Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1896, Page 8

8 AND SONS. * MOSES F St. cor. ith | Storage, 224 near M. All this week we'll have an exhibition of fine Art Carpets and Rugs. The goods will be eold at lees than cost of im- pertation. Catalogue sent on application. Drapery Dept. —We've just received the entire stock of PORTIERES from a prominent Philadelphia factory. We did net buy them because our stock needed replenishing. It’s unusual for us any way to buy Portieres ai this season, and we would not have taken this collec- tion unless we were getting some- thing decidedly unusual. We of- fer the goods at retail for LESS THAN the ACTUAL COST TO MANUFACTURE. The Por- tieres are varied in both style and colorings, and we can show them in several of the prevailing damask weaves—also in some of the most faithful and striking reproductions of oriental art. —Do not condemn them on ac- count of the ridiculously low prices. The goods are good enough for us to buy, and you know we will not buy anything— bargain or no bargain—unless we know it wiil give satisfaction to the customer. Negras Portieres Or Curtains. that enables the oe + orient In gorgeous re- ins in excellent famous Bagdad Stripes, in colorings maturely studied. M0 pals in this lot. Highest grade Ne- gras Por: in 4 colorings. This grade In regular ouds sells for $5.50 pair. Price This Lot, $2.50 pr. Double-Face Jute & Cotton Portieres. that can be combined to produce a lustrous and Tt is introdaced in thi slever effet of si in 4 evlors. Th for $8.50 pair. e This Lot, $4 pr. Oitoman Jacquard Tapestry Portieres. uber tapestry effects are al ric ays t the bail, Hhrary or di uy of the present drawi re e furnished in a style so very appro- we offer is . While the d ds we sell for $8 a pair. Price This Lot, §3 pr. Cotton Derby Portieres. ets the popular » A damask weave, with xo fine and polished as ‘to re- - This forms the ground. The fizure Is thrown up in a contrasting color. ‘The decorative merit is apparent. ‘This Jot consists of $6 pairs Highest Grade on bettom and pgs. This grade regularly sells for $5.50 pair. Price This Lot, $2.50 pr. fringed nt To be sacrificed to wake room for large in- t Mme. SICCAKDIS Hal LORS. Gry Mair im same proportions. 7 1TH ST., Nest to Palais Royal. of 1224 Broadway, York. _m Fs ; i > Fa . i > ia - ia pb25-20d, G H i A thing uf the past when Nattan's Crystal Dis- covery is used. Guaranteed to restore gray or faded hair to ‘ts natural color in 3 to 10 day~— positively Lot a dye. Stops the hatr from falling out. arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing for’ the hair one can use. No poison. No sediuien No stains. Price, $i. Trial size, 50c. KOLB PHARMACY, SOLE AGENTS, 438 7TH ST. N & ot, express prepaid, to any part of the country on receipt of price. mb5-17d Geter PE HES PESE IST HS GSD plished at Philadelphia in 1783. | Ds Estab phi 3 sAstigmatic sTroubles quently exist without the ledge of the person directly ed. As a matter of Amerieans Est a astigmat unaware ism— ny of them i if ye are one of <— GLASSES “SHOULD BE Tr Allow us to make a FREE ENAMINATION. — If your exes re- Asay ay ce Re ee 1$O499OOOO $— PR ONES, Hom st up. Se gMcA lister & Co., Scientific Opticians, 1311 F St. 7-28 In Hair. Switches, $2.50, formerly $5.00. Switches, $4.00, formerly, $7.00. Switches (gray), 00, formerly Switches (gray), 50, former; Switches (gray), $6.50, , former! G7 First-class attendance io Ghampoving. etc. Professional Wigs for hire. S. HELLER’S, ZZ 7th Street N. W. I Hardly Any Need For a Stronger Trunk —than this one at $4.7%—so strong fs it. It is really stronger than the $6 snd mads as well. It is canvas covered, has flat top. shect-iron bottom, 3 heavy Steel binges, reinforced strips, heavy Stee: clamps, heavy lock bolt, “Excel- sior” lock, heavy bard-wood cleats, full 00. Fi0.s0. air Ds covered tray—muslia lined throughout. 2 S8-In. §=30fp. = 32m B4-in. = 36-in. BD GB GD 25 seis Kneessi, 425 7th Street. api-28d A mine of information —@ little book that ean be carried in the vest pocket, containing five valuable reference books, at one-fifth its real worth. ‘Too much in it to tell of here. See it. C.C. Pursell, 418 oth St. ape How Ridiculous! ‘TO IMAGINE ANY BISOUIT EQUAL TO MABSON'S WORLD-RENOWNED CREAM BISCUIT. For Purity, Crispness and Freshness they surpass all others—as the “‘trolley’’ does the horse cars. No table complete without them. Try a pound and you will find we make no idle boast. CREAM BISCUIT. ‘Trade supplied by EDW'D DERRICK, Agent, 818 19th st., b28-m, Washington, D. ©. whats PI You’d Better Have a Bottle <of ouc ALMOND and ILYCERINE CREAM t-40 ion handy—no telling how Alm id tie bad weather wil continue. Then and + when the skin gets a bit red or rough you'll have Glycerine Cream, PieDelightfal f ie for _gen- 25¢. flemen. after shaving — | Be. bottle. i OGRAIT’S NT (Advanced Ideas like unto these we practice in DEN. TISTRY commend us when hest dent: results are desired for least cost. Full set ARTIFICIAL TEETH, $3 best _procurable. EXTRACTI: 50 CENTS. Crown and Bridge work’ pro- portionately. Evans Dental Pariors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. a 4d m smuctinesan ane Quality rules bere. Prompt deliverfes everywhere. 