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16 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1893-TWENTY PAGES. SUBURBAN NEWS. ALEXANDRIA. Churches and market alike show prepa-/ ration for Christmas today, and Mayor Strauss has thrown his influence on the side of a good Christmas by presenting to each of the policemen a fine turkey, where- at the policemen are kind to the boys and allow them all manner of Christmas sports without interference. Tha churches are getting up their best music for the services on Christmas, and all the leading vocalists of the city will be singing Christmas an- thems at the churen services of that day. The relatives of Thomas D. Ryan of Rich- mond, who, as reported to The Star, was killed Friday night by the railway train at Four Mile Run, came to this city for his , and have ecarrjed it to Richmond. H. Henson of Prince William county gave bail yesterday in $1,000 before United States Commissioner Fowler to answer the grand jury of the United States court, on the charge of robbing the mail. Mr. S. W. Goodson has been elected chair- man of the directory of the Central Union Mission. The object of the mission is to visit and read the Bible and sing and pray im the families of non-church goers and en- deavor to promote their spiritual welfare. The funeral of Mrs. Thomas M. Scott, wife of one of the leading builders of Alex- andria, took place this morning from St. Mary's Catholic Church. The burial was made in the Church Street cemetery. The corporation court continues its ses- sion, and on probate side has issued let- ration on the estate of the yan to Mrs. Mary E. Ryan. ——s—— ANACOSTIA, The Anacostia and Potomac River Rail- road Company is seeking, through legisia- tive enactment, the extension of its route from the intersection of its tracks at 4th Street with E street southeast in a general northeasterly direction to Florida avenue, or Boundary street. The joint session of the Daughters of the King convened at Emmanuel Church, Ana- costia, on Thursday evening. The chapters participating represented Christ Church, Navy Yard; the Church of the Incarnation, St. Stephen's Church, Mt. Pleasant, and the local church, Emmanuel. From to 730 Was devoted to the transaction of business, the chief feature of which was the forma- tion of a local council, a representative body, composed of delegates from each of the local chapters. At the conciusion of the business meeting a special service was held, at which the organization was addressed by the Rev. G. F. Dudley of St. Stephen's, the Rev. Gilbert F. Williams of Christ Church, Wavy Yard, and the Kev. J. L. Townsend of the Church of the Incarnation, respec- tively, in words having special reference to the duties of the order and the work sought to be accomplished by and justifying its ex- istence. ‘The attention of the District Commission- ers is called to the dangerous condition ef | the rotten wooden pavement on Harrison | street, extending from Pierce to Avaion street, as liabie to result in a suit for dam- ages on the part of some unfortunate pedes- trian. After the christening of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Allan last evening | the godfather of the child, Mr. Everett| Davis, and a number of friends went to the} home of Mr. Alian and gave him a surprise | party. John A. Logan Post, No. 13, G.A.R., will add its quota to the Christmas cheer by dis- tibuting food supplies to the worthy poor ef Anacostia. The oilice of Judge Arm- strong, No. 105 Monroe street, will serve as | @ temporary commissary department, trom which supplies will be distributed this even- ing. Special commemorafive services will be! conducted on Christmas day at St. Teresa's | Koman Catholic and Emmanuel Episcqpal Churches, hich the musical program will be a prominent feature. The Methodist, Laptist and Presbyterian Churches will hold no specia) services on Christmas day, but the sermons of the sev- erai pastors tomorrow will have reference to the significance of the day. ine heailliea HYATTSVILLE. Elaborate preparations are being made by the choirs of the several churches here for their Christmas music. Especially is this the cese with St. Jerome's Catholic Church, which expects to surpass all pre- vious efforts of the kind. The Pinkney Me- morial Church choir consists of Miss Min- nie Moran, leader; Miss Nellie Moran, or- ganist, the Misses Fuiler, Wells and Owens, soprani; Mrs. F. A. Holden and Miss Geib, alti; the Messrs. P. M: Leakin and B. A. Faller, tenors, and the Messrs. J. B. Burn- side and Lewis Holden, basses. The pro- sram has not yet, been arranged at St. Jerome's Caurch. The masses on Christ- mas day will be as follows: High mass at | midnight; masses at 7, 7:30, $ and 8:30. At the last mass, the children of the Sunday school will sing, Miss Edythe Gallant, lead- ing. The soloists will be Leila Aman, Min- nette Williams, May Gorman, and Masters Paul McFarland, Andrew Fischer, Cecil | Gallant and William Palmer. She children who have been preparing for the first com- munion wiil receive it at this “mass. The | midnight mass will be sung by Kev. Father | Nevins of tae Catholic niversity of Wasn- ington, D. C., wio will also give a short devotional sermon. The music of this ma: will be as follows: Introductory, Ade Yidelis, Aria, viviin, organ accompaniment Kyrie, Gounod’s Messe Solenreile; Gloria Marzo; Credo, Marzo; Sanctus, .Gounod’s Messe Soiennelle: Beuedictus, Gound's Messe Svlennelie; Agnus Dei, Marzo. At the Offertory, Adeste Fidelis, by Novello. The parts of ihe mass that have been taken from Gounod’s Messe, will have violin ac- companiment. Violinist, N. Theodore Van- doran. The foliowing 2re the soloists of the mass: Mrs. doseph Aman, Mrs. Acker, Miss Acker, Miss Fenwick; altos, Miss Reil- ly, and Miss Burns; ienors, Messrs. R. E. White, Wm. J. Hickey; basses, Messrs. Geo. Reilly, Fred. Reilly and Geo. Burns; or- ganisi, Miss Edythe Gallant; leader, Mr. Geo. Reilly. At a recent meeting of Lodge, No 179, A. F. and A. M., of this | place, the following officers were elected: | Jos. ¢. Robinson, worshipful master; Wm. | B. Stokes, senior warden; H. T. Harrison, | junior warden; F. A. Holden, secretary: | en Gasca, treasurer; Frank H. Gasch, tyler. The board of county commissioners at a recent meeting pased the following orders: | That a credit be allowed Mrs. Thos.R.Dwy- er cn tax bill for 1893 on $1,300 as erro- neously charged, and that the treasure re- | turn the same with insolvencies: that | Christopher Billopp be paid $5 for making Profile of proposed road in Que2n Anne dis- trist; also $7 for assistants: that I. 8. Wil- son, school commissioner, be paid $100, be- ing the amount appropriated for the night school In the town of Laurel, nayable out of | surplus of 189%: that Wm. H. Thomas be | authorized to repair public road near his rm in Marlboro’ district, cost of same Not to exceed $10. Miss Roberta K. Elliot, daughter of the late R. K. Eliot of this’ village, has won pier honors at the Dublin University. Ire- Rev. Mr. Thompson. pastor of the Colored Methodist Church. Riadensbure. is holding & series of revival meetings at that church. Manv converts have been made. Chillur. Castle Lodge, No. 186, A. F. and A. M.. has elected the followine officers to ferve fo s term of one vear: Gen. A. Gude, Worshipful master: J. Ancust Mille warden: Alex. Gnde. junior warden « Wineburger, seerstary: John Burgess. treve- vrer: L. 1. MceEntvre. senfor deacon: John Frolich. juntor deacon; Rev. FE. \. Mott. chaplain: Geo Funk and John Noligan. Mt. Hermon | stewants: Stephon Willer. marshal: Gea. W. Perkins. tyler The lodge is in a flourishing James Enos Ray of Chillum. who has heen quite M with typhoid fever, tn ‘YP! ever, has a FREDERICK. lence of The Evening Star. FREDERICK, Md., December Tes. ‘The death warrant of Wiiliam Leonard. who fs In jai! here awaiting execution for the murder of Jesse ‘. Anderson at Lime Kin, this county, on the 5th of September last.was received Friday morning by Sherift D. P. Zimmerman and read to the doomed ™an in his cell on Friday afternoon. The date selected is Friday, February 16,184, and the hangme is to take place privately fm the jaif yard at Frederick. Thursday Leonard bade good bye to Adam Robinson, & colored fellow prisoner who was taken away to the Maryland penitentiary to Serve out a six-year term for larceny, and said he wished he was going with him. To John H. Long, another fellow Prisoner, since released, he said that he would never live to die upon the gallows, and the sheriff vs he is positive that Leonard will endea- Vor to outwit the law if he gets a chance: ‘The shooting of Anderson, Leonard assert: senicr | times r. was an accident and a sad affair, but he did not intend to kill him and was never before arrested for any crime. A case has been decided in the circuit court here that fixes definitely and precisely the hmit of tne Hability of the county com- missioners for damages resulting from ac- cidents on the county roads. Allen 4. Bur- rier was moving a traction engine along | the pike and when crossing a smali bridge, | near Liberty, the bridge broke and the en- | gine was damaged. Burrier sued the coun- | ty for $100 and won the case before a mag- istrate. The commissioners appealed, and | the court in its ruling reverses the decision of the lower court, its decision being to the effect that “the duty of the county com- missioners is well performed if the bridge complained of was in a reasonably safe con- dition for travel in the ordinary modes in the neighborhood and, by the people who commonly use such bridge.” The county commissioners construe this decision to mean that the county is not bound to provide usual modes of travel or excessive weight, and persons so using bridges do so at their own peril. ‘The jury in the case of John H. Long of Mt. Pleasant district, charged with incest with his eighteen-year-old daughter, Jennie Long, as told in The Star, rendered a ver- dict of acquittal and Long was released. ‘The water in the new reservoir west of rederick, only recently completed, began to leak out a few days ago, and has been leaking so rapidly ever since that the fields and roads in the vicinity are now flooded, —_ on the adjoining tarm of Mr. Stoner tHe cellar has been flooded, the stables swamped and several outbuildings damaged. ‘The reservoir holds 600,000 gallons and was nearly full. very effort is being made to locate the leak and stop it. David K. Cramer has bought, for $13,000, the 1W-acre farm of Milton 8. McDannel in Mt. Pleasant district, this county. —-_>_—_. BROOKLAND. ‘The Christmas music of St. Clement's ‘mission will be given on Sunday. Mr. Geo. ¥. Erdman, the precentor, has arranged the followirig selections: Processional, Adeste Fideles, by J. Reading; Venite, by Mendel- ssohn; Jubilate Weo, by Aldrich; Mendel- ssohn’s Kyrie in ¥ flat; Rodger’s ‘Te Deum in B flat, and recessional, Angels from the Realms of Glory, by Henry Smart. The ladies of the choir are Miss Maud Porter, Miss Manie Erdman, Miss Mary Burr, Miss Lottie Fillmore, Mrs. Marie Sage and Miss Lewis; the gentleman are Messrs. Wm. Quinn, Louis Carmick, Adams and Booth. Mr. F. Booth is the organist. The Christ- mas music will be repeated on Sunday, De- cember 31. ‘rhe Brookland Card ib was hand- somely entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. . Erdman at their home in University Heignts. rhe Christmas festival of St. Clement's Mission will be given on Friday evening, December 2¥, at Brookland Hall. ——— TRIFLES THAT MAKE HISTORY. Some Simple Incidents Which Have Resulted in Notable Consequences. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The cackling of geese once saved Rome, and the inopportune precipitation of a sum- mer cloud vanquished Napoleon at Water- loo. He could” not open battle without noise, and the ground was too wet for moving artillery, causing delay that en- abled Blucher to come and turn the tide. he won the battle of Borodino. Rome, “that once sat on her seven hills and from her threne of beauty ruled the world,” was founded by Romulus and Remus, who in infancy would have perished only that a wolf that had lost her whelps gave the babies lacteal nourishment. The Spanish Armada, than which no prouder ever rode the wave or went forth to conquer under grander auspices, having in view the conquest and humiliation of England, was utterly dispersed and almost annihilated by a storm. The independence of the United States of America had its foundation in a disagree- ment about tea. Benjamin F. Wade, a powerful anti-slavery apostle and a sten- torian and courageous defender in the halls ot Congress of northern institutions in the decade closing with 1860, once operated a wheelbarrow on the Hudson River and Lake Erie canal. The learned Elihu Burritt be- gan life as a blacksmith. er Sherman and Henry Wilson, two notable characters in the Congress of the United States, began life as shoemakers. Carter Harrison, the recently assassinated