Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1893, Page 3

a THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, MAY ‘6, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. LITTLE CHANCE FOR A DISPLAY.; DISBURSING CLERK STONE. Efforts to Get the War Vessels to Annapolis Not Successfat. vestigation. ‘The efforts made by public-spirited citizens! The weather bureau investigation started on of Baltimore, Washington, Annapolis, Wil- | its weary course once more at 2 o'clock this ington and Philidelphia to have the naval re- | alternoon. The defense continued with their View fleet, or at least arepresentative portion of | Witnesses and it is thought thatonly four remain +t im Annapolis roads at the time of the | to go on the stand. Before adjournment Tune examination at the Naval Academy, have it is thought that Capt. Stone. Chief Clerk some to naugitt, so far at least as the origin@ Smith and Mr. MeCady will be finished with Plan is concerned | He is Again = Witness In the Weather In- ~ “i . ebe- {224 the testimony of Prof. Harrington ing to arcs the weople of Marvland, Delaware, |® commenced, and the point which Pennsyivania and the Distr biaan|the three first witnesses — mentioned | | are expected to clear up iz ene which Major Rockwood mentioned in his testimony yester- day. It will be remembered that Lieut. Purs- sell, in his last testimony, said that in his conversation with Prof. Harrington in Mirs. Baker, the so-called expert ompiler, Prof. Harrington had objected to his opportunity of ships of the x and the other being to afford the future off cers of our navy a practical object lesson in the elements of naval warfare. ‘The manifold advantages of having the fleet | Visit Annwpolix about the firat of Jane were | seeing the eloque ed to Secretary Herbert and laying the case before the Secretary of Assistant Secretary MeAdoo last month Agficulture on the ground that it wnile the veweis were assembiing at Fort | would hurt him (Harrington) in the! seni there is no possible doubt that | investigation. The evidence shows that Doth oftciais hace since done alt within their | during this | conve: Sete une wer to bring about the desired re-| present: Caj fone. Maj. _ Hockwood ae 7 they have failed is) tresland. Mr. MeCady. Yesterday Maj’ Rock- unfortunatel: it may be said that it was | "ood testified that Prof. Harrington through of theirs, bad — Fae — hres would burt ce [a umeelf, but ent. Purssell, or, at an: se the comtaitice of CHa VEWSELS. ,_| rate. strain his relations with the Uepartment. When the committee of citizens from Balti-| [is expected that the others present, ‘Stone more, Annapolis and Washington pre-| and MeCady. will corroborate Maj. Rockwood sented the matter to Secretary Herbert, be | im this, conceded justice and —ressonabi CAPT. STONE AGAIN TESTIFIES. ness of therm request and said it woul: Capt. Israel Stone, disbursing ofticer at the bureau, went on the stand. He first testified in regard to the allowances made local foreeasters bronght to this city for temporary duty. As to the matter of allowing such forecasters especiai pay for board the witness testified that that hud been done in The disbursing “ vilicer cuitural Deyartiaent had turned the mat over to the bureau and afier full consultat it was decided to allow « special allowance to be complied with if he could bring it about. At the same time be made it perfectly clear | that the foreign vessels that came to participate in the review could not be counted on for any service im these waters, when that af- ne toanend. He said tha: while be bad «¥. there was such pressing need for the services of the majority of them on foreign stations that be did aot feel justified in deiaving their departure after the object for which they were brought here had been accom- justice to these officials. of the plaked. ‘ these men. No discrimination was made ‘Tue committee that waited on him said that | between these men, and some twenty if the snips came to Annarouis they would bear | received the special allowance. Capt. Stoue ai ha orpoues atte the reception and | again t bis trouble with McLaughlin over nd the lait ed deiay in cercifying to pay vouchers, which kas been fuily gone into. the peoole in this vicinity who had rot been | ’ Stone testified, as” predicted, | able te go to Hampton Reads or New York | to being present at tho conversation should have a ¢ between Liewt. Pursell and Prof. at the sa ington in regard to Mra. Baker's reap- foreig pointment. He had been seni for by Prof. Saeed Harrington and bad found there Prof. Harring- retary Heri v ef Clerk Smith and the. antice « foreign fleets at the firet op-| Mr.” Me Speaking of Mrs. Baker's ap- e faithtully carried out his! pointment Lieut. Purssell had «aid, “I shall re- matter fo the $ Prof. Har- had said, you can | ‘There w ae ES Lieut, “Pursell x = hind then, nccording to the _ witneas, cumstances against bim. ke principal of iG “ihe Se y cannot hers ma” ers to leave | And then, to wi Maj. a yx as the re-| Rockwood had said th 4d send be suffered a severe | the lieutenant lieutenant ba did. clerk read a letter Prof. Harrington the Seere: commending Mrs. the r's discharge. and Lieut. Purssell had said he wax compelied to in- he was very glad io hear this. The lieu- {(herarc:, command- tenant had then suggested that he be relie feet, the important | f-om the ducy which brought him direetly over the = xcmirals | Yrs, Pr: ‘This was agreed to and ended the fleets in the ie = | conversation. io al A POSITIVE DENIAL. st in-| Capt. Stone said in answer to a question: concerned, | “Absolutely no. Prof. Harrington did not in ¢ would | any way suggest to Lieut. Parsseil that if he re- ity ot the vise ported the matter to the Secretary it would mrt the profess: pt. Stone read some papers showing that the reports and all matters relating to his in- Is tied at the He aiso testified ‘hache had made other inspections of the same cusracter, which were such as required his especial knowledge of dis- barsements. COMPLAINTS AGAINST A TEACHER. nts and that & position to ac- AWAY. hes when there will our waters. y sailed for home sca follow suit. erk on Wednesday i i gees to the Charges Preferred by Cit:zens Whose Chil- dren Have Been Whipped by Mr. Lemon. This morning Maj. C. P. Yoderand Mr. J. W. Brooks called upon the Commissioners and asked for the suspensicn of Mr. 7. A. Lemon, principal of a school in the Jefer- gn: the Augusta will leave |sou building, pending an investigation sacc Coie to most of the Euro-| of charges against hira by the school board. cameee Svcs Toca jos | Mr. Brooks is the father of a boy who is cau waters aboat Jane 1, | s#id to have been severely whipved vestorday leaves on Star 16; "ith the butt end of a wip. Maj. Yoder Her ezact estimation | ssian ships may re- more. Itis under- ral Socnaxoff is awaiting | cieare and Mareh his son was also abused by Lemon. A number of letters from different people charging Vemon with having brutaily abused their children in & number of instances were given. Among them was the case of a boy who was beaten over the head with » Paden stick. result of his injuries that - he Unspeakable | tat that the bor had been nervous Se i Cea tac lend cberntaninded ov and that th | feared he had suffered permanent injury - brain. Another was the case of a . @tobeseen in London yng was unused to the wars of the 8 of melancholy. school and who met Mr. Lemon in Trev hove usted other forms of beauty | the hallway and asked him the way and Would a tue world with their out of the building. It is charged that with- out any further provocation the bor was thrown to the floor and badly beaten. ‘These were only two of an given. that he did not have a. and advised ster in the hands of that I encountered sat opposite me toy- vw sneom and murmuring the { to wn amazed spinster e. din: was fnised ta suiver-moanied fan and dir. it is said, undertook to chastise Lemon for the ‘* treatment of his but got only as far as to slap the teacher's ee BEGINNING THE ANNUAL EXODUS. y Departures for Europe—Another he clamor of general ‘Transatlantic Race Started. dco my host a q mas to| New York, May 6.