Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1898, Page 11

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FREE—The Companion Calendar for 1899, suitable to adorn the pret- tiest corner of the house. p p oo AND THE COMPANION 52 weeks, a fall year, to January 1, 1900. THE YOUTHS COMPANION, Boston, Mass, == = BUILDING OPERATIONS. Report of District Inspector for the Past Month. ‘The inspector of buildings has submitted the following report for the month of Oc- tober, I8Ws, of the building operations in the District of Columbia, permits being is eued for the number and character of buildings as follows: Brick dwe S, 35; value, $86,640. Frame @wellings, 16; value, $24,050. Brick reps .SS5. Frame repairs, ling and store, 2; value, $3,000. Store and office, 1; value, $10,000, Apartment house: (brick), 8: v: gine and value, $2,- Repair shop (brick), S800. mith shop $400. Gas house, 1; value, value, $70. ¢ hed (brick), ; value, $1,14 d the value hwest, $2 > buildings northes ast, $14. Total, in sout southwest, 36,400. in northwest, $3 $6,024; repairs in no utheast, $665; repairs in south- f Operations of Certain trait Makers. Tt recelving complaints most of the alleged traud Practices of men who claim to be in ine trait bus y of th making are men in that there a small the a small payment on ging from 50 cents 1 nothing more was jicture or the frame who have complained, tigating DUTIES OF Vv SRINARIAN. District Co ers Issue an eo Or- der hem. today nmis: ners th xed veterinar- Robinsor by order, as follow the duty of the vetor- Columbia to look mging to the Dis- to examine the horses hase by t t and same, giving his opinion as t each horse examined is spect; and no horse shall voucher ate from the in + partment n purchased shall om the de- es may treat such minor ail- ments the among der his charge the “77 BREAKS UP COLD rut HANG ON LINGERING COUGHS that hang on and may end in Consump- tion are broken up by “77.” HAKD STUBBORN COLDS that lead to La Grippe are dissi- pated by “Seventy-seven. TENACIOUS COLDS that run into Pneumonia are stopped by “77: FREQUENT COLDS that threaten C arrh are cured by “77.” At druggists or sent prepaid, price, 2c. and Boe; large pocket flask. $1.00." Dr. Humphress" Manual at druggists or sent frec Hamp) Met Co.. cor. William amt John ts, New Yor Be sure to get H-U-M-P-H-R-E-Y-S. UNCLE SAM: “If they don't hurry this A HODGEPODGE STRUCTURE | The Post Office Building Criticised by a Leading Architect. Execrable Design and Worse Execu- tion—He Characterizes It as a Bad Job. A leading architect of this city talked freely today to a Star reporter about the charges made by former Superintendent Stewart against the supervising architect’s offic> in connection with the building of the new city post office. ! “It was a bad job, a bad job,” said the architect. “Mr. Pest, the president of the Institute of Architects, that met here this week, said the building is a travesty upon art in this country. He was able to say what w2 could only think. The design i execrable and the execution Is worse. It i: a poor construction, a hodgepodge from | foundation to roof. I don’t belicve it was designed by the supervising architect in fic> at the time the building was started. jome one in his office drew the plans he it signed his name acress giving the subject p: r cculd he? He had, and the t Besid ccpacity, or, let me the art work put upon it “The men employed there are not artists masters of the No man of that cali ber would take fon there at $1,800) or $2,000 per apnui of them are littk | | | | | | more than dr smen, and have not the brain to conceive or the experience to < sign a structure at onee perfect in ¢ and practical construction. Iw fered a berth there, but do you think IT would or could afford to accept it at a pit- tarce. giving up my practice, and then being ct to the caprice of politics? Political Pat There should be no polities in art, but there is. The men who should get con- to design the ones who are vice government buildir not them, and versa. It is be use be. cause no honest archite be the tool of + paw swindler bu H arch s whose names entered in a com- | petition mean at that they ‘wil! be | favored, and 1a | less to compete not. they will | work done for the War avy Depart- | ments. It is usually of the most inferior | kind | “The buildings are botcl 30 over to | and see the all of a | ze—truly like soldiers in a row + looks