Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3&1, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Sensational Charges Against Crack Wheelmen, ACCUSED OF TRYING TO FIX RACES Cabanne, Titus and Murphy are Suspended. ~ PROMPT ACTION TAKEN es ST. LOUIS, August 31—The Republic to- day makes sensational charges against Cras. Murphy, Fred. J. Titus and L. D. Ca- baenne, the three crack class B riders who participated in the diamond tournament given in this ctty on Saturday last under the sanction of the League of American Wheeimen. There were three class B events on the program, and according to two of the riders themseives, it was fixed that each of the three named should. win one of the events. Cabanne, the paper says, was to be al- lowed to take the mile open, the most im- portant race, as this was his home. Mur- phy, however, go Cabanne and Titus assert, broke faith and carried off two of the races, while Terrell, a California man, hon- estly landed the third, therefore shutting out the two men named. ‘Alexander Laing, a local amateur, who heard the three class B men discussing the races afterward, sald that Murphy gave as an-explanation of his conduct that Fis firm ordered him to ride out the races, having heard of the agreement. The matter has been called to the atten- tion of the local members of the national racing board of the league. The men, if gullty, will be ruled off for life or for a period proportionate with the offense. The punishment is left by the racing rules to the discretion of the board. ‘According to the Republic the only feeling on the part of Cebanne and Titus seems to be one of indignation against Murphy for not carrying out his part of the agreement. They called him a, Judas, sneak and rene- gade, and said he was a disgrace to his profession. “That Murphy is the m racing man on the circuit,” “We should have known better than have trusted him.” ‘The followirg telegram was sent today to George D. Gideon, chairman of the na- tlonal racing board, League of American Wheelmen, Philadelphia, by the local mem- bers of the board: spend Cabanne, perding investigation. “Evidence they fixed race here August 24. Papers full of it. Men are in Kansas City. Answer immediately, as they leave for the east tonight. (Signed) “DOUGLAS W. ROBERT.” The suspension of two more class B riders has been asked for. The associated cycling clubs, under whose auspices the races of last Saturday were given, has en- tered a protest and asked for the suspen- sion of Bliss of Chicago, and Cooper of De- for not appearing at the diamond tonMhament after promising that they would ride. The racing rules provide that after a promise has been made by the men or their employers to appear they are in duty bound to ride, and !f they do not they are Hable to suspension. The following answer in response to the telegram asking for the suspension of Ca- banne, Titus and Murphy was received: “PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Au 31. Douglas W. Robert, St. Loul uspend all three and send synopsis of lence to me. “(Signed) GEORGE. D. GIDEON.” aeons NO MORE JOINT DEBAT! t underhanded said. Titus. to Titus and Murphy, “To Col. Bradley Cancels the Remaining Appointments. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 31—On ac- count of the treatment given Col. Rradley at Eminence yesterday, the following tetter was sent to Chairman Norman of the dem- ocratic campaign committee: Headquarters Republican Executive Committe, ouisville, August L._C. Norman, Chairman Dear Sir: The dis offered our candidate for governor at Eminence today, in breaking off the debates by denying hi @ hearing, constrains us to cancel the re- maining appointments. R ty, W. GOD! HUNTER, Chairman. Col. was introduced by W. Thcrne, cheirman of tne local democrat! committee, yesterday afternoon at a joint debate with’ Gen. Hardin, but before he uttered his opening sentence a crowd of drunken men, who had massed themselves directly in front of him, began to yell and jeer so that he could not make himself eard. Chairman Thorne stepped to the frent of the platform, and in an appealing voice said: “Gentlemen, we, the citizens of Henry county, have tried to make the stay of our distinguished gt , Col. Bradley and Gen. Hardir, a pleasant one. The honor of old Henry county is at stake. Col. Brad- ley has the first speech, and I beseech you, as democrats and Kentuckians, to give him a respectful hearing.” ‘The nolse continued, and Bradley with- drew. Then the democratic disturbers began calling for Hardin, and when he came for- ward ke was glowing with rage. He mo- tioned his hands for quiet, and when there was a lull he sald, in a voice filled with passion: “f cannot under any circumstances ad- dress this audience after the insults you have put upon my distinguished opponent. It is a matter of profound regret to me that Kentucky democrats have disgraced themselves as we just witnessed. I posi- tively decline to speak. Gen. Hardin was roundly cheered for this. A Bleyele Life Buoy. From the Philadelphia Kecord. When a fellow comes to his senses and finds himself clinging to a life buoy there is nothing for him to do but to cling on and hope somebody will come along in a boat and pick him up. But not so with the life buoy recently invented by a Frenchman, This is supplied with a bi- cycle-like gearing, into which he may slip his feet and hands, and if he happens to be a wheelman or an athlete he may go off on a pleasant cruise by himself. This de- vice consists of an inflatable rubber bag, which acts as a seat and buoy, in which is a metallic-bearing sleeve for a shaft, on whcse outer end is a screw or paddle wheel, waist and shoulder straps prevent- ing the person using the buoy from being washed off. The forward end of the bear- ing sleeve is forked, the forks being ptvoted to an airtight casing or buoyant chest, against the rear side of which the seat may be folded up. The casing also forms @ partial support, and contains the mechan- ical propelling devices, having at Its under side bearings for the horizontal propelling shaft, and on its front side bearings for vertical shaft, whose lower end is a screw whose operation is adapted to up- hold the buoy in the water. On the casing is stepped a mast, on which a sail may be set, and a downwardly extending frame supports a pedal shaft, by which may