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The morning times., 1896-01-07

The interior Of the building has undergone
| 4 transformation which would give Scheher-
azade an inspiration for her thousand and
second tale for the Arabian Nights. The
roof is abiaze with light.
The forty arches on which the roof rests
are accented with alternate globes of red
| and blue incandescent lights, and two rows
| of arc lights extend from the north to the
south ends Of the hall. The combined effect
of this flood of light makes thing of beauty
not only above, hut paints the whole scene
below and around in exquisite tints.
The south end OF the hall has been changed
| into one vast picture representing the Land
Of the Midnight sun, with sparkling caves
OF ice and snow, glittering pinnacies and
| glaciers, which reflect the shifting coors
| as naturally as IL the sun were lighting up
| the wonders OF the scene. II takes but
, little Imagination to expect the next things
| in view to be the walrus, the polar bear
and the seal crawling out on the CLASSY
headlands TO people the ice and snow.
The floor just before S O'Clock was as
smooth as If Jack Frost had just been overit
with his bosom, and had next put on that
last slippery coating of his magic varnish,
which made ii shine like the polished sur
face of an immense steel mirror.
STARRED WITH LAMPS.
From the gallery the view OF the floor
before the carnival presented the scene
of still sea i'll which the thousands OF elec-
tric stars from the roof We're reflected
with all the striking effects OF brilliant
sky. The work OF the engineers who made
the ice surface was skillfuliy and perfectly
done and there was nothing wanting 10
complete the effect ana make the hall a
mass of light and animation, but the people
who were to take part as active or silent
partners in the first carnival of the kind
In the city.
The people We're not wanting. AS early
as z O'Clock they came pouring into the
hail, and by $50 O'Clock a conservative
estimate would place the number at about
1000 About $500 of these filled the
galleries, which are ranged around the
hall, and about 1,500 of them were soon
engaged in buckling on the skate for the
festive sport.
GAY, GLIDING THRONG.
This interesting preliminary was per-
formed largely on the benches within the
inclosure, on which the novices and ex-
perts of the gentler sex surrendered their
feet to the gallant young and Old men
who undertook to fit the steels to the
dainty shoes of the ladies'.
In few moments the floor was covered
with about as gay and animated throng
as ever Clipped ice for a holiday entertain
meDC. In twinkling the whole mass be-
came as indistinguisbable as a ballet in
the widest imaginable whirl There was a
constant passing show of bright costumes,
red jackets, brown jackets, tartans, blue
Jackets Tam O'Shanters .toQues, ,fascinators.
heads wrapped In wells, heads covered with
hatsand noddng plumes, heads covered with
smooth hair. heads covered with flying curls
and perfectly bewidering rainbow process.
sion of skirts with an occasional flash OF
red and white passamenterie, to say MOTH
ing of the stars and stripes up and down,
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across and around and in and out of the
indescribahly mixed up mass, ,...
There WAS Il constant flow of merriment
and laughter. The exercise soon lent a
heightened color to the cheeks of the per-
formers and by and by men shed their Iin-
necessary ovcrcoats and went at it with
all the Zcst of an out of door game on a
spring afternoon.
There was. OF course, plenty of music
which was discoursed hy band in the
north gallery, and the reveiry was kept up
for two hours, with an ever increasing
throDg on the floor. II was intended by
Mr.. Towers that there should be some
dancing OF the lancers and other fancy
figures by some experts, but when the
crowd got possession OF the floor they held
on to IT, In fact they froze TO 1t, until
the entertainment closed. They did the
anvil, the roll, backward and forward, the
outer edge. the inner edge, the sunflower,
the picket fence, the clover. the eight for
ward and backward. and all OF the other
things that the experts might not have
done with half the esthe1ic effects or
the amateurs. Parties OF two were es-
pecially in evidence, one male the other
female, although there were some parties
OF families which had evidently organized
for self-defence, and which went down
manfully and womanfully together i'll
a lump and got up in sections.
EXPERTS ON RUNNERS.
Many OF those, who had the time. gather
ed around the center OF the floor, where
ten members of the Queens Hockey Club
OF Kingston, Canada, gave an exhibition
Of fancy skating. These experts are: r.
Hissock, u. Il. McLennnn.NJ. S. Rayside.
G. L. Fca,herhead. George Mckay, j. j.
Harty. W. Merrill, K. Brock. {. B. Cunning
ham, and Guy Curtis.
on Friday evening these gentlemen will
play game of hockey at the rink, with
the club OF Johns Hopkins, University.
The institution is already grand success.
II is a go and everybody is going 10 take
advantage of it before the ice melts next
summer. Mr.. Towers was congratulated
on all sides last night by his friends on the
immense success OF the affair. 1t must
be an occasion of extraordinary interest at
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Alexan andria's Business Men.

