Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1896, Page 9

DOOSODOSS: THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896-—TWELVE PAGES. a will greet you here tumorrow. avalanche of reductions that sweep the store from top tc bottom. micagerest purse master of the situation. A privilege for all the people. @90000600809S0Ee 0000 Le@QnnreseceersooTesent SWARMS OF BAIRGAINS The greatest that ever crossed your’path. nC Fruits of Saks’ enterprise. Proofs of Saks’ leadership. Rich values in men’s and boys’ wearabies—ofiered at prices that make the An eeeeececcsoeoeoaD ton THE ae @ 4 “Broken lots.” A lot of GRAY WOOL UNDER WEAR sizes—Shirts, 40. 42, 44 and 46. Drawers, 38 to 46 A time whou fortune favors big mem Regular price, GOc.—now BRING Thle BOYS tomorrow—and be sure you do—for there’s the greatest opportunity to buy for them now—and here—that has occurred in thirty years. We've felled the prices of 100’s of Short Pants Suits, 100’s of Long Pants Suits, 100’s of Knee Pants, 100’s of Boys’ Overcoats, 100’s of Boys’ Ulsters, 100’s of Boys’ Reefers, to 50c. on the dollar of what they're marked. You save a dollar for every dollar you spend— Sizes—4 to 15 years. $4.50 SUITS—NOW.......46 $5.00 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 SUITS—NOW... ... SUITS -NOW..... 25c. each. tural Gray Wool Un- rts silk trimmed; Drv w taped seams. Only big Shirts, 40 to Drawers, 36 to +4. Regular price, now 38c. cach. Lot of Wood-brown Wool Shirts, ‘with satin front, silk-bound neck, ribbed bottom end cuffs. Sizes, 40, 42 and 44. Kegular price, $1—now 50c. each. A few Tan Derby Ribbed Wool Shirts—only si 40, bot the man wi can wear "em gets a bargain. Regular price. $1—now 50c. each. A lot of Pure White Lamb's Wool wers, with reinforced erat and tapes; Jeske fitting; all Regular sizes—28 to 40. price, $2— bow Si a pair. o000as $10.00 $32.00 SUITS—NCW. SUITS—NOW. SHORT PANTS SUITS. $10.00 |#32.00 $15.00 $16.50 '$18.00 SUITS—NOW........ LONG PANTS SUITS. $3.00 SUITS—Now. vases D150] SEALE CEES $8.50 SUITS-NOW...-sesseseeeeeeeee 1675} $5.00. SUITS_NoW _52.50 $4.00 SUITS—NOW......006 ss11,D2-00 $3.00 .§3.50 . $4.00 . 55.00 $6.00) _57.50 $8.25 $9.00 CHILDE=M'S AYERCOATS. A broken lot of Cemel’s Hair Shirts } and Draver; omy the lire sizes | left. Shirts, 40 to 46; Drawers, } 40 to 44. Ferfectly made. Regular price, $1.50—now | 75¢. each. $3.00 OVERCOATS-NOW.............9 1.50] $9.00 REEFERS—New................9 1650) $2.50 OVERCOATS-NOW..cseceeeeeeeD 1.75 $2.00 $4.00 OVERCOATS-NOW.....-+0+¢0- D200 Sues $4.50 OVERCOATS—NOW......... 35 NAS KNEE PANTS. $5.00 OVERCOATS—NOW..........-.. D250 kee rae oe Boys’ KNEB $7.00 OVERCOATS—NOW......... FS QuaLiry, yO BEC. a pai $9.00 OVERCOATS—NOW........6.....94050 oi a $12.00 OVENCOATS-NoW.............50.00|the house is reduced in $13.50 OVERCOATS—NOW......... 56.75 price. A lot of 3 Button, Lace and Congress Patent Leatker Shoes—scattering sizes— now $2.50. lot of $4 Cork Sole A ‘Shoes—solid Oork —Iace and with plain and OVS’ REERERS. BARGAINS in HOUSE COATS. A broken lot of Smoking Jackets—sizes 34, 36 and 38 only. Reguiar price, $3—now— $1.50. A broker lot of $5 and $6 Smoking Jackets —last of the Christmas lot—now— $2.50. A lot of Velvet House Jackets, in Tuxedo and other styles- silk lined, silk’ faced, &c. Regular price, $10 and $12—now— $5.00. A lot of Tricot House Jackets—in Green, Garnet, Drab, Blue, Brown and Tan, with silk bindings, silk frogs, quilted satin facings ard lnings. Regular price, $10—now— $5.00. You can get your money back if you want it. Allnecessary alterations made without charge. A lot of Hanan’s $6 Patent Shoes—Button and Lace—best America—now— $3-00. ees amd Congress Shoes, $2.00.- lot of Lace and Cork $8 Ie Congress $1.50. Leather Shoe in A lot of made of Cr! a Soe Bargains in Shoes. A lot of $6 Lace and 88 Sole Congress Cork Shoes, with plain and tipped toes— Bow— $3.00. Broken lots of Boys’ $3 and $3.50 Pat- ent Leather and Calf Button and Lace now— $1.75. Don’t - Wait a ; Minute, But Contie. > THE SPRANSY SALE is at it’s height. There'll never be a better time for you to do your buying than tomorrow. Every day shrinks the variety—every pur- chase contracts the assortment. Pitch in and pick for yourselves be- fore the possibility of finding just what you want has been swept away by the crowds that are improving every moment. There are no coaditions—no exclusions—but every stitch of stock is going at the Spransy 50C. #: DOLLAR of Spran usiness Suits from $4.00 that need “relaundering.” ARGAINS In MEN'S SHIRTS. Some broken lots—and some A lot of Pink am® Blue Bosom Shirts, with white bodies. Some with cuffs attached, some with two collars and x detached— pair of cufts some with neither collars nor culls, All size 17—Have been 58e.