Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1897, Page 8

W8 Doses ors F st., cor. 11th. | Storage, 22d and M. sell bears the stamp of perfect nao “yorkmazsntp and Snisb. Clearance Sale In Our Upholstery Dept. Another big sale that will at- tract still greater crowds of eco- nomical buyers. Odds and ends in Furniture Coverings have got to go now. About HALF PRICE takes them. And for odds and ends there’s an elegant choice. In some lots you will find enough material to upholster a 5-piece parlor suite in pretty contrasting colors. Cotton Tapest: colors. ; Now...--- 35¢.. yas. Cotte try, 1 color. We tener ee eieiiteie: Weslgeit ow SESO ae = tegenicr: 5 colors. $2.75 ee cis wok Tapestry, 1 color. $1.85 qn Zu Satin Tapestry. 1 color. OG 9 yds. Satin Tapestry, Was $5. Now...... $2.50 A Few Cretonne and Denim Specials. Becutifal and artistic materials for bed room curtains, couch cov- ers. ete. 5@ yds. Figured Denim. Qe. Now...... de. F No is. Figured Cretonae, We. Now ors. 150 colors. yds. Was = Figured Cretonne, 4 Qe. Now. Many remnants containing from I to 4 yards at less than half price. It W. B. MOSES & SONS. TABLE ‘SILVER « ‘Cost and Less. ing to give up selling Silver Table Ware, so you can buy what we have at cost and less. Tea Sets, Novelties, Spoons, Kulves, Forks, & Card eae ee ple period. (Jacobs Bros., (Jewelers, 1229 Pa. Ave. 2 ja15-40d AAS A=) Ao EO 7 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR. We have jest received a ire Italian and French Tortois ell Combs and Pins, in the latest designs, finest stock ever displayed in Washington. We are also selling a lot of All Long Human Hair Switches great bargains. $3.00 Switches reduced to $1.50. $5.00 Switches reduced to $8.00 Switches reduced to $5.00. Gray and White Hair reduced in same proportion. Mme. Siccardi, The Busy Corner, 8th & Market Space. S. Kann, Sons = Ready for inventory. Before this takes place we shall unearth miracu- lous values. The prices that we’ve made are the very next thing to giving away goods.’ It seems like’a folly for us to make such sacrifices, but the orders came from headquarters, and as such must be obeyed. We feel confident that no one can resist such tempting bargains. No purse will remain closed to such values. No one that knows our methods will doubt the sincerity of this sale. The goods that are doomed to go brought us immense trade the past season, and are the cream leavings of our winter stock. ShI ‘OF oF C of our stock of -and * = at prices far below cost.3 Owing to the mild winter we have had our stock is large. In order to reduce it we are compelled to sell our goods at almost Half Price. Remember that this sale will only last for a few days. $20.00 Astrakhan Capes $30.00 Astrakhan Capes $40.00 Astrakhan Capes S EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF IMPORTED COLOFED NOVELTY DRESS GOODS WHICH WERE $18.50 Electric Seal Capes. + 10.00 $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 AND $2.00 WILL NOT BE MORE THAN 49c. A YARD. Ny $22.50 Electric Seal Capes. . 12.50 § $27.50 Electric Seal Capes... 16.50 } $30.00 Hlectric Seal Capes. $85.00 Electric Seal Capes. $40.00 Electric*Seal Capes. Ladies! 2 = = $50.00 Electric Seal Capes. We appeal to you to take advantage of this great sacrifice. You may $25.00 Electrle Seal Oepes.-- 20 never have such a chance again in a lifetime. sprite. Gllemtiar anaes aes TO GIVE YOU BUT A FAINT IDEA OF THE MANY ELEGANT STYLES, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LARGE CORNER WINDOW DISPLAY OF THESE BEAUTIFUL NOVELTIES. or A Zz Li Pair For Perrin’s Gloves. 1,000 PAIRS OF LADIES’ PERRIN’S KID GLOVES IN 5 AND 7-HOOK BLACKS. THE SIZES ARE 5%, 5% AND 6. THIS GLOVE THE WORLD OVER WILL Cost ASc. BEST SHADES.- SIZES 64, 6%, 7, YOU $2.00 A PAIR. GIVEN AWAY AT. MEN'S PERRIN'S KID AND DRIVID » 8, Bia. 8 i A8c. a pair. $2.00 A PAIR WHEREVER YOU GO. * LADIES’ WHITE PIQUE GLOYES WITH EMBROIDERED BACKS, IN I5c. TAN AND WHITE REAL $10.00 Collarettes—full ripple. $15.00 Collarettes—fall ripple. 