Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1894, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1894-SIXTEEN PAGES. PHYSICAL CULTURE Outdoor Sports Receive the Atten- tion of Athletes. THE CONSOLIDATION OF TWO CLUBS Polo and Tennis Find Enthusiastic Followers. SOME COMING EVENTS Tennis will begin full blast with the ist 9f May and run from then on all summer. Bowling has now died out about everywhere except at the Columbia Athletic Club, where it is still played and will be kept up there for awhile at all events. Two of the clubs which have heretofore had the strongest local base ball nines in the field are not represented at all this sum- mer. The ball grounds on the Columbia's new field will be ready so late in the season that the club will be unable to put a nine fmto the field for any length of time, and there may be none at all, while the Young Men’s Christian Association team is already @ thing of the past, on account of the un- certainty in regard to outdoor accommoda- tions this season. An important movement in athletics will Probably be pushed through on Capitol Hill shortly. It is the consolidation of two of the leading athletic clubs of East Washington, ‘with the intention of building a very fine club house in that section and stimulating the in- terest in athletics in the neighborhood. The} [ @ is to unite the Orient Athletic Club End Athletic Association as so far the matter is looked gE The East End Athletic Associa- forward with the proposition to the new club of the Orients, was formed earlier The idea is to build a club east of Lincoln Park, at a cost about the scher get their money land values, which it is result. The Orient considering the ques- the decision will probably be made of the board of managers both clubs come to terms, commenced soon, and the pres- that the erection of the club pushed as rapidly as possible, completed by next Jan- large amount of vacant ond Lincoln Park, and not only will enough room be secured for a com- class athletic field, with all the trimmings. Whe Orient Athletic Club is an organization well known on Captitol Hill, and in- cluling in its number many young men of those - The East End Athletic Asso- lation is a younger club. The whole ques- tion of em! on the new venture is barking up a good deal of interest and talk among those interested in things of that sort on the hill. C. A. C. Events. The work on the field of the Columbia creased, so that the work can be pushed Tight through and the field be ready for use before the last of May. Tennis playing will Ukely to commence soon on the courts and Mr. R. C. Smead, who has tennis matters in hand, looks forward to a gala season for the wielders of the racquet. The five-back tournament among the bowlers of the Columbia Athletic Club was begun last Tuesday evening and will be con- tinued until three series of four games each have been bowled. Some very good scores have been made thus far. Prof. E. M. North is now the boxing in- structor at the Columbia Club. He gives lessons on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 7:30 to 10 in the evening, and on Monday and Thursday evenings, from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. Prof. Francois Darillat has been engaged as the fencing instructor of the club and a good deal of enthusiasm has been already ‘worked up over this splendid exercise. Prof. Darillat also has women's classes in fencing at the Carroll Institute. He gives his in- struction at the Columbia Club in the fenc- ing room during the same hours that boxing lessons are given in the gymnasium. The Out-of-Doors Season. For the summer many interesting out- door affairs will be arranged, consisting of lawn parties on the athletic field and enter- tainments inside the old Van Ness house of various sorts. No excursions down the river will be given by the club this year. However, Chairman Schneider of the enter- tainment committee says that, although these have always been, more or less enjoy- able, enough persons could not be got- ten to go, and the excursions have not been financially successful. The committee thinks that this being the case, the money can be spent in other ways to the greater enjoyment of most of the club members. The return game of billiards with the Pen and Pencil Club of Philadelphia has been definitely arranged for the evening of May 5, Saturday next. The games are to be played on a 5x10 table. Recently permission was asked of the board of governors by Hough, Ross, Joe Cullen and others to use the club’s name in @ series of athletic and musical entertain- ments which they were contemplating giv- ing at various small places in the neighbor- hood. At the meeting of the governors on last Wednesday night the matter was put entirely in the hands of John T. Bivins, the club’s captain, for his decision. There will probably be no objection to the scheme, as those in it are all reliable members of the club, whose work would reflect credit on it rather than otherwise. The Chevy Chase Club played their first match polo game Saturday a week, the team under Mr. H. M. Earle winning. Polo, al- though such a well-known English game, and one which has been played more or less as well in America, has never before been taken up here in