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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
BIDS FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Forty Thousand Pounds Wanted a Id
1t VIII Cost $4,000.

y contract for the purchase of 10000
pounds Of smokeless powder is soon to be
allotted by the War Department., and, at the
prices proposed by three bidders the powder
will cost the Army not less than $4,000.
This brand OF powder is the most expensive
manufactured for military and naval uses,
and it has only been in recent years that
the article has so increased in demand,
owing to the introduction of the new small
arm and modern Iifled guns, requiring
powder capable of producing the highest
veiocities, that the military and naval
authorities have given great attention to
perfccting the various recipes submitted
by inventors
Recently the Army authorities called for
proposals for supplying 10000 pounds. and
three bids were received, all alike, no con-
tractor willing to provide powder for less
than 81 a pound.
Before long the Government will have
to ask for bids to furnish an enormous
quantity Of powder for the great batteries
now being located along the seaboard. and
before the year closes many thousands of
dollars VIII be expended in laying by
supplies for these guns. At present both
the military and naval branches Of the ser
vice are without sufficient powder OF the
smokeless variety to fight a single battery
twenty four hours. or late, however,
the Navy has contracted for quarter of
q million dollars worth of smokeless pow
der, and before the fiscal year begins, in
July, there viii be an ample sufficiency for
any demands on the service.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
No Color Line Abroad.

lone of the objections raised against the
proposed admission OF a colored cadet to
the Naval Academy has amused me" said
New Yorker who passes every summer
abroad 1T has been said that colored
officer in the navy would subject mis- fell
low-officers to humiliation in foreign ports.
As a matter of fact, the color line is not
drawn in England and in France as it
is here. At the English inn where aged
for month last summer a colored man,
really a black Fellow, was seated beside
me at thetahle. When the cut of beef was
served it was Offered TO this coloTed man
first, and then it was served to me. Now,
/ am a Southerner by birth, aud went to
the proprietor of the hotel and objected.
he told me that if 1 didn't like 1t l might
go. he said that he made no distinction
in color l changed my seat and remained,
for the hotel was really a good one. Later
in Paris l went TO the opera one night and
saw in a box two well-dressed white
women accompanied by three negroes 1t
was a respectable party, and during the
evening several of the other occupants of
boxes dropped in to shake hands with the
colored men. Such a spectacle in New
York would interrupt the opera. As a
matter of fact, these colored men were
men of means and good social standing in
Paris. ] am not saying that colored men
should he admitted TO the Naval Academy,
but do say that if they become officers
they will meet with more consideration
in England and France than they will in
this country. New York Sun.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
Advice to the Advertiser.

A wurd with the advertiser who stuffs
the mail boxes OF houses aud apartment
buildings full Of printed matter
1t doesn't pay. 1t repels trade instead
of attracting il. The householder or the
flatholder who sees through the glass
darkly what appears to be a mail letter
and opens his box only to find a eulogium
Of Smiths soap or Jones baking powder
or Rohnson's So pants is absolutely Ger
tain to pass Smith, Jones and Robinson
by when he is in need Of soap or baking
powder or pants. He has been fooled
and It is only human nature that he should
"get even if he can.
As for the brigand who not only stuffs
his circular into the mail box, but rings
the bell TO attract attention 10 it-retibu-
tlon is coming his way in seven-league
boots IL viii take the form of a muscu-
lar servant girl, goaded into active hos
tility 10y fruitless tramps down four flights
of stairs in response TO a fraudulent post
mans ring and armed with a bloCm or a
kettle Of hot water as an expression of
resentment.
The mail box advertiser VIII do well to
leave of his nefaTious practices. He is
defeating his own object and is Counting
Feprisals The mail box is provocative of
enough woTriment without being made
the target for obtuse persons who don't
know enough to advertise in the proper
way-th is TO say, in the newspapers
Chicago Chronicle.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
SLIDING DOWN A CABLE.
From the Sixteenth story to Ground
Floor In Fifteen Seconds.

