Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, THORSDAY, JANUARY: 19, 1898. | sndge Adams will probably decide the ease | today. | ‘The Columbian Bowlers. i - | The Columbian Bowlers is the title of a | Bowling for the Cup at the ©. A. ©, | newiy organized bowling club, who had their | first meet last night at Heurich's. The follow- geen IN SPORTS | House. | ing is the list of members: J, H. Wallerstein, ae |B. 8. Bachrach, & D, Mundheim, G. Waller- stein, C. Reizenstein, J. Kaufman. The lady j |inembers ute Misscs Annie Reizenstein, |ATHLETES OF THEY. MC A | Puannio Kaufman, Blanche Laneburgh, Bmelic —_——__-+—_——_ | Nattans, ie id and Rertio pre A unique sonvenir will be given to the Indy Records Thrown Out by the Trog. | making 1 » highest average during the season. A Groat Season for Yachting. | Loxpos, Jan. 19 The Times says it is understood that Lord Dunraven's yacht, Val- | kyrfe, i about to be enlarged, and that the | Vays of Southampton, who built Queen are to build #1 20 rater for A. D. Clarke. ting Censors. THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT. ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results whea Columbia Players Who Fell Below Their Own Standards. Times prophesye that the coming yacht season will be the finest on record. cing = | Syrap of Figs is taken; it is pleas | ant and refreshing to the taste, and | ‘There was more good bowling at the Colum- | bia Athletic Club house last night, and the sec: special note except that there was diseppoint- Jevening of the tournament passed off without | Easily Whipped by Billy Plimmer. pilty” Plimmer, the English bantam weight, last night mets local fighter nazaed Jobn Hard- actsgently yet promptly on the Kid. | neys,Liverand Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers.and cureshab- itual constipation, Syrup of Fige is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and Seceptable to the stomach, prom im its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the Most healthy and avreeable sub- Stances,its many excellent qualities tommend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known, Syrup of Figs is for sale in S00. and ®) betiles by ali leading druggists, Any reliable druggist who may not Wave it band will procure it Wowpty any one who wishes te Ye be wet accept any substitute CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP €0 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, (QUISVILLE. aY. we ing ina four round set-to at the Ariel Club. | Harding was considerably taller and heavier | than Plimmer, but the English champion was far bis superior in science and bested him easily in two rounds. | After the set-to “Charley” Nortou, Plimmer's ; | backer, said he would be at the office of Richard ausiety to do well. The bowling was excellent, | K Fox, in New York, on Mondey ut 2 o'clock | and while there were no records smashed or | prepared to post a forfeit for his man to fight | exceptionally big scores made the averages | George Dixon for any sum from $2,600 to were good and still compare favorably with | $5,000 aside and « puree, both men to weigh in plreaatets- 5 at ihe ring side at 112 pounds. the first night was a hot one me ‘oof the work ; work of Jones last night was not ndard and he was unable toacconnt | Commencement of the January Term of the bility to do better bowling. The eee veer Cross beat Jones by ten pine wax a | Correspondence of The Evening arprive, not but whet Cross is @ splendid | Rocxvit.ne, Jan, 17, 1898. | ‘The Janaary (non jury) term of tho cirouit Night | Court for this connty commenced hero yester- Jones made the high-| day, Judges Lynch and Vinson on the bench. | The principal business of the day wan the call- Cross came next with 179 and 170 was mado | ing of the docket and the assignment of cases, s. Eugene Jobnson of the assignment | At the opening of court today the first case | for the 24thinstant exchanged assignments with | called was that of tho State of Maryland va, tone acore does not come hear his practice | PerrY Campbell, colored, indicted for the mur- Perhaps the unexpected bowling last | der of Joseph Evans, colored. Tho testimony i effect upon the result. Frank Johus | in the case developed the facts that the killing | was prevented by a busi: engagement from | occurred in the neighborhood of Sandy Spring, taking his e assignin oe some months ago; that a difficulty had oconrred fade © SONPSMS | petween Evans and Campbell, when the latter wed that he was not | ‘was attacked by the former, who was armed with « knife; that Campbell endeavored to ea- | cane and was pursued by Evans; that Camp- | bell in trying to get away stumbled and_ seeing t | Evans close upon him with au open knife drew ald | » revolver and abot him, four bails entering his the | body and head. ‘The court decided that man- slaughter was the degree of crime, and sen- ue next one just the | tenced Campbell to six months’ imprisonment in the county jail. In the orphans’ court today letters of ndmin- istration on the perronal estate of John H. ment at the low scores made by some of tho | players. of whom much was expected. Bowlersare much like opera singers —firet-clase | onenight and in practice, but upon other nights | they seem to drop away from the standard of | their ability. Possibly it is nervousness or over- —_ NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE. \# ou | bowler, but simply because it was not expected that he could outbowl the popular chairman of | the bowling committee. | est individual score of the evening, 186, being the resuit of his first game. mm score of last night Fred Thompson did amal good steady bowkn pected by others that their The plays were liberally applauded. Tho | same good arrangements made it pleasant for n, of whom there was a much larger | Cashell, deceased, were granted to Charles W. than on the first night. | Huguely and y E. Cissell, bond $3,000. FRE ve Charles B. Peirce and Thomas N. Baile; ministrators of Jane E. Bailey, deceased, James W. Graff, administrator of Thomas ‘Trundle, deceased, flied inventory of personal Che last will and testament of Lucy | The following is the result of the games| | played: Large bottles, 30 cents and 81. Heause Tue Sic WONDERFUL. MORE REMARKABLE THAN EVER WITNESSED. EXCHANGE HALL pm. which were per- healers, Dre Fritz and Hail, No. 719 13th Jeon the open uply by the ma: they sil de. bition of ould be done, and that m power, which and the Lee- Wasow & Cana Guest Revere Sue STORM RUBBERS, Ligh? RUsrens, BUBBERS OFZALL STYLES DON'T PORGET ovB 83.50 Suors FOR TENDER rEer. Wasox & Care, {eo F sT. XW / Physicians rT D InmediateReid-One Ci ir It wil) be remem- | kson, deceased, was admitted to probate record. David H. Bouic, executor of Mary Wilson, deceased, paseed second and final count. Mr. Carroll D. Frost has purchased a building lot of about three-eighths of an acre in the west end of Rockville, the property of Mr. Rufas Saxton of Washington, The amount paid for the same is not known, but is reported at $1,600. The board of directors of the Agricultural Society meet here tomorrow for the purpose of electing a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year. For the past week much speculation has been indulged ihere in regard to the solections. 8. A. Crows, 21 Thempsd: ; Cross, 18; Perry, 25: Jones, . 30; Thompaon, 13: Whiteside, 17. William M. Dove was umpire and scorer. The third assignment will be played Tuesday evening, 24th instant. beginning at 8 o'cl ‘The groups for Tuesday are Norman Bester, A. A. Birney and F. D. Johns. Arthur Moses, John C. Pedrick and Dr. G. B. Young. _> HYATTSVILLE, Correspondence of The Evening Star. Hyarrsvittx, Mp., January 19, 1893, Dr. and Mrs. A.M. Buck gave a pleasant party to their son Lonny at their residence in this village last Tuesday evening, in honor of his birthday. Vocal selections were rendered by Mr. A. R. Holden and Mr. George W. Conn, and recitations were given by Miss Ada Town- | shend. Games were indulged in and refresh- ments served. Among those prevent were Dr. and Mra, Buck and Miss May Buck, Misses Annie Burchard, Louise Evans, Viola Britt and Annie Holden and Masters Ben and Archie Smith, George Evans and Lonny Buck, Mr. | Drown, Mra. Bucher and Mise Ada Townshend | of Washington, Mrs. George S. Britt, Mr. Geo. W. Conn and Mr. and Mrs. Evarts. | | Mr. H. S. Bowen is lying dangerously ill at his residence on Pike avenue. their famiites the | Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Campbell left this morn- 5 surprise was | ing for Easton, Md., to attend the funeral of thoroughness of | Mrs. Campbell, the mother of Mr. Campbell. his pupils re- | Funeral services were held over the remains ceived unstinied praise and applause. The pro- | of Mr. Robert Wright at the residence of Mr. gram opened withadumb bell drill by the | J.C. Robinson at 1 o'clock yesterday after- class followed by @ like drill on the parallel | noon. Rev. Edward Wall, pastor of the Pinck- bars, | ney Memorial Church, officiated, and the inter- In Purman and McChesney the Y. M.C. A. | ment was at Glenwood. Deccased was born in has good wresthng material, too good to goto| England and served nineteen years in the waste, ranch of athletics had ite ficst | British navy. real public introduction in this gymnesicm last | From present prospects a coal famine is im- night in two boats Parman shows more | minent in this village, as one merchant has run thoroughness in his work and the. effects of | out of that article and the other has only a more ptactice, but MeChesney managed to get | emall supply left. Both claim that the raflroad the first fall and Purman the secon company has not yet delivered the coal which exhibition of fencing was given by | they ordered several weeks ago. lerand Menamin. High kicking brought | While a party from Washington were ont n the house and the kickers were Plavtor, | sleighing last Tue és v ¥. C. A. ATHLETES. An