Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1894, Page 9

es te ~e Handkerch 100 dozen Ladies’ Fancy $1.25 40-inch ‘@bis material; it ts ‘a WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1894-EIGHTEEN PAGE my es alin, Sons @ “WELCOME, ORTE.. Co.'s | GREAT SALE, 2#Inch Double Warp All-silk Colored Sura! ‘244nch Finest Quality Printed India Silks. The prices have been 50 and 69c. | 2S-inch White Segular $1 quali: 2tinch Black Figured K. Our stocks of Fancy Novelties and Staple Black Silks ha vee o pieces Extra ". rp .~ K. of #1 Pia 711 Market Space. most attractive Souvenirs to be found in the gity are our low prices. we Sia at | - For [liles Around. Special Prices for our Knights of Pythias Friends. Commencing MONDAY, August 27, and Continuing the Entire Week. bs. ‘The regular S0e quality. K. of P. Souvenir Price, 25c. K. of P. Souvenir Price, 29c. _ K. of P. Souvenir Price, “39c. Figured Wash Silk for party or street wear; handsome as a picture. The Novelty All-wool tra ecru, WOO Favorite Crochet K. 300 Lancaster Crochet Spreads, double thread, 5 different canary, Worth $1. 80 11-4 Genuine Ma: K. eipars Koo P. Souvenir Price, "1K, of P. Souvenir Price, ‘49c. in and Satin Striped Black Silk Grenadines. K. of P. Souvenir Price, 59C. f P. Souvenir Price, . Black India Silk. The . Souvenir Price, 39c. K. of P. Souvenir Price, ‘19c. ‘Clotb-Gnished pera Seager en BE al ta, " new K. of P. Souvenir Price, 39c. @-inch All-wool of ~~ K, K. of P. “Souvenir Price, 25c. Babama Suiting. A swell fabric. Ce, 35C. Blue Storm Serge, the new fall weight. P. Souvenir Price, 45c. K. of P. Souvenir Price, -49c. $5 “tte All-weol Bea Wave Novelty, solid colorings, which include all the newest K. of P. Souvenir Price, 75¢, Imported Covert Cloth Doeskin, fintst very ; K. of P. Souvenir $1.60 Silk and Wool K. finished. Price, 98c ed eerie. Sak Say, See i ef Department. K. of P. ‘Souvenir Price, toc. 100 dozen Ladies’ K. 80 doten Ladies’ Hemstitched Silk Initial Handke Be, kind. T Price, 16c. K. of P. Souveni 100 dozen Meu’s Plain Colored Hemstitched Silk Handkerchiefs, red, yellow, blue, white, “K. of P. Souvenir Price, 39c. 150 dozen Men's 1-inch Hemstitched Silk Initial Handkerchiefs, all letters—the TSc. kind. K. of P. Souvenir Price, soc. K. of P. Souvenir Price, 79C~ 100 12-4 Teheran Marseilles Spreads, 114 “Little Kk mo, Baur den of P. Souvenir Price, mad p= of 10-4 Fancy and Plain White Alabama Wool Blankets, excellent imitation of 800 ‘port: 11,000 ‘Full-size Double Bed Sheets, made of Iron-ciad cotton, full deep hem. K. of P. ot P. Souvenir Price, 12 Ye. Cheap _at 60e. of P. Souvenir Price, 49C. warp and extra double cola a ot agg f P. Souvenir Price, $1.98. of P. Souvenir Price, $ 1.39. Novelties, Biac ‘We béat thiem all on Black the 19¢. ‘kind. RYBODY KNOWS THAT sguMS- Never has there been a finer silk loomed or prettier patterns im bog = alia Worth 98e. ve carried the first prise the entire lar selling price, 0c. w Fall Wool Dress Goods. ‘Wool ‘Novelties, two-tone effects. The best imitation of imported goods we have ever goods for this “it you Can enjoy a tallor garment buy ‘25e. Kind. patterns, Marseilles effect. * California Wool Blankets. $5.00 is the fall price. $3.48. Isabella” California Wool Blankets. $6.00 1s the fall price, of P. Souvenir Price, Isabella” California Wool Blankets. $7.1 $3.98. 34.98. K. of P.-Souvenir Price, 69c. uvenir Price, 49c. Suits and Waists. _. oxnet Ronse Secopts full sieeves. er ( Ladies” dacs. Take at $1.09. rN <7 -K.of P. Souvenir Price, 25c. is the fall price. astm Wark Wetet, ox a Cloth or Duck Saif, you must.aet look for any Laws Waists, all sizes, plaited back and front, with ruffle shoulders and Percale Waista, laundered collars and cuffs, yoke back, full front, $2, 84, 96 and 38 K. of P. Souvenir Price, 39c. French Chembray, Batiste and French Cambric Shirt Waists, laundered collare and cuffs, fold at Te. .und $1.60. ‘ “K. of P. Souvenir Price, 49c. home one of our Ladies’ Duck Suits, full sweep skirts and blazer jackets, Sold K. of P. Souvenir Price, g9c. dies’ Lition-finished Duck Suits, in white only, tailor-made and perfect fitting. Sold K. of P. Souvenir Price, $1.69. + Indies™Cioth-finisbed Flanpel Suits, that sold at _. K. of P. Souvenir Price, $1.98. Ladies” Fine All-wool Storm Serge Suits, in navy and black, full sweep skirt and ripple back blazer. “K, of P. Souvenir Price, $4.98. Remnants NDS. We are the Pioneer Remnant Concern of ox talaga ‘out ‘by the different mills throughout the it wery newest things among this class of Very news gee Brench Sateens, '"@lterence in the vt ORCAS Plala Dress Goods. Worth ie Mio eee Bao ae *"Pronch Fiannelettes, all new effects. Worth 12%¢.... » Long Cloth, handsome designs, best wearing wash fabric made. Worth 12%¢......0+ « What Shinl#'we have done witb our entire stock of Summer Remnants? “a We nave Concluded to, about pment week, jored. Lawns, one © it America. We control everything Union. You can always find the im plain black, that are worth 25c., we sell in remnants at 12%c. Quite a Price, isn’t there? ive them away during encamj Worth Cut Down to 1 7-8c. ee eee, Cut. Down to 2 7-8. Jaconet Duchesse {a light and dack colors. Worth 12%. Cxepanette and: Figured Chevioteen Prin its in percale ag ae Down te 3 7-Be. Cut Down to 3 7-8c. itterns. Worth Se. Cut Down to 3 7-=8c. ‘Light and Dark Outmg Flannel Cut Down to 74%c. essesseeessesseesss OCs . 