Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1896, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR: TUESDAY, OCTOBER '20, IMPOSING CEREMONY! To Lay the Corner Stone of the Hall of History. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNDER WAY | The New Building Will Be a Very; Handsome Structure. ON HISTORIC GROUND —— The laying of the corner stone of the hall of #!story, on the grounds of the American University, tomorrow afternoon will be a memorable event in the life of «he institution, for it marks the beginning of actual bvflding operatiops. Preliminary plans have been made for six other univer- sity structures, and work on them will be begun in due time. The exercises tomorrow will be of an interesting description, and doubtless will attract a large crowd. Mr. John E. Andrews, the president of the board of trustees, will be the presiding offi- cer of the day, and the program includes the following features Singing, “America,” led by C. Burlew and wr. Gibson, responsive reading of the 33d Psalm, led by the Rev. Randolph H. Mc- Kim, D.D., rector of Epiphany P. E. Church; hymn, read by Rev. Samuel L. Beller; a “prayer for wisdom,” written for the oecasion by George Lansing Taylor, D. D. L. H. D.; prayer, Rev. Stephen M. —— Gors in this story are of white marble tiling on @ fire-proof foundation. ‘Ihe wainscoting is also to be of white marble. Marble stairs will connect this and the basement story. The library and museums are to be fitted up in the test manner with quartered oak shelving and cases inclosed with plate glass. Fire-proof vaults for the storage of valuable papers and books are previded in this story. The second story contains a large assembly hall, fifty- one by fifty-three feet, immediately over the library and museum. The other rooms in this story correspond nearly with those in the first story. Above is an attic di- vided it.to compartments by solid brick walls with which to resist the spread of flames if by any chance a fire was possi- ble. While the building is not fire-proof, every precaution has been taken to make it effectually fire resisting. This has been accomplished by the exclusive use of brick and terra cotta walls and partitions of unusual thickness and thoroughness in construction. Particular care and atten- tion is to be given to the floor construc- tion. The joists are three by fourteen inches of Georgia pine, set nine inches apart. On these is laid a floor of seven- eighths inch thickness and on this again a thickness of fire-proofed sea grass quilt- ing. Overlaying this is to be laid down one by three inches wood strips, one foot apart, and these covered in turn with heavy felting. The strips are to be filled in be- tween with sand, while the finished floors will .overloy the whole. This combina- tion insures a perfectly sound-proof floor and fire resistance of great degree. The construction of the roof is what is known as mill or slow or burning construction of the very best class. This means that the timbers are few in number, of large di- mensicns, and placed wide apart. The sheathing will be three inches thick and all tongued and grooved together. The finish of the entire building, except the basercent, is of quartered oak. This in- cludes the pilaster finish, beam finish and the cornices in all the corridors and rooms. All the windows and door glass is to be polished plate. The architects of this building are Mr. William M. Poindexter of this city and Messrs. Van Brunt and Howe of Kansas City, Mo. The history of the university is brief, but \75 feet~ 1896-SIXTEEN ‘PAGES. that the old mansion still standing on the site was built. It later became the center of social life in the capital, for a daughter of the Murdocks married into the family of President John Adams, and often the elite of those days drove out onto the hill with its picturesque scenery to enjoy the hospi- tality of its distinguished owners. The prop- erty remained in the Murdock family until after the civil war. The last lineal des- cendant, William D. C. Murdock, died July 22, 1886. ——— A DEADLY OCCUPATION, What Workmen Suffer in Mining Yor Borax in the Death Valley. From the Detroit Free Press. The deadliest occupation for men or horses is teaming in the borax fields of Death valley of the great American desert. There the longest teams in the world are employed. Scientists declare that the fierce heat in this narrow rent in the cracked sur- face of the earth is not equaled elsewhere in the world. Where the thermometer often registers 140 degrees of heat, unrelieved by even a breath of air; where men sleep at night in hollow ditches filled with water in order to avoid dying from collapse, the ne- cessity for the longest teams of mules and horses ever harnessed to draw the great borax-laden wagons is apparent. The desert team is the longest in the world, and the percentage of deaths among the korses is greater than that of domestic animals used in any other calling. Forty to sixty horses are often hitched to one of the lumbering vehicles in which the borax is slowly dragged across the sun- baked alkali plains. The average life cf even the sturdiest horses used in this work is six months, for in this length of time they either become broken winded, con- sumptive from inhaling the deadly dust of the desert, or are driven crazy by the frightful heat. A man there, though protected by the wagon awnings from the sun's rays, can- not go an hour without water without danger of death. When a team breaks down and the water supply becomes de- pleted the men ride on at top speed for the ~“_— Lecture Roam zenay GROUND PLAN OF THE NEW BUILDING. Newman, D.D., pastor of the First Congre- gational Church; introductory address, Bishop John F. Hurst, D.D., chancellor of the university: addresses, Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Southern Methodist Church, ex-Gov. Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania, Bishop Chas. H. Fowler, D. D., of Buffalo, N. Y.; Rev. Chas. H. Payne, DI Jas. M. Buckley, D. D., of New York, € ristian Advocate; Bishop John P. Newmen of San Francisco, Cal. and Bishop Chas. C. McCabe of Fort Worth, Texa: The College of History is the first of a series or group of buildings, which, when completed, will form two quadrangles at right angles to each other. The natural formation ef the university sites for build- Ings is happily adapted to this distribution of buildings, and a great deal of study has been given by the building committee, the architects and the landscape architects to the proper and artistic arrangement of the building on the elevated ridges parallel to Nebraska avenue and at right angles to it. The College of History now being erected has arrived at the stage of setting the work above the main floor level. The basc- ment story shows six feet above ground, all of rough-cut marble, with a strongly merked granite base course. Description of the Building. All the fronts are to be of white marble, Including the main cornice and the pedi- ments. The entire work is to be of dimen- sion stone of large sizes, laid up in regular s. The style of architecture followed is Grecian Ionic, in which the best classi- cal models have been studiously adapted to the purposes in view. While a profusion of carved and enriched work is admirable in this style of architecture, it has been deemed best, considering the purposes of this building, to limit the enrichment to the use of only such as will give a proper finish to the terminal points. These will consist of the acreteria on the two pedi- ments and at the intersection or parallel and raking crown moldings. These will be richly carved, and lend grace to what is otherwise a simple and dignified structure. ‘The main front of the building will face the quadrangle. The approach to it will consist of a broad flight of granite steps, flanked by heavy buttresses. The portico, inclosed by the massive columns and anti, constitutes the main and imposing feature of this front. Subordinate entrances to the building are provided at each end. These are strongly marked by. frontice pleces, consisting of pilasters and pedimented en- tablatures. Four corners of the building are emphasized by pavilions. The rear center pavilion facing Nebraska avenue will be subordinated to the main building only in substituting pilasters for columns and the omission of any approaches from that side. The interior has been planned to meet the practical needs of education in the higher branches cf history, but in doing this the generous proportions and artistic expression of the exterior have not been de- parted from. Broad corridors, a large en- trance hall, high ceilings and ample-sized rooms and halls impress the visitor with favor. The basement sto! is to contain bolier and fuel rooms, lavatories, and some rooms designed as experimental rooms and laboratories. The corridors in this story are lined with press brick and. will be painted. The four lavatories are to be Hned with enamel brick, and fitted up with the most improved fixtures. The floors are to be of granolithic pavement. The Interior. The first, or main story, will contain the Mbrary and musexm, seminaries au pro- fessors’ rooms. The floors of the corri- it Is also full of notewerthy incidents. On May 22, 1801, the American University was incorporated in the District of Columbia for post-graduate and professional courses of study and for original research. The charter from the District of Columbia was rended and a new charter with enlarged powers granted in 1893 by the Congress of the United States. The search for a site began in January, 1890, and was continued two weeks until January 25, when the appropri- ate plece of ground was selected. The merits | of the chosen property lay chiefly in its be- ing an undivided tract of ninety acres in extent, lying northwest of Washington, ele- vated 400 feet above the sea level, and of such surface as to make the entire space available for building purposes. The land was bought by faith alone. There was no | wealthy individual to come forward and make pledges for its purchase. Each initial step was taken on the ground of reliance on the great multitude of the people. Mr. John F. Waggaman of Washington furnish- ed the $1,000 for the option. The option was later accepted and the land purchased for $100,000. The first payment of $20,000 was made February 28, 1890. The remain- ing payments have been met promptly, and in March, 1895, the last was made. The land is now in the possession of the trus- tees of the university. The citizens of Washington seemed will- ing to take upon themselves the responsi- bility of payment for the site and this plan has been strictly adhered to, though a few individuals from a distance have seen fit to add to their contributions. Fully $90,000 has been raised by the Washingtonians alone. Congregations, Sunday schools, gov- ernment officers, clergymen, merchants, clerks and mechanics, and people of every class have sent in cash to the fund. Batlt on Historic Ground. In addition to being located on such an advantageous eminence, the American Uni- versity is also planting its buildings on his- terle soil. May 1, 1672 Joseph Addison, the gentle and humorous “Spectator” of Eng- land’s Augustan reign, was born in the rec- tory of Rev. Lancelot Addison at Milston, in Wiltshire, England. About the same time there was born in Maryland a Thomas Addison, to John Addison, a brother of the Rev. Lancelot. This first American-born Addison was sent to England to be edu- cated, and according to a tradition among his descendants, was in Oxford at the same time with his cousin and friend, Joseph Ad- disbn, the poet and essayist. On his return to this country Thomas Addison, afterward known as Colonel Addison, married and tullt the fine old Manor House on the Po- tomac opposite Mount Vernon, calling the place Oxon Hill in honor of his alma mater in.England. The site of the American Uni- versity was granted to this Thomas Addi- son and James Stoddart