Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1894, Page 7

WOODWARD LOTHROP, 10TH, UTH AND F STS N. Ww. qa. Until September we close at 5; Saturdays at 1. Reminant Day, Tomorrw, Friday, Aug. 31. Visitors will perhaps ask, and very naturally, too, “What do you mean by ‘Kemmant Das,’ and what is its object?" ‘The idea originated with %s fm Washington several years ago, aml we take pleasure in explaining the “why and wherefore.” Doing the fumerse- business we do, supplying the wants of thousands of our pagrons daily, leaves @ natural consequence, many “short ‘edd and small lots,” “broken assort- ments,” “extreme sizes," goods soiled, mussed, scratched or otherwise defaced from handling, dix. playing and so on. Were we to allow things of this character to pile up from week to week they'd ‘oon crowd out the other goods. To prevent this and to have a fresh, presentable stock at the be- sinning of cach week, we separate all such things from the regular stock, label them “Remnants,” put them ou separate tables and sell them for a third to a haif thelr regular prices. Simple enough, isn't it? Friday of each week ts the day set apart for remnants, so tomorrow you'll find many an article as a souvenir for the home folks. Our column will admit of bat few of the many remnant bargains, so just ask at any department— Fou'll find something to sult, and it will cost you Little enough in any instance. Dress Goods Department. useful lengths of Colgred Dress St a Sie Senda Sees x : : 's school sult, All ‘marked ‘at = Half or Quarter Former Prices. Sizes 34, 35, 36, 37 and 33. and $3.00 to 81.7% each. Manufacturer's semmants in White Unlaundered Drees Shirts. Sizes 14%, 15, 15%4 aud 16. At 25e. each. 23 Fine Lisle 's and Drawers, mauve, old Shirt: and light bine. Shirts, 35 and 40. Drawers, — 36. Reduced from $1.75 to 75e. a garment. 1007 F st. bidg.) ee Suit Department. 2 Ns Reduced from $150 to $215 cache ot 3 All-wool ing = Navy blue, sizes 34 end 38. Blac is ae ok, Reduced from $6.00 to Duck Suits. Size 34. Blue and white stripes. Nir Whude Shunt Wales calor ade, oe : Bato wo. educed from 14 Duck Vests, double breasted, pearl buttons, ‘Sizes 32, 36 and 38. Heduced from $1.50 to Sde. each. Gd floor <+-I1th st. bldg.) Cloak Department. 4+ Gloria Traveling Ulsters. Gray, sizes 36 and 38. Black, size 36. Reduced from $7.50 to $2.00 #4. 14 Light Vests. Reduced from $2.50 2 Mackintoshew. Sizes 58 and 60. Meduced from $5.00 to $1.50 each. ea «-.1th st. bldg.) woeeagrcre [lisses’ Department. 4 All 1 Challie Dresses, full sleeves, ribbon Sizes 4, 6, 10 and 12. Reduced from 96.735 to $2.95 each. 3 All-wool Flannel Dresses, silk and med, full sleeves. Sizes G 4% umd 1% from $4.00 and $5.00 to $2.95 each. 12 Persian Lawn Gi Sizes 4, 6 8. Reduced from $3.25 and $4.0) to $1.25 each. 1S Percale Dresses. 8 4 to 12. med. Reduced from $3.00 to $1.50 each. Iith st. bldg.) ’ PLN 5 Boys’ Department. 7_AlL-ws Suits... Sizes) |. -feom to, $00 to SESS chen. r of Outing Cloth “and Calico Shirt Waists. Sizes 4 to 10.. Reduced from 2c. and. 35c. to, 2e. each, 3 tye joe. . 2% Straw 'fats.” All sizes “Reduced from 30 to peg a eae. 4 Galatea Wash Siits. Sizes 3, 4 and 5. Re- duced from $3.00 and $3.38 to $1.50 eacn, Gd oor. ~+-10%h ‘sts bldg.) Japanese Department. it Vases. Reduced from $1.00 te 69. each. & Vases. d from $2.00 to $1.25 each. 6 Jars. Redueed from $1.75 to Be. ench. An odd lot of Sitk Handkerchiefs. Were up to ia ottd Tot of Brome i we a odd lot ot rays. Were up to Te. Reduced to ade. each. ” hae Gd floor Souvenir Department. 2 Silver-plated Photo Frames, card size. Re- duced from $2.00 to $1.00 each. 2 Cabinet Frames. -Reduesl {rom $1.75 to $1.00 ea 1 Jewel Case. Reduced from $2.90 to $1.25. Cag ers STEP SP -tth st” bldg.) Leather Goods Dept. 1 Chatelaine Bag. Revucel from 50 to 2e. S Purses. Reduced trom 50 ta Bic. cach, @st door. -Iith st. Didg.) nee China Department. tat SYglserood Cheese Dish. Reduces from $5.00 Decor China Chocolate Pot. Reduced from 1.3 to Te. J Decorated Slop Jar. Reduced from $4.00 to pat tea Housefurnishing Dept. we iP bottont Teapots. Reduced frém 7% to Medicine Cabinet. Reduced from $5.00 to 1 Steam Cooker. Reduced from $1.75 to 9c. 1_ Copper Oatmeal Kettle. Reduced from to $1.50. Gth foor. -+-1ith st. bldg.) Picture Department. et ghtimed, Engravings, 10:20. Reduced from 60 each. = ing, white-and-gold frame. Reduced trom ‘Ge. vortrait Frame, 20x24. Réduced from $5.00 ing, 143 Florentine gilt frame. Re- from 100 ts 31.50. - @uced AR GEG... 2 2 cece cc cccecccccccces: 10th st. bidg.) praia Refrigerator Department. 