Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1893, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO D. ©. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. THE WEATHER. Forecast Till & p.m. Wednesday. For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, threatening weather and rain, fol- lowed by clearing during Wednesday: increas- ing southerly winds; sly warmer Wednes- day morning. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 39; condition, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 46: condi- tien at north connection, 36; condition at south connection. 36; distributing reservoir, tempera- ture. 44; condition at influent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tides Tomorrow. High tide. Low tide. 608 am 6:38 p.m. 0:30 a.m. 12.38 p. m. —___ NO AFTER GIFT an compersate for that which did not come on Christmas morning. To those who intend photographs as gifts, remember this, and make immediate engagements sittin t = 58 St PRINCE'S STUDIO, Mth st. and Penna. ave. ——_-—> Our $1.99 Derby Hat: The value—the usual rice—is $2.50. bet Henry Franc & Son, cor. 7th and D. Z een Cinchona and cocoa combined with one of the best selected Spanish wines form, under the universally famed name of Bu- geaud’s wine, the most perfect of tonics. At all principal druggists. Hothouse grapes are being received daily at the California Fruit Co.'s store, F st., near 15th. 2 Special every day at J. F.Sheetz’s—Choco- lates and a Mixture of all #0c. Candy for 23e. per pound. Only one store, corner 7th and I. —— Just the thing! Order a quart of Fussell’s Ice Cream for tomorrow's dinner. M42 New York ave. ‘The Grea ; continues at the Em. stil con’ ‘ t Geaning Works, 61-635 Massa- chusetts ave. Telephone. 42. Carpets made moth-proof free of charge. CITY AND DISTRICT. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Albaugh’s Grand Opera House.—Rose and Charles Coghlan in “Diplomacy.” Sothern in New National Theater.—E. H. “Sheridan; or The maid of Bath. Academy of Music.—Neil Burgess’ “County Fair.” Harris’ Bijou Theater.—‘Just Landed.” Mayse Hall, 516 9th st. n.w.—Oyster Lunch and New England Dinner by the Ladies of Hamline M. E. Church. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—H. W. Will- iams’ Meteors. Willard Hall.--Prof. Carpenter’s Lectures on Hypnotism and Mesmerism. Wonderland, 7th between D and E streets northwest.—Entertainments day and night. Lincoin Relics, 516 10th st. n.w.—Open daily except Sunday, 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday and Friday, 8 to 10 p.m. ———>>_— EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Mount Vernon.—Macalester leaves at 10 am. Tally-ho coach lire from 511 13th street at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for Arlington, Cabin Jobn bridge and all points of interest. Col. J. Hamp: Hoge. The State Department is still in ignor- ance of the whereabouts of Col. J. Hamp- ton Hoge, the called vack consul at Amoy, China, but according to private advices he | has apparently fallen into the hands of strangers at El Paso, Tex. Mr. Tom Han- num, formerly a Washington newspaper man, now a treasury agent stationed at El Paso, Tex., is said to have telegraphed here that Col. Hoge is stranded at El Paso and Is trying to effect some sort of assist- ance to enable him to proceed to Washing- ton. ‘This telegram says that Col Hoge de- climes to get sober. el Three Fires. At 3:30 o'clock this morning a fire took place at 1223 3d street southwest, occupied by E. Flaherty as a bar room, and the flames spread to 1221, occupied by Mrs. Hood. The loss on the stock and fixtures of Mr. F. is about $1,000 and to the owner of the houses, Mr. E. O'Neill, $750. A defective flue at the residence of Prof. Clifford Richardson, 1818 Rhode Island ave- nue, caused slight damage last evening. Some horse bedding in the stable of 407 6th street southwest took fire yesterday afternoon, but it was extinguished with no sistteleeen Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follow: G. Barrie to A. M. Skinner, sub 57, sq. 618; %-. G. F. Pyles to A. G. Hoops, lots 355 to 257, Anacostia; $1,900. S. Travers to C. H. Starling, interest in 3250 N street; $654.56. H. B. Moulton to Helen Fowler, sub 116, sq. 62%. WN. H. Bowman to J. W. Easby, pt. sub 9, sq. 81; $. R. Proctor to C. S. Walter, sub 328, sq. 156; $-. A. J. Miller to John W. Bowers, sub 34, sq. 84; $2,500. M. Ashford et al. to L. A. Swartzell, pt. 18, sq. 66; $. L. A. Swartzell to C. B. Rheem et al, in trust, same property; $-. D. Con- nell to Kate Connell, sub 42, sq. 624, lots 10 and 11, sq. 566 and one-half interest in sub 4, sq. 28: $-. Same to N. T. Murray, lot 37, sq. 77, est in sub 4, sq. 628; $-. N. T. Murray to T. A. Rover, same property: $-. W. A. Stewart to G. E. Emmons, subs 114 to 127, S. 51; $—. S. A. McKimmie to J. F. Flinn, pt. 10, bik. 18, Mt. Pleasant; $—. —__. Anthropological Society. The next regular meeting of the Anthro- Pological Society will be held at the hall of the Cosmos Club this evening, when the following papers will be presented: “Prim- itive trephining,” illustrated by the Muniz Peruvian collection of nineteen specimens, by Prof. W. J. McGee, and “Statistics of the comparative growth of libraries in the —— States in late years,” by Weston ———__ ‘The First Hu: The Chevy Chase Hunt Club will give its first run of the season on Saturday next, | starting from the old headquarters at Chevy Chase, the present headquarters of the club. ‘The sharp, cold weather recently has had the effect of making the going first-rate, and all the members of the club who are in towm, together with a number of others from out of town, will participate in the inidal hunt. ae Trustees’ Sale. Valuable lots in Edgewood, D. C., just north of Eckington and fronting 300 feet on E. and S. H. R. R., will be positively sold tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. No further postponement. Rawlings and Maury, the trustees, announce a perfect title or no sale, and no limit as to price. Sloan & Co., auc- Uoneers.—Advt_ a ee Male and Female Attendants Scientifically fit trusses, abdominal sup- ports, elastic hosiery and other surgical ap- Diiamces at Mertz’s modern pharmacy, llth and F streets northwest.