6%c. ‘This wiil be your last chance on these gocds; if you don’t get them this coming week you will never get them again. PEAST, IT WAS PREPARED we ANS ouncton One” A SOUVENIR FROM WASHLN NS CITY, Ho 'wvat ae FIRE ALARM SYSTEM Methods by Which the Central Office Controls the Firemen. COULNESS AND SKILL, ARE. REQUIRED How the Appafattis’ is Handled by the Skillful Operators. A VERY RELIABLE TRIO “There she goes!” and with the exclama- tion some half a dozen firemen disappeared from the second floor of their engine house like the disappearing demons in the old, familiar pantomime. The men were about to retire for the night, and an Evening Star reporter had but joined them when the alarm of fire came in and caused the ex- clamation. The reporter had to call to his aid ali the spryness within his anatomy to enable him to rush down stairs and catch the hose truck as it left the house. With a crashing and banging of bolts and doors the company darted cut into the night and was off on its errand of preservation. This was one end of the District fire alarm sys- tem. The other, or inaugural end of the alarm, can be pictured something like this: A policeman calmly sauntering along his beat in one of the down-town districts, when a whiff of air carries to his acute sense of smell an odor of burning wood and paint. In an instant the officer is on the alert. On a dead run he darts in the direction he thinks the trouble will be found, and after groping in and out of numerous dark alley- ways, comes upon a flame no bigger than a man’s hand eating its way through the shutters of @ wholesale commission h-use. There is no telling what Is behind the shut- ters, and he immediately makes for the net rest fire alarm box. As he approaches it he is perhaps mumbling to himself, as he tries to pull the key from his pocket: ‘‘Con- found it, can’t I get the key out? I guess if I had a pocket as large as a flour sack and a key a foot long, I'd never find it when wanted.” All'this time the policeman is getting nearer the box,and,as usual, finds the key.at the instant he reaches the goal. In two seconds’ time tHerd ts a tin- klng of the little bel! inside the box,and the alarm has been started on its mission. The Central Office. The center of this triangular series of events is lockted on the sixth floor of a brick and brownstone building on the south side of Louisiana avenue and Judiciary square. It is the headquarters of the Dis- trict fire alarm system, and on the instant of the policeman’s starting the alarm the big gong and numerous baby g6ngs are set going up there.-The ever-watchful operator, with cool head and deft fingers, consumes rot more than three seeonds: making the electric connections, and in four seconds every eugine house,police station and news- papér office in. Washington resétnds with the vibrations of the brass gong. The ejacu- lation from the operator, if any is made, is no doubt @ surmise as:to’whether com- pany No. 4 or 6 will reach the scene of trouble first, both having about the same distance to go. . Should the fire be easily mastered, in half an hour's time there will be sent out the signal, one tap, “‘fire’s out.” The firemen, with their panting horses, are making their way leisurely back to their houses; the policeman resumes the inspection of his beat, no doubt conscious of the fact that he has done a nice piece of work in Preventing @ big fire, and the operator once more takes jotegeat ee ete that over- 3 the , WI pe Ae EE ty. i ich is again stilled The Fise Alarm System, The present fire alarm system was intro- duced into this city about seventeen years 8go, with seven signal and four alarm me- tallic circuits, and although ample protec- tion in those days, it was really a play- thing in comparison with the present fire alarm outfit. The police reporting stations connected with the service are located throughout Washington and Georgetown and a part of the District suburbs. The system contains about forty-five telephone earth return circuits, in which there are about sixty-five sets of telephones. Besides these, connection is had by telephone ex- change with the various departments which have rented instruments. Outside of those mentioned, there are about 155 sets of tele- << used in connection with the police lepartment, and all available for fire alarm purposes should neccssity -require it. The | od service covering the nine precincts is about 126 stations, in each being lo- cated a fire alarm box, from which alarms can be sent. The precincts ate supplied as follows: First, 13 xes; second, 16; third, 16; fourth, 16; fifth, 14; sixth, 13; seventh. 