Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1894, Page 6

ARTHUR BURT. Burt’s SHOE STORE, 1211 F ST. BURT'S Hand-made Shoes And Ties Reduced. It means we propose to meet the demand of the times — and offer you the world’s finest shoes at the prices you are paying for the or- dinary! New Scaleof Prices Ladies’ $3.50 grades $3.00. Ladies’ $4.00 grades $3.50. Ladies’ $4.50 grades $4.00. Ladies’ $5.00 grades $4.50. Ladies’ $6.00 grades $5.00. Ladies’ $7.00 grades $6.00. Oxfords & Ties. Burt’s $3.50 Grades, $2.75. Burt’s $4.00 Grades, $3.50. Burt’s $4.50 Grades, $4.00. Burt’s $5.00 Grades, $4.50. Men’s Shoes. RUSSET, BLACK, PATENT LEATHERS, &c. Burt’s $5.00 Grades, $4.00. Burt’s $6.00 Grades, $5.00. Burt’s $7.00 Grades, $6.00. Burt’s $8.00 Grades, $7.00. Do You Want —any better opportunity than this? No Wonder We Are Busy. Arthur Burt, “BURT'S” Shoe Store, 1211 F St. rns BPPPCHO PHS FPPOCELOPPEOIOD 3THE MONUMENTAL, > * FASHION LEADERS E5 : Fine Millinery. gTrimmed Hats, 33 1-3 g Per Cent Discount. Our entire stock of Ladies’ and Misses” Hats and Bonnets at ome- third less than ri prices. Sailor, Alpine and Waiking Hats $ for La ribbon PIIOL OLE DE SILI OPOLD ¥ me Instead of 48c. to $1.50. pecial Sale of Ribbons, Frosted Ostrich Feathers and Pompous, Children’s Caps, Veil- 930 F St. N. W. my2i-6r* $s ; pA > > o PCQVSS POO OSS @ 100 Doz. Men’s 39c. Dress Shirts —just received from our Baltimore Factory. like the usual 39. Shirt that you cam buy about town, but equal to the regular We. Shirt. Branch Bait. Shirt Factory, ELLERY & IRELAND, Mars. 931 oth St., IUNC ION 2 Our Way.’ my22 N.Y. AVE. It’s a No one else can use our method of painlessly EXTRACTING teeth within the District. We obtained the ex- elusive right—and it has proved a good Investment. No other method possess its advantages. There's no drawback whatever to prevent It from enjoying universal patronage. No sleep, no pain, no danger. Ex- tracting painlessly, 50 cents. Other operations in proportion. (Evans Dental Parlors, i217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. 2 $ TAT TTYTT Q my22 _ —~ Matting News. For big values in Pine Mattings, we're ‘way in the lead. These prices are causing big selling here: 9%c. One pattern of that 25-cent Jointiess still left at ‘The regular 35 I less Matting... ae 22%c. Regular 30-cent White Joint- leas. : =15¢. The Houghton Company, 616 9TH ST. AND ile 146TH ST. my22 TSS S'S SS SS]. | = + %Are You Thin? } Ih est thin people are so because \> not digest and ae pt r Boston rt "Brown Bread "| > is more ber gpa J than meat—easi- i ? 2c i ol f the wheat—is ric! 4) phates and otke> nitrogenous | 4 34! Oey meal te Sidi Sis duc ae \be 74, ten _per week us desired. Only |P4 5, 10 and 15. a loaf. } vi Write or telephone. Beware of | b4/ lal imitations. a ai Krafit’s Bakery + Cor. 18th St. & Pa. Ave. |} 4) my22 i Meese sese ese se se tf Important. Before leaving the city bave your feet treated, and with a supply of our prepara- tions you can keep yourself comfortable all Bunions and Corns treated, 25¢. each. Prof. J. J. Georges & Son, CHIROPOLISTS. PARLORS, 1115 PA. AVE. N.W. ‘Sundays, A mi swtpm oto PEOCPOPLOP OPS OPIS IS OODIPOD OOO OHE HOS OOOO ) Ayer’s rave ria] Pills ee Received =| wortps Highest Awards | *4* At The World’s Fair fixuwasnzal As vara! The Best ea Family FAIR. Physic. ceapesti eapest land Spring Water. * The best because it ts acknowledged (2) by chemists to contain less organic matter than any other water in the world; (2) by phystelans because it has cured thousands of cases where other waters have — failed. cheapest because it effects a QUICKER PERMANENT CURE than any known remedy for Rheumatism, Stone in Bladder, Bright’s Disease, Dyspepsia, “Swe. GAL. 5 GALS., $1.75. John Keyworth, 9th & Ds | ne Groceries, Wines, &c. Telephone, 636. > is dat tindindtndindia tat inn ttn data dn tnd dh dndadnd {Best and Ch Po wvvwevvwvevwre rere ALAAAAAADAARR ED Poe eeorccoreceoececooccoor, Dinner Sets Reduced. On our second floor, G street side, there are displayed several Handsome, iceal Sets, which have Py . 1 Haviland Set, 125 pieces, reduced T" ertiast “Gee” 180 pleeen, rednéed faviland ‘Set, from $175 to $145. 1 Haviland Set, 140 $35. A few pleces imper- Sets, 188 pieces each, re- $50 to Decorated Dinner Sets, in many dif- ferent patterns, from $10 up. M. W. Beveridge, IMPORTER OF POTTERY AND PORCELALNS, ¢ my and 1214 G sts. eeesecee eeee arriages For Ladies. * | When you wish to enjoy a drive = Iet_us send you one of our “swell * turnouts"—the — handsomest, most stylish carriages in this city. Per- feet service —reliable coachmen— special monthly rates. C7 Boarding teams receive care and attertion. Best every re- * ful grooming. \Downey’s Hotel for Horses 628 L ST. ‘PHONE 555. my21 This is Fly Weather! How About Door& Window? Screens, 2oc. & 85c. L. H. Hopkins, 933 F St. m19 HARDWARE, HOUSEFURNISHINGS, &e. $1 Summer. Corsets, 69c. A fortunate purchase enables us to offer 80 doz. Fine, Graceful Summer Corsets, strong, shapely and permit of |= the fullest freedom. Same grade is sold elsewhere at $1. call an ‘om while they are this price. Tl. C. Whelan, -1003 F St. N.W. my2t co, ‘uN fURA BITTERS, BAYS A LONG-TIME ter from indigestion, thoroughly cu ’ manufacturers, Dr.'J. G. B. SIEGERT & ors. THE COLUMBIA’S SPEED. On the Sea Trial She Made a Continu- ous Ren of Forty-Eight Hours. As telegraphed to yesterday's Star the triple screw cruiser Columbia returned to League Island navy yard yesterday after- noon after.a deep sea trial trip that was extremely gratifying to her officers and builders. The following story of the trip is from the Philadelphia Press: While the details of | the trip must be retained in secrecy until | the trial board shall have filed their re- port with the Secretary of the Navy, it may be said that the cruiser made the fine speed of eighteen and a half knots an hour under ordinary draught. It was reported that she had made twen- ty-four knots an hour, but this report prob- ably arose from the fact that it is stated that in a burst of speed for half an hour the vessel made 12.10 knots. Charles H. Cramp said last night that he could not imagine that the Columbia could bave made twenty-four