Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1895, Page 8

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY JULY 15, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. B. RICH & SONS, 1002 F stree Adding higher- — priced shoes to thg $2.85 sale. Where sfzes have become depleted in certain lines we have added higher priced and better shoes—footwear for which you Will be asked $5 and more next season, by reason of the advarce in leather. We will uot carry over a single Shoe—therefure these big reductions: Men's White L: : Men's Tan Rorncos,"” Men's Tan Low Stoes, Men’s Tan Southern Ties, Men’s Tan Foncon Ties, Men's Tan Oxford Ties, Men's Tan Lace Shoes, Men’s Tan Button Shoes, ‘That wece $4 and $4.50. Now . Ladies’ Tan Lace Shoes, $2.85 Ladies’ Tan Button Shoes, Ladies’ Low Button St oes, ies" Law Oxfords, » 85 Hand turned ced a Welt for walking that Wer: $4 and $4.50. Ladies’ patent ‘od leather slippers, $1.48 pr. —opera and strap, for evening and house wear. Ladies’ bicycle leggins, 49c. $2 & $2.50 slippers, 98c A sample lot of Ludi ppers, all colors and & B4, to go ut B. Ri (Late John E. Little's), F Street, =. I OO 2 OPP BOSTON HOUSE. ie Are You Preserving? ‘Then you need a few quarts of To-Kalon's ons, loms, “We Preserving randy Te-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th CF West Washington orders filled sogue & Jones, %2d nnd M sts. o.w, a regular $20 wst nnd twost wr cooking. fre asking —That's ot w G tempera- warmest house on the ture dass. §.S.SHEDD & BRO., t3'Nint se fria-1e Mantellos, $2 doz. Jost to get you aeq: with onr prices and to keep our force ivy ring the 7 months, we are Mau los for only wploy only skil use no how xive you the ee te oat for the least Could we Uhrosztow Ly to turn porsible money. doz. do more? Try ust Stalee, 1107 F St. SUCCESS Mw TO M. B. BRADY. Jy13-10d ee a aa Your Attention —~ directed to the Fe ‘here long If you've "UL cost you noth- tng to I at defects treat Remember, every operation we perform Is absolutely painless. Estraction, 50 cents. Other charges tn proportion. (Evans Dental Parlors, sizt7 Pa. Ave. N.W. si.aua OI SOO UT. WALKER SONS, 201 loTtt ST. et Lining, Felts, rick and Cla: rieut, two und three: Se taints, Hewsties, ply Rooting Materi [Mees SHAKER DIGESTIVE CORDIAL. Does not cure nil diseases, but it will cure failizestion,’ AN druggists. tetoseoS2es led Insects he careful about Some “insect t 4 4 ° % é 2S fee At $ edt Kills Flies. Water Hugs, Mosquitoes, injévious to pets—Kills fleas eats. 25 and 40c. enn, could isn't PDO DHDH SH-PL--Oey ek Thompson, 703 ¢ > PHARMACIST, '5t2 04-40 00 0 46 4640 30 -3o Lawn L i Ww uxuries, —HAMMOCKS—all qualities, tn grass or cotton—ith and without ESC, UP. —LAWN TEXTS—the most attrac- tive of them—exceptionally well Jy13-204, 1214 F STREET N.W. Se ee fringe—strongly nade, reat In ap- nade of weather-proof materials, $5. ise HOUGHTON CO., How’s Your Sketching Outfit? It may need replenishing, or perbaps you “want a new one. In either case, come in and let us supply your wants, We have everything necessary. Colors, Brushes and Blocks for both ofl and water color, Easels, Stools, Umbrellas, ete.. at prices which a1 Derhaps lower than you have been paying. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7th St. N.W., Successors to Geo. Ryneal, jr. Je15-24a Se SSIOTSETE06890800606 008 $25 Cents [Month. —in your store or show window. ‘Throws a light that fs brighter than electricity aud far more desirable, Safest, because {t ts suspended from the ceiling and the flame is inclosed in a glass globe. 25c. per month rental. Gas Appliance Ex., . X. AVE, Hand Brush, Tooth Brust Turner, Ses Mashér, Ladie, Forks, “ipeous, ee ‘o leaders Everything low. CUT-PRICB HARDWARE CO, 11th and B sta, jy3-3m ee ececeveesss 4 Craig & Harding, |: fi Cor. 13th & F Sts.': Big Sale of White Iron & Brass Beds Not necessary to tell you * ¢ * that Iron and Brass Beds are * the cleanest, prettiest, best and cheapest! By taking near- ly all the factory had we came Bear cuttiog the prices iu half. ie | le) le! 5 le e| | ¢| le) le e| le) oo . . . . 5 ie} | le le °; | * White Enameled Iron Beds, * 18-tnch posts, brass trimmed, * ell four -wizes. * Worth $6.50 to $4 * $7.50. For... QO * Finest Grade White Enam- * elgd Tron Beds, brass bend * and foot ratis, high headboard, . * . ° ral, All * * Worth $9.00 to $ 2 $10.50. For.. 7-90 2 Beds for. 28.50 All-bi val for 919.35 $10 Chiffoniers, et eae eeoee extended — foot four sizes. . . . . . | 4 le| le) | °| | | \e | | | ¢ | 5 | < <X<xeeEE REE RER ERE ERE EY es Came in and ought * * ** © all go Tuesday, conshlering the * * * : price. cobs _ Six Elegant, Large Soltd * * * s¢* Oak Six-drawer Chiffon- °° * |» * 8% ters, B styles. Soke oF Werth $10.00. $7 55 siamese *°* Only. F ° eee Matting “Ends,” For 5c. Yd. Teves eee epee tees cle “Short Lengths’ of Mat- °° * * © tings, whieh have been 15 to * * * #6 %e. per yard. To move owe * + them “quickly, chotee BS mae So pee sad a) $10akTables,5oc- se Another hundred of the Dol- . * © tar Solid Oak Luror Publes for * * ¢ |* 28 © Buc. eels eee eee ‘The $1.60 nize for $1.15. Greatly ‘“Cut.” * All, Wirdew Screens ave Sereens to 40c. * All Ge. Screens to 45e. CRAIG & HARDING, Cor. 13th & F Sts. we eenas oeeeese eee eens | ¢| | ret | ° | *| . ° * 5 5 le! e| e| 2 = le) le) | 'e) (XXRAEEEEEREEREREERERS ("Lease und fixtures for sale on very ad- yantageous terms. R. Nathanson’s Retiring Sale. Stripping The Store. The tremendous stripping process goes on every. diy—the stock fs inelting away. be- fore the Inroads of the largest crowd of shoppers that ever visited a retail store in Wusiington. Buy now or be sorry for tho next ten years. “Never were such sneri- ices. © & 8C. rawns ana Prints 3c. GC. varieacted stustta......4..0-.3E= IZWY%C. wigurea tawas...0C. yd. 124c. Outing Cioth...... OC. yd. 5c. yd. Corsets.... BHCe U5C- Ladies’ Binck Hose..........7€* I5C. chitaren’s rast Black Hose..7C> dort dy0........