Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1897, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1897-24 PAGES, wocaL wextios. [REAL ESTATE GOSSIP AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. eee Academy of Music.—“Girl Wanted.” Bijou Theater.—“Uncle Tom's Cabin.” mbia Theater.—“Shamus 0’ an’s Lyceum Theater.—Sam mpany. Lafayette Square Opera Hous itisme N National Theater.—Wilton in “Dr. Belgraff.” Willard Hall.—Exhibition of the Hall, adjoining Columb: son Vitascope. 7th street._The Crystal Ma r Amusements see > page Y Br } Opera House.—The Man-o'-Wars- n T. Jack's “Spir- n Lackaye Biogra: EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. and 2:30 p.m Newport Monroe at Trains leave 4 avenue for m. to S p.m Steamer Harry Randall for h and river landings at 7 = ee = persons state to Chr. Xan Melliston n at the i immediate me rtress pm By street Arlington nd F hourl ot eff cough, ring opening of pattern hats Thursday. April 1. Harrison, MILLINERY OPENING ‘Tuesday and Wednesday. March RIM E LACE CURTAINS AND BI BORNOT, 1 cleaned. ALF For Spring Lamb John R. Kell wing, Ce Corned Beef a specialty. CAPITAL CITY ke Guaranteed to produce a thick, turf. Bulbs, Gladiolas, and Fresh Flower Seeds, Lawn MANN & opp. Center Hempler, GENTS’ SUITS CLEANED. A. F. BORNOT, 1 CiTY AND DISTRICT. There and friends 2 regular mee of Hope Lodge of Good Templars mong th ors Ww FE. Hill and J. A. Ale lowa, Dinsmore and BR Minnehaha. rs, ers. presidin Riven Remarks wer ander, S. W. Russell, A Dinsmore and Morrison, th chief tem hers. Several favo: seleviions were sung by the lodge. S1.25 to Baltimore and Retarn Via B. and O. R. FR. A‘'l rains Maren 27} and 28. Vali! for retuzn journey until fel- lowing Monda A Boards, i2-in.. le. per foot. Libbey & Co. | Advertisement. ee ps Her Chi af on erda, tw Dr avinia. fc dren by r ndy of cust thi Mr band Loft r divorce Cole held | t been shown that she is an ur | ; n to have the custedy of the children. | , an Ss they are of tender age, he would not take them from her Messrs. Alexander Wolf and D. W. Baker appeared for M Lofton, a popuiar colored m Hamilton & Colbert repres > Delmon mn Wheels. lining ear trains to is unexce th per foot. Lib! ry and Historical As- brate the adoption of the ent to the Constitution of the Tuesday evening, at M. E. Church. on M " Ith and 16th str northwest. The exercises will cons | the reading of President Grant's proc H of March 30, 187), declaring that atures y-nine of the th addon the amencment | states by the Fortieth an address by Mr. John | ; tewart, and ex ir Rawlings, 105 Advertisement. > the Eckington Presbyterian 1 of the an Presbyteri: Kemon and cided te las! larger ing year. reanized six months r 3), IMG, with thirty S. Duncan was chosen < r. and under his efficient over membership has inereased nearly cent, th being now fifty-eight Sunday school has % officers for the com dent, Irwin B. Lt ; .esistant superintendent, Harry G. Kim: | ball. secretary. Solon C. Kemon: first as- | sistant seeretary, Irwin H. Linton; second | assistant secretary. Horace Jo: treas- | Wm. W. Trail: or: + Miss M. | Lows Kemon, lbrarian, * "Jones: as- sistant librarian, Walter Kimball: super- ent of primary Miss Jen- FP t super organ’ ' nilay ha 4) scholars, teachers and offi Th the Woman's Home Missionary Societi to be held at Ryland M. E. Church next Wednesday, wi of nusual interest. Mrs. Dr. S. 1. er will give ineidents of the work in Alaska and plans for her jour to the missions in that distant land. Mrs. Beller leaves, by direction of | the seneral soctety, the middle of April. Mrs. Dr. Alger of’ Boston wil! recite an original poem on City Missions. At the meeting of the Foreign Society Mrs. Ira H. La Fetra, who has been a missionary for several years, will speak on jean Work.” Boerds, 12 ~Advel Wild . 105 G ST. NW LAWN GRASS. athering of members Morrison and rnoon dis- r, directed ek at the in of their grand- Hunter, Mrs. Lofton’s mother. | separated more than a year | Lofton retaining children, 1 weeks ago Dr. Lofton. a weli- lored local dentist, sought to re- of them, charging that his ef high temper, but alleg- red her to return to him asked th he court give enator Secretary Geo. presence nt ntlemen teenth and 6 per cent on real Messrs additional deacons we! for three years, viz Booth, John Beck time, ously r Macalester for Marshall Hall at ws for Norfolk and Penn: ly from & Colonial m. nder of i) Cherry eption of » cure. and bon- 1827 G st. p and 5 -ANKETS 108 G st. enter Mar- co., Market. 