—now— Just because theyre soiled— 25¢. 75¢- up! Dress Suits from $5.00 up! Dress Overcoats up! A lot of $1.50 White Shirts, back, with single or box-plaited oms—now 75¢- = A lot of $1 White front ‘and’ back—al sizes now’ PO 50c. from $5.00 Storm Overcoats from $4.00 up! Separate Pants from $1.50 up! Clay Coats and Vests from $6.50 up! Prince Albert Coats & Vests $7.50 up! Full Dress Coats from $10.00 up! jot of $1 and All sizes and only no" 50c. A lot of T5e. White back only: Sughtly' sotied acer 38c. A lot of $2 Dress Shirts, with broidered PK. anc bemstitched: bos = $1.00. White Shirts, open oa-plaited ‘bose need relaundering A lot of $3 Dress Shi finest, ity mutin, “with embroidered ‘bosoms—now $1.50. Fi Bargains in Hats, Boys’ Turbans. Let of Boys’ Cloth Turbans, assorted colors. Regular price, Men’s Derbys. Broken sizes of latest shapes Men's Derbys—only in brown— silk trimmed, &c. Regular price, $2_n0w Te.—now $1.00. 38c. style—now 68c. Saks and Company Penna. Avenue and 7th Street---“Saks’ Corner.” oseqqsoeososqeeoessce a GOSSOS8E8 9 Children’s Hats. All the broken lots of fancy imported novelties in Children's Headwear. Regular prices, $1, $1.25 and $1.50—only few of @ Girls’ ‘“‘Tams.” Broken lot of Girls’ Brown and Red Wool Tam O'Shanters. Reg- ular price, 75c.—now GODGOSSSSSIOSSSOSHSOSOSHOGHHTHSWHSHSSHHHSSHSHSHISODOSIDSSSSOHOHSSHSSOSIS HOOS THE CONTAGION HOSPITAL Protest Against Its Location on Columbia Heights. A Memorial Sent to Congress Today— Rensons Urged Against the Proposed Site. Mr. Cannon of Minois has offered in the House a memorial prepared by citizens and property owners of Columbia Heights re- lating to the location of the contagion hospital. Tae memorial is as follows: ‘Text of the Memorial. The memorial was as follows: The undersigned, citizens and taxpayers of the District of Columbia, on behalf of the various interests represented by them and in their own behalf, do most solemnly protest against the establishment of an “Isolated Hospital” for contagious diseases in the block bourded by Bismarck and Princeton streets, 7th street and Sherman venue, as recommerded by the honorable Commizsioners of this District in their last ual report. The necessity of a contagious disease hospital is recognized by every citizen of the District, and we admit that private in- terests should not stand in the way of a great public necessity; but should always be subordinated to the public good. Conceding this to be true, we submit that it is the duty of persors charged with a public duty to discharge the same in that way that will be least destructive or detri- mental to both public and private inter- n this particular case it would wise nor just on the part of the Commissioners, or of Congress itself, to locate this hospital in any part of the District that would create or cause un- sary depreciation of values and de- € se in the public revenue, unless no other suitable location can be found, where such depreciation would be comparatively small. That part of the District contiguous to the proposed site, and which would be im- mediately affected by the location of such hospital thereon, is the only section that has shown a steady advance in values throughout the entire time of the present financial depression, and the records of the inspector of buiidings will show that more money has been expended within a few squares of this preposed site within the last years for good, permanent, at- tractive residences than in all other parts of the District combined; that such resi- den’ investments have reached. approx- imately, the enormous sum of $3,000,000; that in addition thereto there are hundreds of thousands of dollars ready to go into this section in the early part of 1: and, further, that of all the money so invested in the last two years there is scarcely a doilar that would have been so expended if this hospital had been established where recommended by the honorable Commis- sioners. We