Washington. Now that the hunting season is over, however, and the riders can no longer enjoy themselves im the chase, they will take up polo instead, and intend to push this sport at the Country Club this spring. Besides polo, many of the members are going in for golf with a vim. ‘This is another new game here, played on foot, and an exciting sport to many, al- though not a rough-and-tumble game. Enlarging a Club House. The club is now talking of several exten- sinos to its quarters at Chevy Chase. A mumber of the members have all through the winter kept suites of rooms at the club house, and it is proposed to make exten- sions, so that others may also have rooms out there. It is expected, toa that a bail Foom will be added, which will help out the lub very largely in the successful manage- ment of their social affairs. A competent riding master is now engaged by the club. The tennis courts have been carefully pre- pared and are in excellent shape now. oe already coming in for a good deal o y- ‘he Orient Athletic Club will give a Pleas- ant entertainment to their many friends on Capitol Hill on next Friday night, May 4, at Macauley’s Hall. It will be the first im. portant social affair which the ciub has held for some time, and many interesting fea- tures have been arranged. A picked squad of cadets from company G of the Eastern High School, under the command of Capt. John W. Steward, will be present, and go through a difficult and interesting drill. This company is regarded as about the best drilled in the High School regiment, and the work of the squad will unquestionably be excellent. The Capital City Dramatic Club Wil also present two plays, while a short — = wind up the evening. e base ball team of the Young Men’: Christian Association has melted” Fi away, and base ball will be a back number at the association this summer. Some of the best players of the original nine, whose Prospects were so good about two months 880, have joined semi-professional teams in Virginia; others will play with the Colum. bia University, while the rest will play with other clubs here or give up ball tossing for @ time. There will be no team to represent the association any longer. The attendance in the Y¥. M. C. A. gym- favorably by the members of | nasium has been on the average about forty a day this month, an extremely good show- ing, considering the time of year. About twenty persons so far have signi- fied their intention of joining the swim- ming classes which Prof. Sims is getting up at the Young Men's Christian Association. The class will take frequent trips to Glen Echo, where there is a good place for swim- ming, and where Prof. Sims taught the art when the summer sessions were in progress at that place. Bieycling Tennis. ‘The boys’ competitive exhibition will take Place in the gymnasium on May 7. Gold and silver medals will be given for the best work in each department of class work. The bicycle club has received a number of recruits during the week.A run took place on Monday evening to Cabin John bridge, and on Wednesday evening to Takoma, both of which were well attended and enjoyed most | heartily. A meeting wili be held tomorrow | evening for the organization of the club and the election of officers. The tennis players will probably secure accommodations soon. Whenever and wherever the new field is obtained, there is little chance of anything being done toward and so the tennis courts will doubtless be elsewhere. The facilities for outdoor work will be somewhat curtailed this summer, but the association has spent about $7,500 on athletics during the last few years, and no doubt the members will appreciate their privileges much more highly next year to be deprived of some of them for a time at least. The ladies of the Carroll Institute, in secret session, held their exhibition last Thursday afternoon. were admitted. But it is said that they had more fun than a little bit out of it. The Dramatic Club gave their Shakespearean productions in the institute hall on Tuesday night. A new tennis club has been organized in the northeast. The first meeting was held on April 19, Misses Downing and Spillane entertaining the club at their home, 1155 4th street northeast. At this meeting Mr. Thos. P. Kennelly was elected captain; Mr. W. J. Ryder, secretary, and D. J. Downing, treasurer. Messrs. John Costello, G. C. Callan and M. J. Keane, with Misses M. |an executive committee. At the second | meeting, at which the Misses Killeen were the hosts, the club adopted the name of “The Mystic Tennis Club,” and chose as its colors blue and white. A site has been chosen for the two courts which it is pro- posed to lay out, and work will be com- menced immediately on the same. Already there are twenty-eight members in the club. The social features have been de- cidedly enjoyable, and at the two meetings dancing and other amusements have been indulged in with mu’. pleasure. CHANGED TH. COAST LINE. Great Violence of the Grecian Earth- quake. ‘The official reports from the earthquake- stricken districts in Greece in no wise mini- mize the first accounts of the disaster as told by the cable dispatches. The whole coast line from the old ports of Larymna to Thermopylae suffered terribly from the shock. The