Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1894, Page 7

HOW THE PUBLIC 1 IMPOSED UPON, BEWARE OF FRAUDS. For the Sake of Profit They Will Sacrifice Principle, Health, Etc. Unserupulous dealers are trying to sell ordinary Glauber Salt or a mixture of Seidlitz Powder as “Artificial Carlsbad Salt," “Sprudel Salt," “Ger- man Salt” or “Improved Carlsbad Sait," and under other similar names. The Natural Remedies of improve.”* Artificial made wines will never replace the natural Juice of the grapes. Neither can the natural wa- jers of Carlsbad nor the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt be replaced by the cheap substitutes offered to a gulleless public for the sake of the larger profit | made thereon, by these unscrupulous dealers. No one would buy artificial wines knowingly. Why buy the imitations of the Carlsbad products, when your health is at stake? The Carlsbad Sprudel Waters are a specific for all diseases of the stomach, liver and kidveys, and have been used with great benefit by hundreds of thousands of people. The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt, Thich is evaporated from the Sprodel Water at Carlsbad, ts an excellent Aperient, Laxative and | Diaretic; is an alterative and eliminative remedy, | which dissolves tenacious bile, al s irritation, and Temoves obstruction by aiding nature, and not by sudden and excessive irritation, as most cathartic 0. The summer months, whem plenty of out-door, exercise can be had, are the most desirable for the “Carlsbad Cure.” Use the imported Carlsbad Waters, or if it is not convenient to use the waters, or when a more decided laxative effect is desired, use the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt. Insist upon the genuine, which fs imported direct from Carlsbad. and must have the signature of Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents for the U. S., 152 and 154 Franklin st., New York, oa every bot- tle. WONDERFUL Complexion Remedies AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS aT THE WORLD'S Faln. suvz—“SKIN FOOD? wane. PREE FOR ONE WEEK. ‘The original and only genuine absorbed food in the world. 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THE SANITARY VIEW OF IT Effect of the Potomac !mprove- ments on the City’s Health. WHAT STATISTICS SHOW —_—a—. The members of the East Washington Citizens’ Association are now upon the task of securing for the good of East Washington and the citizens of the city generally favorable action by Congress upon the proposition to reclaim the flats of While the association has formulated no plan concerning the proposed improvement, @ committee has been appointed to gather information upon the subject, and report to the next meeting of the association. The report of this committee is also to be sent to Congress. Gen. W. W. Birney is chairman of the committee, and he is being assisted by A. F. Sperry and Mr. Nottingham of the asso- | elation and Mr. Hugh T. Taggart and Evan HH. Tucker as citizens not members of the association. A part of the proposition to be submitted will provide for the system- atic collection of ashes by the city, to be dumped on part of the ground to be re- claimed. While the members of the com- mittee do not expect Congress to do much at this session, they do expect a small ap- Propriation to pay for a survey of the sround, in order to give Congress at its next session a more definite idea of the amount of work the improvement will re- quire. Mr. Evan H. Tucker, a member of the committee, was designated to look after the matter from a sanitary standpoint, and [in furtherance of his duties he addressed a | communication to Health Officer Hammett, asking for certain information. Dr. Hammett had Mr. Moore, the sta- tistician of the office, prepare a report upon the subject. In this report the figures show that following the reclamation of the Poto- mac flats there was a decided decrease in the mortality of the southwest section of the city, while the seven sewers emptying into the Eastern branch flats appear to have the opposite effect. Dr. Hammett’s Report. Dr. Hammett has sent to Mr. Tucker the letter, which says: “In compliance with your request for sta- tistics and information bearing upon the subject of the reclamation of the Eastern branch (Anacostia) flats, and their relation to the public health, the following state- ments and suggestions have been prepared and are herewith submitted for your consid- eration and use. “Going upon the presumption that details of the topography, as well as of the geog- raphy, of the Anacostia estuary have al- ready been given in more full and complete form than possible in this paper, it is deemed necessary only to present the mat- ter from a sanitary point of view. in general terms the Eastern branch of the Potomac is an estuary skirting the eastern and southeastern portion of the city jot Washington. This valley, commencing at Bladensburg, in Maryland, extends about seven miles to its debouchment into the main river at Giesboro’ point. Its width varies frum a quarter to nearly three- quarters of a mile. Winding through this low mud bottom runs the Anacostia river, with a narrow, tortuous channel. This stream is formed by the union of three branches which drain the adjacent parts of Montgomery county, in Maryland, join at Bladensburg. From this end down to the mouth, running in its narrow and crooked bed, it'is without sufficient banks to prevent the water from spreading out on the ad- jJacent mud flats to the bluffs on either shore. In reality it thus becomes a lake or pond, especially in high tide or flood, with a sluggish current meandering through its cencral portions. At all times the water is more or less stagnant