Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 6

6 GOSS SSS86 6860 “CREDIT IS OUR CREED." Do You Belong to a Building Association? It you do—then you can perfect- Jy understand tke principle upon yybich we coaduct our Equitable Credit System. ‘There 1s one aifference—and it fs a big advantage to you. In the building association you are put- ting yous motrey away for a pro- spective purchase. In our Credit Syrtem—you make the purchase firet—and your payments while you are enjoying the comfort and luxery of a bette: furnished home. ‘They give interest and take in- SOSPOPO SST 1HO0OOO9OO interest. We don't. They are arbitrary in their rules. We have none at all. You agree to pay us what you can spare cach week or month— and upon that promise you are privileged to select what FURNI- ‘TURE — CARPETS—MATTINGS— DRAPERIES — BABY CARRIAG- ES-REFRIGERATORS you want. House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. my18-S4d @ SASS ESET IPOS ESS SS IT OOOOES zit Clears 3 The House Of insects. No matter what kind may have taken up quarters in your home-fiies, roaches, water bugs, bed bugs or OUR T of them. effect SSOHOS SOlOHSO OHO HOSHSINSOSOSOS COWOO OE OO : s 6 @ @ 6 @ © ) 4 © & © 2) @ 2) 6 @ § It's always fresh—always M ed in uny part May be 1 of the house with —safety—NOT POISONOUS to children or pets. C7 Ou- own preparation—10, 15, 25 and 40c. can. is 703 . Thompson, a . PHARMACIST. -my18-284 We Take Pains { —rlthough we inflict none—in all our Dental Operations. Our work in every branch of Dentistry, in its permanence and finish, is in the highest degree excel- Ient. In our parlors the best skill in Washington cen be secured at very mod- erate charges. Painless Extraction, 50c. Evans Dental Parlors, my18-24d 1217 Pa. fe oo oe 1) COOCOSSS5359595 5950 ave. “Dentists recommend it.'* Myrrh and Orris Toothwash Hardens the gums and prevents them ‘rom shrinking; prevents decay; preserves * and beautities int teeth; si ** imparts to the breath 1211 Pa. ave. ‘The Albany, 17th and H sts. my1S-28d ‘That strained feeling In your eyes... It's probably caused either want of glasses, or else by the nse of improper ones. I'll ap- ply tests to your eyes free of charge, and, if it is necessary, ‘provide you with an curately selected pair small price. I CAN RELIEVE Dr. Elliott, "8" 2. Loan and Trust bldg. Rooms 69-7 myl8-16d Formerly “‘Queen’ HERE'S that pretty little girl of yours— hy don’t you bring her in and have a ‘PHOTOGRAVURE” taken of her? Brings out the veal beauty of your child—a valuable keersake in after years. Here only st $6 dozen. Come in anyhow—you're always welcome—have a “Photogravure” taken if you wis! Cr Jost to get new customers—MANTELLOS” at $2 dwen. 1107 F ST. Stalee’s, utrie Let us clean Your Blankets * —before you pack ‘em away for the sum- * mer—let us clean your winter livery—get out all the grease spots, and the moths won't touch “em. We'll’ dye your livery also—make it look as good as new for a © rews e sum. What do you say? “WHEATLEY,” 1068 Jeff. st., Georgetown. m18-12d ‘The newest conceit in Hair Dressing. THE NEWPORT CURL. Every sort of It —Exeeedinzly dainty ard becoming. Hair Dressing and Hair Work performed here. you've ideas of your own, try us. He: of skilled, deft-t operators, qui an idea, to suggest a becoming style, ete. mer Front es and Bargs. Prices right. SICC . Ti 11TH ST. myl8-14d Formerly 122 Broadway, New York, Ripans Tabules will cure Constipation. “One gives relief.” s5oc.a box. At all druggists. easessessce. $ oeesceeeeoeseses ¢Unsurpassed Values I eee aed Are to be had while our sale of odds and ends {= on. Lots of pretty, stylish and durable Shoes are going for the merest shadows of their former prices. ‘These are only suggestions: Ladi: Men's Serviceable Shoes Se. Children's Shoes... sees 40c. 4 $ 3 TUCKER’S, 1237 32d : a ’ Fine Footwear. «$1.00 my17-28d SLOP PLPPP ILL OL OL LOCS ISO DOES Wines Shipped eee —to any part of the U.S. Packed in incanspienous packages. Let us send a case of claret up to your country residence —Only $3. T7To the city folk—claret at 50c. halt gallon, delivered quick. Ge. rebate for the bottle. To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th Phone 908. Washington orders filled Manogue & Jones, S24 and M sts. uw. Shirts & Drawers f-o-r [-e-n —fust the same underwear for which you're asked 50c. the garment else- Where. Tuke your cholce—long or short sleeves. ‘Thiak of a Man's Fine Laundered Neglige Shirt selling for 48c. Ougut to ose be ie. Others get thet for them. Tanzer & Co., Mens, Fumisters, myli-léd Things You :Can Enjoy —at home, won't be found at small stores—in mountain or seaside re- sorts, Before you leave town, lay in a supply of GROCERIES and TABLE LUXURIES. We have EVERYTHING you'll _need—prices the lowest—QUALITIES the very best that can be found. 7 Goods carefully packed and de- lvered to the transportation com- panies WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. . G. Cornwell & Son, 1412-1414 Penna. Ave. It SE SLOSSIOSOOSE: LETT ELT G F9SSOS00 10990000000 ? Ladies, Attention! The time has come for us to com- meue making up our Fur stock for the next full season. In order to give us room we have decided to Close Out Our Entire Steck of Spring Goods, Absolutely Perfect. We will sell only one special article each day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Oe ta a ee a te Monday Separate Skirts. $5 Mohair Skirts, $2.75. $7 Serge Skirts, $3.00. $10 Crepon Skirts, $6.00. 513.50CreponSkirts,$7.50+ Capes. } $7.50 Cloth Capes, $3. $10 Silk Capes, $4.00. $10 Crepen Capes, $4. $5 Cloth Capes, $1.75. + TELL YOUR FRIENDS : Soectortont ‘That it wil! pay them to watch our sales daily. Furs stored during summer and in- sured against loss by fire or moths for a trifling charge. THE HUDSON BAY FUR CO., 515 11th st. nw. MARTIN WOLF, Manager. etetnteteteiietetetetetntetetentnetetetes That Cottage Or Summer Home will need be supplied with Lamps. Just in, new lot of the celebrated E. Ti. No need of taking off chimney or shade to light. Can supply you all styles. 