Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1893, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, f Faxvar Y 13, 1893—TEN PAGES. 10 LOCAL MENTION. A CARNIVAL OF SLEIGHING. m2 | ‘Tis a Gay Scene One Witnesses on Pennsyl- POA hy geseg vania Avenue Nowaday: ORRCART THEE 8 Py oP Wiccan en. | Chappi keeper thia morning. your best team of steppers,” said dieah boy, to « Lithstreet livery stable “Tl engage it for four or the Distr olumbia colder Satu TON OF THE waren hours.” ) of water at 8 “Certainly,” responded the millionaire liv- re, 32: condition, | ¢ As T don't know you, $40, please. temperature, 6. Con- | Single cutters only #5 an hour. Why, what's m2: condition a! | the matter? Tv him down with ¢! ¢y soused his head in the horse pail, rubbed kweat scraper, wiped his ndition at influent gate ent gate Louse, [0. High tide. Low tide. | mouth ont with the carriage sponge, and stood #22am 11:15 p.m. | him up behind the stove to thaw out. - ; ro | MY Whole month's salary!” he-eried with « nixos ar tae Kixg.—To aaa caimiell 7 oe oe oe ee - taur of pain and disappointment. dapper chappie, deah boy! Andhe had just been advanced from the ribbon tothe rtain | fFinge counter, toc Washington is in the midst of a carnival of sleighing- the first down-right, all-around, hold-on spell of fine sleighing her ave enjoyed in weveral years, “En- iw used advisedly. Don't you believe burgh will sell the follow- alines, eu h Figured — ee Stand on the corner of Pennsylvania a ‘ont of Tux Stam office and watch sent pian, | He double tine of eleighs on the uther side of the avenue. SPEEDING THE Wonsts. By common consent the south half of the! avenue is the “speedway” of the city. Up and sown this speedway yesterday, last evening and his morning, like an endless chain, raced na of all degrees and descriptions drawn by + of all colors and pedigrees. And the chauees are good for several days’ sport. Podestriacs paused in little knots and groups and watched the string. “It reminds me of Horlews lane and upper 7th avenue,” seid a New Yorker. “Oh, Willie!” exclaimed Nellie. thnsiasttc go out Just <ree Manner, bas ait ¢; Willie thought they could. An hour later | Willie's rosy little face was visible in the bundle of furs that with Neil able belp filled up a ¥¢ | smart littic cutter that dashed by. j,,.What a sweet, enlivening, merry chorus of | | fingling chimes’ came from’ the hundreds of strings of bells! Eig, round-bodied, old-fash- j loned. bells that jingled hoarsely as if the cold | had stopped thelr throats up with croup; shin- large silver-plated bells with mezzo-so- rano voices that sang iv unison with the little y Flavored | #ilver bells of high falsetto that tinkled sharply Vanilla, | 28d clearly on the cold, crisp air! oarut and Filbert |, 02 every block the owners of trotters bad a newhere. Only, brash that made their flyers blow and stretch Heads and Diamo: ~ Monsexs’s, 7th st. Tomorrow. Tomorrow w Bottercay Orange, F co? Pu. ave.” | their legs to the best of their 6} ‘The vic~ tor's grin of triumph is but brief, however, for only €2 per hour at Hew-| the uext fellow basa speedier uag and he is be st. naw. 137 d of the exhibitions were so spir- . { that they bordered on the dangerous. Boe TOO SHARP. | Te don't pay to tarna corner too close with « |hvely horse. There was a dumping out of | to Ye.:| 7 bewildering jumble of skirts, shawls, valated {27 ankles. She went ont to the right and nic, We dived over the dashboard. The big police- onee was on hand aud before the fright- rting horse could gather biunself to- gether for a spring the officers’ muscular arm Pa.ay. | Caught the bridle. the sleigh, rearrange the robes, let go! they re off again, he a little | paler. abe alittle rosier, but what's the fun in {sleigh riding if vou doa't pitch into a snow | bank once fn a whi { 2 new Hat? Mewer Woexax Artificial Eyes. & $1.19 Denny There goes the steady, sure-footed, long- haired family horse soberly drawing the big | sleigh with everybody in the household in it, ineluding the baby. nteam that excites the envy of | | the man who is down on race-tracks. | Slender limbed, long bodied, highly strung. | closely clipped thoroughbreds that skim grace- ~ | fully nud rapidly over the snow. There ai sof such teams in silver-mounted harness | S, stylish turnouts, | at attract the most attention are | able mable-seated, low-bodied | i high silver rail front.and silver t the top of which long horse | red. geuerally red or bia plumes float in the breeze. Bebind the liveried | div t concealed in rich, heavy furs, are se. w's real mean! exclaimed a pretty vasa man dashed by seated alone hind a spanking span, ‘to ride that. reare lots of “those fello and 1 to haves good time all by them- Promisext Pa Ta koma Wate re preseribing practice the winiaky t selves. SLEIGHS OF EVERY DESCRIFTIO And so the string keeps up—big, three- seated sleighs, basket sleighs, bob sleighs, Rus- hs, cutters of al! ages and styles, pass | € one another. everybody | py despite ple noses and cold toes, ‘The } too, see to exteh the spirit of exhilera- strain every nerve. with flaring dis- Contets Cire Worms. (31-635 M preot free of charge qcitY AND DISTRicT an SEMENTS TONIGHT Armavan’s Orera Horse.