Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 THE LAST SAD RITES Brave Fire Fighters Laid at Rest Today. PRAISE FROM THE POULPIT Generous Response to Appeals for the Living. — + CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED eS Sorrowing throngs of relatives, comrades and friends today, with bowed heads, moist eyes and heavy hearts attended religious services over the remains and followed to their final resting places the bodies of four of the five brave firemen who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of duty Monday last at the fatal Louisiana avenue confla- “gration. From the large attendance at each of the funerals it is apparent that the mourning is general, the sorrow genu- ine and the sympathy for the families of the dead men sincere. Services over the remains of two of the unfortunate lire fighters were held at 9 o'clock this morn- ing—that of Joseph H. Mulhall at St. Peter’s Church, 2d and C streets southeast, and Thomas A. Griffin at St. Stephen's Church, 25th street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. The other two occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon—that of George W. Kettler at Trinity M. B. Church, 4th street be- tween E and G streets southeast, and Geo. H. Giles, from 1 lith street northwest. The fifth victim—Daniel Francis Conway— is to be laid to rest tomorrow mornin; after services at St. Aloysius Church, be- ginning at 9 o'clock. Honors to Muthall. Long before 9 o'clock this morning many groups of persons had assembled on the street corners and sidewalks in the vicinity of St. Peter’s Church, and at the hour mentioned the spacious church was well filled with a sad-faced assemblage, gath- ered to do homage to the memory of Fire man Joseph M. Mulhall, who, it was plain from the remarks uttered, was an upright, “ligious man, holding a high place in the teem of ail with whom he was ac- quainted. Friends of the family of the de- met at his late home, 407 5th street there a mournful pro- southeast, and frot its to the who walked be- side the heat ‘oreman William Lusky of No. 10, Jeremiah Leary of No. 6, Eimer Hooper of truck B, Timothy In the | including M aldron of No. o. 4, Creamer, Lanahan and vidson of No. 6, Lanahan and Sylvester Ss. Goghan, Willig and Sullivan of . Henry and Rosseter of truck A and and Harper of truck D. ket was entirely covered with hanc i while it was necessary re carriage to uer and As the pageant approached the church the bell in the tower was tolled, and the firemen formed a double line and stood h unece ‘d heads while the ‘ket was rne between them into the church. It wed by the father and mother of . his wife and five young children, 1 weeping in a heart-rending manner. A pitiful sight wis presented by the appear- of two little daughters of the dead who looked to be about three years stepping side by side, attired in A quartet of Sisters of the 1 the remains. chureh was filled ‘y impre: man, to overflowing. ive was the high m™ which vy celebrated by Father M. P. Sullivan, assistant recter of St. Peter's. During the observance the regular choir of the churclf rendered appropriate selections, including “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” which was sung amid intense silence. At the conclusion of the mass Father Sulliva: a n¢ to the foot of the casket and an- ced that those present were called to perform a very sad duty, that of 1g a I farewell of one who was known and loved in life. “You are here to ow what you thought of kim in life,” id Father Sullivan, “and to show how You respect his memory in death and how you sympathize with his bereaved family. A days ago Mr. Mulhall was strong arty. The circumstances surround- family affairs, a young wife and tive little children, went up as a reason why he should have been granted long rs of life, but in the wisdom of Al- God he was taken away in the ng of an eye. ‘0 is there who can look into that household and -not sympathize with agonizing sorrow? It seems cruel to away one le wi is above our under- His ways are incomprehen: we know from our fa: c nxs that He is al the right. At ne time we must all obey the summons the angel of death, and we must look to 1 as our Supreme Father, who will deal hus justly. We have reason to he giad st of our sorrow and to be con- as his duties permitted, Mr. ia proper Hfe. There is hope © shall meet him again in a world re sorrow is unknown. et us pray for him,” said Father Sulli- an, in conclusion, “and in doing so let us Jock at our own sculs. Have we any as- surance that we shall not be taken away as suddenly? Be ready for the call. Per- form your duties as faithfully as you can, according to your station in life. As the organist softly played “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” the casket was carried »wWa the aisle, once more passing through double line of firemen, and, followed by long line of carriages containing the th a mourners, was taken to Mount Olivet cem- etery, where interment was made accord- ing to the rites of the Catholic Churth. Grifiin at Rest. The funeral of Thomas A. Griffin, one of the brave firemen who were killed at the fire on Loutsiana avenue Tuesday night, took place this morning at 9 o'clock from St Stephen's Catholic Church, corner of h and Pennsyivania avenue northwest. was packed to the doors, jons standing throughout the Father O'Connell officiated nd sang the requiem mass, and the musi Was in charge of Mrs. Gillen, organist and directress. The lighted candles on the main altar were vily draped in black, and the casket which contained the r s of the dead fireman, and was com- i with beautiful florai of- ed on a <caiafalque, covered with black cloth. At the conclusion of the mass Father ‘Connell spoke eloquently of the departed n, referring to him as a Christian hero. time immemorial said Father “St has k a ctstom to honor the ¢ Nations hav horcred them as far as nations can by the erection of mar- ble or granite or bronze that their mem- cries may be perpetuated. “God hinfself has implanted this feeling in the heart of man and has honored mon Who have done their duty honorably and well, and when we pay honor and respect to one of our dear ones we simply use the attribute belonging to God himself. We have assembled to pay respect to @ Christian hero. He was prepared to die. He was a noble and genercus soul, as all who knew him can testify. His heart was as big as the body that ccntained it. Fore- most in every good and noble movement, he was not capable of doing a mean o- graceful act, nor one that would in any @ bemean a Christiar.” Addressing his remarks to the large sent Father O'Con- number of firemen p et bis example in regard to nell said duty be ever befcre you. Be men of God, Little difference w it will make