Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1896, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1896-TEN PAGES. The Eddy” Reirigerator has no equal. $5.85 up. Thin-Blown Tumblers, 3c. We still have a limited quan- tity of Thin-blown Initial Tumblers, with wreath, in A, E, I and O only—price, 3c. each. w. Beveridge, i215 F St. and 1214 G St FOTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETC. 1t PUT ON YOUR come right down to OUB and secure one of those Parlor Tables. (de. 7 RATE WAR RESUMED A New Move in the Southern Tariff Troubles. VARIOUS B. AND 0. IMPROVEMENTS The Railroads Are Cutting Down Clerical Expenses. A NOVEL SUIT BEGUN ‘The rate war which has been in progress for some weeks between the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railway companies, but which has remained unchanged for about a month, broke out anew this morning, and the Mershants and Miners’ Transportation Company, which operates a line of steam- ships from Baltimore to Boston, Provi- dence and Savannah, via Norfolk, has also entered ihe conflict. According to the statements made by the representatives of the parties In Interest, It will make no dif- ference what Judge Simonton’s decision may be, the contending parties will fight each other where there is an opportunity to do so, and at the same time not rerider themselves Hable to punishment for con- tempt. The cut ordered Saturday, to go into effect today on what 1s known as the York river line of steamers out of Balti- more, and to Norfolk and Newport News, takes the rate between those points far below that of the Seaboard Air Line or Old Bay Line. As, however, Judge Simonton’s injunc- tion 1s still in force, through rates of both railroads dre unaffected by the last cut. + size Is 18 | i | What's left of our $8 “reliable’* i <) = for $4 per roil—a large . patterns to choose from. . is good. . . —- . . * (A/D) y 3 : Uy . . MAMMOTII CREDIT HOUSE, { . $19—S21—S23 Seventh street nw. au2tSkl = Bet. H and I sts. c: KNEESSI, 425 7th st. Cheaper Trunks. Every off our in the store for just 10 per cent prices for this month. also reduced. A word after the old trunk. A strap and your mame on any trunk you buy neessi, 425 7th St. ault-2d eee =o Pee ee] makes Bake for z 2We PHASE Lots of Families now. ways They've found {t pays, In more than one, to have us do all iuking. “Saves them all the Saves the cost of fuel. And any vartety of delictous ls, Liseutts, Cake and ¥ sent them, every day, fresh nr oven. E> Why not have us serve YOU? ches. Schneider's? $Modei Bakery, 413 1 St. 3} 2 Stands in all Markets. It @ Severe + PTET SITIOS TOVEERS ESTOS CFSOED ?Clearing Out ‘Trunks, Bags, &c. nt" In Travelers’ nds we're giving fill tt way below ost_oriinarily. stock-taking Ser eere. % Dress Suit Cases. llcrse Clothing. Fly Nets. at Our Best When idren’s Photos. » a special study of Children’s el posing and grouping that ing pictures. Made so an promise photos thi in their mest effect are our spectals for the aly $2 doz. summer. W. HH. Stalee, m07 F St. Successor to M. B. BRADY. iFleas On lYour Dog ): Or cat? THOMPSON’S INSECT POWDER will 9 rid your pets of them. Bet- 4 ter than washing. Kills all insects. 10, 15, 25 and 4oc. can. Ww. Thompson, 793 4S. PHARMACIST.’ !Sth. au24-28d Oe ot 3° Ce 40 Oe to o> te: YOUR CHINA CLOSET! Know of :nything In it bri pped”” — het dl ked or eng rai 2 A bottle will A saucer © cup glass china _un- SHS FAMILY ag broken, as ot affected by beat or cold. N. W. BURCHELL, 1325 F ST. OPIUM HABIT AND teitaz seut DRUNKENNESS., SENT FREE. the diseases and how cured at home without pain B. M. WOLLEY, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. aui-f,m,w,3m a2s-id Use SHAKER DIGESTIVE SORTA Does cure all diseases, but it wii ~are Dyspepsia or Indigrstion. All druggists, m27-w,th,s,mly What Mr. Foster Says. In speaking of the matter today, General Manager Reuben E. Foster of the South- ern’s steamship line sald: “In view of the fact that on July 17 the Bay Line, the Sea- board's ally, cut the passenger rates be- tween Baltimore and Richmond via their James river line from $2.50 to $1, and their freight rates from 25 cents on first-class to W cents per 109 pounds, with similar re- ductions on all other classes and commodi- ules, the Merchants and Miners’ Transpor- tation Company and the York River Line have given the merchants the benefit of a similar reduction between Baltimore, New- port News and Norfolk by putting into effect a passenger rate of $1 each way and 31.50 for the round trip. Freight tarlifs have also been Issued by these two lines, naming a rate of 5 cents per 100 pounds on the three first classes and 3 cents per 100 pounds on the remaining classes and com- modities as between Baltimore, Newport News and Norfol To Muintain the Rates. The announcement to President Hoffman of the Seaboard Air Line of the cut made by the Southern and the Merchanis and Miners’ Transportation Company brought forth the statement that his company would for the present maintain the rates which have prevailed ror some wee but he did not know what action might be taken later. The latest cut by the Southern means that between Baltimore, Newport News and Norfolk the Southern and Merchants the contlict indicates that the war will be fought to a finish. It is almost ceriain to assume that In a very few days at the est the Seaboard will meet the