Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1896, Page 8

: MOSES&x B. SONS, F Street, Storage Warehduse, Corner Eleventh. 224 near M. = Biggest Carpet Values we’ve 35! offered in our history we offer . now. You Never Paid So Little For So Much. —That Semi-annual Furniture Sale of ours breaks all records for price cutting. It belongs to the policy of the house to do thor- oughly whatever is attempted— and a house with less liberal ideas would never cut prices on desir- able goods to COST AND LESS —as we have done. COUCH CUTS. The regular Box Couch that you'll see all over town we'll close out regardless of value at.. Couch covered im corduroy, any color, spring edge, tufted seat and bead. $13 value... Walnut Frame Couch, covered in the best leather. Our own make. $45 value. To close... Self-Opening Box Couches Are something new hereabouts. All you need do is turn the key and they open themselves. Really an innovation in couch making. Self-opening Box Couch, spring edge all around, covered in cor- $7.00 $9.00 $25.00 @uroy. Worth $20. Sale priee.. $15.00 Self-opening Box Couch, sold with a guarantee that if springs in seat wear out within a year the couch will be upholstered ae TC of charge. Sale price...... $13.00 = pack. I age of si a Sherry. delivered 3 erry deliver 2 2 for ‘75 cents. This fs just what you want to give a good flavor to your sauces. And for bast- ing aod making wine Hy it's unequaled. See that ““To-Kalon” fs on the bottle. And re- @ember % gallon ‘costs only FSC. 7 TO-KALON Wine 614 14th St. "Phone 998. """?..3 00a Gold Crowns, $5 Why suffer the annoyance occasioned by broken teeth, old roots, and missing teeth, when our crown and bridge- work is so painless—so com- fortable—so durable—so cleanly so beautiful—so natural— 80 inexpensive. Solld gold erowns and bridge teeth, $5. ° Painless extracting, 50c.; cleaning, 7Se.; silver fillings, ‘TSe.; platina fillings, $1; arti- ficial teeth, $8. Dental ° o Association, Cor. 7th and D Sts. We Want Buyers FOR OUR SWITCHES. FINE QUALITY SEE GREAT REDUCTIONS: 50 Switches at $i me SICCARDI’ 711 11TH ST. N.W. proportion. ‘9 ocl2-9m,14 tee FURNITURE | —Several Parlor Suites—and i Bed Room Suites—China §} Closets—Rockers, &c., re- i | maining from our great | | clearing sale will be sold to |: first comers this week r i BELOW. : COST ; ANDON_ + CREDIT! f o z When these are GONE— the sacrifice is at an end. 250 of the newest and hand- somest spring patterns in Baby Carriages have just ar- rived—patent wheel brakes | —metal or rubber tires—all fi prices—from $5 to $50. Your | credit is good—ALWAYS —no notes or interest. Car- = | | | | | | q ie | | The California Corset Fits, Wears and is Comfortable. IS NOT SOLD IN STORES. Send for Descriptive Catalogue. California Corset Co., 30-8m BROOKLYN, N.¥. (Geo. MC Oyster, Jr} Fresh Country Milk sidirect from the cow to you is here. Purest and sweetest, of course. Delicious Cream —one quart of which is equal to 8 quarts of the ordinary. Goes farthest, and is therefore the cheapest. =Ib. Box Creamery Butter, $1.40. ‘You naturally expect us to lead. We do! As evidence we are selling 5-lb. box ‘Best Creamery, Butter for only Fresh shipments of Eggs daily! Geo. Tl. Oyster Jr., Hdgqrs. 1148 Conn. Ave. . 175 Center Market. Branches: 26 Riggs Market. GET THE BEST— “The Concord Harness” 20 r cent discount on Winter Horse Blankets and es. "LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa: Ave. N.W. fel7-16d @ext National Hotel.) Great Reduction In Hair. Switches, $2.50, formerly $5.00. Switches, $4.00, formerly -00. .00, formerly Switches (gray), bebe Switches (gray), $4.50, formerly $6.50, 6.50, former! Switches (gray), ly $10.50. First-class attendance Hair Dressing, ipooing, ete. Professional Wigs for hire. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. 4$a30-20d IF YOU HAVE A FOUNTAIN PEN THAT IS NOT giving you satisfaction fetch it to us and we will allow you a fair price for it in excha: of our Lancaster Govermment Fountain will give you satisfaction. We repair all kinds of pens and pencils. Lends to fit pencils. THE LANCASTER GOVERNMENT PEN CO., fel7-10d 919 F ST. for ong that If everybody bought cheap shoes all the time the People would soon be a lot of acrobats, walking on their hands, holding their crippled, tortured feet high im the air to give them little rest. COMFORT IS OUR HOBBY. Strange after talk- ing so much against aoe shoes that we ‘would tara around and offer you a good, reliable Shoe for $3.50. Not strange, either, for it’s a rm Shoe. $3.50 is our