Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1898, Page 7

_—— WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. 5 hummers 75¢. yd. For 500 yds. of Finest Gob- elin Carpets. 50° 60° $ 11-35 $ 1 Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. _Jac0-6od Firearm-= for $125 and $1.75 Oak and Cherry Bed Room and Dining Room Odd Chairs. for 18x36 Smyrna Rugs. for 26x54 Smyrna Rugs. . -50 for large Oriental Bath Room Rugs. More Guns, _ Rifles, mmunttion, Hun ting itfits, Shells, ete., ° 1 than you've ever Wanting ren rn ana you'll come premptly— less prices’ will be Fol Ks quated than you've ever dreamed of! Inquiries for estimates for Klon- dike cuthts gladly an- swered. Wanted! WALFORD’S, Jal9-20d 909 and 477 Pa. ave. We’ve bought Jacobs Bros’. Bought them at a bargain and will sell them at a bargain. Take your choice at 500, Don't delay, either, for they won't =| wait long for purchasers at this pri _ It's the greatest bicycle bargain that was | ever known. Irequois Cycle Co., 810 14TH ST. N.W. Don’t Pay $100 for a typewriter that has only a few of the irable features found In the high-erade ea WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 2 Costs only $60, and the saving in repair bills fs in itself a considera ble amount each year. Dura- bility, visible" writing, alignment absolutely per- keybor fect. Universal and numerou onet be set forth in an adv: nd in this machine. We kno’ buy it, and will therefore sead one to le person for DAYS’ TRIAL FREE. upon application. talogne sent iE WILLIAMS MFG. CO. PLATTSBURG, no0-t,th,s,15F,26 In photographs is the copy- ing in style of the —OLD ENGLISH MASTERS— Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gains- borough, _Hoppner and others. Large picture hats and soft and floating drap- eries give indescribable ef- fects with proper focusing and artistic light. Prince’s Photographic Art Studio, Penna. ave. and 1ith st. e30-s&th-1m-60 Great Reduction In Hair. Switches, $2.50, formerly $5.00. Switches, $6.00, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.60, ay Switches, $4.50, formerly $6.50. First-class attendauts in Hairdressing, Shampooing, ete. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. Never fails. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. ee ee ee us Copley Prints have attracted trention throughout the country. thful repreductions of the Murai Library of Congress, also of notable Fine Arts in Bos- A collection of Copley Prints will prove Limengely interesting. Hollyer Platinope Prints of Watts, Byrne- iinsborough, Lawrence, Reynolds and other old masters. Stop and see them! Veerhoff’s, 1217 F. Ja Ded Ds 3 ton and elsewhere in Americ & useum of 100 Doz. Hair Switches, Consigned to us for the money for a New York Hate We sell sou a very fine Swi Louvre Glove Store, eel3-tf NO. 919 FP ST. active sellin; At Kha $4 Hand-welt Cloth-toy St. Louis Toe Button, sizes 2 to 4, A to D. Button, A and B, 2 to 6. Tomorrow Only, Dl.s7, Friday, as nearly every Washingtonian knows, is our weekly Bargain Day. As a result of the unusually during our “MIDWINTER CLOSING OUT SALE,” we shall almost give away tomofrow . only the following excellent Shoes, of which we have not all sizes. They will be found on separate tables: Men’s $4 and $5 Best Hand-sewed Patent Leather Laced and Gaiters. Pointed toe, B and C width, 5 to 6, 9 and 10. Newark and square toe, B to D, 5 to 6% Gaiters, sharp toe, 5, 6, 9 and 10. $4 Enamel Laced, 5, 5%, 8 to 10. $4 and $5 French Calf Laced Shoes, Wellington toe, B to E, 6 to 7, 11. Sharp toe, A and B, 5 to 9, C and D, 8 to 10. | $4 Kangaroo Laced, square toe, tipped, B- to 9, C—5, 6, 9. 2 Ladies’ $2.50 to $4 Shoes a rs THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898-14 PAGES. et to 4. ie Sea sy $3.50 Cordovan Cork-sole Button, Ko PEs Ss be Fine $2.50 and $3 Square-toe, Patent-tip Res ce} fo} ky 9 290 and 932 7th at. (SE WM. HAH N & CO. S 1914 and 1916 Pa. ave., [be ¥ RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES. SEE aS 1h DE. <= Vere e : et vey y pee b SAWED HIS WAY OUT. Henry Straight’s Wife Takes His Place in Jail. Henry E. Straight, a swindler and forger, who was recently arrested by the Jersey City police, escaped yesterday morning from the Jersey City prison by sawing through the iron bars of a window. His whereabouts are unknown. The cell he left vacant is now occupied by his wife, who called at police head- quarters, and was trapped into confessing that she had supplied her husband