Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES, lines” while a sign of winter lasts. Come for what you will--you will find enough of a variety to satisfy your needs. We never forget our allegiance is to you. We want the feeling that this is your place--but an exchange not just a shopping =-where you will always get the quality you pay for--often Hosiery and Underwear. ‘There may be rigns of weakness show- ing themselves In your supply of Hosiery and Merino Underwear—or the cbildren’s. But the need tsn't weakening any. You will find some special opportunities offered to “repair the damage.” HOSIERY— Ladies’ Fast Black Cashmere Hose, with double soles, heels and toes. S0c. Kind 39, @ pair. 5c. kind 45c. a pair. Te. kind 59e. a pair. $1.00 kind 75e. a pair. Ladies’ Hermsdorf-dyed Dropstitch Boslery—S5e. kind 20¢. a pair. Children’s Fast Black Ribbed Cash- mere Hosa, with double knees, heels and toes—50c. kind for 89c. a pair. Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Bileycle Hose, with double knees, beels and toes—size T to 10-250. a pair. MERINO UNDERWEAR. Ladies’ Amcrican Hostery Co.'s Vests h neck and long sleeves—TSe. for size 26—rise 10c. on a size. Ladies’ Silk and Wool Ribbed Vests, ith high neck and long sleeves—$1.85. ‘ with bigh neck and no sleeves—stze 3— Ladies’ Black Wool Corset Covers, for eize 3—$1.60 for size 4. Without Corsets. With short sleoves—$1.65. Ladies’ White Wool Corset Covers, $1.05. Size 4~$1.15. with high neck and long sleeves—$1.50 aleeves—$1 and $1.10. Reduced prices. Either they were spe- ¢lally bonght-or you have brought the Mines down to remnants, “* All-right qualities, though—bargains— 80 dozen White and Gray Jean Cor- sets, striped with satine—long waisted and full boned—60e. kind for 44c. @ pair. bo set my 1840. ‘elephone 995. POCO EOC OOOO OOOO OOOO ECO OE CND | The “daily docket’’== . 9 PERRY’S. e shall mot lay down the “warm Loyal to the last. store to grow. It is more. PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” Seteeteeeetecteceetectetontenteeteteateeteteatondeteetoadeedeteateeeteatonetentons sLeteetentorententeretontoeoteetentorbernsestetrcene Long-watsted Jean Corsets, with high Dust, two side steels and fan back— Boe. a pair. ©. B. a Ia Spirite Corsets, made of Jean--long waist, boned bust and two side steels—75e. White and Gray. W. B. Corsets—six hooks, long waist, high bust, heavily boned and made of heary coutil—$1 a pair. ‘Thompson's Glove-fitting Corsets, made of fast Black satine, with extra long waist, high bust and six hooks— $1.25 a@ pair. 10 pairs of ©. P. a Ia Strene Corsets— large sizes—$3.25 ones reduced to $1.93. $2.50 ones reduced to $1.50. All the best brands—imported and domestic. Muslin Underwear. Just some hints of how you can saro Boney and gain @ lot of useful satis- faction— Muslin Gowns—5S inches long, with yoke of clusters of tucks, double yoke back. Extra long and full sleeves, trimmed around neck and sleeves and own front with embroidery—79c. kind for 50c. Muslin Gowns, With yoke of tucks, @pen-work insertion and close em- brotdery; double back, generous length and width—Sdc.‘kind for 69c. Muslin Drawers, with deep hem and tucks; made on yoke bands—25c. a pair. Muslin Drawers, trimmed with deep muffle of embroidery and tucks—39c. @ pair. Muslin Chemises, with corded bands— Boe. Muslin Corset Covers, cut with high and low neck—12%4e. @ pair. SILK MADE FROM WOOD PULP. What the Mechanical Rival of the Silk Worm ts Expected to Accomplish. What is to become of the silk worm? Will it be driven out of business, being no longer worth the mulberry leaves on which {t feeds? This seems not unlikely to happen ff the artificial substitute, al- ready much advertised, {s all that {s claim- ed. By the use of simple machinery a web closely resembling that of the insect fs spun from base and ignoble materials. The spinning is done by a false worm of glass, tho threads produced being wound in @ counterfeit cocoon. This chemically prepared fiber, while beautiful and suitable for fabrics, is manufactured at so cheap a rate that before long even poor men’s wives, perhaps, will be able to afford silk Gresses. Thus far the process has hardly got beyond the laboratory stage, but com- anies have been formed and large capital Eioseribed for tho establishment of plants for making the silk, which will be on the market before long. From Wood Pulp. The silk {s made from wood pulp, to which certain chemicals are added. To be- gin with, the pulp {s dried tn an oven. ‘Then it fs plunged into a mixture of nitrate and sulphuric acids, after which it ts wash- ed in water and dried tn alcohcl. Then tt fg dissolved In ether and alcohol, the. result being collodion. The coilodion, which is sticky and glue-like, fs passed through a glass tube that is provided with 3% cocks. The spouts of the cocks are of glass, and each one {8 plerced by a small hole of the diameter of the thread of a cocoon as it Is spun by the Insect. ‘The spinner opens the cock, and the col- ledion issues in threads of extreme delica- ey. They are so fine that six of them are necessary to make a thread of the proper thickness for weaving. As yet, however, the threads are soft and sticky; they are not silk yet, but merely collodion. But to make them dry and hard fs a very simpie matter. When the threads come out of the cocks they pass through water, which takes up the ether and alcohol from the coilodion. The latter ts by this means transformed into an elastic thread, as brilliant and nearly as strong as ordinary silk. That is the whole business. The thread now has only to be wound and is ready for weaving. It can be made of an infinite length. But there fs one more detail that should not be forgotten. What promised to be a fatal objectton to this artificial fher was that it was extremely inflamma- le. It would not be pleasant for a lady in @ ball gown to be exposed to the risic of going off like a match by accidental ignition. This danger is obviated by plung- ing the spun thread into ammonia, whic! ‘renders {t as slow of combustion as any Other material employed in fabrics, It