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THE TIMES, WASHINGTON, SfKDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1893.
ST. JOHN'S WAS BLAHKHD
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The football game on Georgetown Cam
pus yesterday afternoon between the
Georgetown Varsity team and the eleven
from SL John's College, Annapolis, proved
an easy victory for the borne team, who
won by a score of 22 to 6. It was the first
home game of the varsity this season, and
they were greeted by loud applause as they
entered the college gridiron. At 2:30 o'clock
the game began, and from the start
Georgetown had it all ber own way. The
team from Annapolis was entirely out of
its class. Their line was weak and was
unable to withstand the hard rushes of the
varsity's backs.
In the first half the Georgetown boys did
some fast playing, but when they realized
that they could defeat the Annapolis boys
they became overconfident. Especially
ivae this noticeable in the second half,
-when for a time, owing to the carelessness
of the varsity team, the St. John's ttam
made some very good gains through their
line. The game as a whole was particular
ly free from any rowdyism, and there was
not a single squabble with the officials
during the afternoon. Devlin, who played
left half back for the varsity, was the star
player of the day. His hard tackling and
strong offensive work -was noticeable
-throughout the game. The longest run
was made by Devlin in the early part or
the first half. The Annapolis boys kicked
off to Georgetown's 5-yard line, Devlin
catching the ball, made a 60-yard run be
fore his opponents could throw him.
Greene at right end did some very effective
work, especially in getting down the field
on kicks. Cummings, Long, and Lennane
were prominent throughout the game for
their excellent defensive work. On the St
John's team. Hill, Devon, and Mitchell
fought bard, and their individual work
throughout the game was excellent.
In the first half Georgetown kicked off t:
Wiener, who was thrown on the 30-yard
line. The Annapolis boys tried to kick,
but Kearoe broke through the line and
blocked the ball, just as Mackall was going
to kick, and Greene fell on it. In the next
play Devlin was given the ball, and he
went around the right end for a touch
down. Long failed to kick goal. Score 5
to 0. St. John's kicked off to Georgetown's
E-yard line Devlin caught the ball, and
after some very clever dodging succeeded
in advancing 60 yards. The Georgetown
team then started to hammer their oppo
nents' line, which was too light to with
stand the rushing. They gained 4 and 5
yards at a time until they reached St.
John's 15-yard line. Here the ball was
given to Devlin, who carried it through the
tackle for another touchdown. Cummings
tried to kick goal, but failed, and the score
was 10 to 0.
After the next kick-off the Annapolis
boys played a much better game, and for a
time kept their opponents from making
any gains. The ball for a long time re
mained In the centre of the field, going first
to one side and then to the other. The
carelessness of the Georgetown team was
noticeable, and Coach Church signaled for
them to brace up. The varsity then worked
the ball down the field by heavy line buck
ing until they were on the St. John's
5-yard line. Here the revolving wedge was
played and Kearne was carried over the
line for a touchdown. Long kicked the
goal, making the score 16 to 0.
Bat a few more minutes remained before
the ending of the first half. Mackall kicked
off for St. John's and Devlin caught the
ball and made a run of forty yards, taking
the ball to the centre of the field. George
town then worked their line plays until
they were on their opponent's 20-yard line.
Time was called and the first half ended
with the score being 16 to 0 in favor of
Georgetown.
In the second half Mackall kicked to
Devlin, who returned the kick to the cen
tre of the field. For a while after this the
Annapolis boys hammered the Georgetown
line for a number of small gains, until they
had the ball on the varsity's 40-yard line.
Here they tost the ball on fumbles and it
went to the varsity. Georgetown kicked to
St. John's 30-yard line, where Mackall
caught it and returned it to Georgetown's
40-yard line Here the Annapolis team
made a brilliant stand, and for a time it
looked as though they would score, but a
bad fumble broke up their chance and the
ball went to the varsity team.
Georgetown then advanced the ball to
their opponents' 30-yard line, where by a
fumble they lost it. Mackall kicked for
St. John's, and Long, catching it, returned
the kick. The ball went to the visitors on
their 40-yard line. After trying the George
town ends the visitors lost the ball on
downs. The varsity then forced their way
to their opponents' 33-yard line, where they
lost the ball on a fumble.
Mackall tried to kick the ball, but only
succeeded in sending it into his own men.
Grade, of the Georgetown team, picked It
tip and without any interference made a
touchdown. The goal was kicked by
Greene and the score was 22 to 0.
When play was recommenced but two
minutes remained. Mackall kicked off,
and Greece, catching the ball, was downed
on the 40-yard line. Georgetown soon lost
the ball and the visitors, taking advantage
of the careless playing of the varsity, soon
had the ball within their 30-yard line.
Here the game ended, the score being 22 to
0 in Georgetown's favor.
The line-up was as follows:
Georgetown. Positions. St. John's Oolite.
Lynch C ramtaKton
More K. C C. Mitchell
Cwi iwgi L. C Spates
Loog. Jt T. Shartxer
Lenosne L. T llcmnaa
Geee .K. E .Wianer
Barry .' L. E Mitchell
Grade Q. it Melvin
Kearne 8, M Hill
IfcrrHa U H , Devon
Qnise P. B Mackall
TSase and 16 mfamtes halts. Umpire J.
Jtoyie, Geesgetowa. Referee Mr. Fechtif, St.
Jobtt'c.
THE Y. 3t C A. BEATE3C.
Ualtlmere Medical College AVIiik a
Hotly Cintowtfl Ohimc.
On the association's grounds yesterday
cfternoos, the Young Men's Christian As
eociattoa football team was defeated by
the Baltimore Medical College eleven, the
score being 17-0.
