Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1895, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. IN MUSICAL CIRCLES Active Work Being Done on the Redemp- tion by the Choral Society. Changes Made tn the Officers of the Seciety—Musienles and Amateur Opera in Prospect. During last week there were rehearsals of the soloists who are to participate in the representation of Gouned’s “Redemp- tion” that fs to be given by the Choral Society at che Congregational Church on the 5th and 6th of March, and Prof. K. the musical director of the society, sed his satisfaction at the interpre- «tion given. This is the first attempt in the history of the society to give a com- plete oratorio with entire local talent, and the indications are that the performance will be as smooth and as effective as any that has been presented. The music of the “Redemption” is exceedingly tuneful, end the choruses are sq written as to af- ferd the Choral Society an opportunity of dicing some very effective work. The so- los are not any of them leng, but they are melodious and require artistic interpreta- tien, while the recitatives are dramatic in their breadth and intensity. The society greatly regrets the coming departure from the city of Mr. Eugene Stevens, who has served its interests so long and so faithfully. For several years he was the secretary of the society and was_practi- cally its business manager, performing the arduous duties of that position in the most intelligent and sagacious manner. Since thea he has been the chairman of the finance committee, and as such has had, in a large measure, the direction of the society's business interests. In this cepacity he has been equally efficient, and bis loss will be severely felt. His place on the finance committee has been filled by Mr. D. G. Pfeiffer, whose knowledge of musical people and affairs is well known/ and whose business and executive ability {t Is believed abundantly qualifies him for the position. Hub Smith and Donald McLeod have col- laborated in an opera, which has been named “Coronet and Coin,” and this work Will receive its first production at the Academy of Music on April 25. Mr. Smith has put into the book some very bright lines, and has drawn all the characters well. The leading comedian will be him- self, and that is a sufficient guarantee that there will be lots of fun in that part. Mr. McLeod has written many composi- tions of- merit, and in this, his most am- bitious effort, he has brought all his re- sources of melody and harmony, and those who have heard portions of the score speak in warm praise of the music. Mr. Mc- Leod will himself direct the orchestra,and the rehearsals will be under the personal supervision of both composer and librettist. Next Friday evening there will be a musi- cale at the residence of Mrs. Meem, 2011 F street, and some of the participants will be Miss M Helen Howe, Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith, Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard, Mis Maud Sewall, Miss Lena Shepherd, Miss hiteomb, Sig. Mama, Mr. artes F. Roberts, Mr. John R. Hailo- ay. Mrs. Susanne Oliberg, Miss Gertrude leem, Mr. Harry Wheaton Howard, Mr. i evens and Mr. Anton Kaspar. jay evening the Rubinstein Club will give its first public rehearsal in the ball room of the Cairo. This organization singers in the Dis practicing for quite a while. pected that the club will show at alone. The Indian opera of Messrs. Garland and Gri again at the Academy of M 2. ‘This performance will be yheaton Howard, “St Lootah,” by il be given © on April rected by the °$ management. There will be some change in the cast, but most of the okt vers will be again seen in their respective character: he Georgetown Orchestra is busily en- rehearsing for its second concert. 2 nn is gratified at the at- at rehearsals and the inter shown by the members in their wor coming program will be fully as that which was given at its cor has been arranged, when the band ret om its southern tour. This will be wel- come news to those who admire } and who appreciate the good work organizat does. Mr. Victor H ? e charge of the c ted band th organized a brought to such e of perf fon by the late P. will shortly bring that b: and give a concert at the ¢ Ho This will give an oppor with that of M of the Marin 9 justly prow t felt in the coming who ha ton ¥ rs in Italian opera, a large and competent ompanied by an efficient season will be a brief on 1 are such has been a where the mu: by those who rush for the gallery se: can be heard at its b cannot afford to pay th prices as 1 for the body of the house. There is also a prospect that later in th. t the big ¢ opera company now tak place of the Italian at New York Metropolitan fouse will come here and give two performances. Prof. i Ludwig Scharf and his Chil- dven’s Orchestra gave the guests of Dum- barton Hotel quite a musical treat last y evening. ‘There are twelve in- terest! oung people, playing mandolin guitars, violins, banjos, with a cornet and a piano accompanist, comprising this or- chestra. They have been practicing a little over two months and have already quired remarkable proficiency. After rendering several numbers they were hand- somely entertained by the hostess. M Berry has gone to Cumberland, Md., where she sings at a con- cert toniz The be 2 piano recital at the Ger- yon Friday afternoon which ill be of decided interest. The performers wii! be Prof. Richard Burmeister and Mad- ame Dory Burmeister, and the program Will Inclide compositions by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Weber and Burmeister. There wiil he two of the Liszt Fantasies played by Mr. and Mrs, Burmeister on two pianos, and it Is said that thelr ensemble playing fs wonderfully effective. Both are recog- nized as individually artistic, and together they are a strong attraction. In former recitals Mr, Burmeister has commended elf to this community by his excellent . and he will be well received at his ing visit. Mme. Burmeister has gnized abroad as a pianist of excep- ticnable ability, and ts the court pianiste to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. alee Cripple Creck's Biggest Cash Deal. John B. Smith