is expected that the counterfeit silk will be employed largely for a mixture with real silk, taking the piace of cotton and wool. In most of the fabrics thus far produced the warp !s of the true article and the weft of the Imitation. In conclusion, !t should be stated that, while in France manufacturers interested in the silk industry regard this new inven- tion with favor, conservative men engaged fn the same business in England have ¢x- ressed the opinion that the artificial silk Eas no value. It will soon be demonstrated which view of the matter is correct. ———_- e-____—_ No One Has a Better Right. ‘The Pall Mall Gazette of London, in an editorial on the Hawaiian question, says: “There seems to be no hope for Hawall, gave in @ protectorate. America ts a good friend and cousin of ours, and if some one must have the Island, we know of no power with a better right to !t.”" pian PS ee ar ‘The directors of the Compagnie Generale Trangatlantique have adopted a vote of congratulatious to Captain Baudelon of thesteamer La Gascogne. WORLD'S PROGRESS IN 15 YEARS. Arts and Industries That Did Not Ex- ist a Decade and a Half Ago. “Right here in the patent office you may watch the forward rush of civilization and realize how rapid it is,” said Chief Examiner Greely to a writer for The Star. “Probably it has never occurred to you to censider how many arts and industries that are of importance today were un- known tn 1880. Their creation has given employment to tens of thousands of peo- ple and to billions of dollars of capital. If we were thrown back only so far as a decade and a half we should find our- selves deprived of numerous comforts, and even necessaries, as we now regard them, which were not obtainable at all fifteen years ago. “Tho self-binding harvester is new since 1890, commercially speaking. It rend¥rs possible the gathering of certain cereal ¢rops with a rapidity unapproachable by hand labor. Hundreds of thousands of men would be required to reap the har- vests of the great northwest without the ald of this machine. It has made practi- cable the raising of crops far larger than could be produced and garnered other- wise. Incidentally, food has been cheap- ened. “Tho typewriter vas not put on the market until 198%. It seems wonderful that we could have got along at all with- out ft. In eleven years from $25,000,000 to $20,000,000 worth of typewriters have been sold. This machine has opened a new field for women’s work. It has increased the demand for writers of shorthand very greatly. The quantity of matter actually written has been enormously Increased by this invention. It has rendered letter writing so easy that many people now Maintain a. large correspontience who vrite very few letters by longhand. ts write more than twice as many letters as they used to, and the volume of the mails has been proportionately aug- mented. Cable and Electric Roads. “Who, In 1880, had ever heard of a ‘grip- man’ cr ‘motorman? The cable and clec- tric roads are new since then. The cost of constructing and equipping them 1s mainly for labor, and tn this way employ- tent has been given to great numbers of These novel systems of traction e given work to regiments of honest fellows who now wear uniforms. When horse cars are superseded by electricity or the cable, the number of passengers cerried is always greatly increased and mere cars are run, requiring a larger number of employes. The labor at the power houses is better pald than at the stables. “The last fifteen years have witnessed the creation of the electric light, the elec- tric railway, the telephone and a large variety of industries depending on elec- tricity. The inventions on which they are based have deprived nobody of employ- ment. On the contrary, they have opened entirely new flelds and fresh demands for lsbor. Without the ald of our patent sys- tem, which holds out to the inventor the prespect of reward, how many of these new ideas, which represent the forward steps of civilization, would remain with- out fruit, if not unthought of? “The two most important of very re- cent inventions are the typemaking ma- chine and the cash register. The latter has already put on the market $15,000,000 oy $20,000,000 worth of material, the cost of which ts mainly labor. Let me not for- get to mention in the list of novel indus- tries the manufacture of the bicycle,which 1s new, commercially, since 1830."” e- Senator Gallinger Has the Grip. Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire is confined to his rooms at the Elsmere by what appears to be a severe attack of the grip. He has not been in his seat in the Senate for several days past. No alarm, however, is felt by his friends, and there is every confidence in his speedy recovery. j Senator Platt, Col. John P. ’ For Stomach Or Liver Troubles, Take YER’S Cathartic Pills. Received Highest Awards At World’s Fair. After sickness, take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. HARRIET HUBBARD AYER'S RECAMIER CREAM WILL CURE PIMPLES AND ALL SKIN ERUPTIONS. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. 181 West 81st st. =--+-- New York. Ja30-wiy IF THS BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURP ‘and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic and 1s the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-1y DR. SH JOSTURA BITTERS, A PURE RT'S AD Yegeteble tonic, makes health, and health makes bright, eeks and happiness. THE COMPLAINT DISMISSED. Reck Creck Park Commission Sus- tained by Judge Cox. Judge Cox today refused the injunction prayed for by the Van Riswick heirs last month to restrain the Rock Creek Park ecmmission from proceeding to assess the benefits alleged to have resulted to ad- jacent real estate from the establishment and ‘maintaining of the park. As heretofore explained in The Star, the complainants asked for the injunction on the grounds that the act of Congress es- taplishing the park and providing for the assessment of benefits is, so far as it ap- plies to the assessment of benefits, un- constitutional, and for the further reason that no benefits have