Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1896, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, BATH IRON WORKS BOAT. TORPEDO BOATS As Well as Craft Designed for Their Destruction. eg TEN NEW VESSELS 10 BE BUILT Light Draft, Speedy and With Effective Armament. —— LINE OF DEVELOPMENT (Copyright, 1898, HAY orpedo ci d by the last of Congress. that act provi- sion was made for the construction of three torpedo boats, in all to cost over noi more than al number of torpedo . and also for the of the same order, for the specific serv- 2 warfare that class to 3 belong. the more ni: boa rous nese larger boats, known was due to the supremacy torpedo-doat flotilla some advent of the tor- he evolu fon of of pronounced si y k-fir! Re- Y carry a number of torpedo disch: of the heaviest weatherliness makes adversaries for | of cruisers and | e will survive 1 or replaced; edge of the com- of our largest yess Nght gunboats and then answer our nee; iuropean powers, armed to the teeth, h this class of naval mig! how urgently we *. In need of a er boats upon a total st limit of $540,000. | is made for the | | Te Y | boilers, Fleet. sent hoats just awarded, built, b and con- | tracied ts In all of twenty boats, | and submar boat now | action, but excluding the four | { the Maine and the Texas, n boat Stiletto of the tor- | rt. Compared with | ain, the 214 of France, | Germany—well nigh “h could be brought to bear di- | roast, it is easy to see | es of hostilities the vatue of tor- | be twofold—active and po- | PACIFIC | four cn | the deck below, will be, notwithstanding, COAST BOAT. they woulf, and it is instructive to find that they turned naturally to the two nations toremost in the evolution of this class of vessels. In form of hull and arrangement of ma- chinery the Bath boats are practical dupli- cates of the Forban of the French navy—a craft that has made 31 knots an hour— but slightly heavier by some seventeen tens displacement. The armament will con- sist of four one-pounder rapid-fire guns, mounted along the sides wherever calcu- lated to afford the widest fleld of action; and of three eighteen-inch torpedo tubes, two admidships, ore on each side and one aft on the center line and firing through an ere of 280 degrees. There will be two con- ning towers. In the forward one there will be a steam steering mechanism and the al annuncia‘ors, telegraphs and speak- ing tubes to al! centers of importance; in the after tower there will be a convenient place for the conning of charts and other work of navigation, end just abaft the after tower tnere will be another steering wheel, by which the boat will be steered when heavy spray or freezing scud clouds the lights in the forward tower. The boats will) be each divided into some- thing like ten separate water-tight com- partments, the bulkheads being unbroken by doors of any kind. While preventing communication between decks—for one must pess up to the main deck and down again te gain another compartment—the arrange- ment wil! preclude danger from unclosed or jamming doors in event of accident admit- ting water, and localizes damage of any other sort. Reduction in Vibration. The engines, of which there will be one set on each shaft, are located in a common compartment, and will have cylinders with diameters respectively of 17%, 24% and 37 inches, with a uniform stroke of 21 inches, | and making 340 turns a minute when going at full speed. By the adoption of so long a stroke, the number of revolutions will be happity reduced by a hundred turns and more below that common to these high- speed boats, promising a corresponding re- stion of that troublesome vibration in- herent in these destroyers. ‘o one unfamiliar with the stress of a ion constant agi like tngle to e imparting an _ electric- ything touched, besides keeping one’s teeth chattering without rest, the taxing and fatiguing consequences of this vibration cannot be realized. It sim- ply saps one’s energies and produces a state of nervous collapse. Besides adding greatly to the comfort of the crew, this ening of shake admits of better gun- fire. Steam will be supplied by two water-tube in a single water-tight compart- ment, and at a pressure of 230 pounds to the square inch. T full coal supply of 32 tons will be stowed abreast the boilers, both for con- end for protection against gun- and upon this allowance each boat will have a steaming radius of 1,488 knots at a speed of 14 miles an hour. The accommodations for both officers and | crew will be quite as commodious as could be expected in so small a craft, and every- thing that can turn up and out of the way will do so to afford even greater comfort and convenience. For the Western Coast. With a commissioned draft of 273 tons, the single boat to be built by the Union iron works of San Francisco has been designed to meet the special demands of the western coast and the long, trying swells of the Pacific. This craft is really a slightly lighter duplication of the British Desperate, carrying eighty tons of coal, only four tons more then this boat of ours twenty-five tons lighter in displacement. ‘There will be two conning towers, steering wheels in each, with a supplementary hand- and-steam steering wheel on the deck just forward of the after tower. The torpedo armament