Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19. 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. New Georgetown Medical College. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Some of: the New Buildings That Will Be Attractive Features. PROGRESS IN IMPROVEMENTS The Great Need for New Public Buildings in This City. A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. During the past summer the ouilding on Hi street between 9th and 10th, which is the home of the medical department of the Georgetown University, or, as it is, perhaps, better known, the Georgetown ‘Medical College, has been enlarged and tm- Proved to such an extent that it fs now double the size it was during the sessions of the school last winter. A handsome and imposing new front has jeen built, which egtends out to the building line, an entire story has been added to the height of the butlding and an addition has been built in | the rear, so that the building as it now stands has twice the accommodations that it had last year. While utility is the un- Cerlying motive of the improvements, as the growth of the school has been suck that it became absolutely necessary to pro- Vide more room, still architectural beauty in the design of the front is apparent and the architect, Mr. Paul J. Pelz, has suc- ceeded in producing a graceful effect. The material used is mainly brick. The factl- itfes afforded by the interior constitutes the real merit of the design. On the first | floor are found spacious rooms on each | side of the broad entrance, which will be | used as reading rooms by the students. | faculty’ as weil as a Wbrary rooms, The nee | ond floor will be devoted to the chemical laboratories, while on the third floor is a! Etat Zoom ‘sixty by Atty feet, which will | used as the anatomical room. The need for enlarged laboratory facilities was one of the reasons for the enlargement of the | building, and with the facilities which now | gre at the command of this schoo! It can be compared with the best medical schools of the country. Mr. Du Bois’ Residence. An attractive house Is to be erected by Mr. Jas. T. Du Bois on Rhode Istand ave- nue between Mth and 15th streets from plans prepared by Clarence L. Harding, architect. It will be four stories in height, From the New York Herald. eS “At the summer hotel everything goes, said an acquaintance of mine. We were at Long Branch for a day or two, and at that particular moment were strolling slong the cliff in the direction of :he tron pier. We sat down on the turf and hung our feet over the ledge. “Yes, sir; I've had lots of fun along here, and within twenty steps of this place I got myself in the worst scrape of my life.” ‘Woman? I suggested, !1terrogacively. ‘Exactly. There were two of them, and deuced pretty, too. It was four years ago. 1 had been having @ good time with a friend of mine here, and was on the point of re- turning to New York, when one evening we flirtation. I was always pretty self-confident when it came to summer girls—had ‘gall,’ my friend put Mtilet's pick ‘em os hesitated i, 4) ‘em up.” My friend tat ® moment, laughed, then said: ‘All ht— < oe but it's dinners for four you don’t “ I'll have to go you,’ said I. “Well, we quickened our sieps a litt and I thought I saw that the yirls slow down a little. So I walked up to them and taking off my hat greeted them as some acquaintances I had met in New York, and wound up by requesiiag permis- sion to introduce my friend. You know how such things are done. My friend tried stop me at the last moment, but too late. “At first the girls looked very much tonished. ‘Then ‘they looked at each cther Siggled. Then they looked at my friend Siggled some Then the elder I knew your face at once.’ Then I went through the form of introducing my friend, yrhom the other girl remarked was ‘already Known to them by reputation.’ This bold declaration eased my mind of any misgiv- ings I might have entertained at the for I thought ‘she is a bigger liar than i am.’ The thing now was to win my bet. Strangely enough, as it seemed to me, my friend entered into the spirit of the scheme, ust 2s though he wasn't sure to be a loser. an astonishingly short time he was on familiar terms with the elder lady—for 1| found within a few minutes that they were | really ladies—and they were carrying on at & great rate. The one I was with was a little shy, but she was awfully jolly and seemed to be just brimming over with fun. | Well, I sprung a supper on them later and to my astonishment they accepted. It was in @ quiet place and we enjoyed it immense- ly. During the entertainment I caught my friend with his*arm around the girl who sat next to him. At the same moment my girl saw it, and my thought was intercepted with a blush. The other two seemed to have some sort of an understanding. I really began to feel uncomfortable and was fast losing confidence in myself, for the more I saw of the younger the sweeter and more charming she appeared. I began to experience a sort of resentment that she should be so easily drawn into such an escapade. Of course I laid it on her elder companion, who sat there brazenly with my friend’s arm around her. She at least should know better. “‘Oh, everything goes at a summer hotel,” said he, roting a gathert: cloud on my pretty fairy's brow. oy exclusive of the cellar. Buff brick and In- diana lime stone will be the materials used im the construction of the front. The rtone will be used exclusively as far up as the | second story, and the remainder of the front | Will be built of buff brick, with the stone | used in trimming. A circular bay window | will extend through the second story, where | ft will be finished with a balustrade. A) gable with a tiled mansard roof completes the design of the front. On each side of | the open vestibule entrance there will be a heavy column with carved caps. The stone | work will be ornamented with simple de- | signs in carving. The first floor will con-| tain the