really resulted to such adjacent property. To the bill of complainant the government demurred, contending that the application was a pre- maturo matter, and that the court could not intervene until it was ascertained that the commirsion had determined to assess benefits against the particular property in question. To Mr. T. A, Lambert, counsel for the complainants, Judge Cox today stated that he had concluded to sustain the govern- ment’s demurrer, and would, therefore, dismiss the bill of complaint, but without prejudice to a renewal of it, should the commission determine that the property in question was liable for benefits. Assist- ant District Attorney Taggart was, there- fore, directed to prepare an order for the court’s signature in accordance with such a ruling. ; Mr. R. Ross Perry of the commission stated to a Star reporter today that the commission would meet at 2 o'clock next Saturday afternoon, when it would pro- ceed, he thought, to make the required as- sessments. Se LOYAL LEGION BANQUET, Many Patriotic Speeches Made—Large Attendance of Members and Guests. ‘There was a great attendance upon the annual banquet of the District Command- ery, Loyal Legion, held last night at the Arlington. More than three hundred wear- ers of the tiny button of red and blue were seated at the tables, and quite filled the banquet hall of the hotel. It was 9 o’clock when, at the request of the chaplain, Rev. Dr. Rankin, president of Howard Univer- sity, offered prayer, and the feast began, and from that time to a late hour the merry-making continued. Commodore Ramsay, commander of the order here, presided over the tables as toastmaster. With him at the nead table sat the Argentine minister, the Hawaiian minister, the Nicaraguan minister, Senator Sherman, Senator Hawley, Senator Vilas, Nicholson, re- corder-in-chief of Pennsylvania; Capt. A. Sumner of California Commandery, John B. Hamilton of Illinois Commandery, Gen. Joseph 8. Smith of Massachusetts Com- mandery, Lieut. G. W. Morse, from the same state; Gen. E. A. Carr, U. 8. A., from Missouri; Col. H. B. Briston, Major F, H. Phipps, U. 8. A.; Capt. J. C. Ayres, U. 8. A., and Capt. Eben G. Scott, all of New York; Major Henry E. Smith and Lieu J. B. Robinson, both of Pennsylvania; M F. H. Kolsaat of Chicago, Chief Clerk Tweedale of the War Department and G. W. Rouzer. The postprandial proceedings were opened at 10:30 by some singing by a quartet, and the patriotic airs rendered set the veterans into a high pitch of enthu- siasm. Senator Hawley afterward led the singing most energetically, standing on a chair to beat time. The tunes of “America,” “Marching Through Georsta," “When Johnnie Comes Marching Home’ and other alrs were given with such a vim that the windows fairly rattled. Repre- sentative-elect George Wellington of Maryland responded to the first toast, apropos of the eighty-first anniversary of the birthday of Lincoln. Senator Mander- son was given a great ovation when he arose to speak to the toast assigned to him, the thirteenth anniversary of the Order of the Loyal Legion in the District. Prof. Orson V. Tousley responded to the toast “The Patriotism of Pea ’ After his remarks there was a gs cession of in- formal speeches, which prolonged the ban- quet far beyond midnight. Se AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON, ashington Hed a Parhclion on View This Morning. Washington saw a parhelion at 8 o'clock this morning. This phenomenon in usual parlance is termed a sundog, and fs pecu- liar to more northerly latitudes than that shington. The parhelion in questior was exceedingly brilliant and was ol by thousands of people. The sky was ha and presented a dull, degrees, the sun occupying the center of the circle. The inner edge of the circie was red and weil defined and the outer edge was not so well defined. The sky within the halo was much darker than it was for a distance of several degrees with- out the halo. The light, as is always the case in parhelia, was polarized in the di tion of a tangent to the circumfer proving that the lght had suffered refrac- tion. This halo was formed by the refrac- tion of the light of the sun through the crystals of tce floating in the atmosphere. The simplest form of an ice crystal is a right prism whose section is a regular hexagon and terminated by two bases per- pendicular to the edges of the prism. When @ ray of Nght passes through a prism it is deviated toward the base of the prism and there is a certain position of the prism in which the deviation ts the least possible. When a halo is formed round the sun a white light may be seen passing through the sun parallel to the horizon. This parhelic circle is produced by the re- flection of the sun’s light from ice prisms or snow crystals whose surfaces have a vertical position. When the air {is tran- quil the flakes of snow which are present in the atmosphere descend slowly to the earth, and they tend to assume that posi- tion in which they experience the least fesistance from the air. Near those points where halos cut the parhelie circle there {s a double cause of light, and here the ilu- mination {s sometimes so great as to pre- sent the appearance of a mock sun. This is what Washingtonians saw this morning. Parhelia are generally red on the side which is toward the sun, and they some- times have a prolongation in the form of a tail several degrees in length, whose dl- rection coincides with that of the horizon- tal circle. At Falls Church an are of a colored circle was observed, touching the halo at its highest point. These arcs, with variable curvatures, are quite common in far northern parts. a Gov. Morton of New York has signed the power of removal bill, which gives Mayor Strong the power to depose the heads of departments of the New York city government. ABRILLIANT RECEPTION A Large Gathering-th Compliment to Sena- tor Harris of Tennesseo. People of All Shades of Politics As- semble to Honor the Head of Their State Delegation. = Irrespective of polllies or party, the Ten- nessee residents gf Washington gathered at Page’s Hotel last night to do honor to