will consist of two 18-inch tubes, mounted on the center- ne and aft of the after conning tower. ch tube will fire athwartships and have a wide are of train. She will have a force of six six-pounder rapid-fire guns, placed the main deck and one on each tower. These latter guns, while having an enviable sweep and beyond the wetness of seriously exposed to all the aggravations of vibration and roll, and will hardly be counted upon for good practice when run- ning at full speed or in a good-sized sea- way. Like the Bath boats, this craft will be cut up into a number of non-communicable compartments and each under efficient pumpage conirol. in the destruction wrought ar and merchant vessel: tial in their reputation and the s upon the nervous, mplements of the opposing As a matter of dollars and cents tions, more domestic protection purchase of a goodly than can be guaran- ron of battle ships, of the universal dread of n all Its awful possibliities. the awards just made we shall have of the smaller boats—three of 21% s and four of 20 knots, and three 30- vessels of the destroyer pattern. So knot far the matter of classification has not con- cerned us, but the advent of this new force will demand some sort of grading. The three larger beats fall under the order named; the 22"s-knot boats will probably be styled “sea-going,” while the 20-knot craft will be grouped with the second-class boats of that kind in the English navy. ‘The result of the awards and the general dimensions of the boats are as follows: No.of Price, Bidder. Type. Knots. each. Length. Beam. Bath Ira Works. .... 2 80 $194,000 14770" 16°45" Union Iron Works. -... 1 30 227,500 2100" = 204" Wot & Zwicker Tron Works 2 225 81.546 1460" 7 Herresioff... 1 22.5 80,000 189" 16" Berreshot... 2 20 89,000 1000" —12" Columbian Tron Works 1 20 46,000 101 126” Chas. Hiil- mon Co... 1 2 48,500 10176" = -12°6"" French and English Designs. No premiums are offered for the develop- ment of excessive speed, and while penal- ties for failure to attain the contract re- quirements are imposed, they are more a matter of form than for fear that the de- mands shall not be met; in fact, the excess guaranty In three instances is enough to dispel alarm on that score. The two boats to be built by the Bath nm works are after the designs of M. Normand, the famous French builder, and the single boat to be built by the Union fron works is modeled after the English boat Desperate; and no little interest will center upon the performance of each when the day comes for acceptance trial. Limited only to certain requirements on the part of the department, the builders Weré free to seek their inspiration whither A wide strip of linoleum on the upper or main deck will form a secure footway, and an electrical plant, with a capacity for something like eighty lights, will supply illumination within the beat and for the ordinary running lights. Triple-expansion engines, one on each shaft, and in a common compartment, will drive the boat. To save lateral space, there whl be two low-pressure cylinders on each ergine, and the respective diameters of all will be 20, 20 and 30 inches, with a uniform stroke of 18 inches and a revolution speed be 400 turns when making thirty knots an our. The boilers, three In number, and in two Separate compartments, will supply steam at a working pressure of 240 pounds, and, as in the other boats, forced draught will be induced by blowers in each fire room. Here, too, the quarters for officers and crew are all that could be expected. Compared with any of the foreign boats of the destroyer class, we shall have reason for present satisfaction, while in many re- spects they meet the requirements of our coasts with peculiar fitness. In the Other Classes, The two 22 1-2-knot boats to be built by Wolff & Zwicker of Portland, Oreg., have been designed with especial consideration for duty on the Pacific coast, where greater radius of action is called for through the absence of frequent safe ports. The motive power will consist of two sets of triple-expansion engines, one for each shaft, and will have cylinders of 11 7-8, 19 and 22 7-8 inches in diameter. The armament will consist of four tubes for the discharge of 14-inch torpedoes, and will be arranged one abaft each of the two conning towers, and two abreast, one on each side, amidships. The forward and after tubes fire from the center line and upon beth sides, while the midship tubes discharge each on Its own side only. There will be_aecommodations for four commissioned officers, four warrant officers and a crew of twelve. The Herreshoffs will build three of the new boats—one of 22 1-8 knots and two of 20 knots. The 22 1-2-knot boat will be a substantial duplicate of the Cushing, built by this firm, differing in minor features of stem and stern, and the oharacter of engines. ‘This boat will carry three 18-inch torpedo tubes and three 1-pounder rapid-! guns. The twin screws will be daiven two sets of triple-expansion engines in a com- mon compartment. The boat will be lighted by electricity, and accommodations for eight officers and a crew of eighteen are provided. The crew will be housed aft. The two twenty-knot boats will have triple-expansion engines. There will be but one screw, and the coal supply will be eight tons. ‘The