Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1892, Page 3

{| oy THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. t. FRIDAY,” DECEMBER 23, 1892—-TEN PAGES. THE CHRISTMAS STAR. Some of the Contents ¥ Tomorrow's Stan will # Sixteen- ber of grest interest. Its broad pages will be ecial mat- Resides a vast for ebe leisure, general matters, all ill be given with fall- itterary sctive number. Among the conte 5 wing THE EVE OF CHRISTY Street sketches and boliday A MAN WITH A HISTORY The of oficial circles half a cen- Mustrated). LAPAYETTE’S DEATH Only Minstrated). who saw him buried. Mlustrated ). me man now living CHRISTMAS IN PARIS How the b a ludaye are obsers SHIPMATES OF ONE VOYAGE tex of a December jour- ting nm DUKES CH A bri Stuart SECRETS OF THE How the hydrograph them ST MAS. y of the day by Ruth MeEnery A tive is trying to learn ONE STORY PROM LIFE. A sample from the private records of the Sal: vat nm Army MACNA LOA ABLAZE. | « traveler an the volcano | REAL ESTATE GosstP. sthat the city is out- of the eviden Browing ite prese HOW THEY SPF Execure ® THE PARIS. the benefit of the | PACHELORS’ CHRISTMAS. will be celebrated by some of the old felic THE OLD PROFESSOR. The stemmer LIFE ON THE man who grinds an organ on a river BUMPEI » railroad employes BULKHEADS AND WHARVES. Rules for Their € Eng BE es See tel Maj. Charie- corps bas forw i ant regulation , traction heals ar ‘ the Anacostia Washing? C., whe ead and wharf r War These regulati have been © » the secretary of that detailed ropoaed bul be submitte roval, | are | b changes made in said plans and | Said walls and wharves be built in accord- ance with the « aud shall be spectionof the of the improve- tion of earth or other bevond the estab- substantial wall of | ‘oved masonry, | © foundation. | rubble, concrete or laid upon a pie and g wianve No structure of any description shall be built outside lines wharv, the except | which m } iron piles and so bui to permit jt upon wooden or the free pamage of the tidal currents under the wharves, No wharf or part of a wharf sball extend or be basit beyond the established wharf line ex- cept the fender piles needed to protect the front of the sam: When wharves are built or extended the owners t build or exte I not be required | wharves entirel the wharf line unless he or they so desir Wharves aball not be les sixty nor more than 100 feet in width. Ail slips between two S@ijacent wharves shall be at least 160 feet in| ef a wharf or| arian owner the lines must the adjoining owner will have the slip in front of his prop- All pe enbmit » piat - ed or f the Se ng to build wharves shall t showing the ¥ them and the pr ions of wharves for ¢ War Jo approval | . Anacostia “, nor 1 by the the “Ana- | IY WILL Now powN, he agh the weeks “ petitions Hammett Fach bade r. the same ae or yer~one erefal ceak of te . the eig- . Bed reons a service as is the interest 07 youd of the esty lem James Nolan's Win, ‘The will of Jumes A. Nolan wus filed today. Me his friend, Aun M.Nhea of 66 G ecreet, bis money en deposit, $2900, as well as the ase of bis estate, and names her as execu- tris. Minister Figan sailed from New York Tuesday afterseon in the Columbia for Calva, on his way buck to Chile. | day evening at the residence of Mrs. Dora T. | mother in Philadelphia. SOCIAL MATTERS. All the President's family will be here to spend Christmas with him. As previously intimated in theee columns the children wil! have their Christmas tree fan as usual, but on tomorrow afternoon instead of Christmas morning, as first planned. Mr. and Mrs. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Lieut, and Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Dimmick ‘will join the President at his Christmas dinner. Col. and Mra. Thomas F. Barr have sent invi- tations here for the marriage of their daughter, Miss Alice Gertrude, to Lieut. Frank Tompkin of the seventh regiment, United Stat at St. Cornelius’ Chapel, Governor's Island, Y..at 12 o'clock on Wednesday, January 4. | Col. Barr and family are very well’ known here by their former residence and as pleasantly re- | warmest expressions of her large circle of friends in her approaching marriage. | The holiday festivities for the young ladies and gentlemen who are still in school will com- | mence tonight by the dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Warder for the friends of their second daughter, thedancing party tomorrow night, of h Miss Grace Norris is hostess, and Mra. dancing party for the friends of her . the party on Tuesday next, when the esentative and Mra. Hitt will be id Misa Lena Hutchinson's dance guest, Miss Cornell. On Wednesday next Senator and Mrs. Hale's sons tertain about the same circle at_a dance. | On Thursday night Miss Genevieve Mattingly | will be the hostess of another gathering of | young people and on Saturday, December 31, | Mr. and Mrs. John R. McLean's fancy dress ball will fascinate both old and young. That even- | ing the younger daughters of the vice presiden- | tial household will give adance for the mem- | bers of the dancing class to which they belonged | lant winter. | Mrs. Charles Gibson was at home to callers | yeaterday afternoon at her apartments, at the Shoreham, and made a quarter hour pass very elightfully for the many who dropped in. Mra. Dixon and Mrs. George Davis assisted in re- ceiving, while Miss MeCeney poured tea. Sena- tor Gibson was also present. Mrs. Gibson will accompany her husband on the senatorial trip down to Havana and Florida. They start to- morrow and will spend their Christmas travel- ing. Mrs. Alex. Magruder will give a dinner party tonight, followed by @ supper to a group of eighteen friends. Senator and Mrs. MeMillan will go out to Detroit to spend the holidays and will bring their daughter back with them early in Jan- uary. Senator Stockbridge will give a dinner party tonig! The marriage of Mr. Wm. L. Waesche of Montgomery, Md., to Miss Mamie A. ty of this city took place Wednes- day evening at the parsonage the North Street M.E. Church. The bride was fawn-colored broadcloth atch, ‘The presents were numerous and tastefus Mrs. Ii. F. Stewart, danghter of Senator Wm. M. Stewart of Nevada, and her two sons will pend several davs with her father at the !ort- | land d arrive fri ng the holidays. She is expected to ‘om New York on the 27th instant. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Christmas have returned to tne city and are located at 1416 15th street Mre. Ellen Meade Clarke of Atlanta, Ga., is spending the winter with relatives at 928 R street northwest. ‘The Octagon Enchre Club met on Inst Satur- Voorhia, 617 reet northwest. Those present were H. M. Youmans, Mrs. Dr. Smith, Dr. W. B. Pomeroy, Dr. and ‘Mrs. T. Calver, Judge O. N. Riley, Mrs. FP. D. Rogers and Mrs. D. T. Voorhis, Miss Laura Zeb is spending a very enjoyable time with ber sister, Mrs. F. H. Brandenburg, at Pueblo, Colo. “Misa Zeb, accompanied by Mrs. Brandenburg and children, returns to her home the iatter part of February. ‘The marriage of Miss Mary Manning to Mr. Louis (. Fletcher of this city took place at the heme of the bride's mother, irs. Van H Manning, at Branchville. Md.. vesterday at 2 p.m. Owing to the recent death of the bride's Ficher the ceremouey was witnessed only by the immediate relatives. The couple left at 4 o'clock for New York. Mra. P. V. DeGraw, accompanied by her son Falwin, will «pend the holiday season with ber | Mise Gertrade MacNalty, a student of Mount Holvoke College, Mass., is spending her holiday vacation at the residence of her parents, 91 North Carolina avenue southeast. Miss Nalty completes her studies next June and re- turns to the city for a permanent residence. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKee, who have been on a short visit to New York, returned to Washington thix morning and will spend the Christmas holidays with the President. ‘The ergagement is announced of Misa Fannie Cohen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Cohen, to Mr. Alfred ger. At home Sunday, January 1 and Januery 8. ¢ of Brockton, Mass., is vis- iting her uncle, Dr. F. W. Ritter of I street. “Mr. John E. Brooks of the record and pen- sion division, War Department, and Miss Theresa McCafferty, daughter of Mrs. E. McCafferty of x weet northwest. were united in marriage yesterday. Rey. Dr. McKim of Epiphany Chureh performing the ceremony. The young couple were made the recipients of many con- gratulations and handsome presents. Mr. Mrs. Brooks will reside at No. 702 theast, and, New Year be at home to her friends every Tuesday evening. Col and Mra. Graves of Duluth are at the Portlan A reception was given by Mr. and Mrs, Samuel E. Darby of 423 M street northeast Wednesday | membered. The bride-elect has received the | | that he SHOOTING STARS. “This,” said the youngster as he gazed at his effulgent metal-tipped shoe, “must be what | ‘they call the light fantastic toe.” “Don't you think you are overdoing this matter of delay?” said the creditor, ie ‘Not at all,” replied the debtor, “but I am ‘satisfied that your part of the transaction is | decidedly over-dun.” “This is undonbtedly a skin aot said the man who bad been cheated in the purchase of furs, | A WASTE OF POWER, “It is a great pity to let it go to waste,” said | the telephone girl. | “What “The language that goes over this wire. ‘ou could run an electric light with it.” | The South Dekota divorce courts are fur-| | nishing some lovely novelties in the way of di- | vorces for Christmas presents, | | \¥ i] Though feathery snowdakes fill the air How can the young man say That the conditions all are fair For riding in a sleigh. Though he may make as fine a start As sleigher ever saw, He thinks how oft it wrenched his heart To walk home in the thaw. A WINTER REFLECTION, He thinks upon last sammer, With mild astonishment. ‘Tis truly nice to gaze on ice That doesn’t cost a cent. There is no reuson to doubt the report that diamonds have been discovered in Idaho. But it seems rather remarkabie that nothing was said about the hearts, clubs and spades, Jus tetas A BATTLE OF BILLS. Measures That Will Ke Pressed for Passage | After the Recess After the holiday recess there | battle of bills in the Senate. The anti-option | | bill, the Nicaragua canal bill, the anti-immi- | gration bill and the proposition tu repeal the | Sherman silver law will all claim the attention of the Senate as soon as they reconvene, and there will be a hot fight for preference, All the opponents of the anti-option bill will | join with the friends of the other bills, many of | whom will be compelled to vote for anti-option when it comes toa vote on the passage of the bill, but will be very glad to delay that vote ae Jong as possible; and it promises to be a_ ver; interesting ght for position. It ix probable that the anti- ion bil! will win the right of way and will be passed by the Senate very promptly. It is the expectation of the oppo- nents of the measure, however. that it will be | amended, and they are counting on a conflict {between the two houses on the amend- ments for a chance to defewt it. It must he said that the confident that their efforts will be « There is no t that before the session closes some prop- oxition for ion of immigration will ral expectation is that to the House proposition will be adopted. re will be ahard fight over the Nicaraguan canal bill. ‘The proposition for which hope is entertained is not to secure the bonds of the company by government guar- | antee, but to have the government tke the | matter out of the control of private | Parties and make it a government work, | here is so much opposition to the proposition iu the House that its suecess seems improbable. ‘There does not appear to be the least chance in the world of securing the repeal of the Sher- man act without making concessions to the wil- ver men, which the anti-silver men cannot agree to. will be a mighty | ILLNESS OF JUSTICE LAMAR. Not a irprise to His Friends Here Who Knew of His Condition. The report coming from Atlanta, Ga., that | Justice Lamar has had a sinking spell and is very ili hus not taken his friends by ‘surprise here It has been known by his friends for some time that his condition of health is such that he | is liable to be taken off at any time. He ix suf- fering from chronic Bright's disease. A few days before he started’ for the south he bad a severe attack, which left him uncon- | scious for about three-quarters of an hour. It! ‘as feared then that theend lind come, When he 1 that he must climate here, by him would be | almost certain to result fatally. ‘The pro-| longation of his life until afier the 4th of | March isa matter of political importance to the democrats, who do not want Mr, Harrison to have the appointment of his successor on the Supreme bench, It ix not believed, however, n live until spring, and it is regarded by his friends here who know of bis condition as probable that the present attack will