Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1896, Page 9

Se ee sa ee FEBRUARY! , THE MEANING OF THE WORD. the month interests us. pose now to clean out THE if we have to make a great sacrifice to do it— Don’t fail to get YOUR SHARE- a All $5 trousers to-order MERTZ AN See See oateeestentegeateteate neers ifetentortecertentertegene We don’t want our friends to think us pedantic; we certainly are not running a kindergarten, but the name of We've found out that it is derived from the Latin word FEBRUO—to purify by sacrifice— That applies so aptly to our stock and- our intentions that we can't help mentioning if. . Just on the eve of our-departure for market we pro- 56° $12—$11—Si10—$9—trousers to-order = = = $8—$7—S$6 trousers to-order = = = = «= 906 F Street. ODDS AND ENDS, even $ a. $ - 3 D MERTZ, POWERS NOT TO INTERVENE Gord Salisbury’s Announcement as to Armenia. Reforms of the Sultan to Be Left to Be Developed Without Interfer- ence—England’s Position. anquet In London last ects to the Monroe iurned abruptly ion, and he reproach- es with laboring | supposed that in honor to suc- | h means to go to Jer to force him 21. The Berlin ty bound } the sultan reforms they would | of those reforms. | ot think any jertaking to to the Armenian que: ed the religic 2 did ne ts of the sultan. ned in the drafting of both ded his hearers that | > sultan had recently ery good reforms uce good gov- ‘to work out,” the “They would re- | ed communnity ing that the these reforms havi the tic unfortun of hort h the day 3 and pow n to imagine th tration of those cru thi no ground for ction and creed st point in their @ not Interfered, gland that we could at T may call annoy- of customs here and lation with whom they have y for ages, and who are far removed from the yoursel tary occupation at that the power for m ance. Ir. Gladstone wrote a letter that Eng- Jand could cope with five or six Turkeys. That was a most {Il-judged and rash obser- vation. If the sultan would meet us on the opensea, undoubtedly we could cope with five or six sultans. But it is not worth argu- | ity of England occupying | ble provinet ing the possit er the question ere. I say con- ers wished to view is that, fidently that none of the p rfere, and I believe thei h patience, the © prestige, which 4s the only power left in the country, will ul- timateiy re-establish order and allow indus: try and commerce to take their usual secure course. “That fs th Ww, and It ts our duty to > the sultan time. It is not for me to idgment on that view, but no other "4 een suggested. It is some en- agement to find that already some de- e is being restored. “If you do not act with the great powers, yen against’ them, and produce eala af more awful and terrible than the Armenian atrocities.” on, Lord Salisbury referred to lotic demonstrations in the colonies in the face of the threatened foreign complications, and said: “ft eare not how much we are isolated if we are united. An example has been set which will shed a beneficent light on the latest generations of Englishmen.” As he fintshed his address and resumed his seat, he was greeted with loud and pro- longed cheers. Lord Halsbury, the lord chancellor; Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for Irdia: Mr. Ritchie, president of the board of trade, and other members of the govern- ment were also guests of the association. Lord Salisbury, at the opening of his ech, referred to the recent Transvaal is as throwing a lurid light upon what xt happen !{ home rule were granted to eland. As soon as the Transvaal was in troable, he pointed out, it applied to the for- efzn powers, instead of to England, for sup- port. ™m +o+ A Little Heroine. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. What might have been a terrible wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern was averted the other evening by little Mary Och, a nine-year-old girl, near Slocum Bridge. The little girl was out with a lan- tern hunting a stray horse, which she dis- covered had fallen on a trestle and was caught fast in the bridge, which is near a sharp curve of the railroad, and not in sight of an engineer until his engine is within a short distance. Knowing that the evening accommodation train, which is generally ¢yowded with passengers, was nearly due, the child crawled across the lofty trestle, Past the frightened and plunging horse and then around the curve, where she built a large fire in the center of the track to at- -tract the attention of the trainmen. Her efforts were successful, the train being stopped within a few feet of the beacon. ———§co+_____ ‘The annual banquet of the Hamilton Club, in commemoration of the birth of Alexander Hamilton, was held at Chicago last night. = | ing back fifteen years, 7 MAIL FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. Aceumnulation Found in the Post Office at Georgetown, Ind. From the Indianapolis News. Last September complaint was forward- ed to the post officé authorities in Wash- ington about the post office at Georgetown, Floyd county, Ind. The complaint alleged that much mail was missing, that the post- mistress