Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1897, Page 9

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Specific alle- gations are made of usurpation of unwar- ranted authority, of taking extortionate fees for his services and other grave ir- regularities. An investigation hag been begun. Smith was appointed last duly and soon after he went to his post it appeared he had not acquainted himself with the nature of his duties, and stories be; cir- culating that he was exceeding his au- thority in many ways. The papers just filed make specific allegations of offenses at Dyea and Skaguay, and it is understood that the matter was discussed at yester- day’s meeting of the cabinet. Smith is from Portland, Ore. TOMORROW'S GAME| Meeting of the Columbian and Colum- bia Foot Ball Teams. UNUSUAL INTEREST [5 MANIFESTED Spirited Contest for the High School Championship. CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT The foot ball season in Washington will be brought to a close tomorrow with the game between the Columbia Athletic Club and the Columbian University teams for the championship of the District. The game will be piayed at National Park and will begin at 2:30 o'clock. The rivalry between these teams is very strong, and the feeling was not les- sened by the victory of the ‘varsity eleven, over the C. A. C. at the last meeting of the teams. The Columbia Athletic Club has had things its own way ever since the cessation of Georgetown-C. A. C. hostili- ties, so that foot ball interest in the club has become somewhat impaired. Now that a team worthy the mettle of the C. A. C. warriors has come up the feeling has been revived at the club headquarters, and the result has been a decidedly beneficial one to the athletic club in the matter of prac- tice and all-around play. The grounds will be open at 12 o'clock in order to accommodate the crowd, and a crowd will certainiy attend, as there has been no such interest in a Thanksgiving day game since the Georgetown-C. A. C. games were stopped. The field will be in elient condition, and everything that ses to make up a good game will be in evi- dence. The officials will be entirely compe- tent for their positions and no kicking need be expected on this account. Captain Wells of the C. A. C. will take. his braves out for a light warming-up prac- lice in signals this afternoon at Columbia Field. He expresses the utmost confidence in the result of the game on account of the strengthening material he has added to his team, and states that the improve- ment in team work and in all that goes to take a good working eleven has been won- éerful, and that the game put up by the Cc. A. C. at the beginning of the season and the one to be put up tomorrow will be vastly different. ‘The line up of the Columbia team has not been decided upon and will not be until af- ter the practice this evening. The men, however, from whom the team will be made up are as follows: Ends—Curtis, Taussig, Lunsford, Waters and McQuade (Taussig and Curtis will probably be ch sen). Quarter backs—Hum- phrey or Parsons (Humphrey for end in case Varsons plays quarter). Tacktes— Captain Wells, McGowan, Prigg and Mc- Conville (probably Wells and McConville). Guards—Dickinson, Johnson and Saunders. -Underwood and Claudy. Half Lewis, Hooker, Maupin, Watson and Full backs—Dyer and Brach. and Watson or Maupin will probably worked as backs, while Dyer will play full. ‘he men are all in fine shape and have indulged in faithful and constant pr. for the past week. Capt. Wells has work- ed his men every day at Columbia Field, and the improvement from day to!day’ha$ been encouraging in the extreme to the supporters of the team. Capt. Granville Lewis, the star full back and captain of the Columbian ‘varsity team, has not made up his mind what team he will place in the field, but ue wil, of course, pick the best one avaiiable. For ctice this purpose he has made up the followingj| list from which to select his eleven. Ends, {* Beard, Beatty, Kelly; left tackle, Chapiyn, Bell, Palmer, Jones, Heath, McRoberts, left guard, Paschal, Skull, Harding; cen= ter, Harlan, Sellhausen; right guard, Cum- ings; right tackle, Loucks; right end, Green; quarter backs, Beall, Rye, right half back, Phil Tindall; left ck, Weav Oy: full back, is. Chaplyn, Kelly and Paschal will in all probability play on the left side of the line with Meigs at the other end. From this list it will be seen that Capt. Lewi has an exceptionally fine lot of foot ballists to choose from, and he snuuld be able to pick a team that will make the Columbia Athletic Club play up to its iimit. Lewis, beside being an exceptionally fine player, probably the best haif part of the country, is splendid manager and captain. He knows how to get the t work out of his men with the least and is at the s: e lime popular to an almost hurtful degree. It is hinted that Lewis has received a movi flatiering ack in this offer from one of the lead