Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1893, Page 2

2 = THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 24. 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. ‘would say generally that all the modern vessels Goaaes @ com wthepe” WRECK OF THE VICTORIA. ‘The Camperdown Struck Her Almost st Right A dispatch received at 2 o'clock this morning from Beyroot says that the Victoris-Camper- down collision occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon about seven miles from Tripoli. The ‘yemsels were almost st right angles when the ‘Vietoria was struck. Those on the Victoria's deck at the moment of the collision scrambled sway and were rescued by boats from the Camperdown and several other vessels. The men below had no time to reach the deck. The wadden heeling of the Victoria caused her to Begin to fill immediately and noescape wat possible. She went down in eighty fathoms of water. It is difficult to obtain the names of the rescued, as they are aboard several vessels and 80 far ail efforts have been devoted to recover- ‘after the collision fire bodies were “taken from the water, one of them the body of ‘the chiet paymaster. They were buried last ‘the collision. Te y repairs will be made ‘and she will start for home. WHAT IS SAID IX LONDON. An interview was had with Lord George Ham- Dton in London to ascertain his views as to the lisaster to the battle ship Victoria. He eaid that without s doubt the Camperdown's ram had cut away the plating on the Victoria out- side of several of her transverse bulkbeads. Had this not been the case the bulkheads could have been closed and the water kept in one, or ‘at most two, compartments and the veesel would have floated. But with the plating torn off or cut away outside of several of the bulk- inflow of water would have been and there would have been no time, it would have availed anything, to close neada, George Hamilton further said he thonght the plating torn off, the water must have the ship in asolid maes.end thus entering on one sie caused the vessel to capsize almost dmmediately. The blow from the Camperdown, he thought, must have been delivered slantingly to have done the damage he thought had been ‘The damage would be all the greater to s ship with her bulkheads pierced. She would thus ‘be worse off than a ship with no bulkheads. ‘The cause of the coilision, he said, was as yet matter of conjecture, and he declined to ex- | dos an opinion on this point. TRYING TO EXPLATY. An interview was also bad with the Right Hon. Arthur Bower Forwood, « well-known shipowner, senior partner of the firm of Leech, and of I secretary to the admiralty. 2 wase wonder that such an accident had not | before. The Victoria had «longitudinal | alkhead running through her, besides a num- | Der running across ship. She was thay divi com ta on each side of the longita- Sine! balbbeed withoatsomsarunicetion between them. As opinton, what had oceurred was this: ‘The | had struck the Victoria s rapping | Ddiow, along the side and opening out | the plates above several of the compartments. | ‘The water was then admitted into a number of te on one side of the ship. gausing her to capsize by it great weight. Jongitudinal belkhead asa good thing in its | ‘war, Mr. Forwood said. but it did uot serve to avert tho disaster. “The immediate cause of the collision,” he | “cannot now be exactiy stated. The equad- to have been maneuvering probably | space of three miles, leaving « smail | fren for each vessel to more in. A misreading Of signals may have caused the accident.” AX ARGUMENT AGAINST BIG SHIPS. Tm discussing the disaster Lord Brasser, Pometime secretary of the admiralty, said that Whe sinking of the Victoria supplied a strong building more big men-of- It was evident,he said, that the Vietoria’ ‘ermor afforded her no protection from the wn'sram. While not convinced that Vessels were safer than the large ones.he Peet S wher to distsibute the comtey's strength among mans less pretentious -war rather than among a few monster ships. Itwas poor policy to put so! eggsin one basket. SORROW OF THE QUEEN. ‘The queen hat sent Col. Carrington to ex- (Brees her sorrow and sympathy to Lady Tron. Lady Tryon, who arrived from Maita threo ‘ago, was holding her first reception of last evening. Two hundr When the news of ber hus- '¢ death reached her she fell in a frint. ‘The state concert and other roval. functions the program for next week have been post- ‘The lord mayor has opened a relief for the benefit of the needy families who ‘members in the disaster. SUMPATHY OF THE KArsER. ‘The Dake of Edinburgh has received this dis- from Emperor William II: “Words can- express our horror. We all sympathize ‘with our British comrades. Asa tokon of our your majesty and our brother of tha Gorman shvy for us in this great WHAT THE PAPERS sar. ‘The London morning newspapers are filled | ‘With articles describing the vessels, and with | obituaries of the most conspicuous officers lost. au lenders are extending condolence to the of the drowned men. Every leader | Admiral Tryon. The Daily News says editorially: “America will thrill at the hews, coming as it does when the New York ebeers for our squadron have hardly died awa: Are we to pay so much in millions and broken hearts only to learn that the compartment sys tem is a delusion and a snare.” ‘The Times says: “The inquiry into the causes of this disaster must be searching and ex- haustive—the punishment, 1f biame be found to exist, adequate and unflinching. Only so ean the lesson of the great calamity be turned toaccount. The true lesson is not that ma- ‘euvers at sea are too hazardons, but that only by incessant practice of evolutions at hig! speed can the navy be fitted for the necessities WHAT 18 FAID AT QUEBEC. ‘The loss of the warship Victoria with its at- tending terrible sacrifice of life is looked upon &t Quebec as confirming the opinion of many While the Victoria might 0 efficiency in bombarding a seaport town or in destroving a sen coast, local experts say she was decidedly too unwieldy for serious maneuvering off seaboard. Naval en- gineering, they point out, has not progressed as rapidly as naval architecture, and the stupen- dous mass of the 10,000-ton warship cannot be controlled with the eave the navy officer gene ally desires. It had been thought twin screws were the desideratum so longed for. They roved themselves excellent indeed. but the de- and waste of energy in propelling the le- ‘viathans is still the same. ‘There is no doubt in the minds of those here who have knowledge of naval architecture that the loss of the Victoria was mainly due to the defects referred to above. They eay it is cer- tain that either the Camperdown or the Victoria could not lessen the impetus received from its engines when required. They say further that while scarcely anything bas been doue to nullify the deadiy action of the ram” the navies of the world have given hardiv a thought to life boat drill. a proof of which is seen in the fmmense loss of life in connection with the sinking of the Victoria. Taking it altogether the disaster is regarded ‘asa severe lesson to the navies of the world. CBIR ENGIN. HR WEESTER TALKS, Chief Engineer Harrie Webster, United tates navy, bada personal acquaintance with Admiral Sir George Tryon. In an interview in Baltimore day Mr. Webster said: “One day while ona railroad trip from Callao to Lima, in 1884, Admiral ‘on, then cap- tain of the Swiftsure, was a fellow passen- We made each’ other's acquaintanc was struck with his marked personality. He was a pleasant gentleman, a strict di etplinarian and bore the reputation of al having his ship ready to sail or fight ata moment's notice. Admiral Tryon was noted for his love for the game of cricket, and it ie said never entered a port without having his | eleven organized on board to meet a rival team | ashore, if it could be found. It was an under- | stood thing that if his eleven did not come off victors they might expect a quarantine aguinst | {fom Hamilton to Cincinnati on Jul; LATE SPORTING NEWS The Track at Chicago in Fine Con- dition for the Race. DON ALONZO WILL CARRY MOST MONEY. Ohio and Bicycle Road Races New Jersey. AN ENGLISH YACHT RACE. Wasurxotox Pang, Curcaco, June 24.