Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1896, Page 10

PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Clothiers, 315 7th st. BOYS’ CLOTHING, HALF PRICE. Notwithstanding the demand sure to be cre- ated by this cold snap we are offering our entire Ime of Storm Ulsters and Cape Over- coats at half price! ‘Take your pick of any Short Pants Suit in stock at exactly half its former price A special! Short Pants, 35e. pr.; for $1. Parker, Bridget & Co., 3 prs. Clothiers, 315 7th St. It $1.50 Is the Cost a reody-ede shit Ths 8150 Of @ Shirt we make is bound te ‘fit and suit. It's the embodiment of our Nest efferts. And ‘tis made of the very best materials F Trial consistent with the price. Try Perfect shirts have Palmer wa Shirt. P. T. HALL, oo3'F'St: fi We're Cleaning ’Em Out. i ‘yup, dressy men, if you want a Suit or Overcoat at materials and making— we're golnz to move hese reductions. All $30 Suits, $20. - All $20 S $15. Hasletta Pistel, Muvens Taors. fe You men who are fastidious about ‘Will find your tdeas carried ont Shirts fm the most satisfactory inannet only —here. Years ef experience: the best system of cutting = and ull work done on fe20-144 Za SMOKE CUBANOLA 5c. better. 'scld by every first ‘Tom’ Reed Knows More About Parliamentary Law ‘Than we do—but all the same, we know when a Watch is “ont of order. ngreesmen and Sen- ators as well as professiotal and business im ewnlng fine timepleces—when repairing ts need should send them t HUTTERLY'S HOSPITAL FOR SICK WATCHES, 2G St. opposite City Post Office. — feld-12d = —_ — Soe sss CASE. BROCK WAY" Testimony Regarding the Use of Bradford's Rooms. After Secretary Carlisle had left the stand in the Brockway counterfeiting case at Trenton yesterday, Edgar G. Smith of New York testified that he had seen Brock- way receive from Dr. Bradford in a busi- ness transaction the $100 bill found on Brockway. With this testimony the de- fense closed so far as Brockway was con- cerned. A number of witness+3 were then called in behalf of Mrs. Smith and Wagner, with @ view to proving that they knew nothing about any counterfeiting being done in the house, and to show that the rooms where the counterfeiting was supposed to have been done were occupied only by Dr. Bradford, about whom they knew nothing wrong. Bradford, it will be remembered, was indicted with the cther defendants, but was taken to Michigan to stand trial for counterfeiting done in that state many years ago. Margaret B. Ross swore that in the sum- mer of 1895 she bad been for some time with Mrs. Smith in the Hoboken House, and that she knew that Bradford rented two upstairs rooms in the house, but she knew nothing of any counterfeiting going on in them. Oscar J. Snyder swore that he was a boarder in the Hoboken, and that he and Wagner, one of the defendants, worked together in an electrical establishment. in New York. Dr. Bradford was a boarder there, too, and had rooms in the house, but the witness knew nothing of his doings. Henry Smith, son of Mrs. Smith, testified to having visited his mother at the Ann street hovse and sald en one occasion he carried upstairs a package containing fals@ teeth, thus corroborating the theory that the doctor was ‘ising the rooms for dental experiments. Mrs. Smith herself tsok the stand and said sh> was the landlady of the house 542 Ann street, Hoboken, at the time it was ralded; that Bradford was her cousin, and she had rented out two rooms to him. He toll her he was making a patent for dental apparatus. She knew he was a dentist. She swore that she was never in Braaford's room from the time he took it until the raid was made. Mrs. Smith was shown some of the gov- ernment paper found in the raid and was asked if she had ever seen it before. She admitted that she had; that Bradford had ence brought some downstairs and asked her to burn it, but Ulrich took one piece and told her to put the rest away. She si Ulrich afterward told her that Brad- ford had made the paper, but she did not belleve him. At this point Juror Sharp was again sub- Jected to nose bleeding, as on Tuesday, and the trial was adjourned until morning. ———_-e-_. TWO ILLINOIS DELEGATIO: Lively Fight Likely to Come Before the Chicago Convention. ‘There is reason to believe that there will be contesting delegations from Illinois to the democratic national convention in July. The silver men in control of the state or- ganization will probably succeed in electing a full delegation of white metal enthusiasts. The opponents, consisting of democrats, who demand a sound money plank in the platform, are determined to make a fight, and, led by Mr. Cable, have already laid plans to drag the contest into the conven- tion. As proof of the sincerity of the sound money wing of the party it 1s said Mr. Cable has engaged sixteen rooms at the Auditorium for the accommodation of the forty-eizht delegates he expects to have on the ground when the ball opens, July 7. The plan is to elect a Cable delegate in every congressional district where an Altgeld- imrichsen man !s chosen, and then carry the contest to the committee on credentials to be chosen by the national convention. ~-2ee— Convicted of Manslaughter. Mildred Farrell, allas Shankling,the young colored woman who was placed on trial yes- terday in Criminal Court No. 1, charged with performing a crimina! operation upon Ro- setta Washington, a colored girl, the 17th of last September, and thereby causing the death of the girl's infant, was convicted of manslaughter yesterday afternoon, and Judge Cole sentenced her to three years in the Albany penitentiary. The woman was charged with murder, but the prosecution admitted that the testimony did not sustain that charge, and simply claimed, therefore, that the woman should be convicted of man- slaughter. _—————— Counterfeit Weather Forecast. An advertisement which appeared in a local newspaper some days ago purported to give the opinion of the weather bureau on the subject of prospective weather. Chief Willis L. Moore notified the firm waking the announcement that there was a law providing for the fine and imprison- ment of any one who issued or published a counterfeit weather report, and advised the discontinuance iof the advertisement. It ‘Was so ordered. ——.