Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1896, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. | AND SONS. » MOSES Storage, 22d and M. F st., cor. 1th =| Our Stock-Taking Sale. Bargains Galore. —Only a short while more of this sale—and it’s a buying opportun- ity you can’t afford to miss. All goods—everything in the house— goods at the height of the season —go at the lowest prices that are quoted’at any time of the year. Mattings ——No time of the year you bave more TAC. gc. Fancy China Mattings, by the yard, reduced to...... Extra Heavy Fancy China Mattings, yard, reduced to Best Quality Cotton Warp Japanes> Matting, yard, a " 5C. Inverted Japanese Art Mat- tings, yard, reduced to.... Oilcloths. 500 sds. of Ollcloths, square yard, redueed to Refrigerators. You couldn't wish for a better stock to cheese from—end there's a lot of satisfac- tion to be enjoyed buying at the prices we're quoting now. A good Refriger: « for as “22 $5.00 little as. An elegant line of Sideboard Refrigerators that must be cleared out at what they'll mest readily bring. Water Filters It W. B. 17 4C. 14C. PRESCRIPTION 4387, FOR Rheumatism. The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most stantly relieves TISM, NEUKAL- IATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches ie to URIC ACID potson. It purifies the es and restores the kidneys, improves nd gives tone and vigor to the entire Price, $1 per bottle; trial size, 50c. KOLB ACY, 438 7th at. n. ED jet-lid Receiver’s Sale of Fine Groceries. Best Flour _Was Never SO LOW —hurry up before it’s all j gone—if you want to i ——— save money on youi —— flour bill. It will pay you to lay in a year’: supply at these prices: | e, Celebrated “Cereal.” 44 BEI. $1.25 | Ne wi “Superlative,” pany a “eocasns 5 S125 | toyal."” rm’’ 01 vorite,”” BAB ad sascs $1.00 Including 2 Iron Safes, Counter snd Plate form Scales, Shelving, Casing, etc. Jas. L. Barbour and Son, 612-614 Penna. Ave. Jno. A. Hamilton, Receiver. | CHEAPER! i JULY ist. E I If Gas was the cheapest fuel before, but after July 1 {t is to be much should cook Tr, 80 everybody it? Fy will_quote “special” prices on 2 az Stoves and Ranges for | © short ti "GAS APBiIANCE EX., 1424 New York Ave. Jels.28 CER EEREE SER ESES EVER ENEELEN je . | | le) . le : READ 5 | ° : HIS! : * | . | \{] —every LINE of it!—becanse ft concerns i «| YOU. The chances are you're MARRIED [¢| \* —and bousekeeping—and there never was \s a house—nor a housekeeper that didn’t (e| Reed some more FURNITURE! You would get this furniture right away—but it costs MONEY—and money is scarce! : IS THAT RIGHT? We say that it's WRON Furniture cests money—but there's an EASY WAY of paying that mones—if you buy the furniture HERE! We will arrange the peyments to suit you; that's ACCOMMO- DATION—sometimes we call it GREDIT! It's es free as air—and our prices are as low as any cash dealer's im thig city! Parlor Suites. Bed Room Suites. Refrigerators. Baby Carriages. Silver Ware. Crockery. EVERYTHING! CROGANS {OYH CREDIT HOUSE, —S23 Seventh street aw. | ck x | x | x <xex} SersTe (XuRMKMERRRM EKER EREK ERR EREREE KERR RR ER AERA AKERS Reoma Pure Rye Whisky Is distilled ‘ally for medicinal MED igeren eed Oy fa ining popecaae $1.25 each. REEVES, POOLE & CO., myl8-3m,14 1200 F st. nw. SEES fe . RES x ayy Ny moral point of view. Two honest prices: $15 away up to $30. along from $10 to $13. prices. SEES SESE SEE Le Suits to order at $14.50 that are worth from Suits to order at $9.50 that we’ve sold all Our clearing sale is responsible for the cut MERTZ AND MERTZ, 906 F Street. ALAA AAAnAAn Ren AnAeaer | AS OLD AS THE HILLS. There’s an old saying, “Honesty is the best policy.” It’s just as true today as it ever was. We think it is the VERY best policy. There’s more profit in being honest than in being dishonest. It’s just as true whether you look at it from a mercantile standpoint or from the EELREESLELES LE LELEE GEESE wetrbnbptetbotebetetbabebabate stabaedababedetababel THE RINK, N. Y. Ave. det. 13th & 14t CASH or CREDIT! Will place on sale Monday, June 22d, 50 Massive solid polished oak CHAM- BER SUITES—THE BIGGEST BARGAIN OF THE SEASON. A§$s50 Chamber Suite for 933-85. Three days only. DRESSER—5o inches wide, ser- pentine top—32x28-in. French plate beveled fnirror, 2 large drawers—3 small drawers, one lined with velvet for jewelry. WASHSTAND—38 inches wide, 2 large drawers and double closet. BEDSTEAD—Full size, massive carving and finely polished. This is positively the most MAS- SIVE and CHEAPEST CHAM- BER SUITE ever offered by this or any other house. A §50 Suite Only $33.85. CASH or CREDIT! i |fftonday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture & Carpet Co. 1226 F St. and the Rink, 1310 N. Y. Ave. Je15-604 Deeeeeeeeerereeeeeeeenet Wilson's Retiring Sale. z Price Cuts That'll Clear Out ‘Wilson’s Shoe Stock! We'll retire without a Shoe in s ‘aie rN % stock. iced prices are be! cut still omens Pike” dierent ® lots “are $ thinned out. ‘There's no telling when your size ‘will be scld out, go you'd better t run the risk’ of even a day's oe jese are a few of the big bar- gains: Ladies’ Shoes. Ladies’ Oxfords, in Black ‘and Russet. Were $2. Now. $1.23 Indies’ Russet and Black Oxfords, stylish shapes. Ke- $1.68 duced from $2.50 to... steees 1.95 $2.683 es i i ee Cy Ladies’ Boots — oar finest stock — Patent Leathers, Vict Kid, Black and Russet, but- ton’ and lace, different’ toes. Were $3.50. en’s Shoes. Men's Russet Shoes, lace, different styles of toe.” Were 2 f «$3.00 and $4. as $1.05 Men's $5 Shoes, in Patent Leather, Russet Calf, Black Calf, Kangaroo, high and low, different styles of toe. Re- uced to...