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be constructed Immediately, as incomplete
sections of 1t will offer little or no advan-
tage over the present system.
The project contemplates the delivery Of
practically all the sewerage of the District
at the lowest proposed outlet, which Is a
projecting point in the river a short dis
lance north Of the naval magazine. A small
portion of Georgetown fronting on the
river can, 1t Is held, always discharge its
sewage directly into the channel without
objection. Interceptors will be built to pre-
vent the discharge of sewage into Rock
creek, the Eastern branch the Potomac
river between these tributaries, or the
Washington canal, and will deliver it to a
pumping station at the foot of New Jersey
avenue near the Eastern branch. At this
station the sewage will be lifted to q sufi-
ctent height, so that 1t can flow by gravity
through iron inverted siphons laid under
the Eastern branch to Poplar Point, thence
through a brick sewer to the bank of the
Potomac and then through iron outlet pipes
to the channel. At the same station there
will be pumping plant sufficient to lift the
storm water Of the low district into the
Eastern branch. when the water In the lat
ter Is too high to permit Of a dischirse by
gravity.
The Easily Point sewer will not answer
the full purpose for which 1t was intended
by the board until the Rock creek branch
OF the system is built After the Rock creek
sewer Is completed. 1t will not answer it's
entire purpose until another branch of the
proposed system is built; and so on through
tne entlre PROJECT, one branch helps another.
capt. Derby the assistant to the Engineer
Commissioner. says: Building portions of
the system is similar to building an engine
with one wheel and boiler, leaving unfin-
lshed the other parts. and expecting the
enSire to do Its proper work." Capt. Derby
says that 1t has lately been estimated by
the Engineer Commissioner that the entire
proposed system could be built now for
tnree million dollars, owing to the cheap
ress OF labor and building material at the
present. while the estimate of the board was
&c ur million.
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Tons of Silver In an Altar.

A dispatch from Mexico announces that
the erection Of the magnificent canopy over
the high altar Of Our Lady in the shrine of
Guadalupe has been completed. The pillars
to support it are each a solid block of pol
ished Scotch granite. weighing seven tons.
The diameter Of each pillar is three feet and
the height twenty feet. The altar will be
ready for dedication December IL (Guada-
lupe day., and will be the most elaborate
and costly one In America. The additions to
the church edifice will not be completed for
nearly two years at the present rate of
progress. When finished the shrine of the
Lady of Guadalupe will be one Of the most
notable Catholic church edfices in the
world. The solid silver altar railing weighs
twenty-six tons. and many millions of dol
lars are in other ways represented in this
palatial palace Of worship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

Twenty-SecOnd and Water Streets,
completion of the sewer by July 1895, and
there are now 200 men at work upon IT
Ia all probability 1. will be finished before
tie limit of time The large 18th street sewer
will soon be intercepted. This will be the
first body OF water turned into 1t, and then
the work Will be more than half finished
Crossing the Flats.
In crossing the flats there was no founda-
ton whatever to build upon and 1t was
necessary to make an artificial one of piles
These were driven down to rock bottom and
on top of them a heavy wooden top was
laid. bringing the foundation to the level Of
the mats. Parallel stone walls were then
constructed upon this ten feet high and the
sewer built between them. The space be-
tween the sewer and the walls was then
nlled In with cement, making a solid struc-
ture about twelve feet above the flats AL
though not intended. this will naturally act
as dam across the flats and be of con-
siderable advantage In protecting the nor
ton Of flats below 1t in times of small
freshets. The top of this structure is on
the street grade. and it shows how high the
mats have yet to be raised before they can
be used as streets. Crossing the flats to the
intersection of Water street the sewer Is ID
shaped and eleven feet three inches In diam
eter. The bottom Is nearly fiat and about
two feet above low tide which will hermit
or the sewer being drained whenever the
tide Is down. At the intersection of Water
street 1t continues eleven feet In diameter
begins at this point, becoming deeper as 1t
reaches I'D street, where the cut goes fifty
feet down into bed of solid rock, giving
the work the appearance of railroad build
ing through mountain. Huge dragged
rocks project along the Sides and looking
down upon this rugged canyon one sees the
shapely brick tunnel piercing It's way along
the bottom, seeming to push the shapeless
rocks aside from its course. At 22d street
IL makes graceful curve around the rough
cut into ID street, where q down grade
brings the work nearer to the level of the
street up to the point on d street where the
work has progressed. Along d street made
ground Is again encountered almost similar
to that of the flats. This ground has to be
excavated to the solid surface and filled in
with cement up to the correct elevation of
the tunnel at that point. thus causing an
immense amount of work. The excavation
goes down to the original level OF that To-
cality before IL was filled in. which Is
eighteen feet 1t was in this neighbcrhood
the ancient village of Funkstown once re-
posed, and as the excavation goes to the
original level Of this town some curious
things are unearthed. The other day a
watering trough, such as Is commonly seen
beside road for watering horses, was
taken out 1t was in good state of preser-
walton and the spring which ran into ii was
still flowing. One of the engineers made
some inquiry and 1t was learned that 4 .fr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

