Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. 4 LOTS OF LADIES’ | 1 Lot, 1 Lot, | ‘$7. 89. $4. QI. | Stylish Goats. 1 Lot, 1 Lot, $o. Ql. $13.25. otrdeten te etoctonteeteetente On Sale Tomorrow AT BON MARCHE. Last week’s ‘‘Special Sale’ of Ladies’ Coats— dividing the stock into two lots—-quickly closed it out, and our Mr. Earnest Mayer has just returned from New York with 400 of the latest Mid-winter styles of Coats, just out of the work-room, which had been made up in anticipation of orders that never came—we securing them at a great sacrifice. The entire purchase Coats made to Loti. sen for $6, ¥$7.50, $8, $9 and $9.98. (Choice, $4.91. ‘Lot @, Coats _ made ; to sell for $11, $512, $12.50, $13.50 and ¢S14. ‘Choice, $7.89. two alike, yet all sizes in the lot. $8 and $8.50. ¢ larger volume of sales. tsoc. Skirts, 34¢. Ladies’ Fine Mus!in Skirts, deep cambric ruftie, with tucks In and above the ruiile, yoke band—value, 50 Only 34C Each. Only 2 to one customer. e Divided Into 4 Lots; $4.91, $7-89, $9.91 & $13.25. These are the most fashionable Coats shown this season. Long and short, rough and smooth, plain and trimmed, black, brown and navy. Silk Waist Sale. 200 “Sample” Sitk Waists—this season's choicest styles—and richest colorings in fancy stripes, figured effects, changeables, &c.—bardly any CHOICE, $4.91. $12.50 Bik. Ostrich Feather Béas, $6.98. Muslin Underwear Sale. We thought we did weil last January, but are far ahead of it this month. Here are twolate arrivals: on Marche, Leading Ladies’ Furnishings House, has been Sesteatentonseedoetesto ites eateadoatoateatreseeteatesteatretrateatertentertonts Coats made+ Lot de tosell for $15, : $15.50, $16, $16.50, Sizand; - $17.50. Choice, $9.91 Lot 4. foseittorsie, $18.50, $20, $21.50, $22.50% and $25. $ Choice, $13. a5} Sedendonzoet Made to sell for $6.50, $7, $7.50, Better values and 39¢. Drawers, 25c. “Fruit «f Loom Muslin’’ Drawers, deep Hamburg embroidery le, with tucks above, yok» band, 3c. value. Only 2sc. Pair. Only 2 fairs to one customer. SU: ‘Shoe News’ Vol. 3. Published Daily. A Woman —may find an idea Winter Shoe here fo No. 115. F.H.Wilson, 929 F St., Ea. and Proprietor. A Tian —may find Shoe para-| dise here for $5 in our | $5 Made-to-order can't Ww few days, required: for| making be ext tind the) same Stoe im stock for) weather—can be worn without rubbers — as= graceful and pretty as? the finest kid shoe made—an ‘Our shoemaker in the window dees some, of! our work—the est | fo g0 to our factor | them — uncomfortable, the Son honest way. too. Drop in. 2 eMac A ARG tbe ao SIBESSHSSSSSS SSS HOSS HSE SIGS Per 20 Cent Discount (FOR CASH ONLY.) On out entire stock of 3 ee -Y. Davis’ Sons 000900000009 900608 Dr. Haines” Golden a cup of coffee or knowledge of the “The system once imprezn: with ft becomes an utter fimpossibtity petite to exist. GOLL E- Props... Olneinns ie, dad of F, S. e liv r CO, iF House, Wwashin Oth _bite Don’t Wear Ciothes ‘Yhat are out of repair. Don't be “sloppy. When ft costs go littie to bave bnttons. Hinings snd binds and worn dariet. replaced Putting on new COAT COL- ts. - Universal dine Co., | ROOM 4, 1114-1116 F ST. sen Is capsdle of h peed. Has a key for every character. The New Yost Prints Urect from the type. Je lighi, graceful and durable, Has unique and effective type-bar action. Center guide insures permanent allgnment. Call and Examine the Latest Iledels. United Typewriter & Supplies Co. - 1421 F Street, . Washington, D.C. Ja5-1m geet POPID OSSD IO FOCOSOOOD : Eyeglasses $1n Polished Steel Frames? i$ With Cork Nae e iOnly $1. 258 estan & Spectacles? ‘With OurFinestLenses, $12 ‘<#| {McAllister & Co.,3 . (Next to ‘Sun’ bldz.) +? FPOCSESEOSOODS eee 3 o e e ° Ja Foose GRATEFUL -COMFORTING— Eee Cocoa. BREAKFAST—SUPPER. “By a thcrough knowicdge of the natural laws shich goverr ae operations ef digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- Cities of well-selectod Cocoa, Mr. Eppa has. pro- vided for o1> breakfast and supper a deli flavored bev rage, doctors’ Bit F ti ciet that 2 constitution rm encugh to resist every is of subtle maladies ar jack wherever ead xe may escape many a fatal shat ty Feeping Tourslves ‘well fertisied ith pure blood und % properly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette. Mode