Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1897-12 PAGES. aoe eae ee WASH. B. WILLIAIIS, Furniture, &e., 7th and D Sts. Furniture cut below any possible competition ! | Before our great Ja sale of furni- » will have taught every housekeeper | mary ¢ ure economies will profit by in the future. We will our ability to house in this elty. are stronger than thoronghly ds un- other furniture talk—they | 1 amend to... Bandsen gent. Red S Sulld Oak Spe. » sible, tesel plate minors, 913.50 $6.50 Oak pnier, Hard Wood W AML stzes.... Fine All-hair Mattress < $22 Spe. Damask Parlor Suite........ $17.75, All carpets cut to factory cost. Wash. B. Williams) Furniture, &c., 7th & DSts. = 7 ST | { i { ee lf every child wore “Little Rock” Shoes there would be ‘ few if any poor sore feet in 2 the rising generation. Little @ Rocks—hygienically and eco- nomically the best Shoes for < children—$1.50, $1.75, $2.00. Children’s Specials, 89c., $1.09, $1.24.) Shoes that take all the wind )| out of the sales of $1.00, ‘ $1.25 and $1.50 Child’s Shoes ) in mixed stores. 5 F St. Cor. 13th. : Q nd for Foot-form Catalogue. 2 Drop Postal or ’Phone 634 —and we'll send you a | case of 24 bottles of your | favorite Beer for $1.25. | “Maerzen” is dark. “Sen- ate” is amber colored— | both are unexcelled in this or any other country. Heurich’s B-e-e=r. It's brewed by master |- brewers—oi the _ finest hops and malt—in the model, brewery of the | world. As a health-giving | tonic it’s unequaled—as a | delicious beverage it has no competitor. 7 Call for “Heurich's in Hotels and Restaurents—ask your grocer for itor or- der of us direct. Arlington Bottling Co., 27th & K. ome G4. at CHAS. JACOBSEN, PROP. i | i i ** i * * % Ht eH OH PTT a es +H HH ® * * in a maa nN | of the committee to another | have stcod since 1879 and 1887. | tailes, TO REMAIN COLONELS All Deals for the Louisville Franchise Declared Off. See BRUSH DID NOT OFFER ENOUGH Von der Ahe's Proposition to the Cleveland Management. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 2.—Presi- dent Pulliam announces that all deals for the Louisville National League franchise are off. He said an offer was received from John T. Brush of Indianapolis last Novem- ber, and negotiations have been in progress since. About two weeks ago Manager Wat- kins of Indianapolis was here, and at that time the price offered was $10,000 below what was asked. Brush ‘afterward raised his offer $5,000, Mr. Pulliam says, but the management decided not to sell. Mean- while the possibility of a deal that might take the club away from Louisville has been Industriously worked to arouse local interest in the ROWING MEN AT WAR. Columbia Students Opposed Alumni Regarding a Crew. ‘The graduates and undergraduates of Co- lumbia University of New York are at war. The students feel that Columbia will be disgraced unless she has a ‘varsity crew at Poughkeepsie this year, and are determined that she shall have one. The alumni, or at least the portion of the alumni that has in the past borne the heavy part of the crews’ training expenses, is opposed to placing a crew on the water until the $3,500 debt.that has been accumulated fs paid, and until more undergraduate college spirit is shown in rowing. The Athletic Union of Columbia University held a meeting last night in the library building, President George Taylor presiding. Rev. Dr. Rainsford, who rowed in his college boat at Oxford, spoke in favor of placing a crew on the water. WHERE IS THAT REPORTt by Conclusions of the League Committee on Rules Missing. ‘There seems to be some misunderstanding about the report of the league committee on playing rules. Chairman James A. Hart of Chicago says he has been expecting President N. E. Young to send out the report for some time. It is stated by the Baltimore Sun, ap- parently by authority of Mr. Hanlon, that the report is in President Young's hands, and that he may give it out. President Young, however, said to a Star reporter today that he had not received the report, which had been passed from one member for amend- ment. In the meantime the spring meeting of the league is set for three weeks from Thursday, and Mr. Byrne's idea in seeking the appointment of the committee was for it to make its report thirty days before the league meeting, in order to allow for gen- eral discussion. TO TRY AT THE RECORDS. The “Terrible Swede” Will Shortly Atinck Them on Skates. John Lawson, the “Terrible Swede,” is anxicus for some records to be placed to nis credit in long distance skating. In or- der to carry out this idea he will try to lower the world’s record for all distances from ten to fifty miles, at the Convention jall Ice Palace Thursday evening of