Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1894, Page 3

Preah Bitrate on atime SPECIAL NOTICES. PAINTERS, ATTENTION! All members of L. A. 1798, K. of L., are here- meeting, FRIDAY, by notified to attend the next FF ICERS No. 5, K. of P., hall’ FRIDAY, to make of our late brother, H. F. BARNARD, August 31, at 7:50 pa, — for. the funeral of our” Sterm. Attest: It a FE ALBANY, 17TH AND Hf STS. Dit. GARNETT L. HILLS returned to ti At; _8U31-3t¢ “and. resumed practice.” KNIGHTS, DON'T GO AWAY WITHOUT EATING BROILED LO! BSTER. We are headquarters for sea tood of all kinds— Soft Shelt Crabs, Lobster Salad and Lobster a Ia Newburg. Our 50c. dinners are the best. in America. Ladies’ cafe upstairs, entrance on 4% st. 7 Munich Hofbrau Beer on draught. FRITZ REUTER'S HOTEL AND. RESTAURANT, COR. 4% ST. AND PENNA. AVENUE N.W. 10d ATTENTION, BRICKLAYERS: THERE WILL BE rn FRIDAY, August 31, 1804, at $0 “lock pm. for distribuiion of bats tor ‘Labor iy a ery we ited to jars Wit pe : |. P. IAN, C. C. HESSLER, Recording Secretary. au20-3t KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE Castle, No. 1, mee! Wana ax, 8 pm, \t. 14, RAMBLERS 10 races, W. F. SBLERS, “with RAMBLER th GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., 1325 14th st. nw. ‘The weather is likely to be cooler Saturday. Established 1824—70 Years LUMBER PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. 12-Light Windows, Glazed 75¢. White Pine Doors, 1% in. thick - = < Different sizes! Remember, these Doors are full inch aml a half thick, and not 1%. Remember, they are “all pure White pine, and not poplar panels” —being good enough for any. ordi- nary house. Best Cypress Shingles, 5x20, Per 1,000 = = «= Best Cypress Shingles, 4x20, Per 1,000 - = = $3.50 (Every shingle guaranteed.) Frank Libbey & Co., =i “Lumber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hard - oth and New York Ave. Paper for the Million. We keep Paper of al kinds, all styles, all Fyices, for eversbody—in whatever walk in'life. if you have a paper wart come to us—we are almost certain to have ‘ust what want. Our are always TH? LO’ f ‘See our Circular Erasers. Easton & Rupp, 421 uth St. Popular-priced Stationers. (Just above the ave.) aoc. $4.50 Shoes For Men, $3-50. $3.50. Calfskin and patent leather. These Shoes show plainly that My Prices Are Conspicuously Lower Than Any Others. Arthur Burt, Shoes For Men, Bd 1211 F ST. N. W. Take Off That Old Suit— Send it HERE to be cleaned and pressed in best manner for $1.00. Coats, 0c. Trousers and Vests, 25¢ each. ©7Send postal or telephone. Our wagon will call. Hahn, “2458 Av 705 orn st. Nw. a 2 REPAIRING, ‘Telephone, 143-2. Fifty Cents Buys Dollar Dinners& Breakfasts At our Crystal Palace Cafe—exquisitely cook- ed and served—equal to finest meals at any first-class hotel in America. We serve all the delicacies of the season in most ay ©7 We extend a cordial welcome to all vis- iting Knights. Hotel Emrich {4,2 Fe ea 144 Never Prostrated BY SUNSTROKE —those persons who drink light wines instead of ter. You can get the purest Cal. Claret, $1 for 5 bots. of JAS RHANP! Siz Pt. éa Let us furnish the mantels —or at least give us an op- portunity to put in a bid to furnish them. We are agents for the largest manufacturing concern of this sort in the world. A postal will bring us. &_K. JPALDING, Manufacturers’ Agent, 603 ¥ st. 12a Brace Up and Push Your Business. Us Patented Typewriter Circulars to increase your busines’. It will do it. Byron S. Adams, Printer, 104 . 512 11TH ST. N. Watch Repairs Cost But Little —if we do them and insure the watch. Two dollars pays for all repairs that the watch may need for a year from date of agree- ment. Geo. W. Spier, 310 oth St. Ww: ake: jeweler _and _Optician. lid Elixir Babek. Sure cure for all MALARIAL diseases At drug- ". Be. a bottle. ~ Claret for making punch, goc. gal. Cooking Brandy, $3 gal. Cooking Sherry,$1.50 gal. To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th "HONE 998, VAULTS, 27TH AND K STS. 13d HE HAS GIVEN THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1894-TEN PAGES. EZETA BEHIND BARS Kept of Him. WORD OF HONOR The Marshal Thinks He Meditates Escape. HE VAINLY EXPOSTULATES SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 31.—Unit- ed States Marshal Barry Baldwin has made up his mind that Gen. Antonio Ezeta has planned to escape. He has doubled the guards around, has himself cooped in a room in his hotel, where he is denied to visitors, the doors are locked and the win- dows barred. No condemned felon was ever more closely guarded. ‘When Gen. Ezeta was first placed in the custody of the marshal it was understood on all sides that he was to be courteously treated as became one of his prominence, and while a careful surveillance was to be kept and no chance left of escape, all ef- forts should be made to make the pris- oner as comfortable as possible. ‘With this understanding, the general and his companions were allowed to take rooms at the California Hotel at their expense, being guarded constantly, however, by two deputies. He was notified in a general way that he would be allowed the Mberty of the corridor on the sixth floor under the watch- ful eye of a deputy. This was, of course, with the idea of giv- ing him a charce to exercise. On his own part and for his companions Gen. Ezeta