Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 10

er ° THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY -10, 1897—24 PAGES. Hi, there! Get on the right track, two elements of commercial TI TI you it free. .G to When a CHAMB to pay a iair price for. between the too I always get satisfaction. Haeegosgessoageadensensnesnesmeseesnesuageagecsentencontontontensoeseesesseesessengenseaseaseeseeseeseeseeseeteegeeseesesgeasesseas age aseaseasueseeseaseageaeatenroaseatbeseeseatoaseateeseateeseetyeegeegeateageateegeatontengeateatratratoateetees | Here's a Housefurnishing Store that combines the and LOWEST PRICES. We don't claim the impossible—we don’t give goods away—because we don’t handle that sort. make it a point when you come how you the very best that are made--and “clear * at a saving price. We give you our services and lay“ When you want a REFRIGERATOR—you want to buy one that will prove an economical investment. difference between our prices for the best and others’. And our Refrigerators are the world-renowned brands. ou have to buy a BABY CARRIAGE — or R SUITE—or a PARLOR SUITE some DINING ROOM FURNISHINGS—or something for the Kitchen—the Hall—or the Library— ng kind’—the kind that it pays to buy—that it pays The knowing ones come here. We run this store in the “middle of the road”—just igh and the too cheap! Just where you All you've got to do is to say you want CREDIT— and you can have all you want of it. House & Herrmann,,. Liberal Furnishers, Cor. 7th and I Streets. perfection—BEST QUALI- But we do for STRAW MAT- Big or you want the AT ASBURY PARK. Striped Bass Running Well—Entrics for the Baby Parade. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 9, 1807. The Fourth of July crowd left a big por- tion of itself at this resort this week, and there is now every reason to believe that the season will be a thoroughly successful and prosperous one. Regular Saturday night dances and midweek hops have been inaugurated at all the big hotels, and the summer boys and girls have settled down for the full quota of summer's enjoyment. The striped bass are running splendidly now, and several big catches were made from the fishing pier during the week. The largest one, which weighed exactly 2413 pounds, was captured by Mr. W. H. Moy- nan of New York, who is a summer c rr here. It is the second largest that ever been landed along this part of shore. Several hundred people gath- cred to see the angler bring his prize to the beach. The Atlantic Coast Electric Railroad Company has at last succeeded in obtain- ing control of the line to Belmar, and the tracks will be joined within a few weeks. Visitors will then be enabled to travel through every resort from Belmar to Pleasure Bay without changing cars. The entries have already started for the baby parade to be held on the boardwalk early in August. # the late hotel arrivals are: . Mr. Cran- ington. xtel—John W. H. Fry, Samuel G. Shall, Baltimore, Md. The West End—J. F. Robinson and fam- ily, Charles B. Schneider, Miss Bridener, Baltimore: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks, I E Norwood Hall—Mr. and Mrs. H. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. C. Bailey, Bultimore, Md The Plaza—J. D. Deane, Baltimore; A. B. Stout, Washington. The Devonshire—F. W. May, Baltimore. Grand _Central—Alden Goldsmith, Wash- ington, D. C. i Normandie—Mrs. H. White, Washington, D.C. The Clifton—Mrs. C. A. mond, Washington. ‘The Westminster—Miss Maud Williams, Washington, Hotel Milton: berger, Baltimore. ‘The Neptune—Mr. and Mrs. Ross Thomp- son and family, L. Binler, Washington, D.c. Sunset Hall—Geo. W. Me. Atalanta Hotel—Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Har- Lewis, Miss Ray- and Mrs. F. S. Schan- Irvin, Baltimore, man, Mrs. Bettie Katzenberger, Miss Jen- nie Hess, J. H. Perry, Baltimore; William Bradford, Wa: . C. The Brunswick—Mrs. M. L. Stanton, Mrs. Merrilison, W. B. Oliver, Mrs. J. Farland, Jobn her, Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Wash Nailor and niece, Mrs. Chas. Scott, Washington, D. C. The Madison—Miss Morton, Miss May, Washington, D. C. ‘The Bristol—Miss Chase, Baltimore, Md. re LIVELY AT AVON. Hetel Keepers No Longer Complain of Dullness. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. AVON-BY-THE-SEA, N. J., July 9, 18% The influx of visitors has increased dur- ing the past week, and the bonifaces are no longer heard complaining of the dull season. Every cottage in town is occupied, and the tive big hotels are doing a lively business. The hot weather has warmed up the ocean to a temperature that is very comfortable for everybody who is not an invalid, and so surf bathing is now the favorite pastime. Since last season several notable Iimprove- ments have been made at this charming resort. The boardwalk which runs along the has been widened in places and made stronger to withstand the attacks of the breakers which hurl themselves against this - in the winter and spring storms. ‘The avenues, too, have been much im- proved, several of them having been grad- at first-class thoroughfares are now where before sand hindered the “ss of the pedestrian and vehicle. avilion in front of the Berwick Lodge has also been enlarged, and the number of bathing houses has been greatly increased, as has their size. A unique attraction at Avon is the large pine grove. It is an unusual thing to find @ pine forest along the ocean beach, but there is one here. It is not so large as that which has made Lakewood, N. J., so favor- ite a winter resort, but it is proving a strong attraction. es AT OCEAN GROVE. ention of the Women's ‘Temperance Union. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. OCEAN GROVE, N. J., July 9, 1897. The most important feature of the ser- vice during the week at Ocean Grove wes the annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Emma Bourne, presided and over thirty topics were discussed. The morotony of the work was relieved by the singing of temperance songs and a con- test for the best temperance recitations by the children of the Grove, for which prizes were offered. A very interesiirg three days’ session was held by the primary. Sunday school teachers during the early part of the week. Mrs. Barnes, who is at the head of the work in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, led the conference ard selected the subjects to be Ciscussed. Wednesday evening the members of the union held a musicale, presided over by Miss J. L. Baldwin of Newark. Durirg the entire week a big map was displayed, showing the location of 201 primary unions in the United States and Carada. Sunday will be Sabbath Observance day, and the sermen will be delivered by Rev. R. S. McArthur, of New York. Tne hotel arrivals include: The Eldorado—Thomas J. Hensey, Bal- timore, Md. Inskip House—Mrs. J. A. Morgan, Miss F. A, Seliers, Mics Wright, Miss Margaret Wright, Miss Fisher, Mrs. Samuel Phillips, Beltimere, Md. aoe Acmore—W. A. Smith, Washington, The Carrollten—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Merriman, Miss FE. F. McConkey, Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Hartman, C. W. Baugher, Bal- more, Md.; Mrs. Wm. B. Harris, Wash- ington, D. C. La ' Pierre—Miss hamb: Washington, D. C. S eine: pha Hotel—C. C Smith, Mrs. T. T. Close, Baltimcre, Md. porate ee owland Heuse—Miss G. C. yash- ington, D. C. So Beek Wath The ' Albatross—Robe: ington, D. C. Ea Owns: Jane ‘Wash- —_———___ DOWN AT THE CAPE. Washingtonians at the Land’s End of New Jersey. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAPE MAY, N. J., July 9, 1897. The old-fashioned lawn sports, common here years ago, are to be revived this sea- son. They will be inaugurated Saturday by the Cottagers’ Association, and will consist of hurdle, sack and blindfold races, climb- ing the greasy pole and catching the greased hog, pie-eating matches, etc. G. Brecht Mitchell is a late’ Washington arrival at the Baltimore Inn. Mrs. Branton Stone and C. H. Stone of Washington are passing July at the Balti- more Inn. Mrs. A. A. McKee and son, Dalzell Mc- Kee, daughter and grandson of Represen- tative John Dalzell of Pittsburg, are stay- ing at Congress Hall. D. W. Prentiss and 8. B. Prentiss are enjoying an outing at the Stockton. M M. F. Ryan, Turney Coburn, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kendall and John Kendall, Jr., are late Washingtonians to register at Congress Hall. John Keamey of Louisville, Ky., Is a guest of his aunt, the Marquise de Kermel. and her son, Count de Kermel. ney is @ son of Gen. John Watts Kearney of New York city, and a grandson of Gen. Phil Kearney, who is the father of the marquise. The marquise and count are here for the summer. Mrs. Victor du Pont of Wilmington and her two daughters, who have a cottage here for the season, are entertaining Miss Maud Middleton of Washington. Miss W. L. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Belrose and Miss Belrose are among arrivals this week from Washington at the new Mt. Vernon. Gen. M. Russell Thayer, park commis- sioner of Philadelphia, and family have a cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Smith of Washington have rooms at the Stockton. Senator Sewell and family have opened their cottage here. Ex-City Treasurer W. Redwood Wright of Philadelphia and family are located at the Star Villa for the summer. Mrs. Coles, widow of Dr. J. W. ‘Coles of the United States navy, has resumed cot- tage life here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaw of Wash- aes have concluded a month's sojourn ere. Representatives William Elliott of South Carolina, Walter Evans of Kentucky and Charles E. Pearce of Missouri have been here enjoying a fishing excursion to the banks. Lieutenant and Mrs. Charles A. Stone and Miss Stone are staying here. The lieu- tenant is inspector of steel at the Carnegie works, Pittsburg. Mrs. Brown, widow of William Brown, one time consul general to Mexico, is a guest here. The cottage of ex-President Harrison is being occupied by ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker’s son-in-law and daugh- ter, Major and Mrs. Charles E. Warbur- ton, of Philadelphia. The cottage was re- cently purchased by Mr. Wanamaker. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fast of Washington have a cottage here. Commodore William H. Reed and his mother are here for the season. The com- modore is a brother of Mrs. Aspinwall, the New York society leader. Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch are here. Mr. Lynch is a son of the late Representative Lynch of Maine. Ex-Senator and Mrs. Willard Saulsbury of Delaware are guests at the Windsor. —— WILL HAVE TO BE EXAMINED. Places to Be Taken From the Classi- fied Service. The President and the members of the civil service commission have had a num- ber of conferences recently on the question of @ revision of the civil service rules, 80 as to exempt certain important places which were included in Mr. Cleveland's last extension order. A final determination, however, has not been reached, but it is altogether probable that about 300 places will be taken out of the classified service. These will include deputy collectors of cus- toms who are in charge of substations, and deputy collectors of internal revenue who have charge of the distribution of revenue stamps. There are approximately 150 of the places in each class. It is not proposed, however, to exempt the places from exami- nation. Contrary to the usual course, ten- tative appointments will be made as need- ed, and the appointee will then be ordered before the civil service commission for ex- aminaticn