Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1896, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1896-TEN PAGES, F st., cor. 11th. ||‘ Stornge, 22d and M. Matchless Matting Values. We've inaugurated the second week of our special sale of Sum- mer Floor Coverings with a large reinforcement of unparalleled bar- gains. 1.500 rds Matting {n remnants of from f regular price. ese and Japanese 0. 40. Mattin Ma Fancy Our splendid stock of Matting Rugs has suffered similar reduc- tions: Two ideas: Jepanese Rugs. Was, Now. 40° 258 Ge Ae. ling, Moving and Packing are Spectaltle 5 pm. turdays, 1 p.m. Ww. BM INGROWING and pal afford al INS. NA red. Our Bur comfort. S IVI x Couches. : « Houghton ©. | ‘$8.50 F soiled $8.50. here { that We've eut R to $5 to clear | a don't linger | Th 4 F we Antikolerine res Diarrhoea, Dysentery and all sum- s. All druggists. Fifteen cents a vial. Bicycling Costumes = ouzbt to be cleaned before you go away on © and your sweater dyed —a beau ed. bh biack—won't fade or come if we do work, EF Telephone 1442 for wagon to call. ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. auS-Sd Mimeograph Work By an expert At short notice. Lowest prices. John C. Parker’s, 617-19 7th St. N. W. aut-160 | Maurer's RAT and ROACH PASTE, MOTH and INSECT POWDER. Buy it everywhere, but only MAUIO FICS,329 N.Sth st.,Philadelphia,Pa. apt-156t iF = BARY IS CUTTING TEETH Bi that old and well-tried remedy, ning Syrup, for ebildren teetht: hes the child, softens the gum, allays <ures Wicd colic end is the best remedy for 25 conts a bottle. ael0-1y ‘The Police, the Wheelman and the Street Ca’ To the Editor of The Evenin The following appears in a local morn- ing paper of this date: ‘Officer J. A. Duvall of the bicycle squad night arrested Paxton Hart, a seven- teen-year-old white boy, and at the ninh Precinct station charged him with fast riding on a cle. Duvell was watch- ing the bicy and timing him by a cable car, supposed to be running at least eight ¢ an hour. In two squares the rider cording to Duvalt’s calculation, 20) fect, keeping up a regular speed crossings. Hart's @p- today.” understand- 5 ars also to five (3) miles per crossings. As !t is stated, his arrest on the fact ng a car “run- 1 miles an hour,” and at crossings. In dog- lid the er observe being run in com- It has never heen e this done, and it done in this 1 to be stop- not have been smparisor t the offi » his plain and % tha railroad to pros- per than advice) that any public-spirit- ed « tizen work up ase against these oth ‘orious and continual vio- lators of a similar law, thus taking the easy duty for themselves and leaving the less task ‘to the pul who pay If this enterprising officer should the trouble to time some of our rapid ars he might, Til venture to eay he will, find ple: of material for record making. Ill venture further to say he find that these cars not only do not slow down to the but that they ru: at a much faste: law allows pace called for across street st Complaint. Star: ed what a differ- er you carry a box or your fruit ard cake on an down the river? I never had rhen I was told se- officials of the Macalester hough boxes could be carried up . baskets could not. My basket was about eight inches square. So the only al- ternative > that my wife would have to “go * every Ume she desired @ peach or a pear. When said officials @ why such a discrimination was sald that it was boat.” But my boy ch for them. He took yaper and brought the fruit up in , and thus my wife was relleved + unpleasant alternative alluded to. Another thing was “agin the rules of the boat.” You were permitted to go on the “hurricane deck” provided you were con- to sit five hours on a camp stool. irs there were on the deck be- low by scores, but they could not be occu- ne inscrutable reason. sa pity that on such a hot et for i for relief from ail the boat officials should 4 it necessary to enforce such ex- foolish rules, and thus mar the nént of what would otherwise have na very pleasant evening. NAUTILUS. The Irving 1 held a meeting at t Dowell Friday evening vocal soi» by Mr J. EB Benedict, or; velal Club of Linden deuce of Mr. Arthur © program consisted of a Plano solo by Mrs. wr Dowell, and a recitation by Mr. mit: of St. Louis. The next me o Will be suspended In or that ina indy to Bay Bir. and lira, David-on and gone to Boston by sea and wil a 15th of te month. oi Davidson is vis:ting friends in Washington. ‘ashing ee ee Heherlohe's Reported Resignation. The report that Prince Hohen!ohe, tm- or of Germany, has resigned IN SPORTING CIRCLES Preparing for the Wheelmen’s Meet at Louisville. | SENATORS MEET THE ORIOLES TODAY Progress of the Chess Tournament at Nuremberg. . CRICKET GAMES ABROAD —_+—_—_—_. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 10.—The an- nual cyclists’ outing, the national racing meet of the L. A. W., will begin in this city today. Loutsville probably has as many devotees of the wheel in proportion to her population as any city in the country, and every one of these enthusiasts has labored in the sweltering heat of the past two weeks to make good the promises made in Baltimore in the early spring that the seventeenth annual meet should be the greatest ever held. The feature of the week will, of course, be the championship races at Fountain Ferry Park. Liberal prizes have been of- fered for amateurs and the professtonals, and every racing. man In the United States who has any speed at all, is entered. The six national championships will be contest- ed from start to finish. As made up. the list includes 144 names. Of these 61 are professionals and S0 ama- teurs. Twenty-four states and 110 citles are represented. They include the well- known circuit chasers Sanger, Cooper, Bald. Bliss, Zeigler, the Coburns, Gardiner and many others; Jay Eaton, who recently lowered an indoor competition record at Nashvilie; J. W. Parsons, the Australian, whose recent performances at Chicago have arcused a great deal of interest in the attempts at record. breaking he will make here; Johnny Johnson, A. D. Kenney and others of this team, together with ambi- tious but less-noted pedlers from all parts of the country. Record of the Clubs. Clubs. W. LPC.) Clubs. 