Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1894, Page 7

IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. “Workmen were engaged in paring off, the side of @ four-story brick house when I left home,” said E. J. Armstrong of San Francisco at the Riggs House. “Two men | named Lew built an apartment house on ‘Van Ness avenue about two years-ago, and ineh, and the/ their building | they would pay such after this final negotia- wung from the top of the Elba—that’s the name of the building— | and men began to chisel uarters of | ‘m inch off the brick wall next to Evans’ ot. Of course the noise is tough on the tenants, but discomfort is nothing when ciple is at stake, and they grin and : F “People who are more or less familiar with the operations of opium smugglers who car- ry on the illegal traffic in the Puget sound | country and northern Oregon are pretty a@pt to smile at the widely announced and much-diseussed trip which Assistant Sec- retary Hamlin proposes to take in order to find out the best means of preventing tne | smugglers from continuing their business, said Frank H. Wright of Seattle at the Eb- bitt House last night. “While it would be it to prove tne assertion, it is never- theless well understood out in my section that some of the most prominent men in | the far northwestern region are interested ia bi opium into the United States | without the knowledge of the custom house | inspectors. There have been frequent cap- tures of individual smugglers, and their ar- resets, indeed, are matters of almost weekly occurrence; and now and then a small band | of men engaged together in the business | are discovered and brought to account. The recent arrests in Portland that were her- aided in the east as the means of breaking up the great smuggling ring of the north- west merely had the effect of taking a very little combination out of the business. The big operators in the smuggling of opium Rave never been caught, and they are too powerful, in my opinion,to ever allow them- selves to be brought within the clutches of the law. Mr. Hamlin will probably be e: tertained at clubs and at private residences @uring bis visit to Washington and Oregon by men of apparently high standing in their communities, who will give the assistant secretary the best time he ever had in his life and pay the expense for it out of their share of the profits they receive from the proceeds of the smuggied opium. The fact is that the people up on the Canadian bor- der do not possess anything but a rather hazy conception of the wrong of smuggling. Smuggled clothes are worn with a feeling of superior pride, and it is not unusual to hear citizens congratulating each other on the shrewd way in which they got this or that article over the British Columbia line without having to pay duty on it. This sentiment serves as a great protection for the opium smugglers, as the majority of | ple who know that dope is being brougnt | in without passing a custom inspector's ex- amination regard the success of the man who brings it in as very commendable. 1 am sure Mr. Hamlin will have a very de- Mghtful trip and meet some of the nicest people in the world and see the finest re- gion on the top of the mundane sphere, but the chances are that he will come back knowing just about as much about the op- erations of the big opium smugglers and the manner in which they manage to elude detection as he does now. One of the shrewdest operations In the way of smug- gling that I ever knew of,” continued Mr. Wright, “was four years ago this summer, when the town of Sumas was established in Washington at the British Columbia line. The town was eleven miles from Mis- sion, which {s on the Frazer river, where the Canadian Pacific railroad has a bridge across that stream. A branch line was run from Mission to Sumas, and there met the Seattle, Lake Shore and Northern railroad. Ten days after the junction of these roads was effected Sumas was a tent town of fourteen or fifteen hundred people, built up- on both sides of the boundary line between British Columbia and the United States. “One day a young man came up from Se- attle, representing himself as the agent of @ wholesale house. He brought three pack- ing cases filled with samples of various sorts of merchandise, the sort that will take up a large packing space. He went around among the embryo merchants of Sumas and showed his samples and actually took orders for quite a large amount of goods. Two days ‘afterward ke returned to Seattle. The night before hig meg al a ent wheré he stop- fire at the back of the t ped was kept burning by means of the samples he had brought up, while confed- erates were filling the packing cases with cans of opium, which they had -brought across the line inside of the town entirely unnoticed. About six hundred pounds of opium were thus taken into Seattle in this way, and the same proceeding was repeated by other alleged and real commercial trav- elers several times to my certain knowl- edge. That is only one of the ways in which the real big smugglers work with such success.” “A quiet but none the less vigotous move- ment has been inaugurated in Michigan for the purpose of electing Congressman Julius Caesar Burrows as Senator to succeed Sen- ator Patton, recently appointed by Gov. Rich,” said Joseph Stern of Grand Rapids at the Arlington yesterday. “The nursery of the Burrows boom is in Grand Rapids, and its managers are D. A. Blogett and his son John, while Judge M. C. Burch is en- gaged in traveling over the state securing sustenance for it. It promises to become a healthy infant, too. The northern. coun- Ues of the state show a very favorable sen- Ument toward Mr. Burrows, while he is still stronger in the other sections. 