Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1893, Page 5

wT THE EVENING STAR: Wooowarn & Lornnor, 40TH, 11TH AND F STS. NW. —o— seat Cuamty Barz FOR THE BENEFIT OF Tas Cunparws Hosrrrax, ‘NATIONAL RIFLES’ ARMORY, TUESDAY, JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST. ‘Tickets for Sale at Superintendent's Desk. The object of this ball isa most laudable one and should elicit the attention and support of all. The cccasion f+ anticipated with a vast daal of pleasure, as itis THE “society event” of the season. Of cou ctly a ““Tull-dress” affair and a suitable outfit Fewential Many of you will havea new etn oF ewit—some, perhaps, will call into requisition | one that has before done service—in either case (par- | Henlarty the latter) you'll unad allor some of the other | requisites that fo to make up an attractirs evening outst COMMAND OUR SERVICES FOR THESE “PIN- ISHING-OFF™ TOUCHES Prepared to contribute our part and are confident, if Fou will permit usso to do, you'll be appropriately and becoming!y clad. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEARABLE 18 We never were so well | Gioes— TO GLOVE THE HAND IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP A bea persect fit. Few toilet Glove counters. We make a feature of This, together with oar LIBERAL METHODS, ' EFLIABILITY OF SERVICE | )DERATION IN PRI Ladies’ Sbatte length Monsquetaire White Suede Gioves ¢2.00.— Ladies’ 4.batton Kid Gloves, pearl and opers tints, evif or black embroidery. : lex’ Sbatton-length Mousquetatre Pearl Kid Gloves, with black embroidered backs. $1 Ladies 16 and °0-button-length Paris Suede Ginves, light tans «rays, white, pink, Nile green, bu®, orange. Diack. blue and pink Ladion Diack, wi 16 and S0-button-leneth Silk Mitts, pink, lavender. r te, buff, cauary Hasoxezcuers. iefs, wih fancy blocked and edged with real W, $3.50, $4, $5, $6 and 87.— Real Duchese Lace Handkerchiefs, in dainty de sens $1.25 to $15.00. Handkerchiefs of Real Drachesse and Old Point Lace combined vary handsome effects 4.50, $6.25, $4.00, $12.00, $15.00 to 865.— Mousseline de Sole Handkerchiefs, with delicate Swise handembrodered vines running along the beme, $3.50, $4.50, $5.25, $6.00 and $8.00. — Same style, edged with real Valenciennes lace. Repverioxs Coxrrsven at Wasa. B. Wiriianse. Fonsrrcre, Sweerrse Canrerts, AND Dasrenies, Panton Forsrrvee Broratelie Suite, 5 pieoms. Former price, $175. "Wilton Rug Snite,5 pieces, solid mahogany frame. PerWitee Rig Suite. Forer price, €100. Now ¥ “Satin Damasi. Sn te, mahogany frame, 4 pieces. . S pieces. Former price, $125. pieces. Former price, $100. Plush Parlor Suites. Former price, $50. Window Chair. Former price, $20. Now Sie Tapestey Window Chair. Former price, $20. ¥ Divan, covered with brocatelle. Now & 1 0. Tapestry Suite, w $80. 1 Solid Mahogan: Forwer price, $45. Beo Roow Forsrrvne. 1 White M: my ieces, very handsome rier ormer price, $190. Now satel Oak Suite, 3 pieces. Former price, $110. 16th Century Suite, 3 pieces. Fermer price, 90. Mahogany Suite, 3 pieces. Former price, lapie Suite, 3 pieces, Former price, 8110. Now Suites, 3 pieces each. Former price, $3 “"1 Solid Walnut Suite, Tennessee marble top. For mer price @140. Now 8110. 145. forsale, 3 pleces, Covcenrs. inend and spring edges. Former 6h Price, Couch: as Ne Canpers at retuoet priaea, Wier B Wittens) Forsrrere, Canrets Axo Drarentes. 315,317,319 Sevexra Sr. N.W. = Cea Pai The system of seiling every article of Dhe very dest quality procurable for the price has always been @ ruling principle by this house, z te + & ft pe PR: Ji 5 ‘ess* Lu = Coronsy Suxs AT ONE-THIRD THE FORMER PRICE. A lot of 22-inch Colored Damasse Silks in myrtle, navy, brown, garnet, olive, plum, &ec., that were $1.50ayard. Toclose quickly we've marked them down to 49. ayard. You'll be disposed to discredit that any house would make such a sweeping reduc~ tion as the above, but if we say it “it's so.” Also alot of Plain and Fancy Colored Silks at half former prices-25 to 30c. a yard. The variety of Black and Colored Dress Silks to be found here comprises all the fashionable weaves, and the prices and qualities are guaranteed. When you're wanting anything in the silk line see us. Dress Goons, We still have a good assortment of the Botany Crepons, in colors and black, that were S0c. at 29. # yard. 15 Paris Robe Dress Patterns that were 815.918 and $20. Take your choice of these at $8.50 pattern. Jonsson & Lorient, 713 MARKET SPACE. os (st foor...... .-Second annex.) PCRWEAR Pompadour Chiffon Kaffing for finishing off evan- tng gowas—Light blue, pink, white, cream and black. 21.25 yard Pieary Frening Jackets, red surah, trimmed with diack Bourdonae lace $10.00. forty-five inches square. $7.00. (Cream Chiffon Fichu: st door... -----Second annex.) Muturseev. Flowere of ali binds for dress garniture Roses, allo Sasa Rizposs. ‘The intent are ss triped Motre, $ inches wide, light blue, pink, Mile, cream and black. $1 yard. Doublefaced Satin, 7 inches wide, old rose, Nile, Pluk, light bias, lave der, cream and cardinal $1. % yard — (st floor --ander skylight.) Hosteny. Ladies’ Silk Hosiery, tans, grays, bronze, yellow, . bikes, corm, Feds, white and Uster rib, drop stitch of lnee ankle, cream plain, Latiew’ Biack Silk Hosiery, @rop stitch oF lace ank $1 to #7 a pair. Ihet-pattern Liste Thread Hlose, J all evening shades. 