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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
Omcers Elected,

At the annual meeting Of the National Brass
Band, held last night, Mr.. Thos Washington
was unanimously elected leader and business
manager for one year; ]. V. Reeder, sssis tant
leader, and W. H. Lucas, recording secretary.
The Social and Beneficial Brotherhood Of
Bartenders have elected the following officers:
George II. Hodges. president; Warren ]. Coffin.
first vice president; Andrew Glynn, second
vice president; William Lerch. secretary: John
A. Bligh, treasurer: Geo. McCullom, sergeant
alarms; Fritz Trede, Frederick Loehl, William
Acker, trustees.
The Stenosraphers' Association have elected
officers as follows: Honorary president, Dennis
F. Murphy; president, David Wolfe Brown;
first vice president, Fred Irland, second
vice president; Miles Fuller; third vice pres
ident, T. ". Moulton; secretary, Mrs. E.
F. Rovley; treasurer. G. K. Urner; board of
governors. Messrs. E. V. Murphy, W. L. Pu-
shaw. Willard Fracker, j. s. Barbour and Miss
Sadie Fitzpatrick.
At a meeting of the board Of directors of the
Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway
Company held at the board room at the Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank on the 4th day Of
February. 1898, officers of the company were
elected Is follows: President, VIM. A. Meloy
vice president. Frank W. Hill of Upper Marl-
boro'; treasurer. Jas. 7. Perkins of Springfield,
Nd; secretary, VIM. NJ. Steuart of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
GEOGRAPHIC MEDALS


A>eeoy
by High School Pupils.
With view of encouraging the study Of geo
graphy in the public schools Of the United
States. the National Geographic Society has
instituted system Of certificates and medals
for annual award in each state and territory
to such graduating pupil Of public high school
as shall write the best original geographic essay
on q subject to be selected by . committee
OF the society. The subject Of the essay will
pertain to the continent Of North America and
be comprehensive in scope and limited in
length, SO as to afford opportunity for origi-
nality Of treatment. State superintendents of
education are requested to cooperate with the
society. The geographic gold medal. lately
established by the National Geographic Society,
will be awarded to the best essayist Of the
United States, while the second essayist will
receive certificate Of honorable mention. The
best esssyist of each state will receive from the
National Geographic Society certificate Of
efficiency in geographic science. Schools in
tended to compete must notify the National
Geographic Society before June 1, 1898.
Gen. A. W. Greedy, Prof. T. O. Mendenhall
and Prof. W. B. Powell constitute the COM
mittee charged with the selection of the subject
and the award Of the prizes for 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
Hiyh Sch nnl IteIlaa

At the last meeting of the "Short Story Club
Of the Western High School Miss Perry read
THE White Heron" by Sarah Orme Jewett,
and Miss Concklin Law Lane" by the same
authoress. Miss Brown gave sketch of the
life Of Miss Jewett and Miss Leetch led the dis
cussion.
The seniors have formed German Con-
versatlonal Climb. which meets weekly in
Supervising Principal Janney's Office from 7 to
pm. Games of the fatherland are n leading
fea ture, and Herr Reimer, who has kindly con-
sented to preside, being native of Germany.
has introduced many features not familiar to
the ma oritv of Americans. The clubs MEM
bership is small, but it makes up in enthusiasm
what it lacks in numbers. At the last meeting
those present were the Misses Huntington,
Rittenhouse. Pimper. Brown, Ussire and Misses
Reimer. LOCKER and Bradley.
Recently the Western honored by the
presence of Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Green
wood, who gave a delightful talk to the
students on personal "reminiscences of Nathaniel
Hawthorne, u subject especially appropriate
as the first year English classes are now study
ing the writings Of the author of the marble
Faun." Preceding Mrs. Lippincott's remarks
Col. Clark of the bureau Of education read an
essay upon Hawthorne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06

The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church,
colored, was crowded yesterday afternoon to
listen to an address on the 1.-The Liquor Traffic
by the Rev. DIR. George H. Corey, pastor of the
Metropolitan NJ. Z. Church. The address was
under the auspices of the temperance society of
the church. the occasion beng one of their
regular m onthly meetings in the cause Of tenn
perance. DIR. Corey took occasion 10 express
his disapproval OF the form of government ex-
listing in the District. He said a committee of
citizens, who were striving to get q high
license law enacted for this city. were told by
Congressman that no law could be passed
without the approval of the Liquor Dealers
Association. He declared that this association
and its kindred interests throughout the coun-
try were the most powerful and dangerous or
CARNATIONS in existence. He hoped for very
little through legislation, but wanted his hear
ers to each one take the pledge and thus make
himself prohibition party of one. There
must be, he said, change in public sentiment.
The meeting was quite successful in bring
ing many to sign the pledge. The services
were interpreted with music by the temper
ance choir, which, under the leadership OF Mr..
r. W. Tompkins, has been brought to high
degree Of efficiency.
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Shamming Suicide.

