Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1896, Page 8

F st., cor. 1th. | Storage, 22d and M. Everything we sell bears the stamp of perfect workmanship and finish. Our Our Ath Annual FurnitureSale —Began this morning with sam- ples of about 100 manufacturers, together with the assigned stocks of several more, for us to work on, and make one grand feast of bar- gains for economical buyers. —Right at the beginning we say, buy now. No more such prices after the sale is over. —Some price ideas: Bed Room Furniture. A Solid Oak Chiffonter Front-fold- ing led, with woven wire spring,_ ed by spiral springs. An $13 everywhere for-.......... $11.50 Finish Chamber Sultes. 26 Birch Chamber Suites... $28 Cheval Chamber Suites. ¢ japle Chamber Suites 36 Oak Chamber Suites... oe z FE 5 Mahogany Panel Chamber Suites. $37.4 Curly Bireh Chamber Suites... $57.65 $100 Oak Chamber Suites... -- $74.67 $125. Solid Makogany $78.80 Suites .... Storing, Hauling, Moving and Packing are specialties. W. B. MOSES & SONS. Chamber it Bon Marche, 314 and 316 7th St. NEW _ FALL SKIRTS. Fancy D-ess Skirts with silk walsts will form the most important feature of » coming season's costumes. We have vel an advance shipment of these rate skirts in an exquisite line of novelty effects, the Scotch platds being especially attractive. Speetal “opening” es will be quoted for a while as Faney Novelty Separate Skirts, in the dark green, brown and blue-mixed ef- full lined and vel- “ee $3.08 leant Scotch Plaid Novelty Skirts, in illuminated effects, percaline lined, t bound, extra wide. $5.98 flack Figured Brilliantine Separate pp re amt velvet bound. $4. values for. LINING SPECIALS. re two things you néed not look nor do we buy flimsy qual- s and palm them off as the best. ty considered you will find no prices W as these: ‘uiabries cut from the piece 3c. Wc. Silesias, black and colors..6 14 C, 6c. “York"" Canvas, for st 1 Ce ast Black Double- ~ _ itesias, white one aide 9) Y2Ce ide Rustle Percaline, 8u4c c& and colors. Notions Specials. These prices are for, Dressmakers are espe Hair Cloth. tomorrow only. sly. invited to avail themselves of this opportunity: 0c. Whalebones........ ee 4c. Se. Beltings, per strip.....--- 4Ce Be. Rasting Cotton... Ic. 4c. Whalebone Casings...... s+ BC. 8c. Hooks and Eyes. Ic. Ize. Taffeta Scam Bindings... gc. le. Feather-stitehed Braid... 4c. 7c. 12 - Dress Shields Trimmings Specials. So many women appear surprised at magnitude of our Dress Trimmings Tx partment. It is probably the largest fn Washington. Special “opening” prices tomorrow and I5e. Narrow Iridescent angled Dress Trimmings for 8c. Spangled Sequin Dress Trimmings, all and very tive colors attrac- .. 17. ‘The new season's 73 and 98c. Colored Spangled and Sequin Dress Bands, on silk net, will be sold tomorrow for. 48c. Assorted lot ef Large Buttons, in bone and pearl, for coat and dress trimming. Regular 48 and 58. stzes for 24Cc. MARCHE, 314 and 316 7th St. Hurry! If you desire to be gone soon! Brandied peaches clally when brat with To-Ka- Jon's White Brandy. We've just reduced the $2.50 Drice of this delightful - vored brandy from $3.50 gal. Wine Co., brandy —_yourself some peaches, now's the time to do it. They'll all TO-KALON 614 14th St. "Phone 998. se12-20d Trust Lace Curtains to Us. We'll clean them—and do them up—tin daintiest style—without the least injury. We can save lots of trouble. ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. Te gel2-84 lephone 1442. a Sa as ee i tek Ds setpageg aptebesetny Sredpetotes THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 189¢-TWELVE PAGES. Five pounds of Best Granulated Sugar will be givea to each purchaser of one pound of 50-cent Gunpowder Tea, Oolong Tea, Best Mixed Tea or with 8 pounds of 80-cent Java and Mocha Coffee. 30e. Java and Mocha Coffee, 30c. tomorrow. 50c. Best Mixed Tea, S0c. tomorrow. 8c. Star—Borax—Rose Leaf Soap, 3c. tomorrow. 3d 4c Sugar-cured Shoulders, 5%c. tomorrow. 12¢, Best Mixed Cakes, 12c. Ib. tomorrow. 5e. Cream Crackers, 5e. Ib. tomorrow. 15e. Egg Biscuits, 15c. Ib. tomorrow. 1¢. French Mixed Candy, Te. Ib. tomorrow. 15e. Cream Chocolate Drops, 15¢. 1b. tomorrow. 19¢. Arbuckle’s Package Coffee, 19¢. tomorrow. 8c. Stick Candy, all flavors, 8c. tomorrow. 15e. Good Cheese, 15c. Ib, tomorrow. 15¢. Premium Baking Chocolate, 15c. tomorrow. Cat price on Lard, Sc. tomorrow. 19¢e. Cocoa reduced to 190. tomorrow. 25e. Sack Best Family Flour, 25c. tomorrow. 15¢. Sack Table Corn Meal, 15c. tomorrow. 5e. Large, Sweet Prunes, 5c. tomorrow. 2 50. Best Family Flour, $3.50 bbl. tomorrow. 7c. Large packages Best Oats, Ze. tomorrow. 12¢. 12 boxes Matches (large), 12c. tomorrow. 1¢. French Macaront, 7c. package tomorrow. 