1.25 « pate. Ladies’ Fane: Diack, tam. grays, ..-24 annex.) LIPPERS. » bine and pink. $3.00 and Suede white tan, black, ¢ray and pink 200 and $3.00 Kid beaded and pia O, $2.00 and $2.50. 2.00 and $4.50. enna O50 and $5.50 White Kid—-$1.50 and 208. 24 foe... 912.00. 12h st. building. ) Jewexey. Ornaments, tm real shell, sterling silver and rol plate. SOc. to 86. Stick Pins, gold and stlver. Soe. to 8 — ‘and roll plate. Neok Chains, staring silver ~ Sie. to #250. Beaceiate, roll plate and ev st foer..— sterling silver. Prnrcurnes, Pineodte Triple Fxtract, W. RL Triple Extracts in all the popular odors Loe.. Oe “Line de France.” se. Mews Nexprvis. Bisck Satin and White Lawn Club Ties, the latest for full drwee. 26 and Se. (One bupdred sty es White Lawn Bows, E & W. and Welch, Margetson & Co.'s English Col- lage and Cus ali the newest styles. $2.00ana 92.25. Dress Shirts, all lengths sleeves. — $1.00, and $1.50.— + Protectors tole worn with evening drese—silk and setim plain ani quiited #2. 0 to 3 50. Stade aud Sleeve Buttons in great variety. (First feor............ Bist annex.) — ‘WooDWARD & LOTHROP, 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. H.W. Lussronce_ & Bao. His ez Ricuxzss-6 Uspzr Gasuicet ‘We are always alive as to what is going on in every producing center of the world, knowing what is wanted by the trade and furnishing same. Cur stock of Evening Dress Goods have such an air of daintiness and are clothed in that unrivaled exclusive ‘ess that is seldom equaled elsewhere. ALL-WOOL ALBATROSS (crepe finish), 40 inches wide, D0c. yard. colors are mats, cardinal cream, nickel, light biue, beige, nile, gray, shrimp, white ‘and helictrope. ALL-WOOL CASHMERZ, 40 inches wide, OOc. yard. In nile, cream, white, pink, beige, cardinal, heliotrope, mais, light gray and dahlia. CREAM LANSDOWNE CORD, 4? inches wide, silk and wool, something entirely new 1.25 yara. WM. F. READ'S SILK WARP LANSDOWNE, guaranteed not toslip or pull, every five yards per- Forated on self-edge with manufacturer's name, 40 tncdes wide, $31.25 sara. am nish colors, such ascream, white, mais, helietrope, lavender, cardinal, canary, shrimp, light blue, pink, nile, beige, nickel, light reseda and light gray. ALL-WOOL CREPON, tn all the leading evening suados, 40 inches wide, 31 sara. LININGS, ‘NOTIONS, NECK FIXINGS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, HANDKERCHIEFS, TOILET ARTICLES, RIBBONS, FANS, AND THEN EVERY- ‘THING ELSE THAT 13 NEEDED TO cOM- PLETE YOUR EVENING TOILET, A NNN AA ORNS en | ARPS = AoA NORN Sas A. Kavrsay, 909 Px Ave N. W. Moxpay Asp Tvespar, Last Tro Dars IN JANUARY. 20 “iiivmiemorstismontte Duneer® te wind up ‘Not one item that we offer that isnot» Bis Barca IN ITSELF. China Silk Windsor 25% ene end width, bus all ial 10¢ 190 DOZEN | QE. Mops. Fall” fecaiar = ¢ jose, dn r bine and ‘unbleached, 1230 mC. ‘ply Linen Cuffs, ZS Cquare and round cornere ‘200 Perfect White Shirts, two styles of bosom, all size assorte: 5 dren's Knit Underwear (odds and ends), Oar that sold at 49e. and 58c., FOR..." A large variety of E. B. & RG. Ge (white and draby FOR... Full Size White Crochet ISO PAIRS @] 95 be = me 1,25 ‘Quilts, imitation of 89. “All-wool Medicated Red 4 Blankets PUR ee ee oe TRUSSES. TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS AND SHOULDER BRACES AT LOWEST CUT RATES. ‘We have increased our stock of these goods so that now we carry the largest line in the city. Our prices fare less than half the usual rate. The department is located upstairs and a lady in attendance to wait on ladies. We have every facility for fitting. Wecan ft infants only a few months old, children, boys and girls of any age and grown persons. We have richts and lefts and double Trusses in ali styles—kid, leather, hard rubber and celluloid, with either hard or soft Pads. We have elasiic Trusses without any spring ‘whatever, in all sizes. Wecan give yous substantial TRUSS TO FIT FOR 90c., never sold for less than & dollar and s half, and this scale of prices is followed throughout the depa.tment. Womb Supporters in every style. Supporters with devices for prolapsus, or falling of the womb, and supporters for thestomach alone, worn by male and female. Where there ts adownbearing pressure these EC | give the wearer great comfort and ease. Knickerbocker Shoulder Braces we recommend above allothers, beinz a suspender and brace com “Oe"C | tton; very durable and practical. Besides these we carry a full line of Surgical appli- ‘ances: Rubber Bandages in all widths and lengths, Cotton and Linen Bandages, Silk Sponges, Ice Bags, Hot Water Bags, Syringes of every description, Hy- podermic Syringes and Clinical Thermometers. If youneed any of these things call when purchasing and we will guarantee you a large saving. KOLB PHARMACY, LEADERS OF LOWEST PRICES, Unbleached OR. tayrtie, FOR rere eC -wide Tinitation 53 CH PERCALE! FoR.....O30 ‘Kitwoot Dress The entire line oy + entire line 2 SF coUbse te make room for spring koods xt OOo A GREAT CHANCE. SMALL WARES THAT CATCH EVERYBODY. 19¢.°%-pint Bottle of Witch Hazel. Se. Bottle of Ammonia... 