by letters patent on December 8, 1718, This grant included about 3,000 acres lying between Rock creek and the Potomac. About this time Rev. George Murdock was serving as first pastor of the Rock Creek parish, founded in 1716." To him was born a son, Wiliam, and to Colonel Thomas Ad- dison a daughter, Nancy. After years had rolled arourd William and Mary were mar- ried. To this couple Colonel Addison de- vised by will the above mentioned tract of land. This William Murdock was a man of bright colonial fame. He, with Edward Tighiman and*Thomas Ringgold, wae a delegate from Maryland. to the famous stamp act congress, held in New York in October, 1765, which adopted the famous declaration of rights. William Murdock, with Robert Livingston and Samuel John- ston, signed the address then made to King George IV. e 5 It was some time near this same period nearest source of supply, and often when they return they find that the remaining horses, made mad from thirst, have broken from the harness and dashed off, only to find death in the desert. The borax wagons weigh 8,000 pounds and carry 20,000 pounds at a load. Behind each wagon is a tank containing hundreds of gallons of water. The horses are harnessed in pairs, the trained ones in the lead, and the next in intelligence just ahead of the tongue, while the unruly and the youngs- ters are hitched between. The nigh leader: has a bridle, with the strap from the left jaw shorter than the other, and from the bridle runs a braided rope, which the driver, perched on the wagon séat, holds in his right hand. The rope is called the “jerk line” and is little longer than the team, which stretches out several hundred feet’ in front of the wagon. During the busy season the borax wagons make an almost continuous train, and the horses alone, if placed in single file, would make a team more than 100 miles long. Besides a little food and water, the poor animals get no care. They curry them- selves by rolling in the burning sand. After a few months of the killing labor the poor creatures become unfit for service. A kindly rifle ball then ends their agony and their emaciated carcasses are left alongside the trail to furnish scant picking for the hover- ing vulture. ————-e-_____ Bicycles Denounced From the Bench. Fiom the Kanses City Star. Charles C. Manning pleaded guilty in the criminal court today to having stolen a bicycle. Judge Wolford looked at him, shook his head and said: a “Well, well, well. ‘The idea of a man running the chance of going to the peni- tenttary for a bicycle. I hate to send a man to the penitentiary for stealing a bicy- cle. I wish some one would steal all the bicycles in existence and sink 'em in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. I wouldn’t give ilve cents for the best bicycle ever made. What made you do this, young man? Were you drunk? “No, sir. morphine.” “You must have been under the influence of brett! to steal a worthless trap like @ bicycle. can see how a man could be Pushed to steal something to eat, but a bi- cycle. Well, a man has a strangely con- structed head who will steal a bicycle. If you had stolen an old blind horse or anything useful it woul have gone hard ern penta scpatigne: for stealing a le ve t on you. months in jail.” sid eee oe ———_+e Only That and Nothing More. From the Cleveland Leader. Attorney—‘It is stated, sir, that you be- rated this plaintiff and then assailed nim with a dangerous missile.” Defendant—“Oi didn’t do not’n av th’ koind. Oi called ‘im a lyin’ pup an’ hit ‘im wid a brick. Dhat was all.” ————_+o+______ Plenty of Four-Leafed Clovers, Brom the Boston Evening Transcript. In the grounds of the public library of Brookline, Mass., which are in the center of the town, not far from the stores, many people are accustomed to look for four-leaf clovers. One lady picked fifteen in a min- ute and a half; another picked thirty in about five minutes;.and I Have known chil- dren to'tnd ‘as*niany as: Afty ine short me. I was under the influence of THE CHAINLESS BICYCLE. Am. English Critic Comments. Favor- ably on the Latest Invention. The London Field has the following to Say" upon ‘the inless bicycle manufac- tured in France ayd experimented with by Rivierre, the Frerich racing man, in short and long distangs races: ‘“sWhen it is necessary to locate the seat of the develop- ment of power ini‘a bicycle at a point re- mote from that ofjJts application, much of the success of the’design depends upon, the means by which ‘the power {s transmitted. In the old high: bicycle: the power: acted directly, but, thowsh there were manifest advantages in thts method, it was one which did not lenig'tself to employment in machines in which small wheels were used. Various contrivanges have from time to time been experiménted with, but all these devices were eventually discarded in favor of the chain. This was at once simple, ef- fective and easy of application to the ma- chine, whether biéycle or tricycle, and it is now 80 universally used that it has come to be looked upon as the best communicant of power, so much so that inventors have practically ceased their efforts to discover any superior contrivance. It has been the subject of many improvements, and we have block chains, roller chains, pivot chains and lever chains. There is no doubt, however, that, while the chain fulfills its olfice satisfactorily and absorbs but a small fraction of the propulsive force passing through it, there are various objections in- herent to this means of transmitting power. “The wear is, of course, much more rapid if the chain be exposed to the dust and dirt accumulated in riding. To guard against this gear cases are used, and in this coun- try are regarded as almost indispensable. In addition to increasing the weight and cost of a bicycle, these shapeless cover- ings are great disfigurements, and it is only because riders have become accustomed to them that they are tolerated. ‘AS we have said, all the other methods of transmitting power, so far as they