with the saws which he had used. She is held for aiding and abetting the escape of a prisoner. Straight is under indictment in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and a score of jails yawn for him. He swindled banks and merchants by forged bills of lading and bogus drafis. He had been operating for over a year when arrested, and had realiz- ed a large sum from his transactions. Mrs. Straight acknowledged to Chief of Police Murphy that she had taken three saws to her husband to ald him to escape. When she appeared at police headquarters she was unaware of the success of the plan and when told of it she declared that she would wilfingly remain in jail in her hus- band’s place. She is held in $5,000 bail. ee CROKER SUCCEEDS SHEEHAN, Again the Chairman of Tammony’s Finance Committee. Augustus W. Peters, chairman of the general committee of Tammany Hall, an- nounced late last evening the members of the standing committees for the year 1898. As has been virtually known for some time, Richard Croker assumes his old place as chairman of the finance committee, suc- ceeding John C. Sheehan, and becoming thus officially leader of the organization. The finance committee is as follows: Richard Croker, John F. Carroll, Hugh J. Grant, J. Sergeant Cram, W. Astor Chan- ler, John Keliy, Henry S. Kearney, Maur- ice Featherson, Andrew Freedman, Jacob Ruppert, jr., Patrick Keenan, John B. Mc- Donald, Stewart M. Brice and George W. Plunkitt. SHOULD PAY HER SHARE. The English Chancellor of the chequer on Canada’s Duty. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, English chan- cellor of the exchequer, speaking at Bris- tol last evening, ridiculed the notion of pro- viding granaries, as has been suggested in some quarters. He said he was convinced the British navy was strong enough to hold its o and in any war England would have many friends ready to supply corn. Referring to the coming budget estimates, he said these would show that the govern- ment was fully alive to keeping up the standard of the army and navy, though, he declared, it was not creditable to Can- ada or fair to Erglish taxpayers that such a colony should contribute practically noth- ing to the naval defenses of the empire. He hoped Canada would soon turn her at- tention to this matter, adding that he was convinced that if she did not the day would Ex- come when she would have “a rude awak- ening, which would be entirely her own fault.” In concluding his speech the chancellor of the exchequer announced that China had approached England for assistance to pay the Japanese indemnity, and that the ne- gotiations were still pending. The news- Paper statement on the subject he char- acterized as inaccurate and incomplete. The government was not ashamed of these negotiations and believed the country would approve them. He could see no rea- son why foreign powers should object, but if the negotiations failed Great Britain would take her stand on existing treaty rights. SERVING HER SENTENCE. Mrs. Augusta Nack Taken to the Au- burn Penitentiary. Mrs. Augusta Nack began her sentence of fifteen years’ imprisonment for com- plicity with Martin Thorn in the murder of William Guldensuppe at Auburn prison yesterday afternoon. Good behavior will lessen her sentence to nine years and three months. ———_+e+_____ Black Jack’s Gang Dispersed. It is reported from Tucson, Arizona, that “Black Jack's” gang of outlaws was sur- rounded in the mountains near the boun- dary line by several posses, including the one sent out by the Mexican government. A fight occurred, in which one of the rob- bers was killed and four were captured. Two of the prisoners attempted to escape and were shot. The other two were in the hands of the Mexican officers, and it is re- ported that they met death in like man- ner. The remainder of the freebooters went in a southerly direction, and are sup- posed to be in the interior of Mexico, in the Sierra Madre mountains. The Bread Riots in Italy. There were renewed disorders. yesterday in the poor quarter of Ancona, capital of the province of that name, in the Marches, Italy, which is inhabited by anarchists and socialists. A number of men and wo- men attempted to barricade the streets, but the police cleared the thoroughfares and arrested several. Troops are scouring the country, arrest- ing suspicious bands of tramps. The agi- tation against the price of bread is spread- ing to other towns. A crowd assembled in front of the town hall at Sinigaglia, six- teen