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10 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. Dok little dog cart. these ponies and carts can see credit their friends’ purchases. Parker, Clothiers, 315 7th St. More about the We are giving away. As announced yesterday, we propose to give away to any little boy or girl under sixteen years of age three little ponies and carts—one of them each month for the next three months. These will be given away on the 1st of November, the 1st of December and the Ist of January. The boy or girl, under sixteen years of age, who influ- ences the largest amount of trade for us from now until No- vember Ist will be given the first little pony and a handsome The second and third pony and cart will be given Decem- ber rst and January rst under the same conditions. Bridget & Co — ponies which All the little boys and girls who intend to compete for them tomorrow morning in front of our store and secure one of the cards on which to PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Clothiers, 315 Seventh St. Sosfosfostonfeatenteateatoateeetetre ‘The weather tomorrow is likely to be very warm. Established = = = = = = = = = = = 1824. The Oldest Lumber Firm in Washington. oi per 100 Ft. —For— — HUAKDS —or at the rate of one cent for every square foot. They are gang-sawed of even thickness and one length. They are the finest red heart boards made—and are suitable for fencing, sheathing and all ordinary purposes. If you are too busy to come and look at them we will send you a couple of sample boards. We're not afraid to have you examine every inch of ’em. : FRANK LIBBEY & CO., “Everything That Enters Into the Construction of a House,” Lumber & Plillwork, 6th & N. Y. Ave. CYCLE In the Columbia 17th ana Field, C Streets. 100,000 square feet of smooth and level track. Instructors always present. Dressing rooms for ladies. A $2.60 “guarantee” ticket insures proficiency in riding. District Cycle Co., ar20-3m,40 452 Penna. ave, Ready for Business E have fitted up TWO FLOORS and Stocked them With the newest and choicest Hne ot Weole ever seen in Washington. Have you been i If pot, do so by all means. Costs noth! te see us. EFA good Sult for $ for $20-tuade up by WV men. Haslett&Pistel, 1345 Pa.Av. Up-to-Date 1 ‘ing Establish se18-200 CHARLIE RUOFF, A better one hington work- ent. he Hatter.” Derbys, $1.50. Popular prices—as evidenced by Agents for “Dunlap Hats.” An entirely new Hat Store and an entirely new stock of Hats. these Black Derbys and “Al $1.50 pices’ at the low price of.....-..+ Charlie Ruoff, 905 Pa. Ave. S OLD STA WILLEIT & ROUF! wel7-24d Men’s Goods, Half Price. Have put all the Fall and Winter Un- ¢ ¢ © derwear ut easetly half price, with the * * Neckwe ize Shirts, et rw $1 Underwear, 5 Underw ei . $2 Underwear, $1 ee ‘Our business—shirts to order. ee P. H al l “SHIRT-MAKE! T. 9 908 F St. selT-1fd Lt gh Price Is No Criterion <of DURABILITY in either tmported or Gomestic woolens. It's the wisdou of selec tion that governs this point. C7 We shall Q to have you tn. spect oar Fall and Winter Stock, Whether Fou leave un order or not. Snyder& Wood, 1111 Pa.Ave. | Pine Tuiloriog at Reasonable Prices. welv-Lid “One strike” we've mace this year Is to get hold of a first-class Bicycle of light Welght (23 Ibs.), as strong and as well made as any high- grade Bicycle on tho market, to sell at “$60."" We could only secure a few this summer —factory couldn't supply us. Now we've got ‘em—and now we want you to look at ‘em before you pay $100 for an in- ferlor wheel. TAPPAN’S, 1013 PA. AVE. Branch Bicycle Sales Rooms, Riding School and Hiring Department at 1146 Conn. ave. 8e19-24d C-l-a-r-e-t. ‘To: e000 Kalon Claret ts too well known to y praising here—every fami ©0000 Washingtcn must have used It—for we've 0000 sold a “small cliret ocean’ the past sea- 0000 son. 25e. qt. and up, or $2.40 to $5 per 0000 doz. ats. Wine Co TO-KALO <let us supply your “Mat wants"— then you'll be sure of wearing th relent styles. All the “lor Inspect them—they are beauties, We are sole District agents for the **Knox’’? Hat. Ma RONOERMNNARNU MOE UY OMT A some think them high—they are quality cousidered. B. H. STINEMETZ & SON, EHlatters end Furrlers. 1237 Pa. ave. scl9-20d So many reasons why the electric light is superior to gas light. Safer, more convenient, cleaner and easiest artificial light there is on the eye- sight. Electricity is rapidly side- tracking steam as a motive power. We furnish the power—will turn it on when you're ready. United States Ele chting Co., 213 14th st. aw. "Phone 77 “Youmans” H=A=T=S aul3-200 e996 © —for fall and winter of '05 and ‘96 are ecees now For style and durability, # eee “Youmans” are unequaled. eeeee Our Men's and I oft and Derby eeeee Hats at $1.50, $3 and $4 222 6 © equal those elsewhere for 50c. more. Loh GF We challenge comparison. JAS. Y. DAVIS’ SONS, Hatters and Furriers, 1201 Pa. ave. | | ICE, COAL, WOOD. “Home Ice Co.""