Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1897, Page 3

WILL HOLD A pls ; THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1897—12 PAGES. — ~ (a —; = SPECIAL NOTICES. BOTH PARTIES SPLIT THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAE - INO SIGNS OF: FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL. _ September 7. at cs se6-2t* OUR CUTTER KNOWS PRECTS! you as you should be fitted T. Keen, is now with us.se6-sd September 1, 1807. ship between Ch: Botseh and . trading as the Columbia Packing ave. miv., fs this day dissolved 1 consent «. W. Gotsch will continue business. Respectfull the on. on the Falls of Ilo $100; balance il per week, or $4) cash. stance $1 TES i. CLEMENTS, F st. nw. JoSSore * ySth xt. now. CIAL.—ALL nizations desi i use of hall this book is now open. Sceure lows" 7th st. nw dates now. — Prices lew. Apply to WALTER A. BROWN, 1423 Pa. ave. se-1n <M SHES TO INFORM patrons that he is now with Mr. E. 1330 G st. n.w., where he woald be pleased to serve them fa the execation of ill Kinds of work pertaining to the banging ef wall papers and Interior decorations. se2-6t* CLEVELAND PAL Extends from Connecticut ave. to Tenallytown Toad. Pay it a visit. FOR YOUR WEDDING —let_ us engrave the Invitations, Announce- ments, Personal Cards, ete. We do the en- graving—use the at Dame Fash- jot has decided 1 weddings. We'll have e ready when we prom- ise it. And our pri enly as mutch as fine work fe really worth. Easton & Rupp, 421 11thSt. POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. se6-14d_ “I never disappoint.” N. Richard: au2s Promptness fs a virture very mu in evis In one policy of business. We ius or do fim You'll find us_to ar patroaaze. — Estiny Why pay full Prices on Laths an buy them here at the mo Wharf or would find to bid lower if we sup We ask you to wst tis. 3 nd Ind. ave one 2i nd Wharves, foot 4th st. s.e. "Phone 551. 10 NO APPETITE? ‘Try two Singers of Tharp’s Pure Berkeley before ereh ani you wiil ro longer complain of want of appetite. It is a great appetizer and a $1aquart. At JAS. THA prers th UNDERHILL : BRAND Al LATHINC ATCHETS are as well of Amer ve only Sa a ADWARE,” John B. Espey, ;Xoupware ‘3m, 10d A MYSTERIO US BODY In the Woods Near by Laurel, Mary- land. Youbt as to the Sex—Partial Inquest Held—Very Few Clues Are in Sight. - Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LAUREL, September 6, 1897. This place was threwn into considerable excitement yesterday morning ever the finding of a decomposed body of a white person, supposed to be a woman, by ‘Thos. Keys, a young lad of fifteen years, in the Kellogg woods, which are east of the B. ard O. railroad and abcut a mile from urel. The body was reduced to a mere keleton, being but partially covered with skin, and had evidently been lying where found for a menth cr more past. The skull, which was devoid of flesh or skin, was de- ed from the body. The person was lently nude when death came, as there @ny clothing about the however, a pair of enditicn, with the body, that of a male person. Yelock yesterd zekson held an ing y afternoon Jus- with the fol- Wm. s, R. Brown, J John Phatr, and Geo. W. Jonn W. G! nist of the s here, ed through the Kellogy Curley Nation testified ¢ specimens of plants. man there, he n. The man, as all, had about a week’ chia and face, ustache. cond! could re gtowth ¢ and had As it was raining, mp, and was ta! L. ‘overy of the body today recalled th urrence to him. Although not k the corpse was found, Mr. ption of the loc: » nude man tallied exactly sew t plece vhere the corpse was d Dr. Huntt of Laurel, who examined the said that judging from the sh of the bones the body was that of a wo- man. Near the skull was found some hair >wn color and of a fine texture, in- < that it must have been a woman. ir was short. Without reaching an decision the jury adjourned until th evening at ¢ o'clock. With many the opinion b t be some fi Scme, how er, think that the body seen by Mr. Knowi- that the person small hand and was of small stat- id the testimony of Dr. Huntt, tends that it must have been a remale. however, either male or fem been missed from here, whica gives color tc the impression that the corp: Irust be of sume one of another locality, who was lured or brought here and mur- dered. Bailiff Robey is at work making the best of what evidence he has toward nraveling the mystery surrounding the case. The fact that the person has evi- Gently been dead for a month pzst wil! make the search a difficult one. The skull was found-a short distance from the body. Undertaker Wm. Milstead took the body in charge and buried it late yesterday afternoon in Laurel cemetery. aS CONDENSED LOCALS, Isaac Klein, four years old, was run over by one of R. A. Walker's grocery wagons, near the corner of Sth and N streets Satur. day. The boy received internal injuries, and