along the shores, and when the tide is out the mud bottoms are laid bare and exposed to the rays of the sun. This rich muck, consisting of alluvial dey ts, is largely overgrown with aquatic plants and reeds, especially rank in growth in the summer. These reeds are tall enough to conceal the eager hunter after game, with his boat and all, as completely as if in a forest. The plants are mostly water lilies, with numerous bulbous and succulent reots, constantly undergoing renewal and decay. In the fall of the year this vast spread of vegetation rots and les in im- mense quantities in the mud and water, un- dergoing miasma-breeding decomposition. Now, into this mass of putrefying vegetable matter there is discharged from the western or city side the contents of seven or eight sewers, constantly, day and night, and al- ways. One of these is the great northern |boundary sewer, emptying at the eastern end of H street east, and another ts the wide open James Creek canal sewer, which dis- charges at the arsenal grounds. From the j eastern side of the Eastern branch there are at present three sewers running into it, be- sides the surface drainage from all the high hills south and west of Benning to Gies- boro’ point. There is at present a rapidly increasing population In all that section. The suburban towns of Bladensburg, Hy- attsville, Twining City, East Washington Heights, Hillsdale and Anacostia, whose |limits already begin to merge into each other, are growing into large and attractive cities. The same may be said of East Washington, within whose borders east of the Capitol not far from 100,000 peo- ple now reside. Now these immense aggre- gations of humanity are exposed to this malaria-breeding atmosphere of the Ana- ccstia swamps immediately, while no one can say how far beyond these limits these disease germs are carried. The sanitary statistics for this portion of the District going to illustrate the com- farative health conditions in full form are not available for use in this communication. But, without doubt, enough gan be shown to demonstrate clearly that the state of | things there at present demands immediate and serious attention. Deaths in East Washingto: Subjoined is a tabular statement, showing the number of deaths from all‘ causes in that portion of the city, which may be term- ea East Washington, during a period of tweive years back, compared with the total population of the District, and giving the annual death rates. z & ‘Total pop. ot & ss s ue beboaansonnug 2 7 285,000 4.3 this statement it will be seen that while the total deaths fluctuated from year to year there was yet a swelling tide that shows a steady increasing mortality in that section, keeping apace with the very rapid growth in population, if not sur- passing it in some degree. The following tabular statement showing the number of deaths within the same territory from consumption and zymotic diseases illustrates how a constitutional disease like consumption, not beiag closely subject to miasmatic influences, has not increased in that section within the last twelve years, while the diseases which ure most prevalent in malarial regions have incréased in the same time: Deaths from zymotics in Wash. at Deaths from con- ‘sumption in East Washington. res 337 268 311 332 262 247 261 150 it is known to the medical faculty, how- ever, that malarial fevers, such as are prevalent in marshy localities, have pre- vailed in that section from the earliest times. But from the Capitol grounds east- ward the paving of the streets and con- struction of underground drainage has greatly tended to limit the death rate and lessen the sickness in that region. East. ward of llth street for fully a mile there yet remains an unimproved section of sev- entering" the Eastern branch, or Anacostia river. | eral hundreds of acres in extent which is subject to the baleful airs of the Eastern branch. By confining this stream to lim- its only sufficient to accommodate the out- flow of water at the highest flood and rais- ing the adjacent flats to appropriate heights not only will a great value be given to what is now almost worthless land, but it will undoubtedly tend to improve the general health and decrease the death rate in all that portion of the District of Co- lumbia. The Effect of Potomac Improvements. By way of comparison and affording a practical illustration of how much benefit may be attained for suffering humanity by removing or destroying what are known as sources of sickness to definite localities an examination into the results flowing from the filling up of what are known as the Kidwell flats will afford a strixing and convincing object lesson in sanitation. A few years ago these flats presented condi- tions quite similar to those now existing in the Eastern branch. They extended from Observatory hill to the arsenal. It was then a matter of general knowledge that that portion of the city was considered sickly. y The diseases which prevail !n malarial sections were very prevalent, especially in those parts southwest of the Executive Mansion and south of the monument grounds. The improvement of the public health was urged as the main reason for filling up those flats. What influeace upon the public health this work has had upon those localities may be seen to some ex- tent in the’ following tables, covering a period of twelve years. By these it will be seen that in the face of a very rapidly in- creasing population there has beea a mi terial andconstant decrease in the mor- tality in the Section referred to. Total deaths Total deaths Per cent ry .W. pt. to deaths. of city. 4,136 397 2.60 4,571 421 9.2) 8,286 417 9.73 4,814 496 10.30 4,998 489 9.78 4,074 398 8.51 4,665 414 BS 5,040 468 