Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1896, Page 9

Special verdict of jury. evidence. the evidence. Sregpedeedoeseesoedoedengendengenseesensonsentonsengentengensendengege goegeaeeaentneegenseedegeeseedondentonsn artes toes % HAWAIPS FISHERIES Her Thousand Miles of Coast Line Offer Inducements. THE UNIQUE NATIVE FISH PONDS + What Might Be Done to Develope the Industry. —___.—__——- VARIETIES OF FISH —___+—_— al Correspondence of The “Evening Star. HONOLULU, October 29, 1896. President Dole returned ten days ago from a month's outing, taken for recupera- tion. It is the second vacation of the sort which he has taken since the spring legis- lative session. While attending to the mat- ter of homesteads, in which he feels partic- ular interest, the president spent much time in hunting, and, like his friend, Mr. Cleveland, in fishing. In the mountains are numerous wild goats, as well as many pigs, both of which afford fair sport. In some districts are wild cattle, which are well worth shooting. Mr. Dole’s fishing was done near the coast of South Kohala, next to the Ine of North Kona. It was chiefly angling for the deep-sea fish, which are found by pushing out some miles in the native canoes. The whole center of the hundred miles of western or leeward coast of the island has always been famous for its deep-cea fishing. This helped to make it the favorite residence of the great chiefs of the olden time. That whele district, al- though arid and barren along the coast, was very populous when Cook discovered it. Hawaiians loved the warm, calm west- ern shore, with its soft sea breeze, far bet- ter than the moister windward coasts, with their gusty and often chilly trade winds. Abundant plantations of taro, sweet pota- toes, bread fruit, sugar cane and bananas flourished on the upland slope, ranging from 14K to 2500 feet above the sea where the daily sea breeze precipitated its moisture against the lofty mountain sid: The n there abounds in fish, many of them of large size, giving good sport to the angler. The skilled fishermen pushed out to sea daily, often far out ot ight from t shore. The high mountain Hualalai (Whot Jer-lye), which dominates Kona, derived another name, Kilo-waa (a as in father), .or “‘canoe-descrie from the habit of espying from its heights the distant fishing eraft under sail. Common sea fish taken with the hook are the doiphin or mahi- mahi, which is four or five feet long, of swift clipper form, to chase the flying fish, which rise into the air in swarms before their enemy. with silver pinions flashing in the sun. There is also the ulua, allied to the dolphin, but thicker and shori a fish that gives stout play on the hook. Very common are the ulbicore or a-ku, and the skip-jack, which often swarm around ships far at sea. Great numbers of these are often captured, hooked with a bit of rag for bait, as fast as they can be handled. Natives prize their dark flesh, and dried salt a-ku are constantly sold in the mar- kets. But I am but ill-learned in the great and showy vartety of Hawallan fishes. For many kinds the natives use selnes, captur- ing large hauls along the shores. Only two species are cultivated in the ponds. These are the anoe, or mullet, and the awa, a larger fish, often weighing ten or fifteen pounds. The mullet is not half as heavy. Those found in the market are chiefly the younger mullet, or ama-ama, ranging from half a pound to two pounds. But a fat five-pound anae is the best, and superb eating. The mullet, grown in ponds where an infiux of fresh water breeds rich mosses in the mud, I think, are not sur- in sweetress and delicacy by any ‘an fish—not even by the large speckled trout of the Adirondack lakes. These same mullet abound in the open sea fisheries. Though not easily distinguished in looks, they are far inferior in flavor, liv- ing on the coarser sea mosses. The Toothsome Awa. Equally sweet with the anae, when grow2 in suitable ponds, is the awa, but obiec- tionable on account of its numberless sharp and slender bones, permeating every flake of its meat. Canned mullet from New Zeal- and compete in our market with Astoria’s canned salmon, though scarcely equal to “royal cninook"—but to either we prefer the fresh mullet, which we can always get in Honolulu. The coast of this island abounds in fish ponds, owing to a great ex- tent of shoal water, produced by “fring- ing” reefs that have grown up during a long period of slow submergence of the island. Foreigners seldom buy any other fish than mullet, although several other species are excellent eating. The natives are extremely partial to many kinds of fish and marine animals which we are apt to think coarse or rank. I remember once, with wonder, seeing an old missionary suck down the contents of a live sea egg. He Was used to native fare and had learned to relish it. I don’t think he would have bitten into a iive squid, as Stewart de- scribes a Hawalian queen doing at a feast, while the agonized tentacles clurg around her head. The natives prefer their fish, of ali kinds, raw. Fish culture in ponds involves. much skiil and experience. In localities where there Is a .good breadth of shoal water many inclosures ere seen, ranging In ex- tent from ap acre to several hundred acres. ‘These are wailed In with coral blocks or black lava boulders. The walls are about eight feet tnick, and reach about two feet above high water mark. Great labor must have been expended centuries ago in carry- ing .these stones to their places. Some walls are over a mile in length, laid partly in water several feet deep. At intervals of 20 or 200 feet are Jeft openinys about eight. feet wide, which are closed by grat- ings of poles closely-set,,so as to allow no fish io pass which are over half an inch in thickness.,.Thase gratings allow the tides to flow in and.out of the ponds. The spring tides ebb. and. flaw about four feet. When the tide is flowing in, the fish crowd to the inlet or makaha, following their instinct to push up stream. I have seen them so crowded in the inlets as to be piled vgon each other, many clear out of water. If a shadow fell upon them they instantly dis- Suit Sale Closes Tuesday Night. Blue or Black Cheviot Suits, SII. ‘Wue or Black Cheviot Coat and Waistcom with Striped Trousers, S12. The speeches of the lawyers are not so important as the Advertisements are the speeches. t dence. Our speeches are meant to get you to examine the Some speeches seem to be meant to get you not to