South- ern’s last cut. A Novel Suit. Mr. W. H. Deaver of Asheville, N. C., has brought suit against the Southern to test the legality of hauling express cars on Sun- day in North Carolina. The sult is based on a section of the code of that stat2 which provides that no railway company shall permit any cars to be run on Stmday, save such as are to trausport United States maiis, elther with or without passengers, and such as are exclusively for live stock, fruits, vegetables and perishable treight. Sunday is construed to be between sunrise and sunset. it is understood that the Southern rall- way will handle no express matter, save perishable articles, on Sunday until this question is settled. The penalty is $500 for each train in each county through which the railroad runs. It !s sald that under a liberal construction ef the act dead bodies cannot be shipped on Sunday. Electric Headlights. It is understood that the new locomotives which are being built at the Baldwin shops in Philadelphia for use on the Royal Blue trains of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will be equipped with electric headlights. Ever since some of the electric street rail- ways first adopted this light the maxers of headlights have been experimenting with [electricity for use in the adiights of eam locomotives. Thase ris nave re- sulted in the production of a light that is said to be far superior to the oil lig: some of the largest corporations il country are testing the new light. One of the chief claims for new Hght is that it can penetrate much farther than the oil lights at present in use, and is, therefore, of great use to fast trains. The current for the light is supplied by a small motor placed in the locomotive and oper- ated by the steam from the engine boller. It Is believed that they will prove of great use on the Royal Blue Line, inasmuch as the new locomotives are designed to reduce the already fast time on this line between Washington and New York. Improvements in Pittsburg. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany has begun an extensive improvement in the city of Pittsburg, which will involve the expenditure of a large sum of money, and, when completed, will result in an en- tire change of location of a number of tracks. One street will be entirely shifted from Its present location, and it will take the place of the present railroad tracks, which will be laid through property more convenient for the railway company. The change will not only give the street a straight line, but it will afford the Balti- mcre and Ohio more rcom and the advani- age of a straight line, and will abolish two dangerous grade crossings. The improve- ments also contempiate the building by the Baltimore and Ohio of a bridge across the Monongahela river, and the contractors have already begun the work. Long Personal Service. Mr. E. D. Smith, division passenger agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany at Pittsburg, has just completed the twenty-eighth year of his service with that line, having begun as a ticket clerk in the old Pittsburg and Connellsville road offices. After the absorbtion of the Pitts- burg and Connellsville by the Baltimo and Ohio the chief ticket office was remo ed to Baltimore, and Mr. Smith went into the civil engineer corps, performing in that service the only work he has ever done outside of the passenger business. In 1875 he Was appointed city ticket agent at Pittsburg for the Baltimore and Ohio, and was afterwaré transferred to Union sta- tion. Four years later he was given the post of division passenger agent for the entire system at that point, in which he has ever since continued a ‘aithful and efficient official. * The Cumberland Shop. General Manager Greene, General Super- intendent Fitzgerald, Master Mechanic Kalbaugh and Chief Engineer Manring of the Baltimore and Ohio were in Cumber- land Saturday im thelr private cars and visited the new machine shops of ihe road in South Cumberland. It is now thought that it will be some weeks before the mak- ing up of trains on the city tracks will be transferred to the rew yards, which are being prepared quite slowly. |The shops will be put into service September 1. From Cumberlard Messrs. Greene and Manning went west, the chief engineer to inspect the tracks on the main line as far as the Ohio river, and the general manager to spend Sunday at Deer Park. Superintend- ent Fitzgerald returned to his home in Baltimore. Mr. William Sinnott, formerly general foreman of the Baltimore and Ohio rall- rcad shops at 58th street, Philadelphia, has been appointed division master me- chanic, with offices at Cumberland. Thi office is a new one and gives Mr. Sinno’ supervision of the second and third divi- sicns. Mr. O. J. Kelly, formerly of Cum- berland, has been transferred to Philadel- phia to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Sin- nott’s promotion. Cutting Down Expenses. For some days past the work of cutting down the operating and clerical force has been in progress on many railroads throughout the country, but the most dras- tic reduction of all so far reported has been by Mr. Thomas M. King, receiver of the Pittsburg and Western, an important con- nection at Pittsburg of the B. and O.. Mr. King’s order was to curtail expenses $27,000 per month, and its enforcement has resulted in a large reduction in the force of