Senator Harris of that state at a recep- tion tendered him to compliment him upon his re-election, As the senior Senator from Tennessee and in that respect the head of thé congressional delegation and Tennessee's chief representative at the na- tional capital, Senator Harris was given an ovation which demonstrated the affec- tion and respect entertained for him by the members of the official colony of which he may be said to be the head. The handsome parlors of the hotel were decorated for the occasion, and the entire first floor and a portion of the second floor were given up to the guests. The dining room was decorated and a buffet lunch was spread in one end, while an orchestra gave intimations during the evening of a dance to follow. A suitable-sized punch bowl was located in a convenient plaze and received many calls in the course of the evening. A flower brigade, composed of Miss Rosalie Jones, Miss Carrie Jones, Miss Lucetta Jones, Miss Bertha Bishop and Miss Edna Luttrell, presented the male guests with boutonnieres as they arrived. The guests began to arrive by 8:30, and they thronged the, parlors for the next three hours. In addition to the invitations to Tennesseans, the committee on arrange- ments had invited 100 personal friends cf Senator Harris, including his colleagues in the Senate and officials. Several Tennes- seeans from abroad were present, including Editor Head of the Nashville American and Col. Wm. Henderson of Knoxville. Receiving Party and Committees, Prominent among the guests were the District Commissioners, who, in their offi- cial capacity, are brought frequently into contact with Senator Harris as chairman of the District committee. The hero of the evening took his place in the main parlor near the receiving party, where the guests were presented to him as they arrived by Col. J. Fount Tillman. Senator Harris was personally acquainted with nearly every one present and had a kindly word of recognition and greeting for all. The ladies in the receiving party were Mrs. W. B. Bate, Mrs. A. A. Taylor, Mrs. Jno. C. Houk, Mrs. H. C. Snodgrass, Mrs. Jno. C. Miss Ida L. Richardson, M E. asniington, Mrs. N. N. Cox, Mrs. B. A. » Mrs. J. C. McDearmond and Mrs. Josiah Patterson. The executive committee comprised Messrs. J. Fount Tillman, Geo. A. Howard, A. B. Hurt, J. M. Bishop, Ed. Ray, Samuel Donelson, Wayne Gardell, BE. 1. Beech, A. R. P. Tonoray, P. E. Cox, J. M. Hickey and R,_K. Gillespie. Tho invitations were sent under the di- rection of a committee, consisting of Chas. W. Dabney, John S. Denton, F. A. Reeve, David S. Hendrick, A. B. Upshaw, H. W. Wall, H. lL. Goslin, Park Marshall, John B. Brownlow and-J.-L. Bullock. Some of the Guests. Among those present were Senator James K. Jones, Senator Hunton, Senator Berry, Senator Coke, Senator and Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Aycock, Capt. and Mrs. Munce, Mrs. Williams, the Misses Enloe, Mrs. Meredith, Repyesentative and Mrs. Caminetti, Senator Coke, Representative McMillin, Postmaster General Bissell, Mr. Legan Carlisle, Senator Butler, Senator Vilas, Senator Murphy, Senator Pugh, Sen- ator Roach, Senator Bate, Col. W. A. Hen- derson, Major Huger Senator George, Sen- ator McLaurin, Mrs. J. H. Hersley, Mrs. George E. Jones, Miss Anna Griffith of Kentucky, Mr. W. R. Griffith, Miss Lyons, Miss Lillig Wright, Miss Annie Patterson, Mrs. M. M. Brent, Mm W. H. Robeson, Mr. B. T. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wines, Mr. Felix Reeve, Mr. J. O. Mansur, Miss Jennie Vincent, Representative Snodgrass, Repre- sentative Richardson, Representative Cox, Representative J. C. McDearmon, Repre- sentative Patterson, Mr. Hurt, Treasurer Morgan, Gen. Upshaw, Mr. C. B. Bright, Mrs. Margaret J. Wright, Miss Octavia Wormack, Mr. Slaughter, Representative Stone of Kentucky, Mrs. J. M. Bishop, Mrs. Charles Kram, Representative Taylor, Mrs. James Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Reeves, Mrs. Money, Mrs. J. F. Busey of Baltimore, Miss Marie Eisinger, Misses Fannie and May Moyer, Miss M. Pqul, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Fulton, Miss Harrison, Miss Corts and Miss Bowman. SS THE ST. ALOYSIUS MISSION. Crowds of People Assemble to Hear the Mission Fathers. The mission in progress at St. Aloysius Church ts attracting crowds of people. Rev. Joseph J. Himmel, S. J., is leader of the band of mission workers, of which the Rev.. Fathers Thos. J. Campbell, Michael O'Kane and Thos. G. Wallace are members. Because of the limited seating capacity of the church it was found nec- essary to have one week for women and one for men. Last week the services were for women, and this week they are for men. Thus far during the mission there has been an average attendance of nearly two thousand persons at the evening service. Yesterday more than three hundred chil- dren received holy communion, and in the evening the mission for children was brought to a close by a sermon by the Rev. O'Kane, who pronounced the papal benediction. There were present at this service about one thousand persons, in- cluding children of all ages. Sunday night, when the mission for men was begun, Father Himmel addressed an audience of fully eighteen hundred per- sons. Last evening it was found neces- sary to put seats in the sanctuary in or- der to accommodate those in attendance. The mission closes next Sunday, when the sacrament of confirmation will be given by Cardinal Gibbons. —___ Oharged With Forgery. The ‘police are looking for a young man named W. ©. Grimes, for whose arrest a warrant for alleged crookedness has been Issued. Grimes, it is charged, forged the name of Harvey J. White to checks for small amounts and passed one of them at the store of Parker, Bridget & Co. Mr. White lives at Poolesville, Montgomery county, Md, and it ts said that Grimes had lived at his house. oe He is ‘Wanted. The police have reéeived from New York city a number of cOmmunications making inquiries concerning’ a young man named Frederick Charlés Newman, who was here on January 16 on ‘his way home from Florida. In a letter’ received today from E. H. Frost of 887 was avenue, New York elty, the writer stated that the young man’s dying widowed mother needs the assistance and comfort of\her. only gon. Detective Quinlan, to whom the inquiries were re- ferred, has made-ingifries at hospitals and. charitable institutions for the missing young man, but’has failed to learn any- thing of him. : —_—>.