6th & ay 103 G st. = of Star ‘Thurs tiy ere Prof xander cf Russeil of Black- dren . Wra. S. the pos- efusing to the littie | that ldren With eruel f bey & Co. Hender- i were amend- Pa. ave— Char cong a- n Chareh men were themselves 2: S$ trustees Al Irwin “mn | provements. | serving the mea’ “Our South Substantial Improvements Projected in Business Sections. —— A NEW F STREET OFFICE BUILDING Signs of Rapid Progress in North- east Washington. OTHER BUILDING NEWS —--+--—— George E. Emmons and Charles mpson have bought of Myron M. Parker the tract of land at the corner of Yale and 14th streets, Columbia Heights, and have commenced the erection of a row of houses that will take their places among the handsomest and most desirable in Washington. The ground fronis about 200 feet on Yale and 100 feet on 14th street, and will be occupied by nine residences. The fronts will be of white-marble, attrac- tively carved and ornamented around the windows and entrances. The houses will be three stories in height above a cellar, and the roofs will be finished in fancy tiling. The corner house at Yale and 14th streets will be particularly striking in ap- pearance, the white marble being continued on the Lith street side as well as in front. and will be surmounted by a handsome tower. The corner house will contain fif- teen rooms and the others fourteen rooms ach. The interiors will be finished in se- lected hard woods and quartered oak, and the ceilings on the first floors will be in aneled oak. The buffets and china closets will be built into the walls and made parts cf the houses, their treatment being in harmony with the other interior arrange- ments. The houses will be heated by hot water and besides being equipped with every modern convenience will also be wired for electric lighting in anticipation of the extension of such service to the lo- The ground cost $87,500, and the hous ill cost, when completed, $100,000 more. ‘The Willard Estate. A significant sign appears on the ch green blinds of one of the lower windows of the well known old house on lth street near F northwest, where the late Joe Wil- lard made his home for so many years. It announces that rooms in the building are for rent for office purposes and that alter- ations will be made to suit tenants. To those familiar with the system followed by the late Mr. Willard in the management of his immense local real estate interests the described means volumes. It ts no disparagement to Mr. Willard’s memory to y he w one of the most peculiar of men in this regard. Possessed of a great ant of alty he apparently ared not remunerative or not. Owning est lots in business and residence ns he allowed them to He unimproved, and it seemed of no fn- terest to him whether his hous or the »oms in his office buildings were tenanted or not. He pursued his even course with- uption from any source, © J to others sought or from them. his sole heir luable ri it ch whether the out allowing int and giving no rn pted none on he di h E. was his son, Willard, a young man of hensive ideas, great en- and fmbued to a n with the spirit of oung Mr. Wi has x adres mseif to the work of develop- ing the great estate that is Now nis own and the sign alluded to in the terces is indicative of what he to do in this direction. He has ¢ an office on F street near 14th, and from now on it will be seen that the Willard estate will be steadily moved up to the important place it should have long ago occupied. An Office Building. Mr. Willard has taken out a permit for the erection of an office building on his property at the northwesi corner of Lith and F streets. This has long been re- garded as one of the most desirable pieces of real estate in Washington. Both in its and its dimensions admirably as a site for a big office buildin announcement has yet been made as o the character or cost of the proposed improvement, but there can be no doubt that it will be commensurate with the val of the land. Another piece of prop- erty belonging to the Willard estate that may be improved in the near future is the east side of 14th street, runn York avenue to H street now used as a stone yard. It would make an excellent site for a handsome apari- ment house or hotel. by reason of its big frontage on three street The new apartment house on 2Ist street between R and § streets, which is to be built immediately, will be a decided im- provement. A large part of the triangular block bounded by ZIst street, R street and Floride avenue is covered with shanties of a bygone day. Many of them are owned by their occupants, who have not had the means to give them proper water and sewer connections, and the houses have eon: ly been a good deal of an eye- sore in a neighborhood that is mostly built up with handsome houses. The new apartment house will run back to Florida avenue in the rear, and will be four stories in height. Each story will be fitted up as a complete apartment, and will contain about t or ten room: Small apartment houses of this sort are common in other citfes. In Chicago re many from three to five stories There are scores of fou nes. built like a double how an entrane the middle. On each ef the hail an apartment, so that a yuiiding of eight families. While ment houses are being built or arranged for in this city, Washington {s still be- hind most other cities of its size in that respect. Real estate men say that the reason for this is that Washington people prefer to have homes of their own, and have not been educated up to living on the communal plan. In the Northeast. very build is this size would accommodate several new apart- Northeast Temple and Market Com- has recently completed a big building t is a decided acquisition (o the north- east section of the city. It is located at the ce of 12th and H_ streets northeast. The new market is on the corner, so as to ake advantage of the parking, and a:fo: ing it is the new temple. ‘The latter buiid- ing is four stories in height and 1s 50 by 95 