Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1893, Page 10

10 ¢ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1893—-TEN PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. ee The Weath Ponrcast Tit 8 Pr. w. TUESDAY. the District of ambia, Marviand and th egytersanmagcnd earn shifting to tly, eed r ay morning, but the at connection, 36 istributing reservoir, . ondition at influent gate dich tide ow tide. 1144 am pm S48am 622 pm Ove $1.19 Deaey—A Mower Saver! ny Faaxe & Sos, cor. 7th and D. Cun. Khine-farm Riesling. Miraxs, Printer, 17 years. J—Adrt. a except those ral,” the one Hrxas Artificial Eyes. Hrwrnen, $53 Pa ave. Soernts i Srectat Dats for bis Cax tomorrow by nen all the . Pepper- et and Pis- 0 Cesta a bor. l0rm axp F Sts. -. Tth and D. that the B. Hay, as- Susrens of Tur tory Cross ‘Take gre mmending =| F i As they have wu stitution for years end never knew ¢ - ave. nw. raling. Seorem Potators.—We have just received from Glasgow direct a consignmentof Very Fine m Potatoes, which we offer to the prices. | Scwarem & CLAY. sep by the Farrer Carrer Works, ave. nw..are made moth- Proof free of chy elepbone 435- For 20 Days Oxi rec nm sale in Foes. = and Hand- ewe: Shoes at 4 and $4.50 reduced ©. Patent Calf Hand- ced to 93.50. Misses d $1 to 30e. soar stock ig com- ws's Sitor STORE j tol Hill. | with th one bottle of s it the greatest | i | Ciid AND DUstRIcT - < AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT Atravom’s Orrra Hovse.—Modjeska in ry Vill T. Q Seabrooke in fweater.—“The Police Pa- annis’ Duov trot Kenvass Lyeeca Tazaten—Gus Hill's World of Novel ‘Tue Berrie of Gerrrsecro.—15th street and bio avenue. Merzexort Hatt.—Concert by the Ladies’ Ariel Sexte Cow ots Hati.—Germania Mennerchor's Masquerade F Asseupty Cavaca.—Choral Convention Con- eer ows’ Hace (Exot Street s2).— Fair and Bazaar by Canton No. 5, P.M,L0. OF. — ‘The Tabernacle Society. ‘The meeting of the Tabernacle Society this morning at the Shoreham was very largely at- tended, not only by the members, but also by their friends. The annual report was read by Mrs. Vance and made an interesting presenta- tion of the receipts and dbursements of money es well as the number and variety of the arti- ¢les sent to poor churches and chapels from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Bisllop Keane made a short address, in which he first of all conveyed Yo the ladies the profound regrets of Mer. Satelii, the apostolic delegate, that be could not be present. He expressed in glowing terms y whic the latter felt im the work e Society, with which he was | ne * vii was taken #ick on Saturday and while today much improved bis physician ought it indiwsereet for him to venture out. purpose of the ‘Tabernacle Society is to fe ves tme and other necensaries the divine ser ¢ the poor eburches and uissious in the Cat Keane organized n he was asustan bhns given it si s Fears ago, | Patric! encourage- ! pastor of 3: the warn ‘The Pittsburg Necroes Squeaied. ‘There was a surprise party S evening at the 3 Madison eof Mr. Mrs, Stevens, No. | and the affair proved | two of the guests. They | Adams and Willam Wilson, | men frora To | rise was nota pleasant one, The Pittebarg negroes had been in the house he evening. They went there to! t thought ne money from thie they were aceord- they were about $3 in ft the tabi get ahead of the Washing- squealed” and the © was no game in ded the room, e¢ and Judge Miller tonians any other raided the b + Chapter Accidents, Last might about 11:30 o'clock Mr. A. D. Allen was taxen suddeniy ul on M between 12th end 13a r d was taken to bis & ue on Fleveher (colored) went into @ house on » avenue Saterday night end amen Ramexd Jobuson atuempted to put ber ous, and am doung so got ber ear in his mouth and bit it Beariy off, She was treated at the Emergency ~urday night by looking for a gas leak house of Mrs Sarah Stiles, 734 12th 8 aught fire was caused. at 12-20 ¢ cloca Savuriay night Mr. George eM Sguesta: the Mt. Vernon Hotel, gel from a cabie car at 7th street and Pennsyl- janie avenue and received # severe scalp | Sound asd bis injuries were temporarially Growed at Scheider & dievens drug store, Yes.erday afternoon s horse attached tos buggy i which two young men named Brooks sod Reed were seated ran Penn- sylvan avenue aud 13th street, taro the eceupants out and slightly injured them. The Rorse took the sidewalk of E street and 15th street, bat fortunately no other persons were injared, aitbouga tere were several narrow es- eapen. —ee A Short Cut to the French Language. A German professor of Beriun recently stated tha: Grees and Latin were practically dead ian- ages aud that French was sure to become the seooud tongue of all who aspire to culture, Prot, Wolliere of this city contends the same ‘snd wWul soon leetere upon « new method adopted By Lim, whicn us best ex = ©. “A short eat to the WORK OF THE ICE FLEET. ‘The Tugs Were Engaged Yesterday in Clearing the River. The cold snap has operated adversely to the endeavors of the ice fleet. ‘The ebb tide of Saturday night carried the ragged drift down ‘wercury dropped. The result was that the drift gorged et the Fort Washington and Mar- shall Hall bends and was knitted together. ‘This point was attacked by the tugs yesterday. Much trouble was encountered. The ice was tightly packed and quite hard. Today there is considerable ice in the channel. This moves off the flats and has to be broken up as it gete within range of the plows, There are miles of ice on the Potomac flats, which cannot be reached because of shoal water. At low tide a goodly space of the frozen article is aground in the shoals of the Georgetown side of the river. Considerable ice still remains above the Aque- duet bridge ¥ one tug, the Harlow of Alexandria, bas been able to get above that point, owing to the height of the smokestacks. That "craft proceeds as far up as the Three wsters. Ice was found there which measured warteen inches, but it was not level freeze. That thickness’ was found in places where it had cracked or formed incipient gorges. The sat Buena Vista and at Collingwood have been unplanked to save them irom being carried off by the ice. ‘The fish commission wharf at Brran’s Point, Smith's Point wharf and Liverpool Landing are banked around with ice