-. ~ LOC. I2YZC. Vester tace edge. eet BC. TOC. [iinidecoitefe ss... rors BEe ZOC. Garter Elastic. -5C. 5Ce cakes soap... Men’s Wear. TBC. tan socks T5C. coitars 5OC. Balbriggan Drawers. .25C. BOC. Bag. NUE. B5C. R. Nathanson, 818 7th St. 1t Gray Hair st when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- A thing’ of the covery is used. Guaranteed to restore or faded hair to its natural color In 8 to 10 dare— Positively not a dye. Stops the hair from falling out, arrests dandruff und makes the nicest the hair one can_use. meut. No stains. Price, $1. Trial size, KOLB PHARMACY, SOLE AGENTS, 488 77 ST. N.W. Sent, exhrees prepaid, to any part of the country on fecelpt of price. Better light | than gas better power than steam—Elec- tricity. Better Ucbt becanse it's steadier and whiter. Bette: power us? it’s cleaner and more stable— end cheaper. When you're ready to put up clectrle Hghts or an electric current, telspione us for power. U.S. Electric Lighting Co.,, fi 212 14th st. “Phone 77. 4y10-20d a Pere one a MARCUS WARD RENNAISSANCE 50C. ** In two sizes—with Mourning borders ° © of every width. These borders are hani Work aid differ from the machine stamp- * © ed article in the better finish aud quality. Decker’s, um F St. Jy10-20a QUARTER REAM WE ARE LIBERAL. Gold-filled Rimless Eyeglasses, to wear 10” years, ik guard, gold-filled hook and case, all for $ Same in nickel'or aluminum, A. KAHN, Optician, 933 F nw. Have You a Baby? You'll need EVAN’S TALCUM POWDER. Cures red, itching skin—chafing—prickly heat. Plain or rfumed, tall. Oc. box. Wholesale and. SN'S DUG SPORE, $90 F STRERT, sy18-84 Purify And Enrich Your Blood By Taking s YER’S Sarsaparilla. It was the Only Sarsaparilla adm: At World’s Fair. ted AYER'S PILLS for the Liver. RECAMIER CREAM. ‘Sample post paid On receipt of cts. 131 West Sist_st. If THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE apd use that ol} and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. mh20-m It soothes the child, softens the gum, ans all : ‘in, cures wind colic and is the it remedy for larrhoea. 25 cenis a bottle. Bel0-ly Partings Are Sad! You can delay parting with a favorite garment of any description by having it repaired by the UNIVERSAL MI DING aps-Ta Room 4. 1114. Your Duck Skirts Never looked 80 dainty as-they will after we've cleaned them. We'll make them white as sno do them up in the “sweetest” possil without injury. Modest charges. Wagon calls. Anton Fischer, 906 G st. ite flavor, pure and wholesome. An- itera Is a standard table delieacy. Sole gostura J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. At manufacturers, Dr. I druggists. LA NORMANDIE ON FIRE. Although buat Little Damage Was Done It Caused a Scare. Th: French line steamship La Norman- die, from Havre, which arrived in New York yesterday, had a fire on board during the passage. It was at 7 o'clock on the night of July 9. The passengefs were all at dinner, and little was known until the next day of the danger through which they had passed. . Smoke was first seen issuing from the starboard alley, about midships. It per- meated the state rooms and saloons, and Was soon noticed by the cabin passengers while they sat at dinner. The stewards, who were the first to discover it, passed the word aft, and Capt. Deloncle was notified. Search was made for the source of the fire. It was found to be In a com- partment In the lower hold, about midships, where there were stored case goods, hides and skins. It Is supposed to have resulted from spontaneous combustion among the olly hides. ‘The fire apparatus was at once brought into use, and twelve lines of hose poured hot water into the compartment. There was danger of the water rising too high in the compartments, in which event the ship would have been 4ooded. Meanwhile all hands had been ordered on duty. Volunteers were asked for to go to the seat of the fire and learn the exact condition of affairs. The whole crew vol- unteered to @ man. Ten were selected. They were led by Chief Officer Dupont. The men who followed him were Jacques Salfon, Guinoir, Charpentier, Carro, Calves, Colour, Garnet, Jeffrey, Ruffel, Guervarie and Renard. The compartment which had to be flood- ed was about fourteen feet by seventy-llve feet, and about ten fect high. The water had nearly reached the celling when the ten volunteers reached there. During this time few of the passengers knew what was occurring. ‘Tie captain passed the night on the bridge. The fire was out at noon on July 10. * Before the ship landed the passengers held a meeting and adopted resolutions commending the captain and crew for thelr brave work. The cargo will be jettisoned and an esti- mate made of the damage as soon as pos- sible. The amouat of damage Is belleved to be slight. ‘Phe voyage of the Normandie was made more eventful by an explosion in the coal bunkers, which occurred on the day she sailed from Havre, resulting in the death of Francols Lefleur, a fireman. —— PARDONED BY PRESIDENT DOLE. Forty-Five Hawaiian Rebels Released and Sentences of Others Reduced. The Fourth of July being the anniversary of the proclamation of the republic of Hawall, President Dole on the afternoon of that day, by the advice of the council of state, gave a release, subject to remand, by order of the president, to forty-five of the late insurgents, sentenced to five years each. Four other prisoners sentenced for various crimes received full pardons on account of meritorious conduct. The fol- lowing persons received commutations of sentences: C. T. Gulick, reduced from thirty-five to twenty years; W. H. Seward, thirty-five te twenty years; W. H. Rikard, thirty-five to twenty years; R. W. Wilcox, thirty-five to twenty years; T. B. Walker, thirty to fifteen years; Y. Carl Willmann, thirty to fifteen years; W. H. Grolg, thirty to fifteen years; Louis Marshall, twenty to sixteen years. The forty-five prisoners released were all insurgents of the more ignorant class. None of them was a prominent person. ‘The commutations are understood as de- signed to make expression of a disposi:ion toward effective clemency whenever the time is ripe for it, ——__+ee______ YACHTING PARTY DROWNED. The “Artist” Cupsized on Her Trial Trip and All Are Lost. Yesterday afternoon H. Tiltsworth of South Haven, Mich., took his new yacht Artist out for her trial trip, in company