Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1894, Page 12

13 LOOAL MENTION. Forecast Till § p.m. Saturday. for the District of Columbia, Maryland end Virginia, generally fair; east to north- ast winds. Condition of the Water. Temmperature and condition of water at 8 ——— tide, 7:28 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 2 am. and _— Pp m.; high tide, 7:42 a.m. and 8:08 p.. —~——— YOU OFTEN GET SALTY HAMS. Come here and Ce Dove Brand Sweet and mild. J. B. Schroth, gaedibaatins woe WOODWARD & LOTHROP wili offer to- morrow Women’s 40-gucge Fast Black Cot- ton Hose, with fag _— and toes, at 20c. pair, 3 pairs for Se. a ARE A MAN Who has to economize, this is for you. hat, correci in style and shape, the universal IF you a two-fifty quality, for $1.90. HENRY FRANC & 3ON, cor. 7th and D. ——_—_s—__ Latrobes, Furnaces and Ranges repaired promptly at GARTRELL* 'S, 815 7th st. n.w. ‘Star of the East” 25. * Family . Flour, 8.5, ‘at J.T. D. PYLES' four stores, Mrs. T. B. Harrison, importer of milli- ery, has removed from 132) F street to 1327 G street northwest. _ —>—— Tea Pot day. Joh Johnston's, 729 7th. Page 9. For New York 1 Roast Beef and Spring Lamb go to John R. Kelly, 9th st. wing, ‘Center Market. Corned Beef a specialty. CITY AND DISTRICT. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. horny Grand Opera Opera House.—James J. “Gentleman Jack.” National Theater.—Primrose and ‘West's Minstrels. Academy of Music.—“Our Uncle Dudley.” Butler's Bijou Theater.—“The Galley Slave.” Kernan’s Lyceum Theater—The City Sports’ Big Company. Columbia Phonog:aph Musical Palace, 19 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.—All the atest popular music. —__>__. EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Macalester leaves at 10 p.m. —Macalester leaves at 10 am. and 2:30 p.m. Mount Vernon.—By Pennsylvania railroad every hour, daily. Indian Head.—Macalester leaves at 6:30 o.m. Buena Vista.-Steamer G. J. Seufferte leaves at 11 a.m. and 2, 4,6 and 8 p.m. Steamer Wakefield—For Nomini creek, town and St. Clement's bay and in- termediate landings at 7 a.m. eae A New Steamer to Norfolk. One of the promising probabilities in the world of trade is that the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company will soon put on a third propeller between this city and Norfolk, which will make the trip dur- ing the day. Tae new vessel will be larger, faster and as fine as the present screw- ships which link Washington to the deep water ports of Virginia. Superintendent Jona Callahan, in speaking with The Star man this afternoon, seemed hopeful over the prospect of getting the new steamer. She wili be built expressly for this trade, on lines suggested by Superintendent Cal- Jahan. The success of the steamers now on the route has been due largely to the zeal and ability of Mr. Callahan, and the con- struction of the present boats was after his idea. Although propeller No, 3 has been talked about for several montas, it has now prgoor a necessity for the accommodation > Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have b issued to the foliowing: Vincent Dorsey and Maggie Morrison; James B: ett and Marie Tutt; Charies Gibbs and Mary Nailor; Thomas E. Smithsen and Wenie Smith; Charles W. Shewalter of Springiicld, Ohio, and George Anna Erskine of tnis city; Charles G. Van Fleet of Los Angeles, Cal, and Eugenia Adeile Wilson of this city. > -— Released on His Personal Bond: Robert D. Dunlop, a young man indicted Wednesday for stealing a bicycle from Wm. H. De Lacy on the 7th of July last, yesterday plead guilty to petty larceny, and was released on his personai recognizance, Judge Cole suspending sentence during the prisoner’s good behavior. The young man is said to be fom Brunswick, Me., and is a grandson of ex-Gov. Kobert P. Dunlop of Maine. The young man’s release was ef- fected through the good offices of friends of the family in Maine. __—-> Mr. McLaughlin’s Will. The will of the late Henry J. McLaughlin was filed yesterday afternoon. A nephew, Charles W. Collins, is named as executor, and the estate goes to the heirs-at-law, with the exception of a claim against the District for $2,396.42, which is lett to John J. Kelly for the National Building Supply Company of Baltimore. —_—_—__. Executors Appointed. Judge Cox has granted the petition of Charles Graff and Frederick C. Gieseking for appointment as executors under the will of the late John L. Vogt, fixing their bonds at $#),000 each. The executors st. im their petition that the personal es: consisted of $42,000 in stocks and other securities, $5,400 in the Second National Bank, and turniture worth about $2,500, The value of the real estate was not men- tioned. —_—.