Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1897, Page 11

“THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897-24 PAGES. 11 Made-to=-Measure Clothes Are Not a Luxury. First to appreciate the want of lower prices. First to grasp the conditions of lower prices. First to establish new basis of lower prices. The upsetting has been radical in TAILORING. Nobody is paying today anywhere near the money they used to, unless they’re extravagant. BUT, are you paying our prices? Thousands have had practical experience what economy we’ve intro- duced into the purchase of clothing. doubt about it—Muttitudes come to us to save money. doubt about it—sro for a made-to-measure suit as good as $15 used to buy. doubt about it—ss5 for a made-to-measure suit as good as $22 used to buy— Of course these prices quicken selling— 006 E Street MERTZ and MERTZ, Price Makers. Jett teicishstsstsisndnta THE WORLD OF SOCIETY] BEER EEE LY Lk he de Se hore Se Rehr te ket $ Ze ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS E SWEPT. AGAIN CYCLO) High Winds Again Create Death and Disaster in the South. Telegrams from Ozark, Ala., and Val- (Continued from Seventh Page.) More Candidates Out for the ity r = fated iown of ee -nds at | desta, Ga., crossing the ill-fate Mount Pi : Arlington, Ga... show that that section was Offices, Witan Club of the rn High} visited yesterday by another gulf cyclone ea! _« were entertained last evening by | ascending the Apalatchicola valley and B ol street ticte: | SWeeping northward with terrific force to| Notes of a General and Personal Witan Mareh,” dedicat- the confluence of the Chattahoochie and the Flint rivers, where it divided; one ction going toward Ozark, where tim- bers were uprooted and houses blown to pilosa. Several lives were lost, among them irs. Powers, who was caught beneath the | falling timbers of her house and crushed. Her husband was unable to save her, and was himself badly hurt, but he rushed off through the blinding rain and intense dark- ness for assistance. The rest of the family were rescued, among them a baby three weeks old, whom the mother protected at the loss of her own life. ‘The second section of the cyclone was deftected upon the Fiint valley, breaking across south Georgia and passing through veral selections on the = Character From Down the rendered by Mr. Todd. River. se . Moser, Baden, Bliss, Embrey, Todd, 7 Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King street, Bell telephene, No. 106. ALEXANDRIA, ‘Va., April 10, 1897. The list of candidates for the various offices under the city government is being added to daily, and there are any number of people whose one desire seems to be to serve the city. Mr. J. H. Raines last night Ricketts, radiey. ‘ol. and Mrs. Bingham are at the Ebbitt until they decide upon a house. fhe marriage of Miss Martha Parker Ramsay to Mr. William Ruff of this city will take ) at the residence of Ashton Ramsay. at resignation, Miss Rams Until her re a a Weunawir Teaion igh | announced himself as a candidate for clerk Sole Lah she is also a member | Aflington, where but a few weeks ago nine | of the gas against Mr. R. 'T. Cook, the tn. Gimp, tne Quadriga, She is also a member | children were killed in the ruins of their euuibente Maes Hata eerie ee eae Shake pe aad et ae ayth® | school house. Reaching Valdosta, the gee b re Club and the Ladies’ Whist | Storm became intensified in fury, and trees | active canvass, but it is said he will have recitations bef« © Shakes- were blown down in every part of the city. to do # great amount of hustling to beat A church in the southern part of the city Theo. Cook, who is both popular and effi- nd her personation of c ch and other plays at the Quad- yas W ched fro its foundations and | ci¢. © gained her praise from the mem-| Twictaq into. fragments by the vanery | Cleat. Me. ‘Thomas Kelly has announced couple will reside in this city | Winds, The box cars on the Plant scat, | himself as a candidate for the elty coun- x their marriage. were blown off the track. cil from the fourth ward, and Mr. A. M. Lightning struck a switch board In the Melchoir a candidate for the board of al- ‘air for little ones was the y Party given in honor of Mt s Ea Western Union telegraph office and set fire | dermen from the first ward. The material Dawson at the home of her parents, © the buile ; : and Mrs. Dawson. ‘The evening was op From many other towns In the vicinity | {0F the city council is varied, and “all i janc Miss Lula Byrnes and | reports of an equally alarming nature are | 5°Pts and conditions of men” are found I » and a vocal solo by | coming in. among the candidates, but the good peo- Stowell Gordon. The first prizes | A special from Ozark, Ala., says: A cy- | 2l€ will be able to decide at a glance who ed by Miss Frank Anna Connolly | clone of tremendous velocity passed over a | Will best serve the city. Some are saloon- -r Howell Gord: portion of Dal county last night. The | Keepers, some policy men, some gamblers, izes were captured by M ountry for miles presents a scene of dire | but there are enough representative m i Master John Brid: Amon wreck and disaster. Many houses were de- | in the crowd to elect a good ticket from. present were Lula an molished, and those left were badly dam-| The candidates for