knots an hour. The main purpose of the trip was not to speed the vessel, but to try her machin- ery and working qualities generally and therefore no special efforts or preparations were made for speeding her. The record that she made is the more gratifying on that account. The trial was successful in every direc- tion and confirmed the excellent showing made by the cruiser at her trial trip last summer. Three steam trials of six hours each were made, one under full speed with natural draught and the three screws work- ing, one with two screws working and the center screw disconnected, and the third with the center screw working and the wing screws disconnected. The test for coal endurance showed that under a speed of ten knots an hour the Columpia can | steam on thirty-five tons of coal per day, | and going fourteen knots she can steam ; with seventy tons per day. The horse j Power developed will not be known until in- | dicator cards shall, have been worked out. Guns Tested. During the time the Columbia was at sea her battery was tested, all the guns were fired three times, once with a reduced charge and twice with full service charge. | Some slight defects were developed in the | Secondary battery. It was found also that cpenings at the sponsons were too small, j and that suilicient room had not been left behind the guns to allow them to be freely swung when the full gun crew is working. It is said, however, that these defects can be easily remedied. Unusual Speed. With all her fires open and the three pro- pellers going, she made 12.10 knots, it was reported, in thirty minutes. Those who went on the trip are enthusiastic over her work, and are predicting more remarkable achievements when she shall go into com- mission and her new machinery shall get in smoother working order. Charlies H. Cramp was delighted with the accomplishments of the crulser when seen tast night, though, as already remarked, he did not believe a report that the vessel had made twenty-four knots could possibly be correct, and he repeated that the purpose of the trip was not to speed the vessel at all. The trial board, of which Commodore Selfridge 13 chairman, left for Washington Jast night. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. CIVIL SERVICE LAW! Appropriations For the Commission Refused by the House. MR. EVERETTS ELCQUENT DEFENSE He Says the Law Has Come to Stay. MERIT VERSUS SPOILS Yesterday afternoon the House, by a vote of 108 to 71, struck out the provision for salaries of the civil service commission con- tained in the legislative appropriation bill. This action was taken upon the motion of Mr. Enloe of Tennessee, and the result was received with tumultuous applause by the democrats. The House debated Mr. Enloe’s motion for some time before a vote was taken, and vigorous attacks were made upon the ad- ministration of the civil service law by Mr. Enloe, Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Caruth, while Mr. Everett of Massachusetts and others defended it. Mr. Everett said: “Mr. Chairman, 1 think it is very im- portant in the discussion of this amend- ment that we should see once for all what the real purpose of it is. That purpose has been perfectly undisguised in the remarks of my friend from West Virginia (Mr. Pen- dieton) and my friend from Kentucky (Mr. Caruth). It is all very well to make at- tacks upon the present civil service com- missioners. It may be that they or their predecessors have administered the law in @ way that lays them open to just animad- versions; although I believe that the grounds for animadyersion has been very greatly exaggerated; and I cannot help say- ing, without meaning to strike any gentle- man personally, that many of these attacks upon the civil service commissioners have their foundation, not now so much as in past years, but have had their foundations in. the personal disappointment of gentle- men who have gone to them with refer- ence to some friend in whom they were in- terested. Such things always will happen in the government service on whatever sys- tem of administration; when any person finds that his friend or friends have suffer- ed he fs apt to think that the fault is in those who administer the law.” Mr. Enloe: “May I ask the gentleman a question?" Commission Might Be Increased. Mr. Everett—“I cannot yield. I am sorry, but my time is so Mmited that I must de- cline. I believe, sir, that if this commis- sion is defective it might, perhaps, be im- proved in its personality, although, for my- self, I must express the belief that a better set of men could hardly be found. But T believe the commission might be increased with advantage; might be made to consist of five instead of three members, so as to represent a larger extent of country. I be- lieve, as was suggested by the gentleman from Illinois, that the effectiveness of the commission might be greatly increased by giving it the power to check removals, and I do not believe that the last word has been said on the subject of removals from office in the United States. “I believe that the time will come when faithful civil servants will not be subject to arbitrary removal by the heads of their departments with no greater reason as- signed than that ‘the good of the service’ demands it. (Applause). And, let me say, I am rot interested here to defend any ac- tion of the republican administration with reference to the railway mail service. I believe that the action of the republican ad- ministration tn further defining the time when the railway mail service should be put under the civil service commission, thereby securing a greater power of ap- pointments to itself, was indefensible and will always remain a blot on the adminis- tration of President Harrison. (Applause on the democratic side). I believe, moreover, that it is the opinion of the present civil service commissioners that it was a ching deeply to be regretted and which has cast a cloud over the whole administration, Real Depth of the Quest 5 “No, Mr. Chairman, the question is some- thing deeper than the present civil service commission; the question is something deeper than their methods of examination; the question is something deeper than whether