king was deeply stirred by the scenes of suffering that he witnessed during his visit to Atalanta. He has announced his intention of visiting Thebes and Livadia to extend ald and sympathy to the afflicted people there. The loss of life on Friday night last must have been very great. Reports from all the districts have not yet been received, but M. Bouphides, minister of the interior, has received advices that in the Lorkis district alone 300 were killed. Two hundred and thirty-three bodies have already been dis- covered, and the work of searching for the others is being actively pursued under the direction of officials of the various towns. About 800 persons were injured. Relieving Distress. Everything possible is being done to al- leviate the distress, and the government is spending money with unsparing hand in the purchase of provisions. Large quantities of lumber have also been purchased and sent to the afflicted districts in order that shel- ter may be at once erected for those whose houses are now in ruins. Many rich Greeks have contributed largely for the relief of their countrymen, but notwithstanding this public and private assistance there is bound to be much suffering among the poor. The people of Atalanta have fled to the hills for safety. In that district there was a continuous series of shocks. In seven hours and a half 365 were counted. Like a Pendulum. ‘When the earth movements began and the houses began to totter and fall many ran wildly from the doomed city and sought a firm standing place on the hills that rise be- yond the town. The earth swung to and fro like a pendulum, and between the swings would tremble and quiver. Great fissures opened in the earth over an area of ten square kilometers. Much damage was done along the shore by a tidal wave, which encroached upon the coast for a distance of twenty meters. A number of houses were destroyed by this means, and there can be no doubt that lives were also lost. Huge masses of rock were detached from the mountains and hurled with thurtlering crash into the valleys below. Eye witnesses of the scene describe it as having been an aweinspiring exhibition of the mighty forces of nature, before which man was utterly helpless. Deep subterranean rumblings and reports, resembling the sound of cannon fired at a distance, continue to be heard, and the peo- ple are in mortal fear that other and more severe shocks may follow. The contour of part of the coast line has been materially changed. The shore on the Euboean side has sunk six feet. Other natural phenomena accompanied the dis- turbance. The sulphur springs at Aidipso were temporarily changed in character and spurted forth torrents of almost boiling water. Springs of pure, fresh water appear- ed in the crater of an extinct volcano, The center of disturbance lies between Larmyna and the Malayan Gulf, but through the extent of Greece the shocks were felt. ———__+e+-_____ STAUNTON INTENSELY EXCITED. Lawrence ler, Mulatto, Suspected of Murdering a White Girl. Just outside the city limits of Staunton, Va., a fiendish crime was committed short- ly after midnight Saturday night. The body of Lottie Rowe, a sixteen-year-old white girl, was found on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad track. She had been murdered and her body placed on the track with the hope that a train would run over it and cover the evidences of a crime. Lawrence Spiller, a mulatto, is under arrest. As near as can be learned, there was a dance at “Pinchtown,” a sort of suburb, Saturday night. The dance was at the house of John Rowe, an uncle of the mur- dered girl. Lottie was there in company with Charles Bradford, an eighteen-year-old youth. They started home about midnight. At the bridge on the New Hope road that spans the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in a deep cut Lottie and her companion were met by Spiller, who knocked Bradford off the end of the bridge and down the em- bankment, where he lay unconscious, ac- cording to his statement, for some time. What happened after that is a matter of Partial conjecture. The girl was evidently taken over a barbed wire fence into a small cornfield, lying be- tween the National cemetery and the rail- road. Near the northes rn corner of this field was a space of some six or eight feet square where the soil was tramped and flat- temed with hairpins and torn fragments of the girl’s dress,all showing the unmistakable evidences of a terrible struggle. From this place could be tracked the route of the vil- lain, as he dragged his helpless victim diag- onally to the northeast corner, where he again pulled her over a barbed wire fence and thence across a stone fence to the rail- road. : In a small ditch on the railroad side of the fence was found a pool of blood, ard where he had beaten her with a blunt wea- pon. From thence the route was down the embankment to the railroad, where the — remains were laid on the cailroad track. Spiller was arrested early yesterday morn- ing and lodged in the county jail. Large crowds gathered around the jail all day, and there was strong talk of lynching’ last night. The governor has been communi- cated with, and in compliance with the re- quest of the authorities ordered out three military companies—the