—The two great ocean of this marvel and the answer | prevhounds, ine painted being was the son ofa’ ding of the American and Cunard trans-Atlan- ng so frail coud be Scotch made | tic lives, aze off again on another race. ‘The creature was ineffa-| Both steamships got away very nearly on any, never cheduie time. There were uo delays for mail, ". three | and at 9-15 the Paris was in mid-streain with adroitly conceated | her starp prow pointing down the river and plisbment was in look- | the dark smoke pouring out of her black fun- ing at the indies. He fancied that be made | nels. 2 oh sheep heart at the tabie, but I| Scarcely five utes after the Paris had got 4 that the sex mimicked him in | under way the Campania, with her two big red Wom While we were stoxing, and | funnels, was following her towards the Nar- that ther Jang! which rippled down the | rows, and the race had begun. fe stairs, was at the cost of this decorative person, | _ It is expected that both vessels will remain in who was boring us over the walnuts and the | sight of each other for the next few da} wine. {The Pai xe in Southampton on . Soon after this I saw another specimen ef | night o urday morning next, while the this new fashion in trousered humanity. | Campania expects to reach Que-:stown on Strangely enonzh, the second patnted man was | Friday morning, May 12 neowntered at az oratorio. They were doing| Paderewski was umong the passengers on jounod’s “Redemption” at the Albert Hall, | the Paris. He arrived at tne dock nearly an and The Thing was in the box adjoining ours. | hour before the sailing and went at once to his What It wanved there: what satisfaction It) stateroom, where a number of ioral could capture from an oratorio Tcan never | pieces were waiting for him. ‘The xess. It did not listen once in the three hours. | room was haif filled with them, while t gabbied. ft was for ail the world like a | several other pieces were on the saloon tables. es and peacock. it gabbled and | He appeared inexcellent spirits when he stepped led; [t spread ite superb tailoring: It ex- | from his carriage, and looked weil tended it ringed hands; It admired itself in a | pocket mirror: It posed; It languished: It | of saloon ‘nat ae ‘preaisenner ican a irty years old, ifa| are many pers of pr \ Es os - seo Mr. and Mrs. Augustin Daly, who are 1°" European Having encountered two of these creatures, off on their regular annual Ekept » vigil for others of their Kidney. Was/ trip: Lord Kileourse, the lieutenant governor, it possible that a new fashion in man had been | W. F. Sheehan, Mrs. Sheehan, Gen. Theo. projected? Evidently yes, because my watch | Runyon, United States Minister to Germa: bas revealed companions to the primary pair. | ‘‘Billy” Sexton and Frank Ives, the bil Ata reception the other night I espied a being | players, and Mrs. Ives. — more wo: ful than either of the two who Among the most prominent of the saloon started my quest. He was “made up” li passengers who sailed in the Campania were second-rate prima dorna. His cheeks had an, Mr. James E. Neal, the new United States even pinkness most delicately laid on. His consul at Liverpool; Mrs. J. F. Rhinelander nether eveliis were penciled, bis bands were and Prof. Forbes. gandeniabis lined. He was a pattern in roage, | pede d he looked ail the world like one of | Stove in the Dolphin’s Plates. the courses in ‘Once in m hit head, but b them. His rd this morning for London, when at of her pier collided with the U. 8. S. Doiphin. The Doiphin had three plates stove in. wad. He is, 1 am informed. a man of | d forty summers. It is alieged that and that he shows it in his cut art and music. Wherefore the gat eases that any cultured being can | Discouraging Competition. | From the fnitianapolis Journ: m- | Judge —"What cause had you for beating this poor man so frightfally’ Dismal Dawson—“We wanted to make him go to work.” ’ Judge—“Did you or your partner in this affair ever do a day's work in sour lives?” Dismal Dawson—"Course we didu’t. But we belongs to the Restingmen's Union and that feller don't.” ig to this that the dand: e seer a dozen painted men of an| ¢ an afternoon ort themseives. It is get- ».in the language of the time, quite ver for dandy men to paint them- Anew horror waits on metropolitan And the worst of it is that these be- med males are now so numerous that they rated. In what is called the will soon cease to be cons soe An Advantage, From Puck. Society were painting themselves out of all| Hobson. semblance to re ability. But they seem to ‘There's one advantage in being 'd like to know it.” ‘ouever notice that self- i joritied feeling a poor man has when he tells you how charitable he would be dogs if he were rich’ tion next Monday nigi a A*terward there will be dancing. Papen t night ac spebie - Kee Na. 807 so, May 6.—The report of a fire at the Phenix Furniture Factoty at Grand Rapids | was imcorrect. from a gas jet and fi Agri- | stated to the Commissioners that on the 17th of | ‘The Paris did not have a very large number | them | 4 LEVEL-HEADED ENGLISHMAN. ~ He Says He Thinks Washington the Most Beautiful City in the World. For the past three days there has been ; an interesting man among the guests of the National Hotel in the person of Mr. Horace G. Banks, whose residence is in East | Dulwich, England. Mr. Banks is a lecturer | of prominence in England, and his present | visit to this country is for the purpose of ob- another course of illustrated lectures. His plan is to spend world’s {to make that the leading subject of bis | lectures, incidentally touching upon the route traversed and the cities visited on the way to | includes New York, Philadelphia and Washington, and on his re- turn he will go to New York by way of Buffalo | | taining material some time at and from Chicago. taste Mr. tion with a Star land. | English | Mr. B | hospitality and coui for the ‘Thi | everywhere in this country. ton. | city “I think it in the world, pretty much every: land is far cleaner. I have met, I get home again of this great country cago this morning. | week. the and I will Mr. fair most beat I have ——— THE COURT'S ROOMS. | Some Alterations to Be Made at Judge c i | del! will make some al his left. Hereafter court room. the room. room formerly used as the judge's room. Crier Joyee of the Cri day used for the first time the following © m opening the court: ‘0 yes, O yes, O | manner of persons having any business judge of Supreme Court of the District of Columbi: | now sitting in the second criminal term, draw ur attendance, for the’ court The crier'of the Court | is understood. “God bless an invocation tho erier of the reme Court. — ARRESTED. all re the near and give 3 is now sitting. of Appeals will, this court and the gov. | United States Sup DEMPSEY AG. liee two charges against hi counsel, Mz. Dempsey, it is tion of these cases. went