Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1896, Page 13

= THE EVENING STAR cocci eh el PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by ‘Ihe Evening Star Newspaper Company 8S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. Yew York Ofica, 49 Potter Building, oe ge ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers tn the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents F week, or 44c. per month. Coples at the counter cents each. By mail—anoywhere in the United Erates or Canada—postage presaid--50 cents per oth. Saturday quintupl> Sheet Star, $1.00 year, with foreign pacere alded, $3.00. aa Entered at the Post Otice at Washington, D. C., As second-class snafl_mattec.) ‘All mail aMscriptioas must be paid in advarce. vz made known on application. Rates of advert? | Part2 Che Foe ng Slat. Pages 13-24 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ‘haikdull ve ee Do Not REMEMB subdi We Pay the Tax ly on their merits. Use Judgment In Buying Real Estate As Well As Anything Else. 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ELMO and DEL RAY with FREE TICKETS, WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Healthy Condition, but Unchanged Quotations. Of the local wholesale produce market there is little, if anything, new to be said today, conditions and prices being almost identical with those observed a week ago. ‘This is particularly true of butter and eggs, although earlier in the week eggs fell a mark or two. In all products the market is a splendidly supplied one, and its general tone is one of moderate firmness. With prices unchanged, butter is some- what dull, although the demand for the fin- est goods is well kept up. Much of the lat- ter is being held by producers at the pre- vailing prices. Today's prices: Fancy Elgin and western extras, 17 cents a pound: choice, 16; firsts, 14; seconds, 13; choice bakers’ stock, 10 to 12; New York tubs, 12: dairy print, 14: west- ern, 10; Maryland and Virginia creamery, 14: dairy packed, 12. Cheese is still in an unsatisfactory cendi- tion, with the following prices prevailing: New York state full cream, large, 9 cents a pound; flats, 9, and ponys, 10. Eggs are a iittle firmer today, but their prices, as may be seen from the following, re those of a week ago: Nearby fresh, 12 —— = = to 12% cents a dozen; western, 10; southern, 9; keat or guinea stock, 4 to 5. While there is an exceiient demand for poultry, the supply is fully equal to it, and Prices ‘are, therefore, unchanged: "Li chickens, 10 to 11 cents: dressed, 12 to 1 old stock, dressed, 8 to 9; live, 4 to 6; capons, 16 to 18; ducks, 12 to 13, and Beese, 6 to 9; spring chickens, 15 to 20. The market is fully supplied with vegeta- bles and fruits, with prices practically un- moved. Cucumbem§, $1 to $1.50 a box; car- rots, $1.50 a barrel; cauliflower, $4 a barrel; kale, 50 to 75 cents a barrel; celery, 25 to 7 cents a dozen; squash, 75 cents to $1 a box; spinach, $1 to $1.25 a barrel; new peas, $1.50 to $2 a barrel; beans, 73 cents to $1.25 a box; Georgia beans, 25 to 50 cents a bas- ket; asparagus, 3 to 6 cents a bunch; tuce, $2.50 to $3 a barrel, and $1 to $1.50 a basket; new fancy potatoes, $2.50 a barrel; choice, $1.50 to¥s2; new, 90 cents to fla bushel; culls, 73 cents ‘to $1.50 a barrel; New York, 35 cents a bushel; red and black raspberries, each 12 to 14 cents a quart; whcrtleberries,8 to 10 cents a quart; blackberries, 5 to 8 cents a quart; cherries, 5 to7 cents a quart; Florida tomatoes, $1.50 to $2 a crate; egg plant, $2.50 to $3.50 a half barrel box; beets, $3 to $5 a hundred bunches; 1 ew cabl.age, $1 to $1.25 a barrel; Bermuda onions, $1.40 to $1.50 a crate; new yellow onions, 40 to 50 cents a bushel: tur- nips, $1.50 a barrel; white squash, $1.25 to $1.50 a barrel; white New York beans, me- diums, $1.10; New York pea beans, $1.05; marrow beans, $1.20; white Virginia beans, 7 cents; mixed white beans, 50 cents; col- ored beans, 50 to 60 cents; watermelons, $25 to $50 per 100. The following prices for beef and other meats show that they are practically those last quoted: Live cattle, from 2 to 4% cents a pound; lambs, 4 to 5 3-4; spring lamb, 6 to 8; sheep, 2% to 3%; cows with calves, $20 to $45; calves, 5 to 7 certs a pound, and dressed hogs, 4 to 7. —— Advice to Literary Aspirants. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in telling of her struggles to achieve fame and fortune, says: “Do not write, if you can earn a fair liv- ing at teaching or dressmaking, at electri- city or hod-carrying. Make shoes, weed cabbages, survey land, keep houses, make ice cream, sell cake, climb a telephone pole. Nay, be a lightning-rod peddler or a book agent, before you set your heart upon it that you shall write for a living. Do any- thing honest, but do not write unless God calls you and publishers want you and peo- ple read you and editors claim you. Editors do not care a drop of ink for influence. An editor will pass by an old writer any day for an unknown and gifted new one, with Power to say a good thing in a fresh way. Do not flirt with your pen.” THE NATIONAL GUARD Interest in the Personnel of the New Rifle Team. PRACTICE 10 BEGIN AT THE RANGE Experience of the Light Battery on the Recent March. SOME RIFLE SCORES The entire brigade is naturally interested in the team that will represent the District of Columbia National Guard in the annual rifle competitions at Sea Girt, N. J., next September, and strive to again win the coveted Hilton trophy by outshooting all competitors. The ambitious marksmen are particularly on the qui vive because of the near approach of the day when preliminary practice is to commence, for the competition that will determine the personnel of the brigade team ard the alternates. The range at Ordway, beginning July 1, at 2 p.m., will be open for voluntary practice Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, up to the time set for the preliminary practice of the brigade team candidates, and there- after Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Skirmishing only will be permitted Satur- days, after 4 p.m., and all known-distance firing must be concluded at that hour. Preliminary practice for the men who will make an effort to go to Sea Girt as members of the brigade team has been set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 15, 16 and 17, and the candidates are to be selected by the regimental and other in- spectors. The Ist Regiment will be called on for fifteen men, the 2d Regiment for twenty-five men, the Ist Separate Battalion for two men, the Engineer Corps for twelve men, and the Provisional Battalion for six men. These are exclusive of the members of the brigade team and alternates of 1895, who are privileged fo practice as candidates for places on this year’s team without fur- ther notice. All preliminary practice will be at the expense of the candidates, who will not be required to appear in uniform, except on the days of competition; Monday, July 20, and ‘Thursday, July 28. At the conclusion of the firing July 20 the inspector general oi rifle practice will reduce the number of candidates to thirty, and at the wind-up, July 28, ten additional names are to be erased from the all-important list, leaving twenty men, the number to practice unin- terruptedly until the departure for Sea Girt. ‘Transportation to and from the range will be furnished candidates on the days of competition, July 20 and July 23. The in- spectors are to report the names of the. men selected as candidates not later than Saturday, July 4. In the event that a brigade encampment is held during the summer, the final twenty men chosen for the Sea Girt team will be excused from attendance there- at, in order that they may have the ad- vantage of constant praetice. The range will elose dally hereafter at 6:30 p.m. Trains leave for NYS city at 5:31 p.m. and 6:54 p.m. Rifle Practice for 1893. In addition to those already published the appendices to the annual report of the in- spector general of rifle practice for 1895 are as follows: General staff: One sharpshooter—Major Geo. H. Harries, inspector general rifle practice, 363. Ist Regiment, field and staff: Six third- class. 