be operated, through a sprocket chain connec- tion, a crank shaft having a bevel gear meshing with a bevel pinion on the verti- cal shaft, the iatter shaft also having a bevel pinion meshing with a bevel gear oh the forward end of the horizontal shaft, beth shafts and their screws or paddles being thus operated by the pedals and by hand cranks at each side of the casing. There Is a rudder on the forward side of the casing, and a compass is mounted Just below a lantern, supported on a rod in front of the mast. The pedals and crank handles are arranged to be folded upon thelr shafts, all parts of the device being designed to occupy as small a space as possible when not in use. —__——+ee- ____ Clearly Unacceptable. From the Chicago Tribune. Attorney (for defense)—“You say you have not formed or exp ed any opinion do you under- AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Luther H. Thompson Elected Mayor by the City Council. The Successor of Mr. Beckham is Generally Popular—Collision at Clifton—Other Notes. At the special meting of the city council held last night Mr. Luther H. Thompson was elected mayor of the city to succeed Mr. John G. Beckham, who was compelled to tender his resignation on account of con- tinued ill health. When the couneil was called to order Clerk J. T. Johnson read Mr. Beckham's resignation, and Captain George A. Mush- back, member from the third ward, moved that it be accepted with regret. Alder- man N. P. T. Burke then placed in nom- ination Mr. Hubert Snowden, president of the common council, who had Leen acting mayor during Mr. Beckham's sickness, but Mr. Snowden, in a few remarks of thanks, declined the honor, and said he would pre- sent the name of a gentleman who has performed the duties of mayor for some time, whom he had known from boyhood and who he was sure would fill the office in a most acceptable manner, and he then placed in nomination Mr. Luther H. ‘Thompson. Mr. Jchn Greene seconded the nomina- tion, and Mr. Strider moved that the presi- dent of the beard of aldermen cast the vote of the joint body for Mr. Thempson, and he was declared elected. Messrs. Burke and Strider were appointed a committee to wait upon Mr. Thompson and inform him of his election. He was escorted to the council chamber, where he was received with great applause. Mr. Thompson, in a few well-chosen words, thanked the coun- cil for the honor they had conferred upon him, and said he would try to perform the duties of the office to the best interest of the whole ccmmunity. i Mr. Thompson’s term extends until June 30, 1897, and his electior gives general satisfaction to the people of the communi- ty and his many friends have been con- gratulating him throughout the day. Mr. Thompson was sworn in last night and will enter on his duties Monday. Head-On Collision at Clifton. Yesterday afternoon there was a willl rumor on the streets that there had been a serious wreck on the Southern railway at Clifton statien, about fifteen miles south of this city, and that several had been killed and wounded. On investigation It was found that freight trains Nos, 46 and 321 had a head-on collision near Clifton, caused, it is sald, by the conductor of the south-bound train failing to obey orders to stop. Both ergines were badly damaged and several freight cars wrecked. A brake- man on the scuth-bound train, whose name could not be learned, was quite badly hurt. No one was killed. A wrecking train was sent from this city to clear away the track. Trevel was delayed about an hour. In the Police Court. It took Acting Mayor Snowden but a few moments to decide the single case before him in the police court this morning. Two small boys named Clarence Ticer and John Hunter were charged with an assault on a young boy named Naylor. They were fined $1 each for the offense. Invitation to Veterans, Col. W. A. Smoot, commander of R. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans this city, has received a letter from H. G. fvans, extending a cordial invitation to Lee Camp and all ex-confederate soldiers to attend the state reunion of bivouacs on the 1ith and 12th proximo. General News Notes. Frank Hill, Rosier Brown, Champ Walker and Jacob Brill left here today for a trip to Baltimore by water. Lieut. Smith yesterday recovered a violin that had been stolen from Miss Ewing on upper Prince street. ‘The schools of St. Mary's Church will not open until Tuesday, Monday being Labor day. ‘The water main will be extended in the northeastern section of the city. e The work of rebuilding the burned works of the Standard Oil Company in this city will be begun in a few days. There will be a meeting of the citizens of West End on Monday night to consider the matter of incorporating that village. The work of rebuilding the George R. Hil! cracker, cake and candy factory is being pushed. When completed it will sive em- ployment to a large number of hands. Potomac Lodge, I. O. O. F., held a rega- lar meeting last night. “There will be a cake walk at New Alex- andria Monday night: '~ ee ———__ SCHOOL FLOAT. E. of THE What Mr. Keithley Says About His Motives in the Matter. A Star reporter called today on Mr. George Keithley at his place of business on B street southeast. Mr. Keithley stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Mc- Hiugh notifying him that the float which jhe and Edward Dreschler had prepared for the Labor day parade could not appear in the line of march. Mr. McHugh sald that as now he had jJearred the true nature of the float, he v-culd revoke the permission which he had given for its appearance in the parade. In discussing the matter, Mr. Keithley said that he regretted that Mr. McHugh or any ore else had misinterpreted his motives in the matter. “I was correctly reported yes- terday in The Star,” -he said, “when I said ‘that the float shall represent the public schcol system as one of the bulwarks of the republic, and elso a chief principle of the Knights of Labor. It is the only means of education the workingman possesses. It will further represent the entire building trades, as well as all the branches of man- ual training as embraced in the public sckcol system, and will demonstrate that the workingmen uphold the public schools for the education of the masses.’ ” ~ ‘This, said Mr. Keithley, is all there Is in the entire matter. “The people who seem to connect the float with any desire on my part to excite sectarian feeling or to cre- ate a disturbance, are evidently not ac- quainted with me nor the record which I have as a citizen here. The form of the float represented the old-fashioned school house, and that it should be connected with the recent demonstration at Boston or any partisan influence is certainly not my fault and was not in my mind when my associ- ate and myself planned the float.” When asked if he was a member of the A. P. A., Mr. Keitbley said that had noth- ing to do with the question. He said that he might as well be asked if he was a Ma- son or a member of any other organization. —— Resemblances. From the Boston Herald. ‘They were speaking between the acts at .the theater the other night, and one said to the other: “I never saw two women look more like each other. Really, I have frequently taken your sister for you.” To which the other replied: “I have often had a similar remark made to me, but ai home they always thought that my sister resem- bled me more than I did her.” —— Adverbs. From the New York Weekly. ‘A district school teacher in New Hamp- shire has had great difficulty in explaining adverbs to a class of children. After toll- ing faithfully with them, he said: “Bring in a list of adverbs tomorrow. Remember that a great many adverbs end in ly.” The next day one bdy’s list began: “Slowly, fastly, lily, emily.” That Terrible Brother Again. From the Erie Messenger. Dobson, jr., was making an evening call, when his adored one’s little brother ap- proached him and begged the loan of his whistie. “Whistle?’ no whistle.” “Well, papa says you have,” said the lit- tle wingless angel, “and that you are al- ways wetting it. queried Mr. Dobson. “I have the Zoo. been eating I ate 3 it; stoma ud uncooked vegetal GREAT SALT LAKE|The Reason For Advertising. |AT ATLANTIC CITY|TALES OF THE SUMMER|FINANCE AND TRADE Wherein One Will Float Like’ a Cork. NO ANIMAL LIFE 70 BITE OR STING A Sea Bath Nearly a Mile Above Ocean Level. STRANGE EXPERIENCES —_+___ Correspondence of The Evening Star. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 27, 1895. To the readers of The Star who are just now engaged in a mad struggle with the breakers on the Atlantic coast, a descrip- tion of the methods of taking a “sea bath” 4,000 feet above the sea level, and #thous- and miles or more from the coast, may he interesting; for this great inland salt sea, twice as big as the state of Rhode Island, four times ‘as salt as the Atlantic, 4,000 feet above sea level, clear as crystal and smooth as a mirror, is now the resort of thousands, its visitors being now counted by train loads each hour and by hundreds of thousands in the season. A dip in the great Dead sea of America, which is not a dead sea, because fed by four rivers and numberless mountain tor- rents, is a luxury which all who can ob- tain that opportunity seldom neglect, and especially after a few experiences in its waters. And a bath in the Salt lake meany something more than a “dip,” for in its warm, clear and peaceful waters, in which you float like a cork, you may remain al- most indefinitely, and with impunity. No exertion is needed to maintain warmth or to keep affoat, and those who choose to float lazily in the peilucid waters by the hour may do so without physical detriment. Besides, there is a feeling of luxurious ease in the fact that you make your en- trance into the water from the finest bath- ing pavilion in the country, having over 600 bath houses and costing over a quarter of a million dollars. Church Owns the Baths. Like most of the great enterprises here, the big bathing institution is backed by the Mormon. Church, The Rio Grande and Western railroad carries the people to it, across miles of sand and sage brush; but the great Moorish pavilion, with its 620 bath houses, its dancing fioor (covering nearly an acre), its 1,300 electric lights, standing nearly a mile out in the lake, is Mormon, or, at least, the work of sundry wealthy “‘saints,” who probably operate for the church in this stroke of business enterprise. ‘The experiences of a bath in the great Salt lake are unique and never to be for- gotten. You walk down to the water from your bath room over steps, from the lower side of which hang tiny stalactites. They look at first like icicles, but on examination you find them of pure white salt, formed from the salt water which drips upon the steps from the costumes of the bathers as they retire from the waters into which the steps lead. Arriving at the bottom of the steps, if you have been properly in- formed as to methods, you quietly continue your way into the crystal water, through which you see the gleaming sand at the bottom. ‘There is no plunging here, no taking of “headers” into the approaching breakers. The Water Burns. The man or woman who fs accustomed to ‘nat sort of thing must change his or her ways, for the water, which contains 07 14 per cent of salt and other minerals burns the eyes, nose or throat and ears if the head is permitted to go beneath the surface. That is one thing that the “ten- derfoot” has to learn, and he learns it to nis cost if he is not enlightened by some thoughtful friend before he enters the water. As I was going to the bath room a man with a glass in his hand hurried past me, and stopped at the door of a bath room, about which a crowd of people had gathered. Just inside the door, in charge of friends, was a lady, evidently suffering the most intense agony, if her groans and cries of pain were an index of the facts. Yet her friends did not seem par- ticularly alarmed. They spoke soothingly to her, as one would to a child with a burned finger, assuring her that, though It was “pretty rocky,” she would soon come round all right. A drink from the glass which the barkeeper had sent her seemed to give relief, and she soon recovered. As I was preparing for the bath I heard a neigh- bor in an adjoining room giving some «d- viee to a tenderfoot friend. “Don’t x the water in your mouth or eyes or ears, he sald. “It's awful. I tried it once, and was unable to speak or do anything. A gentleman who was near by saw what was the matter, and ran for some whisky, and soon brought me round all right.” The Same Giggling. So the bathing scenes on the Great Salt lake are more peaceful, in, some respects, at least, than on the