—E. M. Willis, Propr. Tel. 489. Depot, 13%4 and 14th st. wharves. selT-cotf,24 KENSEREC [IVER ICB—Retall, wholesale and in ear-load lots, at lowest market rates. Satisfaction | guarant Best grades Coal and Wood | for wily trade. apls-6m DOWNER GIVES WAY One of the British Athletes Breaks 4 Down. NOt 8) HOPEFUL OF WINNING Training in a Very Comfortable Fashion. PROSPECTS OF THE VISITORS To the observer familiar with the meth- ods of American athletes, the English cracks at Berkeley Oval are training in a rest indolent fashion, says the New York World; also, in a most unorthodox way. Combine morning and afternoon practice, and it is doubtful if each man averages half an hour's work. If one of the visitors hankers for a glass: of beer, he takes it; if inclined to smoke, he lights up. There are no dietary restrictions, and the Britishers are preparing themselves for Saturday's match on Manhattan Field. New York, un- der delightfully comfortable conditions. All are unanimous in the opinion that the American athlete overdoses the thing. “From what I hear and se2,” sald Walling- ford Mendelson yesterday afternoon, “you work your men like horses over here. It Is dcubtful if such severe training is bene- ficial to an athlete. Those I have seen appear overdrawn and stale. A human being cannot be trained like a horse. The strength you waste in this excessive prepa ration we reserve for the contests.” What the English Concede. The Englishmen practically concede the match to America. They believe they will win the 100-yard and quarter-mile runs bandily, with a fighting chance for tha half-mile and three-mile events. Capt. Shaw is in prime condition to give Steve Chase a battle in the hurdle race, but thinks he is handicapped by having it de- cided on a cinder path; He says he has not run half a dozen races in his life over a cinder path, hurdling over grass being the English and Australian style. Downer Breaks Down. Downer, the Scottish champion, is out of it. He had a bad fall just before leav- ing England, and no amount of care seems to bring the injured limb around. Downer was a likely candidate for the 100-yard run, and a most formidable opponent for the 220-yard event. His defection puts the Britishers in a sad plight. Jordan is in splendid condition, but not fast enough for Wefers. Capt. Shaw is endeavoring to induce Bradley to start in this furlong sprint, but the Englisn 100- yard champion is fighting shy. He is very fast up to 150 yards, but as he has not trained for the 220-yard run, he is fearful that he would make a sorry showing at the finish. However, as it is a straight- away course, Bradley may be induced to try. He made an effort to negotiate the distance last evening, running about 140 yards at top speed. “Too mucle for me, I’m afraid, old chap,” he sald, as he came into the dressing recom. “T can just see myself dying away aw- fully at 150 yards.” Bradley is in magnificent trim for the 100-yard event, and the colony is just brimful of confidence that Wefers will be a bad second Saturday. In an impromptu handicap race at sixty yards yesterday morning Bradley defeated Steavenson, Jor- dan and Oakley in 61-5 seconds. The English champion sprinter ts a beautiful strider, quick as a flash off the mark and runs straight and true all the way. He gets all the possible power out of his arms and there is none of the ship-shod, ama- teurish side-stepping of the feet which loses yards in a hundred. His feet are straight under him every inch of the jour- ney. Wefers ran a splendid race at the amateur championships, but any specu- lator taking a flyer on Bradley for this event will likely make his expenses for the day. Fitzherbert, who will be backed to win the quarter from Champion Burke, is a most awkward runner, but “makes a very strong firish. His arm action is very faulty when he sprints, but Capt. Shaw is in no fear of the result if Fitz- herbert is anywhere near Burke when y make the turn into the home-stretch. If Burke can run the quarter in less than 49s., as they claim he can,” said Mr. Shaw, “he will win. But from what I saw of him Saturday he is not equal to such running. In fact, I think that Burke will not even be second to Fitz. This boy Sands is most likely to beat him out, and would have done so Saturday had he got clear of the rut before striking the stretch.” Ran at Top Spee: Horan, the half-mile hope of the English- mea, ran 1,000 yards at top speed last even- ing, and while Capt. Shaw says he has only a bare fighting chance against Kilpatrick, other members of the team make no secret that the American champion will be com- pelled to run a much better race than he did last Saturday to down the British rep- resentative. The* Englishmen all agree that Kilpatrick was completely run out at the finish, and say he will have a different man than Schoolboy Hipple to chase him in. When told that the New York A. ©. plan was to have Harry Lyons go out and run the first quarter in 5#%s., Horan re- marked, dry] “Well, don’t let him run it any faster than that, or Kilpatrick may not have any finish for him.” Lutyens, the mile runner, went a very fast half mile at the ewening practice, less than two minutes. He is suffering from a lame foot, which he is compelled to favor a bit at present. Of course, Sf Tommy Conneff is right, the Englishman's chances of finishing close are not bright. But if Conneff's reported dissipation is going to take anything out of him the event is by no means the certainty that it appeared a week ago. Lutyens may be relied upon to go the distance in under 4m. 20s., lame foot and all. Steavenson will take Downer's place in the 100-yard sprint. He has not had much opportunity to get into shape, but is strong enough to go the “hundred” without spe- cial preparation. H is a good 10 1-5 sec- eats over Bradley ling, the English record holder, to credit. He has a beautiful style of ac- being a bit more show: n Bradley. s seconds In Y morning. ing chance Sngliskmen have for the three-mile run, but are, of course, outclassed in the field events.’ On paper, America wins with a good margin. A great crowd is assured for the meet- ing. The advance sale of seats is repdrted to foot up over $10,000, HIT GUMBERT CONSECUTIVELY. The Washingtons by Winning Yes- terday Took the Broo Series. The game between the Brooklyn and Washington teams yesterday deserved a much larger attendance, but five or six hun- dred people witnessing the contest. The game was one of the best played here this season, the visitors playing an erroriess game and but two misplays being indulged in by the home team, Mercer having them. Mercer twirled for the Washington men, and his work was first-class, despite the fact that Keefe gave him a shade the worst of it in calling strikes. De Montreville, the new shortstop on the local team, played with a dash that was extremely refreshing, and his work yesterday indicated that he is i head is not turned by extrava- gant praise, to make a most valuable man. His batting was not productive of hits, al- though he hit the ball hard every time. Joyce put another homer to his credit, the ball seine on the fly into the far end of the bleachers. In the second fining the visitors scored one on a hit and two errors, and the home team scored one earned run’on Cart- wright’s three-bagger over Anderson's head ard Crook’s smart single. In the third the Washington people scored three times on a base on balls and three singles. Joyce's home run in the seventh was the last time they scored. The visitors scored one each in the fourth and sixth, the first because Mercer hit a man when the bases were full, and the oth- er was an earned ore. Gumbert pitched for the Brooklyn men, and after the third in- ning kept the hits well down and scattered. ington’s won the series, putting seven of the twelve games to their credit. Score: NGTON. I BROOKLYN. R.H.0.4.E.|-— R.H. ‘0.A.E. 010 6 cf..012 006 2020 110 200 130 241 9 0 0 2 : iei 040 2.025 4 100 M'trev'loes. 0 0 8 4 700 Mercer, p.. 0 1 0 1 010 11 24:13 2410 0 Washington. 105 Brooklyn... 0 03 Harned runs—Washingtim, 4. Two-base hbit— Coes gizectiase bit—Casterright. Hones oor joyce. le plays— treville, Gartwright 2; DawrontRente nd Cartwright. First base on balls—By Mercer, 3; by Gumbert, 2. Hit by pitched ball—Grim, | struck out—By Mercer, 2; by Gumbert, 3. Lefton buses—Washington, 5; Bi n, 4, ‘Time of gameOne hour and forty- five minutes. Umpire—Keefec Other League Games. At Pittsburg. Pitchers. .E Pittsburg - -Gardner. 3 Chicago . Friend. 3 At Louisville— St. Louis.......Brietenstein. 1 Louisville ....MeFarland. 2 Second game— Louisville McDermott 1 St. Louis. Kissenger. 2 At Cleveland— Cleveland ...Cuppy-Young. +1017 38 Cincinnati ...Rhines-Dwyer. o14 2 At Boston— Boston Baltimore The League Record. Clubs. W. L. PC.) Clubs. Baltimore... 70° 41" 658 Pittsburg. Cleveland. :: 80.45 :640°New Yor Philadelphia. 74 48.607 Cincinnat! 67 56 .545 Washington. < 87 56 545 St. Lout: 65 56 (537 Louisville. Standing of the clubs September 19, 1804: Clubs. Ww. Clubs. 83° 37 .Go3| Pittsburg... 58 81 664 | Chicago 1 T 41S i Brooklyn. Cleveland... 62 53 281 League Games Today. Washington at Philadelphia. Baltimore at Brooklyn. New York at Boston. Louisville at Cincinnati. Pittsburg at Cleveland. Rejoicing at Portsmouth. The “Marines” made it three straight from Norfolk for the Chapman and Jake- man cup yesterday at Portsmouth, Va. The visitors were outplayed at every stage of the game, and Herr was knocked all over the lot. The playing of Caville, Hall- man and Knox was the feature. The Ports- mouth rooters celebrated their victory by torch-light processions and fireworks last night. Pitchers. R.H.E. Portsmouth Brandt -1220 3 Norfolk...... . Herr B74 Third Straight for the Ponies. The Springfields won the third straight game yesterday in the series with Provi- dence for the Eastern League trophy. The visitors pounded Coughlin hard, and se- cured a good lead in three innings. Gruber was then substituted, and held the Grays down to three hits during the remainder of the game, while the home team grad- ually pulled the game out of the fire. The visitors prevented the Springfields scoring more runs in the ninth by a brilliant triple play, the second one ever made on these grounds. Pitchers. R.H.E, Springfield .....Coughlin-Gruber. 810 2 Providence . --Lovett...... 610 2 Base Bull Notes. The Pennsylvania State Base Ball League yesterday settled up business for the sea- son. The finances were reported in good shape. The pennant for the season just ended was awarded. the Hazleton club. It was decided to have a league next year. ‘The advisability of having an interstate league, to include several New York, New Jersey and Delaware citiés, was discussed, but recelyed little encotiragement. Man- ager Sharsig of Hazleton was given the franchise of a team to be located in PMila~ delphia, and known as the Athletics. It will play on the National League grounds. Manager Mack of the Pittsburg club an- neunces that Moran will pitch today at Cleveland, and very likely on Saturday, with Hawley on Friday. Moran is getting control of the ball, and Mack expects to win one game at Cleveland. Hart, Genins and Stuart have been relieved from further duty this season. The game scheduled