mayor of Chicago and one of the most unique, popular and picturesque figures in American municipal administration, serving his fifth term as chief executive of his city when shot, was born in a log house and was cradled ina sugar trough. The battle of Lexington was a minor skirmish conducted mainly by American farmers to express disapprobation of En- glish arrogance, but the report of the rustic flintlocks tilted every crown and jarred every throne in Eurone. When Warren fell American liberty was baptized in his blood. Franklin. who threw his lasso to the nim- bus and lassoed the flaming steed of the storm. thus laying the foundation of all electrical sclence and of every dynamo, be honored hy kines and queens. Abraham Lincoln. when a young man. mate a flathoat vovage as supercareo and assistant roustabont down the Mississinpi Tiver and witnessed the anction sale of 9 sensitive slave girl of fourteen vears, His sont revolted at the outrage to his foelines tive “f aver T ret a chance ta hit slavery TM hit her hard." te was studvine law and saw himeelf “hit' a defender nf the weak. The incident Iaid the formdation for the proclamation of emancinetion. Every tan of that anctionser’s hammer arove nail inte the coffin of chattel slavery. Wryer houcht the soul of secession and paid the price Famund Ruffin of South Caratina fired the frst cannon at Fort Sumter in the war of the reheltion and that shot awoke a da fiant eche from every northern hill and re- verherated around the world. AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. And When It Was All Over the Agent Mended Things. From the Lontsville Commercial. Nashville one winter the station keeper had an exciting time. It was midnight and the station being in a deserted part of the country had been left by the loafers. It began to rain. The station keeper was not sleepy and determined to sit up a greater part of the night, especially as he had an unusual sum of money in his cash drawer and he felt uneasy about it. Robberies of stations and farm houses down the line had been frequent. So he settled himself down to a vigil. As he down from the shelf and set it in the stove A moment afterward there was a knock at the door and he admitted a cold, drench- ed tramp, whom he allowed to lie down by the fire. Just thea a train came around the bend and the station agent stepped outside .o display the go-ahead signal. He felt distrustful of the tramp aad teared that he wouid fool with tne money drawer. As the tram passed he hurried into the room and had scarcely opened the aovr ana seen the tramp standing by the stove with something glistening m his hand, when there Was a report and the agent felt a stinging se isation over his eye. Although blinded with biood from the wound he drew his pistol and fired five into the oom. He then dashed round to the rear of the station and hid under the platform. After an hour's time |he crawled out, resigned to the loss of | his money and thankful that he had escap- {it when a startling sight met his eyes. He | lit another one, found a candle and gazed about at the scene of desolation, | ‘The lamp had been shattered by a bullet. | A cheese had been perforated with two bul- jlets. The room was filled with smoke from | the stovepipe, which a fourth bullet had | perforated. Strangest of all, the room was | filled with cinders and oysters frescoad jeverything. Oysters, oysters, oysters, cove | oysters. The agent grasped and realized it all. The can had remained in the stove too long and being sealed up had exploded from the steam when the tramp poked the fire. Of course the tramp skipped when the shooting commenced. The cash drawer was intact. A piece of tin was found near the door, where it had recoiled off the agent’s face. The agent spent the remain- der of the night in mending the stove. toe Competent. From Puck. | wenn inkley—"1 think 1 shall try my hana | at magazine poetry.” Faber—“Do you think you are capable? You -know magazines require something | more than rhyme.” | Penn Inkley (enthustastically)—“Capable! | Why. it’s just in my line! I’ve been run- | ning the puzzle department of our paper for | years!” bridges adapted to extraordinary and un- | Through a little blunder of his adversaries | was a poor, hard-working boy. and rose to | and he declared with an emphatic exnle- | The | At a way station on the Lovisville and | telt hungry he took a can of cove oysters | jed with his life. The room was dark; the fire was out. The tramp had evidently es- eaped with his booty. Sorrowfully the | {agent lit a match, but instantly dropped | IN THE CHURCHES. Our old friend, the grip, no longer fash- jonable, but still quite as disagreeable, is paying Washington another visit this year and is quite as general and indiscriminat- ing in its attacks as ever. it seems, how- ever, to have singled out the preachers as its particular prey this winter. There are | perhaps a round dozen of these good per- sons sutfering from more or less severe at- tacks of the malady, and others who are just getting well from or just coming down with it. It has fettered the Presbyterian ministers, somehow or other, especially strongly, and they are more or less handi- capped all over the city. Last Wednesday night invitations were sent to many Pres- byterian ministers to be present at the re- ception tendered to Rev. Mr. Verbrycke by the Gurley Memorial Church and they all responded, promising to be there. One of | tnem came. ‘The others didn’t, and it was | learned that Dr. Bartlett, who was to have | delivered the address of welcome, was sick | in bed with the grip. Dr. Bittinger, pastor {of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, | was confined to his home for the same rea- ‘son, while Dr. selly of the Fourth Presby- terlan Church, who had just recovered from an attack of tonsilitis, was said to have had a relapse. Mr. Verbrycke, even, was feel- jing very poorly. Fortunately Dr. S. H. Greene, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, is now quite well of the same trou- ble and it is hoped that with the rest the attacks will be light, and the unfortunates soon well. ‘the Methodist Episcopal Church South is spreading in this city. The number of churches and the membership of that so- ciety here has never been very large, but within the past year it has increased very considerably, so that now a new church is talked of. ‘Vhere are at present four churches of that connection in the District, the Mount Vernon Church, corner