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N CHESS CIRCLES.

In the championship tourney now running
al the local Chess Club four battles were
waged this week. none of them easy. 1t +
conceded all around that it is the strongest
list Of players that has ever entered to con-
test the club championship, and every man
Is playing for all he IS worth. some for top
hOnorS and all for Il respectable position in
the windup. a very few went into the
fight knowing themselves not 10 be up to
the standard OF the best, but with chival-
roGS feeling that they wanted a good, stiff
brush. even Il they were defeated. and for
the splendid practice that necessarily goes
with such play With these the rivalry IS
20 keep out of last place. Besides the five
prizes ordinarily given in club contests
another and worthy prize is set of loaded
chesSrnen. that goes to the winner of the
most brilliantly won game. In the games
played this week Walker beat Harris
Gwyer beat Boykln. after a spirited con-
Test Hanna beat W II. Smith. and Or.
Hodges beat Tlbbetts in an intricate game.
given below. Capt. OFarreI and Adair
stuck TO their game till past midnight and
then adjourned II in a position in which
neither has any apparent advantage.
Mr. Boyktu last night beat Capt. O'Far-
rell. and Or Hodges Won his second game
from Alr. Premier. The standing to date is.
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Humane Society on the Lookout.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
The Washington Humane Society thanks
both the editor Of The Star and "A Con-
slant Subscriber for calling attention to
the abuse of horses. at the foot Of iIth
street northwest, at the sand wharf. The
society has, however. before this, had its
agents on the look out at this place, but
with the great amount of work which these
agents have TO do. ii would require the
power of being in several places at once
to ncutralize the evil work of cruel drivers
or careless owners of horses in this city.
There is another obstacle to the enforce
ment of better treatment to the wretched
overworked and ill-treated animals so often
seen upon our streets, and that is the fact
that those holding the power in Law, Of
furnishing persons so ill-treating animals
do not impose sufficient punishment y
sight punishment. or, as often occurs, talk
ing of personal bonds" not to repeat the
offense. Is frequently an encourage ment to
the offender TO go out and offend again.
The society has been fortunate in its sup
port ia the cause Of humanity from some
in control of the courts, but ii has fire.
quently suffered severe discourag cement
from the fact that support has not been
forthcoming in other instances. and that
the offender has committed his brutality
with little fear of being punished in court.
(Mrs) MARIAN L. O'DONOGHTE,
Member Of the Executive Board, W. II. :.
November Ii, 1890.
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Substantial Progress Made by the
Committee in Charge.