was taken to the home of his parents, No, Lill 9th street, by Howard Henning, colored, wko was driving the wagon. Ac- cording to the report of the police the driver is not responsible for the accident. No. 4 engine company was called out about 11 o'clock Saturday night for fire ia the house of Charles C. Smith, No. 1250 street southwest. The explosion of a coal oil lamp caused the fire, which re- sulted in doing about $25 damage. Mrs. Jennie Goldberg, who lives -at No. 641 D street, fell from a Metropolitan elec- tric car Saturday night and received se. vere bruises. She was taken to the Emer- gency Hospital by the police. Mrs. Margaret Hurrover, who lives at No. 11% 2d street, was se painfully burned Sat urday by the explosion of a gasoline stove that she had to be taken to the Emergency, Hospital for treatment. James Snowden, a burly colored man, was today fined $ by Judge Kimball for assaulting and striking a small colored boy named Nelson Williams, Virginia Democrats Divided on Sil- ver; Republicans on Patronage. HISTORY OF FIGHT ON COL. LAMB Began With the Contest Between the Reed and McKinley Factions. THE SITUATION AT PRESENT Special Correspendence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 4, 1897. The mosi interesting feature of Virginia polities today is the condition of affairs existing within the -republican ranks. It is a unique situation, and the powerful fight going on within the party bids fair to_result in as bad a split as now exists within the ranks of the democracy through- out the state over the question of the re- monetization of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold and the attack upon the federal courts and the Cleveland admin‘stration. The trcuble dates back before the re- publican convention in Staunton. National politics was at the bottom of it all._There was a certain faction in the state who strongly supported the interests of Reed for the presidential nomination. The most conspicuous among these were what is generally known in poliiical circles here as the machine men, and they were com- Posed principally of shrewd politicians who Were anxious to control patronage. These men were led by Park Agnew, Col. Wm. Lamb, chairman of the republican state committee; Col. James T. Brady and a few others. On the cther hand there were the great bulk of the.republican party in the State favorable to the nomination of Mc- Kinley for President. it may be said that mere than three-fourths of the republicans in Virginia were McKinley men. Still they had a “hard road to travel” when they tackled the leaders of the Reed forces, who Were familiar with the ropes and skilled in political manipulation Col. Lamb him- self was not, to all appearances, in search of an office, but was anxious ‘to remain state chairman and elect Reed delegates to the vational convention. When the Trouble Bega At the Staunton convention Mc inley delegates carried the day, and then it was that the fight on in earnest. The plan adopted at Staunton was for the various county and city chairmen to be chosen by the respective county and cjty committzes, and for the state committee not to interfere mith the work of the local committe re was to be a state committee of and an executive committee of four chairman of the state rommittee as chairman, and three out- siders. It was agreed that the chairman of the state committee should be elected by the state convention, and that the chair- man of the executive committee oniy would be authorized to call a meeting of the com- mittee when a majority of the members re- quested it, and that the state committee could then call a convention if it saw fit. As a matter of fact when the committee met in Lynchburg it was not called by the executive committee through the chairman, as Col. Lamb was not notified at all. Charges were brought against him by out- siders, and he was deposed by the state committee, part of which was represented by proxies. He claims that the whole pro- ceedings were illegal, and consequently not in accordance with the plan agreed upon at the last republican convention held. A well-known republican here who stands high in the party as one of the most in- fluential and trustworthy men in the ranks throughout the state, and who has held several prominent federal offices, in an in- terview with The Star correspondent, said that political patronage is at the botiom of. the whole difficulty. It is a well-known fact, he said, that Judge Edmund Waddill, jr, was the leader of the McKinley cam_ paign in ‘Virginia. Judge Waddill was a personal frierd of Mr. McKinley's, and had charge of the campaign funds in this state. He was very active in McKinley's behalf, and his right-hand man was Gen, Edgar Allan, who spends about one-half of his time in Washington. Both of these men are, and have for quite a while been bitter political foes of