but her you dle in the discharge of du in your beds, for you are in danger your life every time the bell sounds. You have the most arduous position in the commurity, and I hold that the day is not far distant when our I ors .will realize this and remunerate you in much larger degree than they now do. “Your sacrifices come from the impulses of a noble heart, and you could not do more were your pay greater, but it is not right to make you endure the dangers you do for the pittance you receive.” Father O'Connell closed his remarks with a second appeal to the firemen to be always ready for death, after which a large number of friends in a long line of carriages followed the remains to Oak Hill cemetery, where the interment was made. Afternoon Funerals. The services over the remains of George W. Kettler and George H. Giles late this afternoon were also largely attended and appropriate funeral addresses were made over the remains. GOOD WORK CONTINUES. General Interest Taken im Aiding the Families of Fire Victims. The tender of the services of the United States Marine Band, made by Col. Hey- wood, commanding the marine corps, through The Evening Star, yesterday, to take part in an entertainment that may be given for the benefit of the families of the firemen who lost their lives in the fire last Monday night will probably result in an entertainment soon to be given under pub- lic auspices, of which, of course, the Marine Band will form an important feature. Fol- lowing the suggestion contained in Col. Heywood’s letter to The Evening Star, Chief Parris has appointed a committee repre- senting the daily papers of Washington to arrange for a public benefit entertainment. ‘This committee is composed of Dr. Franklin T. Howe of The Evening Star, Mr. Willard Holcomb of the Post and Mr. Paul Wilstach of the Times. Capt. E. S. Randall, in a letter to Chief Parris, has donated the use of his two eamers, the Harry Randall and the Sam'l J. Pentz, and the grounds at River View, ‘or a benefit excursion to be given for the families of the dead and injured firemen. Capt. Randall states that the excursion shall be given without costing the fire de- partment a single cent, either in advance or afterward, in the shape of any kind or sort of expenses. Capt. Randall states that he is deeply interested in the welfare of the fire department and especially of the men, and that he thinks this is the best method by which he can show his regard for the same. The Marshall Hall Steamboat Company, through Col. Joseph McKibben and Capt. Blake, have also tendered the use of the steamer Macalester and the beantiful grounds at Marshall Hall to Chief Parris for a benefit excursion, to be given at any time the chief shall think most opportune. The entire proceeds of the excursion w be turned over to Chief Parris, and will un- doubtedly swell the total by a handsome figure. Chief Parris today recetved a letter from Capt. Domer of the National Fencibles, notifying him of the action of the board of governors of the National Fencibles in turning over to the fire department for the benefit of the families of the firemen who lost their lives in the recent fire on Louisi- ana avenue a horse and trap valued at $40. This {s the turnout which the Fencibles offered during their recent fair, but the owner of the successful ticket never claimed his prize. The horse will be taken to one of the engine houses and raffled at an early date for the benefit of the families of the fireme: 2 Chief Parris also received today a check for $100 from Washingten Lodge, No. 15, B. and P. Oréer of Elks, for the benefit of the families of the firemen. The Burnt Cork Club will give a benefit performance at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street northwest, for the families of the firemen wko were injured and killed in the recent fire, as soon as arrangements can be perfected for the same. Mr. W. A. Brown has donated the use of the hall, through the Odd Fellows, and William B. Dawscn tzs volunteered to put up the printing. The entire charge of the tickets and receipts will be placed in the hands of Chief Perris or his reyresentative. The club is well known in this city for the ex- cellence of its shows, and it Is expected that a goodly sum will be realized. Lafayette Post, No. 20, G. A. R., will give an entertainment at the Central Hall Thursday eveniig, May 28, for the benefit of tne families of the brave firemen who lost their lives at the post of duty. Received at Department. Chief Clerk Hess of the fire department as received the following additional con- tribution: I. H. M. & Co.. Willian. Hahn & Co. Washington LodBe of M. I. Weller H. R. Mile: A Riggs Fire Insurance Company. ——. POLES AND WIRES. $ 10.00 The Commissioners and the Electric Power Company. The District Commissioners in their re- port, made yestevday, recommending fa- vorable action on House bill 8776, which authorizes ths extension of the line of the Potomac Electric Power Company, sald: “The Potomac Electric Power Company, or its predecessor, has been operating in the District for several years. The com- pany has lately passed into the control of parties of skill and experience in the elec- trical business, who are making extensive preparations to increase its facilities. “The company now furnishes current for the operation of five electric street rall- ways, and for light and power for private use; it is also executing certain public street lighting in a part of the county, and is willing to make a contract for Hghting the Aqueduct bridge “upon sim‘lar terms. ‘The company has been stopped in the above named service by an order of the Supreme Court of the District, restraining the company from using a conduit across M street at the Aqueduct bridge, for which & permit was issued. The company has al- go been restrained from using a similar conduit across M street for providing a house connection and for running certain Hines in the count: “As the Comm ioners understand the situation, the company finding its hands tied and its property and projects _Jeop- ardized, asks for congressional authority to extend its existing lines in a part of the District now without electrical service, and offers to provide certain privileges and sub- mit to certain conditions as ompensation therefo: Among such privileges and con- ditions are the free use of its conduits and poles, where poles ar» allowed, as along county roads and unimproved’ suburban streets, for public wires; the right of pur- chase by the public of its conduits upon specified terms; the furnishing ef public arc lamps at @ maxiraum prize of $199, wh existing law makes the maximum 3146, and private lighting and electric heat and power at not more than 10 per centum less than rates prevailing in December, pie Among