for yesterday be- tween New York and Philadelphia was postponed on account of*wet grounds. The results of yesterday's games make the league race still more interesting. Cleveland is now only eighteen points back of Baltimore. Today the Spiders begin a series at Pittsburg. On Monday they play Anson’s colts at home and on Thursday they go to Louisville to wind up the season. ‘Today the champions go to Brooklyn to begin a three days’ stand, on Monday they return home to begin the concluding series with the Phillies, and then they go to New York to close the season. Though they have the advantage of the percentage, the slightest break on their part might cost them the championship. A number of the Louisville club's new players _reperted yesterday, among them being Third Baseman Minnehan of Syra- cuse, Third Baseman Morrison of Mont- gomery, Shortstop McCormick of New Orleans, Pitcher Herman of Nashville and Pitcher Hill of Knoxville. They will be tried in the remaining games. Third Base- man Collins still refuses to go to Boston, and left for his home at Buffalo. Today the members of the English and Philadelphia cricket teams will occupy bexes at the Philadelphia Ball Park, through the courtesy of Col. Rogers, and the Englishmen will have the sport ex- plained to them as they see the Phillies and Washingtons play. There is a story out that Hanlon and Byrne have a deal on. There is nothing stated positively, but it is intimated that Brooklyn wants a second baseman, while Baltimore two good ones, and Balti- mere wants another pitcher. This points to Kennedy. Then Breltenstein is sald to be a coming possibility, while Esper, Hem- ming and Clarkson are said to be “going” bilities —Baltimore Sun. ton tcam yesterday played great ball, and shut out the Orioles. Hoffer was knocked out of the box in the second in- ning. At the end of the first inning Brodie got into a dispute with Umpire Murray, and was fined and ordered out of the game. A shuflle of positions resulted, and the visitors went to pieces. "The game was called at the beginning of the eighth in- ping. on account of darkness. Attendance, "0. Cleveland and Cincinnati played a great game yesterday, the home team winning by a rally in the eighth, when three runs were made, with two out. Cuppy was succeeded by Young in the sixth. Attendance, 2,000. The Colonels and St. Louis Browns played two games yesterday and broke even. The Browns won the first game, Breitenstein pitching great bal. The Colonels had a valkover in the second, knocking Kissen- ger’s curves all over the lot. Manager Mc- Closkey tried Burkett and Morrison, late of the Southern Leagtie, i the second game, and the latter made a very good impres- sion. Darkness stopped the second game at the end of the seventh. Son e) h. Attendance, GENTRY BEA’ PATCHEN. Neither of the Pacing Kings Tried to Make Fast Time. John R. Gentry, the fastest stallion in the world, yesterday, at Milwaukee, added another to the list of victories which brightens his remarkable record, by beat- ing Joe Patchen, his most formidable rival, in three straight heats at the fair grounds. No records were wiped out, and the two pecing kings did not show the speed which they have proved themselves possessed of, but the time was such as only these horses, and one or two others, Robert J. among them, could have possibly made. The fastest mile, which was the first peced, was done in 2. 1-4, and the fast- est quarter was in .20, provided no mis take was made by the official timers, and there seemed to be an impression among some of the persons who held watches that this was the case. This was the final qvarter of the third and last heat, and Mc- Henry drove Gentry hard, and was close pressed most of the way by Vera Capelle, the fast Wisconsin mare, who was in the race to make a record for herself and to urge the others on if they should need It, which turned out not to be the case. The exhibition was a fine one, and the only thing that marred it was Patchen’s failure to get started in the last heat, he the contest as they left the wire. thousand people saw the race. LORD DUNRAVEN’S DENIAL. Twenty Says He Did Not Receive an Offer to Resail the Races. H. Maitlund Kersey has given out the following etatement at New York: “Lord Dunraven would like it clearly understood that the offer contained in Mr. Iselin’s let- ter of September 16, which appeared in this torning’s papers, to resail elther the last two races or the whole series has never been made known to him either by Mr. Ieelin or by the members of the cup or regatta committee.” ‘ Regarding his statement, he said: “I was merely speaking for Lord Dunraven. He says that he never received a letter from Mr. Iselin offering to resail the races.” On the steamship Majestic, which sailed for Liverpool yesterday afternoon, were Commodore Glennie, the intimate friend of Lord Dunraven; Sailmaker Thomas Ratsey and twenty-five members of the Valkyrie crew. Fred. Schade’s Succes After having taken part in the southern circuit bicycle races at Greenwood, S. C.,and Charlotte, N. C., Fred Schade of this city today returned. On this trip he won every open event he started in, besides getting seven firsts, two seconds and two thirds, establishing also a half-mile southern, class A, competition record for one-half mile of 1 minute 5 seconds, and for two miles, 5 minutes and 3 seconds. Schade won diamonds, watches and