Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1893, Page 2

Investigation Into the Election of the Virginia Legislature, REPRESENTATIVE WITHROW MOVES IP. No One Else, He Said, Seemed Ready. RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. Special Dispatch to The Eveuing Star. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 15.—The senatorial nomination investigation has come at last. Mr. A. F. Withrow of Bath, whose name has frequently been mentioned in connec- tion with the “improper influence” matter, arose in the house today and offered a res- elution, which provides that a full investi- | gation be made in regard to the manner in which the last election was held as relative to the election of members of the house of delegates. Mr. Withrow in offering the resolution, said that he had waited for some one to/ take such a step, but as no one seemed ready to do so, he, who had been charged with being approached with an offer of money to be used in his campaign provided | he would vote for a certain senatorial can- | didate, would offer the resolution himself. He said that any man in Virginia who ‘was acquainted with him would know that if_he had been approached with such an | offer that there would have been a funeral Procession soon " Col. Gibson of Culpeper said that he was opposed to an investigation of how every member of the House was elected, and thought that it should be restricted to those pes been approached with offers of Mr. Downing of Warren favored the reso- lution, and it was adopted. A similar resolution was adopted in the Benate. (By United Press.) RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 15.—The resolution to investigate the election of members was unanimously adopted by both house and senate, and a committee is to be appointed consisting of four members of the house and three of the senate. They will sit to- morrow and Monday, and it is not generally believed that any c! whatever will be ited. In all likelihood the ciection of lon. Thomas S. Martin, the caucus nom- inee, will be made Tuesday next ss required by law. attains MELLO AT MALDONADO. ‘The Brazilian Admiral Waiting for the Nictheroy. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The Herald prints the following cablegram from Senhor Bar- bosa, at Buenos Ayres, Admiral Mello’s authorized spokesman in revolutionary mat- ters: Admiral Mello is now at Maldonado. ‘There is no means of communicating with Maldonado from here, but accocding to the news I receive of his movements, he is now blockading the harbors of Rio Janeiro and Santos. Maldonado is a fortified seaport town of Uruguay on the northeast coast of the Plata Estuary, sixty miles east of Monte- video. The Herald's Montevideo correspondent cables: Admiral Saldanha de Gama, who assumed command of the rebel ships left in the har- bor of Rio when Mello escaped from the bay, has issued a manifesto commending the garrison of Fort Villegainon, which has per- sistently kept up the fight against Peixoto, | though the fort was badly shattered by Shells from the loyal guns. ‘The Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro sends word of the firing on December 3 of the rebel transport Madecia, which lay at anchor in the harbor of Rio not far from the shore, by Peixoto’s soldiers. A squad of them early in the morning set out in launches for the Madecia. Reaching her side unobserved, they threw tow, soaked in kero- sene oil, upon her decks. She was then ig- nited and im a few moments she was sheeted in flames, and would soon have been burned to the water’s edge had not other vessels of the rebel fleet fired upon the launches, obliging them to retire, and they then extinguished the flames. Peixoto has extended the state of siege in Rio to December 25. Mello’s ships outside the bay are now blockading the harbors of Rio and Santos. ~~ IN TERROR OF ANARCHISTS. Practical Jokers in Paris Play Tricks With Sham Bombs. PARIS, Dec. 15.—The excitement growing out of the threats of alleged anarchists continues. It is kept up in a measure by the tricks of practical jokers, who prepare sham bombs of iarge dimensions and place them at the doors of houses occupied by aristocrats. Some of these wicked-looking bombs have been found to be stuffed with nothing more dangerous than emery, which | resembles gunpowder, and cotton. Their | discovery always creates terror, and the police are kept busy in carting the things off to the prefecture. One of these sham affairs was left at the house of M. De Rothschild, one of the great bankers. It will go hard with these jokers if they fall into the hands of the police. The authorities have determined to close the Maison Du Peuple, a resort for anarch- ists and extreme socialists, if the incendiary speeches made there are continued. ee EARTHQUAKES IN ILLINOIS. Two Distinct Shocks Felt in the In- terior of the Stat FAIRFIELD, Ill, Dec. 15.—Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt here yesterday @ little over an hour apart. ALBION, Ill, Dec. 15.—Three shocks of earthquake were felt here yesterday, the first, very slight.at 11:10 o'clock in the fore- moon, the second at 12:04 and the third at 12:10 o'clock. The second and third shocks caused buildings of every description to tremble from foundation to garret. The disturbance, which came each time as a wave or series of waves from the southwest | toward the northeast, was preceded and fol- lowed by a deep rumbling noise. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 15.—Alarming reports were received here last night of a/ series of earthquake shocks felt at Mount | Vernon, Princeton and Evansville, this, State, yesterday, as well as at Southern Illi- | nois points. The first shock occurred about | foon in Indiana,but is reported to have been felt at intervals for two hours previous to that time in Illinois. This part of the coun- try for years has been subject to such dis- turbances, shocks of more or less violence being reported twice the last eight months. — ATTACKED BY HERBERT BISMARCK. He Declares That the Caprivi Poliey is for Free Trade. BERLIN, Dec. 15.—During the debate in the reichstag on the commercial treaties tepay Count Herbert Bismarck made a vio- lent attack upon the government, in which he declared that Chancellor von Caprivi had adopted a policy of free trade which would result in damage to the fatherland. Count | Herbert proposed that the Roumanian, Spanish and Servian treaties remain in force for one year only instead of ten years, | @s originally provided. Freiherr Marschall Beiberstein, the min- ister of foreign affairs, in reply, said the government was convinced of the necessity of protection in order to benefit national labor and was determined to maintain it, but, he added, the operations of the trea: ties would in no way affect such - — y ch protec: —_——__. THE GALLOWS THEIR END. Execution of Three Negroes for Mur-| der. PRINCESS ANNE, Mé., Dec. 15.—Court- | Bey and Taylor, both colored, were hanged @t 11:48 this morning for the murder of Capt. Cooper June 11 last, while their | boat was lying off Deal's Island, in the | Chesapeake. SEDALIA, Mo., Dec. 15.—Dick Robinson, colored,was hanged at 11 o'clock this morn- ing for the murder of Johanna Scholiman, = had threatened him unless he married er. en's G Annie Thomas a fourteen-year-old white girl, was today turned over to the Board @f Children's Guardicus. | water a long time, and -was, doubtless, faul- THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE FEARED FOR THE BRIOGE.|FINANCE AND TRADE. Workmen Were Apprehensive Before It Fell. The Loss of Life in the Tragedy Near Louisville Now Estimated Be- tween Thirty and Forty. — LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 15.—A great deal has been said about the false work of the bridge that fell today being poorly con- strutted. One of the men who was on the bridge, and who fell, but miraculously cscaped, said, when seen in his bed at 715 Fulton Street: “We all feared that false work. It is the company’s fault entirely. I do not know how many were found, but many a oor fellow is at the bottom of the river now.” ‘The false work of the bridge was braced by timbers six by ten, resting on piling six- ty feet long, of which forty feet was with- out bracing. The piling had been in the ty. Only_a few connecting links remained to be fixed to complete the span when the supporting structure gave way. It is said that the bridge people realized that there was danger of a collapse, and} were pushing the work in order to com- plete the connections and thus make the! iron span safe. The traveler was being moved, and the strain, together with the high wind, proved too much for the de- fective underpinning. It is the opinion that the piling was faulty. The drift wood that had been ac- cumulating above it, exerting a strong pressure, is thought to have weakened it. The Louisville Bost Club has its boats moored near Towhead Island, in the vicin- ity of the bridge. The boatman in charge of the house says he saw the accident from the beginning. As soon as the works began to give away the men on the bridge ran in cither direction, and as soon as they felt their support going, leaped for life. There was very little warning, he says, and many who leaped never again came to the sur- face. Boatmen were informed that the other span was also unsafe and many are afraid to go near it. The Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company has been an unfortunate one. The two accidents in the caissons three years ago resulted in the death of sixteen workmen and the present accident will swell the list to proportions now unkrown. Besides this it has wrecked