It was generally supposed that the Mary
land Athletic Club was to have played
yesterday, bat at a late hour Friday night
Manager Nicholson, of the Young Men's
Christian Association, received a telegram
from Baltimore saying that the Athletic
Club team was in too crippled a condition
to enter any match. So a game was im
mediately arranged with the Baltimore
Medical College. The medicos were en
tirety too heavy and too seasoned a team
for the local boys to play this early in the
season.
The Young Men's Christian Association
boys Aid some very fine individual work,
hot as a team their work lacked speed and
unison. This was especially noticeable in
their attempts to force the line.
The visitors' team is one of the strongest
In the South, in fact, it is so superior to
the majority of neighboring teams that
K has been unable to secure many
cames with them. In the game yesterday
they jnanajpEd to go through the Young
Men's Cfcrtpttai: Association Hoe. hut on
the ends tfiey were ikh and thrown
back, $ uafensi'w v.ork of the Young
Men's' CfaHaHtLu Av-.Kiatio.i team pre
vented the visitors from rolling up a larger
score.
Mr Rr-d'ln cf'-i vh(, T,l.ti ,4. Jrt, ) -,, jf
on the -t jutiou tern, l.l ac.. . ci-
lent defensive work. In offensive work
the line bucking of Weaver and the end
running of MHte were UC features of the
game. On the visitors' team Uehh -vs-as
tir tsr jlsypr- In every play he had a
prominent part.
In the first half the ball was kept well
in the centre of the field. This slow play
ing continued until nearly the end of the
half, when Mills went around the Med
icals end for 35 yards. For a while it
looked as though the locals would score,
but a bad fumble caused the ball to gc
to the Medicals, who hammered their op
ponents' line up to the 10-yard line, when
South went around right end for a touch
down. No goal was kicked, and the scoio
wasi 5 to 0, in favor of the visitors.
The Y. M. C. A. kicked off, and Hebb,
catching the ball, advanced it to the centre
of the field. Several long runs around the
end were made, and the ball was forced
to the Y. M. C. A.'s 10-yard line. Clasby
was then given the ball, and he carried it
over the line. 2oble kicked a goal, and
time was up for the first half; score,
11 to 0.
The rest of the first half was played in
the centre of the field, and no decided ad
vantage was gained by either side
In the second half the TT M. C. A. took
a decided brace, and, after receiving the
ball on the kick-off, forced it to their op
ponents' 30-yard line, where they fumbled
the ball and the Medicals gained possession
of it. The Medicals kicked, and Mills fell
on the ball in the centre of the field. For
a while the Y. M. C. A. had quite the best
of the game, but the Medicals again secured
the ball, and, by constant hammering on
the locals' line, forced their way to their
10-yard line. Here South went around the
end for another touchdown. Noble kicked
goal. Score, 37 to 0.
The rest of the half was played iu the
centre of the field, with a slight advantage
for the locals.
The line-up was as follows:
Y. M. C. A. Position. Haltimore II. C.
Stewart Centre Turner
McOonville Went j;uard hell
Harding 1-eft jniard Kell
R. Eaton IHsht tackle Hebb
Soell Left tackle Scannell
Jtvnurn '. llight eml Dunsmore
Davidson Left end Walker
Brewer Itight half lack Stolte
Mills Left half back South
Weaver.... .....Full back Henkel
Keddington Quarter back Xoble
Time SO and 15-mlniite half. Umpire Mr. G.
Mayer. Iteferee Dr. Wal-h, of U. of Va. Timer
Mr. R. Verdin, II. M. C.
SPORT ON THE GRIDIRON".
The Tiprers ami tlie Soldiers.
WEST POINT, Oct. 21. Princeton down
ed the sturdy soldier boys in a surprising
ly easy manner this afternoon by the score
of 23 to 0. Incidentally, the Tigers squared
themselves for last year's 5 to 5 score,
which has been a constant eyesore. The
soldiers were completely outplayed and
never got within even long range striking
distance of the Tigers' goal. They gained
the necessary five yards only twice, al
though they used their famous "tackles
tack," and in addition a formation used
by Harvard last year, with the full back
ahead of the halfs, which is new to
Princeton. Both plays went all to smash
against the Tigers' stonewall line, and
Ennis was frequently forced to punt after
his team had been swept backward with
the ball. Princeton's attack was by far
the strongest she had shown at any time
this year. The entire back field worked
together in excellent touch with the Hue.
They started quickly, without a single
fumble to mar the effect. The line-up:
Princeton. Positions. West Point.
Palmer L. K Smith
McCord L. T Fjrnsworth
Dana, Mill L. G Goodspeed
Booth, Lose) C Bettison
Kdwards It. G Hopkins
Hillebrand K. T. Haker
Poe It. K Keller.
Hutchison, Duncan.... Q. B Clark, Labm
ITick L. li Rockwell
Kafir, Burke ,...K. B Glade
Mattie I B .Knnia
Score Princeton, 28; West Point, 0. Referee
W. S. Laaford, Trinity. Umpire Edgar WrJght
ingum, Howard. Touchdowns Levick, 2; Kafir,
1; Voc, 1. Goals from touchdowns Milk, 3.
Tune 20 and 15 minutes halts.
Thc Eniit ami the Went.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Oct. 21. Yale won
the game from the University of Wisconsin
at Yale Field this afternoon by the scoie
of C to 0, thus ending the first month of
her season with a clean goal line. Her
one touchdown was made by Richards in
the second half, twelve minutes before tbo
end of play after a sensational run of G5
yards through a field of Wisconsin tack
lers. Although the score is a smaller one
than was expected, no complaints are
heard from either coach ers or students,
and there is a general quiet satisfaction
throughout the college at the strong show
ing of the team and a confidence that the
material which played today for the uni
versity will be pounded into a very good
eleven in the next three weeks.