the amendments proposed ly the Commissioners is the omission of the pro- vision against erect: overheal wires on or over any of the streets or avenues of the city of Washington, because, as they claim, this provision is already covered by existing law. They ‘opoese also to omit the provision restricting overhead wires to the territory beyond the fire limits, as now established, and all extensions of the same. In this connection they say: “Some streets within the fire limits are not even graded, and it would be unreason- able, if not impracticable, to require con- duits along them, or if the lines were not built on such streets then the territory along such streets, and probabiy the terri- tory beyond, could not obtain the electric service. ———__ GOING FOR A METEORITE. Lieut. Peary’s Excursion to the North Will Start Soon, Lieut. Peary will sail for Davis strait abcut July 15, making Sydney, Cape Ereton, the point of departure. Capt. John Bartlett, in command of the Peary expedi- ticn of 1895, will be in command. A large and comfortable steamer from the New- fcundland sailing fleet will be used. From Cape Breton the course northward will be along the Labrador coast, as the ice will permit; then, crossing Davis straits to the Greenland coast, stops will be made at Godthaab and Godhavn, and possibly at Upernavik. es Mr. Peary will push forward with all practicable speed to accomplish the main object, the obtaining of the great metear- ite, the largest in the world, which last year he discovered and located not far from Cape York. He may go, conditions are favorable, north of Cape York, to his former headquarters at Inglefield gul?. The scientific party from Cornell Univer- sity, headed’by Prof. Ralph 8. Tarr of the department of geology, will embark on the steamer, leaving her at some point agreed upon in Greenland, for scientific fiad work, curing the time cf her absence to the nerth. Prof. Burton of the Boston Insti- tute of Technology is also contemplating a similar scientific field excursion, and ons or two other passengers may be added to the party. North of Godhavn, however, Mr. Peary will be without associates, except the captain and crew of the steamer, HELD FOR. CONSPIRACY THE IOWA CONVENTION John H. Bause Oharged With a Cowardly | Democratic Politicians at the Capitol Not . Crime. Surprised af;the Result. -An Alleged Plot to Compromise His | Some Think Gov. Boies Will Get the Child-Wife—Evidence Before the Police Court. During the trial in the Police Court this afternoon of a conspiracy case, in which John H. Bause was defendant, Judge Miller announced that no female will ever apply to the Criminal Courts of this District in vain when the protection of her virtue. is sought. Bause is a painter, and until a Short time ago he had a position in the Power house of the Capital Traction Com- pany. His wife, Jennie Bause, who is scarcely more than twenty years old, was the most interested witness against him, for it was charged that he conspired with a fellow pairfter to blast his wife’s reputation in order to procure evidence in a divorce case. About a year ago the child-wife was here on a visit to her sister, who lives in George- town. She had come here from her home in Prince William county, Virginia, and while here she met this painter, whose appear- ance is not that of a man who would be likely to take advantage of an innocent country girl. But the evidence showed that he did take advantage of her, for it was contended that, in order to escape prosecu- tion for what he did, he married her. This was in January, and the following month he was the father of Jennie’s child. But his conduct toward her, she claimed, Was not such as to cause her to even sus- pect that he loved her. It was positively cruel, she said, but she had erred and was endeavoring to make him a good wife, and so she put up with his conduct. But the time came when his conduct be-s came unbearable, and she was abandoned by him, in addition to being assaulted. This was on the Sth of this monta, and for this conduct Prosecuting Attorney Mul- lowny filed the charge of conspiracy in place of one of simple assault. On this occasion, she told Judg2 Miller, her husband insisted on her going with him to the theater, and she went aguinst her protest, as, she said, she preferred to remain at home with the baby. The theater was not reached, bowever, for they stopped at the Baltimore House, and ker husband ordered a bottle of ‘beer. Then he went out and told her he would return in a few mirutes. He did not return, however, but went off, and was seen with Leeds and another painter named Charles Kline. Leeds soon appeared at the Baltimore House and in- duced her to go with him to find the miss- ing husband. She was anxious about her husband, and so she went with him. He took her to Lou Purke’s house in the “Division,” the child-wife not knowing nything of that locality. Then her hus- hand was conveniently outside, and when they came out he assaulted his wife, who had done nothing wrong in the hous*, and then deserted her. Leeds also ran off, leaving the poor young woman alone in the streot. ‘The next day the husband filed yoree, and I. ices were sought to champion the the wife. It was because of his explanation of the case that the prosecuting attorney filed the more serious charge of conspiracy. Several witnesses were examined as to the conduct of the husband, and it appear- ed that he had made an engagement with Kline for the very time he was to‘ have been with his wife. Then Judge Miller had something to say. He had heard but one side of the case, it Was true, but the prima facie ¢ howed very sadly the need of an amendment to prnish people who totally disregard female Virtue in the way charged. He referred to Mrs. Bause as a poor, ignorant, weak and unsophisticated country girl, and said it was hard to keep his thoughts to himself. “Ihave my own opinion about thes: thin, said the judge, “and know of the absolute inadeqvacy of the law to protect female virtue, but there are no words in the Engl!sh language which will express my feelings. This case appears from the rroof to be a diabolical attempt to blast the girl forever and get rid of her. “A man with a soul and heart can't talk about it,” the judge said. In conclusion he held the husband for the action of the grand jury and fixed the bond at $1,000. —_ DISTRICT GOV Fir The Commissioners today recommended to the Secretary of the Treasury the addi- tion of an appropriation of $35 in the pending deficiency Lill to replace six fire alarm boxes, destroyed by an electric light wire and a live trolley wire during the storm on May 19, To Be Examined. The board of civil service commissioners has consented to conduct an examination for the position of assistant inspector