entrance hall, drawing room, stair- case hall, lbrary, dining room, butler's pantry and back staircase. Af elaborate oak staircase with generous landings and fret work designs will occupy the staircase hall. A mantel built of cream brick will be one of the features of the hall. All the rooms on this floor will be finished in hard- woods, except the drawing room, which will he in enamel and white. The house will be | lighted. with electricity and heated by hot | water, and the bath rooms will be tiled and supplied with porcelain bath tubs. Cheap Public Buildings. } It ts evident that there will be enough | bills introduced at the present session of Congress to meet the present need in this | city for additional room for the executive | departments, provided only that the meas-| ures reach the stage when they become | laws. It is hardly likely that all will tention, although up to date oni such bills have been presented, one to au- thorize the erection of a building for the; tent office and the other to provide a) lidine where the records can be stored. | Other buildings are greatly needed, and of course in this connection the first thought is of the government printing office. the dangerous condition of the present building having been time and again calied to the attention of Congress and of the public. But the great departments of the govern-/ ment almost without exception need more room to properly house the employes re-/ quired to carry om the public business. It is evident that the time has come when Ifb- | eral provision must be made for the accom- modation of the executive departments of the government. It is now one hundred ears since the corner stone of the Capitol wilding and-of the White House were |: Two department buildings were erected at that time. but owing to the sz of the overnment they were built cheaply of rick and have since given place to the massive piles known as the treasury and the War, State and Navy Department build- ings. Subsequently the marble and granite structures occupied by the Interior part- t and ¢ Post Office Department were erected. Since that time an era of cheap- ness has come and the main question when | Con, ss considers the matter of a new public building for this city seems to be, | ‘For how little can it be done?” Some Comprehe! ive Plan. This conception of what is suitable to stand in this city as a governine tuild- {nz is hopelessly wrong and the sooner our legislators realize that such ideas are un- worthy of the city and the people of this country they are supposed to represent the sooner will there be a return to the spirit which brought about the building of the noble structures which staad as the types of the taste of a -ormer gcvera- | tion. It would be an excellent plan to ad something like the idea that re- sulted in the creation of the structures at the world’s fair, which are che .tmiration of all who visit Chicago. A large area of land should first be secured and then a/ competent commission of architects be appointed to design a number of butidings which would, when erected, stand in har- monious relations to each other. The site ften selected on the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue would be an excellent one, and if the buikiings that are neeted suggested the re- would attract world-wide Active iiding Operatio: Expected. ‘The building operations during the past week have been limited. The few permits that are taken out these days are general- ly for small houses. A: builder tersely put it this morning to a reporter of The Star, “We cannot raise any money and consequently cannot build.” He was one} of those builders who borrow money on a ospective future and build rows of houses. The houses that are going up are, ‘n a large majority of cases, for private parties to live in, and there is for mre no build- charge of the building Inspector's office during Mr. Entwisie’s sickness, said he had never seen such dull times. ‘here was absolutely nothing doing. He believed. however, that the fall would see a marked change, and said he would not be surprised if the building operations during the early fall would exceed all records. Some New Rutldings. Mrs. Mary Sloan is building a two-story | and cellar brick dwelling at 496 Ist street southeast. J. J. Quinn ts the builder. Mrs. H. Baker fs building a frame dwel- lng at 1236 Ist street southwest. H. S. Loeffler Is building a row of four two-story brick dwellings. Wm. Sanders {s building a small two- story frame dwelling at Deanwood Peter O'Day 1s building a two-story brick dwelling at 242 K street northwest J.F. Leary is the builder. H. J. Mattern is building a brick stable in the rear of 49 O street northwest. 'A fine improvement in the shape of a row of fourteen three-story and cellar | brick dwellings has been commenced from | Im to 1033, Inclusive, W street northwest. | These houses will be models of conveni- | ences, containing all modern improvements, “*No, It doesn’t!" she finally exclaimed. fumpirg up from the table. “This thing doegn’t go any further, Mr. Jack! And sh> calléd him by his reai name. ‘And what's more, it is about time you were taking your sister Nellie and me home!" “Well, sir, you could have knocked me over with @ feather. All the time [ had thought I was playing them they were playing me. But it served me right for be- | ing such @ conceited ass!” I remarked to the story teller that his experience had probably been followed by complete recovery and I shied a stone into the Atlantic. “Recover? I shall never recover,” he answered laughingly. “I married the girl.” — A YELLOW JACKETS. How the Hornets Raine Cain Connecticut. From the Pittsburg Press. It is now the height of the hornet and yellow wasp season in Connecticut. It 13 @ much mooted rural question in the nut- meg state which {s meaner, fierier, “pizen- er,” more implacable and deadly, a hornet or a yellow wasp. There is no doubt at all that the “yellar” terrors are more nu- merous and