Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 11 lgkt, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) CHAPTER I. ‘On the wall opposite, as I sit at my study fable, hangs a small picture framed in white. Thovgh but a sketch in watercolor, it shows the handling of a master; and if the observer be a connoisseur,he will recog- nize the touch of Winslow Homer. The Subject is a New England farmhouse among the hills; time, sunset of an October day. ‘The house, as you see, occuples the sum- clivity. Its broad hip-roof, its and its massive chimney stand out against the sky. The orange light from the west illuminates the venerable front, and glows on its deep-set window ‘Two trees of unknown age and vast size stand one on either side of the heavily framed doorway. That on the right is a butternut; the other is an elm; and in the apparently still solid trunk of the former s I happen to know, though it could not be represented in Mr. Homer's sketch) Is still embedded a bullet fired from a flint- lock musket in the hands of an Indian, one hundred and eighty years ago. The bullet was meant for the stout heart of M Nancy , who, with her two son: def house against a raid of the Savages during the absence of her husband ng trip to the coast. house, as well as the trees, stood there in 1715, looking, probably, not yery different from what they do now. You may be glad to know that the Indians were beaten off, after three of them had been shot dead while unsuccessfully trying to set the build- ing on fire; and the valiant little garrison was relieved betimes next morning. I mén- tion this episode merely to give you an idea What sort of stuif these Billops had in Two Trees of Unknown Age. them. Be we democratic as we may, we cannot help liking our friends the better for descending from stock like that. Let us now make a skip of a century and @ half or so, during which the Billops gen erations succeeded one another in a stead: honorable, but somewhat uneventful caree of prosperity; raising crops, breeding cat- tle, sending a representative to the wars, when there were any, and voting for that form of government which stands for lib- erty, security and minding your own busi- ess. The original Billop was a ploneer in that egion, and owned everything in sight from is windows. When, in course of time, other settlers came along, he had treated them hospitably, and bid them help then selves to anything they wanted in the way of farms, up to within a radius of a mile - from his doorstep. The land within that radius got to be known as Billop's farm; and it contained the finest land—upland pasture, forest and meadow—to be found in the neighborhood rly in the century, about half of this farm was sold to a man by the name of Corvin. We have business With some of his posterity in the present narrativ "The house which Corvin built stood half Way between the old Billop homestead and the village of Fenbrook, which had been in gradual course of naterialization since be- fore the revolutionary war. Corvin was a lawyer. He brought money with him, and trade more. He was a pushing, shrewd ®an, and before his death had Servel a term in the state legislature. His son pdopted the profession of law also, but did Rot make out so well wiih it. He seemed to Jack the gift of success. Being, gipon a time, in straits, he got a considerafle ioan of money. Now, no details as to this loan Were known, but it was the general impres- sion that it came from Matthew Billop, the then head of the Billop clan, with whom Corvin was understood to be on rather intl- mate terms, What security did Corvin give for it? What was there for him to give, ex- ¢ept a mortgage on his land? It was not known what use he made of the loan; but these were indications that he never ‘paid t on it, and it was only a question of time, therefore, when it would be foreclosed. ‘or Matthew Billop was rot the sort of man give up his just dues to anybody. This Metthcw is known in local history as Miser Billop. He vas the last male of his race, and perhaps the ablest of any of them. For reasons best known to himself, he never married. He had two sisters, one of whom, Sally, married John Linton, and died a year after, followed several years later by her husband; the other Nancy, re- mained an old mail, end kept house’ for We shall have the pleasure of rer acquaintance shortly. I will gnly observe here that she was in love, in her salad days, with a certain good-looking, easy-going young fellow by the name of Brent. nt, being more good-looking than otherwise good, jilted her, and married her besom friend, Mary Selwin. The pair ‘went to New Orleans, had a daughter, and then both disd of yellow fever. Nancy ight have suid “Serve ‘em right!” but she id not, not being that sort of a woman. But she had the little girl brought up north, @nd took care of