Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1896, Page 6

3-An extra heavy All-wool Ingrain. Bigelow Axminster. $33 Said to Work Properly. “Our cars run at a slower rate through the city than those of any other rapid @ one case, or even believe t dis- ease curable 3 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1896-TWENTY PAGES. = = : that of a bicyclist, whose wheel got under WSS IIS LS IFIP ISI SF pa anaae RERRPOCOCOPERSERESSOOC$OOOD Sb OOEOF: POO RCCPO eS: 4 STREET CAR FEN DERS the fender, but the bicycle struck the wheel Important bPLDTRE ADD D I OERD: <3 Ree AR: oo FPPPTPOPIS PSO FOSS PSL 9S OFS SODESE SOREL DEFOF VSO PSEEUPDO EY <3 ' = ss Seirid ped So aes ae gee T So P, ! POPPE OE OIE COOP Y PAT m: ly, was lown. The a E 7 = == aT Ste Which we run our cars and the excellent ° me eople! tog ° “> $. : contro! over the brakes which our gripmen e¢elngrain Carpets. J Royal Wilton Carpet. Zee) |Street Railway Officials Express exercise eliminate in a “great degre the DR. SHADE, le : y i ne ig 1282 14th s#t., ‘9 About 2,000 yard: f Kidder- oe ; to action, but when they are they act “ij mlactece, 2 pay ath coon. ane Uaioe Everybody ke n'é 6 Opinions on Those in Use. properly and show their value as important Lung and Throat Specialint, milnsters, . a these goods. They bre protective adjuncts of the equipment.” Ingrain, in this sale. a the best. wearing “okt. ait sigs sacseren ge wake Is the only physiclan in this country who claims se neti" #250 sot ver 342) | THEY SAY THEY MEET REQUIREMENTS | er A nine, wencral sacgse ox | nme Smt hin a ates ee eens 27¢. few of them an week the Washington, Alexandria and Mount | *ing im the District of Columisia—piysicians, ae Ree ee : ats = 645 $ as Vernon electric road, said that the fenders | ¢rchants, musicians and other citizens, who are = ‘illiag to be interviewed. Why spend our time Lot 2-Good quality 2-ply ie in use on the cars of that company were | Sl digs me sees SAC iN 4 Pick-Ups and Wheel Guards are | the Blackistone tender act wheel guard. | iis jasecer a one ce et rn an tt : a : Next week... 53¢. Tot 4—Cholce quality All- wool Kidderminster — the Dest 4 y of Ingrain made. Sold regularly for | $1. Next week. i 73¢- Next week is going to be one of unheard of bargains in Carpets and all kinds of Fioor Coverings. Remnants and odds and ends of every description will go at surpris- ingly low prices. We have just finished stock taking and closed a year of unprecedented business in our Carpet Department and can afford to make the end a triumph Tapestry Brussels. Aboat 10,600 | standard makes. Tot 1 Tapestry Brussels, larly sold for Te. yards of all the Alc. <I Tot 1 Ri oa ee > 49C. [toadeg? Roxbury Tapestry. Never ive) sold f eee $1. Next we < | Lot 4-Smith's Best Tap- eT estry Brussels. Regutarl $0 Sasa war 59C. + © +\Body Brussels. < ant ‘Ss 1 dark coloring. $1.25. | | | for | ‘ 85c. Good quality Body Lot 2 » standard makes, | worthy of the success we have enjoyed. Goods of every kind and quality will be in the sale—the prettiest and most desirable of last season’s patterns. \ for buying was never encouraged by such inducements at this season. Sale Begins Monday Morning. They will go quickly, BORDERED CARPETS. A word about these popular Rugs. Made-up Carpets, ranging from 10 to 65 yards, at much less than the ordinary cost of material—Wiltons, Axminsters, Moquettes, Velvets els. Measure your rvom and we will guarantee you a bargain in one of these Carpets to fit it. The following are eight examples giving an idea of prices and and Body and Tapestry Bruss sizes: ‘Tapestry Brussels. eee tee: ‘Axminster Mequettes. A splendid variety of pat- terns, in Hght and dark colorings, just the thing for parlors. Regular te 75C. $1.25. Next w High-Grade Axminsters the best makes, and quite a large assortment of pat- iBest Wilton Velvet Carpets. We are going to give yeu a few of these goods that regularly sell for Pre rae aie gic. Velvet . Tex: $1.25. Next week. 75C., We have nearly a thousand Moquettes, Ate cere me een 10 ft. 6 in, ae is : t xminsters. ROC det ie e000 10 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 9 in. $18.00 ‘ 3 Wiltons, ete Beets: 10 ft. 6 im. by 11 ft. 9 In... see $16.50 8 ft. Bin. by 15 ft... $12.50 Berlins 10 ft. 6 In. by 15 tte. 18.00 8 ft. 3 im, by 11 ft. $21 RUG DEPARTMENT. | Japanese or Jute Rugs are also included in this sale. No Rugs are so effective in a room that can be bought near the price. These prices you have never heard of before: Japanese Rugs. Size. Was. Now. 30 by 60 in. O4e. 36 by 72 in $1.50 4 by 7 ft. 25 6 by 9 ft 7 ft. 6 in. by 10 fr. 9 by 12 ft. 13.25, . 12 by 15 ft . 20.00 13.25, Smyrna Rugs. Was. $1.25 3.50 45 = 10.25 = 20.00 + 40.00 aby 7 ft 6 by 9 ft 9 by 12 ft. Terms: Cash on or before delivery. A deposit. for thirty days. Art Squares. 2 3 by 81) yds. B by 4 yds. Bg by 4 yds. ssortment of Dag- hestan, Shirvan and Persian Rugs, ranging from 2 ft. 6 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. in width and 4 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. 