Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1893, Page 9

AT THE STAR mm oj Ree esd SB KAUFFMANK, Prev ‘Tux Evexruc S78 i served te subscribers in the city by oe their own account, at 10 cents Ror d'cents cach. By mail~aaywhere in the United States or Canada—pestage prepalé—S0 cents per Part2. Che pening Star. Pages 9=I12. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TO ADVERTISERS. ‘Advertisers are urgently re quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence being Given to those first received. LECTURES. EDUCATIONAL. AMUSEMENTS. PHOF. ——$—$—$—= . CALDWELL'S DANCING ACADEMY, COR. Sth and H 2.w. TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS. Class for children Weds. and Sats. Private lessons by appointment at my residence,40 C aw. CHURCH, OTH AND _P-CONCERT Wilson, soprano, TONIGHT. 1t* we BAMLINE by Miss K. AY, HLA WEEN. S197 INSTANT, —_—_ LLO" in ‘ai THE EASTERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, METZEROTT’S MUSIC HALL. MUSICALE Under direction of Dr. J. W. BISCHOFF, -Assisted by ‘THE CONGREGATIONAL chorea QUARTET. REV. THOMAS CHALMERS EASTON, D.D. cco RORENE. BURNS, ‘The lecturer will be introduced by Commissioner TICKETS. “4g od 50 CENTS. METZEROTT’S MUSIO STORE, And from BR. W. BLAIR, WM. BOYD, eT H st (oc25-6t*) @50 E st. me. ALBAUGH’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE THIS WEEK, Last Matinee “"The best jaced in — nrk American play prod! ten years. JOS. CRISHER AND PHOEBE DAVIES | IN THE NEW SOUTH. 00 NIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY. & Play Dealing With American Issues of Today. in SPORT McALLISTER, Bopp Theat vis SON MASE 3 z ‘M. WHARTON OF BALTIMORE WILL Er es STON tC; SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, MR. EMIL PAUR, CONDUCTOR. Season 1893- "D4. FIVE CONCERTS, Monday Evenings, November 6, Decemter 11, Jan- ‘uary 8, February 5, and March 26. SOLOISTS, MME. NORDICA, MR. MAX HEINRICH, MR. KNEISEL And others to be announce}. tickets with reserved seats for the 5A wh. he according Prowram bool ith descriptive notes on the wets fo pertorm "Will be mailed in sdvance of of subscription tickets. encantes subscription tickets will open at Metze- rott's music store MONDAY MORNING, October 30, poet cA. ELLIS, Manager. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER. THE MEW YORK LONDON THEATER SPECIALTY COMPARY. AN ORGANIZATION OF SUPERIOR ARTI: Next cee WILLARD’S HALL. ‘Week—HYDE’S COMEDIAN! For the Needy and Suffering Veterans of the South and their Widows and Orphans. 4 MUSICAL AND LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT (Of Southern and Local Talent). THURSDAY EVENING, AT 8 O'CLOCK, With an elegant Luneheon during Thursday and Faiday, 26th and 27th instant. from 11 am. to6 p.m. By the Ladies Southern Relief Society. Tickets, 50 cents to entertainment, to be had st all the hotels and prominent music and drug stores. |ARRIS’ THEATER wert Commencing MONDAY Oct. “Wi. TH . Thursday ‘snd Saturday. a -OWBPS, = eae GREENWOOD OPERA CO. Ivy" (EAF. NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, |. A Sumptuons Production of the _ AFRIGA, ME. GEORGE THATCHER And His Mammoth Company of So PEOPLE—__80 ure, ACROSS THE POTOMAC. ACADEMY. | ‘Wednesday nnd saarday Marines FAY TEMPLETON AND HER MERRY OPERA COMPANY OFFENBACH'S SPARKLING OPERA, MADAME FAVART. 4 MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION AN EXCELLENT COMPANY LYRIC ARTISTS. Next Week—-JULIA MARLOWE. oc23-tt no Taz DAve,.Bo competitors and they cam have “CONCERT BY THE INIMITABLE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS | paar from Fisk University, Nashville. ‘EVENING “These songs as you sing them a0, to the heart, pe = xo , aes and through one.""—Emperor of ave me creat gratification.” —Queen Victorias” “Isn't it wonderful? I never heard thing like {t.""—Gladstone. “The music {sal ¢riticism. for it cannot be classed with any other. H_!3 simply the heart beating out loud."—San and 50c.. according to location. For Store. oclS-8t* sais reyes vs M WONDERLAND MUSEUM AND THEATER, Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th st. ow. WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 23. A FLOOD OF FAMOUS FEATURES. WONDERFUL LIVE (aT MINSTRELS. Mile. La Tosca, Prof. J. H. West, Minerva, j ‘The Helstons, Bokemian Glass | Allibab Brothers, Blowers, | Sato, Prof. Schwigerling’s | The Bernard Children, Marionettes, Gorman and Primrose. €—Superd Staze Shows Daily—6 open at 1 and 7 o'clock p.m. General admission. ___ Reserved CALIFORS1a, AS, MEXICO.—SPECIAL SEMI- Tonthly tours parties over the Southern Pa- eifc company’s sunset ana Ogden routes; cheap to A. E HAWLEY. A. M., z. J. SMITH. Bi ter. cy Fates. Apy 334 Broad) So. 3d st.. Phi BANJO. BANJO.