Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FULLY 400 CYCLISTS Indications Regarding the Trip to the Monumental City. BALTIMORE READY WITH A WELCOME Organization of United Wheelmen Progressing. GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS ———— From irdications, fully 400 cyclists of both sexes will go from this city to pay a visit to Baltimore Sunday, June 7. As only cyclists will be permitted the com- mittee in charge to participate in the run, it will be the largest gathering of cyclists seen for many years in the District. In Baltimore the cyclists are looking forward to the visit, and a hearty reception will be accorded to all. Tickets will be placed on sale early next week. ‘They have been printed and were 1 in the hands of the committee on transportation yesterday, but the sale will not legin till Monday. The cost of the trip will be $1.70 cach. Of this sum $1.20 will be for the railroad fare, while the re- “ raining 50 cents will go for the dinner. Ne tickets will be sold without the dinner coupen. Should it rain on that day the run will take place on the following Sun- day. A special train will leave the Bal- timore and Ohio depot at 9:15 a.m. and run to Baltimore on an hour schedule. The re- turn trip of the special train will be made at 5-45 in the afternoon, in o these who have evening engag ple time to fulfill the same. not care to return thi €a to come back en the special train. The tickets for the trip will hold good for any tain returning to Washington either on Sunday or Monday. A number of hand- scme posters have been printed by the rail- read com: . and these will be distrib- shington and Baitimore. ner Will be served at Gwynn Oaks . and a good service s promised. The committee has secured from the cater for the occasion an excellent bill of far and when the trip is made the bill of fare will have to be served in full by the ca- terer according to the arrangements male ts am- Those who do early are not oblig- ahead of time. The ride out to Gwynn Oaks is a very pretty one. Upon arriving at the Camden street station the lo wheelme will be e: to Lexington street. Fulton avenue, rorted up Eutaw street to westward to I thence up Fulton avenue feyette avenue, thence to Mount Royal avenue, to Druid Hill Park, through th park and thence out on the Pimlico road, one of the prettiest roads around Balti- more, to Gwynn Oaks. a picturesque resort about five miles from the city. Here there is an immense pavilion and eating place, with plenty of outdoor amusements, and a large artiticial Ieke for boating purposes. t was originally contemplated to visit voint breeze for the dinner, but that re gert been frowned upon by the resi- ents of Baltimore from the fact that beer is sold on the premises. A committee visited Baltimore during the week and found that the wh en of the monumental city were hear favor the proposed trip, and all the clubs vie With each other in doing the honors to th visiting wheelmen. Chief of the arvland of the ue of American Wheeimen not oniy in favor of the plan, but will orde division to the a meet Cyei nieriain tow ‘uiton ©: ¢ taxi aul, taxing sartered Pace five or six mii si'ie the ¢ hi romis them full hi I wheeling fra- ter » Club, which Is foe the ‘leading « alxo anxious to re- © the Ma and C u Cap Louis ad of the line, and ‘his in all prob- will be ability jone. * * ‘The next meeting in regard to the con- sideration of the united tr the form- inc of a permanent organization, to be known as the United Wheelmen of Wash- ington, wRl be held Wednesday evening at 510 Ith street. A constitudion will be d for adoption, and everything wiil = gotten in shape for completing a per- Menent organization. All ttached Invited to be present, and » sent out to all of the to become ion, the full aims and objects of which were published in The Star on Tuesday. x * * ,. To add to the success of the united tri to Baltimere on the first Sunday in June, ‘Cricf Consul William Robertson of the local League of American Wheelmen has ¢alled a league run to Baltimore in con- Junction with the united run. The league Membership of the city fs about 115, and every member can be looked upon as going. ‘This ts a graceful move on the part of the chief consul, as it cle: hows that he is not antagonistic to the United Wheelmen. He is in favor of anything that will promote cycling In the District and he recognizes that the United Whe: men in cenjunction with the league ean do much good. More than this, it is very apt to assist the league in more ways than one. x * The first league run of the season will be held Thursday evening, with Vice Con- sul K. Larrimore tn charge. The run will be to Cabin John Bridge, and the start will be made from Frankhn Square, corner 13th and K streets, at » pm. A full schedule of league runs for the month of June has been jnade out and is as follows: June 7. to Baltimore, starting at 9:15 a.m., from the Haltimore and Ohio depoi. June 11, Silver Springs, Md., starting from 18th and K at 7:20 p.m., with Local Consul A. W. Leeke in charge. June 14, to Marshall Hall, starting at Uniontown at 9 o'clock a.m, with Local Consua F. J. Putnam in charge. © 2, Hyattsville, starting at 13th and K streets, at 7:30 p.m., with Local ul G. A. Mansfield in charge. Chief Consul Sams of Maryland was in the ay in conference with Chief Con: bertson in regard of holding inter-city rac: from Baltimore and Washington, for a trophy cup to be presented by a Balti- morean. The plan has been outlined in The Star. It is propesed to hold tive races this season at certain intervals, alternat- ing one on the track at Baltimore and the other on the track in this city,the fifth race to be run off either here or in Baltimore, according to a toss up for choice. A meet- ing of the local racing board of the local to the plan S$ between teams division was held Thursday evening, at which the plan was talked over, and though there were some exceptions in minor points the general plan was agreed upon. xe Summer trips are now in order, and from now on the local wheeimen will begin plan- ning tours of several days’ duration through the surrounding country. The first of these tours is now on. At 5 o'clock this morning Chief Consul Robertson and Mr. Fred. Mcore