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The Evenings at Any Summer Resort and the character of the social life there are very im portant in their influence upon your holiday. At the Thousand Islands and Adirondack Mountains * there are high-class hotels fre quented by refined people, with evening dances, parties and concerts, at which all visitors of refinement in the settlement ? whether guests of the hotel or not?are made welcome. There Are Through Cart From Philadelphia to the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains and from New York to the Thousand Islands, Saratoga and the Green Mountains. Your local ticket agent will gladly give you full information. Lot Ui Sn||Mt a Vacation Trip If yon will tell nt the number in your party, the length of tine and amount of money yon desire to spend in connec tion with your holiday, and whether yon want continuous traveling or not. and m*e some idea of your taste retarding surroundings, amusements, etc.. we will propose one or two trips for your consideration with complete information. Address Now Yark Caatral 1 his Travel Bureau, 775. Graad Caatral Statioa. N. Y. M W 1 <)l\k (f \ I If AI i I \ ! s F Rsiwsy Systan** As supplied to His Most Particular Highness The American Citizen King of Connoisseurs and Prince of Good Fellows sorry?not imported ?T WhenPreparing ?you home for sitmincr don't overlook the impor tance of using THOMP SON'S INSECT POWDER. A liberal sprinkling of this prep aration in corners and closets, etc.. j will prevent roaches, beetles, moths and other bugs from breeding. CAN8 10c, 15c, 25c and 50c ^?Thompson Pharmacy Frank C.Henrv,Prop..70315th. ' ,? n i..fT..r .-ir.niiTi r,r,i.mflTji Oftentimes dizziness, insomnia and nervousness are caused by de fective eyesight. We examine each eye separately without charge. Kahn's Special Bi-fo- ?l An cal Glasses ^I.VU Kahn's Special Gold- Cl flfl filed Nose Glasses *l,uu 50 per cent discount on oculists' prescriptions. Human artificial eyes a specialty. J |V>23 2?d A.KAHN,93SFSt.': rtasts in Decorating. Onr Dion hare made a study of Upco ming and they know how to produce the moiit ple**in* effecta. Ortnsult ua concerning Painting and Papcrhanglng. OH IfTT Winter. ir U-?L il If I'aperhnnger. 1727 7tb at. a-w. Phone N. 4123. Jrlft lOd t Ooot Pills Instantly Relieve and Rapidly Cure Gout, Rheumatism. Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago, and an Palna la the Bead. Face aad Limb*. E. Fougera * Co., Sole Agents. N.Y. All Druggists. ap21-w.52t.19 OREGON WASHINGTON. AND IDAHO. Where land is chea?. towns are new and op portunities are exwptlonally good for fanning or business. See the I'sclflo Nnrthweat country for yourself. Take advantage of the IN EFFECT Every First and Third Tuesday of Each Month During 1909 UNION PACIFIC ELECTRIC At'TOMATlC BLOCK SIGNALS. THE (SAFE .ROAD TO TRAVEL. Art about the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle, Wash , this year. Kor full Ir^nfinatloo inquire *t S C. MILBOl'RNE, G A., lino Chestnut st.. Philadelphia. Pa. J. B. DeFRIKST, O. E. A.. yr Broadway. Sew York. X. V. TO OPEN JULY 1. Arrangements Being Made for Sea son at Bathing Beach. With many improvements the bathing beach will be opened July 1. and then the small boy* of the city are expected to ap pear at home for dinner with wet hair. About $1.2ftn Is being expended for the lmprovemanta. Between the two small pools which were used last year there Is befog bout a large center one. sixty-five feet lone, forty-five feet wide and six feet deep. The walla are practically finished and the bottom win be laid early next week. It la expected that the water can be tanked on the middle of the week. One of the email pooli will be reserved for you. 9 children and those Just learn . ing to swim. Dr. W. X. Hudson, superin tendent of the bathing beach, Ig.hurrying w? wwk %? MUCH MORE MONEY IS NEEDEO PREPARING FOR THE COMING SEASON AT CAMP GOOD WILL. Plans of the Summer Outings Com mittee?Generous Response to the Call for Contributions. During the next few days Camp Good Will will be a scene of great activity. The summer outings