Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897-12 PAGES. ———— os lelotpeleipteteiots eae Se are a a Hecht & Company—the credit givers—S15 7th St. 2,700 pairs child’s hose, 6!Ac. pair. Whatever the hosiery « rtment has done in the past in value offering none will compare with that which we shall make tomor- row. We have secured 2.700 pairs children’s fast black double-foot hose, such as sell usually for 12}c. a pair and sometimes more, at a price which will enable tus to offer them ior 63e. This offering and the announcement that we put on sale anotuer lot of those ladies’ fast black and tan plain and drop-stitch hose at ge. a pair, which never sell for less than 10c., will crowd the hes- ‘ry department the next thrce days—as long as the two lots bold out. sSoaconsoezenzoncearievon toate afoey These offerings in millinery ame eCourse as othe: agree that y are today. would have met with th It nd you mus: Hecht's what tt are pursuing they extraordinary. y had pursued the y the success which HB é : ¢ ; z instead of the AML of those la center table fn th ee on son for as $150 "rough str ach, will be . In all ¢ sinning (mor Greatest shirt waist value: O 9 lawns, French lawns, Jawns, silk and n madras and ba- t waists, which seid but a Ie aco up to as bigh as $1.50. ave detachable collars and are ia prettiest of pat- Zz yoke backs, &. You get 30¢ avason’s = a ‘o You get t z the cholee of them for. ican i ye 3 1A z Drawers and corset covers, 14c. z T row morning Heeht's will put on a seperate t a Joi of ladies’ fine muslin drawers and such as will surprise the rativ ‘The muslin ts vers are Ins ral styles of nee and trimmed with z drawers have oh “rs of small tucks, .d both are made ex- Ks ingly well. Que. buys their equals elsewhere. 2 oe a ee ¢ Another 43c. wrapper sale. 3 The wrapper stles Heeht’s are holding are making n famous. Another will be ly for tomerrew—of several hundred Merrimac pe wrept which were never Soete > sell fo less than a dolar. to think, for 43e. And just you resreseaoadoatoaroatratedsndtoesee tee Cosbontedemdandandine socio tcoteoeepdantine pete ender otentip tlle ote lll lhl iC AL LLAMAS SOE HAM & & t ae © Ce eee en $ Wash suits and skirts ridiculously cut. z z that claim the reud what print and believe It, & 2 3 Juston nene 6 town. ‘The se of 4 oo Washo! wh snits is ateut over us, and ut the very life out of $ the ur © quick z Lot of indies’ Lot of Indies’ Tot of tallest & 7 striped duck suits— y crash skirts 3 => ome ne ue made biazer style— med with J pice eam e pe La in such patterns as white an catored Z with the deepest white with blue duck, in Eton and sy with deep hems— hem and =made stripes and blue Duzer and bolero 3 ean y fu if With white stripes trimmed also J which cannot be will go for under $1.50 — will go for a day at tons—and worth no %f eae less than $4—-for 79c. each. h. $2.98 each. gge. each. ggc. e€ Leok, mothers, at these 69c. wash suits. ve wold theuxands at a dellar and a dollar and a quarter, how well ui tea cloth is tinest. orth twice as mucl nd you've counted them: de— how thoroughly fin- ne large, generous col- pageteabeteagetoateedad ef Srefeeseegeageeeagenteatens Here are four very special values. ps setae Lat of boys’ € Int of bors’ fine Lot of men’s blue eet Sennhneeenoenngdenngsen cassimere knee pants — ages 4 to 14—splen- atea cloth washable 7 albriggan shirts— izes to fit pants — all sizes sites to such as are usually the sort for which didly made pants the other men's and good patterns— ba cat such as are sold for Boe. for stores are getting find them on a cen- ‘i usually—to aa - 2¥e.—are here at sold for Qe. pair— | ter table marked | 12$c. pair. 29¢. pair. 1gc. each. You know how easy ft is to buy at Heeht’s. We make the terms of payment very easy If you want credit. No other store In the world are so Mberal as we are. PEELE opt ighigligetoe ogletetegetndeds 515 Seventh Street. waying to and fro on camels. BEDOLINS WHO KNIT. ert 3) They ere | Knit in the green pastures of the Nile tend- Wild Chiefs Interested im Making! itz sheep. They knit sometimes in. the Pinay | cafes while smoking narghilehs. ‘They : shutile through the narrow lanes of the I New York ‘Tethum | bazaars knitting. They use very long the east who sees for | needles and a coarse wool. The product n in the prime of lite | of their indust able stocking, ia the street | Yelowish-white, e and white or brown and white. crnaw: It is strictly utilitarian, never otal. They knit slowly,for “does not the ise every morning?” They knit on the tails of carts, and, In view of their per- sistence, it is surprising that such a ma- icrity of them go barefooted. door is apt to wonder jothes hasn't »ption of work But nobody can an Arab jump nimbly | or make a flying leap | eee = i Boats witha k of Nile | Diet of Grass. tween it and the shot and not de- land Plain Dealer, ther Co prin tee and cows eat grass, and so do anish, whatever hts failings. atid tia: = ; ley work 1s distinctively and | S2e¢P 4nd many other animals, but it is not senerally presumed that people do. How- do that?" asked a Be-| ever, William