examine We've made our speech. It is | dence. We are ready for the verdict—the next one. Mertz and Mertz, New “Era” Tailors, sectetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetetnDetntn tn nteIm onder raid eee THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER: 16, The goods are the evi- for you to examine the evi 906 F Street. persed, until the cause of fear was re- moved. Most of the gathering of the fish is done with nets while they are thus swarming at the inlets. To replenish the ponds With’ young fish the grated inlets admit swarms of the little fry from the ocean, where they have hatch- ed. They push through when the «water runs out with falling tide, and many fail to escap2 again. This source of supply is, however, very inadequate. It is customary with fine nets to scoop up the thick schools of small fry and depesit them to grow in small ponds arranged for the purpose. When too large to pass the gratings of the makahas they are turned into the large pond. One year of growth will make a one- pound ama-ama, and two or three years a three-pound anae. It is especially the man- agement of these small breeding ponds ich requires care and skill, in which cer- t trained natives are adepts. Watchful- ness and skill are also necessary to. de- stroy predatory fish which get into the ponds, and in many other ways. The head pond men and fishermen ranked as a somewhat superior class. So skilled a craft had its corresponding cultus of spe- cial fisher gods, with their idols, temples and priests, and 4 varied liturgy of pray- ers to be intoned as the fishermen invoked their gods for every movement made. Al- though the idols are now hidden from pro- fane view, if their systematic worship still Survives, there is no doubt but that much of the old superstitions are still’ practiced. It is not improbable that the use of these chants imparts confidence and steadiness to the fishermen, and so promotes their success. A very misguided falth will often do much for a man’s works. Fishing Superstitions. I was well acquainted with a worthy old deacon in a country church over thirty years ago, who was overtaken by death in the act of bowing down in his canoe to in- tone a prayer to his fishing god, when the net was cast. The old man was probably no more untrue to his professed Christiani- ty than a Sicilian fisherman who invokes some saint. The new religion does not at once expel all traces of the old one. At about the same time the then premier, Lot, afterward King Kamehameha V, a’ very superstitious prince, sent to the east end of Maui, and brought thence a famous stone idol and its priest. The idol had en practiced by the fishermen. Lot caused them to be established at Fisher- men’s Point, on the east side of this har- bor, where he owned a valuable fishery. No doubt this imparted great confidence and encouragement to the fishermen. Lot's reign ended about eight years later, and the property was subsequently inherited by the noble Christian princess, Punahi, a lady who would on no account permit superstitious practices among her retain- ers. That was doubtless the end of that idol and its hut. What Might Be Done. The possibilities of creating any consid- erable industry here in fisheries are inter- esting. Certainly the pond system might be very greatly enlarged. There are very extensive shoal tracts on the shores of dif- ferent islands, which might be inclosed for that purpose at moderate expense. Rali tracks could be used to carry rock and filling from the neighboring hillsides for the embankments. Such ponds are ex- tremely “good property. As to open sea fisheries, there are between Maui and its neighboring islands several banks of some- What shoal water where fish congregate. These were well known to the old native fishermen, but have nearly passed out of present knowledge. They will doubtless again become sources of profit. AJl around the 1,000 miles of coast line of the Ha- watlan group schools of fish of many-and valuable species are constantly making thelr appearance, and might support con- siderable fleets of fishing boats. Extending over 1,200 miles. west north- west from this group is a chain of islets and reefs which swarm with fish. No doubt a large fishing industry might be conducted all.along that line, having its headquarters in Honolulu. There is no doubt of the multitudes of the fish. No better proof is needed than the millions of birds which subsist on them. I have my- self seen on Nichoa, or Bird Island, what could not be estimated as less than 500,000 birds of twelve different species, ranging from the frigate bird, of the size of an eagle or an albatross, down to some of the size of domestic fowls. These all lived on the fish which they daily caught within ten miles or so of their lofty barren rock of 250 acres. There seemed to be a nest of some kind on nearly every square yard. Wherever one went, the birds rose into the air, filling it like a cloud of gnats. ploy must be good fishing around that rock. Where are several other such rocks be- yond, as well as great shoals and reefs, like French Frigate shoal and Laysan Island. On the great sandspit of the latter recent photographs show the birds congregated as thick as they can stand over,many acres of the ground. The Honolulu fertilizer works have a force there, collecting guano, which goes to help in making sugar on our plantations. It seems reasonable to expect that a quite extensive fishing industry will hereafter rob those birds of much of their finny prey. KAMEHAMAHA. —— THE COMET SEASON. About the Middle of November It Will Be at Its Height. From the London Mail. We are now nearing the great..meteoric orbit, and very soon there will appear in the heavens a vast number of comets or shooting stars. Astronomers the world over are preparing to witness the display, which will be at its height about the mid- le of November. On its present journey the earth will only meet the advance guard of the stream of meteors that in its revolution about the stn pours itself across the November sec- tion of our orbit, but as the stream of- meteors is about eight years Iong—that Is, eight years being required for the,entire stream to pass a given point—we shall meet It again In November, 1897, and the next November, and the next, when we are cue to pass through its most dense por- tio, which is about 100,000 riles in thick= ness. Then for several years its numbers will grow less, until the last straggler has Frassed, when