1st Battalion, field and staff: One marks- rmuan—Hospital Steward H. Kenner, 276. Hight third-class. Company A: One sharpehooter—Corporal George W. Sneden, 375. Four marksmen— rgeant Everett L. Phillips, 281; Second Lieuten int Thomas W. Williams, 277; Ser- geant Harry T. Leach, 264; Private M. R. Wooldridge, 200, Six first-class. Nine sec- end-class. Forty-six third-class. Compary B: One sharpshooter—Private F. N. Wells, 360. Three marksmen—Pri- vate J. W. line, 277; Corporal H. R. Mc- Cabe, 276; Capt. Chas. M. Shreve, 261. Four first-class men, Eleven second-class nen. Forty-eight third-class men. Company Three first-class. Seven sec- oud class. Forty-four third-clars. Company D: Two marksmen—Capt. John 8. Miller, 287; Corporal Ed. Reinmuth, 270. Five first-class. Eleven second-class. Forty- two third-class. 24 Battalion, field and staff: Four sharp- shooters—Color Sergeant ath D. Hadger, 361; Major Richard A. O’Brien, + First Lieut. Thomas S. King, 342: Q. Sergeant C._C. Dyer, 439. Two third-clas: Company A: One sharpshooter—Private M. P. Brittain, 320. ‘© _marksmen—Private W. L. Hazard, 207; Pirst Sergeant W. Thompson, 263. Three first-class. Two second-cla: Forty-eight third-class. Company B: Five sharpshooters—Private W. E. Colladay, 284; Private C. McC. Taylor, ; Private W. E. Crist, 369; Private J. B. Webb, #37; Private 8. C. Stokes, 334. ‘Three first-class. Three second-class.’ Forty-nine third-class. 3d battalion, field and staff: Three sharp- shooters—First Lieut. Frank EF. Gibson, 392: First Lieut. L. H. Reichelderfer, 347; First Lieut. Clarence A. Weaver, 338.’ Six’ third- class. Company A: Seven sharpshoot C. Steward, 349; Sergeant EM. Taylor, Private F. E. Lacy, 340; Capt. E. A Shilling, 339; Corporal 8. A. Wimsatt, 398: First Lieut. 'G. E. Tralles, 222; Private C. —Private G. Warfield Simpson, High-Grade Tailoring, 12th and F Sts. $5,000 Purchase of TROUSERINGS. ~ Just secured, and will place on sale Monday by 9:30 a.m., $5,000 worth of fine English Trouserings from one of the largest importers in the country. Finest grade English stripes, identical with the qualities and and $12. patterns we have been selling at $8, $10 4, $5 and $6, Made to-measure in our usual faultless style. This is the lowest price notch we have touched in our business experience. We especially themselves of this unprecedented offer. G. Warfield Simpson, Custom=-Tailor, 12th & F Sts. invite our regular patrons to avail C. Maycr, 322. Three marksmen—Corporal G. J. Harris, 295; Corporal H. R. Sisson, Private M. O'Connell, 273. One first- Sixty-five third-class. Company D: One marksman—Private J. K Monroe, 264. Two second-class. Thir- teen third-class. Second Regiment. 2d Regiment, field and staff: Three sharp- shooters—Capt. James E. Bell, 383; Col. Cecil Cley, 376; Capt. William H. Moyer, 349. One marksman—Capt. Richard A. Piles, 277. Two third-class, 4th Battalion, field an@ staff: Five sharp- shcoters—-Q. M. Sergeant P. J. Byrne, 370; Ist Lieut. M. E. Sabin, 335; Maj. Edward R. Campbell, 330; Ist Lieut. 8. R. Jacobs, 826; Ist Lieut. Silas “H. Kingsley, 320. Two marksmen—Sergeant, W. C. Whipp, 311; 1st Lieut. B. G. Poole, 265. One first-class. Ore third-class, ae Company A: Four first-class. Twenty- nine third-class, Company B: Thirty-three third-class, Company C: One marksman—Private Wil- Hams, 203. One first-class. Five second- class. Thirty-six third-elass. Company D: One sharpshooter—Private J. D. Leeman, 337. Three marksmen—Ser- geant William Hedges, 312; Private John O'Connell, 311; Private H. A. Dotson, 301. Nine first-class. ‘fwenty-three third-class, Sth Battalion, field and staff: One sharp- shooter—Ist Lieut. G. C. Shaw, 381. One marksman—Maj. Otto L. Suess, 300. One first-class. One second-class. Two third- class.