The Business Mems League of Alexandria
had regular weekly meeting last night in
the hall of the Relief engine house. with
Mr.. M. b. Harlow in the chair and John w
May secretary. The following gentlemen
were unanimously chosen as the executive
committee of the league: Messrs Park Ag-
new, George X. Hill, A. d. Brockett, Noble
Lindsey, William "A. Smoot, John X. Zim-
norman, g. S. French, Ashby Miller, James
+ Muir and g. L. Bootbe. The following
business men and houses We're added to the
membership list: Patterson & Bro, S. G.
Brent, Alexandria Insurance Company, H.
Bryant. VIM. NJ. Reardon, Tackett& Marshall.
A w Armstrong, ID. ]. Howell, j. II. d.
Smooth Co, Wheat & Suter, the Alexandria
Water Company, A. A. Warfield. Hamilton
d Co.. John X. Chapman and E. c. Dunn
movement was made toward securing
for Alexandria the location of one of the
State asylums if the asylum at Staupton
be divided.
The subject of the Alexandria and Wash
fDgton railway station, fire alarm dis
tricts and other matters were discussed with
q view to future action, and the Ieague ad =
jourDed until Monday night next.
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summaries at New Orleans.

First race-six furlougs; purse Judge
Debouse, 90 LIZ, Gatewood, 15 TO /. won
Jennie June, 10T, Ross. To /, second
and GIadiOlo. So, Davis. 10 TO /. third
Time, 1:151- Lady Doleful, Miss
Young, Victoress, Bessie Nichols, Bob
Holman. Sirocco, Helen H. Gardner, and
Imp. Conuernara also ran.
Second race-SiX furlnngs: purse Law
less, 112. irving. even, won; Chicot, 10S;
Murphy, 3 to / second. aud Master Fred,
IO9. Newcom, 20 To /, third. Time,
I:l53 3-4 j. W. Levy, Rapid Ira nsit,
Carrie B., Gomar. Venice, 0rganist, and
Annie Flood also ran.
Third race-SiX furlongs; selling Nico-
lini, I06. Mciloue, 10 /, won: Van
Brunt. 109 Irving. 10 to 1, second. and
Ruuble, 104. Hill, 8 LIZ to l, third. Time,
1:15 1-2. Mckee. MUmus, Carnatiou, Spit
fire. Lettie, John Cycha, Dominion, and
Catbird also ran.
Fourth race-Mile n nd one-Quarter.
handicap. Mandolina. 101, Caywood, 8
TO 1, won; Clarus, 102. Ross, 10 to 1.
second, and Uncle Jim. 9s, Burns, tn l..
third. Time, 2:12. Last Chance, Rapidan.
Tasco, Coronet, Billy Mckenzie, Royal
Prince. Donation. Adam johnson. and
Imp. Wulsey, bled and pulled up, also ran.
Fifth race-Seven iurlongs: purse. Al
bert s.. 100, Gardner. o 10 1, won; Long
brook. 1Os, Midgely, 10 o. second, and
San Bias, 112. Hill. o 10 l, third. Time,
I:3O. Vida. Readina, TuscarOra, Tippe-
ca noe. by VoltiZuer. Lyndhurst, Boeu
Mayad, and Tutor. also ran.
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Emrie. at New Orleans.