torpedo armament will consist of two fourteen-inch torpedoes, placed on the cen- ter line and mounted just abaft each of the conning towers. In addition, each boat will carry one one-pounder rapid-fire gun on _tup of the forward tower. ‘The particularly light draft—three feet six inches—makes these boats peculiarly well fitted for shoal water work. The one boat to be constructed by the Columbian iron works of Baltimore, Md., is upon the department's plans, slightly mod- ified. The engines—of the four-cylinder triple-expansion order—will actuate a single screw. There will be two fourteen-inch torpedo tubes on the center line, one abaft each conning tower, and firing upon both screw. A single one-paunder rapid-fire gun will be mounted on the forward tower. The boat is cut up into eight non-com- municable compartments; and quarters are provided for a complement of twelve. The single boat to be built by the Charles Hillman Ship and Bngine Building Com- pany of Philadelphia, Pa., is upon the de- partment’s plans, unaltered, and with en- gines and power similar to the Columbian iron works’ boat. She will also have the same complement, the same battery and the same coal supply—that of sixteen tons. Use on the Great Lakes. In all four of these twenty-knot boats the crew have been purposely placed in the most comfortable part of the craft—that aft—the load of the working strain falling heaviest upon them. The maxtmum length of 101 feet 6 inches 1s such that they may be taken through any of the locks of the Erie canal; and brought, should occasion arise, fo bear up- on the great lakes. This is really the first serious step to meet the menace of En- glish possibilities through the Welland canal. Destroyers and torpedo boats will carry a lveral supply of rapid-fire ammunition, and each boat will have one torpedo more than she has tubes. The advent upon the active list of these new boats and those others building will bring us face to face with new fields cf naval training, and the officers and men have yet really to be developed who shall make the most of these possibilities and, perhaps, win the laurels of undying fame. ————— MADE BALD BY X RAYS. Mr. Levy Finds the Bullet Inside His Skull, but Loses His Hair. From the St. Paul Dispatch. William Levy of Eau Claire, Wis., who re- cently had an X ray examination of his skull made by Prof. Fred S. Jones at the physical laboratory of the Minnesota State University, had an experience in conse- quence not generally supposed to accom- pany that process. Levy was shot in the head about ten years ago by an escaping bank defaulter. The bullet has been somewhere in his head ever since, and in July he made up his mind to have it located. Accordingly he came up and sat from 8 o'clock in the morning till 10 at night for a Roentgen ray picture of his head. The bullet had passed into his skull just above the left ear, going toward the back of the head. After taking a couple of negatives they finally found about where the bullet was located. The doctors wrapped his head up in wires which were definitely located. A picture was taken through the skull from the front toward the back of the head, the tube from which the rays radiated being for t purpose placed inside his mouth. The picture thus secured showed the bullet very distinctly to be lying at the junction of two of the wires which crossed right under the occipital bone. It indicated also that the bullet had struck the back of the skull and turned forward again, for the point of the bullet, being further from the plate, showed dimmer on the negative. These ex- posures had taken up nearly the whole day, but the patient felt no bad effects at the time. He had been warned that the experi- ment might cause him the loss of his hair, but that did not deter him from taking the risk. A very strong current, about 100,000 volts, had been passed through the tube tn making the exposures. The next day Mr. Levy began to notice a pecullar effect on his skin wherever it had been most exposed to the rays, and the hair on the right side of his head which had been near the wire began to fall out. In a few days the right side of his head was perfect- ly bald, his right ear had swollen to twice its natural size and presented the same ap- pearance as if very badly frozen. Sores were visible on his head, his mouth and throat were blistered, so that he could not eat solid food for three weeks, and his lips were swollen, cracked and bleeding. In fact, the long exposure of the X rays, while giving him no pain at the time, seemed to have produced very similar effects to a very severe burn. Mr. Levy has recovered from the effects of his burns, but he still has half a bald head. He is a plucky man, about thirty years of age, and intends to have the in- vestigations carried further and the bullet removed. He has already written to Pro- fessor Jones asking for another sitting. It is necessary now to have a negative show- ing just how far below the surface the bul- let 1s located before the doctors decide whether the operation can be safely per- formed. ——___+. SAVED BY HIS PIGTAIL. John Chinaman Was After Cooking and Came Near Being Cooked. From the St. James Gazette. John Chinaman has penetrated even to the heart of Matabeleland. At least there is one adveturous Chinee