Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1893, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1893—-EIGHTEEN PAGES: Our Bedding Department, Saturday W. B. MOSES & SONS, Wight “Best Goods, Lowest Prices,” Sermon. 11TH AND F STS. N. W. wee ceee Te We Cours Ost Have Cool Nights Wouldn't we all be havps? It's the continual stretch of hot weather through the iivelong day and night that frets usso much. We ven- ture the assertion that balf the beds in Wash- ington arenot outfitted s0 a8 to conduce to comfort. There'sas much of * necessity for summer bedding as there is for summer dress. the question YOUR BED COOL AND COMFORTABLE. Next week our BEDDING DEPARTMENT will command your attention, and {f you have ® want to supply the opportunity will be ‘And in this connection let us say that we do net give discounts, Follow our announce- ments; {t will mean far more to you than if we marked goods to sell at larce profits and then allowed discounts. If you'll compare others’ prices with ours it'll be found that we have fo price competition in the whole city. Is Bezxe Beporxe_ iP Box Spring Mattresses are made by ex- own work shops. £ztra Ane! article made In convenience. No hair ; mo wire mattress [ao PILLOWS. All kinds—se low as 25 cents—as high want to go. See the Elastic Folding Pillow for tourista. Two sizes. Single, 25 Cente. Doubie, 60 Cente. BEDSTEADS. Compare them with beds that are selling for $8, $9and 810. ODD BEDSTEADS. In sueh a large business as ours Odd Beds are bound to accumulate. We are thus enabied to suit you in + Bed of any size, wood or nish. Prices from $2 up to $25. HERE'S A LEADER:— 3-Foot Mibwoop BEB... $2.00 ARDWOOD FOLDING BEDS. GUNN FOLDING BED. osquito Canopies any shape, size or color, at any price you want. Or. you may buy the NETTING by itself if you like, See our CANOPY HOLDERS. They do away ‘with the string and pulley; they're not expen- stve—and don''t spoil a nice celling. W. B. MOSES & SONS, Or Covnsz. x llr Axo F Sis N. W. Watch Your Teeth. te the least under stood and the most neziected of all the organs of the boty ‘You should let us examine your teeth at least every six months tn order that we may ar- rest any decay that may be going on. A litle work performed now at a Little, cost may save you s tremendous bill and lote of discomfort in the future. Our instruments and materials are the best that money can bay and cur method is as painless as the very best anes thetics cam make it. 59" All other branches of dentat work by experts. N. B.—Goldcrowns, $7.50; ex- fracting, #5e.; with gas or sono, e.; cleaning, TSe.; silver Allings, 75¢.; platina fillings, $1; gold niisngs im proportion U. Destaz. Assoctatioy, 401 Tra Sx N. W. Baltimore Office: 1 N. Charles at. Golden Cross Election, Meridian Commandery, United Order of ‘the Goiden Cross, has elected the following off- cers for the term beginning July 1: Noble commander, Oscar T. Towner; vice noble commander, Miss Lauretta Herrick: worthy prelate, Dr. H. M. Bennett: noble keoper of records, S. W. Maddux, er.; financial keeper of recorda. D. M. Keck; treasurer, R. A. Walker; worthy herald, Edw. F. Huggins; warder inner gate. Asaph Dodge: warder outer to, Fred Sahm; past noble commander, Jas. Carter. ‘The officers will be installed by Deputy Grand Commander A M. Salmon Jaly 14. earn ee Dangerous as Gunpowder. Joseph Perriro, a wholesale fruit dealer doing business on Louisiana avenue between 9th and 10th streets, was this morning fined $5 | for failure to keep the pavement in front of his place free of refuse. It was shown that an elderly man passing by slipped upon a banana skin and fell. Judge Kimball told Mr. Perriro that bad the party injured himself he (Perriro) would have been liable both criminally and civilly. “Banana skins,” remarked his honor, “are as dangerous as gunpowder, and any one who fails to keep his pavement free of them will be punished every time when brought — — Hagh Beckwith, thirteen years old, son of E. | B. Eeckwith, « well-known druggist of Peters-| barg, Va., was drowned Wednesday evening in a poud near the Ceutral Lunatic Asylum while atiompting to recover his hag, which bad fallen into the water. | ABOUT GEORGETOWN. Matters of General Interest From West Washington. A UNION OF THE CITIES. ‘Titat is What an Old Resident Wants — Do Away With Rock Creek and Have Only One City—A Pleasant Driving Party—Notes of All Sorts. Animmense ‘bus filled with the flower of the Western High School and s few outsiders left the corner of 32d and M streets last night and headed for High View Hotel, at the Vir- ginia end of the Chain bridge. Mirth, laughter and music were queens of the party and held exclusive sway during the whole time tie merry ones were out. Some of those who composed the party were Miss Edelin, Miss ‘Temple Perry, Miss Fassett, Miss Fannie Cox, Miss Sallie Cox. Miss Moffat, Mise Festitis, Miss Mullett, Miss Hi , Miss Yeatman, Mr. A. Thomas Bradley, Miss Bailey, Mr. James Willett, jr., Mr. Thomas Mullett, Mr. Tom Hume, Mr. Laird Blunt, Mr. Le Roy, Mr. Me- Gill, Mr. Talbot Walsh, Mr. Taylor, Mr. RB. Douglass Simms, Miss Lillie Cox and Miss Hattie Cox. At the hotel supper was taken and a dance enjoyed. GRADUATED WITH HoxoR. Miss Helena M. King, daughter of Mr. H. B. King of 35th street, yesterday graduated with high honors at the Academy of the Visitation, Frederick, Md. Miss Maude Entwisle, Miss Annie Hanlon, Miss Louise Simms and Miss Mary Miller were other Georgetown Fepresentatives who acquitted them- selves creditably. Miss Entwisle received premiums for excellency in philosophy, read- ing, United States and Bible history, parsing, composition, orthography, penmanship, arith- metic and music; Miss Simms was rewarded for proficiency in geography, grammar, spell- ing, parsing, tables, United States and Bible history and improvement in French; Miss Han- lon received first premium for her knowledge of mythology, ancient and physical geography, physics, chemistry, astronomy, rhetoric and elocution and second premium for good work in literature, modern geography, orthography, analysis, composition, epistolary and music. Little Miss Miller, the baby of the school, received s crown of honor. SMALE Fines. ‘Smoke and flames were yeserday noon seen issuing from the roof of the old brick barber shop at the northwest corner of 82d and N SHOULD BE UNITED. ‘Mr. Harvey MacDonald, who lived in George- town before the war, is back. He is in town only fora sbort stay. Heis looking over the old spots which he