—A TRIAL LESSON FREE. Banjo quickly and correctly taught by note or Simpiltied method: only $7 per quarter. I guar- antee to teach the unmnusical person to play, a, Derfect, tune _esson by my simple | Method or no charge. Purlors open from 10 a.m 9 pam. GEURGE DiLABUE esl 'T et. Ilia. - FREE LECTC! NI AT GAILLARD School of fey? rare .. THURSDAY, 26th inst., $ p.w. turers—French, J. D. lard; German, P- s = and to Acquire ith Ges- and Sg meioue semaine <b % tained from Gaillard _scient ~ method (indorsed by two ex-ministers inst » and proved by declama' Saad e EXCURSIONS, &c. ‘TALL COACH LINE DAILY,10 A.M., 2 P.3 “rare ae Aare Cabin J. B. interest. 50'to 7Se. Finest ‘on earth. ‘No cars to Arlington. — ocl®-Lmi* MOUNT VERNON. Spates ae ee She 6. PHILLIPS, Gen. Pass. Agent, 1821 F st.n.w. ‘WM. S. NOBLE, Gen. Manager. seld MACALESTER: . TO MOUNT VERNON. ‘Tomb of Washington, Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. Will also make river landings as far as Glymont, stopping for freight and passengers both ways. 018 L. L BLAKE, Capt. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. NORMAL INSTITUTE. GRADED SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN, Pupils from Mmited; et ment; Latin, French and open fires; Dest Tefereuces. “Sfise SUSAN P PUL: _LOCK. oc24-lw* ‘MISS C. MATILDA MINKE, DELAWARE AVE. ‘Conserva' Be., graduate of the N. Misi sich Boston, ‘Organist and Biperienced ‘Te ‘Reacher Rade oeeg al cee RICHES OF efesa, oat music and oaraecy? Salty attentive to beginners ap well eo partis advanced. “O11 I st. a oa ‘ee25-2m LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. aw. Branches in all American and European Principal cities. New term begins now. LADY Just —, ENGLAND WISHES TO GIVE ments SA, An ~~ WHY Pay ) OR FOR ee 7g Lt Be: COURSE. DAY OB NIGHT, ‘EAR —— tation of the peioct reliable and nroow re Washington secon: ay Suarantes of correct treatment. creer BUSINESS COLLEGE, EW. Sole StH AND K STS. Se ME. ARTHUR D. MAYO, ‘Teacher of Pianoforte. 1345 L st. nw. ART NEEDLEWORK. Classes and private lessons. &e., poo eae oc21-6t* TUNG, MEN, say, ese mr of the ost Kew York ave. ‘SIGNOR MAINA’S VOCAL SCHOO! Ttallan ‘method of _Dlacing of the tls SYNDICATE for gi jon, and fitting for college, to ALL. the lan Bhysice, chemiotes Hab, History and Ep es, ry, Bomics,—by expe eon! open ug ca from the fading Universities in this country tions, solutions Sod acalyess made under gusrantes: Address A. F. Craven Ph. D. Columbian Univ, 0c20-6t" ‘NORWOOD IN: A School for Young Ladies and Little Girls, HIGHLAND TERRACE, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principals. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Office of the Secretary, WASHINGTON, August 21, 1393. My Dear Mr. Cabell: es feel very sure that if parents who have Ginghtce to aectte Wil ent eter thomeettes as to the advantages offered at Norwood the most Sbundant prosperity, Will come, to this great ea- terprise ery stucerely yours, This te all I ask of of my, easy and ‘Address Ts De oF x aS ‘ocl7-14t® WASHINGTON SEMINARY, 1540 17TH ST. Boarding and School opens October 2. Primary, ———4 and “Advanced Departisents, attentions ‘ate of compet mpetest teackers lasses: Literature, tion, __se12-2m* PRIVATE LESSONS, ELa ‘O- ioe aie ee — oan tutor. ver ttenti Bacuward, wine tod auate’ pupil. Trot » Dear aw. Hopkins _bsnctuw. htm? MR. PUTNAM’S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND boys ta located at 1434 @ st. nw. ang" qparation teen Best™ oo ioe iaPOe Rachie featai busi- ess. ofreferances. , For re a ee | PUTNASE. N. Mequannn? fy CoLumBIA STUDIO, OF, Me AOU TOR eas gn. Chey a and cote Soo F's van ses-zm* SCHOOL OF reesei (LANGUAGE 1426 | N. ave. 0. W., ee om E. VOINOT, Principal, S Drogresa. 1 lesson’ FRENCH ¢ “chases FORMING FOR THE SEASON Dra readings. matic French ‘2% cents admission. oc3-Im* MLLE. V. PRUD'HOMME, 307 D st. nw. maa, Coach. ‘MISS TACIE A. DANIEL, Yolce and 715 Sth sit. ow _8e30-1me* eae OLNEY INSTITUTE, Mra. sche for Foun October 2 1827 Myer's st. Day Ladies and Little ‘OBI 1893. and iris. WASHINGTON 1 FEMALE SEX and boarding school, priuary. interinee ge departinents; expertenced teachers; methods of instruction those tested during Twi ELVE years of earnest work; many | Tessons red xt school. within reach of help from Miss CLAUDIA STUART, Print cipal. ocd-Im® MISS ADELA VERNON, WELL-KNOWN SOPRANO vocalist aud experi-nced teacher of London, Eng- tal is in Washington for the season and is pre- pared to “accept “engagements “for concerts ‘and —— and to receive a Bee ye of _— Italian method. Address 1451 L nett WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1235 net ee ll = Fe Piano, organ, wore, ws fe, cornet, &c. Free advantages to pupils. 