miles northwest of Ancona, and de- manded relief. The mayor gave a concil- jatory reply, but the mob, which consisted chiefly of women, invaded the railway sta- tion and the warehouses of Prince Ruspoli, where they seized a quantity of grain. The troops finally restored order. ‘There has been another slight disturb- ance at Macerata, about twenty miles south of Ancona. —_——$+o+—___ Funeral of Logan Carlisle. The funeral of Logan Carlisle, son of ex- Secretary John G. Carlisle, took place yes- terday from the Scott Street M. E. Church, Covington, Ky. The house was filled with friends of the deceased, and many floral tributes were placed about the casket. The interment took place in Linden Grove cemetery. ing stock in Washington today! will be a revelation to you! EEE EEE EEE EEE PPP PPP Begun! “A Bold Stroke for a Bigger Business.” UYERS kept us a-jumping all forenoon today! you believe in our statements! you, for we back it up by returning the money upon request! a genuine ‘‘clearance” of the cleanest. newest and most stylish cloth- Gur clothing, our prices and our treatment Sr ted ‘The response proves You can depend upon what we tell ‘This is PEE ETE EEEDEEEEEEE EES All Men’s $10, $8.50 and $7.50 Suits now $6.90 Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness. cam be given WITHOUT THB KNOWLEDGE It OF THE PATIENT in coffee, tea or articles of effect and food; will bent cure, Whether the patient {o's moderate: drake? of aa gicohotle wreck. | Book be This is the time for using Burche'l’s Spring Leaf Tea—at 50c. a pound—at Teas and Receptions. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F st. three lots. Overcoats, PEELE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE PEEP EE PETE Tt, Worth up to $15. All Men’s $16.50, $15 and $13.50 Suits, now $11.90 We have simply divided the entire stock of Overcoats into Overcoats, $8.90. | $10.90.) $14.85. Worth up to $18. Overcoats, Worth up to $22.50. Extra Help to Give All Prompt Attention. 1007 Pa. Ave. D. J. Kaufman near brentane’s IT WAS A, SURPRISE eA. * Carroll Institute Bowlers Beaten by theTail Bnders._ INTERESTING BALL CONTESTS 2 zt i Clubs That Will 4:imber Up in the South. © —— CURRENT SPORTING NOTES On the alleys of the South Washington Business Men’s Bowling Club last night the tail-enders of the league administered to the strong Carrpll Institute team an over- whelming defeat. The same team without effort captured the first and last games of the set and missed the odd event by the small difference of four pins. The attend- apce of spectators, always large on the Business Men’s alleys, last night overflowed the space allotted for their use, and as the great majority were ardept followers of the South Washington five, the good work of the home team was liberally applauded. Orspada again appeared on*the alleys for the Business Men, and, with the exception of the opening game, did good for his side. Fuller continued his good work, bowling in the last game the excellent string of 212, highest on either side for the evening. The home team played much better than their opponents in the first game, and at no stage of the contest was the result in doubt. Armstrong was many pins in the lead of his team, Harlow bowling the smallest total rolled by him this season. Scanlon and Orspada were in poor luck,, but the balance of the Business Men’s team played steadily together. Rice made the hard spare of 4-9. The score follows: Bus. Men's Bowl. Club; Carroll Institute. St. Sp. Se. St. Sp. | Se. ii 8 153 1 107 8 12 6 188 6 177 ‘Total. Wotaleeesens orcs 097 The second game was close and excit- ing, the lead alternating through the va- rious innings. The peculiar feature of an exact tle after the fourth man on each side had bowled in the final inning pre- sented itself, leaving victory or defeat in the hands of the last man to bowl. Shles- Inger and Armstrorg were each to bowl on a spare. Armstrong did better by two pins on his first ball than did his oppon- ent, though both spared on their second bail. Armstrong again did better by two pins, winning out for Carroll by four pins. The score of second game: Bus. Men’s Bowl. Club.; Carroll Institute. Sp. St. Sp. Se.| St. Sp. Se. Fuller. ts 2 5° 145 Seanton.... 0 7 6 175 Orspada 3 6 3 170 Land.. 1 4 4° 136 Shlesinger.. 3 6 5 133 Total. . 