Interesting Exhibition inthe Gymnasium t Night. The exhibitfon in the gymnasium of the | Young Men's Christian Association last night | was in every way a great 6 ing alike to the management, to the physic instructor and to the members of the organiza- tion. About 800 persons filled to overflowing | the space limited to spectators, The exhibition was contribu’ | sociation | audience was composed. expressed at the extent | the work and Prof. fespeciaily to the i members of the as- evening the horses shied maxckenbush, Jack and Loughlin. | at an object in the road near Riverdale and y outkicked bis opponents, touch- | running into a ditch upset the sleigh. One of hes. Q abu second, | the gentlemen was budly bruised, but the rest ‘ollar and elbow, by | of the party escay injury. +h gaining a fall. | Yeutorday morning was the coldest of the sea- bling by Horan, Jack Hunter and | son. The thermometer in front of Mr. Bur- ‘on liberal applauee and was a feature of | chard’s residence registered 15 ‘egrees below aing, especially the star tumbling of | zero, and it is said that the thermometer at the | experiment station of the Maryland Agricul- ing by Vred Doyle was what | tural College reached 16 degrees below. an excellent exhibition of this! Mr. Geo, H. Webb is visiting friends in Balti- work, and he was liberally applauded for it. "| more. Class work on horizontal bars and a game of | | basket ball closed « very successful exhibition. ev yunty Notes, Mach joy is expressed in the county at the Prospect of having a bridge from Washington Important Action Taken by the American | to Arlington, over which tbe electric cars to | rotting Register Association. | Me. Vernon ‘will pass, as indicated in the bill | Cmicaoo, Jan. 19.—Through its executive | introduced by Reprosentative Meredith on Mon- | committee the American Trotting Register As-| day last. It is understood that the land desired | sociation closed a most important session in the | by the Key claped for a —— oe ito building late last night. Joseph C. Simp- | S'ven by the owners, and the whole matter wi the veteran turf authority of California, | Ue #ided and encouraged by the people of the county as much as possible. rmerly of Chicago,came all the way from| The Church Improvement Society of the San Francisco to plead the correctness of Stam- Presbyterian Church of the county met at t boul’s world’s stallion record and to establish | residence of Mr. L. Doolittie on Wednesday ant the legulity of the much-disputed pedigree of | perfected arrangements for a musical and | the dam of Arion, the $125,000 two-year-old. | Kterary concert to be held at the church at After the committee had heard the testimony | Balston tomorrow night, the proceeds to be in the Arion,case the bearing was postponed | used for finishing the new Sunday school room. unui next April. The meeting of the society was well attended, ‘As to the records of Stamboul and others | among those present being Miss Chloe Sturde- made on the Stockton kite track, the committee | vant of Wisconsin and Mr. Edward Doolittle of decided to postpone final consideration for Weat Virginia, who are visiting friends in the neveral weeks. Several corrections in pedigree | e. county. were made. That of Sally Ruseell, the gran-| The Christian Endeavor Society of Arlington, dam of id S., was found to be correct as it| Va..,at a business meeting held at Columbia Ap) in the Register. The committee also School house elected the following officers for decided to throw out the verformances made | the ensuing quarter: Miss Anna Munson, presi- at Nashville, Tenn., from November 18 to 22 | dent; Mr. Harvey Hatch, vice presidefit; Miss inclusive for errors. Performances made up to| Flora Keed, secretary; Mr. William Varney, first named date were accepted. The com- treasurer. mittee also decided to throw out as ineffective —_— — — = by ge i The Hebrew Charity Ball. ings in Springfleld, Obio, 0 The final meeting of the managere of the tis Comin tala, satan a Hebrew charity ball was held last evening in ark, B. 2., Gan Jose and Vallejo, the vestry room of the Washington Hebrew ville, Pa., Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., Holton, Kan.,| Congregation. Reporte were received from and other points on account of irregularities, | the various committees, which indicated that the claim that they had not been made in i accordance with the rules of the Pa prrthpent rohit grec prreetted pert Testes ate Anceietion Meving VOI Ls at, caak, tea gelen of ta resin Weel od mitting a gentleman and one lady established. ' The Heelan out of co mony resorts will | All acrrangemente Gere completed, wud the ox- ecutive committes, ption committee and cause a big sensation among the trotting horse | profession and will make a revision of floor commitice appointed. Mr. L the president of the Charity Association and tables of great trotters an important recessity. | who bas cl of the ball, says the outlook for Tom Burns on the