14; eighth, 10; and ninth, 14. In addition to these there are reporting stations, located at Ivy City, Brookland, Takoma, Brightwood, 7th street and Rock Cresk roads and Mount Pleasant. It can be easily ‘understood that errors, with thelr unpleasant definitions, are not found in the dictioriry of the operators who handle thé circuits up on the sixth floor at headquarters. mMetinres the frac- tion of a minute means the loss of a life-or mcre, and the gentlemen in charge handle themselves on a fraction basis instead of tirutes or hours. Complaints are not heard of,.which speaks volumes for the capabili- jes of Messrs. Noyes, Mothershead and impson—another ‘triangle,’ ‘Henry R. Miles is the general superintendent and A. S. Richards electrician. But these men have been written about so often that their his- tory and efficiency have become familiar stories. The Three Switchboard Men. The three men that handle the switch- board are not so well known, perhaps, but, notwithstanding, In ‘their hands rests the practical working of the system. Mr. Geo. H. Noyes is the oldest in point of years and service of the trio. He is a Washington boy, being born in this city in 1838, and in early life was a prominent volunteer fire- ran. With the inaugural of the paid sys- tem he was selected as one of the “boys” to go in under the new idea, and soon af- terward, on the adoption of the fire alarm telegraph, he was selected as an operator, and with the exception of a few years since 1868 he has served constantly in that ca- pacity, enjoying the distinction of having rendcred a larger service with the fire alarm system than any of his sssociates. Mr. Noyes is looked upon with veneration throughout the entire building, and every- has a good word for “Pap,” an affec- tionate term used by the younger genera- tion of employes. : L. F. Mothershead, who is associated with Mr. Noyes in the operating room of the alarm system, is a Virginia boy, having first seen the Might of day in the city of hallowed associations—Alexandria—in 1863. He served first as a messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company, ttfén as operator, then receiving clerk, and from there, in 1898, to his present position. Mr. Mothershead possesses a pleasing personal- ity, cool head and more than the usual pro- portion of good looks. ‘The third of the trio is James C. Simp- son, who halls from Maryland, where he was born in 1860. Mr. Simpson also gained his first knowledge of electricity through the service as messenger boy for the Wei ern Union Telegraph Company. Being a bright hoy. close attention to business earned him promotions to that of recelving clerk, and then to a desk as telegraph op- erator. In June, 1885, he secured his present position, and, like-his companions, he. Is Hable to fetain it for many years to come. How, the Tricks Are Arranged. At present the boyg_are wrestling with the vacation problem, ani, while it is fun for the one that js off, those left behind have the pleasure of fighting out a twenty- four-hour trick betwebn them. It is under- stood in some circles that they have leave of absence with pay; but it is a case where they have to double up on the work to se- cure the money. It would seem: that the District. could afford to allow these men, and ail connected with the system, an an- nual vacation without the necessity of doubling up in thelr work, so that they give to the District every hour of service they have lost while away. The regular hours of the work are split up Into eight for each man, but by a freak of genius the men have adopted a system superior to that of the eight-hour, which is quite worthy of consideration. One man works from 6 at night until 8:30 the next morning; the fol- lowing man works until 3, and the third man from 38 till 6. This lasts for a week, and then the system is shifted, the man having the long trick catching the next shortest and the one having the short one going into the long one. In this way every third week the one man has a nice time’ to himself, and enjoys the hours looking ‘bout him. ‘The switcn-board in use in the office is an old one, but so handy and accurate and so weil understood that the placing of a so- called improved board in its place has been Soathonad from time to time, until the pres- ent one is looked upon as a fixture until the twentieth century at least. When an alarm comes in a smalj.flap falis down, on which there is a number denoting the num- ber of the box, and with it the most un- earthly ringing of gorgs imaginable. With the first mound the operator is at his post, and in the turning of a little knob sets the repeating. apparatus. going, so that the alarm reaches every point