Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1896, Page 8

AND SONS, » MOSE F Street, Storage Warehouse, Comer Eleventh. 22a near M. “PA REINE” FURNITURE POLISH ‘will do mote toward brightening up and renewing old furniture than anything you can use. Our experience has proved it s0. 25e. a good sized bottle. Lace Curtains & Portieres=== —Bargains you ought to know about in this department. Bar- gains that in most cases you've got to be quick about accepting. Stocks are low in these special lines, and first comers carry off the prizes. Lace Curtains. Pair. Now. Hi pairs Whit> Irish Pot 0 4 pairs White Irish Point. 6 pairs Ivory Trish Point. Irish Polat: Irish Point, one, 1 Irish Point, “extra | Swiss Tambours. 5 pairs Swiss Tambonre. 12 pairs Swiss Tumbours 8 pairs Swiss Tumbours, Portieres. 47 pairs Imported Negns Porticres, es by 3 yard perior qual- In creme, 2. 0 00 50 FOURE 2 a Per pair... 93-25 1 ward pales: nes 95-00 » pairs Portieres, 50 Inenes by In twelve ‘dif ferent colori Firm cloth and ¢5 5 fringe finich. Were $5.0. Per pair. 93-25 The new Furniture Coverings of the season are in. None too soon to place orders for LOOSE COV- ERS. It Teeth Extracted Free. In order to afford the public an opportunity to test the merits of our new anacsthetie-NEAL VEGETABLE VAPOR—we will extract teeth free of charge daily between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m. This wonderful vapor anesthetic Is absolutely barmless to the most delicate constitutions, baving been admiristered over 20,000 tim:s without one unpleasant result. Under its influence the most difficult teeth be extracted without pein and in t safety. EA cordial invitation is extended to physicians to calk and witness the adninisteation of this new anaes- thetic. Dental work at a special dis- count to physicians and druggists. Solid Gold Crowns, $5. Painless ex- tracting, . Cleaning, Te. Silver ani Platina fillings, $1. Artificial teeth, $8. Dental ° Association, -Cor. 7th & D Sts. mb21-60d Prompt Deliveries” Brety where. selb Box 2Eer Creamery Butter, $1.40. Have yon Joined the throng of knowing butter buyers yet? Qu- Elgin Creamery s made many steadfast friends in town. Send us your order in the most convenient way. You're assured quick attention. ust Say the Word And we'll serve you promptly eve: with the Freshest, Richest and ‘Milk and Selected Eggs Fresh Daily. ry day Purest Not the slightest risk when you buy Eggs here. We're too watchful in selecting them. Geo. Pl. Oyster, Jr., Hdqrs. 1148 Conn. Ave. "Phone 1420. 175 Center Market. Branches: 9; Riggs Market. mb21-40d _—— LESOCEST990905506 00050400004 uction Sale At the old stores—917 to 921 7th street, on Wednesday next, of all the stock that was left when we moved into our new building. ©. G. Sloan & Co. will conduct the sale. At our new store You'll find the grandest stock of. Mattings that ever came into, Washington city. We've been do- ing a little importing on our ow: hook—and have got some values, and some patterns that cannot be: matched hereabouts. Carpets'Il soon be coming up, and you'll want the Mattings to put down. Get ‘em now—‘cause you can pay’ for them as you please, you know. Your Credit for In the old quarters the Bab; Carriages didn't have half the: chance we wanted to give ‘em. Now we've got a line that'll do‘ Us credit. It's safe to say it’s: the largest and best assorted va-' riety. all you want. Our credit prices are as low as anybody’s cash prices. House & Herrmann. SPRING OPENING. Tliss Pratt AND Mise R. [icAllister Wyatt. Newly Imported Capes, Waists, Hate and Novelties of every description, for ladies and children, on exhibition WEDNESDAY, ‘THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, March 25, 26, 27, 28, at mb21-4t 4517 H ST., UPSTAIRS. larch Winds| Roughen and chap the skin unless a reliable emollient is used. Try our “BRAGRANT CREAM.” A more deli- cate and clean preparation couldn't be imagined. Neither sticky nor greasy —delightfully perfumed. . W. Jennings, sree, 1142 Conn. Ave. ’Phone 1623. mb21 an RR of MN CMM The California Corset Fits, Wears and is Comfortable. 