Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1897, Page 9

WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. STRING WAS BROKEN $2 Arm ROcCKEr| senators Victorious Careor Checked DLBO Here is just a sample of the great re- ductions we are making during this Annual August Clearing Sale in all kinds of Farni- ture and Floor Coverings. Substantially-made Arm Rocker, with sad- die seat—very comfortable—extra large size. Would cost you $2 at the factory under the new tariff. Our price, $1.35. $3 Rocker, $2. _ Here's another one. Large-size 16th Cen- tury-fimish Arm Rocker, with closely ular $3 value. aby Carriages At Prime Ce A 10c. Cigar For Only 5c. — ¥ se th well-known “BELLE OF Wasi Cigar, which always sold —3 for 25e.—for only Se. straight— box of 5 E ° of our Ry very fine. — sve LOY: - uu Rye Whisky G. G. Cornwell & Son, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, It 1412-1414-1418 Penn. Ave. = SOT ) You can become ie at “picture, ) } ° 99 All our patrons are) takin preter erie at ed Sheree Cot note taking. 3 rc diner the wee of ox Denk fed-rock Anything a Cyclist Wants--at his » price! ee? A carnival of °° Anything from Bells to Buffers—from Tire * °° Tape to Lamps—offered at guaranteed lower °° © prices than anywhere else. Jones & Burr, 513 gth St. a, thdes-16 “DAYTON” A fast flyer! ton” Racers do net know the mean- of the word defeat. A ‘Dayton’ Uheel is the best friend a bieyele racer could ha “ill * he rider over r ind bring victory when t iy. Ask . ‘Dayton. $100 to_everyhody. B. A. Ryan & Co., 1238 9th. Wheels Should make you pause and consider. a RAMBLER—you know what a grade wheel —— It $15 07 Wolff-American. Hardly been ridden at all, put Z because it is not absolutely’ new 5 ft goes for Wheels Repaired. Iroquois Cycle Co., W! D. HADGER, MGR., 810 FOURTEENTH ST. N.W. @ my26-3m-10 Sesree w¥ SSCS SOS SESCCOOOOOS Bicycles, $5 to $35. = =) PEPTIEFOHOOP LOSES se tet tote tadatatatntat 99904904 40404-6060406600006 So asnathen a $25 $0 Fiakiam tinen'2). $18 $100 eatingtindies’) $35 WEST END Cicle Co, _ sult-16d 730 15th St. Garbage as a Power-Producer. N. ¥. Journal Interview with Lord Kelvin. ‘What {s the most recent discovery that. has interested you?" Lord Kelvin was asked “The extraction of heat and light from "he replied. “I cannot think of ng .more beneficent than this dis- - which makes of waste something extremely uSeful. Think of it! All that the housewife throws away, all that has puzzled the brains of street cleaners for centuries, is useful! “Ten tons of cinders, garbage and other rubbish have the same capacity for pro- ducing steam as one ton of coal. The work Was begun at Shoreditch six weeks ago. Now the municipal electrical plant furnace is fed by garbage, which we call dust. The gas is produced principally by condensa- tion in cells at a high temperature. The furnace is designed specially for the com- Lustien of garbage. But to obtain a prac- tical appreciation of the value of this dis- covery, consider that Shoreditch paid for- merly shillings and 3 pence a ton to street cleaners for gathering the garbage of the town and throwing It into the sea. Now, instead of making appropriations for wasting garbage, the town saves it.” “Doers the combustion of garbage leave Lord Kelvin replied, “in the form of slaz, which is used for paving roadways. ‘There is a quantity of it, which necessi- tates the employment of stokers. This is the principal labor at the Shoreditch works. “The garbage is emptied into the fur- nace from the streets by proper mechan- ical means. As cinders contain the great- est amount of gas, steam and heat, the garbage of winter will be better than that of summer, since in summer less coal is used. Now Shoreditch is only at the be- gtnning of its experiment, and has not realized all the possibilities of it. These are infinite.”* ——___+e+—____ Auother New Facial Expresst From the Chicago Chronicle. The “bicycle face’ has had its day, and now the “golf face” is attractirg the at- tention of students of the effects of pursuits on mind and body. The “golf face” does not look as though ft is going to run into scmething or get run into. It looks as if it is looking for something. The eyes have @ sort of steady, inquiring gaze and there is an expression of doubtful hope in them. This is the legitimate result of a game hich has been described in this wise: ‘ou take a very small white ball and a very large club. You swing the club around four or five times and you smash the small white ball. If you find it on the same day you win.” “T3Y ALLER’S FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At this feel swollen and hot, and by Boston. RESULTS OF OTHER GAMES How the Records of the Various Pitchers Compare. BASE BALL NOTES Record of the Clubs. W.L. PG) Clubs. 684) Pittsburg. 30° ‘670) Leu'sville Be Chicago... 