has sold his interest in the Moose mine at te Creek, Col., to J. K. Maynard of Utica, N. Y. The amount of stock held b th was I¢ shares, ané the price paid was at the rate of 3) c: share, or $81,000 cas the value of the m Dividends to th $ heen declared in the past twe This salc was the largest spot ci deal ever made fn Cripple Cree Names Sizped Without Authority. ise Grosscup of go has removed the names of Heins ner and Wormser of New York t of complain- y trust receiver- 1 a rule upon and en nhut to show be prmished for contempt of ‘& the names to the without auth +00 A Hawactian Romance. San Francisco Evening Bulletin pub- of the death Hawa aulsa of Mary Regina Holl, latter, wa: mt of the La Chinese n of the ex was a da br Many Valuable unpublished manuscripts. composed of some of the best female | ict and they have been , It | For the first time | ill be able to | | ard also conta’ | THE STAR ALMANAC, What a Few Contemporaries Have Said About That Publication. From the Brooklyn Standard-Unicn. The Washington Evening Star imitates larger but not better papers—fer there is none—in an almanac for 1805, the scope of which is rather more gencral than of sim- ilar publications. A very large amount of carefully collated informatior concerning Washirgton as a municipality, in addition to its characteristics as the capital of the nation, are given, from which it may be learned that flour, cord wood, food and fish are there officially inspected; and that there are twenty five clubs, seventeen banks and twenty-five parks and y. Among the other inter- 3 of the almanac are a com- plete nopsis of the naturalization laws of the United States; marriage and divorce laws of the several states; laws and eti- quette of whist; tariff of 1804; a Wall street vocabulary; 2 Mohammedan calendar, and much other rare and “handy” information. The Star almanac is unique in its class, and will a most useful and essential — ror itself wherever it has opportun- ty. oo Is Without Peer. From the Brooklyn Times. ‘The almanac and handbook for 1895 pub- lished by the Evening Star of Washington, is, as usual, interesting and complete. The neat little volume is full of valuable in- formation on all imaginable subjects of local and national interest. Dozens of pages are devoted to the tariff of 1804, the acts of the Fifty-third Congress are given com- plete, divorce and marriage laws are con- sidered exhaustively, and sporting events of England and America arranged in con- venient form. At the end of the book is a complete list of the members of the present and of the next Congress, along with mem- bers of the foreign legations in Washing- ton, and the ofticers of the army and navy. As a handy reference the almanac is with- out peer, and the accuracy of the informa- tion It contains makes it doubly valuable. ‘The Evening Star never does things hal! heartedly, and this little book is still fur- ther proof of its thoroughness. a A Perfect Encyclopaedia. Frem the Albany Times-Union. ‘The Washington, D. C., Evening Star hand book for 1895 has exhaustive infor- mation with valuable statistics in refer- ence to the city of Washington and the government of the United States. In fact, it is a perfect encyclopaedia of information upon every imaginable topic. — Full of Usefal Information. From the Woonsocket (R. I.) Evening Reporter. Of making many almanacs there 1s no end among the papers of the land. These are cyclopaedic in their nature. The Wash- ington Evening Star’s annual or almanac is about the usual scope of these publica- tions," but enters into the details of the District of Columbia government, of which most people stand in need of information, and is a guide for visitors to Washington. ———— oo Precisely What It is. From the Philadelphia Call. One of the very neatest and dest of all the almanacs of the current year is that published by the Washington Evening It is called an “Almanac and Hand- and that is precisely what it ts. pecialiy exhaustive is The Star's alma- g matters pertaining to our national capital, to recent legislation, acts of Congress, & re A Valuable Work. From the Pottsville (Pa.) Evening Chronicle. The Chronicle has just receited the an- nual almanae and year book of the Wash- ington, D. C., daily Evening Star. It is & volume of 400 pages, filled with statistical matter concerning the federal government, much valuable informa- tion about the District of Columbia and nal capital. As a reference book sgton it will be found a valuable —————— SRAL NEWS NOTES. The plant of the electric light company ce, S. C., was destroyed by fire Loss, $25,000; insurance, $6,000. es were burned to death. China has sent new credentials to her peace envoys, with a view to a renewal of the negotiations with Japan. The proposal to grant pay and traveling expenses to members of the reichstag was adepted yi ay by a majority which in- cluded centrists, freissiniges, socialists and most of the national liberals. ‘The cold weather continues unabated throughout England, the thermometer showing 17 degrees below zero yesterday in Lendon. ‘The Chilean government announces its in- tention to purchase ail the railways in that country. John Redmond declared in the house of ccmmons yesterday that the liberals had helved home rule. He urged an immediate solution of parliain: but a motion to 26 to 256. da vhat effect was beate Mrs. school, Davis, the te: district three mules from the village of N.Y 1 dead in a snow r the schoothouse yesterday, hav- Jost in the biizzard last Thursday en to death. . Stout's wholesale grocery, in Indianapolis, was destroyed by fire yester- day. Logs, $115,000; insurance, $55,000. A. Kiefer & Co.'s drug store was damaged by water. ‘The trial of Searcey and Morganfield, the alleged Aquia Creek train robbers, will be- ‘The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com- ny has awarded a contract for a fine pessenger steamer to run between Newport News and Norfolk. In the joint ballot in the Oregon legisla- ture yesterday for United States Senator the following vote was cast: Dolph, 36; Hare, 10, Weathersford, 7; Williams, 9; Lowell, 10; Lord, 6; absent, 12. Necessary for choice, 40. The senate of Massachusetts has passed