18 NOT SOLD IN STORES. Send for Descriptive Catalogue. California Corset Co., $230-3m BROOKLYN, N.Y. Safe ind Economical. ~, For washing and scrubbing you want soap that does its duty well. It must remove the dirt quickly and thorough- ly with a minimum of effort. Every requirement of the most exacting housewife is met by (Weaver,Kengla &Co.’s' oy So a p & Borax urest, the safcst, the Theyre the most economleal soaps of today.’ Ask Your grocer for them and reject any sub- stitute. Plant 3244 K st. nw. — mh?1-39d FANS Mrs. K. A. Donovan, 904 F St. N. W., Respectfully Announces Her Easter Display Of Imported Parisian Mil-|@ linery, Wednesday, 2sth,|@ eoeeee eee the eyes need help. A pair of glasses, selected by us after a thorongh examination, and accu- rately fitted to the eyes, will cor- rect_ALL troubles. TFNo charge for examination. Byeglasses or Spectacles as low as i McAllister & Co., eS 1311 F St. SESE 2SSE5S60050550466060006 8822 90F60500060009-900000000 Does 15% Seer Opticians, —off Trunks and Traveling Requisites mean anything to you? if you ever EXPECT to travel it will pay you to buy the Trunk or Bag before April 1st. Our $4.75 Trurks for ye .75 Trunks for $4.89, Qur §5.00 Dress Suit Case for $4.25. Our $1.00 Alligator Bags for 85c. ‘Trunk Strap free with every trunk, and name marked on it free. gKneessi, 425 7th Street. o-h21-28d Seca eee eee A aCe Easter Cards. A New Supply John C. Parker, 617-619 7th st. nw. Just received, and from which you can make your selections. There is something here to sit every one, and the prices are of course all right. lend a charm and beau- ty to the face that can- Bot be overestimated. Walte teeth arg always Pet looking, | WHITE'S ENTIND gives a pearl- b ei Two Drug Stores, {712 and Ea ave wh21-28d Sac a NET Great Reduction In Hair. Switches, $2.50, Bwit x 3 tomer $10.50. &'First-class attendance in Shampooing, ete, 'S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. Your Store} is attractive or unattractive, as you =_ to make it, Electric light gives it a It’s a good way to start—to make to put in Electric Light.’ Tele- us us about it. . S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th Street. *Phone 77. 7-204 ern alr. it Washington Gas Light Co., 418 10th at., WM. J. 926 N st. "Phone 476, caren J. SEH, and Thursday, 26th March. mb21-4t OS SOG 5555 54-5565705455050408 east Philadelphia in 1783. You'll Ruin Your Eyes 2: * —by not wearing glasses when the * eyes require them. The slightest dimness of sight, a tired feeling or ache about the eyes, or repeated headaches—are Nature's signs that abroad are all displayed. spring fashions. brate it well. SOOEC SOSH SOS SSOOOCOCSOO “ed x0) vn ot The occasion is one to be celebrated, and we'll cele- Our exhibition week prices will be mem- orable among bargain buyers. So much for the dollars and cents part of the busi- ness. That’s enough. Buy if you want, but not unless you do want. Our principal object is to get you to come and see. You'll-be standing in your own light if you miss the opportunity, for the final authorities on spring fash- ions are all correctly represented. Ladies’ Skirts, $1.98. Black Figured Brilliantine Skirts, full ripple, bound in velveteen, lined throughout. Opening week, $1.98. Underskirts, 50c. Ladies’ Black Excelsior Sateen Underskirts, with two full ruffles and drawing string. 98c. Skirt. Opening week, 50c. Ladies’ Waists, $1.98. Chameleon Crepon Waists, in Dresden and moire effects, full bishop sleeves, with vel- vet and pearl button trim- mings. Opening week, $1.98. *Ladies’ Waists, 68c. Percale Waists, in all col- ors, with bishop sleeves, sharp pointed cuffs and col- lar. Regular $1.00 Waist. @ 68e. @Ladies’ Suits, $4.98. cs) Ladies’ Black Cloth Suits, @ made with fly fronts, mando- lin sleeves, box back, with full wide skirt. $10 Skirt. Opening week, $4.98. BSDODS <5) OSOO9SS 099900 @SO Reefers in all colors, with broad sailor collars, trimmed in white braid, large sleeves. Opening week, $1.98. O@9OSS90G08 oS Buy Comfort On Credit. No need to do without some necessary articles of