Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897-26 PAGES. 9 WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Appreciates a Furniture, Etc., 7th and D Sts. e Open Evenings until Xmas. emington Everybody e Useful Gift Typewriter —much more than they do little fancy nov- better gift in the world than Handsome Oak and Imitation Mahogany niture. No better place in Wash- ington to buy good Furniture than here. We are quoting prices that never haze been met. . A splendid line of $8 u “Gift Baby Carriages... p- ec. yon | Today, Next Year, —Indefinitely few ae 2ocyecccses nih ie da pete) QUALITY improving, PRICE unchanged. The Standard Machine at a Standard Price, Satie simi ae S250 at which our business steadily increases, in satin damask and brocatelle. Well worth $16. Our price.... ‘The latest style Oak and Mahogany Piano Our price only. —and hundreds of other Furniture gifts of WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 327 Broadway, New York. ——- utility, at the same proportionate- low prices. Washington Branch, Cor. 8th and F Sts. de18-s,tu&tn3t Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. |" SS de18-60d How Their Abolition Would Work Hurdship to Clerks, GS. 6 99 | Te the Editor of The Evening Star: 6 CRESC I N I wonder are tne thousands of readers of ycur paper in Washington who chance to 4 For Xmas be government employes alive to the fact Bicycles For Xmas iN that the legislative bill as reported to the House Mondey by Mr. Bingham pro- 28-in. “Crescents”. to peses an amendment to existing law $30 $55. governing leaves of absence in the depart- ments, which, if enacted into law, will, in the opinion of the writer and others, work 2gin. “Crescents”.---.-.--- $25. | a ecrious injustice to many faithful, indus: aes trious and efficient officials, as well as in 20-in. “Crescents”. $20. the case of the vast majority of clerks and ether employes, who enjcy large families Western Wheel Works, | ori'smau incomes, ana wno, for such rea- Wash, Branch, S.E. Cor. oth and i Sts. XW. | sons, can illy afford a curtailment of their _ salaries—cause serious inconvenience, pecu- niary loss, and perhaps, indeed, actual suf- fering. ‘At present the law regulating leaves of A splendid gift=- One of our fime = [srs terns came ey ate i the latter upon the certificate of a regis- ary Ing ELS, | tered physician who ts rot in departmental of 26-in. “Crescents”........-- dels employ, and where the loss of pay would cause in the individual case ‘peculiar or unusual hardship” thirty days’ additional sick leave may be granted in the discretion of the head of the department. In addi- guilery store. Open evenings—goods reserved © | tion to this, time allowance, if contagious W. Sard And Pa Aw Gisease enters a man’s household, he is alford's, 909 499 477 Pa. Ave. | compelled for the protection of his’ co-em- del7-20d p.oyes to remain in quarantine till all dan- ger is past, and for such absence he would not suffer loss of pay. Now the appropriaticn committee of the House propose to change all this, because, as Mr. Bingham said in the House Tuesday, the privilege of sick leaves had been abus- ed.” Yes, from the time of the apostles to Gate, there have always been found, in every rank and condition of society, some dishonest, unscrupulous, deceiving peop! but because of this must we enact laws op pressive to the many, simply to reach and justly punish the few? No, rather, single out the unworthy and deal with them as they deserve, and to do this I am sui $27.50. thereis none more able and more willing Bicgest value ever offered in Washington. \ than the generous and brave soldier, Gen- All manner of holiday presents here in this grea 908 Ottawa’ eral Bingham, when, as is the purpose of this communication, his attention is called $27.50. to the equities of the situation. The proposed new law practically abol- = ishes all sick leave, and provides that the mambactiae employe may have thirty days’ leave in any $10 calendar year, In the discreticn of the head gio (| of the department, and that this thirty ) cays’ absence may be further extended ‘inch Klondike. (| thirty days, in the discretion of the Secre- ser ESE tary, “in exceptional and meritorious case! Iroquois Cycle Co., Q where a clerk or employe is personally ill, 810 14TH ST. N.W. Q end where to limit the an.ual leave to thir- de10-3m,40 ty days in one calendar year would work BSBIBSN9S9N9N9N99 S | peculiar hardship, or