Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1897, Page 13

THES EVENIN? STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvanis Avenus, Cor. iith ft, by he a Soe ARES Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. pas scribes in the at 10 cents The Evening Star Is sersed ic city by carriers, cn their own xecount, Der week, or 44 cezts per monta. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By m: where in the United States or Canadu—postage prepaid —S0 cents er month. Saturday Quirtuple Sheet ar, $1 per sear, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at fice at Washineto2, D. C.. as second-class mail tmatter.) 7AM mail sub- ny tnust be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Increasing Inquiries by Prospective Investors Creating Hopefulness. MUCH BETTER FEELING EVIDENT Effect of Approaching Rapid Tran- sitonWashington Heights Property. A REVIEW OF CONDITIONS —__+—_—— There is a very g:atifyirg evidence of pefulness on the part of the men in hington who deal in real estate for a lihood, and it indicates an improved on of affairs in the very near future. opinion is generally expressed that e been in the last few days an un- part of there usual nur er of inquiries on sstors in realty, both for uburban property. Many rsons, both here and elsewhere, who ve idl= money are recovering from the have been lat three years, and in the approaching settle- the tariff question and the that the result will restore a ntial stability of values in ev n has caused them to seek opportunities for investment, and District real estate bas y under which the two or ing for the past their confidence ment of tai largely a facter in the ce on. New York and Philad phia _capital- figure largely in this. ey appre Ente the fact that the capital of the 12- nis becoming more and more the cen- of he ountry in eve respec but articularly as a residential Mecca which will atcract the wealthy and inftuential for at least a large portion of the year, and ady they realize the st i newcomers will result In a corr advancement of values. Several syndicates have representative present looking over the ad rties in and around Wes it is believed there will b in the market within the ne: Washington Heights and Rapid Tr: wit. The extension of the rapid trans’ stem of the Metropolitan railroad to the summit of Washington Heights will probably have the same healthy effect upon property in that vicinity as the extension of the cable system to Mount Pleasan: had upon that of Columbia Heights. The commencement of work on the extension and the evidences of its Immediate completion cave inspired an unusual aber of inqu' and man Geals are under consideration. The } have advanced substant the recent sale i few wee as evidenced Law- and Mrs. rerce Sands of a por { Min:wood, tne origi estate of Little fami which Mr. Sards is a member, to Joan Skerman. Two years ago the very eligible and very large lot at th> corner of Mint- wood place and Columba road -ould very easily been e 125 a ed for The lot e:, fronting 1- et on Mi feet on Co- eps Sper a psid $40,009 for over is deal ent ard the other property Among the Arch The architects also report reques the preparation of plans for pro: improvements, and a very lively is close at hand. made plans for four English horses, to be erected on Connecticut ave- nue near Florida avenue. They wjll hav fronts ef Indiana limestone. and be finish- ed with high pitched roofs, The houses will season Mr. George S. Cooper has basement have twelve rooms each, with large re- ception halls, and the two-lower floors will be finished in oak. The upper floors will be finished in party colors. The baths will be tiled, an@ the hou: wired for ele: tricity. They will have cabinet mantel throughout, and be elaborately decorated. They will be heated by steam. Mr. Cooper has also prepared plans for a smail flat to be erected on 5ta street sovth of East Capitol street. The building will have a frontage of forty-eight feet, and will be four stories high. flat I contain four rooms and a bath, and > fitted with every convenience to be in the modern apartment struc- . The building will be situated so as to get plentiful light and air from three sides. It will be tastefully decorated throughout and heated by steam. Nearly ¥#100,000 Worth of Improve- ments. Building permits were issued during the week ending Thursday for the erection of new houses, which will involve a total expenditure of $71,400, and permits to re- pair were issued amounting to ¢ ‘These sums represent a very heavy in- crease over the week before, and the in- Gications are that the total for the month of June will reach over $400,000. A very handsome addition will be made to house No. 1202 18th street for Admirai J. G. Walker by builder C. A. Langley. a mansard- roof will be added at a cost ot and the appearance of the dwelling mproved. Mrs. S. H. Wilmot will erect on plans by B. F. Myers three dwellings, to be num- bered 1141, 1143 and 1145 224 street. They will be IS by 35 feet in dimensions, buiit of press brick, three stories fa above a cellar, and will have bay their fuli hetght. They will have all mo: ern conveniences. The cost will be $10,500. Mark Halloran will butid tw wellings, Nos. 708 and 7 17 by 31 feet in size, to cost 35, Morgan 1s the architect and F. E the builder. Reginald Fendall will make repairs to the office building No. 344 D street northw to cost $10,000. The height of the building will be i sed to