Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1895, Page 11

What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishuess, Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves tecthing troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates tho food, rcgulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend. + Castoria. Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children.” D2. G. C. Osaoon, ‘Lowell, Mass. - Castoria is the best remedy for children of which Iam acqua..ted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers willconsider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in- stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves.”” Da J. F. Korcestor, Conway, Ark. Castoria. “ Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior toany prescription egesaiaslaoe H. A. Anousn, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “ Our physicians in the children's depart- ment have spoken highly of their expori- ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it.” Usirap Hosrrrat axp DisPensary, Boston, Mass ALLEN C. Sutra, Pres., The Centaur Compan;, Ti Murray Street, New York City. Ee FEMININE FINERY A Women art to be congratulated upon the care nd attention the creative mind of man bas ex- pended to adorn her figure this spring, for the new styles are the sweetest and most becoming yet originated. But more than the usual discre- tion must be exercised in selecting your coat or cape, for some of the styles shown at the different stores are abominations. After considerable run- ning around I wound up yesterday afternoon at McKnew’s, 983 Pennsylvania avenue, and I am more than ever convinced that the styles shown by this house are the handsomest and most reasonable brought to this elty. Some one in this establish- ment has most excellent taste, and I have a sus- picion that it fs a woman. Let me settle the question which is worrying ms Gisters who look best In coats, for the sleeves of all that I saw at MeKnew's are plenty roomy enough to go over thelr walst sleeves. I suppose there were no less than a hundred different styles of black coats alone, ranging from a Black Clay Diagonal Reefer, with “bog-leg” sleeves, as low as $6, to the Dainty Black French Worsted “Top” Coats. The Black Australian Crinkle Cloth Jackets, which are creating such a ‘furore’? on the other side, are here in profusion, and are finished with deep velvet collar, and lined with evening colored eitk. Of course, Capes appear to be more popular, Judging from the immensity of Mr. MeKnew's stock. ‘There were at least two hundred different styles, and no two appeared to be exactly alike. ‘This rlusiveness’’ is-a feature I very much ad- inire, for it saves the embarrassment of your meeting double. ‘There were nearly a hun- dred different Black Capes alone, in crepon, velvet, silk, Jet, Ince, ribbon, chiffon, &c. One of the daintiest was a cape of “creponed” chiffon, plaited over black silk, finished with Jet epaulettes and fulled chiffon collar, garnished with eight small sprays of tive rosebuds each, and when I noticed that it was ticketed but twenty-five dollars, I was simply amazed, and thought how easy it would have been to have charged some of our society folks, who buy on the other side, $50 or $75 for such a cape. The “violet” craze has extended to the capes, and you will find them snugly ensconced Dehind billows of lace and fulled silk collars. An All-jet Short Cape from over the water was. being tried on and admired by a very stylish blonde, and is not on sale at this time. ists’’ who anticipate taking a run to N “Old Point” will admire the Long “Golf” Capes, of brown illuminated cloth, with check silk lining. ‘The lowest priced capes I noticed were four dol- lars, and the highest but forty. There were any Lumber of stylish Capes in the soft shades of tam, pecan, hickory and other brown mixtures, richly appliqued and embroidered. Get your Spring ott at McKnew's if you wish to feel satisfied as to its exclusiveness and fash- Cay perf A FASHION WRITER. e RENT LARGE. STYLISH SLEEVES. ‘IT WILL Pay YOu To SEE THEM. THE DSON ‘BAY FUR CO 615 ITH NW. 9OB09056000000000600565560000085605 500 $4.50. WATCH FOR “OLEAN” CArE. mah22-50d PES EPEOPICIAOOF04040095 5 99009 BEODOSHO9S55095050005008 + TO,.CURE DISEASE SILK } WAISTS. } ; 3 | Sold by ACKER & KENNER, 149° Pa. : HELLER & STEVENS, 0th and Pa. ave? mb20,22&tudth3w TRIBUTE TO JOE NOOKER. Coming Reunion of the Third Army Corps at Hadley, Mass. The