__ To Lecture on Good Citizenship. Mr. F. M. Bradley of the Ninth Street Christian Church will lecture before Mc- Kendree Epworth League this evening. Bubject, “Good Citizenship.” Eee ———__ Close Call for the “Leader.” The Cleveland, Ohio, Leader newspaper building narrowly escaped destruction yes- terday morning. Fire started in the stereo- typing department shortly after 6 o'clock, and a m of the fourth floor of the building was badly burned. Water ran down into the press room and bookbindery, doing considerable damage. The icss on building and machinery is estimated at $10,000, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. SPORTS..OF. THE..DAY Preparing for a Great Bicycle Meet by Society. People. . ODDS ON THE BROOKLYN. HANDICAP Geological Survey “Clerks to Have < a Race. TERNATIONAL CHESS Se Society will give a bicycle meet in March, which will act as a Lenten diversion and as a benefit to the poor. Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. McGuire of the Home for Incurables will have charge vf the meet, which will be held at the Eclipse bicycle grounds, formerly belonging to the Columbia Athletic Club, and the Eclipse Bicycle Company has tendered the use of the wheels that are necessary. The execu- tive committee appointed to take charge of the general arrangements connected with the meet consists of Miss Boardman, Mr. Henry Earle and Mr. Henry May. A parade will be the opening feature, and this will be followed by all sorts of raceg, in which @ representative gathering of society wheel- men and wheelwomen will participate. The races include flat races, an obstacle rece, a steeplechase and several gymkahana races, such as an egg and spoon race, besides a dressing race and umbrella and cigar race, all of which are highly amusing. Some of the patronesses who have heen selected are as follows: Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Hitt, Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Rodgers, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Storey, Mrs. Endi- cott, the Misses Schenck, the Misses Patten and the Misses Riggs. It is likely that the meet will take place about the middie of March, although the weather will deter- mine the exact -date. NOVICES WILL RACE. The employes of the geological survey have arranged for a one-mile race on wheels tomorrow morning at Van Ness Park, cor- rer of lith and B streets. The entrants will be confined to those who work in the survey, but there are enough bicyclists in the big building to hold an immense meet. The men will be divided irto six classes, leavirg the winner of each class to pete in the final heat. The classes w: arranged according to the handicaps grant- ed the men. The officers of the race are rather numer- ous, and are as follows: Board of managers, R. H. McKee, Arthur Keith and H. A. Crooks; track manager, Henry Gannett; treastrer, E. B. Davis; judges, Coil. H. P. Rizer and Prof. A. H. Thompson; referee, c. E. Cook; starter, John H. Renshaw timekeepers, J. S. Diller, Arnold Hague, F. F. Emmons, Bailey Willis and Prof. F. W. Clarke; handicapper, H. F. Gane; scorer, F, A. Alpin; chief surgeon, Dr. W. D. W rt. ‘The entrants are as follows: Messrs. Stel- ker, Keith, Goodrich, Baldwin, Dill,Gannett, Floane. Elmore, Hunter, Cass, McKee, Spurr, Hannegan, Wise, Featle, Pike, Blair, Tyler, Marshall, Perkins, Griffin, ' Duke, Post, Gerrard, Barnard, Fletcher, Wallace and Crook, The prizes for the winners will be left to the choice of the men who first cross the tape. Most of the men are novices, and an amusing race can be expected. BETTING ON THE HANDICAP. Henry of Navarre is Favorite for the Brooklyn at 4 to 1. Betting in future books on the Metropol- itan, Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps has begun. A Baltimore firm quoting odds en the Brooklyn quotes Henry of Navarre favorite at 4 to 1 and Clifford second choice at 6 to 1. Sir Walter and Nanki Pooh are at 10 to 1 each, Halma is 12 to 1, Keenan 15 to 1 and Lazzarone, Dorlan, Counter Tenor, Belmar and St. Maxim 20 to 1 each. Dr. Rice, winner of the event in 1894, Bright Phoebus and Ben Brush are quoted at 30 to 1 each, while the liberal price of to 1 fs laid against Hornpipe, last year’s winner. About the same odds are quoted for the Suburban, except that Keenan is at 3 to 1 and Clifford 5 to 1. FREEDMAN IS HOT. Says Farrell Will Play in New York . or on the Bench. President Freedman of the New York club has given vent to his feelings pretty freely in regard to Charley Farrell's refusal to go south with the New York team this spring. As the matter now stands Farrell will either report in the best of condition or he will sit on the bench without pay until he is in shape. As to his being released, Mr. Freedman says that such will not be the case. EX-SPEAKER APPOINTED. Tom Flynn to Hold the Flag on New York Tracks. Ex-Speaker “Tom” Flynn of the New Jersey legislature has been appointed offi- cial starter on the New York race tracks, to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Jimmy Rowe, who gave up the position to take charge of the thoroughbreds be- longing to the late Col. W. P. Thompson. There were many applicants for the po- sition, including Charles Pettingill, J. bE. Caldwell, W. Fitzpatrick, J. McLaughlin, F. M. Ware, W. Easton and “Chris” Fitz- gerald, who is now wielding the flag at New Orleans. The latter withdrew from the contest two days ago. Considerable influence was brought to bear on the stewards of the Jockey Club by almost every candidate, as the position is a lucrative one, paying until recently $100 per day. The salary, however, will be hardly as good under the new order of things, as every association has cut down expenses all round, and the starter was not overlooked. Even supposing it is only half the original amount it is worth looking after. Flynn first dropped the flag at Gloucester, N. J., about four years ago. After the Gloucester meeting closed Flynn attended to New Jersey politics for a time. In 1894 Flynn started the horses at Brighton Beach, and his work was so good that he was pro- nounced the best starter in the country. He then accepted a position at St. Asaph, which he filled until the meeting ended last December. International Chess Match. The following team has been selected to represent Great Britain and Ireland in the cable chess match against the United States, March 13: H. E. Atkins, H. E. Bird, J. H. Blackburne, J. H. Blake, A. Burn, F. P. Ca:-, W. Donisthorpe, E. M. Jack- son, E. O. Jones, C. D. Locock, F. W. Lord, D. Y. Mills, Dr. S. F, Smith, 8S. Tinsley and H. W. Trenchard, eight to play and sevea to act as reserve men. The Arrerican team will be selected from the foliowing: D. G. Baird, John F. Barry, c. F. Burille, Eugene Delmar, Herman Helms, Edward Hymes, Sidney C. Johnson, Judgs Leon Labbatt, Henry N. Pillsbury, Walter Penn Shipley, Jackson W. Sho- waiter, A. B. Hodges. Emanuel Lasker will be adjudicator; Baron Albert de Rothschild of Vienna, ref- eree. Georgetown Men to Rw Georgetown College has accepted the invi- tation to compete in Pennsylvania’s relay races at Franklin Field April 25. R. D. Douglass, manager of the George- town team, says that they prefer to enter the championship race with Hapvard ard Pennsylvania. With Bernard J. Wefers and Eis brother, who is also a crack sprinter, on the team, Georgetown will hustle both the red and blue and the crimson. Regulating Use of Bicycles. A bill has been reported to the Massa- chusetts senate regulating the use of bi- cycles in the state. The bill provides that no one shall ride at a rato of speed exceed- ing ten miles an hour, without a permit; that every machine shall be provided with a suitable alarm bell, and that during the hours between sunset and sunrise such ma- ' Congress to do so. ! chines shall be previded with a bell and a; lamp or lantern of sufficient flluminating ower to be visible at a distance of two jundred feet. The penalty tmposed for vio- lation of the law is punishment by fine not exceeding $25 for each offense and lia- bility for all damages occasioned to any Person by such unlawful act. Death Blow to Virginia Tracks.. The committee on courts of justice of the Virginia senate has, by a vote of 9 to 4, re- ported the Maupin anti-gambling act. This practically settles it that the measure will pass the senate and become a iaw. Senator Little will offer a substitute fer the bill when it comes up. Michigan’s Base Ball Lengue. DETROIT, Mich. February 21—The Michigan State Base Ball League was form- ally reorganized for the season of '96 at a meeting of representatives of the various cities interested held at the Hotel Norman- Gie yesterday afternoon. The circuit will consist of eight cities, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Adrian, Port Huron,, Saginaw, Manistee, Lansing and, in all probability, Muskegon. The league's constitution was revised, offi- cers chosen, a schedule committee appoint- ed and other details arranged. The season will open May 18. Corbett’s Latest Offer. CHICAGO, February 21.—James J. Cor- bett sent two telegrams to El Paso last night, one to Fitzsimmons and one to Maher, asking the winner to meet Corbett in Chi- cago any day between March 1 and March 6 and arrange for a fight. Western Base Ball League. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 21.—Presi- deat B, B. Johnson of the Western Base Ball League announces that the league meeting set for St. Paul on February 24 has been postponed to March 2 to allow a com- mittee from the organization to be present at the annual spring meeting of the Na- tional League, to be held in New York Mon- day, February 24. ees ANACOSTIA RAILROA Probability of Rapid Transit in Near Future. Arrangement With the Potomac Light and Power Company —An Under- ground System Contemplated. The statcment can be made by authority that a deal is in progress between the Po- tomac Light and Power Company, the owners of the Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad, and the Anacostia Railway Com- pany by which, should the authority be given by Congress, for which both parties to the enterprise are now seek:ng, the main line of the latter road will be turned into an eie:tric rapid-transit system in the very near future. It is the Intention of those having charge of the matter, as today stated by them to a Siar reporter, to make no effort to get permission to have an overhead trolley north of the Navy Yard bridge, and while it s reasonably certain that an under- ground system similar to that now in use on the Metropolitan Yth: street line will be constructed a.ong the present route of the Anacosi:a cars to the corner of 41% street and Misscuri avenue northwest, from which point to 11th and G streets northwest the Metropo:itan and Belt I.ne tracks are used in the ioop mude uptown, there is a poss! bility that another system may be adopt. ed. Experiments with the latter sysiem are being made, and should the results be satisfactory there-is every i.kelihood that the latter will be the system used. South of the bridge the overhead trolley will be used, or, at least, the managers of the enterprise hope to get permission from An examination of the Navy Yard bridge has been made by com- petent engineers, who have deciwed that the structure is strong enough to bear the weight of rapid-transit cars, but if in the judgment of the proper authorities it should be deemed advisable to strengthen the bridge the company is entirely willing to do so. It 1s believed by those who are managing the enterprise that the Potomac Light and Power Company will be able, after the completion of their new power house in Georgetown, to furnish enough electricity to operate every car line in the District, and it {fs this belief that has entered very largely into calculations when the matter of equipping the Anacostia road with el tric power has been under discussion. The menagement of the Anacostia road make no secret of their inability to er a suitable power house to operate th cars from their own plant for a sum upon which @ reasonable amount of interest eculd be paid, but they have, it is under- stood, completed arrangements for funds in sufficient amount to erect the under- ground system, if that shail be devermined upon, or the system which is now 1 ing experimental treatment, if it shail upon careful examination be decided to adopt that. It Is felt by those interested in the en- terprise that Congress will ne inclined to give the present owners of the Anacostia read an opportunity to get their investment into a paying condition. Mucn of the stock is held by widows and orphans, who, ow- ing to the heavy indebtedness, caused to a large extent by the tructioa of branch lines now practically dead, but which