Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1890, Page 6

a 7 * ~ . i . ‘ Py ’ * . THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.; THURSDAY, APRIL 1 ats eS CITY AND_DISTRICE ©F The local circulation of Tae Evextxo Stan is not only the iargest and fullest, but it is also the zest, since the paper goes not alone into the hands of the people of the District of Columbia as a body, but regularly info their homes,—into the families of all classes, and into those of the momey-spending as well as the money-earning portion of the community. An advertisement in its columns therefore Teaches the eye of everybody worth reaching. plane hte detracts THE TARIFF REPORTS. Arguments For and Against the Bill Submitted Yesterday. THE MAJORITY DEFEND THE SCHEDULE RECOM- MENDED— DIVIDED OPINIONS ON SUGAR—THE MINORITY GIVES ITS VIEWS—THE ISSUES DE- FINED. The three reports on the tariff bill which were introduced in the House yesterday are the one topic of conversation at the Capitol today. ‘The majority report. of which a portion was privted in Tue Stan yesterday, after a short general argument, goes elaborately into the changes that have been made in the duty- imposing schedule of existing law. The chem- ieals placed on the free hst, the report says, will result in a remission of $376,304 in duties. Considerable space is given to wool. The re- port cites figures as an evidence of the alarm- ing decline in production, and s: that an ad- vance of duties has been recommended, which, it is believed, will afford ample protection to wool-growing farmers, The committee believes that the United States st. uid produce all of the wool it con- sumes, and that with adequate defensive legis- curity in their relation to those who give them employment.” ‘he report discusses the protection argu- ments. The original arguamet 08 favor of pro- tective duties, says the t, was that they were necessary to*foster infant industries. But the present bill is based pen the precisely opposite view. It is fram upon the as- sumption that as our industries grow older they grow weaker and more dependent upon the bounty of the government, woo. The silk bounty proposed is severely criti- cized. In regard to wool the report says the bill will increase the taxes on woo! and woolens $15,500,000 per annum, according to last year’ importations, but really to a much greater sum, while taxes on tobacco to the amount of $5,360,994 are abolished. The minority cannot agree to do this at, the price of an increase on necessaries. The only substantial reason al- leged for the repeal of the tobacco tax is the relief from governmental supervision, but a mere reduction of the tax from 8 cents to 4 cents does not dispense with this supervision or reduce the cost of*collection. The report then attacks some of the details of the bill, as follows: ‘The report argues that the bill will destroy our trade with Central and South America and Mexico and will be a breach of faith with these nations, AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, e In regard to agricultural products the report says: ‘‘It is impossible to protect the farmer against foreign competition in his home mar- ket, for he has no such competition, and the insertion or retention of these articles in a tariff biil is a device which will deceive no one who gives a moment’s thought to the subject. During the last fiseal year we exported 69,- 592.929 bushels of corn and imported only 2,388 bushels, not more than can be produced on 250 acres of good land in this country, We ex- ported 312,186 barrels of cornmeai and im- ported 396 bushels, Our expos of wheat amounited to 46,414,129 bushels and our imports amounted to 1,946 bushels,” Jation it will do so. The report gives the in- crease of tho duty on wool and the construc- tion given to the worsted clause of the existing lawasareason for increasing the duties on woolen goods to protect manufacturers. It says: “The necessity of this increase is ap- parent in view of the fact already stated that during the last tiscal year there were imports of manufactures of wool of the foreign value of 752,681,482, as shown by the undervalued invoices, and the real value in our market of nearly $90,000,000——fully one-fourth of our en- tire home consumption-——equivalent to an im- port of at least 160,000,000 pounds of wool in the form of manufactured goods.” The exist- ing law gives, it is said, protection of 35 to 45 per cent; the bill gives a range of 30 to 50 per cent. The advance in these fine grades will, it is believed, diminish importations and thereby reduce instead of increase the revenues and transfer to the country the manufacture of from $15,000,000 to 220,000,000 of woolen goods now made abroad. The average rate ot the woolen goods schedule proposed. including the specific duty on the wool used and the manu- facturer’s duty, is 91.78 per cent, ‘The average rate at present is 67.15 per cent. THE METAL SCHEDULE. In the metal schedule the report says that no reduction canbe made in pig iron or ore du- ties without detriment to existing industries, and the committce has not felt justified in in- terfering with the further development of our iron ore resources, now so promising in the southern states. The report then argues against pig iron being set down as a raw mate- rial. In justification of the increased duty recom- mended on tin plate the report quotes fromthe report upon the Senate bill, and says: “It has been demonstrated that we can manufacture tin plate in the United States as successfully as itcan be done in England. Its production here, suitable for all uses, is no longer experi- mental, We make sheet iron and sheet steel, and it is confidently believed that we have the Dakotas pig tin in sufficient quantities for use in making all of the tin required for this market, and if this were not so pig tin is on the free list accessible to our people for manu- facturing purposes. There is no reason except inadequate protection why we are not today manutacturing the more than $21,000,000 worth of tin now imported into the United States, and upon which we pay an annual duty of over 37,000,000. It is estimated that the establish- ment of an industry which would supply our own market in this particular would furnish steady employment to at least 24,000 men.” It is argued that as the domestic plants are es- tablished prices will fall, so that in the end the American consumer will secure lower and steadier prices than at present, SUGAR. The report goes into a long argument on its action in regard to sugar. The bill, it will be remembered, provides that sugar, up to and including No. 16, Dutch standard of color, and molasses be placed on the free list, with a duty of four-tenths of 1 cert per pound on refined sugar above No. 16, and that a bounty of 2 cents per pound be paid from the Treasury for a period of fifteen years for all sugar polariz- ing atleast 85 per cent made in this country from cane, beets or sorghum produced in the United