over until next w turned a verdict yesterday afternoon finding > —- for the caventor. Mra. Linds Hutehinton |_| Hates to the World's F 0 the Editor of The ening Star: senate that, Mea. ‘Ratio Hatches, | Ihave waited along time to see if Te Sram | the will it his opening with the invocation, similar to the one used by Sen es MRS. OLMSTEAD’S WILL. A Jury Decides Against Ite Validity—A Motion for a New Trial. After deliberating one hour and twenty-five minutes the jury in the Olmstead will case re- honorable ernme’ AL Court. im. chi eek. | Olmstead was incapable, mentally, of making will; that she did not know its contents; that it | was obtained throngh the fraud and undue it fluence of ker husband. John F. Oimstead, and ned through fraud and mis- tained, ‘as generally believed that the jur tee x counsel, Mr. and Mr. John 8. \ | of dir. I by the foreman. At the request A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL. Thereupon Mr. Davis gave formal notice of Paris and Campania, the crack motion for » new trial This motion will be te argued at the earliest practic: lei i | Maj. E. M. Rosafy, who has been employed fain Geel het ae pier ' gs a clerk in the Treasury Department since the will be taken to the Court of Appeals, | close of the war, died of heart failure at an From that court, should the judgment | early hour this morning at his home, No. 60 C of the lower court be affirmed, it i8| street northwest. Maj. Rosafy,who was exiled understood that an — appeal will be | taken to the United | Verdict, ne were ax follows: 2. Were the contents of said will known to j her? Verdict, no. yes. therefore a most the caveator, Mrs. verdict be Ball, entire estate of ‘her —father, an | More changes have occurred in the clerical | estate now generally suppored ‘to be | force at the State Department, und it is said the valued at not less than $1,000,000, ‘This | estate, under the provisions of the will of her husband, Mrs. Hutchinson eajoys during her he case, therefore. will i before the courts for several years before a final decision is reached. ‘The four issues and the verdict upon them finaily States Ball. Verdict, yes. vietory Should sustained upon the death of her mother, Mrs. Hayward M. Hutchinson, will fall heir to the He was and gare Falls, Like most Englishmen of Banks is enthustastic country, and is only surprised at the general ignorance that prevaiis in Engiand with refer- | ence to all matters Americar. reporter over this In conversa- this morn- ing he said that the average Englishman knew (that there was to bey a world’s fair, but that he did not know wien it was to open. nor whether Chicago was on the coast or in the in- It was his intention to enlighten the all such subjects. S Was especially struck with the texy shown to foreigners He warmed up | decidedly wien he came to spenk of Washing- utifal been -vwhere. I like it even better | than” Paris, for it is better naved and lighted [have been treated with the greatest kindness by ali the public oficials | dT can tell you that when hardly be able find words strong enough to express my ad- miration and respect for the beautiful capital Bunks left for It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the courtesy and hox- | pitality of the people of this country next At Judge Cole's suggestion Marshal Rans- ‘ations in the old Cir- | euit Court room, opposite the room occupied by the Criminal Court. | Cole has used as bis private room the one to he will occupy the one to his right, on the south front of the ‘The jury box and the witness | stand will also be placed on the south side of A witness room will be made of the Heretofore Judge inal Court, No. 2, to- the close Me is Arraigned on Two Charges in the Po- James Dempsey, tke saloon keeper in the county near Soldiers’ Home, was a prisoner in the Police Const this morning. cused of running an nulicensed bar, there being Several weeks agoa test case was made on Dempsey and the ease was taken up by his ir, Tobriner, but no decision has yet been reached in thet ca ed, failed to stop | selling liquor at that time, Lence the prosecu- Jury tria.s were demanded in the cases and bail was fixed at $1,000 in each ease. The cases -an, the jury retired expected that it wax would | be much longer in arriving at their verdict, Therefore very few of the many persons who had daily attended the long tri when the verdict was rendered. While the ver- | dict was a macter of some surprise to the cavea- | H. E. Davis, Col. ebb, counsel ‘for Mrs. Bail, onfident that the will would no ‘The caveatee, Mr. John F. Olmstead, | received the verdict smilingly. is the jury was polled, but every | member stated the Verdict to be as announced were present Totten ble day, and upreme Court. | probability be 1. Was Katie Hutchinson Olmstead of sound and disposing mind at the making of a will? . . Was the ‘will executed under the undue iluence of the suggestion, importunities, John F. Olmstead and others? Verdict, &e., 4. Was said paper writing procured by the fraud or misrepresentation of the said John F. Olmstead or any other person or persons acting of their own volition or under the direction of the said John F. Olmstead? EFFECT OF THE VERDICT IF SUSTAINED. Any one of the answers given by the jury would have broken the will, and the verdict is sweeping for | Clephane, Samuel M. Bryan and Thomas J. pedi The president reported the condition Mae , of affairs as flourishi n= NO DANGER OF A FLOOD. ‘The Waters Subsiding, Helped by Favorable ‘ ‘Winds. ‘The possibility of a flood in the Potomac, which seemed imminent yesterday after- noon, has passed. The river is receding rap- idly and the fear which the rising waters ‘occasioned has been allayed. At 11:30 a.m. today the weather bureau gave out the follow- ing bulletin: “The river at Harper's Fer highest, nineteen feet, vesterd to nine feet today. At Long bridge the stage was forty-four above low-water mark yesterday and today it is forty-three. The highest has } | Last night the water had risen to the top of | the wharves of Littlotield & Alvord at the foot of 23d street northwest, but at noon today it | had receded six inches and was still falli No damage of any extent. i known there. Prof. Russell of the weather bureau, who has charge of the reports of the | condition of the Potomac river, said to a Stan reporter that he considered the danger passed. | here was some apprehension felt in George- town yesterday, but today the old stream had 80 subsided that everybody was smiling at his fears of yesterday. ‘The free and easy pasange of the water is attributed to northwest winds, wich not only heiped to carry it off, but pr vented heavy tides from backing in. A southenst or easterly wind would in all! probability have blown the water over the wharves of the Georgetown merchants and caused some damage. About 12 o'clock last night the river at Georgetown reached its highest point. Judging from the absence of drift wood no damage to speak of has been the result of the | heavy rains, and the only harm the Chesapeake | | and Obio canal has met with isa break about twenty-five feet long near Yancock, Md. The supervisor of that level notified the canal office of the break by telegram this forenoon, ‘The high-water scare did not seem to makea deep impression on river men along the Wash- ington river front, who expressed no alarm. ‘There wana very full tide today, but the wind | was favorable and this is the A RIOT AT T Policemen Sent Out Fight. Word was received by telephone at police headquarters this afternoon that there was a serious outbreak at Terra Cotta. Tt was stated that the fight was between a gang of seven or eight drunken men and the workmen of Somerville’s factory. The police from the eighth precinct were notified at once, and a force of men was dis- patehed to the scene of the trouble, Sosa ae MANY AT TRE TRACK. Close of the Spring Meeting With » Large Attendance. The last day of the meeting at Benning attracted the largest crowd of the moet- inj The entries in the first race, selling, five furlongs, that closed at the track | this morning, were: May Bird, 117; Anne Eliza- beth. 109; Blackmailer. 