New Orleans, Jan. 6.-Entries for 10
morrow:
First race-six furlongs. Romance ant
George Smith, 90 each; Metaire, 1o1
Casa, Zu Lochiel and Trixie, no each
Sir John, j. W. Cook, Billy Jordan ant
Alamo, 112 each; Red John and Sunup, liz
each.
Second race-One mile and a sixteenth
Prytania, 90; Willie. Little Billy and Souv
enir. 9S each; Miss Clark and Chenoa, l0l
each; Harmon, 102; Springvale, 1o3;
Ell Mundo, Fakir and Dave Pulsifer, 1O6
each; Oak Forest, los.
Third race-One mile. Billy Kinney, o5:
Onalaska, l07: Chugnut, 110; Waterman
104: Mike Kelly, 100: Cotton King, 102;
Kirk, 90; Capt. Kidd, ia.
Fourth raoe-OBe mile and twenty yards
Balk Line, 90; Stark, 90; DIR. Parke and
Text, 81 each: Ashland, SO; Remus, 1O1i
David, 102; James V Carter, 100; Leonard
B. and Booze, 116 each; Panway and Vida,
95 each: Mendicant, 1903; Piccaroou, 105.
Fifth race-Seven furlongs. Galley West
and Julie, Sc each; Panout, IS; Virgin
lite, 101; Alto June, 1O4; Sprite, Miss
Mamie and King Michael. 105 each; Tommy
Butter, 1o6: Remus, Soundmore and Lochin-
var, 100 each.
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big skating reservation. A colored man
had travelling coOkhouse on the ice.
He was kept busy selling redhot fritters
10 skaters. As the crowd surged around
his cart and now and then the flames
from his gasoline stove leaped into the
air above their heads IL was not unlike
the spouting OF natural gas well from
the frozen water. II was Close TO mid
night before the crowd began 10 dwindle,
and Washingtons first big day on the
ice outdoors this winter was at an end.
Chevy Chase Lake also had highly
popular attractions for skaters during
the day. and at night the cars running
to that resort were crowded with people
for an evenings sport on It's icy surface.
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NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.
One May he Made Against Turkey
Unless Our Demands Are Granted.


Unless Our Demands Are Granted.
There is no longer any denial that the big
arInored cruiser New York and probably
two other vessels in Admiral Bunce's
squadron, if not the entire fleet now lying
In readiness at Hampton Roads, have been
ordered to be in readiness for voyage
across the ocean to Gibraltar i'll case the
Turkish government does not promptly
acquiesce in Minister TeTrelrs peremptory
demands upon the porte for immediate and
full reputation for destruction to American
property and injuries to American citizens
by Turkish subjects.
If the embarrassing position in which Mr..
Terrell has found himself be not quickly
relieved and If the assaults upon persons
and property entitled to American protec-
ton are not at once discontinued, then in all
probability the original idea OF the admin
istration to make a naval demonstration
with The combined European and home
squadrons Will be adhered to. and Admiral
Bunce viii put to sea and obey the sealed
orders which have been i'll his possession
for over ten days.
In any event, il is understood that the
cruiser New York may leavefor the Mediter-
ranean at any moment, the departure of
other vessels depending ON the contingency
OF the Turkish attitude undergoing a ma
terial change.
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GREW OUT OF THE WAR.
New York Wins an Old Suit for Money
Loaned Uncle sam.