seashore. To be sure, there is the same giggling, the same screaming and shouting, but there is no plunging into the breakers, no splash- ing, no “ducking” of your neighbor. The man or woman or boy or girl who ‘Would attempt, to “splash” his friend or associate wovld soon find himself in trouble, for the smallest drop of the water in the eyes sets them tingling with pain, and renders them bloodshot for hours. But when this fact is understood, and the method of handling oneself in this dense water is learned, the experiences of the bath are novel and delightful. Those who have had a few lessons are able to throw themselves back upon the water and float like a cork, roll about on the surface as they would on a bed of sand, or swim cnormous distances, if they can manage to keep their feet beneath the surface. The anties which the experienced bathers per- form are very amusing, while those which the average “tenderfoot” involuntarily per- forms are equally so. I saw a half dozen or mere, of both sexes, form themselves into a “tandem,” lying upon their backs in the water, the feet of the first placed be- neath the arms of the second, whose feet, in turn, supported the shoulders of the third, and so on to the end of the line. Each one was using his arms as paddles, end so this string of screaming, shouting, shrieking humanity was paddling itself along, back downward and head-first, look- ing like an animated bologna sausage or a sea serpeit with a bad case of jim-jams. Pushing a Bather Along. On another occasion I saw a man swim- ming soms distance from the pavilion, pushing something in front of him that looked like a mall log. As he came nearer I .saw that it was a human being lying calmly on the top of the water, with arms folded beneeth the head and feet crossed, being pushed along as the bather lazily worked his way tivough the water. As they neared the pavilion the floating individual, who had not moved in the long distance tra- versed, suddenly changed position with scarcely an effort, and @ moment later was standirg on the white sand at the bottom of the clear water, as plump, shapely and pretty a woman as cne might wish to see. Tt is the antics of the beginners, and es- pecially those having a tendency to a large waist measuremert, which are most amus- ing to the heartless spectators. The waters of the lake are so dense that the person with a weil-developed abdomen finds it dificult to maintain a starding position in the water. That portion of the anatomy being probably the lightest under ordinary circumstances, ard displacing more water proportionately than other parts of the person, the individual thus “built” soon finds great difficulty in keeping his or her feet on the bottom. Like a Cork. The pesky stomach acts just like a great, big cork, and keeps insisting upon lifting all the rest of the body off the bottom and putting it afloat. When this happens the feet fly up, the body pops out of the water, and the tendency is for the head, the heaviest portion, to go tnder. The result, while somewhat amusing to the observer, is anything but funny to the individual of embonpoint. “Why, I can’t keep my feet on the bottem,” is the first’exclamation of persons of this peculiar construction. One uber of Congress who was here a few ks ago found great difficulty in retain- ing the sort of pcsition consistent with his dignity, and insisted upon retaining at his side corstartly his bathing companion,who Advi use The Star because they get le ae ertising each one pays a like price ~ for a like service. ’ Advertising space is not quer to ane in it may aét as a decoy duck for othets. No “discount” for one, is the only fair way. A KNOWN QUANTITY. « It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of ite circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem seli- evident that the advertiser ts entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. . The average circulation exhibited is belleved to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of any afternoon contem- porary. Circulation of ‘The “€vening Star.” SATURDAY, Aug. 2%, 1895. 38,928 MONDAY, Ang. 26, 1895... 28,199 TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 1895... 28,223 WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 1995. 28,182 THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 1895. 27,922 FRIDAY, Aug. 80, 1595..... 27,938 Total.....s.s0.eeeeee: Daily average.. 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THR EVEN- 1NG Sax elrculated during the six secular days end~ ing Friday, August 30, 1895—that is, the num- ber of coples actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remaén in the office unsold, J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me thirty-first day of August, A. D. 1995. BENJAMIN MARTIN, Jr, Notary Pubile, D>€. this chanced to be exccedingly slender. stout ladies the experlences of a in the Great Salt lake are especially lry- ing. - Great Salt lake is no “mill pond.” It covers an area mere than twice as large as the state of Rhode Island. From its depths rise mountains thousands of feet in height ard from fifteen to twenty miles in length. Its saltness ts believed to be due to the simple fact that it has no outlet, and that the water which flows into it from the numerous -movntain streams is entirely removed by evaporation, leaving of course all thei minerals whieh It con- tains. All sp! river water, although denominated “contains a trace salt, and wher e and century after century has left quanti- ties of salt and other minerals in the basin which it cecupied meantime. Besides, the quantity of water new in Great Salt lake is a mere remnant of that which once oc- cupied this basin. Once It Was a Vast Sen. On the sides of the mountains surround- ing the lake and adjoining valley are plainly visible “beach marks” a full thou- sand feet above the level of the present lake, showing that it was fifty times as deep and many times as large in a former geological-epoch, and while it is probable that some of its waters found an outlet at that time, it is belleved that much of that great mass of water evaporated, leay- ing the present area of 2,500 square miles of water, from ten to twenty-five feet deep, a mere remnant of that which occupied the entire valley where Salt Lake City and the flourishing rural homes surrounding it now