price. Wilson, 929 F St. Our Emuisios Emulsion | Presents the wonderful tonic and nutri- tive properties of its ingredients in a most pleasing and palatable form. The odor of liver oll is elimi- and the disacreeable taste en- concealed by pleasant-tasting al mond flavor. It's easily digested, even | . Especially de- | ts., BSc. 18th & Pa. ave. 17th & H sts. wo Drug Stores, mbh3-28 Hands Can’t Be So Badly Chapped that ROSEMARY BALM won't relieve them. A few applications make the red- dest, roughest skin soft and white. Noth- ing we knw of that’s more effective or more pleesing to use. 2c. bottle. Scheller & Stevens, 2". Pharmacists, COR. 9TH AND PENNA. AVE. mh3-20d Safe end Economical. —The soips that remove all f the dirt in the least time—with the slightest effort and without injuring the finest fabrics—are Weaver,Kengla & Co.’ 5 Bony SOAPS.) They're atsolutely pire—and they never vary an fota in quality. Ask your grocer for them, and see to it that you get them. See how they're made at cur plant, 8244 K st. n.w. mh3-F To Publish A list of all the liv® dealers that handle the great CUBANOLA Se. Cigar would be equal to publishing a directory. If you're not “in it” already get in line. ois RICHARD & CO., 628 Pa. ave., Distributors. fel9-im . ls; pets made and laid free— - | no charge for waste in | | “matching figures. x 5 , : . 3 : Grogan’s ; ( | MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSB, 4 819-821-823 TTH STREET N.W., ¥ | EET. H AND I STS. jo] (XERRREEE EERE EREEER EERE 3S No matter how severe your toothache may be we'll either extract the tooth or vans Dental Parlors, 217 Penna. Ave. N. W. ry Our Vin’ Erythroxyli. It's a Cora Wine, ard as a tonic is not to be su . Identical with the celebrated French “Vin Mariani.”” It braces and stimulates the entire system. 75c. a bottle. DRUGGIST, .W. Jennings, ~ccosr Cash prices owes? = 142 Conn. ave, il 214 14th st. "Phone 77. re If Your Hands Are Cha; Fe “2 2 free from = unpleasant "s grease or 2c. bottle, at-all druggists’. . Evans’ Drug Store, 238 F Street, WHOLESALE 1pPed | WE CLEAN - ia Mi a in Wrappers and Tea Gowns. —At— PERRY’S. We have some offerings to make for tomorrow that will interest every lady—Under- wear and Wrappers. Some are reductions from regular prices. Others are special prices on exceptionally good values. But two such lines cannot fail to attract you. .While these are bargains — and worthy of your attention on the price score, if no other— we want you to let the quali- ties persuade you. It is no feat of merchandising to quote cheap prices. But it is an achievement to be able to hold out such values at such low markings. Quality ‘first, with us—al- ways. That is what makes the best cheapest. Corset Covers— Cambrie Corset Covers, with high neck and pearl buttons—were 29¢.— NOowW— 19¢. “v" and Square Neck Coreet Cov- ers, trimmed with hemstitching, links and embroldery—were 45c. and 80c.--NOW— French Nainsook Corset Covers, trimmed with lace and embroiders— Be to $20. Best grade of Cambric Corset Cov- ers, a little bit soiled, trimmed with Torchon and Valenciennes Inces and embroidery. Some with: “V"’ necks, others square, round or high cut— were $1.25, $1.50, $1.98, $2.75 and $3—Now— 79¢c.—98c.— $1.59 and $1.98. Drawers— Muslin ang Camoric Drawers, with deep hems and tucks—25e. sSseseateatergeegtoatononendondeegeegesgseateaseatonsenenedeegensentenseaeetgensensonsenengensoatonengengeasoatontengesenseeteaseasiaongeagengeseeseeteateasenegentoasoageenatiateagenteao teeter hash Ps a ee ee a a as ts Be oc as as es i te aC et es OE EERE IEEE Srasoesbegeadeasengenengengeegengeeseasonceeconsessensendeagenteaseasraseaseasiasraseasengeareateateatenseateassrsrashaseashaseaeateaseateaseatetsessoeseaseaseaseaseaseeseseas tsa set serge seals Muslin Drawers, trimmed with ruf- fle of closed embroidery—29c. a pair. SreSeasesgeegoendondond oateerseg ‘Mus}in and Cambric Drawers, cut very wide, aud trimmed with tucks and ruffle of fine embroidery—i0c. a pair. Muslin, Caiabrie and Nainsook Drawers, trimmed with insertions and ruffiee sf lace and embroidery— slightly sotled— Were $2.75. Now $1.39. Were $2.00. Now $1.25 Were $1.50. Now 98c. Were $1.25. Now 8c. Skirts— Cambric Skirts, trimmed with Tor- chon lace—were $1.98—NOW— Cambric Skirts, trimmed with in- sertfons and rufftes of Torchon and Point de Paris laces. Were $2.50. Now $1.39. Were $2.25. Now $1.19. Chemise— Muslin Chemise, trimmed with edge of embroidery—39e. Muslin and Cambric Chemise, trimmed with embroidery and lace. Were $1.98. Now 8gc. Were 98c. Now 69c. a