Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1898, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898-12 PAGES. SUMMER RESORTS. Cash Bargains From Our Sale. merciless In its re- 1 now, and we're slightly cash, to ; Beantifnl Cabiret sweet tone—$400—reduces to Soaganaeee i: Handsome Square Grands—nearly new—$75, $90, $125, $150. Grimes’ Piano Exchange, Je15-3m-36 913 PA. AV! oer ° daily at 1 Is an Upright Piano worth $4 r your ekildr'n to practice on ‘a mvsical edue-tion? It See this Upright we shall tomorrow at Also examine those magnilent biga-zrade $400 Webster Upright at $250 and ‘o Bradbury Upright at $. new owners ¢ fered to you for the balance We'll arrange the terms to § Bradbury’s, 1225 Pa. Ave. It = PIANOS ‘At lowest prices—for c:sh or on time—also tuacd, repaired, moved and packed. JOHN F. ELLIS & CO., md 937 PENNA. AVE. ‘Trrer st AWithout a rival for Tone, Touch or Durabill $60 will buy a Chickering In good condition. We have a nanber of PIANO BARGAINS. Stieff Piano Warerooms, 52: ELEVENTH Ss .. Second. and va ters to svit. Pianos for Rent. Wm. Knabe & Co. 1422 Pa. Ave. N. W. Itt 1 Piaros of makes at aes = =. IANOS MOVED, $2.00. Organs, 50c. ‘Storage, coke per month. WORCH'S ei: mb22-6m-8 EDUCATIONAL. IN, WASHINGTON COURSE AT HALE PRICE -15.—Singing. piano, viol beginners advanced; spec backward pupils; cl-ss, LAWK z “Spanish. sity bran 4 11TH ST. 3 Schocl of French French conversation on a verb basis; no gramm: al proof Classes or private lessons. 31 F Sy12-18t* ® F. P. Ce d pupils; classes at 9:30 a.m. also 12 private lessons. MLLI D st. now. myo-3m ei ‘ts. Recommended by ~ al methods. Quick, . ting “by touch,’ hand : wie e DRILL Sod 11th wy 28-Stt Chevy Chase FRENCH AND ENGLISH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Suburb of Washington. French the language of the house. Mile. L. M. BOULIGNY, Princtpal. Miss C. PETTIGREW, Asst. Prin, my10-156t Chevy Chase P. 0 Ma. OUT OF WASHINGTOD SHENANDOAH VA Near Winchest first-class ACADEMY, ), Principal, Winches ‘SCHOOL, enth year M.A., NSTER DOBES FERK LETTERS, New buildings, logues address P. B. BARRINGER, Chairman, $y18-1m harlottesville, ACADEMY, ROCKVILLE MD., FOR BOY sat Univ. of Va., Cornell, Lehi; Ma-s. Inst. Address W. P. MA’ ities. For cata- . HAS 1 Brin U.S.N.A.. Prin St. Agnes School th { Bisbop Doane. Preparation es and Courses of Col- ‘Special advantages in Music and Art. 18. -LEN W. BOYD, Principal, Albany, N. ¥. _POTOMAC RIVER BOAT Waketie! leaves Washing: acd Saturdays for river landings Beuch, Wicomico river, Cclton’s returnin; Woekingten On Wee: a.m. a ineludii Clements ; arrive at Washington Thursdaya, and Wednesdays, 3 ; Leonardtown, Island, Swith s 6 George’s Island, » Rivers; ariiv {) "'C. W. RIDLEY E. S. RANDALL'S POTOMA RL Steamer HARRY RANDALL will leave River View wharf Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at @ a.m., landing at Colonial Beach, Chapel Point and all wharves as c Lower Machodoe. Returning on Mondays ond Wednesdays at 1 p.m., aad on Frideys about $29 pm, MAIL ROUTE, UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C.. TO GLYMONT, MD., and intermediate landings. . The new Steamer ESTELLE RANDALL, daily, except Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Returning about 3 p.m: Passenger accommodations first-class. Frei, received until the hour of sailing. ey E. 3. RANDALL, Proprietor ‘snd Matager. GEO. 0. CARPINTER, General Agent. Washington, WM. M. REARDON, ‘Agent, Alexandria. Je16-20t¢ THE WEEMS STEAMBOsT CO. POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE. Surumer Schedule in effect June 3, 1898, STEAMERS POTOMAC AND SUE. Steamer POTOMAC leaves Washington every Thurnday at 4 p.m. and Steamer SUE every Mow daz ut 4 p.m. for Baltimore and River landings. All river freight must be prepaid. Passenger accommodations first class. "HENSON hy ‘Telephone 745. 7th ot Share. MEDICAL. ATLANTIO CITY, N. Je SUMMER RESORTS. CAPE MAY, N. J. SUMMER RESORTS. SHASIDE—MISCELLANEOUS. THE SCARBOROUGH, Beach front. Maryland ave., Atlantic City, Unebstructed view of occan; elevate artesicn water; special tutes for long stay. Write for fllustrat - Jet and terme, Rierep WYMAN. ets COR. CONNECTICUT AND_ORT- ir beach ant St, Charles Hotel. Sp-ciul ra‘es by the week. = OTTO BUSSE, Proprietor. THE LIDDLESDALE, SOUTH K! ‘UCKY AVE, and beach. Appointments first-class. ‘Terms, $7 to $12 per week. _Sy23-1m ¢. S. ETHEREDGE. c Ocean end > Steam beat; sun parlor. jy18-im KNAUF. HOLMHURST (formerly Hotel Hoffman.) Pennsylvania avenue near beach. Entire built apd newly furnished throughout. Under new management. Appototinents thoroughly modern and complete. Elevator to ground fioor. Waite for iitustrated booklet. HENRY DARNELL. $x15-2 GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL Virginia ave. :nd beach, Atlantle City, N. J. Second season. Within a few yards of new stcel pier. 350 bewutiful rooms, having 2 to 6 windows ‘each, Luxuricusly appointed; single end en 8 many with bath attached; pas: ger elevators to the street. Write for terms and Special Septeinber rates. CHARLES E. COPE. THE MANSION. me liberal proprie- Orchestra concerts daily. ‘Terms moderate. Electric fans and elevator. Free “bus to and from Beach. JOHN W. EMERY, Je18-2re Proprietor and Manager. - THE MARYLAND, New York ave. near the beach, Atlantic City, J. (je27-52t) F. 8. OREM, Prop. LLY FURNIS! Excelleat table. $8 to $10. 2 400.8 W RIGH' 140 8. Kentucky ave. 7 ; otel Imperial & Cottages. Marylsnd ave. and beach. Full ccean view. Wide, 3-story porches; every comfort and con- venience fe Large rooms; health- fest h end service a specialty. $3 a day. pecially low fetes by week and season. G. W. KENDRICK. > as last year. STAR VILLA, CAPE MAY, N. J. Within 100 fect of’ ocean; enl and refur- nished; appointments first-class; location unsui- passed. F. L. RICHARDSON. 