Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1897, Page 13

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith &t., by The Evening Star Ne Company, 5. H. UFFMANN Pres’t. ——-——— New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ia served to subscribers in city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Det week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Tnited States or Canada—postage prepald—S0 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. ak eee, Che Lyen (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 second-cle: s mail matter.) €F All mail subscriptions must be patd in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. aerate tentang eho eontotontodiontonfotiodion Fitting Glasses a Science! : etonteet Donahay, makes the fittin tific accuracy. little each week. POPPER PPO GOOD OPO errr wire Giese sry Balto. store, 108 N. Eutaw si pen eee Nea e ee eee eee ehh he SCA REAL ESTATE GOSSIP War Department Authorities Approv- ing Plans Including Projections. oe A BETTER FEELING AMONG BUILDERS —— The Week Has Been Unusually Brisk for This Season. ITEMS OF INTEREST Builders and contractors who have houses under way or in contemplation e much relie during the past week n the plans of structures having pro- beyond the bullding line, which ings and grounds for investigation, began to be rettrned from the War Department parked with approval. Many of these plans were thus returned to Building In- spector Brady's cffice and permits issued. Jt was very gratifying to Mr. Brady as well as the builders to see that no objec- tfon was being made by Colonel Bingham to the ordinary projections, such as bay windows aud entrance steps, which have been hitherto permitted to be erected un- der the existing building regulations. It is now thought that Secretary Alger’s ac- tion was teken in order to prevent the Possible building of projections which would serve to injure abutting property or cause a disfigurement of the general archi- tecture of a neighborhood. The week has been unusually lively for this season in the matter of building pros- pects. The building inspector's office has been pretty well crowded, and permits for Coe improvements have been is- sued. Ten Fine Houses Going Up. John Sherman 1s going to improve his recent purchase on the old Little farm, on 18th street extended, by erecting ten dwell- ings at a cost of $50,000. Architect Waddy } B. Wood has drawn the plans. The dwell- Ings will be three stories and cellar, 17 by 27 feet in dimensions, with one and two-story offsets, 19 by 12 feet. The fronts will be of ected red brick and will be provided with octagon and square bay windows. Mansard roofs of slate will top them off. All the latest {mprovements will be introduced, and the interior arrange- ments will be very comfortable. The houses will be heated by furnaces. There are to be some substantial im- provements in the Zoological Park. The antelopes are to have a new home in place of the house they now occupy. The latter will be torn down, and in {ts place a one- story structure of undressed logs in half- timber style, with the interstices filled with rough cast, wiil be erected. It will have a shingled roof and will be 42 by feet, with an L extension 20 by 40 feet. There will be 10-foot cages on one side and 6-foot cages on the other, and the rear of each will open into an inclosed yard, protected by a high tron fence. The old shops are to be also demolished, and a new one-story building 25 by 100 feet in size, with a tiled roof, will be erected in the valley. Glenn Brown is the architect. Mr. James Lane Allen will build an at- tractive summer cottage in Cleveland Park from plans prepared by Waddy EB. Wood. It wll be two stories and attic in heigh 35 by 22 feet in dimensions, and will be butlt of shingles above a substantial base- ment of stone. The roof will be of hipped e will be a large porch ex- cross the front of the cottage, with octagonal bay windows at elther end. 3 = Our graduated scientific optician, Dr. F. —* Proctor g of Glasses a science. He makes it a study to accomplish this-object with scien- Most opticians fit glasses by guess— like the peddler at the country fair. fit, if they don’t fit, worse for you. makes an exhaustive examination of the eyes by the most approved methods known to science, and makes no charge whatever for this examination. He will tell you whether you need Glasses or not. Credit if you want Any bill can be liquidated by a little down and a Russian Pebbles are exclusively us and cannot be had elsewhere in Washington. Castelbere’s Nat’l Jewelry Co., 1103 Pa. Ave., Next to “Star” Office. The first floor will be devoted to the par- lor, dining room, square hall and servants’ room. On the second floor will be two bed Tooms, a library and a store room. It will be equipped with all the modern con- veniences and be heated by furnace. It will cost in the neighborhood of $5,000. Miss Myer's New Residence. Miss K. W. Myer will erect a very hand- some residence at 919 17th street northwest, at a cost of $25,000. Hornblower & Mar- shall are the architects, and John Mc-" Gregor the builder. The house will be four storjes above a cellar, and the front will be of buf