—__ Washington Lodge. The thirteenth anniversary of the insti- tution of Washington Lodge, No. 15, Bene- ficlal and Protective Order of Elks, was celebrated last evening, in conjunction with a housewarming, at the new home of the lodge, 1008 E strect northwest. Just ene month ago the lodge purchased the property, and In that time it has been sumptuously furnished, so as to include reading and billiard rooms, parlors, concert and ball rooms. In the absence of Exalted Ruler G. A. Mason, the guests were welcomed by Judge Geary in a pleasing address, and then a most entertaining musical and Iterary pro- gram was contributed by Mr. C. F. Rob- erts, Mr. F. A. Harrison, Mrs. Nina Col- ins, Mr. J, B. Walsh, Mr. George O’Con- nor, Miss Noah, Mrs. J. Esputa-Daly and Mr. Frank Rebstcek. Luncheon was served, followed by dancing. The affair was ar- ranged by a committee, comprising M. G. McCormick, chairman; George D. Scott, Henry F. Getz, Frank B. Clarkson, R. F. Reigel, Charles H. Clark, E. S. Randall, John A. Ruppert and Charles L. Beatty. ABOUT GEORGETOWN. Interesting Happenings in the West- ern Section of the City. The movement to utilize the power at the Great Falls for electric lighting pur- joses has begun to assume practicability. roposals are wanted for the sinking of a shaft at the falls, its dimensions to be 6 by 8 by 70 feet. It will necessitate a bor- ing through solid rock. Into this shaft the promoters propose to place a turbine wheel of sufficient power to furnish all this section, together with Washington, Baltimore, Frederick and other cities,with electric power. Those at the head of the enterprise are O. D. Barrett and relatives of the late Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, who control all the property about the fails. In the establishment of their plant it is the intention to utilize the old Potomac canal cut, which goes fer a long distance through solid rock. The existence of this enterprise of days long ego will greatly facilitate the carrying out of the present project. The dam to be constructed by the electric company will be built below the present government dam, near the falls. Soup for the Poor. Mr. John Blundon,the soup house's chief patron, was busy this morning distribut- ing tickets in places where they could be obtained by the hungry and the worthy. The callers at the soup house are increas- ing daily. Two boilers and a big iron Ket- tle ere now necessary to the satisfaction of the stomachs that come to be filled. The face that goes in tired looking and hungry always comes out fresh and beam- ing, while the concave stomach has an appearance of delightful fullness. It is keen enjoyment to the charitable to watch these unfortunates in the soup house. They eat with a hardiness that makes the beholder glad that there are such things as soup houses. There is generally a scarcity of bread at the soup house, and contributions are therefore needed in this direction. Every man, woman and child is usually given a slice or two with his soup. A Noon Wedding. At high noon yesterday Mr. Harry Becker of this place and Miss Carrie B. ‘Tavenner of Hamilton, Va., were marricd at the Episcopal Church in the bride's town by the Rev. Mr. La Mote. Mr. Leon C. Du Fort of Baltimore was best man and Miss Maria Tavenner of Georgetown bridesmaid. The marriage attracted much attention in Hamilton, Now Station “A.” Superintendent Wm. A. Hutchins of the post office here has been notified that here- after the Georgetown station will be known officially as Station “A,” Washington. This is one of the consequences of the Dill calling for the destruction of the identity and individuality of the section west of Rock creek. Money orders issued from Georgetown from now until the end of the year will bear this stamp, “Station ‘A,’ Washington—Formerly Georgetown Sta- tion. Three Ribs Were Broken. Conductor Hall of the Metropolitan rall- road, who fell from his car a few days ago near the stables, will in all probability be laid up for a long time, it having been found that three ribs were broken. Gen. Carr on Statehood for New Mexico. To the Faitor of ‘The Evening Star: Here in the interest of southwestern growth I have met the statement, made by republican Senators, that their friends in New Mexico are not anxious for the admis- sion of that territory to statehood. The more progressive “inhabitants” of Spanish descent (you cannot call them “‘citizens” till they receive the franchise, although they and their ancestors have lived in America longer than most of those from farther north and east and of fairer com- plexions) are in favor of statehood. This may be said of the majority of the Ameri- cans, also, although long delay and disap- pointment may have somewhat dulied their ardor. Why should New Mexico remain a sa- trapy of the general government after be- longing to the United States for nearly fifty years? “It has 000,000 worth of taxable property, F 3 acres of land, three great railroads and a number of branch lines, a population of nearly 200,000, and would, if admitted, be entitled to two representatives after the next census. It has a university, an agricultural college, several collegiate seminaries, male, female and mixed. There are a number of normal, high and graded schools with an enrolled attendance of 23,708. The territory has many churches. In Albuquerque there are half a dozen churches, with three banks, five or six hotels and two newspapers. Among those towns with Spanish names many have a large American population. Albuquerque more than half (total about 10,000), with a university, military coliege, large Indian school and high school, with accomplished American presidents and pro- fessors, besides the graded schools. All the rallroad towns have