simyly paeanieeiee water or milk. Sold j only in ins by’ grocers, labeled thus: hg. eS BPS ecb. Ltd. Homeopathic . London, “Bogland. @3-10, tu, 3913 sont There'll Be a Rush For the And the Full Dress Suits. Black Worsted Suits: At a Third Off. AND EVERY B STOCK. DON’T PUT OFF COMING IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THE GOOD THINGS. THIS SORT OF SELLING CAN'T LAST MUCH LONGER-WE'RE GOING TO STOP IT AS SOON AS THE STOCK REACHES A CERTAIN POINT—SO HEED THE WARNING. THIS WEEK WE'VE INCLUDED EVERY FULL DRESS CK WORSTED PRINCE ALBERT AND CUTAWAY SUIT IN WE SOLD SO MUCH OF THE OTHER KINDS THAT WE'VE MORB BLACK GOODS LEFT THAN WE OUGHT TO AT THIS TIME OF THD YEAR— 80 OUT THEY GO WITH THE REST—AT 331-3 PER CENT DISCOUNT. During This Sale It’s $6.67 for any $10 Suit or Overcoat. $8 for any $12 Suit or Overcoat. Sio for any $i5 Suit or Overcoat. $13.35 for any $20 Suit or Overcoat. $3.35 for any Pair of $5 Pants. $2.67 for any $4 Child’s Suit And so on throughout the stock. YOU CAN MAKE THE CALCULATIONS YOURSELF. ANY ULSTER— OVERCOAT—SUIT—OR PAIR OF PANTS IN THE HOUSE WITHOUT RE- SERVE—FOR MAN—BOY—OR CHILD—MAY BE YOURS FOR 1-8 LESS THAN YOU PAID US FOR THE SAMB GOODS THD DON’T DELAY—THE FAST SELLING OF THH PAST FEW DAYS! 18 BE- GINNING TO SHAKE THE ASSORTMENT. ISFACTORY—WE ALWAYS DID AND ALWAYS WILL RETURN MONEY. EISEMAN BROS., Cor. a and E Sts. N.W; FIRST OF THE SEASON. BRING BACK WHAT'S NOT SAT- i ne wa Elgin Creamery BUTTER, 28c. per Ib. pi Fresh Elgin Creamery—we'll rE eee and Retail Urocerles.” "Phone 192. 2 mn erm Z E 2 i | Bat ‘Sleepless Nights § Wi P render any one unfit for business. If caused by an fll-conditioned tooth come to us for advice. It will cost you nothing. If we can save the tooth we'll do it. We'll relieve you of pain, anyway. Only when there ts no other remedy do we extract, and we do that yainlessly and without the use of anaesthetics. Painless extracticn, 50 cts. Other dental operations in proportion. Ad- vice gratis. |(Evans Dental Parlors, PENNA. AVE. N.W, ja5-24d / S220 PENa, AVE ma/ \A Great Reduction iIn Fur Capes. Rather than carry our stock of Fur Capes over ansther year, we will sell m at cost and less than cost. wo 50 Handsome Electric S10 Beai Cap»s. Reduced to....-..--..+ $15 ed. One $22.50 Elegant tibie Astra- S15 Phan Cape. Reduced to.. Three $27 22-in. Stylish Electric Beal Capxs. Raduced poem Exquisite Leng Mink Cape. $110 WILLETT & RUOFF, | $05 pees e. ja4-208 L_ TALKING LAMPS. Nothing Better to Read by Than a Lamp. From no other light will you get that soft effect which is so good for the eyes. No Lamp Better Than Our B. & H. In no other lamp will you find more Cae in the burner, which fs the life ‘All stylesTable, Parlor, Banquet, Read- ing and Piano Lamps at prices to suit. Geo. F. Muth & Co., $a3-200 418 7TH ST.N.W. @et the Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Borse Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices, eoclé ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in feo have been filed as follows: Jno. C. Davidson et ux. to Redford W. Walker, lots 94 to’ 103, sq. 2, West Ecking- ton; $10. H. Bradley Davidson et ux. to Phebe A. Walker, part lot 12, sq. 133; $12,- 000. Ernest A. A. Duan to Dornin Jllis, lot 4, block 14, Trinidad; $10. Wm. E. Ed- monston and C. H. Williamson, t teceeed to Junius B. Jones, lot 32, £4 Walter I. Hopkins io Jas. H. Meriwether, lots 162, 163 and 164, sq. 69; $10. Jas. H. Meriwether et ux. to Walter I. Hopkins, lot 218, sq. 206; $10. Howard R. Norte et ux. to Wm. E. Nerto», part lot 1, sq. G11; $10, Redford W. Walker et ux. to Luther S. Fristoe, lots 3, 4, and part lot 5, b. in S. P. Brown's sub of Mt. Pleasant; $33, 500. Luther 8. Fristce et ux. to George S. Somerville, lot 17, sq. $4; $10. Daniel Birt- well et tx. to Joseph Auerbach, lot 111 eae lcts 110 and 112, Lanier Heights; sm mua FOR THE DISTRICT ———— (Continued from First Page.) — i miscellaneous expenses ings, $71,700, 71,800; total, fire de- partment, $102, 120, $203,220. Telegraph and ntee. Nothing finer to be had. Taleph +20.220. LB: phone service: For salaries, $10,800, pais “Toitk “ce ae for Fine Butter was $10,800; general supplies, $9,000, $9,000; never uated. “Telephone or mail your 2|rent, $450, $450; extension of, fire orders we'll answer promptly. alarm telegraph, —, $0,000; total, tele- N. T. REDMAN, 950 LA. AVE., Graph aad taiaphene sn oue, Health department: For salaries, $20,409, $29,400; rent, $1,120, $1,120; chemical labora- tory, $250, $250; removal of garbage, $1), 400,$40,000; cremation of garbage, prevention of scarlet fever and d phiheria, $4,000, $4,000;. Total, -health department, $64,170, $94,770. Courts: For salaries, $18,- 196, $18,208; miscellaneous expenses, $15,400, $15,900; writs of lunacy, $2,000, $2,000; com- pilation ef District laws, —, $6,000. ‘Total, courts, $35,596, $42,108.’ For interest and sinking fund, $1,21: DATO, || HL, 213, 947: emergency fund, §: $5,000. "Reforma- tories and prisons: Sune of convicts, $25,000, $35,000; court house, District of Co- etc., act for 1895), $12,960, 30; warden of jail (in leg., etc., act for $1,800, $1,800; support of prisoners (including $45,000 estimated amount appro- priated in sundry civil act for 1895), $15,000, $45,000; transportation of paupers and pris- oners, $3,560, $3,500; Washington Asylum, salaries, $14,415, $14,415; miscellaneous ex- peneees $48,000; $48,500; reform school, sala- $15,9 support of inmates, 100, $26,000; buildings and grounds, —, 32,500. Total, reformatories and_ prisons, ih 00,427, $205,577. For suppert of the in- sane, $96,48U, $102,260. For instruction of the deaf and dumb, — $10,500, $10,500; For charities: Relief of the pcor, $14,000, $14,000; temporary home for ex-Union ‘sol- diers and sailors, $2,500, $2,500; municipal lodging house, $4,000, $4,000; Women’s Chris- tian Association, $4,000, $4,000; Central Dis- pensary and Emergency Hespital, $12,000, $12,000; Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum, $30,000, $20,000; Children’s Hospital, $10,000, $10,000; Natioral Homeopathic Hos- pital, $8,000, $8,000; Church Orphange Asso- ciation, $1,800, $1,800; German Orphan Asylum, $1,800, $1,800; National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children, $0,900, $9,000; Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, $53,025, $53,025; board of children’s guardians, $17,000, $20,000; St. Ann’s Infant Asylum, $5,400, $5,400; Washington Hospital for. Foundlings, $6,000, $6,000; Association for Works of Mercy, $1,800, $1,800; St. Joseph’s Asylum, $1,800, $1,800; House of the Good Shepherd, $2,700; $2,100; Industrial Home School, $9,900, $9,000; Reform School for Girls, $0,425, $12,625; St. Rose Industrial School, $4,500, $4,500;;total charities, $209,- 550, $205,750. For the. militia of the District of Columbia, $26,600, $10,750. Grand total, clusive of water department, $5,385, 189,187.07. Amount. payable from States Treasury, $2,G)2,839.98, $2,594, Water department: Salaries, $36,834, $3 contingent expenses, $2, 2,500; repairs and misceHaneous expenses, $90,000, $90,000; interest and sinking fund, water stock bonds, $44,610, $44,610; Interest on account of increased water supply, $11,529.21, 8 66; sinking fund on accdunt of increased water supply, $24,026.69, $5,745.02; interest on account of 48-inch and {4th street mains, $8,167.19, $7,812.09; installment on account of 48-inch and 14th street mains, $11,836.51 436.51; total, water department, t luding water department, New Features of the Bill. Among the new features of the appropria- tion bill is a provision for the widening of G street northwest from 9th to 14th street to a width of fifty feet, and paving the widened part. The sum of $16,000 is ap- propriated, and one-balf the cost is to be assessed against the abutting property. It is provided that Hancock Circle shall be removed from 16th and U streets. The circle on Morris street is to be enlarged to conferm to the provisions of the highway act. The ccst of street lamps is reduced from $20.50 to $20 per annum, and the electric lamps from 40 cents to 35 cents per night. To Raise the Great Falls Dam. The water supply of the is to be in- creased by cleaning out the accumulation of depcsits in the conduit and hy the fol- lowing provision: For raising the height of the dam at Great Falls, together with the cost of such other work as may be found necessary in connection therewith, including the cost Cures AYER'S See ae Others, cavalo: Will 1893. Cure You. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Makes | ua. | AYER’S The SARSAPARILLA, WORLD'S FAIR, Weak CHICAGO, 1898. Strong. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that cold and well-tried zemedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for Giarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. se10-1y Fine Shirts to order, fit, material $ and workmanship guaranteed, for ny , Miller, formerly with Miller's, Man- Spindler Shirt Co., 606 14th ja7-9d Favors, Masks, Toys, Scrap Book Pictures, Crepe per "Napkins, Materials for Pa- Fancy Work. Paper | Flowers. made to order. J. JAY GOULD, 421 9th st. @27-1m* ‘The best lator of the digestive organs and the best appetizer known is Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, ‘Try i of strengthening the conduit and for dam- ages on account of flooding of land and other damages, $125,000, for which amount and purposes the available balance of the appropriation for increasing the water sup- ply of the city of Washington shall be ap- plicable, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes, approved July 15, 1882, and of the act approved July 5, 1884, making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Colum- bia, as to apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia, and the refunding thereof. New School Buildings. The following new school buildings are authorized: For one new eight-room build- ing and addition to present site, fourth division, 4 1-2 street between M and N streets southwest, $39,000; for reconstruct- ing the Stevens building, seventh division, $29,000; for one new eight-room building and site, eighth division A, northwest, $39,- Q00 dollars; for one five-room building and site, to replace the school near the Soldiers’ Home, $13,000; provided, that the total cost of the site and of the several and respec- tive buildings herein provided for, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved, shall not exceed the several and respective sums of money herein respectively appropriated for such purposes. ‘A new site and building for engine com- pany No. 2 1s provided, together with $4,500 for a new steam fire engine. The fire alarm service is also to be extended to the suburbs at a cost of $5,000. The Garbage Service. The provisions of the bill as to appro- priations for the garbage service are as follows: For collecting and removing garbage within the more densely populated portions of the District of Columbia daily (including Sunday when circumstances require it) from May to September, inclusive, and two times a week (and daily, including Sunday, when circumstances require it) from Uctober to April, inclusive, and for collecting and removing dead animals with- in the District of Columbia daily, including Sunday, during the entre year, $40,000, For destroying by cremation or reduc- tion within the District of Columbia all garbage and dead animals collected as above specified, or brought to the establish- ment for cremation or reduction by private parties, $20,000: Provided, That from the amount appropriated for the cremation or reduction of garbage and dead animals there may be deducted a sum not to ex- ceed $2.50 per day, to be paid to a weigher appointed by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, whose duty it shall be to weigh and keep record of all garbage brought to the establishment for crema- tion or reduction, and to have general oversight of the sanitary condition of this establishment: Provided further, That said Commissioners may enter into con- tract, after due advertisement as required by law, under such regulations and speci- fications as they may establish, for the col- lection and removal of garbage and dead animals, as hereinbefore mentioned, for a period not exceeding five years, and for in- cinerating or otherwise disposing of the seme within the limits of the District of Columbia for a gross sum of not exceed- ing $60,000 per year for such collection and disposal: Provided further, That before any contract shall be entered into by vir- tue of this authority the existing contract with the District of Columbia for the col- lection and disposal of garbage shall be terminated by mutual consent or other- wise; and said Commissioners are hereby authorized to make necessary regulations