Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1896, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1896-14 PAGES. - WB Ase Storage, 22d and M. F st., cor. 11th. I Everything we sell bears the stamp of perfect workmanship and finish. Your Dining Room —should be a gem of brightness. Bright, clean, attractive Furniture is nowhere so necessary. So easy to have it, too. Dining Room Fur- niture is far from expensive. As the remark was made this morn- ing about a Sideboard; the speaker said: “I don’t see how the wood can be prepared for so little, to say nothing of the cost of work- manship.” Large Sclid Oak Sidetoard, with shelf top ami large beveled plate mirror, double cupboard, one large and tro small $11 drawers. A $16 value for...... 75 A $33 Quarter Oak Polish Finish Sideboord, with shaped French bevel plate mirror, for .. $19.00 Quarter Oak Polish Finish Sideboard, with large shaped French bevel plate mirro very handsome design. $60 value for ... fe $33.00 A &0 Large Solid Sideboard, polish fin- shaped French bevel pate $52.50 Quarter Oak Buffet Table, polish sinish, 1 ish, lower shelf aad 1 drawer. A $10 Gi value for. $6.75 olid Oak 6-foot Extension Ta- Die. Spectul at... id Oak Polish Finish Extension S-ft. length. Worth $8.25 Oak Finirh Extension Table, very pretty design, massive legs, 6-ft. length. $6 * $6.25 Worth $8.50. For. Solid Onl Dining Chairs, with brace arms, new style caning. $2 value for. $1.39 A ks k Dining chair, box seat, cane, for. . *. $2.00 Swell End China Closets, handsomely carved. The equal of $20 to $25 = China Closets. Fe ceveeeee BI5-65 Corner Chin Closets, eolld oak. Werth $15. For. W. B. MOSES & SON: $t0.90 saving. saving: : eet ns SXSRISSIARINERARE Lansburgh & Bro. You Ought To Fee! Grateful, And we believe you do for the many good values we are con- tinually hunting up, for you. Not a day passes but something im the shape-of a bargain is threwn' out on our counters. It honestly. -means.a saving of f° < much money, for. you to read our ads. ‘ For Children’s Eider- down _ Coats trimmed ?/ with fur, to fit children >< ‘from [to 4 years. 4 4 m4 Pt iS 4 Pe r > M 7 . 20% 4 “Aaaanasssaaaraas’ EEE SEE SEES ESSE CESSES EERSEESTCEERES ro) 3 For Double. Photo. Frames. made in differ- “ent colorings. Will } < hold 2° photos.—cabinet ‘ size: : 4 Ladies’ 2-clasp Pique re Gloves, suitable for bicy , cle and street wear—in- } i stead of $1.25. yA Feast of Bargains 2 i In Notions. Bi Genuine De Long Hooks ; i¢ and Eyes... -2 doz. for 5c. i toc. Mourning Pins, solid } $f heads, 200 in a box, rn 2 boxes for 5c. } { 8c. Rubber - Dressing i Combs, 10 styles....... 5. $$ -15c. packages- Mend- : ing Tissue for dresses... 10C.}¢ ¥0c.-and'15¢. Fancy : Belting, all colors. . -« p2ev ‘Al-sitk “Seam Binding, full measure 8C. piece. “© 3e.~ Raven’ Black Darning 4 LS < Cotton...... --.2 cards for 1c. $3 3c. Cabinet Hair isi ; Pins, 100 in a box... 3¢. py $4 “Toe: * Néuss’’ Cube 3 Pins, assorted colors. 5€. cane Bi a. ee ve me ” io ‘ 4 i & BRO, | si {¢420=422=424=426 7th St.}) ook Srrrrrrrerrrers PLANTS! BULBS FLOWERS! I have decided to continue special sale of PALMS for one week, and to add RUBBER and other Plants to the inducement. If you need any don't fail to examine my very extensive stock. FLOWERS are also here in profusion, and NEVER so REASONABLE in 7 TOP LITY BULBS still in stock. PLANT NOW. J. R. FREESIAN, 612 13th St. N.W. "PHONE 1540. no6-8m,28 my, RAN NE ~~ Velvet Hats Just Int i | I We have just received a new shipment of iebel, m3 G St: Specialty. those populdr Velvet Hate, and have placed them on sale at exceedingly reasonable prices. -_ BOL4-8,t,th,20 ‘Liscumemninet geome WIVES a re rn Tt Beautiful line of stylishly Trimmed Hats have been marked $5, which is far velow their real value! Mrs.C. St _ Mourning Goods a ss —should tell their husbands— *¢% + mothers should tell thei- * ++ and sweethearts should tell their 22% “best fellers’™ we have rev- e+ + * olutiouxed taNwing by quoting the lowest prices of the century, * Men’s $15 Suits to order, $8. Men’s $20 Overcoats to order, $10. Peizman, 505 7th St. nold-1m A thing of the past when Nattan’s Crystal Dis- covery is used. Guaranteed to restore gray or faded hale to ite aatural color tn 8 to 10 dave— positively not a dye. Stops the hair from falling out, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing for the hair ope can use. No poison. No sediment. No stains. Price, $1. size, 50c, KOLB PEARMACY, SOLE AGENTS, 438 7TH ST. N.W. Sent, express prepaid, to any part of the country en receipt of price. = . n2-lid ray Hair All Ladies’ $3 . Shoes, $2.19. | All Ladies’ $4 Calf Shoes, $2.40. All Ladies’ $4 Kid Shoes, $2.89. But one exception to the price cutting—the “Jenness Miller’ Shoe—which has Not exactly two pairs for the price of one, because our prices were al- ready the lowest in. Washington. You are short sighted if you pay’ others reg- ular prices while this shoe-saving sale is in progress. 