—Advt. eat An Appreciative Gift. A life-size portrait is a desirable Christ- mas present. Gebhard’s studio, 920 th street northwest. Formerly of H. B. Smith & Co.—advt. Loan and Trust Co. ‘This company acts as executor, admin- istrator, trustee and all fiduciary capact- tes. Receives deposits of money, for which it pays interest. Its capital paid up in cash is one million dollars.—Advt. —_—— Trustees sale of buflding lots on 12th street between U and V streets northwest tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.See ad.* —————_ One of the coziest bay-windowed brick dwellings in the northwest, being at the corner of 18th and S streets northwest, to be sold tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock sharp. This house is entirely new, has three bay windows; also modern convent- ences and one of the most desirable houses im that section. See advt. ° —— America makes the finest brands of cham- e. Cook's extra dry imperial. It is de- iclous, fruity and pure. “High diploma and medal, Col. E: If you have good send them to Sloan's, sales rooms in V of furniture. ca: at 10 a.m—Advt. of any kind to sell 1407 G_ street. Best Regular sales every Saturday A medal and diploma varded to Mr. Geo. Mot . €t north- west, this cit sets of bi ed and one f work, stitched Was given the 2 on exhibition bition Motts’, the maker of the harness. with at Sir 170, 18, sq. 559, and one-half inter- | TRAMPS, IA NEST OF Hunting for Jack, the Policemen Find a Queer Lot. pate Es FEES A MORNING RAID UN THE FLATS. Dens Where Knights of the Road Have Found Rest. HUNT IN THE THICKET ———_-—__- — If “Jack the Slasher” is not captured it will not be because of the lack of interest or hard work on the part of both the de- tectives and the ovrecinct officers. Night and day the officers are constantly on hand and thus far they have followed every clue until they have exploded it and shadowed every suspected person until they either made an arrest or reached the conclusion that they were on the wrong track. The | latest clue of any importance was thorough- ly investigated at an early hour this morn- ing by detectives, policemen and a Star reporter. The Potomac flats in the vicinity of the Tong bridge have always been a noted stopping place for tramps, especially dur- ing the summer time. There is also a place on the flats where the knights of the road can find shelter even in severe weather. Out there on the flats men of both colors have been stopping, and in investigating the latest clue the officers paid a visit to that place this morning, Detectives Weedon, Lacy, Boardman and Quinian made the necessary arrangements and had Lieut. Vernon of the fourth pre- cinct make a detail of half a dozen officers to go with them. At 4:30 o’clock the raid- ing party assembled in the little watch box of the railroad company and sat around the fire in a litile stove. When all the officers had reported a start was made to reach the flats. Some distance from the causeway there was a camp fire which could be seen from this end of the bridge, and it was about this fire that the officers had an idea they would find at !east one of the men who has been helping along the work of terrorizing so many persons about the city. Following along the rough pathway the party neared the fire. The flames were hidden from view by the wall of sticks, weeds, pieces of boards and various other materials that had been constructed to break the cold north wind and make ‘the little camp as comfortable as possible. Pres- ently the officers heard the sound of voices and the party then divided in order to pro- tect either end of the rudely constructed affair and prevent the escape of the tramps or thieves who were enoying the warmth of the fire. | An Alarm. But with all the care taken by the officers they could not prevent the cracking noises made by the breaking of sticks under their feet, and by the rustling of the underbrush | through which it was necessary to pass in | order to reach the camp. | Suddenly a man rushed through the thick- jet. It was one. of the tramps, who had | been alarmed by the sound ef the approach- | ing footsteps. He was the only one, how- | ever, who made any attempt to escape, for when Policeman Flathers reached the camp and covered the crowd with his pistol one {of them remarked: “We ain't goin’ ter run.” | ‘There was not a loud word uttered while | all this was being done, for it was known | that there were other places on the flats | where the tramps held forth, and there | | were apparently no crooks in this particu- lar place. Leaving a couple of officers in charge of this party, the rest of the little force started out in search of larger game, | but they soon returned empty handed. Then | one of the colored men in the camp volun- teered to pilot the officers to the other! | sleeping and hiding place of his road com- | |panions. It was then some time before | daybreak, and in the darkness it was im-| | possible to find the road and the footpaths. For awhile it appeared as though the guide had in mind an idea to lead the men through the thickest of the undergrowth and then attempt to escape, but after a few minutes the place for which the officers were looking was found. A Secret Hut. There was no fire near it, nor was there any positive evidence of its having been occupied last night. Although much smali- er than the first place found, it was much more comfortable, having a weather-proof roof of pieces of tin and canvas, as well as some woodwork, and the rear, which was to the north, and the two sides were also able to keep off the cold wind from the Washington channel. In this little hut the ground was covered with pieces of matting and oilcloth, and tin pans covered with hay were about the sides for use as pillows. On a large tin box that had been smoked by a camp fire was written: “Will meet on the corner tonight.” The writing was done with a piece of a and had evidently been done yester- lay. It was explained by the colored guide from the party found in the first camp that three white men had been about this! hut, one of them being a deaf and dumb | man, but he had not seen them there last night. The Prisoner: Failing to find any more strangers occu- pying beds on the flats the members of the raiding party returned to the camp where the tramps were in waiting. Six | volored and white men | were among them. The white men remained asicep some time after the party was placed un- | der arrest, but the colored men sat there | and chatted about themselves and “Jack the Slasher.” | “The way of the transgressor is hard,” | | Was the remark of a colored man who was frank enough to admit that he thought he was going to remain in his quarters there j all winter. Another told of his coming here from the north and of his experience in Dover, Del.. where he said he stopped and asked for | something to eat. “A lady came out with a pistol in her | hand,” he said, “and told me not to pas through the gate. You bet I didn’t make @ move, but I got plenty to eat.’ Another member of the part hunchback, said he was from but he did not intend to tell wh west. “I'm on my uppers just now,” he said. “In the spring 1 had money, but I spent it and now that I'm bu: m not going to tell anything about myself.” In the meanwhile the two white men had been aroused and several of the colored | men were anxious to champion the cause of one of them. a colored the west, t part of the innocent and wanted him released, but as the officers could not hold court he fared ec fate of the seven others. ‘There was one colored man in the party ; Who claimed to live here. He said he had been working at the bureau of engraving and printing: that he had been to a “turn- around” across the river and had stopped to warm himself and remain until day- break. ‘Taken to the Lockup. Being satisfied that they could find no more game the officers got the eight men in line and marched them to the patrol box a short distance this side of the bridge, from where they were driven to the station. Some articles of old clothing in the camp were brought along with the prisoners, al- though they all denied ownership. Some of the men wore two pairs of | trousers or two coats, and the old garments found there had evidently been discarded by others, who had stulen or begged a change of clothing In the Police Court. This morning in the Police Court the eight men ied the procession of tramps, and | Judge Kimball heard the case. soners gave theim names as John Andrew Jones, Sampson McCleary, am Thomas, Robert Lee, Henry Hall, Ellsworth. | John Sullivan, John Wilson, Charles Bol- den and William H. n were tried with They were c on the flats yes- When ar he officers found with a supply of meat, eggs and the pri eos . | wo of them were released on their | ing of all personal eff ‘They insisted that their white friend was | personal bonds, because of their good showing, while Ellsworth was given sixty days, as he had failed to leave the city when given an opportunity to do so. The others were given fifteen days each, and advised to leave when released. Other Tramps. Three warmly clad but rough-looking young men, who answered the names John | Burke, Cornelius Abraham and James | Buchanan, were arraigned as vagrants, and Burke, acting as spokesman for the trio, answered: “We ain't guilty of being no wade These men are strangers in the city, and yesterday afternoon they were in Southeast Washington. At the house of Policeman Auguste, on 11th street, one of them asked for something, while his companions stood on the street corner. ’ Mrs. Auguste gave him some substantial | food and then he insisted on her wrapping | it in paper in order that he might carry It | away and divide with his companions. Com- plaint was made by another resident of that | section, and Judge Kimball gave them fif- | teen days each, telling them they had better | leave the city when released. John Brady and John Donnelly were the names given by two men who were next called. ‘These men were arrested in George- ltowr as they were leaving Georgetown College. Brenkfasting at Georgetown College. An ofticer explained that many tramps had annoyed the people at the college. Break- fast, he said, is served at 9 o'clock and the tramps always appear about that hour. “What were you doing there?’ Judge Kimball asked the men. “Went there to get breakfast,” was the reply of one of the pair. “How do all the tramps learn about get- | ting meals at the college?” “I heard it at the Municipal Lodging | House, where I had to saw wood.” ! “Did another tramp teil you about it?’ “No, sir, but I overheard it in a conver- | sation.” “Fifteen day said the judge, “and wher you get out you had better leave this cit The Men at the Du James Brown, alias Carte Richard Brown, alias Lane, and Charles Brown, the colored men arrested at the New York ave- | | nue dump at an early hour yesterday morn- | ing, as published in yesterday’s Star, were tried as suspicious persons. Officers Hartley and Duvall told the court of the arrest and showed the putty knife, sailor's knife and other articles taken from ; them. The prisoners told the judge that they were seated at the fire on the dump | waiting to jump a freight train for Balti- more, as they intended going down the bay | on a dredger. “You are not the right kind of persons to be at large,” said the judge, “and the com- | munity is much better off with you behind the bars than at large.” They were sentenced to give real estate security in the sum of $100 or go down for ninety days. George Reynolds, Frank Doran and John Connors were released from the workhouse | last evening after having spent five days in| the chain gang. They had been warned to leave the city as soon as they were released, | but instead of doing so they remained about town until the officers picked them up. “We were only waiting for the 8:20 train,” was their excuse. “When you were here before,” said the | judge, “the court advised you to leave when | you got out and you failed to do it. Now, you will have to go down for two weeks and when you get out you had better not) wait for a train.” Frederick Klyensteinber and his brother | ; William said they tramped here Sunday and | added that they wanted to go across the river and get into Virginia. They were released upon a promise to leave the city. a The Excessive Tax Assessment. To the Editor of The Evening Star: A morning paper of the 10th instant reports | Assessor Trimble to have said of the new assessment: “he board had no