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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
MAKING RAPID. PROGRESS.


AnacOstia Hallway.
The work of changing the motive power
of the Anacostia branch of the Washing
ton Traction and Electric Company to the
underground electric system Is progressing
as rapidly as possible, but it is learned
from an official source that the portion of
the line which is to benefit the residents of
Anacostia and vicinity, between that sec
ton and Az street and Maryland avenue
southwest, will not be completed before
some time after January l next. 1t has not
been found possible to have the line ready
by Christmas, as was al first thought
might be done. The city portion of the route
named is now being completed and the
overhead trolley wires are being placed on
the Anacostia bridge The manner in which
these wires are to be strung on the bridge
is different from the way previously adopt
ed by the Capital railway. In the present
plan, which, 1t Is expected, Will give much
more satisfaction than the one referred to.
there will be wire over each of the tracks
on the bridge.
The work of replacing the trolley wires
between Anacostia and Congress Heights
with a double trolley line is in progress
today. 1t is stated that the electric
between Anacostia and Congress Heights
are to be operated as a separate line from
the city poi ton of the branch when the new
road is completed, as is now the case.
This will be necessary from the fact that
II Will not be practicable to run the cars
through to the heights on account of there
being but few squares of distance be-
tween Anacostia and the heights provided
with double track. A transfer station
VIII therefore have to be established, prob
ABLY at Anacostia. 1t is understood to be
the intention of the railroad company to
oouple track the entire distance between
the places mentioned later on, if permits
sion can be obtained from the District Com
missione:s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

IectiNehess They sang part songs by
brahms and three compositions by local
musicians, Grunwald, Spielter and Louis v.
Par. tne last battle hymn for chorls
tenor solo and orchestra, showing fine tecb.
meal knowledge and much skill in COMPOSE
uon The society had the aid of FraiIlsin
Shtzka OF the opera. and of Herr Alvin
phony Orchestra. That such concerts 40
TINS can be given without public subscrip-
uon Is a striking evidence of the deem
interest IN music felt by the leading Ger
mans of this city.
saw Nine. Gadski, who is to sing in
washington on January = with the Choral
Society in The Messiah She sings the
same part for the first time with the Ora
torlo society in New York on December
-, and the next week in Boston with me
fiandel and Haydn Society. This demand
Tor her work indicates the general cont
uefce felt III her oratorio work and pre-
nSGres brilliant performance for the
Choral Society
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
IN BASE BALL CIRCLES.
League Plans Blocked by the Brook
lyn Oxynera


John T. Brush of Cincinnati and Frank
two Of the four members of the circuit
committee of the National League, re-
manned in New York yesterday. They had
conference and then Robson, who has
been delegated the working member of the
committee, went in search of the represent
ativs of the Brooklyn and Baltimore clubs.
He found Charles A. Ebbets, president of
the Brook yn organization. who told him
that Messrs. F. A. Abel, Harry Won Der
Horst. Ned Hanlon and himself had de-
cided to stick together on a refusal to talk
further on the selling out of the Baltimore
club until the league RENTS the fine of $500
placed on Brooklyn in the Wrigley case
Il am disappointed" exclaimed Robson
''over what has occurred, but shall not re-
lax my efforts. If the circuit is not cut it
will cost the league S20O,O00 next season.
1t is understood that besides the remit
lance of the fine of $500 the Brooklyn own
ers want the league to give to Brooklyn
McGraw, Robinson and Sheckard. The vaiu-
alton that Frank De Haas Robson of the
circuit committee has placed on the Balti-
more club is S63, SEQ. Washington wants
$4,000 to get out. Cleveland $4,000 and
Louisville s12,5oO. These figures were au-
thoritatiVely given out yesterday by one
who attended the conference Saturday
Louisvile's price is low because its assets
are not considered big as those of each
of the other three teams, especially as it
has no grand stand.
There is no way by which the league can
collect the fine of $500 imposed on Brooklyn
That club cannot be expelled for not paying
II, as the league constitution says that no
club can be expelled except by unanimous
vote of the clubs. 1t was on this section
that Chris Won Der Abe, formerly the
owner of the ST. Louis club, at one time
he'd up" the league.
''lf the league wants fight" announced
the Brooklyn Baltimore syndicate yester-
day, "it can have it,
Adrian c. Arson was still in New York
Yesterday He wants the league to adopt
the Arson ball, and says that in his eff
Iorts ne has the cooperation of President
freedman OF New York. He also says that
some other clubs with him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
RELEASED on BAIL.
FORMER Cashier of Army and Navy
Club Before the Court