6 in. in length, a big special during this sale at $5 and $6 each. A discount of 20 per cent on all the Carpet Size Oriental Rugs. The Nicest Carpet that can buy. $1.75, Parlor anybody Regularly Next week,... $1.25 Straw Mattings. ‘The summer is about gone end all Mattings must go with it, You She seegongonseetetentententeatoeseatoasentontinceetente can buy Matting during this sale in quantities from 5 to 25 yada at MALF Price, eae 8a tate te tee 'e 8a te ee 8a 9a tate We "ata te 8 r 8a 8a “0 te Wo 8a te te fre “a te! Setesesteogeeeg Good Straw Matting, regu- 18c. Matting for.. larly r2c., for... RRM -9e. 20c. Matting for... «Toc. 25c. Matting for.......124c. ESET ES SESE SSE SEE LE EES EEE EE EE EE SEES ERES: oe 4oc. Matting for........20¢. 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MOSES & SONS, F and Eleventh Streets, Storage Warehouse, 22d and M. will secure your purchase Seseegees te dete eege PSC SEE CECE SESE SEES sn refesge oe Seateas ee ete ea ete tee we tet: tate tr te te te "et eo “a whe two ee te 0 oy Sr } = z= Suet saan etd 3 e = | PRR Tt oe RATE TEEEEURERRERELE LEAL S RESeeeee ees ret eet eet Ete e See Teese eee cee e ele SSSSSeSES SSeS ROS Ots SOS SPST oe een oth ah tk thehnes ; PIECE CEEEEE EE SEP ECEREOECEEEEEER RETR EOREERORERR EER RRR EE FECCOEEEREEOP EERE Fee ESTE SRS RRM, ay Mees 7I93 tee? { Le eebe “IN. GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS Death of the Venerable Henry M. Sweeney, Formerly Mayor of the City. Testimonials to Hix Worth by His Old ess Assoclates—Man Found “nlse Burglar Alarm. one of the oldest of Georgetown, oon, shortly after 3 33 N street, He was for The deceased » time, and death was | 1 breaking down of the } best-known residents yesterday ner n, after an extremely busy life. For the last few years his heaith had been quite bad, and last winter his condition was so serfous that {t was thought he | would die. He rallied, however, and during the past season has heen able to be out ain. His last illness had not been of such nd th s were a good many w that he was con- to his room again. th of M eney ends a life fuli e and filled with good works -if-made man, and what was due to his business He was bern In George 1800, nearly elghty-seven most of his time here. cht years he was ap- n manufacturer by the whose factory was just ize. Beginning at the : he went all througn various grades of cotton manufactur- remaining at the factory until he was years of when he left, and back to Gee wn, and entered the luration, quire; one = ind sper he early age of ed reput Interested in Manufactures. He learned this trade as an adjunct to cotton manufacturing, and spent four or In the meantime, anxious If, began to study at isure moments to ine knowledge. He next » Where he en, ase his stock of went to Winchester, ed in the manufacture operated a factory at a a change of politic a@ consequent change in the Ss the business was ‘so badly | that it did not pay any longer, accordingly discontinued the work. back to Georgetown and en- rious enterprises. He worked ‘lerk in a store, and business once more | the meantime he married | the daughter of his for- His next ‘step in the ac- the opening of a flour busi- Water street ich at that time principal business thoroughfare of i. There was money in the busi- that time, and in a short time he a competency. He remained in Mess until shortly after the out- break of the war, when he retired from ac tive business, le as a rd out it Ir Weodwara, employer. on as the the He became identified with the Potomac Fire Insurance Company of Georgetown in Isv9, At a special meeting of the board of directors of the company, held May 7, 1889, he was elected as president, to fill the va- cency caused by the death of Mr. A. H. Pickrell, who had previously held the posi- tion for some years. Mr. Sweeney held the office of the head of the company ever since and guided the affairs of the com- pany in a businesslike way that brought it | the success. A meeting of the directors of the company has been called for Monday morn- ing at 11 o'clock, when action will be taken on his death and suitable resolutions adopt- ed. It with his connection with the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank that he was perhaps more widely known. He became a director on June 7, 1860, and held the position until September 28, 1865, when he was elected to the presidency. He has held the office ever since, being re- elected to the same position from year to year. With this year he began his thirty- first term as president. The fact of his successive election clearly shows that his hosiness tact and management was recog- nized by the directors and stockholders of the pank, and under his management the institution has been made one of the lead- ing in the country. ‘Testimonial of Respect. A special meeting of the directors of the ik was held this morning, at which the following was adopted: ‘Whereas, it has pleased the Great Ruler