Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1894, Page 5

_—— THE EVEN NG STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. NE _ We close today (Saturday) at 1 o'clock, Other ays in July and August at 5 o'clock, Palal The phenomenal success of Great ies Silk Sale Seems to have been the talk of the town—it was a veritable feast for the stay- at-homes, but splendid as the sale was, we think it will be surpassed by these recent purchases: 150 pieces Striped Wash Silk—entire different line of combinations, colors and stripes from those we had on sale—but the same quality—39c and soc kinds for 25c Yard. 50 pieces White Japanese Silk, 23 inches wide, regu- lar 39¢ quality, for 2o9c Yard. White Japanese Silk. 50c B ineh tees Since Black Jnp. yd. Brack “Black Be” quality Fined ed Jap. tk. Sih quality for Bria i Silk Crepes in white, eream, light ink. nile, lavemler and yellow. tilar price Tie, for. tee for fer . Ste Albatross, Nun's Veiling, Henrietta: Serge. — uits. We have been fortunate in closing out another lot of the $5 Duck Suits Of a manufacturer at a nominal figure. . Many ladies were disappointed at not getting one of the last lot, therefore we made ex- traordinary efforts to get another lot. Wehave them —they are better than those we had; furthermore—su- perior to any Duck Suit sold anywhere for iess than $5. e advertise them as $5 Duck Suits for . $8.29, And that is what we mean. This is positively the last lot of the season. If there is any disappointment at not getting one of these— the fault’s not ours. E7 The $1.95 Duck Vests for 68e go nicely with the Duck or Set $12.50 Navy ai nits. Black Serge Tailor-made Suits $6.05 » Vercale Weippe: The $1.50 Figured Lawn Wrappers. fo: ‘The $.00 White Lawn Wrappers for. “$1 The Bors’ Sailor Suits, made of Galatea "¢ Were $1.50, for....... Linens. - Extra good values for Tlonday. 58-inch All-linen Cream Damask, usually 45c, for ard. ag Ali-linen Ger- man Table Damask, usually 62c, for 50c yard. 64-inch All-linen Table Damask, usually 69c, for yard. b Sth ep atey y ray Worth $1.35, for $1.19 dor. worth $1.75, for $1.43 White Goods. 13e Plaid and Striped At Half Their Value. 68c Ecru Silk Laces for 35c yd. $1.35 Ecru Silk Laces for 68c yd. 40c White Chantilly Laces for 28c yd. 68c White Chantilly Laces for 40c yd. 7 The new Black N Lace, with white Bourdon ths, Ks ‘Be—their value 48e to prey 1.50 lark Drapery Le ee eet i bor cot on ail Lace Rew nants Palais Royal, G and Eleventh Sts. aA LISNER THE NATION’S CAPITAL As Described by Mr. Marion Crawford, the Novelist. The Romance of the Place—One of the Bost Interesting Cities in the World. Marion Crawford writes an appreciative study of the city of Washington for the August number of the Century, and Andre Costaigne furnishes some striking pictures for the article. Mr. Crawford is particular- ly well fitted for such a task as this. He is perfectly familiar with all of the great capitals of the world, his tastes are cos- mopolitan, end yet he is a thorough end loyal American at heart. Mr. Crawford says: Washington is a city planned and built solely for the purpose of government. It is probably the only capital in the world which has had such an origin; which is named after a nation’s first leader, laid out eccording to his individual views, and beau- tified, to some extent, according to his ideas of beauty. Washington, as it stands today, may be said to be the expression of George Washington's intention and personal taste, and, in a consequent way, of his characte The plan of the ¢ inds one of th man’s face, with its quiet feature: its calm symmetry, and its singularly vnob- trusive individuality. One might almost say that the face of Washington the man, like the face of Washington the city, was characterized by its “magniticent dis- tances.” We even feel a little, in spite of what we know of his youth, that the man himself was “planned and built solely for purposes of government.” Strangely enough, too, the features of the first President, as we know them from his many portraits, remind one irresistibly, by their almost supernal calm, of seme of those beantiful heals of uddaa modeled in the far east by the hands of believing men; and his capital recalis very strongly the modern and English portions of suca an In- dian city as Allahabad, for instance. The beautiful trees, the | endi perfectly smooth roads, the brick houses, the dark faces of the colored population, and, abov: all, the moist softness of the sunny air on summer days when :t has lately rained, are points which Washington has in common both with Allahabad and Bombay, and which cannot fail to strike one who has lived long in all three places. The Breath of Dream Life. In Washington almest everything is meant to be enduring, and in one sense, which is a gocd sense, there is, perhaps, no city in any part of the world where a conventional standard has been arbitrarily adopted with such determination and adhered to with such consistency throughout so long a period of time and on the whole with such goud re- suits. There is no city in the world, I think, where so many public buildings are of Greek style and yet so unobtrusive. But in these days of specialism it is for specialists to talk of architecture, and it is the province of the novelist to enjoy such fiction as he can find in the world and to make it enjoyable for others. It must be, in spite of tts conventionalism, that Wash- ington suggests romance and breathes the breath of dream life into the nostrils of dead states, and in through the windows of life- less buildings, and through all the bright air of blazing modernness in which we, the living ones, have our being. There is ro- mance—let us not define the pretty word—in the dim, soft dawn, when the mists of the river are surprised in their loves with the steeping trees; in the fresh morning, when the quiet streets ring with the double tril! of the song birds, as each in turn and all together, and none last, they lift up their little voices in a long, caroling cheer to the rising sun; in the