Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1896, Page 8

8 = THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES, ‘h MOSES: Toe he te wet | Woodward oe Lothrop, SMOOTH WASHINGTON AQUEDUCTIIN HOTEL CORRIDORS loth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. F St., cor. 11th. | Storage, 22d near M. z5 Save Ice, Our Business Hours are 7:45 to 5:45! U The Most sane Food « Tomorraow—z200 Pairs Men’s Money Convincing Areiiacnt ak aa eee (| Heather Mixture Long Woolép Hose, dorsed by the best families in Washing- ton. Prices, $5.85 up, according Free For The Asking For bicycling, fishing and other wear with Knicker- bockers,, —We can give you to lead you to trade here and to point out the fairness of our methods is our past record for quoting “regular” prices that equal in smallness the ordi- soc. Per Pair. re (Men's Store. -Ast floor. +1007 F st.) =, , nary reductions you find. Fone gf choice, reelnen tor making ° 9 eb i Mattings. Cae WAGE worwrarc’ tex Girls’ Summer Clothing. 2 4 minutes. $1.50 1,600 rolls 7. “THE ARCTIC” in 2Wyard rolls—ereh svfficient to cover a se and Chinese Matting, ‘i cezer 1s secon only Blouses, linen effect, large sailor collar, bishop sleeves, turn-back to the White Mountain 12x15 fect—to be scld at prices -re- 7 minutes, rages Sat, $1 SO cuffs, braid trimming. Sizes 6 to 14 years. In preportton to these: fat, $145 Gat, $2.55, : ; : rag? fm Bancy Chinese Mattiogs gy 591 Y For Shipping Your Laundry Special Value’ at $L50 Each. 4) rolls Heavy Chinese Matting. @ Por eae Ge ae India Linon Guimpes, India Linon Guimp oll =. 92:50 sable—made of pounded. ash—twice’ as A : Ps | Satlor coll 1 cuffs a que, with ls Hreavy dointtes gy <0 dueabte as willow. $2. $2.30, $2.9). Lats inecton Sue CONSE SILSO! inmmilaprar taerione Gaitec ied es SOS nines Matting. Koll..-....-.... 93:5 a i A Cioth Matting Rug. |}. = : saan ager Ree: Ww. Beveri ge, Two Unusually Good Values in Reefers. = “tale of alt jute, | QUES PF St. & 1214 G St. A table full of Fine All-wool Cloth} A table full of Fine All-wool Seek be oe a It POTTERY, PORCELAIN, . EEC. Rectets iRectene and designs, $1.50 . . | Plain and fancy mixed novelty cloths, this season's most desirable styles. Sizes 4 to 14 years Were $6.75 and $7.. Now $5.00. 11th st. building.) Four distinct styles, with or without sailor collar, plain or trimmed with brafd. Sizes 4 to 12 years. Were $4 and $4.50 Each. . Now $3.00. @a fcor.......-.. e STOCK BOUGHT FROM U.S. MARSHAL OF THE LATE FIRM OF Baird & Galt IS NOW ON SALE AT THEIR STORE, 921 F Street. Every Neglige end White Shirt will be sold at $1.00. Neckwear will he three prices—25, 50 and 75c. English Collars will be $2.00 per degen, etc., éte. Everything is two-thirds, half and quarter prices. Wail Paper Sale 50. We're getting re ar stock of Tots of full stocks—perfect goods — Boys’ Summer Clothing. : pairs All-wool Worsted Knee Pants. 125 nh. eee even to the Crockery > If you wear geod MEN'S FURNISHINGS you sheuld Me H i cre. sere | Good patterns, well made. All sizes. Made , 5 to sell for $1.00 and $1.50. \ $ over a hot coal fire 21 \ P P s fi is in summer, when oy Jt |e r 50c. er air. , you ean cook in com- K : 1 for summer cooking. No i° dirt ‘Try it. White Condy Mothers’ Friend" Waists, each Se ee iets, exceed White Linen Duck Pants, ( $3.70 for 40 bustels, crushed ¢/ | White Linen Duck Pants, i \3 cae a ses s ] ©) | White Cotton Duck Pants, per pair. | Brown Crash Suits, double I ASHN. GASLIGHT CO., S| wee tom eee a 413 1oth St. N. W. D3 | ca noor. 5 — We ha de up our mind to 3 : % . © have made . . | 2 ctear out this stock of Mattins- > | Women’s and Children’s | Infants 1 and today we lower the price-bars 5 seer sora in ou tome: vou — 3) | Past Black Hose. Clothing. ls = jab eee scones Se aes 8 Tomorrow we