Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1895, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. HARD TO ESTIMATE Difficult to “Size Up” the Senators’ Playing Ability. DISAPPOINTMENT AT THURSDAY'S GAME Belief That Joyce and Hasamaear Are Needed. GENERAL BASE BALL TOPICS It is difficult to form an estimate of the playing atility of the new men in the Washington base ball team, as they have had but two opportunities to display their skill in regular practice games. The game at Columbia, against a picked nine of Co- jumbians and three members of the Boston team and one Washingtonian, was hardly a fair test. Thursday’s game with Boston Was tue only real work the team has done. It is evident from the telegraphic reports from Charleston that some of the men “fell down” at critical stages of the con- test, and gave the victory to the Bostons. It would have been very encouraging to the local “rooters” to win the first game of the season, against a worthy rival, but it must be remembered that the Bostons “perienced and well discipiined in spective positions, and they went in- to the game with more confidence in their ability to win than their Washington op- ponents. According to the reports, Jack Crooks and Houseman made damaging er- rors, which contributed largely to the de- feat of the Senators. In all the reports that have come up from the south great things were said of Crooks and Houseman. Some solicitude is felt by the admirers of “Roaring Bill’ Hasamaear. The team can ill afford to lose two such hitters as Joyce and Hasamaear. ‘Roaring Bill’ is not as finished in his work as Abbey or Selbach, but he is a ‘get there” player of the finest type. All accounts agree that Jim Mc- Gui is th excellent form, and he has com- menced to hit the ball with his accustomed vim, as was shown in the Columbia game, Wedn y, when he put in two long three- haggers, which would have been “homers’’ for any one but Mac, who never was and never will be a sprinter of the first magni- tude. Selbach, who is one of the freest hit- ters of the team, is credited with the first home run for the Washingtons. In the Boston game he put in a double and a triple at opportene moments. Preliminary practice trips to the “sunny gcuth” (2) are not quoted high in the base ball stock market at this writing. Those league magnates who took their teams and went into Dixie land hoping to get some valuable out-of-door exercise for their 1e- spective players, and at the same time pick up hotel and traveling expenses from a series of exhibition games, are “dead sore” over the experience of the past two weeks. Gus Schmelz and his senatorial assortment have had but two practice games since they left Washington, over two weeks ago. Re- ports from the Washington training quar- ters show that the weather in the states of Georgia and South Carolina has been cold and wet, so that out-of-door work has been almost impossible. The men are afraid to limber up, and altogether the “weather clerk” has given the base ball contingent a “cold deal” in the south, There is some consolation in the fact chat while the Washingtons have been idle in the southern cities, the other league teams have also been deprived of as much prac- tice as they expected to get. Brooklyn has had considerable sport at the expense of Connie Mack's Pittsburg combination. Brooklyn's players appear to be in excel- lent trim and their work has been very gratifying to “Brother Byrne.” President Young has not been at league headquarters for several days. He is said to be confined to his home by an annoying attack of his old enemy, dyspepsia. Some of his friends are urging him to take a short vacation, but it seems idle to suggest that “Uncle Nick” abandon his post of duty on the eve of the new season. He wouid not miss attending the opening game for a “pucket of dollars.”” BASE BALL NOTES. The reports of the playing of the Sena- ters in the south have a very familiar sound. “If Schmelz’s boys had fielded better, 1 been able to hit the ball when a base hit was needed, and had shown bet- ter judgment on the L stood a gu of bh , they would have 1 cha winning.” The cry by the umpire’ has not been “robbe ard yet tostons and Washingtons played an inning game at Charleston y. Eoston finally winning out by 3 Wor four innings neither side scored. Sullivan and Dolan pitched for oston and y E nington nd W: even wer y fiv Other pract Little Rock, Maul ari e game: Atk rday Cl Rock, 0. Montgomer: Montgomery leans, 7, St. Le A deal is in prog r Schriver by Chicago to the New ‘lub. Schriver is one of the most re- ‘k stops in the country, being able liable to hold all Kinds of pitching, but the new | eateher, Donahue, has shown well is pro! he will d the i Pitcher Abbey will probably be n. ed a . The oilicials of the Cincinnati club, while admitting that they had made a good cash offer to Von der Ahe for Arthur Clarkson, Staie that they are sorry that the fact Jeaked out. They also say that they would like to secure Tom Brown, but Chris has re- fused their cash offer for that player. Last m there were, on an average, eighteen men on the Philadelphia pay roil, six of whom were pitchers, three catchers, five infielders and four outfielders. ‘This ar the number is likely to be reduced to siateen, so that six of the men who go south will never come back—at least as members of the Philadelphia team. Four chers,one back stop and one infielder will be turned loose. Manager Irwin will do all kis experimenting this year on the uth- ern trip, and not, as last season, during the championship s on. says the Washingtons will is year than they did last cea- cinch they couldn't do much Sporting New Ville ball club's man- that Luby and If that’s the Colo: are the big league ager, i dant st batter y can do t tail-end place in change ould like to havi a series of three games at ston while their way north; but declines te meet league teams before son oper the The experience of the championship sea- son of ISM, and the general cou! the legislation ‘taken fall, and t the recent meet of the league in ow York, all tend to show the early tion of the t among t will find ar Boston Corres club circuit. Tt i jes that the ye 1 western Sporting News. Dolan, the is from the England Ls stronghold is in being a left hander, and he hi B cellent chance of gaining fame and fortune Boston uniform. | He played h gton’s crack nine of 1802, until r Irwin causelessly released him, Richardson never knew who played here last sea- with Toledo the coming mmenced to get in conditiun. S strong as ever and he says hem that he is not of the Like club has its weak point must tear the Pittsburg sa Pittsburg is third ba: correspondent. Pittsbur