William W. Sheed, former cashier and
hookkeeper of the Army and Navy Club,
who was arrested on a charge of embezzle-
ment, as published in yesterdays Star. has
been released on SEQ security. The war
rant for his apprehension was sworn out
more than month ago, but the detectives
were unable to find him until yesterday.
They learned that he had been in different
cities from time to time, and recently they
were informed he was at his mothers house
"a Riyerdale, short distance from Hyatts-
Vile Detectives Muller and Baur took
Deputy Sheriff Vincent with them yester-
day and went to the home TO arrest him.
Sheed objected to accompanying the officers
on the ground that they were without jurfs-
diction. When he learned that the Mary
land officer would take him to Baltimore he
withdrew his objection and came here to
stand trial.
1t is alleged by club officials that Mr..
Sheeds shortage will amount to about $500
The defendant, the officers say, admitted
having failed to turn in the $1G.40, The
amount charged in the warrant Attorney
Sillers appeared in court today as counsel
for Mr.. Sheed- The case was continued
until next Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
Bowling by Saengerbund and Bust
ness Mems Club.
PROPOSED Cut IN BASE BALL CIRCOIF
Brooklyn Owners Blocking League
Plans.
ON THE GOLF LINKS

With the possibility of sliding into second
position in the District Bowling League
confronting them the Saengerbund bowling
team last night went at the task of win
ming the three games necessary for the
achievement of that result in great style.
In the first two games they bowled scores
over 500, winning easily and being appar-
emily in sufficiently good form to capture
the three. In the final game, however, the
Business Men spruced up bit and ran an
800 string themselves, defeating the home
team. and maintaining the percentage in
the league standing which they held on en-
tering the contest.
While there were as stated three games
over the 500 mark, there were no Strikingly
large individual scores. the good team
scores having been accomplished by steady
work of all of the men. Smithson's 1S1 in
the last game was the highest score of the
match.
The opening game was very evenly con-
tested for the first few frames, Business
Men having slight lead at the close of the
third. "A series of breaks in the third and
fourth gave their adversaries the required
opportunity and the Saengers forged ahead,
not to be again overtaken in the game.
Crist ran a triple, while Spiess had two
doubles.
The score follows:
FIRST GAME
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

The last game was much the most inter-
eSting of the evening. The sides bowled so
closely together in the first half that at no
time did either have a decided advantage.
Then the Business Men secured good
lead, which was soon evened up by the
Saengerbund But while the home team
made poor finish, the visitors made a
great rush at the pins and won out with
good team total. and with scores on the
part of several of their men that were
above the average. The score follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

Saengerbund.

A meeting of the league delegates will be
held at the Saengerbund tonight. A num-
Der of matters important to league interests
will be considered.
The next league games will be bowled at
the Golden Eagle alleys tomorrow night
the Columbias competing
The standing of the clubs follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
NEW RECORDS MADE.
Annual Ladies' Golf Tournament Of
the Chevy Chase Club,