the mayoralty and for fon and Maud Hoov jie Brad: aged. A Mrs. Powers was caught by the | Corporation attorney are working day and and Ri Mame Dav faliing timbers of her home and died he- | Night for supremacy, and each side claims radi Eck- Louise Anna Daw- fore she could be rescued. The rest of the family were rescued alive. This is the only fatality reported. The correspondent says he never before witnessed such devasta- tion. For many miles the farmers are suf- fering, everything they had having been swept away by the wind or ruined by the to be “a dead sure Winner,” but the people know a thing or two. Nearly every candi- date in the field has out a card or some other device for advertising his claims, and more interest is being manifested in the coming primary than in any for years past, as the outcome means so much for the best ing, Moran, Frank Mary Connolly and Elsie Howell Gordon, Joseph Dawson, John Wise Byrr idie O'Reilly, Jo- onnolly and James Conway. . ating torrents of rain. The citizens of Ozark | interests of the city. Fee te er ne DUNG aretaeriisereral: waccud Orie: supplies | William Coleman, a “well-known” col- Picaved to Know that she has re-| 16 ‘those in need. ‘The oldest inhabitants | ored man, who has run for nearly every tom her ‘recent illness andi will) .2, they never’ witnessed Gauche) Famncall | Onica ta the gift of the people for several in company with her mother. on the | 25 that of last night, years past, and who has never received . maton. sojourn of several weeks | “an Albany, Ga., dispatch says: The cy-| more than’ a very few votes, yesterday clone that swept into Ozark, Ala., came across country at but lttle decreased speed and swooped upon Valdosta and the sur- rounding section, smashing down outhouses, hifting the roofs off the more substantial filed notice with the clerk of the corpora- ‘tion court to the effect that he would be a candidate for mayor in the general elec- tion. Thomas .Watson, colore:J, will be a candidate for the city council for the romantic ircumstances surrounding the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alien have been made public, and are creating much interest here, where the young cou- ple will reside. Mr. Allen is the secretary | buildings and snapping great trees in two. | fourth ward in the general election f Vv i i 1 son | It was the same part of the state, south of of the emezuelan commission, and son ie ac 4 - of W. H. Allen, manager of the Postal | Macon, Ga., that the fearful cyclone of a| WW!!! Probably Live in Alexandria, Telegraph Company, and his bride was | few weeks ago passed through, killing nine Rev. J. H. Boyd, recently appointed pre- Miss Hertha M. Sloa™., daughter of Mr. | School children. The damage about Val-| siding elder of this district of the Metho- Wm. G. Sloan of Omaha. Young Mr. Allen | dosta is not legs than $10,000, and it is dist Episcopal Church South, will, it is was -quainted with his wife until the | eet that there will be a report of fa- | 014 reside in this city. Rev. J. W. Wells, inaugural ceremonies, when’ she visited | talities. 7 : ge chay d this city. He had been smitten with her | In Baker county the storm struck a build-| the ay Lae aa Ec voee eae photograph. however. and carried it around | ing used for cattle, and kiiled five mules | Yi) stop: forthe present et; (ce aiehnoe sigteation, eseein? Qmaha after the in- | and injured Afteen. It also smashed a ne-| Of tne at E. Ghunee once che parsonage posben on, escorting Miss Sloan home, | gro house, and a squad of men were three ries z b ouple stopped on the way at Law- | bours releasing the imprisoned trio of Police Court. r in Indiana, where they were | eee er oer nee In the police court this morning there married in the county court house March | Was on s i E 4. They disappeared from sight for | next plantation, according toa dispatch re, | W@S but one case for trial—Jonn Nolan, @ while, but eventuality reached Omaha, | ceived at midnight by the Atlanta Consti- | Charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, ond ceremony was performed in | tution, a plank was blown through the | Who was fined $250 and put under » bod Protestant Episcopal Church. | house, tearing down the walls, and a tin | tO keep the peace in the future. couple are now in Washington. | Pan was {umed Inside out. Two negroes Alexandria Light Infantry. —— were also injured. The Alexandria Light Infant! 2 z : There was a storm general throughout le! entry, now that Fined for Throwing Glass. the ant hearer ven@nEne morning. and |!t has a full complement of new commis- w York tailor, was | further reports are expected to increase | sfoned officers, and will shortly have a trate Crane in Jefferson court, New York, yesterday for ne thrown glass in front of a bicycle en by a young woman. The case gave “ magistrate an opportunity to give the throwers a lecture. He mainiained man who threw glass on the street, | d of a sense of humor | the damage and death list. Se Ate Rat Poison. Correspondence of ‘The Kvening Star. SEVERN, Md., April 10, 1897. Four of the family of Mr. Dicus were poisoned Thursday morning. Arsenic mixed full complement of non-commissioned offi- cers, has taken on new life, and an effort is being made to get the company in shape to attend the Grant mausoleum dedica- tion