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Leaves Elko eve y. mornin /: nj 7:3O
o'clock.
Arrives from TusGn1ora every even
ing in sine to connect with EXpresa
trains going both. East aud West.
CJ;ru noXt door TO tho INDErENp-
E.NT oilce.
.. T.. HOLLAND, Agent
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No. 8 COMPANY.

Engine Company and guards the interests OF
South Washington with a care. Mr.. Sorrell
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ice with the present de- FOREMAN SHERMAN.
partment dates from January 2, 1879. when he
was assigned as private to Truck Company A.
Nine months after his appointment he was pro-
NOTED to tillei man and transferred to the com
pany he now so ably represents. Promotions
quickly followed, for young Sherman was q
hard worker, and on the LIST day of August,
1928. Chief Paris appointed him foreman
His company is composed of Foreman John
sherman; tillerman, Timothy Donohue; hostler,
ID. Williams; priyates, T. A. Griffin. J. ]. Cam
non. I. I. Purcell, C. L. Farr, G. H. Giles, J.
II. Oliver, W. H. J. Bradekamp.
TRUCK c..
Foreman A. j. Sullivan has charge Of Truck
Company C. the newly organized company,
now safely ensc nsed in one Of the most ner-
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man OF No. 6 and when Engine Company
No ! was organized he was transferred as
foreman of the company. which position
he now holds. Foreman Wagner is a strict
disciplinarian and his company is one of the
best drilled in the department. He is brave
fireman and has had many narrow escapes.
The list of men under him is as follows: As
sistant foreman, Timothy o Brien; engineer. C.
Clark; fireman. P. ]. Carroll: hostler, G.. g.
Warren; privates, W. H. Webb. J. l.. Martin, W.
7. Cady, r. K. Noone, A. L. Grimm
No. 8 COMPANY.
The last engine company on the list is No. 8
and Foreman Lewis, one of the oldest and most
valued men in the service, has charge of it. He
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otyies Amit8te0 mere are NOT Always 30
Awfully English as is Imagined.
ssnUDES IN THIS COUNTRY ENTER
~ tain some very mistaken notions on the
subject of English fashions" said q we'll
dressed man of middle age to a STAR writer.
"They have no such extravagant changes in
styles as one sees here, and the latest thing
from London, you know, is more apt than not
to be simply freak taken up on this side of the
water. Take the matter of hats for example.
You will find the best-dressed Englishmen to-
day wearing silk hats with bell crowns and in
all sorts of other shapes. Bell crowns in this
country went out years ago. The reason is
simply that every London halter of importance
has his own special blocks, which he keeps year
after year. He becomes known for making
those particular shapes, and men who like them
go to him always for their headgear. One hat
ter affects bell crowns. another straight Chin
ney pots, and so on. The makers in New York
take up one Of these styles and rush il as the
newest fashion, that for while it is sup
posed to be the only correct thing.
1T is much the same way with trousers
Over here you find them varying from year to
year in width. Each season the leg must be
certain number Of inches in circumference
Meanwhile .the well-dressed men in England
are having their bags made in all Sizes A
London tailor will cut his customers panta-
looms with reference to individual becoming
ness. 1t is recognized that dumpy man with
short legs looks best with narrow trousers, and
vice versa.
Each London tailor has his own specially in
garments. man will go to one for his walk
ing clothes. to another for his frock coat. to
another for his dress suit, and so on. For
years past young men in this country have
imagined that it was very English to wear
loud checks. Englishmen do wear checks but
never in town-that is to say. gentlemen do
not. They reserve such apparel for the
orally. One fashion the Britishers have which
differs curiously from our own. When they go
into restaurant they keep their hats on until
they sit down instead of taking them off upon
entering, as we do
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was born in Frederick
City. Nd, September 8,
1910. and appointed a
member Of the paid fire
department October 8,
1864, as a supernumer-
airy in No. 8 Engine
Company. He was pro-
NOTED to the place of
fireman May /. 1875.
He remained in that ca
pacity for four years
and was then made en-
gineer. A transfer &C.
CURED shortly after
ward. and Lewis served
two years rs fireman in
Engine Company No. 2
and one year later in
the same capacity with
Engine Company No. 6.
a
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was born in Spottsylva-
MA county, Va. June 5.
1885. and received his
appointment as n men,
Der of the ire depart
ment of Washington on
the organization OF No.
4 Engine Company. JAN
uary 10. 1870. 1t was not
long before he was made
assistant foreman, and
on July 16. 1874. he was
made foreman of the
company. He may well
be called the father of
No. 4. for he has been
in almost continuous
service in that company
since his appointment.
