Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. peek Sere RSet PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th, Street, by The Evening Star N Cor qi je Bvenin eC mpany, week, or 44c. per month. ‘st the counter Brecnts “each. J tnaltvanywhere’ i the United States ‘presild--50 cents per menth. Saturday quintupl> Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; with avlded, $2.00. Entered at the Office at Washington. D. C., es second-class g malt mattec.) ‘All mail .abscriptioas must be pafd in advarce. ites of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Printers’ Inf, fhe fettte schoot master of advertising, saps: SE is cfaimed for the Wasdinston Stor, and yprofabfp frufSfullp cfoimed, , that no offer newspaper in fhe counfrp goes info 60 farze a percentage of aff fhe Gouses hin 0 radius of fwventp mil from t§e office of pufificafion. Dotted lines show proposed extension of streets. KRY Ne Z, S IS WO Solid lines show the streets in existence. G > G S Zs boulevards, PARKS AND PROPOSED PARKS OR BOULEVARDS. a Dotted sections show property owned: by the government. Cross-patched sections show proposed parks or PRESENT AND FUTURE The Proposed Addition to the Parks of the City. WHEN THE STREETS ARE EXTENDED The Total Area That Will Be De- voted to Recreation Places. AN INCREASED ACREAGE Glenn Brown in American Architect. Although Washington city has always teen well provided with small parks, and while the larger number of its streets are parked on both sides, it was not until the year 1893 that property was finally acquir- ed for a park in proportion to the expected magnitude of the city. The Engineer Com- missioner has mapped out quite an elabor- ate scheme for connecting the parks and proposed parks in the District of Columbia by broad avenues, and the map which ac- companies this letter will show the general idea at a glance. Beginning at the Capitol: The boulevard indicated on L’Enfant’s map in 1792 Is shown to the west. This was to have been 400 feet wide, with parks 600 feet wide on either side ending against a background of government buildings. This boulevard would run through the mall to the Wash- ington monument, from which you would pass directly into the reclaimed flats of 740 acres area. A driveway encireling this tract of land would give an opportunity for an unexcelled river view, with the low, un- dulating hil!s of Virginia on one side and the arsenal grounds on the aqther, in the fcreground lying the low land of Analostan Island. From the eastern point of the park one would have a direct view down the river for twelve miles. The river at this point is one and three-quarter miles wide, suffi- cient to give breadth and dignity to the water view. Passing around the western portion of these grounds you would enter the old ob- servatory site. From this location, on a line with New York avenue, it is proposed to erect, as a memorial of prominent sol- diers of the late war, a bridge leading into the Arlington estate, now owned by the government, a large portion of which is already laid out as a park. Here one could drive or wander in the woods under the shade df oaks centuries old; in this section of country this would be a treat, as but few of the old forests have escaped the destroying hand of war. Picturesque Views. From the hills of Arlington many a charming view may be obtained of the river, the city and the hills of Maryland. The charm of the monument and the Capitol in connection with each other and their surroundings, when seen from these hills, is {mpossible to describe. A noted object of interest in the Arling- ton estate is the old residence of G. W. Parke Custis, afterward the home of Rob- ert E. Lee, which is in the small portion of the grounds used by the United States as a soldiers” cemetery, while on another part of this tract the government has four cavalry -companies with their barracks, officers’ quarters, &c. Starting again at the observatory 1s, toward the west a broad parked ue is to pass along the present line of 25th street, 1) feet wide, into Rock Creek valley at a point just west of Q street. From this point both sides of Rock creek will be parked for the distance of about eight miles, following the Winding course of the creek, and about five miles in a straight line. It will vary in width from a few hundred feet to six thousand. It would be difficult to find, except in a mountainous region, a stream with more wild and picturesque banks or a greater variety in the scenery of the country through which it passes. Starting at Q street, you immediately enter a deep ravine, passing through steep wooded banks on the one side and bold gray ‘cliffs on the