persistent toward Connecticut scythe swingers than any other persons, and, perhaps, there's just a little more ra” in a single touch of their hot application for those who cut their nests in two. “Yaller jackets,” the farmers call them, and the farmers are as afraid as death of them. The very worst bucolic mischance that can befall a farmer ts to drive his mowing machine upon a nest of them hung up in the bushes of q mowing lot. A humble bee's nest ts of trifling mo- ment compared with the condensed, | bottled-venom and vengefulness in the long, narrow paper home of the yellow jackets. The horses attached to the ma- chine {qvariably dump their driver off his seat anf then run away. and a driverless mowing machine on the run fs only a iittle less dangerous than an ancient Scythian scythe chariot careering furiously at large. Only a few days ago the Rev. Percy Rarnes. rector of Grace Episcopal Chapel at the village of Yantic. In the eastern of the state, was terribly chopped bv. the | knives of a mowing machine In a village | lot _he had sought to cross. Surgeon Harris has patched the scholarly young rector’s | lees, but he will have to stay in bed on account of his infuries for many weeks and @ brother clerzyman officiates in his pul- pit. The rector was in his usual clerical attire at the time and the most pathetic feature of the mishap ts that being a swift and skillful sprinter and constrained by a Samaritan impulse he had set out to run across the mowing lot to stop the runaway horse of his friend, the butcher, when the machine rushed on’ him. A dav later a Connecticut ‘valley farmer drove his mower. with a pair of horses, into a Yellow jackets’ nest and he also was frightfully cut by the swiftly sliding pickle Ir. A’ vivid {dea of the concentrated fury of a yellow wasp’s attack and the intense venomous nature of its sting {s furnished by John Pierce's experience with one in the streets of Shelton village, not far from Sevmour hamlet, one day this week. ‘The yellow devil, contrary to the wonted practice of its ‘kind. attacked "Plerce through pure disinterested spite or wanton wickedness. The Instant it smote him, and with aimost the sneed of a rifle bullet, he fell to the roadbed with a low ery. blin ed and unconscions. It hit him under the . where pugilists plant a Jmock-out plow, and the effect of the sting was to paraivze him. He lost his eyesight mo- mentarfly and the motor nerves of his whole hody were benumbed. He recovered from the effect of the atack within an hour, but the side of his face and head were greatly swollen for several days. ne rails What Did It. From the Hotel Wort The Coroner—“You say in your opinion the man was killed by a funny story. Ex- plain yourself.” The Drummer (witness at the irqnest)— “It's this way. We were all stanling at the head of the stairs on the second floor of the hotel.” ‘The Coroner—“Yes: go on.”” The Drummer—"Gaggs, the shoe man. said he had two or three good ones to teli pe ‘The Coroner—“T_understand.” The Drummer—“He started right in with one of them. None of us caught on ex- cept the poor fellow lying there dead. He ‘The Coroner—“He what?” The Drummer—“He tumbled to the first oa | story. The fall killed him.” ———_-+____ New Bicycle Record. At the Herne Hill track, England. Ernest Osmond covered two “niles on a safety Dicyle in four minutes, twenty-four 25 seconds. beats the best record ever made anyw! ‘The British record for the distance was previously hell by M. B. Fowler. who, on the same track Inst year covered two miles in four minutes, forty- nine 45 seconds. ——_+e2+—______ Hea rters in Washington. “T think,” said Chairman ‘Thos. H. Carter of the republican national committee in New York the other night, “that I will call a meeting of the committee in Cctober —certainly not before October, and rossibly a little later. “The permanent headquarters of the com- mittee may be established about that time robably in Washington instead of New ork city.” jQuring We suunucr -| much better, he is by no means well. Those ee ‘The drought which prevails over nearly the entire state of Maine has reached a severity unprecedented in the crop growing season for many years. WHEELS TAKE A REST Too Hot and Dusty for the Cyclers. A RECENT RUN 10 FREDERICK. Races Participated in by Local Wheelmen GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS. UT FEW OF THE bieycle clubs are making runs much Just now, owing to the condition of the Toads and the state of the weather. Cool- er weather and well- beaten tracks will follow the autumn showers, however, and then the roads will be traveled more than ever. .There has been so much sand and dust on the road beds lately that wheeling has not only been uncomfortable, but the bearings of tne wheels were in danger and the chains nat- urally refused to do their duty with the legree of comfort which characterizes cy- cle riding on the country ye cone sectlong of ‘the country there has ‘been of any consequence for weeks and where there are piked rosds the stones loom up through the loose covering and make it not only bad for wheelmen but also for wagons and carriages. While the teams cannot get away from the rough roads the wheelmen in many instances can fake the narrow side paths or can ve erass-| ile eig® urned sod and get a e condition of the roads and the weath- er has also prevented the usual number of century runs, for few of the wheelmen cared to ride 100 miles in the sun and dust, and those who went out on the Toads were therefore satisfied with short rides to some place where they could spend a few pleasant hours where the air was an improvement on that found by riding over the concrete pavements in the glaring sun- A Run to Frederick. As in many other moves in eycling the Georgetown Cycle Club has opened the fall season with a century run through the dust and eight of the club members added one more gold bar to their list of hundred- mile rides. Last Sunday the run was made, but those who attended