20e. Up. Seat Seeseetetentent st ray17-100d % oepetet Pattern. Cc. A. Muddiman, 614 12th St. my18-484 Take Ripans Tabules for that dull, sick headache. Only 50c. a box. At _all druggists. [All Facial : Blemishes imples, biotches, tan, olly removed by VENETIAN RICE ER. Makes the skin soft as vel- makes white. s—25e. hottle. , Sth and Pa. beater, Alexan- 4 ‘Wholes: — ave. dria, V Arabian Mfg. Co., exq 1009 H St.N.W. | Yroover rrr re People Suffer With Headache from year to ycar—take drugs of all kinds—spend lots of money—yet get no ‘The trouble doubtless lies with es. We cured thousands of sufferers. ‘tentifie- y examining the eyes ctaining proper glasses and iitting them— without extra charge. (>We may help you. Costs nothing to find out. McAllister & Co., Opticians, 1311 F STREET. (Next to “‘Sun’’ building.) my18-28d O00oseod QPP ICE DELivereD When Promised. —We're particularly careful to serve all our’ patrons punctually. If you want your ice at. @ certain time—order from us—it'l be there regularly. —No harder, clearer or purer ice than our Kennebec ice can be procured anywhere. —Remember to order only from WHIT WAGONS, or "Phone 372. Great Falls Ice Co., rax@ave: my18-28d Yr Jewelers Don’t Shoe Horses But soneti!mes when you've got back your bungled over watch you think some of them ought to be Pe on arn 3 3 ; 3 3 Going that. Y don’t bungle when T repair a wateh —I respect my reputation too much to turn oat anything but the best work. T5e. for mainspring. Werk delivered. called te Hutterly, my16-3m Te THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Remove That Tired Feeling, Take FREE SILVER MEN Ex-Representative Coombs Discusses the Motives of Their Agitation. AYER’S ALL IN THE. NTERES OF PRODUCERS (The Only World’s Fair) Sarsaparilla. Over Half a Century Old. Why Not Get the Best? AYER’S PILLS cure Headache. IF THE BABY IS C1 ING TEETH BE SURE ‘and usc that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allars all in, cures wind colic und {a the best remedy for Siurshoeas 25. cats a bottle. sel0-1y MUST NOT BE CONFOUNDED WITH COMMON gathartic or purgative pills, | Carter's Little Liver Fills arc entirely unlike them in every respect. Ore trial wiil prove their superiority. HAVE YOU SEEN THE WO} WE ARE OFFERIN $15.00 Js rot a big price for any Suit msde to order. We are showing goods for that ERFUL VALUES ? rice which other tailors are asking 3) sod $25 for. $20.00. Onr $20 line of Suitings comprises the choicest imported fabr cs. Regular prices of thes> goods, $25, $3) and $35. Our Specialty: COAT AND VEST OF CLAY WEAVE, BLACK WORSTED, TO ORDER, $12.00, WORKMANSHIP AND FIT GUARANTEED. Morton C. Stout & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, mz F St. N.W. my 13-404 Better than ever, than all others, when iced, is Burcheli's Family Tea, Spring Lent at G0 cents, myl7-14d 1825 F st Partings Are Sad! You can delay parting with a fa ite garment of any description by having it repaired by the UNIVERSAL MENDING Ci apé-7d Room 4, 1114-1116 Fst. » Make A Rule —of selling all books at great discounts on publist: prices. Shop here for new bocks, if you want the lowest price. Pursell, 418 oth st. my17. USE DR. SI world renowned South American appetize Invigorator of exquisite fluvo CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. Erthusiastie and Largely Meeting Last Night. An enthusiastic and largely attended meeting of Christian Endeavorers was held last night in the Calvary Baptist Sunday school house to listen to a report from the transportation committee relative to the trip to the July convention at Boston, and to arouse a degree of enthusiasm that will induce a large number of Washington young people to be present at the '95 con- vention, in order to make the one in "9 which will be held in this city, even more of a success than it promises to be. For an hour preceding the mass meeting a number of committee conferences were held in near-by churches, at which one-minute speeches on different phases of the com- mittee’s work were made by interested members. At 8:30 these conferences ad- journed, and the whole membership gath- ered in the Sunday school house, where a short business meeting was held, at whicti Miles M. Shand was elected president of the District union to fill the vacancy cre- ated by the resignation of L. A. Conner, jr., and W. B. Robison was chosen first vice president. President Shand was es- corted to the chair, and then Messrs. Percy S. Foster and Norman T. Elliott of the transportation committee occupied the re- mainder of the evening, giving detailed and interesting accounts of the plans pre- pared for the trip to Boston, the itinerary of the journey and all information neces- sary as to where and how Washingtonians will be quartered and cared for and some of the plans contemplated for their enter- tainment. A stereopticon was used to il- lustrate the remarks. Announcements were made, and a number of persons added their names to the long list already in hand of those intending to be members of the party. It is expected that Washington will send a delegution at least 300 strong. The union of Junior Endeavor societies, representing a membership of 2,000, held a mass meeting last night at the First Con- &regational Church, the president, Rey. E. B. Bagby, presiding. There was arranged a delightful program of songs and recita- tions, which the little ones went through with in a most entertaining manner. The project of establishing a country home, where the poor children of Washington can be given an outing, has been vigorously pushed, and at the meeting last night it was reported that $375 of the proposed $400 had already been