other, occasionally opening on low rolling hills, until you_reach the Zoological Park. This narrow strip of ground from Q street to the Zoo has not been acquired by the government. ‘The new naval observatory grounds is only a few hundred feet west of this pro- posed park. From the crown of the hill and the tops of the building a very pleas- ing view is obtained of the city and sur- rounding country. You pass directly from _the Zoological Park into the Rock Creek Park, a tract of 1,606 acres. In this tract of land (in most cases not accessible by roadway) is every variety of landscape: Precipices, rugged amd bare or covered with clinging plants and vines; woodland, of old and new growth; foliage, which makes the scene rich with the many hues of nature, varying from the tender green of early spring to the dark ever- greens of the pine and cedar, the white of the dogwood, the pink of the laurel; the varied autumn hues of ercen, yellow, red, brown, with their hundreds of vartations and combinations, always changing, al- ways beautiful. The grounds are so dis- posed that one may see these variations and splendors of nature to the best effect. The Rock Creek Region. Rock creek is always the central feature. Here we see it—a long quiet sheet of water reflecting the many beauties along its banks, now rippling ever a decline of small stone, then rushing beside, over and between boulders, great and small, gray with the hand of Time and green from “nature’s nursery. The many small streams which enter the park make a never-ending attraction—tumbling, rolling, rippling, as* they do, over and among their rocky beds. Nature has here given us the basis for the finest park in this country. It needs little but opening, so the people can see its many natural beautie: In the report for 1894 the Commissioners incorporated in their appropriation bill for the District an item for $5,000, with which to secure from some landscape architect a scheme for laying out this park, but Con- gress has cut the item from the bill. Piney branch runs into Reck creek near the southern boundary of the park. This is one of the most picturesque tributaries— full of small waterfalls, enormous boulders, quiet pools and rushing rapids. It is pro- posed, ‘although the ground has not yet been acquired, to park both sides of Piney branch, the whole being 250 feet wide, making a grand boulevard and bridle path from the Rock Creek Park to the Soldiers’ Heme. The latter is a park of 475 acres belonging to the United States soldiers, but open to the pubile. The Soldiers’ ome has been developed since early in the six- ties, and is well known to the traveling public. The scenery in this park is quite different from that in the Rock Creek val- ley. Here the rugged and picturesque are lost, but we have low undulating hills cultivated in grass and woodland and good reads, as well as several charming views. The view from the base of Scott’s statue will always be remembered ,with pleasure by any one who sees it: Over a broad fore- grcund of green the city of Washington stretches out in the distance; the Capitol on the east, the Washington monument on the west, both always beautiful, no matter what the condition of the sky or atmo: phere may be. Between them the branch- ing Potomac stretches directly in front until it disappears in the distance; the green hills of Virginia on one side and the District of Columbia and Maryland on the other. A remarkably effective smail view from the home is the Capitol vista—an opening through the dense foliage just large enough to form a frame around the dome of the Capitol. How pleasing the | effect is can only be realized by actual experience. The white dome, the blue sky, the green foliage, nothing more. The prin- | cipal buildimgs of the home harmonize and | form .a fitting part of the landscape. I am sorry to say that the other buildings belonging to the home mar the effect. Eastern Branch Park. From the home a parked avenue is to run, 160 feet wide, to a proposed park along the Eastern branch of the Potomac. This park will be the least effective, nat- urally, of the whole group. Through this Capitol street, 160 Fe wide, thence to the Capitol or point of beginning. From the extreme northwest end of Rock Creek Park another parked avenue, 10 feet wide, js to run to the Eastern Branch Park along the grounds of the reform school to East Capitol street. For nearly 100 years the city has re- mained as-laid out by Washington and L’Enfant. Towns and villages have sprung up in the District of Columbia adjoining the city without any supervision or direc- tion from the authorities in charge of the District. The individuals or groups of in- dividuals