shall offer the fol- Special items in low-priced gar- al at our regular 1 zs 5 : z 2 £ ‘| ~ as low as the LOWEST that we ¢ | lowing excellent values, the result Of} ments for summer wear. For chil- Re ti ° FE be tock all matting down FREE—and {|| a recent special purchase, as follows: i you know—even in the face of this Women’s Fust Black Cotton Hose, extra po00d z € Iring rom x reduction—tha: $) | quality, with double heels and te foil eau 4 ° ie bal sents Lisie Thread’ He Adehettes ther-stlt :Business Salel 4): eee ae eS | ee es 4 Bee be : : ‘Chuan Pa iia i | cota ert wen ee ceee Serer Me jee heeds joes. Sizes eo L That's the story in a nut ie a Hectss amt: (oes: 26 1 conta shell. cl te know the quality of ——— | tease 0 "s Shoes. You know Summer or mon F ones cannot be . Cl thor: : é Furnishings ee oe bat i Gt z $ | For the country or seaside cottage.| Women’s Mustin cost 30 as to cle Ye K quick * {or to make the town home more Underwear. ie | comfortable during — the _ warm | ; Fw : irks = eit O 3] months. Bamb8o Porch Screens | Our June sale of t nderwear is Tediced tr ai Don't think of pasing CASH for ¢ | and Portieres are easier to buy than | Bong on, and we’ calf attention to recese 5" , ai Fucnlture or Carpets—onr CREDIT S| | ever before. the following good values in gar- 50 Oxfords, $1.68. ane Brices are so low that they attract 2 | jplapangee Beal ant Tambes Portierys, all color, ments that are well proportioned, tu . cash buyer > notes, no Interest. . s, full assortment. Each. to, | F wae $ . S if i De taes = ELE Sameere Bannon Bice Sereons,” male wf) th carefully put together and made of | e Solid Oak Extension Tables, @ | outakle strips of ba o, with the ural glazed reliz p ateria : . 40-pounl Hair Mattress, $6.50. & | surface exprsed to the Ww and reliable materials a wen Wire Springs, $1.50. & | will not mite Prices lower than th: Muslin Nigh ork od % Epes iste fees r e @ | asked for Inside bamboo | see uttopiales. EB. 3 © comp) & ts i Housefurnishers I< | front . : BS : Cambric Gowns, ve neck, dotbte./ = ant insertion and. ticke in’ frout, espprobbery rot es | Heck and Sieevew. Bach. “ ¢ owns, Hubband optrie, $ | eeedced with puffe, rutile | = | The “Dixie” Canopy. ‘ Large“ sieevin, =| A new Mosquito Canopy Which does away with Aut yeshane peice OLLI, Sule 4 the pulley in ceiling. Will fit any bed. Frame Abe 5 g es and net complete sloth ste dag.) Ss bed. od bed We alone in Washington have the above mentioned Canopies. Ventilating Corsets. The most comfortable kind for summer wear. Light, shapely, strong and low priced. een > and Fixtures for sale. WILSON, ste Window Screens. Inches, cach inche ch ches, each Inches, eac Sesondentretesfont tes es eSostent HARTFORD sicvetes. $ IH Roval Worcester’ apt cimn-So = 3 ; short Per pat “ pap decent teteteletntlelnnlnloeds $ Good Bovks (fies ee esac tars — SS = sioatd Under Price. —— S 3 Reduction in Price. ¢| “Selected Letters of Mendelssohn,” | Women’s ra air $ a 7 by M. F. Alexander. 16 mo. 133 Gi E é P Patterns Nos. 1 and 2, from $80 to $65. pages. Published at goc. To eOvES: : eS ormnnieca Rennie camel Pattorrs Nos. 3 and 4, from $60 to $50. close ae eee Two good values for tomorrow. rite i ral color odin z Bigs : : “Pictures and Si Orie “atte oo | ah © Kid makes the nicest dressing This ts the best value for the money ever | Published at $ “ z i PUL CORRE Soca =z ‘ po liste ae at pearl, Fay or, wh i PHARMACY, SOLE A Fee |e: 3 $4.00 et To chore. 