attach hereto the affidavits of a few individuals, which are enough to show the truth of these statements. In our opinion, the establishment of such @ hospital at this spot means the stopping of the developrrent of cne of the largest, most beautiful, healthful and rapidly grow- ing sections of the District, the destruction of values of private property to a most un- warranted degree, the ruin and bankruptcy of many of our energetic and prosperous citizens, and the reduction of the revenues of the city to an extent so great that it is not easy to measure. It is no excuse for the establishment of this hospital at the above location that the honorable Commissioners and the health department have reached the conclusion that no injury will come to the health of the community if a building limit of forty feet should be established. Ninety-nine Deople out of every hundred disagree with the honorable Commissioners on this sub- ject, and each and every man and woman entertains a well-fixeé dread and fear of such a hospital, and this feeling, so uni- versal in its character, even if it be erro- neous, is just as destructive to property values as though it were well founded. Admitting the sincerity of the honorable Commissioners,.we beg to submit that when all our citizens are accorded the same opportunities for a technical medical investigation of this subject, that has been enjoyed by the hororable Commissioners and the health department, we entertain no doubt but that such citizens would, if given the power to locate a hospital of this kind, emulate the illustrious example set them in this instance by the honorable Commis- sioners, and would locate, or undertake to locate, the same at some point as remote as possible from their own residences and their own real estate investments. We furthe- submit that it is not probable that the government of the United States would at any time so restrict the use of its hospitals established for minor contagious diseases that if emergency arose by reason of the destruction or overflow of the small- pox hospital that persons afflicted with that dread disease should be excluded from the same and be permitted to die in our streets. We submit that the general goyernment now owns property in every way adapted for this purpose upon which a hospital may be built, and where neither public nor private interests will suffer from such lo- cation, and that therefore the purchase of avy real estate for this purpose is an un- wise and unnecessary expenditure of pub- Hc money, and that the $45,000 which would be required to buy the ground recommended by the honorable Commissioners would more than build and equip a hospital on ground now owned by the general govern-. ment. We further beg to state that in June, 1894, the honorable Commissioners of the District of Columbia purchased four lots in said block, being 100 by 300 feet in size, for the purpose cf building a hospital for contagious diseases thereon; that the pub- lic waa not advised of this act, nor was the deed thereto then recorded, but was with- held from record by the honorable Com- missioners until October or November of that year, when some energetic newspaper man learned the facts and published them to the world, after which the deed was re- corded. This publication resulted in mass meetings being held by the citizens to pro- test against this selection, and Congress, recognizing the impropriety of locating a hospital of this character on the property selected by the honorable Commissioners, enacted prohibitory legislation, forever for- bidding the erection of a hospital for con- tagious diseases within 300 feet of any other building, &c., the sole object of which act was to make it impossible for a hos- pital to be built at this particular spot; and neither Congress nor the public for one moment contemplated that the honorable Commissioners would undertake to avoid this expression of the will of the people and of Congress by a proposition to pur- chase additional ground and get Congress to practically wipe out the limit of 300 feet, heretofore prescribed. (See Public Act 109, approved March 2, 1895.) The memorial was signed by M. A. Bal- linger, president, and Myron M. Parker, Francis Colton, G. M. Carter, John B. Cof- ton, Charles G. Schneider, Henry A. Pix- ton and Patrick O'Farrell, members of the executive