to test his fitness. In case of failure to pass a perfectly satisfactory ex- amination his name must be withdrawn and another appointment made. THE NEW BOSTON VARIETY STORE. About Projections of Buildings. PROSPECTIVE OPERATIONS RETARDED A Proposed New Hotel in a Fash- ionable Section of Washington. OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST ——+__ The decision of Secretary of War Alger that all plans of proposed buildings to be erected in Washington which conta!n con- templated projections beyond the actual building line on the streets or public park- ing should be sent to the War Department and be submitted to the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds for personal investigation and report promises to have a deterrent effect of serious proportions upon immediate and future building oper- ations in the District. All requests for permits to build or repair houses which embrace bay windows, front steps or other projections beyond the building line are passed upon by the building inspector un- der the regulations which have been in force here for several years, but the papers are sent to the District Commissioners for transmission to the Wer Department be- fore actual building operations are per- mitted. Since June 14 last no return has been made from the Wer Department on any of these papers. It has been formerly the custom of the building inspector when permits to build were asked for to issue a permit to excavate the foundations for such buildings in order to facilitate the work and thus allow building to begin at once when the permit for the erection of the structure was issued. Now, however, Mr. Brady is issuing permits for excava- tions to the building line only and not for any projections extending beyond it. This course is being followed because Mr. Brady does not wish to do anything that might aggravate conditions that are liable to arise from the action of the Secretary of War. Builders and real estate men generally are bitter in their criticisms of what they de- clare {s the arbitrary and uncalled-for ac- tion of the Secretary of War, and it !s not improbable that the courts will be called upon to hear a test case in order to decide whether or not the present building regu- lations are legal or otherwise. This con- dition has caused a delay on the part of Prospective builders in carrying out their intentions, and this will be the case until some definite conclusion is reached regard- ing the relations of the local and the United States government upon the sub- ject. day = ae 222] %| ¢/REAL ESTATE GOSSIP > | Effect of Secretary Algor’ Decision A Proposed New Hotel. A permit was asked for during the pres- ent week to erect & modern hotel on the corner of 17th and I streets northwest, where the old residence of the Ray family, latterly occupied by the University Club, stands. The plans called for a structure absolutely fire proof throughout, without a single pound or foot of combustible ma- tertal in its construction. The height of the building was stated, however, to be 125 feet, and owing to the fact that I street, upon which it was to front, is but 90 feet wide, the regulations governing the height of buildings did not allow the granting of the permit. The District Commissioners, however, are said to be considering the matter, and owing to the proposed char- acter of the construction and the fact that the side of it will front on Farragut square and that there are no buildings in the im- mediate rear it is felt that the importance of such an improvement may influence favorable final action on the permit. It is understood tnat a wealthy and powerful syndicate is behind the project, and that if the hotel is erected it will be second to none in this country in any respect. Good Price for F Street Property. The sale of the ground and building No. 1224 F street northwest by Mr. Heiskell of the firm of Heiskell & McLeran to Mr. W. J. Kehoe last week indicates that well- situated business property is holding its own in point of value. Mr. Kehoe paid $50,000 for the property, subject to a trust of $25,000 and the lease of A. Gude & Bro., the florists, who occupy the building, and which has nine years to run. The lot, which is twenty by eighty feet in dimen- sions, is improved by a brick building, four stories and attic in height, which cost $11,- 000 to erect a few years ago. This leaves $39,000 for the land, and as it embraces 1,600 square feet it will be seen that the price paid was about $24.37 per square foot. It is understood that under the terms of their lease A. Gude & Bro. pay $3,000 per annum and the taxes on the property, so Mr. Kehoe’s investment appears to be a good one. A Talk With Mr. Brady. Building Inspector Brady talked in an entertaining manner with The Star re- porter Thursday. “Yes,” he said in response to a sugges- tion of his visitor, “the building opera@ions this year have been far beyond the expec- tations of the spring. There has been a very substantial lot of improvements going on, and there are prospects of some im- rovements of a very important character i the near future. The office is crowded every day, as you have doubtless observed on your visits here, and the inquiries being propounded indicate a very healthy out- lecok. The dwellings that are being built are nearly all equipped with the modern appliances of comfort and convenience. The plumbing and sanitary arrangements are first class even in houses of cost. Cabinet mantels, tiled vestibules and bath rooms, electric gas lighting fixtures and wiring for the introduction of electrici- ty ere found to be the rule thi it." “What effect will the erection of such houses have upon the old houses which have none of these facilities?” asked the ter. reporter. “Just the same as the case has been in other