109:' Comforter, 106: Aspen Leaf, 105; Industry, 97. The following were scraich: Ellen in the second, Rosa H. in the fourth and Graham in the fifth. ae Fined for Selling Unsound Fish. William Cross, an aged colored man who deals in fish in the Western Market, was tried | in the Police Court today on complaint of Food | Inspector Mothershead for offering for sale un- sound fish. ‘The testimony was concjusive and | Judge Kimball imposed # fine of 820, which | was paid. Patriotism and Planked Shad. The Society of the Sons of the American Rev- olution have invited the Danghters of the American Revolution aud the Sons of the Revolution to take part with them in the celebration of the 118th anniversary of thi capture of Ticonderoze at Marshall Hall, Mav 10. A-special feature of the celebration will bea planked shad dinner. ‘The committee on program promise an inter- esting and novel afternoon. These pairiotic societies are thinking of build- ing their national headquaziers here, but as this is not a business meeting, the’ speak- | ers cannot talk about it, but the mem-| bers can, and be ready to settle the woole | matter at the triennial conclave on Bunker Hill dav. There are nearly 1,000 members of these District societies and about 10,000 in the national societies, and still they are growing. would have anything to say about the high- handed course the eastern railroads are taking in regard to world’s fair ratesand, sure enough, | Wednesday brought forth an editorial censure. | But, Stax, you must keep hammering away | if you want to help the great army of your patrons—tie people of moderate means. Sirike for one fare for the ronnd-trip rate, which it should have been from the firat day of the fair, as it haa been for every similar excur- | sion for years, 8. _—— Held for the Grand Jury. ‘The Takoma Park robbery case was heard in the Police Court today. The prisoners were | Charles G. Miller and John Gittings, but there | was nothing against the former and he was acquitted and used asa witness. Private De- tective McDevitt and Detective Lacy were wit- | | nesses in the case. ‘The store of Mr. George L. Favorite at Ta- koma was robbed. Not long after came the | robbery at the store of Mr. Burch. Judge Vil ler heard the proof and held Gittings in $500 | security to await the action of the grand jury. — Death of Maj. E. M. Rosafy. with Kossuth, Klapaka and the other leader of the revolution of 1849, came to this country while still quite young and rendered distin- guished services during the civil war. He wax a member of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., and is the third member of the post who has died this year. His funeral will take place Monday atternoon at 4.30 o'clock, and tne | services will be in charge of deceased's com-| rades in Lincoln Post. ‘The Merganthaler Company. Ata board meeting of the Merganthaler Lin. otype Company, held at Mr. D. O. Mills’ offic in New York yesterday, Mr. Whitelaw Reid | was elected a director to fill a vacancy caused | by the resignation of Mr. L. G. Hine, and Mr. Thomas J. Reagan to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel S. Lamont. The board nt present consists of D. O. Mil W. C. Whitney, Whitelaw Reid, George L: | Bradley, Ogden Mills, P. T. Dodge, James ©. | | 2 es More Changes in the State Department. | end is not yet. Mr. Henry A. Blood, chief of division of the diplomatic bureaz, has been re- (life, with remainder to their children, | duced tow 1,000 clerkship and Mr. Michael | It" was one-balf of this remainder, | Seanlan, recently displaced as chief of the | j Mra Bail and Mrs. Olmstead being | burean of statistics, has been appointed a $1,400 ba: will go. Philip H. Cass of Crittend of Pennsylvania, Be ‘Texas, William B. Kii sion office. clerk $1,000 to class 1, John “G from assi Q. M. G. 0.; died May Lient. Secreta nation of First Lient. | suicide in Baltimore. eee engineer, $1,300, Q. M. Samuel M. ‘Thatcher of Pennsylvania, class 2, War Department Chang Nebraska, Augustus W. n of New York, George Speidel, jr., Harrison of atrick of Misassippi, ap- pointed clerks of class $1,000, record and pen ernard RK. and oO. 1893. -- H. . office. Robertson, the two surviving children of Hayward M. Hutchinson, which the alleged will of Mi Jobn F. Olmstead sought to convey to her bus- and which now, in the ent of the mother and grandmother, the entire estate Edgar E. Rankin of Indiana, promoted from Gosseling of Nebraska, promoted ant draughtsman, $1,400, to civil Robertson's Resignation Accepted. Lamont today accepted the resig- first cavalry, to take effect June 30. Lieut. Robert- son is the son of Gen. Beverly Robertson of this city and recently attempted to commit clerk in the department. Mr. George Bartle, who has had charge of the issue of pardons , since 1852, has been reduced from clerkship ‘to $1,200, and Fred. Van | verdict rendered yesterd: being | $1,200 clerk, hax been ye | | finally | sustained, will go to — Mrs. 4 number of female clerks have been dismissed. | Ball.” Mrs. Ball has one chiid, a little daugh- pele iearesalc via fates ter. to whom, in the event of the death of Departure of Lieut. Peary. Puraverruta, May 6.—Lieut. Robert E. Peary ‘Teft today for Johns, N. F., to }complete his arrangements of the vessels | to take the party to Melville bay. ‘The party | will be composed of ten, seven of whom have | been aiready chosen, and the route will be the tame as that followed by way of Newfound- | land, Baftin'’s bay and Whale Isiend. ~ High Waters in the Southwest. Angassas City, Ank., May 6.—The Mis- { \sissippi river | is rising at a rapid| | rate here, and large gangs of | |men are watching for a — break | in the levees in this vicinity. A break would trous to the Tensas Basin people in | ‘d would flood thousands of acres in that parc of the stave. The Red river is rising rapidiy and itis feared the heavy rain now failing will add greatly to the danger. _ Booth Enjoyed a Comfortable Night. New Your, May 6.