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9 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. EDUCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON, IN WASHINGTON. b ., NO OR ORGAN; EX- Deriouced teacher; will visit. Speelal attention to beginners: also advanced pupils; best refs. M. N. O., Star office. nol3-6t* COURSE OF 80 PRENCH LESSONS OR TERM OF 20 lessons; good pronunciation; French receptic fre~ to pupils; succesafal teacher. M Peep MME, 307 D ne WiopaUGHsis CLASSES, 1325 TST. NW. aguages, Delsarte, Dancing, Elocution, Stenog- raphy, feo ton gy Literature, History, G mar, Bookkeeping. ADA L. SMITH, Sup’ 2-6ua BEo.W. LAWRENCE, VOCAL TEACHER—SHAKE- spe method. 1003 9th ow. Weak Yolves and throats strengthened by correct breath, ing. Join sight reading class; Bo charg oc3- Sanatory Gymnasium FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 612-614 12th st. aw. CLAKA J. HORTON, Director. Apply for cireulars. sels- Signor Mariano Maina, School Art for Ginging—Italian, éethod, nolz 3m —80T Mth st. aw, = MARTYN COLLEGE, 1233 to 1231 G st. nw.— Bogs leave to auveunce the following courses: 1. Griduaring Course in Elocution, "$100 per School year. Classes have aiready begun. Morning sesvions oniy. 2. Special Course tn Elocution, Dramatic Culture and Voie Building, fo fourteen weeks. Spe- etal course begins D: Morning sessions only. 8. Cordensed Speciai “Coure, $10 for three months. York, author ot Ov EXPRESS1 Full Delsarte Course, $5. al Culture and S ATETY GYMNASTIC dies” claswes begin Nov. 15 and Dee. 3. designed fur health, strength and Ex. form. Indorsed by "Mrs. Vice President itevenson, Mra. Seerctary Carlisle, Mrs. Postmaster Gen. Bissell, Mrs Senator McMillan, Mrs. Senator Gorman, Mra. Senator Hawley, Mrs.’ Senator Man- tor ‘Teller, ‘Mrs. E. F. Wiggs, Mrs. KH. Townsend, N. 3. Seventeen leading physicians of Three motihs’ course, two sessions $10; coe wesion per week, $5. Sent culars. nlz ber ¥ INST H, 1827 1 ladies and little girls. Special vantages for study of music, act and moderna languages. Miss Virginia Mason Dorsey, Miss Leura Lee Dorsey Principals. MME. de ST. CLAIR BUXTON, Ouly certitied pupil of Mme. Cappiant. Vocal instruction. Italian method. Music room, 1429 20th st. (Dupont circle). Apply between the bours of 2 and 4 p.m. oc6-6w* PRIVATE LESSONS; DAY AND EVENING classes im lan ages, mathematics and Euglish branches. EVA V. HETH, A. M., 604 12th st. nw. Best rel nl0-6e Woov's “COMMERCIAL Sil EAST Capitol st., imparts « U Knowledge of the CUMMERCIAL STUDIES at the cost of less time and money than other schools. We make BREAD- WINNERS of young people and then secure posi- tions for them. Tenth year. Day aud evening Sessions. Send for circuiars. pov-tt 7 Frienas’ Select School, 1811_1 STREET N.W. MARY, INTERMEDIATE and HIGH SCUOUL departments for BUTH SEXES. if seeking a good school send for a catalogue or call on the principal, who will explain the character of this one. nod-tft THOMAS — MISS 1426 Q ST.) SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN, Every advantage. Primary, preparatory and ad- vanes classes, German ai Latin. Froebel and National Normal Kindergarten lustitutes, teachers’ training class. a i VocaL Mrs. Harriet Mills, ,yoc\, 1115 Oth st. Miss LOTTA MILLS, Pianist. ote PRAUGHTING TAUGHT EVENINGS—MECHANT- cal, crehitectural, topographical and naval, with the necessary mathemati for desig - str as Legin Septen.ber at S31 7th st. ae. WILLIAM WALDECKE Graduate Leipzig Royal Conservatory, PIANO, ORGAN AND HARMONY. nod-1m* 1140 6th st. nw. Washington Seminary, elect buarding & day ‘school, depts. German-English ir. & Mrs. SMALL WUUOD. ants reparators imu ry. SSUCIATION OF 5S Al FOR PRIVATE instruction; fitting for col and univ. a pegalty: 1. aces. Address PRUF. A. . a University. D3. ¥ ei ; TRACHER OF plano, ‘orga, vocal music aud barmopy; espe- cially attentive to beginuers as well as S Ee nol-tar vole, ¥ ‘ete. Free ‘0. B. BULLARD, Director. NT BY YOUNG LADY OF EX- per > tecms, cents per lesson. Call or address “1406 Columbia st. mw., bet. 9th and 10ti, ‘oc2h Im* FRENCH—Private and class lessons. Prof. A. GONAKD, 1611 Marion ec22-2m* Bet. Q and Rt, 6th and 7th PIANO” Mrs. Daisy Louise Fox, 0. We ny and Saturday. rooms 151: “oth st. 1960. Wyoming ave WASHINGTON HEIG! SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Stage for day scholars. French Kindergarten MISS FRANCES MARTIN, PRINCU’AL. 0c 20-1m! Muste ecl7-1m* Education for Real Life Asés. FoR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 1su4. ‘The Spencerian Business College, Rational Rank of the Republic building, cor. Tth and D ow. Day and night sessiona. ‘The thirtieth scholastic year of this Fae in- stitution began Monday, September 3, 1394. Five Gepartments, viz: Practical Business, including eoinplete Lookkeeping course, English, rapid calcu tions, rapid writing. moral and soc! culture, Isarte system of expression, civics, litical Beonomy and commercial law; Practical —- With initiatory bookkeeping; Shorthand and per tuding English; Spencerian Rapid: Wet. fos; cal aad Architectucal Drawing. Full gerpe of thoroughly tralued teachers. “Location ven- ve. Office open every