-..- $3.85 33 per cent off Misses’ and Children’s Shoes. WILSON, ; High-grade Shoes, : “san 929 F St. Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- cover ts used. Guaranteed to restore or faded hair to its natural color in 8 to 10 dare— positively not a dye. Stops the hair from falling out, arrests dai and makes the nicest dressing for’ the hair one can use. No polson. No sedi- ment. No stains. Price, $1. ‘Trial KOLB PHARMACY SOLE AGENTS, 433 the count Trrlee.” the country on receipt of a Grateful—Comforting. Epps’s Cocoa. a thorough knowledge of the nataral laws ra govern the operations of digestion ‘and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- oS 5 Sg rote oe Seeegeegeegeceege Soadorcoatrecesoasresreseesoacercoranesecentens ° es of well-selected Mr. has for ‘our breakfast soaionaeee a daleatey Thevored beverage which ‘save US heavy doctors’ bills. Tt is by. the judicious use of uch es of hat a cons! up 8 ‘stroag Eto reatel every, tendency til strong enoug! ease. Hi of ‘ade aiuipiy with eitiar ater oF mii, siny oe in ald pound tins, by grocers, labeled JAMES EPPS & CO. Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemists, oc5-s,m,ta.9m Fly Banishing House Coolers. me sy ‘oe. ‘for $100 BICYCLE TREE. With every 20th Century shculd receive a ticket in the 20th Century Cigar Guessing Contest. For every five of these tickets you are entitled to one guess. The firet person guessing the order (or nearest to it) in which the clubs in the Nat! Ball League will stand cl ar you purchase you y for Indy or gentleman, or, if re ry’? children’s wheels. i wD estesio one evens guessing correctly (or arest to it) w each receiv. e ft fifty 20th Century Cigars. See as Return to us five ‘tickets, but fill out only one with your guess. You have ono vi pith your a € one guess with every & ess early een No guess will be considered i than September 15, 1896. ponerse aten You can purchase 20th Century Cigars and re- ceive tickets from any retail dealer, but returns Must be made to us so that they may be numbered in the order in which they are received. These bicycles are strictly high grade—there are none better on the market... ‘They-ean ail be nach at E. L. Chandlee & Co.'s Bicycle Store, 1810 14th street northwest, or the “Keating” can be seen Mage oth tee Ci, he ‘entory Cigar needs no comment. Tha fact that, we have sold over one-half million of them fn this city in pisiiast twelve months is n sufficient guarantee of their superior quality. It 'y Jong clear Havana filler, Connecticnt hand made, and it Is the’ most popular ar in the market today. : can tell you all about it. y, pee cealee & ROWZEE, CHANDLEE Sole Wholesale Agents, 1937 Penna. ave. building. A PEERLESS SEASIDE RESORT CAPE MAY, New Jersey. Perfect Beach. Safe Bathing. Splendid New Bocrd Walk. Elegant Ocean Boulevard. Miles of Beautiful Driveways. Largest and Finest Hotels on the Coast, Eight Fast Express Trains Daily from Philadelphia, with close connections with all the Great Trunk Lines of the country. Leading Hotels. Accommodates. pAAseneseeneeeneramaeeedaan jLadies’ Dress Trunks, 12 » , The most modern thing in trunks. Lon enough to lay out your dresses without > folding. Has three dress trays and top P tray partitioned off for hats and light Teapables; Made of heavy duck, cloth- ined, with heavy bolts and Excelsior lock. And ‘very moderate in prices No ck: B > > Lutz & Co., 497 Pa. Ave. Get th test—“THE CONCORD RES tor styles finish and foreman pa ee Electric Fans, AARARRAAARS s¢** No suffering and inconvenience from hot °° weather when there's an electric fan eee nearby. Electric light is cooler than S222 sas ‘hone us about the current when * you're ready. U. S. Electric Lighting Co.,. 213 14th Street. ’Phone 77. ‘Lots Of Bugs In Every Home. Hot weather teems to bring out all the insects concealed in the house. There's one insect powder you may rely on—THOMPSON'S INSECT POWDER. It will Kill every insect you're troubled with. For Roaches, Water Bugs, Bed Bugs, Flies, Ants, Moths, ete., it hasn't an equal. Kills fleas on dogs and cats, EF 1d. can, 40c.; % Ib., 2e.; % Ib., 15e. Sample cans, i0c. W. 7°93 ss Thompson, oe ° Pharmacist, 240 4o-40-0¢--90-4, Buy at Siccardi’s AND PAY LESS MONEY. 500 Switches at $1.50. 875 Switches at $2.50. 425 Switches at $3.50. 1,000 Front Pieces from $1.00 upward. Shampooing, Hairdressing and Manicuring by M. Siccardi, ‘Til 11TH ST., next to Palais Royal. Late of 1224 Broadway, N. Y. Je18-20a HRN MMM NBN ee “1217 The Avenue.” (eee ee Nature’s Own.. and our ARTIFICIAL TEETH are close rivals. In appearance we challenge nature—in durability we excel her. FULL SET, $8. Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. Only $2 dozen for “Mantellos.” S35 with outdauy » Soros at Sf 8, deseo. ores, grad. oes ah ei oo mood to ‘who wish pitasisg attractive Ww. fi" Stalee, 1107 F St., $e22-164 Successor to M. B. BRADY. DON'T STOP TOBACCO Suddenly; to do so is injurious to the nervous sys- tem. Baco-Curo is the only cure that cures while you use tobacco. It is sold with a written guar- antee that three boxes will cure any case, no mat- ter how bad. Baco-Curo is vegetable and harmless it has cured thousands, it wil cure yon. At all Grugglets'- $1.00 per Dor; 8 boxes, $2.00. Write for testimonials and booklet. Eureka Chemical Mfg. Uo., La Crosse, Wis,, and Boston, Mass. MORH CASES OF SICK, HEADACHE, BILIOUS- ness, constipation can he cured in less time, with less medicine, and for Tess money, by using Car- ter’s Little Liver Pills’ than by any other means. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURB and use that old and. well-tried remedy, Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrap, for children teething. It soothes the child. softens the gum, allays all In, cures wind colic nnd 1s te best remedy for larrhoca. 25 cents a bottle. eel0-1y THE USE OF ANGOSTURA BITTERS EXCITES the appetite, and keeps the digestive organs in order. Dr. J, G. B. Siegert & Sons, sole mnanu- facturers. At ali druggists. SHOOTING TOURNAMENT Good Opportunity for District Marksmen to Show Their Skill. Large Number of Valunble Prizes Of- fered—Conditions of the Dif- ferent Contests. _ A national shooting tournament, to be held at Syracuse, N. Y., beginning Monday, June 29, is attracting more than passing attention from riflemen generally through- out the United States, and as tempting prizes are offered it is not unlikely that a large number of Washington marksmen, particularly District National Guardsmen, will Journey to Syracuse and win glory and cash. The arrangements contemplate trap shooting from twenty traps, four gangs of five traps each. The traps will have elec- tric pulls, There will be twenty targets for rifle shooting, the range being 200 yards. A pistol and revolver range 1s also being es- teblished, and the necessary preparations are being made for live bird shooting. Ar- rangements are also being perfected with the West Shore Railroad Company for transportation, and trains will run directly into the grounds. A prize will be given for a match to be shot from tandem bicycles. It {s anticl- pated that this will be a very interesting affair, and Syracuse aspirants are already hard at work practicing. The tournament {is to be held under the auspices of the Syracuse Herald, and that has established a match on the Ger- ring target, open to all comers for the Herald championship medal, valued at $150, and prizes presented by ‘merchants end dealers. Tickets for three shots are $5, with no re- entries. ‘Ties decided by last highest shot on ticket. Highest ticket takes the cham- plonship medal and first choice in mer- chandise prizes. Second highest, second choice, and so on. The list of merchandise prizes amounts to $1,200. No prize is of less value than $5. For ring-target shooting, seventy-four prizes, aggregating $696, are offered, the first being $100. In addition, there are a number of premiums. There will also be matches on the point target, open to all comers. This target has a black of twelve inches in diameter, divid- ed into three parts; the inner circle, which constitutes the bull's-eye, being of” three inches in diameter, counts 3 points; the next circle of six inches diameter counis 2 points, and the balance of black counts 1 point. Shots out of black do not count. The cash prizes in this match amount to $621._ In the way of premiums, for first bull’s- eye on each day of the festival, $2 cash is offered; for last bull’s-eye on each day of the festival $2 cash, and for first 75 poiats a silver medal wiil be donated to the shgot- er. For 125 points more, or 200 point, a gold medal will be donated to the shooter. Another interesting shoot will be that on the new Columbian 25-ring target, muzzle rest. This target has a twelve-inch black and one-half inch rings, the inner circle being one inck in diameter, counting 1; the outer ring on the target counting 25. “The shooter making the smallest score on one ticket takes first prize, second smallest, second prize, and so on. In this match :he shooter will be seated at a table and will be allowed to rest the muzzle of his rifle on whatever rest shall be provided. The butt of the rifle must be held to the shoul- der. No arrangement to hold or confine the rifle will be allowed. The seventy prizes aggregate $548, the first being $75. ‘The remainder of the program includes a double rest match with $40 guaranteed on each string of ten shots, a pistol and a re- volver match and a contest at target shoot- ing from a tandem bicycle, the shooter oc- cupying the front seat and being driven by his companton, the birds to be thrown in the alr by another bicyclist. —— THE BIG WHEEL PARADE. Meeting to Prepare for the Grand Demonstration. A committee of seven members of the L. A. W. met a number of delegates from the different bicycle clubs of the city last even- ing at 431 10th street and decided upon the date of the big bicycle parade to be held 1: this city under the auspices