with the builders, Messrs. Coats and Still- gon. When about four miles north of her harbor, about 8 o'clock, a squall struck and capsized her. The life saving crew went out immediate- ly, and soon after the tug McClure left, but the yacht was so far away that the men were all drowned before the crew could reach them. All that was found was a cap, which proves to have belonged to Mrs. Stillson. The reason for the boat sinking so quickly was the fact that she had a great amount of ballast, which could not be shifted, and that, being new, they had not as yet put In any air cans to buoy er. Congressman Remann Dead. Frederick Remann, Representative for the eighteenth Illinois congressional dis- trict, died Saturday at his residence in Van- dalia. Mr. Remann had not been well for some time before entering into the canvass last fall. After the election, accompanied by his wife, he went to Colorado to re- cuperate. On his return he took a heavy cold, which resulted in an attack of the grip. He was confined to his room several weeks and finally got out. He suffered a relapse, however, and was never again able to leave his room. Mr, Remann was elected last fall as a re- publican, defeating Lane, democrat. He was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic and had for years been. prominent in politics in his district. ———_+e+ High Tolls on the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. Ship owners are loudly complaining at | the high tariff charged in the case of ves- sels passing through the Kaiser With canal. During the first week of July craft of various sizes passed through the newly opened v and one Eaglish steamer paid in tolls, A small steamer of 600 tons pald 485 marks, and in the winter it is prop d to raise the tariff 25 per cent. ———+e+_____ An Archbishop Inherits $13,000,000. Archbishop Gulllon of Oaxaca, Mexico, has inherited from an English relative the sum of $13,000,000 in gold. The archbishop was already very wealthy. “| of no bepefit to any person. AGAINST THE PLANS Protests of Property @wners to the Street Extension Scheme. TIME *FOR FILING. EXPIRES TODAY Various Objectionsto:the First Sec- tion of the New Map. NOW FOR THE DECISION According to the notice given some weeks ago by the superior highway commission, consisting of Secretaries Lamont and Smith and Gen. William P. Craighill, chief of engineers of the army, created under the street extension act of, March 2, 1893, the time for the filing of protests against the proposed extension expires today. These protests have been received from time to time since the giving of notice in June at the office of Gen. Craighill and ‘have been forwarded by him to Capt. Fiebeger, -sec- retary of the commission, at the ,D'strict building. The Star presents herewith a statement of all the protests recelved up té this afternoon. Public Hearings. During the time which intervenes between today anW the 1st of August the commis- sion will hold several meetings, at which it will take up these protests in order and make themselves familiar with the case, so that when the public hearing Js given each member will be prepared to listen intelll- gently to the arguments presented. ‘The public hearing will take place in the office of the Secretary of War. It will commence Thursday, August 1, at 9 o'clock a.m., and continue a reasonable time, giving ail in- terested property holders a chance to ex- press themselves. When the arguments have been concluded the commission will hold another meeting, at which the final steps will be taken to place on record the map of the first section. When the second section is reached the same program will be followed, The Connecticut Avenue Extension. Perhaps the most important matter to be determined in this first section is the ex- tension of Connecticut avenue. While there is a divergence of opinion as to the best course to be pursued in this matter, it is the opinion of the vast majority that the street should be extended direct, and no diyergence permitted. It is well known that the Commissioners would have liked to recommend the extension of Connecticut avenue on a straight line, but the large cost incident to such an extension made it, they thought, impracticable. Some of the protests received by the highway commis- sion have been strcngly opposed to a deflec tion of Connecticut avenue, and itis staied on good authority that when the public hearing is given a large portion of the time will be taken up by arguments on the extension of this avenue. Just what view the highway commissien(.will take of the matter is, of course, a: conjecture at this time; but one of the most prominent citi- zens and property holders in the city said today he had no doubt that the highway commission,’ after heaning the arguments pro and con, would deaide in favor of ihe straight extension of theiavenue. {t was no good argument, he gaSdwto urge the large cost against the propesition. If ex-Gov. Shepherd had given that point any consid- eration when he started {s to make Wash- ington the city today would be a perfec: Chinese puzzle. sat On Lanier Heights. The Security and Investment Company protest against the sdheme of improve- ment in the section in whit Lanier Heights is included, as a part pf/‘which it is pro- posed that Adams Mill;road, a part of On- tario avenue north of: Columbia road and a portion of Lanfer avenue be closed, and that an extension of 1Sth street and Cham- ‘plain avenue be run through Lanter Heights. The protéstant.says that the ex- tension of 18th street serves no useful pur- Fose, as the Adams Mill road will be a bet- ter means for reaching the boulevard around the brow of the hill bordering the Zoological Park. The object of the exten- sion would seem to be to make a straight line, but, says the company, in this section there are very few straight lines and notl« ing can be gained by straightening 18th street, while serious loss and injury may be done to the property owners, not only in playing havoc with their lots, but in de- stroying their view. The protest says that there is no reason for extending Cham- plain avenue, as the Improvement will be It is not