—Thos, W. Keene wstrilx and leaving sides, to obey the in “Othe their masters and “pags tae other | a ght, when the traffic of the dav is over, | com Watred Clarke in “Tit @€ avenue is given over entirely to sleigh Acanqus ov Hus -_ ——e owners, and there are almost as many turnouts ae wing the afternoon. Certainly the shouta Haxats’ Buoc Tuxarer.—“The W P more furious, for busi- New York | neas wagons are out of the way and th K ass Lyeres Teearen.- Gus Hill's! is clear. Le | her go! Lith street | ov Grrryspors, ALEXANDEIA. TOA nea. The ‘ond | 2 seme gga mena IME QUESTION OF STREET RAILWAY - _ Alexandria has bad many charters for a «treet SMUGGLING CLOTHING. railway, but, as yet, bas no completed system for general a dation. The street com- mittee of th neil has had before it since the last meeting of council an ordinance graut- ing to Mr. L. W. Spear and his associates the right of w certain #treets of the city not | now wee the Mount Vernon Electric | Railway Co. ‘The Stewart aad Cook of the Egyptian | 1 Monareh Make Confessions. head bas made a report | a by the Alerandria and Fairfax Rail- & 8. Egyptian Mos jwey Co. The committee on streets will | Being found conceale: probably see that in granting this right | by the chief »' of way, which should by all means be granted, muddle is made in re- + of the Washington, 1} Mount Vernon Electric Railway railways on all the streets ‘Therewere three packs: trousers and gloves, a rooms they were f ng Coats, vests, | ers in whose und confessed ral nchcgeone ped pany to plac eed eee cn cena taces annd ty the codiaunce giving tet chummy for delivery to LT he right of way through the atreets| D aeetan ot Senta of the That company is now = bound as the price of its use of Fairfax, Colum- bus or railwn) Cameron streets to construct a street | in other eections of the town. In time | ough to enable it to com- | s in this respect. It will be thepartof the couneil to | ene those already u Electric Company, Guten arrangement may doubtless be effected secnre a complete street ri exercise of the ability and foresight of the tton and Swivel on fo apecial syatem Le ton, is still nary term. thas grown out of the liquor laws. Sefer Blouse, who keeps an establishuent on King near Pey- whow the men that killed Officer ere planning to rob at the time of the muriler, is now before the court charged with selling liquor without lieeuse. He paid bis license fee last year. but bis license was deciared for- ited, and the question of the legality of the feiture will form part of a ease now before a whieh Islouse is charged with sell- without license. A nol pros has in the case of George Petty, violation of heense lat d Messrs. Fleischman, Wm. Javens and C. plead guilty of violating Sunday The corporation court Judge N » the business of ite J med | said | rand jury and bond | { alt Of bail he was | alled to the court's at! neTmar prop- Judgnent in these cases has was blished an Tor mded. On the probate side of the court the ARS it was not clarged that the money wae | Ooi Cr the late Sarah A y bas been filed for The defendants were held in $300 security | Probate. xorEs. for the action of the graud jary. —— Meld That the Compan The stock of a number of Washingtonians Was tiabie. | and others in the Northwest Alexandria Com- Ths morning the case James Green | pany was sold at noon yesterday at auction, against the Washington and Georgetown Nail-| under the rules of the company. Some 630 Toad Company. tried before Just “3 vx in the | hares, belonging to twenty-nine stockholders, ; a were sold. CWeult Court (division 1), was given to the | "The" Students’ Missionary Association, in jury. The plaintatl on September 24 last was | season at tho theological seminary, will close driving with bis wife and another on Lith street | tonight. Among those delivering idresees extended when a grip car approsehed and the | at the scasions have been Bishop ph, gripman believing that he could pass made the | Bishop Peterkin, Rev. Dr. Hawkes Pott and attempt. The grip passe it the projecting | Rev. Mr. Gardner. of the trailer . injoring Green a: car) struck the ye-| A surprise party given by her children and sl breeking the carriage. | friends greeted Mrs. John L. Smith, mother of ‘the plaintiff sue! before a justice of the peace | Lieut. Jus. Smith of the police force, on her and recovered $49 damages and defendant ap-| seventy-ninth birthday. Mra, Smith was be- pealed, the former being represented by Mesure, | fore her marriage Mies ‘Tucker, a relative « Brown and A. H. © Couner and the Int-| of the Tucker family of South Washington. ter by Mr. W. A. MeKenney. The conrt held | She has many relatives and friends in Wash- eon lt the accident could, bare been prevented | ington who will Join, with Alesaodrians in the and be did not prevent it the | greetings to the ve: iv. ag aes . | The Mount Vernon electric road is being A vordict was found for defendant. The/| cleared of snow, and the cars will soon plaintif® will move fora new trial. > Pianos for Beginners. Seo lint of bargains advertised on 4th page dy F. G. Smith, 1225 Pennsylvania avenue. = Contracts to supply the Gardner and Luttrell “ir mackiutoshes aod Fedora {A GREAT CRIME EXPIATED. | first two lines, and the preacher then repeated | minister he murmured an indistinct say FOUR DIED TOGETHER Murderers of Dr, Hill Hanged at Chestertown, Md. ‘THE NIGHT SPENT IN SONG AND PRAYER To the Last They Professed Their Innocence. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. Carstertows, Mp., Jan. 13.—On the big- gest gallows ever erected in the country four DR. WILL, THE MAN WMO WAS KILLED BY THR NEGROES. gro marderera paid the penaity of their crimes today, and as foul 2 murder as ever dis- raced the wtate of Maryland was avenged, as far as the law could avenge it. The condemned who met duath on the scaf- told were Moses Brown, Charles Brooks, Fletcher Williams and Frisby Comegys. ‘The drops fell at 12:30 o'clock and «large crowd witnessed the execution. THE cArrouD. The seaffold was in (he Jail yard, only afew feet from tho door leading from the west corri dor, where Thomas Thompeton was hanged last It was a pondvrous machine of by feet, and there were eight shut- ters, for eight executions were expected. The beam was 6 by 6, Georgia pine. Three of the sides were boarded up. The fourth remained open. ‘The condemned entered from the north door of the lower corridor, close to the cells, where they spent the lust hours of their lives. LAST MONT OF THE CONDEMNED. | men joined in the refrain, | Preach It took some but Brooks finally contented and all the condemned men joined in the hymn. It wasadoleful negro camp- meeting dirge and when the voices of the four ‘Master, Jesus. here Tam; we all must die.” the weird chorus sounded like a death song—a prelude in inelan- choly tune tothe grim fate that awaited the singers. And eo the services continned—prayer, singing and reading of the Scriptures without intermission throughout the night. “Leould not sleep if I went hoi good preacher Murray, “‘and so I will stay right along with the poor fellows until the end.” GREETING THEIR LAST DAY. At7am the faithful preacher, Murray, was still on duty in the jail corridor and read a chapter of Scriptures to Frisby Comegys, to CHARLES BROOKS, THE MAN WHO PRLLED DM. MILL WITH A STONE. which the poor victim, grasping the bars of his cell window in bix hands, listened with nervous eagerness, At this hour Moses Brown was aeleep on his cot, but Williams was awake and gazing through the barred window of his quar- ters out into the corridor. Charles Brooks was ulso awake and to him Preacher Murray read a comforting chapter from the Scriptures. Of the four condemped men Moses Brown alone elumbered. Brook» turned around when the preacher concluded an earnest exhortation and throwing himself despairingly upon his cot a fervently in low but audible tones. Frisby Comegys, the only boyish looking one of the quartet, listened eurnestly to the words of the preacher to Brooks, and then knecled down be- side his bed, where he remained several min- utes crooning a low-toned sing-song prayer, the burden of which was that the Lord would save | his soul. By t 6 time Moses Rrown had awakened and 1 Murray began a general service of eripture reading and comment, to which c close attention. Charlie Brooks led in a prayer as unctious as the moet fervent deliv- rong, The last night of the wretched murderers within the walls of Chestertown jail was spent in prayer and praise and seeking all possible religtous consolation to bear them through their trying ordeal. Their spiritual advisers were the Rev. Augustus A. Murray of the A.M. E. Church, Edesville cireuit, and the Rev. B.A. Queeley of Chestertown. Kev. Mr. Murray took the tnttiative and la- bored ferveutiy. He is exceedingly black in color and intensely zealous in religious work. Atanearly hour in the evening he took his COURT HOUSE AND TAIL, WHERE THE MANGING TOOK PLACE. stand in froht of Moses Brown's cell and talked with hia earnestly about preparing thoroughly for his approaching doom. Brown oceupied the cell to the extreme right, facing the corridor. Next to him was Fletcher | Williams, in tho third cell Frisby Comegys and | in tho fourth cell Charlie Brook: Rev. Mr. Queefey talked most of the time with Fletcher Williams, f'reacher Murray, after his long and enrnest talk with Moses Brown, moved along the corridor and spread the leaves of his godly advice and consolation among the other three. Meanwhile the condemned men, while not | talking directly with they spiritual advisers, read their Bibles by the uncertain light of the prison lamps, chewed tobacco with the patient | Uncoacern of acow with her cud or gazed stolidiy at the party of reporters and jail ofti- cials who througed the corridor: Mr. Murray of song and praise. He taoved along the corridor and guvo notice to the four | prisoners to get themselves in readiness, Then he opened bis hymn book and ina resonant voice that fairly echoed through the building he announced the hymn: ‘Behold the Savior of Mankind Nailed to the Crnel Tree.” ‘Then he read tho hymn through, and after | requesting everybody to be quict asked Charlie | Brooks to pitch the tune. “it's common long meter, Charlie,” he said. In a weak, quivering voice Brooks sang the the hymn, couplet by conplet, the condemned men singing after himashe annonnced the lines. At fir with th t only Brooks joined in the singing preacher, Then Comegys added his voi before the hymn was half