fcet. The frent is of Pompeiian brick with trimmings and plate-glass windows. walls are laid In cement and sand and floors rest on 24-inch steel girders, and d with asbestos. The first floor ne bu is cccupled by a big depart- ment store. The second floor contains an hell, two banquet rooms and an a ‘the the © deaden room. ‘The assembly hall is designed ublic gatherk and entertainments i hus a particularly fine dancing floor. ‘The third and fourth stories contain two lodge rooms each. The bullding ts lighted both by gas and electricity and already twent organizations have engaged quarters in it. ‘The new market contains forty-four stalls ide and thirty outside, the latter pro- by # corruszated iron awning. The building ts fitted up with all modern im- Under the butcher stalls, for e. are cold storage vaults, each stall its own accommodations for pre- The market was thrown open to the public Jast Saturday for the first time and was crowded all day long. Every dealer had laid in heavy supplies, yut almost every one was obliged to re- pienish his stock before the day was over. ‘This fact, together with the fact that there Was a heavy demand for the finest lines of meats and produce, shows what a splendid opening there was for just such an im- ving | provement in the northeast. Werk upon the new subdivision of the Lynch estate lying immediately north of the Catholic University, and to be known as Queensland, is rapidly progressing, and gangs of workmen, under Contractor Blun- don, are busily engaged cutting the streets the surveyors have lald out. The grading Will be commenced within the rext week or ten days. The southwestern corner of the Lynch estate, comprising a tract of ten acres .and .ying contiguous to the grounds of the Catholic University and the Soldiers’ Home, which was purchased some weeks ago by Mrs. William Ray of Georgetown, was transferred during the present week to the Marist Fathers by Mrs. Ray and is now a part of the Catholic University property. CENSUS OF THE DISTRICT Work of Enumeration of the People by the Police Force. Sixty Men Will Begin Next Wednes- day and Canvass Every Sec- tion and Suburb. Next Wednesday morning the police will begin the work of taking the census. This morning the matter was fully discussed at headquarters, and the lieutenants were given the books, together with the print- ed instructions. The instructions issued by Major Moore read as follow: Official Instructions. To obtain accurately the number of in- habitants of the District of Columbia, and the number of children between the ages of six ard efghteen years, not attending school on the Ist day of April, 1897, there must be uniformity among the officers in the manner of taking the census. To insure that end the following instruc- tions are given: 1. The lieutenants will divide their re- spective precincts into two or more enum- gration districts, which he will number 1, ,_ete. In the city portion of the District of Columbia the officer assigned to district No. 1 in a precinct will commence work at the lowest numbered square in such dis- trict, and so on through the several enum- eration districts in the precinct, so that in the end the census will have been taken of all the squares in each district, and in ‘the whole precinct, in successive order. For instance, in enumeration district No. 1, officer —- —— begins with square 234 and continues with 235, 286, 237, ete. enumeration district No. 2 in the same pre- cinct, officer — — begins with square 238 and continues with 239, 240, etc. 3. The population of the alleys and courts in each square should be included in the total population of the square. It is the order of the Commissioners that the population be so taken as to secure the population of each court and alley distinct. To secure this the enumeration of each al- ley and court must be taken separately, and the name of each alley and court in the square to which it belongs should be stated in the column provided for “squares, courts, alleys and roads.” Thus: “Square 448, Goat alley.” 4. The suburban or county portion of the Disirict, in each precinct, should be so divided into enumeration districts that the population of towns, villages and settle- ments may be had distinctly. For instanc: the roads and streets bounding Mt. Plea ant should be given, and the population of such roads and streets and of all the roa¢ and streets included within its bounds taken. All such roads, Janes, streets, etc., should be marked in the column provided for that purpose. . The officers acting as enumerators should first note in the proper column the square, road, alley or court where he be- gins his work. He should use no figures except in marking the totals, but should always use the tally mark in noting each person. In tallying the number of children not attending school, note under “re- marks” what is found to be the general excuse for such non-attendance. All Chinamen, Indians, _ prisoner deaf and dumb, blind, insane, inmates of institutions should be enumerated just as others are, nd at the same time a state- ment to the effect that they are such will be given under remarks in the back of the book, so that the number of such persons, in whatever institution they may be, and in whatever square it may be located, may be had when the census is finally 'com- pleted. 