Further progress toward organizing and
systematizing the work of securing a home
for Rear Admiral w. S. Schley was made
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at meet
ing of the Schley home fund committee at
the Arlington Hotel Mr.. John w. Ross,
chairman, was absent on account of ILL
ness, and the meeting was presided over by
Mr.. E. b. Hay, vice chairman. MIR. W. A.
Hungerford kept the minutes. During the
evening d number OF large subscriptions
were received, some of the contributors
being o. G. Staples, T. f. Roessle, Gasherie
De Witt, J. F. Manning, A. Guide. E. l..
ShOpe, j. HI. Small, jr.. +. b. Hay, w. A.
Hungerford and General Felix AgnuS of
Baltimore. About $500 was thus subscribed.
The following were appointed to act as
IA committee on ways and means TO map
out the work of raising the necessary
funds: James q. Rerrett, chairman; I. r.
RoesSle, o. CT. Staples James l. Norris, J.
H. Small jr.. DIR. Percy Kicking, Gasherie
De Witt George w. Evans, Thos. G.
Noyes ]. f. Manning and f. |. Shope. A
meeting Of this committee has been called
for Tuesday evening next at 30 o'clock
in the parlors of the Riggs House. AT that
time a number of subcommit tees will be
appointed.
Howard Q. Mills reported by letter that
he had secured small subscriptions amount
ing to total of $S1. Secretary Hunger
ford was instructed 10 write to Miss Edna
fund in New York, commencing her action
and to the New York Journal for It's inter-
est in the scheme. Mrs. JennesS Miller has
offered to lecture in this city some time be-
tween November % and December in aid
of the Schley home fund. Mr.. E. B. Hay
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ward stated that he had learned more in
that one evening that would stick than he
could have done in a months study of the
books and games. Mr.. Pillsbury's manner
questions thrown at him, with some little
inside informatiOn thrown in that is anus
ing TO the nearer. but would hurt some
b0dy's susceptibilities If published.
BUT the feat that most caught the admit
ration of his hearers was an exercise IN
memory outside of the game. Three indi-
EldUaIs prepared each a list Of ten words
tnat We're slowly read off to him. and then
he would be asked for d certain number
ana thlS would be varied by asking the
number or a certain word: and after thus
CrlSS-croSSlng he was asked for the entire
nNt HIS answer was ready every time, to
the aInazement Of his hearers.
Inc Melbourne Leader some time ago
published q problem as Pillsburv's. II
turned out to be one Of Lloyds cOmposl-
Tons. The Leader claims to have Mr. pills
pury letter saying that It was his own.
ne Brooklyn Eagle showed the statement
to Pillsbury. who says he never saw the
problem before and never wrote a letter r.
Australia.
Twenty of Harvard's chess PLAYERS had =
ndtch with the Chess Club of the Boston
I. NJ. {. a. recently. and lost 619 to l21a
with one game undetermined.
1t Is said that Schiffers the UeII-knou-n
RUSSIAN player. who taught Tschigorin the
Tricks OF the game, only to be outrnatched
by ms pupil Is demented and he has been
placed In an asylum. They apDaar Ia mt
q chessist in the lookup on small nroyoca.
Ton over there. as Steinitz can testify. per
maps ne Is suspected of having A king
other than tie truly anointed one.
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Ohio canal. In the foreground a battered
old canal boat which still retains some
touches of bright paint is repeated line
for line on the surface of the placid water.
while along the right bank line Of red
roofs and the usual iotsam and jetSam Of
the towpath furnishes no end Of interest
ing matter. \ large study deliberately
worked out and developed with the most
minute eXactitude is of AN old white walled
spring house under a spreading willow
tree The effect of sunlight is rendered
with great truth and fidelity and the diff
cult problem of a light wall in shadow Is
handled most satisfactorily. Another
study painted with extreme care ana ac-
curacy was worked on a gray day The
heavy moist clouds bear down to meadow
bordered with trees; and cut by the pebhly
bed of a stream. A large picture OF
faint moon in a twilight Sky reflected in
bit of smooth water has many good points
while a study Of a dead tree bathed in the
late afternoon sun is the acme of honest
realism Two studies of roads leading
between trees whose faliage is dyed in all
the pleasant colOrs of Indian summer are
the product OF his brush since his return
The annual meeting Of the Society of
Washington Artists for the election of Off
GERS was held last Tuesday evening at the
galleries of the society on Connecticut
avenue The election resulted in but one
change from the list of last years officers.
Mr.. Chiffon because of other Duties feeling
unable TO continue in the office of treasurer,
which he had so ably filled, Mr.. II. j. Nor
gan was elected to that responsible posi-
ton. The list of officers now reads: E II.
Miller, president; r. c. Child, vice presi-
dent: J. H. Moser, secretary, and H. j.
Morgan. treasurer. The executive COM
mittee is composed of +. c. Messer l. S.
J. Dunbar. w. r. Curtis, Carl Weller and
Miss Mathlde Meuden. 1t was further
decided that after the exhibition of the
Water Color Club the galleries should be
open for three months, dating from Janu-
ary l. for the exhibition of the pictures
OF any of the society members who cared
to make use of the privilege.
Mr. Wells Sawyer started this week on a
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Observation-Disclosures.
riIl.hmrS.. Remarkable Memory.