9.50 $4.00 Muffs.,... + 2.00 $7.50 Mufts. 4.50 $12.00 Mufts..... 8.00 $2.50 Russian Marten Neck Boas..... $5.00 Neck Boas (with tails). $10.60 Neck Boas (with tails) 2.50 Neck Boaa (with tails)... $18.50 Neck Boas (with tails) All Ladies’ Jackets at exactly one-balf the marked. price. 20 per cent off Fur Trimmings. MARTIN WOLF, 523 11th nw. P-ongeaseateeseatontongeatontongonteageaeseesneseeroatoatontontongete Ja14-1000 GLOVES IN ALL THE You'll show a Sight of Sense As soon as your Sense of Sight Commences to bother you—by sfgns of blur- MEN'S KID GLOVES, WHITE AND BLACK. SIZES 7, Gs 7%, TH, 84 ASD, 4 Wortin $1.50 Park: ALL SIXES 48c. BROWN, ES, FORSTER HOOK AND 4 : 3 i ring, indistinct vision—to consult us as to the 4, 047% ZSC, | MES TATRA QUAITY REAL Mocita right steps to take. If you need glasses— BO, $1.09 & $2. SE Sess. “wolirt $l 00 you'll be told so—if you need an oculist— WHITE MOUSQUETAIRE CHAMOIS | $1.75 A PAL You'll be so !nformed—and, in fact, whatever SIZES_5: a Gy ot Z 8 a aa Gane re the trouble—we'll tell you as to the right Co | a “AND Danae Sizes cs a 25 remedy. es price for this—nothing. MEN'S EXTRA FINE KID AND DOGSKIN FUR- | OR1AND, OM WORTH “be. A PATI. C. | BROWN’S-==== 1010 F ST. TOP DRESS AND DRIVING GLOVES IN TANS, = . r BROWNS AND OX BLOOD, WITH MISSES’ KID GLOVES IN RED, OPTICAL SHOP. D SPRING CLASP, TAN NO Sizes . vO} Jal4-th,s,t-25 : 25¢. 7 25c, DELAN Late with,Mme, Connolly, Sth ave., . Dressmaker and Ladies’ Tailor, 1719 De Sales St. N. W. Varid, 4 rue de Trevise. (—SPECIAL— Until the end of January you may have your choiée of any goods in stock, made up in my\matdhless style, silk Mned, for $50. 7 Faultless fit and finest workmanship. Ja0-s,tu, thu, 28 emanate RIVING GLOVES 8% WORTH $8. 25c. This Glove feast is a family affair. It includes men, women and children, and the price, no doubt, will be town talk. Please note the sizes in each assortment. 69%... For handsome Black Novelty Silks, including Colored Stripe, Black Taffetas, all the newest spring effects. Regular $1.00 value. Our Fine Imported Black and Brown Silk Velvet Brocades, suitable for reception gowns, street and evening wraps. Cost 79¢. to import $3.50 a yard. At. Se COREE HoenE AoC ONGeeAae i BOYS’ DOGSKIN DRESS GLOVES IN TAN AND BROWN. SIZ 6, ‘AD OWN ES AND 8. WORTH 75c. A PAIR. Hal PP TTT TT LO Toa aA California New shades added to 19-inch Colored Silk Velvets, which 19¢ Fruits, 2 god nowt 15c. can. are worth 75c. a yard, still selling at Soceccecccscos, G Peaches, Plums, Apricots picked right and from the trees con- Cc. served in the finest of granu- lated sugar syrup! Every can A is full Weight and guaranteed. Orders by mail or "phone — quickly Yard looked after. Duvail’s, 1923 Pa. Ave. FOR ANDROSCOGGIN YARD-WIDE BLEACHED MUSLIN. jal4-th,s,t-20 CAPITOL BLEACHED MUSLIN, YARD ci aes All-wool Red Medi # =a BES 16%e In Wear-= WIDE. wont eee i. od White Flannel, 19¢ SHEETING, BETTER THAN MO- 32 inches wide........... 2 Heard ENE Ss Matte Soll | 33¢c, Unexcelled. S About Ut? 2 ar a 25KC- | acta Seman, rapper Pn|( Thats, th pain, we mat % a = nels, in stripes, plaids and with our ildren’s joes. f Ou ° CARS cst eID pxote 4 6 'C, | checks. Worth 29C. 2.2.4 15c. They couldn’t be better made— Most every housekeeper HAS before this. We are ¢ clearing away all broken lots in furniture—and every short length in carpet— At Less Than Factory Cost— On Credit! Parlor Suites, Chamber Suites, Sideboards, Rockers, &c. There isn’t a cash dealer in Washington who would think of selling these things at our present prices. e couldn't without —_ losing money—NEITHER CAN WE! Pay the bill weekly or monthly. Carpets made, laid and lined FREE—no 3 charge for waste in match- | i) ing figures. ‘J xxueexe Yee E WY eee ee eee re MAMM! CREDIT HOUSE, i) 817-819-821-823 Seventh street 2.w., { Bet. H and I sts [RX EERE EEEXERERER ESS) Something New for the New Year. No More Toothache YOUR TEETH KEPT CONDITION a FOR $10 ~ PER oe The Evans Dental Parlors, Jal-1m,24 1300 ¥ ST. N. FOR ANY ORDINS { BEST AMERICAN INDIGO PRINTS, RIGHT FROM THE PIECES, IN’ STRIPES AND FIG- the materials couldn’t be more serviceable. Boys’, Youith’s & Misses’ hoes, $1.50, $1.65, $2.00, Button and lace, black and tan, spring heel and beel. Sizes 11 to2, || Edmonston, 1334 F St. $al5-424 Shoes Shined Free. Mourning and Persian 3%Ke. designs in Flannelettes.... O%e. This list of Cotton and Flannel bargains is card enough to pack a floor as large as Convention Hall. FOR 20-INCH-WIDE BLEACHED COTTON BIRD-EYE, FULL 10 YARDS TO PIECE. LARGE SIZE COLORED N ASSORTED LOT eas i ee Loe y TOWELS a4 4i4c. uises SEORME PRICES RANGING Ic. Sc. EXTRA HEAVY ALL. N ArTRENS 8 TO = san I lants for REAM TABLE DAMASK, 66 INCHES 3 1 C. FORMER PRICES RANGING FilOM @0e. FULL BLEACHED ISH TA. ¥ “vist COLouED = i nf: TA- INE COLORED SP. - H di Hie, Chin Sie At ASC, [aS Oe eae, 25c,| House decorating. * Positively the handsomest and fest as- sortment of Palms, Rubber Plants, Pan- 7C. * ¢ © Ganus, Dracenas, and, in fact, every kind of oe ————= | ** = plant ‘adapted for home growing and deco- A PEE NARITA RES * * rating—shewn in this. city! Every plant 8 fo ee guaranteed: All sizes and’ in prices ranging Yard = — ——— fees trom 2am t for $1 up to as high os eee FOR THE BEST QUALITY DRESSMAKERS’ KID-FINISHED CAMBRIC IN BLACK AND COLORS. Sapa "PHONE 1540. reeman’s, 612 13th St., SSINCH MOINE RUSTLE LINING, BAe yEXTRA HEAVY ALL-LINGMCAN- 4 40 Goo < * 7 oerrrrrrrs fe EXTRA QUALITY FINE SILESIA IN Flond Desorations a Specialty. BLACK ASD COLORS we ESTA ic. n06-$m-28 oa GENUINE 16¢:1Ncm HAR. FIGURED BLACK BACK SILESIA... iC.) kom ee ot ae For French Embroidered Sash Curtain. Muslin, ‘Thbre is" not an artist in the ctty “Who can do good work with ‘poor materials. - Good work is demanded *everywhere, and the samé/'s trée as to materials, Our stock of Artists’ Materials is sec- ‘ond to none in the city, and a cor- dial invitations is extended to all single and double bor- der. Sold from 20c. to 30c. a yard. PR os epriarenn Sy 3,000 Finest Quality Nottingham Curtain Ends, leagth 29c es. Seige from 14 to 2 yards, from 2 to 6 pieces alike. Choice...:..:... eo. G >. Fi Muth & Co. The balance of this Upholstery ad. continued in the Sunday Times. ie lp lt ot Jal4-24d ITH ST. N.W. Bear well in mind that these before-stock-taking prices will have lots of buyers, and so long as the quantities hold out the prices will remain good. : CONTINUED IN THE SUNDAY POST AND TIMES. For Sick People = [Who Cat’t Stop Work wet ca eo S. Kann,Sons&Co THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1897-24 PAGES. ‘Saks Fu SINGIN owadays _«|ELECTRICITY OR AIR? no one need go to” Europe for a watch. The best are made. - right here in America. » by the AMERICAN WALTHAI WATCH COFIPANY. Two watch move= ments particularly recommended-- “RIVERSIDE” and “ROYAL.” All retail jewelers have them... 71 1b. “King” Coffee FREE ( with every pound of 50c, Tea. Every Price We Name on Groceries the LOWEST. We want remember that. as high as prices are’ low, eel S. C. Shoulders......:.....§$¢. Pure Lard..........4 Ibs. .25¢. Best Potatoes. ++. -bu..4ge: ( White Beans........6.qts..25¢. = se eeeene 4 Cans. .25¢. Corm= =! ++.5 cans. .25¢. § Peas ..............3.cans. .35¢. J.T. D. Pyles, { 412 4th st. s.c. 7 Cor. 3d and Md. ave. n.e, FIV E ar <t ne. ~ Wu it. Dw. STORES. | $e St 2 conrve sts, Anacortia, wen Stationery Offer AtDecker’s. 23¢. yelopes to match! ‘This fs the quality for which you are usually asked to pay 35¢. and 50c. ‘This offer is a special one—and ts 23c. : Umited to next Wed- °? neshy .. Stationer, Wit F In This Lap Robe Sale We Give our Profits To you! Every Rove and Blanket, whether it be our finest or our medinm grade—you can take for 25 per cent under marked figui for 100 sheets fine Linen * tees Lut: Ja’ z & Co., 497 Pa. Ave. ia a LI 2 In Buying : & ue : 4 —there are two vi questions to le con- = sidered—first, its quality—second, the cost. = Coke is a clean fuel: gives out a great deal of heat—lights quickly, and costs very little. Don't you think’ you should burn Coke? 40 bu. Coke ‘uncrusnea) $2. go. 40 bu. Coke (crushed) $3.70. enone Washington Gaslight Co.,! 