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accomplished architects Of the country,
George 8. Morrison. LII Buck and W. II.
Briethaupt all Of New York, submitted
designs, the first named Submitting one
and the others two e4Sh. 5Four of the i've
designs are published hssewith. and, as
the prizes have not yet bebn decided upon.
the Commissioners ha4e withheld any fur
Their Identification than Nv referring to
them as designs A, p, 6, D and E. NO
perspective drawing OF design E having
been furnished for illustrative purposes
by the architect.
The five designs. together: with complete
detail sheets of each1. arei now on file in
the Office Of Engir eer Commissioner Black,
together with the perspective drawings for
illustrative purposes q the first four. De-
sign A, it will be seen, is "a masonry via
duct, with suggestion for modification of
the same for economic purposes. Design
b is a Melan steel arches embedded in
coEcrete) viaduct, faced with stone. De-
sign C is combination viaduct OF Me-
lan construction. except the center span,
which Is Of steel. Design D is a viaduct
With steel arch span, as is true Of de-
sign E.
The competitors having assumed differ
ent lengths for their approaches and va
rying somewhat in the prices stated for
the same class of construction, 1t has been
thought best by Commissioner Black to
make, for the sake of better comparison, a
table showing the cost of each design. if
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A Word on Handle Bars,
To the Editor of The Evening Star:

~ Tue rsuitor OF Inc EVenlng star:
AS an old rider, and one who has beer
through all stages Of cycling, from the old
bone shaker down to the present
''scorcher," 1 think that those in power
have made a great mistake in regulating
the height of handle bars There is no one
better qualified to regulate the adjus tment
of lis wheel, for his own comfort and
safety Of others, than the one who does the
riding.
We riders place our handle bars where
We can manipulate our wheels to the best
advantage, and TO raise the grips unneces-
sarily high not only interferes with the
knees, but prevents full swing Of the front
wheel, and makes an otherwise confident
rider only awkward and an uncertain rider
to meet.
II the re gulation goes into effect look out
for an increase in accidents. 1t would be
just as Inconsistent to promulgate an order
to regulate the position of the hands while
driving. RS
If the Commissioners desire to guarantee
safety to the public, let them appoint a
board Of examiners, as in some foreign
countries, where every cyclist is compelled
to give an exhibition of his riding abilities
and allowed full use of the public streets
thereafter. his riding being approved by
the examiners. OLD RIDER
January 8, 1885,
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To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
There is SO much being said about fraud
in the pension role 1 would like to add
few words. 1 don't see how any unjust
claims can get through the pension Office
If they use the same degree of caution In
granting pensions that they did in my
case. 1 enlisted in September, 1861, at the
age of twenty, and was discharged in De
cember. 1864, having served all that time
in the gulf department. We had not been
there long before 1 was taken sick with
chronic diarrhoea, scurvy, chills and fever
(all pleasant things to hayeD. and from the
effects of. which / have never gotten over
L applied for a pension in 1880, under the
general law. but, not hearing from il.
again applied under the law of 1872.
I furnished all the evidence they asked
for. Two officers and three privates OF my
company. also three doctors that have
practiced on me since the war two of
them here in Washington. gave their affi-
davits as to my disabilities. l have also
be en- examined by three medical boards, all
making favorable reports. l was granted
an allowance Of s12 per month. When the
last administration came in power Uhe
soldiers friend they found that L was not
entitled to anything under the new law.
so they took that all away and granted me
an allowance of Sc under the general law.
That was very kind in them to do that
much They should have taken that to
increase some of the men who never Shout
dered a musket or ever left the depart
ments, that are only getting from So to so
per month. 1 have since applied for an
increase, but a few weeks ago it was re-
jected. So you see, it is hard to work a
fraud, and how any get by the board of
stand. FRAUD.
January 4, 1885,
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P n ..
The Newt Hotel.
To the Editor Of The Evening start