of gas fitting. Applicants for the position will be examined on the 28th instant. Nomination—Silver’ Men Sure of Control it’ Chicago. The result of the Jowa democratic con- vention was no great surprise to the demo- cratic politicians at the Capitol. The silver men, of eourse, were pleased, but said it was nothing mofe than they had all along counted on. The gold standard men didn't care to talk. The sliver men are. express- ing the same confidence evinced several weeks ago, before the Michigan “sllp-up,” as they call it. ; Some Expressions of Opinions. “I am very much gratified at the result in Towa,” said Representative McRae of Arkansas, “but am somewhat disappoint- ed over the South Dakota convention. Gov. Boles is a strong man, but Bland appears to be the favorite in my state.” Representative Cockrell of Texas said: “The effect of Iowa's action be good, It seems that the gold men couldn't work the proxy racket out there. I consider Boies. the most available man for the nomi- nation at Chicago.” Representative Strait, South Carolina: “The result in Iowa assures beyond doubt a silver majority eat Chicago, .The demo- crats can win by the nomination of an hon- est, sound silver man at Chicago. They ean beat McKinley or any other republican.” Representative Kleburg did not think any special significance could be attached to the result in Iowa. Representative Money said that what had been done in Iowa had been expected. While he thought Boies a good silver man, he lid not think th ‘1 him wholly for the victor; “Tt is the people who are rising, Money. Senator Jones of Arkansas said that lewa had gone as had been expected. “The result in South Dakota,” he said, ** a disappointment to me, but we lose another n state. All the will decide for sliver. The trouble in South Dakofga is that the farmers are in bad con- dition, worse than any other st The silver’ men didn't have the money to 0 to the convention, while the other side did.” credit could be given im Towa. READY, New Hall at Gonzaga College to Be Started Sunday. ‘The last public act that Cardinal Satolli will perform in the United States will take place Sunday afternoon next at 4 o'clock, when he will conduct the imposing cere- monies incident to the laying of the corner stone of the new hall which is to be erected son the grounds of Gonzaga College. The address on the occasion will be de- livered by Bishop Keane of the Catholic University, and other eminent clergymen of Washingtcn and neighboring cities who have been invited will, it is expected, at- and participate. A number of the ‘atholie soci are also likely to be sent and the t will, it is probable, be one of the most memorable of the kind which has ever occutre tin Washington. The new building will be 65 feet front and LIS feet deep, and will contain, bes gymnasium in the basement, whieh will be feet high, a large auditorium 3s) feet in height, the entire structure rising to the distance ‘of feet. The auditorium, in ddition to serving for school purposes, will also be used for college meetings of various kinds. The building will be constructed of hand- made brick, laid in black mortar, and pro- vided with four iren fire escapes, and the main stairways will also be of the same material; in fact, the entire structure will be made as near fireproof as po: cost will be $30,000, and the buildin be- erected by Contractor Henry I. of this city, who was the lowest among eight or nine bidders. Mr. Getz has presented Rev. Dr. Gillespie, president of the college, with a fine block of granite, which will be used for the cor- ner stone of the new building, and on whi there has been inscribed: “This stone was laid by Cardinal Satolli May 24, 1s05."" The stone will also contain some other inscriptions in Latin, ——_— TAX AS I SER “SINGLE iT." Rev. Dr. Kent Discusses the Henry George Philosophy Rev. Dr. Kent of the People’s Church gave his views on the sirgle tax as he saw the Washington Single Tax Club it. Dr. Kert “d that while he believed in the justice of the single tax, he was not convinced that its adoption would ed by single idvocates. Dr. Kent criticised that plank of the tax platform which decls Railding Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: Fred Diet, to erect one 2-story brick store and dwelling at i501 Ist street south- west, to cost $1,S0u, A. A. Birney, to erect one 3-story brick dwelling at 1520 Florida avenue northwest, to cost 000, Wm. C. Boulter, one 3-story brick dwell- ing, 7: northwest, to cost at 1724 S street 36,000. ———— 'TRIC ROAD SOLD. AN EL The Tenleytown and Rockville Prop- erty Disposed of at Auction. The Tenleytown and Rockville electric railroad was sold Tuesday at Bethesda, its northern terminus, at public auction, ard the purchaser was Mr. O. T. Crosby. The price at which the sale closed was $36,- 500, which represents but a fraction of what the road has cost. The purchase in- cludes everything, the tracks, wires, rolling stock and al Ireal estate, and last, but not least, the franchise of the road. This is the most desirable acquisition to the purchaser. The franchise gives the road the right of way clear to Rockville. When the road was first built the intention was to run to Rockville, but the road was only mpleted half way, far enough to open up considerable real estate belonging to the owrers of the new road. The purchaser of the road, Mr. Crosby, is president of the Georgetown and Tenley- town railroad, and also largely interested in the Potomac Light and Power Com- puny. While the purchase is made in his name, there is hardly any doubt of other people being interested in the matter with him. More than this, now that the right of way has been secured, it is extremely likely that in a short while the work of ex- terding the tracks of the road through to Rockville will be commenced. This has been contemplated for some time, and has heretofore been stated in The Star. The Tenleytown and Rockville road was te have been sold at public auction about two years ago, but the sale was stopped by order of the circuit court of Montgom- ery county. The case has been settled, however, and the court decided to allow the sale to proceed under its sanction. The sele was under a deed of trust, and was urder the supervision of Judge James B. Henderson of Rockville and Mr. Aldis B. Browne of this city, the trustees. a Boxes Burned Out. Linemen in the District service have overhauled all the fire alarm boxes since Tuesday's heavy storm and have found that six boxes in Georgetown were burned cut. This was caused by the overhead trolley and electric light wires coming in contact with the District wires connecting the fire alarm boxes. The damage will cost the District $635. —— Letters of Administration. With the consent of the next of kin, Wm. G. Henderson today applied for letters of administration on the estate of the late Dr. Samuel S. Moffatt, who was crushed to death by a@ street car several nights ago. The personal property is valued at $2,000, the value of the real estate, if any, not being given. The next of kin are stat- ed to be a father, five brothers and five sisters, residing in Canada. The debts cf the estate are placed at about $2,200, red that he was at a loss to see how labor could tid employment under the wage system. Who would care to employ and then turn over to them all that their labor 1 produced? hod of ralsing revenue, Dr. Kent. pproved of the ngle tax. He ex- pressed his dissent with thgse single tax- ers who are pr g to compromise with the landowners. “The single tax reform,” he said, “is a movement for justice in the interests of the people, and any proposal to comprom is a proposal to surrender the peo rights.”