who reached there, end who now owes his life to his pigtail and the quaint personal pecullaritics of Eis race. He was on his way to a cer- tain mining district to act as cook, et to some prospectors when the present dis- turbances began. Poor “Pigtail” found that to continue his journey or to return would be rather risky, but decided on the latter plan. He had passed the remains of many murdered whites lying along the road, when he was overtaken by some ten or twelve Matabele bloods on murder bent, and armed in various ways. On reaching him and finding that he was not a “Beoongar,” or white man, they consult- ed among themselves, and finally, after circling round the celestial one in a hesi- tating manner they drew nearer, and, with respectful awe, touched him, to make sure that he was in reality flesh and blood. He was certainly neither a Cape half- breed, Hottentot, nor anything else they had ever seen, so, after an exchange of compliments, carried on in best Matabele and Chinese respectively, they withdrew, probably thinking he was a powerful En- glish “witch doctor,” who might have anrihilated them by some mystic process. Poor, frightened “Pigtail” was cvertaken by a small armed party of “ugitives, who, with the assistance of an Indian coolle, hailing from Natal, where our hero had also sojourned, extracted from his quaking lips the particulars of his escape. They had themselves been attacked by the same band of Matabeles. However, a triumphal entry into Bulawayo was finally accom- plished. ———____+e-+—____—__ Facing an Audience. Fron Puck. Nodd—“Has the widow that Gilpins is going to marry many children?” Todd—“I judge so. He says that when he met thom he had stage fright.” Dusty—‘Weary’s a regular bike, eh?’ ‘Walker—‘‘Regular what? How?’ ‘bim.” HANDLING TRUNKS|IMPURTANT TO MANY PPL —_+—__£ It is Reduced to a Sofence, Saving in Wear and ‘ear. BIPERIENCES OF -BAGGAGEMEN ——__+>—_1a. Try Some Are Smashers,>‘and Then, Also, There Are ‘Others. THE BUSY SEASON HERE tweed-coyered Eng- lishman, whose com- plexion bore that pe- culiar stain which is acquired only by the touch of many differ- ent suns, stood in the lobby of the Arling- tén Hotel the other evening with an ex- pression of placid satisfaction on his face which was real- ly remarkable for one of his race, particularly in this country. “I am aware,” he said, with a character- istic drawl, “that a great many of us Eng- lishmen are very rudely in the habit of calling this country benighted, don’t you know, but I must confess that in one very importent particular the states are as much more advanced beyond ourselves in civilization as we are beyond the Hotten- tots. I allude to your traveling accommo- dations, and more particularly to the per- A TALL, BLONDE, A Victim, fection with which luggage is transported and cared for without the slightest bother or anxiety on the part of its owner. “I have been globe-trotting, and reached America by way of Victoria, coming thence through Washington, Montana and the Yellowstone Park to Denver. I picked up a good many things on my journey, and at Denver I had them all packed in trunks and portmanteaux and determined to come eastward in light traveling order, merely Intending to stop In Chicago a day and then come direct to Washington. ‘When I made Inquiries at the office in the Palace Hotel in Denver'about shipping my luggage, I was told I need not bother myself in the slightest; that 1 could have the pleces checked, as’ they cail it, right there, and pay at the same time for any overweight that might be found, and have no further trouble with it: Shortly before A Familiar Sight. my departure, about half an hour, I shoulg judge, the hotel clerk handed me_ the brasses for my luggage, and with a simple traveling bag I took the train for the east. “When I reached here yesterday the clerk asked me if I had any luggage at the sta- tion, whereupon I handed him the brasses I had received in Denver, and two hours afterward all my luggage was in my apartments. Certainly there is no more remarkable system possible than that which I have described in such a haphazard sort of a way.” All the Conveniences. The Englishman was right about the su- periority of the transportation system in this country over that of any other in the world, whether it comes to the carrying of people or baggage, and the strides that have been made in late years in the safe and speedy handling of the latter have been little short of wonderful. It !s not so very Home Again,” long ago that a citizen about to travel was compelled to secure a wagon of some sort in which to send his baggage to the depot, and was then compelled to follow it down and get it checked to its destination. When he reached the latter point the same trouble had to be gone’through with. In these advanced days,when common sense is being applied to commor things in such a multitude of ways, therd is no such diffi- culty. A ring on the telephone if you are in a hurry, or a few lines on a postal card if you have leisure, will bring’ a wagon to your door and a man who;,if you have given the proper preliminary instructions, will check your baggage at your house and give you the check whether you are going to Baltimore or Seattle. =~ ‘This is possible in all thé large American cities, and the cost