9 Business at the out- set in the final game, being ahead 51 pins at the end of the fourth inning. Carroll pulled up in the fifth to within 23 pins and remained steady_in the sixth. After that the home team .ran, away, winning out by 128 pins, and scorthg 806, the best game played by them since their entrance in the league. The score of third -gamé¢: Bus. Men's Bowl. Club.” Carroll Institute. St. Sp. Se./ St. Sp. s Fuller. 6 2 MMRiews.... 8 “P Par Scanlon...) 1 6 = 156,Harlow...) 15 140 Orspada.... 3 164'Gornmn.... 1 3128 2 149-Stone. 0 5 is 2 125}Armstrong: 2 3145, ‘Total 806). Total. . 68 The next league games will be bowled at Carroll Institute on Monday evening, the Saengerbund team being the visitors. Following the plan recently adopted by the Saengerbund, the alleys will be open to ladies, and the fair sex will be given an opportunity to see high-class tenpin bowling. The standing of the clubs follows: Won. Lost. P.O. Saengerbund ... + 19 5 -791 Carroll Institute 14 10 Washington Athi ut 13 11 Columbia Athletic Club. 9 15 So. Wash. Bus. Men's B_ 5 19 A Baltimore League Formed. Local twirlers of the sphere will be interested in knowing that a bowling league has at last been formed in Balti- more. The organization, which was per- fected Monday evening, has a membership of eight clubs, and the name adopted is the Maryland Bowling League. A wonder- ful increase of interest in the game has developed in Baltimore, and there are row over twenty regular teams in the monumental city. The new league will, it is understood, immediately adopt a sched- ule running well into the spring and start its championship games at once. BASKET BALL. Light Infantry and Corcoran Cadet ‘Teums Defeat Their Opponents, The basket ball team of the Washington Light Infantry, snowed under the Mount Pleasant Athletic Club team in a game at the W. L. I. C. armory last night by a score cf 12 to 3. The Mount Pleasants showed improvement, but did not seem to have the idea of team play that has made the Infantry aggregation such a strong club. Tre goal throwing of Shreve and Burnett was the feature of the game. ‘The line-up: WwW. Lc. Positions. Mt. P. A. C. Hess -Snyder . Appleby -M. Appleby Home goal -Holmead Goals from field—W. L. I. C., Burnett, Shreve 4; total, 9. Mt. P. A. C., Snyder, 1. Goals on free throws—W. L. I. C., Shreve, 3; Mt. P. A. C., Mueller, 2. Total score— W. L. I. C., 12; Mt. P. A. C., 3. Referee—P. W. Smith. Umpires—Adam Johnson and C. A. Norris. Timekeeper— E. 8. Byrnes. Scorer—J. B. Baker. Fouls—W. L. I. C., 10; Mt. P. A. C., & Tke Interior Department basket ball team was badly beaten by the Corcoran Cadets in a game at the Globe building last night, the score standing at the end of the third inning 28 to 0 in favor of the soldier boys. The Corcorans won as they pleased. The line-up. Corcoran Cadets. Positions. Interior Dept. Collins, Dodge.Right forward. win Bel Left forward. Fritts Clark. - Center .: Boulay, Walters.R’t guard. O’Connell,Guista.L't guard. Goals—Collins (10),, Bell; (1), Clark (2), Boulay (1)._Umpires-Mesirs. McGlue and Brinkley. Scorer—Capt. Edwards. Time- keeper—Mr. Hildreth. / ea DONT MIX SYSTEMS. . Right back. A Club Four Shoutd Blay the Same Methods... ‘The question of the day with whist experts is in regard,td system and the difficulty that clubs have to get four men to play togethe# sufcessfully. This is illustrated in the lyn Whist Club, which, with its membership and unusual percentage players, has found it practically le to get a team that can hold its own’ with the other teams throughout the country. E. C. How- ell’s remarks on the subject are very much 7 the interests of his club far beyond the interests of personal ambition. At the same time persdnal ambition cannot be Gestroyed and should not be; the personal ambitions of ali the team members should tend in the same direction and be worked out in the same manner. Make up a team from men that hope to win victories and distinction by means of the long-suit rou- tine, or from men whose favorite weapons are those of the Hberal game—one or the other—but don’t try to amalgamate the two classes of men, methods and ambitions. You can’t do it. Whist faith is a power- ful sentiment. In its relatively insignifi- ‘tant way it is as irrepressible as faith, political or religious. And you can’t make men of different faiths strive together with all their faculties, heart and soul, toward a common end. I can scarcely forbear smiling at my own earnestness and seri- ousness in this matter, which is so small a thing to be subjected to the rules of moral philosophy. Still, I_am convinced that what I say is true. There are such things as profound