like another. It may be mili y, but it’s not architect Then go to Point, where the buildings were put up by va 8 architects in New York city. | There was jealousy among them, and the | result—every building there fs different, and there is no harmony or uniformity between | them. Just as bad this way as the other way. So it goes. Effect of Competitic “All the designing and construction of buildings under tk usury Department | are done by t & architect's office. Not long ago Cen: enacted a law the lows plans f structures to be drawn by : competition the aw commi from the appointed by the pr ation at the | request of the of the Treasury. | Already three competitions have been held, and the results were eminently atisfac- tory “Phe cur ¢ evil which I have spoken can be no political Job- vut the award of the committee, as n who have no interest in the : the presi- in tim to politi- oters apparent to t itute, in a year, and could not be re-elected. Then, to cannot hold that o more than in succession, covering period of two ; Of course, the law is not and the supervising architect Is not required to call a competition. ‘The present supervising architect, Mr. ‘Taylor, is a very good man and was appointed after a very hard competitive examinatic Not sus; m of incompetency ches to him. | If the law were made to cover th» other | departments of the government and mad> mandatory, then complaints would soon { cease. Furthermore, if the government paid $10,000 or $15,000 a year for Its chief ar tect and $60) cach for his assistant certain tenure of office, could be had for these plac: be men more than m: 3 of ths technical {details of their art. There must be some- thing more than this qualification to make guch an architect as fs needed for public work. He must be a lawy-r, a good busi- ness man and yet an idealist. He must be | able to unite the real and the ideal. His brain creat+s and his hands ex:cute. Above ail, he must be practical in the carrying out of the creations of his genius and imagina- tion. Only such men as these can draw up the specifications for a building that will have the minimum of faults.” eee ————— os Under the Vagrancy Law. Policeman Burrows arrested Jacob Parker, a colored boy, late last night, Whom he found slcep ng in a vacant house near 17th and L streets. When the officer entered the premises he found Parker sleeping on the beside him. Parker's excuse in court this morning | Was that he went into the hous: because it Was too late fer him to go to Chevy Chase, where he said he had been stopping since he came here from Richmond. Judge Scott da penalty of $5 or fifteen days on floor, with a lighted candle On Account of Desxertion. By a decree signed today by Judge Cox Equity Court ‘No.1 Abby F: Davison was granted a diverce from Edward T. Davison. desertion on the part of the lat- ter being assigned as the cauSe. Mrs. Da- vison is given the custudy of the child of the couple. in ee If you want work read the want columns of The Star. post-office job these figures'll all have to be changed.” DEATH CAUSED BY ACCIDENT Verdict of Coroner's Jury in the Case of Mrs. Emma Gill. ‘Testimony Taken lay Detailing Re- sult of Autopsy and Circumstances Attending the Casualty. A coroner's jury called to inquire into the death of Mrs. Emma Gill, who was fa- tally injured Thursday afternoon in a bi- cycle collision between John Sperry, a young white boy, and Roger O'Hanlon, a man about thirty-two years of age, at the corner of 9th and P streets, returned a verdict at 1 o'clock this afternoon holding the young men blameless and finding :hat the deceased came to her death as a re- sult of an unavoidable accid The jury, composed of John I. Kelly, George O. Miller, Alfred S. Wilson. Joseph M. Burlew and George Holmes, was im- paneled at the sixth precinct station, on New Jersey avenue, this morning shortly after 11 o'clock. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook testifiel to having performed an autopsy on Mrs. Gill's body at the Emergency Hospital, where she died yesterday afternoon. Her skuil was cracked across the base, the fracture extending from two inc! ab > the rignt in leng ear downward, being six inche Death was due to the result There were no other bruises on ner y, with the exception of a blue spot on the hip, which was too old in appearance to have been caused in Thur: John A. Bowers of 13th anc nue, a motorman of the Metropolitan Rail- ud Company, testified to having seen Mrs. Gill leave the west side of Sth street anc start seross the thorough A young boy came riding down street in 2 northerly direction, and as he reached P street he swerved onto the Metropolitan tracks to avoid the rough paving In the P street car tracks. As he did so he struck the lady and knocked her down. Bowers could not {identify the wheelman who knocked Mrs 1 down, but thought ft Was young Sperry. The older wheelman me up la the Witness thought, and he wo ono ¢ sion. Te young man was ing at a moderate © of speed and was on the right side of th street until he re i P street, when he circled to the southbound car track, the left side of the street. . William Taylor, colored, of 517 2d street southwest, said young Sperry and O'Hanlon collided at P st i RE down the side of %th ; latter ridin stwerd on the left side P street soy Sperry was knock ff his wh ruck M Gill a knocked her d T ecident. would | rever have happened, he dec , but for the bicycle colli: the former witr iked from the Wit me the Collision Maurice F aid saw the wheelmen come together, but could not say which man struck the woman. The wheelmen picked her up and carried her into the drug > on the corn Mrs. Gill’ d must of the cobblestones cf the k. y, a school boy of 1333 11th dé ed young Sperry a colli. O'Hanlon to the e racks. lided in the cent 9th and both striking Mrs. ¢ Witne: did not notice whether the wheelmen rang any bells or not Howard Maher of 1435 9th street north- corner of P street, down P street toward 9th treet, iding on the left side of the street. He next heard a scream and saw Mrs. Gill lying on the t the corner, and ne two wheelme: ng near by. There a number of schoo! chil 1 were on the yelists. nd of 1508 9th street s standing on the car track back to the wheelmen when struck. The riders were not moving fast. Neither man seemed to be hurt as a result of the collision Slien Proctor, a little colored girl, of 1121 st street northwest, saw the bicycle riders try to avoid colliding. Both wheelmen and the lady fell at the same time. ren near the sidewalk and not id Defendanin Testity. Roger O'Hanlon of 1519 7th street, one of the defendants, said he was riding down P street, picking his way through a crowd of children. In doing so he turned on to the left side of the car track. He saw young Sperry too late to avoid collision. He did not see Mrs. Gill until he got up. He couldn't say how the wheels came t gether, but from bruises on his left side he Judged the boy struck him. He was riding slowly and did not ring the bell. John Sperry of 1463 Kenesaw avenue, the second defendant, said he did not see the lady until after he collided with O'Hanlon. Neither wheel was hurt in the accident. — Fall meeting of the Washington Jockey Club begins at the Benning track No Five races daily. First race at > to Superintendent. The soldiers, sailors and marine depart- Ment of the W. C. T. U. gave a social last evening to the superintendent, Miss Chase. at the W. C. T. U. headquarters, %10 F street northwest. A musical and erary program was given, at the close of which Chaplain Ay O. Sykes of the navy gave a talk. There was music by the mu- sicians of the United States marine corp: At “mess call" light refreshments were served. On behalf of the United States marine corps Mr. McDevitt presented to Miss Chase a magnificent bouquet of low. ers, tied with the United States marine corps colors. A very enjoyable time was had by all. Thanks for the success of the affair are due the Misses Hause, who had charge of the program and refreshments. > A colored man known as “Duc" Leven- berry, about thirty-eight years old, was taken from a South Washington alley: last night to the Emergency Hospital because of a slight injury to his head, inflicted, the police say, by William Hughes. Reception a b 3 Seem eeietoctetetetecentertecy vu te Startling onl have operfed agood many amount dé huSiness that comes oO eee eaoseoio he eosin stotlontoete seostoranetereoste se seoste he so stodin sso siraie oe sevese sae aesto te enone | Combination DeBk and Bookcase. Polished artered oak. Bevel plate. migror—ad- 15 justable shel large Wesk—new design. Our pri “Cash only and the narr Ow t margin of profit.” Some More of Jackson Bros.’ Star to us. the annoyanedof being chased by collectors just for a few weeks’ accommodation (2?) of credit? aie We have an immense line of Brass Tables, with onyx tops. A very pretty design, lke the one shown here—unsually eon- sidered worth $5.00. Our price G2 98 ly because you are not accustomed to reasonable ones—you are not used to finding furniture sold people's eyes since we started business on a strictl effected. Our methods have been successful. Rattan Rocker, fll roll, cane sent. You can see by this ent that it is an excellent rocker, You cannot buy it for less than $3.50 anywhere else, a aie We are showing a splendid stock of Carpets and Rugs at prices far below AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Two Men Killed Last Evening on the Southern Railway. Burial of Mrs. Annie Lee at Chri Charch Cemetery—General and Personal News. Evening Star Bureau, No. 727 King St. Bell Telephone No. 106. ANDRIA, Va., November 5, 1898. engers on train No. 36, which ar- rived here over the Southern road last night at 9:18, reported that the train had struck a wagon near Amherst Court House, Va., almost instantly killing twa men, This report s verified this morning. It was stated that the train, with Cap- tain Taylor as cénductbr and Frank Lar- mand in the cab, aftey leaving Amherst, and when about sixteem miles from Lynch burg, struck a farm Wagon square in the center, tnrowing ond of the two occupants eack way and kiljing them and the horses. The names of themen-could not be ascer- tained by trainmeti or! passengers, but they were described ag being about twenty years old, one white and the other colored. the the train stopped onlyjong enough to put the case into the f s agent at that plét The disaster occarred at a crossing near a@ sharp curve ig, thestrac! mile the trom the, station, It is asserted that engineer blew the usual whistle for sings. esas Funeral of Mrs. Lee. The remains of Mys, Annie Marla Lee, the mother of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who died Thursday at the home of her son, Capt. Dan. M. Lee, in Stafford county, were brought to this city on the Richmond train yesterday afternoon. They were con- veyed to oid Christ Church, where about ty-five y 440 the dec i Was mar- i to Capt y Smith Lee, and whe: afternoon rge number had gath. ered to witness the funerai services, per- formed by Rev. Berryman Green, When the casket was lifted from the train beautiful teva! tributes, in tasteful designs, were placed upon it. The hea as fol- lowed a pre ion covering several sauares. In the carriage immediately be- hind it were the four sons of Mrs. Lee— Gen. Fitzhugh, Capt. Dan. M. and Messr: John M. and Robert Lee. The honorary pallbearers were Me: John W. Burke, Col. Arthur Herbert, Herbert Bryant, Capt. R. F. Knox Blackford, B. , Col. per and Mr. Thomas Beckham. ‘The body bearers were Messrs. Sum G. Brent, R. . Lee, John Johnston, W. Murray M. Davis, Chi rence Stabler and Hubert Sno At 1 o'clock the services the church and the remains wer > over at carried to old Christ Church cemetery and interred in the Lee family burial lot, beside thos of her husband and two sor Captains id Smith Lee. concourse followed in proc Police Court Proceedings. In the police court this morning Mayor Simpson disposed of the tollowing case: Richard Steward"aid Ella Lee, both col- i, arre ‘doh Officers Davis and Roberts on a warrant sworn out by Deputy City Sergeant Monroe, charging them with ting the execution of the law. ‘The ce Was to the effect that the deputy, having levied an attachment on household goods for rent, met with some difficulty in s airing (in to the the case . Willi and Richard Edmond both cot were’ arrested by Officers Ticer and Arrington, The ‘Thompson man exnibited a dangerous-looking stab in his left side, which, he said, was done by a colored man named Edgar Hunter, Hunter had not been secured this morning, but the police are looking for him. dmonds was dismissed and ‘Thompson held for further investigation, He was also fined $2.50 for disorderly conduct. Filmore Bryant, a small colored boy, ar- rested by Officer Knight, on a charge of throwing stones in the street, was fined $1. Athletic Day at High School. The athletic day exercises at the Episco- pal High School, near this city, opened thi morning at 10 o'clé¢k with the field crowd- ed with spectator X brass band from Washington enlivefed the occasion with a series of popular airs. ‘This afternoon the final event will be’ gime of foot ball be- tween the local tearh’and a team from the Central High Schodd of>Washington. Gener