6. B. BULLARD, Director." ocd-lm* IN WASHINGTON, HENRY JAEGER, FLUTE SOLOIST AND TEACH. er, muy now be engaged solos, concerts or teaching. Foe teri thot at 15 4th st. se. ins aN €1 mhipe _se21-tf LESSONS ON THE JANKO Ten. Woop’s com! ACADEMY OF HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. FOR YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN, STUD) Evening classes Autique and men's lite. For circulars send to" niga _0c3-tf __ 808 17th st. mw. FRIENDS SEL uT SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL fee Seth open 18 1811 I st., its eleventh ma to "the primary de ment. 9, child may contin under the Eun ot lpigieweny college-trained teachers, who every seventeen students, Until prepared for. oot. lege or for graduation. Students meres oe by us Beem, “Mrolled at Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts In- heats of Technol nology, Lafayette and Hobart, Irposes Decessary appliance, including laboratory. Fo the ial is eadaptca to fo the needs and capac it books are furnished: free. Catalogues sent on ap eee ours from 10 a.m. to 12m _sel8-tr ‘THos. is JOHN'S COLLEGE W. SIDWELL. -FOR DAY STUDENTS ox studies resuined September 11; send for Bora. Bg oa President. WILL REOPEN FRENCH ing ladies and chil- at. Modern methods. 8e29-1m* TALBOTT Fnstion School for a, October 4, ighest grade st et | PARIS), FRENCH references. se16-3m* M and 11th sts., BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LA- DIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. aly po oe and pr jive in methods and spi ry and Collegiate classes. Established ta Bl this school continues the careful training and instruction in every department which It has bitherto, heen so favorably known. It is equipped with every appliance for the health and comfort of its _paptia, including steam heat, passenger elevator ber fect sanitation. Fall term opens OCTOBER 3, 1893. Year books — on application. CADEMY, tol st. jadies and tor {i children, will on MONDAY, Sept. 4. ‘This well-known acquiring ish and mustcal Pu- aot attend ing. the acadewy will be ‘admitted classes in music, art, work, elocu- aul5-4m efitcion a affords every Sdvantage for scat BS fancy tion, pbonography and typewriting. iE oF COMM! LERCE, bet. 6th and 7th sts. _n.w. co. K. ‘otek A.M. C.E., Prin. Twenty-third year guccessful “business eaeeetars or) geigeeh ear, “a “ents alt and Atteen ‘College. ‘thorough and Jractical courses: usiaeom, Eingits. ‘accountancy, service, shorthand and writing. Leara Taaivlaval Tnstruction by ‘ex: e tes of rare excellence and disti: shed success; moderate prices; send | for ca “=e8 THE MISES KERI'S ‘scHOOL AND LITTLE CHILDREN. 025 Fall term begins September 28, MRS HALSTEAD'S F PRIVATE SCHOOL, 1429 20th st.. of P st. nw. A day school for children and sider sila, Applications may be made at the school rooms Gaily from 9 till 1 o'clock. eons MISS ALICE E. RURBAGE, 469 I ST. Graduate of Royal Conservatory of iaioaig. Piano soloist ai <Teacher of piano, harmony ‘ind counterpoint. ‘es? MAR N’S_ KIND! RTEN A AND SCHOOL, ‘and the Elizabeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal | Training School, 1918 Sunderland place tor Ost. | = S ‘Will begin fall and winter "resale Octe o> Coach at nooa. 13m EATON, BURNETT & DURLING'S BUSINESS TRAINING SCHOOL, 12TH AND F STS. N.W. DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS IN ACTIVE OPERA- TION. The most practical form of instruction to be | found in any college. Our methods and the meth- ods of business are identical. Our graduates suc- ceed where others fail. Call and see us. We court investigation and in- vite comparison. aus-3m GUNSTON INSTITUTE, 2926 AND 2028 P ST.N.W. rding and Day School for Girls. semgion opens Sept. 25. ir. and \ RM octS-tm WASHINGTON FEMALE SEMINARY, 1226 15TH St. Day and boarding school,primary. intermediate | and advanced departments; expertenced teachers; | methods of instruction ‘those tested during TWELVE years of earnest work; many lessons repared at school.within reach of heip from pri _tipal, Miss CLAUDIA STUART, »PrinclpalsocS*1m° oc5-1 COLLEGE OF ELOCUTION, _ ORATORY — DRAMATIC CULTURE, | 1223, }, 1227, 1 1231 G st. The finest school in im class or private, in ocd all MR. W. EDWARD HEIMENDAHL OF BALTI. more will give vocal, instruction (Mfr. Shakes: re’s met! ) on 's and Fridays at inders & ae man's, rer st., on and after Tuesday, Oct. 24. For terms and’ particulars _dress care of Sanders & Stayman,” oclé-im ~~ 1864—EDUCATION FOR REAL LIFE—1806 FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, ¥ Bank of the Repubite ullding, corner 7 aw, ‘and night sessions ‘began bractical lis shorthand and ncerian rap) Sheetal, drewior. Thoroughly" trained teachers. rvices of graduates alwa: San ‘open every business ¥ and night. Write or call for new annual announcement. Mrs. SARA A. SPENCER, Tel. call 1084. MR. (ocl6) Principal and Proprietor. HERMAN C. RAKEMAND iil resume instruction On the violin, the 2d of October se26-1m_ Studio and resldsnce i221 12th st. nw. MISS FRANCES MARTIN ENGLISH AND 'S FRENCH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 1205 Q st. nw. Bee ft Kindergarten.” Boarding pupils limited. ORATORY, ACTING, Iture. 