whist convictions and they must be recognized by clubs and club captains. A club captain, after de- termining the amount of material of suffi- cient ability at his command, should then select as his team only those men whose whist faith is the same as his own. A long-suit captain should not attempt to bring a short-suit player under his dis- cipline, nor should a short-suit captain bope to convert to his methods a man who believes long-suitism to be the rock bot- tom principle of the game. TO PRACTICE. IN THE SOUTH. One Eastern and Several Western Clubs to Make the Trip. It is probable that the Baltimore Base Ball Club will be the only one of the east- ern clubs that will train in the south next spring. It would seem that the fact. of the season’s beginning a week earlier this year would lead the managers to consider a little preliminary training in the south more necessary than before, but it has not. In 1894 the Baltimore club was the only one that went south. The next year they all tried it. Since then they have been dropping out year by year, largely because the trips have in many cases been badly managed and unnecessarily expensive. This year the Bostons will probably go to Atlantic City or Princeton. The Phila- delphia club has decided to train its men at Cape May. New York's training ground will again be Lakewood, N. J., and Brook- lyn will go there or train at home. The Washington players will get in condition at National Park. The western clubs are more liberal. The Cincinnati Reds will go to San Antonio, Tex., and will play exhibition games in Texas and Mexico. Pittsburg and Cleve- land will go to Hot Springs, and Chicago will probably go there also, especially if Anson continues as manager. The Louis- ville players may go south, but are more likely to train at West Baden Springs, Ind., where they practiced last year. The poor old Browns will have to hustle for themselves to train off the winter's ac- cumulation of flesh. BOXING TO BE REVIVED. Meeting Arranged for Choynski and Ryan at ’Frisco. Boxing is to be revived in San Francisco during the month of February. The board of supervisors have granted the Empire Club a permit for a boxing show some time next month. Applications from sev- eral other clubs for permits were rejected. The Empire Club will bring off a twenty: reund go between Joe Choynski and Tut Ryan, the Australian. The preliminary bout will be between Tom Lansing and Henry Baker. The managers of the clubs which have been left out in the cold are somewhat at a loss to know w their application should have been rejected and the Empi favored. The Occidental Club made ap} cation for a twenty-round contest between Peter Jackson and Peter Maher. “Kid” Carsey’s Hard Lines. Many an old friend in this city of “Kid” Carsey has been wondering where the lit- ue fellow will play next season. Carsey’s heart was broken when the Philadelphia club swapped him to St. Louis last spring, and during the remainder of the season he Was continually running away from and going back to ihe Browns. Other ex-Philadelphia players, _ like Grady, Hallman and Turner, would have liked to do the same, but, unfortunately for them, they were not in a position to do so. Carsey was, however, as he was last year, the owner and manager of the team which played Sunday games at Wee- hauken, N. J. He was thus in a position to do as he pleased to get even with Von der Ahe. Now, unless the “Kid” gets back under the Von der Ahe wing he is likely to be out in the cold next season, for the grounds on which his club played last year have been leased to a cycling syndicate. Carsey is too good a pitcher to go to rust, but unless he can patch up his troubles with Von der Ahe, or the latter trades him, he will be unable to pitch ball this year. Guessing at Next Senson’s Schedule. Guesses about next season’s base ball schedule are already being made, although President Young has hardly begun his task of “making dates” to suit twelve dif- ferent clubs, all of which are after the “plums” of the schedule. One thing is cer- tain—the season must begin on or very close to April 15 in order to finish the long schedule of 154 games for each club in the limited time that the contracts run. The season, according to a pretty well-in- formed guesser, will begin with games be- tween the eastern clubs in the east and the western clubs in the west. The first trip will be made by the eastern clubs into the west, it is said, about April 26, where they will remain