Third Army Corps will make May 7 a big white day in its history. The corps will hold its reunion that day at Hadley, Mass., the. birthplace of Fighting Joe Hooker. The suggestion was made at the meeting of the Third Army Corps Union here in Washington last May that the next meeting be held in Hadley, and the select- men of the town ‘tendered an invitation, which was accepted, and later it was de- cided to make it an event for the whole Third Army Corps, of those outside the society as well as those belonging to It. As Hadley is a small town and cannot quarter any number of visitors over night, it is arranged to have all participants in the reunion assemble at Northampton, Mass., Monday, May 6. The corps reunion is generally held May 5, the anniversary of the battle of Williamsburg, but this year the 5th falls on Sunday. Some of those who have notified the com- mittee that they will be present are: Gens. Sickles, Butterfield, Dickinson, Patterson, Rusling, Collis, Dunham, Tremaine, Sharpe, Dalton, O’Beirne, McKeever, Cols. 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Most of those present were colored. ‘The president of the association, the Rev. H. C. Robinson, the pastor of the church, presided over the meeting, the Rev. A. W. Shields, another colored minister, perform- ing the duties of secretary. After inviting the audience to join him in singing “My Country, "Tis of Thee,” and after prayer, President Robinson explained that the committee appointed at the last meeting to prepare a program had failed to act, and the evening would, therefore, be devoted to addresses on the question of local suffrage. Secretary Shields was thereupon requested to say something. Mr. Shields said that the District Com- missioners had become their bosses, and as for Congress, District day there was get- ting more and more rare. Men were shot down like dogs, sald Mr. Shields, and when the people respectfully complained the Commissioners treated them with absolute indifference and contempt. Years ago, said Mr. Shields, there-probably was something in the cry against negro domination here at the polis, and the negro then may have been bad and ignorant, but the negro of today had received the benefits of educa- tion; he had learned to be independent, and should suffrage here be restored he would vote and act intelligently and or- derly. Of course, stated Mr. Shields, the Commissioners were and always would be ue opposed to a restoration of suffrage ere. j Mr. Spohn Voted for Suffrage. President Mliford Spohn of the Northeast Suffrage Association next spoke, and stated that he had the pleasure of casting his ‘vote in The Star’s voting inquiry in favor of suffrage. Mr. Spohn referred to the con- tention that the negroes and not the prop- erty owners here were desirous of suffrage, and_remarked that the sentiments of the anti-suffragists were not unlike those who, more than one hundred years ago, objected to independence and liberty, satisfied to re- main subjects. He for one was unwilling to admit that republican institutions have here or elsewhere proven a failure, or that there is more of ignorance and viciousness in the District of Columbia than elsewhere in the country. The Rev. Walker Moore, a local colored minister, briefly addressed the meeting, stating that while he had been a resident of the District for only four years, he had been here long enough to see that the pres- ent local government was the most absurd conglomeration of inconsistencies and in- justice he had ever seen or heard of. Star Chamber Proceedings. The Rev. Geo. W. Lee of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church was introduced as “the black Spurgeon.” Mr. Lee was of the opinion that those who now laughed at the suffrage movement would before long be asking for a ride in the band wagon. He tnanked God that the negro had become educated and independent, and declared that the old cry of ignorance and vicious- hess could not now be truthfully rung out. Mr. Lee, referring to the star chamber pro- ceedings of the District Commissioners, told a story which he thought illustrated the situation, and said: “We should all pray that The Star will at last champion our cause. If it only would, I tell you, friends, we could not fail then.” Another colored minister, the Rev. E. J. Lovett, Dr. Robert Reyburn and one or two others briefly addressed the meeting. ———— THE METHODIST UNION. Officers Chosen at the Annual Elec- tion Last Night. A larger attendance