Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1898, Page 14

THE EVENING STAK. | - f 2 : RPO PRE a ere saree! + - PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ———<—SSSS eh, The regular permanent family, circulation of The Evening Star 1101 Pennszivanis Averns, Cor. 11th Sh, by : ' @ in’ Washi 4 , : in Washington is more than The Evening Star Ne Compan : < j : SH KAUFFMANN Prost.’ : f P 1 3 2 f double that of any other paper, Sr eee = . : Few York Office. 49 Potter Beficing, Part 2 e t AGES = ° whether published in the morn- od - 5 4 The Erening Star 14 served to subscrtberg ts the 2 Z ry ing or in the afternoon. rT! a on . at i ts » : wer weeks or ‘Sete tee wonin Copies atthe . . i As a medium for unobjec- . ch. ~ongwh the z 5 4 . Taitea states ee ‘Ganaaa “postage prepald—60 ‘ents tionable advertisements it there- ont. PSaturday Qcintunle Sheet Star, $1 per year, with : 2 : : fore stands unequaled and un- foreign postage added, $3.08. = z (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @s secend-cla. 3 mail matter.) £7 All mail subscriptions must be pald in advance. approachable, Rates of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. tot a $ Another | This time a On May 16 we will open $ Bill Relati koe Divided Trade Stirring jax PREIS LALIT mill agent our new store, 935 Pa. Ave. | $| Bill Relating to the Present Divide Event, pays tribute. Till then the big,discount sale $ - Jurisdiction. : continues. - ¢ ° ¢| LETTER FROM SENATOR M’MILLAN ae seat ; ) Y in J | . . THE WAR WITH We bdelieve in the dis- 4 3 iminating judgment of the j V v a SPAIN SEEMS TO criminating judg: y. AS 0) a The Comments of -Col. Bingham HAVE SCARED ALL : people. We relied on them, » z TAILORS We banked everything on ) 5 e4 on the Subject. THE OTHER mf them. We have worked > q With bargains during this stupendous sale of ours. : FROM THE Sere hard to deserve succ ess. » i 3 ee ; , obbers and woolen sellers Money-saving events like x ‘ Disease, Watekes aad emery arc fame satel 4 BILL SENT TO CONGRESS ar us we're the only buyers we brought a5 this week ) y i 3 $ ‘broadcast. A round 40 per cent to be saved on every = _ in these parts. Consequent- —like we bring to you next 5) Fe ose 5 y i yveek—have le us popu- “ . : - a Senator McMillan, chairman of the Sen- ly we are taking advantage week—have mad Pp é purchase. “Plain figure” prices were always 20 per cent ¢ fata ¥iiet siete oouminl tice Sacverai: dase iero of this situation and bring lar. Just a few words 4 less than any one’s else—an additional 20 per cent is $| addressed a letter to the ee ee to you the benefits. about this latest deal. The ; : %,| sioners, inclosing a letter he had rece!vec Vouve made! us srow= goods are ALL WOOL, ‘ 3 | from Col. Bingham, in charge of the public ae 3 ) Everything must go before we move. Everything | viaea jurisdiction existing over the parking we should watch your in- styles are the newest, with ) e : Bae = z | of the city. The senator suggested to the terests. Your interests are Mertz guarantee. We just 4 is going. We'll open up with an entirely new stock of $ Commissioners that they cause to be pre- « Our ititerests) AC MUTUAL received them this morn- ) 23 = da bill stati ifically what reser- es ; Tey, Rags 2 Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware and Clocks. Patibia: Bnound Hees Teatanre eyateni OE TAILORING COMBI- ing. We've never show na S ) the District of Columbia, so that there NATION—the people and single style—they are just dv aa might hereafter be no question as to the R us. A combination that o fresh from the mill agent. ‘) : Pen on te one beoray ot nares é will win out. Our 5 years’ “ We think we have enough & ¢ Commissioners on the other , 2 Me Castel ber The Bargain Giver matter of street parking. This is the more ( Ifight to break down high to hold out for the week— »)) 9 94 | necessary, the senator stated, from the fact tailoring prices has brought we may be mistaken. At . that, as he understood it, difficulty has us very close to the men of any rate, we would suggest: 2) S s arisen in regard to the proper assessments BEE AWiA Gp eee an early interview. No ob- S 1 103 Pa. Ave. Next Star Office. pe SANE ae aoe this campaign of low prices ligation to buy. 2 e appropriation for paving around public pag P' c c 4 : = E reservations. we knew we would win out. MERTZ and MERTZ. 4) Baltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. Established 1846. ‘The senator also suggested that the bill y) should include a provision for the control $ | of the wharf property. This subject, he Sts 4 | explained, was taken up by his committee e IN CAMP THOMAS With the Regular Soldiers at Chicka- mauga Park. ANXIOUS FOR ACTIVE DUTY Troops Want to Be Turned Loose Among the Spaniards. RECRUITS IN THE SOUTH =f Bpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP GEORGE H. THOMAS, Chickamauga Park, Ga., May 4, 1898. ‘The light batteries of artillery, the 24th Unite¢ States Infantry and the 9th United States Cavalry have departed from Camp Thomas, amid the cheers of their less for- tenate comrades, and speculation has been rife as to the next regiments to board the cars for Tampa. Want to go? I should say tke soldiers do want to go, and there is a general feeling among the regulars that a force large enough and strong enough to hold their own on Spanish soil should alone be sent. No paltry landing party is wanted. ‘hey say that yellow jack and Spanish buliets would soon sac- Fifice such a forlorn hope. At the same time the regular officers freely express | themselves as being in favor of a postpone- ment of Cuban invasion until fall. The recruiting of the rew companies and the whipping of the raw recruits into shape for a foreign war is no insignificant task, let alone the organigation of a vast vol- unteer army. But the feeling among the private sol- diers is that they want to be turned loose among the Spaniards, the sooner the bet- ter; and the hearty cheers which saluted the departing troopers as t marched to the trains and the cries of “We'll be with you soon, boys,” “Our turn next,” and other expressions, bere testimony to the sense of comradeship in the nation’s crisis between the white and black troops. One giant trooper of the th Cavalry created ccnsiderable amusement by shouting out at frequent inter “T'se a wah-yah, now!” accompanying his speech by swing- ing his campaign hat about his ebon face. Regular Daily Drills. Regular crills have become a feature of each day’s duties, and from 9 to 11 o’clock the long lines of infantry swing over hill afd dale, and through the woods and clearings the cavalry skirmishes in extend- ed order, in preparation for more serious work in the near future. The Gecrgian natives stop and wonder, open-mouthed at the spectacle, and the southern grandsires tell the crowd how it used to be, under Longstreet, and Bragg and Price. But al! sectional feeling is buried in war against a national enemy, and the yeople of the neighboring city of Chattanooga are as patriotic as those of any city in the country. Recruits im the South. Under the terms of recent orders, the people of Georgia and Alabama will soon be given an opportunity to show their patriotism in a practical way. Recruiting officers—four or five from each regiment— are to be sent out into the neighboring states to gather in likely young Americans for the regular service. Just at present, regular officers tel me, there is a rush to the volunteer service, and there are grave feurs lest the regular service will be out- classed. But they predict that tefore many wonths—if the war lasts that Jong—the re- cruit will find out where he ts best fed, elothed and treated, and that the regular @cmy will then be filled by transfers from @he volunteers, just as it was in the latter days of the c'vil war. Eye for Insurance Business. By the way. --veral Msurance agents in Camp Thomas are doing a big business. Most of the life insurance companies have refused to assume war risks on new insur- ance, but at least one company with an eye for business has telegraphed !ts agents to insure everything in sight, at peace rates. The consequence fs that the com- Pca has a monopoly of the insurance usiness, and its agents are happy. The first general court-martial of the eamp—perhaps of the war—took place on fast Monday. Although not strictly a “drum head” court, as the drums were missing, the court sat out of doors, be-, Meath the green shade trees at the resi- dence of the superintendent of the park, forming a circle, with the president of the ccurt and the judge advocate at opposite ends. The officers wore their “war clothes” and sabers, and looked as though they meant business. The cases tried were not ef unusual interest, being mostiy breaches ef discipline committed en route,to the rendezvous. Lieut. Col. Carroll of the 6th Cavalry is the president of the court, and Lieut. Koester of the 3d the judge advo- cate. The Sixth in Camp. -— - The 6th Cavalry, part of which is well known to Washington people, ugh their location at Fort My2r, have a beautiful camp at the southern extremity of the park. Small streams of: water, fed by springs of ¢lear water, flow on either side of the camp, and a ccuple of miles distant Chickamauga cre2k furnishes bathing fa- cilities. Cossack riding is not one of the functions of Camp Thomas—everything is subordinated to preparation for war. In British Uniform. The first military representative of a for- eign power to arrive at the camp of the regulars has be2n Capt.