were not on hand at 4 o'clock, the hour mentioned for the Start. Capt. Cook knew, however, that they would appear and so he waited for them. It was fully 5:30 o'clock when the captain and eight of his men were together at Mth street and Florida avenue ready for the start. This was the second r r century run of the club and elght of the nine starters finished in time to record a century. The ninth man was overcoine by the dust when he reached Mechanicsville, and so he beat a hasty retreat. Four of the eight who remained had never before attempted s0 long a run, but they clung to thelr wheels and got through ail right. ‘There was not a single accident. Capt. Cook reports this road in the same condition as all others in this vicinity at that time, and even the eighteen miles stretch of pike was no better than the clay | and sand. The water in the branches and | creeks was low, and ut the streams where | it is the custom of the wheeimen to dis- mount to t igoond their chains trom get- ting wet they were able to ride through without wetting any more than the rims. Such an early start was made that some | of the wheelmen did not have their break- | fast at home, but the usual early morning | repast of bread, preserves and milk was en- jJoyed at Mrs. Etchison’s. Thus refreshed the wheeimen increased their pace and sped | off in the direction of Frederick. The wheelmen wanted to get all the fun they gould out of the trip, and so they arranged for a watermelon feast at Mechanicsville | on the return trip. A number of melons were put on tce for them and left there to become cool by late afternoon, At New- market dinner was ordered at Griffith's | Hotel, and on the return trip the meal was | enjoyed, for the wheelmen had ridden many miles, and there was a feeling of emptiness in the region of their stomachs which re- quired something more lasting than well water to remove. Dinner being over, the clubmen remained about the county some time and then they made another move on thelr fron horses. This time they were to ride to Mechanics- ville, which they reached in time to spend an hour beneath the large shade trees and | get on the outside of a number of luscious melons, ‘The melons being devoured, the wheelmen felt little like riding, but they were soon on their wheels, and the exertion soon cured them of that tired dull feeling, and as the sun went down behind the hilis in the west they were able to again set a faster pace and reach the city in time to record their, century run within the time limit. Birmingham, Conn. eae See A A. eighth an- nual race meet. am September 46—Hartford peenemeat and inter cireuit, Charter Oak ark. So gece t—Lynn Gfass.) Internationa! mee! Boston A. C. international meet. September 18-1 ald BC. tour- mament and fnternational circuit. September 1¢—Metropolitan Aseociation’s international meet, N. Y. September 20-2i—Maryiaa4 B. C. interne- tional meet, Baltimore. September 23—Philadelphia A. Q. C. in- September 30—Kings County Wheelmen ty race meet, Brooklyn. At the fair of the New York and New England Agricuitural Society at , N. ¥.. Angust 28 there will be @ half-mile ti cycle race for women, for which the frat prize will be a pair of diamond earrings valued at $175. we New York wheelman bas tnvented a spiked bicycle tire adapted to lace over an ordinary tire, for racing purpos3s or to use on icy and slippery roads in col] weather. Honeymoon on Bicycles. A Philadelphia peir are planning e wed- ding journey, says Cycling. Both are en- thuslastic bicycle riders, and so they are going to make @ tour on their wheels. The trunk of the bride will be sent on ahead for even though she is in search of novelty her feminine desire to look nice at hotels will not permit her to go away without & few bits of prettiness ready to be donned when the day’s run is over. Instead of ap- pearing before the guests in the time-hon- Grad Fone away gown, this bride will come lown stairs in a jaun costume o! Bray, with a wide white pallor collar anda White yachting cap set on her curly bair. The groom, in knickerbockers, will await her with the trusty wheel, and the rice and Co have to be thrown very lively, wi away from tl rental man- jon to the shades of the woods and lens between there and the first stopping place on their journey. A Oyele Fire Extinguisher. A South Boston fire company has pro- cured one of the new machines fitted up by the Pope company, with fire extinguish- ing apparatus and ts experimenting with it, with a view to making a report upon its efficiency to the department. A local paper Spcaking of It says: The machine is being tried by one of the men, who is a wheelman, and for whom it was made. It is a lady’s light roadster, with cushion tires, and with its whole out- fit weighs about sixty pounds. Tne chemi- cal tank, fixed between the head of the machine and the seat, holds about two gal- lons of chemical, which amounts as an ex- tinguisher to twelve pails of water. ———- e+ —_____ AMONG THE PLAYERS. al Gai Play It. Several persons have thought that Hawke's performance on Wednesday in shutting out the Washingtons without a Tun or @ hit was not a world’s record, be- cause other pitchers have In previous sea- sons prevented opposing teams from mak- ing a hit off their pitching. Hawke this year performed the feat at the increased Pitching distance, which the other pitchers have not done.—Baltimore Sun. If the Bostons were not such lively coach- ers and kickers they would not have been as successful in the championship race as has been the case. Those clubs which take their medicine and accept with an easy grace the decisions of an umpire when against them never win a pennant.