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Evening star., 1899-07-04
Celebration at Chevy Chase Lake

The glorious Fourth is being celebrated
in old-time style at Chevy Chase Lake. and
hundreds are spending the holiday at this
beautiful suburban resort. The electric
cars have been well filled ali day with hap
py youngsters and their parents, laden
with lunch baskets, fireworks and other
Fourth of July necessities, and thus far the
day has been a great success The picnic
grounds, with their fine old shade trees, ex-
cellent spring water, tables and benches
have been in great demand, while the boats
on the lake, the merry round, dancing
pavilion and other amusements have kept
the children busy when firecrackers lost
their charm. The swimming and tub races
started at pm. and will continue until 6
O'Clock, and perhaps longer. These aquatic
sports, together with the efforts of the boys
to climb the creased pole, have afforded
great amusement to all. Tonight there
will be grand display of fireworks and the
set pieces and the thousands of fairy lights
along the shore and on the lake will be
Illuminated. Prof. Joyce will also con-
tribute to the pleasure of the occasion by
his daring performance on the high wire
over the lake, and on the low dancing wire
Prof. Donch and his musicians furnish the
music for dancing in the big pavilion.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Pleasing Entertainment.

What is regarded by many as the event
of the outdoor festivities in Hyattsville for
the season SO far was the lawn social CIV
en- by the Baptist Church and Sunday
school yesterday evening on the grounds of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. 1. Smith. Ice cream of
various fiavors, different kinds of cake and
an abundance of delicious lemonade was
served. From 6 until 10 was season of
special enjoyment. One feature particular
ly commended was the genuinely social
spirit that prevailed and the entire absence
of ticket selling.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Arrested for Alleged Theft.

Malachi Ballard. colored, was arrested
this morning by Policeman Sullivan of the
first precinct and locked up on a charge of
stealing horse and vehicle belonging to
]. H Dabney, the undertaken Ii is alleged
that he stole the outfit in Alexandria and
drove to this city. The horse. ii is alleged,
he sold He is held for the Alexandria au-
thOrities.
Evening star., 1899-07-04

Thomas Hyde, jr., the only son of Thomas
and Fannie Rittenhouse Hyde, died at the
residence of his parents, 1887 2sth street,
this morning. Mr.. Hyde belonged to a
well-knowh Georgetown family, and mar
ried daughter of Gen. Augur.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Incorporate YOUR Business
Through
THE CORPORATION TRUST co. OF DELAWARE

THE CORPORATION TRUST co. OF DEL. AWARE
incorporated: Capital S1OO. .OOOl
1886 Broadway. New York and Dover Del.
Organized for the purpose OF facilitating incor-
poration OF companies under the recent safe and
liberal Incorporation laws OF Delaware and OF aid
ing them to comply, at minimum expense. with
the Delaware law. Full informgtIo as TO cost OF
incorpo rGting any business the advisablity and
pedl"1cy Of Incorporating Cnder the Delaware law,
copies of the law, blank forms. etc. furnished In
tending lncorporators corporations their coun-
sci. upon application 10 the home office 10 the
companys resident attorney Charles Cowles Tuck
er, Rooms l65-l6s, Washington Loan and Trust
Company building Washington. DC.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
PRESIDENT. Hon. William T. Watson ex-Gov
OF Del. DIRECTORS George Gray. ext. =. SEN
ator; William L. Watson. ex-CioY. Of Del; W. NJ.
Ross. eX-Treas. Of Del; John C. Mccullough Pres
Chicago aud Erie It.R. Co. Silas B. butcher, Pres
Hamilton Trust Co. Franklin II. Watriss. Cap
ltalist; ]. w. HInkley, Pres. IS. Casualty Co
Charles A. Starbuck, Pres. n. Y Air Brake Co; A.
\. HouseDan OF A. A. Houseman & Co, Bankers;
Frank b. Robinson. Carbon Steel Co.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
CAUSED BY FIRECRACKERS.
Blaze Today Which Caused Damage
to Amount of 500.