where some member rrp ae: = — | of the immediate family of a clerk or em- ploye is afflicted with a contagious disease, You Can Save $40 and requires the care and attention of such employe. or where his cr her presence in and have a typewriter combining the best features | the department would jeopardize the health of other machines with vital advantages ali {ts own. | of fellow clerks.” In other words, the pro- = WELLINGTON posed law vests in the head of a depart- TYPEWRITER No. 2| ment discretion to grant thirty days’ vaca- Is made by a reliable con- | tion leave, and, where absence without pay would work a “peculiar hardship,” thirty days’ sick leave—in all sixty days. Any ab- nce in excess of sixty days. no matter what the cause, “shal! be without pay.” Now, let us suppose that a clerk takes his znnual vacation in July; when his month's Ey $60 | !cave expires he returns to duty, and in Au- = gust falls sick and is confined to his room, Ten Days Trial Free under daily professional treatment, for two To any responsible person wishing to test the ma. | Weeks: he then returns to duty, and if he chine. Descriptive Catalogue Free. Agents wanted is willing to tell the nead of his depart- io every town. THE WILLIAMS MF¢ ment that his case is one of “peculiar hard- BOX 3, PLATTSBUR ¥. | ship.” in other words, that he is a beggar LTD. no30-tu.thé&s 1y-26 and will suffer for the necessaries of life if ." grant him Hs pay. But the end is If you want et In September fis children fo. to school, and one day one comes home sick; TH the doctor says diphtheria. Mr. Clerk must E one recovers and the other children are out of danger a month has passed; then Mr. Clerk, already in debt to doctor, druggist and nurse, finds that because of pestilence in his houschold (the act of God) he has ex- ' ceeded the time allowance granted under the proposed law by two weeks, and no ° his personal sickness may been the Ask for it first in years, there is no official, high or < lew, vested with discretion to help him, and as a result he must add to all his other troubles the loss of two weeks’ salary them in the performance of your official . duties.” and the proposed law says: “You Bottled in Bond. must obey the existing law regarding con- tagious diseases—and if you obey it and he don't get his pay for those two week: sickness, the Secretary may, “in his diser ntined; he has no choice—the imperative. By the time his little matter how worthy and capable a clerk he ay be, and notwithstanding the fact that The present law governing the absence of i government employes who have contagious diseases in ‘their family says, in effec! You musi jeopardize the health and lives Q | of your fellow clerks by associating with chance to have taken your annual leave before the contagious disease appeared, you Sealed by a government stamp, showing date of | Tust y a penalty for your obedience by | Grieg suite and a Beethoven overture, the @stilling and bottling. Age, proof and purity thus ng your salary Thus it will be seen that as no man can guard against contagious disease in his family, he must, if be cannot afford to lose his pay, walt until the last two months of the year be- fcre taking his vacation. Of course he might succeed in keeping quiet the fact that there was smallpox in his family, and mingle with the people all the while. ‘Such a calamitous. proceeding is certainly sug- gested, if not invited, by the amendment Proposed. If the appropriation committee are really sincere and have offered the proposed amendment to existing law for the purpose of preventing abuses by unscrupulous em- ployes, are there not other and more equit- able methods of accomplishing this end? If the proposed amendment were amend- ed to allow absence on account of conta- wious disease, as the present law provides, and allow sick leave for a period not ex- ceeding thirty days, upon the recommenda- tion of the bureau chief, in the discretion of the head of the department, and make all sickness in excess of thirty days in any calendar year to be on half pay, the period for which such half pay would be allowed to depend upon the recommendation of the bureau chief, based upon the sick em- ploye’s character, habits and record for general efficiency, all to be subject to the final decision of the head of department, | the writer believes that the question of reaching the unworthy clerk would be solv- ed, for he invariably gets well