several for- tunes and was the cause of a bank failure. The first work on the bridge was done October 10, 1888. Since then, owing to financial difficulties, work has been sus- pended from time to time. The bridge was originally to have been completed in eigh- teen months, which would have been in April, 1891. Already $1,000,000 have been speat on the structure. Twelve of the injured were removed to the city hospital before noon. Four of them are so badly hurt that they are expected to die. Their names are: C. W. Cook, Mantilla Station, Onto. James Courtney, Louisville. J. G. Gourlock, Louisville. Charles Murphy, Louisville. G. W. Brown, another of the injured, has @ broken arm and a number of bruises. Four of the injured were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, two to the Farmers’ Home, twelve to Jeffersonville. It is stated that a man named Dulaney, who was an inspector of false work on the Jeffersonville bridge, but who recently en- tered the employ of the Kentucky and In- diana Bridge Company, stated some days ago that the span was unsafe, and that he had left the employ of the Phoenix Com- pany on that account. The Loss of Life. Coroner McCullough, who was on the scene of disaster within an hour after its occurrence, said: “I do not yet know any- thing about the loss of life, but possibly it will approach thirty, perhaps forty. Now, a thorough investigation will have to be made, and it will take two or three days to ferret out the facts and make an authorita- tive report.” At the time of the accident the wind gauges at the United States weather bureau indicated a velocity of twenty-four miles. Sergeant Burke says it might have been as high as thirty miles on the river at the altitude of the bridge structure, but not greater than that. Inspector McGuire, who had charge of the iron work, was on the stone pier, some seventy feet in midair, when the unfortu- nate accident came. He said to a United Presa representative: “There are rumors |afloat that the false work was built with |@n eye to economy, and therefore was not sufficiently well constructed. I can say that th> false work was as substantial as jany I ever saw in my life. The wind was very strong and did the mischief, in my opinion. The accident should not be charged to the negligence of the company.” SMS TEES. ILLNESS OF THE POPE. His Promenades Given Up and He is Now Carried on a Litter. BRUSSELS, Dec. 15.—The correspondent at Rome of the Independence Belge says that the pope is ill. The daily audiences given by his holiness have been suspended, and Cardinal Rampolla, pontifical secretary of state, alone receives visitors. ‘The promenades that the pope has been accustomed to take in the garden of the BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK. Raging Between Second and Third Avenues, 49th and 50th Streets. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—What promises to be a most disastrous conflagration is raging in the block bounded by 49th and Sth streets and 3d and 24 avenues. The fire started at 12:30 o'clock in the huge furniture factory of Henry T. Thoesen & Brocher, on the northeast corner of 49th street and 3d avenue. The building is an eight story brick structure. — RUMORED APPOINTMENTS. Frank Lawler to Be U. 8. Marshal at Chieago. It ts stated in semi-official circles that several important changes will be made in the Chicago (IIl.) offices within a few days, including a new collector, a United States attorney and a United States mar- shal. | It is stated with positiveness that Frank Lawler will be nominated for the United States marshalship. The commission of the present marshal does not expire until February next. | ————-e—____ Government Receipts Today. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today were $439,807; from customs, $282,814. ————_-o-—__. Received by Chief Clerk Sylvester. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police depart- ment has received for the benefit of the poor the following additional contribution: Mr. E. Francis Riggs, $0; T. M. C., Mrs. Johnson, three pairs of shoes; | known, two bundles of clothing. —__.-—_ New Gas Lamps. Thirteen new gas lamps have been order- ed to be erected on Brightwood avenue, from | the Rock Creek Church road to Zanesville street. $1 U —_.__. The Night Schools Close Tonight. The public night schools will close tonight for the holidays, reopening January 3. —_— Cross Bill Filed. | In the case of Lazelle Penn against Alex- \ander G. Penn for a divorce the defendant, jhas filed a cross bill. ——__. An Appointment. i ‘The Commissioners today appointed Joseph | Cook station keeper, vice Joseph P. Smith, deceased. Speculation in Stocks Has Become Lethargic. WALL STREET AWAITING SOMETHING: The Tariff Bill the Chief Topic of Conversation. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Speculation has be- come so thoroughly lethargic that a stock in which the aggregate transactions exceed @ thousand shares is accorded a prominent position on the active list and is mentioned as a feature of the day's trading. Nothing can be said of the general situation that would not be a complete reiteration of con- ditions and statements prevailing at the be- ginning of the month. The street at that time assumed an attitude of waiting that has since become chronic and speculative disinterestedness and stagnation, naturally result. The tariff bill is the recognized topic of conversation and serves the purposes of traders on both sides of the market. The bears have probably made more capi- tal out of decreased railroad earnings than 4s warranted by actual conditions, but their argument is none the less effective in the absence of all resistance from the bull ele-| ment, who for a variety of reasons show no disposition to support the market. Introductory figures were fractionally be- low those recorded at the close of yester- day's business and subsequent trading was mostly at a further discount in value. New England was again the most con- spicuous feature of the regular list and lost 1 per cent to 27 7-8 on continued realizing. Bostor. is said to be bullish on this property and is quietly buying on the declines. Sugar was strong at an advance of 1 3-4 per cent to 81 1-2 on covering by operators, Who sold the stock yesterday on the pre- sumption that the last dividend at the old rate had been declared. The clause of the new tariff bill relative to this industry is so completely adverse that friends of the prop- erty hope for the substitution of a more conservative measure. General Electric holds well in spite of bear attacks, and advanced 3-4 per cent to 88-1-4 on limited business. The following decreases in railroad earn- irgs were reported today: Union Pacific, for the month of October, $555,100; Atchison, first week in December, 465, and “Big Four,” same period, $47,391. The bond market was without special fea- ture and continues firm on a decreased vol- ume of business. Total sales today were in the neighborhood of $500,000. Rumors of further rate cutting on the Erie lines were in circulation this morning, and other roads are said to be making private rates for produce to the seaboard considerably under the schedule. Sterling was steady, at 485 1-2a4s8 1-2 on small dealings. Foreign houses do not an- ticipate any gold shipments by tomorrow's steamers. Money has loaned as low as 3-4 per cent on call during the week, which is the mini- mum of recorded rates, and was freely offered in large blocks at 1 per cent today. Time rates vary from 21-2 to 41-2, the latter rate good for six months. The clearing house statement shows ex- changes, $76,168, balances, $4,539,006, and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $736,- 967. Sugar was the only feature of the later trading, and advanced to S27-%, on considerable activity. The closing was dull = strong, at only slight changes for the jay. ——__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The fol Hoy tore following arethe opening, the highest and the and the closine prices of the New York stoc today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, 'w York stock exchan: Le Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 80 Broadwaye yee Hich. Low. Close. Sr, TH RG Stock: American Sug Open. x oH merican Sugar, American T< American Cotton Oil.. Atenison. .. one Canada Sonth Canada Pacific Ches. & hiv. Chicago Bk 6. cago, B. Chic. & Nortn’ i cl Gas. Washington Stock Exchange. Vatican have been stopped, and he !s now | , Sles—reguiar gall—-12 o'clock m.—| Electric carried in a litter through ‘the galleries of | [I6t cmv. 5s, $200 at 1111. Wusbington Gas, 50 the Vatican. Government Bonds, : - 7, ——__. 113 bid, 14 asked. U Sm ae am i 4s, coupon, 1907, 114 bid, let of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 106 Did. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 115 bid. 30- year fund 6s, gold, 115 vid. Water stock 7s, 1903, papreney> MS bid. 3.655, funding, currency, 108% Miscellaneous Bords.—Washington aud George- town K. Kk. coay. ts, 145° bid, 135 asked. Washington and Georgetown It. RK. ‘conv. 6s, 2d, 145 bid, 155 asked. Masonic Hall Association 5s, Did. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 103 a 5s, 1905, F. und 100 and ‘Trust ds, 106, A. and U., 100 bid. tou Light Infantry Ist 6s, 99 bi! ask jugtou Light Infantry 8, Gas Company 6s, series A, Gas Company 6s, series B, Gas Company conv. 68, 100 asked. Tbh 121 bid. 14 bid. Washington fav. Gx, 136 bid. Eckington Re Re. Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone 5s, 95% bid, 108 asked. Capitol and North O Street R. R. 5s, 90 bid, 100 asked. Metropolitan R. R. conv. 6s, 100 bid, 105 asked. U.S. Electric Light 5s, 110 bid. Bank of Washington, 300 jational Bank Stocks.