9.23 5,152 463 8.98 5,564 474 8.50 5,720 B94 8.80 6,098 530 8.41 By this statement, giving general results, it will be seen that the percentage of mor- tality has receded from a maximum of 10.30 per cent, in 1884, to a maximum of 8.41, in 1882, making a difference of 1.89 per cent gain in the direction of health improve- ment. Taking the first six years, from 1881 to 1886, inclusive, the aggregate peft- centage for that time of mortality to the total deaths in the District of Columbia was 57.13, while in the last six years of the same table the aggregate was 52.80. Here is a reduction in the mortality of 4.88 per cent to the total deaths, equal to a saving of over 200 lives in that time. But going further into detail, herewith is a statement giving the total population of the District of Columbia by years, from 1881 to 1892, Inclusive (twelve years), and the percentage of mortality thereto in the sec- tion referred to: Deaths in Death Years Population. 8. W. section of city. rate. 1881 397 2.16 1882. 421 2.28 1883. aT 2.13 1884 496 2.47 1885. 489 2.46 1886. 398 1.94 1887. 414 1.92 1888. 468 2.09 1889. 463, 1.80 189), 474 1.87 1891 594 1.94 1892 2.08 IZ. so 4 530 2. By this statement it ts seen that while the agggregate of the first six years was 13.39 per cent, that of the latter six years was but 11.65. This shows an improvement of 1.74 per cent as to the whole population, and which represents in an average population of 218,000 for the time under consideration a saving of nearly 4,000 lives. But this subject will warrant the examina- tion of still further details. found a statement giving the mortality by years, as in the tables above, from typhoid fever, malarial fevers and diarrhoeal dis- Typhold Malar. Diar- Dip in fal in rhoeal in therin sW. SW. SW. in SW. 28 22 2 30 B 35 52 M7 18 21 41 oo 10 16 45 10 il 24 42 oT 7 10 37 6 10 21 at 14 23 7 ] 7 16 1 49 5 12 16 34 18 bt 10 31 13 16 10 36 21 An examination of these statements will show that there has been a gradual im- provement in the mortality from these four diseases. Although this improvement is not constant from year to year, but like the ebbing tide, reaching down and then flowing up only to recede further at the next wave, it will be seen that there has been a material gain in the health condi- tions of cll that section bordering on the Potomac flats. By comparing the aggre- gates of the first six years, from 1881 to 1886, inclusive, it appears that while there were five hundred and eighty-two deaths from the diseases above-named, there were in the last six years but four hundred and sixty-five, giving a decrease of one hundred and seventeen for these four maladies. These figures have been gone into with such detail in order to bring out the facts that through the judicious application of sanitary rules the health of a community can be undoubtedly improved. It is, there- fore, reasonable and scientifically true to say that with such results as have followed from the filling up of the main Potomac flats we can assuredly maintain that simi- lar results will follow from the application of the same rules to the Eastern branch flats. And, further, if so great a saving of human life can be obtained by a reason- able expenditure of money and effort, it be- comes a bounden duty upon and one that cannot safely be evaded by the administra- tive powers over the District of Columbia, to remedy the great evil, as in the present existence of these flats, and to remove the conditions which are so detrimental to the growth and prosperity of the city. Pleased With the Report. Mr. Tucker has acknowledged receipt of the letter in the following: “Please accept the thanks of our com- mittee for your very elaborate report of the effect of the flats of the Eastern branch upon the health of the city, with statistics and data bearing on the subject, which was prepared in compliance with my request. This report is more elaborate than we ex- pected, and ts all that could be desired, and we have no doubt that it will be of material assistance to us in the accomplishment of the important work for which we were appointed.” —_—_——_ A Perambulating Swindler. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: On the principle that it is the duty of every honest man to protect other honest men from bging imposed upon, I desire to warn the public against a woman who has been recently going about from house to house with what she describes as “hand- made lace.” This woman called upon my wife last week with several remnants of lace, saying that she and her daughter made such articles for a living, in Balti- more, where she resided, and that each year she came here to sell what they had made. She represented that this was all she had left, so that she would be willing to reduce her price from $1 per yard to 50 cents, and throw in the small pieces, as she was anxious to return home. Upon these representations the lace was pur- chased; subsequent inquiry developed the fact that the stuff was merely machine- made lace, purchased at the bargain coun- ters of our large dry goods stores, and worth, at a liberal estimate, not a quarter of the price paid for it. This information was obtained from such an authority as to place its reliability beyond question. Hence this “note of warning” for the benefit cf others who might have listened to the other side of the case only. ———____. Withheld Its Opinion. At yesterday’s meeting of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church of Nashville Judge Lapsiey pre- sented a report on the resolution offered by the Rev. Dr. Woods of Baltimore, Md., concerning the memorial on the Breckin- ridge case. The committee had amended the resolution and brought back with the recommendation