this week. ‘che start will be made as near 5 o'clock as possible, and the Swede expects to firish shortly after 8 o’clock. This will allow all whe attend the evering session of the Ice Palace to see the finish of this attempt, and at the same time not be de- prived of the use of the ice for more than twenty minutes at the outside. While Lawson did not show up so well ir the short distance races, in which he has engaged in this city, he has been train- ing faithfully on the ice, and there is every reason to believe that he will be able | to do some remarkable long distance work. He has shown the greatest improvemeat in his method of taking the corners at the rink ard on more than one day has skated over eighty miles during his course of training. Those who have seen him dur- ing his practice are confident that he will he able to lower the records for all dis- tances ibat he will go against. There has probatly been no one in the world of sport who has come to this city comparatively unknown and who has established himself as such a favorite as the Swede has done. He is immensely popular “and liked by very one who has seen him, while his quaint accent is u source of pleasure to those who converse with him. Arother item which has added to the Swede’s popularity ts his generosity in a competition, as shown in the six-day bi- | cyele race when he helped Hunter out of a hole, end during the skating race with Letts, when he waited for that skater to catch up with him after he had fallen. The records which Lawson will go against They were mede by Hugh McCormick of Montreal, F. Dowd of Moatreal and R. Goetz of Mil- waukee, Wis. The time for the fifty miles is given as 423.43 1-2, and was made by the latter skater. The records from the ten to the fifty-mile mark are as follows: fen miles, 35.58; eleven miles, 39.58; twelve tailes, 43.00 50.45; fifteen miles, miles, 1.31.40; thirty miles, 2.28.50 miles, 3.27.02; fifty miles, 4.23.43 1-2. The last four marks were those made in 1879. Lawson has beeen doing, on the average, about sixteen miles an hour without tiring ix Days of - ensational hoe Selling! Our Midwinter Clearance Sale of Ladies’, Men’s and Chil- dren's Shoes began yesterday morning with a rush. every pair of Shoes in our big double store is reduced in price until closing time next Saturday Eramel—Kid—Cordovan and Calf. from prices that were already lowest. 1 tomorrow for the odd sizes in Ladies $2—$3 i - and $4 Shoes button and a laced. SOSSDHSOHOHHHOHSHSOOSH' hand you back all of the profit—and part of the COST! All $5 Shoes, $3.50. ‘This reduction includes every pafr of $5 Shoes in our stock—Patent Leatber—English A proportionate reduction on all other Shoes—a saving You will find these om the bargain tables tn the front of the store—Hurry! Family Shoe Store, 310-312 Seventh St. N. W., 313 Eighth St. SSSSSSE SO SOSOOSSE OSOEO Nearly night! Until that time we shall Choice tomorrow of Men's Fine Shoes in Laced and Coagrens— all sizes—all shapes of toe—for DL. 6 6 € 6 6 @ e 6 @ S @ ) 6 @ e S S 6 & ® 6 ] @ 6 : 3 himself, and he believes that he -will be able to keep up this speed for three hours at least. This will allow him to make for- ty-elght of the fifty miles ir three hours. ‘The records which are given are profes- sional ores, and as Lawson is a profes- sional bicycle rfder and skater, those are tha marks which he wants to lower. Jo- seph Denoghue’s time for the amateur rec- ord for fifty miles is 3.15.50 2-5. Should Lawson be able to keep up his speed of sixteen miles an hour, however, he will be able to lower this as well. TO STRENGTHEN ST. LO! Proposition to Borrow a Few “Spid- ers” for the “Browns.” A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Press from St. Louis says: The latest movement on foot to strengthen the Browns is revealed in a communication from President Von der Ahe to President Frank De Haas Robison of the Cleveland Club. The communication in part is as fol- lows: That the Cleveland club lend to the St. Louis club Pitchers Cuppy and Wallace, Second Baseman Childs and Shortstop Mc- Kean, in exchange for Catcher Dougias, Pitcher Kissinger, Shortstop Cross and Out- fielder Parrot. In return the St. Louis club will give to the Cleveland club one-fourth of the profits derived from base ball in this city this year, and at the end of the year the players will be returned to their original clubs. Secretary Muckenfuss of the Browns be- Meves that the deal will be consummated. There are only a few others, however, who share his belief. If such a deal were made the local club would, indeed,..be the bene- ficiary. Cuppy, Wallace, Childs and Mc- Kean form the nucleus of a winning team. ‘The quartet are all