Is cut of the way Of
the walks OF the ordinary pedestrian, so
but comparatively few people have noticed
It's construction, or have any idea of the
immensely of the work Row being done
But 1t IS fact that lick tunnel, large
enough to run train OF cable cars through
Is now rapidly blowing its way to the in
tersection of Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street. Starting Ut Easby's Point. on the
river front near the extended foot OF 10Th
street northwest. the line of construction
Iuns IN a rather clrcuitous route to the
southeast corner of the treasury building.
The work Is now half completed. and be-
fore June next will be finished. 1t Is not
SO large as some OF the present sewers in
the city. but In point of workmanship and
improved methods of construction 1t will
be second to none of the sewers here and
very few elsewhere
II is known as the. Easily Point and F
street hish-level interceptor. 1t is the
largest municipal work constructed In this
city for many years. and will cost $50. OOO.
Two appropriations have been made for it
by Congress. one of $4,000 and one of
slotuo- The contract was let to III. l..
CRAWFORD & Co. Of this city and the first
ground broken In June. 1893. The first
brick was laid in the following October
From Easby's Point the work runs across
the mats to Water and I'D streets along
Water to I'D. to C. to 10Th, to ID. which is
as far as IL has advanced to date. but IL
Will be rapidly pushed along d to the White
Lot. which II will pass through on its way
TO 18th and the avenue. The chief engineer
Tor the contractor Is Mr.. Frank p Davis.
who was for five years division engineer in
charge OF the Nicaragua canal. The two
inspectors Tor the District Of Columbia are
Mr. j. Q. Clarke and MIR. James A. French
These two officials are constantly inspect
Ing the work. and they say 1t is of a very
nigh character. The contract calls for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
OBSERVING THE PLANETS
Written for The Evening Star.

" lODLn 40 o~N Z Vt
the most delightful
months Of the year
for star-gazing. At
about 8 o'clock, In
the early part Of the
month, and an hour
earlier near its close.
the heavens present
an exceptionally bril-
liant aspect. The
broad. irregular arch
Of the Milky Way,
spanning the sky In
O diracfian frn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

in an old gown. II one of the colored at
PENDANTS in the robing room could tell their
experiences and the uses to which they
nave been put these gowns ought to have
a historic value. OF course, they have
never hung on any but Justices shoulders
unless Clerk Mckinney or some of his peo-
PIE nave tried them on in sport, Just to
Supreme Court justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
The October Term to.0pen With a
Full Bench.
CEREMONIES TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY
The Members of the Court and Its
Way Of Doing Business.
SALARIES WELL EARNED
Written for The Evening Star.

Az AsA w - 80 - -
fed and most con-
sentative judicial
body in the United
States q 8 9 e m b e 8
Monday noon In
the Capt. oil. On
that day will begin
the October term Of
the Supreme Court
the third of the great
coordinate branches
of the government
established by the
Constitution. 1t will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
The Work on the First of the In
tercepting Sewers.
4 HUGE HOLE THROUGH THE GROUND
large Enough to Run a TalIy-Ho
Coach In.
OF CONSTRUCTION
HHHE NEW SYSTEM

ftc NEW 81 EN-
of sewerage proposed
for the District of
Columbia has had q
positive beginning.
The first branch of
the mammoth brick
tunnel which win ul-
tinlately wind itself
like a huge hollow
snake through the
whole city is now
icing built. The be-
ginning of the work
Ia mt - e. ,- -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
FOR DEBILITY
Use IIorsford's Acid Phosphate.