10c. Roll Perforated Toilet Paper. p Linen Writing Paper. plait We Coxcreve reat ind it "AD." by offering 50 assorted Tadtens Misses" ‘ert pnes Fine Weape that sold 10, 50. THE CHOICE AT...... THIS is to close our Wi low as legitimate concern can possibly offer this line mueb loss. —o— A. Kavrsay, 909 Px Ave N.W. {THE PEOPLE'S MONEY SAVER} Heavy Ar it Repvcrioxs Is Fors We hi looking fi Sowa : "looking for s profit on Furs Seaiskins—eo fer ‘the ‘Balance of the « STINEMETZ and Seaiskins—so o 2 "anew ‘Extra Fine Eastern Mink Military jandaome ; would have cost 7 y inthe season: Only 690 lonkey Skin Wraps, 32 inches long, now English Gupved Coney or Imitation Seal tole ieck-Searfs,now $3,50, $5 and $6, u ‘Trimmings just opened, but offered than earlier ‘prices,S0e 10 88.90 per and. yard. 1237 PALAVE. N.W. Ee £4 | PS Pe EEE ats 416 7TH ST. ‘THE TALE OF 4 SHIRT. HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE EVOLU- TION OF A SHIRT? BEGINNING WITH THE SIMPLE COTTON PLANT GROWING IN SOME SOUTHERN STATE AND FORMING ITSELF STEP BY STEP UNTIL IT REACHES ITS STATE OF BEING WORN BY ALL MANKIND, THOU- SANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS HAVE A FINGER IN ITS GROWTH—THE COTTON PICKER, THE ASSORTER, THE PACKER, THE SHIPPER, THE CONVERTER INTO COTTON CLOTH, THE CUT- TER, THE SEWER, THE MANUFACTURER'S SALESMAN, THE RETAILER AND THE RETAIL SALESMAN—ALL HAVE THEIR SAY AND MOST OF THEM EARN THEIR LIVING OUT OF THE SHIRT UPON YOUR BACK. BUT NOT ONLY AMERICA AND COTTON ENTER INTO ITS MAKE-UP, BUT FAR-AWAY EUROPE ALSO HAs A PART, AND A VERY IMPORTANT PART, IN THE MAKE-UP OF THAT IMPORTANT GAR- MENT. IRELAND, WITH ITS FLAX AND ITS LINEN, ENTERS LARGELY INTO THE CONSID- ERATION. WHAT WOULD YOUR SHIRT BE WITHOUT ITS LINEN BOSOM AND OTHER NEC- ESSARY LINEN PARTS? _ AND NOW COMES THE MOST WONDERFUL OF ALL PARTS OF THE TALE. SHIRTS ARE BEING SOLD OVER OUR COUN- ‘TERS AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: 40c. DRESS SHIRTS FOR. @2c. DRESS SHIRTS FOR... ‘Joe. DRESS SHIRTS FOR... 850. DRESS SHIRTS FOR... 81 DRESS SHIRTS FOR... ALL UNLAUNDERED. BY CONSIDERING THE TALE OF THE SHIRT YOU MAY WELL WONDER HOW IT 18 PossI- BLE TO PRODUCE THEM FOR THE ABOVE PRICES. HERE'S THE SECRET: EVERY MORN- ING WE STACK OUR COUNTERS HIGH-AS HIGH AS THEY CAN BE~— WITH THE ABOVE SHIRTS. EVERY EVENING SEES THE PILE DWINDLE TO NOTHING. ITS THE QUANTITY THAT MAKES THE PRICE— IT'S THE QUALITY THAT BRINGS THE TRADE. NOWHERE ELSE IN THE BROAD EXTENT OF THIS CITY CAN SUCH VALUES IN SHIRTS BE BOUGHT AS IN OUR STORE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO A RT THAT MAKES IT GOOD IS PUT INTO OURS, ALL THAT DE- CREASES THE VALUE OF A SHIRT IS LEFT OUT OF OURS. nies YOU ONLY NEED TO BUX ONE AS A TRIAL, AND IT'S ALL WE ASK. MIGHT SHIRTS CAN TELL AS INTEREST- ING A TALE AS ITS DRESSY BROTHER. WE'VE ONE HERE AT 42. THAT PUTS ITSELF ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH ALL ITS 7c. NEIGHBORS. ITS NOT A PLAIN, EVERY DAY 7TH AND FE. A Loxo Tarerixe Warsr Should be fitted with long waist Corsets. ‘We have had made to our special order by the “R. & G5" manufacturers two Hines of Extra Long Waist Corsets—a Uttle longer than usually shown and which give to the figure the most graceful effect possible. In coutil at 81.00 and fine sateen at $2.50. ‘These will not be found elsewhere. 1t ws M. C. Waszare Conser Escronrox, Basewext 1003 F St. N.W. s07 Puosruatic Exvrstos. ‘Where the pure cod liver ofl is not tolerated nothing better can be used im its stead than PHOSPHATIC EMULSION, which is readily borne by delicate stomachs and aseasily assimilated. Every ingredient adds totheefficacy of the compound in coughs, colds and all wasting dis- eases. W. S. Tuomrsox, Paarmacist, a Smars Tar Fir Eguat To UsTOM ape For 10. red Drona Shirt, tn ve ferent, sleeve 2 size, en bows: rery ‘9 the lity, ¥ iis lke before. never been sold fur Gc. The fi Se it equs $c, “Invincible” Shirt—the difference is Lin: ito as in the quality of the in iu ‘that fm the ut 200d wood at thatin the vf and Temere.” 3027 Do You Crean Your Trera ——Regulariy? ‘There is more in cleaning the teoth regularly and thoroughly than half of you think. It is absolutely necessary if you wish to preserve them. Our “MYRRH AND ORRIS TOOTH WASH” not only cleans the teeth perfectly, but ‘has asplendid effect upon the mouth and gums. 25c. bottle. Og: Das Sis RE, ve. and Iituand H n.w. WE RE }ANFACTURERS (pF RE Maxractunens OF ar to BANNES, BUTTONS and CHARMS. stgck of Goll an 8 ior tines yr Laces, Urata, Tas (and Sliver . " els, org gga suitable for masquerades, fancy ‘Onur stock is complete in every particular. Manufacturer of MILITARY AND SOCIETY GOODS, 22 7TH ST._N.W. For Cuorce METROPOLIS VIEW, D. C., BUILDING LOTS CALL ON W. 0. DENISON REAL ESTATE AGENT, 23 F BT. N. W. 410-6, "HAT JRUNION HaT UNION: ‘Which fs making your life miserable can be relieved instantly and painlessly by GEORGES’ NATURAL BUNION CUBE. Forgale at all druggists’ and by us. Kurs Suors Sor og ‘ ir sai ie STAY ave Santee tae patented and manufactured by NIGHT SHIRT, BUT ONE OF THE FANCY SOBT. Bavws, 416 7TH STREET. "NO CREDIT—QUICK SALES—SMALL PROFITS.” TH PHWUGE CULTURE COREE CR: esta soe ee competition’ 107,G Sx, ,.M.C. WHEE Grormerly of F st.) BER I, Chiropodists, Parlors 1115 Pa. ave’ n.w. 