through Williams and Brown joined with fervor in the solemn hyma, A minute's silence followed and then in unctions tones Rev. Mr. Murray eaid: ‘Let us unite in prayer.” He prayed ferven and with deep sincerity for the unfortunati men. He asked for +a grace to sustain a MOSES BROWS, THE MURDERER Wito MADE THE FIRST CONFESSION, them “‘at the moment they are called upon to pay the debt of jurtice,” exhorted them to “put their trust in the living God,” and “when to Jordan's shores we shall come,” he earnestly concluded, “Lord God, bear us through the Lid Tt was a pra: well as the pi x that affected the watchers as # and every inan ouside the cells bowed his head in reverent respect. Brooks and Comegys prayed with the FLETCHER WILLIAMS. ered by the preacher, speaking with great fluency'and ® surprisingly good selection of words. In this praver his three companions in crime joined audibly and most earnestly. Shorily after® o'clock the sherift’s wife pre pared an excellent breakfast, which waa taken to the men in their cells, They had expressed no preference for any especial edibles, so Mrs, Plummer gave them from the family board a bountiful repast of beefateak, bam, bread and butter, biscuits end honey and cot All ate heartily and apparently enjoyed with a keen relieh their last meal on A DRUNKEN DEFUTY. Early this morning a sensation was created by the discovery that Deputy Warden Green- wood of the death watch had been drinking and was partly under the influence of liquor. He insisted on the prisoners singing all the time and acted in an arbitrary manner toward the re- porters. Sheriff Plummer had retired, but was speed- ily awakened and notified of the deputy’s con- dition. Heat once sent Mra. Plummer to the cel! room door and she. acting for the sheriff, suspended him from duty. He was indignant, but left the jail quietly. E EXECUTION. Shortly after 11 o'clock Sheriff Plummer began the first preparation for the execution. The members of the posse who were inside the jail. the reporters and the twenty witnesses allowed by law crowded into the corridor, y were admonishod by the sheriff to Watchman Storks opened the four doors and two deputies entered each cell and handcuffed and pinioned itscccupant. ‘The sheriff ordered the crowd in the corridor to stand back and the short march to the scaffold commenced. Brooks led, with Comegys next, followed by Williams and Moses Brown, ‘The sheriff was waiting on the scaffold for the men and ne silently motioned each of them to his position. The heavy, awkward-looking cotton nooses, with their tremendous hangman's knots, were soon arranged abont the necks of the four men after the black cap had been pulled overs their faces and their legs bound at the ankles. The | sheriff took a last look at the beam, the ropes, the trap, and finally at the men themselves. The people waiting in the yard below could | see nothing, so effectively was the gallows boarded up- They heard the creaking of the | traps, however, and waited with bated breath | for the noise of the lever. Ina minute it came. | At 1 3! o'clock the | | bar controlling the triggers slipped easily along | the greased surface, there was a crash as the ¢ COMEGYS, eight battened trap doors fell to the ground and four black bodies shot through the holes. ‘THE MURDER OF DR. HILL. The crime for which these men gave up their lives was the cold-blooded, deliberate murder of Dr. J. H. Hill. a prominent ‘physi- cian of Millington, a small suburb of Chester- town, It occurred April 25 last and wns the first murder of « white man that had occurred in Kent county for more than fifty years. Great mystery surrounded the crit On the previous Saturday Dr. Hill attended a dem- ocratic meeting held’ in Millington for the pur- pore of forming n Cleveland Club. He was made chairman of the meeting. While acting reacher, while Williams and Lrown interjected requent'and unetions “amens.” While ev. Murray. was praying Moses Brown was visibly affected and kuelt down on the hard cement floor of his cell. Following the words of the lien tion to the Almighty to forgive him for his sins and take bis soul to heaven. ‘Tux Stan it was not far from the cell, where, unobserved, he could hear the er. Brown had covered his eves with his and could not see the reporter. In faltering words he confessed bis e and ad- mitted that he hifd been partly guilty of the murder. He even de the crime in his prayer, and, after confessing each detail, cried ‘aloud: “God forgive me.” ‘Soon Rev. Murray's prayer was ended and Brown raised his head, when the minister said “amen.” He wasstaried 9 when be ww Tue Sran man andexclaimed, “Good Lawd, bons. didn't know you was there.” “Brown.” said the ou have caught in that capacity he was sent for to attend « child of James Shaw, who lives near Massey s, a few miles distant. FINDING HIS BODY. Dr. Hill started from Millington at 10:30 o'clock. Nothing more was heard of him until about 4 in the morning, when his almost life- Ha direction of Massey’s. The to the freight and ware Farther trace of doctor's which was pokes of the whe battered the flesh of the Detectives searched in vain for clues and Dr. ‘Hill's father offered $500 reward for the arrest of the assassins. A CLUE Foun. It was not until Thursday, April 29, that a clue was discovered. Then Howard Simpson colored, told the officers he bad seen Henry Hartt acting in a nervous, excited manner, and had asked him what was the matter. ‘The tatter replied: “If you had seen what T have seen you would be nervous, too.” Hurtt told Sim no more, except that Charles Brooks, Fletcher Williams, Moses Brown and Frisby Comegys were along when he saw that which caused his nervousness. That infor- mation resulted in the discovery of the fact that Joseph Potts, a colored man who left Millington somo monthe previously for Chester, Pa., returned to Millington on the 6 P.