— Wher Secretary Brewster called in the last har- tow and drag this noon Washington Park was asfitfor the tenth American Derby as any race track could be. ‘The lowering clouds that all morning threat- ‘ened rain were dispelled by a brisk southwest wind that dried everything up as crisp as a shaving. A better day for the Derby was never planned and as early as 9 o'clock it seemed as if ‘8 majority of the local sports had possession of the track. “Nothing will prevent fast time, in fact = this wind does not grow any fresher,” remarked Jim Ferguson, clerk of the seaies, as he took ® little sprint upon the dusty track. By 11 o'clock an immense crowd had gath- ered and it might be said that it was but the vanguard of the —— exodus that was streaming toward the track over every boule- yard, avenue and channel of transportation from the heart of the city. An international flavor, too, was given to the crowd by the presence of so many Englishmen, New Yorkers, Californians. and last, but not least, Hip Li the weulthy celestial who never misses a Derby. ‘There never was a Derby ran in this country that gave prospect of being witnessed by so many well-dressed, prosperous and tae tive men and women. For once the fair was —— second to this stake attraction. The ir endures for months, but there is but one Derbs each year. It is estimated by Secretary Brewster that when all that seek admission reach the interior of the grounds the 100,000 mark will be Seventeen horses are carded todo battle in the Derby, but no one can be found who will assare the officials that this num- j der will not be reduced by the time the bugle sounds The geographi are defined by those in attendance and as they are clearly marked by sports, horse- men and business men from New York, the far west, the south and northwest, so are they de- fined by the choices of these people. Despite all sorts of talk about Johnny Camp- dell's sudden trick—Miles Standish sprung at the last moment as a probable starter—the buik of the sentiment is for Mike Dwyer's great colt Don Alonzo, There was a decided rush of money upon him in the few books that didan ante-race bet- ting business at the average price of 2 to 1. The Keene pair. Chorister and § the strong local tip, with a ret kling of Clifford, Lookout and Boundiess money. G. W. Johnson is not liked to any great degree, and Ramapo is favored by the pikers. Strathroce, whose presenion gives England a bare possi of taking down the big $60,000 entry, or Don Alonzo. The Rose-Leigh combination will go down to ‘8 man with the great son of Bramble, Clifford, whose performances at Latonia are alluded to as track scorchera, Local betters aro madly following Jockey Fitzpatrick’s tip upon St. Leonards, Everything tends to show that today’s Derby ill bave iarge field, that it will be the ‘swiftest” betting race Chicago ever had and that the largest crowd that ever witnessed the greatest three-year-old event of the world will either go broke or return home in their gaudy conveyances with plenty of bookmakers’ coin. MANY WHEELMEN IN LINE. ‘Three Hundred Take Part in a Century Ran in New Jersey. Newank, N. J., June 24.—Abont 300 wheel- men took part in the century run, under the direction of the Metropolitan Association, which started from this city this morning. More than half of tho participants composed the slow division, which started at 4 o'clock, headed by Frederick Keer of the Hudson County Wheelmen. The fast men started at 7 o'clock, with Harry Salionstal! of the Union county Roadsters as pacemaker. The route is to Prince tonand return. The slow ridera expect to reach Princeton at ii am. and the fast men at 11:0a.m. Returning, the slow men will leave Princeton at 1 o'ciock and the fast men at 3 o'clock. ‘Most of the bicyele clubs of this vicinity are represented. THE VALKYRIE NE START. Another Kace for the Yachts. Loxnox, June 24.—The jubilee regatta of the Mersey Yacht Club was to have been sailed to- Crack English | day over the original channel course, a distance | of sixty-five miles, taking the contestants out- side the bar. A heavy gale was blowing and the conditions were such that the race over this corse had to be abandoned. It was de- cided, however, to sail a race from New Brighton to the’ Formby lightship, the course to be covered three time: Lord Dunrayen’s America’s cup challenger, Valkyrie, the tonnage of which has been re- duced from 149 to 117.90, and other changes effected to bring her within the rating necessary for competition for the American cup, did not start today. The Prince of Wales’ Brittania was the first to cross the starting line, followed by Mr. A. D. Clarke's Satanita and Mr. J. Jameson's Iverna, Mr. P. Donaldson's @aliuna, which bas sailed in most of the principal regattas thus far this season, was twenty-five minutes late in getting off and she therefore retired from the race. The Brittania won the race. Her time three hours and fifty-eight minutes. The tanita was second in four hours and twenty- five seconds, CASH PRIZE CYELING. Racing to Be Held by the % ation. New Yorx. June 24.—There was a meeting last night in the Astor House of the National Cycling Association to make preparations for the meeting to be held in this city on July 3 and 4 under the management of the New York Cycling Association. ‘The meeting will take place on the Manhat- tan field and it is thought it will prove one of the greatest cycling tournaments ever in this country. Many applications for licenses have been received from riders who are tired of pos- ing as amateurs. ‘Some of these were acted upon last night and licenses were granted to the following: H. C. Vheeler of this city, P. J. Berlo of Boston, W. Taxis of Philadelphia, W. F. ag of Brooklyn. C. W. Dorntge’ of Buffalo, H. G. Crocker of Newton, M. C. Kluge of Jersey City, T. L. Connolly of Boston, W. F. Gastler of iagara Falls, Thos. Rowe of Chicago and V. J. Kelly of Philadelphia. ‘The events to be decided on July 8 are: Quarter-mile seratch, best two in three heats One-mile scratch, best two im three heats, One- mile scrateh, best two in three heats. Two- mile handicap. The prizes in each of the events are $100 to the first, $50 to the second, $30 to third and $30 to the fourth. ‘On the following day, the Fourth of July, one-mile handicap will be given. This will be for a purse of $1,000, of which $500 goes to the winner, $250 to_ second, $125 to the third, to fourth and $50 to fifth. On this day also there will be a one-mile scratch race in heats, a half-mile scratch race in heats and a ten-mile scratch race. Entries will be received for this up to June 28 at the office of the New York Association, 245 Broadway, room I tional Associ- A Bicycle Koad Race in Ohio. Crscrxxatt, Omio, June 24.