secured, and an ad- ditional $125 would be raised before the last of June. This assures beyond any doubt the financial success of the enterprise. A pleasantly situated hore has neen secured in Fairfax county, a few minutes’ ride from the city, and the hearts of many of Wash- ington’s pinched-faced and _bare-footed children will be made glad by a two weeks’ romp in the sunny fields of the Virginia home. An excursion for the junior socie- ties to the place has been planned for the 21st of next month, when the children will be given an opportunity to see what they have provided for their less fortunate com- paniors. Attended — For the Eye of Health Officer. To the Editor ‘of The Evening Star: I noticed in The Star a few evenings since that inspectors have been going the rounds of the city, making notes of vacant lots abutting on paved sidewalks, with a view of prosecuting the owners thereof in case earth was allowed to accumulate thereon. Permit me the use*of your valuable sheet to say that the vacant ground in square 620, between M street northwest and Pierce street, has been made a common dumping ground, for some time past, for all kinds of trash, such as ashes, dirt, brick, old tin- ware, slops, garbage, rags, paper, straw, bedding, refuse from cellars, etc., and the thing promises to be a menace to the pub- lic health as the hot weather approaches. in as it is by large houses on M street and a row on Pierce street, out of the view of pessers by, affords a fine harbor for refuse collectors; and, under cover of the night, and often during broad daylight, the dump- ing goes on serenely and uninterruptedly, until the place has become very unsightly and noisome. I have written to the owner of the place, begging him to fence it or put up a sign, “No dumping here,” and I have written to the health officer and the Com- sioners about it, but all to no purpose. The dumping goes on, the filth is accumulating and the health of the neighborhood is be- coming endangered more and more every day, and there, where the smallpox occur- red last winter, this summer will perhaps see the prevalence of cholera, typhoid fever, dipththeria, etc., etc. Cannot some- tring be done to abate this nuisance? eee age Lost His Money. Julian Boswick, a discharged soldier from | Fert Monrce, reports that while under the | influence of liquor he went to sleep on a tench in the Smithsonian grounds, and vas robbed of $6. Now he wants the po- lice to arrest the thief and recover his money. The peculiar location of this ground, shut li Difficulties inl a Change of Ratio Betwéén the Metals. COST OF RECOINAGE Ex-Representative Coombs of Brooklyn does not believe there is any danger of the silver men capturing the next democratic national convention. Mr. Coombs was seen by a Star reporter today and was not in- clined to discuss the silver question, be- cause, as he said, he had been quoted fre- quently on that subject of late. But when asked what he thought of the claims of the silver advocates that they would have a majority in the national convention, he replied: “The undue haste in holding some of the preliminary conventions, particularly in the state of Illinois, leads me to believe that the advocates of silver are afraid of the campaign of education, and are very anx- fous to convert the democratic party in the various states to their doctrines a long time in advance of the general convention of the party. This will, of course, very much injure the party if they should su ceed in committing any considerable por- tion of it to their theories. No Free Coinage Platform. “But I have no idea that the party in its national convention will adopt the plat- form of free coinage. I have gone over the electoral vote cf the various states and I find that conceding them all that they claim, including the state of Illinois, there is still a largé majority for sound cur- rency. We have at least a year for the campaign of education, and our work in that direction is only just begun. I hope the fight will a square and final one, unequivocal in its demands for sound cu rency and with no vague promises in rela- tion to bimetallism. “The newspapers tinued Mr. Coombs, “‘conts ported to be interview with ex-Speaker Cri in which he is represented as ex- pressing some doubt as to the advisability of urging the fight for the free coinage of silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1, as it was too evidently in the interest of the producers of silver. “I hope that he was correctly quoted, for it would mark an awakening to the fact hey are the only people who would be and surely benefited by it. The price of silver today in London is 30 5-S pence, which equals 67 1-4 cents of our money at ruling rate of exchange. This makes the value of a gold dollar $30.73 in silver. The proposition of the silver pro- ducers is that government shall fix the valve of a gold dollar by statute at $16 silver—a clear profit to the silver producer, over the market price, of $14. Diticulties:¢n a Change of Ratio. “It does not seem. possible that any con- siderable body‘of men, outside of the pro- ducers of silver, ¢an seriously entertain such a proposition, and yet the change of ratio would be’ accompanied by almost in- surmountable difficulties, some of which it would be well to give due consideration to at this time, “If the new silver dollar to be coined was to contain thé equivalent in value of a gold dollar wé should be obliged to put into it grains of standard silver in place of the 112%% grains contained in the dollzrs now in use, while under the ratio of 16 to 1. This would necessitate making them nearly dbubie in size and too heavy for convenience, Hach dollar would weigh 1 8-10 of an othce avoirdupois, or $10 1 1-8 pourds. There'would be vantage in {t, that when a man had a silver dollar in his pocket he would know it. There would be