413 Tenth St. N. W. : E "Phone 476. semis r Co., Practical Furriers. Fine repairing at reduced prices. > BIG REDUCTIONS in Ready-made Fars. COR. 13TH AND G STS, FindGluten Bread —a positive luxury. It’s appetizing. | de- licious and wonderfally nutritious—yet it's easly digested by the weakest stomach, It contains no starch or sugar-—-only PURE GLUTEN. We send it fresh from our ovens. Drop postal or telephone. ITH: ST. ee Bakery, 9% TH st 2 or WM. J. ZEH, 920 20th st. Sudtrntmanst aust LUNCHEON ROLLS AND BISCUITS. #,t,th, SPECIAL RATES FOR THE MONTH OF JAN- uary.—To mothers and dressmakers=The Vienna Tailoring School, branch of Sth avenue, w York, will open TUESDAY, January 19, at 4 12th st. nw. Drafting, dcsigning, cutting, fitting and finishing thorougliy taught. A paper leat will be presented free to every lady call- ing Tuesday. MADAME DUFFIELD. ite Lorenzo J. Conner, 104 Green st., Albany, N.¥.. says: “I have used Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and find it very beneficial, and can safely recommiend it as @ good remedy for coughs.”’ * ‘A half wine glass of Angostura Bitters before meals will restore. the appetite. Manufactured oy by Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sons. At all drag- A MONSTER PETITION. It Will Contain 600,000 Names and Will Be Presented to the Senate. When the resolution calling for the recognition of the independence of Cuba is before the Senate, and its passage is being urged, a delegation of men from New York, headed by Franz Mayor, president of the American Friends of Cuba, will present a monster petition in favor of the resolution. Sixty thousand petitions were sent out, nearly all of which have been returned with more than 000,000 signatures." Among the tures may be found those of near: ly all members of the legislature of nearly every state in the Union. The petitions will’ be wound on a roller or wheel which has been made for the pur- pose, so that it may be readily drawn out and the names counted. It is designed like the pilot wheel of a ship. It stands about four feet high and is surmounted with gold. The Army Appropriation Bill. ‘The army appropriation bill has been re- Ported to the Senate from the commit- tee on appropriations. The committee add- ed only $3,000 to. the appropriation made by the House, making a total of $23,120,344. ‘The increase was made in the interest of the signal service and is merely-a restora-. tion of the sum which former bills have carried. The committee also restored the eS for the support of the lot Springs, Ark., which the House struck RS a6 Approved by the President. hospita? at | The Question Now Agitating Street Railway Men. SUCCESS.OF UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS New. York's Traction Companies Now Lean to That Plan. A ROMANTIC RECORD From “Holland's” Corr., Philadelphia Press. Some surprise has beenexpressed that Mr. John D. Crimmins should have seemed somewhat indifferent to the discussion of the rival merits of the compressed air mo- tor system and the underground trolley system. That there is something of great interest to financiers, and, perhaps, also to all of these who are engaged in the electric pro- pulsion of street ratlways, in this discus- sion about the merits of compressed air and of the underground trolley has been for some time very evident. We have had the most enthusiastic re- Ports of the success of certain experi- ments made by compressed air locomo- tives, and only a day or two ago a trip was taken over a part of the 3d avenue line by some of those interested in that Property, which was reported to have been a satisfactory demonstration of the ca- pacity of the air motor. Yet since that report was made there come what seem to be