stars. ‘The Cleveland club would certainly be the loser from a playing standpoint if the deal should go through. Cleveland would re- ceive about $10,000 or $15,000 of the profits of the Browns, as it has been demonstrated in St. Louis in days gone by that a winning team can earn at least $50,000 in a season. It remains to be seen what. comes of the proposed trade, but if it should go through St. Loujs would be the gainer. Von der Ahe left for Cleveland last night to negotiate the deal with Robison. A NOVEL VOTING CONTEST. Balloting for the Most Poptlar Cyele Club. The voting for the most popular bicycle club in the city, as described in last Sat- urday’s Star, begins this evening at the performance of “Nancy Hanks’ at the Academy of Music. The ballots have been printed, and bear the names of the Capital Bi. Club, Columbia Athletic Club, Arling- ton Wheelmen, Washington Road Club, Queer Wheelmen, Century Cycle Club, Miles Cycle Infantry, Eastern Athletic Club, Altair Cycle Club, Misfit Cycle Club, Altamont Cycle Club, Chain and Sprocket Cycle Club, Liberty Wheel- men, O. Y. E. 8S. Cycle Club, No. 1, and several other cycling organizations. ‘The voter will make a cross opposite the name of his favorite club. The entire vote will be counted after the close of the en- tertainment for each day, and the result announced in The Star. The ballots will be handed around by the ushers between the second and third acts. Every patron of the house will be entitled to one vote a night. The silk banner which will be given to the winning club is now in the city on exhibition. Tidings From Al. Selbach. Al Selbach the popular ieft fielder of tne Washington nine, who recently had an un- comfortable experience with fire in his Lome at Columbus, Ohio, writes to a friend in this city that he had a close call, and if his blood had not been in fine condition he would have lost the use cf his fingers. He continues: “But as it is now J will be all right in a few weeks, only my hands will be very tender. Well, I guess you are anxious for the season to open. So am I; tut I will be in Washington cn the 2d of March and will remain until the season opens. I am writing with my fingers ban- deged. I was in fine condition when I burned my hands, and now I will have to start and train over again.” Billy Lush Signed for 1807. A Bridgeport, Conn., special says that Lush, who played the outfield for the Wash- ington club last season, has signed for the coming year. He receives an increase of $200 in salary. Co-Operative Bicycle Repairing. There will be a final meeting of wheel- men interested in the new enterprise kngwn as the Wheelmen’s Co-operative Re- pair Company this evening at 510 11th street northwest, when it is expected that there will be a large representation of wheelmen. The object of this new ven- ture is a repair shop capable of doing any repairing of bicycles, including enameling and making wheels to order if desired. Sas GEORGE TAYLOR’S CAPTURE. Murderer of the Meeks Family to Meet Death on the Seaffold. By the capture of Geo. Taylor at Hanford, Cal., the last chapter In one of the most atrocious murders in Missouri's history has been begun. Requisition papers will be got- tea out immediately for the return of the noted murderer, and death gn the scaffold which awaits Taylor will doubtless rapidly bring to a close the Meeks family horror. Bill and George Taylor were brothers. ‘They were condemned to hang together for the murder of the Meeks family, and while in the Carrollton jail escaped on the night of April 11 last. Bill was caught on the roof of the jail, returned to his cell, and less than a month later was hanged for his part in the crime. George made his escape and till now has eluded dapture, though he had been reported to have been seen in many parts of the country. Gus Meeks, his wife, his two little girls and his baby were shot and beaten to death on the night of May 11, 1894, on a lonely roud in Sullivan county, Mo. The Taylors were bankers and had been accused of making a big cattle steal. Meeks was to be the principal witness for the state, and on the night of the murder the Taylors were aiding the family to leave the country, having paid Meeks for agreeing not to appear against them. After most brutally murdering all but Nellie, nine years old, the brothers placed the bodies of all in a straw stack on George Taylor's farm. Nellie, though badly wounded, managed to crawl from the stack next morning and gave the alarm. The Taylors fied, and for months the whole country round about the scene of the crime was up in arms. The murderers in three months were run down at Mountain Home, Ark., and brought home for trial. Several attempts to lynch them