in New York. This company made a creditable showing in New York at the funeral of Gen. Grant. sion of man, and that meal had been prepared for rats. Corporation Court. deserved se- | cook, who was ignorant of this,| In the corporation court yesterday the 5 warning to} sprinkled with this mixture the tlsh fried will of Mrs. Mary Gary was admitted to again t rew | for breakfast. Mr. Ditcus nd three others a probate. D. J. Gary, her son, to cle thorough- | were taken sick, and for some time were | She left all of her property, qualified “aa “'sned before him, be | in great danger, but they nave recovered. executor. : ntiary. i a ual Sunday mecting of the W. C. T. U. will be held in Gorsuch Church to- morr3w afternoon. Daughters of America. The regular weckly meeting of Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of America, was held at its rooms on Fairfax street last night with a large attendance. The meeting was as usual a very interesting one. This council is daily growing in popu- larity, and new members are being added at nearly every meeting. A New Police Boat. Mr. A. Dean has laid the keel for a new steamer to be used by the Washington har- bor police In place of the Joe Blackburn, which has been found to be too smail. General and Personal Notes. The monthly meeting of the Woodlawn Farmers’ Club will be held at Mr. Lewis Soaseegoegongoagendoasontontoaseeseeseateasentonsensnseetenseaseegoeseateeseegeen he We want to keep hammering away s truth until every house means literally what it says - per in Washington learns that it THES IS THE ONLY COMPLET 2 HOUSE-FURNISHING sTori IN WASHINGTON. v1 a BINS STORE Wey ASOT We Gillingham’s residence the 17th instant. GUARANTEE EVERY ITEM IN STOCK T) BE A RELIABLE VALUE-AND FOR THE It is said that an effort will be made in : - ———— = — — the new city council to have the city print- ' BArT Ww cu IS SOLD 2 > A e HICH If 1s Sol) THE BEST OBTAINABLE ing put out to the lowest bidder instead of : giving one man a cinch, as it is now. We are not afraid to have you make comparisons. We'd No Gefinite action has been taken in re- gard to selling the old canal property to Mr. F. E. Anderson for $8,000. ——— GIRL IDENTIFIED. rather you would— for we know our position as leaders is beyond suc stul rival. We don’t make a specialty of one branch—and let the others —— ps . It Was Carrie Brown Who Died run wild. But we give each and every need you can have our best Inhaling Gas. attention. Scores of people visited the morgue yes- : . terday afternoon and viewed the body of You You You the colored girl whose death resuited from want a ae Bee & tien gas at Mrs. wee = Beck's tel, No. D street, as pub- Refrigerator— Mattings— lished in yesterday's Star, but {i was not tei Tae And we've got the Mattisgs | until this morning that the body was iden- moliy ua wih Again we pin our conf 3 you want-—-because they are ¥ | tifled as that of Carrie Brown. . The bod: wie. “Weicker cae . So ae hla ete ome ew patterns and strong was identified by the dead girl’s sister, i . se oe See ae 6 pgs ro sath values. No doubt about our seria Pes in Charlies Papers Md., where . r styles— newe ns a ches ator— = variety. such a luxury as gas is not enjoyec, and x els but our kinds save thetr | Maving the lanes : hud been here only a few days when she low as cost in the ice they'll save. found employment in Mrs. Beck's house. = Her body was turned over to her sister. i Lowest prices. —_—>— A Special Train to Run. Manager Whitesell received word this morning from Passenger Agent Hege that the Balttmore and Ohio ratircad will run a special train Monday from Baltimore to Washington to accommodate those wishing to attend the Fitzsimmons reception at Center Market Hall. Parties in Baltimore wishing to attend the reception will thus be able to come to the city on a special train and return at reduced rates, House & Herrmann, Cor. 7th and I Streets. Liberal Furnishers, Srorereeecesesseseeieperaees “i-inr |CARE. OF. CHILDREN a otit President Woodward’s Statement of the Guardians’ Action. THE TEST OF DEPENDENCY APPLIED ee WT co Duty of the District to Those Offi- cially Sé'Declared. THE PROPER TRAINING The congressional joint committee’ on charities devoted the greater portion of its hearing yesterday afternoon to the board of children’s guardians. President Wood- ward presented a statement to the commit- tee, in which he said: “The proper- definition of dependency in ch'ldren is, I believe, yet to be written. ‘The test to be applied, and which must be met as a condition precedent to support and protection, at charitable cost, varies at different institutions according to the mental peculiarities of founders; so that, in this matter, we are compelled to con- sider what ought to be rather than what is, Those Needing Protection. “The following classes of children should be subject to the protection of public au- therity, and should be supported at pub- lic cost, whenever no parent or relative can be compelled to adequately support them and they ‘are not offered charitable care and support by private or religious organizations, approved by the govern- ment: “(A) Children under sixteen years of age who are found cxposed to such immor- al and contaminating influences as make it probable that they will become morally depraved. It should