it will continue -to sweep on its course and return to ws again after a third of a century has elapsed, © ~~ As far back as there any records’ this stream‘ of meteors has regularly appeared every thirty-three anda quarter yegrs; and each time has been vistble ‘from the earth eight Novembers running. : “Salvation Oil cured me of a shoulder lameness and pain in back, contracted playing ball last sea- son. I tried several other remedies and all failed. Ches. Mears, 122 Water st., Cleveland, Ohio,” |. Mr. Garrett on the subject. THE DEAL HELD -UP Hitch in the Transfer of the Seaboard and Roanoke. THE POOL HAS REPENTED One of the Owners Examines the Property to Be Sold. THE MANY ‘TRANSACTIONS The Seaboard, and Roanoke railroad, Popularly known as the Seaboard Air Line, did not pass into the hands of Mr. Thomas F. Ryan of New York Saturday, as that gentleman has frequently, during the past few weeks, declared would be the case, and to accomplish which he reached Baltimore from New York the evening before. Mr. Ryan, according to the information given to a Star reporter in Baltimore, was endeavoring all day Saturday to secure legal possession cf the system, which has suddenly attained remarkable prominence in the important systems of the United | States, and which he and those directly as- sociated with him have coveted for the greater part of two months, but just as it seemed within his grasp, they realized the truth of the old adage that “there is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.” It has all along been stated by friends of Mr. Ryan, who ts said (and the assertion has not been denied) to have “unlimited means and a fine line of credit,” had se- cured an option on the stock held by the Hoffman-McLane pool of Baltimore, and which amounted to between 8,000 and 9,000 shares of the Seaboard’s stock, but a close examination of the papers under which the option was given is said to have disclosed that when those managing the pool passed the papers to Mr. Ryan they attached thereto a string which had such strength that Mr. Ryan was not only unable to ex- ercise his option unless the pool saw proj. er to allow him to do so, but that he placed himself, unwittingly, of course, it is to be presumed, at she mercy of the pool, and it is now a question if he and those connected with him will not be the losers of $60,000 and the control of the property besides. The Forfeit Money. This $60,000 represents the sum the Ryan Syndicate paid down to bind the agreement, and whether the pool will give up that money if the deal fails Is a question which may have to be settled in the courts. How long it may take to secure a judicial decision as to a point covering the legal ownership of the money referred to may be imaginedwhen it is recalled that when the late Robert Gar- rett was president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company over ten years ago, and the former Napoleon of finance, Hami ton S. Ives, was in the heydey of his glory, he essayed to secure the Garrett holdings in the Baltimore and Ohio, and approached The latter, it is said, expressed a willingness to sell, provid- ed sufficient inducement was offered by Mr. Ives. The latter promptly deposited, it was understood, a forfeit of $250,000, that he would take the entire amount of stock own- ed by the Garretts at a stipulated price, and by a certain date, which was named. For some cause, not necessary to now mention, and as is now generally known, the deal did not go through, but as a suit was later entered by Mr. Ives or his representa- tives against Mr. Garrett for the recovery of the deposit, it fs fair to assume that there was trouble about getting the money, back, and so far as has been made known the question of ownership has not yet been settled. The Hitch. It is thought to be not improbable that recezt actions of Mr. Moncure Robinson, one of the most prominent members of the Hoffman-McLane pool, may be contrib- uted largely to the disappointment and ap- parent discomfiture of Mr. Ryan. Within the past ten days Mr. Robinson made a tcur of the Seaboard lines in the private car of President Hoffman, and he 1s said to have arrived at the conclusion that the Seaboard was too good a property to dis- pose of at such short notice as Mr. Ryan desired to accord. Mr. Robinson returned north during the latter part of last week, and within a day or two afterward went south again, and again he traveled in President Hoffman's private car. On the latter occasion he came from New York to Washington by the Pennsyivania road, and in this city his car was transferred to the tracks of the Southern railway and attached to a train of that road, whence the distinguished oc- cupant went south, and unless he went home yesterday he is still in that portion of the country. It is said by some persons that during his Jast visit south Mr. Robinson met Presi- dent M. H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville company, and that the subject of conversation between the two gentlemen was the future ownership of the Seaboard. The outcome of the interview between Messrs. Smith and Robinson, if a meeting between those gentlemen really did take place, has not as yet been developed, but there is reason to believe that Mr. Robin- son during his brief stay north, after his inspection of the Seaboard, said that he was not eager to sell out now—even at $125 a share for his Seaboard stock and $150 a share for his stock in the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which was also embraced in the option given the Ryan syndicate. A prominent railroad man in New York told a Star reporter that he had informa- tion from an intimate friend of one of the legal gentlemen who drew up the papers covering the option that Mr. Ryan and a gentleman, whose name has been thus far successfully withheld from the public, went into the deal exclusively on their own hook, and not for the Southern or any one else. “The opening of a joint line between Washington and New Orleans,” he con- tinued, “by the Southern and Louisville and@ Nashville ccmpanies is understood by laymen to mean that there are no longer any questions of serious difference between the management of the two lines, and there ate not a few usually well-informed people who believe that it demonstrates that the Southern and Louisville and Nashville have arrived at an understanding regarding the Seaboard, and that in the comparatively near future it hee eae to the two com- ies