House- furnishing because you can’t pay cash. We will willingly credit you for any amount. Be- sides allowing you to name the amount you can pay weekly or monthly. Come in today and make your Fe- lections. You'll find no lower prices anywhere than ours. No finer stock exists. d ‘On credit. Bed Room Suite, $14.50. on credit. Excel’t Sideboards,$9.50. on creatt. Dining Table, $3.75. - | jon creatt. Ingrain Carpet, 35¢c. yd. RUDDEN’S redit House, 513 7th St. mb21-60d, SRR The rapidity with which You have been coming here for “needables” has had no visible ef- fecton our stock, as we are con- stantly receiving new goods, and will continue to show the most complete assortment of Artists’, Architects’, Draughtsmen’s and Painters’ supplies in the city. Our prices will suit you. Geo. PF. Muth & Co., Successors to Geo. Ryneal, Jr., mh21-244 wngis Tih at. nw. oe word eq any $100 Bicycle. Three Temptations. ‘We want you to gut acquainted with our ctore snd stccks. You'll our pecs epd methods very much to your ing. Here are three enpie topics: Sa Enamel Bed, feet ‘brass knobs, for....... sp $3.85 New. spring. styles ew 8 Carriages. Priced 8 50 D nd 3 in Bs: as high you please from... Special attention gi reupholstering furniture. Low next ton da} THE HOUGHTON CO., 1214 F ST. N. W. mh21-20d EVANS DENTAL PARLORS, Progress. eae et ae eae hee 9 25352: Ree ote oe Evans Dental Parlors, |. W. 1217 Penna. Ave. Acute Attacks f Rheumatism Chetr ngoulsiog’ pater ce long ere but a a le memory—after ad ee nore fore of em atta by" cor: Ep farge boitles, Boe. heller & Stevens, S:""'s,,., COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. mah 20-200 ©Children’sReefers $1.98 Easter Ribbons: Special purchase of No. 40 25-cent Persian Ribbons, bright colors, enables us to sell them for 15 cents a yard. No. 7 Black Satin-back Silk Velvet Ribbon, worth 15 cents a yard, for 8 cents a yard. Nos. 40 and 60 White and - Black Striped Ribbon, worth 50 cents a yard, 39 cents a yard. 5-inch Persian Taffeta Rib- bon, worth 68 cents a yard, for 39 cents a yard. No. 5 All-silk, Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, worth 5 cents a yard, for 1 cent a yard. MAIER BROS. & GO., DOUBLE STORES, 937-939 F STREET. oseaseeesonsoogonseee and Women's} Fer 36 cents. SOS SS SS GOSS ©80O28059 THE aarcemcuemean paces 28, a PAGES. RAND SPRING EXEISITION illinery, Wraps car. The store is entirely yours this week —to come—to see—to be conquered. The vast arrays of new Easter wearables just fresh from every part of this country and It’s one grand object lesson in Easter Hats. Advance sale of ladies’ Straw Hats, regular so0-cent The Paradise Hats, trim- med in colors, $1.50 Hats, For $1.18. Beninie Braid Hats, all shapes, black and colors, worth $1, For 69 cents. Trimmed Panama Sailors, 2 worth $2.50, For $1.69. Silk Wire Frames, shapes, For 12”c. SSOOOSSSOOOOSOS all Seoeoese Flower Dept. Natural Violets, worth 25 cents a bunch, 3 For 5c. bunch. © IS) As a special Easter attrac- @ tion in connection with “Our <2 Opening” we beg to say that © we have purchased from @ Messrs. Nusbaum & Open- 3 heimer, importers of French @ fiowers, 500 cartons of their Q spring importation at one- third value (as they are going ‘S out of business). We offer @ them at one-third value to @ our patrons. SUCH BARGAINS CAN- NOT BE DUPLI- CATED _ IN SEASON. Silk and “Velvet Roses”— 49¢. for 3. Regular Retail Price, $1.50. Large clusters “Sweet Wil- liain”—25c. Regular Retail Price, 75c. -€2 3 Velvet “Wild Roses,” 2 with foliage—25c. © Regular Retail Price, 75c. @ =f ay I gross—144 “Black Vio- lets”—for 12c. Regular Retail Price, 373c. Bunch of 36 “Velvet Cow- * slips"—for 12}c. __ Regular Retail Price, 374c. 4 ) Wilmarth & Edmonston, 1205 Pa. Avenue. “Specials” in Rich Cut Glass. Now comes the time of the year for Cut Glass- buying. We have an elegant assortment of the richest cuttings of the celebrated cutters. Easter Vases—very rich cutting— $2.50 each. New Squat-shaped Water Bottles, $5 cach. : Heavy 6-inch Bon-Bon Dishes, in very elegant cuttings, $3 each. Balad or Berry Bowls, new shapes