no manner of doubt about it. It is true, it might ba necessary to enlarge the ca- pacity of his pockets. “Another almost insurmountable disad- vantage would be that it would necessitate the recoinage of every dollar now in the treasury or in circulation. In the mean- time they would be discredited and abso- lutely useless as a currency. The director of the mint informs me that it would re- quire at least ten years to recoin at a new ratio the $423,000,000 which have been is- sued by the government. Of course, this Process would have, to be repeated every time there was a change in the value of silver. Cost of, Recoinage. “In order to recoin the present output at the new ratlo it would be necessary for the government to purchase nearly 283,500,000 ounces of silver, which, at the present price, would cost about $19,000,000, to which must be-added $4,650,000, the esti- mated cost of recoinage, making aitogether 3194,650,000 necessary as a further invest- ment in the experiment of silver. The: obstacles to free coinage at an honest rat will have the effect of dividing the silver forces. “Doubtless the advocates of further silver coinage will meet this argument with the statement that they really don’t expect the silver coin to go into circulation, but to be deposited with the government and have silver certificates issued in its stead. The question naturally arises, why, then, resort to this enormous, expense and complicate the problem by the accumulation of such an immense body of silver? Their answer to this would be that there would be a -se- curity for the silver certificates. In reply we might ask them another question. Is :t reasonable to suppose that in case govern- ment should desire to retire the certificates from what it cou}i realize upon the silver thus coined it would ever be able to do it? It is generaily conceded by those qualified to judge that we could not dispose of the bullion now in the treasury within three years at a price exceeling 40 cents per ounce if it should be thrown upon the market. Instignied by the Producers. “One can:ot help coming to the deliberate cerclusion that the attempt to increase the currency in this indirect and expensive way, invelving, as it does, the possibilities cf encrmous loss to the government, for gcvernment must eventually pay the loss ccrsequent upon this action, without com- ing to the deliberate conclusion that it is irstigated by the producers of silver for the purpose of making a market for their wares. The fact that the focus of this egitation is in the silver states is a further indication to guide us. If they can secure the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16.40 1 they can afford to spend in influencing public opinion a great many miilions cf dollars. That amount would be a trifling investment compared to the profit which would inure to them. No such gigantic scheme far the enrichment of any class cf producers at the expense of the feople at large has heretofore been de- vised, and I cannot help thinking that when the intelligent people of the country come down to the facts of the case there is no possibility of their sutceeding. “Asid2 from the probable direct loss which their scheme would entail upon us, would be the indirect, but no less positive one, of what we should lose by the severing of financial relations with the ofher great na- If we put ourselves upon a silver basis we certainly clog the financial chanhels and interfere with the free course of trade. We produce enor- mous quantitiés of the articles that the world wants, and if we are on equal terms we can supply them to the buying nations in competition with any other producers. At the present day it is a fair estimate that ore-seventh, or 10,000,000,-of our peo- ple are supported by the returns from the articles that we export. Any interference with the current of this trade, by which it would be reduced, would bring disaster upon a large percentage of our people. Condition of Silver Countries. “We should not fail in this discussion to consider the condition of the countries of the world which have free silver laws. These nations are Japan, Mexico, Colom- bia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. In all of these countries the laboring man and small farmer are little better than serfs, showing that the effects of the basing of the currency of the country bears with most crushing effect upon the more de- pendent classes of its people.” WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Well-Supplied Market and Little Change in Prices. The condition gf the local wholesale Produce market is, with very few excep- ticrs, as it was a week ago today. In some grades butter shows a further decline of a cent a pound, holding to last week’s quotations in the others. Eggs, after drop- ping earlier in the week, today show an advance. Vegetables, where they do not show a decline, are about as quoted last week. Live stock and dressed meats still continue high, and the same is to be said of poultry. Strawberries are very plenti- ful and lower. The market today is a re- markably well supplied one, and a strong, active demand gives it unusual firmness. Taken generally, the market is highly satisfactory to both buyer and seller. Butter during the present week showed more firmness than for a week or two, due, probably, to the unusually cool weather. No material change, one way or the other, is looked for much before the first of the coming month, when the arrival of full-xrass steck will advance prices. ‘The unusual cheapness of fine goods is responsible for an almost utter neglect of the lower grades, the latter being very peor in quality. Near-by stock shows a strong garlic taint, and causes it to be practically unsought. Today for fancy Elgin creamery and other western extras, 19 cents a pound is asked; choice, 17; firsts, 16; seconds, 