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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
A PROTEST AGAINST PERRY.
A Delegation Of COlored People Cal o.
Assistant Secretary GRAM.

delegation Of four colored people called on
Gen. Grant, the acting Secretary of War, this
morning and presented him with paper con-
tanning protest signed by number Of colored
citizens Of the District against the selection of
Major Perry to command the reorganized and
consolidated battalors OF colored militiamen.
The delegation was composed of Messrs. Thomp-
kins, Peterborough and Dodson and Mrs.
Fleetwood, wife of the ex-major of the seventh
The protest was mainly based upon the record
OF Perry as treasurer of the Cadet Corps.
Gen. Grant took the document and asked
If among the sigrers there were any men,
bers OF the battalions, whereupon his
callers declared that the paper was very largely
signed by the militiamen. The general there
upon promised to give the matter his atten-
ton and politely babe his visitors good morn
ing. The commission of Maj Perry has been
signed by Gen. Grant. but not by the Presi-
dent. 1t will be sent over to the White House
today, together with Gen. Ordway's nomina-
ton, the report Of the examining board and
the protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

The Georgetown Orchestra.
The public rehearsal Of the Georgetown ANA
teur Orchestra at the Academy of Music last
night was thoroughly enjoyable entertain
ment- Those who have carefully watched this
organization during the present season have
seen the improvement manifested at each re-
hearsal. Last nights efforts surpassed those
Of any former occasion and proved that this or
ganization can compete for popular favor with
many professional orchestras. Mr.. Josef Has
par. the director, has every reason to be proud
of his force and the members of the orchestra
have equal cause to regard highly the man who
has brought them 10 their present high eff
cheney. The program included the civilian
Tell overture. Memberships violin concerto
OPP. "a, with Miss Birdie Lucas as the soloist; a
Massenet suite, "Scenes Hongroise;" Grieg's
Aase's Death and DesOrmes' Mandoline Polka
and Strauss Morgenblatter. Every number
was well rendered and showed careful study
and Intelligent comprehension Of the spirit of
the composer While all were heartily ap-
piauded the only encore was Of the Mandoiine
Polka, but this was due to the daintiness of the
conceit and the delicacy of the execution of the
pizzicato movement. Miss Lucas solo was eff
fectively given, both the broad full work in the
andante and the more intricate execution of
the allegro. The development of this Young
lady has been followed with interest by many
who remember her first efforts as child In
the second movement of the Massenet suite an
opportunity was given to hear the excellent
harp playing OF Miss Anita CIuss. who is one Of
the Lest performers upon this difficult instru-
ment now before the public. The vocalist who
assisted the orchestra last night was Miss Eliza
beth Hamlin of Boston, soprano, who gave
satisfaction both by the purity of her voice and
excellence OF her method. Her selections were
the SEEM and aria from der Freischutz'
and two songs by Oscar We'll, Mr.. Szemelenyi
playing violin obligato to the latter. An en-
core followed each. The Wilhelmj Club, which
joined the orchestra in the Grieg and Desormes
compositions, added to the effectiveness and ex-
ceiience OF the work. The orchestra has rea-
son for cougratulation at its work this season,
and its friends will look forward to increased
excellence next fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

Deeds in fee have been recorded AZ follows
". B. Page to Ira J. Baker, lots 4 and S, blk. 8,
Langdon Park; e.. o. e. Randle to Alexan-
der Golway, lot 16, blk. 8, Congress Heights
$780, C. v. Trott to George c. Hough, sub 49,
blk. 1. LIE Drcit Park; $l,652.87. w. A. Gordon
to C. Payne, ps. 2, BIS sub Lees Hill, George
town; 81, $50. ]. McKenna to 7. Il. ONeill
pit =. SO. 81, Georgetown; -. C. Early to 81
b. Bates, sub "A, 50. 70; $500. c. H. Bates "a
Martha F. Bisbee, same property; o, 800. Mar.
tina F. Bisbee to c. H. Bates, sub "a. 50. 70
$3.50. G. H. Bates ct a. to G. Early ct al,
same property; $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
The C. A. c. Ball Team.