who have subdivided these tracts have paid. no attention to the strests cf the city, but have laid out their streets to run in any direction and of any size, always narrow, in no case conforming to or harmonizing with the plan of the city. (See solid lines on map.) A few years ago the peculiarly evil ef- fect of this method dawned upon the Com- missioners and the property owners in Washington. The matter was brought to the attention of Congress and for several years no new subdivisions have been allow- ed withcut first being authorized by the Commissioners. Since this time they have been studying the subject of street exten- sions. They have wisely determined to ex- tend the streets wherever practicable on the lines of the present streets and avenues. The map, accompanying this letter,shows the proposed extension of.streets in dotted lines. Although the system has not been finally adopted there will probably be little deviation from the plan as shown. The section west of Rock Creek Park is very rugged, with high hillsgand deep ra- vines. Through this section, and in some places adjoining the park, the streets will probably run so as to agree with the nat- ural contours of the land, giving winding roads, terraces and picturesque villa sites. Within the last few months Mr. Fred- erick Law Olmsted was, by act of Con- gress, called into consultation in reference to the extension of the streets; but both the Commissioners and Mr. Olmsted are handicapped by the law under which the proposed extension of the streets are to be made. The extension of the streets in the sub- urbs has been divided into sections. The first section is from North Capitol street to Rock Creek Park. Mr. Oimsted has di- vided the first section up into five divisions, on four of which he has made a report. His advice as to running streets parallel to the railroad line, but one square distant, with only occasional crossing, was com- mended and adopted. His last report includes suggestions as to the treatment of the proposed boulevard along Piney branch, between the park and ome, making suggestions as to the treat- ment of the creek, lake, hills and streets which run in and across the boulevard. Mr. Olmsted’s studies are preliminary to a more detailed consideration of the question. It is most desirable that the park and sys- tems of parks should be studied and map- ped out by capable and experienced land- scape architects. It is to be hoped that Congress will authorize a comprehensive plan to be made which can be developed in Getail as the Commissioners obtain the money. Table Showing Aren of Public Grounds in Washington City and Vicinity. Property in old Aity mits, rea in Acres. Remark: Monument Agricultural Smithsonian Armoi Se: 214.86 r 97 Partly improved. 19.82 improved. - 19.00 Partly improved. Judicl; 204 small 108.70 ‘24 oo Improved. 42 Partly imp: (about) 80 Unimproved. ~ Total in acres..... a Public grounds in the vi- cimity of the cit Reclaimed flat de improved. nd. wection the drive will continue to Kast Total acres........ 4,804.74 Area In Proposed parks. ‘Acres, Remarks. Q street to Zoo $0 © Unimproved. Piney Branch Unimproved. Eastern Branch, Unimproved: Total acres... Acres. ‘Total in old city limits Total in vielnity of cit, ‘Total in proposed parks ese sabt cre sesescs tl @STOSS Boulevards or Parked Avenues, Con- necting Parks. Piney branch, connect- Kk Creek Park ‘Total acreage... 30 feet wide, 144 miles long. t’g Soldiers’ Hom with Eastern Branch -160 See : ww mw we avenue, _con- Rock’ Creek ‘Eastern “ark 1 “ oy“ « E pitol str connecting Eastern Branch Park with 1 ™m 4 mo “LOVE AND LIFE.” Interesting Letter From the Painter of the Picture. In acknowledging the recipt of a letter from the president of the Corcoran Gal- lery of Art, advising Mr. Watts that his now famous picture, entitled “Love and Life,” had found a resting place on the walls of that institution, the distinguished artist wrote as follows: “JANUARY 23, 1895. “Dear Sir: I beg to return my best thanks for your letter. Of course it is a satisfac- tion to me to know that the picture I had the temerity to offer to a great Nation has found so admirable a resting place. Under any circumstances I could not have pre- sumed to make suggestions, but certainly the picture would not be in its place in a dwelling house, being essentially a gal- lery picture. : “My notion was and is that it might pos- sibly aid in giving a stimulus to the idea of establishing a sort of Luxembourg. No great or wealthy Nation should be without the wealth represented by literature and art. I understand that the Corcoran in- stitution is intended to be of this kind. As I said before, the picture could