Matters. A Mr. Samuel Madison was painfully injured yesterday evening whife doing carpenter's work on a house aftheftorner of Royal and Oronoco street. A ;hateflet fell and cut Mr. Madison's foot so geyefély that he had to be taken home, where ,He received medical assistance. oes Officer Goods thts morning picked up a youth on the streemwho vas in a deplorable conditicn. His whele-bafiy was badly swoi- len and he could sgaregly see. The officer carried him to the station house, where he gave his name as Jessie Johnson, and where he will be examined by the health officer. Quarterly meeting services were begun at 2 Free Methodist Church on South Lee street lastnight with a good attendance. Elder J |W. Turnbjyn officiating. There will be preaching again this evening at 7:30 and the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered on Sunday. ages Marriage Licenses. Marriage Meenses have been issued to the followirg: ics ~ White—Max Craft and Kate Savage; William F. Pters of Clifton Ford, Va., and Marietta King of. Richmond, Va.; James W. A. Brown and Dorothea M. Diggins, both of Chevy Chose, Md.; Cornelius F. Doran of New York city and Catherine A. Hussey of this citys ~ itty off one of the parties, and issed. As | dent happaned go close to Amherst | about a halt ‘There was uncertainty | z 3, sa sSendeecoote Topmost nceesoogensessonten Seacengeeg Soetesiete Sento Seefeegotonton oS otter ortorcet oo seeogene ef Senses oo Sete | i a a ee ee a a a al A ae eiont | Oreos i 4 sencetentetetentedetntetetntetntntntntetntetetntet oneness essential ese eceaedeceatetneadeteeddeeatetee “greatest” until it actually spective branches. prices - WE LEAD all others. eee Wonder what Merts will say today. in Values, Bottom-most in Prices. No business can justly maintain the name of leads Keep your eyes on us. a a a aaa aS We claim that ours is WASH- INGTON’S GREATEST TAILORING BUSINESS— vemos because others are copying our exclusive methods and imitating ideas that we created—and no doubt you have seen evidences of it. conceived our “VALUE-GIVING” TAILORING SYS- TEM, we were laughed at and ridiculed by wise- acre contemporaries. But we knew that the public needed just such an establishment as ours—an un- surmountable bulwark between clothing-wearers and the enormous high-profit-prices then ing. That we have met with public favor is found in the fact that our patrons today can be counted by the thousands, and we are growing stronger and imcreasing more and more every day. LET US SAY WITH OUR ADVANCEMENT WE DO BETTER BY YOU AS A BUYER. cro vorienmereo—thus giving you better tailoring val- ues—better cloths and better workmanship in every way. An imitation is always below par in its actual worth. WE LEAD in making the lowest in handling the greatest quantity of goods-WE LEAD in doing the largest volume of business-WE WILL always be Wash- ington’s leading tailors. MERTZ and MERTZ, Value Givers in Merchant Tailoring, 906 F Street. roe 4 tling Prices. on small profits. We ly cash basis, and showed them the immense saving that can be We have now four big stores and find them almost too small to handle the tremendous We have to work night and day. Think it over. Why should vou pay dollars and dollars and have 3etter borrow the money. nateatectentoatettesedtesty teeter This Sidebourd is made « + solid selected oak —serpentin = top—plate © glass mirror. A 4 mew and very rich design. Our price ts only DID — 4Grest 915-017 7th : ash JA og Furniture 919-92] t. i = Houses, 3 aSeete CSA RR ARN Bia i ales Soatoaieeioetoetonteeioeiotoeioaioeioctodioaingyy 5, PPS eneetentondetosteeteede cde onde enienteciententa toeentoetendratestonts cieeetonteriendedtontonts eedeedoatostoateetontonenfontontoatontestontestoninatostetontestontedtente tect ostestestostoste ta tantatatedtestatatartente testes Saturday, November 1808. in all of its re- When we prevail= BUT Instead of trying to make big- ANACOSTIA HAPPENIN Celebration — Emmanuel Church Parish Receives Substantial Ai The success attending the efforts of the congregation of the Anacostia M. . Church to reduce the indebtedness upon the church and promptly meet every other obligation during the twelve months end- Ing with October last was celebrated last night at the church, when the board of trustees tendered a reception to the con- gregation. A large audience assembled in the church auditorium, whjch was beauti- fully decorated. The following