ss A te ied Soegonfontontenseetentensentonsergontontontons eet Gowns— Muslin and Cambrie Gowns, with tucked yoke ard trimmed with cam- brie ard embroidered ruffie. Cut ex- tra Jong. 60 and 590. % Empire Cambrie Gowns, trimmed with embroidery and fastening at side—89e. Cambric Gowns—(solled a little)— trimmed with Torchon, Point de Paris lace and embro'dery. Were $3.50. Now $1.98. Were $3.00. Now $1.68. Were $1.98. Now $1.39. Were $1.75. Now 98c. Wrappers. We have just put two lots of Wrappers in stock that are really special values at spe- cial prices— They are Percale—long and fall— wothing skimpy about them—with large seams and lined to the waist. Good colors and quite a variety of them—60c. and 89¢. Cashmere Tea Gowns—latest spring styles—in a varlety of dainty colors— trimmed with lace and ribbons. $7 value for $5. $9 value for $6. PERRY’S, Established 1840, ‘felephone 995. sSo-so-soesonsotecentoncertorgesgorgestesoatontongongontontondorietentonlontontontongonengostoesoesoasoetontontoneatentontontorioer s sSosdosdosovdosdostosgesdraretretregresoatontonteroeesensecserdrateetoitontontentonto doten trate toetiatoatestesgestrteeaterteetentontentectectet Ory 2 =] = = r=) =] a e s © > & s r= . 2 eS et ane heeseeg Segoe Sorenson gerestengente SesSossogondonseasraseesreseeseaserseaseaseagegeadeegengendeagenseuaaser Rudden’s Credit House, 513 7th st. —When you purchase Housefurnish- ings here. Just promise to pay some- thing each week, and select what - furniture you need at cash prices. No price ups and downs to the cash and credit buyers here. Every pa- tron has the same privileges. 1896 Baby Carriages, $5. Splendid Sideboards, $ro. Parlor Suites, $35. RUDDEN’S redit House, 513 7th St. Of dirt wie FUR RUGS. Aes t 5 whieeemre cate ae REEVES, BOODLE & CO, Cash Grodéré, 1209 F St. 3-DAY'SALE! GROCERIES; WINES & | LIQUORS. } Prices will be lower than you have known them for a long while during Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We are determined that more of you shall get ac- quainted with this store and its prices, which are known to be the lowest in this city for high-class goods. And please bear in mind that nothing passes muster here that we cannot guar- antee—that is, not the best of its kind. You really cannot afford to skip us if you're a house- keeper, or rather an economi- cal one. Strictest attention given mail orders, and goods de- livered—C. O. D. if you wish them—to all parts of the city. Canned GoodsCut Best Franklin brand standard Granulated Sugar, Ge. Ib. Sredeaseadendeegeseateatoetonesensonsoaseagengegeeseeteatoasengergeegegeesersinsonfoees SoeSeeseesiaseaseatiateatoogecdeseatoatiatvageegeegeeetrateatiatbadesgeegeegesersoateagooogecseesoaseaatearvseaseateaseesoaseatsenseosegvegrseetnateaseaesoesvesrasiatoaseaeogeseeseaseasiateateseeseasvesoasvasoaseageeesbeseogeeseseetenteaseageegeegesnaseateaseegesgerteagreceesensoacengengeageegees SreSrasoaseasengengedeateageagendendeagententenseaceesesmesensensnseasetseasageeseesensegegeagendensensenzenzensenzerseesets Sresengonendengentond g¢i® cms extra standard Tomatoes, Six cans Silver Lake Sugar Corn, Six cans Shriver's Silver Label Early June Peas, 58¢. Six cans Shriver's Sifted Early Sweet Peas, 90c. Six cans Godillot's French Fins Peas, 90c. Six cans Godillot’s Extra Fins Pees, $1.04. Six cans Nicolle Fins Peas, 72c. Six cans Booth’s Lima Beans, very fine, 59¢. Booth’s Canned Pineapple, extra heavy sirup, 19¢. can. Six cans ‘Columbus brand’ fornia Fruits, 89¢. —consisting of Lemon Cling Peaches, Bartlett Pears, Apricots, Egg Plums and Green Gage Plums. Packed in the orchard. Call- Three bottles Snider's Catsup, 69c. Three bottles Beefsteak Catsup, 5c. Six cans Ohio Valley Catsup, very nice, 39¢. Five pounds regular 15e. Prunes, B3e, Regular 15¢. Evaporated Peaches, 12c. pound. Taree bottles McMechen’s Jams, 49c. Instead of Gc. Pots Preserved Canton Ginger, 44c. instead of 0c. pot. Glass pure Crabapple glass instead of 36c. 220, Jelly, Other Goods. Five packages Quaker Oats, 48¢, Ten cakes Babb ets "s Soap, 42c. Five pounds Best Gloss Starch, 2c. 8 Ibs. very best Head Rice, 21e, 1-Ib. can Royal Baking Powder, 40c. Small Sugar-cured Hams, 12c. Ib, Small Sugar-cured Breakfast Bacon, 10. pound. Odd lot of bottled Olives, regular price 55¢e. to &c., 33c. bottle. 