brick, with stone trimmings. The flat roof will have a stone cornice. The interior will be especially elegant and ar- listic. The trimmings will be of hard wood, and the paneling and grille work will be examples of the best work of the sort. Vestibules and baths will be tiled, and the cabinet mantels will be specially designed. The plumbing will be exposed, and the house equipped with electric lights and bells, speaking tubes, ete. and be heated by hot water. Completing the Colton Mansion. The magnificent residence of Mrs. Colton, the widow of General Colton of California, which has been in course of erection for the past three years on Connecticut"avenue between Q and R streets, is now receiving its finishing touches and will be ready for Si ak i aad Senate If they fit, they Our specialist it. seserGenseegeetec see ges see ger Senter Geer SortorcordoreorCoreoreoreotanrenroncoscononieaonien famigncniceranns Se feeg eo Sot stots eet % controlled by heegengecgengengengeogere Established 1846, occupancy by its owner in November. Mrs. Colton, who has been in Paris with her niece for some years, had never seen the rouse until last week, and expresses her- self as greatly pleased with it. The house, with its massive white stone double front, is one of the most imposing in Washing- ton, and its interior fitting; are remarkable for their elegance. The woodwork through- out is of Florida white oak, every piece of which was approved by experts before it was put in place. The house contains about twenty-five rooms and has every con- ceivable arrangement for comfort and con- venience. It is expected that this block on Connecticut avenue will come to be known as Colton block, as Col. Francis Colton’s fine residence is only a few doors away from the prospective home of Mrs. Colton. A Fine New College Building. Architect Robert I. Fleming will short- ly commence preraring the plans for the Trinity College building, to be erected by the Sisters of Notre Dame on the twenty- acre site recently purchased near the Cath- clic University of America. The college will be devoted to the higher education of women. The first building, which is now being arranged fcr, will cost about $200,- 000, Four brick dwellings are to be erected on O street northwest between North Cap- itol and 1st streets for J. W. Chapman, by J. W. Keyes. They are to be 17x32 feei, stories high, with fronts of press brick, square bay windows full height, flat tin roofs and furnace heat. The cost will be about $5,200. Architect Edw. Woltz has prepared plans for Lawrence O. Mallery for three brick dwellings, to be erected on U street be- tween Ist and 2d streets northwest by Builder J. T. Clark. The houses are to be two stories and cellar, with fronts of buff and press brick, haif mansard slate roof and square bay windows full height. The dimensions are to be 16x26, with back buildings. The heating will be by furnace, and the houses will cost when completed akcut $7,500. Local architects are very much pleased at the announcement that the District Commissioners will hereafter have all plans and specifications for school build- ings prepared by some one of their num- ber instead of in the building inspector's office. The first architect to be selected in pursuance of this policy is Mr. Appleton P. Clark, jr., who has been engaged to pre- pare the plans for the new school house at Chevy Chase, which {fs to cost about $24,000. They will be finished about July 1, and wken appreved bids for the con- struction will be called for. Big Addition to Cleveland Park. ‘The wealthy syndicate headed by Mr. John Sherman, which owns Cleveland Park, has made an extensive addition to the very handsome subdivision by the pur- chase of twenty acres immediately to the east, which was formerly the suburban home of the late Osceola C. Green. This addition will extend Cleveland Park to the border of the National Zoological Park, and Connecticut avenue extended will run directly through the property. Milwaukee street will be immediately opened from its | present terminus at its junction with the extension of the Klingle road, and will connect with Connecticut avenue extended. The entrance from the latter avenue will be most imposing. There will be hand- some solid rock embrasures and an artistic arrangement of landscape effect At the northern end of the new purchase there is a high hill. The crown of this will be cut down and a contour road be built. The effect will be the same as that on Massa- chusetts avenue between 14th and 15th streéts, where the terrace gives so much exelusiveness to the residences. The ground to the west of Connecticut avenue will be first laid out, the lots being 25 feet front, as the property is too valu- able to be disposed of in acreage tracts. ‘The ground to the east of the avenue, bor- dering on Zoological Park, is heavily wood- ed, and this will be laid out in a very short time. Extensive improvements are to be madé throughout the park. In many places the roads in the parks run between wooded hills, and it is the intention of the syndi- cate to erect cottages of handsome design and of the overhanging description en the sides of these slopes. Some will be built on the sides of the well-known Lily pond, with porches extending over the pool, and throughout the park there is to be a great deal of improvement, all with a view to the artistic completion of the whole. Postmaster Genera! Residence. The handsome brown-stone mansion at the junction of Connecticut avenue and 20th and R streets, belonging to ex-Sena- tor Sawyer, has been leased by the latter's agents, Fitch, Fox & Brown, to Postmaster General Gary. The Postmaster General will take possession October 1. ——.