— bid. Bank of the Repul 230 bid, 240 asked. Metropolitan, 265 bid, 297 asked. Central, 2 Second, 132 bid. Furiners and Mechanies", 175 bia: Citizens’, 140 bid, 175 asked. Columbia,’ 118 bid. Capital, "110 bid.” West End. 98 bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 100 bid. 108 asked. Lincoln, $1 bid. “Obio, 70 bia, 6 asked ? Hiroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 275 bid, 845 asked. Metropolitan, 83 bid, 93 asked, Columbia, |. Capitol and North O Street asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, axed. Georgetown and Teuallytown, 32 asked. Insurance Stocks. Franklin, 46 bid, 53 asked. opoll Natinnal Union, 18% asked. Arlington, 50 bid, 160 asked, Columbia, 14 bid, 14% asked. German: American, 150 bid. Potomac, 85 asked. Riggs. 7 bia, ‘asked. People’s, 5 ‘bid, 514 asked) Lin- cole, TH bid. 7% asked. Commercial, 5 bla, 5% asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 115 bid, 125 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 7% asked. Washington Title, & bid, 71% asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 50 bid. 5014 asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. U. S. Electric Light, 113 bid, 120 asked. Telephone Stocks.—Penusylvania, 47 asked. Ches- apeake and Potomac, 47 bid, 49 asked. American Graphophone, 2 bid. Miscellaneons Stocks.—Washington Market, 18 bid. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 140 asked. ‘Bull Run Panorama, 30 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, -80 asked. Lincoln Hall, 100 asked. Inter Ocean Butlding, 100 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Nattonal Sate Deposit and Trust Company. 180 iid, 140 asked. Washington Sate Deposit, 80 bid, 108 asked. Wash- ington Loan and Trust, 108% bid. Americap Se- curity and Trust, 127% bid, 135 asked. SSE Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE. Dec. 15.—Flour steady, unchanged— 70 bid. receipts, 14,273 burrel . 7,112 barrels; sales, 675 barrels. V ady—No. 2 red, spot, 65106544; December, 65142654; January, 65%266 + WiaTlg; steamer No. 2’ red, 6115 bid—receipts, D2 bushels; shipments, 142,200 bushele; stock, “1,176,486 bushels: sales, 12,000 bushels: milling wheat by sample, 65266. Corn dull and steady—mixed, spot, 43ia43%; new and old December, 4254a42%; January, 42\4a42%; Feb- uary, 425 asked; May, 44% bid; steamer mixed, 42 bid—receipts, 55,593 bushels; shipments, 51,428 (555,423 40. bush- 4 bushels; sales, 40, white corn by sample, 40a43%; yellow corn by sample, 4024349. Oats quict and firm—No. 2 white western, 5a35!4; No. 2 mixed western, 34 asked— stock, 150,686 bushels. Rye inactive—No. 2, 52— stock, 65,153 bushels. Hay steady—good to choice timothy, $14.50a$15.50. Grain freights quiet and re unchanged. ton qui idling, sutter to 1 a }; do. fair to 5 ye Se es Ir, 18%; No. 7, 18%. Other @ changed. z BALTIMORE, Dee. 15.—Virginia consols, threes, ‘T0e72%; Baltimore and Ohio stock, 72a73; Bulti- more and Ohfo Southwestern firsts, 104 bid; second 27 asked; Consolidated Gas bonds, 1154 asked; do. stock, 54a54%. —___ Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Rank building. CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 188% Openti Highest. Lowest. 134 ose 6H m4 7.30 7.67 i ig 6.50 6.50" THAT COINAGE BILL. Mr. Voorhees’ Measure Does Not Please the Silver Men. Senator Dubois Says It is Simply a Makeshift and That It Will Never Pass. The bill introduced in the Senate yester- day by Mr. Voorhees providing for the | coinage of the seigniorage in the treasury and the purchase, after that shall have been coined, of two million dollars’ worth of silver a month, the retirement of small notes and $2.50 and $5 gold pieces, &c., does not appear to strike a sympathetic chord in the hearts of the men who made the fight for silver during the late extra ses- sion. Mr. Dubois, who was the active Heu- tenant of Mr. Teller, thinks the bill can- not pass and says that it will not afford the relief that the people have a right to expect. “The bill is not what the silver men want,” said Mr. Dubois, ‘and it is not what the true friend of silver would propose. | Senators appear to forget that the fignt is a contest between gold monometalists and those who are for the coinage of sil- ver. We are not in this fight to secure the purchase of silver bullion. We, of course, opposed the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law because we wanted it retained on the statutes until we got some- thing better. This bill offers the silver men absolutely nothing. It will not receive the votes of the men who voted against re- peal of the Sherman law, and I do not think it will have the support of the re- publican Senators who voted with the demo- | crats to repeal the Sherman law. | “If the Sherman law was