1 Jewett “Queen” Refrigerator. Reduced from $10.00 to $7.00. 1 Jewett “Victor” Refrigerator. Reduced from $8.5 to $6.5. 1 Jewett Ice Cream Chest. Reduced from $22.50 «++e++-10th st. bidg.) Flannel Department. Fancy Striped Fiannel, 1% to 4 luced from 50 to 39. ea hae< shanhadtncannatina dba 11th st. bldg.) Senay a Curtain Department. pair Muslin. Reduced from $4.50 to Reduced from $3.00 to $3.00. Reduced from from pair Irish Point. pair Irish Polat. 1 i 1 pair Nottingham. Reduced from $7 1 1 1 White Enameled Screen, slightly soiled. Re- 12.50 to $5.00. -1ith st. bldg.) Corset Department. 1 pair Dr. Warner's’ Coraline Corsets, extra long, two side steels. Size 19. Reduced from $1.00 to 1 pair ‘Thompson's Nursing Corsets, medium length, well boned. Size 18 Reduced from $1.00 Te. masigevgaed 20th st. bldg.) Women’s [luslin Under- wear. Bridal Set, gown, skirt and dra elab- qrately trimmed ae bow-knot laces. edaeed bx is set. STM atudal’ Set, gown, akict and drawers, olab- oratcly trimmed with Valeneiennes laces and em- Droidertes. Reduced from $10.00 to $5.75 set. Qa Boor. ...... -+ Toth Sases st. bldg.) Infants’ Department. 5 I ed Cream Silke and Lace Cay etme Keduced from $3.00 and $3. each. 3 Boys’ Gingham Wash Hats, continental style. trimmed with novelty braid. Reduced from $1.00 each * ‘White Dotted Mul! Hats, washable, fall putted corded brim, narrow lace edging. Reduced peesetees 20th st. bids.) Glove Department. 2 psirs White Chamois Gloves. Sizes 6 and 64. from 85 to 50c. pair. @ pairs Black Kid Gloves, 4-utton. Sizes 6, and 00 to We. S3 a oi Beteced from Wh fancily to $1.00 ee oe ead Friday erds the 5 o'clock We shall be ‘opce watil 6 pm. Satusday, Home-Made Noveities At. PERRY’S. IL eyes—all thoughits—all purchasing is Diecast ad ser sen : . Whole wardrobes must be changed. A mighty task is before you, Simplify if, Insure yourselves against all the petty an- Royances of roust-about shopping. Act om what your judgment must convince you of— that the straightest.way;to satisfaction—the smoothest road—lies thrqugh our honse. Improvement is plain to be seen—even in the Domestics. ‘Those “working” cottons, that you buy so largely of, show the thought—the attention—the skill employed in thetr creation. : We can report the predicted saving— pennies on a yard—dollars on a dress, CEINTZ CLOTHS— Figurei and Striped, on Black, Brown and Navy Blue grounds. 30 inches wide, Usually 12%. Now 10c. a yard. LOUISIANE CLOTH— Colored designs on Black, Brown, Red and Navy Blue grounds. 30 inches wide. 12%c. @ yard. GINGHAMS— 27 inches wide. Autumn colors. 10c. and 12\%e. a yard. The best to be had. OUTING CLOTHS— 27 Inches wide. Light and dark effects, Usually 12%. NOW 10e a yard. PRINTS. Simpson's Gray and Black Mourning Prints, Se. worth for 6c. Best of Windsors. 8c. worth for 6c. Figured and Striped Turkey Red. 8. worth for 6c. Figured and Striped Indigos. 8. worth for Ge. Merrimack Purples. Se. a yard. Merrimack Cashmere de Laine. 8c. a yard. CHEESE CLOTH— Evening shades. 36 inches wide. 12%. a yard. YEDDO CREPES— Evening shades. 27 inches wide. 12%. a yard. DENIMS— Red, Blue and Brown and Checked. 12%. to 2c. a yard. SHEETINGS— Brown and Bleached Sheetings at “off prices. ‘You will like what you see hére, we know, Another thing we are sure of is you: won't find aiything that suits you better any where else. Taking quality, price and every- thing Into consideration, we feel that we are talking for your good ta ask you te give us the preference with your favors, Perry’s, Ninth And The Avenue. Get the Best THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO, 7 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. ‘Trunks, Satchels and Leather Goods. mh20 Established 1840. ry Gibbons’ Famo ‘Excelsior Creamery ‘BUTTER. if youve ever eaten a better batter we'll refund the purehase money. That's how strong our con- fidence in our butter is. —— Delivered anywhere in town on re- —— _ceipt of a written or verbal order. a CENTS A POUND. @ CENTS 2 UNDS. 93 CENTS 3 POUNDS. ba FOR 5 POUNDS. —— CL IN CREAM CHEESE. e K 8T. MARKET, Gibbons, ot < 9 . 