1 wouldn't be a bit surprised to see his name written on the roll of the United States Senate when the term for which the late Senator Stockbridge was elected expires.” i ervousness is as much a fad as any- thing else,” said Dr. Egbert Dixon of Buf- falo at Wormley’s this morning, ‘‘and the| modern soda water fountain has more to do | with the increase of the mania than any-| thing else. In days of old, when soda wa- | ter was first added to the wares of the! druggist, it was devoted entirely to satis- tying the public taste for something cool, sweet and refreshing. Fruit of a ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant ae Unlor heros Ge acts mily yet promptly on the Kidneys, yr and Spa cleanses the shine tem effectually, 4:szels colds, head- aches and fevers a=d cures habitual Constipation. Syrup o7 Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, rompt ia its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the mos: healthy and agreeable substances, its aT excellent qualities commend it to and have made it the most —— remedy known. 'yrup of Figs is for sale in 500 and $1 bottles by all leading drug- Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it’ Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO 34H FRANCISCO, CAL, MOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK. W.¥. }Sents a handsome and | summers ago, harmless character were fizzed up to @ proper degree of gaseous bubbling, and the mission of the soda fountain was a com- mendable one. Nowadays it is devoted to bromos, nervines and lots of other things that are made from the deadliest sort of drugs, while they are hung with signs in- viting people to become their own physi- cians by trying some of the countless nos- trums which are alleged to cure anything from a headache to an ingrowing toe nail in an almost inconeeivably small space of time. The tired-out individual sees one of the nervine signs and mistakes his weari- ness for nervousness, and straightway pro- ceeds to doctor himself with something, he knows not what, but which, on account of its,powerful properties, braces him up and him feel bright. The natural result Yws. He takes some more of the soda t fountain stuff whenever he gets tired, and in a month or so his system is on the road to general breaking up. Drugging me's self at a soda fountain is dangerous, and, as I said in the beginning, nervou: ness {s largely a fad. If supposed sufferers from nervous attacks would only go out and split wood for half an hour, if men, or take a brisk walk, if women, and then take a bath and take a nap, there wouldn’t be So much heard of this silly rot about nerv- ousness being our national disease.” “Yes, I have been ordered to join the South Atlantic “squadron.” seid a well- known naval officer at the Arlington yes- terday, “and will sail for South America the latter part of this month. In order to reach my dertination I will have to make the trip across to England, and sail thence to South Ame-vica. Sucn a necessity {s not complimentary to the foreign policy adopt- ed by our government in it« dealings with the sister republics to the south of us. 1 never could tnderstand why men in Con- gress have continually and violently op- posed any legislation looking toward the | aoyeg of small subsidies to steamship lines in order to secure direct communica- tion between the ports of the United States and the more important ports in South America. The South American people are now compelled to patronize English vessels, and they would gladly give all such patron- age to ships carrying the American flag if such a thing were possible. South Americans detest the English, while, the other hand, they have most cordial affection for the natives of this country. This is undeniable. Of course, I am not lob- bying in favor of any subsidy scheme that may be proposed, but am merely ex- pressing the opinion that is held by every naval officer in our service and every mer- chant who has any business to transact with the countries of South America. Con- gress has given usa large number of excel- lent fighting machines, and J think it would be wise if {t would enact some legislation by which the merchant marine could be s0 increased as to give the war vessels some- thing to protect and take care of.” “The newspapers throughout the coun- try appear to be taking up their annual discussion of capital punishment,” said Frederick Kaine of Philadelphia at the Riggs House this morning, “and the cham- pions of the various modes of putting crim- inals on the sure road to kingdom come are girding up their loins and sharpening their rhetorical weapons ready for the fray. Whenever I see the votaries of electrocution arrayed against the adherents of the rope I am reminded of a story I heard about two women who were discussing the best way to prepare a lobster. One of them said she always selected a nice live lobster, weigh- ing about two pounds and a half, and botled it nicely, when the other interrupted and said she always bought her lobsters dead because she thought it inhuman to plunge them into boiling water and she could never find heart to do it. ‘Oh, I don’t do that, either,” exclaimed the first speaker, ‘it would be too horrible. I always put my Jobster in a kettle filled with cold water and let it come to a boil.’ ” ee TO CELEBRATE AN ANNIVERSARY. 4 How St. Mark’s Lutheran Chureh Will Observe Its Biri ay. The fifth anniversary of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of South Washiagton will be celebrated tomorrow. The pastcr, Rev. W. H. Gotwald, Ph. D., will preach a ser- mon appropriate to the occasion in the morn- ing at 11 o'clock. A quartet will render special music, and the altar and pulpit will be beautifully decorated with flowers and potted plants. An arch will be sprung over the pulpit, on which will be the figure 5 made of flowers. The pastor last Sunday invited the congregation and its friends to bring substantial offerings, and:as the fifth is known as the wooden anniversary, sug- gested that they bring their offerings done up in some manner in wood, and deposit them in a wooden box especially provided for the occasion. This congregation organized just five years ago, on Friday evening, June 14, Issy;" in Potomac Hall, corner of D and 11th streets southwest, with fifteen members. Rev. W. H. Gotwald. For a number of years the pastor