road and office employes until there is a revival of freight traffic. The majority of the fcrce in the, Allegheny saops has been laid off and all the work train crews except twenty-five men suspended, while for the present those retained in the serv- ice will be compelled to do double duty. During July the Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s Voluntary Relief Department paid out $19,500 for deaths, $8,928 for ac- cidents and $14,147 for sickness, a total of $42,575. TROLLEY CAR’S FEARFUL RIDE Brake Refused to Work While Going Down Catoctin Mountain, Jumped From the Rails at a Curve— Hundred Persons Narrowly Escaped Death. -A hundred persons narrowly escaped de- struction last evening by the overturning of a car on the Frederick and Middletown electric railway, as it ran away down Ca- toctin mountain, near Frederick, Md. The new electric railway was put in op- eration last Monday, and has been operated successfully since then until last evening. Open summer car No. 10, the first car that had ever run over the road, left Frederick shortly after 5 o'clock for Braddock Heights, at the top of Catoctin mountain, five miles away. The car was on a reguiar rua on an hourly schedule, having carried large crowds to and from the mountain. At half-past 6 o’clock the car started ta return, with Motorman Wm. E. Mantz of Frederick at the lever. The conductor was D. C. Kefauver. As the car started the crowd at the Heights made a rush to get on, greatly overcrowding its capacity and making the risk a dai ‘ous one. ‘The conductor said that it was impos- sible to keep them off. and with one hun- dred and ten persons on board the car started. Among the passengers were old people and young, mothers and fathers with happy little children on their laps, and a few parents held bables in their arms. All had gone out to the mountain top to experience their first ride on a trolley car and to enjoy the fresh breezes and beautl- ful scenery. Brake Refused to Work. Almost from the moment of the start, however, after the car had rounded the first sharp curve at the top of the moun- tain, it became evident to many that some- thing was wrong. After passing the curve the car struck the summit of a steep grade that continues with slight variation all the Way to Frederick. The brakes were ap- plied with all the power possible. Those in front of the wheels seemed to hold. The others did not. Moment after moment the speed of the car increased. Down the in- celine and around the curve it sped with ter- rible swiftness, threatening to leave the track at every moment. Seats cracked and broke down. The glass in the doors was broken, and fell with a crash. Hats were whirled from the heads of the passengers, and every moment the danger inc A mile from the summit a tre feet long and 45 feet high, spanning a ra- vine, was to be crossed. ‘Those on board of the car wha knew of it turned waite with fear and clinched their teeth with de- termination. “We will go over that for sure,” they cried. “We will all be killed.” But down and over the dangerous point the flying car sped, crossing it safely. Men, women and children, too frightened almost to scream, clung to the posts at the sides of the car, or to one another, and prayed beneath their breath A mile further on the motorman, after abandoning all hope of the brakes holding the car, turned the lever back to reverse the motor, but this effort was useless. The trolley; had jumped the wire, and remained off. Jumped the Track. Thus, with nothing to prevent the calam- ity that all saw was inevitable, the car gave a sudden leap as it rounded Mercer's curve, two miles from the top of the moun- tain, and over on its side, with a crash and roar, it fell, with Its load of screaming and helpless passengers wedged in beneath the broken timbers, torn, bruised, and just by a miracle saved from instant death. The car fell on the left side, or to the north of the track. The bank at the point is steep, but short, and a strong wire fence, With posts, at the bottom, aided In pre- venting the car from sliding farther or rolling over. It is evident from the condl- tion of the track that the wheels had left the rails at least two hundred feet before the car toppled over, and the diminution of the speed of the car by the bumping of the wheels on the tles lessened the extent of the accident. The car had gained a speed of at least fifty miles an hour on the grade, and {f it had gone over while running at such speed it 1s hard to see how a single life could have been saved. People on the road who saw the car flying along before the ac- cident declare that the sight was appalling, as no one could do a thing to prevent the calamity that appeared to be inevitable. The screams of the injured could be heard for a mile down the narrow valley, and all who were anywhere in the vicinity rushed to the point to render assistance. Many who were not hurt at all and those who received only slight scratches and bruises climbed out of the car without as- sistance and turned to the relief of the others. News Taken to Frederick. Harvey R. Lease of Frederick, who was driving in the direction of the road, had his attention called to the screams of the women and children by a farmer along the pike. He hurried at once to the spot, and taking Hamilton B. Shrowman, who was in the wreck, and who had his face and ene hand cut, the