5TH AND K STS, Bargain In Hair Switches. $2.50, Was $5.00. $4.50, Was $6.00. $6.5c, Was $10.00. In all shades; also largere- ductions in Gray Switches. Hair Dressing, Cutting and Shampooing in best manner by competent artists at S. Heller’s, 720 7th St. BODSOSCHOD: Autumn and Fall StylesofFootgear: are vow being called for, and we are GEO. W. RICH, 919 F ST. POOCSHS OF DOSS OD SSOOSOSOOC0E TAFFORD WATER AVES LIVES. CURES WHEN OTHERS Fait. JPARKLING STAFFORD IS THE BEST TABLE WATER. Cures Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Kidney, Blad- der, xod all Urinary Troubles. Drop in and try a glass. For sale by all druggists, or at Depot, 1420 N. Yoave ow. yi-3m wecbooe THE EVENING STAR, No other DOES_EVER Low P’ a9 WE quote. S4KS AND COMPANY. - We're afraid. You'll think there’s. some “‘out’’ about these thousand pairsof Pants because we’re offering ’em at ) 50 a pair. But in your business haven’t you sometimes had too much of even a good thing? That’s the case here. We’re like the boy who cut off more’n he could eat—his eyes were big- ger than his appetite. Wemadeupmore$2.50, $3 and $3.50 Pants than we needed. Sowe’repushing. A thousand mencan strut around inas good ascan be made to order at $s5—for $1.50. Between weights. At this price ’til Sat- urday night. AKS AND COMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. Pa. Av. and 7th St. Whelan’s, 1003 F St. Only. 99200039000 oe: Cheaper and Better Light —comes from the use of the Sie- mens-Langren Gas Lamp, for it increases the brilllancy of the gas, Yet consumes less of it. For offices, libraries, stores and outside lighting there's no better light—vot even electricity. Sold or rented. Gas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y. Ave. 2sd POPOL FSOSSOFOFS O04: We Speak First For your FURNITURE and CARPET trade this fall. We're ready for you now. New weaves and new designs in carpets direst from the mills are here already. As to the Prices—they're on the small profit basis. You may wavt some REUPHOLSTERING done. No one can do it more to your sat- isfaction than we. $15 LEWIS BOX COUCHES, $9.00. he Houghton Company, 20a 16 9TH ST. AND 1710 14TH ST. LEETTTTT =| g AFFAIRS IN PERU. The President Practica! Clothed With Dictatorial Au ity. Official advices received at the State De- partment announce the suspension, until peace be restored, of articles 18, 20 and 29 of the Peruvia. constitution. These articles are as follows: No. 18. No person can be arrested without written order from a competent judge or from the authorities charged to keep the public order, except those “in flagrante de- licto,” and in any case the person arrested must be put at the disposal of the judge within twenty-four hours. The officers making the arrest are obliged to furnish a copy of the writ of arrest when asked for. No, 20. No person can be sent away from the republic, neither from the place of his residence, without an executive sentence. No. 20. All citizens have the right to meet peacefully, in public or in private, without compromising the public order. ‘This action suspends the writ of habeas corpus, and clothes the president with prac- tically dictatorial powers. The State Department has been officially advised that a duty at the rate of 30 pence for each silver sol will be collected on all imports into Peru from August 5. This is a virtual increase of from 20 to 25 per cent. ee THE STAR AND THE PYTHIANS. A Complete a: Attractive Record of the Encampment for Fifteen Cents. ‘The Evening Star will publish during the week beginning Monday, August 27, graphic accounts of the doings of the Knights of Pythias, the occurrences in camp, the parade and review, the competitive drills, and the proceedings of the Supreme Lodge. ‘The reports will be complete and elaborately illustrated. Altogether, a file of The Star for the week will form one of the hand- som¢st and most valuable souvenirs of the great K. P. encampment of 1894 that could possibly be provided. Visiting knights and others who have left friends at home in- terested in the doings here should take note of this. The Star will be mailed for the week to any address in the United States or Canada for fifteen cents. Orders may be left at The Evening Star office or at The Star’s booth in the camp grounds. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, .1894—-TEN PAGES. MR. GARDNER’S LETTER It is Discussed at a’Meeting of the Cortifi- Fall Text of the Document Which Has Been So Anxiogely Looked for by Many People. Mr. Lawrence Gardner has made public his long-promised statement regarding the recent sale of the stock of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association, of which he was president, to the Commercial Al- Mance Life Insurance Company of New York. The document is printed further on in full. It was the subject of general dis- cussion this morning by the numerous peo- ple directly and indirectly interested in the controversy that has arisen over the trans- action, and was also the subject of a meet- ing, which convened at noon in the office of Mr. Simon Wolf, of the committee sé- lected in the early stages of the affair to represent the certificate holders of the En- dowment Association. Mr. Wolf presided over the meeting,. which was attended by Mr. Robert Ball, Mr. Horatio Browning, Mr. H. D. Norton, Mr. Wm. J. Miller and) Mr. Franklin Mackey. While every gentle- man had perused Mr. Gardner's letter sev- eral hours before, jt way read to them again by Mr. T. Percy Myers, and pretty thor- oughly dissected and examined in the dis- cussion which followed. As a result of the deliberations a reso- lution was adopted providing for the ap- pointment of a committee of three, with the chairman of the main committee as its ex-officio chairman, whose duty it should be to draft a statement to be published and addressed to the policy holders of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Asso- elation, showing what had been done by the main committee up to the present time. What the Committee Will Do. It is understood, however, that the new committee, which consists of Mr. Wm. J. Miller, Mr. H. O, Claughton and Mr. Simon Wolf, will go beyond the scope of the pow- ers apparently laid down by the langwage of the resolution. It is believed that the committee will take up Mr. Gardner's state- ment, published below, and consider it seriatim and compare. it with his former utterances, dccumentary and otherwise, in relation to the points at Issue. The sub- committee will also advise the policy hold- ers of the Washington Endowment Asso- ciation as to the best final action to be taken in regard to their certificates, and, consequently, its report will be looked for- ward to with a great deal of interest. The Gardner Letter tn Full. Mr. Gardner’s letter is as follows: “In a letter published some time yo I referred to the fact that I had at all times been willing to give information regarding the affairs of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association to any persou in- terested in them, having proper and legal right to inquire. Notwithstanding such readiness on my part, inquiries were made of many others before application to me by @ committee designated at a general public meeting, at which the management of the association and I, as its president, were de- nounced as guilty of public wrong upon the one-sided statement :of. persons hostile to the management of, the company. In the communication above réferred to I said aiso that I would shortly publish an expo- sition of the his nm@ conditions of the insurance organized ich I have served as president. “Since, as well as before, the publication of that letter there, kaye appeared in the newspapers as co: i rom the eommittee alluded to repeated ‘Statements of the inten- tion to take legal measures hostile to the Beneficial Associatien and to myself as its-| principal officer. it. demand for an ‘explanation’ from me continued. I thus find myself in the poMition of being ex- pected to furnish to ge mage geormrrrse to Htlgate information,,to ruide = gation, which they have failed to securé from other quarters. I respectfully submit that it ts almost to such to ask of any citizen Leip Sr ge or.sqa the rng ate co} Fon t respon¢ atte for tatormetio Peatiing budiness: matters ‘in his charké le under“such cir-, cumstances and) with guch purpose. Never- theless, I do propose to make an unre- served statement of the matters at issue convinced of the justice and clear intelli- gence of the pedfie of Washington, who will mot allow the circumstances of a straightforward, honorable and dutiful bus- iness transaction, conducted for the best tn- terests of all concerned, to be distorted by any one, to the detriment of the public or of individuals who wish only to do what is right. The Association a Stock Company. “Before presenting the financial and busi- ness history of the Washington Beneficial Erdowment Association and of