A DiBTueeful Record.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21. The Univer
sity of Pennsylvania football team addel
another notch to its disgraceful record of
the year by being shut out G to 0 by the
Lafayette football team on Franklin Field
today. Lafayette is very strong. In fact,
this year she has the best of the many
elevens that have represented the Easton
College. This, however, is no excuse for
the team of a university like Pennsylvania
to fall before it. The Quakers today con
tinued their miserable work. To be brief,
they are absolutely ignorant of the rudi
ments of football. Furthermore, poor
Judgment is used in giving signals, and
when a play is made the men either do not
know or are unwilling to get in the proper
place. The game was won in the very first
fifteen seconds of play. Hare kicked off
to Lafayette's 15-yard line, where Bray
caught the ball and ran 05 yards straight
down the centre of the field for a touch
down, it was a grand effort, and the like
of which has been seldom seen here.
Ilnrvnril' Imiireinulile Line.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 21. As was
expected, Brown gave Harvard a hard rub
this afternoon and the best the Crimson
eleven could do was to make a touchdown
in each half. Score? Harvard, 11; Brown,
0. The Providence lads played like wild
men all through the game, and tried their
prettiest to score again, and even beat the
Crimton. The features of the game were
the running of Richardson, of Brown, and
the unexpected condition of the Harvard
line. The latter held every assault sent
at it and the end of the game found them
so much masters of the situation that the
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tically useless.
Cornell and I,cliirl.
ITHACA, N. Y., Oct. 21. It required two
twenty-minute halves in the Cornell-Le-high
game this afternoon for the visitors
lo convince Cornell that she was playing
about the same sort of game she used to
play when Lehigh was regarded as one of
Cornell's dangerous rivals. Again and
again did Lehigh, by means of well forged
and compact Interference, force back Cor
nell's heavier lines, while in end running
the visitors outnlayedt,CqrnelJ atevery at
tempt. The score: Cornell, G", Lehigh, 0.
The (iiiine at Annapolis.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 21. Pennsylva
nia State College played a plucky game on
the gridiron with the Naval Academy Ca
dets today. They failed to scbre, but kept
the middies down, to six .points. These
were made in the second half. The game
ended with the ball in possession of Penn
sylvania. AVillinniM Defeats Dartmouth.
HANOVER, Oct. 21. Dartmouth lost to
Williams today because she failed to kick
two goals and because of fumbling at
critical stages twice wjtnin Williams'
10-yard line. Score Williams, 12; Dart
mouth, 10.
Gnllauilet AVIii.n u Game.
The Gallaudet College team defeated the
University of Virginia eleven at Char
lottesville yesterday by a score of ,11 to 5.
The most effective work was accomplished
around the ends, where the Virginians ap
peared to be weak.
On Other Fields.
At Carlisle, Pa. Dickinson, 5; Indians,
1G.
At Utica Hamilton, 35; New York Uni
versity, 0.
At Newton, N. J. Oneida. Athletic Club,
0; Company L, Second Regiment, 2S.
At Mattawan High School, 28; Corn
wall. 0.
At Rutherford, N. J. Y. M. C. A., 5;
Rutherford, 0.
At Middietown, Conn. Wesleyan, 41;
Massachusetts, I. T., 6.
At New York Knickerbocker A. C, 32;
Murray Hills. 0.
At Albany Union, G; Renssalaer Poly
technic Institute, 0.
At Baltimore; Johns Hopkins University,
0; Swarthmore, 22.
At Worcester Harvard Freshmen, 11;
Worcester A C, 0.
At Bcloit Beloit. 11; Northwestern, 0.
LESLIE MACLEOD DEAD.
"Well-Known Turf "Writer anil Editor
of "Trotter anil J'aeer."
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Leslie E. Mac
Icod, editor of the "Trotter and Pacer,"
died on Wednesday afternoon at Bellevue
Hospital. Macieod disappeared from his
office about three weeks ago, and bis
whereabouts were unknown until word
reached there that he had died at Belle
vue. At the hospital it was said that he
went there on October 2, suffering from a
complication of ailments. The cause of his
death was tuberculosis and pneumonia.
Macieod was known to horsemen all over
the country as a writer on trotting horses.
He was a native of Prince Edward Island,
and came here in 1886 as associate editor
of "Wallace's Monthly." Four year3 later
he became the editor of the "Chicago
Horseman," and led the fight against his
old employer, John H. Wallace, which re
sulted in the latter's losing control of the
trotting stud book in 1S&1. In 1S93 Mac
ieod became the editor of the "Horse Re
view." Afterward he returned to New
York and edited the "Trotter and Pacer."
When Norman J. Colman was Secretary
of Agriculture he employed Macieod to
write a short hibtory of the trotting horse,
which was published by the Government.
Congressman J. C. Sibjey, of Pennsylvania,
engaged him to edit Charles Marvin's book,
"Training the Trotting Horse." Macieod
was thirty-seven years old. One of his
brothers is identified with the Bank of
Nova Scotia, with headquarters in this city,
and another brother is a prominent official
In the Canadian postal service.
THE "KID" IN EARNEST.
McCoy AVill Kih Peter Malier or
Anyone Else.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Kid McCoy took
a determined step toward clinching a fight
with Peter Maher today. McCoy says that
he has signed articles and has placed in
the hands of George Considine $1,000 in
cash as a forfeit. Iu a talk with a reporter
he said: "I am going to Chicago tonight
and when I return if Maher has not cov
ered my money in the mean time I will
look up some one else and get on a fight.
I would also like to state that I will meet
the winner of the Sharkey-Jeffries contest
and that the forfeit which I have up goes
for either Peter Maher or anyone else."