committee is hard at work preparing the camp for the com ing season. Some day this week the tents will all be put up and will be in readiness to receive the first party next Wednesday. The summer outings com mittee will be more careful this year than ever before in selecting children and mothers who especially need an out ing. These mothers and children will be selected from every quarter of the city. The preference will be given to sick children and mothers with young babies. Another thought of the committee is to try to select, as far as possible, mothers and children who have never been in the country for longer than a day. Miss M. D. Stuart, the superintendent, has her workers with her at the camp and is doing everything in her power to make the camp comfortable. This great work of the summer outings committee Is supported entirely by vol untary contributions. During the last few days money in large and small amounts his been coming steadily in. While the amount of money received so far has been gratifying, much more will have to be contributed to make the work what it should be. If every one con tributes a small portion of his vacation fund the needy mothers and children will have the best time of their lives. Let every one send a contribution to 811 G street northwest. Contributions Received. Following are the gifts received for the summer's work, which have been ac knowledged by Andrew arker, treas urer: R. E. Thornton, $2; Mrs. M. A. Mc Brlde, $5; Alex T. Britton, $10; "J. O. Y. \ $25; Allen Griffin, $1; Newton Wan ger, $1; Mrs. Clara T. Emory, $1; Ru dolph Kauffmann, $10; M. O. Chance, $5; Gen. Ellis Spear, $10; Mr?. Laura Shelby Converse, $.">; Miss Mabel T. Boardman, $T>; Mrs. M. C. Audrenried, $5; L. F. Schmeckebier, $5; Charles, $3; Miss Helen Munroe, $2.50; Mrs, Alice B. Winlock, $2.50; Mrs. Sarah M. May, $10; Dr. Lloyd Magruder, $5; cash, $1; Mrs. Anna L. Peck, $5; Mrs. Emma T. Fitshugh, $15; J. H. Wheat, $1; Dr. Joseph A. Hill, 15; Miss Sarah Byrd Pritchett, $2; Frank B. Littell, $5 John Farnsworth, $5; C. N. Osgood, $5; C. M. Hendley, $5; Miss Evelina Blunt, $10; Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann, $5; Mrs. Willis C. Haldeman, $5; Alva S. Taber, $5; Joel Hillman, $2.5o; Mrs. John Hay, $25; Mrs. Frank H. Howe, $4; Mrs. Mary T. Longley, $2; Harrison Stidham, $5; Mrs. Charles H. Poor, $.">; Mrs. Edward Cohen, $5; Woodward & Lothrop, $25; Mrs. M. Helen Sawyer, $3; Brightwood R. A. Chapter, No. 0. $.">; G. R. Putnam, $5: Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, $5; Miss Mary V. Lewis, $2; J. J. Gilbert, $5; Benjamin F. Lefghton, $5; Vinton A. Holbrook, $30. London Office of The Star. The Lsndon office of The Star, at 3 Regent street, is maintained for the con venience of Washington people traveling in Europe. Any one before going to Eu rope should come to The Star offlee in Washington and make arrangements for the full use of the lx>ndon office. A letter introducing the traveler will be given, and full instructions issued from this office to the London office to take care of^ his needs, forwarding mall, etc. All friends of The Star are cordially in vited to avail themselves of these facili ties without cost. FUNERAL OF E. T. BURRELL. War Department Clerk Was Found Dead in Room at Hotel. The funeral of Edward T. Bufrell, who died yesterday, will be held Jo morrow from the family residence, 1803 13th street northwest, at 2 o'clock p.m. Rev. Edward H. Brook, pastor of thi Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, will officiate. * The interment will be In WoodlaWn cemetery. Mr. Burrell, who wat found dead in his room at Hindell's Hotel, 107 6th street, yesterday morning, was a first class clerk in the adjutant general's office at the War Department. A wido.v survives him. His death was a great surprise to his associates, as he appar ently bad. been in good health and spirits the day before. He entered the War Department In December, 1890. as a messenger boy, and In July. 181MJ, was appointed to a clerkship under civil service rules. He was a lifelong rest* deaL Ml 4-ke ?