stand. Even the millions of gal- Ions, daily poured into it by the “Jordan” and’ other streams from the mountains seem to have no effect in increasing its depth or decreasing its saltness. The atmosphere here is extremely dry, and seizes greedily upon every drop of mols- ture it can find. The waters of the lake are shallow and easily evaporated by the sun, which beats down upon it within the basin formed by the surrounding moun- tains. The water thus evaporated is quickly absorbed and carried off by the at- mosphere, and the result is that this gen- eration finds here nearly a mile above the the sea level an inland sea covering 2,500 square miles, with four times as much salt as the water of the ocean, a bottom whose gleaming white sands are as soft to the feet as any carpet and as free from impurities, water delightfully warm and exhilarating in its effect upon the system. No Animal Life. cat a trace of animal life, such ag render: =+4 bathing a source of anxiety to persons of nervous temperament. In fact, the only trace of animal life is a single species somewhat similar to the shrimp, though almost microscopical in di- mensions, and seldom seen. One of the visible evidences of the quantity of salt in the water of the lake is found in the salt works which one passes en route from the city to the bathing pavil- fon. Located on the shore of the lake are several pumping houses, which pump the lake water into long ditches or con- dults, which carry it to large evaporating basins dug near the railway track, a mile or so from the lake. The water, when exposed to the rays of the sun and the atmosphere, in these basins, evaporates rapidly, leaving upon its surface a film of salt, looking like ice. This thickens until it can be shoveled up, when it is stacked near the railroad to be carried away, some to the refineries and some for use in the mines and smelting works in its crude state. oO. It is wi ee 5 THE COURTS. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Mary Koenig; final notice nam- ing Friday, September for settling es- tate. Estate of Margaret Davis; will ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Jokn H. Mitcheil; bond $50. Estate of Thomas Johnson; will partly proved. Estate of Wm. McLean; will ad- mitted to prokete and letters testamentary igsued to Eliza J. McLean; bond $4,000. Es- tite of Wm. E. Tucker; do to Susannah P. Tucker; bond $500. Estate of Wm. Strong; do. to Julia D. Strong and American Se- curity and Trust Company; bond $2,000. Estate of Dubley Webster; letters of ad- ministration granted to Chas. 0. Tucker; pond $500. Estate of Richard A. Murray; administrator instructed to render account. Estate of Michael Bennett; letters of ad- ministration issued to James Bennett; bond $400. Estate of Thomas C. Gessford; con- tinued. In te Francis M. Furlong, guar- dian; order on trustee to pay $506.87 for support of ward. In re heirs of Edw. Cas- tell: M. Margaret and Edw. O. Castell ap- pointed gu: rdians without bond. ——— Whitewashed Coal. From London Realm. We are carrying our passion for cleanll- ness pretty far when we take to white- washing the coals in engine tenders. This was the course actually adopted on Fri- day when the Princess of Wales and her daughters left Victoria station for Osborne. Only the top layer is thus whitewashed, the fireman taking his supplies from a trap door on the floor of the tender. The Waning Season Has But Little Effect on the Crowd. WASHINGTONIANS HAVE FUN Pictures of Gay Life on the Sandy Shore. ON THE BOARD WALK Spectaf Correspondence of The Evening 3tar. ATLANTIC CITY, August 30, 1895. The season is on the wane and a month later Atlantic City will again assume its provincial garb an@ desolate appearance. September smiles are too winsome, how- ever, to permit of a general exodus of visitors, and the leading hotels and many of the smaller houses and cottages are as busy as they were a month ago. The shooting season has commenced and every day from morn till night the crack of the guns can be heard from every part of the low lying meadows which surround this city on three sides. Game never was more plentiful, and sportsmen are delighted with the prospects of a good fall's sport: An elopement was the sensation of the week. The eighicen-year-old wife of Jo- seph Templeton has gone with her hus- band’s friend. The feature of this seascn has been the extravagant, profusion of diamonds worn ty the ladies. None have been so poor but they could sport “gems of the purest ray serene,” and the multiplicity of them is as- tonishing. Wherever one goes he is met by the scintillating glitter of the costly stones. The ladies seem to have a desire to dress in them, they use them so pro- miscuously. In the hair, the ears, on the neck, the arms, fingers, breasts, waist, everywhere an ornament can be placed to show advantageously they are to be seen, many women wearing upward of $5,000 worth at a time, The hotel safes carry immense fortunes every night, all repre- sented in diamonds. Atlantic City will soon have two addi- tional hotels, which will rival any known at shore resorts. New York capital will erect each, the grander one being proposed by Charles Holmes of the Majestic. Washingtonians Have Lots of Fun. Tuesday night, at an unseemly hour, Dr. W. R. King, the well-known cottager and physician from Washington, conceived the idea of annexing Atiantic City to the Dis- trict of Columbia and was supported in his stealing scheme by W. E. Thomp- son, H. C. Moses, Judge Neal Murray and A. P. Shaw. Fortunately for this resort Captain Edwin Smith was present when the conspiracy was made ripe. He im- mediately instituted a court-martial and at the end of the Investigation the culprits, having deen found guilty, were penalized. H.C. Moses received two months in a fold- ing bed. Judge Murray was condemned to read the first and third books of Black- stone; W. E. Thompson to learn the dis- tinction between a ten-penny nail and Annhauser-Busch; Dr. W. R. King to be excluded from Schaufler’s, and A. P. Shaw Was sentenced to solitary confinement ten feet under the surfsee of the sea. At a Viets\Gaptain Smith was eing an actessory, and was ‘onsigned to the dungeon. sunt Entertainment. was the scene of a fashion- able hop on Tuesday evening, proving to be a big success. It was promoted by Mrs, H. R. Giffin of Wasbington, D. C., and