program was rendered: Singing, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” by the audience: prayer A and Scripture reading, Rev. Charles O. Isaac, pastor; address of congratulation | and welcome, Mr. John E. Powell, presi- dent of the board of trustees; report of the board of trustees, read by Mr. Powell; singing by the choir; recitation, Mr. John Fort; vocal solo, Mr. Maurice Haines; reci- tation, Mrs. Grace Suit; instrumental solo, Miss Edith Pyles; singing by the choir. Refreshments were then served. The re- pert of the trustees’ board showed that about $2,000 for the building fund and im- provement purposes had been collected dur- ing the time stated. Members of Emmanuel Protestant Epts- copal Church are deeply interested at pres- ent in certain pending negotiations which affect the future of their parish. Just what is being done is not known, except In a gen- eral way, but it ts gathered from leading members of the parish that a wealthy lady of New York city, who has on several oc- casions in the past proved herself a bene- factress to the Emmanuel Church, as taken a renewed interest in the affairs of the church and parish. Among other things done by the lady for.the good of the parish a check for about the sum of $1,100 was received to clear the church reetory of the entire debt apon it. It ts also said that | thing like 33,400, was forwarded with Which to purchase a new rectory. ‘The Present rectory is situated on Maple ave- nue some distance from the church, and, according to reliable statements, it is the intention to turn this building into use as a home for orphans er other poor chtidren, and to be conducted on lines similar to the Bell Home at Colonial Beach, which is in charge of Mrs. Davenport. At a late meeting of the vestrymen of the parish the matter of purchasing the new rectory was considered, and Mr. thaniel R. Harnish was appointed to bring the negotiations to a close. He nas not yet visited New York, as was the intention at first, because some obstacles have arisen in the way of purchasing the property mentioned. and Rev. Mr. Davenport, who is in New Haven, Conn., is being commu- nicated with. The vestrymen, it is stated, are unaware of the name of their benefac- tress. Ex-Lieutenant A. E. Eckloff, the day sta- tion keeper of the Anacostia station, o has been seriously ill at his home, 1516 5th Street northwest, for about three weeks, is reported to be slightly improved. It is un- derstood an effort ts being made by the ill man’s friends to have him restored to the active police rol!s and then retired. Such action. it is said, ts indorsed by the police officials, and would be 2 recognition of Mr. Eckloff's services in the department. While being driven along at the corner of Jackson and Tayler streets last even- ing the horse of H. W. Eno suddenly sank some distance into the ground and was slightly injured. Recent street work had left the place in a bad condition, it is al- leged. The danger was reported by the police. Nichols avenue between the insane asylum and Congress Heights was also reported by the police to be in need of re- pairs. The stations of the cross were held in St. Teresa's Church last night, and are to be held every Friday night in the present month: 3 ] later another check, this time for some- Dedication of a Court House. The dedication of the new court house | Alexandria céunty. ot Irginia, at Fort Myer | Heights will take place Wednesday after- noon, November 16, commencing at 2 o'clock. ‘The ceremonies will be attended by a banquet, and music will be rendered by an excellent military and concert band. Many distinguished gentlemen, including | the governor of the state, will participate j4n the celebration. J. T. Clements, rep senting the board of supervisors of Al j dria county, went to Richmond. today extend an invitation to Governor Tyler The court house was described in a previ- ous issue of The Star. ——— pecial trains to Benning Race Course during fall meeting, Nov. 12 to 26. leave Och street station at 1 and 1:45.—Advt. William Matthews, a colored laborer, nearly fifty years old, whose home is at Wilson street northwest, was taken ill at 9th and East Capitol streets yesterday afternoon. The police patrol wagon wes summoned, and the sick man was taken to the Washington Asylum Hospital for treatment. The Finest Cleaner mace. brwiimor scrarcn on wean any BURe PAGE, VET IT CLEANS THE DIRTIEST PERFECTER,