New Players for the Lensrtic.
Thus far six players have been drafted
into the National Baseball League. Two
of these, McManus and Scheibeck, have
signed with the Washingtons. The six
new men are: McManus, of Allentown,
Pa., engaged by Washington; Schiebeck,
of Montreal, engaged by Washington;
Pitcher Menefee, of the Minneapolis club,
and Pitcher Harvey, of the Sacramento
club, of the California League, secured by
Chicago, and McGee and Deal, of the
Meriden club, of the Connecticut League,
feigned with Louisville.
Haley and McCovcru In Another Iloiit
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Patsey Haley and
Terry McGovern are to meet again in Chi
cago on November 7 in a six-round bout.
Articles of agreement were signed today.
ALEXANDRIA NEWS.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 21. The little daughter of
Thomas Downey, who was yesterday pronounced
by Dr. Carnngton, of the Marine Hospital
Service, as Kitfering from nnallpox is rapidly im
proving. As reported thin inormnff the doctors
stated that the case wan m a very mild form,
and no fear is felt that the disea&e will spread.
Every precaution is being taken, however, by
the authorities. The residence of Mr. Downey,
where the caw exists, U at Franklin and Colum
bus Streets, in the extreme soutiitrn section of
the city, and but a. short distance from the city
limits. A meeting of the hoard of health has
been called for Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
It is &iateil that if any of the members decline
to sere on the loard the mayor will temporarily
fill the vacancies and report to the council, winch
meets Tuesday night next. In the mean time.
Health Officer Miller id endeavoring to ascertain
which of the members will wervc, that if any
decline their nicccseurd can be chosen by tiie
council at once.
The portrait of the late Hrifr. Gen. M. 1). Corse,
of thw city, was presented to I.ee Camp, Confeder
ate Veterans, of Richmond, la.t night, by Itr.
11. l.ee Camp, of tins city. The presentation was
made by Uafrf. f. Williams, a member of General
Cuise'b staff, and Colonel Herbert, of this city,
eulojfired General Corse and told of the part lie
took in the fctnwcle of the Confederacy.
IUv. S A. Wxlluj, of the Theological Seminary,
will conduct the seivTces In the Railroad Heading
Itooms tomorrow afternoon. The music will be
under the direction of Dr. Charles T. Lindsey
and William Owens. Mil Sadiu Taylor will
bing a mj!o.
b.itiiud G. Smith has sold to the Alexandria
Fertilizer and Chemical (Company a 161 of ground
on the ea&t side of Union Street, between Queen
and Pnnccss, for 51,000.
Lewis Cairington was fined $5 today by the
mayor for assaulting William Washington.
The schooner Siher Star cleared at this port
today with lumber, for the lower Potomac.
Through his attorney, A. W. Armstrong, George
W. Hough today filed a bill for divorce from
his wife, Jennie M. Hough.
A movement is on foot fur the establishment in
this city of a canning factory. During the past
month several industries liavc been, put Into
operation here, and it is Mievcd that there is
a bright future for Alexandria. The old Green
factory building, at the corner of Prince and Fair
fax Street is now ocuupied by gevwul manufactur
ing firms, and within the past few weeks the
Haskins Wood Vulcanizing Works, in AVolfe
Street, has been purchased by Haltimore capital
lew, who will soon engage In manufacturing.
The recently established wall-paper factory at
Xew Alexandria is turning out IU product, which
is being handled by Alexandria merchants. Every
effort is being made by the UusmeSd Men's Leagua
and the progressive citizens of Alexandria to
dVm nitrate to capitalists the many advantages
p !. 1 ' fin iit, frr the cstallisliUirnt of
ir.ar.afac lura g pLnts hefe.
A STORBHOOSUF I1AH6BB
I ; "
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Enough Explosi0TTutier in Fort
Lafayette to ftiifciVew York.
Let It All Iiccomc- lKtc! and the
Great City "Would FiRurr Here
after as a Hole in the Ground
Smokeless Powders and Other
Uueer TJmiiicn.
(From the New York Sun.)
Few New Yorkers know it, but the Navy
Department is maintaining today, within
the city's borders, a magazine containing
enough high explosives to blow half the
town into smithereens. At the present
time this magazine holds not far from 200
tons, or 400,000 pounds of black, brown and
smokeless powders, and this is about its
average, though there is room for at least
120 tons more, and there have been clays
since the beginning of the war with Spatn
when upward of half a million pounds was
stored there. Yet there is really little or
no cause for alarm, since water surrrounds
the powder depository completely and ac
cident Is guarded against with all the pre
cautions that ingenuity can suggest and
the utmost carefulness enforce.
This little known storehouse ot poten
tial death and destruction is situated on a
tiny island in the most contracted part of
the Narrows. It is housed in a venerable
diamond-shaped structure of solid mason
ry, built for defensive purposes nearly
eighty-live years ago, just after the close
of the last war with England, named Fort
Diamond from its distinctive shape, and
fitted with on armament of 21-pounders.
When Lafayette visited the United States
in 1S24, he inspected Fort Diamond and
pronounced it one of the finest defensive
works he had ever seen, and
said its guns were ample to
stop any ship that ever sailed
fiom proceeding up the harbor to the city.
In his honor it was renamed Fort Lafay
ette, and for many years was held In high
regard both by the General Government
and the people of the big town It was built
to defend. Fort Lafayette ceased to be
regarded seriously as a fortification long
ago. Before the beginning of the Spanish
war it occurred to some one that it would
be an ideal distribution magazine for the
Navy. The fort's transfer from the Army
to the Navy was suggested and made.