New York Wins an Old Suit for Money
Loaned Uncle sam.
The long pending claim of the State of
New York against the United States for
interest on moneys advanced by that State
at the beginning of the war and expended
IN the enlistment and equipment of troops,
was settled in the Supreme Court of the
United States yesterday, Mr. Justice Harlan
reading the opinion. The State borrowed
part of the meney on bonds and anotbel
part it took from the canal fund of the
State. Itsentireclaim for interest amounted
to Sl31 900.
Upon the merits of the claim the supreme
court decided that interest paid upon the
bonds was no longer interest but a claim
upon the government, and as to the canal
luDd, 1t was not different in principle; the
State was entitled to recover the interest
on that. The Judgment was reversed, and
the case remapded, with instructions to give
judgment for the full amount claimed,
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It and Nature Last Nght Caue Skaters Glorious Reue
Basin and River Crowded
With a Merry Throng.
PLAYED GOLF AND SKINNY.
Rich and Poor, Young and Old En-
joyed the Keen Air and
Splendid Ice.

The merriest sport, within sight OF Wash
ington's lofty Monument, yesterday, wal
i on the frozen surface OF the basin, Just back
OF the great marble shaft.
The first big, open-lir rally OF the skaters
of the city took place on the glistening ice
which stretched from the bathing beach to
the flats beyond, and the scene was a
glorious one.
1t was an old-fashioned, free -for-all
gathering OF the people who love the ex.
hilarating sport.
There were ali kinds OF skaters and skates
among the thousands who glided, fitted,
slid and circled over the slippery arena.
The fashionabiy dressed and agile young
man. who went, through bewildering gyra-
lions on cleaning steel, was there. SO was
the colored youth, who did the Mobile
Buck and the Louisiana Dip with back
numbered Dutch runners.
Each had their delighted circle of ad-
inirerS, but their achievements We're only
a few of many interesting incidents of the
Cosmopolitan ice carnival on the Potomac
yesterday.
The day was one in winters typical
grey mood and tile scene at . o clock IN the
afternoon was highly picturesque. 1t was a
somber, Yet delightful kaleidoscope of old
and young sweeping swaliow-like over the
frozen bosom OF the water. While the
temperature had dra wn way from the polar
mark, there was still a nipping air and a
breeze that made checks glew and eyes
sparkle.
AGE COULD NOT RESIST
Even a half score of old men with frosty
hair seemed to be again flushed with
youth and were away the heartiest par
ticipants in the days sport.
The costumes were as varied as the
skaters. marked feature was the num-
ber OF men and women who appeared in
bicycle dress.
There was an extensive stable OF wheels
on the bank overlooking the bathing beach.
The riders had taken to the runner. One
woman who was the center OF curious in
terest as she circled gracefully in the
whirling throng, wore a gorgeous conl-
bination OF a golf and cycle makeup. She
went il alone and seemed TO be u strong
representative or the new woman" on ice.
But she did not stir up the excitement
that n plain man did late in the afternoon.
The man was ordinary, but he had high
ly developed Jag" with him. small
army OF men, women and children gathered
around.
He announced that he was disappoint-
ed office seeker looking for excitement, and
he started TO find Ii by hiring a pair OF
skates. He at once made a break for the
center of the basin. He never reached
there. When he wasn't in the air he was
on the flat of his back on the ice.
Each time he fell the crowd gave him
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hundred suggestions, as to how to keep
on his feet. He was wreck, when a
benevolent old skater induced the disgust ed
office seeker to get back to land.
To add to the excitement, crowds of boys,
white and black played shiny with re-
tired growlers and other tinware. One
gang laid out a golf link with their coats
as goals and played their own unauthorized
version of the fashionable game. What
probably added to the golfers enjoyment
was the lively manner in which timid
skaters were kept dodgiDg flying tomato
cans.
ONE BUNCH OF FA sHIoN.
There were not many skaters from the
West End, still one bunch of fashiona BILE
young men and women had a jolly time
amid the swarm of health and pleasure
seekers.
They drove to the beach in two closed
carriages, and while they skinned around
the basin in couples, they were chaperoned
at q distance by a white-haired matron
almost buried with furs iB one of the car
riages. She watched them through pair
of opera glasses.
The old lady, who was very fat and
florid, almost took a fit as she saw boy
break through the ice. Only his head
bobbed above the surface as she sent her
coachman running to the edge of the
water to give the alarm. But the boy
was at once dragged out of the hole. He
didn't wait to give either his name or
thanks, but started on a run for his home.
That was the only accident of the day and
it happened close to the shore where the
rise and fall of the tide made the ice some.
what flexible.
The boy had been warned, but like the
man who wants to see IL every fresh
paint sign is telling the truth by touching
the paint, the lad determined to see If the
ice was really dangerous.
Crowds from the government depart
ments helped to swell the multitude of
skaters toward evening, and a weird
feature was added to the picture by bon
fires which sent their glare from the
dark banks over the CLASSY face OF the
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which nearly three thousand people sit
as In a theater 10 see a performance with
more than 1000 people on the stage.
Besides the splendid accommodations
for those on the floor there are others.
When the skater becomes weary or wishes
refreshments there are the reception rooms,
smoking rooms, waiting rooms and retiring
rooms, to say nothing of the elegantly fitted
up cafe In the gallery OF the hall. These
dlfferent rooms are all fitted up In the most
luxurious Oriental style, with Persian hang
ings and hidden incandescent lights that
shed soft glow from above. Cathedral
stained glass windows partition off the Off
ferentreceptionro rooms, and ever ything about
them denotes elegance and expense.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
All
Underwear

