Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1894, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. THE WEATHER. Forecast Till S p.m. Tuesday. For the District of Columbia and Mary- I oudy; northwesterly winds, becoming variabi m of the Water. and condition of waz temperature, ecadition at north connection, 8; condition at south connection, 36; distributing reser- ; condition at influent ; effluent gate house, 6. p ensniaa eae MRS. K. A. DONOVAN, 904 F st. n.w., Will open Wednesday and Thursday choice selections of Imported Pattern Hats and) Bonnets. Look at Samstag’s, auction column. ~ WOODWARD AND LOTHROP are sell- ing Men's and Women's High-grade Safety Bicycles, pneumatic tires, full ball bearings, | uaranteed for one year, at $87.50 each. ‘alue, $35.00. —>—__ MISS GRIMES, 1195 G ST. N.W., will display on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, March 15 and 16, her first selections of SPRING and EASTER E. => Look at Samstag’s, auction column. pecsan. be. Shatasmstn THE VERY BEST CANDIES Known to the trade are offered at 25) CENTS A POUND during our REDUC-} TION SALE. Crowds every day. That} shows our efforts are appreciated. Every- | thing we make at 25 cents a pound, 35 and/ @-cent Candies included. SHEETZ, Candies, 10TH AND F STS. ——— Remember, when you buy Fruits, Gro- ceries and Provisions that Kelster’s prices talk and that his store is cor. 9th & La. av. ——_+ Pure Aluminum Cooking Utensils and house- furnishing specialties at Morsell's, 1107 7th. CITY AND DISTRICT AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Albaugh’s Grand Opera House.—Elks’ beretit. mien in “La Giaconda,” and other attractions. New National Theater.—Mr. and Mrs. Kendal tn “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.” Academy of Music.—Lecture by J. L. Stod- @ard on “Picturesque Japan.” Harris’ Bijou Theater.—“Skipped By the Light of the Moon.” Kernan’s Lyceum ‘Theater.—Hyde’s Bpe- elalty Company ard Helene Mora. Washington Light Infantry Armory.—Fair and bazaar of the Old Guard. —— EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Mount Vernon.—Macalester leaves at 10 am. Mount Vernon by Pennsylvania railroad every hour daily. Harry Randall for Chapel Point, Colonial Beach and river landings, at 7 a. m. Steamer Mattano for Mattox creek and in- termediate landings at 7 a. m. Telly-ho Coach, 511 13th st. for Arling- ton and Cabin John bridge. — MT. PLEASANT CITIZENS. They Want Increased Railroad Facili- ties Granted by Congress. At the last meeting of th Citizens’ Asso- tiation of Mount Pleasant the following tion on the report of the committee was taken: Resolved, That the citizens of Mount Pleasant, recognizing the urgent necessity of increased street railroad accommodations, are in favor of the granting by Congress to Some responsible company a charter for the right of way which will fnsure to the citi- zens of Mount Pleasant better facilities for transportation to and from the central por- tion of the District. ‘This association in support of the above res- olution respectfully represents that the large territory between I4th street and Rock creek and Mount Pleasant and Florida avenue is at present without adequate street railroad accommodations; that this territory is at present quite thickly settled, and in no por- tion of the District during the past few years the building operations been more active and the increase of settlement more rapid. It is earnestly requested that, !f it is the intention of Congress to grant a charter to any new railroad company in the northwest section of the city, such contemplated rail- Toad be required to extend its lines so as to furnish accommodations to the above men- tioned territory. It having been represented that several companies are seeking charters for lines of roads in the northwest part of the city, we respectfully request your honorable body that if such charters, or any of them, be granted, the grantees be required to project the roads or read so as to reach Mount Pleasant at some western portion therein. We further represent that in our opinion the most direct available route for any such proposed road is northward along the ‘ine of lith street to Lowell or Park street, in Mount Pleasant, and thence westward along Lowell street to the Zoological and National par! We further urge upon your honorable body that, in order to insure to the citizens living in the above mentioned territory the early consideration of the needed railroad accommodations, any company to which a charter may be granted be required to com-| mence the building of its line at its northern terminus. Chapin Brown, F. L. Campbell, E. W. Woodruff, A. N. Nixon and @ L Ricketts, committee. ——.__. John B. Henderson Drum Corps. ‘The John B. Henderson drum corps ts! composed of boys resident in the northwest- | ern portion of the city, whose ages range from eight to eighteen years. It is named im honor of ex-Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri, a gentleman for whom the boys of the corps have almost unlimited admira- tion. The corp is managed by a board of control composed ot gentlemen Iving in the northwest section, and {s officered as fol- lows: T. J. Shea, president and manager; John T. Rudy, vice president; Edward Baw- sel, secretary, and Ernest Betz, treasurer. ‘These gentlemen have secured the services of two competent instructors to teach and qrili the boys an it is expected that they will make a good showing on their first Parade in public, which will occur on Memorial day.. The members of the