5182.50 | st tor. -1th st. annex.) pice iat wae Oba myt-te | 3 = = aineee Bonnie p. inmlcedseat jee Sees aime Ty ee | Mssrationy: and twelve colored plates, “Publisked Pictures, Frames 4 - at $1.00. To close. Smo som lt Colmes 1° And [Moldings fos DINING —OOM SUITE-as usuel in our : Y Reuedd Wades ce Aces Rees En ee $ 9 $ Toys, Hammocks, Are in basement of 11th street build- soe gomrts cam be ywurehaned elmcwhere, $0 ore srayparp or THe worn, $ Out=-Door Games. ing. We are offering a variety of ron TE DAYS OSLY-AT EITHER OF | 2 scknowtedge no comptitora, = Garden Sets, rake, hoe and shovel. | neatly framed pictures suitable for ook sror + aria 3 2 Dn Ff and the price is fixed abzo- é Per set the summer cottage at low prices. x ae ae Deeper: $100 : Seaside Pails, with shovel, each..sc cee apeints ecu, wbite cand gue a 2 ce seaside F ails s , Tt noat subjects ae h > Cc d 3 vaside Sand Sets—pail, shovel, sc all and | Phot: Cas or re it. IF YOU CAN'T BUY A COLUMBIA, THEN teva pans, Each. n ill : seers Sede ee z BUY A HARTFORD. j ‘ fect ae ‘isting of Sideboard, Ex- by All Columbia and Hartford Bicycles are Each .. regular pries . + 3 ed o e1 ‘< n “olored_ Pho regular price, $48.00 $ ready for immediate delivery. peated aul fin- | at top. kwh, ALE PRIC 3 POPE MFG CO. ng hinged | (Basement. 3 . ‘e SS & 66 99 $32.65. Gomerat Ofice amt Facies, aise | hc yetone Jelo-st HARTFORD, Co: “3 * oH Hose Supporters 3 Hammock Hooks, A forr fot s ed oak Sideboard —pi 3 Hainmock Ropes, ¥ and Children, are without an = = | eereteetoaterteetoateet sins tonrefoesonteesoatveteetn Ti ve a patented fa r that will not polish 30x18 ed mirror in top—two small = Seaop 7 eRe hot come unfastened and will SES. rien see RecA rape by drawers, one lined—one large linen drawer—double | 27°" —ennang | (door. oI ints 11th st. bldg.) “Pleasantest Parlors."* i Dental Science —medern appliences—expert spectal- ists-a trio cf modern requisites at cur dispesal here. "Tis this trio that combines to give Evans results— Dest results, Charges in keeping with the times. Evans’ Dental Parlors, i217 Penna. Ave. N. W. 4e6-240 a : Saturday’s Special List of | Canned Goods, Package Goods, Soaps, &c. We pack these goods for shipment to out-of-town customers, No charge for the packing. 1 pr Chalmer’s per Ylb. cak ground If desired Cocoa, par Melb. box. ‘al Baking’ Powder, per Ib. can Best Ameri onl, per pkg. Southern Mills Cornstarch, per_ pkg. «lo et—an's mely cored. # “This bi ight-foot Extension Table hor- constructed finely back Dining Chaics—etth: finished six pillar iegs. er fine eane seat. A OSHS set i al for three days, i z FA ; $32.65. Sen mr eT auiiciiats rl Breakfast Hominy, ‘per 6-ib. pki. Pat. : = - tle Creek Granose Cakes, 2 pkgs. for per large bot Bt bath si F st. and The Rink, 1310 Reoma Imported Sardines in oll, small fish, KE. per DOtevg,- st a oberon Baratarla Shri satan, Der cau undry Soap, er ork av nae. z Mlamond Crystals 3 v1 ape for B telus Pure Rye Whisky Delaware Canned Tomatoes, perc: r ay Beat Jersey Solid Meat “Toniatoes, hardened, por Gane Is distilled especially for medicinal parpos: ankle Ax ‘and Ivory Hoaps.‘per cak = Js highly ‘recomn erded by. the leat plpsiclae Go Tes wish, per cake. cute as oe ee eee ntennial Peas, ‘per can ate String Beans, per REEVES, POOLE & CO., fornia Heavy Syrup Pea 1209 F st. ‘aw. | Best California Heavy Syrup Apr z — | Marsland Duchess Pears, perc Choice Canned Pumpkin,’ per can Bromangelon Sherbet The Julius Lansburgh Furniture & Carpet Co. Jetl--od my18-3m,14 Great Reduction In Hair. Seal Lye, Be." “Dead Stack’ served free tomorrow. ey ‘oe riches “San emery kg sea Nicds one i ae fate gu fas i@ East He = =Special Notices == SLOPE COMMOPLADIE | rmtdia eiemante ta atresia Window Shades to Order. Men’s S hirts to Order. docing, cfc. Tiit SRE ow saan!” S ABLES Slip Covers to Order. Shirt Waists to Order ee gainer in the cud, for whi shop at bg 2 i DIDI Be soles ster, “tone! on ateat the 720 7th Street N. W. Window Screens to Order. Parquetry Flooring te Order U.S. Electric Lighting Co., = e a ee 213 14th Street N. W. ’Phone 77. Antikolerine Je2 Sat jerl-aie (Tablets) Woodward & Lothrop. AS VELVET. A lawn kept trim and close with one of our splendid Mowers is a delight for the eye to rest on. These ma- chines are particularly light runners, and a big lawn can be kept in order without any trouble. We have two makes to offer in various sizes. The “Orion.” The cheapest GOOD Mower in the world. We know all about it and don’t hesitate to guarantee it fully. 