knew so well and refused to forget. Ho finds that new Georgetown does not cover so much more territory than it did, but fs much more closely built. It has grown heavier than larger. He is struck the great improvement as to streets, gas, sewers and other modern conveniences. He thinks that Georgetown has a future that is ehuckful of steam whis! electric tle, spark rail- road, push and riches, but believes that the ——— spirit which hankers after isolation city. He does not think that Washington and Georgetown should shake hands across Rock creek. He thinks there should be no Rock creek. ‘MORE TALK OF MULES. Yesterday was a quiet one in canal annals. ‘The interview which appeared in Friday's Stan and which gave some of the ideas of General Manager Nicholson with regard to electrical possibilities in canal navigation is current com- ment. Some of the older folks are loyal to the mule asa moving force, but the progressive element of the risen and the rising generations believe that the occupation of the mule is gone. ‘The stone, the iron and the steam ages are his- tory and the electric era is on the top of the ip. The age isan electric shock. Most of fhe folks with whom Tae Sran man talked in dorse the progressiveness o! manage- ment. They do not fear change if that change means improvement, The fate of the mule hinges upon the result of the trolley trials now being conducted on the Erie canal. A NARROW ESCAPE. A gasoline stove at the home of Mra. Charles A. Nottingham, P street, was yesterday the cause of a dress being destroyed and burns being narrowly escaped. Mrs. Nottingham was lighting the stove when the oil of the can which she held caught fire and exploded, scattering flames all over her. Cries brought instant assistance, and injury, perhaps death, was averted. WORK STOPPED. The District government has forbidden the Georgetown Gas Light Company from proceed- ing farther with the work of relaying the granite blocks taken upon 92d street for the purpose of laying their new main, stating that the engineer department will attend to the work and assess the company for it. REAL ESTATE SALE. ‘The large lot at the southwest corner of $84 and $ streets, fronting 130 feet on the former and having a depth of 66 feet, has been sold by ‘Mrs. A. L. Walsh to Thomas E. Waggaman for $4,000. It is the intention of the purchaser to build houses on the property. INDEPENDENT LODGE. At the regular meeting of Independent Lodge, I. O. G. T., held last evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 31st street, two candidates were initiated. pleasant surprise was experienced before the Sipuats ceeer: Gobion “Tks Tate: oy kia andria, composed of fifty members. payin, unexpected visit. There were also present members of Naval, Perseverance, Star of Hope, Silver Star, Friendship and Minnehaha lodges. FOREMAN MAHONEY RETIRED. Foreman Jamas Mahoney, who has served faithfully the fire department, but who for the past year or more on account of ili health has been unable to appear regularly with No. 5 and her men, bas been retired on a pension of $30 a month. aie OFF FOR CHAPEL POINT. The District Democracy Starts for = Day's Outin: ‘The river steamer Harry Randall had a large section of the democrats on board this morn- ing on the down-river trip. The occasion was the first annual excursion of the District de- mocracy under the auspices of the Maryland Democratic Club. The boat was gorgeously decorated and the Marine Band was on board to render music. ‘The day was sent at Chapel Point, fifty-five miles down the river, where there is boating, bathing, erabbing and fishing as a few of the amusemenis with which to while away » pleas- ant June day. re was a large crowd on board. They will retarn tonight at 10:80. Among those in the party were Mr. and Mrs. | C. ©. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Lancaster, | E. S. Stokes, Miss Julia Neale, Miss Costigan, Miss Kate Tierney, Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the treasury, Mr. G. H. Allen, Dr. Irving C. Rosse. RO. Edmonston, J. J. Cooksey, A. T. Beaumont, G. W. Richmond, Thos. Pumphrey, Morris E. Shipley, Joshua Clarke, Philip Hutchinson, Geo. Soper, Geo. H. Gaddis, Mr. and Mrs. Ciuskey Cromwell, Millard F. Peake, Mr. and ‘Mrs, a, i Weller and family, John lorgan, Smith Thompson, Edgar Hedgman, john Hedgman, Dr. Nathan Chapman, Con: gressman Bynum, Miss Fannie Veirs, Mrs. Vandever, Prof. 'Harry T. King, ex-Gov. F. Black, Asst. Atty. Gen. Dewees, W. H. Norris, W. G. Betz, Max Long, Jas. T. | Carpenter, John Melvin. John Dickson, Robert | Crane, Judge W. T. Johnson and Angus Me- Sween. ene esa Marriage License: Marriage licenses have been issued by the jclerk of the court to the following: Alf. W. | Swedbergand Jessie Mai Franks; Jno. H. Mussey and Susan A. Nevitt of Alexandria, Va; W. D. Bradshaw and Annie I.. Gill of Heathsville, Vu.; | W. E. Rodgers of Elkton, Va.,and Jennie B. Tal- | bert of Glendale, Md.; Robert Boydand Mamie Thompson; Howard Evans Bell and Annie Bowe. ENJOYING THEMSELVES. Excursions and Movements of the River Pleasure Boats. Presemen’s Union, No. 1, I. T. U., is spend- ing the day at River View. The steamer Pentz left this morning with a fair excursion crowd and will make three trips during the day. The executive committee consists of Messrs. Ed- ward Johnson, George Ramsey, William R Travers, Joseph Watson and Thomas J. Stone. There are to be voting contests. A gold watch isto be presented tothe most popular lady and a gold ring goes to the most popular man. ‘The T. V. Arrowsmith goes out this evening for Colonial Beach, Saint George's Island, Coan, Yeocomico and Leonardtown. She will beup tomorrow night. This is one of the ‘most delightful cruises on the Potomac. The steamer Pilot Boy is still running on the Wi and Alexandria » Vice the steamer City of Washington, up for re- — It is not known absolutely that the ashi will return to duty on her old route, It is thought in some quarters that the Pilot Boy may be continued in service till the arrival of the new ferry boat, the building of which is projected by the Washington Steam- boat Company reps ‘The sisters of the Holy Cross Academy were yachted to Indian Head last Thursday by in- vitation of Mrs. Colgrove, wife to the general manager of the ve transportation lines, Yacht used was the Ella, the private ey jol ‘at "s Club arranged fora barbecue to be held at River View on Labor day. Col. H. 8. Stow has been appointed of the committee, ‘The Ci steamer yacht Ella was hauled up