25C. Best Elgin Butter, 25c. Ib. tomorrow. &P ‘The 10-plece Toilet Sats—S6-plece Tea Sets—100-pleee Dinner Sete of Decorated China Ware—are now being delivered— bring ycur cards and leave your orders for them. New Premium Cards, good for ycars 1896 and 1807, now being given out— sk at desk for them. | means: 729 7th St. De | i : | : é | : $ ¢ ° % z i x0) THE RESCUE!” Save them; don’t allow your teeth to ad- yance so far toward decay that you have to lose them. Let us fill them. Reasonable prices for best services. - Painless Extracting, 50c. Artificial Teeth (set), $8. Evans’ Dental Parlors, wel2-244 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. Pitais Royal G and Eleventh Streets. A. Lisner. The “Opening” of the New Dress Goods and Silks is, of course, the main at- traction just now. A Souvenir. . 8Y for $1 Dress Goods —And every one who visited the second floor today must admit that the largest and best stock of $1 Dress Fabrics is at the Palais Royal. The 1896-97 Favorite. Judging by the demand this morn- ing for the 54-inch wide Etamine Cloth we must quote it as the favor- ite wool fabric for the coming sea- son. The popular colors are helio- trope, golden brown, myrtle, navy, tan and Seal. 8c instead of $1 a yard, if a selection is made here to- morrow. Others Greatly Favored. 42-inch Frieze Suitings. (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 42-inch Silk and Wool Checks. (Se instead of $1 yard.) 42-inch Silk and Wool Epingles. (89 instead of $1 yard.) 42-inch Silk and Wool Jacquards. (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Scotch Cheviots. (89c instead of $1 yard.) 54-inch Sponged Broadcloths. (S9e instead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Fancy Cheviots. ; (S¥¢ instead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Sailor Suitings. (89 instead of $1 yard.) 42-inch Boucle Suitings. (89c instead of $1 yard.) More than one hundred different combinations of designs and colors are included in above lots. Much ad- mired and eagerly purchased were the Boucle or rough effects. Black Dress Geods SO instead of $1 yd. We lay less stress on the compli- mentary price quoted during the “Opening” than to the following re- marks made this morning by some of our visitors: “You can claim the best stock of $1 Black Dress Goods now in the District of Columbia.”” “Your $1 Blacks are the best values I have seen, and I have been everywhere.”* he Favored Blacks. 50-inch Canvas Cloth. (89c instead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Fancy Cheviots. ‘ (89c fnstead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Boucle Suitings. a ({89c instead of $1 yard.) 54-inch English Broadcloths. me (88e instead of $1 yard.) 60-inch Cravenette Serge. - (89e instead of $1 yard.) 45-inch Silk Finish Henrietta. é (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) _ 54-inch Camel’s Hair Cheviot. s Hea instead of $1 yard.) 54-inch Etamine Cloth. i“ (8Gc instead of $1 yard.) 50-inch Mohair Sicilian. (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 45-inch Silk Warp Henrietta. A (80c instead of $1 yard.) 45-inch Mohair Jacquards. 3 (89c instead of $1 yard.) 54-inch Diagonal Cheviot. 5 (9c instead of $1 yard.) 54-inch Storm Serge. (8Gc instead of $1 yard.) New Black Silks SO instead of $1 yd. The staple Black Silks are guar- anteed—if they split or crock within six months of purchase new material is promptly furnished ways recommend my customers to use your Black Silks"—such was the remark this morniag of one of the leading modistes of Washington. 1896-97 Favorites 24-inch Moire Velour. : (89e instead of $1 yard.) 24-inch Gros Grain Brocades. (8%¢ instead of $1 yard.) 27-inch Taffeta Silks. : (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 27-inch Satin Duchesse. (89 instead of $1 yard.) 24-inch Plain Gros Grains. (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 23-inch Peau de Soie. (80c instead of $1 yard.) 24-inch Satin Rhadame. (80c instead of $1 yard.) 23-inch Bengaline Silks. (89¢ instead of $1 yard.) 1896-97 Velvets. Black and seventy-five colors, in the $1 Velvets for autumn-winter wear. Only 89c yard here, tomor- TOW. (FSo much for the New $1 Dress Goods. As uch might be written of all other priees—and we have Wool Dress Goods from 25e to $2.50 yard; Silk Fabrics from 50c to $4.50 yard; Velvets up to ($3.68 yard. . Housefurnishings. The fourth, second and basement floors contain over $100,000 worth of new furnishings, among which are the following bargains: Lace Curtains at Half. (On fourth floor.) The loss of A. Naumann, late of 106 Spring street, New York, cre- ates rare bargains in Lace Curtains. 20,000 Cups and Saucers. (Basement floor.) 