committee of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association, and J. W. Somerville, president of the Mount Pleas- ant Citizens’ Association. It was also ac- companied by affidavits from J. L. Lamp- ton, Barr & Sanner, Robert E. Bradley, C. B. Keferstein, Kennedy & Davis and Jacob Jones, declaring that they had, in the ag- gregate, invested and expended $1,500,000 in Columbia Heights property within the Past two years. ——__ Torpedo Boat Wrecked. The boiler of a torpedo boat on Lake Mag- giore, Italy, exploded yesterday, sinking the vessel and drowning twelve people who were on board of her. -— — —cee—___ The American Purity Alliance has ar- ranged to hold a conference in New York, commencing January 14, TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY The New Building of the Epworth Metho- dist Episcopal Church South. Description of the Handsome Memo- rial Windows—How the Church Has Developed From a Mission. It was announced that the new Epworth M. E. Church South would be dedicated during the holidays, but an unforeseen delay in the delivery of glass prevented the ceremcny from taking place then, but on Sunday during the services, which be- gin at 11 o'clock, the dedication will take place. At 9:30 in the morning there will be the usual Sunday morning service. At 11 Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the South- ern Methodist Episcopal Church is to de- liver the sermon, and at night he will preach again. The Epworth League is also to hold a fally in the lecture room in the evening. The dedication exercises em- brace special music and‘services, but the dedication proper is performed by the offi- cers of the church stepping forward to the chancel and presenting the church to the minister, in this case the bishop, who requests the congregation to stand up while he pronounces the sentence of dedication. Handsome Memorial Windows. The new edifice is one of the prettiest church buildings of its size in Washington, and cost something approaching $20,000. A description of the building appeared in The Star recently. There was no ac- count given of the memorial windows, as they were not then in position. ‘They form a_striking feature”of the interior. On tho 7th street or west side is a window in memory of Rev. Samuel Rogers, ).D., presiding elder of this district when the church was established. The distinctive feature of this memorial is a cross and crown in the center. Corresponding to it on the same side is one to Rev. Samuel W. Haddaway, at one time chaplain of Con- gress and the founder of Epworth. The symbol in this window is an ascending dove, typical of the spirit. Francis A. Lutz, a prominent member of the M. BE. Churcn South, and who died at Leesburg, Va., is remembered by a handsome window in the design of which appears an anchor as the central figure. Another memorial is in memory of Willie A. Potter, a youth, the figures in the center panel being an anchor, cross and open Bible, with a scroll, on which are instribed the words, ‘Faith, Hope and Charity.” On the A street side is a window to Mrs. Ada Warren Jones, wife of Rev. J. C. Jones, a former pastor of the church, and who died during bis pastorate. The symbol is a descending dove with an olive branch. The other window on_ the A> street side is that to the memory 2f Thomas J. Magruder, well known throughout the south as a prominent Methodist Sunday school worker, and who is thus remembered by his brother-in-law, Rev. J. W. Boteler, a resident of this city. Over the pulpit is the largest of the memo- rial windows. This is to Robert S., Lucy S., Bertrand S. and Stuart 8S. Ashby. The central portion is occupied by a floral de- -Sign, but in the arch at the top is an open Bible, illuminated by the light of a dove above it, typical of the Spirit. There are two large ortel windcws in the church, and, while not being memorials, they are filled with cathedral glass of handsome design, as are all the other windows. Development of the Church. Epworth Church was founded about eight years ago as a mission of Mount Vernon Church, with 27 members, in charge of Rev. 8. W. Haddaway. The first regular pastor was Rey. J. C. Jones, who served for four years, and then was suc- ceeded by Rev. Harry Febry, who only re- mained half a year, his health failing, and was followed by Rev. Mr. Jones, who came back for three