gave bis parole of honor as a soldier and a gentleman that no effort would be made to escape. This arrangement went along with- out a clash. Several times during the first few days the general took short walks on the streets ard got some sort of a glimpse at life in San Francisco. Now the gereral has been notified that he will be required to keep himself closely to 1eom 62, being allowed to leave it only at meal times. There is to be no more exercfs- ing in the corridors and no more strolls on the streets, even im the care of deputies. He explained that he thought this rather a peculiar order considering that his word as a soldier had been given that no attempt would be made to escape. His attorney expostulated in the same vein, but to no avail, and to room 62 the general has since been confined. An extra guard has been placed inside with him, the door is locked on the outside and another deputy placed there to see to it that no at- tempt is made to sortie through that. eines MIXED THE WOMEN UP. Mrs. Neusstadter of California Denies Knowing W. K. Vanderbilt. SAN FRANCISCO, August 31.—A story was published by a morning paper in this city connecting Mrs. Neusstadter with the scandal in the family of W. K. Vander- bilt. The story was founded on the simi- larity between her name and that of the gay Parisian, Nellie Neustretter, who is said to have lured the American millionaire from the path of domestic rectitude. Mrs. Neusstudter’s father is Benjamin Cohen of this city. He said in an interview: “It is absurd to say that thia notorious woman and my daughter Nettie are the same per- son. I have been recetving letters from her for the past two years at regular inter- vals of twelve days. They have all been dated New York. Only once to my knowl- edge did she visit Europe, and that was two years ago. Then she remained in Paris for a month. All these stories to the ef- fect that my daughter was one of the most notorious women of Paris are untrue. Net- tie did not speak French well and she never as a French woman, so far as I know. If she were the heroine of the sen- sational escapades charged to her I think I would have known it.” The Cohens have been receiving letters from Mrs. Neusstadter at regular intervals ever since her departure from this city. The last letter was received .on Tuesday and was dated and postmarked New York. She wrote to an intimate friend’ a few weeks ago to the effect that she will be in this city during th te baci, ing the latter part of Sep- NEW YORK, August 81.—The Worhi this morning says: In the crush at the Casino last night was a handsome woman who complained bitterly because the newspapers had published telegrams from San Fran- cisco accusing her of intimacy with W. K. Vanderbilt. Her name before she w; married was Nettie Cohen. Her husbafid procured a divorce from under the name of Nettie Neusstadter. She lives now as Mrs. Nita Allen, almost opposite the home of Chauncey M. Depew. “These western people have mixed me up with some other woman,” she said to a reporter, “I never saw Willie Vanderbilt in my life. I do not want to see him. I have had trouble enough without that. I did live in San Francisco, and after some trouble with my husband, I came to New York because I saw better prospects here. It's nobody's business but my own what I am doing here, nor do I care to explain why I am living under another name.” This explanation straightens out one tan- gle in the Vanderbilt separation case. —_———___. CAMPANIA’S NEW RECORD. The Time for the Eastern Trans- atlantic Passage Cut 1 hr. 20m. LONDON, August 81.—The Cunard line steamer Campunia, which sailed from New York on August 25 last, arrived at Queens- town today, bringirg with her another new transatlantic record of speed. She passed Daunt’s Rock at 5:34 a.m., having made the passage to that point in five days ten hours and forty-seven minutes. Heretofore the eastward record has been five days twelve hours and seven minutes, made in Novem- ber, 1898, by the Campania. The passage just ended today, therefore, reduces the time by one hour and twenty minutes. The Campania experienced dense fog on the banks for nine hours, and was forced to run at a greatly reduced speed. It is calculated that not 'ess than sixty miles were lost owing to these unfavorable circumstances. According to her log, the big steamer‘s best run was up to noon August 26 466 knots, and daily thereafter 454, 511, 506 and 865 knots to Daunt’s Rock. The average speed attained was 21.50 knots, which has orly twice been beaten, on both occasions by the Lucania, when, in March of this year, she covered 21.74 knots, and in June of this year, when the average was 21.89. > ——_ Hong Kong Free From the Pingue. HONG KONG, August 31.—This city on Monday last was declared free from the plague. The rumber of cases has been re- duced to a minimum. —— The Count of Paris Sinking. LONDON, August 31.—The Count of Paris is rapidly sinking, and is not expected to live much longer. SPECIAL NOTICES. Your Roof Is Rotting for want of protection, or rather, if not yours, &@ good mavy others are. And why? Because you never see it. Spend a dollar or two for our Roof Paint and preserve it for three or four years longer. OHIO MINERAL PAINT CO., 1835 F st. n.w, For Sale by J. H. CHESLEY & CO., au2s 1004 F st. n.w. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF OFFICERS OF THE GRACELAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, _D. , August 21, 1804, Special Notice. An act of Congress approved August 3, 1804, probibits further interments in Graccland’ ceme- tery, and requires the removal by the board of officers of all bodies now buried therein to some other public cemetery or cemeteries in the Dis- trict of Columbia. All persons interested, who desire to remove the remains of their friends and their memorial monuments to some cemetery of thelr own selec- tion, and at their own expense, are hereby re- juested to notify the undersigned at the office of the cemetery and to arrange for_stch removal as toon as may be practicable. By onler of the board of officers, " BENJAMIN N. MEEDS, auzz-10t ‘Treas. and Sec. THE SENATE AGAINST HIM The New York Postmasters Not Likely to Be Confirmed. Senators Will Stand by Hill and Marphy With a Desire to Strike Back at Cleveland. The renomination by Mr. Cleveland of a large number of presidential postmasters who were not confirr ed by the Senate and the nominations of new men, chiefly in New York, but also in other parts of the country, will probably be but for a briet term of service. From the present temper of democratic Senators it is warrantable to assume that none, or next to none, will be confirmed at the next session of ‘the Senate. ‘The war between the admiristration and the Senate on the opening of Congress wiil be much more open and uncompromising than heretofore. It has been possible for the President to accomplish something in the Senate heretofore by combinations and the uniting of democratic votes with re- publican to secure confirmations, and once in a while to accomplish something else desired by the administration. In other words, the antagonism has been between in- dividual Senators and the administration. The Whole Senate Against Him. Now it is the whole Senate against the administration, with not half a dozen in the body ready to take up Mr. Cleveland’s fight. The democratic Senators stand by Mr. Gorman as a matter of habit, and be- cause they feel it to be a matter of self- defense to hold a solid front against any encroachment by the executive. Moreover, they regard Mr. Cleveland's attacks upon the Senate as general, involving the whole body, with the possible exception of two or three cuckoos, and their resentment is general. There is a great deal of bitter- ness in the row between Senator Gibson and Postmaster General Bissell over the appointment of the postmaster at Center- ville, Md. Gibson declares that the nomina- tion shall not be confirmed. Gorman will, of course, take up the fight, and senatorial courtesy will require his democratic col- leagues to by him. Brice has be- come involved with some nomination to which he is opposed, and the desire to strike back at Cleveland, more than any feeling of friendship for Hill and Murphy, will lead the Senate to refuse compliance in the New York appointments. It is doubiful wivether any of these nominations will hold the beneficiaries in office longer than until the meeting of Congress. AGAINST COL. BRECKINRIDGE. Elder McGarvey Says Good People Have No Excuse for Re-Electing Hi Elder McGarvey, an instructor on theo- logical subjects in the Bible College of Kentucky University, and a leader in the Christian Church of the South, has again taken up the cudgel against Col. Breckin- ridge, using Evangelist Barnes’ sermon of Sunday night as his text. Elder McGarvey has come out in a letter denouncing Barnes as a religious mountebank. He holds up Barnes as a man who has at various times pretended to have received sanctification, the power to heal by anointment and the power to absolve the sins of those con- feesing to him. After these humbugs were played out Evangelist Barnes pretended that the Lerd watched over him, even to the extent of keeping his organ in tune, while it was being jolted over mountain reads from one meeting to another, and as an evidence of his faith he threw away his spectacles and trusted to the Lord to see without them. Mr. McGarvey says: “This experiment did not last long. He proclaimed that he then had faith enough to heal the sick, and that he would soon have enough to raise the dead. After some years of a very varied career in Kentucky he went to India, and while there he had a revelation from the Lord to the effect that the English people are the twelve lost tribes of Israel, and that Queen Victoria is the head of the true church. He immediately obtained membership in the Episcopal church, but that church, like the Presby- terian, refused to indorse his heresies by putting him into the ministry.” The caustic letter concludes with a dis- cussion of biblical parallels, upon which Evangelist Barnes and others have attempt- ed to excuse Col. Breckinridge’s shortcom ings, the closing paragraph being as follows: “Let it be known once and for ever that there is nothing in God’s Holy Book to ex- tenuate the awful crimes proven against Breckinridge, and nothing to furnish an ex- Crags good people for seeking to re-elect Trouble Expected at Lexington. A lively time is expected at Lexington, Ky., tonight, when Judge J. R. Morton, who was strongly attacked by Col. Breck- inridge at Athens on Monday, will reply. The Breckinridge men have decided to