>i6UicL - - .,s Concrete Bridge Over Spuyten Duyvil Creek. GREATEST OF ITS KIND Largest Structure Ever Attempted in Material Proposed. SOME OPPOSITION DEVELOPED Pathways Across the East River. Attempts to Connect New York and New Jersey. BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS. Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago Record-Hora Id. # NEW YORK. June 22, lflOO. The permanent memorial, the tricenten nial tribute of the citizens of New York in honor of Hendrik Hudson will be a monumental bridge on the east bank of the river which bears his name. It is to cross Spuyten Duyvil creek, which sep arates Manhattan Island from the main land to the north, and will form a part of the elaborate boulevard and park sys tem on the banks of the Hudson, as an extension of the Riverside drive, to the city of Yonkers. The channel of the creek at the pro posed crossing runs at the bottom of a gorge between 550 and fiOO feet wide, be tween hills to the north and south, at an average depth of 180 feet. The hills on both sides are nobly wooded and com mand an impressive view of the Hudson river, and the proposed bridge, which wili be monumental in character, will furnish a conspicuous finish to what is otherwise an incomplete, although pic turesque scene. Yonkers, on the north side of the creek, can now be reached by the New York Central railway, which crosses the Spuy ten Duyvil upon a swinging; bridge, and by a subway with electric cars which pass under it and emerge from their long journey through the tunnel from the Battery at the lower end of New York, a short distance beyond. The new bridge will furnish a crossing for a third line of transportation between the cHy and its northern suburbs, be sides being a memorial and an object of majestic beauty. Spuyten Duyvil creek has been dredged out until it is navigable for steamers of lOw draft, and a great deal of freight passes through it on barges into the Harlem river, which completes the con nection between East river and the Hud son. Excursion steamers make daily trip3 around Manhattan Island through this channel, giving strangers an oppor tunity to see the docks and shipping. The object of the bridge, which is to remind thoughtful people of the bold navigator who discovered the Hudson; the majestic character of the design and the unprecedented span of the main arch, which has more than twice the length of any other masonry arch ever con structed. all contribute to give it na tional interest. Steel Bridge Proposed. In 1001, when Mr. Eben Erskine Olcott, president of the Albany Day Line of Steamers, gave a dinner at the Univer sity Club to forty-six of the principal cit izens of New York for the purpose of inaugurating a Hudson memorial move ment. he showed the design of a steel bridge?an arch of 4O0 feet span and 175 feet high ?which had been sketched by Mr. A. T. Boiler of the engineering firm of Boiler & Hodge, and it was very much admired. The central arch was followed on either side by three 100-foot arches, carrying a driveway 60 feet wide, with ornamental balustrades and imposing col i umns. The entire length was about j 2,800 feet. At this dinner an organization was per fected, with Mr. Thomas F. Fowler, pres ident of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company, as president; J. Plerpont Morgan and James Stillman as vice presidents and George A. White j as secretary. This organization used its influence to secure the adoption of the Boiler plan for the bridge, and an ap propriation of $:looo.?ioo to pay the ex pense. Several other plans had been pro posed, including a monument to Hudson and a memorial arch. The Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and otrter patriotic societies, the Union and Con federate veterans and the veterans of the Spanish war united in a movement to hold a historical exposition. Others ad vocated the founding of a historical mu seum for revolutionary relics and memen-' tos of the civil war. But ilnally every body agreed upon the bridge over the Bpuyten Duyvil creek as the most ap propriate and most imposing as well as practical plan, and Mr. Boiler's design was