« Company A: Threé first-class. Six sec- ond-class. Forty-seyen third-ciass. Ccmpany B: One _marksman—Corporal Acher, 277. Three’ first-class. Five sec- ond-class. Thirty-nine third-class. Company D: One marksman—Capt. G. W. England, 2/63 Three first-class. One sec- ond-class. Thirty-four third-class. 6th Battalion, field and staff: One sharp- shooter—Ist Lieut. Charles H. Laird, 362. Three marksmen—ist Lieut. Wilmer P. ale, 306; Q. M. Sergeant Charles Lambe, 291; Sergeant-Major J. F. Marsden, 260. One first-class. Three third-class. Company A: Five sharpshooters—Private Whitacre, 355; Private FB. 8. Wilcox, 825; Privete C. A. Stock, 831; Private H. Blanton, 821; Private P. L. Bush, 820. Four tmarksmen—Private C. E, Groome, 308; Pri- vate F. A. Ranke, 270; Private J. F. Am- broze, 268; Private D. C. Hutton, 265. Four first-class. One second-class Forty-nine third-class. Company B—Seventeen sharpshooters— Sergt. John A. Kirk, 373; Sergt. A. S. Mc- Clain, 362; Capt. J. S. Tomlinson, 355; Sergt. W. S. Davenport, 353; Private W. E. Buell, 846; First Lieut. Otto G. Simonson, 341; Private J. U. D. Briscoe, 339; Private R. Davidson, 336; Private H. M. Gunderson, 333; Private BD. Bairstow, 332; Sergt. G. W. King, 331; Corpl. C. A. Stock, 331; Pri- vate J. M. Harrison, 330; Second Lieut. B. F. Odell, 329; Private Theo. Lang, 3 Sergt. G. D. Ellsworth, 323; Private H. Blanton, 321. Thirty marksmen — Private 8. Wilcox, 318; Private E. T. Parker, Corpl. H. D. Glover, 315; Private W. B. De Pue, Private R. L. Pile, 306; Private T. G. Lewis, 305; Private C. M. McClure, 301; Private A. Burley, 299; Pri- vate B. Edwards, 2 Corpl. E. Hos- ford, 288; Sergt. W. M. Garrett, 285; Pri- vate A. G. Willner, 285; Private J. Lang, 282; Private Joseph Schultz, 279; Private W. G. Warrell, Private I. G. Thomp- son, 277; Private C. E. Holmes, ; Private J. M. Collins, 272; Private C. S. Acker, Private F. OX, ; Private E. Melton, 270; Private D. C. Hutton, 265; Pri F. Alford, 265; Private B. Bright, Private J. U_ Gardiner, 264; Private + jammon, 263; Private W. E. Matthews, 262; Private E. M. Sunderland, 262; Private G. F, Lang, 261; First Sergt. J. F. Marsden, 260. Company C—One sharpshooter — Acting Second Lieut. P. W. Smith, . One marksman—First Lieut. W. M. Garrett, 285. Two first-class; one second-class; forty-six third-class. Separate Battalion and Engineers. First Separate Battalion, Field and Staff— One first-class; three third-class. Company A—One first-class; one second- class; forty-one third-class, Company B—Two second-class; thirty- three third-class. Company C—One second-class; forty-five third-class. Company D—Twenty-two third-class. First Separate Ccmpany— Two sharp- shooters—Trumpeter W. Carroll, 341; Pri- vate H. B. Matchett, 320. One marksman— Private W. I. Scharf, 261. Five first-class; eleven second-class; seventy third-class. Engineer Corps, field and staff: Three sharpshooters—First Lieut. Glendie 5. Young, 393; First Lieut. F. W. Holt, 380: Sergt. Maj. C. Ia Lanham, 353. ' One marksman—First Lieut. L. G. Freeman, 311. One third-clas: sharpshooters— 375; Private Samuel Sergt. James M. Stewart, Lieut. Andrew O. Hutterly, therald, 366; Private Cook, 366; Private E. J. Wil- Corporal R. P. Carleton, 362; M. Pollard, 360; Private E. W. Private A. A. Birney, 35 Sergt. Clarence W. Dickey, 354; Private F. E. McLaughlin, 354; Private V Second Private Samuel B. W George E. . W. Scott, 348; Private J.'S. Garrison, 845; Corporal Robert B. Smythe, 343: Fi Lieut. W. E. Harvey, 341; J. Massie, Iter Scott, 3 27; Private W vate G. Stambaugh, 321. Two marksmen— Private G. A. 21: Private J. H. Adams, 272. One first-class. One second- class. Eight thir Company B: Three “apt. George A. Drury, 343; Private W. A. Ed- wards, 328; Private B. C. Washington, 820. Three marksmen—Private 316; Private J. A. Bishop, J. B. Lichty, 260. | Four second-class. Thirty-five third-class. Company C: Two sharpshooters—First Sergt. P. E. Stevens, 333; Corporal E. A. Wright, 321. Two marksmen—Private M. B. Sturgus, 309; Private W. M. Lamson, 298. Three first-class. Twenty third-class. Some of the Figures. No.on Sharp M’ks Ist 2d 3d i. sh'ra. men. class.class.class, harpshooters—C; Gene al staff (vol- i ER. Engineer Ast Separat Ble Bo Be: Bin & 82 1 Brigade, regimental and battalion figures of merit: Brigad: Ist Re: 2d Regiment. 