to be engrossed a bill providing for biennial elections. The vote was on strict party lires—17 to 3—the republicans voting for the measure. Continuing the plan to establish a gold standard, the Austrian minister of finance has issued four per cent gold rentes to the amount of 50,000,000 florins. Half of this amount was taken by a firm and the bal- ance will be taken at the option of a syn- dicate composed of the Kreditanstalt, the Beden-Creditanstalt and the Rothschilds. Mgr. and Vicar General May died at the parochial house adjoining the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Brooklyn last right, of which he was the pastor for more than thirty years. Another week of balloting for United States Senator in the Idaho legislature be- gan yesterday without change. The result of the vole was: Shoup, 19; Sweet, 15; Clag- ett, 15. Sullzzle Bogan, alias “Lize the Man,’* was sentenced by Judge Ingraham, in the New York court of Oyer and Terminer, yester- day, to ten years in state prison. She was ecnvicted of manslaughter in killing Brid- get Gorman, on January 6, at 20 Mott street, by throwing a lighted lamp at her. Mrs. Margaret Stanley of St. Louis, Mo., attempted to thaw a frozen water pipe with a gasoline lamp. The lamp exploded and Mrs. Stanley was sv badly burned that she died within an hour. Mrs. Henry Hick- mann, a neighbor, attempted to put out the flames and was seriously burned. Frederick E. Conklin, thirty-seven years old, regimental clerk of the twelfth regi- ment of New York, is missing. He was at the armory on last Thursday, but has not been seen since. Mrs. William Siebert and two children were yesterday drowned while crossing the Ohio river at Coraopolis, eleven miles below Pittsburg. ‘The Dreyton divorce case was again post- week yesterday, on account of the illness of Mr. Drayton's counsel. Five firemen were seriously, three of them aps fatally, injured in a fire that raged the West Bottoms, Kansas City, yester- afternoon. They are Fred. Ricketts, $ Houren, Sam Cox, F. K. Gaffney and Cen O'Hearn. ~~ - -eee-—_____ For the Chicago Post Office. The Chicago city council last night granted to the government, free of rent, of the lake front, “for as long as for the erection of a temporary pending the erection of the $4,000,000 bullding recently voted by+ Con- gress. ‘The contractors who purchased the | gover building at the world’s fair 1 it to the government for noth- the government will pay for m Jackson Park to the lake uve oife ing, providin, its transfe: front | IN HOTEL CORRIDORS “We are having an enthusiastic time up my way just now in moving toward the purpose of having the Knights Templar hold their triennial conclave in 1898 in Pittsburg,” said C. E. Sutter of that city at La Normandie. “Some time ago it was stggested that the conclave would be an excellent thing for the burg, especially in an advertising way and that the best way to influence the knights to come would be to secure from the citizens at once guar- antees of subscriptions to a fund for the proper entertainment of the visitors. The amount was fixed at $75,000, and the Dis- patch announced that it would receive guarantees. The idea caught on at once, and last week when I left home substan- tial citizens and leading firms had already pledged themselves for over $44,000 of the needed sum. We all feel pretty sure of getting the conclave, and I wish we could transport your beautiful, wide, smooth streets for the occasion. Of course, I am as anxious as anybody to have the Tem- plars in my town, tut it seems to me that Washington should be the place for all great national gatherings, and especially those in which parade features are promi- nent. There is no city in the world that has anything like its advantages for such displays.” “A man named Harrison, in Sioux City, Fas a setter dog that is a pretty valuable animal, and a good many people in Iowa would be willing to pay a good, stiff price for him,” said W. W. McCann of Des Moines at Willard’s last night. “He has brought his master on several occasions money he has found in the street, and quite recently he came in with tail wag- ging proudly and a pocket book with over $200 in it held in his mouth. Shot—which is his name—seems to be as familiar with the worth of articles he may happen to come across in his skirmishes around town as any human being, and it is the result of early training. His owner, when the dog was a puppy, patiently taught him to retrieve various articles, and frequently used bills and coin ir this practice. In this way, probably, the animal learned to distinguish the peculiar scent of money, for it has an aroma that is acquired from being carried on the person. But no mat- ter what his secret is Shot is a lucky dog in every sense of the word, for he never ecmes across money that he does not eager- ly pick it up and race home with it. And he'll bring lots of other things that evi- dently appear to him as useful’ If there is an old cast-off hat in his course he'll carry it to Harrison, and old rags of cloth- ing are as dutifully taken the same way. He’s an excellent field dog also, but has never been known to retrieve a bird. So Shot is a sort of a canine paradox in his run-and-fetch qualities.” ‘Some years ago a young man came to New York from the west with high as- Ppirations about becoming an artist,” said Alexander Stieff of New York at the Riggs House. ‘He had been praised without stint in his own community, and led to be- leve that the metropolis was the proper field in which to display his talents and se- cure remunerative recognition. I knew his people and met him several times after his locating there. He was as proud as Luci- fer, and kept a stiff upper lip when asked how he was getting on, but I noticed that his confidence and enthusiasm were pretty much assumed. After awhile he dropped out of my sight, and 1 saw nothing of him for three years. He was sleek and pros- perous looking, and I was glad to see that he had evidently caught on. I remarked that art appeared to be agreeing with him. He colored up and looked disconcerted for a moment, and then he laughed and told me story. He said he had stuck to landscape and genre werk until he had