when his pay is stopped, and in cage of genuine sick- ness upon the part of the unworthy clerk— well, he is rarely sick thirty days in any one year, as the record will show, and if he should be so unfortunate, he will, I think, be satisfled, on the theory that “half a loaf is better than no bread." December 17, 1897. J. D. LEONARD. ee The Founder of Juneau. From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, A writer in one of the city papers recent- ly ‘gave what purported to be a correct story of the founding of the town of Juneau, in Alaska, by Narcisse Juneaa, eldest son of Solomon Juneau. As the story, as written, was not based upon facts, a gentleman writes the Wisconsin as follows regarding the real facts: In a communication to the Sunday Sen- tinel of December 5, a correspondent gives what purports to be a partial history of the adventures of Narcisse Juneau, eldest son of Solomon Juneay. The writer of the article, although undoubtedly sincere in giv- ing credit to Narcisse Juneau, is, probably unwittingly, robbing another member of the illustrious and numerous family of Juneau of the honor and glery of penetrating the then unknowa and ‘almost “inaccessible country called Alaska. To Joseph Juneau, a second cousin of Solomon Juneau, and a brother of John B. Juneau, who lived and died on Market street in this city, belongs ail the credit which the correspondent gives to Narcisse. Joseph Juneau, now about seventy years of age, is still a resident of Alaska, and is undoubtedly in the heart of the Klondike region, as he signified his intention of going to Circle City, in a letter to relatives in this city, written from San Francisco, the latter part of last winter. Narcisse Juneau left Theresa, in this state, about thirty-five years ago and lo- cated in Kansas, where he lived and died, leaving a numerous progeny and a modest fortune. The foregoing statements are facts, but not history. AN ADOPTED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY “+00 The Tecth as Affecting the Eyesight. From the New York Ledger. It is not a generally understood fact that the condition of the teeth has, much to do with the health, beauty and usefulness of the eyes. That an ulcerated tooth will often cause extreme inflammation of the eyes is true, and a case is reported of al- most total blindness caused by the teeth crowding together. A half-grown boy, who had complained of almost incessant uneasi- ness in his jaws and had been visited with periodical attacks of the most violent tooth- ache, retired one night in his usual condi- tion, but upon awakening the next morning it Was discovered that he was blind. —he eyes presented a most unnatural appear- ance and the countenance was strained and distressed. After a good deal of investiga- tion it was decided to remove some of his teeth and sce if this would afford relief. Six teeth were extracted and the boy given sedative treatment. After a few days the ight became normal and there has been no return of the difficulty. Children who ap- pear to have too many teeth should be carefully looked after, especially if they complain of their eyes in any way. Some- times the symptoms are only secondary, but an acute diagnostician will speedily de- tect the exact state of thé case. The Sunday Night Club. The Sunday Night Music Club held its meeting at the residence of Mr. Julius Ulke, on § street, and studied. compositions of the composers played at the Bogton Orchestra, concert, a Dvorak symphony, a Egmont. xbsolutely guaranteed All Leading Dealers. och-s,t.th.3m.56 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR. iu .00 Switches reduced to $5.00. Gray and White Hair réduced ia same proportion. Time. Siccardi, ‘Ti1 15th st., nest to Palais Royal. Private rooms for Atomizers, 25c. to $10. to $10, ouvenirs of Washington for your out- town friends. All the best kinds of ‘Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. lez & Dagget.. Special Notice. W. W. KIMMEL desftes to announce that he f+ no longer with J. Louis Loore, but has opened a store for himself at 805 Vermont ave. Choice Cut Flowers and Decorative Plants. ‘delT-2e1 Holly, Ferns, Mistletoe, Green Palm Leaves, Laurel and CHRISTMAS TREES rom Be, Bye patie re, Big, Monta, Secon eR ata te 36 Se . Sighs SSO Sultisae Chae else a a2 ROME BARS DY Ee 607 Seventh Stret NW.” Pres oO All Genuine goods have. “Welsbach” on each box. of the IMPROVED wird and @yeing. a ae Handsome