—Booth’s condition is about the same as it was yesterday. He passed ‘& good night, | work DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. AGAINST DISHONEST HUCKSTERS, W. L. Lightbourn has written a letter to the District Commissioners asking them to take some action against street hucksters who are dishonest in their dealings. Ae an example, he tates that he bought a bushel of ‘potatoes, but on weighing them found there was but forty-two pounds in that busbel. In the interest of the poor, who are compelied to purchase in «mall lots at a time, he asks that something be done in the matter. AGAINST PROPOSED LECTURES. Mr. E. J. Hannan and Mr. M. L Weller of the Carroll Institute called upon the Com- missioners this morning to enter a formal protest against a permit being granted to an alleged ex-priest. and his wife to deliver a course of anti-Catholic lec- tures in this city. on the ground that they would be an insult to good morals and the fair name of the city. ‘The Commissioners said | that the matter would receive their close at- tention. Mr. Trimble. the District assessor, stated that no permit had been granted and that the police force should prevent the lectures being given. A REASONABLE REGULATION. The attorney for the District has returned to the Commissioners the draft of a regulation sub- | mitted by Capt. Fiebeger, assistant to the Engi- neer Commissioner, to be added to the building regulgtions requiring each applicant for a building permit to submit with bis plans eleva tions of the building, showing the eurb and alley grades, which was referred to the attorney for his opinion. Mr. Thomas states that he has examined the draft and is of the opinion that it is in good form and is a reasonable and proper regulation. MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. John A. Drawbaugh has been uppointed 8 physician to the poor by the District Com- missioners, vice Dr. D. C, Stockstill, deceased. The Commissioners have called upon the in- spector of buildings to furnish at an early date an estimate of the amount required to put the District buildings in a state of general repair. THE EXCISE BOARD, The following applications for liquor licenses have been acted on by the excise board: Approved—Bar room, John C. Meyer, 12 4th street northeast, and Edwin C. Kirkwood, premises fronting on road running east from the Rockville pike to the Belt line. Rejected— Wholesale: southeast. and ne Sullivan, 3615 0 street. Bar room: Elmer E. Wilkerson, 200 I street southeast: John Nusslein, 915 Ist street northeast, and Michael O ‘Leary, 1434 26th street. Applications have been received as fol- lows: Bar room: Jas. ‘Tharp, 812 F street; Charles Mades. 300 Pennsylvania avenue, and Philip Barry, 1011 C sireet southeast. Whole- sale—James E. Willetts, corner Wisconsin and Brandywine avenues, county. BIDS OPENED. Bids were opened at the District buildings at noon today for laying granite block and curb- ing on Brightwood aveaue, 28th street, D street, K street, South Capitol street and Canal’ street. Bids were submitted by Mc Laughlin & Huser, George Killeen, W. E. Chaffee and M. F. Taity. BUILDING PERMITS, Permits were issued today as follows: D.C. Joyce, one brick dwelling, 205 New York ave- nue northwest; 4,000. C, D. Maxwell, one brick dwelling, 1312 21st street northwest; $7,500. Ella MeCord, one brick dwelling, 16 E street northeast; $3,000. Fred W. ne, one brick dwelling, 1313 21st street northwest: $1,200. Samuel O. Wendel, three Kockville road above Tenleytown; a AT THE RIVER FRONT. ARKIVED. Schooner Atlas, Maddox. Petersburg, lumber. Schooner (not report d),lumuber, in stream. S-hooner Fannee, Faunce, fish. SAILED. Schooner Miamf. Schooner Josephigfs. Schooner Uriah Horner. Scuooner W. W. Clark. Steamer Aiton, Schooner Emma Gray. The Easy Chair Contest. The voting contest for the easy chairs offered by Craig & Harding to the two ministers re- ceiving the highest and next highest number of votes will close Monday at 12 o'clock. ‘The Rev. Father O'Connell has a stanch supportor in Miss Katie McCormick, who is making a house-to-house canvass Georgetown adherents of Rev. Father Rocco- fort have established headquarters at one of the business establishments, where his friends bring their coupons. ‘The Rev. 8. H. Greene has a large force of | workers among Woodward & Lothrop'’s em- | ployes, and it will not be for lack of interest or if he fails to secure at least one of the luxurious chairs, The number of votes to the credit of the | highest fifteen at noon today was as follows: Rev. Father Glaab, 13,431: Rev. father O'Connell, 11,481; Rev. A. Harding, 10,013; Rev. G. L. Pate, 9,984; Rev. Father Rocco- fort, 9,687; Rev. M. P. Sullivan, 9,572; B muel H. Greene, 6,764: Rev. Father Rev. J. T. Coie, 5.472; Rev. F. D, Rev. B, Sunderland, 4,043; Rev. 918; Rev. J. H. M. Lemon,3,790; E. F. Todd, 3,747; Rev. F. M. Brown, ee Fell From a Scaffold. About 10:30 o'clock today Lawrence M. Hall, acolored hod carrier, fell from a scaffold on | the third story of a building on 9h between D and E streets southwest and sustained a frac- ture of the left arm and was otherwise inter- | injured. Dr. Lee Cole rendered assist- nd he was sent to his home, 628 Essex Real Estate Matters. ‘Tyssoweki Brother bave purchased for €40,000 | of W. B. Webb, trustee, part 5, aq. 223, 28 by 72 feet at northeast corner of 15th and G streets northwest. W. E. H. Merritt has purchased of Ann M. nd for $8,000 part 7. sq. 103. 20 by 6035 feet on the corner of 2ist and G streets northwest. Newman has purchased for $10,000 of G.E. Raum part 34. sq. 214. 53 feet on M street and 17.57 on Thomas Circle northwest. Mary C. Hayden has purchased for $12,139.28 agen lots 1 to 5. block 32, and 1 .'s addition to Le Droit Park. Emack has sold 215'; acres near Bel'sville station, Md., for $8,600 to Mr. A. 5. Johnson. Carrie H, Fisher has purchased in trust for 7,000 of W. P. Boteleret al. lot 7 and_part 3, quare 385 on Virginia avenue between 7th and 8th streets, southwest. J.B. Aukam has bought of C. A. Craven for 5.500 sub 24, square 853, 18 by 90 feet on 6th between G and H streets northwest. A.8. Reavis has bought of R. S. Donaldson for $5,000 subs 78 to 81, square 617. exch 15 by 65 feet on Hauover place, beiween N, 0, lst and North Capitol streets northwest. H. J. Wyiie has bought for 6,750 of T. F. McCauley sub 35, square 788, 2214" by 90 feet on A between 3d and 4th streets southeast. E.$. York has bought of R. 8. Donaldson for $7,000 subs 144 and 150, square 628, each | 10 75 by 38.50 feet in alley between E, F, North Capitol streetsand New Jersey avenue northwest SSS ‘The Blair School Entertainment. The pupils of the Blair Grammar School gave of the Eastern High School last night. They presented the drama of “William Tell” in costume and rendered also _a_semi-musical § drama entitled “The Visions of Freedom.” In both performances the pupils acquitted them- selves well and to the satisfaction of the large audience present, who rewarded them with liberal applause. —— NEARLY A BLACK FRIDAY. 1c House Saved Many om Disaster. From the New York Heraid. Not since the panic of 1873 has the stock ex- change presented such a scene of wild excite- ment as that of yesterday. ‘This is vouched for by men who passed through the fearful experi- ence of Black Friday. Oddly enough the industrial panic of 1893 culminated, it is thought, yesterday. Friday is a day of ill omen everywhere, but nowhere more so than in Wall street, and at many times during the day it was thought by conservative brokers that it would make a record in stock | exchange failures unparalleled by any other oc- casion in its history. That such was not the case is attributed by all to the existence of the stock exchange clear- ing house, This beneficial feature, of but recent intro- duction into the exchange, saved, it is esti- mated, at least twenty-five assignments. ee. as Tur Fine Uspenwnirers’ Assoctattox of the District went this afternoon on their annual ~le~ked shad exradition to Marshall Hall, eorge Hammer, 517 11th street | n interesting entertainment in the hall | EVENTS IN GEORGETOWN. ‘No Damage Done on the Canal by the High Water. ‘The general manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal stated to a reporter this morning that there was no truth whatever in the report that the canal banks had been overflowed and washed away in the neighborhood of Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks, as he had just received telegrams from the canal keepers at the points stating the banks were in perfect condition, in no danger of being touched by the river, and the | water was rapidly going down, The manager siates on his own bebaif that the canal through- out is in better condition than ever before, and he has not the slightest fear of the banks being injured by such a rain as we have just had, ON THE CANAL. ‘There is nothing sensational in canal matters today. The coming of the scbooner Sagamore is alive topic. ‘The boat people linger over it with relish. If her welcome is to be propor- tionate to the interest manifested in her it will bea rousing one. A good!y number of people are getting the spice of variety by traveling to Cabin John’s and Great Falls aboard the up- bound barges. General Manager Winship is back from Baltimore. RECENT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, Boats to arrive yesterday were as follows: To Meredith, Winship & Co.