All Of the ball players Of the Columbia Ath-
ietic Club have been ordered to report for a
practice game to take place on Analostan
Island this afternoon. Messrs Larner. Keenan,
and Rainier, the base ball committee, are doing
everything in their power to make the repre-
sentative ball team of the club success. Wells
the captain Of last years team will be at the
head OF the nine this year. All of the players
will be selected with care. and as there are a
great many applicants for positions on the ball
team there is noigood reason why the first team
will not be champion one. second team
will also be organized and the new men de-
veloped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
a CABLE ROAD on fsrH STREET.
Capt. Rossell's Recommendation for q Per-
init for lite Construction.

NHPts hosseI's RECOMMENDATION Tor q Fer
init for lite Construction.
The application of the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company for a general
permit to construct its cable road on l4th street
received the action of Capt. Rossell this morn
ing, to whom it was referred for examination
and report Capt Rossell recommends that
the permit be granted, but says be
thinks the company should be made
to deposit money 10 cover the re-
pair to trenches and the resurfacing Of pave
ments where temporary tracks are laid. He
says the company should also be required 20
keep all cross streets open so that there would
be no interference with travel He also calls
attention to the fact that when a similar per
INIT was granted TO open 18th street the COM
pany took n very long time to do the work
and requests that the Commissioners designate
time for the completion of the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
THE DIRECT TAX.

THE OBJECT TAX.
Under the law to refund the direct tax ths
Commissioners are receiving any number of
applications for the refund Of all kinds Of taxes
under the law providing for the refund Of the
direct tax levied during the war. Some have
applied for the refund OF generals taxes, some
for sewer taxes. One applicant has capped the
climax by applying for the refund Of over
VI, 200 Of internal revenue tax.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR FoURrRESTH STREET,
Capt Lusk, in charge Of street lighting. has
recommended the lighting Of twenty three
electric arc lamps, az follows, from April 1,
1891: One on southwest corner Of Isth and II
streets northwest, one on west side Of l4th
street between Ii and northwest. one on the
southwest corner of l4th and L streets north
We st, one on the west side Of 18th between I
and h streets northwest, one on the southwest
corner Of l4th and h streets northwest, one on
the west side Of l4th between X and L, one on
the southwest corner OF 18th and l. streets
northwest. two on the west side of i4th street
between l. and Thomas circle, four around
Thomas circle. one on the west side of 18th
street between Thomas circle and street. one
on the southwest corner of l4th and n streets
northwest. two on the west side Of l4th be-
tween n street and Rhode Island avenue.
one on the northwest corner 18th street and
Rhode Island avenue northwest, one on the
south corner 18th and y streets northwest: one
on the southwest corner sampson aud 14th
streets northwest one on the southwest corner
l4th and z streets northwest. one on the south
west corner Corcoran and l4th streets north
west and one on the southwest corner l4th and
K streets northwest
NO BRIDGES ACROSS HrdHwAys.
In response to many applications to place
bridges across alleys Capt Rossell recommend
that the building Of bridges across Highways q
alleys in the District should not be allowed
LIQUOR LICENSES.
The following applications for liquor licsnsss
have been acted upon:
Approved-Elmer F. Woodbury., Hotsl La
Normandie: James @. Goodwin, as ~ street
southwest; James Fay, l05- street southeast;
Jacob Diemer, SIS ID street northwes T. n
Wyatt. 400 18th street northwest.
l1th street northwest; T. B. Howard, Good
Hope. county.
Wholesale rejected-Dennis Driscoll lool d
street southwest
TO BIZ nEsuRrAcsp.
The Commissioners have ordered The south
side. Of Pennsylvanis avenue between wash-
ington Circle and 10th street 10 be resur-
faced, and work upon IL was commenced this
morning.
xAHrxo SCHOOL nousEs.
The Commissioners stood godfafherv shas
morning 1t the christening In the board rooo
Of three new public schools.
The school on the west hide Of Jefferson
street between Pierce and Fillmore streets Il
hereafter 10 be known - Van BIZ ZEN: the school
house on the west side Of 18th street between
v and W was named Harrison, and the one ON
the e side Of l1th street between @ and I
south asst ID TO be called Tyler. The names Win
be placed upon the respective schoo. house, d
. few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
Real Estate Matfera.

