Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ° 9 ‘PRECIOUS STONES. How, When and Where to Buy Them. Some Interesting G ip on an Inter- esting Subject. He was a handsome young fellow, and had been surveying with keen interest the beautiful display of diamonds and watches In the window of Castle- Derg’s jewelry store, next to The Star office. Presently he came in and timidly approached th> Proprietor. “How much is that diamond ring on that blue stand?" he asked. In a moment the ring Was before kim, and he was examining It with greedy eyes “That ring ts $25,"" replied the proprietor; T assure you it is a bargain.” Longiugly he looked at the ring, and then, with sigh, placed It back again, aml said: let you know later about it.” ‘The quick eye of the proprietor had taken the Situation in at a glance, and he called the young man back. “If you want that ring, you understand, it 4s yours upon the payment of $5 and the small sum of $1 a week until the whole amount is pald. I do not ask for any interest. ‘The prices of all goods are the same, whether sold for cash or en time.”* ‘This statement had an immedidte effect. ‘The Young man, without hesitancy, took out five dollars, “and signed the note for the remainder, and went out Of the stere radiant. “A ry er of The Star was an interested ob- Rerver of the transacti when the sale had been concluded and the purchaser had yanwshed, With his precious package grasped Ughtly am his hand, usked the proprietor how it was that could afford to take such chances and sell gocds that way. ‘This is what he seid: “Phat question has often been asked me. ‘To begin with, you ‘aust understand that we are per- eps th vst diamond and precious stone deal- ers south of New York. ‘The large majority of cur wos are perchased direct from the first dealers in urope, and all iptervening proiits are saved. Xpkuins without further remarks how it 1s Il first-class goods at such a low at the Baltimore store that the credit first suggested [tself, and the transaction you dis very similar to the one that suggested ry city there are a number of honorabl young men who ure In love. ‘Their greatos 4s the sear-ity of ready funds. Well, it was one of this class that appealed to us one day to let him have a ring and take his notes for the cost, prom- dsing to pay a small amount out of his weekly salary. It at ouce occurred to us that If we could place enough of our goeds on this basis the zcturns - enough to justify it, nnd forthwith our now famous credit em. Many a young man has been enabled by a small outlay to nt his best girl wit a handsome present, and never feel the cost. Awl th equally as many young ladies who hav Wise, suving enough out of their weekly pb to pay for the present. You understand, outlay lay of arge sum all pn AMON Se at . Now, ue people that wir Hit he has to pa} true value. That may be so In so under our system you can buy eit! ml the price is th © the broad assertio that we can and do sell ¢h Jeweler in the elty. Our hases enable us to do this. Ali we as a condition precedent is that you are @n upright person. We know those who are ¢n- titled to credit, and there is never ane troubl Why, some of our leading citizens, and I « Md mention a score of well-knuwn society ladies, deal with us the credit system. What a the dif- ference between ordering a bill of goods at store, and not paying for them uatil the end of the year, of maybe twice a year, and buying from us and paying once a week? In the former in- stance the person saves up in onder to meet the Milly as they come due, and in our system they do the same. Our success In Washington aay been un- brecedented, and if we keep ap our record we will have sold diamonds enough by the end of th. Present year to IMuminate Peunsylvania avenue." The writer left with the determination of invest- ing a little of next week's salary in a good time- piece on the easy-payment plan. LP. D. —$46 for a regular $75 “Valiant” Bicycle. Return it within 6 months and we'll allow you $35 for it on a “97” Syracuse. Enterprise Cycle Co., 812-814 Lith St. Jno. Woerner, Jt., Mgr. nov-14a Business is Booming = —with us as a result of the election. Men Zr are leaving ordera for that Sult and Overcout 2 [Rey promised themselves if things went hele way. = G7 our ‘new Full and Winter Wool Were never richer than this season,“ "* Snyder & Wood, 1111 Pa. Av. Best Tailoring at Reasonable Prices. se17-3m,14 are those who buy e = their Furnishings of us! ‘amd vi ty from which to choose! You men know our reputa- ton for high-class Fur- nishings. "The simple statement that prices are lower than those quoted last year should Dressed Mien eee cee oer P.T. Hall,oo8 F St. RUOFF’S, 905 Pa. ave. We want to be your hatter because it is to your own advantage for us to be. For instance, a derby or alpine here at $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3 that is worth much more. RUOFF’S, gos Pa. Ave. ne6-20d GP Baa sea e ge aaa an ae aaaaaae jLast Chance to ibuy “Crawiords” At the phenomenally low prices we've inaugurated! The lot’s limited. == wewerevveresl Think of {t-$75 Grades at $47.50— the $60 Grades go for $35.50—while 2 the $50 Qualities now sell for $34.50: SI Boys’ and Misses’ Wheels at one- third discount! {Agency Sales Rooms Over? 4 oth St. Wing Cen. Mkt. } 4 _no6-244 3 Uw ewe ow rer vr The Care of INE HORSES Sf —has been a study with us for more than quarter of ntury. Rest of food — soft beds of clean straw—perfect venti tion and drainage—tire-proof building apd every attention by experienced and trust- worthy men—sre among the many induce ments we have to offer. 