Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1891, Page 5

Unescat, Banourxs For Farvar. ‘The neaal remanent bergains and UNUSUAL BAR- @AlNS The goods mentioned in this column. ex- erpting wraps, are new to Washington—arrived only this morning. Seven of our buyers have jum returned foe Mow York, where they were successful in closing out cammer stock from severs] manufacturers, ens- biiag the ofering temerrow of unusual bargains THE PALAIS ROYAL (Continued below.) Kw Guovss Ly New Suavzs. ‘The new Grays, Tans and Modes, just received, will ‘Match say of the fashiousbie dress goods. We can ‘more leisurely and carefully try om these gloves to- morrow than on daturdey. ‘THR PALAIS ROTAL. (Continued below.) Haso.sussowssz> Hixpxencmuars. Warranted Pure Linen and guaranteed hand-em- roidered mitiai snd drawn work in corner, ONLY ‘@3e. EACH. The initials are not the large unartistic Porous-piaster-iike objects that are usually found on Be. Handkerchivfs. 50. quality for 25c. ie telling the truth of the HandRerchiefs we'll offer tomorrow. THE PALAIS ROYAL. (Continued beiow. Two Baxosxs Ix Hose. Guaranteed 50e. quality Boot Pattern Lisle Bose, Fast Biack feet and ankles, uppers of colors, only ‘Se. or 8 pairs for $1. Same styie in cotton, only We. THE PaLais BOTAL. (Continued below.) 25e. Wirxpsoas For 190. Crean Madras with colored silk stripes, one yard long; will wash. Only 19 cents. 12% CENTS for India Silx Windsors, polka dots and figures, licht and dark colore These are like the scarfs that have been Judged such « bargain st 19 conte. ‘THE PaLals ROYAL. (Continued below.) Visesn Cussszrrs Ostr 250. ‘Taree-piy pure linen bosom smd standing snd turn- down collars in latest Engitsh styles. Only 2c. each. Cui, Ge. pair. Imported French Percale Chemi- ssteen, Agures of warranted fast colors. 4hc. each. ‘TSE PaLals ROYAL. (Contimuad below.) Pasasors Ar Waoizsarz Prices. We open tomorrow 233 Parssols, secured from the maker st s discompt of Sai per cent. We ask credit for passing them on to you s! proportionate reduc- tious on prices. We sould gasily make an extre Pref! and yet find eager custorners. $3.95-Surah apd Pongee Silk, with ruffles, Tam, Gray, Bisck, &c. ‘These are $5 Parasols. Lace Net. with deep French lace raffle, . ‘These are $12.50 Parasols. 94.50— indie 810k, ali colors and Black, with bow. Knot designs in White. These are $6.50 Parasols. ‘$3. 6S_Surab Silk, Tan, with Brown border; Blue, with Old Rose border, Black, with White border: These are $5 Parasols. 96. GS—India Silk. with three rnflles. English Red, ‘Tans. Grays. &c. These are $7.50 Parasols. (00.96Fongee and India Silks. White, Tan end Grays: deep ruffice. These are 87.50 Parasols. 813.98 Black SUX. covered with Black Lace Net, iu mati-bead desicm; worth $2.50 « yard: deep Ince flounce to match. These are $17.50 Parasols. 24.00 to $0 White Surah and India Silke; piaim and Sure. Oniy twelve of these Parasols, which are orth from fi. A} to $15 each. $2.23 to $8. OS Mournin: Parasols of Sursb. India and G. G. Silks, piaio, friaed and with puffs and ruffles. Worth from #3.50 to @12 each. THE PaLals ROYAL. (Continued below. ) Waars Or Au Kuss at SPECIAL SALE PRICES. Te there a Wrap departaent more complete in every detail? Is there « better collection of Traveling Ul- sters, Lace Capes. Limported Jackets. Reefers and Tea Gowns or of Chiliren's Garments! We wouldn't asl these question: The sSeck* At the vanows stores are now very well known. You must kuow that the prices marked on garments are as low as elsewhere. Now that we 10 per cont dixcoumt—deduct one-tenth frou the marked prices—IT FOLLOWS THAT OUR PRICES MUST BE THE LOWEST. Thus we have lowest prices, = variety unexcelled and every con- Yeuience for your comfort. Now, why shouldn't we have your patronage? THE PALAIS BOYaL (Cont! below.) Soxz New Brszens. $2.00-Ladies’ Cream Blazers, with Black and Ten stripes, Blue aad Black checks, roll collar, Urail fastenines. Cioth Blazers, Navy and Black, roll collar, mide pockets. $2.50 4 Tam Stripe and Check Blazers, roll wile pockets, pearl buttons. $3.75, 1. Biue stripe and Brown stripe, roll od square collar, silk cord snd tas- £5.00, $10.00. 94.00-Tan and Black Sere Blazers, Medici collar, brated, cord and tassel. €4.00 and §5.00. €5.00-Tan sud bisck Blazers, square collar, em- brotiered with Biack and Gold, Tam end Gota braid, cord and tasse|. $5.00. 08.00-Navy and Biack Cheviot Biazer, roll collar. fecet with arinure silk, side pockets. stripe, @8.00, 9.00-Navy, Black and Tan Cheviot Blazers, square collar, braided and triamed with rail, Silk cordand tassel. fronts aU, side pockets. $9.00 snd ‘THE PaLals ROYAL Lanes Wasts Asp Siners. The Vassar Shirts laundered by Earl & Wilson are the best fttine and most stylish Shirts made for ladies. cated embroidered bosons, cuffs; White and colors. Prices, @1 to81.48 each. The following come tu erent teriety of colors and designs Polka Dot Sateen Waists, $1.68 Gennine Scotch Ginchaun Waists, 82.68, Striped Madras Cloth Shirts, $1.33. Guuatlar styiesin sateen, #1. Striped Wash Suk Shirts, €3.08. Binck and White Surah Silk, $5. Best French Flannel Shirts. ¢2.68. Striped Cheviot Cuoth Shirts, ie. Black Gioria Silk Waists, $2.68. far These garments are pleated back and front, have new-style collars and cuffs, full high sleeves. All sizes. THE PaLals ROYAL. (Continued below.) Wauress Aso Tra Gowss, Deduct the discount—one tenth from these priess, which will be found marvel on these Tea Gowns. Challis Tes Gowns, $5.59. 