Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898-94 PAGES. ‘T AT WORK, FRAUGHT WITH PERIL The Task of Destroying an Enemy’s Mines and Torpedoes. eae FEATURES OF SUBMARINE WARFARE *Several Ways of Accomplishing the Same Desired End. ON BOARD THE ARGONAUT ee Written for T ning Star. SIDE FROM THE A ble or auto- mobile torpedo, ve torpedoes or mines that guard the entrance t> ports un welcome ira the most @r-aded of all present perfected m subaquatic warfare. There are two kinds of min+s used gener- sitor, ans and they are, first, the observation mine, which is explod2d @M observer when he that the foe's | vessei ix threat = raass of SU0 pounds of guncotton, and second, the 2lk tro-contact mine, which, containing about 73 pour of the same explosive, bursts when touching the bottom of an enemy's craft, and, because of actual contact, needs @ smaller charge to accomplish its dread purpose. This 2lectro-contact mine is real- yy the most dangerous to cope wita, for but @ slight tilting causes the electric circuit to cicse and the charge to be fired. A sud- den jerk upon its cable might work that havoe. passes to hor tican ports already know by one frightful ox- the question now Is, “How ct ourselves from submarine after th heavy guns of her ilenced and the paths seem ife entrance of our victorious ample; shall we pr attack eve batteries are free for the th> work of laying or planting defensive mine fields falls to the army, and upor the navy of a foe is placed the very quest istinetion of destroying them. ral Blanco has plaz and upon our nay rmines con- bra. depth of w . c are turned to- ard t of the boat, where they will be least exp to the fire of the enemy’s fapid-fire suns, the ones usually relegated to the on of min is and the r for such de- guns are si- hed to each end istance charged wite ef calcium for n work, wa- them. Their D Is to of the planted mines and the puntermining explosion. ed they are ex- of the offic on_ shipbo he officer at t towing complete being ready, joint ac he cable ry boat end and t with the mine tow. Perhaps sweeping the ‘mine hes to it, and everythin to keep in the shadows s near as possible to the soul before crowding on spe everything depends upon t rity and ss of the operators. In the face, per- ring fire and driving bullets quick-firing pieces, the steam eps fearless ward in a pre- nged direction. The battery boat dro: Then rm and anchors, while holding its end of cable. On steams the cutter. A few «ments later, a tug on the line from the ery bi eleases the first of the mines and overboard it goes. Again, and again, sputtering light, towboat tells of f sing batteries reeket and @ a rocket from the s readiness. Then the fir- are joined up. A second the circuit closed by the simultane pressing of the keys at both en For the briefest fraction of a mo- ment there is an expectant halt, then from the depths burst great masses of luminous, thundering columns of water, with all the frightful detonation of perhaps three tons of gun cctton—our mines and the enemy's as well. If still afloat and unhalted by the foe's guns, the steam launch turns back through the yet agitated channelway and speeds on toward the battery boat and the sheltering harbor of the ship beyond. Cootness and Judgment. No one need be in the countermining launch, for the mines are arranged to drop overboard automatically by the strain up- on the cable at intervals, hut good, covi men must be in the battery boat and the ‘steam cutter speefing on in the face of threatening destruction, and the sinking of that cutter means certain failure to the expedition. That Morro Castle has power- ful searchlights we already know, and it is @n easy thing io mount casily and in a short while enough rapid-fire guns to sweep ith dangerous fiequency the narrow en- trance into Havana harbor. So counter- Mining in the way described would hardly healthful or successful. he only other well-known method of @ttacking an cnemy’s mines is by “creep- ing,” and the object is to catch the electric gables running to the mires, an¢ ting them, prevent the foe's « of em. This is done by towing two grap- of} ally for this purpose. in this man-{ pending. o upon the ter in wh are to operate. mines are o one of the launches or » sinkers, ca! buoys being drop over! at the ed in place only by yarn which is intended ent strain is brought to | (5c parts contain- and again this happens, till all ten or a dozen have been dropped overboard, and the three buoys biagze with their torches of | rels, one containing an explosive charge of scmething over two pounds of guncotton nd the other a simple grapnel coming on hind at a distance of thirty or forty feet. The explosive grapnel first picks up the cable, and when a tug is felt upon the line the charge is exploded elec- This may not completely sever ble, so the other grapnel picks the cable up, and the whole thing is ‘o the boat and either severed or tia junction box of several hed and the whole lot explod- To meet this possibility, it is a } common thing to plant dummy mines and dead cables to deceive an enemy; and it is ommon to strew the neighboring bot- tem with chain aad steel rope to catch the shemy’s creeps, and false buoys are always t they may purposely mislead a