carry | him off. eee A New Amateur Orchestra. A consolidation was effected recently of the Columbia Amateur and Le Droit Park Orches- | ‘he new organization will be known as the Rossini Orchestra, Prof. Clarence Doyle, conduetor. ‘The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Thomas Youngs; secretary, Alfred B. Gawier; manager, Wm. Doyle. Tho membership numbers twenty- five enthusiastic amateur musicians, banded together for mutual improvement. The secre- to hear from young men de- { siring to join. evening, the occasion being the fifth anniver- sary of their marriage. Mrs. C. A. Sheehy and Mra. O. D. Hyier assisted m receiving the | guests, while Mrs. H. E. Burton, Mrs. J. W. | Ketd and Misses Edwards and Medairy attended | to the refreshment tables. The handsome | presents received by Mra. Darby were greatly admired by those present, amorg whom were | Geo. Vandercook, Mr. and Mre. M W. Ayres, Mr. and Mere. T."G. Mrs. F. M. Tryon, Mr. and M: Mr. and Mrs. Shoit, Mr. and tchin, Mr. and Mrs. Fogarty, Misses Brennan, Hutton, nagh, Duttie, Keenan, Mrs. Mra. J. Sheehy, Mrs. M! Cav- auagh, Mrs. J.D. H F. W. Brandes, Messrs. Ore Morris, vier, . Terrell, Burton, ents and Babcock. The second euchre meeting of the Nomad held last Weduesday evening at the 914 East Capitol e members of the club who are expert players of this game that the evening was one of tome excitement, the 80 closely tested for. Miss d the ladies’ first prize, while Mr. yer was the winner of the gentlemen's prize. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, tue Misses Mortis, Robertson, Miller, Lyla ¥ Ada Burch, Laura French, rtrude Martin, Mae Guilford , |. Terry, L. Thayer, E.C. Bowen, . Mayer, H. Mannakee, W. Brom- | J. R. Grace, Next Wednesday evening Mise French will en- tertain the club at ber home, 707 Massachusetts avenue northeast, ec eee SLATION. An ¥ffort te Be Made to Bring About Some Sert After the Holidays. There is to be an organized effort in the House after the holiday recess to bring about some sort of financial legislation. It will prob- ably take the sbape of an attempt to repeal the Sherman law, under which the government is urchasing 4,000,000 ounces of silver a year. The opponents of free coinage believe that this law is duily menacing the securities of the gov- ment and inevitably leading to giguntic loses. Mr. Harter of Ohio, one of the most pronounced champions of the reper! of this law, will make it his special business during the recess to endeavor to mold the public aud con- xressional sentiment so that favorable action may be taken as soon after recess as possible. For this reason be will not return to Ohio to enjoy the holiday festivities. but will be found a\ Sarjous places throughout the east where be may be most useful in advocating the repeal of the law. ‘On the other band, the friends of silver are t to nee a free ¢ bit Tormeg. te the front bef es forging to mt before many day; the year bave passed. Mr. St only the otber day that he ex age bill would soon be Lis amendment to the bill of Mr. Hill, provides for tbe repeal of the Sherman act, makes that measure practically « free coinage bill, and Mr. Stewart that when it comes to a vote it will pass. up for a vote. Mr. and Mre. H. M. Westfall. Mr. and Mrs. | | to W.0. Deni ee Transfers of Keal Deeds in fee have been R. Osborne to A. Ch J. BW 3, a! tate. filed as follow k, part 18, sq. 1010; €975. 0 J. P. E. Kamber, ; 50. W. T. Warthen subs 96 and 97, sq. 70; M.” Bryant, . . Gilbert to J.T. Park 5 Park; $1,500. kW. Walker . in truat, part Queensborough to C. A. Spofford, 1ot 16, Heighta: yE. to same, part 17, di Mary A. | er tosame. pt. 17, do: ¢~. CG. M. Em-| rich to F. W. Emrich, pts. $3 and 94, »q. 61, | Georg: 5.000, Simmons and | A. Power, pt. 13, bik. 3, Washington Heights; | $3.00 ‘. Hurst to Elizabeth N. Milstead, | lot 48, White Haven: #62114. Saime to H. J. | Milstead, lots Same to 00. G. | 27 and | . Takom | do.; to H. B. Moulton, sub gton, in farm of G. W. J.J. Darlington to M. E. K. Van | = A. | Alice 8. Hill | to F. W. 45, Middle | Grounds, ‘The Sigma Chi Fraternity, ‘The Washington Alumni Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity will give a dinner to the Epsilon Chapter at the University Club on ‘fuesday, the ith, at 7 pm. A number of members of the fraternity from w York, Baltimore and other cities are ex- | cted to attend chis dinner. Invitations have | en extended to every member in this city as far as known, and if any have been omitted the | president of ‘the chapter, Dr. Robert Farnham, 1105 M street, will be glad to rectify the error if notitied. peer Rifle Competitions Tonight. Tonight, commencing at 7:30, there will be a series of ride competitions im the District tional Guard gallery. First will be a match for three turkeys, in which ench com- pany in the brigade either will or may havea representative; then will follow a match in which the competitors will be inspectors of rifle practice and another for a very fine officers’ sword—open to subscribers, psi stant Wants Damages From the Telephone Co. R.8. Cain, by Mr. BR. Perry, has filed a suit for damages for $2,500 against the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company. He alleges damages to bis business by reason of the change of his call number to 446-3 in July, 1891, when he canceled his wubscription and notified the defendant to remove the ‘phone; that be_ and defen Tette to remain asd pablished Ut thas bie juring a year he was that he did grievance he } ber was 446-3, and quently cailed and they answer, by means of lost business, dc. | tional Theater, wrote to the Commissioners to- | during the season.” It | there are 300 tickets sold both stairways are | propriation the men were entitled to leave with | two boy | upon to settle the matter, and today in an opin- | tending roads in the county took the necessary | Commissioners and | west, and a wholesale | | A.M. Stabler, representing the incorporators | determi | persuasion, placing his hea | doctor's pleasure. The latter used his brush DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. TELEGRAMS 0 THE STAR. CRUSHED AND BURNED TO DEATH. Wreck of @ Passenger Train Early This Morning. . Dexven, Cot., Dec. 23.