7 By * everybody who ix years and under’ not iS meant is over six years of : “fourteen yea! nd under” is meant everybody who is over six years and un- der fourteen year: 8. Those persons who habitually sleep in the District; those whose regular husi- ness is in the District, though they may sleep outside or be absent temporarily; those who reside in the District, though without business; those who may be ab- sent temporarily, and those who reside here, but who spend their summers else- where, are to be considered permanent residents, and will be entered in the proper column. %. Those whose regular business is else- where and who are only sojourners in the District should be enumerated, and atten- tion invited to the square in which they live and the number of such persons under “re- marks.” iv, The officer should never lose sight of the fact that he is taking the census of only one locality of the District. A party doing business in one officer's district may reside elsewhere in the District of Colum- bia, where another officer is taking the cen He must, therefore, be careful rot to enumerate or enter in his columus any business man sleeping in a locality vhere another officer may be taking the census. Where the bed is there should the party be enumerat 11. The officer should be careful to visit every dwelling, hotel, lodging louse, busi- ness place, shop, warehouse, iactory, sta- ble, cabin, hut, tent, canal boat, river boat, barge and all other places, public or pri- vate, of business or abode of families or persons. The information sought about persons should be obtained from the persons them= selves (if reliable), or in their absence, from the most reliable persons accessible. In case of families, from the heal of the family or the member thereof deemed the most reliable. 13, In interrogating parties to obtain the information desired, couttesy and consider- ation must be shown by members of the force, and when in doubt they should never hesitate to ask for instructions from their superior. 14. When the enumeration is completed, all columns should be footed and the total given wherever asked by the ruling, and the books forwarded to the chief clerk at police headquarters. A Force of Sixty Questioners. In the several precincts th» lieutenants will designate a number of enumeration districts, and in each of these districts will be assigned an officer. There will be about sixty officers employed in taking the cen- sus, and it is thought the work will be completed In about ten days. This, it is thought, will be the most complete census ever taken by the police, for it will show the population of the city, county and va- rious subdivisions, as well as giving the population of the alleys and the number of children who are not attending school and those who are. Chief Clerk Sylvester has charge of the work. —— Boards, 12-in., 1c. per foot. 6th & N.Y. av. —Aadyertisement. pane a Reception to Rev. Mr. Murray. Rev. §. R. Murray, the newly appointed pastor of the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church, and his family were given a pleas- ant reception last evening by the friends and congregation of that church. Mrs. H. A, Gillenwater, president of the Ladles’ Aid Society of the church, wel- comed the new pastor in a fitting speech, after which a solo was given by Mr. Wise. Addresses were made by the officers of the different departments of the church, Mrs. Shade, on behalf of the Missionary So- ciety; Mr. Harry Farmer, on the part of the Sunday school; Mr. F. C, Metcalf, for the Epworth League, and Mr. Albert Os- borne, for the official board. Dr. Mucray then extended his heartfelt thanks to those present. Miss Helene Bickford and Mrs. Fred Croxton gave a duet, accompanied by Mr. Albert Shade, on the piano, and Mr. Roy Dayton also sang. Others who ren- dered musical selections were Messrs. Al- bert Shade, Ralph Harlan, the Misses Helene Bickford and Lottie Shade, and Mrs. Metcalf. Refreshments were served during the evening. Among those present were the Misses Helene Bickford, Bessie and Reville Funk, Corinne and Josephine Gillenwater, Lottie and Emma Shade, Miss Wheat, Miss Daish, Edythe Hunter, Mr. Moulter of the Y. M. C. A., Bishop Hurst, Rey. Dr, Hartsock, Rev. Dr. Naylor, Rev. Dr. Bielaski, Mr. Edward Crogan, Miss Sadie Kerfoot, Mr. Harry C. Fisk, Mr. Monte Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Houghton, Mr. Clarence Green, Mr. J. Harry Albert, Mrs. Robertson, Miss Annie Robertson, Miss Jennie Reader, Miss Britton, Miss Nettie Phelps, Miss Hattie Austin, Mrs, Eaton and others, —_.s— Money to loan at 5 per cent. No delay. Heiskell & McLeran, 1008 F st,—Advt. —— Harvey’s Business Men’s Lunches, 25, 30, 35, 40 and S0c. llth and Pa. ave.