named, jointly.” Peat is, nevertheless, still suspected,” said another New Yorker, who was present, “that the Louisville and Nashville would like to become the sole owner of the Sea- board if Mr. Ryan does not get it.” President Smith of the L. and N. has Stated within the past few days that his company does not want the South Carolina and Georgia road from gusta to Charles- ton, which it was reported they were trying te secure, but he did not deny, when asked the question, that he was strongly in favor of buying or leasing the Seaboard Air Line system. What may be Mr. Smith's wishes in this direction would probably have great weight with his board of directors, as they are salt to realize that they made a grievous error when they declined to take the Cen- tral of Georgia when it was offered to them a few years ago, especially as it has Sfide’ become a most harmonious ally of the Southern. Lively Times Expected. ‘The next few days are expected to fully settle the fate of the Ryan deal for the Seaboard, and if it fails, as now seems probable will be the case, there may be livelier times ahead for many roads than were experienced during.July, August and September. The selection of Mr. John M. Eagan as vice president of the Central, an heretofore unfilled position, by the directors of that company a few days ago, is taken in rail- read circles to mean that the Central is preparing. itself for the worst in case rate demoralization comes, and it is asserted that if the present owners of the Seaboard continue to control the property they will not hesitate to renew the war which-was brought to such an abrupt end, temporarily at least, a couple of months ago. ‘With Mr. Eagan on one side of him and Mr. W. W. Finley of the Southern on the other. Mr. St. John would have two old- time associates to look out for. When he was on the Rock Island, Mr. Finley was on the Great Northern and Mr. Eagan was on the Maple Leaf. The latter was a free lance and kept the other roads guessing just as Mr. St. John kept them guessing a few months ago. It is significant to note that Mr. Ragen, wl tered upon his new duties. yesterday, have entire charge of the operating and traffic. departments, and the president of the company will look after the financial Si ier The transactions the Seaboard stock have, it is understood, netted General John Gill, who inaugurated. the movement for a transfer of the ownership and his partners in the deal, a handspme sum, for, as can be seen by reading his own statement which here appears,-they-have gotten clear of their holdings, andjlat, tt ts understood, a high figure. < General Gill's statement referred to was given out Saturday afternoon, and was as follows: ‘Thomas F. Ryan accepted and 1a for the stocks of the- Seaboard and anoke Railroad Company covered by General John Gill's option, eid’ by the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company. They held between 2,000 and°8,000 shares. He also called at the office of the com- pary to close the Hoffmin podled stock option, which expired today, but the com- mittee was not ready to deliver the stock nor to tell what amount had come in under that option.” It is generally understood that althoygh General Gill in his statement said at the holdings represented by himself were between 2,000 and 3,000 shares the exact amount was 2,700. On this there was a profit, it is said, of from $25 to $50 a share, so that the profits of the Gill option mem- bers for the two months that their money was locked up in the Seaboard investment was not less than $67,500), and it may have reached $135,000. As the matter row stands, the 2,700 shares secured ty Mr. Ryan, through General Gill, will be of no use without the stock held in the Hoffman- MeLane pwol. It is asserted. in Baltimore by those in a position to know that as heretofore stated in The Star, Mr. Ryan has been at all times since he secured the option ready to perform his portion of the contract, and that the hitch has occurred solely because the pool has refused to allow an examina- tion of the books of the Seaboard and Roanoke Company, 2nd this is attributed not to a fear that the claims of increased business for several months. past, made by the management on many occasions could not bs substantiated, but rather because it is believed that the pool considers it more te thcir advantage to hold on to their stock than to allow Mr. Ryan to exercise his option. —.—_. HAD TWENTY-SIX RATTLES, A Remarkable, if Truthful, Story of the Killing of » Big Snake. -- From the « * “Tt was right over there by that old stump,” remarked the Mississippian, as-he munched bis sandwich of frizzled pig and home-made bread, beneath the shade of a tree-in the forest, “that I killed one of the biggest rattlesnakes I ever saw. It was during the month of January, and I was out camping on this very.. spot, there where the palmettos are dead. Well, the weather was very cold when we arrived, and I set my nigger cook to clean away the brush, so we could make supper. Well, he hadn’t been at work for more than a minute when he came back with eyes as big as saucers. ; ‘Boss,’ he said, ‘dar's a big lim’ in de brush what's live. I dun saw it move when I chopped it. Shuah, sah.’ “He wouldn't rest until I investigated. When I reached the place he showed me the ‘limb,’ and, shure enough, when I struck it with an ax It moved with a sin- uous motion. ‘Bob,”'T waid, ‘that limb's a snake, as sure as cOtton is worth 6 cents, Get out of the way.’ I raised the ax and made a deep cut in the, thing, which was about eight inches in diameter, and as I started to cut the second time there came a swish of the brash; and up came the head and neck of the bigest rattler I ever want to see. He made a dart at me, his eyes gleaming fiercely, but his neck caught in a vine. I then made another cut at his head, but missed, amd the ax buried itself in the stump there. «I dropped it then, and the infernal snake struck the handie of the implement, and then fell back writhing in the brambles, rattling as well as it could with its back. broken. I started to pull the ax cut of the stump, but I didn’t put my hand on: it, because I saw the poi- son of the reptile Wad'affected the wood. It was swelling, and directly the swelling extended to the helve, and the head of the ax split apart as clean as if it was done awith a cold chisel. The snake was twelve ‘feet long and had twenty-six rattles. New Orleans Times-Democrat. A MEDICINE CRAZE. An