cities,” he replied. “The occupants of the old houses will move into the more comfortable new ones, and the old ones will be given up to tenement uses. Some of the finest old houses in New York and other big cities, which were left in the march of progress, are now tenement heuses, and the beautifully decorated halls and rooms where refinement and culture once reigned are now populated with the Poor classes. The same result, I am sure, will follow here.”” Valk & Co., the well-known church arch- itects of Los Angeles, Cal., who are said to have prepared the plans for over 500 churches now erected, have made plans for the new Christian Church, to be erected at the corner of 9th and D streets northeast. The plans call for a very handsome struc- ture of stone and brick, with an elaborate interior. The sum to be expended on it is said to be limited to $24,000, but if the plans are fully carried out it will need, so experts declare, at least $40,000 to complete. Estimates have been invited by the trus- tees from several well-known builders, in- cluding Frank L. Hanvey, Frank N. Car- ver and Charles A. Langley. An Historic Mantel. The oid house at 480 Louisiana avenue, which was for many years the home of Walter D. Davidge, was recently leased by John Hartnett, the we! ‘known. restaura- teur, who has expended,over $5,000 in ren- ovating the premises agd making substan- tial additions to them. Two pleasant rooms have been fitted up for the Lawyers’ Club, the walls of ‘whigh are hung with a most valuable collection, of autograph pho- tographs and engravings of the men who have been prominent at‘the local bar since 1800. There is a very rare historic mantel wn the second floor. It is of marble, and the Mantel is supported upon two beautifiiliy'carved caryatids. They are fine spedtmené of the sculptor’s art. The mantelpiece was brought to this ccuntry by onc of the early ministers from Italy, and was for many years in the White House. It afterward came into the porsession of Mr. Davitige and placed in position where it rtow 18, the room being his parlor when heocciipted the Louisiana avenue house as his residence. New Bostom Variety Store: ‘When the new Boston Variety Store on Market space is completed the building will be a very handsome structure. Its front will be of white brick, terra cotta and stone. The bullding is of the steel frame construction, a series ef zec-bar columns at intervals of about eighteen feet supporting the whole. Each of these col- umns rests on a single individual founda- tion of steel beams imbedded in concrete. Each pit has been dug down to a certain uniform depth, and tests have been made to find just what weight this earth would safely sustain, and the foundations were then spread to cover such an areca as to distribute the different loads uniformly over the computed area, thus to insure equal, if any, settlement at all columns. When it is explained that the different col- umns are calculated to carry from 170 to 250 tons each it will be realized what an important element these second founda- tions are. General Notes of Interest. It is understood that Mr. John Sherman will erect five very handsome houses on the property at Mintwood, on Washington Heights, which he recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sands. Mr. Louis P. Shoemaker has sold to Dr. H. M. Newman for $10,000 cash the French tract in Tenleytown, comprising three acres. This is the fifth sale Mr. Shoe- maker has made in the past two months of property in the northwest suburbs. The deed has been recorded by which the Columbia Hotel Company, represented by Martin F. Morris, Frederick B. McGuire and Edward J. Stellwagen, has become the owner of lots 4 and 5 in square 322, situ- ated on the east side of 12th street between Pennsylvania avenue and E street. The conveyance was made by Don A. Sanford and wife, and the consideration was $83,- 908.82. This property:is 110 feet front on 12th street and adjoins the Raleigh Hotel, which is owned by the Columbia Hotel Company, and next spring the Raleigh will be enlarged by a magnificent addition covering the property just purchased. William J. Kehoe, whose purchase of F street property is mentioned above, has also purchased for $23,000 from Samuel M. Burgess age 96 in Hillyer’s subdivision of Square 134, fronting 20 feet and running back 110 feet on 18th street between Sher- man street and R street. Building permits have not been numer- ous, owing to the hot weather, the usual dullness at this season, and the action of the Secretary of War regarding projec- tions. T. H. Pickford has engaged Mellon and Watts to build from plans by B.° Stanley Simmons twenty-four brick dwellings on Pickford place between 8th and 9th and G and H streets northeast, The houses will be two stories high, with plain fronts of buff brick, headers every fifth course, and flat tin roof. Theys will, be 17x88 feet in dimensions. The heati will be by la- trobe, and the cost,jn ‘neighborhood of $36, a Eisenmann Bros. are tg enlarge the show windows to their pregent store building, 807 7th street norghwest. The windows will be changed to splay form and deep- ened. Two steel Minch beams carried on square iron columis wifl be introduced to support the front. »‘Minor. interior. repairs will be made. Wm, T.,Garrison has the contract. + te As soon as the*Conimissioners decide definitely upon a site Bor the contagious disease hospital, for which provision was make in the Distyict_@ppropriation bill, work on the plans will be commenced in the building inspector’soffice. At present the grounds of the “Homeopathic Hospital are most favorably consijered as a location for the building. as Elks Elect Officers, At the last session of the Elks at Min- neapolis Thureday night the following of-"| ficers were elected: Grand exalted