was an opium eater, and was not in her right mind. This complaint, after a time, was forwarded to William T. Fletcher, Post office inspector of this city, who put it away for investigation when fe should set to that part of the state. Fletcher went to the Georgetown post office last and, after s yw 3 mitted. He ‘found the foomtmisteese cto ta a larse, unkempt woman, suspicious of ‘S, and with the idea that she was the owner of the post office and all the mail 1 therein. tanding on a pile of old news- mails matter with the wrappers unbroken, and some dating back fifteen The it ing apartments of the post- ‘Ss were in the rear of ihe post, office, 3 door to the post office window path worn through the papers tor saw He called misiress and re of not much use : re taken and dump=d lroad bridge. Then he began for first-class mail matter, and he ound over twenty sacks of letters. Some lay on the floor, other letters were stored away in chests, others were tied up in , in old dresses, and so forth. Many letters were old, some of them dat- 00 letters dating back to letters the postmistress to sort and deliver to the eople to whom they are addressed. Fur- ther i ion showed that the postmis- 38, Miss Louise Mutweller, h: not sold thin the last six months. s worth of stamps were Piled up with the mi inspector found thirty- pounds of cent: Miss Hutweller succeeded her father, as bostmistre: of Georgetown, fifteen years It is thought by the ‘Inspector that during all this time she failed to fulfill He imagines that the woman » mail get ahead of her, and that n it accumulated she would not take e trouble to sort i ¢ had ro post office boxes. She would take the mail sack and open it, gettin out the mail. 5 id She would eall out the names 3 -d happened to be in the office to claim the letter when. his name was called, he got it; if ae was not there, he did not get It. A BLIND WHEELMAN, An Exrert Rider on the Bicyele Ma‘ an Noteworthy Journey. From the San Francisco Chronicle. J. C. Perry, a blind man, has just com- pleted a trip to San Jose and return on a Dieyele. The stghtless man was in com- pany of a friend, Gilbert 8. Walker of Oak- land, who ted the w@y, and the only guide the blind man had was the little tinkling bell attached to Walker's wheel. With this for a guide Perry kept out of the rough places along the road, which are many, and received no more falls than an ordi- nary wheelman who has good eyes. The trip was made on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and people along the road looked with astonishment at a blind man scorching along the road with just as much confidence as any other of the numerous wheelmen. Perry 1s a graduate of the institution for the deaf, dumb and blind, and has been blind for fourteen years. He is an expert wheelman and a remarkably bright young man. He requires a guide only on those roads. with which he is unacquainted, and is accustomed to go about on his wheel on known paths just as does the man with good eyes. He has had few accidents. ——_+-e+____ His Extempore Speech. From Texas Siftings. Mrs. Colonel Yerger 1s a continual source of embarrassment to her husband. Colonel Yerger recently gave a dinner party to a few select ladies and gentlemen. Of course, he was called on for an after-dinner speech. Colonel Yerger got up, and, assuming an imposing position, began: “Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared as I am—being wholly unprepared to make a speech—being unprepared—" He was unable to proceed. There was a painful silence, which was broken by Mrs. Yerger saying: “Why, colonel, you knew It perfectly this mornir.g.” Tableau. in charge of the bondsmen of | EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. THE BEER BOYCOTT Efforts to Bring About a Settlement Are Abandoned. UNFORTONATE ASPERITY MANIFESTED Intermediary Negotiations Fail to Bring Balmy Peace. ~ CONCESSIONS | “CONSIDERED he master brewers this afternoon prac- tically deeided to abandon all attempts to bring about a settlement of the war which has existed for several.weeks between the brewers and the Federation of Labor, Dis- trict Assembly 66, Knights of Labor, and Gambrinus Assembly. . It was decided to grant some concessions to the locked-out men asked for by the joint committee of the Bricklayers’ Union and the Building Trades Council, who to- day had a second conference with the brewers. All the parties to the agreement believe that the action taken at the conference will result in the removal of the boycott so far as any effect it may have on trade is con- cerned, and steps to bring this about will be taken at a special meeting of the Brick- layers’ Union, which has been called for Monday evening, and at the regular meet- ing of the Building Trades Council Tues- day evening. As agreed upon, the men who are now at work in the breweries are to be retained there so long as they may desire to remain ard attend to their duties properly, and vacancies will be filled as they occur from the ranks of the locked-out men. All the employes except the drivers are to join Gambrinus Assembly, who are given the privilege of forming an assembly