87. #%, $10, OER 616, O15, 16, £20. &2) and & india Suk Tea Gowns, Bursh Suk Gowns, #22 $1 WRAPPERS Sizes, 34 tu 44. ‘These Calico Wrap- bere Mother iy retail at G15. They have tight back. jabbard frout, two pockets, deep ruffle, collar WRAPPERS Calico and Ginghai Garments ‘any in Black and Whiteand colors: ‘Batiste pers, with florsl zope. Old Tan, Light nin lovely deaiens a back, lovee fronts S20 Tea Gowns. THE PALAls Borat. (Continued below ® Canprexs Axo Misses: Ganwents, ent Gretchen Suits for Culidren Fo of tice couse, im iight-weit Hannes, Foca iaen saa ee ee ey = Pa 5 to 88 each. One- 's Gingham Dresses aerived amd ie your . Brag ine chnaren. ‘tvery unveaionce for then ana Good Baturod sues Kit.s end au expert inodiste ierstwua, THE Bahan Bee Cornes 12th nt one mrs 7 sf THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1891. Crovrr Sovspe ‘At night from baby's crib are distracting to parents ‘Who are at » loss for » medicine equal totheemeryency. ot so with those who have AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL tm the house. A dose of this medicine affords certain and speety relief. To cure colds, coughs. sore throst, asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and the various disorders of the bresthing apparatus Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has no equal. It soothes the inflamed tissue, promotes expectoration and induces 2d EDITION. POLITICS IN OHIO. Indications Pointing to a Fierce Campaign. THE THIRD PARTY CONFERENCE. Acres of Blazing Lumber at Long Island City. repose. Capt. U. Carley, Brooklyn, M. ¥., writes: ““Thave used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family for thirty years and have always found it the best remedy for eroup, to which complaint my children were subject." “Tus Ayer's Cherry Pectoral n° my practice and Pronounce {9 to be unequaled ase remedy for cokis and coughs."—J. @ Gorden, M.D.. Carroll Ov., ‘Virgtois. THE PRESIDENTS PROGRESS. It Promises to Be the Fiercest the State Has Ever Known. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. Crxcmxatt, O10, May 7.—The intensity of the political contest that ie now going on in this state increases visibly every day. A United States senatorship, a governorship and a possi- ble election of presidential electors in congres- sional districte, giving the democratic minority representation in the electoral cajlege, would tempt the utmost exertion of both as The Obio cam be the fiercest state has ever ‘The democrats who are endeavoring to de- stroy Gov. Campbell and prevent his renomi- nation have shown more iveness durin, last week than they have before exhibi Notwithstanding the claim made by the Camy bell men that ex-Congressman Lawrence T. Neal had withdrawn from the field,he has come forth from his retirement and has been tray about the state in his own bebalf. ‘ATER'S CHERRY PECTORAL Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aywr & Co., Lowell, Muss, Seid by all Drugwists, Price, @1; etx bottles, @5.) ‘The mortality among Coasumptives bes been mate ‘tially decreased of late years by many excellent pul- monics. Foremost among them is SCOTT'S EMUL- SION of Cod Liver Of with Hypophosphites of Lime and Goda, Phthisis, Bronchitis, Abscess of the Lungs, Pneumonia, Weakness and soreness of the Chest are compictely subjugated by 8 timely resort to thipeac- coastal combination of hiebly purified cod tiver oft | IME with the anits named, which sre themeci ves among the of. ted energy. Not oaly Lung well enongh for a while, but when it became apparent that he conld best advance his inter- and Bronchial troubles, but Rheumatiam, General De- | ests by boldly announcit himself as a candi- Ditity, the Wasting away of Children and Adults, Soro Ste teat dow Comp oe Neon tanated es | be fala and Lumber Apscesses and Feebleness arere moved by this standard preparation. Yor Anaemia and all impoverished conditions of the blood tt ss the best Dossible remedy, and ance the flavor of Cod Ever Oil It course shape his actions as he is now doing. The Brewers’ Association, which contributed to Campbell's nomination and electi is said that one great reason for Neal's lature to ‘Sunda; ww parsed Sees @ |ove phates aro logislatare, But the governor is well by the great mass of democrats. In the country districta the democrats swear by Maz. A. Rerrare New Boon. | hegecner sat cre hy seine abe = is renominat le Se ee tween the leaders of the democratic party is At the it request of ber ek Bese lata and sensible language, pei a secure it uy going to weaken the very much. 2 obtain: massa Stipek ‘On the republican’ side the only contest of consequence is that between Foraker and Sher- man for the senatorship. It is believed by men who are in a position to know what is going on that Foraker is today in better condition to win than Sherman is. Foraker has the bey ey LB of the active young men of the party an ~— ae sre working for him like beavers. ooo Fata with'a good many welldatd lave’ Up in Calla ¥ a many we! 8. in mnie bes Lx gounty the republicans ranted to nominate Dr. Eakins, who has been a member of the house Prorzsson Kocu for two years, but the alliance held a u ly recommends the Soden Fastilien (tro- | meeting and resolved that as Eakins wns a:pro- cbes) for all throat, lung amd catarrbel diseases. Dr. | fessional man they could not su him and Koch said: **A cough for which I tried many other 9 a e 7 Tacoma, Wasu., May 7.