Englishman Who Swallowed Over 250,000 Pilin, From the New York Journal, A man in Vienna has developed a mania for medicine, of which he swallows large doses daily, although suffering from no iliness. Tals is a form of lunacy not al- together unknown. To Heckington, In England, belongs the honor of being the birthplace of the largest consumer of. medicine the world has ever knewn. This was Mr. Samuel Jessup, a rich glazier, who died in 1817. He was in many ways eccentric, but in none so much as in pill taking, or what a chronicler of the period describes as “‘a most inordinate craving for physick.”” The following figures may be regarded as incredible, but there seems to be no reason to doubt their accuracy. In the twenty-one years, from 1795 to 1816 Mr. Jessup con- sumed 226,934 pills, which is at the rate of 10,306 a year, or twenty-nine a day. Many imore of these were taken in the later than in the earlier years. From 1811 to 1816, 4 period of five years, the rate of consuirnption averaged seventy-eight a day, while in one single year, 1814, Mr. Jessup swallowed as‘ many as 51,500 pills. These astounding figures came out in the course of an action tried at the Lineoin assizes in 1817, when an apothecary of Bottesford, who had supplied the whole of the medicine, sued Mr. Jessup for the amount of his bill. In spite of taking: all hese pills, with the addition of 40,000 bot- ties of mixtures and juleps and electuaries, Mr. Jessup, who was unmarried, lived to the age of sixty-five. The apothecary’s bill for the amount of-which he was sued cov- ered no less thangifty-five long and closely- written columns. vel OURED BY LIGHTNING. A Man Affected With P. yas is Shocked Into a Stnte of Health. From the St. Louls Post-Dispatch. Not many people have cause to rejoice over being struck by lightning, save those who hail death as a joyful deliverance. (Reference is not made here to presidential lightning, to receive which. lightning rods are always out.) -But there are exceptions. Cok. Charles C. Corbett of New York is the one exception of note. . The colonel was paralyzed some years ago. His entire right side was affected, his face distorted, and for years he remained a hopeless cripple. He was finally taken to Providence, R. I., to die among friends. - But he did not die. He was struck by ilightning and when picked up was supposed to be dead. When he revived, however;ihis paralysis had dis- appeared. He could watk.as well as ever. The facial distortion was gone. He was a whole man-and a well bne. If mild doses of the fluld have no:®frect give the patient a knock-out dose, aurn an. electric light current on him, and if he doesn’t die he will probably get well: Thatts the best.a doctor can do, anyway. That recalls the story of the doctor’ who prontised: to kill or cure a patient. She died,‘and he had to sue her husband for his fee: “wv ks “Did you not promise to kill or cure?” the widow asked. 9) 1 “Well, I did the best I eould.”” to “Did you cure her?” “No, I—" 20th “Did you kill -her?¥° wv And rather than. answer the: doctor dis- missed the case. lo 19 te Immense f$um Invested in Apparatus. From the New York Times. erat The amount of capital invested in electric mining machinery 18) éstimated to be over $100,000,000, while that: invested in station- ary electric motors, used for. the operation of machinery of all kinds‘and in’ al man- ner of shops, ts over $80,000,000, The num- ber of electric motors‘ in use is not defi- ritely known, but ts’ beltéved by those best able to judge to be over 500,000. To give an {dea of the extent to which they are used we may mention the fact that in a number of large matiufacturing “establish- ments over .250..are-iniase. In one large iron. works in Cleveland nearly-350 are em- ployed. The current to operate them is generated by several large machines that absorb, the power. of steam engines having a combined capacity’ of over 3,500 horse- power, and this is not the largest plant in the country by any means; there are others larger in the west. The concerns that use from 50 to 100 motors are very numerous, Electric 1896—FOURTEEN PAGES. SUBURBAN NEWS ANACOSTIA. ‘The residence of Policeman John Boland of the Avacostia substation was entirely destroyed by fire late Saturday afternoon. The cause of the Dleze was supposed to have been a defective fine. Tho loss 1s estimated at sbout $1,400, which in- clndes the furniture also. Mr. Boland, who wai Rot at Lome when the fire occurred, bas policies for sufficient to cover the amount. ‘The fuperal of the late Mrs. Samuel Fry, who died at her home on the Bowen road Fridey morn- ing last after having suffered intensely for many months with @ cancer, took place yesterday after- neon from the East Washington Heights Baptist Church. Rey. George E. T. Stevenson officiated. ‘The attendance at the services was very larg>. ‘The burial was made in 1 cemetery. ‘The sympathies of a wide circle of friends and acquaintarces have been extended to Miss Mary Davenport, ter of Rev. W. G. Davenport Emmanuel P. E. Church, who has been compél on account of falling eyesight, to relinguish her studies at the. boarding school’ she was attending and return to her home in Anacostia. A number of the best known young people of Avacostia have formed a dramatic club, and it 4s expected they will give some public exhibitions during the ensuing winter. The officers selected, and who have already begun to exercise much An terest in the plans laid out, are: President, Ber- tram Thornett; secretary, Eugene ‘Thompson; ‘treas- urer, Hurry Kelly; stage manager, William Scan- ea committee to select matter for rendition in public, Mr. M. Fillas; chalrmant-the Misses Annie Simpson and Alice Seantlebury, and the treasurer, Mr. Kelly. ~ Susan White, a resident of Anacostia, was ar- rented yestenddy by Precluct Detective Brown oy a charge of grand larceny, concerning which infor- mation was, it is said, received from a friend of hers named Joseph T. Smith. The woman was several days ago arrested on the same charge, but after Smith had, while both were in the station house, st the former, she was released. Later developments, however, made in the judgment of the authorities a second arrest justifiable. Mrs. Jane Herrod, who has for a long time lived in Hilledale, was yesterday placed in St. Eliza- beth's Asylum for ‘treatment, she having become very violent, and it 1s thought is temporarily at leust insane, Mrs. Herrod bas had, it is sald, considerable