and council and members of St. Paul’s Church of this city felt the necessity for establish- ing a Lutheran church in the southwest section of the city. By their direction and by their support a Sunday school was or- ganized in Blake Hall, on 7th street south- west, June 12, 1887. The school grew, and was finally transferred to Potomac Hall. ‘To St. Paul's Church, therefore, belongs the crest of having founded and fostered this Sunday school, from which this congrega- tion, now in its own church and known as St. Mark's English Lutheran Church, has its origin. A church council was elected, and Rev. W. H. Gotwald elected pastor. After considerable correspondence with Dr. Gotwald while at Ocala, Fla., he consented to come, organize the congregation and be- come its pastor. He reached Washington on Thursday, May 16, 1889, and preached his first sermon in Potomac Hall Sunday evening, May 19, 1889. The first council was installed Sunday evening, June 23, 1889. Up to that time there had been no English Lutheran Church in South Washington, consequently consid- erable hard work had to be done. The con- gregation las steadily increased, and now numbers upward of 125 members, and has a flourishing Sunday school, Luther Al- Hance, and Ladies’ Aid Scciety. St. Mark’s was the first of the general fynod churches to use the Common Service. The robe was also introduced, and is worn | by hag sao of the church, action having | been taken at one of the early meetings of the congregation providing for the use of the robe in this church. Mr. M. D. Harter of Mansfield, O., a member at that time of the Fifty-second Congress, presented the congregation with a very handsome robe, | to which since another has been added, for! visiting clergymen, as a gift to the congre- gation of Mr. Nicholas Eckhardt of St. Paul's, a firm believer In Lutheran doctrine and cultus. | The corner stone of the present edifice | Was laid on the afternoon of Sunday, Oc- | tober 14, 1889, at 3 o'clock, a large audience | being present to witness the exercises. Revs. E. J. Wolf, D. D., of Gettysburg, Pa.; 8. Domer, D. D.; W. E. Parson, D. D., and G. H. Slaybaugh of the Lutheran Church, | and C. W. Baldwin of the Methodist | Church were present and assisted in the | xercives. The pastor performed the litur- | gical services. Dr. Gotwald is much loved by his congrega- tion, and thoroughly interested in this work. He has many friends outside, who frequent- ly find their way to St. Mark’s to hear him preach. The church vs it stands today’ pre- cozy appearance. The pews, of oak, were put in some two | at a cost of five hundred! dollars, to which no member of the church made a contribution, the entire amount having been raised cutside and independent of the church. The prospects for the tuture are very encouraging. | | American Trade Destroyed in China. The United States consul at Tientsin, China, in a report to the Department of State, calls attention to the disappearance in 1891 of the historic house of Russell & Co., the last of the dozen great representa. tives of American commerce and business in Cina. He says their business has fallen | a legacy to British, French and German importing firms, who are naturally dis. posed to destroy the last remnant of Amer- ican trade. | the rest of the articles were disposed of, THINGS HEARD AND SEEN /fat man, as he mopped the moisture tromi#- N= LOCAL STUDIOS|IN THE CHURCHES| The best exemplar of democracy, pure and simple, is the little fellow who has just emerged from dresses. He may be the only scion of parents of the most ultra blue blooded type, and destined to be the leader of cult and arietocracy, yet he displays pure socialism in his chojce of companions. The black cook's little girl is his favorite play- fellow, and the children on the next block, whose ity live in humbie houses and eat with their knives, are his cronies, and represent to his susceptible feelings a class to be cultivated. Such a younster resides in the northwest, and devoted mother has been very much exercised over the compan- fons he has chosen. The other day he ran away, as is his custom of late, and upon his return, two hours later, lustily announced that he had been ying over in “Micky Kelley's back ya As Mickey's father wets drunk and is supported by his wife, who) “takes in” washing, the truant’s mother did not believe the Kelley contingent would prove desirable for her son, and she told him she did not wish him to go there He immediately wanted to know the reason why. She did not care to go into real reasons, because she knew what a penchant little people have for repeating unpleasant things, so she told him that she didn’t want him to do so because she didn’t know the Kelleys. “Oh, that's nothing,” responded the little rascal, reassuringly. “I don’t know half the people that you & with!” It is dificult to tell one story about the precocious and bright little people that we all love without being reminded of another. Several years ago, when Prof. John Philip Sousa, who will never be known by any other name among his ad- miring cronies than “Johnnie,” lived over in East Washington, he was blessed with a little daughter, whose mamma had brought her up with a strict and rigid observance of all the proprieties. One day little Miss Sousa approached her papa with evident mental perturbation. She seriously informed him that one of her little playmates had invited her to go upon an excursion on the following Sunday. “4nd, papa,” she ex- claimed, “when I told her it was a sin to do such a thing on Sunday, she began laughing and hooting at me. Now, papa, isn’t it a sin to go on an excursion or any- thing like that on Sunday?’ The genial Johnnie was placed in a rather embarrass- ing situation, so he endeavored to slide out of it by mumbling something regarding im- propriety and things of that sort, and then proceeded to change the subject. His daughter, however, mistook his diplomacy for acquiescence in her opinion. ‘“There,”” he said, triumphantly. “I knew it was a sin.” Then she added, with the utmost se- riousness, “Just to think, papa, Annie is eleven years old and I am only eight and still I know more about what vice is than she does.” It was worth going miles to hear Johnnie Sousa laugh when he told that story. . . . And here is another. A very charming and witty widow lady residing in Wash- ington gave her little daughter a mytho- logical primer several yesrs ago, and the child immediately became intensely interest- ed in the romantic stories of the gods and goddesses. ng after she had exhausted the mer she was ceaseless in her de- man to have her appetite for incidents, which happened in the Elysium fields and thereabouts, satisfied. One day her mother thought it would he a good idea to take her heart's delight over to the Corcoran Gallery and show her the statuary and casts and other works which have the heroes of mythology for their subjects. While pur- suing this pleasant purpose the pair came upon the Torso, reclining legless and arm- less upon its massive pedestal. The mother was stumped to explain to her daughter what the scarred and broken mass of plaster signified, other than being the dis- membered remains of a grand human fig- ure. The little one, however, quickly helped her parent out of her predicament. There was @ large placard on the base of the pedestal pene the forbidding words “Hands Off. ‘he little miss looked at what she deemed was the title of the work with an expression of scorn, and the same sentiment was indicated in her inflection when she spoke. “Hands off,” she re- marked, with a sniff of superior wisdom. “Hands off. I should say they was; and the foots, too!” } | | es © © we eo Some of the energetic young maids and misses, whose position prevents their run- ning away from the city for any length of time during the dog days, but who will manage to have many an afternoon in which to enjoy temporary desertion of the dusty city with the grassy fields and cool woods of the suburbs, have banded them- selves together in what they call the Nov- elty Searchers’ Club. The prime object of their organisation will be to tramp around the country outside of Washington and dis- cover fresh nooks and shady spots which have hitherto escaped the notice of sub- urban pleasure seekers. Their footsteps will follow seidom-used and half-ovei grown paths rather than the beaten tracks of the county roads and country turnpikes, and they expect to deri great deal of ea from their journeys of discovery. ere are thousands and thousands of charmingly romantic dells and delightful retreats hid away in the woods around Washington, and if the progressive young | aay we find only a few of them they will well repaid for their gfforts. . 3 A young man who has the most proper sort of pride in his native city of Washing- ton happened to remark at the University Club the other night that there were more pretty women in the District of Columbia than could be found in any other similar amount of territory in the world. The statement was treated with scorn and de sion by those who heard him, and who were without exception inhabitants of the na- tional by adoption only. When called upon to prove his announcement he merely contented himself with reasserting bis opinion when it would have been an easy matter for him to have shown that he had excellent reason for making the statement, broad though it was. All that would have been necessary for him to do would have been for him to take the doubt- ing Thomases through the stores of Wash- ington where the members of the weaker and better sex are employed as clerks. Of course there are numerous women in Washington society who are noted for their beauty, both of face and figure, and with these the public is familiar. But there are scores of the loveliest girls and young women with whom a kind provi- dence ever embellished the world by put- ting In it, hia away here in Washington from the g@ze of everybody except the army of women shoppers who visit the dry goods, millinery id other establishments of the city ip search of bargains. Indeed, it is a revelation to the uninitiated man to walk through any of the larger mercantile establishments here. If such a one will overcome his natural timidity to entering the realm sacred to ribbons and laces and frills and furbelows and lots of other things affected by his mamma and his aunts, will find complexions of peaches and roses, with the brightest of eyes, the straightest of noses, the reddest end most pouting lips, anda figures that would excite the admira- tion of the most exacting artists, at almost every other counter. The fact is that the pretty women of Washington, for the most part, are like the odalisques of the east, only they are veiled from general public view by their worldly circumstances, in- stead of by the jealous fears of a royal master. ra @ oe 8 © ee ‘There are officials in charge of some of the. bureaus in the government depart- | ments ‘whig catrbt disabuse their minds of | their own importance to save them, and consequently they conduct themselves so as to impress every one who happens to come near them with a proper conception of their dignity. A few days ago a gentleman in business in Washington happened to have scmething to transact with the rather youthful chief of a treasury division, and was treated to a display of almost regal ar- rogance by the official. The poor, humble civilian Was telling some friends about his experience. “Lt he had been the Ahkoord of Swat,” he said, “and I the lowllest of his subjects, he couldn’t have been more awful and mighty. He reminded me of a story I once heard about a yourg man who lived down in Mis- issippi before the war. He was not very Well off in worldly goods, but made up in assumption what he lacked in solidity. A neighbor of his happened to become bank- | rupt.and was forced to sell all his property | at auction. Among his possessions was an | ancient and decrepit darkey, who could | barely walk. He was bent and misshapen, and local gossip; put him down as being over # hundred years old. The auctioneer put him up as one of the chattels when all and the*young man I spoke of bid the old ereature in for a dollar. The former owner couldn't understand the fellow’s reason for buying the darkey, and approached the auc- tioneer. “Sey, Tom,’ he queried, ‘I wonder what made young Jones buy old Dick?’ ‘‘Pshaw,’ answered the auctioneer,‘that’s sy to tell. Jones was just dying to hear somebody cal him narster’~ “Confound the women!” ejaculated the his florid face with energetic dabe. “Now, just look at those girls over there. I saw them run after a street car nearly half a block not half an hour ago, and they have been 6 walk for five minutes since they left the car, and I’m blessed if they don’t seem to be as cool as ice machines. Look at those collars! See any signs of ‘wilting there Lcok at that hair and those complexions! See any symptoms of discomfort or disar- rangement? I can’t comprehend the su- periority of the weaker over the stronger sex in the matter of standing the weather. Now, those fragile creatures have cuirasses of steel and whalebone around their bodies in the shape of corsets; their necks are held rigid in those hi, collars, and you couldn’t run a knife blade between their cuffs and the skin of their wrists, and yet they are just as ccol and complacent as a pair of graven images. Oh, I must find aja motto taken from one of the old sagas. Turkish bath. I can't stand this weather as it is, much less when two slim women accentuate my sufferings by utterly ignor- ing the cause of them,” * 8 © & © They were four pretty girls; but more, they were four pretty summer girls. As they passed along K street in utter oblivion of everything else but their own vivacious cerversation they presented an enchanting picture of loveliness. Care could not be uberance of spirits marked their every movement. When they reached 9th’ street one of the four raised her eyes and glanced at her surroundings. Her astonished gaze noticed a man leaping from a car crowded with spectators returning from the base ball game, and to her semi-observant eyes his actions seemed strangely peculiar. He was running furiously. Her excitement was rapidly rising, and she spoke to her com- panions of the extraordinary scene, for by this time a blue-coated officer of the law had jumped from the same car and was in hot pursuit of the fleeing etvili: One and another and another of the passengers left the conveyance without waiting for it to slacken speed, and all joined in the chase. What did it mean? Had the man been dis- ‘ket? Was he a fugitive from hat had he done that he should sued by a policeman and a crowd? The four pretty maidens were consuming with curiosity.and determined to solve the problem for themselves, so gracefully gath- ering up their skirts they, too, joined in the chase. The small boy yelled with delight and followed close behind, while the w ual spectale caused men belated to dinfler to stop their hurried homeward course and gaze wonderingly at the exciting scene. Suddenly the supposed criminal, with the policeman a close second, boarded a cross- town car at New YorR avenue and the other members of the pursuing party quickly crowded in after them. Then the true situation began to dawn upon the girls. Half embarrassed, yet shaking with laugh- ter, they slackened speed and passed on; the small boy resumed his games; the hungry business men once more resumed their homeward way and all was again quiet. But the men with the transfers had made @ quick connection. —— Divorces Granted. Judge Cox has directed a decree of di- vorce in the case of Rosa L. Partello vs. Wm. Z. Partello. The petition was filed by Mrs. Partello June 28, 1893. The parties were married at Fredericksburg, Va.,March 9, 1870, the petitioner's maiden name being Patillo. Seven children were born to them. Shortly after their marriage the parties moved here, and lived together until about January 11, 1891, when the defendant de- serted and abandoned his wife and children, and went to Chicago, where he is supposed to have since resided. A divorce has also been nted by Judge Cox in the case of Agnes Kennealy vs James J. Kennealy. In the petition, filed December 19, 1893, Mrs. Kennealy were married in Baltimore, stated that the: M4., October 31, 1880, her maiden name be- ing Burroughs. In April, 1891, she charg that the defendant deserted and abandoned her, although she and her mother had al- most continually supported him. She alsa ed that she be allowed to resume her maiden name, which was granted, Judge Hagner has granted a divorce in the case of Nellie T. Robertson agt. Newton P. Robertson. The petition was filed by Mrs. Robertson, June 2, 1898. She stated that the marriage took place at Elmira, N. Y., No- vember 6, 1878, four children being born to them. From their birth, she stated that the family received little or no rt from the husband and father. September 12, 1890, she alleged that he willfully deserted and abandoned her, and also charged that for four years prior to said desertion he was an habitual drunkard. She stated that but for her children she would have averred other and graver charges. She also prayed for the care and guardianship of the ehildren, which prayer was granted. > Army Orders. A general court-martial is appointed to meet at the military prison, Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., on the 18th day of June, for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before it, The detail for the court is: Maj. Camillo C, C. Carr, eighth cavalry; Capt. Hugh G. Brown, twelfth infantry; Capt. Samuel M. Swigert, second cavalry; Capt. Edward A. Godwin, eighth cavalry; Capt. Samuel _R. Woodward, tenth cavairy; Capt. James Fornance, thirteenth infantry: First Lieut. Chas. W, Abbot, jr, twelfth infantry; First Lieut. Carter P. Johnson, tenth cavalry; Second Lieut. Frederie H. Sargent, seventh infantry; Second James A. Ryan, tenth cavalry; Second Lieut. Jos. T, Crabbs, eighth cavalry; Firat Lieut. Mitchell F. Jamar, thirteenth in- fantry, judge advocate. Leave of absence for one month is grant- ed First Lieut. John C. W. Brooks, fourth