of their own if they wish to do so. Previous to the visit of the joint com- mittee of the Bricklayers’ Union and the Building Trades Council, the executive com- mittee of the Federation of Labor and As- sembly 66 called on the brewers and had a ecnference also. They declar2d they would continue the boycott until the brewers agreed to enforce the agreement prepared several weeks ago by Gambrinus Assembiy, and which was the cause of the present trouble—that all employes, including the drivers, must belong to Gambrinus As- sembly. Refused to Concede, This the brewers refused to concede. Some of the committee said the Bricklay- ers’ Union and Building Trades Council Lad nothing to do with the present trouble, but reply was made to this that the brew- ers are satisfied that the trade union or- ganizations comprise the great majority of the crganized labor peopte of the District. After some further talk, the members of the visiting committee left, and, it is un- derstood, will report to the Federation at its meeting Tuesday evening next that they were unabie to effect a settlement with the brewers. “It is my opinion,” said Mr. William Maghan, chairman of the joint committee of the Bric Union and building trades council, which, by direction of their respective organization, has undertaken to settle the dispute between the beer brewers and the members of Gambrinus Assembly, “that the joint committee of the Federa- tion of Labor and Assembly, 66, does not want to settle the trouble, but want the hoycott and present unsettled state of af- tairs to continue.” A Conference Declined. Mr. Maghan was led to make this remark from the fact that at the time of the ad- jcurnment of a conference, which was held yesterday afternoon between the joint com- mittee of the Bricklayers’ Union and the building trades council and a committee from Assembly, 65, it was understood by all present that if Chairman Maghan would send a formal invitation to the joint com- mittee of the federation and Assembly, 6%, to participate in a meeting this morning of all the committees named, the latter would accept and be present. Maghan was also requested to notify the strike committee of Gambrinus Assembly that their presence was desired at today’s meeting. Mr. Maghan complied with the various requests, and the joint committee, of which he is chairman, met this morning at Erick- layers’ Hall, corner of 7th and I streets northwest, expecting to have a pleasant mecting’ with the committees of Assembly 66, and the Federation of Labor and Gam- brinus Assembly. Instead, however, of this occurring, Mr. Maghan received a. letter from Arthur Keep, secretary of the Fed- eration of Labor and also secretary vf the joint committee of the Federation and As- sembly 66, declining to unite with the rep- resentatives of the Bricklayers’ Union and Building Trades Council, This note read as follows: Washington, D. C., February 1, 1896. Brother Maghan: The committce has de- cided that as the Federation considered the two committees from the central bod- les “sufficlent and competent” to settle their differences between the boss brewers and their employes, It would be wnadvisa- ble for the committee to accept your com- mittees’ offer to visit the boss brewers with the committee and listen to both sides and then “arbitrate” the matter; it would be beyond our power to do so. Your offer is therefore declined with thanks. Yours, fraternally, ARTHUR KEEP, Secretary Joint Committee of Fed- eration and D. A. 66, Discorteous Treatment Alleged. After discussing the letter the joint com- ‘mittee took a recess and repaired to Mr. Leon Tobriner’s office, where they had an- cther conference with the boss brewers and made further arrangements for getting matters back to a normal basis. In an interview with a Star reporter rela- tive to the proceedings at the meeting of the Federation of Labor Tuesday night last Mr. Maghan said: “The joint commit- tee of the Bricklayers? Union and Building Trades Council is unwilling to let a state- ment given after that meeting to a Star reporter by a member of the Federation to go uncontradicted, c “It was stated,” said Mr. Maghan, “by a member of the Federation that the commit- tee from the Bricklayers’ Union and Bulld- ing Trades Council, which went to that body for the purpose of settling the present unfortunate dispute, were treated court- eously by the Federation. Such was not the fact, they were treated in a very un- gentle: ly manner, and in all the history of trade organizations I am free to assert there was never an occasion when a com- mittee was so indecently snubbed, and the organizations they represented so grossly insulted. The whole motive for seeking the conference with the Federation by the joint committee, was that the latter and those who sent them were disposed to be- ' BICYCLE From the New York World. FACES. Heve that if the delegates to the Federa- tion could have the -whole matter explain- ed to them from les union stand- point much of the th feeling then and now existing could ive been ered and it was not thougit for a moment tha‘ the committee would be denied a respect- ful