that it be adopted. As re- turned the resolution says: “That, as the supreme judiciary of our church, it would manifestly be highly im- proper for the assembly to express an opinion on a case which is before a lower court.” The resolution closes by saying that the assembly “does now, as it always has done, desire and intend in all orderly ways to promote, maintain and require in its people the personal purity which is the common foundation of the home, the church and the state.” The resolution was adopted. @ STAR, WEDNESDAY, MA Below will be, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TELLER’S FORCIBLE SPEECH Impresses on His Republican Colleagues the Importance of Action. ‘The People Willing to Overlook Party Inconsistencies if Only Some Definite Result is Reached. In the Senate yesterday afternoon the pig iron paragraph of the tariff bill, as amended by the financial committee, fixing the rate at $4 a ton, instead of $6.42, as in the Mc- Kinley bill, was adopted—55 to 4. The neg- ative votes were cast by Senators Allen, Mills, Palmer and Peffer. Then came the bloom iron item, to which Senator Jones Proposed an amendment in addition to those printed, making a still further advance over the Wilson biil. Mr. Sherman, inquiring if the amendment was printed, suggested that it go over, whereupon Mr, Jones withdrew it, and after a brief confusion, Mr. Quay Popped up with the same amendment, re- newed. This amendment was finally adopt- ed—55 to 9—with Senators Allen, Berry, Blackburn, Jarvis, Kyle, Lindsay, Mills, Pasco and Peffer voting in the negative. Mr. Hill did not vote. This result was preceded by a most in- teresting debate. Mr. Hale, immediately after Mr. Quay renewed the amendment, said: “The Senator from Arkansas submits this complicated proposition, and upon the cug- gestion of the veteran Senator from Ohio from this side of the chamber that he did not understand it, the Senator from Arkan- sas quickly withdraws it and declares he is ready to take a vote on the original prop- osition in the bill. ‘Then, suddenly, as the Senate is taking a long breath, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Quay), who is ar- rayed against the other side all along the line, and who has made such an eloquent and extended speech against the bill, gets up and offers the abandoned amendment.” Mr. Quay protested that the amendment Was pot abandoned. “I do not mean abandoned in the sense of wanton,” retorted Mr. Hale. The Senate smiled noiselessly. “I only mean abardoned by the other side.” This being the situation he confessed he did not know how to vote on the proposition. Mr. Hale's remarks brought Mr. Jones to his feet. He said that upon the suggestion of a number of Senators the ad valorem rates in patagraphs 1il and 112 were inade- qQuata and on account of the difficulty of classification, the committee had agreed to substitute the classification of the McKinley bill, but had reduced the specific rates. Senator Teller’s Plain Language. Mr. Sherman said he had been somewnat surprised at the curt manner in which he had been treated, and on being assured that no discourtesy was intended, he said that after consultation with his colleagues he learned they were satisfied, especially Mr. Quay, and he would be glad to see the sub- stitute adopted. Mr. Hale at this point again got the floor and proceeded to arraign the democrats for this evidence of their abandonment of prin- ciples. Mr. Teller attacked Mr. Hale's position in a bold, plain-spoken speech. He declared that Mr. Hale was wrong in taunting the democratic side continually. The demo- crats, he suid, admitted frankly the reasons why they were obliged to abandon their platform. They had followed it where they could, but they were yet a long way from the republican party, as indicated and al- leged by speeches on the republican side. There was a wide gap between the parties. He did not want to criticise actions on the floor of the Senate, but he would call atten- tion to the fact that the Senate had spent two days on a single schedule, and both sides had then voted together. It was tempting, he said, to show the inconsisten- cies of the democratic party. The republi- cans had been doing it for years. But the American people were not concerned about inconsistencies. What they wanted to know Was what kind of a tariff bill was to pass. As republicans, they should devote them- selves to getting the best bill possible, and pot to taunting the democrats for assisting em. He voted for the McKinley bill with re- luctance. It was not the height of all wis- dom. There were things in that bill that he did not like. The present bill would bear down heavily on the interests of his state. But he proposed to let it come to a vote. Whenever the other side proposed higher rates he would support them. When they offered a few minutes ago to make the duty on pig-iron $4 per ton, be voted for it be- cause he believed $4 gave as adequate pro- tection as $6.72 in the McKinley bill, con- sidering the high prices then and the low prices now. The proposed substitute first offered by Mr. Jones was infinitely prefera- ble to the original rates. He did not won- der that Mr. Quay, who understood it, was anxious to accept it. He desired to say now, once for all, that in many particulars he thought the rates proposed in the bill afforded ample protection; he ,thought a revenue duty wisely laid would be adequate on four-fifths of the articles touched by the tariff. He confessed that this was a better bill than he had hoped for from the other side after the declaration of the Chicago platform. Without chiding the other side for its in- consistency, he said, turning to his republi- can colleagues, it was their duty, like men charged with the duty of making a bill for 70,000,000 people, to do the best they could toward modifying it, and if unsuccessful go to the people and ask them to vote back into power the party which, though fre- quently derelict, nevertheless had proved its devotion to the interests of those who blistered their hands with labor and ate their bread by the sweat of their brow. There was some applause in the galleries when Mr. Teller took his seat, Mr. Hill of New York joining in the demonstration. EES TE: —_————-e. STREET RAILROAD FRANCHISES. How They Have Enriched the City of Glasgow. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Apropos of the discussion of the bill for the extension of the tracks of the Belt Line railroad (H. R. 6595), it may be in- teresting to your readers, inside and out- side of the House of Representatives, to see how such franchises have been made a source of profit to the municipality of Glas- gow, Scotland, while securing most excel- lent facilities of transit for the people, with special fares of 1 cent a mile, morning and evening, for workingmen. What is said of the quality and cost of gas, the cleaning of streets and the disposal of garbage, may also be instructive. The interview, which is printed in the Philadel- phia Press, is as follows: William E. Haworth of Scotland, who has been sojourning at the Aldine, speaks cf Glasgow as the model city of the continent. Said he: “Over $3,000,000 has been spent in giving the city a most complete set of wa- ter works. Over twenty years ago the ec- centric George Francis Train came to Glas- gow from this country and offered to build a street railway through the city. In 1870 the city began the construction of its own lines and after completing them, Icased them to a corporation upon the condition that they pay the city the whole interest on the original investment and, in addition, set aside a sinking fund that at the end of the term would extinguish the entire debt. The road was to be kept in the best of or- der and will be returned to the city during the present year, after paying an «annual rental of $730 per mile. In this way the city of Glasgow takes possession soon of a property worth millions of dollars, that has not cost the city one penny, The leasehold was sold to the corporation for $750,000, and the fare was limited to 2 cents per mile; all workingmen, however, at certain hours of the day were allowed to travel at 1 cent per mile. During the whole of this lease term, notwithstanding these liberal pay- ments for the use of the franchise, the ccr- poration declared an average dividend of 10 per cent. “The city is also supplied with the very first quality of gas furnished by its own plant, the rate being G6 cents per 1,000 feet. Our population is about 600,000, just one- third of the number of people in Philadel- phia. The net expense for cleaning the streets per year is $190,000, but $130,000 a year is derived from the sale of street gar- bage for farm and fertilizing purposes, and after the payment of all labor, the net re- turn to the city is from 20 to 50 cents per ton on all garbage sold for farm fertilizers. Nothing but the odds and ends are in¢iner- ated. This may be an object lesson for Philadelphia.” Think of the finest quality of gas at 66 cents per 1,000 feet, and of a city acquiring such a railroad system free and clear with- out the expenditure of a cent. c. K. aie When the Prendergast hearing was called before Judge Chetlain yesterday afternoon at Chicago the attorneys for the defense asked a continuance until June 11. The state made no objection, and the stay was entered without discussion. LATE SPORTING NEWS ———— PREVENTED BY RAIN. Another Game Between Philadelphia and Washington Postponed. Rain again played havoc with the scheéd- ule, three games being postponed. Phila~ delphia, for the second time, was prevented from playing, but an effort will be made to take a ball from the Senators today. Chicago defeated Pittsburg by frequent hitting. The features were the batting of Ryan and Wilmot and the fielding of Irwin and Bierbauer. Griffith and Kittredge, Ehret and Mack were the batteries. soon WS Chicago.... 100030 007 1. Pittsburg. 0003012006 91 St. Louis took the game from Louisville because of hustling play, the Colonels start- ing out with a good lead, which was over- come in the fifth inning. The batteries were Gleason and Peitz, Kilroy and Grim. R. H. E. St. Louis... OO 103 101x6 9 3 Louisville. 1100010014 W 3s While New York led in the batting, their hits were scattered, and Boston won by hitting consecutively. Lovett and Ryan, Rusie and Farrell were the batteries. H. E. 63 n 3 R Boston...... 21000000 0-3 New York. 00100010 0-2 How the Clubs Stand. w. 17 11 11 [500| Washington 3 DEFEATED THE CORNELLS, A Lively Game Won by the George- town University Nine. Georgetown yesterday secured revenge for last year’s defeat. Four runs in the first inning of the Georgetown-Cornell game at National Park practically decided the contest in favor of the blue and the gray. Pitcher Smith of Cornell presented the first three batters, Harley, Ed. Mahoney and Cotter, with bases on balls, and then big Bob Carmody drove one over the cen- ter fielder’s head for two bases. On O'Neil's error Carmcdy reached the plate. After that the visiting twirler settled down, and the Georgetown boys scored but three more runs during the remainder of the contest. Cornell tallied only in the fourth and fifth. Although the visitors greatly outbatted the home team, Dowd should not be responsible for a number of the hits which were se- cured through poor judgment of the Georgetown fielders. With men on bases Dowd was nearly invincible. The visiting team fielded much the