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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

part of the Commissioners is found in the
Joint resolution of July S. 1898. authorizing
the stringing OF wires for electric light
ing purposes west Of Rock Creek and out
side of the fire limits.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Col and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Parker have closed
their stay at Camden, Me-, where they
spent the summer, and are established at
their residence in Vermont Avenue.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Monday. October /. at noon. st. Paul's
Episcopal Church was the scene of a
pretty but quiet wedding. the contracting
parties being Mr.. Carl Henry Hoffman, OF
New York. and Miss Georgene Rachel
Geddes, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. William
Geddes, OF Washington. After the cere-
mony the relatives and friends repaired
TO the Raleigh Hotel, where an elegant
luncheon was served. Later the couple
left for New York. Upon their return
they will be at home to their friends at
I7l3 G Street.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mrs. Rengifo sailed yesterday from Eu
rope, where she has been since last spring
She will Sped the coming winter with her
brother-in-law and sister, Chief Engineer
and Mrs. Mccartney.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

neer Department. was requested by the
Commissioners to make an investigation
and he has reported saying:
81 have examined he point complained
of and find that tie drainage from the
writer's property has washed in gullies
the sidewalk and parking space which has
been left above the grade Of the roadway
for the purpose of affording an entrance
to the property. The condition OF the
roadway is good. and 1 cannot see that
there is any remedy for the condition of
the sidewalk, but to cut it down TO the
grade of the roadway.
Were these gullies filled the material
placed in them would be washed away by
the next rain | recommend that the COM
plainant be informed that this office sees
no way to relieve the situation at this
time, except to have the sidewalk cut
down, the complainant to pay one-half
the cost"
This recommendation has been approved
by the Commissioner.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe has returned
from a visit to the West.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Heuricf's beers give strength to all persons SUIT
fering from impaired health. Phone 6Si, Ar
lington Bottling Co, for case Of Macrzen or
Senate, the prize beers 81 the Paris Ezpositioas
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07
SOCIAL and PERSONAL
Fashionable Folk Are Turning
Toward Home.