During the old yolun-
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teer days he was member Of Perseverance
Company and served under John Peabody, the
nrst chief OF the fire department. He has bee IN
fireman for thirty-six years and has attended
all OF the large fires that have taken place in
Washington since 1854.
The men who belong to Company are as
follows: Foreman. William I. Sorrell; assistant
foreman. James keliher; engineer. F. Don
nelly; fireman, II. Lambert; hos;ler. John Wal
dron: privates, r. Dickson. Charles Burke c.
r. kuhns. J. ]. O'Connor and G. A. Mcguire.
No. COMPANY.
Engine Company No. is commanded by
Foreman J. ID. kurtz. Foreman Kurtz was
born in MONTGOMERY county Md Anril 1883
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feet engine houses in
the country. His ap-
pointment dates from
january 2. 1879. He
served eight years in
No. 5 Engine Company
and was promoted to
the position he now
holds August 10. 1889,
and transferred to En-
CINE Company No. 3.
Although comparatively
a young man MIR. Sulli-
van is old in fire duty.
His valor has often been
commented upon. and
several times came near
getting him INTO trouble,
for he was injured at
the fire at the State,
Wor and NAVY neporx
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received well-deserved promotion. being
made foreman of No. Engine Company. Mr.
Lewis has been foreman of Engine Companies
Nos. 8. 4, G. and truck A. His record is one
to be proud of. In 1862 he was elected men,
Der of Columbia Fire Company, No. 1, then in
the volunteer department.
The following is the company roster: Fore
man. Francis Lewis: assistant foreman, Vim.
Luskey: engineer, VIM Kicks; fireman. George
Bohlayer: hostler James Nolan: privates, p W.
Nicholson. Frank Cross, A. VI. Donaldson, John
Lynch. W. W. White.
There are three truck companies in the city,
known as trucks A. B and c. The first and
last are provided with the latest thing in aerial
trucks, while truck also has chemical en-
CINE.
TRUCK A.
Truck is in charge of Foreman Samuel A.
Henry. He was born in Prince George county.
Md, MAY Z, 1850 and recently celebrated his
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VI Lh inc Soiii pttiiy NO
was born in Baltimore,
April 1.1S43. He learned
the trade of butcher
while quite young. He
served during the war
as teamster and wagon
master. When the war
was over he came to
Washington and for sew
eral years was foreman
at Allison Majors sta
bles. On his Thirty
sixth birthday he was
appointed a member of
No. 2 Engine Company
and promoted several
years thereafter to host
Ter Of the same COM
nanv He haoopa So,o
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He has attended all the large fires and has the
honor of being the first fireman on :he ground
at the Tracy fire. He has fine set of men nm
der him, of which the following is a list: As
sistant foreman. j. A. Walsh: engineer. ". A.
Shedd: fireman, Vim. French; hostler. S. Z.
Edwards; privates, S. f. Martin, Vim. Canton,
VIM Alber and Rudolph Ball.
NO. 2 COMPANY.
AT present Acting Foreman J. Blake Clark il
in charge of No. Engine Company. Like
Foreman Boss he is Washingtonian by birth,
first looking upon the light in May. 1857. Fore
man Clark lis a carpenter by trade, serving an
apprenticeship with the late T. c. Wilson. He
was appointed private in the fire department
October 10. 1881. and first did fire duty with
truck A. He only served few months with
that company. being transferred in No
yember of the same year to Truck Il Com
pany. He served with this company four
years and was promoted TO the position of fire.
man and transferred to Engine Company No. /.
which was then commanded by the present
chief of the fire department. We next find him,
fourteen months later. n fireman in Engine
Company No. =. He received q well-deserved
promotion in March, 1890. and served eighteen
months rs assistant foreman. and in September,
1891 was made acting foreman.
The real foreman of No. Engine Company
is John F. Maddox. one of the best known fire.
men in the United States. Foreman Maddox is
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SAMUEL A. HENRY. another promotion, be-
ing made tillerman, and the following August
he was made assistant foreman. His next pro-
molten took place in August, 1893. when he
was made full foreman. which position he now
holds. He commands a company of men who
don't know what fear means and who are dis
ciplined in such a manner that they constitute
company hard to excel.
Truck AS company is composed Of: Foreman.
S. II. Henry; tillerman, +. W. Raitz; hostler.
Alex. Savoy; privates, JOSEPH Mulhall, j. ].
Taylor. J. E. Hooper, G.. r. Ash. Chas. Mead.