silverware to the value of $210. - Dave Gideon to Retire. David Gideon has decided to sell Re- quital, the winner of the futurity, and the best two-year-old of the season, together with Hazlet, Waltzer and the highly-prized Troquois-Cariotta colt, at public auction. “I have lost my jockey and my trainer,” said Gideon, “and I will not trust such val- uable property as Requital to new people. John Hyland, who has handled my horses for so many years, will train for Mr. Bel- mont, and Griffin will ride for him. If Mr. Hyland could still train my horses in ad- dition to training for Mr. Belmont, I would not sell out, but Mr. Belmont said that was impossible, and I decided to retire.” Work on the Arena Begun. Gov. Culberson of Texas when seen with reference to Judge Hurt's opinion at Dallas, favorable to prize fighting, refused to ex- press himself, but it is evident he will ig- ncre the opinion and prevent the fight. President Stewart of the Florida Athletic Club has put 200 mechanics and laborers at work on the arena for the Corbett-Fitzsim- mons prize fight. Hundreds of people visited the building. She contractors say the building will be finished by October 2v. Sporting Notes, Frank W. Vino, the trick cyclist, has reached this city on his way to New York from San Francisco, which he left July 24, crorsing the continent on his wheel. Will Wocdward of the Eastern Cycle Club will make an attempt to establish a road record between this city and Fred- erick. —_—s CERTIFIED CHECKS GOOD. Mr. Thomas Rules on a Protest Made by a Bidder. The attorney for the District has decided that a certified check presented with a bid is equivalent to a receipt of the collector of taxes, that the money has been deposited with him. This opinion was called forth by the pro- test of Contractor Dunn, who insisted thai the lowest bid made by Mr. Winfree, for constructing certain school houses, was in- formal in that the specifications and in- structions to bidders were not lived up to, there being no receipt of the collector of taxes accompanying the lowest bid. - Mr. Winfree inclosed with his bids certified checks for the amounts of the guarantee or indemnity fund, instead of the receipts of the collector of taxes for the money. In his opinion Mr. Thomas says: “In this case Mr. Dunn, it seems to me, has no right to complain. His objection is Furely technical. It goes to form and not to substance. He deposited money with his bids, while Mr. Winfree deposited certified checks, which were, as we have seen, equiv- alent to money, and which for all purposes, except a tender, are money. The case is not as though Mr. Winfree nad deposited his bids without the indemnity in money or certified checks for the amounts. He de- posited certified checks, and thus parted with his money as effectually ss did Mr. Dunn. If Mr. Winfree had failed to ac- company his bid with the indemnity de- posits, either in money or in certified checks, then Mr. Dunn would have just ground on which to object to the accept- ance of the bids. Acceptance of Mr. Win- free’s bids under those conditions would be unfair to other bidders who deposited their money. “Whilst good administration requires that bidders for pubiie works should be held strictly to all the substantial conditions prescribed, my opinion {is the informality in Mr. Winfree's bids in this case is too slight to justify thelr rejection.” ——— FAST TIME TO PHILADELPHIA. A Train Runs Ninety-Four Miles in Mnety-Eight Minute: Special to the New York World. PHILADELPHIA, September 18.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company made an attempt to run a full vestibule train of cars from Jersey City to Philadelphia this after- ncon in ninety minutes. The distance is ninety-four miles, and the object was to test the engine and fuel, and not to break the record. Although the attempt failed, the run was made in the remarkably fast time of ninety-eight minutes. The train left Jersey City promptly at 1:15 o'clock, and was in charge of Assist- ant Road Foreman George Heddon, who was at the engine throttle. A number of officials of the railroad company made the journey. Newark, the first stop, a distance of seven miles, was reached in ten minutes. Thirty seconds later the train left Market street station. After reaching Elizabeth the speed was increased, and mile after mile was reeled off in fast time. The train reached Broad street station at 3 o'clock, or ninety-eight minutes after leaving Jersey City. The average run was sixty-five miles an hour, the quickest stretch being between Princeton and Trenton, where the run averaged seventy miles an hour. The quickest mile of the run was covered in fifty seconds. The entire weight of the train was 680,167 pounds. It was drawn by engine No. 165) which is one of the thirteen recently a quired by company. The run was en- tirely satisfactory to the officials, and will probably result in the shortening of the time of the regular trains between New York and Philadelphia. ———EE LIBERTY BELL'S TRIP. Mules Won't Be Allowed to Haul the Patriotic Relic. From the Philadelphia Ledger. When the liberty bell is taken from In- dependence Hall on October 8 to the train which is to convey it to Atlanta it will probably be escorted by a procession of civic and military organizations. This is according to the idea of the subcommittee on correspondence and arrangeménts of the joint committee of