corps PROTECTING POTOMAC FISH Sportsmen Greatly Pleased at the Passage of the Bill. What the Records Show in Regard to Catches — Two Sides to the Question. The passage by the House of Representa- tives of the bill for the protection of the | Potcmee fish was a pleasant surprise to the many persons interested in the marine pro- | ducts of this particclar stream, who are anxious about the President's action in the matter in order that the bill may become a law. The waters of the river Within the District of Columbia are the natural spawn- ing beds, and as the District line extends to low water mark on the Virginia shore the bill, should it receive the President's signature and become a law, will prevent a wholesale slaughter of the fish anywhere in the river this side of Alexandria. As print- ed in Friday’s Star, the measure was first drawn by Mr. J. C. McGinn in 1884, when he was chief clerk of the health of- fice, and the law remained in effect for five years. So greatly were the fish protected that the yleld soon increased, and it was thought an easy matter to get Congress to continue the law for another period of five or ten years, but because of a few small seine haulers or trap net operators there was a successful lobby against it, and at the last session the bill failed. Persons who enjoy bass fishing are espe- cially interested tn the matter, for the fisher- men who have been hauling seine within the waters of the District during the past few weeks have destroyed many young bass and taken hundreds of them from the river. At Oxen Run, just opposite the city of Alex- andria, where there 1s a good sand and gravel bottom, the fishermen have been par- ticularly successful in catching black bass, eleven fine specimens of that fish having been taken at a single haul two days ago. Most of them weighed as much as three pounds. It is reported that bass have been caught in the upper Potomac all the winter. Sam Deer, the well-known Baltimore and Ohio conductor, is reported to have had good luek at Catoctin during the months of De- cember and January, while a resident of Hancock ts said to have had — sport in January and February. At Muddy branch some fine catches were made, so it is re- ported, some of the fish weighing nearly five pounds. Spring bass fishing has sot yet commenced owing to the temperature and continued muddy condition of the water, although the anglers are getting their tackle | in readiness for the re; of the season. streams the an; mul of Rock creek between the Zoo and Garrett Park there is good chub fishing now, and anglers also find good sport in Accotink ¢reek, while there is also good fishing in the stream between Carlin Springs and Four Mile Run. At the latter place smelt and yel- low perch are being caught. gular Easter opening In some of the smaller glers are now catching chub, season, bali although some anglers us2d dough for it Two Sides. While the anglers and persons who operate the large selnes down the river are Jubilant over the passage of the law for the protection of fish in the Potomac river there are a number of persons who operate small nets of various kinds in the waters within the District limits who claiin that they are thus deprived of their means of living. There are two sides to every story, said one of these men, speaking of the act of Congress. He said he knew that per- sons who enjoy black bass fishing favor the passage of the bill for the reason that many bass are caught in the nets, and he also says that the fishermen who are able to carry their traps down the river to the more profitable anxious about the rights of the smaller operators, who waut to fish about home and earn an honest living. The Five-Year Law. “Did the five-year law do any good?” asks a correspondent. “Can the fish in- spector show that there was any increase in the number of herring caught after this law expired?” In his communication he explains that herring are not coming up the Potomac river now in as large numbers as they “did twenty years ago, for the reason t they are taking more to other streams. Then, again, that the blasting of stone in the vicinity of the Chain bridge has a bad effect on the fish, and he writes that he has ht fish that had been Killed by such biasts. Reference ia paid to the fishing of gill nets and trap nets down the river, where they are in the water in the bays and coves nearly twelve months in a year. The five years’ law for the protection of the fish went into effect in 1584 and ex- pired in 1889. An inspection of the records of the health department shows the receipt of shad and herring at the river front since 1850, as follows: "Herring Shad TOL SG 6,803,162 According to the figures there was an increase of more than 4,000,000 herring the year after the law went into effe: compared with the previous year, | there was a decrease of more than 5i,t |shad. The following year showed a falling off of the 4,000,000 herring, while there was an increase of 55,000 shad. From that time until the expiration of the law there was a material increase in both shad and herring, even in 1888, when there was a | terrible blizzard. In 1891, just after the | expiration of the law, there was a decrease of nearly 3,000,000 herring, and a decrease lof more than 100,000 shad. The following year, however, showed an Increase, and are: Drum major, Bert Hart; drummers, Charlie Noble. Harry Pfeil, Ernest Betz, jr., Eddie Britton, Willie Stone, Eddie Jone Arthur Noble, Fred. Hart; fifers, Eddie Funk, Robbie Shea, Edgar Rudy, Johnnie Herbert, Charlie Bawsel, Carl Gideon, Har- ry Simms, Harry Jones, Ellis Caldwell, Mor- wis Botts; color bearer, Freddie Kozel. <_<. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The executive committee appointed by the Yocal council, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, to Prepare for the meeting of the ninth an- nual convention fn this city on Octobar 11 to 14 next, held its first meeting in the red Parlot of the Ebbitt House on Friday even- ing last. The work of the various subcom- mittees was fully discussed and the chair-| man of each instructed to call his men to- @ether at once and report progress at the next meeting, to be held Friday, March 30. ‘The executive committee is composed of the chairmen of the subcommittees, with the Officers of the local council, ex-officio. The Bersonnel of the committee is as follows: ‘ouncil officers, P. B. Pierce, president and | chairman, ex-otficio; H. C. Parkman, cor- fesponding secretary and treasurer; E. Maury Posey, recording secretary; commit- tee on finance and hall, H. K. Viele, chatr-| man; committee on reception, Prof. Wm. D. Cabell, chairman; committee on transporta- tion, J. Holdsworth Gordon, chairman: com- Mittee on hotels, A. K. F chairman; committee on printing, C. E. Dawson, chair. Man; committee on press, Henry C! Park- ™an; committee on music, G. Berkeley | Griffith, chairman. a am Lodge of Good Templars. t regular meeting of the Minneha- ha Lodge was one of spectal interest to itors. Following the utine, Chief Templar Haskins pre- ing, the pe eal Dow celebration Was considered, addresses being made by 1, Lodge Deputy Rowley and John Smith, Palmer, Stew- 1 es comm. ersary birthday will be had with £ the order at the 3) and remarks itation of Nannie | will meet next} est. | bonds of matrimony wit | Bucs benestit. last year there was a still further increase in the catch of both shad and herring. —_—— MEETINGS FOR CHILDREN. Miss Tyson, One of Mr. Moody's Help- ers, Begius Her Work. The first of the series of meetings to be conducted by Miss Bessie Tyson, an assist- ant of Mr. Moody, was held yesterday after- noon at the Mount Vernon Place Church. Miss Tyson’s work fs among children, end a special invitation had beea extended to the little ones to be present, and they came in such numbers that the body of the church was filled, the galleries being occupied by the parents. The meetings under the direc- tion of Miss Tyson will continue noon. She uses a blackboard in her talks and by this means makes plain the truths which she utters. Her talk yesterday was in regard to the figure of speech used by St. Paul when he speaks of the armor of God. A choir of boys helped out the singing, but the little ones throw a good deal of spirit Into their singing, and the choir was not indispensable, although a pleasing fea- ture of the services. —_— > — An Old Soldier Mustered Ow William A. Andre of 317 9th street south- east died yesterday. He was a veteran of the late war, having served for three years in the thirteenth and sixth New York heavy artillery, and subsequently as first ser- geant in the United States army. He wasa member of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of which he was at one time adjutant, and has been a faithful clerk in the War Department for the past twenty-six years. He leaves a wife and eight c’ a large circle of friends, who held him in the highest esteem. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, un- der the auspices of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, and the interment will be at Congressional cemetery. So Decrees of Divorce. Saturday Justice Cox, in the Equity Court, made two decrees of divorce. Della F. Crehore was freed from the h George P. Cre- hore. They were 1888, in Kansas C nied by Mr. J. W. Walker, charged pad t nt, using a rope on her, &c., and deserting her in March, 18% Cleary was divorced from Maurice Cleary on the ground of cruelty and aban- donment. Mr. C. Carrington appeared for her. as Queen of the drama and queen of song. Albaugh’s tonight.—Advt. lets and small fish. In the upper part | Raw beef is | said to be the best bait for chub at this) fishing shores are Not | | the writer says he knows ch after- | WORK, NOT CHARITY. What the “Ten” Have Succeeded in Doing in Jackson Alley. A charity auction is rather a novel af- fair, but in this particular case, namely, the | auction which will be held at the residence | of Mrs, Charles M. Ffoulke on the evening of March 17, the object is still more novel. | It is to furnish funds to enable some of those who are in need of help to help themselves. Experience, which is of value in assisting the poor as in everything else, has demonstrated to those who heve been for the past five months interested in the residents of Jackson alley that this is the best form of help. It is a story of practical work with practical methods, erd like all true stories it hus the fas- ciration of a tale from & book. At least so It seemed as it was related to a Star man by Mrs. Herbert Owen, who is one | of those who are actively identified with | this worthy effort. ive months ago, so the story runs, at the beginning of the hard winter, “two of us” started out to see what they could do to make things better in Jackson alley. There were about five hundred people there and their destit tion has been extreme, both among t white and the colored residents. It was found after thorough and careful investiga- | tlon_ there were honest, respectable families | there who had never needed help before, starving