countermining attack. The Argonaut. Again, the approaches to either Havana or Matanzas are too well guarded to make either ordinary countermining or creeping reasonably safe or successful; and there is but little chance, indeed, of mines being found near enough to the surface to be destroyed by shell attack or the fire from | machine guns. Whether or not the Vesu- vius could accomplish that end at long a matter for speculation, but there no doubt, whate that in the lake bmarine boat Argonaut we have a safe nd practicable means of reaching the and that without suspicion range ifs is | of her presence. {| When this craft was offered in com| tion, mmong other designs, some three ars ago, the notion of submarine ve BY | rolling along on the bottom was glven lit- tle encouragement, and the submarine boat Plunger, still building, was ordered of the Hell attern. Today the Argonaut h: stablished her working possibilities, while | the Plunger is yet to have her first trial. } The Argoraut is a cigar-shaped struc- ture of steel thirty-six feet long and a greatest diameter of nine feet. It ha | total weight or displacement, when s merged, of nearly sixty tons, and i$ amply stout enough to resist the pressure of water at a depth of 150 fect. jt = Internal Arrangements. The body of the boat is divided into three principal compartments—the largest one, nich occupies about two-thirds of the length of the craft, contains the propelling engines, the air and water pumps and the dynamo. The forward compartment is the pilot house, so to speak, and the compart- ment immediately next and aft is the alr- lock and diver’s room. From this room the diver can pass through a manhole in the | foor and out upon the bottom of the sea. ‘To accomplish this the airlock is closed to the other parts of the boat—the pilot being shut up in his compartment and the rest of the force being confined to the great chamber. The diver and his attendant now turn on the air from the reservoir and al- it to gather pressure in the airlock till | that pressure exactly equals that of the weter outside. This is determined by a mail cock in the manhole plate, which, if does not admit water when turned on in connection with the water outside, indi- cates that a balance of pressure has been attained. Then the manhole plate is drop- red, and upon the ladder-like rungs fasten- | i ito it the diver passes right out into water about the craft, the water stop- & at the threshold cf the compartmeni though bidden to halt by some supreme vith the glow the searchlight and the small lamp borne in n suit he is able to see for a con- ple distance about him, and, being in constant communication to direct the me in touch wiih the cable be can readily distin- from the real thing—it er to sever them or with a battery on with ement telephon the pilot, he is abl of the boat. Once of the mines—and guish the dummy is an easy thing ¢ to connect them up yard the boat, and then, when at a safe stance fire them at will. The Argo- aut is propelled along the surface by a solins engine, and when going along on by storage batteries charged | from the gasoline engine. When not sub- in from without either dome on top or through a hose leading to a li float. When sub- | merged, the air suppiy will come down through the hose to the float, and an in- genious arrangement prevents the admis sion of water should the float be sunk or flooded. The air tanks are charged to a high pressure, and air enough is carried in them to supply a crew of four or six j persons for quite two days. The water ballast is under pneumatic control, and a Lh drop keel is fitted as a safeguard against accident. This, like the two an- choring weights—one forward and one aft— n be parted with at will, and the boat lowed to rise rapidly by virtue of its ewn buoyancy. The boat has three wheel: The two forward ones, which bear the bu: den when rolling on the bottom, have each a weight of about a ton, and are fixed rig- idly to the beat. The third wheel is aft throug! | and in the center and much smaller. This | wheel does the steering at ull times, and is the only rudder the boat has. She is driven by ene screw propeller. How She Will Work. In practice the Argonaut has shown a spetd of six miles; and, resting lightly as | she would‘on a smooth bottom of sand, for instance, Mr. Lake says he sees no reason why she should not travel at the same rate when totally submerged. The boat is not designed to work between the bottom and the surface, but It is perfectly feasible to hold the boat anywhere between the sur- face and the bettom by means of the tw anchors provided for that purpose. For n: yal purposes this is a decided advantage. The boat could ereep along the surface with cnly her dome above water till reasonably near an enemy’s vessel. Taking her bearing | and the distance, the Argonaut could sink j and roll along the bottom till just beneath her. Then she could either plant a mine there or, with the div>r on top of the short jeck and her anchors down, the Argonaut could be allowed to slowly rise till within touch of the bottom of the enemy’s craft. where a torpedo could be fastened, to bs subsequently exploded when the submarine boat was at a safe distance. Of course this could not be done to a moving