West Guards of Staunton, Harrisonburg Guards of Harrisonburg, and a military company from Charlottesville. The two latter companies arrived by special train last night. ——_-+e-— Benefactor. From Truth. Wool—“I give that song peddler 19 cents every time I meet him.” Van Pelt—“But he sells only the words of the popular songs, not the music.” oe why I feel like encouraging its improvement this summer at any rate, | Women folk only | Killeen and M. Spillane, were appointed as | Augusta | IN. MUSICAL CIRCLES “Jack the Giant Killer,” » New Children’s Opera, a Success. It Was Handsomely Given by the Phelps Building Operatic Company —Other Interesting Notes. ‘The musicale of Prof. Maina last Wednes- day evening proved that there are singers in Washington that have the ability to in- | terpret the best operas, either in recital form or with full costume and accessories, and it fs not unlikely that next season tl form of entertainment that has become | Quite popular in New York—that of giving | musicales, a feature of which shall be an act from some opera—will become the prop- er thing among the wealthy residents of this city. It would be a pleasing variation from the concert numbers, now so common, and then, too,there could be the accompani- ments of orchestra and costume if the giver should so desire. The expense would not | exceed that of securing a few singers for concert solos, and the satisfaction obtained would be tar greater. Mr. Harry Weaton Howard's new juvenile opera, entitled “Jack, the Giant Killer,” had its first presentation at the hall of the Central High School on Thursday night and scored an emphatic success, not only for the composer, but also for the young people who sang the leading roles. It was pro- duced without the adventitious aids given by such accessories as footlights, scenic ef- fects .or orchestral accompaniment, and ‘stood on its own merits as an original musi- cal and dramatic creation. The constant recurrence of certain musi- cal phrases, introducing certain dramatic features, and the occasional use of mono- tone recitative, betrays the familiarity with the Wagnerian school gained during Mr. Howard's sojourn abroad, but the opera. is repiete with teliing melodies, which are lit- erally “catch airs," abiding in the memory with a persistent associative power like those gems of the Italian school, which are for this cause so perennially popular. In fact, this little opera, besides being a new departure in the line of juvenile music of a high class, is another step in the distinct- ively American style, now in its formative state. Master Burton Garrett, as Jack, the hero of the opera, sang effectively, bringing down the house by the solo, in which he reveals himself, and again in the trio, “We Wish the World to Witnéss.""| Miss Marie Howe gave a remarkable rendering of the combined re¢itative and solo, “'Tis True,” in which she discloses the existence of the little princess, a piece of narrative work peculiarly difficult to execute artistically, and whose skillful management from so young a child was a striking exhibition of her talent. Master Harry Campbell looked every inch a king, and sang with a voice of firm timbre, and with so perfect an enuncia- tion as to render the development of plot, much of which fell to him, lucid and artist- ie. The Giant, Mr. Ed. B. Fox, is so well known, both as an actor and for the quality of his well-rounded baritone voice, that it need only be said that he performed. well the role. Misses Edith Stowell, the chief Amazon, and Clara Moran, the youngest princess, also sang their soprano solos well, and took their parts so ably as to raise them to the front rank among the juvenile prima donnas, with which Washington seems to be wonderfully well endowed. On the whole, the performance was a great success, the only criticism made, and that a very gen- eral one, being that the unsuitability of the hall and stage for the setting of so ambi- tious a performance marred much the dra- matic effects attempted. It is to be hoped that the Phelps Building Operatic Company, as the society so modestly inaugurated last year should now be called, may be in- duced to give the opera in the future amid more harmonious surroundings. Another performanc? given Saturday afternoon was equally successful, and was witnessed by fully as large an audience. On this occa- sion Master Talmadge was the King, and was fully up to the mark. To Misses Gar- rison and Connolly, the teachers in the Phelps School, who organized the chorus and who looked after the children at the re- hearsals, great credit is due. There was one feature at the Maina musicale that seemed to be overlooked, not intentionally, but just simply because it was work of a subordinate character, and yet was absolutely essential to the proper suc- cess of the singers. This was the playing of the accompanist, Mr. Harry Howard. His task was an arduous one, but he ful- filled it in the most satisfactory manner, making the piano a support to the singers and a complete background for the vocal effects. The instrument was never obtru- sive, but was made to assist and sustain both in solo and concerted numbers, and the performer is entitled to the warmest praise for his unassuming yet conscientious and