The Outlook Shows the Usual Army
of October Brides and Grooms-
MIR. Pinchot's New Home-Families
of the Diplomatic Corps Gradually
Returning for the Winter Season.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mrs. Washington Mclean has reopened
her home, in X Street. for the winter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mrs Findley Harris and Miss Lillian
Harris are again at their home, In Six
teenth Street.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Winodaughsis held its first "at home"
Of the season last Tuesday evening at its
rooms, 1920 New York Avenue. The guests
were received by Mrs. Edgar, the Presi-
dent. and Mrs. Lohr. \ musical and lit
erary programme was rendered. After
ward there was dancing and card playing.
during which refreshments were served.
Among those present were Mrs. Edgar,
Mrs. Lohr, Mr.. Chase, Miss Douglas, Mrs.
Mackall, Mrs. Duffe, Miss Leary, Miss
Barlow, Miss Pettibone, Mr. Wright. Mr.
Byner. Mr.. Lenox Lohr, DR.. Kirkpatrick,
and Dr. Williams.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Pope. of Baltimore,
lars removed from GLORIA Point" the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mrs. W. A. Kirby and her two sons
have Just returned from two month";
stay In the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Andrew B. Duvall submitted to the Com.
missioners an opinion on the communion
ton of the Health Officer relative to the
nuisance consisting Of a pool Of stagnant
water on certain lots in square 16 Ecking
ton, as the proper course to pursue to
abate the same. Wiz reference to the
matter the Attorney says:
ut appears that during the year 1895
trunk sewer was constructed in Fifth
Street. lexington, and in addition TWEEN
fourinch pipe sewer was constructed
across the squares bounded by Fourth and
Fifth, and Seaton Streets northeast, for
the property west of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. and incidentally formed the
low place where the stagnant water now
forms. A; the time of the completion of
the sewer ample provision was made for
the drainage of this pond. Since that time
material has been dumped either by the
railroad company or private parties over
the twenty -four-inch pipe. completely OBJ
structing the connection near the west end
Of the culvert- The pool Of stagnant water
exists because of the failure &. the owners
OF the property to keep the .wenty-four-
inch pipe open
The District is under no obligations to
keep the entrance to the drain pipe free
from obstruction. The occasion of the col
lection of the water is not the inability Of
fact that the owners of the land have al
lowed material to be dumped so as to stop
up the entrance to the drain. The negll-
gence OF the owners OF the land is, there
fore the direct and immediate cause Of
the existence and maintenance of the nui-
sance. | am of the opinion, that they should
be proceeded against in the Police Court
for violation OF the ordinance OF the late
Board OF Health, approved by the joint
al Of Anr
which provides:
THAT filthy foul water
or other offensive substance. detrimental 10
health. thrown, placed. or allowed to re-
main in or upon any street or
open lot in the cities Of Washington or
Georgetown or in the more densely popu-
lated suburbs of s2id cities, are hereby
declared nuisances Injurious to health, and
any person who shall commit, create, or
maintain the aforesaid nuisspcss OF either
Of them shall. upon conviction,-be fined
not less than s. nor more than s25 for each
offence
Mrs Robert Ridgewsy. of Brookland, re-
Gently wrote TO the Commissioners COM
planning a second time of the dangerous
condition of the sidewalk and roadway on
Thirteenth Street, between Lansing and
Hartford Streets, Langdon. Mrs. Ridge
way informs the Commissioners that the
walk and roadway are directly in front
OF the premises from which she writes.
She says the roadway was left in such
shape last wall that when there is heavy
rain 1t washes and makes deep guliies I'm
mediately in front of her gate. She also
writes that she has frequently spoken to
the policeman on the beat about It but
doubts whether any report of the matter
was ever made.
Norris Hacker. assistant in the Engi-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The marriage of Miss Georgia Bon
bright, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs George
A. Shallenberger, to Mr.. Henry Turner
Harrison will take place Wednesday
evening. also at o'clock, Calvary Psu-
fist Church
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The Commissioners have had under tnn-
sideration the changing Of the drinAi u3
fountains In some Of the public schoois 80
this end James Nolan & Sons. recently sub
Initted a sample drinking fountain of i'm
perlal porcelain. which they think should
replace the enameled iron fountains speci-
fed In the contracts for repairs. The con-
tractors claim for the porcelain fountain
that ii is in every way superior to the
fountains now in use. and they propose T.
furnish the new ones at the same price as
the iron fountains.
The proposed fountain was inspected
few days ago by the Inspector Of Plumbing
who reports that the porcelain drinking
tiuntain proposed 10 be substituted for the
iron one is most admirable axture, and
its sanitary qualities and durability. as
well as its appearance make 1t much SUI
perior to the fixture specified with re-
spect to the character of the installation.
says the inspector, II think certain
changes should be made. The back Of the
fixture is winding and should be made
fiat by grinding on a bed such as is used
for that purpose. 1t can then be placed
snugly against the wainscoting, which is
not now possible.
THE fixture at present Is not properly
secured to the wall. 1t is supported on
brackets and held IN place on them only
by the water supply connections. One can
readily be moved an inch or more from
the wall The brasswork of the outlet is
excellen; ard we'll suited to the purpose.
except that l think the small strainers
should be lowered to the depth specified,
one and half inches below the fanges.
'Tn view of the superior quality of this
material and he generally good features
of the fixture 1t may be thought desirable
to allow some OF the defects in setting
which I have noted above TO remain I'M
corrected. but l cannot so recommend
1T should be stated in this record that
this porcelain drinking fountain is de-
signed substantially along lines suggested
by this Office in frequent conversations
.sith Messrs Powell and Madden. in which
the superior sanitary features Of such
type OF apparatus were clearly recognized.
These applicants should be requested to
state whether It is their intention to make
a substitution OF similar fixtures, il ap
proved. for the fountains specified in the
Garnet and Gales schools. If this is found
to be the case 1t should be an absolute
condition that such fixtures be provided
with ground backs.
Capt. D. D. Gaillard. Assistant to the
Engineer Commissioner. in transmitting
the report of the Inspector of Plumbing.
took occasion to say that inasmuch as
the fixture Installed in the Grant school
Is in every way superior TO the fixture
specified he would recommend that it
be accepted. provided that it is.properly
secured to the wall by a screw or b-lt
extending from one of the brackets
through a hole drilled into the fixture
itself II similar fixtures are to be sub
stitute5 for the drinking fountain speci-
fed In the Garnet and Gales schools, tia
contractors should be notified that if the
backs are winding they should be made
fat by grinding previous to installation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr. and Mrs. Melville E. Jones have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter. Genevieve Peyton to Mr.
Harry G. Hedges next Wednesday at 8
O'Clock, Second Baptist Church.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