broad day, wherein men work and struggle, and quarrel and make peace, and speak words which all the nation hears id judges, condemns, approves, or laughs at, as all humanity laughs or looks stave over its own centralized self; in the red evening light, when the perspective of the avenue grows long and fairy like, and the brilliant equipages roll swiftly and smoothly through the sunset air that red- dens the horses’ bay coats and enriches col- lar and harness with its flery gold. Vin of the Ni it. And most of all at night, when the trees are ail breathing again, and the broad streets are quiet; when the great army of workers ts gone to its boarding house quar- ters, and the little regiment of do-nothings is broken up into squads to hunt the beast of Boredom with laughter and sometimes with tears; when the stars play hide-and- seek with the moon round the corners of the silent Capitoi, and kiss the great liberty on either cheek, high in the cool, dark blue air; when the moonbeams run quivering through the rustling leaves, and weave white lace across the dark pavement; when the soft lights stream from the windows of the White House, across the broad lawn, and through the trees, to the high railings of the avenue; when the darky boy and girl, hand in hand, pour out their little tale of woe to the passing dandy, trotting be- side him as he strolls along in white tie and black cloak, on his way from a dinner to a reception; when the herdic cab backs up under the trees against the curbstone, swinging wide its self-opening doors, and throwing its bright flash out upon a vision of fair hair, and satin, and white lace, and slim silk-clad ankies, just as the impassive English fvotman opens the door of the house and lets out a blaze of other light; when, now and then, the oversmooth, honey-sweet voices of colored men echo very softly from back streets to the reso- nant little drumming and twanging of a banjo. There is assurediy something in it all that suggests romance, something that delicately stirs the heart with a premoni- tion, as it were, of some other heart wait- ing for it somewhere, in shadow, or moon- light, or noonday sunshine. It has been, and is sill, the fashion to laugh at our capital city, and to speak with a very libelous contempt of what is done there. Many fashiens ere set by the Europeanized American, and they are not, on the whole, good ones. There are, in. deed, two distinct classes of (transatlantic Americans—those who live most of their lives abroad because chey are obliged to do so by circumstances not to be controlled and those who spend half the year on th other side as a matter of taste. ‘The former are often more patriotic th: those who stay at home. For them ther» is a glamor over everything; they ‘eel little patriotic thrills at the sight of the stars and stripes, and the bald eagle's screaming is as raelodi- ous to them as the song of the nightingale. But the other is an unpleasant person who affects strange accents an? quaint ges- tures, wears curiously claboraie garinents of great price, and calls America a “beast of a hole,” which is a coarse expression not susceptible of grammatical explana- tion. One chief object of this man's cal umnies is Washington, under which gene term he abuses the city, its inhabitants and those whese thankless task it is to make laws for the general cases in which our federation must needs figure as one state. The American Parisian and the British New Yorker consider Washington @ failure, its official society a’ band: of in- effable cads, and the government of the United States a fraud. Washington and New York. Even in New York it is amazing to see what prejudice there is against Washing- ton, and what indifference even where there is no prejudice. And yet, even as a mere spectacle, Washington is not by any means to be despised, while, as a study, it is one of the most interesting cities in the whole world. There is this fundamental differ- ence between the general aspects of Wash- ington and New York. The latter, cramped for space on its narrow island, has in- creased by building higher. The former, unhampered by limits of nature, nas spread over an enormous area of naturaily fertile jand. There is, indeed, an even greater regularity of plan in Washington than in New York, to which the ruler and square were applied, so to say, after the city had grown out of infancy.’ But in ihe cazital this regularity is not forced upon the eye by the unbroken succession of blocks suc- ceeding blocks, for miles, in a wearisome similarity of architecture, and with such a monotonous absence of landmerks in some regions as to puzzle a western pathfinder. On the contrary, the lines are everywhere broken by the variety of 4 ment where dwellings stand alone. and feathered all along their length with graceful trees. In New York, business is the main fact; idle- ness and its dwellings are ‘idents. In Washington it is the other w for busi- ness is only incidental, main occupation, _leisu’ right of many, and idleness is the privilege of not a few. More than New York, too, Washington is subject in its aspect to the influence of the seasons, in proportion as | there is more of nature to be seen every- ernment is the is the common where, more grass to turn brown and green again, more trees to lose their leaves in winter and to bud in spring, more sky, since the streets are wider, and the houses lower. And in winter in Washington brings the | White surprise of snow rather than the discomfort of sullen and dirty slush, and a sudden thaw and a quick-succeeding frost will cast the trees in brilliant ice, as it were, making of each twig a miracle in crystal, and of every gnarl and knob and withered berry a crown diamond set in vir- gin silver. —_ ASBURY PARK NOTES. Seme Phases of Life at This Popular Resort. c espondence of The Evening Star. ASBURY PARK, N.J., July 26, 1894, Asbury Park is a very democratic spot, as everybody knows. Lovemaking, chew- ing gum, lying on the sands, riding in the toboggan or going on the merry-go-round are the favorite