—A «special to the Times from Colorado Springs, Col.,says: “Santa the imperative rule, | Fe passenger train, No. 8, which left Denver at he says, and it is invariably observed, that whe | 419° o-clock Inet night, was ed be opened. The doors open outward and are| tween 1 and 2 o'clock two miles east double doors, and the lock would be little ob-| of Husted, a small station fifteen struction if the doors were pushed against | from the inside. It is only put on for protec- | tion to prevent people from coming in without | tickets. There are no bolts at either the top or bottom of doors. Independent of the two stairways, which are separated from the theater | by a fireproof wall,there are ample fire escapes erected last summer in accordance with th Commissioners’ recommendation, making the | exits of the National Theater us perfect and as safe as any place of amusement in the United States, THE COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT COMPLIMENTED. The District Commissioners’ mail this morn- ing brought them quite a shock in the shape of © complimentary levter from a prominent offi- | cial of « neighboring city, who, in acknowledg- | ing receipt of a copy of one of their annual Teports, added: “The report is one of the most if not the most complete, municipal ion I have ever seen, and is really Valuable advertisement for the capital city. ‘The Commissioners have become so accustomed to adverse criticism that they are quite unpre- pared for favorable notices of their doings. NO MATERIAL FROM THE STREETS. ‘The Commissioners have ordered that here- after no person be allowed to take material from any street in South Washington between James creek canal and Eastern branch south of N street. ‘The object of this order is to pro- hibit the brick manufacturers in that vicinity from taking the clay out of the streets. ARE NOT PER DIEM MEN. In the last appropriation bill there was an item of $2,000 to enable the asseusor of the Di trict to continue the account of arrears of ‘The following were more or lees injured: Two taxes, Two clerks were employed to do this = aera work at $1,000 per year. ‘The question arose Bert and Willie Gannon, fatally injured; whether in the case of legal holidays the pay of | John K, Shallo of Ada, Kans., injuries not these men was to be deducted the same as per | known. diem men. The auditor for the District held} E. F. McDonald of Denver, injuries not that ther stood in the same light as per diem | known; Charles Long and wife of Needles, Col., men and must be treated accordingly. ‘The | injuries not known; ol, W. H, Hanke of Dent assessor, however, thought differently, and| ver, right arm jured; S. Samuels made the point that in view of the specific ap-|of | Salt Lake, injuries’ not known Albert and Willie Gannon, fatally callod | ured: John K. Shallo of Ada, Dak., injuries not known; E. P. McDonald of Denver, inju- mon the subject holds that the assessor's | ries not known; Charles Long and wife of ‘THE NATIONAL THRATER EXITS. Mr. W. W. Rapley, the proprietor of the Na- day concerning the letter of E. M. Mattison complaining that the stairways are not opened atthe National Theater and that 600 or 300 People are admitted in the gallery. Mr. Rap- ley says that there ure never more then 650 rsons admitted and that does notoccur twice ot2:10 a.m. Several cars left the track and plan, up the cars in a heap. Fire broke out almost immediately and added horror to the scene. The train was running the rate of forty miles an hour when the acci- dent occurred and some of the cars were smashed into fragments. It was marvelous, considering the character of the wreck, that the injury to passengers was not more serious. Only the baggage car, which was next to the engine, Fomained on the trac ‘The express car turned over on its side, and rolled down thee bankment, etandmg on its | end at the foot of the slope, completely a wreck. ‘The smoking car followed end immediately took fire. The flames spread to the next car which ‘was the day coach. . ‘The front end of the day coach was on top of the embankment and the other end at the bot- tom. This car caught fire from the other and both were destroyed. The Pullman turned on side on the embankment. The accident is ascribed by some to spreading rails, while by others it is charged to faulty wheels. The Santa Fe road immediately sent out a relief train with physicians and wrecking crew on board. Engineer Weir of Denver was in charge of the train. He and Fireman Lyllas of La Junta were uninjured. When the train stopped it was right on the end of the bridge, No. 201, which crossed a deep gully fully firty feet deep. ‘The tender of the engin got off the track, but the engine re- mained 01 ony train, essman Pence and wife were on the wut were uninjared. LIST OF THR INJURED, pay. The first controller was final | boint is well taken and that the men are not per | Needles, Col., injuries not known; Col. W. diem clerks within the meaning of the law. THE TRACKS MUST DE REMOVED. ‘The Commissioners have ordered that the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac Eailroad Compuny on 14,h street -vest between Maryland enue and D street south be removed at once. H. Hnonke of Denver, right arm S. Samuels of Salt Lake, in. E.L. Sors, conductor of | arm broken left shoulder injured juries not known; Pullman, right . H. Kobn of Denver, xprained and bruised left side [Mrs C,H. Kobn, injured internally | Brusser, cut about the bead and neck nziver. right side of head bruise entirely ciosed; George B. Wateon, | Colorado agent of the Irrigation Age of Den- | ver, right cheek injured and slightly injured jinternally; —N. Waite, postal — clerk, hip and leg cut, | badly —_ bruised steps to widen T street between Lincoln avenue | Myrtle Van i 2d street. An advertisement Was inserted | cut: A. T. Lawrence, se. Papers inviting those who objected | bruised. His wife was i to the proposed widening to appear before the aS c state their objections, | Tests at the Proving Ground Delayed. but noue either appeared or presented obje seas : tions in writing. ‘The street was consequently | _ NEW Yor, Dec. 23. ~The Gordon disappear- ing gun carriage is being tea declared widened, and only two of the prop erty owners on the street received damages | proving grounds. A cross bead of one of the plungers broke after the first shot. Subsequently one of the property owners who alleged that he was ina foreign country when | dent will interrupt the test, which was made the proceedings were taken protested against | under direction of ths inventor, Capt. Gordon, e action of the Commissioners, and claimed | 7's" A and Maj. Comly of the board of ord. nance and fortification, and Capt. Frank He damages for the land taken