47 51. “aso How they stood August 17, 1896 | Clubs. -694) Philad=tphi | Brooklyn. ‘ork, The Senators played their first game cf the series at Boston yesterday, the home club winning by the score of 5 to 2. From reports received from the city of culture it would appear as if the Senators were back in their old rut of playing dumb bail. The average fan can overlook bona fide errors made in trying for a play, but when it comes to senseless base running, being caught off of bases and being afraid to try for a play on account of individual records, then comes the vigorous protest. From ail accounts the game in Boston yes- terday abounded in plays of this sort. Had so-and-so covered a certain part of the field a little quicker; had so-and-so more confi- dence and dash in fielding files; had so-and- so not tried to steal a base In the face of muddy grounds, the game might have been ours. Plays of this sort do not come to the front very frequently at National Park, so that the Washington patrons cannot under- stand the great slump of the team this year, but away from home they materialize with such startling frequency that no mat- ter how hard the ball is hit, a defeat fol- lows to a dead certainty. Nichols and McJames were the opposing pitchers, the former having by far the best of it, as his support was of the first-class order, and besides, eight Senators hit noth- ing but the wind. McJames’ work is said to have been above the ordinary, but the best twirler in the business could make no headway in the face of yellow fielding. The Beaneaters started off with securing a run in the first inning. Hamilton hit into left for two bases, went to third on a wild pitch and home on O’Brien’s error. In the third they got another. Nichols singled to left, went to second on Hamilton's safe bunt; Tenney’s sacrifice moved him to third and he came home on Long's fly out to Sel- bach. ‘The next two innings were blanks, but in the sixth the Beaneaters bunched their hits against dumb playing and rushed three runs over the plate. Collins drew a base on balls, went to second on Lowe's single to short right field, and scored on Bergen’s single to right that sent Lowe to third. Lowe tallied on a wild pitch. Bergen went to second on the same battery error, took third on Nichols’ single to right, and scored on Hamilten’s fly and out to Selbach. The remaining innings proved fruitless to the Bostons, but until the last inning it was the same way for the Washingtons. In their last turn at the bat the Senators pulled themselves together and saved themselves from a shutout. Selbach drew a base on balls and came all the way home on Brown's single to right. Stahl fumbled Brown's hit and the latter went to second. DeMont went out at first, McGuire flew out to Hamilton, but Tucker pasted a nice single through the infield and Brown came home. O’Brien then fouled out and the game was over. BOSTON. | WASHINGTON. R.H.O.A.E. R.H.O.A.E. Hamilton, ef 132 0 0/Selbach, If..1 0°50 0 Tenney, ib..0 2 6 0 o| Brown, ef...1 1 40 0 Long, $s. 0 5 2 0) DeMont, & 1120 Duffy, If 9 1 0 O/McGuire, ¢:.0 16 0 0 Stanl, rf 0 0 0 0/ Tucker, 1b..0 16 0 0 2 2 0,0'Brien, 2.0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0) Abber, Tf...0 0 110 9 3 0| Wrigley, 3b.0 2 00 0 0 1 9 McJames, p.0 0 0 20 Earned runs—Boston, 2; Washington, 1. hits—Hamilton, Brown, Wrigley. Sacrific Stelen base—Hamilton. First base Nichols, 3; by MeJames, 2. Ficst base on errors—Boston, i.’ Left on bases—Bost Washington, 4. Stenck out—By James. 5 Passed McJumes (2). Hehots, 8: by Me: bells—Bergen, 1. Wild pitches— Time—1.43. Umpire—Emslie. Brooklyns Beaten Easily. As was to be expected, the demoralized Brooklyns proved an easy problem at Bal- timore yesterday, the Orioles winning by the score of 14 to 5. Both Pond and Ken- nedy were hit hard, but the fielding of the Bridegrcoms was something awful, nine misplays being placed against them. BALTIMORE. R.H.O.AE. Keeler, rf. Herm rotseses eter ets Herewowe ormmeonon> | pmocoumont 1 abo 4; Brooklyn, 2. Two- pase hits “Quinn, Stenzel, ‘Doyle, Anderson. Three- base hit—Jones. "Home run—Burrlll. Stolen bases— Keeler. Kelley, Jones, Anderson. . Reitz and Doyle. Bases balls—By Pond, 3; by Kennedy, 3. Batter hit—By out—By ‘Pond, 1; by Ken- ‘Baltimore, 7; Brooklyn, 7. —Baltimore, '5;' Brooklyn,’ 2. of game—2.05. Umpire—Kelly. ~ Phillies Lost Again. Another easy problem materialized at New York yesterday in the Philadelphia team, who dropped the game to the New Yorks by the scere of 7 to 2. Taylor was wild, while Meekin kept the hits scattered.~ The errors of both sides ‘were costly. Mc- Creery’s playing in right field was the feature. NEW YORK. RH. Vialtn, cf 0 MeCreery, rf 1 vee, 3b. Davis, *: ile aso, = E : 1 ermewtenoh mB Hacentmae Hennerweuk etonascouc atwonneonh one oot nS ef 3 i : Pel —Met and Warner. First base on errors—New Jork,,2 Paliadciphia,”2 Firat base on balla Ow 5: ray! itched ball— Warner. ‘Struck ut—By Meekin, 3; by Taylor. 2, Wild pitches—Tavior, 3: Meckin. 1. ‘Leit on basee— New York, 8; Philadelphia, 11. crifice hits—Cross, McFarland, Davis. Time—2 hours. Umpires— Lynch and’ Carpenter. Colonels and Pirates Had It Hot. Louisville and Pittsburg put up a game yesterday at Pittsburg that was some- thing like the real thing, the Pirates final- ly winning out in the eighth inning by the score of 3 to 2 Both clubs played beautifully in the field, while the bunching of hits by the home club in the eighth in- ning after two men were out was the fea- ture of the game. PITTSBURG. LOUBVILLE. 