of the League of American Wheelmen. Delegates from the Christian Endeavor Soctety were also Present, and a great amount of interest and enthusiasm was manifested in the project. The date was fixed upon for July 14, but the route to be gone over will be fixed at the next meeting of the committes and delegates, which will probably take place Friday evening. ‘There were present last night Capt. Hodg- son, representing the Fourth Battalion, C. N. G.; Capt. S. H. Wiggins of the Miles Cycle Infantry; Lieut. G. E. Tralles of the Morton Cadets; Mr. J. G. Muir, represent- ing the Christian Endeavor convention; L. O. Slack, Queer Wheelmen; W. H. Hen- shaw, United Wheelmen; Mr. Rawlings, Arlington Wheelmen; J. I. Pyser, Wood- bury Cycle Club; J. Duehring, Columbia Turn-Verein; G. B. Fowles, W. ‘Torbit and W. A. Muhleisen, Columbia Heights Wheel- men; G. W. B. Evans, unattached; Dr. Hedges, Washington Road Club; G. E. Ingling, Liberty Wheelmen; F. Baker Wea- ver, Altair Cyclists, and “Dr. J. Bartlett Hills of the Capital Bicycle Club. "The meeting was presided over by W. T. Robertson, chief consul of the District of Columbia division, L. A. W. The matter of decoration and illumination of the wheels was referred to a committee consisting of A. W. Leek, chairman; Dr. Hodgson and Mr. Mansfield, and it is expected that about 2,000 will participate in the display. —— Vired of a Prize-Fighting Son. Dr. Dougherty of Philadelphia has begun proceedings in the orphans’ court at Wil- mington, Del., for the vacation of an order making Cornelius J. Dougherty, otherwise known as Cornelius J. Moriarity, the well- known prize fighter of Wilmington his son. Morlarity has appeared before leading sporting clubs all over the country, and especially in this city. Dougherty is rep- resented by William 8. Hilles and Mo- riarity has retained H. H. Ward and Wal- ter H. Hayes. Dougherty is a rich man of sporting propensities. He met Moriarity in Philadelphia two years ago, and took quite a fancy to the young fighter, finally deciding to adopt him, expecting great re- turns, in view of Morlarity's great promi- nence as a prize fighter. Moriarity was in- lc] temperate, and he decided to get rid of him. Rev. ugustine Reefe of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church testified that at the time Dougherty asked the court to sanction the adoption the latter was mentally unsound. SS To Lower Chicago-New York Record. Letter Carrier Arthur E. Smith left Chi- cago on a bicycle at 2:15 yesterday morn- ing for New York, intending to lower the Chicago-New York road record, now held by R. P. Searle. It is 5 days 22 hours and 18 minutes. This record was once held by [eae His route is via Cleveland, Buffalo, ochester and Ajbany, ee he expects to arrive in New York apay, afternoon. Smith carries a message from Postmaster Heaing to Postmaster Dayton of New York. ———————— GENERAL DEBILITY FROM OVER- woRK Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. L. A. SORUGGS, Raleigh, N. O., “Tt tees wallsptted ste ee en cE at tonic, dyspepaia and general Gebllity ‘irom over- UNIVERSITY EMBARRASSED Johns Hopkins and Its Holdings of B, and 0. Securities, An Effort to Be Made to Force Pay- ment — Better Prospects for the Road. Within the next few days, probably less than ten, the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will, unless some- thing now unforeseen occurs to prevent, have to meet one of the most difficult prob- lems that they have encountered since the road was put into their hands for operation. Wednesday of next week a large amount of interest will mature, and what the re- ceivers are going to do about it is awaited with much anxiety in banking circles, ac- cording to a statement made to a Star re- Forter by one of the mest prominent bank- ers in Baltimore, who fs also in close touch with the members of the Baltimore and Ohio reorganization committee. Among the coupons which will become due July 1 will be the Baltimore and Ohic first preferred, the principal of which amounts to $3,000,000, and of which the Johns Hopkins University holds $1,000,000, It is assumed by those usuelly well inform- ed on the subject that the receivers of the company are not in possession of the amount of money necessary to redeem these coupons, even if only those for the current six months are presented for pay- ment. This state of the case is proven by the fact that the receivers are only now paying the interest on the Central Ohio bonds, the coupons of which defaulted on March 1, and those of the Baltimore Belt Line, which defaulted May 1. It seems to be the policy, as heretofore published, and which has never been denied by those in authority, for the receivers to pay interest on the bonds of those roads which are a necessary and integral part of the Baltimore and Ohio system and let those of the unimportant branch roads, which are not dividend producers, go by the board. The Johns Hopkins holdings, which attain special promirence at this time, occupy a disputed position and the views of the trustees of the university and the receivers are diametrically opposite relative thereto. The trustees claim that the mortgage is a prior lien to its extent on the gross rev- enues