The beautiful weather yesterday favored
outdoor amusements and the annual ladies'
tournament of the Chevy Chase Golf Club,
over the INKS OF the club, was a great sue
cess The ground was in excellent shape
for fine playing, and the ladies took every
advantage of the opportunities offered, and
as a result close scores and clever playing
followed. There Were sixteen entries The
hrst prize went to Pittsburg lady. Miss
kitZmiilar of the Edgewood Golf Club of
the smoky city, whose score was as fol-
lows:
Out.............. 6 6 s 6 10
In. ....-....... 6 6 s 8 6 $40
Her gross score of no establishes rec
ord for the ladies' links the one previously
being held by Miss Mowry, with score of
HI
Miss Parrish of the Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club won second prize. with the following
score, which also broke the previous rec.
ord:
Out..-............ 6 10 81 G.
In............... 76 6 6 4-113
The following are the next best scores
handed in:
Miss Patten. Chevy Chase Golf Club:
Out. s 10 Z 6 =
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s - 6 & 6 5-1I9
Miss Lee. Chevy Chase Golf Club:
Out............... Z 8 3 II 10 IL s.
In.......-........ 10 0 D s 6 6-143
Miss Munroe, Chevy Chase Golf Club:
out................ Z 0 5 II 8 IA g.
In.-.-............. 10 5 Sig
Visitors to Play the Institutes.
A party of $50 students of the Pennsvl-
yania State Normal School of Bloomsbure.
Pa, arrived in the city yesterday after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19
FIRST GAME.


IVldIS.s 10 10 SIbI 1OtaIS.... II II IIZ
Both sides made good start in the next
game, but the visitors could not keep up
the pace, and in the middle frames fell
away off in their Tiay.Th Saengers, on the
other hand, poun1,I the pins continuously
and but for mserably poor tenth frame
would have closed with an unusually high
total. AS it was they were victors by an
even 100 pins
The score of second game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

Sonny Hill, celored. living at No. Clicks
aiey, was stabbed over the left eye last
night. 1t is alleged, by Mason Waters, also
eoiored. The injured man was removed to
Freedman's Hospital by the police. He was
not seriously injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

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BURGLARY CONFESSED.
Young Man Does Not Known Why He
Committed Crime,

Rudolph Thiele, young man who lives
near Silver Hill. Prince Georges county.
Md, was arrested yesterday by De-
tective Hartigan and Deputy Sheriff Ar
thur Smit on the charge of burglary. 1t
is alleged that he entered the house of Mr.
France, near Silver Hill, through the sec
ond-story window Saturday night, and car
ried off 1923 The officers recovered &1e
from woman living on 18th street, just
south of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Thiele, who is twenty years old. admits
ms quit and says he does not know why
he committed the robbery. He was taken
TO Marlboro by the deputy sheriff
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

Use your Christmas money TO have a
dress suit made at Hebbard & Wineman's,
Ioj 9th street. This firm is composed of two
weil-khown young men, George A Hebbard
and Jack Wineman. and since their asso-
citation in the tailoring business success has
come to them in a manner gratifying to
themselves and their friends. Popular
prices and good, reliable tailoring rules at
mrs store. In the new block, FOG 9th street
between G and H streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

The viii of Kitey Mobley Roberts. dated
November %, 1898, has been filed for pro-
bate The testatrix gives and be-
queaths" her little daughter. Kitey Helen
Roberts, to the care of the mother and sis
ter of the testatrlx, Camelia A. Mobley and
Cornelia M Fegan, respectively. Certain
jewelry is left IN trust for the little daugh-
ter. The remainder of the estate of the
deceased is left to Cornelia A. Mebley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-19

noon. They are at the Elsmere and Ok
ford hotels The school basket ball team
is in the party, and will try conclusions
with the Carroll Institute team this even
ing The game will be played in the Car
roll Institute gym. The party will remain
in the city until Friday. 1t includes Dr.
]. P Welsh. principal of the school, and
eight of his faculty
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-28