only be in its place in such a locality; but I confess I was greatly shocked to learn that there was a refusal to hang it in any place on the score that it was immoral. It was the first time, after more than sixty years of work, that anything of mine had been so considered, and I was tempted to write and beg that the picture should be de- stroyed, and nothing remembered excepting my object (with all humility) in presenting it. Very sincerely yours, “G. F. WATTS.” . Apropos to the above, @ short poem, by Mrs. Browning, follows, in which, in the opinion of many persons, will be found the key to the motive of the painting: Life and Love. Fast this Life of mine was dying, Blind already and calm as death; Snowflakes on her bosom lyizg, Scareely heaving with her breath, Love came by, and, baying known ha In a dream of fabled 1 Gently ctooped and Ini@-ppon her Mystic chrism of holy Bai Drew his smile across Ber folted prelids, as the swallgw dip : das finely the cold did, Through the lockigg of her lips. So, when Life lookell upward, being Warmed and breathed on from al ¥ What sight could have for seeing, Evermore... . fut only Love? The Majestic Steel Range Now on exhibition at B. F. Guy & Co.'s, Pa. ave., 18 without doubt the greatest Improve- ment in the cooking line. It positively saves abouts} half the fuel (a big item); It bakes biscuit in three 3 it bakes I in thirty minutes; It heats ‘water im forty minutes. These things can- done the old way. Life is short. Live right e you live; have the good things of this earth while We can; they cost you less, much less. You cannot afford to stick to the old fogy ideas; discard them; be up with the times. Prices on ‘the Im- proved Majestic are no higher than other ranges. An immense line to select from. During this ex- hibit you save seven dollars. See them now. B. F. GUY & CO., 1005 Pa. ave. * REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Prospects for an Active Season of Building. FROM VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW The Elements Affecting the Future of the Suburbs. NEW BUILDINGS Spring is so decidedly in the air that an impetus has been given to plans for building operations. People who are con- templating myesting money in this, way have been thavfed out,’so to speak, and have gone about the matter with renewed interest, in fact, very much as if it were a new and. original proposition. Some have even gone so far as to have plans prepared or have brought out the plans which were finished some months ago and shaken off the accumulated dust and have in view inviting new proposals. In all the round of the building imterests there fs quite an apparent revival of Interest, and from the architects down to the contract- ors and the material men there is more talk of new buildings than has been the case for some time past. It seems that nearly everybody is predicting a fairiy busy season in the way of improvements, and these prophecies are not based on merely hope, but on rather substantial facts. In the first place, the building in- spector, who has a fairly good chance to get a bird's-eye view of the entire situa- tion, hasn’t any hesitation in declaring, as he has done in the columns of The Star, that the building season opens up with the encouraging prospect of being an active one. He doesn’t say there is going to be any extraordinary activity, but he does say that there will be quite a good deal of building during the coming season. Then, too, the architects wheel into line and point to the plans in their offices, cither completed or in course of completion, as en evidence that the course of improvements is going to move along at an encouraging rate as soon as the weather permits. Im- pertant testimony to the same effzct is given by the material men, those wig make bricks and sell them and who supply the lumber and other material used in the construction of buildings. Already the brick men report that they have in sight a number of orders, which will keep their kilns busy for some weeks to come. ‘These are some of the substantial reasons for the belief that many additions will be made during the coming season to the residence and business facilities of the city. a S The Growing City. The demand of the constantly increasing population might be given as a further reason, as during the past year or so there has been quite a decrease in the amount of building done, due, of course, to the finan- cial conditicns which have prevailed throughout the country. If, for the sake of argument, it Is conceded that at the be- ginning of the period of depression the city was somewhat overbuilt, it is evident that these conditions have changed and that