for the collection and disposition of garb- age in the District of Columbia, and to an- nex to said regulations such penalties as will secure the enforcement thereof. CRIMIN AL LIBEL ALLEGED. Recorder Taylor Asks for a Warrant Against Editor Chuse. Recorder Charles H. J. Taylor made ap- plication today for a warrant against Editor W. Calvin Chase of the Bee for al- leged criminal libel. Editor Chase, as here- tofore published in The Star, has made charges against the recorder, and in Sat- urday’s edition of his paper there appear- ed a lengthy article headed “Our Defense.” This article referred to the case involving the civil service charges against the re- corder, and contained many other state- ments of his alleged conduct before and since he was made recorder. This article the recorder charges is un- true and without foundation. He consult- ed Assistant District Attorney Mullowny about the matter, and this official directed the issuance of a warrant. Later Recorder Taylor appeared in the clerk's oflice and requested that the war- rant be made out so that he could swear to it at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Editor Chase also saw Mr. Mullowny. He says he wants the warrant issued in order to get the recorder on the stand so that he may be cross-examined. EE Funeral of Rev. J. M. Dashicll, D.D. ‘The funeral of Rev. Julius M. Dashiell, D. D., late rector of Saint Stephen's Prot- estant Episcopal Church of Severn parish, Maryland, tcok place on Saturday after- noon last. He was interred in the parish charch yard. The services were conducted by the Right Rev. William Paret, bishop of Maryland, assisted by Rev. Dr. W. 8S. Southgate of Annapolis, Rev. Dr. T. C. Gambill of Curtis Bay and Rev. C. J. Cur- tis of Davidsonville. Bishop Paret made an impressive address, in which he feeling- ly alluded to the intimate relations that had existed between himself and the de- ceased, and to the fact that they had each been born and admitted into deacons’ or- ders in the same year. He paid a high tribute to Dr. Dashiell as a clergyman and a scholar. The pallbearers were Robert Brooke Dashiell, lieutenant, United States navy; Julius M. Dashiell of Georgetown and Dr. Paul Dashiell, professor of chemistry, Unit- d States Naval Academy, sons of the de- also his son-in-law, J. Whitham ceaged; of Philadelp! Pa., and sees Edward Hall and Horace Ridout of Anne Arundel county. There were present at the funeral Dr. Thomas Fell, president of St. John's College, Annapolis; Prof. Terry and wife of the Naval Academy and a large attend- ance of his congregation end friends. Mrs. Dashiel! and Philip Thornton Dashiell, the youngest son, left immediately after the funeral for Philadelphia, where they will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitham. TOUCHING INCIDENTS Various Phases of the Work of Aid- ing the Poor. CASES MENTIONED IN THE STAR Scenes at the Central Union Mis- sion Headquarters. THE NEED IS GREAT Monday morning brought with it a large number of applicants at the offices of the Central Union Mission and the Associated Charities, who were seeking assistance. Without it they would necessarily be com- pelled to go hungry. The coming of warmer weather had a good effect, in so far as it has decreased the sufferings caused by cold and exposure, but the cry for bread still gces up, louder than ever, if possible, and the rescurces of the various charity or- ganizations are taxed to the utmost. The Central Union Mission, which has been so very active in relieving distress since the severe weather set in, has been compelled to draw the lines rather closer than at first, and owing to the limited funds at its disposa)] is making a more ex- haustive investigation of each case that comes up before assistance can be ren- dered. What it needs is money, food, cloth- ing and fuel, and there is no danger of any contributions in either of these lines ever going astray. The work of the mis- sion in this emergency is dependent solely upon contributions made in response to its appeals, and its power for good is lim- ited strictly by its daily income from out- side sources. Every day, however, the workers are cheered by ‘some unusual expression of sympathy and desire to share in well- doing. Thus, for instance, in