in silence and despair. The men had been without work so long (that their little savings were gone ard they were brought face to face with slow starvation. One family would not ask for | | help because of the pride which restrained | them from asking charity, even though | hunger was gnawing at their lives. In one case the neighbors heard the children |erying and reported that something was | Wrong in that house. When the ease was | investigated It was found that there was neither food nor fuel in the house and the | three-year baby had sucked its little fingers till the blood came. Then the “two of us” | Was organized into a ten with a happy |corfidence that the other eight would | materialize. However, a meeting ¥ | and the unanimous conclusion was © | } | ‘hed that an appeal would be made to the Asso- elated Charities and to the police. A will- Ing co-operation was s2cured from both | | | these sources. But a short experience soon convinced them that what was needed in that alley was work more than mere help. Giving Out Work. A donation of canton flannel was ob- tained from the Associated Charities and Garments especiatly for children were cut and given to the women to muke and they were paid when the completed garmenis Were returned. They began with four women and last week work was given out to forty-two. The “two of u: girls had been in the meanwhile reinforced by the willing hands and heads of six other girls. Officers were eiected, among whom was | @ treasurer, whose duty it was to secure funds to carry on the work. At the Feb- |Tuary meeting of the board of managers of the Asoociated Charities the treasurer of the ten outlined the scheme of work, | which was as follows: “We wished to buy about 150 yards of cloth a week, caaton flannel, unbleached | cotton and stout gingham. This we would | | cut out into garments, mostly for children. We had rented a small room in the alley for our headquarters at a dollar a month, and three times a week a committee was in attendance to give out work and re- ceive all appeals for help. We paid the women off once a week, on Friday. After the garments are completed and returned we use them to clothe children going to school, old and sfck people, and turn over a good proportion te the Associated Chart- ties to use in the same way in other parts of the city.” The board of managers empowered the treasvrer of the ter to buy all the cloth needed and send the bills to thea, ‘The Wages to Be Paid. Material was thus secured, but it was necessary to get the money to pay the women, Every week the number of appli cants for work has increased and the ap Heals for alms (food and fuel) have de- | creased. | One mistake was made in the beginning. | | The rates for the work while mode were co liberal as to tempt some wome to give up work they had ard take to sew ing. This has been reciiiied. turally as the numt eased the pay roll hos iner and it has been hard work to | get enough in the treasury to meet w y | demands. In view of these facts thers! |has been an earnest cai 8 made and| kind hi and hands have responded to the calls and the out: the eoming | charity uction at Cauarles M Ftoulke’s. _ _> ses Dr ' In Criminal Court, Divi Ire Cots, nher of nolle prosses were 1 Charles Se ick, | John W. Che: forgery; ire (wo cases), Hi Brown, Fi lece (tWo cases), false pretenses; P Joha Hariey Columbus mt, house and George Myers, pro: ing policy shops; Addie Fearson, perjury; breaking; John Nolan, | Wm. D. Kittle, ut presenting false proposal. Samuel Gassenheime:, tent to kill. Win. Relt, alt | with in assault in the Albany penitentiary In the case of W. L. with false pretenses, a indictment was overruled In the case of Jere: Williams and Leonard Lee, convicted ef lareeny tro-a tue person, the bill of exceptions was signed. ees He Wants Damages. Israel Raff has sued Joel {ill: Anthony Lulley, trading as J. 1 an and n& Co., and Abraham Goldman tor Malicious libel, claiming damages to the amount of $,000, and alleging that on the 27th of last January he entered th tore of J. Htliman | & Co, with a ham, which he »ad p ed, when Lulley said to him ‘n the he of others, “You stule that ham;" w | upon Goldman remarked, “1 saw ‘him » it,” and that Goldman subs2queat!y ed the establishment of Lewis Newmeyer, by whom plaintiff was employed, and sald, “Here is the bill for the ham yu man Raft stole from us today,” in conseyuence of which false statements Newmeyer dis- charged the plainuff. —<o———___ Officers Installed. | ‘The department officers of the W. R. Cc. for the ensuing year have been instatied |by Mrs, Ida V. Hendricks, the ins:auling | | officer. Commander Nathan S. Bickford (and staff were present in a body at the ceremony. The officers are as fol- lo Mrs. Indiana Cowling, presider | Mrs. Anna M. Dykes, 8. vice president Alice Burgess, J. vice presiden -auline B. Floyd, treasurer; Mrs. McCabe, counsellor; Mrs. Julia M. ton, inspector; executive bo Johnson, Miss A. V. Thompkins, Mrs. J. L: Bradley, Mrs. M. Gregory, and’ Miss. Elor- | ence Chambers; Mrs. M. C. Montiss, dele- gate-at-large, and Miss Lula Chase, dele- gate. | — junction Granted. J. Harry Cunningham, by Mr. J. J. Dar- lington, filed a bill for an injunction, Sat- urday, to restrain F. H. Allen from voting two shares of stock of the Standard En- graving Company. The bill states there are 150 shares, twenty of which are owned by complainant, and two he had hypothecated |for a loan, and the defense refuses to sur- render, and he is contemplating a sale of | his interests, and complainant