submitted to the art commission of the city of New York, whose approval of the artistic side of plans for public works is required by law before they can be carried out. Concrete Bridge Substituted. The art commission rejected the Boiler plan on the ground that a permanent monument such as this bridge was Intend ed to represent. demanded other material than steel, and the department of bridges was directed to employ Mr. Whitney War ren, the well known architect, and Prof. Thomas F. Barr of the chair of civil en gineering at Columbia University, who produced a plan for a reinforced concrete structure, consisting of a main central span of 750 feet in the clear over the river with a height of 183 feet, flanked with two ap proaches. The southern approach is to consist of three one-hundred-foot clear spans and the northern approach of four one-hundred-foot clear spans, together with stairway facilities from the hills on either side. The bridge affords a fifty-foot roadway, with two different fifteen-foot sidewalks on its upper deck and provision for four tracks upon the second or lower deck. The total length of the structure Is to be 2,845 feet, and its cost is estimated at $.'1,800,000. Borings have been made and specifica tions have been prepared and the bridge commission is ready to let contracts for the foundation. The work Is in charge of Mr. J. W. Stevenson, commissioner of bridges; Mr. C. M. Ingersoll. chief en gineer; Prof. William H. Burr, consulting engineer; Mr. Whitney Warren, consult ing architect, and Mr. Leon S. Molsseiff. engineer-ln-charge. Opposition to Concrete. This will be the largest concrete struc ture ever attempted, and there is consider able opposition to It. first, be. a use of its expense, in the second place, because it is to be an imitation of stone, and. third, becduse concrete work is still in an ex-' perimental stage, and no one has ever be fore attempted such a stupendous crea tion as tills. Many think that It would be better If a graceful steel structure had been adopted, such as Mr. Boiler designed The advocates of the latter plan argue that it would be a more striking illustra tion of the triumph of human engineer ing than a bridge of imitation 6tone. j When Chief Joseph, the famous warrior of the Nez Perces, went to Washington after his remarkable campaign against Gen. Howard, many years ago. somebody asked him what of all the things he had seen impressed him most with the power of civilization. He replied very promptlv: "The bridge over the Mississippi river!" "Don't you think that the Capitol at Washington is a wonderful building?" he was asked. "Yes; it is a wonderful building, but my people can pile stones one upon the top of another, yet they cannot make a cob web of iron to hang in the sky." This was the difference between civil ization and savagery; the difference be tween the limits of inodern engineering and the physical force of the aborigines The new bridge will be "a cobweb of steel hanging in the sky," hut It will be concealed with vestments of concrete and will look as if It were built of stone Many engineers think this is a double <riumph for steel, and for concrete and in reply to the critics who question its permanence they say: What Engineers Say. - ""nr'firVfcn rr III! I I 1 M 111111 H 1<!I Ml i 111 I 1 il M I 1 1 I I I I 1 1 I I MM 1H-I Mill 111 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I II I I 1 1 I 11-1 It I I t I 1 II 1 MI Pay as Ypu Go and You'll Never Owe, The* Store That Gives You What It Advertises. ?t -V T 2 I $ X I I T T I I T T T r T T t T T i I Jest TIjlp Of the Greatest Formiitiuire This City Has Ever Seemio ale There are still thousands of pieces of this Clark, Davenport & Co. stock left, but we are determined to bring this sale to a close this week. We are cutting prices with unsparing hand, for we will not put these goods in our regular stock, although they are of the very highest class and fully guaranteed by us. It's a chance for bargains such as is not likely to occur again in years. Don't leave town without selecting what you will need in the fall-?a deposit will be sufficient to reserve what ever you wish. A few of the many bargains: Refrigerators. Oak Porcelain-lined Oak Porcelain-lined Oak Porcelain-lined Oak Porcelain-lined Oak Porcelain-lined Oak Porcelain-lined "Hall" Refrigerator, "Hall" Refrigerator, "Hall" Refrigerator, "Hall" Refrigerator, c., d. & Co. Price. Refrigerator $29.50 Refrigerator ? $3550 Refrigerator $39.00 Refrigerator $42.50 Refrigerator $4500 Refrigerator. $55-00 slate shelves.. $1950 slate shelves ..... $22.00 slate shelves $26.00 slate shelves $3500 ? Our Price. $18.50 $23.