There are two aspi ts for that . Niles and Clingman, and it is de- cide which will capture both are after ed that short i fs rot up to the sta even Miller. Morgan Murphy has <iven no indication that he has changed his mind about play- ing ball this year and the Cincinnati club's 1 #s very wroth b use he has not answered the letters sent him. i fav s trading him for a pitcher. Most of the Drowns’ pitchers are troubled Little | with lame arms, Breitenstein being the only one of them in good shape. CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST. Continuation of Play—Unusual Interest in Whist. The Washington Chess Club is displaying @ commendable degree of enterprise in successfully conducting so many interest- ing tournaments in chess, checkers and whist during the season now drawing to a close. Being the only organization in the city exclusively devoted to these games, the club naturally takes the initiative in such mciters, but its members especially desire it to be known that all the cham- picnship contests are open to members of other organizations, and to outsiders gen- erally. This is particularly true of the two chief chess events of the year, the semi-annual tournament for the Libbey cup and the chess championship of the District. The spring tourney is now in Ficgress, and a few words as fo its condl- tions may prove interesting, ,The Libbey cup is a handsome solid silver trophy, tastefully designed and engraved, which Vas presented to the club’ by*Mr: Frank T. Libbey of this city. The club offered it as a championship trophy, opening the com- petition to all resident chess amateurs. it is te become the property of any player winning it three times consecutively. In addition to the trophy, there are other prizes in the present tournament, includ- ing a handsome inlaid board of rosewood and gatinwood, a set of Jaques chessmen ef ebony and boxweod, loaded, and a volume of chess, to be selected by the win- ner. It may be fairly said that it would be difficult to enlist a stronger lot of players in the District than those who are now competing for the chief honors. In the team matches with Baltimore, none of which were ever lost by this city, the present Libbey cup players were usually perticipanis. Mr. F. M. Wright, the pres- ent holder of the cup, is a graduate of Oxford University, England. For three years of his undergraduate career he pleyed for Oxford against Cambridge in the annual interuniversity chess match, playing as captain of the team and cham- pion of his university. He also captained the Oxford present against past, defeat- ing his opponent, Rev. C. E. Ranken. He ven from Max Judd and A. Albin in simultaneous play on their visits to this city. Mr. Wright plays an excellent game of chess blindfold, and is not unknown as a_chess editor and author. Between Mr. Wright and Mr. E. P. Hanna, president of the club, there has been in the past an exceedingly close rivalry, and they have died fur first honors in two successive tcurnaments. Mr. Hanna was the winner of the pyramid tourney on Washington's birthday, in which many strong players from Baltimore and this city participated. Mr. Hanna contested and won, at the age of nineteen, a match of seven games at Topeka, Kan., for the championship of that stdte. Mr. F. B. Walker defeated Capt. George H. Mackenzie when cham- picn of America, and afterward Zukertort in simultaneous play, both at odds of knight and on even terms. Out of fifteen games played even the late Dr. F. M. Starbuck of Cincinnati, who was one of the best players in the state, Mr. Walker wen seven. In both of the Libbey cup con- tests completed he has finished third. Capt. O'Farrell ts rated as a very strong player, having won from several players toth in Ireland and in this country. He was champion and medal holder of the Pelfast Chess Club in 1860 and 1861, and was also chess champion of Connecticut for several years. In consultation with Mrs. Gilbert, who was rated as the strong- est lady chess player in the world, Capt. O'Farrell formed the committee that c ducted the telegraphic chess match tween the Hartford and Springfield, Mass. clubs in 1872, which Hartford won. Mr. L. Tharp, a member of the Baltimore Chess Club, in 1882, was the only contestant who defeated Herr Zukertort, then the cham- pion of the world, in his exhibition play egcinst thirty simultaneous players. He also won two games out of three in simultaneous play from Lee, the London expert, in this city recently. Mr. Tharp's play is attacking and brilliant. The other two contestants for the cup and champion- ship, Mr. W. A. Gwyer, who now heads the cre in the tourney, and Mr. O. L. Mol- stad, for many years a prominent member of the Chicago Club, are well-known and exceedingly skillful amateurs. De- The score in the cup tourney now stands as follows: Gwyer, one won; Walker and O'Farrell, one and a half won and one-half lost e: 3 Wright, one won, one lost Tharp, Hanna and Molstad, one lost each. The toughest fight of the tournament, and, indeed, one of the hardest Contests ever din the city, was the game between rrell and Wright played iast Saturday night. It lasted nearly six and hours, and especial interest attached to it because of the defeat of Mr. Wright, the present champion, by Capt. O'Farrell. For the benefit of chess lovers, the game is here appended: Ruy Lopez. White. Black. F. M. Wright. Patrick O'Farrell. K+ 1—P-K+ t-KB3 B-KUi 1t—B-KKi5 12—-Kt- P-QRt 43—B-Kt3 44—Kt-B: (chy 46—K-B2 47-RxP- 48—Kt-Q2 19-K-B3 B-BS 54-R-K6 (ch) S—R-KIS —Resigi The ene hoom. ‘ker department of the club 1s on A new tournament for a hand- now being organized, and the 's have entered up to date: some prize ig ving pl die, Mundelle, Ward, Pedal, John- on, d, Wen and Groves. Other vers of the Di ct are invited to enter contest. The p! is to begin tonight the reoms of the Washington Chess Checker and Whist Club, on 12th street. Whist is proving a most popular gi mid-Lent, and the many social o s of the city formed for whi found in the latest forms of the g in compas: y, and is acting to its ranks most of the genuine strict. Wednesday st nizht, and last Wedneg ven tables at work in the pai Bere a Mr. Rines r. in’ the { north and south core with 14% ‘aylor sevond with s. McComb and Fogg were high- the east and west score with 145 with Carr and Quackenbush second 41 tricks. Several of the members 3, 1 with have with them invited guests from out- ide of match. the club, who took part in the Last night there was a pleasant evening sed by the members of the club, and a number of lady guests, who made about fifteen tables, at compass whist. This is the latest and most popular form of whist play at present and is obtaining