To the Editor Of The Evening Start
Reading report ii II th&afolamns of your
paper few days since that it is in con-
temptation to construct large. frst-class
hotel in this city. m5aelsA after the plan
and style of the WaTdorf YIN New York, I
venture to suggest that PENNSYLVANIA
avenue may be selected as the proper site
for its location. f.zs
I submit this proposition for the one good
reason that the iraproyement and einbel-
lishment of this noble thoroughfare is now
alone wanting to make Washington one Of
the most beautiful cities In the world. It
should he remembered that four-fifths Of
the visitors to the capital are landed direct
ly upon Pennsylvania avenue, and their
first EXPLANATIONS are of admiration for the
imposing and majestic structure bounding
it's eastern view. and surprise and edisap-
pointment that the great central artery. Of
which they have heard SO muehs 10 SO
wanting In buildings having any claim upon
their attention.
lnasmnch as the tsnuarnment is.in need Of
additional buildings for several. depart
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DIR. McCOY'S
new YEAR
MESSAGE
The New Methods Better Adapt
ing the Practice to the Needs
Of People in Moderate Means.

Doctor Mccoy closed with the concluding days
Of the year the So period and the period Of uni
form fixed rates. stated in the public press. He
appreciates that with the emphasis which he
thought it best to lend to the announcements of its
closing the Inference today with the public would
be that he had raised his fees high that none
but those Of abundant means could obtain the ad-
vantage Of his school of practice. Because this
inference wonld be natural enough. 1t is all the
more necessary that 1T be corrected at the outset
and that the correction be plain and clear tina
there can be no misunderstanding about it.
THE DEPARTURE FROM ONE-FEE PLAN
To A SYSTEM OF JUST AND ADEQUATE
CHARGES FOR DIFFERENT DISEASES. A DE-
PARTURE MADE NECESSARY BY THE WON
DERFUL GROWTH OF THE Mccoy PRACTICE
AND By THE WONDERFUL ADVANCE THAT
1T HAS MADE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALL
KINDS OF DISEASED CONDITIONS, IS NOT A
RAISING Of RATES
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Widows Right of Dover.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
Referring to the communication of Mr..
w. Mosby Williams read by me a few
moments ago in The Star of this date,
wherein he states "he thinks / have incor-
rectly stated the present law of DOVER" L
will say II is true as stated by him that
there is an old act of Maryland, to be found
in the various law digests of this District
declaring that a widow is dowerable mot
excluding more than one-seventh part nor
less than one-tenth part" This fact was
well known to me, / having Just finished
reading 1t when L commenced to write my
article referred to by him. If he will read
my article again he will see distinctly saw
This Is the law Of Maryland in relation to
dover as declared by the courts of this
District to De in force here In the next
paragraph of my article / say, but taking
the law of dover as declared by our courts
1t Will appear" &c, &c. / did not therein
express any opinion as to whether or not
the supreme Court of this District in pro-
mitigating said table of dover allowances
undertook to exercise powers of legislation
which properly belonged to Congress; nor
Old express any opinion as to the correct
ness IN law OF said action, such a course
would have made me reviewer of the
courts decisions What 1 did say in SUBJ
stance was that the courts of this District
held the law to be as stated in nv arti-
Gle. That was not incorrect in that state
ment, but on the contrary. was absolutely
correct, is evidenced by the very rule Go
102. Equity cited by him That RULE was
adopted by all of the judges of the Supreme
Court Of this District in General Term as
the law of this District on the subject OF
dover allowances.
For the course of reasoning which in
duced the court to thus hold, and which
ruling has been followed for many years
1 must, with due respect to that honorable
court, leave for them to say. In respect
to Mr.. Williams statement that, though
the Supreme Court in General Term has
established one table of dover allowances
rule 1O2, the auditor of the court uses
another table. based on the aforesaid act
of Maryland and that q member of the
Supreme Court of the District of Colum
bia holding the Equity branch OF said
court invariably sustains the auditor"
certainly presents a statement OF q most
remarkable and unusual condition of af-
fairs not existing in any other jurisdiction
in the United States. and IL certainly an
argument for prompt legislation on the
subject of dover in the District of Colum-
bia. But, supposing that the Supreme
Court is in error on the subject and that
the act of Maryland aforesaid is the law
of this District, there would still be but
little Improvement over the condition dis
closed in my article.
JOHN S. BLANKMAN.
January 4. 1898.
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ANGLERS ASSOCIATION.
Washington Organization Holds Its
Annual Meeting,