States. ‘The report says: ‘In 1888 the consumption of sugar in the United States was 1,469, or 53.1 pounds per inhabitant. ‘Of this only 189,814 tons (375,904,197 pounds) were produced im the United States and 1,280,183 tons, or seven-eighths of our consumption, were im- ported. So large a | Saree of our sugar is imported that the home production of sugar does not materially affect the price. and the duty is therefore atax which is added to the price not only of the imported but of the do- Inestic product, which is not true of duties im- posed on articles produced or made here sub- stantially to the extent of our wants. In 1839 the duties coilected on imported sugar and molasses amounted to $55,975,610. Add to this the merease of price of domestic sugar arising from the duty and it is clear that the duty on sugar and molasses made the cost of the sugar and molasses consumed by the people of this country at least $64,000,000, or about $1 for each map, woman and child in the United States more than it would have teen if no such duties had been levied and the domestic pro- duct had remained the same. «Even on the assumption that eventually the country will be able to produce all of the sugar | required, encouragement can be given muck more economically and effectually by a bounty of two cents per pound, which involves an ex- penditure of only a little over $7,000,000.” AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, Agricultural products are touched on by the Teport, which says: “A critical examination of the subject will show that agriculture ix suffering chiefly from amost damaging foreign competition in our home market. The increase in importation of agricultural products since 1950 has been enor- mous, amounting from $40,000,000 to more than $356,000.000 in 1589. The ‘world’s mar- ket,’ to which the advocates of tariff for reve- nue only invite the farmers of this country, is today crowded with the products of the cheap- est human labor the earth affords.” In conclusion the report says that the advance of duties on agricultural products would in- crease the revenue if the itnports continue to beas large as during the last year. But as they are for the most part articles which this country tome ptr to theextentof our wauts the increased duty will reduce importations #0 that the revenues will not be increased, and our farmers will hold their own markets. The same result will follow in other cases of in- ‘ease, and where the revenue is in special cases increased the increase will be far less than is indicated by a computation based on the theory that the importations will continue as large as under lower dutics. The Minority Report. The minority report is signed by all of the five democratic members of the committee. It begins with the following statement: “Upon the question of collecting such reve- nue from duties on imported goods as may be necessary to pay the whole or a part of the cost of conducting the government, when economi- cally administered, we are now at the parting of the ways. Whether such taxes shali be im. posed upon the people for the primary purpose of raising money for the payment of the ordi. nary public expenses and the public debts, or be imposed for the purpose of increaung the cost of production and the prices of certain sstiten of Gomastio consumption, is a question upon which there is an irreconcileable differ. ence of opinion between the two great political parties of the country, and this question in its plainest form is directly presented for cousider- ation by the bill reported by the majority.” The re then demands that the burden of taxation be reduced, and that ail industries be given an equal chance in the tield of competi- tion at home and abroad. report says: “According to the statement made before the committee, the protected industries of the e@ountry have uever been at any time in our his- tory in such a depressed and discouraging con- dition as they are now. A great many of the parties engaged in_ these industries have de clared im the course of our investigation that the slightest reduction in the rates of duty now imposed upon competing foreign products would compel them to close their works and dis charge their employes, and others have even gone so far as to assert that they will be forced to go out of business if the rates of taxation are not increased. At the same time the laborers im those iudustries are complaining of insufi- cient wages. repeated suspensions of work and | general itivm os uncertainty and inse- The report criticises the sugar bounty and protests against the gross favoritism and in- justice of such a policy, THE NET INCREASE. The report says: ‘The minority find it im- possible to state with accuracy the effect of the increases, They express the opinion that the increases of the tobacco dnty will be $16.305.925, and that other items will show an increase of over $8,000,000. Adding these amounts to the | $40,055,152 shown by the committee's tables to have been added to the duties of articles re- maining on the dutiable list, shows a total increase of duties on articles still dutiable, outside of the sugar schedule, of about $65,000,000, and we are satisfied that it is more than that. We do not mean to assert that the bill actually increases the customs revenue $65,000,000 over what it is under existing law, but that it proposes to impose upon the arti- cles it leaves upon the dutiable list, except sugar and molasses, that sum in excess of the amount collected on the same schedules last year. It places upon the free list articles which vielded a revenue of $6,039,969 during the last fiscal year, and it makes a deduction of $54,922, 110.56 on sugar and molasses. and these two sums, amounting to $60,968,079.63, being deducted from the $65,000,000 leave a net in- crease of more than $4,000,000 in tariff taxa- tion under this bill.” In conclusion the report says: “While we would gladly co-operate with the majority in the passage of any measure which would re- lieve the People from unnecessary taxation. promote the prosperity of our various indus- tries and secure ample wages and steady em- ployment to the laborers engaged in them, we feel constrained to make an earnest protest against this bill, because in our opinion it will not accomplish any of these desirable results.” MR. M'KENNA’S PROTEST. Mr. McKenna of California also presented a report protesting against the bounty on sugar and silk cocoons and raw silk. jie ia. THE ARCHER INQUIRY, Controller Baughman Telis How the Ex-Treasurer Deceived Him. At yesterday's legislative inquiry into the affairs of ex-State Treasurer Archer Control- ler Baughman testifed that in February last President Thomas of the Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore informed him he suspected that Archer's accounts were not all right. The witness saw Archer and asked him about his private notes and securities, Archer replied: “My dear boy, I haven’t a private note in the city of Baltimore