Perfume —_ You won't find a more complete displey if e ——— of these uxeful gifts for Xmas in the city. We have all styles—all sizes—in all sorts ight < decorations. You can imagine what a variety we have when we offer you such a wide range of prices to chocse from—Z3-. LIGHTS, former price, $2.00 LIGHTS, new price, 1.25 adjustable burner: can be ‘baser, or will be put oF ea MANTLES, former price, .50 MANTLES, new price, .40 TO “SQUARE” HANLON Baltimore Writers Cast Slurs at the Orioles, COMMENTS OF. THE CORRESPONDENTS Prospects of thé Lécal Team for Next Year. NOTES OF BALL PLAYERS Ever since the exchange of Players Doyle, Reitz and Amole for DeMontreville, Mc- James and McGann, the Baltimore papers have taken it upon themselves to belittle the ability of the men that will come to Washington and pick out different defects in their moral character. The Washington Papers, on the other hand, have had noth- ing but praise to say of the players who will go to Baltimore, contenting themseives with the fact that the new men for the local club have made great reputations for themselves on the ball field. As to whether the Washington papers have material for a mud-slinging controversy on the ex-Sena- tors is left to the base ball writers who have abiiity and shrewdness enough to se- cure news from the “inside.” What is particularly protested against’ is the slur cast at Jack Doyle and Henry Reitz since they have been exchanged, and the silly efforts of the Baltimore papers in tryiug to square Manager Hanlon with the oyster city’s base ball patrons. Manager Hanlon tried in every way 3. get rid of Third Baseman McGraw so as to be able to keep Jack Doyle on first the coming season. McGraw blocked all negotiations by saying that he would not play outside of Baltimore on account of his business in that city. Everybody admits that McGraw is quite a Payer, yet Manager Hanlon preferred to take chances of disrupting his team by re- taining Doyle. The players on the local team and the local patrons are perfectly aware of Doyle’s shortcomings, but do they outweigh his playing ability? That is the question. Manager-Captain Tom Brown nd Magnate Earle Wagner think not. Ever ince Doyle left the Cleveland fold he has had these shortcomings, but there is not a base ball writer in the country that ever questioned his abllity. ‘The second slur was hurled at “Pepper” Reitz, to the effect that his playing in the latter part of the season was very poor, and that the signs of a glass arm were very apparent. This is a “knock” pure and simple, a fact that any one will indorse who witnessed the games with Boston and the last series with Washington. In the laiter series Reitz had 11 put outs, 24 assists and 2 errors. And what assists they were. He threw the ball to first from all conceivable pcsitions, a fact that clearly disproves the glass-arm imputation, and his stops were just as wonderful. The fact of the matter is, Reitz came to the bat during the Boston-Baltimore hair-raising series very frequently at times when a safe hit would have scored one or more runs, and, because the much-desired hit was not forthcoming he was never forgiven. This fact was Gemonstrated during the Washington se- ries, when Reitz’s 'work»was of the most sensational order, but fetled to receive the slightest recognition, all the applause com- ing from the Washington contingent. All the Washington enthusiasts can asi for is that Rettz plays next season in the form he showed during the latter part of last season, when the Baltimore papers say he gave signs ef going backward. As for Amole, although a new man, the hammer had to be used on him just for the sake of consistency. One of the Baltimore papers said that all he Was good for was watching first base, but that the players were etting.cri to his mavements, and even this featnre Y. hig; work: would go for noth- ing-the coming Beason. nd all this in the face of the fact that thousands of the Bal- timore patrons were yelling for Amole in the last Boston game like a pack of Co- manches, on account of ae prea Bnomine ainst. Pittsbura,,..when he had gone into aos eter een been hammered to all parts of the lot, and won his game. Every person connected with the Wash- ington club @nd. about’ 97 per cent of the patrons are satisfied with the deal, and if the Baltimore papers can say as much from their side of the house there should be no kick coming. Jack Doyle and Henry Reitz have done