seventy-five feet, and the entire structure generally improved. A. P. Clark, jr., is the architect and H. D. Getz the builder. Jorn B. Lord, jr, has secured a permit to erect & two-story and attic frame dwell? ing in Brookland at a cost of $2,500, A.B Metcalf 0. It will be thirty-nine feet front by thirty-two deep, will have a pitch roof and be heated by a furnace. B. F. & Prepared the plans and J n will build a three-story and basement dwelling in Holmead Manor for George W. Lan: The front will be of Roman red brick rising from a base of Indiana limestone. It will be very attrac- tive and equipped with all the conven- fences. The cost will be $6,000, R. E. Nuddaugh will at: once erect four two-story buff brick dwellings on Florida avenue between Ist street northwest and North Capitol street, sixteen by thirty-two feet in dimensions. The cost will be $10,000. Mr. Nuddaugh has also secured a permit to build a store and dwelling at No. 1540 North Capitol street, twenty by thirty-six feet in dimensions. ‘It will be two stories in height over a cellar. It will cost $4, Cc. C. Glover will improve his lots at Nes. 3348, 6c and 3352 M street northwest by the erection of three one-story mottled brick stores, 16 by 36 feet, at a cost of $2.00. M. D. Hensey has prepared the plans and will erect for Margaret Barrow at 408 M street northwest a three-story and cellar welling at a cost of $6,000. The house will be 20 feet front by 29 deep, and will con. tein all the conveniences, including hot water heat. The front will be of press brick. J. Germuiler has made plans for a dwell- ing to be erected by E. J. De Lacy for re. Che Lven g Star. Pages 13-24. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. It will be two stories over a cellar, and wit! be 22 feet front by 30 feet deep. The cost will be $3,000. Frank L. Hanvey will build for James Richardson from plans by L. Norris a handsome dwelling at 113 I street north- west. It will be of press brick, three sior- ies and basement and will have a depth of 44 feet and a frontage of 26. The interior will be finely fitted up. The house will cest $1: i R. T. Warwick will place a one-story ad- dition to the rear of restaurant No. 415 13th street northwest, at a cost of 31,700. . W. Chappell is about to erect in Amer- ican University Park a dwelling 27 by 32 feet in dimensions and two stories and .at- tie in height, at a cost of $2,000. The foundation will be of stone and the front of siding. a MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. ‘Two Hundred Americans Cities Own Electric Lighting Plants. From Monicipal Affairs. Gas plants are operated by 168 cities of England and Scotland, Including almost every city of consequence, except London: by 388 cities of Germany, including thirty of the largest, such as Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden; by Brussels, by Amsterdam, by many cities in the British colonies, and by 12 American cities, including Wheeling, Louisville, Richmond and Philadelphia. Electric lighting plants are operated by over 2) American munic‘palities, includ'ng Dunkirk, in this state, and Jacksonville, Springfield, Li Rock, Topeka, Bay City, and Chicago; by many British by some in the Australian colonies, roit De C and by thirteen German cities, including Hamburg and Dresden. Street railroads owned and ated in thirty-three cities of 1 Scotland, by some cities of Switzerland, Holland and of the n colonies, by Toronto, and in a measure, by New Orleans. To put the matter into condensed form, municipal ownership of one or more of these street i in over 700 cities, and the laws of a score of . ‘Time was when pri- ip of all street franchises was the chiefest cities of the Progress in the art i in the direction the rule world ar icinal ownership. pal ownership is, therefore, no new adical thing. It is neither social- nor populistic. It is and practicable. It must be at t reasonably successful, and it cannot be attended with any greater political evils an the no more universal municipal own- ip of docks, ferries, bridges, markets the water supply. So much the ex- and perience of these other cities indicates to us. +o+—___ Bird's Friendship for a Boy. Jou! L. It is a rare occurrence for auimals, in a wild state, to selezt man for a companion and friend, yet well-atthenticated in- stances when this has Leen done are a matter of record. The feliowing instance is vouched for by my correspondent, a young womia who is a close and accurate observer: “Last week my brother (a lad of 12) killed a snake, which was just in the act of robbing # sorg sparrow’s nest. Ever since then the male sparrow has shown his gratitude to George in a truly wonder- ful manner. When he goes into the gar- den the sparrow will fly to him, sometimes alighting on his head, at other times on his shoulders, all the while pouring out a tumultuous song of praise and gratitude. It will accompany him about the garden, never leaving him until ne reaches the garden gate. George, as you know, is a quiet boy, who loves animals, and this may account, in a degree, for the sparrow's ex- traordinary action I am perfectly convinced that the nest- ing birds on my place know me, and that they remember me from one nesting-time to another. I have reveatedly approached my face to within a foot of setting birds without alarming them. On one occasion I even placed my hand on a setting cardinal, which merely fluttered from beneath it without incing further alarm; yet no wild bird has