of ¥th and K streets northwest, of which Rev. Dr. 4. W. Canter is the pastor; the Grace Chureh, corner of 7th and A streets north- east, Rev. Jonn C. Jones, pastor; the Mount Ulivet Church, on 7th street near C street southwest, Rev. John K. White, pastor; and the Emery Chapel at Brightwood, of which Rev. W. M. Waters is pastor. Of all these churches the largest, oldest and richest is the Mount Vernon Church, which was es- tablishea in .86¥. From this church the others have grown, being first started by establishing them as missions of the home church. ‘They are all self-supporting now, but little more, so that the burden of start- ing a new church would rest principally on the members of Mount Vernon Church. ‘“hey will undertake the matter, however, in the near future, although no plans have yet been definitely made, nor is it known | where the new church will be located. The increasing membership in the society of the Methodist Church South in this city, however, will make the step necessary | soon, and will probably result in an easy accomplishment of the plans, The Epworth League is carrying out an admirable idea this winter in its series of oratorical contests. The aims of the league are to educate in all directions, and as the art of public speaking is one which is very commonly neglected nowadays, the leagues of several of the Methodist churches of the city have arranged for contests in speak- ing and oratory. Each of the leagues in this arrangement will, during the winter, be’ have already, held contests open to all of their society. The winners in the con- ; tests at each church will later in the year | meet together and compete in a final con- | test. The societies who have taken up with this idea are those of Douglas Me- |morial M. E. Church, corner of lith and | |Chureh, corner of 1th and G streets north: west; the Waugh M. E. Church, corner of 3d and A streets northeast; the Hamline M. |=. ¥ bh and P streets northwest; the McKendree M. EB. Chureh, |on Massachusetts avenue between 9th and | loth streets northwest, and the Metropoli- |tan M. FE. Church, corner of 4 1-2 and C {streets northwest. The Foundry Church held their contest some time ago and the Waugh Church heid theirs last night. Much improvement has beer made in speaking | from the result of this scheme already, and the rivalry caused, although keen, h: al- Ways been good natured and friendly. Now that Rev. LC. Brane, the former pastor cf the Church of the United Breth- ren in Christ, corner of North Capitol |R streets northwest, has bade final fare- | Well to his flock and’ gone to Ohio, Rev. J. EB. Fout will fill his place as the regular i { | tunities until pastor. Mr. Fout has done most of the |preaching in the church ever since last | summer, but until Mr. Brane’s departi \he had not taken full charge of the work. Rev. Mr. John R. Verbrycke, the new | pastor of the Gurley Presbyterian Church, will preach for the first ume tomorrow morning. At the reception tendered him last Wednesday night he was much pleased with the people and they were much pleas- ed with him. He is for the present staying with his father-in-law, Dr. Thomas C. Easton, pastor of the Hastern Presbyterian Church, whose home is on Capitol Hill. A statue of St. Anthony and a pair of patent candelabras have been donated by | two generous ladies to the Church of the | Holy Name (Catholic), corner of 1th and K | Streets northeast. Special services have been carried on every evening of the past week by the pas- tor of the North Capitol Methodist Episco- ‘pal Church, Rev. Charies O. Cook, at church, on the corner of North Capitol and K streets northwest. He has been assisted | by a number of workers from the Lu | Webb Hayes Bible School, by ladies from | the Deaconess Home and ‘by others, | A financial and spiritual rally was held all last Sunday at the Mount Zion Metho- dist Church, on 29th street northwest, Ad- | dresses were made at the several services | by Rev. W. T. D. Clemon, D. D., Rev. E. | W. S. Peck, D. D., and Rev. Henry A. Car- roll, the pastor. ‘The Bible readings by N. Funk, the evan- gelist of the Universalist Church, have at- | tracted a great many people. On’ last Mon- | day night he was at Haines’ Hal! in Ana- | costia, and drew out a large crowd of all | kinds ‘and colors of people. Rev. Father Jones will celebrate Christ- mas masses at the Providence Hospital, and Prof. Joyce will render a cornet solo, “Adeste Fideles.” On Christmas day a magnificent gold | chalice, made of precious metals, contrib- | uted by the congregation, will be used for | the first time at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, corner of 10th and G streets north- west. The chalice is a beautiful work of art, adorned with diamonds, pearls, ame- thysts. rubles and other precious stones. The tiling of the church has been com- pleted, and adds materially to its beauty. The societies of this parish will meet to- morrow night in the church hall, to ar- range for attending the ceremonies In con- nection with the laying of the corner stone of St. Paul's Catholic Church on Sunday, December 31. T. F. Chambers, an 014 member of Cal- vary Baptist Church. who has since grad- uated from Rochester University. will preach in that church on Sunday, Decem- ber 31. | The altars of St. Alovsius’ Roman Catho- Me Church, corner of North Capitol and T streets northwest, will be elahoratelv decor- ated for Christmas. Over the high altar will be the words “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” composed of 1,000 lights. Bishop Peterkin and Bishop Talbert will snenk at the Ascension Protestant Episcopal Church, corner of 12th street and Massa- chusetts avenue, during January. Bishop Peterkin will give an account of the work in Brazil, which he has visited, and Bishop Talbert wil! sneak about his work in Wyo- ming and Idaho. Some of the members of the King’s Daugh- ters of Capitol Hill are making arrange ments to secure a room and start a girls’ club, with a library and other nvivileges for the young ladies of that locality. December 27 the standine committee of the Episcopal Churches of the diocese will meet in Baltimore to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Ritch, dean of the con- vocation of Baltimore and principal of the Hannover Academy. > Poverty and Clothes. From the New York Sun. One marked difference between the very poor in the English cities and the cor- responding class in American towns is thats! the latter bu: their clothing of