years more. Last spring the present pastor, Rev. John O. Knott, Was appointed, and in July ground was broken for the present edifice, making the time occupied in its construction about six months. Rev. Mr. Knott is a native of Jefferson county, W. Va., and received his academical education there, and afterward taught school for three years. From teach- ing he went to Vanderbilt University, where he completed his secular and re- ligious training. He has served as pastor at Arlington, Baltimore county, Md., then went to Frederick City in the same state; Lewisburg, W. Vi Keyser, . Va., and finally to Washington. During his short incumbency all the money, or at least the greater part, with which the church has been built was raised. KILLED BY EARTHQUAKES, ri ‘Terrible Loss of Life and Property by Severe Shocks. Over 1,100 people have been killed by earthquakes in the district of Khalkhal, Persia, and several towns have been prac- tically wiped out of existence. The first shock was felt on the night of January 2. The large village of Janjabad was destroyed, several others were partial- ly ruined and 300 persons were Killed. The second earthquake occurred during the morning of January 5 and was very severe. IL was felt over an area of 100 miles. The town of Khoi was destroyed and 1,000 houses were demolished. In addition, great damage was done in many villages. The loss of life was ve There were 800 persons killed alone, and large numbers of cattie and sheep also perished. Scene of the Disaster. The scene of these terrible earth dis- tturbances is in the extreme northwestern part of Persia, close to the Russian border, The district of Khalkhal is part of the di- vision of Persia known as Adarbaijan, the ancient Atropatene, It is a land of moun- tains, ravines, plaing and plateaus. Some of its plains are very fertile, especially about the Lake Urumiya, one of the re- markable geographica! features of the coun- try. The villages are, as-a rule, embosomed in orchards and gardens, which yield de- licious fruits. The most picturesque and flourishing part of the province is around the villages of Urumiya and Khoi. The latter, which seems toxhave felt the brunt of the recent earthquakes, is a place of about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies seventy-seven miles northwest of Tabriz and about as far south of Mount Ararat, and is on the great trade route be- tween Euxine and Persia. It had quite an elaborate system of fertitications, which were, however, in a ruinous state, and an inner high wall flanked with towers, the intervening space being occupied with gar- dens and mud hovels,. It was in the central portion of the city that its beauty lay, cool streams and lines of willows running along its broad, regular streets. There were a few good buildings, including the governor's palace, several mosques, a large brick bazaar and a fine caravansary. The chief manufactures were copper wares and worsted socks. In Sep- tember, 1881, Khoi was visited by a series of violent earthquakes, the seismic waves rubning northwest and southeast, in the direction of the main mountain ranges. The district about the city consists of an elevated plateau, sixty miles by ten or fif- teen, highly cultivated by a skillful system of drainage and irrigation, producing a series of fertile oases Jaid out in meadows, gurdens and tillage, and yielding rich crops of wheat and barley, besides apples, pears, cherries, walnuts, chestnuts and unrivaled mulberries. ———-+e+___—_ W. K. Vanderbilt's steam yacht Valiant left New York Wednesday for Gibraltar, whence she will cruise through the Mediter- ranean. great. in Khoi} AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Important Matters Told in Brief From Down the Biver. A Fire This Morning and an Accident Other Local, Social and Personal Notes. Mr. William Shock, who has been over- seer of the poor for & number of years, in conversation with The Star reporter this moining said that never since he had held that position had there been as many ap- plications for aid as at present. The iarge hallway leading to his office in the market building is crowded all day with both white and colored people. Yesterday an old col- ored woman named Hawley was one of the applicants for aid, After standing in the hall for some time awaiting her turn, she was admitted to Mr. Shock’s