hearing.” ——}—_ SENATORS AND FARMERS Members of the District Committee Visit the Market —_—>— President Ordway gnd the Show Them Around—The Conten- tion With the Commissioners. Farmers On invitation of the retail produce deal- ers‘doing business on the B street sidewalk of the Center market, a subcommittee of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, consisting of Senators Proetor, Gallinger and Martin, this morning viewed the situation there, as well as the hay- market square, and listened to the reasons of the farmers why they should be per- mitted to retain the present stands. Dur- Ing a portion of the inspection Senator ‘MeMillan, chairman of the Senate District committee, was a member of the party. The action today was one of the results of the order of the District Commission- ers several months ago directing the farmers to vacate the sidewalk on the south side of the Center market, so long occupied for the sale of country produce. Recently the dealers petiticned Congress for permission to remain, and were given a hearing before the Senate District com- mittee. The Subcommittee. At that time the request was made that a representation from:the committee per- sonally view the condition of affairs. In compliance with this request Messrs. Proc- tor, Gallinger and Martin alighted from a carriage at the market at 10 o’clock this morning and were welcomed by a com- mittee of the dealers, Messrs. Curtis, Smith and Boniface. About the same time Sena- tor McMillan and President N. G. Ordway of the market company put in an appear- ance, and the party then proceeded to the corner of 7th and B streets, and from there passed slowly along B street with -the throng of Saturday marketers. No opportunity was permitted to escape to enforce any point tending to show that the order of the Commissioners was un- just. President Ordway proved the most voluble talker of the party, but he was ably backed by the committee of farmers. The advantage to the buying public in per- mitting the dealers to retain their present stands was explained at length, as were all the other facts, published heretofore in full. © Inspecting the Haymarket. The occupancy by wholesale dealers of the sidewalk on the north side of B street between 9th and 10th streets was also ex- plained, and next the committee was given a full view of haymarket square, the dis- advantages of the latter location as a site for retail produce stands being discoursed upon as ably as were the advantages of the market sidewalk. At this point Senator McMillan took his departure, but the re- inder of the party passed entirely around the square, along Louisiana avenue, to th street, to B street, and, at the suggestion of President Ordway, next entered Center Market HalJ. Later an inspection of the cold storagé system of the market was made, and a view of the market proper taken from the balconies. President Ord- way declared that the market Is the model organization of its kind fn the world, but claimed that it was not a very profilable investment, but the Senators seemed to differ on that point, and some good-natured chaffing followed. Senator Martin asked if President Ordway would sell the stock ned by him in the company, and it was jol gly decided that Senators Proctor, Callinger and Martin shall soon assume a ecntrolling interest In the company. Fur- ther remarks were made at the expense of Serator Chandler, who was understood to be a large stockholder in the market c rany. The committee then entered the car- riage and drbve off in the direction of the Capitol. From the remarks made from time to time by the members of the committee the farmers feel greatly encouraged, for, they say, the trio from the Senate end of the Capitol seemed to be right with the dealers. Senator Gallinger stated to a Star reporter that he did not care to express himself as yet on the subject, but added that he had practically made up his mind as regards the action he would take when the matter comes up. Of course, said ‘the Senator, significantly, his opinion might change af- ter hearing what the Commissioners have to say. Se BLAZING KINDLEWOOD. Carter's Wood Yard Makes a Quick and Lively Fire. James O. Carter's wood yard, on Water street between G and H streets southwest, burned last night, with loss of sixty feet of sheds, the office and a large amount of Kirdling wood, estimated at $1,200. The fire started, it is believed, from the engine room. As the sheds were piled full of sawed and split kindling wood, coated with pitch, the fire was a hot one. The tiremen say they could not save the yard, and gave their attention to saving adjoining prop- erty, belonging to the Independent and Great Falis ice companies. Mr. Carter lost all his office books. There was insurance cn the property. SS A Gathering of Stamp Collectors. At the rooms of the Washington Stamp Club there was an informal gathering last evening of the collectors of the city, in honor of Mr. John N. Luff, a member of one of the leading stamp firms of New York, who is making a business trip through some of the leading eastern cities. Mr. Luff was the guest of the