Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1896, Page 10

10 2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 18996-TWELVE PAGES. : Arrived. - Little wonder that a cus- tomer asked if these were not dollar Scarfs for 50c. *Twas a most natural query. We refer to these new exquisite color- blendings in the spring shape “De Joinvilles,” “4-in-hands,” “Tecks,” &c. It is simply Auer- bach beating “Auerbach’s” pre- vious bests! FAUERBACH’S, Qn the Ave.,’’ No. 623. It i = : i seen EK" cae MN A Boon To Mankind! The Very Rev. J. C. Lees, D. D., at a meet- ing held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in speaking about smoking, said: “Tobacco is one of the greatest boons ever bestowed upon man, and I hope that every one present has ac- quired the accomplish- ment of smoking.” Dr. Lees spoke words of truth and wisdom when he called tobacco “a boon to mankind.” It is in- deed a blessing, espe- cially when in the form of a GOOD cigar. The cigar that is smoked and enjoyed the most is the “eWHITE SEAL” CIGAR ~and no wonder, for it is the finest smoke in the land! Manufactur- ed from the best clear Havana tobacco, in ten different sizes. “White Seal” Cigars are put up in packages of 5 and to in tinfoil to keep them fresh and sweet. We have named them “Pints” and “Quarts.” soc. for a ‘Pint.’ $1 for a “Quart.” “White Seal” Cigars are for sale at all first- class cigar stores, drug stores and hotels. Try a “pint” and en- joy a grand smoke! High-Grade Kop 9 Cigars, Jobbing Agent, 1235 Pa. Ave It “That Reminds Me.” f “As a medicinal whis- ky you can't buy the peer of MAGRUDER'S PRIVATE STOCK WHISKY. Its purity and richness has the indorse- \ \\, ment of —_physictans | \) erywhere. Smooth, yp PD jow, delicious. Only 7. Magruder &, TWO STORES, o38!7 3: 5, ~ and $n27-m,w.£-30 #1 for full quart bottle."" st. Tensions Tie aod Boats,” ~ LADIES’ $25 GOLD NATCHES SI? se. ¢ = sd for the Indies! An exceeding.y sucky purchase by our Mr. Harris’ while in New York last week. He took them all—50 different patterns of Ladies’ Hand-made and Hand-engray- l4-carat Gold "2 ing Watch. s 0} Elgh , highest gradet have been compll:d to ask $25 heretof.re for thelr equal. Se long -as the: hold : out — your chi (or. cece Yor toni all regret it if you let this oppor- y stip. R.Harris & Co., Jewelers, 7th and D Sts. McKnew’s “Talk to Men.” Just add 3 cents to your fifty and you can now buy a dollar Necktie for the price of a fifty-cent one. Tecks and Four-in-Hands, in rich and rare colorings, which were $1, to go to- morrow for. . sesess 53 0 lines The being somewhat “broken” you can now buy Men’s dollar Fleece-lined “Mocho” and Kid Gloves for 83c. and the $1.50 ones for $1.05 and the $1.75 ones for $1.23. Other “money saving” chances for men! W. H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Ave. WIVES —should tell their husbands of this 20 per cent “Stock-taking Reduction Sale”” of Men's Furnishings. You might ask them for the 20c. of every dollar you ——_—__——. save them! 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Elliott, Elcctric Printer, 506 roth St. $a25-100 BAASAA RAR SARRARAA RRR jThe making of nusual garments, “Pink” Riding Coats, Golf Suits, Bicycling Suits, &c.—are specialties wherela ve’ve won distinction for clever tailoring. > Moderate tariff charges are another feature. ischultz,™=me — 1405 Vt. ave., opp. Arlington Hotel. jazi-2id a te tadedadatndatiadatacatd SALE OF LADIES’ WET MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, AT KAN. LOMORROW, STH ST."AND MARKET SPACE. READ About Your Shirts. Do you feel as easy and dressy in them as you might? Do they wear as long they ‘2 Are they inade especially to fit you? No? That's why they ‘t suit, then. "re not built tike hey We'll make your shirts from your own pattern, and guarantee them to fit and wear. “Hl prove cheay in the fie the other Lind taupe he Grae P. T. HALL, 2s _ieteed About send- NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE: * Shep, a S-¥- Jobbing by ROBISON IS DISGUSTED. Ready to Quit Any Time if Cleveland Does Not Support His Club. While Frank De Hasg Robison of the Cleveland club denies having made an offer to purchase the St. Louis club's franchise, it is a well-known fact that the Cleveland magrate is net at all satisfied with the pat- ronage bestowed on Pat Tebeau’s great aggregation, and that, if matters do not improve during the coming season, the Cleveland club will quite likely