of the company, and these words are stated in the bond; but the receivers assert that they have no preference over those of any other fssue. It is understood that the Johns Hopkins University has received no interest on this investment for a number of years, causing its operations to be considerably crippled, and twice resulting in having wealthy friends come to its support, the first time some years ago, with a gift of $190,000 to tide it over its then supposed-to-be tem- porary troubles, and the second, which is now in progre when efforts are being made, with a fine prospect of success, to get a donation from those specially interested in the work of the institution to the extent of $250,000, to be given in yearly install- ments of $50,000 for five years. It is claimed by the trustees of the uni- versity that if the latter received the sum to which it is entitled from the B. and O., and which amounts to $60,000 per annum, the finances of the institution would be in a healthy condition, and there would be no necessity for its officers to have to plead poverty before the world, and it is under- stood that the plan to he observed is that when the coupons are due, Wednesday of next week or a day or so later, to present them at the office of the treasurer of the B. and O. Company in Baltimore and de- mand that they be paid. If payment is refused, and it is anticipated that the receivers will so direct the treas- urer, the trustees will, it is said, at once take the case into court and see if their re- demption cannot be compelled by law. It almost goes without saying that If the de- cision In the court below is against the re- ceivers, the latter will carry the case to the court of appeals, and the matter is not like- ly to reach a decision in some months, but such an event is not likely to cause a change in the plans of the trustees of the Johns Hopkins Untversity. It is understood that the course of the university trustees is warmly supported and indorsed by the other holders, nearly all of whom reside in Baltimore, of the mortgage in question, and that they will join with them in the expense of conduct- ing the legal struggle, if such a course be- comes necessary. It is thought by some persons who are posted on B. and O. affairs that as the easiest way out of the difilculty the re- ceivers will ask the district court at Bal- timore, under whose general supervision the road js now being operated, for au- thority to make an additional issue of cer- tificates, and pay off the troublesome cou- pons. That was the course pursued when the Central Ohio bondaolders recently be- came very importunate, and as there is no doubt that an additional issue of certifi- cates could be easily negotiated, this may be the line of action that will be followed by the receivers. Better Prospect In railroad and financial circles the im- proved conditior of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which has been reached in the short time that has elapsed since the com- pany went into the hands of receivers, is the subject of favorable comment, and th: feeling among some of the stockholders is said to be rapidly changing and assyming a tone considerably less bitter than it was a few weeks ago. Not the least influential factor in causing this change of sentiment is the remarkable increase in the business of the company over the corresponding period in several years immediately preced- ing the present. ‘The receipts during Ma: were, it was said, nearly $3,000 per da. more than in the same month of 1895, and over 97 per cent of the trains made exact schedule time. The causes that led to this improvement were the great improvements made in the rolling stock and the introduction of new methods in the heavy-carrying depart- ments. The inauguration of a fast freight to the west was met with increased pa- trcrage from shippers and influenced the return of many who had forsaken the rcad when its facilities became too crip- pled to permit proper service being given. pied Bs Death of Mrs. J. J. Sullivan.” The many friends of Mr. J. J. Sullivan, chairman of the board of trustees of Co- lumbia Typographical Union, were pained today to learn of the death of his wife, Jcsephine Leo Sullivan, which occurred this morning at 2 o'clock ut the family residence in Georgetown. Mrs. Sullivan has been ill for somo time with consump- tion, Mr. ard Mrs. Sullivan have been residents of Washington for about four years, coming to this city from Buffalo, and have formed a wide circle of acquaint. ances during their residence here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at 2504 P street, and at 9:30 o'clock at Trinity Catholic Church, George- town. The interment will be made in Holy- reod cemetery. > The June Moseley’s Delay. Mr. H. J. Long, writing to The Star, takes exception to the statement that the steamer “Jano Moseley,” after being de- layed at Colonial Beach last Sunday, reach- ed Washington in time to catch all cars, and that there was no kicking. He writes: “As one of the victims, I deny this flat- ly. When the vessel reached Washington there was one line of cars running (the 7th street line), and all the avenue cars had stopped. As I had my wife