and Director of all things to remove from our midst by . Sweeney, our president and brother director of this bank, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Farmers’ and Me- cranics’ Bank of Georgetown, Washington, D. C., has lost 4 faithful and conscientious guardian of its interests, and that the city of Washington has lost one of Its best citizens; Resolved, That we personaily realize in the death of Mr. Sweeney we have lost a friend, whose industry, honesty kindness and modesty we greatly admired Resolved, That the members of this board ttend the funeral in a body, and, Resolved, Jat a copy of this preamble and resolution be spread upon the records of the bank.” Mr. Sweeney was connected with but few erganizations. Outside of his interest in Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank and_ the Potomac Fire Insurance Company, he belonged to only one other organization. Some time ago he was elect- ed an honorary member of Potomac Lodge, No. F. A. A. M. He leaves no family. His wife died some time ago, and no chil- dren survive. He has no relatives living, and was alone in the world. For many years he made his home at 3265 N street, next acor to the late residence of the former building inspector, Mr. Entwisle. A rela- tive of his departed wife kept house for him and attended to all nis wants. Arrangements for the funeral have not all been made. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 4:80 o'clock from his late residence. The interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery. A False Alarm. About 9 o’clock last evening the burglar alarm in the residence of Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman, at 33d and O streets, began ringing and alarmed the entire neighbor- hood. There is no one in the house at pres- ent, the entire family having gone away for the summer. Detective Frank Bur- rows and Policenian Henry Steinbraker reached the place and made a circuit of the house, but could not gain access. There were no irdications of any one having se- cured an entrance to the house, however. A ladder was secured and an entrance af- fected by the police in the conservatory, but from tris no entrance could be secured to the house. There was no way to stop the ringing of the burglar alarm bell and this kepe up tingling all night. Whether some one attempted to get in the place, or whether the alarm was started by mice, is @ question the police have not been able to solve. Gambling House Raided. The Virginia authorities made an at- tempt to raid the place known as the “White House,” a gambling resort at Ross- lyn, yesterday afternoon, but owing to the bungling manrer in which the affair was conducted the raid amounted to but little. The raid was made upon warrants sworn out by John C. Nelson, th: -eformed gam- bler, against Edward Shai. :. }renk Fos- ter, Wilham B. Harriga +O) orston Johnson, who conducted De.e, The warning was given to the place before the arrival of the raiding party, and nothing of an incriminating character was found to show that gambling was conducted ati the place. Frank Foster was the only man arrested, but it is doubtful if a case can be! | made out against him. Death of John S$. Ross. Mr. John S. Ross, a former resident of 6th (or S) street, died after a long and pain- ful illness at his home, 632 L street north- west, Thursday at the ripe age of seventy- two years. Mr. Ross was a most estimable industrious and quiet citizen. In early life he had meny troubles and disadvantages to contend with, which he courageously overcome. He never married, but devoted all his efforts to the welfare of his aged mother, wl om he devotedly loved. His life was one of exemplary purity. Found Dena. Lawrence Kadley, a shoemaker, was found dead in his shop at 3426 M street last evening shortly hefore midnight, by James Larkins, a resident of the same house. The indications are that death was caused by apoplexy, though no one was around when the unfortunate man passed away. Kadley was last seen about an hour before he is supposed to have died. He closed up his shop shortly after 10 o'clock at night, and retired to his room in the rear of his shop, where he lived. Larkins came home a little lateand knock- ed at the door to be admitted.. Hearing no response to his repeated rapping he forced in an entrance and discovered the lifeless dy stretched out on the floor. The po- lice were immediately notified, and Police- men Harrison and Brown had the body taken to the morgue. The coroner was netifled and viewed the remains this morn- Ing. Coroner Hammett held an inquest today at noon at the seventh precinct station over the body of Kadley. An inquest was deemed unnecessary, a certificate of death due to heart disease being given. The re- mains were removed this afternoon from the morgue to McCarthy's undertaking es- tablishment, from which place the funeral will be held. The deceased, while he kept bachelor’s hall in a frame shanty tenanted by colored people, had a number of