ship. In practiced hands wondsrs could be ac- complished with this little vessel; and Mr. Lake is thoroughly fitted to clear the har- bor of Havana or any other place of tor- pedoes, and to do it with that guaranty of thoroughness and immunity impossible to y other existing vessel or by any oth>r conventiona! means of counter-mining. It is not a long trip from Baltimore, where the little craft now is, to the Cuban coast; and it would not be a difficult task to tow her there at a good round speed and to hays ber ready for service in a few days; her work to be well done when the Spaniards again press those fateful k>ys only to find them responseless. R. G. SKERRETT. ———-e-+____ Meaning of Wisconsin. From the Sheboygan Fells (Wis.) News. Wisconsin is commonly thought to come from the Indian name of that river, Wees kon san. It means the gathering of the waters, referring to the fact that at the source of that river many branches pour their waters together, but after that there are no important branches in its entire length. The early French softened ft to Ouisconsin. An uttempt was made to put back the k in place of the c, but the fegis- lature refused to make the change. Mr. A. Gaudin says that Wisconsin comes from a word that means “‘musk-rat house.” But ART AND ARTISTS The contribution which Washington makes to the art exhtbit of the trans- Mississippi and international exposition was packed at Veerhoff's early in the wees and shipped to Omaha. Fif- teen artists have a share in this contribution, and it gives a pretty fair idea of what the local workers can do, though a collection which includes pictures by so small a proportion of the capable painters of the city cannot be considered truly representative. All the works sent are of a uniformly high order of merit, and an equally strong showing is made in figure paintings and landscapes. Among the latter there is nothing more thoroughly artistic than the picture which E. C. Mes- ser showed at the recent loan exhibition, a Paxson motive, which he calls “Late Af- terncon in Weyl's Glade,” on account of the fondness which his brother artist evinced for this spot. One of the important landscapes ‘is Harry Floyd’s typical French scene entitled “‘Crepuscule,” and Hobart Nichols, J. H. Moser, Carl Weller, Wells M. Sawyer, Dwight Williams and W. P. McDonald contribute skillful work in this line. Alice Barney sends the large, boldly painted portrait of herself, which was one of the attractions at the loan exhibit, and Howard Helmick displays his ability in a characteristic subject. William Fuller Cur- tis contributes one of his most successful Specimens of burnt-wood decoration, and 2. L. Morse, Aline Solomons, Frank’ Moss and Lucien Powell are among the other artists represented. * x % The Water Color Club held the last reg- ular meeting of the season at Miss Juliet Thompson’s residence last Saturday even- ing, and the members settled the all-im- portant question. of the date of the next exhibition. As there was a general senti- ment in favor of holding the exhibition earlier in the fall than the last display, Nevember 21 was fixed upon as the date of opening. The members aiso decided to make the exhivit of shorter duration, and it will probably close December 3, unless it ail be found advisable to extend it for a short time longer. Mr. Mills Thompson was elected a member of the club. A large part of the evening was given up to a dis- cussion of the constitution of the Fine Arts ation of Washington, the club voting its approval of the document. * * * The Fine Arts Association of Washing- ton, which is now being organized, is a federation formed to insure the united action of the local societies in matters af- fecting the artistic growth of the city. Its memLership is to be composed of three pro- fessional delegates from each of the fol- lowing societies: The Society of Washing- ten Artists, the Water Color Club, the Washington Chapter of the American In- stitute of Architects and the Washington Architectural Club. ‘The District. Commis- sicners and the superintendent of public wcerks will be members ex-officio, and new art organizations which shall hereafter be formed in the city may elect delegates. The association is in touch with similar federa- tions in other cities, and will have their support in the actions it may take. The primary purpose of this society is to pre- vent, by effective protest, the erection of bad motuments, the purchzse of worthless paintings for public buildings and the con- struction of unsightly buildings. In so far as the association will work against every- thing that mars the beauty of the city streets and public buildings, it should have the confidence of all the citizens, and in its action should receive their hearty co-opera- tion. In New York the united art societies have the support of the law in the pre- lion of artistic atrocities, but the fed- eration in tnis city will have to rely, for the present, on the morad influence which it can exert. * * * Mr. Franklin Simmons, the sculptor of the Logan monument, which is to be erect- ed in Iowa circle, left the city this week, and after skort visits in Boston and some ether cities will return to his studio in Rome to compicte the equestrian figure of