charges that | Allen is confederating with others to ob- tain control of the corporatiom Justice |Hagner granted an injunction, returnable Saturday next. ee Real Estate Matters, Leo Simmons has bought, for $8,000, of Laura Hughes, sub 11, square 19424 by | | 180 feet—on P between 15th and 1éth streets | | northwest. Laura Hughes has purchased of Leo Sim- | mons subs 64 and 65, square 1034 (82 feet front on 13th street between Lincoln Park and B street northeast) for $9,000, B. I. Young has bought, for $6,500, of D. | J. Sakalski, part 27, square 24 by 100 feet 10 inches—on llth between M and N streets southeast. ! The United S. & T. Co. of Philadelphia | has purchased, for $6,300, part square 030, | fronting 30 feet on Sth street southeast, Nos. 1106 and 1108. ee ES If you need furniture, carpets or up- holstery goods, and have not the ready ‘ash, call upon the Julius Lansburgh Fu piture and Carpet Company, New York | | avenue between 13th and 14th streets,where | wuts have been perfected to give it; it is unnecessary to state that | putation of the hcuse for low prices | and good materiais is firmly established — jAdve i | wharf , Carringte | May, 159¢ VISITING SCOTLAND. ‘The Camera Club Mnkes a Flying Trip Through Picturesque Scenery. The friends of the Capital Camera Club and the National Rifles were invited to listen to one of the most interesting and instructive stereopticon lectures of the sea- son at the Rifles’ Armory Friday night. That the friends of these two societies are legion, it is unnecessary to state, and the crowded condition of the hall, which is not of small capacity, was indicative of a reputation for entertainment. The lecture, entitled, “A Trip to Scot- land,” was read by Mr. C. B. Fairman of the Camera Club, while 145 picturesque views, prepared by Mr. Robert E. M. Bain of St. Louis, who took the trip and wrote the descriptions, were thrown upon the screen. The slides were so excellently developed and so clearly focused that the xudience will no doubt remember the beautiful scenes brought to their eyes from a far off land as vividly as if they had experienced the excursion themselves. Before reaching the land in question the audience was allowed to enjoy the veyage over, on the City of Paris, so they admired she coziness of her state-rooms, wandered sm deck, went into ecstasy over the beau- tful views over the glistening sea, were refreshed by a cool sun-rise, and enjoyed the romance of the moonlight in mid-ocean. Having landed at Liverpool, everyone joined the party to Greenwich, and went from there to explore the ancient castle of Sterling, under whose Saxon roof Mary, Queen of Scots, was crowned, 2nd where the Bruce statue tells the tale of routine ce i of! proudest chief. The graceful windings the silvery river Forth, glistening in the sun, are viewed from Sterling Castle wall, until Causeway Head and the tomb of King James the Third, buried with his Princess Margaret, are visited. One moment every- one is salmon-fishing in the Forth, and the next finds them in a shady avenue of line trees or an old Scottish kitchen. Edinburgh | 48 reached in a flash, and now at Scott’s monument, now at Nelson’s monument, or on Prince's street, looking at the peculiar stores, no stop is made until the old prison comes into view, or a dress parade of Scotch Highlanders, in their plumes and plaid skirts, is witnessed in the courtyard of the stately old castle on the hill. The Forth bridge, the greatest piece of | engineering of its kind, is seen, from mi: points of vision, and now Chester, with its quaint old houses and historic ruins, looms up in the distance and is explored. A, fi- teen miles excursion to Eton Hall, whose many marble pinnacles and grassy lawns are seen over the hill, is enjoyed before the Wellington monument and the Soldiers’ Home are reached. Alter this flying visit all return to Liver- pool, where docks are inspected, previous to the embarkation for the homeward journey. The return voyage on the Majestic was described and fllustrated in detail, and the many tempting nooks on deck, and the description, which Mr. Fairman gave, of ocean steamship life, were sufiicient to Start one off on a sea voyage at once. Some beautiful views were also given of Libe-ty Light, and the approach to New York, and when the last dock was reached and the vessel was seen standing in her it was time to realize that a tour had been made of the most picturesque parts of Scotland in one hour and a halt. The members of the Camera Club were besieged with expressions of gratitude and appreciation when the last view had faded 4 | from the screen, and everyone, it is sate to say, was sincere in his aeknowledg- ments, > PROMISED BIG PROFITS. Fisher & Co. of New York Debarred for Six Months, The managers of the New York Consoli-| Gated Stock and Petroleem Exchange have suspended for six months T. doing H. Fisher, business as Fisher & bankers 8, IS and 20 Broadway and 81 S3 New sireet in that city. President Wilson said that when Fisher joined the exchange he declare to be his inte 1 to conduct a legitimate but that recent de- tigation and this led to his advertised extensively, that Fisher & Co. believe in eo-operation 1 that unde! profits are cer Qost imp: sivle. They s ion by combi- | wetion, say that one com! nm protects #he other, and that twice each month the Ist and the 15th day, the comping ##e clyset. Charles L. Work is the man- aseriut the business. ‘At the offices afternoon Mr, hat their b was nly and that nobody had suffered by hods authorities of