ruler, Meade D. Deitweiler, Harrisburg, Pa.; grand exalted leading knights, B. M. Al- in the front room PUBLIC ART LEAGUE Effort of the Organization to Have APPEAL WILL BE MADE 10 CONGRESS Text of the Bill as Prepared by Board of Directors. OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE —— Every effort is being made by the Public Art League of the United States, with headquarters in Washington, for the es- tablishment of an art commission by Con- gress. A form of bill to be presented to that body was lately drawn up by the board of directors of the league for the commission. Copies of the bill itself and circulars asking for suggestions or ap- provals in regard to it have been just sent out by Gienn Brown, secretary of the league, to its members and nfembers of the American Institute of Architects, Na- tionei Sculpture Society and National Academy of Design. The proposed bill is as follows: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uniied States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and is hereby, established a com- mission to be krown as the Art Commis- sion of the United States, for the purpose of securing the highest degree of excellence tm all works of art which shall hereafter be purchased or constructed by the govern- ment. The commission shall have a com- mon seal, and may alter the same at pleas- ure; it shall appoint the necessary officers, expert juries and employes, and have the power te remove the same; and it may make end change by-laws and do such acts, not inconsistent with law, as shall be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of its establishment. Commission of Five Members. “Section 2. The Art Commission of the United Stutes shall be composed of the president of the American Institute of Architects, the president of the National Sculpture Society and the president of the National Academy of Design, together with two other citizens of the United States, to be appointed for a term of six years, and, from time to time, as vacancies occur, by the-President of the United States. “Section 3. The Art Commission of the United States shall be charged with the duty of examining with reference to ar- tistic merit the designs or models of every work of art to be purchased constructed, or offered as a gift, whether of sculpture, painting, architecture or landscape archt- tecture, including designs for coin, seal, medal, note, stamp, or bond to be fabri- cated. The approval of the commission shall be requisite to the acceptance of said work of art or the adoption of sald de- sign or model: Provided, however, That no design or model by any member of the cemmission shall be admitted to competi- tion; and provided further, that the pro- visions of this act shall not apply to the architecture of any public building the cost of which building shall not exceed the sum cf $90,000, except court houses, post offices, custom houses and permanent hos- nitals. “Section 4. All decisions of the commis- sion concerning selection or adoption of any proposed work of art, as is herein de- fined, shall be rendered within sixty days after the same shall have been submitted to them for action. In case the commission shall fail to act upon any matters sub- mitted to them under provision of this act. within sixty days after the same have been so stbmitted, the decision shall rest with the head of the department, bureau or of- fice submitting the same. May Direct Competitions. “Section 5. The Art Commission of the United States may institute, conduct, or- ganize and direct competitions in connec- tion with the preliminary designs for any work of art to be purchased or constructed by the government, or offered as a gift, whether of sculpture. painting, architecture, or landscape architecture, not including the plans for any building the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of $50,000; for any monument or memorial structure, and for every coin, seal, medal, note, stamp or bond, which may be submitted for its con- sideration and decision; and it shall be the duty of any officer of the government charged with the ordering, execution, or acceptance of any such designs or models to transmit them to the Art Commission of the United States for consideration and ap- proval, and no such design or model shall be adopted, or work of art accepted, until after the approval of the cormmissios, shall be given the project. Upon receipt of jury reports by the art commission, the latter should select, adopt and accept one of the projects subraitted Upon the completion of its examination of any work, the com- mission shall make a full and complete report, with such recommendations as it may deem proper, to the head of the execu- tive departinent or other authority as may be charged with such work or project. “Section 6. The art commission of the United States shall have the power to se- lect juries of not more than five experts to perform any service delegated to them by the commission, such as drawing up schemes for competitions, examining and reporting to the commission with regard to the selection of any work or project to be acquired by the government. The adoption by the commission of designs or models for architecture, sculpture and landscape architecture shall carry with it the appointment and employment of the author of the design or model, etc. The Expenses, “The necessary and proper expenses of the said juries and competitions shall be defrayed from the appropriation for the object to be acquired. “Section 7. Heads of departments may detail experts, and shall furnish any data and drawings when requested that will aid the commission in making its decisions. “Section 8. The head of each department, bureau or office, or a representative desig- nated by him, shall be one of the members of the