whatever is done in the way of add- ing to present improvements will be in response to an actual demand. It is expected that there will be quite a good many new structures erected in the suburbs, not only on the part of in- Qividuals who desire to erect homes for their own use, but by property owners who believe that the time has now arrived for bringing their property into the active market. It is recognized that this can be accomplished by meeting the demand for houses and other buildings in the sections beyond the old bounds of the city. Exten- sive operations of this character have been the features of the development of the city during the past few years, and it is be- lieved by men of conservative judgment that this is only the beginning of «the movement which will result in the making of the Greater Washington. Property in the Suburbs. It is expected that sa decided impetus will be given to suburban interests by the final approval of the map of street exten- sion. The work’ of preparing this map is in such a forward state that it is highly probable that it will be completed in the near future. While, of course, the actual work of acquiring the land needed for the new streets cannot be undertaken until the bond issue bill becomes a law, and the money is made available to pay the land owners, still the lines of the “ proposed streets will be known and a good deal of the uncertainty which now hangs over suburban property adjacent to the city will be removed. There is another favorable element af- fecting the future of suburban property, and that is the transfer arrangement which was agreed upon recently by the represen- tatives of the suburban and city street railroads, and which, it is stated, will soon go into effect. Under the terms of this agreement quite a reduction will be made in the cost of traveling between the city and the various suburban points. Per- haps the decrease is not as great as many had hoped would be made, but still it fs something, and will, no doubt, tend to en- hance the already numerous attractions of a home in the suburbs. Dr. McMurtrie’s Residence. Ground was broken this week for a hand- some new residence to be erected at 1513 16th street, which will prove quite an im- provement to that section. It is for Dr. D. McMurtrie, U. S. N., and plans have heen prepared by W. L. Conley, architect. The house is to be a three-story and English basement structure, the lower part to be of rich redstone, and above that the walls are to be of Roman brick, with handsome and appropriate trimmings. A fine recep- tion hall will be in the basement, where are also the kitchen, boiler rooms and other domestic details. On the floor above will be the parlor, library and dining room, with the butler’s pantry and a conserva- tory in the rear. The house is to be heated by steam and lighted both by gas and electricity. The dimensions will be 24.9 by 74.6. Emmert & Heisley are the builders, and the cost of the improvement is to be in the neighborhood of $14,000. The Building Record. The building inspector's record for the past week ending yesterday shows that thirteen permits were taken out for the erection of new buildings, aggregating in cost $129,350. This was divided among the several sections of the city, as follows: Northwest, four permits, $83,500; northeast, two permits, $27,000; southwest, one permit, $12,000; southeast, one permit, $2,000, and county, five permits, $4,550. . Some Improvements. Five dwellings are to be built on the rerth side of R street between 16th and ith streets for Reese F. Lukel. They are to be three stories and basement, with bay fronts of press brick, trimmed with Indiana limestone. Samuel C. Heald will soon break ground at 1016 East Capitol street for a dwelling. It is to be three stories and cellar, 20x36, with front of press brick and Indiana lime- stone. Plans are being prepared by A. B. Mor- gan, architect, for five houses for F. D. Foster on Columbia road and 14th street. They will be 20x66 feet, three stories and cellar, brown stone fronts, with square cir- cvlar bays, terminating in open balconies, and roof of Spanish tile. The Boston Variety Store is to be re- modeled from plans prepared by W. J. Pal- mer, architect. An extension will be made to the west, which will add largely to the flvor space. : James G. Bowen has planned the erection of a brick dwelling at 1127 12th street. It is to be built of pressed brick and Hum- melstown stone, three stories high, 25x80 feet, and will be built by F. H. Duehay. W. J. Palmer is the architect. E. L. McCleland has commenced the erec- tion of a two story and cellar brick store at 1236 22d street. It is to be 20x40 feet, and oa by