Gen. Logan. Mr. Simmons came to Wash- ington several weeks ugo to superintend the erection of the massive bronze pedes- tal, and everything is now ready for the mcunted figure, which will be finished within a year and a half. The pedestal, which is entirely of bronze, and $s richly ornamented with sculpture, is unique in this country, and has consequently aroused muuch interest and attracted many visitors. * x * Mr. Robert Hinckley has now upon his ease! a full-length portrait, showing Col. Tyler dr d in full uniform and standing in an erect, soldierly attitude. The figure is life size, and Is placed against a land- scape background, which is painted with just enough strength to take its proper secondary place. The portrait of Mrs. Tyl which Mr. Hinckley also has under way, is painted in a lower key, and has a coior scheme of dark rich tones. Mrs. Ty- ler wears a black gown with a decolette weist, and the effect of light and dark in the portrait is very striking. Mr. Hinck- Jey’s likeness of Mr. Schuyler Crosby 1s hardly more than started, but the face is already full of character and expression. Among the other canvases now in the artist's studio are the portraits of Col. and Mrs. May. * * * Mr. Walter Paris has of late been occu- Pying himself with a series of decorative designs based on different flowers, and he displays a great deal of skill and knowl- edge in this kind of work. In adapting the flowers to his purpose, he does not conven- tlonalize them at all, and the sprays of ap- ple blossoms, the creamy white flowers of the Gogwood and the beautiful blossoms are all set down with great truth. The mag- nolia lends itself admirably to decoration and Mr. Paris has painted the finely shad- ed plossoms with exceptional success. Those who are fond of a good deal of breadth In painting will doubtless find these flcwer studies more to their taste than his landscapes, as Mr. Paris has handled them in a larger, freer way. * x * Miss Juliet Thompsen has recently com- pleted two portraits in pastel, one a well- mcdeled head of Master Fred Stevens, and the other a likeness of Mrs. George C. Fra- ser. In the latter portrait the artist has dcne some of her best work, and under the inspiration of an unusually good subject has made an extremely artistic pastel. The background and the dress which Mrs. Fra- ser Wears are both light in color, and the read, with its mass of dark hair, is brought out the more strongly by the quiet sur- roundings. * xk The likeness of Mr. J. G. Seckendorff, which Prince Troubetzkoy has just finish- ed and placed on view at Fischer's, is, in many respects, a notable portrgit. “Like the portrait by Sargent, which some one aptly called ‘a challenge from the wall,” it {nsists on your attention in the most forcible and peremptory way, as though de- fying you to pass it by unnoticed. This is pertly due to the vigorous, lifelike way in which the head ts painted, and partly to the alert attitude which the artist h: chosen. He has represented Mr. Secken- dorff as leaning forward in his chair, with his arms resting on Kis knees, and the hat and care which he holds in his hands wake the pose seem very natural. The at- titude is not one of dignity and repose, but rather of animation, and the intent, ques- ticning gaze of the eyes heightens this ef- fect. The flesh tints are well rendered, and there is a pleasing harmony of color throughout the canvas, noticeable, for ex- ample, in the delicate contrast between the rather neutral colors of the chair and the background. * ** ‘Nhe other canvases that are now on view at Fischer's are the head by Chardinal, with its subtle charm of color, and the more vigorously painted head by Pourbus. The unique setting in which the latter is to be seen adds to the artistic effect, though the fine qualities of color and tone do not need such a foil to gain appreciation. * : * * Miss Sara Bartle is just finishing one of the most successful miniatures that she has he says he has not found two Indians to | yet done, a Ukeness of Mrs. Clarence W. agree on the meaning of the word, _[Hillyer, who came on from New. 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McKELLIP, Propr, ap30-1m* HOWARD HOUSE, Washington, D. C.; $2 aud $2.50 can plan; steam heat; central location; mi Slthout rooms, $5 per week or'$20 per month. mhi-t << few weeks ago to visit Washington while her portrait was being painted. Miss Bar- tle has set down with delicacyand truth the regular beauty of the féatures and the charming tints of the complexion, and the miniature promises to be the most attract- ive of the many tiny heads 'that-have come from her brush. Pinned to the filmy white drapery which partly envetops the shoul- ders is a large American beauty rose, and the same note of: bright color is repeated in the Dit of velvet fastened in the hair. In the rendering of colors and textures Miss Bartle has in this miniature made a mark- ed step in advance of her former work, good as that was. * xk Tn the two large pictures which are now on view at Veerhoff's the note of power which runs through Russian art and the sadness which seems to be inseparable from this power are very evident. The Russian painter takes life terribly in earnest, and you never find him painting the