DR.. W. VI. IIoLcOMBE. New Orleans. La. ssyvs
Il have fornd Il particularly seryiccable I'm treat.
OF appetite"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27

the State and much property was as
sessed ut fictitious values. 1t was
amended in q few particulars and or.
dered to its engrossment.
Mr.. Crump offered u bill to amend
the code in relation to the sale OF in
t%oNicating liquors on SUNDAY. The
only change is in one Ia. rhe ex-
istinglar divides that nothing here
IL contained shall apply to any city
having police regulations on this sub
ject and an ordinance presenting a pen
atty equal TO that imposed by this Sec
tion." The word penalty" is changed
to "6ne" to make the law clearer.
The House committee on roads re-
ported adversely Mr.. Fentress's bill in
regard to Sunday work on railroads on
the ground that it was unconstitutional.
The Senate resolution providing for
the appointment of a commission to set
tie with West Virginia the portion OF
the debt Of this Commonwealth which
it is claimed she owes Virginia came up
in the House as a special order, and af-
ter discussion went over till to-day,
During the evening session of the
House the following House bills were
passed! To amend an act for working
the public roads of Fairfax county to
amend an act to incorporate the town
of Falls Church, in the county of Fair
fax to provide for the organization CT
State banks of circulation to increase
the pay and mileage of jurors to Gre
ate a board of excise commissioners for
Alexandria county.
The General Assembly will probably
adjourn one week from to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC VIEWS.
A Fcrocious Brute.

CHICAGO, Feb. 81. Tommy O'Hara,
a ~four-year-old BOY, was almost torn to
pieces by a Newfoundland dog yester-
day afternoon. The boy was playing
in a yard in the rear of his parents
home when the dog suddenly attacked
him. His mother vas badly bitten
while trying to rescue her child. One
of the dogs tusk's had penetrated the
boys brain, and the child's recovery is
almost impossible. During the pro-
gress of the terrible attack on the child,
a small brother and sister appeared on
the scene and the maddened brute
turned on them and inflicted sever
wounds. But his rage seemed to be
against the boy, Tommy, and he turn
ed again and seized the little n in his
teeth, shaking him until he was almost
~lifeless. A. saloon-keeper who took a
hand in the struggle with the dog was
also bitten savagely.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The session of the Virginia Legisla-
ture expires March 6.
In some sections of the Valley of Vir-
ginia the snow is reported to be fifteen
inches deep.
Mrs. Albert S. FAINT died Saturday OF
heart trouble, at her home near Boston,
Culpeper county, in the sixty-seventh
year of her age.
Mrs. Mary V. Grigsby, the widow of
Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, died Satur-
day while on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Gait in Norfolk.
The schooner Florence G.. Mcgee,
loaded with phosphate rock and bound
from Port Tampa, Fla, to Baltimore,
went ashore near Bodies Island, N. j.,
and will be a total loss. The crew of
ten were rescued.
DR.. ]. S. Dejarnette, ofStaunton, con-
tracted blood poisoning while making
an autopsy at the Western Lunatic
Asylum Saturday night, and his con-
dition was alarming Sunday, but he is
now out of danger.
MI. James Alfred Jones, one of the
most prominent as we'll as one of the
oldest lawyers in the State, died in
Richmond yesterday morning. For
many years the deceased was q member
of the Petersburg bar. Mr.. Jones mar
ried Miss Mary Lyons, of Mobile, Ala.
w. N. Sale, the Roanoke butcher,
who was arrested on a capias Saturday
evening because of the non-payment of
a fine, was yesterday hired out for a
period of six months to his wife, S.
k. Bitterman and VIM. Booth, If he
fails to pay $7S.43 in that time they
must make it good under the bond on
which his release was obtained.
Senator-elect Thomas S. Martin and
several other lawyers appeared before
United States District Judge John
Paul in Harrisonburg, yesterday, and
asked for the appointment of a receiver
for the Rockbridge Development Com
pany, of which Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is
president. Mr.. J. Lewis Bumgardner, OF
Staunton, and Frank T. Glasgow, of
Rockbridge county, were appointed.
at Norfolk, yesterday, Superlnten-
dent of City Water Works H. L. Smith
and Police Justice ]. Frank East, both
members of the electoral board of that
city, came to blows in Mr.. Smiths
| office at a conference held relative to
matters pertaining to the board. The
lie was passed and Mr.. Smith struck
Mr.. East with a paper weight. 1t is
stated that Mr.. East accused Mr.. Smith
of endeavoring to break up the demo
cratic party. A severe struggle fol-
lowed.
A letter from Culpeper to the Freder-
icksburg Lance says: "In a recent issue
of the Lance you mentioned the name
of Park Agnew, of Alexandria, as pos
sible candidate of the republicans for
Congress in this, the Eighth district.
Judge Shumate, OF Fauquier, is also
prominently mentioned as a candidate
but 1 now think Culpeper will furnish
the man in the person of the Hon. P.
H. McCaull, or ''little Pat" as he is
commonly called. He is well known
throughout the district, and is one of
the best stump speakers in the State,
and. should he consent to run, will un-
doubtedly beat Mr.. Meredith or any
other man the democrats may nomi-
nate"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27
Lynohcd by a Mob.