two drove swiftly to Frederick and gave the first news of the accident. The streets were soon crowded with anxious men and women, alarmed for the safety ef friends and relatives who might possibly have been on board. The physicians of the city were hastily sum- moned, and hurried to the scene, and every liveryman in Frederick volunteered to send his ‘buses and teams to bring in the in- jured. Hundreds walked out from the city, and on every face was written the mark of anxiety and dread lest some loved one was beneath the timbers of the car. The Injured. The list of those most severely injured is as follows: Thomas T. Anderson, compound fracture of left hip and badly cut; ts in a critical condition and may not survive. Miss Annie Buckle§, about forty years old, badly injured internally, cut and bruis- ed and suffering from shock. Mehrle Norris, left knee cut to the bone. Frederick Heinlein, back injured. Charles Schroedel, left leg cut below the knee. Mrs. Frank Brookey, cut and bruised on head and body. William Filler’s baby, head cut. Mrs. Lakin, badly bruised. William Hale, lineman, struck on head by sand box, under which he was caught. Rosa Eyler, ear cut, left Hmb hurt. George Morgan, finger cut. Charles Morgan, cut on leg. Emma Riddlemoser, elbow hurt. Dr. U. A. Sharetts, one of the directors of the road, who attended most of the 1i jured, came back from the scene at 10:4! last night and said: ‘There is really cnly ore man seriously hurt, Mr. Anderson, and he is doing pretty well. Most of the others received only slight injuries, and I can- not learn of more than a dozen or more of these.” : ————— ee Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been fssued to the following: White—John W. Thompson and Flora B. Markward; Jacob B. Bolinger and Katie A. Sowers. Colored—Charles H. Mathes and Emily Harrison; Edward Moores and Mary Tal- bott; Paul Buchanan and Sallie Shanklin. CHAMBERLIN. IS DEAD Tho Most Noted of America’s Public Hosta. THE FINAL SCENE “AT SARATOGA ts He Refused to Heed the Warnings of His Doctors. —_—_. PERSONAL TRAITS The news of the death of Mr. John F. Chamberlin, which occurred at 11:30 last night at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, occasioned a great shock to his many friends in Washington and elsewhere, who had been cheered with the belief that he was recovering from the illness. which re- cently cime so near terminating fatally. He went to Saratoga in shattered health about the midcle of July, and persistently refused to seek medical adyice, despite his sadly impaired bealth. He continued his vsual style of living and the result was that a week ago he passed into a somno- lent state, and continued so for forty hours despite the medical skill of Doctors 'T. H. Burchard of New York city and W. H. Hodgman of Saratoga. When finally resuscitated, the doctors plainly admontshed him that if he was not more abstemious a sccond attack would surely follow, and that he might not have sufficient vitality to raily from it. For three days he appeared to gain strength, and on Thursday afternoon was scen on the hotel piazza. Ignoring the physicians’ caution, he resumed his usual habits and refused to take the prescriptions. He had expecied urday afternoon for but on the forenoon n prostrated. He im- John F. Chambertin. dition, when the physicians, while they did their best to restore him, abandoned all hope. Miss Olive Chamberlin was with her father vyhen he breathed his last. She was very much prostrated this morning. Mrs. John Chamberlin was expécted to reach the Grand Union Hotel afternoon, when the funeral arrangements will be decided upon. The remains will prabably be taken tonight to New York clay. [ General and Deep Regret. The announcement of his death cast a gioom over the coterie of his friends in Washington, which wagjdoubtless the case Wherever he was knowrand esteemed, and these sentiments were held for him uni- versally. Mr. Chamberlin; was born at Pittsfield, Mass., September 22, 1836, and went to New York in his teens, soon leay- ing for the southwest, where he ran on the Mississippi river between St. Louis and New Orleans, achieving @ popularity among the weaithy planters who traveled so ex- tensively between those points, that was to be accentuated wherever his life led him in the future. He retired from river life, after making 4 great deal of money, and opened a res- taurgnt and club house tn St. Lo: which was the first of the famous establishments that were to be known as “Chamberlin It was here that he first displayed his re- markable powers as a refined purveyor to that most fickle of human attribute: the appetite. The cooking at Chamberlin’s ve- came the talk of the west. Nothing but the best that money could purchase was to be found on his bills of fare, and the prep- aration of the viands and their service Were revelations to the gastronomic world. Ho made a fortune in the west, and went to New York, and, with the late Price Mc- Grath, he opened a club house at Long Eranch. His Racing Ventur While conducting this famous place Mr. Chamberlin built the Monmouth Park race track, and carried on a racing stable, of which the crack representatives were True Blue, Tom Ochiltree, Lizzie Lucas, Sur- vivor, Lizzie R. and other great runners. He sent True Blue to California, and the horse was dosed and lost a great race and $75,000 for his