326% 531 SEVENTH ST. N.W. Kaxx & Soxs Miro Co. Factory. Baltimore, Md. se? Ty Rae ee Shay gad ES dom Blue Linkage Pally, Blaterwe. THE CONTAGION HOSPITAL. About two years ago an organization of children, known as the Daisy Chain Guild, formed here by Mra. Edwards, wife of Mr. Henry Edwards, secretary of the British legation, for the purpose of interesting them and directing their _— efforts in charitable work, had brought to their atten- tion the necessity for a contagious ward for the Children's Hospital. It was found on consid- eration by the impracticable to buil such a ward there, and the Indy, Mra Archibald Hopkins, who was in charge of the Daisy Chain Guild suggested to the children the idea of broadening their work and provid- it so sorely the ith enthusiasm, and have raised in various ways about $3,600, $500 of which has given 4 Violetta Carroll made. ‘The for such a hospital need not be avelt "Spon peers occurred 5, i be ile ye 4 7 ilk I 2 g H i i i aE 3 E i by of thi | & Et te i alle WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY! JANUARY 28, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. AGAINST TROLLEYS. ‘TRE POLICY OF OFFICIAL. The annual report of Capt. Symons, assist The Declarations of Congress and the | sain Reports of Experts. THE FIGHT IN WASHINGTON. ‘Statements Made on the Floors of Congress and in the Official Reporte—Some Points | ;, Bearing on the Discussion Now Before the Senate District Committee. evening when it learned through Taz Stan that the Senate District committee had seri- ously discussed the advisability of permitting street railroad companies whose lines are within the city to use the highly objectionable and dangerous trolley motor. Objection to such @ course has always aroused the most burning indignation and protests without number, yet the agents of corporations financially interested have once more come to the front with their disturbing propositions. ‘THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TROLLEY. ‘When in August, 1888, the Commissioners granted a permit to the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company to construct an lectric road with overhead wires, there was great indignation ex- Pressed in Congress at what was considered a violation by the Commissioners of the ex- bremsed will of Congress. | Congress bhd only a short time previously in the District appropria- tion act for 1889-90 directed the Commis- sioners not to permit the erection of any over- head wires after the 15th of September following, and to report to Congress at the be- ginning of the next session the best method of removing all electric wires from the air or surface of the streets and the best method of placing tho same under ground. In the case of the Eckington Toad only a por- tion of the line was in the city limite and that ocenpied a broad avenue, but the employ- ment of overhead wires | was considered 80 prejudicial to the general interests of the city that it was only by force of special Plending that "Co was restrained rom legislation expressly forbidding the car- rying out of the plans of the company. It was urged that only a fraction of the road lay within the city and that to compel a change would be somewhat disastrous to an enterprise undertaken in good faith, contracts having been already entered into. Had it then been proposed, as it is now, to equip with overhead wires a line lying entirely within the city limits and traversing many of the principal streets, some of | them like F street, narrow ‘and crowded with traffic, so far as one can judge by the tenor of the discussions in Congress, that body could ba roposed to further extend the Eckington line Into the ‘city, Congress, forbede the ‘use of overhead wires on the extension and re- quired the company to use another system on e new portion of the road. The objections then urged, and which are still urged, with equal force against the overhead wires may be summed up as follows: 1. The disfigurement suffered by the streets; 2. Tho destructive and murderous part which the overhead wires play in almost every great city. 3. The difficulty encountered in getting rid of the nuisance when it has once twined itself about a city. 4. The obstruction offered to the operations of the fire department. CAPT. GRIFFIN’S RECOMMENDATION. The act of the Commissioners in granting the permit to the Eckington road was discussed in Tur Stan of August 10, 1888, and the matter summed up as follows: “Captain Griffin was authorized by them (the Commissioners) to investigate the subject of the use of electricity as. motive power for street rail- rays, and the first recommendation of his able and elaborate report is: ‘That no overhead electrical conductors be permitted in the city, but such conductors with due precautions to insure safety, may be allowed on suburban lines.’ In an interview Capt. Griffin also i of the general use electric motors: ‘In suburban lines the system will be to a large extent by over- head conductors, but for the city, where it is the intention to put all wires underground, the adoption of this system is out of the question, as the same objection that is made to all pole systems—that they are unsightly, take up too much space and interfere with the work of the fire department.’ The Commissioners, who in their report to the Senate committee have stated in a similar vein that ‘an electrical conductor of high potential should not be allowed abot the surface along the line unless in isolated cases where no harm could ensue,’ and have also adopted other suggestions ‘of Capt. Griffin's report. and have urged, for instance, at his suggestion, that if the ‘use of elec- tricity is authorized in street railway charters the regulation of methods, &¢., should sub- stantially be intrusted to them. ‘The sole rec- ommendation of the overhead system for street railway is its cheapness. Its disadvantages outside the rs where a high tension current is employed are stated as the use of the pole lines, which in general will not be tolerated in large cities, the absolute necessity of using low-tension currents when the rail constitutes a part of the electric current and the difficulty of insuring good con- tact with the rail when the streets are not clean (as in Washington) ot covered with snow.’” THE VIEWS OF CONGRESS. August 18, 1888, Senator Edmunds offered resolution, which was adopted, calling upon’ the Commissioners for information as to whether since the lst of January, 1888, they had granted any _ permits for ' the erection of overhead elec- tric wires of any kind on any of the streets, svermass oF alleys, cad if oo Sor what purpose and under what authority. He said he had read a statement to the effect that electric wires had been erected for motive power, but hoped ‘it was not true. “T had supposed,” he said, “that both houses Congress were of opinion, as every other sensible person ought to be, that the erection of overhead electric wires of any hind in this city (Washington) was to be stopped entirely.” ‘The Commissioners in their reply aated Au- gust 15, 1888, stated a permit had been granted to the Eckington company and, in explanation said: ‘This permit was granted in order to en- abie the company to exercise the power con- forred by ite charter, by electricity, in the man ner considered by ers to be most advan’ us to the public.” The Senate ict committee, when it finally acted, September 1, 1888, on the matter re- ferred to it by the motion of Mr. Edmunds, decided to report a resolution of the character called for by Mr. Edmunds’ motion, but with a recommendation that it be not adopted. At the same time, however, the committee agreed to report favorably a resolution probib- iting the erection of overhead telegraph, telec and electric wires, and i arn had ran yp la agile Aa act authorized ne forbidden it. Subsequently, when it was | of | f occasion overhead wires | | elapsed since the first electric street rail- way was the United States, | the fact that such tramways are operated in over 300 cities of with an aggre- gate of 8,000 miles of such track in oper- ation leaves no room for doubt as to their fu- ture practicability. The question with them, as with the overhead wires for other electrical service ss to the adoption of underground i in small the objections to pole and over- head wires are largely a matter of sentiment. In the popular sections of large sections the same objections to overhead electric service aa applied to telegraph and electric poles and wires are tenable.” AN OPINION FROM BOSTON. The Boston Transcript, in discussing the overhead wires, says: “The introduction of the trolley system in Boston bas been, so far as mown, on a acale the most extensive and attended with the greatest outlay of capital of any in the world, and yet ing into consideration the manifest dangers of the current used, the bulkiness and great weight of the cars and consequent rapid wear and tear of the expensive tracks re- quired for such heavy cars and disfig- urement of streets and damage to property be- cause of the sts and wires in the streets, and the rattling, humming noise made by the high | speed of the motor armatures and cog gear, it cannot be, as we have often said, that The resolution of the Senate calling upon | the Commissioners to furnish Congress with all information relative to the piers of the Hunt, who has charge of bridges and is familiar | with the subject matter. Capt. Piobeger. The report follows: “This isa resolution of the United States Senate relative to the piers of the Aque-| duct bridge, and is referred to the District | Commissioners by the provisions of the final | section, which reads: “And be it further re- solved, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be required to transmit to Con- | a detailed report of any and all expenses incurred in the repairs of the piers of said | bridge since the sume became the joint erty of the United States and the jumbia, and by whom said repairs, | of . copy | of the report of any officer of the District oF | emplove thereof engaged in the «nid work, or | Upon any part thereof, including a statement as to whether the eaid Commissioners have ever caused either or all of the piers of said bridge to be tested with plumb and level, or any other suitable instrument, to see if either or all of them are out of plumb, and, if #0, the result of such examination. “In accordance with these requirements th | is herewith transmitted a certified statement of | the