——. Paperhanging by From Liosd’s Loudon Weekly. Paper can now be hung by machinery. The device has & rod on which a roll of paper is placed, and a paste reservoir with a feeder placed, so as to engage the wrong side of the paper. The end of the paper is fastened to the bottom of the wall, and the machine started up the wall, being held in place by the operator. A roller follows the paper as it unwinds and presses it against the wall. When the top of the wall is reached, the operator pulls a string, which cuts the paper off from the roll. ————-se+ “I have been told,” said she, as t! sat in a shady corner of the poreh, “that yon have rather a grasping disposition.” ‘You don’t believe it, do you?” he asked. Machinery. THE WORLD AWHEEL In Washington the Craze for Riding Grows Apace. CALLED A PARADISE FOR BICYCLES | 7he Fad is Not Confined to Any One Class. AMONG THE STATESMEN =e Written for The Evening Star. The lull in legislation in the House while the Senate was considering the tariff bill increased the number of wheelmen in Washington. Mary a member from remote parts of the country learned to ride the wheel. Washington has been called the heaven of bicycles. It has over 300 miles of concrete pavements and the roads in its vicinity are far better than the averaze. It is the only city in the United States where the streets are better than the side- walks. A trip to Baltimore and back is no novelty. Wheelmen go there in large par- ties and return the same day. To a stranger the city seems to be alive with bicycles. Men and women, girls and boys flit through the streets like swallows, dart- ing here and there between cars and v hicles. Some are bent on business, «nd others are out for pleasure alone. Thou- sands employed in the various departments go to and from their work upon wheels. The courts of the Interior Department, of the War and Navy building and of the Post Office building are crowded with bicycles. In every department provision is made for them. The crypt of the Capitol is filled with them. There is a place set apart for them on the ground floor of the pension building. Theaters advertise them checked and stored without charge. A congressman who is a member of the L. A. W. rode past the city post office re- cently at 7 o'clock in the morning. The streets in the vicinity swarmed with wh men in gray uniform: They trooped away from the building in platoons, north, south, east and west, making the morning de- livery. These letter carriers run to the ex- treme limits of the city. They use the wheel in the delivery of letters. Collections from the street boxes are most all made by carriers on wheels. Some carriers ride to their field of delivery and leaye their wheels at a pharmacy or a grocery while they distribute their letters. The congress- man saw one carrier leave-his wheel at the residence of Senator Stewart, and from there make his deliveries on foot. In Daily Business. It is estimated that from 12,000 to 15,000 persons employed in Washington use their wheels in going to and returning from business. Nearly 20,000 are employed in the departments alone, and of these it is safe to say that more than one-quarter use the wheel. The sigit in the morning hours is exhilarating. Rosy-cheeked typewriters in natty costumes, machinists employed at the navy yard, department clerks, male and female, old and young, school girls and schools marms, all dash to their work mounted upon wheels. Some sail along with charming grace and even abandon, while others nervously grip the handles of their wheels and dismount when in doubt. Many sit as straight as ramrods, with hands be- hind their backs, driving the wheels as though they were parts of themselves. Others maintain an unconscious, but easy, attitude, apparently thinking over the work of the day. A few bend to the low handle bars, and speed along as though suffering from curvature of the spine. Darwin's the- ory is apparently reversed. Instead of the slow evolution through long ages of man from the simian, we have the rapid ce- velopment of the simian from man. This evolution is confined to the lords of crea- tion, for no lady has ever been seen on the streets of Washington riding a wheel with ram's horn handle bars. Nor are the patrons of the wheel con- fined to the Caucasian. Though the Ethi- opian cannot change his color, he proves extremely facile in changing his method of locomotion. The colored girl, whether octoroon, quadroon, mulatto or Congo, 18 in the front on the wheel. She rides it gracefully, if not artistically. Often she is accompanied by a dusky admirer. One of these admirers attracts universal at- tention. Tall and slender, he rides at the side of his tinted inamorata, clad in a full bicycle suit. The suit is