councils on the At- lanta exposition, which met yesterday and resolved to recommend to the general com- mittee that the bell shall pe escorted by such civic and military societies as shall volunteer for that purpose. Chairman Miles said it would not be the proper thing to load the bell on the wagen like a plece of merchandise and haul it to the railroad station without ceremony, and the rest of the committee agreed with him. * Mr. Hults stated that the bel] would be loaded here and unloaded in Atlanta by riggers in the employ of one of the big safe companies. Hé had been informed that the arrangements for the transporta- tion of the bell, after its arrival at Atlanta, contemplated having the patriotic relic hauled by a team of mules. He told the representative of the company that rather than have the bell hauled by mules the ccmmittee itself would pull the wagon. “Would that make the matter any bet- ter?” dryly asked Chairman Miles. ‘Mr. Hults said that question need not be corsidered, as the mule idea had been By winning yesterday's game the Wash- | losing his feet and being practically out of | abandened. STREET RAILWAY MEN Grievances of Metropolitan Conduc- tors Under Consideration. PROPOSITIONS TO PRESIDENT PHILLIPS Some Changes That the Men Would Like to Have Made. THE PROTECTIVE UNION The Protective Street Railway Union has under consideration several grievances of the men employed by the Metropolitan Railroad Compary, including the number of hours of service required of drivers and conductors. It was not expected today that a strike would be ordered, as the men were hopeful of securing what ibey usked without resort to such means. A special meeting of the union was called for this mcrning at their headquarters, No. 314 8th etrget northwest, and a large number of the members assembled, but a recess was taken until this afternoon, eo that many men unable to be present at the morning meeting might take part in the discussion. It is understood that the principal sub- ject before the union outside of grievances of the employes of the Metropolitan Rail- way Company will be the gonsideration of @ proposition to unite with either the American Federation of Laber or Knights eft Labor. A Star reporter today who talked with a Tumber of ccnductors on the Metropolitan line was informed that it is the opinion of the majority of the members of the union that the time has come for the Washington crganization to become affiliated with a na- tional body, but that they would regard a strike at this time, presuming that the Street Railway Union is admitted at once into the American Federation of Labor or Knights of Labor, as in bad taste, as it would look as though they sought admis- sion to the higher body simply for the pur- pose of getting money from it to support a strike, e Propositions for President Phillips. President Phillips of the Metropolitan line will, it is understood, be asked to make the following changes in the present running arrangements of his lines: 1. To have a transfer agent stationed at the corner of ¥th street and New York avenue, as, the conductors claim, it is sim- ed @ matter of physical impossibility for them during certain hours of the day to collect the fares and give wansfers to peo- ple who get on at F street and want to change to the Columbia cars at New York avenue. 2 To rearrange the schedule so that the men will be compelled to work but ten hours each, this being the plan in vogue on the Washington and Georgetown rail- road, where it gives general satisfac- tion. It is true, the Metropolitan men do not so much object to the number of hours they work as to the hard labor that is re- quired to successfully handle the crowds and run on the schedule laid out for the trains of the 9th street line; but they think that It would be much better for all con- cerned if none of the men on the cars was required to labor more than ten hours. 3. To do away with swingmen, as their duties, it is claimed, are more onerous than any other of the employes of the road, and provide for them under the ten-hour sched- ule, which, it 18 believed, could easily be lone. A Statement by Mr. Phillips. President Phillips,when seen today at the company’s office in Georgetown by a Star re- porter, stated that he would not be able to accept the invitation of the Railway Union to attend its meeting tonight, on account of previous engagements. Continuing, President Phillips said: ince I have been at the head of the Metropolitan Railway Company I have en- deavored to treat the conductors and driv- ers of the line as men, and with absolute justice and kindness, and there has been no reasonable request made by them that has been granted by me. Vhen I took charge of the affairs of the company as its president I found the finances of the company in a most de- plorable condition, and as any safe and prudent business man would do, decided that the salaries of the officers and wages of the men would have to be reduced, com- mencing with my own salary, which I cut $2,000, “The conductors and drivers learned what was in contemplation, and, as ts well known, struck. A committee of the men waited on me, and, after talking over the matter, the committee decided that the men should accept $1.75 a day. It was sug- gested that perhaps times would get bet- ter, and I replied that if that should oc- cur in the near future the wages of the men should not be