on the railway at Bennet's yard this morn- ing. She is there fora general overhauling of her machinery preparatory to sailing for At- lantio City, where she will spend the summer. Houston, who came with the Ella from the Indian river, Florida, was dis pleased with the ‘climate here and re- signed to return to his old stamping ground. Capt. Railley also resigned to accept ‘& mastership with the new Washington Towing Company. Steward Thomae J. Reed, who has been on the Ella ever since her launch one year ‘ago, still holds the fort. Commodore Bela Col- grove is casting around for « captain with a sea-going license and an e the sa Pay Fhe schooner Lottie Carter is a i. for repairs to rigging and it nee that she will be recaulked and re- pain Trinity Sunday school and Gurley Memorial Sunday school are at Marshall Hall today. went down on the Queen, and are having a great time with the artiticial ‘horses and the fizz fountain. ‘Two thousand people wont down on the Mar- shall Hall and Indian Head trips of the Mac- alester and Queen last evening. Commodore E. 8. Randall is making arrange- ments to put forth some landscape gardening effects on the southwest bluff of River View. ‘This will give the View an even handsomer water front than at present, which is saying ee AGAINST CONTRACTS, Local Knights of Labor Use the Ford’s Dis- aster as a Text. ‘The Ford's Theater disaster has aroused the local Knights of Labor toa renewed struggle against the contract system and it is stated that vigorous efforts will be made on the line of abolishing the present system of giving out contracts by the government. On this line at the last regular meeting of D. A. 66, K. of L., resolutions were passed reciting that the system of advertising for bids for public work and awarding contracts to the lowest bid- der leads inevitably to the making of unre- munerative contracts with irresponsible con- tractors, who seek to save their profits by skimping the work, using improper material, oppressing workmen in their wages and hours of labor, employing alien and con- viet labor, evading tke eight-hour law and corrupting the government inspectors, and ‘that contract work is not only the most ex- pensive, as it requires immediate and extensive Fepairs (ike the pension building), when it is notabsolutely worthless (like the Washington aqueduct), but it sometimes causes great, loss life, as recently shown in the disaster at the Ford Theater building, and that the platform of the Knights of Labor, paragraph No. 9, de- mands the abolition of the contract system on national, state and municipal works, The resolutions therefore provide that Dis- trict Assembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, renew its protest against this iniquitous system, a pro- test which it has edly made to the proper authorities, and which, if it had been heeded by ‘War Department, would have prevented the fraud of the Washington aqueduct and the mur- er of the clerks in the pension and record di- vision of that department,and also that the legis- lative committee be authorized to work for the abolition of the contract system and the sub- stitution therefor of the system of direct work by the government through its own re- sponsible agents. ee MIXED UP. A Family Quarrel, With Black Eyes and Pistol Shots as Items. There wero two disturbances last evening in the neighborhood of 7th and N streets north- west which created much excitement and which came near being more serious than they were. Michael J. Corby, the station keeper of the third precinct, lives at No. 710 N street northwest with his wife and two children, and the next house, No. 712, is owned by Lawrence J. Latchford, who keeps a restaurant at No. 227 New Jersey avenue northwest. It ‘appears that the two men married daughters of the late M. J. Foley, who left the houses to the daughters, ‘The sisters visited, but Mr. Corby objected to his wife going to Latchford’s on ac- count of the people frequenting the restaurant, and consequently there was not a very friendly feeling. Last evening Latchford was looking over his house, and meeting Corby asked him about the remarks, and tho result was that Latehford struck Corby, knocking him down and blacking his eyes. Latchford was arrested and released on leaving $100 collateral. Later ‘Mrs, Latchfordand a friend drove up to Corby’s house, as is stated, to learn of his (Corby's) condition, when three shots were fired from the house, some of the balls striking the cab door. The occupants left and when the police arrived, as it was not known who fired theshots, no arrests were made. Subsequently a warrant was issued charging Corby with assault with in- tent to kill. The eases werein the Police Court, Judge Miller.this morning, and application was made as to the amount of bail i Corby’s caro, which was fixed at $200and given, and the cases were continued until Tuesday next, ee Unlicensed Bars, In the case of Mary Matthews, charged with keeping an unlicensed bar, Mr. Moss, for the woman, asked Judge Kimball this morning to allow her to go upon $500 bail pending trial by jury. Judge Kimball, however, refused to take less than $1,000 bail, and said that in all such cases it might as well be understood that the bail would invariably be that amount, ex- cepting in extraordinary cases, when the bail would be reduced or enlarged, ‘ns the particu- lar circumstances in the case might requize. ——___ Divorce Application. Alice Barnes has, by W. C. Martin, filed a bill for a divorce from Edward E. Barnes. They were married July 17, 1978, and lived as man and wife till February or March, 1885, when she charges he abandoned her and their chil- ren. — Real Estate Matters: J. A. Goldsborough has purchased for 10.600 of W. E. Schneider sub 100, square 153, 18 by 95 feet on Riggs place near New Hamp- shire avenue northwest. R. 8. Donaldson has bought for $7.218.75 of ‘W. H. Campbell lot 6, square 778, 55 oy 75 feet at the corner of 3d and F streets northeast. H. L. Cranford has bought for $16,293.81 of T.N. Gale et al. lot 1. square 123, 94 feot 2 inches on 19th street, 120 on E street and 108 feet 2 inches on New York avenue northwest, RK. Helphenstine hasfbought for $7,735 of L. J. Bryant subs 120 to 126, square 615, each 20.14x85 feet on Bates, between P, Q, North Capitol and Ist streets northwest, and has pur- chased of Nellie Gardner for $3,367.50 subs 185 to 189, of the same size on same street. Sigel Brown has purchased for $8,000 of Mag- gie Duvall subs 170 to 179, each 20.14x135 