Amanda I. Belknap has bought for $50, 900 of
George Mason and sold to NJ. NJ. Parker for
*35 goo sub IL, square zig, fronting % feet
inches on Vermont avenue between X and I,
streets northwest No. 1920.
Helen s. White has bought for Sc, 57s. "A OF
the Washington Real Estate Company subs 70
to 10, square 9SS, each 1850 by 49, AZ feet 'front.'
ing on the north side of Lincoln Park between
11th and 18th streets northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

The Merrimac river il rapidly rising at Law
renee, Mass. and has reached twenty-three
feet-the highest point for years. Over 1000
operatives are now idle ON account Of back
water stopping the mills
: The Chicago and Northw estern freight depot
and an adjoining elevator, containing S,0O0
bushels Of grain, ct Belle Plain, Iowa, was
insurance, &6,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

Judge Bradley has made . decree for d.
vorce for complainant in the case Of Anna
schippert agt. Ferdinand schippert on the
ground Of cruelty and bad treatment. They
were married in Philadelphia August Is, 1884,
gether till January 10, 1885. She charged that.
with the exception Of paying Q few months
board in New York, he failed 70 support her;
that he frequently assaulted her, and for the
safety Of her life and health She in January,
1885, returned to her fathers house. subse-
ness TO resume her relations with him. but he
wrote back II was too late and he was going to
Germany. Hon. John Goode appeared for pc
titioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
OLD TAR PAYMENTS.
The Contractors to BE Compelled to Keep
Them i'm Repair.

Them in Repair.
There arc any number of old tar pavements
about the city sadly in need OF repair. Some
time ago The STAR printed list of such
streets as reported by Prof. Richardson, the
inspector of asphalt. A majority of these pave
ments werelaid under the five-year stipulation
clause, which provides that the contractor
laying the pavement shall keep it in repair
for five years.
1t is understood that the Commissioners will
compel the contractors TO live up TO the terms
OF their contracts and keep these pavements
in repair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

George Richardson, the lsglsss colorsd man
who d under indictment for shooting John z.
Pinkney, IL mot the cripple who sold papers
and blacksd shoes on Pennsylvania avenue.
Piukney, who was removed 10 the hospital yss-
terday. was resting quietly today, alss ugh his
attending physician sAid he was !. very sick
man. II is thought that by proper treatment,
which h win receive In Providsr - Hospdtni
- VIII possibly recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

The semi-annuai ''piume" drill Of company
G, second battalion (Nstionai Fenciblss), ~
tracted large crowd 70 the Censer Marksl
Armory drin hall last night A preliminary
feature the company, commanded by ospk
Domer, executed . number Of insr1csss 81
dihicult movementa, snd when they were con
Guided the contestants for the nucb-prisea
plume fell into line and proceeded 70 bustness-
Private beasford captured the festhsrs afose
one OF the closest individual cousssss ever sssn
in this city. Private sessford b the espes0an
who won the individual driu nsdal - Ksnsas
test vss Private Cronwell; eerES kics -
third The judges wers Col Dnrch, MAJ Reix-
otto, Capt Wslsh and Capt wilson- Afssr ~
drill rsfreshnsuts-eolsd end hQukd-UuuD
served In the conrany rcoss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
To Begin ON Grants Monument.

The executive committee of the Grant Mon
ument Association decided at a meeting in New
York Yesterday afternoon to break ground for
the monument on April "a, the anniversary Of
Gen. Grants birthday. The monument viii be
erected In Riverside Park opposite the tomb
Of Gen. Grant. The treasurer now has some
thing over Sl46, 900, money subscribed for the
monument but $500 900 will have to be raised
for its combustion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
In Behalf of Commander Mcc.r,..

In Behalf OF Commander McCalla.
The New York Times special from Washington
says efforts are being made to secure the re-
mission OF the unexpired term Of the sentence
Of Commander McCalla, who was sentenced to
three years suspension. The first yesr Of the
sentence does not expire until May is. and it Is
not probable that the sentence viii BE- RENTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

trict attorney. finished
his opening address to
the jury yesterday aft
ernoon. The defense
reserved its opening
and the court ad-
journed to today. Mr..
Cole in his opening
said the theory Of the
government was that
kincaid, having taken
offense. determined to
kill Taulbee; that he
procured q revolver
and evidently watched
for Taulbee for the
purpose of shooting
L.. nTl -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

Henry W. Brewer Of Georgetown, civil en-
gineer, was the first witness called in the trial
Of Charles E. Kincaid, charged with the muir
der of ex-Representative Taulbee. The trial
practically began today. Mr.. Cole, the dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
SHOOTING STARS.