7 Horses boardad—and fine turnouts for hire AT REASONABLE RATES. Downey’s Model Stables 1620—1624 L STREET. ‘PHONE 555. no6- 20d Hats Are In Big Demand.| We've sold a great mai the aya," Election bets are belog wale yee, winners are taking HATS — because they want stylisi resay,"" good-looking DERBIBS and FEDORAS, $1.50, $2, 2.50 and $3. All shapes and ‘colors’ that are correct. R.C. Lewis & Son, 1421 NEW YORK AVEN! ARAM DA Ae Se eeeeees Seeeeee erry Hatters ané Uutitters, 2 no6-14d ‘Phe wisdom of using pure fil- tered artesian well water is shown in the beautiful clean white laundry work of the Yale. Drop a postal. 514 toth st. "Phone 1og2. It From the Harlem Lif: WHIST AND CHESS The Coming Contest Between the Co- lumbias and Capitals. THEY WILL PLAY A SERIES OF MATCHES Lasker and Steinitz Meeting in a Championship Contest. AMONG THE LOCAL CLUBS ne The leading event in locai whist circles is the coming ccntest between the “olaum- bia Athletic Club and the Capital bicycle Club. As announced a week ago the C. Hi. C. has accepted the former's challenge. It has been arranged, however, that a series of matches be played, viz., three out of five. This is thought to be a better test of the strength of the teams than a single match game, which frequently depends upon some lucky stroke. Each match will consist cf thirty deals, played at one sitting. The first match will be played at the Capital Bicycle Club quarters, on 15th street, next Wednes- day evening. The team that will represent the home club has not been chosen, but Low, Fogg and Carr will probably be mem- bers. The C. A. C. team will probably be Safford, Walls, Weotea and Taltaferro. The scores at the Capital Bicycle Club Saturday evening at compass whist were as follows: East and west—Meyers and Cole, 142: Tower and Barn Lewis end Henty, Carr and Sumi > Wie liamson and Clark, 133; Bunnemeyer and Quackenbush, 13; Prince ai Young and G. Hills, North nd sout. Barrick and H. ay we, 7. ow and Cooper, 141; ‘aylor, 141; Stephens aud B. Taylor, 140; Macdaniei and Pelouze, 1338; Britton and Mattingly, 1: Burns and Eugster, 131; average, 1 Speaking of the different s Fisher Ames, an authorit ves it as his opinion in the current number of Whist that players win matches because they play sood whist, or better whist thia their ad- that a system may giv some Sight advantage as against a teat or par who de not understand it practically, but that a match game is lost or won by a dif- ference in system is, he says, very improva- ble. ystems of play, The Nartagarsett and Brooklyn Whist clubs contested for the challenge trophy at Providence last Saturday, when the holders won the match. The regular match resulted in a tle at twenty-three tricks each, but in the next eight boards, in play- offff the tie, the Narragansetts made zht tricks to their opponents’ nothing. ‘the peculiar thing about the match is that at the end of the fortieth deal the Brook- lyns were eleven tricks ahead, and aliowed their opponents to tie the ‘score in the remaining eight boards. In the last eigh- teen boards played between them “Brook- lyn did not gain a single trick, while Nar- ragansett gained twenty-one tricks. No explanation is given of Brooklyn’s unex- pected “fall down.” Its team consisted of A. E. Taylor, &. C. Herring, A. Josephson and R. P. Rowe. while Narragansett was represented by W. R. Wightman, J. Fal- kenburg, G. H. Newhall and A. Fally. The next match will be between Narra- gansett ard the*celebrated Hamilton Club of Philadelphia, which will be represented by the four who haye so long represented it. : At the present rate of progress the Cap!- tal Bicycle Club will contest for | the trophy the first Saturday in December. its turn may come sooner, however, as it is possible that one or two clubs ahead of it may be passed by on account of the distance to travel in order to play the match. It seems that there was a misunderstand- ing in regard to the position of the Wo- man’s Whist Club in the matter of con- tests between the various local clubs. The ladies chose a team of four and made arrangements to begin practicing together, but by some means word was received at the other clubs that they would not be able to participate in the proposed matches. It is more than probable that later in the season the C. A. C., C. Bi. C., Woman's Whist Club, Washington Chess, Checker and Whist Club and -perhaps other clubs will play a series of matches. Wednesday last was the day announced for the closing of entries