^0 $29. so $27.50 $29. SO $38.50 $13.50 $16.50 $19:50 $24.50 Dressers, Etc. Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Golden Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak ()ak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Dresser. Dresser. Dresser. Dresser. Dresser. Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser... Dresser. .. Chiffonier. Chiffonier. Chiffonier. Chiffonier. Chiffonier. d. & Co. Price. $[4.50 $14.50 $16.50 $18.50 $19.5? $24.00 $28.00 $29.00 $36.00 $38.00 $55.00 $68.00 $72.50 $89.00 $12.00 $19.5? $29.00 $35.00 $48.00 Our Price. $9.00 $9.50 $10.50 $12.50 $I3oO $14.50 $18.50 $19.50 $23-50 $24.50 $33.00 $42.00 $47.50 $65.00 $7-50 $12.50 $19.00 $22.50 $32-50 Cellarettes; Weathered Oak Weathered Oak Weathered Oak Weathered Oak Weathered Oak Weathered Oak c.. n. & co Price. Cellarette $38.50 Cellarette $36.50 Collarette $38.00 Cellarette $35.00 Cellarette $29.50 Cellarette $22.00 Our Price. $20.50 $25.50 $21.50 $21.00 $16.50 $12.50 Brass Beds. Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass Brass C., D. & Co. Price. Beds, with 2-inch posts $14.5? Beds, continuous posts $29.00 Beds, continuous posts $34.00 Bed, satin finish $49.00 Bed. continuous posts $55-00 Bed, art design $55*oo Bed. square posts....? $65.00 Bed. elaborate design $69.00 Bed. square posts $80.00 Bed, very handsome $110.00 Davenports. c Mahogany Davenport, velour Mahogany Davenport, velour Mahogany Davenport, leather Mahogany Davenport, velour Weathered Oak Davenport, velour.. Weathered Oak Davenport, velour.. Weathered Oak Davenport, velour.. Weathered Oak Davenport, leather. Golden Oak Davenport, leather Golden Oak Davenport, velour . D. A Co. Price. $75.00 $75.00 $90.00 $95.00 $46.00 $65.00 $68.00 $69.00 $46.00 $48.00 Our Price. $8-75 $17.50 $2I.OO $29.00 $35-00 $36?0 $39.00 $42.00 $42.50 $78.00 Our Price. $49.00 $49.50 $56.90* $65.00 $29.50 $39-00 $39.00 $45.00 $29,50 $36.00 JACKSON BROS.. 9115 to 925 7th St T 4i -m-H-M-I I 1 1 I I'M 11 M :? 1"1"H"M"I 11111 1 M-l-I-M-I-K-l-M 1"1 1 I 1 M"M"M"M"M 11 1 1 1 MM M 111111 HI* even of 825 feet. In substantially within the limits of approved construction.1 The upper Niagara bridge, 840 feet, is the largest existing steel arch. The design for the Hell Gate bridge contemplates a 1,000-foot arch. But in concrete there Is nothing even remotely approaching in magnitude the proposed span. The Grun wald bridge over the Isar at Munich, Germany, 230 feet In span, is the largest completed concrete arch. The Walnut Lane concrete arch bridge, now being built, has a slightly longer span, 233 feet, between faces of abutments. These spans become insignificant, even trivial, when compared with that now proposed for the Hudson Memorial bridge. "A better idea of the boldness of the proposal is had from a comparison with the general Held of masonry arch con struction. since the problems of design and erection for arches of stone and con crete are in a measure the same. The Cabin John arch at the Washington aque duct. 220 feet in span, built about half a century ago. was for a long time look ed upon as an exceptional achievement, being the largest stone arch in the' world. Only in the last eight years, has It been exceeded, and there are now three larger spans In stone, besides the 2^f-foot concrete arch at Grunwald; at Adda, 230 feet: Luxembourg. 