10 days to reduce our stock to its normal condition. We are not been reduced. CHILDREN’S SHOES REDUCED. All of “Dugan & Hudson’s” line of Misses’ “Tronclag” $2.50 Shoes, in Sinew Calf and Vici Kid, lace and but- ton, sizes 11 to 2. Cut to....... “Tronclad” $1.98 Crocker's, Remember, it is only for | All Ladies’ Shoes, $3.49. All Ladies’ $5 ‘Shoes, $3.89. All Ladiés’ $6 Shoes, $4.25. Dugan & Hudson’s line of Children’s $2 inew Calf and Vici Kid Shoes, sizes. 8 to 10. (OSES ARB En OosOsd aes aHooS Eas Shoes Shined Free. ins € on terally «- swamped with shoes. he “to-day Surplus Stock Sale” to unload 7,000 pairs of Woméa’s Shoes began with a rush. Come, relieve us of them. We meet you more than half way in the overcrowded! Note the $4.50 AT a Te Cut S1,.69 Pa. Ave. Hecht and Company. Wraps at ia third to thalf price. — There are a dozen stores in town that had they bought these & fine wraps for as little as we did % would have put them on sale at regular prices. That isn’t our idea of retailing. The results of our clever Wrap buyer benefit you as well as our- selves, because we pass his pur- chase over to you at but a slight advance of cost—and we give : you we CREDIT wn. At $6.50 j3eF fect Sonic Coats; half satin-lined; inlaid velvet col- variety of stylish fronts; newest sleeves. ‘ At $9.50 = apes, worth, $15—t0t 25 of finest quality Salts’ Silk Seal Plush aS or beaded ata braided—all trimmed with angors fur; wide sweep; silk lined. estar At $5.50 ee $10 and of | Mixed Boucle Cloth and Novelty Cloth Skirts— with the’ best lining, stiffened and velvet bound, and very wide; clegant and re- fined. F At $12.5: Covert Cheviot, Rough Boucle, and Black and Blue Rough Serge Man-tallor- made Sults, with wide, lined, stylish skirts, and silk-lined fly-front or = Jackets. és <lot of Women's Mink At 65¢... Neck Scirfs—head, claws, {ail _complete—usual price around town, Suits worth $15 a1 $18—lot of z on HECHT AND COMPANY, It -. 515 Seventh Street. See ntetetntn intention ninteteeete® Holmes’ Delicious Mome-Made Fruit Cake, Tha ving time is Fruit Cake time. jolmes’ Fruit Cake is the real home-1 le It contains the very best of everything, and is plenteously filled with new,thoroughly clexwed fruit. Each cake is buked fection. Orders by postal or hone 1564 delivered promptly. Hoin nes’ Landover Mkt., 1st & E Sts. no8-3m,16 HAVE NO EQUAL AS A PROMPT AND POSITIVE eure for sick headache, billousness, constipation, pain nthe side, ‘and all liver troubles. Carter's ittle Liver Pilis. Try them. nolt ‘Angostura Bitters, says a long-time sufferer from indigestion, thoroughly cured me. Sole Manufac- turers, Dr.J.G.B. Siegert & Sons. At all Druggists 25¢. FOUND. MENTAL CONDITION. Jary to Examine the State of Mr. Cal- vin Witmer. Upon the petition of of Milton Witmer, a brother of the alleged mentally incapaci- tated man, Judge Cox today ordered that the mental condition of Calvin Witmer be inquired into by a marshal’s jury. The petitioner stated in his petition that his brother is of unsound mind and incapable of managing and properly taking care of his estate. The real estate of the alleged unfortunate man, he stated, is worth about $25,000, his personal estate being of the probable value of $5,000. Recently, he says, his said brother nas voluntarily conveyed certain valuable pieces of his real estate here, and has disposed of certain personal property, the said real estate, he claims, having been conveyed without consideration therefor. The appointment of a guardian of the person and estate of the said brother is asked by the petitioner, who is repre- sented by Attorney Jere. M. Wilson. —__ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Vincent B. Hardwick of Kinsale, Va., and Alice M. Walker of this city; Robt. M. Freeman and Cecelia Harrison, both of St. Mary’s county, Md.; Chas. P. Laurenson of Baltimore, Md., and Virginia A. Parker of San Antonio, Tex.; Chas. W. Seaman and Effie M. Fritts; John O. Har- mon and Mary McCarthy; Clarence M. Estes and Nora M. Tyler, both of Char- lottesville, Va.; James E. Ross and Char- lotte Trenzel, both of Fairfax county, V: Eber B. Kessler of Dennison, Ohio, and Pearl Maloy of this city; Clarence H. Rec- tor of manque county, Va., and Minnie L. Nelson of this city; G. Edwin Tomlinson and Edith F. Larcombe; Wm. B. Hester and Mamie Brown; John E. Salterfield and Moilie E. Williams; John Orem of this city. and Mollie L. Williams of Hagerstown, Md. Colored—Daniel Mahoney and Kate Yeou- mans; Beverly Lewis and Mary E. John- son; Wiliiam Braxton and Brucie Light- foot; Wm. H. Smith and Martha Berkley. Dr. Whitman Prenches to the Coluth- bia Baptist Association. The opening session of the nineteenth.an-. nual meeting of the Columbia Association of Baptist Churches of the Distriét of*@o-' lumbia was conducted last evening in the meeting house of the E Street Bantist Church, the attendance being so large as to severely test the seating and standing capacity of the auditorium. The meeting was resumed this morning, and will con- tinue Wednesday and Thursday, with ses~ sions morning, afternoon and exening .of each day. : The