artillery, and he is authorized to go be- yond the limits of the United States. The leave of absence granted Capt, Thos. 8, McCaleb, ninth infantry, is extended fifteen days. > Leave of absence for two months is granted Capt. Constantine Chase, fourth artillery. Capt. Chas, S. Smith, ordnance depart- ment, will proceed to the Sandy Hook prov- ing ground on official business pertaining to the test of armor-piercing shot. Leave of absence for four months, with permission to go beyond sea, to take effect on being relieved from duty with the inter- continental railway commission, is granted First Lieut. Rowland G. Hill, twentieth in- fantry. ~~ An Early Cel ition, There was a premature Fourth of July celebration in East Washington yesteF- day, which, it is sald, resulted from the Tteut, careless handling of a box of fireworks. | The celebration took place in front of the residence of Mr. B. F. Guy, 308 Sth street southeast. Mr, Guy is a dealer in explo- sives of this character and had this box of the fireworks stored at his house. On ac- count of the approach of Independence day and the consequent demand for such goods Mr. Guy had given orders for their removal from his house to his store on 9th street. The driver removed the box from the house in safety, but when the front pavement was reached he rolled the box in a manner which shook the torpedoes about the box and caused one of them to explode. That was all that was necessary. The torch had been applied and a few seconds later there was a disturbance in the large wooden box, Se great was the force of the explosion of the various kinds of fireworks that the sides of the box gave way. The force, how- ever, was not great enough to do any fur- ‘ner damage, but the $50 worth of explosives in the box were entirely destroyed, enter- taining a crowd of school children who were on their way to school at the time. —— The Padrone System. Messrs, Henry Stump, superintendent of immigratioh; Dr. J. H. Senner, and Mr. E. |* F. McSweeny of the New York immigration office have been appointed a commission to investigate the general subject of immigra- tion with special reference to the abolition of the so-called padrone system. This ac- tion was inspired by Senator Chandler. The commission is promised the hearty co- operation of Baron Fava, the Italian am- bemeege pa in investigating Italian immigra- tion, oe An Act Approved. The President has approved the act do- nating to the county of Laramie, Wyo., certain bridges on the abandoned Fort Laramie military reservation. Dangerous Use of Strong Purgatives. Pills and purgatives whieh act quickly upon the bowels irritate and destroy the mucous linings of the stomach and vowels. A continued use of such remedies inflames the stomach and bowels, The use of the genuine iinported Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is highly recommended, because its action is due solely to Sts solvent and stimulating properties, without irritating the stomach. Best results are obtainat when outdoor exercise cam be had. Od- tain the genuine imported article only, agin The Corcoran gallery has recently been! Ajready thé congregations m the churches nding out there on that hot side-|entiched by the addition of several works of art, prominent among which is a fine cast in bronze, by John Rogers, entitled “Landing of the Norsemen.” The group, which is one-half the size of life, represents @ party landing from their boat, and pre- paring to resist a threatened attack. The leader, wearing his helmet and coat of mail, has drawn his sword from its wooden scabbard, and is watching the approach of his opponents. The man on his right step- ping from the boat is armed with @ battle ax, and a shield bearing the inscription in Runic characters, “Fair Fame Never Dies,” The third man has planted his spear in the sand against the side of the boat and is hastily putting on his leathern doublet. The boat in form and construction closely follows the old et ae oe the he 4 an +. Read“on the prow. ‘The boat and all the details of the group are taken from actual Fellcs found in the burial grounds of the Thevsast has been placed in the main gallery, and adds much to the collection of intings and sculpture. ee Other recent but temporary attractions are a large canvas by C. 8. Pearce, called “Evening,” representing a scattered flock of sheep, with their shepherd. The whole scene is softly illumined with moonlight and presents a most interesting study of diffi- cult atmospheric effects and qeatcion. oe ee Another fine thing, by the famous French artist, Benj, Constant, shows a splendid and altogether ideal conception of “Judith.” The figure stands in an attitude of un- studied grace, with head thrown proudly ‘back, The left hand rests on the hip, er grasps a sword. Aside from ee companion, the — agi ing color, P| fable manner which is one of the character- istics of Constant’s work. ee e @ Mrs. 8: M. Nelson exhibits an imposing canvas of the “Behring Sea Tribunal,” by Carl Gytherz, which is interesting from the fact that it contains carefully executed portraits of the arbitrators, secretaries, the council ‘and assistant council, which included Mr, J.B. Eustis, Lord Hanen, Baron 4 Courte], Mr. Phelps, Justice Harlan, Sena- tor. ifzan, Mr, Douglas Stewart, Maj. Halford; Mr. Carter and Gen. Foster. all over the city are beginniag to thin out. ‘The number of vacant pews show that the people are starting off for mountain and | stream, and it will not be long before the | pastors, tov, begin to follow. The time for extra services is over, and from now on the tendency will ly to reduce the number of and length of the services. The mcetings of @ large number of the societies ccnnected with the churches will be discontinued a! together for the summer months. Just now | the Sunday school excursion s on its flood tide, and-before the little folks finally get off to the country most all of the Sunday schools of the city will have given their members @ day’s pleasant outing down the | river or out’ fm ‘the country somewhere. Few of the