artistic work. For some months past it has been known jin local musical and theatrical circles that the entertainment committee of John A. Rawlins Post, No. 1, G. A. R., has favored a series of performances for the benefit of the post's charity fund. The character of the performances has been the only embarrass- ing feature of the scheme. Several members of the committee, it seems, saw the first presentation of ‘Fhe Three Dukes,” the work of W. H. and A. Percy Harris, two of Washington’s young men, and became sat- isfled that their long cherished wish could be gratified, if they could secure the right to produce the “Dukes.” Negotiations were commenced, and, it is said, have terminated favorably, and it is also said that the Acad- emy of Music has been engaged for six per- formances, commencing with the afternoon of Wednesday, May 30 next (Decoration day), and ending Saturday night, June 2. The company is now in rehearsal, having strong cast‘and a chorus of fifty of Wash- ington’s finest voices. Mr. Archibald Olmstead has been elected to succeed Mr. John Porter Lawrence a8 the accompanist of the Capital Glee Club. Mr. Olmstead was one of the accompanists at the rehearsals of the Capitol Centennial Chorus last September, under Director Cloward, who recognized his iltness and recommended him for his present office. The glee club, which usually holds its weekly meetings on Tuesday evenings, last week, on account of the rehearsals of the Washington Mask and Wig Club, to which many of the glee club members belong, omitted its session. Mr. Olmstead will play for the first time on Tuesday evening. On the evening of the 2d of May the sa- cred cantata of the “Holy City,’ composed by Alfred Gaul, will be repeated by the vested choir of Epiphany Church, under the direction of Mr. H. Clongh-Leighter, organist and choirmaster of the parish, to whom is due the perfect excellence, both musical and otherwise, attending first rendition of this work in this city last March. The guccess of this first perform- ance and the many requests, not only from persons residing in this city, but elsewhere, have induced Mr. Leighter, contrary to his principle of “letting ‘good enough alone,” to repeat the cantata. ‘The program for the coming annual musi cale of Mrs. H. H. Miles and her pupils is out, and shows a wide range of selections from the best composers. A novel feature will be the opening number, a ladies’ chorus of sixty-five, which will be directed by Mr. Eugene Stevens. Among the numbers will be the Polonaise from “Mignon,” the shadow song from “‘Dinorah” and the sex- tet from “Lucia.” The Philharmonic Quar- tet and the Lyric Quartet, the first a wetl- known organization of ladies and the sec- ond composed of male voices, both of which were formed and are under the direction of Mrs. Miles, will participate. ——ee Early Mornai Advice. From the Detroit Free Press. The policeman, at 3 o'clock a. m., had just turned the corner when he met a man who very evidently was not a suspicious character, yet who did not seem to be ex- actly where he ought to be. The policeman, however, had no intention of stopping him, but the man, much to the officer's surprise, stopped the guardian of the peace. “*Scuse me,” he said, something thickly, “will you tell me what time it is?” “Ten minutes after 3," replied the officer, curiously. “Thought so, man, with some significance. married man?” “| am,” said the officer, as if he were proud of it. “Y'ought to be; I am, too; every man ought to be,” said the man. “’S your wife ure; or was when I left home after sup- or thereabouts,” said the “Are you a 't you been home since supper?” ».”" and the officer smiled. “What time d'you say it was?” queried the man. “After 3 o'clock.” “Thought so,” said the man, shaking his head sorrowfully. “Got a wife at home; ain't been there since supper; now 3 o’clock in the morning, and you are still out. Sir, I'm ‘shamed of you,” and, bracing himself up with rebuking dignity, the man walked laway, leaving the officer almost prostrated. ST. CHARLES DESTROYED The Famous New Orleans Hotel in One Life Lost so Far as Known Last Night—Half a Million Loss— Stirring Scenes. Only the front of the St. Charles Hotel at New Orleans is left standing. Fire broke out at 11 o'clock Saturday night and raged until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Starting in the kitchens, which front on a small court in the very heart of the square, not ten minutes after the employes had left them, the flames ate their way along the woodwork with amazing rapidity, and owing to the inability of the firemen to get at them it soon became manifest that their efforts would prove futile. The hundred or more guests had about all retired, and though many had been awakened by the lusty shouts of “fire,” Night Clerk Mason sent messengers to every room occupied, and thus there was no possibility of any of them having been cut off from éscape, as the flames did not reach the main portion of the structure for full half an hour after the fire was discovered. Panic seized upon them, however, and they rushed about frantically, most of them in their night clothes—men, women and children—and al- though there was ample opportunity to get down the broad stairways, it took all