the recent sale of its stock, it is necessary to ask at- tention to a feature of the organization, which, while decisive and controlling as to the legality and methods of the recent transfer, has been misrepresented or over- icoked in all of the bitter and unjust de- nunciations of the company and its officers, made at public meetings and through the Tess. PesThe Washington Beneficial Endowment Association is not a mutual corporation. It is a stock company, 263 shares oftits stock being in existence. A proposition was made to purchase the stock and property of the company, and at the same time reinsure its memers. Every shareholder of the asso- ciation was informed that such a proposi- tion had been made. To those who were out of the city letters were written, in all of which appeared the following statement: “‘I have received an offer to purchase your stock in the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association at the same price that has always been paid for it. I should advise the acceptance of the offer. The purpose of the purchase is to sell the stock out entire to another company.’ “On the 9th of August the holders of 263 shares had consented to sell. Two hundred and sixty-one shares were voted for the transfer, and none against it. The trans- action was made unanimously, and strictly according to law. Every shareholder was ecnsulted, placed his stock with me for sale at a certain price, and the money received for it was paid to me, and I disbursed it. Personally I had forty shares of stock, the value of which was two thousand one hencrea and twenty dollars ($2,120), and that sum I received. The same price per share was paid to the others as to me, and no more or less. The sum named was the entire amount that I received out of the transaction in any manner, shape, or form. I, like the other stockholders, simply sold what was my own, purchased with my own money, as I and the others had clearly both the legal and moral right to do. The ex- traordinary insinuation that there was something wrong or dishonorable in this simple and correct business transaction seems to be the only basis of the cruel at- tacks that have been made upon me. Answering Sundry Criticisms. “In order to demiristrate in detail how baseless are all the open assaults, covert in- sinuations and unwarrantable inferences that have remegiog: ; the. criticiems of the aesociation, 1 hae prepared the follow- ing statement, which answers every alle- gation made, by showing affirmatively the amount of money coljected each year on as- sessments, the recelj from all other sources, the death Cia! paid and the ex- — fod each yeaprsinge “ee became an offi- cer ie pany, it eve one see for himselt exictis’ what money San a collectec and what has been done with ‘ tds “I assumed the pi lemcy of the in 1892. I iy aoe attention to the figures for the years 1891, 92 and ‘03 in com with these ®t preceding years as showing that, yndem:my management, while the amount of death claims and con- sequently of assessments collected increas- ed, the expenses of the association dimin- ished: Assess- Other re- Death “My honored father was secretary and director in the association until his death, in 1882, At the annual meeting following his decease, after I had been advised that I should succeed him, it was intimated to me that I could be made secretary, but not a director. I was thus debarred from having a voice in the management of the company, otherwise ee as secretary, up to the fall of . During the spring of that year an effort was made to sell the busi- ness of the association to another insurance while president. Dr. R. B. Donaldson as- sumed the presidency for one year without a salary, and the following year I was elected to the presidency without any ad- dition to the salary I had been receiving as secrétary, thus saving to the association, among other things, the salary of a presi- dent. In effecting these three members were withdrawn from the board of directors, and the marked decrease in expenses notable itt the figures of 1891 com- menced. aS “I allude to the circumstances attending this cutting down of expenses, not with the intention of securing credit to myself, but with reference to the animus of some who have been instrumental in instigating the attack upon the association and myself as its president. The retirement of the direc- tors referred to never in any way