Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1894, Page 7

WATER FOR THE CITY Col. Elliot Makes a Valuable Report to Congress. ————»>—_— THE RIGHTS AT THE GREAT FALLS ARecommendation That UncleSam Buy Everything in Sight. NO PARTNERS ARE WANTED + ‘There is an excellent prospect that Wash- ington may in a few years be supplied | with the greatest abundance of water, in addition to an unlimited force for power purposes. The attention of Congress has this ses- sion, as at no other time, been directed to/ the wonderful possibilities in the way of power and water supply at Great Falls, and | there is now pending in the Senate a bill | for the purchase by the United States of all the land and water rights at the falls, with a view to settling the water problem, mot merely for a dozen or a score of years, but for all time. Should this bill become a law, it is claimed, there will be no need for fear as to the quantity of the necessary fluid, and it is urged also that many qualms as to its quality may be quieted. ‘The Star has already published in full the ample and interesting report of the Senate District committee on the subject, submitted by Senator Proctor, who intro- duced the bill. In this reference was made to a long report made to the War Depart- ment upon this bill by Col. George H. El- lot of the engineer corps of the army, who is In charge of the Washington aqueduct. Col. Elliot's report contains much valua- Die information regarding the somewhat complicated question of the rights of the various owners at and near the Great Falls on both sides of the Potomac. It suggests many amendments of the original bill, which have been adopted by the District committee and embodied in the new meas- ure reported to the Senate. Not All Pald F: He recites the provisions of the act of 1882 for the increase of the water supply, as a result of which the dam at the falls was ex- tended and completed in 1886 at a cost of about $140,000. “I was not placed in charge of the aqueduct till several years after- ward,” continues Col. Elliot, “but it can be stated that neither the land occupied by the dam, which was taken by the right of emi- ment domain, nor the water rights have been paid for. The following claims for the land end water rights taken and the damages re- suiting from the taking were filed: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, by Lewis C. Smith, president, a claim’ for $600,900; the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, by Benjamin F. Butler, president. “The claims of this company were stated im the following terms: ‘If the condemna- tion be for all of its water rights the com- Pany estimates its damage at $100,000.00, and claims this amount. If the condemna- tion be for one-haif of said rights, then the company claims $500,000; if the United States shall consent to let the company draw from the dam the surplus and unused water and shall provide the means for such drawing, a further reduction of the claim will be made."”” A plat submitted by Col. Elliot shows Conn’s Island, the Maryland and Virginia channels separated by it, and the site of the dam, about 3,000 feet long, as it now ex- = extending from shore to shore of the Iver. “The dam as it was at the date of the passage of the act,” the report says, “ex- tended out from the Maryland shore of the river above the falls and below the intat= of the Washington aqueduct, across the Mary- land channel to the sho.2 of Conn's Island, and was 1,084 feet lo. Tre necessity of the extension of the provided for in the act arose from th> favt that by reason of its narrow width, she-.ow depth, and its obstructions, the Maryland channel was found to be inadequate to furnish to the aqueduct all the water requic*i te mew: the increasing demands upon it. “The land taken uncer the act mainly consisted of a narrow ;::ip extending from the medium filum aqu:: of the Virginia mnel to the western shore of Conn’s Is- ia, thence across Conn’s Island to the eastern shore; thence to the medium filum a@quae of the Maryland channel. The strip Gid not extend from the medium filum aquae of the Virginia channel to the Virginia shore for the reason (see the plat) that the United States was aiready, from 1854, a riparian owner at the Virginia end of the Proposed extension of dam. Areas at the Falls. “There was also included in the taking a small triangular portion of the bed of the Virginia channel between the medium filum aquae of the channel and the Virginia shore that was not covered by the riparian right of the United States as an owner on that Shore, the lot on which the gate house stands, and also the land on the Maryland shore below this lot, extending to the shore, and covering in addition that part of the Tiver-bed stte of the Maryland end of the old dam that was not already the property of the United States. “The area of the land taken is in all about twenty one acres. Of this about eight and three-quarter acres are on Conn’s Island; about two and one-half acres are on the Maryland shore; about seven acres @re on the bed of the Potomac, in the Vir- ginia channel, and about two and three- quarter acres are on the bed of the Poto- mac, in the Maryland channel—in other words, about one-half of the entire area is covered by water. 