10-inch machine..... 12-inch machine. 14-inch machine. “New QuakerCity”’ ‘96 motel; the finest mower ma ve bought very largely and can offer them at real bar- gain $2.25 Ww. 10-inch machine. ..... 555 -$4.25 12-inch machine............. $4.75 b4inch machine.............$5.25 16-inch machine. .......... «$5.75 Lawn Settees. Every lawn should be fur- nished with one of these. Extremely comortable and nice looking. Curved seat and back. Take to pieces at end of season, so can be stored away in quite a little space. The small size, 4 feet long, costs only $3.50. i. CHESLEY &, Doubie Store, 1004 F St.====-522 10th St. eo ecceceeoey, DAY! Tt will be celebrated in all the churches—and you'll want your little ones to look just as nice as the rest. Let us fit them out tomorrow with a pair of new shoes—white kid slippers for the girls—and neat Oxford Ties for the boys. Here are some price reasons why . ° . . . . . ° ° ° . ° Pe . ° . . Ps ° ° ° ° you should buy HERE! | Misses’ and Children’s Whi Kid Slip- / pers—all sizes and widths that 0 Pee oe See ewes eee eer eeeeerererereeeeeeeresseeeses —the same qualiti O86, Misses’ and Children’s Spring-hoel ¢ ‘Tex—in bl complete in coos widths. our prices begin at Misses’ and Children’s sin Patent her, ad prices. One-strap Slip- Kid and Tan—all Ir of Shoes ° S 5 . . \e * Theres a saving fn our Lae dies? Tan and Black Ox- fords all the newest \ Paes iemae sire) () tes fe aU AMILY SHOE STORE, tip SOP ease reese corer ereeeeeeeee vesevess . \° s $10-312 SEVENTH ST. N.W. isl | it 313 EIGHTH ST. |s Seeeccceccssccoses ai “HYOMEL’ — BOOTH’S Washington office, Room 56, Washi ‘Crust bidg., cor. 9th and F sts. Manager. IF THE BABY Is C 3 TEETH BE SURB and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mra, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teeth It soothes the child, softens the gum, all pain, cures wind colic and Is the best ‘re: diarthoca. 25 cents a bottle. ; ALL DANGER OF DRINKING IMPURE is avoided by 20 drops of the Angostura Bitters, menufac & Son azeists. At all d Charged Discrimination. Louis Rowser, an elderly colored man, who has been feeding newsboys about the newspaper offices and along B street in the vicinity of the Center Market for about fifteen years, was before the Police Court this morning for an alleged obstruction of the street with his perambulating hotel. ‘The old man is a professional “slap-jack” cooker, and there is something about the cooking of his food that makes it attract- ive to the boys. But Policeman Herndon cbjected to his occupancy of the street in this way. Rowser, on the other hand, thought he had as much right there as the clam men have to occupy another street in the same neighborhood. Yesterday he sat on a box in the street and used another box as a table. There he had his pot of coffee, rolls, sausage and pastry, and when questioned by the court he said he thought the officer discriminated against him, for he said there are push cart hotelkecpers who stand about there all day. “I totes a basket,” he said, ‘and i'm the only one who ain't got a wagon or cart.” He told the court that he has a family to cere for, including several grandchildren, and the court took his personal bonds. ———— Jury Was Divided. The jury at San Diego, Cal, has disagreed in the suit for $100,000 for alleged libel brought by Dr. J. C. Hearne against M. H. De