amusements after the bath- ing is over for the day. In the evening the board walk is thickly crowded, and a gay damsel, dressed for the hop in low- necked gown of pale blue satin and lace elbows, walking near a country dame in shabby blue serge does not excite the slight- est attention from the crowd. One must indeed be in gorgeous apparel to attract a second glance. Lovers, as usual, are ever - where. Under umbrellas on the beach, ting with arms entwined in the pavili taking a moonlight row on pictures:, Deal lake, or ensconsed in some cozy x. not too-well-lighted corner of a piazza, th re seen—Asbury lovers do not mind yu. licity in the least. The old residents sa. that there is something in the air her which conduces to lovemaking; that per- sons most sedate at home are immediately fired with a desire to flirt as soon as they reach the board walk. However this may be, Asbury Park is certainly a veritable lovers’ paradise. We are very gay here now. All the hotels have hops twice a week, and between whiles progressive euchre or whist or fishing jar- ties fill up the evenings. The horrible sug- gestion has been made that this town is becoming aesthetic. We have a number of florists here this year for the first time, but the general impression seems to be that while gum chewing continues to be the universal pastime it is at present, the danger is not very great. It is quite curious to come from New York on a crowded train. At places all along the shore a few passengers will get cut, but when the train draws up at Asbury Park every one seems to leave en masse. This is the only place, it is claimed, along this coast that is having a really prosper- ous summer, but here every house is full to the brim. Perhaps this is because amusements at the Park are very cheap. The principal ones, walking on the board walk or sitting in the pavilions listeaing to the band, cost absolutely nothing, and other pl res, such as a row on one of the lakes,are cheap, a boat costing only 50 cents tor half a day. On the other hand it is very easy to get rid of money if you want to. The ice-cream gardens are very inviting, good turnouts are easy to get and the roads re excellent. Your correspondent knows one small boy who during a te days’ stay nere, invested $15 at the merry-go-round alone. Improper Rathing Suita. A great deal of fun has been made of Mr. Bradley's bathing-sult regulations, but, as a matter of fact, this is perhaps the only place along the coagt where improper suits are, in consequence, never seen. A woman tried to bathe here a few days ago in a white cotton flannel suit. The police- man on guard did not see her until she was in ‘the water, when he went for a large waterproof cloak and awaited her on the beach. As she stepped out of the breakers the cloak was thrown about her and she was conducted to her bath house and warn- ed not to appear in that costume again. A fat man in a one-piece red and white strip- ed jersey is not a pretty sight, and any ene who has bathed at Long Branch is only too pleased to know that such spectacles ase not allowed here. Dr. and Mrs. J. Baxter Emerson have been passing the summer with Mrs. Emer- son's cousin, Mrs. Theodore Davis, at 300 Sth avenue. Mrs. Emerson, who was Miss Katie Paulding of Washington, was mar- ried in St. Thomas Church last June. Dr. Emerson has bought a piece of land on Webb street near Sth avenue and intends to build on it a pretty summer home. Mr. Laita Griswold, who passed last win- ter in Washington, is here. Dr. and Mrs. Cooke are expected here for August, when they will occupy their pretty cottage on 6th avenue. Miss Miriam Cooke, who will accompany her parenis, is fre- quently in Washington, where she has many friends. Mr. S. Herbert Giesy of Washington was among the arrivals of the week. Mr. Glesy is at Miss Grubb’s cottage on 6th avenue. ADVENTURES OF A NEEDLE. Found Kerrigan in a Tark and Stayed for a Month. From the New York Tribune. Thomas Kerrigan, proprietor of the auc- tion house in Willoughby street, Brooklyn, which has long been the headquarters of Hugh McLaughlin, is showing to his friends at Greenport, L. 1., a little cambric needle. This is the story of how Mr. Kerrigan got possession of the needle, as told by the friends to whom he has shown it, by the surgeon who cut it out, and by ‘his son “Joe” Kerrigan, who is fond of a Turkish bath himself. A week ago, as the story runs, Mr. Kerri- gan became conscious of a sharp pain in the side of his ,abdom Examination showed a small red spot, painful to the touch. He went to his family physician, Dr. A. Warner Shepard of No. 126 Wil- loughby street, and Dr. Shepard went to his instrument case. The operation was entirely successful, for when Dr. Shepard cut dewn into the red spot he found, to his surprise, as well as Mr. Kerrigan's, a cam- bric needle about one and a half inches long. Dr. Shepard questioned Mr. Kerri- gan, Mr. Kerrigan's friends say, as to how he got the needle, and where he got it. Mr. Kerrigan answered that he didn't know, but that he remembered that just after tak- ing a Turkish bath about a month ago he had felt a pain in the leg on the same side as that operated on. Sera on His Leg. There was a scratch on the calf of the leg, visible to the naked eye, but Mr. Ker- rigan had attached no particular import- ance to it. He had just emerged from the plunge, in which he had threshed around considerably, and enjoyed himself. He might have pricked his calf in the water, but he didn’t see how. Dr. Shepard seemed to think, on hearing this, that it was al- most certain that Mr. Kerrigan and the needle had come in contact in the pool. The needle had happened ‘to enter ‘the: Ker- rigan anatomy point up, and a month would be about long enough for it to travel from calf to waist. If the needle had gone. in point down it would probably have, landed in the Kerrigan heel. All had ended well, however, and “Boss” Kerrigan took hi needle and went on nis way rejoicing. When asked about the rieedle Dr. Shepard seemed a little touchy himself. He said he was