278 feet, and Plauen, 2f)5 feet. In fifty years designers have ventured only one-third beyond the limits by the Cabin John arch, and only In three cases have they found it necessary. Now, in one leap, the present limit is to be multiplied by two and one-half. "The deck of'the roadway consists of plain concrete arches sprung between the stringers. The sidewalk floor Is made of reinforced concrete slabs separately mold ed and bolted on the top flanges of -the stringers. The roadway Is paved. "The approaches to the great arch are formed of a succession of 100 foot circular arches, and involve no fea tures calling for special remark. The roadway on the approaches has a grade of 1*6 per cent from either side up toward the center; over the ma'n span a vertical curve unites the slopes. By adopting this gradient a notable gain In center height of arch was secured as compared with the first design, and the arch stresses correspondingly reduced. The ino-foot arches are of concrete, properly reinforced. The piers between them, de tailed to harmonize with the treatment of the two main piers, are faced with stone in rusticated coursing. All other surfaces of the structure are concrete. This is expected to give a marked relief between the pier faces and the arch and spandrel faces." TPhe New Queensboro Bridge. There are several splendid new bridges In- New York. What Is known as the Queensboro bridge, so named because It connects New York at Canal street with the borough of Queens, was opened to traffic in the presence or Secretary Dick inson and Gov. Hughes recently. It crosses East river by way of Blackwell's Island, where the reformatory and hos pitals are. The Manhattan bridge, which also crosses the East river, will be opened this fall. Both rank among the greatest half dozen great bridges of the world. Only three with longer spans than that of the Queensboro bridge exist. The ureatest is that over the Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh, which Is 1,710 feet; next Is the new Williamsburg bridge, with a span of 1,600 feet; then the Brooklyn bridge, with a span of 1,50.", feet, and then comes the Queensboro bridge, with a Span of 1,182 feet. The Scotland bridge, the Queensboro bridge and that which is now being constructed over the St. Lawrence river at Quebec are the greatest exam ples of the cantilever in the world. The Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges are both of the suspension type. The total length of the new Queens boro bridge, with its approaches. Is 8.2H1 feet; the length of the bridge prope* is 8,724 feet; the length of the span east of Blackwells Island, upon which Vt rests, is !?4 feet, and that west of Black wells Island is 1,182 feet. The center of the arch is 135 feet above the water. Ground was broken for the bridge In 190H, and it was finished March 31, 10(10. There are approximately 54,000 cubic . feet of masonry In the arch and piers, and the steel superstructure weighs 50. 000 tons. It can accommodate 215,000 persons at one time. Its maximum load, including track material and paving, is estimated at 120.000.000 pounds. There *re two floors; the top one carries four elevated tracks and two promenades elev en feet wide; the lower floor has four trolley tracks, a driveway thlrty-ftve feet wide and two promenades each eleven feet wide. Proposed Bridge Over the Hudson. For many years there have sbeen peri odical agitations to bridge the Hudson river between New^Tork_cltj(Viafl the palisades of New Jersey. Several com panies have been organized and charter ed for that purpose, several bills have ^?)i",t,Todu<:ed into Congress, granting k? 1?, br,d*e the navigable "fre?m' *hJch }a within the jurisdiction Hm. eri1 government, but each time for some reason or another, usual n??neChi'fe mi 1 enormous expense, the Silv In* K^ en throu?h. and there Is *?.,#h ? A^Kdg* ?~tr the Hudson river A,bany- ,That ,8 at Poughkeep sie, and. when It was built, ten nr * ' ^ ?????? 11 was Duiit, ten or ri5.ear8 a&?' was considered one of WAr i9 ^Lra^?f?the world- 11 18 a ?ntl mu?o 'eet- or about two and a half rea,c,llng from highland to ? hi If ^ an e,evatlon of 212 feet above me waler. niTrhetWld?th ?f thf r,ver ,s 6"87 feet from wis ?3-fie^nan1/he COSt of the briJSe was or'S'nally intend York tralns {rom New rom* uA! En^and, but a shorter route has been adopted. The bridee Is Ps u?p,Tn?d the Read,ng railroad, and rarUtfon ex9,u?ivel>' for Hie trans iwf?7? I 4coaJ from the mines of ve^r. f W England. Several ? Was condemned as unsafe rnuri was Pract,caI,y rebuilt by the rail Siff'1 ?" ??