—As the presidential train was about to leave Seattle last evening a large crowd at the station set up shouts of 5 !" “Speech! and the President made fy seems gard po en stop was raed for over FIFTY YEARS ty MIl-| was made to enable members of the LIONS of MOTHERS for their he ES mo G. A. R. post and a large number of people to see President. A short stop was also made at Ravallup, where, the President onmral os Tous condition of the hop crop. ‘The train urrived at Tacoma at 7:80. exactly on time. A crowd CHILD, SOFTENS theGUMS, ALLAYSall PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best by world. Be sure and esk for "1 Syrup,” and take no vther Kind. ZOcentes bottle, thered about the sar and gazed on the —— Limgeremretcyigrtieed gel AN KE 1O moved off, after a stop of ten minutes, when Carters Latte beer) wins the erowd cheered the President most enthu- Casters Life Laver Fills. “Se put Come, | Seetealls. Cuzuatis, Wase., May 7.—The presidential Tuz Oxe Am testo yaunel Grong kere ah itak yclack intense crowd, which bats Gress band ant ‘HOUSEKEEPEAS MENS C1 , wl a brass ant ™ bonfires to assist them in their welcome. ‘The mia President made e short speech. a ACRES OF BLAZING LUMBER, & 6750,000 Fire at Long Island City—Prop- erty Elsewhere Burned. Naw Youx, May 7.—Fire broke out in the iron foundry, Weet avenue and Flashing street, Long Island City, at 10:40 o'clock last night. It is supposed to have been caused by a spark from a casting which had pases & just before the shop closed. ‘The firemen saw the great danger at once and called ont the whole Long Island City de- partment, but the fire was beyond controf then and soon had the next building, the Clark & ypeon feed mills, a mass of ruins. ‘Tho strong weeterly wind jumped the flames across to He "8. Whiting’s lumber yards, where the high piles of pine boards gave » frosh zest to them. From there they touched H. F. Boroughs & Co's. wholesale lumber yards on Newtown creek, and then attacked the ‘tTumber cony ‘Avold the discomforts of o PROTRACTED SUMMER. To keep cool requires much ingenuity and am abundance of money, unless you ovat] your selvesot the PROTECTION OF OUB EQUITABLE OREDIT overm, ‘Which ts an antidote against afl domestic Ms, To besurrounded by every pogeible comfort while you are paying for it as your Convenience suggeste E Inthe acme of toon, about eight acres of dry lumber ablaze and the flames it up the scene around. Itwas decided at the outset almost that it Miller was burned to death in his bed. Wiroxa, Minx., May 7.—Winona was visited by anotber disastrous fire last night, when the entire plant of the Schroth & Ahrens! Mill Com- May 7.—The Coldwell- undry aad machine works jEWBUROM, Crecrsnatt, ‘Ono, May 7.—The large frame rving and Telonehog to FW Dorks ae . W. Dorhitn : Sot elvaatt Wile scctiaie wes taees Sa motning. Lose, $50,000. Canmazr & Lewy Pisin Bisck India Linon and Bleck Piaid Tawnsat L2Ne. yard. Theme are all supertor | cignt to justify the advance in the stock mar- ‘values and weil worth more mousy. ket made, and while the broaden Latter Mibed Cotten ead Late Vaso ob 30, | Wat Qeneenlld io market developed a 13, 25 and 500. exch. Nendency immedately, which soon brought Ladiew’ Gauss Veute, high neck and lone Falecs below the final sensi in the peseal tdeoves, high neck aud Ghert sleeves, at 25 bat ‘oe Paul and lchinon” ware mo aad SOc. B Shirts and Drowers, exise valueeat low priees, | 2 late, ek eaten "The carly Just the fhingtor tore, Malcbetbocher Gense | Sownward mevesent was conined to hhowerer, in all cases but Northern Drawers coming only to the knee; ai stnea. Fone prelorred sid pagatench cf which re- We are offering big bargains in Mattings, tired 1 per cent from last night's prices, and — ret tet yey OARMART & LEIDY. d at 11 o'clock the markot we“ Nemmanetnetene | gieitmagreters © mak ote len at cent. The stock Wo masrezs, smartet shel Geteot al = mod: SLATE MANTELA, gem ve wat by ihe Bank of Eaglast Gnares aD THLE8, had” an adverse | influence upon prices es ee os “Stine to Hike of aetna stocky bangin ty ee er fo19Se0 (20 Loutsians ave. 2.0. tha aking mortmenteuln resulted gn dull- rit He ii el iii SERRES TS is the demand of the liquor men that he | posite THR CAMPBELL MEN JUBILANT. It 19 Believed That Neal Has Withrewa From the Ohic Gubernatorial Race. Spectal Dispsteb to The Evenine Stee. Couvapus, Omro, May 7.—The friends of Gov. Campbell are jubilant. They are fecling more confident of his nomination than they have at any time since the notorious Cineinnati squabble last fall. This is nll because of a momentous visit made to Colambus on Mon- day by the Hon. Larry T. Neal. Mr. Neal spent several hours in close consultation with the Thurmans, father and son. Both the old —— and = Ww. vena have been out- oken Cam} from the beginning, and ie bein uiey'w ispered about that through their infltence Neal has ageeed to. withanse from the gubernatorial contest, It Larry T. Neal has decided to withdraw Gov. Campbell will have @ walkover for the nomination. The democracy would in that case be somewhat hampered in a fought entirely upon the tariff issue. ne of the strongest points of advantage urged by Neal's friends bas been his tariff views and reo- ord. Gov. Campbell, on the other hand, has always been classed with the wing be wasa pro- of his party. Many years tege ofthe Hon. Geo. L. Converse, who ice been shelved by his party for his views. Indeed, Campbell owes in Congress to Con ‘The his first term in election had been close and Cam seat was contested. Converse was at that time a member of Con- gremand wae enlled upon to pull his Ohio iend out of the mire. battle