Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1895, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. = Just Think, Boys, For Only $15 aa 5 — or a FALL OVERCOAT, tailored in best style—and a fit guaranteed! $25 Is the pri:e elzew here. ment made on the premises. © Ever TWO FLOORS of Woulens to select from. HASLETT & PISTEL, 1345 PA. AVE. N. W. Your Agents. -That’s the only Hat “agency” we have—pick everybody’s best styles, and nobody’s poor ones. Then, again—our com-= mission is small—$2.40 for everybody’s ‘‘three-dollar’’ Hat. HENRY FRAKG & SOW, Once Made, We Never Lose a Customer FOR SHIRTS. GIVE ENTIRE ‘There ee SHIRTS *¢*¢ IN EVERY WAY. ‘They are made of the © best materials, made in the best manner, wear better than all others, fit perfectly * * and the prices are lowest. al ing: ‘Shop. CORNER 7th and D. for this. OUR 1s but one reason f SATISFACTION Our prices are $1.00 & $1.50 ‘The $1.00 Shirt is equal in every parttc- *¢* ular to the average shirt sold for $1. oe? aad ile our $1.50 shirt equals the * © © majority sold for $2.00. This sounds like big talk, But we are here and the goods are here, and we are ready to prove what we say fo: them. W. S. TEEL, MERCHANT TAILOR, MEN'S FURNISHER, 935 Pa. Ave. N.W. it The Care of Fine Horses —has been a study with us for more than a quarter of a century. HERE horses receive every attention that a modern and thorough- ly sanitary. abode: afferds—supplemenzed bs Dest of food, beds of clean siraw and care- ful grooming by experienced men, We still have room for a Mmited number of boarders. £7 We also make a specialty of hirlug fine turnouts by the trip, week And month, wed- dings, theater parties, ete. Reasonable rates. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1€22-1628 [STI ‘PHONE, 555. 0¢21-20d think of me when you need shirts, For I can introduce you to more solid satis- faction in the way of sbirt wearing—than you've ever experienced. I managed to * snap up—this season—the prettiest line of * Shirtings I've ever laid eyes on. Suppose es see them. you come in and Frank Wells, sumrmaker1411Pa.Ave oc19-16d Columbia W HEELS Are the result of much time, study and expensive experi- ments. It’s made them what they are—the most superbly constructed Bicycles of the century. Teke ridiag lessons at Columbia Field, 17th and C st: First-rate instructors— matchless track. “Guarantee’’ tickets, District Cycle Co., “gambiae. J. Hart Brittain, Manager, an10-3m,28 wvw 452 Pa. Ave. wa A New Hat For Ladies. ese Just out this season—a ladies’ ‘“walk- ° ¢ Ing” hat. In black or brown, and just © the thirg for walking, cycling or for Wear ‘vith tailor-made’ gowns, to com- plets that “smart” appearance. More of those $1.50, $2 and $2.50 Derbies and Alpines. Best you can buy for the money. You know the superior stylishness of “Dunlap” hats. Here only in this city. Chas. H. Ruoff, Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. ocl8-24d FINE TAILORING. ‘We handle only the Higher Grade Cloths, study every detail of fashionable cutting and accept cnly the finest workmanship. Business Suitings from $80 to $35 and up. W. S. TEEL, 935 Pa. Ave. N.W. oclT-tf HAL We're going out of the furnishing business and Gerote our time to making men's shirts, and un- derwear and women’s shirt waists. That ac courts for ouc offer. Lots of good buying op- rtunities. Balbrizean Underwear, $2 kind, Se. kind, 50 Ne P. T. HALL, 908 F St. A Paying Investment-- Insure Your Bicycle Against accident or theft. $6 a Year cthe cost is small, but’ the nefits are big. Any ‘time your wheel meets with an accident you take it to one of our many sho) and have It expertly repal free of cost. cell or ‘phone (1595) for 8, sual Prices for Furnishings. jeo. Write, particu! B. Harleston, 1335 F, he Me Mutual Bicycle Insurance What's Your Verdict, Gentlemen? We submit the case to you in all candor: WHICH IS CHEAPER —which, as thinking men, would you advise a friend—to buy two or three “cheap” suits a year or NE good one—made of best cloth aud trim- mings by skilled workmen? We awalt your verdict. Snyder & Wood, 1111 Pa.Av., Ge Fine Tailoring at Reason: Prices. ocl9-14d - Sautter’s igtcent and finest. in the cts: Sautter’s fous’ tadies Gace cout Sautter’s "lcm Uiethitizg's. 502 oth St. a im. Sd Lincoln Co. Tenn. Sour [ash Whisky —1s the best in the world. No con- nolsseur would dare to proncunce other- wise. Only $1 bottle. $4.50 a gallon. TO-KALON WINE CO,, 614 14th, "Phone 918. 0c19-20d SPORTS OF THE DAY College Foot Ball Teams Judged by Saturday's Work. VISIT OF PHILADELPHIA WHEGLMEN + This Afternoon’s Twenty Mile Road Race. INTERESTING POLO Se SS Cornell’s defeat by Lafayette’s foot ball team Saturday is the surprise of the foot ball world. Either Cornell has a very weak team or Lafayette has a very strong one. Orange held Yale down to 25 points and scored against them 12. Lafayette but a week before defeated Orange by 16 points and prevented them from scoring. The La- fayette team has a fine line, which has played together for three years. A true es- timate of the team’s ability may be formed after their game with Pennsylvania next Saturday. Pennsylvania’s game was most satisfac- tery. Even the coachers looked forward with uneasiness to the game with Virginia in view of Brooke's injury. It was felt that Virginia was quite likely to score, and that the Pennsylvania would find great difficul- ty in tallying. Virginia did not have a weak team. The Southerners were a much stronger combi- uation than when they