ieft for a five day. through the Shenandoah valley, Staur Va., being the objective point in’ view. riders will pass through Frederick, Ha- gerstown, Martinsburg, Winchester, New Harrisburg, Lexington, Salem and ural Bridge. The return will pe the same way to New Market and through Luray, Sperryville, Little . New Baltimors, Gainesville, Bull Run, Fairfax Court House and Falls Church, reaching Washington on the even- ing of the 28th. The next morning another touring party will start out, which will consist of Messrs. A. W. Leeke, J. F. Murrill, Thos. P. Carter and W. T. Robertson. On the and place Itself at| Washins*on visitors ever, that any one club ed to do the soners. The run united run, ani ine projectors f having a 1 reception wheeimen ‘© at the morning of the 29th they take the train for Martinsburg, W. Va. The next morn- ing, Decoration day, they leave at 5:30 in the morning, and arrive at the Luray Cav- ern, 116 miles distant. They will spend the time in inspecting the wonders of the place,and after visiting the principal points of interest will begin the ride to Washing- ten, e * * * S The regular meeting of the Washington Road Club was held during the week, and among other important business transacted a resolution was unanimously passed by which the club decided to attend the grand united run to Baltimore on the first Sunday in June. The members were heartily in fa- vor of the plan and voted to attend the run in a body. Mr. Chas. E. Wood, the secretary of the club, who has been s0 prominently identified with the organiza- tion since its start, tendered his resigna- tion as secretary of the club, and also as a member, which was accepted with regret. Mr. R. R. Revill, the president of the East- ern Athletic Club, was elected to fill the unexpired term of the secretaryship. The committee in charge of the new club house reported progress, and stated that before the Ist of the month new quarters will have been secured. * oe OK The challenge of the Arlington Road Club for a track road race, which was pub- lished in this column last week, was read and accepted, though it was decided not to have the race come off until some time after May 3u. Mr. Perry P. Patrick, the chairman of the committee arranging for the race meet which takes place Decoration day, left during the week for Philadelphia, where he will in the future remain in business for himself. He will, however. return to the city on May 30 and witness the races, and expects to bring with him several speedy riders from the city of brotherly love to compete in the races. The entries for the handicap races for the race meet on next Saturday close this evening, and will be turned over to the official han-li- capper, Mr. William Jose, for action. The entries fer the opening reces will remain open till Monday evening, when they will be closed, and the full list of entrants published in the handsome souvenir pro- sram, which 1s now being gotten up. At a special meeting of the Arlington Wheelmen, Mr. T. N. Mudd, jr., was elect- ed captain ef the racing team, which will be pitted against the cracks of the Wash- ington Road Club in che coming contest. The racing team will consist of but three men, and two sure members of the team will be Captain Mudé and Fred Sims. The third man has not been decided upon, but most likely wili_ be picked from either Murphy, Wrenn, Moore or Stcne. The road race of the Arlingtom Club has been practically agreel upon to come off on Labor day. It wiil undoubtedly be a ten-mile race, and the start and finish without a doubt will occur at the Inter- national Park. During the interim of the road race there will be a series of races arranged to come off on the track for the amusement of the people present. The event is so far off that nothing definite has been decided upon, though it is most likely that the program will be mepped out a month or more before the date. CYCLING ON SUNDAY. Action Taken by the Presbyterian General Assembly. Some misapprehension exists as to the action of the Presbyterian general assem- bly at Suratoga yesterday regarding bi- cycle pleasure riding on Sunday. While he report of the. committee on Sabbath observance deplored Sunday cycling for pleasure, the resolutions which were recom- mended, and which were adopted, did not melude cycling. The report sf tha com- mittee, which in yesterday's Star was in- advertently inserted in the account of the Methodist conference at Cleveland, said in it iew of the innovations which threat- he Sabbati mong the chief perils are the greed of in, which compels thousands against their wili to work on the Lord's day; the dissemination of theories concerning ‘indi- Vidual liberty and social order, which are ructive of our best rational traditions: unday ions, Sunday ball theaters, and Suni bi- ire riling; an alarming laxity of sentimest among many whe profess and c#ll themselves Christians in refere! the binding obligation of the fourth mandment on the individual con the introduction {in many Christian homes on the Lord’s day of social entertainments; self-indulgence on this day foreign to the Seripiurai standard of hely living, and subversive of true Sabbath rest. Not the least of the perils to which we would re- fer is a Sund interfere secular literature, which public ministrations of i the secular to su- with thi ong the resolutions adopted on ‘this ion was the following referring es- pecially to Sabbath observance at we enireat our members and all other persons conscizatisusiy to discounte- whatever tends to break down the stinction between this and other da for instance, Sunday trading, buying, reading, or in any way supporting Sunday cular newspay social entertainments visitations — that ‘sipate serious ought, and all self-indulgence cn the ‘s day that tends to unfit them for "s worship and to impoverish their spiritual nature; and we raise our voice against the desecration of the Sabbath by the opening of theaters on this day, and call upon out ministers, members and all } good citizens to seek the stay of this great curse.” Daily Cycling Paper. The first daily cycling paper appeared this morning in New York. Wheel for the ™ it Popular Player. The voting contest for the most popular player of the Washington base ball club