and have no collateral secu- | rity pledged in the state of Maryland. If you! have any doubts take my keys and examine for yourself.” This reply disarmed Col. Baughman, but later Mr. Thomas told him he had absolute proof that Archer had used bonds belonging to the state sinking fund as collateral. Baugh- | man then informed Gov. Jackson, who sent a | note to Archer to come to Belair, which Archer did not obey. 8. A. Williams, a nephew of Archer, told the investigating legislative committee that his uucle was about 100.000 in debt when he was elected treasurer. It is inferred from this statement that Archer used the larger portion of the funds he stole from the state to pay off his heavy personal indebtedness, ARCHER RECOVERING BIS HEALTH. | CAPITOL GLEANINGS. | Montana’s Republican Senators Ad- mitted—Chinese Census Bill Tabled— The Silver Question, &c. In the Senate yesterday afternoon a vote was taken on the resolutions declaring Clark and Maginnis, the two democrats claiming to have been elected to the United States Senate from Montana, not entitled to seats, and the resolu- tion was agreed to—yeas 38, nays 19—Messrs. Barbour, George, Gibson, Kenna and Walthall Yoting with the Republicans in the affirmative. Mr. Butler offered as a substitute for the two resolutions declaring Senders and Power en- titled to seats a resolution “that it is the judg- ment of the Senate that there has been no choice of United States Senators from the State of Montana.” The substitute was re jected, by & party vote—; |. The resolutions daclarlag Wil ati Seeders and Thouhe Gr Power “entitled upon the merits of the case” to seats in the Senate from the State of Mon- tana were agreed to by a strict party vote— Yeas 32, nays 26, Messrs. Sanders and Power were immediately (with some demonstrations of applause from the galleries) escorted to the clerk's desk by Senators Hoar and Washburn, ahd the oath of office was administered to them by the Vice President, TO EXTEND THE IDAHO TEST OATH TO UTAH. The House committee on territories yester- day began the consideration of the bill intro- duced in the House by Mr. Struble to amend the act of March, 1882, in reference to bigamy. The bill is formulated so as to carry out more fully the provisions of the Tucker-Edmunds act by extending the Idaho test oath to Utah. The friends of the bill claim that the Mormon | element evade the oath provided by the Tucker-Edmunds act. HEARING ON THE OPTION BILL. The House committee on agriculture today heard arguments on the Butterworth option bill, D. R. Smitu of Toledo spoke against the measure, Mr. C. A. King of the Toledo Board of Trade said he thought the bill, would greatly injure the great agricultural interests of our country, TWO ELECTION CONTESTS SETTLED. In the House yesterday afternoon Mr. Ber- gen of New Jersey, from the committee on elections, called up the contested election case of Posey against Parrett from the first Indiana district. The committee reports unanimously in favor of the sitting member, and its report was adopted by the House. Mr. Rowell of Llinois called up the contested election case of Bowen against Buchanan from the ninth district of Virginia. The resolution. which confirmed the right ot the sitting mem- ber, was adopted. THE JEANNETTE EXPEDITION. Senator Chandler yesterday reported favor- ably from the committee on naval affairs the bill to recognize the services of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, U.S. navy, and the other officers and men of the Jeannette arctic reliof expedition. The bill advances Melville one grade in the navy, and provides that suitable medals be struck off in commemoration of the event to be presented to each member of the expedition as an expression of the high esteem in which Congress holds their services, NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED, The Senate in executive session yesterday confirmed the following nominations: 8. A. Harper, United States attorney for the western district of Wisconsin; E. H. Parsons, United States marshal for the territory of Utah; H. P. Wolcott, register of the land office at Larned. Kan., and J. I. Fleming, register of the land office at Topeka, Kan. o, C. Kerr of Delaware, to be post chaplain in the army. Alsoa number of postmasters, including Faunie S, Williams at Lexington, Va, RELICS OF WASHINGTON, Senator Barbour has introduced a bill pro- viding for the purchase of certain original journals and other relics belonging to Gen. George Washington and now owned by Mr. Lawrence Washington of Fauquier county. Va. The price to be paid is to be left to the discretion of the Secretary of State THE CHINESE ENUMERATION BILL KILLED IN THE SENATE, In the Senate yesterday afternoon Mr. Wilson (Iowa) offered an amendment to the Chinese enumeration bill providing that the act shall | not be construed so as to interfere with the transit across the United States of Chinese en route from a point outside the United States to another point outside the United State un- der such regulations as will insure prompt transit and prompt departure. Mr. Stewart thought that it would be better not to pass the bill at all than to pass it with Mr. Wiison’s amendment. which would be, he said, a practi- cal repeal of the exclusion act. Mr°Wilson’s amendment was agreed to—yeas 29, nays 22. Mr. Stewart then moved that the bill be laid on the table, as he was satisfied that with the amendment just adopted the bill would do more harm than good. ‘The motion was agreed toand the bill was laid on the table—yeas 51, nays 2 (Senators Dolph and Morgan.) SUB-COMMITTEES FAIL TO AGREE ON THE SILVER BILL. The members of the republican Senate and House caucus subcommittees on the silver Mr! Archer is very much improved in health, He is now able to go from his chamber to any part of the house. He converses freely with his friends when they call, but is not yet al- lowed toxee outsiders, The members of the bar have been busy examining the records in | cases where Mr. Archer was appointed trustee, | They find his legal affairs in a loose and most unsatisfactory condition. It will be many | weeks before they will be able to tind out much | about his financial condition in the county, | Most every day somebody comes to town and consults a lawyer im regard to some claim or some money he has placed in Mr. Archer's hands for collection or for investment. \ TREASURER BROWN. Mr. Edwin H. Brown, the new state treasurer, will be sworn in at Annapolis today, Mr. Brown said yesterday if his bond was approved he might enter upon his duties immediately. He had not seen the governor and could not say positively about it, Tommy Russell Dismissed. A New Haven dispatch says: “Little Tommy Russell, who has been alternating with Elsie Leslie Lyde, Ray Marshall and other children in ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy,” received notice Monday of his dismissal from service at Proc- tor's Opera House by Manager French. It is said that it was not because of his