As soon as the transfer was made men
were set to work making repairs and fitting
the place up for its new service. Parts
of walls had to be rebuilt, new roofs had
to be put on, new floors had to be laid,
and the arched casemates that had served
variously as barracks for troops, chambers
for smooth bore cannon, cells for prisoners,
and living quarters for army officers, had
to be transformed to suit magazine pur
poses. The days immediately following
the war's beginnlnc; ,were stirring ones.
Hardly an hour of any day passed without
the reception of an. invoice of powder,
black, brown, or smokeless; there was
hardly an hour that' a shipment was not
sent away. Relays f ordnance men were
kept at work, part of the' time by night as
well as by day, loading" shells and car
tridges and getting ammunition In order
for its journeys across (he continent to
California, there- to e Shipped to Dewey
on the Asiatic Coast, to Fort Monroe for
Schley's flying squadron" to Tampa for
Sampson's ships that 'were to blockade
Cuba, and other points where Uncle Sam's
sea-fighters needed war material. Much of
the repairing and rebuilding was still un
done, and the shell flndncartrldge loaders,
the assemblers of ammunition, the mason3,
the carpenters, and ' the shipping forces
were all busied in and about the fort at
the same time. t -
But today --it ib different at Fort Rafay
ette. As ithe Navy's chief distributing
magazine, the old structure is still a pretty
busy place In its way, but at this time
there is none of the confusion which
marked it early In 1S98. It was done away
with, In fact, long before the close of the
war, though much is to be accomplished
yet before Lafayette will be in idoal shape.
Leonard J. G. Kuhlweln, who was gunner
on Dewey's flagship Olympia, when the bat
tle of Manila was fought, has charge of the
magazine. Just prior to the war the pow
der in stock was all of the black and
brown varieties, but, by the time actual
hostilities had begun, quantities of the new
smokeless varieties had begun to pour in.
Today, while there Is still a heavy stock of
the old explosives in the magazine, a good
ly quantity of the smokeless powder is also
kept on hand, and, gradually as the old
styles are used up for salute firing and
target practice, they will disappear alto
gether. A fair stock of shells and cartridge
cases is kept at Fort Lafayette constantly,
addition to the powder, so that the car
tridge and shell fillers and assemblers can
have material to work on, but the main
stock of shells, cases, etc., is stored at the
Brooklyn navy yard. In value the con
tents of the fort are not particularly im
pressivesay ?100,000 or thereabouts,
counting the powder at 20 cents a pound
and allowing $20,000 for the cost of the
shells and cartridge cases. This latter
estimate may seem excessive, but cartridge
cases and shell, especially armor-piercing
ones, cost money. Thus, each armor-piercing
shell for one of the biggest guns is
worth $100. Five-Inch shells are worth
$15 apiece, and the cartridge cases cost
from $1 for the one-pounders to $6 for the
G-inch. Shells once fired are gone forever,
of course, but cartridge cases are preserved
after firing and used over again after being
reshaped, being available for seventeen or
eighteen firings before being sent to the
old metal heap, and there are cartridge
cases at Fort Lafayette today that wero
fired at the battle of Santiago. There may
he some that saw service at Manila, but
that is not certain.
Owing to the fact that smokeless powder
still is new, comparatively, and the meth
ods of its manufacturers are undergoing
changes, that in stock at Lafayette is In
various shapes, and seems to be of several
radically different sorts to the layman,
though with the exception of the cordite
on hand, it is all of virtually the same
composition. The cordite was obtained
from England, together with the warships
brought here just before the beginning of
hostilities. Its name suggests its appear
ance, of which you can get an excellent
idea by imagining brown jelly pressed into
cylindrical strings of various sizes from
less than a sixteenth of an inch (for use
in the small guns) to-nearly half an Inch,
and then hardened" somewhat, but not
enough to destroy their flexibility.
The oddest appearing explosive now at
Lafayette is the smokeless powder, so
called, first made In America for the heav
ier guns. Like the English cordite, it li
a powder in name only. It looks for all
the world like carefully cut strips of slip
pery elm bark, helng'llght brown In color.
It is made in slabs, so to speak, each being
about a quarter of an1 inch thick and from
eighteen to twenty-four inches long. This
powder is much safer to handle than com
mon black or brown powder, and will bear
quite a blow, providing no sparks are
struck. Like all smokeless powder. It
will burn without special danger if a
match be applied to it, with .a clear
steady flame, not flashing up witi a big
s-s-s-s-s like the old sort. For the small
er guns there are also quantities of pow
der at Fort Lafayette in shorter, narrower
strips, but put up in tho same way prac
tically as these great barklike pieces, but
the quantity of neither style is large, and
manufacture thereof was stopped some time
ago in favor of the stringliko form. This
powder resembles the smaller sizes of
cordite somewhat, though the color, a light
yellow, gives it an appearance not unlike
vermicelli and macaroni. But the use of
explosive strings in Uncle Sam's guns will
not bo continued long, for a now and pref
erable form with which Fort Lafayette
is alreudy fairly well stock, has been de
vised. Smokeless powder of the new form, In
tended for smaller guns, appears on casual
inspection, to bo grained, and presents a
blue-black or violet appearance. The
grains appear to ho of a remarkable uni
formity as to size. Look at them closely
and tho secret of their form hecomes appa
rent at once. The powder Is first turned
out In string form and then cut up into
lengths, each one being approximately a
perfect cylinder. After being cut up it is
put into a receptatcle along with powdered
black lead or plumbago, such as is used
in lead pencils, and then the mass is thor
oughly shaken together, so that the plum
bago forms a coating on the little cylinders.