colleges of the country for next year, and he may be depended tion on pon to hold up ing signals and trick plays for some time, the games through the south and with the University of Virginia showing up their weak points and stimulating them to play. In this matter, the ‘varsity team is some- what ahead of the C. A. C. The game tomorrow will be preceded by the usual Thanksgiving day tally-ho coach parade, in which the players will join. A GOOD GAME LIKELY. Former Central High School Players to Mett This Year's Team. An interesting game is scheduled between a team consisting of ex-high school players from the Central school and the Central team that suffered defeat at the hands of the Easterr: eleven yesterday. The Central High Schocl has turned out many splen- did foot ball players in past years, some of whom are playing in the ranks of the best teams in the country today, and the team which will be made up from those in tewn will be a hard one to buck against. As far as ‘s known the team will be made up from the following list: Barnard, Campbell, Monroe, Shuster, Loucks, Exley, Jolly, Mills, Tindall, Brawner, Albert, and Reisenger and Doolittle substitutes. WON BY THE EASTERNS. High School Tenms Play a Close and Exciting Game. The tie that occurred between the East- ern and Central High School foot ball teams in the game for the championship of the schools last Tuesday was played off yesterday, the result being the winning of the championship and game by the Eastern school by 4 to 0. ‘The boys individually on both sides played. splendidly, but the team work of the East- erns seemed much superior. In the first half Bristow, Paschal and Barnard distinguished themselves by some fine tackling, while S. Maupin, Snell and Brewer bucked the Central line repeatedly for gains of from one to five vards at each try. In the second half there was hardly any feature, with the exception of the line- bucking cf both Oyster and Maupin, al- though had Oyster dgne more work against the Eastern line instead of trying the ends the Central team would have stood a much better chance for victory. Licarione, Chap- lyn and Hoover played -brilliantly. Ellis was the weak point on the Central team, and if defeat was caused by any one play- er on that team it was probably his fault. A large gathering was in attendance, the reoters for each school being out in force. The colors of the schoels were much in evi- dence and the grand stand presented a most attractive sight. z Description of Play. Shuster kicked off to Eastern’s thirty- yard line and after some short gains the Easterns were given fifteen yards for off- side play, a penalty that was exacted from the Centrals many times during the game. Then came an exchange of kicks between Ellis and Snell, in which Snell gained near- ly ten yards, when the Centrals rushed the bell back by steady gains te the center of the field, where Shuster kicked to Eastern’'s thirty-five-yard line. Then Snell returned the Kick after a few minutes of play, the }- ball going to Central's fifteen-yard line, where Ellis made a fumble: and Chaplyn a on the ball, bi From the fifteen-yard line Eestern ad- vanced the ball to the cne-yard line, where a desperate stand was made. After two downs, however, Brewer was pushed over .thirty-seven pounds. ing the score 4%o The half ended with the bali in the of the field. Play in the half was mostly in the Central territory. Snell kicked off, and then the Central boys took a brace and gained ground-st it away for about twenty-five y: js. Nit appeared that 0 Captain touchdown would be reached if the Cen- trals could keep up the work, but just at the critical time Ellis made another fum- ble and the Easterns secured the ball. Then the hopes of the Central rooters vanished. Successive gains, in which “Soc.” Maupin, the Eastern captain, covered himself with giory, brought the ball on Central’s twenty- yard line, from which Oyster kicked out to the middle of the field. After an allowance ef twenty yards for off side play the East- erns took the ball to Central's fifteen-yard line, where Oyster again kicked out to Eastern’s forty-five-yard line, a punt of nearly fifty yards. Snell returned the kick, and after a gain of five yards the Central boys were given fifteen yards fora foul tackle, bringing the ball to the center of the field again. Oys- ter kicked once more, and on the first line- up of the Eastern team S. Maupin got through both lines for a run of forty yards, being tackled by Rogan and nearly laid out. The half ended shortly after. The line-up was as follows: E. H. 8. Positions. S. Maupin (Capt.}..Right end Worstey Right tackte. Licario ie. “Right guard Maupin. Cc. H. Ss. Bogan Thorpe Mendin Center Paschal Left guard. Blackiston Left tackle. -Barnard Bristow Juarter back. Right half back. Left half back : Full back "Touchdown—Brewer. Referee—Percy Schell. dree. ver. ‘urtis .