a makeshift,so is this, The bill will never be heard from, and I very much doubt if it is even re- ported from the committee. Iv CITY TODAY. The Track Suffered for Want of En- thusing Liquids. The fine weather and the fact that it was pay day in the government departments slightly increased the attendance at Philan- | thropist Engeman’s highly moral winter race meeting at Ivy City this afternoon, about 700 or 800 people making the trip. The fact that there is in the District a small army of touts, stable hangers on and such characters, who have, of course, the entry to the track, served to make the at- |tendance seem larger than it really was. While the weather was delightful, the track good and the number of bookmakers was increased by six over yesterday, the man- agement received a decidedly heavy blow | because of the refusal of the police author- | ities to allow the sale of liquors to con- | without a license. | tiny additional tent-was erected near the | other just outside the dead line or mile imit for the accommodation of the patrons of the betting ring. House Mover Sears in-/| spected the grand stand and@ old betting | pavilion with the view, it is sald, of moving | them to the hill on the back stretch of art | cat race, 7 furlongs—Watterson, (Rieff), | 6 to 1, first; Dalsyrian, (Ballard), 6 to 5,/ second; Vevay, (Carter), 20 to 1, third, Time, | 1:32 3-4. Second race, 5 furlongs—Golden Valley, | (G. Taylor), 6 to 1, first; Nettie Howell, (Shields), 20 to 1, second; Mary, (Ballard), 6 to 1, third. Time, 1:06 1-4. Third race, 6 furlongs—Chiswick, (Bal- lard), 2 to 1, first; Ingot, (J. Lamle), 40 to 1, secon Miss Bess, (Reiff), 8 to 5, third. Time, 1:19 1-4. Ss INDIAN COMMISSION, The Board Holding Its Annual Session in This City. ‘she board of Indian commissioners are holding their annual session in this city. ‘They met this morning in one of the parlors of the Cochran and about a hundred peo- ple from all parts of the country, commis- sioners and others who are Interested in work among the Indians, were present. The meeting was called to order by Pres- ident Merrill Gates of Amherst College, who delivered an address on the purposes jand achievements of the board since it was first appointed by President Grant to look after the interests of the red men and to ‘see that the money and property belonging |to them should not be diverted to other} purpose: |. Gen. Whittlesey, the secretary of the} | board, made his annual report as to the | work that had been accomplished during the year. Reports from religious organizations | working among the Indians were also re- ceived,from Bishop Walker of Dakota for the Episcopalians; Dr. Stribby for the Congre- gationalists, Father Steban for the Catho- lies and the Southern Methodists and Qua- kers were also heard from. Mrs. Quinton, president of the Women's Indian Assocta- tien, made a report for that organization, and Commissioner Browning delivered a brief address. At the afternoon session, the subjects of civil service and Indian depredations will be taken up, and addresses are expected from Civil Service Commissioner Roose- velt and Judge Hour; a Faneral of Zadock Williams. The funeral of the late Zadock Williams of the chemicai engine company, whose death was caused by suffocation at on G and lith streets Tuesday evening, took place from his late residence, 1218 G street southeast, this afternoon. Rev. G. F. Will- jams of Christ Episcopal Church officiated. The following detail of firemen, in charge of Assistant Chief L. P. Lowe, attended the funeral: Foreman A. J. Sullivan, truck C; Privates Fenton and Farr, No. 1; Fireman Robinson and Private Snyder, No. vates Frazier and Robertson, No. Waldron and Private Kiehus, } gineer Angell and Hostler Allen, vates Wright and Hunt, Ni Dean and Private Grimm, No, 7; E Ricks and Private Schrom, No. 8; Fire O'Connor and Hostler Mahaney, No. !; D’ri- vates Killigan and Taylor, truck A; Pri- yates Purcell and Oliver, truck B; Hosiler Doleman, Privates Dixon and Sullivan, truck C. The floral offering of the members of truck C company was a fire hat and belt. The frontispiece of the hat represented chemical engine 1. Mrs. Porter. The funeral of Mrs. George Ann Porter, widow of the late Admiral D. D. Porter, took place at noon today from St. John P. E. Church and was attended by many per- sons high in official and social circles. The services were simple and impressive and wehe conducted by Rev. Mackay Smith, rector of the church. The honoorary pall- bearers were Senator Chandler, Representa- tive Boutelle, Major Nicholson of the ma- rine corps and Admirals Jouett, Almy, Ste- vens and Hughes and Commodores Walker | and Ramsay. The interment was at Arling- ton in a lot beside the grave of her distin- guished husband. ee John C. Cox Dead. This morning about 1:15 o’clock John C. Cox died