You may buy real estate either by the foot
or by the yard. but you don't always get a yard
at the price of three feet.
BORROWED FISERY.
"'Tis the last week of lent"
Said sad-eyed young fellow,
"And I've got to return
My girls silk umbrella"
Mr.. John Dennis writes poem for the Lon
don Spectator which he calls "The Springtime
Coming" He is well named 'Dennis."
AT THEIR BOARDING HOUSE.
He came into breakfast five minutes earlier
than she did
"Ah," she said as she took her place at the
table, ''the early bird?''
mo, no." he murmurred, significantly, in
tensely, passionately, "only the poor worm that
the early bird finds waiting for her.
And it came to pass.
The end Of Lent
TOO EARLY.
The man who sits on the river bank
And begs from morn till night,
Goes hungry home, for the fish az yet
Will give him not bite.
Ague; Ag I; Ag everybody.
The Supreme Court of the United States is
the finest Bench show on earth.
KISMET
The air is filed with Presidential lightning,
And some aspirants' luck,
About a vain vagary's tightening,
Because they won't be struck.
THE SOLEMN TRUTH.
There is no Grip!
What seems 30 is transition
From ordinary racking pains
To most profound Perdition.
A correspondent inquiries "Have we Malta
in our midstY' No, we have not. We have
nothing sin our midst at this season except
liver pads, and they are really ION our midst"
as it were. Next!
Evening gowns come low, but we must have
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

Aid for Conductor Bronaugh.
The following contributions have been re-
ceived at The STAR Office in aid Of the crippled
conductor, Bronaugh, and his aged and in
valid mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

The Suit Against the fnuematie Road.
The bill in equity Aisd by the BAbcock and
Wilcox Company against the Judson Pneumatic
Street Railway Company and the Brightvood
Railway Company Il 70 establish . hen for
el,05S.A and not for tlo5, S92, - publiahsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

An escaped convict named Crump vas shct
and killed near Clarksburg Depot, W. Va, Last
Saturday, but not until he Rad wounded an
officer named Hardwick and killed bystandsr
named Averiu. Crump vas . noted colored
criminal and large reward was offered for his
arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
THEY SAW TAULBEE SHOT,
The Government Begins Its Testimony
the Kincaid Trial.

H1-DooRKrEPEA SAM DONALDSON THE PRINCIPAL
WITNESS THIS HoRSrNe-HE TRIED TO GET
rAULBEE AwAY-A BOSTON MAN WHO WAS GOING
DOWN THE STAIRS AT THE TINE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

4 lcMPLErIoN OF AN ANIMAL HOUSE IN THE
y NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL PAkK-Smithsonian
Institution. Office of the National GEOLOGICAL Park.
Washington. D;G. March %: ls9:-ProPossls VIII Be
ceived at this Office until TWELVE O'CLOCK
NOON OF MONDAY. THE THIhTIETH DAY OF
MACH 1891. for completing animal house in the
National geological Park. Ilans and specifications
my re seen at the parS (Eot liouse. on the Adams
NIL roat. few hundred yards north OF ColuiI bia
road, where the Present state Of the work
nj any ntorlnstion desired can be obtained. The
right Is re served to reject any al bids and to waive
Institution. mho5raf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25
PROPOSALS.

nFEICE OF IHE COMMIs TONERS. DISTRICT
" OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, March "a. 1891
Sealed proposals will be received at the 6fce of the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia till THURS
DAY. APRIL SIXTEENTH, at TWELVE O'CLOCK
NOON. for furnishing to the public schools of the
District of Columbia the following described school
furniture, VIZ .4S No. grammar school desks and
chairs more or less By No grammar school desks
and chairs. less. 40 No. grammar school
desks and chairs. more less; :346 No. grammar
scnooi desss ana chairs more or less 80 No primary
school desks and chairs. more less; 4;s2 No. 3
primary school desks md chairs. or less: 81 No.
primary school desks and chairs, or less 80
teachers tables more less 30 teachers DESKS more
or less 800 high school desks and chairs lifting lid.
more or less. Samples must be submitted and for
warded to W. h. Powell, SUPERINTENDENT of public
schools Meshington. D. G., Franklin School building.
LIZA and SITS. The bids for pupils dess and chairs
nnst be Tor the desk and chair pattern only and the
prices bd for same naust include the furnishing
pete with ink wells and setting the floors in the
different school buildings. The pupis' desks and
eal must be delivered and set to the floors be-
j. ", Ross, III. Nj. ROBERT. Commissioners, ID. G..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