great vogue among the amateur whist players, and es- pecially among the ladies, who greatly pre- a half | fer it for social play to the old-fashioned drive whist. Prizes were awarded to the pairs making the highest north and south and east and west scores. The Baltimcre team of eight will play the Washington team at the C. Bi, Club house tonight, this being the rcturn maich in the intercity whist tournament. Play will com- mence at 5 o'clock p.m., and the match will consist of twenty-four hands instead of thirty-six, as was previously arranged. The Rejone was delightfully entertained last Thursday evening by Miss Josie Jones. at 922 F street. Miss King and Misa Quackenbush won the prizes, which are awarded to the ladies making the highest scores. There are no prizes given the gen- tlemen, but there is great rivalry among them in securing prizes for their partners. On this occasion Messrs. Quackenbush and Fogg assisted the winners. The Rejone Club, which was organized last October for playing duplicate whist, is composed ex- clusively of the members of the Woman’ Whist and Capital Bicycle Clubs, each gen- tleman playing one evening with each of the ladies as a partner during the season. CONTESTS THE GYM. Who Will Take Part in the Coming Tournament. Only four contestants will represent seven athletic clubs of the District outside the Cc. A. C. in the gymnesium contests next Wednesday evening. On the part of the winged arrow people, though, the interest taken is great, and every event will be sharply contested. Instructor Crossley pre- dicts: “Every record will be smashed, and every man that wins is a champion in his cless.” The opening of the exhibition to the ladies was a popular move, and the pros- pects are bright for a crowded house and a successful entertainment. Som2 _ half-a-dozen reasons have con- tributed to make the affair—not an inter- gymnasium centest—but an annual exhibi- tion of the Columbia members. The Y. M. C. A. representatives say that last year the C. A. C.’s invited them to enter a tield day, and even offered them the use of Van Ness Park. This offer was accepted, a strong team collected, the men put in training and the contests never came off. The question of reference was settled sat- isfactorily to al by the selection of George Goldie, instructor of athletics at Princeton. If the prizes had been announced two weeks earlier it would have been better all around. No man likes to put himseif to a good deal of trouble and not know what he is to be rewarded with if successful. They were placed on exhibition on Thursday and consist of silver-backed hat brushes, three fine clocks, one of handsome marble; a sil- ver smoking set, opera glesses, gold scarf pins, gold cuff buttons, mackintoshes, hats, good umbrellas, silver mounted whisk broom, handsome inkstard and an elegant- ly chased thermometer, together with a silver salve Entries for the Events. The list of entries was gathered from the instructors of the several clubs. In the high jumping the C. A. C. are sure of both first and second places, as the only entries are Royce Hough and Arthur Mc- Elhone. McElhone may spur Hough on to do his best, and if he is in good condition he should break the District record of tive feet eleven inches, now held by himself. At the pole vaulting there will also be no entries outside the C. A. C., but a good ex- hibition is expected in this, notwithstanding that fact. Harry Green of the Y. M. C. A. holds the District record at nine feet five inches, and his non-appearance is much to be deplored, as he is thought good for two or three inches more. The Columbia record is nine feet four inches, and the wearers of the red and blue McElhone, Dudley and Emmons. Whether McElhone will finally appear is doubtful, as he injured his leg on the ice last winter, and his physician has cautioned him not to use it. Charley Dudley and Frank Emmons are, however, good vaulters. Both have done nine feet four inches, and it is a toss up who will win. A pretty contest will take place when Sewell, Craig and Ross, h their winged arrows, and Morsell and Trott, bearing the red triangle, meet on the flying rings. All five are experienced in their line, and while either Sewell or Ross may capture first place, the outcome is doubtful, as Ernest Morsell is thought to be reasonably sure of second place, and will make a strong pull to head the list. Broad jumping is an event that usually brings out a large num- ber of entries. Quinn of the rroll Insti- tute was expected to be in this, but injured his stomach about a week ago, and has dropped out. The Columbia members—Bob Elder, Tom Craig and Milstead—in this will try conclusions with McCabe of the Light Infantr He nearly six feet in height, weighs about 155 pounds and is very ac- tive. If he can equal his broad jump made when in training he will prove a hard man to beat. Elder has heeled the mark at nine | feet ten inches. Another event is the hitch and kick. Earl Quackenbush of the Y. M. C._A. holds the District stand, and at eight feet four inches, but he is not entered, and more is the pity. Instructor Crowley's men are Houzh, Elder, Dudley and Kirkland. Hough and Elder are the men between whom the first prize is said to lie. The exercises on the parallel bar are to be between Messrs. Sewell, Ross and Allen, all belonging to the big club house on G | street. For this a good deal depends on how the program is arranged. | If the flying rings come before the bars, | Allen, not being down for anything else, and a better chance, as being pe: Sewell and Ross will also be They will be py | will s | fectly fresh. | seen on the horizontal bar. | subject to competition from another Co- lumbia man, Reynolds, and a good one at that. ‘There are orly two batteau boards in the District, that at the Light Infantry ar- mory and the other at the C. A. C. The | infantry will not be represented, and s H Duke, James Shelley and Bob Eld | will fight it out between them. Duke has done eight feet six inches in a contest, and so far that is the Columbia's best. When it comes to see who can put the sixteen-pound shot a large amount of brawn and muscle will be exhibited. The W. L. I. C. are championed by John Waters. He makes his first attempt at putting the shot in competition with but little preliminary practice. The C. A, C. entries are “Tubby” Dickinson, Belknap, | Harry King, Perkins, Hampton and Adam Johnson. Dickinson, Johnson and Belknap ‘e heavy weizhts, tipping the scales with- in a few pounds of two hundred each. The list of entries as just given are from In- structor John Crossley, but as he has a | Very mysterious way of doing things some | changes may be made at the last minute. Two