a very splendid addition to Washing
ton architecture is the newly completed
white stone mansion. lib Rhode Island
Avenue, which is to be occupied this
winter by its owner, Mr.. Clifford Pin
chot, OF New York.
Later in the season Mr.. and Mrs.
Plnchot will receive visit from their
daughter, Mrs. Allan tombstone. wife of
the present Charge dAhaires of Great
Britain at the court Of the Grand Duke
OF Hesse Darmstadt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

A delegation OF the Citizens Northwest
Suburban Association called upon Com
missioner Mcfarland yesterday and urged
the attention of the Commissioners to
the need of placing electric Lights on
Murdoch Hill Road, Connecticut Avenue
extended Woodley Road, Pierce Mill Road,
and Grant Road, asking that the appropri-
alton OF $4,000 made by Congress at its
last session be devoted TO the purpose.
C. c. Lancaster President of the as
ISOLATION, spoke of the efforts OF the as
saciation last winter to secure the ap-
preparation and referred to certain con-
versations had with Senator Allison,
chairman of the Senate Committee on APP
prtations, in which 1t was said that the
committee included the amount with the
understanding that the money was TO be
expended in lighting the streets men
toned.
William Crounse followed Mr.. Lam
caster. setting forth the claims especially
of Grant Road. He referred to correspond
ence had with former Commissioner Wight
In which the lighting of Grant Road was
promised when the appropriation should
warrant It. He spoke of the dif1culty
and danger of going about the street at
night and informed the Commissioners
that the ladies of Grant Road were prac-
tically housed after sunset.
]. W. Chappell. Secretary OF the as
ISOLATION. presented the resolution adopt
ed by the association last night whleh
set forth the position of the association
irf the matter. 49,
Commissioner mcfarland promised to
take the matter under Amusement and 10
do the best for the section represented as
circumstances and the amount of money
at the disposal of the Commissioners
would allow.
Those OF the delegation present were C.
C. Lancaster. DR.. J. W. Chappell, w. L.
Crounss, W. ]. McP. Sterret, Major George
A. Armes. James L. TAFT, Charles K. Nor
gan. A. E. Shoemaker. and d. d. stone
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Tuesday of the coming week promises
to rival Wednesday in the matter of
weddings. Three, at least. which are to
take place at the same hours o'clock
are:
Miss Mary Cecilia Leishear to Mr..
Henry Edmund Bittinger. Westminster
Church.
Miss Lulu NJ. Ford to Mr. Orion LIE
Roy Kenney, Trinity Episcopal Church.
Hiss Olive Angelina Hawkins to Mr..
Guy Leonard Baker. New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The Potomac Electric Power Company
recently fled an application with the Com
missioners for permit to string two wires
along Murdoch Mill road from Forty-sixth
to Forty-ninth Street and thence along
Forty ninth Street to Chesapeake Street
end also to connect the premises OF MI
TAFT in Forty-ninth Street. between Ches-
apeake and Brandywine Streets.
Walter C. Allen, in considering the APP
plication recommends that 1t be granted
He says authority for such action on the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