were made, but the law was permitted to take its course. They had plenty of money, and at the first trial succeeded in buying the jury. Several jurors were convicted and a new trial was had. Finally murder in the first degree was returned, and the sentence of hanging which Bill has already undergone, and which must soon take place in George's case, Was pronounced. DR. McILVAINE’S DEATH. The Venerable Princeton Professor Succumbs to Heart Failure. Rev. Joshua Hall Mcllvaine, D. D., the venerable president of Evelyn College, Princeton, N. J., died Saturday, at Prince- ton, of heart failure, in the elghty-second year of his age. Joshua Hall Mcllvaine was born in Lewes, Del., March 4, 1815; was graduated at Princeton in 1837, and at the Theolog- ical Seminary there in 1840. After this he was pastor of Presbyterian churches at Little Falls, Utica and Rochester. From 1860: to 1870 he w: professor of beiles- lettres at Princeton University, and from High Street Church in Newark, N. J. He introduced the name “Westminster” for churches in founding the church of that title in Utica. For many years he was a His publications include “The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,” ‘‘Klocu- tion—the Sources and Elements of Its Powers,” “The Wisdom of H Seri with Reference to Bkeptical Objections the and a articles. MUNICIPAL. Baltimore’s Experiment in City Con- duit Ownership, ome Ve THE PURELING PRORLENG IN SP. LOU Discussion of RehtaG and Their Bearing on Prices. a AN INTERESTING" INQUIRY From the Engineering News. It 1s now very generally admitted that overhead electric wires in our large cities are objectionable on many accounts, and the experience of some years has demon- strated that underground conduits are practicable for all classes of electric wires. But the ownership of the conduits where the wires are put underground isa ques- tion yet to be settled’ Up to this time the practice in cities ‘where wires have been laid in conduits js either to permit the electric light, telephone and other com- panies to do the work. themselves or else to grant a franchise to a subway com- pany to build and lease conduits under the more or less strict control of the munici- pal authcrities-as to rental, etc, ‘The gen- eral result of the former practice is a use- less multiplication of .various systems of conduits, complications in the use of streets by rival compantes and a rental charge that is excessive, when the’ possibilities of the case are considered, and which constitutes a heavy acd needless tax upon the use of what is now an absolutely necessary means of interccmmunication, light and power. In the experimental stage of the effort to remove overhead wires the first cost of the construction of conduits and the uncer- tainty of their properly fulfilling all that was demanded of them deterred municipal authorities from assuming the risk of their construction, and at that time there was possibly good reason for caution in this connection. But the davelopment of con- duit construction and operation which has followed the trials and. experiences of the last eight or ten years has practically re- moved these difficulties and risks, and the propriety of municipal.ownership and ab- solute, as well as partial control is a proper subject for discussion. Baltimore's Enterprise. While some cities, St. Louis for example, have the option of purchasing. the condults built by private companies at the erd of the franchise term, Baltimore is, so far as we can learn, the first city io undertake on its own acccunt the building and op- eration of a complete system of electric subways. Commencing without electric subways of any type, and benefiting by the experience of other cities, Baltimore has decided the question of ownership in its own favor, and the Maryland legisla- ture has authorized the city to expend $1,000,000 for this purpose, with the full approval of the citizens as expressed by Fopular vote. ‘The reasons which have led to this conclusion are fully set forth in the several reports of Mr. Nicholas S. Hill, r., the engineer of the eldttrical commis- sion of Baltimore having that matter in charge. Mr. Hill has exhaustively ir.vesti- gated the subject of the ‘operation and ownership of electricat subways in New York, Philadelphia, ‘@hicwgo, St. Lous, Paris and London, ard‘ histlast report es- pecially is werthy of careful study. The authorities quoted in this report very generally express the belief that the in- terests of the city aft best subserved by municipal ownership of the conduits. Ex- perience has demonsftated that the con- struction of such conduits by subway com- pantes and. their. rental. te electric ‘com- panies, under charges