0. A -H.0.A. 220 22 330 32 153 000 202 101 11 0 120 oo°0 045 116 302 51 120 oo1 o21 92713 wea. os x3 oo oF 1 Two ‘Three-base_ hits— ‘Wagner, E f | ; Struck out—Ry Gardner, 2. Left on eae & on qrrors Pittsburg, Time—135. —Umpire—Me- Today's Schedule and Weather. Washington at Boston—clear. Brooklyn at Baltimore—ciear. Phiindelphia, at New York—cloudy. PITCHERS’ AVERAGES. Kennedy of Brooklyn Has Officiated im the Most Games. Nichols np longer holds the record for the number of games-pitched so far this season. Kennedy of Brooklyn has officiated in 32 contests, and Donohue of St. Louis In 31, while the Boston twirler is charged with but 30. A peculiar feature of the list is the equality of the Boston pitchers, and, in a slightly less degree, those of the-Bal- timore club. As might be expected, the two corps hold high places among the league, twirlers. Of those who have offi- ciated in anywhere near the-same number of games, Breitenstein, the famous left- ander, is the only one who has won a larger percentage. The record of each pitcher follows: ‘Won. Lost. ae Fisher, Brookiyn. 3 sf ‘Shorutoa, Ch.cago. 2 1.000 Breitenstein, Cincinnati. is -T83. Su 7 178 2459 “739 Saliivan,’ Losto.. Coleman, St. Boe a Briar SnoasemeS enc Susqhomnemenrcaaarace emenaaaikeorwm ants Fe Galhucaiy, Cay Bo Gd inn, Breoslyn Ehret, Pitts urg. 7 533 ‘Tayior, Philadel; 14 14 “500 Seymuur, New York. - 1@ 10 500 Tannehiil, Pittsbarg. 7 “00 Stivetts, ‘Boston... 8 -500 ° é Lng, Lou syille. 1 *500 Killen, P.tteburg 1416487 King, 'Washingtu 7 467 Cunningham, Lou 10 13 1435 Kennedy, Brooslya. 14181487 Hawley, ' Pittsburg 13 161443 Mercer,’ Wascinston. 13 16 1443 Frazer, Louisville. 12 15 watt Hin, L oO 8 10 448 Hughey, Pitts urg.... 4 5 Att Heim by, Luulaviile... 3 4 1409 Orth, Lb lade phia. HL 16 1407 z 6 9 400 Washi 10 17 870 i doIphia 5 8 385 yD. 9 15 375 McDermott, C.eveland & St.Louis 4 7 “364 Hart, St. Louis. ee 2 18 +333 Girman, W.s ington. 3 6 ‘833 Johnson, Ph1:delphia. 1 2 333 Norton,” Washington. . Ae McGee, Lulsville.. B 7 ‘300 Swzim; Wash 3 1 ‘B00 Fite d) Phitadiphia 6 17 261 St. 8 2 28 1s 20 B ogee: 1 38 rig’, C leago. 2 Hutchinson, #0. Louis 1 4 ‘200 Hast Pittsbu 1 5 -167 Lucid, St. Louis. 1 G ‘167 Boer, St, Lous 1 $ 18 enzer, Chicago. 12 Brown, Cincinnati ® 1 ‘000 Gettig, i oO 1 000 ermal © 1 ‘ou Maal, ® 1 ‘000 Miller, Lo. oO 1 000 o 1 000 0 1 ‘000 0 2 ‘000 o 2 000 0 4 000 0 4 ‘000 0 6 000 Base Ball Notes. ‘The second game of the series will be played at Boston today, Swaim probably geing on the rubber. ss And now poor Sockalexis has blood pois- oving and will be unable to play for at least a month. What a difference between the Socks of the beginning of the season and now! Gottman, the Texas Leaguer, reported at National Park yesterday, and also a pitcher named Gilbert, hailing from Havre de Grace. Dunkle and Fox are expected to- morrow. McCreery is playing a sensational game for the New Yorks, and has replaced Tier- nan in right field. Mac must have become very weary of Louisville. Captain Robinson of the Baltimores was on the field yesterday practicing for the first time in many moons. Robby is one of the gentlemen of the Baltimore team and a favorite with everybody. - If Manager Stallings can convince the Philacelphia magnates of his way of think- ing, the Quakers next year will be made up almost exclusively of young blood play- ers. Stallings can handle such an aggre- gation, but the present team is too much for him. La Chance is sadly missed by Brooklyn. The big first baseman sprained his leg bad- ly in sliding to first base in the second game with Baltimore last Wednesday and @id not accompany the team on this trip. Manager Barnie received a telegram from him yesterday saying that he was still un- able to play.and would be for some time. ‘The double umpire system ran up against a snag at Toledo, Ohio, Sunday. Rain stopped the game in the last half of the fourth inning. One umpire decided the game off on account of wet grounds, and the other gave it to Springfield 9 to 0. President Powers decided that the game must be played over. No games are scheduled in the west for today or tomorrow.! Today has been left open to play off any games that may have been postponed between Western teams, and tomorrow they will be flying eastward inorder to arrive in time for their second battle with the eastern teams on eastern diamonds. The West vs. East fight will begin all along the line Thursday and will continue for nearly a month. Tom Tucker, too, will be an attraction. When Boston played five games in three days at Washington on the way home from the west, Tom Tucker and Jimmy Mc- Guire were tne only players who went out of their way to injure the Boston men. In this respect McGuire was more aggressive than even the erratic Tomi Tucker, and yet gome people call McGuire a quiet player.— Boston Globe. President. N. E. Young of the National League came over from Washington yes- terday to see his new umpirical prodigy handle the indicator and perform his spe- cialty, enfitled “Master of the Field.” President Young expressed himself as pleased with Umpire Kelly’s work. It is needless to remark that the Orioles were pleased with Mr. Kelly's work of yesterday, and if he will but continue to do as well there will be no complaint if “Uncle Nick” assigns Mr. Kelly here for the rest of the season. His treatment of the Orioles yes- terday was in strong contrast with his treatment of them in Philadelphia last week.