is go trifling that it can- not be considered when the convenience of the service and the immense amount of trouble it saves are taken into considera- had tion. Thousands upon thousands of trunks are handled in this way in Washington every year, and few go astray even tem- porarily and none are lost. Washington be- ing the capital of the nation is naturally a perfect Mecca for sight-seeing pilgrims, numbers of whom come to make a stay of some duration. These people bring trunks instead of hand valises, and ninety out of a hundred of them patronize the companies that make the handling of baggage their business, z The Busiest Season Here. The average citizen would imagine that the greatest amount of baggage would be handled here during the winter when Con- Dusty—“Got an indestructible tire on | tess is in aession, but such is not the case. ‘The busiest season for the baggagemen of Dr. Shade’s Chloridum Dis- covery for Consumption Producing More Cures. ; Over forty cases of Consumption have been re- ported cured in the District of Columbia alone. ‘The following case, just discharged cured, shows the great importance of consulting Dr. Shade be- fore the constitution has been entirely undermined. ‘This young man was in the incipient stage of Pul- monary Tuberculosis and was beginning to pass into the second stage, when he consulted Dr. Shade last spring. Read his interview. Howard R. Biting, 204 9th st. coutracted a cold a year and a half ago, which I never got rid of entirely. Last June my cough became more severe; expectorated freely; lost in fish; lost my appetite. After three months of Dr. Shade’s treatment my cough left me. I have not coughed any for over a month. My appetite is splendid, rather better than ever. I have gaincd in welght and feel first-class.” Consultation free. Hours, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9 to 12 and 2 to 6. Call or write for booklet and symptom blank for those desiring the home treatment. Dr. Shade in charge. It se. says: “I this city is in midsummer. Almost every department clerk who can manage to do so takes his or her annual leave in July or Au- gust, and 95 per cent of Uncle Sam's employes get out of town as soon as they receive notification that their absence will be permitted. They all carry their trunks with them, and the baggage transfer companies reap a harvest. The last few days of July and the early ones of August are the “get-out- of-town” times, when trunks are taken trainward, and the fatter part of August and early September are the coming back periods, when the baggage wagons are piled high with the trunks bound for boarding houses all over town. The man who engineers a baggage wagon as a matter of business must be of ne- cessity a philosopher, and most always he is a critic. His philosophy is impera- tive, because in nine out of every ten cases where he handles a trunk for a woman and in six out of every ten where he ‘locs the same thing for a man he comes in per- sonal contact with the owaer of the lug- gage, ard receives detailed and exhaustive directions regarding the way in which to take care of the precious thing so that it will not be scratched, bent, bruised, hroken or any of its brittle or delicate contents injured or disturbed. Some Queer Experiences. Then the boarding house keepers and other citizens who own their own houses plead with him not to scratch the ban- isters when coming down stairs or scrape the paper on the walls, an injunction easy to observe when he is bringing a two- hurdred-pound family trunk down a two- foot staircase with sundry curves and an- gles of modern architecture tn its dizzy extent. He becomes a critic by reason of the multitude of characters he neces- sarily comes into contact with, and whem he meets in their own rooms and at a mo- ment when they are usually off their cuard. ‘The critical baggageman can tell many stories about people who are not usually regarded as queer or peculiar, but who seem to snow all the unusual character- istics of their nature when the baggag man is yanking their trunks in or out of their rocms. The men employed by the companies who carry the trunks of the multitude are usually selected for their skill In handling them with safety. An old transfer agent once said to the writer that there was as much science in the touch of a bagg man as there was in the touch of a bil- liard player. Where the novice, no mat- ter how strong he may be, will puff and pull and struggle with a heavy trunk, the expert of slighter build and less predom- inant muscle wili take the same piece of baggage and fillip it around as casily ap- parently as if it were an empty barrel. The individual first Gescribed is the man who is widely known and universally dreaded as the baggage smasher, while the other is a constant source cf pleasure and satisfaction to the traveling public. Of course, it is to the advantage of the people engaged in the baggage business to have as many of the latter men employed as possible, and Washington is fortunate to a degree in this connection’ _— ON THE FRONT SEAT. Sociable and Friendly With Every- x body on the Car. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. He must have been his mother’s darling. At any rate he was one of the handsomest, maniliest little fellows who ever wore gold- en hair that hung down his back and a nobby little sailor suit of white nen. He was kneeling on the frent seat of a St. Charles avenue car on its way down town last night, and was in a talkative mood. The motorman stopped the car suddehly. “My,” said the little fellow, enthusiastical- ly, “didn’t he do that thing ’round fast?” ‘Then he asked the gentieman seated be- hind him where he was going. On receiy- ing the desired information the youngster became confidential, but his tone didn’t. “My name's Allie,” he said to the gentle- man. “That's John,” pointing to the boy on the seat beside him. “He's ‘leven and I'm six, but I’m the biggest. That’s my sister Nellie,” and his forefinger singled out a pretty girl on the opposite seat, who was evidently taking a great interest in what the tattler was saying. “She's seven- teen, and that’s her sweetheart with her. They're going to West End—" The girl tried to shut the flow of words off, but it wouldn’t work, and the boy con- tinued: “I'm going there, too. So’s my brother. He’s going to buy us some ice cream, cause he’s stuck on sister.” By this time everybody within sound of the youngster’s voice was laughing, and that meant nearly everybody in the car. Something desperate had to be done, and the sister yanked the conversational young- ster from his seat to her lap and whisper- ed something to him. “Say,” he called to the gentleman, “sister says I mustn’t talk to you any more on the car Can’t you come out to West End, too?” His sister’s sweetheart was thinking about gagging him, when Canal street was reached and the party left the car. But it was a picnic while it lasted. ———__+«+____ His Dog’s Scripture Name. From the San Francisco News Letter. Hugo Toland is the owner of a hand- some English setter, which bears a pe- cullar name. When the animal first reach- ed Mr. Toland’s possession he was most anxious to call it something out of com- mon. And 60 he delayed. Hence the greet- ing, “Hugo, have you named your dog yet?” was often heard in the clubs and on the Bourse. “I have, sir,” replied the haughty dilet- tante, in response to this interrogator, thrown at him in the University Club. * have given my dog a scriptural name. Henceforth he will be known as ‘More- over.’ ”” “Pshaw,” said Horace Platt, “that is not a scriptural name.” “Nor is there any dog called by its name mentioned in the Scriptures,” supplemented Mr. O'Shaughnessy. Mr. Toland booked a few bets, and then producing from the club lbrary a Bible, turned to the book of Job, and read: “Moreover the dog came,” &c. ‘The bets were paid on the spot. ‘Two Sides to a Question. From Punch. 4 > “Oh, Flora, let us be man and wife. You at least understand me—the only woman who ever did!” “Oh, yes; I understand you well enough, Sir Algernon. 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Barry) St. Civud Hotel, do.(B'way & 111h st.) The St. Denis,E. do. (Wim. G. Lelaud) Graud Hotel, ao. -Hotel Westuuinster, 4 dv. (W.Jobuson Quinn) The Empire, E.P., $1 up do. (Davis & Foster) Hutel St. Andrew,E-P.$1.50 do. (.11th st.) Alvert—St do. 15) & 10th wt.) 4 do.(Chas.E.Lelandy Hotel Balmoral, . do..Hotel Endicott, B., $25 do.(Win. Nebiey Hotel Grenoble, E.P do.(S9th wt.& ' way) Hotel Pomeroy, E.2.,$1 up do.Gth av.c15 st.jHovel Kensington, £1’ 4o.(s.e.cor.5th ay.dc15th wt.) Hot.Hausver, AP. S. Cataract House, AD. OLD PT COMFORT,Va..Tue Cnamberlin, A.! -The Aldine Hotel, A. ¥ Lafayette, E.2., $1; AP., 3 PHILADELPHIA. .Colounade, E.P.,$1.60; A.P.,$3.90 (Tue tinest cuisine in Puiladelphia.) -Hotel Anderson, a.P., $3 up ‘The Kockugham, AP., $+ &.00 ap PITTSBURY , Canada. Chateau Froutenac, A.! <The Jefferson, AP., $5 ‘the Livingston, A. Whitcomb) House, A.P., $2 up "f) Southern Hotel, A.P.,$8 t 35 TRENTON, N.. WASE INGO: $1 up.a. + Arlington Hotel, A. ‘The Ebbitt House, AP -The Raleigh, E.V., $1.50 up 28, enstf Hotel Bellevue Is right in the heart of Boston—all the raflroad stations, steamboat landings, Ubeaters, clubs aud principal points of unterest within half a mile of it—yet perfectly retired and quiet. Kooms and suites for both transient aud permanent guests. Cafe and service unsurpassed. European plan. nd for booklet. Beacon st. JW. SMITH, Prop'r. DON'T ‘AIL TO § T THE IMPERIAL Ca¥ 173 Main st, Isit_ Norfolk, get a good breakfast, 25 cts.; dinner, 30 cts.. and ‘MALONY & SINSHEIMER, _FALL RESORT. ATLANTI Ocean era Penns Will rem ‘Thoroughly heated, . ie ee anc es me Hotei Imperial, Et eed convenience of a first-class house for fall and winter guests at $10 per Week; $2 per day .s2v-lin LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT Desire to inform their patrons that ADDON HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Wil be kept open the entire winter for the re- ception of guests, wcl04f THE PENNUURST.—OCEAN END OF MICHIGAN electric elevator; steam heat. Send for il- Special fall aod winter rates. JAMES HOOD. HOTEL ATGLEN, Michigan ave. Rates, $8 to $10 per week. booklet. J. B. REED. ~ ‘MISCELLANEOU! HOTEL.—SPECIAL RATES for Sept. “Home comforts. Good using snd hunting $6, $7 and $5 Tr wel - y. J. MURPHY. St-oluss; rales, TT, Proprietress. Mirs. 8. BE. LOVE’ ~ POTOMAC RIVER Boats. The Weems Steamboat Co. FALL SCHEDULE. Steamer Potomac leaves 7th st. wharf every Sunday at 4 p.m. for river iaudings and Baltimore. Passenger accommodations strictly fut class. Elec- trie lighted throughout. All river freight must be prepaid. Specia. rates given on Baltimore freight PEPHENSON BXOS., Agents. 