso- lately vacant. This unoccupied land is which has taken bold very strongly phia and has a good field for opera- isthe university extension method ‘The committee have this under tions here i instr n, and while it is not likely to be | Arithinetic and bookkeeping are te; the plan in operation '@ part of | Mr. E. ©. Quackenbush, whose name is known | them it may be supplemental and a course of to all lovere of athletic sports. He is the Metures given to see how much of » demand | there is for it ehampica indoor athlete of the city and hus This plan includes the ladies | enviable records in many outdoor track and a eee ee So) field events. He ie popular with the students require a small fee from ali te leading them to success in these very partic in the benefits. The nit of possibility in the educational field | certainly unkno as yet, and there are those | in use are sim dn record was Mamas terasmiearas ee os * so successfully by the Pratt In- age of M ga N.Y., will be undertaken by | | the associatio: > Buyers Do Not Like to Re Advised. m the Shae and Leather Reporter. | Questions of conscience are often presented | to the retail shoe dealer, ‘b as permitting a customer to take an ill-fitting shoe without a| least. ‘It does no good,"Ysays one | ¥ protesters, “and Ihave about | less practice. A woman who ng over various styles and sizes » has finaliy made choice of something es her eye, both in the band andlon twill be more grateful to you if you st justa trifle larger shoe, though | know, and she does, too, that she ought to | ve it. Then again, I used to try to influence | inexperienced women to purchase better shoes, | and pointed out to them the advantages to | | themselves in this course as @ matter of econ- omy. These continual droppings of advice have seldom made an indentation in the stony | opposition they have fallen upon, and I now THE SPELEING = English titerature, « “= fing The inte ‘ie abot ‘and | fg, Duman nature, feminine particularly, take Jet the old method of opelling down seems to lose none of the old-time interest. The elick, click of the typewriter shows the busiest | oom in the sehool, and in order to meet the | demand three different classes are held each clase evening. thus multiplying the ten machines | by six and representing sixty machines in use. Mr. I. V. Cobleigh, who has this department in | charge, bas the special qualities for coutinuing | Ste great usefulness, | BEST USE OF THE EQUIPMENT. ‘The most possible is made of the equipment. ‘The rooms are not large for the work that is| done, but they are supplied with plenty of desk Space and blackboards. They are well lighted By electricity and gas, and the position and re- | lation of the rooms is such that there is good ventilation. The arrangement of class hours Pup—“Hello, dad, what's the matter? You Das been carefully studied, so that # young man | seem put out."—Lie. | Bive it quite a different character. not confined to one section of the city. It may be found in all parts. A few yeare ago there was in the vicinity and east of Lincoln Park what was known as the “commons,” a lon; stretch of land which, on the map, was lai out in squares with streets, &c. The squares and streets, however, existed nowhere else except on the map until recently, when the work of defining and Inying out of the streets has not kept pace with the erection of houses. The growth of population in this section illustrates the general development of the city. The first plat book of Hopkins, issued two or three years ago, shows in some cases a number of squares with hardly an improve- ment, while today all this Iand is pretty well built up. In order to keep posted as to the growth and expansion of this city mn has to be up and about, for inafew months a trans- formation may take place in a locality that may 1N THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION. There has been quite a good deal of building in the vicinity of the grounds of the Washing- ton barracks. The Metropolitan Rallroad Com- ny is preparing to put up a large power | pede oe plans jibes by J.B. Brady, archi- tect, for the new motor system when it is put on the 9th street line and will occupy with such a building about half of the on 436 street between © and P streets. A short time ago an entire square to the north was sold at public auction. It is bounded by Delaware avenue, 2d, N and O streets southwest and con- tains over 70,000 feet. A corner lot was not