-A. H. Lee of the | Royal Artillery of Great Britain. The cap- tain walked up to Gen. Brooke's head- quarters in full artillery uniform, and af- terward changed to a field uniform, such as is used by the British troops operating in India. The latter uniform excit2¢ much interest among the officers in camp, as the service in India fs said to greatly resemble that of our troops on the western frontier. It consisted of corduroy trousers, cut full in th2 leg and tight around the knee; a tunic or blouse of rough Indian cioth, and a head dress of peculiar shape, capable of being turned down, s0 as to protect the neck and ears. News of Dewey's Victory. The news of the glorious victory of Ad- miral Dewey’s fleet at Manila was received by the regulars with the utmost enthu- siasm. Some of the soldiers wished they had been horse-marines, so as to have been able to share in the brilliant fight of the Ameri- can navy. The aewsboys did a good busi- ness with the “extras,” and th2 soldiers who had not a nickel. left over from pay day, crowded around some moore fortunate comrade, who read the news, amid cheers of approval. The marine corps of the navy has a large number of ex-soldiers in its ranks, and the remarks which told the spectators that “Bill Jones, who used to be in “K” Company, was,now on the Baiti- more; or that “Shorty Smith,” who was ccrporal in ‘Troop in ‘82, was now a sergeant on the Olympia, were interesting to note. Second only in tmportance was the noti- ficatien from Washington of the nomina- tion of a number of colonels among the regular regiments to higher offices in the volunteers. The telegrams came late at night, but nevertheless several regimental bands were ordered out, and by the weird light of candles, rendered choice musical selections. The officers hastened to con- sratulate their chiefs on their promotions, and many a private stuck his head from beneath the tents, and inquired in an ex- cited voice, “What's up? What they cele- brating?" In the Blazing Sun. On Tuesday the 2d Cavilry Brigade was reviewed by Col. Arnold, Ist Cavalry, com- manding the cavalry division. Col. Sum- ner commanded the brigade. The troops went through their evolutions with exact- ness at a trot, the $d Cavalry leading, un- der command of Col. Young, followed by the Galloping 6th, undef Lieut. Col. Car- roll. The hot southern sun blazed down on the troopers, and gave them a taste of what they might expect in Cuba or the Philippines. Speaking of the heat, some of the officers of a cavalry regiment from the northwest, are having the laugh on one of thelr num- ber. It seems that the latter, who Is a gay young bachelor, left his former western Post in a hurry and delegated the packing of his steamer trunk to his man-of-all- work, a colored soldier of excellent judg- ment. The trunk was duly packed, locked and put upon the baggage trains. What was the officer’s surprise and amazement when he opened the trunk at Camp Thomas to find that the top garments for supposed use in Cuba consisted of a dress suit and @ fur cap! —_>—___ ACCEPTS ITS SERVICES. The W. R. C. to Become a Sanitary Commission. Surgeon General Sternberg of the army has accepted the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Re- public, as a@ sanitary commission for the District of Columbia.’ At an early date Mrs. Anna A. Peck, president of the De- partment of the Potomac, will hold a mass meeting, at which time an organization will be effected. Together with other prom- iment ladies of the city, the commission will ageist tte National Guard and National Reserves here and on the battle field. Brig. Gen. Geo. H. Harries, in a letter to the corps, assures the members of his gratitude and personal interest in their plans. Already this band of women has contributed @ considerable sum toward pro- curing delicacies for the ship Solace. The department president and her staff have visited nearly all the corps in this Gepartment.. This week Farragut and Burnside were visited. A large number were in attendance. In every corps there was the record of relief furnished. Lafayette Corps last evening turned Gut en masse to do honor to Wilson Pést at the Soldiers’ Home. A.number of depart- ment G. A. R. and W. R. C. officers were present also. The department chairman, Mrs. M. R. Sprague, and her committee are busy pre- paring for Memorial day. The quarterly reports for the quarter just ended show an increase ship of thirty-five in the department. There was spent for relief $185.55; esti- mated value of clotting and fcod donated, Nearly 200 persons were given relief. ec, ae some years ago, but the pendency of the cases in the courts made the efforts of the committee of no avail. “The matter,” he wrote, “is in such shape now, I understand, that the control of this property ought to be with the Commission- ers, and the property ought to be handled for the benefit of the District of Columbia.” Col. Bingham’s Letter. In the letter Col. Bingham addressed to Senator McMillan he said: “I see by the papers that the bill has passed the House giving the Commissioners of the District jurisdiction over the park- ing. This seems to me a véry good ar- rangement, in general; but I venture to suggest that the wording of the law should be so amended that the triangular