office, and had no sooner gained an entrance before she fell on the floor in a dead faint, and it was fully an hour before those present could restore her to consciousness, and it | was thought at one time she was dead. After she had recovered she was given an order for groceries and fuel and removed to her home on South Royal street. United States Court. In the United States court yesterday, Judge D. M. Hughes presiding, the grand jury found an indictment against John Hoban and M. A. Hoban of Norfolk for violation of the revenue law. The grand jery vas then discharged for the term. The petit jury, in the case of Richard Sum- mcns, charged with assaulting and rob- bing Evgene Graves and John Johnson, two young men, in the National cemetery at Arlington, brovght in a verdict on two in- dictments, and the prisoner was taken to jail to await sentence today. The court then adjourned until today at 11 o'clock. Death of Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Ellen Murphy, widow of Miles Mur- phy, died at her home at the corner of Prince and West streets yesterday after- noon. Mrs. Murphy came to this city near- ly forty years ago from Ireland. She was a thorcugh Christian woman, and a con- sistent member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and was beloved by all who knew her. She leaves one son, Mr. Patrick Mur- phy, who has the sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends. Accidentally Shot. Yesterday afternoon about 2 o’clock Rob- ert Haden (colored), accidentally shot a companion, named William Bentley, in the fleshy part of his right leg at the corner of Queen and Patrick streets. The boys were seated on a box and Haden was handling a pistol, when the weapon was accidentally discharged. Bentley was taken into Len- non’s drug store, where Mr. Ed. Padgett, a clerk, extracted the ball from his leg. The wound was a slight one. Grand Jury. The following is a list of gentlemen who will compose the grand jury at the term of the corporation court which begins on Mon- day next: John T. Nalle, Charles B. Mar- shall, Julius Dienelt, Peter Aitcherson, John R. Chapman, George L. Simpson, Herbert Bryant, George Uhler, W. F. Vincent, J. M. White and J. R. Zimmerman. ~ —.——_—_ Ex-Gov. Marshall Dead. Ex-Governor W. R. Marshall of Minnesota died Wednesday night at Pasadena, Cal., where he went about two years ago for his health. THE BOARD OF TRADE. An Important Meeting at Which Vital Subjects Will Be Dincusned. The meeting of the board of trade tonight will be an important one, as subjects of vital interest to the community will be brought ap for discussion. It will begin at o'clock in the hall of the Builders’ Exchange, 13th street between G and H. The program will te under charge of the committees on sewerage and on strects and avenues, whose reports submitted at the annual meeting of the board will be considered. Addresses will be made by A. M. Read, chairman of the committee on sewerage; Chapin Brown, Joseph Paul and others. The proposed amendment to the by-laws of the organization increasing the dves of individual members from $% tg $10 per annum will also be finaliy acted —__ FOUGHT FOR A GIRL’S LOVE. Desperate Duel Fatal to Both Partic- ipants, For the love of a woman Henry Thomas and Albert Stafford fought a duel to the death near Mt. Pleasant, Fla., Tuesday af- ternoon. For two months they have gone heavily armed and it was known that when they met a fight would follow. Tuesday Thomas and two friends went hunting, not Knowing that: Stafford and three friends had gone on a similar errand. In the afzernoon they~ met and it seemed that a general fight would ensue. Thomas, however, said that only he and Stafford were concerned, and asked that they be allowed to fight it out. This was agreed to, and Thomas and Stafford, armed with pistols, faced each other at thirty yards and began firing. Neither was injured by the first exchange and the men advanced on each other. At the second shot Thomas fell with a bullet in his bowels. Stafford still advanced on the prostrate man, firing, when Thomas staggered to his feet and steadying himself by_a tree, took deliberate atm and sent a bullet threugh his foe’s heart. Thomas died two hours later. In taking the corpses of the young men home they were borne past the residence of the girl for whom they fought. She show- ed no