met Princeton, and played a better game. The Pennsylvania line played splendidly, biecking, interfering, backing and following the ball admirably. Pennsylvania has the orportunity, barring accidents, of develop- ing the finest foot ball team that has ever been turned out by any institution. From the tales which have been sent out frcm Princeton and the score made by Pennsylvania against Lehigh on Monday last it was expected that Princeton would make at least forty points. In reality they earned but ten of their sixteen, for six were gained upon a run by Brokaw which should have been called back. The Princeton back field was very weak, while the interference formed very poorly. On defense the Prince- ton team allowed itself to be opened up in the center very frequently. In fact, they were below the average of Princeton's teams in every department of the game. Harvard's game with Brown, in spite of the fact that Brown scored, testifies to a strong combination of players at Cam- bridge. There is little doubt that Brown is fully as strong this year as was Cornell last, while the team is likely to improve very rapidly. . Harvard seems to be strong in her back field, but weak in the center of her line. Yale's team seems to be troubled with much the same difficulty as is Princeton's. The work of her linemen against Orange was discouraging to her coaches. Unless the work of the linemen improves greatly there is little chance of Yale being strong in any department of the game. In De Witt and Thorne Yale has two splendid half becks, and it will be a pretty strong combi- ration which*will succeed in holding Yale's score very low down. Saturday's Foot Ball Games. University of Pa., 54; University of Va.,0. Princeton, 16; Lehigh, 0. Yale, 24; Orange A. C., 12. Harvard, 26; Brown, 6. Naval Cadets, 68; Franklin and Mar- shall, 0. Lafayette, 6; Cornell, 0. West Point, 3 Tufts, 0. Crescent A. Amherst, 0. A Tie Game. The second team of Central High School and the Le Droits, from Le Droit Park, played an interesting game of foot ball Saturday at Ist and V ‘streets, which re- sulted in a tle, with honors about even. The game did not begin until 11:15, and two twenty-minute halves were played, which were witnessed by a couple of hun- dred people. The line-up was as follows: c. H. 3. Position. Le Droits. -Patrick Bushnell Maynard ig plonship will be played the 26th, when the Central and Eastern teams meet. The only other games scheduled so far are those between the Central and Business on the 1si, 13th and 2ist of next month. Junior Foot Ball. The Cooke Park Juniors defeated the Tanglewoods at the Monument grounds Saturday by the score of 6 to 0. The fea- ture of the game was the fine tackling of young Taussig for the Cooke Parks. _CYCLERS VISIT WASHINGTON. ‘The Keystone Whecimen Have a Fine Day’s Sport at the Capit: Sixty-five members of the Keystone Wheelmen left Philadelphia yesterday for Washington and returned late last night. The party made the trip to and from Washington on a special train, and had several hours of pleasure at the capital. The club was received by a delegation from the Capital Bicycle Club, consisting of Capt. Dr. Hitts, C. J. Allen, Franklin Jamms, J. H. Britton and F. P. Libbey. After partaking of dinner the club was escorted to places of interest and indulged in a pleasant fourteea-mile run to Cabin John’s bridge and return. The club was heartily welcomed on every hand. Includ- ed in the participants were Select Council- men McClain and Ott of the first ward and James oe assistant architect of the board of ication. SCHADE’S GOOD WORK Success of the Washington Road Club Contests. The Washington Road Club races at the Cc. A. C. grounds Saturday afternoon were a great success. There were a number of close finishes and the track record was lowered by 51-4 seconds. There was a fair Get our catalogue and r-e-a=d it. The Spatding catalogue for fall’ and winter sports, 1895, is a perfect diction- ary of sporting goods. The very latest and most durable spo supplies. are portrayed with full deseription. Call at the store for catalogue before you buy anything in the line of sporting goods. It will teach you how the best sporting goods should “be made. Free for the asking. TAPPAN'S, 1013 PA. AVE. 021-244 HE LOSES MONEY! The man who ties himself to any ene clothier year after year without looking around loses many a chance to save money. For instance, the man who doesn’t look around will pay $10 for the identical Black Cheviot Suits we are’Séllitig’ this sea- son at $8. Many men have tied to us for many years, but first go around (of- ten at our suggestion) to see what the others are offering—and then re- turn to us to buy. Overcoat prices are under the others, too! GEO. SPRANSY, 434 7TH ST. attendance, and the track was in as good condition as it could be put. The only drawback was the wind, which blew in strong gusts against the riders as they came down the home stretch and sadly in- terfered with good time in several of the events. ‘The rider of the day who covered himself with the most glory was Fred. Schade, the seventeen-year-old crack who rides under the colors of the Washington Road Club. He entered in four events and crossed the line first on three occasions. In the fourth he was so heavily handicapped that he was practically out of the race. He has just re- turned from a trip through the south,where he found few who could push him, and the result was that he caught heavy handicaps Saturday. Still, he won the