special jury in all matters pertain- ing to any work, under the charge of his department, bureau or office, which has been submitted to the art commission for consideration. “Section 9. The art commission of the United States shall hold a meeting at least once in each year, in the city of Washing- ton, for the transaction of business; and other meetings may be held at any time or place, under such regulations as may be provided for in the by-laws of the com- mission. Quarters in Library. “Section 10. Suitable quarters in the library or other government building shall be designated as a meeting place for the commission. “Section 11. For the organization, pre- liminary work and necessary expenses of the commission for the fiscal year ending there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, but the members of the commission shall receive no compensation whatever for any service as such from the government of the United States. “Section 12. The commission shall make, annually, to Congress a full and complete report of its proceedings, and a detailed ac- count of all expenditures of moneys ap- propriated for the maintenance and opera- tions.of the commission shall, in each year, be reported to the accounting officers of the treasury, and passed upon according to the usual course of accounts in the pub- Ne service. “Section 13. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.” The Members Confident. = It is the intention of the directors cf cember. The members are enthusiastic in SAE ce ME NASM Act ELSA Hh IM 9 ELE A AL REST BIS co ca OSS a SS CA SAR thd BRS, As Sas Re NSN LEAT NOS IN lo D RE Ue ee eee eee Oo com. vice president; John La Farge. artist, New York, third vice presideat: T. M. Clark, architect, Boston, Mass., recording secre- tary; Glenn Brown, architect, Washington, D. C., corresponding secretary; John R. rmody, Washington Loan and Trust Company, Washington, D. C., treasurer. ‘The Directors. At a recent election the following addi- tional directors, whose terms will expire in 1900, were elected: Russell Sturgis, art critic, New York; W. S. Eames, architect, St. Louis, Mo.; W. P. Laird, president of Fine Art League, Philadelphia, Pa.; Ed- ward Robinson, Museum Fire Arts, Boston, Mass.; H. Walters, president Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore, Md.; J. M. Harlan, attor- ney-at-law, Chicago, IN. The other directors are: Halsey C. president Museum of Fin rts, St D. C. French, sculptor, Olmsted, landscape architec Mass.; Mrs. Bellamy Storer, artist, Cincinnati, Ohio; Joseph Jefferson. ector, Buzzards Bay, > H. Burnham, architect, Chicago, J. W. Elsworth, banker, Chicago, Ill.; J. R. Proc presi- dent civil service commission, Washingte: Montgomery Schuyler, art critic, New York; Charles Dudley Warner, author, Hartford, Conn.; George B. Post. president American Institute of Architects. New York city; G. Hubbard, regent of Smit sonian Institution, president National Geo- graphic Society, Washington; PD. C. G! man, president, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.: Mrs. Schuyler Van Rens- selear, art critic, New York; A. L. Froth- ingham, jr., professor Princeton, Prince- Ives, ton, N. J. 5 In addition to other information, the pamphlets containing the proposed bill have a synopsis of endeavors t> secure legislation in reference to improving fine arts, compiled by Secretary Brown. :——»——_ AT LONG BRANCH. Every One Looking Forward to the Bicycle Carnival. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONG BRANCH, N. J., July 9, 18% Everybody from the lower end to Elberon north to Pleasure Bay is looking forwara with much pleasant anticipation to the bicycle carnival to be given here next Sat- urday and many of the hotel guests and cottagers v-ho will participate in the pretty show have already begun pteparations for the event. The entries have been pouring in so steadily during the past week that there is no longer the slightest doubt that the parade will be twice the size it was last season, and this means that there will be several thousand wheelmen and wheel- women in iine. So great are the entries from the New York and Brooklyn clubs that the committee, of which Walter i. Hildreth is at the head, has chartered two steamers to bring a portion of the crowd down in the morning, and they will re- turn to the city late Saturday night from Pleasure Bay for the convenience of those who do not wish to remain until Monday morning. The line of the parade will be formed at 3d avenue and Broadway. Then going to the upper end of Ocean avenue, the wheei- men will ride the entire length of the bluff, passing the grend stand and reviewing stand, which will be located on the lawn fronting the eastern side of the West End Hotel. Turning the corner at West End they will pass across the tracks to Holly- wood and Norwood, and thence down to new turnpike road to Lincoln avenue, Kl- beron; east on Lincoln avenue to Ocean avenue and straight north to the upper end of the Branch, where they will dis- band at Bath avenue. By means of this route, they will pass the reviewing stand twice in a straight line. Saturday evening there will be an illu- minated run from the Branch to Pleasure Bay. The railroad company which controls the amusements ttere has promised to scatter several hundred colored elcctric lights along the road, and a bicycle ball will be given on the pavilion, in the park near the Avenel Hotel. J. Waldere Kirk, with his retinue of trunks, arrived at the Hollywood eariy in the week, and although he has been wear- ing some marvelous productions of sum- mer clothing he has attracted little more than ordinary attention. In place of the proprietor’s ball at the West End this season, Mr. Hildreth has announced that he will give a horse show fete during the show week in August. The event