an extension of the city street, it is not used as a thoroughfare, and it would be an un- desirable approach to the Zoo. Ontario avenue answers all the requirements of a cross street, and the abandonment of it now for a proposed new street seems an act of folly. The protestant, therefore, claims, that in view of the injury and the lack of benefit to property owners, the proposed charges should be disapproved. As out- lined it would change corner lots to inside lots, cut some in half, and leave small corners of others useless to the owners without any compensating advantages any- where. The expense is also very consider- able if anything near the value of the land taken be given to the property owners. The protest is signed on behalf of the com- pany by George H. Dana and A. M. Mc- Lachien. On 17th Street Extended. The property cwners along the line of the proposed extension of 17th street pro- test to the Commissioners that the pro- pesed plan of street extension cuts off 17th street extended, as now platted, from con- nection with the Piney branch boulevard, irasmuch as all maps and plats of the Dis- trict of Columbia heretofore made show ith street extcrded as running through to Piney branch. Hoving bought on this street under these conditions and with this understanding, they believe that they are justly entitled to the rights and privileges existing at the time of purchase, and re- gard that thst property would be depre- ciated in value by such cutting off and closing of the street, and for the further reason that {t would cut off a much-needed sewer connection for an indefinite time and from all lots north of No.133 on said street. They have no objection to the proposed new street running through from 18th street (Ingleside) to the proposed 17th street, and cressing the present 17th street extended at about lot 138 on that street; but this, they say, does not justify the blocking up of the present 17th street ex- tended at a distance of some 300 feet from its present terminus and. cutting. off the view of all property south of this point of the Piney branch valley and proposed bou- levard. This protest 18. signed by Messrs. E. W. Woodruff, Arthur_H. Baker, G. G. Cours, John McDonald,. Thos. E, Cowling, A. B. Bennett, F. A. Ellis, G. W. Silsby, 0. U. Jikis, C. B. Dickey,,C; B. Thornton, J. B. Gray, St. George R. Riley, V. A. Moore, James Simpson, Thos. W,,Smith and Annie McDonald, Marie S. Eastwood and Mrs. W. R. Keyworth. This petition was trans- mitted to the highway commission with a letter repeating these reasors. Final Action Urged. Benj. P. Davis urges’ prompt action on the extension plans, saying that though they include the practical destruction of his home, he feels that-his personal inter- ests should not lead him to oppose the scheme for the improvement of the city. But he asks that speedy action may be taken In the matter, in order that property may not long remain in the uncertain and depressed condition which must be caused by delay in carrying out the provisions of the law. Mintwood Place Wide Enough. Col. Geo. L. Andrews (U. S. A., retired) protests against the proposed widening of Mintwood place on the ground that the changé of travel from Woodley lane to the extension of Connecticut avenue has rendered this improvement unnecessary, and it would entail great and useless loss on property. He says: “I located the building line of my house five feet outside the parking, or twenty feet from the true Une of the street, consequently the pro- posed increase in the width of Mintwood place will not only take the present park- ing and the five feet, but will extend the street two feet six inches under my house, ving me in a condition hardly adfnis- sible. The proposed change, therefore, will not orly destroy the trees, plants, &c., which, with gr2at difficulty and expense I have finally succeeded in making grow, but will also destroy the whole plan and barmony. of the estate. If deemed neces- sary to widen Mintwood place, might it not be advisable to do so by extending on nearly the same lines the alley now con- necting Columbia road with 18th street = snus avoid disturbing improved prop- erty?” Mrs. Elizabeth G. Calvert says that if Connecticut avenue or 22d street is not opened on the straight line system through Washington Heights all the space between Wyoming and- California avenues—Con- necticut avenue extended and 23d street as now laid out—will be left as it is now, one excessively large block having no open- ing in any direction. She asks that an opening of some sort be provided in set- tling definitely the street extension lines for the future Washingtcn. A Plea for Her Home. Ella Loraine Dorsey entered the follow- ing protest against the change of grade of California avenue. She says: “For the past several years California avenue west of Columbia road has been seriously affect- ed by the changes, actual and anticipat- ed, that have followed the rulings for and against the extension of Connecticut aye- nue. The first plan caused a cut of six feet to be made. This left me on a ter- rece. The next threatened a cut of twelve feet, but I went before the Commissioners and was assured by them that the said cut need not and should not exceed six feet, and that it would be the last grading done. The six feet were plowed out and I was left on an ugly embankment. Now I am again threatened with a cut of six feet, which will leave me in the alr, my prop- erty ruined and myself forced to build down eighteen or twenty feet to prop, to brace, to stay, in a word, to go to engrmous expense, if I would keep the roof over my head. In addition, it is proposed to con- demn twenty feet by fifty feet of my prop- erty for parking. I cannot afford to lose this. 1,000 feet of ground any better than I can to be cut down, especially as this, to, is in direct opposition to the assurances of the Commissioners above referred to. The deflected line extension of Connecticut ave- nue threatens this, but the straight line extension does worse. It breaks up my home; it leaves me without an inch of ground; it wipes out the work of long and arduous years; it robs me of the