domestic trouble, and this is sup- posed to have caused her present malady. > LANGDON. ‘Mrs. Charles A. Counselman, who was visiting friends In Langdon, has returned to her home in Washington. - Mrs. L. V. Dukehart of Langdon has returned from a visit to friends in Washington. Mra. Delos and family, who have lived in Lang- Gon for some months, today removed to Washington. Sage ROCKVILLE. In accordance with a law passed by the last legislature of Maryland appropriating $3,000 sor the formation of farmers’ institutes in the state a large number of farmers of this county met at: the court house here Suturday and effected an cr- ganization for the county. Those present were «0 impressed with the benefits and advantages to be derived from such an orgunization that the project promises to claim ghe attention and ‘indorsement of all the leading farmers of the county. Mr. Win. L. Amos, director of Farmers’ Institute, Maryland Agricultural College, wus present. He has organ- ized Institutes in all the counties of the state ex: cept Carroll and Baltimore counties, and these will be attended to this week. In opening the meeting Mr, Amos stated that the object of opening farm: ers’ institutes in the counties was to bring agri- culturalists in closer touch with each other aml to bring before the farmers of the state eventually such’ information ax will effectually remedy many of the existing evils so prevalent in every depart- Juent of agriculture and to procure competent Speakers, well versed in hi Iry, to discuss such topics before the farmers as will be of material advantage to them. The institute shall be under the direction of a directo: appointed tees of the Maryland Agricultural College, shall be versed In agriculture and a man of pra, cal experience. ‘The Montgomery organization will be composed of well-known farmers in the several districts of the county, with a secretary, who will be recognized as the executive officer. An execu: tive committee, composed of the following farmers of the ‘county, was appointed ing: Frank C, Hutton, Cloppers, Md. executive committce, George Rice, Travyilah; Augustus Stabler, Brighton; Chas.Pierc s The committees from the several districts aro as follows: First district, M. MeCubbin W Goshen; Henry Griflith, Laytonsville; 3, W. Al nutt, Laytonsville. Second district. Nathan White, Clarksburg; Joseph Henderson, Germantow: ene McAtee, Boyd. Third district, E. J. Willard, Bictesvitte: Arthur Williams, Dawsonville; Norman Wootten, Martinsburg. Fourth district, Jobn W. Horner, Rockvilie; Wm. Dorsey, Rockville; 3. B. Lyddane, Rockville. Fifth district, H. C. Chaney, mneerville; A. C. Tolson, Colesville; Wm. FE. nonkee, Burnt Mills. Sixth district, Brooke Vinwon, Quince Orchard; John H. Gaxsaway. ¢ mantow: ven-h Jas. H. Offutt, Darnestown. Charles Rohrer, Bethesda; Lewis E. Shoe maker,’ Tenleytow! Eighth _ district, Roger B. Farquhar, Rockvill s Ninth district. Zach. Briggs, Gaithersburg ; Tenth district, Creamer, Glen; Henry Bradley, Potomac; Frank Stone, Gabin John. Eleventh distriet, Edw. Chis- 1, Dickerson; Jobn W. Brown, Barnesville; nfus R. Darby, Buck Lodge. Twelfth district, Cqlumbus Purdam, Purdum, P. 0.; W. E. Watktes, Cédar Grove; J. N. Thirteenth district, Wm. Thompson, Woodside; Alfred Ra, Forest Glen; Win. Weller, Wheaton, to be considered at the next mee in- stitute will be dairying, poultry. apple and peach growing, commercial fertilizers, lime and its upon the soil, farm wastes, corn fodder, entomol- ogy, stock raising in general, beef and pork, pota- toes, potato blight, market gardening, stio and silage, dressed fowls, small fruits, ete. The future meetings of the institute will be held upon one Tuesday in each month, the date to be ar- ranged by the secretary. ‘The young gentlemen of Rockville will give thelt usual Thanksgiving dance at the opera house the night of November 27. Elaborate preparations for the same have been made, and it is expected that this affair will be the social sensation of the sea- son. The address delivered by Mr. W. A. Dobson of the Navy Department Friday night, at the Presby terlan Church, was a success both as regatds num- bers in attendance and the Interest taken. ‘Phe subject was and being { lustrated bs the subject never flagged. self an interesting speaker, and much was learned in his line of thought. Miss Ida Polkinhorn of Washington is a visitor at the hospitable home of Mr. Warren Choate, this town. Miss Kate Clagett of this place, and Mr. Jacob R. Umstead of Tenlevtown, were effort hns been made to try and unite the demo- cratic party in this county, but both factions look astance at each other. —— FALLS CHURCH. The “Jolly Club” of Alexandria, Va., paid a visit to this town Tuesday night. They stopped at the Eagle House, where a fine supper was served by Mr. J. D. Chapin. Among those present were Misses Mary and Annie Williamson, Flora. and Jessie Martin, Nettle Helen and Nevitt Miller, and Messrs. Willlam Naylor, Leo. Cuase, John Fall, Norman and Frank Williamson, Aubrey Shuman, Melvin Pitt of Alexandria; Mise Nettic Metanna of Brooklyn, N. Y., and A. Sidney Mankin of Falls Church. ; At the November meeting of the Wasiington conference of Congregational churches, to be held Tuesday in Washington, the chureh here will be represented by its pastor, Rev. J. H. Jenkins, and delegates, Deacon Geo. A. L. Merrifield, Mr: ‘and Mrs. A. Eastman. Rey. T. C. Jordan of Manassas and Rev. Charles W. Bull of Herndon, Va., were the guests of Rev. S.A. Ball several days t week, Miss Lelia Jacobs is viriting her brother, Rev. J. R. Jacobs, at Marshall, Va. Z ‘Contractor Thomas Hillier has recently completed improvements to the properties of Mr. Daniel Rhodes and Mr. J. ¥. Lasshorn. Nr. Preston Sewell ‘har built an addition to his residence on the Lewinsville road. Miss Lily Crocker has been appointed organist of Pioneer Lodge of Good Templars. At che ministers’ meeting Tuesday union services were arranged for Thanksgiving day, which vill be held either in the Episcopal o: odist Church South. A collection will be take turned over to the ladies’ association on charit! Miss Grace Harvey of Washington ‘% visitis Mrs. A. E. Rowell of West Falls Chace Mr. George Albertson, with his family, has moved to Washington for the winter. Miss Bertie Leeds of Glenbrook, Va., is visiting hor sister, Mrs. V. E. Kerr. pe Yhe members of the Baptist Church and their friends gave a sociable and welcome to the pew pastor of the church, Rev. J. W. Kincheloé, in the church parlors, Friday night, which was ‘a very pleasant affair and fargely ‘attended. itev. ‘John McGill, rector of the Episcopal Church, made an address of welcome, which was appropriately xe- sponded t» by Mr ‘Kincheloe. Refreshments were ved. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. S. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs, G. E. Hild, Mr. and Mrs. G i Melnturf, “Mr. and Mis, BJ. Northrup, Sirs. Hf. 4. D. Crocker, Mrs. J. ¥. Qui Misses Rertie Leeds, Addie M. Spofford. Nelli: Mabin, Ida J. Quick, Mabel Kerr, Rev. D. L. Rath- Quick, in, J bun, kev. John McGIll, Messrs.’ Dr. T. C W. F. Albertson, A. 8. “Mankin, Wiliiam M; Le Hiid. Howard Hild, David Lettre Fri ht the members of the tional roan an enjoyable sociable at the residence of Mr.-and Mrs. T. W. White, at Exst Falls Chureh, An entertaining program was rendered, consisting of the following, yiz.: Duet, “Sweet Visions of Childhood,”” “Xi P, Eastman and‘ Mrs. T. W. White; reading, ‘The Pipes Licknow Mr. A.'P. Eastman: reading. “A Christmaw: Aned. Mrs. W, \W. Kinsley; recitation, “The Soldier's Dream,” Mr. G. F. Rollins; recitation, “The Car- penter’s Sin,;* Miss Gertie Nourse; reading, ot uick, and Give up the Gun.” Rev. D. H.Riddle. Among those present were @rof. and Mrs. ‘W._W. Kinsley, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Poole, Mr. and “Mts. €. F. Newman, Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Gould, Mr. and Mra. A. P. Eastman, Mrs. G. W. Poole, Misses Gertie ‘and Maggie Nourse, May Ballard, Matet Ryer, Mabel Newman. Pearl Luttrell, Auta Phi Ups.’ Lenora, Wright . Re 1 ‘Messrs. Rev. D. H. Ruddl. J. H. Jenkins, G. E. Rollins. W. W. Ki Curtis’ Rorebeck, Johnnie McKillen, Dante , Scott Ryer, E. M. Ball. t Special services were held ini the Baptist Church last night, sad Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, “pastét, ; c. w. preache sermon to the youhg people, guests Rev. ‘T. C. Jordan of Manassas and Rev A. Ball for several days, returned home Ball of Purcellville, Va., who have been th of Rev. 8. Saturday. Mr. W_ W. Kinley, Jr., lcd the young people's meeting Sunday evening. ‘The local union of the Christian Endeavor socie- tles of northern Virginia will convene in Alexandria Saturday next. The society here will be largely represented. liss Estelle Jones of Cape Charles, Va., is the you can turn u; for plantin; Al ENS and main stren; think how simple —soaking, boiling, rinsing. You need Pearline for all your washing and cleaning. You need something better than ——— soap or a sharp - Withas stick ~ the dirt and get ground ready it what a clumsy, slow, labori- ous, ineffective way of going to work! Not much more so, though, than the old- A fashioned way of washing. Think > of it! and down on a wash-board, with nothing but soap to get out the dirt. Then and easy is Pearline’s way Grinding the clothes up ~~ s ~. stick when you're dealing with dirt. ss SSSUSEaLY770 Many thousand dollars worth of valuable articles ; suitable for Christmas Christmas gifts for the young and : old, are to be given to G ifts smokers of Blackwell’s Genuine Durham To- Free bacco. You will find one coupon inside each two ounce bag, and two coupons inside each four ounce bag of Blackwell’s Durham. Buy a bag of -§% this celebrated tobacco ~pes and read the coupon— which gives a list of val- uable presents and how to get them. Pury OF Staunton, Allen Nellie Er Hawshuret. | ot Me te ey ere sae sweats of the family of rn. Coun” amiomton Me whe wwest |, lie, Aon Airncun of attr’ wan the gucet Pe Pi I anger os . Souk, Mo., is ae Groscup, at their home, “Ashburn, Miss aoe Va., is visitin Ah tg ss age stag held its semi. and with Mr. and Mrs. KE. J. Northrup, returned bi Friday. ‘The ladies of the Baptist Church have organized Y with the followin Hille president ; Miss Einma Keed. vice treasurer; collector. LAUREL. A meeting of citizens was held Friday night at the Academy of Music for the purpose of devising mans for protecting the town in the event of fire. Mr. Benjamin F. Crabbs presided at the meetiag. with Dr. T, M. Baldwin as secretary. President K. W. Kerr of the city council explained the object of the meeting, and spoke of the necessity and need of fire protection in Laurel. Mr. RK. G. Howe, the rep- reventative of the Howe Pump ard Engine ma pany of Indianapolis, Ind., who recently submitted a plan for fire protection by means of a chetical engine to the city council, discussed the question ton. He stated that the company ted could furnish a chemical engine with y of from 6) to 100 fallons of chemicals tween $1,500 and $1,600. Engines such as for are used in Hyattsville and Gaithersburg could be obtained for $1,209. He advised locating the engine house tn the center of the business house district of the town, and near a livery sta Mr. Thomas D. Bond of Laurel, a promi Waslington reat estate and insurance brok ommended the use by business men of fire gucshers, which would, in the aggregate, prove effective fire fighters. G. W. Cuen, fire equipment engineer of the Fire Extinguisher Company of Wasbin; *., Was present. He thought two 50-gall chemical machines with a number of small tire tinguishers would prove effective and deadly to fin A committer of five, consisting of Messi Kerr, Frank W. Awalt Charles W. Darr, James Curley and Willam A. Fairall, was appotuted 16 sollelt subscriptions toward the’ purchase of au en gine und other fire prot © apparatus, ‘The Prince George's county school board has 4 cided to retain Miss Maggie Edmonston as princ pal of School No. 3. About three weeks ago Miss Elmonston was-notifed, after a mecting of two ot the local trustees of School No. 3—Messrs. Judson T. Cull and RK. W. Kerr—of her dismissal, to take effect within ‘thirty ‘The patrons of t school and ta ‘ers, mn ax the action of t trustees bec known, signed a petition to t county school beard, asking for the retention of Miss Edmonston-and the removal of the two trus- ees of No. 3. Arguments were also mude 1 the ‘board that, the. trustees had not the pow dismiss Miss Edmonston, inasmuch as ti not trustees, not having qualified as their appointment in May, 1896. ‘This b t I ne. The board will also sit on th receive petitions from patrons of other schools appointment of oth: boards of trustees, cre the present members of the boards haye not Mfied sinee thelr appotntuient. ‘The free silver people of Laurel will hold a meet- ing at the City Hall tonight for the purpose of