Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1893, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDA MONEY WANTED & TO LOAN (| SUBURBAN PROPERTY. LADIES’ GOODS. TO SED AT ONCE— FOR RENT—AT FOREST GLEN, MD., 6. BATH | L. J. BENJAMIN, PRACTICAL FURRIER. and cellar cottage; furnace and grate beat; Ladies’ furs improved —— style, large lot; oly $15.’ Will sell_same on monthly | ed at moderate prices; ties 700, at 6 per cent, Payments. HERTFORD & HENDERSON, 1108) 10-1m* "1612 5th > Or will make one loan for 36.000. 3 == nil-2t_ | FINE DRESSMAKING DONE AT 445 MASS. AVE. HILL & JOHNSTO: FOR RENT—AT BENNING, D. C.. ABOUT 5 |” Prices from $4 to $8. By Mrs. WEBB & CO. at1st __1008 Fa. ave. mw. | minutes’ walk trom station; large 18-room dwell. | _noo-Bte WILL SELL $1,500 OF REAL ESTATE NOTES FoR | 16; im gucellent condition, with 40, acres of | Corp siLvER AND FANCY PAPER MASK ‘$1,400. Notes, repayable monthly, are secu Se tr > ee | oes ee, en: Benet ee pete Ee by first trust on house and lot in Brightwood a =| Ornaments, Paper Napkins, Favors, Toys, French Park, D. C., on 7th st. electric line. Property EAT FALLS CHURCH, VA., 5 MIN-| ‘Tissue, Paper Dolls, Paper Flowers, Lamp Shades. fully insured. Title clear. Acdress POX 63, pies from East End station; 7-room and attic} GoULD'S, 421 9th'st. ocl4-Im* ite ion eaiee. house; Dearly De ott tnnde, fruit and SND OF $66,000 TO LOAN IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. OX | StituRBAX Gastar de eae FANCY NEEDLEWORK improved real estate. Appiy to Case ‘bux 9th and D PAY $70 COMMISSION FOR A LOAN OF 000, secured by a first deed of trust on a ew residence n.w.; splendid security. Ad- Gress BONUS, Star ofc n10-5t IORT-TIME LOANS OF SMA MADE a marketable collateral; liberal interest, well paid for use of money. COPP & CO., T0t G st. nw. nld-4t $500, $700, $1,000, § SER é AND LARGER SUMS ‘om approved real est: 2. WM. H. SAUNDERS & CO., n9-eo3t 1407 F st. THAVE LARGE SUMS PHILADELPHIA TRUST end = : money to lend on D. C. reel estate: cen ac ly. JOHN E. BEALL, > spaceata 1321 F St. MONEY IN SUMS TO SUIT_AT LOWEST RATES om real estate security. Bess property. alo $25.000 to loan on busi- HEISKELL & McLERAN, 1008 F st. CHARLES EARLY, 603 nt-Im 14th st. nw. MONEY LOANED ON SECOND TRUST forage receipts, I in estat I estate, st receipts, interests in estates, furniture. ‘pianos, or other’ collateral securities, without removal or publicity. 220 24 st. n.w. ‘= lbealiiaiess 3 ah Mowry IN SUMS TO SUTT AT VERY LOWFST IX- terest on D. C. real estate security. FRANK T. RAWLINGS, memher Washington Stock Exchange, 1505 Pa. ave. (Arlington Fire Ins. Co.'s office). al-tr MONEY MORE FASY WE NoW NEGOTIATE Yoans on all listed local stocks tn sums from 00 up a Ing to amount you want and col- feral you bold. “YERKES & BAKER, 17 Sun batiding. ‘oc24-te YOU WANT TO RORROW $199 TO $x90? oo COMMERCIAL TOAN AND TRUST COM- PANY. Incorporated, authorized mtpttal $500.000, introdneed a system of making loans to re- le partics at a weekly payment within the of all. Builting sssociations hare glad- ened many thonsand firesides by supplying the means to purchase their homes. Many features Of the baflding assriations are embraced under | our system. In securing 2 loan of $100 to $500 borrower t= simply required to pay $2 to $10 per week. The system will be expliined to Jou, and its advantaces will be readily appre- ciated, by calling at Recms 2 and 21, Atlantie Coast Tine huildinz. 6th st. and Pennsylvania Washington. D.C. li i ti } FOR SALE—A NEW HOUSE OF 7 LARGE ROOMS and 129,000 ‘sq. ft. of ground, for $1,730; new 5-room with 15,000 sq. ft., for $800 T-room cottage, 6,250 ft., for $1,250; 5-room frame, with 12,500 sq. ft., for $1,200; all of these near railroad station, about 2% miles from city; also several small tracts of land and farms hear the city. Send for a large map and list 3. Ee cLEMEN 1321 F st. nw. CHEVY CHASE. HANDSOME SITES FOR SUBURBAN HOMES. At the head of CONNECTICUT AVENUE NORTHWEST, Op the dividing line between Maryland aud the District of Columbia. It occupies a fine piece of open and wooded country, having an elevation of 3W feet above tide water. ‘TRANSPORTATION. The ROCK CREEK RAILWAY furnishes rapid transit to and from the city. PURE WA’ Is pumped from numerous artesian wells into a standpipe 130 feet high, iusuring fine pressure for domestic purposes and fire hydrants, the supply mains on many streets and avenues ‘bel yt greater capacity than in Washington 3 ha: pach DRAINAGE. A perfect system of sewerage has been de- signed and executed under one of the leading sanitary engineers of the country. IC LIGHTING Used for illuminating streets and houses. CHARMING LANDSCAPE EFFECTS red at great expense and with a special view to artistic beauty. ENERAL ADVANTAGES Are such as naturally appeal to those who feel the need of the healthful conditions surround- ing country life, combined with absolutely every comfort and convenience which the city affords. Liberal arrancements will be made with those Fishing to build and make this their permanent ome. Plats and full information furnished upon ap- plication to THOMAS J. FISHER & CO. nS-6t 1324 F st 7. FOR SALE_OR RENT—AT LAKELAND, MD., B. nd O. R.. 8 miles ont, fare, 6% cents— . $1, rmo. Rent, $¢ Gr. honse, $1,800—$18 cash, $18 per mo. Rent, $1C Sr. house, $2.500—$25 eash. $25 per mo. Rent, $1° Jor. house, $4.000—$40 cash, $10 Ber mo. Rent. $25 EDWIN A. NEWMAN, Owner,Lakeland.or Tel.1617-8. 02 BROOKLAND PROPER AND VICINITY — SOME special bargains: also houses for sale. on GRACE, oe12. Im 2'PRot #1000 CPWARD SUMS FROM $1. PW al LOWEST HATE OF INTEREST s REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0. HOLTZMAN, Cor, 13th and F sts. nw TO LO ‘MONEY LOAN AT SIX PER CENT ON AP- roved pA RE ty hE amounts a specialty. Also will loan 73 ‘cent of value, repavable in installments. ¥. H. SMITH & SONS, ans 1418 F st. n.w. MONEY TO LOAN AT LOWEST RX OF IN- terest on approved city real estate in anv sums desired. No delay. ALTER H. ACKER, dy15-tt 704 14th st. nw. FUNDS FOR REAL ESTATE LOANS AT 6 PER cent. notwithstanding the stringency im the market. Jye TYLER & RUTHFRFORD, 1207 F st. nw. Bo YoU WANT MONEY? —~S~S If so do not fail to get our rates before borrow- ing. fe make Inans on furniture, planos, horses, wagons, &c.. without removal or publicity, at the lowest possible rates and in the quickest pos- Bible time. Loans ean be paid tn part or tn full at any time to suit the conrenience of the borrower, and any rt paid reduces the cost of carrying fhe loan fe proportion to the amount. pald- If you have a Ioan with other parties or have @ fmrniture or other goods on time and Koa''the parments a little larger than you can meet conveniently we will take it mp and carry the loan for yor. There is no delay, but you get the money the day you ask for it. ‘Sant you destre a Ioan call and investigate eur method of ding bnsir ess. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN CO., ap22-tr 615 F st. nw. HONEY TO LOAN ON REAL. ESTATE OR FIRST- ‘class security at lowest rates of interest; no de- lay where the security f< good. apis ©. C. GREEN. 303 7th st. aw. Honey TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE AT Low- est rates. WASH'N DANENHOW Successor to DA’ and G sts. NENHOWER & SON, cor. 12th ap2s ie TO N ATS AND 6 PER CENT ON approved District real estate; no delars. MLM. PARKER, 1418 F st. sems to at lowest rites. on approved real estate security. FITCH, FOX & BROWN, ja9 1406 G st. nw. cradle Monday and Wednesdavs at daliy, 10 to 9. 