Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1894, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. and Thousands Use Ripans. It is extremely difficult to convince people by means of an advertisement that the article advertised fulfills the claims that are made for it, but Ripans Tabules have been on the market so long that there are people in almost every locality, and especially in Wash- ington, who have learned by actual experience that Ripans Tabules are more than are claimed for them. is a not a new medicine, but one of the old reliable standard remedies for constipation, indigestion and the many other diseases of the stomach bowels. a Doctor ever gave for these trou- les is incorporated formula is no secret; it is open to all who wish to know it. Many local physicians prescribe Rip- ans Tabules daily. 50c. Box At All Druggists. Wholesale Agents, F. A. Tschiffely, Washington, D. C., E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, Alexandria, Va. It The best prescription in Ripans, Its pee 2040 20-45-20-40-00-4 Open evenings till 10. Craig & Harding, F St. and 13th. Our Showing of ROCKERS Soa ol styles of weats. As for upholstered prices—not an you may name bat we'll amount Save a fucker to ft Our Display of D-E-S- K-S consplcuone among all those tory Choleest of its. kind. be prettiest. in every wood—from plain desks to the elaborate, look and ng tions. rieh- gold crea- ‘As to prices—a bare pinch of money's enough, or you can be lavish if you desire—prices are ‘graded. fo evenly CRAIG & it 326 2o > HARDING F St. & 13th Your Transfe Hour. TIME ENOUGH TO COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR HOLIDAY ATTRAC- TIONS, OF WHICH WE CAN NAME ONLY A FEW. Traveling Sets, Manicure Sets, Toilet Sets FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ODOR CASES, PLEASING IN PERFUME AND PRICE. PATTERNS AND PRICES TO SUIT. -I5C. yor sorries worn 20. 25C. ror norrues wortu asc. 35C. ror sorrirs Atomizers, ¢ all #EXTRACTS. EASTMA) WRIGHT'S. Temple Drug Store. For Presents. We've made special reductions for the holidays. These goods have the finest Lematre lenses—very stylish, and exquisttely made. $11 OPERA GLASSES. Reduced ane $ infertor skins. UFACTURER OF FU: MBPATRING REDUCED TO HAL) FORMER prices, All work done on | the premises by skilled workmen. No danger of loss or exchange for 7 Garments made to order from) bandsome skins of our own tmporta-|§) tion, without extra charge. s. Saks, 12 1227 G St., $10 OPERA GLASSES. Reduced to. re $ $9 OPERA GLASSES. Reduced to. ..$7.25 Eyeglasses or Spectacles Make handsome, ticularly for useful presents, par- “old folks." We have them im all kinds of frames, and frameless. We examine the eyes and fit the proper lenses, after giving, without extra charge. Opticians, 1311 F Street N. W. Next to ‘Sun’? bidg.) 18-564 =. | IsGood foran} Fine Cut Glass Bottles? WILLIAMS’! JOPEN ALL NIGHT POPES SEOSEOPESEOO POO CEES OperaGlassesi : ‘McAllister & * SOlOOEH OOS AUCTION OF TOYS, HOLIDAY GoopDs EVERY NIghe AT 70" ‘CLOCK. ee 411-10¢ SAMSTAG, 5ié Oth st. nw. AY GOODS, KS. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, CARPENTER SHOP, Lye Boner ‘Attend the ‘Bankrupt Sales Dow JOHN T. WALKER, Bullder, os = 514 Otb st. ow. Jobbing by experienced and sollablo mens 03-3m* EXCLUSIVELY, i SSSSSSSSOSS OSS SOS Our Surplus Stock is moving off so much faster than we an- ticipated,—that our great Sale of season= able Goods at reduced prices must soon be terminated. If you want to wear the latest and best Footwear,—or if you want to present your Friends with articles in the Shoe-line that will reflect creditably on the Donor for their beauty and durabil- ity, call on us at once. It will also be money in your pocket. We have again in- creased our big force of salespeople, and keep open late every Evening this week to accommodate the un= usually great throng of Shoe-Buyers. LSP PLL LPT LAE CG A Few Items as Holiday Sugges- tions: Lamb’s-wool Innersoles. 2%e. quality. All sizes, 10¢. 19¢. 25¢. 48c. GOec. Quality Black Oloth Overgaiters. Good Quality Rubbers. Ladies’, Misses’ and Child's, 4 kinds of Ladies’ and Gents’ Velvet, Leather, Beaver and Feit Slippers. Gents’ Handsomely Worked Velvet and Imitation Alligator Slippers, Good $1 quality. 