no more money to buy canvas or paint, but no customers had ever reached him. He was in despair when he happened to see an ad- vertisement offering a prize for the best design for wall paper. He pawned his over- coat for a few dollars and procured some materials and went to work on a design. He submitted it in person before it was fairly dry, and it immediately struck the fancy ef the advertiser, who was a wall cturer. had been doing nee, he said, and was mak- mey. I understood from him He high prices, and that a successful maker of them could afford to laugh at the ze a t when the financial returns 2 taken into consideration. “The gridironing of the west with rail- roads has pretty nearly done away®with the packer’s occupation, but up in Mon- tana and Idaho there are still some hardy citizens who follow transportation of goods across country for a livelihood,” said Geo. Reed of Helena at the Ebbitt yesterday. “There are no more pack trains now, but there are single outfits, and this weather reminds me of an experience I had with one in December, 1885. I was at a camp in Idaho nearly a hundred miles from Hope, and business demanded my presence there. ‘A man named Elliott, a packer, was going to start with his four-horse wagon, and I made a dicker with him. We started by moonlight early one morning, and when we tied up at night Elliott said he was afraid we were going to have some weather. I jaughed at him, for I knew, or thought I knew, ail the signs out there. Twenty hours afterward the snow began to come, and the wind with it. In twenty minutes we couldn't see twenty feet in any direction. Elliott teok two pieces of canvas out of the wagon and laid them on the ground under the wagon and between the wheels, and then he deliberately pro- ceeded to turn the horses loose. I was thunderstruck and ready to fight. He was as cool as the weather. “We are in for it,’ he said, ‘and have got to make the best of it. Those horses will go to the nearest ranch, and I think that is old man Ragan’s, about twelve miles from here. Then the Ragans_ will come out and get us. Just make up your mind to do some tall sleeping. Don’t worry and we'll pull through. If we kept on we'd be buzzard meat.” “There was nothing to do but submit. He took some bread and bacon and threw them under the wagon and drew out our blankets and some extra ones. He ,then directed me to get under the wagon, lie down and wrap up. “Take some of that bread and meat in- side of your cover, and don’t hit your flask, for the love of God.’ “Scraping away the snow on the canvas, I crawled under and wrapped myself up head and feet. I felt him throw another blanket over me and tuck it under me. Every action of my life passed before me, and then I went to sleep. When I awoke I felt a heavy weight upon me, but not uncomfortably so, and I reached the bread and meat and ate a little. Then I went to sleep again. I went through the same ex- perience four or five times, but I never be- came curious. The fact that I was alive gave me absolute confidence in Elliott, and I knew he was in just such a fix as I was. The last time I awoke something was prodding me. I pushed open my blankets and in came the snow. I heard Elliott laugh. ‘You're a good one,’ he said, as I scrambled out through the snow that covered me. “The storm's over, and we've slept over thirty hours. Now we can live out doors until the Ragans come.” “Sure enough, next day we were reached by the Ragans and taken to their ranch. Elliott said he had been compelled to weather several storms in just such a wa: If we'd a stayed in the wagon, Reed, we'd a froze to death, but goin’ under it let the snow pile in and kept us warm, and we couldn't get enough on us to suf- fccate us on account of the wagon body over us. Oh, it's easy when you get used to it’ “Elliott is now in Wycming, and was one of the leading spirits in the cattle rustler war out there three years ago this coming spring.” —_.>—_ Cleveland's Friend. Frem the Philadelphia Press. . The announcement is made that Mr. E. C. Benedict, who has gained a reputa- tion something like that of Johnson's Bos- well, because he is the friend of President Cleveland, is about to retire from active business on Wall street, and it is also added that he has accumulated a comfortable fortune of $5,000,000. His friends are not so sure about his permanent retirement from the street, although they have long known that Mr. Benedict is one of those who believe that when a fortune is made on the street the best thing that the maker of it can do is to quit the stock exchange and its temptations. Mr. Benedict is fitting up his yacht, the famous Oneida, and with a party is about to sail for the Caribbean sea, and it may be that it is this purpose which has led to the statement that he is to retire. REDUCING THE PENSION FORCE. Representative Dingley States the At- titude of the Committee. The paragraph in the legislative appro- Priation bill providing:for a net reduction of 114 clerks in the pension office, and an increase of 150 special examiners, caused considerable debate ig the House. yester- day afternoon. Mr. Dingley of Maine, as a member of the “committee, having charge of the bill, made the following ex- planation: “The commissioner of pensions came be- fore the subcommittee that prepared this bill and informed us that it was necessary to have that full sum; that he had expend- ed that amcunt during the last year and the previous year. When I inquired what the effect would be if an appropriation of only $250,000 should be made with a pro- vision that the amount should be so fiis- tributed as not to create a deficiency, he said he weuld be obiiged to call in one- haif the special examimers in the field, and that he desired to know at the ver beginning of the fiscal year whether that was to be the policy adopted by Congress. I then asked him what would be the ef- fect upon the Business of the pension office if that should be done. He replied that it must inevitabiy cause delay in the ad- judication of pension cases because the of- fice felt it its duty to refer to the exam- iners in the field a certain number of cases, and in order to keep up with the work as cases were thus