toa height of ten feet above the floorin is not likely that they will be, lost becau-e this acts asa fender when the ice begins to run. The piers at River View and at Marshall Hall are clear, and if the ice should make 2 sudden move they would go. Fort Washington and Indiwn Head wharves are not over safe. Several of the channel buoys between here and Stump Neck are under the drift or bave been carried away. The Harlow, Templar and Vulean injured their plows yes- terday, but the damages were easily repaired work resnmed here might have been just alittle disap- ent among the towmen yesterday from t thev had to work, Dut as the day wore on it dirap, cared. Capt. Larson of the Vulcan isa recently married man and he was especially anxious to run over to Baltimore, but he stuck tohis tugand obeyed orders. Today the fleet is at work around the points where the ice threatened togorge. The harbor force’ bas been distributed among the tags of the fleet as follows: Harbormaster Sutton. sam- Officer Silas D, Lewis, Harlow; Officer dean, Vulean: Officer Perry, Templar; When the term of service of the tugs expires itis proposed to give a big dinner aboard the Samson and issue invitations to the captains of the fleet, masters of the Potomac steamers, harbor police, District Commissioners and the press. oe Charged With Forgery. Jacob G. Schunman, who was arrested some months since in South Carolina and brought here on several charges of forgery, was called in the Criminal Court to answer on in- dictments for forging checks of $15 in the name of Lewis Hopfenmaier, $28 of Bernard Hoff and $18 of Ferdinand Lambreent. Mr. T. ¢. Tavior appeared for him, and after consult- ing with him said the prisoner would plead gulity to the first charge. This was accepted by the government and he was sentenced to eighteen months in the Albany penitentiary. The remaluing counts were nolle prossed, Seg Trying to Harmonize the Bakers. Saturday evening a meeting was held at Typo- graphical Hall for the purpose of reconciling the differences between the Bakers and Confec- tioners’ Union, afiiliating with the federation, and a bakers’ assembiy of the Knights of Labor. Several ineffectual attempts, it is nid, have en made to unite these two organizations. ‘The meeting Saturday evening was planned, it | is said, by the federation leaders. who are anx- | ious to unite ail factions in this city. Presi- dent ‘f. ?. Perry of the local federation pre- sided and read a letter from President Gom- pers of the American Federation, regretting that a previous engagement prevented his at- tendance. He then introduced Henry Weis- man, editor of the New York Bakers’ Journal, who *keiched the history of the Inbor move- ment in America and pleaded for harmony here d elsewhere thronghout the south. Mr. Weisman’s remarks created considerable com- motion and little harmony, and after Mr. A. N. Dewey of the government printing office had vainly endeavored to quell the storm the mect-, ing adjourned with the hoped-for harmony yet to be secured. as Transfers of al Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: R. Fendall, trustee, toJohn Keys, part 15, block 10, T. and B.'s sub Mt. Pleasant; @—. James archbishop, &c., to B. and 0. RB. R. art Turkey Thicket; @—. J. W. Boteler to C.E. Spalding et al., subs 90 to 94, sq. H. B. Moulton to G. Bogas, lot 2. sq. 67 F. J. Griffith to A. Donath, subs 4 and 5, ; 21.620. Hache! A. Johnson to Emma mwell, lot 15, block 9, ‘Takoma Pari .ouise J. Otis to Elizabeth M. Power, and 42, block 45, Holmead Manor: @— Whiting to A. J. Miller, lots 1 and 2, Wesley Heights; #940. J. F. Paull 'to Emily inson, lot 11, block 19, Center Eckingto 0. Mary J. ‘Snowden to S. M. Taylor, sub 64, sq. 155; The New St. Matth 's Chareh. ‘The pastor of St. Matthew's Church, Rev. Mr. Lee. has returned from Europe. He states that plans for the new church have not yet been prepared. SS Officers Elected. At the annual meeting of the National Brass Band, held last night, Mr. Thos. Washington was unanimously elected leader and business manager for one year; J. V. Reeder, assistant leader, and W. H. Lucas, recording secretary. The Social und Beneficial Brotherhood of Bartenders bave elected the following officers: George H. Hodges, president; Warren J. Coffin, rst vice president: Andrew Glynn, second ice president; William Lerch, secretary: John A. Bligh, treasurer: Geo. MeCullom, sergeant- at-arms: Fritz Trede, Frederick Loeb, William | | Acker, trustees. ‘The’ Stenographers’ Association have elected officers as follows: Honorary president, Dennis F. Murpby; president, David Wolfe Brown; first vice president,’ Fred Irland, second vice president; Miles’ Fuller; third vice pres- iden W. Moulton; secretary, Mrs. E. FF ; treasurer, C. K. Urner: board of governors, Messrs. E, V. Murph; L. Pu- shaw, Willard Fracker, J. 8. Barbour and Miss Sadie Fitzpatrick. Ata meeting of the board of directors of the Washington and Marlboro’ Electric Railway Company held at the board room at the Na-| tional Metropolitan Bank on the 4th day of February, 1598, officers of the company were | elected as foliows: President, Wm. A. Meloy vice president, Frank W. Hill’ of Upper Marl boro’; treasurer, Jas, T. Perkins of Springfield, Md.; secretary, Wm. M. Steuart of this city. SERS MCC SERS | | | Anthropological Society. | The next regular meeting of the Anthropo- logical Society will be held in the assembly hall | of the Cosmos Club tomorrow evening. Prof. ©. T. Mason, the n¢ per upon York.” outlining the proposed work of the so- ciety for the year. other papers are “The Philosophy of Sin,” by Mr. Clifford Howard, | and “Early Man on the Upper Mississippi,” by Prof. W. H. Holmes. | president, will give a Mardi Gras, $36.65. New Orleans and return via Norfolk and Westerm railrcad. Excursion tickets on sale February 10 to 13, good _ to return on or before February 28, 1893. The “Washington and | Chattanooga hmited” with dining cars. For), all information apply to E. J. Lockwood, Pas- | senger Agent, 1493 Pennsylvania avenue, Wash- ington, D. C.