Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. U.—CHAPIN UNION INVITES THB raise service, from 2 to the new headquarters, _s eee ee eee SPuUTCALISM—J, U1, ALTEMUS WILT, HOLD A meeting on THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, April at Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. itt THB GOLDEN CROSS. venth annual session of the Grand Com- y of the District of Columbia will be beld iden Cross Hall, 316 Pa. ave. 8. NING, “April “Mth, at A full and prompt attendance of 1 members is requested. WALDO G. PERRY, Grand Commander. Attest: W. E. GRAHAM, Grand Keeper of Records. 5 EBY GIVEN THAT 1 HAVE THIS day sold to Kteeves, Poole & Co. my grocety business at 1209 F st. nw., Washington, D. C., 3, 1805. N. A. POOLP. You'll be in better trim for the gayeties ufter Lent if you are measured for one of our new English Suitings now. Nutty, rich apd elegant ns. OWEN OWEN, “Tailor,” 423 11th st. ap9-5d A CARD. Drop in for a talk about it 1f you are losing our hair, or have already lost it! No charge for consultation. In fact, will be glad to tall with you about any blemishes you may have about ‘the face or body. Long experience, hard study, and close application enables me to attain success where others have failed. Only institute in the south devoted exclusively to the treat- ment of the skin, scalp and blood and all ex- terlor blemishes. VRN, Dermatologist, 1ith and F ‘sti ND WHAT SO RARE AS ADs A bottle of SON, 934 If 18 A WELL FACT THAT PURE whisky and quinine 1s a sure cure for biliousness. Poor whisky and quinine are worse than none. Re sure and use Tharp's Old Reliable BEItKE- LEY Kye Whisky; tis an absolute pure medic- inal whisky. Physicians prescribe it! Ouly $1 full qt., $4 gal. JAMES THARP, 812 F ST. N.W. ap9-124 THE NORTHERN LIBERTY GERMAN-AM Building Association, No. 6, will bold it nd DAY, April loth, 1895, at 7 o'clock p.m. By' order of the board. apt-s&tu2t HUGO KUERSCHNER, See; WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 1895. All persons indebted " to “John B. Hain- mond will please make’ gettlement at once with the undersigned. H BISCOB, Y INO. J TORBERT, Assignees, Cor. 12th and B WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 1895. All creditors of Jobn B. Hammond will please present their claims to the undersigned. HENRY L. BISCOE, JNO. J. TORBERT, Assignees, Cor. 12th and B si nw. . 3 SPIRTIUAL MEDIUM, 1614 Pa. eve. n.w., ‘is no equal in clairvoyant and ,*piritual tests. Will be at home daily for pri- ‘vate consultations ftom 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bust ress examinations a specialty; satisfaction guar- onteed. aps-6t® THE OYSTER SEASON ap2-20e0* WILL SOON BE OVER. Lots of men haven't been enjoying these deli- cacies very much this season. Weather has been so bad. It's cleared up uow. Not much time to 1cse. Come down tonight and eat some with us. Any style you say—cooked in the old-fashioned way—that make them so delicious. Broiled Live Lobsters are fine. FRITZ KEUTER'S, COR. PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. M. B. LATIMER. Important Announcement. In the Field Again. ‘The undersigned would respectfully inform bis friends and the citizens of Washington generally that he is again in the field, and pro to con- duct a general auction business, make appraise- ments and inventortes of personal effects of every description, and for the present any communica- tion addressed to bim at No. 1419 G st. will Fecelve prompt attention. Respectfully, M. B. LATIMER, ap9-6t Late of Latimer & Sloan. —a patron of ours who wished to have his laun= dry done quickly pa- tronized one of those so-called ‘quick laun= dries,” as he did not know we did quick work. His laundry bundle came back two days after it was prom-= ised. This laundry knew they could not, with their poor facili- ties, get the work out on the day promised, but they lied to him rather than lose his trade. We can do al= most anything reason= able in the way of “quick work’’—any= time desired—but we never promise what we cannot do. Honesty is the best principle and the best policy—we won’t do business on any other basis. Drop a postal and our wagons will call. F. H. WALKER & CO., YALE Steam Laundry, MAIN BRANCH, 514 10TH ST. "PHONE 1092. (it) PLANT, 43 G ST. N.W. THE BEST KNOWN PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON —have their Shirts made here. Such men as Mr. R. 0. Holtzman, Mr. M. W. Beveridge, Mr. W. H. Moses, Mr. M. W. Galt, Mr. Norman Galt, Mr. W alt, Mr, LD.’ Wine and dozens of other prominent business men. We must satisfy them or they would not come back. We can fit you, too—perfectly. T. HALL, Shirtmaker, 908 F apS-10d SPECIAL—CONTRACTORS ESTIMATING ON THE buildings at Fort Myer can get estimate for the stone Work from G. C, ESHER, 2d and 0. sts. Rw. ap6-3t* OLD AND SOILED GAS FIXTURES AND METAL goods of all Kings refinished equal to new. Not painted over with bronze powder, but by | same method as when originally done ‘at factory. No charge for small repairs. Polishing and plating of ail descriptions. ELMER Hl, CATLIN & CO. ap5-w* ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDE FOURTH SERIES. Subscription books for stock in the fourth series Enterprise Serial Building Association are now open. Payments may be made at the mect- ing of the stockholders, in St. Dominic's Hall, 6th and F sts. s.w., WEDNESDAY, April 10, at § o'clock p.w., or at the office of the secretary, @32 Pa. a} we DAVID MURPHY, F. SHEA, etary. $ HAVING GOODS ON DEPOSIT . Bult Which interest is due ereby notified to call and sume or the goods will be 8. K. FULTON, Pawnbroker. President phot st on the tion April st H. OUR RIDING SCHOOL Is now open for business. Track has been re- surfaced and put in fine shape; competent tnstruc- tors are always on hand, and you may be sure of learning to ride in “good form’? if we teach you. ‘Ten lesson tickets for single lessons, 50c. each; yearly ticke 00; Ife membership, $25.00. Price of course ticket applies on pur- chase of wheel, If you desire to buy a RAMBLER. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. 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Our micthods are to use only the finest textures and latest pattern goods—to t Mneasurements to do the putting t expert and. skillf 8 insuring ape sightly appeari sample shirt wil of our super EXPERT IN SHIRTS faction g ze _E: t in Shirts, _Wii d's. Moth Paper Defies Moths! ventive that can always be lutely moth-prd ail kinds of clothing. uuphor, moth balls, it in single sheets for than We hay and fF Our prices always the lowest. Easton & Rupp, 421 mth St. Popul Stationers. (Just abo j) Will many of the best dress- SPRING | s.42",2% SUIT ship perfect isfaction fit and price. CP Our $25 Suit, made to ht, is unequaled, I. D. BURNS & CO., | Suits, $20 up. Corner th and G uw: | Trousers, §& up. apS-14d We Won’t Disappoint —anybody, no matter how small the printing Job. appointing occasfoually, “one can't belp dis- * but we can. When Many printers say 90c. for 50 copies, you get them when prom- ised. Byron S. Adams, Prompt Printer, 512 11th st. nw. The Largest Stock of Plate Glass. Even the expressman who delivers most ell the glass that arrives here says that our recent large shipment of plate glass Was the largest that has ever entered Washington. He ought to know. You can see the record of It on the freight ottice’s books—if you will. ‘Thig ts the largest stock in Washington —don't you believe ity-and we're the most expert handlers, 2d Chas.E.Hodgkin,913 7th Plate Glass Expert. a Bovinine With To-Kalon Claret. Bovinine {s a good tonic, but Bovinine with TO-KALON Claret is a better one— 80 leading physicians say. ‘The best Cinret from 25e. to G0c. qt.—§2.40 to $6 dozen To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th "Phone 968. [37 West V on orders. filled Manogue & Jones, 32d und M sts. n.w. Weather tomorrow—Fair and cooler, Established, 1824. The Oldest Firm. Don’t ask us— ‘sHave you got it?” Say— “Give it to mel” We sell everything that enters into the construc- tiom of a house, and keep it on hand all the time. We sell it lower than any= body else. WE SELL: White Pine Laths at $2.50 per 1,c00. Everybody else selis them for $3.50 per 1,000. Established Frank Libbey & Co., ™3tis “Lumber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and New York Ave. It Men’s 75¢. Shirts Reduced to 65c. each to more thoroughly ad gouluess of our shirts and the low p usk for them. Made of Wamsutta inustin, i cuff bands, and two We make shirts after your mu Ellery & Ireland, 79,%,me= sure. apd “MIXED” SUFTT: the day! Busy as bees taking measures for those $20 Fancy Mixed Canadian Homespun Suitings. Trousers, $5 up. Satisfaction or money pack. H. R. Bradstreet, Homemade and Cut 408 12th st., opposite ‘Raleig! ‘apd S A Chat With The Men. We leave it to you! Did you ever see the equal of this $8.50 Fine Black English Diagonal Worsted Cut- away Coat and Vest even at $10 elsewhere? Just stop in and try one of ‘em on. This season's very latest cut and tailored faultlessly. There are a number equally good things here, business is way—and bi ‘Those English Covert “Top” Coats are about $2.50 lower here than else- wher SPRANSY’S, 434 7th St. of other for this growing better every GODFREY —LAUNDRY. We are the servants o the people. By this we mean—we re= pair your clothing, sew ‘on the missing buttons, put on new neckbands’ and wristbands without charge. Try our domestic finish. Godfrey Laundry Co., Tel. 5 (ap6-e) 1207 F at. CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers souttarium, 1920 @ st. 2. ap8-3mo CHARLES ALLEN, M. D. TWENTY-THREE DEAD The Terrible Mining Disaster at Lake Whatcom, Wash. ACCUMULATED FIRE DAMP EXPLODED Some Were Killed by Shock, Others Suffocated. RECOVERING THE BODIES SEATTLE, Wash., April 9.