referred, not less than $500,000 and the force that is now main- tained in the field would be required. ‘When I inquired of him further as to what this special force in the field was doing, he replied that 80 per cent of this expenditure was being made directly to aid pensioners whose cases had not been satisfactorily made out, where the pension oftice desired further ‘investigation, and therefore that in every respect it must be held to be in the interest of the pensioner. As to the other 20 per cent, he said that it was used in cases where fraud had been alleged or where suspicious circumstances had arisen, and that in every point of view the full appropriation which was asked by the pension office, and also asked by the Secretary of the Interior, was needed if pension adjudicaticns are to go on at the rate at which they are now going on. I concluded, therefore, that in view of the statements which had been made by the commissioner of pensions and by the Sec- retary of the Interior it was desirable that the full appropriation asked for should be given in the interest of the pensioner. “The commissioner and the Secretary of the Interior recommend a reduction of 165 clerks on the rolls of the pension office, of which 51 have been for several years as- signed to other buréaus in the Interior De- partment, making an actual reduction of 114 in the force of clerks in the pension office. When the fact was brought out that the reduction of the force in the pension office was to be net 114 I asked the com- missioner of pensions whether such a re- diction would not result in delay in the adjudication of cases. I also asked the same question of the Secretary of the In- terior. Both replied that it would not. And when I inquired as to how this could be possible, their explanation was sujsta: tially this, that there are in the pension o: fice a large number of clerks, somd@ ad- vanced in years, unable to perform their duties properly, and others who are inef- ficient; and that in some of the divisions there is an excess of force, and no room to expand; so that the work is not being done economically and efficiently; and in the judgment of these officers if this force should be reduced net 114 by the discharge of the ineflicient as ‘muéh work would be done as his been done in previous years. “In view of this statement, where the head of the pension office and the Secre- tary of the Interior have taken upon them- selves the responsibility of officially in- forming the subcommitiee of the commit- tee on appropriations’ and through the subcommittee and full committee of in- forming the House that the reduction of this force will tend) to economy and to efficiency in that branch of the service and that it wiK in no way result in re- tarding the adjudication of pension ¢ I felt that the responsibility of the tion must rest with the: executive o/h: of the government making such a re’ mendation. ‘om- “ft fs but just to myself, however, that T should notwithetanding what the commissioner cf pensions as well as the that I can Secretary of the Interloz says, hardly conceive how it is possible that a reduc ion office at th ily in increased delay in the adjudication of pen- although I bow to their judg- ‘ble inistrative officer: le if the result shall sion cas ment as re holding th be other m resi ise than what they affirm it be. 1 it my duty to present to committee the atements which made to the subcommittee by the commis sioner of pensions and the Secretary of the Interior.” : s! The paragraph came over until today without action THE SNOW BLOCKADE, Breaking Through the Great Ava- lanches on the Rocky Mountains. From the San Francisco Chronicle. It was a deer, they say, a shrinking, dewy-eyed gazelle, with mottled flanks and frost-bitten tail, that kicked a moun- tain of snow into the Sacramento river canyon above Dunsmuir last Monday morning. Whether: or not the deer was the guilty party does not matter now. The animal has since gone to its just re- ward along with the Tate O'Leary cow of Chicago. May the frappe remains of the deer rest in peace—and they probably will for some time to ccme. From whatever cause the avalanche did meve it made the trip In a highly sensa- ticna! manner. The slide proved the great- est in the history of the snow regions of this state. It blocked the traffic of the Scuthern Pacific Company as completely as if no track existed at that point. Trains caught in the snow belt and approaching from both directions stood stalled for nedrly a week, while men and machines wérked night and day to open up the line. The towns of Sisson and Dunsmuir, eighteen miles apart on the Shasta divis- icn, were buried deep in tombs as cold and white, if not so hard, as marble. For thirty-six hours previous to the advent of the avalanche a heavy snow storm raged. The beautiful snow fell in flakes as large as buckwheat cakes, filling up the streets of the little mountain towns until only the roofs and chimneys proclaimed the haunt of man. Hight and ten feet on the level was the depth at which citizens had to wade. Up on the summit of Mount Bradley, whence the big slide started on its wild career, snow had piled to the depth of fifty or sixty feet. This mountain stands two miles to the westward of the track and is a little over cne mile above Duns- muir. Mount Bradley’s snow supply is at all times far in excess of the demand, and with the added weight of the recent storm scmething had to give way and go tobog- ganing down the slope. Early on Monday.,morning the first in- stallment came thupdeying into the can- yen. With a rush apd a roar a mammoth chunk of snow broke off near the summit and went rolling downjthe mountain. At every foot of the way the mass gathered weight and momenjum, taking up layers of snow like a hug@bajl. -When the slide reached the top of $he ,eut near the river it moved with the yelocity of an express train. Trees and rocks which stood in the way were swept ath, like trifles and carried bodily along. “fll firs, with bod- jes two feet in diameter, were either pull- ed up or torn off ang Jafided on the other side of the stream. ¢ 4 The area of the,avglanche was esti- mated at 1,000 feet - and 50 feet