James T. Rossiter, w. D. D. Baxter, CIV. NeaIe.
James Gaghan.
TRUCK B.
The northwestern section Of the city is pro-
vided with truck company. The term of ac-
tive service of John Sherman, foreman of Truck
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NJ
until January %. 1889, when he was made act
ing foreman. The following year he was pro-
NOTED to the position he now holds, that is.
foreman Of Engine Company No. 6. The
members Of this company are well drilled and
a fne-looking set of men. Foreman Lehman
has attended all of the large fires, notably the
CONGREGATIONS at Talmadge Hail. Stewart Cas-
tie. Lincoln Hall, Wizards HOTEL National
Theater and Secretary Tracy's. The head
avenue between 4th and 9Th streets northwest.
His company includes: Foreman. in. Len
man; assistant foreman. "A. Brown: engineer.
Thomas Martin; fireman, W. Cox; hostler, J.
O'Leary; privates. H. W. Wright, Henry
Smart George Tenley, F. C. Dodge, Cornelius
G. o Brien, Joseph l.. elliott.
NO. z COMPANY.
One of the best natured men in the service
and at the same time one of the most efficient
fremen is Foreman Frank J. Wagner in charge
of Engine Comnany No Eorenon Woonar
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ciplinarian he stands
pre-eminent. and the
clock-like workings OF
the department are re-
sponsible in a large de-
gree 10 him. He shares
the honOrs. however,
with his two assistant
chiefs. Louis p. Lowe
and Vim. L. Belt. Chief
Paris first opened his
eyes in Washington one
cold December morning
i'll 1895. when the city
was a struggling village.
He attended school.
and even as a youngster
displayed great love for
fighting nres. At an
early age. however, he
was apprenticel and
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fortieth birthday. 1t
was on New Years day.
1879. that he became a
member of the fire de-
partment, first serving
as private in Truck Com
pany No. l. which was
then located on Massa-
chusetts avenue between
4th and 9Th streets
northwest. shortly after
his appointment he was
transferred to truck A,
where he receiveda pro-
motion, being made act
ing hostler or that COM
pany July l, 1885. JAN
uary /. 1887, he received
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baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect August 30. 1891.
Leave Washington lrom station corner New jersey
avenue and street.
FOR Chicaso and northwest. Nestibuled lInitea En-
tUr CInclnuati. ~. Louis and lndisnspolis vesti-
bui-d limited > 40. EXPRESS IL 10 D. m dsIly.
fr fftsUurg and Cleveland. e.I daily . 30
and , A. b.
for Lexington and staunton no. 4OAm
TOR Winchester and Way stations. - 20 D. m
tur LurHS, . 30. = A.
Ion hOAuoke. Knoxville. Chhttanooga and MemrhA
10 - a n daiiy. SieeEans car through 10 Mem
30 - ~. ~ mnutssD. = 30 80 10 OO A., IInuis
IL ~ an. IL 40. 2su5. a. cB ~. 45 nnuies
. -. 10. 81. 500 % 40. ~ mButesD 80, !. q.
80. ia 3D. $50. $50. 10 %. II 80 Al Ks
llou - llnutssD II 90 :. o. :. a. a -.
Al. h1 - 10. - nIIuuesl. y ~. 81. 80. is9
= ~. III 80 anu ia 3, PA
fOr Aunai-ons. G:.O and 8 30 O. m. IL 10 and p
tor frederlck. tll 80 am. "a Is. $3.50. ts.5S
..
for Hagerstoxn, no 40 = m. f5.3Opm
kOl AL BLUk LINZ EOk NEW YORK AND
PhlLADkLlHlA
Tor fniladelphiA. New lork. buston and the ssst,
daily %. suO tlOOU Dining Carl IA a m 20
to-iO DnIne Carr. 80 ia 30 sleeInng al.
Oh IA At 1880 ociockD.
BUFFET par!or car ON all day trains.
fof boston : - D. m. with Pullman Buffet sleeF-
lng at running through ~ Boston without clsnss
VIA fOushkeeIs Bridge landins p.ssensersi IN md
For Atlantic cry. Or. 1000 and II. 10 q. SUN
foT tine suburban trains time tables TO D. Lad
OF ala ticket cuts.
tkxcept SUNDAY. Daily. ssundsys only.
Baggage CARED and checked hotels and resi-
dsIces BY Union Transfer co OF orders len AZ icEs
offices, oIs and llDl ra. ave. aud al depot.
j. i. ODEG-L. GhA-. u. sCULIs
au3l Manager. oen. Pass Arrest.