ever evinced toward myself any special degree of friendship. When I was a lad I remember that a certain de- crepit old drake would follow me like a dog, and which appeared to enjoy himself in my society. I could not appreciate his friendship then, and greatly fear that I Was, at times, rather cruel to the old fel- low. From the Louisville Cou cose Oldest College Men. From the Boston Journal. Samuel Ward Chandler of Philadelphia and the class of 1824, now nearly ninety- four years of age, is Harvard's well-pre- served oldest; he is the father of Francis W. Chandler, professor of architecture in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lartmouth’s oldest living graduate is Mark Wentworth Fletcher of Wayne, IL. class of 1825, who is within a few months of being as old as Harvard’s oldest. Emilius Kitch- ell Sayre of Monticello, Mo., who is in fee- ble health in his eighty-eizhth year, is Am- herst’s oldest; ne was in the class of 1528, of which he is the sole survivor. ‘The old- est Williams graduates of the same class of 1828 are Joseph Lyman Partridge of Brooklyn, ninety-three years of age, and Rev. Ebenezer Harrison Stratton of Branchport, N. ¥Y. The oldest for Bowdoin College is Frederick Waite Burke of New York city, rinety-one years old, of the class of 1824. Wesleyan's oldest, and indeed her very frst graduate, is Daniel H. Chase, who lives at Middletown, and now and then attends the morning chapel service. Mellen Fitch of West Newton and the class ‘26, now ninety-two years of age, heads t for the University of Vermont. r Albert Ware Paine of Bangor, Me., is the oldest graduate of Colby University a: Waterville, Me. Dr. Benjamin D. Silli- man of Brooklyn, N. Y., holds the seniority for Yale. on the Teachers. From the Portland (Me.) Argus. The other day a pupil in one of the pub- lic schools asked the teacher to do a little example in grammar, and since then what + sceemed at first to be a simple problem has had the serious consideration of all the pedagogues in the community, and it has been unanimously agreed that there is no rule in grammar to cover the point raised. The youngster’s proposition was this: “It is two miles to Woodfords. Now’ please write under that sentence ‘There are two twos in the above sentence.’ That is what the boy said. He did not submit the problem in writing, and when the teacher tried to follow his injunction she found out the reason why. It dawned on her that there were not two twos, neither were there two tos, and how to ex- press in writing what was easy enough ta do verbally she ascertained to be impossi- ble. The boy .respensible for the foregoing must be a near relative to the youth who asked his teacher how to spell Paris green, and when she replied, “P-a-r Par, 1-8, Paris, g-r-e-e-n, green; Parls green,” re- torteg: “No, you're wrong; you can't spell Paris green, or blue, or any other color. You can’t spell it anything but Paris.” —-2-__. Pat « Spider in His Dumpling. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Three weeks ago Rev. Silas Spurrier, a Methodist preacher, went to Sulphur Springs, Ohio county, Ky., and was taken very ill. A physiclan was called in, and he declared the minister had been fatally pois- oned. After the funeral it was understood that a woman was suspected of placing a spider in a dumpling the man ate, but when the authorities went to see her she had left the country, and has not been scen since. The minister on his Jeath bed told some- BUT LITTLE NOW OUT Most of the Fractional Currency Has Been Redeemed. SOME TURNS UP. EVERY YEAR A Complete Collection Has Con- siderable Value. THE VARIOUS ISSUES Written for The Evening Star. A man, evidently from some little town- ship or settlement out of touch with the times, stepped into ‘one of the big stores down town the other day and made some trifling purchases. When he came to pay for them he pulled out a curious-looking pocket book, which appeared to be nothing more than two strong cards apparently bound together at the long edge, opened it from one side, disclosing some notes se- curely held under two bands of tape, and then, shutting it again, opened it from the other side and showed the notes free. He selected one—a note about five inches long and a little more than a couple of inches wide—and tendered it to the clerk who had carried out his wishes and who had taken in the old pocket book and the rather “queer” looking money with a hasty glance. t is not good! It is confederate money!” exclaimed the young lady. ENo, mum! Tnat’s good, honest money. “But it isn’t the Kind we use, and 1 can- not take it.”” A moment later light dawned upon the giri. She called another employe of the store, and as he happened to be of more mature years and distinctly - remembered the time when the old frectional paper cur- rency was in vogue he quickly saw the old man's position. Whether he took the money and paid for the goods out of his own pocket or whether the firm received the old- Ume notes is not known, but the old man got his purchases. Before he left, however, he was advised to go to the treasury and get the remainder of his money redeemed in coins of the day, so as to avoid further misunderstandings and disagreements, Only a Few Millions. There is more of this fractional currency floating around at this late day than one would imagine at first thought. Of course there 1s very little that finds its Way into public channels as a medium of trade, but a considerable amount is