27 Baltimore. New Washington’ St. Louis. Loutsville. Standing August 10. 1806: adelphia Breokyln Washington St. Louts. Loulsville. Today's Schedule. Washington at Baltimore. Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at Cleveland. A BATTIN PICNIC. The Senators Hnd the Worst End of a Queer Game. Mercer was knocked out of the box Sat- urday and Norton took his place with good effest. McMahon suffered a like fate for Baltimore and Arthur Clarkson held the Senators down to blanks for four innings, but weakened in the eighth and ninth. It was a batting game, 2ne of the most re- markable of the season. Forty-four safe hits with a total of fifty-six bases were secured off the varied assortment of pitch- ers and it was two and a half hours be- fore the last man was out. Washington hed hard luck in that, at least elght runs resulted from the easiest sort of error: one by Mercer and one by Cartwright. Mercer probably should have been taken from the game after the first assault on him in the seccnd inning, just as McMa- hon was withdrawn after Washington had pounded him in the third for stx runs. But he remained in the game and in the third the Orioles founc him for four runs and in the fifth for seven. Then only did he give up, and when the game was lost Norton went in and pitched good ball. Baltimore went at him rather savagely in the eighth and tallied three earned runs. The score by innings follows: R. H. E. Washington. 116000044-16 05 Baltimore.. 16407003 x—21 24 8 Other Saturday Games, New York, 5; Brooklyn, 1. Philadelphia, 6; Boston, 2. Cincinnati, 5; Louisville, 2. Chicago, St. Louis, oa Pittsburg, 7; Clevelan SCRAPPING AT LOUISVIZLE. Cincinnati Won a Close and Exciting Game. Louisville made a big bid for the game, and but for bases on balls would hove pulled the Reds down. A row in the eighth inning resulted in the expulsion of both Left-fielder Clarke and Umpire Lally from the game. Clarke was declared out at third and shook Lally by the shoulders. Lally struck back and both men were ar- rested. Rhines was made umpire for the remainder of the game. The score: CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE. -H.O.AE. H-H.O.A.E. Burke, If. 1 2.1 1 Dexter, ¢..0 022 1 Hoy, ef..-. 2 2 1 © OMCr'ry, rf.1 1100 Miller, rf. 0 11 1 OMFIn, cf. 0 00 0-0 Z 111 4 0 Clarke, If..1 2200 © 2 0 O 1 Rogers, o8 220 Irwin, 113 3 1-MMiler, 00150 Smith, ss... 0 2 4 2 0 P'ker'g, cf. 11210 Feitz, e....0 1 6 0 OCl'gm'n, ab. 0 0 B 1 2 Enret, 11 0 1 0 Cassidy, 1b. 0 011 1 0 Mil, p:....1 1080 Totals. B Totals.... 4 82415 8 Cincin ati 6010120125 Leulsville. 2; Louisville, 4. Smith, Clarke." Three . Sacrifice Lit—Miller. McPhee, Pickerin Double Miller, McPhee; Smith, Vaughn; Pickertay, Hill and Rogers; Miller. First base balle—Oft Ehret, 1; |. 2 Struck out—By Ehret, 5; by Hil, ‘1. pires—Lally and Rhines. Time—Oue hour and fifty-five minutes. ST. LOUIS ¢ Anson Took Three Peaches From Von der Ahe. Chicago took all three of the games at St. Louis. The Browns almost threw yes- terday’s game away by their frightful fielding. Anything less than that would have won, because Briggs was very wild. The score: CHICAGO. { ST. Lours. R.H.0.A.E.| R.H.O.AE. Everitt, cf. 1 4 1 0 0 Dowd, 2b..1°1°1°7 6 Pablen. en: 2 2 2 2 Ci Douglass itt © 3 0 1 M'C'rm'.8b 0 1 8 2 0 Turner, rf..1 1 10 0 Anson, 40-9 O11 1 9. Connor 1b, @ 2 7 4 0 Ryan, rf... 1 1 4 1 | Parrott, cf. 00701 Decker, If. 1 0 2 1 O/ Meyers, 8.1 10 3 0 Brags ped 19d guyana ct 4 $3 § riggs. Dp. "Farl'd, © Ritridghc1 08 2 OHurt pL OOS © Totals....6 82413 7 10140200 x8 80012006 Louis, 8. Two-base hits—Everitt (2), Dowd. Titee-baee bits—Everitt, Pfeffer, Turner, McFarland. Sacrifice hits—Kit- tridge, Dowd, McParjand. Stolen bases—Dahlen & Everitt, Anson, Pfeffer, Turner. Double pla; - eared — aera am McCormic! Kittridge and Pfeffer. Biruck out—By Briggs, 1. Passed’ ball-McParland. “Bases oa ‘Time—Two hours. Notes. In Baltimore today. McJames will do the pitching. Carney Flynn reported for duty Saturday, Joyce has been made captain of the New York team. PROFESSIONAL CRICKET. English Players Strike for a Larger Share of the Receipts. LONDON, August 10.—Immenge crowds of people gathered at the Oval this morning in order to witness the deciding cricket match between the English ard Australian play- ers. Rain, however, was falling, and the people fn attendance had a dreary time of it waiting for the weather to allow play to begin. The strike of the five leading English professionals—Lohmann, Abel, Richardson, Gunn and Hayward—who asked for #20 ($10) Instead of the usual £10 ($50), has been temporarily settled. As cabled to the Assoctated Press on’ Saturday, the Surrey Cricket Club, as organizers of the match, met the demands of the strikers by en- ing other professionals in their places. ut Richardson, Abel and Hayward have submitted to the terms of the committee and were included among the members of the English team, after a prolonged dis- cussion. As previously announced, the public was doubly excited by the hurt inflicted upon the national pride in haggling over such a quastion in connection with the national sport «1d fears were expressed that the Englishmen. would be beaten if their five best professionals did not play. On the other hand, the members of the Surrey Cricket Club were indignant at the manner in which the demand for higher pay was eprung upon them just before the final test match between the representative teams of England and Australia, the strik- ing professionals imagining that their serv- ices could not be dispensed with and clatm- ing that the Surrey Cricket Club will prob- ably make £1,500 ($7,500) out of the match. It was on this basis that the players claim- ed they deserved a bigger share of the profits, pointing to the fact that many amateurs received more money in expenses than the professionals received in wages. FASTEST MI ON A WHEEL. Cyclist Anderson Covered the Din- tance fn 1m. 3: ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 10.