Judges to Be Chosen. Two other judges as assistants to Mr. Goldie will be announced later, as will also the other officers of the contest. It is un- fortunate that tumbling and wrestling were left out when the pregram made up, as the latter event would have brought out representatives from nearly every athletic organization in Washington, and the for- | mer might have had the effect of inducing the Y. M. C. A. to enter a regular team. Departmental Base Ball cague. ‘The work of getting the affairs of the Departmental Base Ball League in shape for the se: n is progressing, slowl A chief-of-umpires has not been selected as vet, but will be in a week or so. Joseph K. S:rasburger, who has the score card privilege at National Park, will act as a sort of general manager, looking after the neial affairs of the league more espe- cially. It is contemplated issuing ladies’ complimentary pass books. * se clubs have applied for admission the first meeting of the league, and the government printing off Washington Light Infantry Athletic ion and geological survey. AS ation of the interstate commerce n rejected, the seven original clut remain, the District. Commissione post oflice, general post offic vy, Treasury Department, pen office and bureau of engraving and print- The rule permitting only government employes as members, it is held, can be ev ded in the case of the Light Infantry urging that the militia are in a way yloyes of the government, and’are sup- plied with uniforms, equipments, armories aud, in time of service, pay, for the per- formance of the duty. On the evening of April 30 a big benefit will be given in the Rifles’ Armory for the replenishing of the league’s exchequer. ommittee in charge is composed of . Hazen, Belote, Rebstock, Miller and Jaeger. THE NEW VALKYRIE. Description of the Cup Challenger Being Bullt at AM OW. A private view of Lord Dunraven’s new eup challenger, Valkyrie III, was had yes- terday at Glasgow. The framework is al- most completed. The new yacht does not seem to be such an extreme boat as the Allsa. She looks somewhat narrower and certainly has a good deal more draught. The Ailsa's sides flare out all the way up to the deck. The Valkyrie’s sides run up straighter from the turn of the bilge, though at no portion is there anything approaching a tumble home. Her underwater body is of a more pronounced fin-keel shape than anything that Watson has yet done. Still, it is apparent that her displacement will considerably exceed that of the Ailsa. The Valkyrie’s overhangs are*long, but not excessive, and: the outline of the stem, though more elongated than the Britan- nia’s, seems to retain the characteristic round-up forward which Watson always uses, and which is always distinguishable from_the straighter lines of Herreschoft and Fife. The Largest Crowd of the Meeting. The largest crowd of the meeting wit- nessed the third day’s racing at the St. Asaph track yesterday, and nineteen book- makers contended , with the talent. The racing was the best 6f the meeting, and as the track was in excellent shape, fast time was the result. [he.starting of Mr. Fitz- gerald was a great improvement over that ef the previous weet of the meeting, the start in the last Veit being the only poor one of the day.,Ad usual, Father Daly pulled off anotheif gopd thing at long odds with his two-yeat-old, Himyarah, opening at 6 and closing at }5 to 1. Three favor- ites, a second and, third choice, and an out- sider won, the winners being: Tinge, Pay or Play, even mdney; Himyarah, 15 to 1; id. Kearney, even money; Canvass, 7 to 2, and Gimme, 6 to f oe EES Other Colleges May Follow Suit. From the Baltimore Bun./ Now that Harvard’ has virtually forbid- den its students to take part in intercol- legiate foot ball, It may be expected that other colleees will follow her example and suppress the ‘brutalizing and dangerous practices to whiel “un otherwise manly game has been perverted. If intercollegiate contests are forkidden, the evil will doubt- less be knocked’ out of the game in local contests. This will be better than knock- ing the life out of learning and breaking young men’s necks. The faculty of Har- vard simply voted that “no student under their charge should be permitted to take part in intercollegiate foot ball contests.” There are duties which professors owe to the students in their charge, and saving their lives from unnecessary risks is one of them. ———— WATER SUPPLY FOR CITIES. What Was Done Here With the Aid of The Star. From the Municipality and County. There are several cities wherein the scarcity of the water supply is at this mo- ment a very serious matter, notably Chica- go, Washington and Buffalo. A special investigating committee in Chi- cago made a report to the council on February 25, in which the reasons for the scarcity and suggestions as to remedy are set forth. There is no lack of supply, but simply a lack of machinery and system in the utilization of the water that is availa- ble. The combined capacity of the four tunnel is 434,000,000 gallons per 24 hours, while the greatest amount ever pumped in twenty-four hours is 284,000,000, and the nominal capacity of the pumping engines in service is 293,000,000. Much of the ma- chinery is worn out, besides being of old- fashioned and inadequate type. There is a fatal tlaw in Chicago's system of water works, in that the pumping stations are all along the lake shore, instead of being lo- cated inland and near the centers of the districts to be supplied. This ni itates the pumping of an immense quantity of water long distances and through mains that re too small to carry the water re- quired. The result of these defects is a scarcity in outlying districts and upon all above first flocrs of dwellings. The committee, besides recommending an increased pumping capacity, and the re- laying of same mains, advocates the estab- lishment of a hydraulic plant in the busi- ness center of the city. This plant would supply the tanks for a large number of hydraulic elevators in Chicago, and so stop the necessity for individuals’ to do their cwn pumping into tanks. It is estimated that this would do away with at least” 450 chimneys in the business portion, and kill much of the present smoke nuisance. But the most important use of the hy- draulic plant would be increasing the effi- i of the Bre department. All the dcwn-town hydrants could be connected with the s} m, and so at all times have ure equal to t obtained from the um fire en#ine in the city. Supply Deficient. Buffalo's case is different from Chicago's orly in the source of the trouble. The ef- fects, viz., scarcity in outlying districts and in upper Stories, are the same, but Buffalo is not so fortunate