club, and was made heartily welcome by the members and others who gathered in numbers to meet him and see the treasures in the philatelic Ime whith he has with him. Mr. Luff has over $60,000 worth of stamps with him, many of which he hopes to dispose of during his trip. Among the higher-priced stamps in the lot were the following: The Brattleboro’, Vt., stamp, issued In 1845, and valued at $650; the Milbury, Mass., valued at $1,000; the Victoria, Tex., issued during the confederate days, and listing at $1,000, and numerous strips and pairs of the early United States stamps, both used and un- used, all bringing very high prices. M Luff expressed himself as being much pleased with the standing and enthusiasm of the local collectors, and quite a sum of money changed hands during the course of the evening. —— Spencer Memortal Window. ‘The Spencer memoria} window, in honor of Prof. Henry C. Spencer, has been com- pleted, and during the present week has been put in its place in the New Church Temple, corner 16th and Corcoran streets northwest. It is entirely of opalescent glass, and 1s the middle south window of the nave, receiving the most .favorable light to de velop its artistic effects. ‘The scene represented is that-of David, the young shepherd,and wartior-poet, and sweet singer of Israel, charming away the evil spirits from the doomed and stricken King Saul. David stands, with eyes uplifted, and draws divine melody from the harp to scothe the tortured monarch. Prince Jona- than stands beside his father, and, recog- nizing in David the future King of Israel, destined to supplant him, without jealousy beholds him, ‘and loves him as his own soul.” An angelic group in the radiant heavens above approaches David, bearing a crown and a scroll, with the words, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. The window was executed by Donald Ma: Denald of Boston, tn accordance with writ- ten instructions from Mrs. Spencer. This window is one of a series in this temple to represent, when completed, the sacred his- tory of the world. —.—_—_ Laid to Rest. ‘The remains of Capt. Samuel P. Walter, who died on the 29th of last November, were taken yesterday afternoon from the vault where they were interred in the Congressional cemetery, and interred in their last resting place. Representatives ‘were present from a number of patriotic organizations of the city. A SWEEPING LAW An Aot of 1879 Relating to the Sale of Oleomargarine. PASSED 10 PROTECT THE DISTRICT Prosecutions to Be Commenced Under Its Provisions. WHAT IT DECLARES a Ey ‘The dealers in oleomargarine in the Dis- trict, who have been conducting traffic in the article without a complete regard for the laws governing the sale of imitation butter, and who have been almost open in their protestations that they cannot be reached by the authorities, are very much alarmed over the active interest which the District Commissioners have tak2n in the premises. Heretofore the oleomargarine laws of the United States have been re- garded as furnishing many loopholes through which their violators could be helped by means of technicalities, and it has been difficult to make cases against them, but it appears now that a law passed by Congress in 1879, and approved on Jan- uary 25 of that year, covers the ground in the District absolutely. This law is entitled “A1 act for the protection of dairymen, and to prevent deception in sales of butter and cheese in the District of: Columbia.” It has never been repealed and is in full force. It provides as follows: “Be it enacted by the Senate ani House of Representatives of the+Urited States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person who shall manufacture for sale, or who shall offer or expose for sale any ar- ticle or’substance in semblance of butter or cheese, not the legitimate product of the dairy, and not made exclusively of milk or cream, but into which the oil or fat of ani- mals, not produced from milk, enters as a component part, or into which melted but- ter, or any oll thereof, has been introduced to take the place of cream, shall distinctly and durably stamp, brand or mark upon every tub, firkin, box or package of such article or substance the word ‘Oleo-Mar- in plain Roman letters, not less than half an inch square, placed horizontal- ly in proper order, thus: Set Oleo-Margarine. And in case‘of retail sales ef such article or substance in parcels, the seller shall, in all cases, deliver therewith to the purchaser a written or printed label bearing the plain- ly written or printed werd ‘Oleo-Marga- rine,’ in type or letters as aforesaid; ard every sale of such article or substance rot so stamped, branded, marked or labeled shall be void, and no action shall be main- tained for the price thereof. “Section 2. That every person who shall sell, or offer to sell, or have in his or her pesseseion with intent to sell, contrary to the provisions of this act, and of the said article or substance required by the first section of this act, to be stamped, marked or labeled es ther stated, not so stamp ed, marked or labeled, or in case of retail sale without delivery