__ Compartment Cars on the Pennsyl- vanta Limited. The American people of today are the best travelers in the world. They require the best accommodations, and it is the aim of the railroads and the sleeping car lines to supply them Siany peopie desire ex: siveness In their accommodations, w: has heretofore beon provided In the drawing and state rooms. The demand for the draw- to ing rooms ts Increasing, meet it the Penns pany has a sive and com ard in order vania Ratlroad C 4 to the already comprehen- ete eqi nt of the Penn- ivania Limited a compartment car. This ear, finished in the usually luxurious style of the Limited cars, contains two large drawing rooms and seven state rooms. The @rawing rooms contain a section and one lower berth, the state rooms one section. Both have complete and individual lavatory arrangements. in this car ore may enjoy all the privacy of a hotel room, and travel almost as much secluded as in a private car. The Pennsylvania Xx} the eastern atae apd Chicago.—Adv pile aaa “If the Crowd D nds to sell send treet, or drop end for them— location in the city.— Attention is called to m tomorrow morning, ee’s sale by turday, Sep- at o'clock, of valuable ects and furniture, including piano, being entire con- at c 1 and 1823 H . + Best Cypress Shingles,84.50 1,000. & Co.. 6th and N. Y. ave.—Advt: | Forresc | | the meaning of the act of C HEIRS TO A FORTUNE The Windfall That Has Come to a Canal Lock Tender. The Romantic Story of John McCaf- frey, Who Left This Locality More ‘Than Forty Years Ago. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal has de- veloped a story teeming with romantic in- terest. The children of the first wife of a man who, for the past eighteen months, has been a lock tender in Georgetown, with @ salary of $20 a month, and who has al- ways had slender means, are said to be heirs to an estate worth at conservative estimate $600,000. The story as told to a reporter this morning by the father of the children, Geo. W. Seaman, by the ex-man- ager of the canal, who has been made ac- quaiated with it through authentic sources, and indirectly by the attorney who has been placed in charge of the affairs, is as follows: There lived in Hancock, Maryland, for some years previous to 1852, a man by the name of John McCaffrey. He had two boats on the canal, engaged in the grain trade. He was ignorant, but shrewd. Through his canal wade he managed to eke out an exisience. Shortly before 1852 his first wife died, leafing several children. He married again. This wife, the story says, was burned to death. For the third time he married. This wife, it is said, was possessed of some little money. One day McCaffrey borrowed enough to buy his two boats full of grain and left for Georgetown. The boats a few days later were found abandoned and McCaffrey gone. After the wife had waited a reasonable time for his return she seemed to realize that she had been deserted, and finally” dropped the name of McCaffrey, assuming that of Gra- ham, her maiden name, which her daughter also adopted. Soon the children of the run- away husband became scattered. It was not long before the last wife died. Her daughter Mary, who seems to have been a girl above her stepsisters in education, etc., was taken in by a family in Alexandria, named Creighton, who had become ac- quainted with her. There she lived until sae had grown to nearly womanhood. The other children went far and wide. Sarah, the eldest of them all, married Geo. Seaman, a canal boatman. All of them have as yet not been located, but it is said that they océupy positions of wide social diversity. After Many Years. After forty-two years there comes from Chicago, through a prominent law firm, the intelligence that John McCaffrey, formerly of Hancock, Md., who left there in 1852, has recently died, and left to his daughters and their heirs his entire estate, valued at about $00,000. In the event of his children rot being found within five years, the en- tire estate is to go to a Chicago charity. McCaffrey, according to Mr. Crafts, a rep- resentative of the firm now looking up the heirs, made his money in grain speculation. At one time he was worth over a million dollars. He died at the ase of eighty-seven. ‘The $600,000 is invested in railroad and bank stock. The Seaman home was visited this morn- ing by the reporter. It is a miserable shanty on the north bank of the canal be- tween 30th and Sist streets, Poverty is apparent everywhere. The children are typical daughters of the canal. They re- ferred the reporter to their father. He was found at his lock, near 2vth street. He talked sensibiy of his reported good fortune. The matter is now in the hands of lawyers. All the canal boatmen have caught on to the story, and are talking of Seaman's Windfall with gasps and popping eyes. They have, however, swelled the $600,000 to $40,000,000. Seaman is to them now an object of great respect. Lawyer Crafts has