2 t Fal is a series of rapids in the xtending about ‘one-half or three- fourths of a mile, in the course of which the river falls about seventy feet. It is about sixteen miles abo ashington. The east- ern shore of the river is in Montgomery county, Md., and the jurisdiction of Mary- land extends to the western shore, which is in Fairfax county, Va. The three princi- bal owners of the land adjacent to Great Falls are the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and the United States. A fairly good estimate may be formed of the extent of their respective ownerships by an inspec- tion of the plat and comparing the lengths of the mainland and island shores owned by them. The only existing improvement of water rights at the falls is the aqueduct Gam built by the United States. At Conn's Island. “Conn’s Isiand is above the falls proper. It is about 3,500 feet long, about 1,000 feet wide at the widest place, and about 670 feet wide at the place near the foot of the island where it is crossed by the extension of the aqueduct dam. Its axis is about parallel with the trend of the current of the river, Which at the falis runs about due soutn The island is low and, where it is crossed by the extension of the dam, rocky. It is cut up by numerous channels, and the ma- jor part of the entire island is, during or- dinary spring freshets, overflowed by the river. “The island is unimproved and uninhabit- ed. The land is of but little value, if any. AS a riparian owner, the Great Falls Manu- facturing Company claims an interest in tue water that flows both in the Maryland G st MONDAY, Creat Falls of the Potomac and 1394. Vicinity. a 4 P; ERB Cs ts mate righ o own by a Latta Satan, ge ie tee te Ris ts tr and Virginia channels, and it is this owner- ship that has been the basis of litigation and of claims against the United States for thirty years. The United States is a riparian owner opposite Conn’s Island, both on the Virginia and Maryland shores, and if the SS that the proportion of right of control of the water flowing in an unnavi- gable channel, held by each of the two op- posite riparian owners, does not depend on the relative lengths of their shore lines be correct, then it would appear that the Unit- ed States has as much of the right of con- | trol of the water flowing on each side of Conn's Island as have the owners of the island. Land on the Maryland shore at Great Falls may be worth $200 an acre, but not more. I am told that land on the Vir- ginia shore is worth from $20 to $30 an acre.” In reference to the original bill, Col. El- liot says: “The bill requires that the land and water rights at Great Falls are to be taken to the extent that they may be deem- ed ‘necessary for the present and future supply of said District of Columbia, the wa- ter so taken to be used for any and all pur- poses.” This is not contained in the act which the bill proposes to amend. The present supply to the city is about 45,000,000 gallons per diem. If provision is to be made for future supply, either in this bill or else- where, the amount should, I think, be stat- ed at 200,000,000 galions per diem. This for the reason that from computations that I made after the last census of Washington (890) I found the supply per diem per cap- ita to be about 200 gallons, and I am of the | opinion that if we are now to make ar- rangements for all time provision should be made for not less than 1,000,000 inhabit- ants.” How the River Flows. After remarking about the contemplated co-ownership of the water rights between the United States and private corporations, | the colonel continues: “In a suit against the United States for damages in the sum of $500,000 by the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, as owners of Conn’s Island (in | Which judgment was rendered in 1879 against the United States for $15,602), it Was agreed on by counsel and accepted by the court that the low-water flow of the | Potomac should be stated at 1,065 cubic feet per second, say 700,000,000 gallons per diem. Excluding the times of freshets, the aver- age flow may be said to be at least 6,500,- 000,000 gallons per diem. In times of very | high water and freshets it is much greater, and In the flood of 1889 it was at the rate, Probably, of not less than 305,050,000,000 gallons per diem. “Prof. Babb, American Society Civil En- gineers of the Geological Survey, in a paper on the ‘Hydrography of the Potomac Basin’ (1891), gives the following daily averages of flow of the Potomac at Great Falls. His statements are in cubic feet, and I have re- duced them to gallons, 1886. + §8,107,128,000 608,240,000 9,956,020,000 21,327,624,000 13,846,464,000 17, 449,344,000 the rights tc taken the report goes on: “The value to each of the owners of the water rights at Great Falls is the value of his share of the water of the river flowing at that point, and may be stated at a rate per 1,000,000 gallons per diem. The share may be. used by {ts owner for a supply for domestic pur, poses, or for power, or for both, or he may: sell it. The value of the land, apart from the value of the water rights, is its value for sites of manufactories below the falls; for sites of dwellings for workmen and others and for the location of canals lead- ing from the head of the falls to the works. In the case supposed, the United States ‘takes’ under the operation of section 1 of the bill, that is, secures a right to take, a water supply for a population of 1,000,000 inhabitants, say, 200,000,000 gallons per diem, This is the ‘water right taken.” The United States also ‘takes’ about twenty-one acres of land, about one-half of it being in the bed of the Potomac and the other half being a rocky and uncultivable strip across Conns Island. This is the ‘land taken.’ ” No Partnerships. Col. Elliot takes firm ground in opposing co-ownership. He argues from past ex- perience to show the difficulties that are sure to arise under such conditions. “That caution should be observed,” he says, “in the consideration of what the bill contains is made manifest. By comparing the magnitude of the extravagant claims for damages already filed with the very smali proportion of the water now diverted and of the water that can under the terms of the bill be diverted to Washington as compared with the total flow of the river, and by comparing also the amount of these claims with the amount ($45,000) that Con- gress in its act of 1882 deemed sufficient to pay for all the land and water rights at Great Falls that were to be taken under the act. “By an inspection of the plat entitled ‘Great Falls of the Potomac and Vicinity,’ which accompanies this report, it will be seen that, thanks to the wise foresight about forty years ago of the late Gen. Meigs, the United States is owner of a tract (of about six acres) at the Virginia end of the dam; that it is the owner of a tract (of about twenty acres) called ‘Resur- vey of Hard to come at;’ that it is half owner of a tract (of about ninety-nine acres) called ‘Resurvey on Hard to come at,’ including Falls Island, and that it is owner of a lot (of about five and a half acres), on which stands the watchman gatekeeper’s house, being a part of a tract called Goose Pond. The total area of these lands is about 1-2 acres, and their cost to the United States, including the cost of the water rights belonging to them, was 720. It is also owner of the right (con- ferred by the decision in 1879 in the case of the suit of the Great Falls Manufactur- ing Company against the United States) of maintaining the dam across the Mary- land channel at its present height of 148 feet above the height of low tide at the navy yard at Washington. “As the purchases of the land mentioned carried with them all the water rights be- llonging to them, it. would appear, and I | have no doubt, although it has, so far as I can, discover, not heretofore been stated or asserted that the United States is of right | entitled to more than one-third of all the | | water rights at Great Fulls, and is there- fore entitled to more than one-third of all |the water flowing there. For the reason |that the 45,000,000 gallons per diem now | | diverted from the river for the supply of | Washington is, as has been before stated, | but a small fraction of this proportional | | part of the water, and for the reason that | even if there should be diverted the 200,- 000,000 gallons per diem required for a pop- j ulation of 1,000,000 of inhabitants, this proportional part’ would still not be nearly | reached, I think it extremely doubtful if in | respect to their water rights the other own- | ers of land adjacent to the falls have ever | | been, or will ever be, damaged by the | United States by the withdrawal from the river of the water supply of Washington.” Quoting from court proceedings, the officer Says: | “ig my inference drawn from this state- | ment be the true one, then the Great Falls | Manufacturing Company, apart from the | rights conferred by its ownership of Conn’s Island above the falls, has no interest in | the water rights (water) at Great Falls, }and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com- pany’s land, being cut off from the main | channel of the river by the interposing land of the United States bordering on this | channel, called ‘hard to come at,’ the United | States owns of right by far ‘the greater |part of all the water rights at the falls. | Without regard to its water rights, the | Toulson tract is, however, the most valu- able land at the falls, it containing, as be- | fore stated, the best site for manufactories and other works below the falls, and also the remains of the old Potomac canal con- | structed by General Washington in 1785, which is the best, if not the only, location van practicable for a canal from the head of the falls to these sites. Guards Every Interest. “The amendments that I have suggested, and a few others, the objects of which will be apparent, would, I believe, thoroughly guard the interests of the United States and the District of Columbia, and, for the reasons that follow, I think it of very great importance that, as amended, the bill be passed as soon as possible. The legislation provided for in the bill amended is, in my estimation, more important than any other that has been enacted since the con- struction of the aqueduct. “The decision of the*Court of Claims of 1879 having been mainly in respect of the damage to the owners of Conn’s Island, by reason of the abutting on that island of the dam across the Maryland channel (or rather by reason of an agreement as to this damage in 1862 between the Secretary of the Interfor and the Great Falls Manufac- turing Company, which the United States, in the suit decided in 1870, claimed to have been illegal), there has not been since the extension of the dam to the Virginia shore, not at any time, a judicial decision of the extent of the rights of the United States at Great Falls, and this bill furnishes an op- portunity for such decision. When the de- cision Las been made, it would operate for all time, and, when future additions to the Washington water supply have to be made from time to time, as the population in- creases, the required quantities can be taken from the river without further action of the courts, and without further legislation of Congress except the making of the ap- propriations necessary for raising the dam and other works, if any, required for these additions, “The question of what are the rights of the United States at Great Falls, how much of the water of the river it is entitled to, should be settled. The language of the bill seems to imply that these rights are very small ir comparison with other rights; that the drawing for the Washington supply of the small quantity of water heretofore used and now used —that is to say, small in com- parison with future wants—has been, and is, an infring2ment on the rights of others, and that damage has