-m. train Saturday. ‘They took the early morn: Ing train for Clayton, Del..on Monday, April 2: Fotts and his brother Jack were the leaders in the trouble between the whites and colored People on the previous Christmas Eve when jomas Camwell, colored, lost his life, which nt the time greatly incensed the negro popula- jon. MOTIVE Ton THE wOnDER. Dr. Hill was tho examining physician and | asthe grand jury failed to bring in an indict- ment aguinst any one some of the negroes swore vengeance. Potts was arrested and later tho others were taken into custody. MOSES DROWN CONFESSED. Then it was that Mose Brown weakened and confessed the crime. Potts turned state's evi- dence and by doing so saved bix neck and r¢- gained bis liberty. When it becamo knows that the negroes had confessed and the brutal details of their crime was learned the town went wild with excitement and a lynching party was made up at once. Sheriff Plommer raved his prisoners for the vengeance of the law by taking” them secretly aboard a tug and bringing them to Bultimore, where they were lodged in Jail. After the ex- citerent subsided they were taken buck to Chestertown, tried. convicted of willful mur- der and seutenced by Judge Wickes to be hanged. Henry Hurtt, Josbua Baynard, Louis Benson aud Charles Emory bad their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The court room was thronged. TRE JUDGE'S DENUNCIATION. In sentencing the negroes the judgo took oc- casion to say never before in the history of the state had sucha scenons that over which he resided boen witnessed. There was no doubt, Be'thonght, that come time prior to April. 23 Chas. Brooks, Fletcher Williams and probably Moses Brown had formed a conspiracy to com- mit that fearfal crime, for which the gang met at Millington that evening to carry out. It was then that Bradshaw, Comegys and the others Joined in the purpose of murder. Of tho nine who strrounded Dr, Hill on the road that night gainst the bloody deed ‘ot one made an effort to who had been your eave the life of the friend and benefactor. “It was then,” continued the judge, “that you, Charles Brooks, with savage cruelty, struck Dr. Hill, defenseless and pleading for his life, the fatal blow with the heavy stone which knocked him senseless. You, Fletcher Will- iams, not to be outdone in that work of blood, with the ferocity of a tiger, sprarg upon the prostrate body of your victim and plunged into Eisthrost the knife you bed for that parposs. You, Moses Brown and Louls Benson, to qp- easo in part your thirst for Ltood, seized the zs dying man, and, with fiendish glee, ent hacked with your knives his body as bleeding before you. “The motive which induced you to murder Dr. Hill isno longer a mystery. Who that heard the testimony and is acquainted with the passions of the human heart or the indications of human feeling can for a moment hesitate to believe that for some time revenge had lurked in your hearts and that you only waited for a favorable and, as you believed, safe opportunity It was not to rob, or for any per- im, He had to you and had given professional aid veral of you when sick. | “But there is little doubt that he had in- curred your displeasure and hatred by giving testimony at the coroner's inquest held over the body of Thomas Campbell, in the discharge of a sworn public duty, contrary to your wishes. For that you killed him. “A more atrocious and cruel murder has rbeen committed. With unrelenting fe you attacked and killed a man who had never ‘injured you and whose only offense was that he had performed a sworn duty. By that cruel act you have deprived the community of a” useful citizen; you have blasted the life of a young wife. whoso happiness depended upon the lov of the man you imurdered; you have rob- bed her infant child of the father, upon whose eupport and gitidance she would have depended; you have crushed the heart of the aged parent who, with just pride, had watched over the son of his old age, and had seen him enter upon career of Lonor and usefulness. As with the patriarch of old. all rise up to comfort him, but Ee will not be comforted, and well may he exclaim: ‘I will go down to the grave, unto my son, mourning.” ‘The sentence was then pronounced and the prisoners were marched back to their prison cells, — A LIVELY SCRAPPING MATCH. It Occurred in One of the Corridors of the Interior Department. The monotony of affairs at the Interior De- partment today was broken by a scrapping match, which was witnessed, however, by only a few spectators. It took place in the corridor of the building, just outside of the door of the room occupied by the board