be found in a more appreciative locality in 1897. In speaking to a Star reporter on the ques- tion of Sunday base ball, Mr. Robison said: “The Cleveland club has been among the leaders in the fight for the pennant the past four years, yet the patronage at Cleve- land has been gradually falling off. This state of affairs is said to be due to the Cleve- land club's policy of playing Sunday games. “To find out just how much there is in this, the Cleveland club will not play a single Sunday game next season and will continue this policy as long as the club's receipts balance the expenses. Should I find, however, that this sacrifice is not ap- preciated by the Cleveland base ball public, and that there is nothing in the crusade against Sunday ». e ball, the club will re- turn to its old custom. “If the Cleveland club can go through the season without Sunday games and not lose money, I am willing to make the sacrifice; but I do not stand to lose a single dollar in base ball, and rather than do so would stop in ths middle of the season and transfer the club to some town where it will prove a paying investment. - “My offer of $10,000 and two players for Pitcher Hawley was perfectly bona fide. I want to give Cleveland the champion club, if possible, in 1896; so that, together with the abolishment of Sunday games, the last excuse for the poor patronage accorded the Cleveland club at home must vanish.” Yale in a Quandary. A New Haven, Conn., special says: In case Yale rows with HarvarG, Pennsylva- nia, Columbia and Corneil at Poughkeepsie, the former Cook stroke will be resorted to, but till then the Yale crew will be kept guessing as far as adopting a regular stroke goes. Base Ball Magnates Here. President Barr Johnson of the Western League and President Vanderbeck of the Detroit club were in the city yesterday, LOST BY FOUR TRICKS The Whist Match With the Balti- ~- 4nore Olub Team. TE WAS A MOST EXCITING CONTEST First One Then the Other Side Was Ahead. GENERAL SPORTING NOP s The twenty-third match for the trophy of the American Whist League, which was played at the club house of the Capital Bicycle Club Saturday, was won by the Bal- timore Whist Club by four tricks. The match consisted of forty-eight boards, divided into two halves of twenty- four boards each. Play began at 2:30, and the first half was not finished until 7:30. Then adjournment was taken for dinner, and play was resumed at 8:45, and the match was not completed until 140. The match was played in twelve rounds of four boards each. In each round two boards were played at one table, at which were opposed two Baltimore and two Washing- ton players, and at another table were two other Baltimore and two other Washington players piaying the hands of the two other boards of the round. As soon as each table had played two boards of a round, the boards were exchanged, and the two boards played at one table were then played at the other table by a different quartet of players, and the hands that Washington players had at one table were held by Bal- timore players at the other table, and vice versa. By this means comparisons of the play and overplay were made every four hands, and it could be determined which club was gaining or losing as the match progressed. In order to bring about as many combinations of players as possible, the pairs of the home club were changed every fourth board, and those of the vis- tors every eighth board. Capitals Started in the Lead. The Capital Bicycle Club started in the lead, having gained two tricks in the first round. In the next round the Capitals gained one trick and the Baltimores two, reducing the lead to one trick. Then tho Baltimores gained three. tricks to one for the local club, and took the lead by one trick. The fcurth round showed gains of three singles for the C. BI. G's against one for the Baltimores, and again they led by one trick. The visitors gained a double in the next round against none for the home club, which put them one ahead. In the closing round of the first half the Baltimores gained a treble, and the Capitals a single and a double. The first half thus closed with the Baltimores one ahead. Up to this point it was as pretty a contest as one would want to see. In the first round of the second half Bal- timore gained a single trick, putting them two aheac. In the following round the Capitals gained a double and a single to a single for the visitors, and the score was a tie, and