rela- tives. It is understood that he left a sum of money behind, and all of this forenoon a number of people were hunting through his old shop, endeavoring to find the place where he stored his wealth. The effects of the dead man were removed to the police station and turned over to the property clerk, Searched His Pipe.. Policemen Steinbraker and Housel made @ periodical raid this morning on the run- ners of the policy concern doing a thriving business over at Rosslyn. In citizens’ cicthes trey were en the lookout for sev- eral hours, but oniy one arrest was mad. which, however, is regarded as a very im- pertant one. The prisoner, who is a negro, and who geve his name as Abraham Johnson was arrested while coming up the towpath. Though suspected for some time of heing connected with the policy company, no evidence was ever obtained against him. Recognizing the policemen he lighted his pipe and started off in a non- chalant way. When searched no evidence was found on him, but a happy thought seizing the policemen they dug into the immense wooden bowl of his pipe and found a roll of paper containing his plays for the morning, which had been partly burnt. When searched at the Police sta- tion $6.39 in pennies and small change was found on him. 2 Miscelinneous, - At the West Street Presbyterian Church Rev. James S. Wescott will deliver the sermcn at the morning services. J. R. Gibbons reported to the Police yes- terday the theft of a gold watch and chain from 2308 N street. Mr. Frank Lawler has returned from a vecation spent at Colonial Beach. Rev. Stanley Billheimer, Pastor of the Lutheran Churcb, who has been on a visit to his home in Pennsylvania, has returned, and will conduct the services at his church tomorrow. Miss Julia Memmert of Dumbarton ave- nue, who has been on a visit to friends at Reanoke, Va., has returned home. See cee McKINLE Two Delega on the can Candidate. A committee of fifteen from the republi- can National League reached Canton, Ohio, at 1:20 yesterday afternoon from Mil- waukee. They took dinner with Private Secretary Boyle and called on Major M. Kinley later. Mr. John Goodnoe of Minn apolis spoke for President Woodmat the league, who could not be present. Major McKinley said, in part, in re: ing: “We cannot overestimate the value of the young men fn politics, and T would not have believed it if Mr. : told me that they were ticians. (Laughter.) My them has been that they have been politi- cians of the mest practical sort known in American politics. ‘Gentlemen, you never had a worthier cause to sirive for than you have this year. ‘The financial honor of the country and the prosperity of all its people are cnough to inspire every American heart to the best possible effort. (Applause.) I have seen somewhere an inquiry: ‘Cannot the United Republi- States establish a financial system of its ow it too weak and dependent to do that? In answer: The United States now has a financial policy, which, in the main, it has been pursuing since the beginning of the government, and which it does not mean to change until it can find a better one. Those who make the inquiry are usually against our American policy of finance, and they are insisting that we shall adopt the financlal policy of Chgia and Mexico. I hope it will not be thought an evidence of lack of national spirit or national independence that we decline to adopt their proposition.” (Great applause.) A delegation of 300 people trom east Ohio United Brethren conference followed close- ly upon the call of the league committee. Bishop J. S. Mills made the presentation for the party. Governor McKinley replied: “It Is a good omen when religious teach- ers are alive to the questions affecting the public welfare. Nothing is more worthy of your study and consideration than those questions which tend to make the country great, prosperous and righteous. Civic virtue is a good text for tne preacher al- ways, but a better thing for every citizen to guard in his daily life. Good citizenship les at the fovndation of our true greatness as a free government. Those who proclaim it are indeed Christian teachers and public benefactors. The better the citizen the bet- ter a free government and its law: “Tt is a gratifying fact, as you te, that in our form of government character counis for so much. The lack of jt amounts to almost a disqualification for public trust. Whatever men’s individual opinions on moral questions are, or may be, whether sood or bad; whatever may be their party affiliations, all prefer that public officials shall be of high character and worth. They may be heedle of virtue and careless in their own lives, but ‘they insist that those who are to execute the public will shall be men ot unquestioned integrit —S a Thanks From the Orphans. The sisters of St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum and the little people under their care have extended their grateful thanks to Captain b. S. Randall for the day of genuine pleasure at River View to which he treated