of a label required by section 1 of this act, shall, for each such offense, forfeit and pay a fine of $100, to be recovered by indictment in any court of the District of Columbia of competent jurisdiction for the trial of misdemeanors, and the one-half of fine to go tot informer and the residue to be paid the treasury of the Distri “Section 3. That every p: sell, or offer, or expose for shall cauge or procure to t fered or exposed for sale, a substance required by the of this act to be marked, ed or labeled,not so marked,brandcd,stam) ed or labeled shall be guilty of a’ mi. meanor, and on trial for such mi. proof of the sale or offer or expo: or who or of- 4 ded, stamp- al allezed shall be presumptive evidence of knowledge of the offered. Prosecutions Will Be General. The sweeping provisions of this act are apparent at a glan and the fact that prosecutions are to be immediately com- menced under it has caused a great deal! of alarm among oleomargarine dealers who | have been unaware of the exist of thi statute heretofore. This publication w be news to many of them of a most un- pleasant character. The authorities and all others interested in the cleomargarine | question as it affects the local public are | merely inspired by a determination to com pel the sale of oleomargarine for what it | really is. The majority of the persons who buy it, unwittingly, are the poorer who purchase it under the impressi it is butter, and pay the prices commande: for the latter article. Accordingly. character of the article so sold or it than it would be sold for if it was of-/ fered in its real character. This custom is what the authorities say they are de- termined to prevent in future, and ar- rangemenis are completed already for a general prosecution of all dealers in District who have made themselves li: to the laws in the premises. —— THE BELLS OF ST. MICHAEL'S, Why They Are Highly Regarded by the Charleston People. Charleston Letter to Chicago Record. The steeple of St. Michael's is the most prominent landmark in Charleston, and can be seen at sea for several miles. During the late war most of the shells from the federal batteries on Morris Island, in the harbor, were aimed at it, and it is no com- pliment to Yankee marksmanship that it was not struck. The body of the church, however, was damaged consigerably. The bells of St. Michael's"are the most precious possessions of the place. They were bought by subscription in 1762, and hung in 1764. When the British captured the city in 1782 they were seized as plunder and carried to England, where they were purchased at auction by a Mr. Ryhnieu, who reshipped them to Charleston and re- placed them in the old tower. In 1838 sev. eral cracks having appeared, they were re- cast in England, and then hung undis- turbed until 1862, when they were removed to Columbia to keep them out of the hands of the Yankees: This, however, proved to be a mistake, for in 1865 the building in which they were concealed was burned by Sherman's army and the bells were melted into a shapeless mass of metal. But the precious materiai was sent to the original foundry, still oper- ated by the grandchildren of the man by whom they were originally cast, and the same molds were used for the third time in recasting them. In 1867 they came again to their old place, and on March 21 of that year the entire population was filled with thankfulness when it heard the beloved chimes ring out the music of the old song: * “Home again, home again, from a foreign shore.” An aged negro with white hair and a cor- rugated face, who bears the name of Prof. George Washington McLean Gadsden, has played the chimes for more than sixty years. oe His First Day of Freedom, From the Savannah News. Frone Wilson, an oid negro, sent to the penitentiary from Liberty county in 1853 while a slave, was pardoned by Gov. At- Kinson today. The negro was charged with being accessory to a murder, and was in the Liberty county jail when Lincoin issued his emancipation proclamation, so that the'old negro's first day of freedom was today. His pardon was recommended hy the legislative committee that recently visited the penitentiary camps. ——_—_-e-___ The Latest Trick in Horse Trading. From the Philadelphia Record. There are tricks in all trades, but horse trades appear to have more than their share. The proprietor of an uptown hotel in this city patronized largely by agricul- turists was very anxious to sell a horse to a friend from the country, but the latter had some doubt as to the animal's speed. The two agreed upon a certain day for a drive in the park, and in the meantime the hotel man had not been idle. They were bowling along at a pace which was scarcely calculated to create any great excitement, when a park guard, who had previously been “fixed,” arrested the owner of the horse for driving faster than the allowed three-minute gait. He willingly paid his fine of* $5, and his companion was so im- pressed by the occurrence that he imme- Giately purchased the horse. February Is just between hay and grass, as the farmer would say, Winter trade is over and spring trade has begun. It’s a cleaning-up month with us, and to push business we make prices so low that you must buy. your money gets richer and fuller bargains here than any- .where else. Our prices are quality, and a cut in them, Now we are going to make a big cut, and put our entire stock of Furniture into this per cent. This means a chance that you can't afford to overlook. : . 