only pra- vision I have for my future—a provision on which I have expended my youth, my strength and my best energies. It is a melanchcly showing, and rot the least dis- tressing feature is that my only plea is in equity, my only defense in your de- cision.” Gen. Breckinridge and Others. Inspector General J. C. Breckinridge en- tered objection to the closing of Ontario avenue, 68 the owner of one-half the prop- erty abutting upon that avenue between Lanier avenue and Columbia road, 17th and 18th streets extended. He purchased four lots with a view of subdividing them facing on Ontario avenue. This he would be pre- vented from doing if the avenue were closed, which would result in considerable damage to him. Theodore I. King protests against the final adoption of the first section, which contemplates the abandonment of Warder avenue. Sitch action would leave several lots owned by him without access to the street. In conclusion, he says: “Will you allow me as one individual to express the opinion that an actual extension of the line of. the city streets and avenues is what a majority of the citizens wish and would be willing to pay for?” William F. Mattingly, attorney for Dr. Z. T. Sowers and Mrs. Henry May, asks for a hearing with reference to the proposed new location of Prospect and Crescent streets. Messrs. H. C. Walbridge and Donald Mc- Pherson unite in a: letter urging prompt action in approving the plans for street ex- tension before the commission. Mary F. Henderson suggests the estab- lishment of a Prospect Park at the crest of Meridian Hill, bounged by 16th, 17th, Pros- pect and Crescent, dt Superior, streets, and that Prospect street be curved instead of straight. Mr. T. R. Senior opposes the proposed ex- tension of 2d street northwest north of Florida avenue. He does not think it should be deflected, but placed where it properly belongs. Wm. A. Meloy, representing Armory K. Tingle and others, sets forth that the prop- erty rights of his clients have been grievously injured by the plans of the first section, and requests an opportunity of a hearing. Ex-Senator Henderson Protests. Mr. J. B. Henderson protests against the proposed change of Prospect street be- tween 16ta and 17th streets rerthwest for the following teasons: The present street is more artistic and better adapted to the uses of the owners of lots abutting there- on. It is now fifty feet wide, which he considers ample for the thread of the street. If it is deamed necessery to widen it, he suggests that ten or twelve feet on each side of the present curved street be teken for parking. The street can never be used for commercial purposes or pleas- ure driving on account of its steep grade. The proposed straight street would cut off not less than six or seven feet of his sta- ble. He says he fails to discover any ur- gent reason for the straightening of the street, unless the line of projection shall be carried on between 17th end 18th streets and beyond. As the latter is impossible, the former tecomes unnecessary. ‘The on- ly reason for the change at all,” he goes on, “is based on an idea of uniformity of streets, which does not exist in any large city of the world, and should not be thought of ir Washington. It is a mere dream, undesirable, and impossible of re- alization, even if desirable. The topogra- phy of the surrounding additions is such as to command greater utility and better artistic effects by disregarding the claims of uniformity, which would merely sacri- fice unlimited treasure to a vain and empty ideality.” The lots on the South side of Prospect street have been sold, he says, on the idea of double fronts, and such fronts are pos- sible, provided such unreasonable reduc- tions of their length be not made. If Pros- pect street must be widened, the additional width, whether in curved cr rectangular form, can better be taken from the north side of the street. To do sc gives greater approach to unifcrmity in the extension thereof west of 17th street. The Act Denounced. Enoch Totten entered the following objec- tions to the highway plan, so far as it af- fects his property at the head of 7th street, now used as the Base Ball Park. He says that the proposed streets will subserve no public need or demand, and would consume 43 1-3 per cent of the whole tract. The very proposition to lay out these streets largely destroys the value of this property. “The act of Congress,” he concludes, “‘un- der which this taking of property is pro- ceeding is unconstitutional and void, be- cause, amorg other reasons, it creates a burden upon the property and leaves it standing with this burden upon it, in-| definitely, and, therefore, in fact, is a tak- ing of private property for public use with- out any compensation.”” George and Thomas Ficld entered a pro- test sgainst the proposed boulevard through thefr property in Pleasant Plains. The boulevard is only for ornament, they say, and if made would cut up their property, which is now used by them for the cul- tivation of flowers,-and deprive them of their means of support. Mrs. 8. EH. W. Fuller entered a protest against the extension of Binney street for the reason that it would take all of her home. Le Roy Tuttle opposes the extension of S street, 22d street north of S and the straight extension of Connecticut avenue. He says there is no public need for the extension of Sstreet. The extension of 22d street would practically obliterate about 60,- 000 feet of ground owned by him, and is not necessary for public convenience. Re- ferring to the straight extension of Con- necticut avenue, he says such an extension would be ruinous to the property interests he represents. Irwin B. Linton objects to the extension of lith street, through land owned by Mrs. Louisa Kuhn, because the proposed ex- tension Is not in conformity to its present established direction. As to Vermont Avenue. B. F. Leighton, attorney for Edward A. Ballcch, trustee; James E. Johnson and Sterling N. Brown, filed a protest against the extension of Vermont avenue, alleging three specific reasons: First, that any ex- tension is unnecessary; second, that if ex- tended at all the avenue