—At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after three preliminary trials, Cyclist E. E. Anderson wheeled a mile in one minute and three seconds over a plank path. He was paced by a locomo- tive pulling a coach and rode a wheel gear- ed to 92. Anderson could have. bettered this time a few seconds, but he mistook the sigrals and slowed up a little too soon. The trial took plece near Oldenburg, Ill., on the Bluff line. For a distance of two miles the road had been planked up between the tracks perfectly smooth. One mile was marked off in the center of this stretch with flags and torpedoes, the latter for the timers and to indicate to Anderson to go ahead fast and when to slow up. Ander- son announces that he will make another euernne on August 23 on a wheel geared to THE NATIONAL REGATTA. Crews Arrive at Saratoga to Take rt in the Races. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 10.—Crews of the Wyandotte Athletic Club, Wyandotte, Mich.; Detroit Boat Club, Detroit, Mich.; Baltimore Athletic Club and Ariel Boat Club, Baltimore, Md., arrived this morning. They will participate in the regatta of the National Asscciation of Amateur Oarsmen Wednesday and Thursday. The weather today is hot and close. LASKER W Secures First Prize in the Big Chean Tournament. The last but one round in the interna- tional chess tournament at Nuremberg, Germany, was played Saturday, when Lasker, by beating Tarrasch, secured the first prize to the value of $750 and a silver cup and salver, as donated by his -royai highness, the Prince Regent of Bavaria. The nineteenth and final round will be played today. Saturday's results were as follows: S Winawer and Teichmann drew a king's gambit declined, after forty-one mov: [lackburn defeated Schallopp in a Falk boer gambit, after twenty-one moves. M roczy beat Charousek in a king's gambit declined, after fifty-six moves; Marco and Tschigorin drew a Ruy Lopez, after thirty- six moves; Steinitz beat Schlechter in a Ruy Lopez, after twenty-nine moves; Ja- nowski beat Schiffers in a Ruy Lopez, after thirty-five moves; Walbrodt beat Pilisbury in a Ruy Lopez, after sixty s Albin and Porges drew a Giuoco Piano, af- ter twenty-five moves. Showalter had a t Porges-Showalter game in teenth round was drawn, and not won by Porges as previously reported. Following are the scores of all the con- testants up to date in the chess tourna- ment as revised last night won, 10 lost; Blackburn, 81%, 8%; Charousek, ; Janowski, 10%, 6% Lasker, 1:14, 14; Marco, 71%, 4; Maroczy 11s, diz; Pillsbury, 11, 6; Porges, d', 1113; Schallopp, 4%, Schiffers, 9, 5; Schlech- ter, 10, 7 1119; ‘Steinitz, 11, 6; Tarrasch, §; Teichmann, 1339) Tschigorin, 9, 8; Walbrodi, 103, 7; Wina- wer, Sty, Itz. s ‘The final nine games will be played toddy In the following order: Janowski agt. Porges, Tarrasch agt. Al- bin, Steinitz agt. Pillsbury, Tschigorin agt. Schiffers, Charousek agt. Lasker, Black- burn agt. Schlechter, Telchmann agt. Mar- co, Showalter agt. Maroczy, Winawer agt. Schallopp, Walbrodt a bye. the seven- Willing to Meet Greggains. SAN FRANCISCO, August 10.—Joe CRoyneki says he is willing to meet Alexan- der Greggains, the heavy weight champion of the Pacific coast, on September 2 next, or at any time thereafter inside of two months, if a permit can be obtained. Choynski says he signed to meet McAulfffe becausé that seemed to be the surest prop- osition in sight. The most distant date for which a permit can be granted is Septem- ber, and the supervisors are now enjoying a vacation of six weeks, during which time no permits can be issued. Choynski is ex- ceedingly confident that he can knock out Greggains in elght rounds, and says he will bet $2,500 he can do It. Park Defeats Dunn. Willie Park, jr., the ex-champton golfer of Great Britain, and Willie Dunn, the ex- champion of America, who is the Atdsley Club‘s professional, played a great game of golf Saturday. Park won. They met three times last year, and Park won two games to Dunn’s one. The longest put of the day was to the credit of Dunn. Park made the longest drive of 2W yards on the last hole of the match, which 1s the record for this country. Larned Defeats Wrenn. W. A. Larned Saturday defeated A. D. Wrenn in the open tennis tournament of the Norwood Field Club, Long Branch, by a score of 6-3, 3-6, G-2, 7-5. The silver cup effered by the club becomes Larned’s prop- erty, having won it away from Wrenn last year. The second prize, a silver pitcher, goes to Wrenn. When Larned won, Wrenn shook hands and congratulated him. Both men played their best, and the victory was well earned. A large crowd of society peo- ple witnesssed the game. Postponed Departmental Games. President Sousa of the Departmental League has made arrangements with Mr. Wagner of the Washington Base Ball Club whereby a number of open dates at the park will be used to play off postponed games of the local league.. The Fort Myer and Treasury teams have a number of games to play off, and the first one will be contested today ‘at 4:30 o'clock. Clifford will occupy the box for the Treasury and Gentry will officiate for the troopers. ———— THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cole. Wills agt. Moran; appearance of absent defendant ordered. Burns agt. Burns; rule on defendant, returnable August 13, nted. Perkins agt. Morrill; sale con- irmed nisi. Virginia Alabama Co. agt. Terrell; payment of distributive share to trustees authorized. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Cole. Newton Rubber Works ment of default and of con t, Thorn; judg- lemnation, Death of Oarl Obermeyer. Mr. Carl Obermeyen, one of the most widely known of the German-American residents of Washington, and who was for twelve yoars in charge of the German Orphan Asylum, died this morning shortly after 8 o'clock at his residence, No. $15 &th street northwest. Mr. Obermeysr was a favorite among a large circle of friends. He was a member of several societies and orders, including Germania Lodge, No. 8, K, of P. The funeral will take place at 4 p.m. tomorrow from his late residence, and interment will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. —_-———— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses. have been issued to the following: White—George M. Perkins and Minnie Thomas; Alphonso D. Rice and Ethel Darrell; Richard I, Gooding and Ada J. Beam, both of Fairfex county, Va. Colered—Benedict Spriggs of Frederick, M4., and Sarah Cooke of this city. ABOUT THOSEAIRCARS The New System of Rapid Transit Under Digoussion. MR. KANE REPLIES 70 MR. SHORTALL Some Informatidn as to the Porter System. e a . NO WORK YET DONE HERE In last Friday's Star was publishea a letter from Messrs. H. K. Porter & Co. of Pittsburg, who are: building the moters for the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt roads of this city, declining to furnish a description of the motors for publication. In the Pittsburg Despatch of Jure 6, 1896, the following appeared in relation to the Porter motor: “During the past ‘six years the. Porter firm has built a number of locomotives for urderground and surface use of various sizes and power, operated by compressed air. These machines have been tested by severe continuous service under ad- verse conditions and have proved so suc- cessful that in building their new shops a special department was added for their construction. They now claim that they can compete with any English firm in equipping traetion systems. The air is stored in two steel tanks beneath the Seats of the car and will be compressed to 2,000 pounds to the square inch, and are from eight ‘o nine inches in diameter. Tie enormous pressure of air in the main tanks is reduced through hot -water- in an auxiliary tank placed between them. In case of an emergency the full stora pressure could. be thrown into the auxil- lary tank. The car will be a trifle higher than the cable car. They will be operated in a cab at the front, with levers anu valves, as in a steam locomotive. |The entire equipment of the car will be oper- ated by compressed air from the whistle to brakes. The air to charge the cars will be carried through pipes paralleling the traction line from a central comp: sing station, and at points along the ro as on hills wkere considerable air would be necessary, subcharging stations will be placed. These will consist simply of pipe connections with main air line, and all that will be necessary will be to buckle the supply pipe to the car tanks.” What Mr, Kane Says. In speaking today about the introduc- tion of compressed air as a motive pewer for cars in the District of Columbla Mr. T. P. Kane, who has taken a great in- terest in the matter, said to a Star re- porter: “The only place that I know of where the Porter system is in use Is at New Orleans. The New Orleans and Western Railroad Company uses two of the Porter motors at Chalmettee, the terminals of their lines, for hauling loads of cotton a distance of 12,000 feet. It 1s claime one of these motors can haul 4 ninety tons, but they have ne used in New Orleang for str pulsion.”” Referring also to,an article published in Saturday's Star, My,.Kane said: Reply to Mr. Shortall, “In a communication in Saturday's Star Mr. James E. Shortall takes exception t what he terms my ere criticism rather then accurate description’ of the compress- ed-air cars now in cperation in New York city, He seems, however, to b: his criti- cism of my description and to dispute the accuracy of my statements upon the re- perts of what ‘confpetent judges from al) over the country, wAb have seen this moior in practical operation,’ have said of it, rather than upon arty knowledge of his own or persona! inspectién on his part. What this air car may have done in Rome, N. Y., I do not ‘know, extépt what Ihave read, nor does that enter into the auestion now. When in Rome it may have done as Roman air cars do, but in the communication which I wrote The Star from New York | described it exactly as I found it there and as any citizen of Washington will find it {f he will take the trouble to go there, and I challenge Mr. Shortall or any other’ man who has ridden upon this car in New York city to dispute the absolute accuracy of the statements contained in my communi- cation. “Mr. Shortall says that upon my head rests the ‘honor of first discovering that there was a great deal of vibration in the movement of the car.’ Although gn ances- tor of mine made quite a reputation as a nerth-pole explorer, I do not claim to haye inherited any of his discovering proclivities, and therefore disclaim the honor of being the first to find the vibration in this car, although I may have been the first to pub- licly call attention to It. The Vibration, “As far as the starting and stopping of the car 1s concerned it could not be bet- ter. It responds to the motorman’s touch quickly, smoothly and noiselessly, is stop- ped jn like manner, and the air brakes with which it is equipped work to perfec- tion, giving the motorman complete coatrol of the car, but it does not run smoothly. I have never ridden upon a steam loco- motive, but can imagine something of the vibration experienced on one. Now the same sort of a vibration, only to a much reduced extent, is felt on this car In mo- tion, On one of the trips which I made over the line there were on the car Mr. Hardie, the inventor of the system; a di- rector of the Air Power Company, who in ccmpany with myself was taking his first ride; two other men, the motorman, con- ductor and a friend of mine, eight in all. The vibration was the first thing I noticed, but said nothing. One of the two men who were together said to the other: ‘She shakes a good deal,’ and the director re- ferred to inquired of Mr. Hard!e what the cause was for s0 much vibration, to which he replied that it was due to the newness and stiffness of the springs, which would all disappear after’ the car was in use awhile. He said further that if the car had a sufficient number of passengers aboard to bear the springs down by their weight the vibration would not be felt. I do not know what more convincing