the efforts of the cooler heads to prevent the most impetuous from throwing themselves from second, third and fourth-story win- dows. The only man who did jump from a window was an unknown, who dropped from ‘a third-story window on Common street to the shed, but was not injured, as he got up and walked off. A. P. Lomgleis, father-in-law of Col. Riv- ers, the proprietor of the hotel, was asleep in the third story, just above the flames on the Gravier street side of the kitchen. When he walked into the hall the smoke had cut off his view of escape, but he held his hands over his face and rushed through it. He began at once to search for Mrs. Rivers and the ladies of the house, who were rooming on the same floor. Maj. G. L. Hall and his wife occupied the rooms on the third floor, near the apartments of Mrs. Rivers. When awakened he aroused the ladies and they hurriedly dressed and rushed down the steps. Maj. Hall sent them in a cab to the Hotel Royal, and remained upon the scene of the conflagration. All the time the flames were spreading in the interior of the hotel and climbing up- ward the guests were being awakened. Those who were out began rushing in and asking for their keys in order to get their age. Trunk after trunk was rolled down the steps and the limbs of the es- caping inmates were several times en- dangered. No one was hurt. Baker Riley’s Fight for Life. The unavailing fight for lfe that w: made by John Riley, employed as a baker in the hotel, was witnessed by many help- less spectators. He occupied a room in the fourth story of the rear portion of the building. A number of persons had stepped into the open courtyard in the rear of the rotunda bar room and were watching the progress of the flames, that were crackling and fast eating away the upper stories and the ban- isters of the small gallery that connected the rooms. A great torfeue of fire suddenly burst from one of th rooms, when a scream was heard, and from the door next to the one from which the flame was seen to escape, a man was discerned through the glare. Simultaneously a cry of horror went up from those witnessing, for they realized that the man was in a very dangerous position, with fire on both sides of him. For an in- stant the flames quieted and the man made a rush for the head of the spiral stairway. As he the flames again flashed from the door like the tongue of a fiery serpent, Fortunately, however, the full force of it did not strike the man and he made his way in safety to the spiral stairway. A breath of satisfaction escaped the witnesses, but as he stepped upon the spiral stairway he stumbled and fell. Rolling several times over as he came tumbling toward the third story, he finally rolled partly off the stair- way and remained holding to the broken banisters. He attempted to regain his lost foothold, but it seemed that he was blinded by the heat and was unable to pull himself up. As he hung there several of the gentle- men watching the sad scene rushed for ladders. But while they were gone the poor, un- fortunate man fell so that he was hold'ng only with his hands to the banisters, sus- pended fully fifty feet in the air. At last, after making several efforts to throw him- self upon the stairway, his strength gave way, and releasing his hold, he fell with a crash upon the stone pavement beneath. His body scareely moved after it hit the pavement. The gentlemen who had wit- nessed the sad scene hastened to the pros- trate figure and hastily carried it across the street. He lived scarcely a minute. At the morgue the dead man was recog- nized as John Riley. He was sixty years old and leaves a wife and four children. All Guests Were Saved. Bridget Mulligan, a chambermaid; Mrs. Ross, a domestic, and John Finlay, an as- sistant barkeeper, are the only ones now missing. The hotel register was saved, and all the guests are accounted for. The other hotel keepers immediately opened their doors to the unfortunate, and all were accommodated. A Mr. McDermott would have saved Ri- ley’s life had Patrolman Fitzgerald not pulled him away in order to prevent a dou- ble sacrifice. As it was, McDermott was burned badly. But a few moments after this Fitzgerald climbed to the second story of the hotel on Gravier street and rescued fourteen women, who were employes in the building, and who had their only avenue of escape cut off by the flames. These wo- men slept in the hotel and were not, it seems, awakened in time to get down’ by the stairway. Chief O'Connor took two wo- men off the Gravier street side, and mem- bers of hook and ladder company No. 1 succeeded in saving a number of laundry women. While the fire was raging in the building 167 Gravier street, adjoining the hotel, Charles Levins, manager of the New Or- leans Electric Motor Company, and Jobn Whitman, residing at 55 Chippewa street, had a narrow escape from being killed. The men had been cautioned about going into the building, but they nevertheless ventured in, Levins being desirous of say- ing some of his effects and Whitman agreed to accompany him. They had been in the building a few moments when a report re- sembling that of an explosion was heard and instantly after the roof caved in end fell with a crash. The men were in the act of leaving the