15; fancy creamery print, 23; dairy print, 16 to 18, and Maryland ‘and Virginia print, 14 to western dairy, best, 12 to 13, and good, 9 to 10; Maryland and Viriginia dairy choice, 14 to 15, and gcod to prime, 11 to 13; bakers’ stock, 12%. In cheeseprices for old stock are as last quoted, the stock being very fine. New stock, however, is about 2 cents a pound lower than last week. New York state full cream, large, 12% cents a pound; flats and ponys, 13, and new stock, 9 to 10. During the week eggs dropped to 11, put today the market is firm at 13 cents a dozen for nearby and western fresh, from a haif to one cent lower for southern fresh. The price quoted is, of course, mainly due to the recent cold snap, and with the re- turn of warm weather prices should de- cline. Poultry, because of its scarcity and be- cause of the continued high prices for meats, still shows an advance unusual at this season of the year. The receipts are Ught, while the demand is out of all pro- portions. Especially is this true in spring stock. Prices are practically as quoted this day a week ago For spring chickens, 25 to 40 certs a pourd are asked. Live winter stock, 18 to 21; capons, 15 to 25; old stock, 5 to 10. Live turkeys, '8 to 11. Live ducks, 8 to 9; and geese, 7 to 8. The market is bountifully supplied in vegetables and fruits, and prices are grad- ually declining as the season advances. The cold snap just experienced appears to have had little effect on the market here. Cucumbers, 50 to cents a box; kale, to 35 cents a barrel; new peas, $2 to $2.50 * box; Florida beans, 75 cents to $1 a «cents to $1 a dozen; let- a barrel; new Irish po- 30 to , $1.50 to sa bushel; sweets, $1.25 to $2.75 a Florida tomatoes, $3 to $6 a craic; cabbage, $1.50 to $2.50 a barrel; turnips, ¢ a barrel; apples, $2 to $6 a ‘alifornia oranges, $3.59 to $4; Mes- sina, $3 to $4 a box, and Valencia, $4 to $4.50 a case; strawberries, 8 to 15 cents a quart. No changes are noticed in live stock or dressed meats, live cattle being quoted at from 3 to 6% certs a pound; sheep, 3 to 4; lambs, 3t2 to 5, and spring lambs, 4 to Gt. cows, with calves, $25 to $45 each; calves, 3 to 6 cents a pound; dressed calves, 5 to 9; sheen, 4 to 6; country sugar-cured hams, 9 to 11. —_—- AFFAIRS GEORGETOWN. Local Notes From Across Rock Creek. At a regular meeting of Independent Ledge last night the body, on a motion, was separated into two companies, to be in charge of Captains Coleman and Law- rerce, whe will superintend the arrange- ment of future programs alternately. Messrs. Dunberth, Horner and Morrison were selected to serve as judges of the ludge. There were present last night visit- crs from Ster of Hope, Silver Star, Friend- nd Liberty lodges. night “Connections, Character and Career of Rey. John Wesley” was the sub- ject of an illustrated lecture at the Dum- barton Avenue Church, given by Rev. Mr. August Davisson of the Methodist Church South. The effort was a big suc- cess. The crowd was large and the in- terest was sustained throughout. At St. John’s Parish Hall, O and Poto- mac streets, Wednesday evening next there wili be given a finely illustrated lecture on “A Trip Acress This Continent.” It will be given under the auspices of the Boys’ Chapter, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, by Mr. B. P.Murray. At the Baptist revival last night, under the direction of Rev. G. Elsom, five young men made professions of the faith. The attendance was immense, the congre- gation being from all parts of the District. The subject of the evening’s sermon was “My Spirit Shall Not Always Strive With Man.” It proved a powerful discourse. A feature of the evening was the solo work of Mrs. Elsom. She sang with great ef- fectiven “Redzemed.”” Mrs. Elsom has a sopra voice, capable of considerable renge. Tomorrow there will"be three meetings at the Baptist Church,at 11, 3 and 8 o'clock. The afternoon service will be for the chil- dren particularly. The Geo. U. Norris Post, G. A. R., will pay more attention than ever this Decora- tion day to the flowering of the graves of their soldier dead. A good deal of time has been taken up this year by the post in the location of unmarked graves, par- ticularly in Holy Rood cemetery. In most cases stones have been placed at the graves to identify them. These were ob- tained from the quartermaster’s depart- ment free of charge. Mr. Daniel McCarthy of 3401 M street died suddenly on Thursday night. a Another Plan for Naming the New Streets. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The proposition for naming the east and west streets as avenues is objectionable, because it is contrary to the settled idea that an avenue is a highway diagonal to the streets of the rectangular system. The ideal plan for-naming the new streets is one preserving the present admirable plan in which the name of the street and the number of the house indicate the local- ity of the house. ° To maintain and perfect this plan, let all rerth and south streets receive as names the numbers of the present north and south streets of which they are continuations actually or practically, or of which they wculd be continuations if connected with them. Between them may be streets desig- nated by fractions, as 12 1-4 or 12 1-2. Let there be added to the present east and west streets, streets named X, Y and Z, n. e. and n. w., divided by North Capitol street. Then let the first continuous street north of Z street n. e. and n. w. be named 2d A street n. e. and n. w. Run the alphabet through, and then be- gin again with 3d A street n. e. and n. w. Run that alphabet through, and then will remain a few streets to be named 4th A street, etc. Then let east and west streets between any two lettered east and west streets—be- low or above the boundary—all receive the same name, whether or not they connect, ard let the houses on