feet on same street northwest. M. V. Tierney has bought sub 110, square 153 (19x93 feet on Riggs place between New Hamp- sbire avenue and 18th street northwest), for $11,000 of W. E. Schneider. Jennie Rosecrans bas bought for $8,000 of Maggie Duvall subs 113 to 119, square 615, each 20.14 by 135 feet, on Bates between North’ Cap- itol and Ist streets northwest. H. M. Baker has bought for 12,500 of W. A. Gordon part 7, square 405, 21 fect 13¢ inches by 99 feet on 9th between Gand H street north- 7 end fora nominal sum 834 feet front of t 7 TERRIBLE DISASTERS. The Loss of the Victoria Recalls Other Naval Tragedies, AMERICAN NAVAL VESSELS. England Has Suffered Before From the Sinking of Her Vessels —Our Own Naval History Contains Disasters, but None to Compare With This. ————— While there have been many serious casual- ties in the United States navy there has never been one where the loss of life has been so great as that in the case of the British flagship Vic- toria, and, as stated in yesterday's Stan, there bas never been in our service an accident in any respect similar to that one. This is proba- bly due to the fact that the United States navy has never engaged in extensive maneuvering of the kind customary in the English and French navies. The nearest approach to it was during the existence of the squadron of evolution, under command of Admiral Walker. That squadron never numbered more than four ves- sels, and consequently never attempted ma- neuvers on avery largo scale, The difficulty of controlling the movements of four or five ves- sels in exercises on the open sea does not, of course, compare with the difficulties attending the handling of fleets of eighteen or twenty vessels, This single fact, more than any other, probably explains the clear record of the United States navy in this respect. Although it is true that our navy bas never lost a vessel or any lives by collision of its vos sels during drills at sea it is also true that we have been no more exempt from maritime casualties from other causes than any other country. Probably most important of these, considering the question of fatality, are the cases of the Huron, the Oneida and the Trenton, Vandalia and Nipsic at Samoa, THE SAMOAN DISASTER. Ina terrific hurricane which occurred in the harbor of Apia, Samoa, March 16, 1889, the Vandalia and Trenton, American naval vessels, were sunk. Tho Nipsic was beached. Every man on board the ‘Trenton escaped. Of the Vandalia the captain, C. M. Shoemaker, and forty men were lost.’ Seven of the Nipsic’s crew were drowned. Owing to the Samos difficulty. which occupied the attention of the German and American governments at this time, the harbor was occupied by several Ger- man men-of-war, among them the Olga, the Eber and the Adler. ‘The Olga was beached. None of her crew were lost. The captain of the Eber, all her officers except one, and seventy- six men met death by drowning. Fifteen of the crew of the Adler were lost. 1088 OF THE ONEIDA. On the 2th of January, 1870, the United States steamer Oneida was sunk in the Bay of Yedo, Japan, by collision with a British mer- chant steamer, the Bombay of the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company. ‘The Oneida was a wooden screw steamer, 211 feet long, 1,695 tons, eight guns, and when lost had on board 24 officers and 152 men—in all 176 souls. After being employed on blockade duty during the civil war she was, in 1867, dispatched to the Asiatic station, where she pro efficient cruiser. Tt was at the closo of three years of thisardu- gus service when, homeward Lone fete hearts elated with the prospective joys of home and their ears still ringing with ‘the farewell cheers, that 115 of her happy crew met « sud- den death. Among these were the captain and all save two of the commissioned officers. Of all the officers on board the Oneida four wore saved and twenty lost, including the cap- tain, E. P. Williams. Ninety-five mon were lost. Capt. Eyre, in command of the British ship, did not stop to see how badly he had injured the corvette, and when the case came up for in- quiry before the admiralty he was severely cen- sured for his conduct. Excitement ran very high at the time and during the trial Capt. Eyre was in almost constant danger of assault from the infuriated relatives and friends of some of the lost men. heavily on his mind, indeed, that within a few months after the trial he died. FOREION NAVAL CASUALTIES. The foundering of the Victoria will rank as one of the most fatal disasters to ships-of-war on record. The most serious accident of the kind that has occurred in modern times was the wreck in 1811, off the coast of Jutland, of the British frigates 8t. George and Defence, which disaster involved a loss eltogether of 2.000 lives. wo. shiploads of victims The most fatal disaster toa single vessel in the past was in the sinking of the British frigate Royal George off Spit- head in 1782, when Admiral Kempenfeldt and between 800 and 900 persons were drowned. A ball was in progress on the ship at the time of the disaster and some 300 of the lost were women and children, who had come on board on account of the festivities. Among the most notable disasters at sea was the wreck of the French frigate Meduse in 1816, ving freight of 460 souls 175 were put on hich Gericault has rendered memor- yy his celebrated painting in the Louvre; sixteen remained on board and 200 took to the boats and gained the African coast nearly 300 miles from the French settlement at St. Louis, Those who took refuge on the raft were almost without food or water, and for two weeks they drifted out on the tropical sea. A brig picked up from the raft fifteen wretched creatures, from whom nearly all resemblance to human beings had departed, and in whom there was scarcely a breath of life. The others had per- ished. The most horrible instance of cannibal- ism occurred on the raft. Those who gained the African coast endured almost as great hard- ship as they made their way, which was strewed with corpses, across the ‘burning, waterlons sands to St. Lonis. LOSS OF THE DIRKEXHEAD. One of the most terrible disasters on record was that which befell the British troopship Birkenhead over forty years ago. It wae 2 o'clock on the morning of the 26th of February, 1852, that the Birkenbead, having on board a large number of soldiers, with usual proportion of women and children, 631 souls in al onarock near Point Danger, Cape Hope, and filled. Capt Salmond was in com- mand of the