necessary in- side of a few seconds. This repeating in- strument occupies a glass case, about three feet.long, two feet wide and one foot high. It ts chiel composed of brass, with rubber and silk ulation covers and wires. To the exe of ah electrician or operator it is a gem. of thé first water, being.of the finest mechani: and so finely adjusted that a solitary ohm ts boiled down to the hundredth-part @ fraction. The manu- facturers and pateniee of the instrument evidently ; believe in its efficiency and worth, because it tost the District a cool $3,000 to claim the! ownegship of It. Wires Ungerground. When a general ala?m is to be sounded the chief, who has r¢ayhed the scene of trouble, sounds the. 1 “4-44 to the central office. The latter repeats the fig- ures back “4-4,” and? gives the “O K” stgaal, which that he under- stands and will carry: gut the order. Should gee of the men on ditty be taken suddenty ill and not te able it his dyties thi signal will k@ep on out “23” ‘sf 23," or whit = ¢ may he, Ses some one puts in ah arance and ac- knowledges recetps ‘the call by break- ing the cireuft and the repeating ap- are always sev- paratus to work. AB. | ining rgoms, it eral persons it the a will, Be geen signal canpat go a lone una or 1 One thing thé sys and needs it Dadly, ip ~ ol wires under- ground/ ? with Hts pow, hail and wind~ easter-gets deadly work the operator office: up tn hie Mi May as well be in Ice- land for all 00d he can do in case an alarm of firé ig sounded. At such times the methods of old times comes into play, and the keen eye takes the place of elec- tricity.~ Conéujts have been laid in many places and into’ it is believed, should go the wires 2s quick as possible, sD as to reduce the chances of an interruption to a minimum. The fire at Scottigh Rite Hall last winter demonstrated the inefiiciency of the fire department's right bower—the tele- graph. This is usually the case where the storm proves unusually severe and the hou? an unusual one. Luck had considerable to do with preventing that fire being a dis- astrous one. Although the main office of the system is Pleasantly located and the hours likewise agreeable, there are times when almost any other place would be preferable. This ap- plies to the time when heavy thunder storms pass gverhead and distribute more than the usual quantity of electric fluid along the wires of the fire alarm system. Of course, lightning will hunt the ground by the shortest way possible, and as the wires are generajly grounded at the main office the operator Gn duty ‘has to face quite a bombardment from old Jupiter. Light- ning arresters are placed across every wire, 89 that when the dangerous fluid comes into the office it will strike them and go off on to the ground wire and@. thence into the ground. It is when the fluld becomes too plentiful that it becomes dangerous. Sup- pose three or four bolts strike the wires about the same time. They will reach the office at the same instant, and the lightning arrester, being inadequate to hold the entire trio of bolts, one or two will go on a voyage of discovery about the office, This is the time when “ducking” comes in handy. Should a bolt strike the wire, say a mile away, its force will be almost wasted by the time It reaches the office. But if one should strike quite close to the office some- thing serious is liable to occur. When these balls of fire sail about the office they all look alike, consequently it can't be told whether a person is dodging a ball of cotton or a brick, Sguratively speaking, and as a result the operator on duty tries most dill- gently to give them all a clear field and no favor. _ Humorous incidents sometimes occur, but not frequently, although one of the trio of operators tells quite-a good story on himself that transpired when he first came into the business for the District. It seems that he was employed at the telegraph desk as an operator previous to assuming his new po- sition, and one day the chief of the fire de- partment sent in the st; 1 “4-4,” which means that a general alarm should be soutided. The operator jumped for the key, ich is similar to the Morse instrument, and-Tox_ a minute, fo ar rama, tele- graphed bacw to the cl the letters, spell- ing the word “wnat. “Of course, it was all Greek. to the chief, ®#ko, continued sending in “4-4,” "4-4," until) théyoung man pulled himself together and’ the Props: signal in return and then the general diara over the city. No resulted, as only the fraction of x was iost, but it was valuable ex; to the new man, and ft hasn't hap, ‘ince. SMASHED Bitsy REconp. Fast Time of th mer New York From Sopthgmpton, The American liner New York arrived at New York yesterday, joon and landed her passengers last night. There was great rejoicing aboard because,the stanch steam- ship had beaten the westward record from Southampton, She made passage in 6 