Gardner, a Mississippi col- he squatted beside an] ored man, has been living on grass and r who was sewing. “I hogs’ fat for several deys, so he says, Friday afternoon Gardner was seen pick- ing handivls of grass and jamming it into his mouth, after which he calmly chewed my wife work for m yuin ation rican woman's hus vand who, freed wife's labor from he: it in a very contented and self-satisfied care bled to spend in needle- | manner. Several persons saw him, and he work elegant Ieisure. A Hedouin is | ran down the street as fast as the dilapt, lazy. but he is not idle, like an American | dated condition of his shoes would permit. indian. He will not do heavy work if| A crowd of two hundred persons were soon nere is a woman to do it for him, but an | following him, and he finally ran into the sk lke ing he doesn’t at all | arms of Policeman Britton. He said that he had no place to go and was locked up ne telegraph operator at Helouan,| on the charge of vagrancy. Egypt, turns a pretty penny by his clever: | He told tne officers he had lived on grass ness this w Hlouan is a health resort | for several days and was beginning to like pt much favored by invaliis ble to bear the voyage up the the diet, as it was cheap and agreed with him. The cnly objection he had to it was @ smallish village in an artificial | that no one would pick it for him or place a the telegraph office has little or|!t in his mouth. He sald he had been siness except that furnished by tour-| chased out of several cities and came to ‘The operator. a@ tall, turbaned Arab, | Cleveland, as he thought it a good place. 5 the mastaba beside the door and| In the police court he sald he wanted to knits on a brown-and-white striped stock- | 60 home, »s he bad “all kinds” of friends ing. He never gets more than half way|in the south. Judge Feldler gave ‘him down the leg, for an cnnuied patient is sure | twenty-four hours to leave the city, and to come along and, bored by the deadly | if the speed with which William left the dulluess of the plarc, examine and buy | station is any criterion he 1s even now Mustspha’s fancy work. Then Mustapha] Very near home. turns the stocking over to some member of ———_+oeo— his family to finish and starts another | If you want anything, try an ad. in The r Star. If anybody has what you wish, you Arabs knit as they ride through the des-! will get an answer. = WORK BEGINS TODAY Opening Program of Christian En- deavor Convention at San Francisco, DELEGATES VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE Michigan and Ohio Rivals for Next Year's Great Meeting. REPORTS OF OFFICERS ees SAN FRANCISCO, July 8.—It may now be said that the Christian Endeavor hosts have completed their conquest of this city. They have arrived in such numbers during the last twenty-four hours as to permeate every quarter of the city. All through the late hours of the night and early hours of this morning trains have arrived from the east, north and south, bearing thousands of delegates and visitors. Special boats have carried the crowds across the bay, and at the ferry they were met by scores of white-capped guides, whose sole duty it is to make the delegates welcome and to pilot them to headquarters at the great pavilion, where every delegate is regis- tered and directed to comfortable quarters in some part of the city. Women Largely in Evidence. The scenes at the pavilion resemble a national political convention, except that more women remain in evidence on this occasion than usually attend great gather- ings. In fact, fully two-thirds of the dele- gates are of the gentler sex. But their presence tends to make the scene more siviking in color and more animated in pirit. All the streets in the business dis- trict of the city and in the neighborhood ot the different headquarters are congested with the thousands of visitors. Every one seems to be on the move, as if to get the benefit of the cooling breezes from the Pa- after a journey through the burning alkali plains. Men and women alike are decked with ribbons of purple and gold, Endeavor col- ors, on which are words announcing their siate and town. Streams of delegates poured into the pavilion throughout the night and this forenoon, and the young women engaged in the registration booths Were kept bus They came singly, in small squads and they came in rushes, but the regisiration department was prepared for anything, and not_even the big mass delegations could rattl them. Must of the state delegations are sup- plied with literature, and it is not con- fined to Christian Endeavor publications. There are pamphlets proclaiming the frult- fulness of the soil, beauty of scenery, vast- ness of the Industries and the fields of labor. Seene at Californin Headquarters. ‘The busiest scene this morning is about the California headquarters. There are 30,000 Endeavorers in California, and it seems as if most of them intend putting in an appearance at some time during the convention. Not the least attractive part of this pavilion is the score of pretty Cali-.