—Barge M. E. Grove, 110 tons; Consolidation No. 20, 121 tons; barge No. 142, 119 tons; Consolidation No. 13, | 118" tons; barge M. J. Adler, 117 ton No. 121, 119 tons, To J. & Co.—Barge Mary Mertin To Moore—Barge F. Flangan, barge Garnett F. S., Capt, W. Benner, 118 tons; barge Consolidation No. 19, Capt. R. Under- dunk, 117 tons; barge Consolidation No. 2. Capt. William Antiss. 120 tons; barge Dakota, Capt. Joseph Wade, 117 tons. “Mo J. P. Agnew & Co.—Barge Anteros, Capt. E. D. Chaney, 94 tons. t_ Cumberland for To Meredith, Winship & Co.—Barge No. 189, Capt. A. Kee- sucker, 117 tons: barge. Consolidation No. 12, Capt. H. Sensel, 118 tons; E. N. Ginevan, Capt. H. 'Williams, 119: barge W. H. Dickenson, Capt. Joseph Reid, 112 tons; barge W. TT. Coulehan, Capt. Jozeph Reid, 112 tons; barge No. 120, Capt. J. Shaw, | 119 tons: barge No. 141, Capt. J. W. Taylor, 119 | tons; barge No. 123, Capt. James Colbert, 120 ' ' Goon TEMPLARS. At the meeting of Independent Lodge, L. 0. | G. T.. last night the following officers were in- stalied: Mr. Morris Walmer, C. T.; Miss Bessie McElroy, V. T.: Mr. J. N, Coleman, secretary; Miss “Maggie Peters, assistant — socre- ltary; Miss Lottie McCauley, F. 8.; | Mr. J. 8. Blackford, T.: Mr. Geo. Morriron, C. Mr. A. Wilkenron, M.; Mrs. Grace Wilkenson, D. M.: Miss May ton. G.; Miss Okie God- frey, S. After the instailation a very creditable “good of the order” followed. THE HAILUOAD SITUATION, H. Walker Tucker taiks interestingly on the railroad problem. He says that Georgetown | wants the Norfolk and Western, that road wants Georgetown, and yet the two fail to connect. There is vast amount of business | done at Georgetown in a sober, quiet kind jot way. This is growing, and. railroads | area vital necessity. ‘The life of Georgetown P ed from do not hold,” said Mr. ania railroad wholly re- injustice. I believe that the Baltimore and Ohio is in tha wood- pile, and that that comvanv’s twaddle about southern counections is « bluff. I think they have done a good dexl of surveying, and have put up their doll-baby trestie above the Aque- juct bridge simply to hold the right of way.” FLYING CARRIER PIGEONS, Joseph Schiadt liberated six carrier pigeons jfrom the east front of the West Wash- ington Hotel on ‘Thursday afternoon. | They circnlated upward, after the man- | ner of their kind, and then made | line for their former loft at Schmidt's, No. 1283 Sth street. ‘They reached this in precisely two minutes, Mr. Schladt will send a bunch to Norfolk next week. The event attracted con- siderable attention. A FLOWERY sPoT. One of the flowery kingdoms of George- town is the Mosley place, corner of 35th and P streets. It is one of the most blooming spots in town, Hyacinths are woven into crescent, tulips into circles, pansies into diamonds, jolets into squares, and other flowers into other shapes. A valvety lawn ig the background and fruit tress draped with blossoms serve as | Scenic settings. A gardener is constantly at | work, and of.en Mrs. Moxley mallies forth to | lend helping hand. As the grounds are away | above grade the street tourist cannot well see them. demands them. Still relief ie postp, westion to suskion, Tucker, “the Penn: sponsible for this NOTES. ‘The Saint Anne's Aid Society has arranged to holda ball at Tenleytown Hall on May 10. The chairman of the committee is Wm. T. D. | Hopp and his conferees Messrs, J. Commens, W. Collins. C. Whaler, C. Hopp. J. Endres, J. Muller, E. Enders, J. Poore and G. Staldier. Rey. 'W. J. McKenney, a former pastor, lec- tured illustratively last night at the Dumbarton Avenae Chureh on the “Lights and Shadows of ome. Chas. A. Baker bas sold to H. A. Campbell lot 11, square 10, of Reno, one of the subdi- Visions to the north of Tenleytown, * Guida, the youngest son of Mr. J. C. O'Neall, is Iving ill with brain fever. Fenwick’s hill is to be sold next week. This, | in “ve olden time,” was where the circus tents were spread. ‘Messrs, Murch and Douglass have begun the | erection of two new residences on 35th street between Rand 8. Bishop Paret will visit St. Alban's Episcopal Church tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock for the purpose of confirming a class of boys and girls. Mr. Howard Troth, who has been in Salem, Va.. for some months, is back again in town. as is also his employer, “Mr. Corbett, who estab- lished a large manufactory there.’ Itis stated that there was £75,000 good District money | left behind, "Moth gentlesen say that there is | no place like Georgetown after all. eon viata AN OHIO CYCLONE, It Causes Havoc in the Beautifal City of ‘Wilmington. A cyclone of terrific proportions struck Wil- mingion, O., about 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon. About noon threatening clouds began to j Sather in the northwest. It rained a little about 2 o'clock, and gave the appearance of clearing off for a few minutes, when an ominous cloud again appeared on the western horizon. | The cioud atiracted little attention, but the few who watched it saw two clouds come together just west of town and form araj idiy revolving cireular cloud which struck the town on its western edge and traveled directly eastward, taking in the business portion of the piace and leaving its wake strewn with debris of all kinds. Trees were but as straws and few were left standing that encountered the storm. Almost in the twinkling of an eye the storm was over and the half frantic populace timidly eme | to find the streets filled with, wrecked vehicles, | wires, roofs of all kinds and failen buildings, | The beautiful city hall, lately remodeled, is | badiy damaged, the roof blown off and the in- terior soaked with water. Every church im town except the Presbyterian was badly wrecked. Tho heavy bell on the Christian Church was biown some distance into the street | and the spire was blown off and crashed thr: the roof and ceiling. The Catholic Church spire was left standing, while the remainder of building was demolished. Found to Be Insane. Yesterday afternoon a man giving the name of Frank Curtis of Valley City, N.D., excitedly informed the officers at the sixth precinct sta- tion that parties were pursuing him to murder and rob him. ‘There was no one near him and he was placed in a room for safe keeping. He had a roli of $230 in money on his person. Sur- geons McKim and Strickler examined him and found him to be insane. He will be sent to his relatives in St. Paul, Minn. ——_—— Raiding Unlicensed Peddlers. Yesterday