Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1894, Page 7

AT PORT TOBACCO A Washington Wheelman’ Experiences. HOTELS THAT WANTED NO GUESTS Weird i Dinner With All the Delicacies of the Season. HARDLY A PLEASURE TRIP of ‘the county in which the residents were more progressive than those in the parts where the much-talked-of fences have to sup- port the animals and where a moving dog leans against his master’s leg. It hap- pened that this wheelman was called to Port Tobacco, the county seat, on business And it was necessary for him to be there Saturday night. Port Tobacco is on a line of railroad where cars are not very plenti- and trains never run on Sundays except ease of a threatened flood the next day. jot desiring to remain in this village all Jay Sunday the Washingtonian took with him his bicycle, intending to ride to Mar- shall Hall Sunday and return on the| steamer Macalester. | It was nearly dark when the train | stopped near the southern terminus of the | and the conductor's assistant, a col- ored man wearing a blue suit and brass buttons, put his head in the car and shouted: “Pote ‘erbacco.” “I would lke to know,” said the wheel-| man to a native, “which way to go to Port) Tobacco.” “You's there now.” muse?” “The cote house,” chuckled the country- man. “Then you are going to town? That's @ short piece down the road.” “Thank you.” | And so the wheelman sped off in the di- rection of the towm that was once one of the greatest tobacco shipping ports in the state of Maryland. As the wheelman passed along over the passably good road darkness overtook him, and it became necessary to light the lamp to warn pedestrians and rivers of his approach and also to ‘llumi-| Yate the road. | Lots of Trouble. ‘ut it was only a short time before the light caused trouble, for not only were half & dozen horses frightened, but some colored | pedestrians, who were taken by surprise, | thought that his satanic majesty had ap- peared on earth, and although there was | more than one volley of profanity in their innermost hearts, they were offeriag up| prayers that they might be saved front | what appeared to be upon them. Suddenly the road seemed to stop at the top of a hill and in the darkness the wheel- | man was puzzled as to how he would reach the bottom. Dismounting his sileat steed | he made his way down the steep road #nd Teaching the bottom of the hill several | lights in houses made it evident that he| had reached a country cross-road or what might be termed a village. “How far from here is Port Tobacco?” he | asked @ pedestrian, whose color was not | visible in the darkness, but who proved to De an intoxicated colored man. “You's dar now,” was his response “And so this is Port Tobacco,” said the| wheelman in a tone indicating a degree of doubt that might get him in hot water. | “Are there any hotels here?” he asked. “Did you see a town down here whar you couldn't find a hotel?” the colored citi- zen retorted, seemingly indignant at the| stranger even suggesting such an idea. | ‘The wheelman confessed he had not, ;nd/| then proceeded to make friends with him. | He was a stranger in a strange land and a fan angel om earth was necessary just at that time. He fully realized that it was necessary for him to have at least one friend there, and so he called the ne- sro “John” in a familiar way and made bim almost believe they were “two of a kind.” “De best hotel,” sail John, “is just across bere,” and the tired wheelman, anticipating @ good supper of spring chicken, early veg- etables, and, perhaps, some fruit and a comfortable bed, hastened over to the hotel for fear some of the other passengers on the train would reach there ahead of him and take the last room in the house. hotel-keeper; “can you accommodate me for the night?” “I'm afraid not,” picnic over on the river snore tomorrow and | as my family will attend the gathering I| we can’t take any guests tonight.” ‘Have I got to sleep in the woois to- might?” the faithful negro was asked. “A he said. “There is a “we'll go over here to this hotel and see what's doing.” Instead of going to a hotel John turned to @ boarding house, but the picnic was the at-| traction of the season, and so the wheelman again thought he would have to sleep in the woods. “Are there any snakes in this county?! he asked the guide. “What's de matter, boss, is you scared?” was his response. “Oh, no,” answered the wheelman. was just thinking I would like a place free from snakes, in case I have to sleep in the Woods all night.” “You ain't got to sleep in no woods,” he| aid. “We ain't been to all the hotels yit.” From the boarding house the pair went over to a large building, sald to be a hotel, and here the wheelman was made happy. “Certainly I can accommodate you,” said the proprietor; “that’s what I'm here for.” en there were two happy men. The wheelman was delighted at the idea of se-| curing a place for the night, and the hotel man was pleased at the idea of having a| guest to battle with the mosquitoes. | Supper was suggested, and the little man, who was watching for another customer, essured his guest that he would have no cause for complaint. “For,” he said, “we are going to have something this evening that we have only had once before this sea- son.” “Can it be frogs on toast?” the wheelman asked himself. “‘Soft crabs, or does he mean spring chicken?” There was a long interval between the| time of his arrival and the ringing of the | bell announcing that supper time had ar-| rived, and during this time the half-starved Wheelman imagined he saw chickens decap- | tated or