3yi8-1m 7 Open all the year. Je20-2m ‘SEA CREST, Directly on Beach. Nearest house to surf. Good table. Near Penna. RR. station. Broad piazzas. Washington references given. L. R. MADDOCK. _ Je18-2m,4 S 3 THE COLONIAL, OCEAN END OF OCEAN ST. ae ocean aes eae inpoint |. $2.50 to er dey; $10 to weekly. jeid-2m4 W. H. CHURCH. Stockton Hotel, | CAPE MAY, N. J. DIRECTLY FACING THE OCEAN. Uvsurpassed for grandeur of proportions and elegance of appointments. One-third of a mile of spucious porch. Suites with private bath. Booklets and rates on application as above, or at Hotel Normandie. HORACE M. CAKE, Prop., Washington. D. C. 7-52t, 14 THE BREXTON, CAPE MAY, N. J.; 1 SQUARE from beach; large plazzas und sun parlors; with full view of ocean; reasonable terms; excellent cu'sine. J. 4. MYERS. wyi8-3m.4 SPRINGS AND BATHS. HACK WILL MEET DAILY THE 6:30 P.M. train at Hancock for FAIRFAX INN, Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Open winter and summer. jy 18-1 shady grounds; hot r good table; terms 00, $1.00 and $8.00 per week. Address Mrs. . 2. COLLEY, Clarendon, Wash., D. C., or Mrs. NEFF, Woudlawn, jel7-2m LOCH LY HEIGHTS HOTEL, MT. LAKE Park, Md.; bet. Deer Park and Oakland, on crest of Alleghenics; a.m.i.; excellent home table; ve- randas; cool and healthful; beautiful drives; write for circular. jyS-1m* OCEAN CITY, MD\-THR! COLONIAL, NoW OPEN for guests, situated one-block north of the United States Hfe-saving station, uint directly on the gccan front, is one of th> niest attractive new hotels at Ocean City. it hes & capacity of about one hundred guests. Itsis b-autifally and taste- fully furnished with brass leds, hair mattresses and maple furniture, ahd is wired for electric bells and lights. Inquire 7(0,14th st., or W, J. WARRINGTON, Ocean. City, Md. Special dis- counts made for September if bocked in August. Sy2i-w,f,r-20 a “SEASIDE HOTEL,” OCEAN CITY, MD.; AD- mirably located; §8 refurnished; greatly improved; modern luxtries “and. conyenfenss: rates, $7'to §10 per week. Address Mrs. A. B. BHOWELE, Proprietress. Syavtwe MOUNTAIN LAKE HOTEL, MOUNTAIN LAKE Park, Md.—Good table apd beds; modern. tm- ereeee: sowerage; Chautauqua’ headquarters. ‘ure rcoms row. Upon in September. Mrs. J. K. McKEE, Manager. ‘$y27-Lin WALNUT POINT RESORT, COAN RIVER, VA. ne.r the mouth of the Potomac river, opens July 1, Rates, $1.25 per day, $6 and $$ per week. Take steamer Potomac, Sue or Arrowsmith. Ad- adress W. P. COWARE, Trilty, Va. Jy4-2m* DON'T OVERLOOK THE BEAUTIFUL Bay Ridge. ‘The resort has been granted Nqucr license for the season. Hotel and cafe under new man- agement. Excellent service and terms moderate. jez2-tt WEISS & MARTIN. THE COLONNADE, Near the beach. Superior table. Terms $10 weekly. Mrs. MASSEY, Gcean City, Md., 3y5-23t Formerly of ‘The Gables.” Piney Point Hlete. Wash. B, Williams, Prop., is now open for the season. Salling, rowing, bathing, fishing. bowling, ool, and music and dancing every evening. A No. T’ccoks—superb culsine. ‘Take steamers Potomne, Sue or Arrowsmith. Look under ‘Potomac River Boats’ for schedules. ates for board, etc., 00 application to WASH. B. WILLIAMS, 7th and D sts., or RICHARD WILLIAMS, Manager, at Hotel. dyl: $710 “ARANDALE HOTEL, BEDFORD SPRINGS, Bedford, Pa. Now cpen, at poptlsr ‘prices. Finely located. The waters are the most effective in the coun- try. For terms and booklets aédress je4-2m* ALSIP & SMITH. HICKLER, ner Atlantic and Pennsylvania ave: Atlantic tes, RY HECKLER, L'rop. HCLEL ALDINE, PACIFIC NEAR Mf are term, Coventences: gud table; 50 to $2. r day. Special weekly r jen for Vooklet HAKRY D. EASTMAN. Je9-78t-4 HOTEL ELBERON. see ave. Rates, $8 to $12 per week. ROBERT B. LUDY, M.D. HOTEL EDIS' Michigan ave., near beach. appointment; ‘excellent table rates and booklet. iys-det dys. im? levator and every write for special C. COPELAND. THE ROSSMORE, hear the beach. Modern equip- Capacity 200. Mcderate rates. Open all COLLINS & O' BRIE: ‘Tennessee ave., ment. a HOM Mrs. CHAS. BUHRI Sy4-26t Formerly of Hotel Maje: HOTEL BOSCOBEL. Most popular horse in Atlantic City. Send for illustrated bookle! A. BE. MARION 20 PACIFIC AVE., OX Cing depot and near bea year; $7 to $9 Weekly. Mrs. C, Baltimore. ST. CHARLES. Finest Hotel on the Coast. Je30-262-5 JAMES B. REILLY. BRADY HOUSE, Arkansas ave. near the Ocean.” Cheerful family house. Terms mod. Send for Booklet. u&thtojyithend2m JAMES BRADY. ERILL, Hoinelike; pleasant excellent table; $1.50 to §2 daily; §8 to ekly. Write for booklet. Mra H. ¥. MOY! sz w BR, JORDAN WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, SHENAN- deah Valley, Va—Open June 1. Hotel new and modern; most accessible of cll the Virginia wa- tering places; no long stege ride over roug . Write for pamphlet and information. u328-6m_E, C. JCRDAN, Jordan Springs, Va. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart- ment, Washington, D.C., until TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, AUGUST FIRST, 1898, and publicly opened immediately thereufte to furnish at the Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., a quantity of stationery, ingot copper, pig tin, slab zine, white lead, lead, lUnceed’ oil, turpentine, Japan drier, sai and'soap. Ilank proposals will be furnished upon application to the Navy Yard, Washi 5. or to the bureau. EDWIN STEW. General, U. 8. N._ 7—14—'98. VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS ON ©. AND O. RAILWAY. Eight hours from Washington. Summer and fall climate unequaled. Cool nights during the heated term. Grand hotel, cottages, casino, golf links and club house; fine livery and magnificent mountain eurroundings. Sanitary con- ditions subject to periodical examinetion by ex- perts. Excellent train_servic« FRED. STERRY, Manager, Hot Springs, Bath Co., Va, Excursion tickets and pamphlets at C. and 0. offices. 513 and 1421 Pa. ave. dy5-tf FAUQUIER White Sulphur Springs, VIRGINIA, Fifty miles from Washington; superb scenery; supplies, country raised; the best water in the scuth. Tlustated catalogue. Address D. McINTYRE, Fauquier Springs, Va. Sy6-w,f, a VERY ACCESSIBLE, 60 MI. FROM WASH. valley aud water, scenery, bleycling, driv ed grounds: spribg beds;'no children take: ing, beating, swinming 5 fare; fresh’ meats, fowls, miik, fruits, wees. Procure circular.” MAURICE MAN, Castleman's Ferry, Clarke Co.. White Sulphur Springs, reenbrier county, W. Va. REPRESENTATIVE RESORT OF THE SOUTH. Directly on ain line of Chesapeal and Ohio railway, only eight he from Washingt NOTE k UCTION IN RAT $40 to $75 per month of 28 days; $12.50 te $21 daily mails; firs per week. Children under twelve years of age and servants, $32.50 per month. L. W. SCOVIL Excursion tickets and pamphlets at © offices. 