for the chess tournament at the Washington Chess Club, but on account of the election, nothing has been dore to swell the list of entries. Therefore it has been decided to keep open the list of entries a little longer to give others a chance to participate. So far, only Messrs. E. P. Hanna, W. A. Gwyer, jr., P. O'Farrell and F. ‘B. Walker have signified an intention of taking part. Each player plays one game against every other play- er, and but one game is required to be played per week. In the continuous handicap tourney at the Washington Chess Club but 73 games were played the past month. ir. C. Jack- sor. is in the lead, having won 21 and lost 2. Next to him is F. B. Walker, who won 13 and lost 4. Ncw that the election is over, and the players give more attention to chess, it is thought the number of games played will increase. The Brooklyn Eagle says Capt. O'Farrell of this city was a visitor to the Brooklyn Chess Club last Saturday evening. The captain played four games with Arthur J. Souweine, a young expert, the final score beirg Souweine, 3; O'Farrell, 1. The cap- tain is characterized as a rapid player, with a dashing style. He has been absent cm an extensive stumping tour for sound money. The Lasker-Steinitz match was to have begun Wednesday, but on account of in- disposition Lasker claimed the privilege of postponing it to yesterday. The match will continue until ene person wins ten games, draws not to count. The contest is for the championship of the world. The Moscow Chess Club announces that it will pay 2,000 roubles to the winner, and 1,000 roubles to the loser, and that it has arranged to pay all the traveling, hotel and incidental ex- penses of the players. Play days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Play will begin cn each of these days at 7 o'clock in the evening, but adjourned games will be resumed on Sundays at 1 o'clock in the afterroon. At last accounts Pillsbury was at Vienna contesting five games with English, one of the best of Vienna's good players. The first two games resulted in draws. 2 Mr. Everett Hayden, a whist player of this city, has invented a method of keep- ing the score in whist which will instantly commend itself to players. It comprises a little polished wood tablet with a metal keyboard that can be clamped down on the score in such a way as to bring 24 little metal plates over the 24 spaces in the “score” column of the card, for use in con- cealing each first score as 300n as recorded and until the hand Is replayed (in duplicate whist) or the entire series finished (in com- pass whist). ANOTHER LA VIE CovuP. The Brooklyn Player Scores Heavily on a Debatable Play. A number of instances have been given in the past of Mr. La Vie's ability as a couper. One is here given. The play and comment are from the Brooklyn Eagle: The Hands, Fas South. 5. None. K,J.2. SK 87.42. "Leader—East. North. 1. 337 “This 1s a dollar store, isn't it?" asked] 2- ds Gareoyle, as he presented himself at the} > Six ay ccunter of a prominent bank. 5 Kx oH “No, sir.” replied the teller, severely;| 6. x oC “this is a bank.” ce cx 4D ‘Well, what's the difference?” fe AS 2 Passing the News Along. nu Qo From Judge. e xe 3D BS Ms Fly Farragut—“Lady, cud yer give a poor North and South, 12; East and West, 1. man work?” Noten. Lady—“I could.” Fly Farragut—“T’anks, lady. De nex” poor man I meet dat needs it I'll send ter yer.” (Finishes his pie.) |< = pS ei tp IN ot aay Po aR gO ge amarante pm as ec Pe A aa a am Tal i gap Ca mR A Ser uaa ea a nl an ET ea ma CHO AC gaa ER a Trick 1. Although he had but three trumps, South has only one thing to play for, to make his big club suit, He there- over @geeley, and an electoral | chang! the result in nine sta fore takes the chance that his partner, the ; dealer, is long in trumps, an@, having the act turned, can get out three rounds. South completes his call on the second tritk,-with the six of diamonds, and the rest is easy. The same result would be accomplished if South trumps with the two of hearts, leads queen of clubs to show his suit, and then leads king of trumps, but the play given above is the best way to treat the hand. North and South at another table made but seven and at two others but eight tricks as a result of not trying to play for all there was in the hand. The Philadelphia Telegraph comments on the play: We think East's play trick 1 dis- tinctly bad, as a general rule, and extreme- ly so in this instance, as he certainly does not want the lead. Mr. La Vie’s coun, while wonderfully successful, required the cards to be just exactly as they were to come off. We cannot commend it, and must wonder how many dozen deals must be murdered before such a “hundred to one shot’ as the above can be landed. It is the sort of play that is commendable if your side is well behind, but not otherwise. This comment is based on the assumption that the lead of a 4 meant nothing more than three better cards in that suit. If it, by any of the numerous so-called systems of the day, showed trump strength, our