of pen- sion appeals. ‘The principals were John A. Lacey, a member of the board, and A. BL Cas- selman, a clerk recently detailed from the pen- sion office. They met this morning in the cor- ridor, exchanged a few words and then fell to blows, It was lively while it insted and before the combatants were separated quite a crowd assembled, It seems that the men had not been on speaking terms for some | time and when they met today it was only nec- lessary to exchange afew words before that | pomt in conversation was reached when a doubt is expressed on the part of one as to the veracity of the other This was promptly followed by a resort to blows. The affair caused a good deal of gossip even after the men had wiped away the sigue of the contest and retired to their rooms. ‘There is talk of warrants and other legal pro- ceedings, but late this afternoon nothing had been doue. a GEORGETOWN. OFFICERS OF THE W. AND G. RAILROAD, The board of directors. of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company have elected the following officers: Heury Hurt, president: John G. Parke, vice president; C. Koonos, secretary and treasurer; C. C. Sailor, general superintendent, and D. 8. Carli, engineer. “It's the same’ old crowd,” remarked Mr. Hurt, ashe handed a reporter the above list. Noes, C. H. Brown has transferred to Campbell Carrington lot 66 in Holmead’s addition to Georgetown, ard C. P. Crandell has sold to Jaue F. Reid for $600 lot 5, block 25, of the subdivision at Wesley Heights. ‘Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman held a largely attended reception last evening for the purpose of displaying his new collection of water-color paintings by famous Dutch masters. *glgpernuncse ota Range of the Thermometer. ‘The following were the temperatures at the office of the weather burean today: 8 a.m., 10; 2p.m., 18; maximum, 18; minimum, 9. ——————————— A Mornrws Stony. “When iny boy was 26 years of age a fall brought on hip @isease, which doctors said NOTHING COULD BE DONE. 1 began siving him |sioners the superinten THE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ HOME. The case of the hearing by the Commissioners of the board of trustees of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home yesterday was referred to in yes- terday’s Stan. Today the Commissioners ent a letter to Mr. David B. Craig, president of the institution, in h they said: ee of August ¢, 1890, authorizing the appointment ¢ President of a superin- tendent of charities for the ‘District of Co- lumbia, provided, among other things, that ‘all such appropriations shall be expended for the purpose indicated, under the general direction of raid superintendent and | duty of said superintendent to examine into jthe character of the ndministration of sai j institution and associations, and the co: dition, sufficiency and needa of the buildings occupied for such charitable purposes, and also to ascertain in each case the amount contributed from private sources for support and construction, the number of paid employes | and the number of inmates rece: and to recommend such changes and moditi- cations therein as his judgment will best secure economy, efficiency and the highest attainable resuits in the administration of chacities in the District of Columbia” This gave him full jurisdiction to inquire into, consider and” make |to ‘the Commissioners conterning — the | management of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Temporary Home and the other charitable in- stitutions of the District receiving public aid, . of course, his recomme | receive of the Commissioners. to Reference is made the statute for the purpose of as- uring you that in the oF acted strictly within the line of legel duty in jand it may bo properly full confidence of the Commissioners, both: to bis ability and purity of purpose “After hearing the caso fuliy in relation to Mr. Brown in connection with Dr. Warner's im- plied recommendation to the Commis: under date of the 12th instant the missioners feel compelled to ask you substitute another person to his (Brown's) place at the home. is done with: the least reflection on Mr. Brown's good name and character. facts chow carelessness morely in the discharge of his duties, which as custodians of the public funds and charitable business interests of the District the Commissioners cannot properly refrain from noticing in view of their knowl- edge of the purpose of the act referred to and the expectation of Congress in all «uch cases. “Your draft for the past quarter will be deliy- ered4o your treasurer or yourself when called for, but before the next is due and payable expected that you will comply with the request respecting the retirement of Mr. Brown “The patriotic and‘noble gurpose of your charity has, of course, the Commissioners’ warmest sympathy and unfailing respec Com- that take Crssamox Canes. By Buca kt. Parker, Bedford, Ky. (Cream half « pound of butter and sugar each together, sift in two quarts of flour and three teaspoons of Cleveland's Baking Powder, add ‘six well-beaten eggs and one teaspoon of cinna- Sprinkle the tops with sugar and ground cinnamon. Use only Cieveland’s Baking Powder, the proportions are made for that. mon, roll thin, cat out