session last evening, which Was sole ly of a religious nature, was opened. with the singing of an anthem by the choir of the church. ‘The association was then call- cd co order with a few appropriate words by the moderator, Rev. Samuel H. Greene, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. Ri Dr. Greene called upon Rev. G. E+/D, Stev~ enson to invoke divine blessing. After the singing of a hymn, Rev. G. W. McCullough read from the scriptures and Rey., A. F. Anderson offered prayer. A selection from the “Messiah”, was-sung by Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Evans, and at its conclusion the moderator announced that the annual sermon before the associa- tion would be preached by Rev. B. L. Whit- man, president of Columbian University of this city. Rev. Dr. Whitman announced as his theme, “A word of cheer for Christian workers." There Is a divine factor, he said, In human affairs, and men find that after they sum up all the elements for which they can fairly account there re- main certain results frequently reached which these elements do not explain. In the purely material sphere, he continued, the factors can be reached and outlined with tolerable completeness, but in the mental and moral spheres the difficulty of getting them is enormously increased,,,,, “And here,’ Rey. Dr. Whitman went on to say, “a very frequent experience ef man is that after he has shaped his plans so as, apparently, to cover-the whdle ground he finds results that his plans did not con- template; effects for which there is no cause in sight; or the absence of, effect from some cause which apparently miscar- ries. To account for this we have the con- ception of the prophet that the hand of God must be reckoned among the factors of everyday life. “Because of this definite element, we must assume extraordinary forces at command | DIPHTHERIA AND THE SCHOOLS. Only One Case Reported Today to the Health om -. There was only one case of diphtheria reported to the health officials today, and thi’ case*is in a’hotise’ whefe there 1s an- other patient suffering from, the disease. No new case arising from the Peabody building pupils have been reported. Al- though the health officials give the Pea- body building a clean bill of health after the. fumigation of the building, there are many parents who are afraid-to send their children to school Yesterday int! som" of’ thie’ schools’ rot )‘more thah 50 her cent of the pupils: were in attendance, (while in other zooms the attendance was,much better. The teach- ers have madg an effort to advise the parents that {Mere is no more danger in their chil{fen attending school than there is in renjaining away, for they play on the street$, and.in this way are more Hable tovcome fi contact with an infected child | than in school: “"Oneé*cni{a, who visited her teacher yes- y ald inf{rmed her that. her begt for“her to ‘remain away, was told she Would, be exposed. to. ibe dan- ger more $n the streets than in school. “You Ww nt told her,’ “nt! children: “I know,” was the child's response, “but my father déesi’t Know that.” ‘At the ‘healt pfiice this morning the phy- stcian in chargé of the contagious disease branch of the Service said that there Fad been’ but one case’ of diphtheria at the Central’ High School reported, and that patient, who lleved in Eckington, died a week ago. ter fy, at home,” the teacher will play with all these eens HIRED PLANTS. Byngfital Decorative PlantsAre Now Rented for Uxe tn the House. From the New York Herald, ‘"* '* Liying, growing plants are regarded jusi as much articles of household furniture as tables and chairs, and the appreciative may enjoy’ their beauty‘and fragrance without expending a moment's thought as to their well being or cultivation. “Your plants all look so healthy. I never have ‘much luck with mine,” remarks the -out-of-town guest, stroking the fronds of a vnder proper conditions. The record of, the,|,.RAndsome, Wax Dalm.with earessing. fingers. world properly is made by epochs rather than by centurles. And epochs are merely. the emergents and embodiments of un- usual spiritual forces. It was so in the call of Abraham, the giving of the law, the de- liverance of Israel from bondage, the founding of the church, the great crises in the history of the church, Pentacost, the Reformation, the revival of missions. ‘Our whole theory of prayer rests upon the con- viction of such emergents of spiritual power. The saving of the interests of the | kingdom goes to the same thought. Our expectation for the future is based upon it. “There is thus a sphere of experience whi principal has not been mastered. Many things we know, but alongside of the sphere of the known is located the very large sphere of the unknown. In that we are still compelled to walk by faith. Ex- perience in the sphere of the known would lead us to the thought that it is possible that a deeper understanding of the things that are as yet unknown may clear away the inconsistencies and contradictions that now trouble us. - “According to the law of gravitation, a body moves toward the center of the earth. ‘This law apparently is suspended when the movement of the body earthward is inter- fered with. We find, however, that a prin- ciple lies deeper which compels the re- statement of the law, and so we make it read, ‘tends to move toward the center.’ Thus the interference is seen to be not an interference, but simply a suspension of its operation in common form. “Very likely, when we learn more about the world which is to us as yet unknown, we shall find that underneath of inconsis- tencies and contradictions there are funda- mental truths which unify all and make the world a world of order worthy of the mak- ing by the good God. “What now is the application of all this?” asked Rev. Dt. Whitman. “It is rebuke of discouragement on our part. The fact of the interposition of God in our lives is a perpetual safeguard against depression of spirit. He that believeth shall not be put to shame. We can afford to go just as fast or slow as God goes. The effect of righteous- ness is quietness and assurance forever. He that believeth shall not make haste. It is a call to faithfulness. With all the variety of oyr tasks, there is-uniformity in por demand that we shall be found faith- ful.” At the conclusion of Rev. Dr. Whitman’s sermon, prayer was offered and an anthem sung. Next the committee on order of ex- ercises, consisting of Rev. J. J. Muir, pas- toe of E. Street Baptist Church, and Messrs. 8. M. Yeatman and D. 8. Foster, submitted a detailed program for the meeting, the same as was published in The Star several days ago. The report was adopted, and after the singing of a hymn, benediction was pronounced, and the asso- ciation adjourned until 10:30 o'clock this morning. ——— Anti-Saloon League. The semi-monthly business meeting of the Anti-Saloon League of the District of Co- lumbia, held last evening at its hall, No. 623 Louisiana avenue, was of unusual inter. est, being the occasion of the selection of five delegates, with alternates, to repre- sent the District league in the national anti-saloon convention to be held here De- cember 8 to 10, 1896.. Names were chosen by ballot, with the following result: Dele- gates, James L. Ewin, Jesse C. Suter, Albert E. Shoemaker, Mrs. Wm.B. Noerr, Rev.Wal- ter H. s, D. D.; alternates, John -8: Blackford, Andrew Wilsen, John R. Ma- honey, T. Fred. Dumberth, Wm. H. Penneil: “Maybe yours don’t get the attention that mime do,” suggests "her hostess. “Besides, these don't really belong to me.” “Don't belong to you?" repeats her ‘friend with a puzzled air. “No. ‘They are simply rented for the sca- “son.’ When we altered the front hall and staircase I sent to G,' and told him tosend ‘s¢me growing plants for winter decorations. He sent a man to determing how many and what kind were needed, and that is all the trouble I had about it. “Every other day a caretaker comes to note the condition of the property, clean tne plants, water them and keep an eye on them generally. Last week there was an- other palm in this niche, prettier, perhaps, than this one, but it showed signs of fail. ing, and they took ft away and brought a healthy one in its place. No Weight at the Earth's Center. From the St. Louis Republic. “G. H." of East St. Louis asks the fol- lowing curious question: “If it were Ppossi- ble to bore a hole a foot or more in diameter entirely through the earth, and to then start a hundred-pound ball to fall- ing through this 8,000 miles of hole, at what point would it stop?” In answer to this we will say that weight, in the sense to which our correspondent alludes, is the measure of attraction of gravitation; or, in other words, it is the Measure of force with which a body is at- tracted to the earth. This attractive force decreases both ways from the earth’s sur- face. Therefore, if a ball should be started on the tour outlined in your query, its weight would decrease to a certain extent with every yard of its flight (or fall) until finally, upoh reaching the center of the earth, it would have no weight whatever. This" cuffous,state of affairs would be brought gboufby the gradual lessening of the force, itragtion, or gravitation, until the centet of the globe is reached, at which point the ball would be held in. suspension, as thougi ed by numerous magnetic points. other words, at the center of the earth, the;phenomenon of weight is en- tirely wating,, 9 Tor eee. Washington 2s an Educational Center From the Boston. Herald. The ingjcation is at present that Wash- ington, the sational capital, will in due time beeémei a great educational center. It will séon»tave three universities—the Catholic;thenColumbian and the Metho- dist—and@athese, in connection with the Smithsonian. dnstitution and one or tw$ other najionaj;institutions, give the city a prestige in point of education that no other city has. A great many educational ex- perts are in Washington, and it is the Place where the opportunities of a special education are great. Perhaps no other city in America