with his well-known pertinacity and succeeded in seating the in, who has since become governor. ‘Iben Converse and Campbell beeame clove friends socially and remained politically. While their relations leasant they gradually drew apart in the past lew years, Campbell preferring to train with the “kid gang,” while Converse remained a mosaback. The “force bill controversy” last fall, however, put an abrupt and lasting termi- nation to thelr friendship, and since that time they have ceased to affiliate. These little mat- tere of ‘history, any the Campbell: opponents, will all be hunted up and used against the gov- fee tuts ay anees the advantage of toca from vs fe pomi- nating 2 man 5 wMhowe tariff record will be tn platform. It may confidently asserted, however, that except. for Neal the governor will have a clean field for the nomination, Xt is equally certain that he will not strei is ticket in » campaign Maj Meliniey on’ tari ineue. dienes i will seen that the withdrawal of Neal, which means Campbell's candidacy, will be viewed by the irecstions witha feeling which is the op- a RAILWAY MEN MEET. logis. | Seeend Day's Session of the Advisory Board of the Western Traffic Association. New Youx, May 7.—Considerable dissatisfac- tion was expressed by the members of the ad- vinory board of the Western Traffic Association when they met at the Windsor Hotel this morn- ing for their second day's seasion about the way matters were drawing along. The board took a recess at 1 p.m. for lunch. Before that hour Russell Sage and Sidney Dil- Jon left the meeting and went down town. After the recvss Chairman Hughitt said the had considered the Leeds matter (rate cutting) and their finding was thatthe Pacific railroad throngh the action of its freight traffic manager had violated the agreement substantially as presented by the commisson- ers, Mr. Leeds is now in the hands of the Mis- souri Pacific railroad officials, and if they do not discharge him it will make more trouble in the association. ee cee A FRENCH OFFICER MURDERED. Col. Prager of the Metz Garrison Found With ‘His Throat Cut. ‘Merz, May 7.—A sensation has been caused in the garrison here by the discovery that Col. Prager has been murdered. The body of that officer was found this morning at his residence. His head had been smashed in with a hammer, which was found covered with blood in the room in which the erime had been committed. His throat had also been ed with a knife or razor. It is concluded that robbery was tho motive. There is, apparently, no clue. doulas sme “Ola Hutch’s” Eccentricities Continued. Bostox, May 7.—Mr. B. P, Hutebinson, the grain speculator, continues his eccentricities in this city. Yesterday he purchased a dress suit fi from a tailoring establishment and invited the salesman to a chai dinner with him at Young's Hotel this evening. —— Mr. Gould Knows Nothing ef Dixon. New Yonx, May 7.—Mr. Jay Gould was ackod at the Hotel Windsor this morning whether the alleged interview at Pueblo had induced the man Dixon to come on here and threaten Mr. Gould's life. In reply Mr. Gould said he did not think that the interview was responsible for Dixon's coming on here. He never, to hie knowledge, ‘met Dixon before. the ublished interview had no existence in fact. interview in tion set forth that Mr. Gould had threatene Western je Association root and C. Dixon is confined in the insane ward at Bellevue Hospital. He will bo examined this afternoon as to his sanity. National Board of Fire Underwriters. New Yous, May 7.—The National Board of Fire Underwriters held its twenty-fifth annual meeting today. Some seventy delegates were esent from all sections of the country. Presi- lent Heald read his annual address. It showed that the year 1990 had been a highly successful one for fire underwriters. The reports from the other officers were next received, when. the standing committees presented their reports. ee The Catholic Frees . New Yorx, May 7.—At the second day's scs- sion of the Catholic press convention today the following officers were elected: President, C.B. Halien, St, Louis Church 83; vice resident, R. J. Cronin, Buffalo Union and "3; secretary, James Delaney, Catholic Fou, Brooklyn, ind treasarer, Patrick Dono- hue, Boston ——— Agent Elbogen’s Case. New York, May 7.—The case of Elbogen, charged with enticing girls from New York to New Orleans for immoral purposes, was given to the jury today. —_ A Unique Crusade in St. Louis. Sr. Lov, May 1.—Twenty-five thousand Sunday school children will today inaugurate s unique crusade. Divided into eighty parties they will in one day make # complete canvass of the ity, for the purpose of ascertaining how many children do not attend Sunday school or church and to extend an invitation to all such to visit places of worship. glee: SSR Barondess Seutenced for Extortion, New Yous, May 7.—Joseph Barondess, the leader of the striking cloakmakers, who was convicted of extortion, was sentenced to state prison today for one year and nine months. a Freight Cars Wreeked Near Zuni, Va, HEE i ijn : ‘ I, fought Campbell's | he Arrangements for the Coming Conference Accompanied by Friction. Crxcrxxatt, May 7.