20,° - (1) ° Discount off of our prices, which are puts ggod Furniture within the reach the lowest in town, quality considered, of ail. ‘Carpets. 1,200 yards Union Ingrain Carpets, Now pets, 43c. a yard. Several patterns Wilton Regular price, $1.25 a yard. to close. All our Best ‘Tapestry Brussels. wlar price, 9c. a yanl. At 59c. 2c. Jointless Matting, 19¢. Velvets, Xow T4c., Beg- 13 wool. Regular price, 50c. 25e. a yard to close them ont. 14 patterns of Good Tapestry Car : Co a se es so W. H. HOEKE, Carpets, Furniture & Drapery, Cor. Penn. Ave. & 8th St. sesoedessesSoedontendoncententontet You wilt find always the lowest for like however small, means much. sale at a cash discount of 20 Jap. Rugs. 4x 7 Rugs, worth $4.50, for $2.20, 6x 9 Rugs, worth $7.59, for $4.20. @x12 Rugs, worth $15.00, for $3.40. Carpet Rugs. i Rugs, 1% yards long, fringed, 95e. Carpet Rugs, made up of the rem- pante, bordered all around, in sizes to fit most any room, at remnant prices. Hassocks, 25c, Laces. All our $18, $17.50, $16, $15, $14.50, $13.60, $12.50 and $11 Ecru, Tambour and Irish Point Curtains at $7.90 a pair. All our $6, $5 and $4 Chentlle Por- theres at $2.50 a pair. Opaque Shades, 2 yards lonz, 2c. Upholstery Materials at cut prices. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Metropolitan Railroad Men Form a Relief + Association, Excellent Program Presented at Dum- barton Church and Other Local Notes of General Interest. A meeting of the employes of the Metro- politan railroad was held last evening at the cffice of the company, on P street which was attended by over 250 persons The object of the meeting was to form a relief association, on similar lines to the one in s ful operation on the Wa irgton and Georgetown railroad, and a basis for the treasury of the uew reli ociaticn a notice was from the president and board cf dir s annou ing that $1,110 had been donated to start the worthy object. According to the plans of the new tion the men will p $1 per month fn dues and re read assoc week while sick, and in c benefit of $100 to cover fu The employes of the 9th a committee to the me: them, with typewr of regret was eculd at the expi them for one y ballot box the + nen Coleman, a pose. meeting was arm in progress Driver John n came in with a col- ered baby He stated that a colored woman with a number of children had ridden in his car and when she went out forgot one o! her offspring. Davy ( superintendent of the road in 1 to know the sex of the baby found to be a girl John Draley that he _believ that th Ss done. Seon afterward nild, Gene iy rushed the place and demended her child. happy she found out that it was the first w to vote for the hig of Asso Wilson of the rer of the r to hold the money Messrs, F 1 in woman's hts and baby be allowed to vote, Si the director: ard resul and Burdette the formation of this b and election of the following: Sturgis, chair- ; Stone, secretary; Hawkins and Mo sick commit ter, Burdette ‘odd, death committee. Execlient Program. There was an excellent musical and liter- ary program given last evening at the! Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church for the benefit of the same, which was well at- tended, and which netted a good sum. Mr. Guy V. Collins and Mr. J. B. Miller, leading members of the Linthicum Stu- dents, made hits. The solos of Miss Lillie Stewart, Miss A. Pilisbery and & F. Holden were very good. opened with a piano solo by Mrs. Isaac Birch, and in addition to the above named was followed by these numbers: Recita- tion, Master Lester Ballard; violin solo, Mr. B. Amis; Delmonte Quartet, Messrs. S. E. Staats, D. W. King, William Boyd, W. E. Winslow and B. R. Winslow; recita- tien, Miss Blanche Belle; solo and violin obligato, Miss Daisy B. O'Neal; soprano solo, Miss H. Nye; recitation, Mr. J. Mus- son; cornet solo, Mr. Shreeves; recitation, Mrs. Albert Houghton. A Suicide. The report has just reached here of the suicide of Elijah H. Dundel, a young man twenty-one years of age, who lived on the line of the canal, a short distance above Great Falls. The young man was in love with a young girl of his neighborhood, and Wednesday they had quite a quarrel, The young man, who is a cyclist, went off, pur- chased a quantity of “ratsbane,” took a liberal dose and then started to ride to his home. He had gone but a short distance when he fell off his wheel dead. The young lady is distracted over his death. An Anniversary. Today is the twenty-ninth anniversary of the service of the five members of the police in charge of th® Georgetown sta- tion. February 1, 1867, Lieutenant Swin- dells and Sergeants Volkman, Robey, Haney and Hess were among the lot of men—seventy-five in all—which was the first increase after the organization of the metropolitan system. men