inured to my benefit personally, but only to the gen- eral benefit of the company. Increase of the Death Rate. “During the past three years the death rate in our association increased very rap- idly. Not only were we afflicted with the heavy death wave that seemed to be pass- ing over the insurance world, but the average age of our membership was in- creasing at co rapid a pace that In a few years our assessments would undoubtedly have become so heavy that dissatisfied cer- tificate holders would have left the company and then we could not have met our obliga- tions. For ability to do business profitably we were necessarily dependent upon new tn- surance, of which it is almost impossible for an assessment company to secure any- thing like a fair share in the face of the great general competition, which even causes large companies to sacrifice the first two annual payments, and thus carry in- surance for two years before the insuring company reaps the benefit. “An assessment organization with opera- tions confined to a small locality cannot-af- ford the heavy outlay needed to secure new business in hi: times, when unsolicited investment in insurance Is relatively rare and small. With death assessments and the age of members thus increasing without corresponding growth in néw insurance by the young or middle aged, it seemed to be my duty to examine with great car- propo- sitions for such a readjustment as would secure a continuance of business without disaster to our stockholders and without depriving of the advantages of insurance those who had paid assessments due us for many years, who could not reinsure without re-examination, if they could do so at all. Such were the circumstances and causes that led to the sale of stock under conditions that seemed the most favorable to Washington Beneficial policy holders it was possible to obtain. The officers of the Commercial Alliance have already spoken for themselves to the of Washing- ton. During my negotiations with them I — them to be upright, prudent, and rank, Sold After Mature Refiection. “They have to meet the sharp rivalry which has been so largely instruinental in the attack upon our association, and which has gone to the extreme in the effort to se- cure the custom of our policy holders, as is shown by the flood of advertisements in Washington daily papers openly bidding for the business of our policy holders. The Commercial Alliance is a young and vigor- ous institution, with sufficient means and scope, I firmly believe, to protect all the rights and promote the advantage of Wash- ington polfcy holders, and free from the dis- advantages that peculiarly afflict a local assessment company in hard times. “There is no attempt to force membors out of the Washington Beneficial Endow- ment Association. They can remain there if they wish, But it is to be apprehended that ‘their agsesgmenmts will shertiy become #o heavy that imsurance will cost them more than: amount they would be ‘asked to pay in the rew company. They ‘have'thtir choice as to the course they will pursue, after having, during previous years, enjoyéd the benefits of good insurance at less than half the usual rates. “The step that has been taken was not resorted to hastily, but after deilberate and anxious consideration during an entire year and consultation with the best advisers 1 could find among the insurance men of the country.. For @ time there was thought of changing the plan of our association so as to. get rid of the assessment feature, but legal obstacles were encountered that would prevent this without injustice to the stock- holders and certificate holders of the or- ganization. Defense of the Transaction. “The only companies with which we could have consolidated whose premium would have been less than those of the Commercial Alliance were assessment companies, and union with any of them would not have cut at the roo of the evil from which we were suffering. It should not be forgotten that it was necessary to provide for the meeting of $21,500 of outstending death claims, and also to make provision for other death losses that might occur before the policies of certificate holders could be transferred. This point was carefully and effectively guarded in the afrangement with the Com- mercial Alliance Life Insurance Company. “It is as clear to me now as it was at the time of the transaction that the course pursued was the