—Adet. } pease Double Daily Train Service Between Wash- ington and Boston via Peansyivania Kail- | read. i ‘The GEOGRAPHIC MEDALS ‘To Be Awarded for the Best Original Essay by High School Pupils. With « view of encouraging the study of geo- graphy in the public schools of the United | States, the National Geographic Society has instituted a system of certificates and medals for annual award ineach state and territory to such graduating pupil of a pablic high school as shall write the beat original ceographic eseny on a subject to be selected by a committee of the society. The subject of the essay will pertain to the continent of North America and be comprehensive in scope and limited in length, so as to afford opportunity for origi- nality of treatment. State superintendents of education are requested to co-operate with the society. The geographic gold medal, Intely established by the National Geographic Society, will be awarded to the best essayist of the United States, while the second essayist will receive a certificate of honorable mention. The best essayist of each state will receive from the tional Geographic Society a certificate of efficiency in geographic science. Schoola in- tended to compete must notify the National Geographic Society before Jane 1, 1893. Gen. A. W. Greely, Prof. T. ©. Mendenhall and Prof. W. B. Powell constitute the com- mittee charged with the selection of the subject ‘and the award of the prizes for 1893. pobre teed AMUSEMENTS. ‘Tar Brscnorr Coxcents.—The third Bischoff concert occurs next Friday evening at the Con- gregational Church. ‘The Schubert Quartet of this city, consisting of Alexander Mosher, Frank W. Bird, J. Henry Kaiser and Wm. D. Hoover, will furnich a prominent part of the program, rendering four or five of their ex- cellent concerted pieces. Miss D. B. Rogers ‘and Mrs. W. L. Wilvon will contribute sone, Eiphonzo Youngs, jr., will play a cornet solo, the Cujus Animam from the “Stabat Mater,” and Dr. Bischoff will give two solos on the or- gan and one on the pianoforte. ‘Tickets are on saie at Ellis SHORAL CONVENTION ConceRrt.—A concert will be given tonight at the Assembly Presby- terian Church by the Choral Convention, which Will include a chorus of 100 voices, assisted by Miss Alice Williams,soprano; Mies Sopha Church Hall, contralto, and Mr.Warren S. Young, bari- tone. Mr. Theo. I. King will preside at the organ, Mr. Raymond Alden at the piano and Prof. C. C. Case will be the director. Farr axp Bazaan.—Tonight at Odd Fellows’ Hall, on Sth street southeast. there will com- mencea fair and bazaar by Canton Potomac, No. 5, P.M... 0. 0. F., which will continue until ‘the 18th, inclusive. Great preparations have been made and the dispiay of articles will be full and elaborate. Dancing will be pro- vided every evening after 9:45 o'clock. Coxcorpra Hatr.—The annual masquerade ball of the Germania Mennerchor wili take place at Concordia Hall this evening. | Valuable prizes will be awarded for groups and single masks, The Mwnnerchor’s former affairs of this character have been thoroughly enjoyable and it is proposed to make this ball tonight eclipse all the former efforts in this direction. Merzexott Hatu.—The concert tonight at Metzerott Hall by the Ariel Ladies’ Sextet promises to be an extremely enjoyable ocea- sion. The program is carefully arranged, so that every variety of musical shall be sat- isfied, and the members of the sextet are all skilled musicians, who as the famous Smith Sisters acquired ‘a high reputation wherever they appeared. The concert tonight is under the auspices of the Y. M.C. A. ——— TON MARKETS, WASHING Prices rule lower along the whole line than when last quoted, and yet the general tone of the market is firmer. ‘The wealth of vegeiables is the conspicuous feature of today. A slight stiffening can be noticed as a result of the present enap. —— Overloaded Horses. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Tree in Saturday's Stan an appeal for the | horses that draw carts loaded with coal, bricks, ce. Why not speak for those also on the street carand herdic fines? “A righteous man re- gardeth the life of his beast.” Every man in authority in the District of Columbia, as well as every other intelligent man, is directly or in- directly responsible for the abuse of these faithful, noble animals. Almost any driver will tell you that from three to five years of street car or herdic xerv- ice is all that the average horse will endure, while the horse that is properiy treated is serv iceable for three times this length of time. Let the “righteous” speak. Let Washington wake up and like other cities of one-tenth its size use some other motive power than horges in its street car service. If herdics must be used let them be so constructed that two horses will not be compelled to draw a four-horse load of | wagon and a two-horse lon of the genus homo. Does the business of this city require that these docile and faithful but much abused ani- mals be driven as fast as thev are? “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.” JK. H —— Another of the Family Gone. Sarah Jane Laweon, a life long resident of Baltimore, Ma., died in that city February 5, at o'clock p.m. ‘The deceased was a sister of Perry H. Carson of this city. The funeral will take’ place from her revidence on Rayberg street, Baltimore, tomorrow evening. gear miaiaibal Robbed of a Diamond Pin. Yesterday Mr. L. F. Morgan of Rockville complained at the first precinct station that while engaged in the shell game in a house in vision the previous night he was robbed of @ valuable diamond cluster scarf pin of horseshoe shape. Seige A Wife's Serious Charges. Cornelia Wiliiams in her bill filed by Thos, L. Jones against Arthur, alias Charles Williams, sets forth the marriage in October, 1873, and charges that in 1380-31 and 82 he repeatedly beat her, choked her, knocked her insensible with a boot jack, and by reason of such treat- ment on April 24, 1833, she was forced to leave him. She further charges that in April, 1886, | under the name of Chas. P. Williams he pro- | cured a license to marry one Mary Bertha Jovee and was united in a pretended marringe toher and asa result there are two children— Lord Fauntleroy and Marion Lanora, ‘The Hours of Clerks. To the Editor of The Evening Star : You have very kindly published a number of communications protesting against the pro- posed action of Congress in the matter of an increase in the hours of labor in the depart- ments. Many of these articles have labored