—A Whatcom, Wash., special says: An explosion from fire damp in Blue Canon coal mine on Lake Whatcom yesterday afternoon killed twen- ty-three men. ‘The Post-Intelligencer correspondent re- turned at 2 a.m. from the scene of the ter- rible disaster in Blue Canon mine, and is in possession of all the particulars now ob- tainable. In the blacksmith shop near the tunnel lie the blackened bodies of twenty- three miners, while only two of a!l who were in the mine when the explosion oc- curred lived to tell the story of the fright- ful catastrophe and thelr own miraculous escape. The exploston occurred shortly before 3 o'clock, when the shift would have beea changed, and the miners were already climbing the steep hill from the bunk house to take the places of the men killed. Accumulation of Fire Damp. This disaster was undoubtedly caused by an accumulation of fire damp, which was exploded by a blast in the breast of the gangway, The faces of the men who were working in the breast are badly burned, but a majority of those who were working in the rooms off the gangway were only slightly disfigured by the fire and many of them not at all. Physicians and miners say that the men working in the breast must have been killed by the shock of tne explosion, while the others succumbed to the fire damp as they slid down from the rooms to the gangwa; then filled with deadly gas. This gangway {s reached by a tunnel 78) feet long, and the distance from the inter- section of the gangway to the breast where the explosion took place is about 1,000 feet. The main air sgaft reached the gangway about 100 feet from the tunnel, and air is supplied by water power, and’ which was not affected by the explosion. Namen of the Victims. Following are the names of the killed: Mine Superintendent David Y. Jones, leaves wife and child; Andrew Anderson, leaves wife and one child; James McAndrews, leaves wife; James Kirkley, leaves a wife; Kirk Clinske, leaves wife and four children. All the others were single men. Their names are as follows: Charles Silverman, C. Ramsburg, William Listor, Samuel Ol- sen, James McNulty, J. A. Morgan, Martin M. Blum, B. T. Chase, Charles Carlson, H. Ravett, Philip Binkle, William Evans, J. Williams, Alexander’ Henrickson, Ben. Morgan,’ Geo. Roberts, Thomas Conlin, Lucas Lotaki. The two men who escaped are Edward Gellen of Fairhaven, who was working at the outer switch in the mine, in company with George Roberts. and James Kern. The latter was working with Ben. Morgan in room 16, off the gangway at the outermost of all the works in which work was being carried on. A Survivor's Story. Kern cays that he was not stunned, or even thrown down by the shock, though Morgan, who was working with him, was killed. Kern’s light was not extinguished, and he saw no fire. He slid down the chute to the gangway, losing his light in some way, and managed to make his way in the Kness in some miraculous manner along the poisonous passage over dead bodi piles of co2l loosened by the expl , to the open air, but before he re the entrance the work of rescue had already commenced. Out in the tunnel he mét party of brave miners groping their way inward as fast as the escape of the poisonous gas permitted. ‘This party, and others following, pushed their way into the mine and carried out one by one the bodies of the dead miners as they came upon them &cattered along the gangway. The first body found was that of the mule-driver, lying beside the dead animal, 950 feet from the main en- trarce. From there to the fall of the gang- way, @ distance of about ‘W feet, bodies were scattered along as they fell from the chutes leading to the rooms. Most of the bodies showed little evidence of a struggle, and in most instances death apparently came quick M was found buried under a slide of coal, and McNulty was upon his bands and knees, about twenty yards from where he had been workin kerchief was tied over his nos When the correspondent left the mine, shortly before midnight, the work of w: ing the faces and har : had commenced. is being done to alleviate the distress of the families of the deceased. ‘The president of the company, A. Downes row in New York, has been’ notifle wire. Coffins have been ordered. and, after the inquest tomorrow, the bodies will be brought to this cit; —_ ALEXANDRIA AFFAERS. Local Happenings Told in Brief, In- teresting Paragraphs. Mr. John J. Jamieson of this city, who was elected grand regent of the Royal Arcanum at its recent annual meeting in Staunton, has announced the following committees