406 E. Cap. st. Er. COLFORD, MassAGE INSTITU trie sea salt medicated baths; facial t a specialty: menicuring nails. Roon to 56 _Metzerott bidg..l2th and F n.w. Take elevator. noT-6¢* nd “m ful prophetic . tells all the events of your n miy mls, points Fecovers lost property or s‘olen out Your enemies from your friends, brings separated together, causes speedy marriazes, with happy results, ‘tells whether the one or false, interprets dreams, fness, removes family tro Strangers from other citi will save time and mor E& at_onee. 2s he si fled. Convinee~ most jove is true cess in bus- evil influences, and all im trout s by coming to ri; eds where others ha dvert's°s only what he can do. All iness confidential. Sit- tings, Se. Hours, 9 to Rest. dence, 489 H. bet 4% a no-6t° PRoF. FANTLEROY T TS OF jelaware are. lor; Ww: all the events o separated: cause test her m S$ a.m. to 11 p.m. no6-1w* ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC ‘and alcohol batks f OF THE our life is now to in store for yor A by press and peo ssion. Con be con. | A them to give me 3 y ‘ ed a. private sand all business st eoniidential. Parlort so arranged you will m Strangers. Matters of 2 nature ‘With the greatest consideration. CS 1 10TTT head and face will ST. N.W., a specialty: Ir residences {ME BROOKE Tert Ife. All business ce . s tlemen. Mr. each. Horrs, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 05 New York are. n.w.. nenr 6th st. ocl-Ime | FRE HosrorD MEDICATED ELECTIIC VAPOR bath, for rheumatism and ail nervous troubles: also special treatment for catarrh and hay fever, with facial steaming and massage. 019 Host. ow. ocl4-Im* PROF. FANTLEROY TELIS THR EVENTS life, compels and brings beck rate 211 Delawere avre.. . M and XN sw. Fonts. 10 to @. Sittings, fie. oD. SOME. DREAMER. THE ONLY CELEBRATED F: glish and German astro’: in t Ti all events of lif Office 9 a.m. to 9 p. 1508 Lith st. ow. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. oc23-Im* PIANOS AND ORGANS. IF YOU ARE ON A HUNT FOR A FIRST GRADE Piano, or 2 Piano of medium price, we can suit mn in either case. The Sohmer is our leader, and in the Steger plano we can show you some- thing that fs a surprise for quality of tone and finish for the price ask. HUGO WORCH & CO. 925 7th. Pianos for rent and moved, nll A SUFFICIENT PROOF A SUFFICIENT PROOF A SUFFICIENT PROOF ‘That the FISCHER PIANOS are the hest is the fact that the judges ut the WORLD'S FAIR gave them the highest award for “TONE, CH, ACTION, FINE MATERIALS and CASES, That would be h to warrant you in buy- ing the FISCHER PIANOS “blind,”” as it But if you're a of PIANO worth, judge them for yourself. Your opinion ‘will coincide with that of the judges. The ESTEY ORGANS are worthy of Zour, consideration If you're thinking of aying an organ. ‘They're the ac- knowledged superiors. Hear the “AEOLIAN” play selections from the operas or the compositions of any great or small composer. SANDERS & STAYMAN, Pianos, 984 F ST. And 13 N. Charles st., Baltimore, Md. OVER 12.000 KRAKAUER PIANOS AMONG SUL- tured people give the verdict in thelr favor. See them at TEMPLE OF MUSIC, 1209 G. G. H. KUHN, est. 1872, Practical Piano Maker. ocl7-3m FOR CHRISTMAS, n8-3t* 324 C st. nw. ANTON AND CAROLINE, LERCH. 826 12TH AND 206-1 n.w., IST! EIN JEANIN RESTORING oe = AND of light, heavy, or orna- mental material: orn, fabrics, PLUSH and VELYV and ‘icles of wear. Our patronage most fashionable circle. no8 MME. DE LAMONT, LATE OF PARIS WISHES to inform the ladies of Washington that she will open elegant costume parlors at 1121 14:h st. 2.W:, opp. Portland Flats. Evening, recep- tion and’ tailor-made dresses a specialty. Bring A. DI r orders. A glove fit teed. HORSELE, “Manager bempiosraick Fy SKIRTS DONE UP TO 72 inches deep at Simon's Plaiting Establishm Baltimore, “Md. Washington office, C., AUER: BACH, cor. ts. n.W. 7th and H st it_the United States, FINE WHITE AND BLACK LACES DONE UP IN first-class Parisian styl laces and lace curtains a sonable. Call at MME, Mme. Valmont, old We OPENED HER DRESS. making establishment at 1503 Sth st. n.w., and will make the latest Persian styles at reason- le terms; call and see her. ocl6-1m* ESTABLISHED 1850.FAGRET’S HAIR TONIC, or the Mecca Petroleum—Prevents baldness, keeps the hair and scalp in a clean and healthy condition. | Sold by W.S. THOMPSON, 703 15th st. ocl4-3m' MADAME G S10 A ST. 8. ton, D.C., 1 square ‘from F st. e1 tees done up eval to new: curtains a specialty; goods handled with care; cailed for and delivered. m' ACCORDIO: ITING—ONLY FRENCH PRO. cess this side of N.Y.; skirts, 25c. per yd.; Work font throughout the US 2 pinking. buttons and buttonboles. G. W. LUCAS, 918 9th n.w.ocl2-Im* LEGAL NOTICES. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding a special term for Orphans’ Court business. this 10th day of November, 1893. In re estate of Mary F. Harwood, late of Washing- ton, D. C. No. 5802. Administration doc. 19. Application having been made for the probate of a paper writing propounded as the last will and testament, and for letters testamentary oa the estate of said Mary F. Harwood, deceased, by Luther Fuller, notice is hereby given to_all con- cerned to one in thi urt on Friday, December 8, 1893, at 10 o'clock to show cause, 1 exist, against the granting of such a - A copy of this order shall be published in’ the Washington Law Reporter and Evening Star once in each of three successive weeks before sald day, By the court A. B. HAGNER, Justice. A true copy—teste: = L. P. WRIGHT, Register of Wills, D. C. ee Applicant. nil-taw3t_ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF old at term eon Court Busi Hi special term for Orphans’ Cou ness, ne 8 Pols 27th of Oct 1 r, c In re estate of Bridget Kelly, late of the District LUTHER FUL Proctor of Columbia, No. 5801, Administration Doc. 11 Application baving been made for the proba: of @ paper writing propounded as the last will and testament, and for letters testamentary on the estate of said Bridget Kelly, deceased, by Catharine Carmichael. Notice ia hereby given to all concerned to a) pear in this court on Friday, November, 24, 1893, at 10 o'clock a.m., to show cause, If ‘any’ exist, against the granting of such application. ‘A copy of this order shall be published in the Washington Law Reporter and Evening Star once in each of three successive weeks before said day. By the court: A. B. HAGNER. Justice, LP. 23 Register of Wiils, D. ©, H, T. TAGGART, Proctor for applicant. e28-law3t OCEAN TRAVEL. VICTOR BECKER, TUNER AND REGULATOR of pianos, organs; first-class work; prompt atten- ti years’ experience; highest references; prices moderate. Address, by postal or other- wise, 1408 10th ‘st. n.w. nl-Im* “POINTS TO PIAN BUYERS” IS THE NAME of a little book we have jest published, contain- ing real useful and honest advice to persons us a postal and we'll about to buy a pli ai find it) of "real benefit to mail you one; you'll & CONLIFF..........417 11th st. nw. ou. oc23 PIANOS AND ORGANS TUNED AND REPAIRED. varnished and polished equal to new. Orders for tuning promptly attended to. E. WILD of G L Wild's Bros. & Co.. 709 7th st. nw. sel4-3m* K