will be held on the big lawn on the West End cottages, and a large platform will be erected for dancing. The full 7th Regiment Band has been engaged for the occasion. Pigeon shcoting began at Hollywood this week and an arrangement has been made whereby the dates of the matches at Holly- wood and Elkwood Park will be alternated so as to give the contestants an oppor- tunity to attend at both places. Among the prominent arrivals of the week at the United States is Right Rev. M. Conaty, rector of the Catholic University ot Washington, D. C. Nathan Rohr of Baltimore has lately ar- rived at the Hollywood. He is accompanied by his two daughters, Miss Helen M. Rohr and Miss Leone Rohr. Mr. and Mrs. M. Jordan have just ar- rived at the Howland House from Balti- more to spend a month at the Branch. Among the Washingtonians at the Ocean House is George M. Gates. R. H. Bragdon and Jacob Brown of Bal- timore are among the arrivals of the week at the Howland. The Elbercn is entertaining this summer Senor Dupuy de Lome of Washington, the Spanish minister to the United States. He is accompenied by his son. ————.+__ AT SPRING LAKE. Summer Girls Awaiting the Coming of the Soldiers to Sen Girt. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. SPRING LAKE, N. J., July 9, 1897. The summer girls are in high glee over the advent of the Jersey troopers over at Sea Girt. The annual encampment of the state militia began there today, and flirta- tions more or less serious are now the or- der of the day. The soldiers will, as here- tofore, run the guard at night and visit Spring Lake and the other resorts on this part of the coast to see their friends. The officers of the camp declare in strongest terms that the boys will not be able to get by the guard lines this year, but the chances are that the fun of preceding years will be repeated. By far the most important social event hereabouts in by-gone years has been the swell governor's ball, which has usually been held at the Monmouth House. So- ciety is now pained to hear that no ball will be held this year. The governor will hold a reception, however, and this will doubtless make up in a large part for the splendor of the ball. A new attraction at the Monmouth House is the fine tennis courte which have been opened for the use of the guests of hotel and the cottagers. The Sunday even- ing concerts, which have been such a pleasant feature of life at the big Mon- mouth for several summers, have been re- sumed. The music of the hotel orchestra is supplemented by vocal and instrumental music, furnished by the guests at the hotel. The Ruskin is entertaining a large party of Baltimore people. Among them are Mrs. John R. Kensett, Miss Kensett, J. R. Ken- sett,“Hannie Kensett, Thomas H. Kenrett, W. F. Mann, Mrs. X. Ward, Miss Nora Ward and Master J. Ward. 8S. 8. Emmons of the United States navy is, with Mrs. Emmons, at the Monmouth House. Rev. .J. Witherspoon, D. D., the Balti- more Presbyterian divine, is spending part of his vacation at the Monmouth. 3 Tage ores A Dog Catcher's Endurance. From the New York ‘Times. James Smith, the official dog catcher of West Hoboken, had some unplezsant ex- perlences yesterday. He entered the yard of James Waller's house, on John street, and attempted to seize a pet dog that was playing on the grass. Mr. Waller rescued the dog and gave Smith a thrashing. From there Smith went to Lewis street, where he seized a dog owned by Mrs. Her- man Vormets. She and her brother took the animal from Smith and gave him a second thrashing. His next experience was with a dog owned by John Magars cf OW Lewis street. Teplevined his dog | regard to the work of the league and are | ed by Henry Schlatter. Again the was confident that the bill will become a law. retrieved by its owner, and this time ‘There are at present more than 600 mem- | received the worst beating of the day. Both bers of ‘the league, comprising some of the | his eyes were blackened and his face cut. most promizent men in the country. The | Then he quit business for the day, and officers are as follows: Richard Watson } went to Recorder Shelton and secured a Gilder, editor Century - Magazine, New | warrant for Schiatter’s arrest. The con- lew York, first vice president; Augustus | turned eaying could Schiat- St, Geudens, sculptor, New York, second | ter. 4 ee Senses | AT OLD ROCKENON A Restful Spot Far From the (City's Heat. Birds and Flowers Everywhere= Familiar Faces That Appear Every Sammer—Celebra the Fourth. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCK ENON, Va., July 6, 1897. OT all the points where nature is to be communed with, by seashore, in the fertile valley, or the mountain heights, there is no more inviting spot than old Rock Enon Springs. If you are tired of the city, or if you are not feeling at your best. or if the heat is too intense for you elsewhere, you May come to this beautiful place of waters and rocks, with a certain assurance of contentment and comfort, close to nature’s heart. I have been often here, early and late in the season, but I never found a time when there was such wealth of blos- som, of bird song and of balmy breezes as at this present time of withering heat in the great cities. On my first morning here I was gently awakened by the whtppoorwill, just as the daylight came down the gorge, and his was the initial number in the most brilliant and varied bird concert I ever heard. Among those who took leading parts w the robin, the cardinal grossbeak, or Vir- ginia red bird; the scarlet tanager. and the Wood thrush, but the star of this galaxy, which outshone all others, was the hermit thrush, or, at least, that is what I suppose him to be. His full, sweet, liquid tones appeared to come from the tallest trees on the side of “Sunset” mountain, and his clearness of utterance