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes, breaking the record by just ‘59 minutes. The broken record was held by her sister ship, the Paris, and was made in 6 days, 9 hours and 87 minutes in June, 1893. That was the fastest trip on record from the Needles to Sandy Hook lightship, a distance of 3,050 miles. . Soe Poisoned by a Woman's Bite. On June 2% last, ad Sheriff Beecher was conducting Lizzie Halliday, the triple mur- deress, into court at Monticello, N. Y., she turned upon him flercély and bit him in the hand Three or. four: weeks ago the hand began_to trouble him now it has swol- len ta the elbow, giving-him intense pain. Unies the swelling gan be stopped it is feared Beecher will lose his arm. ————_ Lending to the Whisky Trast. President John J. Mitchell of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago said yesterday that the ‘officers of that institu- tion are acting as trustees for a syndicate of New York bankers who will loan the whisky @fust sufficient money to pay the taxes o@ its goods. TICKET SCALPERS Not the ‘‘Regulars,” but a Crowd of “Floaters.” THEY TORN UP WITH THE BiG CROWDS How. They Seek to Ensnare the Unwary Traveler. A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS Not the least picturesque feature of the Pythian encampment is the coming of the itinerant ticket brokers, or “‘scalpers” as they are more familiarly known. On Thurs- day last a dozen or more of them fell upon the town and more came that night, and more are still coming. Asa result Pennsyl- vania avenue, from 4 1-2 to 6th streets on the north side, sometimes called Railroad row, is a blaze of color and a babel of sounds. This is a queer fraternity that is now occupying every available inch of space in these two blocks, and buying everything th sight in the form of return Uckets to every point of the compass. Al- most every establishment thus temporarily located has a “runner” in front of the door bawling forth the wares that are to be found inside at the top of a voice made hearse by the fogs of Coney Island, the chiil of Chicago, the smoke of Pittsburg and the dust of the far west. Within the impro- vised shops sit shrewd managers, or pro- prietors, eager for bargains, but more eager for patronage. Seldom is anything allowed to escape that ever enters the door. The “runners” outside have all the tact of Bax- ter street “pullers in,” and nab the passing gentry with a muscular grip. They are not always gentle with their captures, but fall- ing to convince the open-mouthed country- men that he really wants to go somewhere that he never thought of, they persuade him to enter the doors under pretext of showing him the line of jewelry or line of gocds that are in the stock only of their imagination, Regular Scalpers Object. The regular scalpers in this part of town are permanently established, and well known to the citizens of Washington. As a rule, their offices have a quiet, businesslike appearance, indicative of good times and fair ptofits. Ordinarily such an occasion as the Pythian encampment would be a rich harvest for them, for, under the regu- lations of their two established associations, they divide up the county into territories that are not allowed to become overcrowded and_cannot be. trespassed, members of game association without Bevere penalties. Therefore, the coming of the floating brokers is a serious hardship, and the : " are-lond-in theirdenun- lations the transient dealers in’ trip slips. These ten come here probably from Cleveland, perhaps from Asbury Park, where there has recently been a large gathering. Cleveland has offered the best field for some weeks past, on account of the convention of Endeavorers. The crowd will doubtless go from here to Pittsburg, to pick up coupons that float into town with the Grand Army encampment. Thus they fo from one city to another, from west to east, from north to south, using their own cheap “‘stock,”’ as they call their tickets, to secure transportation for themselves. There is no Hcense required of the local ticket brokers, and thus these interlopers, as the regular men are calling them, are put to no more expense than the rental of their rooms and the hire of their assist- ants. The latter are either partners or regular men whom they carry with them. The item of rent, however, is a heavy one, as @ Star reporter was informed yesterday afternoon, and doubtlegs the merchants in the vicinity of the railroad stations are making a very pretty peney out of this business. In sume cases these men are be- ing charged $10 a day for a window. Number of Floaters. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon there were two of these temporary establish- ments on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, between 2d and 3d streets, four be- tween 3d and 4 1-2, eleven from 14 1-2 to 6th and four on each side of the avenue be- tween 6th and 7th, making twenty-five in all. This was in addition to the regular offices. The newcomers are to be distin- guished by the lack of fixed signs and by the generally flaming character df their ad- vertisements. These usually take the form of easels, on which rest towering stacks of names of cities, printed or painted on card- board of brilliant colors, usually the Py- thian hues of red, blue and yellow. As a result, this part of the avenue has taken on the appearance of a flattened rainbow, quite independent of “the gorseous decora- tions that flutter above in honor of the knghts. In additioa to these ear marks, the floater may be known by the fact that he usually occupies a very small portion of the inte- rior of the store, while his signs may en- tirely cover the front. He is to be found everywhere, in drug stores, tailor shops, saloons, book stores, cigar stores and even in hallways. One establishment has pre- empted thé street end of ar adjoiaing window of a bar room, and the tickets nestle in close communion with the bottles. The runners of the temporary places are about five times as cnergetic and noisy as the attaches of the legitimate concerns, for they are old hands ir the business, and can pick out a ticket buyer half a block away. What a “Regular” Says. There is no end to the antagonism be- tween these folks and the regular brokers. One of the latter, a member of the Ameri- can Association and a leading broker in this city, suid to a Star reporter yesterday afiernoon: “I wish there was some way to get fhese people out of town. They come from nown*2; they belong nowhere, and they injure our feputation as well as our business. — at “a 2 me trict required us to pay icgnse, 2 a pay mine most gladly for it wouil graRt w the regular pecple some protection against these fakirs. The lay should provide that no license should be issued to a broker un- less he had resiced in the city for, say six months prior to the issuance of the license. The fee should be high enough to discour- age these people from establishing them- selves. As it is, there is absolutely no way to get rid of them nor to prevent their coming. No one knows them in a business sense, and they are wholly i-responsible. They are up to all sorts of sharp practices and do not hesitate to resort to any expe- dient to sell a ticket, whether it is good for anything or not. For instance, they will pretend to sell you a ticket at what seems a fair rate to a point which they say is only a little distance from where you want to go. When you get to the end of the ticket, you find that you are several hun- d-ed mites from your destination, and will have to pay an additiona! fare that brings the tctal up to, if not beyond, the regular rates. They catch many a customer by this trick, cenfusing the buyer by indistinct reference to places and distances. A Bogus Draft Trick. “Another of their tricks is to pretend to sell you rebate drafts for unused portions of the ticket which you purchase. This trick was worked very extensively during the encampment of the Grand Army last year, when these floaters struck town in a rather smaller number than this year. The draft is usuaJJy made on some person who does not exist, or who is not known in the town on which it is drawn. I remember hearing of one case last year of an old sol- dier buying such a draft on ‘Ben Harrison’ in Tudtauapalle, Of course. the ex-Preai- dent had nothing to do with the matter, and knew nothing about it, and the man lost his money. Son etimes these people will de- visé names. I remember hearing of a draft that our asgociation found last year drawn on “Maj. Stickmud, St. Louis.’ This trick wil me vg digs qa ts with ignorant people, who not know how many ways there are to be swindled. “I had no idea,” continued the broker, “that there would be so many of these fa- kirs here this year.. They seem to increase in numbers every season, and wherever they go they leave us behind to stand the blame of ell their questionable practices. There are only two associations in this countiy, the American and the Guarantee. I am a member of the American, which I consider the best, and which held a con- vention here last May. We have a rigid system of fines and penalties which makes us do our business in a legitimate way. If anybody loses by transacting business with us, they have recourse to the association, which compels us to refund. These people are wholly irresponsible.” At this moment a couple of women enter- ed and asked for a ticket for Niagara Falls by way of Philadelphia. The broker ex- plained that he had no such ticket, but that he could sell one to the falls it Baltimore and the Northern Central The woman demurred, saying that she had just been offered such a ticket as she wanted. “Who offered you that ticket?” asked the er. The woman produced a neatly printed card, giving the name of a firm at a cer- tain rumber.on the avenue, and bearing at the top these words: “Members of