deep, and as the great blankpt shot across the canyon it buried t ilroad track and dammed the Sacra eno river so com- pletely that for thee was dry at Dunsmujr. At the end of thaf,time the river, swoll- en as it was by rains and melted snow, tinneled under the dam and flowed se- renely on its way. But while the stream vas blocked the citizens of Dunsmuir,who visited the spot on snow shoes, enjoyed the spectacle of a miniature Niagara shooting over the top of the dam. After the snow structure hatl been washed away two immense tree trunks remained side by side, forming a bridge across the river. oo Miss Annie Boecker, the only woman saved from the Elbe, had an audience yes- terday with Queen Victoria and ‘the queen’s eldest daughter, Empress -Fred- erick of Germany, who is visiting her mother at Osborne House, the royal resi- dence on the Zsle of Wight. jours the stream FOR GENERAL DEBILITY Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. R. D. Fairex, New Orleans, La., say: have almost universally seen good ‘effects produced by it in diseases of the male organs of generation, general debility and pulmonary discases.’’ ill | Bentley Thomas. SUBURBAN NEWS . ANACOSTIA, The snow blockade has been lifted and once more Anacostia is in direct and usual communication with the city of Wash- ington. The Anacostia cars started run- ning yesterday and are now engaged on time. The track of the railroad, where the freight train was stalled for three days, is now clear and the train has pro- ceeded on its way to Shepherd’s Landing. One feature of Anacostia, which is com- mendable, is the excellent condition of its streets today, and to Sergt. Kirby of the Anacostia police is considerable credit due. Yesterday morning the poor renewed their ciamoring for supplies and the sergeant perceived that there wag not the supply to meet the demand» Among those who called at the station there was noticeable about ten or fifteen colored men, To them the sergeant addressed himself, explain- ing that if they wanted orders they might go to work cleaning off the snow and trust to what came in. He did not promise them anything, but stated that if they would clean off the streets and clear up snow- drifts he would furnish them with orders just as soon as they came in. The men seized the chance eagerly and the sergeant supplied shovels. Before noon, however, the number of workmen had increascd to about twenty-five, and by evening there was not an Anacostian who had to walk through a snowdrift on his way down town. Another expedient was adopted to secure contfibutions yesterday, and the police officers of the town were asked if they could give anything. The request re- sulted in about ten or fifteen dollars being contributed, which were rapidly converted into orders for the poor. Services at the Garden Memorial Presby- terlan Church Sunday morning were not delayed in spite of the fact that every heating pipe in the church was frozen and had bursted. The members of the congre- gation adjourned to the home of Mr. Alex- ander Garden, in the vicinity, and it was there that both morning and evening serv- ice was conducted. There was an accident yesterday morn- ing on 1ith street, which resulted in a slight injury to a lady whose home is near Silver Hill, Md. Mrs. Annie Duvall was driving down 11th street southeast near O street, when a collision took place between the buggy in which she was riding and a car of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company. Mrs. Duvall was thrown to the pavement, the harness on the horse was broken to pieces and the buggy bad- ly damaged. The accident was reported to the police by Mrs. Duvall. Mrs. J. B. North and her daughter, Miss Theda North, are both ill at their home on Minnesota avenue. ‘Mrs. Garden of Minnesota avenue still continues ill. —_— SANDY SPRING. The directors of the Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company of Montgomery county have elected Edward P. Thomas president, Al- an Farquhar secretary and treasurer and Benjamin I. Palmer assistant secretary. The directors of the Savings Institution of Sandy Spring have accepted the resig- nation of Treasurer Joseph T. Moore, and Alban G. Thomas was elected to fill Lis place. William W. Moore was made vice president and George F, Nesbitt secretary, Allan Farquhar, who had held the latter office for ten years, declining a re-election. Sherwood School, Miss Belle Hanmann principal, has received a donation of $100 from the educational Yearly Mecting of Baltimore. James Zeigler, a former resident of this place, died at his home near Colesville on Wednesday. He had been for many years a prominent member of the Methodist Church, and, when in health, was consid- ered one of the finest singers in the coun- ty. He leaves a widow and several chil- dren. Mrs. Zeigler was a Miss Miller, sis- ter of the late Douglas Miller of Ashton. Grip is prevailing again. Mr. and Mr: Samuel P. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Ch G. Porter have all been ill with the disease, but are rather better at this writing. Mrs. Mary S. Osbbrne and Mrs. Stabler have recentiy visi Ann: and Mr, Miss Alice Moore in Miss Beatrix Tyson are in Wilmington and Samuel A. Janney in Florida. ‘The Phrenaskia was entertained at Bel- mont on Thursday by Mary EB. and R. The exercises were chief- ly memorial, the founder of the socivty having passed away since its last gather- The Enterprise Club held ‘ion at Amer Farm, with Tarlton Stabler, and was well’ attended, The t meeting will occur at Belmont, Ed- ward P. Thomas, host. Leawood, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hartshorne, had a’ narrow escape from being destroyed by fire a few days since. Happily the flames were conquered in time to prevent serious damage. ‘There are such immense snowdrifts in all the roads around Sandy Spring that an- cient hamlet is practically blockaded from the outside world. Sa FALLS CHURCH. This town has been closed in from the outside world for the past three days—no mails, no trains, no papers. The question is how much longer is this to continue? The meeting of the Christian leavor Scciety Sunday afternoon was quite well attended, and was presided over by