will commence Tuesday. The present to be awarded -this season will be a Sunol bicy- cie from A. A. Smith & Co., agents. LOCAL CRICKETERS, They Will Celebrate Decoration Day With a Match. The members of the Washington Cricket Club propose to celebrate Decoration day by playing a match on the home ground, 1sth street and Columbia road. It was hoped to arrange a match with the Bal- timere club, but owing to a previous en- gagement of Baltimore it was impossible. It is undecided what form the match will take, but all the players will be se- lected from members of the club, and it is intended the match shall be an interesting one. Fuller particulars of the game will appear in The Star in a few days. The Baltimore match will take place later in the season. MAY TRANSFER A LEAGUE CLUB. Either the Louisvilles, St. Lou Clevelands Muay Go to Indianapolis. A Cincinnati special to the New York Herald says: There is a well-founded rumor hére to- night that one of the National League clubs is to be transferred to Indianapolis. It is not denied that Brush has about ar- ranged to move his Western League fran- chise from Indianapolis to Qmaha. The sequel to this, it is said, will be the trans- fer of either the Louisville, St. Louis or Cleveland club to the Indiana capital. Some mysterious arrangement is being made which concerns the wesiern circuit. Praise From Kentucky. The Louisville correspondent Sporting Life says: The Washington club played here yester- day and today, and took both games. Capt. Joyce is a corker. His team put up a fine article of ball, and seemed to have little trouble in defeating the home boys. Mer- cer injured his right hand by stopping a line hit from Hassamaer’s bat, and Pitch- er German took his place and did great work. What on earth did New York let German go for? His work here was first- class, and if he remains in the form he showed here yesterday, he will be in a class with Mercer and Maul, the other two star pitchers of the Senators. If Washington keeps up her gait she will certainly be in the first division. Joyce has the men play- ing like clock work, and they will doubiless be heard from. of the What Great Britain Spends on Sport. LONDON, May 23.—Statistics have just been published showing that £10,750,000 ($53,750,000), is the amount spent on horse racing in Great Britain yearly. On hunt- ing, £9,000,000 ($45,000,000) are spent; on shooting, £5,750,000 ($28,750,000) are expend- ed, and the cost of golf playing is reck- oned at £1,000,000 ($5,000,000). The grand total spent on various sports in Great Brit- ain is 238,000,000 ($190,000,000) yearly, MEDALS FOR MUSCLE Preparing for the Interscholastic Field Day. ROLES GOVERNING THE COMING MEET Columbia Athletic Club’s Eight at Annapolis. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES The managers of the coming inter-High School athletic meet, to be held upon the Georgetown College campus a week from Wednesday, held a meeting at the Central High School yesterday afternoon, when they decided upon the following rulings: 1. All points not already covered by these rules shall be covered by those of the Inter- Collegiate Athletic Association; but no point of the intercollegiate rules conflict- ing with the rules herein adopted shall stand. The lists of entries shall be closed one week before the day of the meet, Wednes- day, May 27. 3. The chairman of the executive com- mittee shall receive lists of entries and send them .immediately on receipt to the different schools. 4. No school shall enter more than five men or start more than three. 5. All protests shall be made within three days after the lists of entries have been posted. 6. All protests with revsons attached shall be delivered in writing through some metnber of the executive committee to the chairman of same ccmmittee, who shall immediately send notice thereof to the committee of the school to which the person protested belongs. 7. All protests shall be decided at a j Meeting of the executive committee, to be held two days before the meet. 8. In the case of a tie the points shall be decided evenly, but the prize shall be de- cided by toss. ‘The officers of the meet shall be: One referee, three track judges, three field Judges, three timekeepers, one starter, one clerk of course, with assistants; two meas- urers, one track scorer, one field scorer and an announcer. 10. The first prize in each event, except the relay race, shall count five points for the school the winner represents: second Irize two points, and third prize one point. 11. The schoo! which scores the greatest number of points shal! be adj-dgel the chempion, and will be awarded ‘The Even- ing Star trophy,” to be held for one year and contested for anauaily. Officers of the Games. The officers so far selected to officiate at the meet are: Mr. Robert Dick Douglass, vice president of the Intercollegiate Ath- letic Association, referee; James A. Hend- ley, Bernard Wefers and iarl Ainbrose, track judges; Mr. McCormick, feld judge: R. Lee, W. B. Hibbs and Mr. Spear, three tmekeepers; Geo. T. Cox, starter: Pat Wells, clerk of course; Harry English and Emory Wilson, measurers, end J. 15. Jones of The Evening Star, anaouncer. The preparations for the eet have al- mest been completed, and by next Wed- nesday the entries will all be in and every- thing will be in readiness. Gold medals are to be awarded the winners of the different events, and silver ones to the beys who come in second. Most of. the medals have been donated by merenants and bus- iness men about the city. Prizes and Their Donors. The finance committee reporied the fol- lowing, in addition to those giready pub- lished in The Star: Saks & Company, wold medal; Karr’s Sons, gold medal; Hanson, successor to Smedtie Brothers, gold medal; J. Desio, silver medal; S. Desio, silver medal, and cither a gold or silver medal from the Times, Moore & Leding, Dav’ son, Galt and Goldsmith. All of the prospectiv $ at the Central, Western and Ea re training hard, and the boys intend to establish some records that will take years to overcome by succeeding high school athletes. College Gamen Elsewhere. The Princeton College nine play Yale again this afternoon at New Haven, but their defeat by Virginia Wednesday nas somewhat discouraged them. The Harvard nine play Pennsylvania this afterncon at Philadelphia. Chicago University defeated Cornell to 2. st played there this season. Cornell has now a much betier combina- tion to put up against Pent Harvard. Young has ceased his wildne and with little practice annon will able to hold him. CHESS AND CHECKERS, be First Game in a Local Match—Ana- costia Challenges, The initial game in the chess match be- tween F. B. Walker and D. A. Usina was played the past week and resulted in a victory for Mr. Walker after three hours’ play. The game was full of interesting positions, and with the exception of some weak spots was well played on both sides, The moves were as follows: Opening—Four (Black.) . D.AUsina. 