to show that the clerks are faithful and that the xction suggested by the House committee on appropriations is unjust. Ase government clerk 1 aak sufficient space to make @ tew re- marks from a new standpoint. ‘There isa cause for every this world. What in- | spires the movement under consideration? imply this, a change is pending in the chairmanship of the House committee | on appropriations and there is » struggle | for the old shoes of the distinguished economist now at the head of the com- mittee. An impression, probably errone- | ous, exists in the minds of some of the aspi- ranis that the road to success is through the homes and over the bodies of the clerks, none of well to say to the committee that the clerks ask Justice, not favor. What informaticn has the | committee about our work? Not a member bas | made it his business to inquire. In the absen of inquiry how can the committee act intelli ntly? ‘True, as some of the statesmen | who work the clerks, we said, there are more hours for less pay but the same role applies with equal or greater force to many Congressmen. Why ot economize by returning to the old-time rule of mem! Congress aday Paty the alaricn for each day they assemble? Our were fixed away in the fifties and we have bad | no increase, except in the number of hours of ; since then. There has been no com-| int made by the beads of de nts, that yablic service neglected or 1 hours are too short. If any one can ‘authoritatively on the subject it would seem. that the Secretaries are the proper Has any one of them been quesi The whole thing 1s 8 cheap bid for notoriety. M. es: 2a ‘The Psi Upsilon Dinner. oa | minutes he managed | Ellet, jr.,in_ com himself a prohibition party of one. GEORGETOWN. ATTACKED BY NEGRO RovGHS. At11 o'clock Saturday night, while Motor- man Patrick J. Cooke and Conductor Howard | Bachelor of electric car No. 8 were awaiting the minute to start from Union depot at the Dis- trict line, four negro roughs entered the station ‘and began to make taunting remarks. Howard said something in return and the whole crowd fell upon him. Seeing that it was time for him to assist, Cooke started in and was immediately attacked witha long-bladed knife. For some to ward off the blows aimed, but a well-directed one caught him at last in the neck and blood began to show. Then the negroes made off, leaving their iden known. Had it not been for Cook clothing the wound would evidently ha dang@ous one. Around this depot on Satar- day nights a crowd of the roughest negroes in Montgomery county may always be found, and as they mariage to keep just over the line. the Georgetown officers are powerless to prevent disturbances. THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY. Mr. E. W. Burdette, the sexton of the old Presbyterian graveyard, is about to give up his position and move to the country, where he will engage in farming. The old burying ground is now the subject of universal condemnation, as its torn-up graves, falien trees, broken tombs and decayed vegetation give it the most miser- able appearance imaginable. When its sexton goes, owing to the fact that almost all sites are now hidden and otherwise obliterated, it will be extremely hard for a stranger to locate a par- ticular grave. Among the bodies which still remain in the old place uncared for or not known about are those of John Murdoch, who died in 1820, possessed of thousands of acres of ground north of this place, a large mill and other valuabie property (Murdoch road was named after him:) Thomas Beall, who is said to have been the slayer of the last Indian in these parts; John Kurtz, who at one time was | the president of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank and of the Potomac Insurance Company; the mother of Dr. Bohrer, a once prominent physician; the infant son of Baron Bodisco; the son of a once Russian minister, and John Hay- dock, the eccentric stonecutter, who laments in his epitaph the fate of sinner: AN OLD BRIDGE PLAN. Apropos of the proposed construction of w. bridge across the Potomac near the Three § | ters, Mr. Charles H. Trunnell has in his pos- session a copy of the lans of the suspension bridge drawn in 18: by Engineer Charies iance with an order of the board ‘of aldermen and common council of Georgetown at the time when the old Loudon- Hampshire road endeavored to enter town. For these plans $2,000 in cash was paid, but as a dispute arose between Mayor Addison and the Dodges as to who should be the president | of the extension the whole thing was settled by the vetoing of the bill. GAMBLERS BREAK THE ICE. The enterprise of the parties who run the gambling dens on the Virginia side of the river | was shown yesterday when they hired one of the largest of the tugs employed by the Dis- trict to clean the harbor of ice to break good- sized channel from the Aqueduct bridze to their resort, so that their patrons might be ac- commodated. ‘Tugs are regularly emploved by these proprietors to transport those who are anxious to try their Iuck. Yesterday morning the Aqueduct bridge was thronged with people watching the tugs at work, and it was the opinion of many spectators that this ice was being broken at the expense of the government. After the channel had been cleared and was free of floating ice the passen- ger tugs resumed their reguiar trips to the gambling places, and ‘despite the cold weather they went up every time pretty well crowded, During the inst cold spell. when the river was Lard frozen and the ice too thick to break a | good many of the patrons of these places man- aged to secure seats at the geming tables by walking up the towpath to the Independent Ice Company's store house and walking across on the ice. NOTES. S.C. Hurst has sold to Richard Ough for 2765.60 the north half lot 10, block 7, of White Haven, and A. T. Whiting has sold to A. J. Miller for $940 lots 1 and 2, block 20, of Wesley Height» Around the fire plug in front of the old M y feet there is a id mass of ice which makes it extremely dangerous for people who are marketing. It is stated that the plug has been in this broken condition for three weeks, —_._—__ High School Items. At the last meeting of the “Short Story Club” of the Western High School Miss Perry read “The White Heron,” by Sarah Orme