The annual meeting of the Washington
Angling Association was held last night
and officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: w. K. Mendenhan, pres.
ident; Samuel Einstein vice president; The.
odore Friebus. secretary; w. P. Pearson
treasurer. and H. c. Coburn, p. Otterback
w. p. Pearson, Samuel Einstein and w. X
Mendenhall. members Of the board of d.
rectors. During the discussion of the asso-
cations affairs, Mr.. Einstein offered q
resolution that no member should take
more than six bass from the river in one
day. The resolution was not favorably
acted upon.
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then enroll him. the enrolment being ey1.
oence OF his right to vote at such primary.
Mr.. SpOoneP's Bill.
w. r. Spooner. not a member Of the
legislature. has also prepared a bill upon
behalf Of the Allied Political Clubs of New
York. which is somewhat after the style
OF the bill detailed above. but prevents
primaries being held without ten days
notice, and provides further for inspectors
of election who must take the regular oatt,
of Office
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ACROSS ROCK CREEK
Plans Submitted for the Connecticut
Avenue Bridge.
COST OF STRUCTURE ESTIMATED
The Competition and How Awards
viii Be Made.
DIFFERENT APPROACHES

For the purpose of securing designs by
competition for a bridge or viaduct across
Rock creek Oh the line of the extension
of Connecticut avenue. Congress provided,
March 3. 1897, an appropriation Of 1000.
The Commissioners of the District were
authorized and directed to invite the sub
mission of designs, and in response to a
circular letter of the 2Sth of last Sep
TENDER three of the best-known and most
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ments, and is now compelled to rent them,
1t would seem to be in order for Congress
to lnaugurate this much-neaded improve
ment by the erection of structures which
would be useful to them and ornamental
to the city. As I observed, everything
should be done to make this the capital Of
nation of 10000, 600 people, the most beau
tiful and attractive of all modern cities
grand metropolis. of which Americans
can be proud as having no superior in
Europe. A VISITOR
January 8, 1898.
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CONGRESSES HIS CRIME.
Prisoner Admits Theft Of Bicycle ana
Goes to jail.

James A. Cleary stole bicycle valued at
SIS yesterday afternoon from Thomas
Gwinn and was arrested shortly after
dark last evening by Policeman Narrower
Today he was sent TO jail for sixty DAYS
by Judge Kimball. He admitted the
charge.
The officer stated in his testimony that
Cleary was coming down New Jersey ave
nue. without light on the wheel and he
stopped him.
Il might as well own up" said the pris-
oner; Il stole this wheel.
Cleary told Judge Kimball that he took
the bicycle because he was hard up, but
was unable to sell it, and. being unable to
get work, thought he might as well be in
Jail.
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Commissioner Black says that the known
ability of the competitors in this class of
work made it practically unnecessary to
check carefully the stress sheets and guam
titles submitted with each design. But an
examination of them, he states, shows that
each is within the requirements. as set
forth in the letter inviting the competition,
and with good safety factor. Therefore,
he feels assured that each design shows
that the work set forth would be amply
strong to withstand any legitimate loading
that the viaduct would be subjected to in
the present future.
Those who have seen the designs submit
ted speak of them in the highest terms
and the decision of the Commissioners as
to the order of merit will be awaited with
much interest. Their decision will. 1t is
expected, be made in a few days. and it
has been determined that each competitor
shall receive a prize The first prize will
be 5000; the second. $500, and the third, $780,
A cardinal principle in the competition was
indeed, that each competitor should receive
a consideration for his work. a result
which would be defeated should two of the
three awards be assigned to one OF the
three particfDantS.
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Read and Learn.