at his room in 625 F street north- west and his body was taken to the morgue. He had for some days been complaining and his death was not unexpected, for a few days ago when out he was scarcely able to walk. He was a native of Penn- sylvania and came here during the war as an attache of the Pennsylvania military agency and for a time was a clerk. After the close of the war he was for a time a constable and afterward justice of the peace. GLARIK’ 734 AND 736 7TH ST. BANNER NEARLY HALF-PRICE CLOAK SALE. TOMORROW WILL BE ARED LETTER DAY IN OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT. EVERY GAR- MENT WILL BE SOLD AT NEARLY ONE-HALF THE REC- ULAR PRICE. THE SALE IN- CLUDES MISSES’ AND CHIL- DREN'S. All our $50 gare ments, $29.87. All our $40 gare ments, $24.85. All our $30 gare ments, $19.42. All our $25 gare ments, $14.87. All our $20 gare ments, $12.42. All our $15 gare ments, $9.94. All our $10 gare ments, $7.87. All our $7.50 Gar> ments, $4.83. All our $5 garments, $2.97. The above includes Reefers, Skirt Coats, Tight and Loose Fitting Jackets, trimmed with far and braid, and also Piatn Plush Capes and Plush Coats. ‘This is the greatest cut price sale of Cloaks ever inangurated in this city. Just when you need them, not after the winter is over. lddkffs. We have mo auction fobs, but fresh,choice goods that can’t he duplicated in the mills at our Special Sale Price. J0c, Ladies’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. choice patterns .... Sie : 2e. Ladies’ French Embro! very fine............ 4c. Ladies’ Extra Fine Embroidered Handker- chiefs . Gents’ Be. Initial Handkerchiefs. nis’ Initial Handkerchiefs. Svc. Silk Mufflers, choice colorings. Be. WRAPPERS. $1.48 Ladies’ Outing Wrappers, lined waists, Tuille across shoulders. Special price, 18¢. Kid Gloves, Tadies’ 69. 4-button Kid Gloves, ail the fashion- of 89e. $1 8-button Mousquetaire Undressed Gloves, all colors, including white and pearl, 69e. $1.48—4 large pearl buttons, extra fine quality and all the new colorings. 89e. 20-button length Opera Gloves, evening shades, fine quality. The price is $3 in every store in the 91.98. CHENILLE COVERS, $1 4-4 Chenille Covers, choice colors, ouly 65e. $1.25 4-4 Chenille Covers, only 2 4-4 Chenille Covers, only... FEATHER BOAS. Extra Long and Full Feather Boas. Regular $1.25 aa APRONS. S35e. Nurses’ Aprons. .. 2 -22e, urses’ Aprons, embroidered. -39e, T5e. Nurses’ Aprons, embroidered. -49e. All the above and thousands of other articles for your owm use and presents, all at deep-cut prices. CLARK'S 734 AND 736 7TH ST Open evenings until Christmas. Presentables —aT—_ PERRY’S. __ ‘OU COULD DO A GREAT DEAL WORSE ‘than to make the round of your acquaint- ances with a pair of GLOVES apiece. Lots of things you could give would not be one balf as acceptable. GLOVES are popular giveables anyway. They are one of those conventional pres- ents that revive their youth with each recurrence of the season. The only point need weigh in the balance with you is selecting of reliable GLOVES. Of course you wouldn't risk a doubtful quality—nor an unknown make to convey your compliments of the season, On that account it isn’t strange we fall heir to a very large part of the Glove business here. Folks know from personal experience—per- sonal satisfaction—bow reliable ours are—are se- lect—bow carefully selected. And barring the cheap price of the cheap trash you may possibly see or hear of—nobody asks less than we do. A big variety is a big help—bere we are: ‘Warm as Toast.”’ MEN'S _ FLEECE-LINED DOGSKIN GLOVES—i5e. MEN'S FUR-TOP AND LINED GLOVES— $1, $1.50 and $2, MEN'S PLAIN LINED GLOVES-$1.50 and $2. MEN'S FLEBCE-LINED MOCHA GLOVES $1.75. MEN'S HEAVY CLOTH GLOVES—S0c. MEN'S SCOTCH WOOL GLOVES—50c. MEN'S HEAVY JERSEY GLOVES—S0c. MEN'S DOUBLE WOOLEN MITTENS— LADIES’ FUR-TOP LIXED GLOVES— $1.25 and $1.50. LADIES’ PLAIN $8CLASP LINED GLOVES—$1.75. LADIES’ CASHMERE GLOVES—25c., 35e. and 50c. LADIES’ SILK CASHMERE GLOVES—T5c. LADIES’ FLEECE-LINED TAFFETA GLOVES—i0e. LADIES’ FLEBCE-LIXED SILK GLOVES— $1. LADIES’ WOOLEN MITTENS—25c., 8c. and Buc. LADIES’ SILK MITTENS—S0c. and $1. BOYS’ AND MISSES’ FUR-TOP GLOVES— and MITTENS—-$1. BOYS’ SCOTCH GLOVES—25c. and 39c. BOYS’ WUOLEN GLOVES—25c., 30c., 40¢. and 50. BOYS’ WOOLEN MITTENS—25e. MISSES’ CASHMERE GLOVES—25e. and We. MISSES’ CASHMERE MITTENS—25c. and BBe. MISSES’ SILK MITTENS—50c. Florence Silk Mittens. MEN'S DOUBLE FLORENCE SILK MIT- TENS—#2. LADIES’ FLORENCE SILK MITTEN3— $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. MISSES’ FLORENCE SILK MITTENS— $1.15 and $1.40. INFANTS’ FLORENCE SILK MITTENS— s. - Evening Gloves. REYNIER'S 4-BUTTON GLACE im Light Mode, Buff, Pearl, Lavender, Reseda and Heliotrope, with colored stitching—$2, 4-BUTTON GLACE, in pearl and white, with black or self-stitching—$1.50. 