On the same evening at the 81 ne hour
Miss Minnie Eugenia Gentner Ind Mr..
Howard C. Newcomer will be married at
st. Faul's English Lutheran Church
Owing TO the recent death OF Miss Gent
ner's sister no reception will be held
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Gen. and Mrs. William Sinclair are
spending several days in Philadelphia be-
fore returning to Washington.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Prof. Jose Sirvent and wife nave re-
turned to their Vermont Avenue home for
the winter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr. Hall Mccormick, of Chicago, who
graciously loaned a number of paintings
from his private gallery to the committee
in charge of the exhibit held at the old
Corcoran Gallery about the beginning OF
the Spanish-American war, has taken
house in New York for the coming season.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The Argentine Minister. DIR. Eduardo
Wilde, has leased the residence OF Col.
Francis Cotton, 1885 Connecticut Avenue.
where he viii count among his neigh
bors several families belonging to the
Diplomatic Corps. Colonel Cotton. with
his family, sailed the latter part of Sep
TENDER to spend a year or more travelling
abroad.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. who have
been spending September on saranac Lake.
have returned to their home in Brookline,
Mass.
Mrs. Charles =. sDrague. who has also
been at the lake for several weeks, is es-
tablished at her Boston residence, and
may not return to Washington until the
converting of Congress. Mr.. Sp-ague re-
ceived great benefit to his health from the
baths at Marienbad. Austria. From that
resort he went to Paris and expects to
return shortly to this country.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Nine. Takahira. wife of the new Minister
from Japan to this country, is widely
travelled woman, having accompanied her
husband to the various courts of Europe
to which he has been accredited during his
diplomatic career. The madame has dis
carded her native costume and wears
French toilets Of the latest and most
beautiful designs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Miss Virginia Latrobe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ferdinand Latrobe, of Balti-
more, will not make her debut this sea-
son. but will spend the winter at school
in this city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Miss Lois Dyer will spend this week
with Miss Edna Grey Howard Shertzer, at
her home in Baltimore.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The annual banquet of the Peoples
Church, for the benefit OF the work of the
church. will be held at Typographical
Temple next Wednesday afternoon, at 6
ntrlnck
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The next dance to be given by Mr.. ].
F. Mebbery and Mr. NJ. NJ. Watson at
the Potomac boathouse will take place
Friday evening, October 49, Admission,
as usual, will be strictly by invitation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Miss Alice Patterson, of st. Paul
Street, Baltimore, is visiting her sister.
Miss Mary Patterson, who is attending
school at the Georgetown Convent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

DR.. Egbert A Clark. who has been
spending his vacation canoeing in the lakes
OF Mulkoka, Canada, has returned to the
city
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD

Ii any one is SO lucky as 10 find ono of
the shooting stars which will fall in
the metoric showers he may congratulate e
himself on having captured a prize
worth its weight in gold. The lumber of
collectors of meteorites is increasing
and the competition between the different
cabinets, public and private, has caused
a great advance in The price of rare
specimens.
The largest and finest collection of me-
teorites on this side of the Atlantic is the
one in the Harvard meteorological Muse
UNI IN Cambridge. Reckoning European
collections 1t ranks about fifth or sixth
III the world. The British Museum has
the best collection. as it has of so manv
other things, and the cabinets in Vienna
and Paris rank next.
Calculating the comparative value of
collections of meteories is something of
an art, however. A main point to be
taken into consideration is the number of
falls so-called, which are represented.
Ordinarily, perhaps, each meteoric mass
which is found represents a separate
fall; but often a meteOrite splits into sew
eral pieces, falling fifty or 100 miles dis
tant from n another, on striking the
earth's atmosphere. The common origin
of such pieces is often demonstrated bv
analysis or by general appearance, but
more often, perhaps, it remains in doubt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
BOY RODE ON CAR FREE.