just left for Hancock, where he hopes to find out much about the family. Som, ing About McCaffrey. Ellen Graham ts now Mrs. Rice, the wife of M. P. Rice of this city. Previous to Mc- Caffrey’s marriage with Mrs. Rice's mother he is said to have been married and to have had two children. This has not been proved. Five children were the results of his second inarriage, and the second wife was burned to death by an explcsion of coal oll. His children by his second wife, Mary, Susan, Sarah, Margaret and William, were taken’ to Hancock and placed in charge of his third wife, Nancy Ganoe. She was unable to provide for them and they were distributed among the homes in the county roundabout. Mary was reared by John Coudy of Baltimore. Sarah is buried at Hancock, Md., but her husband and two children, John and Annie, are said to be residents of Georgetown. Margaret is ma- tron of Bellevue Asylum at Hagerstown. The whereabouts of Williaa and Mary is not known. Although McCaffrey died at Chicago in June last, the testator ordered that no mon- ey should be paid out of the estate to heirs for five years, and during that period the search for them will be continued, or until they are accounted for. McCaffrey married at Chicago and left considerable money to his wife and an eleven-yearsold son. It is said, thouzh, that the will feaves the bulk of his estate to his first children. Mr. Rice bas written to Chicago for a copy of the will. —_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. The Commisstoaers today ordered: That the coatractors for the erection of the rew engine at the U street pumping station be directed to construct a founda- tion wall adjoining the foundation of the engine, and that they be allowed $277.50 for this extra work. That oil lamps be established as follows: Two at Langdon crossing on the Raltimore and Ohio railroad, two at Meunt Olivet road crossing and two at Pennsylvania avenue crossing, cost of erection and maintenance to be charged to the Baltimore and Ohio Railrcad Company; also two at Benning 1 crossing on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and two at Deanwood crossing, cost of erection and mainte: ice to be chi to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany Petition for a Hydrant. A petition bearing the names of a large number of residents and property owners in the southeastern section of the city was received by the Commissioners today re- questing them to place a hydrant on the north side of North Carolina avenue be- tween Ist and 24 streets southeast. The petition states that the residents on_this side of the street are without water. They earnesly appeal to the Commissioners to have a hydrant erected in that vicinity. Balance of the Water Fund. The agting contrcller of the Treasury De- partment has informed the Commissioners that the balance remaining to the credit of the water fund, D. C., on June 30, 1804, as y the books of that department, 349.36. To give this statement in, detail would require the settlement of a revenue account, “which would take con- siderable time. Protest Against a Sidewalk. Joseph Forrest has written to the Com- missiovers on behalf of Rev. Douglass F. earnestly protesting against the posed laying of a cement sidewalk in front of his premises, No. 1315 S street north He states that the laying of this sidewalk 1s undesirable and not in the interest of the public health, safety or mfort or any reasonable theory, within ngress. and Ventilating Baildings. The Fuller & Warrea system of heating and ventilating represented by the South- ern Warming and Ventilating Company is Heating School | anxious to get a foothold in the District public schools. Yesterday representatives of this company appeared before the Com- missioners and urged in favor of the in- troduction of their system in the new pub- He schools in Mount Pieasant and in the southeastern section of the city. At the present time the schools of the city, forty in number, are provided with the Smead system of heating and ventilating. —>—_— Bapt The twenty-third annual session of the First Washington Colored Baptist Associa- tion closed last evening at Mount Carmel Church, corner of 4th and L streets north- west. Most of the delegates remained in the city until today, when they returned to their homes, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TRIED TO TAP THE WIRES. It Was a Failure—The Perpetrators Have Not Been Caught. An attempt was made yesterday after- Toon to tap the Western Union wire which crosses the Long bridge and carries news from the various race courses throughout the country to Alexander Island and St. Asarh’s Junction. The object was to in- tercept the news, withhold it from its des- tination and thus speculate on it. It is an old-time swindle, which has been often tried and is known to have failed