—Phila- deiphia letter. What nonsense! Kicking didn’t win @ single one of the games play- ed here. It was good playing. When base ball writers cannot think of any other ex-| cuse for a team’s losing they say they are too quit. Baltimore players kick ten times to Fhitadelphia’s once, yet look how they rank. Up to the day of the announcement of | Danny Ric! "3 suspension very few base ball patrons knew that that popular player used liquor in excess, But to those more intimately acquainted with him it was ho news that Danny went off on a quiet “pat” occasionally. He was one of the class known as quiet drinkers, and {t ts shown from the published statement of the Brooklyn club that during his many falls from grace this year the young man Invari- ably began the work on Sunday in the quiet of his room, and turned up on Monday quite unfit, for play Sporting Lite. |The state- e Brooklyn club referred to is President Byrne's assertion based on whi Capt. Foutz has told him. Richardson’ word is as good as Fouts’s. Those inti- mately acquainted with Richardson Jo not pelleve the story. O'Rourke played with him for years in New York and scouts the charge. Richardson certainly did not in- dulge in drink while here. It is practically settled that Stratton 1s to be traded for Decker. Manager Barnie made Anson an offer Monday afternoon, and after the game the old man told Strat: ton that he would accept. The Chicago cranks will make @ great protest, for Deck- er has been playing good ball. Stratton feels badly about leaving Loutsville, but says he will move his family as soon as the | deal is closed. ‘The Baltimore club should end the sea- fon not lower than sixth place. The pres- ent home games will give the club the only | opportunity it will to improve its | standing. ‘Several of the players have be- ‘Those who made the run were Capt. Geo. W. Cook, E. B. Hunt, Geo. M. Hunt, J. J. Fister, L. 0. Slack, E. A. Pitkin, R. Keister | and H. B. Posey.” There are now twenty- one century riders in the club who hold} sixty-three century bars, fifty-three of which haye been earned this year. | ‘Tomorrow the club will be entertained at Dickey’s, the favorite place of the wheel- men, and early next month the summer | season will be formally closed by the club with a watermelon run to Benning, where | Mr. Geo. M. Hunt's lawn will be used as the place for holding the feast. Bicycle Thieves. During the past two weeks :ho wheelmen have been greatly annoyed by bicycle thieves and the police have been kpt Tusy | looking after the thieves xn] ~ndeavoring to recover the wheels. Four of the rine wheels stolen have been recovered and three arrests have been mile. Une white | man and two negroes were the prisoners. | In the case of the white man whose name! was given as George W. Stocxl:aia, three | wheels are charged against him. One be- | longed to F. W. Palmer, one to Harry Higham and the other to W. ‘f. Robert- | son. His arrest was brought about by the! recovery of one of the wheels frum i col- ored man named Ketcham, wh? |. chased it from the alleged thict. His chav. acter was above reproach an] when he learned that he had a stolen wheal ne not | only gave it up without any hesitation, but he also declared that he womid catch’ the | man from whom he had made tne purche: And so he started out in the 2ap: detective. Before many days h he found Stockham on a wheel him just_a few seconds +o mak mount. Before he could get 1way 2 police- man was called and now tockhum ts awaiting the action of the srand jury on his case. In the other case the wheel was the prop- | erty of Mr. A. L. Hitchcock of Capitol Hill, | was taken from in front of his house. Haif an hour after the theft Policeman Sum Brown caught the thieves and recovered the wheel. Like Stockham, they are now in jell awaiting the action of the grand jury in the fall. Races of Local Wheelmen. Racing is claiming the attention of the Arlington Wheelmen and the Washington Es 2 club runs are not being made, as is usual son sume of the riders figured in the races at Roanoke and other places, and later they | th figured in the race events of Baltimore and other places. Two weeks ago, as published in last Saturday's cycle column, the Wash- ington racers figured in the events of the Associated Cycling Clubs of Baltimore to the extent of carrying off six out of a pos- sible seven first prizes. In those events some of the fast men of Baltimore ond Philadelphia figured, and now the Philadel- hia races are to be held and this city Is to Be represented in all the open events, ‘The meet ts to be held one week from today, and those who are to enter from here are already getting themselves in condition to go over and bring home some of the first prizes. John Wood’s unfortunate collision on the Baltimore track will prevent his tak- ing part in the coming events, and his con- dition is such that he may be unable to do any more wheeling this season. Although 11 participate in the races are Messrs. aS spey and Hunter of the Washing- ton Road Club, Capt. Clapp, Robertson and ‘of the Arlington Wheelmen and Howard Rhine of the Singer Road Club. Last Sunday the Capital Bi. Club did not take its usual weekly run, as its road mem- bers could not muster a’ corporal’s guard. Many of them are out of town, and those who are not away for the summer are Spending their Sundays out of the city. Washington, Grove campmeeting opens to- jnorrow. and a run to that place has been called "by, Capt, Wirt. The recent trip, of the club to the Mount Airy campmeeting was such a pleasant one that good at- tendance on the run tomorrow assured. come listless and careless.