5-1b. bucket Pure Leaf Lard, 47c. 5-lb. bucket Cottolene, 4c. Selected N. ¥. Burbank Potatoes, 45c. bushel. California Flour, $5.25 bbl.; $1.35. qr. bbl. sOur Specialties, One specialty is selling the finest Coffee that can be produced—roasting it on the premises by the celebrated dry-roast process and grinding it as fine or as coarse as it is desired. We are at all times ready to serve you a trinl cup of our delicious Coffee. Old Mandehling Java and Mocha, 38c. Ib.; 3 Ibs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $1.80. R., P. & Co’s No. 1 Break- fast Java, 35¢. Ib.; 3 Ibs., $1. Another specialty is making the finest, purest and nfost delicious Bon Bons’ and Chocolates that can be produced and selling them at 47c. pound ané 25c. pound. Our 47e, mixture contains over 40 varieties of Chocolates and Bon-Bons, and they are guaranteed to be tho most delicious confections possible to make, Our 25c. mixture contains over 25 varleties of Chocolates, Bon-Bons and Caramels, and 1s guaranteed to equal any 50c. mixture ever sold. ‘We aiso guarantee our confections to be made of absolutely pure in- gredients, Savored with fresh fruit VOrS. +Lowest prices ever tquoted in this city for liquors. Our Liquors’ are ‘absolute! . We have. galhed a cavante Pepa: tation Te of handling only y, “We dg vot ty fo at near as much for our liquors “as others, but are content to sell them at the lowest prices‘in this city. The following prices are even lower than See poerive Whisky, 8 fan! F . years old, $4 pal tnetSea OF $5. ‘Hermitage _Pure Whisky, years old, $8.15 gal. ead oe. ° Old Crow Pure Rye Whisky, aang” ° Port Wine, $2.10 gallon in- stead of Le years old, $3 gal. instead $8. al Oherry Wine, §2.10 gal. in- stead ot $8: pace Very. fine California Port Wine, made in 1887, $1.80 instead of $2.56 gallon. fornia Shel Wi 1650) $120 gal hasten of Pleasant Valley Sweet Catawba Wine, ‘Te. gal. ‘These prices above are for gallon tae Sue gecaiition at These prices. eeves, le eeves, cote SS 1209 F Street. de in #250. On; (ee STIMULATING REFRESHING APTER EXERCISE, Liebig ~ Company’s Extract of Beef. The genuine has signa- ties, ong acon Liebie. t2J.v. Liebig. ‘Moquette Carpet. { —A more pleast Moquettes It affords you doesn’t exis! the brightest and most har-| monious. color innate | ° showing in ours. the newest and most attrac- tive patterns to select from —at only Ve. a yi Floral Designs. We ty of decorations for Dinners, &e. The 7 utmost care is exercised, thus insuring the best results. Get our estimate. Lowest pos- sible prices. A. Gude & Bro., 1224 F St. mb3-12d —We'll mend almost anything ex- cept broken bones. Let us know if we can be of service to you. Work called for and delivered. Tortoise Shell Combs repaired. Room 2 R.C.BOND&CO., SPs) mb3- Staniard wie, “ih map, sal ‘ly illustrated. e Guide to vein Sua on the Washington. "tice, 25 cents. John C. Parker, 617-19 7th St. N. W. mb3-16d NEAR DUPONT CIRCLEL ter’ shep, -920 N st. o.w. Jobbing by experienced and reliable men, SOHN T. WALKER, Bullder. Residence, 2021 N. jas-im? iF THE Baby IS CULTING TEETH BE SURE and shat old and weil-tried remedy, Mrs. Winsiow’s Sootuing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child. softens the gum, allays in, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for Harthoea. 25 cents a bottle, eel0-1y WE RECOMMEND THE USE OF DR. SINGERT'S Angostura Bitters to our friends who suffer with lyspepsia. CUBAN BELLIGERENCY The President Not Yet Fully Prepared to Recognize It. A Sem1-Official Statement of the Posi- tion of the Admin: tration. That the President is not yet fully pre- pared to recognize the beiligerency of the Cubans is shown by the following semi- Cfficial statement of the views of the admin- isthation on the subject: “While the President and the members of the cabinet personally feel the sympathy common to all Americans with those Cubans who are contending for self-government, they feel that in their official action they should not depart from the well-settled prin- ciples which were followed by former Presi- dents and Secretaries of State during prior insurrections in Cuba. “These were clearly set forth by Gen. Grant in his message of 1875, in which he dealt with the question of the recognition of Cuban independence, and also with that of the recognition of belligerency. “Both independence and belligerency are facts, and their recognition by other powers, as the term applies, is merely formal ac- knowledgment of a state of things which rightly or wrongly has come about. “When a people united under some known end defined form of government, which ad- ministers its functions by the usual methods, come to occupy 2nd contro! a known terri- tery over which it is competent to administer justice and within which it affords protec- ticn to citizens