Thousands watched the, daring derrick
men, Jack Hines and Jacob jacobson, shoot
down the steel cable yesterday ats rnoDn
from the dome of Claus Spreckles build
ing, at Marke md Third streets. Tothese
men, who are at home on the weather
vane of a steeple or the topmast of a ship,
the sensational slide of nearly 500 feet
was merely an exhilarating way of leav-
ing work in a hurry ,bIt 10 the spellbound
crowds that lined the streets below 1T
was thrilling.
By all odds the most startling slide vet
was made last night by Jack Hines, VINO
dropped from the boom in the dome frame
work in just fifteen seconds.
THE rope was wet" he explained, af-
ter touching firm earth, land there was
no tar on it That made it slippery and
dropped me faster than l expected"
"H6w did 1t feel'
He smiled somewhat grimly.
lit didn't feel at all. l hadn't time to
think More than that, like a flash, /
knew ] couldn't stop myself"
And then what
Nothing more. A fellow who is alway
in the air has to fall some time, il makes
little difference when.''
The men used the steel cable hanging
over the corner, as it was swung clear OF
the building and did not move in the air
as they Slid downward wrapped in gunny
sacks to save their clothes from burning b.
friction When the crowds beheld Hines
fail as if he tad 70 control over himself
a shudder PASSED over the spectators. Peo-
pie thought it was foolhardy perform
ance and did not know whether the SEN
sational drop was intentional.
lit burned holes through the sacks on
my hands," said the performer, land l
could feel the heat coming through the
doubled gunny sacks about my feet and
knees clear to my skin. l had another
sack rolled around my arm, which l used
as brake, and by closing my arm tight
about the rope put OH the brake and
slackened up little.
The first time slid down the rope it
burned my shoes and trousers, so haven't
tried it since without a sack on where l
twisted around the cable. 1t saves time,
and that's why my partner and / do it
There are twenty ladders inside the build
ing, and if you are not used to climbing
them you would have to hunt for a ladder
on every story.
People think that the riveters come
down the rope Now, L want to say there's
not riveter in the building who would do
it. That's not in their line. l first learned
how to do it on the Browne palace in
Denver, but the height was only nine
stories enough to begin on. Now sixteen
stories are nothing. Its little shaky like
when you get out and swing off the der
rick boom, but that's all. | came down
in fifteen seconds and challenge any man
to side down faster. San Francisco
Examiner.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24

and all failed They would ring
wellfor part Of tune, then make mistakes.
forget where they were, and mix TN, bells
up in a way that startled passers-by and
shamed the bells themselves for the rest of
the day Sol kept righton doing { myself,
and now 1 love t so well that l woul,ino
allow anyone else TO ring thcmf for me
when they wanted me to ring the
chin es into the monograph ! was delighted
to do so. l love the bells so well that
it given me joy to send them sounding over
the world. 1t inspires me daily to know
that my notes are ringing into homes from
the high steeple, and that passers-by are
hearing the tidings. The bells say such
peculiar things to different persons You
remember to Dickens Toby Week they
said: Toby Week, Toby Week. Job coming
soon, Toby Toby Week, Toby Week, keep
a good heart, Toby
1.-The trouble with ringing the bells,''
continued Miss Thomas, all the While fin
gering the keys and sending out gentle
sounds from the silver throats hundreds
of feet above us. lis that YOU have to play
it blind You don't know what j mean?
Why, just this:
when l strike a note it is a lCrg time
before hear a bell ring. The electric wire
does it's work instantly, but it takes a few
seconds for the big hammer to do its work
and several more before the soundcan travel
down to me here in the ground floor of the
church. Meanwhile / must keep on strik-
ing the bells to produce the tune. If
waited to hear each bell before playing the
next, i should make a Observation-Disclosures
7 ..lxy aN-c nf q
sounds I hear Take the line: 'Hark,
bark, my SOUL
Before 1 hear the note for the last
bark 1 am playing that for soul and
going on to the next word. That is what
makes the Ginning hard. You have to
play from your notes, and it is only the
most experienced player who can talk or
look up while playing. OF course 1 can,
because 1 have played the chimes so long.
Another trouble with the bell playing
for woman, at least-is that it is very
hard Most chimes are played by pulling
immense levers in and out, and the work
is heavy Others have difficult chime at
tschments, hard to manage. But my
chimes, as you see, are played upon little
piano of ten keys, and it would he a delicate
person, indeed, who could not press these
notes lightly with the fingers; and that is
what rings the bells. The work is lovely
one for woman, if she has the Keyboard
and can learn to ring the chimes.
my favorite tunes. those I love to play,
are Rock of Ages Jesus, Lover of Ny
Soul" Bonnie Doone,' and Fair Harvard
"Most of these ] selected for the phono-
graph, and when you go to Photographic
entertainment and hear the chimes ringing
out of the big horn you will know that a
New York girl played them and selected
those tunes because she loved them''-
New York Journal
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
NEW STORAGE BATTERY.
Big Capital Back of an Invention for
Street Railways.