idea at the time it was engaged on the work of reviston | that there would be such a difference in the times when this installment of taxes became | due, or perhaps things would have been dif- ferent.” In other words, the standard of taxation is assumed to be what citizens can be made to pay, and not what is actually required to maintain an economical govern- “Unnecessary taxation is unjust tax and unjust taxation, as Senator Hill has well said, “is the essence of tyranny.” The old assessment produced a surplus Recent building operations would have large- ly increased the revenue raised under it. ‘The per capita tax was larger than in most cities, as shown by official statistics, and the special assessments for sidewalks, water mains, &c., which were added to this were heavy enough to cover the expense of such improvements at moderate rates. To correct these abuses in a logical way, taxation Is increased! it should have been materially lowered. ‘These assessors sent a bill to Mr. J. H. Seiffert for taxes on a house on a lot belong- ing to him. There has never been a house on tne lot. I have seen a case where they evidently did not consider the value of the property at all, but estimated it just high enough to produce $100 in taxes. The state- | ment that remonstrance would have led to correction is delusive. No doubt it did so in some cases, but 1 filed an affidavit some months ago that I would sell a certain house for less than the assessment without effect. Of course, excessive taxation is a backset to the District, and it is difficult to imagine a proper motive for it. Not only ts it un- just, but, if I am correctly informed, it is illegal. The law requires that only an amount estimated from the expenditure of the previous year can be legally raised. I should like to see this tested. I have before me report No. 1469, House of Representatives, Fifty-second Congress, first session, submitted by Hon. Tom L. Johnson of Ohio. It deals with taxation in the District and is permeated with his ‘single tax" theories. This is class legisia- tion with a vengeance (all taxes to be levied on land). It would punish men for owning a certain kind of property, and that the kind on which other property rights and th constitution of civilized society are largely 1 The proposition resolves itself into a tax on rents, as Mr. Johnson well shows. He is a free trader, and must, therefore, know that the consumer pays tax. The landlord would add it to the rent, which is already | the hardest expense for the poor to meet Mr. Johnson knows a few District properts owners who are “single taxer, s of them throughout, us large proportion would seem d astic man than the Ohio Congre think it ver that not owner in a hundred, or elsewher lieves in anything of the kind. 1 know m large and small property owners, no one of whom favors it he- As another specimen of Mr. Johnson's ‘faets” and logic, he values the land (alone) in the District at’ $42,000,006 (page 21 of his report). The entire as 1 value of land and improvements in Brooklyn, a city with four times our population and n our business, is only $48: cr i It would be much easier to prove that all corporations, such . in which Mr. John- hose profits are larg- | state, than to main- | | | ny times ja 7 son is interested, er than those « tain his contention. PAUL WEUSTER EATON. a Religious Life in There will beyan interesting = at! the Young Men's Christian Association this evening at the regular young mon's meeting. Mr. Yeatarow Okano of Japan | will be present and speak of religious life | in his native country and appear in cos- tume. He is an interesting speaker and | all who hear him will be pleased with the | opportunity thus afforded them. There will | | be no charge and no collection. | —_ | A Few & Yesterday B. street northeast, while moving a stone with a lever on Rhode nd avenue between ‘1th street and Connecticut avenue slipped and fell, cutting a bad gash in his fore- | head. | Marshall Thomas, foreman of the pile drivers, who lives at 40% 6th street south- west, While at work on 26th and B streets yesterday had his left foot severely injured py a scantling falling upon it. He was taken to the Emergency. Hospital, i This morning at 4:30 ck Joseph H. | Kane, employsd at work on the P street bridge, had his foot crushed piece of fron falling on it and he was taken to the Emergency ital. ce dents. Hos io the United States, a complete list of libra- Libraries in A circular giving | ries in the Unit | by the bureau ¢ erage size of yolumes was In 1891 the over one thou- n > Was one ulation chusetts, Michigan, 130; 111; Missouri, Sh G street, have | for the safe keep- | s.—Advt iid | pose of lessening th AMUSEMENTS. Albaugh’s.—The Coghlan Company open- ed the week of “Diplomacy” at Albaugh’s last night with a fine audience, and barring a very palpable weakness of Mr. Coghlan, the play was presented with the usual power and finish. The play itself is one of the best Sardou has written, and it has never been produced in finer form than by the Coghlan Company, not only with its present cast, but the cast of last season, for some of the best people on the stage are in it. A great play in the hands of Mr. and Miss Coghlan, Mr. Robert Taber, Mr. Frederic de Belleville, Mr. Robert Fischer, Miss Effie Shannon and Miss Kate Meek cannot be anything else but the very best. Mr. Taber, Mr. de Belleville, Miss Shannon and Miss Meek are new in the cast, but they are not less excellent for that, and about Miss Kenhu® Beveridge an especial interest centered, although the part she played was small and at one time she tripped and made a fall rather more real- istic than artistic. Miss Coghlan is, of course, inimitable as Zicka, and Mr. Cogh- lan, ordinarily, is a perfect Beauclere. “Diplomacy” as done by the Coghlan Com- pany is a superb piece of work and shows what can be done on the American stage, when the means at hand are wisely applied in securing the highest artistic results. New National Theater.