28 Kt—QR3 R—g7 2) QR-QRxKtp 11 B-KS 30 Kt-Q5 Rap 12 P—QRS 31 Kt—-B4 QB WKt-Rt BK | 32 R-Qseh_ K—Kr2 14Q P-KBi =| 33 Q-QB3ch_K_RB 15 Ktxb 6 34 R—RRSch K—Kts 16 Kt_Kt3 ¢ 33 KtxBeh QxKt 17 P-Qe KR (36 Q-Kt3ch_ K—B3 18 Px 87 R—-ROch Resigns. Ww B-Qt R-Kta | The first two games in the match for the championship of the United States between J. W._ Showalter, present champion, and John F. Barry, who defeated Bird in the recent cable match, resulted in draws. The papers reported that a large number of spectators have witnessed the games, which are played at Boston. The Vienna Masters’ tournament is con- cluded, with the following result: First prize, Max Weiss; second prize, C. Schlech- ter; third prize, B. English; fourth prize, G. Marco. Schlechter drew half the games played by him. At Hastings he earned the title of “drawing master” by reason of the large numbe: of games drawn by him. Baron Rothschild has arranged a quad- rangular tournament in Vienna between the four prize winners mentioned above, each to play two games with every other competitor. The Anacostia Checker Club is dissatis- fled with the result of the recent match with the Mt. Vernon Checker Club, and has challenged that club for another con- test. The challenge has been accepted, and next Wednesday evening has been set for the match, which will be played at the rooms of the Washington Chess Club, No. 614 12th street northwest. All persons in- terested are invited to watch the games. WHIST, New Committees of the Capital Bi. Clab Annoumeed. The new. whist and chess committees of the Capital Bicycle Club have been an- nounced as follows: Whist—L. Fogg, chair- man; H. N. Low, D. J. Carr, D. E. Mc- Comb and A. Britton. Chess—D. A. Usina, chairman; J. E. Macfarland and H. G. Douglas. The whist committee will at once adopt measures to have the club properly rep- resented at the Brooklyn congress. Noth- ing has yet been done in that direction, as the retiring committee did-not wish to adopt measures for an event occurring in the term of its successor. Mr. Fogg, the chairman of the committee just appointed, is very much interested in the coming con- grees. He states that nothing is known as to the personnel of the representatives of the club at Brooklyn next month, or who will captain the team. It is observed that en the committee are advocates of both the long and Short suit systems of play, and it would seem fitting that the club be rep- resented by teams playing both systems, | slightest foundation for such a complaint. Only @ month Pocans merce the congress convenes. The Baltimore Whist {lub chose its team some time since, and they have been prac- ticing together regulaNy. The team will consist of T. H. Whelan, captain; W. Du- vall, Beverly Smith and Steele. The style of play of the Baltimore club resembles somewhat that of tha:C. Bi. C.’s. They Play the short-suit sygiem whenever they believe it will gain trigks. Dr. Walls says that Foster got a good many of his ideas about short suits from playing with “Tom” Whelan and himself; at they used to play short suits on hiff, much to his dis- comfiture, ‘The Baltiméte club, however, does not contine itselfto one system of play. = The Mt. Pleasant af@Capitol Hill whist teams started in to pla}’a match of twen- ty-four hands Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. N.',&. Young, in Mt. Pleasant. The match Was not completed, however, as Mr. King was summoned away when about half of the second round had been played. In the first round of eight hands the Capitol Hill team was two tricks ahead. Afterwards Messrs. Young and Taliaferro played twenty boards, duplicate whist, against Messrs. Jackson and Barn- ard, and defeated them by two tricks. The match -between the clubs mentioned, who are nearly equally matched, will-be played off soon, In the compass whist contests at the Bal- timore Whist Club, Mr. Whelan has the highest score, and following him is one of the Duvall brothers. COLUMBIA'S HT LEAVES. Will Row the val Cadets This Afternoon, The eight-oared crew of the Columbia Athletic Club left this morning at 9 o’cloc for Annapolis, where they will row the Naval Academy crew {his afternoon at 3% o'clock, returning at 10 o'clock tonight. The race will be for one mile, and as a good many of the club members will ac- company the boys on the trip, the crew will not lack for encouragement. The re- turn this evening will be made in time to allow the party to participate in the smok- er, o be given at the Columbia Athletic club house this evening. ‘The crew as it will row this afternoon is made up as ‘ollows: McGowan, stroke; Mau ; Short, Blunt, 5; Well: Baker, %: Hecox, 2, and Clarke, bow, with Magee, coxswain. Chevy Chase Club Field Day. The third annual field exhibition of the Chevy Chase Club will be held this after- noon on the grounds west of the club house. The oficers of the day are: Wm. C, Marrow, clerk of the course; judges, Mr. Jesse Brown, Mr. Clifford Perrin, Mr. H. Rozier Dulaney, Dr. G, Fairfax Whit- ing, and Dr. Ralph Jenkirs; stewards, Rep- resentative F. G. Newlands, Mr. Alexander B. Legare, Mr. rence Moore, Mr. John F. Wiikins, Baron yon Ketteler, Cap Michler, Mr. Henry M. Earle and Mr. W. B, Hibbs; starter, Joseph Holloway. Tomorrow's Chicago Game. The game between the Washington and Chicago clubs at Chicago will be re- ceived by telegraph and reproduced on a diamond in view of the audience tomorrow afternoon at Metzerott Hall at 4 o’clozk. Base Ba Notes. A list fs being circulated among-a select circle of local fans in behalf of the cap- tain-manager of the’ Senatorial combina- tion. It is to be hoped that the promoters of the testimonial wifl'gyoid the inappro- rriate floral display, and present Capt. Bill with an erticle of jet¥etry, useful as well as crramental. Lews Earl Wagner has ddéttéa to construct in the grand stand a large pyivate box for the cccupancy of the members of the Metro- folitarn Club. There is 2 large contingent from the Metropolitan!Cinb among the reg- War patrons of the game, and they The Tawney Bill Still Draws Fire. NUMEROUS FIGURES ADDUCED A Woman Gives Her Spicy Com- ment on the Measure. THERE ARE OTHERS ——_.