5-Ib. Box Elgin Creamery Butter, $1.40. For quility and flavor our Creamery ha’ no rival in the market. It is used and pralsed good butter lovers all over the city. Fresh Tiilk and = in Direct from ter county, Pa., every morning. Pure, rich and sweet. we serve yout May ice Pi. Oyster, Jr., Branches: Hdgrs. 1148 Conn. Ave. "Phone 1420. 175 Center Market. 26 Riggs Market. $7.00 Skirts... $5.00 Sik Waists. $2.50 Children’s Refers. $ MARTIN WOLF, 521 1TH N.W. cx NEED IT! Ready cash isn’t a requisite in buying here. Your prom- ise to pay whatever you can spare—weekly or monthly— is just as acceptable to us. *| No notes to sign—no inter- est. We are ready to furnish your house—from top to bottom, on CREDIT! At Lowest Cash Prices! The new Mattings are here —MILES of them—the very best Japanese Cotton-warp varieties. _We tack them down FREE! We have just added a new line of Office Furniture — Cutler Desks, &c. If you need a Baby Carriage — there are 300 handsome new patterns here to choose from—$5 to $50. We make and lay Carpet FREE—no charge for waste in matching figures. Grogan’s MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, Biy-821—-823 Seventh street n.w. ap6-Sid = SoSH MMMM MMM arte eA AO "Nee eee eee oeeeoees It’'e an exquisite toflet preparation of our own for the skin. Cures redness and roughness. Atiords instant relief from chopped hands and face—soothing and kecling. Ladics cepecially find It most pleasing to use. 25c. BOTTLE. Scheiler & Stevens, Gem's, Pharmacists, COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. ap7-204 Now With a small is the mount expended in a few choice ready- time for mixed paints an old Painting. room can be made to look new. We have an excellent | stock of Ready-mixed Paints, Stains, Varnishes, Enamels, Gold Paint, &c., at prices within reach of all. Geo. F. Muth & Co., Successors to Geo. 4ié 7th St. NW. apl-24d Artistic Picture Framing. No inconvenience. I call with samples and deliver work. api-Sa sSeseadondoedoeeegesongongeneasongoneiagontongengeeatonsonssesgeesontentonsongesersontondengsgesgeagingeage gg entonge songs song ogeeg aang oegueaHn eo SoM OOH AMM MMMM POP OPOP IO OOOOOD OD: ef Sure Footedness-= —At— PERRY’S. You ought to buy Hosiery where you would feel safe to select with your eyes shut. Your confidence in a store is anchorage for your satisfac- tion in Hosiery matters. So much looks good that isn’t. So much that is right in price is wrong in value. So little that you can judge by except the wear. It is good to have a reputation for soundness— and sureness—and low-price- ness. And we protect it at every point—in Hosiery and everything else. Every season we have to increase our Hosiery quanti- ties. Folks tell each other of the satisfaction they get here —and it is tempting. A pair or two for a trial—and then another regular customer is added to the already large army. We would like to count you as one. Ladies’ Hosiery. Ladies’ Fast Black Cotton Hose, With double soles, heels and tocs— 2%e. a pair. Ladies’ Russet, Slate and Balbrig- gan Hose, with double soles, heels and toes —25c. a pair. Ladies’ Richelfeu Ribbed Boot Pat- terns, with fast black feet and plain and striped tops—25c. a pair. BS Ladies’ Fast Black Cotton Hose, - with White feet and double heels $ and t a pair. : Ladies’ Fast Black Maco Yarn Hose, with high spliced heels and Sopepespcedutepepansnsedutetecedetetuticedetnetnsedetonetedege see Sete Sopeoeeeted double toes and soles—35e. a pair— 3 for $1. Ladies’ Fast Black Cotton Hose, With White soles, heels aml tocs— 85c. a pair—8 for $1. Ladies’ Fast Black Plain and Richelicu Ribbed Lisle Thrend Hose, with double heels and tocs—85e. a pate for $1. adies’ Plain and Ribbed Lisle Thread Hose—Resset and White— With double heels and toes—Se. a pair—8 for $1. Ladies’ Ricketicu and Fine Ribbed Lisle Thread boot pattern, with plain and striped tops and double heels and too: Bbc. a palr—3 tor $1. Ladies’ Fast Black Gauze Cotton Hose, with double solcs, “heels and to»s-S0e. a pair. Ladies’ Fast Black Rickelten and Plain Ribbed Lisle Thread Hos:, with double soles, heels and toes—b0c. a pair. Ladies’ Fast Black Cotton Tose, With double soles, becls and toes— 50c. a pair. Ladtes’ Lisle Thread Boot Patterns, with colored tops, embroidered Lronts and Black feet—50c. a pair. Ladies’ Fast Black Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose, with White feet —50e. 5 Ladies’ Ganze Lisle Thread Lose. % — Bith double soles, heels and toes— Wo. and $1 a par, ey Sedeteer Segege Se % nt ego % % Seegegensete % % % ete Sots Children’s Hosiery. Children’s Fast Black Fin2 Ribbed Hose, with double knees, heels and toes—sizes 5 to 8Yy—18e. a pair—2 for 2c. Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Bicycle Tose— fast Black—with double heels and toes—Sizes 74 to 10—2e. per pair. Children’s Fast Black Fine Ribbed Cotton Hose, with double knees, heels and toes—Sizes 5 to 9—25c. a pair. Children’s Fast Black and Russet Cotton Hose, with double knees, heels and toes—25c. a pair. Children’s Fast Black Fine Ribbed Hose, with solid White feet—25e. and . & par, Misses’ Plain Black Cotton Hose— with double heels and toes—25e. and Bbc. a pair. Children’s Fast Black Fine Ribbed Maco Yarn Hose, with double heels ani toes—25e. a palr—3 for $1. Children’s Fast Black Fine Ribbed Freuch Cotton Hose—Sizes 6 to 10— 2ie. for size G—rise 2c, Misses’ Black and Russet Richelieu Ribbed Lisle Thread Hose--5e. a palr— for $1. Misses’ Plain White Lisle ‘Thread Hos with double hecls and toes— c. a pair—3 for $1. Misses’ Scarlet and Russet Pisin Lisle Thread Hoze, with double heels and toes—50c. per pair. Infants’ Cashmere Hose—35c., 39¢. and 50c. a pair. Garters. sete otetetoeenenntetetetetoro ppg Ladies’ Silk Elastic Garters, with buckles and ribbon bows—60e., 75c., $1 and $1.25 a pair. Ladies’ Silk Elastic Garters, with gold-plated buckles—in a fancy box— $2 a pair, PERRY’S, Seegeeseogongeaseesengonsenseesecconseeseesenteatanseesensenonseesens eon geageadiegbeseotentensinsenson onsen sees ongonshi sess eocongensesgea AAA AD Seeded set ete segeed srgedegedaetedetngegegetedetetie get OD Fa ak Seaget % Soe Ss asa Ss Ss 2 2 Ss Sk Sk Ss SO Sh Sh Ss SSeS ndegndetetetedn % esSesgeesesdeeder SeneesesSeedetongondondontondorCorContorcordorcondancantentnntencei wSortengeogengoete See eM = “Ninth and the Avenue.’ Established 1840. | ‘Telephone 995. sesecetesreenetetetetetetetetectececeendntntentetegs 7 : Liars A A ° The teeth hab- § ‘White itually cleansed i with” “PEARL } ; ENAMELINE | = and MYRRH.” Philk. Sweet breath and rosy gums into the bargain. 15c. a bottle. . W. Jennings, : 2 on - 1142 CO: a Ise SHAKER DIGESTIVE CORDIAL. ‘Does not cure all diseases, but it will cure Sey All druggists. -w, ate banty With every Boy's Bult. .we give a pair of Fine Roller Skates fret, It’s “one on ‘We wish the’ mother and father of every “boy in town could see our boys’ clothes and how cheaply we sell them—and how liberal we are in the matter of credit. Lots’ more boys would have new &pring clothes if they did—and, Jots’ of money would be saved. *’, a We can absolutély guarantee that lower pricesthan ours for equal qualities do not exist in this city. There isn’t a finer or larger stock from which to select, either. We've been here scarce- ly three weeks, but we are get- ting the business wonderfully. Boys’ All-wool Short Pants Suits, $2.48, and they're really worth $8.50 and $4. Boys’ Long Pants Sults. Sizes from 14 to 19 years, in single aud double-breasted an $5.98 each, and they're really worth 50. Boys’ All-wool Knee Pants, 89¢. a pair, ‘They're worth 5c. pair. zi While you're in, mothers, look at our $5.98 Silk Waists, in Persian effects and_ striped surahs and taffetas. Right up to date in style, and made as thoroughly as any dressmaker can possibly make them. is You can make your bill what you wish and pay it as you choose, in weekly or monthily in- stallments. Isn’t this a conven- ient way of buying clothing— it’s our way—peculiar to us. ‘Hecht : Co., It 515 Seventh Street N. W. A QUERY? What are you paying for your Gro- ceries? The chanecs are you have been pitying too much. Come dowa town to Pickford’s and do your marketing. ‘The saving will surprise you. Munireds of people who formerly never thought of coming down town for their Groceries Are now cur best customers. Lord De La Ware Peache: Reduced to toc. Can. Carolina Rt Mocha and Java Coffee. rhia Apricots. Queer Olives. Bvaporated Peaches... 7c. Corn, only ‘Tomato Catsup. 4 Its. Lard for. 10 Its. Re 2b. pace Best Butter hundred bashed 4 Ibs. California Pruves.., N. Y. Burbank Potatoes. 