criticism is withdrawn. Howard University Athletics, The foot ball teams, both regular and reserves, are practicing daily, and the fol- lowing is the schedule of games that have been arranged by Manager D. W. Holmes: November 14—Douglass Association of Annapolis, at Annapolis. November 21—Columbia Association of Norfolk, at Washington, November 26—Douglass Association, at Washington. December 25—Princeton Athletic Club, at Washington. December 28—Columbla Association, at Norfolk. December 20—Virginia Normal and Col- legiate Institute of Richmond, at Rich- mond, George W. Coftin of the regular foot ball eleven is laid up in Freedmen’s Hosp with a broken ankle received in practice. Catholic University Athletics. A golf club has been organized with the following membership: Wm. Scott, presi- dent: J. G. Mott, secretary; P. Gilfoil, treasurer; Geo. Mohy, Francis Bolton, Wm. Burns, Timothy O'Brien, Wm. Cashman, T. McTighe, J. J. O'Brien, Walter Lyons, c. F. Riederinger. Golf links are being laid off back of McMahon Hall. A hand ball tournament will be held dur- ing the pleasant weather this fall, and a championship series will be held’ in the spring. About twenty members of the Ricycle Club took a run to Baltimore today. The will remain in that city over Sunday, re turning Monday. A series of games of hand ball have just been played. Wm. Scott, who carrie championship honors from Yale, and Jame Kenealy were pitted against J. G. Mott, a Pacific coast champion, and Francis Boly ten of Notre Dame, Md. Much enthusiasm was created by the clever work of the play- ers, especially that of Scott and Mott. Mott and Bolton were victorious in two out of the three games by the following score: ), I-21, 21-19, A game with a team from Baltimore is in contemplation, It Will Re Republican by Twenty on Joint Ballot. Indiana which are now coming in rapidly do not change the unofficial figures materi- ally. McKinley's plurality will stand near 20,000, In some countics the unofticia plurality has been increased by the official count, while in others it has been decreased. The state ticket in many counties has run right alcng’ with th= electoral ticket, but the official count will probably show that it is something like 3,000 behind the cie tcral ticket. Mount (republican), for go! ernor, has led the state ticket everywhere. He appears strong with the tarmers. The official returns show that the demo- crats have elected four out of thirteen Inembers of Congress, R. W. Myers in the recond district, W. T. Zenor in the thir, Wm. S$. Holman in the fourth and James Rebingon in the twelfth. Charles B. Lan- is defeats Joseph B. Cheadle in the ninth district by about 200. ‘The official count reduces the number of representatives in the senate to 33 and the rumber of republicans in the house to 50, and makes the general assembly 2) repub- licar on joint ballot. +o SAS GIVEN UP. K. The Republicans Concede the State and Electoral Ticket. The republicans have given up Kansas complete, not only conceding the election of Bryan electors by about 6,000, but give up the whole state ticket, headed by Leedy, pop., for governor, by something near 4,000. The populists also gain the legislature and five and probably six of their Congress- men. The second congressional district is in doubt and claimed by both parties. Ac- curate returns must come from the state board. ‘ The election of Doster to be chief jus- tice gives the populists a majority on the supreme bench. In addition ail the judicial candidates in the districts which clected this year have been carried by the fusion- ists, as have also nearly all of the county officers. EXCURSIONS. Washingtonians who do not know the de- lights of an oyster roast in the open air should not fail to take in the last one of the season at Marshall Hall tomorrow. For ladies the service will be in the dining room, and every arrangement will be made for their ccmfort and convenience. The steamer Macalester will make her usual trips at 11 and 2:30 o'clock, returning in the afternoon and evening before the chill air of night has begun to settle over the water. SS Not a Close Contest. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The Post this morning figures out how “Bryan might easily have won” if changes aggregating 25,303 votes in nine states had taken place. These figures may be com- forting to the Post and other supporters of Mr. Bryan, but in the light of previous electoral contests they have no significance. In 1876 a change of 420 votes in the state of Colorado would have elected Mr. Tilden, giving him 187 electoral votes to 182 for Mr. Hayes. Tilden’s popular plurality was 250,935. In 1880 a change of 10,517 votes in the state of New York weuld have elected Gen. Hancock, giving him 190 electoral votes to 179 for Gen. Garfield. Garfield’s plurality was 7,018 in the total popular vote. In 1884 a change of 524 votes in the state of New York would have elected Mr. Blaine, giving him 218 electoral votes to 183 for President Cleveland, almost exactly reversing the actual result (219-182). Cleve- land’s popular plurality was 62,683. In 1888 a change of 6,502 votes in the state of New York would have elected Mr. Cleveland over Gen. Harrison by an electo- ral vote of 204 to 197. His popular vote ex- ceeded that of Harrison by 98,017. In 1892, when President Cleveland had a phenomenal majority in the electoral col- lege, a change of 22,759 votes in New York and 13,497 in Illinols would have thrown the election into the House of Representa- tives. President Cleveland's popular plu- rality, the largest since 1872, was 380,810. In each of these contests it is shown how slight changes may effect the result, but they are not unusual. As far back as 1844 and 1848 the margin of chance to affect the result was very slight. Clay would have been elected over Polk had not the few thousand votes cast for Birney in New York been drawn from the whig party. McKinley has a popular majority that aggregates 4 million votes, exceeding by far the unprecedented majority of Grant vote that by (mot one or two) only might easily have been carried for Bryan. The Post's editorial only serves to show what a tremendous victory the cause of sound money has really won. It does not help at all to sustain the Post's attitude during the campaign, W.S. P. —_—_~—_ Complete Nebraska Returns. Complete returns in Nebraska give the following results: Bryan, 79,714; McKinley, 72,200, 1894, republicans, 65,988; fusion of populists and democrats, 67,819, FOOT BALL GAMES The Past Week Has Boon Rather Dull in }hooal Circles, THANKSGIVING GAME DECIDED UPON It Will Be Bétween the C. A. C. and Fortress Monroe Teams. AMONG_THE JUNIORS Though the foot bali season has only practically opened, there is only a few more wecks of weather deemed under ordi- nery circumstances suitable for the game. ‘Thanksgiving day has been recognized as the closing day of the foot ball season all over the country, though this does not nec- essarily imply that the season has closed. ‘That all depends on the weather. The open fall weather generally ends about this time, and on that account Thanksgiving day has been termed the closing day of the season. ‘There have been games, however, played in this city as late as Christmas, and, if the weather remains open, there is no reason why it should not be done thi Considering the advanced se have been v.ry few games played in this city. There are probably a dozen teams in the city of any note, outside of the George- tewn Uriversity, and including the High School tesms, the teams of the colleges and the C. A. C. team; yet, with all of these clubs, there have been no more than a doz: en local games played. The othe: me: have been played outside of the city. What is more, the number of games on the sched- ule is comparatively small. ‘The policy seems to be with the clubs not to plan a regular schedule, but to play games as they come along. The Than ‘iving day game has been de cided upon, he Columbia Athletic Club, has practically been decided upon, will play the office: team of Fort Monroe. T game will be of extra inte: t from the fact that it will practically settle the question of supremacy between the elevens. The year. C. A.C opened the season with the Fort- ress Monroe eleven, and a tie game resulted, the > standing 10 to 10, Last week the Iceal boys while on a trip south met the same team cn its own grounds and defeat- ed them by the score of 6 to 0. This is the situation up to the present time, and the officers’ team, feeling confident that they con defcat the C, A. C. team, chailenged them for a game for Thanksgiving day. It is most likely that the game will be played at National, Park. No More Sunday Games. At Georgetown University interclass foot ball games were suspended pending the fall meet, but they will be resumed on next Wednesday, when the schedule will be car- ried out, as published in The Star last week. Another change in the program ; will be the abolishment of the Sunday The official returns from the counties in} games. The rector of the university has issued au order forbidding these games on the Sabbath. As Wednesday and Satur- day are the two days in the week that the students have half holiday, the interciass pont all games MAll Jw played on these ays. Despite the fact that tically-a ere has been prac. uspension of 4he game, the rival- ry between the students has not decreased one whit. On the contrary, if anything, has increased, and.all are iooking forward to the time when the classes of ')7 and will line up against each other. The stand- Ing of the classes up to date is as follow: Teams. Won. Lost. Class 1 0 Class 1 0 Class 0 1 Class 0 a The game Wednesday will he between the class of against the class of Iw. On Saturday next the class of ‘98 'will Mne up against the class of“. On the following Wednesday the class of will meet the class of 1000 for the first time, and the Saturday following the class of ‘97 will play their first game with the freshmen. Intercity Ga The game of the week will be played this afternoon between the Maryland Athletic Club and the