513 and 1421 Pa. ave. BERKSHIRE INN. an end Virginia ave. A Hotel that fs Strictly nm. At mederate rates. Within a few yards ch and new steel pier. Capacity, 200. ‘With every convent Elevator to street’ level. Full ocean view. ‘lable and service unexcelled. Write for booklet, showing botel, new steel pier, golf links, &c. Ge21-38t) G. FRANK COPE. "HOTEL RUDOLF. On beach front. Atluntie City, N. J. Capacity 400. . R. MYERS. jet-53t,4 Bedford Springs Hotel, NEAR BEDFORD, PA THE CAKLSBAD OF RICA. Now open until October 1. Increased attractions. Golf links, tennis, bowling, fine driving. Waters of the springs most effective in the world. Price to August $15.00 to $22.50 per week. After Augu:t 25, to se of season, $15.00 per week, or $25.00 per week for two persons occupying one room. These latter rates apply to those coming prior to August 25, provided they remain to Uc- tober 1. : BEDFORD SI RINGS CO., Limited, M my24-3m* en THE ALBEMARLE AND COTTAGES. Beautifully situated, with full ocean view—Vir- ginia ave. near beac. Best hotel, at moderate ‘tes; capacity, Suv. Special inducements for long y ‘und to families; every convenience; table vice unsurpassed; write for booklet show- ete. OPE. myZ1-65t HOTEL BERKELEY, On the ocean front at Kentucky ave. Entirely rebuilt and enlarged to a capacity of Every room with ocean vic 3 am Parlor aud oper pavilions directly on oor. 400. street. boardwalk and on cach with bath. Strictly tirst Send for booklet. “Orch Je18-3un-10 JAM HOTEL, Dine . at ULnols ave.—The fi ¥ modern, aj pointment, including clevator, hot and cold sea Water baths in bouse; perfect service. American and Euro] RD BEW, je20-52t-5 New Hotel W ellington, Rooms en suite, noderate rates, tral concerts. x yl Kentucky ave. Ocean end. Cpa Origt- pat Weilington rebuilt. “Refurnished, enlarged. Special rates for J GEO. H. CORYELL, my10-78t.5 3HTON HC AND end of South Carolina ave on boerdwalk. Steam heat. Home comfort M rates. S. A. SCHWEISFORT, Prop, NEW HOTEL LURAY Voreh soined to the boardwalk. Large rooms, sea and fresh private baths. Every modern luxury. Illustrated booklet. jot JOSIAH WHITE & SON. HOTEL TRAYMORE, Atlantle City, N. J. Homelike and cheerful. “Rates consistent with first-class service. Ja2-156t DD. Jr., Owner and Prop’r. HOTEL MT. VERNON. An ideal iiome; Pacific uve. near the beach. Capacity, 209 $9 to $14 weekly. Send for bool let. JAS. S. MOUN & CHAS. W. SHAW of Baltimore, Proprietors. jell erat mb: the very lowest Bt T LIFTON, Conn. and Atlantic aves. ; homelike famfly house; 3 min, walk from beach; $7 to $10 weekly; booklet. 2 W. F./SHAW. HOTEL STICKNEY, Kentucky ave. Right at beach. Elevator. $2 to $2.50 day; $9 to $14 weekly. mbl-tt L. V. STICKNEY. THE OSBORN Pacific and Arkansas ave. Rates, $1.50 to $2.50 daily; $8 to $14 weekl: Elevator. 'Bus meets trains. Mrs. R. 1. OSkOR: my23-3m0 HOTEL ATGLE si Michigan av near Beach. Steam heat. $1.50 to $2.00 daily; $8 to $14 weekly. Write for Booklet. J. E. REED. _mb21-130¢ HOTEL CHAMPLAINE, KENTUCKY AVE., NEAR bench; capacity 200; elevator; sun parlor; every modern coavenlerce; table bountifully supplied with the best. Special inducements in rates until C. SKILTON. y 1. my2t-tt HOTEL ROYAL, Kentucky ave., near beach. $1.50 to $2.00 per day; $8 to $12’ per week. HENRY MILLER, for- meriy of the Etberon. my2-78t,4 THE REVERE, Park place, oppesite City Park. Moderate rates. my21-78t JAMES M. MOORE. CAPE MAY POINT, N. J. CARLTON HOTEL—NEW MANAGEMEN' rectly on the beach; accommodates 400; orches- tra; gunning: fishing. Send for booklet. Terma, z to $12 per week. KELLY & WEAVER. Os DI- OCEAN GROVE, N. J. THE ARLINGTON, OCEAN GROVB, N.J. THE LEADING HOTEL. $20 to $25, two in room; special to families. Sead for booklet, C. H. MILLAR, Prop. Jel?-tu,f,s.-2m ASBURY PARK, N. J. Coleman House, ASBURY PARK, N.J. OPENS JUNE 25, 1893. Elevator; hot and cold water; orchestra. Por rates. diagrams and information address F. W. COLEMAN. Coleman House, Asbury Park, N.J. jell-s,w.f,2m ASBURY PARK. Hotel Brunswick. Directly on the beach, ‘The leading hotel in every reapect. ope — memes Pel elevator, etric lights, t > eveni 18. Jell-2%m MORGAN & PARSONS. BEACH HAVEN, N. J. Dr. Leatherman. Expert specialist in the cure of all special dis- ‘of menand wotuen, Consultation trem. eases Hoars, 9 to 12 2 to 5: Tues., ce fas Tek cia Baw. Clevedon Senden =o The Engleside, Bea'p and Bay. SUNDAY TRAINS. Parlor car on afternoon trains. Send Booklet. apzs-118t-6 RB. FOREST GLa: Designed for invalids, desiring 1est and quiet Carroll Springs Sanit. » 800 feet above, the city; can be reached by taking B. and O. er’ W. W. “und Forest Glen electric cars. For circulars, ete., address Dr. G. H. WRIGH' my3-3m* IN THE MOUNTAINS. GLEN SUMMIT HOTEL Glen Summit, Pa. (Remaius open until October.) y. K. X., 3% hours from Philadelphia. elevation. Mountain spring water. 50 ving and bicycling roads. All elec- Private baths. Elevator. Gescriptive booklets, plotogcaphs and other information apply to Jel-520-12 W. HL cr Hill Top House Opens season 98 with additional new 5. in, 35 roo : city dining room, 250; q. feet verandas, whose breezy points and grand scenery unequaled anywhere; former reputation of tabie speaks for Lise! . 8. LOVETT, Harper’s Ferry, V ¥, Manager. ROYAL, ROYAL AVENUE—GREAT IN appointments; het and cold baths; Lithia vol and hi hful. Ad- Manager, Front Royal, dy7-1m SUMMIT HOUSE AT HARPER'S FERRY, Va., opens June 15. Send for cireular and terms. " Addr:33 Miss JENNIE CHAMBERS, Clerk me Virginia Mountain Resorts Reached by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway HEALING SPRINGS. Delightfully situated, 2% miles frum Hot Springs. Most valuable waters of their kind known. Hotel moderate in charges, well con- ducted, quiet dnd homelike; a desirable re- sort for families. Adcress A. M. STIMSON, Manager, Healing Springs, Bath county, Va. WARM SPRINGS. Five miles from Hot Springs. Hotel and cottages conducted as a first-class family re- sort. Most luxurious swimming pools of thermal water in the world. Address EUBANK & GLOVER, Springs, Bath county, Va. Old Sweet’ Springs, Sweet Chalybeate Spriny Red Sulphur Springs, Salt Sulphur’ Springs, Ro bridge Alum Springs, Natural Bridge, Gladys Inn, Clifton’ Forge, the’ Alleghany, Goshen, Nimrod Holl cnd wany other weil known resorts; also 200 homes for summer boarders. Excursion tick- ets and descriptive pamphlets at C. and O. ticket offices. 