—The arrangements for the coming political conference commonly ealled the third party conference, beginning here May 19, are not progressing without fric- tion. Even eo small « matter ns the kind of decorations to be used in the ball bas provoked ‘an artiole in # local paper, in which Capt. C. A. | Power is represented as endeavoring to incul- |cate his peculiar ideas on the tariff ques- tion. | art Power sare be in here fe e arrangements for the conference providing a place of meeting and doing suc! | other things as are necessary for the conveni- [ence comfort of the delegates. He de- | i he is endeavoring to mold the | secure rates om the eastern —_———— > MURDERED HIS DAUGHTER. ‘The Terrible Deed Committed by Police- man Burns of Chicago. Curcago, May 7.—A terrible deed wascom- mitted this morning by Police Officer Hugh Burns, who is probably the murderer of his daughter, Ive Burns. He has been acting in a peculiar manner since tho death of his wife a few weeks ago, and when Teturned home from the station this morning his hter noticed —_ that his behavior was unusually strange. She questioned him and in a fit of pas- sion he drew his revolver fired two shots at the girl. The first bullot entered the left breast just above the heart and will Probably prove fatal. The second ball made a slight flesh wound in the thi Burns had beeen on the force a number of years. He was Placed under arrest, Stephenson, the Veteran Car Bullder, Tl. New Yoax, May 7.—John Sto} the nd | Yeteran car and carriage builder of this city, is ill and confined to his home at New Rochelle, Suffering with an attack of combined with Breakentug of the action of the heart. Mr. Stephenson is now in his eighty-third year. prulbeatorecionedel Minister Swift's Remains Arrive. Sax Fraxcisco, May 7.—The steamship Belgic arrived this morning from China and Japan, bringing the remains of the late United State minister John F. Swift, who died at Yokohana in March last. eee Mackay’s Big Sult A! Ended. New Youx, May 7.—The suit of John W. Mackay, the millionaire, against Cessiue H. Reed and Edward 8. Stokes, composing the firm of Reed & Co, proprietors of the Hoffman House to’ recover €352,697.78, the, amount of ap ry note, and fown for i wi was set today in the United States cirouit court abruptly ter- minated today by the plaintiff declining to pro- coed, as the) Jutodiotion of the: conet Pros doubted on account of the transaction oocur- ring between residents of the same state. ————— Roman Anarchists Paid to Create Disorder. Roms, May 7.—The arrested anarchists have confessed that they were paid by Landy to cre- ste disorder on May en a ows Republican Convention Called. Des Mores, Is, May 7.—The republican state central committee has issued s call for a state convention to nominate » gubernatorial ticket, to be held at Cedar Repids July 1. aa FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, Se 28; $1,000 at 125; $2,000 at 143; $1,500 at 195; (000 at 125. Washington and Georgetown Rall- foad Kights, $70 at 123; En tig 0 at tie. | West National Bank, 10 at 101.’ ‘Traders’ National Bank, ington * Home Kall. Wat 16%. Eckl ory’ Toad, § at 6%; 20 at Sixg. Columbla Fire Insurance, W at 16%. Wi Gas, 2at 444. Unlistead— American Security and Trust Company, 68, 2d series. 61,000 at Disirict of Columbia Bonds—Per imp. 68, 1591, gold, 102 bid, 107% asked. Per imp. 7s, 1891, cur: Fone}, 102% bid, — asked. | Market stork, 7, "1805 currency, 103 bid. 0-year fund, és, 1s¥2, gold, 1e21f bi asked. 20-year fand, Sa, 1899, goid, 107 bid. Water stock, 7s, i901, currency, 127 bid, — asked. 30-year fund, 68, gold, 1902, 115 bid, asked. Vater stock, currency, be Berend asked. eas, 19 fund, currency, t16 bid. 1173 dake. ‘Miscellaneous Bonde— mand George- town allroad, 10-40, 6s, 104 bid, 108 asked. Wash- ington and Georgetown Raliroad Convertible 6, T¥4 bid, 1253 asked. Masonic Hall Association, Be, 1908, 104% bid. — asked. | Washingion "Market com ry —asked. Wash- ington Market Company, mp. 62, 190 ‘Did; naked. American Securit ‘prust Company, 68, 100 bid, aimkee. Washington Light Infantry isimortgage, es, 11 100 Light In- aes oo be +4 ye here wan 126 bi Gas ut Ce Ys ies eed iron Gas ‘Os Series ¥ ghanics', 194 bid, — usked. Ci Ovlumbia, 153 bid, 165 asked. Capi- ta, Wao bide atta Weat Eade Yor did, Wi asked. Traders’, 1175 bid, 119 ase. Lincoln, 101 bid, 106 asked. Mallroad Stocks— Ws and Georgetown, ‘315 bid, 290 asked. M tan, 112 bid, 190 asked. 65 bi North 0 Columbia, id, T8asked. Capitol fro coe Site Sane Ser : : D, eng ‘bid, 68 asked. Stocks— 47 bid, 55 asked. Ca Cee Paar be tan, 80 bid, — Zeeake aniopall inion, 19 bid, 20: Arlington, 116 bid, — asked. Corcoran, 63 bid, asked. Co- yom! "16g vid, ty G=rman-American, 186 bik ‘ _ CRY so bid, Sig — Rigg, Eancaia, & bid, 615 asked. (i ees -Real Title, 1293 Did, 1803¢ Columbia Title, Sy, bid, Gas and Electric ka—| Gas, s 16854 bid, mane soles Blectric ity ivania, 25 bi asked. Scenes a ican Gt ‘| so near a | proximately 40 degrees, and by subtracting THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY. ‘The Naval Observatory Issues Directions we Observers. POINTS TO BE CARETCL ABOUT—sOW reree- MENTS ARE TO BE ANRANGED—TaHE Trms OF THE CONTACTS AS CALCULATED FoR VARIOUS LATITUDES—-TO BE SEEN WITH AX OPERA GLass. i — UGeners] instructions to observers respecting | the transit of Mercury Saturday have been ie sued from the naval observatory. as follows: The attention of astronomical observers is ine vited to the transit of Mercury over the disk of the sun, which will occur on May 9, 1891, end will be partly visible throughout the United States. Ite accurate observation is of great importance, partly for the sake of improving the elements of Mer- cury and partly because it is one of the few phenomena available for testing the uniformity of the earth's diurnal rotation. Every effort should, therefore, be made to have it carefully observed by all who possess the necessary equipment. INSTRUMENTAL EQUIPMENT. ‘The requisite instruments are: 1. A suitably mounted telescope, having a clear aperture of three inches or more, and @ if smaller apertures or lower powers will be less valuable. 