as Chicago in having a sufficient supply of water ready for the pumps, for the tunnel capacity is not great- ly in excess of the ability of the pumping engines that are daily throwing 117,000,000 gallons into the city mains. But in respect to having in Lake Erie an ample source of supply, Buffalo is to be congratulated, for with this big reservoir at its doors, the question of obtaining ‘a plentiful supply is simply one of spending, say, $500,000 for the largement of tunnel capacity and the tion of more pumps. ‘ome trouble, but not much, was caused by the ice blocking up the inlet ¢f the crib at the intake end of the tunnel. Assistant Chief Engineer Guthrie was dispatched to the other lake cities to investigate their methods of avoiding this troublesome ex- perience. He, in a carefully prepared re- port and analysis, recommends that the port holes of the cribs be made large and placed deeper in the river. The theory is that the smaller the hole the greater the current, and tie greater the tendency of ice to follow that current the more easily will the hole become clogged. The lower the hole the less danger of surface ice sinking down to it. When the ice once passes into the crib, it can be fished out by baskets, or al-, lowed to follow the tunnel, where the warmer temperature renders it less trou- Dlesome. An ingenious device for preventing clogging at port holes is one which carries team down to the opening, and when the team is forced through and turned on the ice, the trouble ceases. Washington, D.C. much from insufficien 1 decision of the confe nmittee to recommend an approp 000 for the purpose of increasing the capacity of the dams brings in sight a means of relief for which the citizens, aided in a most vigorous manner by The Evening Star, have made a strong fight. ———see a pr best st ec is suffering very y of water, but the Stolen Property in a Tree. Policeman Yoe began an investigation yesterday, which he thit ks will lead to the rest of persons who have been commit- ling rebberies about Mount Pleasant, as well as in gzher_secticns, of the county. He commenced his investigation by raiding a little house up a tree near the corner of Columbia and Quarry roads. Three boys, the officer learned, had been frequenting the place, and yesterday when he went Baker and Walter Mul- ion. Baker was on the n Was in there he found Le ligan i astle in the tree, a mind that the place w would either hold po: of it or weuld destroy it. He remained up the tree he saw the officer was going to cend it, and then he applied the match cescended as f. sa squirrel. There yere two men there at the time, but they let the boy escape. The oflicer reavhed the house in the tree before the flames had gained much headway, and between the two flccrs cf the house there was a auan- tity of stclen goods found. The ofticer claims that he has recovered property in four burglary cases, and hopes he will be uble to fasten the crimes or the burglars. tle and he ts will probably be made this vast i a colored man wes employed to tear down what remained of the partially burned structure. — Minnehaha Juvenile Temple. Miss Nannie T.: Daniels, superintendent, assisted by the Misses’ Hattle Maice, Lclo Ellwood, Annie Gregg, pianist, and Grand Superintendent Russell; organized and in- stituted Minnehaha‘ Juvenile Temple at her residence, 33 E strest rorthy afternoon, with thirty-one charter bers. The acting office ley, C. T.; Annie Haw! chaplain; Willie Sarl Smith, P. C. "Tf, ‘The temple was in- structed in’ all thé ceremonial of the ju- venile order by thé grand superintendent. Another meeting will be held at the same place next Friday afternoon. — Justice Baldwin of the court of errors of the state of Connecticut will deliver a series of four lectures at the law depart- ment of Howard University on the subject of “Wills,” beginning Tues@ay evening. SLip- Florence and Awpress, M. | THE SOCIAL WORLD Some Spring Romances and Other Topics Equally Poetic. WEDDING BELLS AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS Rumor Says There Will Be Five Brides in Senatorial Circles. LENTEN ENTERTAINMENTS The weddings this spring will be phe- nomenal in number and interest. Ro- mances pile atop of each other, so to speak. The prose of existence is all forgotten in contemplating the inroads which the little god Cupid has made in the every-day lives of the young ladies who have hitherto been looked upon as entirely worldly-wise, and not to be fascinated by the charms of purse or person. The doleful folks began the past season with the worst case of statistics we have heard of in years. There were no men to speak of, and heaven only knew the exact number of debutantes, to say nothing of the seasoned girls. It has been, as usual, the unexpected that has happened. There have been men, and to spare, too, for there have been girls who actually refused eligible partis, for no other reason but that they did not love them. After making everybody believe, too, that love has nothing to do with the mod- ern marriage, to be brought to such a skert stop as that. Why, this is the year for loving, real, downright, old-fashined loving, ard don’t-care-who-knows-it-either. Anybody who does not believe has only to witness the change in the appearance of one of the last girls, whose wedding day now is only a month or so off. It was a common remark early in the year that M Engaged was either in love or con- sumption. Lo and behold, ma and pa hav- ing waited the conventional period for withholding their consent, suddenly give the formal announcement to the various press associations, the young lady gets the roses back in her cheeks and walks down Connecticut avenue like she owned it all and had no houses for rent, either. This is only one of a half dozen incidents, and if things keep on as the first part of the year has started, in a while we shall be listening to lectures and reading great American novels on the romantic phases of the end of the century. A fair proportion of the winter's debu- tantes are on the engaged list, but the greater number of the spring brides will not be from among them. Of international weddings there will certainly be three, per- haps four, and if a certain young woman who has been very near matrimony several times before does not change her mind, there ought to be a fifth. A malicious per- son, who knows all the outs and ins of this last international courtship says advisedly that the young man in question has not anything to get married on now and so he cannot possibly have less when the June roses bloom and fade or when the leaves shall redden and rustle next October. But then when any one assumes the prominence of a would-be groom, he