513 and 1421 Pa. ave. dyl-a7te H. W. FULLER, G. P. A. “POWHATAN,” CHARLESTOWN, W. VA. WILL ES, Warm be opened in Jun rfectl ipped” bi healthy and beautiful country, rs. BOLLING, 1225 Linden ave., Baltimore, apls-tt AESSULAPIAN, A PIRST-CLASS PAMILY HO tel, Wiehle, Fairfax co., Va.—25 miles from Washington, 8 miles trom Camp Alger; special inducements for familles of officers; pme Water; high location; ext bathing. bowling, THE LOCKWOOD AND COTTAGES, OPEN MAY 15. Extensive improvements; large,shady grounds; excellent table. Terms, $6 to $6 weeklye AT ES DANIEL, Proprietor, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. my4-bm-4 OWELL HOUSE—THIS POPULAR SUMMER bome opens June 1; pleasant, alry rooms and Porehes; shady grounds; excellent table. Aj to'B. B MeDUWELL, Harper's Ferry, W. Yao”, my25-3m UENA VISTA SPRING HOTEL IN THE HEART OF THE BLUE RIDGE. Dry atmosphere, No mosquitoes. NOW OPEN. For terms ané circulars address W. M. REAMER, Manager, Buena Vista Spring P. O., moy20-3m,14 Franklin Co., Pa. HOTEL ALLEGHENY, EAGLESMERE, PA—THE most delightful summer and health revort In Pa.; elev., 2,200 ft. ; I stance telephone. Send fc booket'and rates. -W. H. VAN BUSKIRK, Prop. Jel8-6w-4 KEE MAR SUMMER RESORT WILL REOPEN ute, Ba eet Sy eae peg eee water; hot and. co : 5 nD ery and large rooms, Address Miss LEONARD, Hagerstown, Md. dy12-1m SPRINGLAKE BEACH, N. J. Wilburton-By-The-Sea. on beach. WORTH. Hot and ccld baths; di se sea water vac: VENTNOR, N. J. CARISBROOKE INN, VENTNO! ‘beach, one mile below Atlant Coat the noise of the trolley connections: resort; for modern hotel a eit) Susie S'sOS Bipretra, | Sata’ "SHAS legs PROPOSALS TO SELL SITE FOR PUBLIC School Building in 3d Division. Office of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, Washing- ton, July 23, 1898.—Nealed proposals, indorsed “Proposals to sell site for public school building in Sd divisic will be received at this office until TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, TUESDAY, AUGUST SECOND, 1898, to sell to the District of Columbia a site for a public school building in the third di- vision. The lots must be approximately 120 feet front by 100 feet de2p, and must be located be- tween 3d aud 7th sts. and Pennsylvania and Vit- ginla aves. se. A certificate of the collector of taxes that the bidder has deposited $200 with hi or a certified check of some bank in the District of Columbia, for sald amount, must accompany each bid as @ guarantee that the bidder will com- plete the sale of the ground if his bid should be accepted. ‘The right to reject any and all bids ts hereby reserved. JOHN B. WIGHT, JOHN W, KOSS, LANS: H. BEACH, Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Jy23-6t PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ADDI- tion to Station House No. 2, on 5th st. bet. M and Nets. now., Washington, D.C. Office of Commis: sioners, D. €., Washington, D. C., July 23, 1803 Sealed proposals will be received at this office un- til TWELVE M., ON AUGUST SIXTH, 1898, for constructing an addition to station house No. 3, on Sth st. u.w., Washington, D.C. Blank forms of sels sud specificath together with all necessary information, be obtained upon appli- cetion therefor at the olfice of the inspector. of bvildin, of the District of Colum! and bids upon these forms only will be considered. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. }ro- pesals must be inclosed tm_an envelope, sealed and indorsed on the outelde, “Proposals for Construct- ing au Addition to Station House No. 2, on 5th st. 5 Wastington, D.C." JOHN B. WIGHT, JOHN W, ROSS, LANSING H. BEACH, Commis rs, D.C. 23-6t ION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE DISTRICT Jumbia.— Washington, D. C., July 21, 1898. — Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of au uct to ahend an act to pro- vide a permanent system of highways in the Dis. {riet of Columbla, the Cotmissioners of the D trict of Columbia will ne a public hearing in the board room of said) Commissioners on “AU- GUST TENTH, 1808, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M., to all parties ‘interested or owning land within the territory embraced in Section No. 1. ‘A proposed amended plan will at that time be Aisplayed for examluation, and the sald Commis. sioners will consider any ‘suggestions or protests concerning the location of any highway or portion of highway as shown on the above mentioned lin. JOHN B. WIGHT, JOHN W. ROSS, PANsING H. BEACH, Commissioners, D.C. jy2itoaudine ‘OCEAN TRAVEL. American & Red Star Lines NEW YCRK—SOUTHAMPTO: ANTWERP, The steamers performing these serv- ices are either British or Belgian. Suiling every Wednesday as noon, Southwark. Aug. 3, Frie a Aug. 31 We:ternlai 10 Southwark !<2.. (Sept. “7 Kensington. 17) Westernland. Sept. 14 Noordland, I Kenslugton, pt. 21 American Line. PHILADELPHIA—QU! ‘TOWN—LIVERPOOL. The steamers performing this serv- ice are Belgian. VERY SATURDAY. un Pen'T'nd.Sep. 2,11;:30am m) Waesl'd- Sep. 17,10:300i0 mm Rhynl'd.Sep. 24, 4pm 5pm Beigenlund.Oct.” 1, 10am NAV JON COMPANY, 6 LOWLING GREEN 305&307 WALNUT ST. WASHINGTON OFEICE, 06 FST. . OF Geo. W. Moss, Agent, 921 Penna. ave. ” jyi9-30a North German Lloyd, FAST EXPRESS SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON. LONDOD BREMEN, - 2 2 pm/Trave.Tu.,Aug. 23, 10 am - 9, 10 am) Saul - 80, 2 pr SOUTHAMPTON TONDO! BREMEN. Barbarossa... -Thursday, August 4, 8 a.m. Koenigin Luise. -Thurs@ay, August 11, noon GIBRALTAR, NAPLES. GENOA. Aller Aug. 6, 9am Puida....Sept. 3, Sam “K.Wim.I1l,Aug. 20, 8 aml Aller....