emotion. ——___-+0--_____ NEW GOLD FIELDS FOUND. Prospectors Are Wild Over the QOat- look. Great excitement prevails at Boulder, Col, over the new gold fields situ- ated between South Boulder creek and Magnofia, and there are rumors of riches being uncovered by prospectors in holes not over five feet deep. One strike is alieged to be worth $100,000, and an offer of this amount is said to have been made and refused. Frank D, Baker came down from Walker's ranch and reports that several sacks of quartz had been sent to the sampling works from the claim discovered by the White brothers. The gold was sticking out all over the quartz, and no accurate estimate could be formed of the value of the stuff, but it will be sold by the pound instead of the ton. The pannings made from the cre are said to be wonderful, as great rings of gold form around the pan with each test of washing. The prospectors are wild over the out- look for a great mining boom, and about 500 men are working day and night in search of velns. The new gold discoveries are on the same mineral belt as the rich Telluride mines of Ballarat, Jamestown and Gold Hill, Sunshine, Saina and Magnolia. In each of these districis mineral has been uncovered at the grass roots. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Distributing Charity in the Section Across Book Creek. Potomac Comma lery and Other Or ganizations — Social and Per- Notes of Interest. Rev. J. D. Smith is the investigating om- cer of the first subdivision of Associated Charities. His office is with the secretary, Justice Davis, 1218 Sist street. His investigations are conducted rigidly. Impostors are having no show this year. The worthy, though, are receiving aid. Mr. Smith takes all cases reported to him b first to the pastors of the parishes to which . the applicants belong. Whenever it is Ppos- sible he secures churchiy aid. The Associated Charities are being used this year only as an emergency depot for the distribution of aid. So far but one- nireteenth of the number given to last year have been given help, yet it is believed as much genuine distress has been relieved. ‘The impostors are the losers. It has been ciscovered that the town has had chronic impostors in big numbers. Potomac Commandery. Arrangements are progressing for the Public installation of the newly elected officers of Potomac Commandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, to take Place next Wed- nesday at Masonic Hall, to be followed by interesting exercises. While the grand templar of the United States will be pres- ent as an honored guest, Past Eminent Commander Frank H. Thomas of Washing- ton, an officer of the Grand United St Commancery, will install the new offi of Potomac. There will be many prorai- nent templars present from the various District _commanderies, The Masonic Quartet will be an attraction of the even- ing. Speeches, ref: ts and dancing will also be on the program. A very large crowd is expected. The occasion will be a new one for Georgetown. Mr. M. Blumenthal and daughter, Miss Carrie,-leave Monday for Philadeiphia. Mr. A. Blumenthal has just returned — a three weeks’ trip to Waynesboro’, wg : Mr. Isaac Oettinger is again confined to his room, this time with an attack of pleurisy. Mr. Oettinger has had a siege of ailments during the past three months. It is reported that Mr. Amos Bean, who lives over the District line, to the north, opposite Bethesda Park, has fallen heir, through the death of a nephew. to aa estate In Texas valued at- $90,000, Mr. Bean is a farmer. —_—~—_. Brief Points of Business Law. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. The act of one partner binds all the others. > A contract made on Sunday is void. A principal is Hable for the acts of his agents. A contract with a minor cannot de en- forced. The above and other complete informa- tion regarding business law, such as Notes, Checks, Deeds, Mortgages, Bills of Ex- Drafts, Acceptances, C Criminal Lay “s~ “9 ¥ inal Ww represent but an ifi- cant feature of The Evening Star's Alma nac and Encyclopedia for 1896, which con- tains 416 solidiy printed pages of informa- tion. N; International and Local Sta- tistics, Recoris, etc. 25c. per copy. For sale at The Evening Star office and all news stands. —<—— Bernard Sharkey and John M. Collina, well-known members of the Philadelphis bar, are dead.