her, and made her a daugh- ter of her own. Betrayed by both her lover end her fri-nd, she loved their little Nellie Bll the more tenderly for their sakes. This transaction tcok place about 1870. lly, before her death, had presented her husband with a son. Thomas; and this Mixer Billop. ffhomas became an orphan at almost the @ate of the New Orleans tragedy. Thomas fas eight or nine years Nellie’s senior. It surprise any on@ to learn that adopted him alxo; being her own and destitute, she could hardly do Jess. Thus, although an old maid, she was provided, at the age of, say, five and thirty, with a son and a daughter, whom she che: 4shed and indulged as only an old-mak mother can. But how did Miser Matthew like these proceedings? Why, nobody knows; for Miser Matthew had died the year befcre the proceedings took place. When I say that he died, he peers 1k hastily. I should ha d, he disappeared. As he never reappeared, land sent no messages, it was finally as- @umed that dead he must be. And since his disapp‘arance, or death, happened to occur at the very period when that mortgage of Corvin'’s would- naturally have been fore- c.osed, and since no trace of a deed of mortgage, or anything else referring to af- lairs with Corvin was discovered among his Ta and, finally, since the last time he was seen alive was the evening he left home, after telling Nancy that he was go- ing down to have a chat with Corvin—why, people were free to form their own opinions, and they did so. But if their opinions had any sinister significance—if, for example, they leant toward connecting the vanished man’s fate with the fact that Corvin was by relieved of the necessity of losing of his worldly possessions—nothing ever came of them, because nothing ever transpired to indicate that Corvin knew of or had a hand in the taking off of his cred- itor. On the contrary, he was quite active im searching for him. But Matthew had gone out of sight like oap bubble, leaving rot a trace behind him. to you will have observed that there nm a good deal of chronology and y. But there is no need of punc- remembering them. They were in- ced ly to provide a background and an atmosphere for the events of the itself. Stories of mystery, such as need backgrounds and atmospheres to produce their full effect. Little cept mystery will be found in what is to llow, and if you are able to sound the depths of it before the evolution of events brings it to Eight, all 1 can say is that you are cleverer than the present chronicler was at the time, or than any of the neigh- bors. Meanwnle you will appreciate Mr. Homer's artistic purpose in enveloping his sketch in that dreamy, mysterious, Indian- summer haze, Is there not something ghostly in that wreath of mist. stealing along the middle distance, behind the big butternut t I should have for the local si tioned another reason Corvin. We have s tha was a wealthy man; his money was chiefly in real estate and railroads. But it became known that, shortiy before his disappear- ance, he had been calling in these inv, ments, and turning them into hard cash, with the design of ng the money in certain western enterprises that paid ner interest. He must, then houss dollars actually there was no trace of his posited any of it in the local d become of it? L'ke him- Ived, every dollar of it, into thir air. It was gone, but, on the other hand, Mr. Corvin soon after began to show symptoms of d 1 solvency. His luck took a turn; he was looking up in the world, at last. Instead of forfeiting his ‘ops, he presently found tion to add some of the 3 acres to his own. } being so urexpectedly reduced in circumstances, and having no more head for business than a hen, was thankful to exchange parcels of her land for a little cash. The neighbors shook their heads: but what could they do? or say, even, above their breaths? Corvin was a lawyer, and a hard one; he would have been down an any one of them to Whom he could trace an insinuation agzinst his perfect integrity. They might think what they Hked, but he was much more apt to put them in gaol for lbel than they Were to get him hanged for murder. They had not even a corpus delict What they did venture to s: y was that Corvin meant bit by bit to possess him- self of the entire Billop estate, house and all, and turn poor Nancy out to shift for herself. For it wi remembered that at the time Nancy had been betrothed to Brent, Corvin had himself been paying at- terfions to her, and that he had taken the rebuff very ill. Of course, his riage with Miser Billop’s s ‘r would have been the mak'ng of him. He had married an- other girl immediately afterward, but he Was of a temper to cherish grudges, and w that he had his chance, he meant to satisfy it. Thus do the guilty triumph in tht and there is no help for it. In ¢ a though, one hope was still induiged by a few of