Read The Evening Star Almanac for 1898
and learn all about the District of Column
bia and, its relationship to the national
government; $50 pages. Sold by all news
dealers and 1t Star ofilce. Price, Is cents.
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Doctor Mccoy has discontinued the 50 rate, yet
he does not want his patients or the public to
think that In the confidence born of the great
crowds who thronged the offices these con-
Guiding days of the he has suddenly raised his
fees beyond the reach of the people who have con-
tributed to make his practice the greatest numer-
ically ever known.
There some whose slight ailments of a SIM
pie catarrhal nature for instance, be cured for
a trifing cost There others whose deep seated
diseases require more continued work, and the
system of uniform fees, popular it has been, is
today, with the wonderful increase in practice no
longer practicable.
This, then. Is the announcement which Doctor
Mccoy makes with the beginning Of the new year:
FIRST-RecOgnizing the unwritten
law of the profession that people who
have no money are entitled, without
pay, to the best medical skill, Doctors
Mccoy and COwden Will, as they
always have, treat absolutely free
those who are unable to pay.
SECOND-DOctOrs Mccoy and Cow
den extend to all, as they always
have, n cordial and kindly Invitation
to visit their offices, and ON their
ment absolutely without cost, with
pay.
THIRD-All those people who have
slight or trifinE ailments, purely
Catarrhal conditions, easily capable
of n speedy cure under the new
methods, will be charged only a
trifting fee, while those who have
difficult, obstinate or serious dis
eases, requiring a special and long
continued care and attention, will he
charged a fee commensurate with
the care and attention they require.
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Fire in the A. d. Farmer & Sons type
foundry, in New York, last night did dam
age to the extent of $4,000.
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Mccoy System of Medicine,

PERMANENT OFFICES
DIR. McCOY'S NATIONAL. PRACTICE,
us 18th Street Northwest.
Office hours-s to IL am: / to S Pm; to 8
pm daily: Sunday, 10 a. to pm.
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based on an unit length and unit price for
the same class Of construction. Therefore,
one estimate was taken as Q standard, and
the others calculated on this basis, which
makes the total estimated cost Of con-
struction of each as follows:
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ments of ap-
preaching death,
They do this because of false delicacy fire.
quently inculcated by their mothers.
There is marvellous medicine for women
that cures all weakness and disease of the
distinctly feminine organism. 1t acts d.
rectly on the delicate and important organs
concerned in maternity and makes them
strong and healthy. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. II allays Inflammation,
heals liberation and soothes pain. 1t gives
rest and tone to the tortured nerves. Under
its magic influence the headaches and pains
in the back and sides, the dragging and
burning sensations, the nervousness, weak
ness, lassitude and dependency that result
from so called female weakness are BAN
ished. 1t fits for wifehood and motherhood.
Taken during the period of solicitude, it
baby's entry to the world easy and almost
painless. 1t insures the new comer's health
and an ample supply of nourishment.
Thousands of women have testified to its
marvellous merits. All good druggists sell Il.
Mrs. Ursula Durham. of sistersville, Tyler
Co., w Va, writes: MY baby is now nearly
ness. could not stand up. took three bottles
of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it has
cured me. lean now do all my work"
DR.. Pierces $ss !: ss'; :sa' { s, s
damage is slight,
than wait until the whole structure is ready
to fall. Constipation Is the one. all-embrac-
ing disorder that is responsible for many
:; s:,,s s;:, s.: Pleasant !, Fs S:s.
gists cell them. They never grippe One
little Pellet" 10 q gentle laxative, and
two . mild cathartic. They are tiny,
sugar coated granules. - -.
Nothing else is just - Pellets
good" A permanent cue. = ssSs
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o Va AhN
ian martyrs it was
usual for the saw
agans to cast limo.
women into a den
is, to suffer horri.
yony and fear be-
leath finally came
their relief. In
this Christian age
and this land of
civilization tens
, of thousands of
. women daily suf.
fer the slow tor.
m e nts of ap-
preaching death,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-30
CHINESE EMPEROR
SAID TO Be DEAD
Belief in Pekin That the Emperor
Has Been Poisoned by His
Enemies.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN TROUBLE
British Fleet Ordered to intercept
Russian Transports ifThey Try
to Land Troops.
CHANG YEN Youn ARRESTED
u HING Changes Iliyai TO Be Strip,
ped of All His Power-..Em.
press Return Is
Welcomed.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN TROUBLE.
CHANG YEN YouN ARRESTED