well authenticated reports of explosions of some of these ‘ait motors, and that was one of the great dangers which those who have no faith in compressed alr as a motive power for Street railways have constantly proclaim- It is reported that one of the cylinders was being tested upon an open lot in the upper part of the city, and, having been subjected to an air pressure of 2 pounds, received in addition to that a hy- = pressure of 2,400 pounds, and then nirst: It exploded with terrific force, one piece of the cylinder being found imbedded deeply in a building a long distance away from the place of the experiment. There are reports, too, that a motor exploded in a car, blowing the top of the cylinder through. the roof of the car. Those who have no confidence in the compressed air motor insist that, even if cylinders can be made proof against ex- plosion, nevertheless, science has yet dis- covered no means to prevent leakage of air at the valves when thcre is a high pres- sure The Underground Trolley. Notwithstanding the fact that some of these who are heavily interested in the Metropolitan Traction Company are also enthusiastic sponsors of the claims of those who declare (hat compressed air will be found to furnish a perfect and economical service, yet it has not falled to escape the notice of the community that this com- pany itself proposes to equip the more important of its lines, such as are now propelled by cable, with an underground trolley system. The 4th avenue, the 6th avenue and the 8th avenue lines are expected within a year or two to be fully equipped with an underground trolley system simijar io the system used in Budapest and also in use on Lenex avenue in this city. Tiere is anothe~ system conceived and perfected in Philadelphia by a scientisi of that city whiea been with good re- sults employed upor an extension of the 3d avenue line, which -uns to the north- ernmost point of Manhattan Island. This system is iso In use in Washington and upon twenty-two miles of railway in Chicago, and it is expectel that it will ul- timately be the motive power for some- thing like 125 miles of street railway in Chicag This ase of the undergrounl trolley, part- ly of one and partly of another, in Chicago, New York and Washington, has caused those who ere intevested in the pment of street railways 10 feel con- vinced that a long disputed question has probably now been settled, and that what Was once thougat to be a dream never to be realized - zie propulsion of cars for city or >i A traffic by means of conduits coneea under the ground— must now be regarded as a question sz factorily determined. Rival Underground Systems. That there may be impartiality, it may be well’ to refer to the experience upon two lines In this city which use different systems, the Lenox avenue and the Am- sterdam avenue lires. These systems are alike in some respects; both make use of an underground trolley carried in a conduit. There are, of course, strongly urged claims in favor of the special advantage or economy or safety which either of these systems hes over the other, but, so far as the public are concerned, these are minor questions. The Lenox avenue system has been in use through all seasons of the year and the fect that it is the one which is to be adopted by three of the greater lines of thé cicy, all under the control of the Metro- politan Company, is taken as sufficient proof that it has been found economical and satisfactory in its operation. The Amsterdam avenue system, which is the one which bears the name of the Philadelphia scientist, has also been in operation for more than a year, and is reported to have given the greatest satis- faction to the owners of the road nd to have entailed a cost of less than $10 for repairs for the entire year. Since, therefore, it ts demonstrated that an electrical conduit can be placed be- neath the surface of the road and can fu nish catisfectorily-and economically power for the propulsion of cars, the