expenditures referred to, marked “Exhfbit ‘The repairs were made’ under the direc- of the then Engineer Commissioner of the | District, Maj. Charles W. Raymond, and bis | assistant, Capt. Thomas W. Symons, voth of the | corps of engineers, United States army, the writer of this report having direct supervision of the work. THE DAMAGE AND THE REPAIRS. “The preceding and attending circumstances | Were as follows: About June 1, 1889, oc- | |ecurred the highest recorded freshet in |the Potomac river. On July 5 of that AL tion the trolley system is more than a first crude experiment, a Pagaing, mcident in electrical development. Although perhaps the trolley system is the best that has been prac- | tically introduced it is not the device that is to Whenever a system of tram cars mted that can be successfully and practically operated by a storage battery Avoiding the objections above mentioned, it will be hailed with delight, and particularly so by all who reside or own property along | the streets where the troliey posts and wires |are now located. It certainly is a notable levent that Boston has contributed so large. an amount of capital in introducing and improving the trolley system. But it will be a more important evont if Boston shall fur- | nish to the world a successful system of street cars by which the objectionable trolley system can be superseded by the more desirable stor- age-battery system. = ee NEW STATES. A Bill to Admit the Territories of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma, Senator Carey this morning gave notice of the Honse bill providing for the admission of New Mexico into the Union. Mr. Carey's mitting the territories of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma, The state of Okla~ homa is made identical with the Indian terri- tory, but it is provided that nothing in the act shall be construed to impair the rights of per- sons and property now pertaining to the Indians of the territory so ong as such rights remain Unextinguished by agreement between the In- dians and the United States. It is the inten- tion of the United States that the Indian ter- ritory included in this boundary shall remain lor time being under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. Mr. Carey's second amendment is identical in pro- Visions with the first, save that it omits the territory of Arizona, and is in line with the action of the recent republican caucus. se asi 2s rare The Chandler Immigration Bill. Sentor Chandler today reported to the Senate from the immigration committee a bill estab- lishing additional regulations concerning im- migration. The bill isa substitute tor the original bill introduced by Mr. Chandler at the beginning of the present month. It has no relation to the quarantine bill re- cently passed by the House, although it is probably the intention of the Senate to allow jit to replace all of the immigration features embodied in that bill when they have been stricken from the House bill later on. The bill amends the existing immigration laws in the following particulars: To the excluded classes are added all persons physically capable and over twelve years of who cannot read and write with reasonable facil- ity in their own language, except aged persons who are the parents or grand parents of eligible immigrants; persons blind or erippled or other- wise physically imperfect ‘eo that are wholly or partially disabled from manual labor, unless it is shown that they aresureof abundant support; persons belonging to societies which favor or justify unlawfal destruction of life and retains inane sign inténding immigrants are to sign a declaration giving al tho particolare of Satety and residence. United States consuls may also issue to intending immigranta certificates upon due investigation showing that they are eligi- ble to entry, but these certificates are not to estop further inquiry by the customs officers at the port of entry. remainder of the bill relates to the space to be set apart on vessels for the immigraute, ventilation, &c. More Deficieneies Estimated For. The Commissioners submitted to the House today a deficiency estimate of $4,000 on ac- count of assessment of real property in the District and an estimate of €1,000 for clerical assistance for the board of revision. ‘It Is Not the New Marine Band. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Tt has been stated under the head of in- augural notes that “John Philip Sousa of Sousa’s New Marine Band (the italics are mine) is in the city,” 4c. Verily a man’s sins live after him. We buried that title moons ago, but like some one's ghost it wou't down, As toon aa the Blakely syndicate discovered that objection was raised against the title, they prepared to put it gently but firmly away. One bleak wintry night we took the title down to the lake res | front and dropped it overboard. “*Not a drum was heard. not a funeral note.” After the ceremony we rechristened our or- t Concert Band,” and nt of | #0 it remains even unto this day. It please my Washington friends to know that our band two amendments which he intended to offer to | amendment strikes out all after the enacting clause of the New Mexico bill and substitutes an omnibus Dill ad-) year the District bridge