business day and night. Write or call for new annual announcement. MRS SARA A. SPENCER, Principal and Proprietor. oltre tet LANGUAGES. THE BEKLITZ SCUOOL OF LANGUAGTS, 723 Lith st Branches in the principal Amertean and Euro- pean cities. Send for cir-uiars. French, German, Spanish, Itaitan, Latin, Greek. MabaME A PELE, FROM PARIS cH classes and private lessons, best references 1322 14th st. nw, Eleven years of successful teaching. _0c5-3m' Norwood Institute 1435 K, AND 1212-14 1TH N.W. The boarding department and residence ha: been transferred to 1435 K st. n.w. tions and class work will be conducted fore in the two school buildings, 12 14th st. aw. Mx Wit D. CABELL, Prine ik. PUTNAM'S SCHOOL, 1633 19TH ST. N.W_ RE September 17, 1894. Preparation for ‘unt- Yersitics, technical’ schools and business par- sults; private lessons it desired; best of refer- ences, For circulars ‘and information apply, ‘to 3 here! nd 1214 ‘pal. ua5-tt WM. H. PUTNAM, IRE BERKELEY SCHOOL, 925 18TH ST.. WILL n September 24. Piiplis prepared for West Point, Avnapolia, for all ualversities and sclen- {ifs Schools, for’ direct commissions in the army @nd navy sud for the civil service. During the st year twelve students have been successfully Ettea" ‘for various examioations, Arrangements tay be made for CHARLES W. FISHER, B.8., anio-tf Bead Master. ISS BALCH'S CIVIL. SERVICE INSTITUTE AND ¥ siness College, 1311 11th nw. Pupils prepared successfally for’ etvil service, departmental and €etsus examinations. Stenography taught. se2-tr “Mt. Vernon Seminary, — 1100-1104 M st. and 1124-1128 11th st. Boardi day school for young ladies and Bttle cbildrea. Thoroughly modera and progressive {pn method and frit. ‘*Hiviuary, Preparatory and Collegiate departments. Ni dings. pecfectly equipped with every ap- piiance for health aad comfort of pupils. Twen- "ioe eartue latormation apyiy to the prinetpal ‘or further information apply to the pri x MERE rivate lessons in all branches. eeT-tr Mrs. ELIZABETH J. SOM BOLUM BIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, €23 La. ave bet. 6th ond 7th © K. URNER, A.M. The leading school of business ‘and Highest attainable grade of instruction at_moder- ate cost. Thorough and practical courses tn Dusiness, English, civil eervice, accountancy, ahorthand and typewriting. Superior and em thosiastic teaching. Graduates of rare excellence and @’stinguished success. Situations when com- petent. Catalogue. au30 BRT STUDENTS" LEAC Day and evening el ing, and 1 “E, 808 17TH ST. es in drawing and paint- under Mr. C. HL. Mae- from donald and Mr. Edward WH. Siebert. " Compost tion. Mr. E. . Messer and Mr. R.N. Brooke. Wate Mr. De Lancey W. Gill. "Prepara- tory on Miss Alua de Mier. Special terms by the y: ocd-tf BIME. J. ESPUTA DALY. TEACHER OF VoIcR culture ard the note cliain system for reading muste at sight. Term begins September _ 15. Btudio, 1118 New York ave. set 3mm OLN ARTIST. STUDIO, 1006 11TH ST. ty; landscapes, fxures, nol im® >THE ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1212 MASS. AVE. For YOUNG LADIES ANT) CHILDREN. The Foglish course offers every opportunity for sbtatning a thorough literary education, while wpecial attention t# given to the natural sciences, vocal and tustrumental music, drawing and paint- German, Latia, “elocution and phys are taught by competent lastructore, ing, Frene tent cult welt? FoR YOUNG | | PIPE ORGAN ORGAN Mea ERACTICR, WITH OR WITHOUT GUNSTON INSTITUTE—A BOARDING AND DAY School for girls, 3038, 40 and 42 Cambridge place B.w., opens September 26. _enl7-3m ‘Mr. and Mrs. B. R. MASON. H. DONCTI, VIOLIN LESSON! Special attention given to begioners as well as advanced pupils. open for th sixth year on Monday, Oct. 1, 1429 oth si Application may’ be made the school, a 2 set3m Miss Ward, 22°) 2 13. oc20-Im* FRANK E. WARD, Piano and Organ. WEST END SCHOOL O¥ ELOCUTION, 808 17TH st.—Ofice hours, 10 to 12 a.m. Miss Nesmith; 3'to 4 pm., Mra Walton. ocl7-1m* MRS. MANN’S KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL ‘and the Elizabeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal ‘Training School, 1918 Sunderland will be- gin fail and Winter sessions Oct 1, 1894. 031-30 The [lisses Kerr’s School For Young Ladies and Little Children, Fall term begins September 27. naz 1438 -N at. sel8 to AVE. N. W., PIANO AND HARMONY. LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBOARD. OUT OF WASHINGTON. NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY For young women and girls; 20 minutes north of Washington, at Forest Glen, Md. Collegiate and Preparatory courses. Excellent faculty. 40-acr campus. $75,000 bui'aings. A cultured home. Sena for ddlustrated catalogue. auzz-tt eel-att November Clearance List 1894. Second-Hand and Shop- worn Wheels. PNEUMATICS. PRICES, NET CASH. 1 No. 4 Diamond Rambler, No. 7346. ........$75.00 2 No. 8 Diamond Ramblers, Nos. 4227 and £185, each....... In good ccndition. entirely new. 1 “Irwell,"" No. 2637, G. & J. Brand new, 1 Ladies’ “Lovell” Safety, G. & J. tires, en- tirely new, but shop-wor from $110 to. 1 Prince, 26-In. pneumat 2 Combination Ramblers, wheels 26x30 in. ‘aod some, but in good riding condition; Nos. 2175 and 4493, each. ++ 50.00 2 Century Cotumbias, '93 pattern; q J. tires; Nos. 9989 and 15068; newly refin- ished, each. ease seneeere 75.00 1 Dart, G. & J. pneumatic tires, "94 pattern, 1 Columbia, model 34; tires CUSHION TIRES. 