not be necessary that the condition of depravity be already set up. If it is imminent the child is en- titled to authoritative removal to health- ful moral surroundings. “(B) Children whose personal habits, ‘language and manuer of life render them unfit for association with their kind under ordinary circumstances. A corrupt boy or girl has often been known to contaminate a whole neighborhood or school. The ca- reer of all such should be cut short by their instant confinement in an appropriate institution. “(C) Children of habitual but unneces- sary paupers or workers of the charitable resources of a community. The pauper instinct, in addition to being transmissabie from parents to children, is powerfully re- inforced by example, precept and neces- sity, when children are allowed to remain in the environment which such parents create. “(D) Children subjected to willful abuse by drunken parents, or those whose bru- tality cannot be restrained. “(E) All children abandoned by their parents, all children found begging on the street or from door'to door, and all chil- dren who, for any reason, are deprived of the common necessities of life. Duty of the District. “Has the Dita Columbia a duty toward children ndy‘@ficially declared de- wgendoubtedly it has. pendent? I answ The only way in cases involving the welfare of childre: in. be successfully and adequately dé@lt with will be found to be by means .of the maintenance of s agency to which reports and com- Wants regarding }sw@h matters can be made, and which will have for its specific duty the enforcement: of the law for the protection of children,:, The duty of making such provision that all cases of abuse, Abandonment, moral danger and ‘hurtful poverty shall be speed- ily brought to fight, and the children af- fected thereby promptly relieved, is by no means the least obi the duties of the Dis- trict of Columbia.” There should also be provision made fof tht’ temporary care of children while the’ necessary legal steps toward commitment ase being taken,. for instances will eften be found wherein the rescue of the child cannot safely be de- layed for a single hour. I know of no reason why all children who come within the scope of the work which the govern- ment can properly do should not be offi- cially declared tq be under the protection of public authority. Only One: Process, “There is only one process through which children may properly become per- manent public beneficiaries, i.e., through a commitment had in a properly organized court of justice. The attempts at fraud on the part of persons who wish to push off their children during the years of their helplessness are so insidious, and such per- Sons become so expert at invoking sym- pathy where none is due, that only by the process and among the surroundings of judicial examination can the truth be as- certained. “Again, if the doors of public support open only in obedience to orders of the courts, they will remain closed to the hun- dreds of children whose parents have been affected in imagination by an imposing edi- fice, erected as a home for dependent chil- dren, and who would appeal for admission thereto if it could be done practically in secret, but who will struggle on to the end of life, bearing burdens which they alone should bear, rather than appear in court in an attempt to secure a share in the benefits provided for the children of the unfortunate, the incompetent and the depraved. $ “I arge the legal and binding commit- ment as the only proper process for the reception of children into public care and support, for the additional reason that only by such means can their parents and relatives be prevented from interfering with them to their damage. The relations of a child-caring body with the parents of its wards are the most annoying and the most unsatisfactory to the interests of the children under care of the whole round of its varied experience. Somebody must have authority to, in the first place, take children away from unfit parents, and, in tke second place, keep such parents away from the children if good work is to be done. “The trouble with children who become dependent is that they have never had, or have lost, the right sort of home and family life. The thing to do with them would seem to be to supply, just as soon as possible, that which has been missed or taken away. When a man is thirsty we give him drink; when he be hungry we give him food. In like manner, when a child is homeless we provide him a home. The Proper Training. “Therefore, since somebody's home is the Proper destination of every child, that training which will soonest fit a child for reception into that haven of comfort and Protection is the ‘projer training. Home life fits a child for e life, and that alone, unless he has heen injured by want of proper home surfoufidings; in which case he has become abnprmhl. “Institution Hfe,"up to a certain point, corrects abnormalfty djid refits a child for home life. Beyonf- se t point it fits him for institution life, ; that alone, which is a misfcrtune. For! infants and very young children the ptincipal value of an institution is as Eira ving and distribut- ing point, such dhildren being best pro- vided for in selected, family homes as boarders, while waiting the completion of arrangements for