1st Battalion 2d Battalion. 3d Battalion. 4th Battalion. 5th Battalion 6th Battalion Ist Separate Ba’ Engineer Corps... Figure of merit by organization: ist Regiment—Field and staff.. lst Battalion—Fielé and staff. Company A....... Company B. Company C Company A. 2d Regiment—Field and staff. 4th Battalion—Field and staff. Company A. Company B. Company C. Company D. 5th Battalion—Field Company A Company B. Company D. 6th Battalion— Company A.... Company B.. 281.70 1st Separate Battalion—Field and staff. 80.00 Company A Company B. Company C. Company D. 1st Separate Company Engineer Corps—Field and staff. Company A Company B Company C. Interesting Tables. Field and staff figures of merit, in order of merit: 1. 4th Battalion... 2. Engineer Corps. 8. 24 Battalion. 4. 24 Regimen 5. 6th Battalion. 6. 5th Battalion 7. Ist Separate & Ist Battalion. 9. 3d Batta'ion. 10. ist Regiment. Company figures of merit, in order of merit: 1. Company B, 6th Battalion 2. Company A, Engineer Corps 8. Company D, 4th Battalion. 4. Company C, Engineer Corps. 5. Company B, Engineer Corps 8. Company A, 6th Battalion. 7. Company A, Ist Battalion. 8. Company B, ist Battalion. 9. Company A, 3d Battalion 10. Company B, 2d Battalion. 11. Ist Separate Company. 12. Company A, 24 Battalion. 18. Company D, 3d Battalion 14. Company B, 51 15. Company D, 5th Battalion 16. Company A, 4th Battalion 17. Company C, 1st Battalion. 18. Company C, 4th Battalion. 19. Company A, 5th Battalion 20. Company A, ist Separate Battalion 21. Company B, ist Separate Battalion 22. Company C, ist Separate Battalion 23. Company B, 4th Battalion.. = 00.00 24. Company D, 1st Separate Battalion 00.00 March of the Light Battery, Battery A, light artillery, recently indulg- ed in a road march that proved interesting well as irstructive. The battery left the city Saturday evening, with the ele- ments anything but favorable, and wended its way across the Long bridge bound for the old fortification called Fort Lyon, about ten miles south of Washington. The outfit presenteé a curlous appearance as it pass- ed through Alexandria, the horses and guns being covered with mud and the men incased in ponchos. The fort was diffi- cult to locate, and about 1 o’ciock Sunday 6 Ob EGeeCeeEeoeE MAYER BROS. & CO., 937-939 F St. Many Seasonable e The stern reality of preparing for your sum- mer trip is right upon you now. The big list of things to be bought looks mountain high. a cents count—and there’s where we come in. can supply the greatest part of your wants so far as wearables go, and you'll find yourself pay only the barely necessary price. sion when we can’t underquote Our constant aim for more Dollars and We ing Its a rare occa- any competitor. business keeps us @ pushing, and that pushing pushes down prices in . its course. of = < Stylish Hats Reasonably Priced. 250 dozen White and Tan Duck Caps and Hate in Turban, Tam I5C. O'. and Yacht st, Duck Tam 0's 2e. quality for. The regular 40c. in white and navy, with printed band are 25¢C. marked... 300 dozen White Trimmed Sailors, the ‘ones you will see in our east window. Regular 50 and Heuer BHC. Hat Trimmings Under Price. 3] A new assortment of choice Flowers. Worth from 25. cents cents bunch, TDZC, ings, white and hat quality 15¢. Imported . the latest trimming. 