afternoon the police were notified | to examine the street dealers and peddlers who | trade in fruits, nuts, &c., to ascertain if they have proper licenses. Thelaw requires alicense and many teke out such licenses, but there | 8re some attempts to evade the law and not | infrequently peddlers try to do business with- out license. Sometimes a denler will attempt to work two or more wagons or carts under one hicense. ‘The officers went out for the purpose today, but their intention having been made public they bad a dry haul, for up to 1 o'clock the first precinct officers had found but one case, = man two wagons. It is not likely that many arrests will be made for a time at least, as the dealers will keep within bounds as long as danger is to be apprehended. with | ALEXANDRIA, THE CITY SCROOL FUNDS. The trustees of the public schools voted Inst nicht, as reported in Tae Stan, to ask the city , council for an appropriation of $13,721.86 for school purposes the next scholastic year. This will be the largest sum ever given the public schools by the corporation. At first only | $7,200 was given, and when it was d to |inerense this sum to $10,000 per annum jthere was very great opposition, and | greater sum; but $9.000 was finally given, and the amount has increased year by year, the | Appropriation being nearly always 1,000 less | than “the estimates of — the city” school j board. Last year @13,000 was given. i The “amount “asked ‘for but not jfiven in former years now appear in the shape of a debt, for which all the white school houses of the’ system are mortgaged. The amount asked for this vear 1s, as stated in THe of the city assessment and is the limit of city taxation on property for schools. SUMMONING THE JURY TO TRY JEFFERSON PHILLIPS. Mr. J. C. Creighton has been appointed spe- cial crier of the corporation court to summon the Fauquier jurors tha* will next week begin the trial of Jefferson Phillips for the murder of George S, Smith, Under ordinary circumstances City Sergeant Wm. H. Smith would summon the jury, but Capt. Smith is a brother of the murdered iman, and on the first trial of Phillivs be was super~ seded by Mr. I. C.O°Neal. Mr. O'Neal is, how- ever, unwell and Mr. Creighton bas’ been deputed by Judge Norton to summon the jury, and is now in Fauquier county for that pur- pose. A PRIMARY MISTAKE, Owing, no doubt, to the late hour of the night at which the vote of the fourth ward was counted up the arithmetic fell asleep and Mr. E. F. Price, auditor, who received 381 votes, was counted as ising only 262 At Mr. Price's request the vote was recounted yester- day afternoon and the true result ascertained. Why do not the Alexardria democracy follow in their primaries the precedent of their fathers and vote viva voce, so that votes mar be counted as they are cast—ontside as well as inside The Washington representatives of the fire eseape makers are now here looking out for their interests under the new fire escape law o° the corporation. Two fire escapes will be placed at once on the Opera House. The hydrantic engine, which has been under Fepaine, was tested yesterday afternoon. . R. Newlon, formerly of Washington, instituted a prosecution against Mr. G. H. Davis, the proprietor of the Novelty Works here, for an assault which broke Newlon’s nose. ‘Mr. Davis 1s xeld in $200 for the grand jury. achat cea Match Game of Basket Pall. Next Friday evening a match game of basket ball will be played at the Carroll Institute gym- nasium between teams from the ¥. M. C. A. and Carroll Institute. Carroll Institute will be repre-ented by J. W. Bonbs, J. Moriarty, Ber- nard Saul, Joseph Daly and M. Ogle Game | will be calied at — A Wife Charges Desertion. Sarah Caroline Risner (mee Smith) bas, by G. W. Kern, filed a bill for a divorce agait Henry C. Risner, the resumption of her maiden name and custody of her child. She states that they were married in Huntington, W. Va., on November 15, 1590, and charges be deserted her March 5 following. ————— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Ernst Rees and Christine Jeblick; George Meyer and Katie Hautz; John Specklein and Lottie Kraus. —_ ‘The St. Mary's Industrial School. The annual industrial examination of St. Mary's Colored Industrial School at Charlotte Hall, Md., which took place this week, was gratifying in ite results to the friends of the institution. Archdeacon Moran conducted the examination. Sixty-two children were present and the examination took a wide range, show- ing the extent of the industrial training given. peer sciiests Death of Gen. Isaac V. Pratt. Gen. Isaac V. Pratt of Missouri died yester- day at his home, 709 8th strect, of heart failure. The faneral services will be held at the late residence of the deceased tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock under the a1 of the Grand Army. The interment will be at Arlington. The deceased wasa gallant soldier and wasa member at one time of the senate of Missouri. He was seventy-five years old. —_. Death of Mr. Elias Wolf, News has been received in this city of the death at Louisville on the 4th instant of Mr. Elias Wolf, brother of Mr. Simon Wolf of this ctty. Mr. Elias Wolf was a resident of Washington about fifteen years ago, but removed from here to Cincinnati, and subsequently became a citi- zen of Louisville, where he was engaged in business. A few years ago he was stricken with parals and has been an invalid ever since. He was a brainy, energetic man and had many friends in this city, as rell as in his home. He was forty- six years old, and leave a widow and four ebil- — Still Thinks Her Plan the Best. To the Evttor of The Evening Star: Tam glad to note the increasing interest in burning kitchen refuse, as indicated in recent S correspondence. I still think my plan ‘the most practical, viz: To gather. accumule- tions of a day, place them in the bottom of the stove and build the morning fire over them. Ihave kept up this practice two years and do not find any of the bad effects noted elsewhere, and cannot learn that my neighbors do. If any have I ack them to so inform me either through Tue Stan or at my residence, 919 E street northwest, Lar ee THE COURTS. Cmecrr Covet, Divisrox Cole. Today—Jones & Dogan agt. Pfiel; judgment vacated on payment of costs. Lawson agt Cost; defendant allowed to file bill of particu- lars in ten days, Dobler agt. Babcock; secur- itr for coste required and defendant allowed to plea Equrrr Covat—Chief Justice Bingham ond Justices rds and Coz. Yosterday—Matthewson agt. Matthewson; J. E. Smith appointed guardian ad litem and referred to Examiner Wilson to take proat. — ae Cox; anditor's report ratified. Volts me Co. agt. Colt Phonograph Co. ; leave to defendant to answer. Today—In re R. V, Cranston, Rachael A. Atckinson, Ella Pierce, Wm. Brooks, Ferd. Moores and Thomes Johnson; ions lunacy confirmed. it 3 reliminary injunction Aig tS agt. Encrett; HP! Blair appointed guardian i litem. ‘Storty Montogridio; bill Giemiened. Manogue agt A requiring witness to answer. Cracurr Court, Drvrarox 1—Judge by defeat. "Wright age’ tuyier Ja It. agt. 3 default. Phillips agt. Danenbower; for defendant on award of referee. agt. Jesunofeky; order con! agt. Campbell; order limi timony. Bruehl agt. with costa, ii —e— ANACOSTIA, John A. Logan Corps, No. 7, Corps, gave a Japancse tea at Masonic Hall last night. The hall was decorated in Jap stylo- The program was as follows: Vocal solo, Miss Corie Etzler; recitation, Mr. D.C, Smithson; recitation, Miss Florio