— Advertisement. IMPORTANT MATTERS Three Subjects Tat the Commission- ers Wil¥ Consider. A DEFINITE PEAN OF ALLEYS Reorganization tof the System of Subdividng Land. NEW BUILDING REGULATIONS Within a short time the District Com- missioners will take up for consideration three very important matters, all of them of interest to the citizens and each hav- ing in. view the best interests of the city. One is a reorganization and adoption of a definite plan of alleys. Another is a reorganization of the sys- tem governing the platting and subdivision of lands and grounds in the District of Columbia. The third is the adoption of suitable regulations concerning the use and occu- pancy of buildings and grounds within the District of Columbia. Subways in Alleys. Realizing that a better system of open- ing alleys is needed, and alive to the belief that the future of the city depends in a large measure upon its alleys, the Com- missioners will take this matter up for consideration first. They argue that the age of electricity. is yet in its infancy; that the future Washington will be en- tirely lighted and heated by the invisible power, and that the good housewives will have to resort to ft for cooking purposes. There is no plan more feasible for the dis- tribution of electrical current than through the alleys of the city, and it is with this primarily in view that the Commissioners are anxtous to resolve matters into some tangible form whereby electrical distribu- tion as contemplated may become an easy problem without the dangers and disfigure- ment of overhead wires. They look for- ward to the construction of great subways through the alleys of the city and the erection of large distributing poles at cer- tain points for the transmission of power. At the present time the system of laying out alleys is in a chaotle condition, and even the few regulations and laws that govern the subject are either incomplete or else too drastic to follow. Subdivisions of Property. And then they look with Interest to a discussion of the system of platting and subdividing ground in the District of Co- lumbia, and assurances are given that be- fore any new regulations governing this important matter are consummated the citizens generally will be taken into their contidence and given an opportunity to ex- press their views upon the matter. As the Matter now stands not a day goes by that the Commissioners are not forced to listen to the supplications of some small land owner or the demands of a more favored brother for permission to subdivide prop- erty, according to their wishes. The Com missioners fear closely built up districts They do not want :tenement houses crowd- ed together without: breathing room. The experience of New York city in this matter is before them, and-they will seek in the new regulations to, prevent any such con- tingency arising. It! is an every-day oc- currence for some man who has a small jot to insist upon its subdivision into small- er lots in order that he may erect small dwellings. The owner contends that he has a right to subdivide his property as he sees fit, and that the Commissioners have no warrant of law to prevent hin buil ling upon that property ja the manner which he believes will redound to his good, Law- yers attack the regulations as they now exist and declare openly that they are il- legal and cannot be enforced. Ww Regulations Demanded. Coming ‘now to the regulations concern- ing the use and occupancy of buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, the Commissioners helieve that the passage of such regulauons is imperative. As the cliy expands, large dwellings are going up capable of accommodating a number of families, and all matters such as sewers, water, light, heat and ventilation mus be looked ‘after specifically. And £0 they have drafted a set of tentative regulations covering this matter in full, and have asked their attorney to put them in proper form There is a regulation which provides that the owner of every building in the District of Columbia shall furnish such premi. with adequate facilities for heating, venti- and with lating and lighting the same, proper and sufficient water closets an privies; to keep the house in good repair, and to have the yard or lot so graded that all drainage shall flow readily off. Another regulation makes it compulsory upon the owner to keep all parts of his premises clean and wholesom=, and_re- quires him further to keep all outbuildings in good repair. The regulations prohibit the overerowd- ing of factories or workshops or stores, cr any place where a number of people are employed, and make it imperative upon the owner or lessee thereof to keep the Ventilation, neating and sanitary condition of the building in the best order. No room in any tenement: or lodging house shall be occupied as a sleeping room unless there are at least 500 cuble feet contents for each person therein, and the health officer of the District is authorized to placard the door of such room, stipulating the number of persons permitted to occupy the same. Suitable places for the reception of gar- bage and other refuse matter must be pro- vided by the owner of every dwelling house in the District of Columbia, and it ts further stipulatedsthat wherever more than five familles reside in any tenement house in which the owner himself does not re- side a janitor or housekeeper shall have charge thereof. No person is permitted to use any tenement or lodging house, or any portion thereof, to store combustible ar- ticles or articles dangerous or detrimental to health, and horses, cows, calves, swine, sheep, goats, geese, chickens or similar animals are debarred from residence there- in, Old