| fornia girls who are engaged in distrib- uting badges and imparting information tw ali those who call. The work of decorating the different state booths is about completed, and the !nstal- lation of the coat-of-arms of each state cn the diferent booths has given life and color to every nook In the big building. Une of the largest and handsomest booths is that of Oregon, decorated in purple ard gold, the state name appearing In gold let- ters. The other northern state—Washing- ton—has handsome quarters, where violet end white are the predominating colors. The total number of arrivals, including those of this forenoon, is about 16,000, The last of the big eastern delegations are ex- pected to reach San Francisco some time tonight, though a few straggiers are ex- pected to conUnue dropping in throughout the remainder of the week. The two sec- tions of the big Pennsylvania delegations arrived in the early hours this morning, and were closely followed by two train: cads from New Je They were met at Oakland Mole by committees from the San Francisco headquarters and escorted to headquarters, amid cheering and the singing of “America.” Contest for Convention of 1899. Michigan's delegation, nearly 500 strong, is preparing to do battle with Ohio for the honor of the convention of 1899, hoping to secure the prize for Detroit, with scme prospects of success. The Michiganders are feared by the Ohioans as their most formidable rivals. Rev. Francis E. Clark, father of the Christian Endeavor Association, made his first public appearance in California at the First Presbyterian Church in Oakland. Owing to the blockade in the railway yards Mr. Clark could not cross the bay as soon as he expected and yielded to the requests of the Oakland people to noid a meeting in that city while waiting to cross. The En- deavorers of Oakland turned out in thou- sands and gave the distinguished visitor a rousing reception. The annual meeting of the board of trus- tees will be held at the Palace Hotel Tues- day, July 16. It became nezessary to post- pone this meeting, which was originally scheduled for July 7, until the arrival of number of trustees who are delayed en route. This meeting will be an importaat one, ag it is to decide where the convention of 3899 is to be held. very Mail Brings Greetings. With every mail comes a batch of greet- ings to the big convention. ‘The cyes of the Endeavorers in the remotest sections of the world are turned upon the reat gath- ering that was called to order this morn- ing by Chairman Rolla V. Watt. Those of the societies that have found it impossi- ble to send delegates have ferwarded greetings that will be read at the great gatherings. They are coming from India, France, Japan, Germany and other foreign lands. ‘Today's Convention Program. Following is the program for today: arly morning prayer meetings, 6.30 to 7:15 in the churches; convention in Me- chanics’ Pavilion, 9:30 a.m.; welcome by the choir; 9:40 a.m., devotional exercis: 5 a.m., welcome to the + 10:05 a.m., welcome to the state of California; 10:15 a.m., singing; 10:20 a.m. responses in behalf of visiting delegate: 1 a.m., President Clark's address: 11:05 a.m., singing; 11:10 a.m., Secretary Baer’s address; 11:40 a.m., presentation of badge banne o'clock, adjournment. Conveniion in Woodward’s Pavilion—9. a.m., wel committee of 230 cme by the choir; 9:40, devotional welcome of the committee of "97; 9:35 a.m., welcome of the golden gate pastors; 10:05 ™. welcome of the city of San Francis. 5 a.m., response in behalf of visiting delegates; 10:25 a.m., Secretary Baez's report; 100, presentation of badge banners; 11:10, singing; 11:15, poems; 11:35, President Clark's address; 12 c'elcck, adjournment. Evangelistic services in the ¥Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, chamber of commerce and Emporium at noon; denominational rallies, ) to 5 p.m., in the churches, Qiliet hour, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Mechanics’ Pavilion—7:30 p.m., praise ser- vic 37:50 p.m., anthem by choir; 8 o'clock, yotional exercises; 8:05 p.m., address; singing; 8:40, banner presentation; singing; 9 o'clock, address; 9:30 p.m., adjournment. President Clark’s Address. The subject of the annual message of the president, the Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., was “A World-Encirsling Religious Movement; How Shall It Fulfill God's De- sign?” He sald in part: “I have attended conventidns since last I met you in the Metrovolitan Tabernacle of London and tn the Beols of Bengal, in St. Andrew's Hall of Glasgow and in the ancient capital of the Punjab, among our Irish Endeavorers in Belfast and on the FOR DYSPEPSIA Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. 1eDE: FFL, Andrews, late of Jefferson Medical Col- . Philadelphia, Pa., says: ‘A wonderful rem- cd which gave the moet ‘ratifying results in the worst forms of dyspepsia.’ sunburnt plains of sbuthern India, in crowded Berlin and gp t lonely table lands of the Transvaal, am5ng the Alps of Switzerland and on th® vast veldt of the Orange Free State, im-seagirt Stockholm and in the karoo of South Africa, in lordly Paris and in quiet WelSingtgna, in the Cape of Good Hope, and, everywhere, amid all these diversities of custems and costume, of manner and methods, oflanguage and la’ I have found that Pe Endeavor Ideals are substantially th? same. Met With Diverse ‘Creeds. “Moreover, the people wham I have seen have been of diverse cfeed¥ and views of religious truth; all, to be sure, have ac- knowledged the supremtacy of Jesus Christ as the very son of God and the only Savior of lost sinners; all have accepted the Bible as the word of God, and the Holy Spirit as the sanctifier, comforter and guide. In such soil only can Christian Endeavor flourish. But in minor particulars the creeds and forms of church government of these hospitable hosts of our society differ as widely as their complexioas. The shade of tan of a man’s cheek does not make or unmake his manhood; the shade of his creed does not make or unmake his Ciris- uanity. By Metaodists and Baptists, by Presbyterians and Congregationalists, by Friends and Disciples of Christ, by Episco- pallans and Lutherans, by adherents of the State churches of Germany and Sweden and Holland and Scotland and England, as well as by representatives of every free church, have I been kindly received in the name of Christian Endeavor, and by every missionary society at work in India or Af- rica. Why? Because of-the eloywent in- dorsement which a common and _untversal method of Christian service renders to its advocates. One Denomination Holds Aloof. “Only one denomination still seeks to prevent the increase of Christian Endeavor societies, and that has introduced Chris- tian Endeavor principle, and, chougn we regret the absence of full fellowship, we are glad of the extension of the ideas for which we stand—in that we rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. “Our society, then, has these signs of a universal movement. It was born in ob- security and weakness. It has not owed its extension to human advocacy or ecclesias- tical authority. It has spread to every Jand. It has been found adapted to every evangelical creed, to every form of church government and to every race and class and language and condition of people. It has failed only where the principles in- volved in our covenant pledge have been ignored or where it has been crushed out by denominational authority.” Answers the Text's Query. In answering the question of the text, he said the movement must be true to its fun- damental idea, must necessarily be unify- Ing, must be a pervasive force, must be sacrificial, and must listen to God's voice and continually obey it. Continuing, he said: “This is a world movement, thank God; a way from materialism, formalism and a barren ecclesiasticism, back to God Him- self. Endeavorers, let this be the motto, the purpose, the prayer of this our coming seventeenth year—to abide in Christ, to surrender ourselves to Him, to let Him use us, to think less of our efforts and more of His fullness; to seek a larger infilling from above, deeper draughts of His life, more emptiness of self, more fullness of Christ. Thus only will Christian Endeavor and all for which it has come to stand—Christian citizenship, Christian missions and a thou- sand forms of benevglence—receive ever afresh life and vigor.” ” Secretary Ba¢ge's ‘Report. The report of John Willis Baer, general secretary, contained tWe fyllowing: In 1881 there was gne society and 57 members; in 1897 there are. 50,70 societies and a total memberstifp of 3,000,000. Of the states having moré thin one thousand societies, Pennsylyania leads with 3,443; New York has 3AH®; Ohio, 2,383; Ill rofs, 2,013; Ontario, 1,883; 1,387; $6, and Michigan, These figures do not include ‘the ‘funior, interme- diate, the senior and) mothers’’ societi jes. Pennsylvania leads the junigr societies with 1.397; New York has, 1,285; _Jilinois, 5 pio, 970; California, 551; | Ind Iowa, 518, and Massachusetts, barner given to the statethat has made the largest gains goes tid year to Ohio. ‘The second junior: banner goes from Mex- ico to Spain. There are intermediate societies, Calfornia léading with 51, Illinois having 44, Ohio 32 and Pénnysylvania 27. The mothers’ societles number 70, Tilinots leading with 30, Pennsylvania having 20 and Kensas 11,. Twenty-seven senior socie- ties have been crganized, California, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania each having 3 and Connecticut 2. England has 3,925 societies, Australia, 2,124; Scotland, 433; Wales, 811; India, 350; Ireland, gascar, 93; France, 68; Mexico, 100; Japan, 66; West Indies, 63; Turkey, 41; China, 53: Africa, 52; Germany, 32—In ‘all 7,919 socie- “ties in other countries, In addition Canada has 3,390 societies. Badge Banner Goes to Ircland. The badge banner for the greatest pro- pertionate increase in the number of so- cieties, now held in Scotland, will go to the Erdeavorers cn the emerald isle. In the United States the Presbyterians have 5,531 young people's and 2,934 junior societies; the Congregationalists being next ith 4,156 young people's and 2,407 Junior, he other denominations following in this or- der: Disciples