many times. It is safe also to assume that in a number of cases the ruse has worked. That of yes- terday was thwarted by the alertness of the Western Union people. The line of wire across the bridge has been recognized as weak point, and that most eligible for the purposes of tappers. For this reason it has been carefully watched. Two men, who have been acting suspiciously around the bridge, were spotted some time ago by the Icokouts. They lurked around the bridge at nights in a steam launch, and some- times in a boat as fishermen. Yesterday the alarm was given, and Chief Operator J. W. Collins hurried to the scene of opera- tions. He found that the wire had been tapped near the east span of the draw by means of a brass jack spring, a thin wire and a two-wire cate Lying off the bridge was a sailboat, manned by two men. The pursuers pulled on the small wire, this led to the cable, and this to the boat. The tappers, taking in the situation, cut loose and went before the wind at a good clip. The telegreph people followed along each shore, but the boat was too smart and reached Georgetown ahead of them. The men jumped, ran, boarded a cable car and Werg,tost. It is not thought that there is much chance to captur2 them, as the de- scription of the wrongdoers ig very vague. —_—__. PARTIAL ECLIPSE TONIGHT. The Glorious Harvest Moon Will Get , 4m the Shadow of the. Earth. The mocn, which is now in full splendor, will be partially obscured for a short time tonight. The partial eclipse will be visible in this city, as well as in most other places in North and South America. According to the astronomical program as pfomulgated by the government scientists at the naval observatory, the moon will enter the earth's shadow at 10:36 o'clock tonight, and will pass out again about 12:30 o'clock. The eclipse will therefore be greatest about 11:30 o'clock. ‘This infomation will un- doubtedly be of vaiue to sentimental couples who may start out for a stroll this evening in the full of the moon. The magnitude of the eclipse will be a trifle less than one- fourth of the moon's diameter on the north- ern limb. The point of the first contact with the shadow will be the north point of the moon's limit. As the moon moves up toward the left the shadow will appear to move down toward the right, covering at the middle of the eclipse a little less than a quarter of the diameter of the moon's disk, and leaving it a point fifty-eight degrees to the west from the north point. The first contact notiveavle here will occur at 10:36, Before this a faint shading, due to the phenomena of the earth's shadow. will have been noticed on the upper part of the disk. Atl the eclipse will be at its maximum. At 12:25 the moon will leave the shadow, and there will be only a faint penumbra shading on the west side of the disk. ee MANY PRISONERS PLEAD. Beuch Warrants Issued for Two Men and Their Bonds Forfeited. The following recently indictad persons were erraigned this morning before Jud) Cole in Criminal Court, No. 1: Frederick Burlingame, larceny, plead not guilty; John Butts, larceny, plead not quilty; Albert Boone, assauit with intent to kill, plead act guilty; William Robinson, hous=break- ing, plead not guilty; Emma Randolph and 5. Digss, grand larceny, plead not Julius Ce larceny, plead not guilty! Harris, second offense of petit lare ad not guilty; Nelson Car- ter, housebreaking, plead not guilty. In the case of John Brown, charged with larceny from the person, and Howard B, Faulkner, charged with’ lars the de- fendants’ failed to appear. Their bonds were declared forfeited and bench warrants issued for their arrest. —__— NOT A WORD TO SAY. Recorder Taylor Has Finished Talk- ing to the Newspapers. Mr. C. H. J. Taylor, president of the Negro Democratic League, and recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, was met by a Star reporter this morning and asked what he had to say about the letter ad- dressed to him yesterday by Mr. H. C. C. Astwood. Mr. Taylor’s equanimity did not desert him, but a lock of retrospection shone for a moment frem his eyes. It did not seem to please him to any great ex- tent, for he answered, slowly, calmly and vith forcible decision: ‘I haven't a word to say about it. I— have-—tinished talking: to————_ the newspapers: is es COAL IN A BABY CARRIAGE, Annie Watson Warned to’ Have an Animate Load in the Vehicle Next Time. Annie Watson, a nice-looking young mulatto girl, was in the Police Court this morring charged with having obstructed the free passageway of the street with a vehicle. An examination of the case show- ed that Annie 1s a young married woman an-l that the “vehicle” was a baby carriage. The ofticer who made the arrest was re- cently appointed on the force, but he testi- fied that she was using the carriage to carry coal in, and this, of course, changed the ccmplexion of the case. It was not a serious offense, however, and the judge took her personal bonds to have a baby in the carriage next tim oe ee Death of Edward Leeds. Mr. Edward 8S. Leeds, one of the best known of the younger musicians of the cit, died at his father’s residence at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Death was caused by peritonitis, with which he was attacked last Saturday. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D., at the family residence, No. 1314 6th street northwest, at 8 o'clock this evening. The remains will be taken to Curlisle, Pa., for interment tomorrow. The deceased was the only son of Mr. Charies H. Leeds, a well-known employe of the government printing office. He was extremely popular, possessing a very sunny temperament and’a fine tenor voice, with which wes combined exceptional talent fi music. He had been a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Chureh since childhood, and was identified with every step of that church's progress during his life. Until recently he directed the music at Calvary Baptist Sun- day school, end at the time of his death was in charge of the same branch of the work at Faith Presbyterian Mission, in South Washington. He was in the twenty- first year of his age. a Pythian Commitice Funds, A notice has been issued by George E. Emmons, secretary of the citizens’ execu- tive committee of the Pythian encampment, that ail persons having unsettled claims against the committee should present them on or before next Tuesday to the secretary of the committee. The final distribution of the funds in the hands of the committee will be made on Wednesday. —_ > To Speak in North Carolina. The North Carolina campaign is to be en- livened next week by a big meeting at Raleigh, in which many nationally promi- nent democrats will participate. A party of speakers has been made up here to go down, among thera being Secretary Hoke Smith, Mr. Lawrence rdner, ex-Gov. Biack of Pennsylvania, Gov.-elect Oates of Alabama and ex-Copgressman Mansur. —_——__ Mistaken for a Burglar. It has been learned that the cutting of William Parker with a scythe Wednesday night in a house on the Landover road was an accident. Parker entered his room and was mistaken for a burglar by his room- mate, Charles Green, who did the cutting. The injured man fs still at the Emergency Hospital, and his condition is serious. Green cannot be found, THE NEGRO DEMOCRACY The Chairman of the@leveland League on Taylor. He Replies to Some Remarks Made by the Recorder—A-Pisgusted Demarraé. Wm. H. Johnson, secretary of the New York State Cleveland League, writes to The Star from Albany under date of Sep- tember 12: “Under the caption “Taylor Talks’ in your issue of the 8th instant,” says Mr. John- son, “I find that Recorder Taylor was pleased to say to your reporter, speaking of me, ‘that a friend of mine (his), A. Lin- coln Myers,wrote me (Taylor) that the only committeemen present at the Albany meet- ing of the New York State Cleveland League were Wm. H. Johnson, a Maiden Lane barber, ete, ete.’’”” This, Mr. John- son says, shows Taylor up again in bad and unreliable company. “lam proud,” he continues, “that I have never deserted my profession as a barber, a paying business, that enables me to support my faraily, deport myself man fashion, act independently in politics, stand fearlessly for the rights of my race and support the democratic party when 1 find it to be the conservator of its interests and turn down men like Taylor, Astwood and their kind.” Mr. Johnson then describes his own polit- ical services. “I organized,” he said, “the first and only negro democratic national convention ever heid in this country, and was elected its chairman by unanimous vote. The con- vention was in session in the city of Chi- cago, IL, on the 20th, 2ist, 22g and 23d days of June, 1891. I met Taylor there and took him to be a black gentleman. We all went into the campaign, and helped to ciect Mr. Cleveland. 1 was satisfied, and asked for no office. When the matter of the ap- pointment of a recorder came up 1 was with the Cleveland League for William E. Gross, a New York man. Had he been ap- pointed there would have been no scandal attached to the office. “The President was pleased to appoint Taylor. I wired my congratulations to a man that I then believed to be honest and @ man of character. 