2 A timepiece, which may be either « class clock having a second's pendulum, OF pocket chronometer or even @ good wal 3. If the observer determines his own time he will need cither a transit instrument or a sextant and artificial horizon, but, as most of the railroads in the United States are now run by time obtained from the great astronomical observatories, the Western Union T Com yas kindly consented to grant fn- tending observers the privilege of comparing their timepieces with the noon — pass through almost all telegraph offices. NECESSARY PREPARATIONS. Bhade glasses—The telescope should be pro- vided with proper shade glasses for observing the sun, but in their absence an excellent sub- stitute can be made by smoking « slip of thin fiat glass, about one inch wide and four inches long, in such a way that ite tint may increase uniformly from very light at one end toa ‘the other end sufficient for viewing the bright- est sun without inconvenience. The smoked sur- face should be protected by a covering glass of the same size as'the original slip and from it by bite of thin card inserted at the ends, the whole being bound together by narrow strip of paper pasted around the edges. Error of Timepiece.—Most observers will probably have no other timepiece than @ good pocket watch and no meaus of determining its error except the telegraphic noon To utilize these signals the watch should be car- ried to the telegraph office on May 7,8 and and on each of these days the hour, minute second indicated by it when the ‘signal is re- ceived should be noted. Before May care must be taken to see that when the sec- ond hand points to 60 the minute hand is ex- actly over @ minute mark; and in signals if the seconds are near 60 special care will be required to avoid recording a wrong minute. Tor example, when the time is 4 min- utes 58 seconds the minute hand will be almost exactly over 5 minutes, and special care must be taken not to record 5 minutes 58 seconds in- stead of 4 minutes 58 seconds. Previous practice in calling and noting time will greatly dimin- ish the risk of such mistakes. No matter how the watch may run it must not be meddled with in any way, either by moving ite hands or touching its regulator, between May 6 and 20, Without this precaution neither its rate nor the degroe of dopeadenee to be placed upon it can be determined. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TRANSIT IN THE UNITED srarEa, The first and second contacts of Me: with the sun’s disk will be visible throughout the United States, exceps to the eastward of « line parsing near New York city and the eastern coast of Florida. In the neighbor- hood of that line, ingress will occur sunset that opportunities for making good observations can scarcely be expected. To the westward the sur will be higher, and on the Pacific coast nearly the whole transi: will be visible, but Alaska is the only part of the United States where the third and fourth contacts can be observed. ‘he Greenwich mean times of the first and second contacts are figured ont at the observa- tory as follows: . 125 deg.—ist contact, 11h, 53m; 1.30 deg.—1st contact, 11h! 52m; 2d, % TAO deg.—ist contact, 11b, 881m: 2d, 11h, 58m. 50 deg. contact, 11h, 53m; 2d, 11h, 58m. Recent observations of Mercury, made at this observatory, seem to indicate that these times are somewhat too late, and it may be well to commence looking for one contact a minute or two before the predicted time. ‘To turn the Greenwich mean times into eastern standard time subtract five houra For example, the latitude of Washington is ry i i rom the above times we find: First contact— bh. 52m. 3%. Second coutact—Sh. 57m. 87a p-m., for the times of first and second contacts in Washington. If we imagine a line drawn from the center of the sun to the north pole of the heav. and designate the point where that line cute the sun's limb as the sun's north point,then a point on the wan's limb may be defined by i Angle east or west of the north point. In the transit under consideration, the first contact of Mereury with the sun's liinb will occur at a int 115 degrees east o} north point, or Bore simply I the observer isiagined tae dist of the sun to be figured like the face ofa wateh, the XII being at the north point, then the contact will occur at the figure VIIL. ‘That, however, is for the direct image. If an invert. ing telescope is used the observer must imagine the figure VI to be at the apparent north point and then the contact will occur at the VILL, as before. METHOD OF OBSERYIXO. Atmospheric disturbances, diffraction and other causes produce more or less indiatinet- ness in the images of Mercury and the sun and render it difficult to determine the exact in- stants of the contacts. Among these phe- nomena that known as the black drop is famous, Ttoceurs uoar the times of second and third contacia, when the planet is almost whoily within the sun's disk, and is caused by the cusps of sunlight “becoming oye and thus giving mercury a pear-shaped appearance, as if & black drop were clinging to ite side. A frst- rate telescope, carefully ‘adjusted to focus and provided with sufficiently dense shade glasses, will do much to minimize these ap but nothing can entirely overcome the effec of a