Jewett, and Miss Concklin “Law Lane,” by the same thoress. Miss Brown gaveasketch of the life of Miss Jewett and Miss Leetch led the dis- cussion. ‘The seniors have formed a “German Con- veraational Club.” which meets weekly in Supervising Principal Janney’s office from 7 to | 9p.m. Games of the fatherland are n leading feature, and Herr Reimer, who has kindly con- sented to preside, beinga native of Germany, has introduced many teatares not familiar to the majority of Americans. ‘The club's mem- bership is smail, but it makes up in enthusiasm what it lacks inhumbers. At the last: meeting those present were the Misses Huntington, Rittenhouse, Pimper, Brown, Ussire and Misse Reimer, Looker and Bradley. Recently the Western was honored by the presence of Mrs, Lippincott (Grace Green- wood), who gave a delightful talk to the students on personal remimscenees of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a subject especially appropriate, ax the first vear English clastes are now study- ing the writings of the author of th Faun.” Preceding Mra. Lippincott’s remarks Col. Clark of the bureau of education read an essay upon Hawthorne. eg Dr. Corey on the Liquor Traffic. ‘The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, colored, was crowded yesterday afternoon to listen to an address on the “The Liquor Trafic” by the Rev. Dr. George H. Corey, pastor of the | Metropolitan M. E. Church. under the aus ‘The address was @ occasion being one of their regular monthiy meetings in the cause of tem- ance. Dr. Corey took occasion to express is disapproval of the form of goverment ex- isting in the District. He said a committee of citizens, who were striving to get a high license law enacted for this city, were told by Congressmen that no law could be passed Without the approval of the Liquor Dealers’ Association, He declared that this association and its kindred interests throughout the coun- | try were the most powerful and dangerous or- ganizations in existence. He hoped for very little through legisiation, but wanted his hear- ers to each one take the pledge and thus make ‘Phere must be id, a change in public sentiment. ‘The meeting was quite successful in bring- ing many to eign the pledge. The services were interspersed with music by the temper- ance choir, which, under the leadership ot Mr. R. W. Tompkins, has been brought to a high degree of efficiency. _— Army Orders. ‘The leave of absence on surgeon's certificate of disability granted Second Lieutenant Arthur W. Yates, ninth infantry, is extended one month. ‘The leave of absence granted First Lieu- tenant Frank P. Avery, third infantry, is ex- So-operation in Anthropological | Whom dare complain. Right here it may be | tended one month. First Lieytenant J. Sawyer, fifth artillery, report to the governor of Wash- ington at Olympia for temporary duty as in- structor of the National Guard of that state. First Lieutenant Armand I. igne, four- teenth infantry, is reheved from further duty with the seventh infantry and will proceed to Vancouver barracks, Washington, and report to the commanding officer of his regiment for duty with his company. ‘The leave of absence granted Capt. Junius L, Powell, asistant surgeon, is extended one mont! JalZAvejof absence granted First Lieutenant james J. Meyler, corps of engineers, is ex- tended one month. Capt. Will W. Daugherty, twenty-second in- fantry, having been found incapacitated for active service on account of disability incident RM, Mont of the Michi poart bes, Siibareen Marceno enn to sueceed Judge Jackson, and the candidacy of Sir. J. O'Brien of of slate in Prince's coal mine at a Scoroury of War Endieets whe os il at ° his home in Salem, Mass, was’ not so well anti-l 5 aorleempee Judge supreme i “Marble | ices of the temperance society of | | the ‘church, th QUEEN VICTORIA'S CONDITION. She is in Feeble Health and Her Sight is Failing. A cable special from London says: Queen , Vietoria’s health is causing her court great un- easiness. The entourge desire to hasten her trip to the, south of Italy before March if possible. Severe weather and attacks of bronchitishave made Osborne House decidedly unpleasant for the good old ruler, but she insists she will not leave there until the date she has herself set for her return to Winsdor. She insists on personally holding a, court levee in Buckingham Palace next month, al- though her manifest feebleness ought to deter her. During the lest two months her sight has failed ina marked degree and her irritability has increased so that at times she has made her attendants feel nervous and anxious. She en- | | tertained the cabinet ministers last Saturday ina listless manner. True, she has never been | much in love with liberalism, but her apathy was in this instance due to physical weakness. | A story is told that she has a craving for cin- namon. “She takes the powdered articie by the spoonful. The royal Indy bes retained her love of out- door exercise, but the weather has deprived her of that for the last two months, and the effect is said to be very marked. In plain terms, age and care are telling rapidly upon one of the noblest women in Eu- Tone. and people who know scarcely believe she | will be able to carry owt her spring excursion | Programe, ——_+e- ____ | GENIUS AND SUICIDE. j — | “Great Wits Are Sure to Madness Near Allied.”” | Charles W. Pilgrim, M.D. ,in Popular Science Monthly. | Winslow, in his Anatomy of Science, saya: “A | | person who accustoms himself tolive in a world created by his own fancy, who surrounds him- | eelf with flimsy idealities, will, in the course of | | time,cense to sympathize with the gross realities | of life,” and any one who will take the trouble toread the biographies of men of genius will | see that this statement is borne out to a remark- able degree. Perhaps the most striking ex- ample of this doctrine, as well as the most pa- thetic instance of suicide in the annals of literature, is found in the records of Chatter- ton’s short life. From the beginning, shadows hovered over him. He was the posthumous child of a rougin, drunken fellow, and singer | and subchanter in the cathedral choir of Bris- | tol who left his widow to support herself by dressmaking in one of the back streets of the old town, aud the boy was able to gain