-Sept. 10, 10 am OELRICHS & CO., 2 BCWLING GREEN, Apply fo E. F.’DROOP, 925 Pa. ave.. myl4-22tt Agent for Washington. FRENCH LINE. Compagnie Generale Translantique DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE — PARIS (FRANCE). pa every Saturday at 10 A.M., as follor From Pler No. 42. North river. foot Morton street. Gascog! B Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Aug. 13;La Touraine Gen'l Ag’cy for U. S. and Can., G. W. Moss, £21 P. 8 pomae Green, N. Y. . We Ere. BELL & CO. 406. G fe12-19-18 DENTISTRY. Uncle Sam’s Teeth Extracted Free. ‘That is, if cny man in active military or maval service has the toothache he can have it stopped without charge at The Evans Dental Parlors, Je18-14tt 1309 F ST. N.W- ; UNDERTAKERS. W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 940 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class ‘and on the most reasonable terms. Telephone cull 340. Ja7-tr PROF. EASTMAN RETIRED. Has Been Connected With the Naval Observatory Since 1862. Prof. John R. Eastman, U.S.N., whé has held a responsible scientific’ position at the United States naval observatory since 1862, was placed on the retired list today by operation of law on account of age, Prof. Eastman was born at Andover, N. H., in July, 1836, and was ,graduated at the Chandler scientific department of Dart- mouth College in 1862, soon after which he entered the United States navy as an as- sistant professor of mathematics. He is a scientist of high standing. and is a prom- inent member of many scientific societies, He was the first president of the Washing- ton Academy of Sciences. He has con- tributed many valuable works in the inter- ests of science. Several years ago he pub- lished “Washington Astronomical Observa- eee ae ne has also directed ane erin m of the meteorological reports 0: naval observatory. EeESE i ————_-e.—___—_ Charles Bruce, colored, twenty years old, ‘Was stabbed in the breast’ by Lewis King near Warren and B streets northeast, yes- terday afternoon. The wound was: accl- dentally inflicted while the men were sky- larking. was taken to the Eastern Dispensary for treatment. _ ge WAR STATE POLITICS West Virginians Lining Up for the November Election. U. 8. SENATORSHIP THE CHIEF PRIZE The Probable Outcome in the Sev- eral Congressional Districts. REPUBLICANS HOPEFUL Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 29.—The republicans having carried this state by such a handsome majority in 1896, they are confident their victory, when President McKinley was elected, will be repeated this year. The question of the successorship to Sena- tor Charles J. Faulkner, whose term ex- pires March 4 next, is the all-absorbing one, so far as politics are concerned. It goes without saying that if Judge Goff will accept the nomination he will be supported BY every republican member of the legisla- ture. Great efforts have been made by friends of some of the aspirants for the senatorship to get Judge Goff to make a formal declaration of his wishes in the mat- ter, and, if unwilling to accept, to take his name from the list of candidates. The distinguished West Virginian, in response to inquiry, recently sent a letter to a friend who wrote to him on the subject, inform- ing him that he “would not be a candi- date.” Notwithstanding this there are many members of the republican party, as well as a large contingent of democrats, who think that Judge Goff is justly entitled to the senatorship, if he wants it. They point to the fact, as generally believed, that Judge Goff was in 1888 elected governor of the state, but was counted out by the democratic returning board, and they claim that he ought to be elected in spite of the language of the letter above referred to. What is Said of Judge Gof. Judge Goff is referred to as remarkably able and singularly unselfish. Before he had reached the age of twenty years he was practicing 1 nthe courts of the state, and even at that early age was frequent- ly pitted against some of the foremost members of the West Virginia bar. He was for years United States district at- torney, was several times a representa- tive in Congress, and served as Secretary of the Navy in President Hayes’ cabinet. For thirty-five years he has devoted him- self to the advancement of the best inter- ests of his state, and there are thousands of citizens, regardless of party affiliations, who feel that with Goff and Elkins in the Senate their state would be as well repre- sented as is any other state in the Union, There are, however, many of Judge Goff's friends who believe that when he used the words quoted above, that he would not be a candidate for the vacancy which will be caused by the retirement of Mr. Faulkner, he meant that he would not ac- cept the office even if tendered to him af- ter an election, and that he prefers to con- tinue to serve his country in the position he now occupies, unless President Mck ley shall see proper, should a vacancy oc- cur among the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, to advance him to the higher judicial office. Lively Contest in Prospect. With Judge Goff out of the way there will be a lively fight among the other can- didates when the proper time arrives. At this time the leading aspirants are Mr. N. b. Scott, commissioner of internal revenue, and Governor George W. Atkin- son, both of Ohio county, but the best posted among the leaders think that if Gof finally decides to decline the honor, Mr. Scott will be elected. Others who have been named in this connection are Seymour Edwards, the present candidate of his party in the third district for a seat in the national House of Representatives; Joseph H. Gaines, present United States district attorney at Charleston; George Poffenber- ger, a young lawyer, who lives at Point Pleasant; A. B. White, collector of internal revenue at Parkersburg, and Captain Nel- son E. Whitaker, who at present represents the Wheeling district in the state senate. is stated that the friends of Senator Elkins, who is looking after the election of the legislature, concede that it would be good politics to elect a senator from either the third or fourth district, in case Goff continues his declination, the judge being a resident of the first distric The conservative