had te be paid for, have received no dividend whatever on the money spent by them in the project. — FRENCH CABINET SUSTAINED. The Chamber Votes Confidence in the Bourgeois Ministry. The French chamber of deputies yester- day, by a vote of 309 to 185, affirmed the vote of confidence which it passed on the government on February 13. The vote on February 13 stood 32% to 43. The moderates moved, in addition, that the chamber regretted the interference with M. Ricard, the minister of justice, and the legal proceedings confided to the mag s- trate charged with invest.gating the Souch- ern railway scandals. This motion was de- feated by a vote of 279 to 234. During the course of the debate M. Ray- mond Poincare, republican, declared that if M. Bourgeois ‘sheltered himself behind a vote of confidence the general policy of the government would have the appearance of being afraid. These remarks so annoyed the premier that after the sitting he sent two of his friends to M. Poincare in order to demand explanations. ———_—__+e+_____ CHICAGO'S EXPOSITION, Southern States Will Supply the Ex- hibits and Pat Them Up. The Chicago and cotton states’ exposition, as it has been named, will open in Chicago August 1, and will run three months. This much was determined at yesterday's ses- sion of southern delegates and Chicago busi- ness men. The cold weather is having a rather dis- astrous effect on some of the visitors. Ex- Governor Bullock of Georgia and C. A. Col- lier, president of the Atlanta exposition, are among those suffering from severe colds, Mr. Collier being confined to his room. The eenvention adopted the report of the com- mittee appointed yesterday to formulate a plan. The plan is that the southern states will collect the exhibits, take them to Chi- cago and install them at their own expense. Chicago will provide buildings for the ex- position, with not less than 100,000 square feet of floor space, and will pay all the cost of maintaining the exposition. ————+e0 Substituted for the Bruce Bill. The Maryland house Wednesday after- noor by a vote of 49 to 34 substituted for the Bruce civil service reform bill, which, as it can.e from the senate, simply applied to Baltimore city, the amendment mak- ing the law applicable to the whole sic and permitting the voters of each county and of Baltimore city to declare at the next congressional election whether they want its provisions made applicable to the public offices within their territory. The Cunningham substitute, which was modified so as to exempt the laborers in the tobacco warehouses, was then passed by a vote of 62 to 18. oe A. B. Williams, the late cashier of the Traders’ National Bank of Scranton, Pa., has been arrested, charged with embez- zling $35,000 of the bank’s funds. TAEY WILL PARADE Military Celehi{tion of the Birth- day of’ Washington, ARRANGEMENTS: FOR THE DAY Civic Organizations Will Also Honor the: Event. =e oe OLDEST INHABITANTS The military display tomorrow afternoon in celebration of’ Wash.ngton’s birthlay will be rather an imposing affair, all ar- rangements for which were completed last evening at a meeting of the commanding officers of the organizations which are to participate. The gathering assembled at the armory of the Washington Light In- fantry Corps on invitation of Col. Moore, who is to command the parade. As heretofore stated in The Star, the parade, weather permitting, will start from the corner of 3d street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest at 3 p.m. Col. Moore, with his staff, cons.sting of Capt. Chas. B. Hudson, adjutant, and Capt. Matthew God- dard, quartermaster, all wearing the full- dress uniform of the National Guard, will be at the head of the line mounted. The honorary staff of the Washington Light Infantry Corps—Capt. Nailor, Capt. Boyd, Capt. Childs, Capt. Schaeffer and Capt: Ebert—clad in the distinctive uniform of the Infantry, white coats and blue trous- ers, are to follow, and next in line will be the Marine Band, heading the Washington Light Infantry Corps, four companies, under command of Major Burton R. Ross. The infantry will parade in full-dress National Guard uniform. Directly in their rear the Corcoran Cadet Corps, Capt. Eugene C. Edwards, in white coats, blue helmets and white plumes, will march. The Morton Cadets, Capt. Edgar A. Shilling, in the new black fatigue uniform of the company, will follow the Corcorans, and then will ap- pear company D, third battalion, Capt. Harry D. King, in the full dress of the National Guard. The Wash.ngton New Military Bard will supply music for a battalion consisting of the National Rifles, Capt. James F. Oyster; the Old Guard, Capt. James M. Edgar, and the National Fencibles, Capt. Charles 8. Domer. Each of these three organizations will wear its well-known distinctive full- dress uniform. High School Cadets. Next in Une will be the Sixth United States Cavalry Band and the regiment of High School Cadets, e:ght companies, com- manded by Col. J. G. Sommer. His staf w.ll cons.st of Capt: Hottel, adjutant, ana Capt. Jul.hn, quartermaster. The first bat- talon from the Central High School will be under Maj. Charles Fox, with Lieut. John Kelly as quartermaster, and Lie at. Jchn Ray as adjutant. ‘The second battal- jon, made up of four compan.es from the Eastern, Western and Business High vols, will be led by Maj. J. Theodore ff, with Lieut. W. R. Coyle as quarter- regiment w.ll parade in the following orde! Ccmpany A, Capt William Von Baye company C, Capt.