iwo-thirds of the match played. Then the play of the Washingtons fell off, the Baltimores gaining three in the next round and two iore in the following one, which placed them five ahead. This lead was reduced one trick in the next round, and In the final round the gains were even. Good Work of the Orioles. The Baltimore team played a strong game. It is especially proud of its success, for the reason that last week the C. Bi. C.’s defeated the noted Hamilton Club. The home club cid not play with the same spirit that it did the week previously in the match with the Hamilton Club, and after the match members of the team pointed out several places where they missed op- pertunities. The Baltimore Whist Club has previously proven a stumbling block to the Capital Bicycle Club. Last winter, in contests cf e.ghts, each club won a match, but in the Philadelphia League meeting in the year 1894 the Baltimores defeated the Capitals. The referee of the occasion was Mr, A. G, Safford, a director of the American Whist League, and one of the leading au- thorities on whist in the country. He sa‘d that the Saturday match was the closest he had any recollection of, first one side be- ing one ahead and then the other. ‘The teams were as follows: Baltimore— Thomas A. Whelan, captain; A. H. McKay, E. Bouton and B. W. Smith. C. Bi. C.— - Low, captain; D. J. Karr, C. M. Bur- rick and Lindley Fogg. Play by Boards. The gains in tricks by boards were follows: Baltimore . Capital .. Baltimore Capital 22 Baltimore . we oa Capital .. é 2 26 30 Baltimo: ee 5 Capital .. ce a 88 Baltimore 1 Capital 42 46 Baltimore . Tiss ee og 2 Capital ..... Sp 2 ao Fes Total _gains—Baltimore, 21 tricks; Capital Bi- cycle, 17 Of the twenty-three matches played for the challenge cup the Hamilton club won eight. the Minneapolis club four, the Albany three and the Park, Continental, Baltimore and Capital Bicycle clubs two each. The whist boards used in the matches with the Hamilton and Baltimore clubs were made after a new design by Mr. W. P. John- son, chairman of the whist committee of the bicycle club. In these boards the rubber straps are omitted and in their stead are peekets in the outer edges of the boards, from which the hands cannot be shaken and which can be removed by the hand only. Local Interclub Match. The first match in the local Interclub whist tournament was also played at the Capital Eicycle Club Saturday evening. The con- testants were a Capital Bicycle four and the Mt. Pleasant Whist Club. The bicycle club was represented by Messrs. Stevens, Britton, McComb and Williamson, while the Mt. Pleasant club team consisted of Messrs. Young, Davis, Brown and Taliafer- ro. This match consisted of twenty-four boards, and wes divided into three rounds of eight boards each. In the first round the Capitals gained five tricks and one trick in the second round, but in the third round the Mt. Pleasants gained four tricks. The Cap- ital Bicycle Club won the match by the close score of two tricks. The next match will be played next Sat- urday evening at the rooms of the Washing- ton Chess, Checker and Whist Club, on 12th street, the contestants being the Mt. Pleas- ant and Washington club: THE HOCKEY LEAGUE. Preparing for a Number of Interest- ing Games. The organization of the local sfockey League will be completed this week and games will be played with regularity. The league will consist of four teams, none of which, however, have been fully organized. There are two teams in the field, and two mere are expected. The North Washington team is anxious to be admitted. The members will ne com- posed of people living In the section de- scribed by the name. Practice at the rink will soon be begun. The High School boys have also formed a team, or are making attempts to organize one. Both of these teams have had practice hours allotted to them. - A challenge has been received from the team of Johns Hopkins University to play the winning team of the first game of the league series. The ‘varsity people wanted to play tonight, but that was impossible, and the game been postponed until Saturday evening. ‘This week the teams of the Columbia Ath- letic Club and the Wastington Hockey Club will play the first game, and fhe win- ning tearh will try luck with the experts of the university. . ‘There fs a movement on foot to organize io teams of hockey teams between the Chevy nite steps have been made. The hockey team of thefColumbia Ath- letic