been done to others. If this be the case, the facts should be known before any new obligations are creat- ed, The time has now come when the wa- ter supply of Washington must be increas- ed. It is imperative that the present dam at Great Falls be raised throughout its en- Ure length as soon as an appropriation can be obtained for this purpose,and it is my in- tention to submit an estimate for the work in my next annual estimates. The necessity for this arises from the fact that in summer during the low stages of the river I find it impessible to keep the distributing reservoir up to the height of 146 feet above datum, which is required for the full service of the mains leading from the reservoir to the city. During these low stages of the river the aqueduct at its intake lacks, in respect of its height, about 2 1-2 feet of being full, and the dam must be raised accordingly. If the dam be raised 2 1-2 feet, not only would the aqueduct never fail to run full, but the head of water being raised at the intake, the velocity through the aqueduct would be very much increased. If the bill be passed before raising the dam, the right of the United States to draw the additional quantity of water from Great Falls will have been obtained by the exercise of the right of eminent domain provided for in the bili, and the work can go on without delay. Otherwise the work may be enjoined in the Maryland court and have to be suspended until legal questions be decided. It is de- sirable that all existing contentions and claims against the United States be settled judicially and fairly in the manner proposed in the bill as amended. Other Uses for the Water. “It is not apparent that should the bill become a law the use of Potomac water would be extended to purposes other than the purposes of its present use, viz, do- mestic supply, supply of the public bulld- ings, street washings and hydraulic power in the District of Columbia. The use for hydraulic power in the District of Colum- bia must be very limited by reason of the capacity of the aqueduct and of any proba- ble additions to the aqueduct. Should it be desired to use turbines below the falls to operate electric generators for trans- mitting electric power to Washington and lghting the public buildings, no portion of the water to be acquired under the bill could be used for these turbines. If Con- gress would authorize the taking, under the operation of the provisions of the bill, of all the water flowing at Great Falls, there would not only be no limit to the quantity of water available for supply to the Dis- trict, but there would doubtless be an abundance of water remaining for hy- draulic machinery (turbines) below the fafls, sufficient to operate a number of electric generators adequate not only for the lighting of the Capitol and all the other public buildings, the lighting of all of our streets and possibly for the working of machinery for the raising of water to the rapidly increasing portion of the Dis- trict that Is above the area that can be supplied by gravity. “For these reasons I think it would be wise that the United States acquire now, under the exercise of the right of eminent domain provided for in the bill, all of the water and water rights at Great Falls, their owners to be paid the amounts to be ascertained in the fair and just manner de- seribed in the bill. “For the reason that the capacity of a river for supply or power or both should probably be measured by its low-water fow,its greater flows being intermittent, the capacity of the Potomac at Great Falls may, according to the finding of the Court of Claims in 1878, be considered as 700,- 000,000 gallons of water per diem. De- ducting, say, 200,000,000 gallons for the supply of the Washington of the future, there would never fall to remain for power to be used for the purposes suggested and any others that the public wants of the United States and the District of Colum- bia may develop, a daily supply of less than 500,000,000 gallons, say, 772 cubic feet per second, The fall is, as before stated, about 70 feet. “It Is well understood that the land and water rights of the Great Falls Manufac- turing Company huve been for some years for sale; also that there is now pending in the Maryland legislature a charter giving to 4 corporation, entitled the Great Falis Pow- er Company, authority to erect such dams or other structures in the Potomac river, between the Great Falls and the United States aqueduct dam, as may be necessary for the objects ard purposes set forth in the charter, which include the selling and leasing of water power, the using of the same for manufacturing and other purposes, and for generating, transmitting, selling or leasing electricity, electric power and light, with the provision that nothing in the act ‘shall be construed to give said Great Falls Power Company authority to interfere with any existing rights of the United States.’ In case of sale of the company’s land and water rights there might be no result other than the succession of a new claimant and litigant against the United States to the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, but in case of the granting of the charter just mentioned by the state of Maryland (it has, as I understand, been already granted by the state of Virginia), I should say that if it be held or claimed that such increase is not covered by an existing right, any at- tempt by the United States to increase the water supply of the District of Columbia would, in the absence of legislation such as is proposed by Senate bill No. 1359, be very likely to lead to contention and litigation. “I understand that the charter referred to has been granted, but that before the pass- age of the act the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company caused to be inserted in the charter a provision that no works shall be constructed by the Great Falls Power Com- pany until the plans have been submitted to the trustees of the canal company, and to the board of public works of Maryland, and approved by each. An agreement is then io | Reitz will be placed permanently at be entered into and a bond filed. The United States, which has more at stake, is not thus Protected. “In conclusion I may temark that th legislation provided for in~the, bill amended seems to me to be of the highest importance to the United States and the District of Columbia, and, in respect of the | Pater supply of the District of Columbia, more important than any that has been en- acted since the completion of the aqueduct thirty years ago. I nave pointed out what appear to me to be the objectionable fea. tures of the bill, I have suggested additions that seem to me important, and I believe that the bill—if it be amended as proposed— will thoroughly guard the interests both of the United States and the District of Co- lumbia.” ‘The Report Approved. This report of Col. Elitot received the ap- proval of Gen. Casey, the chief of engineers, who concurred in the suggestion that the United States should acquire all the land and water rights at the fails, and also to use the water to actuate machinery located anywhere in connection with the public ser- vice of the District. LATE SPORTING NEWS WON WHEN THEY WISHED. Bostons Batted Out a Victory in the Nint! -The game on Saturday between Wash- ington and Boston, on the grounds of the latter club, was a most unusual one. Wash- ington succeeded in making a good lead and maintained it until the ninth inning, when the Beaneaters scored six runs and took the game. The feature of the contest was the stick work of Bannon, who, out of five times at the bat, made four hits, one of which was a home run, another a two- bagger and the others both struck the left field. fence and came near going over for four bases. Joyce became impertinent in the latter part of the game and Umpire O'Rourke fined him $25. Score: | WASHINGTON. -H.O.A.E, R.H.O.A.E. B°2°0 2 Ward, 2b 2440 2 2 3 0 Joyce, 1530 2.1 1 O Abbey, 12400 2 3 0 0 McGutre, «2 2200 0 5 2 0 Hax'm’r, B10O0 0 7 0 O Tedean, ‘ci 2200 430 0 Crwr't, os 00 © 2 0 O Radford, 98001 43 1 2 2 O Mercer, oo10 108 0) 271 2 Boston. 1 Washingt 10100140i-8 Earned rut 5; Washington, 6. ‘Two- bese hits—Dutty, McCarthy, Lovett ‘Three-base hit—Bann ome rups—~Bannon and MeGutre. Double plays—Nash, Stivetts; Iadford, Ward and Cartwright. ‘Time—Two hours’ aud forty: five minutes. Umpire—O’Rourke. Other Lengue Games. The results of the other league games played on Saturday were: St. Louis 9, Chi- cago 8; Pittsburg 12, Cleveland 3; New York 8, Brooklyn 7; Louisville 5, Cincinnati 2, and Philadelphia 5, Baltimore 5, At Chicago yesterday Hawley of St. Louls not only pitched a stiff article of ball, but won his own game by batting in two runs in the sixth. Kittridge and McGill, Hawley and Peitz were the batteries, 100100000-261 st the transferred game with Louisville principally because of errors, and the stupid playing of Latham. The’ bat- teries were Hemming and Grim, Dwyer and Vaughn. R.H.E. Louisville ...3 00210000692 Cincinnati ...1 00110002582 How the Clubs Stan WwW. Le W. L. P.c. Cleveland... 18 7 .720 Brooklyn... 12 14 .482 Philadelphia 17 8 (650 St. Louis... 18 16 1448 Raltimore.. 16 8 .667 Olncinnati.. 11 14 440 9 687 Lou! 41T 608, Chi 2808. 500 Ad Base Ball Notes. Instead of journeying to Baltimore today, as contemplated, Washington will remain in the Hub and play off the game po: poned on Thursday. President George Wagner of the W: ington club is using his influence with Man- ager Schmelz to have Pitcher Charley Esper reinstated. The Pittsburg club is moving along. By taking the game on Saturday it is again tied with Baltimore for third place. Manager Hanlon of Baltimore states cane on, base. The Senators return home tomorrow to meet Louisville at National Park. On Wed- nesday two games will be played. Numerous rumors are afloat as to deals and changes in the make-up of the Bal- timore club. The latest is that Inks, Mullane and Clarke will be traded for Pitcher Meekin and Catcher Wilson of the New York team. Secretary Stackhouse of the New York club says that they would not let Meekin 0, inasmuch as he had won nearly every game he ha pitched. Saturd: School d College Games. At Westminster—Western Maryland Col- lege, 12; Maryland Agricultural College, 7. ‘Western Maryland now has the state college championship. At Washington—Georgetown College team won the title of the champions of the south by defeating easily the University of Vir- ginia. Score 18 to 2. At West Point, N. Y.—Lehigh, 5; West Point, 3. At Ithaca—University of Michigan, 1; Cornell, 15. At Princeton,N.J.