SN N A BBB EER K NNN AA B 7 E Pm gue Ad Be i K NNN A A BBB EER P IANOS PIANOS FOR RENT. SECOND-HAND PIANOS, Including some of our own make, but slightly |. WM. KNABE & CO., 817 Penna. ave.” aus WILLIAM C. FRISSELL, 623 6TH ST. Ss. W., ‘actory Piano Tuner and Repairer. Orders by mail. “Maryland and Virginia and the District Lowest prices. Advice given purchasers free of charge. myl-tf profession: constructed after the most artistic designs and in all kinds of rare wood cases. Established more than 50 years, FEIFFER & CONLIFF, apl7-tr 417 1ith a STEINWAY, CHASE, GABLER, BRIG aD Organs and Wilcox & White Symphony for or rent. DROOP’S Music Store, n20-tr is Pa. ave. HOTELS A FIRST-CLASS, RESPECTABLE, COMFORTABLE HOME IN NEW YORK. Thousands of people would like to spend a week in New York, but the grand hotels are too expensive and the cheap ones are too cheap. Mr. Tilly Haynes of Boston has secured a lease of the great BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL, in the heart of the city, on the most favorable terms; has expended over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in an entire reconstruction of he property, and will run it as a first-class, Great, Popular Family House on the American and European Plans, similar to what has proven so phenomenal a success at the United States Hotel, Boston. The location is excellent; the new cable cars on Broedway reach every fash- fonable store, theater and attraction of the city and transfer with all cross-town lines, reaching every station, dock and ferry in town. Guests arriving at Grand Central depot, take 4th ave. st. cars direct to’ Bond st., one Dock In foont of the hotel. Send for circulars 08. sale tifully situated; baths; pure artesian water, &c. and en suite; G@ st. and electric ¢: erate. Miss M. C. McKELLIP, Pa. ave. and 14th st., Washington, D. ©. EBBITT HOUSE, WASHINGTON. D. WINTER RESORTS. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. WINTER RESORT for HEALTH and PLEASURE. Driest Climate in the United States, except Points of great altitude in the Rocky Mountains. HIGHLAND PARK HOTEL. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. OPEN FOR SEASON OF 1893-94 NOV. 15. For circular and terms address _all-im B. P. CHATFIELD, Proprietor. MEDICAL. éc. STRANGERS. TAKE and Gray treat all di Only established advertis; city. Established 45 years. BROTHERS j | We | class. of | argc, e is no| remedy equal to t for nearly forty-five ec20-Im* —_—_—_————————————— |} a . Sealed — pro} recelv ed here until NOVEM- a opened, hospital © he raths iT © s . TOW! ~) AA QM. 06,9,11,13,10818 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ‘The all-year health and pleasure resort by the sea. HOTEL BRIGHTON. OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. n2-eod26t F. W. HEMSLEY & SON. AN IDEAL WINTER RESORT— HOTEL BON AIR, AUGUSTA, GA, Will open December 6, 1893; a modern hotel, With all latest improvements and convenlences? located 550 feet above sea on same range of hills as Aiken; particularly arr, balmy and invigorating climate; excellent cuisine; pure ter and perfect drainage: select orchestra atl abundant facilities for out and indoor sports. For booklet and fuil rtieulars address, until No- Yember 20. . A. LINSLEY, Fitth Avenue dotel, ew York city; after that date, Augusta, Ga. om BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA.—THB heated by steam, elevator and all ern conveniences, with tenn with replaces, will be kept open the entire year; bath in hotel; special rates from September to April. J. F. CHAMPLIN. Mfanazer. au29-3m* MANICURE. MADAME PAYN, MANICURE, odist, 703 15TH ST. N.W. manufacturer of F' CHINOPODIST GOODS south of AND CHIROP- —The only MANICURE "and New York.au23-tr . that Mrs. Floyd, mother of the Floyd boy: ARTHUR W. ROBSON, 615 15th st. nw. Telonhone 1684. Steamsbip, Passenger and Tourist Tickets to Europe by all lines. Drafts in sums to suit. (au Custom Foreign Express. House Broker. RUNNING DOWN THIEVES. ecessful Chase of the Minneapolis Bank Robbers. Louis Floyd, twenty-five years old,of Min- neapolis, Minn., was arrested in New York city yesterday on the charge of being concerned in the robbery of $90,000 in cash from the Bank of Minneapolis on Septem- ber 1 last. Philip M. Scheig, the paying tel- ler qf the bank, who is supposed to have stolen the money from the bank's safe, to- gether with Frank Floyd, the youngest brother of the prisoner, are at present pas- sengers on the German steamship Spree, which sailed from New York for Southamp- ton and Bremen on Sunday. The prisoner, Louis Floyd, was captured on the steamer Wordsworth, which was about to start for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The story of the robbery of the bank vaults by Scheig, the paying teller, who had been employed by the institution since boy- hood, together with the travels of the fugi- tives until the time of the capture of one of them, is full of interest and romance. The Floyd boys.were well known men- about-town in Minneapolis, and Scheig, the bank officer, was their most intimate asso- ciate. In the course of a couple of years they squandered in the neighborhood of $70,000, which had been left them by their father, who was a wealthy photographer. This autumn they ran out of funds and the rob- bery of the bank is supposed to have been suggested by them to Scheig, who had ac- cess to the vaults. On Tuesday, September 4, the day following Labor Day, Minneapo- lis was startled by the knowledge that the bank had been robbed of a large sum of money, and that the paying teller had fled. It was subsequently learned that he had gone to St. Louis, where the two Floyds had been waiting for him. About a week afterward Inspector Mc- Laughlin of New York received word from Vernon M. Smith, chief of police of Minne- apolis, that the money had been stolen and was en route to New York city. On her a rival there she was followed. She went to a hotel and remained there for several days. Then she returned to Minneapolis and was arrested. In the meantime Scheig and his two ac- complices, who were in St. Louis, had be- gun to spend their money freely. They bought horses, wagons, dogs, guns, &c., and started on the overland journey to the south, where they proposed to camp out during the winter, and hunt and fish. They had a negro with them as their servant. They drove through Kentucky to Oakdale, Tenn., and then to Chattanooga, in the same state. Then they went to Atlanta, Ga., aud then to Charleston, S. C. While in Charleston they camped in the woods outside the city. All were excellent marksmen, and astonished the natives by shooting apples off each other’s heads, and performing other marvelous feats with rifle and revolver. Leaving some of their effects behind them in Charleston,they finally con- cluded to leave the country and go to Bri zil. They started for New York city, arri ing in Jersey City on October 31 last, and at once booked for Rio de Janeiro by steamer Wordsworth. The vessel sailed on Novem- ber 1, and among her passengers were the three fugitives, with horse, wagon and all their traps. But bad luck befell them, for the ship had scarcely passed out of the lower bay when she broke her screw and was forced to re- turn to port for repairs. The three adven- turers still remained on board the vessel. which expected to leave for South America