spaces formed at the intersection of streets by the intersections of parking should be placed under the jurisdiction of this office, becauso these spaces can never be built upon, being property of the United States, and also be- cause they form a part of the park system of this city. They have always been re- garded by this office as under its jurisdic- tion, but it would be better, it seems to me, to have this specifically stated in the law. “I also venture to mention that it has al- Ways seemed to me that where parkings are reserved in the center of a street or avenue these should also be transferred to the jurisdiction of this office, because they are really also a part of the park system and do not fall under municipal jurisdic- tion, as do the parkings immediately in front of houses.” Reply of the Commissioners. In reply to his communication Senator McMillan has received a tetter from the District Commissioners, submitting the draft of a bill relative to the control of wharf property arid certain public spaces in the District of Columbia. “The laws governing the contro! of wharf property and certain public spaces within the direct lines in the District of Columbia are somewhat obscure,so that it is uncertain whether the control of such property is vested in the chief of engineers of the United States army or in the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia. As a mat- ter of fact, it Is claimed by both, and the Commissioners are, and have been for some years, in receipt of rentals for wharf prop- erty leased by them from time to time. At the same time, the validity of their action is so uncertain that they have not been able in all cases to collect the Tentals ac- cruing under such leases. It seems quite essential, therefore, that the laws govern- ing the matter should be made Positive and clear. “The first and second sections of the in- closed bill relate to the control of wharf property, and are so drawn that the control of this property is vested either in the chief of engineers, United States army, or in the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as Congress in its wisdom may decide. They are modeled after the present wharf laws of the city of New York. Three Classes of Parks. “The remaining sections of the bill relate to the various parks and reservations in the District. A close examination of these parks shows that they consist of three classes, namely: “1. Original ‘appropriations.’ “2. Land acquired by purchase and set aside for park purposes. “3. Street spaces at the intersections of streets and avenues. “With the first two classes the bill has nothing to do, except as to such portions of them as may lie outside of building lines and may be needed for street purposes. “It is uncertain in whom the jurisdiction over the third class is vested, as the legis- lation on the subject is obscure and co tradictory. Under section 225 of the Re- vised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia the District authorities have laid out in many of the street spaces circles and other reservations of various forms where the space was not needed for road- ways or sidewalks. By agreement between the District authorities and the chief of engineers, some of these have been placed under the control of the latter named offi- cer. At the same time, there are a num- ber of such spaces within the District of Columbia which the chief of engineers has declined to accept for park purposes. These Spaces occur sometimes as triangles, trape- zoids or cireles, surrounded by roadways, and at other times in the form of irregular spaces formed by the parking at the inter- sections of streets and avenues, . ‘It ts very netessary that the laws con- cerning the control of such spaces should be positive and clear, more especially since upon such legislation depends the distribu- tion of assessments for special improve- ments, such as sidewalks, sewers and wa- ter nrains, and the expenditure of the ap- Propriation for sidewalks around public reservations. a “In appendix CCC of the report of the chief of engineers for the year 1894 there appears a list of the various spaces claim- ed by the chief of engineers as reservations and public spaces under his charge, to- gether with a map showing their locatio: This list contains all of the parks and res- three classes mentioned Mertz and Mertz, Progressive Tailors, 906 F St. : The suit is not Choice — new— yours until you chic—Spring ee RE eee eee PALO Copronouuce the fit ings--unprecedent- 0. k ed values. eas keep that point | tion’ to the above is §he apse of one reser- vation, marked No. #25 im the list printed in appendix CCC, ‘before mentioned, on which a school. house; hasi been located for any years.” Provisions pf the Bill. The bill transmitted bythe Commission- ers provides that the chief of engineers of the United tSates aemy ,or the Commis- sioners of the District‘shall have the ex- clusive