-John N. Hoover; com: pany D, Capt. Howard Hoge; company B, Capt. Frark C. Daniels, and second } talion, company K, Capt. Newton Fe: compary G, Capt."Harry Hur: H, A. BK. Berry, and company F, son Gapen, ‘The staff offi mc unted. “ Directly following the High School Cadets will appear the Gonzaga College Cadets with the Gonzaga,Drum Corps. An estng feature of.'the parade will b presence of light:batter National Guard unier ( gan‘zation, S. Barbour. Formation and March. It was agreed at the meeting last even- irg that the organizations shall report not later than 2:45 o'clock, and that the parade will start at 3 o'clock on the dot. The Light Infantry will form on 3d strect-facing east with right resting on Pennsylvania avenue. The Corcoran Cadets and the M ton Cadets will form on the left of the In- fantry and the Rifles, Old Guard and the ‘ene-bies are to Lye up on C street facing north, right resting on 3d street. The High School regiment port on 415 street facirg east, rght resting on Pennsylvania avenue, with the Gonzaga Cadets, the bat- tery and the cavairy on its left. ‘he iine of march wll vary somewhat from that folicwed in years gone by. The column will move up Pennsylvania avenue to 15th street, to I street, past the Army and Navy Club, to 17th ‘street, past the Metropoutan Club, to Pennsylvania avenue, to 1hth street, where the parade, after passing in review before Col. Moore, will disband and the organizations move to their respective armories. The light battery and the cavalry have arranged a field day for tomorrow. They will leave the armory on L street about 9 o'clock and proceed to Brightwood, where several hours are to be devoted to mounted a Dinner wili be partaken of at Bright- wood and the troopers and gunners will re- turn to the city ‘in e to participate in the parade, Other Events, The turnout of the secord regiment, which has been ordered to assemble at the Na- tional Guard Armory at 10 o'clock in the morning, witl undoubtedly attract consid- erable atiertion. Col. Clay's command will wear the regulation National Guard fatigue uniform and is to indulge in exercises strictly m-litary. The regiment will be headed by its new band, and after going through certain exercises in the vicinity of Washington circle will parade down Penn- sylvania avenue and tack to the armory. The colored High School Cadets and com- pany A, first separate battation, D. C. N. G., wll have a parade of their own, headed by the Capital City Band. This parade is announced to stert from the colored High School at 2 p.m, and the line of march will probably be along Pennsylvania avenue an1 returning to the sckool by way of K street and New York avenue. The Veteran Vovunteer Firemen and the Mt. Pleasant Field Band are to parade, starting from Odd Fellows’ Hall, Sth street southeast, at 1 p.m., proceeding from there to the quarters of the firemen, 19th street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest, along Pennsylvania avenue. The little feliows in the band wll wear new regulation fatigue caps, and the firemen will have with them their big bell, which they will ring along the line of march, CELEBRATIONS TOMORROW. Washington’s Birthday to Be Observ- ed by Many Organizations. Perhaps more ‘peeple who live in the city which bears the name of the first Presi- dent have taken active interest this year in the celebration cf the anniversary of his birth than ever befcre. The celebra- tion has extendé@'over three Gays. Owing to the suggestion. of the board of trade and due to the ¢eroperation of that body, the osbervance of: Washington's birthday was very genert! in the public schoois of the cty. Yestertldy, as noted in The Star, appropriate exercises were held in the various high schools, and this afternoon the children of the graded schools assem- bled in the various school buildings and listened to patrf6fic addresses. Tomorrow will be observed. gs a holiday in this city, and in addition ‘there will be celebrations under the ausplites of various organiza- tions. There will be a military parade at 3 o'clock in the’ afternoon, consisting of regiments of the National Guard and separate companies, headed by the Marine Band. 3 Exercises will be held under the auspices of the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants at Metzerott Hall, beginning at 12 o'clock. Following is the program: Invocation—-Rev. Dr. Miiburn, chaplain of the Senate. The farewell address will be read by J. Madison Cutts; secretary of the association, and be followed by a symposium consisting of short addressses. Washington—“First in War’—Representa- tive Richard Whiting Blue of Kansas. Washington—“First in Peace”—Rev. D. J. Stafford, D. D., honorary member of the association. 7 Washington—“First in the He=-ts of His Countrymen”—Dr. -W. C. Robinson, LL. D., dean of the school of social sciences in the Catholic University of America. Wash-ngton’s * Native State, Virginia, Wherein He Lived and Died—Representa- tive Claude A. Swanson of Virginia. Benedictior—Bishop John F. Hurst of the 4 ‘er "niwersity. The committee of arrangements consists of the following: J. M. Cutts, J. A. Wime- wetocs, «i. “x2. stagan, Robert Ball, Dr. J. T. Howard, B. C. Wright. Only those holding tickets can be ad- mitted, and owing to the capacities of the hall no children cam be admitted. All being |- guests there will be no reserved seats. The hall will be open under the charge of Fremont Camp, Sons of Veterans, at 11 o'clock. Guests invited to seats on the platform will enter by the F street en- trance. In_accordance with his annual custom, Dr. J. M. Toner will entertain a company at luncheon at his residence, 1445 Massachu- setts avenue, at 1 o'clock, to meet the members of the Washington National Monument Society. > Under the auspices of the National So- ciety, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion and of the Children of the American Revolution, a meeting will be held at the Church of Our Father at 10 o’clock tomor- row morning. According to the program arranged for the meeting the retiring pres- ident general of the D. A. R., Mrs. John W. Foster, will make an address of welcome. A salute to the flag will be made by Mrs. Joseph C. Breckinridge, president of the Capital Society, C. A. R. Senator Hawley will deliver an oration, and an address will be delivered by Mrs. Stephen Putney of Richmond, which will be preceded by greet- ings for the C. A. R. by President Mrs. Daniel Lothrop. Members of the Ripley Society, C. A. will give a drill in con- tinental costume. The exercises will be interspersed with music. The annual meeting of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will be held at noon at the Ar- lington. The board of management will convene at the same place half an- hour earlier. Officers will be elected for the en- suing term and other business wiil be tran- sacted. Tomorrow evening a reception will be given by the Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution in honor of the national officers and state regents of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The reception will take place at at the Arlington, There will be a brief meeting, presided over by Dr. G. Brown Goode, pres- ident of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion, ard among the speakers will be Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Mr. John Goode. A buffet lunch will be served and dancing will be indulged in. Patriotic services will be held from 2 to 4, under the auspices of the Legion of Loyal Women, at Legion Hall, 419 10th street. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock a religious service will be held at the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, under the aus- pices of the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution. Ad- dresses will be made by Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe and Representative Grosvenor. —— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Probably Adverse. House bill 4780, which has for its object the establishment of the Washington Hom- eopathic Medical College, is before the Com- m‘ssioners for report. It is understood the Commiss.oners will recommend adverse ac- tion upon the bill, and inclose the report of the health officer upon the same, which ts also adverse. Convention Hall. The investigation of the condition of cf- fairs at Convention Hall, by reason of the presence of the skating rink, which pre- vents the National Guard from using the same as a drill recom, under the terms of a lease with the market company, has be- gun. Auditor Petty has received a bill for $375 for the use of the hall for the quarter, and has he.d the \ou.her for the same up, pend- ing a careful inqu:ry into the merits cf the cose. The story of how the Convention Hall was taken away from the National Guard when the latter claimed iis use un- der the terms of a lease has been told in The Star. Just how the investigation will end is not known. Railrond on Water Street. Work ts about to commence on Water street, Georgetown, to lay a double track for the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Ra‘lway Company, which will insure an entrance for the Baltimore and Ohio rail- read into the western section of che city. It was in October of last year that appli- cation was first made for a double track, and at the time The Star stated the mean- ing of the application. When this extra track is built, the Baltimore Q road w-ll have a d.rect connection with the Washington and Western Maryland rail- road, which in turn connects with the Southern Metropolitan of the same insuring to the Baltimore and Ohio ern connectl The Commics oners approved the applica- tion of the company on the 11th of October last, but the permit has only recently been issued. The permit is as follows: “Permission has been granted the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company to construct a double track railway, as provided by the of Congress approved September 26, 1888, in Water street, Georgetown, from the Aque- duct bridge to Rock creek. The middle line of double tracks shall eoincide with the middle line of the street, and the distance between the middie Lnes of the two tracks is put at twelve feet. The tracks must he laid to grade as given by the engineer de- partment of the District, and where this grade differs from present grade of the street, the railroad company must regrade and repave so much as may be necessary to give a safe and practicaple roadway be- tween the present curb lines. “the space between the rails of the tracks must be well repaved with the block now upon the street. It is provided that all work shall be done at the risk and expense of the railway company, which is also made responsible for any damages arising from such construction. It is also provided that the company shall keep open for travel a sufiicient and reasonable width of all cross sidewalks and roadways, so as to incom- mode the public as little as possible. Every precaution against accident must be taken, and if the company fails to carry out this provision in any particular, the Commis- -sioners reserve the right to use the com- pany’s deposit for the same.” ——-_—_ MILLAIS IS CHOSEN, Succeeds Lord Leighton as President of the English Royal Academy. Sir John E. Millais has been unanimously elected president of the British Royal Acad- emy, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lord Leighton. Sir John Everett Millais was born at South- ampton, England, in 1829. Millais, in his young days, was one of the famous “Pre- Raphaelite School” of painters, which in- cluded Holman, Hunt and “Rossetti among its leading exponents. He is especially famous as a portrait painter. In 1885 he was made a baronet en the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone, the portrait of whom is con- sidered one of Millais’ finest efforts. Sir J. E. Millais married Euphemia Chalmers, daughter of George Gray, Esq., of Bowers- well, Perth. Among his distinctions he numbers the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. Millais is the ninth president of the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768, his predecessors being Reynolds, West, Wyatt, Lawrence, Shee, Eastlake, Grant and Leigh- ton. we Only Four Bodies Taken Out. The presence of gases in the Vulcan mine has retarded the recovery of the bod- ies of the victims of the terrible explosion which occurred Tuesday at Newcastle, Col. Only four bodies have been recovered. Un- der the direction of State Coal Mine In- spector Griffiths, a battice has been built to aid in clearing the mine of gas, and as rapidly as possible the lower levels will be penetrated, and the dead miners brought to the surface. The Delaware county children’s home at Delaware, Ohio, burned at midnight Wed- nesday. It was beyond the city limits. Forty-three children were inmates of the building, but no one is reported seriously hurt. The weather was extremely cold and the children had to be driven along di: tance through the freezing wind to the city opera house, where they were kept during the night. The loss on the building was about $25,000, with $10,000 insurance. +02 —__ ‘The’ American Carnation Society is hold- ing its fifth annual meeting and exhibition in New York. Forty different varieties of the flower are shown, including several which have been produced during the past year. Children’s Warm-lined 7c. Bed Room Slippers, sizes 6 to 12. Misses’ and Cutld’'s - jutton—aiso $1.00 Felt Jullets, at........ 69c. Misses’ $1.50 Kangaroo Calf Shoes, also Boys’ Veal Calf Laced. Srbs Misses’ $2 Cork-sole Root Youths’ $2 Calf Spring-hee! Shoes. 