today. On Monday, however, Scheig saw a paragraph in a newspaper to the effect that the police were on the track of the robbers. He became alarmed at once. In company with Frank Floyd, he left the Wordsworth and boarded the Spree at Hoboken on Mon- day night. Louis Floyd remained behind to proceed to Rio de Janeiro. The others promised to meet him there by steamers from England. Richard T. Risley, the president of the Bank of Minneapolis, and detectives from that city were close on the heels of the fugitives, and arrived in New York yester- day morning. They repaired at once to police head- quarters, and made known their errand. Detectives were detailed on the case. It did not take long for the officers to locate Louis Floyd on the Wordsworth, and he was arrested. Floyd will be sent back to Minneapolis as soon as requisition papers can be made out, and the fugitives on the ocean will be arrested on reaching South- ampton, England. —+e+—____ She Got One. From Truth. Matchmaking Mamma—“Ethel, why don’t you marry Fred Hardcash? Do you want a husband made to order?” aoe ‘No, mamma; I want one made to obey.” > Y, NOVEMBER 11, 1893—TWENTY PAGES. SUBURBAN NEWS. ADEXANDRIA. Now that the elections are over for a while, partisan politics, which has not been brisk in Alexandria for several years, will grow entirely quiescent, and the public busi- ness of the town will be transacted with little or no reference to partisan bases. While the work of the city councils will be directed in the line of enlarging the area of improved streets and building up the Suburbs into valuable tax-paying property the attention of the general assembly of the state, which will shortly convene, will probably be called to. several Alexandria matters of importance. The grant of au- thority to the city council to issue additional bonds for public improvements will proba- bly be considered at Richmond this winter, and it is not impossible there may be grit enough somewhere to introduce into the general assembly a bill to make the corpo- rate limits of the city commensurate with its actual boundaries. An extension is needed to make Alexandria a genuine city. The Mount Vernon Electric Railroad Company has increased its fare to Mount Vernon to 20 cents each way or 35 cents for the round trip. The fare to New Alex- andria will still be 5 cents and to Riverside Park 10 cents. The circuit court of Alexandria county, Judge Keith, has closed its session. In the case of the Westinghouse Electric Company agt. O'Gorman judgment in $6,174.60 has been given for the plaintiff. In the case of J. C. O'Gorman agt. the Potomac Elec- tric Company J. H. Wilder has been made a co-complainant. The report of the com- missioners in the case of Williams agt. Bleigh has been confirmed. Mason agt. Brant and Corbett agt. Ball have been re- ferred for report at the next term. The Baltimore City College team will play foot ball this afternoon with the Episcopal High School team at the High School grounds on Seminary hill near this city. A pleasant company made the night mer- ry with music and dance at the Alexandria Assembly, held at McBurney’s Hall last night. A_number of Alexandria lawyers will go to Fairfax Court House next Monday to attend court there. The last of the six squares which the Washington Southern Railroad Company contracted to pave on Henry street is now being put down. The street is now paved from Duke to Oronoko streets in a manner satisfactory to the city committee-on streets. This pavement is the price paid the city for the right of way over Henry street forever. —_—._—_. ROCKVILLE. A meeting of the local board of health of this county will be held in Rockville on the 18th instant, at which time Dr. James A. Stewart, executive officer of the state board of health, will be mresent. The doc- tor desires to meet the physicians of the county, judges of the circuit court, magis- trates, and all persons interested in the subject of sanitation. The subject being of. vital importance to the community, it is expected that the meeting will be largely attended. The recent entertainment given at the Neelsville Presbyterian Church, under the management of the ladies of the congrega- tion, was a very enjoyable and successful affair. The amount realized for the bene- fit of the church was $184. Under an order from the mayor and coun- cil of Rockville, a force of hands is now engaged in repairing the streets and pave- ments of the town. The result of the recent election in the counties composing the sixth congressional district in favor of the republicans is the subject of considerabie comment here in Political circles. Wm. M. McKaig, demo- crat, is now filling his second term as a representative from this district, and it was thought probale that at the next nominat- ing convention a democrat might be select- ed from Montgomery county. The action of Frederick and Washington counties in join- ing Allegany and Garrett in the republican Sanoas maken ners A alone with the * is state of affairs aj rs to be likely to have some influence ta next election of a candidate for governor of the state, should the lightning strike this way. lt also seems certain that the con- test for delegates to the next congressional pertain ar Vie Meri of the de- exceedin; arm county. ely wi in this e following transfers of real estat have been recorded in the office of the clerk. of the Cireult Court for this county during this week: Wm. H. Brake to Jennie L. Bur- dette lot in Damascus, $400; Wm, Veirs Boute, jr., attorney to Philip Hunkel, 7,590 square feet of land near Autry Park, Bi Mary D. Davis to Andrew J. Dailey ten acres of land on Hawlings river, $500; Mary D. Garrett to George W. Gaither 36 acres of land, $1,448; Ida J. Rabbitt to George W. Gaither 3% 1-10 acres of land, $1,448; Elias Keiser to Emma V. Windham lot near Ran- dolph station, $125; Edwin and Edw. Baltz- ley to Emma D. Powell two lots at Glen Echo, $2,884.30; A. G. Merriwether to John T. Ross four acres of land, $240; Stephen Ro- bertson to Wm. Reading two lots In Rock- ville Park, $180; B. H. Warner to Edward L. Jordan lot at Kensington, $750; Claude R. Zappone to Fannie Carvaizier lot at Tako- ma Park, $100; Samuel T. Briggs to Wm. W. Welsh lot in Rockville Park, $125; Enoch R. Awkuard to Lemuel Awkuard 19 1-2 acres of land near Barnesville, $200; Elizabeth M. Blunt to Harry W. Blunt 129 acres of land near Germantown, $-; Ada B. Briggs to Mary Edith Farquhar lot at Avery Lodge, $—; Washington Danenhower to Violetta M. Hege lot in Rockville Park, $150; Mary C. Baker to B. F. Leighton lot at Woodside, $—; Kiernan Manion to James O. Manion lot in Barnesville, $725; Charles A. McEwen to Charles Early 60 1-2 acres near Barnesville station, $—; Leonard S. Chapman to Han- nah Wall lot at Halpine, $175; Willie Man- gum to Zachariah Mangum 1 1-2 acres of land, $78.75; Edwin Baltzley to Fred W. Pratt 88 3-4 acres of land, “Friendship,” $7,000; James B. Henderson et al. to Edward Haywod part of Raff farm, $-; George T. Chase to Amelia Chase three acres of land, $-; Columbus T. Purdum to Luther G. King 192 square perches of land near Damascus, $—; Edward Baltzley to Van B. Camada 4 lots at Glen Echo, $—; Zetta G. Friebus to Catharine R. Carroll lot at Takom& Park, $—; Jacob P. Smith to Spring Lake Park Company 3 lots at Spring Lake Park, $275; Charles Gaegler