were known at the time, were discarded in favor of the chain when, some ten or twelve years ago, the present type of bicycle was adopted. The bevel gear method of com- municating power was well known, but, as far as our knowledge goes, was the sub- Ject of few experiments, and_ was either condemned without any fair trial of its merits or was not regarded as being capa- ble of useful adaptation to a bicycle. We remember to have seen at the Stanley show of 1802 a chainless safety, as it was called. This was an application ‘of bevel gearing, but we have not heard or seen anything of the machine since. During the past two years a firm in Paris has been manufac- turing a rMachine known as the chainless safety, and during the present season spe- cial attention has been called to this by reason of its having been used with suc- cess, both on the road and path, by Rivierre, the noted long-distance French professional rider. “AS our readers are aware, we dissent al- together from the deductions it is custom- arlly sought to make from the success of racing men, as we consider them calcu- lated to mislead and deceive those who re- quire bicycles for other purposes. It is permissible, however, to draw certain con- clusions from phenomenal feats, not so much with the object of extolling the merits of a machine as of adducing testi- mony to show that it cannot possess any serous defect. Rivierre’s great ride of 533 miles on the path in twenty-four hours, and his Bordeaux to Paris race, when he practically ran a dead heat with the late A. V. Linton, are incompatible with the employment of inferior appliances, 2nd to that extent we are prepared to admit that an Inference may be drawn in favor of the chainless gearing used by hin om those oc- casions. “Bevel gearing id a common means of transmitting power in many kinds of ma- chinery, and its application to the bicycle is clearly shown. A hollow shaft is fur- nished at each ¢nd with a gear wheel, the cogs of which are cut on the bevel. One of these engagés the wheel on the pedal shaft, the ccgs, of which are also cut on the bevel, white, the other engages the wheel fixed on ‘the axle of the driving wheel. The speeding up of the mechanisin is mainly effected by the disparity in the size beiween thé wheel on the pedal shaft and that in coi n with it, but ria- tion in the of the other wheels cause light additional gearing up. The hollow shaft runs up6n hall bearings situated under the gear wheels at cither end. A adjustment is provided, to take that may a A plentiful supply Of a special preparation, having the appearance of crude vaseline, is placed on the wheels, and this acts as a permanent lubricant. The gear presents a particularly neat appearance. This {s due to the fact that the stay on the right hand side of the machine passes through the hollow revolving shaft. So perfectly is the idea worked out that many people are at a loss to comprehend how the communication between the pedals and wheels is effected. ‘We have had the opportunity of trying the chainless gearing on a light machine of French construction. The ingenious sim- plicity with which it has been applied can- not fall to please the eye, and on this ac- count alone it Is sure to prove attractive. There is no emission of oil to soil the dress and attract the dust, and the ease with which it can be cleaned will commend it to many. A couple of weeks’ riding has im- pressed us very favorably with its merits, and as far as that experience permits us to form an opinion we have no reason to re- gard the chainiess gearing as in any re- spect inferior to the chain. The gear we used was about 70-inch, and it med quite capable of developing any specd re- quired with no more than the customary persuasion. We rode up™Woodcock Hill, near Barnet, with as much ease as we kave ever ascended It on a machine of equal gear, so we do not think it wil! exhibit any deficiency as a hill-climber. The questions of weight and cost often determined the fate of useful devices, but in case of the chainless gear we are assured that the machine complete will not cost more than a chain-driven safety of equal quality that is-furnished with a gear case, nor will it weigh more.” Knew What He Wanted. From the Chicago Tribune. A sallow individual in a faded brown overcoat sat down on a stool at one of the railway lunch counters the other morning and said to the proprietor: “Give me a cup of coffee and one of your expurgated sandwiches.” : “What kind?” asked the proprietor. “Expurgated,” rejoined the other. “One of those vacuum sandwiches for which your establishment is justly celebrated.” “I hayen’t any kind but those under that Slass cover.” “That's all right. That's the particular variety I want.”” He helped himself to one of them and lifted off the upper lid. “This is what I call a sandwich, nit,” he observed, eyeing it critically, yet approv- ingly. here's nothing supererogatory about it. It's one of these hiatus sand- wiches. It’s a sardwich with an alibi,” he added, replacing the lid and studying the outer surface of it intently. “It’s an ab- sent sandwich. It’s a sandwich that has failed to arrive. I have seen times when I would have given worlds to—’ “Say,” interruptéd the proprietor, “if you don’t like that! sandwich you necdn’t eat it. That’s all therg is about tha’ “Who ‘said I didn’t like it? Didn’t I call Yor it? I generally know what I want. For this particular,occasion and for this spe- cific luncheon I’ happen to want one of your negative sandwiches—one of your shadowy, deflated, dream, sandwiches, and like a man, sir; I call for -it. (Anything wrong about that?” ot “You needn't get gay,” grumbled the man behind the counfer. “Did you order coffee?” Ate “I did. Give me, if you please, a cup of your best supposititious coffee.” “T’'ve only got oné kind of ccffee,” replied the sulky caterer. + “That's the kind I want. A cup of your universally admired non-existent coffee— your famous rillification coffee. Accom- panied, if you pleare, by a small