incompe- tency, for the troupe all liked him, but the | manager considered that be could not any longer put up with the demands of ‘Tommy's’ stepfather, who thought that he earned more than the $100 a week which he was receiving. Therefore, because there was too much family influence to overcome, Manager French was forced to dispense with Master Tommy’s serv- ices.” Maryland Land Records Mutilated. Asticwas created among members of the bar at Belair, Md., yesterday by the discovery that two leaves have been neatly cut out of one of the land records in the court house, four missing pages contained the record of a deed from Joseph M. Simmons, W. H. Harri- son Hooper and portions of two other deeds, The leaves were cut out neatly with a sharp knife,and to prevent detection the reference to the deed was entirely erased from the index in one place, but being doubly indexed the erasure was not made in the second place. The mutilation must have been done at night, or at some time when the clerks were not in the of- tice. The discovery was made by Mr. E. M. Allen while searching for the identical deed, The punishment for mutilating @ court record is confinement in the penitentiary from ttiree to seven years. The crime tvas futile, for the reason that extracts of all deeds on record to date are deposited in the land office at An- napolis. ey Bex Hur matinee Friday, 4:15. prowcntcdeet ond di Gen. M. E. Laws of South Carolina will deliver the annual address before the ‘Army of North- | erm Virginin” the day before the unveiling of | the Lee statue, The | question were in conference nearly all yester- dav afternoon, but failed to reach an agree- ment. The House members presented the | sd Segoe contained in the bin as reported yy the committee on coinage, weights and measures making the certificates issued for the purchase of bullion redeemable in bullion, the amount to be fixed by the market price on the day the certificates are presented, ‘This was not bay Soars to the senatorial members, how- ever, although some of them were willing, in order to reach a conclusion, to add a proviso that in the discretion of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury,the certificates might be redeemed in bullion, “But this restriction or limitation did not meet the views of the House members and the committees separated. The Senate silver committee will not meet again until Friday morning. as several of the members will be | out of the city today. THE MATTER OF TRUSTS, | The House committee on manufactures, | which, in the last Congress, conducted an ex- tensive investigation into the operations of several of the larger trusts, held a meeting to- | day to determine what, if any, action should | be taken on the subject by the present com- mittee. ‘This was in view of the fact that a number of bills prohibitive in character have | been referred to the committee. ‘The judiciary | committee has also a number of bills before it | On the subject of trusts, and the subcommittee | of that committee has for some time had the subject under consideration. The Sherman anti-trust Dill recently passed by the Senate | was also referred to the judiciary committee. In view of these facts the committee on manu- | factures decided not to take up this subject, but | ta ask that the trust bills now before it be’ re- | ferred to the Judiciary committee. { Lost His Money and His Bride. Mr. J. W. Middleton, a well-to-do citizen of Davis, Scott county, Ky., was in Covington yes- terday in search of his bride of three weeks and #7,000 in gold. Last Saturday he had drawn the gold from the bank to use in various ways for the benefit of his bride, but while was away from home on Monday, Mathew Mid- | dletown, his nephew and ward, who was livin, with his newly married uncle, took the gold | and his uncle's wife and came to Covington, | where a marriage ceremony was performed. They then disappeared. The bereaved Mr. Middleton is using vigorous measures to find his money and his wife. —. oo The Hilton-Stewart Yarn. The New York World's Hilton story is con- tinued this morning. The salient statements of this morning’s contribution to the subject are that “A. T. Stewart's mother lived in this city, was married here a second time and diea here,” and that Hilton knew this and worked upon Stewart's fear lest his humble ancestor's existence should become known. The World also says that Stewart had stepbrothers and stepsisters, whose existence troubled him. see — | Gen. Jubal A. Early will be invited to presiae | at the unveiling of the Lee monument. Col. Archer Anderson of Richmond wili be the | orator. | Highest of all in Leavening Power. Re LOLS Baking Powder PURE ABSOLUTELY _FUTURE DAYS, | MAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY FRONT- i@ TWO NDRED FEET ON EAYETIE. OR 8 IMMEDIATELY pe THIRTY-FIFTH 3 VET ACADEMY ‘OF ” VISITATION. GEORGETOWN, D.C. AT AUCTION. RSDAY ‘AFTERNOON, APRIL SEVEN- ENTH, 1 VE O'CLOCK, in tront of the 1880, st FIVE O'CLOC Premises, Y shall vell lots 183, 183, 187 aud the south- ¢rn 20 feet of 189, in Threlkeld's addition to George town, frouting 200 feet on Fayette or 35th street. ‘Terme made known at eale. ap7-dkds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, RUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE WHARF AND WARER PRIVILEGE. N STREET, CORNER FOCKTH STREET SOUTHEAST. virtue of of trust dated the 25th of March Fecordyot this Deteceaed bee feug ct of tue lan © strict, an. jon of the party ‘ecured thereby, the 1 offer at public preinives, on THURSDAY, the SEVEN- OF APRIL, 1890, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M wi (3) and four (4), in square numbered twenty-six (82 described on the and width of 105 teet Linch exte) lip that widt) em Branch of the Potomac Ri fa iver, of $11,000 and interest on same from September 25. 1809, with expenses ot sale in cash; balance in one year with six per ceut interest trom the day of sale and secured by a deed of trust of the prop pn many posit 0! aale: i cash, at the option of purchaser. A it of ) will’ be required at the time of sale, If the terms of sale are not complied with in 10 days aiter the sale, the Trustee reserves tI it to resell the property at the risk and cos: of the defaulting pur- chaser upon five days’ udvertisement of such resale, Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser. en will be pald to December 31. 