the exchange, how. ted Postmaster Dayton not to > mails any moke of Fisher & Co.'s circular - _— Creston Clarke's Hamlet. Mr. Creston Clarke, who under on Apr’ has been company that will apr Management at Alb: s pearean rev playing Hamlet” in Philadeiphia with great suc- cess. The Press of that city thus speaks (of him in that character: Hamlet’ the poetic is paramount, and one of its charms its | compleie consistency. From the moment when after the interview with his father’s host he informs Horatio of his intention to feign madness until the final scene his purpose is in full view, with a subtlety of thought bebind every move and act and with a flexibility t Xperience since he ‘he verston of the which was made for the bat Mr. Clarke in no r es that great impersonation f the readi is origiral, and the s particula well tenderness pervades his to 8 that he is watched b: nius, and then © heart is breaking make the one » manife the scene same power of re it was oni plain that he w: cruel only to be kind, | and his exultant cry, ‘Is it the king” when | he had slain Polonius sent a thrill through every one in the audience. The solilog were admirably delivered, with a nicety shading in the elocution, thovgh some ner- vousness apparent in the ambitious fan until the play was pretty need. At the end of every act he called before the curtain, and th were frequent outbursts of applause. =: Young Men's Catholic Club. A bowling contest is now in progress, Cocked hat and ten pin games are being | rolled, each contestant being compelled to} roll ten games. Two prizes will be awarded to first and second highest average in the ten games, and the contest will be open to all members until the latter t of the present month. Application for entrance should be made to T. M. athletic committee. Charles M. Werle has been elected finan- clal secretary to serve until July next. The entertainment committee have in- vitations ready for distribution for a com plimentary dance at National Riles’ armory Ring, chairman on April i0. The annual retreat of the club will be held in St. Aloysius Chureh Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. fces will be conducted by Rev. Carthy, S. J. eo eas Divorce Granted. In the Equity Court, Division 2, Justice Cox Saturday made a decree of divorce in the case of Charles Baker agt. Mary Ann Baker in favor of complainant, on the ground of desertion and abandonme: The bill filed by Messrs. Ralston and dons set forth the m: iage in J September 1, 1882, and shortly after moved here, and charged that in May, 1886, she j left him and announced that she would not The respondent, by Mr. Campbell n, in her answer, svates that in the complainant put her on the train and sent her to her moth denies that he ever wrote her to return; states return. i that she has been anxious to live with him, and once before, five years ago, he attempt- ed to procure a divorce, which was refused, and under the decree in that case he gives her alimony. _ The Ladies’ Southern Aid Soctety. A great deal of interest is seing man fested in the coming social receptton and charity ball to be given by the ladies of the Southern Ald Society at the armory of the National Rifles on the evening of the 28th instant. Already a consi umn ber of valuable donations ” have been made by the Hberal hearted, and the prospective sale of deel serving entertainment is an assurauce o decided success, their system | THEY CURE WOUNDS. Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons in May. Preparations looking to the comfort and entertainment of the Association of Military | Surgeons of the United States are in unos- _tentatious progress. The association meets | here on May 1 and will be in session three | days. It has the honor of being the first organization where men have banded them selves together to as nearly as possible per- fect the art of healing as applied to wounds and disabilities incident to warfare. Organ- ized originally by medical officers of the National Guard, it has had four years of thriving existence,during which its scope was broadened so as to include medical officers of the army, navy and Marine Hospital service. It is expected that no fewer than three hundred surgeons will attend the May meet- ing, and among those who are coming will be many of the most prominent surgeons and physicians in the country. The business program is a long one and only little time can be devoted to the social features usually so prominent, but an effort is being made to arrenge a few pleasurable details with which to relieve the monotony of scientific dis- cussion. The committee Hsts are almost complete, the only ones not yet ready for publication being those on finance and en- a The other committees are as follow: The Committeees. Committee on arrangements—Maj. George Henderson, chairman; Col. Charles H.Alden, treasurer; Lieut. Charles R. Luce, secretary; Lieut. John R. Neely, assistant treasurer; Surg. Gen. George Sternberg, United States army; Senator J. H. Gallinger, Maj. George H. Harries, Capt. S. A. H. McKim, Capt. R. H. Pyles, Lieut. R. A. Foster, Lieut. F. J. Woodman, Lieut. J. H. Watson and Lieut. M, F. Galligher. Committee on reception—Surg. Gen. George Sternberg, chairman; Surg. Gen. J. Rufus Tryon, United States navy; Surg. Gen. Joseph D. Bryant, New York state National Guard; Surg. Gen. Joseph Burrell, Massa- chusetts volunteer militia; Hon. J. W. Ross, Cc. C. Glover, Frank Hatton, Theodore W. Noyes and Maj. J. C. Merrill; United States army. Committee on press, printing and