1317 13th st. ¢ the day or evenii . Miss ADA L. TOWN: se29-tr TO 1528 CORCORAN ST., MR, ERNEST LENT, se29-Im* Plano, Violin d Theory of M MISS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE Business College, 1207 10th nw, successfully for’ civil service, departmental _Sensus éxaminations. Stenography taught. TITUT Select “Classical sui Mathers Ss lect Classical and Mathematical School for Yonng Men and Boys. Begins its forty-second | Fs ‘September 20. Prepares for Harvard, Yale, aceton, Joans Hopkius. Lehigh and ottier col: leges. universities and scientific sch for the | iicca States Military and Naval Aeademies and for business. Special department for boys Sree. sat 2 your of ace. A full course te modern languages. For particulars address CHA: Be YOUNGS Principal REMOVED AND red and , 8e2-tr OF PIANO, N. npanying at sight. ‘Particular ners as Well as those further ‘2th st. n.w. Terms moderate. MRS. HARRIET MILLS. lessons resumed October 1. 1304 L’ street. be. | MAHOMMED HAS COME He Visits the World’s Fair and the Nation’s Capital. THE KING OF DRAGOMANS. He Has a High Regard for Ameri- cans. NOW ON HIS WAY HOME. ——_—__. Mohammed has come to the mountain. Only a portion of the mountain would go to Mohammed, and he had to do something. In this case the mountain is the United States, and Mohammed is the gentleman whose picture appears here, and whose name, as told by his card, is Elhag Moham- med Alaiwa. He is the chief dragoman for Messrs. Cook & Son in Egypt, and is a veritable king of dragomen. Hundreds upon hundreds of Americans have made the Nile | trip under Mohammed’s care, and all have vouched in more ways than one to his ¢/- |elency and attention. Mohammed, with cne | of his assistants, a young Egyptian named | Mahmont, has been out to Chicago in charge of a part of Cook’s exhibit, and a day or | 80 ago passed through Washington on his way to New York, and then to the land of the pyramids. With his native costume and turban, he has excited a good deal of attention, as he wandered around the city. wis Mohammed is forty-eight years of age anid jis a native of Luxor, Egypt. He ts a full blood Arab with great influence among his 15. |countrymen. Since 1870 he has been a shin- ing light among the Nile dragomen, and thousands of travelers owe a considerable share of their pleasure to his care, quaint |remarks and intelligent descriptions. ‘While at the fair he met 840 persons who had gone up the Nile under his care, and these 340 persons have all signed their names in a book which he carries. This book is valuable in other ways, as, besides the names mentioned, it contains the auto- graphs of President Cleveland, and all the | fair directors, commissioners and lady man- |agers. Mohammed speaks first-class Eng- lish, although his construction at times is a little peculiar. People who have been up the Nile with Mohammed will recall his warning, Galloping donkeys no good; monument tickets very much wanted. To a Star reporter who ran across Mo- hammed during his stay in Washington he | gave some of his impressions. “Yes, yes, America is a great country,” said Moham- med, “and the Americans are a great peo- ple. The fair was a splendid, magnificent concern.” ‘Did I see much of the Cairo street there? Lal La! Cairo street plenty much great fake. Mohammed leaves almost immediately for Cairo, and will go up the Nile on the first | steamer. This trip to America almost fin- ishes the world for him, us he has been pre- | viously pretty much over the*world. He in- | formed the reporter that it was getting too |cold for him in this climate, and that he would be glad to get back to his wife, and in answer to a question said, “Yes, yes. Only one wife. She plenty enough. Mo- | hammed getting bald. Mahmont, the young companion of Mo- hammed, is only twenty-three years old. | He 1s also married. Mahmont's views on | America are short, decisive, and to the point. He said simply, “Out of sight.” es ARRESTED FOR RIOT. Chief of Police and Sergeant at Roa- noke Surrender. Police Sergeant Griffith and Chief Terry ;of Roanoke surrendered to the hustings |eourt yesterday morning to answer the charge of felony, in accordance with in- dictments found against them by the spe- cial grand jury that investigated the late riot, and were admitted to bail in the sum of $1,250. E. L. Page was arrested at his butcher stall in the city market. His bail bond was fixed at $800, but not being able to furnish this he was locked up. Terry and Griffith are charged with con- spiring to deliver the negro Thomas Smith | into the hands of the mob, and Page with | having a hand in hanging him. Walter S. Boone, a prominent merchant, and Frank Shepperd, a Chicago drummer, also indicted for felony, cannot be found. James G. Richardson lives in the country, | and will be in the hands of the police offi- cers soon. No warrants will be served on | those indicted for misdemeanor, but they wil be summoned to appear on the first day of the November term of the hustings jcourt. There is considerable dissatisfac- tion with the jury’s work, but quiet reigns and no trouble is anticipated. as A Much Exaggerated Flag Incident. Gov. Gen. and Lady Aberdeen visited London, Ont., yesterday, and were tendered a reception by a large assemblage. While awaiting the train to take