—Entries for the Poorman fourth annual handicap road race 4will close tonight. The list aggregated seventy flyers this morning, when ten additional locai f-town wheelmen of note were to go on the slate. Official Handi- capper Miles of the Chicago Referee will arrange the starters Monday according to previous trials of speed. Handicaps are to be announced July 1. for several days at the least. I need not nat that Admiral "s tecm was never worsted.” Maher to Fight Woods. | Curcaco, June 24—The Columbian Athletic record that will smash C. H. Todd’s 2.363¢ if | | by Rev. | of St. Luke's P. E. Chureb; Rev. Dr. F. J. prize, is liked best tornn third. He cannot be | | expected to do better than Lookout, the Keene Club made s match yesterday afternoon be- tween Peter Maher and Billy Woods. If Maher loses to Flood M the match will be Flood Monday night ‘Tom Roe Begins Again, Curcaco, June 24—Tom Roe, after abandon- ing his bicycle trip from New York to California, took itup again yesterday and started on a new wheel. Amateur Base Ball. The Young McGuires defeated the Hamiltons yesterday by 16 to 13. The winning battery was Bell and Quantrill, The Young MoGuires will accept challenges from all clubs whose members are fourteen years old. Address O, , T17 6th street northwest, Young Amateurs desire to play all clubs whose members are twelve years old. J. Brangh, 1712 New Jersey avenue northwest A Lady Bicyclist’s Achievement. Mra. Harry 8. Jones, jr., of this city, a bicy- list of some ‘fame, has added another hill- climbing feat to her long list of records, Sun- day last, accompanied by her husband and W. B. Jackson, they left this city at 7:30 a.m. for Marlboro’, 's distance of eighteen miles, inciud- ing one of the most hills on ‘any run leaving the city, by name Good Hope. This and all others for the entire distance were climbed by Mrs. Jones on her bicycle without dismount. ‘The trip going was made by Mrs. Jones and her escorts in 1h. 45m., and the return in 1h. 15m. The roads were in poor condition (feryrandy) and the weather terrible hot, Mra, jones has been riding but eighteen months and bids fair to become the lady champion of the District for hill climbing, long-distance riding or scorching. A CROQUET TOURNAMENT. Ten Games Have Already Been Played on the Hutchinson Club’s Grounds. A very successful efoquet tournament is now being held on the grounds of the Hutchinson Croquet Club at the corner of 9th street and Rhode Island venue. ‘The tournament began last Monday, and is now about half finished. There re seven competitors, all members of the Hutchinson club. A series of twenty-one games will determine the result, Zen games have already been played, oe fol- lows: Bryant, won 2, lost 2; Johns, won 1, lost 2: Mason, won 1, lost 2; Coleman, won 8, lost 1; Hutchinson, won 0, lost 2; Thorne, won’ 3, lost 1,and Holden, won 2, lost 0. This afternoon's contest will be between Mr. Holden and Mr. Coleman, who are acknowl- edged to be the best players in the tournament, and the result will probably determine the win- ner of the tournament, For other Sporting News see Tenth page. COLORED Y¥. M. A. ‘The Association’s New Hall to Be Dedicated ‘Tomorrow. ‘The new assembly hall of the Colored Young c | Men’s Christian Association will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The ser- vices will be of an interesting character. Rev. Dr. Bsron Sunderland of the First Presbyterian Church will be the principal speaker, and it is expected that addressos will also be made Dr. Alexander Crummell, pastor Grimke of the Fifteeuth Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. H. C, Johnson, president of the Baptist Union; Rev. J. T. Jenifer of Metropolitan A. M. B. Church, Rev. 8 P. Brown, pastor of the Plrmouth Congregational | Church; Rev. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen and several others. The Y. M. ©. A. choir, which is com- | posed of some of the best colored musical tal- ent of Washington, has arranged « program of especial merit, and will be under the direction of Mz. J. T. Ratley. BIRTH OF THE ASSOCIATION. ‘The colored ¥. M.C. A. had o humble be- ginning. It was organized during the summer of 1891. For some time prior to that time the desirability of the project hnd been impressed on the Christian element of colored Washing- ton, ‘The question a at degree It "es declared that in Washington thousands of — young colored men who would embrace the advantages presented by the prof ‘organization. Aside from the churches was no place at which the young colored men of the city could assemble for moral and religious instruc- tion. While the colored clubs of @ literary and social nature filled a useful sphere, they did not accomplish the work which would be theaim of a Y. M. C. A. At first it was songht to form a branch of the white Y. M.C. A., but this scheme was aban- doned. The promoters of the order were Rev. Dr. Grimke, Rev. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, Rev. George W. Moore, late pastor of the Lincoln Memorial Charch; Col. George Arnold, who was killed in the Ford's Theater accident, and Rev. J. Milton Waldon. TRE BUILDING. ‘The Reed building, on 11th street between Q and R streets, was purchased, the price being $12,000. The building was forty by ninety-five and contained a number of small rooms, which have been so altered as to be well adapted to the uses of the association, It contains « spacious reading room, library, class rooms and an assembly hall, = in which religious services and public lectures are to be held and which also serves as a gym- nasium. This hall isan entirely new addition. It is a one-story building, thirty-five feet wide, forty feet long and twenty feet high. It has an interior gallory and a seating capacity of about four hundred. Most of the material used in ite constrnetion was donated. The original cost of the building and the cost of the alterations and improvements bring the total to $16,500. ‘There remains an indebtedness of about $10,000. A note for $1,500 matures during the present taonth, | Some of the principal contributors to the fund have been Messrs. B. H. Warner, John T. Arms, B. F. Leighton, L. D. Wine, W. E. Edmonston, Woodward & arena ag oe Saks, W. B. Moses, Dr. LaFetra, . Craigh Bishop Philip Brooks and John PROMINENT HELPERS. ‘The pathway of the projectors was smoothed bya letter “heartily commending the effort of the young colored men to established a Chris- tian Association,” signed by Right Rev. John F. Hurst, D. D., bishop of the M. E. Church; Rev. William A. Bartlett of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church; Rev. Geo. William Dou; lass, D. D., pastor of St. John’s P. E. Chure! Rev. 8. M. Newman of the First Congregational Chureh, Rev. Rush R. Shippen of the Unitarian Church, Rev. 8. H. Greene, D. D., pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; Rev. J. G. Butler, D. D., pastor of the Memorial Lutheran Church, and Rev. F. D. Power, pastor of the Christian Church. COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS. ‘The committee on building and repairs con- sisted of J. H. Meriwether, chairman; L. C. Baiiey, E. R. Russell, W. E. Mathews, Geo. W. Cook, RW. Tompkins, Daniel Murray, Wm. Waring, Albert Mctntosh, H. P. Montgome: J. R. Francis, M. D., W. A. Stewart and 0. T. 8. Brent. The officers of the association are: J. H. Meriwether, president; J. H. Bucher, vice resident: Lemuel C. treasurer; J. E. Kroorotand, general secretary, and R. 8. Smith, secretary. The board of directors 1s as follor J. H. Meriwether, L. C. Bailey, David Warner, E. C. Russell, R. C. jlaes, R. 8. Smith, D. 8. Branden, Thomas H. Wright, J. 8. Chestnut, Harrison Gordon, R. P. Drew and P. A: Gains. W. Foster. HE BUILDING. ‘The building used by the association was at one time known as the Harris and Reed build- ing, Nos. 1607-1609 11th street. It had an un- enviable reputation and during the soldier period was well known as an assignation house with bar attachments, The piace and the young men’s reading room for colored youths were at war. The reading room was at