the commission shall have only a | power of inquiry and not the power of re- moval also. It is a question between two theories of government, and that was fairly and honorably avowed in the remarks of my friend from West Virginia (Mr. Pendle- ton). I do not say the civil service com- mission has solved the problem entirely, but I do say that the civil service commis- sion remains at present in this country the only breakwater, the only bulwark, the only obstacle, however feeble, however ineffi- cient, against the system of appointments and removals for political service. (Ap- plause.) Now, sir, that is a point which no party can take exclusively to itself. The republican party need not suppose for a moment that it is any less of a spoils party than the democratic party. You may call it the spotls system, the merit system, the political system; it is that plan of appointment which political managers think the best for securing and retaining their own power, and have tried to persuade the people is the best for securing and re- taining efficient officers. The People Called a Hait. “That is a matter of which both the two Sreat parties have boasted for years. ‘Out they go, in we go,’ is a song that might have been sung by both parties in alterna- tion back for many years. The people of the United States came to the conclusion a good many years ago that it was time to call a halt in that process. They believed that the great mass of the public offices had nothing to do with a man’s party affilia- tions; they knew that there was no politics in the army or navy, and they wanted the civil service made like the military service; that efficiency in the discharge of ordinary official duties might be found in other fields than committee rooms, where political man- agers take note of efficiency in the prima- ries, in the secondaries, in the tertiaries, in the centenaries, that do their work before the citizens come together in regular cau- cus at all. They believe that you should find out whether a man was qualified for ordinary administrative work or not, by other processes than by inquiring how well he had ‘whooped up the boys’ when the last election came. They believed that to have an army of office seekers haunting Wash- ington at the beginning of every adminis- tration, making the lives of members of Congress and of everybody else miserable, was not what the government of the United States was constituted for. “The people believed that it was not right that the wheels of government should be blocked the half of every four years by the needs of office seeking that were cling- ing round them, and if they ever doubted it the thing was clinched by the shot that killed President Garfield, which was sent by the mad passion of a disappointed of- fice seeker. Accordingly, a plan was de- vised—tentative if you will, imperfect if you will, reaching but a little way, yet still tending to the root and heart of the matter—that act which is the glory of the democratic party, because it bears the name of George H. Pendleton, dnce the candidate gf that great party for Vice President of the United States. The civil- service law is called the Pendleton act, and let me tell you, gentlemen on this side of the House, with all your dislike of the merit system, the glory of that measure will cling to your party, and you cannot help it if you would. (Applause.) “Since that time both parties have ad- ministered the law; both parties have help- ed to extend it; both parties have helped to thwart it; it has had its failures and its successes; but I believe it has taken root, and no amount of topping cff leav, and branches will ever operate to er: cate it. Cannot Afford to Do Away With the System. Mr. Everett—“That law, sir, drawn up, I believe, by Dorman B. Eaton and carried through by Mr. Pendleton, realizes the idea | in the country of what is called the merit system as opposed to the spoils system— the idea that the geaeral appointment to the administrative offices of the country should be taken out of politics and put upon a basis with which politics has noth- ing to do. I say the democratic party can- not afford to do away with that system. The democratic party cannot afford to abol- ish the system which has been accepted and which has been working, however im- perfectly, all this time. “And let me say more. It is, gentlemen, it is, Mr. Chairman, it is, my countrymen, the truly democratic system, because it asks no qualifications for office but education—not a college education, not a training in the higher branches, but a training in the branches which are within the reach of |. with the confederate veterans, every American educated in our public schools. The central government from the heart here goes forth to every section of the country. It goes to all the boys and all the girls, without distinction of party, without political ‘pull,’ without glory in the ‘primaries,’ with nothing but American citizenship and American education; and it Says to them, ‘All Americans are equal be- fore the law in respect to office, and any American who can pass the standards that the public schools will train him tn shall stand on our rolls as eligible to public office in the United States.’ And it will be found, if this system (whatever may have been its imperfections) is allowed to work its way, and when further legislation shall have strengthened the power of the commission- ers, that it is the most universal democratic American system of appointment to office that can be devised.” —————_+ eo +____. FRIEND OF THE RACE. Colored Citizens Eulogize the Life of the Late John Jay. An audience of intelligent and representa- tive colored people assembled last evening in Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, on M street between 15th and 16th streets north- west, to eulogize the late John Jay of New York, who consecrated his life to the inter- ests of the negro race. Frederick Douglass was expected to preside, but owing to a bereavement in his family was unable to appear, and in his stead the meeting was called to order by Rey. F. J. Grimke. After requesting Mr. John W. Cromwell to act as secretary and inviting Rev. Dr. Johnson and Rev. Mr. Norris