—The delight which the audience at the National last night showed in applauding Mr. Sothern’s per- formance seemed to be something more | than a tribute to the actor's abilities. There | Was in the hearts of the people who cheer- ed the young actor a certain desire, un- ceasing and unrecognized, but still present, to make reparation for the slights which were heaped upon the young author by the historic audience which attended the first night of “The Rivals.” [t would be hard to tind a greater tribute to the performance’s merits than this sympathy, lively and real, in the mimic triumphs and sufferings that were shown behind the footlights. It would be hard to find a more ideal literary char- acter than Sheridan, with his quick wit, delicate sensibilities, ‘generosity of impulse and the manners which made him the ac- ceptable associate of distinguished people of the time. And Mr. Sothern is happy in representing these characteristics. His Sheridan is not, perhaps, the most pleasing | thing he has done, but it adds neverthe- less to the luster of his reputation. In his work in the third act he shows perhaps more power than in anything he has hith- erto done. His performance in Sheridan, too, shows him to be capable of the minute study which is necessary to reproduce a character with the fidelity of a photograph, at the same time giving it the breath and blood of actual humanity. The performance does a great work when it brings the popu- lar mind so closely as it does into sympa- thetic relationship with true genius. The dramatist has not had much legitimate op- portunify for original work. The departures from historic fact are scarcely warranted by the results achieved by them. They in- troduce a melodramatic element which should be obtained without perverting the truth, or else dispensed with. Ordinarily such objection would be unimportant. But in the case of “Sheridan” the interest is al- most wholly biographical. The interest is in the picture cf Sheridan and the people who surround him and helped to make his destiny—not in gratuitous endowments of circumstance by Mr. Potter or anybody else. The slight apology for these liberties printed on the program is not sufficient to prevent erroneous impressions in the minds of the many people who visit the play house with only the purpose of being en- tertained. Grace Kimball was very charm- ing as the Maid of Kath, who inspired the romance in the author's life, and R. Buck- stone was exceptionally good as Michael Kelly, Sheridan's friend. The costuming of the play is remarkably beautiful. Academy.—This is “County Fair’ week at the Acadeny, and it opened last night with an excellent attendance and a tine show in all the rings. Of course, “The County Fair” is Neil Burgess’ own, and he has made it, but there is found in Marie | Bates so eminent and excellent a substitute for Mr. Burgess as Abigail Prue that Abi- gail herself would be quite satisfied. To say that is a recognition of Miss Bates’ talent which needs no further detail to per. fect it. Nor is it necessary to go into de tail respecting the play. Everybody knows it, and likes it and goes to see it, and en- joys it and applauds it, and that is enough. There are some new people and all are good according to the demand upon them. Mr. Metcalfe as Otis Tucker makes a very raw New Englander, and maintains it; Edith Pollock is a saucy und spirited Taggs; Geo. West does Johnny Green out of sight, and 0 on through the list. The singing of the Standard Quartet (Messrs. Cavanaugh, Met- calfe and ¢. C. and L. C. Miller) is appre- ciated thoroughly, and when the race comes off and Cold Molasses for the many hun- dredth time wins the race then there is a wild hurrah, and “The County Fair” closes at last In a tremendous blaze of glory. Harris’ Bijou Theater.—Fisher's comedi- ans entertained a large audience at Harris’ Rijou last night, in that rollicking musical farce “Just Landed,” a satire on immigra- tion, in three acts. The play belongs to that class whose object, aim and desire is to produce fun. That it did not fail was evidenced by the continual peals of laughter. There are any number of funny comedians in the east and several ladies of deserved ability. Miss Jean Delmar as Manola, Daughter of Italy, was clever, and Miss Eloise Willard as Lena gave a refreshing bit of German comedy acting. Mlle. Texar- kansas, incidental to the third act, gave an exhibition of her wonderful terpsichorear: abilities, and was rapturously received. Again tonight Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—The patrons of Kernan’s are treated this week to another good show. ‘he Meteors” attract- ed a large audience last night, and present- ed an ollo of exceptional merit. First: came the Brantfords with their funny bull terrier. ‘They lingered five minutes and crowded a reat deal of fun into that brief period. Albint puzzled everyone with his legerde- main, and Miss Nellie Maguire sang several popular songs in a creditable manner. Smith and Raymond contributed a laugh. able sketch, Onri proved herself an_equili rist of the first c Thorne and Carle- ton were amusing, and Smith and Fuller played sweetly upon Conway and I a nob, ome curious instru- land, the monopedes, performance, and Maloney’s Hotel,” in tonight. a roaring afterpi: closed the perform rhmidt’s 1 i@t lectured last r versalist Chureh on “Paris : + Excellent serespticon views lent added in to the r descriptions of the le eva} thrilling stories h unknown and aribitious art- fered in o at they might 4 lof the world.” > mE Benth of erry Collins. of The Eveving Star: a In your issue of the ilth instant you pub- lished a sensational | bly dis- pateh nc ng the gene " public of the death of my son, co a Washington boy, ax Ww at the St. James Hote Mo., from asphyxiation by gas from fective jet in his room and whose death was charged by the hotel proprietor and his subordinate employes as resulting from intoxication. This is so easily piece of supererogat ject, the charge being isproven that it is a n to 0 - The The boy's exterior gave the lie to and the statements of the embalm- Moasrs. Sn < Wagner, that there was u tol its sf ulconolism, together with the official autopsy of Dr. unk, coroner of St. Louis, fully refuted the slan- der, in addition to the testimony at the inquest that the bed room cerder, my boy's clothing taken off on. retiring s in perfect which he had to what proved his F. Klein, living at 56 H | death bed being carefully folded and press- | ed out, his