proof my friend wants of the correctness of my statement that there 1s ‘a great deal of vi- bration in the movement of the car’ than this explanation of the inventor of the cause of such vibration. Explosive Force. “Mr. Shortall further criticises my refer- ence to the explosive force of the concealed power which propels the car, and inquires whether there is ‘anything to remind a nervous passenger /6n an ordinary steam var that there ls ®f front of the car :n which he sits an explosive power equally as great’ If Mr. Shortall is under the im- pression that the explosive force of steam in the boiler of a locomotive under an ex- traordinary pressure.of even 300 pounds to the square inch, which is far above the average, is ‘equally as great’ as an air ‘essure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch, e had better get. down his school books again. But even i¢-they were equal, the nervous passenger inthe one case elts some distance in the rear of this hidden power, while in the other be sits direotly upon it. “Several months.-@g0 & prominent ex- official of the New: York state government was urged to invest, some money in the stock of the Worgester Air Motor Com- pany. Before doing. 80 he concluded to make a little investigation for himself, and he told me that he found the difficulty to be that when the air was forced into one end of the cylinder it blew the head out of the other end. In the Worcester Spy of August 3 there appeared the following: “One day last week the poople living in the vicinity of the American Wheelock Engine Company, on South Bridge street, were startled to hear the loud report of an explosion coming from the direction of the small shop that has been used in the experimental work in connection with the compressed alr motors. The explosion was caused by the blowing off of the header of a receiyer under high pressure. ‘Although it caused considerable excitement among the employes ne one was injured, but several people barely esziped being struck by the pieces. “The difference between the Rome and the Worcester companies’ air cylinders, or bottles, as they afe. technically called, is that the former are made in Germany from solid ingots of mild steel, without a joint or weld, while the latter are made in this country out of several pieces of steel, with joints and welds. A Matter of Terms. “Mr. Shortall also takes exception to my use of the words ‘apparent’ and ‘seemed’ in the statements tn regard to the car's ability to climb a grade and make and maintain a speed of fifteen miles an hour. I will tell my critical friend why I used those words instead of more positive terms. I tnquired of one of the conductors on the cable car line over which the air car runs how the air motors were do- ing, and he replied: ‘Oh, this is ro road to test them on. There is not a particle of grade to it, except where we cross the tunnel, and the air car got stuck in going over that.’ When the air car on which I rode approached the grade referred to, which is a very short one, with an eleva- tion of about four feet af its highest point, Mr. Hardie took the lever in hand himself and gave the car extra momentum, which shot It up over the hill like a gravity car, and when we got beyond it on the level, there being a clear track ahead, I asked him to let me see how fast she could go. He put on the power and the car made a speed of from twelve to fifteen miles an hour for the distance of a square. There- fore I said the car crossed the grade with- out ‘apparent’ difficulty and ‘seemed’ to be able to make and maintain the speed claimed for it, which is as much as | could conscientiously say of it. Incorrect Announcements. “The great trouble with most of the heretofore vublished statements in re- gard to the use of compressed alr for traction purposes is that instead of stating the facts investigation shows that all op- erations have been magnified and repre- sentations exaggerated out of all propor- tion. A few weeks agd the New York Papers contained statements to this effect: “‘Workmen at 146th street are building tions of brick and stone, broad, and solid enorgh to support a Corliss ufficient to supply a hundred cars with stored energy.’ “On Friday last I went out to this point to see what was going on, expecting to find something to bear out the newspaper ac- counts of what was belng Gone, but stead simply found that they have large bulidiig to be used exclusively as car shed for housing their cars, Adjoin- ing this building is the plant of the under- ground electric system, and alongside of this there has been erected a one-story galvanized tron building, in which the Wor- cester people are engaged in putting up one al essing planf, at which they hav been working for scveral weeks, and he con: ble “yet to do before completing at. plant 1s a more substantial-looking one than that now used at the t h street section of the iid avenue line. The latter plant consists of two compressors, each the engineer said, being capable of supply- ing air for two cars, or three, if kept ru ning constantly. The air is stored in r. ervoirs alongside of the compressor, simi- lar to the largest one used in the car. The compressing plant is underground, and the cars are run in overhead and charged from the reservoirs underneath. Each of these plants cost about $4,000. Amount of Water Needed. “Having in mind the application of the Eckington company for 400,000 gallons of water a day for use in connection with the air plant they propose putting in, I asked the engineer how much water he used a day, and he replied from 1,400 to 1,209 gal- s. What the Eckington people want ith 490,000 gallons a day he could not im- agine. The Worcester plant is a little larger than the Rome plant and differently constructed. The engineer in charge of the former said it would supply a good many more than three cars with air, but he would not indicate how many. I s about the vibr he said the Worce: stem would over- come that by running a trailer to mo- tor, and in this way confine the vibration ‘0 the motor. From my conversation with n, I inferred that vi iMiculties to overcom run on the same princ motive, and nobody that on a iocumotive there is conside e vibration. Air vs. Underground Trolley. “In going to the power house of the traction company I took. the underground electric lin> at 119th street, where transfer is made from the cable cars of the same company. This 1s the system which Presi- dent Vreeiind declares to be a failure. 