to occupy seats on the platform, the chairman an- nounced that the meeting was open for business. Thereupon Rey. A. Crummell read a set of resolutions, which were in effect that the colored people of the city of Washington, having learned of the death of the late John Jay, eminent as a friend of man, a diplomatist and a patriot, and remembering his early self-consecration to the interests of the negro race, his long and unceasing devotion to the cause of emancipation, his large contributions to the triumph of freedom, his earnest zeal for the education and progress of the freedom of the south; and, whereas, in all these particulars and in his whole life career Mr. Jay disclosed such bright and noble qvalities, beautiful, yet robust in his moral nature; placid, but energetic and deter- mined for the right; serene of temper, but valiant for the truth; amiable in dispost- tion, but brave, heroie and fearless for justice, freedom and righteousness; and, whereas, Mr. Jay manifested these grand traits of character very largely in labors and sacrifices for the negro race in America, in church and state, for the free colored people of the north and for the en- slaved brethren in their bondage in the scuth, not only, before, but ever since the anti-slavery conflict unto his death; there- fore, be it resolved, that this meeting deem ! it both a privilege and a duty to express its deep gratitude for the nobie life of the eminent Christian and philanthropist, who gave his youth, his early manhood, the maturity of his years and his illustrious old age to the cause of truth, purity, human freedom and the emancipation of a race; re- solved, that if character is the truest wealth of a nation, the noblest gift of a man to society, then the colored people of Washington have no hesitation in declaring that in the death of Mr. Jay the people of this country have lost the bright presence and example of one of the purest charact2rs that have graced its history, and the col- ored race one of its greatest benefactors. That in the death of Mr. Jay the church has lost a faithful and devoted member, the nation a loyal and_ patriotic citizen, humanity a zeaicus and humane philan- thropist, and society a true Christian gen- tleman. It was further provided that a copy of the resolutions, signed by the president and the officers of the meeting, be sent to Mrs. John Jay, the widow of the deceased, and to his son, Col. William Jay of New York, Dr. Crummell'’s Address, Rey. Dr. Crummell then made a lengthy address, in which he characterized Mr. Jay as one of the most complete and rounded characters ever met with by the speaker. The deceased was a beautiful man, and be- longed to one of the most aristocratic fam- ilies in New York, but laid aside great political prospects and devoted his life to philanthropy. Dr. Crammell gave a de- talled sketch of the career of the deceased, and in conclusion said that there are heroes and there are heroes, but Mr. Jay was one of the greatest of heroes—he stood up for human _ suffering. Mr. F. J. Barbados, Mr. Charles Morris, | Mr. Lewis Douglass, son of Fred. Douglass, Mr. Hershaw, Rey. Dr. Johnson and Mr. Brown also spoke, each of them dwelling on the point that the character of Mr. Jay is worthy of emulation, and expressing the hope that the young men of the present generation will strive to imitate him. Mr. Crummell again read the resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, the thanks of those present were extended to Rey, Mr. Grimke for acting as chairman, and to the trustees of the church for the use of the same, and the meeting adjourned. nap abies aad ALEXANDRIA NEWS. Meeting of the City Council and Other Matters, At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the city council last night there was little or no business of importance transacted, though the session lasted for two hours. ‘The appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1894-05 was passed by both branches, The committee on streets reported that as per an order from the last meeting of council, they had advertised for bids for sweeping and cleaning the streets and alleys, and the following bids had been received: Studds & Brelenger, 58 cents per 1,000 square yards for sweeping, sprinkling, &c.; $2 per day for each horse, cart and driver, and $1.15 per day for each laborer. John Lally, 45 cents per 1,000 square yards and $1.75 per day for each horse and cart and $1 per day for each laborer. Thos. Duncan, 37 1-2 cents per 1,000 square yards for sweeping and cleaning, $1.75 per day for each horse and cart and $1 per day for laborers. Each bid was ac- companied by a certified check for $100. John Duncan being the lowest bidder, it was recommended that he be given ‘the contract. After much discussion, however, the entire matter was laid over until the | next regular meeting of council. An ordinance granting the use of Royal street, from King to Franklin, for the pur- pose of making connection with the various steam railroads and hauling freight cars through the streets between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a..m., was, after much de- bate, referred to a committee of five, con- sisting of three members from the lower board and two members of the upper board, ‘The gentlemen appointed were” Messrs. Snowden, chairman; Uhier and Harrison from the common council, and Burke and Sweeney from the board of aldermen. Big preparations are being made for the observance of confederate memorial day on Thursday. There will be a street parade in the afternoon, in which the Alexandria Light Infantry, St. John’s Cadets, fire com- panies and Knights of Pythias will join Appropriate ceremonies will be had at the monument and at the mound in Christ Church yard. A horse attached to a buggy belonging to Dr. Howard ran away from in front of his residence on Washington street yesterday afternoon and completely demolished the buggy and harness. The horse was cut and scratched a good deal, though not seriously hurt. Miss Alice Turner of Warrenton, who has been visiting Mrs. J. S. Douglass, has re- turned to her home. Mr. Edgar Warfield has resigned as com- missioner of elections from the first ward. In the police court