the morning mail which came today to the desk of the editor of The Star were letters which were direct responses to the story of suf- fering that was told in The Star on Satur- day. One letter was fromm a woman who said that she had read of the poor woman in the northwest sectien of the city who was likely to become a mother at any time and who, in addition to being without food or fuel, had not a sign of a garment for the little one when it should be ushered into the world. The writer of the letter asked for the address of her unfortunate sister, as she wanted to give her a supply of clothing for herself and the expected child and also to supply their immediate wants. Responses to Appeals. The other letter was also from a char- itably disposed woman whose sympathies were touched by the cry of suffering and destitution. She asked for the address of some unfortunate family, either ,one of those mentioned in The Star’s story or some other. She promised not only to ren- der them assistance which would tide them over for the present, but also to look out for them in the future so that they would be removed from actual want until the coming of better times. Both of these letters were at once taken to the officers of the Central Union Mission, who could supply the desired information and as much more of the same sort as the readers of The Star may care for. if the brief outlines of particular cases which can be given in the crowded columns of a daily paper bring forth such responses as these what might not the harvest be if a full and graphic account were given of all the suffering that exists in the nation’s capital today? Among the cases whici. were reported to- day was one which was particularly sad. it was that of a young and decent-appear- ing white woman, who told a desperate tale of absolute want. Her husband was a cigarmaker by trade, but he died three weeks ago of consumption, and for over a year before his death he had been unable to provide for their support at all. She herseif has been blind of one eye since | childhood, and now seems to be lesing the sight of the other as a result of loss of sleep from watching over her dying hus- band. She has two little children depend- ent upon her, but was without a cent or a mouthful of food. It was the first time, though, that she had ever asked for public charity, but when she left the building she had in her arms two big sacks of provi- sions, enough to last her little family the better part of a week. There was a supply of potatoes, a big bag of flour and one of hominy, a package of tea and a can of yeast powder. If any one thinks she and others are not grateful he should stand around the “commissary rooms” for a time and watch the people whose wants are attended to. The Wees of Others. There were a couple of touching incidents that happened while The Star man was at the Central Union Mission this morning. An attractive, motherly looking woman came into the room and went at once to the desk of Mr. McMichael, the missionary worker, “I have read the accounts of the suffer- ing among tke poor,” said she, laying down a $5 bill, “and I want to do what I can to help. Mine is but a mite. I'd like to give more if I could, but may be this will do some good Will it? Just think of the flour and po- tatoes that $5 will buy. The grocers give the mission people greatly reduced prices, and the result is that they can make money go farther than any one else. A few moments later two handsomely dressed women came in. They had two lit- tle children with them, the older a boy of about six years, in a reefer jacket and a sailor suit, a manly looking little chap. Under his arm he carried a big bundle of children’s clothing that he and his sister had outgrown, and he was the proudest little fellow in all of Washington when he laid down his bundle, his face lighted up with the smile that so often goes with a kindly act. That boy will probably know how to give when he gets older and has money of his own. ‘At the Central Union Mission there are | seventy-five cots for the accommodation of that many men at night. But every night as many more men are taken care of, though they must do the best they can for themselves on the floor. This morning by 11 o'clock seventy-five men had applied for a chance to saw and chop wood to pay for a night's lodging, and all who came after that time had to go without a bed. There is plenty of room for more cots if the mission only had them, and an earnest ap- peal is made to the charitably inclined to help them by contributions in the way of beds or bedding. 