one time stoned by the babituos of the ill-famed resort. In the summer of 1891 ex-Commisrioner Roberts entered the place in disguive and made a report to the police on strength of which it was raided. The piace was thus broken up, and was soon after put up at auction and bought for the purposes out- lined. —————— Wants the Business Back. Catharine M. Dunn has filed » bill against E. Sutherland and E. J. O'Neill, trustees, for a discovery, account and reconveyance of the liquor business at $08 10th street, on which she gave a deed of trust to pay certain debts, and she alleges that the trustees have received from the profits sufficient to pay them. Mr. C. A. Brandenburg appears for her. psnest Saeed The sudden drop in the price of silver bullion to 81}, cents has revived talk of shutting down a number of the big mines of Aspen, Col., un- less there shall be an early advance in the | price. THE CORONER. Antiquity of His Office and the Duties Required. LAW IN THIS DISTRICT. Some Interesting Points in Regard to In- quests and Proceedings Following Them Set Forth—The Number of Jurors Defined by Law—The Appropriation for Assistance. The recent decision of Chief Justice Bingham, in which he desided that there was no such off- cer in this District as the deputy coroner, gave Tise to nots little consideration among the members of the bar as to the exact standing of the coroner himself. his powers, the authority under which he acts, the number of his jury and so on. The coroner has been not inaptly referred to as the spleon of the legal body, he, like the spleen in the human body, being unable to perform any duties or functions that could not as well be performed by other judicial officers. As rule the coroner in this country is not by any means the important officer ho isin England, where he ay to be as necessary as he is ortant Until not ¢o very many years ago was a tradition in England that the body of » suicide or murdered person could not be moved or even touched until after the arrival of the coroner, and it is said that such a belief was even tin this country for many rears. An observance of this tradition obtains this %t even today to the extent at least that the authorities will not permit removal for burial of the body of a person dead under unknown oF icioue ofroum- stances except by an order of the coroner. WHAT THE CORONER 18, The coroner, “whose office,” says Blackstone, “is of equal antiquity with the sheriff,” is officer whose principal duty it is to hold an in- quisition, with the assistance of a Jury, over the Body of any person who may have come to & violent death, or has died in prison.” In Eng- land the chief Justice of the King’s bench is the tov or chief coroner of all England, al- though he does not perform the active duties of the office. There it is also the coroner's duty to inquire concerning shipwreck, and to find who has possession of the goods; concerning treasure-trove, who are the finders, and whose the property.’ Another authority says: “The office has lost much of the honor which for- marly appertained to it, but the dutics are of reat consequence to society, both for bring- ing murderers to punishment and protecting innocent persons from accusation.” OFFICE ABOLISHED ‘IN MASSACHUSETTS. The state of Massachusetts, which in legal affairs holds s high rank in this country, does not entertain so high an opinion of the office, for in 1877 coroners were abolished in that state by act of the legisinture, and the governor given. power to appoint in their place’ medical examiners, ‘men learned in the science of med- icine," whose duties are to make examinations of dead bodies, to hold autopsies upon the samo, and in case of death from vioience to notify the district attorney and a jus- tice of the district of the fact. Such was the procedure in the now famous Borden murder case in Fall River Inst August, the inquiry asto the murder being con- dueted by the district attorney before the dis- trict judge, and which inquiry rewulted in the holding of Lizzie Borden for the action of the grand jury. The office of deputy coroner in this District, by Chief Justice Bingham's decision, hns been abolished so far at least as to the authority of holding an inquest. ‘There are many lawyers whoare inclined to favor the abolishment of the office of coroner itvelf, It is not easy, they say, to conceive where any injury would result from the abolishment of the office here, but on the other hand, they claim, there are instances wherean inquiry by the coroner really does work injuriousiy against the public safety. For instance, ‘the public inguity by the Pi coroner often discovers the purposes and resources of the prosecution; and then again, to any one familiar with criminal prose- cation in the District it must be perfectly ap- Parent that often in the trial of the accused counsel for the defense defeat ti Justice by comparing the testimony ‘witnesses at coroner's inquest given on the trial, through the i cile testimony given in a hast; id incomplete manner at the inquest and that given by the same witnesses at the trial under conditions altogether moro favorable for the production of complete and mature evidence, ‘THE VERDICT OF A CORONER'S JURY. The verdict of the coroner's Jury is in no sense binding and conclusive, for, whother the verdict holds a person responsible or biameless for the death of another, the grand jury may, and not infrequently does, ignore the finding and conclusions of the coroner's jury, as, for instance, a few months ago a member of the local police force shot and kiiled a suspected thief, and the officer, upon the verdict of the coroner's jury, was held responsible and com- | 8" pelied to give bail toawnit the action of the grand jury. Upon its investigation of the kill- ing, however, the grand jnry ignored the charge and the officer was accordingly discharged and relieved of any and all responsibility. On the other hand there have been instances bere where the coroner's jury held persons not re- nsible, and yet on the discovery of subse quent evidence the grand juries. have indicted same prrtios aud convictions foliowed. Further than this it is not doubted that ona prima facie showing a person held blameless by coroner's verdict could be committed by the Police Court for the action of the grand jury after the coroner's jury is unable to find any- thing beyond the fact that death resulted at the hands of some person ot persons unknown to the jury. "Such was the enso in tho inquest over the body of Peter Young, a respected citizen, who was found beaten to death on Capitol Hill on the 22d of last July. An investigation by the police authorities, however, resulted in the commitment to jail shortly afterward of three Young negroes, two of whom were last Satur- day convicted of the murder. Of course, where # person held responsible by the verdict dfa coroner's jury is committed to await the action of the grand jury, that commitment holde good until the grand jury have finally acted in the case, and only in that rense and to that extent is the action of the coroner's jury conclusive, NEED OF ASSISTANCE. 