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birth. being born in this
city October II. 1851.
On September %. 1877.
he was appointed a fire.
man in the fire depart
ment and assigned to
duty in Engine Com
pany No. 4. where he
served two years. being
transferred in 1879 to
TruckCompany b, where
he served two more
years. He was then
transferred to Engine
Company No. l and in
1883 was appointed as
sistant foreman. Three
years later he was ap-
poipta1 f,ll forapnap
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JOHN r. MADDOX. wheelwrlght with An
drew J.Joyce. He was a member of Company A,
Washington Light Infantry. and served with
that company under the command OF Capt.
Lem. Williams in the three months service"
On the formation of the paid fire department
in July. 1864. he was made private in Engine
Company No. 9 In three month, after his ap
pointment he was made foreman Of his COM
pany, which position he filled with credit until
1868. when he left the department, returning
December 8, 1876. when he was reappointed pri-
waite in his old company. In 1882 he was pro-
NOTED to foreman and in 1886 made assistant
chief. He did not like his new position and in
1887 resigned and went back to his old company
as foreman. Forman Maddox came near los
ing his life IN 1886 at fire or Capitol Hill.
when he was painfully cut on the face and hand
by the explosion of a quantity of gasoline.
The members of the company are as follows:
Acting foreman. j. Il. Clark engineer, James
Moriarty: fireman. Thomas NJ. Robinson;
hostler, F. p. Jacobs: privates, j. G. Wilson.
Conrad Reinhardt, J. P. Snyder, Frederick
Brill and Emmett Donaldson.
NO. 8 COMPANY
Foreman Guy, who has control of Engine
Company No. 8, was born in Charles county,
Md, 1T lsiS. He is a carpenter by trade and
entered the fire department January 10, 1879.
His first duty was with No. / company. where
he remained four years. Afterward he was
transferred TO No. company. where he has re-
manned ever since. being made assistant fore
man in 1885 and full foreman August -, 1890
Foreman Guy has been present az all of the
large fires during his connection with the
service and was badly burnt at the fire at
jefferson School During his thirteen years
of service he has lost but six days and that on
account Of Sickness. The names of his men are
as follows: Assistant foreman. T. Il. McNamee;
engineer. VIM. f. Lehman; fireman. j. Dreamer:
hostler. Michael Kane: privates. ]. Frazier. ].
Kane, {. Wetzel, J. ". Smith. +. Wagner.
NO. 4 COMPANY
William J. Sorrell is the foreman of No. 4
Engine Company and guards the interests of
South Washington with a care Mr.. Sorrell
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of reporting the loss at
each hre. together with
its probable origin He
also examines the oil
stored in the city to see
IL il comes up to the
proper standard and
sees that the law reg
ulating the storage of
imfiammable oil l. adj
hered to. He was born
in this city September
4. 1873 AT an early age
he was apprenticed TO
= carpenter and learned
his trade. " h c n
scarcely seve nteen
years of age he enlisted
as . volunteer in the
IRE department. and
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Company b, extends
over a period Of twenty
nine years. Foreman
Sherman was born on
the Emerald Isle i'll 1916
and came to this coun-
try when nine years of
age. Shortly after their
arrival the family moved
to Washington, and here
John has lived ever
since. As q boy he used
to delight in running to
fires. and as soon as he
could he entered the old
volunteer service, in
1861 running with the
famous Columbia Com
pany. His term OF serv-
Al
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learned the trade of piasterer- In his youth he
was a member of the volunteer department
and when the call came in 1861 for volunteers
to defend the capital he enlisted and served
three months In 1865 Unsuitable desire to
become II real fireman took possession of him,
and in March of that year he received an APP
pOintment as hostler and driver of Engine
Company No. l. Five years of active service
in the ranks and he received a much merited
promotion by being made foreman of his
company. Upon the retirement of Chief
Cronin he was made chief. which position he
has held with much credit ever since. He has
attended all OF the large fires, particularly the
latent Office fire. the four fires at the National
Theater. the large fire at the Post building and
the disastrous fire al Secretary Tracy's house,
where he distinguished himself by assisting to
rescue the Secretary. He lis an ideal fireman.
without any knowledge OF fear, and does not
hesitate when duty calls. 1t Is wonderful how
mnch smoke he can stand. breathing it with
apparently much relish the country air.
He dislikes respiratOrs and never wore one in
his life. The duties of the chief are manifold
At every fire he is found directing the work
iEgs of his men. for here his word is law. The
workings of the department keep him busy
and every voucher and report passes through
his hands.
FIRE MARSHAL DREw.