the more innocent and credulous of the comm y led that, dur- ing the etime of Matthew, the 3illop. rouse was believed to be haunted. Mat- thew’s spirit, instead of adding to the supernatural crew, however, had apparent- ly taken the stent ghost: way with it; at all events, the manifestations had come to a stop with his disappearance. But it was plausibly argued that a house which has oree been haunted is like Q haunted uin; indulgence in spirits clings to a ho: just as it does to a man. Now (argued these philosophers), although Mat- thew's immaterial part might very forebear to disturb the peace of his good sister, who had rever done anybody any harm, but who was mortaily afraid of dis- embodied intelligencies, yet the saturnine old miser, foreseeing the future, might, by only biding his time and ving up his en- ergies, harry the man who had shed his blood, so soon as the latter should venture to set foot in his ancient domicile. Yes, he would haunt Lawyer Corvin as never law- yer had been haunted before, and it would go hard but the whole secret of the mur- der—if murder there had been—would be revealed, the lost money recovered, and Nancy reinstated once more in her own. Certainly that would be poetical justice, and things as strange are said to have hap- pened. We shall see what did happen shortly. (To bs continued in Tuesday's Star.) FRAUD CHARGED. Valurble Lands Seized by Schemers in Wyoming. Robert Foote, state senator of John- son county, Wyoming, has written an cpen letter to Mr. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, exposing what he char- acterizes as “one of the most gigan- tic and glaring frauds of the age,” which is about to be committed, he says, in Wy- oming under the Carey arid land law. He says all the water of the streams in the Big Horn basin was parceled out to members of the “stute land ring’ by the state en- gineer, and companies have been formed which propose to charge scttlers $10 per acre for water rights which are not worth over $1 per acre. The lands which the state authorities have asked to have set apart under the Carey law are not desert lands, as contemplated in the act of Con- gress, Mr. Foote asserts. In conclusion, the senator says: “The design is to create @ system of peonage or tenantry at will among all of our rich valleys, where hon- orable and independent manhood should be found. God forbid such a consummation.” toe To Lay Torpedoes, Some time ago a firm of cartographers in London received an order from a hcuse in Constantinople for the British ad- miralty charts of the Dardanelles. The order was promptly filled. The London Chronicle publishes a dispatch from Its cor- respondent at Constantinople saying the charts were procured for the Turkish min- istry of wir, and are intended for use in laying torpedoes in the straits. Hon Again. Among the passengers arriving at New York Saturday on the steamer St. Louis were Col. Clayton McMichael of sdetphia North American, James of the Philadelphia Inquirer, rge S. Batchelior, United States min- to Portugal; Judge Geerge C, Barrett, A. J. Cassatt and family, Walter S. Camp, Augustip Daly and wife, Mrs. Dr. PF. 0: Donohu®, Lloyd Griscom, Major ©." W. Hulse, Fred A. Kurshedt, Horace J. Knapp, Seth Low and wife, Madam Melba, Con- gressman Sereno E. Payne, Ada Rehan, H. A. Rogers and family, Thomas G. Shear- ran end Judge W. G. Ewing. — er Ruining French Leather Makers. La Justice of Paris Saturday said the manipulation of the leather mar- ket by Anerican syndicates will exhaust the stocks of the French tanners in the next six months and ruin the leather in- dustry. Upon the reassembling of the chamber of deputies Gen. Zurlinden, the minister of war, will be asked what steps it is propcsed to take in order to prevent such a disaster. PEARY'S STRUGGLE Only Great Perseverance Saved Him and His Party. FOOD CACHES COULDNT BE FOUND Dogs Were Slaughtered and “Eaten. SAVED IN NICK OF TIME Special Dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., September 21.—Fail- ure, plus starvation and misery, is written large on the record of Peary’s expedition which reached here today. Peary first went north in 1891 and the next spring crossed the interior of the Greenland ice cap to the northern extremity, Indepen- dence bay, latitude 81.44 north. He took a larger expedition norta in 1893, hoping to get polewards over land masses, visible therefrom, but when he started from head- quarters, Anniversary Lodge, In Bowdoin bay, latitude 77.48 north, in March, 1594, to ke a second journey over the icecap, his ty of eight men encountered a succes- sion of dreadiul storms. They bravely Lat- Ued against them, but the thermometer sank to 55 degrees below zero, the men be- came frostbitten, the dogs froze solid, and their enterprise had to he abandoned. Be- fore returning, however, Peary cached six