Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-18

Among the guests Of the hotel are two quiet,
weu-dressed young gentlemen who attract no
attention in any way ard to all intsnts and pur-
poses they are simply visitors down TO see the
rendezvous. In point Of fact they are two we'll
known Washington detectives, Mr.. John E
Lane and Mr.. Morgan Bradford. who are here
to look after the interests and safety Of the
other guests. They are aleo commissioned by
the authorities Of the fort to keep Oh all sus-
picious characters from the reservation. They
have had the guard house at the fort placed ut
their disposal q place OF detention for evil
doors and the result Of their quiet wstchful-
ness IL that tho way OF the transgressor Il very
hard at Fort Monroe just now and the more
righteous guests may slumber an peace in the
confidence that their valnables an we'll guarded.
Saturday afternoon while walking past tho
hotel Detective Lane met an old acquaintance
IN the person OF young man from Philade!-
phin whose picture adorus tho walls IN many
different rogues' galleries throughout the land.
His name is Mcguire, and he is known 10 the
authorities as q frst-rate hotel worker" and
all-round thief. He was arrested in Washington
at the time OF the Inauguration by Lane, as
well as the Grand Army encampment aud at
the Lee statue unwilling at Richmond. He was
put under arrest before be had had time even
to get inside the hotel. He was at once put in
the guard house, and when the New York boat
left that evening be was taken down TO the
wharf in handouts and placed on board for a
free ride as far as Cape Henry Ola his way home.
This Is only one of number OF cases where
suspicious characters have been driven of the
reservation, and thanks TO the watchfuiness of
the authorities the occasion 90 far has been abb
solutely free from all disturbances or other un-
pleasant occurrences.
ARRIVAL OF THE VAN sPEfK.
The noise of cannon firing from the for. this
afternoon announced the arrival of another
foreign ship. IL was the Dutch ship Van
Speyk, the only one that comes from the Meth
erlands to participate in the review. The Van
Speyk Is single cruiser with displacement Of
S.575 tons, a length of 26a feet and beam o.
80 feet. Her speed is l4.2 knots an hour She
Is wooden ship and her main battery consists
OF six seventeen-centimeter and eight twelve
cen:imeter breech- loading krupp rifles.
A number OF pleasan. entertainments have
marked the presence of the foreign chips in the
roads. Saturday evening til, young ladies in
the Hygeia gave delightful german in the
ball room of the hotel. There we're about a
hundred couples, and as almost all the gentle
men were officers from the ships. in brilliant
uniform, the scrnc was a wonderfully CAV one
Mr.. J. l.. Sterne of Richmond led the german
and the tayors were ribbons of Gags and of re6
white and blue in strires.
Saturday afternoon the officers on board the
flagship Philadelphia gave reception and
dance on board ship to their friends on
shore. The band of the ship played for the
dancers and generous spread was laid for the
guests in the ward room and in the junior Of
GERS mess. 1t was delightful entertainment,
and large crowd enjoyed the novelty OF a
dance on the broad, snowy decks OF 4 man-ot-
war lying still at anchor. 4 number OF similar
ADJUSTMENTS are planned for this week, AMI un-
less all signs fail it will be gala week in the
history of the navy and of this famous old
military post. V.K.