____ To the Elitor of The Evening Star: Every opponent of the Tawney bill should feel pleased when its advocates go into fig- ures (even though they do conceal their identity), for then we have something tangible to oppose ‘aside from the purely ethic2] questions involved. “A. R. B.” first denies that any statistics have ever been gathered, and immediately proceeds to quote from something very like statistics to prove the point he has in view. Statistics or not, as the figures are good enough for his use they are good enough for our:. Notwithstanding that, as he states, there is no connection between age and service in individual cases, there is an obvious relation between them in the ag- gregate that furnishes the best of grounds for certain conclusions, Let us institute some comparisons and see if this is not so. A certain age and a cretain period of ser- vice are made concurrent conditions in every provision for retirement found in the bill. in October, 1893, there were a little over 17,000 all told in the federal service at Washington. Fifty years old and over. sees With twenty years’ service and over. Fifty-five years oki and over. With twenty-five yea over Sixty years old With thirty (nearly) Notice the great the number of any and the number of of retirement. Of those fifty and over, not quite four in nine had the requisite service; of the num- ber fifty-five and over, but about two in five; of the number sixty and over, but lit- tle over one in five. These ratios will be varied somewhat by the year 100, as will be shown later on. 4,650) 00 1,410 service and over 300 disproportion between given term of service the corresponding age Retirement Analyzed. Before proceeding to further comparisons we will notice the provisions for retirement. It is unnecessary to repeat them here in detail. Sufficient to say that of its four | distinct provisions, each one compelling re- | tirement has one underlying it under which voluntary retirement of the same persons can take place. In two of them disability is made a third concurrent condition. This term “disabil- ity” is certainly intended to mean some- thing distinct from a mere failing of the physical powers (decrepitudey due to age; otherwise, considered in connection with the general scope and design of the bill, its insertion were unnecessary. Hence re- tirements under the disability clauses would be comparatively tew. “Whatever the number, however, they will simply serve to swell the number of beneficiaries and increase the demands upon the fund. quested Mr. Wagner;to fit up a box tor | But we will ignore them for the present. I their use, just as a certain portion of the | cannot agree with “A. R. B.” that there is Metrcpolitan Opera House in New York | no better way than mere guesswork for city is set apart forithavclub chappies in | determining approximately the number of that city. The membership of the Metro- politan Club embraces-nearly all of the members of the cabinetatthe ranking offi- cers of the army and nayy, members of the diplomatic: corps znd many of the, mos’ substantial citizens apd sgeiety men. There has been considerable. compl: from certain league pl about the qual- ity of the balls in use the league thi season. Mr. Young says there is not the There will be a vacancy in the staff of a certain um- rquent inspections beer g as been reported at headquarters that he has on several occa- sions recently appeared on the ball field in a maudling state, the result of previous Cissipation. The patrons of the game do not pay th way into the ball ficld to listen to endle discussions between the players and th umpire: neither do they desire to a game drawn out cver two hours by the ww and deliberate centortions of certain chers. John T. Brush writes President Young in r glowing words of the success of the Cin- cinnati team under the skillful manag ment of Buck Ewing. Mr. Brush s: in Ewing is getting better work out cof the team than the most ardent admirer of the captain anticipated. Mr. Brush is par- ticularly impressed with the great base running a ty a majority of the members of his team. The col cutive batting of Rurke, Hoy Miller also receives due mention. When the Cincinnatis come to Washington the merrymaking of Latham will be missed, by long odds one of the most pop vers that ever chaffed a gang of Jim” McGuire first experienced religion he wrote of it to “Charley” Gan- zel and expressed a determination to quit the diamond. Ganzel responded that in his opinion there was no reason why a man should not be a good ball player and a good Cristian simultaneously. ‘Mac’ con- tinues to stop foul tips for the Senators. “Jack” Doyle, who injured his weak ankle in Saturday's game between the Chi- cagoes and Baltimores, avas in bed all day and had to be carried to the train when the train left for Cleveland. It is believed he will be as much out of the game for the rest of this season as he was last season after the first injury. He hurt himself go; ing feet foremost into second base to mak ‘Truby drop the ball. Dexter's work behind the bat is almost phenomenal, as ball players are judged. Here is what Manager Shettsline of the Philadelphias said of him yesterday: ‘Here was Hill pitching and Dexter catching— two country kids compared with old leaguers. They were unused to each other and had never seen the ‘Quakers’ play, yet they stepped in and made monkeys out of our men, who make other pitchers quake whenever they come to bat. I can't under- stand it. Dexter is one of the greatest throwers I ever saw.” For other sports sce page 22. —_—>——_. The Sammer Fleet Drills. Admiral Bunce will, legve