10 cakes Laundry Soap. Lima Beans only sLiquors Lower. : ‘The finest Whisky, on ‘the market is “PICKPORD'S BEST-only $1 quart. Good Old BR; Whisky. . oe! ‘Dominion’ Fine “Old Tom" Gin. Sweet Catawba Wine. ‘(Pickford’s, ‘924 Leuisiana Avenue. It Few Spring Soft Hats, $1.50. ** You'll be surpriced Low fine an Alpine you can buy here for $1.50. We have . rched the country over for euch a . ve've found it. Alpines are . execedingly popular this season. There's no hat so comfortable. Chas. H. Ruoff, Up-to-date Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. Cc C R E D Absolutely Free Credit. Not a note to sign— not a reference requir- ed. All we want is your promise to pay what you can afford either weekly or month- ly. Then go right ahead and furnish your home comfortably — elegantly from our im- mense stock. ‘lk One price here for cash or credit, and that 4s the lowest figure any dealer about town will quote you. <Oak Bed Room Suite $14.50: Fine Sideboard, $9.50. Baby Carriage, $5. New Matting. RUDDEN’S Credit House, 513 7th St. ap7-50d n-~ XW Tore Matting at Q¥C. tler und more desirable than ever this season. ‘Two cial bargains here . & yard—one a white jointless muttiny other. “an extra good Matting. See them. = THE Houghton co., 1214 F ST. N.W. ig ap7-20d Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder An Elegant Toilet Luxury. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century, apé-m1lt, w39t . NOE used, and you will never be with- ‘out Georges’ “sclentitic preparations for tke feet. Best in the world. At leading Sroggiate. an Prot. J. J. GEORGES & SON, chiropodists, 1115 Pa. ave. ap3-10d THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. HEART DISEASE. Some Facts Regarding the Rapid Increase of Heart Troubles. Do Not Be Alarmed, but Look for the Cause. Heart troubles, at least among Americans, are certainly and while this may be largely due to the worry and excitement of American bus- {ness life, it is more often the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion. Real, organic heart disease is incurable; but not ‘one case in a hundred of heart trouble is organic. ‘The close relation between heart trouble and poor digestion is because both organs are controlled by branches of tho same great nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneumogastric. In another way, also, the heart if affected by that of poor mentation from half by pressure of the distended stomach on the ‘and lungs, interfering with thelr action; arises palpitation and short breath. digestion also poisons the blood, makes it tin and watery, which irritates and weakens the jeart. ‘The most sensible treatment for heart troubles is fo improve the digestion and to insure the prompt assimilation of food. ‘This can best be done by the regular use, after meals, of some safe, pleasant and effective di- gestive preparation, like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab- Tets, which may be found at most drug stores and which contain valuable, harmless digestive ele- ments, in a pleasant, conventent form. It 13 mafe to say that the regular, persistent use "3 Dyspepsia Tablets at ineal time will form of stomach trouble except cancer of mae Full size packages of the Tablets sold by most drugzisis at 50 cents or by mall from Stuart Co. Marshall, Mich. apS&11 Don’t bewail your lack of luck when you smash some cherished ar- ticle. Send us the fragments. We'll put them together firmly and fault- lessly. Quick, — satisfactory worl. charges. We'll call If you wish. R.C. BOND&CO,, Pore Modest H BE SU zs Ee tried remedy, and use that old and w Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, ullays ali in, cures wind colic and ts the best ‘remedy for 25 ceuts a bo r. Slesert’s Angostara ers possess an ex- quisite thivor and are a sure preventive for all diseases of the digestive organs. sel0-ty HOW NOT r0 DO IT. The Funding Bill Will Increase the Railroad's Debt to the Governme: To the Editor of The Evening Star: The two congressional committes on Pa- cific railroads, that of the Senate and that of the House, recontiy appointed a joint subcommittee to draft a bill for the settle- ment of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific roads. This Dill has been printed and submitted for ap- proval to the two full committees, but at this date has not been reported to either house. I hope to be able to show why it should not be reported, end, at the same time, why it probably will be. As early as Monday of last week I had the bill before me. It deals with the two roads somewhat differently, owing to the different way in which thelr enormous debts are placed; but the rate of interest and payments on the principal are the same. Let us consider tie of