Mrs. B. T. Malone of Allegheny City. The house was tastefully decorated with flowers, bunting and Japanese lanterns. So dense was the crowd drawn to the ball that it was necessary to clear the dining room and use that for an adjunct to the ball recom. Music was furnished by Prof. Gie- bel's orchestra. An exhibition of fancy dancing was given, during an interlude by Mrs. Giffin and little Barbara Weill. The grand march was led by Floor Manayer William Goldstein, with Mrs. Giffin on his arm. During intermission refreshments were served. Amcng those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Giffin, Mr. and Mrs. Weill, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Malone, Thomas Weltz, Mrs. Walter Weltz, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Giber- son, Mr. and Mrs. Watson, J. J. icAllister, T. J. Hart, W. Craig’ Scott, S. K. Belzer, J. T. Dougherty, John W. Dan- enhower, William Baitzel, Gus “Robb, Thomas Phillips, F. J. Williams, Mamie McIlwaine, Maude Ristine, Mrs. J. A. Tit- zell, Miss Sue Carroll, Miss Kate Jacobs, Miss K. MacDonald, Miss M. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, George F. Leach, J. D. Bradford, Miss M. Givens, Mr. and Mrs. ©. Jones, Howard Jones, Mr. and Mrs. James Atken, Miss Yiety, Miss Glee, J. Murrey, B. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Redfield, Mr. and Mrs. J. McKnight, Miss Marie Renny, Prof. and Mrs, Tressy. An impromptu musicale at the Boscobel Wednesday evening was surprising in the number and variety of the talented people who came forward and took part in the vo- cal and instrumental program. The Bos- cobel is a popular house among Washing- tonians, and several of them were included among the participants. The evening was full of enjoyment for those taking part, and their friends, who consisted of Miss Jennie Bachmann, the Misses Marie and Florence Gregg, Miss Maude E. Gray, Miss Riggs, Miss J. Gentry, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam H. Wright, Mrs. Ida V. Bilyen, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Datesman, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wildin, Mr. and Mrs. William Callahan, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, R. McCaskey, William Dyatt, M.D. Thomas, R. L. Davis, D. S. Hughes, R. E. Mann, Ralph D. Dayton, William Cherry, A. W. Meley, J. E. Para- dise, C. Clark, Jesse Reid, R. Rice, John A. Butler, S. Dyreforth, H. J. McGinley, V. G. Edwards, W. V. Edwards, Professor Bach- mann, G. Sauter of the government printing cf- fice, after a sojourn of two weeks, left At- lantic City Wednesday to resume his duties. He was accompanied by his handsome wif Robert E. Logan of the Navy Depa ment, accompanied by his wife, is visiting relatives here. During his time of leisure by close application and hard study he fit- ted himself for a more lucrative office under the government, and after passing a suc- cessful civil service examination he cap- tured his present position. B. F. Crawshaw, with his wife, is a guest at the Cedarcroft, and will remain in the city-by-the-sea for a few days. Edward L. Reckard, private secretary to the Postmaster General, is spending his yacaticn here. For the past three weeks he has spent most of his time on the water, having had Congressmaa Gardner's yacht, Josephine, placed at his disposal, and his record as an angler is above the averae. He inteids returning to Washington about September 2. ‘The large tally-ho, “Uncle Sam,” which was brought here from Washington, is now on its way home. It carried many a merry party during the summer, and visitors to this resort next season will hail its re- turn with delight. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Tenny and family of Washington are among the recent ar- rivals at the Chalfonte. Mrs. Louise Bailey of Washington, who met with an accident on the beach last week, is once more able to be around. Miss K. C. Fletcher, daughter of James Fletcher, Washington's contractor, is quite a belle at the Boscobel. Among the many permanent visitors at the Albion is Major B. B. Tuttle, U. S. A. Major Tuttle is at present stationed at San Francisco. Mrs. Tuttle accompanies him. On the Board Walk. Some of the Washingtonians seen on the board walk are: H. S. Wegand, Mr. and Mrs. John Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Fra:.& Gillant, Miss Leonard, A. Donovan and daughter, C. E. Bright and family, Miss M. F. Guss, W. B. Nicholson, M. L. Adams, J. V. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Odell Smith, Frank Smith, Miss Ida Smith, Mr. and Mr: R. Leding and children, T: r, J. Fox, Miss F. Jewell, Edwi Shope, Dr. J. S. Patterson, Miss B. Irvine, Cornelius Baker, Wm. Hoffman, L. Newton, Mr. and . B. Donaldson, Mrs. H. J. Hauck, child and nurse, Miss Gallagher, D1 aoe Mrs. J. W. Bayne, J. S. Smith, jr., Mis . Platt, Mrs. Kate Mo ley, MM K. Smith, W: W. Morgan, Mrs. R. Bu F. Rice and child, H. Cullins, d Mrs. J. S. Ayon, Robert Eward, Jno. M. Field, Nature in Feative Mood in Various Parts of the Oountry. Fertile Imaginations or Old Kentucky Bourbon May Be Partly Responsible —Freaks fn People and Animals. ———-— From the New York Press. Weird and wonderful to an extraordinary degree are some of the stories of birds, rep- tiles and humsn ,beings that have been brought to light this summer. The Press told about a few of them last week. Here are some more. They ure 2ll desply inter- esting, and rival anything that the unique and enterprising Joseph Mulhatton ever dreamed of or attempted. A correspondent living in Las Vegas, who had evidently indulged in too much mescal, described at great length and with much elaboration of detail how a party ef ex- plorers in that region had found the fossil remains of a silurian 120 feet long. Upon the backbone of the skeleton was screwed a-sfiver plate bearing hferoglyphics that no one has yet been able to decipher. The skeleton is to be sent to the Smithsonian Institution. Chicago police reporters took great de- light in describing the idiosyncrasies of Kate Washington, who, after being com- mitted to jail by Justice Underwood for stealing a chicken from a 3d avenue res- taurant keeper, amused herself by drink- ing half a dozen bucketsful of water, there- by winning for herself the sobriquet of the “human camel.” Jeffersonville, Ind., came to the front with a yarn about