to Mary Helvy 2 1-3 acres of land near Montrose, $100; Edward W. Haight to Nor- wood Heights Improvement Company six blocks at Norwood Heights, $30,000; J. Vance Lewis to Victor Mindeleff lot in Takoma Park, $1,500. a % — FREDERICK CITY. No other event that has occurred in Fred- erick for many years has caused such pro- found sorrow as the suicide of George Will- jam Cramer, which occurred on Thursday morning as a consequence of the discovery by the directors of the Mutual Insurance Company of Frederick county, of which he was for thirty-one years the secretary, of discrepancies in his accounts, showing a defalcation during the past year of a thous- er aggregate sum taken in previous years. The company had appointed a committee last May to examine the books, and upon its reporting to the company a few days ago the fact of the defaication, Mr. Cramer was asked for his resignation, and on Wednes- day notice was sent to him to make good the shortage as soon as possible. It was not the intention of the company to prose- cute him, but he dreaded the consequences of meeting his old associates at a meeting that was arranged for Thursday at 10 a. m., and at that hour went out in the suburbs of the city, in sight of his old homestead, and leaning on the fence, and gazing upon the spot where he had lived many years, he placed a pistol to his right temple and fired, the fatal bullet speeding through skull and brain, while the body of its victim reeled and fell, where it was discovered a few min- utes later. A coroner’s inquest was held, with Justice Eckstein as acting coroner, and a verdict of suicidal death was ren- dered. The body was taken in charge by Unaertaker Carty, and after being prepared for burial was removed to the late home of the deceased on East 3d street. Mr. Cramer’s children, Mrs. Charles J. Dall, Harry B., Leslie E. and Miss Bettie Cramer. He was sixty years old on the 2th of October last and a son of the late Philip Cramer of this county. He moved to Frederick with his father about thirty-five years ago, and thir- ty-one years ago was appointed secretary of the insurance company, succeeding Mr. J, Wm. Birely. He had also been secretary of the Frederick County Agricultural Society many years, and was a man of wonderfully genial manner, liberal, kindly hearted, un- selfish and a friend to all. He was amem- ber of several local Masonic orders and held in the highest esteem throughout the com- and dollars, with indications of a much larg- | wife is prostrated by the shock, as are his | munity. His indulgent kindness to his fam- ily and inability to refuse them what they wanted is believed to have been the cause of his discrepancies. He was not personally of extravagant habits. Joseph Craft of Washington city came to Frederick a few weeks ago and opened a shooting gullery on South Market street. On Wednesday last he cleaned a revolver for a customer, extracted the loads from it and laid it upon a shelf. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the revolver was called for and he took it down and lafd it on the counter, when by some means a cartridge that had been placed in it after he cleaned it was accidentally exploded, the bullet striking Wellington Jones, a twelve-year-old colored boy, who was standing near, in the left temple and instantly killing him. Craft was arrested and placed in jail to await the result of a coroner’s inquest, which was held in the evening, resulting in a verdict that exonerated Craft from all blame,where- upon he was released. The result of the election in this county on Tuesday was a complete surprise to the leaders of both parties. The democrats ex- pected to carry the county by 300, while the republicans, if they hoped to carry it at all, did not anticipate electing their entire ticket, and that by majorities that show tremendous gains. The majority of the re- publican sheriff-elect, Daniel T. Zimmerman, is 616, and the members of the house of del- egates, the surveyor and controller are in proportion. The prohibitionists increased their vote. over that of last year by about 120, and the amendment to the constitution to provide for an additional judge for Balti- more city was defeated in this county by nearly 1,900 votes. = KENSINGTON. Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Corrick, on Tuesday, November 7, a daughter. Mr. B. H. Warner has sold two lots in Kensington Park to Mrs. M. E. Hansell of Washington. Miss Flo. W. Smith of the Methodist Sun- day school is awarded a prize for making the best report of the sermon preached to children on the 29th instant. The leading Methodist Episcopal Church in a large New England city has invited Rev. Wm. J. Thompson to become their pastor next spring. Dr. R. B. Detrick has gone to Strouds- burg, Pa., on business. Mrs. M. Johnson, Mrs. Jos. Johnson, and Miss Ida Johnson of Elkton, Md., have been the guests of Mrs. J. F. Stoek during the past week. Mr. Charles W. Thompson of Garrett Park will give a lecture on temperance this Sunday evening at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Professor J. H. Langille and family will occupy a part of the McKelden house dur- ing the winter months. Governor Alphonso Hart is spending a few days in Hillsboro’, Ohio. Mrs. F. H. Hurdle has sold three lots in North Kensington to Mr. W. H. Allen. The meetings of the Woman’s Home Mis- sionary and Ladies’ Aid Societies were held on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. W. W. Eldridge. The usual order of exer- cises was followed and the meeting ad- journed to meet in December at the resi- dence of Mrs. J. Wilson of Capitol View. There will be preaching in the Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. At 6:30 p. m. the Young People’s Society of Christian En- deavor will be addressed by Mr. B. H. War- ner and other prominent members of the society from Washington. Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Fishback are spending a few days in Washington. A meeting of the citizens of Kensington will be held on Monday evening, in Noyes’ Library, to talk over the general interests of this place and the probable incorporation of the town. —_—.——— BROOKLAND. Miss Lizzie P. Cramer of Rochester, N. ¥., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barrows of Hartford street. Miss Cramer will be in Brookland for some time. Capt. James Wood and wife of Jackson- ville, Fla., have moved to Brookland, and will be at home this winter at the resi- dence of Mrs. A. S. Meegan on Frankfort street. Dr. H. J. Penrod purchased the lot at the corner of Hartford and Queen streets which was sold at auction on Thursday last. Rev. Green Clay Smith will hold the Sun- day evening services tomorrow in the Bap- tist Church, and Rev. R. R. West will preach in the evening in the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Washington. Miss Eda G. Williamson is visiting friends in Brookland. The Brookland Auxiliary of the W. C. T. U. will hold their meeting in the lecture room of the Baptist Church next Friday. Mr. Thurman Larner is with Mr. Joseph Phillips of Sargent road. Mr. Harry Barton enjoyed a recent birth- day with a pleasant assembly of friends to spend the evening with him. Rev. Mr. Hayes, pastor of a Baptist church for colored people near Petersburg, Va., has been soliciting aid from the com- munity to house his congregation for