and cuttings, $6 each. 80 pieces left on the Cut Glass = - bargain counter — reduced in price because of only one of each style. Nearly halt prices. WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, 1205 Pa. Avenue. it “Remington to the front.” Remember : Remington Reputation Represents Reliability. See the “Remington” exhibit at the Cycle Show. Agency: Bradbury Piano B’ld’g, 1225 Pa. Avenue. it PRESORIPTION 4887, FOR Rheumatism. ‘The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most eminent physicians. Yt iustentiy rellores RHEUMATISM, SEURAL- OMBAGO and all aches ‘ins due to URIC poison. It porifies the bie stimulates and stores the kidneys,improves the health and gives and vigor to the entire 0c. KOLB st st Price, wr bottle; trial size, , PaaWiraGy: a8 Beveoth si. wie. or, immer Skin food & cleansingcream neck, m ; clears the skin’ thor NAPLES TOILET CO., 1321 G St. He j permanently cures, Gia, GOUT, SCIATIC EASTER —cards and novelties galore! Haster book- lets, from the Iittle inexpensive ones at Sc. up to the finest at $1. All the best pub- Ushers are represented. Cc ». C. Pursell, 418 oth St. A Little Baby’s Hands than normal and ite ore Pleasant odor. 2c. bottle. tree. Evans’ Drug Store, 938 ‘Wholesale Ladies’ sailors have arrived —and such nobby and stylish Sailors they are. A little higher in crown than last yea: and medium brim. An elegant Easter Hat, $2, $2.50 and $3. .. Also “Dunlap” Sailors—we're sole D, 0. ‘agents. Chas. H. Ruoff, : Up-to-date Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. CR PATENT TASTED CUSHION, 5 revents Corns, buniot Ingrow! apd Club. Xalis, hose eating Througe ecl_and toe, " ct Price, 60e. pair, © PRN &t heel, ete. PROF. J. J. GEORGES & SON, 8 to 6 p.m. Foot Speci: Sundays, 9 to 12, Deais pareve mh9-16d W. S. Loomis of Shreveport, La., had terrible contacions wiowl poison, which cused his finger niils to come off, and left hin entirely bald, 8.3.8. cured him complctely. after Hot Springs fafied. IF THE BABY Is CUTTI M w's Soothing Syrup, for children teething, hes the child, notte Hage ali It soot! hil, softens the gum, all poin, cures wind colic and is the best ‘remake for diarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-ly All lovers of the Dr. Siegert’s digestion. delicacies of the table use Angostura Bitters to secure a good RESCUE AND SLUM WORK. Salvation Army Mectings to Be Held Here Next Wednesday. The Salvation Army-is going right on with its work in America, as well as in the rest of the world, regardless of the defec- tion of its recent Amerigan commanders and a few of their personal adherents, and the officers in charge of its various depart- ments, all of whom remain at their posts the country over, are more determined than ever to make its work successful. Under the new American commanders, Commis- sioner and Mrs. Bootir Tucker, they expect to accomplish more than has ever been ac- ecmplished befcre. This is particularly true of the department of rescue and slum work, which has its headquarters in New York, but like the rest of the army’s operations is national in its scope and effect, and has already been very successful. Mrs. Briga- dier Perry, who is at the head of the rescue division, is coming to Washington ‘o tell about it at two meetings, to be held Wed- nesday in Foundry Church, corner of 14th and G streets, at 4 in the afternoon and 8 in the evening. Mrs. Perry held large meet- ings in the interest of Salvation Army work when she was here two years ago and made many personal friends, so that she will doubtless have a warm welcome. Although Btill young, she is a veteran in the Salva- tion Army, and has many interesting ex- perlences of her work in different parts of the world tq relate. With her husband, Brigadier Robert Perry, she opened up the Salvation Army work in Denmark years ago, and its prosperity is largely due to their efforts. Mrs. Perry is not only an un- usually interesting’ speaker, but she also sings to the guitar very sweetly. Those who attended her meetings when she was last in Washington still remember the beau- tiful Danish song that she sang.» Capt. Eva Dunlap, who is so well known in Washing- ton, will also sing in Mrs. Perry’s meetings, and Dr. Frederick Nice, the famous violin- ist of the army and editor of the German tnd. spenic. The ts # Marriage Licenses. - Marrizge Hoenses have been issued to the following: Henry Williams and Josephine Stoddard, both of Richmond, Va.; Henry H. Money of Hunter's Mill, Ve., and Nan- nie Shaw of Navy, Va.; 8. and Mina E. Burnham; F. Isell and Jen- nie E.