J. F. Clarke, who is also the arch- tect. G. E. Hill has commenced the erection of a frame dwelling for himself on Conduit read near Little Falls road. It will be two stories high, with cellar, 20x27 feet, and with steep shingle roof. - D. Marine is erecting a frame dwelling corner of Queen and Frankfort streets, Brookland, D. C. It will be two stories in height, with cellar, 27x28 feet, and heated by latrobes. H. E. Burgess is the architect and Messrs. Burgess and Whiteside the builders. D. B. Groff has planned the erection of eleven brick dwellings at numbers 530 to 538 3d street and 221 to 231 F street north- east. They will be two and three stories in height, respectively, 16x50 feet and 21x50 feet, and heated throughout by latrobes and hot water. J. Germuller is the archi- tect and builder. Jacob Hillengrass is erecting a two-story frame dwelling on Galveston street, Lang- don Park. It will be 15x40 feet, and will be built by C. F. Boss. Frank Jungham hes planned the erection of a two-story frame dwelling for himself at 1605 Gales street northeast. It is to be 16x28 feet. The inspector of buildings has issued a permit to the N. Auth Manufacturing Com- pany for the erection of a cold storage Warehouse and sausage manufactory at 630 Virginia avenue southwest. It is to be three stories in height, 48x74 feet, and will be built by John L. Schaffert, who is also the architect. Abraham Lee ts erecting a frame dwell- ing at 1015 4th street southeast. It is to be two stories tn height, 16x36 feet. E. L. Ray is the builder. i Walter A. Gordon has planned the erec- tion of a two-story frame dwelling on Douglass avenue, Douglass’ subdivision. It is to be 21x31 feet and will be built by Messrs. Ward and Meckabee. J. T. Varnell will shortly commence the erection of a three-story and cellar brick dwelling and storc at 2203 New Hampshire avenue. It is to be 60x43 feet and heated throughout by steam. A. P. Clark, jr., is the architect, and Messrs. Galloway and Son the builders. The inspector of buildings has issued a permit to Mrs. J. C. Hitz for the erection of two stores at numbers 923 and 925 Penn- sylvania avenue. They are to be four sto- ries high, with cellars, built of pressed brick and Indiana limestone, 25x122 feet, and heated throughout by steam. C. A. Didden is the architect and Henry F. Getz the builder. Daniel Eagan has planned the erection of a two-story and cellar brick dwelling at 938 4th street northeast. It is to be 18x28 feet and built by C. C. Hessler. S. P. Newton has commenced the erec- tion of a frame dwelling on Morris road, “Anacostia. It is to be one story in height, 14x28 feet, and built by L. Beers. IN LOCAL STUDIOS. Within a few days a full length portrait of Mr. John W. Thompson will be placed in the directors’ room of the Metropolitan Bank, of which Mr. Thompson is presi- dent. The portrait, by Mr. Uhl, is an ex- cellent likeness, and one of the strongest pieces of work the artist has éver exhibited in Washington. Another interesting subject which Mr. Uhl has well under way is a full length portrait of Miss Susan B. Anthony, com- missioned by the lady’s friends and a num- ber of those most interested in the cause she advocates. The picture represents Miss Anthony as she appears on the platform and also contains portraits of the mem- bers of her staff. oe we we E. F. Andrews is working on a life-sized portrait of Mr. Beriah Wilkins, which promises to be one of the most successful he has done this winter, the color and like- ness being strikingly realistic and the pose cne which is familiar to every one ac- quainted with she subject of the portrait. ss 8s ee F. W. Wallace has just returned from Philadelphia, where, during the past week, he has been engaged on a large portrait of Mrs. McFarland, and within the coming week he will visit Brooklyn in order to ex- ecute a number of commissions in that city. Later in the spring he expects to hold an exhibition of the portraits he kas completed during the winter, of which a number are of people well known in the social circles of Washington. s 8s se we se The Society of Washington Artists has recently added another interesting feature to its fortnightly gatherings in the shape of essays upon art, to be prepared and read by the respective artists. Mr. Brooke will read the first essay at the meeting of the society next Friday evening. es 8 © 28 6 At Prof. Andrews’ invitation the class of day students in the Corcoran Art School will spend next Wednesday in Baltimore for the purpose of visiting the Waiters galieries. A special.car has been engaged, and the students are planning a day full of enjoyment. es 8 © we Miss Sophia Lowry is working on a num- ber of