should be con- tinued in a right life rather than deflected to the west, as proposed, and, third, that the proposed extension is the most ex- pensive, owing to the bad grede. The pro- testants point out the fact that the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home block the way of the proposed avenue, and this fact, in connec- tion with the presence of the new reservoli around which is 2 two-hundred-foot boule: vard, the Howard University grounds, and the government park below the grounds, render a continuation of Vermont avenue wholly unnecessary. It would, therefore, be of no material advantage to the general public. They say that the section traversed by the extension is not of a character to Warrant the great expense, and urge that the circle at the intersection of Vermont averue and Grant street be made the ter- minus. im support of the contention avenue should not be deflected, they =e that a straight extension would give a shorter and less expensive route, and would strike less improved property. They add: “By deflecting to the west, in ac- cordance with the proposed extension, the distance is lengthened at least one-half, the grade is more difficult and the prop: erty in the line of such extension is more valuable. After the avenue passes the line of Lincoln avenue it runs almost par- allel with 4th street extended and but a short distance from it. It passes diagon- ally through Mock 4 of the Howard Uni- versity subdivision, entering it near the southwest corner, and passing out at the northeast corner. Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18 and 19, in said block, containing 67,000 square feet, are owned by Edward A. Bal- loch, trustee. Said lots are improved by a large dweling house, stable and outbulld- irgs, and have been occupied as a home by Gen. Geo. W. Balloch for many years. Lets numbered 14, 15, 16 and 17 are owned by James B. Johnson, and are improved by a large and valuable dwelling house, stable and outbuildings, and occupied by him as a residence. Lot 13 of said block is owned by Sterling N. Brown, and is improved by a dwelling house and occupied by him as a home. These properties have been adorned with trees of selected va- rieties, and shrubs of various kinds, of great value to the owners. The extension, if carried out as proposed, will either ab- sorb said lots entirely or leave them in such shape as to be utterly worthless. The houses of Gen. Balloch and Mr. Johnson stand in about the center of the avenue at extended, and will, of course, be entirely destroyed. This property is situated on a high bank, much above the grade of 7th street, which the avenue must intersect, which will necessitate a deep cut through the grounds, to be.made only at great ex- pense. The act of Congress authorizing the extension requires the Commissioners ‘to harmonize as far as possible public con- venience with economy of expenditure.’ (See seetion 2) That the expense of the proposed extension will be greatly in- creased with that of an extension of the avénue’s present lines is very obvious. That the public will be greatly convenfenc- ed, or convenienced at all, by the deflection is difficult to see. The only parties to be really benefited by the proposed extension are the owners of unimproved lots in the subdivision known as ‘Whitney Close,’ ly- ing just south of Whitney avenue and ad- jacent to the Soldiers’ Home. Would Lessen the Expense. “If the avenue is to be deflected at all,” the petitioners continue, “it should be done at the least expense, and a deflection of 100 féet or more to the west of the pro- posed extension would avoid the highest grade and would rot pass through any valuable improvements. They point out that the Soldiers’ Home is not a public park, and may be closed at any time by the authorities of the institution. In such an event an extension of the avenue in a straight line so as to meet the reservoir instead of the home would be far more cénvenient to the public, as the home is already’ within easy access by existing reutes. “The language of the act,” say the pro- testants, “under which the extension is to take place shows clearly that it was the legislative purpose that no deflection of streets and avenues should be made in the extension, except such as were made from necessity, or what was almost tantamount thereto, and this view conserves the rights of private citizens whose property is to be taken. It is to be presumed that in making their investments and improve- ments they have been influenced by the consideration that the streets of the city would some time be extended into the coun- try, and when so extended would be in conformity to the general plan of the city and along the lines of the city streets. Any deflection or deviation, therefore, in the extensions ought not to be le, ex- cept upon the gravest considerations and for very valid reasons. It is therefore re- spectfully submitted that Vermont avenue, as ar avenue, ought not to cross 7th street. The approaches to the reservoir boule- vard and Soldiers’ Home will be ample, not only for the present, but for the remote future, without the extension of the ave- nue beyond that street. Suggestions to the Commission. One of the lat2st letters to be received was from Mr. Donald McPherson, advocat- ing an extension of Connecticut avenue in a straight line, and an extension of 18th, 19th, 22d and Kenyon streets. He disclaims any intention of giving to his suggestions the intensity of a pretest, for he believes that the plan 1s generally a gcod one, while needing some modifications and changes in harmony with che original plans of the city. He believ2s that the prcpcsed devia- ticn of Connecticut avenue through Wash- ington Heights is entixely unnecessary, and would be a continuing and increasing mis- fortune on economic, practical and es- thetic grounds. “‘The prospective grandeur of this avenue,” he says, “contemplated in a straight line would be destroyed by this deviation, which amounts to a total ob- struction to the view.” Mr. McPherson says that in his opinion rone of the reasons given for the deflec- tion of the avenue are worthy of serious