proper thing to do, and done at the proper time. The rumor passed from mouth to mouth until it became the common talk of the town that I received a commission for my interest in effecting the consolidation I brand as an absolute and unmitigated falsehood. I sold my stock, as did the other stockholders in the associa- tion, for the regular and equal market price, no more, no less, There was no legal reason why I, or they, should not have sold at any time, as stock of the company was sold before, time and again. But it seemed better for me to remain connected with the association, discharging the duties of my office and bearing its burdens, until I could make such an arrangement that our certificate holders would be protected and their insurance continued upon fair terms, without ability to rejection on re-examina- tion, as would naturally have been the case with many where the average age of the insured had become so great. Some Personal Remarks. “At a recent public meeting one speaker asserted that a great deal of the trouble had arisen from my attending to other people's business. For this criticism there was foundation. If I had looked out only for myself, and not for other people, had I been heedless of the interest of those insured in our association and sought only to do for my own advantage, by sale of my stock, that which I had a perfect legal right to do at any time, the union of the Washington Beneficial with the Commercial Alliance, and I, as an instrument of that consolidation, would perhaps have escaped much cruel criticism. Our association was perfectly solvent. There was no excuse for throwing it into the hands of a receiver, who could only have paid off death claims, and leave, without any place to go, old members unable to stand medical exami- taken part in recent unseemly agitation. Many, no doubt, were misled by the false notion that the association was a Caught Taking a Bribe. Councilman Doudassat of New fourth precinct station. Six parties combined in the association. THE WORLD OF SOCIETY An Engagement That Will Interest Many Washington People. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Bonds and Special Taxes. The folluwing letter has been addressed to the Commissioners by Assistant United. States Treasurer Meline, ex-officio commis- sioner of the sinking fund, District of Co- lumbia. “The act of Congress approved August 12, 1894, to provide for the payment Visitors in Town for: Encampment | of the 8 per cen hack certificates of the District Colenhae ane’ tor ether Purposes provides. Week-—Several Pretty Evente— Numerous Social Items. A cablegram from Paris on Saturday last announced the engagement of James El- verson, jr., of Philadelphia to Miss Eleanor Mayo, the actress. Mr. Elverson is a brother of Mrs. Patenotre, wife of the French ambassador, and is himself well known in Washington social circles. ‘Those who profess to know state that the mar- riage will take place in October. The state- ment is further made that Miss Mayo, after her marriage, will give up the stage. Misses Nola and Carrie Mount, daughters of ex-Representative C. W. Mount of Tren- ton, N. J., are guests of their uncle, G. W. Williamson. Misses Mamie and Jessie Cornwell of 127 10th street northeast are visiting friends in requests the Commis- sioners to “notify the collector of payment for special taxes.” Complatat of a Wagon Stand. Relative to the complaint made a short time ago concerning the wagon stand at the corner of 7th and K streets northwest the health officer today made the following report to the Commissioners: Falla Church and Vienna for a couple of | stand for mums yee weet core weeks, tuch purpose by the board of public works Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. Crawshaw have re- turned from their visit to Atlantic City. Mrs. L. C. Allen of Garrett Park, Md., 1s visiting friends in this city. A pleasant birthday party was given Monday evening by Miss Mattie Davis, at 1501 Pierce street. The guests assembiea at 7:45, and music and games were the principal features of the evening. At 10:30 a dainty repast was served, and after more music, instrumental and vocal, ed, the gests departed. Among those pres- ent were “The Jolly Six,” a club compos- ed of the Misses Funk, Bickfora, Shade, Clabaugh and Davis, and Messrs. Farmer, Metcalf, Thomas, Croggon, Whitty and Davis, Miss Rose L. Cook of Fort Wayne, Ind., is