the hired man wading the marsh, | with a lantern, looking for the soft crabs or | SS. “Surely it will be a great spread,” he thought to himself, and the anticipations of the proprietor made him feel all the more certain that there was to be a memorable feast. There were mosquitoes that make their resence felt, and they were thicker than ees about a hive that is being robbed. But the natives minded them not, and, in-| deed, many of them were in a condition to| make them wholly unconscious of anything | except that they wanted the xtranger to! pay for their drinks, although they were Rot particular about the payment. As the wheelmen sat on the porch in front of the place enjoying the sweet an- tictpations of what was to come, and slap-| ping right and left at the mosquitoes, the Ratives appeared one at a time, talke Politics, and those who had any cash on and called for something stroager than water. A Very Sociable Man. “T'm Captain ." said an intoxicated man to the only stranger at the county seat. “Where are you from? “Washington.” “Then I know you are going to treat.”” “Not tonight.” For fully thirty minutes this man. with an unbalanced mind, tried to persuade his newly-made acquaintance to treat, but his | entreaties availed him nothing. | But this made no difference to the cap-| tain, who invited every man, white er col- ored, who appeared to treat iim. Finally one colored man, who was almosc as full as the captain, gave an answer which pleased the titled citizen, and in the Lar reom they went. “What are you going to take?” colored citizen of the captain. | “I don’t know, John,” the captain an-| sSwered. “What are you going to take?” “I think I'll take a 5-cent dram, asked the | * John | ride was a perfect dream. | duties of a pastor, will tender his services | They are traveling in the interests of a | the car stopped. “Then I'll ea ‘The liquor dea! from the same bottle, but the man measured John two fingers, while the cap- tain was permitted to handle the bottle for himself. He made a brilliant success of his effort in this direction, and some larger piace the bartender doubtedly have asked “Don’t you want a towel?" for the captain certainly took what is known in drinking circles as a “bath.” It was somewhat after 9 o'clock when suppgr bell rang and the guest was led beef.” “What?” repeated the visitor before he recovered from hi Visions had surprise. of delicacies soon vanished, and the man from town had to come down a peg or two, but not to one of those much talked of country dinners. The beef was fat, but then there were some boiled crabs that had been left from dinner, and so it was not absolutely necessary to keep alive on the only delicacy. The proprietor having made a success at brushing the mosquitoes from the bed room with a broom, while his guest held a candle in the hall to attract them, the light was extinguished and the room was entered in a manner to arcuse suspicion on part of one of the uninitiated, but {t was only done in order to keep out as many mosq as! possibie. Ready for Another. Sunday morning there was not the pleas- | & amt sounding church bell, the clinking of glasses in the bar being the only music | fii! heard. The men who had remained late were the early callers, and again they were willing to be treated. In this they certainly got left, but they got even with the wheel- maa by showing him the road that led to Lower Cedar Point, or “down the neck,” as the natives call it, instead of putting him on the right road to Marshall Hall. But the road “down the neck” was an en- joyable one, although houses were few and far between, and there was but one pedes- trian om the road for a stretch of nearly fifteen miles. Several vehicles passed, and the wheelman would have inquired of their occupants if he were on the right road or not, but for some reason the horses did not | fail to become frightened and show a desire to run away. Finally an old colored man was met walking along the road, and even he appeared to wonder if it were safe for him to stop when such a thing appeared. “I suppose,” ventured the lost wheel- man, “that I am very near Marshall Hall?” “Lord, boss, you ain't no whar nigh it,” was the answer, “but you is down in Cedar Pint neck.” The old man confessed that he did not want the bicycle and said the only way to reach Marshall Hall was to return to Port Tobaceo and begin all over again. And so the rider of the silent steed turned back and rode in the direction of the place where he had relished the hard crabs and pre- serves. But before reaching the county seat he came to a road leading off in the direction, as he supposed, of Marshall Ha and in the absence of a guide he chanced this road, which led him to the county poor house. At this place the wheelman was given @ cordial reception and one of the aged occupants directed him to a path through Mattawoman swamp. The weather was ex- cecdingly warm and the ride through the swamp Was a most enjoyable one. A Joy Ride. The path was nicely shaded, and for a distance of perhaps two or three miles the Only two or thfee dismounts were necessary for a wet Place or log across the path. After leaving the swamp it became necessary to cross several fences and fields, but the natives were particularly pleasant and accommo- dating, and fully half-a-dozen of them in- sisted on the wheelman's partaking of fruit and waiting for dinner. But the dinner invitations were refused because the lost wheelman was getting anxious for a sight of Marshall Hall or the | river, in order to feel certain that he was on his way home. Finally the