more sharply of the two, cutting off many hits that seemed safe. The Georgetowns showed better team work, sacrificing when necessary, and run- ping bases more skillfully. Owing to neglect to properly advertise the game only a few hundred were present, among whom were a number of pretty girls, who loyally displayed the white and carnelian—Cornell’s colors. Dowd and Sullivan, Smith, Cobb and Young were the batteries. Mr. Zelbach of the Washington club acted as umpire. The score by innings was: REE Georgetown Cornell ... How the Colleges Stand. The standing of the “big six” college base ball teams is as follows: Lost. Total. P.Ct. Pennsylvania > 3 15 +866, Anceton ‘ 2 “u 2857 Yale - / 3 15 +800 Cornell ve 2 9 7 Harvard 3 17 64 Town 5 20 To Amateur Base Ball. The Young Stars have defeated the Young Juniors by 27 to 18. The feature of the game was the pitching of E. Edwards. The Young Stars would like to hear from all clubs whose players are under fourteen years. Address all challenges to W. P. Rapp, 2604 I street northwest. The Young McGuires failed to meet the Young Stantons Saturday, and forfeited the game. The Young Stantons would like to hear from all clubs whose members are under fourteen years. Address challenges to C. Dalrimple, 204 9th street northwest. The Young Potomacs have defeated the Springman Colts by 15 to 14, and the nights of Pythias by 6 to 5. i should be addressed to William Taylor, 5u4 4 1-2 street southwest. The Young Kids have defeated The Kids by 15 to 11. The battery for the winners was Matthews and Carr. The Jefferson bali team defeated the Smallwoods at River View Sunday by 11 to 6. The Colts have reorganized for the season and would like to hear from all clubs under seventeen years, Address challenges to George Shoemaker, 412 Florida avenue. THE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. ‘Will Not Be Held by Any of the Local Players, Thé southern tennis championship in singles will not remain in this city. That result was determined by the playing in the second day of the tournament held yester- day, under the auspices of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association, on the grounds of the Bachelor Club, M street between Con- necticut avenue and 17th street. There was no general expectation that this honor would fail on any Washington player, espe- cially after the first day of the tournament. The class of the v'siting players was then pretty weil defined, and it was evident that, barring accidents, the chances of the Dis- trict champion, Mr. John C. Davidson, car- rying off the first prize were not especially good. This was based on two grounds; first, that he was outclassed by Mr. Fischer, and second, that he was not playing in his usual form. He met Mr. Fischer in the third round yesterday afternoon and the contest was one of the most interesting of the entire series of games, and showed to advantage the skill and expertness of the two players. The scores of the two sets were 6-4 and 7-5. The only game in the first round which was not played cn the first day was the one between C. C. Clark and J. Shields, They played three sets, Clark winning by a score of 7-5, 57 and 6-4. Mr. Clark, then, in the second round, met Mr. Lansdale, and defeated him by a score of 6-3 and 6-2. Mr. Clark today is to play Mr. Parker in the third round, and the winner will meet Mr. Fischer in the finals. Consolation Prizes. Those who were defeated in the first rounds on Monday began a series of games yesterday for a consolation prize. Harry Smith of Baltimore defaulted to Shields. Shields was then matched. with McCam- mon, the latter winning after a long con- test by scores of 5-7, 8-6 and 6-2. Goodfel- low beat Clay, 64 and 7. Biddle and Lieber played one set, 7-5, and will finish this afternoon. Needham and Bethel are matched also in the consolations, but have not played yet. ‘The consolations up to the finals will all be played today. The doubles up to the finals will also be played. The finals in the consolation matches, the finals in the singles, which decides the championship, and the finals in the doubles are left for tomorrow, the clesing da: GRAVESEND RACES. ‘Tancred, at Long Odds, Wins the Sea- side Stakes. It was cold and wet yesterday at the Gravesend track, and the track was a sea of mud. Starter Rowe could not see to get the horses off. In the Seaside stakes eleven two-year-olds were held in the rain for forty minutes, and then The Coon was practically left at the post. August Belmont’s imported col: Tan- cred was an easy winner, at long odds, while another long shot, St. Vincent, got the place. In the Gazelle stakes, for three-year-old fillies, Nahma had no trouble to win. Only three were left in the second race, and Blitzen won as he pleased. He was heavily backed. Dobbins was made a strong favor- ite in the last race, but he had to succumb to the outsider, Aurelian, as he was con- ceding too much weight in the heavy going. Applause and Hoey were the other winners. TROTTING AT BALTIMORE. Death of Harry P. in the Third Race. The spring trotting and pacing meeting at the Pimlico Driving Club was inaugurat- ed at the historic Pimlico course, Baltimore, yesterday, An unfortunate occurrence was the death of Harry P., who started in the 2:29 class and was backed quite liberally by the speculators. The horse was owned by A. B. Commings of Harrisburg, Pa., and made a record of 2:26 1-4 at the Driving Park z ge Tv last week. The horse began bleeding at the nose in the second heat, and dropped dead at the distance pole in the third. The day’s program was started with the | 2:37 class of eleven starters. Pantomime Was made an odds on favorite over the field and rewarded his backers by winning the event