Mr. Kerrigan's doctor, and had re- moved a needie from his abdominal :wall. He preferred not to give details; Mr. Kerri- gan must. do that. Mr. Kerrigan was ‘in (ee with “Boss” McLaughlin yester- day. His son, Joseph Kerrigan, who is em- ployed as a trarsit man by the city sur- veyor, knew all about the needle, the opera- tion the bath. He said the story was correct. He said his father was showing that needle around with great glee. He, in fact, seemed tickled to think that he had teen carrying a bit of steel in his interior for weeks without knowing anything about it. A Parallel Case. Leoking up the case in medical works, one of Mr. Kerrigan’s friends found an in- teresting paraliel recorded in “Bryant's Surgery,” that came in the practice of Sir Astley Cooper, the famous English surgeon of the last century. Cooper explains the travels of needles in the soft tissues be- reath the skin in this way. He says when the body is beneath water, and especially a large body of water (like a Turkish bath plunge), the pressure is so great that the body is as if under the influence of an anaesthetic, and such a needle might enter without being felt more than a_ pricking sensation. When the needle is thoroughly embedded beneath the skin, there is a wound at its base, on the end with the eye. At the other end, where the point is, there is no wound, but as the wound at the large end heals the healing process forces the needle on, point up. So there is a contin- uous progression of wounding and healing, always in the direction of the needle point. Cooper says it is a simple trouble to relieve, as the operation of extraction is but a minor one, but that if not discovered the needle’s travels become very dangerous, THE CHEAPEST PLAN More Economical to Pay Railroad Fares Than Board Bills. Unfortunates Sent to Their Homes by the § nitary Oficer—Cranks Who Congregate in This € With trunks piled in express wagons and the vehicles going in the direction of the railroad depots and steamboat wharves it is evident that many persons ere on the road to the seashore and mountains. There are, of course, a great many poor persons who cannot afford this luxury. With a $12 rate for a trip across the ocean these poor people could not take a trip to Bladensburg unless some one tréated them. But there are some exceptions’ to this rule, for there are persons who aré fortunate enough to take trips on the ears although they are penniless. They are the persons who visit Sanitary Officer Frank gnd make an im- pression on him that tHey are worthy or that the city would! not be the loser be- cause of their absence. ~ Sanitary Offtcer Frank's office is in police headquarters. He is not called the sanitary officer because he looks after the sanitary | condition of the city, for with this he has nothing to do. Under his direction is the bulance service, and in thece vehicles k and injured ones are ser: to the hos- | pitals or to their homes. While this is | perhaps the most important branch of the service, he devotes considerable time looking after cranks and insane cas_s. ‘The work providing transportation for paupers and ersons who have seen better days con- sumes considerable time, and during the | course of a year he sends away us many “8 seven or ¢ight hundred persons. The umber of persons sent away on cheap uckets for which the passengers pay noth- ing depends largely upon certain. condi- tions. Those who are benefited in. this way are constituents of Congressmen, and yet Congress may reduce the small aliow- ance from $2,000 to $1 Such an effort is being made, but with what success will not be know: until the tinal passage of the appropriation bill. Carefal Investigations, Concerning this work Sanitary Officer Frank, in his last annual report, said: “This part of the work consumes more time and requires more thorough investiga- tion than any of the operations of the of- fice, calling, as it does, for an expenditure of public funds; and the latitude of the law, in its specitications of those Hable to be come a charge upon the District, necessari- ly calls for a careful investigation of each particular case ir order to legally establish a claim for assistance.” The requirements shown in the report ci i vestigation in the case of each applicant. Often large families en route from one place to another reach here and are unable to get further unless assisted, and they are generally assisted, for railroad fare is cheaper than keeping them here as a charge upon the District. Frequently children reach here in a destitute condi- tion, having been given a ticket and start- ed on a journey across’the continent, and they, of cours2, have to de sent a short dis- tance. While some Congressmen are making an effort to cut down the appropriation there are others who are asking for assistance for some of their constituents. The disap- pointed office seeker has to be sent home, but this class of paupers usually come soon after a change in the administration, al- though a f-w of them appear from time to time right along. Some Unfortanates. Old soldiers come in for a large share of the appropriation, and especially was such the case after the Grand Army encamp- ment, and the report made a year ago notes the increase, which the sanitary officer ac- counted for in this way: “While it is to be expected that a natural increase in the work of this department will occur trom .year to year, yet I believe the large increase for the past year can be at- tributed to the great number of persons breught here during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, in September last, and at the inauguration of the Presi- dent, In Maret. _ “The number furnished transportation in- cludes 145 ex-soldlers and sailors, an in- crease of nineteen over the 1umber report- ed for the preceding year. I regret to be compelled to note this Increase, as I hoped our advice to the qa sgiiiers in past re- perts would result to their good and that they would learn the utter uselessness of coming here to progecaté their claims; but I find in many to visit