the guest of Mrs. L. W. McCreery, at 1003 B street southeast. Mrs. Ellen Meade Clarke of Atlanta, Ga., has returned from_a delightful visit to friends in Kansas, Chicago and other west- ern cities, and is stopping at 928 R street. Mrs. Romanus E. Beers and her daugh- ter, Miss Mabel, are visitors to the capital during the K. of P. encampment. They are Stopping at 202 E street. Dr. J. C. McGuire has returned from the Adirondacks, where he has been for the last four weeks. Miss Dahl of Washington, Ohio, who has been the guest of Gen. and Mrs. William Tuesday evening for her home, much to the regret of her friends. Mrs. D. B. Stephenson of Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting her daughter, Mrs, Chas. G. Bogia, 331 11th street southwest. Mr. Milton McDonald of Palfhyra, Mo., accompanied by his nieces, the Misses Markell of Warrenton, Va., are in the city ——_ the festivities. They are stopping Miss May Bennett is visiting her aunt, street northwest. Mrs. 8. A. Holton of Locust avenue, - attsville. ad Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Sanner and Miss Edith Sanner of Baltimore, who have been and is, in my opinion, a public necessity, The question of its sanitary 2, annually. It ts inspected The Tenleytown Railroad Penalty. In a letter addressed by the Commis- sioners to President Geo. E. Emmons of company for 1893, the Commissioners di- zect Mr. Emmons’ attention to the charter of the company. Therein it is provided that the company shall pay to the District 4 per | i | $ iste: skideae Dutch troops operating upon the same island have sustained heavy losses and en- @ured much suffering. : These are the columns commanded by Cols. Van Pabst and Bylevet. Their are not stated, but they are admitted heavy. Col. Van Pabst was among ficers killed with his column. It is that all three columns lost between 175 200 men killed. Five steamers a sad 4 43 HH Later advices received from Lombok say that the attacks upon the different columns a eS Seep peneua pebmecp aig eine tage gee ig ooo of Pri int at native chiefs of the Balinez natives. the Fort Myer Cavalry. Van Pabst’s column, after seeing the Fiint Grover, a private in A troop of cavalry at Fort Myer, Va., is reported to have fallen heir to a fortune of about half a sf ises of the chiefs executed, was ret: the Jakra Negara,.when it was ati ced column was approaching Tjakara N. without seeing any further signs of the enemy, when suddenly, from the walls of that place, from every loophole and every point of vantage, a hall storm of bullets poured into the column of Dutch troops. ‘The latter were completely taken by sur- prise, and began ters worse, the ed fire upon the its rear was also exposed fire. Thus the advance and the retreat the column were alike cut sible. The Dutch troops caught in a rat-trap ami not been that nightfall came sistance, there is little doubt that the detachment would have As it was, under cover of the darkness, a few bodies of exhausted many of them badly wounded, succeeded in reaching Ampenan. ‘The Balinez captured a quantity of arms, ammunition and provisions in the ments, and also captured the guns and ef- fects of Gen. Van Harn’s force, they having i Bok si been abandoned in order to save the wounded. The news of the loss sustained by the ch that the almost simultaneous defeat of the three columns of troops is the most reverse which the Dutch army has sustain- seat grating ot caseee treape te al the wars, even the At campaigns, ever tore ; engl : ie are clamoring for the latest — from Lombok — the svetoment is Promptly dispatch the reinforcements possible to that ‘sland. The On A 28, 1008, at bee , Md., Mrs. SARAH B. JONES, wife L. D. JONES. tm the sixtieth year of her age. Galtimore papers please copy.) JONES, At her KATE JESSIE JON W. Jones. are determining the decisi: easures | MUELLER. On Ws . 1804, to be taken in order to wipe ‘out the defeats 2:20 pm. BLANC defined of the Dutch troopa. ter of Elis J. and William Mueller, ——— oe Seats a cin pe PURCHASING SUPPLIES. street northwest, morning at 10 0’ A Change in the Avmy Regulations of typhoid fever, MILI S.. 4 =) Simocl Band Katie J EE i i i Hf therwise unreasonable. More Medals of Honor. ‘The Secretary of War has awarded medals of honor to First Lieut. Henry 1. Smith, seventh lowa infantry volunteers, and to Thomas N. Gould, private in company G, 113th Illinois volunteers, now a yond ry