the winter. Rev. J. H. McCarty, D. D., of the New York Central Conference will conduct ser- vices of the Brookland M. E. Church on Sunday at 3:30 p. m., and administer the communion. Cen GRATION OF BIRDS. MI This is the Time of Yerr When They Change Their Abodes, From the Springfield Repnbitean. At this season we notice, more than at other times, that strange habit of the feathered creatures to change their abode— passing now, as they do, in large flocks, toward a warmer and more foodful ¢! mate. But in fact the migration began long since and is now almost completed; and if we consider how early it begins and how long it continues in the spring and summer we shall find there are but few months in the year, even in our frigid New England, when some bird is not migrating either to or from the torrid zone. Nobody has yet been able to explain why this change of surroundings takes place; for with many birds there seems no reason why they should not stay in one Place as well as in the other, to which they so regularly go and come. Our southern states, for instance, and southern Europe seem as well fitted for their home the year round as those more southern or more northern haunts to which they repair, and it is not true of most birds that they make a flitting, like the wealthy class of men and women, from one climate to another. They do not, like the invalid of Boston, “follow the strawberry” from New Orleans to Nova Scotia, or from Algiers to Norway; no, they push on by express train at the rate, some say, of 200 miles an hour till they reach their goal. An English ob- server—Dr.Jerdon—used to say thatan Asi- atic bird, the thorntailed swift, flies 1,200 miles, from Ceyion to the Himalayas, be- tween sunrise and sunset. An English naturalist, Mr. Dixon; in a volume published last year. advanced a theory that the oricinal habit of migration began 50.000 vears ago at least, in the gla-| cial period, the southward-pushing glaciers having driven th. birds of Europe, against their will, down into Africa, whence they | slowly and timidly crept back when the ice shroud melted from the frozen conti- nent of Japhet. The snotted fly catcher is his grand older than man in England, worked his way back toward Cornwall and Ben Lo- mond. Our American naturalists do not seem to have studied the question so carefully as Europeans. The height and speed of mi- | gration need to be more closely observed. Canon Tristram noticed millions of swallows and martins in Syria returning northward from the Red sea, and only flying 1,000 feet high; but the Cornish chough, a sort of crow found all over Europe, flew over him at an elevation of more than 10,000 feet above the sea, and some set the height of passage in migration at 15,000 feet, or the elevation of Mount Blane. ————+e0. RAINY RIVER GOLD FIELDS. The Mining Laws of Minnesota Will Be Extended Over Them. A Duluth dispatch says A. L. Gray, government agent sent out by the general land commissioner to Investigate the Rainy river gold fields, has returned and says there is undoubtedly plenty of gold in that country. He will recommend the with- drawal of such lands from entry under the timber and homestead acts and the ex- tension of the mining laws to include the gold lands in Minnesota. This will satisty the gold hunters, as a contest will be next to impossible. If the extension becomes a fact there will be a great hegira to the gold fields. —_Ss The San Francisco jury in the case of Jockey Dick Ward, the boy who killed a stable boy named Keller with a pitchfork, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree Thursday and fixed the punishment at imprisonment for life. leisurely | instance. This little bird, far | AMONG THE CHURCHES. President Cleveland has not been much of a church goer lately. Perhaps, however, he has quite as good reasons for staying at home as most people. In his former ad- ministration he was noted for his regular- ity, and every Sunday morning his car- riage used to drive up in front of the First Presbyterian Church door. In fact, the church had few more regular attendants in those days than President and Mrs. Cleveland. But since the beginning of his present term he can hardly be said to have been setting an example of piety to the peo- ple of the land by his unbroken regularity as a church goer, nor has his carriage roll- ed out of the White House grounds on Sun- day mornings a little before UJ just like clock work. The last time he was at the First Presbyterian Church was some time in midsummer, and since he has been out at Woodley he has put in an appearance at a little Episcopal chapel in the neighbor- hood once or twice. But he has reasons enough for not at- tending church at all, no doubt. For one thing, Mrs. Cleveland has not been able to accompany him, and he has, besides, been so beset this summer that, presumably, the seventh day has slipped by like all the others in the week, and rest on the Sab- bath has been something of a stranger to him. On his return from Woodley, nevertheless, he will no doubt resume his old habits, and Dr. Sunderland expects to see the Presi- dent and Mrs. Cleveland in their old pew, as well as Secretary Thurver and his wife. Washington is unquestionably the place for preachers. It is a city sought after by many a good minister of the gospel, as well as by army officers looking for a soft berth. Not that it is a place for idle preachers—far from it. It is a place which ‘calls for the most active ones. Nor is it that the work is easier here than else- where, but on account of its variety and many phases, as well as the great oppor- tunity for doing something and its im- mensity, even, it has a peculiar charm. Those who have come here from other Places know their good fortune in being here, and those who have never been else- where don’t know what it is to be sorry they are not here. No minister ever came to Washington without a great opportu- nity being in store for him. No piace in the country offers him the chance of meet- ing and coming in touch with a greater variety of peopie nor of using his influence for good in circles both high and low. One of the prominent downtown pastors, who has come to Washington comparative- ly recently, in speaking on this subject, said that he had in a year and a hali’s work here met more old friends and form- er acquaintances than in all his previous yeaTs of service, although he has worked in New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Phil- adelphia and other large cities. On one | Sunday, and it was at the time of no spe- | cial occasion or meeting in the city either, eight old members of as many churches in widely scattered parts of the country turn- ed up at the same service. This was of course a remarkable instance and probably could not often be ieled, but, neverthe- less, he says that few Sundays go by when an old friend doesn’t appear to shake hands after the morning service. This, of course, is more true of a pastor of a down- town church whom it is easy to hunt up, but at inauguration time and at various meetings and conventions, so many of which take place in Was! old friends bob up in front and behind and grasp you by the hand in such numbers that a minister undergoes almost a per- petual reception. Few people hunt you up if in New York on account of the difficulty and time involved. W; is