than ever before marked the annual election of officers of the Methodist Union at McKendree Church last evening. ‘The union is now starting out on the second year of its existence, having been org-nized from what was left of the Methodist Alliance, mainly through the instrumentality of Rev. Chas. L. Pate. ‘The committee on nominations presented the following names, and they were unani- mously agreed to: President, George W. F. Swartzell; first vice president, Alexander Ashley; second vice president, Jephaniah Jones; third vice president, Rev. L. B. Wil- son; corresponding secretary, Rev. L. T. Widerman; recording secretary, C. R. Clark, M.D., and treasurer, T. B. Towne: ecutive, the officers, Revs. S. M. Hartsock, E. O. Eldridge, J. H. M. Lemon, E. 8. Todd, C. O. Cook, J. B. Stitt, Alex. Bielaski, O. A. Brown, M. F. B. Rice, J. M. Walsh, J. McLaren, J. M. Slarrow, C. W. Baldwin, c. L. Pate, Hugh Johnston, W. Case, W. W. Van Arsdale and Messrs. H. B. Moul- ton, S. H. Walker, A. B. Duvall, T. B. Stahl, Linger, Cissel, Brooke, Harmer, Bunel Funk, Duvall, Michaels, Birch, Reed, Hunt, Burns and Strang; on meet- ings, Revs. Widerman, Todd, Pate, and Messrs. Stahl and Rodrick. The expiring terms of three trustees of the Methodist Home were filled by the re-election of the present incumbents, Messrs. Leighton, Thompson and Birch. Presiding Elder L. B. Wilson was selected as chairman of the executive committee. The members agreed on raising $1,200 as the work of the union for this year, and collections will be taken up in all the churches in April toward the securing of that amount. A letter was read from Mr. Horace Benton of Cleveland, detailing the plan of pooling church debts of all Metho- dist congregations in Cleveland, by which means the total debt was paid off in, less than two years. This letter was referred to the executive committee with instruc- tions to consider it and report at the next meeting. The committee will meet at Mc- Kendree Saturday evening for the discus- sion of the subject. ——__. USED A PISTOL. Harry Roberts Badly Wanted for Shooting a Little Giri. Harry Roberts, a sixteen-year-old boy, who was once in the messenger service, while mounted on a borrowed wheel last night attempted to play “Buffalo Bill.” He had a pistol, which he fired recklessly in the street, and one of the bullets came near ending the life of Lillian Spooner, a thirteen-year-old girl, while she was‘stand- ing in front ef her parents’ house, No. 809 12th street northwest. It was about 7:30 o’clock in the evening, and the little girl and her companions were playing in front of the house when the boy came down 12th street on his bicycle. He was flourishing his pistol, eyidently desirous of attracting the attention of the girls to let them see that he was a “bad man,” and to make certain that they should see him, he pulled the trigger of the weapon and sent four bullets from it. While he probably pointed his weapon in the direction of the con- crete pavement, one of the bullets struck the little girl In the fleshy paxt of the leg. When the bullet struck her she staggered and would have fullen had not she caught hold of the iron railing. Her little play- mates told her not to be afraid, not know- ing, of course, that one of the bullets had already inflicted a wound. The youthful bicyclist, who had done the damage, did not stop to inquire about the result, but continued on down 12th street and disappeared. A number of men and boys followed him, but he got out of sight and escaped. In the meanwhile the little girl was taken in her parents’ house, where Drs. Ruffin and Muncaster dressed the wound, which is painful, but not of a serious na- ture. The injured girl is the only daugh- ter of Mr. Cassius M. C. Spooner, a clerk in the Post Office Department. As soon as the police learned of the af- fair they went in’search of the boy, who has _becn living at the house of friends on Grant place. This house was watched all night, but the boy did not return there. Several days ago the boy was talking with Officer Hurt about his pistol, and he re- marked: “I carry a bigger pistol than you do.” But at that time he did not have a pistol. The officer recalled the boy’s remark last night when he heard of the shooting. The boy ts well-known to the police, and his capture is only a question of time, LATE SPORTING NEWS GAINED A FIRM FOOTHOLD. Success of the Recent Tournament of Basket Ball. Basket ball has had its preliminary inning ‘a Washington