redeemed at the Treasury of the United States each year, and the amount has increased very pe ceptibly since the set-in of the hard times and the business depression everywhere. In a few vears, ‘however, the amount out- Standing will dwindle to a few thousand dollars, and the notes representing this sum will. in all probability never be turn- ed in, but will be heid as heirlooms, sou- venirs and valuable curiosities. | ‘ne amount outstanding at this time is only a few millions of dollars. There are many persons who remember this fractional or postal currency very vividly. It was not so long ago that it was very much in evidence, and along with the memory of it is the thought of the countless advertising schemes that were based upon a suitable pocket book or car- rier for this currency. And there are any bumber of persons who will aver in the strongest terms that the period when the country was flooded with this fractional currency and the same money of larger denominations was the most prosperous in their recollection. ‘The first issue of the fractional postal currency was made under an act author- izing the same passed July 17, 1862, and $20,215,635 was issued in denominations of five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents. The second issue and all issues thereafter were made under an act passed March 3, 1863. The second issue comprised the same de- nominations as the first and the amount is- sued was $23,164,483.65. In the third issue a new denomination was introduced—the three-cent_note—and the amount issued Was $86,115,028.80. In this issue there were also two fifty-cent notes, a rare occurrence in the same series. One has a picture of Justice and the other a portrait of Spin- ner, the latter being a very rare specimen of the currency. The three-cent note and this fifty-cent note form two of the “hard- est” specimens—in the vernacular of the coin and stamp collector—to obtain. Various Insués. In the fourth issue, made under act of June 30, 1864, in conjunction with the other acts, there were three series, the first carrying ten, fifteen, twenty-five ana fifty-cent no‘es and the other two series additional fifty-cent notes. The fifteen- cent note made its appearance for the first time in this issue. The amount was $176,- 567,032. The last series carried but three denominations of notes, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, and amounted to $62,661,- 900. The whole amount of the postal frac- tional currency issued was $368,724,079.45. There were issued of denominations—3 cents, $601,923.90; 6 cents, $5,604,717.85; 10 cents, $82,198,456.80; 15 cents, $5,405,568.40; 25 cents, $139,031,482, and 20 cents, $135,- 891,930.50. The whole amount outstanding June 30, 1896, the close of the fiscal year, was, ac- cording to the treasurer's report, $15,267,- 122.47, and the amount outstanding today, less the redeemed notes already turned in this fiscal year, is $15,265,179.47. Of this amount it is estimated by the actuary of the Treasury Department that $8,375,034 has become worn out or totally destroyed, and will consequently be a clear gain to the government, leaving as the actual amount outstanding $6,891,188.47. it is interesting to note the amounts re- deemed, each year since 1892, in coins of the present day that are available for every-day business and other obligations. In the year ending June 30, 1893, $2,008 was redeemed; in ‘94, .$3,367. in ‘06, $3,019.93; in '96, $2,933.35, and up to the present day in the fiscal year of '06-7, $1,943. This last figure shows a falling off in the redemp- tions, and this may be looked upon as an indication of the loosening of the money market and the lessening of the tension upon the pocket book. Artistic in Appearance. The notes of the first three issues were not very artistic, and were too small, with the exception of the two fifty-cent notes in the third issue. The last two issues were really beautiful specimens of the art of bank note printing, the notes of the fifth resembling the familiar treasury note of today in miniature. The first issue was rather crude in work- manship. The prevailing colors were brown and green, while the heads of Washington and Jefferson, none too well executed, adorned them. Washington's portrait adorned the notes of the second issue, and was noticeable on account of the bright gilt circle which surrounded it. The colors of the notes varled—brown, green, red and purple. The portraits in the third issue, the notes of which were uniformly Hght, with green backs, were those of Washington, Clark, Fessenden, Justice and Spinner. The ‘fourth issue gave the first evidence of any artistic abil- ity, the tens and fifteens being adorned with a handsome vignette of the Goddess of Liberty. The other notes had portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Stanton and Dexter. This was the first issue in which the Treas- ury Department used the familiar seal that is on the treasury note of today. The fifth isste was very artistically gotten up end had the portraits of Meredith, Crawford and Walker. The seals stamped on these thing concerning the matter to the doctor | notes resembled very much the seal in use and another gentlemen, but they will not Jacob Steiger at No. 1351 Wallach street. ! talk. at the present time. A full set of this fractional currency has a face value of $6.08, but in all bability a set would be worth from ir to six times as mgch as a souvenir or to a col- lector of money. It is also probable that the greater part of thts money now out- standing as a debt against the government will never be presented at the treasury for redemption, and has been resolved into just such sets to be preserved or perhaps sold when the notes hi become even rarer than they are now. The government will make no objection to tnis, as every note destroyed or kept in this way is just so much in Uncle Sam’s pocket. SS THE AMERICAN A Good Country for Foreigners to Do Businesa In. Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine. With a bountiful nature and a popula- tion accustcmed to work for pey that would only support them in conditions of squalor, it can be seen why the citizen of the United States, who is always looking for a place to “invest his capital” (meaning often only his wits), finds Mexico attractive. So long aS wages are low, and the peon is content to live as he does, and the American dollar can be ckanged into two Mexican dollars for the purchase of land or the pay of la- bor, the prospect seems a dazzling:one for the adventurer. The gcvernment. invites investments by the most liberal concessions and encourages in every way the building of railways and the development of pro- ductive lends. I doubt if there is another country where foreigners are so much en- couraged end so well protected by the au- thoritles as in Mexico. And this invitation to foreigners will continue sa long as the government is administered in its present spirit, until the Mexicans are educated and have learned to live better and to demand adequate wages. Meantime the govern- ment, while holding out inducements to foreign cayital, is multiplying its schools, both for ccmmon and industrial education, and adopting our new educational methods, from the colleges down to the kindergar- tens. In this transitional period the Amer- ican sces an cpportunity for making a for- tune. It weuld sound strange in England, and it begins to be rare in the. United States, to hear of fortunes made by agri- IN MEXICO. culture. But cases of it are said to be common here. I was told that in the lit- tle, clean, healthful, delightful city of Guadalajara (125,000) there are forty-seven millicnaires (no one of them worth more than three millions), who have nearly all mede their money from the product of their haciendas. Many of them are ‘from the lower ranks, and began with no capi- tal a few years ago. Some of these lucky people are foreign- ers who have married Mexican women and adopted the manners of the country. 1 could fill this paper with instances I have heard of, of foreigners who game here pen- niless and in a few yeargshave risen to positions of trust and ownersitp in banks, Trailways and plantations. “But these stories are ccmmon the world ever, These protit- able haciendas, where sugar, ‘coffee and cereals are grown, both the ®ld and the new, are really feudal princjpatities in ex- tent and in authority. In“the*center of a tract of tens of thousands of acres, only a small proportion of whic is cultivated, is the owner's residence. if he is a Mexican (and comparatively few as yet are owned by. foreigners) there is @ chirch with a tall spire or tower near t! ease—a land- mark for every dusty visi store, and, grouped around, the mud hovels of the peons, who are the feudal dependents. ‘he hacienda residence may be surrounded by a high adcbe wall, and within are the vari- ous offices, courts, with tropical trees, plants and flowers and fountains. ‘fhe large and poor population of this domain are absolutely depéndent upon the proprie- tor. Their dwellings are wretched, even for this climate; theif wardrobe would make a rag market in any ghetto, and they are apt to be in debt to the proprietor. who gives them their’ wages in store pay, at a handsome proftt. And, yet, so far as 1 can see, li is a conterited and cheerful popu- lation, both in country dnd city. There is an air of leisure everywhere; church festi- vals and holidays are ffequent; every one has his siesta in the middle of the day; in small cities the shops close from 12 to 3; the tramways take a rest then also, and there is no appearance ‘#hat laborers are driven in their tasks. “Yor cannot ‘hurry anything or anybody. Wor “tomorrow” is always coming. It will thus be seen that it is a good country for the laboring men, who can wear anything that will hold to- gether, eat anything that a cent will buy, sleep on a mat on the ground wrapped .in his serape, and who hag not been taught that if he has a piece of silver worth 50 cents it is his right to take it to the mint and have it coined into a dollar. ee Se SE Se Poor Lo Behind the Plow. Lander, Wyo., Letter to Denver Republican. William Shakespeare, an Arapahoe In- dian on the lower Shoshone agency, re- ports to the Indian guide of Fort Washa- kie that the Indians on the subagency are working on their farms more industriously this year than ever before. They are break- ing up a large amount of new land, and where last year the sage brush was thick there are now good farms. He says: ‘‘The old Indians always used to talk of go!ng to war, and now they talk different; they tell us about farming, and how to farm, and they tell us young men to work hard at farming. I have in about twelve acres of wheat, five of oats, one of potatoes, and a big garden of watermelons, squash and other vegetables. I have twenty-two acres this year instead of ten last, and all the other Indians are the samé way, plowing much more land this