main road was reached and a ride through the water where the road crosses the swamp was | necessary, and after a pleasant trip over | the road the wheelman stopped at a house | not far from a place, a small village, called | Pomunky. A glass of water was what he| wanted in addition to some reassuring news | as to his whereabouts. This house proved to be the residence of Dr. Compton, who in-| sisted upon making the rider of the. wheel! his guest, and a first-class Maryland dine ner more than made amends for what was not found at the county seat. About 3. o'clock In the afternoon the wheelman rode into Marshall Hall and there met two other disconsolate cyclists who had started from Marshall Hall to meet him on the road, but who had tired of the two large hills not far from Marshall Hall and turned back. ee lied AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. . End of the Long Pastorate of Rev. Geo. Nixdorf. After a pastorate of twenty-three years the Rev. Geo. A. Nixdorf yesterday sever- ed his connection with the German Lu- theran Church at the corner of Q and 324 streets, for the purpose of going into retire- ment at his farm in Virginia. His farewell sermon was affecting. His text, so appropriate to the occasion, was, “Fondly, brethren, farewell; be perfect; be | of comfort, be of one mind: live in peace and the God of Love and Peace will be with you.” The sincerity with which he uttered the words, and built upon them, visibly touched the congregation he had led for so many years. As an evidence of their appreciation of his services the congregation, through Mr. Otto Fischer, presented the pastor with a handsome gold-headed cane. The Rev. Mr. Nixdorf was not a salaried pastor. His ser- vices were given freely to the congret tion and church. He was honored by repre- sentatives of all denominations, and a de- episer of ostentation. During his pastorate, though handicapped with a meager congre- gation, he succeeded in paying off a heavy debt that confronted him on taking charge. The Rev. Mr. Nixdorf, though free from the occasionally to the churches in the vicinity of his Virginia home. Claude Knowles, an eighteon-vear-old boy, was the first to be immersed in the new baptistry at Tenleytown, the cere- mony taking place at about 8:30 last night. Rev. M. McCullough officiated. The church was crowded by parishioners, who came to witness the baptism. Mrs. Sarah A. Mason, aged sixty, was found dead yesterday morning at her home, 3301 Prospect avenue, by her daugh- ter, Mrs. Bettie V. Smith. According to the coroner she had been dead seven or eight hours when discovered. Apoplexy brought on the end. Mrs. Mason was one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of the town. Her husband was a well-known army officer. A colored man well-known to the police as Nat Mo-rison, “‘a tough one.” on Sat- urday night after 12 o'clock stabbed Mollie Lee, a colored woman, in the back three times. The assault was committed on M street between 29th and 30th. Some pre- vious quarrel instigated the commission of the act. At 11:30 on Saturday night a fire broke out in house 2510 P street, a frame, owned by Mr. Dennis Horrigan and occupied by two colored families. The tu-ning over of a heated stove during the temporary ab- sence of the family caused it. The engine and her men succeeded in limiting the damage to $500. Insurance will cover the loss. eee ene A Sunday School Superintendent. Services in memory of the late John T. Reynolds, the superiatendent of the Sunday school of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, were held yesterday at the church. Prof. E. H. Lipscomb delivered the eulogy and Miss S, Cole and Miss H. Coilier ren- dered appropriate recitations. a Singers From Africa. A choir of African natives sang last even- ing at All Souls’ Church, and also at an earlier hour at the Church of the Covenant. fund for the erection of an industrial school at Grahamstown, Africa. The Passover Mlustrated. Over a thousand scholars, members of the Calvary Baptist Sunday school, listened yesterday to the exposition of the lesson of the Passover as given by the superin- tendent, Mr. P..H. Bristow. He was aided by a picture firely drawn on the blackboard by Mr. W. E. Chandler, representing a scene in an Egyptian street, showing the blood on the doorposts and the houses with- out this sign. In the air was represented the angel, sword in hand, smiting an Egyp- tian house, _ ‘The fire department was called out about noon yesterday for fire in a defective flue/ at 1437 12th street. No damage was done. Mrs. Henrietta Stewart of No. 715 12th Street, attempted to get off a cable car at 14th and Chapin streets yesterday before The result was that she ers 6; Philadelphia 11, re fell to the pavement and was slightly in- jured, LATE SPORTING NEWS GOING RIGHT UP. The Local Team Please Their Patrons With Their Work. Defeat and fines were imposed on the Pittsburg Base Ball Club Saturday after- noon, much to the joy of the local fans, The visitors, although they are so close to the top of the race, were clearly outplayed by the tailenders, who, if they keep up the Present gait, will soon leave the desyised title far in their rear. Washington out- batted and outfielded the Pirates, but the latter outclassed the locals in an exhibition of kicking and accusations of dirty playing. Tebeau, Hasamaear, Abbey and Cartwright showed up strongest at the bat, and Maul pitched well, giving but two bases on balls. Umpire Hurst found it necessary to send Lyons to the beach from the coach lines on one occasion, and then threaten to order the uniformed Pirates not in the game off the field, in addition to fining several of them. ‘ter the game the entire Pittsburg team si uunded Mr. Hurst, and it looked as though personal violence w, - tempted. The score: hats. ASHINGTO: PITTSBURG .H.O-A,B.