téo much for the Baltimore club in seasons past to be treated like culprits when the manager of that’team has been driven,to the wall by internaPdissensions and compelled to exchange them for other men, é What the Correspondents Say. ‘Yhe Baltimore correspondent of the Sport- ing Life has the following to say anent the recent exchange of Baltimore and Wash- ington players: “This letter is dated the 13th, but, thank heaven, ‘the deal’ vas consummated on the 10th. That Washington-Baltimore exchange is taken on childlike faith in Ned Hanlon, and if it proves that he has gotten the worst of it he will be hrng at the yard-arm of the ship of state. “The idea of trading Jack Doyle for any- thing less than the whole’ Washington club, with Earle Wagner thrown in as a counter- weignt, is repellant to the Baltimore mind, put, ef course, we wouldn’t know what to do with Earle unless we put him in the flower show. “McJames is a macdandy when he feels good ard has breakfasted on Quaker oats, and De Montreville may be toned into har- mony with Oriole methods, and Baltimore ball. But down went McGinty to the bot- tom of the sen, and we thought McGann was down there with him. We don’t al- ways know, you. know, when we are ionkeying with Ned Hanlon, and we are not sure that he had anything to do with e deal. input Jack Doyle, dost fink of it, the only oniiest . modern first baseman, ex- AS for anything less than Patrick De Hass and Elmer Bates. : “Ground cover is certainly sacrificed. Why, Henry Reltg can cover more ground all alone by himself than the combined senatorial trinity. But Henry can’t bat, he can’t run bases ard he has shown a disp2- sition to be 2 hospital case in the free ward. ai ‘But Jack Doyle—dashing Jack—there’s where it sticks. “The idea of this man, who has been a model—a sample—being traded off like bull beef theat fox mutton {s quite shocking to sensitive Oriole nérves. ‘As to Amole, he is a conundrum, and the boys haven't guessed him yet. He has a pecullarity of delivery, the same, seem- ingly widely curved ball, which never varies from a given course. Obgerving this, the prediction was made that when the league batsmen once-gat onto that curve it would be thoroughly straightened out. But it wasn’t. 1 5 tor i5 cents ex “But Jack Doyle jerk some jig-water into those Senatorst aheway, ard, as they are only forty mif from Balttmore and the pennant in.180§, why, we can go over ther2 occasionally end see a modern Oth hart a See pantent says The The uis corres! H recent Baltimore-Washington deal has been the subject most us in local base ball circles during the past few days. Man- ager Hanion has a jnusually success- ful that anything’ fe “dl eminently proper, the transaction is Jooked upon as the vic- tim, or, in vulgar, the “sucke' It seems impossible: tosimagine that the astuts-Ned could get'theswerst of.any deal, but for the life of 4né Fleannet figure out how the altima. elt ed any ad- vantage In this Washington exchange. Either Amole or Nops, qudging from last year’s record, is hetter no one, for a moment. r McGann in the same class with Jack Doylé, who is the most valuable first baseman (hitting, lelding and base ational League. 1 basemen the Senators have had for many years look like amateurs. I am looking for the boys willing to wager that the Senators will not be in the first division next year. The Boston correspondent says that the Baltimore-Waehington deal created a big sensation there, and was one of the great- est surprises known there in base bail for many a day. No ipkling had been given in Boston that such a deal would take place. It was expected that if Hanlon suc- ceeded in trading Doyle it would be with some big club and not with one of the or- ganizations that usually were not up in the race. Of course thgre will be lots of specu- lation about the outcome of the matter. Time alone cen show what the outcome will’ be. DeMontreville will undoubtedly gut up a faster game in a faster team. Everybody kncws what a fighter Doyle 1s, and his accession to the Washington team will boom bese ball in that city as it has not been boomed for years. The deal will come very near giving Washington a most formidable aggregation, and one it will pay well to watch in another season. Young McJames was a player Boston was urged to secure last season, and those up*in the game will remember there were many ru- mors that he had been purchased by Bos- ton at a very stiff