-Oyster (Cap.) Missed goal—Snell. - Umpire-G. W. An- Linesmen—Messrs. Smith and Wea- TO LIKELY "CORNELL. Sentiment Among Yale Graduates and Undergraduates. R. J. Cook and Capt. Whitney of the Yele boat crew were asked yesterday at New Haven about the report that Cornell wonld be challenged to a race by Yale and that a triangularjcontest of Yale, Har- vard and Cofnell thight follow. They said that as yet the matter was held in abey- ance, pending negotiations with the New Lendon board of trade with reference ta inducements for the Yale-Harvard race at New London. When that was settled the matter of ar- ranging a race with Cor ll would be ¢ sidered. The sentiment of Yale graduate: and undergraduates has been canvassed and, in general, seems favorable to a race with Cornell, that sentiment being shared by some members off the faculty. a SS SS IGRIFVO ANI U4AVIGNE TO MEET. Twenty-Round Go to Take Place De- aioe ce ber 21 Next. _ SAN FRANCISCO, November 24.—The Oriental Athletic Club has arranged a twenty-round -glaw pontest between George Havigne’ anf He Griffo. The match thts 41. G will take plaé city on the evening of Decemher 21. Griffo, it is undexstood, arrive Hr this ery withina few" days, and will go into training at once. Griffo has, met Lavigne twice before, and on each oecesion the contest ended in’a draw. Lavigné Says that he will not give Wal- cott another chancé, in spite of the fact that his brother, who acts. as his manager, virtually agre to O'Rourke's proposition that the men meet at.one hundred ana Lavigne sa; at he has twice demonstrated his — superiority over the Boston fighter, and will not meet him again. The Arlington Wheelmen. <> The annual read race of the Arlington Wheelmen Will take place tomorrow morn- ing over, the customary ten-mile course, starting at 10 o'clock. Capt, Frank C. Potts has called a meating of the club members at ) a.m., from the corner of 14th and 1 streets northwest. —— For the Eye of the Police. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Having repeatedly in vain endeavored to’ ascertain from the District of Columbia government why the contractor who is hauling earth across the P street bridge is: not required to clean said bridge, and also the roadbed of P street on either side, from its intersection with 22d street west to the east and second entrance to the Metropolitan Car Company’s property, I appeal to The Star for light and informa- tion. The police are certainly derelict in their plain duty, or this intolerable nuisance would have been abated long ago, when their attention was first called thereto. Surely leaving the street strewn, as it has been for several months past, with earth dropping from the numerous carts engaged in hauling earth-to the company’s Rock creek dump is clearly in violation of police regulations and renders the contractor la- ble to arrest and fine. But, whoever he is, he appears to be a law unto himself, violat- ing the regulations with impunity. Walking over the bridge this afternoon, just as two trains of cars passed, I was enveloped in a cloud of dust stirred up and wafted about thereby as they flew across at the rate of twelve or fifteen miles per hour! : Now, if the authorities really wish to de- tect said company’s trains in the very act ef exceeding the permissible speed limit, the bridge, where several collisions have occurred, is the place to do it. Nor is this all, ior the ontractor not only litters the j @ street roadbed, but also the sidewalk abutting the company’s property, render- ing it impracticable in both wet and dry weather. 2B SP. November 20, 1897. a Where Blame far Peddlers Rests. To the Edito: of The Kyening Star: The article in, your paper of November 13, instant, “Make Isfe a Burden,” is very well put. In atizwew to it I will say that the people can “onl¥°blame themselves for this state of affairs. .\They have encouraged agents, peddlers, and street mechanics be- cause they aresso.ckeap, So reasonable and so handy. It sdVed ‘tots of money and time to deal with m,’ whereas regular mer- chants and mechanics, who have capital ard brains investedas~who pay heavy taxes and rents, are Bo unreasonably high. You have forgotter’ the*bellringers, umbrella menders and 8 grinders and keyfit- ters. I thought e an ordinance against bell ringing on stéet—we did have. Now, these tramp: ey, nothing better—have permission to ring bells as loud as they Please. They pay. very nearly nothing for rent or taxes, but get most of the work. Why? Because they are so handy and so reasonable in tl prices, while old Amer- ican citizen mechanics, who have high rents and water taxes to pay, look on and see these tramps the work. Mechanics can- rot go, nor will ft pa: iem to go, from house to house and solicit work and leave their shops. We don’t make enough to ad- vertise in the pers. - A MECHANIC, November 2: ee In a Dangerous Condition. THEATRICAL GOSSIP Mr. Charles Coghlan is undoubtedly .one of the greatest stage managers in this country or England. He supervises every detail of