from him. He was informed thatthe Commissioners had exhausted | Coyimmanding oficer ut ihe proving grousl, — their power in the premises, and that his only WAESHIPS ON THE LAKES, TNE WIDENING OF T STREET. Some time ago the Commissioners in pursu- ance of the law for opening, widening and ex- Charles Lingo, ernally injured. recourse was to Congress or the courts. He took the matter to the court, and the action of the Commissioners was reversed, the court holding that it was necesea serve actnal notice on the property holders. That a failure to object could not be taken as a constructive waiver. In order to secureta valid title to the property taken, necessary to" widen the street. the Commissioners renewed pro- ceedings tinder the law und haye just received the award of the marshal’s jury of condemn ‘the jury consisied of Messrs. M. M. | fhoinas M. Gale, James A. Bates, | G.W. PF. Swartzell, David 1 F. Waggaman. No damages The Canadians, However, Call Them Reve- : nue Cutters, ‘The question of maintaining war ships on the great lakes in contravention of treaty stipula- tion has engaged the attention of this admit istration since the fall of 1891, in that year Lieut. G. L. Carden, United States revenue ma- » was directed to investigate the sub- He made a quiet visit to ada, and under date of Januai he submitted a report to | Foster of the Treasury Department gi ensions of the so-styled “new Canadian eruiser Consten which was revenue cutter at home, but in reulity a war ship. This report was transmitted to Sceretary Tracy, who commenting on it ina letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, under date of January, 1892, rays: itevenue cutters would not appear to come | within the limitations of the treaty of 1817, for | the United States maintains four revenue steamers ou the great lukes, varying in tonnage from 419 to 499 tons each and each carrying two or three guns. The treaty provides that neither party shall maintain on the lakes « eater number of vessels than as follow: On Luke Ontario, one vessel not exceeding | 100 tons, armed with ene 18-pound cannon; on @ public hearing upon the bi il, | the upper lakes two vessels of the ame doscrip- which is at present before the Commissioners | tion; on Li e Champlain, one vewel of the for report, is known as House bill 9950, nud | eae description, and that no other vessel of proposes two routes within the limita of the | war shali be built or armed on these lakes” istrict. One to begin at the igtersection of EE ES w York and Florida avenues and extending | 7.0 5 fo the northeastern boundary line of the Dis-| The Treasury Department during the past trict near the Sargent road and the other start-| summer and fall bas kept fully advised of ing ut tho University station and extending to | the Canadian authorities in building armed the same point. cutters,on the lakes. Under date of De- MISCELLANEOUS. cember’ 9, 1892, Lieut. Carden, who spent Tuo several whoteslo licenses advertised as | much of his au 1 Canada colleoting,in- having been approved cannot be ready for issue | formation on the subject. mude » second report by the sesomen for several dage pot)” | to the Secretary of theTreasary. Te finds that Ella Jackson, nurseat the Washington Asylum | the null designs of three vessels recently con- : : eee t™ | stracted or now on the docks—the Constance, Plovpital, hes recigned and Ethel MoClanaban | Gow and Potrel—show “sulficienteireagth 16 has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Danat’ od the eaeetog ot aeene een i See rapid-fire Maxim-Nordfeldt guns.” THE ELEPHANT KNEW. ‘The Nordenfeldt gun is the type of a gun, be is oS says, which will cuter into the armaments of these revenue cutters. ‘The gun position continue the report, “permit of the placing of two guns, one ‘on each bow, for ui almost direct’ ahead fire, A third position in the after portion of each ship ives an arc of fire from sharp on oi wr, ound the stern to sharp on the opposite bow: (The rally aunidehip will permit of the placing in broadside of small callber rapid-fire aud machine guns. The Nordenfeldt battery mentioned for the Petzel and her sisters is more than a match for the combiued batteries of the the three United States revenue cutters on the lakes—the Perry, Johuson and Fessenden.” Discussing the fighting quality of these vesssis Lieut. Carden suys that “the hull dimensions of the Patrel, Constance and Curlew will euable them to mineuvere Ww 7 and in the event of any possible contingency maintain an effective patrol of that canal. at least for three or four days, until sdditional gunboats can break from the St. Lawrence Fiver across Lake Ontario to the mouth of the Welland. Ordinary field batteries are not Je ® Stone and J de Secretary nig the R LICENSES GRANTED, Tho Commissioners today granted tho Ban- ner Brewing Company a retail liquor license at 421 10th street northwest, and one to Samuel | Demonet, 1714 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. THE BURNT MILLS RAILWAY. Mrs. W. G. Metzerott, Charles G. Stone, Guion Miller, J. Enos Ray,a. G. Thomas and of the Washington, Burnt Mills and Sandy Springs Railway Company, called upon the | Commissioners this afternoon and requested | 6 that they et apart next Friday morning o'clock as the day and hour for vidence of Reasoning Power in the Stupid- Looking Fachyderm. From the 8t, Louls Globe-Democrat Stories of the elephant’s engacity are every- where rife in India, and, indeed, every one who happens to have seen these creatures employed i government contract labor will scarcely have failed to notice numerous instances of it him- self. An engineer officer who was stationed at Cal- cutta a few years back was possessed of a very valuable elephant, which, to his great grief, contracted a viralent discase of the ey and, after euffering with it for a few days, be- came completely blind. His owner thereupon applied to a resident surgeon, stating the case nd asking if he could do anything for the re- lief of his favorite. ‘Tho surgeon, after exam- ining the elephant’s eyes, said that he was will- ing to try the effect of nitrate of silver on one of them, that being a remedy which was very beneticial ia the treatment of the human sufficient to stop these ships, whereas aflicted with s similar disease, The animal’s|the rapid-fire guns of the new craft driver was accordingly summoned, and the | will be expected to keep hostile great beast by his instrumentality made to lie | forces clear of the