in- cluded in the sale, which made the total area offered about 65,000 square feet. It was purchased by Mr. Hoover, who paid 27 cents per square foot. The corner lot, containing 7,500 square feet, was bought by Fisher & Oppeabeimer for gbout 46 conte por oot. A DEMAND FOR RESIDENCE PROPERTY. - IXT 1892— SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29, EEN PAGES. times. Still the character of private residences erected in this city is constantly improving. There is more money spent in thi rection then ever before, and as a rule these houses not only provide an elegantand comfortable home for the owner, but they realize a handsome amount when they are placed on the market. It is getting easier every year to sell high- priced houses, and the number erected is in- because people of means who come here to d the winter would rather have a house of their own than live in a rented one. ‘Taxes on realty are equitable and not subject to the fluctuations that exist in other less favored municipalities, and naturally people of means invest their money here. During the past weck James B. Wimer, real estate broke: sold for Mr. James Clephane his residence at the corner of New Hampehire avenue and N street for 27,000. The pur- chaser was Lieut. Crozier of the army. ° SRW HOUSES BEING ERECTED. Riggs street, which has been opened up west of 16th street, is being improved rapidly. In the block between 16th and 17th streets « num- ber of handsome houses were erected when the street was first opened and now Mr. William Sehneider is building « row of houses, On the juare between 18th and 19th strects Charles . King is putting up twelve three-story houses end plans are being prepared for the erection of eight houses in the same block. A row of four houses will be erected by M. 8S. Oppen- heimer on Retreet between 9h and 10th streets. ‘The ground was recently purchased at private sale. Its dimensions are 65x100 fect und the price paid was @1.84 per square foot. ‘THE NEW AssEssoRs. ‘There is naturally a good deal of interest manifested by citizens in the appointment of ‘the. three essessors who are to determine the property valuations which will be the basis for taxation for the next three years, beginning in July, 1893. As is well known the President was authorized by Congress to appoint three men to review the work done by the of assessors. At the same time the operation of the new as sessment was suspended for one year owing to ‘the dissatisfaction over the results reached by the assessors. Now this work is practically to be done all over again. although the new board will have the advantage of the data gathered by the old board. The three members of the old board as they went about the city viewing property put down in the assessment books their individual opinion of the value of each piece of property. This entry waa made in lead pencil, and in the adjoining column was = uation as finally fixed by the 4. Then, again, the new assoasors will have the advantage of the figures agreed upon when the board sat asa board of revision, and made such aweeping reductions, especially in the value of business property. It is thought that with this data at hand if the President ap- points three good men who can get along to- gether reasonably well the entire work of revision and assessment can be completed in two or three months. Mr. Trimble, the Dis- trict assessor, says that it will require at least mx months to get the figures of the new assessment on hia booka = 60 that the bills can be mado out. It was pro- pored to allow the new board six months to do their work, but the illness and death of Mrs. Harrison bas, of course, made it impossible for the President to give the matter that attention which he otherwise would have done. A num- ber of names have been suggested for his con- sideration, and it is expected that the appoint- ments will be made before long. AN ELEVATOR IN A CHURCE. In the handsome improvements which have deen made during the past summer in the edi fice of the First Presbyterian Church, on 43 street,and which are now about completed, pro- virion has been made for an levator or lift «ch as is now common in private houses. This chureh edifice, like nearly every building of the kind erected informer years in this city, has the suditorinm on the second floor, and no doubt the convenience and comfort ‘of that modern device, the elevator, willbe appreciated by people when on their way to church, just