25c for Cups and Saucers, worth from 50c to $1. The loss of Chas. Ahranfeldt & Son, 50 to 54 Murray street, New York. Table Linens Cheap. (On second foor.) 89c yard for the best $1 quality All-linen Double Satin Damask, 72 inches wide. oc yard for 62-inch wide Dam- ask that was imported to retail at 65c yard. Li tables on frst foor Sled with to be scontinued © style f Table Li Bed Gowele; etc, af fame than Wboleente pe, Palais Royal, G@ and Hleventh Street....cceccoccceeeeode Lisner The Best Bargain is the Wheel, And it’s THE CRAWFORD, a standard high-grate wheel, built for service, and Special Pricey oF a few a We bave a few wheeld/'taken from our riding school—used from 8 weeks to 8 months—and sample whcels from our subagencies, somewhat ‘‘shop- wern"’ from fly specks, bug,;'as good as naw,” and, in fact, are SELECTED NEW WHEELS, which we offer at from 7 i 15 to 30 Per, Cent Discount. SALES ROOMS cornected with our Riding Acad- emy (the finest in the city), over 9th st. wing, Center market. Instructions free to purchdsers of wheeles. se14-28d GAS Costs Less <than any other fuel known—and saves the housewife's labor by doing the work in half the time. It is also clean and leaves no dirt behind tt. When you decide to use ft come here and sve What remarkable bargaing we're offering in Gas Stoves and Ranges. Gas Appliance Exchange, 1424 N. Y. Ave. 284 se14- AY Guaranteed, that the Star Brand Typewriter Ribbon will give 75,000 impressions of the letters ‘a’ “e" without so clogging the type as to show on the paper. For sale by John C. Parker, 617-19 7th St. N.W. se14-16d Children’s Photos, $2. Until school time we will make our $3 ** Elegant Cabinet oe dren tor’ $2 Per Doz. Gottwals, 913 Pa. ‘Ave. se14-3m,10 . Any time you want to know about electric lighting or electric power—the cost of it and the superiority of it over everything else, ‘phone us (77). 8. ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., U. 8. 218 14th st. "Phone 77. au31-208 Great Reduction In Hair. 1,000 Switches, $3.50, formerly Switches, “2.60, formerly 500. Switches, 6.00, formerly Gray Switches, 8.00, formerly 5: Gray Switches, 4.50, formerly 6.50. First class attendants Hairdressing, Sham- Doolng, ete. ‘Try our “‘Curlette” for retaining carl. S. HELLER’S, wz” 7th Street N.W. PRESCRIPTION 4887, FOR Rheumatism. The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most eminent physicians. It instantly relieves and permanently cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAL- GIA, GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches and pains due to URIC ACID potson. It purifles the blood, stimulates and restores’ t \eys, Improves the health and gives tone and vigor to the entire system. Price, $1 ner bottle; trial size, 50c. KOLB PHARMACY, 435 7th st. nw. cor, E.’ se9-17d J.T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- Jning, Felts, Fire Brick xvd Clay, Asbestos, t Prints, rusher, Lime, Cement, two and thres- Re eel ANGOSTURA BITTERS KNOWN ALL OVER “the work! ag the great regulator of digestive ¢ guns. Dr. Slegert's is the only genuine. At all WILLS FILED. Bequests Made by the Late Charles Whitman and Others. The will of the late Charles Sidney Whit- man, the well-known patent attorney, was filed today. The instrument is dated Au- gust 26, 1896, and makes the widow of the testator, Nannie B. Whitman, sole bene- ficlary, also naming her as executrix. The will of the gJate Henry Wells, dated December 5, 1895, was also filed today. Geo. E. Hamilton and Edward H. Wilson are appointed executors and trustees, and to them ts conveyed in trust the right, title and interest of the testator to the tract of land known as the Kidwell Meadows, which tract, by the way, the District Su- preme Court has decided belongs to the United States. The trustees are given full authority and power in relation to the tes- tator’s interest in said tract, and in the event that the same is ever sold they are to divide the proceeds as follows: 5-100 to Gertrude Wells Corley; 2-100 to Mary Mor- gan; 1-100 each to Mary Coway, Augustus A. Fleming, Charles Fleming, Samuel Flem- ing, Louise F. Dyer, Kate Williams, Geo. H. F. Kolb, Stephen R. B. Wales, Paul E. Johnson and the daughter of James Web! 2-100 each to Florence Deering, Justice Mar- tin F. Morris, Helen Hibbard, the Emanuel Episcopal Church of Bellow’s Falls, Vt., and Marte Kolb; 3-100 each to the daugh- ters of the late Wm. T. Steiger of Laurel, Md., the daughters of the late Thomas Brown of Tallahassee, Fla., and Loretta Wilson, and 5-100 to Edward Kolb. Most of the beneficiaries reside in Bellow’s Falls, Vt., and Tallahassee, Fla. The residue of the estate is left to the executors, to sell and convey the proceeds, but to whom the testator neglected to name. —_+—— Divorces Granted. Judge Cox today granted Adelaide Kelpy a divorce from Anthony Kelpy. The par- ties were married here January 10, 1881. and Mrs. Kelpy charged her husband with cruelly treating her from about December 1, 1881, until she was forced to leave him, November 18, 1893. She also charged her husband with habitual drunkenness. She therefcre