de- mand a division of time, and this will be denied them. They will probably attempt to answer Judge Morton anyhow, and if such an attempt is made serious trouble may be expected. A strong Owens man said last night that if there should be any attempt to interrupt Judge Morton “we will throw the interrupters through the windows.” The betting at Lexington is 600 to 500 on Owens, with no takers. to PEARRE MEN WITHDRAW. Two Sets of Delegates to Frederick From Allegany County. The republican convention of Allegany county, at Cumberland, Md., was split by the withdrawal of the delegates friendly to Mr. Pearre for the republican congressional candidate in the sixth district. The friends of George L. Wellington in the convention numbered seventy, representing fourteen election districts, those of Pearre, fifty-five, representing eleven districts. The Well- ington men consequently had no trouble in organizing the convention as they wished. David J. Lewis, a Pearre delegate, offered some resolutions favoring govern- ment ownership of railways and telegraphs and an increase in the circulating medium among other things. They were at once tabled by the Wellington men, one of whom then offered a resolution, naming thirty Wellington delegates to the Frederick con- vention, which will nominate next Wednes- David Dick, a Pearre delegate, sprang to his feet and read a set of resolutions opposing Wellington's nomination, declar- ing that he gained two districts by fraud, and that it was contrary to custom to nominate a defeated candidate. The chairman decided to put the other resolutions, whereupon the Pearre men withdrew, while shouts filled the air. The convention then adopted the Wellington resolution. The Pearre delegates went down town and held a convention of their own. They adopted resolutions denouncing the action of the Wellington men and_protestin; against his nomination. They also elected delegates to the Frederick convention. +e. REVENUE OFFICE INVESTIGATION. The Cases of Messrs. Farrell and Clagett of the Local Office. ‘The investigation of charges recently pre- ferred against Thomas B. Farrell and Maurice J. Clagett, both of Maryland, em- ployed in the branch office in this city of the collector of internal revenue for Mary- land, Delaware and the District of Colum- bia, has been concluded so far as the case of Farrell is concerned. Both men were suspended, pending the investigation. The charges were, in effect, that the two officers had indulged in improper practices in the execution of their official duties, and that they had discriminated in favor of certain friends in the voce 3 of the payment of license fees, without the exaction of penal- tles, after the expiration of the regular li- cense year. It was alleged that they had received money for granting this privilege and that proper penalties had been waived in several cases. The investigation, so far as it has progressed, shows that while the two men may have indulged in irregular practices, they were in no way guilty of in- tentional frauds upon the revenue. The in- vestigation resulted in the practical exon- eration of Farrell, and he has been fully re- stored to duty. The case of Clagett ts not yet completed, but the developments, so far, do not indicate any criminality on his part, and it is not at all improbable that he, too, will be reinstated. THE TENTED CITY The Knightly Oodupdats of the Camp Are Leating MANY STREETS ARE NOW DESERTED Music and Laughter Have Varied the Camp Duties. SOME TYPICAL SCENES Camp George Washington is losing its Population. Division after division is leav- ing, and the knights are departing in large numbers as individuals. The exodus set in yesterday morning, continued through the day and night and is especially heavy this afternoon. Hundreds will leave tonight. The camp has a ragged look and is in many parts utterly forlorn and deserted. The company streets and main avenues and all the city street#eading to the camp are littered with paper and camp refuse. It will take the authorities some time to get things in shape again. The citizens are losing interest in the camp, although there was a goodly number of visitors to- day. The headquarters of Major General Carnahan were almost deserted. Adjutant General McKee has left for his home. Many of the tents are coming down to- day. This will be continued till Camp George Washington ceases to exist. Satisfactory to the Authorities. Col. John M. Wilson, superintendent of buildings and grounds, was at the head- quarters of the camp committee this after- noon. He had a jolly conversation with Capt. Smithmeyer. The camp committee will be expected to rake up the rubbish, and then the official force will be set to work to make the grounds take on their erstwhile tidy look. Col. Wilson reported that he had told the President that it would be perfectly satisfactory to the government ran anes ie ard ang i a hg ae h Not Very Creditable. Unusual and stirring scenes were enacted at Camp George Washington last night, some of which reflect credit on the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and some of which do not. There has been quite a good deal of destruction of private property, and the cot and blanket contractor, Mr. J. W. Cronie, himself a prominent knight in this jurisdiction, is the main sufferer. Many cots have