rags and old paper and other like refuse are not permitted to remain in any building used as a dwelling. Whenever the health officer shall inspect a building and find the same not in accordance with the BESS ES 946605456 90460945484 ‘The talk of the town: Booth’s ‘“Hyomei,” the new and wonderfod Australian ““Dry-Air” treatment of Asthma, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever, ete. “CURES BY INHALATION.” At all druggists, $1.00, or at office. Send fori FRED OPT 9 R. T.: BOO’ 3 2 2 23 Fast 20th Street, New York. W. 8. THOMPSON,’ 703 Fifteenth Street. Washington. ap SOGe a6e . Hard to understand why a man will wear cheaply tailored or ready- made clothes. They lose their shape in no wear poorly—and give you monplace appearance. Pay a few dollars mere for style, wear, fit and satisfaction. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, it Expert Tailor, 1208 F St. e— om- Are You Thin? regulations, he shall order the same to be put in proper condition at once. An ap- peal may be taken by the interested party upon depositing a fee of $30 to cover the examination. The penalty clause provides for a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment in the workhouse for not more than ninzty days. —————— A PRESIDENTS PRIVATE CAR. Thing on Wheels. - A project has been originated by repre- sentative railroad men to build a private car for the use of the President of the United States, from material and appli- &nces contributed for the purpose by the car-building and affiliated industries. It is Proposed to construct a private car excel- ing anything of this kind which has been done before in the substantial character of its construction and in the completeness and convenience of its furnishings and dec- orations. The projected car will be a complete ex- position of the art of car building, demon- strating to the world the surpassing ex- cellence of this industry in the United States; and it is to be presented to the nation, as a tribute from the car-builling fraternity, for the personal and official use of the successive Presidents of the United States. The designs and specification for the car are beirg prepared under the supervision of a committee of twenty-five prominent and representive master car builders and super: intendents of motive power of various rail- reads, thus insuring the end that the pro- posed car shall represent the skill, ingenul- ty and experience of the American car builder. Much of the necessary material required for its construction has been ten- dered by leading dealers and manufacturers in the railroad supply trade, and the pro- jected movement offers an exceptional op- portunity to firms engaged in business which, while not directly associated with the car-building industry, make and supply various articles and materials which will be desired for the furnishing and decoracion of 20 elaborate a vehicle as a private car for the use of the President. —_—. Boards, 12-in., 1c. per foot. 6th & N.Y.av. —Advertisement. > KENSINGTON'S NEW Ground Broken for a Handsome House of Worship. A Second Methodist Episcopal church has been added to the one already in course of erection in Washington district by the breaking ground last week for a new house of worship for St. Paul's M. E. congregation at Kensington. The new church is to cost $5,500, complete, and the work is progressing on it so favorably that the corner stone will be laid in about CHURCH. two weeks and the church completed by the middle of June. The church is in the northern portion of Kensington, on the south side of the railroad, and faces south- east. It is being erected of stone, brick and wood. the latter forming the major portion. The main feature of the exterior is a tower, 14 feet square, with an open belfry at the top, surmounted by a cross The main entrance is through this tower, which at the base is to be built of brick, heavily buttressed. Two other entrances are also provided, the one at one corner opening into the Sunday school room and the other opening into the main auditorium at the left side of the pulpit platform, Over all there is to be a high gabled roof, shingled and tinted green. Just below the front gable there will be an ornamented rose window. Rows of windows are placed along all the sides, and filled with stained glass, so that an abundance of light and ventilation will be furnished. The front and major portion of the interior will be cceupied as the main auditorium, with the pulpit platform at one side, and the pews arranged in two aisles, running straight across the church. Overhead there is to be an open-work roof. At the éarther end, and separated from the auditorium by sliding glass partitions, will be the Sun- day school room. This Sunday school room is to be in turn subdivided into a large and small class room. Ry means of the rolling partitions the auditorium and Sun- day school room can be thrown into one, thereby giving the church a total seating capacity of about four hundred. The usual equipments of a church have also been provided for, such as an organ and choir gallery, furnace, and so fo: Underneath the church there is to be a cellar large enough for the furnace and for coal. St. Paul's Church was originally a por- tion of Sligo