as {Cin whoa transscting business or ai thelr homes. A RECORD NEVER BEFORE EQUALED. The office of the inspector of buildings made record for itself during the past week and when the estimated cost of the forty-four build- ings for which permits were issued came to be added it was found to aggregate over half a million doliars. All of these permite were 15- sued from Monday to Wednesday ,and the record has never been equaled in the history of the office. It was a battle between the northwest and southwest this weck and the former won ‘The county made a good showing, but the northeast fell off and the southeast never was in i ‘These are the figures: Northwest, seventeen ermita, $352,500; southwest, two permits, 120,556; northeast, eight permits, $22.600; southeast, two permits, £9,800: county, fifteen mite, $42.90. Total, ‘forty-four ‘permits, $547,856. "The oftent of this’ week's opera: tions can be better understood when the average of the office for new permits is $600,000 per month, This large increase ia duo to the issue of per- mits for several extensive buildings and a num- ber of fine private residences. SOME NEW BUILDINGS. Isadore Saks is building a handsome resi- dence at 1715 Massachusetts avenue. The house will be of brick, with Indiana lime stone front. It will be four stories with basement and provided with a circular bay window run- ning up one story. It will have a frontage of twenty-five feet by a depth of 100 feet and heated throughout by hot water, T. F. Schneider made the plans and Frank H. Duebay is the builder. Ground has been broken for the erection of two neat brick dwellings at 1821 and 1833 10th street northwest. ‘These houses will be three stories high, with basement. Two square bay windows. with corners cut off, are provided to relieve the pressed-brick fronts. M. D. Hensey is the owner and Hough Bros. the builders. A.M. Lawson is building three brick dwell- ings from 2421 to 2425 University place, and four from 1430 to 1436 Euclid street, University place northwest. These houses will, when com- pleted, be three stories high, each’ with large, roomy cellars. Julius Germuller is the archi- tect and A. M. Lawson the builder. From plans prepared by T. B. Pyle W. F. Kerby & Bro. are building for Chas, G. Emack three neat dwellings from 465 to 469 I street northwest. All modern improvements will pre- vail. Mary G. Temple is building from plans pre- pared by Hornblower & Marshall a church at the southeast corner of 14th and Ii streets northwest. @'he building will have frontage of 59 feot by a depth of 103 feet 6 inches. John McGregor is the builder. Henry Klinge is building two neat dwellings of two stories ench at 259 and 261 N street northwest. One of the prettiest dwellings of the year is about to be erected on lot 20, Connecticut ave- nue extended, T. J. D. Fuller is the owner and Fuller & Garrett ‘are doing the building. It will be two stories high with attic and cellar and for the first story will be of brick, the re- mainder will be of frame. =e Written for The Evening Sta Muste of the Pencil. Did you never sit and listen At a busy, thoughtful school, When the pencils click and clatter As they cipher out by rule? ‘Did you ever think how often Little fingers tired grow, As they wield the stubborn pencil In their efforts more to know? Did you ever think how empty Is the more they seek to know? How the phantom lingered near us With its false, enchanting show? Did you ever think how little Joy there is that’s good and true? How the heart is glad in making Knots that no one can undo? Bui there’s music in the pencil, And the world shall hear the strain, ‘Wherrthese restless penct! holders ‘Shall be active, thoughtful men. ‘ —Joux Ricuaxp WEATHERS. ‘Washington, D.C. ———+oo A Short Tramp in the Woods. ‘THE NATIONAL GUARD we ean ice Has Been the Feature of the Week. | Rife Pract COMPETITIONS TO FOLLOW. District Soldiers Will Have Ample Opportu- nity to Win Prizes on the Range Next Wed- nesday and Thureday—Every Competitor WIM Have to Be Prompt—Echoes of the Battle, Non SINCE THE organization of the Dis- trict National Guard, bas theré been such a display of interest in rifle shooting as bas been apparent during the past week. Early tn there was plenty of time, a large proportion of the brigade member- ship had but little to do with the range, but now the targeta ate too few to accommodate the multitude that has daily gathered on the Wash- ‘ington Barracks range. Procrastination