a stunner. He wears a blue cap with a long white peak and a snowy button on top. His blazer carries the Princeton colors, orange and black. His knickerbockers are of a navy blue, and his golf stock'ng3 are of a plaid that would throw a highland chiet into convulsions. The wheel is also a favorite with the members of the Chinese legation Several of the attaches are experts. All ride ladies’ wheels on account of their flowing robes. Everybody Rides. In fact eyerybcdy rides the wheel, the clergyman and the congressman, the law- yer and his client, the doctor and his pa- tient, the mistress and the maid, every- body but the office seeker. He walks. Not long ago a congressman took tea on a Sunday afternoon with a family living in the northwest. The lady of the house was busy attending to the wants of those around the table. One of the children at the tavle asked its mother where Gertie, the servant girl, was. “She and the cook have gone out on their wheels. This is their Sunday off,’ replied the mother. “Has your servant girl a wheel congressman asked in astonishment. “No,” was the reply, “she hires one for 15 cents an hour.” She then told a story of her washer- woman. “She comes here every Monday,” the lady said, “to do the washing. Last Monday I waited all day for her and she never came. She appeared bright and early on Tuesday morning. I asked her why she failed to come on Monday, and she replied, ‘I hired a wheel. A lady out beyond the Soldiers’ Home owed me 60 cents and I went out there to collect it.” After a long morning ride the congress- man breakfasted at his rooms, and, mount- ing his wheel, rode to the Capitol. He had hardly turned the corner before he passed a gentleman in knickerbockers, a neglige shirt, sack coat and golf stockings. The costume was complete, with the exception of the headgear. The gentleman wore a black slouch hat. The breeze was wooing his silvery Dundreary whiskers. He had a magnificent presence, and rode the wheel with the ease of an expert. He was Rear Admiral John G. Walker of the United States navy. The admiral was lost to sight in a bevy of young ladies, who crossed his track and fluttered under his bows like Mother Cary’s chickens. Two blocks away the congressman met another object of in- terest. It was Senator Chandler of New Hampshire. He wore a pepper and salt suit, a straw hat, had clips on his ankles, sat firm and upright, and was making good time. A quarter of a mile behind him came Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, the past and prospective chairman of the committee on * the | appropriations. He wore a felt hat and a gray business suit, and was smoking a | Danville intimidad. He has been riding the wheel for several years, and it is said that he was the first man who ever !n- duced Speaker Reed to mount the wheel. Whether this is so or not, it is certain that the statesman from Maine to the Capitol, rolling to and fro, like a sailor on leave. rho have seen him ride the wheel in Maine say that he Cannon takes his wheel with him on enter- ing the’ Capitol, an@ deposits it in his com- mittee room, as do several other congres- sicnal*wheelmen. Congressme! on the Wheel. Representative ock of Wisconsin is a new addition to the wheelmen. He was chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia in Go. House. If he suc- ceeds himself his ad¥ent among the wheel- men will be hailed -with delight. A new criminal has been developed in Washing- ton. He is akin to the scoundrel who ruins ladies’ dresses by throwing vitriol upon them. He scatters chunks of broken glass in places frequented by wheelmen. His op- erations extend throughout the city. A bint from the chairman of the District committee to the Commissioners might se- cure his apprehension and conviction. In his excursions upcn the wheel Mr. Babcock is accompanied by his wife, who is a grace- ful rider. Nor is he the chly congressman whose wife accompanies him in hi3 ex- peditions. Mrs. George B. McClellan fre- quently rides to Alexandria and back with her husband. In riding about the city you often meet Representative Shafroth of Colorado, Sen- ator Bacon of Georgia, Senator Tillman of Scuth Carolina, Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island, Senator Perkins of California, Sen- ator Butler of North Carolina, Senators El- kins and Faulkner of West ‘Virginia, and Senator Kyle of South Dakota. The jatter has as a companion a daughter, who usual- ly sets the pace forsthe father. Senator Wolcott of Colorado, now absent in Europe, is_greatly missed by the wheelmen in Washington during the present session. Representatives Foss of Illinois, Taylor of Ohio, Latimer of South Carolina, Sher- tran of New York, Curtis of Kansas, and others, belong to the ‘congressional -bicycle brigade. All are enthusiastic wheelmen. Representative Sprague of Massachusetts has won more than the usual notoriety by appearing on the floor of the Senate in a wheelman’s costume. The costume fits him to perfection, and is evidently the work of a Boston tailor. Jerry Simpson is an old rider, and one who understands the ethics of land navigation. He wears knee breeches and ig not ashamed to wear them. More astonishing than this, however, is the