charge, but it outgrew its parent, and was erected into a separate station several years ago. It was supplied first by local preachers, then by super- numeraries, and finaliy by regular min- isters in active service, the present one being Rev. Robert Moore. Rey. Mr. POSSI O SE OES ES SET ITS SE SE CHEFS Aftte The Grip : - OP2 OOO Pod ed Recovery is slow, and a good tonic is needed. ‘Thousands Lave found Hood's Sarsaparilia exactly lapted to building up their wasted strength. The extreme weakness, hacking: cough and lack of evergy which are th sults of grip yield Ike magle to the vigorating influence of Hood's Sarsaparilla It purifies the blood and thoroughly erad- feates the disease, preventing heart troubles and other serious after effects of the grip. SICK FOR TWO YEARS. “My wife | the grip, and s sick for two ygars afterward, It left her with a tarrh and her LUNGS WERE AFFECTED She commenced to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. At that time she suffered constant pain throagh her lungs and was badly pressed for breath. This was accompanied by a con- tinual backing cough and a constant droj 94 000o444 Hd OO 04 ing of mucus. She also HAD A BAD READACHE. Now ail is changed. ‘The adache, pains in the Tungs and lacking cough ere gone, Her catarrhal symptoms are also about cured. She has gained in flesh.” E. D. RICHARDS, Barre, Vt. H ood ” earilia Is the best—in fact, the One True Purifier. Sold by all druggists. Hood’s Pills “= liver fills; easy take, easy to operate.2 PLP IG IEP YG OLBEEOE SOS IRE POD Blood DOOOEO IG FOGG POET OL AH OOID-FO9DOL OES LDODEEL SETH PEMD GOOG EP The way to give longevity to your linen is to becomé a Yale customer. Expert launderers—not igno- rant “manglers”—at the Yale. Better begin Monday. It 518 10th st—’phone 1092. Oe ee Nae Yes; That’s So. ¥ ‘Wam>pole’s Elk Lithia SpringWater cured others, it will cure you. We publish herewith one of the many testimonials we have on file at our office: 8 "97. Mr. D. Washington, D. C., Feb. W. Mertz. Dear Sir: I was ordered to the Bik Lithia with my little girl, who had suffered for a great length of time with kidney trouble. She was there three weeks and drank the water, and the effect was mar- yelous. I ca: cheerfully recommend it. Yours very truly, Mrs, McLAIN "BRASHEAR, : Tid 4th st. nw. SKK ‘c Remember, Wampole’s Elk Lithia is a medicine to be taken in the pleasureable form of a nice, clear, sparkling beverage. Let us explain our new mode of bottling, which prevents ‘con- tamination entirely. Get pam- phiet giving fuller details, at druggists. s DeWitt W. Mertz, Manager, 613 15th St. U, 8. Treasury, mb17-1m_ Moore is a native of Montgomery county, and was educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Since entering the Baltimore conference he has had three charges, in- cluding St. Paul's, all in Montgomery county. At the recent session of the con- ference a decided effort was made to se- cure him at Hagerstown, so favorably is he thought of by the Methodists, but his present congregation succeeded in having him reappointed for the fourth year. Eee $1.35 to Annapolis and Return Via B. and O. R. R. All trains March 27 and 28, valid for return passage until fol- lowing Monday.—Advt. eee, Boards, 12-in., 1c. per foot. Libbey & Co. ~Advertisement. ges If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. —— - The W. C. T. UL The District W. C. T. U. will hold a mass meeting tomorrow afternoon in the First Congregational Church, to be addressed by Mr. John G. Wooley. Select music, spe- cially prepared for the occasion, wili_be rendered hy the vested Y choir, and Mr. Perey Foster is expected to sing 'a solo. PIMPLY FACES uples, blotches, Dlackheads, red, othy skin, Htehing, sealy ing hair and baby CUTICCRA SOAP, the most md beautifying sap parest and. stve Ts sold th CHEM. CORP, Scle Abe How to Prev 7] ADea ™ minenthy ‘ured th CITY ITEMS. SN as Now tn the Ac pted Time for Marine Product ch as mac Sh; Broiled Shad Roe—fresh caught Diamond Rack Terrapin, Crab and Lobster alad (home picked), Ducks, Also, Oyster Bay Asparagus, Fine &c. Meals a la carte all day; 5 ‘able de Hote Dinner. > Beecham’s Pills will dispel the “blues.” Hotel Johnson. The Washington Bre Famous * . —is out today. It's made of selected heps and malt in the eariy fall, which gives it mature age and double strength. It's une- qualed as a = pring cuce a year, is a g) tonic, t ts delivered in un any iress for $1. Write or telephec 128 WASH. BREWERY CO., 4th and F ne. 2 > Royal Hendache Powders cure. mh5-m,w,f.stt rs 10c. = 1 have been afflicted with an affec- tion of the Throat from childhood, caused by diphtheria, and have used various re dies, bat have never found anything equal 10 Brown's Bronchial Troches.”—Re M. F. Hampton, Piketon, Ky. Price, 25 a pint, delivered. quantitic Pure Milk, 3 reductions larger RURAL, Star office. ~ > B. B. CHASE & CO., 2 in Covering ind Repair Parasols. At 411 11th st., opp. Si 1th, 25e. on the Dollar Saved On Painting. Rooms papered from $2 up. F. G. Nolte, 810 9th st. n.w. No branch. d5-t,th,s-tf ——— RoyalGlueMucilage sticks everything.10c. mh5-t.f.stf ———— } It's a “penny wise, found foo!