is an ennoying and anti-military feature in the make- up of too many guardsmen. Of couree, more than a few of those who bave been burning am- munition since last Monday morning are new men who had no prerious opportunities to show what they could do with the Springfield, but the big majority are the men who ought to have made their qualifying ecores long enough ago. On Monday the mid-rango targets will be open solely for the use of sharpshooters. Men who have not made 40 out of the ponsible 50 at 200 yards and 300 yards need not take the trouble to visit the barracks on that da; ‘Tuesday wil be a quiot sort of a day; there Till not be any practice, "New targets will havo to be prepared for the competitions and a hun- dred minor details must be attended to. All entries close on Tuesday afternoon. Papers re- ceived at the adjutant general's office after 5 p. m. of that day cannot receive consideration. Five o'clock means precisely 5 o'clock. Wednesday will be one of the busiest days in the year so far as rifle shooting is converned. To av to be in most of the competitions the program was squeezed into two days, There will not be ® minute to waste. Competitors will be re- quired to complete their scores within the legal time limit; 1f they fail to do this the blame will be only on themselves. Inthe competitions of 1890 and 1891 several would-be competitors did not arrive on the ground in time to answer roll call, 4 they Were much distressed because they were not permitted to shoot, Let every man who is interested in the 1892 meeting remember that the rule referred to will not be broken under any circumstances. Let every man re- member that “The merchants’ match will open at 9 o'clock a, m., Wednesday, November 2. “The company team match will open at 1 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, November 2. “The battalion team match will open at 1:30 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, November 2. “The separate companies’ team match will open at 2:30 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, Novem- ber 2. “The Washington match will open at 2:45 | o'clock p. m., Wednesday, November 2. “The National Guard match will open at 9 o'clock a, m., Thursday, November 3. “Tue Eventno Stan match, the senatorial trophy match and the distinguished marksmen atch will open at 11 o'clock a.m., Thursday, November 3.” PLENTY OF PRIZE ‘Most of the intending competitors haves gen- eral idea as to the number and character of the izes which will be awarded the winners. Prizes in the merehants’s match continue to roll in most gratifyingly. ‘The latest arrival iva fine split Bamboo fishing rod, donated by that good friend of the Guard, Mr. M. A. Tappan. For two years past Mr. Tappan has contributed revolvers out of his stock; this year he thought a first-class fishing rod would be appreciated. Others who have been justly generous are Robinson & Parker, suit of clothes; J. K. Cleary, case of claret; Thomas D. Singleton, plush upholstered chair; F. Petersen, Smyrna tug; W. H. Hoeke, table; Langsburgh & Bro., album; J. H. Hen- °0., 100 cigars; W. H. Cooper, picture and frame; ‘American ‘Ice Company, cord of wood; W. H. Baum, ton of coal; E. G. Shafer, $5 gold piece: Burkhart & Son; small hat rack; James L. Barbour & Son, $10 worth of goods from stock; James 8. Topham, leather medal for man making lowest scor H. Walker, barrel of flour; Willett & Ruoff, $5 umbrella: C. M. Bell, one dozen cabinet photographs; Oehm & Co., Baltimore, pair of trousers to order. Other firms who will contribute are W. B. Moses & Co., W. H. Houghton & Co., Craig & Hard- ing, A. Lisner and several more. In the company team match the prize is a silver-plated ice-water pitcher, standard and goblets; in the battalion team match the trophy (the Ordway trophy) is a silver-plated and highly decorated cup; in the separate company mitch the reward is a bronze clock. There are three gold medals in the Washing- ton match, presented respectively and willingly by Mr. John H. Magruder, by the Hanson Electric Battery Company {through Maj. Frank Aldrich) and by Mr. B. H. Warner, president of the Washington Loan and Trust Company. In the National Guard match there will be three gdld medals,donated by, respectively, the first regiment, the second regiment and the engineer corps. Tue Eventxa Stan gold medal, the sen- atorial silver cup and champion’s pin and the magnificent Cranford medal, with the very fine