them last Wednesday, and have taken similarly courteous aciion toward President George S. Dunlop of the Wash- ington and Georgetown railroad, the cars of which transported the party to and from the boat. See Still the Pastor. The recent announcement thay Shiloh Baptist Church, colored, was to have a new pastor is an error. Rev. J. Anderson Tay- ler will continue to serve his flock. MR. BRADSHAW’S VIEWS ——-__ The recent death of Miss Maggie 4 derson, which was caused by an electric car on the Brightwood railway, has in- spired a reopening of the discussion about street car fenders, and a renewal of the question whether those now in use on the various cars in the District are efficient for the purposes for which they are in- terded, and which must be met in order to comply with the law of Congress and the n:unicipal regulations issued by the Com- missioners of the District. In order to as. certain to what extent the railroad man- agers here have confidence in the fend used on their several roads, a Star reporter visited representatives of all the rapid transit systems, which are required to equip the!r cars with the appliances under consideration, and interviewed them on the subject. Miss Henderson's Dea Mr. Thomas O. O'Brien, superintendent of the Brightwood electric road, when in- terrogated by the reporter, made the fol- lowing statement: “I cannot undersiand the reason why the fender did not prevent Miss Henderson's deplorable death. ‘The orly cause I can ascribe for it is the fact that the car was on a heavy down grade, and that the. young lady was struck in such a manner that she rolled out of the pick-up fender and fell in such a way that the wheel guard, in falling, must have dropped on the upper portion of her body, for when the car was stopped she was found lying between the whe: suard and the wheel of the car, with her head resting against the brake-shoe of the wheel, the wheel not having touched her. “There was another phase of that ter- rible calamit and that was the charge that the ca hich struck Miss Hende son was going eighteen or twenty miles an heur. Now, it is a well-known fact that a car heavily loaded and running at such a speed as that on a down grade of five per cent could not be stopped with- 1, in from th hundred te five hundred fect of a given point, whereas the that caused Mi: Henderson's death was stopped within 35 feet of the point where she first attempted to cross the track, and had rot her friends called to her she would have crossed in saf But their c stepped her, and, seeing the car so to her, she must have been dazed, was scen to hesitate and turn bi w.s thus overtaken. The Brightw “I have thus gone into details of Miss Henderson's terrible death to show the pe- culiar circumstances attending it. So far as our fenders are concerned they have been put to many severe We use Blackistone pick-up fender and the shtwocd wheel guard, which is our own invention, and works automatically. Both meet all the requirements of the District Commissioners, as well as the more vigor- ous ones regarding them adopted by the mpany itseif. “At the Pine! month ago,” saj Branch road about a Mr. O’Brien in conciu- sion, * rted to cross the track and was ek by a car. The driver of thrown out and when the car was stopped he was found to be lying in the wheel guard just like a child in @ cradle, and tne only damage which he suffered was a case of fright. When he was helped out he remarked: ‘Fo’ de Lawd, I veugnt I wuz gone. “Several children have been picked up uninjured by our fenders since they have been operated, as well as numerous ani- mals.”” The Great Falls Rond. The cars of the Great Falls electric rail- way are equipped with the Smith fender. Ex-Commissioner Douglass, who is inter- ested In this patent, when asked for on the fender question, said: “The present fender used on the cars of the city if lowered down to within two and a half or three inches of the roadyed weuld be about as good as any contrivanc for the front of a car carried g erally any man, woman or child kno. down by the impact would pass under t jews ed ferder and be ground to pieces by i wheels unless the ‘second fender,’ or whvel guard, saved the victim. This shows the vital of having ssible. zard or under the wheel importan¢ th fender, therefore, should be absolut g which ts the case with the s The motorman or FS enough to do to throw off hi pman rent and apply his b this has to the most try Usually the v fere the eme e done unde ing to the etim fi ency sured, and b: the gripman or motorman can’ go thr with all the n ary prelimaries it too late to do anything with the under guard. If, however, the ard is solutely automatic, the may be forgetful, nervous, paral dead, it makes no difference wh the device will work and the victim surely saved. “A resolution was introduced in the Jast Corgress instructing the District Commis- sioners to have experiments made with t several fenders wheel gua termine their for one, I hope will be done. better piace in