Young, proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle.The jury stood 6 to5. The alleged libel connected Hearne’s name with the murder of Amos J. Stillwell in Hannibal, Mo., eight years ago. Capt. Gaillard’s Report of the Opaations During the Month of May. Condition of the Water Satisfactory— Raising the Height of the Dam at Great Falls. Capt. D. D. Gaillard, the engineer officer in charge of the Washington aqueduct, has reported to the chief of engineers tha during the month of May the height of water on the gauge at Great Falls varied between 149 and 149.6 feet, and that Its condition has been more satisfactory than for several months past. He says that the water was thirty-one or clear during the entire month at tke effiuent gate house of the distributing reservoir, while during the same period it was slightly turbid or worse for thirteen days at Great Falls. He gives a table of the condition of the water at various points on each day of the past month, and says it shows that while the reservoirs produced but little ef- fect as sedimentation basins upon the color of the water during the winter and early spring, their effect has been very bene- ficial in that respect during the past month. Repairs have been made to the Conduit road wherever necessary, and the dirt road between the club house and Great Falls, a distance of two and one-half miles, has been put in good repair. A force of men was employed during the entire month in cleaning ditches, drains ard culverts and whitewashing buildings and fences, and the work was nearly completed. Two small leaks in the Joints of the 48-inch main on M street between 32d and 33d streets were repaired. The widening of th embankments at the culverts between Cabii John bridge and the Dalecarlia reservoir and the pointing up of the parapet walls of Cabin John bridge and No. 3 bridge will probably be completed during the present month, Captain Gaillard reports that considerable progress was made during the month in the work of removing accumulatjons of de- posits in the conduit, notwfthstanding which there yet remains to be cleaned “#02 feet of the by-conduit at the Daleca: reservoir and 4,025 feet of the conduit be- tween the receiving and distributing reser- voirs. It is expected that this work will be completed during the present month, and that all of the longitudinal cracks in the condult will be fully repaired, Raising the Height of the Dam. A portion of the report is devoted to a description of the work in progress for increasing the water supply of the District by raising the height of the dam at Great Falls. During the month the reference of the surface of the water behind the com- pleted portion of the dam in the Virgina channel, in which work was being prose- cuted, varied from 149.8 to; 151 feet, while Its’ reference at the gauge at the mouth of the canal feeder in the Maryland channel varied from 149 to 149.6. The first delivery of stone made.by the contractor was re- ceived at Great Falls on the 19th ultimo. Up to the close of the month 126.94 cubic yards of dimension stone and 12) cubic yards of coping stones had been received and accepted. Captain Gaillari says that although the stage of the viver was by means specially favorable for work during the month, yet not a single work- Ing day was lost from any cause, and rate of progress was very satisfactory. linear feet of dam being completed. The condition of the dam on the Ist of the month ts stated as follows: East of Island Rock in the Virginia channel the dam has been raised to a reference of 150, feet for a continuous distance of 1,030. feet, and the old coping has been removed for an additioral distance of forty-one feet Riprap revetment has been laid for a dis- tance of 1,083.5 feet West of Island Rock the dam has been raised to reference 1 for a