their, final reception by adoption or indenture.” “Finally, as to thie disposal of dependent children. It is destratife that there should be available such: variety of correctional, fostering and uplift influences as wili make it possible le government, act- ing through an commission, to do with each individdaf ¢hild that which his disposition, history ‘and capabilities indi- cate as most Ukely fo bring forth the best results. : “Having assumed charge of children in obedience to orders of the court having au- thority to commit, the child-caring com- mission should, through ean expert super- intendeat, at once decide what ts to be the situation of such children for the imme- diate future; whether to be paroled and sent home to be watched over by wise and skillful agents, sent into a reformatory, boarded out or left in the custody of or the other parent, such parents being Placed, without expense to the state, in Position to control and her child, The court of jurisdiction should also be authorized to order the collection of a contribution toward maintenance from parents able but unwilling to provide for their offspring, and to enforce such orders by attachment issued against the property, wages and person of such parent, the chil- dren remaining under the protection of public authority. “By the operation of such a system, chil- dren found in temporary distress will be promptly removed to appropriate institu- tions or placed in selected boarding houses until their parents have so far improved their condition that the children can safely be restored to them. Consideration of com- parative advantages will not, however, control the reception or retention of chil- dren. The question to be decided will never be one arising out of comparison between the wealth of the institution or the com- fort of the boarding home and the bare surroundings and meager support of the parental home; but whether it is morally and physiaclly safe that those directly un- der consideration should continue to reside with their parents. Line of Duty Sharply Dra’ “The line between the duty of the church and the private association and the duty of the government would be sharply drawn and not crossed. Parental rights would be adequately guarded and parental neglect promptly dealt with. All temptation to relinquish to public care children who should be kept at home would be removed. The burden of support of children at public expense would not un- duly increase, for many would be prevented from becoming dependent, parents of oth- ers would be compelled to contribute to their support, and rapid placing out would prevent the crowding of the institutions. At the same time. it would rot be neces- sary that any child should remain subject to abuse, moral contamiration or hurtful poverty for a single day after his condition became known. “Intelligent selection of children for transfer-to trade schools and institutions of learning would provide oppcrtunities for trose who could make best use of them. The tolerably good and the tolerably bad would find appropriate conditions in family hemes and reformatories, and the mel- archoly residium would also find its ap- propriate level and cease to bring forth after its kind.” Colored Woman’s Home. Mr. John F. Cook of the National Home for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children submitted the statement out- lining the work of that irstitution. He said, in addition, that while one-third of the population of the District is of the colored race, only about one hundred color- ed children are taken care of in this home, and there are very few colored children in other institutions. Mr. A. S. Pratt and Officer Wilson of the Humane Society told of the work which this association is doing to rescue children from cruelty and to provide for children left in dependent circumstances. Officer Wilson said that the society takes care of children who would come under the juris- diction of the board of children’s guar- dians. Parents who would not relinquish complete control of their children as re- quired by the board of children’s guar- dians, would permit the Humane Society to place them in an institution for a time, or until the parents could be in position to care for them again. a COLORED MEN AND OFFICES. One of the Race Comments on the Contest for the Recordership. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Please allow me to join you in your con- demnation of the unseemly correspondence, offensive in more ways than one, between two aspirants for the office of recorder of deeds in this District. It is quite the right thing for you to publish the correspond- ence, not that it is at all times instructive or even intelligible, but in so doing you are assisting both the President and the citizens of the District. A political con- test for office, conducted according to the principles usually governing such affairs, is to be expected, but when the contest- ants give utterance to such crude senti- ments, expressed in such language as has been used, one wonders what are the qualifications upon which is based their claim to official recognition. That particu- lar offtece seems to be the legitimate prey of every colored voter within a radius of a thousand miles—the line is not even “drawn at coal heavers.”” The few