not, however, first in point of attendance at the churches by any means. as it may seem to some, Philadelphia and Baltimore are the best cities for church goers. ‘The new Sunday school house of the Cal- vary Baptist Church, which is just south of and adjoining the church edifice, is now under roof and the work of fitting up the interior is going on rapidly. In a Way this buildng marks an epoch the Sunday school development of Washington, if not that of the country. It is the first building ever erected in Washington exclusively for the use of the Sunday school, and one of the first in the land. Heretofore some place has been reserved in most churches for the Sunday school, but too often it has been in a dark basement with ci quarters and meager facilities. The present structure has been erected for the use of the Sunday school of the Calvary Church exclusively. Its actual accommodation will Provide for 1,800 persons and the school room will seat 1,200 scholars, more than will the auditor- jum of the church itself at present. It contains ample room for a library, class rooms and office rooms besides. The Cal- vary Baptist Sunday school is in every way oe = — a structure, claiming and, no doul justly, the it atten: south of Philadelphia. ee me In this connection it may be remarked how general is the present tendency to build churches of stone. Stone and stone- Work is becoming so much cheaper that it is generally used now even in small chap- els, and few brick churches have been erect- ed here lately, large or small; so much finer is the effect of stone, with but little addi- tion in cost. It must also have been ob- served that in cities, at least, the church spire is going out of date. For one reason it is a useless expense and most churches have to get along with a small tower or none at all. When a tower is tilt it is apt to be built in a square or round effect, as will be noticed in any of the recently built churches. There are people, however, to whom a church spire seems most important, and without it they think a church very lit- tle of a church at all. Call them old fogies if you will, but they are fixed in their opin- jon that a church without a spire is as use- less as a school without a “school marm.” It is hard to find a more enthusiastic man than one just bound for a big convention, especially if it be a gathering of missionary spirits such as passed through Washing- ton last Monday on their way to the Chris- tian Workers’ convention in Atlanta. This “a the same ay = — session here ‘wo years ago in the First Congregational Church, and Thursday they began their ninth annual session of a week's duration in Atlanta. Among the many interesting figures who passed through here early in the week on their way thither none made a deeper impression on their hearers at the First Congregational Church and also at the Central Union Mission than S. H. Hadley of the St. Bartholomew's Mission in New York. Mr. Hadley, as many know, is him- elf a reformed drunkard and gambler, but it is little understood that he was formerly a Washingtonian and a large property hold- er here. In "76, "77 and "78 Mr. Hadley was a lawyer here. He organized the Washing- ton Life Insurance Company, as well as the Washington Fire Insurance Company, and owned property to the valuation of $53,000. This was in Gov. Shepherd's time. There were then two big saloons, one on the cor- ner of 7th and F, the other on the corner of 7th and E streets, and Mr. Hadley’s office was conveniently situated on 7th street between the two. Mr. Hadley has lost his means, as his friends say, “he drank it all ble, and since his conversion twelve years | ago has done more good than most people would do in a lifetime like Methusela’s. The St. Bartholomew's Mission is known of everywhere, as is the work of its founder. Just before passing through Washington this week Mr. Hadley organized the first branch in Norfolk of what will be known as the Young Men’s Christian Union. This will be a temperance organization, which Mr. Hadley expects to push throughout the | country. There is a curious coincidence in connec- tion with two of the Catholic churches of Capitol Hill, in fact, the only Catholic churches on Capitol Hill, St. Joseph's and St. Peter’s. They are situated, as most peo- ple have noticed, the former on the corner | of 2d and C streets northeast, the latter on the corner of 2d and C streets southeast. | It may not be generally known, however, that the houses of their pastors, Rev. V. Schmitt of St. Joseph’s and Rey. J. O’Brien of St. Peter's, are 313 24 street north- east and 313 2d street southeast, respectively. And still further, it will be remembered that up to "89 both churches were merely small insignificant chapels. In that year, how- ever, they were both rebuilt into the pres- ent handsome stone structures: St. Joseph's | beginning the work first, but St. Peter's finishing first. It is even said that the two pastors are similar in appearance, but this must by the careful historian be set aside as folk lore, as one is a stolid German and the other a rollicking and jolly Irishman. At present St. Joseph’s choir contains some of the best voices to be found in any church in the city. Mrse Smith, formerly Hattie Meads, is the soprano; Miss Triplet, the alto, and Messrs. Collins and Belstock, the tenor and bass of the quartet, respectively. The assassination of Carter Harrison aroused the pulpit of this city, as it has aroused the pulpit everywhere. As.many as half a dozen ministers tock that for their theme last Sunday, and treated it from various aspects, while many more men- tioned it incidentally in their sermons. Rev. Green Clay Staith, however, is prob- ably the only minister in Wi who ever personally knew Chicago's mayor. For twenty years they lived in Une same town. Lexmgton, Ky.—and were imlUmately ac- Quainied and associated. The death of his old friend, therefore, had @ personal shock in it for Rev. Green Clay Smith, and his discourse was a demand for the enforce- ment of the law, rather than a moral drawn from the life of Carter Harrison. He scored severely, however, Dr. McArthur, the Brooklyn Baptist preacher, who has been having such a hard time of it ail around on account of his recent utterances, The Columbia Baptist Association, in- cluding all the white churches of the Dis- trict, will hold its seventeenth annual meet- ing on the Zist, 224 and 23d of this month at the Calvary Baptist Church. The asso- ciation has no legislative powers and ex- pends no money, but is a bond between the various churches for their mutual benefit and interests. Reports and statistics of the financial condition of the missionary work will be given, and the annual sermon will be preached by Rev. R. R. West of the Brookland Baptist Church. A session will be devoted to Sunday schools, a session to young people and a session in the in- terest of the city, home and foreign mis- sions. The chairmen of the most important committees which will report are: Commit- tee on education, Rev. C. A. Stakely; com- mittee on young people's work,M. M. Shand; committee on Sunday schools, P. H. Bris- tow; committee on missions, J. D. Smith, and committee on Bible and tract distribu- tion, Rev. Green Clay Smith. The First, Fourth, Assembly and Central Presbyterian churches will hold their Thanksgiving service, as usual, together. ‘They will meet in the Central Church, cor- ner of 3d and I streets northwest, and Dr. Kelly of the Fourth Church will preach the sermon. Last Sunday a special sermon was Preached to the Free Grace Club at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, corner of 4th and L streets northwest. ‘The Women’s Missionary Society and the Children’s Starlight Band met last Monday at the Mount Zion Baptist Church, corner of 12th and E streets northeast, and will continue to meet on that day, through the winter. Rev. I. 