Welland locks until a sufti- down. The doctor then applied the nitrate of | cient number of British gunboats have entered silver and the elephant, uttering a roar of pain, | Lake Erie to permit of menacing the cities of Jumped up and behaved in such an outrageous | the northwest.” fashion that it was some hours before he could Gace a eewen anion be calmed down and secured in his stable again. A day or two afterward the doctor called| In concluding his report Sir Carden, speak- again and found that his application had ing of the United States revenue cutters no jo one eye be-\ now on the aks, ways they ‘must worked wonders, the sight of 1 ing almost entirely restored, and in consequence | dio operate ina similar manner on | needs be repaced by craft having their vitals the other. | He wasapprehensive of the animal's | Practog at least ome four-iach ride for each ain, supplemented by six-po i behavior, more especially as he was now able. wander 3, W. western, to see, and suggested that he be properly | $495 exposed condi:ion of the machinery secured before he operated upon bint How. | A yokeeae fenebollen cores mines over, the elephant had recognized the doctor's fete amen cme _ voice and, to everybody's intense astonishment, apis, teas eoeilinieeak followed ‘him of bis own accord out of the Bal cents Gemeeae nt as stable into the gpon sir, lay down without amy | Soouscisiue the mesd for mow pereean outiers gusetiy on one side | of 4 modern type the lakes ca] of coping, if need be, with with the diseased eye upward, then curled” 4 ‘ome pn is trunk and drew ina deep ‘breath, ike any tence by Caneae = Run Into by s Cable Car. man being might do who was about to undergo a painful operation, and awaited the applied | Bertie Tolsom, colored, was struck bya cable — car this afternoon and injured in the head and as dexterously as possible and the caustic as quickly as he co at the same time perform the work oughly. During the entire jon the elephant, so far from behaving as he hud pre- viously done, uttered not a sound, and when it was over miles north of this city. The train was due here | ged down an embankment fifty feet, piling it Bing as candidates for electors, but the electoral D. | Soonan, head bruised and_badly | This acei- | with casein the Welland canal | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. 2 Springer Talks Upon ils Proposed | ‘Change and What It Will Accomplish. — | “The electoral college, as it now stands, isa! | miserable fraud,” said Representative Springer “"™2™ "OOS ABE RarEN today, “‘and the idea that all the votes in the | electoral college from a great state like New | York should go to one party by a matter of 100, [or 200 votes is a great frand apon the electors of the country. Some of the newspapers misapprebend the proposition which I submitted on this subject. The pop- ular vote contemplated is confined to, each state. The states will have the same num+ ver of electoral votes that they now have in the clection of President and Vice President. There will be no persons run- Observations of a Naturallat on Jenger” Expedition, } selves to, he made it ship visited. His story of what pore of cach state will be apportioned smong found on the expedition, reserved the several candidates according to the number pk pre votes each receives in that state, the | votes going to the candidates bavi: the largest fractions. This will pre- vent the vicious practice of gerrymandering and gives exact weight to the popular vote which each enndidate receives in the state. It will nationalize the presidential election and render contests for the succesvion next to im- powible. Politically it would give ef- fect. to the popular will, limited only by the just ‘representation which fate entitled lished in England. fact that papal indulgences for for crimes. are sold to this day i pine islands by the Spanish govera sre disposed of nt the NATURAL HISTOKY ODDITIES. “RIPE” —DRAGONS’ BONES AND TRETH—CANNIBALS OF NEW £hA~ LAND—SHARES’ TEETH FROM THE OCEAN BOT- HERMIT CRABS AXD 4 WON- One of the naturalists who accompanied the Challenger ou her famous scientific vovage was Prof. H. N. Moseley, Taking comparatively little interest in’ the investigations which his learned companions on board devoted them- is business to hunt up whatever was odd or strange among the people and animals of the various countries which the until after his death, has only just been pub- Among other curious things he mentions the ndy, lotiery tickets and other arti- cles of which the government retains a mo- . The perpetual right to sell indal- gences in Spain and its colonies was granted to the Spanish crown by the pope in 1730. the “Chal- compo-ed of a | together like the» the fruit has become ripe the capaules pitt u ploding and scattering of several vards with a noiwe like The name “sand box” that the fruit was formerly ft over writing & pisto! ‘the fac holding sand t found some jogs on board of the shtp, ed by cocks be saw a for printing DoMed my at night be came if, at the fo: to get and rested om out fr 8. and even bes. At ore tine @ ROW A COCKROACH WAS VANGUIEMED “One huge winged cockroach for » long time: vid of him. AS my book to ete peared. sary Tagtat habit of coming te reached o trom the bed be Philip sick or raised my b to throw ft at bim, he ment. Ther | dropped at once to the deck and diem He bothered me a Loca tnee ® was out be bi ter shy the monet 1 Lente for t to in the o & abel. Joral college and wonld not spread large Nevenue from this source has amounted to as 1 escaped. Hite majorities in one locality beyond the limits of ™¥ch as $250,000 annually. The natives of yd wetlity astonished me. Atiest f Besides, it would make vote buying e indulge in an extraordi x4 by og him with @ pellet of ineffectual and therefore inoperativ ing of ducks’ eggs broode: m ty ait guna mode of attack for | Mr Springer sald that the proposition seemed | util 2 aoe Se wav evidently enprepared,”” |to be growing in favor and was certainly at- ee ee ae Sere numerous centipedes on beard of | tracting a great deal of interest. these embryo ducklings swallowed whale fenger aud mans species of spiders, jeciemamee jat the sidewalk stalls, which are ie cee THE WIFE'S ANSWER. high with balf-batched eggs, he navigating © the place of oyster stalls. Nest after defn eas thelr eae an epans wamanie The Defendant in a Divorce Suit Te Her | Ort aie mbes og Ssranedly wr $ A pet parrot belonging te | playin i. They have avunkeuel _ Story. _| tables for the purpose in the larger tow a | In the case of Willard M. Sisson agt, Mollie long before such Luxuries were int revested, war | M. Sisson for a divorce the respondent has filed | mudo billiard tables for these! ee | an answer anda petition for alimony through beds instead of slate and with © 30° An ostrach It L. Jeffords. She states in her asawer that | 2°, the balie being whittled roughly out of Copp et ads We Eee wood and polished w: she is not guilty of adultery at any of the places ge | With M. C. Burbage or any one else. Sho admits | that she left the city in October lat and went to St. Louis, but denies that she roomed with Burbage in Chicago, and says ail such charges are wicked, malicious, willful, fraudulent and nt her husband by con- conspiracy, fraud and colli Burbage and others contrived ber stances and surroundings that ihe charges mig be made, und says she beard her busban attorney that he was getting « divorce ready for hi states that she was in cry Chinese delicacies as nasty ample, the eggs which are pickled for years before being eaten. Du forget that their own countrymen nan to look at it, yular prejudice respe iates to the p extraordinar the ng app case ry same fashion has 0: duced by impositions and misrepr few years gone out of general use am, run away with bim and become \glishmen. Even to this dag the royal Bcitish in fear she ki 2 pt the footmen wear pigtail DRAGONS’ TEETH. e trouble ret frou for nine months after marriage, | t bis wishes and menaces abe in. Prof. Mose! | formed her parents, and be then provided ber | 0 ture of dhe weealted house till October last, but poorly supported | Se mature of the so-called drag. ‘herand kept her moving from fe, | dragon's bones which are sold in ¢ She states that in A ry shops for medicine, ber husband's fathe they were 1 grossly insulted her and the believes he was | by her bu insnit her. She states mm October nu deserted by ber hus- she Ss. 1 hor | uncle's, bat; to her busband’s requests and “promises 1 she returued | October 11, arriving ut 6 um., and when | she arrived at his store on Connecticut avenue | | he gave her something to warm up | twenty-four hours was in # dazed, part | conscious condition, and when red he gave her and when unconsciou: | Paper, and while walking with nim he | that he had brought suit for ai | to her fathe Mastbrook, wi She further chagres that | or less bon! th os por the autumn a certain fish chang dragon and leaves behind it its f which are of five ditt colors they are supposed fainting, Perhaps the bones and tee afford of the The fa’ at Bee prung trom the finding together 1 of the b s of various a ference being reature. An attempt duced the drago zed cond: written by him from h: STIA BRIDGE. which Report of Capt. Fiebeger on the Bills Ke-| ferred to the Commissioners. There are few matters of more general local interest than the scheme as outliued in Senate ill 2125 and House bill 5443 looking to a recou- | struction of the Anacostia bridge. The files of the District buildi: are crowded with com. | plaints of this bridge. d the story of th | grievances of citizens would fill a good-size volume. | Recently the Commissioners received these | bills for recommendation. Capt. Fiebeger, who bas the immediate charge of bridges, was delegated to write the report, and he subraitted | his report today, which the Commissioners ap- proved and forwarded to Congress. After giving a brief history of the structure, its present condition and dimensi: It seems best, after careful and full con eration, to adhere to the foliowing pian for re- construction: The span of the new bridge should be red» ced to 400 feet,the channel width contemplated by the board on harbor lines of | Anacostia river, by extending the embankment roach at the south end of the bridge. The de should be raised so as to provide a clear jeadroom of twenty feet above low tide. The type of structure thould be a plate der construction, carrying a paved joor system not less than fifty fect im width. Such a construction would permit the passage of such water travel as has occasion to 0 above it, while a draw, should such a detail hereafter be needed, can be interpolated bere- after at any desired point without an extrava- gant outlay for maintenance, such as its present construction would involve: while its cost of construction at a future time would not exceed materially its present cost, since the displaced portions of the bride could be used elsewhere. THE ESTIMATED cost. ‘The estimated cost of this work, including changes to the approaches, is $250,000, and I {het {Hey ae drowned by me recommend that an appropriation be asked for | numbers, hopping about on the the purpose. He suggests the following changes | chore ration in the bil over the water — they Line 3, the sum be changed to “two hundred | beneath the surface, and fifty thousand dollars.” Line 6, after the word “bridge” be inserted the words “without draw-span.” Line 8. after the word “same” be inserted the words “and for such investigations, surveys, and for such contingencies as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall deem necessary.” Omit lines 10 and 11. which limit’ the height of the proposed bridge. Line 16, word “ironwork,” insert the words material.” Line 19, after the w bia,” insert “or may be allowed to and become the proverty of structure in part payment the: She Wants an Injunction. Henrietta L. King bas, by Mr. E. H. Thomas, filed s bill against Zebulon Lowe and B. 0. Taylor for an injunction to restrain the re- | moval of shelving, &c.. at 1517 I street north- west, fronting alsoon McPherson square. The complainant fs the owner of the premises and | states they have been used asadrug store, in which she, in 1886, erected valuable fixtures, and states that Taylor has been in i and is about to remove, and she asks that the removal of the fixtures be restrained. Letters of Administration Granted. In the Probate Court Justice Bradley granted | « large | today letters of administration to A. A. Lips- | comb on the estate of Singleton Bell, who was Killed on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad | der on October 26, for the of Sele, corel | bones were long sold in Europe un dragons’ bones for lai 1858, CANNIBAL PEASTS. The aw’ | the cannibaitem of the New gous race that ever existed. prisoners have been slaughtered | woman was considered the best natives, no doubt because of the diet. ‘There ix no reason to su; more