and strangers, a new state exists. Refusal of recognition would not change the fact any more than premature ‘recognition’ could create it. The former would be merely a slight to the new govern- ment, just as the latter is merely an affront to the old one. The question necessarily is always what government is actually in con- trol of the country “Recognition of belligerency depends upon the same facts, and is only a modified form of recognizing independence, though the latter impl.es more perfect accomplishment. The difference between mere insurrection and war, though in both armed bodies are in conflict, is that in the former enly one sovereign power is engaged, while in the latter there must necessarily be two. If an armed confiict be carried on by a ‘sub- stantial political organization, real, paipa- ble and manifest to the world, having the ferms and capable of the ordinary func- tions of government toward its own people and to other states,’ having a ‘local habi- tation,’ where it may be dealt with by oth- er nations, then there is a war, and refusal to recognize belligerency would be willful. In the absence of these features there is nothing ‘to take the contest out of the cat- egory of a mere rebellious insurrection, or occasional skirmishes, and place it on the terrible footing of war.’ The pretense of recognizing what does not exist ‘is always, and justly, regarded as an unfriendly act and a gratuitous demorstration of moral support to the rebellion.’ “It is understood that, judged by these tests, the administration does not think the present stage of affairs in Cuba justifies any change in the attitude of the govern- ment. Its function is to act and not to ex- press feeling. The only action*now prcper is to continue to hold responsible for in- juries to American citizens the only gov- ernment which, so far as appears, has and maintains authority in Cuda, until some other government succeeds, at least tem- porarily, in supplanting it.” ——__—+-e.___ ENTHUSIASTIC FOR McKINLEY. Indorsed by the Arkansas Republican Convention. Three hundred enthusiastic republicans shouted for McKinley at the Arkansas re- publican convention at Little Rock yester- day until they were hoarse. They assembled to select delegates to vote for their choice in the national convention, and every men- tion of protection or the name of William McKinley, jr., brought forth tumultuous applause. The name of no other presidential candidate was even mentioned in thegcon- vention. Col. W. G. Whipple of Little Rock was unanimously elected chairman, and made a vigorous speech, in which he bitterly de- nounced the democratic party for its incom- petency. Resolutions were adopted favoring “true bimetallism” and indorsing Maj. McKinley as the representative coe setion of Amer- ican industries, ‘‘the leading political issue.” Delegates at large to the national conven- tion were selected as follows: Powell Clay- ton of Eureka Springs and H. L. Remmel, H. M. Cooper and M. W. Gibb (colored) of Little It was decided to hold the state nomi- nating convention at Little Rock on July 1, ——+e+____ Naval Orders. Ensign W. H. Faust has been detached from ordnance duty at Bethlehem and as- signed to the coast survey. Ensign Williams has been detached from duty in the bureau of equipment and ordered to Indian Head. —<$<$<$<—-o.—___ John Cowan of W. G. Cowan & Sons, rites eat ie ted oe over realized on the claims, Ss BRIDGES AND GAS Subjects Considered by the East Washi Associati MONICIPAL LIGHTING PLANTS FAVORED The Project to Carry Massachusetts Avenue Across the Branch. SCHOOL LAWN QUESTION Several matters of local importance were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the East Washington Citizens’ Associa- tion last night. The members discussed cheaper telephone rates, municipal owner- ship of lighting plants, the acquisition through pending legislation of the Dis- trict’s quota of public lands for schools and a new bridge across the Eastern branch in line with Massachusetts ave- nue, as contemplated by House bill 4956. The executive committee reported upon the hearing given the Home Telephone Company, which seeks a charter to oper- ate in this city, and upon motion of Gen. S. 8. Yoder a second hearing was granted the representatives of the company by the association. The Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. The committee on railroads, through its chairman, Mr. J. D. Croissant, reported upon the proposition to span the Eastern branch with another bridge, on Massachu- setts avenue extended. The