owner. Afterward Mr. Chamberlin came to this city and estab- lished a club house at the corner of 17th and I streets, in the old Myer residence, moving thence to the old Washington Club house on New York avenue, in the build- ing now occupled by the Young Men's Christian Assoclation. Some of the most sumptubus banquets ever given in the country marked this establishment, a par- Ucularly elegant affair being that tendered to the late Hayward M. Hutchinson. From New York avenue Mr. Chamberlin removed to the corner of 15th and I streets, where his famous hostelry now stands. Several years ago, by reason of his popu- larity among public men, Mr. Chamberlin secured authority to build a hotel on the government reservation at Old Point Com- fort, and last winter the palatial building Was opened to the public. While in the New York avenue house here Mr. Cham- berlin opened the Carlton Club, on 25th street, next to the Hoffman House, New York, and it was here that Roscoe Conk- ling and a host of other distinguished men could always be found when the cares of the day were over. Mr. Chamberlin leaves a widow, who was the beautiful actress Emily Thorn, and two daughters, Misses Olive and Ione. ——— MR. BRYAN AND SPOILS. The Democratic-Popuiistic Menace to Civil Service Reform. From Good Government. That part of the program of the demo- cratic-populistic movement which contem- plates the subversion of clvil service re- form 1s not apt to be inently during the cammaigh, if the party managers have their way. Mr. Bryan and his supporters will not discuss it; their spigeches will deal with the more con- spicuous of the revolutionary measures they propose, the debatement of the cur- rency, repudiation, ant’ the destruction of the authority of the federal courts. It will satisfy them perféctly to have this issue of patronage debatchéry overshadow- ed by the more exciting questions, and so kept from the public sight.’ Its importance to themselves they will. not fail to appre- ciate, for the promised /tooting of the pub- lc service is the thingoabove all else that 1s holding together a very cpnsiderable ele- ment of their support. ‘We are opposed to Ufe tenure in the public service,” the Chi- cago platform declares; that 1s, the plan of retention for merit, which they falsely term “life tenure,” is to be broken down as soon as power fs secured; the great body of offices at Washington and throughout the country are to be vacated, regardless of the personal merit or ability of the men and women how holding them. And how are these vacancies to be filled? “We favor such an administration of the civil service laws as will afford equal oppor- tunities to all citizens.” The implication is plain that the present laws do not “af- ford equal opportunities to all citizens,” or that, as Mr. Bryan expressed it, they “‘ex- clude from participation in the benefits the humbler members of our society.” They must be changed, then, and the vacancies credted in the course of the crusade against “life tenure” must be filled through @ new system, of populistic device, “equal in its opportunities to all citizens,” and de- signed to care especially for the “humbler members of our society.” In a letter written, before he was a can- didate, to Daniel B. Kelley of Haverhill, Mass., Mr. Bryan d@clared that “in the distribution of patronage he (the President) is in duty bound to recognize all the ele- ments of his party; to discriminate against a portion of the party which helped to elect him is as indefenstble as it would be to appoint members of another party to of- fices to which the party is entitled.” it may safely be assumed, therefore, that the “equal opportunities” to be afforded under Mr. Bryan's administration would be equal only to citizens of the populist persuasion, and that those “humbler mem- bers of our socfety” who would be per- mitted to participate in “the benefits” would be of the same description. Judging frcm the reports of patronage promised at St. Louis in return for populist favor, and from other quarters where the getting of influential support has been of consequence to Mr. Bryan, it seems likely that a great number of “claims” of the old-fashioned sort would be satistied before the “humbler members” were reached, and that, the system of civil service administration once isfactorily adjusted, the spoils carnival at Washington would equal any known in the history of the government. ALEXANDRIA. AFFAIRS A Quiet Sunday in the Old Potomac City. Theft of a Freezer of Cream—Painful Accident to a Machinist— Notes, Walter Stephenson, a coiored boy former- ly in the employ of Henry Bringie, the ice cream dealer, entered Mr. Bringle’s premises yesterday morning and stole a freezer of cream. The facts that the boy had been seen in the alley and that the cream was missing were reported to Lieut. Smith, who placed the boy under arrest and made him tell where the cream was. IIe carried the Meutenant to the hguse of Lizzie Shanklin, a colered woman, where the cream was found. The woman was also placed under arrest, but was discharg- ed from custody this morning, as it ap- peared that the woman had purchased the cream while under the impression that the boy still In Mr. Bringle’s employ. boy was fined $10, in default of w will go to jail. Rev. J. Green, a negro “preache: was a witness in the case, had preferred against him by Chief W for trying