The street car conductor had a panied.
weary look on his face as he returned
to the rear end of the car and sor tcd
out two bad nickels and a plugged
dime which had been passed him in the
s~e1ni-twilight.
WHATS the matter with you?" asked
the red-haired man, standing up on the
platform.
"Well," said the conductor, 81 found
a woman in the front end of the car
who ought to have a place on the su-
preme count bench of the United States,
See that tilted-nosed woman there, with
a fre'ckled-face boy beside herr"
WELL continued the conductor, "that
freckled-faced boy is big enough and old
enough to gay fare. I know it. His moth
er knows it. Everybody in that end of
the car knows it.
II worked my way down the aisle to-
ward her end of the car,co!lecting my
fares and giving out transfer slips as I
went along. When 1 came to the wo-
man I held out my hand and she gave
me a nickel all right enough. and I rang
up the fare. I didn't see the boy until
after l rang the fare.
""That your boy?' I asked her.
"'Yes' she said.
announcer nlckel, plaeSe, l asked, hold
ing out my hand.
what for?' says she.
"'For the boy says I. He's too old
to ride free, and he's to old to ride half
fare
Ct guess not says the woman.
"Well, I insisted on having my fare. and
finally pulled the rope and stopped the
car.
"'You' have to pay fare for that boy,
madam I says, 'or get off the car
1--we paid my fare a she, and I'd
like to see you put me off. All these
people here saw me pay my fare
"She had me there. I didn't dare to
put the woman off, for I had rung up her
fare, and she had a right to ride to the
end Of the line if she wanted to. So
says: Gimme a nickel for the boy, or
off he goes
~ guess you'll not put that boy of
this car she said. He'll get lost. I'm
six miles from home. and besides, I live
on the North Side. How'll he get home ?
If you put him off I'll sue the company
for damaged
''Well, she had me. What could I do
If she commenced a damage suit the
company would let me out"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
THE CARS ESCAPE.

The startling news has just leaked out,
writes a correspondent to the London
Times, that obout a month or more ago
preparations for an attempt on the life
of the car were accidentally discovered
ON the railway line through the Crimea
between Seba stopol and Semiferopol.
Not far from Sebastopol the railway
runs through a tunnel, at the southern
end of which is a w7ater-dr.ain going I'M
derneaith the permanent a Some Of
THE summer residents in the nei ghbor-
hood observed a student engaged in do
INN something on this spot; but at first
ut did not ATTRACT any particular atten-
ton. This WAS two or three weeks be-
tore THE journey of the emperor and en-
press from Spain to Livadia, and before
the guard of troops. usual in such cases,
had been stationed along the route to
protect the imperial travellers. The stu
derits conduct ait last excited grave sus>
pac.Gn. RumorIs soon reached the colonel
IN Charge of the gendarnles, and several
OF the latter We're quickly set Upon THE
track of the suspected Individual. 1t is
1'aAted that, when the gendarmes APP
preached the spot, the student threw
No"h Spdue hilu lIHGu 10 SSC AWAY, lDuC
was pursued and captured. On exam
dnation it was found tina part of the
drain pipe had been extracted, and a CYL
Under three or four feet long, %containins
an nkncw explosive, had been thrust
somewhat deeper beneath the line to-
ward the entry to the tunnel. This
loaded cylinder or tube, was subse-
quently exploded o,utsisie Seh,astopol in
kIln R1rl1SarIoa sf tN, a ,,,sa - :. 49, IRA -
n THE result Ills STATED to have beer
such tlnalt in the opinion of experts, had
Che orlaIbo.ical attempt been carried out,
the force of the explosion would NOT
Cn.y have wrecked THE Imperial train.
but the n,ocIth of THE tunnel as well.
The s1tuAlerIt belongs ito uEhe Uniye,rftv
of Moscow, and Ibis father is an officer.
on the Black Sea-. Strict Investigation
into THE ma,tter lis being made. anti ma =,
peis'ochs [Iave been arrested. 1t lis need
less ITO say IE7tait official secrecy in regard
Ito the fact lis being NEST ~s1..ictly guard
ed. and 1.-The nerws will, no dal,aat. be con-
tractcted. 1T is doubtful whether anv
of the Ganperia1 faundIly are aware of the
aangen' aHla't fihey might have incurred If
the plot had mot been discovered in
time. LIT WIFI he remembered that in tl,,,
course OF THE trial of the assassin Of
.1'e hiNs GU Italy ut Wats STATED THAT Che
10y, '.t,4u w anarchists had decided to
go vie der1nan emperor and the car.
~ remains to be seen, in case anv n,,,,e
1InpoolanSHi on ahe subject rs allowed TIC
! S.'s,p4i :, wHNuh ls Very doubtful,
Whether THE present crime is in anv wa,
connected with 1.-THE infamous resolu+ioy
:" une lofensh anarchists alluded to. OF
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