the party to Toronto, Lady Aberdeen called a reporter, and referring to the telegraphic reports of the flag incident at the world’s fair, said: “T have seen it printed that several thou- sand of Irishmen aided in pulling down the British flag at the Irish village in Chi- cago on Saturday. I was present and know that only a few roughs participated in that incident, and that there were the strongest indications that the great mass of Irishmen present had no sympathy whatever with the attempted outrage. “These facts I would like to have pub- lished and as widely as possible, for I feel that much needless harm may arise from | the misrepresentation of the actual occur- | rences.” | ——_—-+e2____ — Emile Lenoet, vice president of the French senate, is dead. He was born in 1827 and en- tered politics before he was twenty. EDUCATIONAL. OUT OF WASH MAPLEWOOD I $192 per year; best to infuse ‘with eneruy and to wake up boys to the auties of fas tong Under 8 Feara, $ J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., _ Je25-w,s, mdm s| 'S HALL, 1, FOR B BOYS, 51 = quonaE’s, or business lifes unexcelled Sava ; home comforts; reasonable terms; bi relerences. ocli-Im* TON. | PA. TITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, ‘& successful school; one of the YOUNG VERHOEFF’S FATE. His Unole Still Believes He is Alive in Greenland. Bases His Belief on the Young Man’s Plans—Pushing on for the North Pole. There is one person at least who does not believe that John Verhoeff, the young mem- ber of Lieut. Peary’s expedition to Green- land, realiy did meet death there. This person is the Rev. A. N. Keigwin, pastor of the West Presbyterian Church of Wil- mington, Del., and an uncle of the young man. Being asked the other day what he thought of Lieut. Peary’s report of his nephew's death, Mr. Keigwin replied: “If you mean the report that he was undoubt- edly lost in the glacier, I doubt it. I have @ great respect for Lieut. Peary’s opinion and a great admiration for him as an offi- cer and a gentieman; but I am unshaken in my opinion that my nephew was alive when the Peary expedition sailed from Greenland in August, 1892, and I have a reasonable hope that he is still alive, and wiil return when he has accomplished his object. Let me say that I am afraid that I am somewhat to blame for Verhoeff’s absence, and therefore may be better able to interpret his singular behavior in inten- tionally remaining in Greenland. About three years ago, before he went on the ex- edition, he was at my house for several days, and talked much on life in Green- Jand, which was his favorite theme. “In one of the conversations I urged my belief that there is all through the summer an open sea filled with ice floes to the north of Greenland, and beyond that, about the north pole, there is a continent from 600 to 1,000 miies long and from 50 to 500 miles broad; that between this continent and the maigland of North America and Greenland there is a number of islands, and that it would be impossible, on ac- count of broken ice and open water, to reach the continent in summer time. My opinion is one that I have heki for many years, and was formed from the well- known fact that has led Dr. Fridhof Nan- sen, the Norwegian explorer, to build a ship, sail through the Kara sea up toward the north pole until the ice pack is reached, | then, anchoring to it, float westward. This westward current has long been known, and shows that it is diverted by a large continent or isiand somewhere near the ae so that it comes out far east of Green- nd. “I dwelt on this opinion and talked to Verhoeff, and said I knew of no way to reach that polar continent except to push on in the summer time to the most north- ern point of Greenland and wait unul win- ter to form an ice bridge, and thus cross on the frozen sea. If Verhoeff was im- pressed with this opinion, as I have been for years, and there is no doubt that he was, then it is almost a certainty that his plan was to go as far north as possible be- fore the long winter nights set in. He could have easily reached Peary's farthest point north between August 24 and when Peary sailed for home, November 1, for the dis- tance was not more than 600 miles, and then, if my opinion is correct, he cou:d have gone on as fast as the ice floes would admit. I will not believe that Verhoeff is lost until I hear from Greenland in Sep- tember of 18%." ———--- +04 —_____. THE ANTARCTIC MYSTERY. The Latest Expedition Brings No News of the Land. It ts often said that there is little on the face of the globe left to explore. Those who so lightly speak forget all about the south pole and how ponderous a book what we do not know about it would make, re- marks the London Daily News. The hours spent, therefore, in the geo- graphical section upon papers and discus- sion about the Antarctic regions were full of interest, all the more so because two travelers who have made an expedition in those little-known latitudes narrated their experiences. Around the