Big Capital Back of an Invention for
Street Railways.
John s Rively, a Pittsburg electrical
engineer. believes he has solved the prob
lem Of making a storage battery that
will be Of practical use on street rail
ways He is president Of the Mononga-
hela Street Railway Company, and pro-
poses to equip the cars on the road with
the new batteries.
To work with him, the North American
Storage Battery Company has been char
tered in Philadelphia with capital stock
Of S5,OOO.000 Among the stockholders
are John Il. Scott, wealthy Philadelphia
capitalist; Attorney Gustave r McRae and
Col p. T. Painter. John S Rively is pres
ident
Sc, eral prominent New York capitalists
and one prominent Philadelphia million
aire are also said to have taken an in
terest The plant win be erected in Phil
adelphia.
The Pittsburg inventor has just returned
from New York and Philadelphia. He
said that while in tie East his battery
was put to a severe test in the presence Of
electrical experts, and the results were
pronounced rema rkable.
The battery can he charged in five hours
and discharged in ninety-six hours. Tie
weight OF the battery is only $50 pounds,
while other batteries Of the same efficiency
weigh from 500 pounds upwards. It's cost
is only $3.50. One Of the old type and of
equal power costs $1,000 or more. 1t is
claimed that the tests demonstrate that
twelve-Cell battery will run a traction car
2S hours
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
EDITH THOMASS, BELL RINGER.
The Young Lady Who Operates the
Grace Church Chimes.

Christ, the Lord, is risen today,
Preparations are already being made to
Sons OF men and angels say;
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, We heavens, and earth. reply.
That is the hymn which will ring around
the world Easter Day, as played upon the
bells by Miss Edith Thomass. of New York.
She IL the only woman ctime-ringer in the
world, and two weeks ago one OF Mr. Edi-
sons monographs was taken up TO the bell
tower, where the peal from the silyery
throats Of the great Ginning bells Were
Tung into them.
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave. the skies.
Again and again the music was sounded
out until there We're many IUllers'
filled with tn z music-enough TO send TO the
four corners of the earth. st. Petersburg,
Mos COW, Cairo. Pekin, London; Edin-
burgh, Berlin and Paris will receive them.
as well az the cities nearer home. And 50
Easter Day and Easter chimes will be rung
all over the world by girl.
Although, as far as she knows. she is the
only woman Chimer in the world, Miss
Thomass is very modest about her position
and her attachments.
Miss Thomass is a slender. chestnut
haired girl, and when you see her stepping
into the broad portal of the famous OldGrace
Church, where she is bellIinger you do not
think at first that she will be able tOmanage
the great bells-until you have heard them
ring.
II began to ring the bells in 90, she
said Il do not know how / came to begin.
1 just began. / was appointed assistant
organist of the church, and on of my duties
was to ring the bells. My first thought,
after found that they rang all right, was
that | must have an 'understudy, so If
got sick or wanted to stay away l could
send somebody to ring them for me.
Il asked my sister, who is very unsteady
inclined, to go over with me and learn toring
the chimes She consented and was very
anxious to assist. But when came to teach
her ! found that she could not learn l
tried Others some of them much better mu-
scians than 1 am, but found that one
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
WILL PARADE ON GRANT DAY
Three Military Organizations Will
Leave Here Sunday Evening.
Light Infantry, Fencibles, and
COrcoran Cadets in GRAFT
Day Ceremonies.