suit of Col. William G. Sterett of Texas. He appeared upon the floor of the House the other day with golf stockings and a butter- rut roundabout. The, suit is unique and characteristic. The ccat may have come from the plains of Texas, but the stockings are a symphony in hosiery. The services of no Boston tailor were required. It re- calls the story of a well-known captain in the navy, of whom it was said that he made his own clothes and cut his own air. All Over the District. A conspicuous figure in quiet streets of a cool afternoon is Commodore Samson of the ordnance bureau. He rides a high frarge wheel with aplomb and dignity. In days gone by the commodore was a favor- ite in the tennis court with’ Secretary Ol- ney of Massachusetts. They played on the lot adjoining the residence of Mrs. U. 8. Grant. The commodore is full as graceful on the wheel as in the tennis court. The Conduit road and the’ shady drives about the Soldiers’ Home are favorite courses for wheelmen. (Toward nisht they appear here by hundreds. Accidents are comparatively few, beeause* scorching is strictly forbldden. "The ordinance is en- forced by a bicycle squad f uniformed police officers. To those standing upon the. esplanade of the Capitol on the last night of the session in the early evening, Penn- sylvania avenve presented a fairy-like epec- tacle. It was filled wheelmen, and their lights were as numerous as fireflies in summer. The avenue was fairly phos- Phorescent with them, and the stene was made more animated by the music ef the bands which were to takepart in the in- gugural procession. ‘The plaza fronting the Capitol presented a scene even more stir- ring. The air was filled with the tinkling of tiny bells, and lights glimmered far and near on every road in the Capitol grounds. And still the old foxy doubts! A member of the corfederate cabinet recently express- ed his astonishment at seeing a friend upon a wheel. “It is the only indication cf lunacy that I have ever seen in you,” he remarked. ' The wheeltian.replicd, “In a quarter of a century you will see one hundred wheelmen . Where you now see one. All the rising gen- eration are infatuated with the wheel. It is even more useful than ornamental.” ~ “You are crazy,” was the reply, ‘it 1s simply.a fad. Within ten years it will die out, and you will not see ane wheel where you now see a hundred.” AMOS J. CUMMINGS. peters tte A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Showing What a Shoigan Can Do in a Load of Hay. From the New York Press, “What was the most exelting experience I ever had?” repeated Clarence Haight at the Olympic Gun Club. “I think it occured last summer, when I was hunting doves up in Sonoma county., Now, shooting doves is not particularly, exciting or peri- lous, but this was one of the hottest ex- periences I ever had. “1 had been traveling gll day with a big bag, and was pretty well tired out when I struck the country road and- started for home. It was a good four miles’ walk, and I was pretty well pleased to see a big wagon load of hay approaching. The ran- cher gave me permission to ride, 80 I scrambled up on top, lay down on the Sweet, new mown hay and went swaying and swinging down the road. I was just dozing off when bang! went my shotgun. I had forgotten to tuke the cartridges out of it, and something had pressed the trig- ger. The horses gavé a jump, and thé driver rolled off into the ditch. “Then I discovered that my gun had set fire to the hay, and I thought it was about time for me to escape. The horses were tearirg along the road as hard as they could run, but I clambered for the side of the load and slid for the road. The tail of my stout hunting coat caught on the top of a sharp standard, and there I hung to the careening wagon that threat- ened to upset tnd dump a load of burning hay on me at every turn pf the road. “The fire was crackligg “end burning fiercely, ard already I could feel the flames, Still the horses ran, and still!my coat held me fast to that seething mess of flames. My trousers commenced getting hot, and then I found my coat was’on fire. The next moment the loose cartridges in my pockets commenced exploding from the pee and then I smelled my doves broil- nT haa j : 5 just made up my mind that all was over, when the talt ater coat burned off and I was thrown into. « ditch full of waters esis the road, "aid not stop to ecam, horses, ror of the rancher, bet gut sieaiece across that field for men, was the my life.” cher, home. ——-e+_—___ ao Grinders tm th® South. very rarely see an Italian organ- grinder in a large city f the south,” sald a resident of that section of the country to a Star reporter yest. “You see plen- THE NATIONAL GUARD Movement for a Later Date for An- nual Encampments, INTEREST IN SAN ANTONIO CONTEST Speculation as to the Guard’s Rep- resentation at Sea Girt. THE ORDWAY RANGE DATES eagerness The annual encampment of the District National Guard over with, and the Morton Cadets absent in Texas, National Guard matters are practically at a standstill, and will probably so remain until fall. In some quarters the wisdom of holding the an- nual encampment so early in the season is doubted, and a movement Is said to be on foot having in