1 commended his con- firmation through the columns of the Al- bany Capitol, when I saw a disposition on the part of the Senate to reject him, as I thought, upon the ground of his belng a black democrat, the Senate committee hav- ing reported against him. Upon Taylor learning of my action he wrote me, express- ing his obligation. “I was pleased when Taylor was con- firmed, but became disgusted when I re- ceived convincing evidence that he was using his official position to ‘extort money from colored men and women in federal positions.” I then took a hand with the Cleveland League, with the result which is before you. “Taylor's talk to your reporter on the Sth instant and his letter to me two days later are strangely contradictory, furnish- ing food for thoughtful meditation. Here is @ true and verbatim copy of the letter: U, S. COURT HOUSE, OFFICE OF (THE RECORD OF SEDS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ptember 10, 184. reading your very. interesting ptember.S. I like it very much. Send #t to me regularly and draw on me for the subscription Jan- uary 1. If there is any way that I can serve you let me know. Your conventicn seems to hi met with great success. When you vfiit Washington be sure to call on me. I ife a man such as you seem to be. I am much obliged te you for support- ing me for contirmation. Always your friend, Cc. H, J. TAYLOR. “The action of the Cleveland League seems to have taught Taylor an object les- son. He shows some sense when he de- clares that he is now out of politics, and will in the future devote his entire time to the duties of his office. “The Cleveland League has nothing to do with Taylor as recorder ot deeds. It was not in any way responsible for his getting there, nelther is it responsible for his official conduct. But the league does not propose to allow any man from Kansas, the West Indies or anywhere else to represent New York negro democrats. They are capable of celecting their own representatives and caring for their own political interests.” Too Much of the Negro Democracy. “A Democrat” writes to The Star as fol- lows: “Is it not about time for the news- papers of this city to ‘give us a rest’ on Taylor, Astwood and the rest of the negro democrats? “Astwood lets the ‘cat out of the bag’ in his letter printed in tonight's Star, as it shows very plainly, according to his state- ment, that they are negro democrats ‘for revenue only,’ ‘There are hundreds of white democrats who would be very glad to take the places held by negroes in the different departments, and b2 satisfied with the sal- ary, and not grumble, either. Such men as Taylor, Astwocd & Co. are a laughing stock to their race, and the sooner the democrats get rid of such men the beter it will be for the party. They would be republicans if they could get good offices, and are working politics for what they can make out of the same. President Cleveland will do well to have nothing to do with such fellows, and {t shows that the Senate did well to reject Astwood's nomination for consul to Calais. We sustained The Star In its opposition to ‘Taylor's appointment and confirmation, and from the manner in which he has acted since he took possession of the office it shows that The Star was right in opposing him.” —— Welcome to Mr. McCormick. A committee of Elks, consisting of R. T. Warwick, Capt. L. U. Littlefield, T. J. King, Wiliam Dickson, A. Y. Lakeman and George W. Mason, welcomed M. G. McCor- mick at the Baltimore and Ohio station yes- terday evening on his return from a three months’ trip abroad. The welcome home included a jolly feast at Hall's, where Mr. McCormick told many interesting tales of his tour through Ireland. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely ‘Pure. A cream of tartar baking pow- PESIOSOS OOS seed Ger. Highest of all in leavening strength.—Latest U. 8 Govern ment Report, ROYAL BAKING POWDER Cv., 0G. Wall st., N.Y. ee oetseresee resent ee SISSTSMOPOSE SS. Sete ri SS Erieatie Sr ee eeees Typhoid Fever all te put into good con- fever ead Wine of sereaae And Iron, 75c¢. —the greatest blood remedy and tonle in the medica me- Gia, Sole agents. 7c. large hottie. MIERTZ’S Medern Pharmacy, Cor. 11th and F Sts z SPSS ISSO SESH HFSS SEO GI OOOO OSEOD DRILLING AND SHOOTING. of Camp Barbour, as it is the result of his =— labors and Ao ‘The commanding officer is picki: team that will render an exhibition "bareback @rill Sunday, when ——— of their friends are expected to be in camp. ——— ORTOLAN PLENTY. The Routine of Duty by the Members of Troop A in Camp. CAMP HARRISON S. BARBOUR, MARSHALL HALL, Md., Sept. 13, 1804. During the regular morning drill today there came near being a serious accident to one of the troopers. After half an hour spent in movements from line into column and vice versa, Lieut. Merrillat started the troop at a trot, then gallop, and finaily ordered a charge. The well-trained volun- teers dashed forward as though they had been shot from a cannon, and as the solid, unbroken line rushed on at a headlong gallop Corp. Taylor was suddenly and violently thrown to the ground, and for a single instant it looked though he had been killed, but the dust created by the fall had not died away before the cavalryman was remounted and hurrying