months’ provisions for eight men at the last camp, one hundred and_ thirty-five miles inland, and erested a cairn above them. Nearly all the members of the ex- redition returned home last summer, but Peary determined to remain and try again. Matthew Henson, his colored servant, also stopped. and Hugh Lee of Meriden | like- vise volunteered. The Beginning of the Trip. Waiting for the cessation of the March equinotical gales, they started from head- quarters April 1, three men, five sludges and forty-nine dogs. Within seven days tley reached the proximity of the all precious cache of food on which the suc- cess of the journey depended. Peary had bed it last year for the express purpos ut.lizing it this spring. Disappointmen however, greeted them, as the most per- sistent and careful search failed to find it. E i nows had ob With this terri start the prated every ple damper at three noble fellows their first still dared to venture into the unknown. Danger of Denth. It meant hardship, privation, death, but they would aot retreat. Short- ering their rations they began their ter- rible journey. The suffering they endu few can tell. Many will term their action feclhardy, but arctic records teem with such deeds of daring. The party of three men was in: e to face this wilder- ness, and this was proven when Lee, big of heart but frail of body, gave up through sheer exhaustion and lay down to die. His Yaithful companions drew him on a sledge for 150 miles till Independence bay was reached, where permanent camp was form ed and’ the sufferer treated till he re- ccvered. Dared Not Venture. possibly Peery was, however, vowerless to make any rew discoveries. He dared not ven- ture alone on the and land masses extending north beyond the range of vis- fon. A y miles of coast exploration to the northward, in the direction where a jutting cape forms Lockwood's highest point, din 4SS3, forms the solitary achievement, and, dispiritec d paifled, Peary turned his face homeward. During the stay on the t eight musk oxen were shot, and their flesh, enabling the pemmican stores to be k: for the return, saved the three explorers from a miserable deat from hunger on that vast inland sea of ice. Peary acknowle it was a miracle they nped. No help could reach them, and, cven as it was, they were starving when they reac! their home. A Race With Death, They started back on June 15, and after a week's travel Lee again showed signs of weakness. They pushed on at top speed, but food for the dogs was likewise unob- nd it speedily became a case of val of the fittest. The weaker re slaughtered that the others, and help their master along. tainable, the sum dogs w. might live As the stores were consumed and dogs decreased, the sledges ere abandoned. ‘Yhen Lee had again to take his place in a sledge and the others to drag his weak- ened rorm along. Svon it became a strug- gle for very existence. Every ounce of impedimenta was discarded. The sledges dwindled to two, the dogs to fifteen. The boundless, frozen fleld extended on every side, and looked to be their grave. ‘The ritles were next abandoned, then the scientific instruments, wind gauges, etc., which could be dispensed with, until at last only one siedge, a few pounds of food and five dogs remained. Terrible Last Hours. As home grew nearer, while food was vanishing, they abandoned their last sledge and with one solitary dog, the lone sur- vivor of the pack, faced the last twenty miles of this awful journey. It occupied them thirty-six hours, during which time not one morsel of food touched their lips. When they entered their comfortable lodge, doubly dear after what they had come through, Lee fainted from sheer joy and was four hours unconscious. ‘To show how desperace was their condition Peary aban- dened even their nautical almanac, tear- ing out the three leaves of declinations for the days they expected to ba occupying in reaching headquarters. Endurance and Heroism. Not since the gruesome story of Greely’s men has such a story of misery, endurance and triumph over death itself been made public; but the Kite’s crew tell more grue- some stories still. They say the three men, to prolong their own lives, had to eat their dogs at the last, and the one who survives now owes his life to being Peury’s pet, a companion on a former journey. This story is very probable, in view of the desperate straits they were reduced to. Peary’s scien- titic records will dovutless be advantageous to scientists, but would ill repay such des- perate risks. Another Ice Trip. They rested at headquarters to recuperate and await the relief steamer, but Bowdoin bay was filled with ice. No ship could pene- trate, and as days passed they asked them- selves, would It open at all? Should it not they would have to travel south over the ice and find the steamer as best they coull. However, help