this city, really believing they would secure immediate action on (heir claims for pensions, but meeting with disappointment and being impecuntous, they are naturally thrown upon the charityypf the District.” This year the Coxey Jarmy will add a slight increase in the matter of transporta- tion, for many of thpm have «lready been sent off, and there adh rqpres of others who would willingly go if they could get tree transportation. But because of the limited funds most of themyare fold that they will have to return the way they came. Two of them, however, were seat as far as Chi- cago. This is sellont done, for it taxes the fund to too great aréxisat. Cranks Namero: Sick persons, unable to pay their fare, are often assisted out of this fund, and the everlasting and troublesome cranks from other places are never slighted. Many of them are termed “harmless” cranks, and are sent to their respective homes, some- times in charge of an officer and some- times alone. Speaking of ~his subject mentioned, Sanitary Ofiver F the report we had this in my last report, the ‘crank’ has shown quite an increase, doubt- less brought here by the excitement at- tending the presidential clection and in- auguration, ‘seeking some lucrative position or claiming some responsible ofice to wnich they imagined they had been elecied. ‘Twenty-one persons of this character were sent to their homes during the r just closed, while ten persons of the same class were disposed of in like maaner for the year prior.” The report continues: “There were nine dangerous or insane persons returned under police escort to their respective homes or institutions from which they had escaped, at an expenditure of $76.01, while for the year prior the amount expended in like manner for eight persons was 362.68, an increase of one person and $13.33, making. total cost for transportatioa of $1,870.! I have at times experienced no little dit culty in disposing of some of these cases, but it is a satisfaction to eel that no per- son has received the be: -fits of this fund not legally entitled to the same.” ——— SHOOTING A, SNAKE. A Big Brate and Ready te Swi: the Hunter. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. “I am a@ sworn enemy to everything of a/ spaky nature, whether 1 find it in human: beings or reptiles,” said Colonel E: C. Shaw of London, an ex-officer jn the British army, who was at the Southern yesterday. “‘Dur- img my active service in the army I was. stationed for a time in British Guiana and while there had an experience with a snake that was startling enough to suit the most adventurous mind. I used to amuse myself a gvod deal by fishing in neighboring river. One sultry afternoon, tired out with unsuccessful spert, I drew try Canoe to a shady spot on the river bank and stretching myself in the bottom, with my gun at my side, soon fell asleep. I was soon roused from my slumber! a_curi- ous sensation, as though some animal was licking my foot. I glanced down, and, to my horror, saw the head and neck of a huge serpent, which was covering my feet with saliva, preparing, | suppose, to swal- lew me whole. “For an instant was, completely para- lyzed with fear and horfor and a terrible death seemed imminent, but by a super- heman effort I regaiged control of my facul- ties, and, jerking my feet away, seized my gun, and, quick as a flash, fired a load of buckshot into the srake’s head. The boa, with a terrible hiss; raised its huge body end thrashed around at 4 great rate, as if determined in its death throes to coil itself round me, but, graspipy the paddle, I placed the canoe out of harm's way by a single stroke. The | snake still continued to writhe around, half of its immense body in the water and the other, half on the bank. I fired another charge info its head, which put an effectual end to its struggles. The reptile measured forty feet in length and was as big around ag a man’s body. ‘asé& théy were persuaded’ SITUATION IN MICHIGAN, The Campaign for Governor Senatorial Contest. Special Correspondence of The Evening GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 26, 1894. Most of tne county conventions prelimi- nary to the republican state convention in this city next Tuesday have been held, and the renomination of John T. Rich for gov- ernor is as nearly certain as anything can be in politics. He will have in the neighbor- hood of 600 votes on the first ballot, and the remaining 350 will go to Mayor Pingree of Detroit, Col. A. T. Bliss of Saginaw and Judge J. T. Ramsdell of Traverse City, their relative strength in the order given. Pingree has Wayne county's solid delega- tion of 110 and a few scattering counties about the state, and will command about 200 votes. Bliss has Saginaw county at his back and. enough delegates more to make him about an even 100. Fifty votes is a high estimate to put on the Ramsdell strength. The preliminary canvass has been an ex- ceedingly warm one, not by any means free of personalities. Gov. Rich has had an immense advantage over his competitors, and when the circumstances are recalled it is not surprising that he should come out on top. He has had the advantage, not only of tradition and sentiment, but of sub- stantial conditions as well. Ever since the state was admitted to the Union it has been customary to bestow renominations upor men who have served with fair satis- faction. Gov. Mason, the first governor, served two terms, and from his day to thts, with democrats and republicans alike, the two-term rule has prevailed. This political tradition has aided Rich very materially in his canvass, and has been the one thing which the opposition has found hardest to combat. The removal of the three officials for malfeasance in office in conniving at and abetting the salary amendment frauds has aided Rich, especially when it has been diligently promulgated that a renomination would be a vindication and approval of his course, while his defeat would be to lend moral support to the rascals. Favored by the Labor Element. Mayor Pingree denies that he has other aspirations