The arnory of the Washington Light In
fantry has during the past fortnight pre-
! sented a more than usually active scene,
J and nightly drills have been the rule.
Many OF the friends OF the popular organ
ization have taken advantage Of the up
portunity to witness the drills, and it re-
minds one OF times, not SO long ago, when
our citizens took more than Il passing
interest and pride in the citizen soldiery.
The cause OF this increased activity is
the preparation for the Infantry trip 10
New York to take part in the Grant day
ceremonies next week.
The gallant corps will be represented by
two full companies, wearing the we'll
known white coats and sllakos, and there
is no doubt that their handsome appear
once will bring credit to themselves and
to the city they represent. The corps will
he headed by the ever-Eopular Mount Pleas
ant Field Band OF fOrty-siX pieces which
has beer secured and will go at the eX-
pense of the Infantry boys alone, and the
other Washington organizations, which
will fall in Immediately in the rear of the
white coats, will have the full benefit of
the excellent martial music.
The Infantry and its band will undoubt-
eddy have rOusing reception.
The two companies are under command
of Capt. John S. Miller, with Lieuts. Beall
and Marshall, and the second under Capt
C. NJ. Shreve, with Lieuts. Jesse F. Grant
and s. Porter House, and with the band
will leave here in special Royal Blue
train tomorrow afternoon at l 2. 40 clock,
arriving in New York at 6:30p. m. They
will, leave for the return trip on Tuesday
night, arriving here next morning at
O'Clock. About sixty honorary members
will accompany the Infantry.
For working up the preliminary details
leading up to the trip, making hotel ar
rangements, and very favorable railroad
rates, much Credits due Capt. c. NJ. Shreyc
and Lieut.. S. Porter House, Of Company B,
and the coming trip Of the Infantry is due
to their untiring efforts. Further infOr-
nation may be obtained about the trip
and tickets may be obtained from Lieut.
House at 433 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Fencibles and CorcOran Cadets have
also been actively preparing for sometime
and will go and help swell the Washington
representation, and aid III making its
division one Of the features OF the big
procession The gallant hearing and strik-
ingly handsome appearance OF the local
soldiery is alw avs noteworthy at home and
abroad The Fencibles and Cadets leave
for New York on Sunday evening. and will
return on Tuesday night. Capts. Domer and
Edwards respectively, will he in com
mand of the two organizations last named.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24

They Have a banquet, Preceded by
Reception 10 tie Faculty.

The junior law class OF Columbian Uni
versity gave its banquet last nj ght at the
Riggs House. The junior class this year
is a handsome group of young men, well
groomed and clear eyed, with faces full
OF eagerness and intelligence. They made
addresses, too. that seem TO give great
hope for the future of the class in their
profession. The class has attained a
reputation at the university for its good
men.
The banquet was preceded 10y reeep-
ton TO the faculty in one of the hotel
parlors. After the menu generous array
of toasts had been arranged, but towa'd
the end there were some gaps. The recep-
ton lasted So long that the later toasts
Were cut short, to be delivered at another
time.
The toastmaster was John Womack
Wright, president of the class. He sat be-
tween President Whitman and Justice
Harlan, but was not awed by his august
company beyond the power of making very
telling introductions.
President Whitman spoke OF the fine
record OF the class and OF the Work that
is before it, and of the good promise that
IL makes
Justice Harlan promised 10 speak only one
minute by his watch, and succeeded in
saying i'll that time three or four pleasant
things that We're highly appreciated. he
is great favorite at the university
The other speakers were DR.. Lee Davis
Lodge, hon Macy L. Jeffords, and Hon. G.
w Holmes.
Toasts were down for w. A. Rill, Youth
ful Amlition:" Galen L. TAFT, "0ur Jul
dietary" Charles Linkins, Trial by jury
William T. Kirk, "our Profession" Fred
C. Handy, "Our Alma Mater Joseph d.
Felix, The LADIES' o. c. Slime, "0ur
Clients" John c. Dabney, "Class of '9S,"
W NJ Shuster, Athletics" Harry H. Lee,
QUIZ and Louis Brooks, College Poll
tics"
An the tOasts were received with a
strength of applause that left no doubt
of the class spirit
The executive committee of the banquet
were Fred c. Handy, chairman: g. L.
TAFT, J. T. Bright, II. s. Delaplane. f.
O. LOucks, j ID. Felix and A. F Selhausen,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24