studies in oil and water colors, which are intended for the Cosmos exhibi- tion in April. s 8 © ee Mr. C. C. Cooper will include in his con- tribution to the Cosmos exhibition an ex- cellent portrait of Miss Lomax, upon which he is now working. * 8 © ew Mr. George Gibbs has recently completed an interesting series of illustrations depict- mg Washington's social life, among them being one of the driveways around the White Lot, where, seated in carriages, are the Chinese Minister and Madam Yang Yu, Mavroyeni Bey and others. Another drawing shows the interior of the British embassy during the progress of a diplomatic function. es 2 es we Mr. Dunbar will soon begin work on a bust of the late Frederick Douglass, of whom he secured a death mask. es 8s e we The Composition Club has been holding its meetings at the residence of W. a Chandlee, and accomplishing a good deai of clever work. As a rule the models pose in costumes which afford opportunities for obtaining picturesque studies. While an exhibition has been thought of, one has not as yet been fully decided upon. *s © «© «© 8 Miss Clara Hill has had during the past week several very cleverly modeled por- vale busts on exhibition in the Fischer gal- ery. 5 a es 8 © 8 The exhibition which Emil H. Meyer has been holding in the Forsythe gallery during the past week proved one of the most suc- cessful of the season. ——— The G.. A, R. Encampment. The final session of the annual encamp- ment of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., was held last evening, when the meeting adopted a resolution highly com- plimentary to the Old Guard, and expressed the hope that the command would escort the department to Louisville at the next n&tional encampment. The joint installa- tion services of the newly elected officers of the department and the Women’s Relief Corps will be held Wednesday evening next in the First Presbyterian Church. Capt. Edgar has tendered to the commander-elect the services of the Old Guard, headed by the Mount Pleasant Drum Corps, as an escort on the occasion. Grand Majestic Steel Range exhibit the coming week at 1005 Pa. ave. = OVER A HUNDRED KILLED Details of the Recent Mexican Railway Plunge of a Train Over a High Precis pice—The Engincer Blamed x for the Tragedy. Later reports of the railway disaster twenty-five miles from the City of Mexico on Thursday afternoon show that the casualties were even greater than at first announced. Over 100 lives are sald to have been lost. As telegraphed to The Star, the train was an excursion, filled with those who had been on a pilgrimage to the Catholic "shrine of Sacremonte. All wegt well until a point on the line about midway between Temantla and Tenago was reach- ed. On this part of the road there is a steep incline, the line at one place on it having a sharp curve where it runs close to’ the edge of a high precipice. An Awful Plunge. This is one of the most dangerous places on ¢he road; and was rendered more so by the fact that the track was not in the best of condition. As the train began to run down the incline many of the -passengers were laughing and joking, while others were looking out of the windows at the rapidly passing scenery, which at this point is grand. Soon the speed of the train be- gan to increase, and it was soon running at a frightful rate. The pasergers ceased their laughing and joking and looked at each other with a strange fear-depicted in their faces. Steadily the momentum of the train, which was now swaying and bound- ing fearfully, increased, and soon the dan- gerous high curve was struck. _As the pilot wheels of the engine took the curve the locomotive swayed outward and then back. As the drivers went on the curve the en- gine again swayed heavily, and then either jumped the track or turned a rail. It dashed across the scanty space be- tween the rails and the edge of the chasm and then plunged downward. One after another, three coaches, filled with passengers, dashed after it and piled up in a mass of wreckage at the foot of the precipice. The next two coaches also jumped the track, but, most fortunateiy, @id not go over the edge of the precipice. As the fifth coach left the metals it twisted and broke the couplings connecthg it with the coaches behind it. These coaches kept the rails and passed safely around the curve. After running@ consid- erable distance, they were stopped by the hand brakes. ‘The passengers in the two derailed coaches at the edge of the precipice got out as quickly as possible, and many of them fell on their knees and offered thanks for their escape from a most awful death. A Gruesome Scene. In the meantime a number of the pas- sengers in the other coaches