From the Badische Press.
young married man at winnweiler had go
to wondering if his wife really loved him and
whether she would weep and lament if he hap.
pened to die. Unable to find a satisfactory
answer to the problem he decided to put the
matter to q practical test. His better half re
turned one afternoon from a visit TO q neigh
Dor, little dreaming of the scene of horror tina
awaited her. Stepping into the room she
started back, uttering loud scream. for there
stretched upon the bed. lay her husband, with
his face all splashed with blood and beside him
the murderous weapon.
At her cries and lamentations the neighbors
focked into tine house, heard the dreadful new
and pitied the sorrowing widow. All at once
however, the dear iamented one sprang fror
the bed. well and hearty" clasped his despair
ing wife in his arms and said:
Here you have me again; / am not dead
only wanted to see if you would weep when ]
had gone
An in order to produce this effect he mad be.
smeared his fece with the juice of a beet root,
laid the pistol beside him and awaited the re.
turn Of his wife with closed eyes and open
mouth. The police are now going to bring
him up for creating disturbance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
Transfers of Real Estate.

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows
r. Fendall, trustee, to John Keys, part Is, block
10. t. and B.'s sub Mt Pleasant; e. James
Gibbons. archbishop, &c, to B. and o. r. r.
Co.. part Turkey Thicket; g. J. W. Boteler
to c. E. Spalding ct al. subs 90 to "a, 50. 274
$. III. b. Moulton to G.. Bogus, lot 2. SO. Gil
=. F. J. Griffith to A. Donath. subs and 5, SO.
sos; 81 $50. Rachel A. johnson to Emma NJ.
Cromwell, lot Is, block 9, Takoma Park: s..
Louise ). Otis to Elizabeth VI. Power, subs Al
and ~. block As. Holrnead Manor; e. A. r.
Whiting to A. j. Miller, lots l and q block 90
Wesley Heights; S94O. J. +. PAUL to Emily
Robinson. 10. IL, block 10. Center lexington
SEQ. Mary J. Snowden to s. II. Taylor, sub
"a, SO. 155; e.
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The Plt,-burg Negroes Squeaied.

There was a surprise party Saturday evening
a. the residence % Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens, No.
Naiisoa street alley. and the affair proved
enjoyable 10 only two Of the guests. They
were William Adams and William Wilson.
young COLI ed men from Pittsburg. To
Stevens the surprise was not pleasant one. The
PIt:sbGrg negroes had been in tine house
sar.ier in the evening. They went there to
PLAY a game OF cards and no doubt thought
tnev woud be able to Win some money from
their " asningtOu friends In this they were
mistaken and Shen they left the table, accord
M % their own statements. they were about &c
cut
l,1t being abe 70 &c; ahead OK the Washing
tonians any other way they "squealed" and the
ponce raiaed the house. There Was no game IN
operation when the officers raiGed the room,
hut stevens arrested and Judge Miller
leard the case TODAY.
The defendant denied the charge. but the
Trcoi % the I1ttsourg men positive and
The judge believed their statements.
4 aEe u s25 OF SIXTY DAYS imposed
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Cornelia Williams in her bill filed by Thos. l.
Jones against Arthur, alias Charles Williams
sets forth the marriage in October, 1878. and
charges that in 1ssO-Sl and so he repeatedly
beat her, choked her, knocked her insensble
with boot jack. and by reason of such treat.
ment on April "a. 1885, she was forced to leave
him. She further charges that in April, 1886
under the name Of Chas. p. Williams he pro-
cured license to marry one Mary Bertha
joyce and was united in a pretended marriage
to her and as a result there are two children
Lord FauntIeroy and Marion Lanora.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
civ AND DISTRICT.
AaIUsEMINTs TONIGHT.