pitcher of your vague phamtasmal, visionary, depopu- lated cream. -I am fasting today. And while the man in the faded brown coat munched the sandwich gnd sipped the coffee in a slow, absent-minded way, the proprietor stared at him, and breathed hard, and longed to throw him cut of the window. —_+-e-_____ -Oh—Oh! From Judge. Said the lord chief justice to one of his English friends: “Did I understand you to say Mr. Hanna was a stanch republican?” “Certainly, my lord. Why do you ask?” was the reply. “Well, I am credibly informed,” replied the eminent jurist, “that upon his return to the bosom of his family the other day he at once became a Hanna-kissed.” Dr. YOUNG, 700 14th St. N.W. SPECIALIST IN CHRONIC, NERVOUS, BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. YOUNG MEN crrtrine trom verrou debi disease brought on by excesses, promptly restored to health, manhood and vigor. VARICOCELE, Hydrocele and Stricture per- manently cured by painless methods. No cutting or painful operatiou. No loss of time. No exposure. BLOOD POISON, Primary. Secontary ana Tertiary, cured for life without mercury or potash. Diseases of Women, Including painful menstruation, ovarian disease, biolapscs, retroversion, congestion, backache and all ailments pecullar to the sex, promptly cured. Dr. Young can be consulted daily from 10 to 5; Mcnday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday even- ings, 7 to 8; Sunday, 10 to 12. CURE ve ted fe Guakanrzen || 7 'crer7 cope ecpeptal for Charges Low. CONSULTATION “Fite” FREE A Venerable Sprinter. From the Springfield Republican. Nikolaos Ethermius Theodorlanitis of Berkeley, Cal., who ts now seventy-six years of age, is still able to make a cred- itable record as a sprinter. The other day he walked eight and a quarter miles in sixty-four minutes. Six years ago, when he was seventy years of age, he won the championship of Greece in the first Olym- piad of mcdern times, on the newly rebuilt stadium at Athens. The race was won by one Icanoimo, but the seventy-year-old sprinter challenged the winner, ran a mile with him again and beat him, for which astonishing feat he was presented with a crown of laurel. Theodorianitis first came to the United States as a visitor to the world’s fair in 18%. In his own country he had won much fame as a model for artists, his singularly classical features rendering kim of great value to them. At the world’s fair he pesed for many artists, and de- livered an address in Greek that was after- ward translated into English, and won mech applause for him. SS To Kil. From the Detroit Tribune. “And has he the authority to condemn me to death?” “He is clothed with despotic power.”” “Dressed to kill,” shricked the victim. ———+e+ Near the Danger Line. From Puck. Ragged Haggard—"You had a mighty close call in dat lodgin’ house there, didn’t you?’ Seldum Fedd—“Bet your neck! Dem fire- men squirted water widin two feet o’ me!” ————- +e. AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. ‘Today. C. G. Sloan & Co., Auets., 1407 st. s.w., dwelling No. 500. Sule Tuesda; 20, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Duncanson Bros., Aucts., 9th and D sts. es st. near Florida ave., bet. Ist and ‘up. sts., building lots, Sale Tuesday, ¢ , at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Abram P, Pardon and Lisle S. Lipscomb, trustees. Tomorrow. M. B. Latimer & Co., Aucts., 614 12th st. n.w.— Sale of household furniture, ete., on Wednesday October i Ratelite n.W. , October 21, at 10 0% itton & allytown, D, W nw. st. pan, Sale Burr trust , 0th and D sts. nw.—R Sale Wednesday, Octo- James B. Wimer and ‘n Ancts., 612 E st. n.w.— Providence st. between Gallaudet st. and Capitol ty, D. €., improved property. Sale , October 21, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Jesse “Thos, Dowlls AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTER} NCANSON BROS., AUCTION VEN BUILDING Lots NOKTH, NEAR FLORIDA FIRST AND) NORTH ¢ trust, duly recorded tn et obe of the land of Colnmbia, we will sell, ixes, on TUESDAY, THE F BER, A.D. 1896, FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the follow yd and premises, situate tn the city District of ‘Columbia, and desi to 140, both inclusive, in Ki a ivision of square num- jed in Liber W. B. By virtne Libi 1 ecords for t of the privil “appurtenances to wz or in any wise appertaining. One-third eash, nce in one nd two years at 6 per Payable semi-annually, ent per annum, interest to be secured by deed of tiust on the rty sold, or all cash, at the eption of the purchaser. $100 required’ on each lot at time of eile. G ncing, &e., at pur- chuser’s cost. Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen days from diy of saie, otherwise trustees reserve the right R at the risk st after five da sone newspap BLE REAL ESTATE, ‘TH STREET © of a certain deed of trust, -D. 1892, and record sd and at the request party secur‘ e undersigned truxtees will sell, at public auction, in front of the premlses, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTER: NOON, ON SATURDAY, “THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D! 1896, ‘the foliowing de- scribed land and premises, situate In the clty of Washington, District of Columbia, known and desig- nated as lot numbered one hundred and seventeen 17, in Win. 0. Denison’s Square numbered one hundre fifty-two (152), a: per plat recorded In Book 16, page 176, of the rec ords of the office of the surveyor of said District, the same being impfoved by a two-story and base: ment brick dwelling house, No. 1823 Eighteenth street northwest. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash, and the balance in one and two years, for which the notes of the purchaser must be given, bearing interest, payable semi-annually, at the rate of six per ceaium per annum, from ‘day of fale antil paid, and secured by deed of trust on the property sold: or all cash, at the purchaser's op- tion. A deposit of $100 will be required at time of sale. All co cing, acknowledging and record- ing at purchaser's cost, If the terms of sale are not complied with in ten days from day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. JOHN T. ARMS, Trustee. 