1889, ap5-di MES G. PAYNE, Trustee. ‘TOMORROW. W422 TER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. ON FRIDAY, APRIL EIGHTEENTH, AT FOUR LOCK’ P.M. WE SHALL SELL AT. NTH AND PI apl6-2t NDID BUILDING LOT ON N 8T 3 EEN NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH TREE STHWEST, NEAR DUPONT On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL EIGHTEENTH, at A QUAMTER PAST FIVE O'CLOCK, We will sell, in tront of the premises, part of T 14. BOUARE 1 16, being the east 26 feet trout by depth of 101 feet to a we pot alley. is property is near Dupont circle, British minis— ter’s and other fine residences and adiuirably adapted fora fine building. ‘Terme: One-third cash; Walance in one and two yeurs, flotes to bear six per cent interest, payable semi- annually, and to be secured by deéd of ‘trust on prop erty, or all cash, at option of purchaser. A deposit of 5) require: at time of sale. Conveyancing, Xc., at burchaser'’s cost. Lerms to be complied days, otherwise right reserved tor cost of defaulting purchaser after five ment in some newspaper published in D. ‘DUNCANS( ‘apll-d&ds JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, ‘RUSTEE'S SALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT ON 3 THIRD “STE SOUTHWEST, BETWEEN M AND N STREET Under and by virtue of a decree of the Supreme Courtt ‘the District of Columbia, in cause whereit Ulysses G. Chipinan ts complainant and Bridget Chip- an gt al. are defendants, Known as equity cause, No. 35,1 will on FRIDAY THE EIGHTEENTH DAY APRIL A.D. 1800, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.3L, wéll_at public auction in front of the mises allof Lot lettered ” in Wm. W. Metcaif's division of lots in square 596, toxether with the ee thereon, consisting of a Two-story Pram: ‘Termi as prescribed by said decree: third of the purchase money in cash, the belance in equal installments, at one and two years, secured by the promissory notes of t! purchaser aud a deed of trust on the premises gold, or all cash, at the purchas- er's option. A deposit of #50 required on the day of sale. All conveyancing at the cost of purchaser Sale closed within ten days from date thereof, otherwise the trustee reserves the right to re- sell at the cost and risk of the defaultiug purchaser. BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTON, Trustee, apl0-d&ds 2 Louisiana ave. n.Ww. ________ FUTURE DA WEEES & 0. ROS Auctionéers. Oue- ce Auctioneers, 637 Louisiana avenue, ‘Opposite City Post Office, LARGE AND SEASONABLE STOCK oF DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, HO- SIERY, RIBBONS IN GREAT QUANTITY AND VARIETY, LADIES’ AND GENTS' UNDERWEAR, ROBES, BUTTONS, JEWELRY, &c., ALTOGETHER MAKING A VERY ATTRACTIVE SALE OF DESIRABLE AND SEASONABLE GOODS AT AUCTION WITHOUT LIMIT OR RESERVE, ON THE PREMISES, : SEVENTH AND Q STREETS NORTHWEST, COMMENCING AT 10 O'CLOCK, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, apl7-2t HOMAS DOWLING, A\ REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE SNE eer sy OSne AUCTION | HOOMS. tioneer. TEENTH, O'CLOCK, EMBRAC: Piano, several fine French Plate Mir- jar Chiffoniers, five fine Purtor suits, ut Marble Top Chamber Furniture in parate pieces, Fancy Chairs, Lounges, Mar- ables, Superior Huir Mattrasses, Feather Pil- bie Top lows and Bolsters, Engravings and Olographs, Brus- sels and Ingrain Carpets, Pamted Chamber Furniture, Dining Koom and Utfice Furniture, oue Large Hotel Ketrigerator, nearly new; Kefrigerators, Cooking and Heating Stoves, &c., &: AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. One Fine Black Driving Horse, six years old and “One Well-bred Young Horse, with Bugsy and Har- news ‘One Brewster of Broome Street Speeding Buggy in pertect order. ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Landaus, Coupes, Carts, Surreys, Carriages, Bi and Wagons, &c. ee apl es DOWLING, Auctioneer. SPECIAL TRADE SALE OF FINE CRATES OF AS- Molt 2 WENTY-FIRST, 80 rockery, to which the special attention of the trade eer. al 7-3t rected. THOMAS DOWLING, Ai NHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. YON K AND FIF- EETS NORTHWEST AT AUCTION, AY, APKIL SEVENTEENTH, 190, at FIVE CK P.M, in frout of the premises, f will sell the West Twhuty-one Feet of Lot 15, iu Bauare 218. byw depth of 100 foot 10 inches imme proved by Sinali Fraiue House, uow renting for $0 per mouth. *ferme; One-third cash; balance in one and two years, with interest, and sécured by a deed of trust on the property, or ull’cash. Conveyancing and record- ing at cost of purchaser, A deposit of will be required ut time of wale. This property 8 beautifully sithated in one of our best neixborhoods and sbould couitand the attention of those in search of valuabig THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, pro} z apse E ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL oan bacare day, due notice of which will be given, 1t y g, DARR & CO., A ATOLIFFE, Pas uctioneers, v! nusylvania w¥e, n.w. STORY BR! HOUSER, CORNER aE EN NDC STREETS SOUHEAST, AT JOTION Om THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL. ‘TWENTY- E O'CLOCK, we will sell in 5 AND 6, IN SQUARE 990, ‘BB feet 4 iiches ou C street and 35 feet on Lith street, y improved by Three-story Ten- Room Brick House with Cellar aud Frame Back Bui inw, also Frame Buildius in the rear. Water, gas aud ewer on both atreets. Herdica pass the door. Can ually subdivided to adimit of four additional leudid opportunity for an investment, nus: One-third c. anc: in one and two years, with interest at 6 per cent, secured by deed of trust on. the property sold, or all cosh, ut the option of the pur- Chaser.” A deposit of $300 required at All conveyancing. recording, & Af terms of are not compli ft time of sale. werved to resell the the defaulting Wertisement of such re iahed in Washington, D.C, Pr RATCLIFFE, DAKIt & CO, ducts, vO FINE BUILDING LOTS CORNER OF Texter Asbo Stubs os Nate? WEST, FRONTING 40 FEET ON TWENTY- FIRST BY 100 ON 0 STRI KET, On TUESDAY AFIERNOON, APRIL TWENTY. acon, ‘at FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sell in frout of r ~ LUTS 16 AND 17, WARE 97, each lot fronting 20 fvet by depth of 100 feet. This property ix situated on the corner and suitable for a fine dwelling, or can ly be subdivided into five building lots. These lots are the best in the locality = ould attrect the attention of those desiring to Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two reurs. nOtes to bear interest at G per cent per annum Trou aay of wale, interest payable semi-annually, and to be secured by trust on property all cash at option of purchaser. A depomt of ‘Wired on cach lovat tiie of sale. Conveyancta, kc marchaser after five days’ ad- Yertizement eS ale in some Eewspaper pub- ny . aplé-dads DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts. TCLIF ARR & CO., Auctioneers, R&CHIPE, DANES Senha lvanin ove! now, OF FRAME HOU: TRUSTEE'S SALE, OF FRAME HOUSE No. 128 ees Bee eo a, for the District of Columbid aud at the request of the ny at ¥ in WE! o ‘T FIVE ad be Taud-basement Fraine House, No. of trust ‘wits i — | (PHOMAS DOWLIN 920 Pa ave. nw. ‘ORY - AND - BA! aye Retr, ‘DARE & CO., Auctionsers, VALUABLE THREE ERN IMPROVE NTS, es N RAL PLACE, BETWEEN G AND H AND NINTH AN! TENTH STREETS ‘NowTH ‘EST.AT = On FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL TWENTY- FIFTH, 1590, at FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sell, in front of the premises, vu. 375, PART OF SUB LOT 95 IN SQUARE imy red by Hor No. 27 it snd busemcht.bey-windew brik” hotee ten ; all modern im} ‘NT