been deliberately smashed, and West Virginia Divisions Nos. 1 and 21 slit the canvas with knives, and, in a num- ber of instances, tore it completely from the frames. Several of the outgoing divi- sions last night piled their cots in the com- pany streets acd made bonfires of them. A large number of blankets were also thrown in, Tent flooring was burned and many water barrels destroyed. A fist fight occurred last night between sir knights in that part of the camp occu- ied by the Texas contingent. The Texans fave been in the habit of catching stray colored wanderel and tossing them in blankets. In gee tances these colored brethren have roughly and rudely handled. A northern “knight, while witness- ing the ceremonies, entéred a strenuous ob- jection to them as unco’th and unknightly. This in turn was obje¢ted to by the Texans. Warm words ensued afd a scrap resulted, im which it is said that‘one of the lone star knights completely did up his northern brother. mete Petty Losses ‘Reported. Mounted Officers Breen and Sullivan have been assigned to duty at the camp. Numer- ous losses are being reported by the knights. The captain of the Boston division reported this forenoon that -several blankets and swords had been taken from his tents. Many of the knights are fond of playing practical jokes of this Mind, and it is hard for the police to judge whether the losses reported are bona fide thefts or only the pranks of fraternal knights. Camp Notes, Wiiliam Fraking of the Baltimore con- tingent and Chaplain W. F. Grant of Stone- ham, Mass., are missing. Fraking is sub- Ject to epileptic fits. His sister was notified, and Gen. John E. Smith of Maj. Gen. Car- nahan's staff brought the matter to the notice of the police authorities. The ab- sence of Chaplain Grant was reporfed this morning by his comrades. The police have been informed of the incident. The bag- gage and sword of the missing man are at camp headquarters, The Michigan brigade staff keeps a great punch bowl cn tap all the time for the en- tertainment of their friends. Their round of fun is also increased by the music of the staff quartet, which hold forth in front of reese beg morning, afternoon and even- ing. Among the callers at camp headquarters this afternoon was Miss Clara Beckwith, the champion lady swimmer of the world. She was introduced to Maj. Biscoe, Capt. Smithmeyer, Mr. James McNabb, Mr. Harry B. Davis and other camp officials, She and Maj. Gen. Carnahan had a pleasant chat,and the Pythian chief got some pointers on “how 1 ot to drown.” She visited several of the divisions, and shared in the pleasure which her hosts experienced. Miss Fannie Griffin of Highview, Md., sister-in-law to ex-Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, accompanied by Miss Cora Semmes, daughter cf Col. Semmes of Maryland, were guests at the camp headquarters of The Star this afternoon. They Cut: Their Cots. Mr. J. W. Cronie, the cot contractor, re- ported at headquarters yesterday that 100 pieces of his property had been slashed by the West Virginia contingent. The can- vas was slit with knives and cut away from the frames of the cots entirely. The rea- son of the trouble, it is said, was that these knights did not expect to have to pay for their couches. This was clearly stated from the start. A Serious Sunstroke. Benjamin A. Madden, a member of Divi- sion No. 5, first regiment, Illinois brigade, was prostrated by sunstroke about 11:15 yesterday as he was entering his regiment- al quarters. The sick man was attended in camp by Capt. Ametl Kuntz, regimental surgeon of the first regiment, for half an hour, when the case was found so serious as to warrant sending the man to Emer- gency Hospital. The hospital ambulance ‘was accordingly summoned and the patient tenderly placed in it by his comrades. Dr. Kuntz accompanied the ambulance to the hospital, where he remained with the man. The surgeons pronounce the case a very serious one. a Pretty Girl Visitors. Secretary Harry B/ Davis, on duty at the headquarters of the committee on camp at Camp George Washjngton, received a call yesterday from a bevy ef pretty girls, who were Miss Mamie Davis, Miss Margaret Stuart and Miss O’Brfert; all of Washington. He did the honors ‘an@ showed them the camp. They were intrdduced to Maj. Gen. Carnahan and other dfstinguished officers. BODY 4ND SOUL. Pythian Sisters Enjoy a Banquet and Hear Bright Speeches, The Pythian Sisters enjoyed a banquet Wednesday night at Freund's cafe, on 10th street. It was late when the guests arrived, and midnight had sounded be- fore the first course had been discussed. The company and the occasion,’ however, was too attractive to allcw either the hour or the hard work in convention that preceded the feast to interfere with its enjoyment, and until the last pleasant speech was made in reply to the toasts there was unflagging interest displayed. The i. ‘s were all attired in evening costumes, and made a lovely picture seat- ed at the numerous long tables, which were profusely decorated with flowers, whose tasteful arrangement added to the gleam _of cut glass and shimmer of sil- ver. The, menu was excellent, and at its conclusion many toasts were made and an- swered, in which the order, the guests and the ladies themselves were overwhelmed with pleasant compliment. & Among those who