and bake. A pure cream of tartar powder. LEVELAND'S Bana Powoer. “*Absolutely the best.” Makes fine-grained, spongy cake. system or pian, subject to the approval of the board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. And it ehall aleo be the | jouers | ‘This | The | iq Comfort in Carpete—-T've ived and hene- | g | fited by the sums appropriated by Congress, | | } recommendations | dations should | ¢1 the close and rerpectfui attention | j lent of churities bas | Bats Crornine Co., his inquiry as to the management of the home, | added that he has the | must be so: | Can sell a Stylish Derby worth €2.50 for $1.19! MPtzeRorr mosic matt. Army and €4.50 per gal.: bottles, #1; pints, T5e. ‘The Army and Navy brand f* guaranteed to be strictly pure, made from the best grain | grown in the mountainous district. None sold under five years old. C, Wiraen & Co, It 1918 Pa. ave. io = Housek: We have fine Buckwheat Flour, the best of Wheat Flour, Hominy and Beans, Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, Strained Honey and Comb Honey, E: ted Apples, Peaches and Apricots, Fine Table Butter at THURSDAY EV |. TANTARY M8 AND KIS in conformity, as near as may be, with such | Tock bottom prices. Mzrzoun's Fine Family | Grocery, 417 7th st. now. are METROPOLITAN OROHEST Carpets Give Comfort. i This cold snap emphasizes the fact that there's ‘ot the Carpets —you want the comfort-and you get it—on time” payments —at as low a price as a “cash joure. Come in and be convinced. Jorx Buppex, The Accommodator, 513 Seventh street northwest. - = WITH FOURTEEN SOLOISTS, INA GRAND WAGNER PROGRAM Beats now on sale at Metserott's Music Stormy 500 More Saxon: Jackets at | where ansistics! books containing procramn may be ak at C, AUrmmaca’s, 7th and H streets. | nad free of charee sat 1% all-St caso JOYPT AND THE HOLY TAN® Clothing Rhyme, c via Gira ta aretnw Come one, come all, mare's eet And give as a call Bre bb nar pe As all our Clothing, Farmshing And Hats have taken a fall In prices that wili suit you ail. HL. Pureptaxpen & Buo., a Goa VaNwICk Ware Rooms AQ LEAvGH’s ORAND Orria Hor ma Pe at Sth and E ete. Engagenent of the kiminent Tragetiaa, = = i ME. THOMAS © Sherry Wine. Fine Imported Spenish | KK £ER SRK SS ON pre ; herry, Delightful Bouquet, 75e. full qt. b | - b & gee & * Merzoen’s Fixe Faux, $17 7th st. uw. ~ Fe is = G4 bee mee EME Be > : x “A Cold Snap” | AND MIS SUPERW COMPANY pinion of the Commis- | For everybody if they will call at the Caxxox | the. fot Relect” Ratemt ire ‘Shore clothing ie being | THIS (FRIDAY BVENTNO, S i Tae oy sold at manufacturer's cost, as we must vacate | Helio, our building in a few days ‘and every garment re myo ae MERCHANT CF UENO. Caxxox Batt Crormryo Co., Tthand Det. | Le Coultre Razors, one to six blades, Star Safety and all other brands, Watrorp's. It? | SATURDAY EVENING, KICHARD THE THIRD ATTLe turrer* at Next Waex. SEATS NOW ON Bar | EBS ANs Lucets COR | Fenonvivania ave and Llane rer It is Not Every One | + x RROW- Waceajcah both. This week MATINER TOMORROW, it x 7 MILLS Prawe & Sox, cor. 7th and D, “tame | Pure Old Rye Whisky (4 years old),75c. qt. VAUDEVILLE STARS, 1t* Merzora’s Fixe Groorny, 417 7th st. n.w. Under management of GUS HILL — foie a Oittaqwor House Wine and] Xft Wet Wenen « PIELD® sPRcIALTY Co. is wholesale and retail wine and lquor store is one of the most prominent and oliest | PLUARMONIC CLUB landmarks in the rational capital—asa business | FIRST SEASON establishment. It is an acknowledged fact that JANUARY eee ASD there can be found the purest and finest goods | 7ANUARY 10, Uruin in the market at Tarr's storehouse and sa ey ple room, at $12 F street northwest. His cele- Her. comes & brated “Old Rye Berkeley” is bis favorite Mr and special brand, and in pre-eminently the | Aesiste? mellowest liquor extant. Hix native and for- | BPs! eign wines are guaranteed tobe the genuine product of the grape. ja3-tuater eee 57 Good Sewing Machines at $4.98. | ct Ne Be tanta. BAKE MANS. siotimist, LENT. © st Cor. 4th and Pa. ave. se. Wat. Fun, M'u'g’r. | Dros Ja9-eol0t bape easier ~ | matte ta.i7 Doncherknow how to manufacture dim-| 4 THENS. ANCIENT AND MobPhN Peo ples? Chew White's Yucatan Gum, and notice | {,);'f'Ui''Df Swarthmore College will incture at — oh oe XG tS ovlock The jad-6t mens | Ladles! Buy the Old Reliable, Time-tested jeeler & Wilson, Fach year brings it new laurels. Your grandmothers used one, and the most Progressive mechanical expert of today pro- hounces the best in. the world to be the New High Arm, No. 9. Office, 437 9th st. n.w., on door south of E. 1d"9 Sele t Schoo! are in % sate NEW NATIONAL THEATER EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE. | Se ocr oe S. Heller, 720 7th et. n. Tue Lox is making a spe- | ciaity in Ladies’ and Children's Hair Crtting and Shampooing; also cures Dandra. —oc7-tr THE THE ¢ ane tur A NOVELTY, AT 0c. Royal Headache Powders. | For tHe ciners Headaches eared “while you walk Draggista, | Revresute wih ail wt'tmcrtuiy at the Text aulz “++ -e Elixir Babek onres all malarial diseases Ger Tue Besr. . THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. Fer Roses For Steromya. Warm, co hightiul und ‘kee sleighing de- Withont ther the flying % ome and warm. popular