Miss Edna Luttrell, assisted by Miss Matie Soule. Among others who addressed the society was Rev. J. H. Jenkins of the Con- fregational Church. A special meeting of the members will be held on Friday night at the residence of Rev. D. L. Rathbun, and on next Sunday afternoon missionary services will be held under the auspices of the missionary committce of the society, Miss Mary Williams leading. Mrs. Emma Proudfit, wife of Mr. 8. V. Proudfit, attorney of the land office, Wash- irgton, died Sunday morning, after a brief filness. She was a prominent member of the Baptist Church here, and was also con- negted with the order of Good Templars. Besides a husband, she leaves two daugh- ters and one son. She was foremost in all charitable und benevolent enterprises. Her funeral took place from the Baptist Church this morning at 11 o'clock. Two barrels of clothing, to the value of $90, has been shipped to the Nebraska suf- ferers by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church. There were no services in the Methodist and Baptist churches Sunday night on ac- count of the inclement weather. Sages ee KENSINGTON. the January Tho Dorcas Society of the Warner Me- morial Presbyterian Church will meet on Wednesday next at the home of Mrs. Al- phonso Hart. The Home Missionary and Ladies’ Aid societies of the St. Paul’s M. BE. Church will meet on Wednesday, from 11 to 4, at the residence of Mrs. Loren H. Milliken. Owing to the severe cold weather the usual Sunday morning services at the War- ner Memorial Presbyterian Church were omitted. The Christian Endeavor meeting in the evening was held at the residence of Mrs. Helen Martin, and was led by Mr. Harry Martin. Rev. James T. Marshall, who has been in Philadelphia under medical attendance for the last two months, has so far re- covered that he is expected home the last of the week. ——_—_—_ GAITHERSBURG. Senator John B. Gordon of Georgia spent Sunday here. Mr. David F. Virts has gone to Bruns- wick to attend the funeral of a relative. At the recent meeting of the Waverley Club Prof. W. E. Wolfe of Chicago de- livered an interesting address on “Phre- nology.” Mr. George A. Gloyd has returned to work at Newport News, Va. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Independent Order of Good Tem- plars in Ellicott City on last Thursday petitioners for another lodge of Good Tem- plars in this town were granted a charter. Mr. C. W. Crawford and Mr. J. S..Craw- ford were in attendance to represent the petitioners. Grand Vice Templar E. Jennie Waters of this town was also present. The “butterfly tea’ to have been given by the ladies of Ascension Protestant Episcopal Church on Saturday last was postponed until next Saturday afternoon amd evening, at the opera house. The blizzard prevented the Gaithersburg Lodge of Good Templars from observing fund of Friends’ } oe: Tee 3 ees Allman Idlamd FOR Soe Se: At All SRRORRELO REPO L OD pESiiiectiie ees SSSVOCSS SoS: areas SOS: x SS eRes: LRERERERELEREBLEELCCCCCER COD CUBED EOOCEOCOOO COTE CECE SED CTC CECE CECE EC CEE SECC VE CU CECE THE EVENING STAR’S Is Now On Sale News Stands A5e, A COPY. Or can be had at the counting room or by mail.| EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER CO. | PRERRORPERORORAOLAEAODD Seve | SSSCSE VES ESS SHeee ae amd Book 1895 a RAE OAR: aes ? 4 ie 9 | £4 4 4 * 9 2 4 b4 £4 * A PAORPOOROD ROARS » » 2 4 iJ > | 2 2» > REP ORPORDO OOD ae as Sevesevecereseores fe) RRRRRERARRRERE TE CORO OREDEDS OOOH SCESC SSCS O SSS ST SSCS Se x3 a Rey e ‘- ® SeSsese ast ess les! CRESS AT Sates its eleventh anniversary on Mrs. Anna Norris is lying very ill at her father’s home in Winthrop Heights. The box party given by the ladies of St. Barnabas Mission at the residence of Mrs. Jchn Burke was a success. Among those that were present were Mr. and Mrs. John W. Watson, Mrs. W. L. Mothersead, Mrs. F. P. Boushee, Mr. O. T. Putnam, Miss Hattie Harvey, Miss Ella Grimes, Miss Min- nie Grimes, Miss Edith Grimes, Miss Hat- tie Grimes, Mr. Joseph Cornish, Mr. Chas. Watson, Mr. John Watson, jr., M Stoll, . Walter Ber Mr. Henry Mr. Avory Smoot, Mr. and Airs. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Burke and Mr. Edward Gray and Mr. Lem Gray ef Hy- attsville, Md. The pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Josephine Sherwood, wife of Dr. Thomas H. Sherwood of Winthrop Heights, were Mr. J. W. Watson, Dr. W. C. Upham, Mr. I. J. Baker, Mr. E. A. Berry. Among. the friends were Mrs. W. Hills, Mrs. Me- Clellan, Mrs. Lindon, Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Harrington, Miss Kate Stine, Miss Amanda Bennett, Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Loomis, Mr. J. B. T. Tupper, Mr. Bernard Green, Mr. W. L. Argus. Rey. Mr. Shippen, pastor of All Souls’ Church, preached the funeral service, after which the bedy was taken to Glenwood. Mr. John Auth, while walking through his father’s slaughter house with a tub of lard, slipped ard fell, injuring his skull, from which he died. His funeral was held cn Sunday last at his home, on the Bladens- burg road. Mr. Lewis Holmes and aunt of Washing- ton, while out sleighing on the Bladensburg road, met with an accident by the upset- ting of their sleigh. The h ran through Augusterfer’s lane to the railroad tracks. It then followed the track toward the city and was caught at the “yards” just in time to prevent it from being killed by an express leaving Washington. National Council of Women. The local committee of arrangements for the National Council of Women, which has been holding regular sessions at Wimo- daughsis on Saturdays, will meet again tomorrow, Wedresday, at 4 o'clock p.m. This committee is doing very good work in preparing for the second triennial of the National Council of Women, which opens its session at Metzerott Music Hall next Sunday, with a religious service, and con- tinues with morning, afternoon and even- ing programs until March 2. The local committee will give a reception to the offi- cers and members of the council in the parlors of the Ebbitt House Monday, Fxb- ruary 25, from 3 to 5 o’cleck. Mrs, Ellen S. Mussey is the chairman of the recep- tion committee and Mrs. Jennette M. Brad- ley, chairman of the local