than to be the republican can- didate for governor, tut it is highly proba- he, if he is defeated in the republican con- vention, as he will be, that he will be placed at the head o/ an independent ticket of the industrial type. He was the choice of all the leaders in the populist convention, and was only defeated there through the obstinacy of the middle of the road contin- gent. He is the choice of a large labor ele- ment in Detroit, Grand Rapids and other cities. If placed at the head of an indus- trial ticket he would cut a pretty wide swarth,but the votes that would come to him would be taken as largely from the demo- crats as the republicans, probably more so. He would receive large votes in all the cities, but in the rural cistricts, the strong- hold of the republicans, the farmers would vote for Ric he ‘y chairman of the republican convention will be ilip T. Colgrove of Ilastings. He is a young man of considera- ble oratorical ability, president of the Mich igan league of republican clubs, and has aspirations for Congress at some future lay. Ex-President Harrison is expected to be in Michigan next week, effort will be made to secure his attendance. Senator James McMillan will be re-elected chairman of the state central committee, but it is doubtful if he will attend the con- vention, for the double reason that his sen- atorial duties in Washington willge press- ing, and that he may not become unduly cntangied in the factional fight. Congressman Julius Casear Burrows has come out as a candidate for United States Senator for Senator Stockbridge’s unex- Pired term. John Patton is the present incumbent by appointment, wants the elec- tion, and will make a hard fight for it, and will be aided in every way possible by Gov. Rich. Mr. Patton has no political claims worth mentioning, while Mr. Burrows has lots of them, and Burrows will give Patton a hot chase for the honor. Mr. Burrows will stand as a candidate for re-election to Congress this fall, and if elected will re- sign his seat in the lower house to move up a peg. The democrats have not begun campaign- ing to any marked degree thus far, ad will not until September or October, and even then very mildly. The chairman of the state central committee, whose selection was left to the state central committee and Candidate Fisher, has not been named and no names are mentioned as possibilities. ——_—_ ANACOSTIA LIVE. Mrs Ramsey Complains of the Poor Service. W. H. Ramsey, a representative of the Central Union Mission, has written the fol- lowing letter to the Commissioners regard- ing the service rendered the public by the Anacostia Street Raflway Compan: “I have been engaged in the work of the Central Union Mission for the last seven years. The last three years my mission ‘work has been located near the corner of ist and M streets southeast, on a branch of this company’s ine. The summer schedule Kow in operation gives one car every twelve minutes on this branch after 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., from which time until 12 p.m. they have but one car in thirty minutes. No car on any line of this company is supplied with a conductor. The regular cars on the 2d and M street branch are one-horse cars. No shelter is provided for the public at either the 11th and M street transfer sta- tion, or at 2d and Canal streets, which, you will readily se>, the circumstances would seem to require. I believe the laws govern- ing street cars in the District would re- quire this company to give the public much better service than that now rendered, and therefore appeal to you as the guardians of public interests to require of them an im- provement in said service. Phey will claim that the traffic does not justify it, but Iam well satisfied that their traffic would be largely increased if the services rendered were adequate to the needs of the section of the city through which their lines pass.” a PATTED THE BRUTE. And He Buried His Teeth in Her Arm. Mrs. Annie Freas of Philadelphia is minus the greater portion of her right arm as the result of well-meant but mischievous caress- ing of a pretty black bear at the “Z Zoo" on Wednesday. Mrs. Freas and her daughter- in-law took a drive out to the park, and upon their arrival at the “Zoo” concluded to go in and see the animals. Mrs. Freas was attracted by a bear, and said to Mrs. Freas, jr.: “My, what a dear little pet ‘The younger woman left Mrs. Freas at the bear pit and went off to look at the other animals. The bear seemed to fascinate her. She engaged in conversation with a by- stander and said: what a beautiful coat he has. head.” The but without effect, and suiting the action to the word, Mrs. Freas = over a guard rail, which is ‘situated pit, to keep out jus clined, » and cage.. 1, sunk into the soft hair of the ant- mal, and at first his bearship seemed to like the caresses .very much. . 4 vivlle Seized the Arm. “See,” said Mrs. Freas, “he is perfectly tame, and ft is a shame to keep him at a place, Uke this such a hot day.” About this time the younger Mra. Freas returned, and the-elder said: “Come here; see how nice his hair is. He wort hurt you: The young woman was about to do this and Mrs. Freas started to withdraw her arm, when there was a change in the situation. He didn’t want that arm withdrawn -or he diin’t want the younger woman's arm, for in an instant he sunk his teeth into Mrs, Freas’ arm below the elbow and closed his jaws on it with the firmness of a vise. There was a cracking sound as his teeth crushed through the bones of the arm. The screams of the two women brought Head Keeper Manley and an as- sistant to the scene, and they at once en- deavored to release the woman's arm. They found the bea: imply furious with rage. They beat him and attempted to attract his attention elsewhere, but without result. Finalty, with the aid of rods and their united strength the men succeeded in mak- ing the animal release his jaws. The wo- man’s arm dropped helpless to her side and the blood flowed freely from it. Every Artery Severed. Every artery was