participated in the in- tellectual part of the banquet were Mrs. Ida Weaver, Mrs. Hattie A. Robinson, Judge Frederick Goff, Col. E. F. Robinson, Gen, F, H. Palmer, Editor McAndrews of the Pythian Reporter, Capt. J. H. Mills and others. The guests included all the fficers of the supreme body of the representatives from the various states and a number of prominent knights. Compliments to The Star. ‘The Star has received many cutward ex- pressions of appreciation during this week for the interest taken by it in matters re- lating to the encampment of the Knights of Pythias and the large amount of space it has devoted to interesting and accurate re- perts of the doings of the Uniform Rank and Sapreme Lodge and of what has been going on in the camp. These tokens of gratification have frequently taken the form of serenades by the crack bands brought here to the encampment, still an- other being tendered The Star this morn- ing by the Iroquois Band, 8. M. Skeen, con- ductor, which is here with the Inland City Division, U. R. K. P., of Lancaster, Pa. After a few well-rendered selections the band marched back to camp. Arlington Mounted Division, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, No. 9, visited The Star last night. The division was com- manded by Lieut. E. K. Plant and accom- panied by Rankin Drum Corps of Brooklyn. The Fythians were attired in sack uniform, and Capt. Bessler’s men presented an ex- cellent appearance. An Excursion to Atlantic City. An excursion has been arranged in honor of the visiting Knights of Pythias and their friends, which will take place from September 1 to 4, inclusive. Atlantic City is to be the point of attraction, and special arrangements have been made for trans- portation, hotel accommodations, and all expenses to be included in the ticket to that point, the cost of which will be $9.50. The above is the substance of a circular from the city executive committee, and Helen B. Matthews, at the committee head- quarters, 1216 F street northwest, will fur- nish all information desired. . A Painful Accident. During Wednesday night Messrs. Will L. Cooper and Ed. G. Bixler rendered a de- Ughtful murical entertainment in Gen. Car- rahan’s headquarters tent. The very pleas- ant program was finished off with a pain- ful, if not serious, accident, that in a meas- ure marred the evening. The gasoline was escaping from one of the lamps, and Mr. Bixler, in an attempt to regulate the flow of the dangerous fluid, burnt his right hand till the skin peeled up in Uttle pieces. The wound was dressed by one of the surgeons on duty at the field hos- pital, and, though the burn is painful, there is no danger of the hand being lost. Tossed in a Blanket. The boys of the Indiana brigade are a happy-go-lucky set and seem much addicted to the pastime of throwing colored boys up in a blanket. They were in their glory last night on this score, as the music that en- veloped the atmosphere round about the monument also enveloped a perfect cloud of little darkies. The blanket was quickly produced, and for half an hour legs, arms and heads were promiscuously tangled up between earth and sky. One little fellow began to cry, and said he had lost some money out of his podcket during the opera- tion, and as a search failed to produce the Jost coin the honest hoosiers made up a little purse that amply consoled the injured feelings of their subject. A Band Concert. The National Band of Wallingford, Conn., gave a concert Wednesday night in front of the Connecticut brigade headquarters. The band is under the leadership of Prof. John McDonough, and corsists of twenty-five Pieces, There were probably five hundred People present at the concert, and nearly every tune received an encore. Among the selections rendered were “Second Regiment March,”. “Plantation Songs,” “Coon Dance,” selections from “Maritana,” “The Old ‘Times;” in’ “Wang,” “Washington Post's March” and “Nil Desperandum. The evening's entertainment closed with a de- lightful spread of refreshments and yarn ‘pinning by the boys from Connecticut. New Jersey Second Regiment. It is a jolly crowd that composes the sec- ond regiment from New Jersey, and they succeed now and then in making the air resound with unearthly sounds. Yesterday morning a delegation of a dozen or so from Ortygia Division, armed with “horse fid- dies,” serenaded Col. Reese, Adjt. Reilly and Commissary Durting of the second. The result was a general stampede, fol- lowed by a round of cigars and refresh- ments. Lost the Medicine Chest. Assistant Surgeon General John M. Wam- pler, in charge of the field hospital, while absent from the hospital tent, had his prop- erty list reduced by the disay it br mcpery chest fg chent'ts a very valuable one and has in large lett outside the doctor’s name. ere Departure Regretted. Much regret is being expressed throughout the camp at the departure of Col. John M. Wampler, who has had charge of the field hospital of the Indiana brigade. With the departure of Col. Wampler, the hospital tent will practically cease to exist, and any cne who has the misfortune to be taken ill wil have to look to other sources for re- Nef. The colonel has packed up a great deal of the hospital stores, but says he is ready to attend the sick until the moment of leaving. Where Visitors Go. The Washington monument proves