20 different kinds of Gents’, Ladies’ and Boys’ Pretty Toilet Slippers Of faney leathers or plush 69c.| 95¢- eieadecioret Gents’ $2.00 Qualities Russia Calf, Vici Kid Ippe In half a dozen different colors and 15 different styles. $1.40 $1.85, Pome, vb Best $2.50 ather 3-buckle “Fauntleroy” Leggins. Ladies’ Fine Hand-sewed Welt or Turn $3 Button or Laced Bots. $2.35 a a $2.65, oa HABN & 60. RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 980 AND 932 7TH ST. 1914 AND 1916 PA. AVE. 231 PA. AVE. S.B. Gents’ Strictly Hand-made Fine You will have no better oppor- tunity to buy sensible gifts than during this holiday sale. Dress Goods prices have been put down wonderfully. Every department of- fers some special inducements. 3 2, 50C. All-wool . Dress Goods, « soc. Colored 44-4 =¢. -3 in. Dress Goods, _ dg Black & Col’d , loire Silk Verlaine for , wrappers = = 1054. 4oc. FEider- . ‘down, all col. 25ya. Lace Curtains, : yds. long - 495 pr. 15.ea. 25¢. : arge-size : = H'd'e'ts, sali «5 0% Windsor Ties, White & Col’d Emb. H'dk’s - - = ei Child’s 2c. Net Drawers, 16, 18 and 20 = = «= Best Table Oil- cloth, 114 — c. 3 5 pr u=qr. White. Blankets - -° send Us \Your Coupons ‘On Saturday. All persons who desire to com. — — pete for the $10 IN GOLD, which = will be presented by us AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT to’ the perso having the GREATEST NUMBER of Cereal Flour COUPONS—should send the coupons and name of th contestant to our office by Sat day next, 22d inst. The coupon: = be counted and the prize will be awarded ov Monday. Cereal Flour, Has given the HIGHEST, SATIS) FACTION to people “who well” for nearly twenty It's the flour that has taken FIRST © PRIZE in every contest in ie AOR it has entered. It is pronounce¢ by disinterested on HE st FLOUR IN THE ¥ only best, but GO} THE citapEst™ ‘oar on the market. ert S| HERE! Let's reason together for @ minute about the presents you are going to buy—every- body feels poor after Christmas—but there's no need of it—the trouble is—they don't BUY in the right way. They pay CASH for a whole lot of things that could have been as economically bought On Credit! For instance, suppose you are going to \ give your wife a Parlor Sulte—or a Side- board for Caristmas—we'll dupli the lowest cash price you can find—and you may take your time paying the bill—no notes—no interest—nothing but a promise ‘and a little money’ weekly or monthly. All carpets made and laid free of cost— no charge for waste in matehing figures. PLUSH OR HAIRCLOTH PARLOR SUITES—CHOICE, $22.50. SOLID OAK BED ROOM SUITE, $13. SPLENDID BRUSSELS CARPET, vc. PER YARD. RELIABLD INGRAIN OARPET, 85c. PER ‘YARD. MADE AND LAD) FREE OF COST. SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE, $3.50. 4#-POUND HAIR MATTRESS, $7. WOVEN-WIRE SPRINGS, $1.75. HEATING AND COOKING STOVES—ALL SIZES—STANDARD MAKES. YOURS FOR A PROMISE TO PAY. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, 819-821-823 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. Between H and I streets. Don’t Delay Having your teeth attended to. Procrastination has been the cause of much “tooth’ suffering. All our dental operations are faultlessly per- fermed, even to the expert eye Consult us about your teeth if you’ have them sound and healthy. EX- TRACTING, without the slightest pain, 80 CENTS. Evans Dental Parlors @18-24d 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. a18-84a ITI Should your grocer not have drop us a postal. ——— you are supplied. Wash. Flour & Feed Co.! Wholessle Flour and Feed Dealers, and =| Manufrcturers of White and Yellow Gran- | ulated Meal, Pearly Grits . AVE. AND 4% S' ie We'll see al a SOPOSSSSOSPOSCH SSO SSO OSS —drop in some drug store when you hap- pen to think of it, buy a postal card and scribble your mame and address on one- side and Yale Steam Laundry, 514 10thst., ~ on the face—drop it in a box and our wa- gon will call the next day sure. Small or- ders of collars and cuffs a specialty. Only one kind of work —the best in Ameri- ca. F. H. WALKER & CO, 49 $9 S909000S9SOO5O9500009909090OSOO0SO9910 MAIN BRANCH, 514 10TH ST. N.W. qPhowe 1002. Plant, 43 G st. ow. SFPOO POOL OOPIOSOL IGS STRIKE At the root of 2 disease Cost- to secure benefits. Free 2 Sian’ only can reach to obtain ar lasting results. If your | face I disfigured by any one or a the long —_ list of blemishes, a con sultation with a’ “ist In Skin Diseases the oly proper course to pursue, DR. HEPBURN, MERTZ BLDG., COR. F AND 11TH STS. N.W. At Ramsay’ 's irearis sar Ketablished 1840, ing Days.’til Only 5 Sho Fe idl Needable Giveables PERRY’S. NDERWEAR and HOSIERY.