building at the time and both were covered with wreckage, but assistance quickly reached them and con- ducted them to a place of safety. The men were found to have been badly shocked, but were not seriously injured and were taken away by friends. Telegraphers Driven Away, The Western Union office is situated on the corner of Gravier and St. Charles streets and the employes stuck to their positions until ordered out by the firemen, ‘The heat had become intense and there was imminent danger of the west wall of the hotel toppling over at any moment. All the instruments were taken to a place of safe- ty and at 2 o'clock the wall fell with a ter- rible crash, prostrating all the wires on that street. The Postal office ts on St. Charles street, opposite the hotel, but its wires run along the same side of the street as the hotel until at a point directly opposite their of- fice. All these wires were soon rendered useless by the heat and being crossed by electric wires. Under the St. Charles, cn the Gravier street side, was located Alex- ander Levis’ tailor shop, the St. Charles Turf Exchange and the Texas Pacific, the New Orleans Electric Company's office and storeroom, Fassy & Ellis, John S. Moore and C. E. Berger. The buildings were destroyed completely for fifty or sev- enty-five feet back of the hotel. The electric company's building was en- tirely destroyed, and the rear of the Union National Bank building and the office build. ing facing Carondolet street. The five- story brick buildings Nos. 155, 158 and 160 Common street, occupied on the ground floors by P. B. Clark, the coal merchant, and Charles Hamilton as a saloon. The up- per floors, used as offices by Joseph O. ‘faylor, E. J. Wenck and Jefferson Wenck, notaries public, and others, were completely gutted. A large quantity of the occupants’ books and papers were saved. The Texes and Pacific general offices on the corner of Gravier and St. Charles streets, and the Louisville and Nashville offices, on Common street corner, were completely destroyed with their contents. The total loss on the fire will reach half a million dollars, and may go over. that amount. The hotel property, exclusive of the ground, was worth $100,000, and was insured for $212,500 in foreign companies, ¢ Shoe Prices LOWERED! The hard times demand lower prices! We stand ready to grades only. Ladies’ $6 ‘The above ni NOVELTIES FOR THE SEASON Pretty Things Seen in the Shops of the Metropolis. ‘They Ave for Every Department of the Household, and Also for ‘Wearing Apparel. ‘Special of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 28, 1894. ‘To one coming from the broad, quiet streets of Washington, the constant din, the rattle of carriage wheels over the rough pavements, the noise of elevated trains in this great city, combine to make a verit- able Babel. The provincial eyes must be sharp and the provincial ears keen to see and hear all that comes within their ken, and so bear away distinct ideas of things rather than a confused jumble of impres- sions, of little value as memories. Every- where are the enticements of beautiful ob- jects to see, admire, and perchance pur- chase. Everywhere is novelty of arrange- ment, if not of articles themselves, though that element is found to a surprising de- gree after all, in every line of merchandise, considering the extraordinary demands con- tinually made upon it. Leaving all fem- inine attire out of the question, one may fird a spring-like freshness and delicacy in many another article, on which it would seem at first the seascns could have no in- fluence. Fashion, indeed, invades more do- mains than that of dress, and for the spring of "94 there are many little things to be observed which point to the warm season coming, and show the difference in details which distinguishes the goods of this season from those of a year ago, and frcm the winter just past. If a summer refurbishing of a house or even a single room in the home is contemplated by the housekeeper, there are many attractive things on every hand be select — at ri too, if economy is any hres rst get to be with most peo- ple. For warm weather the fabrics and styles of oriental countries seem naturally to suggest themselves, and importations are now so numerous that @ choice can scarce- ly be called limited. Some Novelties This Season. _ A visit to some of the best shops where such goods are sold shows some novelties this season, mingled with the many articles which have come to be recognized as sta- ples in this line. The pretty Anatolia cur- tains are of thin texture with stripes in soft colors, alternating with white, the dec- oration on the edges a fringe consisting of netted points with tiny tassels on each point, being a decided novelty. These are among the inexpensive summer furnishin; $4.50 being the price per pair, and for coun. try house or seashore cottage they are very desirable. This same netted fringe—of Turkish manufacture—is also very effective- ly used on immense sofa pillows covered with the same goods, either in colored stripes like the curtains or of cream tint alone, but with the same crinkled crepon weave. A ruffle of the selvedge of the cloth and fully nine inches deep is on each pil- low, and when it is sewed on the fringe is set