the tioral Ticket Brokers’ Association.” ‘See there?” exclaimed the broker, turn- ing <o the reporter. “I never heard of such people. There is a0 such association as the national. These men are merely floaters and I will bet this woman $10 that they cannot sell her tcday such a ticket as they claim to have, They make these repreren- tations merely to take business out of our pockets. Why, I even heard that last night &@ negro was pulled into one of these es- tablishments down street, and the propri- etor of the ticket office and his runner were going throvgh his pockets, when the owner of the place came in and ordered them to pick up their trays and leave. He had their rent for a week and kept it. Sup- pose they shcvl4 get your money by selling you a fake ticket. By the time you have returned to Washington from your trip they may be in Pittsburg under different names, and nobody knows where they will go next or how to find them. These are not branch houses, mind you, of regular brokers in cther cities; for-thot is a tice that is rot permitted by either of the associations. Our territory is part of our stock in trade, and that cannot be taken away from us except by our consent.” What Railroad People Say. The itinerants are regarded by the rall- road people with even less favor than by the regular ticket brokers. In fact, the reg- ular men or association brokers are not heartily loved by the railroad folks, but they sre tolerated because they do busi- ress on a fairly square basis and are amen- able to certain regulations. They are not, as a rule, given to sharp practices, such as forging the name of the holder of what its called an “ironclad ticket.” Said one of the railroad officials to the reporter today: “Of course we expect to jose a great deal of our regular ‘We know there will be a sold by the who take aé- very get into the thing, and, very little, they make people shy of railroad tickets on general principles. The only way we can protect ourselves is to reduce the time lim- its on the ticket as low as possible, but that is only partial protection. Some roads sell ironclad tickets and make the purchaser sign a contract; and this signature must be imitated in order to transfer the ticket to a third party. But these tickets are not especially effective, and they are gradually being discontinued. I suspect that the suc- cess of the regular brokers, who really do a large business, has drawn these itinerants into the field with increasing numbers. I have been in the railroad business in Wash- there are today. Ten days from now they will almost all be gone, and I have no doubt that the folks that go to Pittsburg will see the same faces and hear the same voices that we are getting now.” A Talk With an Itinerant. The itinerants themselves put on a bold front when questioned as to their methods of business. The reporter allowed himself to be pulied in by one of the most vocifer- ous of the runners and then revealed his identity. He asked the proprietor where he had been located Jast. “Why,” said the broker, grinning and pushing back a package of tickets into a drawer, frem which he had@ taken them to offer to the customer, “I have been located in Washington for seven years. I just mov- ed down to this stand a few days ago. You had better let me sell you a first-class ticket to Cincinnati.” “How's business in Cleveland?” asked the reporter, innocently fingering a time table. “Bully! First class. It was—ah, that is, I hear it was very good. The broker was taken off his guard for the moment, but immediately resumed, “I have a brother in business in Cleveland, and he wrote me that trade was very brisk there.” “Do you expect to go to Pittsburg?” ask- ed the reporter, after a desultory conversa- tion about the weather, time limits, etc. “Why, cert, that’s too good a field to miss. Of course you know I will arrange to send an agent ie nd as the reporter walked up the street he could hear the strident tones of @ run- ner as he called his wares and lured the fish into his net. —-. WINE TANKS IN FRANCE. AN the Country Needs ts Pipe Lines to the Ocean, From the New York ‘The railway tank ts introduced in France for the conveyance and Jistribution of wine from the vineyards, after the manner in which petroleum has in this country been conveyed from the wells to market. The vintagers would be lucky if they could like- wise adopt a system of pipe lines, as the ou producers have done, and so diffuse their cheering product with the maximum of cel- erity, and at a minimum of cost. A net- Wora of pipes spreading under the soll from the PyreneeS"to ic British channel, run- ning full with the crimsén-i/de of St. Emil- ion, Heut Barsac, Hermitage and oi.2ber- tin, with spurts and gurgitations of the commoner mixtures, according to the fluc- tuations of demand, would be a subterra- nean development of cxtraordinary interest, and would be almost certain to be tay