bad condition of the atmosphere. ‘The thing to be observed is the exaet instant when the limbs of mercury and the sun come into contact. For the first contact all that can be done isto note the instant when mercury first makes a perceptible indentation in the sun's limb; and, as the indent juire certain tention, the ¢ recorded is almost necessarily a little late. For the second con- tact, two methods of observing have been ex- tensively practiced. The first consists in gacss- ing at the instant of contact by watching the distorted forms of the cusps and endeavering to estimate when they would have come to- apne H He By a8 1 BE | [or rena, oo and 102.88 feet on 9th street sont A Good Attendance and Fine Program of Events, | ‘The slightly warmer weather today and the fact that the card contained the mues-talke:-of gentlemen's steeplechase drew a large crowd to | Benning. The card showed six races, as follows: First rece~Two-year-olds; four and a balf furlongs. Blanche E., 105; Jester, 108; Little Redding, 103; Stiletto Silly, 100; Troublesome, | 106; Banana, 100, and Aristocrat, 10%. | Second rece—Three-quarters of « mile; sell- ing. Silent and Shakespeare, 106 each; Califor- | ‘nis, 103; Amerioa, 95; Reve d'Or, 81; Silence,9; Festus, 104; Louise, 103; Kunewville, 106; Sun- | day, 104; Rustic, 108; P. J. H. Browster and po , 100 each, and Kitty Pease, 103. ird and one-quarter miles, the Faurt Eleve, 112; Kyrie B., 110; Sam Wood, 103; Lotion. 100; Boodle and’ Low- lander, 95 each: Virgie and Corticella, # enci. ‘fourth Vintage Lime. 110; in 15; Basil Duke. 127: Dulalin, 190; | Freezer, 110; Elia H. gel: and . 17 each; Mary Bhooe tise tbe and one-sixteenth se: gentlemen riders. , 150; Dewberry, 150, and Mogal, 160. Bexxixa, D. C., May 1.—It is a little chilly at Banning, but the crowd promises to be a iarge one. 2er has been scratched in the fourth race, Costa Rica in the fifth and Dulany's | en's steeplechase. } Odds in the first race showed favorite, as follows: Jester, 8 to 6; | Blanche C., 18; Little Redding, 10; Stiletto filly, | }; Troublesome, 6; Banana, 5; Aristocrat, 3. JESTER WON. In the first race Jester won. Staletto, second. ——— Was Properly Fired Out. Judge Kimbell has no use for ram nor doos he appear to have much use for persons who drink it. The fact was established today when The latter went into the saloon and ordered « of beer. He was informed that the for beer was twenty cents, but that made no difference to him, so he said. bat still he only showed a nickel, whieh he held in his hand. “Get your beer or get out,” he was told, but didn't have to get out, for the proprictor the seat of bis trousers and the coat and landed him outside the why Carter procured the warrant imball heard the testimony and if he did not think that the pro- done him a good to put ny yes, but his look indicated that not refuse a drink. e of iH ral oF i L ° : gE E ; E A G street southwest not far from the benks James Creek canal live the families of ‘and the Norbecks, and for the past two years they have been engaged in a fend. ‘Norbeck hes a daughter who, it is stated, company with a male member of the Ford family and that was what started tho ill feeling between them. Each accusca the other of slan- Last Monday a game of ball shildren of one family was int % the children of the other, and it is alleged the young Ford boys, one ten and the other twelve Years old, threw stones at the Norbeck house. Warrants were issued on both sides. Three of the Norbeck boys and two of the Ford boys were complained against as well as the mother and sister of the Ford boys. The mother made her statement of the trouble between the families and concluded by seving: “1 give you that straight.” judge's sentence was also straight, for Siesiecaeind cts Ses eeat ani wi End their troublee eae ——_—— ©. White has bought for $8,000 of T. F. Schneider sub 64, square 482, 18’ by 85.875 feet on 6th between L'and M streets northwest. K. Plant bas bought for $3,500 of J. I. Lenman parts 2 and 4, square 403. fronting 40 feet on 9th street between I and Kk stroete west. RG. Park has purchased of Sarah E. Stevens for $9,371.25 sub 68, square 93, and for $8,767.50 67, do., each fronting 25 fect on Counecticut avenue ag Snood and oo geo north west. George v r., and others have bought and hold in trust for the Memorial By cleat Lutberan Chureh of C. A. Shields for €7, 760.08 sub lots 19 to 21, square 937, 60 feet on Mary- i —— amas ocean Deeds in fee have been filed us follows: H. C. to Lily ©. Kramer, pt. 1, 9q. 706; A.C. Clark to R. F. Wainwright, lote 5, 9and 10, sq. 602, lots 4 and 5, aq. 604, 5, . 12, 8g, 608, 8, 8g. 611, 4,5, 7, 14 and 15, 7; @—. James E. Halley to A M. Green, niontown; $1,200. W. E. Edmonston . Fowler et al., pt. 1. sq. 766; 9343. H. al. to Gertru: Moore. lot 11, bik. 8, 4 1, bik. 10, ag ‘P1650. to W. B Pollard, a , lot if B22 &E 8} Rg Sa i if pt. |. B12: 82,2 johneon, sub 119, D. nit et PgnEr ass? 5 mae Slag “are ee i” é a ones t 58 S34 bt ia = e A American department of the World's Co- Inmbian Exposition this morning, from Lieut Seriven of the army, commis- 4 | and Elizabeth Scharf; James K. wou! : | flowers. ‘One doven and three prisoners were tm @he dock of the Police Court this morning, esly about half the number that has been locked up cach of the other three days this week. There boing but small docket Judge Kimball's pro- cession was cortospondingly «mail. Fale. Smallwood,» young colored man, wasone ef the number in the first procession. He loves a girl named Rosie