for 1805: Finance—J. Taylor Ellyson, Richmond; J. P. Banks, Petersburg; R. W. Arnold, Alex- ardria. Laws and appeals—W. H. Williams, Rich- mond; F. N. Bilisoly, Portsmouth; J. A. Brown, Ashland. Deputy grand regents—Willigm Loven- stein, Richmond; W. F. Irvine, Norfolk; A. B. Botts, Fredericksburg; Rev. F. T. Me- Fadden, Marion. Among the district deputy grand regents appointed were: Alexandria, A. G. Uhler; Fredericksburg, W. H. Hurkamp. Police Report. Mayor Strzuss presided over the police court this morning. The only case was Frank Adams and George Boyd, two tough- looking negroes from Washington, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the ferry boat. which arrived in this city at 3 o'cicek yesterday afternoon. It seems that these two men were both very drunk, and threatened to shoot everybody in sight. ‘They were fined $10 each and costs, or sixty days on the gang. The Literary Class. The regular weekly meeting of the Teach- ers’ Literary Class was held in Peabody building last wight, with President Wm. H. Greenwell in the chair. Much Interest was taken in the discussion of the various subjects, which were United States history, spelling, civil. government and arithmeiic. These meetings will continue until the end of the scholastic year. Regis(rars Appointed. The following registrars have besn ap- pointed: First ward, Oscar Phillips; second ward, George H. Schwab; third ward, B. F. Pinn; fourth ward, Champ Walker. : Notes. The funeral of the late Mrs. Martha Knoxville took place today at 2 o'clock from Christ Church, and was attended by a large number of sorrowing relatives ard friends. The revival services are being continued in the Baptist Church with renewed suc- cess. SPECIAL NOTICES. Nothing is ‘too small’ forme To print, but OCCASICNALLY I see something that is “TOO LARGE.” I give the same care- ful aticntion to a 25-cent order as to a far larger one. Whatever the amcunt, an earnest effort is tade to please the curtcmer, and to thereby in- sure further work fiom him. H. L, McQUEEN, Privter and Publisher, aps 1198-1116 ‘et. n.w. Telephone 820, THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY’NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are fsobars or lines of equal alr pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or enow has fallen during preceding twelve hours The words Small arrows fly with the wind. areas of high and low barometer. High’? and ‘Low’ show location of MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN. A Heavy Storm All Over the Eastern Section. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday: For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia, fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler tonight; west te northwest winds. The storm whose center occupied a posi- | tion near southern Lake Michigan Tuesday | morning has moved eastward over the mid- dle Atlantic and west New England states, attended by unusually heavy rain east of the Appalachian range of mountains. At many points iy the eastern states the twenty-four-hour rainfall measured from one to two inches, and in eastern Pennsyl- vania nearly three inches of rain has fallen since yesterday morning The temperature has risen in New Eng- land and has fallen in the south Atlantic states and the. extreme northwest. Ratrr will continue in New England today and tonight, and Wednesday the weather will be clearing and ccoler in that section. In the middle and south Atlantic states Wednesday will be fair and slightly cooler. In this section fair weather may be ex- pected Wednesday and Thursday, with slight changes in temperature. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 : Great Falls, temperature, condi- 08; receiting reservoir, temperature, condition at north connection, 02; con- dition at so.th connection, 0S; distributing reservoir, temperature, 54; condition at in- fluent gate house, effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—High tide, 7:58 pm. 'Tomorrow—Low tide, 2:21 a.m. and 3 p. m.; high tide, 8:22 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 56; 2 p.m., 62; maximum, 64; min- imum, 53. CHARGE OF SAFE BLOWING Desmond Held in Alexandria and Williams in This City. Working Up Several Cases Against These Men—Recent Robberies in This Vicinity. Persons who have heen making Jackson City their stopping ;place or operating place do not feel quite so secure as they did before the raid made on the place early Sunday morning, for they now realize that they may be arrested by officers other than those who are elected or appointed to look after the county alone. All day Sunday and yesterday the raid was discussed by these residents, and some of them seemed to realizp that they may soon have to look elsewhere for a place to carry on their