of Christ, 3,208 young peo- ple’s and 1,322 junior; Baptists, 2,640 young pecple’s and 1,080 junior; Cumberland Pres- byterlan, 867 young people’s and 361 junior; Methodist Protestants, 971 young people's and 251 junicrs; Lutherans, 869 young peo- pie’s and 324 juniors, nearly forty denom- inations being represented in the column, A missiozary roll of honor contains the names of 10,468 societies that have given nearly $200,000 to missions through their own denominational missionary boards. Stands for Christian Citizenship. Christian Endeavor always stands for Christian citizenship. It is forever opposed to the saloon, the gambling den, the brothel ard every like iniquity. It stands for temperance, for law, for order, for Sab- bath keeping, for a pure political atmos- phere; in a word, for righteousness. And this it does, not by organizing a new po- litical party, but by attempting through the quick conscience of its individual members to permeate and influence all parties and all_ communities. During the last eleven months 25,264 of the juniors have joined the church, and from the young people's societies 187,125; in all 213,399. —_—_.__ Wills Filed. The will of the late Harriet I. Pickett, widow of John A. Pickett, was filed today. It is dated June 22, 1897, and names her nephew, Beverly 8S. Randolph, as executor. The following bequests are made: Beverly 8. Randolph and Lingan 8. Randolph, nephews, their notes for $500 each; F. Sey- more Randolph, a nephew, $100; Edmond R. Codwise, grand Tigphew, 3100; Emma Stark Dailey and Mary Meade Johnson, nieces, and Jennie Randolph Vollmar, Ella Moray and Mary B. Watson, great nieces, $100 each. Part of lots 24 and 21, square 105, being 1816 I strevt, ts, given to Eliza- beth G. Calvert, a sister,jand the residue of the estate is equally divided between her and Cornelia P. Randotph and Mary M. Turner, also sisters of the testatrix. —_w Ordered to Pay Alimony. Judge Cole, in the atyorge case of Amelia T. Measer against Eyjanoel H. J. Measer, has ordered the defendant/to pay his wife $10 a month as alimony dnd $10 a month as examiner's fees ungil the further order of the court. 42s ob ° ge “Dying Oath Pnafailing. John Marshall, colored, who wears “his hair in most remarkablé style, and who has served time in the penitentiary for house- breaking, and twice in jail for larceny, was today again in the Police Court, and denied the theft of an umbrella in this wise: ““"Fore Gawd in heaven, jedge, I'll take a dying oath I didn’t stole it.” ‘The “dying oath” fatied to help John. He went down for forty-five days. — +. Government Receipts. Government receipts: from customs, $701,- 783; internal Tevenue,. $473,058; miscélane- ous, $152,233. National bank nates received today for redemption, $202,454. —-——— A Service Pension Bill. Representative Lentz of Ohio today Intro- duced in the House a service pension bill— @ pension of one cent for each day’s ser- vice. rates AT THE WHITE HOUSE No More Consuls: Until Congress Adjourns. COMING LIBRARY APPOINTMENTS John Russell Young Confers With the President. REGISTER OF THE TREASURY ee An_ official and positive statement was made today that the hatch of consular zp- pointments to be sent to the Senate Is the last to leave the White House until Coa- gress ends this session. Consular appli- cants who have been expecting early ac- tion will be disappointed. It is stated that not even a batch of two or three will go in any day between now and then. Senator Quay was at the White House tcday. He was asked about an apparently authentic story that he is getting heartily sick of political life and intends to retire as soon as possible. The senator said he “expected” there was some truth In the story, and asked if it could be wondered at that a man should get “tired of that sweat box” on the hill. The senator, speaking of a rumor con- necting his name with the republican gu- bernatorial of Pennsylvania, told a friend that nothing could induce him <o take the nomination. The senator, it is said, will go to Europe this summer for his health. New Register of the Treasury. The President will appoint a colored man register of the treasury. He has announced this, but has given no intimation who the nominee will be. The leading candidates were announced in yesterday's Star. It is said by friends of W. A. Gaines, the Ken- tucky applicant, that he is in the best po- sition at this time. Library Appointments. John Russell Young, librarian of Con- gress, saw the President about some ap- pointments he intends to make. Mr. Young was accompanied by Thomas G. Alvord, formerly in charge of the Wash- ington bureau of the New York World. Mr. Young has decided to appoint Mr. Al- vord to a responsible confidential position in the Hbrary, and so informed the Presi- dent. It has not been definitely decided what this position will be. Senator Platt of New York, accompanied by JS. Tichenor and Harry Tichenor of New York, saw and talked with the Prest- dent. J. S. Tichenor is a member of the board of tariff appraisers, stationed in New York, and will soon retire. He is anxious that