Club will be picked. out ‘early this week. L. L. Korn -will manage the agere- gation, while Frank jong will captain it. The candidates are M »iHendley, Hook- er, Wright, Goff, Bitss,,.Von Lindgren, Evans, Cronin, Bell, Mctjowan and Wisen- er. The team secured ihe privilege of using the skating rink for practice every other morning between 8 and Yo'elock. ‘The prac- tice commenced Tuesday, morning with vost of the candidates, present. It will comprise one of the clubs of the league now in process of formation. The team will be fuily uniformed; wearing «ed and blue jerseys, blue paytaloons and red stcckings. el Playing hockey on roller skates 1s also coming up, and the children who delight in this have fine playing grounds on the smooth thoroughfares. Golf sticks have been sold more freely the past few weeks than ever before. BASE BALL DISPUTES. They Will Be Considered by League Directors. The national board of the National Base Ball League, consisting of A. H. Soden, John T. Brush, C. H. Byrne and N. E. Young, is meeting at New York today. The ob- ject of the meeting is to settle many dis- putes between league clubs and the minor leagues. It is expected that the case of John M. Ward against the New York club will come up, and President Freedman will probably arrive from Florida in time to ap- pear for himself. Ward claims that he can- not be held under reservation because no contract was tendered to him between the ending of the season of 1894 and May 1, 1805, and consequently according to the rules gov- ernji.g such matters he is free to sign with any club. President Freedman's claim is that when he bought the club in February, 1895,he un- Gerstood that Ward had positively refused to sign a contract tendered to him by E. B. Talcott in the fall of 1894, and that he is still the property of the New York club. Mr. Freedman argues that the club paid $6,300 to the Brooklyn club for Ward's release, and thac he cannot be legally released by the board to sign where he pleases. The New York club will also call attention to another case, that of Outfielder Mulligan, who was eigned recently by Manager Irwin, poe ya is claimed by the Grand Rapids club. According to reports, Carney, the Grand Rapids manager, secured Mulligan several weeks before he (Carney) signed as man- ager. Manager Irwin claims that Carney had no right to negotiate with Mulligan, and that the latter belongs rightly to New York. It is understood that the minor leagues have various grievances that will be con- sidered. In the past National League clubs have been in the habit of drafting players from the minor leagues, and have, in some cases, tried and then released these players without paying the stipulated bonus for their release. That minor league people now want the board to rule that when a player is drafted the price of his release must be paid over to the minor league club within thirty days or some other specified time. If the board declines to comply with such a request, there may be trouble for the big magnates. INTERNATIONAL CHESS. Plans for the Match Between Innd and America. It has been decided to hold a big interna- tional chess match between the United States of America and the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on March 13 and 14, A letter has been recetved by the Brook- lyn Chess Club from the British Chess Club, London, negotiating arrangements for the match, which have since been acted upon by those in charge of the arrangements on this side. The match will be on eight boards. The rules and all other arrangements have been decided upon. re Eng- As to the Big Fight. An El Paso dispatch rays: Dan Stuart to- day v’sited the site of the proposed arena for the big fight carnival.’ Mr. Stuart got away at midnight in company with W. K. Wheelock and returned to the city this morning. . “Everything {s progressing favorably,” said he, “and all will be in readiness in forty-eight hours before Fitzsimmons and Maher get into the ring. The work on the ring is being pushed under cover now and it will be ready when it is put on the train in sections by February 12. Before Tuesday all the fighters will be on the ground here.” A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch says: It is stated on good authority that the Maher- Fitzsimmons fight, instead of being pulled off in Juarez, Mexico, on February 14, will take place on this side of the Rio Grande at a point three miles from El Paso, just