the Central Pacific oniy, which deducting the amount in the sinking fund held in the United States treasury certain credits for service, the sum, in roi 1embers, of $40,000,000. On this’ sum the company is to pay interest at the rate of 2 per cent annually, in semi-annual instail- ments. The principal is to be “pald” as follows: On the first day of January of each year (beginning in 1898) for a period of ten years, it is to pay $300,000. Tor the next period of ten years this annual payment is! to be $500,000, and thercafter $750,000 until | the debt is “extinguished"—which simple but tedious csiculation shows will require tinety years. “There is everything (says the San Fran- cisco Examiner) in the way a thing is put. When we say that the Central Pacific 1s te pay 2 per cent interest for ninety years, and to clear off the principal by instali- mints beginnirg at $300,000 a year and in- creasing to $730,000, it-scems as if there might be something in the offer. But sup- pese we say that it is to pay nothing but interest, at rates ranging from 1.25 to 2.98. per cent, and that after ninety years cf such payments the debt is to be considered wiped cut, without any provision for the principal at ail, and the road is to become the unincumbered property of the stock- holders, how does this proposition look then? Would any congressional committee venture to offer it in that form, especially when the government was borrowing the nioney at 3% per cent interest, with an ob- lgation to repay the principal in full? And yet that is precisely the same thing. It is the identical scheme, stated in another form.” ‘To bring it to that form is merely a mat- ter of bookkeeping; we have only to con- sider the principal as unaffected by the an- nual installments and credit these to the interest acccunt. That will make a varying rate of interest, but that rate will never reach the 8% per cent which the last two issues of United States bonds fixes as the rate paid by the government in “carrying” this same debt. As the Examiner says: “In the first ten years the Central Pa- cific would pay the government, for prin- cipal and interest combined, about $6,259,- 000 Jess than the government would be pay- ing its own creditors on the same amount of debt for interest alone. In the next ten years the deficiency would reach $5,050,000. In the next seventy years it would be $56,- 100,000. In the whole ninety years during which the Central Pactfic would be “extin- guishing” its debt it would fall $69,400,000 short of meeting the government's interest payments, at 3% per cent. ‘The government weuld lose the entire principal of the debt in addition, making its total loss from the Centre] Pacific $12,400,000, cr more than twice as much as the entire present amount of the debt, principal and interest.” The facts are a little worse. According to an estimate of the Secretary of the Treasury the debt of the Central Pacific is Not $60,000,000, but $60,925,649.99; so the in- terest loss to the government would be, not $69,400,000, but $71,337,685. Adding that to the principal, we find that under the pro- visions of this astonishing bill the extin- guishing sum will fall $132,263,385 short of the sum to be extinguished. It is perhaps not surprising that Mr. Huntington and his associates should have fallen under the grave suspicion of having close relations to this funding measure. Bear in mind that this calculation does not include the debts of the lines east of Ogden, which would bring the aggregate loss up to something like $260,000,000, nor does it take any account of compounding of interest. - Is it uncharitable to fear that the bill may find favor with the gentlemen of the Union Pacific also? AMBROSE BIERCE. Since the foregoing was written I have learned that the joint subcommittee has altered the annual payment on the princi- pal for the first ten years from $300,000 to $365,000, and that for the second ten years from $500,000 to $550,000. This amounts al- together to an additional reduction of only $1,150,000—too small materially to affect the computation. A. B. case —<—<$<—__ Medical Association Officers. Officers of the Medical Association of the District were elected at a meeting last night, as follows: President, Dr. W. P. Carr; vice presidents, Drs. Hawkes and Scott; secretary, Dr. J. R. Wellington; treasurer, Dr. H. M. Deale; counsellors, Drs. Crook, McLain, Ober, Holden, Acker, Kober, T. R. Stone, Yarnell and D. O. Leech; censors, Drs. Woodward, Ruffin and Mayfield; delegates to the meeting of the Amer‘can Medical Association, to be held in Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 6, 7 and 8, 1896, Drs. J. T. Johr.son, Kieinschmidt, Belt, Sotho- ren, Heiberger, Franzoni, L. Eliot Rich, Woodward, Nordhoff, I. 8. Stone, 8. Mun- caster, Magruder, Acker, Kober, Bowen, Nash, Scott, Wellington, G. Stone, Cook, Fry, E. L. Morgan, W. W. Johnston, Van Rensselaer, Busey, F. Leech, J. F. Thomp- son, 8. 