Next in importance to the chief is this fire
marshal Col William .. Drew fills the i'm
portaD: position, for upon HIM rests the task
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back" and wha. he doesn't know about manag-

S1A .A0W o1oAh AA4oaA8k
aging a fire isn't worth
knowing He is what
may be called a gradu-
,ate OF the fire school
and is a fearless and
brave officer. He has
the distinction of hav-
ing driven the first
steam fire engine in the
department. Born in
Washington October 81,
1876, he entered the old
volunteer service when
seventeen years of age
as private in the old
Franklin any,
under Chief Engineer
Peabody. On the I'd
day of January. 1879.
he received an appoint
rnapf in tho nrasapt
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A PARADE NEXT WEEK
Chief Paris and His Brigade to Turn
Out Next Thursday.
MEN WHO FIGHT FLAMES.
rI,HE 18Th DAY OF THIS MONTH THE

TIME 18TH DAY OF THIS MONTH The
Il District fire department will have a grand
parade. The fire laddies are doing all IN their
power to make the affair a success Merchants
are responding literally to their solicitations
for aid and altogether the parade promises to
go far ahead of anything of the kind ever seen
in Washington. The department viii be able
to show considerable new apparatus, including
a chemical engine and two aerial trucks. and
as fine looking a set of men any fire depart
Inent in the country. The history of the local
fire department is interesting and its rapid
strides to its present perfection astonishing
Previous TO May 49, 1864. the fire department
of Washington was volunteer organization,
and in those days 1t vas considered quite an
honor to be a volunteer fireman. There were
eight Companies and two hook and ladder COM
panies- The apparatus was unique. and when
compared with the inventions for fighting fire
of today it seems a wonder how the old fire
men ever managed to put out a fire, yet the
record they made Is one to be proud Of The
names OF the Old volunteer companies were as
follows. Union. Franklin. Vigilance, Persever-
ance, Columbia. Northern Liberty, Western
Hose. Anacostia. Metropolitan and American.
The las. two we're hook and ladder companies.
Each company was manned by hardy set OF
men, ranging il number from twenty-five to
fifty. together with reserve force of from one
to two hundred men
Considerable fault was found with the old
volunteer department. principally because there
was 70 order about things. and November %.
1862. the governing body OF the city. which at
that time consisted of board of aldermen and
common council. by joint act recognized 1t
and appointed John Peabody chief. Two years
later May 49, the volunteer department was
done away with and IA paid fire department
organized Bat things were then on small
scale. The new department was meaSerly
equipped. having but three engine companies
and one truck company, manned by three men
each. These companies were located as FOL
lows: One at Dist ard Pennsylvania avenue.
another at 18th and u streets and one south OF
the Capitol The hook and ladder company
had its quarters on Massachusetts avenue be-
tween 4th and 5th streets northwest The first
paid chief of the fire department was John
II. Sessfo-d. who served the department faith
fully until 1865. when he succeeded by
William EllwoOd. who was appointed by Mayor
Bowen After one years service Elwood was
succeeded by Martin Cronin. who was retired
in 1856 by reason of injuries received while In
the line of duty.
CHIEF PARIS
The next chief Is the incumbent, Jos. Paris.
and il may be said to his credit that the
service never had a better head As a dis
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and cameito Georgetown
when quite young. He
served as an apprentice
at carpentering with L.
I. Cartwright, but the
business did not suit
him, and January 2.
1879, he was appointed
private in the fire de-
partment. The chief
soon saw in him a valu-
able man. and eight
months later appointed
him assistant foreman
Of Engine Company No.
5. In 1886 he was made
acting foreman, and on
September IL of the next
-r. -ao xl.,.l - 4~.
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place and the event
happened in lS49. His
first fire duty was with
the old Metropolitan
Hook and Ladder Com
pany. No. l, in 1870.
He learned the secret
OF fighting fires readily
and was promoted to
foreman of Engine Com
pany No. s April l6.
1874, and acting assist
ant chief two years
later. when Congress
made the position of
assistant chief perma-
nent. On July q. 1888.
the Commissioners ap-
pointed him to the po-
sition of assistant chief
of the fira daparspnapt
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from 1876. His early
training was with En-
CINE Company No. 2,
where he served as pri-
vate for seven years,
gaining the respect Of
his comrades and the
approval of his chief.
Yin 1888 he received a
promotion and was
made fireman of his
company. Two years
later he was transferred
to Engine Company No.
6. but a promotion went
with the transfer, and
when he arrived in his
new quarters he was an
assistant foreman. He
seryed in this capacity