Tierney medal, conelnde the list of prizes. CAPT. NEUMEYER'S EFFECTIVE WORK. Echoes from the battle of Brentwood road continue to make themselves heard. Some of them are amusing and more than a few are in- structive. One of the echoes is quite per- sistent and it continually sings praises of the commissary work done that day by Capt. E. H. Neumeyer and Corp. Springmann, his assistant, It is not a smal job to feed nearly 1,200 hungry men, but Capt. Neumeyer did it so well that compliments have continued to shower on him even up to the present time. PIGEONS A®8 COURTERS. wt A great many people were much interested in the homing pigeons used to convey bulletins of the battle of Brentwood road from the field to the city. Lieut. Munson, surgeon of. the en- gineer corps, was in charge of that bfanch of the business. The doctor is an enthusiast in the matter of homing pigeons, and was much leased with tho experiments. ‘He did not use Eisown birds, becsabe he could not beat the loft to receive them when they got home, so he was supplied with birds by Mr. Samuel Wallace, a pigeon fancier, whose loft is at 114 D street. Mr. Wallace received the birds, detached the meseages and forwarded the little slips of paper to Tae Stax office. One of the birds made the trip to the city in one minute and a half. MAJ. MACAULEY 48 A SHARPSHOOTER. Decidedly .the most prominent event of the rifle practice which has been going on during this week was the sudden and unexpected de- velopment of shooting talent in Maj. Dan Ma- brig ide general. The maj Pomession of anything that even resembled ability to shoot; he was also accustomed to tell how be, fruitiensty emptied two or three Winchesters at a bi which was less than 100 feet from the muzzle of his rifle, but denials are of no value now. For the first time in his life Maj. Macauley fired a Springfield rifle, yet he made two 200-yard scores that when recorded looked like these: 4043 4-15 435442 No one was more astounded than the himself. He now has a realizing sense of w! a “bad” man he is when he has a gun. FORT SHERIDAX'S RIFLE RANGE. ‘Men who expect to be members of the bri- gade team of 1893 and who as such are im- pressed with the idea that they may visit Chi- the season, when | wasting the time of men who desire | ‘TO FILL THE SECOND RATTALION. | THE CHESS WORL! The second battalion will probably be blessed | with anew company some time during the | Coming week. Capt. Robert H. Young has about forty High — ogee who are | Chess Directory —Washingtos Obes, Theckers and Whist anxious to get int guard ey are to! organize on Monday evening and will be mus. | Giah, 920 F street northwest. tered in as soon as possible thereafter as com- | Address all communications to Chats Bator pany D, second battalion. tog Star, Washington, D.C —_ THE JACKSON DEMOCRATS. Problems—Games—Solutions and Solvers— Correspondence. The following problem ts a good representa- tive of the Swodieh school, very few specimens of which are accessible to the English reading public. The theme is « delicate one and ts handled by a master. | PROBLEM No. By A STARL } Black— Three pieces. Kon KBS, Bon QB4, Pon QA Lending Ald to Their Maryland Brethren— Dr. Calver Sends an Encouraging Report. There was an enthusiastic meeting of the Jackson Democratic Association at Odeon Hall last night. The hall was well filled when Vice President J. W. Barker called the meeting to order. President Norris was present, but seated among his colleagues, where be could take an active part in the discussions A cireu- lar letter from Chauncey F. Black, president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, calling for financial aid was responded to by an eppropriation of @50 from the club. Mr. T.A.Tolson spoke of the ratification meeting some days ago in honor of McKaig and Compton and said he thought the essociation should lend them some assistance. Capt. W. J. Gary said if the association was | going to help the candidates in the fifth and j sixth Maryland districts he desired to call at- tention to certain facts. He had seen Mr. Compton recently and he aid he did not need Any more assistance in his district He bad closed his canvass and felt perfectly safe as to his district. He stated further that Mr. Cemp- jton said if the democrats of Washington | wanted to do anything for Maryland they | should throw all their energy in Mr. McKaig’s district. It was finally decided to send $100 to Chair- | man Compton, $50 for