marked over 81. 25 we
will give a straight IS per
cent discount off.
We've a splendid line of
heavy Underwear. It's only
the 1ateness of the season
forces us to do this. Our
regular prices are lower
than the generality.
We are still giving
ONE-THIRD off all Cloth
ing - Overcoats, Suits,
Pants = Mems, Boys and
Children s-one- third of the
price is yours.
Our Storm -Overeoats
are magnificent; from Sc. 81
up.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
SHERMAN MONUMENT PROTESTS
Belated Contestants VIII Probably
Be Ruled Out.

The petition of protest filed with the sher-
man Monument committee Saturday, by
several OF the sculptors who have entered
the competition, is becoming an interesting
topic of discussion at the War Department.
The petition, as referred to In the
Evening Times orSaturday. protcstsa gainst
the admission to the competition of those
models which arrived after the date set by
The committee, January l. II is signed by
all the sculptors whose models We're SUBJ
mitted on time, ana they are about fifteen
in number.
Among the veterans at the department
yesterday, theartists bone of contention has
been taken up for active discussion. Many
of them contend that as the committee set
the limit of time at l 2 O'Clock midnight,
January l no models can be received after
that date, whether they were shipped in
time to have been received or not.
Tt protest was formulated by Mr.. William
Ordway Partridge, one of the competitors,
at the sug gestion of a number OF the artists
The morning times., 1896-01-07
FROZEN TO DEATH.

Terrible Fate of Oyster Dredgers w no
Were Blown to Sea.
Savannah, Ga, Jan. Gan oyster boat
with three colored dredgers drifted into
the roads at the mouth of the Savannah
river yesterday afternoon and was picked up.
One of tho dredgers was dead in the bot
tom OF the boat; frozen to death; another
was helpless and just alive, and the third
was barely able to talk.
The boat was blown to sea while at.
tempting to cross Catalogue Sound, in a
bitter northwest gale last Friday.
The men were sixtyLfive hours without
food or fresh water, until one perished and
the other became helpless.
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ACCUSED THE POLICEMAN,
Jimmie Allen Says He Was Choked
When Arrested


Jimmie Allen is thirteen-year-old coll
ored boy, who lives with his mother In
Dingman Place, and by picking cinders,
running errands, selling papers. backing
boots, and holding horses, helps her TO
exc out a scant living, but he came q
grief last evening while picking up waste
Coal along the tracks Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad aud was arrested by
Special Policeman Green on the charge Of
larceny.
The chief point Of interest in the case is
that Jimmie charges the special police
man, who is also colored, with having as
saulted him. Jimmie charges that while
he was picking up The stray bits of coal
along the track, the special tackled him
by the throat, choking him savagely. jim
mie makes the claim the policeman be-
haved brutally. When brought to police
station No. 6, Jimmie's necktie was
somewhat disordered, tending to sub
stantiate his allegations against the police
man.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
LONDON TO NEW YORK.
English Chamber OF Commerce Ap
urf.1.iuI I.a. the 4 IN Prica IL RI illt..