figure. The feeling here is that Hanlon has no better pitcher on his rolis than the young southerner. ‘The Senators’ Prospects. The Brooklyn correspondent of the Sport- ing Life has the foilowing to say in a re- cent number of that paper of the Senators’ work last season and their chances for next: “The upward climb that Washington made in 1897 proved beyond doubt that that organization possesses elements of in- herent strergth that will make it a visible factor during the coming season. Not, in- deed, as a very dangerous aspirant for the championship, but as a team that will give many a championship aspirant an attack of heart failure in a close game where ex- pert fielding may have more or less to do with deciding the day. Don’t forget, that the infield of the Washington team will cover lots of ground and smother many a hit, while the outfield is not to be sneezed at. Let Washington, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago or Cleveland win 25 per cent more games from the .eaders during 1898 than they won during 1897, and see what a dif- fereuce it would make in the race. The fight would be narrowed down until all America would be agog with excitement and the stending from day to day would shift as the tiny pieces of glass shift in the kaleidoscope. It might come to pass that the winning of a game would drop a team from the top to sixth place and a mid- dle place club would skyrocket to the top for like rearcn. Anyhow, there is always the probability of such a thing happening. and whet may occur Is half the real fun of base ball.” Says the Pittsburg Press If some of the youngsters upon whom Earl Wagner and Tom Brown are pinning a load of confidence should reach expecta- tions it may be put down as a fact that the Washington club next year will be a first division team. Doyle will be better than Tucker, and Reitz will be a more desirable man for Washington than De- Montreville, while the new men in the trade, McGann and Amole, may be looked upon as an even thing in agvance of dem- onstration to the contrary. The new style schedule will be a decided advantage for the Senators, who are about as good as they make them or their own dunghill. There will be more snap with the new men in so many places, and if some of them pan out Washington is going to cut con- siderable ice next season. es The Black List. Ever since the league passed that resolu- tion punishing profanity with banishment for life from the game, some critics have been laboring under the mistaken impres- sion that every time a player objected to the decision of the umpire he was placing his future as a player in jeopardy. Such, however, is not the case. The resolution was put forward to drive players out of the game who are a disgrace to the profession in the matter of c ‘ing and using vulgar- so that ladies in the grand stand shocked, and such players deserve to come into the full benefits of the resolu- sion. President Brush of the Cincinnati ‘club, who fathered the resolution, _w: asked recently about the full import of th: “rowdy” legislation at the recent league meet and said: “It was not the intention of the league to punish what might be termed rowdy ball playing with such severe punishment as banishment from the game for life. That was not-the object.of the rule. What we want to suppress is the use of language that would have a tendency to keep ‘wo- men and respectable men away from the game. If the league was to pass a rule which would expel players from the game every time they raged about a decision, the game would soon be dead. The league magnates discussed this question thorough- in Philadelphia. Every detail was gone into and, of course, all that was said would not be fit for publication. However, every man that attended that meeting knows what the rule means, even if all the details cannot be printed. What we want to avoid, as I said before, is the use of such vulgar and profane language which shocks the average man, and which I hate to admit was used too frequently by some of the Players on the field last year. Mr. John I. Rogers of the Philadelphia club, I under- stand, has said certain things about that rule, which places it in an entirely different light before the public. No one knows just what that rule means vniess they were present at the time when it was discussed by the league. Mr. Rogers was not present at that time. Local Gossip. The well-known ex-Cincinnati pitcher, Tony