Teally worthy men who could quietly and effec- tively perform the work of the office are completely overshadowed by the blatant, ignorant demagogues, who, we are led to believe, have no conception of the duties of the office, but regard it as a good place in which to retrieve their fallen fortunes. Such open violation of all the canons of common political decency, such lack of knowledge of the ordinary courtesy which even competitors for office treat one another, would make the whole affair ridiculous if there were not a more serious aspect of the case to be considered. Are we, the citizens of the District, to pay for the kind of service that such persons are likely to render? Is the office of recorder of deeds to be reduced to the status of a political prize-belt to be fought for every four years by persons who boldly, nay proudly, demonstrate their unfitness for the place? The two correspon ling appli- cants, not being wise enough to see that you were actuated by motives other than admiration for the literary ability of the writers, were evidently flattered by the publication of their letters, and so were lured on to their own destruction. It is well. Go on with your good work, thus reducing the number of claimants to the minimum. All good, will call you blessed. ply disgusted with the wacle affair, and express themselves 2s seeing but one of As a colored citizen I wish to say that many of that iong-suffering class are sim- with intelligent citizens two ways for the President to settle the duestion—appoint the colored men to other Offices, if there are any; if there are none, don’t appoint one of them to the recorder- ship unless he be one of the very few qual- ified in every respect for tne place. And jvst here I would like to say that the mania for offices which they are incapable of filling that has broken out among some of the colored men is going to work them nothing but harm. Some of the incapable may succeed, as in the past, in g places they seek, thus demonstratin, inability to the general public; the inevita- ble result will be the reduction to a min- imum of the places they will be permitted to hold, and the effectual shutting out of the few men who are really able to hold offices requiring qualificetions of an order higher than usual. Worthy men are usual- ly modest, and no self-respecting man could take part in the style of rivalry which seems to prevail in the present unholy scramble for the recordership. It is better, far better, that one capable, gentlemaniy, reliable colored man hold office in such manner as to reflect credit upon the whole people and gain respect for them than for one hundred incapables to be appointed to places where they can command only ill- ecncealed contempt, and where they arouse to a greater Jegree that already crushing Frejudice which makes life hardly worth living for the few who really feel tts cruel injustice. It seems to me that it would be more sensible in a people who have yet to prove their fitness in rmany directions to confer seriously as men should endeavor to se- lect the man who will best fill the position sought for, then combine their strength vpon the mar. selected and earnestly press his claims for the place. Under such cir- cumstances their indorsement would mean semething and would carry weight. A CITIZEN. —_—_.__ BOUGHT AN OSTRICH. The Zoo Acquires a Home-Raised Bird, The Zoo has bought of Mr. E. S. Schmid the young ostrich which was produced here in Washington about a year ago by the process of. artificial incubation. Mr. Schmid hatched two birds, one of which died when about three months old from a severe cold caught while on exhibition. The other lived and has thriven, so that it 1s now over 5 fet high, and weighs in the neighborhood of 200 pounds: It has SAAR \ A Perfect X \ /nfant Foods Gail Borden APenrect ‘Supstiute For N ‘TNPANT HEALTH Sen FREE. N Eagle Brand Condensed Milk plumage in the District of Columbia wil be practically demonstrated. It is a profit- able pursuit, the plumes bringing in the rough condition from $50 to $1 a pound. The net annual income from a mature bird varies from $120 to $200 a year, ac- cording to his age, size and the character of the plumage. Mr. Be! To the Editor of The I crave an additional word in your paper touching the matter of my pension and the acceptance of my resignation as deputy commissioner of pensions. It is stated in ‘The Star of yesterday that I was charged with putting through a pension for myself and was summarily removed from office. I was not aware that even Mr. Evans had ever pretended that I had put through a pension for myself, or that I had been re- moved from office, but we will let that pass. What I particularly desire to call attention to is the statement of Mr. Evans, as pub- lished by The Star, that “by the energetic effort of the beneficiary” my pension cer- lificate was otten through the office of the Secretary of the Interior the same day that final action was taken in the pension cffice,” and the further statement of Mr. Evans that, although “technicalities ext under former decisions, the irregularities in the case were wai |, and I direc: that the check issue to Mr. Bell.” The final essential action in the pension bureau is the issue of the certificate, and there ha not been a day since Mr. Evans has been on duty as commissioner, nor will there ever be, in all probability, a day that he shall ever be on duty as commissioner, thet he will not sign certificates for pension that will be “gotten through the office of the Secretary of the Interior the same day that the final action is taken by the pen- sion office,” and that, too, without an: ort of “energetic effort on’ the part of the beneficiary.” Even a pension office novi knows this to be true. But, final. were no irregularities in the case Evans to waive, as hi right to take any credit to himself for i such assumed generosity. The case w. entirely regular in every particular, as Mr. Evans found. H.C. BELL, -Deputy Commissioner of Pensions. . 