English Chamber OF Commerce APP
preciate- the American Article.
New York, Jan. 6.-Secretary Wilson.
OF the Chamber OF Commerce, received the
following cable this afternoon:
London, Jan. g.
To the Secretary, Chamber OF Com
merce. New York:
A special meeting OF the council of the
London Chamber OF Commerce, held at the
Chamber this afternoon, unanimously pass
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That tine council of the Lon
don Chamber OF Commerce heartily ap-
preciates the pacific spirit of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce in the interest of
good will and trade among kindred peo-
pies. MURRAY, Secretary"
The morning times., 1896-01-07

A Whisky to be relied
upon-one that physicians
recommend on account of it's
purity, and connoisseurs on
account of its excellent fla
vor and n1ellowness-Pure
Berkeley Rye.
JAS THARP,
Importer Wines and Liquors,
Sl2 + ST n. W.
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PoLICEMAN's HARD SWEARING.
First Prosecution Before Phil
adelpliin's Lexow COMMITTEES.

First Prosecution Before Phil
adelphia's Lexow Committee.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.-The first prose-
cution growing out of the attacks made
on the police force by witnesses before
the Senatorial Investigating committee was
begun today, when John Davis, an expo
liceman, was taken into custody on q
charge of perjury and placed under 81 900
bail for hearing tomorrow.
Davis swOre before the Senatorial in
vestigating committee on December 10,
that he was appointed on the police force
without having passed civil service ex-
animation.
Davis arrest today was made at the in
stance of Secretary Neal Of the civil service
examining board who made affidavit that
Davis in January, 1892, did pass an ex-
animation for the position OF patrolrnan
in "A satisfactory manner and that his testi-
mony before the investigating committee
was wilful and corrupt perjury.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
Big Ere Near Ithica

Ithaca, N. Y. Jan. 6.-At Trumansburg,
twelve miles from here, large fire Is under
way. 1t has already burned $50, 900 worth
OF property, but at O'Clock was reported
under control. The handsome store of
Bggs & Co., tobacco factory of A. p. Wood
ward, ana grocery and dry goods store Of
A. Atwasr are totally destroyed. Partly
insured.
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Patent Medicine Man s,,oo,s

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 6.-Peter P
Bradt. well known patent medicine ua nm.
facturer, committed suicide by shooting
himself III his office some time Sunday
afternoon or last night. The body was
found this morning lying in a pool OF
blood. with Jagged wound in the right
side of the head.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
Nntnrinus untel Thief

New York, Jan. 6.-The suspicious person
who was found in there of a boarder
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Saturday
afternoon and was turned over to the
police, was identified at police headquarters
today as Robert Montague notorious
Western hotel and bank sneak thief. with
q long criminal record.
The morning times., 1896-01-07
Dentb of Mrs Hiram w Tbomss

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Emeline C. Thomas,
wife of Rev. Hiram w. Thomas, the cele-
brated deyine, died In this city yesterday
afternoon. The funeral will be held Wednes-
day. Mrs. Thomas health has been failing
for several years past until six weeks ago
Saturday last, she was stricken down with
the sickness that resulted in her death.
The morning times., 1896-01-07

barred and cross hatched, dyed or band
painted on the fleeted stocking.
The men were not SO particular as to cos
tune. There were q good many in lambs
wool sweaters, shirts with the winged ar.
row appeared occasionally, military shirts,
Russian caps. derbys. felts, silks, knicker-
bockers, long pants, short pants, and other
prosaic accoutreinents when compared with
the bizarre get up and get of the battalions
Of the women folks WHO floated by, and