It Is this coating which gives them their
blue-black color, and it is applied for the
same reason that plumbago is used some
times as a lubricant In machinery because
it is slippery. It is the theory of the Gov
ernment in coating its clinders of smokeless
explosives with plumbago, that so coated
it is less likely to generate heat from fric
tion when roughly handled, and so less lia
ble to unexpected explosion. Powder of this
sort for the larger guns Is plainly cylindri
cal in appearance, the cylinders being about
half an inch in diameter and of the sam&
length. It is more than probable that therj
will be manyohnnges in the composition ot
the smokeless powder used by the United
States Navy, but the "last word has been
said, apparently, with regard to its form,
the plumbago-coated cylinders being much
more easily manipulated than any other
form yet devised.
Every home station of the United States
Navy has,.n distributing magazine, but that
at Fort Lafayette is the largest, undoubted
ly, its stock of explosives-"being exceeded
only by that of the great storage magazine
located near Dover, among the New Jersey
hills, miles from the sea and all possible
danger from n hostile fleet in case of war.
Gunner Dugan, who saw service In the
civil war, as Gunner Kuhlwein saw it In
the Spanish war, has charge of the Dover
magazine, and there are times when he has
a round million pounds of powder in stock
enough, it would seem, to blow all the
northern part of Jersey Into kingdom come.
Naturally, themost important work at
Lafayette is loading shells and cartridge
cases and assembling ammunition. Loading
shells is simple, black grain powder being
used altogether (for smoke at the point of
explosion is not objectionable), and black
powder can be poured in with little scoops.
Loading cartridges with the old style pris
matic powder is more tedious work, the oc
tagonal grains having to be piled carefully
in a brass form, so that each cartridge for
a heavy gun presents a good part of an
hour's steady und skillful work. Loading
cartridges with the new plumbago cylin
ders Is as simple as loading shells with
black powder, for cylindrical powder can
bo poured. The big strip of powder for
heavy guns is bundled into bags, and this
is a simple operation also, but loading the
small strip powder into cartridge cases is
another matter. This has to be broken up
as loaded, and there are few persons, un
used to seeing high explosives handled with
seeming carelessness, who can watch the
cartridge loaders without a momentary feel
ing of fear.
The ordnance men who do this work are
all experienced hands, not enlisted men,
but mostly old men-of-war's men who
have served In the navy for years and been
honorably discharged. "When loading car
tridges half a dozen or more of them sit
about a long table, formed of boards rest
ing on trestles, with an open box of the
powder handy. Enough explosive mater.al
is weighed out on little scales for a charge
first, in each instance, and then, if the
strip powder is being used, the ordnance
man takes a handful in his hand3 and
breaks it up into pieces that look more
like the preparation' of potatoes called
Saratoga chips than anything else, after
which he stulfs the cartridge case full with
apparently as little caution as if he were
handling Saratoga chips in very truth.
In the majority df cases he has to jam the
stuff into the case with a short stick of
special shape, and sometimes he has to
pound it in with a small mallet. But the
carelessness is only apparent, for the mal
let Is of wood, which will not strike sparks,
and the scoop with which small pieces are
taken up is also wooden, while the metal
pan of the scales Is covered and no par
ticle of iron or steel with which the pow
der might come in contact is allowed In
the room.
In this respect there has been great im
provement at the Fort Lafayette maga
zine since the Spanish war. Then the
floors were uneven and in many places the
nails which held the floor boards to the
joists projected above the surface. Long
ago this was changed by driving all the
nails down below the upper surface of tne
floor boards, after which the holes were
filled with putty. After that the floor w&s
covered with thick linoleum, which was
cemented down, not nailed, cement being
applied also at all the seams. Today it
would be Impossible for a spark to be
struck by the contact of iron in any of the
parts of Fort Lafayette where powder is
stored or loaded, for all the floors are lino
leum covered and no one is allowed to en
ter the storage rooms in the casemates or
the loading and assembling rooms on the
ground floor wearing anything but maga
zine shoes, which are sewed and contain
no nails. Of course no smoking is allowel,
and the only explosives which could be
set off by a blow, the primers and detona
tors, containing fulminate of mercury, are
stored outside the wallB of the fort prop
er, In a structure built specially to hold
them.
In spite of the fact that enough high
grade powder to destroy a fleet frequently
passes in a single day through the hands
of each ordnance man employed at Fort
Lafayette they are a cheerful lot, telling
stories to one another as they work and
cracking jokes exactly as they would were
they handling tho most harmless sub
stances, and the storage rooms, containing
tier on tier of ordinary looking packing
cases, would suggest nothing so little as a
powder magazine to most persons were it
not for the frowning apearance of the
arched windows, pierced through stone
walls six feet and more in thickness.
GKRAND LARCENY THE CHAHGE.
John "Wilson Accnsert of Stealing
Two It Inn Fruni n. Hotel.
Grand larceny is the charge against John
Wilson, colored, twenty-six years old, who
was arrested yesterday afternoon by De
tectives Herndon and Lacy. The man wa3
employed at the Lincoln Hotel, Tenth and
H Streets northwest, and is accused of
stealing a diamond ring valued at $57 and
a garnet ring valued at $25, the property
of Miss Minnie L. Burns, a guest in the
hotel. The rings were recovered from Wil
son at his home, 1157 Eighth Street, and
ho admitted stealing them. It appears that
Miss Burns removed the rings from her
fingers while in the bathroom at the hotel
last night, and when she returned to get
them later discovered they had disap
peared. The matter was then reported to
the police, with the result above stated.
A HIGH-TONED BUHGLAR.
A Crook Kesided in Kidjyewood and
"Went Into Society.