consideration, and declares that several houses have been erected in the straight line of this street with a view to impairing the chances of its proper extension, while a church is now being erected in its direct line on the Phelps tract, with a design of ‘perpetuating this misfortune by senti- mental means.” This, he says, is a most vicious method, and ought not to be per- mitted. All that part of Columbia road north of Florida avenue to its first angle or intersection with or near California ave- nue should be abandoned as unnecessary. He deplores the anfortunate and inharmon- fous nature of the subdivision lying be- tween Champlain ¢ venue, 18th street, Flor- ida avenue and Columbia road, which, he says, is probably beycnd remedy, and is a condition the continuance of which, like other divergencies, is to be forever deplored with the more regret as the city increases. Eighteenth street should have been extend- ed due northward, and such part of Cham- plain avenue as would nearly coincide shculd be abandoned, and the remainder constituted a place. Also, though 19th street may never be corrected, its deflec- tion, says Mr. McPherson, will never be justified, and it should be extended due northward from Florida avenue. In con- clusion Mr. McPherson says: “It should eo ape almost insuperable ob- stacles to justify any deviation of the gen- eral plan of the city, or permit the deflec- tion gt any principal avenue or street, and the wishes or conveniences of any person adverse to the law or-such general plan are not entitled to consideration. This plan is for the good and grandeur of the future. There is not a single deflection or deviation from the plan of the city but what is deem- ed a misfortune, and more to be regretted as its perpetuation increases. There is not an.instance where it has not impaired con- venience and value.” Some Other Property Owners. Emma L. Yoder protested against the ex- tension of 16th street through her lots in Mt. Pleasant for the reason that such an extension will take all her property but a small triangle which is unfit for any pur- Pose. Maria T. Stoddard entered a protest against the proposed extension of Columbia road, 19th street and Wyoming avenue, as it would so materially reduce her property as to render it practically valueless. Thomas H. and Luther Fuller protested against the extension of 17th street north- ward from Florida avenue to Prospect street, and of Prospect street westward from 17th street. The extension, they say, involves a great outlay for land, and ts not materially beneficial to the public. It robs the owners of land on Prospect street which was the sole inducement to them to buy there, and forces them to cut down their grounds at a heavy cost. They say the extension of 17th street to Prospect, one block, and of Prospect street to On- tarlo avenue, one block, calis for the put chase of about 50,000 square feet of valu- able land and the removal of thousands of cuble yards of earth. Attention 1s called to the fact that north of Florida avenue and between 16th and 18th streets are Champlain and Ontario avenues. From the lay of the land these are the natural out- lets of the region to the north. A widening of Ontario avenue on the east side and a little deflection at Florida avenue of 17th street to merge into Ontario avenue, would, they say, fully meet the requirements of travel and traffic, would be inexpensive and would interfere very little with private property. William A. Whitson and N. EB. Young protest against the proposed extension of 16th street, as it would take away almost entirely tne Is upon which their homes are built. Claims Constitutional Rights, Cynthia H. Quackenbush, through Will- jam Birney, filed a protest against the tak- ing of her property on Columbia road with- out just compensation. She says she has already been deprived = her constitutional rights in that sixteen feet have been illegally but in point of fact taken from her property on Washing- ton Heights (Columbia roaq side), and in that the Commicsioners of the District of Columbia have steadily refused to ask for an appropriation to make her compensa- eRe ee her. She nderstand the Commi: - ers have decided that in the future Aaa ston of the streets they wili take sixteen and a half feet from the Columbia road side, forty feet from the 19th street side of my property on Columbia road and a width of twenty feet for a frontage of 330 feet on my lots on Kalorama avenue. Aside from the property taken, this would be a mutilation of my lots for the benefit of the public.” George A. Armes protests against the change of Connecticut avenue, and says that it should go through In a straight line and connect with the extension that begins in Woodley Park and runs to the District Une. Dr. Little's Protest. C. C. Tucker, on behalf of Dr. J. W. Lit- tle, protests against the proposed increase in the w:dth of Lydecker avenue and the closing of Morgan avenue in Holmead Manor, and asks that he be allowed to ap- pear before the commission and argue the case. Alice S. Hill protested against the exten- sion of Welling place from University place to 15th street, and of Huntington place from University place’ to 15th street. The exteasicn cf these two streets would unnecessarily increase the expense of the extension of streets and would not aid in making them conform to the city streets. George W. Barry protests against the ex- tension of Bismarck street through his property. Joseph Burden opposes the extension of Vermont avenue through Whitney Close to the Soldiers’ Home. The running of Ver- mont avenue as projected, together with the abandonment of Warder avenue, amounts to a virtual confiscation of the whole of his property, he says, as it takes {t out of the market. He says, further, he does not believe Congress will ever ap- propriate one dollar to pay for all of these proposed streets. The scheme looks like an organized effort, he says in conclusion, to take private property for public uses with- ny prospect of rendering an: = alent therefor. — Mr. Alban N. Nixon states that the pro- posed street extension plan of the Commis- sioners affects