80 long as the office of coroner remains in this District it is conceded that either an addi- tional coroner should be provided for by Con- gress or that the coroner should be provided with a deputy, fully authorized and empowered in his stead during the coroner's absence from ‘the District or during his inability, through any other cause, to perform the duties of his office, A su District should be divided into two districts and coroner provided for each, each officer to act only in the cases oceurring in his par- ticular district, except when, during the ab- sence or other inability of one, the other should act for the entire District. In the days when the District comprised the counties of Wash- ington and Alexandria there was a coroner for each county. ‘THE NUMBER oF sURORE One of the questions Intely raised here respecting the coroner, and one which when propounded by a Sran reporter to several mem- bers of the District bar received several different replies, was that relating to the number of jurors composing a coroner's jury in this Dis- trict. While it was generally conceded that six was the legal number it was only after no little search that a member of the bar could be found who was to point at once to the law authorizing that number. All the members of the bar questioned by the reporter were lawyers of distinction and prominence in the profes- sion. Ono stated that the common law author- ized such a number; another was confident that the act of the legislative assembly of 1872 was the authority, while the others frankly admitted that they were unable to say from just where the authority was derived. But the authority for a coroner's jury of six is found on page $22 of Richardson's Supple- ment to the Revised Statutes of the United States, second edition, where in paragraph 5 of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1881, making appropriation to provide for the ex- ses of the District for the fiscal year ending jane 80, 1882, are these words: “That here- I consist of six person law reads “six Petsons” might lead the gentler sex to conclude that women are eligible to sit on a coroner's jury, but the weight of anthorities seems to warrant the conclusion that the term “six persons” means six “good and lawful men,” although it is not improbable that a strict con- struction of the act of 1881 would justify the coroner in selecting @ jury of both men and women. The selection of the jury is left, how- ever, entirely to the coroner. He summons whomsoever he pleases; the Jurors selected by him cannot be challenged; and #0, could Coro- ner Patterson be induced to select a jury of women, or a jury composed in part of women, im-|foran instant that Chief m has been. made that the | et itis not doubted by some of the members of the bar that such a jury would bee legal 5 That such a jury in some instances bea most excellent one is clearly obvious, and would un- doubtedly meet the approval of those who be- eve women fully competent to perform such public duties, PROOREDING® GOVERNED BY THE COMMON LAW. Before the law of 1881 the coroner's jury in the District was composed of twelve members, which number is generally admitted to be the common law jury. The common Iaw also verns the procedure of the coroner and his jury, except, of course, where otherwise gov- ‘erned by statutory enactment. ‘When six of those summoned appear” (2 Hale Crown Law, 60) ‘they shall be sworn and the coroner shall proceed with the inquest.” This is ssid to be the English law of today, and it is generally be- lieved that this fact induced Con, in 1881 to do away with the common law jury of twelve and provide instead a jury of six members. ‘An act of Cor ap) July 7, 1888, made an sppropriation tor the pay of the cor- oner of the District, although it is not doubted that the office existed from hppa tion of the District. By an act of the legisla~ tive assembly of the District of August 21, 1871, the office of coroner for the District was cre- ated, and two days later the assembly provided for the appointment of that officer, placing his appointment in the hands of the governor. By natural descent the appointment of the coroner of the District became vested in the Com- missioners of the District, He now re- ceives an annual salary of $2,000, and holds office during the pleasure of the ap- pointing power, While it cannot be doubted Justice Bingham, in the matter of the application of Col. Ainsworth afew days ago, rightfully decided that there was no such officer here as deputy coroner, still there is sach an officer as the “assistant to the coroner In the District deficiency act of March 8, 1898, is found this paragraph: “To enable the coroner of the District of Columbia to employ an assistant for the coming year and ‘the next fiscal year, ‘The sentence is rather ambiguous one, but is derstood to mean the employment of an a sistant to the coroner during the fiscal vear en ing June 30, 1894. It will be observed that the duties of the assistant to the coroner are not defined in the act, although the appropriation was presumably intended for the compensation of the deputy coroner. Now that such an offi- cer does not exist, the question naturally arises ean the appropriation be used at all? A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. Another question which arose here in con- nection with the inquest over the victims of the Ford's Theater building disaster was, Does the law require unanimous or majority vote by the coroner’ jury? ‘The question was asked by Sraz reporter of a number of members of the District bar, received were ubout evenly div: ‘unanimous and a majority vote. In the fourth American and English Encyclopedia of Law, under the heading of “Coroner,” it is stated that “the ict shall be by the jury and coroner.” In support of this statement both English and American authorities are quoted. Such is conceded to be the law here by thore who have investigated the authorities upon the subject, and hence it is concluded that in the District an unanimous vote ‘is required. Itis also not doubted that upon a failure to agree a new inquest would be both legal and neceseary. aaa A FENCE STORY. ‘The Roy Could Play on It When the Girls Couldn't. Tt was Just the nicest fence in the world to play on. It was made of broad planks, and just high enough to jump up on enaily. Inside the fence, which was painted green, was a thick, soft grass and such @ cool, shady corner by the bay window. Did any one ever see a nicer place to play dolls in these warm, warm days? ‘Then there were great tall poplars trees that kept off the rays of the san and left little win- dows of blue eky between the branches. “We children used to play on that grass once, and now they have put up this old fence to keep us out. If only Miss Nellie would let us play in her yard by the bay window, but of course she won't, Come on, girls, let's play walking tight id Salli, “and, Eva, I'l let you hold my band so I won't fall.” Sallie mounted the fence and proceeded with a rent deal of pride and selt-complaceney to show how beautifully she could walk the tight rope, while the rest of the children stood off, looking at her in admiration. Just then a window of the big house was raised and x» sweet face framed in curls looked out at the children and a sweet voice said: *T'd rather you wouldn't play on the fence, chil- lease.”” Sallie, very much crestfallen, down and the children looked longingly forbidden play ground. Across the street, sitting on the fire plug and watching the scene vert earnestly, sat Martin, a fair-faced, blue-eyed boy, dressed in a fresh Nght blue shirt waist and kilt skirt. He was Miss Neliie’s special favorite. He eat there with his uttle hands folded watching “those girls.” who were still standing in a dejected oup. Presently Martin slipped down off the fire plugand with his head held very high walked over to the green fence and got up on the top rail and began to “ride horse back,” saying: “Get up, horse!” very loud, #o that the girls would hear, The girls heard, and at once they all cried out: “You'd better get off that fence, Martin Luther! Miss Nellie won't let us play on the fence; you'd better hurry and getoff!” Martin's biue eyes finshed fire, and his little breast seemed unable to hold the scorn that was in it. Hoiding tightly to the fence with one hand and waving his right arm in the air, he said: “Miss Nellie lets me do what I. please with her fence; Mics Nellie is my girl. You can't play on Miss Nellie’s fence, but I can. If Miss Nellie says foomustn'iplay ‘on her fence, why, you mustn't, nt I can play on her fence if I want to. Mins Nellie is my up, old horse! Miss Nellie looked out of the window and smiled at Martin, and Martin smiled back at Miss Nellie. nd she lets me, so now! ‘Get as ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed at follows: Juliet Donnally to John A. Massie, lot 8, bik. 14, Brookland; $1,275. J. A. Massie to Trustees M. E. Chureh of Brookland, same property; 91.276. 