to bulldoze the ctflicers yester- day while trying to secure the Shanklin woman's release without collateral. He was dismissed with a reprimand. Casen in the Police Court. Mayor Thompsor has resumed his night sessions of the police court, and on Satur- day night disposed of the following cases: Walter Washington, Walter Thomas and Baltimore, all colored boys, were ) cach for gambling. y Reed, a coiored boy, charged with air of gold-rimimed eyeglasses, ed to four days’ confinement in olice headquarters. y Delphine Eates, col- , were fined $1 each for contempt of court. This morning William Willis, charged by Mr. George Young derly conduct, was dismi: no evidence to sustain the c! - Walter Stephenson, colored, charged with teali a freezer of ice cream from Henry Eringle, wa fined $10. Lizzi anklin, colored, charged with re- ceivirg the stolen cream, was dismissed Rev. J. S. Green, colored, a witness in the | foregoing case, was tried for using threat- ening language toward the officers. He was dismissed with a reprimand. orge Williams, a negro “vag.” was! sent to the chain gang for five days a2 | tresp = on the property of the South- ern railway. A Very Quiet Da Yesterday was one of the dullest Sundays Alexandria has seen for some time. The streets were almost deserted, and but few strangers were in town. Rev. Father Carne of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, celebrated the mass and de- livered an interesting sermon at St. Mary’s Church at 1 o'clock in the morning Rev. William Griffith conducted the service at St. Paul’s Church in the morning and at Grace Church last night in the absence of the regular pastors. Rev. Geo. L. Bitzer of Loudoun preached both morning and evening at the Second Presbyterian Church and Rev. D. H. Kern occupied the pulpit at the Southern Methodist Church in the morning. The resident clergy officiated at the other churches. Bryan-Sewall-Rixey Club. A business meeting of the Bryan and Sewall Club was held at the New Opera House Saturday night. with Mr. John H. Strider in the chair and Mr. John May act- ing as secretary. After the reports of the different committees were received and adopted, the name of the club was changed to the Bryan, Sewail and Rixey Club by a unanimous vote. Mr. Frank BE. Anderson was appointed “‘a committee of one” to secure speakers for a public meeting to be held in the near future. The meeting ad- Journed until tonight, when it will meet to receive Mr. Anderson's report and decide upon the date of the big meeting. Ill at Charleston, 8. C. Chief of Police Webster received a letter from Charleston, S. C., today asking him to Iccate the mother of one Wiliiam, allas “Cocky,” Cruit, who is dangerously ill at that place. The letter says Mrs. Cruit lives in Alexandria. So far as known there is no one of that name in town, and the supposition {s that the sick man’s name is William Pruitt, a one-eyed boy, who was last seen going down the Poto- mac river on a boat some weeks ago. Pruitt’s family formerly lived near _ St. Asaph junction, but have moved to Wash- ington, it is said. A Painful Accident. Mr. Charles W. O'Meara, an employe of the Southern railway, met with a serious accident while at work in the railway shops Saturday afternoon. While cleaning a piece of machinery his right hand was drawn between two cogwheels and mashed ss far as the wrist. He was carried to the office of Dr. O’Brien, the company’s sur- geon, who found it necessary to amputate the hand just above the wrist. Pied From His Injuries. Mr. Hayes Huntington, who was injured by a fall from the rafters of the car shed of the electric railway at New Alexandria Thursday, died at his home on Commerce etreet Saturday afternoon. Mr. Hunting- ton leaves a wife and four small children, who have the deepest sympathy of all who know them. Notes. Mr. Hubert Snowden and family are at Hill Top, near Round Hill, Va. Rey. Frank T. Benson and family have returned from a visit to Queen Anne coun- ty, Maryland. Mr. Julien T. Burke is at White Sulphur Springs. Mayor Thompson's family is at Manassas, Va. Maj. E. H. Janney of Seminazy Hill has recovered from his recent spell of illness. Mr. Frank Harper has returned from At- lantic City. Mr. B. Conrad Peyton has returned from his vacation, which he spent near Lynch- burg, Va. a ° Rev. Father Carne left today for his home in Richmond. Mr. James T. Galloway of Four-Mile Run left for New York last night to resume his old part in “The Parlor Match” for eight weeks, after which he will return to Herne’s “Shore Acres.” ‘The sound money men will hold a meeting = the Hotel Fleischmann tonight to elec: legates to the Richmond convention. ——— A Single Tax Street Meeting. The attorney for the District having de- cided that meetings may be held on the streets of the city for the purpose of dis- cussing the single tax or any other theory, so long as the right of free speech is not abused, as published in The Star Saturday, the Dtstrict single taxers held a session, beginning at 5:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon, at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues. Among the speak- ers were Mr. P. F. Monahan, Mr. Webster Grow, Dr. William Geddes and Mr. William Steiner. THE SOCIAL WORLD Mr. John W. Thompson and Miss Markward Married Today. WEDDING AT BISHOP HURST'S HOME A Quiet Ceremony Because of a Recent Death. ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE oe “A wedding ceremony of more than usual local importance took place at noon today at the residence of Bishop Hurst. Mr. John W. Thompson, president of the N tional Metropolitan Bank, and one of the best-known and most prominent citizens of the District, ané Miss Flora B. Mark- ward, whose family has been Identified with the northwest portion of the city for many years, and whose mother, Mrs. Sarah Markward, now of Hyattsville, Md., was one of the earliest attendants of Hamline M. E. Church, 9th street, were the contracting parties. Only a few friends were told of the wedding some days ago; and only this small gathering witnessed the ceremony. The happy event took place in one of the large drawing rooms in Bishop Hurst’ palatial home, and was particu- larly impressive because of the quiet solem- nity of the surroundings. Neither the bride nor the groom was attended, but a young niece and nephew of the former stood near her. Bishop Hurst read the service from a book compiled by himsélf, called “The Wedding Day,” bound in white. which the bri the regu which the nz scribed as w! I sented to the bride afterward, and mak: a convenient, as well as a handsome, so: venir of the joyous o on. The bride, who 1s y charming « attractive young lady, was stylishly gow ed in a traveling costurre of dark ¢ tailor. which «was handsomely In tt were pages upon certificate was filled in by upon in- a prety of reseda satin. The toque worn was in qi colors and extremely becoming. The | quet_ she carried was a great cluster of La France roses, tied with long streamers of pink satin ribbon. Owing to the fact that those prescnt were generaily well acquaseted, thcre was no Tormality about the exchange of congratu- lations and good and a pl spent with couple for them to to the Mr. and Thomps s noon, an f they sail Wednesday by the M two or three monihs’ 1 Much of the Scotland, where Mr. , ber of relativ whom he has frequently Jeatic tvavel in the visited, and who have been his guests here from to time. Upon their return to this city, in November, they will take up their residence in Mr. Thompson's I street It was owing to the Mr. Thompaon's br Was SO quietly celebrated, and be this reason there will be no an cards nt out. Mr. and Mrs. Rebert Habershai heve sent out inv:tations to the m of their nicce, Miss Phoebe Elliott, Mr. Alexander Roby Shepherd, jr. The ceremony will take place Wednesday, Sep- very recent death of her that the wedding tember 9, at 5 o’cluck, and will be pers formed in St. Augustine’s Chapel at Se- wanee, Tenn. iliott is a girl of many pei etions and @ represen- tative type of the cultivated southern wo- men. Mr. Shepherd is the eldest son of Governor Alexander R. Shepherd. The young couple will probably visit this city on their bridal tour. Not more than a hundred guests will wit- ness the marriage tomorrow at “The Breakers” of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and Mr. Harry Payne Whitney. This num- ber, with a few exceptions, repr-sent the family connections. The wedding cere- mony will be performed at noon in the gold roo This Is at the rigut of the grand entraace hall. In this superb vases are to be placed in the spaces between the group ef twin cclumns, which form al. coves. These are to be heaped with iilies and roses. After the ceremony the couple will pass into the gray room to receive congratulations. They will stand in a bower composed of marvelous tropicai foli- age. Beyond this there will be a profusion of the choices standard t The breakfast tables in the Iti will be fourteen s be served at small dining room. There ated at the bridal table in the middle of the room. A round, frost- ed wedding cake—not a large one, but Weighing twelve pounds—will be in the center of the board. The cloth will be strewn with white orchids and Hlies of the valley. The other bles will be adorned with plateaus of pride and bridesmaid roses. Groups of palms an bay trees will line the balustrade of the outer terrac and the covered court will be similarly ‘orna- mented. The pathway leading to the house is to be lined with palms and hydrangeas. The grand hall will be a fine sigh the capitols of columns supporting gal- lery on the four sides will depend cascades of asparagus, maidenhair fern, white lilies and pink gladioll. These are to nearly reach the floor and terminate in pink and white sweet peas and lilies of the valley. At the head of the grand stairway will be placed a specimen palm thirty feet high. At the base there will be rose trees, mass of bloom springing from a turf of fin ferns and foltage. Miss Vanderbilt's wedding gown is of the richest satin and rarest lace. She will carry a shower bouquet of stephanotis and gardeniss. There will be six bridesmatds, the Misses Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, Lila Slcane, Edith Shepard, Mabel Gerry, Netta Taylor and Amy Bend. Mr. W. K. Van- derbilt entertained the bridal party aboard his yacht today. Mr. Payne Whitney will be best man and Gladys Vanderbilt. and Dorothy Whitney flower girls. Harry Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt have known each other from ch:ldhood. Their love grew up as they did. The Van- derbilt mansion on 57th street, New York, ts only across the way from the residence of the Whitneys. The association of the children of these families has always been intimate. At Yale College, Har-y Whitney was a faithful friend and chum of Wille Venderbilt, the brother of the bride to be, who died a few years ago. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is young, not yet twenty, and her chief and rare charm is said by her intimates to be entire free- dom from affectation, coupled with a gon- erous nature, which finds pleasure in mak- ing other persons happy. Her hair is dark and forms a faverable foil for her resy complexion. Miss Vanderbilp has been most carefully educated, under the direction of her mother, and is talented in many directions. She is very fond of music, and is a fine linguist. She has made many trips abroad with her parents. The leading feature last week at Lake George was a german given by a numbe- of young people at the Marion House. The favors were silver articles, valuable and pretty enough to be treasured by those who received them. At the favor table, which was handsomely decorated, Mrs. Whitehead of this city was among the matrons who distributed the pretty trin- kets. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann Were among the guests from this city. Mrs. and Miss Call, wife and daughter of Senator Call, are spending a few weeks at Cape May. Miss Kathryn Poloni and Mr. D. Carroll Rocco were married yesterday morning at St. Patrick’s Chureh, Rev. Father McGee officiating. The ushers were Mr. F. Shaf- hirt, Mr. C. Zang, Mr. J. Nau and Mr.J.Po- loni. The bride wore India muslin over white satin ,and carried sweet peas. The sery- ice was followed by a breakfast at the resi- dence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Polonl, No. 102) 4th’ street, after which Mr. and Mrs. Rocco left for a tour to Niagara Falls. Senator McMillan has been entertaining Senators Allison and Hale at his summer home, Eagle Head, Manchester, Mass. The Boston and Maine railroad runs acro: Senator McMillan’s meadows, and since he bought the estate he has succeeded in abol- ishing grade crossings on his land. Mrs. Sue Gonder has gone to Atlantic City for a couple of weeks, after which she will visit friends in Pennsylvania for a like period. Mrs. E. M. McConvey is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. A. Burke, near West Falls Church, Va. Misses Nellie and Mary Dyer of 9th street northwest have gone to Aurora, W. V: for a month’s sojourn. Mrs. O'Reilly, who has been suffering greatly from nervous prostration, has gone to a sanitarium near Rochester, where she hopes to regain her usual health and strength. The Misses Rosa and Lizzie Barthalomae left last week for St. George's Island,where they will remain the rest of the summer. Miss Mamie Palmer of 62) L street north- east has returned, after sojourning in the Mauntains for three weeks at Frostburs, Mrs. H. Sommers of 3038 M street has returned from Atlantic City, The following Washingtonians are at Harper's Ferry: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. ley and children, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson and dauchter Ethel, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilhams and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Rice and son Clarence. 1 R. Kingsman, wife nd di ter Edna, Mrs. W. W. Siaith, son and daughter, Mrs. Boynts son and daugh rs. AL », Ss Ali Lothrop, , Mre. P. M Jennie Pi . s. Mueller, Mr. J. W. Pr Mrs. Jenn Celeste € dauchter, Miss Dats. a visit to Mr. ard Mrs. Albert near the Biue Ridge mounta Fletel Miss Mary Burke, accompanied by her p Misses Genevieve and trude ding a few weeks at Ocean Mrs. F. William Ernst, accompanied by her daughter n Clarence, has returned from Colonial Beach. Mrs. D KE. Chatficid of Chicago is visiting Mrs. ©. W. Thorn at her summer home near Oakland. A mesquerade party was given Friday ning 1 Dancing late he serve: Miss Wii Dicken: in honor music wer fter wh hose pre of Miss Herbert. val a were a FE. You . Umphery, Be Hood, Miss Bent, P. R. McC Randall Miss Julia C. Lee and sister have gone to Pennsylvania, where they will spend @ week. M Teton of e, County has her L. Barrin reet. M Hudsen and } Jeanctta Robertson, of Cipitol Hill, have to Shepherdstown, W. Va, for two Daisy House of No. 13 has returned from a two me r’s in Among th ich to the the MARRIED. WOODWARD. 2SON ts Augu: EDWIN STt A 2 WOODWARD, bork DIED. CARROLL. On Sunday, August 2%, 1896, JO- HANNA, avife of Jolin W. A. Carroll, road Monday morning, 4 IZABETH, jal services her Va on Sunday, of th Faneral from the meut privat OWA Gatebel, + foam KELLY priva . KOOR. On Auzust . at 10:40 a.m. Mew, MAGGIE KOOB . beloved wife of Jno, W. Kool Funeral on Angust 25, at 8:30 a.m., from Ist and H streets northwest; . Aloysius Church at 9 o'clork. vem mass. “Friends and relatives inv atterd. (Virginia papers please copy.) MONTGOMERY. Om Sanday, August 23, XH. MONTGOMERY, husband of E ~ In the 1 year of his Interment, Middlebu BREVET™ 1S. Vor ton . at ath in tant 1, as required Th: ine ‘order will be w »y the siznia of the Constitution. th By « A. WOODWARD, Us.4 ‘Comnucty Ww. P. UX: Recorder, In Memoriam. DONOHUE. In | ter, Mrs. EL years r xis. two ing remembrance of my de DON Carter’s Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADACHE POSITIVELY CURED BY THESE LITTLE VILL ‘They also relieve distress from Dyspepsia, Indigecti:n and Too Hearty Eating. 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