Mr.. John Dennis writes poem for the Lon
don Spectator which he calls 1.-THE Springtime
Coming" He is well named "Dennis.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

You may buy real estate either by the foot
or by the yard. but you don't always get a yard
at the price of three feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

BORROWED FINERY.
"Tis the last week of lent"
Said sad-eyed young fellow,
Sand I've got to return
My girls silk umbrella"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

EISNfET.
The air is filed with Presidential lightning
And some aspirants' luck,
About a vain vagary's tightening,
Because they WON'T be struck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

THE SOLEMN TRUTH.
There is no Grip!
What seems 30 is transition
From ordinary racking pains
To most profound Perdition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

TOO EARLY.
The man who sits on the river bank
And begs from morn till night,
Goes hungry home, for the fish as yet
Will give him not a bite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-25

The Supreme Court Of the United States is
the finest Bench show on earth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-29
THE GAY PEARL IN TROUBLE.
She Arrives in Galveston, Only to Be Is
oorted to Prison-The Cause of Her
Detention-Her Story.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. April 2s.-For the past
twenty-four hours the chief Of police ha.
had prisoner in his Office at the police
headquarters variety actress, Pearl Pat
tison, alias Pearl Ashley, wanted in Col
orado Springs, Col, for skipping out with
$500 and solitaire diamonds belonging to one
Of her admirers.
The dashing Pearl left Colorado Springs
on the Goth, and arrived here last night on
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. On
alighting from the train she was arrested
by the chief of police on a description wired
him by City Marshal J. NJ. Holt Of Colorado
Springs, with request to arrest and hold,
and that as soon as notified
Of the arrest he would leave with
requisition papers for the prisoner.
The chief conducted his fair prisoner TO the
police station. where she frankly admitted
she was from Colorado Springs, and stated
that her arrest was due to man with whom
she had lived for four or five years. That
his treatment of her of late had been cruel
in the extreme, that he had repeat
eddy threatened to kill her, and
fearful ne would carry his threat
into execution she watched her
opportunity and left him. She had the
solitaire diamond ring on her finger, and ad-
mitted she took $50 to pay her way to Gal
weston, and when searched she had little
over sl7 on her person. When asked what
she did with the remainder Of the S2OO, she
positively declared she did not have that
much when she left Colorado Springs.
4 wire was received tonight from City
Marshal Holt that he has secured requi-
sition ana was on his way for Pearl, who
is a sprightly, good-looiing woman Of
twenty-five years, who asserts her mno-
cence Of any wrong-dOlng.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-29
ROCKWALES PLAGUE.
The Town is Not Depopulated, Although a
Few People Have Left Town-There
Are Eight Cases 0uarantined.
Special to the Gazette,

Special 10 the GdZtIle,
RoCKwALL, Ten, April 27.-The heading,
SMALLPOX. Rockwell Being Rapidly De-
populated" in the columns of The GAZETTE,
over specials from Terrell and Forney, is
calculated 10 mislead, and does an injustice
10 the town of Rockwell. The facts in re-
gard to this matter are these: A child was
brought here from Palestine, taken sick
and died of smallpox. This was at the sec
ton house, about one mile from town. Scv-
eral of the section hands, a woman and a
girl We're exposed to this first case, as well
as the young doctor who treated the case.
The county and town authorities have been
very vigilant to prevent the spread of the
contagion. All those who have been the least
exposed have been under guard and not
allowed to leave the quarantine station, so
that they have not been in town. All the
persons who have the disease are railroad
men. woman and girl and child, and not
single person in the town has the disease,
or has been exposed, except the doctor who
is now sick and at the pest house. We have
a skillful doctor in charge, and three first
class nurses. Strict watch is kept so that
it is almost impossible for the disease to
spread. 1t is absolutely false as to the
business houses being closed up, as they
are all open. 1t is true that several fami-
lies have left town, but they are the ''easy-
to-be-scared'' kind. The people in the
country and at Terrell Kaufman and For
ray are worse scared tnan we are. IL Is al
most absolutely certain that there will be
no new cases. There are eight cases now
However, it was expected these persons
would have the disease as they We're ey-
posed directly to the first case
This matter has been greatly magnifled
and many false and exaggerated reports
started Even citizens of the town of Rock
wall have delighted to tell sensational
tales,
K. NJ. Swearengen, the state health Of
icer, will be here tonight