Columbia Athletic Club at Columbia Field. The Washington boys went over to Baltimore on election day and played a tie game with the same club, each side scoring six points. The local boys were somewhat crippled, but in spite of that fact held their opponents down. The proposition has been brought up to have regular intercity games, on the lines of the intercity cycle races, and it is likely that something will result from this. The C. A. C. team has so far this season Played four games. Out of. this. number only one was a victory, two were a tie and one was a defeat. The defeat was admi istered at the hands of the Hampton, Va. Athletic Club, the same club that recently defeated the Potomacs of this city. A re- turn game in this city has been arranged with this club, which will come off next Saturday at Columbia Field, and to the de- feated team this Is the game of all games tiat they want to win, and thereby take out the stain of a defeat. Since their defeat at the hands of the Mount St. Mary's team the Gallaudet e! en have not been doing much work. This was the first defeat of the club of the sea- son, and it is felt quite badly. The team of Columbian University was to have played a game during the week, but the event did not come off. The High School teams have not been doing anything of note. Taking all in all, election week, so far as local foot ball 1s concerned, was quite a dull week, not a single game being played. Foot ball among young America is branchirg out, and teams are being organ- ized right along. The Olympia foot ball team has organized, and will play the bal- ance of the season, meeting any team the average weight of which is 125 pounds. All challenges should be sent to C. Thomp- son, Oth street northeast. The line-up of the team 's as follows: Fealy, right end; McCarthy, right tackle; Tompkins, right guard; Brown, center; Denny, left guard; Wilson, left tackle; ‘Thompson, captain, left end; Nelson, quarter back; Harper, right half back; Rainey, left half bac Fealy, full back James A. Callahan of 1129 5th street northeast is the manager of the Brentwood eleven, which has been organized for the season. He would be pleased to hear from all clubs the average weight of which does not exceed 105 pounds. en, Today's Foot Ball Games. Following is a list of the principal foot ball games that will be played today: Princeton-Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass. Yale-Brown, at Providence, R. I. Cornell-Bucknell, at ‘Ithaca, N. Y. University of Penngylvania-Carlisle In- dians, at Philadelphia, Pa. * United States Cadets-Wesleyan, at West Point, N. Y¥. Williams-Amherst, Mass. Boston University-Bogton A. A., at Hos- ton. 1 Franklin and Marshall-Swarthmore, at Swarthmore, Pa. f Haverford-Dickinson, ‘at Carlisle, Pa. ., New York University-Trinity, at Mart- ford, Conn. ies New Jersey A. G-Irving Club, at East- ern Park, Brooklyn, Rutgers-Union, bt Albany, N. Y. University of Chidago-University of Wis- consin, at Madison, Wa. North Atlantic 4 Squadron _eleven-New York Naval Militia eleven, at New York. Maryland Athletic Club-Columbia Ath- letic Club, in this city. CROWDED THE RIDERS. _at Williamstown, A Number of Mishaps in the Twenty- Mile Road Race. The twenty-mile réad race of the Wash- ington Road Club was held yesterday af- ternoon on the Conduit road. The day might have been better for faster time, and the crowd that witnessed the race might Have been less eager and not have blocked up the roadway, leaving only a three-foot lane in which the riders were obliged to finish. The officials were powerless to drive back the crowd, and the people in their anxiety to see the men ai the finish occu- pied every inch of room. The finish of the race was witnessed by over a thousand peo- ple, many of whom were ladies. It was a gala event, and everybody felt interested the race. While most of the spectaté were out on the road, the front veranda cf the Cabin John Bridge Hotel was crowded with people, who had a good point of van- tage to witness the finish. The course was in splendid condition, and the rain of the previous day seemed to ht-ve very little effect on the hard macadam surface, except in a few places belween Cabin John’s and Anglers’ Club House, but these were not sufficient to cause any great inconvenience or loss of time to the riders. The new course which was used was of special advantage to the spectator, inas- much as the riders passed Cabin Jolin four times during the trip, including the finish. This made it a comparatively easy matter to keep tab on the men and prevent any foul riding. The day was splendid for the riding, and the only drawback was a stiff breeze, coming almost due west, which swept down the road and struck the racers squarely in front on the upward trip. It was fortunate that out of the twenty miles of riding there were perhaps no more than eight or nine miles in which the riders were forced to face the wind, while for the balance of the distance with the wind to their back splendid time was made. Though there were in all 