AInArsH's OPsR. HorsE.-Modjeska in
"King Henry VIII
NV NATIONAL THEsTER.-Mr. E A. Sothern
IL Capt Lettar blair
ACADEMY or MUsIc.-T. =. Seabrooke in
The I-le Of Champagne"
H,RRIs' B.JOU IHEATER.-"The Police Pa
troll.
KERSAS's LYcEUM TEEATEE-Gus Hills
World OF Novelties.
The B,TrLE OF GErrYsBURo.-15th street
and ohio avenue.
METzEKorr HALL-Concert by the Ladies'
Ariel Sextet.
Cc>cozpIs HsLL-Germania Mennerchor's
Masquerade Rail-
ASSEMBLY CHURcH.-Choral Convention Con-
cert.
ODD FELLOWS Hall CEIGHrH STREET sK).-
Fair and Bazaar BY Canton No. 5, T. NJ l. o.
OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06

Double Daily Train Service Between WASH
ington and Boston via Penn sylvania Rail-
road
The Pennsylvania railroad calls attention to
the fact that their through sleeping car service
to Boston has not been discontinued. The
route Of the sleeping car leaving B. and p. sta
ton at 3l5 pm. daily has, however, been
changed and now runs via what is known as the
Shore line-Pennsylvania railroad to New York,
thence New York, New Haven and Hartford via
New Haven to Stonington, thence over the New
York Providence and Boston TO Providence,
thence Old Colony railroad TO Boston, arriving
at 7;30 In
This, together with the Colonial express, lesv-
ing at 7:50 an. via the same route, arriving in
q s .aOTd dos shs e..cs o.
service between these two prominent business
centers.-AdrL
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The Hours of Clerks.

To the Editor Of The Evening sta-:
You have very kindly published number Of
communications protesting against the pro-
posed action of Congress in the matter Of an
increase in the hours Of labor in the depart
ments- Many Of these articles have labored
to show that the clerks are faithful and that
the action suggested by the House committee
ON appropriations is unjust. As a government
clerk ask sufficient space to make few re-
marks from a new standpoint. There is o
cause for everything in this world. What in
spires the movement under consideration?
Simply this. a change is pending in the
Craftsmanship Of the House committee
on appropriations and there is a struggle
for the old shoes Of the distinguished
economist now at the head Of the COM
mittee. An impression, probably errone-
Gus, exists in the minds OF some of the aspi-
rants that the road to success is through the
homes and over the bodies Of the clerks, none OF
whom dare complain. Right here it may be
we'll to say to the committee that the clerks ask
justice, not favor. What information has the
committee about our work? Not q member has
made it his business to inquire. In the absence
Of inquiry how can the committee act intelll-
gently? True, some Of the statesmen
have said, there are people who work
more hours for less pay than the clerks,
but the same rule applies with equal
or greater force to many Congressman. Why
not economic by returning to the old-time
rule of paying members of Congress % day
for each day they assemble? Our salaries were
fixed away back in the ffties and we have had
no increase, except in the number Of hours OF
labor, since then. There has been no COM
plant made by the heads of departments that
the public service 10 neglected or that the
hours are too short. II any one can speak
authoritstivsly ON the subject 10 would seem
that the Secretaries are the proper persons.
Has any one OF them been questioned? The
whole thing Is cheap bid for notoriety. n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
The Star Shoe House

The Star Shoe House
Clearing Sale Bargains
This week We will place on sale the following
decided values:
Ladies Genuine Hand-sewed Custom-made
Shoes, all styles, all sizes. Clearing price.
$2.25. Reduced from S35
Mems Hand-welt Calf and Kangaroo Shoes.
lace or Congress, all shapes. Reduced from
50. so to $2.25.
All Of our regular s2.50 Ladies' Fine DON
COLA Kid Shoes reduced to $1.5O.
Mems Warranted Calf Lace or Consre.a NJ
$3.50. Real value "a So.
Misses Sl.50 Shoes reduced to 81.
Children's Kid Spring Heels at SOC.
Raven Gloss and Gilt Edge Polish, l5c.
Shoes and Slippers Of all kinds on our bsr-
gain tables from Csc. up.
The STAR SHOE HOUSE,
IL 726 7th u.
Table and Pocket Cutlery, Scissor. Shears
and Razors. WALFoRD's, All Pa ave. nv. Its
Shoes.
Great many persons have availed themselves
OF our liberal reduction on our winter stock.
which Is too large. We must make room for
spring goods: Naturally . great many goods
have accumulated that We are willing to sell
less than half price. We have separated these
from the fresh stock and all Of them must 20.
fes-St H. W. OyYuTT, sl2s n st. NV.
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WORK OF THE ICE FLEET.
The Tugs Were Engaged Yesterday in
Clearing the River.