report, which was in the form of several preambles and a resolution, set forth that the proposed bridge “would accommodate a very large number of the poorer class of the residents of the District of ‘Columbia and the outly- ing territory in Maryland, who are now put to great inconvenience in making long detours to reach existing bridges. A char- ter has already been granted by the state of Maryland for a street car road from Marlboro’ to the District line on the east, and a charter has also been granted by Congress to a company to connect with this projected road, and enter the city on or near 15th street east, bisecting the Me- tropolitan, Columbia and 7th street lines. There dre no facilities at present to ac- commodate this or any other street car line crossing the Eastern branch above Anacostia, to connect with this Marlboro’ road, and all the land required for the ex- tension of Massachusetts avenue from the Eastern branch to the District line has been given and will be dedicated free of expense to the government whenever it can be opened for travel.” The resolution, therefore, “heartily indorses House bill No. 4956, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Eastern branch of the Potomac river in line with Massachusetts avenue extended eastward, thus opening up a very desirable part of the District of Columbia to the large and rapidly in- creasing population, now entirely cut off from easy access to the city—a population which, being limited in means, is forced to seek cheap suburban homes on account of the high rents and rapidly increasing price of residence property in the city and the northwest section of the District.” Mr. Croissant was named to press the matter before Congress. icCroissant stated that the railroad sit- ugion in the District was better than it had been for years. He had reliable infor- mation that the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road would shortly begin the work of ele- vating its tracks, and that the Pennsyl- vania railroad was ready to depress its tracks. He believed the protests of the several citizens’ associations had had a patent effect upon the railroads, and the deadly grade crossings were doomed. The Gas Question. Under the call for a report on light, Mr. W. C. Dodge spoke. He had been given fif- teen minutes to discuss the great question of gas before the committze of Congress. The hearing, he said, was a farce. He had Prepared u letter which had been printed and a copy furnished each member of Con- gress. He had a scolding for the members of the association and the citizens general- ly. The citizens would not come before the committee of Congress and lend jheir in- fluence. The result was that the gfs people turned out in force and used the argument that there was no complaint from the citi- zens. The speaker rehearsed his arguments against the exorbitant price of gas, and gave facts and figures to prove that gas could be manufactured and sold at a dcllar a thousand cubic fest, despite the represen- tations of the gas company to the contrary. In conclusion, he offered a set of resolu- tions setting forth that the enly real sol tion of the illuminating problem in this ci lies in the direction of municipal ownership of the sources of supply; that all attempts to regulate gas and electric light monoplies are failures, and that the association in- dorses the position taken by the Commis- sioners in their proposal that the District shall furnish its citizens with cheap and g00d illumination, honestly measured, and control the conduits for an elficient and cheap telephone service. It invited the other citizens’ associations and the press of the District to an active and persistent agi- tation of this subject, with the end in view of securing municipal ownership of the gas and electric light supply, and municipal control of the telephone service. Mr. Dodge added that the only legislation that could be expected at this session of Ccrgress was the passage of the McMillan bill, which places the price of gas at $1.25. per 1,000, There were other people, how- ever, who thought a competing gas com- Fany would be chartered. The resolution was unanimously adopted. Public Lands for Schools. Mr. W. C. Dodge, under the call for the committee on schools, offered the following resolution, which was adopted: “Whereas there are several bills now pending before Congress to equalize the amount of public lands given to the several states for schools; and “Whereas the District of Columbia has never received any of the public lands