for two weeks. Upon returning there will be another short east agt. east series, followed by a visit of two weeks here by the western clubs. That will be the plan, it is thought, throughout the season. Much the same ar- rangement regarding the disposition of holidays will be maintained as in years past. Cycle Makers Elect Directors. The stockholders of the national board of trade of cycle manufacturers held their annual meeting yesterday in New York city. The following directors were elected: C. S. Dikeman, Torrington, Conn.; R. S. Crawford, Hagerstown, Md.; Kirk Brown, New York; J. A. Carter, Geneva, Ohio; R. L. Coleman, New York; Joseph McKee, New York; A. L. Garford, Elisa, Ohio; George H. Day, Hartford, Conn.; A. R. Peck, Syracuse, N. Y.; C. F. Smith, In- dianapolis; Windsor T. White, Cleveland; R. Philip Gormully, Chicago; A. L. Moore, Cleveland. The report of the chairman of the press committee showed that in 1896 British ex- ports of bicycles amounted to $9,056,000. In 1897, $7,877,000; a decrease of $1,179,000. In 1896 United States exports amounted to $1,898,000. In 1897 this amounted to $7,005,000, an increase of $5,107,000. This shows a decrease in British exports of 13 per cent and an increase in ican ex- ports of 27 per cent. Chess Experts to Play England. A meeting was held yesterday at the Brooklyn Chess Club for the purpose of considering the election of four men to ecmplete the cable team for the match to be played against Great Britain in March next. Six men had already been chosen by the Brooklyn Chess Club, these being Pills- bury, Showalter, Hodges, Barry, Hymes and Delmar. Among those present was Capt. O’Farrell, president of the Washington club. After a long discussion, it was finally de- cided that the players so far selected for team, together with President Hagen, ehculd select the four remaining players and two substitutes, and that the team g sheuld be apa at another meeting. ————— GEO. W. SWEET SUFFOCATED. YALE AND CORNELL A Semi-Official Statement of the Former’s Position. She Will Not Forsake New London's Course or Pursue General Cham- plonships—Regret Expressed. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 20.—No official statement of the position of Yale in the matter of a boat race with Corneil, further than those contained in the chal- lenge to Cornell and the refusal to con- sider Cornell's conditional acceptance, has yet been made. Today, however, the Yale Alumni Weekly has a long editorial article which gives a concrete expression of Yale's Policy in boating matters and the senti- ment of Yale graduates. After reference to the Cornell-Yale negotiations the Weekly says: “Those who understand Yale’s principle in guiding her athletic course can hardly have any difficulty in following the steps taken in this instance, and we think they will approve the straightforward course of her representatives. They will be glad to know that there is no disposition here to forsake the New London course—the dis- tinetly university racing grounds—they will also be glad that Yale is not to be tempted into the pursuit of general championships and has not grown sensitive to the com- parative prowess of other institutions. Yale Broke Her Policy. “The general course of Yale's boating Policy had been broken into last year when she went to Poughkeepsie to resume her traditional contests with Harvard. There she met Cornell, and what might be called a return engagement was naturally to be expected. Cornell had courteously received Yale into what might be called her own race on her own waters. She had glorious- ly beaten her, and she had carried herself after that notable triumph in such a man- ner as reflected most creditably upon her spirit. It was felt most fitting that Corneil should therefore be invited into what might be called Yale’s waters, and per- haps into Yale’s own race. There was a cordial support of this reciprocal act, but the feeling was firm that the incident should not become a precedent or involve obligations for the future. Disappointed at Cornell. “The desire was strong for a race and the regret was keen that Cornell had proposed a condition that Yale could not accept in justice to herself. There has been no dis- position to criticise Cornell, but a sense of disappointment that she did not appreciate the strength of Yale’s conviction on this cardinal point.” ———— LWAY CONSOLIDATION. The Commissioners Decline to Grant Indefinite Authority. In their report to Congress on House bill 