to take his place in the advancing line. Dr. Howard C. Russell, the troop surgeon, who is always ready for service, rode up to the trooper, only to be quietly informed that he was all right. It seems that the aoe tramped on a tent peg. Matters are moving along in the regular routine way at Camp Barbour, with but little diversion—for duty, especially when it is the same day in and day out, can hardly be considered as such. ‘The troop was engaged on the rifle range from 2 to 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, and made some very creditable scores. Acting First Lieut. W. H. Mellach, rifle practice for the troop, had charge of the range, which was turned over to the District boys by the regulars, who had been firing almost continually since their arrival. One would naturally suppose that, after the exhausting work on the range, the troopers would be unfit to jump into a mounied cavalry drill, but ‘the boys of troop A did that very thing this afternoon. They drilled well and hard for fully an hour and a half. There was a host of visitors in camp to- day, and they all looked with admiration at the neatly arranged camp. Commissary Sergt. McChesney was made happy by a visit from, his wife and family, while Howard Stewart enjoyed a similar one from his wife and little baby. This camp, like all camps to be modeled after, has a boy to assist in the work that falls on everybody in particular and nobody in general, and this particular individual | August 1 and 6,004,000 increase over last has been dubbed “Corporal Thuee’s private | year. secretary.” The bareback drill, under Lieut. Merrillat ™ Soe feaiuceloe siatertay ta terncenieea ae Beecham’s Pills are for Sigua salen peead an aoe Pd a biliousness. bilious head- and mounting while the horse was at a '? Ecrous to a certain extent, but this only | AChe, dyspepsia, heartburn, J mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite, sailow skin, when caused by consti- pation; and constipation is the most frequent cause of Good Sport for Gunners on the Marshes About the City. Reports from the marshes about the city indicate that there is an unusually large flight of ortolan there, and the sportsmen are having rare spert. This morning Mr. Campbell Carrington spent an hour and a half in the marshes on the Eastern branch and bagged seventy-three birds. All but twelve were ortolan, the rest being reed birds. The birds are in excellent con- dition, and, despite the fact that numerous pot-hunters infest the shooting grounds, the shooting is raid to be the best for many seasons. callie TWO BAD BROTHERS. They Stole 2 Wagon Yesterday and Rode in the Black Maria Today. Two young colored men, William and Charles Lewis, were in the Police Court this afternoon on the charge of grand lar- ceny. Yesterday they stole a horse, wagon and haress from the Center Market, the property of James W. Riley. Later in the afternoon Sergt. Kenney was told that a couple of boys had a rig out at the gipsy camp near the Catholic University. and were trying to dispose of it for $15. He went at once to the camp, and borrowing a coat from a man on the road he put it on in place of his own with the brass buttons, and, going up to the Le boys, passed himself off for a man who Was anxious to buy. When he got up io them he grabbed them by the collars and put them both under arrest. In the Police Court the owner was pres- ent, and identified the horse and wagen that Sergt. Kenney recovered as his prop- erty. Judge Kimball held the boys under $300 bonds for the grand jury. —- World's Supply of Breadstufts. The Daily Trade Bulletin of Chicago es- timates the world’s supply of wheat and flour in this country, afloat and abroad, at 169,549,000 bushels, 15,057,000 increase over The health of the camp is something re- markable, not a single case having been of sufficient importence to require the use of the hospital tent. This condition of af- fairs may be credited to the fact that the lads of the troop are old campers, and know how to take care of themselves, and also the excellent sanitary arrangement of the camp. Surgeon Russell had a little call today from the camp of the regulars, but it was only a request that he inspect their camp, which he did. The guard detail for today was Serxt. all of them. Pillsbury, sergeant of the guard; Corp. Taylor, corporal of the guard; Privates} Books free; pills 25c. At Neumeyer, Page and Stewart, sentries. Lieut. Beatty, commandant of the cam| returned from Washington today, and was warmly welcomed back. The lieutenant is credited with the honor of being the father |drug stores, or write B. F. Allen Ceo., 365 Canal St., New York. Almost Blind es for over crry ITEMS, about the anything for Congress Sa an additional tax ged to see al of 2 Fs hisky, and our Pure fr poder | Rye Whisky that we've sold for G5c. qt. will hereafter be | Pore Wine, rich and crusty - at. asing erry, pale and mello® ~ at. Hood's Sarsajarill xerai boxes of Hood's | Golden Catawba, heavy-bodied sc. bot. Pills, nd my Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cures. much, better. 