in too as a heading, giving a pretty fin- ish. These pillows are only $5, and tem- porarily a reduction of 25 per cent makes them seem more than cheap at $3.75. In this same place are other pillows, ranging in price from those I have just mentioned up to exquisitely embroidered ones at $50, covered with close work on neutral tinted silks and satins. Japanese Cotton Rugs. The Japanese cotton rugs are to be found here also in considerable variety, though those of gray, blue and white are the pret- tiest of all; taking those colors for the key- note of a room, many harmonious articles may be found in an oriental shop, both for use and ornament. Cushions, curtains,rugs, and above all, porcelain, in many shapes, are all in this cool and pleasing combina- tion. The beauty, however, of the china is partly owing to the quaint shapes in which it generally comes, but when American or Frgpch models are used, the characteristics better Shoes for the money than any shoe house in the city. Can you equal these? Ladies’ $3 Shoes, $2.50. Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes, $3. Ladies’ $4 Shoes, $3.25. Shoes are this and are shown in all the various shapes of toe, &o $3 Oxfords for $2.50. $3.50 Oxfords for $3. $4 Oxfords for $3.50. ‘These are in the various styles of toe, “derby,” “razor,"* common-sense, &c, Black and “russets.”” $1.50 Children’s Shoes, $1.25. $1.75 Children’s Shoes, $1.50. $2.50 Misses Shoes, $2. ‘These are the famous “Waterbury” Shoes—the finest in the world for the shown in black and “‘russet,” in $3.50 Men’s Shoes, $3. $4 Men’s Shoes, $3.50. $4.50 Men’s Shoes, $4. $6 and $7 Men’s Shoes, $5. These are Hand-sewed Calf Shoes, in all the various shapes of toe, in both black and “‘russet.” Extra Force Tomorrow! Hoover & Snyder, 1217 Pa. Ave. N.W. : : ; 2 3 ; prove that we sell No trash—finest Shoes, $5. season's “novelties,” are . , They izes. SDOSDSOHO DONDE SHDSHDOOT 2 HHHODOOS HO OS OSSOCOHDOHOBOO 6 & © eS =] 6 6 e 6 6 © © are lost and if the charm gone, as in set for the toilet table of china, tray and small boxes, ring stand and various smali Pieces similar to those found in French china, and entirely foreign to the spirit of Japanese art. Among the newer things imported in porcelain are long, narrow pic- tures in blue and white, the frame or border of the same similar to the deift picture Placques. The subjects are those with which we are familiar, a flight of swallows, a blooming branch of a tree, or a view of ama, all very decorative in treatment, but the horizontal shape is a decided change from the panel pictures so much affected by Japanese artists. To go into a certain one of these shops is like stepping into Japan @uring the cherry blossom festival. A Japanese Atmosphere, Little Japanese girls in native costume are the attendants, while the most is made | in the way of decoration of the wares dis- played for sale. Large and small branches of muslin flowers—both pink and white blossoms—and the most natural things im- aginable—are placed about in jars, bowls and vases as if real, while china and bronzes are arranged with much taste. Nothing is crowded here, but has the spa- cious, airy look of ornaments in a Japanese home. The windows are always charming, being constantly rearranged, sometimes draped with blue and white crepe, with only blue and white porcelain displayed, again with a beautiful embroidered screen as a background—white branches of blossoms on an olive ground—and, in front of it, a jar of bronze fitted with like branches of snowy bloom, setting on a piece of soft yellow silk carelessly crushed into many folds, and with one or two beautiful specimens of gold lacquer work as additional attractions. This is one of the most fascinating places in which to see such things, with nothing common or tawdry to mar the effect, though many inexpensive articles may be found here, as well as at other similar places. Antimony Table Utensils. Antimony utensils for the table are very pretty and very cheap, the small bowls or spoons being as good as anything in this material, while little piéces for the desk or toilet table come in considerable variety, This composition wears well, and its bright, silvery surface combined with the bronze or gold decoration is pleasing, while the shapes are all characteristically Japanese. We see so much of the poor, cheap and tasteless Japanese goods that we weary of them, but of the better sort almost everything is worthy of admiration, wheth- er of material or ornamentation, and the more we read and hear of that delightful country from which they come, with its gentle little people, the more we are charm- with “things Japanese.” Of course there are all sorts «” pretty things of a dif- ferent sort to be f .d in other places, but when one gets into these oriental shops they are so attractive that one is apt to linger there, until their resources are ex- hausted, before passing on to see what other shops may hold of interest to house- holders desirous of making their homes as- sume the summer freshness which the sea- son seems to demand. —_— > Thought He Would Wait. From Judge. Bingo—“We had a terrible scare around at my house the other night.” Kingley—“You don’t say. 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