belief is that sooner or later in all large commu- nities the people will insist upon the sub- stitution of an underground trolley sys- tem of some kind for the overhead sy: tem. It is, of course, admitted that for sparse. jy settled districts or over country roads the overhead trolley can fear no competi- tign; but in the crowded thoroughfares of a city the impression now is quite general on the part of those who have veen watch- ing these deveiopments that some ore of the underground systems will be, sooner or later, substituted by reason of public de- mand for the overhead trolley. Importance to Capitalists. At the time when it was regarded an iroperative necessity that something be substituted for horse power upon these lines there was Hitle faith in the ability of scientists to overcome the: problems suggested by the proposition to create an underground trolley system. Only .two methods of propulsion seemed to be open-for the use of these companies im New York. One was the cable trac- tion system and the other the overhead troley.. = - - 5 But New York city would not permit the overhead. trolley to be adopted. There some to H cable plant, and it was also obliged to pay the steam power company a like amount. Hardly had these two cable plants been perfected when there came indications that the problem of the underground trolley had been satisfactorily solved by more than one system, and when it was learned that the underground trolley plant could have been placed under 34 avenue or Broad- way at very much less cost than the cable entailed, of course, there was great regret that there had not been delay. One of the systems, it is said, can be placed under a street with no more di: turbance than is required for the laying of the railway tles. That Is to say, there would have been no payment necessary to other corporations tecause of interfer- ence with their mai: The Metropolitan ‘Traction Company, which at one time seriously contemplated equipping all its avenue lines with the cable, abandoned that purpose and even went so far as to offer a prize of $50,000 for a system which would, without the use of overh wires, satisfactorily and economically pro- pel street cars. The company seems to have got the sy! tem without being obliged to pay any re- ward, while the 3d avenue company, it is understood, intends to make use of another underground trolley system for its 420 street and Boulevard line. It ts believed now to be inevitable that ul- timately the vast system of street railw: in the greater New York will be forced to adopt some one of the underground trolley systems. When that is done and other communities see how beneficial such systems are, how safe and convenient, then it is presumed that there will be demands by the people of those communities for a change from overhead to underground trolleys. That is the view which financiers in Wall street take, and it is the belief of scientists. Romance of the Invention. There is another side to this subject which perhaps by and by can be told more impressively than today. That is the re- mantic side. The story of the difficulties met and con- quered, both scientific and financial, the narration of the manner in which opposi tion and doubt were overcome, the acc dents of discovery, which made final su: cess possible; the patient perseverance with which the scientists continued their work in spite of discouragements and rebuffs: the sneers and contemptuous refusals of capitalists when appealed to to listen to an explanation of work that had been don! the failures that happened just at the m ment when success seemed perfectly demon- strated, and the vast number of failures which various projected ems met with, failures which were permanent and led to the abandonment of the plan, the disap- pointed hopes and the sad story of wreck- age and frustrated ambition—all these will, when told, make a narrative as thrilling and romantic as ts the tale of Prof. Morse’s struggle through