frivolous trifles with which many of the modern Ital- ians and not a few French artists occupy their time. In one of the pictures at Veer- hoft's, “The Death of an Exiled Woman in Siberia,” Malczewski has painted a dra- matic scene without making it a theatri- cal scene, as a Frenchman would probably have done. He has shown the death of @ woman who has followed her husband into Siberia only to succumb to the rigor of the climate and the hardships of an exile’s life. The blood-red light which streams through the small window lights up the group of figures standing by the rude cot on which the dying woman lies, and gives an almost sinister aspect to the scene. The picture is a masterly piece of composition, and is strong in its effect of light and shade. The same tinge of sadness is found in the can- vas by Alchimowicz entitled “Glinski in Prison,” and the white-haired old governor, cast into a foul dungeon after his eyes had been put out, makes a tragic figure for the artist's hand. * * * Miss Cornelia Stone, daughter of the late Congressman Stone, recently paid the city. a short visit to renew the friendships which she enjoyed when she was a member of the art fraternity here. For sometime she has been working in Georgia, where she has found many good landscape motives, and where she has made many artistic studies of the native flora. * * * On Tuesday evening the members of the Society of Washington Artists came to- gether for the last regular meeting of the season, and two new members were elected, Mr. Mills Thompson and Mr, George Sen- seney. The society voted to hold an exhibi- tion of sketches next fall after the Water Color Club exhibit leaves the gallery unoc- cupied. This sketch exhibit ts to be con- fined to the members of the society, and the display will be of a semi-private character. ‘The Moorish Shel. , Wrom the Saturday Review. f°; Close upon us is a long cavalcade of men on mules and on foot, some thirt¥ or forty in all. I know them from g;distance and already they have seen me and are leaving the track to speak a few wards to me be- fore they pass cn to the town, The old Moor, with the Jong gray beard, J a sheik of the mountaineers, and hid authority ex- tends over his tribe from ‘Pangipr almost to Ceuta and Tetuan, forty miles:and more away. Yoo id Yet his dress in no manneg;betekens his influence or rank, for the linen ghirt and prown-hooded “jelab” that wears are common to all. Perhaps hig shite turban is folded a little more neatjy, and is of greater dimensions, than thdze of the other elders of the band, for the young mn wear nothing on their cl sha¥en heads ex- cept, bands of red or blue cléth, or brown cords of camel's hair. He ‘rides\a pack saddle, as have his ancestors‘for genera- tions upon generations, and over the neck of his sturdy little mule dangte his bare legs, with their yellow heéliess slippers hanging from his toes. In the*panniers of his pack oue obtains a glimpse of his car- pet and bedding, and a belt stuffed full of cartridges, while another mule is laden with a couple of sheep, a for. the governor, or basha, who resides‘in Tangier. One and all bear European 4riftes, Win- chesters and Ri for the miost old sheik ‘has’ part, and even the 4 own across his knees, for the’ ways of ‘the native authoritics are treacherous, More than once rumor has spoken of bis probable imprisonment, owing to his grow- ing influence over the mountaineer tribes. But ae er eee who try to arrest t! cl wi trusty followers are by. _ oe ae ADVERTISED LETTERS. ! ‘The following ts a list of advertised letters re- maining in the Washington (D. C.) Post Office Sat- urday, May T4, 1898. ‘To ‘obtain any of these letters the applicant shouki call for “Advertised Letters.”” If not called for within two (2) weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. LADIES’ LIST. Alford, Annie Miss Limberger, 1H Mrs Andrews, Mary Mrs Lindsey, Kate Miss Armstrong. Jennie Miss Lohmeyer, Liddy Babcock, Catherine T Longenecker, C E Mrs Mrs Love, Sarah M Mra Baker. C Mrs Lampkins, Mary Miss Ball, Mabrioa Mra McCampbell, S Miss Bancroft, Henrl Ward McCarthy, Mary Mra Prot McCullough, Robert Mrs Barber, Catherine | HL Mrs Barnes, Maggie JM = MeNeai, J € Mrs B 8 Miss Mack, Lucy Mrs Hill Miss ~MeMahon, Mary K Mrs hb. Hattie Miss Manchester, Ivaison Mrs tie - Manning, Barbara Mrs Beit Maeatne Marsh, ‘Grace Sire se Mae Mrs Marsh, Grace Mrs Bennett, Rosy A Miss Marshall, Alice Miss Blair, E A Miss Botsford, Olive Mrs Branhan, Mary Mrs Brent, J. W Mrs Brice, E M Mrs Brickner, Vera Mrs Marvin, ‘Anabel Miss Mason, Newton E Mrs Meyer, Amelia Mrs Miles, Alberta Mrs Miller, Charity Mrs Miller, D Mrs. (2) Brooks, A Mrs Miller, Eliza Miss Brooks, Lizzie B Miss Miller. F Mrs Brooks, Lizzie Bell Misé yinier. G T Mrs Black, Mra Miller, JW Mrs Broadus, Nellie Miss Miller, M Bertha Miss Brown, Annie Miss Brown, © C Mra Brown, Ela Miss Brown, 3 Brown, Katherine Miss Brown, Laura E Mra Brown, Mary Miss Brown, Mary E Miss Brown, Nannie Mrs Brundage, Susan B Brukner, Catheryn Miss Butler, Annie Mrs “Butler, Lilie Mrs Cadel,” Nora Miss Campbell. Jennie G Miss Oy Miller, P Mrs Moore, Caroline B Mise Nixwander, EG Mrs Nooland, Aller Miss Ethel Miss A Miss Iver, Gunes. iblauch” MeNeal Parker, Weenie Miss reste