8 E. Young to 8. Oppenheimer, subs 41 and 48, Bellevue; $—. J. F. Oyster to Mary M. Steele, pt. C, sy. 75% Caroline B. Williams to C; H. Fickling, sub 18, blk. 10, Lo Droit Parl Martin Beglin to Polly Lynch, Soria Goes $4,000. G. IL B. White to lary E. ogee BF 17, sq. 732; $4,893.14. E. Buckley to Mary E. Dugan, sub 10, q. 681; 1.725. _C. B. Munroe to W. H. Sholes, sub 449, to C.M. MeClay, sub 26, aq. 1 005 to Ada Virginia Ball, subs F and F, 8. J. Prescott to W. A. Harmai 1,040; $—. Same to G. I. Alling, 3 $—. ‘TT. P. Jeffrey to C. A. Brickswedde, sub 11, 8q. 790; $—. ee BAD TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, Fire in the Murray & Nickels Drug and Spice Factory, Chicago. A disastrous fire in the Murray and Nickels Drug and Spice Manufacturing Company plant at No. 147-155 West Peak street, Chicago, oceurred yesterday afternoon, One man was probably burned to death and two others were seriously injured. The following is list of the dead and injured: Wm. Fubrwerk, probably burned to death. Henry Ewalde, seriously burned about the face and hands. Leopold Lehman, seriously burned about the face and body. Rudolph Block, leg broken and burned about the face and hands. Chas, Fubrwerk, burned about the face, The financial loss will be about $50,000, partly covered by the insurance. The flames spread with such rapidity that many of the workmen had narrow escapes for their lives, Rudolph Block jumped a third.story window and landed on the pave- ment. His hands were frightfully burned, but itis thought the only injury he sustained by the fall was a fracture of the left leg. Henry Ewald and Charles Fubrwerk made their escape to the roof of the building and were rescued by firemen. Wm. Fubrwerk was with them when the fire broke out but failed to reach the roof, and there is little doubt that he was suffocated and his body burned. The Deadly Trolley From the New York Times. New City Editor, at telophone,calls up Brook- lyn police headquarters—““Hello! What's the latest item?” Headquarters—““8. 0. T." Editor—“What in thunder's ‘S. 0, T."” Headquartere—‘‘Same old t Editor—“Explain yourself.” actiendauarters—‘Another ‘trolley ear accl- lent.” DISTRICT AFFAIRS. \_.amissioner Parker Talks on the Garbage Question. COLLECTIONS ARE REGULAR. Service is in Good Condition, Looks for Improvemente—Changes in OMicee—The Contagious Hospital Again— Other Local Affairs. Se Speaking of the collection of garbage Com- missionor Parker said today that he regarded the service as more efficient and satisfactory than it had been since the contract was origi- nally let to Mr. Clarke. “By a legal assignment,” said Mr, Parker, “the Commissioners now deal direct with the National Sanitary Company. This avoids a shifting responsibility and is more businesslike. The reduction plant of this company, located at the foot of company say, is capable of reducing double the amount of garbage they now receive. ‘There are no unpleasant odors arising from this plant and the city is relieved of the almost intolerable nuisance which has heretofore ex- isted at the wharves when the garbage has been shipped down the river on scows. The Commissioners have nearly ar. rangements for a daily collection of the garbage covering the most important parts of the city. The citizens should not forget, however, that the responsibility does not rest entirely with the Commissioners nor the National Sanitary Company, It isin their power to render material aid to the service by having the garbage always accessible. A careful investigation shows that many complaints come from those whose gar- bage is not accessible. The collector should PI Rot be expected to wait the pleasure of the | 0’ servant, who might feel inclined to take her own time in responding to the call of the garbage man. In most other cities garbage is on the sidewalk or alley at certain hours, when it can be readily collected without the delay of pounding for gates. We are on ‘th ry hg of our hottest weather. Our citi- ould, therefore, co-operate in every way posible to protect the comfort and health of eaty. “From «sanitary standpoint I doubt if the District was ever in as good condition. Under the direction of the health officer an effi- cient force has for severa: months been making a thorough and eystom- atic house-to-house inspection, over 800 squares having already been Thousands of nuisances have been abated and owners of property have been compelled to replace old plumbing and earthen closets with that which is now most approved. “Under the health department the alleys ure now being disinfected. Of course it is impos- mble to make all the conditions entirely satis factory, as all sections of the city are not sup- plied with sewerage facilities. TheCommission- ers are spending every dollar in this direction that is appropriated by Congress and are pushing the work with all possible vigor. On the lat of July en additional number of inspectors will be detailed for duty in the suburbs and euburban towns, so that the county and all sections will fare alike. In this work of general cleaning up the Commissioners have ma terially aided by the Sanitary League. Through the discnssions of this assoczation our people have become alive to the necessity and lave moro readily sidéd the suthorities. Should chole: try I wouid ba is concerned. “The rigid enforcement of the milk regula tions has also done a great deal of good, and the inspection of the wells and the closing of many which were unfit to be used as a drinking supply has, I believe, done a world of goud.” SEW SIGNATURES NOT REQUIRED. Those liquor dealers who held licenses under the old law, but who surrendered them and paid the additional license fee as required by the law of March 3, 1898, and who desire to continue unfortunately reach our coun- ‘no fears so far as Washington under the new law, not have to get the ignatures of residents and property owners to their appli- cations next yenr. This is the gist of an opinion rendered by Attorney Thomas today in reply to an inquiry of the excise board. ‘This is an important opinion to many liquor dealers, who rather than be subjected to the trouble of again getting the signatures of a ma- Jority of the resident and property owners on the street adjacent to the saloon will forfeit the additional fee filed with the new applica- tion. Then again there are many cases where the temperance people have exercised such an influence over the surrounding residents and property owners that it would be a difficult matter to again get their signatures, WANT IT PAVED. ‘The citizens and property owners of land abutting on the ten-footalley situated in square 152, between 8 street and Oregon avenue and New Hampshire avenue and 18th street north- west, have sent a petition to the Comm: praying that the said on & be paved with asphalt block or vitrified bric OBSTRUCTING TRACKS. With reference to the dirty condition of 6th street between Maryland