diamond scarf pin pinned in to the ‘sheet, no liquor or empty bottles of such being in the room. when entered by the offivers, &c., together with the bo: general good habits and natural aversion to liquor, all disprove the lies of his slan- derers, and it is my sorrowful duty to make st known, for which purpose a suit, and ‘criminal, will by me against the hotel prop death and defamation of character. In the interim J beg a suspension of judg- ment, assuring the Washington public, so many of whom knew and loved him, as evidenced at his funeral at St. Church last. Wednesday afternc LL.) letters and e received, and dutiful be entered etors for his Matthew's and the n, joving son, a s and an honor to died pure free from the horri heaped up and that the criminal negli in having such a tty » total absence of the ordinary care in v bed room, not di hrough the enti and night of Fric Ww, the cause of death, was no intoxication or n semblan ‘eof tion you will d tice to the dead boy. . COLLINS, G12 13th street northwest. t deal that to the sub- | kindly giving this prominent. publica- | Trees on the Av To the Editor of The Evening Sta’ It is to be hoped that the Commissioners will think twice before proceeding to plant trees on Pennsylvania avenue. To make a success of them as an ornament they must have a considerable soil reposure, and should be planted in double rows with grass plat between. Trees growing out of brick or asphalt never were and never will be or- namental, and the traffic on the avenue is not going to allow of sufficient grass plat to give trees a healthy growth, and if un- healthy and scraggy ones we have had enough already. A second and more im- portant consideration is that it is a great mistake to think that because trees are or- namental ir. a park or aiong rural avenues that therefore they are to be planted every- where. There is an element of rusticity in the planting of trees in front of or about nne vudaings or along well-built business thoroughtares, whose architecture is built to be seen and not to be covered up by foliage. It may be regarded as a happy ac- cident that with the indiscriminate planting of trees which the city has indulged in such noble buildings as the treasury or even the Capitol can really be seen at all in their architectural completeness. That the plant- ing of trees in our narrower residence ave- |nues is not excessive and leading to un- | healthy atmospheric conditions at certain seasons may well be questioned. With the avenue in its present nondescript condition, architecturally, the planting of a screen of trees to hide the meanness of its buildings might be excusable; but this would be, I trust, only for a temporary purpose. 1t would be hardly worth while to go to the large expense and inconvenience of tearing up the pavements to put in trees, which it is to be hoped would ere they were weil srown have to be taken away to reveal the noble facades and colonnades of the govern- ment and other fine buildings which sooner or later are to give our avenue its worthy dignity and beauty. If shade is what is wanted, let it be provided as in the Italian cifies and in the Rue Rivoli in Paris, by lofty arcades in the front of the bufldings— a continuous covered walk on both sides, extending the whole length of the avenue, | like the famous thoroughfares just men. tioned, or like the Palais Royal in Paris, would make the avenue one of the most de- lightful promenades in the world. Finally, let the Commissioners remember that there are many other ornaments suitable for | large cities besides trees, and that when trees are put out of place they are a hin- drance to true beauty. Nowhere in the | world are seen more striking examples of isplaced ornamentation than in Wash- ington. The placing of the civic groups of the Lafayette monument in severe granite and bronze against a mass of foliage, cre- ating an endless confusion of lines, has de- prived that noble work of much of the beauty it would possess when alone outlined against the = sky on one of the fine open spaces before the treasury or the War, State and Navy buildings. ne The proper ornamentation of a great civic thoroughfare like our avenue should be its magnificent architecture on either side and the groups of monumental statuary of na- tional and historic interest which should be erected in its open spaces. Trees, if any- where, would be admissible only in a dou- ble row, shading the cable car tracks, and a green grass plat in the middle of the broad thoroughfare. This would Tesemble the plan of the famous Unter den Linden of Berlin and the Commonwealth avenue of Boston. But with all our fine park spaces and many other beautifully shaded streets we could very well dispense with trees al- together on the avenue, especially as they would be in the way of parades and the xrand processions to which the avenue will Fs. always be devoted. ee Street Car Reforms, To the Editor of The Evening Sta Your timely editorial in Saturday’s Star | in behalf of the street car horses deserves | the warmest approval of both the public} and every car company in the city. If the cars were stopped on the further | crossings only, as a rule, whether to take} Passengers on or let them off, it would ce>- | tainly be to the advantage of all concern. ed—the horses, the public and the compa-! nies. I place the horses first in the benefits to be derived from a change, because they now receive the most injury perhaps from the senseless plan of stopping cars at every “hail or ring of the bell, and at any point on the line. A passenger desires to get off at his gate, and from a brisk trot the horses are sud- deniy brought to a standstill. No sooner does the car get under headway again than another person hails it, very likely less than a hundred feet from where it last stopped, and down go the brakes as before. | I have observed cars stop six different | times in a distance of less than two blocks, and two stoppages in a block’s space are of common occurrence. What a lack of system and foresight the company shows in allowing such a state of things. And the public put up with it, too, year after year, without thinking enough about the harm done to the horses or delay to themesives to even enter a protest. The