. One might as well war inst slavery and then pro- aveholder keep part of his uid release the ri 1 he favored free trade, as Dr. he «did free thought and free speech, ‘but Kent he was not sure that it would bring added comfort and improved conditions to all istice demanded the abolition of . “but freedom to the negroe: he ‘has brought to the great majority of them more of privation, want and_suffer- ing than they ever knew before.” So it might be, he thought, with this step to- ward equality cf cpportunity and freedom of competition. While he could not concur in all that was predicted of the single tax, he bel.eved it would accomplish much of what is claim- ed for it. It would take the weight of tax- ation from the farmers and the working- man, it would dispense with a multiplicity of ta and a norde of tax gatherers: simplify government and reduce its cos “It would,” he thonght, “lessen fraud, c ruption and the gross inequality insepara- ble from present methods of taxation— methods which are most fruitful of dishon- esty, and which allow the rich to escape while they grind the poor. It would de- strey some of the trusts and monopolies. It would do away with all fines and penal- tie’ oa projuctive and crea‘ It would, if fully applied, make the holding of land unprofitable to the owner and prof- stable only to the user.” As to other things claimed for it he was not sure. ddresse Iso made by Representa- ve James Maguire and Secretary Wil- sociated Charities. _ Marriage Marriage lcenses have been issued to the following: Samuel Griffin of this city and Marion Myers of Richmond, Va.; William Proctor and Grace Penny, both of Fairfax county, Va.; Daniel Robinson end Sarah Stevenson; Luther Wells and Susie Jack- son; James A. Carroll and May A. Esk- ridge; Iverson Green and Martha Harri- son; James W. Otis and Bessie Carroll; Armstead Lewis and Alice Fields; Isaiah Arthur and Ida Washington; William 1. Evans and Maggie P. Miller, both of Co- lonial. Beach, Va.; Halward E. Woessner and Cora A. Dentler, both of Hagerstown, Md.; Thos. B, Hall of Hancock, Md., and Sallie V. Turley of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; William Slaughter and Maria Hackley; Frank Johnson and Elizabeth Green. ——>-— Rev. Dr. Stafford at the High School. This afternoon the Rev. Dr. D. J. Staf- ford lectured at the Western High School on the study of Shakespeare, after which he gave an analysis of ‘Harnlet.” For the New Theater. The heirs of the late Wm. G, Metzerott today filed a deed of trust to secure a !oan of $75,000 to the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston on the prop- erty known as Metzeyott Hall, at 12th and F streets northwest. The trustees are Al- fred E. Foster of Boston and E. Quincy Smith of Washington. ° son of the A DO NOT WANT THE WIRES Oolumbia Heights and Mount Pleasant Against the Commissioners” They Objeet to Amending the Potomac Power Company’s Bill So as to Permit Overhead Lines. The recommendations of the District Commissioners as to House bill No. 8 in relation to the Potomac Electric Power Company, in which Congress ‘s asked to amend the bill so as to permit overhead wires through Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant, mect with strong dissatisfaction among the residents of that part of Wash- ington, Mr. M. M. Ba'linger, president of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Associa- tion, said today to a Star reporter: “The clause in the bill which the Com- missioners think is objectionable is the one prohibiting overhead wires between’ the fire limits ard the city limits, and the rea- son assigned is that some of the strects in this district are not graded, and, therefore, round wires are not a reasonable requirement. Of all the straws for a drowning man to grab at,*this ts the las. “Why notapply the same rule to a larg part of the city of Washirgten where th streets are not graded, where there are no houses present or prospective, and Where there is neither business nor resi- dences to suggest 10 the Commissioners the prosperity of taking this large section of the city proper into the fire [mits “What is the idea of a fire limit? It is to mark a line within which the growth and development is such as to suggest and require city rules and regulations for th> protection of property holders. Florida avenue is the boundary of Washington city es ftxed by law, and yet for all pur- Doses that seciion of the city north of Florida avenue is much more a city than that which lies immediaiely south of this statutory line. “I wonder if the Commissioners have knowledge of the faet that we have filed the staterents of the property owners be- fore Congress (many of them sworn to). showing investments ‘in buildings for homes in Columbia Heights of $3,140,000 in the last two years of the panic, and I wonder if we are such fools that we don't know what we want and must go to the Ccmmissioners’ office to find out? “If some of our streets are not graded and regulated as is suggested by the Com- missioners I thank the Lord both bran of Congress ded for having it done in the appropri, n Dill. And if they are not to graded th sere will be no one living upon them to require any electric Ii; I getti of ti in our sioners for ove: tion. heme in the the Commis- ad wire permits all and on 3 that defeated it in Con- was intr feated ckster (I don't ear rough our territor d. We ha where H. R. pruary 8. We have ¢ scheme when some t who hi approp: teat it every time only have half a chanc know what we wan pose to sit quietly by oners tell us that we do not pro- nd have Com in the ton E or in the in Company, or it of the Potom any other section or comp mit to have our section damaged to t tent of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and its future growth ch “Mr. Crosby has in wr his company’ wi our street With overhead wii bill were to pass