touched. “Soon after this Congress assem>led, and it was soon seen that the receipts of the company were increasing, and, conse. quently, the pey of the men was not cut down, as had been agreed upon, and they are still getting $2 per day, as they did before the strike. “It has been my constant wish to treat the men fairly and justly, and when charges have been preferred against a con- ductor or driver either by outside parties or an officer of the company, the party making the charge has been required to meet the conductor or driver and prove his allegation, and failing to do se the charge was dismissed. “No man haa during my administra- tion been dismissed from the service of the company without absolute cause, and there fs no railway company in the United States that is fairer to its employes. “When the 9th street line was about ready to be operated by electric power, I selected the younger and more vigorous of the men to be broken in as motormen, believing they would be less liable to hae accidents than men of sixty or seventy years of age, as I feared that many cf the jatter had not the proper strength to con- trol an electric car in an emergency. “While this was not intended to displace any of the old men, seme of the men on the {th street line seemed to think so. ‘Those men who were too old to manage an eiectric car. were transferred to the F sigeet line, where they are now at work ily. deny; the selection of motermen for the 9th street line, no thought was given to the length of time a man had been in the serv- ice of the company, the idea being to get the best and arrange their pcsitions after- ward. “The 9th street men continued, however, to be dissatisfied, and a committee waited on me in regard to the matter, complaining thet new men had been put ahead of the old men, some of whom had worked for the company for many years. i “The matter was explained to the com- mittee, and I assured them that the ar. rangement was only temporary and eve: thing would be made satisfactory in a few days. “Within that period I had a ist of the 9th street lire men made, and, taking into consideration all the facts in the cases, such as length of service, etc., the positions of the men were £0 arranged as to secure the approval of Mr. Thomas J. Lawrence, president, and Mr. F. M. Dent, secretary, of the union, respectively, and they signed a paper to that effect. “In no instance has a conductor, motor- man or driver made a proper request from me that has not been granted. “The men do not work twelve hours, as alleged. The schedule calls for eleven hours on the car, while eighteen minutes are added for eating and time required for varlous purposes.” ——-. —_ A Detective in the Church Organ. From the Philadelphia Ledger. It is not often that a minister delivers his Suftday sermon with a detective perched on the pipe organ and another looking down on the audience through the ventilators, yet such was the unique experience of the Rev. G. Chapman Jones, LL. D., D. D., pastor of the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburg, Sunday. For four or five weeks a detective has been hidden in the pipe organ each Sunday, the fact being a secret to all but four in the congregation. For weeks it was known some person w: stealing the collection money. Yesterday the detective in the organ caught C. A. Car- mack, the sexton of the church, taking money from the plate. Carmack made a confession and promised to return the mon- ey stolen. HOW 70 ERED BABIES Easy to Keep Them Well in This Weather. They Take to Lactated Food as to Their Mother's Milk, Teething and Weaning Neither Difficult Nor Dangerous. A baby’s appetite is the surest indicator of its health. When a child rejects Its food, is restloga, con- stantly crying, and shows no gain in weight, the food 1s at fault. The ltile one is suffering from indigestion and rapidly losing ground. Strength must necessarily decline, and it is lucky if @ sudden rise or full in temperature, such ax Sep- tember always brings with It, does not cause a fatal attack of diarrhoea or cholera infantum. Overloading the child's stomach with poorly nourishing food, agsravated by the chauges in the weather, is the cause of nearly every case of cbolera infantum. Sudden changes in temperatare, with improper feeding, brings diarrhoea and con- vulsiens. ‘ But with the use of proper food, and thero Ss rcthing so absolutely good as lactated food, this danger may be entirely avoided. Statistics show that babies thrive best on lactated food. It is Worth more as a preventive of cholera infantum than all the medicinas ever made. ‘The superlative {mportance of pure, nutritious Infant food, and the long stady of Infant disorders caused by mictakes In diet, led to the preparation of lactated food. Next to pure mother's milk, It is the most nourishing, strengthening, readily di- gested and palatable food that can be given a buby. It more closely rescmbles mother's milk than any other food known, Its basis is sugar of milk, which Is the basis of mother's milk. With it is combined the nutritive elements of wheat, barley and oats in sach proportions xs best meets the requirements of the growing child. In all cases wher nursing is inadvisable or im- * Fossible. the infant’s health is best protected by Weaning and using inctated food altogether. ‘Thoutards of babies fed from a very early age on lactated food have never known a