25-cent for. Rich Ribbons Under Price. Thousands of yards of All- silk Ribbons, worth from 1c. ) 8c. to ya E.” Ribbons, Uncle Sam's pat- tern— No. 5at = = = &. ‘a =No. vat = = = 0c. a No. gat = = <-12%c. ge, No.tzat “= = = I5¢. = No.16at = = = 19¢. ‘ A spe~ial sale of No. 40 and 50 Taf- feta Rithons, in black, white and ae Regularly 17¢. €) 2 Umbrella #y Specials. 4 $1 and $1.25 Umbrel- = las = = = = J5C. $1.50 Silk Gloria Umbreilas = = g4c. Hosiery and Under- wear Reduced. Lisle Thread Hose, with col- and Hermsdert von aeas BEC, 3 pairs for $1. Ladies’ tops boot. cored black at Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, with ribbon band, drawn through neck And sleeves. Accually worth TOC, Zc., for... Belts Reduced. Ladie White Kid Belts, that should be 25c.......... Ties Reduced. Ladies’ Satin Dress Bows, in black, ck. navy and garnet. Ai asserted lot of Teck Ties, in satin, lawn, Persian and othe: 19¢. r strec! apaaely 1 fancy effects. Regularly I2”“c. Gloves Reduced. ‘The regular 4c. Black Silk Gloves are marked... 25¢C. Tne regular 25c, Black Silk Mitts are marked. Ladies’ Skirts Under Price. White Duck Skirts, extra heavy ity, extra full, Worth &: 15C. $1.69 Ladies’ Croxh Linen Skirts: we've made a $ I 8 special at 5 °. Ridiculously low prices on High-grade Shirt Waists. St Shirt Waists - 68c. $1.50 to $1.89 Shirt Waists 9 $2.50 to $3.25 Shirt Waists = = $1.49 @ A complete line of Ladies’ @ Suits, especially gotten up for the seashore and moun- tain. 5C. Mayer Bros. & Co., 930 F Street. morning it was thought best to go into camp without loss of time. Just how to leave the road and where to camp were questions which occupied the minds of the officers, as one side of the road was bor- dered by a ccrn field and the other lined by_a barbed-wire fence. Finally, the fence was deftly removed by Saddler Sergeant Fry, and the carriages parked and the horses picketed for the re- mainder of the night. Bonfires were kept burning during the night, and at 5 o'clock the quartermaster and his assistants were making prepara- tions for breakfast. A Startling Challenge. A number of the men etarted, with the coffee pot, which is the size of an ordinary wash boiler, for a nearby well, and on ap- proaching, the challenge, “What do you want here,” was heard. Two apparitions, clothed in white and armed with horse pistols about two feet long, came cautious- iy in the direction of the thirsty soldiers from a neighboring house. The leader of the expedition hesitatingly replied: “We would like te borrow a little water, if you piease.” The horse pistols were thereupon lowered, and a_ hearty welcome was ex- tended by Mr. Ballinger, the proprietor of the manor, and a delicious breakfast serv- ed the artillerymen. As the sun rose so did the spirits of the men, and after the horses had been groom- ed and fed, a mounted drill and ride was greatly enjoyed. Tour of Inspection. During the day Captain Forsberg and ex- Quartermaster Bionde rode into camp on a tour of inspection. The march homeward was begun at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. After passing through Alexandria the battery left the turnpike and followed the Georgetown road, passing through Arlington reservation and Fort Myer, and crossing the Aqueduct bridge. Major Alexander, inspector general, ac- companied the battery and entertained the men with a description cf the almost con. tinuous line of fortifications which rounded the city of Washington during the war of the rebellion, using maps prepared by_himself. During the ride home Sergeant Pierce in- dulged in an original mounted exercise not included in the drill regulations, with results that, for a time, threatened to be serious. Shower Baths at Camp. Without doubt the chief topic of interest among the rank and file of the guard just at present is the pending summer encamp- ment. For several weeks past the ques- tion has been constantly discussed, and many who claim to be in a position to know have declared that the camp of