8. Adams, Lincoln, Hunt, McLaugh- lin, J. D. Morgan, Mayfield, Peter, Suter and Carr. —_— ¢ = Guardians of Minor Children. Mr, Reyburn of Pennsylvania has intro- duced a bill in the House amending the laws of the District relating to the rights of married women and making parents the natural guardians of their minor children. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Social Notes of Interest to Many Peopl Charters Granted and Police Cases Before the Mayor—Other = Local Notes. The Carnation Club, :which is composed of @ number of young ladies, gave a leap year dance in McBurney’s Hall last night. The hall had been beautifully decorated for the occasion with flags, potted plants and cut flowers. Prof. Dunn furnished the music, and the dancers were loth to hear the strains of “Home, Sweet Home,” at the hour of 2. The young ladies never looked more beautiful. The dance was strictly leap year in all particulars. Among those pres- ent were Mesdames Harvey and Smith, Frank McLearen, Thomas Pullman and William Schwarzman, Misses Wildts, Annie Knight, Geneva Steele, Mary Kelly, Janie McCracken, May Evans, Effie Smith, An- nie Kramer, Lena Hepburn, Jennie Bur- roughs, Kate Brannon, Miss Webster, Miss Shuman, and Messrs. Thomas Nugent, Frank McLearen, Howard Pettit, William Moore, Walter Ballinger, M. Irvin, Harry Jett, Frank Smith, James Duton, Stuart Smith, John Hooff, John Madder and many others. Charter Granted. Judge J. K. M. Norton of the corporation court yesterday granted a charter of incor- poration to the Columbia Colliery Com- pany, the ebjects of which are to purchase and sell real estate and- personal property in Colombia and other South American re- publics, the West India Islands and else. where, and to conduct mining operation: The capital stock of the company is to be not less than $100,000 nor more than $1,000,~ 000. The officers are: J. Harris Baision, rresident; A. J. Frovost and others of New York and Brooklyn, directors. Mr. Eugene B. Taylor is named as the Iccal agent of the company. Police Court. The police on duty last night report the night as being clear and mild, with one prisoner and seventeen lodgers at the sta- tion house. Mayor Thompson this morning Cisposed of the following cases: Sandy Tol- son, William Butler and John Stanton, charged with disorderly and fighting; dis- missed for want of evidence. Morris Levin, proprietor of the Potomac Literary Asso- ciation, was fined $12 for selling liquor on Sunday. Police Bonrda. A meeting of the board of police com- missioners was to have been held at the mayor's office last night for the purpose of filling the vacancy caused by the death of Cficer Jones, but Commissioner Tackett being in New York, the meeting was post- poned until next Monday night. 4 number of applicants for the vacant po- sition, Fuucral of Dr. Trist. The funeral of Dr. H. B. Trist, who died in Washington Sunday, took piace yester- day afternoon from Christ Church. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr, Berryman Green, and were attended by a large number of the friends of the deceased. The interment was in Ivy Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. J T. Burke, P. T. Burke, G. W. Burke, Herbert Bry yer and Dr. D. N. Rust. nt, K. Kem Notes. The regular monthly meeting of the Hy- draulion Fire Company was held last night. Only routine business was transacted. Mr. Robert Poriner of the Portner Brew- ing Company left today for New York, whence he will sail for Hamburg for a six | weeks’ trip abroad. Mr. George H. Carter, night foreman at | the Southern railway round house in this city, fell and injured the ligaments of one of his ankies yesterday. Mr. George Hatley Norton, who has been enjoying an extensive trip through south, returned to his home in this city last night. —_—_—__ AFFAIRS GEORGETOWN, Local Notes of Iuterest From Acroxs Rock Creek. The regular monthly soiree of the classes of the dancing academy of Prof. Henry Schlosser was held last evening at the hall, ccrner of 3ist and M streets. The attend- ance was large, and with the excellent music the dancing was continued until mid- night to the enjoyment of every one. Those Present were Misses McCarthy, Smith, Lipscomb, Cox, Huth, Leonard, Johnson, Storay, Corbett, Parker, Kidwell, Paul, Tucker, Usher, Smith, Fletcher, Warner, Cook, Hughes, Trahey, Haislup, McGinnis, O'Connor, Griffin, Jones, Trummell, Brown, Baylan, Helmuth, Merrimain