room were numbers of excel- lent paintings made during the voyage by Mr. W. G. Burn Murdoch. Mr. W. 8S. Bruce, the author of the first paper, told how he sailed from Dundee last autumn in the steam whaler Balena, and confronted the first iceberg on the 16th of December. On Christmas eve the ship occupied the I- tion in latitude and longitude where found himself on New Year's day just fifty years previously. One iceberg noticed by Mr. Bruce was a trifle of thirty miles long, and another was 250 feet high. Communications on a kindred subject were read by Mr. Scott-Keltie, one of the vice presidents of the section; from Ad- miral Sir E. Ommaney, and the Austral- asian Antarctic committee, whose enthu- siasm in an expedition to the south pole had borne no fruit, owing to a variety of causes, not the least of which was the apathy of the imperial authorities. It would appear from the notes of the Balena voyage that the whole of the district south of sixty degrees south is strewn with bergs. As many as sixty-five, all of great size, to say nothing of smaller ones, were counted in one day. They were tabular or well-worn varieties of the form. On January 12 the crew saw what ap- peared to be high, mountainous land and glaciers, which Mr. Bruce believes may have been the eastern coast of Graham's Land, which has never been seen before. Periods of fine, calm weather alternated with very severe gales, usually accompanied by fog and snow. The lowest air tempera- ture on February 17 was 20.8 degrees Fah., and the barometer never rose above 29.80i inches. No whale resembling the Greenland black whale was met with, but there were many finbacks, some hunchbacks, bottle- noses, grampuses, and several kinds of seals, the hunting of which, in default of whales, was the object of the voyage. The seals were of three kinds, but there were no vena seals, and all were found on the pack ice. The penguins are described by Dr. C. Donald, Mr. Bruce's fellow-voyager. ‘They did not find the whalebone whale of which they were in search in and about Erebus and Terror Bay, but found plenty of pen- guins, which the doctor considers the most interesting of birds. Large flocks, directed by a single bird, were fallen in with, and eggs were discovered measuring 2.6 by 2.1 inches. The emperor penguin, one of which variety was captured, was 4 feet 10 inches high, and it welcomed the sailors by knock- ing five of them down upon the ice with its flippers. The bird was ultimately taken by the lassoing of neck, filppers and beak. The fact that antarctic exploration languishes through lack of funds was regretted by several members. MARY WASHINGTON’S MONUMENT. Corner Stone of the New Structure at Fredericks! The corner stone of the new Mary Wash- ington monument was laid on Monday at Fredericksburg, Va. The metal box which was deposited in the corner stone contains the following articles: Copy of charter and list of members of the National Mary Washington Memorial Association on parchment, copy of the contract for the monument between the National Mary Washington Memorial Association and John Crawford & Son on parchment, Co- lumbian stamps from one to ten cents, story of Mary Washington, by Marion Harland; the plate taken out of the old corner stone, which has been re-engraved; silver plate, containing the names of the president, secretary and trustees of the Mary Washington Monument Association of that city, and president, secretary and trustees of the National Association. The unveiling of the monument will take place aboot ber 1. Senator John W. Daniel will deliver the oration on that oc- casion. ——_+-e+___ A_ meeting of the Inter-Collegiate Foot Ball Association has been called for tonignt in New York. THE VOORHEES BILL. Amendments to Be Disposed of Before a Direct Vote. SOME OTHERS MAY BE OFFERED. Difference Between the House and Senate Measures. FREE COINAGE PROPOSITIONS. There will be a number of amendmeats to the Voorhees bill, which have been offer- ed in the Senate and which will have to be disposed of before a direct vote of uncon- ditional repeal can be had, and yet others may be offered before a direct vote is reach- ed. Some of these amendments are ex- pected to have considerable strength, and there are some Senators who expect a very close vote of the Faulkner amendment, with @ possibility of its adoption. The chances are decidedly against any amendment be- ing adopted, yet there will be the possibil- ity of such a thing until the matter bas been decided by a vote. The only amend- ment that has been acted on is the free coinage amendment of Mr. Peffer, which by @ vote was laid on the table. Mr. Peifer afterward offered another free coinage amendment, reducing the smallest amount of silver which may be offered for free coin- age to sums of fifty dollars. The Wilson Bill. The Wilson bill passed the House on the 28th of August, after ten days’ debaze, and was sent to the Senate the same day. This bill provided for the repeal of so much of the act of