1 Radge, model “D.,"* No. 79810; new, and in fine shape; cut from $140.00 to. 1 Psycho, very strong and durable wheel; for- merly $140.00, now cut to... ++ 40.00 1 Girl's Ideal Rambler; No. 4352; almost new, cut to...... +++ 25.00 SOLID TIRES. 2 Junos, ladies’ wheels; cut from $65.00 to ere ee +. 25.00 ‘Drop frame; ball bearing, aud in good condition. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., 1325 14th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Do You Wish to purchase a MUSICAL INSTRU- MENT of any make or description. We have them. IMPORTED MUSIC BOXES, MANDOLINS, RARE OLD VIOLINS, STEWART BANJOS, BAY STATE GUITARS. A LARGE and complete assortment of trimmings for all instruments. NEW ond popular standard MUSIC tm great variety, suitable and arranged for all instruments. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO THE PRO- FESSION. Sanders & Stayman, LEADING MUSIC HOUSE, 934 F St. N. W. oe24-tf \J.W. Boteler& Son Have opened their LATEST IMPORTA- TION of DINNER, TEA and GAME SETS, TABLE CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, RICH, HEAVY CUT and EN- GRAVED GLASSWARE, BRIC-A-BRAC and GOODS sultable for WEDDING PEESENTS, PIANQ and BANQUET LAMPS. Sole agents for McCONNELL'S GERM-PROOF FILTERS. . W. BOTELER & SON, 923 Penna. Ave. N.W. 284_ Bargain In Hair Switches. $2.50, Was $5.00. $4.50, Was $6.00. $6.5c, Was $10.00. In all shades; also largere= ductions in Gray Switches. Hair Dressing, Cutting and Shampooing in best manner by competent artists at S. Heiler’s, 720 7th St. High-Grade Butterine Wilkins & Company, Square Marble and Glass Stands, B ST. WING, Center Market. NEAR 9TH ST., 408 Mascott Gas Stove, $1.50. You can heat small room, cook and ligt room all at same time. Beacon Drop Lights, 95c. These are complete; have double buruers and porcelain reflector shade. They are de- tachable. You can bang them ou any chan- delier. Gas Radiators. ed to sult your pocket book. One style, $6 ; another style, $7.50, $11.25. For $3) we sell a Comb'nation Stove, splendid beater. Can beat good size room and light cooking. Muddiman,614 12th St se28-3m WE HAVE HAD A GREAT FURSALE, But it hardly made an impression on our immense stock. Prices were down where Washingtonians have never seen them Defore. Our customers, were ished and our competitors paralyzed. Thi are plenty ‘of the. “good things* left and prices seem cheap because we ask you to pay only the manufacturer's profit.” "We sell to retail customers ‘WHOLESALE _ PRICES. Our_ stock everything known to the fur trade—all the season’s novelties may be found here. We carry a complete line of Seal and Persian Lamb Coats—in Capes there is everything you can think of—they are all made in the latest | styles—large collar—full sweep, ete. In repairing, | dyeing and altering we are leaders—only the most skilled workmen are employed in this department— work rooms on the premises. M. Svarcz & Co., MANUFACTURING FURRIERS, 409 Seventh St. N.W. BRANCH AT 228-230 NORTH EUTAW S8T., BAL- 50d ‘TIMORE. <2 ee ee ee === ~~ ee oes ” Wlillinery ‘Reductions 3] r Ou- stock was never At the bd nner or lower priced than it is at present. 4 For this week special prices prevail. 4 39e. Children’s Merino Hose. + -20e. 435. Ladies’ Flee>-tined Vests and Pante.25c. ———__ A new lot of Untrimmed Hats, in all the lending shapes, at re- 54 duced prices. 4 $7 Trimmed Hats, $4.00 8 Ciildren’s ‘Trimmed Hats. $1.98 y A new assortment of Ostrich ——— % Plumes, Cock Plumes and | 4 i ———— Millinery Novelties. 4 Umbrell: i i from Te. up. » " i All the newest styles in Vellings. 4 yl he Monumental { Fusbion Leaders in Fine Millinery, i Y , 4 937 F St. Myrrh and Orris Toothwash, Special 2 5 c. Price, The nicest, tooth wash ‘on the market. by leading dentists. sweetest and most beneficial Recommended Ovgram’s, *. Ave. Keep Your Cash! It's a handy thing to have when the house rent is due—or when sickness invades your home circle. If you need some furniture— just tell us that you will pay for it—a little money once a week or once a month—out of | your current earnings—that's all we want. No notes—no such thing as interest. Buy of Us On Credit! Let us fix your house up in the coziest kind of style for winter. When you visit us you will find every price marked in plain figures— it won't stir a hair's breadth whether you pay CASH—or whether you prefer casy pay ments, We make and tay all carpets FREE OF CUST—no cbarge for Waste in matching figures, PLUSH OR HAIRCLOTH PARLOR SUITES CHOICE, $22.50. SOLID OAK BED ROOM SUITE, $13. SPLENDID BRUSSELS CAKPET, 50C. PER YARD. RELIABLE INGRAIN CARPET, 35C. PER YARD. MADE AND LAID FREE OF COST. SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE, $3.50. 40-POUND HAIR MATTRESS, §7. WOVEN WIRE SPR $1.75. HEATING AND COOKING STOVES—ALL SIZES—STANDARD MAKES. YOURS FOR 4 PROMISE TO PAY. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT MOUSE, 819-821-823 7th Street Northwest, Between H and 1 streets. CHRYSAS UM FAD. TH They Were Cultivated in Japan and Chinn Ages Ago. ‘om the Chicago Herald, The cultivation of chrysanthemums had grown into an art in China and Japan as long ago as when the Roman emptre was in its full glory, and it has long been the national flower of the Japanese. But only a little more than a century ago did cultivators in England and Europe become acquainted with {t. Later, American florists came to prize it. Even now it 1s not cultivated in gardens, as it should be. White frosts do not injure the plant, and where Indian corn will fully mature the chrysanthemum will give abundant bloom in the autumn, when other flowering plants are scarce. The seed should be sown either in a hot- bed or in shallow boxes in the house, thence pricked out two Inches apart in good compost in the bec or in other boxes in the window, and again transplanted four inches apart, and from thence to the garden late in May or early in June in rich soil. Or, if transferred into eight-inch pots plunged into the ground, and pro- tected under the pots with a layer of coal cinders to prevent earth worms from en- tering, they may be transferred to the house at the time of frost, where they will continue to bloom. But they must be wat- ered regularly and copiously during growth, else there would be a failure. It is not fifteen years since the chrysan- themum became a florist’s flower, and it was not until 1883 that the first exclusively ‘ysanthemum show was given in Horti- cultural Hall, Philadelphia. Then the west took up this’ regal flower. Cincinnati, In- dianapolis, Detroit, St. Louis and other large ctties held exhibitions. The Chicago Horticultusal Society soon became enthu- siastic, and its annual shows culminated in 1893 in a national exhibition at the Art building on the lake front by the most cel- ebrated growers of the United States ‘There have been no backward steps taken this year by this soclet: oe ‘The seaport town of Limasol, on Cyprus, has sustaired much damage through the recent floods, during which twenty-one persons were drowned. “Religious orders in the Protestant Epis- copal Church today,” was the topic which occupied the attention of the morning ses- sion @f Episcopal church congresses at Bos- ton @esterday. ZRF ine Ye How to Take a Ripans Talbule. — Don’t chew it! Put it on the tongue and swal- low it, washing it down 50c. with a little water. But don’t stop at one or two —take two or three a day Box. for a week or so and the worst case of dyspepsia | or constipation you ever At All Dru AFFAIRS INGEORGETOWN|AFFAIRS Shipping Tallow for the Foreign Oleomar- garine Market. cy Dancing of a High Order—The Immedinte Relief Club—Other General Notes. On next Tuesday, Weaver, Kengla & Co., the soapmakers here, will ship 26,000 pounds of tallow to Rotterdam, Hollane where it will be used in the manufactur of oleomargarine. The tallow is of the best beef fat and will represent about $1,500. These shipments are made semi-monthly, through Locust Point, Baltimore, to which place the tallow is sent by the shippers here. The tallow for oleomargarine pur- poses has comparatively no sale here, the annual tax of $000 and 2 cents extra on every pound manufactured rendering its use unprofitable. Fancy Dancing. There was an exhibition of fancy dancing last night at the Carnana-Schlosser Acad- emy that delighted a throng of guests. The dances and dancers were as follows: La Cachuca, May Madigan; jockey, Arial Chapman; coquette, Daisy Wright and Johnnie Mullaney; fairy dance, Maggie Dutty; Highland jute, May Madigan; sail- ors’ hornpipe, Arial Chapman and Noble McDermott; L’Ariel, Daisy Wright; class exercise, tWelve little ones; one little sail- or, Maggie Duffy. “O, Promise Me,” was ently rendered by Willie Regan, Mul presented picnic up to date was pleasingly by May Madigan, Maggie Lufty, 1 y Wright, Noble McDermott, Arial Chapman and Johnnie Mullaney. After the fancy dancing the older ones pres ticipated in the conventional for art. The hall was crowded and the ple ure general, Immediate Relief Club. ‘The members of the Young Men’s Imme- diate Relief Association, an organization composed of representative colored men, will have their seventh annual sermon preached to them on Sunday evening next at Mt. Zion Church, by the Rey. 1. N. Cooper of Baltimore, Md. The merm'y numbers 125. Addresses by M Clark, the president, Mr, ’A. Lincoln Alex- ander, secretary, and Mr, Richard M. Laws, the treasurer, will follow the sermon. Notes. At 2 o'clock this mdrnitg death visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. King of 1518 2sth street, and took’ therefrom their son Francis A., an extremely bright and ng little man, bordering on his tenth year. Scarlatina ‘wag the prime cause of death. The interment will take place at Oak Hill. Cargoes, aggregating 2,003 tons, left Cum- berland yesterday for Georgetown and in- termediate points on the Chesapeake and Ghio canal. The boats consigned to George- town dealers are as folfows: M. Judge Cox, Consolidation No. 1 . Consolidation No. 19, W. H. Dunkinson, H. Keedy, C. K. Lord and No. 101. boats were consigned to Williamsport. Cards are out announcing the coming marriage of