this morning Sarah Levi for disorderly conduct was fined $2, Rebecca Quill for stealing a picture was fined $2.50. Chrichene Nunceado, an Italian fruit vender, for beating a child was fined 3 Cassie Thomas for disorderly conduct was fined $2. Mayor Strauss presided. Mr. Ashley Miller is quite sick at his home on South Washington street. Mr. M. B. Harlow has qualified as ad- ministrator on the estate of the late Mrs. Mary A. Grant. Mr. Ernest Ott will leave for Wheeling, W. Va., tomorrow. Thursday will be the election day for state officers, As yet there is no opposition to the regular democratic ticket nominated in the primary, Wm. Hall, colored, has escaped from the chain gang. The boxing matches at Dan Henry’s the- ater last night, under the auspices of the Pastime Athletic Club, were not as well at- tended as wgs anticipated. Owing to the inclemency of the weather only about one hundred people witnessed the contests. The first bout was between two colored middle- weights, Butler and Toliver, and was won by the former easily in the seventh round. The principal bout of the evening was be- tween Hite Peckham, Dan Henry’s protege, and Billy Fitzpatrick of Missouri. Peckham won with hands down in the sixth round, though he had given Fitzpatrick the ad- vantage of twenty pounds in weight. scopes Last evening about 6:45 o’clock Annie Butts, a colored woman, fifty-six years old, ving at 3036 Sumner street, fell on the idewalk near Vermont avenue and § street nd broke her left leg. She was removed to Freedman’s Hospital. FACING PERIL The Heroism Which Watched Over the Smallpox Patient. A Lonely Vigil Behind the Dead Line —Cut Off From All Outside Communication, There are not many people who would like to undertake the care of a smallpox case. It means exile from the world and solitary confinement under the most unin- viting circumstances. No one dares come near the person who thus sacrifices him- self; even his food is brought to the danger line, and he has to go out under cover of night to get it. So it was a strange and not altogether pleasant experience that Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, the physician in | charge of the smallpox hospital, has re- cently passed through. Two years ago a case of smallpox was discovered in one of the principal hotels and the patient was promptly removed to the hospital. It was at this time that the Commissioners appointed Dr. Nevitt the physician in charge of the hospital. He had but recently graduated from the Columbian Medical College, although: he had had con- siderable hospital experience. He bravely took charge of the case and nursed the man back to health. After the patient was dis- charged Dr. Nevitt, at the suggestion of the Commissioners, visited several of the principal cities for the purpose of acquaint- ing himself with the best modes of treat- ment for smallpox and also to get some ideas on contagious hospitals. Some time after his return the Commissioners, in recognition of his services, appointed him surgeon of the police, which position he now holds. When Coxey’s army arrived in Washing- ton the health officer became fearful lest some contagious disease break out in the camp. The men had come from all sec- tions of the country, and it was well known that smallpox was epidemic in several of the western cities. So the old hospital was renovated and patched up in case of an emergency. The emergency came Friday evening, May 11, when the railroad official: notified Health Officer Hammett of a su: picious case that had recently arrived in the city. Dr. Hammett at once sent for Dr. Nevitt, and the two found the patient sitting on the curb at the Baltimore and Potomac raiiroad station, surrounded by a large crowd, which three policemen were trying to keep back. It only required a cursory examination to convince the phy- sicians of the nature of the disease, which even then was in an advanced stage, the body being covered with pustules. It was decided to send the patient to the small- pox hospital, and one of the wagons used in the pound service was utilized to make the transfer. Then the question arose, Who would treat the case? It required the presence of a physician at the hospital all the time, and it was unsafe to have him leave. stoners ordered it. would assume the responsibility, and Dr. Nevitt left for the hospital, after hurriedly arranging his private practice. He arrived before the patient, and everything was in readiness when the dog catchers’ wagon rolled up before the door. Inside the Dead Line. In the meantime Dr. Nevitt had hustled the nurse out of bed, and had given him a Dr. Hammett urged Dr. Nevitt to) take charge of the case. The latter said he | would undertake it provided the Commis-j . Hammett said he! ABOUT GEORGETOWN. Police Incidents, the Mining Situation and Other Matters, Mrs. Nora Copperthite, the daughter of Mr. Jos. W. Harry of Tenleytown, has be- come so mentally affected, through the death of several members of her family and other misfortunes, that her relatives have deemed it advisable to place her at St. Elizabeth's. Following a stroke of par- alysis received by her father, which for weeks kept him absolutely helpless, came the death of her grandmother. A few days later her mother breathed her last, and within a week or ten days her sister, Mrs. Andrew Riley, contracted a sudden illness, which caused her death. Colored Miners Won’t Strike. The trouble in the coal regions, George- town shippers say, has resulted through the employment of foreigners. They are never satisfied and always seeking to keep things in a turmoil. It is a well-acknowledged fact that the best-conducted enterprises are those in which colored men are employed. They are not ready at every imaginary provocation to throw down their picks and strike. They seldom organize and allow themselves to be ruled by self-appointed leaders. As an evidence of this the Poca- hontas mines of West Virginia, where the majority of the employed are colored men, receiving lower wages than the miners in the Cumberland and the George's creek regions, are steadily at work, and refuse to listen to the arguments of the strike agi- tators. The colored miners refuse to con- solidate