permitting his Company to do so, Mr. Crosby ha stated to the Sei committee and to the Hor: Dis mitee that his company was submit to underground res fire limits, and upon these by M the ¢ atement made Crosby himself and vuliy known at mmissioners’ office the | bill--H. ’—was framed and intreduced by Babcock, and an exact copy introduced in the Senate by Mr. McMillan—s. 2544. Now, if Mr. Crosby were to ask thai this part of his bill be amended so as tu allow him to use overhead wires inside the fire limits he would lose the respect of man wh» has ever heard hfm make these “I do not believe he is ask of the R. Mr. y is satis- fied to give us underground conduit inside the tire limits, and if he bas stated the truth in Jhis letter to M pmerville and myself, and if he was honest with the committees of Con, ali of which I ne to be true, then can you won- when ne his bill nd conduit’ insic you wonder the m surprised at the on of the District Commissioners?” “With the United States Compan: give us underground by’S company asking Congress to ] it to give us underground service, with | all our citizens asking the hing, we think the Commissioners might let” th matter rest in that way for appearance sake, if fur nothing else to Cro: oe GROSVENOR'S RESOLUTION His Method of G tration Record GEN, pn Civil Service, Representative Grosvenor of Ohio has in- troduced in the House resolutions addre ed to the heads cf all departments at Wash- ington, similar in form to the following: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Trea ury be, and he is hereby, directed to furn: to the House of Representat ing information, to wit: _ 1. The number of bureau officers, chiefs of division, clerks and employes of every grade who were employed in the Treasur Department on the 4th day of Marc and who have since been removed, or nave died, or have resigned, separately stating tne number of the several grades of clerk- ships and separately stating those holding positions in the classified service und civil service law, and those not in the class- ified service. 2. The number by the same desig: of grades of th ppointed in the | ury Department since the said date, the same classification, to wit: Those who have received appointments under the civil service rules and those appointed not under the civil service rules. 3. The number of employes, clerks, chiefs of division and other oflicers of the Treas- ury Department who were appointed iur- ing said period without civil service exam- ination and civil service rule, and who ere now covered by the orders of the President extending the civil service law, rules and regulations to tne employes of said depart- ment. Gen, Grosvenor said his purpose is to lay before Congress the record of the present adininistration on the civil service question. —-++ e+ dias Flying Frogs. From the New York World. The flying squirrel is a member of the rodent family familiar to every American lad that knows the woods of his vicinity. A flying frog, however, would amaze him, although the small boys of East India are as familiar with it as American boys are with the fying squirrel. The East India flying frog is really a sourer, as is the flying squirrel. Its toes are very long, as the picture shows. They are connected by a thin bat-wing mem- brane. When the batracian is at rest the membranous folds are tucked snugly away between the toes. When the toes are extended and the mem- brane is taut, the fore part of the flying frog’s legs are greater in area’ than the rest of his body. One frog captured by a naturalist was about four inches leng. The skin between the toes of the hind feet measured four and one-half square inches, while the area taken up by the extended skins of all four feet exceeded twelve square inches. The ends of the toes are provided with coneave discs, the peculiar construction of which permits the frog to take a firm hold of the branches, Another peculiarity of this frag is its power to inhale and store in the body a large volume of air. By this means the body is considerably distended, and its weight, compared with its bulk, reduced. This faculty and the large surface offered by the membrane between the toes enables the freg to fly a short distance from branch to branch. The back and legs are of a lustrous green color; the belly and toes are yellow; the skin between the toes black and decorated with yellow stripes. h 's the follow- East peared ieee fairy a Ses Bo care Seam een 9 se TO STUDY MARS. Mr. Lowell Will Take His Big Tele- scope to Mextco. Betton Diepateh to New York Herald. Mr. Percival Lowell of Boston, the widely known astroremer, has his big telescope nearly ready, and is planning to go to Mex- ica next December and observe Mars,when that planet will be nearest the earth. Mr. Lowell belicves that the size of tele- scope is a secoridary matter. A steady at- mosphere, he notes, is essential to the study of planetary details. A large instru- ment in poor air will not begin to show what a smaller one will in good atmos- phere. The Mexican station’ will be 7,000 feet above the sea level, and will be the highest large observatcry in the world. The diameter of the lenses of the Lick telescc pe is thirty-six irches. The Yerkes instrement, which Alvan Clark has just completed, to be set up at Geneva Lake, Wis., has lenses of ferty-inch diameter. Mr. Lowell's lenses ar® twenty-four inches. They were successfully cast some time ce by Mantois of Paris, . Clark s just compleied their grinding and fin- i He was extremely successful, and considers the lenses the Lest ever made, and that is saying a geod deal, for the nicety of A Clark's lens-making is world-famous. The new telescope is thirty-one feet in focal leteth and weighs several tons. It will be taken to Mexico in a car by itself. The lenses will be packed with extraordi- nary care, and transported in a Pullman paiace car. If they should be cracked or nicked the loss would be irreparable. In July Mr. Howell will probably return to Flagstaff. His observaticns there, to- gether w%h Prof. W. H. Pickering and Mr. A. E. Douglass, beginning two years ago, when Mars could be seen under the most Taverable advantages, Fave disclosed a ereat deal that is new about the physical condition of the planet. Excellent maps of the canals have been made. Recent maps made by Mr. Lowell especially well display the south pclar cap, which was plainly to be seen because of tie tilt of that pole to- ward the earth. The planet was kept un- Tr observation for many months, and the changes in its surface, their order and their significance, were carefully noted. It was discovered that the large areas of a dark green color are not water, but strips of vegetation. These tracts change in color through the four seasons of Mars, deepening