PATERSON. N. J., Oct 21. A burglar,
giving the name of Harry L. Fischer, who
was sentenced to a year's imprisonment,
the police have lenrned.-under the name of
F. L. Foster, lived in Ridgewood for sev
eral years as a New York business man,
whose business yielded large profits. What
the business was no one ever ascertained,
but Foster gained admission to good society
and stayed in It during his residence in
Ridgewood.
After he left there creditors found only
property enough to satify a small portion
of their claims. Nothing had been heard
of him since that time, until his arrest
for the burglary In Passaic, for which ho
was sentenced yesterday. Ridgewood is
beginning to wonder if his lucrative busi
ness was burglary.
Pergonal Mention.
Mil. George C. Slioles, who has liern employed
in l'orto Hico in connection with the postal
service during the last fourteen montlis, has re
turned to his home in this city.
The people enjoy the superior qualities of Hen
rich's popularity inorr than any lieer that is
brewed in the L'nited States. Heuneh's powers
the important qualities of aite, punt, and
strength, which causes the great liimam! fr Macr
z.n, Sni.ilc and, Lagi r. S id L all ! ai'm$r 1 Ms
and rtst-urant.s in the citj and also Lj the Ai
luiUtxjn Uottiing Co.
MIM OF THB MASQOB
Brought to Light After Two Cen-
tnrics of Oblivion.
Presentation of 'Ileauty's Awaken.
Ins:" Uefore the Lord Mayor, Sher
iffs. Aldermen, mid Leading Cltl
zeiiH of London in Their Guild
hall Musical Talent Kmnlo od.
(From the London Standard.)
Mythology and allegory are no longer
the fashion in drama. Men who would not
risk a classical quotation are not likely to
search Olympus and fairyland In order to
people the stage with gods and legendary
heroes. They left that to Ben Jonaon.
Dekker, Beaumont; Davenport, Fletcher,
Middleton. and Chapman. Poets and play
wrights in the Golden Age knew how to
clothe these abstractions with all the
splendors of a picturesque and sentimental
fancy. That no harsh limit might be set.
they invented the masque, and mingled in
one sparkling composition gods and heroes,
music and dance, decoration and declama
tion. Elizabeth reveled In these pageants,
in which all the magnificence of the Eng
lish Renaissance was displayed. James I
and Charles II found in them an unfailing
source of pleasure. Even the Church en
couraged them, while lawyers in the tem
ple handed them down from generation to
generation, despite Puritan protest.
These masques were true feasts for the
eye fairy tales set in a glitter of dia
monds and dresses, processions that Titian
might have painted, pantomimes and im
probable farces that caught the follies of
the day as Aristophanes might have pre
sented them to the Greeks. As Bacon ob
serves, they were designed for princes and
by princes played. Only when the highest
poetical and musical talent was expended
upon them as in "Comus" had they any
permanent literary value.
After two centuries of oblivion the
masque is to be revived. At the end of the
present month there will be set before the
lord mayor, the sheriffs, aldermen, and
leading citizens of London In their "own
and ancient" Guildhall the story of
"Beauty's Awakening" a masque of win
ter and of spring. It is the production of
the Art "Workers' Guild, and gives evi
dence of much skill and labor on the part
of many eminent artists and craftsmen.
The action of the masque is short and sim
ple, and, on the suggestion of Walter
Crane, has been woven Into the Old "Word
story of the Sleeping Beauty. It has, of
course, an ethical application, the sleep of
Fayremonde symbolizing indifference to
art and beauty, while her awakening rep
resents the revival of the arts which has
distinguished our time. There is a pro
logue, followed by six scenes, and an epi
logue, with processions and dances and
songs, after the manner of the ancient
masques. The prologue, written by Har
rison Townsend, is spoken by Time, who
invites the "candid and good-natured"
audience to sfand
Within the confines of the Time-leas land
The land of Kaery, where all things seem,
Where man and Time have melted into dream.
Fayremonde, the spirit of all things
beautiful, is then discovered in a profound
sleep within a tapestried chamber of her
palace. Around her are grouped attendants
the seven extinguished lamps Truth,
Sacrifice, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory,
Obedience. Over their slumbers watches
Malebodea, the witch. The song ot the
Winds and the Leaves is sung, and a dance
follows the dance of forest leaves six
teen young girls in robes ot crimson and
brown and orange and green. These leaves
are blown about by the four winds, and
the music of the dance is performed upon
ancient instruments, the players standing
on the stage quaintly attired. The second
scene represents a forest. Into which the
four Seasons have brought a tree in blos
som. Under this spreading thorn rests the
weary Knight Trueheart, who has lost
himself in the enchanted forest and has
broken his sword in hewing a path. While
he sleeps, Hope and Fortitude come to
him in a vision. Hope whispers words of
courage
Fairness lies hid beneath cold custom's ban
That hides the brotherhood of man with man.
Fortitude, in "strange armor digit,"
places by his side the Sword of Courage
and Conviction Sure, while Hope crests his
helmet with a blossoming bough. Thus
equipped, Trueheart encounters and slays
Aschemon, "a huge and horrid dragon." In
the third scene Malebodea rallies her evil
brood to "conspire anew against the pow
ers of good." Cowed and despondent at
the death of Aschemon, their changing
mood Is Interrupted by music, telling first
of reluctance, then of resolution. One by
one they are summoned by the voice of
Human Destinies Philistinus, "soapy,
punctilious old sneak;" Bogus, "his cant
and his companies all gone crack;" Scam
pius. "with the soul of a ghoul and the
teeth of a rat;" Cuplditas, who'd "sell
Westminster Abbey and God to feed;" Ig
noramus, as he "lounges in the City" or
"leads the Academy Hanging Committee;"
Bumblebeadalus. "with his twists and his
shifts and his betterment schemes;" Slum
dum, who is invited to "stop thumping
your damned philanthropies! drum," and
Jerry, "cadging along with the rest of the
crew." The dance of the demons grows
wilder and madder until the clarion of the
true knight rings out, and they vanish.