with the white agitators to com- plete the movement of dissatisfaction. The sheriffs in the turbulent coal have begun to arrest strikers for interfering with those miners of the Consolidation Com- pany who will not suspend. A Church Entertainment. There was a very pleasant affair at Grace Church last evening, designated a “straw- berry festival,”and interspersed with music and recitations, It was given under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society, and proved a success in more ways than one. Scme of those whose talent contributed greatly to the occasion were Miss Maud Porter and Mr. M. J. Howell, who render- ec solos; Misses Renshaw and Fletcher, who played excellently on the banjo and piano; Mrs. Taylor, who executed a piano selection; her two children, who sang cred- itably a duet. Mr. R. Clinton Balinger of the “Linthicum Students” was the decided hit of the evening, giving, in an inimitable manner, several dialect recitations, then rendering a tenor solo. Previous to e@ppearance at the church Mr. some appreciative vocal work at the Metro- politan Church, in connection with a “Chalk Talk” by Prof. Littel. Sprinting Police Officers. During the demonstration of the colored Odd Fellows last evening there was con- siderable annoyance caused through the disorderly conduct of three negro men from “Crow's Hill,” a settlement in North- west Washington. Officers Upperman, Mor- gan and Harvard succeeded in getting two of them in the patrol wagon, but the third, after being chased froin 28th and O streets Of, the to the creek, was not wi the station additional trouble was with the patrol’s occupants, Jos. Fletcher and . Weeks. The former made a jump from the patrol and was only re- captured after a run for five squares. Offi- cer Harvard was the recapturing officer. Notes. Two great boxes of tallow candles were bath and vaccinated him. The patient | Picked up last night on the corner of 28th was removed to one of the little rooms on|®nd M streets. They await identification the west front and put to bed. Then com- menced a period of watchful anxiety. Cut off from friends and associates, the time spent there is a hundred fold worse than the penitentiary. The next morning a requisition was made out for the necessary medicines and provisions, and communicat- ed to a messenger from the health office, who stood a hundred yards away. Among other things, the requisition con- taired an item for an oil stove, for the. doctor who lives at the smallpox hospital has to be well up in the culinary art, or at the station. Officer Connor has returned to duty, and Officer Rice has gone off on sick leave. —_—_———_—_ THE DISTRICT RESPONSIBLE For Keeping the Wall Along the Canal Road in Repatr. Some time ago the superintendent of county roads reported to the Commission- ers that the stone wall extending along the Canal road, between the road and the undertake a period of fasting. The nurse} Chesapeake and Ohio canal from Aqueduct ecoks for the patient, and it would be tak- ing great chances for the doctor to the things he cooked. That morning the line” was drawn. That is, a line was mark- ed off all about the hospital and quaran- Une flags located to warn the uninitiated that the hospital was occupied. And so the doctor took up his weary task. Every morning he would take a bath, and chang- ing his woolen clothes for a suit of rubber, would make a morning call upon the pa- tient. When he returned he would take an- other bath and change his clothes. Then he would cook his breakfast. During the interim between that time and dinner and between dinner and supper he would read or take a walk along the boulevard de pot- ter’s fleld and gaze wistfully in the direc- tion of civilization. Sometimes a figure would approach cautiously to one part of the dead line where a monster box was Iceated, and raising the lid, would throw something in and slam it down and run. Then the doctor would smile. A good angel (a material one) from the cemetery close by had remembered the doctor's fondness for pie, and nad braved the chances of catching smallpox to serve him. That box was a great institution, and rivaled the famous receptacle of Pandora, for out of its capacious interior came everything,from a tooth brush to a bucket of coal. The Sad, Desolate End. And so the daily routine would go, with a slight deviation when the patient would get delirious, and it required the utmost strength of the nurse and the doctor to keep him in the room. As the disease pro- gressed the patient’s face swelled out of all proportion and the disease became coniiuent. The body was a sickening sight. Sunday the patient's temperature became subnor- | mal and the doctor began to look for the end. ‘to be prepared he notified the inten- dent of the Washington Asylum to dig a grave ten feet deep, and five convicts were immediately set to work. On Monday the patient rallied and Monday night became wildly delirious. All night long the nurse and doctor staid by him, and toward morn- ing he fell into a doze ‘and died*at 10:15 ‘Tuesday morning. ‘The health officer was immediately notified and a plain pine coffin was hurried to the hospital. ‘The body was placed tenderly in the coffin and removed to the grave. It was a sad and impressive spectacie.- ‘fhe nurse at one end and the doctor at the other end of the coffin bore it down the hill to the grave, while the rain fell in torrents. As an extra precaution the body was saturaced with a solution of bichloride of mercury be- fore it was lowered into the grave. Then as the pitiless rain beat down upon the bared heads of the nurse and the physician the latter took a small prayer book from nis pocket and read the funeral. service. Yor an instant the sun burst through the clouds and shed its rays on a sad spectacle. The prayer book was dropped into the grave and then the two men began to fill it up. Remus Nelson had been given a Christian burial. When the doctor returned to the hospital all of the bedding used by the patient was taken into the field and burned. The clothes worn by the nurse and the doctor were also burned, and the hos- pital thoroughly fumigated, ees ES* NG St THE EFFECTS OF POISON. Death of the Colored Mi Whe