6148, to amend the charters of the Ecking- ton and Soldiers’ Home, the Maryland and Washington and the Belt Railway Com- panies, mentioned in The Star yesterd, the District Commissioners not only say they deem it inadvisable to the public in- terests to grant indefinite authority to con- solidate street railways, but they also say the third section of the bill is faulty. The Commissioners believe that instead of giving a bond for the faithful perform- ance of the work, a deposit of $10,000 should be required to be made within a lim- ited time, to be forfeited to the District of Columbia if the terms of the bill are not fully complied with. “A clause should also be inserted, the Commissione ‘requiring the Ecking- ton and Soldiers’ Home Railway Compan or anv other road with which it m: solidate, to equip such portions of route upon which the trolley system used with a double trolley in such manner that a return wire corresponding to th feed wire in position, insulation and ca- pacity shall be provided, and that no por- tion of the current u: in any manner for the operation or service of said road or roads shall be through the earth and ao dynamo furnishing power to said road or roads shall have either of its poles in any manner connected with the earth. Jwing to the fact that several of the streets traveresed by the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company are to’ narrow to permit of a rapid transit dou- ble track railway upon them with safety to the public, the Commissioners would recommend that the route of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company be laid down as follows: Beginning at the Bunker Hill road at the point where it crosses the Baltimore and Qhio railroad tracks, westerly on the Bunker Hill road to 4th street, southerly on 4th street to T street; thence on T street to 2d street; thence on 2d street to R street west, on R street to Eckington placee, through Ecking- ton place to Florida avenue and Ist street east; thence on Ist street to New York avenue, on New York avenue to 5th street west, south on 5th street to G street west, and on G street west to 15th street west: returning, east on G street to 4th street west, north on 4th street to New York ave- nue, on New York avenue to Ist street cast, through Ist street east and Ecking- ton place to R street, east on R street to 4d street east, north on 3d street to T Street, thence to point of beginning. “Also, beginning at Sth and G streets northwest, east ou G street to New Jersey avenue, thence on New Jersey avenue to Ist street west, thence on Ist street to In diana avcnue and C street, thence east on C stree. to 15th street east, thence north on 15th street east to D street, thence west on D street to Delaware avenue, south on Delaware avenue to C street north, thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue, north on New Jersey avenue to D street. west on D street to Ist street west, nortit en Ist street and New Jersey avenue to G street, west on G street to 4th street west, connecting with the track of the company at this point. 2 “Also, beginning at G street and New Jersey avenue northwest, through G street to North Capitol street and on North Cap- itol street northerly to such point as may be fixed by Congress, returning the same route to place of beginning.” ——— HEALTH REPORT. m- its Number of Deaths in the City During the Week. The deaths in the District reported to the health department during th: past week numbered %, as against 98 in the week previous. Of the decedents, 57 were white and 39 colored. The annual d2ath rate for the whole population was 17.8 per thou- sand Inhabitants, that for the whites being 15.5 and for the colored 22.8. The principal diseases present were those of the nervous system, causing 18 deaths; lung affections, 35 deaths, of which 15 were from pneumonia and 12 from consumption; diseases of the heart, which, compared with the last report, declined from 14 to 6, and those of children under one year of age, which declined from 21 to 15. At the close of the last report there were 60 cases of diphtheria under treatment. During the week 17 new cases were re- ported, and 15 were relieved from quaran- tine by recovery, leaving 62 cases in isola- tion in 51 premises. Of scarlet fever there were 55 cases in ing the week and 14 were relieved from quarantine, leaving 57 cases in 45 premises. Th mein features of the weather pre- vailing during the week were a mean tem- perature of 43 degrees, a