gymnasiums, and although the teams comprising the District league have labored under the disadvantage of a first season, the game has proved a decided success, both with players and the public, The need of a suitable indoor game, in which teams of six or more men*may par- ticipate, has seemingly been supplied. With another season’s experience, and the adop- tion of the finer tactics of the game, basket ball will doubtless be permanently estab- lished in Washington as a popular indoor sport. The Local Lengue. Basket ball is not a new game, having been played four years ago at the ¥. M. C. A. Training School of Springticld, Mass. Not, however, until the beginning of this year have the athletic clubs of this city taken more than a desgultory interest in the pastime. On January i the District Basket Ball League, consisting of teams from the Columbia Athletic Club, Washington Light Infantry, Carroll Institute and Washington Athletic Club, was organized, and the short championship series played by these clubs marked the liveliest indoor season in Wash- ington athleticdom. In fact, the interest taken by the players in the opening games resulted in such close and hard playing as to make “passing” almost impossible, and only players in the best of condition were equal to the aggressive method of play adopted. The closing games, however, were played in an open and free manner, and in the series of over twenty exhibition and league games the injuries were contined to a few bruises and sprains. ‘The apparently easy manner in which the championship was won by the Columbia Athletic Club was due mainly to the prime condition of its men, who, coming directly off the foot ball field, put up a quick and snappy game throughout the three innings which was well nigh invincible. They suf- fered their only defeat in the last same of the season, at the hands of the Light In- faniry team, who were bent on gaining sec- ond place and incidentally pulling down Co- lumbia’s percentage to three figures. The Washington Athletic Club, after six successive defeats, won the final game of their series with the soldiers by a score of 2to 1. Their playing in the closing game: showed great improvement, as the result of persistent practice. Unfortunately, the Carroll Institute team withdrew from the league after playing one-haif its series of games. The Record. ‘The following table shows ihe number of games played, won and lust, ete.: Played. Won. Lost. Tie. Fetg. Cs CK - 6 5 1 0 W. LE C..... 2 4 3 2 Cc. - 5 2 2 1 WA. C....... § 1 6 1 148 One of the contentions at the time of forming the league was that home clubs would prove victors in all games played in their gymmastunis, with the help of fa ar goals, distances, etc. The record shows that the C. A. C. won 3 games at home and 2 abroad; W. L. I. C., 1 at home, 3 abroad; c. L, 1 at home, 1 abroad; W. A. C., 1 at home—fully one-half of the victories being credited to teams playing on strange floors. With the exception of the first five games participated in by the Washington Athletic Club—four of which resulted in shkut-outs for that club—the contests were close and exciting. The Different Scores. The scores of games, in the order in which they were played, are as follows: ba of the various teams shows but little difference in the play of the three leading clubs. Columbia, in six games, was scored against eleven time: L. I. C., nine games, nineteen time: . I, five games, thirteen times, and V A. C., eight games, sixty-three times. Tak- en as a whole, Columbia's forwards ex- celled in aggressive play, while the In-, fantry club had a shade the best of the defensive work, Work of the Umpire. An important factor In basket ball con- tests is the umpire, and his lot has peen anything but a happy one. The number of “free throws” allowed averaged iive to each game, and, though “fouling” decreas- ed in the closing games, there still re- mains reom for improvement. The “free throw” proved an insufficient “penalty to fit the crime’’ of fouling, and players had little fear of the throw for goal being suc- cessful. The tie game of 1 to 1 between the W. L. I. C. and W. A. C. clubs, in which the W. A. C.’s goal was made from a free throw, was the only game in wnich the penalty had any bearing on the result. The game was afterward won by the W. A. C.’s by 2 to 1, the soldiers, oddly enough, saving themselves from a goose egg by a successful free throw. Seventy fouls were made in fourteen games, and only nine goals were scored