American settle- ments growing up about their stations, and most of the business is conducted by Amer- icans. Santa Fe, the capital, has been dominated by Americans for many years, as is well khown. I would not be under- stood to depreciate the Spanish population. Many are full of intelligence, energy and push. There are some low-grade criminals, but the great mass of the people, although taking things easy, as becomes their blood, and giving occasion for calling it the land of “poco tempo” and “manana,” are hon- est, industrious, economical, pious and moral. They elected last fall an American republican to Congress. Now,can’t the Senators give us a chance? It will take but a few minutes to pass the bill, which must go back to the House for concurrence in amendments. They have admitted Utah, which had @ smaller popu- lation, more alien and bigoted, and with fewer good-sized towns. EUGENE A. CARR, Byt. Maj. Gen., U.S. A. Worked on Post Office. An ironworker named Charles Sandford was a prisoner in the Police Court today, the charge against him being disorderly conduct. The man was in his shirt sleeves, his face and arms were scarred and his clothing badly torn. “J hope your honor will let me go today the man said, “for if I'm sent down I will lose my job.”” “Where are you employed?” “On the new city post office building,” he answered. d “Are they working there now?’ 5 “Yes, sir,” the man answered. “We couldn't work much last week because of the weather.” The judge said he did not want to cripple the service at the post office, and in con- sideration of his promise to do better the court released him on his personal bonds. —————— Passing Bad Checks. Policeman McDaniel of the third pre- cinct arrested a young man yesterday and locked him up on suspicion that he has been engaged in passing worthless checks on grocers in the western section of the city, as well as in other sections. The man gave his name as Louis B. Brady, twenty-eight years old, and claims that his home is in Maryland, at a place called Mechanicsville, in Montgomery county, ‘The prisoner was arrested at the store of William T. Reed, corner cf 19th street and Pennsylvania avenue, where he was iden- tified by a drummer as having attempted to pass a check on A. 8S. Clark, a grocer near Florida avenue and 7th street. As a mn answering the prisoner's description ad attempted to pass alleged worthiess checks at so many places, and in some instances bad succeeded, he is held, in or- der to give the officers time to make a thorough investigation. —_———__. Fire Last Night. Last night about 9:30 o’clock an alarm of fire was turned in from the ninth police station, because an overheated stove had caused a fire in a house on Turner street, a short distance this side of Mount Olivet metery. The fire engines went to the peer ot the fire, through the blinding srowstorm, and the firemen experienced considerable difficulty in extinguishing the flames because of the high winds and the trouble in getting water. Edward Miller cecupied one house, and John Ridout lived in the adjoining house. The third house in the row was unoccupied. The three houses were totally destroyed, and the two families had to seek shelter in the homes of neighbors. The property, which was owned by A. H. Simmons, was fully insured. —._—_ The big hotel at Browns-Mill-in-the- Pines, near Mt. Holly, N. J., has been burned, causing a loss of $150,000. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA An Interesting Lecture by Rev. Dr. Currie of Baltimore. Other Notes of a General and Local Interest—Meeting of the City Council. Rev. Dr, Currie of Baltimore delivered the second of the series of lectures recently endowed by Mr. Reinacker of Baltimore, before a large audience, composed of the members of the faculty and their wives, the students and many from the neighbor- hood, at the Virginia Theological Seminary, near this city, yesterday afternoon. Owing to the heavy fall of snow many from this city were kept away who had intended to attend the lecture. It was most appro- priate that. Dr. Currie should have been chosen to deliver one of these lectures, as he is the rector of the church to which Mr. Reinacker, the founder of the lectures, be- longs. Dr. Currie took as his subject “Evi- dences of Christianity from Type and Pro- phecy in the Old and New Testaments.” He opened his remarks by telling the story of an eastern philosopher, who was so ob- servant that when he was asked by the royal officers about the king’s lost horse and the queen’s lost dog, gave such a good description of both animals that the offi- cers were convinced he had stolen them, and on his declaring he had-not, he was ar- rested, tried and sentenced to death. The dog and horse were found and his sentence was remitted to a fine. He paid the fine and then asked to be allowed to ex- plain. His explanation showed that he had only seen the tracks of these animals, but from these and other circumstantial evi- dence had been able to give a description of them that was remarkably exact. He had noticed that one footprint of the dog’s, for instance, was everywhere lighter than the others, and so concluded that he was lame in that foot, and so on. This kind of evidence, the speaker said, was more convincing to the orlental mind that the testimony of eye witnesses, and he declared it justly so. The kind of evidence the orientals desired is that of a key fitting into a lock. We ad- duce testimony to prove that the key in question opened the door. Orientals require Hae the key shall fit into the wards of the lock. This style of argument the speaker ap- plied to the evidence of Christianity in arguing for its truth from type and pro- phecy. In all stages of invention there are al- ways present these two elements. A log floating in the river is bound to other logs to make a raft; the log is fashion- ed into @ canoe; then comes the row boat, then the sail boat, then the ship with many sails, then the steamboat, the ocean grey- hound of today. In each stage of develop- ment there was both the type of the steam- boat that was to be—a type