vessel; Lieut. Col. Seaton of the 78th Highlanders, of the soldiers. Of course the pins of the davits had rusted and the larger boats could not be launched, but two cutters anda gig were got out and manned, and the women and children placed in them. The colonel “summoned his officers to a consultation and impressed upon them the necessity of com- posure and of preserving discipline among their men to the very last.” At this moment the ship parted, and the forepart went down, and the word was passed that further effort was in vain; let each do the best he could to secure his individual safety. A fowmen jumped over- board, but the remainder collected on the poop, soldiers and enilors alike, ‘steady, quiet and resolute.” The captain retained his post, cool and collected, if there were still a ship under him, and Col. Seton, with his drawn sword in hand, stood in the’ gangway to put down any one who might endeavor to force his way toward the boats. When the ship reeled and quivered ere going down, Capt. Salmond shouted: ‘‘Let all wi can swim now tr: to save themselves.” One man exclaimed, “Make for the boats!” as he throw himself into the waves, but ‘the colonel and his officers entreated their men—and not in vain—not to attempt an entrance into the boats, which were already fully loaded with women and children. ‘The officers now shook hands and took leave of one another,when, on # sudden, the vessel broke again crosswise abaft the mainmast, and the poop, heeling over with alurch, plunged be- neath the water,” only twenty minutes from the time she struck. The captain was brained by a falling spar, the colonel was drowned and of the hundreds so rudely awakened only 184 lived to tell the story of the Birkenhead, but among (hem were all’ the women and all’ the children. THE EURYDICE. The British training ship Eurydice foundered off the Isle of Wight on the 24th of March, 1878, having on board 325 officers and seamen, of whom 270 were young men in training, twenty officers and the rest invalids, time-expired men and conrt-martialed prisoners on their way home from Bermuda. The Eurydice calamity was one of the most tragic in the annals of the sea, She was coming home from ractice cruise to the West Indies and was iling past the Isle of Wight with every inch of canvas set. The esplanade at Ventnor was crowded with people and she sailed so close to them that from the pierhead the cordage of the rigging was visible. Suddenly the sky be- came overcast, sleet burst upon promennders, | driv- ing them to cover ling the vessel from view. When the storm lifted only a passing schooner lowering her boats could be seen. The Eurrdice had cupsized. All hands on board had been mustered for prayer and they had no and @ storm of snow and the ‘The matter weighed #0 | sho time to devise menns of safety. The vortex of the sinking vessel sucked them all down but two. Inafew minutes the sun was shining more brilliantly than ever, but it only fell on a few large boxes swept down by the eddies of the channel. In the early part of 1880 a sim- ilar disaster was encountered by the Eurydice’s sister training ship, the Atalanta. She was ast seen at Bermuda on January 26 of that year. She had on board 300 young seamen and alto- gether about 350 persons. 1088 OF THE CAPTAIN. The construction of the iron-turreted ships as men-of-war became the subject of wide criti- cism in consequence of the loss of the Captain, a British man-of-war, off Finisterre, France, on tember 7, 1870. ‘The Captain was a vessel of 4.270 tonnage, with a speed of 14 2-10 knots and & fully plated armor, the important parts being covered with iron eight inches thick. She carried four 25-ton guns, which hurled 600- pound shot, and also guns fore and aft of nearly equal caliber. Her construction had been designed by Captain Cowper Coles of the royal navy, who was in com- mand of her at the time she foundered. From the day she was launched the principles upon which she had been constructed had beon the subject of animated controversy in England. ‘The British admiralty, however, had decided to give Capt. Coles an opportunity to reduce to Practice his views of what g turret cruiser should be. The only conditions im: by the admiralty were that the ship should be constructed with provision against heavy shot, with due care for the health of the crew and with evident means of moving the ship and manipulating the guns with ease. Capt. Coles was desirous of commanding this ship in person, and at the time of the disaster he was quite as enthusiastic upon the points upon which it had been constructed as he had ever previously been. At this very time a controversy in regard to the construction of the ship was waging in very spirited fashion between Taird Brothers, the builders, and Chief Con structor Reed of the British navy, Constructor Reed insisting that the ship was clamay and could not be well handled in battle nor could she stand heavy weather at sea. Laird Brothers were equally confident that she could do all that had been promised for her, and, although they admitted that the weight of her guns sunk her two feet deeper than had been intended, yet that would make no practical difference in the ease of ing her or in her efficiency for action. Navy officers and engineers sides quite generally in this con- troversy, and both the builders and chief constructor were able to array dis- tinguished authority in support of their re- spective claims. The Captain was one of a ae of Englisn ships off Finisterre on the night of September 7. A gale arose at 2 o'clock in the morning, and when daylight came every ship in the squadron was in sight except the Captain. Just when she went down or what may have been the immediate cause of the wreck wasnever ascertained. Every one on board per- ished, including Capt. Coles, Lord Northbrook and ason of Mr. Childers, the first lord of the GROSSER KURFURST. Another great disaster was that which re- sulted in the loss of the German man-ol-war Grosser Kurfurst off Folkestone near Dover, in the English channel, on the night of May 31, 1878. On the afternoon of May 29 three of the finest vessels in the German navy—the Preus- sen, the Grosser Kurfurst and the Konig Wil- helm—left the great German navy yard at Wil- helmhaven, bound for Gibraltar. Soon after Passing Calais in daylight, while the weather was perfectly clear and the sea calm, a bark, which was fetching off shore, got directly in the course of the Grosser Kurfurst, which ted her helm to avoid it, The Konig