SHERMAN, Ala, Feb. 27.-Thomas
Douglas, the thirteen-year-old colored
boy who yesterday shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff Cowlett, who attempted
to levy upon a COY which belonged to
Douglass mother, was yesterday hang
ed by a mob. The mother begged and
prayed for her sons life, but it was of
no effect. The little fellow, though he
knew the mob was about TO string him
up to a tree, faced his fate u%nilinchipg-
ly. A rope was put about his neck and
his body was o o swinging in the air.
4 vol!ey Of bullets was fred in his
body and he was left hanging.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The greater New York bill passed
the State Senate to-day by a vote of 2S
to ,.
Professor Knudson, the astronomer,
died at South Norwalk last night aged
seventy-seven years.
Fire last night destroyed the build
ing and stock of the Golden Rule Ba-
zaar in San Francisco, causing a loss Of
$4,000.
The %well-known distiller, VIM. H.
Headly, of the Headly and Peck Dis
tilling Company, of Lexington, Ky,
is a fugitive from justice, charged with
duplicating warehouse receipts.
Cardinal Gibbons will 90 to Charlotte,
N. c., April 10 to be present the follow.
ing day at the ~dedicatory services Of
the new Catholic Church at Belmont,
near Charlotte. The new church is
connected with the benedictine monas-
terry, of which Bishop Haid, of North
Carolina, is superior.
An explosion occurred at 1880 O'Clock
this morning in the purify ing house,
in Port Breeze, Pa, and is supposed to
have been caused by one of the work
men striking a match with which to
light his pipe. The report of the ex-
plosion was heard for several miles
and the building was badly wrecked.
One man was killed and several were
hurt.
Judge Rinear, in the United States
Circuit Court at Cheyenne, Wyo., yes.
terday ordered that the schedule Of pay
and rules and regulations affecting EN-
ployes, which were in force when the
Union Pacific receivers took charge oil
that property, he continued until furth-
err orders of the court, Notwithstanding
the fact that the receivers had notified
the employees that their wages would
be reduced.
The Grand Master Workman Sovereign OF
the Knight of Labor, in a spc III at Winona,
Mimi, last evening said, if opportunity per-
mitted. as a citizen of the Unit / States, he
would violate the injunction placed upon bin
by Judge Jenkins at Milwaukee in regard to
the employees of the Northern Pacific road.
Jackson Park, in Chicago, was patroll-d
last night for the first time by Columbian
Guards armed with rifles and supplied with
MANY rounds of ball cartridges for use against
fire bugs. The police thirk the iucendiary
fires are the work OF a crank who wants to
boast he burned down the fair buildings.
w. N. White, a prominent contractor of
Seattle, last evening fred three bullets into ],
S. Holt, formerly his foreman, and a few
minutes later shot himself through the heart.
Holt will probably die. White charged him
with being % intimate with his wife.
The Rev. A. J. Warner, the leading colorcd
divine in Alabama, and other representative
negroes have called a convention of the race
for March 81, in Birmingham, to discuss the
emigration of the race to Africa.
Governor Flower to-day appointed John B.
Sexton Sheriff of New York county, in the
place of Charles VI. Clancy, deceased. Mr..
Sexton has been under-sherifi for a number
of wears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27
Convicted of Bigalny.