offers the same facilities which are presented by the capital of the nation: for special study and direction, and the fact that three of the largest bodies of Christians in this country have located their leading institutions at Washington shows what’ the tendency of the future is to-be. It is possible to gee more to the square Inch tn Washington than anywhere else, and ay city has steadily grown in thé last half century in importance, in re- nown and influence and in prestige. It is not unlikely thet more “universities will be: speedily erected within its borders, and that they will acquire great influence from their tocation. : RAILROAD PROBLEMS |@ Board of Trade Oommittee Hopeful Action. LOOKING FOR LEGISLATION of Question of Doing Away With the Grade Crossings. : TRACK ELEVATION The annual report of the board of trade committee on steam rafiroads recently sub- mitted said: “The pressing need for the removal of steam railroad tracks from existing grades of streets and roads within the District of Cclumbia has been emphasized in former reports of your committee. To the ghastly list of homicides and bodily injuries which terminated the last report might be added other disasters of like character which have occurred in the interval since that re-. Port was gbmitted for your consideration, In the nature ot existing conditions the | evil, so far from decreasing, must grow in the progressive ratio of population. “Stimulated by the board’s approval of their previous suggestions in this regard, yeur committee, on the 23d day of January last, sought the co-operation of the Com- missioners in securing such legislation a: might effect the consummation so devoutly. wished by all. The utmost courtesy and consideration was accorded to your com- mittee by the Commissioners. The confer- ence related specifically to the provisions of Senate bills numbered, respectively, 1926 and 3477. “At the very moment of the conference, however, the chairman of the subcommit- tee on steam railroads, Senator McMillan, introduced a measure, numbered 1702, look- ing, as did Senate bill 3477, to the depres- sion of the tracks of the Pennsylvania rail- 1cad from the Virginia avenue tunnel to the north end of the Long bridge, but con- taining modifications of the last-named bill. 1t placed. all the tracks from 6th street to the Long bridge almost entirely under the following streets, viz.: 7th, Sth, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th streets south: west. As this part of the system would cost the citizens of the District practically nothing, your committee were inclined to regard it with favor. Accordingly, at the request of Senator McMillan, your com- mittee had a conference with the Senate committee on the subject, which proved to be very pleasant, and were favorably im- pressed with the sentiments expressed by the several members of the committee, each of whom seemed desirous to convey the idea that as the railroad company was.a very important facior in the project, it would be well to get all parties intereste together. With this suggestion the con- ference terminated, and whilst your com- mittee were considering the most available plan for carrying into effect the Senators’ Proposition, your committee was invited to meet the Pennsylvania railroad officials at their office in Philadelphia. The invitation was promptly accepted, and after spending several hours in the discussion of projected routes, President Roberts terminated the interview by remarking that while the Bal- timore and Potomac Railroad Company was a very poor corporation and not able to do all the work the bill called for at once, yet the Pennsylvania road was per- fectly willing to aid your committee in ae- complishing the removal of grade crossings along the line of their road in this city, and for the purpose of arriving at a definite conclusion on the subject would have the engineer of the Pennsylvania road make drawings and specifications to be submitted to this committee and the District Commis- sioners. “Very shortly after this interview the en- ginecr of the Pennsylvania road came over with the proposed plans and specifications in accordance with Senate bill No. 1702, the one that seemed to meet with general ap- Proval. After several interviews with the railroad engineers and the Commissioners, we found that the whole matter seemed to hinge on the depth.of the cut between 6th street and the tunnel, the railroad company declining to go below ten feet above datum at Deiaware avenue, which would bring the roadbed just on top of the present arch of the sewer near South Capitol street. The Engineer Commissicner, after careful con siceration of the subject, was unable to agree to this line of grade, and holds that if the railroad company deems it impracti- cable to depress their tracks’ to the depth of four feet above the designated datum, no other solution of the problem remains than for the company to adopt the system of track elevation within the city limits. Your committee were assured by the en- gineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany that if we could get the co-operation of the District Commissioners, and have the bill passed by Congress at that session, he ioe auite Sone could have all grade crossings in South Washingt by March 4, 1897. deers “While the railroad company appear to be thoroughly in earnest in their desire to Te- move their tracks from the street surfaces and thereby abate the nuisance created by the existing grade crossings, they are, nevertheless, indisposed to adopt any other plan for so doing than that of track de- pression as prescribed by Senate bill 17( On the other hand, the Commissioner: who are equally zealous with ourselves to secure the abolition of grade crossings and their attendant evils, are satisfied that the engineering difficulties in the way of such track depression are practically insur- mountable. No other alternative, there- fore, suggests itself to their minds than to require the Pennsylvania Company to re- locate their tracks and maintain them within the city limits on elevated ways or structures. To this end the Commission- ers are ready to co-operate cordially with your committee and the board of trade dur- ing the forthcoming session of Congress. “Your committee have had frequent con- ferences with the Commissioners on the subject of the elevation of the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The text for these conferences has been furnished by Senate bill No. 2809. In so far as this bill provides for the erection of two viaducts for the conduct of the tracks within the city limits, it is objectionable alike to the Commissioners, the Northeast Citizens’ Acsoviation, and’ to your com- mittee. It is insisted on the part of the citizens that one elevated structure should be ample to accommodate the railroad, and any addition to the number would inev- itably work injurious results upon the values of property, the use of the streets and the comfort of the people. Your com- mittee refrain from designating a location for the viaduct in the full assurance that if the railroad company shall acquiesce In the proposed amendment of the bill in that behalf a satisfactory agreement can be speedily reached upon that Point. Your committee take this occasion to express their high appreciation of the intelligent zeal with which ‘their efforts for the relief of the city’s highways have been seconded by Mr. Evan H. Tucker and :he other officers of the Northeast Citizens’ As- sociation. Among the members of that as- sociation to whose co-operaticn your com- mittee are also indebted your committee would mention Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, president of Gonzaga College, and Dr. Ia- ward M. Gallaudet, president of the Deaf Mute College. These gentlemen have been, at all times, ready to respond to the lib- eral calls which your committee have made upon them for statistical and other info1 mation and their participation in the con- ferences between your committee and the Commissioners has been of substantial value to both. It is proper to remark in concluding this report. that Senate bill 2309 as drawn remits much of the power of supervision and control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the projected reloca- tion of its tracks to congressional commit- tees. This supervision and control would be, in its operation, obviously awkward and unsatisfactory. It is proposed, there- fore, to substitute for the congressional ccmmittees the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia. “Your committee are encouraged to be- Heve that with the assured and energetic co-operation of the Commissioners the com- ing session of Congress, although limited in duration, will be productive of some practical measure looking to and promotive of the relief of this long suffering com- munity from the appalling evils incident to the continued existence of steam rail- road tracks at the grade of highway, street and avenue intersections within the Dis- trict of Columbia.” - The report was signed by Frank Hume, chairman; Tallmadge A. Lambert, Secre- the fashionable shades of STi For $10, $12, $13.50 and $15 New “Empi New “Tight-Fitting’”’ Coats. New ‘“Shield-Front’’ Reefers, New “Loose-Front” Coats, Etc. Lot embraces the new “Empire” Coats, Tight- fitting Coats, Loose Front Coats, Coats, in kerseys, beavers, boucle, astrakhan, cov- ert and cheviot, in plain and rough effects. Plain and braided, fur and button trimmed. In black and navy. Pretty nearly all sizes. Tomorrow, $7.11 —made to sel! for $10, $12, $13.50 and Sis. re’’ Coats, Shield Front browns, tans, greens and Choice, Bonnets, Hats, @ ° 6 : o @ @ @ @ 6. 3 : @ 3) 4 @ ® @ cS) @ @ @ ) ) ss) @ @ re) importers’ samples in Bi and $1.50. 