5 The Relief Work. The p%lice stations were overrun with persons applying for assistance, and the sit- ting rooms of some of them presented the appearance of a meat market, with a small stock on hand. While the callers were many the contri- butions were few, Major and Mrs. Turn- bull being the only contributors. They gave $10. Mrs.Gen. Mussey. representing the wornen of the Loyal Legion, offered work for a number of women. This consists chiefly of sewing in families. The colored associated charities, known ay the Golden Circle, opened temporary headquarters yesterday at the office of W. C. Martin, president, No. 503 1-2 D street northwest. The committee in charge of the charity reception held at Convention Hall last Wednesday evening will make a finan- cial report at a meeting to be held this evening. Se Now and Then. — , From the Burlington Gazette. Cholly (off to college)---"G20d-bye, mam- ma. I'll write every day, and don’t forget to send me some cookies every time you bake.”” Cholly how do, mi th see you, y’no’ (returning a year later)---“Aw, ; weally I'm delighted ty ———_+0+.- Stil) in the Swim. From the New York Weekly. Neighbor—“HHow did your daughter's marriage with that count turn out?” Mrs. Brickrow—“Her last letter from Europe states that he has spent all her money, and she is taking in washing, but then, I presume, she washes only for the nobility.” WEAK WOMEN and all mothers who are nursing babies derive great benefit from Scott’s Emulsion. This prepara- tion serves two purposes. It gives vital strength to mothers and also enriches their milk and thus makes their babies thrive, Scott’s Emulsion is a constructive food that pro- motes the making of healthy tissueand bone Itis a wonder- ful remedy for Emaciation, General Debility, Throat and Lung Complaints, Coughs, Colds, Anaemia, Scrofula and Wasting Diseases of Children. Send for Pamphict on Scott's Emulsion. Frets Beatt& Bowne. N.Y. All Drugaists. 60c. and&1. GEN. POST DEAD A Gallant War Record and Distinguished Civil Career. The Representative From UWlinecis Ex- pires After an Hiness of Only a Day — Official Action. Representative Post of the tenth Illinois district died of heart failure at the Hamil- ton House in this city yesterday morning at 4:30 o'clock, after an illness of one day. ‘fhe immediate cause of heart failure wat an aitack of acute gastritis. For sonte time he had been suffering at intervals with ittacks which physicians pronounced dyspepsia, but had attended ta his congressional duties unremittingly. He passed the holidays at his home in Illinois end reached Washington Wednesday. Early gaturday morning he was seized with an attack of his old trouble, which did not however, assume serious form until even- ing. During the night heart failure set in and for some hours before his death the physicians could hardly detect any pulse beat. Mrs. Post and a son, W. S. Post, were with him. There is another son, Philip S. Post, a lawyer, in Chicago. Brilliant War Record. Gen. Post was best known through his brilliant military services in the rebellion, where he won rank and distinction with great rapidity. When the war began he was appointed second lieutenant of the fifth Diinois infantry. After the first Mis- souri campaign he became major, and eight months’ after his enlistment was made colonel of the fifty-ninth Illinois for gal- lantry at the battle of Pea Ridge, in which he was desperately wounded. Before he was able to mount his horse without assis- tance he rejoined the troops, then hurrying forward to Corinth, and was at once as- signed to the command of a brigade. From May, 1862, to the close of the war he was constantly at the front. In the Army of thé Cumberland, as first organ- ized, he commanded the first brigade, first division of the twentieth army corps, from its formation to the dissolution of the corps, a brigade conspicuous in all the en- gagements of that army under Gen. Rose- crans. With it he commenced