* piaces Proposed Interstate Action. Three years ago the legislatures of New York and New Jersey appointed an inter state commission to ascertain and re port concerning the cost and the practi cability of a bridge across the Hudson liTfh rM.thfi New Jer8ey highlands and the city of New York, and to recom Sepla^th%h?l1?!hture/, where 11 ^ould aSd Gov Fort l&y Gov- Hughes ^?ov- F?rt met the Secretary of War and the members of the Interstate bridge commission upon a yacht and cruised ud and down the river listening to the ex planations of the engineers. In vestiga i ?et thal * brid?e f^om 57th street. Manhattan, across to Weehawkpn that V,pward of *30.000000, and ^?wn&fs bibc &S.3S C'&o&MP? There is a good d?al of opposition from residents along Riverside Drive from the trustees of Columbia University "mdt,5?,,e8re, and ot,ier educationaI?n stltutions and hospitals in that localitv th a i?m chaPter of St. John's Ca thedral and that location has practicalfy th?? Sl,yr.KP- T,he two governors agree u underground railways that will soon be in operation in th*? iftn,OP part of New York it would be bitter to Place the bridge at 170th st4et "t ? to accommodate the farmers Ad resi dents of that section, it has not been definitely decided, however. PREPARING FOB EXCURSIONS. Overhauling the Jane Moseley and the Pocahontas. The sidewheel steamer Jane Moselev, which for several summers past has been employed In the colored excursion busl ness on the Potomac, Is at Codd's sHlp- 1 yard at Baltimore receiving a thorough overhauling of house, hull and machinery preparatory to returning to this city to resume excursion work. The vessel will not be ready to return to this cltv for r?i?, ?r ,.6n*er- but when she does strv,ee "he will be In better J? ? 8he has for a number of jears past. excursion barge Pocahontas of Nor uAthe 1>uke "treet dock at Alexandria, being made ready for excur sion work on the river and Is attracting much attention from the throngs of ex ^J,?n'?ts on the steamers passing Alex andria. No date has yet been set for the Placing tn commission cf the boat, and it will not be done for a week or two after ? V?l?? ?ntas has passed inspection by !!]5 * n t^d States steamboat inspection !n< Sn The barse is a big one rry.a ,arpre throng on moon dancing tripe down the river. r?pf'r work to the schooner Samuel ' ?? Harry Carter of this It # been in progress at this city for several weeks past, is rapidly ap proaching completion and she will return a*ain ,n a 'ew days. The Uood will go to a Virginia point to load back to this city as soon as completed and ready for service. r Automobiling With the President. President Taft had Secretary Dickin son. Gen. Bell and^Gen. Edwards as his guests in an automobile ride to the Great 5*411? of the Potomac yesterday after- j SANITARY CONVENTION CALLED ? . ? - HEALTH OF AMERICAN REPUB LICS TO BE DISCUSSED. Sanitation of Cities, Especially Sea ports, to Be Taken Up at San Jose, Costa Rica. The call for the fourth inernafion&l sanitary convention of American repub lics, to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, December 25, 1900. to January 2, WO. has just been made by Dr. Walter Wyman, chairman of the international sanitary bureau. John Barrett, director of the bureau of American republics, has for warded this call to the diplomatic repre sentatives of the countries interested. The provisional program for the con vention has been prepared and is being submitted to the various governments, to gether with the call. A prominent place is given on this program to consideration o. practical means for the adoption of measures intended to obtain the sanita tion of cities and especially of ports. Re ports will be called for from the different delegates in regard to the sanitary regu lations and laws in the various countries and in regard to the manner in which the recommendations of the three previous