only the rudiments of an education in the charity school. His biographer telis us that he was of a peculiar temper, sullen and silent. So mach of his time | was spent in solitude and he seemed to have so | few of the characteristics of children that many | regarded him as weak in intellect. His after | lite is well known. Failure met him at every hand,and by degrees he sank lower and lower into the depths of despair, until finally, with his last penny, he purchased suficient arsenic to end is unhappy life. Another example of Winslow's doctrine is | Hugh Miller, the self-taught Scottish genius, | who, as a boy, chose the calling of a stonemason that he might be unemployed during the hard frosts of winter and thus have opportunity to educate himself. His career was successful, but the mght following the completion of his greatest work, “The ‘Lertimony of the Rocks,” | he yielded to the strain to which his overworked in bad been subjected and sent a bullet through his heart. Another similar case is that of Robert Tanna- | Lill, the Paisiey weaver poet who wrote “Jessie, | the Flower of Dunblane.” He was shy, sensi- | tiveand awkward, and uncomtortable’ in the | presence of any but his humble friends. The one memorable day in all his life was that on witich he received a visit from James Hogg. the Ettrick Shepherd. The meeting was proionged ‘far into the night and the parting was painful and pathetic. “Tannabili, prasping the hand of his poet_brother, said, while tears suffused his eyes: “Farewell!” We shail never meet again.” Shortly afterward his body was found, stark and stiff, in a pool near the house. To come down to more recent times we have | a familiar example in Richard Keaif, an English | peasant, who became intimate with John Brown, and was with him at Harper's Ferry, and nar- rowly escaped lynching. ‘The next we hear of him he was writing a remarkable series of poems for the Rochester Union. Domestic | troubles oppressed him beyond endurance, and | he committed suicide by poison. He made two attempts before success resulted, and between | them composed the poem beginning “De mor- | tuis nil nisi bonum.” Haydon, the celebrated historical painter and writer, overcome by debt, disappointment and ingratitude, laid down the brush with which he was at work upon bis last great effort, ‘Alfred jand the ‘Trisl by Jury,” wrote with'a steady hand, “Stretch me no longer upon this rough | world,” and then, with a pistol shot, put an | end to his unhappy existence. Richard Payne Kuight, the poet, Greek scholar and antiquary, was’a victim of melan- cholia, and ended his lite with poison. Burton, the vivacious author of the ‘Anatomy of Melancholy,” who had the reputation of be- ing able to raive laughter 1m any company, was in reality constitutionally depressed, and finally ended his life in a fit of melancho! Sir Samuel Romilly. a man of brilliant genius, by whoee efforts the criminal laws of England were remodeled—a man loved for his sweet nature and upright manliness—while overcome by grief at the death of his wife, with his own hand sought rest beyond. Michael Angelo, after receiving a painful in- jury to his leg by a fall from a scaffold, while | painting his “Last Judgment,” became +o melancholy that he shut himself in his own room and “resolved to let himself die.” For- tunately his intentions were frustrated by the celebrated physician Bacio Routini, who acci- dentally heard of his condition. | Vittoria Alfieri, of whom it has been said | that every event in his life is either a factor. of | | disease or a symptom of mental alienation, | attempted suicide in Holland in the course of one of his restless trips through Europe in | search of change. Kotzelhe, who at last meta tragic death at the hand of an assassin, wus at one time #0 melancpoly that he meditated self-destruction. Cowper, when bowed down by religious melane made two unsuccessful attemp' upon his iife, and the list of distinguished men who either attempted or admitted that they contemplated suicide includes Chateaubriand, the brilliant representative of French literatire; Dupinghen, the’ distinguished anatomist and surgeon; Cavour, the regenerator of Italy; Lincoln, the martyr President; George Sand, | Goethe, Comte, Shelley and Byron. Evidence is not lacking to warrant the as- sumption that genius is a special condition. Centuries ago Seneca taught that there was no great genius without a tincture of madness, jand more than a century ago Diderot ex- claimed: “Oh, how close the insane and men of genius toucl Lamartine speaks of the | mental disease called genius; Pascal says that extreme mind is akin to madness, and every- body is familiar with Dryden's couplet: Koi tata pardons do thet bounds ata, Bat, be this as it may be, if wo take into con- sideration the fact that the poet Ifves in an ideal world, surrounded by creatures of his own imagination, to whom he attributes the most rated sentiments, it seems to me reason- able to believe that suoner or later _unhealt! introspection oe Deamakened and followed, not infrequently, by velopment of mor- bid tendencies. ———+-e+___. ang J, Winters Shes held for the grand jury in Troy charged with ill treating his three-year-old daughter. The allegation is that he placed the child on a red-hot stove, severely bnrning its limbs, and that he did not Procure medical attendance until eight days Tae Gar Left me in terribly weak condition; my health nearly wrecked. My appetite wasall gone, Thad no ‘strength, felt tired all the time, had disagreeable roar- ing noises in my head, like = waterfall. Talso had severe headaches and severe sinking pains in my stomach. Having heard so much about HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA I concluded totry it. All the diss- greeable effects of the grip are gone. Iam free from pains and aches and believe’ is surely curing my catarrh. I recommend it to all." GEO. W. COOK, St. Johnsbury, Vt. ‘HOOD'S PILLS cure constipation by restoring the Peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. 