the world t he and omparative vali There ty to try the experiment. ‘The streets are smooth and we have both cable and elec- tric systems. When the time for such test comes the public will be and judge for itself.” On the Metropolitan Cars, President Samuel L.Phillips of the Metro- pelitan Railroad Company said the fenders in use on the electric lines of his road had proved eminently satisfactory. “They have already been put to some pretty severe tests,” said Mr. Phillips, “having picked up several people without injuring them, «nd on one occasion lifted a bicycle rider and his bicycle, too, out of danger, without damage to either. fenders, however, like _everyth should be carefully looked after, and a car should never be allowed to go out un! its fender is in proper and easy work: order. The Metropolitan every fender looked over eve and if it needs attention it fore thH® car begins its day’: > the Blackistone fender and 2el guard, and the latter acis, of course, automatic: ally.” Georgetown and Tenleytown Road. “We have in use on most of our cars a fender made by the Consolidated Car Fen- der Company of Providence,” said Presi dent Crosby of the Georgetown and Te leytown railroad. “It is, I believe, the best fender used in the District, and the best we could find on the market. pick-up acts to perfection, in my opinion, and it is mechanically much stronger than any other I Kaow of. The wheel guard is equ: ly effictent for the purposes it is intended for. The wheel guard acts automati-al! but it can be arranged so as to be uni the control of the motorman.” The Capital Traction Company. Mr. D. S. Carll, chief engineer and super- intendent of the Capital Traction Company, was next visited by The Star reporte: he Capital Traction Company uses on its cars the Blackistone fender and wheel guard, which was mentioned by the District Commissioners in ‘their order directing the equipment of rapid transit cars with such means of protection. They have proved eminently satisfactory, and 1 have never seen anything that I thought any better than our fenders, if as good. In cases where individuals or animals have gotten in front of our cars, however, our gripmen have almost always been able to stop the momentum of the cars before striking the objects. Several instances have occurred, however, where persons have been struck, but the fenders have picked them up unharmed. One case occurred, able to see transit Ine. We do not use the fenders after leaving the city, and the car that kélled the colored boy ‘on the Long bridge had no fender on it. The law of Virginia does not require fenders. I believe these in use within the District limits are amply efficient in every respect. The pick-up fender, I am sure, will act properly at zll times, and the wheel guards act automat- call Inspector Bradshaw's Views. Inspector Bradshaw, whose duty it is to make regular inspections of the fenders ard wheel guards in use on the rapid- transit cars in the District, stated to the reporter that in the prosecution of his official investigations he had found but very instances where the fenders and wheel guards were not in proper working erder when he examined them. He said all the wheel guards in use in the city vere automatic in their working and t the appliances met the requirements of th. the municipal regulations. ASBURY ed Colossal Arcade and Ba: to Be Built Next Se Special Correspondence of Th. ASBURY PARK, N. J Asbury Park next season will possess the finest and largest amusement plant on the New Je coast if plans at present being perfected are brought to a successful con- clusion. The site for this plant was pur- chased a month ago by William J. Cooper of Morristown, who has an ice cream gar- den here during the nm. It is a tri gular block In the heart of the hotel c ter, facing the beach, at the junction of Cookman and Asbury avenues, and is con- ceded to be the most valuable piece of prep- erty of its size in Asbury Park. For sev- eral years-every eal estate dealer and many of the hotel and business men of the ccast have been endeavoring to gain pos- session of the land, but the owner invar- named a fabulous price. On account of its location it was at one time suggested that the triangle be made a public park, but the movement was not agitated until about the time that the sale was made. An approximate idea of the value of the lanl may be obtained when it is said that fiv of the leading hotels of the resort face 1 triangle, and the largest and most popular beard walk pavilion is but a stone’s throw away ‘The plans at present under consideratio: call for a two-story building and roof ga den, to be erected at a cost of about $100,- oo. The building will cover the triangle with the exception of the extreme poin facing the ocean, upon which will be erect- ed a steel observation tower. The ground August 28, 1896, floor will be divided into booths and kiosks for shop! cepting t front, which will be give: covered ice cream garden. The entire second stery will be