year than last.” + +—____ Inspired Language. From the Chicago Journal. Dr. Buckley, the editor of the New York Christian Advocate, is quite a hero wor- shiper. Some years ago, while wandering through the Kensington Museum in Eng- land, the prominent divine caught sight of Tennyson, at that time the poet laureate. Tennyson carried a child and was accom- panied by his wife. Dr: Buckley made up his mind that he would follow this great man, and perhaps hear some of his com- ments on the works of the old masters, Finally the little group paused before a magnificent painting. Dr. Buckley edged a little nearer. The oracle was about to speak. The American was. sure that the author of “In Memoriam” ;cotild not say anything commonplace, As he unconsciously aj ing to catch the words about to speak the latter turmed to his wife, reached out his arm# @nd-said: “Here, wife, you take the baby while I go down and get some beef,” = Victims: of Sei From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. . “We have so many in the family that there’s really no privacy fer a@ girl who is ivst engaged.” po, “What do you do?” “Well, we've been page on the roof and sitting together on Ié"settee with our backs to the big. iney- But we can’t sit there any och tad - “Why not?’ ‘ “Well, a man came to : and offered him a photo; ed at it and almost fell off his yesterday look- ir. It THE NATIONAL GUARD Week Following Return From Camp Quiet and Uneventful. CAPT. HEYL AS ADJUTANT GENERAL we might have to do that. Details of the Interstate Drill at San Antonio. gee CAPTAIN SHILLING SANGUINE ne more? The week following the return of the brigade from camp has been unprecedent- edly quiet and uneventful as regards all matters relating to the District of Colum- bia National Guard. Captain Charles H. Heyl of the 23d United States Infantry has been assigned to duty as acting adjutant general in special orders No. 44, from head- quarters, under date of June 21, which means that Col. Mosher has practically, though not officially, severed his connec- tion with the guard. Orders will issue from the War Department about July 1 relieving him from duty with the local brigade, and the commissioning of Captain Heyl as lieutenant colonel and adjutant general will follow soon thereafter. Cap- tain Heyl is permanentiy established at headquarters, as is Captain Slecum, who will perform special duties from time to time, at the direction of the commanding general. A rumor has it that Major E. R. Camp- bell, the popular and thoroughly efficient commanding officer of the 4th Battalion, is about to tender his resignation, and that First Lieut. Sidney R. Jacobs, his adjutant, and perhaps’ several other officers will fo! low the example. The members of the bat- talion are resting on the hope that the rumor ig without foundation. The resigna- tion of: it Lieut. M. E. Sabin, inspector of rifle practice of the 4th Battalion, is re- garded as a certainty, as he has been de- tailed for field service by the pension office. Major Gilbert R. Thompson, commanding , Any honest person ean bi us on the foilowing easy terr tions strictly confidential. be cheerfully refunded. Baltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw Street. that laid down in Infantry Drill Regula- the Engineer Battalion, left today for | tions, United States Army, adopted Octo- Helena, Montana, to remain there all sum-| ber 3, 1801, except those companies who mer. Major Thompson will be in charge of | so elect. may be judged according to the the preparation of a topographical map of | rew manual prescribed for the magazine the country in the vicinity of Helena for | rifles. the geological survey. Captain S. H. Wig-| We think that the use of blank cart- gin of Company D fs the ranking officer ridges would add to the effectiveness of the | next to Major Th m, and he will prob- | driii from the spectators’ point of view, but ably be in commai uring the absence of | consider that the drill association should the battalion commander. Prigade Ordnance Sergeant Pierre M. Kennert; who demonstrated his worth and ability at Camp Washington, has been appointed brigade quartermaster sergeant. Efficiency Competition in. Progress. The efficiency competition is supposed to be in progress, although little or nothing can be learned regarding its status at pres- ent. The arrangements were that the com- petition should be started at camp, and the supposition is that such was the case. The judges are probably on the alert, so that it behooves company commanders to be up and stirring, and not relapse into a state of sonnambulism during the summer months, though the tendency is in that direction, The rifle range at Ordway will be open all day July 5 to members of the guard. There will be several informal matches and pool shooting. Scores made mdy be certified as part of the prescribed practice for the current practice season. Trains will leave the 6th street depot at 9 a.m., 12:50 and 4:36 p.m. The 4th United States Artillery, it is ex- pected, will use the range of the National Rifle Association for its small arms prac- tice during the summer. The Ambulance Corps is highly pleased with its camp record, and over the fact that it is fairly bombarded with applica- tions for membership. A waiting list has been established and sixteen names are already inscribed thereon. The corps has completed arrangements for an all-day and evening excursion to River View July 13, when the members expect to entertain