right off the reel. The second event was the 2:18 pace, with seven starters. This proved a big dump to the talent. Robert C. was made a favorite over the field, but failed to show in the front rank in the first two heats and was Gistanced in the third. Miss Woodford won the race. The St. Louis Races. Yesterday's racing at the St. Louis fair grounds proved more interesting than for the past few days. The track was fast and, despite the threatening clouds, the attend- ance was good, and the speculation an im- provement over that of Monday. mers in order were: Fagin, 3 to 1; Miss Alice, 1 to 2; Immilda, 15 to 1; Chiswick, 2 to 1; Deceit, 15 to 1, and Wekota, 2 to 1 Winners at Louisville. There were about 3,500 people at the Churchill Downs yesterday, and the track was heavy and muddy. The winners in order were: Zophille, 5 to 1; Gienore, 2 to 1; Chant, 7 to 10; Volt, 8 to 1, and Glide, 7 tol Winners at Hawthorne. Yesterday’s Hawthorne races were won in order by Bound Brook, 4 to 1; Nativity, 50 to 1; Toby, 4 to 5; West Chester, 2 to 1, baad Dup. lost to Minneapolis by 12 tricks. Chicago won from Amorita by 14 tricks. The following are the principal items in the report: The Butfalo Whist Club of Buffalo, the Cleveland Athletic Club of Cleveland, the Columbia Athletic Club of Washington and the Nassau Whist Club of Warsaw, Wis, have withdrawn from the league. Thirty new clubs have become members, the list being: Arrowhead Club, San Ber- nardino, Cal.; Leominster Club, Leominster, jass.; Westmoreland Club, Philadelphia; Manufacturers’ClubWhist Club, Philadelphia; Rip Van Winkie Whist Club, Catskill, N.Y.; Alameda Whist Club, Alameda, Cal.; Ameri- can Whist Club, Indianapolis, Ind.; Council Bluffs Whist Club, Council Bluffs, Ia; Elizabeth Whist Ciub, Elizabeth, N. J.j Utopian Club, Ballston’ Spa, N. Y.; Ameri- can Whist Club, Boston, Mass.; Omaha Whist Club, Omaha, Neb.; Los’ Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, 'Cal.; Kalama- zoo Club, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Tacoma Whist Club, Tacoma, Wash.; Pasadena Whist Club, Pasadena, Cal.; Powelton Whist Club, Phil- adelphia; Racine Whist Club, Racine, Wis.; Battle Creek Whist Club, ‘Battle Creek, Mich.; Saturday Night Whist Club, Colum- bia, Md.; Albany Commercial Travelers’ Whist Club, Albany, N.Y.; Columbia Whist Club, Philadelphia; Baltimore Whist Club, Baltimore, Md.; Providence Athletic Asso- ciation, Providerce, R. L; Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, Philadelphia; Hamilton Club, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Hanover Club, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Midwood Club, Brooklyn, N.¥.; Ex- gelsior Club, Brooklyn, N.¥.; Linda Viste and Pan Handle, 11 to 5. The Eighteenth Game in Their Match Begun. The eighteenth game of the chess match for the world’s championship and $2,000 a side between Mr. Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker was opened by the former at the Metropolitan Club, in Montreal, yesterday afternoon, when the champion tried another queen’s gambit, which was declined by Las- ker with 2 . P-K 3. After fifty-three moves the game stood adjourned, to be resumed today. Here fol- lows the game: Whist Club, Oakland, Cal.; Algonquin Club Brooklyn, N. Y. - a OATES WINS THE PRIZE. Nominated as the Administrae tion Candidate for Governor. The state democratic convention of Ala- bama last night nominated Willam C. Oates, Congressman from the third district, for governor of Alabama. The only other contestant for the honor was Joseph F. Johnston of Birmingham. Oates was nomi- rated on the first ballot, the vote standing 271 to 233. The canvass for the nomination has been & warm one. Both men were strong. Oates EIGHTEENTH GAME—QUEEN’S GAMBIT DE- ‘CLINED. WHITE. BLACK. re, ey oJ 4 P. 2P-OB4 3 8 KKB 4 4B-K2 5 5 Castles. 6 $ QKr Qe 7 i 7 P-QB * SPxBP 9 9 Kto4 10 O38 11 P. 11 Kt-BS 12 12 Kt—K kts 13 RQ a 14 P- 16 iT 17 Qu-oB 18 K 18 KR. 1s 19 P-QB4 20 P 20 KtxP Es 21 RB? Be 22 KR-QB 23 B 2B kts 2 24 P-KBS 2 RB. ( wP-Be 26 26 PxP rd ! 27 P-Kt3 2 | ws Kt—B 4 Q2 2 |; wogs Bo 39 k-BS 31 aLRaR, 32 ra 83 uiops Be BA R-Q4é 35 {Bork 86 36 O-BS 87 37 K—Kt2 38 2-3 Be K B OK BS 0 40 Krag 41 41 K-Kt 2B 42 a 2 “4K “ rd 45 KtK 4 2 # Regs ay a 47 Kt—-Q 4 ¢ 48 Shae SE Sea: 50 52 P_K Kté x SBxkKtP | 83 Adjourned. CAPITALS STAND HIGH. Beginning the W! Games at Phila- delphia. Whist enthusiasts from all over the United States, members of the American Whist League, opened their fourth annual mecting yesterday morning at the Manu- facturers’ Club, Philadelphia, with several hundred representative players in attend- ance. The first session was opened by Mayor Stuart, who welcomed the playe-s. E. 8S. Elliott of Milwaukee, president of the league, replied. Walter H. Barney of Providence, R. 1, recording secretary, in his report, gave a detailed account of the league's make- “The league,” said he, “is now made up as follows: Independent whist clubs, 36; whist clubs, departments of other clubs, 18; chess, checker and whist clubs, 3; athietic clubs, 5; social clubs, 33; honorary members, 5; associate members, 14. “These ninety-four clubs are situated in sixty-four cities and towns in twenty-three states and the District of Columbia. The cities having more than one club are as follows: Philadelphia, nine clubs; Brooklyn, nine; Chicago, eight; Providence, four; Albany, three; Boston, two; Indianapolis, two; New York, two. “The thirty-six independent whist clubs have a total membership of 2,153, an aver- age of sixty. The eighteen whist clubs which are departments of other clubs have a total membership of 821, an average of forty-six. The clubs of which they are departments have a total membership of 5,504. The three