0c quality Wool Keracy Overgaiters, all size Te. Warm-lined Bei Hand-sewed House Sli $1.25 Qalf Foxed Warm Iined Cloth-top Laced Shocs— also best quailty Arctics. - =| $1.50 Warm-lined High-top Jersey Skating and Bicycle Legzins..... 19¢. 48c. 6oc. 95¢. 1914 AND 1916 PENNA, AVENUE. Ladies’ Shoes. Wm. Hahn & Co.’s Reliable Shoe Houses, 930 AND 932 7TI STREET, Warm Footwear Below Zero In Price. We have a few regular Winter-weight, also some E Warm-lined Shoes—which we're going to close out to- morrow at the following rate: Men’s Best $1.00 quality Warm-lined Cloth Half Arctics at..... Best quality Buckle Arcti also $1.50 Felt Boots or Bomecs.. 95c. Triple- Broad-tread Police ‘and Grain Crecdmores 9 85 00 -sewed fiathie Cont-whe Shocee es... 92 OS . 65¢. Pebble Leather Double-sole Laced and Button. $1.50 Kangaroo Calf Heeled or Spring-beel Shay utton Boots... ~~. O5C.- sevoeeee SULTS, Doub! le Durable Kangaroo Caif Button... .. 51.65 $3.50 and $4.00 Cork-sole Calf Eid walking ur Sautiag hootss.< 92.65 233 PENNA, AVENUE I er ape | = = a MONTGOMERY’ COUNTY. DONNELLY LIQUOR LICENSE. The Appointment of Phillip Laird |It Will Probably Be Taken Into - Causes Discussion. Court. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. The Donnelly liquor case will probably be ROCKVILLE, Md., February 21. | settled in court. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, at- Republicans in Montgomery county have | torncy fer the protestants, has announced not yet recovered from the shock to their feelings caused by the appointments sent in by Governor Lowndes. The selection of Mr. Laird for land commissioner has given satisfaction to only a few independent democrats, while the disapproval expressed by republicans and regular democrats is of the most earnest character. The chances for a rejection of the nomination are freely discuesed. Mr. Laird has always been rec- ognized as a democrat, although of late years he has opposed Senator Gorman. Re- publicans say his only claim for reccgnition was the fact of his voting for Lowndes. The charge was freely made during this campaign that Mr. Laird would support the party which assured him of retention in official positon. This was denied strenu- ously by Mr. Luird’s friends, however. Some friends of Mr. Laird go so far in their denials of any barsa!n with Lowndes as to suggest the possivility of Mr. Laird refusing the appointment, and In this con- nect:on quote him as saying that the crowd at Annapolis, under the present regime, wa so disreputable that -he did not know whether a decent man cculd stay there. The rumer‘has spread, growing out of the appointment, that a new political combina- tion has been formed in the county, con- sisting of Mr. Laird, Judge Vinson, Capt. McDonald and Allan Rutherford. Regular democrats in the county, while expressing themselves vigorously. as to the appoint- ment, say that the fact that it has been sent in by Lowndes means many votes to the democratic party in the county, and the perpetual defeat of republicanism in Mont- gomery county. This conclus.on is reached by these gentlemen with a sigh of relief, as the increase of the republican vote in Montgomery during the past year was a very serious matter. The republican view of the matter was expressed by a_well- known party leader, who sald he felt a gcod deal like Represzntative Allen some years ago, when, after having Leen con- sistently turned down by Mr. Cleveland re- garding appointments, he told the Presi- dent a story, which story related that at one time he (Allen) had beea appointed ex- ecutor of an estate. The heir, a young man, was persistent in demanding some ad- vance on his inheritance, which was al- ways refused, on the plea that the estate was not yet seitled. At lenzth, after a more than usually earnest demand and firm re- fusal, the young heir scratched his head and remarked: “Don’t you know, Mr. Allen, sometimes I almost wish the old man hadn’t died.” ——— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follow: Fannie V. Baggett to Ray E, Middaugh, lots: 28, 30, 31, sq. 84; $10. Wm. R. Wood- ward and Ashley M. Gould, trustees, to Jobn Johnson, part original lot 5, sq. 499; 3925. Herry A. Griswold et ux. to Henry L. Welles, lots 256 and 257, addition to Anacostia; $1,000, Myron M. Parker and Jno. C, Heald, trustecs, to Edgar Allan original lots and Edmund Waddill, F. Holmead, part lot 44, sq. 5 Marche H. Meline to Jas. B. imer, lot 14, Widow's Mite; $10. James B. Wimer et ux. to Manche H. Meline, lot 109, sq. 212; $10. Geo. Webster to Jas. D. Mas- sen, lots 106 and 107, Anacostia; $10, ——. _—_ Real Estate Matters. Myron M. Parker and Jno. C. Heald, trus- tees, have conveyed to Edgar Allan and Edmind Waddill, jr., of Richmond, Va. for $70,152.40, the north half of square This property, which formerly belonged to Wm. Mahcne, is situated on M, North Cap- itol and Ist streets northeast. —__ To Allow an Amendment. In the case of Geo. W. Bagg against Pat- rick O'Farrell, in which the plaintiff claims $10,000 damages, because, as he alleged, the defendant charged him with fraud in ccnnection with his business a few years ago, a juror was withdrawn yesterday, ind the case continued to allow the plaintiff's declaration to be amended. The Pope and Divorce. To a representative of the Associated Press at St. Paul Archbishop Ireland said: “The report coming from Halifax that Pope Leo XIII has granted a full, or an a vinculo divorcee, on the ground of infidelity on the part of the woman, is clearly a misinterpre- tation of the facts in the case. It is certain no divorce has been granted on the ground of infidelity. The positive, inflexible teach- ing of the Catholic Church is that a valid marriage cortract, duly consummated, can- not be annulled or made void by any author- ity in state or church, death alone terminat- ing its obligations. Where the marriage contract was from the beginning null and invalid, through some natural or canonical impediment, or was never duly consum- mated, declarations of nullity or dispensa- tions may be, and often are, obtained from ecclesiastical courts. Nothing beyond this ever occurs, or ever can occur in the Cath- olic Church.” Minister