Tompkinsville with his flagship New; York and the cruis- ers Cincinnati, Raleigh and Montgomery in a few days to begin the stimmer fleet drills. ‘Chey will take place in the triangle bound- ed north and south By the steamer lanes and eastward by a line running north and south about 100 miles in length. In this space it 1s expected that the movements of the war vessels will be almost free from interference by merchant, vessels, and so may practice turning, evolutions ‘and tire off their big guns with freedom without alarming merchantmén. The plan is for the fleet to go out from,Sandy for short runs of two or three days at a time, eacn run out to be with @ dffferent object in view. —_—____+ e+ More Fraud Orders Issued. Postmaster General; Wilson has issued a lottery order against W. R. Burkhard of St. Paul, Minn., and fraud orders against D. Fuller of Jewell, Iowa: E. C. Mason of Sedalia, Mo.; the Home Picture Company and the Russell Collection Agency of Chi- cago. Burkhard advertised to give away bicycles and guns to holders of certain lucky tickets ‘to increase the sale of his cata- logues. Mason had begun a letter scheme, alleged to be in aid of an aged clergyman, by which he calculated to make many thous- ards of dollars through contributions of ten cents each. —+©. The Last of the Big Four. The wreckers who have for nearly three years been removing the remains of the great. world’s fair at Chicago, today will formally turn the grounds over to the Jackson Park commissioners. The enly things which remain are the art pal- ace and La Rabida convent, the dilapidated German building and the badly sciled statue of Liberty. beneficiaries in 190, Uf his estimate of GM) is based upon any recognized method of computation, he failed to inform us of the fact.) Ignoring the possible reure- ments under the disability provision: will take the sixty-year-old thirty- service cls s for our calcula- It is all who had y-three years’ service in 18% would, if living and remaining in service, complete the thirty years or over in I and ail of fifty-three years old and over in 188 would, under the same conditions, be sixty or over in 1900, Fifty-three and over in 1803. 3,470 With twent over three rvice and +1460 rance, years’ Avernge Age at En se figures prove conclusively that t ‘age axe on entering service must ha much more than thirty years, other- the numbers would be approximately equal, for a person entering at thirty would complete thirty years’ service at sixty. it is safe to conclude, then, that while a majority at any time would have the age without the service, on the o: hand very few would have the . ervice without the corresponding Gince the enactment of the civil se law the average age of appointees been about thirty years.) Wefore pre ling to calculate the prob- able number cligible for retirement in 10, permit me to show that the 3,910 of “A. R. B.” are not “mostly men of advanced ze.” as he assumes, for out of the whole there were in 1893 only 2ss of old ahd over, and but 674, all five and over. (Less than 4 has told, of sixty per cent.) ‘The numbers 1,460 and 3,470 are subject to diminution from several causes—death, resignation and dismissal. The average ly death rate would ‘scarcely exceed 4 per cent, that being the rate for people of sixty-two, and the number younger than sixty-two being so much greater than the number above that age, the average would certainly not exceed 4 per cent. Deaths then would cut down the numbers in seven years by 28 per cent. Discharges would not exceed 1 per cent yearly, thus taking out 7 per cent more in the same period. And although resignations are almost a thing uiknown among clerks of over fifty we will allow 42 of 1 per cent yearly, or per cent in all, and we still have over per cent of our 1,460 and 3,470 in service in 140, or about 815 with thirty years’ ser- vice, and about 2,080 of sixty years old and over. Estimate of Eligibles. ‘The 875 would be nearly all “eligibles,” for, as before shown, nearly all having the requisite service have the age. Those lack- ing the age would scarcely reduce the num- ber below 800, and with that many out of 17,000, we might reasonably count on five times that many out of 85,000, the number now in the classified service, say about 4,000 in all, in 1900, Any one at all familiar with the subject of annuities and the principles underlying all schemes of mutual benefit will tell “A. R. B.” that the heaviest strain upon the fund will not be in the first few years, but, on the contrary, it will become heavier year after year throughout a period of from twenty to twenty-five years, accord- ing to average age of retirement. ‘The most remarkable thing about “A. R. B.'s" figures is his statement that a three per cent deduction from the annuity would leave the annuitant a sum equal to only sixty-two per cent of his salary. On that point it is not necessary to consult an ex- pert. A school boy wouid fill the bill. The annuity would still be over sixty-three per cent of salary. Some may take exceptions to my method of figuring, but I am ready to back it against any system of guesswork that ever was devised; and, furthermore, I chal- lenge disproof of the statement that, to pay annuities at the rate proposed, ‘and keep up repayments as contemplated in the bill, three times, three per cent would be found insufficient before the year 1920, so large would be the beneficiary roll and so heavy the consequent demands upon the fund. The Ethics of It. So much for the arithmetic of the ques- tion. yw a few words as to the ethics of it. It is claimed that the benefit proposed is but a suitable and fitting reward for “long and faithful service.” Admitting the obligation which they plead, who are the parties to it? Obviously, if those who have rendered the service are thegbligors, the government must be the obligee. And yet, It proposes to place the burden of canceling that obligation upon the other clerks to a majority of whom no benefits can accrue. To illustrat A has incurred particular obligations to B, and demands that C shall foot the bill! A wonderful scheme, truly! Its advocates are fond of pointing to the civil peasion systems of other nations, but they fail to indicate a single one that has F you don’t know