About noon today an alarm was turned
in from box SO for fire at the house of Robt
G. Sutton, No. 921 10th street northwest.
The fire was caused by the throwing of fire
crackers on the roof, and about 5000 dam
age was done.
The flames spread to the house of Joseph
Weaver, next door, and damaged his prop
erty to the extent of 500.
Evening star., 1899-07-04

land, increasing cloudiness tonight with
continued high temperature: probably
showers and cooler Wednesday night; light
southerly winds, increasing
Weather conditions and general forecast
The pressure continues high off the At
Iantc and north Pacific coasts, and a high
pressure area has developed over Mani
toba- A trough of low pressure extends
from New Mexico to Ontario. Showers
have fallen in this trough in the Missouri
valley and on the south Atlantic coast.
The temperature has remained station
airy in all districts.
Showers and cooler may be eXnected in
the lower lake region and the Ohio valley;
fair and continued high temperature in the
Atlantic states. except showers on the
south Atlantic coast. On Wednesday the
unsettled conditions Will extend to the At
iantic coast. giving showers and cooler
weather at night or Thursday.
Light to fresh southwesterly winds will
prevail on the north Atlantic coast, light
southerly winds on the middle Atlantic
coast and variable winds on the south At
lantic coast
The following heavy precipitation Gn
twenty-four hours: Keokuk. 1.06; Kansas
City, LA: Charleston, 1.12: Grand Haven,
l.54; Chicago, PIG; Milwaukee, Los.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer AMI barometer at the weather
bureau for the tWenty-four hours beginning
at , pm. yesterday:
The rmometei: July "a pm, 50; s pm.
80; u midnight, -. July A am, IS; :
am. 40; l. noon. Sc pm, IS. Maximum,
-, at 3 pm, July }; minimum, ca, at j I'm,
July 4.
Barometer: July 81 pm, 3005; S pm.
0oG; II midnight, 3o.o9 July A am,
300; s am, 80. l.; noon, 80 10; pm, 3O06.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, 80; condi-
ton, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature,
80: condition at north connection, 36; con-
dition at south connection, &c; distributing
reservoir, temperature, so; condition at in
fluent gate house, sc; effiuent gate house.
Sc
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 11:50 am. and l1:5S
pm; high tide, 5:04 am. and 5:41 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 12:41 pm; high
tide, 600 am and 6:40 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:37 am; sun sets, 4 80
pm.
Moon rises. 2:32 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1881 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by S:31 pm; ex-
tinguishing begun al 3:49 a. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at SD pm; extin-
gushed at 4:04 am
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Infant Found I'm woodshed.

About $40 O'Clock this morning Officer
Belts found a live male infant in the wood
shed of the vacant house No. 1885 R street
northwest. The waif was sent to the
Founding Hospital.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
CONTINUED HIGH TEMpER.TuRE.
Probably Showers and Cooler Wealth
er Wednesday.

Forecast till pm. Wednesday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, increasing cloudiness tonight, with
continued high temperature; probably
showers and cooler Wednesday night; light
southerly winds. increasing
Evening star., 1899-07-04

There Are Few Headaches in Wash
irgton, because almost every Washington
ian Is using Royal Headache Tablets, the
sure, safe speedy cure for all headaches
At druggists, 10c. Avoid powders of SINH
lar name. Insist upon having nothing but
Royal Headache Tab!ets.-Advt.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Band Concert at Capitol.

The program of the concert by the United
States Marine Band, William H. Santel-
mann, director, at the Capitol tomorrow,
beginning at 5:55 pm, will be as follows:
l. March, Hands Across the Sea-. Sousa
2. Overture ''Di Ballo'' ........ Sullivan
B. Selection, Robin Hood. Koven
4. Cornet solo, Sounds from the Valley
Musician o. Eberhardt Hoch
5. Waltz, wiener Blut, ,..... Strauss
9. Fantasie. Simon Boccanegra". Verdi
Z. Patrol, 'eThe Blue and the Gray .Dalbey
s. "reminiscences of Scotland'' Godfrey
o. Patriotic, Hail Columbia" Fyles
Evening star., 1899-07-04

Now that the roof gardens are in vogue
IL seems that at last the drama has been
really elevated.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY. ROOMS
10 anil 1a tsecoud fiODFi. COICORAN BUlIDlNG,
1880 +. 18th It NV. will thank tIIiZENS
who will report any DEltE11CTiDN of dnty or
INCIVH.ITN on the part of its Agents. BY order
IVAN A. s. PRATT Prest.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Art s beautified
RenOvate your wheel

with an application of onr
SELF DRYING BICYCLE EN-
NOSo ANEL No better made at
price. VIII make new looking
DOES IT! wheel out of your old one. Buy
can-costs but 25c.
CIIAS. K. UODGkIN Paints and Glass, 9l3 ith-
ms IN I
Evening star., 1899-07-04

Whatever may be wanted can be secured
in the quickest and cheapest way by using
the want" columns of The Evening star.
Those wanting anything are sure to scan
them closely every day
Evening star., 1899-07-04

Resolutions favoring the proposed pur-
for a national park will be offered at the
meeting of the National Trust to be held
under the presidency of the Duke Of Vest
minister June a. -.
Evening star., 1899-07-04
FINANCIAL.