over the New Mexican line, which can only be reached by the Southern Pacific trains from E] Paso. Pool and Hilliard Notes. The pool tournament now in progress at the Hotel Emrich will not end until some time next week. There are five entrants in the contest, and as each man is scheduled to play with another a total of twenty-five games will have to be played, which, at the rate of two a ‘night, will take thirteen nights to play, not counting the extra games in case of a tie at the finish. There are in the tourney Bernard T. Harding, the champion of the District, and Fred. Stewart of Baltimore,who is claimed to be the champion of the monumental city. In addition to these two there are entered Thomas Brown and Harry Tuttle of this city, and Harry Primrose of Baltimore. The opening of the tourney Thursday wit- nessed playing by Harding and Stewart, both of whom won with ease. The score up to date is as follows: Won. Lost. P.C. 2 0 1,000 1 0 1,000, 1 1 500 Primrose. 0 1 000 Brown.. 0 2 000 The pool and billiard tourney, which has been in progress at the Cavital Bi Club for over a month, will end during the week. In the pool contest Dr. J. Bartlett Hills is in the lead, having a record of twenty- five won and five lost, or a percentage of 83 1-3. A pool tourney will shortly be started in the Washington Road Club, the matter pevins: been under consideration for some ime. Chevy Chase Hants. Mr. 8S. S. Howlard, the master of the hunt of the Chevy Chase Hunt Club, has ar- ranged a series of meets. The hunts are liable to be changed if necessitated by frost or other causes. The first of the series came off Wednesday to the ken- nels. The fox was given a good start, and he was sharp enough to elude the hounds. Another hunt to Fort Myer started at 8 o'clock Saturday. Today there will be another meet at the kennels, while Wednesday the hunt will extend as far as Falls Church, the hounds being released at the Virginia side of the Aqueduct bridge at 9:10 o'clock sharp. Both of the meets: are scheduled to start at 10 o'clock in the morning. On Saturday, Feb- ruary 1, the hounds willmeet at Plyer’s post office, on the 7th street road. Next week is marked by'three more runs, the first being held Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock to the kennels. “On Wednesday, February 5, Laurel, Md. will be the scene of the chase, the start! occurring at’ 10 o'clock in the morning: The hounds will be sent to the scene of the hunt the day previous, while the huntsmen will leave on the 9:30 train. Silvér* Spring will be the scene of the hunt Saturday afternoon, February 8. A Gallagher Wins at Billiards. Gallagher defeated McLaughlin in the bily liard tournament at Chicago Saturday night. Score, 400 to 246. Winner's aver- age, 14 2-7; loser’s, 9 1-9. This practicaily makes Gallagher winner of the tourna- ment. Wefers’ Good Work, In the amateur indoor handicap gamés under the auspices of the Ninth Regiment A. A. at Boston Saturday night Bernard J. Wefers of Georgetown College won the 75-yard dash, equaling the world’s .indoor record of 7 8-5 seconds. He also ran in the 440-yard race, but fell down while trying to cut out the man at the pole. Potomacs Resigned. At Saturday evening’s meeting of man- agers of the Atlantic division of the A. A. U. the Potomac Boat’ Club of this city re- signed. WATCHING THE ST. PAUL Growds Throng the Shore at Long : Branch ~~ Thousands Attracted to the Scene— Narrow Escape of the Campania —Cause of the Disaster. A special dispatch to the. Philadelphia Press from Long Branch, N. J., sent yes- terday afternoon, says: The St. Paul now lies about 200 yards from the high water mark on shore. The blue uniforms and gold lace of the officers can easily be seen. The gold letters “St. Paul” on the bow stand out in bright re- Nef. The “chanty” choruses of the sailors heaving and hauling comes clear across the little gap of water. The ship is listed badly to port now, party because of the pull of the five steel hawsers that keep her stern from swinging inshore. Her starboard side toward shore is heaved up until ten feet of the red bottom below the water line shows along her length, and she looks helpless and distressed with the slant of her fun- nels and masts. The impossible situation— this ship, one of the finest transatlantic Uners afloat, worth more than $3,000,000— cocked awkwardly up on the bathing beach at Long Branch, almost within a stone's throw of a row of summer