growing clearer as time went on—and a prophecy of what stood at the end of all this. Suppose steamers should disappear from the earth for twenty centuries, and the question should be argued as to whether they ever existed, one of the surest meth- ods cf settling the question would be to show that these preliminary stages did or did not exist, as they, if true, bore within them the promise of the steamer. It is thus, argued the speaker, with Christ and the Jewish dispersation. Back through the vistas of time we hear the words of Moses describing Him afar off, David nearer and more fully; Isaiah describes Him yet more accurately; Malachi tells us of His forerunner; Micah tells us where He is to be born—in obscure Bethlehem. So we are told that His work is to be to save His people, that the scene of His ministry is to be Galilee. City Council. The regular semi-monthly meéting of the city council was held last night. Most of the members were present, though no busi- ness cf great importance was transacted. The bil! which was to come up in the board of aldermen authorizing prize fight- ing in this elty was not reported by the committee on general laws, as was antici- pated, and this matter will be held in abey- ance for a while. The bill granting cer- tain rights and privileges to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on the strand, as per previous account in The Star, was passed, and this company will be allowed to tence in certain property on the strand near the old Pioneer mills. A number of bills of minor importance were referred to the va- rious committees for report. Preservation of Virginia Antiquiti The first annual public mecting of the Mount Vernon Branch of the Society for the Preservation of Virginla Antiquities was held in Peabody Hall last night and was attended by a large number of Alexandria’s most prom- inent and influential citizens, many of the oldest families being represent. Mount Vernon Branch was crgan May 19, 1804, with the following officers: Director, Miss Maggie V. Smith, author of “The Governors of Virginia," who has been an active and successful worker in this cause for a number of years past; secretary, Mrs. L. M. Blackford; treasurer, Miss Eliza Washington, with the following advisory board: John 8. Biackburn, An- thony E. Armstrong, Capt. Koscrusco Kemper, Lancelot M. Blackford and Col. Francis L. Smith. . The meeting last night was presided over by Capt. Kemper, who stated that its cb- ject was to show to the good people of Alexandria what the soclety had already done and what it proposed to do, and to ask the co-operation and aid of all Vir- zinians. He stated that the parent society, which is located at Richmond, was or- ganized at Williamsburg, Va., in 1838, since which time it has grown to a large mem- bership. The society has already pur- chased and restored the old powder house [i Williamsburg, the Mary Washingt mansion at Fredericksburg, Old St. Luke's Church in Isle of Wight, which is the old- est Protestant church in the state, ar now has in hand the restoration of Jam town and the homes of the first settlers of Virginia. It has succeeded in getting an appropriation from Congress of $10,000 to aid in this purpose, but much more will be needed. Mr. Lewis H. Machen, a member of the faculty of the Episcopal High School, who is a very gifted young orator, and Mr. John Goode delivered interesting addresses on the subject and were listened to with rapt attention. A great deai of enthusi- asm was arcused and before the close of the me ig a good many new mem had been added to the roll of the Mc Verron Branch, which has grown wonde: fully since its organization. Joins the Eptscopate. Rev. William Alexander Barr, who, it wiil be remembered, married the daughter of Rev. Frank Stringfellow, the famous confederate chaplain, and who for sev- eral years past has been a prominent Presbyterian divine, has decided to apply for orders in the Episcopal Church, and is now standing the necessary examinations before the chaplains of southern Virginia, who are in session at the Episcopal Theo- Icgical, Seminary. Mr. Barr has been in charge of the Episcopal Church at Rocky Mount, Va., as a layman, The Relief Concert. ‘The concert for the benefit of the Relief Hook and Ladder Company, which 1s a volunteer organization, at the Opera House tonight bids fair to be a grand success. Every reserved seat has been sold, and the Opera House will be taxed to its full capacity to accommodate the many friends of these gallant fire laddies, who recently did such good service at the burning of the George R. Hill Company's cracker, cake and candy factory. Notes. The snow blockades on the Manassas branch and W. and O. divisions of the Southern railway have been broken. Mrs. Wm. A. Darr is the guest of Mr. John Green on Fairfax street. Mrs. Philip Letterman, daughter of Mayor Strauss, has returned to her home in Charlottesville. The adjusters for the various fire insur- ance companies who had policies of in- surance on the Hill cracker factory will meet in this city on the 2ist instant to settle the loss. The ladies’ relief committee are sadly in “need of funds for the relief of the poor. Mr. Meade Minnigerode has gone to Asheville, N. C., for hig health. The colored central relief committee, un- der Superintendent W, A. Carter, gather- ed a large quantity of provisions donated by the charitable at their headquarters on Duke street between Columbus and Al- Ej THE REASONS WHY Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites is so useful in all wasting diseases, such as Consumption, Anemia, Scrofula, Rheumatism, Bron- chitis, and Marasmus and Rick- ets in children, is because it furnishes to the depleted blood the fattening and enriching Properties of the oil, and to the bones and nervous system the phosphorescent and -vitaliz- ing properties of the Hypophos- phites, which together nourish the body arrest the progress of the disease, and commence a process of repair that finally means restored health and vigor. Don't be persuaded to accept'a substitute! Scott & Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists. 