104 entrants, there were only about eighty starters. The racers expected to be started at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but owing Lo the time con- sumed in attending to the racers, it w: fully an hour later before the start wus made. ‘The entire third floor of Cabin John Bridge Hotel was placed at the disposal of the men for dressing room, and from this point the men rode up the Conduit road to the starting point in their racing suits, nearly a mile and a half distant. With the high wind it was hardly expect- ec that the course would be covered in much less than the r. The results were agreeably Cisappointing, and the time made much better than was anticipated. Out ef the forty men who finished whose ti ken there were only thirtee nished on or above the hour, record time, while the remaining twenty- seven finished within the fifty minutes. The time prize was won by John L. Turner of Boston, Mass., scratch man, who finished twenty-fourth, and whose ti This is just 5-27ths below the record estab- hed last year by T. N. Mudd, the local ‘The second best time was made by dT. Wrenn of the Arlington Wh who finished twei first, and whose handicap of one minute and fifteen ands gave his corrected time 5 George 8. Ball made the third best time, he bei» scratch man and finishing thirt lis rider. minut ‘There’ ing th Probably the most serious of the day was that of Clarence Ingling, a 54-minute man, s np near the first turn 5 taken by a bunch, to he first: man very tumble, and a ma- him w thrown. . and his accident behind him, who Kk, breaking his kin from both “h soon after took at jority of those behind Ingling was among the Was cau: by a man fell heavily across his ba collar bone and taking the knees and left hip The main vroubl ish. Quite a numt ned to be at the fin- thrown wer off their whee ng Cabin John brid and th ance from the end of the bridge to the finish was so jam- med with spectators t eight riders fell before reaching the able ap to walk the distan wheels. It was impossible ride abreast at this point, and, to keep from fouling each other, the riders were forced to skirt the edge of the crowd. Some of the men who w » only slightly some being un- out with their two men to up ss the tape without their wh and wanted to be counted, but the judges refu to recognize them until accom- panied by their wheels So far as known only one protest has been filed, and that by J. A. Galeski, who finished fourteenth. He managed to reach the tape on his wheel, and then fell off exhausted, but he managed to ery out to the judges t he had been fouled on Cabin John bridge by Howard Matcheit, who was twenty-six. The protest was made in writing, and the judg hold a meeting this afternoon at 12> lath street and settle the matter. At Georgetown Univ ity the students are proud. Charles McLaughlin, with a handicap of 7'% minutes, managed to cross the tape a close winner. L. B. Dannemiller nton, Ohio, the boy champion of the “ye State, who was given a 7-minute finished third. Mudd, who also : eorgetown College, was thrown from his wheel at the first turn, and was out of the race. He was one of the scratch men, Schade did not ride. ‘The foliowing is the summary of the race, with the actual and corrected riding time of the first forty-two men crossing the tape: Nan 1, Char 2) Howard L. B. 0 Dv. William 0° Howard Hu A. HL. Davison Katie Smith. McLaughlin, Matchett mnemilh Had JA iy ‘Moran. Norman Pruitt KR. LH. Wheeler Elbert Hebard . William, 5 Theo. Michael John L. Turner. R. H. Stor KR. L. French. + ALS. Hanger, LE sr. » Counselman, James A. Duvall ‘Thomas d. L. 1. THE L. A. W. W. T. Robertson Nominated for Chief Conaal. A meeting of the local division of the League of American Wheelmen was held last evening, which was attended by about thirty membe: The main business of the evening was the nomination of officers for the ensuing year, and the reports of the officers. The meeting was called to or- der by the chief consul, with the secre- tary-treasurer present, and also the vice consul. The report of the secretary-treas- urer shows that there is $110 in cash in the treasury, $20.01 in bills receivable and $27.01 in postage, making a total of $157.01 on hand. The road consul, Mr. A. W. Leeke, reported that he had called runs in August and September and later months. He found that the league membership attendance was very limited; the average Attendance on the Tuns were fifteen riders, not more than six or seven of which were league members. During the present year the local division of the league has revived considerably and made considerable progress in membership. At the beginning of the term of the pres- ent administration the membership was only seventy-two, while now it has reached 238, a gain of 166 members. The cash on hand at the beginning of the year was $40.30, while at the pregent time the cash receipts are just $105.71 greater, after de- ducting all expenses for the year. Though a reward of $10 was offered at the last regular meeting, held in August, for ihe recovery of every stolen wheel belonging to a member of the association, and an additional $15 for the arrest and conviction of the thief, there have been no claims made for this as yet. Mr. W. T. Robertson was nominated to fill the office of chief consul for another term. Mr. W. K. Larrimore was renom- inated to fill the office of vice consul, and Mr. C. E. Wood nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer. Mr. G. A. Mans- field, jr., was nominated as representative for the division. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the local division Thursday evening, at which the election will be held, and at which the chief consul will submit his annual report. ee Facts and Figares., From the New York Weekly. Blinks—“What has become of De Fash- len?" Jinks—“He and his family are in Europe. They wanted to go, and I paid their ex- nses.”” “Eh? What—you paid their expenses?” “Weil, it amounts to the same thing. I Saw their'summer cottage advertised for Tent, and I rented it.” ‘ CLARK & CO. | Akbem tkbprNa, | “Exceptional Values For Monday Shoppers.” ONDAY bas always been a big day bere. Wi always » made it a polut to offer exceptionally strong values on that day — especially in Dress Stuffs. We are straining every nerve a to mal those values stronger and bigger every we ‘One glance at ‘the following list of special offerings will show you that we cannot ‘afford to be so liberal every day. Black Dress Goods. 45-inch Black Fancy All-wool Jacquards, tn a variety of chotce and pleaning Baye patterns. Ge. value. OUR PRICE. SOC. Soateefente Eiderdown Sacques. We hove ceeded ins ring another lot of those Beautiful lown Racques, which were all sold out in three. hours . Mohair Fan- during ‘opening week. They are shown tea with atend Ky ett g a ee Se, ear et DC, SH Looks ike $1 goods. OUR PR - Children’s Coats. 50-inch Fancy Rough : ly for We feol safe in asserting that no othe fuck? : Chak ‘house In Washington ‘can show 8s styles Th « ourslves. aud it ‘nelu y good manula Coats as we A very nobby 48-inch Imperial Diagonal, that is practically everlasting; ¢ a dress made of it would m be replac of giving awa OUR PRICE ‘Colored Dress Goods. 46-0, Matelasxe E 1 and blac ds the in Washington at PRICE. The shi arrival of a very nobby TMuminated ¢ Vas, 50 in, wide, tu green and bliel and black, and” brown and black, gualtty: (always heretofore wold at &y ry pretty Boucle Cloth Coat, trim: med with wrondetoth eilar and cults, with shown in ty the cloth id. Se degentengengentontonteny Soot Sea ies’ Costs. is Senge SoeSeatentontontontentoeteecensententonfonronteateetenteetecy $1.50. ping clerk has just rep made, fy lap. ty good value at $20, OUR Sis geting Tan Conts ith Ean A beautiful 45-in, All-wool Scotch effect polite colar, 75 qi tires Sepegs | | eee 1 dressy. tie right figu: Cc. Ppt torte F : 75 nels, bemestitehed 1s in the fashionable should be 8c. iting, in beautiful Wc ' is ano Pillow Cases, 1 SSe., $1 and $1 secure your + at Less portunity t ister Ca 3 mnintures that should be * $1.50 ae valu £Silks and Satins. AL tiful aad Nowd Printed shai eS ah fla eS Walsts ond avy. Value at gt Ove PRICE. 89c. ae muslin, f Satin Duchess, . in full standard value at $1. -k and White Striped tive ching. price, right esoafontoatoeteetentontoafoeseesees oe could portray: this Rates sy Duchess ax itn : f Wool foreen Skirts. ‘ have ever had the pleasure We have Fine Wool Morine Skirts at Boe Nadiing. “ie ts shown Ina. veey Tand- $2.50, $3, $4, $4.50, 85, $5 and $6 As So kome Mtack and “white check with otto- lange a variety ax you'll find in the city ? weave, and ts coud value at © and priced as iow, if not lower, than equal > OUR. PRICE 91.25 quality Skirts elsewhere. f Moire Velo rage line s, in all the 8 ‘and street ehader. Silk Skirts. 28 new oun A very of Silk Skirts ‘ : black an from the inuk z heads. rable pattern in the = entire st gb to $10, with ly $2. OUR 'PRIC a : “ry step between. CLARK & CO., Successors to W. D. Clark & Co., 811 Market Space. SoM ne P NES STEREO: Suits $Q.87 to-order. Sete eters Seepetortentententontoatontortertetertontontoate dostontenteadeatoatoatoatectenfonbeafeatrateatoaieafoafeafoatoatoaseaseoteoeateateafeafeafeaseateatretneteaieasoasoeteeteoeioateafoasvasoeteaiecfoateapuasaateateahoaieaieaiaieaioaioaseaseatoeseatoaioaieaseeseeseeeebeaieeseateaseatoeteeseeireteetestette Gee Another header for trade, Another special to-order suit sal We're almost tempted to make a window show—probably will by the time you read this. We're unselfish. If a young man starting business should ask us for the best business mamim we could give him, we'd give him this— MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. selfish. Have vou a sweet singing bird? Hang the cage out the window. Lei singer delight the well as yourself. We > wisdom we advise. Let stamd for window, let bird r cheviot suitings. We “2 out in our bird cage today of suitings which we ke for S887 to-order. Give intelligent criticism, and 1 risk the result. 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