18 4th street southeast. seiseapsy ieee If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. PROPOSALS. COMMERCE ¢ ‘April 10, 1 or e states, and he has n ed in thi furnishing th purcl as f Waste and fer Washing Towel. ered on each item sep served to reject a technical defects, and to ace] any bid and reject the proposals, witli sp matt ments to be met In respect to each article, and also the estim ted quantities 3 required of each, will be furnis tion to the secretary, be required for the faithful performa: contracts, By the commission, Z LEY, Secretary. PROPOSAL: AND <¢ “Treasurer's U. ers” How ington, D. C., April 5, 18v7.— Seal Will be received at_this off THURSDAY, APRIL FIPT 1,000 cubie yards, more or less, of able for dressing’ aud repairing park reads; 500 cubic yards, more or tess, of rich 3S Manure; all of above to be delivered at such tue and laces in the Home grounds as may be designated by the treasurer. For further information apply. to the vndersigned. F. LADD, First Liew- tenant, 9th Cavalry, Seerciary and Treasure 10/12-3t I1CE—SEAL PROPOSALS, INDORSED posals for Ice,” and andressed to the Secretary of the y, Navy Department, will be received until TWO “O'CLOCK P.M., ‘THURSDAY, MAY SIXTH, 1897, to supply the Navy Departmeat with Ice durivg the fiscal year ending June 90, 1898. Bids must be made in duplicate upo forms which will be supplied upon application to the departwent. JOHN D. : : ashing: addressed to the Secretary Deparunent, will be rec O'CLOCK P.M, THURSDA’ for Washing the Towels ment during the fiscal year Bids must’ be made “In duplicate ape which will be supplied upon plication to. the department. JOHN D. LO! ed at the Secretary's Olice, Washington, D, C., unt THURSDAY, MAY’ SIXTH, pened immediately and miscellaneous supplies, for the Navy Department in Washington, during the Sorat year coding June 30. 1500 Biask forms of proposals giving the necessary information WRI be furaished on application to the depart- ment. JOHN D. LONG, Sectetary of the Nav PROPOSAIS.—COAL, PROVENDER AND ICE.— Sealed proposats, in duplicate, addresved to the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment, Navy De- partwent, Washington, D. C., will be received at that bureau until TW LOCK PM, ON THURSDAY, MAY SIXTH, 1897, and pulbiciy opened immediately thereafter, for the sapply of the following articles: 1, Provender and Tee, to be delivered at the Naval’ Observatory, Wash- ington, D.C. tions, ‘which, "wich blank form of provsals instructions ‘to bidders, will be suppiled application to the bureau, F. E. CHADWK Chief of Bureau. PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.—OFFICE Buildings and Grounds, War Deparims ington, D. C., April 10, 1897.—Sealed proposals. in duplicate, "wi be received bere until TW O'CLOCK PM. MAY TENTH, 1897, for furnis ing supplies required from time to’ time daring fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, as follow: Class 1, florists’ ‘supplies; class 2, flower pot ass 3, paints, olls, glass, etc.; class 4, ware; class 5, agricultural aplements, e 6, electric battery supplies; class 7," drain pipe and plumbers’ supplies; class §, stationery; class %, manure; class 10, sand und’ gravel; cliss 11, soil; class’ 12, ice; ‘class 13, lime and cement? class 14, brick; class 15, sod; class 16, facl: class 17, lumber and sash; class 18, use of teams. "No Inds will be accepted until Congress shall have made the necessary appropriations. Separate proposal for exch class is desired. Each envelope should be indorsed to indicate class for which the inclosed proposal was made. Prefer- ence will be given to articles of domestee mamu- facture, conditions of quality and price (including in the price of foreign productions or manufacture in gecordance with the specitica~ ud the duty thereon) being equal. Attention is invited to acts of Congress approved Februars 26, 1885, and February 23, 1887, vol. 23, page 232, and vol. 24, page 414, stututes-at-large. Right ia reserved to reject und all is. In formation can be obtained here. THEO. A. BINGHAM, Colonel, U. S. Army. 10,12, 13614, my 7&5 FOR GENERAL SUi OFFICE ob the: Commlaaionces’ of the iat ‘of Colum- ‘ashington, April .— Sealed will be received at this office until TWO O'CLOCK P.M., ON THURSDAY, MAY SIXTH, 1897, for furishing the various branches of th? District government with geneza! supplies for the focal year, to end June 20, 1508, comprising sta- Wg; School Bouks, Tinware, Plom‘ers’ Sup: ea Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Re Glass, ints and Varnishes, Lamber, Meata, Castings, Fucl, Dry Goods, Ice,” Telephone Pup- piles, Saddlery “avd ze. “Blauk forms of bropesals, together with ail jnformaticn, can be PROPOSALS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, C., April 5, 18v7.