our prices are the lowest, you are spend- ing too much money where---Qualiti quite right and day. Invented such an easy way of fulfilling or canceling obligations as that proposed in this bill. Ostensibly the object of the bill is to re- move the indigent. By its provisions it involves the retention for at least four years of all the inefficient who may at the same time be old, and even after 1) it involves the re- tention of nearly three-fifths of them still longer till they have the requisite serivce, while in the meantime ft will have taken out of the service a much greater number | of persons who are still efficient, for inef- ficiency is the exception and not the rule, at any age. Who Will Get It. It will also pay the benefits to a much larger number who are fairly well to do than of indigent ones, for indigent, again, is the exception rather than the rule. And in providing for the the age and degree of decrepitude, and even the degree of indigence itself, and rates the individual benefit upon the salary the per- son may have drawn! If any one can tm- agine anything more at variance with its avowed objects, I should like to know where it can be found. W. BE. CARR. A Cane Supposed. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Many of my friends in the penston office fully approved of the suggestions I made in last Friday’s Star (May 15) in the mat- ter of “evening up” each person’s share of the clerks’ dependent pensioa bill should it become a law. Others did not fully under- stand the plan cutiined, but requested further particulars. Will you kindly give place to this article, that all may fully comprehend the plan I advocated, for I think it is entirely different from all others under d , and much more equitable to all concerned? As I said before, I have no argument to make with those Who are opposed to any | measure of the kind upon princ the great number who would fa that would bear equitably would afford a meaus of rel are unfortunate, that would be a savings bank to those who retire, and would pro- ide at least a small sum for the families of those who die while in the service, I in- vite the most rigid stigation, If any one can propose a better plan, I shall be happy to hear its features. To be fully understo the following: The sa time of service required for ret h the premium should ple; but to vor a plan upon all, that f.to those who . OF paid, be te of premium, 3 per cent of ° of interest allowed upon premium, 4 per cent, com- the same, no matter rate of pre- mium, rate of interest or time requisite rve before cligible for retirement. Suppose the law effect Jul Bs gin Jul mulate a re: and retirements can be- giving one year to a at A has serv only for one has n the premium would be © year on $1,000, and the annuity $750, amount due in thirty years by paying $0 a year and p it at 4 per cent com- pound interest is $1,748.50, and this is each benefict “s just share of the reserve fund for each $1,000 salary; the larger the sal- ary, of course, the larger the fund. Many Figures. But upon the supposition made, A has paid but one year, amounting to $31.20, in- cluding interest, if all id in advance, and he Is still short $1 how Is this to be mae up that no injustice may be done? By taking the $30 each year, the same as | if he remained in effice, and in addition, withhold 1 per cent for each year he has not paid, which, in this case, in 28 per cent of $1,000, or $290, in all $20, from his an- nuity of $750, giving him $430 a year until such a time as the $330 reserved each year would amount to the $1,717.30 he is behind in his just share of the fund; after that pay him the full annuity. the first year his share of the fund, in- cluding interest, would be $345.20; the sec- ond year it would be $673.20; the third, $1,029.23; the fourth, $1,400.40; the fifth, $1,786.40; so it would not require quite five years for him to have the required $1,717.30 to entitle him to full pension. Death at any time would stop payment of the an- nuity, and the amount reserved would be a permanent addition to the fund. Should B serve the remainder of his time, fifteen years, he would have $623.43 to his credit, and 18 per cent of his salary, or $180 yearly, should be withheld until it amounts to the balance due for his share of the fund, $1,125. C serves his full time, pays his yearly premiums, and re- tires upon full pay from the beginning. Those who retire upon an annuity should thereby forfeit all rights to any share of the reserve. . But should a clerk resign or zet dis- charged from any cause whatever before he becomes eligible, then the full amount to his credit in the reserve should be paid him at once; and in case of his death his family should receive it. The merits of this plan are it im- mediate partial relief to those why ome disabled; it. provides, that each one shall pay a just share into the reserve; it makes a gavings bank for those who retire with- | out the annuity or in case of death. Question of Investment. In behalf of the retirement bill it can he said that it is next to impossible for peo- | ple to invest the small sums safely that they can by the strictest economy save from their salaries, with a certainty of 4 per cent compound interest; that it is not tmprovidence and high and riotous living that keeps most of the clerks poor. Just imagine “high and riotous lving” for a family of from four to eight in Washington on $1,000 or $1,200 a year! Again, those who are well provided for in this world’s goods can easily afford to lend the government 3 per cent of their salaries at 4 per cent compound interest; then if Uhey do not wish to take advantage of the provisions of the law, they can re- sign a few months before their period of eligibility begins and thus withdraw the amount to their credit in the fund. GEO. A. GILLILAND. A Woman's View. To the Editor of The Evening Star: 4 Like every other clerk, I suppose, I have found the differeat versions of the Tawney bill and the discussioas they provoked ex- represented---Those who have crowded our store at our recent special ONE DAY sales, have good reason to congratulate themselves upon value which they secured Mon- inefficient and provide for the | indigent—most re- | markable feature of all—the bill