—Have you looked into either of these de- partments for giveables? They are & little out of the beaten track—but as sensible 2 remembrance gs you in tender. Good UNDERWEAR and good HOSIERY, you know, are never a surfelt in any- Dody’s wardrobe. We are simply “calling” prices now on some of the choicest qualities —for your information. You don't need to stop to sound qualities—our guarantee as- sures that. Ladies’ Underwear. LADIES’ MEDIUM and HEAVY WEIGHT PLAIN MERINO VESTS and PANTS—One- third wool—all sizes—S0e. each. LADIES’ SAXONY WOOL VESTS and PANTS—one-half wool. Pants made with ribbed legs—75e. each. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED WOOL VESTS and PANTS—two-thirds wool. Pants with French yoke, white and natural color—$1.00 each. LADIES’ LIGHT WEIGHT RICHELIEU RIBBED VESTS—one-half wool—in white, matural and black—$1.00 each. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED WOOL VESTS— with high neck and short sleeves—$1.00 each. LADIES' IMPORTED RICHELIEU RIB- BED WOOL VESTS—in white, natural and Dlack—§1.15 for size 8—rise 10c. LADIES’ AUSTRALIAN WOOL VESTS and PANTS—all sizes—$1.25 each. LADIES’ SCARLET MEDICATED VESTS and PANTS--sizes 28 to 40 inches—$1.50 each. LADI'3s' SWISS RIBBED WOOL PANTS— white and natural—all sizes~$1.50 pair. LADIES’ SILK AND WOOL MIXED VESTS—high neck and long sleeves—$1.85— short sleeves—$1.65. AMERICAN HOSIERY COMPANY'S VESTS and PANTS—oue-half and two-thirds wool, and a standard make at standard prices. LADIES’ CHAMOIS VESTS, high neck and Jong sleeves—$4.50—with no sleeves—$3.00 each. Union Suits. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED WOOL UNION SUITS—two-thirds wool—in white and natur- al—$1.95. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED WOOL UNION BSUITS—in white—from $8.00 up. LADIES’ HEAVY WEIGHT BLACK WOOL UNION SUITS—$4.00 for size 3— rise 25e. LADIES’ BLACK SWISS RIBBED SILK UNION SUITS—$5.25. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED COTTON TIGHTS, knee length—in black and white— REDUCED from 50c. and 65c. to 2c. a pair. LADIES’ BLACK SWISS RIBBED WOOL TIGHTS, ankle length, small and medium sizes only—REDUCED from $1.45 to $1.10 & pair. LADIES’ BLACK SWISS RIBBED WOOL TIGHTS, open and closed, knee length— $1.95, $2.10 and $2.50 @ pair. LADIES’ BLACK SWISS RIBBED WOOL TIGHTS—ankle length—open, $2.25—closed, $2.15 a pair. LADIES’ OREAM SILK TIGHTS—ankle length, open—$3.05, $4 and $4.25 a pair. Children’s Underwear. CHILDREN’S PLAIN MERINO VESTS and PANTS—2le. for 16-Inch—rise 8c. CHILDREN’S SAXONY WOOL VESTS and PANTS—40c. for 10-inch—rise 5e. CHILDREN’S NATURAL WOOL VESTS and PANTS—S5e. for 18-inch—rise Se. CHILDREN’S SWISS RIBBED UNION BUITS—Reduced from $1.85 to $1.00 each— only small sizes. CHILDREN’S WHITE and NATURAL SWISS RIBBED UNION SUITS—sizes 4, 5 and 6—$1.30, $1.40 and $1.50 a suit. BOYS' SHIRTS AND DRAWERS (Amert- ean Hosiery Co.'s make)—odd _sizes—re- @uced from $1.85, $1.75, $1.55 to Tbe. each. CHILDREN’S SWISS RIBBED WOOL WRAPPERS—70c. for size 2—rise Be. CHILDREN’S PLAIN WOOL WRAPPERS We. for size 16-inch. Ladies’ Hosiery. LADIES’ FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, with solid White feet and double heels and toes25¢. a pair. LADIES’ FAST BLACK COTTON HOSB, with double heels and toes—all sizes—25c, a pair. LADIES’ FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, spliced soles, heels and toes—35e.; 8 pairs for $1. LADIES’ FLEECED LINED FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE—with spliced soles, heels and tocs—S0c, a pair. LADIES’ HEAVY COTTON HOSE—with spliced soles, heels and toes—50c. a pair. LADIES’ FAST BLACK CASHMERE HOSE, with double soles, heels and toes— B0c., 58c., T5c. and $1 a pair. LADIES’ SILK HOSE—in Black and col- ors—$1.98 up. Garters. LADIES’ SILK ELASTIC GARTERS-00c., Te., SSc., $1 and $1.25 a pair. Children’ Ss Hosiery. CHILDREN’S S$ RIBBED FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE—with double knees, heels and tors—sizes 5 to 9 inch—25c. a pair. BOYS' HEAVY BICYCLE HOSE—with Gouble knees, heels and toes—sizes 7 to 10 inch. a pair. CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED COTTON HOSE—with double knees, heels and toes, Be. for size 5—rise 2c. BOYS’ HEAVY RIBBED BICYCLE HOSE with double knees, heels and toes—sizes 7 to 11 inch—t0ec, a pair, CHILDREN'S BLACK RIBBED COTTON HOSE, with solid White feet, double knees, heels and toes—35c.