James 81. Murphy, an old soldier,
and said to be drawing a large pension
for disabilities, was a culprit who faced
Judge Harlan in the Criminal Court in
Baltimore yesterday, on a charge OF
bigamy. His counsel, Charles E. Carl
tee ana A. Foley Butler, elected to try
| the case before the court without a
jury, as they based all their hopes on a
novel law point, and that was, that the
second marriage was not a marriage,
as the man who performed the cere-
mony had never been regularly ordain-
ed. There was no attempt to deny the
| fact that the marriage had been per
formed, but after counsel who argued
the case before Judge Harlan, had fin
ished, they were told that the law OF
Maryland recognized the preacher as a
minister competent to perform the
ceremony, and that the marriage
was perfectly legal. No witnesses
were produced by the defense, and the
Judgment of Judge Harlan was that
Murphy was guilty. A motion for a
new trial Was made.
Murphy married Miss Victoria Beas-
ley, a handsome Young blonde, in this
city, July 80, 1889. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. James u. Nourse,
of the First Presbyterian Church, and
now of Elizabeth. n. j. On August
29th last Murphy took Miss Ellen
Brown to Baltimore from Washington.
| Nh. -.D,. 80, r.iaI al tha yn=I1a,ipa rt
Rev. j. Minniss Johnson, pastor of Cross
street Methodist Church. All the wit
nesses were present in court yesterday
except the second wife. She is lying
very i'll in Washington. The whole ques-
ton hinged on the competency of MIR.
Johnson to perform the marriage cere-
mony. He admitted that he had never
been regularly ordained, but produced
a certificate from elder w. G. Raymond,
countersigned by "Sister M. A. Perry,
clerk This was the faithhealing combi-
nation which attracted large crowds to
their peculiar services. The certificate
said: "This is to certify that Brother
John NJ. Johnson and wife, of 1423
Andre street, Baltimore, are baptized
and set apart for the work ofthe Gospel
ministry by the laying on of hands, in
March, 1856. take pleasure in bid.
ding them a hearty godspeed, and
recommend them to the sympathy OF
the Christian people wherever God may
lead them. Done by order and in be-
half of the Church of God in Balti-
more"
Mr.. Garitee said there was nc Church
of God in Baltimore. This brought up
a lively tilt between himself and MIR.
Campbell, and Judge Harland patient
ly listened and then decided the case,
Murphy will be locked up until his case
is determined by the Supreme Bench,
before which body the motion for a new
trial will be argued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-27

THE RICHMOND AND MANASSAS
RoAD.-The Senate committee on roads
in Richmond yesterday evening decid'
ed to report %unfavorably the bill grant.
ing a charter to the Richmond and Ma.
nassas Railroad. Major Myers, pres
ident of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad, was before the
committee in opposition to the bill.
He stated that Richmond could not
complain of the facilities for reaching
New York by his road. General Traf.
fc Manager G. A. Taylor quoted rates
to show that the charges from Rich
mond to Columbia, S. c., are twice as
high as from Richmond to New York,
although the two points are about
equal distance from Richmond.
Mr.. George G.. Round. of Prince Will
liam, spoke in favor of the bill.
Senator Mushbach said he would op.
pose the charter and would give as one
of his reasons for so doing that the
persons who were behind the Rich.
mond and Manassas Railroad would
ultimately gain control of the Rich
mond and Fredericksburg line.
Mr.. Randolph, in reply to a question
asked by Mr.. Mushbach if the new line
would not connect with q road for
which the Baltimore and Ohio had OBJ
tanned a charter, replied that it would.
At the executive session of the com
mittee Senator Mushbach said that in
his opinion the road would never be
built. The object of the two bills-to
sell the States stock in the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac, and
to charter the Manassas Road-was,
Mr.. Mushbach believed, to enable the
Baltimore and Ohio to get control OF
the States interest in the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Road.
The committeelthen took a vote on
the question, and decided to report the
bill with a recommendation that it dc
not pass.
This action of the committee does
not end the contest, however. The
advocates of the two measures will
carry the fight to the floor of the Sen
ate, and say they are confident of win
ming.