Williams, bat be hav * peculiar manner of showing it Just one month ago be whipped her and went to jail for thirty days an@ got out Tassday. After being released he went to call on Rosie and another torenrred. He her and wed, Sirs Geers to say aad Judge Kimball anid. “Yon can have six months thie time.” On the testimony of Policeman Bateman © man onan John Williams wns —— ote charge of being disorderly on Sapitel street and # dine of $5 or fifteen days was im- Worley Johnson plead guilty to a charge of distnrbing the quiet of Georgetown, Det. as be did not have #5 he had to step back. “The court requests tat the sanity of the defendant be inquired into,” was written on the information bearing the name of JoLa Keous, who was charged with vagrancy. John is an inoffensive colored man end ap- Pears to be simple minded. His sentence was thirty days. “Criity,” answered Honry Gross, when sr- faigned for on the grass in Smithsonian gz “Five dollars, For being protane in Freeman's alley ret Posey was fined $6 or fifteen dayn. A inr penalty was imporod in the case of Campbell, who was arrested for disci duct on C stre Alex. Shorter, « who spends mast of bis time in Eat Washington, wes inonecharge of vugrancy and when questioned by the court he said he had not been arrested since of ast year and the judge was about to e- him, but before doing #0 his record was looked Up And it was ascertained that Alex. had been arrested twice this rear. pands. i at The court thought that the ‘s mem- =r wnaas bed about bis conduct last night as was about poodle sccnsd and eeve bim thirty —_- THE courrs. Egerry Cova —Judoe Today—Hill agt. Hill; testi before Edwin Forrest, examiner, ordered Ta re Honry Washington, W. A. Atkin and Pranges Shields, alleged lunatics; write ordered te iasve — Conductor Bronangh’s Faneral. There was a large attendance Jesterday after- noon at the funeral of Hamilton Bronaugh, the street car conductor who died at Providence Hospital Monday from the effects of injuries received by falling under the wi of his car March 7 last. The funeral took place from Bronnugh'’s Inte home, $390 street, Georgetown, and the remains were buried “in Congressional cemetery. Dr. Register of Christ Uburch, conducted the service. The floral tributes included an elaborate piver from the employes Of the Washington aut corgetown Rallnced Company. Votomac Council, No. 2, Junior O. U. A. M..was represented by a large delegation and the burial service of the order was read at the grave. ‘The pallbearers were Conductors Collingeworth and Judson of the Washington and Georgetown road and Philip Garnett, Dr B, 8. Walmer, Walter J. Hollins and LK. Moore of Potomac Council, Jr. 0. A. U, M. —aranifesacas For Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses. In the Criminal Gourt, Judge Bradiey, today Andrew W. Vigal,a young colored man, wae tried for obtaining by tnlse pretenses @40 from W. L. Courtney on Jntunry 17 Inet by means of a false check in the name of Churles B. John- fon on the Farmers and Mechanics’ Hank of Georgetown. Gen. Carrington, for defendant, claimed that he had been emploved in carryt @ sign and wax paid by check, which he ae good, and defendaut #0 tertified. ———— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been ismed by the clerk of the court to Patrick McCaffray and Catherine Shea; Robert J. Birckstone end Lavinia Scott; ‘Arthur F. Leith and Mary Frances Leith, both of Loudoun county, Va; Charles M. Stevens and Katie E. Loor; John Fortune and Maggie Stevenson; Augast Link . Watson and Julia Mondin: James Countee and Mary B. Matthews; Walter H. Russell and Mary &. Howe; Waiter B. Dobson and Rather E. White- more; Robert West and Ciara Colby. esrsass enact A Good Templar Installation. Columbia Lodge No. 24, LO. @. T., im stalled its newly elected officers yester- day evening and did it with publfe ceremony. Grand Chief Templar Van Vieck ofciated. An inaugaral addres wae delivered by Chief Templar Fowler and then ‘an interesting literary, musical and orstorieal program was rendered by Miss Grace McChes- ney, Miss Helen Nve, Miss Flora Muirhead, Miss Williams, oH." Nosh, ‘Thomas Me- Williams, James A. Alston ‘of Ohio, W. L. Earries ‘and the choir of Columbia’ J When the program had been disposed of lumbia invited the audience to partake of the refreshments which had beon provided “without money and without price.” denaranoecsin The stockholders of the Virginia Brick Oom- pany bave elected trustees as follows: Lewis Clephaue, Geo. W. Pearson, B. H. Warner, W. H. Dempsor, C. B. Pearton. ‘The trustees sub- sequently elected officers ax follows: President, Lewis Clephane; vice president, Geo. W. Pear- son; secretary, W. H. Dempsey; treasurer and manager, ©. &. Pearson. pinnae ee Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings at the aignal office today: 8a. m., 48;2 p.m. 56. Maximum, 88; minimum, 45. MAMMIED cLEOD_MARTIN. On W Mas @INIA MARTIN of Buchanan, Va 5, 2801, sett RoPaNN wie at Ane B) Saetee tik faz and Carvtua Buchicr 2 mera at pin Thursday. from 6B ¥: avenue southeast. ‘Priende are invited. © ‘COOPER. On Wi May 6,190 at . Mr. Aki COOPER: meet eu tae oe oar Service ai ber here 2, 0 D treat om oe Gooner. an Teeral ‘vest, om Buturday at 1 DETRE Ww, May 6, LMOL, at 2 my BETTIE Be DETMICH.” NAT W001, at2.200, Funeral at 11am. Friday SF amon. « Wetter from petephag eoblente Ceph Maneeh tne, for North Buckingbats- Saye pelea eect the house of he etatenee On’ béhalt” ot ‘chancellor 3. Cc. 6 ot the epee har tins afeep IPE R IDSIECK. “Ta Castozia