fourteen- year-old Grace Dougterty, who ts giving the doctors of that place no end of per- plexity. Half of the physicians in town are lying awake at nights wondering what is the matter with her. The other half, ac- cording to published accounts, seem to be lying by day. Grace was taken ill several month ago with t strange malady. As her illness became more serious and drop- sical symptoms set in, she began to grow in height at an alarming rate. She is now six feet tall, and there is no telling when she will stop growing. A Strange Animal. George Loveland lives at Elmwood, Conn. ‘The other day his children were startled at the sight of a particularly active snake. When the reptile was killed it was found to have “two short legs and armed with white claws.” It was sixteen inches long and marked in various colors. It is regarded as the greatest curlosity in the history of the village. A Newburg correspondent, while full of enthusiasm, “dashed off” in his inimitable way a hair-raising bit of summer fiction about a strange ape-like animal that stunned the good people of Margaretville with horror, killed a horse with one fell blow, bore it away before the eyes of the paralyzed driver and did other things equal- ly ferocious and fearful. The cérrespondent thought that the animal, or whatever it was, migh: have been the jabberwock. ae not sure; he’s a bit hazy on the sub- ject. Another Newburger correspondent (or is it the same one?) told about a red-headed loy who was used as bait with which to lure bullfrogs into a boat. The boy would sit in the boat, which was moored in a creek, and whistle. Presently the frogs, attracted by the bright red hue of his hair and the subtle charm of the doxology, which the boy found sweet solace in whis- tling, would make gigantic leaps at his head. The boy dodged and the frogs went kerslop to the bottom of the boat, to be quickly caught and thrown into a covered basket. It was a great disappointment to the frogs, but the boy didn’t scem to mind it. Suggestive of Snakes. A Potter county, Pa., farmer, while out in the fields the other day, came across a shapeless living object. It had great red- dish eyes that bulged and glowed like fire, and the feet of the creature seemed as numerous as those of a centipede. The farmer gave the thing a kick with his boot and was amazed beyond expression when the hideous object, with an indescribable snort and queer rustling, leaped upward and vanished in the air, leaving an intense- ly nauseating odor behind. The farmer staggered weakiy home and told his wife of his adventure. She put him to bed and told him that if he ever again went and drank Tioga county-whisky she would get .a divorce. A South Jersey man, while. driving near Mullica hill, ‘saw-in the road what he at first took to be a cow. He called for the beast to get out of his way. The animal turned around, and the sight that Jersey- man saw froze his blood. The animal had the body of a cow and the head of a green camel. The ‘horse snorted wildly, and the queer monster, kicking up its hind feet de- risively, leaped a barbed-wire fence, ran across a fieid and disappeared in the woods beyond. The Jerseyman has to drug him- self at nights to keep from dreaming about cows with camel heads. The world at large came to know of such a place as Forrestville because of the ex- citement which is now causing it no end of anxiety. Since June 1 an animal in size, color and weight similar to a huge mas- tiff dog, but in habits, agility and ferocity like a wolf, has held undisputed sway there and at Smith’s Mills. The animal has destroyed many fowl and sheep. The re- port that the monster was shot and that it weighed 300 pounds and méasured eight feet four Inches from the tip of nose to = = pees, is current. few days ago a snake scared the peopl of Cold Spring Harbor. It was Ses feet long and had a body as big around as a water pail. Its head was diamond- shaped and surmounted by a crown. It is believed that his snakeship is a lineal de- scendant of an ancient titled family, which by a mysterious process of genealogical evolution, degenerated into reptiles. A Palatka, Fla., man writes north to his friends and tells them a whopper. He says that nightly a quartet of alligators meet on the banks of the St. John, just below town, and try to sing negro melo- dies. He says the atmosphere is full each evening of bellowing but musical sounds. The Florida man omits to state his own Seon He is probably full of something else. -—_——_—-+ee. DOG DAYS. Superstition Confuses n Season With the Animal’s Condition. From the Milwaukee Journal. The sure way to prevent your dog from going mad in August Is to kill him in July. But that remedy is just as good for any other month, and the record shows that dogs are just as lkely to go mad in one month as in another anywhere except in the imagination. Mad dogs are really rare. Any poor, worried dog, tired, hungry and persecuted is Mable to be called mad, and is at once executed without trial Were he kept and cared for it could be deter- mined whether he was mad or not, and thus relieve many anxious fears of ‘those who may have been bitten. But dog days have nothing to do with dogs further than to impose muzzles on them at a time when they need their greatest freedom to pre- serve thelr health. It is possible there are many dogs mad on this account, but they have not written the Journal about it. Dog days 1s an old institution. Hippo- crates, 450 years before Christ, calls it the hottest and most unhealthful season of the year. Thet stands yet. Dog days begin when the star Sirius rises and sets with the sun or near it. The accepted time is rcw from July 3 to August 11. This star is the brightest In the heavens, and always has been, so far as known, but other stars have rivaled it for a time, brightening up erd then declining in luster in a strange and freaky way. That old Hippocrates calls {t red or orange red, but it is now white. [t Is the principal star in the con- stellation of Canis Major, the great dog, being located in the tip of the under jaw. ‘This constellation follows Orion in’ the heavens. Another name for Sirius is Ca- nicula, the little dog. Hence its popular designation. Sow, What in the world all this has to do with mad dogs Is a question. It ts obvious that the dog days are the collest days in the year in the southern hemisphere; do Gogs go mad there in the coldest weather only, and here only in the hottest? It is not So here, and probably is not true there. But popular superstition has joined dog days and mad dogs, and for this there is no divorce court, but a growing intelligence. Operations of Various Bull Cliques and Pools, INDICATIONS OF A GOOD FALL SEASON Loss of Gold Treated as of Little GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 31.