314 and 316 Seventh S 2OSSE0SSe tary; C. B. Church, W. J. Frizzell and J. C. Ergood. +) ect stringer APPENDIX. Showing list of casualties resulting from the: crossing of steam railroads at grade since the 19th of February, 1806. BALTIMORE AND OH1O RAILROAD. May 8. About 12 m. a man was struck by express train No. 505 coming east near Langdon station and killed. From papers faund on his person is supposed to be J. D. Blue. June 17. A train from Baltimore, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, struck and killed two white boys just north of Florida avenue. Tneir names are Bush Jenkins, eight years, and Robert Smith, eight years old. July 15. Mrs. Kate Neil, white, and her son, John, seven years old, of 100% 2d street northeast, attempting to cross the tracks at 3d and I streets northeast, waiting for a freight train to.pass by, stepped in front cf engine going in opposite direction. The boy was knocked down and one leg broken near the thigh and his right hand cut off at the wrist. free her child was knocked down and badly bruised about the head and body. October 5. Patrick McGMnis was struck by engine No, 646 at Ist and H streets northeast. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAIL- i ROAD. March 16. George H. Wheeler, clerk at New Jersey avenue freight yard, was run over and kilted “by train near F street crossing. southwest. April 0. Train No. 2% collided with milk wagon at 4th and K streets southeast, own- ed by W. A. Simpson, 330 7th street south- east. Horse and wagon badly damaged. The driver, Artie Bell, was bruised about the side and leg. Es “May IS. Albért Fields, colored, of 1022 41-2 street southwest, was slightly injured by being struck by a south-bound train at the 'north’end°of the Long bridge. July 18. Henry Raden, colored, Yard plate southeast, was run engine No. 105 at 6th and K streets south- east, and had both legs = “ae below the knees, which resulted in death. - August 20. John Allen, white, of 1135 Georgia avenue southeast, was struck by engine on I° between New Jersey avenue amd 2d--street southeast. Extent of in- Later he died from ef- juries not given. fects. October 19. An unknown white boy about fifteen years of age was struck by an en- gine at the north end of the tunnel, break- ing his left leg and bruising his head and face. The boy died October 24, and from papers on his person his name is supposed to be J. Fred Hos a ‘Tom Reed's Argument Against Hang- ing. From the Lewiston Evening Journal. “Did you ever hear Tom Reed's argu- ment against capital punishment?” asked an attorney. It was ever in Topsham, dur- ing Tom’s undergraduate experience at Bowdoin. “A deacon had argued that “Who- so sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his lood be shed.’ The Mosaic law didn’t hit pone Mr. Reed, so he jumped up and drawled: “Supposing, sir, we take the law which the gentleman has quoted, and see where the logical deduction would bring us out. For instance, one man kills an- other, and another man jumps in and kills the man who killed the first, and so on until we come to the last man on earth. Who is going to kill him? He can’t com- mit suicide. It is contrary to law, for the same law forbids it. Now, deacon, what's the last man going to do? Must he wait until he is struck by lightning?” “The logic was unfair, but it won the debate.” aa Du Maaurier's Successor. Fron the Chicago Record. Phil May has been chosen to take Mr. Du Maurier’s place as chief of the artists of Punch. His work is striking in its origi- nality, full of a boisterous humor—a de- cided contrast to the quiet sketehes of Du Maurier. For his types Mr. May has gone into the London slums and taken up the most uncouth and common types to suc- ceed the polished cads of his predecessor. His wit may be considered more American than Du Maurier’s, and more spontaneous ignant. “Mie May took his seat at Punch's table early last year and has since been second in prominence among its contributors. His art savors strongly of Dickens as Du Maurier’s docs of Thackeray, and by these comparisons may be galned some notion of the difference of the two schools. Mr. Mav is not yet thirty-five. He was born in Leeds and educated to be an architect. but joined a theatrical troupe, made carica- tures of his fellow-players, and appeared as a lightning-sketch artist. In Australia he gained such a reputation that when he re- turned to England he found no difficulty in getting access to the pages of Punch. The Macmillan Company has published*| a collection of ~May’s characteristic sketches of slum life under the expressive title of “Gutter Snipes.” But all of his work is not of the “gutter-snipe” order. In his “Winter Annual” be shows a much wider range and a remarkable talent of characterization. . o ‘The. famine and plague in india are spreading and the price of grain is ad- vancing. Electric Light Display of Evening Toques, For the benefit of those who were not able to come down today we have concluded to continue . the display of handsome Evening Hats, ‘onnets, &c., so as to give all an opportunity to see how beautiful these Hats lock by she light. The Special Bargain Sale of Hat Trimmings Inaugurated this, morning will be continued to- morrow. Still good picking in‘ that large lot of Quills, etc., that were 15¢., 25¢., 39c., 49¢., 75¢., $1 