for schools or any other purpose; therefore be it resolved by this association that its com- mitte on schools be directed and the school trustees of the District be requested to make all possible efforts to secure the amendment of said bills in such manner as to secure to the District its quota of the public lands for schools.” He thought the association should take some action upon the subject. His object was not so much to get a surplus for the schools. There were thousands of boys growing up in the city, an idle, careless lot, genuine hard cases. With the District of Columbia in- cluded in the bills, a number of manual training schools could be established here whereby these vagabonds could be educated in a practical manner. Mr. S. H. Walker presented a bill for the appointment of five police magistrates to try cases at police stations. The bill was indorsed and referred to the committee on proposed legislation. Streets and Sewers. Mr. Thomas W. Smith referred to the situation in which the decision of the Dis- trict Supreme Court had left the bond bill by declaring the street extension project unconstitutional, and the association in- dorsed the bill drafted by the board of trade especially providing for the building of the necessary sewers within the city limits, separately and distinct from the street extensions. ———__. Army Orders. Capt. Jas. C. Sanford, corps of engineers, has been granted leave of absence for three months, with permission to go beyond sea. ‘The leave of absence granted Capt. James O. Mackay third cavalry, has been extended two months, on account of disability. Capts. Geo. O. Webster, fourth infantry, and John J. O’Brien, fourth infantry, have been ordered to report’ to Col. Charles E. Compton, fourth cavalry, president of the army retiring , at Fort Sherman, Idaho, for examination for retirement. Second Lieut. Clarence E. Lang, second artillery, has been ordered before the army retiring board at Fort Columbus, New York, for examination. Lieut. ay E. Trippe, tenth cavalry, has been detailed as professor of military sci- ence and tactics and science at the Agricul- tural College of Sout ings, 8. D. ith Dakota, at Brook- » formerly a merchant at himself there W. H. We Richmond, shot yesterday af- ternoon, Don't be persuaded: to try some- thing you know nothing about for a remedy that has stood the test for twenty years. of Cod-liver Oil never fails to arrest wasting, both in children and adults. “There are others,” but they are imitations. soc. and $:.coat all druggists, REFUSED THEM ADMISSION The Federation of Labor and the Bricke layers’ Union at Olds. Meeting of the Former Eedy “ast Night—Interview With One of the Union's Delegates. The differences existing between the Bricklayers’ Union and the Federation of Labor do not appear to be any closer to settlement than they have been since the beginning of the controversy, and at a meeting of the Federation held last night at the hal) corner of 4% street and Penn- sylvania avenue, which was attended by the representatives of forty-six organiza- tions, the credentials of the delegates from the Bricklayers’ Union were referred to @ committee with instructions to report thereon at the end of two weeks, the dele- gates in tLe meantime not being permit- ted to enjoy the privileges of the floor. A considerable amount of other business was transacted. Delegates from the Shoe Clerks’ Assembly were admitted, and also those elected to vacancies in the representa~ tion of the butchers, galvanized iron work- ers and structural iron workers’ unions. The Icgislative committee, its chair- man, Mr. Blake, reported that a bill was bejng drawn up for presentation to Con- gress which will provide for a uniform rate of wages to those employed on govern- ment works. It was also reported that as- surances had been received that a satis- factory lew would be passed by tie present Congress providing that all public buildings in the District of Columbia to be here- after built shall be erected by day’s labor. A committee representing the Oil Dealers’ Association, which is composed of retail oil dealers, appeared before the meeting and requested representation in the Fed- eration ard the support of organized labor in their efforts to maintain themselves against the alleged opposition of the Stand- ard Oil Company. The request was refus- ed, as the oil dealers were not considered a legitimate labor organization. The Bricklayerw’ Side Stated. In relation to the action of the Federation in refusing admission to the representa- tives of