ganizing a permanent free sil club in Laure ‘The West End Democratic Club has decided to cou- tinne as a permanent free silver club. The annual election of officers of the urel Ath- letie Club will occur tonight at the rooms oD Main street. It is believed most of the old officers will be re-elected. ac Among some of the names mentioned for trustees of School No. 3 are Dr. F. J. Billard, D. M. Fisher and Councilman James P. oe es GLENCARLYN. Mr. D. Hasty Olcott and family have closed thelr Deantiful opttage on Oak avenue 2nd moved to Washington, where they will reside during the winter months. Mr. J. M. Gurley, who has been a guest of his nephews, ut the “Old Homestead,” for several days past, returned to bis home at Beltsville, Md., last evening. ‘The. disbandment of the Glencarlyn Euchre Club for the winter months 1s the subject of general discussion among the residents here. For nearly five years the club has held regular bi-monthly meetings. and, the necessity of an extended Journment at this time has been s 4 ed by several of jts members. It has been fully contended, however, that at least. two-th of the enrolled ‘members ‘will reside in Washington during the winter, and, it is safe to say, that the wisdom, of the final decision in favor of adjou ment is feddgnized by a large majority of those interested in the welfare of the club. Gen, Samuel 8. Burdett has returned home after an extended tour of his native state, Mixsourl, which he thoroughly canvassed in the Interests of sound money during the late campaign. ~ —— BROOKLAND. York bas been the . H. Brovner of Mr. A. Hi. Brawner of Ne guest of his mother, Mrs. W 12th street. ‘Mrs. Eberly is making improvements on her house on Concord strect. ‘The ladies of th» Catholie Church of St. Anthony ‘are “making preparations for the annual Thanks- giving supper, to be given in the town hall, An enjoyable program will be arranged. ‘The Beptist Young People’s Union had a pl ant meeting last night and many interesting re- niarks were made. Miss Mary Helen Howe, who has been spending ‘the. past-week:in Brookland during the engagement 6f the Metropolitan Grand English Opera Compan; left- yerterday for Baltimore with the compa She was Joined today by ber sister, Mim Kat Lay Howe, who will spend the week with relatives. ne excellent trlent trom the city ad Briand, ur catertaln ber‘ many frleuds th the tora Lali tonight. LAUREL, Mr. Frank I. Ahern, jr., of New York, spent several days this week with his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Abern. Assistant Secretary of State George E. Lowerve and family have closed their country house, ““Edge- bill,”’ at Contee’s, and will spend the winter ov Prince George's street, this city. Mis Collins of Baltimore is the guest of her cousins, the Misses May and Annié Bentley, near Burtonsvizle.. ee ‘Mr. Charles H. Stanléy attended the Roberts- Merrick wedding in Upper Marlboro’ this week. Cards are out announcing the coming marria November 25, in Baltimore, of Miss Clara M. rick, daughter of the late Amos Carrick, ¢ Bowle district, to Mr, Albert Freedenbarz s timore, Miss Carrick’ is now a resident of Baltt- more, but is well known here. ‘Mrs. George Curley and daughter were in Balti- more Visiting friends du-ing the past week. Mrs. John B. Fairall and daugtter, and Mrs, Har- on I et the resid r Hext meeting will be he at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. i. A. Benticy, ember Mea. M. Wrigs from ay H. Wieck Cortes, Mes. of Westminster, ersant visit to the Strevligh an have rs nifly Mr. day in sister in Wi A donation + Spent Wednes. Wedding of his ar monthly meeting of " Association Was held Wed + and after the disposed of the took up th the constitation We, Which occupied the cntire time of session. The s-mi-annual election 6f officers und the new constitution will « the second Wed: Ws Will I McKe the Riverdale emda basi mmite, ext regular emiber, when grand rally whieh expected ts n tendered his resigna’ion, Was Mot accepted. Mr. Charles E. Sickles and hilx family have moved to Washingt house ©, ted by bi wd owned by Mr. Meu nw be ove pled by Mr. Johns = a returned to the city aturday, after a cenit at Mr. Barchfi iverdale public school tx at last equipped With books. oe ee Riverdale Literary, Musical and Dramatic met Fiiday evening. Simons gave Hood's poem of the “Last Child” with excelle alect wax incomparable. M>, ‘Lonsiye and beautiful oy plays and of them. Mrs. Fi Who hax the tured te Mrs. Manfred of Washi ing ber sister, Mrs. 1 Riv: lose up the bust ablican Clb ms < of the « all bills du a_permai Mr. Chas. Karl . 1 meet one won 10 P next meeting wd that preparatl re being made for in a few weeks, at » Congressiman-clect HYATTSVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Latimer are the guests of Mrs. ‘T. M. Moran. Mr. Maynard of Oakland, Md., is spending the winter with Dr. Joseph Rt. Owens. Miss Narnie Geib will leave in a few days for New York elty, where she will remain several Weeks visiting friends Miss Nellie Fenwick, who has been absent eral months on 4 visit to relatives in St, county, has returned, Cards are out Ou ng the marriage, Novemer 23, in Baltimore, of Miss € ra M. Carrick, daugh- ter of the hk Amos Carrick of Bowle district, to Mr. Albert. Freedburg of Baltimore, tut well krcwn in this county Mrs. Elbert Dent has returned from Phtlad: and with her, her sister, Mise Miller ail of Alex- Darkne » foot a tes last. The Maryland Agricultural © played the Episcopal High ndria at that plac® Wedaesday prevented th being finixlied, but the see was 14 to 6, of the college boys, when t game On Saturday ‘noon th a tte Western Mav Le e latices jand A. Bartlett enter- m Wednesday ¢ Stat sister, 3 on Locust av ‘An enjoyabl under the aus Maryland Agri Satveal, Brinkley Cooke, satt, Si bers’ of the and Fowler, besides ‘several ulty and thelr families. From the Century. One feature rather surprising to an American is that every park is made for use. There is no fear lest the grass may be injured, but in every ground adapte for them are cricket and foot ball field picnic grounds, croquet lawns, tennis courts, bowling greens, the use of which is permitted for a merely nominal pay- ment. Every park, large or small, has one or more concerts each week during the summer, paid fer by a neighborhoo subscription. Less : parks than in American cities of the same size, because the better class of houses all have ample gardens. GAIL BORDEN EAGLE- Brand Has No Equal