| -H0.A.E. 11°16 Stenzel, cf, 001° 1 2 ©2100 an, rf2 2200 1820 Beckley, ib 2 211 1 0 3 2 ek, 1132 3400 2200 2710 2140 oo¢98 0620 ° 1120, $475 1201 2718 7 01 2 210-6 Earned runs—Washington, 6; Pittsburg, 1. Tw base hits—Tebeau, Beckley, Donovan, Sunith. e- dase bits—Abbe: a." Stolen bas ce (2), bt, Smith (2), Lyons. First base en balls—By by Ehret, 3; by Colcolough, 4. Hit by balis~Beckley (2). Struck out By Maal, Colcolough, 8. “Passed ball—Mack. ‘ld piteb- lough. Time—Two hours and fif- 10 Pittsburg.. 22 11 B07 Philadelphia 2 10 .687|Coutaville.. 10 2; ‘323 ton. 1 12-636 Catea, 11 “312 17 15 ‘581! w: 8 26 235 Base Ball Notes, ‘The west was not in it with the east on Saturday, every visiting club being defeat- ed, with the exception of St. Louis, and the result of the game between the Browns and the Giants proved a tie, 2 to 2. The scores of the other games were: Baltimore 13, Cin- Louisville, 0; Chicago 0, and Boston 11, Tebeau, brother of our and his web of. Spiders rom, eland this afternoon. Jack O'Brien, who warmed the bench as a prospective Senator for one day, will not be given a trial. Cuppy and Zimmer are the battery for the visitors in the opening game, Mercer or Petty and McGuire occupying the points for Manager Schmelz’s wonders. Buck Lwing and $10,000 Clarkson McAleer, the best of center fielders, are with the visiting team, ‘ooklyn 1, Cleveland 10. Oliver Patri: Amateur Base Ball. ‘The Brookland Juniors won their fourth consecutive game on Decoration day by de- feating the Belmonts by 11 to 6. Challenges will be received from all clubs under four- teen years. Address J. S. McNamara, Brookland, D. C. The Monumentals have organized for the Season, with the following players: Ha- maker, Macintosh, Morman, Edwards, Sul- livan, Busey, Fowle. Cleary, Foot, Leaman and Tompkins. They would li to hear frem all the clubs in the District. Address challenges to Wm. Fowler, 446 M street northwest. The Y, W. A. C. base ball team have de- feated the Kickers by 15 to 11, and also de- feated the pension office clerks by 9 to 5. The battery for the winning team was Ellis and Winkelman, the latter striking out twenty men. Address all challenges to F. E. Springman, 146 6th street southwest. The arsenals have been defeated by a picked team of ex-professionals by 9 to 0. The feature of the game was the battery work of the winners. The Portlands have defeated the Mt. Pleasants by a score of 5 to 4. The bat- tery for the Portlands was Senser and Prentiss, and for the Mt. Pieasants Rogers and Nixon. Seized Up in Boston. A Boston writer thu: izes up certain members of the Washington club: Paul Radford again showed most con- clusively that his place was in the outfield, and not where he is now stationed. Joe Sullivan made by far a better shortstop, | and his stick work was valuable. With a strong man at short the Washington club would be by no means one to be despised. McGuire is a splendid backstop—a_ man that Boston could use to advantage. He is an every-day player and a strong hitter. Joyce is a strong player and a heavy bats- man. Cartwright covered first base finely in the games played here. Ward is a hard-work- ing play was a feature of the game, though it. was not very difficult to steal on a pitcher who allowed such big leads as did the Boston Pitcher. Tebeau and Hasamaear are by no means weaklings. Abbey's performance yesterday was a peculiar admixture of good and bad playing. He caught Bannon twice tryin; for second on apparent double-baggers, ‘and afterward fumbled everything within reach and threw poorly. His catch of Lowe's fly ball in the eighth was a fine plece of work. Umpire Gaffney’s Injary. The injury which Umpire Gaffney of the Eastern League sustained by having the wires of his mask broken by a batted ball last Friday is serious. At first it appeared to be so slight that he persisted in umpiring out the game. Saturday the wound assumed such a serious phase that it was necessary to remove part of the fractured bone of the forehead, as its pressure upon the cerebrum threatened Gaffney’s reason. Treasurer Talcott’s Wall. Treasurer Talcott of the New York club in bewailing the ill-success of that club talks something as Manager Schmelz has been quoted: “Another thing, the crowds here do not support the New Yorks the way the cranks tcot for the home teams in other cities. Why, even in the game today the people reoted for Connor and the St. Louis team, and even went so far ; guy the New York and enough to break players. s unusual up any team.” INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOT BALL, Schedule of Games Arranged by the Executive Committee. A meeting of the executive committee of Maryland Intercollegiate Football Associa- tion was called at the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity Saturday. Representatives of all the colleges connected with the association were present, and included E. B. Iglehart of St. Joh Barnes Compton, jr., of Mary- land Agricultural; J. E. Eckhart of West- ern Maryland; J. Hanson Thomas, Johns Hopkins; W. H. Perkins, Washington, and Albert C. Dieffenbach, Baltimore City. The meeting was called to arrange a schedule of games for the championship series. One important change was made. The decision at the first meeting to allow Mary- land Agricultural, Johus Hopkins, Western Maryland