1t appears to run as smoothly as our own system of that kind, and the conductors on the line with whom I conversed spoke very highly of it, and said there was ro fault to be found with it. In conversation with Mr. Cooke of the Air Power Company he re- ferred with a great deal of satisfaction to Vreeland’s statement that the under- ground electric system was a. failure. The trouble with this line is that it is only a transfer branch from the cable cars of the same company, w.th very little traffic. Its installation, of course, was expensive, with no corresponding returns for the outlay or revenues sufficient to maintain its Inde- pendent operation. The failure, therefore, to which Mr. Vreeland alludes is not in the item itself, which has always worked satisfactorily, but as a source of revenue to the compan No Work Done Here Yet. “According to The Star of August 7, the management of the Eckington company state that they will have compressed air cars running on their lines by September 10. Now, this statement will prove to be like every former one put forth by the offi- cials of this road in regard to air motors. Everybody knows that air cars cannot be made to run without wind, and that the wind cannot be bottled without compress- ors, and that compressors cannot be put up In a day. According to the statements of the machinists in charge of the Hardie and Hoadley plants in New York, it takes from six weeks to two months to put up a compressing plant after the foundation is prepared for it. September 10 is but thir- ty-one days off, and as yet no visible move- ment has been made at the power house in the way of preparation for the air mo- tors, except to file an application for a supply of 409,000 gallons of water a day. When the patrons of the Eckington line see the machinery for a compressing plant lying around the power house and work commenced on its erection they may cal- culate on having air motors in operation on the line in from six weeks to two months at the earliest from that time, and not before, unless this company has dis- covered a process by which each car can compress its own wind. “In closing his communication, Mr. Shortall declares that compressed air has come to stay. I sincerely hope so. No one more than I will gladly hail its success, or the success of any other satisfactory mo- tive power that will remove from the streets of Washington the spectacle of the suffering, jaded beasts which a soulless corporation compels to drag a four-thou- sand-pound box, with the additional weight of the passengers, up the steep grades of Louisiana and New York avenues during such weather as we have experienced for the past several days; but I am not ready to proclaira everything a howling success simply because some people with merce- nary motives would lke to have the pub- lic believe it to be so, whether it is or not, hence my conservative criticism of the mo- tor now in use in New York.” ———.__ Painters and Decorators. Election of officers by the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America was held Saturday at Chicago, with the fol- lowing result; President, M. P. Carrick, Pittsburg; first vice president, W. E. Ward, Jersey City; second vice president, Joseph Rea, Chicago; third vice president, John J. Lake, St. Louis, Mo.; fourth vice pres- ident, E, Luchett, Davenport, Iowa; gen- eral secretary, J. W. McKinney, Lafayette, Ind. The election of all officers was unani-. mous. A commission of five was also elected to confer with the unions affiliated with the opposition organization at Balti- oa to endeavor to settle existing difficul- jes. ess Alleged Election Frauds. Frank Wennerberg, warden, and W. W. Campbell, sheriff, the officials of the ward, No. 9, republican caucus, of Boston, who were arrested some time ago, were irdicted by the grand jury in the superior court Saturday on a charge of violating the caucus act, and alleged cwouspiracy to prevent voters from exer- cising their right of franchise. The cause was quashed in the municipal court soon after the arrest and an peal was en- smtadete gofiy'tad ons Leet pleaded no! y an was set down for nest. week. ‘The Lehigh Valley Coal and Iron Com- y’s mammoth Logal colliery breaker at Centralia, Pa., valued at $90, was de- ! stroyed by fire Saturday. SUBURBAN NEWS ANACOSTIA. Hillis. Hersey, aged sixteen years, whose home was at Benning, was accidentally drowned yester- day morning in the Atiucostia river at a place call- ed the “Devil's Eibow."* Horsey and a number of otters went in swimming, and in a little watle Horsey was scized with cramps, and sank before arsistance could retch him. Efforts were made to recover the body. Joe Blackburn w The crew of the Blackburn also dragged in vain for several hours, and at 6 o'clock Ia: gave up the search until today, when t Tecover fhe remains wus renewed, but counts the corpse was still undiscovered. While Mr. Jotin Brooks, a well-known resident of Arscostia. was oot driving yesterday in a e on the Silver Hill road’ in company with two friends the horse took fright and ran away. Mr. Brooks was thrown out of the vehicle and was cnt badly in several places. He was carried to Dr. Watson's office In Anacostia, where he recelved surgical attention, and later was to bis hom Miss’ Ella Rawlings-and Miss Emily Anderson, who have. beea viriting friends at Nottingham, Md., hav bome in Anacostia. als PE. Church at Baden arrangements for a musicale for the church next week. The Turner, will be ass! T s as distributed a large amount of free silver literature in ty lower part of Prince George's county during past ten days. HYATTSVILLE. The Hyattsville Rase Rall Club ts an