and three little children, and was obliged to walk from the junction of 7th street_to 32d street, in Georgetown, I think I know something about the matter. Instead of there being no kicking, there were about five hundred swearing men, tired women and crying children on Pennsylvania avenue at 1 o'clock in the morning, obliged to walk home.” The experience of others, as reported to The Star, differed from Mr. Long’s. The writer of the item, with others, caught and went home on one of the 9th street cars, which were still running when the Moseley arrived. —>—__ Convicted of Libel. Col. William C. Elam, editor of the Nor- folk Pilot, was convicted of libel yester- day and fined $50. The action grew out of an editorial attack on the county court, which was charged with taking the Miar’s gang of toughs away from the Norfolk city authorities for the purpose of shielding them from justice, EARLY MORNING RIDE Getting Ready for the 0. EB Bicycle Buns. Local Experts Go Over One of the Routes—Convention Prepara- tions Moving Forward. More than forty bicycle riders, over fif- teen of whom were ladies, participated in the early morning practice run this morn- ing, under the auspices of the bicycle committee of the Christian Endeavor con- vention. The start was made precisely at the hour set, 6 o'clock, from in front of the White House, and the route was over the Woodley, Tenleytown, Lough- borough, Ridge and New Cut roads, a dis- tance of about eleven miles. The ride was taken in easy stages, and the starting point was reached on the return shortly after 7:30. This party attracted considerable at- tention from early risers and those out in the streets this morning. One of the men carried a Washington °96 conven- tion flag attached to his handle bar, and two buglers were along. Those who par- ticipated in the trip were not all members of the excursion committee or the bicycle section, but every one was 2 convention worker and interested in the plans for the entertainment of those who will be Wash- ington’s visitors in just two weeks. It is the aim of the excursion committee to have as many local riders as possible take these preparatory runs over the routes already selected and mapped out for sev- eral mornings during convention week, in order that they can the better explain to their guests the features of the roads and point out the places of interest along them. Practice was also had this morn- ing in the several bugie calls, so that when the runs actually take place the Washington riders will be familiar with them and can explain their meaning to the visiting riders. On the way the present country home of President Cleveland was pothted out, as well as his former country residence, Oak View. The site of the American Univer- sity was noted, where excavations are now progressing for the first in the group of buildings, the Hal! of History. Most of the hills were walked and frequent stops and rests by the roadside were made. Yet, even at this easy and moderate pace the hard part of the run, about seven miles, with an up-grade tendency, was accomplished in an hour, and without fa- tigve. Thursday morning another run will be taken, to which experienced riders in all of the societies are invite Cabin John bridge will be the objective point. The start will be made as usual from in front of the White House at 6 o'clock, and it is expected to accomplish the twenty miles within two hours. Regular Meeting. Last night at the regular weekly meet- ing of the committee of '96, held in head- quarters, a number of business matters were discussed and determined upon. Cen- tral Hall was tendered the trustees of the United Society for their reception to state officers, to be held Monday afternoon of the convention. At the request of Rev. D. W. Skellenger, chairman of the evangelistic committee, orders were given for the printing of 200 leaders’ immediate daily report blanks, 300 “seekers’ cards” and 10,000 song leaf- lets for use in the various evangelistic ser- vices which will be held during the conven- tion. The following letter was received from Margaret B. Platt, president of the Wo- ’s Christian Temperance Union of this T. U. of the city will keep our headquarters, 910 F street northwest, open every day during the C. E. convention. We will also provide a light lunch for who- ever may desire it. We cannot undertake the luncheon business only in a very small way, but we will try to serve a few, and have a cool, quiet resting place with ice water, toilet facilities and literature for free distribution.” The following letter was received frora Dr. Swan N. Burnett and John B. Wight, with reference to the use of Central Dis- pensary and Emergency Hospital during the convention: “The Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital will be glad to do all it can in connection with the convention to be held here in July, to relieve those who may meet with accident or need hospital atten- tion. The capacity of our building is not very great, but we will keep the wards and rooms as free as possible during the con- vention, 80 as to accommodate as many as possible of those visiting the city, and can probably provide for about twenty cases. Should this