and Baltimore City each the player on the team, not a student, was ve- toed by a vote of five ayes and one nay. The executive committee arranged a sched- ule of five games for each institution, both at home and abroad, in this order. Lasker Challenged by Steinits. William Steinitz, ex-world’s chess cham- Pion, has issued a challenge to Emanuel Lasker, the present champion, for another match on the same conditions as the last one, to take place not later than December 1 next. Dr. Rice a Ramapo. There is a probability of a race being arranged between Dr. Rice, the winner of the Brooklyn, and Ramapo, the winner of the Metropolitan handicap. These two famous thoroughbreds met in the Metro- politan on Saturday, and Ramapo was the winner, while Fred. Foster’s horse ran un- placed. That Dr. Rice did not run up to his form is conceded by all turfmen, but he was conceding lots of weight to Ramapo. Foster challenges the owners of Ramapo to a match of one mile and an eighth for $5,000 a side, each horse to carry 122 pounds. Whether Ramapo is good a berse as the winner of the Brooklyn at even weights is a question which can only , and his base stealing yesterday | be decided by a race, and all lovers of rac- ing hope that one will be made. The Tri-State Relay Race. The tri-state bicycle relay race between Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey riders, which was decided on Saturday, was the most important event run this year. New Jersey won, with Pennsylvania second and the empire state third. The time oc- cupied in covering the 150 miles was 9:40.45, an average of over fifteen miles an hour. This, considering that the roads were not in first-class condition, a state of affairs due to the recent weather, is a mar- performance. TO USE THE WHITE LOT,. A Movement to Utilize the Circle for Cycle Racing. The movement to get the use of the cir- cle south of the Executive Mansion certain evenings in the week for the exclusive use of wheelmen is taking a definite shape and the wheelmen soon expect to hear of an or- der designating the particular evening or evenings when this favorite driveway will be thrown open to them. This privilege was asked for as far back as several years ago, but there was not enough interest shown in the matter to make the affair assume a degree of earnestness necessary in any undertaking. Now, however, the associated cycling clubs have taken a hand in the matter and President Bennett is pushing the matter right ahead. This week he saw Col. John M. Wilson, who is in charge of the government reservations, and had a talk with him about the matter. He is decidedly in favor of making some pro- vision whereby the wheelmen may have this park as a meeting place at least one evening in e week. Saturday evening has been suggested by some of the wheel- men, for then the large crowds attracted by the United States Marine Band in the White House grounds would have the privi- lege of enjoying cycle races. Col. Wilson also favors the construction of a suitable track {n the lot, perhaps in the circle between the center of the park and the outer edge or inside the row of trees. In event of such a track being built his idea would be to let the wheelmen have cer- tain hours in the morning and afternoon of jeach day. Should Col. Wilson and the wheelmen succeed in this undertaking, an effort will be made to promote social inter- course among the wheelmen, and it is thought the gatherings will not only make the wheelmen better acquainted, but will increase the membership of the different clubs and also increase interest in wheeling generally. The Lantern Parade. Next Wednesday is the time set for the lantern parade that was to have taken | place on Decoration day, and which was Postponed on account of the out-of-town | cycle attractions. This event is to be made | more attractive than the similar gatherings | In past years, so the wheelmen say, and it is hoped that the wheelmen will turn out in large numbers, with attractive illumina- tions, whether members of clubs or unat- tached. It is thought that several of the clubs will turn out in a body, and should | each club do its best the parade will be} attractive even should the unattached con- tingent turn out but a few wheels. It is the intention of some of the cyclists to turn out In costume, fancy and comical ones, in addition to the regular club uniforms. The line will form at the peace monument and | ride through several of the principal streets | after riding along Pennsylvania avenue and giving the President an opportunity to see | what part of the community is represented by riders of the silent steed. An invitation has been extended to the Baltimore and Norfolk cyclists to take part in the celo- bration. LOCAL 4 ‘Cc NOTES, HL) Only a Few Bricks Left of the Davy Berns Cottage. Only a few bricks mark the spot on the | athletic fleld of the Columbia Athletic Club | where the old Davy Burns house stood. |It has been torn down, and the plow will scon be run over the ground where it | stood, to make room for the onward march of base ball and foot ball. The rest of the field where the ball grounds are to be has | already beer cleared and ploughed. The | | tennis courts ere now in the pink of con- | dition, so that the men at work there will | new turn their attention to getting the | | grounds in shape for foot ball in the au-| | fumn and to the laying out of the bicycle track. | The American Athletic Club has decided | to close its quarters at the corner of 12th and KE streets northwest, for the summer | months. The club will start in again next | | fall, and ts talking of more room for their | members when they reopen. The American | | Club has met with good success in its work | this winter, |, During the summer months the bathing | | facilities at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium are) | to be improved, and the entire gymnasium |and locker rooms overhauled, Several | pieces of apparatus are also to be changed | $0 that the place will be in good condition | by September 15 to begin another winter's | | work. | About fifteen persons of the bathing class | went down to the beach with Instructor | Simms last week and went in for the first | time this year. As the weather gets warmer it is intended to make the Swimming Club | @ very popular organization, and to give | | its members many pleasant outings. Hand | ball is being played a good deal in the gymnasium these day: TWO LIVELY RACES. Crews From Columbia Athletic Club Use the Oars, Two as prettily contested races as one could wish to see were rowed in the regat- ta of the Columbia Athletic Club, which was held turday evening. Two boats were ente: in each race, the first for four-oar shells, and the last for eight-oar shells, the different crews in both races be- ing designated as the ‘White: and the “Blues In order that the spectators might see as much of the races as possible, the start and finish were both made in front of the boat house, the course being to the Aqueduct bridge, around one of the piers and return to the starting point. In the race for fours the crews were as follows: “Blues"—Eaton, stroke; F. Johnson, 38; Dewdney, 2; Blunt, bow. ““Whites""—McGowan, stroke; O'Leary, 3; Ward, 2; Baker, bow. The race was very close throughout ard was won by the “Whites” by only half a length. The crews in the eight-oar races were: “Blues”—Eaton, stroke; F. Johnson, 7; Dewdney, 6; Blunt, 5; Hekox, 4; Burman, Clarke, 2, and McDonald, bow; Magee, coxs- wain. * “Whites"—McGowan, stroke; Baker, 7; Davis, 6; Talmadge, 5; Coburn, 4; Carter, 8; Ward, 2, and O'Leary, bow; Burroughs, coxswain. This race was rowed in very fast time, both boats making good turns at the bridge and pulling a fast stroke at the finish. This time the “Blues” won, but by only a/ few feet. The balcony of the Columbia house was crowded with spectators, many ladies being present. After the races dan>- ing was enjoyed till a late hour. The re- port that Baker fainted after leaving his boat is untrue. —_.———— THE CHILD TAKEN. The Mother Will Have to C! Methods, James Albert Herndon, a bright little four-year-old child, was in Judge Miller’s court Saturday on a petition to have him turned over to the board of children’s guardians. His, parents were in court to hear the evidence of witnesses concerning | their mode of living and the opportunities the child has had of being improperly brought up. The father, James Herndon, is a carpenter by trade, and Mary Herndon, the mother, does laundry and household work. He is a good-looking man, but there is nothing prepossessing about the looks of the mother. They came here from Balti- more, and both of them like their toddy too well for the good of themselves and the boy. In Baltimore, a witness said, the woman was known as Mary Knott, and three chil- dren were taken from her in that city by the authorities. Her husband, he said, is still in Baltimore, and that Herndon is not her husband, but has only been living with her. She told the judge that she lived with a man named Knode and not Knott, and that she is married to Herndon. Judge Miller made an order directing that the child be turned over to the board, and in making the order Judge Miller told the woman if she ever wanted the child again she would have to change her course of living. mage Her ——— Been Condemned. The naval tugs Speedwell and Catalpa have been condemned and stricken from the | track, however, naval list. They will be sold at public auc- tion at the New York navy yard in a few days. THEY USED DYNAMITE Bold Attempt to Rob the Georgetown Post Office. Trying to Blow Open the Safe—Slim Haul After All the ‘Trouble. Burglars operated in Georgetown early yesterday morning. The post office was the scene of their labors, and from $80 to #0 worth of stamps their reward. These were obtained from the money drawer by fercing off a brass lock. The big six-foot safe refused to yield to their charge of dynamite, and a considera- ble amount was thereby saved. The hole in which the charge was placed was bored to the right of the combination lock. The ex- plosion, however, succeeded only in teariag partly off the ornamental front sheet of the door, and bulging the thin steel one behind. The combination was destroyed, and, up to ® o'clock this morning, no one was able to successfully use it. The explosion that caused the damage is said to have taken place at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, the police in the victaity, Officers Birkight, Volkman and Passeno, re- porting that they heard it at that ‘our, though were unable to locate it. The post office windows and doors are all heavily closed in with wrought iron sheets, making it almost impossible to see in. Just before that hour a man was seen standing suspiciously about the place, and on the approach of the officer ran up dist and down N, finally disappearing through an alley. The burglary was not discovered until 1 o'clock yesterday, the hour the carriers go on, on Sunday, to assort the mail. Mr. Wil- fon made the discovery, first detecting that something was wrong through the strong odor of gas that reached him on entering and the absence of