charge and céntrol of all wharf property beicuging to the United States or to the District of Columbia within ania District, ‘including all the wharves, piers, bulkheads andsstractures thereon, and wa- ters adjacent thereto within the pier lines, and all slips, basins, docks, water fronts, land under water, and. structures thereon, and the. gppurtenances, easements, uses, reversions. and rights: belonging, thereto, which are now owned or possessed by the United States or the District, or to which they, or either of them, is or may become entitled, or which they Or either of them may acquire under the provisions hereof or otherwise; and said chief of engineers or Commissioners shall have exclusive charge and control of the repairing, bullding, re- building, maintaining, altering, strengthen- ing, leasing and protecting said property, and every part thereof, and all the clean- ing, dredging and deepening necessary in and about the same within the pier lines. Said chief of engineers or Commissioners are invested with the exclusive government and control of all wharves, piers, bulk- heads and structures thereon, and waters adjacent thereto, within the pier lines, and all basins, slips and docks, with the land under water in said District not owned by the United States or by the District. - Section 2 of the proposed bill provides that the said chief of engineers or the Com- missioners of the District is or are hereby authorized and empowered to make all needful rules and regulations for the gov- ernment and proper care of all the property placed in his or their charge and under his or their control by the provisions of the first section of the measure, and to annex such reasonable penalties to said rules and regulations as will secure their enforce- ment. Also to make and enforce rules and regulations in regard to buliding and re- pairing wharves, the rental thereof and the rates of wharfage. The third section of the bill provides that the exclusive charge and control of all spaces within the lines of streets, avenues or other highways in the District, and at the intersection thereof, shall be vested in the Commissioners of the District and their successors; provided, that such charge and control shall not apply to said spaces, a list of which the Commissioners inclose. Roadways and Sidewalks. But this section of the bill authorizes the Commissioners to-enter upon any of the spaces or reservations named above for the purpose of widening the roadway of any street or avenue adjacent thereto, or to establish sidewalks along the same, whenever in their judgment the public ne- cessity or converiience requires ‘it, in order to establish such roadways or sidewalks, or both, as may be required for the public needs, or such as will correspond in width and direction with tha soadwray. or sidewalk of the street or avenuebeyond the reserva- : t judgment it tion; and whenever Loe ee nies portion of ,the .epace between buildimg lines in the -atre or ayenues of the District for a or ation, the control of the same, ving ‘been set aside by the: as a park or reservation, shall be engineers of the Unite shall have control of acquired for park pannosee under ,£he get of March 2, 1698, the way ex! $ further, that this act not affect in any manner the pro’ in the act of March 2, 1891, to st appropriations for ington shall be application and with REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Details of a Series of Large Invest- ments in Property. TWO NEW APARTMENT HOUSES What is Said to Have Been Paid for F Street Realty. a HOTEL PROJECT AGAIN The .eyent of the wek was the closing of a series of purchases of large pieces of property in this city by Mr. Frank W. Andrews of Newport, R. I. As already stated in the news columns of The Star, Mr. Andrews is now the owner of the Grafton, the hotel building at the corner of Connecticut avenue and De Sales street, a business building on the north side of F street, adjoining the Sun building on the east, and the Savoy, an apartment house cn 14th street near Binney, and one other piece of real estate. It seems that Mr. Andrews recentiy sold property in Boston, from which he realized about half a million dollars, and he decided to invest substantially the entire amount in real estate in this city. After consulting with Mr. Arthur D. Addison and Messrs. Westcott & Story, real estate brokers, he made the purchases, as above indicated. Yesterday there was placed on record a deed by which Arthur Herbert of Alex- andria and Dulaney & Fleming, trustees, transferred to Mr. Andrews the title in the property known as the Grafton. The sale was made by Mr. Arthur D. Addison, real estate broker, representing Mr. An- drews, through H. Rozier Dulaney, real estate broker. The purchase of a portion of the property fronting 27 feet on De Sales street was negotiated by Mr. Addison through Mr. William Corcoran Hill, real estate broker. The entire property