quarter-mile open, class A; the one-mile open and the special paced mile, class A, for the track record. In the two-mile handicap, class A, he started from scratch and was beaten by George S. Ball, W. R. C., who staried trom the 110-yard line. It was a hard race, and Ball won by only a few inches. In the fifth race a serious accident oc- curred. F. E. Ghiselli collided with C. E. Wood directly in front of the club house and was thrown to the ground. Upon ex- amination it was found that his left wrist was broken and he was removed to tke Emergency Hospital and from there to his home. ‘The opening race was a one-mile novice affair fcr a gold medal donated by the Dis- trict Cycle Company. Nine men started. F. E. Ghiselli took the lead and held it for two laps, when he dropped back and H. T. Seamark went to the front, and, closely at- tended by A. M. Taylor, made the running until the last time round, when H. H. Stone of the Arlington Wheelmen put on a spurt, and, drawing away, won by about three yards from William Woodward, with F. G. Thompson third. Time, 2:29. Ten faced the starter in the one-mile handicap. This was won by H. Z. Greer, W. R. Cs with H. A. Rhine, A. R. C., sec- ond, and Geo. E. Smith, W. R. C., third. In his attempt to lower the track mile record, Schade was paced by a tandem ridden by George Ball and C. I. Ronsaville and covered the distance in 2:12 4-5, which breaks the record by five and a quarter sec- onds. George Smith then went after the record and covered the distance in 2. He was paced by Wm. Jose and Charles Wood on a Rambler tandem. Robertson was the next to try for the record, but he slacked up too soon and finished the distance in 2.24 3-5. PLAYING POLO. Match Games Saturday at Fort Myer Grounds. There was a fine exhibition of polo Sat- urday afternoon at the Fort Myer grounds, between teams selected from the players of the Chevy Chase Club and the officers of Fort Myer. This was the opening of tke contests which are to be played be- tween Chevy Chase and the cavalry for the championship of the season. A series of four games was played, the reds win- ning three. The reds were Messrs. Henry Earle and Clarence Moore of the Chevy Chase Club, and Lieuts. Rhodes and Short of Fort Myer. Lieut. White played as sub- stitute. The other team was composed of Mr. Broom, Lieut. Hyer, Messrs. Louis Earle and D. Porter. °The referee was Mr. Parker. The afternoon’s entertainment closed with a handsome reception at the fort given by Capt. Porter. DUPONT CLUB RACE. With Handicaps, for This Afternoon’s Contest. W. Fred Stms is the scratch man in the 20-mile handicap road race given by the Dupont Cycle Club on the Conduit road this afternoon, and the time allowances run up to eleven minutes. The start and finish will be at the lower reservoir. L. B. Graves will be referee; W. D. Hadger and John Woerner, judges; A. M. Tubman, William Tappan and George Boyd, timers: William Jose, starter and handicapper. ‘The following entries have been made, with their handicaps: Eleven minutes—R. W. Christie, W. H. Walcott, Richmond Reddington, Robert Brott. Ten and a half minutes—M. Bowers, Geo. Calvert, Frank Kierer and F. H. Skinner. Nine and a half minutes—Howard Hoover, E, H. Burton, B. F. Grimes, E. S. Byrnes, William O'Connor and J. W. Garrison. Hight and a half minates—T. S. Wood, C. 8. Brush and J. E. Bischoff. Seven and a half minutes—E. L. Wilson, F.G. Thompsen. Six and a half minutes—A. H. Davison, W. R. Schroyer. Six minutes—Fred W. Moore, W. T. Rob- ertson. Four and a half minutes—W. ward, Harry Z. Greer. Four minutes—T. N. Mudd, R. H. Stone. Three and a half minutes—C. E. Wood, George E. Smith, C. I. Ronsaviile. Three minutes—Hayard T. Wrenn, J. J. Fister, Howard A. Rhine. Two minutes—S. E. Gause, George S. Ball, Claude Leatherbury. Scratch—W. Fred Sims. LOCAL FIELDING AVERAGES. Entries, O. Wood- Work of the Washington Players During the Past Season. President Yourg of the National League has compiled the fielding records of play- ers who took part in fifteen or more games during the playing season of 1895, The most surprising feature is the high stand- ing given Cartwright, as compared with unofficial averages. The following figures are the records of the local players, with their rank in their respective positions: sé 5 , 3 Name 8 PI 3 3 2 a & Be ee OE Cartwright (7) 1,097 93 19 1,209 084 Crooks (2). B36 «3640 27) O34 257 Joyce (17). 187 4234 73 852 Glasscock Bt 155, 26 02 Shelbeck (1: 97 152 30 892 Coogan (16) 36 50 80 Hassamer (1) 96. 4 2 Brown (19). 274 16 «19 Selbach (28) 238 20 29 Abbey (34) 278 D 32 06 Boyd (55). 18 0 6 750 2 g ap ‘A ; 3s oe Se et 8 ida 5 E #532 2 & & a2 6s & McGuire (11).132 412 177 88 23 650 .906 AN ENJOYABLE SMOKER. The Columbia Athletic Club Inaugu- rates a Series of Pleasant Events. A large number of the members of the Columbia Athletic Club and non-members who help to form the various subcommit- tees in charge of the approaching carnival enjoyed the first smoker of the season Sat- urday night at the club house. The party gathered in the main parlor, and a pro- gram of unusual merit was rendered, Dr. Wm. R. King presenting the performers. The most striking feature of the evening was the rendition of the new march, “The Athlete,” dedicated to the club by Prof. Fanclulli. From the manuscript score the lively creation was well rendered by the Madrid Mandolin Club, composed of B. F. Judson, H. E. Gallaher, A. V. Holmes and A. E. Yunat. It was announced at its conclusion that the march will