came from an unexpecied quarter. The Kite left here July 11, reached Hol- steinburg July 19, where she took aboard Prof. Dyche and 3,0 specimens of birds, seals, fishes, &c., he had collected. Then she crossed Melville bay and reached the mouth of Ingletield gulf on July 31, but the ice barrier was impassable, and, after ex- hausting every plan to reach them, she steamed to McCormick bay, thirty-five miles farther north, where Peary wintered three years ago, and there landed Diebitsch, Salis- bury and Dyche. They traveied along the coast to Anniversary Lodge, where they were gladly welcomed by the still exhausted <plorers. The knowledge of the ship's presence stimulated them with fr age, and they crossed over to het y their rescuers and the Eskimo, Peary setting foot on the Kite’s deck on the even- ing of August 4. Next day the steamer started for a walrus hunt, and steamed north thirty miles beyond Littleton Island ith clear water. As Capt. Bartlett said: “We could have gone as far north as we liked.” Her course was altered. She crossed Smith sound to Cape Sabine and cruised in this region for ten days, zigzagging back. She entered Bowdoin bay August 4, where Peary transskipped all his property aboard. He found it impossible to bring home his arctic house, and his Eskimo friends were gladdened with the present of all that was not taken home. he cruise was resumed and Jones sound explored, and then Cape York was visited to obtain the meteorite, or | tron stone, referred to by Sir John Ross, but > “Everyone Has Dyspepsia” «Inhulbarb. Is Is For Is For Il IP A N S “T am indeed very much pleased Is For with my experience with Ripans Tabules. land, Maine, to whom I gave a small This physicians steadily for a long time, I have a customer in Port- vial to try customer had two treating his wife for d. the Tabules were the only thing that did any good.” Dr. Dam, Columbus Boston, Mass, pepsia, and ave «lpecac «Peppermint. Aloe Vomica Soda ~—at least once in a lifetime—some have it all the time. Dyspepsia is bad enough of itself if it only stopped there. But it is the cause of many other MORE SER[OUS and more complicated diseases. You may not have dyspepsia very bad—you can “easily tell” from the pain and un- easiness at the stomach. You probably know the symptoms—dizziness, sick headache, burning at the stomach—an unnatural “bloating” after meals, heartburn, &c. If you have any of these symptoms, you have dys- pepsia. Don’t be frightened—rush off to the doctor and imagine you've . got to buckle down to a long siege of treatment — follow one course of good medicine and keep it up. The best prescription a doctor ever wrote for dyspepsia is incorporated in Ripans Tabules, the complete formula of which is given on the left. Read what the eminent physicians of Boston say regarding Ripans Tabules. They are old practitioners in the “Hub® and know whereof they speak. Dr. Caiger, the eminent physician of Boston, says regarding the formu- la of Ripans Tabules: “I like such a formula and shall use them. I al- ways find the Ipecac very useful in cases of indigestion. I think the dose about Nux Vomica. right.” I also like the Dr. Clark of Boston, Mass., it speaking of Ripans Tabules says’ “The formula just suits my idea of 4 remedy for many forms of dyspepsia The Ipecac is the keynote to th This is the firs formula of the kind I have seen tha whole business. has Ipecac.” You should always carry in your pocket a little vial of Ripans Tabules, taking one after each meal whenever you feel bilious, have a sick headache, or an uneasy feeling at the stomach. Often one Tabule will be sufficient to relieve you. “The Tabules Should be Swallowed Whole.” s, 50c. box, All Druggists. Ripen seen by white men till Peary and Lee never surveyed it fifteen months ago. Peary Disheartened. now so disheartened that he ave anything to do with the ping of it aboard, There is something to his brother- in-law, Dieb: “I will hav thing I put my hand to the “nothing to do with it. Every- past Wo years has been a failure. Try it yourself. Huge Meteorites. A meteorite, about half a ton in weight, was found, and got aboard. Next day a ‘ger one, about three tons, was discovered improvi S$ weak, nd also brought off by an sledge on the ice, but the ice w it was nearly lost. The t meteorite could not be moved. It is an mense block of almost pure iron, with about 3 per ceng of nickel, and weighs over forty tons, so they drilled a dozen holes in it and tried to split it up, but all endeavors were ursuccessful. The Bont Nearly Lost. They abandoned the attempt and took a cruise to Lancaster sound, which nearly re- sulted in the loss of the steamer. She got imprisoned in an ice floe for four days, and was in imminent danger of being crushed by the ice. Her position was critical. She was caught in the midst of the middle pack of Baflin’s bay, the dread of every arctic mariner, and all on board had their effects ready to throw out on the ice should her sides be crushed. Fortunately, the ice opened and she escaped. After this last and worst danger of all the home journey from Disco was made quickly and without ircident, and all were thankful when she tied up at the wharf today Through With Arctic Work. Special Dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., September 22.