his,son, Harry Tichenor, shall succeed him. Senator Platt 1s willing that the change shall be made. G. F. Mayers of Stephen City, Va., was a White House visitor. He claims to have received assurance that he will be appoint- ed consul at Valparaiso. Mr. Canada, the present consul at Vera Cruz, will be reappointed to his position, it is ciaimed by friends. Senator Mason and _ Representative White of Illinois cailed upon the President to urge him to appoint Dr. Zeigfeidt of Chicago to a German consulate. Assistant Secretary Kyan of the Depart- ment of Interior had a conference with the President. Action on Pardon Applications. The President considered a big batch of applications for pardon yesterday after- noon, and today aflixed his signature to thirteen documents carrying freedom with them. In nine other cases the President denied the applications for pardon. Among the thirteen men pardoned were the fol- lowing: James Cooley, convicted in Ohio in ist of making false papers in a pension claim and sentenced to five years; A. R. Campbell, convicted in West Virginia of negiecting to deposit postal revenues, and sentenced to one year and one day in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $59. The President denied the application of W. C. Cox of the District. of Columbia, conyicted of obtaining goods under false pretenses and sentenced to one year and one day in Albary penitentiary. The ap- plication was made to restore the citizen- Ship of Cox. es Pardon was denied to two Virginia men— Bert Atkins and Lloyd Echols. Atkins was convicted of breaking into a post office, and last December was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Lloyd Echols was con- victed of breaking into a post office and sentenced in December to two years in the Albany penitentiary : The pardon of John Washington and Simmons Wolfe of Kansas was also re- fused. In September, 183, they were con- victed of rape, and were sentenced to hang. Their sentence was afterward commuted to life imprisonment. PENSION CASES AFFECTED. Recent Rulings by Assistant Secre- tary Davis. Many pension cases are affected by the following rulings, which have just been made by Assistant Secretary of the In- terior Webster Davis: In the clatm of Francis Frank of Com- pany H, 16th Michigan Infantry, the de- partment holds that a claimant who has attained the age of sixty-five years shall be deemed entitled to at least the minimum rate of pension, $6, un‘ess the evidence dis- closes unusual vigor and ability for the perforraance of manval labor in one of that age. Previously tt was necessary to show special infirmity before a pension could be granted at the age of sixty-five years. In the case of Edward Moore of the 14th Independent Battery, Ohlo Light Artillery, this policy is laid down: “When it shall be shown that the pen- sioner’s right to have the pension inure wholly to his benefit is being abridged or forfetted by the malfeasance of the guard- jan, and that the appointing court will not administer relief, then the commissioner of pensions would be legally authorized to refuse payment to the guardian, and if need be to pay the pensioner himself.” —_-e—___ Superintendent of the Naval Obser- tory. 3 e Commander Charles H. Davis has been detailed to duty as superintendent of the naval observatory on the retirement of Commodore R. L. Phythian on the 21st in- stant. Commander Davis was special aid" to the Princess Eulalie of Spain on the occasion of her visit to this country dur- ing the world’s Columbian exposition. At present he is a member of the naval in- spection board, temporarily engaged in making a special investigation of the New York navy yard. ————_-e-____ Appointments to West Point. Cadet appointments to the United States Military Academy were announced today, as follows: Nathan C. Napier, Lafayette, Ga., with Carl Boyd, Adairsville, Ga. as alternate; Harold L. Leupp, New Rochelle, N. Y., alternate; Robert R. Ralston, Wil- kinsburg, Pa. with Donald B. McKay, Pittsburg, Pa., as alternate; John E. Ru- therford, Magnet, Ark., with R. D. Val- lant, Pine Bluffs, Ark., as alternate; Louis T. Kuntzch, Syracuse, N. Y., alternate; Andrew W. Smith, Waverly, Pa., with Bu- gene Fellows, Scranton, Pa., as alternate. ———————-2o+___ Naval Orders. Surgeon D. N. Bertolette has been order- ed to duty at marine headquarters, Wash- ington, D. C.; Paymaster H. T. B. Harris, detached from the navy yard, Norfolk, and wait orders; Lieut. Commander J. M. Mil- ler, to. the New York navy yard. Herbert J. Longley has been appointed pay clerk on the Helena. ——_——__-e Goods for the Peruvian Exposition. The State Department has been advised . that the Peruvian government will admit free of duty foreign machinery intended for the permanent industrial exposition, which opens at Lima, July 28. Friday’s At | Palais Friday be a doubly busy tomorrow the following CF The Te Summer Balbriggan sizes 84 to 46; Drawers, 30 to 44. armonts A OW that we close at 1 p.m.on Saturday it is essential that 39c for Men’s 68c Underwear. Fr “epecial Surprises the Royal. £7 Perfection.”” of supertor linen; smooth Envelopes, 3¢ instead of Se. lic pound for 17c Writing Paper. day. It shall be made so, For special price of the men’s othing stores. Shire are hers in 2le pair for Socks, It all styles. e 3 and songh flush. 