dis- tance of 280 feet and to reference 1 feet for an additional distance of eighteen feet. Beyond this last sec- tion the old coping has been removed for a distance of ninety-four feet. Riprap re- ment has been laid for a distance of feet, and east of Conn’s Island in the d channel for a distance of 100 COMMITTED SUICIDE. A Patient ot the Government Insane Asylum Hangs Himself. The dead body of Peter O'Neil, who was regarded as one of the most violent pa- tients in St. Elizabeth's asylum, was found hanging his room yesterday morning. Every precaution to prevent suicide on the part of the patient had been taken by Dr. A. C. Patterson, the member of the hospital staff in whose charge O'Neil was, but the man managed to hang himself by making a sort of rope of his handkerchief and suspenders, which he fastened around his neck and to the door of the room. The authorities of the asylum were much astonished to receive a report of the sui- cide, as O'Neil had never exhiinted any disposition to kill himself, although he seemed to have homicidal tendencies. As quickly <s possible r Hammett was notified, and he v! the institution, where, after hearing all the evidence in the case, he decided that an inquest was unnecessary, and gave a certificate that the death was the resulf of the man’s own act. The relatives of O'Neil, who at New Haven, Conn., have been notified of the affz O'Neil was about twenty-four years old, and had been a patient at the asy since March 1sN5, Ss Nominations Unconfirmed. ‘The Senate on its adjovrnment left un- confirmed the nominations of thirteen post- masters, two district attorneys and a col- lector of internal revenue. The nomina- tions were: John C. Kelley, to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of New York; William L. Marbury, to be United States attorney for the district of Maryland, and Wiillam B. Childers, to be United States attorney for the district of New Mexico. Postmaster: Massachusetts—Brockton, William HH. Jordan; Melrose Highlands, Edwin L. Cragin; Amesbury, James H. O'Toole; Mel- rose, Charles W. Ellison. Connecticut—Suftield, Weston L. Stiles, Rhode Island—Olneyville, Frank L. Haw- New York—Hudson, Willard Peck. Pennsylvania—Mount Joy, Henry Miller. North Czrolina—Rocky Mount, Benjamin H. Bunn. Danville, John Beard. Newayo, Charies Kernan. a, R. L. Mortiand. ch B. Dolly. tions were rejected, those of William H. Fowle, to be collector of in- ternal me for the sixth qistrict of Virginia; A. A. Freeman, to be postmaster at Burlington, N. C., and William B. Wicker, to be postmaster at Sharon, Mass, — The War in Crete. ‘The Turkish legation has received from the Sublime Porte, under yesterday's date, According to telegraphic advices from Crete, the imperial troops took possession on the 9th instant of the fort situated in the village of Voukolis and occupied up to that date by the Insurgents. The regular army has thus secured the route connecting this locality with Canea, and also the peace of the neighborhood, where the insurgents had a little previousiy burned and plun- dered the houses of the Mussuiman Cretans in order to provoke on their part acts of vengeance against the Christian inhabit- ants, their neighbors.” SSS For an Accounting. A bill in equity has been filed by the American Surety Company against James H. Grant and others, praying for an ac- counting on Mr. Grant's bonds in connec- iion with his erection of buildings at Fort Myer, Va. It is claimed that the work was continued by others, and those continuing the work claim, it fs said, that the com- plainant company, as surety for Mr. Grant, is liable for $22,906 on one contract, and for $17,624 on the other, claims which the company insists are exaggerated. Se] See ‘The Southern States Freight Agents’ As- sociation is In annual