0c20-10d&ds, GEO. H. 'B. WHITE, Trustee. SALE OF PERSONAL EFFECTS AND HOUSE- HOLD GOODS FOR STORAGE CHARGES. Notice ig heraby given that on TUESDAY, ,OC- \TY-SEVENTH, 1896, at” TEN there will be ‘sold, in the auction SLOAN & CO., 1407’ G street. north- west, Washington, D.C., to the highest bidder, all fords, furniture, Howrehstd and personal effects held in storage by the Storage Warehouse Department of the AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COM- PANY, for the purpose of enforcing its Men for stcrage charges, ete.. due and unpaid by the per- sons named herein: Geo. Smith, Carl von der Weth, Miss M. J, McKinney, George H. Bennett, Miss B! Wilder, W. 8. Wheeler, ‘T. G. Fillette, Mrs. Anna B Cole, nee Le L. Tayi RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONERRS. (Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) ” TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY ON FLORIDA AVENUE NEAR TWELFTH STREET NORTHEAST, TRINIDAD. By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 1900, at folio 161 et aay of the land recurds for the District of Columbi and at the request of the party Kecured thereby,” we will sell at public auct in front of the premises, on MON- DAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1896, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M.. the following described property, situate in the county of Washington, District of Columbia, and desig- nated as lot scventy-elght (78), in John E. Beat subdivision of lots in block two (2), In ‘Trinidad, as per plat recorded in the surveyor's office of the District of Columbia, in county book 7, page 76, subject to a deed of trust for $1,600. ‘Terms of sale: Cash. A deposit of $100 required at time of ey to Bejeuapliel! with within ten days from day of sale. All conveyancing, re- cording, efe., at cost of purchaser. ISAAC _W. NORDLINGER, PHILIP A. DARNEWLE, ocl4-d&ds AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. M. B. LATIMER & CO., al G14 12th st. nw. Our New Place of Business. “Big Sale. Special and important sale of Household Furniture, from private residences and the government, to take place at our new auction rooms (Thomp- son building), No. 614 12th St. N.W., on Wed- nesday, October 21, 1896, at 10 o’clock. N. B.—THIS IS AN IMMENSE COLLECTION OF HOUSEHOLD GOoD: SHOULD CoM- MAND THE ATTENTION OF PARTIES DESIRING £0 PURCHASE GOODS AT THEIR OWN FIGURE. M. B. LATIMER & CO. “RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & 0O., AUCTIONEERS, ‘920 Penma. ave. n.w. Important Auction Sale of 100 High-grade Bi- cycles, made by the Warman-Schub Cycle House, Chi- cago, Ill., and fully guaranteed by them. Thesewheels are in black and ma- roon, for ladies, misses, men and boys, large tubing, barrel hubs, Mor- gan & Wright, Ak- ron & Volt tires, drop and upright] handles. Guaran- tee with each wheel. Sale Wednesday, October 21, at to o’clock A.M. Now on exhibi- tion. AUCTION SALES. als, Badges, Coins, Spectacles and Eyegiasses, Sol! Silver and Plated’ Ware, Diamonds and other Pre- cious Stones, Books, Guns, Rifles. Revolvers, Vio~ lins, Clorks,’ Umbrellas, Field nod Opera Gineses, Seniskin Coats, etc. Sale to contioue until lots are sold. “Ticket holders, pieure take notice. Oc20-7t* TK. FULTOX, Pawnbroker. CHANCERY SALE BY AUCTION. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in cause No. 17828, Bauity (Svean E. Murray rancis 8. Carmody), 1 will offer for sale, at ection, in front of the ines, on ‘SA’ . THE THIRTY- FI AY OF OCTOBER, ‘1896, AT FOUR all of the right, title, interest and in and to those two certain parcels of premises, situate and lying in the city of ton, District of the lots and 20, in the subdivi the said complaina: ertain lots im squnre Dered 684, ax thereof recorded in th of the surveyor for sald Mstrict, in Book I L., at page @6, and in and to the improv thereon atd the ay wes thereto belongity Terms of sale: AM cash upon the confi thereof by the court, and ing at the purchaser's cost. JAMES S. EDWARDS, ‘Trustee, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC. AT AUCTION TO PAY STORAGE AND OTHER CHARGES. On THURSDA OCTORER TW TY AD. 1896, COMM! G AT TE A.M., we will sell, within and in front of our auc- (len rooms, corner #h and D sts. o.w., Washing- fon, D.C, a large quantity of faruiture, cosa ‘o Piano, Cherry an@ Walnut Parlor Suites, Walnut and Oak Extension Tables, Cane Seat Chairs, Bed Room Furniture, Hair, Husk and other Mattresses, Feather Pillows and Bolsters, . . Tranks, Box Crockery, Glass Ware, Brussels, Ingrain and other Carpets, Barber Chair, Catting Box, Gas Fixtures, Cooking and’ Heating Stoves, Et-., ete., fhe same having been stored in the names of F. T. Gilling, H. E. Pettibone, L. M. Parish, Leonard Mackall, M. Thompson, A.D. Patten, Nat. Drill . — Rrandt, J. R. Brooks, Wm. Harm Com.., W. Dynr, R. J. Husband, J. Beach, W. F. Nic won. virtue of tw both bearing date N Under and by certain deeds of ‘trust, anber 20, iswi, and recorded in Liber 1635. at follies 145 ct seq. and 154 et weg... respectively, one of the of the District of, » the undersi; tees, vill, on FIILAY, | OCTOBER THIRD, A.D. 1806, COMM! NG AT PASE. FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. fees, @ell at public suction, parties secured by sutd deeds of trust, the follown described real esta in the county of Washington, District ‘of Columbia, to wit: of lots one (1) and two @ forty (40). of Leighton and Patro, trustees’, sul division of @ tract of lund d “Brookland,” aw recorded in Liber 6 (county subdivisions), and 104. Said real estate will be sold in the following order: First—Ttat_parcel or ning 7. Parte io ‘block nurmbered southeast corner 0 and running thence weet w= Dover street, ity-five (25) feet: thence north parallel with Argyle street to the north line of raid lot two (2): thence