—When interviewed by the Pr correspondent today Lieut. Peary declared that he was dore with arctic work. He has performed fis share, and says he js too old for further exploration, Mrs. Peary did not accompany the relief expedition, but is in New York, and will re- main there until Lieut. Peary reaches that Then he will come with her to Wash- a The Golden Cross. St. John’s Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, held an interesting meet- ing on Saturday evening last. Noble Com- mander Thos. M. Downing presided. Past Grand Con.mander Ehle, in behalf of Knight Pearson, who was absent, request- ed that the committee on the good of the order be authorized ta confer with the com- mittee of Capital Commandery for the pur- pose of tendering a complimentary enter- tainment and recéptign to Trinity Com- mandery at an garly date, which was granted. At the last meeting of Halcyon Com- mandery Noble Commander Milton 'T. Ad- kins presided. One application for member- ship was presented. The question of the organization of a “prompt relief associa- tion” was discussed; by the noble com- mander, Jas. ‘Trainor, Thomas Humphrey, L. G. Magruder, ;Geo. H. Cline, Jas. T. Loveless and others. Under the good of the order Dr. J. P. Lewis read a humorous selection. At the next meeting, on Octo- ber 4, the decrees will-b2 conferred. — ‘Trinity and Potomac Commanderies held short sessions at theif last meetings. The lady noble commanders—Miss Susan A. Longley of the former and Miss Edith B. Ashford of the latter—promise lurge acce: ns to their membersnip during this term, he adjourned session of the Grand Com- mandery will he held at National Com- mandery Hall, No. 621 Louisiana avenue, on Thursday evening next. Important leg- islation affecting the constit-tion and by- laws will be acted on. pie Playing With Matches. Alberta Brown, a little colored girl three years old, was probably fatally burned last night in Rumsey’s alley southeast. A num- ber of children were playing with matches, and cne of them in some way set the Brown child's dress afire. She ran scream- ing into her home, and before her mother could get to her the dress was entirely burned, and her throat, back and -shoul- ders were fearfully seared. The police took the little sufferer to Providence Hospital, where an effort is being made to save her life. IN MUSICAL CIRCLES ucertainty as to a Choir at the First Baptist Church. Renewed In erest by Members of the Moody Choir—Two New Organs to Be Erected. It is not true, says Mr. Perey Foster, that any arrangements looking to the for- mation of a choir have been made at the First Baptist Church. Nothing can be dcne until the business meeting of the con- gregation, which takes place some time in October. Then it will be probably deter- mined what the character of the music for the present year shall be. The present arrangement of an organist and precentor may continue, or Mr. Foster may be au- thorized to form a quartet choir. In this latter event it is hardly likely that as much money will be appropriated as for- merly, although there are many in the ecngregation who would be glad to have scme of the former singers resume their places. There is a possibility of the church wanting to get along with a volunteer chorus choir, but this is considered unsatis- factory unless there is also a paid quartet. Volunteer singers cannot always be relied upon, and the number present is always Gependent on the state of the weather er the inclination of the individuals. It may be that nothing definite will be decided upon until the new year, as the fiscal year of this church commences the Ist of Janu- ar large attendance of the Mooiy choir 1 this season was very gratifying to its leader, Mr. Percy S, Foster This has become a permanent organization and it will probably give two or three con- certs at Convention Hall during the winter. A sort of reception or social gathering is planned for the middle of Novemin will be held either in the First Congreza- tional or the First Baptist Church. Mr, Foster says he is pleased that a number of singers who rank high as soloists have re- cently joined the choir, so that it is oughly equipped for soio as well work. This choir will prove 2 v cleus for the great be be required at the Chr vention next July, The Calvary Baptist Church has had a fine new organ built, which has arrived in this city, but has not yet