Wilhelm, which was sailing close behind, pulled bard aport so suddenly that she struck the Grosser Kurfurst forward of her mizzenmast. Almost immediately the Grosser Kurfurst went over on her broadside and sank in fifteon fathoms. Her crew jumped into the water as she went down, Many must have been scalded by the escaping steam, for out of her complement of 500 men only 29 officers and 160 men were rescued, and of these two died of ex- haustion. The Konig Wilhelm also barely es- caped disaster at this time and was obliged to put back to Portsmouth for repairs. L086 OF THE ROYAL GEORGE. Fewevents haveever fallen with more startling sorrow upon the public mind than the loss of the Royal George, in August, 1782, while lying at anchor off Spithead, near Portsmouth. She carried 110 guns, was Commanded by Admiral Kempenfelt, and wasdeemed the finest ship in the British mi Being just ready to go to sea, inelined a little on one side, either to leak or for some similar object. But so k was anticipated from the operation the admiral, with his officers and in all, the that men, nearly a thousand souls remained on board. Beside ship was crowded with —persons from the shore, among whom were some 300 women and children. In this state of things the vessel was struck by a sudden flaw of wind, and, being probably too much inclined, she was thrown farther over, the water rushed into her portholes, he filled instantly and sunk. About 300 persons were saved, but not less than a thousand perished. ‘The effect of so fearful a tragedy may be more fully appreciated when wo bear in mind that the whole British loss in the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought a few years after—in its consequences ‘the most important naval battle of modern times—was Jess than 1,700. OTHER DISASTERS, Among other wrecks, especially of vessels belonging to the British navy, which were at- tended with great loss of life, pay be men- tioned the following: ¥ ‘The British sloop-of-war Albany was lost in ‘West Indian waters in 1853. She is supposed to have gone down ina cyclone, with every soul of her crew of 210 oficers and men, as she was never heard from after she sailed on her last ernise, In the samo year the Britis8 brig-of-war Por- poise, with 100 people aboard, went down in the China seas without leaving » trace of her end. The British troop ship Lady Nugent, found- ered in a hurricane in May, 1854, and 400 lives were lost. In 1858 the British sloop-of-war Levant dis- appeared from the face of the globe in the waters of the Pacific, taking some 200 men, The British sloop-of-war Dotterel was blown. up at Sandy Point, in the Strait of Magellan, on April 26, 1881, when eight officers and 135 men were killed, only three officers and four- teen men being saved. In September, 1887, the British gunboat Wasp lett Singapore for Shanghai, and was never heard of again. She was s smail vessel of only 670 tons, and had on board seven oftl- cers, #ixty-three men and three boys, On September 16, 1889, the British gunboat Lily was driven on the rocks on the coast of Labrador with a loss of seven lives, On the night of November 10, 1990, the British torpedo boat Serpent went on the rocks on the Spanish coast near Cape Finesterre, during astorm, and of the 176 souls on board named was the Inst disaster to a British warship attended by serious loss of life. In this connection is recalled the collision of the British ironclad Anson with the immigrant ship Utopia in the Bay of Gibraltar. The Utopia had 800 native persons on board, of whom 562 were lost. ‘Two recent disasters to British warships were unattended by loss of life. These were the sinking of the armor-clad Sultan in the harbor of Malta in March, 1889, and_ tho stranding of the battle ship Howe at the entrance to the har- bor of Ferrol, Spain, in November last, Both these ships were afterward floated. THE WRECK oF THE HURON. The U. 8. 8. Huron was wrecked on Novem- ber 24, 1877, on the coast of North Carolina on point near Nags Head, She sailed from New York under instructions to make a scientific Tecounaissance of the coast of Cuba and arrived at Hampton Roads November 17. On the morn- ing of the 23d she left Hampton Roads, and hortly after 1 o'clock am. of the ‘next day struck upon the beach wand was wrecked. She encountered a moderate gale and a heavy sea from the eastward, but being in good con- dition, well manned, and with her engines and machinery m perfect order, it is believed she could have encountered the storm without harm if she had remained out in the open sea. She had 182 officers and men on board, $4 of whom were saved, and the remaining 98 lost, including the commander, G. P. Ryan. 2 —e Minnehaha Lodge, I. 0. G. T. Minnehaha Lodge of Good Templars gave one of their quarterly socials on Tuesday even- ing, and the large number of members and visitors present was favored by an unusually fine program prepared by the V. T., Effie Wade. ‘The program was as follows: Mono- logue, Mr. Victor L. Passche; vocal solo, Mr. Green; piano solo, Miss Johnson; ‘How Columbus Discovered America,” Mr. Conley; instrumental trio, Mra. Henry Smith, Mr. Pal- mer and Mr. Shepherd; recitation, Mr. L. L. Mayer; vocal duet, Sisters Carrio and Nellie Smith; recitation, Brother Henry Lewis; “Af- ter the Ball,” Mr. Wertheimer; recitation, “‘The Bird Bride,” Miss Hattie Ma cornet solo, Brother John Shepherd; piano solo, Sister Nel lie Smith. —_—.—__ Orp Kenvezec is the best ice. Order now of Independent Ice Co., 910 Pa. ave.—Adot ASUMMER QUIET. Society Stirred Only by Weddings and Rumors of Weddings. OFF ON SUMMER JAUNTS. The Market as a Clearing House — Where ‘Well-Known People Have Gone for the Season—Some Recent Marriages and En- gagements Announced. —— These are pleasant and delightfully quiet days for the remnant of society people left in Washington. A great many fashionable folks left during the past week for their summer wanderings, and the next that will in all probability be heard from them is the mention of the prominent part they are taking in the hospitalities wherever they have pitched their tents for the next three montha. The sum- mer resorts are very quiet so far, everybody feeling the necessity first of all for a good long rest before participating in any kind of festiv- ity. There will be many changes in the per- sonnel of society's ranks before all these now scattered clans are gathered back again in this city. Sickness, sadness and death have fol- lowed some already who left here with the