boarding houses, impresses the onlookers tremendously. The St. Paul fills the landscape oceanward. She pare attention in her mortification and rief. Thousands of people stood and looked at the ship for four or five hours without leav- ing the scene. Nothing startling was going on, only a lighter at the side loading on boxes and barrels. One saw if all at the first glanée, but there seemed to be a fas- cination in the simple sight of the stranded monster that did not wane as long as there was light. When dusk came down the mui- titude grew much smaller, driven away by the sharp chill in the air. But through the evening hundreds were on the beach; for the St. Paul was ablaze with electric lights, that glowed in the long rows of port holes along the side almost down to. the water's edge, and along the promenade deck. Where She Lies. Although misfortune seems black and of concentrated strength upon the magnificent ship as she lays in the sand, almost at the edge of the surf, yet there was a great deal of good fortune attending her unfortunate attempt to cut in two the state of New Jersey, and walk through the parlor of tie Grand View Hotel with 20,000 horse power. The St. Paul struck the beach head on, coming straight in out of the gray blanket of fog. She pushed her nose into the soft clay with tremendous momentum, and then stopped easily and smoothly. It is remark- able that in a mile stretch of the Long Branch beach, the St. Paul could in no other spot have found so safe a berth, safe in comparison., Within a few hundred yards to the north of her is a reef of ugly rocks, upon which she would have pounded her bottom out in the heavy sea of the night on which she landed. To the south of the St. Paul there is a long, ugly line of rocks, that would have “gored her sides like the horns of an angry bull.” Between these ledges there is a path of open water trending northwest, along which the St. Paul plowed, and through which opening she must be worked back to deep water. What Might Have Been. An impressive illustration of this bit of fortune was shown last night, when the British ship Foyle, from Calcutta for New York, ran ashore on the beach less than a mile from the St. Paul, and stove a hole in her bottom. She was pulled off by a wreck- ing tug, but filled and sank inside Sandy Hook. When the St. Paul was beached she rested her enormous weight amidships, with her bow and stern unsupported. This dangerous position aroused the gravest fears that if the sea kept high she would buckle and strain her hull. But as the ship settled in her sandy cradle and worked into the clay bottom, she lay with the length of her keel resting solidly on the hot- tom. It was feared that she rested on a rock amidships, but the model of the S Louis’ hull gives her a slightly “rockered” keel, so that she would naturally lay with the greatest weight on the midship sec- tions. However, the danger of straining is over, if the weather holds fair. Lighters were taking the baggage and cargo off the St. Paul all through the day, and she was lightened considerably. The Spectators. The New Jersey beach has never been the scene of so much excitement over a marine disaster as through yesterday and today. The population of the adjacent country for twenty miles around flocked to the ocean- side today, until there was not a corporal’s guard left in a town or hamiet within easy distance of Long Branch. They came in every sort of vehicle ever fashioned by hand of man. “Sherlock Holmes’ would have distinguished the mud on the boots of citizens from a score of towns. The trains from Trenton, Newark, Elizabeth and New York brought down hundreds of sightseers, and the troiley from Asbury Park and beyond could not handle the rush: For half a mile the bulk- head and beach swarmed black with bu- manity, and of bicycles there was no end. ‘The vacant lots round about were filled with vehicles, and the shore part of the scene was like a huge county fair. Other Vessels Grounded. The same fog which caused the St. Paul to go ashore came near producing a similar re- sult with the Cunard liner Campania. At daybreak she was seen at anchor between Asbury Park and Elberon. Later it was learned that she came very near going ashore, when, fortunately, her officers .were warned by the coastguard. The hig steamer backed into deep water and cast anchor. At 10:19 o'clock she passed the Atlantic Highlands, bound in. ‘A report reached Long Branch that