through the summer and en- urely disappearing at the end of autumn. Mr. Lowell also disclosed at the juncture of the cirals peculiar oasis-like spots, to which category belong the lakes discov- cred by Prof. W. H. Pickering, at Arequi- Peru, in 1892. The canals follow the of great cire Wherever they cross is apparently always a round spot. an increased area of vegetation. It is probable that the dark Ines traversing the surface of the planet are strips of ver- tion, of which the center is a narrow anal of water. The lires do not shift their pesitions, ard apparently have been laid out with great intelli In his coming observations Mr. es to obtain more data on ject. No doubt more tained to confirm the f: n Lowell the same data will be ob- of the existence order of ii gence on M cr not that plunet is inhabited uch as we conceive them, is prob- The most grotesque forms of animal and vegetable life may be imagined. The at-| mosphere of Mars is thinner than that the earth, and the planet has every in- sation of haying a warmer climate than . It is hard to tell why this is so. ase the planet is a million or more y older than the earth, and consequently its nterior cooler. It is improbable that any direct evidences of inte other than those furnis s will be obtained Prof. Pickering er, hay e number of canals dis | aparelli, and Mr. Lowell looks forward | hopefully to determining more regularities | abeut the system of irrigation which seems | to be set upon Mars for a purpcse. WHEN HAVA WILL BE TAKEN. ¢ Time is Not Ripe, but Insargents ‘ay It € From the Atlanta Journs On the 12th day ef April George Forbes, captain on the staff of Salvador Cisneros Hetancourt, the constitutionally elected president of the Cuban republic, was dis- patched by the president with an important message for Col. Juan Sportomo, a rich | Cuban planter who lived at Matanzas, the capital of the province by that name. A body guard of eighteen men accompanied | the messenger from Cubitas, the site of the provisional government, and the trip on horseback was made without ineident. He was surrounded and forced to seek es- cape in a rowboat. After thirty days’ voy- age he landed on the coast of South Caro- lina and came to Auanta. Capt. Forbes believes that Cuba will he declared a freg and independent republic in the summer of 1 Gomez could have taken Havana months ago. The time is | not ripe for such an tack, When Ha- | yana is captured by the insurgents th big gunboats with Cuba’s flags fying from | their masts will be in the port of Havana <o protect the forces from the bombard- ment of the Spanish nav: It is a matter ef fact that these boats are already in | the course of construction. ‘The money is in the hands of the Cuban junta in Amer ica and until those boats are plying the Cuban waters no attempt will be made by Gomez to move down upon the capital. When that is done it will be the great climax of the war and will end the fight. “For twelve deys and night,” — sai Forbes, “Gomez and 2,500 men were within six miles of Moro castle. The lights from their camp fires were seen in Weyler's office, and yet he dared not make a charge. In the history of the revolution the Span- ish troops have never opened an engage- ment upon the insurgents. The topography of the island, long and narrow with a chain of mountains through its center, in which the insurgents are entrenched, would make such a charge by the Spaniards, who keep close to the coast, the very acme of folly.” The official figures of th ortality in both armies in Cuba are pn file at Cubitas. ‘Ihe insurgents had lost to a month ago 90 men, and the Spaniards 18,000. The panish have continually lost by deser- tion and natural death, and their forces in Cuba today are made up of weaken: emaciated and sick men. They have in Spain only 33,000 more men liable to con- script. Their army has seen its best day and the malaria and fever of the ap- proaching summer will give. it a serious blow. Weyier, the buicher, has never en- tered the interior nor has he ridden for a single time at the head of his forces. He will soon retire, the fifth of the generals commanding who have left the scene in defeat. Campos saw ahead, very fact that his political intluen con- centrated in the Spanish crown to have him withdraw from the island was an evi- dence of defeat. Preferably a hundred limes to return to his country on neutral | grounds also will be greatly improve: ground than bearing the terror and shat- tered flag of a lost cause. -se0-- —— Chicago's Population. From the Chleago Record. The population of Chicago, according to the school census just completed, is in the neighborhood of 1,529,000, It will not vary auch from this figure, and yesterday Supt. Stanford estimated it at 1,520,007, By the schvol census of 1804 Chicago had a population of 1,567,657. It has been un- pod all along that 5 per cent of this r was added “for names not collect- Thomas Cusack said this. Mr. Gra- said yesterday an addition of 5 per cent had been added to only eight river wards, and the total allowance for omissions was not quite 40,000, That would make the accurate census of two years ago 1,527,657 people. The aew census, accord- ingly, makes a gain of 1,551. By years the census of Chicago has bec: ‘508,185, 4,108, 1858. 208s. 1 The first two estimates were not made by the government, but are found in en- eyclopedias. eee The Wheel in the Old Testament. A preacher in Australia has discovered that reference is made to the bicycle in the Bible. The Rev. M. G. Hart of Melbourne recently preached cn the text from the hook of Ezekiel, x., 13: “As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.” Ezekiel, the preacher said, had lived be- tween five and six hundred years B. C., and Was a man of such active character that had he lived in the present time he would undoubtedly have, ridden a wheel. LEPERS OF LOUISIANA. Four Sisters of Charity Go to Spend Their Lives Among Them. From the New Orleans Picayune, Last Friday morning we chronicled the departure of four Sisters of Charity for their future home in the leper settlement at Indian Camp, near White Castle, La. These heroic nuns went voluntarily to de- vote their lives to the care of these unfor- tunate people, who are shurned by all even their nearest and dearest of kin. The sisters were accompanied tc the leper camg by Sister Mary Agnes of the Charity Hos- pital, of this city, and Sister Mary Jane ot the Leuiriana Retreat, who went to set them installed in their new home. Sisters Agnes and Mary Jane returned to the city on Monday, and yesterday, in conversation with the former, a few interesting facta Were gleaned in regard to the arrival of the nuns in the leper settlement, and the inanner of their reception by this sad, for- aken people. The sisters were met at the landing by Dr. Waites, the physician of the camp. and their first act was to go immediately into t pers’ quarters, “It was touching,” said Sister Agnes, “to see the happiness of these poor people when they caught sight of the sisters. They al- most wept for jor. They Lad gathered in front of their quarters, and Sister Beatrice, who is to have charg, went straight to them and said, ‘My dear friends, we have come to nurse you, to take care of you, and try to make you happy.’ “ “Have you really, really come to stay they kept on re: ling. ‘You are ou are not going back?’ waid i girl, “They told us that you we would not beleve it,” > his voice trembling with “You are sure that you are not soing back? You will stay with us poor * said Sister Beatrice, ‘we have com> to stay with you always. You need not be afraid; we will rot go back. We hive pledged ourseives to for life. We re here to stay, and, dear friends, we » hot intend to ever have the word “leper” meationed in our hoine again. We are going to cali you our friends—our pa- tients; we are all God's children “It was a scene that 1 can ne sald Sister Agnes, “and it was hard to tell Whose joy was greater, that of the poor lepers or that of the sisters, who had vol- unteered for this work, and taken it up as a holy duty. There are thirty-one lepers in the camp; we found one female cook and nurse when we revched there. The sisters immediately assumed the work of nursing and caring for their charges. Oh, I can tell you it was pathetic going from cabin to cabin, for the camp is built some- what on the order of a plantation settl r forget,” ment. In one of the quarters we found four girls who were sisters, and all suf- fering from this terribl The youngest of the girl old, and yet y sixteen years young rhe is, she ts the till death, for se Doone ed no cure for 1 evertheless, un- der the humane nd (ment inaugurated by the present able i of rectors of the hospital, all the lepers are doing as well as can be expected from of their Every pro- 2 their comfert as far as the means at disposal of the sard allo The plenty ct food nd Kind medical ntion. Still, there is much that the kind- «d people of the state might do toward a:s’sting the board in the way of sending clothing, 1 other articles to the leper them are sick, and would ay dainty little chicken now and | other small delicacies that the | prepare and serve to the or pesple. Th * — might s d bocks r them to read, cr the sisters intend to build up a library there. There is work for the sisters, and they are equal to it All Friday, Saturday and Sunday our rs were busily engaged in arranging lepers’ rooms more comfortably.’ when the grass is cut and a preity gar awn a laid out it will be more homelike and attractive at the camp. The camp has about ten acres of groand, end the trees are large and beautiful; in time it can be made one of the prettiest spots in the State. - 00 STATUE OF STEVENSON. San Francisco W Seon Properly Honor the Great Romancer. From the Chicago Chronicie. The late Robert Louis Stevenson will have a statue in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. The committee having the mat- ter in charge has approved the plan pre- pared by Willis Polk and Bruce Porter. When the monument was first projected the idea uppermost in the minds of the committeemen was to have a straight, simple shaft so embellished as to convey a wggestion of the author's work, ially that performed in San Francisco. In response to the invitations extended some arc of the best-known jesigns poure: an them, however, were jud to tco elaborate or lacking in some and despairin: Messrs. Polk an to make a design for t he result of their ful. Re idea, their design co: al, surmounted }y 4 simple his being considered as the most re; aiive em- blem of nson’s work in California, Thi stal will be of some California while the ship, with her sails set, Its base will be of broad The face of the pedestal will an inscription, there beiag room enough to put in an extract from the au- thor’s best known work. A Girl Cowboy, ew York World, Jessie Findley, a seventeen-year-oll Ok- lahoma girl, is recognized as the champion woman horse breaker of the west, and it is safe to say that there are not many eastern From the girls who can approach her record. She has lived a life of outdoor adventure and her experience in breaking and training horses has taught her that she ne#d not fear the wildest broncho. On one occasion she rode 250 miles in five days, which was sufficient to exhaust the men who panied her. At aaother time sne plunged into the North Canadian with her pony when it was running bank full, and not the most ambitious of her male compunions dared follow her. pry few bucking pon! in getting the better of Jess She knows if by instinct what ks the fractious beasts are about to ex- ecute and she is more than a match for any om- * have e as of them. Horses that have r ned pe sistently wild under ordinary management i y yield to her peculiarly magical of her boyish training, Miss Find- ley retains a very feminine air, and curls her hair and wears frills at her neck pre- cisely like any other young girl of the same age. = soe — The Rattlesnake Punctured the Tire. From the Kansas City Star. Linn Banks, assistant ticket agent at the union depot, was cycling with Cyrus Old- ham along the public highway, two mile this shie of Raytown, Mo., yesterday even- ing, when ‘hey came across a large rat- tlesnake in the middle of the road. The reptile made no effort to get out of the way of the wheels, and burks decided that he would kill it by riding over its head. But the moment the {rent wheel of the bieyele struck the snake it coiled up and began striking at ganks. Its fangs pune- tured the rubber cire and let out the air. The men quickly dismounted and Banks killed the snake with a stone. He tied the rattler in a handkerchief, brought it to the city aud placed it on exhibition in @ glass rat the union depot. Jeipe anuke measures forty-two Inches and has three rattles and a button on the end cf its tail, which indicates that it was about four’ years old. Mr. Banks is going to have the skin tanned for a belt. It has been many years since a rattlesnake was seen in the Vicinity of Raytown. Two rattlesnakes always travel together, and Mr. Banks says he is going out this evening for the mate of the cne he killed. a Neglecting the Piano. From the New York World. Manufacturers of @ianos abroad are in- veighing loudly a: t the bicycle. They say that young people are so absorbed in wheeling that they neglect the piano alto- gether, cr, after a spin on the road, return heme with wrists and hands too tired to practice on the piano. The sale of pianos, the manufacturers say, has already beey seriously affected.