With such a memory as PilI~bury has. II
IS bJ, small WorI.r that. coupled with hi
wc.l-knoVn genius Tor the game, he
achieves such feats in his bliHdfold games.
The day after his exhibitions at the club
lie spenJ the evening there in a social way.
He went over some Of his hardest games
Of the previous lay. calling them of from
memory putting in comments on the va
riatious as he went along Those who
study The game hard had their questions
on the attack and replies in given situa-
tons which he answered for them. adding
some little traps that could be laid for the
unWary. one student OF the game after
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story of the Coniure woman.

An interesting reading was given last
night at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church by Mr.. Charles W. Chestnut, au-
thor of The Conjure Woman and other
stories of negro life His selections were
received with apparent delight Miss Ber-
tie Mason contributed several piano solos,
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,si II Fh- H. retreats BLACK Wins an II" follow
iug NOV. by rs that opposing bishop I"
bishop rL- move
The game between Me-sFs. Harris and
Lyman Is given below. j. is an interesting
and Instructive gam, and after struggle
VS. Won oy the latter whose end game
1,l-N MAS very strong
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Living Chess of Old.

There appears To be q general impression
on the part Of the public that d tourna-
men with living chess pieces in a modern
invention, but that is popular error
Rahelais in the 24th and 25th chapters of
the fifth book. describes three games pIayed
with men and women representing the
pieces, and DIR. Hyde that Don John of
Austria tabout l355) had chamber with
a checkered pavement of black and white
marble upon which living men moved at
his direction, according To the laws Of
chess.
one Of the most curious exhibitions was
the comedy Of The Game of Chess pro-
duced AT ShaEc=ps ares theater in 1910. and
represented nine days successfully. Il long
ran at that time. It's career was suddenly
stopped when il was discovered that the
rat bishop Was a cariCature of an &c
cles'atic who held TWO easy heggarly pre-
termcnts. AID that the Black Knight was a
satire upcn the ambassador from Spain to
James l. Not only was the play sun
pressed. but the unlucky author sent to
prison and remained there until the follow
ing petition to the king obtained his re-
lease:
\ harmless game, coined only for delight,
Was played 'twixt the black house and the
white:
The white house won: yet still the black
doth brag.
! They had the power to put me in the bag.
| Sc but your royal hand twill set me free
| lis but the moving Of u man-that's me-
Celtic Times
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Not many games We're played in the club
tourney this week. Mr.. Tucker surprised
MI Campbell by oUtplaying him, Mr. RAT
ter beat Mr. Smith and Mr. Crofts won
from Mr.. Turner NeSsrS. John Preuder
". T. Muudelle and W f. Thomas have
not Vet played. Standing in the club tour
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1t is safe to say that none of the local
artists have produced a larger amount OF
work than Mr.. Walter Paris, who spent
the summer industriously Sketching at
Orkney Springs in the West Virginia
mountains. He is essentially a water color
list and a thorough master of the technique
of his medium, which he used with the
greatest refinement and delicacy OF feeling.
His subject matter this year was of dis
tinctly different type from that which he
has been handling for some time past
large mountain scenery with long, bold
sweeps of horizon line and grand cloud ef
fects. Sometimes the bigness of the senti-
ment pals on one, but whenever such has
been the the artist has hunted out
those little hooks and corners full of inter
esting detail that fill out the blanks apt
to occur in a series of more ambitious
studies. Many of his sketches are especial
ly noteworthy for the excellent rendering
of vivid sunlight on green leaves, and all the
sky effects show mos. careful study OF at
mOspheric quality ard of the shape and
movement Of cloud forms. Mr. Paris is
particularly deXterOuS and clever in the
preSentment of old houses, with which he
seems to enter into sympathy and perSonify
much the same as Dickens used to do; as
for instance, in a sketch of an old ram
Shackle place with an air of faded respect
ability, where in its palmy days, it is said
Washington used to lead the cOtillion A
large sketch of an architectural subject "a
Annapolis Is handled with the same feeling
alter the inner character and personality of
the house. Since his return to the city he
has done several large studies of autumn
foliage at GatherSburg that are excellent
in color.
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Picturesque Cumberland has supplied Mr.
Edward Siebert with number of splendid
motifs. AS Mr.. Sebert is a realist and be-
lieves in painting nature precisely as he
finds her, he was fortunate in selecting
subjects that not even the most earnest
advocate of liberal adoption and easy
idealism in art could complain of as to
artistic interest and paintability. A COM
position trimming with fascinating detail
was secured along the Chesapeake and
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Several portraits of prominent people are
nearing completion in Mr.. Robert Hinck-
ley's studio. The largest of the canvases
and one which is in every way a success is
of Erskine w. Phelps of Chicago and is
painted for the Calumet Club, of which MIR
Phelps is president The sitter is posed
easily and naturally in q wicker chair, one
hand resting a table ard Mr.. Hinckley
has realized on the pose to set off to ex-
cellent advantage the shrewd yet kindly
countenance of the prominent merchant
A striking and dignifel portrait is that
of Chief Justice Fuller, done for Bowdoin
College among the alumni of which is
the chief justice. The thoughtful and cul-
tivated face surrounded by long white
locks make picture one is obliged to re-
member. Colonel j. p. Dulaney of Vir-
ginia is the interesting subject of an ex-
celent portrait, sober and somewhat sub
dued in tone, but very rich in effect, and
John O'Donnell looks out from the canvas
of another portrait with his hands resting
upon a light bamboo cane. The fancy
ives coat and generally stylish and ag-
excessively up-to-date costume would seem
to detract from the dignity of the portrait
but the artist has managed it that it
serves as decided Improvement.
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SCHLEY HOME FUND.