—Baltimore Sun. ‘The New York correspondent of the Sport- ing Life never wrote truer words than the following: Criticism of ball games in New York has narrowed down to just this: In- stead of reporting the game as it ts piayed | personal opinions, spite, malice and venom | ? are allowed to hold sway in newspapers that under other circumstances would not tolerate such partiality. When the New Yorks win they are patted on the back, called “champions,” “world beaters” and “giants,” When they lose they are termed “stiffs,” “quitters” and “pigmies.” Is this the way to support a home team, and do the cranks who read the papers hold a high estimation of the persons who pour such slush into print? Conservatism in New York base ball reporting is, with few ex- ceptions, a dead cock in the pit. Apropos of Cincinnati's protest against Umpire Snyder, it makes one sad to think that this same man, who 1s an object of hatred to Cincinnatf! fans, is the Charley | Snyder who has given some of the best years of his life to Cincinnati as the cap- tain of the Reds, when the battery of White and Snyder was one of the most fa- mous in the country. Speaking of the two games forfeited to | Cleveland, Barnle yesterday sald President Young will not count them in his record | until the meeting of the league. Manager | Barnie said this would place Louisviile far ahead of Washington and close onto Chi- cago. Col. Barnie is “off” this time. The games will count against Louisville, and | might as well be put in the tables’ now. | President Young ts authority for this. Bar- | nie did not succeed in inducing the Cleve- lands to play off the games. St. Louis beat out the Philadelphias in the tenth inning, and this once again ties them with Baltimore for eighth place. There is some talk of the Philadelphia Ball Club securing new grounds for next | season. The completion of the “hump” on | Broad street will make the present grounds | undesirable, and Messrs. Reach and Rogers | are sald to be negotiating for the old brotherhood grounds at Broad and Dauphin streets. Bierbaur played fourteen games at second for Pittsburg without making an error. He accepted eighty-three chances. Jack Menefee is Gare! out to be one of Louisville's most successful pitchers. ‘The game between Boston and Pittsburg at Boston yesterday was postponed on ac- count of rain. Chicago now has no less than seven pitch- ers on its books against three but a few days ago. All of the recruits come from Southern League. Ward says that Ruste, German, Petty and Baldwin will do the pitching for the New Yorks next season. Short Stop Denny split one of his fingers in a game at Chicago Wednesday, and O'Rourke {s playing at short stop, ‘while Weaver has once more gone to right fold. It is amusing to see the Itimores, spoken of as “hard hitting.” The Balti- more papers have all been ‘criticising the team for its weak work with the stick. Meakin was fatally weak in spots at Chi- cago yesterday. With only one Chicago player reaching first on errors the loss of the game cannot be charged to bad fleld- ing. It was on balls and hits that followed. Mulvey made four hits playing with the Reading team yesterday and Larkin two. Xet, Reading was beaten by Altoona, owing to twenty-two hits being made off R i- ing’s pitcher, Fox. AN INCOME TAX BILL. BIG PILES OF SILVER. Dollars That Are Stored in the Treasury Vaulta. A COUNT OF It-I8 NOW GOING ON. Some Large and Very Interesting Figures Set Forth. LOSS AND GAIN IN COINAGE. In view of these troublous times in the money market and the effect that the steady purchase of silver is said to have upon it, the question as to just how much ailver the United States owns naturally becomes a very interesting one. ‘When one begins to consider this mat- ter he at once plunges into the realms of large figures. Smal! matters must be for- gotten in the attempt to conceive of mil- Mons. The United States is the possessor of about 5,000 tons of silver, stored in the vaults under the control of the treasurer, Mr, Morgan. It is generally known that the government has been purchasing sil- ver at the rate of 4,500,000 ounces a month, and when one stops to think what an im- mense mass of white metal this has com- Pelled the government to take and care for he is Ukely to be more than a little sur- prised. This monthly purchase is said to be pretty much the entire output of the sil- ver mines of the country. A Trip Through the Vaults. A Btar reporter made a trip through the vaults of the Treasury Department yester- day afternoon. It is a tour of inspection that many people make every day, and is one that strangers in the city always look forward to with especial pleasure. They have been told of the novel experiences of holding in one hand a million dollars’ worth of greenbacks and being ushered into s oom where there are silver dollars, so many that it would be as useless to at- tempt to count them as it would be to carry them away. It is a visit that is of more than usual interest now that the two houses of Con, are spending so much of thelr time in extra session discussing the merits and necessities of silver. ‘Only coin is kept in the treasury vaults. Bars and bullion are stored in the sub- treasuries and the mints. There are eight vaults in the treasury used for, the safe keeping and storage of money. The total Value of the contents of these vaults is $653,176,000. Only two of these vaults ai used for the storage of standard silver dol- lars. Vault No. 1 contains $01,000,000, while the smaller vault, known as vault No. 2, has In it only about $50,000,000. In addition to this there is $9,000 worth of fractional silver. The other vaults are used for holding bank notes, bonds, money for daily use, &e. Counting the Silver. ‘The money in the two silver vaults ts be- ing shifted about just now owing to the count that is going on. Men have been at work ever since the 1st of July counting the silver and the work now will probably be {qnished about the latter part of this week. It 1s an interesting sight to watch these busy men at thelr task of handling large bags of silver. The coin {3 contained in stout canvas bags holding $1,000 each. ‘These bags are passed across, through a Passageway between the piles of silver and there @ man sits, who Wwelghs each jarately. On one of the scales 1s pl a'baw that is known to weigh the proper amount and to contain the right number of the shining dollars. If the bag that Is to be weighed does not pull its side down at once the bag is at once taken off and its contents counted. Occasionally there Is a bag that shows signs of too much handlinj or too long