leaders are inclined to defer the discussion of the senatorship question until after the legislature is elect- ed, as a bitter contest among the varicn aspirants might lose some of the counties to the democrats. The last Icgislature had in the senate twenty-two republicans and four democrats, and of these eleven repub- licans hold over. The house of delegates has seventy-one members, the repudli having a clear majority of six. Is there were two independent democrats acted with the republicans. Solid Republican Delegation. As is already known, West Virginia has a solid republican delegation in the House of Representatives at Washington, and the republicans as well as the democrats, to a large degree, anticipate that the delegation in the next House will consist of four re- publicans, although it is admitted that there is a possibility that a democrat may be chosen in the third or Charleston dis- trict, owing to serious differences among the republicans on local questions which are expected to be carried into the coming campaign. Z At the election two years ago Capt. B. B. Dovener, who represents the first or Wheel- ing district, had about 4,000 majority, and he will, it is believed, poll as heavy a vote in 1898 as he did in '96. At the same elec- tion Mr. Dayton, who was chosen in the second district, had about 2,000; Dorr, in the third district, had about 3,600, and Mil- ler about 1,200 in the fourth. Dovener has been again chosen as a candidate for re- election—his third nomination. It is ex- pected Dayton will be renominated and the friends of Dorr claim he should have been similarly honored. As a matter of fact, however, those opposed to Dorr succeeded in having him pushed aside in the conven- tion, which gave the nomination to Mr. Seymour Edwards. The latter will be op- posed by the democratic nominee, Judge David E. Johnson, who is alleged to be very popular, and his friends ciaim he will be able to get the votes of enough disap- pointed republicans to defeat the regular republican nominee. The nominating con- vention of the fourth district republicans will meet at Point Pleasant August 10, at which time it fs expected Warren Miller will be renominated. Romeo H. Freer of Ritchie Court House, L. T. Peck of Kenora, State Senator Hensley of Mason and G. B. Gibbens of Wood county are spoken of us aspirants for the nomination. Of those named Freer seems, next to Miller, to be the leading candidate. Probably Democratic Choice. The democrats do not intend, however, to let the senatorship go by default, and, should they control the legislature, will, it is believed, choose Col. John T. McGraw, the democratic national committeeman for West Virginia, to succeed Senator Faulk- ner. Col. McGraw is owner of the Charles- ton Daily Gazette, the organ of the demo- cratic party in the southern portion of the state. Col. McGraw claims the distinction of being at this time the unanimous choice of his party for the place, and his name is really the only one prominently mentioned in connection with the honor. Col. McGraw is a campaigner of long experience, and during the first administration of Grover Cleveland received through the influence of Senators Camden and Kenna the appoint- ment of collector of internal revenue for the district of West Virginia, and perform- ed the duties of the office to the satisfac- tion of all interested. Former Minister Baker's Part. 5 5 little more than four years. Mr. Raker has just entered upon his duties as editor of the Gazette, having been invited by the Proprietor to succeed Mr. O'Brien Moore, who vacated the editorial sanctum to ac- cept the lieutenant colonel of a West Virginia regiment, to which he was ap- pointed by Gov. Atkinson. It is believed by those best informed on the subject that in the improbable event that a democrat can be sent to the United Staies Senate to succeed Mr. Faulkner, the friends of the latter will urge that he be given another term in order to show that the people approve his course during his service in the Senate. The friends of for- mer Gov. McCorkle will also assert his right to serve his state at the national capital. RES AS ES DISTRICT BOYS ABOARD. Transport Leona Reaches New York With Fifty Convalescing Soldiers. Also Brought Mail From Santiago— Vessel to Be Quarantined for ‘Twenty-Four Hours. NEW YORK, July 29.—The United States transport Leona, Captain Wilder, arrived at quarantine today from Siboney, July 23, via Hampton Roads, July 28, bringing fifty convalescent soldiers, two newspaper cor- respondents and a colored boy who went with the 9th Cavalry from Tampa to San- tlago. At Hampton Roads, on July 27, the steam- er, owing to her having twenty-nine fever cases on board, was ordered by the local heatth officer to proceed to New York. There were no deaths during the voyage from Siboney to this port. The newspaper correspondents on board are Burr McIntosh and R. H. Corbin. The Leona brought twelve sacks of m: from the United States camp at Siboney This mail will be disinfected and forwarded to the New York post office this afternoon. The following is a complete list of sick and wounded soldiers on board the Leona. The first twenty are fever patients, most of whom are convalescent, all being pri- vates unless otherwise designated: H. W. Miller, lieutenant, 13th Infantry; John Young, sergeant, Signal Corps; John W. Burns, Battery K, 1st Artillery; David M. Wells, musician, Company F, 4th In- fantry; Frank L. Dees, Company F, Infantry; Carl Muller, Company C, Michigan; Sidney F. Lake, Company Michigan; L. T. Philpot, Troop L, ist unteer Cavalry; C. C. Maurer, band, 17 Infantry; Charles Pence, Company H, 20th Infantry; Thomas Russell, Company 20th Infantry; F. F. Albright, Compan: 13th Infantry; Fred. Fowler, Company I, 33d Michigan; A. J. Stockbridge, Troop F, 1st Volunteer Cavalry; J. S. Davidson, Com- pany H, 12th Infantry; Val. Fisher, Com- pany G, 3d Infantry; J. Proctor, Troop B, 1st Volunteer Cavalry; W. D. Ebo, Com- pany A, 20th Infantry; Earl Antrim, Com- pany H, 20th Infantry; Clyde E. Clark, Company Engineers; Albert Sleeth, Com- pany F, 20th Infantry; William Halle, Com- pany F, 20th