The cold snap has operated adversely to the
endeavors Of the ice feet. The ebb tide Of
saturday night carried the ragged drift down
stream as far as the lower end of the home
reach and the food tide set in Just as the
mercury dropped The result was thst the
drift gorged at the Fort Washington and Mar
shall Hall bends and was knitted together.
This point was attacked by the tugs yesterday.
Much trouble was encountered. The ice was
tightly packed and quite hard. Today there is
considerable ice in the channel. This moves
of the fats and has to be broken up as it gets
within range Of the plows There miles Of
ice on the Potomac flats, which cannot be
reached because of shoal water. At low tide
goodly space Of the frozen article is aground in
the shoals of the Georgetown side Of the river.
Considerable ice still remains above the Aque-
duct bridge. Only one tug. the Harlow of
Alexandria, has been able to get above that
rOint, owing TO the height Of the smokestacks.
That craft proceeds as far up as the Three
Sisters. Ice was found there which measured
fourteen inches, but 1t was not level freeze.
That thickness was found in places where it
had cracked or formed incipient gorges. The
piers at Buena Vista and at Collingwood have
been implanted to save them from being
carried of BY the ice.
The fish commission wharf at Bryan's Point
Smiths Point wharf and Liverpool Landing are
banked around with ice to a height of ten feet
above the flooring. 1t is not likely that they
will be. lost because this acts as fender when
the ice begins to run. The piers at River View
aad at Marshall Hall are clear. and if the ice
should make sudden move they would go.
Fort Washington and Indian Head wharves are
not over safe. Several of the channel buoys
between here and Stump Neck under the
drift or have been carried away. The Harlow.
Temrlar and Vulcan injured their plows yes
terday. but the damages were easily repaired
and work resumed.
There might have been Just little disap-
pontment among the towmen yesterday from
the fact that thew had to work, but the day
on it disap. cared. Capt. Larson of the
Vulcan is a recently married man and he WAS
especially anxious to run over to Baltimore,
but he stuck TO his tug and obeyed orders.
Today the fleet is at work around the points
where the ice threatened to gorge. The harbor
force has been distributed among the tugs of
the fleet as follows: Harbormaster sutton. sam
son. Officer Silas ID. Lewis. Harlow; Officer
Russell Dean, Vulcan; Officer Perry. Templar;
Engineer Tennyson. Emma.
When the term of service of the tugs expires
il Is proposed to give big dinner aboard the
Samson and issue invitations TO the captains of
the fleet. masters OF the Potomac steamers.
harbor police, District Commissioners and the
press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06


From the New York Times.
Zone of the small bugbears of a LAWYERS
life" said one of them recently, lawyer. not a
bugbear. that is, sis the friend who pumps
him for legal points. usually getting them with
out the formality of a fee.
There is nothing easier than to drop in to
the Office after business hours for a social chat,
hand out cigar and in the relaxation that FOL-
lows turn the talk to some apparently hypothet-
ical question of law. then. when the hoodcates
of legal lore are open. to absorb the informa-
ton and thus save good dollars at the EXPENSE
of cigar or two. This, of course, only hap
pens between men when there is an acQuaint-
ance between them.
II have been amused. however, to notice how
some women contrive to get free points on law.
I'm the public law libraries, for instance
that are occupied every day by lawyers such a
scene as this is by no means uncommon. The
big door will swing around in a slow. uncertain
way, and a woman makes her appearance She
approaches the bright young man at the desk,
and timidly asks him if he knows where she
can find out about the law on some stated
point.
It's such small matter she explains.
didn want to 60 to a lawyer
The young man usually knows a good deal
OF law himself and frequently gets her the book.
points out the passage and lets her read it at
leisure. IL. however. ii il beyond his knowl-
edge OF law, he inquiries about it from some one
OF the good-natured lawyers in the ROOM Two
or three OF them will usually listen to the wo-
mans explanation. and the opinion she gets is
the combined wisdom and judgment of all Of
them.
The woman is very grateful, and profusely
thanks every one within hearing distance be-
fore she slips out rather more self possessed
than when she came in.
Nobody. I'm sure, begrudges her the infor-
nation he has given her, but often fancy her
brandishing advice of counsel over some
bodys head, and. having found out what are
her legal rights, holding to them grimly."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06

Jacob G. Schunman, who was arrested some
months since in South Carolina and brought
here on several charges of forgery, was
called in the Criminal Court to answer on in
dictments for forging checks of SIS in the
name of Lewis Hopfenmaier, s23 of Bernard
Hoff and SIS of Ferdinand Lambrecht. Mr.. t.
&. TAYLOR appeared for him. and after consult
ing with him said the prisoner would plead
guilty 10 the first charge. This was accepted
b. the government and he was sentenced to
eighteen months in the Albany penitentiary.
The remaining counts were nolle pressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
ARMY Orders.