Parris, Carrie Carroll, Mary Mrs Carson, Eana Miss <A e Carter, Fanny Mrs (2) Carter, Fannie E Miss [eannm f Cayce, Lelia T Miss Peetits, Cephas, Bettie Mrs * Philip, Lucy Child, Emma Mrs s it Christopher, Ella C Mrs Philips, Pauli beatae Clark, Nellie Pierson, C H Mrs Clyde, E Miss Pike, Ella Coker, Mille A Mrs Pinkett, Maria Mrs Colburne, Kittie Miss Pittman, Arlie Miss Cole, Bertie Miss Plessinger, Minerva Miss Coleman, Albert Mrs Porter, Abby D Mrs Comstock, E R Miss Porter, 5 Mrs Connor, Abbye Miss) Powell, Anna Miss Cooper, Lena Mrs Pratt, Mollie Mrs Price, Jone Mrs Proctor, Jany Miss Proffitt, Emina Miss Cortland, Lora Miss Crawford. Minnie Miss Crowley, Lizaie Miss Crown, Mary EB Mrs Crump, Cora Miss Cummings, JA Mra Sarah J Miss Raymond, Leola Mrs i, Dancy, Jennie Miss Danison, © J Mra Dawry, Maria Miss Be one Day, Ellen Miss whe 2 Denees Florence Miss Ricketts, Mae Miss y Roberson, Lucy Miss De Koska, Stanislaus P eberson, Lucy Mis mes A Mrs . Capt Mra Robinson, Dickinson, Julia Mrs Robinson, Lida Mrs au) Roots, Peggie Miss Dixon, Ella Miss Rose, Cathe L Mrs Dixon, I of Rueth, Lena Miss Sanford Schoettte Schneider, rs oll, Louise 3 ns, Neilie Miss Scott. Annie M Mrs . Madeline Miss Scott, Elizabeth Mrs hauser, Murie Miss Shailenberger, Alice Miss Ts Douglass, Blanche Miss LR Mrs Durkee, © E Miss Fangns, Valerie Miss Sherman, Dorothy Miss Fay, Elsie Miss Shooman, SD Mrs Fergerson, Elizabeth Mrs s) rt, ie Miss Flynn, Catherine Mra Ste Lou Miss Maggie Mixa Sinderson, Eliza Jane ‘the, Lillie Miss Miss Frazer, Sewanna Mies — gionn, Grace Mias George, Carrie Miss allwood. Hattie Miss Glernay, Maggie Miss Smith. Teaste Mra Giles, Annie Miss Smith Plizabeth H Miss Gihnore, Annie Miss ‘Smith, Fannie Miss Golden, Fannie Miss Sinjth’ Hatthe. Mise Goods, May B Miss Groves, Katle Miss Gra 1 Miss. Green, Emma Miss (2) Green, Laura Miss Green, Octavia Miss Gray, Lilly Mrs. Guthrie, Annie Miss Susan Miss DRA Snouffler, Archie Mrs Hacding, M E Mrs ‘Somers, Sadie Miss Hardman, Ida Mre Starek,’ Lillie Mrs Harris, Maggie Miss Stewart, Annie Miss Harrison, Frances M Stewart) Sallie Miss Misa Stewart: TT Mrs Hatcher, Cleopatra Mrs Stier, Jennie Miss Hawkins, Essie Mrs Stovall, Mary Mra Heikel, Elizabeth Mra Stoughton, A Miss (2) Hensley, James Mrs Stow, MK Mrs Henson, Elizabeth Mrs Heibert, W Rt Mrs Herndon, Mollie Miss Hewitt. Mamle V Miss Hike, Annie Mrs Strak, L Mrs Stuart, Mattie Miss livan, M E Miss Simmons, Annie Miss Swain, Sarah Miss Hicks, Eva Miss Taliaferro, Rosa Miss (3) Hicks, Gertrnde Miss Taylor, Bertha Miss Howe, Ella Miss Taylor, Een Miss Holzhauer. Chas Mrs Taylor, Lizzie Miss Holmes, Lillle M Miss aay, LC Mrs Holmes, Louisa Miss ylor, Mollay Mrs Houseman, Edith Miss Torry, Hattie A Tringer, Kate Hanell, B'3 Mrs i Miss ‘ lotte Mrs 3, Clara Mrs nas, “Lizzie Miss: 8, Maggie Miss pas. Maid Mrs opsen, Jannet © Mes nton, Anna Miss morton, JH Miss Thomas, E Miss y Miss jotte Miss Miss Walker, “Nannie Mra A Vallace, Ellen Miss rah Mrs Ward, Mary Miss Hie Mise Ward. Ry Miss Warner, Mary Warren, Lizzie Mrs Washbura, CC Washington, 1 Johnson, Alice 3 Washington, Lueller Miss Birdie Miss Washtugton, Enna Miss Blanc! Vushington, Lavilla Miss Johnson; Tdu Miss Washington, Lizzie Miss Johnson, Martha Mra Waters Ei Mie Johnson! it B Miss pi ee) Jones, Estella Miss Weilins, Fonza Miss Jones, Fannie Miss Jones, Marie Miss Kemball, Mary Miss Karney, Nannie Miss Kaufman, Margeret Mrs Kelly, B'E Miss Kemper, Lou Miss Kent, Priscilla Mrs Keyser, H Mra King, Grace Wilfred Miss: King, Mary Miss (2) Kenney, George Mis Krapp, Mary W Mrs Koehler, Julia Mrs x a Kraftner, Agnes Miss Wood, William W Mrs Lene, Julia Miss Wood, Fannie Miss Latham, Elizabeth Miss Woverton, T Mrs Lawrence, Mary Mrs Worrell, BF Miss Lee, Bessie Miss Young, ‘Alice Miss Leland, Mary G Miss Young, L D Mrs GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Williams, E A Mrs Willams, Fidelia Mrs Henriette Camelia Mrs Wilson, Annie Mrs Wilson, LC Mrs (2) Woe, T Mrs Wood, Eliza Miss Alston, Miner Crider, Win G Allen, Win F Curhing, OH Allen, William Dale, CH Allen, James H Darrah, Chas D Allen, J 8 Davidson, Geo F (2) Allen, Joe Davies, C Allen, DK Davis, FP Albert, © Davis, Silas Wright Aguirre, A A Col Davis. Stanton Adams, H J (2) Davis, MR agama Davison, Nave Balett, G H Rev Becniimers. Batral, Flo: 2 Gee's Baker, WF Denson Barnes, John A al Dillon, James P Barnett, W Bass, Otis Doherty, John Baugh, Jas Donaldson, Waltor Bennett, FE M Donley, RB Benoit, ' Pollet Dougherty, Edward Bergen, J H Dovet, LB Bernard, Tom Dove, Win Bille, A’ J Drain, H Booker, Geo Duffield, H Weadon Bowden, R M Hon Dunlap, Chas Brandt,’ Mt Dunn, Morrill Brunner, Wm Francis Dr Dutrow, B H Brewer, Jonas & Co Drain, Wash Broader, J C Eastin, Robt Brooks, Gi e Elliott, Hector Hodgkins, Ted Hoban, F Hoffman, Harry Hoffwan, 1H Holmes, A Lee Rev Hepkine, Wm Foughton, Hivtson, Wm @ : — TR water, Moses H Rey Ide, TW = Israel, Frank R. Ivins,’ Jo 3 Jackson, Jnmes Jackson, Leslie Jackel, ‘© Rev Jardetla, A Jarvis, GB Teukins, “A © Jewell, Herbert Jomson, Ernest A Johnson, Frank Joknson, Francis M Johnsow, Harry Jobnson, J 1» Johnson, Lewis Jones, Joel M Jones, Jones, Tones, Jordan, Kain, Kane, nt, DV Kyese, Carles Lacy, T J Tame. James W Tey WF