number be thought insufficient, we will say further that if a building can be provided in the neighborhood of the hos- pital, we will take charge of it and supply the necessary medical facilities and treat- ment.” Additional contributions were reported as follows: Riggs & Co., Robinson, Chery & Co., George A. Birch, Washington Market Co., Belt Railway Co. and Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Co., $0; Huyler’s, $25; Durand & Merrick, $20; "Maurice Joyce, George Ryneal, jr., and _N. P. Gage, $15; A. T. Lewis, L. Biscoe, Prindle & Russell, Philip T. Hall, F. Freund, S. A. Manuel, E. L. Johnson, Heward House, L. A. Conner and Church & Church, $10; Henry Brum- baur, Mrs. C. B. Cutler, Leary & Snyder, N. W. Burchell, W. H. Sholes, B. F. Me- Cauley, F. G. Alexander, Hoover & Snyder, H. King, jr. John T.’ Earnshaw, L. E. Breuninger, A. B. Broune, C. E. Wood, Geo. A. Wise, W. Nordlinger, James K. , H.W. Offut, W.-H. Henshaw, W. L. Price, Dominic I. Murphy, John Hau- sen, F. W. Coleman and E. Morrison, $5; and other contributions of smaller amounts, making a total received to date from citi- zens of $10,056.65, —_—-__ Yale's Commencement. The commencement exercises of the Yale Law School were held yesterday afternoon. The seventh annual reunion of the alumni of the school was held at the new building at 1:30 this afternoon. Short addresses were made by Rufus 5S. Peckham of the United States Supreme Court, Theodore Bacon of Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas Thacher of New York, and Governor McIntyre of Colorado. It had been expected that Rev. Russell H. Conwell of Philadelphia would speak, but illness prevented his presence. The an- nual address to the graduating class will be delivered at 4 o’clock by Theodore Ba- con of Rochester, N. Y. The Townsend prize competition speaking for members of the senior class at the law school will take place after Mr. Bacon’s address. Class day fun was had in the amphith ater, erected on the site of old North M dle. It consisted of histories, the smoking of the pipe of peace ond the singing of giees. The histories were cheered, being unusually good. They were by George X. McLanahan of Washington, D. C.; P. C. Peck of Huds N. Y.; H. J. Fisher of New York city; C. ir., of New S. Day York city, and Ward Chen ter, Conn. The wearing of the cap and gown was universal for the first time in Yale's his- tory. -y of Manches- SSS SS Columbian Lew School. ‘The Columbian University law department opened last night for the summer term, and there is every prospect for a good attend- ance throughout the warm months. The department is something of an innovation, and law students in this city will have their | first opportunity to pursue their studic through the summer months. Women will be admitted to the summer term, and it i thought that this policy will open the w to the admission of the fair sex to the re; lar terms of the school. The school will under the direction of Prof. William A. | Maury, assisted by Mr. E. Hilton Jackson | and Mr. Albert F. Flint, members of th Washington bar. i as | Gen. Wilson Killed in Cuba,- | The death of Gen. W. W. Wilson, leader of an American expedition which landed in Cuba on Decemter 8, to assist the insur- gents, is reported. General Wilson is said to have been killed in battle near Guanta- , uamo. With about eighteen men, four of | whom were graduates of West Point, Gen- | eral Wilson landed in Cuba early in De- | cember last with 200 rifles, 50,000 rounds of ammunition and supply of dynamite. The expedition was fitted out at New York by | Americans who are interested in Cuba. General Wilson had seen service in Central and South America, and was with Garza on the Mexican border some years ego. | Hot Spri RO CONSUMPTIVE WILL DIE So Long as He Can Digest and Assimilate Food. All physicigns admit this. Yet here the aificulty begins. How can we build up the consumptive's bedy 28 fast as the disease tears it down? Let us ccrsider. Cough miztures must be avoided because THEY FREQUENTLY CONTAIN OPIATES which arrest the digestion. ‘Their only effect on the cough is by stupefying the nerves. Let them alcne. All foods that are hard to digest must be avoid- €4, especially fats and oils. Only those foods that are easily digested and assimilated should be eaten, Foo’s NOT THUS ACCEPTED BY Na- TURE do no good; they do harm. Not what is merely EATEN, but what is DIGESTED AND AS- SLMILATED, gives flesh and strength. Consumption is starvation, slow or rapid, as may be. The first symptom is not necessarily a cough, but a tendency to lose flesh, 0 grow thin. Stop this tendency NOW. Don't wait for obvious lung treuble. That's only a later development—only a minor polat. Stop the wasting and you master the disease— even though It may have mode some slight in- reads already. Incresse the flesh and the danger is past. What is needed is an especially prepared food— @ nutriment tn Itself and a digester of other foods. Such an article is the Shuker Digestive Cordial, made by the Shaker community, of Mt. Lebanon, N.Y. It creates a natural appetite and insures the digestion of what is eaten with St. It overcome the wasting WHICH IS FATAL IN THE CON- SUMPTIVE PROCESS. A