Evening journal., 1903-09-25

whether It was intended
the old warrior in the thi
If battle mounted on a steed whl
aas Just had its head carried away
A cannon ball. But the horse is
headless. The artist, in an endeaN
to give q pose to the equine part
the statue which should be differi
from others in this city, has curl
the neck around 10 the right, so \
the body only is outlined against
sky and the head OF the animal isf
visible. 1t is the most slightly sY
In the city and the most improH
located. Owing to the Disagree
effect produced, some effort mde
made to remove 1t to a more 20
pirate location.
"At the Front"
Judge Advocate General Davpas
decided that Washington wa me
'front.' during the civil war aIpla'
the various District Of ColumEo-
unteers who defended the cap De-
fore the regulars and the statPops
could get here were at the froI
The question came up In thfe Vi
o1a ,ooohoric who Ind aid at
the navy yard for employ4 anu
gave in his civil service anf .ne
facts Of his service In lofiiliea
ssr,,,,o,,,, witch Guarded. Pret Lin
coin on the way from the llnore
and Ohio station to the w ptouse
and on his Inauguration daf post
ed on the roof OF the capitol snarp-
shooter to fire on any one wrteinpt-
ed to interfere with the cei'y
The company also acted uVuhce
guard for Ellsworth's zf "heh
they marched to AlexandI
The old mechanic has waning
several years for his jou loulu
that his name had been eu uo"n
the list on the ground Iner men
who applied had served 'ie front
and he had not. He defa deci-
sion at the war departnf ms case
and he got 1t and will ! MS Joo'
rrn,.r Under tIbitoI.
rha D,stri,+ oove1 recently
granted the formal pc 7 snc MI
adelphia. Washington Dai'inore
railroad, as the PenIp roau Is
known here, to const1 twin 'uh. 'uh
mel under the Unitf.Ss capl'oi
building and the ad DUCKS ana
streets.
The permit was ioi seNeral
weeks because of a 'iee Oel"eeh
Major Biddle. the fer commits
sioner, and the raj enslneers IN
regard to the motif ~ De ussu
o p,sS,o ,ns,s+ad a, n,Ticity should |
70 - 80 81 the men wanted |
= ~ -" u'''.',, - 80. ' +o i'm.
d Electricity was ~ Ss,eeu On
% The tunnel VIII iess iops'
e beginning at the ~ ~ -'i''s,'a-
u chusetts avenue - - sive.' sn, nor IN
east. going undi - ~ .'ii ~, 70 -NeW
y Jersey avenue e@ ',' ,iie''s''
" The total cost IN WIN NC "p-
= proximately Ssl ,
a ..-,oo.,,o 80, 5 and tracks Of
7, 49, po,,ns,,,,sl 4 in South Wash
n ington.
IN Lost Family.
= D.-.....r.o,h n Payne's efforts
= 60 en,, N who left their
Is ~ - w e. about twenty-five
h 49, 49,. -. - = successful. Some
at "-' 80 NE received a pa
~ ~ 80. .,'.- 1e ,e., trs. LAYERS at Bris-
~ o. Australia, asking
40 - eating her four chill
n, - - ~ - ~ Fought over to the
IN T.su 49, S y her daughter-in-law.
a. =, ~ ~, - - Of her sons at Kear-
a. ~ ''''' NJ ~ county. Mich. who
b. E ~, 81, 80 peral Payne that he
l'-9 ~ other three children
oy nv" will promptly no.
-. " ~ ~, Wy bf their whereabouts.
:. plg ~ iral Payne feels happy
AZ .,~. os'" T. 1trumental IN locating
ed Ia "a heartbroken mother.
u- Wv Spanish War.
IN opinion rendered by So
ne - % acting judge advocate
l- ll0l'o navy. the acting secre-
y, "a So lavy. Mr.. Darling, has
=, ehls bn that for all purposes
Inc liin e iUnited States navy the
IN. en an ended Dec. 10, 1898, the
ro- spbigning OF the treaty Of
y" 1ching that conclusion the
bent disagrees with rul-
W far department to the ef-
=, war was not closed for
~ Ne purposes In that depart
az nBpril IL. 1899, the date of
to ge OF ratificntions of the
lit
White House Piano.
piano IN the cast room Of tho I
lead hse has been taken to New
/ atVome repairs and for new
ON is is the gold leaf piano pre- :
the the White House by one Of ,
piano concerns OF the coun- I
a. ias used at muslcales and con /
,ur winter and Will be again in
winter. 1t is one Of the finest
nts in the country.
Inpensioned Survivors. {
ssioner Of Pensions Ware es- !
'othat the unpensIoned survivors !
Evil war, exclusive OF deserters '
round numbers 100000, and ?
fe applying for pensions at the /
1900 a year.
CARL SCHOFIELD.