1 cannot enough In praise of Hood's Sarsaparilia. My ip last ind was very wick. She took Hood's Sar- ily. benefited.” Mrs, , Va. qs on lt P. R. baci. w34 7th st. now. “Franc Nat Cow er Level Hea | Heads that are level enough to see the ing in a Two-fifty Hat bought for $1.0). HENRY FRANC & SON, it Cor, 7th and D. eee Johnston's, 729 7. Saturday Specials, Page 1 i _Diliousness, _Jaundi > sssclan OY eas “ROYAL” GLUES EVERYTHING! Baby blemishes, pimples, red, rough hands, and | Druzgists. falling hair ‘prevented by CUTICURA SOAP. Most | ———————- . effective skin purifying and beau: ying soap, as AMUSEMENTS. “TLER'S. well as purest and sweetest of tollet and nursery = Bioc"*® Theater 44 Week. soaps. Only cure for pimples because only pre- BARTLEY CAMPBELL'S MASTER WORK. ventive of inflammation and clogging of the pores. PCE. The Galley | SLAVE. The ay ‘TO CROWDED how. vt 10e. seS-f&s,tf MAKE AN admirable showing in stylishly-dressed clecks and officials, We understand why so many leave their orders with us; we pleased the first comers and Departments ONB ag, York's Great Sue. they have seen fit to advertise us to a spleniid with CORA cliertele of first-class dressers, . RUEEIVAM te his This month's . eis-ae Agricultural Fair OF THE GRANGE CAMP AROCIATION Wig offeriaz fs a made to- order sult of Blue or Black Cher- fot for only $10, We grade upward to fit any bank account. Our prices are about half. Mertz & Mertz, Modern Method Tailors, 906 F St. N. W. See? OF NORTHERN Sept. 10 to 22 Inclusive, on pais BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED GROU’ Ns, Alexander Island, Tare Va 9 ° b {Don't t Be | Live » tock *Misled. | “and (WY) se > nunicrous imitations #Y | Poultry q hs Opens September 17. . sees ig properties. ‘The original » Boston 4 | oo Pi 4 Includes over 900 entries from Brown Bread — {| positry fis serae sen Moris: = state ae can ‘ Show | of pigeons. dogs ana pet sto iKrafft's Bakery: 15,000 }Cor. Pa. Ave. & 18th Sty In Purses and Premiuins. Mzr <2 sr 22 == Special Attractions Saturday, Sept.15. Amateur Tournament FOR $60 IN PRIZES, RIDING TO START AT 11 Grand POSSESS OFSTED HGP EOSESSCEEOS 3The Glasses ? :We’ Soe Se camalccs Baby Show eee fay Ww Fo prines ror “es Ta. others re ie eee 1 is sand cab pol- z and. will free admission eee 1 frames, for $1. é ete tone og ese eee bo eatra 2) eee examining and © eee = McAllister & Co., : Opticians, 3 31h FST. N (Next to “Sun” bldg.) & ? Sostrecoeses eee oe “ DOTOOOGE A eae Prize for Best Twins. Rates of Admission: Trouble Ahead For you if you con't have your stoves, es, latrobes or heaters put In first- class heating urder before cold weather sets in, Better let us look them over and repair them for you. If you're thinking about new heateis it'll pay you to see us. © We do the best of plumbing work that won't have to be done over, and ask very moderate charges. iS: S. Shedd & Bro., ont: POOLS SOLD ins leave B. amd 3:20 AMUSEMENTS. ALBAUGH’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. EDWARD H. ALLEN, Manager. Evenings at 8. Saturday Matinee at 2. THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, James J. Corbett, In the American Comedy Gentieman Jack, Under the personal direction of WILLIAM A. BRADY, Presenting the same in every detail as at the Drury Lane, Loudon, Bngland. 300 People oa the stage. Next Week—"A WILD DUCK,” a spectacular farce comedy. se18 ACADEMY. PRICES, 25, 50, Te. a. Every Prening, Wednesday and Saturiay Matinees, The Comedy Lit of Dwo Continents, Our Uncle Dudley. A Superb Cast of Metropotitan favorites, Next Week—Haworth’s Spectacular rama of Southern Life “On the a a eel0-tf Gity rt Big Show ABELSON “SISTERS—4 See Rich. yt Mare—Dverything Next Week—C, W. Williams’ Specialty Company. 8e10-64 NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening, Wednesday and Saturtay Matinees, America’s Foremost Fun Makers, Primrose & West’s Big Minstrels. 70—ARTISTS—70, Including the Prince of Comedians, Mr. George Wilson. Next Weck—TAVARY GEAND OPEEA OV, sel0-tt New National—Next Week GRAND OPERA IN ENGLISH. Special Engagement of the Marie TAVARY GRAND OPERA COMPANY. Under the Sole Direction of ME. CHARLES 4 Parr. The largest, strongest, and most complete operatic organization in America. Forming cusembie: which fer magnitude and merit has ver before been eqealed on the English lyric stage. A brilliant array of artists, including Tavary, Marisul, Romani, Vou Doenbolf, Wovre, Scott, Guiile, Clas Warren, Mertens, Mtl, Mamilten, Scluster, Dud and Witt. 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