—3 pairs for §1. CHILDRE: SWISS RIBBED CaSH- MERE HOSE—with double knees, heels and toes—50c. ir. INFANTS’ FINE CASHMERE HOSE—in Black and White—sizes 4 to 6 inch—39c, @ pair. INFANTS’ FINE CASHMERE HOSE— Black and Waite, with: slik heels and toes— sizes 4 to G inches- 50c. a pair. Each pair of Silk Hose—and Garters are pat in a bos free. On duty every evening until Xmas, PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” ay Telephone 905. AAs Aaanmmenamamenaaenann iA Carriage Of Your Own aa meaanaaee Would not be handsomer or more styl- ish than the “swell turnouts” we have for hire. Daring the present week you'll need a carriage for shopping. Let_us send you one. CF Perfect service. Meliable coach- men. Reasonable prices. Moutbly turn- outs a specialty. Downey’ s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1028 STREET N.W. (Telephone 86.) AYER'S PILLS. Ayer’s Pills |". Received | wos Highest Awards At The World’s Fair FRIES MEDAL The E Best Family | Physic. ‘WORLD'S | Fair. Ir THE BABY 18 CUTTING TEETH BE SURE that old and well-tried remedy, | Mra. Winslow's Woot Syrup for children teeth! It soothes the child, softens the gum, alla; in, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for Siarrnces cents a bottl sel0-17 FOR ANY CASE OF ESS, SLEEPLESS- ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia, try Carter's Little Nerve Pills. Relief is sure.’ The only nerve medicine for the price in market. di5 THE MODERN MIRACLES OF HEALING WHICH are ed Williams’ tion by sick people and their friends.ja23-tu&thly S. KANN, SONS & GO. d STH& MARKET SPACE NOONE Could be better pleased with the holiday trade than we, everything gliding along as smoothly as a steam cruiser on a calm sea. Hdkf. Dept. KEPT A HUMMING LIKE A MUSICAL TOP. Jewelry Dept. BUZZING LIKE A BEE HIVE. Glove Dept. ee pore aus oR "igen HANDS EXTEND- Leather ‘Goods De pt. HAS THE VERY LATEST STYLES tt casi HOLDERS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Umbrella Dept. LIBERALLY PATRONIZED BY EVERYBODY. Art Dept. CROWDED WITH ARTISTIC nae WORKERS. Toys, Books and Other Nick= Nacks Are bringing the children in swarms. We could just keep on with such descriptions and tire your patience, but we won't do it. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE SOMETHING OF A, MUCH MORR GUESTANTIAL NATURE. |W Riss coos JUST AS TROPEWTO BUY AT BOL. Ik AS ANYTHING ELSE—WE THOUGH’ TO MENTION A-LINE-OF FINE BLACK GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. CAN'T DO ANY HARM AND MAY DO A DECIDED LOT OF GOOD TO OUR CUSTOMERS, INCH ALL-WOOL BLACK IMPERIAL SERGE THAT IS GOOD VALUE AT 79¢. HOLIDAY PRICE, 590. INCH ALL-WOOL BLACK SILK FINISHED HENEIETTA, THAT IS WELL WORTH 85C. HOLIDAY PRICE, 590. BOINCH, ALL-WOOL BLACK CREPE CLOTH, A VBRY SCARCE WEAVE. TRUE VALUE, TOC. DAY PR ICE, 42-INCH ALL-WOOL BLACK NOVELTY JAC- QUARD. WAS MARKED HOLIDAY FRICE, 790. 48-INCH ALL-WOOL BL BIARRITZ CAM- EL'S HAIR. SOLD AT $1.10. HOLIDAY 700. SOINCH ALL-WOOL BLACK BOURETTE, EX- TREMELY GOOD VALUE. WAS $1. 48:INCH ATL-WOOL- WLACK GRA CRAVENETTE, WILLING SELLER AT $1. - 50-INCH aul WO0u, FP tn CORD. THE PRICE Was 81-55. a a nl eG Se INCH, ALI-WOOL Bi FOULE CHEVIOT. WAS MARKED $§: HobtDay PRICE, 98C. NCH ALL-WOOL BLACK ENGLISH SERGE EVERYWHRKE $1. HORIDAY PRICE, 96¢ OL $1.25. INCH ALL-WOOL BLACK ENGLISH cLay Senge TAILOWUNG. CLOT WORTH $2.00, HOLIDAY PRICE, $1. These are our best goods, marked down to meet com- petition on medium quali- ties. Mae ARE OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL CHRIST- S. KANN, . SONS & GO. 8TH & MARKET SPACE Direct Buyers & Importers. it (Encyclopaedic ~~ Dictionary Contains more worls than any other diction- 1k ois Made $8 avoigoes of 16 ach. for an Intellectual persona. pres- ent that'll aid scholars