them ail be numbered as if the streets were one continuous east and west street. Of such intermediate east and west streets there will hardly be more than one alphabet will cover. Let the name of each such street have as its initial letter, the letter of the east and west street next south of it. Let all such streets in the present city plat be so re- named beginning at the street or streets be- tween A and B streets northeast and north- west. The names of such streets may be of any sort—names of ex-Presidents, ex-Vice Presidents, ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives, names of cities, lakes, rivers, of distinguished citizens—beg par- don—residents of the District of Columbia, or names mixing these kinds. It matters not what the meaning of the name is. It needs only that the word has the initial letter which indicates its location in the series of east and west streets. Finally abolish utterly all other street names, getting wholly rid of names of colleges, cities, men, etc., which now lie in patches here and there, nobody knows where. . J. 8. — Asks a Divorce. A petition for divorce was filed yesterday by Harriet E. against Jesse W. Sisson. They ‘were married at Providence, R. I., September 18, 1889, and the husband is chergcd with nen-support and desertion. TEN SURVEYING PARTIES. Rod d Chainmen Will Be Plentiful in the Cherokee Nation. Chief Clerk Rizer of the United States geological survey has returned from Indian territory, where he assisted in instituting the survey of the territory to be made by the government. His special duty was to Furchese the outfits for the ten parties that have been placed in the field. There are 176 men in these parties, and they are supplied with eighty-four mules and forty wagons. The work was commenced on the edge of the Chickasaw Nation lands, which were surveyed many years ago, and carried westward therefrom. The first two parties in the fleld surveyed the base lines east and north, the second two ran the ex- ternal township lines, while two others are triangulating the territory with a view to mapping it. Four other parties, each of which consists of four divisions of six men each, but having a common head topo- grapher and camp, have just been started to divide the townships into sections and quarter sections. All the work at present is being done in the Choctaw Nation. Better results are ex- pected from this method than from that frequently employed of beginning simul- taneously in several sections of the tract to be surveyed and pushing forward to a central spot, where all the parties meet. It is expected that the survey of the west- ern portion of the territory will be com- pleted by the close of the year or at least by r:ext spring. The appropriations for the purpose will not be sufficient for the su vey of the entire territory, and more funds will be required to complete the work. The surveyors are suffering severely from insects, and the danger from snakes, centi- pedes and tarantulas. The soil is sandy, and the country lightly timbered, with heavy undergrowth. Each party cut-a path fifty feet wide along the lines followed, and one of these, under command of Mi Baldwin, kept an account of the rattk snakes that were seen. They averaged five to the acre, or 3,200 to the square mile. Col. Rizer says the land is fertile and well adapted to cotton growing. SS SS American Cattle Abroad. Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau of ani- mal industry of the Agricultural Depart- ment, is examining into the facts in the ease to determine whether or not European countries, and especially Great Britain, dis- criminates against cattle from the United States in the matter of regulations govern- ing importation and slaughter. Mr. Bu- chanan, United States minister to the Ar- gentine Republic, reports that he is in- formed that cattle from that country im- ported into Great Britain are not required to be slaughtered at the port of entry, which is the case with cattle from the United States. This matter is being look- ed into by the department previous to hav- ing a protest made by the State Depart- ment in case it should prove to be the case. ——_- e—_____ Mr. Benedict is With Them. Public Printer Benedict yesterday noti- fied the joint committee from the various unions in the governmert printing office that their indorsement of the proposition to put the office urder civil service rules had his approval and support. The sub- committee called on Mr. Benedict in per- son and had a most cordial reception. There were present Mr. J. J. Sullivan, rep- resenting the Typographical Union; Mr. F. S. Hayes-of the Pressmen’s Union; M George E. Gorman 07 the Electrotyper: Urion, and Mr, W. J. Slater of the Stereo- typers’ Union. ———+o—____ Pension Decixions. Assistant Secretary of the Interior John M. Reynolds has rendered the following pension decisions: A declaration not exe- cuted before some person authorized to ad- minister oaths in pension cases is void and does not authorize a pension subsequently granted on a valid declaration to com- mence from the date of filing such void declaration, Where pension has been granted to sev- eral minor children, the pension of each is chargeable with his or her proportionate part of the fee due the attorney by whom the claim was prosecuted. Where payment to one of said minors is withheld, there is no fund available for the payment of his or her part of said fee. Appellant's failure to explain within the year allowed him the failure of claimant to appear for medical examination was neglect, and by that neglect he forfeited all right to further recognition. —————— THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Morris agt. W. and G. R. R. Co.; decree discharging rule and modifying injunction. Bateman agt. Plumb; order for commission to issue. Fry agt. Lucas; F. H. Mackey appointed ad litem. Orme agt. Benton; sale confirmed and cause referred to audi- tor. Hammond agt. Columbia Chemical Co.; rule on defendant, returnable May 23, granted. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Mayer agt. Barbour; judgment on verdict for defendant. Haws agt. W. and G. R. R. Co.; do. Geo. W. Scott agt. Hoare & Wil- let verdict for defendant for $43.01. Thompson agt. Gibbs; judgment by default. Wm. G. Burns agt. Silas S. Daish; on hear- ing. McArdle agt. Connell; rule on plaintiff to empley new counsel. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. In re Saml. C. Van Deventer, guardian; claim of $68 allowed. Estate of A. Belden Crane; final account passed. Estate of Mary C. Cobb; receipt filed. Estate of Grif- fin S. Martin; inventory filed. Estate of Ann M. Carpenter; commission ordered to issue. Estate of Richard Cruikshank; ar- gued. Estate of Susan McCauley; will ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Clement W. Howard; bond, $2,000. Estate of Marie D. Zglinitski; executor bonded and qualified. Estate of Catharine Hudnell; order of publication. Estate of Chas. Gessford; second account of admin- istrator passed. Estate of Lucinda Hughes; first account of executors passed. Estate of Mary E. Kraft; final account of admin- istratrix passed. Estate of A. M. Tubma: citation returned served. Estate of Bas Beall; receipt filed. Estate of James Gan will filed. Estate of Mary E. Curtis; wil partially proved. Estate of Wm. Scherger; will proved. ——_- —_ Sudden Death of Isniah Thompson. Isaiah E. W. Thompson, for seventeen years a clerk in the dead letter office, died suddenly of heart disease at his residence, 724 9th street northeast, yesterday. He was 7 at his office the day before apparently in good health. Mr. ‘Thompson in his fifty-seventh year, and a native of Penn- sylvania. In i861 he volunteered in Senator M. S. Quay’s regiment. Eor twenty-four years he had been a resident of Washington. ‘A wife and seven children survive, one of whom is Mr. Lewis A. Thompson, assistant examiner of patents. Mr. Thompson was prominent in G. A. R. circles, and a mem- ber of George H. Thomas Post. He will be buried with military honors at Arlington Tuesday. a The Golden Cross. Grand Commander 0. B. Hallam has completed the organization of the Grand Commandery of the United Order of the Golden Cross for the present year by the appointment of the following committees: On laws and supervision, W. S. Stetson of Halcyon, Jos. Burroughs of St. John’s and A. H. Stamp of Halcyon; on appeals and grievances, Dr. J. A. Dickinson cf Colum- bia, Dr. Chas. Allen of National and Mrs. Carrie M. King of Anacostia; on finance, D. W. Keck of Meridian, E. Q. Gunson of Columbia and Mrs. Emma 8. G. Pattee of Trinity; or_printing, W. H. Pope of Good- will, Jas. H. Dony of Anacostia and Mrs. Martha J. Peabody of Capital; on state of the order, Edward Steer of Goodwill, R. W. Burnside of Potomac and Mrs. Emma A. Martin of National; on credentials, J. S. Moffatt of St. John’s, J. B. Diver of Capital and Mrs. Sarah E. Maddox of Meridian; on returns, F. A. Holden of Potomac, Jas. F. Harvey of Trinity and Miss Clara R. A. Nelson of Mount Vernon. The grand commander has appointed the following deputies for the subordinate com- manderies: Goodwill, Mrs. Inazella F. Jones; St. John’s, Thos. M. Downing; Hal- cyon,’ Thos. Humphrey; Meridian, Miss Lauretta Henrick; Capital, T. C. Spurgeon; National, Samuel Howison; Columbia, +3e0. W. F. Sirleby; Anacostia, Stephen Simonds; Mount Vernon, Miss Clara E. Lewis; Po- lstomac, Geo. W. E. Slater; Trinity, Wm. T. Kent. The officers of the Supreme Commandery will be tendered a reception at Goodwill Commandery on the 27th by Grand Com- mander Hallam, assisted by committces from the Grand Commandery and subcr- dinate commanderies. —— Spanish Cavalry for Cuba. The Spanish government has ordered a body of fifteen hundred cavalry to pro- ceed immediately to Cuba. TO RESCUE LIEUT. PEARY. His Wife Will Lecture Under the Geo-" graphic Society's Auspices. Next Thursday evening at Metzerott Hall Mrs. Robert E. Peary, the wife of the Greenland explorer, will deliver a lec-" ture in ald of the fund that she is endeavor- ing to raise to defray the expenses of an expedition to the shores of that frozen island to enable her husband to return to” civilization with the records of his expedi- tions along the northern boundary. This* lecture is given under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, which orig- inally aided Lieut. Peary in Fis first e! terprise. The society, at a special meeting, held April 26, decided to use every effort to make this lecture a financial success, end placed the matter in the hands of a- ccmmittee of five, which has since been enlarged to include about forty of the best-known of Washington's citizens and ladies interested in such matters. The ex- Pedition fund will be swelled by the entire” Broes receipts of the lecture, as the use of Metzerott Hall has been donated free by the owners, and the society bears all+ the incidental expenses of the occasion. This expedition will probably start some-, time during the middle or latter part of July, so as to reach the headqvarters of the explorer before the Ist of September. Mrs. Peary and her brother, Mr. Emil* Diebitsch of this city, have practically” made all arrangements for the chartering of a steam whaler, which will leave St. John’s, Newfound'and, with the party as soon as all the details are decided upon. The cost of the expedition will be about $9,000, of which abcut 37,000 has now been raised by donations and by the proceeds. of a lecture given recently by Mrs. Peary in Brooklyn. Her lecture is based upon her own exper- jences in the north, where she spent two winters with her husband. It will be lustrated by upwards of eighty slides,sho ing specimens of Greenland