the battle of the Stone river, drove the enemy back several miles, and captured Leetown. Dur- ing the Atlantic campaign he was trans- ferred to Gen. Wood's division of the fourth corps, and when the latter was wounded at the battle cf Lovejay Station, took com- mand and returned with it to Tennessee to oppose the progress of the enemy north, On December 15, 1864, in the Nashville ry Iiill at the , and in the next day's dangerously wounded, while an assault on Overton Hill, In , he was given command of the district of Texas, and remained until the withdrawal of the French from Mexico removed the danger of military complications. His Civil Career. Gen. Post's civil career has been a varied one. He was born March 19, 1833, In Florida, Orange county, New York grad- uated from Union College in 1855; prac- ticed law in Kansas, where he also edited @ newspaper, and in Illinois. After the war, in 1866, he was appointed consul to Vienna; was promoted consul general fer Austria-Hungary in 1874; resigned in 1879; was commander of the Department of Ulinois, G. A. R., in 186s, and was a re- publican member of Congress for four terms, beginning with the Fiftieth Con- gress. Gen. Post was a member of the House committee on the District of Columbia, and has been a prominent figure in legislation. . His Death Announced. The death of Gen. Post was announced by Mr. Henderson @il.), who spoke of the shock caused by the sudden decease of the member, who had been seen by many of his colleagues, in good health, on Friday, and referred to him as a brave and gallant soldier and a faithful and intelligent repre- sentative. The following resolutions, prepared by the Illinois delegation, were adopted: Resolved, That the House of Representa- tives has heard with profound sorrow of the death cf Mr. Philip Sidney Post, late a Representative from the siate of Illinois. Resolved, That a committee of nine mem- bers of the House be appointed by the Speaker to act with such Senators as may be selected to attend the funeral of the de- ceased, and that the sergeant-at-arms of the House shall take orcer for superintend- ing the funeral of the deceased at his home, and the necessary expenses attending the execution of the order shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Resolved, That the clerk of the House be Girected to communicate to the Senate a ccpy of these resolutions. Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect, the House do now adjourn, Speaker Crisp appointed the following committee to accompany the remains to Tllino! Messrs. Henderson, Lane, Marsh, Childs and Wheeler of Illinois, Bynum of irdiana, Boutejle of Maine, Lucas of South Dakota, Stallings of Alabama. Then, on motion of Mr. Henderson, the House adjourned. No Funcral Services Here. There will be no services over the re- mains in this city. The body, accompanied by a congressional committee and the members of the family of the Geceased, is to be taken this evening from the Hamil- ton House to the Baltimore and Ohio reil- road depot, where it will leave at $ o’clocic for Galesburg, Ill. The funeral will occur at the latter place on Wednesday after- necn. fighting he carried Montgome: point of the bayon fighting fell leading = The Potomne Flats Litigation, The President has approved the act of Congress which provides that nothing con- tained in the act establishing the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia shall be construed to affect in any manuer the power and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the District in the matter of the evit for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Potomac river flats, and providing ulso that such sult shall preceed to a.final hearing in the Supreme Court without regard to the terms cf the act establishing the Court of Appeals. ———_—__- e+ —__ ——_ Naval Movements, A telegram received at the Navy Depart- ment says that the flagship Baltimore sail- ed froma Cheefoo Saturday for Chemulpo, Corea, to join the Charleston. The objedt of this cruise is not known at the depart= ment, unless {t be that Admiral Carpenter desires to confer with the officers of the Charleston. The Yorktown remaina pt Cheefoo, and the Machias and Detroit have sailed from Port Sald for Aden, en route te China,