Col. Lamb, state chairman, and for some time have been trying hard to defeat him as state chairman. They have worked hard against him, and have never let up in the fight since it commenced. Those who are supporting Colonel Lamb in the present fight are trying to make capital out of the change in the attitude of Colone! Brady and Park Agnew toward their chieftain. They broadly charge that the prospect of patronage, since realized, led these erstwhile strong friends of Colo- nel Lamb to desert him and finally com- pas his downfall. The anti-Lamb faction is uneasy about the call for a convention, evidently fearing the Norfolk man will be put forward the leader of the party in this state. The pressure upon the ex-chairman call a convention resulted in the is the call for Octob in Lynchburg. mher 29 meetings will be held state to choose delegates to the convention. nwhile there is a great deal of specu- ion as to what will be the outcome of gathering. It is thought that a gubcr- torial ticket will be nominated, headed Gen. Walker, and that Lamb be chairman. In to ue of Sep- Mover the Uni opposing ly result in Col. and this will ion in the party. : Lamb's Ambition. Colonel Lamb says he the position of st wanted to see the state carried for the re- publican presidential nominee, and he would have succeeded in doing this if bis supporters had not been caught by offices and premises of offices to oppose him and his methods of work in the campaign. He ciaims t he would not have any office within the gift of the people of the staie, not even governor. Colonel Lamb says he has clear proofs that his supporters, whom he had depend- ed upon for assistance, were bribed to join the opposition with offices, and that a few of these men are.making a fight against and sinew of the republican party state against the holding of a con- He thinks the gathering at Lynchburg will be a representative one, and that they will make it warm for those who tried to run the interest of the republican party in Virginia according to the views of a few men who practically controlled the patronage of the state in federal offices under the present adminis- tration. While all tats row In the family is going on there is being drawn within the ranks of the party a very distinct color line. Little show is being given the negroes, and they have already held a convention here in which they decided to demand more patronage, and insist upon some considera- tion being’ shown their race in the party. They claim that they supported McKinley and worked for his interests in the state, and that they consequently have a right to expect that some of the patronage will come their way. A general gathering of the negroes {s called to meet here the latter part of the month and formulate plans to secure some of the offices among their race. It will be a large meeting, and it is proba- ble that Lamb will be indorsed for state chairman. At a recent meeting of the negro and white republicans in Halifax county, the negroes outnumbered the whites, and car- ried things to suit themselyes, whereupon, after some protests, the white members of the convention withdrew and refused to have anything further to do with the pro- ceedings. ‘The division in the party is being steadily increased by the drawing of the color line, and this will serve to weaken the party in the coming fight. The negroes are very angry with the republican state committee for refusing to call a convention, and say they will have a convention and state ticket without any fusion with populists and gold democrats. —>___ A colored boy named Alexander Tolson, eight years old, was ran over and painfully injure] Saturday night between 7 and 8 o'clock by A. &. Caywood’s » Mr, Caywood was out driving at the time. The injured boy was sent to 's Hos- pital for treatment. The accident happened near 18th and T streets northwest, 299 @ Fan ~ BSr0m, 80° EXILANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., %5th meridian time. Solid lines are 1so- bars, or tin of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an tuch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees, Shaded areas wre regions whcre rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve Lours. The words “Ligh” and ‘Low’ show location of areas of high und low barometer. ‘Smali arrows Oy with the wind. GENERALLY FAIR. Pleasant Weather Indicated for To- morrow, Too. Ferecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday: For the Distriet of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, generally fair tonight and Tuesday; variable winds. The storm in the east gulf yesterday morning has moved to the west gu!f. A northeast wind of forty-eight miles per hour during the past twelve hours and a rainfall of 5.00 inches during the last twen- ty-four hours were reported from Port Fads. < A ridge of high pressure extends from the south Atlantic coast to the north of Lake Superior, and will dominate the weather in the lower lake region, the Ohio valley and the middie and north Atlantic states during the next thirty-six hours. he pressure is also high cff the middle Facific coast. A trough of low pressure ex- tends from Nebraska to Assiniboia. Light showers have occurred in this trough and on the south Atlantic and gulf coasts. For the twenty-four hours ending 8 a.m. Sunday showers occurred on the south At- lantic, the middle and east guif coasts, and in the upper Mississippi valley. The temperature has risen in New Eng- land, the northern slope, and has remained nearly stationary elsewhere. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours: Port Eads, 5.00; Jack- sonvilie, 1.02; Savanriah, 1.12.’ During the twenty-four hours ending S a.m. Sunday: Jupiter, 2. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Collision on the River and Much Damage Done. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE Members of the National Guard to Be Court-Martialed. OTHER LOCAL NOTES a Evening Star Bureau, No, 52) King street (Bell Telepkone 106), ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 6, 1897. Between /half-past 6 and 7 o'clock this mcrning the steamboats Columbia of the ferry route and Newport News of the Nor- felk end Washington Steamboat Company ccllided when just opposite “Fishtowr,” this city, and the Columbia was badly wrecked and three persons badly hurt. Capt. Tally Folkes, who was in charge of the Columbia, was bruised about the left side, his left hand was bruised and cut and shoulder wrenched. He also sustained in- juries in the back, and it is believed that he is hyrt internally. Mr. Jim Scott, a watchman, sustained severe cuts and brvises about the arms and body, and an unknown scissors grinder was also badly bruised. It is more than fortunate that the boat was an early one, and had but few passengers, else there would undoubt- edly have been serious loss of life. From what can be learned of the col- lision it appears that the Columbia left Washington at 6:10 o'clock this morning on her first trip to this city. There was a dense fog on the river at the time, and it is said that the Columbia was proceeding cautiously. As “Fishtown"’ was approached and he was nearing the wharf, Capt. Folkes claims he had the boat stopped. He had hardly done so before he saw the steamer Newport News loom up out of the fog, and “she was then,” said Capt. Folkes, “only ‘about twenty feet off.” Then there was a tremendous crash, and the bow of the Newport News plowed into the Columbia on the port side at the forward end of the wheel house. She went into the frame- work twenty feet, smashing the wheel to smithereens and brea'sing the shaft. ‘The saloon deck is a total wreck, and the closets on the port side are broken up; in fact, the Columbia is 2, total wreck on the port side amidships, and will have to be entirely rebuilt on that ‘side. The only damage to the Newport News is said to have been a broken flagstaff on the bow. ‘The Newport News proceeded on to Wash- ington and the Columbia was-towed to her in this city. Captain Folkes was in the pilot house at the time of the collision, and the shock pitched him from one side to the other, from which he rebounded, striking a chair, which broke. into a thousand bits. Captain Folkes had been running on the steamer Arrowsmith all the summer, but as Captain iskridge was sick he took charge of the Columbia’ this morning, and this was his first trip. That Captain Folkes is of the right material and has the nerve for a steamboat commander was shown _ this morning when he superintended the clear- ing of the wreckage after the accident, al- though he was badly hurt and really need- ed_the attention of a physician. The wrecking of the Columbia will be of great inconvenience to Alexandria _mer- chants, whe do a large business in Wash- ington, as it is the only boat on which loaded wagons can be driven without un- hooking the horses. It is said that the steamer Arrowsmith will be put on the ferry route. Police Court. Mayor Simpson had a large number of prisoners in the dock this morning as a re- sult of Saturday night and Sunday arrests. ‘The cases were disposed of as follows: Tim Henderson, colored, who assaulted Mary Wood, also colored, several weeks ago, and made his escape, was arrested by Officer, Beach this morning and fined $5. Harry Day, charged with stealing a pair of shoes from Dunk Day, was dismissed. James Pierce and John Riley, two tramps, charged with stealing fruit, were ordered to be out of town in thirty minutes. Wm. Jankins, a vag. was sent to Marshall Hall, his home. Tillie: Poindexter and Lewis Carrington were charged with disorderly conduct. Tillie was fined $5, and as Carringtor had escaped from the chain gang he was sent back with ten days