—Princeton, 7; Acmes, 1. At Cambridge, M: University of Penn- sylvania, 11; Harvard, 3. YALE MEN LED ALL. Harvard Second in the Intercollegiate Games. ‘Yale won in the intercollegiate games at Berkeley Oval, N. Y., Saturday, Harvard second, University of Pennsylvania third. Summary of points—Yale—Four firsts, 8 seconds, 1 third; total, 27. Harvard—Three firsts, 2 seconds, 51-4 thirds; total, 241-4. Pennsylvania—Three firsts, 1 second, 31-4 total, 201-4. Amherst, New York, Union and Wesleyen, 1 first each. Cornell— Two seconds, 1 third; total, 5. Williams, 1 second; Columbia, 21-4 thirds; Swarthmore, 1 third; Brown, 11-4 third. In all previous hammer-throwing compet- tions the thrower was required to stand still. Under the new rules he can swing around inside a small circle. The result was that the records were very much higher Saturday than usual. W. O. Hickok, Yale, who won, increased his record throw from 111 feet 13-8 inches, to 123 feet, 9 inches. G. L. Patterson, Cornell, threw the ham- mer 125 feet, 1 inch, but passed partly out- side the circle in doing it, and the throw was excluded on a foul, GRAVESEND Two More Days and Then the Morris Park Meeting Begins. There will be two more race days at Gravesend and then for the breezy reaches of Morris Park. Today's card is a good ene, and tomorrow there will be the Tre- mont stakes, with $2,500 added for two- year-olds, when they will be asked to go six furlongs for the first time this year, and the rich Fort Hamilton handicap, worth $10,000. In the Tremont Waltzer will have an opportunity of meeting Gotham again, both carrying a five-pound penalty. Coun- ter Tenor is also entered, so that the Gideon | and Daly colt will have a chance to prove his metal. On Memorial day the Juvenal stakes and the Cherry Diamond handicap will be run. Marcus Daly has half a dozen entered in SICK PEOPLE CORED Eminent Doctors at Your Service Free Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest Medical Examination. 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Senator Grady and Dobbins have a chance to meet in the Fleetwood stakes on Friday. Besides the two cracks, Halton, Declare, St. Julien, Hornpipe, Nahma, Avon and others are eligible. The great Metropolitan handicap, at a mile and a furlong, with all the Brooklyn handicap horses entered, will be run Satur- day. Clifford’s owners say he will start. Dr. Riee will carry 125 ponds. Among the contenders will probably be Ramapo, 117; Don Alonzo, 118; Clifford, 123; Comanche, 111; Henry of Navarre, 104; Herald, 100. Forty-one are eligible, so that the field should be a large one. Close of the Whist Congress. The final games in the competitions for the trophies of the American Whist League and Hamilton Club of Philadelphia, which Were commenced on Saturday afternoon, were not concluded until after 2 o'clock yes- terday morning, the University Club of Chicago finally winning the game and the Hamilton Club trophy by seven tricks, or, in exact figures, a score of 631 to 617. The Minneapolis team, which has been looked upon as one of the strongest in the American League, won the $500 silver cup offered by that organization, defeafing the Ckicago Whist Club at the Manufacturers’ Club by nine tricks. The score was 399 to 881, a margin of eighteen points. The next annual congress will be held at Minneapolis, Minn., next year. Saturday’s Local Winners. The winners at the races of the Old Do- minion Jockey Club on Alexander's Island, Va,, Saturday were Syracuse, Peckie Mer- rill, Grand Prix, Detroit and Reine D'Or. Horses and Jockeys in a Heap. ‘The Austrian derby was run yesterday at Vienna. As the racers were reaching the winning point, Fincgyerick, one of the leaders, stumbled and fell. Five horses fol- lowing struck the prostrate animal and all piled In a heap on top of it. Mixec up in the pile of frightened and kicking beasts were their jockeys. Track hands ran to the assistance of the jockeys, who were finally rescued from their-dangerous position. For- | tunately not one of them was dangerously hurt. The French Oaks. ‘The race for the French Oaks, of 57,850 francs, for three-year-old fillies, was run at Chantilly, France, yesterday, and was won by Baron De Rothsehtld’s brown filly Brisk, by Galopin-Brie. Calceolaire was sec- ond and Florida third. ‘There were sixteen starters, The post odds were 10 to 1 against brisk, 7 to 4 against Calceolaire and 8 to 1 against Florida. TURFMEN TO CONFER. Clubs Likely to Come Together Un One Central Head. ‘The most important meeting of turfmen ever held in this country has been called for this evening at the rooms of the new jockey club, at New York, and if there is no change in the situation that exists now, it is more than likely that all the jockey clubs in the United States will come in under one central head; that there will be a na- tional jockey club, and that all the strife @mong the rival race track magnates will come to an end. Representatives of the Washington Park Jeckey Club of Chicago, of the Saratoga Racing Association, of the Brighton Beach Racing Association and of the Hawthorne Park Club will meet in joint session with the controling stockholders of the Coney Island, Brooklyn and New York Jockey Clubs ‘and come to an agreement, if possi- ble, on all matters affecting the administra- tion of turf affairs. ‘The western congress of turf clubs has already decided to stand by the rules of the jockey club, and so if Messrs. Corrigan, Waibaum, Engeman and their associates decide upon terms Monday night, there will be no further clashing of interests, and the result will be highly beneficial to the turf. Trainer Fitzpatrick Engaged. Trainer John Fitzpatrick left Baltimore Saturday for Washington to train the Potomac Boat Club's junior eight-oared crew for the regatta to be held in Phila- delphia July the Fourth. Has an Unknown, Mr. Jack Adams is out for the pugilistic scalp of Jack Bolan, the clever local light- weight, and has issued the following chal- lenge: “I have an unknown whom I will match against any 128-pound marfin the District of Columbia, weigh in at 3 p.m. of the day of the contest, Jack Bolan preferred, for $250 a side and the gate receipts. “JACK ADAMS.” Should Mr. Bolan not accept Mr. Adams announces that the challenge is open to any other District 128-pound man. —_—_>__ RANDOLPH. A Presbyterian chapel will soon be built at Randolph. Pastor Flournoy has several proposed sites under consideration, and as soon as‘the choice is made the building committee will push the work to completion. Mr. John Knott of Washington is matur- ing plans for a pretty cottage to be erected on his farm at Randolph. Little Miss Marie Stevens entertained at luncheon a party of juvenile friends from Washirgton, chaperoned by Mrs. Doyle, on Saturday. Misses Cecile Delihanti and Hosier of this place were asked Monnens ge — and a delightful frolic was much en- icyed. 