their friends. The organization will con- tinue its regular work throughout the hot weather, without adjournment or cessation. Mortons at San Antonio. The event of greatest interest at present to District guardsmen and the people of Washington generally is the interstate drill and encampment to be held at San Antonio, Tex., July 17 to 25, inclusive. Company B, 2d Battalion—the Morton Ca- dets—expects to make its presence very much felt in this contest, and with that end in view the company has resumed the nightly drill interrupted for ten days be- cause of the recent camp at Fort Wash- ington. Capt. Schilling’s drill team is al- ready in champiorship form, and though the competition at San Antonio promises to be unusually close and spirited, the Mor- tons have no doubt that they will finish at the head of the list. It is about three weeks from today to the pitching of tents at San Antonio, and the preparations there, judging from all re- Ports, are being pushed with vigor and earn- estness. Adjt.Gen. Mabry of Texas, the cus- todian of the Galveston championship cup, thinks the military festival is going to be one of the greatest events of the kind the country has ever known. In addition to the drill, there will be night entertainments throughout the encampment, consisting of balls, so arranged to enable the visiting soldiers to participate in a fair way to all; a night attack, with tableau effects; an opera, arranged especially for the visiting soldiers and strangers in the city; a grand concert of all visiting bands, preceding the decision of the band contest. It is estimated that the most attractive features, socially, of the great event will be at night. The entire grounds will be magnificently illuminated, contracts Hav- ing been authorized for arc lights and all illuminations necessary to render the camp. and the grounds rost attractive for both night receptions and the entertainments in the main building. Washington Will Be in It. Wednesday, July 21, has been selected as San Antonio day, when all the merchants, manufacturers and business concerns in the city will close their places of business in order that the entire population may have an opportunity to witness the most in- teresting feature of the drill—the contest between the home company and the Mor- ton Cadets, and the zouave and artillery drills which will be held on that day. An army of workmen is engaged on new seats which the association is having built, and which will constitute a seating stand nearly 500 feet long, eight seats high. It is estimated that this stand will accom- modate over 8,000 people, which, with the grand stand, will easily accommodate 5,000 Spectators. A capacious carriage stand, overlooking the drill field, has been railed off, running about 1,500 feet to the east of decide this point. The captain will not be required to take any particular post except at inspection, formation of drill and during the firings. The exception of “sling arms” will not be required. Paragraph 210, French's interpretations, not accepted. The rear rank halts at 44 inches, then closes to facing distance. ridges, : affecting paragraph Blank cartridges will be required in all firings. OMicial List of Entries. The official list of entries, up to date, is as follows: = Zouazves—Hale Zouaves, Kansas City, Mo.; Neely Zouaves, Memphis; Aurora Zou- aves, Aurora, IIL; San Antonio Zouaves. Class A, infantry—J. M. Shaw Rifles, Navasota, Tex., Gordon Boone, captain; Company A, Ist Regiment, T. V. C., Gal- veston, J. A. Kobertson, jr., captain; Loyd Rifles, Fort Worth, A. B. Kelly, captain; Governor's Guard, Austin, R. C. Roberdeau, captain; Thurston Rifies, Omaha, W. J. Foye, captain; Company G, 4th Regiment, Jowa N. G., Wm. T. Chantland, captain; Company D, 1st Regiment, Minnesota N. G., Ed. S. Bean, captain; Orleans Rifles, 4th Battalion, New Orleans, Major Elmer E. Wood, commanding; Iselknap Rifles, S. L. McAdoo, captain; McCarthy Light Guards, Little Rock, Company A, 24 Regi- ment, C. M. King, captain; Morton Cadets, Washington, E. A. Shilling, captain; Sealy Rifles, Galveston, A. L. Gilfillan, captain. Class B—Texarkana Rifles, W. H. Hay- wood, captain; Marble Falls Guard, Ed. L. Richards, captain; Lipscomb Rifles, Luling, J. L. Veasy, captain; Kenedy Rifles, Cor- pus Christi, D. C. Brewster, captain; Deni- son Rifles, W. B. Munson, captain; Cochran Light Guard, San Angelo, E. W. Bryan, captain; J. M. Shaw Rifles, N sota, Goi don Boone, captain; Loyd Rifles, Fort Worth, A. B. Kelly, captain; Nocona Rifles, Company F, 6th Regiment, B. B. Clarke, captain; Company C, Gth Regiment, Gaines- ville, N. Lapowski, captain; Mexia Minute Men, J. 8. Marks, captain; Trezevant Rifles, Dallas, C. S. Mitchell, captain; Company G, 4th Regiment, Iowa N. G., Fort Dodge, Iowa, W. T. Chantland, captain; Orleans Rifles, 4th Battalion, New Orleans, Major E. E. Wood, commanding; Tom Hamilton Guards, Huntsville, Allen T. Smither, cap- tain; San Angelo Guards, E. W. Bryan, captain; Company A, 6th regiment, Eagle Pass Guards. Companies Hard at Work. Reports from all over the country are to the effect that the crack drlil companies are hard at work preparing for the ap- preaching competition. The Belknap Rifles of San Antonio are drilling morning and evening. The morning drills are from 4 to 6, and the night drills commence at 8:0 2nd continue until 10:30. The company is required to sleep at the armory in order that Capt. McAdoo can form the drill team promptly