appointed twenty-nine years ago thers are about ten who are still in service, At the time of the appointments ten of the men were assigned to Georgetown, and in addition to those named above there were Mr. Sebastian, whe was never commis sioned; Reid, who resigned; Cunningham, who served twenty years and is now on the retired Mst, and Green and Hospital, b6th of whom died in the service. For the past quarier of a century the five named living policemen have been in charge of the seventh precinct, with one or two sears exception in detailed duties, and how weil they have attended to their work the peo- ple of the West End can attest. Stabbing Afinir. A stabbing affray occurred last evening on Q street near 34th street, which resulted in Charles Johnson, a colored boy living at 8338 Q street, gettirg stabbed in the back by Mason Stewart, a white boy about the same age, who lives at 1650 Valley avenue. Stewart ts the driver of an oil wagon, and every time he passed by the neighborhood of the stabbing a garg of colored boys would get after nim. Last evening he was bringing his employer's supper, when Jc hn- son and a companion attacked him and started to beat him. To protect himself, he pulled out his pocket knife and used it. He was arrested later by Policeman Stein- braker, on a charge of assault. Johnson's injury is slight. An Elopement. ‘There was an elopement yesterday which surprised a number of people. The par were Harry Easton, a molder, about a which had been left in his car. | din the | th The program | Of the seventy-five | twenty-two years of age, who lives at 1716 33d street, and Bertha B. Posey, a young girl of seventeen, who has for some time been stopging at house of her sis Mrs. Potter, on Strect near Q stre Anticipating the action of the couple some days ago, Mrs. Potter took her sister to the house of an aunt in Alexandria. The young girl ran away from there, however, met her lover ye . @ marriage ie d ihe two joined in in spite of the oppo- the bonds of wedloc! sition to the match, Notes. yening a quiet wedding was in which Mr. John Caton, a t, was married to who lives at the same was very quiet and the pl e avenue, wi tor the p Mrs. Mary E. place. T st ever, is able to n has been an press Comp: er of the , with a » juice, He ts eng cigar in President and Mrs. Kreger. | his mouth, and has a most untidy appear- think ing of receiving vis- itor : distinction and import- of tt i wants, but she also has all th | of the Dutch w and is h upon all those who are not on —— ae : Transporting Treasure in China, From the Ceatury, clally of late, treasure to pri- jals of all ranks, e of it in the fail- vate gain by and the pitiable eviden ure of the Chinese army and navy to be ready for the inevitable struggle with Japan is too recent and convincing to be disputed; but on the other hand, we can only wonder at the power’ of this law of lity which, in such a land, en- emotest province to transport its *cking in solid silver, by the sim t loss b mofas : one more with the soluteness of this power as applied to trancportation than to meet a line miles, horses or camels, 1o: ver bullion. The silver is usually in rough logs of wood that have by hollowed ovt, and then bound together, and i with a little flag of rT 3 stating the amount and destination. That is all the prote on thera is except the ordinary drivers, who carry no weapors, and are attended by no gua In what other jand on the face of the globe could the same be done? or Rapid Transit in Philadelphia, From the Philadelphia Record. A very unvsual and amusing circum- stance—amusing, that {s, to all but the principal actor—occasioned a block on thé Wayne avenue trolley Ine, Germantown, above Wayne junction, one day recent | The motorman on one of the cars of that | line, who had been holding his hand to his jaw in a peculiar fashion for several min- utes while his car sped along, suddenly | turned off the motive power and signale | to the conductor that he would lke to talix | tohim. There was a brief conference, and uben the motorman jumped off his car and ran around the corner and disappeared. | The conductor jamped down into the street, |and stood slapping his arms across his | chest. |. Se | behind the first. | ductors deserted their posts and gathered | around the first conductor. He said some- | thing to them and they all laughed. The | | | ral more cars came up and stopped The motermen and con- passengers began to think that another strike had been declared. But after a time the motorman came back with a look of “Well, I got | relief upon his countenan it out!” he yelled to the conductor, “but she hwt a bit, you bet,” and he held up a huge molar, which the dentist had pulled from his jaw. Fhen the cars went on. = —— The Important Part. From Truth. Friend—“Are you rehearsing for your new pla: Society Actress—“O, yes; I go to my, dressmaker's every afternoon.” A Close Figuren i From the Indianapolis Journal. “IT am astounded,” said the man who haf finished his new house. “The cost is ace | «wally within the estimates.” i | “I used to make rebuilding ee at jan Insurance company,” €: the chitest. - —»