Stand. | the ‘aale of Fickots is encouraging, that at fh The case of Thomas E. Burns, the base ball’) least 1,500 will be added to the charity fund, Player, in which be seeks to recover 12,000 | thet will help substantially te relieve soe many from the Pittsburg Base Ball Club, was con- | C&#® ow prevalent @ many tinued yesterday before Judge Adams in Chi- | fignde of charity are | showing themselves nobly, and while Il will certainly be # cago. All the evidence was heard and io social success the charity that ‘will be ments made. | done tisfactoril; with the proceeds will be sa! ly er Buckenberger of the Pittsburg | distributed by the committee, succoeded Burns, testified that Burns did not have avy control over his men and also| ‘The strike of the minors in the Saar district | puyed with a very weak arm. Prosident W. C. . bas a | Temple of the Pittsburg team swore that Buras | in | was «contly experiment to the club and chat | MANY RECORDS THROWN ovT. THE LONG BRIDGE. » Some Points From the Eurineer’s Reportet Interest at This Tim, In view of existing conditions the following extract from the last annual report of Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, U. 8. A., in regard to the dangerous condition of the Long bridge, is interesting: “In the event of a freshe® occur- ring when the Potomac river is full of ice great damage is to be expected. The piers of the bridge are of snch faulty construction that an ice gorge would be probable, which would cause the water to back up and overflow por- tions of the city front, agd through the sewers above the bridge such portions of the lower parts of the city as may be drained by Great damage was done by the freshet of June, 1489, but greater da may occur froma freehet of lesser magnitude if accompanied by ce gorge. ‘hese pertinent remarks are based on the fol- lowing special report in regard to the Long bridge mado by Mnj. C. Er Le Br Davia, the ene gincer officer in charge of the work of improv- ing the Potomac river: On July 14, 1391, the Baltimore and Potomac Railrond Company’ submitted to the Secretary of War plans for the reconstruction of the Long bridge arom the Washington ¢hannel. The plan adopted for the improvement of the Po- tomae river provides for filling ap the flats at the head of the Washington channel #o that the greater part of the Long bridge across this channel could be dispensed with upon the oom- pletion of the filling. Spans require to be maintained, however, across the opening be low tho rescrvoir outlet, 00 as to afford for the water flowing from the tidal reservoir into the Washington channel. The oxisting wooden spans of this part of the Long bridge were in bad condition and could not be used much longer for the heavy traffic passing over them, | The Baltimore a Halroad Company therefore pro} to rel 0 much of the bridge au eroesce the waterway of the reservoir outlet, substituting plate girders for the wooden truss, and to fill in with earth under the remaining spans, the trusses of which were then to be removed. ‘The plans provide for tho construction of 9 new masonry pier in the center of the opening and two now abutments of masonry located 80 that their up-stream ends are met by the con- tinnation of the wing walls of the reservoir outlet. ‘There are two plato girder spans each 79 feet 9 inches in the clear under the coping. The girders are 8 feet in depth, with their lower flanges at an elevation of 12 feet above low tide. below low tide and the average depth of water between the piers and abutments was to be fect at low tide. ‘The plans were referred to this office for re- port, aud a report was submitted on July 20, 1891, recommending their approval. On July 28, 1891, the plans were upproved by the Sec- retary of War. Tho Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company at once entered upon the work of reconstruction, and at the close of the year the bridge proper was practically com- sleted. On filling the approaches with earth, owever, a decided and serious settlement and movement of the abutments were developed, which were most marked in the southwest abut- ment, which settled no less than eighteen inches, while the down-stream wing moved, for- ard about four feet. This movement was, no doubt, due to the pressure of the earth filling upon the thick stratum of soft mud underlying the river bed at this locality, and which extends toa depth of about seventy-four feet below low tide. In order to check the movement the company have removed the earth immediately behind the abutments and driven piles close to- gether in the river bed in the pan opening. It haw been necessary to support the ends of the girders in front of the south abutment by trestles, and it is understood that the com- pany propose to rebuild this abutment. The work cannot yet, therefore, be reported as com- lete. P'the project for tho improvement of the Po- tomac river contemplated the rebuilding of Long bridge across the Virginia channel also. As