—Biltimore Sun. Pitchers Amole, from Reading, und Kit- son from Burlington, Iowa, the last acqui- sitions cn Manager Hanlon’s pitching staff, were out practicing with the Baltimores yesterday, and both made favorable” im- pressions. The two young men are striking contrasts In appearance. Amole is a thick- set, round-bodied, powerful-looking young fellow, with ruddy complexion and light hair. Kitson is of very dark complexion, tall, slender and somewhat ungainly in action. He sends a ball across the y.ate with a lot of speed with apparently very little effort. He has long arms and an easy swing, much like Hoffer’s. One of the old- time rooters declared that Kit§on @itched very much as the late David Foutz did when he was one of the champion Browns’ crack twirlers. Pitcher Maul was practjc- ing yesterday also.—Baltimore Sun. Manager Hanlon may look on his men as aggressive ball players. Capt. Tebeau can drive all respectable people from the game in Cleveland by the filthy language of his ill-bred aggregation, and New York may heap abuse on all umpires that refuse to rob the visiting teams. But the men who are interested in the game should have no interest in common with these few slick people who would rob the sport of fair play simply to gain a few dollars. Edward Han- lon should be held wholly responsible for the unwholesome actions of his players, just as much as Tebeau and the National League, though Mr. Young should give Pree @ call bode etve ae men oe isgrace on the’ sport. . Lyne! Sheridan can tell ini ve their money invested gether before it is too late.—Boston Globe. To White Sulphur on Wheels. Messrs. T. E. Ritnour and Dr. George Lattimer left thig morning at 10 o’clock on their wheels for White Sulphur Springs, a two weeks" visit. be sia WHIST. IN. SUMMER wa pee : Lovers of the Silent Game Are by No Meas Ides’ ee WHERE HE SORT W& POPULAR Clubs That Will Be ‘Heard From Next» Winter. A RECENT LOCAL CONTEST ‘Warm weather does not lessen the ardor of the enthusiastic whist players, and be it at club, mountain or seaside resorts, you will find the lovers of the silent game tay- ing up experience that will help them in their play at the next congress, Chicago heads the list in the number of players that gather nightly and tri- weekly, both at the North Shore and Chi cago Duplicate, Boston holds ker interest by offering prizes, the contests being con- ducted on the Howell method for pairs. ‘tne members of,the winning pair each week are entitled to enter the finals, which are play- ed off the latter part of September. At the American Club of Boston, no two play- ers are allowed to play as partners oftener than twice. At the Duplicate Club of Bos- ton, the pair that has won a place in the finals is not allowed to play again. This is a hot fight, with coats off, windows open and ice water served between deals, but no one seems to be “hot in the collar,” as they are all playing good whist; the bril- lant, intelligent, instructive and attractive manner in which Bouve and Howell serve up to whist lovers of the hub the gist of the game and the whist news from all over the country is an incentive for interest tor all lovers -of whist. Howell is a trenchant, luctd writer and sets the whist public study- ing to find out which line of play offers the most plausible reasons for gaining tricks. Greater New York is all aglow with whist fire, and the new state league includes nine- teen clubs, including the Town and Gown Club of Ithaca, the Fort Schuyler of Utica— another new club that will soon be to the front. Foster, Baker and Weems—eminent whist writers—and other contributors fur- nish focd for thought and stimulate inter- est in the game. Philadelphia has more good whist players than any city in- th® world. Milton C. Work, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Wager-Smith, Hawley and che Queer Whisticus always have some chotce Teading before the public, and the prizes offered by all the clubs of that city have much to do with perfecting the play ct the whist contingent. Wilmington has some rare whist talent, and is steadily drilling the teams and will give some surprises this winter to many of the clubs. . Baltimore, since the defection of Wal- brook, has not had the enthusiasm which was to be expected after its great showing at the sixth congress. The drubbing that Washington gave Baltimore and Walbrook combined—beating them twenty-nine tricks —was discouraging. The city of monu- ments still has the talent, and the dose she administered to Walbrook Jast week shows that she will have;her Whelan, McCays, Duvals and Steeles ¢o the; front this win- ter. r % Walbrook being ;spmewhat a .summi city has all her whist talent at home, a1 are going over the iplays of;,Put-in-Bay. Toledo has a bad cage of whist mania, and she has.every reason to be proud. The win- ning of the A. W. 1; trophy and the Min- neapolis pair trophy showa her to be a center of much whist thought, and her teams are capable of gneat whist. Detroit has long ‘been a whist city,- and with Toledo contributed much pleasure to the eastern delegates whom they