2 Boon Potsoxrxe And every Humor of the Blood, Skin and Sealp, with loss of Har, whether simple, scrofulous, ulcerative or hereditary, speodily. permanently and economically, cured by REMEDIES, when the best Physicians and all other remedies fail. Complete ‘Dome treatment for every humor. Sold everywhere. | ing wife in his arms and sai A Wealthy Riding Acade . SUICIDE FROM MELANCHOLY. AMUSEMENTS. | Brooklyn Girl Takes a Fatal 9 LBAQGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. | — ‘THIS WEEK—SATU Y MATINEE ONLY. Mine Salli C. Koop, twenty-eight years old, | MODIE<Ka, ‘pe rere committed suicide yesterday morning at her aoprsRe home, No. 144 Montague street, Brooklyn MODJESKA, Heights, by taking chloroform and then firing in nee aay perescrey font shots into her left breast. AXD HER OWN COMPANY OF PLAYERS. eeu walled, Miss Koop was the daughter of Herman H. A marnificent revival of Koop, @ wealthy retired merchant, who died HENRY Yu suddenly four years ago at the Pacific Street | Tonignt, Tuesday, Wetnraday evenings and Satantay wt anwony, ‘Two years after Miss Koop’s | ayany erpact. sister Frances died. Since that time Mise Aso Fine Tt” aaa poobarert ered earepe | ane SE SEEY 05S" Boor: ey Se ler malady me #0 pronoul tafter | FRAN ty SOLS St the death of her sister it was thought that it | simua=”™ wuman Thowwen tm The OM Mmm wonld be necessary to place her in some insti- | MEtZEROTTs Music HALL. MRS RORTMs COOKING LESSONG) tution, but a trip to the south was finally de- cided upon, and after a residence for some time at Old Point Comfort, Va., she returned to Brooklyn very much improved. ‘On Wednesday evening last Miss Elizabeth Stockton Koop was married to Mr. George Perry Fiske. It is supposed that the thought of the loss of her only remaining sister by mar- ge brought on an attack of the old malady and rendered Miss Koop temporarily insane. of the small bugbears of a lawyer's said one of them recently, a lawyer, not a bugbear, that is, “is the ‘friend’ who pumps him for legal points, usually getting them with- out the formality of a fee. “There is nothing easier than to drop in to the office after business hours for a social chat, hand out a cigar and in the relaxation that { lows turn the talk to some apparently bypothet- ical question of jaw, then, when the floodgates | of legal lore aze open, to ‘absorb the informa- tion and thus save good dollars at the expense of a cigar or two. Thus, of course, only hap- pens between men when there is an acquaint- ance between them, have been amused, however, to notice how some women contrive to get free points on law. “In the public law libraries, for instance, that are ocecupied every day by lawyerg, such a scene as this is by no means uncommon. The big door will swing around in # slow, uncertain Way, and a woman makes her appearance. She approaches the bright young man at the desk, and timidly asks him if he knows where she can find out about the law on some stated poin’ didn’t want to go to a lawyer.’ “The young man usually knows a good deal of law himself and frequently gets her the book, oints out the passage and leis her read it at ‘sure. If, however. it is beyond his knowl- edge of law, he inquires about it from some one of the good-natured lawyers in the room. Two or three of them will usually listen to the wo- man’s explanation. and the opinion she gets is the combined wisdom and judgment of all of them. “The woman is very grateful, and profusely thanks every one within bearing distance be- fore she slips out rather more self-possessed than when she came in. “Nobody, I'm sure, begrudges her the infor- mation he has given her, but I often fancy her | brandishing ‘advice of counsel’ over some-| body's head, and. having found out what are her legal righta, holding to them grimly.” a Shamming Suicide. From the Badische Press. A young married man at Winnweiler had got to wondering if his wife really loved bim and whether she would weep and lament if he hap- pened to die, Unable to find a satisfactory answer to the problem he decided to put the matter to @ practical test, His better half re- turned one afternoon from a visit to a neigh- bor, little dreammg of the scene of horror that waited her. Stepping into the room she tarted back, uttering a loud scream, for there, retched upon the bed, lay her husband, with his face all splashed with blood and beside him the murderous weapon. At ber cries and inmentations the neighbors flocked into tne house, heard the dreadful news and pitied the sorrowing widow. All at once, however, the dear iamented one sprang from the bed, “well and hearty,” clasped his deepair- “Here you have me again; Iam not dead. I only wanted to see if you would weep when I had gone.” An in order to produce this effect he had be- smeared his face with tue juice of a beet root, Inid the pistol beside him and awaited the re- turn of his wife with closed eyes and open mouth. The police are now going to bring him up for creating « disturbance. Rice Grosz Canes, By Eliza R. Parker, Bedford, Ky. Two cups of cold boiled rice, one pint of flour, one tablespoon of sugar, half a teaspoon ofsalt, two teaspoons of Cleveland's Baking Powder. oneegg and haifa pint of milk. Mix, bake brown and serve hot with honey. Uae ontu Cleveland's Baking Powder, the pro» portions are made sor that. A pure cream of tartar powder. Cirevetaxns Busse Pownen “‘Absolutely the Best.” One trial proves its merit. CITY ITEMS. A Cordial Invitation is extended to alll to. visit my factory and see for themselves s jst how the famous Yucatan Gum is made. W. J. Wurtz, Cleveland, Ohio, U. 8. A. fe6-6t in China Ware for the Inauguration. Headquarters at Trort's, 1602 14th st. n.w. sci cote Of Course They Do? Visitors to this city freely comment on the fact that the residents of Washington take pride in making their homes both comfortable nd attractive—each according to the means at command. During the inauguration every housekeever expects company. If it is desired to refurnish a room or to add a piece here and there 1 em willing to accommodate with “long | time” and bottom prices. Joux Rupvex, The Accommodator, 513 Seventh street northwest. —— « There Ain’t No Use Talking,’ as the felier says, ‘that $1.19 Derby of Franc’s ise Dandy.” Hexay Fraxc & Sox, it Cor. 7th and 'D, SEE et Sart The Star Shoe House ‘Tis wok we wil place on sale the following we decided values: S ga ,Connine Hand-tewed Custom-made 1088, ryles, all sizes. Clearing price, ea ae fen’ - an Shoes, lace or Congress, all shapes, Reduced from $3.50 to $2.25. ‘Misses’ $1.50 Shoes reduced to $1. Children’s Kid Spring Heels at 50c. Raven Glows and Gilt Edge Polish. 