Etzler; The by W. A. Croffat, H. F. L. adie a ed Mra” Sara T. Mrs. King, Mrs. "Tew, Misses’ Florio Maud — Pureell, Col A B. Judge Arm- strong, Mr. and Mrs, F, L. ‘Mr. and Mrs. W, Marden King, Miss Annie Loomis and Norval Rollins, a farmer, was thrown from Sec DE atv. Pisa me shysician ries. Dr. . Pyles, “4 attended him, ‘that ‘Rolllae i suffering from a slight’ concussion of the brain, disicca- tion of ‘the lett shoulder and minor cuts aud ines. | Mr. Herbert F. L. Allen of the Baltimore ; Herald is revisiting this, bis | Several stray dogs have by the | police. if df it was said that ‘the city could not afford a | Stan some days ago, three mills on the dollar | rt | AFRICAN “PULLMAN” CARS. Passengers Keep Warm and Starve or Est and Preeae. From the Railway Press, London. The American who kicks at his railway Secommodation should go abroad, and espec- ialiy to Africa. He should take « journey on any of the different routes, and there are only three in sonth Africa at present. He cannot go mits on of them for an experience, and when he is permitied by a releutmg fate to meet once more a train of railway cars in his native land, ine will feel tike dotting his hat to nd his complaints will be forever silenceds Betore arriving at Cape Town inquiries are naturally made about the trains runuing to the inverior, the accommodation they afford, &c., and with much parade the information is given that Africa now has “Pullman palace ears” ran- ning on its lines. ‘The contemplation of doing the journey in a Pullman car is ax satisfactory | St any thing car be, and one is hardly prepared |for disuppoincment. A | Cape Town every Thursd: | English mails, and on this train only are the | *Palimans” ran, Most Americans who have knocked about country will have pretty elaborate | tions concerning a “special fast mail | nounced in big letters, wich bas only | sleeping cars attached and carries none but | first-class passengers, because their ideas are drawn from the “limited” trains run on the best lines at home, which are the acme of per- fection in their way, but their big ideas suffer & most lamentab! pee whou they take their first ride onan African Pullman. These trains also carry what is termed in this country a “dining sai @ car, one-half of which is made into a kitchen, in whieh to cook meals to be served on the train, The other half of | this car consists of “sleeping accommodations.” ‘These are nothing more or less than the ordi- nary English narrow-guage car, with a narrow Pessace running through at just one side of the center. having an ordinary double-width sec- tion on one side of the passage and a half-width section on the other side. The seats in each of these sections face cach other, ax they do in the regular Pullman. At the edgo of the aisle and in the center of the space, or leg room, between the seats, is n fixed standard, which serves to support the outer end of a table when the table is required for use, and it serves as an infernal ‘nuisance all the remainder of the time. ‘The cushions are of leatier and quite bard, There are no firesand no way to heat the cara, There it no ornamentation or overhead ventila- tion. The windows are arranged like cab win- dows, dropping down into the sockets, and raised by means of a broad strap, and are only single windows, The sockets serve a double Purpose, for in addition ‘to taking in the win- | dows they let the air into the cars. This is all | right enough in warm weather, bu: it is not | agreeable in cold weather by a large majority. | Another advantage of these loose windows is that they beat a sort of rat-tat to the otherwise monotonous rattie of the train, and this bas « tendency to prevent one from falling asleep and so missing many interesting views. When the guard or conductor on the caris asked to “make up” the berth it is done in the | following manner: The lower berth is pulled out and the cushions laid upon it in the regula | tion fasbion. The upper berth consists of a rail, each end of wich slips into a slot just twenty-six inches from the side of the car, and to this ruil and the side of the csr is fastened @ Picee of canvas jast twenty-six inches wide, ‘his is pulled out, and along this canvas, eut to | fit, is Inid astrip of heavy moquette carpet, | and there you are, It will be some future gen- | eration in Africa who will crack the stale jokes | about pulling the “sleeping car out of | their ears, for passengers are all obliged to fur- | nish their own bedding or go without, One ad- vantage ef this arrangement is that they are entirely relieved from any anxiety as to who may have slept in tne bed previously or what traces of his presence a predecessor may have left behind 1m the bedclothes. Imagine an Aumerican passenger on @ firet- | class train being invited to array himeelf in iis overcoat, and, wrapped in rugs, tosqueeze him- self into’ twenty-rix-inch berth, and — pressed in the persistent embrace of side zephyr* singing songs of infuenza monia in his ears the whole nigt baving nothing as a compensation except, when the passengers in the lower berths of the does the braises made by the uneven edges of hard cushions, the thought that he at least. not bave that evil of which to i The lavatories in these carsare inc ments large enough to eccommodate one fon comfortably, and along one side of rons an unpainted wooden shelf, in funk a metalic weshbasin. ‘There is no no giass, no drinking water and a As for the accommodations other ‘they are there, just there, and that is Deals are served at each seat from compartment in the rear car. hours occur the tables are placed tion and spread after the manner man’s buffet cars, and then the mences. The first thing done is to poe med papery the fret car and the reer oon meal orders having p: from a menu card circulated for long jon of waiters and ing the conductor. commences and forth, serving meals. No ployed, and through the platforms, in the i Gishes are carried. H ii je tefl e E til Mr. Z al fiz § HS : i ied me ay f i f Bs § ipa t i E ; i fh i i HTT Hi | H | i ' rience of an African railway journey kept thes, fact 80 continually before one that this tion was unnecessary. & a popuiation of nearly 40.000 #01 put of more than 100,000 onnees month. The distance between these Jess than 1,000 miles, and these “fast consume sixty hours on the journey. A part of the baggage is carried on top of baggage car, under a canvas cover, and it Positive fact thnt the train was held at several stations while che covers were removed, 0 srankk or bag taken down, out ich passe: moet sobe satmo ste clothes, and ‘thon they were , the canvas strapped down end the train would move on, It is necessary to go out upon the open plat- form m order to enter the meu's private toilet rooms, The women's retiring room is quite commodious, and is entered from the interio of the cur. Thechief merit possessed by these cars seems to lie in the fact that, contrary to nearly everything else in ‘the unapprec.ative world, in them the women seem to have the Dest of it, ‘The doors in the cars also slide, but differ from the sliding windows and sliding tariff, in thut the former of tuese slide down and the latter generally slides up, while the doors slide sideways, and about all these doors really can be depended upon to successfully accomplish isto bur the ingress and egress of individuals and to obstruct the view. A road in the United States that gave euch accommodation to its pairons as is given here would not last long enough to get e hot box, $