- Yates; Robert H. Berkley and Mary ‘W. Watkins, both of Baltimore, Md. | tracts said that in his opinion they did not DIFFERENTLY IN EUROPE A Captain in the Spanish Navy Apologizes for Public Utteranoes, Called to Account by Minister Taylor —The Remarks to Which Ex- ception Was Taker. Government officials in Spain are held to @ much stricter accountability for their public ytterances than is the case with our Officials. The case of Capt. Concas of the Spanish navy affords a good illustration of the statement. That officer commanded one of the caravels sent to the world’s fair by the Spanish government, and was evidently not well pleased with his treatment here. Recently he delivered an address before the Geographical Society of Madrid, in which he reflected so severely on the people and institutions of the United States that his conduct was made the basis of a formal complaint to the Spanish government by Mr. Taylor, the United States minister to Spain, with the result that the officer was cpmpelied to make a public apology. What He Said. Details of the incident sre given in La Epcca, a Madrid newsparer, copies of which have just reached here. According to this paper the following are portions of Captain Concas’ lecture to which Minister Taylor took exception: “The climate of the United States has such effect on its people that the third gereration, without mingling with the In- dians, have the same shaped skulls as the Indian.” “The development of the United States is due only to the unity of the race and ‘high salaries.’ They care only for the mighty dollar and do not care to represent any- thing in the world’s history.” “The politicians and administration are the most immoral in the world, and at banquets no one cares to sit next to a Politician or a member of the administra- tion. At West Point the cadets were lock- ed in cells, studying mathematics and spending their spare moments in caring for their linen. They were even afraid to drill in the presence of my staff and my- self. In the United States the people are neither well instructed nor ignorant, and are only half cultured. The United States is not America, but should be called West- ern Europe. Mix the good and the bad and it is impossible to say whether the United States is an element in civilization or a great danger to it.” La Epoca says that at the close of the lecture there was great applause, and that General Andia, president of the Geographi- cal Society, requested Captain Concas to give him permission to print the lecture in the society’s bulletin. What a Diplomat Thinks. A diplomat who had read the above ex- begin to approach in severity the many harsh and insulting things said about Spain and her people by high officials of the United States government, including promi- nent members of Congress, for which no one had thought it necessary or proper to apologize. Admiral Meade, he said, in his recent lecture on the Caribbean had made a terrible arraignment of the Spanish gov- ernment and would probably have become indignant if the propriety of his rema‘ had been questioned. “But then, you know, he added, “they do these things differently in Europe.’ ——_—o+—__—__ BELLS ON BICYCLES. Riders Who Urge Some Arguments Against Their Use. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In your issve of Wednesday, 18th, I no- ticed an article advocating the use of con- stantly ringing bells on bicycles, and, while I agree with the writer as to timely war ing to pedestrians, I would like to air m: views as to bells, based on a fifteen years’ experience as a bicycie rider. During my riding experience I have run down but one man, and the witnesses to the occurrence said it was his fault. A wheelman can almost always avoid running down a pedestrian if he uses ordi- nary care and judgment, and in the event of an accident no injury need result to the pedestrian, though his clothes may be soiled. The wheelman gets the hard knocks, and all the Mame. Accidents happen, under the existing state of affairs, but if the police ar- rest ail riders who are gullty of reckless or careless riding within the city limits, and also all who are guilty of fast riding in busy thoroughfares, and Judge Miller will fine them heavily, just as they (should but don’t) arrest and fine drivers guilty of infraction of the same police regulations, there would be no necessity for bells. If there is any danger of running down a pedestrian, a word from the rider an- swers the purpose much better, in my opinion, than a bell, chiefly for the reason that the voice can be located instantly, and there is no knowing where the sound of a bell comes from. I walk sometimes, and always feel like murdering a rider who rings a bell on me. I c_n never accurately locate its sound. If he will speak, there is a human sympathy that impeis me to avoid a moving object, the location of which I know. The voice can be accurately located at once, and does not startle one. There is only one condition that warrants the sounding of a bell, and that is when a rider is approaching a crowded crossing. Under such circumstances the rider should be prepared to dismount, anyway. It is well established in law that road- ways belong to vehicles and equestrian: and the sidewalks and crossings (at street intersections) to pedestrians, and the po- lice should be instructed to guard these rights. When a wheelman or driver passes @ street intersection It fs at his risk, and when a pedestrian elects to use the road- way between crossings he, or she, does it Tee own risk. This law is well estab- ed. Now for a few “don'ts” for pedestrians. Don’t stop in the middle of the street and turn back to the sidewalk you have just left. A careful rider or driver calculates his own speed with that of a pedestrian crossing a roadway, and if you turn back an accident is lable to happen, and it is not the fault of the rider or driver. Please don’t stop to hold conversation with a friend in a roadway. You interrupt legitimate street traftic and are answerable for “cuss words” from drivers and riders, aside from the @anger of being knocked down. Please do aot use the roadway except as @ crossing. You, assuredly, would object patio wheelmen or drivers to use the side- wal Please, please don’t crowd the roadway from curb to car track while waiting for cars at 15th and New York avenue, at 7th and Pennsylvania avenue, at 9th and F, at New York avenue and 9th and at other points. If you are too impatient to wait on the sidewalk, then please stand adjacent to the track, and not midway, between curb and tracks. 5 Personally, I have no objection to carry- ing a bell on my wheel, but there are enough nerve-jangling sounds in the city street traffic to forbid the employment of constant ringing bells on bicycles. A bell, like a brake, should be always carried, but rarely used. “VETERAN.” The Expense of It. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Replying to the article signed by “Bi- cycle Rider,” permit me to say. that an ordinance, as suggested, requiring all cycle riders to use a continuous sounding bell, or give a constant warning of danger, would be an outrage on the riding popula- tton to our city. The annoyance to the rider, and the enormous expense of equip- ping about 380,000 bicycles, should be thoughtfully considered by the authorities before taking any action in the matter. I will admit tt there is danger on every hand, both to the rider and pedestrian, and hope something can be done to make walk- ing and riding safer on our streets. There re numerous regulations in operation in many of the cities north, and if some in- ‘wor e question now agitating both the riding and walking public. “INTERESTED. > Richard