royally entertained. Rs Milwaukee has fufnishedythe Nestor of whist—the lamented: Rhinebardt played in most of the cities -of Eurepe, and though not up to-all the new.dads was a safe, con- servative player, and his memory ig. @ver. kept green with all-whis$-lavers,and a silent topst is drunk at every banquet board at iecnome of the Whist_Journal. = This fall will start in, with the greatest baom for whist ever Knd: Every south- ern city is knocking for admittance at tne gates of the national league. The’New At- lantic auxiliary will give much practice to the local ciubs preparatory to getting ready to wrest the trophy from Brooklyn, which was wo at Put-in-Bay by the ‘ndrrow Margin of: one trick. pe Washington is right in the van, and there has been no let up this summer, although she had no representative teams at Put-in- Bay. Colonel Buffington of New York made "the open statement at the seventh con- gress that Washington could pick a team that could beat any four represented at the seventh congress. At Capon Springs Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Seaton, Mrs. Polk Buell, Mrs. Walls, and Messrs. Safford, Buell and others from Washington, Miss Rasin and Mrs. Rey- nolds of Baltimore, and Mrs. Rogers of Philadelphia are all devoting gnuch time to whist, and last Saturday morning had @ progressive match for prizes. Mrs. Walls and Mrs. Rogers were not eligible for the prizes, being considered too expert in‘ the game. The Misses Schmidt have their whist friends with them often, and are practicing much together. Miss E. F. King is studying whist hard, and answers many of the intricate problems in the Whist Journal. Her team should be heard from at the next woman’s congress, as they are strong players and in thorough accord. Bouve is giving a course of lessons on the defense of short-suit leads. He will find his pupils at sea, when long suits are led as if they were short, for instance, opening jack with king, jack, ten, and opening ten with queen, ten, nine, and nine, holding jack, nine, eight. The whist writers themselves are puzzled as to the best defense against these interior leads. Whist Journal for August, in acknowledg- ing a correct whist criticism from Val. Starnes, says: “No good whist playef will lead king ftom king and two other trumps, unless the ten is present,”*and yet Bouve, in playing against the writer, opened the king of trumps in his first original opening from king, queen, eight and five. The writer of this article, with the ace, ten and spot in trumps, held up the ace and allowed the first trick to yin, as he had an established suit of spades and wanted two or three rounds of trumps, if he could remain in the lead. This match was the first progressive fours. Miss Campbell and partner, playing N. and S., le (216 tricks. The Mathias brothers—the Minne- apolis trophy winners of Toledo, with the same hands and against the same players, made only 208 tricks. Baltimore's cele- brated Captain Whelan and Henriques scored 210 tricks; Hamilton, the whist writer, and Snow (the strong pair of Al- bany), 215 tricks; .Kieb and Henius of Brooklyn, 200. A very interesting hand, given below, showing the loss of'five tricks, was play- ed at the C. Bi. C’\fast Si#turday night: Common sense pféyera ‘open the hand with diamonds, niaé or ack; short-suit players svith the pinmitnn pes . If W at trick nine returns the ond, he saves three diamond tricks, as We has the last trump for a re-entry. forth pp’ Clubs 10. ¥. aetiaay ; 88 82° so 1 ce CAx OT 2 BO OOS rH os 86 oO DS 87 Ey 8 ae er H Ha He BS: 9 Dy Bio 10 HB BT Be rf Ho DI 12 By DK DA a8 xWinning trick. y Potomec Doat Clak Regatta. ‘The annual’ regatta of the Potomac Boat Club takes place tomorrow afternoon, over the club’s course, from in front of its boat house, fvot of Sist street, to the Aqueduct bridge and return. Individual prizes will be given each winning oarsman and sculler. The races will start promptly at 5:30 g’clock and admission to the club house 4s by card. The First weigh: ‘@Varden, 1; Ne as; stroke. Light 1; Von Young, 3, and W. C. Looker, stroke. ericksburg: Eliason, 1; Simms, 3, and R. Looker, weights: Gordon, 1; Clifton, 2; G. Hume, 3, and F. Ball, stroke, Fourth race—6:35 o’clock—Single sculls. George Von Dachenhausen and C. G. War- Fifth race—Kight-oared shell. New eight: f . coxswain. H. 35, Wheatley, 5; Simms, 6; Alex Von Dachenhausen, 7; F. M. Ball, stroke; Conly, coxswain. Sixth race—Winners of two four-oared contests for club championship. The officers of the regatta will be se- lected from the Analostan and Columbia fab. nas SES ‘AURORA WINS THE ap. Mr. Rose’s Yacht Lea at Ports- mouth in Half a Gale. PORTSMOUTH, August 17.