4 Mrs. Julia Zepp, who has been spending several months with her son, Mr. Tom Zepp, returned home to Martinsburg, W. Va., on Saturday last, Wheat and rye are looking exceptionally well in this section. Walter A, Wood, Mr. Thompson, P. M. Eikins, all of Washington, have secured apartments at Ingleside Hotel, and will ar- rive, with their families, on Friday next. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS come to you if ‘re a woman, rors sa a Ss eee Be cialist for all the peculiar ills and ailments | of My daughter, Miss we cal itt iF slihiaeit Preseri Ta ‘Dunraven, Delowere Co., N. ¥. PIERCE “7. CURE. GRATEFUL--COMFORTING Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST—SUPPER. “Py a thorough knowledge of the na‘aral laws Which govern the operations of digesti nutri- tion, and by a careful application of tae fine prop- erties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. bas. pro- vided FOR OUR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER a delicately #rvoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by th use of such articles of diet ti may be gradually built up until resist every tendency to disease. fund: Subtle maladies are ‘floating around us ready to of attack wherever there is a weak point. escape We many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortit ith pure and a properly nour- fshed trame.”—Civil Service Gasette d ANACOSTIA. Mrs. Martha Caswell of Haverhill, Mass., is spending the summer months with her niece, Mrs. J. R. Murphy, at her residence on Fern Terrace, Jefferson street. The funeral services over the remains of Miss Mamie Campbell at the Anacostia Bap- tist Church on Saturdayat 3 o'clock p.m.drew together a large concourse of sympathizing friends of the family of deceased from Prince George’s county and Anacostia. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Geo. Bowman, the closing prayer being the only Participation in the exercises by the pastor of the church, Mr. Stevenson. The funeral procession to Glenwood, the place of inter- ment, was a lengthy one, many availing themselves of the opportunity to witness the closing offices for the dead. The obsequies of Mr. Augustus French Boyle, at his late residence, No. 131 Jeffer- son street, were witnessed by many old friends of deceased, not only as a tribute of respect, but in attestation of the promi- nence eccorded him in the world of letters. The impressive funeral service of the Prot- estant a eee Church was said by Rev. Ww. G. avenport, rector of Emmanuel Church, "Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson of the Anacostia Baptist Church being unable to Mrs. Anna Boyle Morro, reached here j in ‘time to witness the final ceremonies. Mr, David Wolf Brown of the official corps of stenographers of the House of Represen- tatives, a pupil of Olwin Dyer, who received his first Instructions in phonography from the late Mr. Boyle, was among those present at the funeral. John A, Logan Post, No. 18, G. A. R., John A. Logan Corps, No. 7, Woman's Re- lief Corps, and the Sons of Veterans were jointly addressed by Post Chaplain Rev. W. G. Davenport, rector of Emmanuel Epis- copa] Church, last evening in an appropri- ate memorial sermon. The post and Sons of Veterans met at post headquarters at 7:30 o'clock p. m. and were joined at Em- manuel Church by the Relief Corps, where the services were held. The remarks of the rector were attentively listened to througn- out. —___ ROCKVILLE. On Saturday quite a large number of persons left here for Dawsonville to witness a game of base ball between the Athletic Club of this town and the Dawsonville nine. The game was well played through- out, and resulted in a score of 16 to 9, in favor of the Rockville team. Two games will be played by the Athletics on Wednes- day next on their grounds at this place, the first in the morning with the Morton Cadets of Washington and the second in the afternoon with the Athletic Club of Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only tn Balt pound, tine, by Grocers, dabelet thus: JAMES .. Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemists, England. 42-s,m,tuly Get the Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS, LUTZ & BRO 497 Peon. ave., adjoining National Hotel. ‘Trunks, Satchels and Leather Goods mn Alexandria. On Saturday evening Mr. Melvin N. Steele and Mrs. Annie E. Pangle, both of Sligo, this county, were married at the parsonage of the M, E, Church South, this place, by Rev. L. L. Lioyd. Mrs. Brown, widow of the late Rev. R. T. Brown, for many years pastor of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, at this pla is a guest at the residence of Mr. H. W. Talbott. Miss Grace Friend of Washington is a guest of Miss Cecelia Dellehunt at Ran- dolph station. The clerk of the circuit court has issued marriage licenses to the following parti Melvin Nevitt Steele and Annie E. Pangle; Wm. Tapsico and Maria Lucas; Hilleary E. Burrows and Minnie G. Duvall. Christ Photestant Episcopal Church, at this place, was yesterday crowded, the oc- casion being confirmation exercises, Bishop Paret officiating. A class of seven persons were confirmed and an interesting discourse was delivered by the bishop. In the after- noon Bishop Paret, accompanied by Rev. A. 8. Johns, resident pastor, and a num- ber of the members of his congregation, repaired to Ascension Church, Gaithers- burg, where similar services were held and 2 class