his productions, and in rehears- ing his compsnies will not permit an actor to make a single movement the import of which he has not given careful considera- ticn. Every gesture, every piece of stage business, every movement of the actor, and every word spoken must, with him, have a definite purpose in the conveyance of his interpretation to the audience. It is these subtleties in delivery and im stage action which has given him his great repute as an actor. He never appears to act. He pos- sesses the art to conceal art in its highest development. During the rehearsals of “The Royal Box” in New York an incident ccurred which shows his attention to de- tails. Mr. J. Ratcliff, the leading man, who personates the Prince of Wales, son of George III, is a handsome man, who has always prided himself on the cultivation of a most symmetrically developed mus- tache. In the year 110, the time of the action of the play, mustaches were not tne fashion at the court of George ill. Mr. Coghlan waited several days to see wheth- er or not Mr. Ratcliff would divest his upper lip of its adornment, and, he failing to do so, Mr. Coghlan spoke to him about it, and reminded him that it would be out of place in the play. Mr. Ratcliff took um- brage at once and very forcibly “declared himself.” He had not played for twelve years without his mustache, and he did noi propose to cut it off for this engage- ment. Mr. Ratcliff is an Englishman and a little inclined to be obstinate. Mr. Cogh- lan, too, is an Englishman, and somewhat inclined to have his Gwn way, especially in an instance of this character, where a mus- tache would prove a substantial jar to his artistic ideas, Mr. Ratcliff and Mr. Coghlan kad an argument over the mustache three cr four times, when Mr. Coghlan, too, ‘‘de- clared himself” and gently hinted to Mr. Ratcliff that if he did not mow the hirsute appendage on his uprer lip, he would not be the Prince of Wales, and would not fig- ure as a conspicuous personage in “The Royal Box.” The result was that Mr. Rat- cliff came to rehearsal the next morning withou: his mustache, but as mad as the famous hatter, end not at all resigned to the Coghlan mandate. The incident caused cons‘derable merriment in the company, ¢s- pecially as Mr. Ratcliff was seen several times surreptitiously examining his upper lip with a small pocket mirror the size of a silver dollar. Mr. Crane's new play, “A Virginia Court- ship,” appears to have made the biggest kind of a hit in Chicago, where it has, ac- cording to report, been doing an enormous business at Hooley’s Theater. The play is known as 2 “costume comedy,” and its at- mosphere and general tone are said to be delightful. Speaking of the play, cne of the leading critics in Chicago said: “Mr. Crane has a very congenial creation in Major Richard Fairfax, insp‘ring him with droil gravit nd unction in his sentimental moods. That admirable artiste, Miss An- nie Irish, is a member of Mr. Crane’s com- pany and plays the part of Madame Con- stance Robert with diplomatic tact and fas- cinating finish. The cntire production down to the smallest detail has been superlative- ly praised, and it promises to be one of Mr. Crane's biggest successes. J. H. Stoddart is well known by theater- goers, who delight to call him ‘dear old Stoddart.” Those who shave seen him on the stage may not realize that his parents were Scotch, but, as a matter of fact, there are still traces of the Scotch burr noticeable in his speech, and Mr. Stoddart laughingly refers to some of his earlier experienc For instance: In a small London theater he was playing one of the apparitions in “Macheth,” where he had to say the line: “Macheth, Macbeth, Macbeth, beware Mac- auf!” The stage manager corrected him and said: “Don't say Mocbeth; it should be Macbeth. Speak English, my lad.” Mr. Stoddart recalls an incident of his youth which illustrates the ignorance pre- vailing in the country districts of Scotland as to the theater. His father took him and his brother over to Scotland to see the s which is They native place, Dumfries. not far from the birthpla were. tramping about the village, whe! father ran across an old friend of his and the following conversation e “Eh, mon, Jeems, an’ hoo are ye “I am weel, Sandie. I hope you are the f Burns. what are ye doin’, Jeems?” etin’, mon.”” “An’ what is that, Jeems?” “Oh, I'm p! acting in a London the- ater, Sandie. ying Shakespeare and the like. Eh, mon. stand on ble, mon? Pi. play-actin’, is it? An’ do ye ye’r heed, Jeems, an’ can ye tum- Charles H. Hoyt is telling an amusing story of the first performance of his “A Contented Woman” in Denver, where equal rights, the theme of his satire, has its principal stronghold. Both on account of the strong sentiment in favor of woman's suffrage and because the scenes of the piece are laid in the Colorado metropolis, the author had misgivings regarding the reception the farce should receive, and his fears were not abated in the