prayed for the custody of their two children, and for permission to resume her maiden neme of Carter. A divorce was also granted to Rose L. Pond from Hollister G. Pond by Judge Cox today, the husband being ordered to pay Mrs. Pond $25 a month as alimony, and ail costs, Mrs. Pond was granted permission to resume her maiden name of Colvin. The parties were married here June 1, 1893, and Mrs. Pond charged that she was compelled to leave her husband the 10th of last Oc- teber because of his cruel treatment of her, which, she alleged, commenced two weeks after their marriage. e defendant is a plumber, and was sent to jail some time ago for failing to pay his wife the amount allowed her pendfpg the final disposition of the suit, upon the motion of Mrs. Pond’s ccunsel, W. Preston Williamson. He eluded the marshal for several weeks, claiming, it is said, that he was too smart a deteetive to be caught. He-was-‘hot only captured, however, but was forced to obey the court’s order. : A third divorce panies by Judge Cox to- day was that to Mary’E. Noel from Eld- ridge R. Noel, Mrs. Noel being given the custody of the child. [he papers in the case were withheld from publication. Sites 1s in Chatoay, John Sites, who was wanted for several weeks for the murder of Conrad Plock, is in the custody of the police. He was ar- rested yesterday at Sykesville, Montgomery county, Md., and last evening was brought to this city by Deputy Sheriff Louis P. Schultz. A coroner’s jury September 4 held Sites responsible for the death of Plock, the latter having been struck Au- gust 12, He lived several weeks after the occurrence. Sites admitted that he struck Plock, but claims‘that he used nothing other than his fists. He was today taken ie jail to await the action of the grand jury. | | —_—.__. Asks Divorce, Anna C. Morrison today petitioned for divorce from Robert M. Morrison, the pa- Pers in the case being withheld from publi- cation, THE SITUATION BETTER Report to the Treemry Regarding Bank Affairs in New Orleans, Saicide of One Bookkeeper, Arrest of Another—How the Union Bank Was Looted. Mr. Coffin, acting controller of the cur- rency, has received a telegram from Ex- aminer Escott, in charge cf the Union Na- tional Bank’ of New Orleans, which re- cently closed its doors, saying that the situation of affairs in New Orleans was much improved, and that no further trou- ble was anticipated. He also says that one ef the two bookkeepers of the bank under suspicion committed suicide by poison, and that the other one is under arrest. The controller of the currency and his assistants have been criticised by persons opposed to the national banking system be- cause of their apparent lack of information as to the condition of the Union Na*ional Bank in advance of the final crash. In explanation of the course of the office in this matter Acting Controller Coffin made public some of the correspondence on the subject. From this it appears that March 2, 1895, a letter was addressed to the president of the Union National Bank saying: “The examiner states that he could not verify the accounts on your individual ledgers, as they are not properly kept, and states that new ledgers will be opened scon. This matter should have your early attention.” Advice to the Bank. Again, October 10, 1895, another letter was addressed by the controller to the president of this bank, from which the following extract is taken: “It appears that you tried for a short while the skeleton ledger for keeping indi- vidual accounts, but that you abandoned same in March last. You are respectfully informed that the experience of this office convinces the controller that the best sys- tem of keeping accounts with individual depositors is that which shows the daily balance with each depositor and enables the bank to make a daily proof of such balances. It has been found by experience that this system does not involve much greater labor than the old-fashioned ledg- er, with such books as are used in connec- tion witn it, and whatever additional lavor is involved is amply compensated for by the satisfactory results attained. “At any rate, if a ledger which enables the bank to take a daily proof of these ces Is not used, then a ledger with a column showing the balance due depesitor every time his account each chenges should be used, and where such a balance column ledger is used a trial bal- ance of such ledger should be taken off at least once a month. “Of course the aggregate of balances due individual depositors as shown by the in- dividual ledger should always agree with the balance of individual deposits on the general ledger. Too great attention to this department of a bank’s accounts cannot be given by its managers, for it is here that defalcations by officers and employes of the banks have been most successfully cc ncealed. “In this