Miss Katherine A. Croghan to Mr. Luke J. Kearney, the ceremony to take place on Wednesday morning, November 2S, at 9 o'clock, Holy Trinity Church, he St. Alban Church concert, which was have been held tonight at Tenleytown, been postponed until the 28th instant. Mr. Wolf, the singer, who has been d sustaining the interest in the Congress Street M. P. revivals, will stay the week out here. Jimmie Cook is keeping up his end also. He is from Georgia, and his Georgian way is earnest and persuasive. The questions put to individual members of the congrega- tion are blunt and embarrassing. Mr. W. I. Lewis of the firm of W. I. Lewis & Co., a resident of Connecticut, but of late one of Georgetown’s business men, was unexpectedly elected a member of his state legislature last week. Re doing much ton had will be cured. Just the medicine for those of sedentary habits. gvists. : “Wholesale Agents, | BLA. Tsthiffely, Washington, D. C., E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, Alexandria, Va. ieee ai iy aa AE hk A IN ALEXANDRIA Items of Local, Personal and General In- terest. Meeting of Chartered Companies and Officers Elected—Excitement at the Depot. The Carr & Barney Company, which was recently chartered by the corporation court, held their first meeting at the Hotel Fleischmann yesterday and elected the officers named in the charter. Mrs, B. F. Price, accompanied by her little grandson Albert, has gone to Mem- phis, Tenn., to visit her son, Milton H. Pric There was quite a good deal of excite- ment at the local depot about half-past 10 o'clock, caused by Mollie Anderson and Carrie Travers, two members of the demt- monde in this city, engaging in a free fight. From what could be learned, it ap- pears that the Anderson woman was one of Carrie ‘Travers’ “boarders,” and they had had a row in the house, which caused the Anderson woman to leave. Carrle fol- lowed her to the depot and there assaulted her, jumped in a carriage before she could be caught and drove off. The special offi- cer at the depot arrested Mollie Anderson and took her to the station house. Later the Travers woman was arrested. There was a meeting of the stockholders of the Deis Manufacturing Company held yesterday. Only business of a routine na- ture was transacted, Johnny Banks, a colored boy of this city, who is well known in pugillstic circles, was quite badly hurt at the brick yard of the Alexandria Brick Company yesterday by the walls of one of the kilns falling in on him. He was brought to his home, in |+ this city, and medical attention rendere Manager Frank MeLearen of the Old Dominion Base Ball Club has received a letter from Camden Summers, president of the Virginia state league, asking that the Alexandria club form a part of the league next season, The matter is under consid- eration. Both of the Alexandria drum corps met last night for practice. Mrs. N. 8. Greenaway, who has been vis- iting relatives in Fredericksburg, has re- turned to her home in this city. ‘The work of paving between the tracks of the electric railway on Royal street has been completed, The stockholders of the Natioral Capital Brewing Company of Washin«‘on held their annual meeting in this cliy yester- day. The old officers were re-elected. Past Grand Commander F. A. Reed and Grand Commander EB. E. Downham are in Richmond in attendance upon the meet- ing of the Grand Commandery of Vir- ginia. Captain George A, Mushback, whd has been quite sick for some weeks past, 1s improving slowly and is now able to’ be out again. Colonel P. H. McCaul, the defeated re- publican candidate in this the eighth coi gressional district, Is said to be bustly en- gaged in collecting data with which to contest the election of Mr. Meredith. The City College foot ball eleven of Raltimore will play the Howards of the Episcopal High School near this city on the high school grounds tomorrow after- noon. A contract has been awarded by the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com- pany to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for the construc- tion of a new steamer, similar to those now running on their route between Washington and this city and Norfolk, ex- cept that the new boat is to have a speed of twenty miles per hour. The boat is to be completed by June 1, 1895. This boat will be put on to run in the day time be- tween Washington, this city and Norfolk during the summer months. Misses Mal and Annie Uhler of this city are attendants at one of the tables at the bazaar given under the auspices of the ladies of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels at Willard Hall in Washington, puissant Good Music and a Good Time at the Pure Food Show. Tickets, 25c. * THE LONG BRIDGE What Maj, Davis Says of It in His Annual Report. NECESSITY FOR ITS RECONSTRUCTION Obstructions That Arise During Freshets From Its Height. GREAT DAMAGE LIKELY a eee ees Maj. Davis of the engineer corps, in his annual report to Gen. Casey, chief of engi- neers, in regard to the progress of the pro- ject for the improvement of the Potomac river at Washington, makes the following statements in support of his oft repeated recommendation for the reconstruction of the Long bridge: At the date of the inception of the Poto- mac river improvement (1882) the Long bridge consisted of three parts, namely: Commencing at the Washington shore, (1) a bridge across the Washington channel of wooden spans on masonry piers and about 700 feet in length; (2) a causeway of earth between masonry retaining walls across the flats between the two channels and about 1,980 feet in length, and (3) a bridge across the Virginia channel about 2,000 feet in length. . The Long bridge across the Virginia channel is a wooden Howe truss bridge, consisting of thirteen spans of 135 feet each in the clear and one draw span 182 feet in length swinging on a pivot pler, giving two openings of about 70 feet, only one of which {s arranged for the passage of vessels. Each span, except the draw, consists of three wooden trusses. ‘The ex- treme widths of the bridge from cut to out of trusses is 40.4 feet. On the up- stream, or northwest side, is a wagon road 19.2 feet wide in the clear, but with no sidewalk, while on the downstream side is the single track of the Baltimore and Po- tomac railroad, with a clear width between trusses of 13.2 feet. The bridge spans rest upon masonry piers built of an inferior quality of sandstone and founded upon pile and grillage foundations, the grillage being at the level of low tide. In order to pre- vent these insecure foundations frum being undermined by the river currents, large quantities of riprap stone have been thrown into the river and piled about them until there is now a series of immense mounds extending across the river channel. So great is this obstruction that the natural discharge area of the river at the Long bridge is reduced no less than 30 per cent by these pier foundations and the riprap stone deposited about them. ‘The Direction of the Bridge. ‘The direction of the bridge is not normal to the direction of the proposed, the pres- ent, nor even the original channel, so that the plers (being built at right angles to the line of the bridge) are not parallel to the direction of the current, but are oblique to it, and so become themselves a serious ob- struction during freshets. A further obstruction arises during fresh- from the height of the existing bridge. The lower chord is but 10.8 feet in the ciear above low tide, while the floor is but 13 feet above low tide. ‘The freshet of 1889 rose to a height of 12.7 feet above low tide at the Long bridge, and thus the superstructure of the bridge’ diminished the maximum freshet ‘oss secffon by a depth of no less than 24 feet, or about one-fifth of the height which the water rose above low tide. ‘The cross section of the river at the Long bridge for freshet discharge has been greatly diminished by reason of the clos- ing of the Washington channel as a neces- sary part of the pian of improvement. This diminishes the available freshet cross sec- tion at the bridge by about 22 per cent, based upon the freshet cross section of isi7. The height as well as the discharge cross section of the freshet of 1589, how- ever, were much greater than that of 1877, and ‘the area required for the discharge of such a freshet would be much greater than was estimated when the plans for the improvement were originally prepared. Draw Badly Located. The draw of the existing bridge is badly located, having been placed near the east- erly edge of the navigation channel. Al- though this channel has since been widen- ed by dredging, the draw opening is oblique to the general direction of the channel and the current, and the opening is therefore a difficult one for vessels to pass, and so interferes with the safe navigation of the riv The project for the improvement of the Potomac river provided for rebuilding the Long bridge over the Virginia channel, “with wide spans upon piers offering the least possible resistance to the flow of water.” As the improvement progresses the necessity for this becomes more and more urgent. Long bridge, on account of its faulty construction, remains a constant menace to the interests on the river front above it, and also to the work of improvement of tha flats, upon which the government has already spent a lurge sum. In tne event of a freshet occurring Wille the river is full of ice, the most serious results are to be apprehended, and such a contingency is not at all unlikely. Should an ice gorge form at Long bridge, it would back up the waters of the river and overflow portions of the city front, and, through the sewers above the bridge, such of the lower parts of the city as are drained by them. During the freshet of June, 1889, the water reached (as above stated) a height at Long bridge of about thirteen feet above low tide. The street surface at 1th and B streets northwest is about eight feet above low tide, and during the freshet re- ferred to the water was about five feet deep in the strest at that locality. Great damage was done by the freshet of 188%, but greater damage may occur from a freshet- of lesser magnitude if accompanied by an ice gorge. The b-idge should be re- built as recommended by the board of en- gineers, The Daty of the Railrond Company. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company was authorized to take posses- sion of the Long bridge by an act of Con- gress approved June 21, 1870, which in part provides as follows: Provided, That the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company will maintain in good condition the said bridge for rail- way and ordinary travel; and the bridge shall at all times be, and remain, a free bridge for public use for ordinary travel. That if the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company shall at any time neg- lect to keep sald bridge in good repair and free for public use for ordinary travel, the government of the United States ma enter into possession of the said bridg and Congress reserves the right to alter or amend this law. On April 5, 18%), a plan was submitted to Congress providing for the separation of the roadway and the railroad across the Washington channel and the reclaimed area, elevating the tracks of the railroad across the reclaimed area high enough to sive passageway for vehicles under them, and the reconstruction of the Long bridge over the Virginia channel with long spans of about 270 feet eacit, with a pivot draw in the deep water of the channel. The piers were to be of first-class masonry, extending down to the Led of the enlarged cross section of the river so as to pro- vide the least possibie onstruction to the flow of water. The bridge was to be ar- ranged for a roadway, sidewalk, and dou- ble-track railroad on the same grade. The floor was to be 24 feet above low tide, so the superstructure would not obstruct the flow of freshets, and so that tugs and scows might pass under the spans without making use of the draw. Part Reconstructed. In 1891-92 the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company reconstructed that part cf the Long bridge across the Washington channel on plans approved by the Secre- tary of War. The greater part of the old channel was filled with earth, and two plate girder spans resting on two abut- ments and a center pler were built across the waterway of the reservoir outlet. The approaches were earthen embankments, but on filling these approaches a decided settlement and movement of the abutments was developed. The movement in the south abutment was so serious that the abutment was taken down to the water level and rebuilt. In order to prevent further move- ment, a large number of piles were driven in the bed of the river between the pler and the abutments,and a temporary trestle to support one end of the south span was built. The cognection between the wing walls of the new bridge and those of the reservoir outlet has not yet been made by the railroad company. No additional pabete — ~~ — by the railroad jurin, e fiscal Sine 0 1804, = 1 year ending m December 20, 1892, a special report was made upon the reconstruction of the Long bridge, tn which appropriate legis- lation looking to this object was recom- mended. In the Event of a Freshet. Gen. Casey refers to the above report in his own report to Congress, and says: “In event of a freshet occurring when the Po- tomac river is full of ice great damage is to be expected. The piers of the bridge are of such faulty construction that an ice gorge would be probable, which would cause the water to back up and overflow Portions of the city’s front, and through the sewers above the bridge to such por- tions of the lower parts of the city as may be drained by them. Great damage was done by the freshet of June, 1889, but Sreater damage may occur from a freshet of lesser magnitude if accompanied by an ice gorge.” AGAINST A LARGER ARMY, General Master Workman Sovereign to the Knights of Labor. General Master Workman Sovereign de- livered his annual address to the Knights of Labor at New Orleans yesterday. He attributed the decrease in the membership of the order to the depression in business circles, prevalent bankruptcy, low wages, and enforced idleness of the laboring class- es. He stated that he had traveled 35,134 miles since his stewardship, and had or- ganized eleven new assemblies, and made ninety-seven public addresses, and review- ed his action of last January, when he filed a bill in the District Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, setting forth special grievances of his order, and protesting against the issuance of bonds by the Sec- retary of the Treasury, He characterized the writ of injunction from the United States circuit court for the eastern dis- trict of Wisconsin as a “despotic” injunc- tion. Referring to the American Railway Union affiliation, he advised a consolida- tion with this as well as with all other labor organizations. His resume of the Pullman strike terminated in a severe crit- icism of Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield and the recommendations of that officer for an increase of the army, together with the action of “Chicago's millionaire aristoc. racy, who were permitted to present stand of colors to the fifteenth Infantry,’ which, he said, was an indication of an “uneasy desire to subjugate labor through the military powers of the nation.” He urged that the assembly take strong grounds against an increase of the milli- tary forces of the nation, and that they “advocate a decrease in the regular and the abolition of the state militi from them are pa to the surf: sentiments of a milifary despotism.” At the close of the address the report of the general executive board was pre- sented and referred to the several com- mittees, It was a voluminous affair, but treated of much that was of interest to the delegates. They adjourned to meet again at Y a.m. today. cee re THEY WANT SUFFRAGE, An Association Formed Having That Object in View. Between seventy-five and one hundred persons, a majority of whom were Afro- Americans, gathered in Wesley Colored Methodist Chureh last night to inaugurate @ movement for a change in the present form of the District government and the establishment of the right of suffrage. As one of the colored orators explained, this is a movement of the common people, of the masses and not the exclusive classes, for the privilege of exercising the rights of free- lern Americans. Among the promoters of the movement are W. Calvin Chase, a prominent leader of one faction of the col- cred pecple of this city, and who has figured conspicuously in colored politics in the past; Mr. E, W, Hewlett and Mr. J. H. Smith, well-known colored lawyers. Others who participated were Mr. Gustay Augen- stein, who was decidedly earnest; Mr. Wal- ter Callahan, who was coy and was drag- ged into being an officer of the new mov ment apparently against his will, and Dr. Robert Reyburn, one of the most noted physicians of Washington, who ts at the head and front of the movement. An Association Formed, At last night’s meeting en assoctatl was formed, to be known as The District Suffrage Petition Association, whose object was declared to be “the securing of a repre- sentative form of government for the citi- zens of the District of Columbia. All citl- zens of the Disirict who believe in the prin- ciples of free government are invited to join, and aid in the movement, by forming branches or auxiliary associations.” A constitution was adopted and officers elected as follows: President, Dr. Robert Reyburn; ,first vice president, W. Calvin Chase; second vice president, ’Gustay Au- genstein; secretary, James H. Smith; cor- nonding secretary, KE. W. Hewlett; treas- urer, Walter Callahan. It was decided to jate a petition among the citizens of Washington to be sent to Congress when suificient signatures are obtained. The pe- tition is as follows: A Petition to Congress. “To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. “We, the undersigned citizens and per- manent residents of the District of Colum- bia, believe the present form of government existing in the District (by Commissioners) to be in direct violation of all the principles on which this republic was founded. Moreover, we also believe that a large majority of the citizens and permanent residents of the District of Columbia are in favor of a change in this District trom the present form to one in harmony with the principles of free government. We respectfully urge and request, therefore, that a law be passed directing ‘that a spe- cial election be held (as soon as practicable) by the citizens of the District of Columbia, to decide the question whether the citizens of this District desire to maintain the pres- ent form of government by Commissioners, or to return to a representative form of government.” Labor Organizations to Be Asked to Aw Monthly meetings are to be held and an effort made to have the local labor assem- bles ask the labor organizations in other cities to request their Congressmen to grant suffrage to the District. During the course of the evening a number of vigorous speeches were made denouncing the tyr- anny of a government which enforces tax- ation without representation, and the peo- ple of the District were compared to serfs living in the midst of a free government. —_—— Good Hunting in Virginia, Mr, Henry B. Polkinhorn of this city is now absent on his annual hunting trip into the wilds of Virginia, A letter received from him brings the information that the party, which was recently augmented by the arrival of Representative Harry St. George Tucker, is in camp at the head of Cowpasture river, Augusta county, where the scenery ts of the most picturesque de- scription, and where game 1s reported un~ usually ‘plentiful. Already the members of the party have bagged seven fine deer and one of the largest black bears that was ever shot in Augusta county, weigh- ing, as it did, 380 pounds. The mountains are covered with snow, but the weather ts fine and the hunters are all in the best of health, _— enth Day Adventists, The Seventh Day Adventist Church, which includes New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, part of New York and the District of Co- lumbia, began its annual conference last evening in this city at the church of the denomination, on 8th street between F and G streets northeast. The session wis opened with a sermon by the president, Elder H. B. Robinson of Brooklyn, A The conference 1s to continue one week, sessions being held daily at 9 a.m., 11 a.m, 2:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. pimialine anti aie Good Things to Fat and carry home, Pure Food Show,