lawlessness.) ‘iddy’ Desmond, whose name is either Edwin or Edward, is stil in custody in Alexandria, and unless he breaks jail he will be brought here about the latter part.of the w When he was taken to Alexandria just after the made it, Smith, who ren sh In his i sh, and he print- hington authoritie: tance, searched bim. ocket he had $130 in 1. gold watch and ch: in. sed to-come and also had ed in yester here without soon had law Lawyer Bendheim made the legal for him. Detectives Horne and Weeon spent the greater part of yesterday looking after the case, and Detective Lacy also took part in jay’s Star he r the the fight. He procured a nt, charging the prisoner with the safe blowing and rob: bery at the Potemac F: Company's of- fice, and then Detective Horne de atti- vit before United S i Fowler that the prisoner s mentioned in the Police Court wa The sted only a short time, and the comm’ in $1,500 bail for his appearance her was Committed in default of security. eral persons were in Alexandria looking after the prisoner's interes it is thought, will give bail for him before the judge for the eastern district of Vir- ginia will get a chance to sign the warrant of removal. Unable to Identify. Fonschell, the yo! man, watch- the Potomac Ferry Compa nd gagged, nond and Williams yesterday, but unable to identify them. He say: er, that Williams’ general appear- as weil as the tone of his voice, answers as near as he can say to the general description of one of the burg! “Billy” Williams is still held in custody bere, and today he was interviewed by Inspector Hollinberger. The police are now of the opinion that the prisoner Desmond is one of the men who has been doing the second-story work about the county, and when he reaches this city he will be looked over by persons who saw one of the burglars. When the Jackson City raid was made and while the officers had Desmond in custody a man supposed to be a law offi- cer of some kind approached the party and made the remark, “That man’s all right.” “How do you know he's all right?’ De- tective Horne asked him. ‘I know he How long have you known him?” “I've seen him twice before,” answered the man. 3 This sort of Vvouching may do over on the other side of the river when county officers are concerned, but it had no effect on the Washington and Alexandria police, and Desmond was held. Other Cases. The police suspect that the safe blowers who robbed the ferry company’s safe blew the safe in Clark’s place at Rosslyn during the Christmas holidays, and should Des- mond give bail in this case he may be ar- rested on suspicion of complicity in the Clark robbery. When, the, Clark robbery was committed Private Detective McDevitt made an investigation, which resulted in the arrest of “Billy” Williams, the alleged reformed burglar. He,was,arrested by the private detective mentioned and taken to police headquarters, but fhe officers there refused to hold him because no warrant had been sworn out for him, and he was released. : Since then Detective MgDevitt has told the South Washington police of the build- ing of a boat at the riverfront, which he suspected was to be used to assist crooks across the river who would operate here. Today Detective MéDevitt called at po- lice headquarters and held a conference with Inspector Holkimbeuger- about the safe-blowing cases. ,, 5 Besides these two ‘safe robberies there was a similar job pérpetrated at Dyer's store, in Georgetown, :andiin this case, as in the others, the police are satisfied that the burglars operated from the river. They realize that it is the safest way to operate, for rowing on the river in the darkness there is comparatively no danger of being seen, and then when the shore was reached the burglars had but a short distance to travel through the streets. Maj. Ludlow’s Return. Maj. William Ludlow, the United States military attache at London, will sail for New York on Saturday next on the steam- ship Berlin, and will come from there im- mediately to Washington in order to re- ceive his final instructions as a member of the Nicaraguan canal board. The major will then start for Nicaragua without de- lay, as the board, it is understood, must submit its report before November next. © was a hearing which la man at wharf, who was boui Ww: howe ance, It you desire a luxuriant growth of healthy hair of a natural color, nature’s crowning ornament of oth sexes, use enly Hall's Vegetable Hair oner held him } THE NEW SHIPS Good Progress Being Made in the Prepara- tion of the Plans. They Will Have Heavy and Rapid- Fire Guns—Their Speed Greater Than Usual. Good progress is being made in the prep- aration of plans for the newly authorized battleships, gunboats and torpedo boats. The latest plans submitted to Secretary Herbert have recajved his tacit