lights, which are al- ways kept burning in the place. The full discovery came later, after others attached to the office were notified. In- spector Hollinberger of the detective force came over with Postmaster Sherwood and others interested, and they, with Detective Burrows, made a tour of the building for the purpose of finding out how an entrance was made, It was finally seen that the burglars got into the building through the removal, by a chisel, of the prétecting bar to the lower back door. The door, it was seen, could be forced open from ‘without sufficiently wide to insert the chisel. The lower part of the post office building is used as store rcoms for custom house goods, but these are not accessible immedi- ately through this door, as they are sep- arated by a hall leading upstairs, and fur- ther guarded by doors, bolts and bars. The burglars df not try to get into these rooms, they evidently being after money alone, or its ready equivalent. The safe attacked is an old-fashioned one, formerly used in the custom house above. It was manufactured by J. R. and W. O. Cornwell of New York. It is said that the stemp salesmen will be held responsible for their loss. Mrs. Black- ford, the postmistress, would have had to make good any loss sustairfed through the successful blowing open of the safe. No clew to the burglars has been obtained, though it is now thought that the man chased by Officer Pirkight was one left on guard by the operators within the building. ——_ The Gélden Cross. Halcyon Commandery, United Order of the Goiden Cross, held an Interesting meet- ing last Friday evening, Past Noble Com- mander Thomas Humphrey presiding. A communication was read from the supreme keeper of records, urging the members of the order to sign and have presented to Congress a petition against the proposed in- come tax in the tariff bill now before Con- gress, so far as it relates to fraternal and beneficial orders. Knight A. H. Stamp was recommiended to the grand commander for appointment as deputy grand commander. At the suggestion of Knight Stamp it was agreod to secure the services of a lady or- ganist for the commandery. Grand Com- mander Perry was present and made some interesting remarks, and was followed with short speeches by Knights Stetson, Love- less, Humphrey, Stamp, Cline, Sharp and Magruder and Noble Commander Huggins of Meridian Commandery and others. The secret work of the order was exemplified by Past Noble Commander Stetson, and the commandery was congratulated by Grand Commander Perry on its proficiency in the work. At the next meeting of the commandery, on June 15, the semi-annual election of officers will take place. Grand Commander Perry has appointed Mrs. Rachel J. Floyd of Capital Commandery on the committee on the state of the order of the Grand Commandery, in place of Mrs. Martha J. Peabody, declined. At the last meeting of St. John’s Com- mandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, Noble Commander T. M. Downing presided. The question of expense assessments was aiscussed by Past Grand Commander Ehle, Knights P. C. Hyam, W. R. Newman, J. H. Searh W. E. Graham and others and Jas. F. Kilgore of Capital Commandery. A pe- tition praying Congress to exempt beneficial orders from the provisions of the income tax in the proposed tariff Dill was received from the supreme keeper of records, and it was signed by the noble commander and keeper of records for transmission to Con- gress. A committee, consisting of W. E. Graham, John N. Ehle and Mrs. Sarah M. Howe, was appointed to prepare and report resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Knight James A. Van Doren. Resolu- tions of Nashville Commandery relating to expense assessments were laid on the table. The semi-annual election of officers will take place at the next meeting, on June 16. Grand Commander Perry has appointed the following past noble commanders as deputy grand commanders in the several commanderies: Goodwill, Eugene D. Har- Tington; National, Richard H. Yat Me- ridian, Oscar T. Towner; Columbia, Dr. J. A. Dickinson; St. John's, Clarence New. man; Capital, Jas. F. Kilgore; Halcyon, Andrew H. Stamp; Mount Vernon, C. G. Harrison; Trinity, Wm. T. Kent; Potomac, Frank B. Holden. ——-—_———_ AWED BY THE MILITIA. Rioting Strikers in Indiana Quiet on the Soldiers’ Appearance. ‘The National Gaards of Indiana, sent by Gov. Matthews to put a stop to the inter- ference of coal mine strikers with the pass- age of coal-laden trains through the city, arrived at Cannelburg, Ind., at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. The train was side- tracked one mile east of the city limits, and the 450 soldiers embarked with Gatling gun, bayonets fixed and regimental colors flying. They marched down the railroad track, where all the trouble has been, but on en- tering the city found no army of riotous strikers to oppose their march or give them any work to do. Scattered on and off the were counted twenty-six strikers, none of whom showed any disposi- tion to make trouble. Sheriff Leming, who, with Adjutant Gen- eral Robbins, was in command of the mi- litia, read to the handful of strikers the restraining order issued last Thursday by Judge Hefforn. Friends of the strikers in Indianapolis had forewarned them of the approach of the militia, which accounted for the disappearance of the 200 or 300 former rioters. The sheriff set out to find four men who had been leaders in the disturbance and for whom he had warrants. After much difi- culty he caught W. R. Summers, a justice of the peace for the local township, and Dick