80 to 10) Sheets for 11 conte $2.98 for $4.98 Linen Crash Suits. ET Other specials $6.98 for the ESO ¢ Suits, with bratded Jacket and skirt, €4.08 for the $10.50 Cloth Traveling Suits. $1.48 for the $2.48 Linen Crispene Skirts. $4.19 for the $5 Brocaded Silk Skirts. x 29c for the 50c Underwear. x 0729 for the Palais Royal's Famous 50c Summer Night Gowns, mad of French Camy + Another special —I7e for those Ze Richeliew Ribbed Lick Vesa. And only Ie for the 4 B Hose, bearing the signature of Louls Hermsderf. x ay dark grounds. 10 per cent discount in Silk Department. 58c for $1 Wash Dress Patterns. T-758e for 10 yards of the 1c Lawns, in lace effects, stripes and figures, on light aod 2c yard for C7In the lot are White and Butter Point Lierre and € any 25c Lace. ntal Laces, 4 to 7 inches wide, ptoatyetnats made to retail at 35¢, We and te vand 19c yard for those 25c Ribbons. C7Sold here regularly at 2He yard, but many of these Fancy and Lovisine Ribbons were CFLawn Fronts, tn black, end form the standing collar. ribbon trimming. white and 22c for the 39c Dress Fronts. Special No, 2 vs, plaiting and for $1 Fronts of grass I lave Bolero effect 1 over cal Ss a i As a te ts Os Ae IS Ae OS A Ss is ES et sk ts th te Oh a ets (7 35e the ounce fs the regular price; 1 Woodworth & Sons’ Perfumes. Yon Soe 19c ounce for Woodworth’s Perfumes. cents Is the lowest price t bring bottle or be charzed for + quoted for C. B. seetensees (©77%c for Linen Duster Ba yat Cases, ete. These are on vecond floor, ‘Thirty yards Best Silk on each ball. 7c for 10c Stamped Art Whisk Broom Hol First Not more than six Goods. fowr for le basement floor “specials” Rerry Sets, loolfing like cut glass. ter ch for 72,000 Hemmed Sheets, 54x90 inches. Mc Hemmed Hack Towels, 20x36 Inches. 1 & BAN! sizes of Doors—don't fall to bring Te Japanese Stoop Seats. 890 for the 48e W discount. $1.98 for $3.50 Family Refrigerators. C7The family rize Cooper & McKee Refriger Ize for these 24e Ham Bi 24c for 35c Ready to Use Sheets. 66c for 75c Wire Screen Doors. % lined with ebarceal rs, with cover. 2 those Filat Glass Table Tumblers, in three pat- Other second floor “specials Se for those s. Other fourth floor spect aks, hy Carriages at 20 per cont ven Han Soedongoaseatessesseoonseasoeseeseacentoageareapeeseeteesearenleaseaseeseatoeseasentoas z Palais Royal, «=. G St, Seeteetetetenentetenerteteiteeenenteetretere DEERFOOT BEATE A Record Held by an American In- dian for a Quarter Century. From the Loadon Telegraph. Fully 25,000 spectators attended the Roch- dale Athletic grounds on Saturday to wit- ness F. E. Bacon's attack upon Deerfoot’s long-standing record of 11 miles 970 yards in the hour, made in 18s. The proprietors of the Sporting Chronicle offered the amateur ex-champion gate receipts should he be successful, and in case of failure he was to receive £1) and half the gate receipts for having made the attempt. Bacon trained at Blackpool, and he felt very sanguine of achieving the feat. Friday brought a rainy day, and this cer- tainly did not faver Bacon, who, under the circumstances, had an immense task be- fore him, Betting ruled at 5 to 4 and 6 to 4 on Bacon. It was nearly o'clock when he set out on his journ paced by Mullen and MeFern, the latter on his bicycle. The first mile occupied 4 minutes 42 2-5 second: two miles were reeled off in 9 minutes 5 seconds, equaling Deerfoot's time. Jurt be- fore this Ansted joined in, and Mullen r tired. Three miles were covered in i4 min- utes 58 seconds, four miles in 20 minutes 43-5 seconds, and at four and a half miles Mullen gave way to Watkins as pacer. Five miles were done in 25 minutes 14 sec- onds, six miles in 3) minutes 28 2-5 seconds, and at seven miles Bacon just got inside W. G. George’s time, doing it in 35 minutes 36 2-5 seconds. From this point the cham- plon began to improve, covering eight miles in 40 minutes 45 seconds; nine, 45 minutes 56 seconds; ten, 51 minutes 11 sec- onds (only five seconds outside Cumming’s world’s record). Eleven miles were recorded in 5 minutes 28 seconds, and, amid hud and enthusiastic cheering, Bacon finished the hour with 11 miles 1,243 yards to his credit, breaking the record by 273 yares. Watkins ran from four and a half miles to the finish, all the pacemakers being on the track in the last 300 yards. Bacon was naturally done up at the finish, and fell on the track, but he was soon up again. The timekeepers were J. Catton, J. H. Hard- wick, G. Sugden, J. Gorton and J. Hagyer- ty. - “The record of*11 miles 970 yards in the hour, which Deerfoot set up, and which Bacon shattered on Saturday, was made by the Sereca Indian at the old West Lon- don grounds, in 1863. Many attempts have since been made to pass tirose tigures, but until Bacon’s, none of them had been suc- cessful. W. G. George, when he was an amateur, had a great cmbition to oreak it, and in 1881 made a grand atte He was then