Mr.. Wells Sawyer started this week on a
trip to Europe, to be gone about month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup cures whoop-
ing-cough and measles cough. This wonderful
remedy viii the children from many dis
PRESSING coughing spell and soon effect cure.
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Open Innez

tai Considered inferior to Kt-R3
'h' Stelnltz considered that Black has now the
better game and should have played Q-Q2 or r.
e., The Berlin Schachzeitung points out that
. Q3 the move here ~
inception. inns - e
sound > anu
q, If PxQ; - RxI;ch K-R: % RxKt aud ,,f,s
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OF late years Mr. W. H. Holmes has
done but little art work, his scientific duties
leaving him with neither the time nor in
clination for sketching, but trip to Mexico
and Central American in view of archaeology
cal research among the wonderful ruins
was fruitful of series of water colors al
together delightful and charming and of
particular interest because of their un-
usual subject matter. Several of them
were done from moving railway train,
and all We're worked rapidly, but they gain
just that much in freshness and direct
ness. Among the most interesting are
some studies Of ships in the harbor al
Vera Cruz, which fairly sparkle with the
crisp little color notes on the vessels and
the sharp touches of bright reflection
sprinkled all over the surface of the deep
blue ocean.
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OprniuE-Ruy LuneZ

Th- game between Mr. TEbbeJts and Dr.
Hodges referred 10 above runs as follows:
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green foliage. OF all the pictures he Sc
cured that least likely to appeal to the lay
man and which will perhaps be appreciated
more than any other among ms arelse
friends is a simply worked sketch OF
cloud-laced twilight sky, seen over broad
foreground of yellowish pink and greenlsh-
yellow field, and a line of dark, farm
crowned mountains. Mr.. Weyl has never
returned with a more satisfactory lot OF
pictures for he seems to have painted WIN
even a bigger feeling and with more
poets conception than in his former work
the public knows so we'll
= x
Mr. E II. Miller has in his studio several
water color sketches that represent MS
work in the CatskillS this summer. large
picture of a clear mountain torrent pound
ing down over the rocks seems to have
caught perfectly the action of the leaping
water while a smaller study of some
what similar motif is interesting for the
way in which the evening sun filters
through the bush and lightly kisses the
tops of the boulders The most freshly
tender of all his sketches is one of very
early mornng-that period when nature
fully refreshed with the nights rest
suatches few more delicious moments OF
repose before she feels the sun in her eyes
and wakes. A stream widens into small
pond, where the stems of several tall sap
lngs are quiveringiy reflected. and back III
the distance the bills along the horizon
melt into a creamy violet haze that would
need only a little stronger accent or pur-
pie to produce an evening effect. An Illus
tration in India ink for the song of Htawa-
tina leaves nothing to be desired in the in
depreciation of the epic. 1t chooses the
moment when
.'Gitche Mantle. the mighty,
Smoked the calumet. the peace pipe,
\ : signal the nations
and the fine old figure is leaning back upon