Tried to Kill His Wife. Undertaker Harvey's wagon was driven to the jail early this morning to remove from the prison hospital the dead body of a colored man, named Frank Wilson, who died at 4 o’clock this morning. Wilson is the man who caused so much excitement in the vicinity of 11th and O streets about ten days ago, when he shot and attempted to kill his wife. Wilson, as printed in The Star at the time, had separated from his wife, but on the day of the shooting he went to the neighborhood of his wife's ser- vice place, and followed her to the vicinity of 11th and O streets, where he used the revolver, without succeeding in killing her. His wife stopped on the street and talked to some friends, and soon after she left them he overtook her. To her he made overtures looking to a settlement of their domestic difficulties, in hopes of renewing their past relations and once more living together in a comfortable home. But the wife was not so inclined, and she so stated. Frank was tired of the separation, and he concluded that if she did not return to him she should not live, and so he made the des- perate but ineffectual attempt to kill her. When he had fired two shots from his pistol he swallowed a dose of poison from a bottle. He was relieved of the dose, so it was thought, and last week he was taken to the Police Court and given a preliminary hearing. He plead guilty to a charge of having attempted to murder his wife, and was held for the grand jury. After he re- turned to jail he was taken sick. The poison was still in his system, and this morning he died. The body was prepared for burial and turned over to relatives of the deceased. ! i | bridge to Chain bridge, had fallen in in a “3 1 “dead | | number of places. He asked for instruc- tions, as to whether the District or the canal company should make the repairs. The papers were sent to the attorney for the District for opinion, and he reported as follows: Congress, by act approved March 2, 1883 (4th statute, 646), appropriated $150,000 to enable the of Georgetown to make a free turnpike road to the District line on the Virginia side of the Potomac river, and to purchase of the then pro- prietors the bridge then known as “Falls bridge,” and to make it forever a free bridge, coupling it with the condition “that before the said sum be paid over to the said corporation, it shail pass an ordinance making said road a free bridge, and to keep it in repair by the said corporation for- ever.” Pursuant to the above act of Con- gress, the corporation town on March 2, 1883, passed the required ondi- nance, and and jurisdic- tion over the road and bridge, and by various ces passed between that date and the abolition of the in 1871, appropriated of the road and , The District of Columbia, in. 1873-1874, acting by its board of public works, con- structed the present retaining wall. (See extension of B. P. W. contract, No. 561.) Whether the old wall, which preceded the present one, was erected by the canal com- pany to protect the banks of its canal, or by the corporation of Georgetown for the protection of travelers on that road, which it was charged with keeping in repair, I am unable to determine. The old wall, it seems, was not continuous, and there were considerable spaces where there was no wall whatever, prior to the building of the present wall, in 1874-1875. The District of Columbia, as the successor of the corpora- tion of Georgetown, is charged with the duty of keeping this road in a safe con- dition for travel, and this comprehends protection of travellers from getting into the canal. Canal road, being a public high- way, the District would be Mable fcr in- jury to any one by reason of the road being out of repair or in an unsafe condi- tion for travel. —_—->_—_ Came Back and W Arrested. John D., lle, a young man who wanted to be known as George Darr, when he thought officers were pursuing him, committed an offense here last December, so it is charged, and since then he has seen something of the country. He wes a member of the third artillery, stationed at the arsenal, but he got tired of soldier life and departed be- fore the expiration of his term of service. About the same time a bearskin overcoat worth $50, the of Horace J. Row- ell, an express driver,disappeared and found ats way to a second-hand store, where it was purchased for $i. There Detective Rhodes recovered the garment the day after it was taken. le was suspected,but he was not arrested, for the reason that he left the jurisdiction and went as far south as Tex- as. While there he communicated with friends, but the police did not cause his ar- rest so far from home because they felt certain that he would return. He had a friend here, and the police thought he would certainly return to her. The fugitive remained away all the win- ter, but a few weeks ago he returned as a member of the Coxey army. His appear- ance at that time was such that his friends could hardly recognize him. He was un- able to keep away from them, however, and soon tiring of Coxey army life he returned to the regular army, from which he had de- serted, and gave himself up. Then Detect- ive Rhodes heard of his presence here, and yesterday Ile was made a prisoner for the civil authorities, This morning the prisoner was arraigned in the Police Court on a charge of grand larceny. Judge Miller held him in $500 se- curity for the grand jury, ———— Woman's Christian Temperance Uni The large audience that gathered at Met- ropolitan M. E. Church last night enjoyed a unique and artistic performance, the prin- cipal feature being the “Chalk Talk” by Prof. Geo. E. Little, whose “Forms and Faces in Chalk and Charcoal” were pro- duced with many amusing and astonishing transformations on the large blackboard behind the improvised footlights. A quar- tet from the Columbia Zithér Club played some of its charming music, the zither solo, entitled “Monastery Bells,” by Mr. Fred. Schiaich, being an exquisite number. The baritone solo, “Fear Not Ye, O Israel,” with organ accompaniment, by Mr. R. C. Bal- inger, and the organ solo by Dr. Jas. Caul- field were rich in artistic beauty and excel- lence. A vocal solo by Miss Emma Devan, a recitation by little Y. J. Kilgore and the “Fite and Drum March” by Master Kirk- wood closed the program. Mrs. Griffith, president of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, and Mr. F. M. Bradley, each spoke of the work among the messenger boys; and a collection w~ taken for department. his | did fat foods make fat children. They are thin, and remain thin just in Proportion to their inability to assimilate food rich in fat. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is especially adaptable to those of weak diges- tion—# is partly digested already. Astonishing how quickly a thin Person gains solid flesh by its use! Almost as palatable as milf. Prepared by Soott £ Bowne, §. ¥. Al drnegiste, —_"__—_—_—_—_—_:= THE CORCORAN MEDAL It Has Been Awarded to Miss Marjie Baker. Her Series of Drawings Considereé the Best by the Examining Com- mittee—Honorable Mention. The Corcoran gold medal was awarded yesterday afternoon at the art school. The committee on award, Messrs. Carroll Beck- with, E. M. Ward and William Chase, came on from New York in the morning. ‘The entire lower floor of the Corcoran Art School was thrown into one spacious hall during the afterncon, and filled with a brilliant throng of students and their friends. The walls'were completely covered with Prof. Andrews then read his annual re- port, which was replete with interesting in- formation the “school,” its organ- ization, it condition and prospectus. After which Judge Cox, upon consulting the contents of the envelope upon which so Taany hopes were centered, announced that Miss Margie Baker had proven to be the successful competitor for the first prize. The gallery was instantly filled with ap- Plause, enthusiastic enough to give the most flattering assurance of the young lady’s popularity, unselfish con- gratulations of her less fortunate fellow students. Miss Mary Cantacuzene, better known as Princess Cantacuzene, gracefully received the second award of the bronze and “honorable mentions” and diplomas were conferred upon Miss Annie Hunt and Miss Ella Simms. After a short address of congratulation by Judge Cox the assemblage broke up into enthusiastic groups around the successful ecmpetitors. The Exhibition. ‘The upper room of the school was devoted to the exhibition of pastels, water colors and oils, and a most interesting collection of work from the composition class. The por- trait studies in pastel by Miss Juliet Thomp- son of Miss Cox and Miss Cantacuzene were attractive not only for their exquisite color- King had two spirited studies from life, both ‘of which were handled with a dehcate breadth of technique seldom found in the work of a student. Miss Trimble had two weil colored and artistically painted heads. Miss Katherine Critcher also has several brilliant portrait. studies. Miss Liily Cook's still life studies, received the most approving criticisms from the artists of the awarding committee. Miss Emma Miller exhibited an unasual clever bit of still life, and Miss Patten also showed most satisfactory results of her winter's work. In the water color section the landscape work by Miss Ingle and Miss Atwater re- ceived a flattering amount of attention, as well as discriminating praise. The “Study of the Head,” by Mr. Felix Mahony, was strongly commended by Mr. Chase. and the color work of Mr. Nye, Miss ie ond Miss Gilmore, Miss Hart and Miss msay was most interesting, and worthy of particular mention. es . section devoted to the composition class dispicyed the greatest originality, and in a number of instances a really high order of illustrative genius. Some of the studies | were elaborately worked up in sepia, others in black and white washes, sienna and pen and ink. Early in the afternoon, when the artists of the comniittee had completed their work, they were entertained at luncheon by Mr. ‘Ss. The guests were all artists, with the exception of Dr. Barbarin, the curator of the gallery, and. in addition to the vidit- ing gentlemen, inciuded Mr. Robert Hinck. ley, who returned to the city. yesterday, Hovenden and Mr. McGuire. > JUNIOR CLASS BANQUETS. The Janitor Columbian Law Class Ine augurates a Piccsant Departure. The junior law claes of Columbian Uni- versity last night inaugurated what is hoped will become a settled custom, name- ly, the holding of a junior banquet. The members of the class who participated first met at the university building, where a flasb-light photograph of the party was taken. They then proceeded to the Arno, and at 8:45 o'clock saeted themselves around the banquet table, which was arranged in the shape of a letter T. Palms and other floral decorations were placed about the among the of the windows. At the head of the table there was a large bark of white carnations. The menu cards were exquisite specimens of the engraver's art. After the bountiful menu had been dis- posed of, Mr. John B. Sleman, jr., the prest- jMent of the class, acting as toastmaster, made some brief introducto! ry remarks. He ther ated Mr. Edgar W. Williams, who doqeentty responded to the toast,“Our spoke in the highest terms of “The fac- ulty.” Mr. Brainard Avery called to the at- tention of those t the tmportant posi- tion which “Our profession” holds. “The bench” was the subject upon which Mr. Lee Mason Jordan made a most eloquent talk. “The lawyer in politics” claimed the attention of Mr. Chas. A. Brown, and the subject was well han “Our 4 : stephen hearts” was jed to by Mr. E. Kramer ina charming manner. ‘The concluding toast, “Our class,” was the subject of a splendid response by Mr. John G. Gray. Messrs. Keene, Clephane and Sayre of the executive committee of the class were called upon and responded was voted a complete p omens feeling that it had been an even- ell it. Ecce present were Messrs. C. B. Keene, Prainand Avery, R. E. Claughton, A. P. Gorman, jr., L. 4 one. R. H. = johnson, Howenstein, diethane A ML. Sayre, 6. E. Kramer, han LL go Jno. B. Sleman, jr. C. A. Brown, C. K. Macy, W. L. Simon P. a. Mason ; treasurer, John E. Dawson, Sayre, Jesse P. Crawf Dr. C. Hart Merriam, chief of division of ornithology of the Agricul- tural t, gave an interesting ad- dress the National Science Club on that | Monday at the residence of Mrs. Cleveland