added to his original sentence. George Sullivan and Frank Ent- wisle, charged with drunk and orderly conduct, were fined $3 each or thirty days in the work house as vagrants. @lary Jen- kins, Mary Hall, George Hamilton and Wm, Quili, charged with disorderly conduct,were fined $2.50 each. fs A Quict Game of Crap. Yesterday afternoon as Officer Proctor was patrolling his beat he learned that there was a crap game going on in a circus tent. He made a rafd on them and ar- rested Romeo Essex, John Curden, Ben. Johnson and John Gordon, The mayor fined them $5 each. Public Schools. : The clerk of the city school board was Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at S a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 76; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 76; condition at north connection, con- 7 dition at south connection, 30; distributing reservoir, temperature, 78; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 20. Tide Table, Today—Low tide, 9:49 a.m. and 10:30 Pp-m.; high tide, 3:07 a.m. and 3:54 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:58 a.m. and 11:38 P.m.; high tide, 4:22 a.m. and 5:01 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 5:33; sun sets, 6:22. Bicycle lamps must be lighted one hour after sunset, at 7:22 o'clock. = Moon sets, 1:33 a.m, tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:24. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:28 p.m: ex- tinguishing begun at 4:44 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 7:15 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:58 a.m. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday a{terngo: September 5—4 p.m., 80; 8 p.m., 72; night, 61. . September 6—4 a.m., 5 85, and 2 p.m., 86. Maximum, 86, at 2 p.m.; minimum, Sa.m., Gt busily engaged all the morning is: mits to children for the coming term of the public schuoi Permits were issued this morning and will be continued tomor- row and Wednesday to white children. Permits for colored children wil! be issued Thursday and Friday. In order to secure a permit it is necessary for the child to have a capitation tax recefpt, either of its father or guardian. The outlook this year is very promising, anduit is believed tnat the schools will be larger this session than for several years past. n The schools will open mext Monday morn- ing, with the following, teachers: Washington schoo!—Qolonel T.-H. Ficklin, principal; W. H. Greenwell, Fanny A. Wil- son, M. Angela Nevitt, Annie N. Summers, Wm. H. Sweeney, Cora L. Webster, S. An- nie Schofield, Virginia Roxbury, Alice B. Thomas and Alberta V. Sisson. Lee School—Sallie Y. McDaniel, principal; V. Ada Grigg, Rubie L. Broadus, Mary F. Walsh, Nannie M. Davis, Theresa V. Walsh, Oreon Bruce, M. J. K. Ficklin, Net- tie H. Francis and Sophie R. Bowie. Alexandria boasts of the finest public schools in the state, The private schools, of which there are a number, will open during the next two weeks. The Churches: Yesterday. Now that the people are beginning to return to town from their surrmer vaca- tions the congregations in the churches are beginning to increase again, and yes- terday there was a fairly large attendance in each of them. In the Episcopal churches the resident rectors officiated. Rev: Rich- ard Emmons preached an able sermon at Trinity M. E. Church yesterday morning. At the Second Presbyterian Church Rev. Mr. Rankin preached morning and even- ing. The pulpits in the other churches were filled by resident pastors. At the railroad reading rooms yesterday after- ncon Rey. Frank T. Benson, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church, preached an eloquent sermon to‘a large audience. Mr. Edward J. Hantzman conducted the service at the raiJrcad readirg reoms Sat- urday night. ‘Travers Not in Charge. Capt. Travers of the chain gang called at The Star bureau and stated that he was not in charge cf the chain gang the day Nux Payne, Albert Fisher, Norman Wil- liams and Joha McNamara escaped. Capt Travers said he was enguged in street work on Oronoco street at the time. Will Be Court-Martialed. Capt. Albert Bryan of the Alexan- dria Light Infantry says that intends to court-martial the men who Were absent from the annual inspection of the company last Friday night. He has, he says, asked for the discharge of twenty-one members of the company for the good of the sery ice. There is a surprise, and not a pleas- ant one, in store for some of those .men who have been persistent in their faflure to attend drills; but are always on when- ever there is any pleasure in it. Capt. Bryan, as has been said, is a strict dis. ciplinsrian, and is determined to put the company on a strictly military basis. New locks have been crdered for the lockers at the armory, which will enable the quar- termaster to put the company’s property in better shape. Fraternal Visit. Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of America, have accepted an invitation to pay a fraternal visit to Liberty Council of Washington, Wednesday night, September 15. A pleasant time is anticipated. Labor Day Quict. There has been no public demonstration today, dnd business has gone on about as usual. The banks have been closed and the pest office observed Sunday hours. The machine shops of the Southern rail- way have been closed down all day. Brevities, R. E. Lee-Camp, Confederate Veterans, will hold a megular meeting tonight. Mrs. Fred Kramer*left yesterday for a trip to Canada. one = Mr. Phil. Briscoe’ fas returned from Chapel Point, Md, © =: al Sergt. Smith, who is‘on the Sick list, con- tinues to improve, - «; { Mr. Philip Knox andMr. Arthur Herbert ett for North Caroling today on a hunting rip. $ Mr. Wythe White, manager ‘of the Bell telephone exchange, is in +hmond business. ened ie oe N. Y¥., Mr. A. B. Milburn Gf Northport, is visiting his parents in this city. A number of Alexindrians ‘went 1o At- lantic City yesterday, “ s sce "onde hr inte sete ctin; inager of Home Telephone Company by Receiver Knox. Rev. Father McCarthy of” St. Mary’s Church, returned from) ence Hos- pital today, much ‘improved’ health. Father McCarthy will not resume duties for several weeks. at Sea aeran etiam eat My ju in ut yard this morning. 4 —s eee — SATOLLI WAS NOT PROMOTED. A Formal Declaration on the Sub- Ject From the Vatican. A dispateh from Rome says: A. formal declaration has been made by the Vatican that tHe st&tement that: Cardinal Satolli has been designated by the pope to suc- The Remarkable Eady Kites ‘ and What They Have Accomplished. PHOTOGRAPHY IN MIDAIR Possibilities of Their Practical Uses in Exploration and War. TALK WITH WILLIAM A. EDDY —- When old Ben Franklin sent a kite up in the air during a thunder storm and dis- covered the subtle fluid called electricity, but which the Chaldeans had utilized cen- turies before the Christian era, the favor- ite playthings of the smail boys in the breezy days of autumn suddenly achieved a new importance, and ever since that time earnest efforts have been directed toward utilizing kites for practical pur- poses. They have been made in all sorts of wonderful forms, for all kinds of won- Gerful objects, in multitudes of various shapes and of materials. innumerable, but until within the last half dozen years noth- ing really substantial has been accom- plished by their uses. Within this period, however, a new era has dawned in the possibilities of kites. The cherished tail that has caused grief to the heart of many a small boy when it got tangled up in a telegraph wire, or in the top branch of a tree, and held captive the beautiful red. white and blue tissue paper creation above it, has been eschewed, and some kites have lost all semblance of their original shapes. Indeed, the kites that are now used by the weather bureau to carry recording meteor- ological instruments a mile or so in the air are nothing in the world but-an octagon framework held together by narrow canvas bands and braced open by small strips of wood. A series of kites made on this prin- ciple recently lifted a man about a hun- dred feet in the air. There are other kites made in conformity with the old plan which are also as tailless as a shirt waist, and they likewise carry various things up to high altitudes. Some of these kites are in Washingion now, and accompanying them is the man who thought out the ideas of which they have practically established the wisdom. The kites are known as the Eddy kites, and the man is Mr. W. A. Eddy of Bayonne, N. J. When the breeze is strong enough Mr. Eddy can send his tail- less kites sailing cloudward as long as his string holds out, and when one gets well up on its journey he can put another kite on the string and send that up, too, and keep this up until he has eight or nine kites following each other heavenward. And this is not all. Pictures From Midatr. Mr. Eddy can make his kites take pho- tographic cameras up into the Sircumam- bient atmosphere, and by a very simple method can manipulate them so that they can take pictures of selected spots on the busy earth below. The kites are of differ- ent sizes, the smallest being six feet high and four feet wide, and the larger ones seven feet in diameter. The wooden frame- work is made of tough, light wood, and the covering is of cloth and of two varieties of manilla paper. The kites known as the light flyers, which are sent up when very little breeze is stirring, are made with very thin sticks and of very thin manilla pa- per, and weigh but a few ounces each. The kites are heid to mother earth by a block- ing cord, which breaks at a pressure of 200 pounds, and which is wound on a powerful wheel containing a steel spindle. This reel is incased in a vox which is securely fas- tened to the ground