the great rocks of the mountain, while the
damp mists and vapors of sunrise curl up
ward and mingle with the plume of smoke
that rises from the calumet, the peace
pipe"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-15
ConIing Mt Sea Successful.

Naval officers and men will doubtless
be glad to know that as a result of
three days trial of ''coaling ship" while
towing ut sea, just completed by the
United States battleship Massachusetts
and the collier Marcellus, it may soon
be possible for any warship to receive
coal by the overhead wire system at
the average rate of 20 tons an hour,
says the New York Tribune. The YES
sells named returned to port the other
night and anchored off Tompkinsville,
n. Y, after having been away for n
week, three days of which were spent
testing the Miller conveyer under va
ried conditions.
At the close of the other days trial,
the third of the series, when 126 bags
of coal, each weighing 40 pounds, had
been transported in GO minutes without
an accident, So of them being delivered
in A minutes, the trial board announc-
ed that the test was ended and that it
was satisfied with the result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-15
Seeking EmeraIds In Egypt.

The expedition of Mr.. Streeter of
London, the Broad street diamond mer-
chant. which started recently for east
ern Egypt to search for emeralds. has
passed the last civilized post on its
route and has begun its long camel
journey from EGfu to Zebara. News of
the result of the enterprise is awaited
with eager interest. Mr.. Streeter has
waited for 20 years to secure the grants
of land necessary for the trial of his
venture and has at last succeeded by
taking the Egyptian government into
partnership. says the New York Jour
nal. He is sanguine OF success and
hopes for returns which will amply re-
pay him for his Iabors. The expedition,
though small. is perfectly equipped for
the work before it. The workmen will
be engaged after the party of Mr..
Streeter reaches Egypt, but the pro-
moter has taken with him a smith,
carpenter. an engineer and an accom-
plished linguist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-15
LlGHTNING'S CURIOUS WORK
Texans Seated Near n Fireplace In
jured In n Strange Manner.

A fearful storm of wind. hail, thun-
der and lightning swept over section
of country IL miles west of Beeville,
Tex, the other night, doing coHsidera-
BILE damage to crops and property. In
some places the hail lay In drifts eight
and ten inches in depth. During the
storm lightning struck the residence OF
w. L. Meadows, a farmer living in the
Lapare neighborhood, demolished the
chimney, wrecked a big eight day clock
and terribly shocked the occupants Of
the house.
Five persons were in the house at the
time. and two of them, Miss Jessie
Caldwell, a young schoolteacher. and
Walter Meadows. a son of the owner of
the residence, who were seated near
the fireplace, were SO badly injured
that their recovery is doubtful. Part
of the hair was burned from Miss
Caldwelrs head, and the steel stays
were burst from her corset and curled
up like spiral springs. says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Her shoes
were torn from her feet into shreds,
and she was terribly marked and burn
ed about the body. One of young
Meadows legs was paralyzed and bad
ly burned. and his shoes were also
torn from his feet. Both complain of
intense pain in the lungs