avenue and C streets southwest, Superintendent Davis of the street cleaning department says in a letter to the Commissioners today that this is one of the most difficult sections of the city to get at on account of car obstractions on the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad. It has, he saye, received but three sweepings the past six months because of these obstruc- tions. It will hereafter be cleaned by hand. A LADY'S COMPLAINT, Alady complains to the Commissioners to- day of the annoyance and insults she is sub- jected to from the hack drivers who stand near the Peace monument. WANT A SEWER, ‘The owners and residents on Kenyon street between 13th and 14th streets extended have petitioned the Commissioners for a pipe sewer on both sides of that street. THE POWER TO PARDON. The attorney for the District has decided that the Commissioners have no power to pardon persons convicted of habitual drunkenness, COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTA. 4 Senator Gorman has requested the Commis- sioners to reinstate Officer Mendenhall on the police foree. H. L. Swords complains to the Commissioners that carts and wagons passing Hillyer place drop considerable dirt on the pavement, foep- ing it in a dirty condition. G. W. Merrill has requested the Commis- sioners to grant him permission to locate a ‘wood and coal yard.on lots 8 and 4 in square 10 of Eckington. WASTED PETITION, Several hundred citizens of the northwestern section of the city together, with a number of physicians, have joined in a petition to the Commissioners against the location of the hospital for contagious diseases on Observatory Hill—the old naval observatory grounds. As stated exclusively in yesterday's Stan, the Commissioners have decided not to locate the hospital at that place. COMMISSONER PARKER'S VACATION. Commissioner Parker leaves this afternoon for a short vacation. He will stop a short time in New Hampehire and visit his old home in Vermont before returning. A RESIGNATION CALLED FoR. The resignation of Lumber Inspector T. H. Riley has béen called for by the Commissioners, to take effect July 1, and they have appointed Mr. Geo. H. Gaddis to the vacancy when it ‘occurs, ADDITIONAL SANITARY INSPECTORS. The Commissioners today appointed sdai- |} tional sanitary inspectors as follows: Edward | man, Rennaud, E. D. Goodman, C. A. Wilkins, B. Z. Bishop, J. W. Hayward, Pierce N. Holcott, John fF. Coyle, Howard 0, Keyworth, and Hi. Watkins. They will receive $3 per day and will report at the health office next Monday for duty. ° BUILDING PERMITS. Building permits were issued today as fol- lows: Deall & Wells, one brick dwelling, 1002 Rhode Island avenue northwest; $5.500. MM. Poland, two brick dwellings, 1521 and 1528 Vermont avenue northwest; @7,000. C. H. Wilkerson, one frame chapel, K street between 18th and 14th streets southeast; $500. ASE ieeaIN D. A. Duiscort has, by Mr. H. Wise filed a bill in equity tgeiast Columbus Themes for an account of the copartnership formed by them in May, 1888, for the construction of houses, &c. daring | ¢ ARMY ORDERS. OMicers Sent to the Infantry and Cavalry School. The following named officers, having com- Pleted the course of study at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort. Leavenworth, Kansas, and having been found Proficient, are relieved from further duty at the school: First Lieut. Nat P. Phister, first 8 First Lieut. Henry H. Benham, pond yoo try; First Lieut. George W. Ruthers, eighth in- fantry; First Lieut. Michael J. O'Brien, fifth in- fantry; First Lieut. Almon L. Parmerter, twenty-first infantry; First Lieut. Frank G. Kalk, fifth infantry; First Lieut. Chas. C. Wal- cutt, jr., eighth cavalry; First Lient. Benjamin ‘4. Boore, infantry; First Lieut. Wm. M. twenty-second infantry; First Lieut. Malvern Hill Barnum, fifth cavalry; Second Lieut. HL Eitiott, fifth cavairy; Second Lieut. P. D. Lochridge, seoond cavalry; Second Lieut. Thomas H. Slavens, fourth cavalry; Sec- Arthur B. Foster, nineteenth infan- Lieut. Francis H. Beach, Lieut. Alexander cw walry; Second A. Cabaniss, twentieth infantry: Sec- i Lieut. Michael M. McNamee, . firth instruction at for the ber 1: se first cavairy; brook, second cavalry; Second Lieut ant Joba P. Ryan, third cavalry; Second Lieu- tenant Edward D. Anderson, fourth cavairy; Infantry and Cavalry School two-rears’ course Lieut, Winthrop 8. Wood, tenth cavalry; Sec- ond Lient, Samuel D. Rockenbach, tenth cav- alr; Second Lieut. Dwight E. Holley, first in- fantry; First Lieut. Chas. H. Muir, second in- try; Second Lieut Wm. Brooke, '; Second Mieut. Edward Siger- loos, fifth infantry; Second Lieut. Wm. H. Simons, sixth infantry; Second Lieut. Wm. Wallace, seventh infantry; First Lieut. John A. Perry, eighth infantry; Second Lieut. Frank Owen, eighth infantry: Second Lieut. Ed- mund Wittenmyer, sinth infantry; Second Lieut. Arthur W. Yates, ninth infantry; Second Lieut. Matt R. Peterson, tenth infantry; Second Lieut. Edward A. Shuttleworth, elev- enth infantry; Second Lieut. Earl C. Carnaban, twelfta infantry; Secoud Lieut. Peter C. Har- ris, thirteenth infantry; Second Lieut. Fred- erick W. Fuger, thirteenth infantry: Second Lieut. Charles R. Krauthoff, fourteenth infan- try; Second Lieut. Henry J. Hunt, fifteenth in- fantry; First Lietitenant Walter A. ‘Thurston, sixteenth infantry; Second Lieut. Benjamin F. Hardaway, seventeenth infantry; Second Lieut. Percival G. Lowe, eighteenth infantry: Second Lieut. Jasper E. Brady, jr., nineteenth infan- '¥; Second Lieut. John Howard, nineteenth in- Second Lieut. Wilson Chase. twentieth | ; Second Lieut. Munroe McParland, | twenty-first infantry; Second Lieut. Ralph H._ Van Leman, twenty-first infantry; Second | Lient. Robert L. Hamilton, twenty-second in- | ‘Second Lieut. Albert C. Dalton, twenty- | infantry; Second Lieut. James E. Nor. morle, twenty-third infantry et Lient, Wm. Black, twenty-fourth infantry; Second Lieut. Jobn R. Seyburn, twenty-fourth infantry: Seo- ond Lieut. John 8 Murdock, twenty-fifth in- fantry. Second Lieut. Edmund Wittenmyer, ninth infantry, to be relieved from duty per- taining to the world’s Columbian exposition in time to enable him to comply with this order. First Lieut. Benjamin Poore. sixth in- fantry, will report for duty at the United States Military Academy, West Point, by August 22. ‘The other officers named will join their proper stations by September 1. = Second Lieut. Geo. W. Martin. eighteenth in- | fantrv, who has been under instruction at the | United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is relieved from | farther duty at the school. | First Lieut. Jas. T. Anderson, twenty-fifth infantry, upon successfully completing the course of study at the United States Infantry | and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will be relieved by the commandant from | further duty brie bare ta will join his station by Septem! P*The following ts and changes of stations of officers of the quartermaster's de- | partment are ordered: Capt. E S. Dudley, assistant quarter- master, will be relieved from his present duties at headquarters, department of Arizona, and will to department of Texas for assign- ment to duty as assistant to the chief quarter- master of that department and to take charge of the construction at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., relieving Capt. Wm. H. Robinson, jr., assistant quartermaster. Capt. Robinson, on being relieved, will pro- ceed to the departmem of Arizona for asmgn- ment to duty as assistant to the chief quarter. master of that it, relieving E. juartermaster. Capt. True to Boston for! duty, relieving Maj. James W. Scully, quar. termaster. ormaster. Capt. Frederick