be immediately published by Droop & Co., and will he played each night of the carnival, and copies of it placed on sale‘at the music booth. The others who took part in the evening's enter- tainment were Mr. Edward Walsh, J. J. Fisher, F. A. Harrison and Geo. O'Connor. ‘The committee on music and entertainment held a meeting before the smoker began, at which it was decided to engage the Marine Band for the entire carnival, and it was also determined to invite the various social and military organizations of the city to, attend the carnival and to arrange to ap- propriately entertain them upon the occa- sion of thelr visits. CHESS EXPERTS MEET TODAY. Showalter and Lipschutz to Battle for the Championship of the United States ‘The long deferred return match between the champion of the United States, Samuel Lipschutz, and Jackson W. Showalter for the championship will begin today at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club, New York. The match is for a $1,500 stake and a purse of $200 contributed by the Manhattan Chess Club. Marquez M. Sherling, a Mex- ican amateur, has given $100, which Is to go to the winner of the most brilliant game of the series, The winner of the first seven games, exclusive of draws, 1s to be de- clared the victor. a Mr. Lipschutz, the present champion, is a@ native of Hungary, ‘who emigrated to this country fifteen years ago. Jackson W. Showalter, although Mr. Lipschutz’s senior by two years, is a much younger chess player. He is a native of Kentucky. x In 1887 he went to New York, where he Joined the New York Chess Club, and soon developed his great latent powers in prac- tice with the leading lq¢gl players, most of whom had to acknowlefige him as their su- perior. After winning,@ match from the western player, Mat Queld, and also win- ning most of the gamps in contests with such masters as Pollocg, Delmar, Hanham, Lloyd and others, he encountered Lips- chutz, with whom he had made even games in casual play. This match, contested in 1892, ended in Mr. Lipschutz’s favor. International Chess Match. At the reception to H. N. Pillsbury, the world’s chess champion, in Brooklyn Tues- day a favorable cable message from Sir George Newnes of London concerning an international chess match was received with great applause. It was sent in response to a letter sent by the Brooklyn Chess Club. It recited that when Mr. H. N. Pillsbury was at Hastings he was instructed to open negotiations for a cable match between London and Brook- lyn, in which eight of the best players in England and America would compete. Mr. Pillsbury met with scant encouragement for the plan in England. The writer of the letter, Mr. John D. Elwell, suggests Thanksgiving day as the date of the match. ‘A large number of letters promising sup- port to the project have been received, among them being letters from Pillsbury, Lipschutz, Showalter a: Hymes. In his letter Pilisbury suggests that a suitable trophy be offered for such a match, to be contested for annually or to be contested for after the manner of America’s cup. Louisville Jockey Club Stakes. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 21.—Secre- tary Price today gave out a few figures re- garding the stakes of the New Louisville Jockey Club that closed on the 15th in- stant. The showing made ts a magnificent one. Three stakes were opened—the Ken- tucky Derby for 1897, the Clarke stakes and the Kentucky Oakes. With California and other remote points yet to hear from, the Derby has now 159 entries; Clarke stakes, 137, and the Oakes, 116. Among the promi- nent nominations are: W. O'B. MacDon- ough, who has named Orestes, the son of Ormonde and imp. Kissing Crust, and oth- ers; Charles H. Smith, with twenty-one, in- cluding a brother to Longstrest and other highly bred ones; Ed. Corrigan, with twenty; J. E. Madden, with fifteen, includ- Ing the Longfellow-Cinderella colt; J. E. Pepper, with fifteen; Bashford Manor, with fourteen; Ed. Brown, with thirteen; Baker & Gentry, with ten; C. Porter & Co., with ten, including the sister to the Butterfiles. Corbett Released. Chancellor Leatherman at Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday afternoon decided that there was no law in Arkansas prohibiting prize fighting, and that Corbett was there- fore unlawfully restrained of his liberty. He granted the writ of habeas corpus as prayed, and Corbett was released from custody. Gov. Clarke was seen after the receipt of the news of Chancellor Leath- erman’s decision. He said he was not sur- prised at Leatherman’svdecision. He con- tinued: ‘ t “I was never more, determined than at present to prevent the tight, and I am sure beyond peradventure that I will do so.” a Bubear, the Oarsmfn, Here. George Bubear, the''notéd English oars- man, spent yesterday in the city, on his way to Austin, Texas, where he will take part in the international regatta next month. He is in good congition and is will- ing to meet Hanlon or Gaudaur. He meets Haines, Wingate and Barry at New Orieans, whence they proceed direct to Austin. ——— SOUND MONEY: IN VIRGINIA. ° Collector Ryan Thinks It Will Be in a Majority in the Legiviature. Mr. William Ryan of Richmond, collector of internal revenue for-€astern Virginia, and presi lent of the State Newspaper Com- pany, is in the city. In an interview with a Star reporter today Mr, Ryan sald: “Concerning Virginia. politics, the most in- teresting and important fact is the steady growth of the sound money sentiment. The old dominion had been