keeper observed the | distorted shape of certain struts in the bridge | superstracture near the Vinginia end and re- | Ported the same to the District office and to | Col. Peter C. Hains, United States corps of en- gineers, under whom the superstructure had | been built. Col. Hains directed me, then one of his assistants, to make an examination, as I had had charge of the erection of the bridge | and was familiar with its normal condition. On | July 6 I made a written report of the reaulte of my examination to Col. Hains, who trans- | mitted a copy to the Engineer Commissioner, | concurring — in conclusions and | recommendations therein contained. The con- clusion was that pier No. 1, the firet from the Virginia mde, iad ‘settled on its north side by reason of the failure of its masonry belo the water line or of its foundation. The recommendation was that a submarine examination of the pier be made at once. Capt. Symons secured a diver from New York named Robert Rogers, who made a thorough exami- nation of the base of the pier on July 11 and reported in person to Capt. Symons, who waé on the scow from which the work was con- ducted, that a large seonred cavity existed under the edge of the masonry. On the two | following days the diver’s examination was ex- tended to the remaining piers and abutmente of the bridge. By permission of Col. Hains I had been transferred, temporarily, from | my duties in his office. and was assigned by the Engineer Commissioner to the werk of exam-| ination and repair here described and was | Present on the work from the first descent of | the diver. | “The movement of the pier, as noted at the top, was « progressing one at the time of this | examination and had been progressing since ite first observance. Its continuance was very threatening to the stability of the pier and, after a full, thongh prompt and energetic consideration of available remedies, the method of repair was determined upon. ‘This was to restore the supporting material which the flood had carried away by packing the cavity full of concrete. Operations were begun on the llth at noon and carried forward to) completion as rapidly as possible. The: diver | } engaged on the examination, Robert 4 was replaced by two others, Who conducted the work of “The details of the work are believed to be | sufficiently exhibited in the report made by the | writer to Capt. Symons at the conclusion of the | work, and in a further account yee Milter, | with | the | consen of | Capt. Symons, ' for the _ proceedi of the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia. (eopies | of these reports are transmitted, herewith marked, respectively, ‘Exhibit B and Exhibit ) | ‘NO MOVEMENT SINCE THEN. | “In respect to any tests that may have been | made to determine whether the piers were out | of plumb, Iean state that I tested pier No. 1, both with a spirit level and with a plumb bob at the tim my first examination, and both tests indicated that the pier had) changed from a vertical position, the top having moved toward the north ‘since ti erection of the t iron superstructure. movement of this pier bas been observed since the completion of the work of repair here texted a described in the Fesolation. “‘It is proper here to state that the existis superstructureis an iron highway bridge de. signed to support in addition to its own weight @ live or moving load of 100 pounds on | every square foot of ite roadway and eide- | walks, and also a concentrated load consisting of a standard steam rond roller weighing fifteen tons. Every member is properly oned for ite duty and the specifi- cations used were such as are required by conservative modern practice. re- called the Aqueduct bridge, the remodeling of the substructure and the construction of the Present superstructure and approaches were Under the general charge of Lieut. Col. Peter C. Hains, corps of engineers, U.S.A. His principal, ‘assistant | was Mr.’ J.B. Duncklee, by whom all the plans were verified and certified. The detailed Oliver Brothers in Pittsburg and at the bridge | shops at Mount Vernon, Ohio. STRONG AND SUBSTANTIAL. “The writer was in charge of the execution of the contract at the site of the work and ca certify that the structure is in accordance with | class of rubble, but is aj ntly well bended and substantial. The ars defects The latter today | the ty with thix result: transmitted his re; pon the subject thi business? How RABE ort Rane tae megehines Cayatamen te tay Ge What are my views in detail apon the silver | question? oppose Mr. Cleveland in the Senate? favor of national quarantine control? Is ite fact that I believe republican victory is an im- Possibility south of the Harlem river for the next decade? id ;, Rone of the remaining picts were | main bi ‘trom torment at Sux on's River, IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS, Agentleman whose stooping, slender form was garbed in a fashionable Oxford walle ing silk-lined coat and whose clear, plero- ing Diack eyes looked straight ahead from beneath pitched rim of over the marble floor of the Arlington this morning as if his life depended upon covering | Just so many alternating black end white squares in just so many seconds. The gentle- Aqueduet bridge was