life, and this 1s turned over an: its contents poured into a new bag. It is hot and tiresome work, way down there be- low the region of light and fresh air, and electric lights and fans are kept running constantly. [t also takes quite a considera- bie number of men w do the work, among them a number of big, brawny colored men, for the bags are not light and it takes a strong man to handle them as rapidly as must be don The Treasurer Responatble. ‘The treasurer of the United States ts personally responsible for all this wealth, which must, of course, be counted every time there is a change in the office, for the new man must receipt to his predecessor for every cent that has been turned over to him. ‘Treasurer Morgan, the new incum- bent, may never have seen any of this im- menge sum that has been turned over to him, and he has to take the word of others as to the accuracy of the count In this he Is quite safe, however, for the work is done by men who know how to do it, and there 1s as much chance of the money walk- ing away of ts own accord as there is of anyone's being able to take care of it for his own use. Uncle Sam's treasure is well guarded, and the place where it is stored comes pretty near to being a place where neither moth nor rust can corrupt, and Where thieves cannot break through and ateal. in the largest vault, a huge room, eighty- nine by fifty-seven feet, and twelve feet high, money is stored up all around, with nfy narrow passageways between the piles Each pile of dollars is in itself in a separate safe, surrounded as it Is with a lattice work of heavy fron bars. The walls of each pile are built up with boxes of silver dol- lars, and inside these walls the money is piled tn canvas bags, for these take up less Toom than the boxes, a very important Teason, as there is always the question how to supply enough room for all the money. ‘The figures that go with all this wealth are of themselves interesting. Some Interesting Figures, The total coinage of silver dollars under the Bland act of 1878 was $389,936,374. The total coinage under the act of July 14, 1890, known as the Sherman act, has amounted to $29,455,606. There are 58,917,000 silver dollars in cir- culation. More than half of all the silver owned by the United States is stored in this city. At the mints and assay offices there ts $124,211 000 worth of bar silver. Altogether there is $831,000,000 In standard stiver doliars. There is $12,469,000 in fractional currency. Up to the time of the stringency in the moncy market about fifty millions was redeemed in gold, and oniy about a half million in silver, but, since currency has become scarce, fhere has been a large demand for silver to pay off hands In factories and oth- er_places where there are large pay rolls. e silver that 1s stored in the treas- ury was moved here from the subtreasurles which were overcrowded. Silver is moved about through the medium of the express companies. It is handed over to them in double bags, and as it is carried at the risk of the companies, they care for it as they see fit when it is en route. Fractional sii- ver in small amounts Is usually sent in small kegs. No money is being coined now except from uncurrent silver, which is he- ing ‘Fecoined Into the present styles of coinage. Been Buying Silver Since 1878. ‘The United States has been buying silver ever since 1878, when the Bland law went into effect. Until the Sherman law went into operation, the treasury purchased $2,- 000,000 worth of bullion every month for coinage. There was purchased under the first law 308,199,261.71 ounces of silver, for which it paid $323,695,576.19—an average cost of $1.06 per ounce. On this silver the < ernment made a profit of a great many millions of dollars by calling every 275 | grains of fine silver a dollar, no mutter what the market value of silver might be when paid for in gold. On the silver pur- chased under the Sherman law the govern- ment has lost already about $40,000,000 by the depreciation of value of its stock of bullion on hand. Up to the Ist of July about 157,000,000 ounces had been purchased. Four millicn and five hundred thousand dollars in silver amount to about 140 tons, and if the country still that rate, the problem of what to do with the metal promises to become an even more serious one than it {s now. It is said that even if the Sherman law is repeulod, and the government undertakes to well it, the silver market will go even lower than it did when the silver miners of Colorado threatened to close their mines because In- dia was about to stop the free coinaze of silver. Lieut. Gov. Daniels of Kansas Has Sent It to Washingt Lieut. Gov. Daniels of Kansas has sent to Washington for Introduction in Congress his graduated income tax bill. It rrovides for a tax of 1 per cent on estates of les than $2,000,000, of 3 per cent on estates between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000, of 18 per cent on all estates of over that amount.- The tax 1s to be used for pensions and for equaliz- ‘The League Trip to Chicago. Many of the wheelmen who went on the league excursion to Chicago have returned home. They all had a good time, and s] in terms of praise of the manner in which Secretary Stearns managed the party. Cycling Fixtares. Fixtures for next moath have been an- nounced as follows: ing the pay of soldiers of the war, for inter- nal Improvements and for equipping the na- tional guard. Adult male immigrants are to be taxed $200 and immigrant children over twelve years of age #10. talmheritances and legacies are also to be axed. An address goes with the bill charging all the ills of the country to legislation in favor of the rich and appeals to Congress to en- act just laws. Nerve Tonic goes on buying at | ; UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. The Washingtoa Colony at Aurora, Va., and Their Doings. Correspondence of The Evening Star. AURORA, W. Ve., Aug. 17, 1888. When one leaves Washington on the 1145 