Infantry; L. Gastron, Com- pany H, 20th Infantry; Louis Rosenmond, chief cook; Frank Jeffery, Company K, 34th Michigan; William J. Dooley, Company F, 6th Massachusetts; Daniel Nelson, team- ster, 10th Infantry; E. J. Cole, lieutenan €th Infantry; H. J. Smith, Troop C. Cavalry; Louis Rinn, Company H, 3d Cav- alry: Lee Estes, Company G, 7th Infantry J. McMillen, Company F, 33d Michigan George Dan, sergeant, Company D, 6th In- fantry; Clifford E. Cross, Company G, District of Columbia Volunteers; Alb« Skees, Troop C, 2d Cavalry; J. T. French, teamster, 16th Infantry; William Miller, Company B, Ist District of Columbia Vol- unteers; B. Lowenthal, Battery K, Ist Ar- tillery; Alexander Hyde, corporal, 24th In- fantry; G. E. Wallace, Company A. ch Infantry; William Walker, Company E, 25ta Infantry; J. E. Crabb, Company C. 24th Infantry; William Perry, Company A. 24th Infantry; E. Wilson, Company A, 17th Infantry; F. Bennett, Troop B, 16th Infan- try; William Dooley, Troop 9th Cavalry Henry Bechausen, Battery K, Ist Artillery Colonel Beckley, Hospital Corps; O. Finley, colored boy, camp follower. There was no surgeon on board the Le- ona, and the men were attended by the ship's people and their own officers and comrades. Dr. Doty decided to remove the twenty- nine fever patients to Swinburne Island and the convalescent and wounded soldiers to Hoffman Island. If at the end of twen- ty-four hours it is found that none show symptoms of yellow fever the Leona and all of the detained passengers will be re- leased. od AT Lo: BRANCH. A Croker Clambake, a Horse Show and Comic Opera. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star, LONG BRANCH, N. J., July 1898, There is but little doubt that Hollywood is to become the headquarters of Tammany Hall for the rest of the summer. Mr. John F. Carroll, Mr. Croker’s right-hand man in Tammany; Mr. Randolph Guggen- heimer, president of the common council of New York, and other well-known chiefs have been here all summer, and Mr. Croker, too, has decided to come. In a few days he wiil take possession of the old Heey homestead. The mansion has been renovated and refitted and is in shape to receive Mr. Croker and his family, who are expected to arrive tonight or tomorrow. Arrangements are already being made to give Mr. Croker a big clambake up at Pleasure bay. Clambakes sometimes bring together very strange guests; Senator David B. Hill and ex-Lieut. Gov. Shee- han are both on this coast, and will un- doubtedly be invited to attend the bake. While, of course, it is not likely that poli- tics will be talked much at the bake, yet on the broad verandas of the old Hoey mansion political plans will be laid during the summer. Spurred on by the great success which has met the endeavors of the Elberon wemen to raise $5,000 for the Red Cross Scciety, the women of Long Branch have also formed an auxiliary. The committee is composed of Mrs. Francis Hincks, chair- man; Mrs. R. H. Woodward, Mrs. B. P. Morrie, Mrs. J. S. Sutphen, Mrs. John Price, Mrs H. E. Tabor, Miss Annie Eman- uel, Miss Julia Calhoun, Miss Nichols and Miss Jeannette de Maurice. Over at Norwood Park another Red Cross auxiliary has been formed and is rapidly accumulating funds. The leading spirits in the work over there are Mrs. Thomas T. Eckert, Mrs. John A. McCaul, Mrs. W. D. Harper, Mrs. Carroll Livingston, Mrs. C. G. Simmons and Mrs. C. J. Young The approaching horse show, which is to be given on the Horse Show Associa- tion’s grounds at Hollywood on the ith, 12th and 13th of August, is attracting everybody's attention. Secretary and Treasurer P. J. Casey says that the num- ber of entries will be considerably larger than at any previous Hollywood show, and that the week will undoubtedly be the mcet brilliant that the “Branc has seen for many years. On the opening night Walter E. Hildreth of the West End will tender to the hotel guests and cottagers the “horse show fake," which was inaugu- rated last year and which has superseded the proprietor’s ball. A high fence will inclose the immense lawns which fronts the West End cottages. A big dancing platform will be built there, so that the young people may enjoy an outdoor hop. There will be an exhibition of fireworks between the dances and at 11 o'clock sup- per will be served. Twelve hundred invi- tations are being issued. Proprietor Dunlop of the Hollywood Hotel is arranging to give a fete cham- petre on the spacious lawns of that hotel the last night of the show. Comic opera has been introduced up at Plcasure bay, which is the chief amuse- ment resort for the summerites along this section of the coast. The Grau Opera Ccmpany is to present “Pinafore” for two weeks, beginning next Monday, on an imi- tation man-of-war, which has been an- chored in the Shrewsbury river directly op- posite the grand stand. Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley, who ar- rived at the Elberon Hotel yesterday, are doirg their best to induce the President to spend the last weeks of August with them here. Elberon has for twenty-five years been known as the . Presidents’ resort. Here President Grant spent all his sum- mers; President Arthur spent a good deal of time here, and Elberon’s most historical feature is the unpretentious little cottage on the Elberon Hotel lawn where Garfield died. SS “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they eeENVoN0ewx?o0@wgTw}w0hnm@TTIf0eeoo0oD0=<~=~$q$q{q eee AMERICAN GENIUS Inventions Made Necessary by Exist- ing War With Spain. CONTRIVANCES FOR LANDING TROOPS Ammunition and Big Guns Con- veyed Through the Surf. WASHINGTON ENTERPRISE inane aeaigaey The aggressive attitude of Uncle Sam in the affairs of the world, and especially of the western hemisphere; the gradual awak- ening of this giant to a realization of the full magnitude of his great strength so long latent; the intervention between the @own-trodden toilcrs of Cuba and their Spanish oppressors, and the task of wiping out all the tyrranical rule of a decayed nation oa this side of the mundane sphere, has called forth much of the practical in- ventive genius of the country, although it is safe to say that the possibilities of the savants of America