isiness center, yet ® reserved street. lendid opportunity for investment or permavent “Terms of sale: One-third cash, the option of the purchaser. quired when property ia. ktiock : Sncing, tecorting, Ke. at purchaser's cost. If termn eens eoatienta tech Aaa and cost of the defaulting purchase, at Public advertisement of such resale’ in Paper published in Washingvon, D.C _apl6-d&ds (| 2 Sis ATCLIFFE, DARE & CO, Auctioneer R ‘920 Penusyivant@ ave. ma, DESIRABLE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK HOUSE. NORTHWEST CORNER OF SEVENTH AND E STREETS NORTHEAST. a Op RRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL. ELEVENTH, at FIVE O'CLOCK, we Will offer for sale in front she Premises Lor 107, SQUAHE 861 fronting 15 84-100 fcr Leap hor at feet, improved by a well-built two-story and ment Brick House, with all modern Improvements, bolus one of the finest locations in the northeast, ¥ sash; balance in one and two 6 per cent per annum, secured ash, at option of purchaser. Ifterms of sale are uot complied with in ten days right reserved to resell the,property after five days’ vertisement of such resale in RR & CO., Auctioneers, upon acceptance of bid. "All conveyancix, cost of pure RATCLIFFE, DARK & ap] Lats ‘Auctioneers, §2-THE PURCHASER OF THE ABOVE PROP- erty at the former sale having failed to comply with the terms of sale the property will be resold at the risk und conf of the defaulting purchaser, 1 {rons of Prguuses, om TUESDAY, THE WEN LY-SECOND AY OF APRIL, AD. 1800, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. 16 RATCLIFFE, DAKR & CO., Aucta i, Auctioneer, RUSTEES' SALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT KNOWN AS NO. 18 PIERCE STREET NORTHWEST. Under and by virtue of a certain deed of trust, bear- Ye October A.D. 1588, and recorded in Liber No. 1349, tonto 9 seq., one of e¢ land records of the District of Columbia, the undersigned trustees: wil,on WEDNESDAY, the TWENT)-1HIRD DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1890, at FIV! ‘CLOCK ¥, oy front of the premises, sell at public auction, the cast eighteen (18) feet front by the full depth thereof, of Lot numbered sixteen eng in W. P. Johnston's subdi- Vision of lots in square numbered six hundred and twenty (620), together with the improvements thereon, consisting of & two-story frame dwelli ‘Terms of sae: One-third of the purehit oney in cash and the baiance in equal installments at one and two years, secured by the promissory notes of the chaser and a deed of trust upou the property alleash, ai the purchaser's option. 4 @=posit of #100 will be requii on the day of sale. ‘aie to be closed within ten days from the day of sale or the trustées reserve the right to resell at the éost and risk of the defaulting purchase BENJAM. INF. — HTON, Otice No. RICHARD &. PAIRC {rosin pl5-dads Office No, 482 La. a) HHOMAS DOWLING, Auctionee: NT FIVE-GLASS BR’ SPLENDID ORDER; FINE CROS CHE SIXTEEN-HAND HORSES, SOUND. WILL DRI SINGLE OR SETS OF DOUBLE Hak- . ABOVE TH POLE A 'S PHAE- MAN'S SEAT) IN GOOD ORDER. BLANKETS, ROBES AND STABLE PAKAPHERNALIA, AT AUCTIO: On MONDAY TWENT: APRI N iF WILL EET NEAR SE I will sell for a gentleman efit, all of which will be found first-cluas aud in Al order, This sale offers a splendid opportunity a to obtain a fine team. Can be seou at above stables from 9 uutil 1 o'clock on Saturday prior to sale. é ‘Terms cash THOMAS DOWLING, 1o-dts Auciloneer. ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, ROVED PROPERTY FRONT! FOURTH STREET BETWEEN M ETS NORTH. AST, AND ON K N CAPITOL AND % Cc NTY-FIRST, AT HALE- We shall sell, 1u front of 3 th the improvere prick dwelling Louse, Y, APKIL TWENTY-SECOND, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, we shall sell. in premises, 1 t No. in Giibert’s re- corded subdivision of Aquare Ni jents thereon, consisting of a three-story aud base- ment brick dwelling trouting on K st, between North Capitol and 1st sts. n.e., being premises No. 9. derms of sae: One-fourth cash, balance in one, two and three yeurs, for notes bearing interest from day of with improve- sale aud secured by adeed of trust on property sold. All conveyancing, &.,at purchaser's cost. $100 dowt on each piece of property when struck off. And if the terms of sale are not compiied with within ten days from day of sale, the property will be resold at and cost of defaulting purcuuser or purchasers. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CC a12-d&ds 0. Auctioncers, ‘J \HOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Keal Estate Auctioneer, SALF OF VALU- PROVEMENT EY EAST BE. TW AD RTH, By virtue of the last will aud téstarceut of Fannie P. Lee,deceased, the undersigned, as executor and trustee therein named, will sell at public auction inf front of the premises,on MONDAY the TWEN (¥-FIKST DAY OF APRIL. A.D. 1890, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M., all those picces or parcels of eround situate in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and kn as lots thirty (30) and thirty-one (31), in . Callan’ subdivision of square eight hun- 36), said lots being each twenty- ) feet front by one hundred (100) fect in depth, thirty one (31), beiug improved by a two-story: Dwelling. ‘Lerms of sule,as agreed upon in writing by all parties interested im said real estate, are as follows: One-third $) purchase money in cash und the balance thereof in six and iwelve months, with interest from day of sale, for which the purchaser or purchasers shall give bis or their promissory notes, secured by ade: dor deeds of trusts upon the property sold, or all cash, at option of the purchaser or purchasers. "A deposit of 850 will be required of the j' 1 rs at the time of sale. AN convey c ‘The terms of sale mu: y_ of sale, o' at the risk aud cost of detaulting purchs days’ notice in the Evening Star. ANDKEW J. DONALDSON, Executor ‘H AND 90 FEET ON Lat public auction on TU! ECOND, 1890, at FIVE LOW . 