darkness to light, or of Cyrus W. Field's progress from theory to the perfect demonstration of the possibility, of laying a cable on the ocean’s bed. > UNITED STATES SENATORSHIPS. Dr. Thompson Nominated by North Carolina Populists, The North Carolina populist caucus at Raleigh last night nominated Dr, Cyrus Thompson for senator on the second bal- lot. Thompson, Dockery, Moti, Hileman and Guthrie were voted for on the first ballot. On the second ballot all except the first two were withdrawn, Thompson and Deekery receiving twenty-three and nine votes, respectively. The situation virtually remains unchanged. Fourteen populist votes, in addition to the republican voie, will support Pritchard. In the senatorial contest legislature yesterday the populists br away from Clagget. Twenty-four of th votes went to A. J. Crook, populist, who also received five democrats, making his total vote twenty-nine; Clage scatter ing, 12. Dubois got twenty-six of the silve republicans. A second ballot was taken, which resulted substantially the same as the first. in the Idaho ———— Great Paper With Small Dividend. From the New York Tribune. An ingenius attempt is made by a writer in the Financial News of London to reckon the monetary worth, or rather the annual profits, of the London Times—a matter usually veiled in impenetrable mystery. A short time ago, it seems, a man brought suit in a London court to recover damages for loss sustained by him through misrep- resentation. He had purchased for £353 an interest in the Times, amounting to “I-14 of 2-3 of 1-9 of 2-16" of the whole; that is to say, 1-1,512, on the representation that it was worth £25 a year, but as a matter of fact the dividend on it in 1804 war enly £17 3s. 11d. Now, if 1-1,312 of the paper was sold for £333, the whole would have been worth £533,736, and if the dividend on 1-1 was only fl7 3s. lid., the total dividend must have been £26,000 2s. It is difficult to believe that the a tae pened of Cnet y $130,000 a year. Yeo fhe court decided inthe plaints. favor, and awarded to him damages of £65. So Col. Tilton Retired. Lieutenant Colonel Mclpane Tilton, Unit- ed States Marine Corps, has been retired upon his own application, after forty years’ service. His retirement promotes Capt. Charles Williams to be major, First Lieu- tenant H. K. White to be captain and cnd Lieutenant Elisha Theall to be first Heutenant. o-—____ Civil Service Commission Work. There is a desire in the Senate to keep track of the work of the civil service com- mission. The last annual report of the commission has not been transmitted to the Senate, and Mr. Cullom has introduced a resolution directing the United States civil service commission to report to Congress whether, in obedience to the requirements of the civil service law, January 16, 1883, the commission has made to the President for transmission to Congress its annual re- port for the fiscal year 1895, and also for the fiscal year 1996, and, if so, the conmis- sion is directed to give the dates thereof, and, if not, it is directed to give reasons for such failure or neglect. —_-2—__—_ Appointed to West Point. The following named have been appoint- ed cadets at the United States Military Academy: Alden F. Brewster, Delafield, Wis.; Emerson R. Lewis, Piantsville, Conn.; Felix 8. Byrne (alternate), Brook- lyn, N. Y.; Milo C, Bort, Kingfisher, Okia- homa; Walter F. Sellers (alternate), An- adarko, Oklahoma. Miss Mary K. Letterman, a clerk in the office of the lighthouse board, has been transferred to a $900 clerkship in the De- partment of State, to fill a vacancy caused by promotions resulting from the recent death of Mr. Clements, a high-grade clerk in that department. —————2- For a Penitentiary. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has trans- mitted to Congress an estimate of $50,000 to establish a site fer the erection of a peni- tentiary on the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Transferred to the State Department. |