on time. Capt. Roberdeeu is drilling his company, the Governor's Guard, of Austin, Texas, very hard now and getting the boys in shape to attend the San Antonio drill. The corpany will have over fifty men and all of its old officers and guides will be with it to “battle” for glory in the shadow of the walls of the old Alamo. Both Capt. Roberdeau and his men are very sanguine of success at San Antonio and propose re- turning to Austin with one, if not more prizes. Adjt. Gen. Mabry is in Socios a a ae ‘am from the Neely Zouaves 0! lemphis, Tenn., stating that they have joined the ‘Tenressee Volunteer Guard. In reply to this, Gen. Mabry wired the Neelys that such being the case they will be permitted to enter the state of Texas and participate in the San Antonio drill. One of the companies which, it is ex- pected, will prove a center of attraction at San Antonio is Company D of the Ist Regiment of the National Guard of the state of Minnescta. Capt. Ed 8. Bean, who commends the company, is a cham- pionship veteran, and all of his commis- siored officers have done more or less in the line of wresting the palm of victory from many a well-contested field of peace- ful strife. In 1887 the greatest of all the interstate drills, at the national capital, saw this company entered and carrying ‘the trophies of their former victories gal- lantly on the field, and when the viciors were known, the now famous Company D stood next to the first The capture of this trophy tealed the fate of the com- pany as the pride of the entire state of seemed to be set to these periodical mili- tary exhibitions, and since that time there have been no remarkably great drills, though there have been several very cred- GGSSOCSSSSSO OSE: of these claims is that we charge more for goods b ing them on credit than they do for cash. only their facilities and worked only on their methods urge a strict comparison between our gooc and our prices and any cash prices in town. charges are not fully 20 per cent less than any cash jewelry bring your purchase back and your money will be cheerfully refunded. 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All transac- accompanies QO SSS SSSTOGS95S 00 A guarantee a1ything of a similar character In the an- als of the southwest. it is esumated that 2,000 soldiers will be ercamped in the commodious pack esle for the occasion from July 16 to July | And the greatest mi.itary parade in the his- | tcry of the state will inaugurate the exer- cises incident to the encampment and com- | Petitive dritls on the 17th. This being one | Of the largest army posts in the country, | participation of the regulars in the ‘ parade will constitute a very prominent | feature, and aitogether, the grand military j Gisplay will be something worth coming many miles to see. “Half a dozen crack compante | abroad will contest tor supremacy interstate prize drill, among them the Thurston Rifles of Omaha, Neb. Must meet and vanquish the Morton Cadets of Washington city, the New Orleans Rifles, the McCarthy ‘Ritles of Little Ro-k, Company G of the 4th lowa Regiment, and Company D of the Ist Minnesota Regiment, besides a number of the best companies of the Texas Volunteer Guard. This contest will, of course, be the chief event of the c: campment and of the year, and the w her of the trophy will hold precedence all rivals, unchalienged, for at least months. “But while the contest for the chanipion- ship in the interstate class, already ate tracting so much interest throughout the country, promises to be very exciting. it Mill by no means overshadow the “maiden drill,” “in which are entered about a cozen of the finest home guard companies in the State. Then there wiil be the pretty zouave drills, in which the home company will compete with crack companies from Kan- Sas City, Mo., Aurora, Ill, and Memphis, Tenn. There will also'be the band contest, in which a great number of the best fue sical organizations of the country will coms pete. Then there will be a series of nicht entertainments, with assaults on an im- Provised fort under Greck fire, sham bate Ue, and other exciting features. “Sponsors? There never were so many pretty girls gathcred together in Texas ay Will be seen in San Antonio during the ene cempment, and where the pretty girls are here will be the men, also. The crowds of tors that will tax ‘the hospitality of the Alamo city will be great, but care is being taken t> provide ample accommodations and ample entertainment for all.” semi saiiiged Not Much of a Man, From the Chicago Times-H-rald, The beautiful frank about it. “I shall never marry him, mai Saf said. : maare? “Why, I thought you liked him,” im,” re~ turned her mother in surprise. “Well, I thought 1 did, too,” admittea the beautiful creature. “I felt thi a te t he was thi only man I ever ull z * E t ir 1 bette could love, but I guces T “Surely he hasn’ 2 y eburel t offered you any “No, he hasn't,” answered th , ; fe beautit creature with some bitterness. Thee arm a trouble.” Then she added, more poesredd me Shearer ons anything eno! se h him over night.” pg erettedinens “What has he done?” from in the being They creature was perfectly Serious demanded the mother. “Nothing. 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I never was 80 disappointed in my life.” —_—-e+—___ An Interesting Conversation. - Sir A. Sullivan went to see Rubinstein at his hotel in London. The Russian com- poser asked him to step out on the balcony and smoke a cigarette.