REPORT OF THE ooxDIToN
OF THE
IKApf5sS, ~ i, NATIONAL BANK or WASHINGTON;
Al rASI MAASSHI.NGIDS ~ S,,i N THE pIsrRIcT or 90.
JUNE 80 1922
RF<OIfR(IS
Evening star., 1899-07-04
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.


Temperature and condition of water at S
am: Great Falls. temperature, so; condi-
ton, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature,
so; condition at north connection, 36; con-
dition at south connection, &c; distributing
reservoir, temperature, so; condition at in
fluent gate house, Sc; effluent gate house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
ADMIRATION wON THE MATCH.
Thousands Went TO sheepshead to
See the FiIIIes Race.

New York, July Fully 1900 people
journeyed TO sheepshead bay today to
see the one mile match race for S15,-
90 between the greatest Of the 3-year-old
h.lies, Admiration and May Hampstead. 1t
was the East against the West, and the
East won, for Admiration came home in
gallop. first by two length. The time,
$40 To- was by no means what had been
expected but they fairly few in the first
part, and when they came to the stretch
May Hampstead had nothing left to fin
ish with, and the strong wind in their
faces was too much for the big FLY.
The other event of the day was the Adj
vance stakes, at a mile and three-quar-
tiers, I'm which Ben Holiday was an odds
ON favorite Thomas Cat won, however,
in a drive, with the favorite in the place.
Summaries:
First Race-Six furlohgs. Cesaron Il to
!, won, with Tinge, 10 70 / and 10 /, sec
ond. and DIR. Eichborg, 10 to /, third. Time
1:l4 2-5.
Second Race-One and one-sixieenth
miles. Decanter, TO /, won, with Ed Tip
ton 10 to / and to 1, second, and Sky
Scraper, . TO l. third Time las
Third RaCe-Nernal stakes, five furlongs.
Kilashandra, to ?, won with Virginia
Earle, g to and to 5, second, and Fond
Hopes TO 1, third. Time 1902 %.
Fourth Race-One mile. special Admira-
tion, A to o. won by two lengths, with May
Hampstead even. second Time 40 Ia.
Fifth Race-Advance stakes, one and
three-Quartors niles Thomas Cat, to !,
won, with Ben Holiday, 8 10 10 and 10
,. second, and Candlebaek, 20 to !, third.
Time 1902 10.
Sixth ce-Steeplechase, short course
Reinstrom, to !, won with DR.. Catlett,
y to l and to 1, second, and Cock Robin,
) TO .. third. Time 4:10.
Seventh Race-Fve furlongs. Waring
> 10 2, won, with Prestige. 10 to l and to
]. second, and Ceylon, 10 to l. third. Time
:03 10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
BOERs STRONG IN CANNON.
Wonderful New uicL-Firing Guns
for Dom PnuI's Soldiers.

From the London Daily Mail.
Last March Gen Piet Joubert had at his
disposal total of forty-six quick-dring
cannon, to confront which we have at the
present moment in South Africa three field
batteries and four mountain guns-twenty-
two in all. Worse still, the rate of aimed
fire claimed for the Boer field battery is
the appalling difference or thirty-six shells
to our six.
The fact that as the South African i'm
perial garrison is now constituted our bat
terieS would q the very commencement
of hostiities be hopelessly beaten down
by the overpowering artillery of the Beers
Is not at all ignored by that not unimport-
ant minority of the Cape and Natal Dutch
who would throw themselves into life
and-death struggle on behalf of kinsmen
across the Vaal.
The weapon with which Cpaid for with
Outlander's money! the Transvaal has Sc
cretly rearmed its state artillery has been
manufactured by the great French firm Of
Schneider, and is of nickel-steel, with a
caliber of three inches. The recoil is COM
pletely absorbed by the compression of a
hydro-pneumauc brake, which at the mo-
ment of firing automatically releases itself
by a spring The trail is also anchored
to the ground by a spade or spur attach
more efficient than was the similar device
used in connection with our "Vickers'
Maxim" quick-frers at the browning
mercy of Omdurman.
Indeed, every feature or the Boer gun is
as far away ahead of our non-quick- firing
15-pounder wire gun as is the Mauser rifle
(recently adopted by the TransvaaD to our
Lee-Metford. Thus two gunners comfort
ably installed in folding steel seats stu
ated between the wheels and the breech-
block, grind out the quick-irer's tale of
death-dealing projectiles. The man on the
right serves the breech and attends TO the
loading, while his comrade on the other
side trains and fires the cannon
The veritable "shell-pumper" is sup
ported on a cradle oscilatiug round a YER
tical axis. 1t Is susceptible Of sufficient
lateral movement to allow not only the
pointing of the gun without touching the
trail, but during the rapid fire of shrapnel
of regulating little by little the direction
of the fire in such manner as to sprinkle
the ground over a space of about two
acres.
The projectiles are the French light ex-
plosive melinite to be used for high-angle
fire or clearing shelter trenches ana rifle
pits, and for troops on the open veldt a
shrapnel containing the enormous charge
of 800 bullets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
RODE SOME GREAT RACES.
Murphy's Exhibition Mile Done in
Little over Minute.