brightest anticipations of coming back an- other season with renewed health and spirits. ‘The market is the only clearing house society or needs at present. It takes « pretty strong Tote, eopecially cool, bright morning like t- 3 ora! ot ea other nowadays and when they meet in market it is not only amusing but interesting to watch con the exchange of confidences, sum- mer general gossip. The ladies are naturally the busiest in though the belles, after attending to the more wants of their to meet the beaux in the ‘the flower her old friends, who are ex! minister and artes if the most nger ily is quite a large one, housekeeping 1m the fall. Mrs. L. B. Webb. who has been quite tog he past fortnight, is now econvalescing rapidly. ill dur- never was a couple whose lives systematically ordered than Blatchford. On » certain left this city for New York. © fortnight's visit with winter season, Prevented. by illness or mourning, they gave « every Tuesday night, and Mra. ‘Biatchford. commenc. ing with a on New Year day, received thereafter each Monday until Lent. Their . corner of 15th and K streets, is fall of most interesting and beautifal speci- mens of antique vases, ornaments, clocks, &c., and the silver, china and ‘that adorned their table will always be valuable. Mrs. Blatchford is an aunt of Mrs. Bonaparte, wife of Col. Bonaparte. Mrs. George Davis will start on Tuceday, a - companied by her interesting baby boy, Albert Darla for Fort Leurenworth,’ where Lieut. Davis has already preceded them. Mra Davis will make a little = j= on the way. In the fall Mr. and Mra A. A- Wilson, after seeing the world’s fair. will go to Fort Leavenworth and make a visit with Lieut. and ‘Mra. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Platt expect to re- main in town all summer and will go to Chicago in September. Mrs. Gist has gone to Asbury Park,where she and her family will spend most of the summer. Capt. and Mrs. 8. G. Cabell of Capitol Hill leave Monday for Quincy, Ill, to visit their ton, 2. 8 Cabell. “During August they wall visit Clinton, Iowa, returning in September by way of Chicago. Mr. P. H. Smith, U.S.N., and wife will spend the summer months in the mountains of Vir- gin Cards are out for the wedding of Mr. J. Frank Ellis of the United States fish commission and Miss Lillie May Howard of Frederick, Md., the event to occur on Wednesday, June 28. Mr. and Mrs Childs gave a garden party estorday at Wooton, their country place, in jonor of the Duke and Duchess Veragua. dirs. William Lay of this city, who is also visiting Mra. Childs, assisted in receiving the large com- ny. Pitre Hutchins, wife of Lieut. Commander Hutchins, has gone to her cottage at Bristol, Long Island, and will not return to this city till October. Mra, Cullom, who went with the Senator to West Point to attend the graduating exercises, has returned here. Gen, and Mrs, Saxton are at Forest Glen for the summer. Paymaster General and Mrs. William Smith will go about the 1st of July to Lockport, N. Y., Where the family will the summer.” Mrs. and Miss Powell, wife and daughter of Lieut. Col. Powell, are at Sackett’s Harbor for the summer. ‘The engagement of Lieut. M. M. third cavalry, to Miss Armstrong of this city is just announced, and the wedding will take place June 30. Lieut, McNamee is now in thie city and Miss Armstrong. has recently returned from a visit to Lieut. and Mrs. Foster at Fort ‘Leavenworth. The marriage of Miss Mary E. Nesmith of Washington to Mr. John H. Waiker of Con- cord, N. H., took place Wednesday, June 21, at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. F. ‘W. . Dr. W. A. Bartlett McNamee, immediate family intimate friends of the bride. Mr. and Mra. Walker will reside in the granite state. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Robbins, with their daughter, Mrs, Alfred P. Robbins, and her baby are summering on the shores of Penob- scot bay, Me., where they will remain until September. ‘Mr. and Mra, Shane and Miss Marion Shane of Chester, Pa., are guests of Capt. and Mra. ‘Thos. C. Ross of No. 1920 6th street northwest. The ladies of U.S. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the Grand Army, will give a lawn party Wednesday evening, the 28th instant, in the grounds adjoining the residence of the resident of the circle, Mrs. Nellie C. Royce, jo. 2018 12th street northwest. The guests of Glen Manor Hotel, Forest Glen, Md., will be given » hop next Tuesday night. Last evening the Twilight Tennis Club was entertained at Langdon, where three of its members have taken a cottage for the summer. After trying their skill in markemanshipand en- joying themselves generally, the club held a short meeting, at which the inmates of the cot- tage were presented with a glass water set, poe yy were Messrs. Beck, Boody, Brower, Churchill, Cobleigh, Croxton, Davia, Farabee, Hill, Leonard, Morgan, Olin, Shapley and Wylie; Mrs. Farabee, Miss Fara! Nesy, Miss E. Nasy, Miss Simmons and Miss Wateon. Mrs. L. A. Crandell and Mrs. E. F. Hort have returned from a two weeks’ visit to Chicago. Mrs. Thomas FR. Young and family have moved from 1528 29th street to 1521 28th street, between P and Q streets. ‘Mr. J. B. Austin of the United Press, accom- panied by his wife and daughter, has gone to Chicago to spend a week at the world’s fair. Mrs. Edward A. Oldham, Master Edward and Miss Marie have gone for the summer to Wil- mington, N. C. Mr. apd Mrs, Marmaduke E. Dent are house- keeping at 125 Massachusetts avenue northeast, where thev will be pleased to see their friends. A pretty wedding took place at Garrett Park, | Md., Wednesday, June 21, at the residence of Mr. E. R. Norris, brother of the bride, the con- {acting parties being Mise Ella Norris and Mr. Millard Price, both of W: . The board and was ily _en| ‘The party consisted of Mra. Davis, Mre. bell, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Stodder, the Misses Gertie and Mamie Dawes, Mary and Amelia Schmidt, Xoung, Edmunds, Wells, Fenwick, Smith, Campbell, Chandleo, Cogley. Hendricks and Burger, Messrs. May, Wallace and Will Stowell, Odell and Harry ‘Whipple, La Porte, Barger, Lane, Carmi ,. Newton, Fenwick, Geo. Chandlee, Criswell and Stodder. 