in improvising and conjuring fearful machines of war have not yet been reached. So far our guns and ships have proved to be modern enough and sufficiently ef- fective to win victories unprecedented in the world’s history. The suddenness of the war, and the rapidity with which the opera- tions have been carried on in foreign lands, has precluded the invention or completion of complicated engines of destruction. But there have been needed many practicable and simple contrivances for landing troops, ammunition and implements of war. through tue surf from transports, and carrying on a campaign in a marshy coun- y. Tne suggestion a few years ago that United States army would today be in- vading an enemy's domain would have b at once cried down as the foolish imagina- tion of some diseased brain. And so the war with Spain found this new power in the world’s politics {ll prepared for earry- ing on an extersive campaign on foreign shores in the particular of devices needed for the purposes mentioned abov The Demand Met. But the demand of the army has been met. Most of the necessary thus suggested ere the officers, who know just what is needed for successfully warring against a foreign foe, and a great majority of these military ad- juncts have been manufactured here In Washington and shipped directly to the front from this city. Not extensively known as a manufacturing center V i nevertheless, foundries and mills, with resources » knowledge of most of her these concerns have not t called upon in vain for rapid work on gov- ernment contracts. Portable hospitals, por- table breastw: and other war “things,” about which more or less of secrecy bern observed, have gone forward as Wash- ington produc The latest, and portant, shipments consignments to t perhaps the most im- from here have been army at Santiago and Porto Rico of what are technically known as “siege gun tanks” and “pontoon coup- lings.” The fore machinists at C. A. Schneider's Son: h street northwest have been working fifteen hours a day for several weeks on the supply to be s Porto Rico. The gun tanks have gone forward. At the Schneider foundry the finishing touches are being put on fifty additional pontoon couplings, and shipping crders are awaited, although the contract period has not nearly terminated. The dif- ferent parts of the couplings are addressed to “Gen. Roy Stone, care Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Porto Rico. Siege Guns Taken. The sfege gun tanks are hollow, cylin- Grical steel affairs, sixteen feet long and three feet in diameter, made in two parts or divided longitudinally. These tanks are used in landing cannon from transports anchored some distance out from shore. Into the lower half of a tank the huge gun proper is placed. Then the top half of the cylincer is put in position and bolted fast, rubber strips between the sections making the affair completely watertight. The gun is held in place in a cradle, as it were, and the tank is deliberately thrown overboard from the ship. ving a sufficiency of air and once space insi¢ ts buoyantly in the w taken in tow by a steam launch or surf boat and pulled ashore. It is then rolled high on the bi the gun lifted out of the tank by a derrick and placed. on one of the carriages brought ashore on lighters and pontoons. In these ks the fine steel gun barrel and the tricate breech mechanism is absolutely s from any damage by a wetting in salt water. Six of the gun tanks were sent to Santi- ago, where they proved a great success. Guns all the way up to a maximum weight of three tons were ea: taken ashore in this manner. Six additional tanks have been forwarded to Porto Rico to be used by the landing parties at this latest island to be invaded. The foundry people feel highly elated cver the success of the gun- landing tanks, and the turning out of thes as well as the pontoon couplings, reflects credit on a Washington industry not gen- erally appreciated. Couplings With Giant Hinges. The pontoon couplings are giant hinges made of fine rolled steel and very strongly riveted together. The hinges are about sixteen feet long and have a sweep of about two and a half feet. The pontoons used for landing purposes are constructed somewhat like the common barge or light- er secn around the river front. On the edge of the deck of one the hinge is se- curely fixed, the overhanging half, when not in use, is folded back out of the way. On the second pontoon are a number of steel plates with holes in the center. When it is desired to couple the two pontoons together the unfastened edge of the hinge is swung over and bolted by coupling pins to the other barge. The hinge has a dou- ble swing, and in this manner the motion given the pontoons by the waves is min- imized. The pontoons swing up and down together, the coupling holding them firm! In this way the bouncing about of a sin- gle pontoon on the sea is avoided and a comparatively steady platform presented. One hundred of the pontoon couplings were sent to Santiago and fifty are await- ing shipment to Porto Rico. They will probably go forward this evening or to- morrow morning. nce BIG CROWDS ON HAND. Tennis Tournaments, Hops cales Keep Them Going. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. SEABRIGHT, N. J., July 28, 1898. The crowds that are frequenting the Oc- tegon this year are the largest of any in the history of that famous north Jersey hostelry. The first big hop of the season there, which took place the first of the week, was one of the most briliiat social events in the history of this resort. A tennis tournament has been occupying the attention of the Peninsula House young people this week. Mr. William Cunning- ham carried off the first prize, a high-grade racquet, and Mr. Augustus Eggers captured the second. The management of the Octagon House announces that the first german of the sea- fon there will occur on the evening of Au- gust 6, and that the annual midsummer’s Proprietor’s ball will take place on August 18. Saturday evening comes the second full e of the et o! the week ar the musicale given by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spalding at their Monmouth Masi-