skins aud many ra: we lowest prices consistent est.” Keep in mind that this to buy Sealekin Coats, Wraps: Strange to say most a monopoly of the fur trade { Tt proves what we, have jt ‘we are headquarters.” Waawre_Givixe Fees Repvcep | Ar Wert & Reorrs. now buy Fur Capes, Sealskins, Fur Fur Bovs, Fur Collars, Fur Stoles, feck Scarfs, Fur Sleighing and Car- riage - Ke. a? greatly reduced prices You cannot afford to skip us if in need of —Fore te & RUge: 905 Psa. Ave. } W ARMIN ARMTH— sIVING NIN EQUISITES LOR \yFE REUSITES FGk ME AT THE 'TNe OF [reers: Yr HE Wo Lb IMERS. “The Tro $B janawers FACTURERS ()F racturens Or REGALIAS, UNIFORMS. BADGES, SOCIETY Pixs BANNERS, BUTTONS and CHARMS. ‘You are cordially invited to inspect our immense stock of Goll ena Sliver . Laces, ‘ae ‘Spangles. Ke. s for” masa’ . fancy Stress part ies, ie. ‘Our'stock 1s complete in every particular. AMUSEMENTS. Ow SEND VANIAGS aweany as, Avocaseex ae ee a a i MAVOUKNEEN tr MAVOURNEEN sweet | i MAVOURNEEN eure yh | es EEN Chi a it Es, aa MAVOURNEEN ‘Terene ‘ an Ht ke BP = | tas TSA E Eber = MEt@enorr wvsie mace WEDNESDAY, JANUARY CHORAL sOcrETY | Reserved, #1.00.0na # | "aster oaeer ADEA 2 Every Evening and Ssturday Motines. 1.50. Admission. 50>. 9 AND The Noted Young Comina, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK. MENDELSSOHN'S ————0——___ ; vELUAR” | Tn Mis Succesmfal Par-ical « o————0-_____0 22m F re m7 oad am Thy oF AT = Mme. BABTA TAVARY. Soprano, RHE AA ‘Miss MINNIE BEHNNE, Contraito. —_ ar. PAYNE CLARK. Tenor. — Mr. ERICSSON BUSHNELL, Bass. | NEXT WEEK—Scantan’s reat pi | All of bits sweet somes + Cam amuumes the roie of Terence Dw) HE SALE OF PLACES AND BOXES Is No IT’ ACY D BOXES Is Now IN Mr. WALTER DAMROSCH, Conductor. TICKETS, 81, #1.50 and $2. FEROTDS, NAL CHURCH. | PROGRESS AT THY BOX OFFICE OF THE FRIDAY EV January 13. NEW NATIONAL THEATER . a eeescecee Se Sosnnemnnent of CHARLES FROHMAN'S 8TOCK COMPANY, SECOND BISCHOFF CONCERT. From tie Seececee eesevccce EMPIRE THEATER, NEW YORK Crry, —— IN BELASOO AND PYLI-s THE ST. CECILIA QUARTET. . —— Mrs. Shir-climr, Miss ‘Thompson, ° = Mrs. True, Miss Worles, cue cme Jo coasted, numbers and solos: Mise Helos, Got j — Odi, the eloctionts te Bisctio® in organ solos and } oe 1 Tickets, 5 | BEHIND wr. ave, no. ' ! YMC A 40 SEW YORK AVE & § ee | ahh, Beeler tai firey Bev. HUMAN FOR SIX NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINER, | 43th” There witt bet ealubat of broctes facts, Chis nee Aas OS pee | Hos cogtames. dec, Nocharae fortickets at theatre. | \PLTZEROTT MUSIC MALL. | Everybody weicoroe. jie | a ~ ASKS, FAVORS FOR THY GERMAN, FUc ‘The Eloquent Platform ¢ Phan wenita, Latur Shates ‘and | ¢———— rotor una — ° Scrap. Boo STR ooteD, TH THE DEMAND FOR SEATS and boxes for th» opening performance sf Dy and Frankia Fyie’ E T BEHIND N. R. 8. MAC ARTHUR, D.D., of NEW VoRK, Wil Deliver His ’ CmIPs, TUESDAY EVENIN mn conte, Now on wele at allow we R. Wespuasa w deliver his celebrated tecture ua roxewatt. J acksox, Under the auspices of THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS ASSOCTATION, At the UNIVERSALIST CHURCE, 23ch and ets. nw, Shoe." Orders fled in the ode First-class music furaished eddines, Te. prsonama OF the THE WAR. % Orders, by letter or telecraph cae. fore Sealer of “their GoQPMAN'S socteTY oncHEsrRa. ceptions, Balls, “Ger tien,” Disaers, Dineen kee Adress 220th se i | BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, The areatest battle of 15th st.. two blocks below U.'8. Treasury. EXCURSIONS, &. . Ou . ‘ON AND. TOMB ASH. S. N. Mever. To ME VERNOY roe a MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 3900, ‘Mannfacturer of _ ‘At 6 o'clock. MILITARY AND SOCIETY GOODS, ‘Only means of communication is via the Washington, | Admission... 0 cont 22 7TH BT. N. 439 | Alexendris and Mt. Vernon Electric Raway from Tickets may be dh the Arua stores at Me. Drew, 5 Sit See oes ~-——_-.. | Alexandria as Fo oe " Nir ie See ete Tur Price 18 IMPORTANT— ‘Still {t ts not the chief feature. Poor dentistry is in- finitely worse than none. We solicit your patronage solely on the merit of our work. That the prices are Jow fs incidental and dus to superior facilities and the | togrounds, 25c. skill which producesrapidity. In Dentistry time is | 28 ‘money and if our experts, with every improved ap- cheaper than operators with “less skill and poorer cauipment. That they can dot with lesspain fotiows, | J. W. Borzrzn & Sox ‘as a matter of course. Extracting, 25c.; with Gas. 50c. Cleaning, 75e. ‘Silver Fillings, 75c, ; Platina, $1.00. Gold Fillings. according to size. VERY BEST TEETH, $8.00. Cars heated by electricity leave local depot, Alex- poms ious a HABtts Bow Tararen, ‘Take cars of Pennsylvania Rafiroad at @th st. depot. | Mrs. P. BAR Ais RETTION ond T. F pean Fare for round trip, 45. ‘Week Commencing MONDAY. January ® Saad Katie Emmett's great pias. @rounts open: forms 11 a.m, to ‘THE WAIPs oF voRK. open amtotpm Aémemon| ooh Fast yew ¥. A REED, Supt, EME ARE OFFERING GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO PURCHASERS OF DECORATED DINNER AND TEA SETS, GAME AND FISH SETS, HEAVY CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS WARE, Piano and Banquet Lamps, Table Cutlery and Plated