the French line steamship La Bourgogne struck the bar off Seabright early Saturday, but immediately backed off. She then dropped her anchors and lay waiting for the fog to lift. The life-saving crew from Seabright put off to her, but were informed that no assistance was needed. The ship Foyle of London, from Calcutta for New York, struck on the Shrewsbury Rocks at 9 o’clock Saturday night. After the ship struck, some of the crew, suppos- ing that she would remain there, got their traps ready and abandoned her, but, the vessel floating off the rocks, they returned again. The ship was towed to an anchorage in the Horseshoe by tugs. There was about seven feet of water in the hold, but other- wise the ship was in good condition. Pilots attempt to explain the accident to the St. Paul, as well as to the other vessels, by saying that the bottom of the Atlantic off the Jersey coast is full of deep holes, which deceive the man who is taking sound- ings, and causes belief that the vessel is further from shore than she really is. Doesn’t Think’ They Were Racing. Ex-Congressman Bourke Cockran, who was on board the St.“Paul, denies that that vessel and the Campania were racing. He says: “It was early Friday morning that we sigited the Campania. The latter ap* peared to be about nine or ten miles behind us. The St. Paul continued ahead all day Friday. At supper time the steamers were abreast, but I am sure that so far as the St. Paul was concerned she was merely going along as it was her business to do. Of course, she was not holding back. I saw no betting going on among the passengers, and heard no racing talk on the part of the offi- cers. I believe it is the duty of the steam- ers tomake the best time possible in gafety.”” Regarding the report that the taking of soundings was neglected on the St. Paul, he said: “Now I know that soundings were be- ing. made every minute or so Friday night, and Captain Jamieson and his officers were most cereful. No one is to blame for the accident. It could not have been avoided. When further questioned about the prob- ability of the accident having been caused because the vessels were racing, Mr. Cock- ran said: “Oh, that is just nonsense. Of course, they were close on Friday, but they were on the same course, and would have kept within sight of each other unless one or the other had gore down.” St. Paul’s Ill-Luck. The St. Paul has been unlucky, It will be recalled that when the attempt was made to launch her, March 25 last, she stuck on the ways, and the most powerful tugs at Phila- delphia and all the force of hydraulic jacks could not budge her. She was finally launched on April 10, the event being wit- nessed by 30,000 people. The St. Paul’s experiences were similar to that of most other ocean liners until De- Shoes Drop Lower! “NEWS.” The week of “the lowest of low prices” for Shoes is at hand, Thirty thousand dollars’ worth of shoes—and every pair reduced, except the “Jenness Miller.” This is no momentary spasm of reduc- tions. Our statements are as clear-cut as our shoes. We overbought heavily. We are unloading rapidly. Thousands of women will hear of the great shoe bar- gains we have offered during this “Sur- plus Stock” Sale, and regret that they did not buy. Here is your opportunity to prevent regrets on your part. Women’s $5.00 Cork Sole Shoes, $ 3 g $ 3 3 : {$4.00 and $5.00 Shoes for $2.20. M morning a big table will contain all $ Des a Se iS of Women's $4, 2.90. a a igb-grade Shoes, in Fine Vici The regul: § Viel Kid Cork Sole Kid, in Ince and button, plain ‘and cloth top, | Shoe You donot fave to take our word ‘opera toe, with patent ‘tip and common sense toe. Take your cholce for .. exprepe tes about the cork, for you can see it plainly. Nearly “every size. $2.20] rans, 10 to 25 Per Cent Discount on Chil- dren’s and Misses’ Shoes. The kinds and prices are so numerous they would take more space in the papers than we can spare. Every pair reduced—vary- ing from Io per cent to 25 per cent. i) ~ Xe) ° Sole owners of the “Jenness Miller” Shoe for Women. They are best advertised by their appreciative wearers. But one qual- ity—the best. But one place—here. But one price —viz $5 OO ‘CROCKER, 1t P9007 98O60000-006: 939 Penna. Ave. All Shoes Shined Free. Ooo £h55-096 090000000000000000000 i : b | This Is Your OPPORTUNITY! Finest Lace Curtains, Portieres, Draperies, &c., AT HALF PRICE! Our recent “sale” of Lace Curtains, Draperies, Fabrics, &c., was a grand success! We shall continue it two days longer, and call attention to the following additional half-price offerings: | |Z Irish Point Curtains; Draperies Half Price. at Half Price. Grand opportunity to pur- Irish Point Curtains at | Chase high-class Heavy rices usually asked for the Draperies at half price. ottingham. Batin Damasks for soft drap- ee erles. "Were $3.50. ‘To go at.