pasters will start away before the 1st of Jyly, and most of them not until August, wi will say good-bye to their flocks until the time comes to take up the work of another winter once more. The Lutheran Ministers’ Association, re- cently formed im the city, at their ineeting last Mo) decided to adjourn over until next fall. e a@sociation has held severa! pleasant meetings since its orgunizatior. A reunion and reception of Judge L. Smith's Sunday schoo! class of ihe Caivary Baptist Church took place in the new Sun- day gchool house on last Wednesiay even- ing. There were addresses by Judge Smiin, Dr. Greené, the pastor of the church; Mr. Taylor and othérs. Music was furnished, and @ delightful evening was spent by all After the Fegular program was over the company marched over to Freund's in a body, where a banquet was spread, the dis- pisol of which occupied the remainder of the time. Judge Smith’s class contains about a bh persons, and is made up of the older folks of the church, inclu“ing many of prominence in various circles. Children’s day will be cclebrated by the Calvary Baptist Sunday school tomorrow merning, and a very interestiag order of etercises has been arranged, including songs, recitations and words by the pastor. The excursion of the Calvary Baptist Sun- day echool, which is remarkable for the number of children which it alw: makes: happy by giving a day's outing, will occur the last of this month, With the Ist of next month extensive re- pairs will commence on the Calvary Bap- tist Church. About $80,00 will ve expended in _ enlarging the seating capacity of the edifice by putting in galleries, rebuilding | the organ, putting in a marble baptistry, putting ip new pews and putting down ne" carpet, improving the entrances and exits, improving the heating and ventilating and! Mr, Hinckley will in a few days make @ trip to Philadelphia in order to look up the material for a large canvas which for some time he has had under consideration. The sitbject is the constitutional conven- tion of 1778, and will include portraits of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin end numerous other “wise men of the time. The composition was suggested to the art- ist by Dr. J. M. Toner, who predicts that should such a picture be painted it would be purehased by the government and be regarded as “national property.” * ee 8 Some: exquisite specimens of china paint- ing have recently been completed by Mrs. H, W. Snew, one of the most interesting being a Louis XVI vase, delicately tinted and decorated with the graceful Watteau figures, so inseparable from the ornamenta- tions of that period. The work is so cun- ningly executed that the impression is that of fine enamel. Another ewer is painted after the most approved Boucher style, with one charming though fantastic tily colored. © ew The students in the portrait class of the Corcoran Art School are still working in- dustriously and enthusiastically, under the directign of Mr. Hinckley, whose instruc- tion.ig already beginning to be apparent in the-etudies which have been made since he has;taken charge of that branch of the school..*The fresh, sweet color and free are strong reminders of Mr. Hinckley’s own work, which, in turn, is almost similar to that of Carolus Durand in brilliancy of effect and execution. S 8 Se Miss Helen Smith is working on a life-like Portrait of Mr. Fellows of Cannecticut ave- nue, which promises to, be one of the most remodeling the basement for primary, kin- dergarten and intermediate work. With the aid of the galleries the capacity of the church will be extended so that it will seat about 1,400 persons. The work will proba- bly occupy about four months, in which time the congregation will worship in the Sunday school house. A The confirmation services at St. Patric«’s Roman Catholic Church, corner of } aa G streets northwest, last Sunday were n- usually interesting and impressive. ‘The class was one of the largest brought befure the cardinal in this city, numbering over 200. Children formed the larger portion, but there were between thirty and forty adults, mainly converts through the efforts of ih Father McGee, the assistant pastor of th church. Carding! Gibbons administered the rite of confirmation, assisted by Rev. Fathers Gloyd and Stafford, in the presence of @ large congregation. ‘The gospel meetings for men only at the Young Men’s Christian Association, 1400 New York avenue northwest, will be ad- dressed by the Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, | Pastor of the First Con; Baltimore Lutheran Church Extension-@er ciety, A large crowd is expected. Last year as many as 3. went over from the two cities. The Washington committee con- sists of John C. Parker, chairman; Corne- hi Wagner, M. E. May and eger. The Baltimore committee consists of Rev. E. Felton, chair- man; Calvin J. King, J. W. Sheffer, Heni Kakiings William 1. Armiger, Wiliam ¢. upp, A.’ Austin Baird, John M. Hi Biot: Hanteke, Charies Schulze and 8. : A reception was given to Rev. E. Freemait Anderson, the new pastor of the Gimmes tist Church, corner of 9th street and Sou Carolina avenue southeast, last M Right. Addresses were made by Dr. 8. reene,.the pastor of th Church; Se paren Street Christian Church and chaplain of the House. A pleasant om was spent, toward the close of which re- freshments were served by the ladies of the church. Tomorrow evening Dr. 8. M. Ni the igregational Church, corner of 10th and G streets northwest, wili close his sermons on the “Acts of the Apostles,” an interesting course that has extended over about thirty Sundays and occupied the better part of the Sunday evenings of winter. The sermons heve Proved unusually interesting, been a pleasure and a source of to many of the church and outsiders during the winter. gis Be Dr. 