approval and will probably be adopted finally with- out material change. They differ in several essential points from those heretofore sub- mitted, especially in the case of the battle- ships. It has been said that the new bat- tleships will resemble those of the Indiana class, now under construction. Although this is true in a general way, several im- portant departures are proposed in the new vessels, According to the revised plans, they will be much longer and broader and have a greater displacement than the Indiana; their batteries will be more powerful; the side armor will be thinner, but more erally distributed; their turret armor will be thicker in places, and in the location of the eight-inch gun turrets a decided innovation is contem- plated. Their Armament. It is settled that the vessels will carry four hig guns in’ turrets, two forward and two af: on the center line, the only tion being whether the guns will be 1 cr 18-inch in caliber. It has been decided that four S-inch rifles will be in the main battery. The chief de- parture from the Indigna’s plan, so far as the guns are concerned, relates to the rest of this battery. Ihe new vessels will each ave sixteen re guns in broad- ste neh rifles of tie thus greatly ins ng their Owing to improvements t the side plates of a maximum thick- or three inches less in the qualit the new the ar the or will be hily greater than on Indiana cl: The pert plates cf the gun turrets will be seventeen inches , or two inches thicker than the Indi- + and the other plates fifteen inches ick, the same as on that vessel and her sters. The S-inch gun turrets will be ten inches thick, or four inches more than on the Indiana. Increased Speed. Another rew feature of the proposed ves- sels is an increase by two feet in the free- board forward. Tke speed will be sixteen knots, one knot greater than required of the Indiana, and the same as that of the Iowa. The displacement will be 11,500 tons. Inasmuch, as the act which authorized ction of the battleships carries tion, there will necessarily be ay in their construction. It is ex- ted that the next Congress will appro- e the $8,000,000 necessary to pay for . ips. Proposals for their con- struction will be invited during the coming summer, hewever, and every preparation made to begin the work as soon as the funds become available. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS AUCTION SALES. BOARDING . COUNTRY BOARD TRY REAL ESTAT For FOR FOR FoR FOR ‘T (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR FOR FOR FO} SALE (Bicycles). SALE (Honses) SALE (Lots). R FOR SALE (Pianos). LE OR RED ‘OTICES. PARR RR RAATRADOARAHAAATAARE TAR TR HAAR EERE RON ASNAEMOn AR San LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE . MONEY WANTED A’ NEW PUBLICATION: OCEAN TRAVEL... PERSONAL . PIANOS AND S POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES..... STEAM CARPET CLEANING. STORAGE . +. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS. UNDERTAKERS WANTED (Board), WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses) THE WOMEN’S CLUBS Annual Meeting of the District Fed- eration This Week. = THE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED Strong Combinations of Brainy and Advanced Thinkers. THE VARIOUS PLANS National interest will be taken in the an- nual meeting of the District Federation of Women’s Clubs, which begins in this city at Loyal Legion Hall Wednesday. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs, with which the District Federation Is affiliated, comprises more than 100,000 women, whose homes are to be found in every section of the Union. In the ranks of the federation are some of the brightest women of the country. The District Federation is composed of nine organizations, as follows: The Wo- men’s National Press Association, Pro Re Nata, Legion of Loyal Women, District Suffrage Association, Woman's Relief Corps, Loyal Women of American Liberty, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Ex- celsior Literary Society and National Kin- dergarten Association. The officers are: Mrs. E. M. S. Marble, president; Mrs. L. A. Crandell and Mrs. M. P. Davis, vice presidents; Miss M. F. Fos- ter, secretary; Mrs. H. B. Sperry, treas- urer, and Mrs. E. B. Coues, auditor. There are ‘also a number of directors, among whom are’Mrs. M. S. Lockwood of the W. N. P. A, Mrs. L. E. Blount, P. R. N.; Mrs. E. 8. Mussey, L. L. W.; Mrs. M. E.’ Ben- nett, D. W. 5. A. The Delegates. The delegates to the approaching conven- tion are: Mrs. H. B. Sperry and Mrs. M. M. North, representing the Women’s National Press Association; Mrs. Lucia E. Blount and Mrs. Emily M. Coues, the Pro Re Nata; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey and Mrs. Weissner, the Legion of Loyal Wo- men; Mrs. Ellen Powell Thompson and Miss Williams, the District Suffrage Asso- ciation; Mrs. Anna Hamilton and Mrs. Mary McMonigal, the Women’s Relief Corps; Mrs. Sarah La Fetra and Mrs. C. B, Smith, the Loyal Women of American Liberty; Mrs. M. E. Griffith and Mrs. Anna F. Beiler, the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union; Mrs. Sterns and Mrs. L. E. Jacobson, the Excelsior Literary Society, and Mrs. Louise Pollock and Miss Amy May, the National Kindergarten Associa- tion—the first named of each two delegates being the president of the organization she represents, Two Sessions. The afternoon session of the convention will be of an executive nature, for the hearing of reports and the election of offi- cers for the ensuing year, but the public meeting at night will be held at the Uni- versalist Church, 13th and L streets north- west, Rey. Dr. Rogers, pastor, and will be of great interest. The speakers will be Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, whose subject will be, “What Shall Be the Legal Siatus of Women in the District of Columbia,” and Judge Jere M. Wilson, who will make an address on “What Changes in the Laws of the Dis- trict Relating to Women Are Necessary.” Some Objects. Among the objects which the union of clubs have considered are the advance- ment of the interests of the girls’ reform school; the better care and protection of women prisoners (there now being but one prison for men and women); the promoting of women’s interests in medical and law vols and all higher institutions of learn- ing; an improvement in the condition of the poore¥ classes; the erection of a building devoted exclusively to the use of women’s orgarizations, such as other cities have— together with many other worthy objects as they occur from time to time. State federations have been for some time past in existence in Maine, Massachu- set New Jersey, Illinois, lowa and Ken- tucky and the District of Columbia, while many other states are preparing to organ- ize. In a te federation the work is de- voted exclusively to that state; is general in character, being strictly non-partisan, not devoted to one line of pursuits, but hospitable to all thought affecting wo- man’s work or welfare. The District of Columbia ranks as a state. TheGeneral Federation of Women’s Clubs, which meets biennially, consists of dele- gates sent from the state federations and societies which are auxiliary. Press Association. First in importance among the clubs which compose the federation is the Wo- man’s National Press Association, the old- est crganization of its kind in the world, having been founded in Washington, D. C., July 10, 1882, and chartered under its present name on January 3, 1888. The or- ganization now has over 150 members, who are engaged in journalistic and literary work in all fields, where women are recog- nized. Among those on the roll whose names are known in almost every section of the country are Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Green- wood), Washington, D. C.; Mrs, Emma D. E. N. Southworth, Georgetown, D. C.; Mrs. Ellen Hartin Walworth, New York city; Dr. Sarah Furnas Wells, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, Saratoga, Pa. Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods, Salem, Mass. Mrs, Emaline B. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Ghestina Thorp, Britton, S. D. Mrs. H. Stevens, Department of Agri- culture; Miss Helena M. Richardson, Bos- ton, Ma: Sue Pike Saunders, Bloom- ington, Ill. . Mary M. North, Anacos: tia, D. C.; M Dora Richards Miller, New Orieans, La.; Mrs. Claudia B. Money, Car- roliton, Miss.; Mrs. Leila Michel, Buffalo, N.Y, . Aurelia Hadley Mohl, Houston, Texas; Mrs. L. C. Madden, Chicago, IL Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood,Washington, D.C.; Dr. Rosetta Luce Gilchrist, Ashtabula, Ohio; Mrs. D. J. Godschalk, Bethlehem, Pa.; Miss Mary F. Foster, Washington, D. C.; Mrs, Laura de Force Gordon, San Fran- cisco, Cal.; Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, Portland, Ore.; Miss Mary Desha, Wash- ington, D.C.; Miss Amelia J. Cook, Phila- delphia, and many others, The association has now three auxiliaries: Texas with over fifty members; Mississippi with about twenty-five members, and one in Missouri only recently organized. Woman's Relicf Corps. The Woman's Relief Corps, which is the auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Re- public, is a strong element in the union of clubs. Its first object is to care for Union soldiers and their dependent ones. In this it stands on the same platform as the G. A. R., and is recognized as the true help- meet of that organization. The corps, dur- ing its short existence, has expended a large sum in aid to unfortunate or crippled soldiers or their connections. The