almost every piece of prop- erty of which he is the owner in the Dis- trict. On California avenue, lots 17 and 18 will be affected by the proposed widening of said street and also by the extension in straight line of Connecticut avenue: lot 14 will also be affected by widening California avenue. On the two first mentioned lots, he says, he proposed building a homestead, but the unsettled status of street extension precluded him from doing so.."He states that if California avenue is widened or Connecticut avenue extended he shall offer no objection provided just compensation, adjudged by correct market prices of like adjacent property, is awarded for property 80 taken. i In Behalf of Ontario Avenue. Mr. G. Browne Goode, in a long letter to the commissioners, protests as owner of several lots on Lanier Heights against the abandonment of -Ontario avenue and the extension of Champlain avenue. He calls attention to the present excellent condition of Ontario avenue, and declares that to call the proposed extension of Champlain avenue 18th street is entirely misleading,as it nowhere connects with 18th street. To car- ryChamplain avenue through the heights,he says, will practically destroy ten valuable lots and require the condemnation of at least 80,000 feet of land, costing from $1 to $1. foot. The estimated cost of opening this section of Champlain avenue will probably be at least $150,000, which would be expended solely for the purpose of con- necting Columbia road with the junction of Ontario and Poplar avenues, a purpose which Ontario avenue now serves well. He says it is hard to understand what is to be gained by the proposed abandonment of the two blocks of Ontario avenue immediately north of Columbia road. It is the evident intention of the commissioners, Prof.Goode cortinues, to afford a thoroughfare through Lanier Heights to the regions beyond, but this would require a tremendous amount of filling and grading, as the quarry road would have to be filled to a depth of forty feet or moi and the precipitous Poplar avenue also a length of 500 feet. After cressing quarry road, a cut of twenty or thirty feet will be necessary to bring it down to the level of Kenesaw.avenue as now fixed. “In order, then, to carry this one insig- nificant street, Champlain avenue,” says Prof. le, “from Columbia road to Ken- saw ayenue, a distance of about one-third of a mile, it would cost probably $200,000. It seems scarcely probable that Congress will provide so large a sum for this particu- lar purpose for many years to come, for no one wants this alleged improvement, while there are numerous othets t! will have ardent advccates. The result will be that a blight will be cast upon Lanier Heights and vicinity for many years to come, since no land can be sold, no houses be built and no improvements projected while this system of dikes and ditches is threatening us.”” In conclusion, Prof.Goode protests against the injustice done the property owners on Lanier Heights, who bought their land in good faith upon streets that have already been accepted by the Commissioners for which official grades have been given, and who have expended large sums from their own pockets in improvements. ——-.___ MARKETS FOR AMERICA. A Bulletin Soon to Be Issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture will soon is- sue Bulletin No. 3 on the Warld’s Markets for American products. It contains a copy of the decree of the French minister of agriculture, prohibiting the importation of American cattle from the United States in- to France, also a statement of. the tem- porary suspension of the export of sheep from the United States, owing to the exac- tion by the French government of a cer- tificate from a United States veterinary in- spector to accompany ail sheep landed in France from the United States, which shall positively certify that none of them have -een exposed to any contagious disease for a period of six weeks prior to date of shipment. Owing to the possibility of ex- csure to scab, such certificate from the Inited States veterinary inspector cannot be given at present. Among the most important statements ecntained in this bulletin is one showing the area, prodyction and trade of wine in France. A comparative statement of the wine produced by the different European countries fn 1893 and 1894, as well as by the United States, will also be found, which shows that the production of wine in France for the year 1894 was 1,031,657,818 gallons, while that of the United States was but 25,000,000 of gallons. How few realize that on the western coast of California, which is probably the counterpart of the western coast of Europe, with Great Britain attached to the continent, every condition - of soil and climate can be found to pro- duce the wines peculiar to European coun- tries. The bulletin also contains an important statement in regard to the total trade of France, exclusive of the precious metals, as compared with the trade of the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, This statement shows that the United Kingdom has an easy lead over her near- est three competitors, and that her com- merce is about equal to the aggregate of that of Germany and the United State: her two nearest rivals, and that Germany, France and the United States are not far apart, France taking the fourth rank; in 1890, 1891 and 1894 Germany occupied sec- ond’ place and the United States third, while for the years 1892 and 1893 this order was reversed with respect to these two countries. Gave Birth to Four. Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Rankin of No. 8929 Liberty avenv, Pittsburg, gave birth to four children, three males and one female, Saturday evening. One of the boys died yesterday morning, but the others are thriving. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin have been married five years, and two years after the marriage a child was born, which died. Two years and seven months ago twins were born, one dying. Now came four, making seven in five years. Each of the quadruplets weighed five pounds, Dr. Fred- erich Gaertner thinks the mother and threo children will live.