connection it is respectfully sug- gested that the surest preventive against wrongdoing or dishonesty is some system which provides that the work of each officer and employe in a bank is veriticd and checked by some person other than himself. “Please bring this communication to the immediate attention of your directors for consideration, and request them to unite in making prompt reply over their individual signatures.” The Bank's Reply. In a letter dated October 24, 1895, the president replied to letter of October 10 on this point as follows: “Your letter of October 10 has been re- ceived and duly laid before our directors for their consideration. -They have de- cided to adopt the skeleton ledger for in- dividual accounts as suggested, and I am ordering the ledgers’ for ‘use as soon as received.” In his report of an examination on March 4, 1806, the examiner said: “Bank is introducing the Boston or skele- ton daily balaice system, but as yet the transferred accounts have not been veri- fied.” And, further, that it was not prac- ticable for him to take off a balance of accounts on individual ledgers as instruct- ed, because the transfer of accounts from the old system of ledgers had ng souniateae igers had not been BANK-LOOTING SYNDICATE Seven Persons in the New Orleans Stenl of 8602,000. From the New York Sun. NEW ORLEANS, September 13.—There is only one more secret to come out in the wrecking of the Union National Bank and the bank panic which raged here last week, and it is announced that it will be dis- closed within the next twenty-four hours. That is the names of the confederates, the men on the outside who drew out +, 0 and |p- Propriated the $602,000 of the bank's money. Colcomb and Leone, the bookkeep- ers, cooked the accounts so as to keep the bank always in debt to these confed- erates. The bank was robbed by a syndicate composed of seven persons, two on the in- side of the bank and five oh the outside. The whole transaction was businesslike and systematic, including an agreement as to the amount to be drawn out or stolen each day, and the division of the funds. Col- comb, whose tack of nerve was shown Ly his suicide the moment suspicion pointed to him, was the organizer of the project and its director. It is reported tonight that a confession has been made; that three members of the syndicate nave been named, and that the only reason their rames are not now made public ts to pre- vent any escape, as some of them are out of town. The money went mainly in riot- ous living; the balance on speculation with the hope of recovering the amount stolen. In the big cotton speculation last year when cotton went up so high, the syndicate was ahead of the game. The sudden col- lapse of the market prevented it from making good the bank’s money and ren- dered a new raid necessary. The bank has been plundered more heavily than ever since. The outside members of the syndi- cate are sald to be high livers. Not so Colcomb and Leone; they could not be so, for they were kept all the day at their desks working away to cover up the crook- edness in their books. They had little time for a spree. Coleomb spent -nost of his share of the swag on his family. He lived most luxuriously, had ten servants, and a housekeeper to relieve his wife of the trouble of domestic affairs, a rather large household for a clerk on a salary of $150 a month. He had evidently antici- pated that the defalcation would come out sooner or later, and had determined cn suicide when it did, for he carried the poison on his person to be used at a mo- ment’s notice. He had many frienis, and they all speak of him as generous end brave. To commit suicide is the only thing a gentleman could do under the circum- stances, they say. Colcomb was interviewed on Thursday night about the bank's condition. He was calm and collected then and apparently in the best of humor, although it was only a few hours before his death, and he had then evidently determined on suicide. He did not tell his family of his intention, and it was not until several hours later that he took the poison and §/as discovered in an insensible condition. Once or twice in the next thirty-six hours he opened his eyes and looked around the room, but he neither spoke nor seemed to know any one. Colcomb’s death renders the work of in- Yestigating the defalcation very difficult, and United States Bank Examiner Escott doubts whether it will ever be possible to know all the details. ‘The receivers of the Bank of Commerce and American National Bank will take pos- sesston of them tomorrow. The other two closed banks, the Mutual National and Union National, still remain in the hands of the United’ States examiners. It is thought that the panic is over and that there will be no trouble tomorrow. United States Bank Examiner Escott completed his first trial balance