Letcher, Houston. Lewis, Edward Lewis, Henry Lewis, James Loebel, N Toxhaum, RF Lyne, Sameel A uhey, Wm J MeGinness, RH McGinness. ED McNally, Thomas MeStravog, Owen Major, Jno Maloney, JR Manderson, W A Marston, Jno A Mason, Garfield Mason, Thomas Matthew, ED Manz, B Meyer, W George Moorehead, Robt Morris, HC & Co Mirkleham, E Muenster, JF Murphy, FL Ss 8 Freddie I 1, TT , Frank J Peterson, Roscon IL Pestile, CW Pleasant, Jack Pratt, Ambrose N ‘Abe Wm J Pritchard, Henry T Decry, F'S Perry, Erosmus Perbally, Najoy 8 Patterson, Sanford Ion Farker, Walter C Parker, Fra Paadie, Charlie Page, Clarence Raine, Alan C Randall, WH Ray, FA Ringolds, N G Reynolds, Thos H Rich. Soi Riding, Wm I (2) Riley, AJ Robertson. MH Robinson, James L Robinson, Cornelius F Robinson. FW Robinsou, M Robinson, Osborn Robinson, Tarlton Robinson) Wan Robennas, HA Ryder, © M Salvis’ & Jackson Saner, Robt Sanford, FH rd, Willie Sargent. Garnet A Ser Shaefer, WR Shanvon, James Sha Howard 1 Sickei.J 1 Lieut and Mrs Alex WG Stillman, Stubs, ree Winkeld Win B Hon mn. Geo ‘mes, Wm Henry im. LN Tornan, Wm Tracy, RP Trombel A A Tyler, Willie T Vaughan, Geo W Vernon, ‘Jumes Yass & Bowlby Van Boskerck, ES Lieut Wade, Irwin ip ‘Thomas is, RV Ww Wells, W oH Wer w Ino Williams & Ro Wilson, TM Dr og. J Young, Wm Nash STATION A. LADIES’ LIST. GENTLEM! Finney, Brandon Gettman, J J Lee, Miss Bertha S$ LIST. — Winthrop, Walter STATION B. Labi Carrington, Gaetna Miss STATI List. ON D. LADIES" LIST. Mebring, Bernice Mrs GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Smith, Claude Symonds, Wm OCEAN TRAVEL. North German Lloyd. FasT EXPRE! SOUTHAMPTON. K. Friedrich,....May 24 ‘Krave.Tu.,May 31, 10 am/ Kals. W.d.c 3 CHERBOURG. Havel .Sat.,May 28,10 am | LONDON June 7, 9am |’: SS SERVICE. BREMEN. tabuTu June 14, 10 am Saale.Sat.,June 11,10 am TWIN SCXEW PASSENGER SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON. Frisderich der Grosse. Barbarossa. GIBKALTAR. May 21, 2 pm) | Apply to inyteeeee A NG. E. FL DROOr. 925 0: BREMEN. Vulda. iS Bu Agent for V American & Red Star Lines. Ww EW YORK—QUEENSTOWN—SOUTIIAMPTON, YORK—SOUTHA MP LON—ANTWERP The steamers periorming these sery- viesland May 1s: thwark. -May 25, ester. -May 28 esternlan -June “1 PHILADELPUIA—QUEE:! s are either Bri ery Wednesday and alteruate sh or Belgian. Saturday at noon, Kensington. June 8 *Beriin. Noordland. Friestand. STOWN—LIVERPOOL, The steamers periorming this serv- ice are Belgian. SAILING EV Waesland..June 4, 9am Itbynland. ..June 11. 3 par Belgenland.June 18, 8 am INTERNATIONAL NAV NEW YORK OFFIC PHILADELPHIA OFFIC WASHINGTON OFFIC! Geo, W. Mc, Agent, 921 Y SATURDAY. Pennlaod.June 25,1 Waesiand...July Rhyuiand. july 1 IGATION "COME 6 BOWLING GREI Penna. ave. | my3-30d TO ALASKA by new EMPIRE LINE 3.500-ton steamers Ohio, Pennsylvania, Steam heat, electric lights Indiana, Conemaugh. and ail modern improve- ments. Seattle to St. Michael. Appointed to sail about J 20, 27, june 15, 20; July 13, connecting with company’s fleet of new YUKON RIVER STEAMERS, insuring prompt through pas- sage to DAWSON ' CITY and other Yukon river points. Apply EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION Co. 07 First ave., Seattlh TIONAL NAV. CO., 1308 . C. Wash. Or to INTERNA: F st. n.w., Washington, aplé-s&mi2t Holland-America Line FOR ROTTERDAM AND AMSTERDAM, VIA BOULOGNE-SUL-MER. Mcderste prices, great ccimfort, superior accom- modations. “Apply for handbook and terms to gen. ess. agency, Broadway, New York, or to K. F. DROOP & SONS, 925 Penna. ave.; G. W. 3-OSS, 921 Penna. ave.; CRANE, PARRIS & CO. Wyatt bidg., n.w ‘cor. 14th&i# sts., Wasbingotn,D. jal5-a,tu&*h-lott ANCHOR LINE Sail from New York for every Satur Glasgow via Londonderry. Rates for Saloon Passage: CITY_OF ROME, $60. Seeend Cabin. Bteerage, Book o* Tours and information POR ENDPHSON BROTHERS Other Steamers, $50. $87.50, $42.50. 7. $24.50, $25.50. iar," . New GEO. W MOSS, 921 Pa. ave. nw., or E. F. OF SROOP & SONS, 925 Pa. ave., Washington. ap8-3.15 FRENCH LINE. Compagnie Generale Translantique DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE — PARIS (FRANCE). ‘Sailing every Saturday at 10 A.M., as follows: From Pier No. 42. North river, foot ‘Morton street. }. W. MOSS, £21 Pennayh Sar: & CO. 1406 G st. fel2-ly-15 STORAGE. STORE. YOUR FURNITURE WHERE THE UT- one oe See ae fire, ey + for “3 ge ee STORAGE HOUSE, Office 424 9th st. nw. mh16-3m,7 ABMY AND NAVY STORAGE ROOMS. Separate apartments, clesn and reasonable govt. depts. Goods packed and ites furnished 3, best lo- ior Git W. Ba’ *Bucceascr to Rake, Al Sutton @ Go) 9 AM. WEEK DAYS. PITEXBUKG EX: PRESS.Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pittsburg. = 10:50, man Cars Hoa Gianspolis, Buffet Parlor 16:50 AM. FAST LINE Car to Harrisbarg. — Butte barg to Pittsburg. CHICAGO Sleeping ping and 1 Nashville WPST to Pitexbur, Dining > A TUWESTERN FE AND 8ST Lonis, > PM. oe Cleve oP. M man Sleeping Cars Washington Hartisburg to St Car. 