scenery, views of arctic life, and portraits of the inhabi- tants of that frozen region. Some of the slides have been beautifully colored. One of the most attractive features of the lec- ture is the exhibition of several pretty portraits of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peary, who enjoys the distinction of having been born higher north than any other white child known to history. Mrs. Peary’s home at present is in this city with her parents. The expedition projected is not, in the generally accepted sense, a relief trip, for Lieut. Peary is not in any immediate dan- ger. He will make his tour along the northern border of the island during the coming summer, and will then have com- pleted all that it is possible for him to do on the present trip. It is estimated that he will then have ample supplies to last him through another winter, and there is no doubt that he can secure a safe refuge a* his old headquarters, which he is expected to reach about the time that the whaler arrives. The object of the expedition is to bring him back upon the completion of this year’s labors, so that he will »ot be obliged to waste another season there with- out being able to accomplish any further researches. Tickets to this lecture can be obtained from the secretary of the Geographic So- ciety, Mr. Everett Hayden, at 1515 H street northwest, or at Metzerott’s. a Academy of Forty. The monthly session of the Academy of Forty was held Monday evening in the pleasant parlors of Wimodaughsis. The first business of the evening was the elec- tion of permanent officers, as follows: Magister, Mrs. Ruth G. D. Hgvens; vice magister, Miss Mary H. Williams; scribe, Mrs. Mary E. Boarman; correspondent, Miss Edna M. Slater; repositor, Miss M, Catherine Garst; board of censors, Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Miss Sarah M. Huddleson and Miss Belle C. Morris. The conversation of the evening was upon “Charity,” with Miss Morris as director, She urged that the subject should kept: upon its higher plane of love and sympathy, but in the two hours which followed every phase of its meaning was touched upon, suggestively rather than exhaustive! from the “greatest thing in_the world” down to mere almsgiving. Mrs. Spencer spoke more with reference to her official ex- perience with public charities and thought the best hope was in bringing the little ones to loathe the dependence and helpless- ness which had been their birthright and environment. Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Rohrer, Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Shipp spoke from the higher level of human sympathy and the love which “endureth all things.” The conversation was ably sustained, the language well chosen and every sentiment expressed was a credit to the thinking women who have adopted this means for improvement and spiritual uplift. Mrs. Shipp selected “Economy’’ as the theme for the next session, and was made director for June. As the regular evening of the Aéademy would be June 10, and thus collide with the Wimodaughsis excursion, of which the academists desire to be a part, it is probable that another date will be an- nounced for the fifth session. ———>——_ High School Entertainment. An interesting entertainment and lec- ture was given at the Eastern High School last evening before a large audience. The first number of the program consisted of a military drill by a squad of young ladies from the three ‘Girls’ companies,” “X,” “Y" and “Z."” The young ladies, who have been under the direction of Mr.R. R. Rior- dan since the battalion was formed, gave an excellent drill, which secured the ad- miration and applause of all present. Other interesting features were: A selection,““The Corinthian,” school glee club; recitation, andy MacDonald,” Miss Maud D. Beck with of New York; Delsarte drill, by thir- teen young ladies of the school, under the drecticn of Mrs. Walton, their graceful movements greatly pleasing the audience, as was shown by the hearty applause. This was followed by a tenor solo, “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” by Mr, Fred A. Grant, as an introduction to the lecture, “The Wonderland of America,” by Mr. Jchn P. Clum of California, illustrated with stereopticon views by Mr. B. P. Mur- ray. sees ee ‘The Clover Leaf Society. Some of the more fortunate children of Washington have become interested in those who enjoy only a short two weeks’ respite from the intense heat and burning streets of the city, and have formed a ¢lub called the “Clover Leaf Society,” which is an auxiliary to the Children’s Country Home. They will give the play of “Cin- derella.””. Those who are too small to take part in the play will illustrate some fairy scenes by a short series of tableaux, and hope thereby to aid in paying off the ex- penses arising from the building of an ad- dition which is just being completed. This addition has been sorely needed for the last few years, in order to make the little ones taken out of the heated city thorough- ly comfortable for their two weeks’ outing. —__>_—_ Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Wm. S. Thompson, jr., et ux. to J. Henry Gulick, lots 18 and 19, sq. 236; $10. Wm. Gibson to Sam'l H. Bacon, part lot 13, sq. 211; $0. Wm. V. Lippincott, executor, et ux. to Josephine O. Ford, lot 8 and east one-half lot 9, block 41, North Grounds, Columbian University; $10,500. Same to George Ford, lot 10 and west one-half lot 9, bik. 41, North Grounds, Columbian Uni- versity; $10,500. Jno. E. Brown et ux. to Geo. Brown, part lot 7, sq. $10. Edw. J. Stellwagen and Frederick B. Me- Guire, trustees, to Michael W. Beveridge, lot 19, Widow's Mite; $5,625. Ira J. Baker et ux. to Ellsworth S. Whitney, part lot 8, block 23, Langdon Fark; $1,000. Jno. E. Ayers et ux. to Martin L. Welficy and Inq. C. Weedon, lot 16, sq. 965; $10. rs