man may lose money and not die a bankrupt. ‘One may have consumption and not dic of it. This 4s sclence and sense. The success of this new rem- edy proves It. FITZ LEE AND CUBA No Likelihood of an Immediate Change of Administration Policy. Some of the Co: I General's Obscr- ations—Rarbarities Countenanced by Spain—The Case of Sanguill There is authority for the statement that no immediate change is at all likely in the policy of the administration in the matter of the Cuban insurrection, as a consequence of Consul General Lee's brief sojourn at Havana. In official circles it is expiained that the State Department adopted its present line of policy respecting the Cuban revolt after obtaining the vest evidence in its reach, and there is no reason to ap- prehend that events have occurred on the island recently of sufficient importance to warrant a radical departure. General Lee has been in Cuba only twenty days, being the entire time within Spanish lines, and, even with his military training, it is be- lieved at the department that he can scarcely have arrived at a conclusion as to the status of the revolt upon which he ts willing to risk his repytation. However this may be, it Is certain trat the State Department will not make a change in Its policy unle recessitated by a radical change in the situation itself, and does not expect, it can be stated positively, to re- ceive any report from General Lee that would require it at this time to make an issue. A written request has been filed at the State Depariment that the gooi offices of the United States be exerted with Spain toward securing the transfer of Julio San- guilly from Havana to Madrid, there to be reieased on bail or parole until final «c- tion is taken on the appeal ingthe case. Sanguilly was convicted last December, and has since been in prison pending the appeal of his case to the court of last re- sort at Madrid. It was through the active efforts of ex-Consul General William. he was given a civil trial. On the of rebellion he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life. His American citizenship figured largely in the proceed- ings, but it was not decisive in securing his release. The present move by his relatives and advisers is based on several precedents of leniency shown while a case is befcre the appellate court at Madrid. Gen. Lee’s Unofiicial Observations. Consul General Lee has written an un- official letter to a relative of his in this city dealing with Cuban affairs with un- usual frankness. He says the Spanish au- thorities have treated him with great cour- tesy, and Captain General Weyler has granted every request thus preferred, even allowing him to visit the priscns where the captured Americans are con- fined. Of the Spanish troops, he sa fairly well drilled, but ‘under . tactics and manual totally different from any the general had ever seen. As to the insurgents, th have control of the island. saries come in and go out of the town and cities as they will, and he believes the cn- tire native population is in sympathy with them. Of the Spanish commanders, General Lee says: “They do not regard the laws of modern war nor the usages among civilized nations at ery quarter there is the same concerning the barbarities of the soldiers. Some of the evideace I have heard would be beyond belief did I not know it to be most reliabie. of wor the plunder of inoffe: der, every form of r: ing’ story of prisoners and r island who happen to be they are suspicion, and it takes very little, , here to place you under suspicion.” General Lee says he doubts if jfeace could be made now short of a basis of absolute independence and freeiom from Spanish control. —_-o.+—__§_ Robert E. Lee Criticised at Yale. There was a tremendous sensation on the Yale campus yesterday afternoon, caused by an unexpected remark of Dr. ‘Twitchell of Hartford during his oration at the dedication of the Woolsey memorial statue. It arose from the fact that the tv planted was from the grave of Gen. Robert 5. Lee. In the course of his speech, re- ferring to Prof. Dr. Twitchell man, heart and its head were he to know that the graduating class of Yale were to plant on the walls of a bullding on the campus an ivy from the grave of Gen. Robert E. Lee. General Lee was a good man, but he was icyal to an infamous cause.” Immediately after the dedicatory exer- cises the ivy committee held a meeting, and the proposition was made to change the iv but ft was voted down, and it was planted with the usual ceremonies. pee aes Collapse of a Lodging House. A three-story lodging house in San Fran- cisco collapsed yesterday, burying twenty persons in the ruins. The bodies of tive have been recovered. Fire broke out in the ruins. Seventeen wounded have been rescued. Workmen laying foundation for another building undermined the walls. ease T undreds of -dol- ous remedies and physicians, none o: which did me and good. My finger nails’ came of aud my hair game out, Jeaving me perfectly bald. 1 then went 1 could get reltet spent Hoping to be cured by this celebrated treatment, but very soon beceme disgusted ant decided to try SSS. "The «fect was truly wonderful. 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