least when he learned, on the opening night, that three warm advocates of the cause were in the audience—advocates of the gentle persua- sion, and corresponding in much to the trio of eccentric amazons he utilizes as characters of the play. These ladies are decided factors in the political life of Den- ver, Hoyt explains, and their “pull” is of a quality to render their favor desirable in €ven so unpolitical an affair as a Hoytian farce. The first two acts were received with a silence that made the author think thoughts of stopping the performance, apologizing for the non-arrival of scenery or for the sickness of one of the cast, and getting away from Denver by the next train. Not a laugh was to be heard; the only applause noted was awarded upon the first entrance of several of the players who had made hits in the city on previous visits; and, through the peephole in the curtain, Hoyt observed the three women sitting with compressed lips and furrowed brows. But Act III changed the aspect of things. Cachination began at the very rise of the curtain, and continued until the end of the performance. and the stony battlers for woman's elevation were to be .eard chortling as heartily as any of their felow spectators. The next day, Hoyt declares, he received a prettily-worded note from the trio who had caused’ him so mich ter- ror during the previous evening, he being invited to call at the rooms of the com- mittee of which they were the principal members. Still fearful of their vengeance, he sent an avant-courier with several dozen of the finest roses he could procure; then, accompanied by the company, he proceeded on the visit. Playw ani players were revelved with a cordiality that quelled all fears as to their personal safety; and the spokeswoman of the committee, while in- sisting that the satire as applied to her sex was unjust, explained that they could for- give the author for the amusement he had caused them in drubbing the male in poli- tics with such a wealth of sarcastic gro- tesquerie. Frank Daniels and Kirke- La Shelle’: comic opera production, “The Idol’s Ey: are packing the big Broadway Theater, New York, and the ruh is giving solid monetary proof that, big as the success of “The Wizard of the Nile” was, the success of “The Idol's Eye” is bigger. The new work is brimful of go, and aside from Dan- iels’ songs (of which there are four), i.ere are at least a dozen other musical features about which all New York is talking. The “Fairy Tales” sextet has already at- tained more popularity than “Starliguc en- joyed, and “The Tattooed Man” and “Ta About Your Luck” receive half a dozen encores each nightly. When it comes here it will be seen at the Columbia Theater. “The Swell Miss Fitzwell,” May Irwin's new “‘piece de resistance,” has made a tremendous hit at the Bijou, New York. According to the New York papers it is the biggest success this favorite come- dienne has ever scored there. Her new songs are the best she has ever had and already they have become a sort of craze. Some of the most pronounced successes are “The Frog Song,” “Syncopated Sandy,” “On the Dummy Line,” “A Big Hand Out,” “A Little Pinch of Salt” and the “Picka- ninny’s Lullaby.’ —_——— ’ Small Blase. _ The xplosion yesterday afternoon of a gasoline stove in the house of Jas. Wright, No. 701 6th street southwest, caused a fire which resulted in about $10 damage. ‘The by No. 4 engine WORK OF THE NAVAL MILITIA Lieutenant Gibbons’ Report Approved by Mr. Roosevelt. | A Second Lime of Defense to the Country and How It Can Re Utilized. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has for- warded the report of Lieut. Gibbo on the operations of the naval militla for the year 1897 to the Secretary of the Na’ with his approval. In a review of the general subject, Mr. Roosevelt says: “The Wifferent state organizatio are continually asking for old vessels, and the dc partment has finally tried the experiment of sending the Yantic to the lakes for the use of the Michigan a. ‘The supply of these old wooden vessels has now be- come practically exha The depart- ment has tried the experiment of loaning monitors to the different organizations, but the results have not so far been satis- factory, as monitors are por ships for ing or for use as bar This office has paid pa the develeopment of the naval iwilitia. It must be remembered that the naval mili- lia are in no sense proper substitaies for an eflicient naval reserve, to consist of sea- faring men under direct control of the r tonal authorities. The depariment be- eves that such a reserve should be con- stituted, but it would be expensive, and hitherio the expense has been the insup: atle obstacle in securiag action from Con- gress. In the absence of such reserve the naval militia offer the only means of pro- curing what is in any way a substit it; and, moreover, they nave pari very important functions which them alone. The department has bui a very small sum to devote to