late Capt. Mayne Reid was the first | to publicly advocate this reform in the: management of street cars in the city of | New York. While conducting a magazine | (Onward) in that city during the years his pity and help was attracted in behalf of the much-abused car horses. He truthfully claimed that it was the frequent stoppages and necessary straining on starting up again that maimed and finally | ruined the horses, and not the trotting or heavy loads. He suggested that the com- panies stop their cars on the further cross- ings only, or on every other crossing. The matter was vigorously presented in the mayazine, from time to time, and with the help of the newspapers the reform way finally inaugurated. If the plan benelits the cable and electric companies in Washington—and no one will leny that it does—it could not fail.to prove f still greater profit to the horse-ca> lines, will convince the most un- son of the benefits all round. CHARLES H. COE. vanne Si Renl Estate Matters. EF. Smith has purchased for $15,000 of Ferrell sub 16, square 243—23.83 by 40 feet on and 13th streets northwest. P. O'Donoghue has bought for $7,900 of BE. Hay et al. part lot 9, square 481- by feet on the corner of 5th and N streets. Robinson has purchased of J. H. square 23— on W between 13th and Lith J. be ‘aylor sub 7, square 14)— y feet on 17th street between V street and Florida avenue northwest. pers The executive committee of the Negro National Democratic League has appoint- elt following committee to conduct the affairs of the league: L. C. Moore of Miss- | iseippi, chairman; Charles J. Lane, P. H. White and T. Glascoe. —— ONCE I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I CAN SEE, THANKS TO HOODS SARSAPARILLA, “I have suffered everything » with so iw, the sores so se- that I was blind. I tried rything I heard of without |- ft, and went to the |——Rhode Island Hospital, but a no relief there. A HOOD'S CURES. riend told me of Hood's HOOD'S CURES. rsaparilla, so I bought a HOOD'S CURES bottle and a box of Hood's —Pills. With = more than —thanks I want everybody to -know that since I have been -tuking these medicines, I have become as well as ever. iy eyes have perfectly heal- ed anil the headache ts cured. ——Frem my picture you can see ——there is nothing the matter —with my eyes now. Hood's Sarsaparilla bas done it all.”* ‘A LOGREE, West- HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD’ RES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. authorities — say treat Catarrh by — taking a constitutional remedy, ‘The sreat value of Hood's Sar- saparilla as a remedy for catarrh is daily becoming better well known, as peo- ple recognize in its use the method — of “ase. HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. common-sense ating HOOD'S CURES. HOOD'S CURES. all Liver Ills, Billousness, 1 this dis PILLS cure Indigestion, | “Ho | Jaundi Headache. HANDS, baby blemishes and falling hatr P. Most effective test of toflet and re for pimples because only ug of the pores. Sold every- soap in the world, | Y A Universalist Mission. A mission of the Church of Our Father, which is the only representative of the Universalist denomination in this city, will be started next Sunday in Haines Hail, Pennsylvania avenue and Sth street south- | east. Services will be conducted by Rev. | Dr. Rogers, the pastor of the church, and | will be held each Sunday afternoon. It is_ the hope that the mission will soon be formed into an independent organization. A series of revival services will be held | at the Church of Our Father beginning De- | cember 10 and continuing for a week. Th Pastor of the church will be assisted by | Rev. Sanford Mitchell, who is a well-known revivalist. e | a | Not Guilty. | In the Criminal Court, Division 1, Justice | McComas, yesterday Paul Hopkins, a col- ored boy, was tried for snatching a pocket- | book containing $47 from Sadie Talliaferro on November 3. The latter testified that she | had threatened to.get a warrant for him, and he spoke to her about it, raised a stick | and snatched her pocketbook. The testi. mony was a stand-off, the defendant pro’ ing by two witnesses that Sadie had no) pocketbook in her hand at the time, and, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. _-—-~ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Alec Frazier and Lydia Lawson; Wm. R. Trux- ton and Julia Probasco Whiteford; Robert Armour and Helen E. Shepherd; John D. Buckley and Catharine Tracey; Charles H. | Wingfield and Ida L. Seay, both of Rich- | mond, V: Albert V. Proctor and Geor- gianna Castine, both of Montgomery coun- ty, Md.; Herbert Claude and Carrie Bealle Cassin; W. J. Young and Addie Bailey; Francis F, Field and Maggie Du Vall Wat- kins; Frank H. Vaden and Lillie Watson; Henry Stewart and Charlotte Baylor. John A. Logan Camp's Entertainment. | An entertainment was given last evening | by Gen, John A. Logan Camp, No. 2, Sons | f Veterans, at its hall, 419 10th street. A dramatic club composed of members of the camp presented “The Prospective Bride- groom,” which was followed by a musical and literary program. cE ee Divorce Grante. Chief Justice Bingham in Equity Court, division 1, yesterday made a decree divore- ing John R. Lee from the bonds of matri- mony with Sarah Franklin Lee, on charge of adultery. | a ees . Mr. Gladstone Was Weary. London Cor. N. ¥. ‘Tribune. ! Some of Mr. Gladstone's friends and col- leagues in the house must have noticed, with a feeling of uneasiness, that both on Thursday and Friday afternoons he seem- ed to be quite wearied out before the din- ner hour, and fell fast asleep in his seat. -is a rule, when any party feeling is being displayed, or a party speech being made, the prime minister is all eyes and ears, but on Thursday he fell asleep in the midst of a good deal of noise, cat among the radicals by Mr. Jesse Colling’s remarks, and again on the following day he slept, | pencil in hand, through several speeches, | and only woke up when it was time to be thinking of dinner. Signs of extreme old | xe are unquestionably creeping on apace with Mr. Gladstone. eee mtepec Railroad. The contract for the speedy completion of the Tehauntepec railroad in Mexico was signed Saturday. The name of the princi- | pal in