4-BUTTON SUEDES, in light shades, with Black stitching—$1.25 and $1.75. | S-button WHITE GLACE and SUEDE—$2. S-button SUEDE, in gaslight sbades—$1.50 and $2. 12-button SUEDES, in Pink, Lilag Nile, White and Tan—$2.50. 16-button SUEDES—in same shades as 12- button—s3. 20-button SUEDES im the shades that “light up well”—$3.50. 8-button SUEDES, in Primrose with Black stitebing—$2. These are the very latest. Day-Time Gioves. PERRIN’S 4button ELK TANS—$2. KEYNIER'S 4-vutton PIQUE GLACE—col- ors and Black—-$2.25, AUG. CHARLES’ 4-button PIQUE GLACE —colors and Black—$2. PERRIN’S button PIQUE GLACE—$2. TREFOUSSE 4-button ENGLISH WALK- ING GLOVES—$1.50. ADL +button HEAVY WALKING GLOVES—-with bone buttons—$1.50. ADLER'S ¢button CASTOR MOCHAS— $1.75. BALSAN and BIARRITZ—colors and Black —98e. BIARRITZ WALKING GLOVES.-$1.25. 4-button CAPE WALKING GLOVES— $1.3. ° Men’s Latest. REYNIER'S STREET and DRESS GLACES $2 and $2.25. PERKIN’S ELK TAN WALKING GLOVES RRIN'S CAPE SUEDES— $1.50. PEARLS and WHITES—$1.50. ES’ CRAVEN TANS—$2.25. FOWNES’ REAL CAPE COACHING GLOVES—$2. ADLER’S DOGSKIN WALKING GLOVES— $1 and $1.50. PIQUE TREFOUSSE'S BLAC $1.50. LOVES--$1.50. GLACE GLOVES. We will grant you the privilege of exchanging if you make a mistuke of the size—or the shade shouldn't suit. Our confidence is in our GLOVES, as we guarantee them. You can trust yours there. C7 We put every two pairs of Kid Gloves in a nice box free. PERRY’S, Ninth And The Avenue. it - Have You Heard of The “Reversible” Mattress? If not, it’s bigh time that you should tn- form yourself of its superior merits over others. The “Reversible” has cotton on ROTH IDES and at th “ordinary” muttress has ovly—The “REVERSIULE” service in it aud costs no more. C7 Remember. the “REVERSIBLI same on both sides and IT COSTS Insist on having the “Reversible.” If Your Dealer Hasn’t It He Will Get It. ends, whereas the tton on one side 8 just twice the e” is the MORE - aus Fresh Creamery Butter, X X X —sueh as you get HERE is fit for |X X X queens, and my price is no bigher than XX F Fou yay for “interior” kinds pa . send, write, be i — icra Geo. M. Oyster, Jr., B st. wing, near 7th st. CENTER MARKET. 26 RIGGS MARKET. ‘Telephone, 1230. rt SSS 555 § PIERCE’S. Friday, December 15, 1898. 98c. The Pair. NOVELTY GLACE GLOVES, in all the Gestrable tons, actually worth $1.75 pair—OK “THE MONARCH PIQUE” Novelty Glace, English Walking Gloves, in red, gray, tan and brown, with large pearl buttons of any color and white or black Handsome Hose. Children's Heavily Ribbed Fast Black the world.” Our price, as long as they last, 12 1=2c. Each. Sik Handkerchiefs ere extensively given Christmas time, and they're al- ways highly appreciated. Our incompara- We assortment of Genuine Japanese Sik Handkerchiefs is therefore brought forward for your edification. Tomorrow they" be displayed in ail their ot tractiveness. Al! beautifally embroiter- €d, in white or colors, hemstitched and scalloped. Regularly 25 to 50 cts. To- norrow, 12 I=-2c. Each. ‘We have other Handkerchiefs as ex- pensive as you may wish them. Fine Perfumes. Best Triple Extract, all odors, tp fancy cut glass bottles, at these prices: 4 ot. size—50 conte. 6 ox. size—T5 cents. 8 of. size—00 cents. Fancy Bottles, with handsomely eat Stoppers, filled with very best cologne: 4 ot. size—15 cents. 6 on. size—S5 cents. S of. size 50 cents. Best Cologne, 2 bottles, put up fe at- tractive boxes, at 25 and 50 cts. box. FOR SATURDAY. About a dozen most Popular odors of the famous “Woodwasd” TRIPLE EXTRACT. Reduced for tomorrow from 35 aud 37 ‘cts. to Our Aprons Are creating talk! And selling! Why. they're simply flying, and if you want the very best value on earth, better see this one quick. Beautiful White Aprons, stamped with attractive blue, gray and brown tri- angular designs, made to sell for 25 cts., “ PIERCEé “Where Quyality’s First: Profits Second.” Six Sr. & Pa. Ave, Manxer Space, #Let the Boy# | Fee een shoes you may rest assdted roughest of treatment. When we concluded to make Boys’ Shors ae nesses tan aoe ee Bo: Satin Celf Shoes, reg- $1.50 Shoes, only... - Calf Shoes, only $1.48 Ladies’ $2.50 French CRAWFORD’S, 731 7th St., East Side. SSGSS TSK omp&Play that they will withstand the & specialty we scoured the entire them. Comfort” Dongola Button Boots, $1.48 iddddded id dd dd dd ddd ddd: Cedes csesdessasseesaseresavedy Gas Heating Stoves, $4. your furw carpets “into the Better by 5 Stove, — re and auc tow far | get which - venient. —-— Drop in and we'll show ———— —hew well we can do for — you. 1428 A Splendid Present mall boy ts a large TRON AXLE for watch we ask 78c. There's too, when you see bis enjoy- i me brother can heaps enjoyment out of those SHOO FLYS we sell for Svc. These are the kind of prices run- ning through all our immense stock of Toys and Dollis. WASHINGTON VARIETY STORE, 824 7th St. N.W.