and Thurlow of Baltimore, and Messrs. Scott, Davis, Jett, Johnson, Barteges, Gormully, Hains, Mueller, Fitzgerald, Cole, Allen, Donovan, | Burch, Niland, Cormally, Crowley, Golden, Dvell, Glasgo, Fletcher, Cross, Warner, McWhorter, D. E. Davis and many others. Quarterly Mecting. The quarterly meeting of the District Women's Christian Temperance Union opened this morning at Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church. The attendance was large, the delegations being increased by one rep- resentative for every ten members. In addition to this there were many specta- ters. Luncheon was served at noon by the West End Union, of which Mrs. Walter Brown is president. Noten, Mr. Walter Williamson and Mr. Turner Peacock while walking up the Conduit road near Glen Echo Sunday were run into by an unknown man in a carriage. Mr. Williamson was thrown down the side em- bankment and sustained severe bruises. He was picked up by friends and carried to his home, at 717 Rhode Island avenue. William M. Smith, a well-known young man, is lying seriously ill at the residence of his father on P street. Mr. O. V. Giekey delivered an interesting address last evening at the Gay Street Baptist Church. Th2 funeral of Richard Canter was held this afternoon from Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Miss Mable A. Cleveland, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Cleveland and the late Ja: W. Cleveland, died yesterday. The fami have the sympathy of many friends. The funeral will take place from Trinity Catho- lic Church tomorrow. —— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been Issued to the following: Edward Van Zuylen and Alice Warnler, both of Liege, Belgium; Jos. S. Zerega and Daisy A. Winkler; Edward Mugee, jr., of Houston, Tex., and Mildred C. Hutcheson of this city; Edward E. Graf- fan and S. Beatrice Evans; Morrison John- son ef New York city and Lucie Roper of Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles Schneider and Carrie America; John F. Smith of this city and Mary J. Wise of Tenleytown, D. C.; Richard Matthews and Lena Fenwick; Wallace B. Christian and Laura C. For- rest, both of Baltimore, Md.; Edward Bur- russ ond Lillian Tyler, both of Richmond, Va.; Jacob 8. Allen and Mary E. Frisby; Harvey Butt and Mamie B. Smith, both of James J. Hannes and Emma Hutchinson; Solomon Nally and Elizabeth Poe; Edward Bradley and Alberta Darns; Harry A. Crockett of Norfolk, Va., and . Chepin of Norfolk county, Va.; Edward C. Bentley and Louise Wilson; Edgar Dobbs and Martha McKenney; Geo. W. Crump and Marie H. Regan; Benjamin F. Haas of this city and Alice V. Norton of Takoma Park, D. C.; Daniel Levy and Nana King; Charies E. Paul and Charlotte Emmert; Harry Thompson and Rebecca Jackson; Victor Frank of this city and Jcsie Seiler of Covington, Ky.; Frank M. Firor and Annie B. Schneider; William B. Minor and Amanda B. Smith, both of Lou- doun county, V: Edmund Keith and Julia F, Reagan; Finley Carpenter and Eunice Campbell, both of Amherst county, Va.; John J. Ganey and Anna E. McVerry; Charles E. Heard and Emma Masterbrook; George IL. Bowser and Georgie M. Swann: George B. Mullin and Mary A. Enders, both of Tenleytown, D. C.; David H. Rus- seli and Jennie C, Nalley. There are | u the | LIQUOR AND INDUSTRY Prosecuted. ‘The Department of Labor Pursuing Researches Into a Question of Absorbing Interest. The department of labor, under the direc- tion of Commissioner Carroll D. Wright, has cammenced an investigation which promises to be one of the most important yet conducted by this bureau. The subject of it is the liquor problem in relation to in- dustry. The amount of capital invested in the manufacture of liquors and substantial statistics of a similar character will be carefully collated, but the most important trend of the investigation will be in the direction of ascertaining the causes which lead to the consumption of liquor among the wage earners of the country. The agents who will have in charge the pro- pounding of interrogatories in this line of the work will place themselves in commu- nication with all establishments employing large numbers of men. These establish- ments wil! be placed under thetr separate heads, according to the kind of goods man- ufactured. Their managers will be asked the number of persons in their employ, and then a series of questions will follow, the answers to which wiil give a valuable in- sight into the subject under consideration. i Some Spccimer Questions. A manufacturer, for instance, will be asked if, when employing new men, he