the improvement progresses the necessity for this becomes more end more urgent, piers of the bridge are more numerous than are necessary in a structure built according to modern plans and ure ina direction oblique to the flow of freshote. Furthermore they are surrounded by great quantities of riprap stone, which bas been deposited around them from time to time to protect them, _ It is estimated that below low tide level the natural discharge area of the Potomac river at Long bridge is reduced over 20 per cent by the piers and their foundations ns they exist today. Long bridge, on account of ite faulty construo- tion, remains a constant menace to the inter- ests on the river front above it, and slo to the work of improvement of the flats, upon which the government has already spent a large sum. In the event of a freshet occurring while the river is full of ice the most serious results are to be apprehended, and euch a contingency is not at all unlikely. ‘Should an ico gorge form at Long bridge, it would back up the wafers of the river and overflow portions of the elty front and, through the sewers above the bridge, such of the lower parts of the city as are drained by them. . During the froshet of June, 1889, tho water reached a height at Long bridge of about thirteen feet above low tide. The street sur- faco at 14th and B streets northwest is about eight feet above low tide, and during the freshet referred to the water was about five feet deep in the street at that locality. Great damage was done by the freshet of 1889, but greater damage may occur from a fres lesser mugnitude, if accompanied by an ice gorge. ‘The bridge should be rebuilt as recom- mended by the board of engineers. —— Poor Train Service to Alexandria, From the Alexsndria Sun, editorial. “We are unable to see what advantages would accrue to Alexandria by forcing other railroads to use the Long bridge. The railroad service between this city and Washington is execrable in the extreme, and could only be made worse by increasing the number of trains that cross the bridge. At present delays in the arrival and departure of trains are frequent, and ex- tremely inconvenient to the traveling public, and the excuse for such delays is often given that detention was octasioned by other trains having the right of way over the bridge. To increase the number of trains, therefore, that cross the Long bridge would ‘not only add to our present inconvenience and discomfort, but booed compel other roads and people to share our misfortunes. We doubt if any people aro treated with as much indifference be a railroad as are the people of Alexandria and those living between this city and a Starting with the miserable structure here ae depot, there is not a single depot building be- tween the two cities, and passengers who have to wait for belated trains must do so exposed to the rough blasts of winter. Can a parallel case be found? And yet this road demands tribute of all other roads seeking to enter Washington. Let it first improve ite own facilitios before it shall seek to deny the right of other roads to enter Washington ovor any other line. Such service as it gives our peo- ple here within sight of the national capital uld not be tolerated by any community near New York or any other northern city.” —__ A Passenger’s Complaint. To the Bditor of The Evening Star: With no desire to appear in print or become ro bono publico” I write you # obronicle of cold facts about the Pennsylvania Haifroad YESTERDAY'S BIG BLAZE. ‘Tite Total Lose Will Rench Nearly s Hen- dred Thousand Dellars. The fire in the building occupied by Guy. Curran &°Co., $11 9th street, which broke out as Tux Stas wus going to press yesterday after- ‘noon, an account of which appeared in extra editions of Tax Sraz,was confined to the build- ing in which it started after an hour's hard work by the fire department. The firemen suf- fered severely from the cold, the water freezing upon them and greatly retarding theie efforts. Notwithstanding these difficulties, however, the men, assisted by the entire reeerve force of the police department, overcame what Chief Parris considered was one of the most stubborn fires in his experience. ESTIMATED LOSSES. Tt is thought that the loss to the firm of Guy, Curran & Co. will probably’ reach $75,000, about balf of which is aaid to be covered by in- An article of careful and ex- plicit suggestions and direc- “tions for girls interested in snrance. The firm was just preparing for its spring trade, and had purchased new stock, over $5,000 worth of goods having been re- ceived in the past few days. the wisest cultivation of their The foundations were to be 6.5 feet | ‘The building occupied by the firm is owned by the C. W. Thorn estate, and was damaged to ‘the extent of $7,000. The building occupied by Duncanson Brothers is owned by Mra, Wm, @. Moore, and was damaged about #100. Dun- canson Brothers will probably lose $200 by fire and water and the Sonoma Wine Company