session at Fort Mon- roe. to the bars of the tron door of } “There are few sections in the world that can say no pauper is a member of it,” said G. R. Jackson, national secretary of the Choctaw nation, at the Riggs, “but I have the honor to represent just such a people. There are no poor Choctaws. Every man has land, and, if he has not money, he at least has the United States government as @ creditor, and those debts will be paid. Even a better scheme of paternal govern- ment than that of Bellamy, if it was adorned with modern art and refinement, can be found in that of the Choctaws. While there are no Gestitute, there ere some criminals, most of whom are :en gade whites, but it is a remarkable fact that when a Choctaw violates the law, and is sentenced to death, euch is his honor and reverence for authority that he can be re- leased upon his own recognizance with per- fect safety. He will return at the time ap- pointed for execution. There are many things about the tribal government that would be valuable if properly studied and understood.” Mr. Jackson, who is a full- blooded Choctaw, is a graduate of Roanoke College, and represents his nation as to their important interests at Washington. He is a dignified, courteous gentleman, who stands high in Indian councils, and in whom they have an able as well as zealous advocate in Washington. “There will be a very lively time in the next legislature of California,” said C. R. Walters of San Francisco, at the Arling- ton. “The Southern Pacific railroad crowd intend to defeat Senator Perkins. They never did have much use for him. At the time Senator Perkins, Estee and Sargent divided the legislature about evenly Presi- dent Stanford succeeded in coming forward and wresting the prize from them all. Sen- ator Perkins has fought the Pacifi ratl- road consistently ever since he succeeded the late Senator Stanford, and now he will be fought as never before. One of the in- teresting feature of the matter is that M H. De Young has supported the Pacitic railroad measures strongly, it being gen- erally supposed that in return he would have Huntington's influence in the dirc tion of the senatorship; but it now Jevel ops that Huntington and John D. Spreck- els have formed a combination, and the lat- ter is to be pitted against Senator Perkins, who will not surrender without a royal po- litical battle.” “Epigrammatic but there is 100 strongly sentences are interesting, such a thing as being epigrammatic,” said R. F-. Barnett of Louisville at the Shore- ham. “I was going into Louisville from Memphis. On the train was a white-hatred old lady, with whom chance drew me into conversation. We be- came, quite friendly, and she told me that she was going to visit her son, whom she had not seen for two or three years. He had written a few weeks before, asking her to visit him at Louisville, naming certain hotel. She arranged her affairs as quickly as possible and went. At the depot she was greatly disappointed not to meet her son, and I accompanied her to the ho- tel, it beirg the one J was in the habit of patronizing. I took her to the parlor and volunteered to find her son. The clerk hal not seen him, but gave me a letter for the lady. As soon as she read the first line she fainted, and I hurriedly sent for a physician, picking up the letter. The firs: paragraph was: “My Dear Mother: 1 am now in the penitentiary.” I was shocked, but read further. The next paragraph said: “I have a good position with the contractors, and it is impossible to get away. Come on to Frankfort. I have al- ready rented a house for us to live It teok us three hours to bring the mother to censciou: ness.” “I used to believe people made their own circumstances and there was no such thing as luck,” said T. E. Prescou of Helena, Mont., one