of five persons were confirmed. Mrs. George Cashell, residing some dis- tance from the church, not being able to attend, on account of sickness, after the services the bishop visited her home and administered the rite. He left here on the 6 p.m. train for Washington. Rub In Rub Out wash clothes with soap. First you rub the soap in; that’s work in it- self. Then you rub it out again over the wash- board. If yourstrong and rub hard enough, you may get the dirt out, too. It’s hard work, and women know it. But it isn’t the women only that suf- fer. She's wearing the clothes out, tubbing them to pieces, all the time. It’s just as hard for every thing as it is for every body. Soak In * Soak Out is Pearline’s way of washing. Put it in the water and it does its own work—yours, too. It brings the dirt out easily and quickly—no hard work, no wearing rub, rub, tub, no washboard. Doesn't that seem better? Saves strength and clothes, And, what some women can’t believe, it’s just as safe as any good soap. 87 JAMES PYLE,N. ¥. DR. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY Is honest re and will do all that is claimed ‘Was a sufferer for Kidney ia worite Remedy ‘eehawkea, N.J. will provide ways and means. it will only take a very small part of your income each week or month to pay us for all the FURNITURE— CARPETS—MATTINGS and DRAPER- TES and REFRIGERATORS you will need. It is a long pull to get enough to- gether to buy for cash. But there are no walts—and no doing without fm our plan. You take possession at once. Easy? Well, we should say so, House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. LOCO OLOP OLE OLE CLOG HOW THE PUBLC I INPOSED UPON, BEWARE OF FRAUDS. For the Sake of Profit They Will Sacrifice Principle, Health, Etc. ‘Unserupuions dealers are trring to sell ordinary Glauber Salt or a mixture of Seidiits Powder as “Artificial Carlsbad Salt,” “‘Sprodel Salt,” “Ger- man Salt” or “Improved Carlsbad Selt,” and under other similar nawes. The Natural Remedies of Carlsbad cannot be imitated, “What patare makes man cannot improve.” Artificial made wines will never replace the natural Juice of the grapes. Neither can the naturel wa ters of Carisbad nor the Carisbad Spradel Salt be replaced by the cheap substitutes offered to @ Gulleless public for the sake of the larger profit made thereon, bs 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 Sprodel Waters are a specific for all diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys, aud have been used with great benefit by hundreds of thousands of people. ‘The Cariebad Sprudel Salt, vbich is evaporated from the Sprudel Water at Carlsbad, is an excellent Aperient, Laxative and Diaretic; is an alterative and eliminative remedy, Which dissolves tenacious bile, allays irritation, and removes obstruction by aiding nature, and pot by sudden and excessive irritation, as most cathartics do. The summer months, when plenty of out-doar exercise can be bad, are the most desirable for the “Cavisbad Cure." Use the Imported Carlsbad Waters, or if it is not convenient to use the waters, or when & more decided laautive effect is desired, use the Carlsbad Spradel Salt, Insist upon the genuine, which ts imported direst from Carlsbad, and must have the signature of Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Ageuts for the U. 8» 152 and 154 Fraakiin st., New York, on every bet te. Sonser offers W. TE, Pousti: at @ reduced prion, oF gays e om without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. W.L. Douc $3 SHOE vertised than any othe: be convinced, The LAS BEST IN THE WORLD. AS Shoes are stylich, easy fit nfaction at the prices od ~L. Douglas Shoes gain cust which helps to increase the sales ‘on their ful line of goods. ‘They can afford to sell at a less and we believe you can save money by buy your footwear of che dealer advertised be ie * i. DOUGLAS, Bruciou, Mas itman & Sons, 422 7th sw, ABZz Teh mow. EAT QUAKER OATS Every Married Wonan Likes to have ber tiouse & scarcity of cash defeats such an ambi to the housekeepers of isn't necessary in the fur cor is it necessary in obtaining Our | Peerless Credit System Makes a playtuing of furniture wilis—a Littte Movey once & Week or ooce x month wipes them out so easily that it is a pleasure te bay. No wotes to sign, no such thing as interest—Jjust a plain, simple promise. Credit With us ts nothing ‘more or less than sO COMMODATION, Matting Leads in the list of wants, now, ang our epormous stock is a paradise for buyers. hundreds of ti hewest patterns ip cottes warp “inserted” and other tellable grades Refrigerators Come next and we are “right at home” there, too—we sell the Gurney—because it's the price— best Refrigerator ever sold for the thirty sizes to choose from. Baby Carriages Are here in endless variety—atmost a hune well Times steps ip We want to Gred patterns—they are the famous H. Sod Waketcid makes." Prices begin af ge = stop at §50- of stopping worse Compare these credit prices with the case Prices of other stores: a Parlor Suite, plush or haircoth, Solid Oak Bed Room Sutte, $18. Splendid Bra: Cerpet, 0c. per yard. Relininle Ing: arpet, “She. per yard. Hn a nd -_ =. of cost. No charge te ig matehl Sold Oak Exicosion Tubic, $6.50. Boe elsewhere for $5. 40-pound Hair Mattress, $7. Suld else Where for $12. Ww . bg ginmeen $1.75. Sold cise wh lor 5 ALL ON EASY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, 19, S21, 823 TTA ST. N.W. BET. H AND 1 STS. msl Gas sisi ~~ Fixtures. Attractive and Handsome Chandeliers @o not cost as much as you may think, Let us show you through this stock ond «give you our estimate of bow reasonable we can fit yp your house, elther to Elec tr Gas or Coubination Fixtures. C. A! Muddiman, 614 12th, my22