cast twenty-five (25) feet; thence south to the place of beginning. Second—Reginning for the r-cond of suid parcels of land twenty-five (25) feet from the. mit corner of said Jot and running theace west with Dover street twenty-five (25) feet; thence north parallel with Argyle street to the north line of sald lot two (2): thence east twen thence south to the place of beginning. Both of ssid lots cre improved by neat two-stozy fraine cottages. Terms of sale: As to the first described parcel, $500 cath, residue in two equal instalin We (25) feet; che and two years: as to the second parcel, 870) cosh, balance in two equal installments, at one and two years; balance in both cases to be secured ser, and @ orth y the promissory notes of the purch nd of trust on the property sol chaser may pay all cash, at his opt Conv inz and recording at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $100 required on cach piece of property on day of sale. BENJAMIN F. LE IN, Trustee, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., PICHARD E. PAINO, ‘Truster, ocl7-3t Auctioneers, oc16-d&as Offic La. ave. nw. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. Guccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FIVE FRAME HOUSES ON CHESAPEAKE ST.. TENNALLYTO D.C By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 2082, folio 248 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the the under- request of the party secured thereby, signed trustees Will offer for sale, by tion, in front of the premises, on W1 following described real estate, to wit: bered twelve (12), thirteen (13), and the so teen (13) feet by’ the depth thereof of lot fourteen G4), in block numbered three (3), in a subdivision made by Edward P. Burket of part of tracts origi nally known as “Mt. Airy” and * Friend being as per plat recorded in Mber coanty follo 144, one of the records of the surves of the District of Columbia, together with limprovements, rights, &c. ‘his property will be sold, subject, however, to a prior deed of trust for $2,560, Terms (over the trust): Cash. A deposit of $200 required upoat acceptance of Md, ‘terms to be cour plied with in 15 days from the day of sale. All conveyeneing and recording at the parchaser’s cost. BURR TRACY, Trastee. CHAS. W. DARR, Atty. for Holder of Note. oc9-d&ds DUNCANSON BRO: ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF THREE-STORY RESIDENCE, NO. 223 R STREET NORTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in A- ber 2085, at folio 483. one of the land reconds of the District of Co! v Auctioneers. BRICK on WED) ¥ OCrOBER, A.D. P.M., the following a r situate in the county the District of Colum! east sixteen (16) fect etx hes front by the full depth thereof of- lot numbered 15 (being the cast_ove-third of said lot). in square rumbered 3, in George Troesdell’s subdivision of the tract of land known as “Eckinzton,”” as recorted in County Liber nu of the surveyor’s « together with all and singular the improvement: ways, easements, rights, privileces and —appu tenances to the same belonging or in say wise ap- rtaining. ‘This roperty will he sold subject to Deed sai arastiot m, with interest at 6 per cent, dated February 24,1806, and payable three years after date. Terms: AM over and above said deed of trst, which is to be assumed by the pu er, cash: Conveyancing, &c., at cost of purchaser. "A de posit of $100 required at time of sale. ‘Terms of sale to be compiikd with within fifteen dara from date of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop>rty at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ ad- Fertheement of such resale in Lome newspaper pub- ished in Washington, D.C. JAMES B. WIMER, CLARKE kK. TILTON, 0cl10-d&as Trustees. MAS SG & CO., AUCTIONEERS, eae clears 612 E st. aw. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY ON PROVIDENCE STREET BETWEEN GAL- LAUDET STREET AND CAPITOL AVENUE, Ivy CITY, By virtue of a deed of trust, dated the thirtieth day of July, 1892, and duly recorded in Liter 1717, follo 194 et seq., one of the land records of he District of Columbia, and at the request of the purty secured thercly, the undersigned trustees will sell at public auction, in front of the premises, on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY-FIRST, 1896, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O°CLOCK P.M., lot num: bered 7, in block numbered 8, in the subdivision of rt of Youngsboro’, known as Ivy City, as per plat In book Levy Court No. 2 page 76, of the records of the office of the surveyor of the Dfttrict of Co- lumbja, improved by a two-story frame dwelling, with frame kitchen. - ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in six and twelve months, with interest, secured by 3 deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at at the purchaser's option. A deposit of $100 re- quired at time of sale. Conveyancing and record- ing at cost of purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with in ten days, or the property will be resold at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. JESSE Hi. ON, rik building, PETER J. McINTY! 0c10-d&ds ‘Trustees. FUTURE DAYs. USTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE RUN SQUARE 819, BOUNDED. BY VINGINIA AVENUE AND K STREET AND FIFTH AND SIXTH STREETS SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, recorded in Liber 1785, at folio 117 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, the underst will sell, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH, 1806, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., in front of the ses, by auction, all of criginal lots Cambered one, two, four a seven, and the east forty feet front on Virginia avenue of lot numbered ‘by the full depth of the lot, all in square num- ered’ clght, hundred sod forty-nioe, in the city rasbiagton, D. Slpcuue of vale: One-third of the purchase money must be paid in cash, and the lance in two equal installments, payable one and two years after the day of sale, respectively, with, Interest rate of siz per centum per annum from sal Sis “and represented by the promiseury notes of the’ purebasec, secured by decd of trust on the property sold, in form apd teuor satisfactory to prPunernigned, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $200 will be required at fine of sale. The right is reserved to resell, ai the Fisk and cost of tke defaulting purchaser,” if the terms of sale are not complied with within Lifteen days. All conveyancing, recording and notarial fey to be paid by cars 400 e HENRY W. SOHON, ‘Trustee, Fendall building, 344 D st. n.w. @. G. SLOAN & CO., Aucts. ‘0c6-10t hove sale is until THURS- D. Y, OCTORER TWENTY ND, 1896, AT SAME HOUR AND PLACE. a G20,,B REPETTL. SEY W. SOHON,” ocl?