president of the corps is Mrs. Anna M. Hamilton, a woman who is in her prime. She is the widow of Major Henry Hamilton. Ske makes an excellent presiding officer, for she has great executive ability, and has had much experience in other organiza- tiors. She has been president of her co: (Potomac) a number of times, and only laid down its gavel to receive ‘the one of the higher grade. Mrs. Hamilton is re- cording secretary of the W. N. P. A., and is also an officer of Wimodaughsis. Mrs. Mary M: North, the associate of Mrs. Hamilton at the convention, is the depart- nt chaplain. She is the daughter and grsnddaughter of Union soldiers. She breathed loyalty in her cradle, and has never swerved from first principles. Mrs. North is now chaplain of Electa Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and is also chaplain of Logan Corps, Anacostia, D. C., as well as corresponding secretary of the Woman's National Press Association, and is a member of several other organizations. Loyal Women. The “baby” of the federation ts the Loyal Women of American Liberty. This associa- tin is also auxiliary to the national organi- zation of the same name, having its head- qverters in Boston. Mrs. I. C. Manchester {s president, and Mrs. Mary H. Livermore one of the vice presidents. It was organ- ized February 22, 1804, hence is only one year old, is purely patriotic, and has for its motto, ‘For God and American Liber- ty.” The membership is not large, for no ublic meetings have been held in its in- Store The Furs —robes, rugs, carpets, tapestries, clothing, blankets, woolens, &e., Where you need have no fear of thm being eaten by moths and buffalo beetdes—place them In Our Cold Storage Warehouse —where it is so cold that insect life is impossible, yet free from moisture. The warehouse is fire- proof and the company is thus en- abled to insure the articles at « small expense. They are bung on coat racks. 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The declaration of principles of the asso- clation are, as stated by its members, to do religicus and political work on Christian ard patriotic American lines; for the pro- tection and perpetuation of civil and re~ iigicus liberty, and it has accepted the fol- lowing statement of fundamental Ameri- can principles: Absolute separation of churck and state in all matters pertaining to taxation and education; no appropria~ tions of moneys from national, state, county, town or municipal treasuries for sectarian or denominational uses; no ec+ clesiastical intimidaticn toward citizenship or statesmanship; a free and fearless press, only to be restrained by law whén it mis~ takes license for liberty; an American free fublic school system of education, in which the national language has precedence, and in which the history and principles of our republican government are taught, and frcm which all sectarianism is excluded; a public committal of all candidates for elective offices in the nation or in the states to the acceptance of defense of dis« tinctive American principles and Institue tions; judicious and wisely restricted im- nigration laws, and that the national flag shall symbolize all the above named prin- ciples, and shall never be supplanted by any other ensign in any piace in the land. The officers are: Mrs. S. D. La Fetra, president; Mrs. Dr. S. L. Beiler, first vice president; Mrs. D. E. Wiehle, second vice fresident; Mrs. Maud B. Johnson, secre- tary, and Mrs. C. B. Smith, treasurer. The delegates to the federation are Mrs. La Fetra and Mrs. C. B. Smith. Kindergarten Association, The National Kindergarten Association, represented by Mrs. Louise Pollock and Miss Amy May, {s also strongly intrenched in the union. The requirements for mem- bership of this association are love of chil- dren, a good common English education, the possession of a true Christian char- acter, refined manners, desire to improv and good kealth. Mrs. Pollock first stud! the kindergarten system in 1862 for the benefit of her cwn family, and established ir 1864 the first kindergarten in the United States. She translated Lina Margenstern’s “Paradise of Childhood,” the first German kindergarten guide. _ A Wonderful Escape. While Sherman Jones was putting @ charge of dynamite in a blast at Stewart's quarry, on the edge of Columbia, S.C., yese terday, it exploded without apparent cause, hurling him high in the air. Strange to sa; a few bruises were the extent of his in: juries. John Daniels, another negro, waa fatally injured. Several other negroes were badly hurt. FOR SICK HEADACHE, ETC. Une Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. WM. B. CONWAY, Bincksburg, Vs ui “I have —_ it in my a for ick ee psia, crests, but it hag in its ranks some of the | SrVsts's; tem and find it gives Geclded, bene’