looked upon as a free silver state. A year ago it was prac- tically so. Last spring a change set in, and free silver has been lo: ever since. Secretary Carlisle's discussion of the money question converted many of our lo- cal politicians, and these politicians in turn helped to change the masses. And then during the summer Gov. O'Ferrall is- sued an exhaustive letter against free sil- ver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and in favor of sound money, which had a very telling ef- fect. A Sound Money Majority. “In the past few days I have made a careful survey of the state, and I am con- fident that a majority of both houses of the legislature to be elected next month will be sound money democrats, and will be able to pass ringing resolutjons indors- irg the democratic administration's finan- cial policy. The free silver people have, doubtless, had a well-settled program to pass strong resolutions against the Cleve- land-Carlisle policy in the event that they felt themselves strong enough. Delegates Next Year. “A few weeks ago the sound money men would have conceded the free silverites about half of the delegates to the national convention next summer. I feel safe in saying now that free silver will not carry over three out of the ten districts for the national convention. The probability is that sound money will carry eight out of the ten. If the sound money leaders in the legislature act with wisdom and boldness between now and spring {t will be so.” ee INVASION OF BRITISH GUIANA, London Journals Declare That It is Not to Be Borne. ‘The London Times and the Chronicle this morning printed articles explaining in detail the position of the Venezuelan matter, the latter paper especially as regards the American point of view, as indicated by official reports issued from Washington. The Chronicle says that there is reason to believe that if Lord Salisbury decides to settle the affair without regard to America’s intervention, America may carry out in full the intimation given in July by United States Ambassador Bayard in the friendliest spirit that the delimitation might be negotiated amicably through Washington. “There is no doubt,” the Chronicle con- tinues, “that the United States is deter- mined to bring about an early settlement of the dispute. No answer to Mr. Bayard’s dispatch to Lord Salisbury has yet been re- ceived at the embassy,” The Standard, conservative, had an edi- torial this morning on the Venezuelan ques- tion, in which it said: “The Venezuelan ultimatum is unlikely to lead to prolonged or doubtful complications. The convention of 1850 has been repeatedly infringed by the Venezuelans in encroaching upon soil indisputably British. | These galling and high-handed acts might ‘have been over- looked had not the outrages by these Vene- zuelan authorities reached lengths no long- er endurable. If such an aggression as the Uruan affair is to be ignored we might as well abandon British Guiana. We shall be surprised if the responsikle diplomats of the United States persist in maintaining that the Monroe doctrine has any bearing on the present case.” ‘The Daily Telegraph says in an editorial: “It is difficult to see how Monroeism is ap- plicable to the Venezuelan affair. If the Venezuelans invade British Guiana they must either be punished by us directly or they must be forced by their assumed pro- tectors in the United States to respect in- ternational laws.” —____+-e+______ E t of Cuban Sugars. United States Consul General Williams at Havana has transmitted to the State De- partment the third quarterly statement of prodyction and exports of Cuban sugars of 1894-95, compiled by Joaquin Cuma to Sep- tember 30 last. It show. that to that date the island of Cuba had marketed its pres- ent crop as Zollows: United States, 712,S1 tons, or 92.53 per cent; Spain, 26,296 ton: 3.41 per cent; Canada, tons, or per cent; Great Britain, 5, per cent. THE SPANISH MINISTER Rumor That He is Soon to Be Succeeded by Senor Sagario. Reasons Given for the Alleged Change —Senor de Lome Places No Cre- dence in the Report. It is reported that Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister at this capital, is to be recalled, and that Senor Don Jose Felipe Sagario, until recently the diplomatic rep- resentative of Spain to the United States of Colombia, is to sveceed him. The latter is now on his way to Madrid, it is safd, to re- ceive corgratuiaticns upon his alleged suc- cess in stemming the tide of Cuban senti- ment in the Spanish-American republics. The Alleged Complaints. According to the story, Senor de Lome has failed in his mission to the United States, in thet, despite the means at his disposal, he has failed to penetrate the plans of the Cuban managers in this coun- try; that he has failed to prevent the de- parture of filibustering expeditions, and that he has also failed in preventing the dispatch of munitions of war from this country to the Cuban insurgents. It 1s al- leged against him that, notwithstanding his resources, he has not succeeded in counteracting’ the growing sentiment of sympathy for tke insurgeats, and has fail- ed In every case to secure the conviction of alleged filibusters. No Change Likely at Present. These are given as some of the reasons why a change is imminent in the Spanish legation at Washington. How well based they are can only be determined by future developments. At any rate, if a change is contemplated, it will not be made for sev- eral months to come, and Senor de Lome will