4 The marriage of Mr. John Gipp to Miss Mary Rinek occurred last Sunday evening at the resi- dence of the bride's brother, Mr. Emil A. H. Rinck, 856 McLean avenue southwest. Among the resent were Mr. and Mre. Mr. Sterling Galt isat Emmitteburg, Ma. Mr. E. Francis Riggs is at New London, Conn. Mrs. Allan McLane is at Narragansett Pier. Mrs. 8. H. Shields is at Nantucket, Mase. Mr. W. W. Rockhill is at Charlestown, W. Va. Mr. L. C. Zerega is at Cresson Springs, Pa. Mr. Alfred Bates, recently at Wilkesbarre, Pa., has gone to Taunton, Macs. Mr. Jno. R. McLean is at Bar Harbor. ‘Miss Condit will beat Warm Springs, Va, until August 1, Mrs. Geo. A. Gordon, who has been at New- port for a while, has gone to Wicksford, R. L, on a visit. ‘Mra. C. B. Rheem has gone to Curwensville, Pa., for a month. Mr. Chas. L.Gardner is at the Gould, Atlantic City. ‘Mrs. Somers has gone to Evanston, IL, to re- main until September 1. Mrs. F. J. Penick has gone to Washington Grove. Col, Frank H. Pelouze is rusticating at River Springs, Md. The Misses Keane are at the Shelburne, At- lantic City. Mr. ©. R. Foster has gone to Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Mr. L. M. Hopkins is at River Forest, Ill. H. Hollewith is at Linville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burton left with their family this morning to take charge of Hotel Henlopen at Rehoboth, Del, for the season. Mr. Francis Colton and family are at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. for a two months’ stay, spending another two months at the seaside. Col. Dan Grosvenor is at Round Hill, Va., for a month. Mrs, Cornelia Roborg will spend two months at Warrenton, Va. Mrs, H. J. Hanford and her two children are spending the summer at Brookside, W. Va., on summit of the Allegbanies. eine Te Held on a Charge of Perjury. Last night James A. Howard, a white man, said to be well-known in police circles, was ar- rested by Sergt. Keefe, upon a warrant sworn out by Detective Lacey, charging Howard with having on the 25th of last month committed perjury in swearing that he owned real estate onG near 17th street to the unincumbered amount of $9,000. in order to become The case was cailed in the Police Court this morning before Judge Miller. Howard was with- referred to in the charge make oath, as alleged. in Judge Miller stated that he would grant no tponement on such a ftimsy excuse, joward voluntarily stated that he was drunk at the time’ and happening in the Police Court obliged Flaherty by going on his bond to the amount of $2,000. In answer to Judge Miller's inquiry, Clerk Potts stated that Howard was not drunk and understood perfectly what he was doing. Com- mitting Howard to await the action of the grand jury in bonds of $2,000, Judge Miller enid that it was the first time that such a case had occurred during his experience on the bench. -He was confident that Howard did the thing simply to make money. ceecaieredets For Admission to the Bar. Today eighty-five applicants for admission to the District bar were examined in the old Cir- cuit Court room by the bar examining commit- tee—F. H. Mackey, chairman; C. H. Cragin, ‘Thos. M. Fields, A. A. Lipscomb Tobriner. The number examimed today was the largest in the history of the bar. > A Suit That Was Promptly Settled. The suit noticed in Tae Stan last Wednesday as having been instituted by Mr. Julius Lans- burgh against Mr. Alex. L. Peterson, Mr. Sloan, the auctioneer, and others was promptly dis- continued, as it turned out to have resulted from a misunderstanding. The suit did not, 48 stated, involve the furniture of Woodley Inn, which Mr. Peterson is managing, but related to standing account that Mr Petereon had at Lansburgh's. The matter was quickly settled to the satisfaction of all parties. ——>- Only Men Need Apply. The civil service commission desire it under- | $; stood that no woman will be admitted in the examination on the 21th of next month, in answer to the requisition of the Department of Agriculture for a librarian, the department having made requisition for a male librarian, ‘The commission say they make this explana- tion in consequence of the great number of female applicante. ‘ Ee ‘The Washington Elks M. a Fine Showing. From the Detroit Free Pres, June 21 Columbus Lodge wearing white duck suits, blue ties and straw bats, ‘They carried bine umbrellas. The Four- teenth Regiment Band preceded them. It was the general verdict that Columbus made a fine showing. Washington Lodge presented an artistic nce, the members wearing fall dress. ‘They are large, intelligent. big-hesrted- looking men and conveyed most tavorable yery one said that Washington would make a fine showing and this prediction was fully realized. Lamont and the Civil Service. ‘The following letter has been furnished for publication: Naw York, June 23, 1893. My Dear Sir: Iam instructed by the execu- tive committee of the civil service reform asso- ciation of New York to express to you their hearty appreciation and approval of your ac- tion in filing and making public the The members of the committee look upon this action asaforsard step of the first im- portance. Youre very respectfully, Wa. Porrs, Secretary. Hon. Daniel 8. Lamont, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Equitr Count—Chief Justice Bingham and Judge Haqne Today—Perry agt. Comas; auditor's report finally confirmed. Lockwood agt. Myers: guar- | dian ad litem appointed. Gibson agt. Tucker; dearce for sale; C. A. Brandenburg and L. Simmons trustees. i about the head and neck by a bug, an unknown party. followed, the members | Fret since 24th of June, 1783, when a Masonic banquet at Lomet's Tovern street between Fairfax and Lee streets, a tion now twenty Soot high fa on which the hotel bas cif t ik i On the evening of June 15 there wase fight 924 9th street in which Chas. W. Miller, e of the in the place and he was put out The court ‘dismissed the case. — At the River Front, AREIVED. Libbey. Bittinger & Miller. Schooner Hopkins, ‘Hopkins. Suffolk, lumber, Gallaher Brothers, ber Ryland & Brooks. saree. tte rit ‘Myera, a ‘The Temperature. ‘The following were the readings of the mometer at the signal office today: 6 5 8 lis ne ieranaria, Wa: jotice MILLER, On Friday . Teme 28, as o'clock, LYDIA F.. wife of Will ‘Faneral from her late resdence, 1001 etreet northwest, on Sunday, June 25, at 3 p.m Ea NOYES. On June 2i, 1883, at the home of berais'er Mrs. 2h. Knowles, HA’ 1. NOYES, youngest daughter of the late Jacob ine Ci ues o: Bowtoy aud sister of Bra, Chime. Le > funera! from parents? Bortheast, M. residence, No. 814 joday worming, Jume i) i sauet i te twenty “Brae yeas of Be SANFORD. . from her, late reatiehce "No 44ae Phorita ateanb cometery. Interment si Rock Creek Baxixc Pownem: “If you want the best, buy * Ciurvexaxps” Cumpuex Cox OR PITCHERS CastTosia