in the seventy attempts from the twenty-foot line. - The following table shows the number of goals and fouls made by each team, the fouls made by opponents and goals made on account of same: = Free Free Goals. Fouls. Throws. Goals. CAs Cl. 2 80) 17 15 4 W.L C36 20 2 Bes 26 4 2 FASE Gifs 8S 19 1 Changes in Rules. As the past season was purely an experi- mental one, the league will profit by the venture, and, if a series is played next winter, the playing rules will be so altered as to remedy existing defects. One of the changes talked of is that of dividing and suitably marking off the playing floor into sections, in which but one man of each team will play. It is thought this will pre- vent bunching and close playing and make the umpire’s duties less exacting. Another change proposes to reduce the, number ef players on teams from seven to five, giving more opportunity to uncover and play open and free. The free-throw line will doubtless be placed but 15 feet from the basket, penal- izing the offerse of fouling with an almost certain goal. That a competent umpire and referee he appointed at the beginning of the season, to officiate in all games, is another change locking to the better enforcement of the rules.” The District Basket Ball League has every reason to feel encouraged with the first season's results. The games under its auspices were played in a most sportsman- like manner, no pecuniary benefits accruing from a most hor- I could get relief BEFORE:.: blood dis- ease I had spent hundreds of dollars trying various remedies and physi- cians, none of which did me any good. My finger nails came off and my hair came out, leaving me perfectly bald. I then went to HOT SPRINGS Hoping to be cured by this celebrated treatment, but very soon became disgusted and decided to try S.S.S. The effect was truly wonderful. I commenced to recover at once, and after I had taken twelve bot- tles I wasentirely cured—cured by S.S.S. to the clubs; and, asido from the interest aroused among the athletic clubs, the gama mas gained hundreds of enthusiastic ad- rere. Yesterday’s Games. At Charleston, S. C.—Boston, 13; Wash- ington, 7. At New Orleans, La.—Baltimore, 11; New Orleans, 5. At Danville, Va.—New York, regular, 14; New York, second, 13. At eS Ga.—Pittsburg, 11; Brook- lyn, 5. At Montgomery, Ala.—St. Louis, 16; Mont- gomery, 8. ‘At Pensacola, Fla.—Cincinnati, T; Pensa- cola, 0. Knocked Out Sol. English. At the Eureka Club contests at Baltimore last night it took an unknown youngster, who was introduced as George R. Smith of Turkey Point, one minute and forty sec- onds to knock out Solomon English, the feather-weight champion of Maryland. Smith also won the title of champion of the state, a purse which the Eureka Club put up for the fight, a bet of $250 a side and started all of the spectators guessing his identity. Daly Springs a Surprine. W. C. Daly’s colt, the Sage of Hartford, furnished the surprise of the day at St. Asaph’s track yesterday, beating his fleld in a fashion that stamps him the best youngster which has been seen this season. The other winners were Himyaro, Warlike, Equity, Tinge and Dutch Lady. A License for Pimlico. The stewards of the Jockey Club met yesterday at New York. A license was granted to the Pimlico Driving Club of Baltimore to hold a six-day meeting this spring. Dates have not yet been arranged. Jimmy Lamly was granted a license and Patsy McDermott’s application for rein- statement denied. The application of Thos. pee owner of Susie R., was also de- nied. George W. Perry, who raced Columbus at Aqueduct last season, was also refused reinstatement. A note was received from the National | = Hunt Association asking for recognition, with power to grant licenses to country clubs. In regard to it the following resolu- tion was passed: ‘‘Resolved, That the sec- retary of the National 4iunt Association be advised that, as the stewards of the Jockey Club have recognized the National Steeplechase Association as the only au- thority which can be paramount upon that class of sport and that inasmuch as there cannot be two authorities on one subject, it is suggested that the National Hunt As- sociation make their arrangements with the National Steeplechase Association.” The stewards also took action on thirty- seyen applications for jockeys’ licenses and ixty-four applications for trainers’ - enses. With one or two exceptions these have been granted, and 4 list of them pre- pared by Secretary Hanlon will be ready