instruction for which an appropriation was made at the recent session of Congress, would not materialize until June, 1897. However, it may be stated on the best authority that the brigade will be ordered to Fort Wash- ington during the present summer, and probabiy early in August, it not being’ at all likely that the outing will begin July 20, as has been freely stated during the past few days. x At is practically a certainty that a much- needed improvement in the way of shower baths will be introduced at the next-camp. ‘The idea is borrowed from Savannah, Ga., where, in connection with the encampment of troops attending the recent interstate “aril, the baths proved a decided luxury. Lieut. Drury of the Engineer Corps has made a report in regard to the baths, a companied by drawings, and, as Fort Was! ington is well supplied with water, there seems to be no reason why the District Guardsmen should not be furnished with facilities to insure cleanliness. It is said to be the intention to assign thirty-two baths to the Ist Regiment, thirty-two to the 2d Regiment, twenty to the Ist Separate Bat- talion and a sufficient number to the re- mainder of the brigade. Notes. Capt. Harry Douglas King, Company D, 24. Battalion, has been granted leave of ab- sence until August 12 next. Capt. King is at present in Wisconsin, recuperating from 4 serious illness. District Attorney Arthur A. Birney has accepted the proffer of Major Burton R. Ress and will in the near future be ¢ sioned inspector of rifle practice, with the rank of first Neutenant, of the Ist Battalion, At the unanimous and urgent request of M. Rob- the company, Second Lieut. @harle: ison, jr., of Company A, withdrawn his resignation, recently ed to retain his commis- sion. however, applied for six months’ leave of absence, the action made necessary by business reasons. > A MARYLAND SNAKE. it is Twenty-Six Feet Long and Ents Ducks Alive. A gentleman residing out in Maryland near Hyattsville has been reading some of the snake stories printed in The Star. The other day he came io town and announced that stories were stories, but that Mary- land was the possessor of the biggest snake in this portion of the country. The state- ment, he said, was easily proved, and then he spoke as follows: “Last Saturday as I was walking up the Little river from Riverdale, looking for raspberries, I noticed at a point about half a mile north of Collins’ station a flock of ucks making a terrible racket in the stream. I looked carefully and noticed something that at first appeared like a small stump floating in the water. The stump in a minuie, however, resolved itseif into a big snake, and in a second opened ita mouth and seized wne of the ducks. In starting off with the duck the body of the snike came to the surface. I have come in contact with a great many snakes in my time, but never before saw one like this. As near as I could judge it was about twenty-six or twenty-seven feet long. It was striped in bands about two inche: width, running lengthwise of the body, the st from a bright gold bronze to a light orange color, while just back of the eyes w large diamond spots of a vermillion red color, As the snake left it passed up the east bank, which was about six feet high. It glided over the ground about as fast as a man could run, I had no desire to follow it just then, but shorily after I crossed the river its track, which was ve as where the ground wa: it looked as if a log had been dragged 1 follow- ed the track about quarters of a mile to a big bluff, and there I found his jd from seeing say it was a fox’s den, here in that hoie there is biggest snake in this part of the the country.” —__+-___ Milton Wells, aged forty-five, committed suicide in the Goshen, Ind., jail by hang- ing himself with the bedclothes. Wells murdered Jennie Walters at Elkhart last week. He shot the woman three times and then threw kerosene over her and set fire to her.