5 those desirable vacant Lots at che corner of 7th and T streets northwest, in Wasbington city, numbered 7 and, in the subdivision of square 440, made by the o i. Co. and GK. 1. ‘This ts a Valuable business site, near the entrance to Le Droit Park aud on the line of the cable cars. Terms: One-third cash; balauce im one and two yeurs, with interest from dvy of sale, or ail cash if de- sired. $200 depoait required. Couveyaucitic at cost of purchaser, Terms to be complied with in twenty days, EDWARD» & BARN ARI is ‘oth st. pow, a THOMAS DOWLING, Aucts. UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, USTEES' SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK DWELL- InG 0. MASSACHUSETTS | AV E A A TWO. ORY FRAME VE No. 1009 H STREET NOKTH- EAST. By virtue of adecree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a 8} oe ee cause = Frea. on. urrage et al., complainants, agt. Frede: . Rest efendants, we will sell on FRIDAY, the TY-FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1890, at °K P. M.., in front of the prenuises, aii that and premines “known ead de- xeril x said party of lots three and tour being described a8 tullows: ‘Bexinning ata point on west lime of said lot three, distant 41 feet 8 incl from south line of north F street; thence southeas wardly 45 70-100 feet toa point in the west line o lot five of said subdivision, distant 43 45-100 feet from the northeast corner of an ailey between suid lots four and five; theuce south along the west line of said lot five and beyond until it strikes the end, or south- east corner of the piece of ground eyed from Dee to by deed reco in Lit 144 Fa. folio 144: thence, following the suttth line of the piece of wround so conveyed, nortliwardly to the west line of said lot ees Shence mort benaterty an = = line rs ee ‘2 feet 7 inches, to the place 1 inning, the same property cohweyed to test by. deed recorded in Liber “0, fol 01" “Improved by two-story brick Aweiling No. 24 Massachusetts avewue northeast. ALSO, Plice'we will pels in frout ot. the premises Saat fos MWe Wil in front ot the of 10, square 959, fronting 20 feet om H street northeast with a depth of 100 feet, beginning for the same 20 feet east from the northwest corner Of said lot, thence ‘thence south 100 tet, north 100 feet to be: inning, improved by a two-story frame house, No. TOU Hf street northeast. sn2ghime of aale: One-third cash, us ahd to'be secured by all cash, at option of purchaser, A de will be required on each piece of property ve} ciug, &c., at purchaser's cost. erms plied with in ten days, otherwise Sat of the detuning purchaser HENKY WISE Cans, Trustee, Sth st. nw. ERDINAND SCHMIDT, ‘Trus 3 ‘O11 Yih etsy sold; con- to be com- ngs SALE 0! F LARGE VALUABLE ESTATE IN WEST WASHINGTON, Dee By virtue of a ‘of trust Es Fuel. and until TWALY! the PeeNtietH PAT OE MAY REX for, furnishing jorame to States one more of following stations from the Ist daly, 1800, £0 the 30th June, 1801, viz th NH, : Keno ras Anmapeioe Md Ween ois eon Va, Fensivola, Flay and Mare fsiana, Gal, Nenled ls Will ‘@lso be received at this office until TARvE OrCLOCK M. of the TWENTY-FIKST DAY for furnishing Supplies, consisting of oe Bankets, Hats, Hy: my ete, at the office of the Assistant rinaster, Pbiladel- phia, Sealed proposals will also be received at this office until TWELVE O'CLOCK M. of TWENT\- SECOND DAY OF MAY NEXT tor furnishing st de delive: atthe office of the Quarter. sshington, DC. All supplies to be deliv. ered the places named, free of penee to the Cuited States. Specifications, blank forms of proposals and ali information can be obtained upou application at any of the stations named above, or at the office of the uartermaster, Wash » D.C, and Agsistar ithice, 1 Qu termaster's 01 ly will be tracts awanded sub to meet the ex- more stations, and will be considered separately for each artic livery, They should be indorsed office each item, sepa- rately. are notified that no award or formal acceptance of any bid under this advertisement will be made until Congress makes an appropriation from which the supplies called forcan be purchased. Pro- posals must be indorsed on the outside of the euve- we0 hief, Supp pe “Proposals for Miscel applies” and ad- ‘5 , ply Division, _8P16,17,18,18my 1920-60 dressed to MK. THOR ROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY. — WAR DE. partment, Washington, D.C., April 12, ed proposals, tu duplicate, subject to the usual conditions, will be rece Ne O'CLOCK "PM. THU for furnishing 8 part: id tte bureaus ia neton during the fiscal ug June 30, 1801. Blak forms of propomals, showing the ite ated quantities required, toxether with circular relating thereto, will be fur. 1. on application to this office. Bids will be con- doneach item separately. Eidders are notitied ard or formal acceptance of any bid under this advertisement will be made until Congress makes an sppropriation irom which the supplies called. for can be purchased. Proposals must be mdorsed on the outside of the enyelo} ssed to M. eg fropomais. tor Sistioners” . THORP, Chief. Supply Divis- _ apl6.17,18,19.my7&S-6t ‘ORES jor PrRonosars FOR OR! pro) FOR THE Washington 7 1890," will be received at the Bureau of Provini: and Clothing, Navy Department, Washington, DC. UNTHL TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, APRIL TWENTY ~ NINTH. 1890, and bh iy opened “stumediately ‘thereafter, to furnish at the Washington Navy Yard a quantity of stores, cousistiuy of belt ‘al, Jeather belting, luinbemdrills, steel, paints, files, &c., &e Ali of the abov form to the navy standard and jon. Blank proposals ion to the conv Washington, D.C., or to reserves the right to rejec ass the usual naval Will be furnished upon dant of the Ni P KOPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES, WASHING WET- Sing Cloths and for, the purchase uf Pulp, Waste Paper, &-—Tygasury Department, Bureau of Bngray- ing and Print. Washingt: DC, 3, INMO.— sealed Proposals will be rec TWELVE M., THUKSDA furvish supplies to Pruting during the fiscal year bess 1890, of the following classes: Dry Colors, Oils, &. Chemicals, &c.: Paper, Typographic Tuks, Eneravers® Supplies, Binders’ supplies, Hardware, Piumbers™ plies, Castings, Textiles, &c. : Kubber Goods, Sundries, Lumber, Horse Feed, lee at Awards will be made only to ¢stablis ergot, or dealers in, the articles. Sealed p Will also be received until the same thue for etting Cloths during the sane perk will be chase of Pull curities, & THE EVENING STAR is offered to the pub» lic, im good faith and with confidence, as THE | BEST LOCAL ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. In point of fact, it may be truthfully said that it is without at equal in this respect any where in the world. These averments are borne out by the figures given below, which are compiled from the sworn weekly statements printed in the paper on exch Monday in the year, and condensed from the sworn tabular statements showing the average daily circulation of the paper during the year 1889, published in Tue Stam on the ~ | 18th of January, 1890. Briefly stated, the pointe upon which the above claim is based are these: That— 1. The Star has three times the circu. tation of any other paper in Washing= ton! 2, The Star's circulation in Washing- ton ts double that of all the other daily Papers published in the city added to | gether!! 3. The Star bas a larger and fuller circulation in the city where printed, in proportion te reading and purchas- ing population, than any other news: Paper in the world!!! 4 The Sinr bas the largest regular and permanent home circulation of any two-cent afterneon paper in the United States!!! In support of these claims and to show the constantly increasing circulation of the paper, attention is invited to the figures following: DAILY CIRCULATION IN TRSS-86-87 88-80, 1SS3. INS6. 