| great silver hunting watch. 1t tickeC
loudly. The boy listened to it and be
gan mechanically to count. Tick. tick
tick-one, two, three, four! He los,
count presently and only listened
Tick, tick, tick, tick!
1t never waited 1t went on ineXora
bly,, and every time it licked man
died! He raised himself little on his
elbow and listened. He wished il
would leave off.
How many times had it licked since
he came to lie down? A thousand
times, million times, perhaps.
He tried to count again and sat uI
to listen better.
"Dying, dying, dying" said the
watch. dying, dying, dying"
He heard it distinctly. Where were
they going to. all those people?
He lay down quickly and pulled the
cover up over his head. but presently
the silky curls reappeared.
dying, dying, dying" said the
watch, dying, dying, dying"
He thought of the words his father
had read that evening, "For wide is
the gate and broad is the way that
leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat."
MANY, many, many" said the
watch.
Because straight is the gate, and
narrow is the way that leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it."
Few, few, feww said the watch.
The boy lay with his eyes wide open.
He saw before him a long stream of
people, a great dark multitude, that
moved in one direction. Then they
came to the dark edge Of the world
and went over. He saw them passing
on before him, and there was nothing
that could stop them. He thought of
how that stream had rolled on through
all the long ages Of the past, how the
old Greeks and Romans had gone over.
India-they were going over now.
Since he had come to bed how many
had gone?
And the watch said. Eternity, eter-
nifty, eternity"
"Stop them! Stop themv' cried the
child.
And all the while the watch kept
ticking on. just like Gods will, that
never changes or alters. you may do
what you please.
Great beads Of perspiration stood on
the boys forehead. He climbed out Of
bed and lay with his face turned to
the mud floor.
20 God, God, save Them" he cried in
agony, "only some. only few, only for
each moment am praying here-one"
He folded his little hands upon his
head. GOD, God, save themw
He groveled on the floor.
Oh. the long, long ages Of the past.
in which they had gone over! Oh, the
long. long fIture, in which they would
pass away! o God. the long. long, long,
eternity. which has no end!
The child wept and crept closer to
the ground
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-28
CHAPTER I.
SHADOWS FROM CHILD LIFE.

The full African moon poured down
IT'S light from the blue sky into the
wide, lonely plain. The dry, sandy
earth, with It's coating Of stunted "kar-
roo" bushes a few inches high, the low
hills that skirted the plain, the milk
bushes with their long, fngerlike
leaves, all were touched by a weird
and an almost oppressive beauty as
they lay in the white light.
In one spot only was the solemn
monotony of the plain broken. Near
the center a small solitary "kopje''
rose. Alone it lay there, heap of
round lrOnsrones pi,vu Unc upon au-
other, as over some giants grave.
Here and there a few tufts Of grass or
small succulent plants had sprung up
among it's stones, and on the very sum-
NIT a clump Of prickly pears lifted
their thorny arms and reflected, as
from mirrors, the moonlight on their
broad, fleshy leaves. At the foot Of
the "kopje" lay the homestead, first
the stone walled sheep kraals and KAT
fir huts, beyond them the dwelling
house, a square red brick building
with matched roof. Even on it's bare
red walls and the wooden ladder that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-28
THE CONFESSION