15e. oes 8 of wae yeh kinds on our bar- sucha small matter,’ she explains, I! i Next Sunday at 4 p.m., MERWIN-MARIE SNELL ‘Will lecture on THE PHILOSOPHY OF DOCTRINE. , Febrnas ay. aay HORAL CONVENTION CONCERT, ASSEMBLY'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Corner Sth and I sts, nw. TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK CHORUS OF 100 VOICES, Assisted by Miss ALICE WILLIAMS, Sopra: Miss SOPHA CHURCH HALL, Con Mr. WARREN S YOUNG, Baritone. Organist—Mr. THEO. 1. KING Pianist—Mr. RAYMOND ALDEN, ___Director—Prof. C. C. CASE. 1 N= NATIONAL THEATRE eas: Ti TINE'S DAY MATINEE, 14, AT 2PM jospital Train yw artists: Tickets. | now o Sue TU |fg'the mornin. | "Stern Miracles." Dore Fowoet ierand reception LeLUn S Two LY The Har The Harm Ck EMWY. All This Week. EXTRA MATINEE WEDNESDAY UWE ESDAY THOMAS @ EABROOKE And bis OPERA COMPANY AND BALLET | THE ISLE WEW RATIONAL THEATRE, Every Evening and Saturday Matines. SIXTH ANNUAL TOUR OF MR. E. H. SOTHERN, (Wader the management of Daniel Frohman) Presenting His New Comedy. CAPT. LETTARBLAIR. Next week—Nat. C. Goodwin. 06 ft Comic O} ers CHAMPAGNE, RAL USIVERsaLisT CHURCH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, THE SCHUBERT MALE QUARTET OF CHICAGO. Geo. H. Tott, William Harris, Samuel T. Battle, John R. Tyler. * Assisted by BERTHA L. CLARK, Violinist. LAURA B. Mac CORKLE, Reader and Whistler. EVELYN M. ELLIS, Accompanist, Prices, 50c, and 75e. Sale opens Tuesday morning at Metzerott' music store. » KE®san Gfatinees Tuesday, TLarsday and Saturday.) GUS HILL'S ‘WORLD OF NOVELTIES. GUS HILL. Proprietor and Manager, (Also New York Vaudeville Stars.) Egrgreek-FIELDS & HANSON'S Drawing Cards. GPECIAL Notice. ‘The sale of seats for the Boston Ideal Banjo, ‘Mandolin and Guitar Club opens TOMORROW MORNING at Metzerott's music store. Fe Will be ODD FELLOWS HALL, STH ST. 8B. FROM FEBRUARY 6 1018 INCLUSIVE. pty AND BAZAAR BY CANTON POTOMAC. No. 5, P.M. «1.0. 0. F.), ADMISSION... -10 CENTS. 82 Soliciting of votes ively prohibited im fair room. Dancing every eveniar at 9: 308-2 NGREGATIONAL CHURCH. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, THIRD BISCHOFF CONCERT. ‘THE SCHUBERT QUARTET, ANAS" SER Ban Assisted by ‘Miss D. Mra. W, Reta ene Wb a Tickets, 50 cents. fice Bie ene Err eee HOLY LAND. x Cueay’ Ortental Tour sails MARCH 11, 1883. on the aeae. “6 Yooal and instru. extra charge, on sale at ‘Visiting, also. Fagin ou iles W. P. VAN WICKLE, Braabury Place of Sse fo4.3t 1225 Pa ABB B00 TaeaTer Mra. P. HARRIS. ¥ I. BRITTON end 1. ¥. DEAN, a. x ELSOPP ES REALneTiC HROBTCaox. THE POLICE PATROL. (cneMT oF mua ‘MATINEE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2 P. M. ‘Amateur performance for the benefit of the Aine program will be rendered by « host of Wash- Concert st $ prompt. Dancing et 10:15. ‘Admission Uumited to Learne members and thetr ledien. FOOD EXHIBITS, &e. # Rand concert afternoon and or | M*t#exorr MUsic Baa. a FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. THE BOSTON IDPAL PANZO, MAND AnD TAR CLUB SEVENTH SEASON ©. L. LANSING An vr BR. SHATTUCK LM. GALENcta A.C ROBINSON On sale Tueatay mornin ~ | MEtasROTT Mesic wa wd MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18 INQ, ONLY APPEARANCE THIS SEASON HER XAVER Ww RECITAL T On sale at Mererott « or ROMANTIC PIANO MUSIC, The. aud 2 chet toa se ME* 48Suz wesanr Of London, England, The noted Orator and Theosophiat, Wilt lecture on Ne GGA UW At Academy of Musto, SUNDAY EVENING, Febranry 22, «1 Reserved seats, Toc. General admission Tickets for sale at Th O19 F st. upstairs, until | at Acadeiny of Musta. AYN ACTS AKO Arie ophica’ Society's february 8, after Uy too - Unsivensauisr Cur *R. 13TH AND by GRAND HARP RECITAL My MISS ANITA CLUS, THURSDAY EVENING, Fooruary 9, at 8 0 Assisted by MES. NELLIE WILSON SHIR-CLIFF, Soprane, MR HERNDON MORSELL, Tenor. Tickets, incloding Resorved Seats, @1. now Pennsylvania ave, ot wale ot METZEROTTS, 1110 F st ws Dit hase be TUFSDAY EVEN Ssnoveunen's from, Berio” Overture, “Euryunthe,” ‘Tickets Bow ou sale at Metzerott's music store at CA. ELLIB, Manager. 3. ©. TAPPANS SELECT ACADEMY OF Dancing. cor. nth and Pa. ave. .0.. Mondays ani Thursdays” 68 per quarter or 63 per mons SEXTET vas Smith Sisteray TN GRAND CONCERT AT METZEROTT’S HALL, 12thand Fete. 2... MONDAY, FEBRUARY @, 180, at Spm, ‘Under the auspices of the ¥. MO. a. General sAmissiOD..ereressesensesees a Tiokets on sale at Metrerott's Music Store on anf after Tuesday, January 41 WeDvolale MASevEnabe wane or THE GERMANIA MENNERCHOR AT CONCORDIA HALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1403 Nalosble, prizes will be ewarded for gromps and Singin asks ‘Adiaiante r See en OO ete tating, Senate, prronana Of the BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, ‘The ereatent battle of THE WAR. __15th at. two blocks below U_ 8. Treaenry. ANJO! BANJO" A TRIAL LEBSON method in Sue quarters ony # She most unwmusteal person te lesson or no charge. Parl re Op.m. GEOKGE JPOk RECEPTIONS. Leere MENTS Be THE NEW CARLOLL INSTITUTE Mala, On 10th st. Above New York ave. The safest, most venient, test lehted, hes’ ‘arranged inthe city. Surrounded te three 7 as tyaiics it the inet ccosaible to seahdenis een of the cit PCOMPLETE IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS, here Quick '¥ and correctly tauecht by tay sit Tadaran tee to tee fing all Jera imp ovements, inclading « di ing Foomand kiicica fapacit for teruas and dates apply on the premians. $a} tsa (OF. 3B. CALDWELLS DANCING ACADFM!, cor. Sih, and if ste. mw. Claas for tewtaery y and Pri cote. Private lessons 2 by appointiwent - Adress 107 Bet. n ca __ EXCURSIONS, &e. (T° ME VERNON axp THE TOMB oF was Only means of commun.cation ts vie the Washington, Alewndria and Mt Vernon Electric Railway from Alexandria, Cars heated by electricity leave loal depot, Alem andria, on the arrival of all trains from Wasiingtom ‘Take cars of Pennsylvania Railroad at Oth et. depot ‘Fare for round trip, 45. Grounds epen from lam toépm Admisnen togrounte, Se. . F. & REED. Out Shirts. SEs ha et 65C.EACH,6 FOR $3.75 ELLERY & IRELAKD, STH & WY. AVE. JUMCTION. Gexre Serrs Scovnen n AND PRESSED FoR et ~ s