of the wealthiest men in the northwest, at the Normandie, “but I am new a firm believer In luck. ness for a good many ercising my judgment upon I was in busi- ears, carefully ex- y transac: tion I made, but 1 never accumulated much money. Abovt ten years > 1 was pelled to take a piece of property on a debt. I tried to sell it, almost to give it away, bul no one wanted it, The minerals on it cleared more for me in six montis than 1 had ever hoped to amass. I t Speculation in other directions, Wherever I exercised my judemert I lost; wherever I went blind I gair Hence, for the past ten years I have done business enti impulse. No matter how contrary to jude- ment a matter seemed, if impulse prompted favorably I will go into it. Luck has mad+ me better off than I ever exp. to he, and I now believe in it.’ “I went to Winchester, Va, on decoration day,” said Col. H. G. Otis of Los Angeics, the well-known newspaper man, at tie Shoreham. “Just thirty-two years ago, in an engagement just above the town, I was shot, and I wanted, if possible, to locate the spot where I was when wounded. It seemed almost impossible after the lapse of so many years and the cHangiag character of natural monuments in a rapidiy ing country hke the United States. arow- But a party of us started from Winchester. ‘The ground seemed familiar to mie; in fact but little change had oceurrred. However, 1 could not exactly place the battlefield. 1 knew 1 was s ing in froni of treees when the bullet struc knew where a fence and a ridge catel from there. We met a blacksmith, and as soon as we asked hiin ae pointed directly to the place, it being wa 1 iy thought hed there wi ding preci years 2go.” it was, and d that the they ¥ when trees we eines UM ely “There is a beautiful 1 nected with a rock in ti. lian legend con- Noe ave valley, Ga., called ‘Lovers’ Leap id Orton of Chicago at the Kaleigh. “i sup- pose you are well acquainted with the legend of which I speak. ‘The daughter of an old chief, falling in love with a young chief of hostile tribe, he being captured and thrown from the rock, Sie leaping where his dead body has fallen “I have often wondered what the actual event was that is thus commem¢ legend. I do not believe there where there is not from one isa to a ‘lovers’ leap’ rocks, and the is told with but slight variat count for the name. After I vis of them and listened to the legen a peculiar interest in them, seen over forty, hearing the cencerning each. These rocks ly separated sections, and th md must have been universal among uibes of Indians, which would seem to indicate that they had a common origin, such event ocx Separated, threugh 5 t some Aides “Caves are going ont of Cc. T. Griscom of Bowling the National. “1 can bridal trip was consid+ Mammoth cave was included in the itinera- ry. Even Hannibal cave in M much inferior cavern, was visited by sands of people annually. Lookout tain v tine mountain, drew enougi pe hack line to it pay well. not one-fourth the visitors cave that there w tw although it is accessile hy the hard siage trip is no } Hannibal cave ts cave is boarded up. southern Indiana, one fa thea to Mammoth able dis and even Luray ca they are easily ac: from cities, attract soi few. Tt is evident that caves as sconi> attractions ot losing popularity —_———_ Award for Damages. The commissioners appointed to axsoss damages to the property of Wm. H, Crow- ther by reason of the acquisition by the District of the right of way through his property for a public sewer under con- demnation proceedings filed by the Dis- trict, after hearin he evidence of a num- ber of witnesses Saturday last, have filed their decision, awarding damages in the sum of $000, Messrs. Thomas and Duvall ‘appear in behalf of the Dist Messrs, Hoover and Scaggs f of the property.