'S. H. Greene, the pastor of the Cal- vary Baptist Church, will jeave for hie summer home in Vermont about the mid- dle of July. He will take a jonger recess iis year than usual, on account from labor t . his health, iishop Keane expects to return from At- a bn g bond J.,on Monday. It is under- e poses leavil rope can early pret leaving for But inal Gibbons will celebrate the mass tomorrow morning at St. Btepheny , and will preach et the 11 In the afternoon he will ad- minister confirmation to a large class. |. Koss Fishburn, the assistant Pastor of the First Congregational Church, corner of 10th and G streets northwest, re- turned from Harrisburg, Pa., last week. The kindergarten of the Epiphany Mis- sion closes the first of next week, after @ most encouraging year’s work. The closing exercises will occur on Thursday, June 21, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. corer stone of the new St. Andrew's Church (Protestant Episcopal), corner of, 14th and Corcoran streets northwest, wil) be laid = July 1. Rev, Rush R. Shippen, the pester of t All Souls’ Unitarian Church, corner of 1a and L strects northwest, nas been invited to take part at the High School commence- ment on next Thursday night. Dr. Easton at the Eastern Presbyterian Church, Maryland avenue and 6th street Northeast, will tomorrow evening discuss “Public Building and Sunday Opening.” which is a vitel question of the hour. The first anniversary sermon of the pastor will be preached in the morning. The growth of this church during the past year has been phenomenal. The congregation is peculiar in the tmmense number of young people, all vigorous workers. The Organ Club of Church of Roslyn, Va., right to make returns. The amount cleared amounted to about $4. The officers of the club are: Mr. C. L. Watson, president; Miss E. M. Boston, vice president; Rev. Theo dore Williams, pastor. —— Christian Endenvorers. An informal meeting of the incoming ex- ecutive committee of the Christian En- deavor Soctety of the First Presbyterian | Church was held at the residence of James L. Norris Wednesday evening. The selec the new pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church, in a series of two’ talks, during this month. The first address, entitled “The A, B, C of the Gospel,” will be given Sun- day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Ennis is a forceful, enthusiastic and instructive er. Much interest has been shown in the Sunday afternoon meeting: Rev. Isaac W, Canter, the pastor of the Mount Vernon M. E. Church South, has just returned from the East Baltimore dis- trict conference of the church, representing the conference institutions of learning. He on the eastern ad- dress. He expects to leave for Ashiand, Va., next week to attend the graduation exercises of the Randolph-Macon College, from whieh his second son graduates. His son will afterward go to Vanderbilt Uni- versity, where he proposes to further fit himself for the ministry. The Mount Ver- successful of this young artist's produc- tions. The companion portrait of Mrs. Fel- lows has been completed, and, besides being a@ perfect likeness, is’a. beautiful picture, both a6 @ portrait and from a technical standpoin' » eis Se ee ee | , Jilet Thompson is engaged on a porireit of the late Mrs. Watkins of Georgetown, which fully ;comes.up to ber veual standard in such work. When this is-compieted Miss Thompson expects to go to Shinnecoek Hills, L. 1. 7. 2 © © Mr. Cart Weller has on his easel an almost completed canvas of Swedish scenery. The scheme of color is peculiarly interesting and. unusual, being @ cool gray, monoteny of which is broken by a gleamof sunshine which lights up the die ‘distance. ee ee ow Mr. Hobart Nichols is suffering slight attack of malaria, caused by quent ‘fndulgence in the artistic delights of “Potomac flats” scenery, where much of his m ‘t inter nd early in the fall. ar The Fischer gallery is filled with a col- lection of fine paintings, which includes, besides work from the brushes of famous Buropean artists, canvases by Spencer Nichols, Emil Meyer, Miss Nourse and H. Helmick, which show talent and care. It is a fact which rapidly becoming recog- nized that the younger generation of American: artists is making rapid strides in {ts chosen profession, and will long Prove serious rivals to the schcol,"*’ the work of which was most se- verely criticised during the last salon, which exhibition is the best in the world to judge ‘of the progress or decadence vf medern art. ——_——_+-e-—___. Death of Mrs, Hunt. ‘The widow of the late Chief Engineer W. H. Hunt, U.S.N., Mrs, Amanda J. Hunt, died at her residence, 202 4th street south- east, Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted at the house at 10 o'clock this morning. 2 At'a special meeting of the class of "90, Washington High School, held recently, res- olutions 6f respect, condolence and sym- pathy were unanimously adopted relative to the death of Mabel Esther Teel, who was oné of ‘the’ most popular, bright and promis- ing members of the clas: After ors which he will hold 8 Send for Treatise on Blood and ‘Skin Diseases mailed free. smir sriaine eS’, S, ATLANTA, A CORSET worthy of more than ordinary no- a tice be- cause the * ts e Importers of am C. P. French Corset, abso- lute perfection assured. Cf" se oD ag A Wa DON'T PAY. $100 FOR A LOT WHEN Yot buy Tote at Columbia Park from $28 t5 $500, Gant bia June 21 we will gt cash or installment Ottice, 623 F st. a.) non Church is now in a very prosperous condition, and st is proposed to make the coming year a special missionary year. ‘The attempt will be made to raise as large amounts.as posstble, chiefly for the foreign missionary work. Dr. J. J. Muir; the pastor of the E Street Baptist Church, has been invited to address & temperance meeting to be held next Tues- day night at the First Baptist Church, on 16th street near O street northwest. The Lutheran reunion of the Lutheran churches of Washington and Baltimore will be held at Bay Ridge on next Friday, June 22. The committee has arranged for the ex- clusive use of the resort at that date, and everything will be done to make the reunion the big event of the summer, as it has been heretofore. Short addresses will be made by Rev. G. U. Wenner, D. 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