has a frontage of 56 feet on De Sales and 109 feet on Connecticut avenue, and contains 4,832 square feet. Plans have already been made for extensive improvements, which will result in the erection of a build- ing in place of the old part of the structure similar in design to the new part and one story higher. It is understood that a deed is t0 be placed on record transferring ancther piece of property to Mr. Andrews, which will complete his investments for the present. Some time in the near future it is prob- able Mr. Andrews will erect a large build- ing on the site which he purchased on F street. More Than $300,000. ‘While it is not known exactly the amount paid in any instance, as only nominal con- siderations were given in the various sales, yet it is said the purchases represent in the aggregate an expenditure of considerably over $300,000. For the Savoy apartment house, as already stated in The Star, it is currently reported that the price paid was al it $120,000. For the Grafton Hotel building it is believed the Was about $85,000, while for the F street property it is thought Mr. $65,000. These latter erable int Tegarded If the consideration of one then the price per which {3 somewhat more last fall by Mr. lece of consideration | ment building as an investment for a por-| location of the road having been tion of the money may be looked upon as an indication that this kind of property yields a good return. Ther2 have been during the past year or so a good many apartment houses, both large and small, erected, and the opinion has been expressed by some people that too many buildings of this char- acter have b2en put up. However, that does not seem to be the opinion of Messrs. Oscar W. White and Dr. Z. B. Babbitt, who built the Savoy apartment house, and who, as above stated, have just sold it to Mr. Andrews. They have just purchased a lot at the southeast corner of 14th and Roanoke streets, where they propose to erect an apartment house, which will be fully as large as the Savoy. It will be six stories in height and what is known as the system of steel construction will be followed, a framework of stecl being butlt and filled in with brick and stone. About $2 Per Foot. The lot has a frontage of 106 feet on 14th street, with a depth of 164 feet, and was purchased from the Columbia Heights In- vestment Company. It contains a total area of 15,334 square feet, and at the price paid, which was about $30,000, the rate per square foot was about $2. The building is to cost in the neighborho of $200,000, so that the entire property will represent an investment of some $230,000. On the corner below, Which is the north- east corner of 14th and Clifton streets, two apartment houses are being erected from plans which have been carefuily worked out by Mr. P. M. Dubant. The owner is Mr. B. H. Warner. The lot has a frontage of 103 feet by a depth of 130, but instead of covering this site with one ‘Be building the plan of erecting two buildings was decided upon, and it is thought the re- sult will be that the structures will not only have the effect of private houses, but that the suites will have a more abundant sup- ply of light and air. Six Rooms and Bath. Each butlding ts to be 38 by 100 fect and four stories in height. There are to be sixteen suites, each to consist of six rooms and a bath. A feature of each apartment will be a kitchen. The exterior walls will be built of Roman brick and brown stone, and the wingows are to be filled with plate glass. The aim of the design of the building will be to give a substantial effect rather than to attract the eye by mere or- namental devices. A_ few weeks ago announcement was made in The Star of the purchase by Mr. Alonzo O. Bliss of an additional lot on the ! east side of 16th street near K, thus mak ing the total trontage owned by him 75 feet. The depth of the property is 106 fect to a wide alley, and at the tim? Mr. Bliss bough: this property it was his intention to erect there a large apartment house, pgpbably some ten stories in height. Uncertainty of War. Owing, however, to the outbreak of hos- tilities between this country and Spain and the resulting uncertainties in business he has decided not to go on with this im- provement at’ present. When, however, the future becomes more definite he states that it is his purpose to put up a hand- some apartment building on that site. stated at the time, he paid nearly-$30, for the ground, and he intends to build a structure that will be in keeping.with the surroundings, which, as well known, is one of the choice residence sections of the city. The Old Willard Residence. The old house G13 14th street northwest, which was occupied for so many years by the late Joseph C. Willard as his residence, to a street north of the Park, work hi been resumed on the lodge, which will A | be rapidly pushed to completion. a, The First Taste. t (In four pictures.) From Fitegende Blatter.