a.m. train, with the thermometer up im the nineties, and on arrival at Oakland finds it necessary to don an overcoat be- fore taking the drive across the country to Aurora, where the guests are, sitting around a grate fire, one can ciate how delightfully cool and bracing atmosphere is here. With blue skies just enough rain to keep vegetation and the roads free from di which is a prime feature is simply perfect. Ini habitants say that this has delightful summer here for several years. The chief attraction at this mountain resort is air; then come the pure water and the grand scenery. Situated as Aurors is, on the very summit of the Alleghanies, one never grows tired looking on these of time. SFhiat how the season here is at its height. ‘The hotels are crowded. On Monday a ten. nis tournament between Aurora Brook- side was the feature of the day, in which ar. 8. P. Wi main- the most creditably, and the lookers on were treated to an interesting ‘which was very close and contained some brilliant plays. In the ‘@ summer Tesort one mile from here, reciprocated hospitality by inviting, all. the guests to their annual ball, which proved to be one of the events of the season, f thi ts coming over from Oak- many of the fuests coming _ land. The rated with evergreens and flags, and Mr. congratulations on the general muccess. © aoe a The following evening Mrs. A. H. mes of Washington euchre fH ite 5 k iy g i 53 i Aurora's gave a prosreiye in honor of the Misses Johnson, Mr. Hodges and Mr. Harvey Given. The prizes were won by Mrs. H. P. God- win and Mr. J. A. Shaffer, while the booby Pedr” Newburg: The young people. ew Sith de ‘moonlight delight the ap nights, when straw horseback par- tes ena trips to the “haunted house” will be the order of the evening. Among, those, here from Wast are e following: Dr. 8. fearns Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Semmes, Mrs. and Miss Hodges, Mr. Harry Hodges, Mr. Harvey Given, Mr. and Mrs. W. ‘Todd and Master Wm. B. Todd, jr.. Mrs. J. Whit Herron and family, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sims and Miss Sims, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johneon, Mr. 8, P, Johnson, Mies Huntoon, . John A. Hebrew ani brew, Me a Kimble and Master family, Mr. and Mrs. HG. : Maddren, Miss Maddren, Rev. Dr. Eiliott, the Misses Johnson, Miss ‘Twitchell Mos. and Miss McFarland, the Misses Mrs. H. P. Godwin and children, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Allen, Mrs. Wm. R. Bushby, og RAL ee Ey a rs. H. G. Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnston, J. A. Shaffer and Mrs. Mackay. — THE SPOTS THAT MAR. How a Gown Was Retrimmed With Beautifal Effect. It ts a very simple matter to spoil a new summer gown. One wearing 1s sufficient to accomplish it. A single drop of a liquid that spots, falling on the front of a xkirt, will forever mar its beauty. A tiny catch of a briar encountered in the country ramble will make an ugly rent that it is difficult and sometimes impossible to darn. A eud- den shower will effectually remove the crisp freshness of the dainty lawn. A Quaint Lace Drapery. In some cases the evil is past remedy. But, as a rule, clever manipulation will euc- cessfully conceal the disfigurement. Bs clally is it easy, now that liberty is exer- cised in the dress trimming. Bands are often added for the purpose of coveriny spots, and draperies or folds are very ef- fective in these cases. This gown, for instance, was originally much simpler than now. There was but a single lace band on the skirt and a berthe on the bodice. But, alas! an accident reault- ed in some ungainly spot on the akirt, both at the bottom and the hips, and something must needs be added. So the clever dress- maker devised the lace arrangement. It was easy to add the two bands on the skirt, but when it came to the hips the probiern was more difficult. But she finally hit upon the lace fichu which is added, and which, after crossing at the belt, falls down in coquiles at the sides of the skirt. A few hidden stitches were sufficient to keep the lace in place and the loons of the bow com- pleted the good work. It was most beanti- ful when finished, for the white lace looked well wits the pale green of the dress and the belt bow was a green and rose color, with the shoulder bows made all of rose. ——_—- 02+ —_____ Frank Barton. a Denver carpenter, was fatally shot by Officer McPhee at an ‘early hour yesterday, the policeman mistaking him for a burglar, Silas Brown of Columbus, aged fifty. eight years. shot and killed his wife Thurs- day night. She had brought sult for a Always Stand Another ir of Shoes. a io handy. Hotter eet why ts and now while our prices are so low. 20 Per Cent Off Qn all SHOES for the next three days. Finest qualities of well-wearing, well-Otting and well-looking shoes alone compose our Ladies’ $2.50 Oxfords, tm all kinds of toes, opera, common seme, etc., will go at 20 per cent off lar prices. Laird,” Schober Mitchell's Ladies’ Bhoes, ‘the finest produced, cloth top or all Kid, patent leather or plain toe, for high oF dor neteD: regular $5 and $5.50 $4. ‘We can fit any foot fectly, im at kind. of FINE" SHOES "you may taney, Prices the lowest. A few Shoes stili left on the Sc. table. EDMONSTON xew —1334 F Sz N.W.—srons | IOWA PROHIBITIONISTS AROUSED. They Are Greatly Excited at the Ac i I : f g iy § E i 2 would cure. the ity howlers go to the rear. Many banks and business establisaments have suspended, but not one in fifty of them,has fafled. They are solvent; ready to resume whenever the croskers are through with their work, and soon the calamity organs which have heralded fail- ures in startling headlines will be record- ing the resumption of the suspended con- Hf time as if bankruptcy were upon us as a people, when business could be revived et once if honest and well-merited faith in the government, in the country and ia in- dustries were restored. 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