had returned to the scene of the wreck, and devoted themselves to the rescue of those impris- oned in the wreckage at the foot of the precipice. The sight here was a most gruesome one. The carriages were shattered, and a ma- jority of the occupants were lying horribly mangled beneath the wreckage. The sight was one that will never be for- botten by those who witnessed it. The railroad officials displayed commend- able activity, and a special relief train, with surgeons, an ambulance, medicines, bandages, etc., was promptly dispatched to the scene. Everything possible was done to alleviate the sufferings of the injured, some of whom were in such agony that they prayed for death to relieve them from their tortures. The railroad employes and the velief corps soon cleared away the wreckae suf- ficiently to allow the extrication of the dead aud injured. One hundred and four dead and cighty- five wounded were taken out of the wreck. The injured who could stand being moved were brought to the City of Mexico on the special train and taken to the military hospital, which was thrown open to suf- ferers by orders from President Diaz. The whoie staff of the hospital busied themselves in attending the injured, who were made as comfortable as their circum- stances would permit. Many of the dead will never be identifi some of them being so horribly mangh that it is almost impossible to recognize the remains as those of numan beings. Cause of the Disaster. So far as can be learned the accident was due to the negligence of the engineer. It is stated that when the train entered the incline he made no attempt to check its speed by the use of air brakes. Had these brakes failed to work ihe momentum could have been checked with the band brakes, but persons on the train state that they heard no whistle for the application of the hand brakes. The engineer and fireman are believed to be under the wreck of the engine and tender, and why the train was ailowed to run practically wild, on one of the most dangerous sections of the road, will prob- ably never be known. As is the case in Mexico, whenever a railroad accident occurs, the feeling 1s very bitter against the railroad company and the train hands. All the latter who sur- vived will be held to strict accountability under the Mexican law, although, as a matter of fact, they were in no way re- sponsible for the disaster. The most terrible Mexican railrond ac- cident was the one that occurred on the night of June 24, 1881, when a train on the San Morelos railway was precipitated by the fall of a bridge into the river near Cuartla. About 200 lives Were iost in that disaster. ———_+e+____ MORE BUDDENSIECK WALLS. Tenements in Course of Construction in New York Collapse. A building disaster occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in New York, which proved nearly as fatal in its results as did the 10th avenve malt house acci- dent, described in yesterday’s Star. The interior of four terements, in course of construction on Orchard street, near Riv- ington, crashed in without a moment's warning, and a number of bricklayers and laborers, who were working on it, were carried into the cellar with the falling walls. The list of injured, with the extent of their wounds, is as follows: William Wilkinson, twenty-one years old, back broken; will probably die. Patrick Malloy, aged forty-eight, bodily injuries. Peter Malloy, forty-eight years old, skull fractur- ed; injuries serious. Fraak Thornton, eighteen years cld, injuries of the head and body; his injuries will likely prove fatal. John Thornton, twenty-one years old, head cut and contusions of the body. George Gamble, thirty-two years old, gen- eral ccrtusions of the body and both legs broken. Patrick Flaherty, twenty-two years old, head and back injured. Edward Lawler, aged nineteen, head cut and shoulder injured. Joseph Barbara, twenty- six years old, internal injuries. ———— or Death of Richard O’Gorman. Richard O'Gorman, the eminent Irish nationalist, scholar and orator, died in New York, Thursday night, aged seventy- five. Two years ago he had a severe at~ tack of the grip, from which he never re- covered, although he was able to be about, For the past month he had been confined to his room. He was born in Dublin in 1821, and was graduated from Trinity Col- lege. His connection with the Young Ire- land party is a matter of history. in 1843 he was indicted for high treason, and es- eaped to this country. Settling in New York he engaged in the practice of law, and served two terms as corporation coun- sel. In 1883 he was clected judge of the superior court. He retired at the end of 1890, having reached the age of seventy, years.