tailors and . and therefore get it ne glish poor, and particular! the English women of low estate, prefer the castoff finery of he quality’ that is sold at the second-hand shops. The result is that the American Jaborer and his wife make a better appearance in their cheap but simple and suitable garments than the | London navvy or hawker, with a shiny, il fitting broadcloth, and his wife in a garnish hat with broken’ feathers and unfashiona- ble, not to say bedraggled, skirts. ae see = Spokane’s Flastic Social Function, | From the Spokane Daily Chronicle. | Spokane society dotes on receptions. reception is the most elastic, convenient social affair imaginable. Just a little stretching of the rules will make it a grand ball, a concert, a banquet or a prayer meet- ing. It can be adjusted to the crowd, the weather, the political situation or anything else. The only trouble with these recep- tions is that a guest never knows whether to take a prayer book or a copy of Hoyle j With him when he starts to the meeting. A { Streets northeast; the Foundry M. E. | | three more, | saying. at { Objects to the MeMil! road Bill. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In The Star of the 4th or Sth instant a brief statement of the bill introduced by Senator McMillan, providing for the in- corporation of street railway companies in the District of Columbia, appeared. In your issue of yesterday a comprehensive | statement of the provisions of this bill is L pre-and I am glad you have done this. | FP think the light of discussion and analysis | Should be turned onto this bill. It is a very |important measure to the people of the District of Columbia. If I understand it it is practically a free street railway law for the District of Columbia. Without undertaking to analyze this bill thoroughly, even if 1 were capable of doing so, I will call attention, with your per- mission, to some of its leading features. The first section is full of promise. This section prohibits the Commissioners of we District rom permitting We construction ol a railroaa i either tne streets or ave- LUGS Waluuul Lue CUllbede Luereto OL & majority 4 wileLest vi Lue UWuees UL prop- Sly Upul PUCK SLKeels List pele OULautieu. 2018 WWUKS Well Li, as Would See LO be Lhe Impucdued, whe Mmajoriy ui anlerest ol ead SUeEL Must be Ovuiued. Bul unloriuuateiy ior Us protecting sec- tod Seriuus setoacKS are given LOW Lur- ter on. ectiun 4 authorizes the incorporation of Compalues uh easy Lerins, ine haruest oF Wahich 1s the actual payment py ine siocK- hoiders of one hundred douurs per mile to the airectors. ‘Lhen taese companies, easily brought into bens, may construct and operaie tneir railways on the screets, proviued tne con- Sent of one-half im vaiue of the property {ana the consent of Congress ve urst ob- | taned. ais 1s the provision of secuon 0. Apprehending, naturaly enough, that it May be impossible to obtain the consent of either a majority or of one-halt of the prop- erty holders in interest, the bill provides in the seventh section that in case the con- sent of the property owners, as required, cannot be obtained, the company failing to obtain such consent may apply to the Su- preme Court of the District for the ap- pointment of three commissioners to de- termine, after a hearing of all parties in- terested, where such railroad ought to be constructed and operated. These commissioners, within ten days after their appointment, shall give public notice of their first sitting, and may there- after adjourn from time to time until all their business is completed. Then, by authority of section 9, these commissioners shall determine, after the public hearings, whether such road ought to be constructed and operated, and shail make a report thereon, together with the evidence, to the | court, and their determination that such, road ought to be constructed and operated, confirmed by said court, shall be taken in lieu of the consent of the property owners before mentioned. Such report, too, shall | be made within sixty days after appoint- | |ment of said commissioners, unless the | court shall for good cause shown extend | such time. Here we have a bill which enables any | number of persons, not less than thirteen, | to obtain a charter of incorporation for 2 | Street railway company on declaring their purpose. Neither the Dictrict Commts- | stoners, nor the court: | refuse the charter. No discretion | fuse, limit or modify, ts lodged any’ j The filing of the articles of sssoc! with the District Commissioners, Street Rail- nor Conxress can to re- after | compliance with certain easy formalities, creates a completely endowed corporation. Next we have this corporation endeavor- ing to procure the consent of one-half of the property owners in Interest alons the (streets. That effort failing, the corpora- | tion asks the Supreme Court of the »is- trict to appoint three commissioners, v-ho, after hearings, shall report where such railroad ought to be constructed. If these | commissioners report favorably, that ends the power of opposition. The earlier professions of the bill relat- ing to the consent are thus annihilated, and not only are they annihilated, but the work is done by a rapid transi Within sixty days any ‘thirteen ; May secure a charter, secure a route and obtain perfect vested rignts, «pposition or no opposition, it is all the same. If the commissioners ‘appointed vy the court should decide adversely to the corporation nothing easier than to get three more, and until the right kind can be had. There is nothing in the bill which pre- | cludes the corporation from asking,asking, | asking until it receives what it wants. ‘hat jit would be Ikely to embrace its cy-por- it succeeded yoes without This free railroad bill, Mr. Editor, opens he door to a discussion of the’ policy which ought to be adopted in regard to street railways in the District. I want the District to have every desirable facility for travel. But I venture the assertion that the day is not far distant when the people of this city will regret they ever admitted rapid transit railways with its bounda- ries. Complaints are made here and in other cities against the steam railways that pass into and through them. Yet the modern electric or cable city passenger rail- way is almost as dangerous in its rate of speed, and very much more productive of casualties. Without knowing the data, I venture to say the injuries and deaths caused in the last year in Washington by the one cable