to be @ towering attraction, and tons of human- Kind are being half hourly lifted to the summit landing, and streams of men and women are climbing the ascent,which would probably have held Jacob at bay. The esti- rates are not in, but tally is being kept by the elevator conductor and the watchman on duty at the entrance. The bureau of engraving and printing is almost submerged under the visiting tor- rent, and while the number of visitors in ncrmal times does not excced two hundred per day, seven thousand men, women and children passed through the long green pre- circts, and were made poor by contrast with the millions which shone forth upon their enraptured gaze. THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS. Nothing but Praise for Their Excel- lent Work at the Depots. The members of the High School Cadets who acted as messengers for the public comfort committee at the depots during the rush at the opening of the present encamp- ment reflected nothing but credit upon themselves and Washington. The neatly uniformed and intelligent lads were on duty at the depots for long hours at a stretch, and nothing but praise has been uttered for their manliness, courtesy and gallantry by the gentlemen of the committee and every one else with whom they came in contact. ——w THE STAR AND THE PYTHIANS. A Complete and Attractive Record of the Encampment for Fifteen Cents. The Evening Star will publish during the week beginning Monday, August 27, graphic accounts of the doings of the Knights of Pythias, the occurrences in camp, the parade and review, the competitive drills, and the ‘proceedings of the Supreme Lodge. The reports will be complete and elaborately | illustrated. Altogether, a file of The Star for the week will form one of the hand- somest and most valuable souvenirs of the great K. P. encampment of 1804 that could possibly be provided. Visiting knights and others who have left friends at home in- terested in the doings here should take note of this, The Star will be mailed for the week to any address in the United States or Canada for fifteen cents. Orders may be left at The Evening Star office or at The Star’s booth in the camp grounds. ———_ To Liverpool for $6.50. The Hamburg-American line has made another cut in steerage rates, reducing the price of a steerage ticket to Southampton by express steamers from $15 to $10. The $10 rate to Southampton has drawn much trade from Liverpool, and the Liverpool companies. are said to be considering the mois of a cut to $6.50 for a steerage ticke' a Dr. J. J. Collins, the oldest practitioner Cairo, dropped dead at Cairo, Ill, Wedn day while visiting a patient in es- oanaeSasand Tite tit Ceti tittitet ett tt 4 ‘ ‘ 4 ‘ 4 4 4 4 5 » 4 5 5 10 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 8 8 8 Ha eeeasae WILL SHINE BRILLIANTLY. Saturday’s Star Will Flood the City ‘With Its Rays. Every reader of tomorrow’s Star (and that includes about every person in Wash- ington) will find in it many special chapters that will be particularly interesting. The subjects treated of are timely and varied, and the articles have been prepared with great care. The following are a few of the features of tomorrow's Star: COREA’S BIGGEST SQUEEZER. (llus- trated.) F. G. Carpenter tells about Min Yung Jan, and how he has made his millions. SUMMER GOWNS. (illustrated.) How pretty girls can add to their attrac- tions with costumes easily made. SKIES IN SEPTEMBER. illustrated.) Some of the principal luminaries in the heavens, and how to identify them. FRENCH SCHOLARS. (ilustrated.) Sterling Heilig tells of life of the Potache in Paris. PLAYING CARDS. (llustrated.) How they were evolved from the knuckle bones of sheep. COAST GUARDSMEN. A visit to the life-saving stations along the North Carolina coast. AN ISLAND MYSTERY. The conflicting stories about the fate of a newspaper correspondent in Mexico. PENITENT CITIZENS. Who feel sorry that they have wronged Uncle Sam and so give to the conscience fund. SERVICE DOCTORS. Places that are open for bright young physicians in the army and navy. IN ARCTIC WATERS. Walter Wellman’s graphic eccount of his voyage to Spitzbergen. AN OLD HACIENDA. The practical eyes of Senora Sara ex- amine its resources, DIAMOND CUTTING. A large proportion of these gems are cut abroad and the tariff law increases the industry. THE POLICE PATROL. How the force is controlled from the cen- tral office. CAP'N PAT. A capital short story, written exclusively for The Evening Star. ——_— THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS. A Form Blank Prepared for Those Desiring to Appeal. The owner of premises No. 233 1st street, where the permanent board of assessors are located, having declined to make cer- tain alterations in the building, the board this afternoon decided to take house No. 106 C street, where they will permanently locate. Complaints as to the last assess- ment are being daily received by the board, but in not such numbers as was expected. The board are anxious that those dissatis- fied with the late assessment should file their complaints as soon as possible that the work of the board may be the better facilitated.Under the new law appeals from assessments do not have to be made under oath, and the board have prepared the fol- lowing blanks to be filled out by those de- sting t. =e lease desc: your rty by juare and lot when possible. This blank’ to be used for =. Piece of property only. APPEAL. WASHINGTON, D. C., To the Board of Assistant District of Columbia. L > residing at No. street, ———— respectfully appeal from the — ent on the following described prop- erty: Description of improvement ———_ and assessed at and request that the assessment be changed to for the reason ——_——_—________ which I consider the true value under the law. Very respectfully, » 189—. a HONORS TO A WASHINGTON BOY. Harry E. Biscoe Gi a Professor- ship in Michigan. Mr. Harry E. Biscoe, the twenty-year-old son of Mr. H. L. Biscoe of this city, who was graduated with high honors from the Virgiria Military Institute last June, will shortly leave for Michigan to enter upon his duties as a professor of mathematics and military tactics at the Michigan State Military Institute at Orchard Lake. He will also be assistant commandant of the post there. Mr. Biscoe received his pri- mary education jn the public schools of Washington, and passed through the Wash- ington High School with distinction similar to that which characterized his career at the Virginia Military Institute. It had been his intention to take a course at Heidel- berg, in Germany, but the offer at Mich- igan, which came without solicitation, was such a complimentary recognition of his abilities that he could not refuse it. —— Accident to a Bicycle. While Harry Bond, a small colored boy, was r‘ding his bicycle on the corner of llth and Pennsylvania avenue shortly after noon tcday he was struck and run over by a carriage driven by Maurice Jackson, a colored man. While the wheel was com- pletely wrecked, the boy was not hurt, ex- cept for a general shaking up. Death of Ex-Policeman Annen. Ex-Policeman John P. Annen, who left the police force to engage in the saloon bus- iness at 1109 E street northwest, died last evening about 8 o'clock. His death was the result of an accident while bathing at At- lantic City recently. The deceased came near being drowned at that time and his lungs were so seriously affected that he never ee from the effects of the 0c FINANCIAL. The Washington Loan and Trust Company. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION EXECUTES TRUSTS. FURNISHES SAFE INVESTMENTS. PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. LOANS MONEY. PROVIDES SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES. RENTS ROOMS IN ITS FIREPROOF OFFICB BUILDING. it JNO. JOY | EDSON, Pres. Attend to It for You. American Secu: rity and Trust Co., 1405 G St. N.W. C. J. BELL, PRESIDENT. Acc.unt. There is no time The Union Savings Savings And Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK av Capital: One Million Dollars Safe Deposit Company, ‘Special act Coagress 1867. Savings Bank, Real Estate Rooms 9 and 11, 080 F st. ow. Investment Securities. Quite a scene was enacted at Langdon last Wednesday night when the 11:35 local train from Washington reached that place, Herbert Latchford, a night operator in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Rall- road Company at Washington, who had got on the rear car of the train at Wash- ington, and just before it reached don pulled the bell cord as a signal to stop and let off some passengers. A spe- cial detective, employed by the railroad company, not knowing that Latchford was also an employe of the company, seized him and attempted to choke him. Quite @ struggle ensued, during which Latch- ford was thrown from the car just as the train stopped at the station. The deteo- tive jumped off and began to attack and would have reverely handled him it not been for the interference of several bystanders. officer drew a biack- jack at this t and ted Patchtord in ‘the meaneinie jumped on the west track, but pur. sued by the detective, —¥ fireda pistol at him. He, and got on the engine, and rode of the way in the cab with the engineer. A number of who e train at the time the affair ex; their indignation at the manner in which the — — and Latchford’s f1 say make it pret! oP the officious officer. sieeticns ——-—_ Victim of am Associate's Pistol. Patrol Sergeant Andrew Hamilton of the nineteenth police districe of Philadelphia, who was accidentally shot in the groin Wednesday afternoon by Daniel Callahan, died yesterday in the hospital. The shooting occurred in Martin barber shop, at 414 South 16th street, = adelphia. Callahan was fooling with revolver of Policeman Joseph Young of fifth district, who was also in the getting shaved, when the weapon expl Callahan was held to await the action the coroner. Hamilton had an woe HY police record and was very popular among his fellow officers. He was forty-three years old, having been born in Madison, in 1851. eee. Preparing for the Changes. ‘The different bureaus of the Treasury De partment affected by the provisions of the Dockery reorganization law are now busily engaged in making the necessary arrange ments for the new order of things, which goes Into operation on the the Ist of Octo- ber. The changes In the names and duties of the six auditors and first controller wil) require entirely new sets of blank f: for the transaction of the business of | offices, and, as a con: ce, the treasu! division of the office of public printer be kept unusually busy for some time te come in fuinishing these supplies. waa