CHOICE, QC., 19C., 29C. and 4yc. BON MARCHE, The- mother attempting to! &c., Continued. Toques, rds, Wings, Aigrettes, ‘treet. A Sin of, Timber Cut From One of the Monarchs of the Western Forest. Fed the Mining and Scentific Press. In New Whatcom, a seaport town and the county seat of Whatcom county, the north west cgunty. in. Wasbington and in the United States, is erected on the outer edge of a sidewalk on one of the principal street #orners an immense slab or section of one of Washington's biggest red fir trees, The slab, being cut directly across the diameter of the tree, like a butcher's cutting block, is set on edge, the greatest diameter ex- tending upward, the bark being on its en- tire circumference. A stranger naturally feels inclined to wal | up to the slab and measure it by his heig and is surprised to find that it would tak: another man standing on his head to + tend to the top of it. Then he steps t @ pate and reads the fellowing inscription neatly painted on a board attached to th. face of the slab: “Tree from Loop's Ranch Forks, What com county, Wasnington. The tree w feet high, 220 feet to first limb, and 2 11 inches in circumference at the base. sawed into lumber it would make ‘ | feet, It would build eight cottages stories high, of seven rooms each tree is about 480 years old, according to (he rings. If sawed into inch-square strips 1 would fill tef: ordinary cars, and the strip would reach from Whatcom to China.” The section shows the tree sound io the core. : w The ——_~wes NOT HIS WIFE'S BICYCLE BELL. Sad Mixtake of a French Husband Who Tried to Cateh Hix Wife. From the London Pelica Take “chire,” fadies, of Your bicycle bells! This solemn warning is djctated by a little incident which. happened the other day, and which, in this present day of elopments and cycles, fs worth recording. The young wife of a ceftain city man went in heavily for cyeling. "She joined & club and we a-wheeling with the members on Saturd: and Sundays. The husband did not and so he was left at home. Madam por- sessed a splendid cycle, a feature of which was a silver bell of peculiar tone, which her good man, who fs in the bell line, had made specially for her. Chapter II—Madam falls desperat love with a romantic member of her club, and she runs off with him. Husband has a fit when he hears the news, and then re- covers, and sets forth in search of the errant spouse. He searches high and low, and presently (chapter III) his wanderings lead him to a south coast watering place. He Is dining in the coffee room when a tinkle-tinkle strangely familiar to him falls upon his ear. He drops his knife and fork, performs a double somersault over th table, and dashes into the street. It { dark, but the form of a lady cyclist wearily making her way up the hill and sounding her bell looms dimly before him. He knows the bell, he knows the rider. With rage at his heart and strong lan- guage upon his lips, he toils after the rider, upsets her machine and drags her forcibly to the ground. “At last,” he shrieks, “I have found you, you, you, you —" Screams, yells, ‘lights, policemen, crowd, disturbance, and then husband ¢ covers that the lady is not his wife, but stranger who purchased his wife's cycle, bell and all, at a public sale some time since. Result—iawyer's letters, claims for compensation, threats and other troubles, and all on account of a confounded bicycle bell with a peculiar note. eps “ Bugle Calls for Firem From’ the London Telegraph. An ingenious series of bugle calis for the use of firemen has been prepared by Mr. T. G. Dyson, chief officer of the Windsor Brigade, who has long been convinced that some better plan of warning foot passen- gers, drivers of vehicles and others that an engine is on its way to a fire is de- sirable than the barbaric shout or yell which is at present the only means ¢ ployed in London and various town throughout England. Each call is really the music to a particular order; for in Stance, “Clear the road” has three notes. ard “Come out, clear out of the building is quite a Ijttle melody. Mr. Dyson poinis out that in America, Germeny and a few uliar In other countries a bell or gong of a pe note, affixed to the engine, is sounded. France a species of horn is used. In Au tria and Hungary the clarion is employed— the player sitting cn the fire appliance next to the coachman and sounding a certain call, on hearing which carriages have to draw in to either side of the road, trams must stop and foot passengers cross the road at their own risk, until the engines have passed. The call, or signal, can be heard for some considerable distance above the din of the traffic, so that ample notic: is given and a clear way is the result Again, at a fire the present system 0! warning those engaged that the building o: part of it is about to collapse is by send- ing a messenger, a very tardy process, and one fraught with considerable danger to the messenger, whereas @ distinct signal would be known and could be neard above the noise and working of the engines.