New York, July The cycle race meet
at Ambrose Park, Brooklyn, this after
noon attracted $500 spectators.
Arthur A. Zimmerman, the old cham
pion, was the star of the afternoon. His
appearance on the track was the signal
for great applause. which was renewed
when he covered the quarter mile in 27 So
seconds. Zimmerman also started from
thes cratch In the Zimmerman half-mile
handicap, but failed to get a place
Charles NJ. Murphy, who yesterday rode
a mile after a locomotive in 81 AS seconds.
did a half mile exhibition to-day in min
ute 4 2-5 seconds.
In the Zimmerman handicap Mcfarland,
on scratch finished ahead Of Tom Coop
er, also scratch. but was disqualified on
the ground of being paced, and Cooper
was given the race.
At the conclusion of the meet 1t was
announced that Arthur Gardiner and Har-
~ Fixes would ride a 25-mie paced match
at Manhattan Beach on July 4.
Champion mile open, professional. won
by owen S. Kimble Louisville; f. A.
Mcfarland. San Jose. Cal, second; o. L.
Stevens, Ottumwa, Ia, third. Time 2:02.
Quarter mile, exhibition by Arthur A.
Zimmerman, time O:27 3-5.
Mile exhibition, by Charles NJ. Murphy,
time 1:04 %.
Jimmy handicap" half mile, won by
Tom Cooper. Detroit. scratch; second, w.
l. Huffstetler, Orlando, Fla; third, Z. II.
Kiser, Dayton. Time 0:5S 80.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
SPANKING BY MACHINES.
Opinions About the Colorado Method
of Publishing Prisoners.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
In the penal institutions Of Colorado
spanking machines are used whenever the
prisoners get so obstinate or unruly as TO
be no longer affected by moral suasion.
The machines are of two kinds, one for
men and one for women. The men are
strapped to a wooden horse for the punish
ment, while the women, clothed in light
suits, are made to sit in a chair that has
no bottom The paddles are then oper-
ated.
Maj. Richard Sylvester, superintendent
of the police force of the District of Co
lumbia, is reported to have expressed him
self in favor of the introduction OF these
spanking machines into the prisons and
reformatories of the District OF Columbia.
Maj. Sylvester said:
Il will recommend the adoption Of this
machine in my next annual report 1 see
nothing barbarOus in its use. The paddle
of the machine inhicts the punishment,
but that is not so great as the degradation
and humiliation of the victim. The ma
chine does not draw blood or dishgure the
person upon whom it is used, but out in
Colorado every padding becomes an OBJ
ject lesson through the fact that the
other inmates of the prison are called in
to see the punishment inflicted"
Lispenard Stewart, the lawyer of No.
81 Nassau street, president of the state
commission of prisons, said yesterday to
a Tribune reporter:
Il do not believe that a spanking ma
chine will ever be used in New York This
state has taken a firm stand against cor
poral punishment. There are laws on our
statute books prohibiting al forms OF
bodily punishment. The sentiment of the
prison officials OF this state, who.
in the course of their du-
ties come in contact with all the
criminal classes, Is against corporal pun
ishment. 1 believe the people of this state
would denounce the introduction of any
thing like the spanking machine. 1t is felt
that the infiiction of corporal punishment
hardens the criminal and lowers the dig
nifty of the state. 1t is a relic of barbarisn
and New York win have none of It,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
TO SUPERSEDE SERUM.
CuItivating "A Bacteria That VIII
NeutraIize the Cause of Sickness,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington. June 2S.-Dr. Oscar Loew,
one of the expert vegetable pathologists
of the agricultural department, has de-
veloped to what be believes is a point of
practical use a new treatment for germ
diseases, which promises to supersede the
serum treatment now in use In diphtheria,
fevers and many other diseases. DR..
Loew's work has been carried on for sew
eral years in collaboration with DIR. r.
Emmerch. The experiments have been
conducted In the Laboratories of Munich
and this country. The results never had
been published in full, but have been such
as to warrant introducing the treatment
into actual hospital practice.
The treatment is similar in some re-
spects TO the serum treatment, but de-
ponds on a different principle, the basic
idea being the presence Of a class of fer
ments known as engines, which are pro-
duced by the same bacteria that produces
the disease. II Is because of the produc-
ton or rather overproduction of a certain
enzymo that a disease such as typhoid will
run its course" and then die out of the
system The bacteria in this case, it Is
stated, are simply killed out of the fer
ment they produce. The object OF the
new treatment is to produce a pure
engine, winch, introduced into the hu-
man system. will kill the disease germs
without injuring the patient. This dlfv
fers from the principle or incubation for
smallpox and other diseases where the
object is to give the patient mild type
of the disease to render him immune to
the more vlrulent type.
DIR. Loew and his colleague, DIR. Emme-
rich, have studied and cultivated the en-
zymes of various diseases, and it is claim
ed have found that the engines of certain
bacteria viii kill not only their parent
germs, but also the germs of cholera, ty-
phoid fever anthrax, diphtheria, black
plague, staphlococci and probably gonoc-
occi. An ezyme that will be fatal TO tu-
berculosis is being sought, though the bac-
illus of tuberculosis seems to be incapable
of producing an engine that is fatal to
itself. This Is also true of the black
plague, aud for this reason the serum OF
black plague was applied without success
in the cases recently developed in one of
the laboratories in Vienna.
The enzymes are very unstable products.
and for this reason quickly deteriorate. but
DIR. Loew believes he has found a method
of preserving them in shape for use. The
further development of this form of treat
ment is awaited with interest by scientists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
MOTHER PLAYED HER DIRGE.
Daughter Fell Into Eternal Sleep to
Notes of IA Favorite Song.