July 14, 189, (the Sherman act), as directs the purchase of 4,500,000 ouncer of silver bullion per month; it provides that such repeal shall not impair or in any man- ner affect the legal tender qual:ty of the standard silver dollars herctofore coined; and it pledges the faith and credit of the United States to maintain the parity of the | standard gold and silver coins of the United States at their present legal ratio or st such other ratio as may be established by law. The bill was reported back to the Senate from the finance committee the day after it was received from the House with an amendment in the nature of a substitute which was exactly similar to the Wilson bill, except as to the declaratiun of policy. ‘The Senate Declaration. ‘The following declaration was substituted for that adopted by the House: “That it is the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and ex- changeable value—such equality to be se- cured through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will in- sure the maintenance of the parity in value of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar, at all times, im the markets and in the payment of jebts.” It then fur- ther declares that “the efforts of -he gov- ernment should be stcadily directed to the establishment of such @ safe system of bi- m as will mainiain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined cr is- sued by the United States in the markets and in the payment of debts.” Amendments Offered. The amendments offered to this bill in the Senate are now to be disposed of before a direct vote on the bill can be had are: @) By Mr. Hansbrough (N. D.). For the issue of silver certificates to replace all classes of gold coin or paper currency, in- cluding national bank notes of less denomi- nations than $20, and for the bi-monthly purchase of silver bullion and the coining thereof into standard dollars at the exist- ing ratio, as a basis for the circulation and redemption, at par, of the certificates. The certificates are to be a legal tender for all sums of $100 or less. The issue of gold coins and paper currency of less denomina- tions than $20 (except those silver certifi- cates) is to cease. @) By Mr. Call (Fla.). Requiring all the silver bullion in the treasury to be coined into dollars, half dollars and quarter dol- lars at the ratio of 16 to 1 and that legal tender silver certificates shall be issued and paid out for all public dues and shall be deposited in the national depositories and subtreasuries. Also providing for a convention of North and South American states to consider and decide upon a common standard or ratio upon which gold and silver shall ries main- tained and admitted to free coin: ( By Mr. Butler (. C.). Repealing the 2 Se Cent tae wpen the notes. at etek ©) By Mr. Faulkner (W. Va.). For the monthly coinage of three million standard — out of the silver bullion in the treas- “iso for the monthly purchase of suf- fictent silver bullion to coin two million sil- ver dollars, and for the coinage thereof into quarters, half dollars and dollars. The whole aggregate of silver coinage is not to exceed $00,000,000. All national bank notes of denominations less than $10 that are re- ceived at the treasury or any subtreasury are to be destroyed, pelle new notes issued for them, of which $10 shall be the lowest denomination. 6. By Mr. Stewart (Nev.). For a Congress of the Central and South American repub- lics, Mexico, Haiti and San Domingo, for the adoption of a common silver coin to be issued by each government, and to be a legal tender in all commercial transactions between the citizens of all the states par- ticipating in the conference. For Free Coinage. 7. By Mr. Kyle (8. D.)—For free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, the govern- ment to receive the seigniorage or differ- ence between the bullion and coin value of the metal, and for the issue of silver cer- tuficates on such dollars, 8 By Mr. Call (Fla.), his second amend- ment, opening the mints of the United States for the coinage of all gold and silver bullion that may be brought to them, into — of the standard weight and fineness. 9. By Mr. Squire (Wash.). Authorizing any owners of silver bullion to deposit it at any mint of the United States, to be coined into standard silver dollars of the present weight and fineness, for his benefit, but he is only to receive dollars equaling the commercial value of the bullion on the day of deposit. Such coinage it not to ex- ceed $4,000,000 per month, until the amount coined reaches $200,000,000, when all further coinage of silver dollars shall cease. A Monetary Commission. 10. By Mr. Gallinger (N. H.). For the ap- pointment of a monetary commission to take evidence in all parts of the country on matters relating to finance and the cur- rency, and to report on the best policy to be adopted to maintain the double standard. ll. By Mr. Allen (Neb.). To permit any owner of silver bullion to deposit it at any mint and coined into standard dollars for his benefit—less 20 per cent, which is to be retained by the government as seigniorage. 