Rothwell’s Will. ‘The will of Richard Rothwell, jr., dated the 12th of this month, was filed today. Hannah Rothwell is appointed executrix and made sole re OUTLOOK IN MICHIGAN Reported Alliance Between Bliss and Burrows, 3 ‘The Republicans Are for McKinley Silver Element May Control the Democratic Convention. Correspondence of The Evening Star. 5 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 21, 1896. Col. A. T. Bliss of Saginaw and Mayor Pingree of Detroit are running a hot race for first place in the affections of the Mich- igan peopie. The other gubernatorial can- didates, Congressman Aitken, James O'Don- nell, A. O, Wheeler and Harry A. Conant, are jogging comfortably along in the rear, holding their wind for the final rush. Bliss’ campaign is being conducted on much the same lines as those which carried Gen. Alger into the executive chair a few years ago. He wants the office and is willing to pay for it, and he is “putting up” with a freedom that gives the old-line political workers much joy and satisfaction. In every congressional district and in nearly every county he has his men at work creating sentiment in his favor and putting up the necessary fences for next summer. It is understood that Bliss and Senator Burrows have an offensive and defensive alliance. The Saginaw valley delegation voted solidly for the election of Mr. Bur- rows in the legislature a year ago, largely through Col. Bliss’ influence, and now Lur- rows is endeavoring to pull Bliss through, with the expectation, of course, that there shall be further reciprocity two years hence, when Burrows will be up for re- election. ‘This exchange of courtesies on the part of Burrows takes the form of loaning Bliss some of his west Michigan patronage. The collectorship at Grand Haven, the offices of surveyor of customs in this clty and United States district at- torney will be parceled out in a manner to help Bliss, and two years hence, when Liliss has been re-elected for a second term, he will throw the influence of the state ad- ministration to aid Burrows. How Pingree Does It. Mayor Pingree is conducting his cam- paign along the lines of friendship for the peopie. He sets himself as being the People’s friend, the enemy of corporat combines, trusts and high taxes, and is un- doubtedly strong in the rural districts and among the workingmen in the cities. But his forces are unorganized and undis- ciplined, and when the convention meets it will be found to contain the usual conven- tion crcwds, and Pingree’s hepes will not be improved thereby. Pingree will be sec- ond choice of many county delegations and is far from belng out of the race. The situation in Detroit in relation to lis can- didacy is peculiar in that the Tribune, the republican organ, and the News, indepen- dent, are fighting him, tooth and toe nail, while the Free Press, democratic, and the Journal, republica: are striving to see which shall sing his praises the loudest. Outside of Detroit, Bliss has corralle i most of the republican urd many of the indepen- dent papers, while sree’s supporters are not numerous nor influential. After the delegate convention in May the other candidates for gove r will be- gin cutting ice on a larger scale than has yet characterized their operations. Con- gressman Aitken has a very promising boom, and of the candidates in the field he is the most likely to be taken up in the event of a deadlock betwee and Pirgree. Wheeler also i @ good compromise candidate, repr western Michigan. The republican convention will not give ilver any heartier recognition than did the Ohio convention. The convention will be overwhelmingly for McKinley and the tariff and financial plank, which, it is un- derstood, he drafted, will be accepted with a whoop. There will be an element in the convertion that will demand something more specific and pronounced, but there will not be enough of it even to raise a row. In the democratic state conven- tion the silver element will be strong in numbers and lungs and silver resolutions may be expected, with the possibility of a t. In the