about $100 by water. THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF TH® wiR: Overhead electric light and telegraph wires again seriously interfered with the work of the firemen, and it became necessary to cut them. Meantime much valuable time was wasted. After the fire the firemen and police were fur- hot coffee and luncheon by Mr. Aman and Mr. Melville Lindsey of the Good- year Rubber Company and others. fire was witnessed bye great throng among whom were the President and Mra. Me- ee. Aw stated in yesterdar's Stan, the fire ia posed to bave originated from the heating apparatus, matinee performance was in progress at the Academy of Music when the fire broke out, and although the: the audience kept their seats and enjoyed the play totheend. After the performance the entire audience left the house by the 9th street the front of the Academy being block- aded by the crowd. ‘The 7th street cable cars pasted under arches which carried the hose over the car tops, but the 9th and 11th street and the Anacostia cars, which run in front of the burning building, wore stopped during the fire. oo NEWS FROM FREDERICK. home in Paris, January Number A Committee Coming to Look After the City’s War Claim—Notes. Correspondence ut The Evening Star. oxonskrown. Farpenice, Mp., January 17, 1398. BELEINO TER POOR. The board of aldermen of Frederick will bold a meeting tomorrow night to make arrange- ments for bringing protainently before Con- | | y in bei: . In order that gress at its present session the Frederick war | ™UCh s00d le being dally done. In order tha claims bill, a measure that has been pending | {hike ake rat, Rot gProMt at the extense of for some time, and the purpose of which is to applicant for assistance ia verified before any- reimburse Frederick in the sum of $200,000, the | thing ts given. An officer is dispatched to the amount paid over to Gen. Jubal Early during address given by the applicant and if things the war on un indemnity fund. Jndge MeCo- | Sf, found ae stated assistance is then rendered, mas during his lact term in Congress made At the seventh precinct station, where many charitable have sent groceries, old clothes, &c., as far as lies in the power of the officers. Coal ery often asked for, but seldom given, as Ten Cents on all News-stands voices, written especially for Tue Lapis’ Home JourNaL By Madame Christine Nil The article will be published during 1893 in Tue Lapits’ Home Journat; also a beautifully illustrated paper on the great singer’s palatial and her daily life. Send Gne Dollar SON Cr MR. QUINN AT JACK TY. | The Reformed Gambler Beards the Tiger im |i. or the lil Howlett be Mis Lair, John P. Quinn, the converted gambler, went over to Jackson City yesterday in his private car and addressed the crowd of cheap gam- blers, policy players and hangers-on. There was not a very Itrge crowd at Jackson City, as the cold weather and lack of funds keep many of the play In the party who went over in the car were Judge Kimball, Mr. J. A. Barrows, the car's special artist: Mr. and } South bank of the re v rv ew sson| for One Year to The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphua The O14 Howlett House ¥ Inform: has been received of # peated on Na. James rive Dateb Gap, and famous in war annala, was a confederate bactery of at this house during the w Butler was cutting bis car Gap bis troops were cone from this point. It was family trom Michigan, who ects, ‘The loss was very slight and pertonal no insurance, see of | ng injury to them later in the senson. @. Company's treatment of tts local traffic be- tween Washington and Quantico, more par- ticularly between Alexandria and this city. Ite local trains are being run without regard to schedule, and at hours to suit its own con- venience; the local from Quantico due in Wash- Sone ot 8:20 a.m. bas not been within twenty minutes of echedule time, and often one hour and more behind, for the last month; local trains aro held on Maryland avenue se long as fifteen minutes; no adequate provision ts made to heat their cars, and much actnal suffering is caused between ‘here and Alexandria—ladies and school children forming a large percentage of the patrons. That the thermometer in the ladies’ coaches has been as low aa 10 degrees above zero eev- eral times Tan prove by a acore of witnesses, and that 20 to 40 is the temperature their cars { can prove by hundreds. Open sheds are the aoie protection furnished. daily trons from points between Alexandria an: nconia. sponse. being closed ‘has no competitor; neece ts indifference. W. ‘Near an Oyster Famine, “We are us near an oyster panic as"wo want to get to one,” said a prominent oyster dealer toa Stax reporter. “If the weather does wot they bad lost $1,180 by reason of being obliged te dlecharge Berns. Barns, when placed on | the stand, said that be was removed without | good cause, but on eross-examination be ad- mitted that the men im the team both drank and gambled. In defense he said