the sixth and $50 for the fifth districts, with an explanatory letter saying that in case he did not need the money he could | turn tt over to Mr. McKaig. Mr. George E. Kirk, speaking for the advisory committee, ‘said the’ association had sent last Tuesday $500 to the campaign fund. MR. CULVER SANGUINE ABOUT WASHIXOTON. President Norris cent to the secretary a letter from Mr. ©. P. Culver of Tacoma, Washington, a former member of the association. The let- ter states that it is his opinion that the clectoral vote of the state of Washington will go for the democratic nominces and. that, two democratis representatives will be sent to Congress, with a eat chance of a Kenator to succeed Senator john B. Allen, a democratic governor and a majority of the legislature, Continuing he saya: ‘There is little doubt on the old basis the state of Washington is revublican, but on the Prevent lseues with the republican’ party hope- ly divided on the matter of the Lake Wash- | ington canal asa government undertaking for the benefit of afew land sharks in and about Seattle the democratic party will carry the state at the November election. Jnst what the democratic majority will be I will not venture a | Prediction. But it vill be a majority anywhere om 5,000 to 15,000 say those who hare can- vassed the state.” Upon motion of Mr. T. V, Noonan a com- mittee of three, consisting of T. V. Noonan, J. L. Norris and W. W. Kirby, was appointed to select a place and make ali errangemente for receiving the election news, Upon motion of Mr. Norris the association tendered an invitation to all regularly organ- ized democratic clubs to be its guests on elec- tion night. A motion was made to attend the big ratif- cation meeting in Alexandria next Friday night in a body. As that night is the regular meeting night of the association the matter was laid on the table until next Friday night at 7 o'clock, when the question will be decided. ——— TWENTY-TWO BLOCKS BURNED. Kon KRt sq. Q on OK?! on Bea Poss Qk Ba, White—Ten pieces White to play and mate tn two END GAMF. No. 153 Ry W. LEWIS. Black—Two pieces. White Two pieces White to play and win. New York. On the evening of October 23 he gave a blindfold exhibition, playing five games simultaneously without sight of board or men, and vanquished all of his opponents in one hour and thirty minutes, Lasker, like Zuke tort, Steinitz, Techigorin and Paulsen, visualizes the board in his mind, and as each move is made the position appears at once asa mental picture. Blackburne, on the other hand, though one of the greatest blindfold players of the age, has to recapitulate in his mind at every move all the preceding moves from the be- ginning of the game. The brilliant player, analyst and editor of the Baltimore News chess column, Mr. W. H. K. Pollock, considers Lasker's abilities of a very high order. Up to the present time the young expert bas contested nineteen games at the Manhattan and lost but one, and that to Mr. A. B. Hodges, who is also quite a young man and the cham- pion of the etato of New York. ‘There was great excitement at the club over the brilliant man- ner in which Mr. Hodges captured the game. It was a well-deserved victors, though as after- ward demonstrated Mr. Lasker bad a theoreti- cally better game than his adversary at the Hundreds of Acres in Milwaukee Swept by Flames. Affire which started yesterday afternoon in the Union Oil Company's store, on East Water street, Milwaukee, had burned by 11 o'clock last night everything in the territory bounded on the west by the north branch of the Mil- waukee river, on the east by the lake and on the south by the harbor branch of the river— twenty-two solid blocks, five of which were eccupied by wholesale houses, factories, dis- tilleries, &c., the rest by residences. This does not include the vast yards of the Chicago and Northwestern road, which cover many acre: Hundreds of cars have been burned. For an hour the fire department straggled bravely with the elements, which were fanned more discretion at that stage would have proba- bly won. He incautiously skirmished after « couple of innocent little pawns, while Hodges adroitly developed « beautiful winning position. ‘The game is a study for amateurs, ‘The following are the 4th, 5th and 6th games in sequence of the exhibition games at the Manhattan: FOURTH GAME-—SICILIAN DEFENSE. G. Baird—White. E. Lasker—Black. | by a gale that was blowing at the rate of thirty-| 3eStps EOBSs |six miles an hour. Chief Foley kept the fre 04 Par | confined to one block on East Water street until 7 o'clock, when it got away from him and | leaped across’ the street and began @ rapid | march toward Lake Michigan, six blocks away, cutting down in short order F. Dohmen & Co., wholesale drugs; M. Bloch, wholesale liquors; Bub & Kipp’s seven-story building, furniture factory; Roundy, Peckham & Co., wholesale grocers; Jacob 'Wellauer, wholesale grocer; Johnson Brothers’ cracker factory (American Biscuit Company), National Distilling Com- ininutes pany, be At 8 o'clock the flames had crossed Broadway Kir between Buffalo and Detroit, taking numerous nutes #1 minutes wooden structures and then ‘advancing to Mil- hE waukee street. The entire lower part of the third ward, in- habited largely by poor Irish families, is ' de- vastated. About 300 cottages have been de- stroyed and the poor people are wandering about the streets doudly lamenting their loss. | Alarms came in every few minutes from parts of the city widely separated,and it was thought that firebugs were helping in the work of de- struction. ‘The elegant residence of L. F. Hodges, a member of the board of trade,at 9th and Cedar streets, two miles from the fire dis- trict, was destroyed. One fireman was killed anda woman suffo- cated. ‘The gas works caught fire and frequent explosions occurred that shook the whole city. |The department used dynamite in an effort to stop the advance of the flames und several buildings were blown up. Four men, seriously injured by falling walls, were taken to the Emergency Hospital. The members of the light horse squadron and fourth battaiion were called out to assist the police in guarding prop- 'H GAME—FIANCHETTO DI DONNA. er—White. . BI ack, R " ms an oop soMm est rrtia ede mata 3 ital BS SeRtEneHs ee EP PTCOPRO ESE ete 3 a hae | 5 ns eestetee PT Pears tgs erty. Tosurance men estimate that the entire loss will aggregate $7,000,000 up to“ll o'clock, when the fire was still spreading. About a dozen steamers and schooners were removed from the Milweukee to the Kinnic Innic river, where they were out of harm's way. Engines from Racine and Kenosha played on the fite at points where they could do the most good. They left the trains south of the fire and did much to confine it to the north bank of the river below the turn at Walker's Point bridge. At midnight Chief Foley announced that the fire was under control. Over 300 frame buildings in the third ward area mass of ruins, the inhabitants literally fleeing for their lives and losing everything ex- cepting the clothes they wore und what they could grab. Thousands came from various parte of the city and thronged the down-town streets, crowding them so that it was almost impossible for the coal supply wagons to get through. a pprepeia) F NOTES BY LASKER. The game had been devel into a veriation of French defense. which of practic tn various matches bet ponents of the game. <b) A new move, which leads to a exchange of queens ; if Kt-Kt3. black continues with P-KR4 (c) The object of White's play in all these maneuvers: ~—— if possible, k's advance of the ts court ‘This makes the KP weak, and did, indeed, lose the gatne for black. (e) The advance of the KRP intends the exchange of the unpleasant bishop of the opponent. (f) Now at last Whi ve has attained ol }, viz, to remain in the game ending with Kt. ‘&B. 8) Te? Res waite: win with 49 P. Te eae ope a , * 351 R-R3, any; 52 KiB —~") Axew York Sun. SIXTH GAME. RUY LOPEZ. A. B. Hodges—Biack. aa so ee The reports of the New England cotton mills show extraordinary earnings and profits, not- withstanding the fact that, they have been pey- ing an advance of three and a half per cent in wages. ———_-+e+ Time for Action, twenty-fifth move, and had be exercised a little | PRESIDENTS ACKNOWLEDO. MENT. THE A Graceful and Grateful Message te i | Ma Neighbors. be funera! party left Indianapolis om the 0 Washington at 5.90 yesterday after Pres: Harrison, Mra. McKee and bere of the President's family were quietly eh from the residence of RS. MeKea, where ther bad spect the afternoon, to the depot, where the remainder of the party hed Aiready boarded the train During the few mo- ments that remained before tte departure the resident rex pallbearers and ea few other tr os in his private ear and feelingty expressed his gratitade for the part they Bad taaen in the solemn event of the day. Just be- fore the train left the President