system far outnumber those caused by the two great steam railway systems within the city. Yet the latter ltraverse considerable portions of populous parts of the city. Agam, though we of the United States |know a great deal and are wonderfully | progressive, we ought not to assume that | we know everything. The people of Eu- {rope have considerable experience and knowledge. This is particularly true of | |England and France. Yet in the great | jelties of these two countries street rail- | Ways are almost unknown. Rapid transit surface roads would not be permitted in} London or Paris at all. If they should be there would be no limit to the number of casualties. Our great cities expect to rival | | their European sisters in population, wealth | jand beauty. The ambition of the city of | | Washington, as shown by the immense number of small lots laid out in the sur- rounding, is to become a great city. I am told by a gentleman who made a calcula- tion that when the lots unoccupied in the \eity and those in the surrounding country | are ouilt upon, Washington will contain a | population of over 3,000,000, What will be | the condition of affairs in the bu: streets, such as Penns F street and 7th and as mey have acquired ‘business import- | ance, when and if the city attains this |Population? If such a situation be remote, | |the argument of the promoters of new | street railways fails, because the present | accommodations are quite adequate to a jlargely increased population. ; Nor n there be fear of the want of sufficient accammodations. The experience | ,of London and Paris testifies to this. In either city ample facilities exist, and the | cost of carriage is not one-half of what it iis here. If Washington had no street rail- |ways at all, the people would not be de- | prived of comfortable and convenient modes of travel. i The last suggestion I wish to make is that this 1s a city of homes. The future of Washington depends more on that which , Will make it desirable in this respect than upon any other feature of its development. | | Now, there is nothing more certain than j this: If this city shall become gridironed | with rapid transit street railways, as most | of the cities of the United States are, many | of the people who have come here to have, and to enjoy their homes will move away, | and that influx which is expected will not; materialize. { Will not the daily newspapers of this city, which seem to be zealously watchful of its welfare, take up this subject and save us from the dangers that beset us in this direc- h, and such others tion? THOS. M. BAYNE. December 21, 1893. i 2 ae» Ga, | The Reason. From Puck. { | | i | | { | Why didn’t | } | “Good heavens! you speak to a policeman? Nurse girl—“I wus speaking to wan all dthe toime, mum.” Leman). USL — Lady Eva Quinn, the wife of that Capt. | Wyndham who is heir presumptive to the | \Earl of Dunraven, has the reputation of | being the most noted shot among English women. One of her chief exploits is the shooting of six full-grown tigers from a howdah. ‘ , Fine WE ARE BODY SNATCHERS. Despoiling the Graves in Egypt May Recoil on America. This passage is from Rae's “Modern Egypt:” “American visitors to Egypt are accounted the best patrons of Egyptian body snatchers. They are glad to return home with a mummy; they are proud to have their friends see it unrolled; they bury their own dead with surpassing care, placing them in caskets with splendid tombs. It might seem as if, with Ulysses in Hecuba, they were recompensed for lives of struggle by reposing under noble monu- ments. “A cemetery in America is generally the most beautiful adjunct to a city. Would not the cultured citizens of Boston shud- der if told that a day might come when Mount Auburn would be treated as a mine in which shafts are sunk and levels driven in order to discover human remains and wing them to the surface, there to be sold o strangers from beyond the sea in quest of curiosities, or else to be put on exhibi- tion at home A Great Misfortan From Trath. Rounder—“Why are you weeping?” Old soak—‘Because (hic) m’ Jasht glass o’ gin (hic) was burned. My nose set fire to it.” AUCTION SALES. THIN AFTERNOON, ‘'ASHINGTON, LOCATED AT Y RNER OF | SEVENTH ST COI EIREETS NORTHWEST, AT TION. By_virtue of a decree of the the District of Columbia, passed of December, 1898, in the cause of vs. Lutannab Crandell, equity No. signed will cell, at pay ie net on remises, on SATURDAY, the EN’ Day ‘of DECEMBER, 1808, at FOUR O'CLOCK the following’ described squar> 457, beginning for the same at West corner of said lot and on 7th street 25 feet, thence east south 25 feet, thence west to the ning. And also 5 feet 10% inches said Jot a wt thereto and with 7th street 25 feet, making for depth of 69 tet 104 inches—the entire Gencribed having a frontage of 5 and extending hack the same inches, and being improved by. a story brick building cov. ‘The es‘ate or interest ‘naid sold is the unexpired term of a lease of sald prem- ises for the term of ninety-nine years the 1e day of January, 1867, renewable thereafter other term of’ ninety-nine thereafter perpetually at a rent per year, payable quarterly in advance. the 5 feet 10% inches aforesaid in the rear o lot and adjacent thereto and running back street the full width of suid lot, to wit, 25 feet. Terms of sale: One-third of’ purchase price cash, one-third thereof in one year and one-t thereof in two years from the date of sale, t urchaser to give notes, bearing interest from dat for the deferred payments, to be secured by of trust on the property sold, or the purchaser pay all cash. $200 to be deposited at time of property produces @ revenue of WYMAN 3 col oa EDWIN SUTHERLAND, #2 D st. ow. ‘Trustees. li a Efe ; iF EB z By a13-d&ds THIS EVENING. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., AUCTIONEERS. Twenty-Second Annual Sale of Solid Sterling Silverware. FINEST PLATED WARE FRENCH, ONYX AND MARBLE CLOCKS ELEGANT BRONZES. ROGERS’ CELEBRATED CUTLERY, TABLE Manufacturcd by the old and reliable WARE, &c., |Taunton Silver Plate Co. SALES DAILY At 11 o’clock a.m., 3 and 7:30 p.m., At our sales rooms, Corner 10th st. and Penna. are. n.w., until the entire extraordinary large stock ts dis- posed of. Special provision will be made for the comfort of ladies attending this peremptory sale. Every article strictly guaranteed as represented or money refunded. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., a14-15t Auctioneers. FUTURE DAYs, HEADQUARTERS OF THE METROPOLITAN PO- lice, District of Columbia, Washington, . ber 22, 1893.