present his credentials to the Presi- dent at the first favora! opportunity, and will continue to exercise his diplomatic functions until he receives orders from Madrid to the contrary. Not Credited by Senor de Lome. Senor Dupuy de Lome himself places no credence ir. reports that he is to be recall- ed. Up to the present time, he said, he had received rothing but proofs indicating that the home government was entirely satis- fied with the manner in which he had con- ducted affairs of the legation here. ite- ports of his possible recail, the minister was inclined to think, originated with those who believed the cause of the insurgents would be promoted thereby. There had not been, he declared in conclusion, any dis- satisfaction with his course on the part of the government, but, on the contrary, many evidences of its approval. Sa HELD POLICE AT BAY. Exciting Scenes in the Suburbs of Chicago. Armed with a Winchester rifle and a re- volver, a madman defied the police for hours yesterday at No. 35 Woodland Park, in one of the most aristocratic residence districts of Chicago. s The insane man was G. S. Merwin of the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co., pig iron deal- ers. After every other attempt to capture the insane man before he should kill some one or injure himself had failed, sulphur was burned in the furnace. All the registers were closed excepting the one in the room oceupied by Merwin. In an hour after the sulphur fire was started Merwin, partly overcome by the fumes, laid down on his bed and was secured with but feeble re- sistance. Mr. Merwin Saturday afternoon attended a Concert at the Auditorium. Mrs. Merwin was ill and did not go. When Mr. Merwin returned home, early in the evening, he complained of a pain in his head. As the evening wore on his headache grew worse. He applied such remedies as were at hand, but they did not relieve him, and in the middle of the night he suddenly sprang from the bed, and, seizing his rifle, chased his wife to the kitchen. Throwing up a window, the terrified woman leaped to the ground, ten feet below, and ran to the resi- dence of Abram Baldwin, where she was cared for. The police were notified, and three men were sent to the Merwin resi- dence. As they tried to enter through a rear window, several shots were fired at them, while the insane man yelled at them, calling them burglars, and saying he would kill the first man coming up the stairs. The unfortunate man was dressed and taken to the Detention Hospital. Merwin is thirty-five years old. He came to Chicago five years ago from New Haven, Conn., where he was reared. Three years ago he was kicked in the head by a horse. Brawner Gets Three Years. John W. Brawner, who was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 Thursday afternoon of setting fire to his house, on M street southwest, in December last, was sentenced Saturday by Judge Cox to three years in the Albany penitentiary. In imposing sentence the court remarked that he had no doubt but that Brawner set fire to the house while intoxicated and because of a feeling of hos- tility against his next door neighbor, Reu- ben Taylor, colored. ——— Will Bring Suit. Mrs. Mary E. Acton has taken out let- ters of administration on the estate of Walter Acton, who was killed at the new jibrary building on the 18th of last month. Her counsel, Mr. C. Mauric> Smith, stated this afternoon that Mrs. Acton, as admin- istratrix, would soon enter a suit here against the Louisville (Ky.) Iron Company, doing the ironwork at the building, for $10,000 damages, holding that the company was responsible for the young man’s death. a Denouncing a Railroad Agreement. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire has written to the President and the interstate commerce commissiorers, urging action in the matter of the new trunk line agreement reached at the recent New York conference of railroad presidents. He declates the agreement is a violation of the anti-pooling and anti-trust laws, and effects a consoli- dation of nine railroads, with $3,000,000,000 capitalization, to,abolish competition and to establish, in defiance of law, the most stu- pendous trust the world has ever seen. He says in his letter to the President that “these stupendous crimes can, through ex- press United States statutes, be suppressed in advance by national officials, and that a single word from the President to J. Pier- pont Morgan would cause these confeder- ates to desist.” Invitations to Atlanta. General J. W. Avery, the foreign com- missioner, has dclivered: the invitations ex- tended by the directory of the Atlanta ex- position to Secretary Olney and to Minis- ters Andrade of Venezuela, Gana of Chile, Romero of Mexico, Peralta of Costa Rica and Charge D’affaires Senor Dominguez of the Argenting republic, whose countries have sent government exhibits, to attend and take part in the official ceremonies con- nected with the completion and formal in- stallation of these exhibits. Most of these persons have accepted and will be present with their ladies. Army Orders. Capt. Julian M. Cabell, assistant surgeon, has been ordered to duty at David's Island, New York. Post Chaplain Wm. H. Scott has been granted six months’ leave of absence on account of sickness. soe Germany's War Dogs. From the London Daily News. The Gardejager Pachmann and Herch, who took two German war dogs to Con- stantinople the Saturday before Whitsun- tide, have returned to Potsdam. The two dogs, when they arrived