the Bricklayers’ Union last night Mr. John G. Wolf, who is one of the dele- gates, conversed with a reporter of The Evening Star this morning. “A set of silly and insulting questions, as we regard them,” said Mr. Wolf, “were pre- pared in advance and ordered to be sub- mitted to my union before the admission of its delegates to the Federation would +2 considered. The questions were as fol- lows: “Dees your union recognize the Federa- tion as a representative body to which all locals should yield implicit and unquestion- ed obedience? _ ‘Do you consider that your organization is bound by the action of the Federation at all times and under all corcumstances? “Do you consider the agreement entered into between your union and the brewers as the raising of the boycott by your or- ganization? “The motion to submit those questions to my union,” continued Mr.Woif,“‘provoked an acriminous discussion in which personal compliments were at a discount. I don’t know what will be the final outcome of the action of the Federation. I don’t know what action my union will take, whether it will treat the matter with silent con- tempt or answer the questions. Why these questions should be proposed I cannot im- e, since all that the Bricklayers’ Union has done it has done openly. It has done rothing to be ashamed of, and has no apologies to make. If this is an attempt upon the part of the few who are seeking trashy popularity to intimidate the brick- layers they will be mistaken in their move. If it is an honest effort to oust the brick- layers from. the Federation they should be manly enough to do so without resorting to such round:bout means, although this action is entirely consistent with their general methods.” —_—_.__ NEWSPAPER CARTOONS. Editor of the Fencibles Fair Paper Has an Excited Caller. Business boomed at the fair of the Na- tional Fencibles last evening. From shortly after 7 o’clock until midnight the hall was crowded, and from all appearances a sim- ilar term may soon be appiled to the cof- fers of the treasurer. The scores of pretty girls who are assisting at the fair are par- ticularly active, and the success of the en- terprise is already assured. The members of the Columbia Athletic Club were the invited guests last evening, and right merrily did they patronize the “Leap Year” and other attractions. The orchestra was moved from the stage to the gallery, and discoursed sweet music for dancing. The second issue of “The Fencible,” the fair paper, created a good deal of merri- ment, Messrs. Warrener, Lewis, Kondrup, Padgett and Stott being cartooned therein. The editor-in-chief, Lieut. Mortimer, late in the evening was enticed from his sanc- tum by an enraged victim, and was treated to a display of wrath and a disarranged collar and tie. A high-grade bicycle was won last even- ing by Mr. H. E. Randall, his outlay being but eight cents. The executive committee of the recent Hebrew fair, the members of the Washington Outing Club and other prominent Hebrews have been invited to attend the fair this evening. ————_ Protect the Fi To the Editor of The Evening Sta ‘The season is now at hand when the fish will begin to ascend the river for the purpose of spawning. Tnere is but one opinion as to the de- sirabjlity of enforcing the protective laws in the District Waters. It should, therefore, at the very outset,be made known by those in- trusted with the duty that no favors will be shown or exceptions made, but that by day and night a strict watch will be kept up. It is, as a rule, at night that the law- less work is done. The Little river ought to be, and is really, a favorite ground, and if the fish were there left undisturbed great results would be obtained from the spawn, It ought not to be a difficult matter to catch and punish the men who have per- sistently violated the law in the waters named. They are well known to the police and have for years made a nightly prac- tice to haul their seines. Let the officers and courts make a united effort to strictly enforce this law, or else abolish it and let every one have equal show in destroying the fish. 8. ——— Withdrawals of Gold. The records of the Treasury Department show the withdrawals of gold from the sub- treasury at New York, from January 6 td date to have been $36,681,528, of which only $9,924,133 was for export, the remaining $26,757,395 being largely used in the payment of bonds. The deposits of gold on account bond purchases to date ite $86,778, 11 Of this amount $86,995,100 is principal, $9,< 666,140 premium and $111,041 interest.