of the Union National Bank tonight and found the amount stolen to be $602,687.07. This 1s subject to an increase when all the ac- counts are carefully examined. —~+e+__ ‘The democratic convention of the eighth Kentucky district has nominated John B. Thompson of Harrodsburg for Congress. THE. NEW PASTOR Rev. John 0. Bowers Takes Charge of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. ‘Two Sermons Yesterday—The Formal Installation to Take Place ‘Later On. As announced in Saturday’s Star, the Rev. John C. Bowers of Jefferson, Md., has accepted the call as pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, South Washington, and so announced his intention yesterday by reading his letter of acceptance to the congregation at both the morning and even- ing services. Mr. Bowers was born in Jefferson, Md., and is the son of the Rev. H. G. Bowers, who for more than twenty years was pas- tor of the Lutheran Church at the above- named place, with one of the largest and most prominent charges in the Maryland synod. He has also a brother in the min- istry, and, strange to say, a church of the same name, being St. Mark's of Hagers- Rev, John ©. Bowers. town, Md., where he has been very success- ful, and at present has a very flourishing congregation. Mr. Bowers, the new pastor of St. Mark's, of the class of 1893 of Penn- lege, Gettysburg, after which he entered the Theological’ Seminary at the same plac synod, and gra\ therefrom last June. the West_ Pennsyl- vania synod at its meeting in York, Pa. last October. During the summer just past he has supplied the pulpits of a num- ber of prominent charges in Baltimore, Md., York, Martinsburg, W. Va., and Hagerstown, Md. He comes to this city highly recommended by the leading men of the church, and enters upon his work with assurances of the best support from the congregation and the church at large. Both yesterday morning and evening he preach- ed to large audiences, and all were well pleased. His installation will take place in the near future, but not until after the meet- ing of the Maryland synod, which takes place in Cumberland, Md., on the &th of October next. His sermon yesterday morn- ing was from a text in Psalm 26:8, “I have loved the habitations ef Thy house, O Lord,” and was more in the nature of an outline of the future work of the church, what was to be expected of him as a pas- tor and what he would expect of them as a people. In the evening at 7 preacked again from Hebrews 12:2, his text being “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay asile every weight and the sin which dozh so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” | Mr. Bowers is a good talker and has a very easy and pleasing manner in his delivery, the attention of his audience closely through the entire sermon. After the sermon he repeated his remarks made at the morning service and again impreseed the people with the importance of work- ing together, leaving the past well buried and with faces looking toward zhe future, and earnestly strive for the upbuilding of the church and Christ’s kingdom in that section of the city. St. Mark's was organized about seven years ago as a mission of St. Paul's Luth- eran Church of this city, Rev. S. Domer, D. D., pastor, who ts much interested in the work, as are also the other ministers of the city, and who as a ministerial as- sociation recommended to the congreg ition that Mr. Bowers be called. The church presented a very pretty appearance, the altar and chancel being liberally supplied with flowers for the occasion. IN THE POLICE COURT. A Prisoner Maken Charges Against a Policeman. Mrs. Mary Menter, an elderly woman liv- ing in Southeast Washington, was today tried before Judge Kimball in the Police Court on the charge of vagrancy. Louis Menier, husband of the accused woman, was summoned as a witness against his wife, but Judge Kimball refused to allow him to testify, saying that to do so would be illegal. W. L. Griffith testified that Mrs. Menier was so frequently under the influence of liquor as to make her husband's life a bur- den, and stated that she misused him in various ways. Mrs. Menier was permitted to make a statement. She told Judge Kimball that it was true she sometimes drank Hquor, but that her husband bought it for her, and she was not an habitual drunkard, as had been alleged against her. She pleaded hard to be released. Judge Kimball asked her if she used opium, and told her that the extreme pallor of her face indicated that she was addicted to the use of a drug of some kind. Mrs. Menier assured Judge Kimball that he was in error as to this, and again told him that if he would let her go she would take an oath not to drink any Mquor for one year, so after giving her some whole- some advice and requiring her to come and see him in a month he told her she might gO. Charged