been put in its place. It is hoped that it may be erected in the church by the Ist of October, but it is not yet certain when the extensive re- pairs to the church that have been in op- eration during the summer will be com- pleted. This organ will be one of the best- toned instruments in the city, and Prof. John Porter Lawrence, who played upon it in the factory at Boston, speaks in high terms of its excellence. Mr. Gebest, the new organist engaged for this church, gained considerable reputation in Ohio, but two years ago went to Berlin, German: where he has remained ever since, perf ing himself upon the organ and in comr sition. He will come direct from Berlin to this city, and is expected io arrive by October 1. It is probable that whe charge a quartet choir, compos t singers obtainable, will be engaz the music for this church. There ome criticism among the local s to the policy of going abroad nist when there are so rs in this city. at the first rehe: ble pus that will vor con- man: Profs. John Porter Lawrence, Geo. W. Walter, Wm. Waldecker and Anton Gloetzner and Drs. H. herman and J. W. E hoff, it cannot Le excelled for church he same number of organists in in the country, t Lent will commence rehears- string orchestra, which gave early next month. This season Mr. Lent proposes to Increase his force to sixty per- tions for members! Mr. Lent proposes to make the Washi: un String Orchestra an institution and will giv2 two concerts at Metzerott Hall, when the organization will nave the assistance of prominent svio- ists. The handsome new organ in St. Patrick's Church is to be tested before the public, at an organ recital to be shortly held in the church, when Prof. John Porter Lawrence is to be the organist. Mr, Lawrence's abit- ity {s well known and he will bring out all the beauties and power of the new in- strument. The choir under ‘ts new leader, Prof. Maina, will also be heard in sclos and cheruses and the program will be one which will no doubt attract an audience that will @mpletely fill the church. Mr. Lawrence's numbers will be Bach's Toccata and Fuge in D minor, Saint Saens’ Rouet d'Omphale,” a Chopin polon- aise, Guilmont’s Nuptial March and Greig's “Peer Gynt.” The vocal selections will be Rossini’s “Laudamus Te,” by Miss Blanche Mattingly and full chorus; O Salutaris, E. Karet, Mr. Mariano. Maina; Mascagni’s “Preghiera,” Miss Mary Helen Howe; Curto’s “Juxta Crucem,” Mr. 1 nard A. Ryan and full chorus; Dana’s “Salve Regina,” Mrs. Paulina Maina, and “Sanctus,” Mr. Wm. D. Mac- 1 and full chorus. the opening of the Eucharistic con- which will take place in St. Pat- vick’s Church on the morning of October 2, the musical service will consist of “‘Lau- date Dominum (Gregorian), Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, from Gou- nod’s mass; Veni Creator, solo and quar- tet, by Shelley; Pizzi’s “Ave Maria,” with viclin obligato, at the offertory, and the Agnus Dei, from Haydn's Mass, No. 2. Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes will sing a solo at the Calvary Baptist Church on the occa- sion of the big rally to be given by that congregation, Octoher 6. The choir of the Immaculate Conception, under the direction of Mrs. Clara B. Smith, begin its duties yesterday, with high mass Gounod's Fart. At 8 programs were given: Organ prelude, Pi Asperges Me, Nove Hayden's Fourth Mi ‘Veni Creator,” Cirillo; so- prano solo, Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks; offer- tory, ““Gaudeamus” Diabeill, solos, Miss Annie Grant and Messrs. Cook, Reeside and T, A. Murray; postlude, organ, Prof. Mayo. + Le Jeal’s Vespers and Magnifica’ Mrs. Smith, Mr. Cook, Mr. Reeside; “Salve, O Maria,” female chorus; hymn, “Salve Regina,’ Dana, Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks; “O Salutaris,” tenor solo, Mr. R. C. Balin- ger; “Tantum Ergo,” Weigand in C, solo, Miss Annie Grant; Laudate Dominum, plain chant; grand march, organ, Prof. Mayo. The feast of St. Matthew occurred on the 2ist of September, but it was celebrated in the new St. Matthew’s Church yesterday. The following is the program of the music sung: At the solemn high mass ‘As- perges Me,” by Pecher; “Kyrie, Glor- ia, Credo, janctus et Benedictus and Agnus Dei comprising the celebrated Hummel’s mass in E flat, being one of the most difficult, classical and beau- tiful masses sung in the Catholic Church. At the gradual, “Benedicta es tu,” by Sila: before the sermon, “Veni Creator,” b: Wiegand; at the offerto: “Alma Virgo,” soprano solo and chorus, by Hummel, and after mass a grand organ voluntary by Prof. John Porter Lawrence. At the 4 o'clock service Marzo’s vespers was sung and the following hymns: “Alma Huminel ‘Saive Regina,” a bass solo arranged for Mr. John H. Nolan; “O Salutaris,"" Cherubini; “Tantum Ergo,” by aint-Saens, and “Laudate Dominum, by Cassarini. The solo