nominally based upon the cost of by f.has resulted in great inconvenience t6’all €onéerned. With conduits varying in type and efficiency, often: located inconvenienuly, and origi- rally built with ‘morgy raised by irdi- vidual effort with-more. or less difficulty, the resultant cost if. ynduly grea® and the rental charged is ‘lighie to be oppres- sive upon the -users electric® service. There is always room for contention and complications between rival companies, which means in the end ‘increased cost to the user of electric light. Moreover, ft is certainly, not good public policy for any municipality to ented into a permaneft copartnership with private corporations fn the ure of public streets, This latter objec- tion may be met by a franchise for a lim- ited period, and provision for ultimate ownership on the part of the city; but the first objection of undue cost of service to the public still remains. A Serious Problem. To confer a monopoly in conduit con- struction upon any one company, even under restrictions as to operation and ren- tal, does not remedy the matter of cost: it does an injustice to somebody and is I- able to result in serious complications and trouble to users. On the other hand, to grant franchises to a number of companies and to allow each to build its own conduits, is to bring about utter confusion and is directly opposed to the pre-eminent prin- ciple that the city alone can regulate and sould maintain control of the space be- neath the surface of its streets. Mr. Hill quotes the experience of St. Louis, under the last-named conditions, as showing that applications for permission to build con- duits in that city, coming from fourteen companies, cover almost every street and alley in the business portion of the city; and that on some of the streets a haif- dozen or more companies want to build, and there is hardly a street which will not be occupied by at least two companies. The problem presented ‘o the St. Louis board of public improvement is a serious one, as each street and alley niust be sep- arately considered and the conflicting claims of rival companies and the com- plaints of property owners must be heard, and in some way adjusted. It may be said here, that the board of pubtic 4mprove- ments may compel the joint use of con- duits where two or more companies desire to use a single street. Wut telegraph and telephone companies, using low-tension cif- cults, vigorously object to having their wires placed near to, or cven on the same side of the street with the wires of électric light companies using high tension. Exist- ing underground obstructions add to the trouble of ‘location. The plans for some of the conduits call for trencnes 7 feet deep where a network of gas pipes lie only 2 or 3 feet below the surface, with waier pipes 4 feet down and sewers and sewer con- structions below that. Cable roads con- tribute their obstacles to the gereral tan- gle, and the question of opening the streets for this conduit construction, without un- duly inconventencing traffic, and of re- storing them again to their original condi- tion without unduly taxing the citizens, is one yet to be solved.» ~- The St. Loufs Situation. In return for all thigcthe #iity of St. Louis will, after December 3b 1898, free a certain portion of the city — te obstruction of poles, wires and cables, will receive 5 per cent of the gross receipts gf the operating companies, and at tip éXpiration of 15 years it may purchase the conduits and wires on terms fixed by ordinance. But the interests of the custéthers’ for telephones, electric light and pow&f ar@considered in a single section, which provides that for this service they must not be pharged in ex- cess of the prices fixp@ forjsimilar service on January 1, 1896. ‘here. is no hope of lower rentals for 15 yéars at least, no mat- ter how great may be: the development of the system and the profit to the operating companies; in this thé consumers have no share except in the 4ncreased percentage paid into the city treasury, ° The experience of St.. Louis is practically that of other cities, and though the scheme there has just been launched, the trouble ahead is already recognized, and the Re- public of that city says that “the mis- fortune of not being able to have a general conduit system built under the control of the city is likely to become more manifest as the work of burying the wires pro- gresses." Ownership of the subways by the city from the start seems to be the only proper solution for the problems involved. mised in providing necennct soedeae ene: in ing uit 3 the difficulties of construction ly ad- olute control of justed to existing control these streets remain, where It belongs, in unicipal jes. Street surface, and the-absolute | authoriti: he City’s Profit, important question of prot to SU BWAYS ai TODAY. Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats. 18 Men's Overcoats, fine blue Kersey; size 48. Wil- son & Davis’ price, $20. Our price.......sssseeeseee 14 Men's Overcoats. S:zes 40 ard 42. Wilron & Davis’ price, $12.50. Our price.... 25 Medium-weight Over- coats. Wilson & Davis’ price, $10.50. Our price.... 22 Men's Overcoats. Sizes 35, 38 and 40. Wilson & Davis’ price, $8.50. Our price 12 Overcoats. Wilson & Davis’ price, $5. Our price. 8 Overcoats, made of Pat- ton beaver. Wilson & Davis’ price, $30. Our price Boys’ Overcoats, sold by Wilson & Davis $3, $4 and $5. Our price...... ‘One ot Men's Storm Ulsters. Wilson & Davis’ price, $10. Our price...... BDOSSOHSSHO9OSHOSHHGS O9SOGSHOSH9GSHHSHOSSSOOOOGSSO A CLOTHING Pittsburg Furnishes a Washington Wonder. _ Wilson & Davis, one of the Keystone State’s representative Clothiers and Haberdashers, assigned last week. Swaying and tottering this noble house finally succumbed to the hard times wolves—merciless creditors. One-third this entire stock, representing 0,000 Worth of Fine Clothing Furnishings $5.75 $4.00 $3.75 " $2.00 $1.50 $10.50 $1.20 $3.25} , = H. FRIEDLANDER & BRO., 6 NINTH AND E STREETS N. W. 6000800 6890080 COGERNDNCC2 and Hats, Is now in our store and ready for sale. Our buyer was familiar with the fact that we were already overstocked, but could not resist the temptation to buy seasonable and staple goods ' TWENTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. We don’t blame him, but in the emergency which the arrival of this stock has caused, we have jumped’into the breach with a determination to sell—giving our patrons a benefit. Here are the prices that present the case better than anything we can say. SALE BEGINS Furnishings. S® dozen Men's Socks. Regular price, 12%c. Only 5c. pair. 50 dozen Men's Socks. Regular price, 5c. Only 7c. pair. 50 dozen Mcn's Suspenders. Regular price, 25c. Only Zc. pair. 60 dozen Men's Suspenders. price, 75c, Only 23c. pair. Regular 50 dozen Men's Undershirts and Drawers. Regular price, T5c. Only 35c. each. 50 dosen Men's Unlaundered Shirts. Reg- ular price, 8c. Only 35c. each. 50 dozen Men's Canton Flannel Drawers. Regular price, 39e. Only 2ic. pair. 50 dozen Men's Negligee Shirts. Regular Price, 79. Only 39c. each. 50 dozen Meu's Wool Fleece-lintd Under- wear. Regular price, $1. Only 48c. each. 25 dozen Men's Derby Hats. Regular price, $1.50. Only 69c. each. 25 dozen Boys’ Alpine price, 7c. Only 39c. each. Hats. Regular 25 dozen Children’s Tam O’Shanters. Reg- ular price, Tc. Only 2ic. each. 25 dozen Men's and Boys’ Caps. Regular price, 50c. Only 10c. each. 2) the city, in subway construction, Mr. Hill estimates as follows, after full investiga- tion of the experience of other cities and of various electric light and power com- panies: That the amount of net reyenue to be derived by the city from the building of a general system of subways would be equivalent to about 2 per cent at the be- ginning. As the distribution of electric service increases, the sinking fund ts re- plenished and the stock issued for construc- tion is redeemed, the actual returns on the investment should be as much as 15 to 20 per cent. As the city would not enter upon this business for individual profit, the in- crease in returns could be met. by a de- ‘crease in rental charges to companies using e conduits, provided they would agree to Bhare this saving with their patrons by ‘granting lower rates. As to the alleged hardship of compelling companies to place their wires underground, the general result of Mr. Hill's investigations is that the in- creased cost of underground construction has us a rule been fully offset by the de- ‘reased cost of maintenance as compared with overhead wires, and the safety from interference by storm or accident is an ad- ditional important advantage. Mr. Hill admits the great diversity of opinion relative to the practicability of placing low and high potential wires in the same conduits, but he hints that there are other motives than those of difficulties of operation in the contention of the telephone companies that they cannot use the ducts which run alongside those carrying cur. rents for arc lighting. His personal ob- servation leads him to the belief that there is no real reason why all classes of service should not be placed in the same conduits, and he refers to the conclusions of the elec- trical commission of Washington as sub- ntiating this belief. “But in’ view of the fact that a combined system has not been generally used, he submits estimates and plans both for a separate