ignores | and is to take At the end of | else= es are always are exactly as % ) ) 4 s 2 “ 2 2 te >} ; >} 3] the extra We will sell 30 made-to-meas- Suits for $8.88 = ch. F ea ellael cael celle iinet el tel eon Nek sel oY Xoo seve tremely interesting, and shall be sorry, in- deed, when the columas of The Star cease to bring our a aliowance of comment Jon the absorbing topic. Not that I be- lieve for a moment that ‘awney will accomplish more than show his interest in both the civil service and the clerks, but only because it is so improving to see our- selves as others 3ee us, even if those oth- ers Nappen to wear spectecles with a de- cided twist in them. Any persoa unacquainte¢ with the facts jin the case and reading bulk of opi | tons advanced must necessarily come to j the conclusion that all, except the latest j additions to the -lerical force, are mere 1 | | useless cumberers of the grout d, who hold their positions with malice preyense, sim- ply to keep these lear young clerks out of what belongs to them by virtue of their j Youth and beauty—to say nothing of their cverwhelming ability—and who now, after fpending their princely salaries in rMotous | living, are feloniously bent upon compelling these same sweet youths to stand and de- | liver, so that they may ecntinue riot- | Ous living for the remainder of their nat- ural lives. That is, I thick, the impression a stranger would get from reading the very eloquent on” arguments advanced | thus far. And what a load of mistakes he would labor under! | In the first place I doubt whether any j old clerk ever flattered himsc tf that any kind of provisioa vould be n je for his | declining years, except such as hb could | provide for himself; and he is, therefore, | entirely guiltless of a premeditated assault upon any one’s pocket. book. And when | Comes to riotous living—well, T cannot quite j claim that all of Uncle ‘am’s mature ser- vants are veretarians or rembe of the | cold water brigade; but I wil ay, and I challenge any one to disprove it. that a | fin rT, more estimable and more chart class of people cannot be found than these same old government and that all good works, publi vate, in this city, depend ma upon j the openness of their hearts ar ands. he Rev. Everett Hale tells in his story, | “His -Level Best,” now a kinc-hearted, well-intentioned rich man, throue doing j his level best for everybody, lands hime j Self and wife in the poor hot | clerk against whom the ery of | derce is raised as simply so many calls upon his salary that with the best inten- | tions in the world he can never re the coveted location in Easy street, at least | not while his heart continues to respond to the cry of human misery, Some Get Rich, True, there are come who have accumu: lated handsome i competences. But to do | this one must either 1} able to squee a | cent till the Indian shouts © a financial | genius, in which cas way | at a departmental desk, not nearly so valuable as he who is not one and | Simply devotes himself to his work. If @ clerk has money-making on the brain he ther has people coming to see him in and out of season, or wants to be off to attend te | his ventures, and thus devotes neither his time nor his talents thoro: ly-to his office work. Consequently it is fortunate for the service that fin are rare and | equally fortu in want and scrrow that those are rarer still who pc | sess the powe ishing all sympathy from their hearts. But it also follows that, as heretc clerks will grow old and have 1 ing saved up for the traditional r | and every one who, like Mr. Taw to perfect some plan for their be: rtfelt thanks of € the ranks, instea | Icoked upon as | The P. Much has been said against his plan, and | figures have been produced to prove it de- fective, but in all the calculations I have | Seen it has been taken for granted that be- ing pensioned would be equivalent to be- ing immortal, since no deaths have been j taken into the calculation, whereas it is an established fact that an old person taken out of his datly routine is not nearly so tenacious of life as one who remains in it. | Taking this into consideration it seems to me that one of the reaso: against the an falls to the ground, and if the pension were reduced to half pay, with $4”) as a maximum, a 1 or Iz per cent taxation | would be amply sufhcient to maintain the fund and would not be antagonized as the Proposed rate 4s, especially if the causes for retirement were limited to actual dis- ability or old age, until the growth of the fund justified a further enlargement of the | cligible class. But matoners Must Die. there! I forgot entirely that I'm supposed to be afraid to expr y opin- jon on the subject. Let me rem ritat once, and end with a “Long life ness to Mr. Tawney and all who give @ kind thought to the welfare of the old clerk.” MISS BROWN, —<—$— _ THE BOND INVESTIGATION. Senator Harris Wants the Inquiry to Be Made in Secret. The subcommittee of the Senate commit- tee on finance appointed to cenduct the investigation of the recent bond issues under the Peffer resolution held its first | meeting yesterday, but transacted no bus- | iness beyond directing that a letter be written to Secretary Carlisle, reminTing him that the committee was now prepared to proceed with the inves and would be pleased to receive the state- ment, in writing, which he had signified a willingness to furnish. No time was set | for the next meeting, and probally none will be called until Mr. Carlisle's state- ment is received. ation, Senator Harris, chairman of the sub- committee, was asked how much time he expected the inquiry to consume, and rephcd that he had no idea. he said, “be concluded in three it may take three months. It pend upon the developments as the investi- gation proceeds.” The indications are that the investigation will be sec Tawney Bill Postponed. “it As foreshadowed in The Star several days ago, the House committee on reform in the civil service has decided to postpone action on the Tawney annuity bill until next session. This decision was reached late yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the committee. It also decided to post- pone action on the bill placing the em- ployes of- the District government under civil service.