—Notice is hereby given that pur- suant to an order of the District of Columbia, dated 22, 1898, and in conformity with section 417 of the Re- {ised Statute relating to the District of Colum- I will sell at public auction, on THURSDAY, MBER TWENTY-EIGHTH, 1893, begit TEN O'CL A. at the sales Ratcliffe, Darr & Co. rooms: 920 Pennsylvania ave- nue horthwest. a lot of lost. stolen and abandoned property taken by the litan police and gt ,Domseesion. | HARD SYLVES- » Chief, also Property Clerk, ropolitan Police, D.C. e : 423-4 THOMAS DOWLING & ©O., AUCTIONEERS, 612 E st. Ten thousand dollars worth Of Dry Goods At Auction, Being the balance of stock Of fir. W. M. Shuster, No. 919 Penna. Avenue, Who is retiring From business. The stock consists of Silks and Velvets, Woolen Goods, Evening Goods, Black Crapes and Shawls, Laces, Fine 6-4 Ladies’ Cloths, Ginghams, White Goods, Hosiery and Underwear, &c.- Also The entire Fixtures, whi Cost over $6,000. To be sold at public auction at the above men- tioned premises, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1893, and continu- ing from day to day at same hour until all is sold. Ladies specially invited. Seats provided. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioneers. THOMAS DOWLING & 00., AUCTIONEERS, 612 E st. ow, 422-3t TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, NO, 833 FIFTH STREET, BETWEEN C" AND D pStREETS SOUTHEAST, AT AUCTION. n deed of trust, dated the Sixth day of February, 1 and duly recorded ir Liber 1786, folio 161, et seq., one of the land ree. opis of the District ‘of Colutibia, and by directior of the partys thereby,” ti reigned trustees will sell, in front of’ the THURSDAY, JANUARY POURTH, 1804, at FOUR O'CLOCK I the following described property Viz., all of ‘lots aumbered eighteen GS) and’ nine- teen (19), in the subdivision of equare eight hun. dred ty (S20), One of the lots is im proved by two-story and basement residence with all” modern improvements, No. 333 Fifth between € and D streets southeast. id subject to existing deeds of trust ill be ng, it of made known at time of gale, All con. and recording at purchaser's cost. A $100 will be required on the improved nt and $50 ou the unimproved at the time of sule. FRANK L. CALHOUN, Trustee. az2-dis JOHN E. BENTON, Trustee. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, EN (7) NEW BRICK THE CORNER OF ETS NORTHEAST. tain deed of trust recorded tn a et seq., One of the land rec- js for the District of Colimbla, and at the te. st of the party secured thereby, we will offer in front of mises, on ‘THURSDAY. D NTY-EIGHTH, A. D, 1893. AT P.M., the following described lying and being in the city of Ww to. wit: y 's office of the District of Co. lumpia, ether with subject to a deed of trust ov each lot to secure the sum of (except lot_42, on which the trust is $3,000) and tuterest, Exact amount. will be stated at time of sale, ‘Terms of sale: Cash. A deposit of $500 will be required at time of sale of houses, if sold as a whole, or $100 per house if sold separately, Trus- tees wil detestine at time of sale as shall be deemed by them to be the most. advantageous, whet! s he offered as a whole or by pa All conveyancing and recording to be at purchaser's or purchasers’ cost, terms of je to be complied with in ten dsys from day of le, or deposits forfeited. E, EMMOoxs, GEO. ‘ JOHN 0, JOHNSON, ‘Trustees. @14-eomd> improvements, &e. Sold | AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. ‘'s DUNCANSON BRGS.. AUCTIONEERS. UUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATE bag to ge SR sre Bsae- ON Ne . SOUTHEAST} = MENT BRICK Dy iG.NO. 1306 V STREET, <n ee LS BETWEEN 18TH AND 14TH =| STREETS By virtue of a decree of the Sa a RE - the District of Columbia, passed on the 14th day | , P70 "tS 085 deed of trust duly recorded tv li; of December, 1888, im the equity cause of George | DCm No 24358, f i &-*,- W. Stant vs. John T. Mclntosh et al., Equity No. | i tront of ON TU AX, THI 15146, the undersigned trustees will,” on SATUR- | NINETEENTH DAY OF BER, AD. is DAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, | jy pork O° ‘Mi, the following describ: A. D. 1843, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., in front of real estate, situate in the city of Washingtoy, Dis the premises, sell at public auction the following | trict of Columiia, known and dint described real estate: Part of original lots pum- | jows: Part of ‘nur bered six (6) and seven (7), in square sumbered | numbered 236, situnted on V street between Seven hungsed and ninety-nine (799), and 14th streets northwest, for for the sawe at a peint on the north line of at the northwest corner of said lot and runing Street southeast twenty-Sre (25) feet east from the | thence, east 21 feet: % south 145 feet: southwest corner of sald square, thence east forty-| West 21 feet: thence north to the place one (41; feet, thence north sixty-four (64) feet, | of beginning, t with all the improvements, ‘thence west thirty-seven @7} feet nine (9) inches, a, thence south seventeen (17) feet, thence south- westerly eleven (11) feet three (3) inches to @ | pertaining. H or : One-third of tbe parchate money to be | Point thirty-six (36) feet six «G) inches north of the . point of begineing. thence ecuth thirty-aix (B®) tect | pulé tm cout, Ralense Qe ous Gnd two years, Six (6) inches to the place of beginning. —— and to'te secured ya dead br tnuce Said porcel of ground is, improved by threo mow | So'ta, prapesty auth, or Oil Gash, at tke spre ek brick dwelling bouses nearly completed. The purchaset. A Gepaait of $800 required et hue, ‘Terms: One-third of the purchase money in cash, | Of gic Conve and recording at purchuser's Que third thereof in ome year and one-third thereof | cost. ‘Terms of sale to be complied with in 18 dare in two years from the day of sale, the purchaser | trom date fees reserve the to give noves for the deferred payments, bearing | right to resell the at the risk and cost of intercst from date, interest payable semi-annually, ulting five days’ advertisement to be secured by a deed of trust upon the ty |of ‘such “resale in newspaper ia all cash, at bis | Washington, D.C. pont, of $200 | 6-dkds Trustees. of sale. GEORGE BROWN, THE PONED WYMAN L. COLE, until WEDNESDAY, TWENTY-SEVENTH DAT ase ‘Trustees, 334 D st. nw. gd AD. hour “RATCLIFFE, DARR & ©O., AUCTION JouN rr Ww ‘Trustees. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF PART OF LOT TWENTY — —— * IN GREENS _SUReN Een C~ TRACT CaLt.| RATCLIFFE, DARR & 60., AUCTIONEERS. Hit REAR SEVENTH EET ROAD AND NEARL! TO UNITED STATES CEMETERY. two years; purchase the notes t “a money sod and besring interest from ie igten fren. of ail cash at option of or at the a it of $100 will be req cepted. Terms of sale to be days from day of sale, or the right to at risk and cost chaser, after such advertisement as be may pees WILLIAM E. EDMONSTOS, _15-déeabs RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., AUCTIONEERS. TENGS | ON wen Ts heeW ee ” THI AND G \ORT TION. By, ritine of decd records of w District of Colum! in Liber No. 1670, at folio 59 et seq., and re Tequest of the holder of the note secured trustees. will Rekbal nie THIRD Day oF saethas WALTER B. WILLIAMS a x AY re. 1894, at FOUR O'CLUCK P-3.. talowine ns hes Rea ribed al ines, situate ‘the <i BALE SIMPSON TWO-MOLD a eg a ee ee OM ignated as ng Lote tWelve ca Sian hae beret, Sean eakine| | Renae gg cL Ea square pi forty-t 18), as a NOU! NG said subdi recorded in Book 18, 157, | | BINS, ELEVATORS, &e. in the office of the surveyor of the ot By virtue of a chattel November 28, Columbia, together with Pam nny its, dee. | and duly recorded on the 4th @ay of Decem- sub, however, to a prior ‘of trast, dated | ber, 1898, in one of the of the Dis- February 12, 1892, on each of said lots, a trict and of the party or ing an indebtedness of $1,700, ible in five | parties » We shall sell, at Sears from the date thereof, with interest at 6 | suction, on MONDAY, BER EIGHTEENTH, per cent per annum, payable semi 5 1803, at Tl A.M. on the premises Terms of sale: All cash. known the city each lot will be required time following ‘Tecum co be compiled with tm Afton days from the anpexed to dey of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the Sand Dryer, t_ to “esell the property at the risk and oc. st with cast iron of the wefaulting purchaser or pu: ‘one Caldcon, conveyancing, recording, &c., at the cost of the pur- ome Bine-foot chaser or purchasers. eight) Barrels BURR R. TRACY, Trustee, Rundred Red W. E EDMONSTON, - Trustee, foot of Main, 420-dkabs Office 500 th st. v.w. Caurepor, one DUNCANSON BIOS, AUCTIONEERS, hae ‘9th and D sts. n. ; two Cast TRU SALE OF A FRAME DWELLING, No. sods te cto 1155 EIGHTH STREET NORTHWEST. B; virtue of a deed of trust to us, bearing date of 22, A. D. 1893, reconied in Liber 1502, folio et |.» Of the land records of the Dis- trict of Columbi, and at the tequest of the ies. secured thereby. ‘we will sell at publ CHANCERY SALE OF THE VALUAi DWELLING AT THE NORTHEAST Cons AAD COSSECTIOUT AVENUR RATCLIFFE, DARR & 00., AUCTIONEERS. USTEES' SALE OF TWO VALUABLE LOTS ON DELAWARE AVENUB NEAR THE CORNER OF M STREET NORTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust 2% dated July 11, 1892, and duly recorded July 19, 1892, in Liber 1692, folio 423, of the land records of the District of Columbia, and by direction of the parties se- cured by said deed of trust, the trustees will sell, at public auction, in front of the respective premises, on TUESDAY, THE SEC- OND DAY OF JANUARY, 1804, AT HALF-PAST futerest, apd a reserved FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the ing described sold, or all cash, real estate and premises, lying and being in the - sharest. District of Columbia, and known as lots numbered | A deposit of one thousand <$1,000) to be sisty-three (63) and sixty-four (64), im R. P. Jack-| made at the time the property is knocked down. ‘sdn’s trustees sulxlivision of rt of juare bered seven hundred and twelve (113), a8 ne Subdivision is recorded in the office of the sur- xeyor of the District of Columbia, in Book H. four thousand Aud a] St Shs parchaeer's cone. HENRY 6 » Surviving Trustee, d0-d&us 416 Sth st. nw. D. C.. page 178, said lots contai four burdred and eighty-three (4,483) square feet of ground. ‘The said lots to be’ sold as an en- Terms of sale: One-third of the to be paid in cash, one-third tn one year ape ee 2 third in two years. Deferred payments to be — 4 "its, | represented by purchaser's notes, Gated om the day | of Januari "Ab tee j of sale, bearing 6 per cont interest per annum, | O'CLOCK PA, ing parable semi-annually and secured Uy. deed of se trust cpon the property sold, or all cash, at the MS aux a on requ ttme | iments, leposit of 100 will be rh of sale. If the terms of ‘sale are one eeanes with within ton days from the date of sanPied trustees reserve the right to resell the” ‘at| cept per annum, payal the risk and cost of the defaulting Gfier | secured by deed of trust on = reece ‘The By . it option of purchaser. A conveyancing, recording. emminetion Y oa arts eat the cost of purchaser. © Of ticle, | oP complied’ with’ te a Gee res, St a NH. EMmnsox, | feulting purchases, T. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer. IMPROVED BY TWo- ‘G, No 338 F deed_ of of strict of thereby. lot, Ing thence west that width 122 feet 2 said lot, with the ‘Terms: One-third wi $50 must be made at the time balance installments: i § 22 a fag i in equal years, for which notes of the interest from day of sale and trust om the property cash, at the option of the purchaser. complied with in ten days purchaser. All conveyance! chaser’s cost. i. Ww. T. E. WAGGAMAN, Auct. al9-d&ds ab by i i FER feet, eighty a | 5 ag i & if THOS. DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS, Giz Est. aw. ALE OF VALUABLE MENT BRICK i . | TH sf fe By virtue of a deed of trust, duly Liber No. 1799, follo 374 et Seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby, we will sell at bile auction, in front of the 2AY, DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., the follow: Premises, situate in the city of W: trict of Columb a thirty-nine (8%) of Ba if i e 1508 oe | A} rake : BS 328, a | ol H ah ¢ & Bae E rf ou PRANK 6 : i ‘ B. DANT! _di9déds GLO Ft. UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S § . v ff a writ of fleri faclus, tested’ ont of te 's office of the Suprei - trict of Columbia, and’ tos me diecnt oF sell at public sale, for cash, on the the south- we 1 ats., ‘city of 4 it il i i } H 3] ! i , d i claim, lowing described fine boiler, engt: 7.8 O'CLOCK A.M... all. the right, Interest and ‘estate “in ‘and ‘te the property, to wit: One fifty-one a E & . ne he ‘and will ‘he sold’ to satisfy execution . in favor of the Wightsville Lime Com- . M. RANSDELL, Marshal. ARR & CO., cr bb upon as tl ay é i & is i