--- $1.75 5 ee ile ge bad $2.50 - ards long. Wert 5 e s 2 mapas Wore “Rise. to D1-QO eet l fees Lm go al YARD. co Curtains. Were 0 © $4-75 | wxtimates, chcetally turtahed for ai a Kinds of Drapery rk, Furniture Up- | Satin Derby Portieres. Were $2 cv) holstering, Slip , Window Shades, $5. To gx . 5! &c. Lowest possible prices. FURNITURE. DOWN In addition to the few “manufacturers’ sample” pieces of Furniture now offered at about half price, we are offering | extraordinary concessions on much of the regular stock this week! . You can tell the reduced pieces by the “Red Tickets.” Red Ticket prices on Bed Room Suites, Parlor Suites, Sidi Closets, Writil Desks, Combination Bookcases, &¢c.—all first gools’-at prites that’ challenge comparison. Irresistible Attractions. Hall Stands.| ges bes oands, China ~class, desirable quartered Oak Hall Stands, 24x30 French | plate bevel mirror — either landseay . or upright. Good value at The greatest line of Hall $25. To go at. ™ $15.25 Stands in the city. A few = | ld b el to menth more samples— piocel ere, eo we hare about 3b alters Fine All-quartered Oak Hall Stands, bor tterns, and prices pe 2 from $3.50 to seat, 12x18-inch bevel mirror. $ 250, but all we ask is a fair comparisun, Good value at $15. To go at... Q-45 | tna we t the rest to you. Washington Agents for the Famous “Cutler” Office Desks. CRAIG & HARDING, Furniture, &c., Cor. 13th & F Sts. Ps here hit a mended that authority be given the state committee to publish the proceedings of the convention. That district work be de- veloped was earnestly urged, and member- ship on the committee recommended as follows: R. S. Crawford of Hagerstown, J. A. Adams of Baltimore, J. C. Lynch of Wheeling, W. Va.; F. E. Tasker of Wash- ington, D. C.; W. C. Steward of Baltimore, wre vacancy being left to future considera- ion. By resolution the recommendation of the state committee that $3,000 be raised to continue the state work was pledged. It was ordered that the services of W. B. Miller as acting state secretary be continued for the coming year. Two hun- dred dollars were pledged by the associa- tion for the support of the state wo $500 by individual parties. The topic “College Association” was dis- cussed at the night session by Dr. Bernard C. Steiner of Baltimore, Mr. W. N. Melvin of Western Maryland College, and Inter- national Secretary H. P. Anderson of At- lanta, Ga. 18, when, early in the morning, the Bate eect pipe supplying one of the en- gines burst in two places, and, filling the en- gine room with steam, scalded to death six of the men and badly injured four others. three of the latter having since died. This accident delayed her trip across the Atlantic for several days. REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS. Work of the Tri-State ¥. M. Cc. A. Conventio: The Saturday afternoon session of the tri- state convention of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association at Hagerstown, Md., was held in the Presbyterian Church, and was opened with prayer by Rev. James 8. Gir- wood of Baltimore. A Bible study, led by C. K. Ober of Chi- cago, followed, and the topic “Definite Spiritual Work of the Association” was discussed under three heads, namely, “Meet- ings for Men,” by F. W. Lang of Wilming- ton, Del.; “Bible Classes,” by H. P. Lans- dale of Baltimore; ‘Personal Work,” by W. L. Radcliffe of Cumberland, Md. Chairman H. P. Lansdale of the commit- tee to which the state report had been re- ferred submitted an important report, which was adopted, and which indorsed the suggestion that traveling expenses of members of the state committee be paid four times a year. The report also recom- ais Catholic University Lecture. “Cult, Rituals and Ceremonials of the North American Indians” will be the sub- ject of the lecture at the Catholic Univer= sity Thursday afternoon by Dr. W. J. Hoff- man of the Smithsonian. This is a cont!nua- tion of the lecture delivered by Dr. Hoffman last week on “Religious Beliefs and Pre- tensions of the Indians.” The lécture will begin et 4:45 o'clock.