by stakes when Mr. Eddy begins to fly his kites. The full strain on the cord is never allowed, as it is well known that the strength of the cord is only as great as its power to resist break- ing at its weakest point, consequently not more than sixty pounds pull is allowed on the cord. The photographic apparatus which a series of the kites carries up into the air consists, when the wind is strong, of a revolving table, upon’ which two cameras are securely fixed. This table hangs from the kite cord below the lowest of the kites which are carried ap. When the wind is light, only a single camera is carried up. The latter equipment weighs about three pounds, while the double camera table weighs between seven and eight pounds. When the kites carry the camera to the point from which Mr. Eddy desires to pho- tograph the scene below, they wre held stationary; a smal) string attathed to the slide of the camera, the lens of which are pointed downward, is pulled, and a small, instantaneous photograph is taken of what- ever happens to be below. He aiso sends up, by the same method, to a very high altitude, an American flag, ten feet by seven in dimensions, and when con- ditions are propitious, elevates both the flag and the photographic apparatus at the same time. Mr. Eddy’s purpose in coming to Wash- ington is to experiment in taking pictures, showing how the Capitol, the White House and the Washington monument and the city at large look when gazed upon by the angels and other lucky inhabitants of the upper air. His kites are at the United States coast and geoletic sitrvey. Satur- day evening Mr. Eddy sent up one of his light-flying kites to a height of 1,100 ‘eet, flying it from a lot on South Capitol street near B street southeast, and sent ap anoth- er on the same string to a lesser height, but the wind was too weak to permit cf experiments. He would have prosecuted the latter this morning, but the wind was again insufficient for his purposes, so. he went down to Mount Vernon to spend the day, and will begin work systematically to- morrow morning. Before his departure for the boat Mr. Eddy conversed pleasantly with The Star man on the subject of his Kites and their possibilities. Practical Work of the Kites. “My tailless kites,” said Mr. Eddy, “have long ago preved capable of accomplishing valuable practical results. ‘There is no question that their possibilities are of great importance. By means of these kites I have taken over 400 photographs in midair. They ere small when first taken, but can readily be enlarged, and I have enlarged some to 8 by 12 inches. The highest alti- tude at which a picture has been takeh by me so far was at Bayonne, N. J., Febru- ary 22, last year, at an altitude of 1,800 feet. I-do not measure the cord to ascer- “Kites of this character,” said Mr. Eddy, “will doubtless be of great future value to parties exploring unknown f IN 1900. WELCOMED, The exposition in Paris and the Chris- tian Endeavor convention in London will attract thousands of Americans to the other side ofthe Atlantic in 1900. ‘Those contemplating the trip will find *¢ it advantageous to open a special acconnt °° with the ALASKA-KLONDYKE JAMES RIGE - PRESIDENT Union Savings Bank, oes winters pag Ane $10.00 1222 F STREET NORTHWEST. EACH, FULLY PAID AND Nox AML FCUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON THESE | WHICH oy SHAK se4-20 SPECIAL ACCOUNTS. F R SUBSCRIPTION AT PAK PMHARES WHA. BE ALLOCTED IN THE ORDER oe ae WHICH St BSCRI/TIONS AKE REX : - y ual EX SUBSCRIBED DLcCTORS, JAMES RICE, i Washington View Paestek Dispatch Go. Mo FASHL ww York Loan & Trust Co., | 3S: 2550i50ai JOHN LOWE OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL ONE MILLION, Interest raw on perosrrs. Loans ™%,02, Bex Beate aud Collaterals. and Conn. ; jet Court Q. RICHMON i Acts as Executor, Administrator, ‘Trustee, Guardian and Committee on Estates, Acts as Registrar, Transfer and Fis- cal Agent of Corporations, * Takes fall charge of Real and Per sonal Estates. Safe Deposit Boxes for rent. Storage Vaults for trunks, boxes, &c.. contaiaing valuables, silver, bric-d- brac, &e. Incorporated under act of Congress and subject to supervision of the comptroier of the currency. John Joy Eason. Jobn A. Swope. H. 8. Cummings. Jobn RK. Carmody Andrew Parker. ohn B. Larner . 8. Worthington. 