considered to be the fastest ten-miler living, and a special twelve-mile handicap was framed, to give him a chance of lower- ing Deerfoot’s record. ‘The race took place on the London Athletic Club grounds, and George, who ran cxczedinzly well, just failed, his distance beirig 11 miles %2' yards ¥ inches. Bacon, who holds the amateur mile record of 4 minutes 17 seconds, has long been a runner of note. In 1844 he won the one-mile and four-mile champions hips, the only two in whicn he competed, and he also secured thiriy-six firs: and eleven sec- ond prizes. In 1895 the mile championship at Stamford bridge fell to his lot, and previously he tied George's four-mile record of 19 minutes 30 secoads. Among cihers, he has defeated S:! ‘Thomas, Watkins, Pearce and Crossland. Last year, with other prominent runners, he joined the ranks of the professionals, and his per- formances since then have further en- hanced his reputat: eee ELEPHANTS AS A LIEN. Serfous Predicam: Citizen From the New York-Press. Seventy-six big, dirty elephants are ecat- ing up what is teft of a once valuable es- tate of an American in Siam. The herd can't be sold, leased or pawned. Nothing can be done with them but let them eat. And while they eat the State Department at Washington is trying to see what it can do to the Siamese government. Dr. Marion A. Cheek, “the teak king,” Gefaulted in the interest on the loan he had obtained from Siam. The government seized his property and at once set to work to make It valueless. Five hundred thou- sand dollars’ worth of logs were left to rot in the streams and when it came to @ of an American Siam. f20) and half the | settle nt the proceeds from the sale were not ugh to om the claims of the government. Then Siam the berd of elephants which e used In getting the logs to the water ways. In the mean- time Dr | returne k died in Siam and his widow alifornia. | The Slam government will not allow the herd to be sold, rented, mortgaged or any | use made of them. Their feed and care are . So Suceess- King of Siam ful has been the cour nouch mone that the consul eeneral at Hong Kong. It is proposed now to get the United States to hire expert covnsel and take a lien on any judgment to cover the expense, ———+0+ Paper Boats. From the New York Sun. Cornell won im a paper boat against two cedar boats, Cornell won vast year In a paper boat and established the record. Cornell has won upward of forty vic- tories in paper boats. Corne bey in 1875, winning with two paper boats in a field of teen six-oared s cedar. Yale hav rowed a paper boat in all of her victories over Harvard. Yale's record at New London was won and made in @ paper boat. Harvard has rowed a paper boat in each of her victories over Yale (with one excep- tion, easily explainable). Every intercollegiate race between Yale and Harvard for the past twenty years, with one exception, has been won in paper boats. Columbia has never won an eight-oarea race except when rowing paper boats. All of Columbia's victories in fours since "76 have been won in paper boats, Every cight-oared race of the national regattas has betn won in paper boats. Every four-oared race won at the na- tional regattas for the past twenty years has been won in paper Loats. Every international race won by Amert- can crews in the past twenty years ha been won by paper boats, tctuding the Beaverwyck victory in ‘76 and Columbia's victory at Henley. + e+ —____ Glossary for Anglomaniacs. From the London Mail, The words of the Daily Mail Jubilee Dic- n- all the others being tionary, which we published some time ago, have already passed into the lan- guage. Every day one hears In use many of the terms we published, such as Jubilant—One who jubcs or celebrates; being merry. Jubilarity—Hilarity occasioned by the Jubilee; jubilee gayety. Jubllate—To celebrate: to make merry. Jubilated—Elated; flushed with loyalty; a police court charge supplanting “drunk and disorder; Jubilater—Ditto, Subilation—Celebration; enjoyment of jubilee festivities, Jubilatious—Ditto. Jubiletti—a kind of jubilee confetti. Jubiiarity—Seasonable merriment. Jubilious—Suffering from too much cel- ebration. Jubilite—Ditto, Jubilated—Weakened or enfeebled by ju- bilee excitement Jubilitis—An acute form of the disease. Jubility—A state of nervous weakness brought about by jubilee gayety. Jubllicant—One who asks for jubilee alms; a jubilee supplicant. Jublicate—To request jubilee alms. ~ dct gape celebrate; to cheat; to de- fraud. Struck It Rick From the New York ‘Tribune. “I've just struck it rich,” said a tramp to his pal the other day. “See dat nico, rich-lookin" old lady over there on de lawn, wid de gold specs? Well, I goes up in front of her, an’ k.gits Gown on de groun’ an’ begins to eat de short grass. ‘Man, man, wot are yer doin’? she says, like that. ‘Madam,’ says I, in a weak an’ trem. blin’ voice, ‘I've got-ter do it; I ain't ha@ ennythin’ ter eat fer four days.’ ‘Pore feller, come wid me,’ she says, jumpin’ an’ leadin’ me eroun’ to de back house. An” then she says, as I ready fer a big, square meal, ‘Git down an’ try it here; de grass.