910 Pa. ave. Telephone, 746. STEAMERS WAKEFIELD AND T. V. ARROWSMITH FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. STEAMER WAKEFIELD LEAVES WASHING- seT-tf TON, D. ©., Mondays and Saturdays, 7 a.m., for intermediate landings to Cylonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point, Colton's and Nomini creek, returning, arrives at Washington on ‘Iuesdays and Sundays about 4 p.m. Wedorsdays, 7 a.m., for interme diate landings to Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rook Point, Colton’s, Stone’: Howard’s and Cohum's, Nomihi creek; "returning, arrives at Washington about 11 p. Thursdey Wednesdays, 3'p.m., for Colonial Beach, Colton’s, Abell’s, Leonardtown, Pincy Polut, St. George's Island,’ Smith creek, ‘Coan ‘and Yedcomico rivers returning, arrives at Washiugton early Wednesday and Friday morning: % Saturdays, 6 p.m., for Riverside, Colonial Be: Colton’s, Piney Point, St. George's Isl ercek, Conn and Yeocomico rivers; returning, ar rives at Washington Sundays about 10 p.m. See schedule (in effect June 27, 1896). ft . > E. 8 RANDALL POTOMAO RB LINE— Steamer Harry Rardall ‘eaves River View Wharf, Jth street, Sunday, Tuesday avd Thureday, at 7 a.m., landing at ali wharves as far down as Mad- dox creek, Va., including Chapel Point and Colonial Beach, returning on Mondays about 9 p.m.; Wed- needays and Fridays about 3 Passenger ac. commodetions first-class. received until hour of sailing. ‘Telephone 1 F. A. REDD & CO., E. 8. RANDALL, jetor and Manager, Agents, Alexandria. Prey (GEO. 0. CARSINTER. Gen. ages 3080 Washington, B."c. OCEAN TRAVEL. American Line. New York-Southampton (London-Parisy ‘Twin-screw U. 8. Mail Steamships, ~~ Sailing every Wednesday, Bt. Louts. .Oct. 14, 10 am Paris.....Nov. 11, 10 am New York-Oct. 17, 10 am. New York.Nov. 18, 10 am St. Puul...Qct. 21, 10 am St. Louis. New York-Oct. 28; 10 am Pari Berlin Sat,Oct. 31, 10 am St. Pau! St. Louis..Nov. 4, 10 am) Red Star Line. NEW YORK TO ANTWERP. October 14, 12 noon October 21, 10 a.m. «Uctober 28, 12 noon Al ovember 4, 9 a.m, NOORDLAND. ber 11, 12 noon INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, Piers 14 and 15, North River. i ae ae Om. 6 Bowling Green, N. Y. We MOSS, “Agent, mh21-1y jPenn. are. ‘CANADIAN ‘RAILWAY. Interded Etcamsbips sailing from Vancouver to Japan a» China: EMPRESS OF JAPAN. Nov. 9, Feb. 1 EMPRESS OF CHINA. Dec. 7, Mar. 1 EMPRESS OF INDIA. Jan. 4, Mar. 29 MIOWERA—Nov. 8. RIMOO—Dec. 8. TO HONOLULU, FUI AND AUSTRALIA: Second cabin accomn.odations very low rates. For tickets and freight rates apply 353 Broadway, N. ¥, Fon freight rates only, 0 Wail st., N. ¥. fel5-eolyr 2} ETHERLANDS LINE. | Brom New York to Rotterdam vin Boulogne sur | Mer, France, 3% hours from Paris or London. $.8. VEENDAM... Saturday, October 17—10 a.m. S'S. WERKENDAM...Thurs., October 22—10 a.m. First cabin, $45.00 to $55.00; second cabin, $35 For information apply to ‘General Passenge Agency, No. 39 Broadway, New York city, ¢ agents in Wastington, D.C.G. W. MOSS, 921’ Pa ave; E. F. DROOP & BON, 925 Pa. ‘ave, o CRANE, PARRIS & CO., Ebbitt House. mh10-tu,thés,11,tt COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS AND NOTARY PU! Me for all states and territories a SPECIALTY BR. H, EVANS. Office (basement), 1321 Fst. Rways in odice, fice’ hours. mylL-tt CHARLES 8. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF “DEEDS, Of all the States and Territories, 227 4% at. mw. (now Equity bullding). (Gel +t! STEAMER ‘T. V. ARROWSMITH, Mondays and | PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corser of 6th and B streeis, In effect September 29, 1896. 7:04. M. WEEK DAYS, PITTSBURG EXPRESS. Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pittsburg. NSYLVANIA LIMITED. Pullinan meking and Observation Cais ago. Cincintati, Indianapolis, nd- and Toledo." Buftet Parlor Buffet Parlor yo Car Harrisburs LOUIS EXPRESS. CAGO AND ST. ing and Dining Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicag ies M. WESTERN EXPICES: Carsto Chica: Dining Car to Ci and Harris £0. ES’ to Ch 0 PM. SOUTH \\ ESTERN —Pallmin Sleeping Cars Washi and Har- risburg to St. Louis a i. Dining Car. 10:40 P.M. PACIEIC Pallwan Sleep ing Car to Pittsburg. 7:50 AM. for Kone, Canandaigua, Rochester and jagura Falls Sunday. AM. for I nd Renovo daily, except . For Lock Haven week-days ond) Will- misport Sundays, 7:10 EM. for W ~ Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Px ily, except Saturday, with Slee} ing Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge ¥ Buffato. lo:4o P. anandaigua, Rochester, But- ‘alls dally, Slecping Car Wash- falo vid 3 ington to Eln New York and the Hast NAL LIMITED,” nin 200 (Dining all F Regular at Dining Cary mingion) A 11:3 P days, without change, 7 AM. days ani For Baltirere, 6:25, 7200, and 11:50 A.M vM. On 8205 30, 11:00 AM, 3:40 (4:00 Limited), 4:20, 7.10, 10:00, 10:40 and 112 A 7:20, 2:15 M. iy, ‘except Sunday. Sundays, 9° and 4:20 PM Atlantic Corst Li 4:30 A.M., 3°46 P.M, 5 10m Special, Line, 8:40 ¥ daily, and 10K oT 5 For Atlant re River Bridge, alle rail route), (ia Market Street Wharf, 14 , W245 PM. week- days, and 11:35 P.M. daily. For Cape May, 11:00 A.M. week-days, 11:5 P-Me ally. Deket offices, ccrner Fifteenth and G streets, and at the station, Sixth B streets, where orders can be left for the checking of baggage to destina- ton fon, by d residences. | Wwoon, General Manager. General Passenger Agent. 