5.3. Darlingtcn. MNG COMPANY will » Yukon River and between § nt ports of Alaska, op n t camps, do a generat 1 sand RANKE ININ« and that the Company thes. ce ice President Second Vice Presidvat IMs, PORCUPINE £10 to a pan 1 Bailes, Charles B., Larner, Joun B., pans from A, L., ° Doses,’ Theodore W., | bad a shaft William E, Saks, Isadore, winter by two lder, Shea, N. H, and net ove strating . pene ACER CLAIMS ‘Augustus, Jr. 200 "4 : he TANANA Cummings, Horace 8., fem $10 t0 ington, J. yet been dun Du Bois, Jas, TWENTY Eason, Joi Joy, Fraser, James, Gurley, William B. Hamilton, Jobu A., aUs-m-G4tT = 2 Silsby & Company, INCORPORATED, BANKERS AND PROKERS, Ofe, G13 15th st. n.w., Nationaal Metrcpolitan Bank Bulldirg. SHITNA Ri ard, 8. W. \ Worthington, A, f WITHIN a short Yukat 1. whieh per ton, Pp of free milli feet thick: om locations veta This property of 1s by 200 tect, WE DONT CLAIM THAT IP k LODE, BUT WE Do KNOW IP AN EQUAL Pox Post 3 d state IS WITHOUT VALUES The estimates wmsity of tained from ed and accepted Cortespondents Robert Lindblom & Co. Teleplone £05. nsive holdings capable offers t Superiat t year workin ent, has in th Broadway, Bankers ard Deale Government Ronda, Loans and all’ securities York. Philadelphia. and sold. rizfes. Dis- . Insurance 1d Telephor Americon Be §eot-16d Money at 5 Per Cent to Loan ck bought and sold. On real ‘estate fa District of Columbia. No de lay in closing loon ap2i-tf HEISKELI. & McLERAN, 1008 F st. Life Insurance Policies Editor Chiet- bought or taken as ccllateral on loans. TD. IMAN. Tax HADDAWAY, 1208 F st. n w., or Box 503, City P.O. 2. GOWAN, He2v-tt pay Canada 20 per cent of all = ~ - are in Alaska and save this 20 pe INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PU na TOCK IS Now PER SHARE. I LOCAL AGENT, E. C. Baumgras, 1410 G Street N.W., 864,688.30 WASHINGTON, D. c BETTER THAN 2 KLONDIKE ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING. COMMISSIUNERS OF DEEBS.... COUNTRY BOARD... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. | Is what the RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAB 3) S858 of our mine, which has just made a N POSTAL SERVICE. .... 5} FABULOUS COLD STRIKE. FOR RENT (Flats). . the ore running nearly $2,000.00 por ton. FoR a 4] yeu Cann r FOR 5 | THE « For 4 | SUCCESS FoR 4 FOR RENT (Rooms) 4 FOR RENT (Stal 4 FOR RENT ¢ 4 FoR 4 FF companies don't tell and bow much of it js NVe will ever uly goes is of move coMsequence BANKERS, DEALERS IN STOCKS, GRAIN, COTTON, 31 AND 33 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, PIANOS ANT POTOMAC SPECIAL NOTE UMMER RES Per es » (Bieyeles). (Help). (Houses) (Miscellaneous) (Rooms) Shwations). Bema the kites. A small line could have been sent up and over the mesa, and then larger ores pulled up until one of sufficient strength was placed in position to allow Professor Libby to ascend. You know he ascended the mesa in a boatswain’s chair, pulled up by a team of horses. “In time of war,” continued Mr. Eddy, “the cameras could be used to take the pic- tures showing the position of the enez and could also™be used for transporting éynamite over a camp of the enemy or into a besieged city. The kites, when cut loose, go about two miles before descending, and could be released in the direction of the wind and become terrible engines of de- struction. “I am very anxious to begin my experi- ments here, and Architect Woods of the United States Cepitol is considering whether or not he will give me permission to make my experiments from the roof of the House wing of the United States Capi- tol. I would like very much to get permis- sion to send them up from the Capitol grounds. It would not injure the park in the least, provided the crowds which usually collect when I am experimenting with the kites could be kept off the grass. I shall first take pictures of the Capitol building, and those’ of the Washington monument and other places of interest, and my . experiments will continue for’ two weeks. Prof. Hazen telephoned me this morning that there was no expectation of a good wind today, so I will go to Mount ‘Vernon. I will begin in earnest in the morning. however, as the storm on the south coast promises to make it windy here, and will send up the American flag over the top of the Capitol first, and then the camera. I can send up the flag to a very great height with the wind at seven miles an hour, and with the wind at tea or fifteen miles an hour I can hoist the camera with ease.” SESCOPSOSPS OSS SESSHSOSOOSISS +4 - Pillosophy. Of making many pills there is no end. Every pill-maker says, “Try my pill,” as if he were offering you. bon bons!. The wise man finds a good pill and sticks to it. Also, ‘the wise man who has once tried them never forsakes : “Buy Cotton and hold it. It is the only cheap thing left.” sed-2t J. S. Bache & Co., Bankers and Brokers, TEMPORARY OFFICE, 930 F ST. N. W. Cc. T. Havenner, Manager. Members New Yock Stock change, Chicago Board of Trade, Dircet Private Wires North, South, Kast and West. * au30-tr The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE, Chartered by special act of Congrens, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1893, Capital: OneMillionDollars * W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKEIKS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. er’s Cathartic Pills. Money to loan at 4 per cent Sr eitnerssmecue. "