12. By Mr. Jones (Ark.). For a commis- sion to examine into the financial and mon- etary condition of the government and the people of the United States, with a view to devising means for the betterment thereof. 13. By Mr. Wolcott (Col.). Directing the repayment to the states interested of the cotton tax collected during the war. 14. By Mr. Perkins (Cal.). For the open- ing of the mints to the coinage of silver of proved American production at the existing ratio, 20 per cent to be withheld for minting or seigniorage. Also providing that no gold pieces shall be issued of a less denomination than $10 and no bank notes or treasury notes of a less denomination than $. Also providing for a commission of five monetary experts. REAR ADMIRAL QUEEN DEAD, and unexpectedly, resulted in the fi occurred at 10:10 orclock: His Honorable Naval Career. Upon his graduation from the class of "41 the then 85 i 7 dian station. He continued as a midshipman till the the Mexican war, when the fromt, wucviag ot @ilierent the Cumberland and the Ohio ting a chance to display fighter. He, with a marines and fellow. ed at Fort Isabel, and served on shore some time, taking part battes Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. In 188 he became involved in which brought about his dismissal service, and he was not five years later. Two — made a Heutenant, and he wit Powhatan in 1861, when at the breaking ot er Pompe sede soy 3 went with vessel to reinforce Fort Pickens and served nineteen days charge of the boat fleet. He was with Porter during the ment of Forts Jackson and commanding the second mortar fleet, and thus in the fall of Vicksburg. of the war he was duty at Reading, Pa. and close of the struggle, was of commander. i i i - E | ie £ ankatte al i i A Story of an Encounter Between the ‘Two Wits of the House. A writer in the Philadelphia Times says: To the friends of both it is a serious ques- tion as to the effect which Fellows’ retire- ment from Congress will have on the happi- ness and usefulness of Private John Allen of Tupelo, Mississippi. They are the two wits of Washington, with no one else in their class. Senators Joe Blackburn and John P. Jones have records of their own, and are in a class by themselves; but Fellows and Allen by common consent “‘take the cake,” rather divide it. Some of the tilts between Fellows and Allen, if printed, would the traditional bouts of Charles James and Dick Sheridan. On one occasion, at a twenty-five cents ante and Fellows laid down threes on a @ doliar, Private Allen observing marked that, while Fellows eral elements of greatness, quence, learning and poetry, courage was conspicuosly composition. Fellows making no reply, “Take, for exainple.” he said, record as a Confederate. consists of the presence of Yankee returns of priscners rendered at Port Hudson, it i i ifs i HTH re Gre and several hundred miles. 1 was captured once, in the third rene of the war, but encaped after after only six matters such as my own record you may exhaust your genius for when it comes to matters of such import- ance as your record, the truth of history must be preserved.” Senator Jones of Nevada, who was one of the party, inquired the reason why Private Allen's record was of such historical value. will become its logical Presidency. In that case 7 es the neces- sity of preserving bis record in’ Jones assented, whereat play asked Fel- lows if he meant to dispute his statement was taken mer. said Fellows, “you were captured while asleep on picket post in the third year of the war. But you did not escape from prison. The Yankees kicked you out of their prison in about six weeks and told you to go back to your d—d confederacy and do your worst. The Yankees are a thrifty race, with keen business sense, and, having fought you for three years in the field and boarded you for six weeks in prison, they discovered that it was cheaper to fight you than to feed you!” Up to this writing Private Allen has not responded to the call of time; but it is not believed in Washington that he has perma- nently retired from the ring. He is expect: ed to make a democratic speech during the ing campaign in New York which will eclipse all previous records—even his = ous speech in the House on the silver bill— and it may be assumed thet on that he will get even with Colonel HS —__—__+0-+—_____ The Baltimore-Washington Road. Surveying parties have been sent out by the Baltimore Traction Company for the purpose of establishing a preliminary line for the proposed electric road between the cities. One of these parties started at Laurel and the other at Rives station on the District line, oa are w: toward each other. —— different lnes have been surveyed for this proposed line. + 0-—____ ‘The little village of Mystic, Conn., claims to have more stones than any other town of its size in the country. peek ag fect ones are numbered within its