severed, and she would have bled to death had it not been for a thoughtful spectator. He at once tore up his handkerchief, and making a long cord of it he bound it around the upper part of the arm and stopped the flow of blood. The injured woman was driven to the Jefferson Hospital as quickly as possible. The doc- tors found that the woman's arm below the elbow was a mass of shreds and the only thing that could be done was to amputate it a short distance above the elbow. This was done by Dr. Heubner, and she was then taken to her home. |THE WORLD OF SOCIETY Where Well-Known People Are Spending the Summer. The Charms of Mountains Sea- shore Are Potent as Ever ia Hot Weather. Although distant from the fashionable summer resorts, a large number of Wash- ingtonians are seeking col breezes, health, rest and a jolly good time at the interest- ing town of Flo near Herndon, Va. Daily enjoyment of every nature imaginable is indulged in by the small colony, and the hours glide by far from tediously. The fea- ture of the season, however, was a com- bined reception, dance and lawn party, given by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Walker, at their beautiful residence, on Wednesday evening last. Those who helped make things merry were: Mr. and Mrs. Tracy L. Jef- fords, Mr. and Mrs. Lyan Troutman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. William Ayre, Mrs. C. M. Law- rence, Misses Etta Walker, Ada and Nettie Burt, Hannah Selby, Miriam Brooks, Hold- en, Henshaw, Annie Robey, Nellie Crounse, Birdie Jarett, Van Dusen, Lillie Shear, Neva Orrison and Belle Kenfield, Dr. Rosier Middieton, Dr. iliam Middleton and Messrs. John Stewart, Wilbur Bache, Wil- liam Giddings, Wiil Robey, Frank McNeill, Will Groh, Harry Van Dusen, W. F. Mid- dieton, Hermann Schade, Berry Harrison, Barbour Hutchison and C. M. Walker. Mu- sic by the Herndon Orchestra added much to the pleasure of the thoroughly enjoy- able occasion. Mr. George H. B. White, cashier of the National Metropolitan Bank, and his daugh- ter will leave on Monday for a several weeks’ westward tour, which wiil include a visit to the Yellowstone National Park, the Yosemite Valley. and many other poin’ of interest in the interior and on the P: cific coast. Mrs. Richard Topham and son, Richard Clarence Topham, leave this evening for Chicago, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Shore and son, who will stop over in Chicago for a short visit, and then go north to St. Paul to visit Mrs. C. R. Groff, Mrs. Shore’ ister. Mrs. George H. Plant. jr., with her sister, Miss Hortense B. Kloman, will leave this afternoon for an extended trip through the west, visiting Chicago, Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Salt Lake City and the Pacific coast. Mr. T. D. Haddaway and Dr. F.V. Brooks will enjoy a summer vacation in Europe in August and September. They will sail from New York in early August. Mrs. P. J. Haltigan and little daughter are guests at the Morrell House, Harper's Ferry, where they will remain’ until the end of August. Mrs. F. Evans, who sailed last Saturday for Paris, arrived at Havre today. Rev. Jno. J. Smaliwood of Clearmont, Va., and Miss M. E. Harrell were in the city on Thursday and Friday, and were the guests of J. E. Bruce, 409 Sth street northeast. They left for Springfield, Mass., Friday morning. Miss Susan Burch and Miss Lena Myers are spending three weeks’ vacation at Charlotte Hall, Md. Among the Washington guests registered are Thos. E. Baden and family, Miss Bright- well, Mrs. Guy Carlton and Miss Carlton, Mrs. Maurice Low and Masters Fred and Sidney Low, Mrs. William Neeterland and son, Mrs. Chas. Larner and Master Noble Miss Mary Connor of P street left the city Thursday for a visit 1o relatives at Salem, V Mr. and Mrs. Herman Burkhart left Fri- y morning for Atlantic City for a short Mrs. Marion Hubbard has gone to Con- necticut to spend a month. Mrs. R. Baird of L street and Miss Louise Kohler of Savanrah, Ga., left on the 2ist for the Bedford Springs and the Allegheny mountains, where they will spend the sea- son. Miss William Hendricks, accompanied by her niece, Miss Miriam Morgan, and Miss Inez Howard of Capito! Hill, left today for @ stay in the mountains of Virginia. Miss Fra Stiles of Jersey City is visiting relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Siggers are stop- ping at Hotel Richmond, Atlantic City, N.J. Dr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Sothoron and daugh- ter have returned from a two weeks’ t to Buffalo and Niagara Falis. pinerciioz The Misses Margaret and Nannie Eich- horn, accompanied by their cousin, Miss Courtney, are at Atlantic City. Amorg the guests at the Sterling House, Paeonian Springs, Va., are the following Washingtonians: Mr. and Mrs. H. Sinciair, Mrs. S. E. Harvey, Misses Susie and Mary A. Brown, Martina and Mae Har- vey, Fanny Belle McLaughlin, Mary B. Clabaugh, Messrs. Harry and Edwin Sin- clair and Chas. E. Riordon. Mrs. R. L. Allen has left for her home in North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hopkins have re- turned from a delightful stay at Ocean Grove, N. J. Mrs. J. C. Nourse, who sailed last Satur- day for Paris, arrived at Havre today. Mrs. A. L. Crump of this city and Miss Taylor of Memphis, Tenn., who have been in Boston during the past week, are now in Baltimore. Among the arrivals at Congress Hall, Ocean City, the following Washingtonians are noted: H. Manniett, Miss M. Repetti, J. A. Moore and wife, L. Freirich, Mr. and Mrs. Freirich, Mrs. Marx and children. Company C, engineer corps, District tior al Guard, will encamp upon grounds joining Congress Hall August 1. Accommo- daticrs have aiready been made for the friends and families of the com}any mem- bers accompanying them at Congress Hall. The wedding of Mr. Norman Pruitt and Miss Hattie Desmond was solemnized by the Rev. N. C. Naylor of the Maryland avenue Baptist Church, at_105 6th street northeast, Wednesday, July 25, at 8:30 p.m. The bride and maids of honor, Misses Violet and Ro- salie Pruitt, were artistically and