their mainte- nance 2nd care, and this sum becomes smaller for each division from year to year, inasmuch as the number of organi- zations is continually on the increase. The department is therefore now able vo drill and supervise these organizations as it would like to, ana they mus: be left large- ly to their own good sense, energy, end in- itiative. In consequence there is'a great variety in the condition of efficiency reach- ed by the different organizations. How It Can Be Utilized. “There are three or four of these organi- zations which, in the event of a sudden emergency, could be utilized at once for manning the smaller national cruisers; but this, of course, can not gencrally be the case with the majority of the organiza- tions. They must be depended upon pri- marily as a second line of defense. There are two very important features which should be attended to by such a sccoad line. One is the placing of mines; the other the establishment of signal statio: tor coast defense. The department should, sir, request that there shox 1 in the provision for the maintenance of the naval militia the words ‘submarine mining out- fits,” so as to allow of training them for this i heed to belong to purpose. The department has also been maturing plans for the signal stations for the coast def . and a vi slight e: penditure of money, with the co-operation of ihe Treasury Department, will put this on a satisfactory b: The organizations are continually requesting the detail of officers to instru hem, and they can best of ail be instructed by actual service on ~ vessels, or under je super- oificers, and in conjunc- tion with the sailors. Substitute for the Michigan. “At present it is a very serious drain upon the resources of the navy to provide for the annual drills of the different or- ganizations, especially as plans for joint evcampments have hitherto invaria fallen through, owing to the inability of states to act togecher. It is much to be ed that Congress will authorize, in sai the first place, the substitution for the ola paddle-wheel "steamer Michi lakes of a small modern gu on the Petrel type. to cruising with the lake militia organi tions, and to overseeing them; and, further- more, to the building of one’ similar small cruiser on the Pacific, and two on the At- lantic, to be used for this same purpose. With these cruisers it would be possivie to bring the n 1 militia organizatio: to a very high standard of efficiency, and th: rs themselves, of course, would be ailable at any moment for any of the regular naval uses in an em “There has been a steady incr in the efiicienc as well as in the number, of these naval militia organizations, bo: on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the great lakes and even in the Mi The movement is one of reports by the different regular officers who have taken part in their encampments give good ground for belief in the usefulness of these organizations in time of war. The depart- ment has earnestly endeavored to encour- age this movement in every way; it would be well to commend the above propositions to the especial attention of Congr n on the at, perha: to be devoted largel oe It matters little what it is that you want eeccccocos Merts’s Drug —Our prescription department is in charge of graduated pharmacists, Whose sole duty it is to compound pre- scriptions. 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Reserved seats Boxes (five person: : 5.00 Reserved sents new on anie at ders & Stnyman’s Musé, FACTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING. When the Day Was Fi Celebrated in This Country. rticle in Saturd tive to Thank: “The Star rv ay’s issue of Tae ving is calc to impart no small amount of mis tion concerning that H. much-loved yle to The holiday Star. Con- Mr. J. tinuing, he “Perbaps th mos glaring error is con- tained in the statements regarding the history of the day in Virginia; that ‘one Johns,’ the governor of Vir ‘in a letter to the state legislz ognitio: recommended th: ot Thanks- giving in Virgtmi: in case his recommendation etory, to at issue a proclamation; the legis- lature did not appre of the suggestion contained in ‘Jo and that no Thanksgiving da 2imed_or ob- erved in Virginia until the year 1857, whe ‘took the mi cal bul ns and issued lamation art a day for the feast. acts are these: During the mer and early fall months of the y the cities of Norfolk and Portsmo Well nigh desolated by yellow f sum- natural in such ooler w of the fall broug mi relief, and Jos. 2 proper oc- of than ing apart a da: ing,” did so and recemmen, » throughout the state erved accordingly related in € to the legis December, 18% two years. “In the year 1% son's successor, referred in sage to the legislature to rm him to appoint a Thanksgi 5 among those who thus importuned the ernor was the *n mayor of Alexandria. These reque: he de- clined to ac ficers have no authority or power to fere in religious matters belonging e 1 its of