ma- terlally in their studies. wm. Ballantyne & Sons, Engravers, St Bookselie: g18-24d as SEVENTH STN, SCHOOL, OF COOKERY, 1395 12TH s: soups, salads, roqucties, denserts 8; Paiubes crog! Ww. ST. N.W., R. for the ‘holi- and also dito2s* ‘0 Christmas and New Year table should be without ® bottle of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura ters, the world reno flavor. Beware of couterfelt IMITATING DR. PARKHURST, Rpoatizer of eaueiaioe A Reform Movement Has Been Started at San Francisco. ‘The San Francisco clergymen are arrang- ing for the organization of a movement similar to the Lexow plan for the im- provement of municipal morals. Rev. J. Cummings Smith, pastor of ‘Trinity Pres- byterian Church, who has had verbal and written communications with Dr. Park- hurst, took the initiative. A union move- ment has been inaugurated by the local or- ganizations of Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist ministers to take concerted action. If the California legislature does not ap- point an official purification committee the ministers will conduct the investigation themselves, with the aid of the citizens generally. passage for which purpose it was originally CITY'S WATERSUPPLY A Pressing Need That Provision Be Made for Ita Increase, 2 ea COLONEL ELLIOMS RECOMMENDATIONS Raising of the Dam of Great Falls a Necessity. IMPROVING THE RESERVOIR One of the pressing questions of local importance is the increase in the water supply of the city. Col. George H. Elliot, who is in charge of the Washington aque- duct, in his annual report of the last fiscal year states that during the past summer there were more complaints of the scarcity of water in the city than has lyen the case since the forty-eight-inch main was laid. He says that complaints have not only come from the higher parts of the city supplied by gravity, but from other portions of this area from which complaints have never come before. The District authorities, he adds, are ex- tending the area of high service--to which water is pumped from the United States mains—to Tenleytown, Brightwood and other places in the county. “As this will make a new and increased demand on the mains,” he states, “it is certain that the deficiency in the portion of the city sup- plied by gravity will soon be greater than it is now, and the only remedy, other than the stepping of unnecessary and avoidable waste by the enactment of a law requiring the use of meters by all consumers of Potomac water, is the raising of the dam. “When the dam was last raised and ex- tended to the Virginia shore (the work was finished in 1886), increasing the supply to the city about 25,000,000 gallons per diem, it gave rise to extraordinary claims for damages on the part of the co-owners with the United States of the land and water rights at Great Falls, amounting to hun- dreds of thousands of dollars, which have not been settled to this day. In my judg- ment but a very smali portion of these claims ts justly due, but whatever be paid on them will have to be paid jointly by the United States and the District of Columbia, The Dam Must Be Raised. “For the reason, therefore, that the re- spective amounts of water to which each of the three riparian owners at Great Falls is entitled have never been judicially deter- mined, they should be so determined, or, if it be possible, the United States should ac- quire all of the water at the falls in the manner proposed, before another increase in the height of the dam be made. “I should further remark in connection with this subject that the object of rais- ing the head of water at the intake of the conduit is to increase the velocity through the conduit, and thus enable it to bring more water down from Great Falls and in- to the distributing reservoir, to the end that the water in this reservoir may be kept up to its proper height of 146 feet above datum. It may be found, however, that even with the water in the distribut- ing reservoir at this height, it will not re- store the pressures in the city (which by reason of the rapid increase in consump- tion and waste are constantly falling) to what they were when the 48-inch main, which I laid in 1800, was first put in opera- tion. “In this case it will be necessary at once to finish