mean barometric pressure of the air of 29.93 and a rela- tive humidity of 92, with a rainfall of 1.96 inches. ae ee Installation ef Officers. ‘The officers of Trinity Chapter, Epworth | League, will be installed by the District to be installed are: R. E. Cook, president; H. F. Belt, first vice president; Mrs. Lillie president; Mrs. EB. D, Huntley, third vice president; E. R. ~ A ee it —~ MERTZ'S. SOAPS DOWN. A most interesting cnt In fine Toflet Soap. We've gotten together a fine as. sortment of well-known soaps and put special prices on them for this week's selling. Fine Toilet Soaps, 3 cakes in Noiges harrier tet acy ws TSC 2 boxes, 25e. Regular 25-cent Complexion 1. Scape 3 cabes in bos 17¢. Palm Om PHARMAC 11th and F Sts. Ja20-564 ~ YF wre, see se eeaOEeeeaeeeSeeaOeoeeeOmOSS to Be Provided With Busch Bal _ le Fact! Mr. Geo. H. Gray, the local agent of tho owners of the Busch building, which tho government officials complained of recent- ly as being badly in need of additional means for escape from fire has assured the District Commissioners that the im- provements needed will be made. Mr. Gray explained that neither he nor the owners of the building had re- ceived any complaint in the matter, their first knowledge of the necessity for addi- tional fire escapes on the building having been chtained from the newspapers. “We have,” said Mr. Gray, “always made im- provements on the butlding when asked, and there will be no trouble in the pres- ent case. As I have said, we have so far not heard directly from’ the government officials. We will promptly do what is right and necessary.” — Commissioners Will Investigate. Messrs. James B. Halloway, R. B. Far- quhar and Tarleton B. Stabler of Sandy Springs, Md., representing Olney Grange, had a conference with the District Commis- sioners yesterday upon the subject of lights on vehicles, as required by the police re lation which goes into effect March 1. They explained that their people are very desirous of obeying the laws, but they be- lieve that the regulation is somewhat un- reasonable in that it requires lights to be placed on wagons carrying hay or s No matter where the light would t they stated, there would be great di of destroying the load by fire from th: terns. The Commissioners admitted that there would be som: promised that will they matter with the hope of relieving the trou- investiga ble. —— Woman's Law Class Lectures. The second lecture before the Woman's Law Class, by Judge C. C. Cole, on the laws governing the relations of parent and child, last Friday night, was attended not only by the members of the class, but a large audi- ence, who listened with great interest. The next lecture in the course is to be given tomorrow evening. at 1710 I street north- west, by Prof. W. C. Robinson, professor of law and dean of the department of so- cial science of the Catholic University, on the subject of “The Law of W« This is the first time Professor Ri has appeared in Washington as a lecturer out- side of the university. ar Annual Meeti: A meeting of the Roché o-operative Society of the District of Columbia was held at Grand Army Hall Tuesday evening. The election of officers resulted as follows: A. M. Salmon, president; A. Girouard, vice president; L. S. Emery and L. Cabell Wil- respect= elected. H. Bell, C. E, F. J. Young, A. Buckler were elected and and elected Members of the auditing committee. Mr. J. F. Huguely was elected sergeant-at-arms and Mrs. C. F, Hadfield was elected doorkeeper. ae Adopt Wai «ton Plan. Commissioner Wight has received word from Baltimore that the president of the le liamson, secretary and treasw ach being unanimously rm Cc Messrs. R. McBride, 8. board of volic jone there has informed the various charitable organiza- tions of that city of the board’s desire that the police force shall be relieved of the work of dispensing relief among the poor. The police commissioners explain that the members of the force have about all they can do to properly perform their legitimate duties, and express the opin- fon that the organized charitable asso- ciations of Baltimcre are much more able and competent to relieve the poor. commissioners also call attention to the fact that in Washington and other cities the police are relieved of all charitable work. Run Down! How many business and professional men today feel completely run down! They have no energy, ambition or heart for work! They need treatment! 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