dictated and g, with the request that ft to the local papers: eR Sy 4 are an some public Business BENJAMIN GARRISON. fOME RULE BILL. MR. GLADSTONE’S &£ It is Believed That the Cabinet ts United On the Measure. Assoc non of the eal | ence whatever with home rule propossle have | long been so versed in both the leading prinei- los and the details of the measure that the Presentation of « draft of the bill yesterday, th tation occurred at all, must have been da mere formality. Immediately after the government wae formed Mr. Gindstone constituted several com- mit 4 with preparing the lead- fg meas coming sewion of parlia- ment The home rule committee consisted of Mr. Giadstone himeelf, Earl Spencer, Sir Wille | tam Vernon Harcourt, John Morley and Sir George Trevelyan. Snpreme confidence prevails in the innermost ministerial circles rogarding the absolute une- | nimity of the cabinet committee on the bome rule scheme. With the committee in unison among the minor measures of the prese: Ae | cabinet is improbable. And it is certain that * bill will be presented in parliament without | the remotest chance of any minister breaking | loose from his colleagnes. | The government measures next in tmpor- tance before the cabinet are electoral registra- tion reform, publicaus’ licenses and parish councils’ bila, All of these have been drafted and itcan now be aunonneed that they will | form the bulk of the business of the session. | The Irish eviction commission will begin ite | meeting on November 10. Lister Drummond, | the secretary, is an Oxford man and a Catholic | convert, who has long served under Justice | Matthew. the president of the commission, as | revining barrister. | Both Justice Matthew and Mr. Drummond are in sympathy with the tenants, and will so vitalize the inquiry as to dispel the suspicion of certain nationalists that the commission is « mere put off. | NEW PU soe BLICATIONS. MEA CULPA; A WOMAN'S LAST WORD. By Henk HARLAND Gyduey Luska). New York: Loveli, Coryell & Co, Washington: Brentano's. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN PAS-PLUS. By MARQUIS OF LORNR. New York: Lovell, Cory= el) & Co. Washingtou: Brentano's. ESCAPE OP A CONFEDERATE OFFICER FROM PRISON. By S. B. Davis. Norfolk: The Lamé- mark Publis HILL'S SOUVENIR GUIDE TO CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. By Twos. k Mma. Chicago: Laird & Lee. WRECKED ON THE BERMUDAS. By Capt. W. E. MEYER, T. Dillingham & Oo. Washingt COMPLETE GU | TY-NINE ETARY SYSTEMS. By JNO. Hexky Noxaax. New York: @. P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Brentano's. MANNERS AND MONUMENTS OF PREBIS- TORIC PEOPLES. By Marguis DR NaDatuiad. ‘Translated by Nancy Bell (NX. D'Anvers). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Washingvon: Bren- tano's. THE TWO SISTERS. Ry A. W. HAasensman. ee ‘W. Habersham, 421 Exchange lace. TRE END OF TIME. By L. @. DD, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sous. Brentano's. THE STORY OF SICTLY, By Rowanp A. Pau . New York: G. P. Putnam's Sona Wash- Brentano's. ROLAND GRAEME; KNIGHT. Macnak. New Yo Fords, bert. Washiagton: Kallantyne’s. PRAYER MEETING THEOLOGY. By E. J. Mon- nis, New York: G. P. Putnair's Sons. Waste ington: Brentano's. NOTES BY A NATURALIST. By HX. MANE Rh New York, GP: Pomame Sous. Washington: Brentano’. a A Promising Suburban Railroad To the Editor of The Evening Star, ‘The people along the line of the proposed railroad from Takoma to Burnt Mills and thence to Sandy Springs are alive to their interests. ‘The originators of this railroad are pursuing the even tenor of their way, pushing the enter- prise as rapidly as the law will allow, and with due regard to the interests of all the route who have 0 cheerfully lands and means for its construction. It is retty well known that a sufficient amount will subscribed for building the road for a con- siderable distance by the owners of adjacent to the route determined upon. a well-known fact that the section of through which this railroad is to Acwes ward & has ‘caused many wealthy citizens to sock komes there, some haring purchased lange tracts of land and beaut same—J. W. Albangh and W. W. agers; ex-Secretary of Admiral 8. P. Lee of na 8. 8. Carroll, who achieved tion during the war of Crosby 8. Noyes, editor of Many other well-known names could be of men who have resorted country for health and To yp the part Sligo and Long Branch ‘Mills it hae been deemed ie to construct a railroad i