that he was pot aware that there were any rules extant in the club which prohibited drinking or amoug the team. strenuous efforts to have such a bill passed, but it was believed to have been largely hindered bysupplementary bills to reimburse Middletown, Hagerstownand other Maryland towns that suffered financial loss as Frederick did. It is intended to appoint a committee of prominent citizens togo to Washington next week in the interest of the bill. : The shoe store and warehouse of Jacob Bishop, at Lewistown, this county, which was broken into and robbed a few weeks ago, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, with all itecontents, There was no insurance on the Property. ir. 8. T. Stall of Orange, N. J., yesterday bought twenty acres of euburban land wert of this city of Mr. Geo. Wm. Smith, upon which in the coming spring ho will have erected a handsome residence and buildings for stock- breeding purpores. Mrs. George T. Whip, one of tho most e: mable ladies in Frederick county, died yester- day at her home in Jefferson, from the effects of blood poisoning, aged seventy-two years. There are many very old people in Frederick with quite remarkable memories who aver that the present season of cold weather has been more severe than any they ever remember to have experienced here. Yesterday morning the thermometer marked 10° below zero, and for the first time since 1877 the Monocacy river is frozen over sufticiont to adniit of the travel back and forth of teams on the ice. Much suf- fering has been experienced by the poor, and in their behalf the city police have collected acon- siderable sum of money, while several private citizens have made public distribution of bread to the needy. Fruit growers in this county, who feared the extreme cold weather would injure next season's crop, have been assured by J. M. Stover, the well-known South mountain orchardist, that as faras peaches are concerned the buds are only slightly ndvanced. and the continued cold weather will have an incli further development ut present, thus prevents Gen. James Clarke of Mobile, Ala. iting his friends b .. is vis- ¥F. Mok. TAKOMA PARK. Mrs. Thomas has recovered from a severe at- tack of influenza, Mr. H. A. Foster will remain at Capt. Foote during the absence of the latter in New York. Mrs. Stutzer and Mrs, Ford, the late suests of Mr. and M their homes in Brooklyn and Binghamton, Mr. and Mrs. George 8. Norris are late ar- rivals at Hotel Watkins, Mrs. H. I. Doyle and Mrs. Emma Pendleton each lost their commutation tickets during tho past month. The latter in addition lost her pocket book, containing three checks, aggre- gating about $37, The tickets have been du- plicated by the railroad company and payment of the checks stopped. Mrs. Geo. McManus, after a brief visit to her rents, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, returned to Wash- ington “Tuesday, taking her little daughter Ruth, who has been visiting here since Christ- mas. Rev. J. Owen Dorsey is preparing fora south- ern trip the latter part of the present month. The Christian and Junior Endeavor Societies of Takoma will be represented and take part in the convention to be held January 27, 28 and 29, at the Congregational Church, corner i0th and G streets. Mr. J. R. McKeagh of Baltimore visited Telome Monday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. . White. —_>—_. Three Slight Fires. Yesterday a fireoccurred in the house of Mary Murphy, 333 H street southwest, doing $25 damage. While thawing the pipes of Studer's green houses in Anacostia yesterday the woodwork wan set on fire, and before it was extinguished 9400 —— resulted. Last night hot ashes in the woodshed of 715 8 atreet caused a fire,which spread to the sheds of 711, 713, 717 and 719, causing @ loss of $75. es ‘The Appeat in the Eriggs Case. Col. John J. McCook, Dr. George W. F. Birch, Dr. Joseph J. Lampe, Dr. Robert F. Sample and John J. Stevenson, composing the Briggs pros- ecuting committee, considered yesterday after- noon the question of an appeal from the recent vote of the New York presbytery acquitting Dr. Briggs of the charge of heresy. ‘The com~ mittee was unable to make up its mind in four hours and will bo!d another meeting this after- noon. The committees will have to decide whether or not it will take an a as the ten days allowed b; for such action then expires. Ii y church las appeal will not it is believed by many that the be taken. ‘ion to hinder their | |and thoroughly warmed, Her statement was itis not often donated.” Many of thoee living in the neighborhood of the station, though, havo given buckets of it to relieve those who make unusually pitiful appeals. Yesterday a poorly clad woman with an infant but three wecks old called at thia house of distribution and asked for aid. She was given all that could be spared Matthew Pinkerton of New York, Superin: tendent McKeever of the railroad company and | 4 mad dog in his brief carcer in the #outh- & choir of