and for a combined system. His preference is for the latter as econo- mizing space and reducing rental charges to the operating companies. He recom- mends, however, that before the construc- tion of a general system is commenced, a hearing be given to the various Baltimore companies interested, to disprove the effi- ciency of the combined system. Various details of the work and the estimated cost of the systems proposed for Baltimore are given upon another page of this issue. The departure from general practice in the construction and ownership of electric subways, which Baltimore now proposes, will be watched with great interest by oth- er cities. It is seemingly a long step in the direction of correctly solving what is now an exceedingly knotty question in more than one municipality. FIRE NEAR BROOKLA! The Residence of Mr. Jno. B. Lord, jr., Entirely Destroyed. Last night about 7 o'clock fire broke out in Mr. J. B. Lord’s house, on Bunker Hill road near the Queen’s Chapel road, about a mile beyond Brookland. The fire had been smoldering some time before it was discovered by Mrs. Lord. As there are 20 facilities for extinguishing fires in that vicinity it was impossible to save the building. Attention was turned to the fur- niture, and with tne aid of kind neighbors much of the household articles on the low- er floor were saved. As the fire seemed to have started in the chimney near the roof access to the second story was soon cut off by smoke and flames. Many valuable pa- pers were saved, but the loss of household effects amounts to $300. The house was still smoldering this morning, despite the heavy rain last night. The building is en- tirely destroyed, but the loss ae = = vered by an insurance. e neigh- pore were extremely active in lending thelr assistance, and worked earnestly to rescue from the fiames as much as possible. Mr. Hardester was one of the first on the scere. In many instances neighbors risk- ed their lives to save some article. Mr. Lord was out at the time the fire was dis- covered, and did not return until it was too late to give any assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Lord will occupy the house of Mr. J. B. Lord, er., on the Bunker Hill road, which was formerly owned by Mr. R. R. West, where the articles saved last night were stored. At present Mr. and Mrs. Lord and two children are with Mr. J. B. Lord, sr. ——— National Bank Note Circulation. ‘The monthly statement of the controler of the currency shows that on January 31 the amount of national bank notes in circu- lation was $235,008,085, an increase since (A few patterns Bo MEN’S SUITS. 100 Men's Suits, made of dark steel gray ker- sey. Wilson & Davis’ price, Opa .258 1 lot Men's Cassin “ Salts, all sizes. Wilson & 2 25° Davis’ price, $6.50. Our price ‘: @ = is Men's Prince Albert Suits, all sizes, made of Clay worsted. i ¥ price, $22. Ww Salts. Wilson & Davis’ price, $25. Our price: - 100 Children’s 44 Coats. Sizes 4 to 14. Casstmeres, tweeds, cheviots, all kinds. Our price cence 500 pairs Children's Knee Pants, 5 to 14. Wilson & Davis’ price, Our price. 1 lot of Children’s Restos. 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In disc the matter, Dr. Woolsey said: “The thought suggested by the recent cases of mine is the antagonism of one dis- ease for another, like erysipelas to cancer, which Is an entirely new idea as applied to diphtheria. —— or not it will prove of any practical value is a question upon which I feel rather doubtful, but it is may incidentally be a point of vantage for tions.”” its in other direc: Options on Sixteen Cincinnati Concerns, Three representatives of a London syndi- cate are in Cincinnati for the purpose of Sobbling up all the big breweries there, and Success has so far crowned their efforts. They have purchased an option on six- teen, and she deal has progressed so far that most of the breweries have begun tak- ing stock and summing up all the saloon chattel mortgages they hold, for the pur- pose of knowing just how they stand. The Geal will be closed during the coming week. The amount to be paid for the lot agere- gates $9,000,000. One-half will cash, and the other half in ted pg with guaranteed interest, so that the pres- ent owners will have some voice in the fu- ture administration of affairs. The syndi- cate intends consolidating under the laws of the state, and make them all one grand corporation. The older brewers were the most cager to make the sale, owing to the has im generally for ———__++_____ The Militia Force. ‘The Secretary of War has transmitted to the Senate an abstract of the militia force of the United States for the year 1896, ac- cording to the latest returns received. The