committee. ee He Claims the Record. From the Baltimore American. Daniel Conroy, 633 West Hoffman street, claims to have broken the record in horse- shoeing trials in this state. The other day Mr. Conroy made remarkable time in shoe- ing Mr. C. Wambach’s horse. In exactly nine mgnutes he roughed the horse’s shoes and attached the four, his helpers, John Hemlins and Jaines Hall, only preparing and heating the shoes, he doing all the rest of the work. On a wager Mr. Conroy immediately after shocing the horse in nine minutes, made twelve shoes complete in 14 3-4 minutes. Messrs. J. Fred Bassier and William Farrall were the timekeepers. Mr. Conroy was induced to try his speed by the recent statement published that a man at Towson had made a record by ghoeing a horse in thirteen minutes. See Funcral of Ex-Minister Stevens. ‘The funeral of the late John L. Stevens, ex-minister to the Hawaiian Islands, was held at Augusta,"Me., yesterday. At 10:20 there were brief exercises at the house. At 11 o'clock a public ceremony followed at the Winthrop Street Universalist Church. The services were conducted by the Rev. H. S. Whitman, Mr. Stevens’ old pastor, assisted by the Rev. C. C. Hayden. The burial was in the family lot at Hailo- well, two miles: from the city. IF THE WAIR IS FALLING OUT On gray the glands of the skin need stim: and color food, and the best remedy and lant is Hall's Hair Renewer. stimu- | OFFICIAL NOTICES. OFFICE 01 THE COMMISSIONERS | trlet_ of Wa ELS OF THE DIS- D. ¢., February 2: Notice is rs of the Dis- construct stoneware chusetts ay 18: » sen ween cod digenuch and Irving GS, 69, 70, division, et extended (or on’ west sid Brightwood Grant ay ing lots |. $5, 36, Wright & Seventh street een Grant rd avenue cost, Is tling lots 95, YS, 29, 100, 108, 104, 105, 106, 107, Tas, 169, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 1, 1 . 19, IS of Wright & Dole’s subdivision, west side of Seventh street ied (or Brigh avenue and Irv $1,048; also abutting lots Howard Univer rood avenue) between How- ig street; estimated cost, “a, 1. 2 and 3 of ity subdivision and tract of land north of aforesaid lot 1, assessed in the name of Mahlon Ashford and Jo trustees, on east side of Seventh street extended (or Bright- Wood avenie) between Trumbull and Howard ; estimated cost, $550. in Eleventh street jorida avenue, 6, und lot 8, square 95 In Eleventh sleet nortlieast between H and K streets, abutt- ing lots 4, 5, 6 and 7, square 980, and lot 23, square 25; estimated ‘cost, $719. "In Eleventh street east between G and H streets, abutt- ing iots 17, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,'29, 80, BL and 1 of square 959; estimated cost, $688. In D street northeast betWeen Twelfth ‘and Thir- teenth streets, abutting lots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, square 1009; estimated Cost,” $1,200. ‘Twelfth street northeast between C and D streets side), abutting lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, square estimated cost, $640.’ In Twelfth street st between Cand D strects (vest side), abutting lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 1. square 986; estimated cost, $640. "In Twelfth street northeast between B’and C streets, abutting lots 4, 5, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 22, 33, 3% and 35, square 1010; estimated cost, $656. In south side of D street northwest between Sccond and Third streets, abutting lots 13, 12, 16, 15, 14 of 9, A, B, G, D of 2, 17, 18, 19 and 20. square estimated cost, $550. In alley of square 71 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 9 iv, 11, . A hear- ing will be giv r DA MARCH, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m., in the board room of the Commissioners of the District. of Columbia, at which time and place objections may be pre- sented by property owners to all or any of the above mentioned Work. J. W. ROSS, GEORGE ‘TRUESDELL, C. F. POWELL, Commissioners, DG fll-4t THE COMMISSIONERS, D. C., Washington, D. C., February 4, 1895.—Notice is hereby given that the Commifssioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia intend to make the following improvements, which are, in their Judgment, for’ the public health, safety “and com? stents for one-half the cost of the je as provided for in public act pproved August 7, 1894. Parties rested In the proposed work are fied that the Commissioners of the istrict of Columbia will give a hearipg at the District building, Ist street between HE amd C streets n.w., on the FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEB- RUALY, | 1895, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK ~A.M., to ny and all persons who may desire to phject to said jinprovements being made: LAY CEMENT ANITE CURB— SIDEWALKS AND SET NEW Florida avenue, north side, between 18th and 19th ;| estimated’ cost, $1,620. LAY DEWALKS—18th ‘street extended, : ida avenue and Columbia LAY NEW BRICK RB—Ist street east in front of CEMENT * SIDEWALKS A} between B and C_ st squares 686 and timated cost, $1,375; B sireet south between 14th street and Kentucky ‘avenue east, in front of square east 1042; esti- LAY NEW BRICK ‘SIDE- NEW CURB—Zth street ex- n Steuben and Rock Crock IF |, cast side of street; estimated cost, S00; 7th street extended nw. between Wale street and Rock Creek Church road, west of street; estimated cost, $6,000. KELAY K SIDEWALK: — warp xtended n.w., in front ef 1927 to 2041 inclust estimated cost, $309. LAY BOARD SIDEWAL Krookland, south side, between streets; estimated cost, $160; Dover street, Brookland, south side, between 11th and, 12th strects; estimated cost, $125; Messmore street, both sides, between Erie’ and Huron streets; esti- mated cost, Erle street, north side, between Central avenue ind 16th street extended; est! mated cost, $3¢ J. W. OSS, GEORGE TRUESDELL, CHAS. F. POWELL, Comiuission- ers, D. £4,5, 11612 1 DW roa! Gas Heating Stoves. NEW LOT JUST 23 ae 'GHT AT BARGAIN We offer them at n> os” $2.25, $2.75, $3.60 ‘They are good st all times, especially cold snaps. Chas. A. Muddiman, Gis 12TH ST. fl1-12d alentines. —the sweetest_the most re- fe _chromus. See our stock Entirely new styles. Pursell, 418 oth St. . 111-84 4 3 3 t 2