—The race for the Rear Commodore's Cup, at the regatta of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, was etart- ed today in half a gale of wind. The yachts had their top gear Roused and got away with a single reef in their mainsails. The Duke of Abbruzzi’s Bona was first across the line, but Emperor William’s Me- teor scon assumed the lead, with Mr. Charles Day Rose’s Aurora second. Aurora finished first, Bona second and Meteor third. TORONTO'S PAIR-OARED RACE. Argonnuts Defeat Vesper and West Philadelphia at Philadelphia. The pair-oared shell race for the Ameri- can championship, which last Saturday was ordered to be rowed over by the ref- eree of the national regatta because of the crews fouling at the turning stake, was won yesterday by the Argonaut Rowing Club ef Toronto, Canada. Summary: Pair-oared shell—One and one-half miles, with a_turn—Won by Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, Canada; Joseph Wright, stroke; F. J. Thompson, bow. Vesper Boat club, Philadelphia; W. Foulker, strok Edward Marsh, bow, second. West Phila- delphia Bort Club, Philadelphia; W. M. Blackburn, stroke; W. M. Myers, bow, third. Time, 10.11 1-5. National Croquet Tournament. The Norwich, Conn., courts are in superb condition for the annual tournament of the National Croquet Association, which opens today. Secretary N. L. Bishop has re- ceived many entries of noted players, and an interesting tournament is expected. The Butler brothers of Middletown, Conn., will be on hand. Earl C. Butler won the national championship last year and will make a lively effort to retain it. He is said to be playing in fine form. George C. Strong of New London, Conn., a for- mer champion, will seek to regain the title. Professor Jacobus of Springfield, Mass., another strong player, will compete. Messrs. Adamson and Crosby, who have had thorough training on the splendid courts at Cottage City, Mass., will be on hand. Wahley of Washington, who played for the Van Wickle trophy last year and was tied with Butler for first place, will make another attempt for the champion- ship. Among others who have entered are Messrs. Davenport. of Northampton, Mass. ; Dickey of Norwich, Dwight of Melrose, Mass., and representatives of the croquct clubs of Cleveland and Brattleboro, Vt. Washington Campers Play Ball. A game of base ball was played Saturday afternoon at River Springs, St. Mary's county, Md., between a team from that place and one from Blackiston's Island, both composed principally of young men from Washington who are camping at the summer landings. The game resulted in a victory for Blackiston’s Island by a score of 16 to 7. The batteries were Marry Waters and Ned Lay for the winners and Robert and Wade Blackiston for the River Springs team. ‘The features of the game were the bat- tery work of Waters and Lay and the bat- ting of Messrs. Richard Lay, Reginald Walker, Harry Waters and Ned Lay. Many Bpectators were present, and after the playing had a watermelon feast on the lawn and a dance in the evening on the ppen-air pavilion. se VASSAR’S COLORED GRADUATE. Her Name is Hemmings and Her Home is in Boston. ‘A special to the Philadelphia Press from Boston says: Anita Hemmings, the young colored wo- man who graduated from Vassar this-year, is the oldest of four children of Robert Hemmings of 9 Sussex street. He has been saving, and has made a home clear for his children. Robert, the next child to Anita, graduated at the Institute of Technology as a chemist this year. Anita has from a little child been of a studious disposition. She stood high in all her classes in Boston, and in the gradua' ing class of 1888 at the Prince Grammar School, she graduated first. From the Prince School Miss Hemmings determined to ge through the English High School for Girls. This she did, and at the end of the course stood high in her class. She wanted to go to college, so as to be Prepared to teach in Boston schools. She felt that there was an opening for young colored women in Boston schools. About this time her studious disposition, together with her quiet manner, attracted the attention of a philanthropic woman, a member of Trinity Church, and it was through her efforts that Miss Hemmings went first to Dwight L. Moody’s at North- .field and from there to Vassar. Miss Hemmings, while at Northfield, was @ rocmmate and friend of Miss Bessie Ba- ker, now the wife of Attorney William Henry Lewis of this city, known in his col- lege days as Harvard’s great center rush. Miss Hemmings was bridesmaid at- their wedding last fall. While at Vassar she was taken for a white woman, as she has a clear olive skin, straight hair and coal black eyes. Miss Hemmings is well known in this city among the colored people, and with them she is very popular. In church work among the colored people, Miss Hemmings has been a valuable assistant to Father Field of the Church of St. Augustine, Episcopal. —..— Silver Executive Committee. Chairman Towne yesterday afternoon an- nounced the executive committee of the wational silver republican party. The members are: Chairman, Fred. T. Dubols, Idaho; Judge J. J. Harper of Washington Court House, Ohio; Ben S. Dean of James- town, N. Y.; A. M. Stevenson of Denver, Col.; Nathan Cole, jr.,. of Los Angeles, Cal.; James H. Temer of Chicago, and Charles 8. Hartman of Bozeman, Mont. Mr. Towne is in Duluth, Minn. ——_+oxr—___—_. Modern Chivairy. From the Boston Transcript. The story of a whole company of soldiers enlisting to be grafted for duty in bits to save the life of a suffering little girl is worthy of Kipling. It is, however, a true ® ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Several Oases of Assault Now Being Investigated. A STATION KEEPER GETS SCARED Thought a Prisoner Had Attempted Suicide. OTHER MATTERS Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King st. (Bell Telephone No. 106.) ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 17, 1897. Shortly after 7 o'clock last night one of the inmates of a house of ill-fame on North Eee street, kept by a woman named Ida Busch, rushed up to police headquar- ters, all excitement, saying that some one was killing a woman down at Ida Busch’s. Lieutenant Smith and Officer Knight rush- ed to the scene and found the place-in an uproar. A young man named John Mum- ford of this city, Joe Fort of Washington and Daisy Belmont, one of the inmates, were put under arrest. In the police court this morning the testimony showed that young Mumford and Daisy Belmont had been out for a bicycle ride, and when they returned Daisy had an exaggerated case of “loaded.” Fort cailed to see Daisy, and Mumford, it is said, objected. At any rate, it was claimed that he broke in a door on ore of the upper floors and assaulted an- other of the inmates. The scene created a Sreat deal of excitement, and the woman assaulted was not able to appear at court. Mayor Simpson fined Mumford $10, Daisy Belmont $2.50 and Joe Fort forfeited % collateral. Alleged Case of Assault. An alleged case of assault was reported at police headquarters last night by Sam- ved Jackson, a colored shoemaker who re- sides at 1406 King street, who claimed that @ negro man named Jack Washington had criminally assaulted his daughter Lizzie at Notley Hall, a colored excursion resort just below this city on the Maryland shore. The Fernleaf Club, a colored organiza- ticn, gave an excursion to Notley Hall, yes- terday, and Lizzie Jackson was among the visitors. On her return she told her father that Washington had taken advantage of her. When the police heard of the matter they at once made a search for Washing- ton, and he was arrested about midnight. He denies the charge. The mayor had a preliminary hearing in the police court this morni.g, and committed Washington to jail to await the action of the Maryland au- thorities. ‘Will Be Tried Thursday. The trial of Richard Murphy, charged with holding up George W. Taylor, which was to have come up this morning, was pestponed until Thursday morning, at 9 o'clock. Taylor, it will be remembered, claims that Murphy held him up at the point of a pistol about 12 o'clock Saturday night. Murphy is represented by Mr. S. G. Brent. Wanted to Use a Knife. Last night as the colored excursionists were returning from Notley Hall Officer Knight noticed some excitement on the end of the wharf and hurried to the scene. He found a drunken negro woman named Martha Lewis with an uplifted knife threatening to cut anybody that approach- ed her. He put the woman unéer arrest. This morning she said as her defense: ir. Mayor, ‘deed dat ‘nife wouldn't cut hot butter,” but the mayor thought differently and fined her $2.50. Seared the Station Keeper. Daisy Bellemont, who was confined at Police headquarters last night, charged with disorderly conduct. made a bluff at committing suicide shortly before mid- aight last night ard succeeded in giving Station Keeper Hall auite a scare. The woman yelled and screamed to attract at- tention and when found was lying on the floor with a piece of skirt binding around ker throat and her tongue sticking out. She said later she was playing a joke. Police Court. In the police court last night Mayor Simpson disposed of the following cases: Rosier Campbell and Ezra Jackson, two baggage wagon drivers, charged with tres- passing on the property of the Washington Southern Railway Company, fined $1 each. George Sullivan, charged with drunk and Gisorderly conduct, fined $2.50. Mission Meeting. Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, general man- ager of the Florence Crittenden Mission for fallen women, will address the Home Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church this evening at 8 o'clock. All are invited. Charter Granted. Judge C. F. Nicol of the circuit court for this city has granted a charter to the Solar Gas and Machine Company, the object of which is to manufacture gas machines and gas. The capital stock is $500,000, divided into 5,000 shares of $100 each. John Quinn of New York is president, Gustavus P. Macias of Washington, vice president; M. H. Sherwood of New York, treasurer and secretary. K. Kemper is named as agent of said company in this city. Mr. Gwynn’s Faneral. The funeral of the late Bennett #&. Gwynn, whose death has been mentioned in The Star, took place from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church this afternoon and was largely attended. Mass was said by Rev. Father Cutler. Z Brevities. George Cleveland, who was shot by T. W. Brawner, has been allowed to leave the Alexandria Infirmary. J. Lawrence Perry and Courtenay Acton have returned from Atlantic City. Miscreants have been defacing the tiling in the vestibule of the residence of Mrs. Ewing, 917 Prince street. The police are on the lookout for them. Colonel John 8. Mosby has gone to Call- fornia. Mr. G. E. Warficld has returned from Lewisburg, W. Va. Miss Fogg is quite sick with typhoid fever at 311 Duke street. is rooms night. Mr. H. R. Burke is still quite ill at his home on Wilkes street. Mr. E. L. Daingerfield and family are at Atlantic City. Miss Anna R. Taylor has returned from Ww. C. iy’ ashington preached an interesting sermon at the gospel tent last night. —_.