Von Schrader, assistant quar- termaster, will be relieved from duty at the United Siates military prison, Fort Lesven- th, Kan.. by the commandant of the prison, Philadelphia for duty at the Leave of absence for thirty days is granted First Lieut. Oscar J. Brown, first cavalry. Capt. George TR, Brown, eleventh infantry, and First Lieut’ W. D. McAnaney, eighth spectively. Leave of absence for four months is ited Lient. Col. Thomas F. Barr, deputy ji ale vocate general. Leave of absence for two months, to take ef- fect July 15, is granted First Lieut Benjamin Brooke, assistant surgeon. An army board having found Maj. John O. Skinner, sargeon, incapacitated for active service the extension of leave of absence ‘on surgeon's certificate of disability i THE COURTS. Equrrr Court—Chief Justice Bingham and Juage Haaner. Today—Fairfax agt. Fairfax; time for taking testimony limited. Carroll agt. Thomas; rule | agt. Bingden: decree partition and commission. Washington Market Company agt. District of Columbia; time for ing testimony limited. Gunion agt. Zantzinger; order to pay Harriet A. Zant- zinger. Circuit Covat, Drvistox 1—Juode b Today—Rose gt. Cross; order to return de- | it for costs, Thompson's Sons agt. Baldus; jndgment by default. Cissell agt. Coulter; jury out Cracurr Court, Divistox 2—Juage Coz. Today—In re Annie E. Northentt’s will; mo- tion for new trial overruled. Mclnerny agt. U. B. Mutual Aid Society: do. gt Cake; judgment by default. —— aes A Woman's Science Club Incorporated. ‘The National Science Club for American Women, for the encouragement of scientific re- search, have filed a certificate of incorporation by Almena B. Walliams, vice ing secretary; Isabella G. King, Inabel H. Len- , treasurer, The president idson of Oberlin, Ohio. ——__. try: it. Chas. E. Tayman, twenty-fourth in- Second ‘Licut. Harry A. Barber, firet | 60d Rose, St ae | strongly intoxicating. IN CALIFORNIA'S BUILDING. Next to the Largest of the State Stra tures at the Fair. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Onroaco, June 28, 1898. To a Washingtonian visiting the fair the state buildings have a special interest, for Washing- tonians are familiar with the people of every state in the Union and are the only impartial observers to be found at Jackson Patk. ‘On almost every one of these beautiful June afternoons the different states are dedicating the buildings, which, filled with choice exhibits from every county, represent more truly than can the congressional delegations at Washing- ton the resources and power, and intelligence a reiaenulty of our whole country. " the exception California has the hedged eke Be building at the fair, and the visitor upon ing finds himself inthe land of the olive vine, the orange and the date palm. the old forty-niners have vividly Dromient pert ahem pa e building ta Marchal, & statue of Joun W. California, holding i and in the other a Inege geld m case at his feet is displayed the “a found at Coloma, "i now the San Fra; ay Property of W. ee fountains, cozy Toph of vast pyramids of oranges and | O to this — givean additional charm Among the most interesting features Calitornin exhibit ares lifesized wuetee one knight and charger made “¥ i! mammoth bunches of grapes, least twenty-five pounds: apricots, peaches, apples and which filled jure three feet in Were potatoes, one of which would for = family of five, and two apples would make a good armfal boy. An exhaustive berbari county of the state added muc! of the exhibit. In the grow building wasa grafted rove yellow, pink and white roses showing the ‘The building ts indeed characteristic lustorr of the state, tte architecture terned after the old Mission Oburch at Diego, which is rtrikiug in ite = ns maecive exterior of plain ter arti cracked and fcamed to resemble old Dailaiaes, The en trances and windows are recessed aud there are uo exterior decorations of any kind The building : about 190 fect longer than the pension bureau at Washington, bat not so wide nor bich, its dimensions being 435 by 146 feet. On the roof surrounding the central dome is garden 144 fect scunre, where refreshments axe served, reached by two clovators. The roof is of Calitornin red tile. The cost of the balding was $119,000. The state appropriated @800, pf Ht girl ‘tii bE Hf de. tree of | | for the exhibit and $250,009 more was raised by dedication subscriptions. Appropriate monies were held at this building cere. One AFRICAN BEVERAGES, They Are Obtained From the Sap of Palm ‘Trees and Bananas. From the Philede'pite Press. Rhine wine and ager beer, particularly the latter, being important beverager in Germany, it is not to be wondered at that,by an article fa recent number of the Gartenlaube, a high- toned German periodical, the question is dis- cussed whether the natives of the Germas colonies in eastern Africa ere using similar spirituous beverages or not, and, if not, which Kinds they are using, if they use any at all. The article starts with the statement thet, althongh Inger beer wax to be considered nowadays a8 the German beverage proper, such a beverage had been known tothe ancient Grecks, whe were manufacturing it after ancient Egyptian receipts. ‘The Phornicians and Car‘bagenians, on thete vovages, hnd made known Egyptian beer in all parts of the world to which their commeres tended. It might not have had the now being used by millions, To the natives of Airicaof the Inger beer ne ronched Ger- hard Rolts, the well-known German traveler im Africn, even at the onsis of Kafra in the Sabara. Yet there exists no luck of intoxicating bever- ages among the sont of the dark They are not required to wait for the fire- Jxter of the Enropsans to be sent them, They understand how to prepare spirituons beverages of their own and ther also intoxicated by the latter, This is only The Africans make wine and beer, but neither grape juice 1s used for the former nor malt for the latter. Palm trees own, From the fruit of the banana tree a is being made in Afrioa, which they drink as wine or beer. Banana beer is chiefly by the natives of Uganda, a country on Lake Victoria, ‘The manufacture of the banana beverage ts € sively going on. Dr. Felkin, an i bemene view a According to his descrij “mubiai,” © costing bavenn wine, entnetectared s2°@e following manner: A big boie is dag in the ground, lined by banana leaves, filled with um Tipe bananas and kept covered by mate and earth until the fruit bas become the fine hay and pinced into a large, boat wooden trough, which at onc end hasan ing After the addition of some whole is thoroughly mixed by the hand or short wooden sticks. Therenpon the covered with banana leaves and the left standing for about one or two & expiration of that time it te rough grass sieves poured in! feesben. ih bs thon veal Sor wee nnd a sweet, agreeable and not intoxicating age. The fact that just this kind of beverage is drunk im inrge qe and Us il ll : i H 3 i t i an al % i natives explains why Emin ‘macy drunken men in Uganda 3 5 i dave it und a slightly acid, refreshing beverage, which ts led into, led “muenge.”” If it is fi and they are kept well corked st « sas for several months one obtains ® wine «trongly resembling champagne. Mubisi, the principal beverage made Z Will givie ite inn trot- Tacos at the frack on theToutth of July. It is expected that there will be quite ‘number of enteries and some good sport. — ee Fast Time on the Lake made from | stored away fora long time. Contumed soon after “mantfactare. | being sold they commonly are comparatively dear. This wine or beer is either drank a yr erat » at lil HB Clafin Company bas been made by D. A. Childs and G. HL ieDermid, | being €28,000. &