1
One night two years after the boy
sat alone on the ''kopje" He had
| crept softly from his fathers room and
| come there. He often did, because
when he prayed or cried aloud his ia
| Their might awake and hear him, and
none knew his great sorrow and none
knew his grief but himself, and he
buried them deep in his heart.
He turned up the brim of his great
| hat and looked at the moon. but most
at the leaves Of the prickly pear that
grew just before him. They glinted
and glinted and glinted, just like his
own heart = cold. so hard and very
wicked. His physical heart had pain
| also. 1t seemed full of little bits of
glass that hurt. He had sat there for
half an hour, and he dared not go back
to the close house.
He felt horribly lonely. There was
| not one thing so wicked as he in all
the world, and he knew it. He folded
his arms and began to cry-not aloud.
He sobbed without making any sound,
and his tears left scorched marks
where they fell. He could not pray.
He had prayed night and day for so
many months, and tonight he could not
pray. When he left off crying. he held
his aching head with his brown hands.
II one might have gone up to him and
touched him kindly, poor, ugly little
thing. Perhaps his heart was almost
broken.
With his swollen eyes he sat there on
/ fiat stone at the very top Of the
"kopje," and the tree, with every one
Of it's wicked leaves, blinked and blink
ed at him. Presently he began to cry
again and then stopped his crying to
! look at 1t. He was quiet for a long
while. Then he knelt up slowly and
bent forward. There was secret he
had carried in his heart for a year.
He had not dared to look at it. he had
not whispered it to himself, but for a
year he had carried it. 81 hate Godv'
he said. The wind took the words and
ran away with them among the stones
and through the leaves of the prickly
pear. He thought it died away half
down the "kopje." He had told it
now!
Il love Jesus Christ, but hate Godw
The wind carried away that sound
as it had done the first. Then he got
up and buttoned his old coat about
him. He knew he was certainly lost
now. He did not care. If half the
world were to be lost. why not he too I!
He would not pray for mercy any
more. Better so-better to know Ger.
tainly. 1t was e&ded now. Better So
He began scrambling down the sides
Of the ''kopje" to go home.
Better so! But, oh, the loneliness,
the agonized pain, for that night and
for nights on nights to come, the an
guish that sleeps all day on the heart
like heavy worm and wakes up at
night to feed!
There are some of us who in after
years say to Fate, "Now deal us your
hardest blow, give us what you will,
but let us never again suffer as we
suffered when we were children"
The barb in the arrow Of childhood's
suffering is this-its intense loneliness,
it's intense ignorance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-28
THE SACRIFICE.

The farm by daylight was not as the
farm by moonlight. The plain was a
weary fiat of loose red sand. sparsely
covered by dry "karroo" bushes. that
cracked beneath the tread like finder
and showed the red earth everywhere.
Here and there a milk bush lifted it's
pale colored rods, and in every direc-
ton the ants and beetles ran about in
the blazing sand. The red walls Of
the farmhouse, the zinc roofs of the
outbuildings, the stone walls Of the
kraals. all reflected the fierce sunlight
till the eye ached and blenched. No
tree or shrub was to be seen far or
near. The two sunfowers that stood
before the door, outstared by the sun,
dropped their brazen faces to the sand,
and the little cicadalike insects cried
aloud among the stones Of the ''kopje."
The Boer woman, seen by daylight,
was even less lovely than when in bed
she rolled and dreamed. She sat on a
chair In the great front room, with
her feet on wooden stove, and wiped
her fat face with the corner Of her
apron and drank coffee and In Cape
Dutch swore that the beloved weather
was damned. Less lovely, too, by day
light was the dead Englishman's child.
her little stepdaughter, upon whose
freckles and low, wrinkled forehead
the sunlight had no mercy.
"Lyndall," the child said to her little
orphan cousin, who sat with her on the
floor threading beads, show is it your
beads never fall off your needlew
81 try" said the little one gravely.
moistening her tiny finger. 'That is
why"
The overseer, seen by daylight, was
a huge German, wearing a shabby suit
and with childish habit of rubbing
his hands and nodding his head pro-
digiously when pleased at anything.
He stood out at the kraals in the blaz-
ing sun, explaining to two Kaffir boys
the approaching end of the world. The
boys as they cut the cakes of dung
winked at each other and worked as
slowly as they possibly could, but the
| German never saw it.
Away beyond the ''kopje" Waldo, his
son, herded the ewes and lambs, q
small and dusty herd, powdered al
over from head to foot with red sand
! wearing ragged coat and shoes Of un
| dressed leather, through whose holes
the toes looked out. His hat was toe
large and had sunk down to his eyes
soncealing completely the silky black
eurls. 1t was curious small figure