given up to an amus ment hall or theatorium, where continuous performances and light operas will be at the Webb given. At the rear of the roof garden, above a the theater stage, restaurant will be built, inclosed in glass. The elevators run- ning up the tower will have landings at the amusement hall and roof garden, and there will be elevators from the ice Cream gar- den, A set of plans and propositions simi- lar to the above have also been submitted to Mr. Cooper by a party of Philadelphia capitalists, but no decision will be given until the present season has closed. -__o SOUND MONEY LEAGUE. Appro hing Meeting of the Newly Organized Body. Three weeks ago the Non-partisan Sound Money League was formed in this city, with the motto “Principle before party” as {ts guiding rule. On next Monday evening the league will hold its first public meeting in the quet hall of the Raleigh Hotel, when addresses will be made by Mr. Henry E. Davis, the vell-known lawyer and prom- irent democrat, and Capt. Patrick O°Far- rel, identified with the republican party, and author of “O'Farrell's Financial Dialcgue,” in which the claims of the ad. tes cf free coinage of silver are op- posed. It is expected that this meeting will be a large one, and to this the pub- lic is invited to be present, and to lend th advancing the principles of the league The Non-Partisan S: ey gue has fifty Ghembers, of whom are republicans and the t demo 1 members ted in the <a league is to send c: Maryland, constantly be! he purpose of the aly pro’ tion gue for will ¥ after the which will ce ale 7th instant, pected, speakers of national will be pres and make « > Barton Coming Home. Spencer, written at t 16, Mrs. Clara Barton says: this is to tell you that we are coming back to you—all safe and well so far. You will have seen that we left Constantinople a week ago today. We zo to Germany, to Paris, to London—then heme! Our sailing is not quite sett r country we have just come from don ue thi ¥, hor permanently trust y and to find the hearts we x long months ago. be coming home n—glad_my fe, oui of danger as few know and I the heart along with > Typewriter Crazy on a Bicycle. A young girl, who gav. name as Sadie Thomas, and said she lived in this city, was arrested In Richmond yesterday and held on a charge of lunacy. She was under had squa me engaged to him, but th Clara In a letter to Mrs. Vienna “But, best of all, ugy Glac men nd out of toil such All send heart love to you to riding a bicycle, and when placed told a story of how she ng arrest: she met a y in the capitol man and, had be young man denied her statements. The po- Ii here are satisfied that the supposed crazy girl did not belong here. A man from Wilmington, Del., was here y looking for his sister, who had disapp. ed, and y be that the girl is his and has assumed the name Sadi Inspecto. Hollinberger thinks howe that the girl belongs in Virginia, and had been empl ed here as a typewriter. — Held for Forgery. George H. Anderson, who was arrest2d in Cincinnaul a few days ago and brought here on a charge of uttering a forged check, was given a preliminary examina- ticn in the Police Court tod Detectives igated the case ndant, were In court as witnes! It was charged that the de- fendant passed on Mr. ¢ F. Schaffer a Helan and Lacy, who inves and located the deft S. check for $30 alleged to have been given by the Baltimore firm of Hopkins & Willouzh- by. The former member of the firm was in court, and he pronounced the gery. Judge Mill: number of witnes ant in $. grand check a for- heard the evidence of a es, and held the defend- *) security for the action of the ——— Denial Doubted. Virgie Jackson, a colored girl, was before the Police Court today, charged with rob- bing orge Williams of one dollar. The man declared that he saw the girl have her hand in his pocket. Virgie inade a de- nial and satd she hoped the Lord would strike her de A sentene: of thirty days was impcsed. ee ee Respect for the Late Judge MacArthur Out of respect to the memory of the late Judge Arthur MacArthur, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding an equity session, with Judge Cox on the berch, adjourned immediately after being opened today. | thus Dr. Shade's Chloridam Discovery for Consump. tion, Lung, Throat and Catarrhal Disca: tested, and no other plan of treatun complished such results, symptom biaw ment, Office hours—M nda, from 9 to 12, and 2 s bas been thas ae Send or call for booklet, for those desicing home treat Vednesday and Friday only » G sharp, Consultation free. Dr. Shade in charg ee _ “a “ SHAKER DIGESTIVE Co, wot cure all dineases, Lut are Dyspepsia or Indigestion. All druggista, m27-w ly ~ GOOD FOR WELL PROF Liebig Company apo s&thiyr I THE BaBy IS CUTTING and use that old xtract of Beef. Syrup, for ch child. softens th iad colle nnd is the best re 2S conte a bottle. ALL DISORDERS CAUSED RY A RIDE of the system can be cured by te Liver Pills. Ne pain, gripi attending their une. Try! thea RA TITER: LD RENOWN: dyspepsia, Xe. Mt. Vernon Electric Displaces Twenty Em- ployes. The Pennsylvania Road Dixcontinuaca Its Alexandria Trains and Terns Trafic to ¢ Electric Ri: The withdra recenily by the vania Railroad Compsuy of all lo trains between Washington and Alexand: Pennsyl- al bas resulted in throwing quite a number of crews out of employmentor, more properly speaking, placing them in a position where their support is of the most precarious character, and one of the oldest employes of the road today told a Star reporter that he had never seen as much despondency in Washington among Pennsylvania men in an experience of twenty years as there is at present. “It makes me =: onunuing, “to see almost twenty men ling around the office of the trainmaster the Balti- more and Potomac station day waiting for a ¢ these men had r positions pay until the present reductioa o which, as causea by th Alexandria railroad. 1 part of tt Mount « n impression on the men who fe merl trains on the Pennsyl- Vania’s Alexandria line given employ- ment by the M 2 company whi the change was made, but was no} the To many of these men the chan, Was @ great disappointment, for some them had just been promoted to be « Guctors and others to baggage masters Now all are practically out of employ- ment or are but little more than eking out a living. “I do rated the ot n- net know of anything that has Proved to be as ereat an object lesson to the Pennsylvania men running in b as this, and, though so far we have not heard that President Roberts has had anything to say publicly as to the effect thai the eicction of Bryan would have on the com- pany’s affairs, we have been informed from a reliable source that should MeKinley be defeated the company will undoubtedly be cempelled to ort to one of two w ns to meet its ol tions—either to raise the freight and passenger charges, and this could not be done, because of the oppoxi- tion of the traveling ant shippin and the action of competing lir duce the number of its employes, no other way would be open to to enable them to pay the large interest which has to be paid in gold, and for which a depreciated cur- reney will not answer. ‘If more men are discharged, or n if of those now in the comp: 3 reduced, Ido not know what jn ame of heaven will do. democrat ever sink which was 1 and 1 would like for tt ountry follow to nc were front i surely gers which no Wd which In my opinion if be ur currency the dem coming expected er ated, lecessful wocan I 1 of Pennsylvant view « = my i rati he (and tt railway men y who take r that I do) to ion or even serious For these reasons, and because J have heard so ny of the men who ron in here express their opinions on ihe subje-t I believe that, was stated Chief Arthur of the Locomotiv hood, and published in The Star ierday, fully 9 per cent of the men of the United States will vot Kink A Complete and © Consire Work on the Consumer Re n, Va., is Bressing rapidly. a the contractors, Messrs. Charles Kaestm & Co. of Chicage, expect to ha the buildings under reof in a few we a the whole plant ready for oceupaney January 1. e The brewery will have ac it 100,000 barrels ann Ny, and it w be ranged and equipped in accordan with the most mo a plans. The proper of the brewery company comprises five acres at the corner of Brewery and ( which gives them a river fronta; nal streets, Gov feet. The water supply will inking ® shaft near the Three Sisturs, where the river is seventy feet decoy. and s run frem the shaft to the brewery prior walls of the buildin: istructed entirely of pr: tie throughout with ra a neat and hands plant will be pearanc fire proof be possible to make and no wood will be used exce doors and windows and their “fra The brewery b ings prope front Mw feet on Brewer et and 175 fect nd will var: tables will be high, and with for forty hor: Canai street, 140 commodations tling house and supe feet, will each be 40 by high. There will a 100-ton refriger: light dynamo and 7 horse power, and the plant when « will be among the fi of the kind fn th United States. ——— The Late Mrs. Thomas 0. Many tributes have been pall am memory of the late Mrs. Lou Carey Set- fridee, the wife of Admiral T. O. Selfric retired, and the mother of Admiral & fridge and Licut. Commander J. Ru Selfridge, and e evidences of the teem end admiration in which the vener- able lady was held are touching and xrat fying to those who survive her. Selfridge was eighty-five years of the time of her death, which occurred AU- gust 21, at the home of one of her sons in San Francisco. She sprang from the best of Puritan stock. Delicate in stature, xhe Was in her youth renowned for her beauty as well_as for the loveliness of her char- acter. She continued to take an active and deep interest in all the social and political questions of the day up to the time of her death, end devoted herself to works of charity with a vim and enthusiasm that would have been a subject of praise and remark in one many years her junior. fridce, sr. paid to the ese the