must expect to afford the envious folks a chance to get off all their spleen. Miss Leiter rather started the genuine love matches to the front, and if ever a marriage seems surrounded by auspicious circumstances it is hers. A rare combina- tion of feminine charms are possessed by the future Mrs. Curzon in her beauty, in- tellect and amiable disposition. Apropos of one of the international ro- mances which are to culminate in matri- mony very soon, the departure of a very gocd looking and very musical member of the diplomatic corps has not, it is said, been rctarded by the announcement of the carly marriage of the lady at whose shrine he has worshipped for half a decade. So far from delaying his departure, it is thought that if any ships had wings in acaition to three engines and all the rest of modern sea-ploughing equipment, he wculd have selected cne to bear him home to his own sunny land. Another engagement which will be an- nounced in a short time concerns a hand- scme daughter of a wealthy entertainer and a good-looking member of the British embassy. The tendency of young and handsome heiresses to look with favor on gcod-looking Englishmen, or, in fact, Brit- ers who are not good looking, with or without title or chances to succeed to these enviable handles to a name, seems to be on the rise, much, of course, to the intense dislike of the other, but home- grown, eligibies in our midst. The giris annot be blamed very much, if they hap- pen to have any ambition in their compo- ticn. Parental indulgence has given them the enjoyment of every possible mental and physical sensation that this countr affords. They have simply ex- haveted the whole round of pleasure. Life in fashionable English circles means more than the usual drawing room delights in hebnobbing with grandees, ete., for, after all, it is only the small part of a year which is comprised in a London season. The outdoor life, riding, hunting and sports in general are as fascinating, or they would not be as extensively copied by our leisure classes. So the girls are gcirg in for the genuine article, instead of the imitation on this side of the stream. ‘There is another engagement likely to be announced soon, that of a young iy who is prominent in society, and 1s good-look- ing, but whose heart must be a most solid and substantial structure to have with- stood all the demands on it. Twice before within easy remembrance this charming young person has been engaged on the ap- proach of spring. As the weather became more balmy, and the young woman and her young man were mere frequently seen on the streets walking together, parental objections became more decided, and natur- ally the young lady more determined to wed the man of her choice. But she changed her mind after all. So this delicate flower OATS Quaker Oats Goes All Over the World. Served for Three Hundred and Sixty Million break- fasts in 1894. Why ? Sold only in 2 Ib. Packages. vestibule, a nervous individual, who every- body guessed could be none other than the grcom, walking first impatiently, then re- signedly, up and down near her, the church full of people, whose heads turned round at every stir near the door, all of whom did not know that it was not the principals who were missing. One lady of a practical turn of mind, determined to solve the rid- dle, and she was heard saying, as she con- cluded not to wait for the ceremon “Great land, too much trouble to get a man to marry nowadays to be kept waiting for another to give you away. I would not wait a second, if I was dead sure of the groom and the minister.” This waiting is downright risky business, as one young lady could testify, who was desperately in love with an awfully nice man, who was right up to the very latest thing in love-making. She dillied and dal- Ned just a Httle, not to look too grasping when the offer came, and let the affair rest at what is considered an “understand- ing,” a phase of courtship which generally ends in white satin and orange blossoms. They do say she had gone so far as to order some wedding finery. As a model of hus- bandly devotion and affection for his first wife, the man was really fit for a giass case and exhibition. She did not announce the engagement, as he was still wearing mourning in his best clothes. Mr. Model went to a Washington ball. These balls are dreadful things for making a man come to rapid conclusions. He forgot all abcut the little understanding, and saw a pretty girl, whom less than a week later he had asked to be his wife. They will be married next month, The other girl! Per- haps she never existed, or. if she did, it is hoped she will hustle around when she gets an offer again, and not give a man so much time that he will keep changing his mind and the location of his affections just to keep it employed. Miss Marion Johnson of 1337 Q street northwest is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Edward Carrington, in Baltimore, and will accom- pany her to Atlantic City for a couple of weeks. Miss Carrie Robinson and Mr. Albert Leavey will leave tomorrow for New York to spend a few days. Mrs. Wm. F. Holtzman and Miss Florence Lee Holtzman are in New York. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. McDermot have re- turned and will be glad to see their friends at No. &) C street northeast on Monday afternoons and evenings. Mrs. L. Y. Macpherson will be out of town about a week. Miss Toss of Massachusetts avenue en- tertained a few friends Thursday evening, who were invited to meet her guest, Miss Wolfe of New York. Miss Wolfe will be at home Tuesdays at 457 Massachusetts avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Logan of Le Droit Park entertained a few friends at “progressive euchre” on Thursday evening last. The first prizes were secured by Mrs. Baker and’ Mr. Smith, and the second by Miss Potter and Mrs. Harroman, after which refreshments were served. Miss Annie Ward of No. 308 E street northwest was given a surprise party by a number of her friends on Thursday eve ing. Among those present were Misses Essie Keen, Addie Satterfield, Mattie Birch, Arti Ward, Lena and Blanche Bolden, Kate and Gertie Grady, McDonald, Dougherty, Mouldin, Mrs. R. C. Curran, Mrs. Keen, Werd, and Messrs. Noack Rooney, Frank and Milton White, Bayne, Davis and Keen. With recitations instrumental and vocal music was enjoyed. The Friendship Social Club met evening at the residence of Mrs. V. R. Bishop, Nc. 728 5th street northeast. The evening was spent in playing different games, after which light refreshments were served. In the prize game Mrs. Jeffries and Mr. Benton carried off the honors, while Mrs. Bergmann and Mr. Orme were awarded booby prizes. Among those pres- ent were Mesdames Bischoff, Jeffries, Bish- op, Stanford, Bittenbender, Bergmann,Cole, Gingell and Bushby, Misses Bennett, Lind- sey, Bittenbender, Emmons, Mitchell, Em- ma and Mamie Bishop and Messrs. Benton, Detweiler, A. Bennett, E. Bennett, Thatch- Cole, Mitchell, Gingell, Orme, R. W. and A. G. Bishop. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Miss Lillie Bit- tenbender, No. 514 7th street northeast, on Friday, April 5, 1 On April 19 a bal poudre and cotillion will be given at Linthicum Hall by the young- er matrons and a number of well-known ladies of West Washingtcn. The ladies will appear in costumes after the fashion of the reign of Louis XV. Mrs. Ben. Miller is the secretary tor the committee which has the affair in charge. Mrs. T. B. Moody will leave shortly for a brief visit to the Misses Drill, at their home, in Frederick county. Mrs. F. S. Freeman of 1756 N street northwest has gone to Atlantic City for two weeks. last of romance bloomed, but died before the first touch of autumn came. Third suitor came along six months ago, looking a bit interested, but as he happened ‘to be on the brink of another engagement, con- trolled his ardor, like the good little man he is. Girl No. 1 said she did not love him, and in the rebound of that sore, wounded heart, girl No. 2 does the con- solation act so charmingly that at this moment he is her most devoted slave, and simply living in misery till cruel papa and more cruel mamma will let their daughter announce her engagement. P.S.—None of the other engagements were strong enough for a formal announcement. Unless the statistics are all wrong there will be five brides in senatorial circles, and when they are here in the winter live within stone’s throw of each other. Not all rich either. One announcement which is going to be made just as soon as the parents of the bride-elect feel that it is timely will startle society just a bit, and will create consternation of the liveliest char- acter among the other suitors for the lady’s hand, who are now engaged on calling occasions in outstaying each other. The fortunate man comes from another city and has a national reputation. He has been here so often during the past winter that it is surprising his intentions were not more generally suspected long ce. It is going to be a marriage about which it would be hard to find the least thing to criticise adversely, and there will be no happier bride and groom in the June list than these. The lady is young and charming, and the man rich, influential and just the right age and at the proper point in his career to make an ideal mar- riage and make a happy girl a happier woman. Two of the senatorial brides-elect ride bicycles, and ride very well, too. They wear very becoming and modishly abbreviated costumes when they are enjoying the sport. They were out for a spin the other day, and then went into the house for luncheon. Their servant took away the bikes, and the grim humor of the situation presented itself to one of the ladies, for she had a square or so to walk to get home. Go it by her- self—never! The two friends went together, walking with a grace and freedom only sible with “knicks” and short skirts just ching their boot tops, but where? Why, just as close to the fence as they could get. They had no adventures—that is, they met nobody worth mentioning—and got home safely, but the bikes and their owners will remain in the same locality for the future. Fancy waiting in a church vestibule an hovr for a man to give you away. It oc- curred here in a fashionable church the The church was full of ‘‘Prom- is ‘Annie Laurie” and snatches of Lohengrin. A spring hat, with nodding rcees, which everybody knew could only adorn the bride’s head, could be seen in the Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Hoskins of 320 South Capitol street gave a euchre party on Wed- nesday evening in honor of their guest, Miss Margaret Copeland of Philadelphia. On Wednesday evening last, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Helmick, No. 819 M street northwest, a reunion of the mem- bers and friends of the junior church class of Wesley Chapel, of which Mr. N. T. Mil- jer is in charge, was held. A new form of enjoyment was presented, consisting of a series of questions relating to history and current events. Handsoms prizes were awarded to the lady and gentleman an- swering the greatest number of questions correctly. After a number of songs and zames, the occasion closed with the serving of supper. Among those present were the Misses Reeves, Bankman, Boland, Bryan, Carey, Chedal, Dowling, Combs, MacWhorter, McFrederick, Matthews, Mil- ler, Phillip Pitkin, Stratton, Wood: Wise and Yingling, Messrs. Berkely, Cr ster, Cruit, Falconer, Farlee, Helmick, Mc- Michael, MacWhorter, Miller, Potts, H. Ridgely, W. Ridgely, Thornburg, Wise and Woodward. Mrs. E. R. Bailey and daughter, Miss Marie R. Bailey, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lilly, in Baltimore. A musicale was given on Tuesday even- ing last by Miss Mary Margaret Bailey, at her home, on Capitol Hill. The quartet of the First Congregational Church, under di- rection of Dr. Bischoff, rendered several sclo and concerted numbers. Some voc solos were also given by Miss Bond, Holmes, Mr. G. A. Clark, Mr. J. FE Kaiser and others. Miss Freyhold pl: nd a cornet solo was given by Mr.You Miss Julia ‘aman gave a couple of char- eter sketches. The hand-painted souvenir programs constituted a novel feature of the evening, being especially arranged with an appropriate design for each gues Among the guests were Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Croffut, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mills, Miss J. R. Nicoll: Mr. Wallace Holmes, Miss Tallmage, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Nute, Mr. Gor- don, Mr. Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. Ferris, Mrs. and Miss Ingram, Miss Van Ness, Mr. Kyle, Mrs. F. A. Grant, Mr. Leffingwell, Dr. C. H. Beatty, the Misses Lamborne, Miss Hester McNelly, Miss Kirker, Mr. A. . Clark, Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Woodman, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Colonna, Mr. Shaffer, Miss Boyd, Miss McNeilly, Mr. Miller, Miss Kathleen Bailey and Miss Whiteley. Congressman Ikirt and family left the city this morning for their home, East Liverpool, Ohio. During their stay in this city they made many friends, who will regret to hear of their departure. Mrs. J. Martin Proctor of Georgetown, who has been quite ill at her father’s, at Le Droit Park, is improving rapidly. A pleasant surprise party was given to Mrs. Jorn Linder of 119 G street northwest Thursday evening, by her mother, Mrs. Geo. Schleith. After refreshments dancing and «ames were enjoyed until a late hour. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Linder, Mrs. Geo. Schleith, Mr. and Mrs. Tauberschmidt, Mrs. Doherty, the Misses Effie Garcia, Carrie Schleith, M. Fowler, Lizzie Schleith, Nellie Doherty,Car- rie Ostermayer, M. Doherty, and Messrs. G. B. Ostermayer, E. Hesser, D. Willis, W. O'Brien and Schleith. —— AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. The Colonial Entertainment ,a Great Success Lust Night. The colonial entertainment last night at the “Congress Street Methody Church” was a rare treat to the large audience. Everything but the gathering savored of the days when these great eastern states of ours were “united colonies.” There were quaintly dressed,demure maidens, with old-fashioned manners, courtly young men and severe-looking fathe The church was transformed into a “meeting house,” such as existed even before the articles of confederation had been drafted. There was a confusion of bonnets, knickerbock- ers, frills and Jenness Miller health wrap- pers, just a little modified. The numbers rendered by the prime par- ticipants in the colonial entertainment were “Song of Ye Olde Folke;” prayer, Jeremiah Hezekiah Graham; “A Time cn ye Harpsichord,” by Maj. Diapason Rowe; ye spoken piece, “Forty Old Bachelors,” Selma Truth Sherwood; ye worldly songe, “Grandma’s Advice the “Yanke Sleigh- ride,” by all ye menne and wommen sing- “Olde Folke at Home,” bye Icabod Timothy Goodrich and all ye singers; “The New Church Organ;” two part song, “Ruben and Rache! “A Song About Cou- Jedediah; “‘Mortgage Your Farm,” and ferusalem, My Glorious Home.” Others of the entertainers were announced as Lucinda Henrietta Hunt, Zephania Sand- bings Lemon, Mehitable Mindwell Simp- son, and his other 111 cousins; Patience Juvenile Crump, Naomi Makesing Ramby, Clementina Henry Howe, Martha Washing- ton Moore, Sooksticks Beatwell Smithson, Gloriana Rebecca Ramby, Symphronia Sightweight Crump, and Naomi Belinda Vierkorn, Theapolus Seatum Duvall, Wai- kem Sykerkus Grimes, Macius Forenin Bal- lard, Zachariah and Userman Poston. Si Goodman Edmonston and Jubal Sp. Grimes took the tickets at “ye doore.” The Coffer Dam, It is now proposed not to pump out the Aqueduct coffer dam and reconstruct the affected plier until Maj. Davis, the head officer in charge, recovers from an attack of the grip, under which he is at present laboring. Then, again, it is not deemed ad- visable to begin any such important ma- sonry work until all danger of frost has passed. The plan of the repairs provides for the building of an extra wall about the base of the pier. The weight of the bridge has now been entirely taken off the pier through the construction of false work, which rests on the coffer dam. The latter is built through the mud to the solid rock of the river. Fort Myer. Next month new building operations will begin at Fort Myer. 1t is proposed to con- struct a new administration building, a new set of officers’ quarters, a guard house and a gate house. The plans have all been prepared, and sealed proposals have been asked for. The proposals will e op2ned early in April. a PLUGGING THE WALLS. Federation of Labor at Issue With the Comaoiissioners. The differences between the Federation of Labor and Building Inspector Brady over the construction of the new school build- ing on Capitol Hill still continue, with no sign of the chasm being bridged. The fed- eration desired to have the examination ef the walls niade by a private commission, to determine whether they were of faulty con- struction, but the Commissioners have de- cided to support the building inspector in the contention over the way the examir: tion shall be made. In the course of a long letter sent to the secretary of the federa- tion late yesterday afternoon, the Commis- sioners say: “The Commissioners regret that after having made general charges of defective work and material in the E street school building, in response to which they prompt- ly instructed the building inspector to in- vestigate the same, and invited the Federa- tion of Labor to appoint a committee to, confer with that officer and point out the alleged defects and witness the inspection, you now decline to take part in the propos- ed investigation by Mr. Brady. Your rea- son given for such refusal, that he has de- nounced the charges as false, is only true of the work which ts visible, as to which, after thorough inspection, he did report as fully up to contract, and that your charges were to that extent, therefor, not sustain- ed. The charge as to hollow walls, the only ene now in questicn, and the truth er fal- sity of which can only be determined by plugging the walls, Mr. Brady is ready to investigate, end invites your co-operation to that end. This work can be done in the presence of as many of your organization as may choose to witness it, and it will be conducted in the most public and thorough manner.” ————— PROPOSED DOUGLASS MEMORIAL, ‘The Manassas Industrial School to Be Made a Monument to Him. From the Indianapolis Sentinel. Every lover of Fred Douglass who wants to help build a memorial to that illustrious champion of the black race should know that there is an industrial school on a farm of 100 acres near Bull Run (Manassas) battlefield, and that it is desired to erect there a building that shall be a monument to Douglass, whé himself made the speech dedicating the school last September. This opportunity is set forth in The Washington Evening Star by Miss Jane E. Thompson, a Virginia lady much interested in the in- stitution. From the Boston Transcript. In a recent number of The Washington Star appeared a communication noticing the fact that the last appeal of Fred Douglass to the public was for the rebuilding of the Manassas Industrial School, whose main bpilding was recently destroyed by fire, and suggesting that a fitting memorial to him would be to respond to this appeal and erect a suitable building to the honor of his name. Miss Jane E. Thompson, the Vir. ginia lady who has done so much for the school, seconds the appeal and suggests that it take the form of subscriptions for a building to his memory, costing, including equipments for industrial training, not less than $25,000, to be known to future genera- tions as a monument erected by grateful hearts and loving hands to the recognized leader of his race, and the brave defender at home and abroad of the principles of American libert, ———-+0ee Indian Appointments, Maj. McLaughlin, Indian agent at Stand- ing Rock agercy, has been appr an Indian inspector. John Cramsie has beer appointed to succeed Maj. MoLaughlin,