the tunnel connecting the distrib- uting reservoir with the new reservoir near Howard University, or to lay another 48- inch main from the distributing .eservoir to and through the city. It should be un- derstood, however, that neither oi these the alternative of raising the dam at Gr Falls, which must be done in any case, and with the least delay practicable.” Government the Main Owner. Col. Elliot, in his report, refers to a bill that was introduced in the Senate on De- cember 21 of last year, providing for the acquirement by the United States of so much of the land and water rights of Great Falls as might be deemed necessary for the present and future supply of the District. The bill further provided for se- curing by the United States to its co- owners in the land and water rights at the falls the right to use and the facilities for Ing the remainder of the flow of the river. Col. Elliot states that while the re- mainder of the How above mentioned would amount to five-sevenths of the low water fall and sixty-three sixty-fifths of the average flow, the riparian rights of the United States at Great Falls are so ex- tensive that the government appears be- yond all question to own by far the greater part of all the water flowing at that point. He therefore concludes that it would be unwise for the United States to enter into the arrangement referred to,-but that, on the contrary, it should proceed to acquire all of the water rights at Great Falls not now owned by it. He states that in this way the supply of water for the city could be increased from time to time and with- out limit, and the remainder of the power could be used in the generation of elec- tricity for the lighting of the public build- ings, grounds and streets of Washington, for pumping of water to the higher levels of the ety and for other public purposes. He states that these suggestions were ap- roved by the Senate committee of the strict of Columbia, to which the bill was referred, and the bill as imended and pending in both houses provides for legis- tion that is of the hightest importance to the United States and the District. In respect to the water supply of this city Col. Elliot states that this legislation is more important than any that has been enacted since the completion of the aque- duct, twenty years ago. He quotes from the report of the Senate committee on the District, in which the ac- quisition of the water power of Great Falls by the government is recommended, and also it is pointed out that this should be done at once. The Receiving Reservoir. Col. Elliot, in the same report, also gives an account of the work of building the drainage tunnel under the Dalecarlia hill and the shaft in the valley of Little Falls branch, which is the most important and difficult part of the project for the improve- ment of the Dalecarlia receiving reservoir. He states that this work is completed ex- cept the coping of the shaft and the retain- ing wall, and that “there remains to be done for the completion of the project a short tunnel through the hill on the east- erly side of Little Falls branch, the perms nent dams across the valleys of Little Falls branch, Mill creek and East creek, and the open channels between these streams that are to conduct all the polluted waters of the watershed of the reservoir into Little Falls branch, from which they will pass into the shaft and thence by the main drainage tunnel around the reservoir and into the Potomac. When this has been done the water of the reservoir will be drawn off, the reservoir will be filled — Potomac water from Great Fall: through the reservoir of con- ll be renewed. The work can be completed in the next fiscal year if the necessary appropriation be made by Con- gress.” structed, wil eee Supre Chief Justice Fuller sists announced the decision of the Supreme Court in the ex parte case of Isaac L. Rice, denying his request for writs of mandamus and prohibition upon the circuit court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania in ti matter of the reorganization of the Read- ing railroad and coal and tron compantes. Flowers, French Tissue a Marbles, Christmas alee and , Holders, | Tree and Silver Moss, reat ‘a Santa Claus Theaters, race a nays Sor ae Fes Seek 1 9th st. it