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS ing Car to Pittsburg AM. for Kan Louis and Ch xcept For Williamspo or Willizinsport, Rechester, Erie, Baf- js dally, except Saturday, Werbington to Buffalo, Canandaigua, Rocheste. is daily. Pullman Sleep» to Rochester Saturdays N ing only. FOR PHILADELPHIA W YORK AND THK LIMITED.” daily, Car from Baltimore 1), S200, $200, 10-40 ing Car from Wilmi fron On ing Car and 11200 ten) AM. 12:45, 6:50, 10:00 oO (Dining Car from Wilmington) A.M, » «Di Car from 1 oy M. For Phil i AM k week days, 2:01 For Pope's Creek Line, week days. Sun For Annapolis, P.M. daily. and 4:20 Express fe Line, 4:30 A.M., only. 10:57 ALM. week Special, via Richmond and s 44) PM daily. Accos AM daily and 4: EASHORE For Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, sll- rail ro 3 M. daily; via Market Stre x and 11:00) AM. P.M. week days, and 11:30 P.M. dally pe May, 11:00 A.M. week days, 1:50 P.M. Ticket off s. comer Fifteenth and G streets, and at the stetion, where ders can be left for the checking of baggage to tion from betels and residencs s. HUTCHINSON, J. R, Woon, neral Manager. Gew'l Pass. Age m WaASHINGION, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERE NON RAILWAY FROM SATION, 13% SURKEL Ad IN EFFECT NOVEMBEL Alexandria, week days, 6: 533%, 8.59,” 10:00, 11:00, AVE. For Vernon, week days, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM; 1 1:15, 2208 . 3:30, 7206, 9:00 P.M. For Mt. Verron, Sundays, 7:45, 9:45 A.M.; 12:00 noon, 2:15, 2:45, 6:45, 9:09 P.M. Fer Arlington ‘and Aqueduct Bridge, woek , 2 deps, 8:00, 11:00 A.M; 12:0 RL 1:15, 2:05, 3200, 3:25 5:20, 6205, Mi, oo 1M. For Arlington’ and | Aqueduct Bridge, Sunduys, 5, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30, 11:18 AM; 12 15, 8:00, 3: CHESAPEAKE IO RAILWAY. THROUGH THE GRANDESD SCENERY OF AMERICA, ALL TRAINS VESIGULKD, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CALS. STA SIXTH AND B STK 2:20 P.M. DAILY—Civclinati and St. Louis Spe- cial.—Solid traiu for Cincinpatl, Pullman Sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Indianayolis gnd ‘St.Louis mMbout change. Conhects at Cor- virginia Hot Springs daily. Parlor 11:10 P.M. DAILY—F. F, V. Limited—Solid train for Cincinnati. Pullman Sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville without change, open fot reception of ers at 9 p.m. Pullman Com- partment Ca: to Virginia Hot Springs, without change. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Ob- servation car Hinton to Ciuet ‘Connection daily. Sleepers Cincinnati to Chic 2 St. Louis. 2:2) PM. DAILYFor Gordonsville, Charlottes: daily, except except Sunday.—Parlor car 4, and Richmond to Old p.m.—Old Point, 4. esapeake and Obio ville, Staunton, and for Kichmond Sunday. 237 A.BM.—Daily hhiugton to Ricbm . Arrive Rickmond; 2 6:30 p.m. ‘Transfer at Rict Reservation and tickets 2t offices. 513 and 1421 Penns: Schedule in effect May 1, 18: All trains arrive apd leave at Pennsylvania pas- senger station. 8:12 A.M.—Daily.—Local for Danville, Charlotte and way stations. Connects at Manassas for Stras- burg ard Harrisonburg da vg aud at Lynchburg Wi) the Nortolk avd Western daily. 5 1. HE UNIT STATES MAIL.” Carries Pullman Butt York and Washington to Jackso at Salisbury with E for Asheville and Hot Springs,N.C.; K “hattanooga and Mem- phis, ‘Tenn., aod at Charlotte with Puluman Sleeper Augusta. Pallman Buf oper New York to New Orleans,connecting at Atlanta for Birmingham and Memphis. Connects at Lynchburg with ©. and Y. Railway for Lexington daily except Sunday and Natural Bridge daily, Solid train Washington to ans without change. et Personally Tourist, Excursion Th Sleeper on vin every Wednesday to Sau Francisco with- Sun: pesed of Pullman Vest § and Day Coaches. Pullman Sleepers > Nashville, Tenn., via Asheville, Knoxvi Memphis, Orleans, via Atlanta ane Vestibuled Day Coach Washington t thern Rail- way Dining Car Greensboro” to Montgomery. TRAINS UN WASHINGTON A} » ashington 9:01 a.m. daily, 1:00 p.m. 245 p.m. daily, exeept Sunday, and 6 Scudays oniy for Round Hill; 4:32 "p.m. daily, cept Sunday, for Leesburg, and 6:25 p.m. daily for Herndon, “Returning, arrive at Washington 8:26 p.m. and p.m. daily and 3:00 p.m. dally, ex- from Round Hill, expt Sunday, from Herndon, 82 Sunday, from Leesburg. ‘ ‘Through trains from the south arrive at Washing- ton 6:42 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. datly. Harrisonburg, 1: noon dai y, aud 9:35 p.m. dally and 8:30 aim. dally from Cbur- lottesville. Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and information furnished at offices, 705 15th st. ww., S11 Pennsyie vania avenue, and at Peunsylvanla railroad passcn- er station. FRANKS. ‘NON, 3d Vice Prest. & Gen. Mgr. I. M. CULP, Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agent. L. 8. BROWN. Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept BALTIMORE AND OHIO KAILEOAD. Schedule in effect November 14, 1897. Leave Washington from station corner of New fersey_ ave, and C st. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 11:95, 11:25 a.m., 8:05 p.m. For Cincinnati, St. Louls and Indian: lis, Ex- Vestibuled Limited, $:40° p.m. 11:25 a.m. Fispreas.. 11:35. p- ‘or Pittsburg aad Cleveland, Express daily, 11:05 a.m. and 8:50 p.m. = Gctumbus, “Toledo and Detrott, 11:55 p.m. Winchester and Way tations, 18:00 at, and 75:30 p.m. "por New Orlesnn, Memphis, Birmingham, Chat, Knoxville, Bristol and Roanoke, ey Sieeplaig Care’ through. ca. ally: For Luray. 5 x9:20, ‘x10 12:15, x1:15, | x5:00, B.'s8:10, %5:30. 36:20. © 11:50