- ish” economy that makes you “cheap,” one cent jaundry. The linen is sure to be ruined by old-fashioned, ponderous ma- Na / chinery—you'll have, to buy a \ fresh supply in no time. {If you want your linen to last \ better send for a Yale wagon. ¢ "Phone 1092—518 toth st. Dr. Edison’s Obesity Pills and Salt Remove Surplus Fat. THEY TAKEOFF APOUNDADAY these remedies have done for Mrs. Rutgers and Mrs. Palmer. ‘They are You can be made thin and glad, Mrs, Ruth Stillwell I residence on G_ street galls writes thus from her St: “Dr, Bilison's Obesity aoa ay eurplus affection of | the veloping Mrs. Nelite Pills have In about six Weeks ve aod flesh 43 pounds, heart which into fatty di My Stillwell McKinley, Grant str pounds iu a month by Dr. E Mrs. Rena Paget Ratgers writes fron ury Depertment: “Mave in six weeks secured a reduction of 31 pounds by the use of Dr. Edison's Chesity Pills, and they bave cared me of liver trouble. My husband bas used Dr. Edison's Obesity Fruit Salt with great benefit.” curd an Writing from home on indiana avenue, Mrs. Bertha Hamlin Palmer seys: “I have taken three bottles of Dr. Edison's Obesity T'iils and they have in four weeks reduced me 29 pouitls and cured me of chronic indigestion. * ‘Obesity. Frait Salt, $1.50 a bottle. 1 STOCK BY LEADI Written guarantec Fadiso Vills taken as directed wi cur CHICAGO MEDI Obesity SAKE AIL DRUG be wx Obesity Peuit out Zod results, ‘ML. DEPA\ Pils, KEPT IN for the United Stat mention deporiment, and usi f dress. We send free, “How to Cure Ob sou are ruptured send for cizeular, the world. LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, sity.” Best truss tn NO, 42 WEST 22D ST., NEW YORK CITY. NO, 115. STATE ST., CHICAGO, TLL. mot6-tu.théesm 0 What TwoCents Will Prove After you have tried every remedy and treatment known, with the Inveriable result of a failure to cure you~ cat: rrh, don’t waste ony more money and time on uncertainties, bmt send a 2-cent stamp to Pretzinger Bros., Chemists, Dayton, Ohio, for a free sample of Pretziiger’s Catarrh Balm, and ve surprised that + trial of this will prove that ca- tarrh can easily, radically and cheaply be cured if you get the proper remedy. Read what it has done for others; it will do the same for you. Nothing like it has ever been offered to the public. For sule by druggists, or mailed for 50 cents for a full-sized jar. “Your Balm has cu-ed my catarrh and restoced my hearing, although I was quite deaf for fifteen years. HARRY WILSON, 1255 Superior st., Cleveland. Ohio.” Sworn io by Charles H. Kidd, noiary public. “Cured our two months’ old baby of severe cold in his head; he only awakened once after applying it the first might. =e “Mrs, W. I". PERKINS, Webster, Pa.” Julins Cahn, manager booking department, Frol- nun's theaters, Broudway and 40th utreet, New York, writes: “The benefits I have derived from the se of your Balm are surprising as well as pleasing, and T-wincercly trust that seufferlug hu- mcnity Will use it to the same advantage ue I Bave do fel0-wées, 20 in the eS HOTELS. This List Appears Every Saturday HOTEL POCKET GUIDE Sins Robacaiatban hosibaes We . of any Head below, dren (send stump HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, { 63 Fifth Ave. New ¥: | 98 Regent st. 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In the K street between 2d of 1th street E street=, abu imated cost, » Duns and ‘it iu utting blocks 4 2 vision; estimated « Bd street betwe waz will ticns is $15, laid for ler Ach Of there CLK + in the be missioners of the District of Colunida, at time aud place ol fections may In property 2ll or any of th wor ity for this w public acts 38, approved March 4. 19 and 171, August 7. 1 JOHN W. aSS, GEORGE TRUESDELL, Wo Mo BLACK, minissioners, D.C mbii5,16,208 MEDICAL MANLY VIGOR AND NERVE POWEE EESTORID by using a bottle or two of Dr. Bev vigorating cordial. There is ne this, Used 50 years in this city Dr. Leatherman, Expert xpecialist in the cure of all diseases of men and women. Consulta + Hours Tues... Thurs ev 602 F now, Closed Sunday. ICHOLSON, 15 YEARS A SPECIALIST IN bington, | 1 1 or med feal treat case of PA and ut s, paralysis, ¢ tures, hysteria, rheumatism, neuralda, chorea snd diseases generall: 715 14th st. aw, hous ¥ mb20-1m* DR. CZARRA. NO CURE NO PaY. SPECIALIST tn diseases of man; any complication, weakness and special diseases cured and teed; references given: hours 9 to 12, 3 to 6: diy. GY C21 John C. Collins, Professor of Physica! Culture aud Mui Baths, 427 9th st. now. ‘Telephone 1091, Hours, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. = Prof. J.C. Collins will give instruction in gytana tie trairing with peclal reference to muscular Ae vel t of growing boys and weakly men. The Prof, bas been giving exibitions of massage before the clinic at Rush Medical College, Chicaza, for eeveral years past. mLi2-Tm* DENTISTRY. o>». Painless Extracting, 50c. Best teeth, $8. Fillings, Crowns. Bridges. at ing prices." Each Mepartiaeit charge of an expert specialist of long experience No students. All werk guaranteed, Sec larger ad. on eo. U.S. DentalAssn,7th&DSts jas-i0rt FREE DENTAL INFIRMARY.—DENTAL, DEP. Ant. ment of Colcmblan Culversity, 1325 H st. w. ‘operations upon the teeth xt cost of matey ™M, Lu For, ee ~ ATTTORNEY-AT-LAW, ei2-f 620 F «2. nw. 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