the Officer. Fred Strothers was before the court on the charge of shooting crap. Strothers was arrested by Officer Thompson of the fifth precinct. After the policeman had told his side, Strothers took the stand and made such remarkable statements that Judge Kimball continued the case until tomorrow to enable other witnesses to be sum- moned. Strothers after being sworn said that he was not a crap shooter, and that he was arrested by Officer Thompson simply be- cause he walked awa} from the officer after the latter had called to him, and that he had done this because he was not aware cat Mr. Thompson had any business with m. Further than this, Strothers sald, Officer ‘Thompson called at the former's cell when he was locked up in the fifth precinct y terday and told him that if he (Strothers) would plead guilty of the charge the officer would ask the judge to be easy on him. Ofticer Thompson said that he did not like to rest under the imputation that he had given incorrect evidence in court, or to have the judge believe that Strothers’ charges were true. Two small colored boys, who were locked up in the cell with Stroth- ers, testified that they saw Mr. Thompson in conversation with Strothers, but did not hear what was said. After listening patiently to the case for a considerable period, Judge Kimball directed that Officer Thompson should come to court tomorrow morning with such additional witnesses as he may have in the case, and that such witnesses as Strothers may wish to appear in his behalf be summoned by the proper court officers. Will Take Part. At a meeting of Company A, Ist Separate Battalion, D. C. N. G., it was voted to ac- cept an invitation from Magnus L. Robin- son of Alexandria, Va., to take part in the emancipation celebration in that city on September 22, 1896. saa Archibald H. Warren, cotton manufac- turer and commission merchant, at Cin- cinnati, has assigned to C. K. Shunk. War- ren was an indorser for Pearse, Atkins & Co., who recently assigned. COMING ARMY CHANGES The Next Retirement Will Be That of the Commissary General of Subsistence. Then Comes That of Gen. Ruger— Speculation as to Their Prob- able Successors, The next important vacancy in the army will occur on the retirement of Brig. Gen. Michael R. Morgan, commissary general of subsistence, a few months hence. It follows closely the change in the head of the quartermaster’s department causod by the retirement cf Brig. Gen. Ba:chelder. Gen. Morgan's successor will most prot ably be one of the five assistant commissary generals, all but one of whom are gradu- ates of the Military Academy. Named in the order of seniority they are Col. Thos. C. Sullivan of Ohio, Col. Wm. H. Bell of Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Cush- ing of Rhode Island, Lieut. Col. Wm. A. Elderkin of New York and Lieut. Col. W. H. Nash. he last named was appointed to the army from civil life. All the officers mamed have good war record: van will retire in Novem! Bell in January, 189, Col Elderkin in 1903 and Col. Na C Gen, Ruger’s Retirement, In less than three months after Gen. Mor- gan’s retirement comes that of Maj. Gen. Thos. H. Ruger, commanding the depart- ment of the east, and the President's per- sonal representative in the reception and ertertainment of Li Hung Chang. ‘This re- Bull tirement will necessitate promotions all along the Mne, including the appointment of a major general and a brigadier general, There are six brigadier generals eligible for the major generais viz.: Wheat- on, Os, Forsyth, Bliss and wer. All have excellent war records. of them, Gen. Wheaton, retires five weeks aftcr Gen. Ruger, and some officers think on that account that he stands no chance of selection. Others are of the opinion, how- ever, that his early retirement may help instead cf hurting his chances, as by his ‘ompliment , Whereas, otherwis Gen. Wheaton would never gain highe rank, Because of his seniority and other advantages, Gen. Brooke is re- garded in army circles as most lMke- ly to receive the double star. He began his career as @ captain in the 4th nsyl- vania Infantry during the civil war, and Was brevetted colonel in the army for Get- tysburg, and also brigadier general spe- for “distinguished servi ent battles of the old and Spottsylvania Court Hou: Jor genera! of volunteers for m: and Cold Harbor. Gen. Brooke one of the fewer than half a dozen officers still on the active list who have received commis- sions for specific services. The Brigadier Generalship, The question who will be the next line colonel promoted to the rank of brigadier general is not so easy to determine. The senlor now, as for a long time back, 1s Col. W. R. Shafter, Ist Infantry, who on March 4 will have served eighteen years in that grade. He has been passed over again and again for junior officers, but tt should be said