__ Delicious Ice Cream Soda. .....5¢. No Trace —Of those unsightly spots and stains will remain after cleansing you: garments with CLEANSI- LINK. Acts like magic in remov- ing dirt and grease from fabrics of every description. Bnongh ina large bottle to keep your clothes: clean for a year—only 25 cents. Mertz’s Pharmacy 11th and F Sts. The Great American Wenkness. From Town Topics. I greet with » glad hand the organization of a society “to be composed of the boys ané girls who are too young to be eligible to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, but who possess all the other necessary requirements.” Brooklyn, that capital and center of the noblest thought of the century, kas the honor of being the founder of the new society, which is to b called the Little Men and Women of 1776. Everybody must have felt for a long time that there were not enough societies in the United States. I know personally of a pumber of woren who only: belong (o fif- teen or twenty of these so-called patriotic concerns, and they complain bitterly that there are not more of them to join. Many men, too, have had the same grievance. There are Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Men Who Emigrated to the Colonies Befo' 1630, Sous of the Men Who Emigrated io the Colonies After 16%), Descendants of the Men Who Fought in the Indian Wars, De- scendants of ihe Men Who Did Not Fight in the Indian Wars, Descendants of Revo- jutionary Officers, Descendants of Revolu- tionary Soldiers, Descendants of Minute Men, Descendarts of the Boston Tea Party, Mayflower Desvendants, Descendants of Signers, Descerdants of No1-Signers—for ali_I know, Descendants of Indentured Servants and Descendants of Transported Convicts. We believe so thoroughly in the doctrine of equality and are so averse to anything which smacks of aristocracy that we can- not belong to enough societies that com- memorate our ancestors and somebody else's ancestors: and thereby we gild our- selves with luster, besides getting a chance to add buttons and badges and pins to our collections and bosoms, and to serve on committees or get some sort of honorary office. “The American mind,” wrote Cel. John Hay, some thirty-five years ago.“runs ‘ally to con:mittees, when great men His expression was not sufficiently inclusive. There ts no startling number of great men to fall, at any time, but the thirst for committees is permanent. The American mind runs naturally to commit- tees, every day of every year. There are thousands of men who cheerfully neglect their own business for the sake of being on committees of societies which are of no use or ornament under heaven. It is a modern form of altruism. I congratulate the Little Men and Women of Brooklyn upon their good fortune. As soon as they can creep they will be able to blossom with buttons and to serve upon committees. This Brocklyn organization points the way to the final step in the development of patri- Clic societies. There must be a Society of in Arms of the American Revolution, The committee business cannot start too soon. ——eee. ad the Left Ha: The Piano From Harper's Bazar. Trashy piano music, with thin harmonies, gives the lion’s share of what effort it ne- cessitates to the right hand, while of the left is required but a feeble thrumming. All good, well-written music, whether difti- cult or easy, makes equal demands on poth hands. The faithful teacher should see to it that the student does such music justice by training the left hand to equai skill with the right. Where an instinctive pref- erence is shown for the left, the riht must be the more carefully driiled, but in this instance, as has been chown, the stu- dent is at a certain advantage. Oid Father Bach gave, in all his compo- sitions, equal play to both hands. A pains- taking practice of the left hand of his in- ventions and fugues, then of both hands, will do much toward the achievement of equality. Beethoven, as well, is one of the masters who expect all ten fingers to obey their behests, and the pianist who would interpret his creations must be able to ex- press as much with one hand as with the other. it has been truly said that the educated hand is the most perfect instrument by means of which imagination and idealism are transiated into fact. Two such instru- ments the skillful pianist must possess. Education should make him ambitextrous, whether his instinctive preference be for the right or the left hand. Consequently he, of all people, should enjoy to the ut- most the advantages arising from well- developed brains, heart and all the mental and physical faculties. —— If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. —_—_+e-+—_____ Proof. From the Chicago Post. As the man in the white flannel suit went by she turned away and also turned up her nose. “He doesn’t amount to anything as a ten- nis player,” she said contemptuousiy. “How do you know?” demanded her coun- try cousin, who wat not posted in such matters. “Why, he doesn’t tum up the bottoms of his trousers,” she replied with conviction. —— .