Districts. Congressional politics are beginning to claim attention. Representatives Corliss ‘of the first, Smith of the fitth and Bishop of the ninth will be renominated by acclama- tion, and, {1 is probable, Spalding of the second, Miines of the third, Snover of the seventh and Crump of the tenth will be accorded the same courtesies. These are all firet termers. In the fourth district the candidates are H. F. Thomas, for a third term; August Jewell, Dowagiac; Judge R. R. Peeler, Three Rivers; Judge B. F. Hackett, Ben- ton Harbor: E. L. Hamilton, Niles: L. C. Fyfe, St. Joseph; H. P. Stewart, Center- ville; Capt. E. 8. ion, Sturgis; V. M. Gore, Bernen, and P. F. Colzrove, Hast- ings. The contest will be full of ‘ginger, ané ft ts already becoming warm. In the sixth district, to sueced D. D. Att- ken, who is camping on the evbernatorial trail, the candidates are S. W. Smith, Pon- tiac; M. E. Rumscy, Leslie, and J. P. Lee, Lansing, with Job’ T. Campbell, Mason, and James M. Turner and R. C. Ostrander, Lansing, ameng the possibilities. Dr. John Avery ef the eleventh is serving his second term, and W. A. Leet, Gratiot, and Thos. T. Bates and J. G. Ramsdell, Traverse City, are after his shoes. In the twelfth district the candidates are § M. Stephenson, for re-election, for a fifth term; Gad Smith, Marquett Kauffman, Marquette; J. Q. Adams, H. O. Young and Chas. D. Sheldon, the latter of Houghton and a protege of ex-Congress- man Jay A. Hubbell. ——__ A WELL-KNOWN FARMER DEAD. Joseph F. Burr of Montgomery County Passes Away. Mr. Joseph F. Burr, for many years a well-known resident of Montgomery county, Ma., died very suddenly at the residence of Mrs. Weller, a neighbor, last Saturday morning. Mr. Burr was for a number of years a clerk in the office of the fifth audl- tor of the Treasury Department. He had an intimate personal acquaintance with President Lincoln. After leaving the serv- ice of the government, about twenty years ago, Mr. Burr purchased an extensive farm near Colesville, in Montgomery county. He added to it year after year, so that in recent years it has been the largest single farm in Maryland, comprising, in all, over . twelve hundred acres. He became famous on account of the number and quality of the cattle he raised. For a number of years, owing to family bereavements, which depressed his mind, he had lived, he could, a secluded life, rare! of his farm, or out of its immediate loval- ity. Saturday morning he visited the res!- cence of Mrs. Weller, near by. While sit- ting in the parlor, he was scized with an attack of neuralgia of the heart, which in a very short time proved fatal. His re- mains were today sent to Bordentown, J., to be interred in his family ceme where his wife and daughter w buried. Mr. Burr leaves two daughters, one of them, Mrs. Getty, who was married at Kensington last spring, and a son, who is in business in this city. Mr. Burr's farm has been for some years a resort for many members of the diplomatic corps, who found it very attractive for hunting. Pres- ident Cleveland has also frequently visited it, and indulged in squirrel hunting there. Mr. Burr was a direct descendant of Aaron Burr, and was born at Bordentown, N. J. —. = Says His Wife Deserted Him. Peter Moten has petitioned for a divorce from Susie Moten, to whom he was mar- ried here April 30, 1885. her maiden name being Jackson. No children were born to them, and at Pittsburg, Pa., July 5, 1889, Mr. Moten-charges that his wife deserted and abandoned him, without cause or rea- son, he declares. The last he heard of her, he explains, she was in New York city. Attorney Malcolm Hufty represents Mr. Moten. —.—__ Tolman's Alimony Overdue. Attorneys Barrett & Niles, representing the man’s wife, Saturday induced Judge Cole to conclude that George R. Tol- man, a hydrographer in the Treasury De- partment, should be returned to jail to- morrow, unless in the meantime he paid Mrs. Tolman the amount of alimony in arrears. The judge will otherwise then sign the order for Tolman’s commitment, although It is believed that Tolman will be- fore then pay up. .