habitually or usually takes into consiera- tion the question whether they are addic! ed to the use of intoxicating liquors or not. | If such is the case, he will then be asked how he satisfied himself of the facts. He will also be interrogatea as to whether any considerable portion of his employes are subject to night work, and if those so e guged are more addicted to the use of in- toxicating iiquors than others. is so, the character of the oce: follow wili be requested and the men employed in each. The manufacturer will also be questioned upon the subject of | frequent and considerable overwork on the part of his employes, whether they an posed to severe weather, whether U employed irregularly, as, for insts | seasons or by day and ‘night alternat |and if so, whether such oy und such conditions, are more subject wo the use of strong drink than others who work reg- ularly and are not subject to exposure. Other Cauxes Sought For, A vast numbe> of other questions will be asked. For instance, the bureau will en- deavor to learn whether the reduction the daily hours of labor in the estab! ment noticeably lessened the use of texicating liquor among the emplo; ia he in- bed r times. ting Kquor ¢ ay8 interfere s ii saicating liquor among “How 14 The investiga result of a loa: on the part of the pr fort ty secure from ¢ the appointment of a comin tigate the moral and »: Was Brought About. | the alcohoiic liquor tr | the repr tatives of the leading lance scci ed appoint a commission for tl t ‘ im vain, i legislature was chary of | Lands of ultra-believers in absoly ent that could be 3 to such to know the purely ie the use of intoxicants in this count of tifty, under Seta B. Lo: u having Vestigating the subject placed m che of the department of iabor, The preceding the present one gave sary authority and Comunicsione has commenced the work ou scale, which always characterises scarches of the department over whi des. s pre: ——— FEDERATION OF LABOR. Matters Discussed at the Meeting Meld Lant Night. The regular weelly meeting of the | tion of Labor was held 1 @ent James MeHugh o: Delegates were present fry ganizations. A new set of cre received from the horseshoers tials to fill vacancies from the by stonemasons, The contract committee repor: the wages paid to the stonecutiers and stone- masons engaged on the work for t electric road from Washington to 1: were $1 per day less than the scale, the hours were ten instead of eight It was also reported that the out the stone at the querry quit work be- cause they could net make decent wages at | 8 cents per . luticns printed in had the M. Blake, chairman of the mmittee, made a report © en the committee by the he employment slings end public gr ing to the District of Columbia. tention of the Federation was called to the space given to the committes’s argument of ia ening Star, and the editorial of ing Ster of April 4 favoring the stem was read and a resolu- ticn passed ordering the pure! of 100 copies of the two issues for the use of ihe ecmmittee. The commitice expressed the opinion that the report of the Commissioners on the bili ‘culd be more favorable to the measure than their last report. The financial secretary made an interest- ing report, showing that five new unions were admitted during last quarter, and that only five had withdrawn. Of this number the Tailors’ Assembly and the Tailors’ Un- fon had come together In a trade union ganization, and had sent their « to the local federation. ¥ nounced a good balance in th The president appointed Mr. to filla vacaney on the press commit Mr. Geo. Suter to fill a vacancy on th and means committee. An amendment offered to the obligation taken by the di gates, with the view of protecting ihe or- ganization against delegates giving out un- authorized reports to the pr ‘The president of the labor bureau reported that the bureau has had calls for twenty carpenters more than it could furni that most of their registerad list h furnished employment. It was stat all union labor out of employment to register their names, and ci requested to patronize the bureau they have work to give out. == The Teehan Case. Cornelius Teehan, the Chicago salesman who plead guilty in the Police Court yes- terday to a charge of bigamy, was unable to givé bail for his appearance, and was committed to jail, there to remain until his case comes up in the Criminal Court. Wit- nesses In the case went before the grand jury today, and Mrs. Teehan, who had come here from Chicago and caused her husband's arrest, has returned home with- out him. As she was short of funds, she wos assisted on her journey by Sanitary Officer Frank. re when