badges— Maj. George H. Harries, chairman; Gen. H. V. Boynton, Maj. John M. Carson, E. G. | Dunnell, C. A. Boynton, P. V. De Graw, W. | B. Curtis, Capt. J. L. Phillips, United States ; army; Scott C. Bone, W. E. Annin, Past | Assistant Surg. J. D. Gatewood, United States navy; T. G. Alvord, jr., H.’P. - win, W. H. Chandlee, Col. Theodore Mosher | and Capt. James E. Bell. Committee on registration—Capt. 8. A. H. McKim, chairman; Maj. Fred K. Wilson, Capt. Charles S. Domer, Capt. Charles H! Ourand, Capt. Harrison'S. Barbour, Lieut. Lee B. Mosher and Lieut. C. A. Weaver. Committee on credentiais—Capt. R. A. Pyles, chairman; Surg. W. S. Dixon, United States navy; Lieut. Col. Emmet Urell, Capt. H. H. Parmenter, Lieut. C. A. Weaver and Fred Mockabee. Committee on information—Liteut. R. A. Foster, District of Columbia National Guard, chairman; Capt. James C. Merrill, United States army pt. J. M. Cabell, United States army rg. F. Anderson, United | States army; Capt. J. A. Phillips, United | States army; Assistant Surg. W. J.'S. Stew- art, Marine Hospital service, and Surg. F. Ww fead, Marine Hospital service. -ommittee on Hotels—Lieut. F. J. Wood- man, chairman; Lieut. J. R. Neely, Mat. | George A. Bartlett, Maj. E. R. Campbell, Capt. J. W. Parsons, Lieut. W. P. Vale and Lieut. Charles H. Laird. Committee on transportation—Lieut. M. F. Galligher, chairman; Robert A. Parke, S. B. Hege, George Bond, S. $. Brown, N. Main, John Callahan, muel C. Ramage and Maj. E. R. Campbell. Committee on hosp A. Watson, George ited Sta B. al corps arill—Lieut. J. chairman; Dr. A. H. Witmer, C. Ober, Capt. 3. M. Cabell, army; George O. Walson, Hughes and Capt. J. W. Tolson. is—Lieut. Charles R. en. Albert Ordway, Col. Burton R. Ross, Capt. Capt. Allison Natlor, Capt. A. W. Kelley, = Dr. J. W. Bayne ing. and committee on mpleted, M . John ig gs) s M. ! D. Percy Hie M mitice on finance entertainment not yet co: —_— the Desert. Prof. J. L. Ewell lectured Friday nicht at the Congregational Church on the course of the patriarchs and of Israel froin Abra- S first encampment at sage of the Red sea. told of his personal e ing the same ground whi. | of the true religion did. illustrated with scene: | Phe lecturer ences in travers- h’ these fathers The lecture was from Sechem, Peth« el, pt, Heliopolis, and portraius were | thrown on the screen of Ramesis LI, Miss | Edwards, the yptdlogist, Joseph, Jacob, scenes om the Dead sea, the Ni nd | | views costume: ners, life, works of art «@ architecture were Shown and described in an interesting way. 1 | Vardelle Walsh recit Rap nnock” and nm un encore, to Which she responded with a patho-hu:morous recitation s King rendered an organ} solo effectivel, a ees Aw Agreement Violated. | Har Lawler, Mr J. McD, Carringtoa filed Saturday a paper setting forth that the dant had violated the admonitions of court not to interfere with his business, Seat rriday she attacked his his son, who was in the bar room, and interfered witn the business. ine sn pg ransiers of Neal Estate, Deeds in fee have been ied as follows: S. J. Is, Brighiweod Park; $1,800. B. Ross et xi. to F. P. Nash, pt. ¢0, W. & C's sub Mt. Pleas- : Hen to Mary Haru- 7, jot v7), Marga- yinan to Jeff b, acosiia; $Km. J. lot 1, sq. Gil; $4 B. Smith, sub si j to Maria I } $100, . 1 and 2, bik. 4 . Ballinger to Mar sq. S01; $—-. Lane, lot Kiucton; §—. na A. Ballinger, Peter A. Auer to Am : ing Cit: y to St. Claiz Dawson, sub Bie Ww. Drury to P. | Drury, pt. 17, sq. L. | H. M. Schneider, M. Schnet 40, sq. 10) | D. Patten, -. J. to G. J. Easterday, sub 31, bik. 8, Trinidad; $—-. Cora E. Rolo- son nnie E. Boardman, sub 19, sq. 1029: . Juley Ragan to Ellen Collins, pts. subs 1 d 2, sq. 518; $-. H. HE. Bergman to M. Colbert, sub 48, sq. 467: $2,850. 0. B. Hallam et al. to J. R. Hol- royd, pts. 4 and 5, sq. 996; $4, 50, Blood Poisoning HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA RESTORED ROSES TO THE CHEEKS. “My little granddaughter, Gracie E. Nash of Boston, while visiting at our house, met with an accident which nearly killed her. She fell from the hay mow to the barn floor, 18 feet below, and was rendered unconscious. Her mother took her to the Boston City Hospital. The side of the Read was badiy crushed. Blood potsoning set in and the child did not rally. She could not eat anything; her stomach ‘threw off all nourishment. Her spinal Hood’s Sarsapariila Cures cord and the cords of her neck were drawn up and & copper color settled over her. I persuaded her mother to let me take the zirl to our country home, and as soon as I reached bome I commenced to sive the child Hood's Sarsaparilla, It quickly over. came her sickness and the stifness left ber neck. The good effects were also noticeable about the wound ou her bead. In less than a month she could Run About the Farm, and in a short time afterward she bad fully re- covered ber full strength and bealth, and it is all due to Hoof’s Sarsaparilla.”” Mis. SOPHIA RAN- DALL, South Acton, Mass, HOOD'S PULLS cure all liver fll, billousmess, Jaundice, indigestion, sick headache. 