From the New York Press
She was comely young English girl
was Edith Cooper, as sweet as she was
modest, and with a soul that worshiped
three things-heaven, music and her moth
err 1t is good to know that this fragile.
devoted young life went out while the
mother played for Edith her favorite Song.
Twenty years ago on last Wednesday
Edith was born in London. She was a
sunny, fair-haired child, but always had a
look in the depths of her large eyes, even
in her merriest moments, her parents
could not fathom. Four years ago they
came to this country. and lived at No. 22S
West Thirty-hfth street, where the father,
being a shoemaker, took up his trade with
fair success.
BY that time the parents had learned to
read only a little of what lay in Edith's
eyes, and they did all they could to aid
her unmistakable talent for music. First a
banjo was not beyond their means, and
the girl sang to them in the evenings when
the tired father joined the little circle
Then, on Easter Sunday. two years ago,
Edith was one of the delightful singers
and players at a public entertainment in
the Grand Opera House.
Then the shoemaker believed he would
be able soon to buy a plano, and worked
harder than ever until 1t was obtained
Edith, when not assisting her mother
about the house, loved to sit beside her
father in the little shoe shop, where she
cut and bound "uppers' for him and sang
to him until he vowed she must be silent
as he could not work for listening and
she must have that piano. And all the
time the yellow-hair ! girl grew more fra
gile-and they did not see 1t.
Then the piano came, and the music that
floated from the windows of the shoemak-
ers fiat was such as is not often heard in
that district And so she improved daily,
but only in her music.
on Christmas night there was to have
been a private entertainment, where, be-
sides friends. there were to be present per-
sons who had heard Edith sing and play
and believed something could be made of
her in the musical world. 1t was then that
she patted the Old cobbler's hardened knee
and said his work soon would be over, and
hers would begin.
Just before the concert she took a slight
cold and 1t became so bad she was unable
to attend or to wear the cream-colored
gown, trimmed with beautiful lace her
mother had worn many years ago Edith
soon recovered-so il was thought by all
except the girl herself She had come 10
know but would not tell her parents that
her talent and ambition were as nothing.
But she continued her musical studies with
the Roman Catholic Sisters in West Thir-
tieth street, and played and sang at home,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02

and helped patiently to sew in the shop, or
take care OF the house
Ten days ngo she took to her couch.
Then the Old shoemaker knew at last it
was Oasumption-knew what she had
known long ago. The little musician q 4
not ask TO have the piano opened until
Friday when she whispered to her mother
that she would like 10 hear once again
Waves of the Ocean" her favorite song.
The mother, with trembling and stif-
fened fingers, played few bars and heard
her daughter sigh, How beautiful Then
the mother grew encouraged and played
il TO the end, then turned 10 look for ap-
probation in her daughters eyes.
They were closed. The mother had been
Playing a dlrge for the sweet little must
clan