day The sively to private individ « organization: he was not appoint- ed to holy things,’ and would not and cantingly, to market of popularity nong men.” As intimate nt . the article is otherwise de- neous. The ‘Thanksgiving under Governor Winthrop referred to took place in Febru 1G3l, and not in 160. Nor was that th ‘American Thanks- giving day. The chronicler of the happen- ings in the colony of Plymouth tells us that in the fall of 1 vest being goite in, our governor Sent four mea on fowling, that so we might, after a special manner, rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors;’ z asion is claimed in the notes to the chronicles to be —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. ——__+—_ HIS HOME FOR A LIBRARY. Intended Gift of P. A. B. Widener to Philadeip! The announcement was made in Philadel- phia yesterday that Peter A. B. Widener, former city treasurer, intends to present to the city of Philadelphia the palatial resi- dence now occupied by him, at Broad street and Girard avenue. Mr. Widener’s object in giving the house to the city is that it shall become a branch of the Philadelphia free library. The dwelling was built about ten years ago and is an imposing structure of brown stone, five stories in neight and elegantiy finished throughout. The house is said to have cost $600,000 without the furnishings. Mr. Widener was, asked about the story, and, while neither denying nor affirming it ,said it was a delicate matter to discuss in advance what he would have to say to his guests. SA ee COUNTESS OF LATHOM KILLED. Thrown Out of a Trap While Return- ing From a Party. The Countess of Lathom, while returning from a shooting party, was thrown out of a trap and killed near Wigan, Lancashire. ‘The countess was driving a pair of spir- ited ponies. Suddenly the animals shied ard the countess, with three ladies who were with her in the trap, was thrown out. She fell into a ditch full of water and the trap fell upon her. When she was extri eatel she was still alive, but she died al- most immediately after. Her body was carried to Lathom Hall on a stretcher. The other ladies escaped unhurt. The late countess was formerly Lady Alice Villiers, second daughter of the fourth Earl of Clarendon. She was married to the Earl of Lathom in 1800. They had several children, the eldest son being Lord Skelmersdale. The countess was immense- ly popular in Lancashire and prominent in every charitable work. Boutelle Succeeds Cooke. In the special election held yesterday in thé sixth congressional district of Illinois for a successor to Edward D. Cooke, de- ceased, Henry S. Boutelle, the republican candidate, was clected over Vincent H. Perkins, his democratic competitor, by 840 votes, the total vote being Boutelle, 10,204; Perkins, 9,364. Landgren, populist, received 228, and David, prohibitionist, 103 votes. the first Thanksgiving 4 “In 1623 Plymouth had another Thanks- giving, which t a striking resemblance to that under Governor Winthrop, of Mas- sachusetts bay, in 1631, in that the timely intervention of Providence caused a fast to be changed to a feast. The people of Ply- mouth were in sore distress by reason of a drought of long continuance. A day was set for fasiing and prayer, and in the midst of the ceremonies ‘the weather was over- cast, the clouds gathered together on all sides and on the next morning distilled such sweet and moderate showers of rain, con- tinuing some fourteen days’ that the honest folk were moved to appoint ‘another sol- emn day’ whereir to return thanks to God for having dealt so graciously with them. “I have spoken of these occasions in Ply- mouth as the earliest instances of the American Thanksgiving day because I find it said in an article in the American Ency- clopaedia that the occasional observance of a day of thanksgiving was not unusual in Europe, such a day having been observed in Leyden, Holland, October 3, 1575, the first anniversary of the deliverance of that city from siege. No other instance of the ob- servance of the custom in Europe is given. However, as an annually recurring festival Thanksgiving day is unquestionably ‘all our own,’ and has existed as a national instt- tution by virtue of yearly Presidential proc- lamations since 1862 without interruption.” Rare ereert De Peralta’s Naturalization, Application has been made to the pro- e court of Cincinnati for the naturaliza- tion papers of J. G. De Peralta, now uader sentence of death in Havana. De Peralta was captured with a party of Cuban insur- gents near Havana three weeks ago. The Cubans were shot, but De Peralta was given until December 5'to prove his citizenship in the United States. His papers were de- stroyed in the recent fire at nati court house, but it is said there is ample evidence to enable the court to satisfy Secretary Sherman of his citizenship. De Peralta has a claim against the Spanish government for property destroyed in Cu- ba. He has a brother living in Cincinnati.