—Sealed proposals will colved at iis dey ment andl TWO OOCLQOK “i THURSDAY, eae an : ing the tress dutldig and tts depends cles im the city of Washington, D.C, durmge 0 fiscal year ending June 18W8, the following described service and supplies: | For removing Ashes, Sewing, Laying Cleaning Carpets and Washing “Towels; or W Paper, for supplying Ice, Lumber, Files Boxes, Stattow Fue ture, Ware and riscellancous quantities regained by sur pd those for Stationers, Forage, Fuel and Ice will include the quantities required by the bureau cf engraving and printing. — Riank forms of proporls, with instractions to bidders, cau be obtained upon application to the office of the superiutendent, treascry building. The departuent reserves the right to reject any and all bids or way part of a bid, and to walve de- ts. W p10, 27éemyd B. CURTIS, Acting retary, ERY, MATERIAL, . Washington, PROPOSALS POR Mice of the Publ April 10, furnishing winting oftice nding June 30, givitg’ the regu! ly, may be obtained* F. W. PAL 24&my1 the Secretary, Washingt ISNT.—Sealed jmopowals, in Al conditions, will be re disbursing’ clerk until TWO. MAY SUNTH, 1897, for fur. Department of "A; ture and anches, during the fiseal year ending the following supplies: “Stationery, duplicating supplies, printers’ material and. seed pockets; laboratory ‘supplies, lumber and prcking boxes, fue painters’ material, plumbers’ sna’ rd tags and hog ringr, pets, eles . brushes, pets and washing 0 suppliv inst ran frames, f waste paper. mi blanks, » the Accomnts Di or the Weather Bu sched. ticles upon which must be sealed Hture, tm mation, ned upon appli ee HURSDAY, T Two this ce DAY r washing towels, F all bids, opt any STITUTE Sealed "7. Ml Ex- al Museum, ternativ ational Park and Burean fiscal year onding June ISYS, supplies, following classes: Chemicals, Wood t Drawers: Food for animals; lots, Oils, Hardware, “Lamber Textiles, ‘eTianeous sipplles, Wan of Waste Material. Awards will be made only to es- tablished maumfaciurers of or dealers in the artides, The right is reserved to waive and to reject any ot all bids or parts Rh With specitieations for jon desired by incendi« ed ont application ssixtant secretary. api, WASHIN O'CLOCK PM furnishing . duri C., duri Also for time and plac eoeived for the Wash e department, its i for th peri al Is wil ment of the Inter nd the © racts awarded sibjec eas to meet the exp schedules of items, ons will be furnished t f Clerk of Links shouk! specifically designate the es or classes of supplies upon which it Is pr posed to bid. AML che propos is will be opened at t nd place above stated rare he nresent at ame coR- N. BLISS. nyt > OF THE INTER UNITED Office, April 1. 1897. Senter pasals will be ri wor of Pa wed at th < until TM Y SINTH, ducing: mtily, ats and process, for All of such and for prod veek! Patents, the Joint n= nay from time to time fons and specimens repecal will be furnished upon ap ids a ed and contencts VpTONriat ion with approved formance and execa- contract will be re and to acy oduction of the Official Gazette or of Mustrated pages thereof separate from all work. or pted entire, for the a The process to be used in the performance of the work must be stated. All pronesals must be submitted in avsdraplicate, addressed to the Patents, sesled. and indorsed on Propesaix for Photolithorrapte Office.” The proposals will he time and place above stated. and he present at the opening. ‘Comtatestoner. Commissioner « Work. Patent opencd at the wed at 1h 1. OF TH ish said departinent laneons articles, in forage, flazs sud tee for the year ending 1898. in accordance with a schedule of WH be supplied to persons ond toh The right to ccept any portion ¥ y given of anv article Fach bidder ‘itt ida bond, with schedule, tired to furntsh two supetics, In th anter of a faithful Which may be away mitted should be left at the of the department. tary of St DEPARTMENT OF J) ING’ €., April 5, caled joo ill be re ceived at this department unt TWO O'CLOCK P.M. MONDAY, MAY TL immedirtely thereafter, jonery and supplies for the courts and federai court officers, fiscal year NUS. The right is reserved to reject any and all waive deficts. Blank forms of Stationery rong JOUN SHERMAN, Scene p30,12,17.19,28,29;my1.2 partment of Justice. JOSEPH McK) torney General, “PROPOSALS FOR MILK.”—TREASULEE'S OF- oo. S cldiecy’ Mowe. Washington, D. & April 5 7.—Seale wi rece at this’ office unt! THN A ON THCURSDAX, APRIL FIFTEENTH, 1897, for furnishing the Home with Pare, Fresh, ‘Unadulterated Dairy Milk for one co May 1. 1897, to be yea pane bi delivered at ® wharf or depot in the city; the tity required being about 75 gallons dally. The right’ to determine the most competent bt der $s reserved to the beard of commissions of the Home. For further information apply to the undersigned. E. F. ADU, Piret Lieutenant, ¥th Cavalry, Secretary and ‘Treasurer. apT,10,13-3t * DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, W. D. -» April 10, 1897.—Sealed pi will be’ pe ceived at the office ‘of the Chie! Clerk, Departnert of Justice, until. TWO O'CLOCK, PIM, THURS. DAY, MAY SIXTH, 1897, for the