by the thirsty here and there, but it is not likely to come about, and the railway tank represents what is probably the final reach of economy in distribution. The vine grower gets little for his product, the profits being consumed by the middlemen, who take tribute from It at-every step, from the time it trickles out of the press till it goes down the throat of its consumer, and the indus- try, which is one of the most important in France, is reaching out here and there for remedies. Wine at the press is now sold at eight cents a Quart. Last year the produc- fon was so abundant that the ordinary storage receptacles were unequal to it, and anybody who would bring barrels might carry away the overplus free. Such an abounding vest Is rare, but it comes now ani then, and in such cases the railway tanks will be a godsend, as they will doubt- less be useful in all times to the normal movements and operations of the trade. —— eee. There Were Discounts o: From Life. Stage-struck Maiden.—“What a happy life you must lead! I wish I was an act- ress.” Actress.—“Oh, there are disappointments. The man I kissed in the play tonight is my husband.” it. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Favorable Outlook for Business for the Fall Season. It is somewhat early to speak of the fall business, for the reason that the season has not fully opened and probably will not be considered so until the early part of next month. At that time people will be re- turning to the city from their vacations and the business of the city in all its branches will then be fully manned. As it is now, there are a great many of the busi- ness men out of the city and the season- able duliness of the summer has not yet been disturbed by the activities of the fall, However, there are always those who be- Heve in an early start and they are already figuring cn a profitable business during the coming season. There is a disposition om the part of some to look upon the real estate market as hopelessly inactive for the balance of this year, at any rate. All the dealers and operators are not made of such stuff. There are some who foresee clearly the renewal Of burtness in all branches, and they are of the opinion that tt might as until the present situation market to warrant the strongest confidence in and the brightest antictpations of the fu- ture. While values of real estate in this city, have not depreciated in spite of the de- Pression of the past year and a half, still. there are a good many opportunities for in- ik g i F i i; i weg Fess i j ° | j ; : | if i i 5 i i f g z ii i & | if vi g | i li ; i & Hu i SE ; avs i ‘ * gg ii Fy fi aa tee see isks' hi daiveletsi Young couples who are about to set thelr own household gods examine market of available ing for some years. As a rule they have a siender to consider and they also have the able ambition of wanting to get the possible and the most possible for their money. To this clags the idea of a cozy suite of rooms ina flat appeals very ly. They feel that by livinw in a flat some —~ of the burden of ee ousekeeping devolves upon others. ts are geacrally suppliel with heat and light and there are no leaks in the roof to re- er back fences to look after or the other little details which constitute a part of what are known as household cares. mt. To this class it makes but little difference to be told that they can get a whole house of six or feven rooms for from $25 to per month, which is, perhaps, what they propose to pay for a three, four or five rooms in a flat. of this difference they prefer a find a ti they Peery investigation, as ie prices prevail in the few apartment buila- ings here, and it is for this reason that young couples especially, and ali others who desire to live in apartments and what they consider te figures, fault with the existing conditions and ex- press the hope that some one will put up ea vag that will meet their require- ment on Alone and Unterea For, The body of Wm. H. Boles, & woodwork manufacturer and prominent politician, was found in his bea at his resi- dence, 232 North Broad street, Philadelphia, yesterday. His wife and daughter were out of town and Mr. Boles had been sleeping in the vacant house. He was taken with pneu- monia and died uncared for, not being able to leave his bed. The body was de-. composed, showing that Mr. Boles died seve eral days ago. ———-s00._ Revenge of a Discharged Workman, Carl Lower, a Pole, walked into the tatlor shop of Mehitretter Bros., at 367 Broadway, Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday afternoon, and piling 2 revolver, fired three times et Alois lehitretter. All of the shots took effect. for the wounded man's are slight. had John D. White a Candidate. Ex. John D. White of Ken- tucky has bolted the action of the repubii- can committee in the eleventh district in for Congress. sented by Filar Adams, republican candi- Gate for re-election. i