London, Sept. a7.-The Daily Tels-
graphs Hong Kong correspondent,
writing Sunday, says:
Although there is no positive con-
hrmatfon all tho evidence tends to the
conviction that the emperor is dead.
a private dispatch says he died on
September 81, directly he issued the
edict giving the dowager the regency.
Nobody doubts that Yang and Chang
Yen Hoon, who was minister at Wash
lngtoI in 1895, IRE both innocent Of
the charge of poisoning the emperor
London, Sept. 26.-The Pekin corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: 1.-THE
head eunuch at+the palace informs me
that the emperor is seriously indis-
posed and that his death is not UNI
likely"
London, Sept. 26.-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that Kang
Yuwei's brother has been arrested in
Pekin and condemned to death. The
dispatch also says that Sir Claude
Macdonald, the British minister, gave
instructions that Kang Yuwei should
be protected from arrest. The British
consulate holds his baggage and docu-
ments referring to state secrets.
LIE uuSsiauS are incense at the
latter fact, and it is reported that
Russia has offered the dowager en-
press the services of 10, 900 troops from
Port Arthur to keep order in Pekin if
necessary. It is stated that the British
feet in Chinese waters has been di-
vided between Tia Ku and Shanghai
Kwan under orders to intercept Rus
sian transports in the event of an at
tempt to land troops.
Chung Yen lnun Arrested.
Pekin, Sept. 26.-Chang Yen Youn,
The Cantonese reformer and rival of
Ii Hung Chang, who is charged with
harboring Kang Yuwei, has been ar
rested. He has been under trial by
the board of punishment. He will be
stripped of all his offices. His removal
will give increased power to Ii Hung
Chang.
The officials generally welcome the
empress's return to power, but the
people are Indifferent. Kang Yuwei
is charged with conspiring against
the empress dowager and has been
declared IN outlaw and his arrest has
been ordered.
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No Use for . Bicycle.

The BICYCLE" remarked the drum.
mer for q big cycle works in Boston, Il,
agrcat institution and will supersede thu
horse in many instances, but not in all
A q 9 in point came under my notice
recently. I was in Blue Grass Ken.
lucky, where the roads are superb, and
IN the course of my visits to agents
a across . farmer who lived about five
miles from town aud got to talking ia
him on the subject. He was rather
progressive and conceded that the bi.
cycle possessed many advantages oyar
the horse. 1t saved feed, toll, care,
shoeing and a lot more things and was
agood deal speedier.
why them said |, don't you get !
bicycleN
well. there's only one thing that
prevents me-, he said, with an apologize
grin; when u man comes to town on
Saturday and starts home in the even.
ing just corned up enough not to know
his way bis horse will take him back to
his family in fairly good shape, but the
bicycle amt made that can do that,
and I'm a man that goes to town on Sat.
urdays.'
"Of course" concluded the drummer,
after that | had mighty little show fox
an argument."-DetIoit Free Press,
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Hal TAMrpin for An Examine.

k2 All Tor All Exnn1nlS.
New York journal: The unusua prom.
nence given to the little kissing Incident IF
lieutenant Hobson and Miss Arnold
seems to have eclipsed for q time the CON
alteration of even the graver matters be-
fore the people. A many papers,
not inclined to treat the affair as a mere
"episodc of a n evenings fcarousal,., are,
disposed to rehuke the gallant hero for;
his part of the program. They forget that
Hobson had a precedent In his oscufatory
reVelry.
When the great Abraham Lincoln was
running for the presidency, u. will be re-
membeted he wore a heavy beard, which
appeared to add to his homeliness. On his
way to the capital after5h his election Presi-
dent Lincoln %astoulided4 his friends by APP
pearing OF day with his face clean sha-
ven. When I.incoln's specialStrain cached
one of the small villages along the rohte
to Washington, where acrowd of country
people had gathered to see the great aholi-
tionist, he appeared on the rear platform
of the train and made a brief speech, Sud-
denly Lincoln stopped In the middle of n
sentence, reached into his coat pocket
and drew from it a letter, written by a
young girl of that village. and in which
She had written to the president urging
him to shave off his beard, and telling him
II he would do so 1t was her belief that he,
would not look so homely. Abraham Lin.
coin called from the train asking Ii the
young girl was in the audience, and the
young lady WGs pressed, blushing and un-s
willing, through the throng and carried TO
the platform of the train where Lincoln
stood. Grasping her by the arm Lincoln,
told her he had accepted her suggestion
and shaved Oft his beard. Then STOPPING
down the Dig, awkward man planted a
rapturous kiss upon the cheek of the half
frightened girl.