1887, ISN8, 1s8e, JAX...20,456 23,388 25,470 26,356 27,541 Fee...22,029 24,321 28,299 27,161 29,200 MAR...25,549 25,594 26,009 27,490 34,766 APR...22,572 24,227 25,575 27,166 29,552 May. 22,474 24,359 25,742 26,722 29,616 JONE..21,933 23,902 25,116 27,453 30,173 JULY..21,406 23,186 24,870 26,363 29.650 Tipit ronervd rave drfoct i arakct aay GF | goer” gitegs 2uraet BUNS 25.521 2305 all bids or parts of bids. Blank forms with specifica. | S8PT..21,33 22,302 24,905 25,324 2s,478 tprknced cdenapiatin | O---210497 21,701 24,507 25,916 20,329 at this of + Clief of Larean, | Nov...22,049 28631 25,607 25.814 31,059 - — ———— | DEC...23,000 24,687 26,466 26,752 31,659 Prevare For Avan Suowens Av'ge.22,123 23,682 enone 27,082 30.006 eat Increase . + 1,559 1,503 1,598 3,008 A RUBBER GOSSAMER is always a useful piece of Wearing apparel We claim to have s large and varied assortment, if not the largest in town. ‘We will enumerate below a sche tule of prices 00 LADIES’ WATERPROOF CIRCULARS in GAR- ETS AND GRAYS, We guarantee these to stand the strain of water, Special Price, 1.50; regular price, 8189. 185 STRIPED CIRCULARS, elegant shape. This Gossamer we have in Narrow and Striped Effects. Special Price, 82.48, 145 IRISH PEASANT CIRCULARS, which are so Popular, we offer at $1.98, in Grays and Browns, In- tended to sell for 82.73. Axain, we have an IRISH PEASANT CIRCULAR tn INDIA STRIPED CLOTH, which has beautiful effect of Silk, guaranteed, at 82.98; real value 84. Our CHILDREN’S STOCK has just been replenished with several new numbers, amoug which we name one of the numerous at $1.39, which we consider well worth $1.75, Let us supply the little ones. Our MEN'S RUBBER COATS, with Cape detachable, in Brown Cloth, full sizes, at $3.50. LADIES’ SILK GOSSAMERS IN RAGLANS AND IRISH PEASANT CIRCULARS, ete. Prices ranging from $15 up to #25. SATTEENS, SATTEENS. ‘We have placed on sale this week about 350 pieces choice new patterns in DOMESTIC SATEEN at 12% and 20c, per yard. In beauty of color and quality of cloth they are un- surpassed. The patterns are the very latest production of French. artists and the printing will compare favorably with the finer quality of Satteens. ‘These goods are worthy of special attention, We would also have you bear in mind that we are headquarters for KOECULIN FRERES SATTEEN. SPARKS OF INTEREST FROM OUR UPHOLS- TERY DEPARTMENT. SPECIAL REDUCED SALE OF STAMPED LINENS. TIDIES, 9c., were 25c, SPLASHERS, 25c., were 350, BUREAU SCARPS, 25c., were 4de. Small lot of SCRIM for Gc. a yard, was § and 10c, All styles of IMITATION CHINA SILK go for Lc. per yard. 18c. CURTAIN SWISS marked down to 12%e. 20 styles of DOTTED SWISS in Ecru, Gold, Pink and Blue and White, Reduced from 37e. to 25e, COLORED SCRIM, was 1240., now 9c, LACE CURTAINS at 75, 98c., $1.10, $1.25 and $1.50 per pair are bargains not to be missed. WORSTED and TINSEL FRINGE, 1 4c. per yard. All our 75¢c. WINDOW SHADES reduced to 50c. These are absolutely the best quality to be bad at any price, Our 35c. CURTAIN POLES will be sold for a short time at 170. each, in Cherry, Walnut, Ebony, Ash, &. CHENILLE PORTIERES, heavy fringe at top and bottom, were #7.50 per pair. ‘Do you want them at #4.98 a pair? FANCY GOODS DEPARTMENT. HEMINWAY ROPE-FILE FLOSS, ENGLISH TWIST, 2 SKEINS FOR 5c. WASH SILK, 3 SKEINS FOR Sc. LANSBURGH & BKO'S SAPONACEOUS DENTIFRICE, 15 CENTS. Contains nothing injurious, An exceflent article for cleaning and preserving the teeth and gums and purifying the breath, At our Touet Counters, ANS = BURGH & BRO. 420, 422, 424, 426 7th st Niuw Sramo _Goors. f Just received a We Spero Sea pee dies tad iu Cae HOOE, BRO. & CO, 2586 F ot. a - Of this remarkable average aggregate of 80,090 copies cireulated daily, no more than 1,102 copies are sent out of the city by mail, and 1,106 go to suburban places, by express, railway trains, etc., leaving as « net circulation an the city proper the PHENOMENAL PRO- PORTION of 92% PER CENT, or AN AGGRE- GATE of 27,882 copies! Of this number, 21,142 were delivered daily by regular carriers at the homes of permanent sub- scribers, The remaining 6,740 copies represent the sales over the office counter, at the news stands, end by newsboys. But of this latter pumber a very large proportion is supplied regularly to per- manent residents of the city living in lodgings, &c. (not householders), so that its whole circula tion may be literally said to be in the family circle. While its aggregate circulation there- fore gives Tue Sran a distinctive and enviable position in modern journalism, the fullness of its home circulation, the extent to which | be to allah eau hy posible Ot the | household, and particularly by the pur= | chasing portion of the community, ure the marked characteristics of the paper, | to which no other daily journal now published can furnish a parallel. This is no idle boast on the part of the paper. | Itisa well established fact, demonstrated to the full satisfaction of the sagacious and enter- prising buemess men of Washington, who seek and know where to find THE LARGEST RETURNS FROM THE MONEY PAID OUT FOR ADVERTISING. This is proven by the growth of Tuc Sran’s advertising patronage. Nothing can more surely illustrate the esteem in which any article is held by the public than a constantly increasing demand for it—day by day, week by week, month by mouth, and year by year,—in the face of ad- verse claims and pretentious competition. The figures following tell the story on this point: NUMBER OF NEW ADVERTISEMANTS ¢RINTED Gt 1885-S6-87-88-4, 18835. INS6. ISS7. ISSS, ISS9. Je 2,783 3,200 3,615 4,076 4,556 Fes.....2.824 3,064 3,847 3,924 4,529 Max....3,195 3,506 4,669 4,603 5,494 APEIL ..3,679 4,355 5,478 4,986 5,584 MaY....3,868 4,197 5,395 5,171 6,033 JUNE....3,474 3,935 4,522 4,606 5,529 JULY....3,063 3,235 3,3SL 3,915 4,483 Ave 2882 3,170 4.604 4,208 4,517 3.589 4,879 5,313 6.559 4,250 5,038 4,659 6,107 3,896 5,093 5,007 5,795 TOTAL 41,499 45,910 54,038 54,501 65,522 But it is not alone in numbers that the great increase of advertising is shown. The larger space required for advertisements during the year 1889 as compared with that occupied is 1888 is even more striking. ‘The average daily space filled by advertise ‘ments in 1888 was 25.10 columns, or 7779 columns for the year; whereas for the year 1889 the daily average was 29.75 columus, or 9223 columns im the aggregate, being « total gain over the pre vious yearof1444columns! And this, it mast be remembered, consisted exclusively of the ordinary everyday business advertising, nothing in the way of tax sales, poll liste, election returns, etc., such as occasionally swell the business of political organs, being included im its patrop- age. In conclusion, it is only necessary to say that, im proportion to the extent and high character Of its circulation, Tus Sran’s advertising ratet take rank with the very lowest in the country, and to add, finally, that every statement hereis made can be abundantly verified THE CIR- CULATION OF THE PAPER IS SWORN TO; ITS PRESS AND CIRCULATION ROOMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ITS BOOKS | Max ae InsrpcTED BY ANY ONE HAVING 40 DNTEREST IN THELR EXAMINATION.