parts at both services will be sustained by Madames Zaidee R. Smith, soprano; M. N. Martin, alto; Wm. H. Burnett, tenor, and John H. olan, bass. The choir was assisted by the prin- cipal members of St. Pairick’s choir, in- cluding Prof. Maina, Messrs. McFarland and Ryan, and from other choirs, making a chorus of about forty voices. Prof. John Porter Lawrence presided at the organ and Mr. L. E. Gannon was the director, Miss Alice E. Burbage, the pianist, is an- other Washington musician who is honored at the Atlanta exposition. In response to an official request she has sent her photo- graph and autograph and two of her com- positions as an evidence of what a talented wcman can accomplish. solos, New Jersey Democratle Candidate. Special to the Philadelphia Times. , N. J., Sepiember 22, 1895. The democratic state convention will meet in this city next Thursday. From present indications !t will not come up to the republican gathering in point of strifé and bitterness, inasmuch as there {fs at the present writing but one avowed candi- date, ex-Congressinan Augustus W. Cut- Jer of the fourth congressional district,who has been making an active canvass for the past six months. He ‘s called the “Gran- ger” candidate, and while he will have a following In the convention, he will not be very likely to recelve the nomination. Chancellor Alexander T. McGill of Jersey City will probably be the nominee. a = SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. Program of the District Convention, Which Will Be Held in November. Arrangements for the Sunday school con vertion te be held in this city the 1ith, 12th and 13th of November next are progres: sing. The music committee, which consists of Maj. C. H. Carrington, chairman; Jerome F. Johnson and Mr. John B. Sle man, has completed arrangements for a literal supply of the music of the conven- ticn, so that every one in the large audi- es which are anticipated may have a ccpy. Pref. Percy S. Foster has been en- gaged to conduct the music of the first and last sessions, and has arranged for the accommodation at the first session of the Mecdy choir, or a large section of this ; popular singing association, to lead in the service of cong. ‘The: program committee, consisting of P. H. Bristow, president of the District Sun- day School Union; Jas. L. Ewin, D. Percy Hickling, Frank Hamilton, president of the Primary Teachers’ Union, and Col. Wesion Flint, has hed several meetings, and has roughly mapped out the entire program, without yct positively settling all the de- tails. It has been practically settled that the first session, Monday evening, Novem- ver 11, will be of a popular character, with addresses by Rev. C. H. Dodd, D.D., of Trenton, N.J., Mr. Jacobs of Chicago, Dr. Pelcubet of Boston and Miss Harlow of Lowell, Mass., in connection with the pres- ident’s annual address and the service of song. This will serve to introduce the eminent Sunday school workers from a dis- tance to the Washington public. At the next session, Tuesday morning, the addresses will be largely directed to the officers of Sunday schools, with ad- dresses by Mr. Jacobs and others. Tues- Gay afternocn the general subject will be tesching adults; Tuesday evening, teach- ing the boys and girls, who, at one time, were alone corsidered as scholars in Sun- day schcol work, and must always be the Tain body of learners. Wednesday morning the business session will occur, with reports from officers and ccm-mittees, interspersed with bright musio an¢ with one or more addresses; Wednes- day afternoon the work of the primary de- pertment will be the subject, includin Kirdergarten methods and the Ike, ani Wedresday evening there will be another pepular ion interesting to the general pullic, with addresses by severai of the most prominent of the Washington clergy. ——__ Denth of Mrs. Laura Lee Simpnon. Word has been received in this city of the de&th at Newport, R. L, Wednesday last, of Mrs. Laura Lee Simpson, daughter of the late Capt. William Fitzhugh Lee, who was killed at the first Bull Run battle. Jer husband and four children survive her, ——— . leven Mussulmans Arrested. Eleven Mussulmans have been arrested for being concerned in the attack upon the American St. Paul's College at Tarsus, which occurred early in August, when stu- dents were maltreated and missionaries threatened. oop. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Thos. E. Waggaman and John W. Pilling, trustees, to Cecelia M. Coughlin, part lot 20, sq. 154; $2,400. Marian L. Sampsell to Chaa, Tho » lot 20, sq. 8, Eckington; $10. A, M. Green et ux. to George F. Math:eson, lot 67, Anacostia; $1,500. Albert M. Ridenour to Alice E. Ridenour, north % lot 20, sq. 218; 3450. Wm. Spier et ux. et al. to Thomas Norwood, lots 9§ and 97, sq. 70; $10. Wm, E. 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