conventions have been put into practice. The delegates will be asked to present statistics relating to the registration of the movement of population and the rate of mortality in each country, specifying those of ports and principal cities. Among the subjects proposed for dis cussion at the convention are measures relating to yellow fever, bubonic plague and other diseases; new discoveries with respect to the transmission of yellow fever and malaria, besides the mosquito bite; the necessity of the adoption, by the European nations, of the convention of Washington and other sanitary measures subsequently adopted by the organization with respect to such colonies as they have In America. It will be suggested that an organiza tion be made in each country represented of a commission of three physicians or health officers to act as delegates of the international sanitary bureau of Wash ington or Montevideo, and to form part of the international sanitary information committee of the American republics. Attending Wilberforce Commence ment. W. T. Vernon, register of the Treasury; Rev. John F. Hurst, financial sec retary, and John A. L,ankford, supervising archi tect, of the A. M. E. Church, have gone i to Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, to attend the annual commence ment of that institution. Register Ver non delivered the commencement address today. Peruvian Congress Convoked. LIMA. Peru, June The Peruvian , congress has been convoked for July 28. , TAKES HIDES FROM FREE LIST SENATE VOTES TO FIX THE DUTY AT 15 PER CENT. Senator Taylor Believes the Monot ony of Tariff Debate With an Address in Lighter Vein. The Senate voted on the hides question late yesterday afternoon. After several amendments had been *defeated the amendment of the finance committee fix ing a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem on hides was agreed to by the vote of 46 to 30. This is the rate of the present law, but under the rulings of the Treasury.De partment is applicable only to hides weighing more than twenty-five pounds. The House placed all hides on the free list, but the committee restored the Ding ley policy by adding them to the non dutiable list. The Senate sustained its committee. ? Senator McLaurin undertook to have the provision amended so as to make the duty applicable to hides weighing less than twenty-five pounds, but failed, hii| amendment being voted down, 31 to 4.S. An amendment by Mr. Stone placing not only hides but many of their products on the free list was also lost. After being compelled for three days to listen to speeches on the somewhat dry subject of free or dutiable hides, the Senate was respited yesterday by an ad dress by Mr. Taylor, which was in lighter vein. The Tennessee senator sallied into the ranks of the republicans, and by good natured satires upon the protectionists' arguments made by such men as Aldrich, Warren, Heyburn, Smoot, Lodge and Flint, afforded much amusement, avert ing, ironically, that the republicans sought to justify every raise in Import duties on the grtfund that it was neces sary to protect American labor. APPLIES FOB INJUNCTION. Egg Company Names Secretary of Agriculture Defendant. The Hipolite Egg Company of St. Louis, Mo., has applied to the District 8upreme Court for an lhjunction to restrain the Secretary of Agriculture from enforcing the pure food law against the preserva tion of eggs by use of boric acid Through Attorneys Charles Sommers of St. Louis and I. H. Linton of the local bar the complainant declares that it has a large amount of money invested in its business of preserving eggs, and that it has been threatened with a multiplicity of suits following the seizure by the Depart ment of Agriculture under the pure food law of fifty cans of liquid eggs at Peoria, 111. The constitutionality of the pure food law is attacked on the ground that it is a usurpation of the police power of the state by Congress. The law is said to be vague and uncertain and to comprise a delegation by Congress of its legislathe power to a branch of the executive. 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