50c. and $1. fred, and today the work of relieving the peor was begun, The condition of George T. Price, whose illness has been mentioned in The Star, is ccnsidered critical. VAGRANCY CASES. Several of Them Up Before Police Court Today. “Not guilty,” answered a man named James Mays, when arraigned in Judge Kimball’s court this morning on a charge of vagrancy. “The clerk,” added the pris- oner, “read that I was drurk and begging, but that is rot true; I wasn’t begging.” “You begged for a lodging at the station house,” the judge said. “I asked for lodging, “and if that is begging, 'm gu’ “What's this man’s trouble? asked, “He's a tramp,” replied the officer. Last night he came to the station, had no home and wanted to be sent dow “Where are you from?” Was asked. “I beleng in New York,” ered, Pi I walked here from Baltimore yester- sald the prisoner, the judge oing? ‘Nowhere in particular.” “You may have fifteen days,” said the judge, “and when you get out ‘you had better return to New York.” “Judge, your honor,” said the prisoner, “won't. you make it thirty? Then i'll leave town.” “No, sir,” said the judge, “this city does not intend to feed tramps all the -vinter.” The man went down for fifteen days. Thomas Allen, an old man, with gray hair and beard, wes complained against for vagrancy, and he plead guilty. “I came here three weeks ago,” he sald to the court, ‘and now I want to go home. If your honor will hold me until the weath- er is good, I'll leave.” “You may go down for thirty days,” the judge said, “and I hope by that time the weather will be good.” In another vagrancy case Alfred M. Lep- ley, a young man who lives here, ap- peared as defendant. Whisky used him to appear in this role and he anxious to get out. His brother appeared as the prosecuting witness in the case, and told the court of Alfred’s conduct. “He has been very disagreeab! said the brother, has used threatening language and was going to carve one of the chil- dren with a razor.” “Have you anything to sa: er was asked. “I hope my brother will withdraw the the prison- Tl promise before,” the brother told the cour “but failed to keep them. He was in jail seven months for forgery, but we settled the case and had the charge nolle prosse: A sentence of ninety days was imposed. —— Death of Rev. W. T. D. Clem. Rev. W. T. D. Clem, one of the well- known ministers of the Baltimore confer ence of the M. E. Church, died last even- ing at his home at Govanstown, Md. He had been ill for the past three months with heart disease, and his death was not un- expected to his large circle of friends. He hhad reached the advanced a: of eicht: having been born in Frar Tenn., where he was educated. his ministry in the old Baltimere confer- erce in 1840. He served on different cir- cuits, and in 1851 was appointed agent for Dickinson College. In 1805 he held a charge in Alexandria, and the next year was made presiding elder in the Winchester district. At one time he was stationed in this city, In 1886 he took the supernumerary reli tion, and in 1890 the semi-centennial anni- versary of his ministry was observed at the session of the Baltimore conference in Cumberland, when he preached a sermon full of interesting reminiscences. He was related to the poet Edgar Allen Poe by marriage, and officiated at Poe’s funeral. He married Miss Elizabeth Ann Bowman, a sister of Bishop Thomas Bowman. The deceased leaves four children, two sons and two daughters. So The Alabama Senators Protest. Senator Allen of Nebraska yesterday af- ternoon concluded a two days’ speech at- tacking the recent elections in Alabama, in which he declared that the Kolb, or populist ticket had been legally chosen. At the close of his remarks Senator Mor- gan read a protest against the proceed- fires in the 5S: te by himself and col leegue, Senator Pugh, characterizing the speech as “a clear abuse of the parlia- y law in disregard of the urgent ties of the public business and in @ gratuitous assault upon the rights of Alabama as a state of the Union and up- character of our government and on the fact that seats In the entatives are being con- tested should prevent the Senate from any interference in that matter under th ccmmonest instincts of propriety. 7 also claim that the Senate te the el cireums' arred from such a’ they ere n investiz: ges are 1 the hearsay evidence of men w the reward of office. “We, as her representativ: “decline on our part to bri fere the Senate upon such to make answer to them in ( manner in whieh th are pr we wish to spread this, | test against this unprecedente upon the records wro of the -—— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Chas. I. Leonard of Talbotton, Ga., and Lelia Cammack of this city; Wm. Russell and Mary Elizabeth Evans; Sam’) §. Gain and Margaret 8. Logan; Geo. M. Johnscn of this city and Cornelia V. John- scn of Deatonsville, Va.; James L. tarke of this city and Addie M. Whee’ er of Spottsylvania county, Va.; Mathew Wili- jams and Lucy Snith; James Jackson and Henrietta Davis. Drowned in the Mult. Henry Humphrey, an Englishman, aged forty-five, met a horrible death by suffo- cation at the Lake View malt house, et Buffalo, recently. Humphrey and two others had been sent to draw dry malt from an upstairs bin through chutes into a bin on the ground floor. While the malt was running Humphrey stepped into the upper bin and his feet were at once suck- ed under the rushing malt. His comrades were unable to rescue him, and before the chutes could be shut off from below his head was buried under four feet of malt. When dug out the man was dead. ——se0e—____—- - Acts Approved. The President has approved the ect changing the name of Georgetown, D. O., and making that ancient burg a part of the city of Washington; the act to estab- Ush a national military park at Gettys- burg, Pa., and the act appropriating $10,- 000 for the immediate relief of the suffe: ing poor of the District of Columbia. —_———. Jeannie, the three-year-old daughter 9 Judge William Gordon Robertson. J Roanoke, Va., was fatally burned there yesterday afternoon.