SHOULD DE read 0dl1V Dy ali luJeTeStcdb DO
changes may occur at any time.
FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending
April "a, 1897, close PROMPTLY at TINS
office as follows:
Transatlantic MATS.
Printed matter, etc. German steamers
Thursdays and Saturdays take printed
matter, etc, for Germany and specially
addressed printed matter, etc, Tor other
parts of Europe.
White star Steamers sailing from New
York take specially addressed printed mat
Ter, etc, for Europe.
steamers take printed matter, etc, Tor
all countries for which they are advertised
to carry mail.
Mails tor south ana Central Amer
Jcu, west indies, &c.
SATURDA Y-(dl At 6:25 a. IN. for Bar
hadOs dItecb a1d NOrJ1 BAIT, via Para and
Manaos, per s. s. Orgen, from New York
I'd AT EOS p. IN. for Newfoundland, per
steamer from Halifax.
Mails for newfoundland by rail 70 Hall
fax, and thence via steamer, close here
daily except Sunday at Z.U5 p. M, and
on Sunday only at 1I:35 a MID
Mails ior MIquelol, by rail to Boston, and
thence via steamer, dose here daily at
1920 p. m.(aJ
ago de Cuba, which will be forwarded, via
New York, up to and including the 1898
p. IN, close Wednesday,, close here daily
at p. n, for forwarding via steamers
Port Tampa, Fla.tel
Mails FOR Mexico, overland Except those
for Campecne, Chiapas, TabascO and Yu-
catan, which will be forwarded via Neg
York, after the Wednestiay overland close
up to and including the 1888 p. IN. close
Friday, close here daily at 7:fO q. MIDI
Transpacific Mails.
Mails for Australia Except those for
Europel New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji and
Samoan islands, per s. s. MonOwai, from
San Francisco cr close 9s ne here daily up to
Mails for China and Japan. per $. S. Vic
tor1a from Tacoma, close here daily up
to $50 p m. April 24(d)
City of rapeiti, from San Francisco, close
here dan y up to $50 p. m April p Id
Mails for China, japan and Hawaii, per
s. S. City Of Peking, from san Francisco,
25.(db ''''' ' " - '.'' p ~ Ap'H
Mails for Australia Except West Aus
tralLal, hawai- ana FlJi IsiandS specially
Vancouver close here daily after April %,
up to 6: 80 p m, May Id
Mails for China and Japan especially
addressed only, per : S. Empress of China
from Vancouver. close here daily up TO
Gao p. m, May 3.(d)
mains for nawaI, per s. 8 Australia,
from San Francisco, close here daily up
to May II, $50 p. MIDI
TRANSPAcIFlC MAILS are forwarded
10 .mr L".C On Sni'.iIs datI'. aiiu tne
eCneOule OF CIOsiubs is arranged on The
presumption OF theIf uninterrupted OF eT-
land transit
Ca Registered mail closes at 10 a. m.
same day.
Oh Registered mail closes at 1 p. m
same DAY.
(cl Registered mail closes at s d. m.
same day.
Id Registered mail closes at d. m
previous day.
(e) Registered mail closes at l D. m.
Tuesdays and Saturda Us.
JAMES /. WILLETT. PostInas ter
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24
COTTON MILLS IN TROUBLE.
Investigation Into the Affairs Of
Big New Bedford Corporations.

Big New Bedford Corporations.
New Bedford. Mass, April 24. The group
OF mll corporations known as the how
land Mills, the New Bedford Manufac-
turing Corporation and the Rotch Spinning
Company, are in financial difficulty. the
exact nature and extent of which. how
ever, cannot toe determined until an ex-
pert who is now at work on the books,
has made his report.
The three mills are practically IN Ter one
management, Morgan ROtch being IreSi-
dent and William ID. Rowland treasurer
of all of them. and the boards of di-
rectors being nearly identical The COM
Eined capital is 100000. 1t has been
known for Some time that the mills We're
largely involved in debt. and their paper
has been looked upon with some suspicion.
Consequently, when Mr.. Rowland stated
q few days ago that notes aggregating
100000 were to fall due shortly, the
representatives of the hanks made as a
condition Of renewal an examination Cf
the mills affairs
IL was found that the statements If Mr..
Rowland were not borne ont by the &C
counts. and the banks declined to renew
the notes. At a meeting OF the directors
OF the corporations Yesterday afternoon il
was decided to make a full examination
OF the accounts.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-24

Americans are the most Inventive people
on earth. To them have been issued nearly
100000 patents, or more than one-third
of all the patents issuedin the world. No
discovery of modern years has been OF
greater benefit to mankind than Chamber.
Iain's Coic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy or has done more to relieve pain and
suffering. J. w. Vaughn, of oakton, KY,
says: II have used Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my
family for several years, and find it to
be the best medicine ever used for cramps
In the stomach and bowels" For sale by
Henry Evans, wholesale and retail drug
gist, 93s F street and Connecticut avenue
and street north west.