hand- somely attired in white silk, trimmed with white lace and pearl passementerie. The presents were numerous and becutiful, and music, flowers and refreshments contribut- ed to the enjoyment of the occasion. Among those present were Mrs. M. sta: . J B. Botsford, Mr. Wm. Brill, Mrs, Isaac son, Mr. Michael Brill, Mrs, Faves, Mr. Chas. Kearney. pec j Miss Tillie C. Stoffregen will leave July 29 to spend the month Hasben" of August at Bar careens Pauline and Clarrissa Larman are spending the summer with their it Saas. Va. Mr. Oscar W. pacottang spending his vacation with his grand. father, Mr. John Q. L ponoacr od - -g Q Larman, at Fairfax Mr. and Mrs. North have left Asbury Park and are now at Manhattan h Hetel, Coney Island, indefiniteiy. gr The last regular Wednesday evening “at home” in the Wimodaughsis lawn was the usual pleasant gathering. The committes in charge were Mrs. Anna M. Hamilton, Mrs. Ruth Bolway, Mrs. Hannah Crosby and Miss Faunie N. Edwards. The next will be a young people's evening, in charge of Miss Hortense Keabies. Mrs. Geo. W. Evans, the Misses Evans, Mrs, Robt. Boyd, Miss Boyd, Mrs. Wm. H. McKnight and Miss McKnight, who have Leen on the Cape Cod coast for sever! weeks, have gone to Asbury Park, N. J. —__B and are stopping at the West End Hotel, where they will remain until September. Dr. Whit Hammett and family will re turn to the city tomorrow. Mrs. John A. Limerick and son, D. Wile son Limerick, are at High View for the summer, 1 B. Saunders, Mrs. E. Nash, y Saunders and Mixs Louisa ° for Ocean Grove on Monday aden and Miss Mary Cohen ‘ating in the Allegheny mountains or. Miss Mamie Mehler and Mrs. Jane Moe Carthy of Capitol Hill are spending the of July and August at the Clifton Atlantic City, N. J Mr. and Mrs. L. street are spending sylvania. Mrs. Herman Koss an¢? @oughter Meng sailed for Europe or. the 1Sth. oe The Dog Was Killed. Another canine life has drifted across the great divide. This morning a strange, ill- looking dog, of medium size and panting under a heavy coat cf dull brown, dashe@ into the vestibule of 926 E street northwest and took up a commanding position ima mediately before the inner door. For sev> eral hours he lay there, refusing to move on or to share the space of the vestibule. Oc- casionally, as a diversion, he would snap a8 the feet that were thrust out of the door as an incentive to progress. At last the pa- tience of the beleaguered household was ex- hausted, and the occupant of the house, Mr. Crafton, went out by a back way in search of a policeman. One was soon found, and the dog was shot. The first si ‘as not fatal, and so at noon the dispatching bul- jet sped. The dog was swept behind the door, and the policeman and Mr. and Mrs. Crafton sallied forth to look for mean® to remove the corpse. Cartwright of 3032 O he in Penne summer ———— Kicked by a Horse. This morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, Robert Everett, eighteen years ol4, living at h street northeast, was kicked in the face by a horse and seriously injured. The horse belonged te Antoni» Oseman, in whose employ the young man has been since he came here a yar ago. He was sent to Providence Hospital for treatment. —_—>—_— Dramatic Correspondents. Grant Parish has invited the local com respondents of the drematic papers for aw outing to the lower Potcmac, leaving to- morrow on the Randall. The party will consist of Mr. Chas. T. Lewis of the New York Clipper, Mr. John T. Warde of the Dramatic Mirror, Mr. Albert Foster of the Dramatic * and Mr. Zeph Schiosberg of the National Theater. “iesg —___ Excersion Marsh: nH. The Associated Employes of the Unite® States Electric Lighting Company will give their second annual outing and pleasure ex- cursiea to Marshall Hall on next Tuesday. A select program has been arranged for the occasion, and the electricians will be ae- companied by the Olmo Mandolin Orches- tra. Every lady will be presented with @ beautiful souvenir order of dancing an@ program. The steamer Macalester will leave at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:39 p.m. Bethesda Park will be a cool place spend a day of comfort tomorrow. to Great Falls and Cabin John Bridge Ircrrow at 8:30 a.m. ————— * Sold in Balk. A bill in equity has been filed by James D. Burn against Walter J. Watson, Wm. B. Lewis and others, to set aside a trustees” sale of lots 48 to 53, both inclusive, cash, deterred many persons from bidding, and that the lots were sold in bulk. ee Kate Miller, a respectably dressed wom an, Was sent to the workhouse by Judge Miller today at her own request. She has NOACK. July 25, ‘Mrs. August BPAHLER. In WILLIAM Deana today. He was ing ai _ Until death, amd shall never BY HIS WIFE AND ¢ CROSS. On Tuesday. 24, 1804, at Dulliel@s, Ww. Va., M ‘A. CROSS, widow of the late Rey. of the M. E. Church South. a DICKSON. Departed this life on July 27, 1894, a8 11:30 p.m.. COLFAX DICKSON, san of Henrl- etta and G w. His soul is with God. Funeral from St. Paul's A. M. KE. Church, Monday, July 30, at 2 ‘ Friceds and ‘Quaintances invited. DON. cae ene irae ge at 6» . CATRARIN infant daughter Sc dames E. and Serah WD). Domaidevn, of cen gestion of the lungs, aged eleven months af mine days. I know our darling ts at rest Within the tender erd's fold: He took her from this ful workd. He shields her from its blast and cold Poneral from residence, 11 Sunday, July 29, ai 3 HOWARD. On July W. Howaki cal Howard, aged ‘fifty-three years. worth . Monty, 4:30 p.m.” Friends and relatives invited to aiteml. “(ichmond papers phew copy raft. No. 222 Mrs. KATHERINE JOACHIM, aged eighty-one years and three months, born im Auggen, Ma- Germany. ate y. Relatives and irieuds fully iuvited to attend. * PLEASONTON. On Thursday, Joly 26, 1894, 98 residence, Chestaut USTUS JAMES | PLEASONTON, eighty-seventh year of tks age. Funeral services were held always have @ critical audience. ‘They must make go failures and they must have the best. ‘They wse CLEVELAND'S Baking Powder. Cieveland Baking Powder Oo., New York, Successor to Cleveland Brothers.