at Constantinople, had several days’ rest before they were shown to the sultan. His majesty and his officers were so much surprised at the clever and useful performances of the dogs that the German jager were begged to give some Turkish ‘soldiers instruction in tke training of such dogs. This was done for several days, after which the sultan gave the German soldiers each a decora- tion and 1,000 francs and caused them to be shown the city and its surroundings. The two war dogs were a present to the sultan from the German emperor. McKnew’s Daily Letter. Suits, Waists, most fashionable Coats, Capes, Wrappers, &c. Never in the history of our business have we shown the equal of our present collection of Stylish Coats, Capes, Suits and kindred furnishings. As you know, three of the leading cloak makers of America, who obtain nearly all of their ideas from the French and English capitals, confine their styles to us for Washington. This is the reason our garments are so much more novel and stylish than tl.ose shown elsewhere. ; 5 We are particularly “strong” on the Popular-priced Coats and Capes at $5, $6, $6.50, $7, $7.50, $8, $9, $10 to $15, although we have them up to $100. A new style of suit. We have secured the control of an entirely new tyle of Ladies’ Tailor-made Basque Suits. These are tight fitting, silk lined, have ripple coat back and adjustable.chemisette of same goods. They are shown in the popular dressy black, blue, brown and gray mixtures. No man or woman tailor could make you such a Suit under $35 to $50. These are but $25, $27.50 and $28.50—and we guarantee their fit. In the popular Reefer Suits we have Navy Black Cheviots at $10. Blue Cheviots at $9 and Beautiful House Gowns and Wrappers. We've never shown half so many at any one time before. Great variety in the richest imaginable French Flannels, in stripes, chintz patterns, plaids, checks and plain col- orings. The prices are particularly surprising, being but $5, $6.50, $7.50, $9, $10 and $15.50. Those new Castor Gloves. Ladies who have been waiting the past few months will be glad to hear that the “Castor” Gloves have arrived. New tans and grays, in 4-button and 6-button Mousquetaires, $1.25 and $1.50. Big values in Underwear. You will save running around by coming here first. You will also save money. Women’s Swiss Ribbed Fast Black Union Suits, $1. Children’s White Half Wool Ribbed Vests and Drawers, 5oc. qual- ity, for 39c. Women’s Nearly All-wool Swiss Ribbed Union Suits, in white and gray, our previous $2.25 quality, for $1.98. 4 Women’s Half-wool Swiss Ribbed Vests and Pants, in white and natural gray, usual $1 quality, for 75c. Exquisite line of Cloth and Silk Plaid Waists. Never before so much beauty and style for so little money. Of interest to the men. You men will be surprised at the extensiveness and goodness of this big stock of Men’s Furnishings. We could not afford to permit others to quote lower prices than ours. Remember, we are District agents for the World-famed Dr, Jaeger’s Underwear and kindred lines for men, women and children. W. H. McKnew, Men's, Ladies’ and Children’s Furnishings, Cloaks. 933 Pa. Ave. Sufts and Furs, WHEN LINCOLN WAS SHOT. Mrs. Surratt’s Waiter Boy Tells What He Knows. Nathaniel Simms, who in the early sixties was Mrs. Mary E. Surratt's colored waiter boy, lives north of Oxford, Pa. He is a native of Prince George's county, Md. Simms says when fourteen years of age he was bound out to Mrs. Surratt, there being seven other colored boys on the place. He tells, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the fol- lowing respecting his mistress: “The missis lived at Surrattsville, about seven miles from Washington, and, being a lady of wealth, owned considerable of the village. She possessed fine features and a temperament that was excitable. Her favorite hobby was riding horseback. I have seen her-put one hand on the saddle pommel and vault up into the seat without assistance. Mrs. Surratt was fond of wine. She could wield a rawhide with vigor, and it always came upon the backs of us boys so unexpectedly. “She entertained frequently. John Wilkes Booth was a frequent visitor at the house, he being very intimate with my mistress’ son, John Surratt. Booth, a kind of a help- less fellow, required a good deal of waiting on, and from him I received the first money I could say was mine. About two months before the taking off of President Lincoln Booth was at the Surratt mansion steady. ‘A few days before the shooting of the President Mrs. Surratt and I went into Washington, and she bought nine or twelve pistols at a gunsmith’s. They were put in a little coffin, which the undertaker hauled in his hearse across the Eastern branch bridge. The guards supposed it was a funeral, and made no attempt at searching. Mrs. Surratt, after reaching home, hung the pistols around on the walls of her room. “On the night of the assassination Boot! and John Surratt ate supper together an left the house. About midnight Booth re- turned, and I heard Mrs. Surratt clap her hands and exclaim, ‘I’m glad the old rebel is dead’—meaning our noble Lincoln. That same night I helped Booth into the saddle, and he shot down the pike as if demons were after him. On opentng the house next morning I was surprised to see the piazza and yard full of soldters. One of them asked if Booth had been at tke house dur- ing the night, and I replied that he had. In a short.time my mistress and all hands about the place were taken into Washing- ton.” soe £x-Congressman McGann Gives Up. Ex-Congressman McGann of Chicago says he has sbandoned the idea of trying to re- tain the seat in Congress from the Chicago district, which was contested by Hugh R. Belknap, a ccn of the late Secretary Bel- knap. Mr. McGann was originally given the certificate and filed it with the clerk here, but there was a dispute about sever- al precincts, and, as the recount showed that Belknap had 212 majority in the dis- trict, Mr. McGann decided not to press his claim, although, as holding the certificate of election, he could have drawn the salary from March 4 last until the House decided the case adversely to him. 2+ Disbarred From Practice. A number of attorneys were disbarred from practice at the Interior Department Saturday, including Emmanual Merrick, Newburn, N. C., for, filing a false claim; D. W. Glassie, Washington, D. C., for un- professional conduct, such as receiving an illegal fee ard being presented a suit of clothes by a pension claimant for prose- cuting a persion claim; Geo. W. Lamb, Rochester, N. Y., for demanding and re- ceivirg an illegal fee end illegal practices in making out pension vouchers. 2——___ Pension Requisitions. Pension requisitions have been issued to the amount of $12,750,000, divided among the following agencies: Topeka, Kan., $3,- 600,000; Philadelphia, Pa., $1,900,000; New York city, $1,750,000; Louisville, Ky., $1,000,- 000; Knoxville, Tenn., $1,800,000; Indian- apolis, Ind., $2,700,0C0. SIXTEEN BROTHERS Soldiers in the Union Army and Nine More Fought in Mexico. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. Brandon wears a distinction enjoyed by few if any of the men who served under the stars and stripes, in that he is one of the thirty-six children of a remarkable fam- ily. His father, Charles Brandon, sr., was born in a cabin on the site of the present town of Little Washington, Pa. The family removed to Virginia, settling near Kate's Rock, where in an attack by Indians all lost their lives except young Brandon. Strangely enough, the chief's heart was touched, and he would not allow his warriors to harm the child. For sixteen years Brandon lived under the protection of the chief who had saved his life. He then contrived to from the Indians, and traveling through the wilderness and swimming rivers, succeeded in joining the famous Louis Wetzel. Arriving at a proper age.Brandon married and became the father of three child: when his wife died. Brandon then again, this second wife becoming the mother of eighteen children. Then she died and third time Brandon’ married, the result of this union being the addition of twelve chil- dren to the family circle. Mr. Brandon aled after having served his country nobly. both at home and in Mexico. His third wife mar- ried again and became the mother of three more children. Brandon and nine of his sons followed the stars and stripes into the City of Mexico, and sixteen of the sons fought during thé late unpleasantness. Among these sixteen was the one who marched in the yesterday, Charles Brandon, jr., now an ol man himself, but one whose firmness hand,whose flash of eye and whose love for the flag have been unimpaired by the pass- ing years. Of the sixteen, one was killed at Shiloh and one died at Andersonville. The fourteen who survived the war are still liv- ing. Charles Brandon, jr., was captured at Chickamauga, from the fifteenth Ohio vol- unteer infantry, and spent two years, four months and eighteen days in southern pris- ons. His father’s third wife is still living at Moundsville, W. Va. Rebuilt by the Doctors. Fiom the Minneapolis Tribune. An odd character is now in Winona, be- ing that of George Burns, who has good reason for his eccentricity. He has papers which show that he was head engineer on the steamer City of Savannah, which was wrecked on the coast of Massachusetts on January 18, 1884, while en route from Bcs- ton to Florida. He was reversing the le- vers when the steamer struck the rocks, and he was thrown into the machinery, re- ceiving injuries which crippled him for life. There were 118 lives lost in the accident, and Burns is one of the thirty-seven sur- vivors. For a long while he lay on a cot in the death row of Bellevue Hospital, New York. Dr. Hayes Agnew attended his case, and removed five ribs from his left side and trephined his skull, using six ounces of silver sheeting for this purpose. lie was compelled to wear a plaster of paris jacket for four years after the accident. A por- tion of the lower end of his spine and both elbow joints are gone. One knee cap is on the back of the leg, and his heart is on the extreme right side of his body. He is now sixty-four years of age, and walks very well and has a cheorful disposi- tion. He is a member of “he Grand Army of the Republic, and served during the war on the gunboat which was stationed at cate) during the early days of the rebel- ion. ——__+e+—____ No Pay for Nursing Her Son. Justice Barrett of New York, in supreme court chambers, has rendered a decision that a mother may not receive recompense for nursing her son. The decision was ren- dered in the case of Catherine Larkin against the Long Island Railroad Company, Mrs. Larkin’s son was injured In a collision, The railroad settled the suit by the payment of $20,000 damages. Then suit was brought by Felix Larkin, the father, to recover the amount of doctor's bills and nursing. Jus- tice Barrett held that such services could not be est!mated, and refused to allow a money value for them.