Mullane, has been in the city for the past week or two. It is reported that Mul- lane is an applicant for a position on Pres- icgent Young’s staff of umpir and that his chances of securing the appointment are very good. Tony has fine indorsements from the western magnates. Manager-Captain Tom Brown has been sticking close to his home for the past week or two. He is busily engaged on Christmas tree ornaments for his lit- tle girl. Tom thas been keeping himself in good trim in the intervals through the medium of a punching bag that he has set up in the cellar,of his house. Old Reliable Jim “McGuire wrote to Brown last week from the wilds of Michi- gan, and his letter was full of good things over the Baltimore-Washington deal. The letter was so good that Brown forwarded !t to Treasurer Earle Wagner in Philadelphia. Trades are the life of the national game. The patrons have a love of new faces. New players create new interest. There is no doubt that the sport will be boomed both in Baltimore and Washington by the trade recently consummated by Messrs Wagner and Hanlon. The trade between Philadel- phia and St. Louis and New York and St. Louis will attract many who will want to see the new players. McCOY IS THE CHAMPION. Indiana Lad Knocked Creedon Out in Fifteen Rounds. Norman Selby of Rush county, Ind., bet- ter known in pugilistic ‘circles as “Kid” McCoy, met Dan Creedon of New Zea- jand last night in the arena of the Puritan Athletic Club, at Long Island City, and after fighting fifteen lively rounds made the foreigner throw up the sponge and ac- knowledge the “Hoosier’s” superiority, The betting was in favor of McCoy at odds of 10 to 8. The fight lasted fifteen rounds. Time, 00 minutes. Creedon was knocked down twice. Creedon’s seconds threw up the ning of the sixteenth round. James J. Corbett witnessed the bout. FITZ TALKS OF THE FIGHT. Vanquisher of James Corbett Thought Creedon Would Win. MILWAUKEE, Wis., December 18. said: fe him. He is more than a match for McCoy, and I expected him to win. spired by the Brady-Corbett people.” Graney Cha! wes the Winner. Coy had won the fight, Eddie Graney sent offered a purse of $10,000. GOOD SCORES. Playing for Silver Cups on the Chevy Chane Link: The three silver cups given by Mr. C. ladies of the Chevy Chase Ciub were the objects of interest yesterday on the links of that crgvnization. The ladies had the links all to themselves, and some very good scores were handed in. Among those who competed and who showed exceptional skill were Mrs. H. M. Earle, ithe Misses Patten. arney, Newlands, McCammon, Lemly an¢ Deering. The result of the competition is in doubt, however, as the scores handed m show several ties. According to these scores, Mrs. Earle and Miss Patten are tie for first place, each with a score of while Miss Barney and Miss Newlands are tied for second place. each with a score of 138. It is Hikely that these ties will be played off Thursday next, the Green com- mittee having decided upon this date. The scores recorded fellow: Mrs. less handicap of 13, 1: S less handicap of 8, 137 158, less hardicap of 20, 138; Miss New- lands, 152, less handicap of 14, 138. Miss McCammon’s net score was 1 that of Miss Lemly 173, and that of Miss Deering 156. The W. A. C. Smoker. The Washington Athletic Club will give the first of its smokers of the season at the club house next Tuesday evening. An un- usually elaborate program has been pre- pared for the evening’s entertainment, com- prising sparring bouts by the followinj Maloncy and Schepley, O'Connor and Roache, Burley and McCoy, Dougherty and Flaherty, Shea and Baltimore unknow Dugan and Henley, Raedy and unknown, Mack and Burnstine, Coney and Burns of Philade , Peyton and unknown of Phii- adelphia; exhibition by Instructor Maurice Joyce's class of acrobats, including Master Clinton, the boy wonder, and several wrest- ling bouts. Washington Road Club. The Washington Road Club met Wednes- day evening and elected officers, the fol- lowing being chosen: President, C. H. Fischer; vice president, E. H. Shuster; secretary-treasurer, R. Jose; captain, W. J. Prince; first lieutenant, G. E. Smith; second Meutenant, F. Philp. The resignation of P. T. Carter was ac- cepted. H. Gensler was clected a me’ ber. The president appoiated the following to serve on the standing committee chatr- men: House, W. J. Prince; finance, W ‘ Hodges: rules, W. J. Espey; racing, G. E. Smith; membership, E. H. Shuster; amus‘ mert, F. Philp. The president, Mr. Fischer, and the sec- retary-treasurer, Mr. R. Jose, were made ex-officio members of all conumittees. The house committce was instructed to look for a club house. A general weeding out of the dead wood of the club was be- gun, there being about a dozen names brought up for expulsion. The club run tomorrow wili be to Rock- ville, starting from 1325 14th street at 9:30 am. eee MUSICAL NOTES. Last Wednesday evening John F. Ellis & Co. entertained a number of friends at their piano parlor, 937 Pennsylvania ave- nue, with an evening with the First Con- sregational Church choir. A program of twenty-four numbers was given under the direction of Dr. J. W. Bischoff, and the efforts of both solists and chorus were highly appreciated. Mrs. John F. Ellis and her daughter received the guests, and dur- ing the evening refreshments were served. The Damrosch Society, one of the best of the male singing organizations in the District, will give a stag musicale at Con- federate Veterans’ Hall next Wednesday evening, to which a limited number of in- vitations have been issued. A fine pro- gram will be presented, and an enjoyable time is anticipated. The latest addition to local musical cir- cles is Mr, Otto M. Heingman of New York city. Mr. Heinzman is well and favorably known throughout the country, and es- pecially in New York, as a talented and gifted composer of popular melodi&. He is quite a young man, but the popularity of his many compositions coupled with his undisputed ability as a pianist will no doubt in a short time place him in a high position here. Mr. Heinzman has taken the leadership of “The Manhattan Orche: tra,” and will soon bring that organization up to a high standard of work. At a concert given Wednesday evening at the M. P. Church, 4th and B streets southeast, Miss Pauline Iseman played the Bohm Legende for the violin, and Miss Clara Moran played the Romance, from one of Mozart's Piano concertos, both numbers having string quartet accompaniment by members of the Sunday Night Club. At a musicale given by Mme. Murio-Celli in New York last Thursday night Miss Mary Helen Howe sang the aria from “Er- nani,” and also the soprano role in the quartet from “Rigoletto,” the others being Miss Eleanor Broadfoot, Victor Clodio and Edward O'Mahony. The Amphion Glee Club gave a concert at the Asbury Church last Wednesday evening to a fair-sized audience. The club Was assisted by Miss Bessie Hamilton and Mr. W. C.: Elkis as soloists; Miss Addie Lewis, who gave a recitation from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s selection, and a quar- tet from the Asbury choir. The entertain- ment was given for the benefit of the Spa and was directed by Prof. J. Henry A new departure was inaugurated on y night last by the Choral 8c- clety. Prof. Joseph Pache, well known as the musician under whose efficient leader. ship the.Baltimore Oratorio Society has a tained its prominence in recent years, fi vored a select audience, comprising the ac- tive and sustaining members of the soviety, with a lecture on oratorios in general und the “Messiah” in ticular, Illustrated by two solo numbers from the “Messiah,” ren- dered by Mrs. Hattie Meads-Smith and “Madam ‘Nai » who kindly volunteered their services»for the occasion, and three chorus numbers by the the socletx. two under the direction of Prof. Kasper, the director of the society, and the last, the Hallelujah Chorus, conducted by director, Pache. Prof. ee of reach was too great a handicap for n. McCoy in a rush upper-cut with his left on the face and hooked his right on the jaw, flooring Creedon in his own corner. Dan took the full limit to get up and then cinched. Creedor was very weak when he went to his ccrner, and was unable to re- spond when the gong rang for the begin- Champion Robert Fitzsimmons, who is playing an engagement in this city, in commenting on the McCoy-Creedon fight, “I do not take the rumor that McCoy will challenge me seriously. There are plenty of people ready to challenge me now that I have retired from the ring. McCoy is entitled to no special credit for whip- ping Creedon. Creedon has not been taking care of himself, and was ready for a de- If he had been in the condition he was at New Orleans when I defeated him a year ago McCoy would not have whipped “I will not_fight the victor. I retired from the ring March 17. 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