unusual?; strong team this season. It has defeated se crack te: nd Weduesday will play the A. club of Washington, Mr. P.M. Leakin deserves considerable credit for the able he has m manner in which . ‘The nine ts composed of Dafty, cateh land, Vase; Van Loan, second 5 jort stop; Boyle, thind base; Walk left eld; Leakin, copter field; Dorr, right field, A little son of Mr. Fred. Schwab, who re below iBiad fell from a tree he was clin ing last num. Hyatt he ts do first ensburs, Wells ni st accounts ing teller of the Lincoln aunt Wife are spend Mrs. George Bush oc rned from a del sto Mise Hyatt at Mitel visit of seve ville, Prin MiSs Grac sister, Mrs. 4 is visiting ber Spencer street at kis resi E n has, sufficient! K of typhoid fever to t nt meeting of the board of ners for Prince ¢ "s county antel as teacher of school N + be contirmed, provided she Sto the examiner; that the colored school at Collington be aut the sum of $189 for repairs of sai that the t ‘at th ne adopted, a plementary pointed le Rufus V froi of peopl terdiy atte a dip in th. njoy the cool bay. BROOKLAND. We at St. Gee Island, Ma. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. ried recently from an p. dari they visited Boston, New York, Hartford, Brooklyn and nel boring points. Rey. Mr. Brown of W: ‘on filled the pulpit at the B: nd M. EB. Church yes The postor, Rev; Win. H. Chapman, is taking his sum mer yaeution, and fs visiting Washington Grove, © he took part in the camp Mrs. Chapman a Lerlaud, Md., where health, Misses Grace and Bi meeting lust WI son are staying in Cun Went for the latter's th ie Lewis of Eckington have returned froma 2 During their out York and Brooklyn, Long Island > points. ad Miss Jeanne Dal sIting Atlantic Ci Mrs. Page is expect Cy in a fe nd to leave for Ashville, N Ys. ris visiting her rgent road, Md. Col. Juan Lewis bas returned from a pleasant stay at Atlantic Mr. and M gone to Culpep ( Fishe ughter, Mrs. Me: omen and family have and children are still at where thes will remain through the month of Xugus 5 is Byrnes and family anticipate movinz shington shortly Mrs. Jere Johnson will leay nesday for Where she will join her husband, who in business there for the past few years. ef Mrs. Johnson will be a great loss kland people and to the Episcopal Church, Savior, where she has been an earnest of the Brookland M. ting last might. Hi enjoying a sumnes E. inte Dollow ad Sons anttelpate going na Bleasant camping tour near Marwer's Ferry shortly. Mrs. Fred Molten is still enjoring a pleasant va- cation with her sister in Kansas, where she wil! remain through the summer months, as FALLS CHURCH. The annual meeting of the Fairfax County Sun- day Schoal Associatio which is to be held here the 18th of this mouth, promises to be an inter- esting occasion. ‘he convention will mcet at 10 a.m. and will have a morning, afternoon and nig! session, Various subjects of interest to the work will be discussed and steps taken to more thor- oughly «rganize in the county. ‘The committee in charge anticipate an attendance of 300 or 400 Sun- day school workers of the county. At a meeting of the executive committee Saturday a committee of three from each church in towa, with Mrs. Mary E. Thorne as chairman, was appointed on entertain- ment; 1 committee on hospitality, with Thomas Hillier as chatrman; committee on grounds, with W, Hz Shreve as chairman; a comuittee on finance, = with G. rt xhurst as chatrnan, and Hobart Club of forty members was organized here Saturday ulght, with the fol- lowing officers: George W. Hawxhurst, IF. Norman and M. EB. Churei, vice BE. F. Crocker Korebe Kimball, sec Committees were eppol on resolitions and draft of rules and laws for the government of the club. Considerable ‘crtbusiaei Was manifested and the membership will rapidly increase. Among thore enrolled as members ‘were several who lave heretofore vored the democratie ticket, The club will meet again in two weeks. Interesting temperance exercises were held by the Christian Endeavor Society Sunday evening. Mission services and Bible readings will be con- ducted by Mr. John Matthews of Oxford, E for ten days, beginning Friday next, in’ tb copal Church. Holy communion, 6 a. services Friday night, Bible readi day anv 11 a.m. and p.m. Sunday. Mrs, B. I. Crump, with her eon Lewis, bas re- turned heme with-her cousins, the Misses Baldwin, who have been visiting ber from Maryland, Mr. and Mrs. James Jester of Washington are visiting Mrs, nd. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Osborne and daughter, Miss Julia, and Miss Carrie Parker, who have been at Asbury Park, returned on Saturday. Misses Gertie and Bessie Foster of Washington are tho guests of Miss Nellie Birch. Miss Alice Clark of Washington is visiting Miss Blanche Brunner, fr. end Mrs. H. 1. Turner have retnencd Lome from an ¢xtended stay at Atlantic City.” es May ai le venport of West Falls Church are Visiting friends and relatives in New York. Sirs. Eagar Warseld of Alexandria and Miss May Btratton of Staunton, Va., are the guests of Mrs. . Mankin, : aki ae Hodgkin of Warrenton, Va., is sis- iting Mra. + Gockerille. , E. Hild is making extensive im- ae te veh house of M; provem to the irs. Mary Foote. ‘The Baptist Association of this) district will commence at Upperville, Va., August 12. Mr. Thomas Hillier and others from bere will attend. Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield, with bis daughter, Miss Edith, afd son Everett, returned from an extended it to Maine on Saturday. isa Alice Clark of Washington is visiting the Miss Jessio England ts at Asbury Park, N. J. Miss Loutse Stetson of Washington 1s’ the guest Cf dee bebther, Me. W./S” Stoteon, of Mast Ns ureb. ‘The Presbyterians have decided to hold services on Sunday nights, commencing the first Sunday in September. Mr. and Mrs. Lester have: returned from ® X'iieeting af tho republicos of this district wil icans ‘ol ct be held here next Saturday at 3 p.m. to elect dele- ae meat Sass Seame e s z legates to t convention.’ ROCKVILLE. At a recont meeting of the Montgomery County Bar Ansociation the proposition to form a state a3- sociation was considered. A suggestion from the ———— We're Selling Straw Hats For What They Cost Us. Not trying to make a penny. Want te clone out every Straw Hat on hand. Present Prices onght to do it. We've iarked every cone at cost but they're C781 and to 88. and $1 R. Cc. Lewis & Son, 1421 NEW ¥: All styles and sizes on hand — antol4d Coolest, Neatest Suit A man can wear are those TOW. LINEN SUITS we make to order” for $10. Perfect fit, we guarantee. Jno. W. Pistel, ‘Tatloring, ‘A. ave, W.L. Douglas $3 Shoes’ | our stores we furnish the | best shoe that skilled labor can produce | for $3.00 and the consumer pays but | one profit. Seck the W. L. Douglas Stores— | unless vou prefer to pay feo dol Jars more tor the same article. 1105 Pennsylvania Ave. aniO-mwet Timekeepers— iropert in a Irepair shige Hutterly. _ae Sd ae E ak are, The “Kensington” is the strongest wheel that is made, and it’s the eas- iest running, too. There is no other wheel that is so carefully construct- ed. Kensingtons have never been known to “break down.” $100—cash or casy terms. A.A. Smith & Co., 1108 F St. Crawford Cycles Sel for $60& $75 ny point red terms h. Buyers ENCY AND RIDIN WING OF ACADEMY, CENTER MARK OUR “WHEE GREAT FA Credenda Bicycles $5 Month. $10 down. $60 cash. $65 on installments. Guaranteed thoroughly. Mi. A. Tappan, 1013 Pa. Ave. mhi10-3m-20 1a) CVERS ARE PH LADIES. ard to forming such approved, and the following ting to be held at the Blue Washington county, August 28, H. Talbott, Win. Veirs Boate, Win. to the meeting of the tinal Bar Association to be held at Saratoga Springs Avgrst 19, 20 ard 21, A resolution was jopted asking the Judges of the elreult court to have cettsin land records transcribed, Gn the inferior quality of the ink used In recording aber of years age, the records In Some casas, beccming unintelligible, and the transcribing of has become a nevessity. ‘Phe present system lextug the land records t papular wan a large mutuber of the members of the bar, and it Ip ble that a change in the system will be in- t no distant day Juaior Order United American Mechanics propose to bold a reunion and pleule in Suyder's Grove, near Germantown, the 26th Instant. Bm- iLent speakers will deliver addresses on “America and Anericans” and free silver, commencing at 10 a.m. Efbner’s Orchestra of Washington will furnivh muste for daw As the organization ts very rin the community a large crowd is expected present on this occusion, A pleesant old-fashioned picnic was enjoyed Fri- day in Beal's near Derwoodl, and was Euests adjourned to th Beall, where refre served. Among th Magruder, Mrs. Mrs. J.B. Mu Mr. und Mra, Hattle Darnell s. Messrs. W. OB.’ Chichester, jr., Ji Magreder, Thonas Grifith, Marry Omrutt, Luckett, Jv hingten Talbott, John Munca aster, Charles Beall, Goldsboroug! others! The extreme hoc weather of the past few days has had a ton all kinds of tu and has also bees of cousiderabi ness in various pri At thix place the thermometer lov degree ark for several, or two exceptions, Tnformation has been recelved of the death at St. Lake's Hospital, Richmond, Va., of Mr. Kichard Mooklar, a founer resident of this place Mr. Edwin Sufth Jeft here Friday for nn extended visit’ to friends in New Nt. ‘and Sirs, Samuel E. Fastburn left here Prt. day night for # sojourn among the mountains of western Maryland. Mr. James Biays of Annapolis ts a visite © of Miss Jennie Hodges, at this . The new Baptist Church at Edward's Ferry was dedicated yesterday with appropriate ceremonies, the sermon on the occasion being delivered by Rev. James L. Lodge. Mrs. €. B. Hall and family, for several years te" of Washington, have returned to home at Poolesviile, this county. Miss Surratt, da of Mr. John H. Surratt Baltimore,” 1s visiting Miss Lulu Hunter in Wheaton district. Work on the artesian well by which It ts pro- posed to supply this town with water Is progress- ing satisfactorily. The workmen have attained @ depth of gixty feet. a TAKOMA PARK. Beall, Grit Miss wu Riley, ts of the county. stood near the s, but the nighta, with o ve been cool and pleasant. Altbough the weather was extremely hot In near ly every nook and corner of Washington and the suburbs Saturday nicht, those who attended the hop at Takoma Springs Hotel experienced a con- tinuous breeze through the ball room and on the extensive porch of the hotel. Nearly all these who were fortunate enough to receive invitations to the hop were present, among them leing Messrs. Enos, Harry and Frank Keys, Mr. Frank T. Howe, jr, Miss Katle Lay Howe, Miss Somerville, Miss White, Mr. ‘Tom Somerville, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Nellie Larner, Miss Carrio Jubuson, iss Mamle Higgins, Miss Nellie Darling, Miss Gene- vieve McDonald, Miss Jillian Cavanaugh, Mise Rogers, Miss Lena, Katharine, Bessie and Clara Allen, "Mr. and Mrs, Fowle, Miss Swormstedt, Mr. ‘and Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Richard Jones, Misx Macleod, Mrs. Ho Darling, Mr. -and Mrs. “Bugene Carusl, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H = Geo. I. Coral ir. and Mrs. peck, Mr. yond, Mr. Cranston, M. Mel, Mr. Blackwood, Mr. Daley, Miss “Dai r. Mr! Scott Haycock, Messrs. iteneon aud Ber Clark, Mr. Orton Brown, Mr. Harry Icelsinger, Mr. and. Mrs. Schaefer, Mr. Mat ‘Trim- Ue, Dr. Anthony Ray, the Misses Clark, Messrs, Windham aid tie Misses Garrison. z Mrs. B. Nell Boyle and daughter Ysabel and Miss Annie Parker of Philadelplia are guests of Mrs. M.A. Dsre of Magnolia avenue. ‘An enjoyable day Was spent at Colonial Reach Friday by a party of fourteen from Takoma. Those resent were Mr. and Mrs. A¥ J. Bache and da Per iiclen, Messrs. Irving ©. Sauter, Wilvur hacks Frank B. Skinner, Lewis itigzles, Charles F. Pet: ter am Messrs. Florence Suitth, Mand Watkins, Elsie Watkins, Mabel Smith and Edua Dyre. ‘The swimming pool recently constructed on the Sligo branch was well patronized yesterday. Joe Choynski and Joe McAuliffe have been matched to fight eight rounds before the Occidental Club, San Francisco, August 28