The leave Of absence on surgeons certificate
Of disability granted Second Lieutenant Arthur
W. Yates, ninth infantry, is extended one
month.
The leave Of absence granted First Lieu
tenant Frank P. Avery, third infantry, is ex-
tended one month.
First Lieutenant J. Estcoprt Sawyer, fifth
artillery, Wilt report to the governor Of WASH
ington at Olympia for temporary duty as in
structor Of the National Guard of that state.
First Lieutenant Armand /. Lasseigne, four
teenth infantry. is relieved from further duty
with the seventh infantry and will proceed to
Vancouver barracks, Washington, and report
to the commanding officer OF his regiment for
duty with his company
The leave Of absence granted Capt. Juniui
L. Powell, assistant surgeon. is extended one
month.
Leave of absence granted First Lieutenant
James j. Meyler, corps OF engineers, is ex-
tended one month.
Capt Win W. Daugherty, twenty-second in
fantry, having been found incapacitated for
active service on account of disability inciden,
to the service, is retired from active service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06

Judge R NJ. Montgomery Of the Michigan
supreme court has withdr avn his name as a
candidate to succeed Judge Jackson, and
Endorses the candidacy Of Mr.. ]. OBrien OF
Grand Rapids.
By . fall Of slate in Princes coal mine Al
Zalover, Ohio, four miners we're crushed.
Ex-Secretary Of War Endicott, who is i'll al
his home in Salem, Mass, was not % well
yesterday.
John Dillon, anti-Parnellite for East Mayo,
deprecates the attempt to force the amnesty
question upon the British government ct the
present critical juncture.
A skirmtsh has occurred between Spanish
and English settlers ct Agricola, on the Ven
ezuelan frontier.
Lord Salisbury opened the Liverpool electric
railway Saturday.
The Cunard steamer Umbria reached Liver
pool yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
LOCAL MENTION
The Weather.

ToRFcasT TILL p. n TUESDAY.
For the District Of Columbia. MARYLAND and
Virginia. warner. -outherly winds. shifting to
westerly. and rain TUESDAY morning. but the
weather will clear TUESDAY afternoon or even
Ing. with a decided fall in temperature and
probably cold wave Tuesday night.
'rNpITIoN OF THE WATER.
Terrve-nr- re and condition % water at s
n N Great FaIl-. temperature 50: condition.
q Receiving reservoir. TEN Terature. 36. Con-
cition - uor-h connection. I. rendition at
south connection. So distributing reservoir.
tsrnr srHture. So condition at inhuent gate
lcuse sfirent gate house.
High tide ..ov tide.
Ii.44 am ON 5.4s Am 6:22 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
WASHINGTON MARKETS,

Prices rule lower along the whole line than
when last quoted, and yet the general tone of
the market is firmer. The wealth Of vege table5
is the conspicuous feature of today. slight
stiff ening can be noticed as a result Of the
present snap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
SUICIDE FROM MELANCHOLY.
A Wealthy Brooklyn Girl Takes . Fatal
Dose of Chloroform.

Dose of Chloroform.
Miss Sallie c. Hoop, twenty-eight years old
committed suicide Yesterday morning at hel
home, No. IA Montague street. Brooklyn
Heights, by taking chloroform and then firms
four shots into her left breast
Miss Hoop was the daughter Of Herman H
Hoop, a wealthy retired merchant, who died
suddenly four years ago at the Pacific Stree
Riding Academy. Two years after Miss Koop',
sister Frances died. Since that time Mis-,
Sallie has been the victim Of melancholy.
Her malady became so pronounced that after
the death Of her sister it was thought that il
would be necessary to place her in some insti
tuition. but trip to the south WAS finally de.
cided upon, and after a residence for some
time at Old Point Comfort, Va. she returned
to Brooklyn very much improved.
On Wednesday evening last Miss Elizabeth
Stockton Hoop Was married to Mr.. George
Perry Fiske. II is supposed that the thought
Of the loss of her only remaining sister by mar
risge brought on attack of the old malady
and rendered Miss koop temporarily insane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
B1ooD Po1sos1se

And every Humor Of the Blood Shin and Scalp, with
loss OF Hair. whether simple. scrofulous ulcsrssivs
orhersditary. speedily permanently sad economically
cured By cUTrcURA RKlIEDIRA when the bsss
phystcians and all other remedies fan. Complete
homs Treatment foe every humoe. oeld svsrywhsss.