referred to Captain Pie-| man was Thomas G. Platt, the republic. beger by the Commissioners for bis report. | jeader of New York, and so great was bir barie He in turn sent it to Engineer CB that he omitted to register. contracted brows end the ® dark derby, hurried ‘Tue Stan representative conght Mr. Platt on Am I bere on public long do I intend toster?) How Do Tf think Mr Hil wij Mow would the anti-option bill, { passed, be welcomed in New York produce exchange? Will the Manhattan elevated road leave one street free in New York if ite proposed extensions are granted? Wh: my dear fellow, you are asking too much of bi am. Next time I come—not now; good “If the horse could stand it,” eid & A, Rowbotban, a well-known remdent of Winni+ peg, Manitoba, to Tak Stan representative af the Arlington this morning “a man could leave Winnipeg and rido 1,000 mile weetand north- west over a level prairie before he would be obstructed by the m idea of the great terri nipeg, which, to the ont of the world. duces the finest epri: and this ca tioned great granary of =the = work. Fastern people havea misty iden of tive territory, grow wheat comp though our crop two years ago was 30,000,000 bushels, We have but little snow and in the many yeare I res itoba T never saw the tops of the bright » Cattle fairly roll in fat and becoming @ most of our set across the water, yet the num- ber from the western states is » wily inereasing. We have no wild west frontier scenes. are no settlers killed over disputed claims, as has been an every-day story in the west for homestead laws require a three nce of six months each. Land may be pre-empted, too. Gold has been discovered in wonderfully rich quartz deposite @ few sails d paving milis have just apolis te. I pre- dict a “rush’ to the Lake of Woods district next vear. Winnipeg bas 35.000 inhabitants and isa thriving city. Our winters are cold, but we do net mind them. The atm “ dry and the days are clear, fresh and suany, murky weather being almost unknown.” The man in the light euit was ina hurry. Fe was hungry. His matutinal cocktail had been down precisely nine minutes and was begin- ning to be eclf assertive. ‘The individual in uniform by the dining room hat rack caught the tile the man in the light suit tossed him, give a quick glance at the back of the light uit disappearing in the dining room entrance, placed the hat in ® row with « score of other tiles of ail styles and sizes. Half an hour lator the man in the light suit emerged from the dining room slowly, and with an ex- Pression of satisfaction, for the cocktail had suceumbed to the attack of coffee, porterhouse steak, chops and other concomitants of a good breakfast. The hat was now adjusted, the lighted and the individual in uuiform tilver coin to the pile in bis pocket. “The ability of the bat boy to different faces and heads and the hate that with them,” said the clerk to Tue Stax repro- sentative, “is marvelous. Out of the hundreds who daily pass into that dining room, strangers, transients and permanents, he never makes @ mistake and returns ‘the wrong — hat, 1 confess I myself am perplexed at the wonderful memory and faculty of association, which is the chief recommendation e average bat boy. One would imagine that ina rush he would hand over the w hat, but he never does. However, that is all he has todo, and as his position depends upon his accuracy he soon becomes an expert in bis particular lint “Sly good friend Butler of lows,” said Com gressman Smith of Mlinois to Tar Stan repre- eentative, “would make « splendid hotel clerk, He is affable, can smile #weetly, say nice things, look seven ways at once, can tell @ Good story and possesses other qualifications which wil make him in demand with the botel men when be tires of slaving for his country on the floor of the House. He hasa prodigious memory for names and localities, as well as faces. He told me that he had not been in the House three weeks before be knew ever: member by sizht, could give his full maine, i cluding represented, are only about 350 of us his al fully apprecinted. I can remomber faces, bu as to names I'm like a mariner ina fog withe broken rudder, a boxed compass and « spliced Statistics Tell the Story. . Custom house statistics of 1892 show G. FL Mumm's Extry Dry to be 75.89) cases, bel more than one-fifth of the entire champagne tia Portations, and ieading every other brand by over 000 cases. It ls party analysis of °6, BIR New Jersar ewe j Smuary At Se serena rida} . JOHN CUNNING RENT eet of, Tanuary 38, 1808, n fort n. the approved plans and tions and that | ELA STOCKTON, wife ot (cee it fe a strong and substantigl bridge. orth weston unaay the 0th risus at S ocloee “In regard to the substFoctare, the writer oo gy : - know! n derived from 7. January Ley ihe luring the past six years, a ee eae ak intetiag > cat of portions < the xd wis tate plone trom puoenee’ on ong ‘an ting up of the entire | pt 82st soatgeare, e surface. masonry is a Selo sem. Prisads and relaliven are invited ts gee tend. town, ‘of the lty post {he house at J 30 p.m a Sunday. te Brscmars Pris CURE DISORDERED LIVER, &e. ‘They act like magic on the vital organs, rerulsting the secretions, restoring long last complexion, bring PITCEERs CastoRsia.