—Notwithstand- ing the continued indifference of London the local market opened up strong this morning under the influence of a legitimate demand from the speculative public. The general advance in prices which has char- acterized the week's stock operations may, as is generally claimed, have originated in the various pools and cliqnes which have of late controlled speculation, but the well- distributed volume of business and the substantial net gains recorded are the re- sult of something more than absolute manipulation. The trades reports are in the main cn- couraging, in that the market for nearly all classe of commodities has broadened considerably toward the close of the month and gives every indication of an active fall end winter season. Exports of cereals do not compare favor- ably with recent years, and do not fulfill expectations, but the later movement is re- led upon to bring the average up to the Proper standard. The loss of three and cre-quarter millions of gold during the week has been treated as a matter of little speculative significance by stock operators, as a comparison of prices with those pre- vailing at the close of last week amply at- tests. Had the artificlal support from the bord syndicate been withheld the federal gold reserve would now be considerably under the $10,000,000 mark, and apprehen- sion would have prevailed in all quarters. The total loss of gold to the country since the movement first attracted ‘atten- tion during the menth of July ts estimated at $17,000,000. The effect of this has been to inspire an extremely bearish feeling in the foreign market and has resulted in the formation of a large-sized short in- terest in nearly all of the more active international issucs. The urgent borrows ing demand on the part of local represen- tatives of foreign houses noticed during the last few days clearly indicates that the stocks covered about the middle of the week have been again put out on the advance. If local confidence can be maintained by the assurance that the syndicate will keep the gold reserve intact, this foreign short interest may be a valuable factor in the eae of higher values throughout the A general covering movement by London at this juncture would be worth from 1 to 3 per cent to the long holders of the more favorite stocks. The pessimism noticed to- ward the stocks which are daily submitted to the London trading public for its esti- mate of value does not extend to the better class of bonds, as there has been a constant inquiry from that center. for good reliable investments. The weekly statement of the “banking operations at the subtreasury indicates that the banks have lost about $1,000,000, not including money pad out on account of the gold movement. The demand for funds from the interior shows signs of improving and bankers anticipate a steadily increas- ing demand for surplus cash holdings. This condition is one of the many encouraging features of the trade situation, Indicating a growing need for money in commercial enterprises. There is no infiuence of sufficient import- ance to adversely effect the present ten- dency of prices. An advancing market is always more attractive to the specula~ tive element outside of Wall street, and with indications of an early solution of chronic annoyances which overshadow speculation from time to time there is little reason to fear a sudden change in sentiment on the part of this desirabie ele- ment. The market is well supplied with orders fractionally under the present level, ard the coming week should witness a repetition of this week’s results. —_———.—__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high. est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Yor’: stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Stocks. Open. Hi Low, Last. American Sugar ‘Roy MEY Hoy Mog American Sugar, A apcccumses eset American Tobacco. Og “88K American Cotton 0} Seve cathe omncne ‘Stohison, 203g “Big “9055 Canada $ Big OT OTe Canada Pacific. ". scos SSO skies ke & Ohio. Bi “RIG “21% bro ‘ei ij “81” “Sig rag. 5 Chie. & Northwestern.” 108 108 108 208 ason. Den. & R. Grande, Pid. Dis. & Cattle Feeding... General Electric. Titinols Central . Lake Shore. Erie . Louisville & Nashville.. Long Isiand Traction.. Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated... ial 108i i BOR | BON wm OLY It 138 1l%g 110 io? 106 Pullman Pat. C Southern Railway, Pf Phila. Traction. Wheeling & L. Wheeling & 1: Western Union Tel, Wisconsin Central. Sliver .. Balth BALTIMORE, st 81.—Flour quiet, unchanged <recelpts, 12,649 barrels; sales, 15,000 barrels. Wheat weak—: month ‘and September, 658054 tober, 66\a0b44; December, Osabsig: steamer No. 2 red, G2a6214—recelpts, 11,224 bush 12,030 bushels; stock, 686,891 bushels; sal bushels; southern wheat ‘by sample, on grade, 624065%. Corn casy—spot $Ba43i6; Sapiember, 421in42}4;, October. 41 3544; January, 35a354—receipt f nipaents, OO,TiA bushels; stock, 10,786 sales, 19,000 bushels; southern white corn, 214: do. yellow, 44. Oats firm—No. 2 white western, 20427; No. 3 mixed, 24%a25—receipts, . 7,818 bushels; stock, 142,616 bushels. | Rye onay= Ni 45—recelptz, 5,642 bushels; ‘stock, 50, Hay firm, ‘demand—cholce timothy, $15.00. Grain frelghts steady, unchanged. Butter sendy, uachanget Eggs and cheose firm, un- month, bid; 06 —_—.——_ 5 Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. winds, stock, grain ber re broker, 1421 F st. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat-—Sept.. 61% 61 60: 18% Bt 15%%-% ii zt, 8. 00 5.85 s 5.60 «(5.1 Month. Open. High. Low. Close. September. care 7 1.78 (7.74 Octobe ie ee ee November: St 702 18 7 December. t. ba Not the Least Interesting Fact. From Printers’ Ink. Ten years ago the majority of people lcoked on all advertising as dishonest. Now the majority of people look upon the majority of advertising as strictly honest business news. Thia is an advance.