-4¢ ‘Trustees. DUNCANSON BRK TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FINE LOTS ON CONDUTT D, ALBANY STREET AND COTTRELL 5 ROVED. y virtue of a certain Liver 1949, follo 121 et seq. of the District of Co quest of the hol We will, on WE Auctioneers, of trust recorded tn of the Yat in the Distriet in Lot numbered ten (10), four (4), and lots four (4), five in block five vision made Clark ard Edward B. “Cottrell in. “Whitehaven? And recorded ‘in the office of the surveyor of said District of Columbia in County Book seven (i), page ninety-three (93) ‘erms uf sale: 01 two years, at 6 pe able ‘semi-annuntis. on the property sold, or all cash tie purchaser, of sale. Couveyai ‘Terms of sale to from day of aule, otherwise cserve the right to resell the property at the risk. and cost of the defanlting purchaser, after five da advertisement of such resale In some newspaper pablished in Washington, 9. C. The property. will be sold clear of all ‘inc 5. ? . PEARSALL, a . MOR: ocl5-dts DUNCANSON BROS., AUCT JNEERS, FINE LOTS ON CONDUTT STREET AND COTTRELL x we will, NESDAY, 1 z @S) DAY of OCTOBER, "A.D. THRER ° .. in front’ of ‘the premises, sell the following described pieces or parcels of land in the of Washington, in the District of Columba, Lote numbered ope (1), two (2, three (i, ten (10), eleven (11) ‘and twelve (12) im ¢ (5) In ‘subdivision made by Jacob BP, , in “Whitehaven, the surveyor of sai mia iu County Book seven i, (98). 2 One-third cash, balance in one , at 6 per cent per annum interes J-annually, to be secured by deed sold, or all cash. at the op- tion of the purchaser. A ‘deposit of $100 required at time of sale. Conveyancing, ete., at purchaser cost. ‘Terme of sale to be coniplicd with in tifteem days from day of sale, ctherwise the trustees re= serve the right to resell the property at the rislé and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five deys’ advertisement of such resale in some newse paper published in Washington, D.C. ‘The property, Will be sold clear of all Incombrances. THOMAS C. PEARSALL, 8. T. G. MORSELL, ‘Trusters. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. SCHUETZEN PARK LAND AND BUILDING AS- SOCIATION CERTIFICATES AT AUCTION. By authority of the board of directors of the Scuetzen Park Land and Building Association, @ body corporate under the laws of Vincinia, and im pursuance of a resolution of that board adoptad om the 6th day of May, A.D. 1806, we shall sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, on MONDAY, NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH, 1896, at ‘0D CLOCK P.M., at our auction rooms, cor. #th and D sts, n.w., Washington, D. C., certificates of stock Nos, 2, 5, 23, 26, 28 and 32 in sald corporation. Bach of said certificates represents fifty shares of the par valae of $100, each shure belig subject to fu Assessments of $20.50. The total capital stock of said corporation 1s represented by 1,450 shares of the par value of $100 each. Said corporation owns (eubject to a deed of trust to secure the payment to the Washington Loan and Trust Company. of $65,000) the land in the District of Columbia’ for- merly known as the “Schuetzen Park,” and. now known as Stel et al.'s suMivisions of part of Pleasant Plains, said subdivisions being recorded in Libers County 8 and 9, folios 3 and 73 reapec~ tively, of the records in the oMce of the surveyor of the District of Columbia. Each of sald certife cates is to be sold under the provisions of Section 1127 of the Code of the State of Virginia of 1887. Any further information will be furnished by EL J. Bteliwagen, No. 1324 F street northwest, or by T. C, Meald, No. 902 F street northwest, ocid-dts DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts, R. 8. DONALDSUX, AUCTIONE! 42 E st! ow. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE LOT FRONT- ‘G MARYLAND AVENUE AND G STREET athe bch ar virtue of a de trust given to us, and auiy recorded in Liber No. 189 at folio 432 et weq., of the land records of the District of Colum- via, the aang trustees will offer for sale, at front of the mises, on SAT- TWENTY-FOURTH DAY of OCTO- A.D. 1896, at HALF-PAST POUR O'CLOCK part of square south of square ten hundred apd twenty-seven (1027) now embraced in lot one () in Michael 1. Weller apd Frank P. Madigan, trustees’, subdivision of said square, as recor: in the office of the surveyor of the District of Ou- lumbia in Book 17, page 138, excepting the most westerly two (2) feet three (@) inches front on Maryland avenue of said lot one (1) of the even gnd uniform width of two (2) feet three @) inches from front on south Ine ef said lot on Maryland avenve to rear on north line thereof ou G street nor Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, balance in one and two years, with interest at 6 centum per annum, payable semi-annually, or all cash, at purchaser's option. A deposit of $100 required the time of sale. Ter to be complied with within ten days from time sale, otherwise the, property will be resold, at’ the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after days’ advertisement. All conveyancing at pure chaser’s cost. D. DARBY THOMPSON, Trusice, 1385 F st. GEORGE W WEBER, Trustee, 210 E ot. payable ust on the prope ocl5-dts oc14-10t