that some of these have really served longer in the army. Next to him comes Col. Henry C riam, 7th Infantry, who retires in 11. He entered the volunteer service from Mains in 1862 and was transferred to the regu- lars after the close of the war. The third in rank on the list is Col. Thomas M. An- derson, commanding the 14th Infantry. He entered the regular army early in 1N61 and rose to his present command ten years ago. He retires in 1). Col. R. E. A. Crofton comes next, but can hardly be considered among probable candidates, although the board before which he was ordered at Chi- cago recently for possible disability retire- ment found him not incapacitated for ser- vice. The next three line colonels are all cav- alry cfficers—Wade of the 5th, Compton of .the 4th and Mizner of the 1th. This fact certainly cannot prejudice their chances, considering that since the promotion of Col. Forsyth two infantry officers have re- ceived the star. Their retirements come in 1907, 1900 and 1808, respectively. Two in- fantry colonels succeed them—Bartlett of the 9th and Cochran of the 6th. during Wilderness ” and ——_-e- ___ THEFTS REPORTED. Burglars and Snenk Thieves Hav Been Active. Harry W. Higham, jr., Pennsylva- nia avenue hired a Wilhelm bicy colored man Saturday. Neither the nor the wheel has as man et returned, and the police have been notified of the theft. A burglary was committed the of the 0th instant at the reeiden Louisa Coghill, 1520 16th street. truder gained an entrance by second-story rear window. Robert 8. Dove of 610 15th street north- east has reported to the police that a num- ber of carpenters’ tools were stolen from a new building on Connecticut avenue near P street August 28. William T. Dewdney of 808 18th street, Frederick Larcombe of 218 7th street southeast and John H. Ar- nold of 1500 Sth street have reported thefts of similar property from the same building at the time menti d. A Stormer bicycle has been stolen from Willis A. Madden of Howard University. The wheel was at 602 F street when stolen. Horace H. Brower of 924 th street has reported to the detective office that Sep- tember 9 he hired to a young woman a ladies’ Horseman bicycle and she has fall- ed to return it. Two days later a colored boy secured a Horseman bicycle from Mr. Brower under similar conditions, and it, too, has not been returned. Robert Jackson, a farmer from Marlbot Md., was the victim of a transacti The forcing a urday that might be placed in the bunco class. A colored man purchased from Jackson $3.50 worth of végetables, which the farmer agreed to deliver. At 16th and N streets the colored man borrowed 1. from Jackson, and went around the corner “for a moment,” taking the vegetables with him. He failed to return, even after the lapse of an hour, and the police are now looking for the purchaser who did not ay. Pifurglars entered the stable of Philip A: Darnielle, 1627 Bist street, about 11 p.my last Wednesday, and stole a quantity of clothing and harness. Ten boxes of cigars were stolen Saturday morning from a case inside the store of James Owen, 1006 Pennsylvania avenue, Another of meeting Sound Money League will be held tomor- the Non-partisan row night in the banquet hall of the ham Hotel, and it is predicted that vhere will be a large attendance of business men and others. B, H. Warner and Isador Rayner of Baltimore are to make speecnes. It 1s thought there will be remarks by others. President Gates will preside, and he is confident the mecting will be enthustastic one than the last. Pix rangements will be made for a mass mect- ing of business men. Notice of Reduction. The Southern Railway Company today filed notice with the interstate commerce commissison of its intention to reduce, in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio, Atlanta and Danville, and Norfolk and Western roads, its tariff on cotton from common points to Virginia cities; also on tobacco from North Carolina points to Vir- ginia cities, and to comprise also the com- mon points in the territory of the Asso- ciated Railways of Virginia and the Caro- linas; aiso from eastern cities and points to points in the territory of the Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolinas. ee Clerks on Street Mail Cars. The organization of street car mail ser- vice throvghout the country has resulted in an order made by Acting Postmaster Gen- eral Jones, adding the following to the postal regulation: Clerks on city street car lines will be ap- pointe] at $700 per annum, for a proba- tionary period of six months, the same as clerks on railroad lines, Upon receiving a permanent appointment they will be pro- moted to $8) per annum, and as soon thereafter (not less than three months) as their records justify it, will be promoted to $00 per annum, which will be the maxi- mum salary for clerks on such lines.