Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-29

WHAT PRESIDENT YOUNG SAYS ABOUT THE LEAGUE
MEETING.
Players have been signed by base ball clubs as
follows: VIM. OBrfen with Washington Arthur
Irwin with Philadelphia, and Jno. Healy with In
danapoliS President Young, OF the League, will
leave tomorrow morning for New York to attend
the meeting OF the League TO be held Friday. He
Will stop In Philadelphia until Friday, when he
Will 90 on 10 New York The schedule, he
sad this morning Is all prepared, and Will prob
ably be adopted by the League without change
There Is always some ''Squabb!ing," he added, but
there Is no doubt but that IL will stand as formu-
Lated oy the schedule committee. There Will be q
meeting OF the arbitration committee on Saturday
when The Kansas City difficuty will be settled.
ClarksOn's case. he said will not come before the
committee as IL IL merely a difficulty between him
ana the chicago club IL Is probable that the
piaying-rules committee Will also meet, but Mr..
Young says That ne does not know whether or not
they Will make any changes
THERE Is LITTLE contrivance on the wall OF
Browns feed store, 1896 l4th street, which ex-
citing much curiosity. IL Is an apparatus which
itself cuts on the water from the pipes In the
DulIdlng WHENEVER there Is danger of freezing
IL Is an ingenious automatic device Influenced by
the temperature OF the atmosphere The move
under the influence OF cold Is so adjusted, that at
any degree desired II will release valve that cuts
on the water from the building and drains the
cause II 70 turn the water on again Mr.. Brown
says that he used 10 suffer much annoyance from
psratus Attached last December aud he assured
STAR reporter that during every freeze he has not
had frozen pipe once since he adopted this de-
fere with the use OF the water the flow being still
controlled at the faucet The apparatus was in
the patents are controlled by the recently organ
hed company, known as the Newman Anti-FreeZ-
Ing Water Pipe Co.
talned large gathering OF its friends at the Ma
.ona Rines Arrnory last night at It's 2tith public
tens 9TH symphony, the "Tannhauser" march,
anc waltz by Waldteufel In the main the work
VI t,e ofelestra was satisfactory, and showed a
s1eany improvement, which was gratifying 10 its
friends and weil-wishers. A solo on the 6assoon
by MI. jules Dieudoum was a unique feature OF the
soiOlst Of the evening was Miss Kate n. Scott.
whose rich and weiI-trained soprano voice Is
the pages song from The HuTuennt.s 't I isrs
Loreiey'' and as an encore Lossen's Dream"
DBATH or A WELL-KSowS Scrl.rroR-Achilie
afternoon at his home corner OF 18Th and n reel
aorthwesI he Was feeling unwell, and going 10
When the doctor arrived he found the sculptor
lying dead on the moor. The doctor decided that
death was caused BY apopleHy.
THE SALE OF SEATS for the grand orchestral con.
certs under the direction OF Theodore Thomas
and al which JOS ny and Mr.. Myron W. Whitney
will appear, commences tomorrow morning. ri
$50 O'Clock, at the Steinway Agency yS5 Penn
byEd1lt avenue Ineef concerts OF the highest
importance, and Mr.. Drop expects the largest
sale OF the season Mr.. Thomas considers the pro
grams 10 be rendered the finest ever given IL
Washington
SALE OF PAINTINGS AND WATER CoLoRs.-Messrs
Waiter b. Williams co. will-sell AT public sale
at their art salesroOms cor. 10th and Pa ave
about zoo oil paintings BY European and Ameri
Can artists The sale commences this evening al
SOclOck.
THE 1000 LBS. DORMANT HOWE SCALE, put II
the reteiying-rOom OF the cold-storage depart
naen, o. the Center Market, Is, perhaps the fnes'
weighing machine In the city. The brass part
are All nickeLplated, the iron parts bronzed, anc
Tue "OOd-"orA mahogany, highly polished
IEE GREAT SALE ORIENTAL AKr.-The sail
OF THIS superb collection OF oriental art In porce
lain, bronze and embroidery, Will take place 70
MORROW al III o'clock at Thomas DowIing's ar,
rOOnis, llth and Pennsylvania avenue rare op
Portunity Is offered In this sale TO secure eleQan
asteSeS See advertisement for particulars.
PRISONS DESIRING TURKISH Rres &c peet
neither 20 70 New York nor wait for an auction x
SECURE them when so large and fne stock as thal
OF ar. Varzaaoedian, go l4th street Is constantU
oyen 10 those who either wish 70 buy or examine.