chess, checker and whist clubs have a total membership of 840, con- taining about 147 whist players, or an average of 49. . “The total membership of the league is 14,679." Mr. Elliott followed with his annual ad- dress, in which he suggested the restriction of membership in the league to one hun- dred clubs. Playing Begi In the afternoon the playing began. The fight was for the Hamilton Club trophy, a magnificent silver cup worth $1,000. The team winning it beccmes the champion team of America for the year; but not until Saturday, when the contests end, will the cup be awarded. The American Whist League challenge trophy is a silver cup of handsome design, valued at $500. The club winning it will be liable to challenge at stated intervals dur- ing the year by any other club. This trophy will be the means of greatly stimulating interclub matches and will bring several of them together during the year without waiting for the annual congress. Another trophy is the record prize. This is a $250 silver cup and will become the absolute property of the club making the highest score in all of the contests. Then there will also be a number of smaller prizes for the individual members making scores and who are on the winning teams. There are twenty-three entries for the Hamilton trophy. Twenty clubs were sched- uled for yesterday, but of these only eigh- teen were represented. Powelton and Wayne did not play. The Score. _ The result of the first half was as fol- lows: Manufacturers’ -314Fanwood . -310 Newton The score at the end of the second b last night was: -610 Philadelphia . -688 Staten Island... Fanwood | [002 Manufacturers -.-657 Capital Bicycle. SICK PEOPLE CORED Eminent Doctors at Your Service Free Not a Penny to Pay for the F=llest Medical Examination. caused physicians of all schools to ponder with amazement, and have attracted sick people to them from nearly every state in the Union. Thousands praise the day they came for treat- ment. There is no guesswork, no experimenting, no painful operation. You can get your remedies here, at your drug store, or not at all; there is positively no cbarge for the examination. ‘Open all day and evening. Sundays, 10 to 12 Munyon’s H. H. R. Co., 1844 G st. aw. m12-m,w. ttt vs) PIERCE indorsed the national administration. John- ston rather challenged it. This was really the issue in the campaign. In the primary elections on May 12 John- ston received a majority of the vote, but on account of the geographical ard political arrangement of the state Oates received a majority of the delegates to the county conventions,and consequently to the state convention. Johnston fought to the last. Two coun- ties presented contested delegations an@ Johnston's friends claim he should have been given both, but the executive com- mittee, which was for Oates, gave John- ston one and Oates the other. Oates’ friends captured the convention and put Congressman Clark of Mobile in the chair, who named the committees, After the report of the committee on the order of business had been received, the two candidates for governor were nomi- nated and the first vote decided the result. The convention then adjourned until this morning. Johnston's friends contended for man on the ground that he was the available man with whom to defeat R. F. Kolb, the nominee of the Jefferson- jans or disaffected Gemocrats, the republi- cans and populists. 5 The Kolb men are delighted. They claim they will now have a walkover in the Aus gust election. Capt. Kolb says that im the last campaign he was robbed of the nomination by fraudulent counting and by ballot box stuffing, but that this time he had the officials of more than half the coun: ties In the state on his side and can dictate fairness. The campaign between Kolb and Oates will be a hot e. Both are hard fighters aad their forceg are well matched. —<$<$— Vaccination in the Schools. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have several children to send to the Public schools and I do not wish to be de- nied that right so long as my children are healthy and do no injury to other children, simply because I object and refuse to have my children vaccinated. ‘The health officer's opinion and advice are no more worthy to be relied upon now than they were before he assumed that office, and there are many physicians, a great many, who are as learned and su as he in practice, who earnestly oppose vaccination, and my physician absolutely refuses to do it. Our physician iold ame this morning that after much thought and ex- perience in his practice and study he had reached the conclusion that vaccination was and is one of the chief causes of consump- tion. The mere thought of inserting corruption (called vaccine points) into my baby's pare blood is most revolting to my feelings sense of protection. Tnere is no proof, however much it may be asserted, that vaccination prevents the taking of smallpox or allays the spread of that disease—absolutely no proof, because Proof of that kind, when you think of it for a moment, cannot be obtained. It is am opinion based upon circumstantial evidence that is as delusive as a mirage. JOSEPH R. BROWN. Mr. Johnson's Paper on Fog Signals Mr. A. B. Johnson, chief clerk of the light house board, recently read a paper before the Washington Philosophical Societ? on the audibility of fog signals. The paper was printed in Science, and was subse- quently reproduced in Revista General de Marina, in Spanish. The Kevista is pub- Ushed monthly, in Madrid, by the Spanish | J.P. McApams, Bag. ‘well to-day. e UCLAS SEsT $3 SHOE uf Woke, W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are easy Ph Nag phe ee oy fo many other make. 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