young ladies. | ern part of Springfield, Onto, bit twenty peo- The appearance of the car caused no excite-| ple before be could be k The policem: ment in the lawless village. In the pool rooms | who shot the beast had a the | the hor rere called as usual, in the poker | dog leaped viciously at him as the officer was Is were being dealt and in the | trying togeta shot. The dog was a water | policy ehops the wheels were not stopped. cai nian hietemihia. Callein oe anal Judge Kimball opened the services by read- on ape 7 a > om ing « passage from the Scriptures,and the choir saug several hymns. | Mr. Quinn then addressed the crowd. He showed them how it was impossible for them | to win against the games thut were played and gave practical illustrations of manipulating the cards, as be did at the ¥. MC. A. meeting Sun- day afternoon, and the exhibition closed by the ambler dealing several poker hands to thow that the inexperienced players had no show of winning. Twenty Persons Bitien ty a Mad Dog. row eacape, to the effect that she had jnst come from a hos- pital, where her baby was born. to CaxceL & CHURCH DEBT. At the Ballston Presbyterian Church an en-| tertainment will be given tomorrow night for | the purpose of raising enough money to cancel anold debt. Mr. J. E. Jones, the dialect elo- cutionist, and Mr. Nelson R. Wood of the Smithsonian Institute will be among the enter- tainers. Those having the affair in charge pre- dict both an artistic and financial success. Ballston is on the Falle Church road, about three miles from the southern end of the Aque- duct bridge. DEATH OF ME. PRANK BEALL. Mr. Frank Beall, son of Mr. John Beall of the water office, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock after a lingering illness at his home, 1670 Con- grea street Deceased was one of the most of Georgetown's yor men and e Enbotneement of his death, ‘while not wholly unexpected, was a severe shock to his host of friends. The Perfect Purity and Solubility of Van Houterty ee A Quick Trip for the Majestic. The White Ster line steamer Majestic, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, made the run in five days, twenty-two hours and fifty- seven minutes, which is only about five hours behind her best previous record. This is a most creditable record for this season of the year. ———_—+e-____ Dempsey on the Stand. Hugh F. Dempsey, the defendant, was on tho stand in his own behalf in the poisoners’ case at | Pittsburg yesterday. He testified that he |district master workman of the K. of L., but KoTEs. Yesterday fire was discovered in the old Mar- shall House, a large double frame dwelling sit- uate on the west side of Congress street below the canal. An alarm was turned in, the engine responded and the fire located in a bed room. After some difficulty the flames were extin- guished, but not until all the furniture in the Toom had been made worthless. The Washington Loan and Trust Company has conveyed to Isaac E. Shoemaker lot 2, block 3, and south half of lot 3, block Bur- kett's sub of Mt. Airy and Frieudship, and Margaret Wetzel has given to the United States for $35 a quit claim deed toa tract containing four-tenths of an acre near the distributing reservoir. Alarge white owl was yesterday caught at Tenleytown. Mr. 8. 8. Edmonston has been confined to hisbed at his home, No. 3012 Dumbarton avenue, with a severe attack of rheumatism. —( Best and Goes Farthest jm the K. of L. had nothing to do with the Home- stead strike, The Amalgamated Association had charge of it, Mr. Dempsey denied both the stories told him by Gallagher and Davidson about the arrangements to dose the non-uniou men at Homestead. There was no sign of ner- vousness about Dempsey when he was sworn, and he displayed but ttle on the stand. As permit of its instantan- eous preparation and render it Highly Digestible and Nutritious. the case now stands, it seems to hinge on» question of truth between Dempsey and Gaila- gher and Davidson. MEDICAL. & t — A Trick of Door Mat Thieves. Last Saturday evening about 7:30 o'clock the people living on C street between 9th and 14th streets southwest were surprised to find that their door mat was stolen. The scheme was that men pretending to be hucksters would go from door to door with a wagon, take the mats and put them in the wagon. If they got caugh‘ on the porch in the act they would picion by offering a bucket of appl ‘ome small boys in the street saw the supposed hucksters, but were bought off with apples. The men were seen going in mstore to dispose of them. They were asked the proprietor where they received them, and said that they had fifty of them ina wagon out front which they bought at auction. —_. Deer Park May Be the “Summer Capital.” Deer Park, Md., is likely to enjoy the proud distinction of being the “summer capital” again next season. It bas been learned from a source regarded as entirely trustworthy that ex-Sen- ator H. G. 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