the contract is Chandos Stanhope. | the well-known English capitalist and | American railroad builder and behind him is Joseph Sampson, a Kansas City contrac- tor. ! | eee Pee Opened by the Prince of Wales. The Bride Lane Polytechnic Institute, | built by the corporation of London, was | opened yesterday. The Prince of Wales | made the opening address. a Stay Denied Ellixon. sallant. The application of Frank Filison for a stay of proceedings pending an appeal from his conviction for an assauit on Broker Henriques has been denied by Justice Bar- rett of the supreme court of New York. ——_—_.os____—_ Dr. Parkhurst’s Detective Freed. Judge O’Brien in New York has signed the order discharging from custody Charles W. Gardner, former chief detective of Dr. | Parkhurst’s society, whose conviction for extortion was reversed by the general term | of the supreme cou: arse | Suing the U m Pacific. } The trial of the suit of ex-Gov. Evans | and other stockholders in the Consolidated | Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railroad | corporation, against the Union Pacific was begun yesterday at Denver before Judge Hallett of the United States circuit court. | In brief the claim is made that the Union | Pacific violated agreements in many ways to the financial loss of the stockholders | of the plaintiff corporation. eo ——___ The United States warships Chicago and Bennington will remain at Genoa for ten | days. They will visit several other Italian ports. William Forman, colored, is to. be hung! at Portsmouth, Va., Friday next. Henriques As- i i] | “WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.” Beecham’s Pills (TASTELESS—EFFECTUAL) FOR ALL BILIOUS AND NERVOUS: DISORDERS, Such as Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired Dicestion, Constipation, Liver Complaint and Female Ailments. Coverod with a Tasteless an] Soluble Coating. Of ali druceists. Price 25 cents a box. New York Depot, 365 Canal st. 18 A Few Leaders. No wonder we're the retail Dusiness of the city-—selling at suck these. In we're muses = $1.75 — Coal ELS , 20Cc,. Saya ot ae ee: BIC, covert taste ety... OB Ce our ‘‘Fuel’ Bill Would amount to half what it does j | | } Furnace Scoops only. at present-if you would weather strip the ‘and ws. We sell’ Valentine's only—the best. We put them ‘wish. ‘3 Something “New” Im ‘‘Fuel.” | ranges cook faster. —Latrobes heat quicker. ssa and “off"’—instantly. can see how {t Works—it’s your while. Demonstrations w da fly. son Barber & Ross, COR. 11TH AND @ 873. N.W. =o | E CITY ITEMS. Our 81.48 Cardigan Knit Jackets. sorinsic| and Double Breast—are the usual low tn price. fades proportionately it Henry Frane & Son, cor. 7th and D. eee Special Sale of Lace Curtains in Brus- sels, Irish Point, Tambour and Notting- ham. Also Muslins for sash curtains, at Panic Prices for two days--Wednesday and ¥ jiture 11 1527 14th st. nw. = ne It is money in your pocket if you buy your family supplies of me. 1 am offering my entire stock at special prices. M. METZGER, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, 417 7th st™n.w. ate Other Dealers Blow a RUDDEN dont! He Makes the Plain Ofer— Furniture, &c., On ster! “Time” Payments at “Bottom” Prices, 51% Seventh street northwest. Buy Suzar This Week. Granulated Sugar, 5 cents. A sugar, 5 cents, Extra C Sugar, 41-2 sents. Cut Sugar, 6 cents. Powdered Sugar, 6 cents. Four X Sugar, 6 1-2 cents, All goods delivered free and punctually to any part of the city. Our prices are the lowest— the quality the first. Eight O'Clock Breakfast Coffee..25¢. Ib. Java and Mocha Blends. .33,35 and Our New Crop Teas....._. he. Our Special—Thea-Nectar A. and P. Baking Powder. Condensed Milk............. THE GREAT ATL Arar AN EA CO. TL and Ot Se 1620 14th st. n. 815 H st. ne. enth st. nw. 1 titaM st.. Georgetown, ands in all mark NEWTON H BOWMAN. MS. (nuit zat What We Cisim, at we sell for cash That you can’ lowest prices except for cash Yate we core rect”). That our expense being low, we cut the price. (Don't you see?) That we have no bad accounts, which our customers have to help make up (here is where the credit man has to pile on the price, and everybody understands thie). We refund the money on anything not as represented. (Can you ask any more?) We claim to do business right and you have no reason to doubt what we tell you. Try us. GRASTY (The Pusher), Furniture. Carpets, Matting, China, Glass, Cutlery, Tin, &c., ‘for cash. Two stores, 1510-12 7th st., bet. P and Q. n20-2t 8. Heller, 720 7th st. uw. is maki in Ladies’ and Children’s Hair Gute + also cures Dandruff. Telephone, feri should try Brown's chia] Troches. ——_—o—_. iene You don’t drink beennne you can't digest it Try Phillips’ Digestible Cocoa. 1 Elixir Babek cures ail malarial diseases. =——aaaooSS COAL AND WOOD. George L. Sheriff, ESTABLISHED 1651, Ix SUPERIOR QUALITIES OF COAL AND Woon. Prompt delivery and lowest prices. ‘Tel: Family trade a specialty. Main office, OCEAN TRAVEL. ARTHUR W. KOBSON, G15 15th st. ow. Terlenhone 1684. ip, Passenger end Tourist Ageat. ‘Tickets to Europe by all lines, Drafts tp sums to suit. | Woretem Express. (aud) Custom House Broker. MANICURE. FIRST-CLASS MANICURE AND HAIR DRESSER. Parlors 22 and 24 110 Pst. mw Meood building. __Hours, 9am. to 5 pm. are MADAME PAYN. MAN ROP. odist. 703 15TH ST. N.W.—The Siaporter = manufacturer and OSXSX8XSX8X8 XSXSX8X8O! ix! WERE A X $3.50 |It is not often that we or a else are able to offer Ladies’ regular $2.50 Shoes for $2.50—ur We ate pow —a lucky mann- wie vA Pee ero ns X in the =. | 1290 thea, hay ase ce joo } variety of stylish 4 eel Tawte apd. ell reg. X larly for $3.50, 00 x $2.50 xX tenn ~ 3 Shoe ‘Chances. We are making your Shoe buying more economical to you every day by selling you the BEST grade Shoes at prices asked about town for the most infertor qualities, Fee TS SS Ss SSNS SHES SEES, seggg eae . Ghee, oN styles of tone, Crawford’s, niT 731 7th st. Bast Side. Leidy, 928 71m Sz Ax 706 K 82. Five Reasons —why you should burn gas fer heating er CLEANLY. a CONVENIENT. Gas Is { commortasa ’ BOONOMICAL, OUR “CHEERFUL” GAS STOVE aT $+ —is small, but it's large enough to beat @ good-sized room—bed room, bath room, Mbrary, small office room Woasunerox Gas Arriuscz Ex ,- a6 K. & ave Lal