'V. Bryant has been at the Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Madison street between 14th and 15th streets, just two years, and celebrated last Sunday by an anniversary sermon. Mr. B. P. Murray recently delivered an interesting lecture at the Carroll Institute on “Japan,” including some fine views of that country. Bishop Keane was at Wilkesbarre, Pa., at the ceremonies in connection with the dedication of the monument in memory of the dead members of temperance societies. The Christian Endeavorers ‘are pushing the work for the convention of "9. next mass meeting will be held on Fridsy nicht of next week. The executive com- mittee met this week for the discussion of various matters, and the finance commit- tee will soon hold a meeting to discuss the ways and means of raising money for the great project. The press committee will also get together next week. Dr. Townsend of the Church of the In- carnation left for New York Thursday. Dr. F. D. Power, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, has been tn In- diana during the week, but will be back for Sunday. The All Soule’ Unitarian Church have held their regular sociable. Their kinder- garten classes in the Miner Institute in South Washington have also been 5 The hour of evening service at the All Souls’ Church has been changed by Dr. Shippen from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. ‘The Vermont Avenue Baptist Church ts being red. Samuel T. Smith has been elected presi- dent of the Calvary Baptist Christian En- deavor Society. Revival meetings have been in progress this week at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, corner 4th and L streets north- west, and many additions have been made. Rev. A. W. Shields has also been very suc- cessful a’ vivals this week are the Waugh M. Church, corner of 34 and A streets north- east; the Central Methodist Protestant Church, 12th and M streets northwest; the Shiloh Baptist Church, L between 16th and Ith streets; the Ryland M. E. Church, cor- ner of 10th and D streets southwest, and the Memorial Church, United Brethren in Christ, corner of North Capitol and R streets, The “Story of the Reformation,” as ren- dered Monday and Tuesday of this week by Mrs. Monroe at the National Rifles’ Hall, Proved unusually successful from a finan- cial standpoint, and considerable money ‘was raised. The ladies of St. Anthony’s parish are ac- tively preparing for the entertainment to be given Thanksgiving night at the Brook- land Town Hall. J. L. Ewell spoke at the First Baptist Church last night on “Egypt:—From the Pyramids to the Red Sea.” The Sunday School Gospel Temperance Society of the Fourth Street M. E. Church met last Sunday, and songs and recitations were heard from the young folks. Professor Rodgers, the pastor of the Church of Our Father (Universalist), began last Sunday a series of five evening ser mons on “The Husband and Father.” — THE GREAT PASTURES OF TEXAS. Enormous Areas That Are Under the Control of a zle Management. From the St. Louis Globe-Demo-rat. Very few people at a distance, in think- ing of western Texas, understand that nearly the whole of it is at prosent fenced up in mammoth pastures, yet such is the case. Many of them are Jarger than cr- dinary counties, and some of them embrace large parts of three or four counties. Just west of Beicherville, Tex., come the Silverstein, the Ikard, ani tae Worsham pastures. This latter contali:s 50,000 acres, and has one line of fence twenty-three miles long. Pastures of about this size continue in almost unbroken succession until we reach Armstrong county. There we find what is known as the Goodaight ranch, tae southern boundary of which is a little string of fence eighty-three ranes Jong. Charley Goodnight, as ‘he owner }3 iamiliar- ly known, is considered one of che richest men in the Panhandle, but I reaily feel sorry for his boys if he ever sends then cut on a hot afternoon to stop hog toles in that line of fence. It is hardly likely that this is the case, however, as all ‘ences m this country are built to turn cattle and without reterence to hogs. There is a little railway stauion called Goodnight, whica consists of the Goodnight resiaence and the depot. air. Goodnight lives in aimost varomai style. 4s park contains deer, a drove of elks and one of the few herds of buffaloes to be found in the United States. Another tair-sized holding of land is that of the Espineila Cattle Company. cob- tains over 1,0W,0W acres, ana wakes 2 parts of Dickens, Crosby and kmma coundes. If the land were in the form of a square it would be about fifty miles each way. The Matterdore is smaiier, out still -ncludes rather more than 1,0W,000 acres. hese are both owned by syndicates, with headquar ters in London, and Uey are only two serect- ed at random out of a sarge numver. They have their bearing on state poittics. If it were not for the railroad commissiva, the uniform text book bill and tne atien jand- holder question, Texas politics would nut be worth shucks, ‘The largest of these aiien land holdings beiongs to what is cailed ihe Capitol syndi- cate. A few years ago the eld cap:tol at Austin burned down, and it was decided to bulid another on .a magaliiceat scaie, AD English syndicate agreed to put it ind in payment therefor (ney recdved 3,000,000 acres of public lands. Does the reader real- and extending clear across U. souri at its northern border. Such a strip would include the whole northern tier of counties, and would be ‘arger than several states of the Union. This would be about the extent of the Capitol syndicate’s pasture. Few people have any iJea that there .s such @ thing us a single pasiure, in one body end within one fence, larger than some states in the Unton, yet such is the fact. More than that, ¢t is owned by 4 foreign syndi- cate. It takes in half of Veaf Sinith county and parts of several others. Another large pasture is that of the X. L T. Cattle Company. it begins with the Colorado line and extends several counties back this way. The Fort W railroad runs through °t. size may be gathered from tue iact that the regular night express train enievs on the south side of the pasture at i224, aad, efter continuous running, leaves it at 5.20 next morning. A pasture which it takes an €x- press train three hours and a quarter to cross would be considered sarge in some countries. + La Grippe is epidenmic on the coast @e- fense vessel Monterey, now at Mare Island, Cal. Members of the crew are daily being taken to the naval hospital. During a severe wind storm Thursday night fourteen coal barges, laden, in tow of tugs from New York, bound east, parted lines off Stamford, Conn., and sank in sixty feet of water. ‘A bolier explosion occurred yesterday at the works of the American Straw and Paper Mills, at Pigua. Ohio. No ome was killed.