today. —— = Suggestion on the Sewer Question. To the Editor of The Evening Star: It seems that the guardians of our park are moved to righteous’ indignation and resentment over the proposed contamina- tion of the purling waters of Rock creek by the residents of Kensington, Md. Our suburban friends see in this stream a cheap means of removing beyond reach of the immediate ‘testimony of their own senses of sight and smell the sewerage of their growing village. But naturally we have objections. Are we not using this same water course, within the city limits, for a like purpose, with a reckless disregard of consequences to those who occupy dwell- ings adjacent to its course? The writer of this can recall the time when Rock creek, from Lyon's mill to its mouth, was a Mmpid stream, a delight to the eye and a minister of pleasure to the senses. But we have succeeded in changing all that and converting it into a source of danger and offense by connecting it with our sew- ers. In the opening chapters of ‘Les Miser- ables” Victor Hugo devotes a number of pages to a description of the boasted sewer system of Paris, aad then grows eloquent over, the gigantic folly of an enlightened ard progressive people in devising and building up at enormous expense an elabo- rate and effective plan—to what practical or beneficent purpose? To cast away from them yearly untold millions, to waste the material which the despised Chinaman sedulously returns to the soil, there by the mysterious alchemy of nature to be trans- formed into the vitalizing principle of flower, fruit and vegetable, to-gladden and sustain human life. We ransack the earth for deposits of fertilizing material to spread upon the fields, but turn into the waterways, to con- taminate and poison them, to breed and dis- seminate the germs of pestilence and death, that which, if filtered through the earth, would clothe the barren wastes in bioom and verdure. In the Cosmopolitan for August, 1893, Mr. Poultney Bigelow told the readers of that magazine how the city of Berlin, as a re- sult of her sewerage system, has heen rendered proof against cholera and other epidemics; how she escaped, while Ham- burg was ravaged by the plague. To quote from this article a brief paragraph: “Berlin looked upon the progress of thi plague with equanimity, although she i: on the highway between Hamburg ard Russia, and daily exposed to an attack, because she lies upon a river connected by means of canal, not only with the waters of Hamburg and Russia, but of an infected port on the Baltic, Stettin. Her hospitals accepted, as a matter of course, the isolated cases of cholera that occurred $ ——— in ber neighborhood, but there was at no time anything approaching to an epidemic within her walls. Travelers passing, as I did, during the height of the cholera scare Were not annoyed in any way; in fact, the life of the city was perfectly normal, and thus the words of Dr. Koch have been justified.” This admirable system, which has now successfully stood the test of twenty-years’ experience and which hi tical realization Hugo’ sists in collecting the sewerage at con- venient points and forcing it, by powerful engines, through pipe lines, to lands pre- pared for its reception at a distance of from six to ten miles from the city. These lands, of which some 16,000 acres had been acquired at the time indicated, are owned and cultivated by the municipal govern- ment, willingly of about aeopien, barren sand wastes became highly P carried into prac- suggestions, con- or rented by truck farmers, who ay for the privilege at the rate O per acre. Under the methods luctive, so that their value, after irri- gation, rose from $182 to $400 per acre. They produce in the greatest luxuriance every kind of crop ordinarily grown in the same latitude, grasses, grains, vege- tables and fruits. The laborers engaged in cultivating the farms are represented to be as healthful as those occupied in similar pursuits with different environment. prejudice against the system has disap- peared and has beer replaced hy the sup- port of all classes. And after paying all expenses incurred the city derives a profit of 2 per cent upon the eapital invested. Aside from the questions of money cost and profit the writer thus summarizes other advantages gained: An 1, They have no smells in their streets. 2. They are not poisoning their water- ways. 3. They are insured against infectious disease. 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