25¢, Bath of Beauty. Baby blemishes, Pimples, red, rough hands and falling bair prevented by CUTIC SOAP. Most effective skin purifying and Deautifying soap, well as purest and sweetest of toflet and hursery soaps. Only cure for pimples because only Iveventive of inflammation and clogging of the J pores. Sola everywhere, Miss MM. | | | j | pet Company, BODY FOUND. ttl, the Suicide, Discovered at the River Bottom. Ever since the report was turned in by Trooper Blackburn that he had seen a man jump from the Aqueduct bridge into the river below, and the later report of the dis- appearance of Venazio Giovannettt, a fruit dealer of 217 Pennsylvania avenue, a steady dragging of the river in the vicinity of the bridge has been kept up. At 10:30 o'clock yesterday the cfforts of Robert Gold- en and companions, Bud White and Charles Burroughs, were rewarded, while dragging at the foot of 34th street, about 400 feet east of the spot where the man is said to have gore down, Golden’s drag hooks caught something heavy, and on bi them to the surface the body of an Italian was disclosed. A little later it was identified as that of Glovannetti. It was found to be in a solid condition, not even discolored, with the exception of a portion of the flesh beneath the ears. The body was sent to the seventh precinct station house and placed in the morgue. Giovannetti’s friends were notified, and Undertaker Lee was sent to take charge of the body. The suicide was twenty-seven years of age. No cause but temporary in: ty, produced by drink, could be assigned by the man’s friends for his rash act. He was not a steady drinker, but a periodical one, and a ys lost his head when under the influence of liquor. His domestic relations were pleasant, and his business a prosperous one. Golden and his friends will receive $25 for their success in recovering the body, this amount having been offered by the de- ceased’s brother-in-law. The body was in the water from 7 o’clock on Friday to 10:30 yesterday. The ecls and catfish, which usu- ally play havoc with the bodies of drowned men, had not touched it. Pee SRE AMUSEMENTS. The Elks’ Benefit.—Tonight the annual benefit of the Washington Lodge of Elks will take place at Albaugh’s Opera House. These benefits are always very successful and net a handsome sum to the charity fund of the order. The demands upon this fund this season have been unusually heavy, and it is hoped that the response to the ap- peal tonight will be unusually generous. The order is continually doing good in an | unostentatious way and deserves the hearty support of the community. The attractions effered tonight are Rhea, in her new play, Victor Hugo's “La Glaconda, or the Actress * and a number of volunteers, among whom may be mentioned Miss Helene Mora, the female baritone singar. The Stoddard Lectures.—The courses of the lectures by John L. Stoddard begin to- night at the Academy of Music. As has been stated, there will be three courses of the same set of iectures, Course A being on Mondays and Thursdays, Course B on Tues- days and Fridays and Course C on Wednes- days and Saturdays. Tonight the initial lecture will be upon “Picturesque Japan.” Mr. Van Dyke's Lectures—Under the auspices of the Art Students’ League, Dr. John C. Van Dyke gave an interesting tlus- | trated lecture Saturday evening at Builders’ | Exchange Hall on the subject of “Postrait | Painting.” After the lecture Dr. Van Dyke was given a reception at the studios of the Art Students’ League, No. 808 lith street. American Colonial History.—The second course of lectures by Miss Jane Meade Welch was begun on Saturday at the Build- ers’ Exchange Hall. The theme will be “American Colonial History,” and the tepic of the opening lecture on Saturday was “Colonial New Jersey.” The audience in- cluded Mrs. Cleveland and many of those prominent in society. The lectures are given each Saturday and Wednesday morning at half-past 11. Benefits From Emancipation.—Dr, George Wellington Bryant of St. Louis, known as the “silver-tongued negro orator,” is an- nounced to lecture at the Metropolitan M. E. Church next Thursday evening, on ‘the subject of “The Gray, the Black and the Blue,” or the benefits derived from the emancipation of the blacks to the gray of the south and the blue of the north. New York Under British Rule.—Wednes- day morning at half-past 11 Miss Jane Meade Welch will give the second of her course of lectures on American colonial his- tory, in the Builders’ Exchange Hall. She will treat of New York in colonial days, under .he attractive title above given. “The Last Days of the Confederacy.”—A: the special request of a large number o} citizens and, also, of some Grand Army posts, Gen. J. B. Gordon has consented to repeat his lecture on “The Last Days of the Confederacy,” and has designated next Monday evening as the time and Metzerott Hall as the place for that repetition. Gen. Gordon's eloquence as a speaker is well | Known and in this leeture he speaks from | his personal experiences as a distinguished officer in Gen. Lee’s army. He has met with the most pronounced success wherever he has delivered this lecture and those who have not heard it don’t want to wait be- fore securing their seats, which may be ob- usic Along the | Mined at Metzerott’s music store. —* Atttention of parties desiring comfortable homes or investment is called to the trus- sale of six new brick dwellings on F and on 11ta street northeast, to take place | t » divorce suit of Michael Lawler agt, Ment. omorrow at 4 o'clock p.m. See advertise- pe The Julius Lansburgh Furniture and Car- from the “Rink,” New York avenue between 14th and Lith streets, open their credit department Monday, March 12; those desiring the purchasing on time of carpets, furniture and upholstery fabrics wil find advantages not offered by other | houses.—Advt. | The event of the season. iiks’ benefit tcnisht, at Albaugh’s. Popular prices.— Advt. — Don't Wait Until You Want to Use It. It will keep. 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