than ihe ¢ J of flesh. In 183 | merchant ship made an ag: | of New Zeal | Chatham Islands not far away. number. The invaders si through the is | they required them forfood. They | tims to dig the ovens they were to je | residents there, a latopped there while engaged asa | European vowel having "re | island New Zenlanders considered the tne elbow and thar of the thigh. suid to have J | feasta at Ovalau, Fiji. | portunity of observing certain ¢: do ity. They are very to catch, using their muscular spring with. Their food consists | sects largely. suAnKS’ TEETH. Among the interesting things dredges of the Challenger brought teeth of enormous sharks. The; belong to one or more species of a sented in the British Museum by a efor.” with them, and wherever found. where the teeth of gigantic extinet length, re unearthed in great farmers. shark and swims for days bows. Aftera time the { it, as the death is al culated a petition asking the rules committee to bring in a special order fixing a day at which t Free i [ : i i tabtd i is F i i ? i if i ‘The author save that itis the fashion to de as, for ex g with maggots decayed food. the Chinese re- of dressing the hair, ns? He dis: th. cure stomache indigestion, vel nocturnal alarms. erest in these dragons in the expl of the mythical dragon | at they belonged t it reconstrm ‘us medic j employment of grated human skull purposes survived in England vere probably the most profusely anthropo | one time after @ successful battle, the bodies | | being baked in ovens underground. | Europeans were not thought so good to ext as | an | effects follow the eating of human fiesh any ders to land a war purty ‘on the | and to collect wood for the purpose. | object in going to the islands was to feed uj ew Zealander who bad | obi ported that lers were plump and weil fed. While the | hands ond breasts the best eating, the Fijiaus | especially preferred the flesh of the arm above than twenty-five years azo white residents are ed the natives in their cannibal At the Piji Isiands Prof. Moseley bad | fishes, a species of goby, which live fact, they are drowned by long immersion in the mangrove bushes. If chased but skip along on | top by # series of jumps made with great rapid- imble on land and dificult pectoral fins to bottom of the Pacific ocean were numerous which once belonged to a man eater thirty- seven feet long. This is the largest kind of shark known at the present day. The great | basking shark, a harmless beast with very minute teeth. ranging from the Arctic seas to the coast of Portugal, attains a lengih of more } than thirty feet. Allover the surface of the earth sharks’ teeth seem to bethickly scattered. ‘The floors of the oceans are well nigh turns up the fruitfal soil they are apt to be This is notably the case in Virginia, of which must have been at least ninety feet in That notable companion of the shark, the pilot fish, often mistakes a ship for ai od ENGLAND'S A Clergyman Charged With Hawi 1 Mis Own Id probably Nearty ail One =| coved to be an Yet thin the Las LATEST SCANDAL. ng Mar- to find ow teeth and apoth. bi the vebter vered in fathor of by mam lark re- ° birth of the und on t and the mother returned: f the num or: y being the wieer as to her a iy that in itself into a | b geutte- mer bones, | © aid. She to ra the at Milon, that Clark guordian mation they | disputed. at any rate the workd as the to have | was taken with wail de- | five voars ag ! us wh ay ‘ucture a little of everything. Similar fossil and the | ward avd act 7 reame ‘be late as | fath + dtecover wn father. The aw her of reason, Sb The tuet cret. Cink . with whom Kenna i his dau, her house. by them at | been kept av ~ in ac bad ¥ eating, a a shter-wife very mixed ppose that ill | girl retased « These people, after @ on, placed the matter before Lester, a gentle nee and probit The islands | ben | Were inhabited by a weaker race, about 1,500 1m | cause into his hands apls ate their way | nds, kalling the inbabitante as | cu! It is believed chat Clark relies upon that exists of proving that orced the vic- | than the ¢ be cooked in | chiid im 3 Their | kept absolutely secret, and adeque mu the | of the fact will in consequence Clark was in Lond seataan res there we: ‘mors that be had ded the ¢ | palms of the more - New Eneland Magarive Some of the old nowelists in dealing Rome, the f England, or with pioneer life, make th acters belong simply to another time in world, in their own. n ‘straordinar; m land. In considerable mud along vet swin ties of the spirit. of land in- and types for all other which the up from the | 0M stilts; they are anima talk as buman be appeared to | Thev deal genus re pair of jaws ith the ox which is caricature. men, &e., ‘atiudes and “sentiments,” whereas eating. Ivin scheming, dining, drinkin | ing, gomiping, gaming tesselated fices. theater the w York today. was alwa Paty analyzing both motives and action | these phases of life that this refcetive aes did m Boman © tion of Greece. numbers by t rent! just in sh becomes it 4 E é i ind was an invention of yesterday, date bevond the dectine of the rire tothe philosophy and eivilie- rece. These sme virtues and vious uncil bee Her here te Leastly It ts not reed Le lone ah Ay arate Homton. where contained in ctaredian amd = months der the name | afterward appoved tet and practi: thy marriage iad two legiamate Larming Exery effort was made by Clark to coerce the which had asdisted in con- the Rev. the dite by wan other an, as the birth of the in 1574 was for aves ome te very hard to todar, althongts country, with old tr char- the new ‘ead of to another race and world @f In endeavoring to reproduce scenes and social conditions which have passed away, vricul novelists confuse the conditions | and perenuial human nature. They label thet characters according to their social stations and confiive there social distinctions with the quali- They give as men avd women: whom God would fail to recognize, but whom the critics. more acute, readily bail as modele ture. Their characters are nearly ali mounted © motives ant com- siderations which ace quite imposible. and jo pever talked im this: possible and artistic, but with the impomdtle, Their old Komans and barons and bighway- stalk throagh the scene mouthing we may ax mon arc doing in the streets, martes, p ‘kc... of Paris, London and New And benesth all Gis setion there acrude philosophy, classifying and . One would jimagine from the ronmmutic representations of bavit of and