and close adherence to the notes indicated the trained and ac- compiished musician—the acknowledged leader of the choir. He seemed to say “Here is old Rock Enon: Here ts old Rock Eno We all welcome you,” giving the rising inflection to the first line and then repeating it exactly as at first, and following with a rising inflection in the middle of the next Mne, and closing it with a falling accent. After thix he ran through several shorter lines, to which my half-ewakened imagination could affix no words. Aa Early Morning Ramble. A remble in the woods toward “Ander- scn’s View” after breakfast, with opera glass in hand, brought to view many of the scarlet tanagers, like bright flames of fire, in the highest branches of the trees. The song of this beautiful bird is very much like that of the robin, only it is a weaker note and a trifie different in its ending. It is heard all day long about the pavilion and up toward “Moss spring.” I also found on this walk some fine sneci- mens of that curious and beautiful plant, the Indian pipe or corpse plant, and to test the tradition that it turns black soon as Picked, I brought some of these specimens to the house and put them in a vase with other wild flowers, pipsissewa and wild coreopsis, and they have retained their waxy whiteness for several days, but are now beginning to turn black on the edges of leaves and petals. Celebrating the Fourth. The time-honored custom of celebrating the Fourth of July was not omitted here. Early in the morning of the 5th the flags were all put out, with bunting of various colors, representing the flags of many na- tions, and all day long the “small boy” was busy with firecrackers and other explo- sives. The guests assembled in the ball room and sang “America.” In the evening fireworks kept the lawn in a blaze of light until about 9 o'clock, when the guests shift- ed to the east side of the hotel to see the rocks, fountains and trees lighted up with red, white and creen lights, making a fairy scene. The lights and shadows, the trees and fountains, the sound of gently falling waters and of light winds among the branches; the grandeur of the place; the quietness of the hour after the previous noise of celebration, all combined to make the scene most impressive. Familiar Faces. Here one meets from year to y many of the same old friends. Tne walks to the “Pinacle,” to the mill, to “Craig's Rock,” Sunset Tower and the “Catamount,” are not more familiar to you than the friendly faces that greet you on the porches. They may be a trifie older than when you saw them last, for some have been coming here for many years, but. you should not make strange of this, for if you look in the mirror in your room, or the smooth waters ef the “pool,” you may think they could truthfully say the same of you. While we all grow older, the place Itself is renewed each spring, #s if that was its first season. The trees are so fresh and green, the grass so soft, the fiowers so interesting and the birds so musical that we think nature never grows old. Birds and Flowers. In all my walks about the place I do not remember seeing a single English sparrow, and the absence of this little “hoodlum” may in part account for the great profu- sion of other small birds. The wood pewee is here, and the house pewee has a nest of young birds on the east porch, while the robin has a nest in a locust tree just in the edge of the lawn. The great crested fiy- catcher, with his delicate vest of gamboge yellow, and the song sparrow, the little chattering wren and the bee martin, or king bird, are all here. I found this morning on a walk to Craig's Rock the purple-flowering raspberry.which is the name of the flower, but which does rot describe its color, as it is crimson-mi genta in colcr and looks much like the wild rose. I also found two things on the sum- mit which would make a native of New England think of home and recall the ex- cellence of his mother’s cooking. They vere the sweet fern and the blueberry. The sweet fern was a surprise to me, as I have rever found it befcre outside of New England. Finding the sweet fern, I looked for the “bay berry,” but in vain. The nearest approach to that is the mountain laurel (Kalmia Ictifolia), whose shining, evergreen leaves are noticed at every turn, but whose beautiful blossoms have just dropped off. This shrub cannot stand the cold winters on a New England coast. Tonight we are expecting a party from Capon Springs, ten miles away, who are going to drive over for dinner. The guests of these resorts frequently exchange calls of this character, as the drive between the points is one of interest, and there are usually guests at each place who are mu- tual acquaintances. HAROLD. —__. ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, Hawaiian Treaty Not Considered the Foreign Relations Commiitee. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions made two efforts yesterday to se- cure a full meeting for the purpose of tak- ing up and if possible disposing of the Ha- wailan annexation treaty, but failed. No quorum was secured at the forenoon sea- sion, and there was not a full attendance at the afternoon meeting. The treaty was discussed at some length et the latter session and the more pronounced of the advocates of the treaty suggested the ad- visability of early action. This suggestion was antagonized, however, by the oppon- few days revoke the order of President Cleve- land, issued last February, reducing the number of pension agencies in the United States from eighteen to nine. As the original order was not to go into effect un- til September 1 next, the only result of the Preccation will be to continue in force the Present arrangement, allowing all eighteen of the agencies to remain in operation. A weason tired shore end = ‘Address ny22tm