2010 a WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VER- NON RATLWAY. From Station, 13% st. and. 6:15, DAys_<:05, 2.05, : checked free for passen: clans tickets station. G. E ARROTT, PHILLIPS Gen, Manager. Gen. Poss. Agent. 530 OUTHERN RAILWAY, MONT AIR LINE. Schedule in effect June 14, 1 All traine arrive end leave ut Penpsyivania pas tion. Dally.—Lo-nl for Danville. Connects at Ma rasburg, daily, except Sunday, and at Lynchburg with orfolk and Western, datty, ard with the Ci ently for the Nataral Bridge aud ree. 1115 A.M. Daily. THE ) STATES FAST MAIL, Carries Puliman Buffet Sleepers, New York and Weshinston to Jacksonville, oniting at Salis- bury with Pullman Sleeper for Asheville and Hot Springs, C3 K je and Chattanooga, Te ad Pailn Te and Puliman Si » and Adanta, Local for Front Royal, Rivertoy and a parlottesville, AND S . composed of ‘ars and Da Ccaches, Poliman y York to Ashe- ville and Het Sp New York to Tampa, Mla Charlotte, Savannah and Jackson- ville, and New York to maptst via Bormingsaa; ‘a and Mont- on to At- Greensboro” to New’ York to New Orleans, via Atlai tibuled Bay Coach Was! Dining ws only nday, for esburg, and 6: mion. " Re- (anu arrive at Washington § and 3:00 p.m. daily. from Round Hill, 7 m. daily, ex- Surdey, from Herndon, 8:34 a.m. daily, ex- nday, from Leesburg. Through ins from the souch arrive at Wash- ington, 6:42 a.m., 2:20 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. daily. Marasses Division, 10:00 a.m. daily, except Sun- dus, and 8:40 a.m. daily from Charlottesville. Tickets, Sleeping Car athe tion furnished at” Es nd nsylvanl avenue, and at msyivania ratlroad passenger station. A. GREEN. General Supt. J. M. CULP, fic Mai W. A. TU - L. 8. BROWN, CHESAPEAKE AND OHTO RATLWAY, THROUGH THE GRANDFST SCENERY IN AMERICA ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect May 17, 1896. * 2:20 P.M. DAILY—Cincinnati and St. Louis Spe- cial—Solid ‘train for Cincianati. Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington, Loulsville, Indianapolis and St. Louis without change. | Counects ut Cov- ington, Va., for Hot Springs. Parlor cars Cincin- Chicago. ma ST PM, DAILY F. F. V. Limited—Solld tran for Cinciunat!. Pullman’ sleepers “to Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville without change. Pull- man compartment car to Virginia Hot ‘Spriags, without change, Tocsdays, Thurs@ays and Saturdays, ‘convection for the ‘Springs. Observation car. rs Cincinnati to Chi Louts. EXCEPT SUNDAY—Via Richmond folk. Only rail line. . DALLY—For Gordonsville, Gharlottes- 2:20 P. ville, Steunton and for Richmond, daily, except Sunday. Tescrvations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsrivania avenue, 1110 F it. D.W., and at the station. aie BW, FOULLER, eRO-284 Gen nger Agent. BALTIMORE AND OHTO RATLROAD. Schedule In effect July 19, 1896. Leave Washington from station corner of New Jersey avenue and © street. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 10:00 a.tp., 8:05 p.m. pA For Cincinna! Touis and Indianapolis, Vertl- buled Limited, 3:45 p.m.; express, 12:15 night. For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily, 10:00 am. and 8:40 p.m. For Berkeley Springs, 3:45 p.m. daily. except Sunday. Special, 12:00 noon dally, and 8:05 p.m. Saturday only. For Deer Park, Mountain Lake Park and Oak- lund, 12:00, 3:45’ p.m., 12:15 a.m., all daily. | No feat-bound trains stop’at Mountaln Take Park Sua- 11:15, 4:28 p.m. For Frederick, 14:20, 15:30 p.m. For Hagerstown, +12:00 noon and 15:30 p.m. *9:00 a.m., For Boyd und way points, week days, 0: m., 4:30, 5:30, 7:05 p.m. Sundays, 9:00 a.m., i:18 7:05 p.m. For Gaithe and way ints, week dni 7:00, 9:00 a. ), 3:00, 4:30, 4:33, 5 Sundays, 9:00’ a.m. pm. For Washington Junction and way points, 9:00 a.m., §1:15 p.m. Express trains stopping at prin- cipal stations only. 44:30, $5.30 p.m. r Cape May, 10 a.m.. 12 noon. ROYAL BLUE LIXE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. with plntseh eh, ww York. Boston All trains fMlumina For Philadelph Fast, week days, 7:08, 8:60 (16:09 a.m. Din- ing Car), 12:00, 12:35, 3:00 (5:05 Dining Car), 8:00 p.m. (12:01 night; Sleeping Car open at ‘10:00 O'clock). Sundays’ (7.05. Dining Car), am, Dining Gar). (12-85, Dining Car), 2:00' 6:08 Car). 8:00 (12:01 night: Sleeping Car open for pas- sengers, 19:00 p.m.). Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trains. For Atlantic City, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon and 12:35 p.m. week days. "12:35 p.m. Sundays. Except Sunday.“ *Daily. — §Sunday only, xExpress trains. Ragenge «alled for_and checked from hotels residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania avenue .w., NeW York avenue and 15th street_and at Depot. WM. B. GTI CHAS 0. SCULL, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt. STEAM CARPET CLEANING. THE CFFICE OF THE AMMONIATED —yé Carpet Cleaning and Kenovating Works and 8. Mattress Co. is removed to 1th st. w res. Works 100 and it NEWMYLH, Mgr. sel.