Scene four Is perhaps the most picturesque.
It is a vision of Fair Cities, which., Clio,
the Muse of History, summons to the slum
bering Spirit of Beauty.
Eight cities appear, each in historic garb,
and accompanied by some famous ruler or
citizen whose fame is associated with her
glory. Thebes, "serene in wisdom," comes
first, attended by Rameses II. Athens fol
lows, "A queen 'neath cloudless skies,"
having for companions Pheldias and two
vouths from the "Lysis" of Plato. After
them, in a glowing procession, march
Rome. "Mistress of the World," with
Caesar; Byzantium. "Daughter of Imperial
Rome." with Constantine and St. Helena,
the Cross-bearer; Florence, "the Peerless
Flower of all," with Dante and Cimabue;
Venice, "majestic, strenuous, free," with
Titian; Nuremberg, "sound to the core,
self-centred, buoyant, free," with Durer
and a group of craftsmen: Paris "gay as an
April morn," holding "men's hearts In
thraldom," with St. Louis and Joan of Arc,
and Oxford, with the "secret spell" that
haunts her "dreaming spires," attended by
King Alfred and William of Wykebam.
But where Is London, "blackened with
smoke of toil" "creature of shreds and
patches, yet a queen?" As Clio calls Lon
don appears pursued by the eight demons,
who torment her. When she has passed
the Muse of History bows her head in sor
row, and the scene closes.
The last two scenes represent the Awak
ening and the Triumph. Trueheart encoun
ters Malebodea and her demons, and driv
ing them before him rouses the Slumbering
Beauty with the magic of a kiss. The spell
Is broken. The lamps are rekindled, and
the Five Senses, clothed in rainbow col
ors, perform a graceful dance to symbolize
the awakening of Beauty and the joy of
life renewed. The last scene of all that
ends this strange eventful mystery is one
of triumph. Labor and Invention bring
in a fair seat, and place It under the arch
of the inner scene. Escorted by Trueheart,
Fayremonde is enthroned amid her attend
ants, the Seven Lamps and the Five Senses.
The fair cities enter to do homage, while
poor, distracted London, still pursued and
tormented by demons, kneels at the feet
of Fayremonde and sues for help.
The knight once more draws his swod,
and the demons prepare for fight. But the
Lamps close round them, and Simplicity
and Good-will drive them forward with
scourges to the glass of Truth, before which
they cower and shrink. Bumblebeadalus
and Slumdum, pulling their official and
hypocritical robes about them, take sides
with the powers of good, and sneakingly
applaud the confusion and condemnation of
their fellow-demons.
The evil brood having been drivtn fiom
the stage Bum' Mx.ad.ilus aid Shin1'!'.'
are stripped and acourgwd, and MaleLudca,
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with a cry of impotent rage, rushes oat OK
sight. London now comes forward to take
her place among the fair cities, having laid:
aside her dismal raiment and pot oa a.
rich, emblazoned mantle. She is attended
by Freedom and Commerce, and receives
from Labor and Invention a crystal spaere
and sceptre. A song of triumph foUowaL.
The masque ends with a procession throagh
the hall and an epilogue spokes by the
Spirit of Life.
Nothing that time and skill and meaty
can command has been spared to make tfca
pageant worthy of the craftsmen and of A
city of London. The costumes have beak
designed by distinguished1 artists who are
in charge of the several groups. The scen
ery, though symbolical rather than realis
tic, is not wanting in elements of too
picturesque, while the processions aatfi
dances will probably exceed in magnift
cence and beauty anything sees h a
masque since the days when Ben Joaean
brought to this form of composition the la
finite resources of his fancy and emit.
Malcolm Watson and Arnold Dolmetack
have written the music. Mme. Cavalaxai
Mapleson and Signor Sspinosa have super-
intended) the dances, and the stage
ment is in the bands of Hugh Moss,
ed by C. J. Harold Cooper and W. H. An
sel 1. There are to be three public repre
sentations, on the 27tb. 28th, and 30k, the.
29th being reserved for the Lord Mayor aawli
Corporation, who will attend In state. Ttm
Prince of Wales, it is hoped, win wsteear
tbis Interesting revival.
Her Pockfthonk Stelex.
Mrs. Henry Roister, ot 300 C Street northwest;,
reports to the police the loss by theft f a
pocket book, containing about H, yesterday aft
ernoon. Two unknown colored hov are seal s
be responsible for the theft which occurred7 at
the entrance to City Ball square, oo D Street, sear
Fifth Street northwest. Mrs. Reister heft' tstt "'
pocket book in her hand, when it was msMbafef'
snatched from her grasp. ,
Mistakes of KorKcr.i,
(From the New York Worid
The literary and artistic forger nauaDv gels.
into difficulties by forgetting things. For in
stance, a man once sold to Mr. Hope, of 1tli
dam. a "painting upon wood by Rembrandt far
110,000. Presently it was discovered that the
wood was mahogany, of which Kembraadt aever
saw a piece, as it was not introduced M BeMBat
during his lifetime.
Simonides. who pretended to have found m vtxw
ancient Homer, written on loenst leaver wee ex
posed by the fact that his nannxript had sjg
the typographical erront of a recent Genoa edi
tion. When Ireland forced a correspondence between
.Kwcsicrir mu ijotu rauinampton he nasi a
even seen a bk of handwriting by the latter.
wrote snaKespeare's letters with bis right
uiu auuiiiuiipiun i wun me left, which WW lad
well until a genuine Southampton Ittter turned
up.
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