Gade. who had been leading the strik- ers in their lawless interference with the property of the railroads, and John Flynn, a striker. The warrants charge them with riotous conspiracy and contempt of Judge Hefforn’s mandate. Immediately after the arrival of the troops the officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad began to move the coal cars which had been side-tracked by the strikers. The presence of the armed force awed the strikers, nearly all of whom remained in their homes, but the women and children belonging to the strikers’ fam- illes gathered alongside the track, hooting at the railroad men, militia and sheriff while the work of removing trains was in progress. ————-e+—___ Field Colgmbian Museum, The Field Columbian Museum, occupying the art building in the world’s fair, was dedicated Saturday. The museum is the largest in the United States, and the com- pletion of it has been accomplished since the close of the exposition. Invocation, Rev. F. W. Gonzalus; history <~ museum, F, = V. Skiff; address, Ed- ve G. Mason; formal opening address, Edward E. Ayer. Over 11,000 tickets of admission were is- oe the occasion. museum was intended as a tua- tion of the more striking features ot the world's fair and received an endowment of $1\40.000 from Marshall Field, for the Benefit to Be Given the National Fencibles. The committee having charge of the testi- monial benefit to be given to the National Fencibles are actively at work, and will present a program that cannot fail to be at- tractive. The Fencibles are today the champions of the United States, having been successful in winning the prize in every interstate drill in which they have contest- ed. They have confidence in their ability to still hold the championship, and will go to Little Rock firmly believing that they will win the prizes. The friends of this organization include the entire commurity, who are ali justly Proud of their former is safe to predict that the capacity of that Place of amusement will be fully tested. Among the attractions to be presented will be the scene between “Helen” and “Modus” from “The Hunchback,” by Miss Lavinia Shannon and Mr. Giles Shine. A one-act comedy, entitled “Brown’s Baby,” written Interpreted ‘by. Mins Annie. Lewin Siew nie W. H. Conley, Talbot Pulizzi and Wm. Dougherty, and “Brutus” and “Julius Caesar,” by Mr. Edwin Terry and Mr. David C. Bangs, Miss Mary Helen Howe, soprano, the Philharmonic Quartet, the Apollo Quartet, Mr. Wm. Boag, and the Co- lumbia Musical Club, of which Mr. L. A. Callan is the director, are among the other Volunteers who will appear. —_————. Dogs, Pound Men and Police. To the Ecttor of The Evening Star: The system of catching stray dogs in vogue in this city, whether intended to rid the streets of nuisances or to aid in the collection of the dog tax, is a failure and the result out of all proportion to the ex- pense. The men engaged in it being sala- ried, thelr pay not depending on the amount of work, they naturally do as little work as possible, visiting only such localities as* are most convenient to them and catching only such curs as give them the least trou- ble. In New York the men are paid 50 cents per head for each “log »they catch; no dog, no pay, and consequently a stray dog there is a rarity, while here the reverse is the case. The New York method is alike just to the employe and employer. As the collection of the dog tax, it is patent that two dogs out of three are never taxed. On my block alone there have been and are now five dogs for which the owners have paid no tax for the past six years or more. Why should they since no one else does who can get out of doing so? I presume if some neighbor were to make it his business to swear out warrants, hang around the Police Court until called upon to testify, and generally incur the gd 4 his jaa egy = ged ag m4 to the city treasury, but even the police, whose business it is supposed to be, and who are expected to do it as a rule during their hours off duty, prefer to put in their own time some other way. Once in a year the newspapers kindly inform the dog own- ers tkhat at a stated time the police will _— @ house-to-house ye Ay ot logs, and thus linquents either to hide thelr dors or to deny their existence to the policeman, who, they know, has no right, or does not care to, en- ter the premises to look for himself. When the danger has blown over the dog makes his rea ce until the next annual visit, and the District treasury is cheated out of thousands of dollars, which the tax- yers have to make up some other way. e dog tex, if a proper one, should and could be collected; if not proper, abolished. Policemen id be held strictly account- able for its collection, and the fine imposed in every instance in addition to the tax— just as it is invariably done with other taxes—instead of remitted on the sim; payment of the tax. c. —_—_ Suicide of a Painter and Family. Carl Seeger of Berlin, Germany, a master painter, with his wife and four children, committed suicide the other night by taking cyanide of potassium. All the six unfortunate people were found dead and a paper signed by the whole fam- ily showed that they had all consented to die by poison. The cause of this wholesale suicide was the fact that Seeger was without means on account of his failure to collect money due ee work done upon some new build- ———_—__+e-+-_____ R. R. Howell & Co.'s steam engine and farm machine sho} ‘Was burned Sat Partially covered by Minneapolis, Minn., night. a Loss, i ‘Wash. 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