sick day. And us many more little ones have been saved by this best of infant nctrimeats—lactated food. —== THE UNITED WORKMEN. An Effort Being Made to Increase the Membership. Earnest effcrts are being made by the membcrs of Columbia Lodge, Ancient Or- der of United Workmen, of this city, aided by Mr. L. T. Dryden of Baltimore, one of the leading officials of the order, to in- crease the membership of Columbia to 500, which, if successful, will make it the banner lodge of the jurisdiction, which comprises Maryland, the District of Co- lumbia and Virginia. The Ancient Order of United Workmen is @ secret, fraternal, charitable, beneficiary society, and has no connection whatever, as its name might suggest, with labor mat- ters. The order was founded October 27, 1868, at Meadville, Pa., by John J. Upchurch and six others, and is the pioneer of its class. It now has about 345,000 members. The order is managed by its members through a system of subordinate and grand lodges, with a supreme lodge over all. Subordinates elect their own officers and a representative to the grand body to which they belong, who, in their legislative ca- pacity, elect annually and officers and. three representatives to the supreme body. Grand lodges are formed by the repre- sentatives of subordinates in each jurisdic- tion. Two thousand members are requisite to create a separate grand jurisdiction. The supreme lodge is composed of-three representatives from each grand lodge; it meets annually at a time and place fixed by Itself, and has a general authority over the whole order so far as needful to pre- serve harmony of the ritual and its fundae mental principles. ———__ SALE OF DIAMONDS. Radical Change to Be Made From the “Memorandum System. New York Letter to St. Louts Republic. A radical reform ts about to be made in the diamond and jewelry trade which will mark a new era in the dealings be- tween wholesaler and retailer. This is nothing more than the abolishment of the “memorandum system,” which for fifty years has governed the sale of diamonds and jewelry to small houses .and casual purchasers. The “memorandum system” is so called for the reason that heretofore any retailer has been enabled to obtain supplies of diamonds “for the inspection of _ customers” without paying for and by merely premising to return them at the end of threc days, if not sold within that time. The big wholesale houses have lost thousands through the operations of bogus salesmen. The New York Jewelers’ Asso- ciation, the New York Jewelers’ Board of Trade and the Chicago Jewelers’ Associa- tion have each agreed to appoint a com- mittee to formulate a scheme by which the present deficient memorandum plan will be superseded by a strong uniform rule which will relegate swindlers to other fields of industry. These three organizations inelude nearly all the wholesale and jebhing diamond and jewelry dealers In the United States. There. area few in other cities, but all manufac- turers of jewelry and nearly all importers of and dealers in diamonds and precious stones have offices in either or both New York and Chicago. Censequently this uni- ted action means that the business of the criminal courts throughout the country will be considerably reduced hereafter and the swindling fraternity will be forced to the cold realms of pauperism. —_— eee -— —__ A Curious Railroad Contract. From the New Haven Journal and Ccurier. The Great Western railroad of England has just had to pay $510,000 to free itself from the obligation to stop every train at Swindon station for ten minutes. In 1841, before the road had reached Bristol, it made an agreement for ninety-nine yeare with a firm of builders to hold every train carrying passengers, “not being sent ex- ial purposes, for a rea- Swindon, in cons ef suitable refreshment rooms, a rent of a penny a year was to I The railroad soon found out the venience of the arrangement and break it. Ths courts in 1848 and in 1872 held that “express” did not mean in the con- tract what is now meant by an express train; but the price asked for the annul ment of the concession was always more than the company was willing to pay. Af- ter a fight of over fifty years it has been driven by tbe competition of other roads to buy out Its opponents, and the ten-minute stop of fust expresses at Swindon is now a thing of the past. SS ee Told at the G. A. R. Meet. Fiom the Louisville Evening Post. One of the naval veterans told a good anecdote last night, which happened on one of Farragut’s gunboats on the Missis- sipp!. The vessel was just going into ac- tion, and one of the powder monkeys was notice by an otficer kneeling by one of the saying his prayers. The officer sneer- y asked him what he was doing, and was afraid. 1 was praying,” said he. vere you praying for “Praying,” said the little lad, “that the Dullets may be distributed the same way as the prize mon-y 1s, principal- ly among the officers.” It was said that a militia company was organized just before the war at Bung- town, Ohio. It was called the Bungtown Riflemen, and the by-laws consisted of two sectl namely “Article first—This company shall be known as the Bungiown Rifles. Article second—In case of war this come pan. 1 be imm ly disbanded.” SET TS Why He Wns Tired. ‘ew York Weekly. umpps—“I wonder why I get s@ tired sitting in a church pew?" | Grumpps—"Probably because the services do not include a ballet.”