Taylor Explains. Mr. Hannis Taylor, the American minis- ter, in a note to the Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, says that he preferred to call the attention cf the Spanish government to the lecture celivered by Senor Convas, which contained offensive allusions to the people and the customs of the United States, so that the cordial rela- tions between the two countries should not be disturbed. $10,0¢ —+e+—____ Baltimore Police Commissioners. The republican caucus of the Maryland legislature last night nominated two police commiesioners for Baltimore city. Daniel C. Huddinger, the assistant general traffic agent of the Western Maryland railroad, was nominated for the short term, which begins at once, and ex-Postmaster W. W. Johnson for the long term, which begins March 15, 1897. THERE 18 NO EXCUSE FOR ANY MAN TO Ar- Production of Bockinghi's ‘Dyer Wich’ colors & natural Drown or black- to the excise board that he proposed to push an injunction preventing the excise board from issuing Donnelly a license. This action was brought about by a dea cision of the attorney for the District, to whom the matter was submitted several days ago for an opinion as-to the legal status of the cese. It will be recalled that Done relly, who fs a grocer, doing business at the corner of 14th and I streets northwest, ebtained a lcense last year in the face of numerous protests, and also the fact that he was within four hundred feet of a school house, on the ground that he was licensed prior tc the act of Congress, March 3, This year, Lowever, when his appli- cation was filed for a wholesaie liquor Me cense, the residents of I street, who in« clude some of the mcst prominent citizens ef the District, and who had opposed the sranting of this license in the past, entered another protest, which they followed up by retaining a prominent attorney to op-~ pose the license. The fight became bitter, when the excise board held the application up pending an opinion from the attorne Attorney Thomas, in an opinion to the Commissioners, holds that the case simply one of fact, and if from 1 records of the office it was found that Donnelly was not licensed prior to the passage of the act they should refuse a icense. This opinion, however, does not suit the excise board, and they have intt- mated that they would do nothing in the matter. whereupon Attorney Wilson replied that he would then go into court and have the matter settled judicially, $< DISCUSSED BY PUBLISHERS. intters of Great Importance to News« paper Makers, The American Newspaper Publishers’ Ase sociation mecting was resumed erday at New York, with President Charles W, Knapp in the chair. One- hundred 2 fifty members were present. Among the subjects discussed were the following: “What is the best form for starting ciren- lation, in order to exhibit actual net bona fide circulation?” “What is a reasonable margin of profit to allow an out-of-town newsdealer delivering papers at stores or residences of custom- | ers’ Vhat should be the profit margin on a daily without a Sunday, and what cn a daily with a Sunday edition?” “The free delivery of weekly p: cities, Pape - “Do any newspapers give carriers a legal and actval title to the territory in which they deliver papers?” Last evening Charles W. Knapp, presl- dent of the association, entertained the of- ficers of the association at a dinner at the Waldorf. The officers entertained were: Vice pres- ident, J. A. Butler, Buffalo News; secre- tery, W. C. Bryant, Brooklyn Times; urer, Herbert F. Gunnison, Brooklyn Eagle} executive committee, M.’A. MeRae, gen- eral manager Cincinnati Post, St. Louis Chronicl: and Cleveland Press; 8. H. Kauft+ mann, Washington Star; Frederick Dr coll, St. Paul Pioneer Press; F. E. Whiting, Boston Herald, and W. H. Seif, Pitisourg . Times, rs in ut not free delivery of semi-weekly soo TH REPORTED. It in Also Said That Gomez Has Been Wounded. A press dispatch from Havana sent yc terday says: Today’s rumor that Gomez had MACEO’S DI be: n wounded has been followed tonight by the startling rumor that Antonio M o kas been killed. This, like a former rumor, has not been confirmed. Col. Molina met the insurge urder Maceo today between La Catalina and San Nicolas, and the fight is said to have sulted in very great loss to the insurgen besides the reported death of M Havana for a consultation on th situation with Capt. Gen. Werle will leave again soon to pursue th ations in the field. A report reaches here from th oper= Island of Santo Domingo that a vessel in the hands of filibusters in those waters has made an at- tempt to capture a Spanish merchant ves- sel. The attempt was, however, frustrated. Gens. Navarro and Ganellas sail today for Spain. ——- + e+ —__-—_ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Joseph Green and Annie L. Hos- ley; Lewis Oliver of Gordonsville, Va., and Jernie Summers ofgVinchester, Va.; Thom- as H. Sherwood and Mary A. Phoebus; Frank E. Stevens of this city and Edith L. Stansbury of Prince George's county, Md. Frank E. Zahn of Brooklyn, N. ¥., and Jo- sephine Collins of this city; George Holmes and Anna _ Bowraan; Thornton Reunds and Belle Wingtield, James H. Harris and Mary E. Walston; James Lucas and Rachel A. Prather; Samuel Mockabeo and Georgianna Proctor; William H. Scrog- gins and Mollie E. Javins; Lewis Richard- son and Isabella Ross, both of Berkeley Springs, W. Va.; George Elabert and Char- lotte Day. The Farewell Address Ce At New York Avenue Presbyterian Church this evening the National Bureau of Reforms will celebrate the centennial of Washington's farewell address. At 7:45 Mr. Percy 8. Foster will lead the audietce ~ in the singing of patriotic airs. Rev. Dr, Wallace Radcliffe will conduct devotional exercises. Secretary Smith has promised to preside. Representatives Dingley «nd Broderick, Bishop Hurst and Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts are also to speak on various as- pects of the evening’s theme, “Christian Morality, Popular Education and Interna- tional Peace, the Washingtonian Founda- tions of Civil Liberty and Nattonal Prosper- ity.” A ietter from Bishop Keane approve ing the reform projects of the bureau will be read; also a letter from Governor Mate thews. —==s The Eclipse Engine, Manufactured by ‘. THE BCLIPSE CHEMICAL 00., fe21-Bt* 85 Broadway, N.Y. ' >