view the selection of a date later in the summer, probably some time in August. In most of the states the encampments are held in midsummer, and they are as well attended, it is claimed, as are those held earlier in the summer. Of course, the prevailing topic in the guard at present is the visit of the Mor- tons to San Antonio, where they have gone for the purpose of again establishing their claim to tke military championship of the United States. It is generally conceded that they have qiite a hard row to hoe, but great confidence is felt among the guardsmen that the boys will hardly be worse tham second, and quite a large num- ber firmly believe that they will capture first place. It is probably true that the company is not as strong as it was last year, but the boys have drilled hard and are sure to give a good sccount of them- selves. The Cavclry Troop. There will be another meeting ‘Thurs- day next for the purpose of discussing the advisability of organizing a troop of cav alry, when the committees heretofore ap- pointed will report. Many good men are back of the project, and it is more than likely that the troop will be organized and admitted to the guard. The New Jersey Rifle Association's meet- ing this year will be held at Sea Girt, from August 30 to September 4, but it is said to be doubted if the District National Guard will be represented by a team, cer- tainly not, it is claimed, in the Hilton trophy match, won last year by the Dis- trict team bya score cf 1,007, the highest ever made. There is no doubt, however, that the District Guard will be represented at Sea Girt by individual marksmen, if not by guard teams. A JudicinI Test. As may be reen from the following dis- patch from Springfield, Ill., to the Chicago Record, the new code adopted by the last legislature of Illinois, relative to ‘the state's National Guard, is to be judicially tested “Six young men of the Ist Infantry have in prospect a fine of $100 each because of their failure to attend camp, will the rexi- || ment, or in tho event of tty or refusal to pay they may be confined in the Cook county jail for thirty days. By direc- tion of Col. Turner, this letter was sent by Adjt. Deremer to each of the half dozen soldiers, the only ones absent from camp without leave: “‘Sir: The colonel commanding directs me to say that you will be allowed ten days from this date to show cause why you should not be tried by general court- martial for disobedience of orders in not having reported for duty with your com- pany at the annual tour of instruction at Camp Lincoln. All communications must be addressed to the regimental adjutant and forwarded through your company com- mander.’ “The six absentees will be tried upon the return of the regiment to Chicago under the provisions of the new military code, which was passed by the legislature June 4 last. The court will be ordered by Gov. Tanner, and will consist of five commis- sioned officers, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum. A general court- martial has jurisdiction to try all offenses against military law.. Upon conviction it may cashier and dismiss officers, reduce non-commissioned officers to the ranks, dishonorably discharge enlisted men and impose a fine not exceeding $100, or in de- fault of payment order an imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceed- ing thirty days. When sentence is paseed the president of the court has the power to order constables or sheriffs to carry out the findings, and the jailers throughout the state are obliged to recognize his com- mitment process in the same manner as that of a judge.” Practice at Ordway Range. Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week the Ordway range will be open to all de- siring to practice at the targets, and on Thursday the Rifle Association will use the range. ; The following’ changes in the guard are announced: Private Charles A. Stewart of Company B, 4th Battalion, has been trans- ferred to Company D of the 2d Battalion, Private Eugene K. Stewart of Company A. ist Battalion, and Private Eugene A. Bur. ton of Company A, 2d Battalion, have been honorably discharged at thelr own request, eS Unknown Canada. It is usually supposed that there fs very little of the Dominion of Canada which yet remains unexplored, says an exchange. Dr. Robert Bell of the Canadian survey, has, however, proved that our knowledge of the country is yet by no means com- plete, and at the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society he gave an dccount of his recent discoveries south of Hudson bay. During the last two summers Dr. Bell has been engaged exploring and sur- sbisheed the region directly to the southeast of Hudson bay and to the east Noddawai river. While there he atecene ered a new river, the existence of which has never been suspected, although it is within 200 miles of Ottawa. This stream, which is one of considerable impor: runs almost parallel to the Noddawai an eventually finds its way into the Hudson bay. The Indians met with in the neizn- borhood are described as semi-civilized, but as native-born gentlemen: There are no Esquimaux in the region at all, which points to the fact that the climate is not that of an arctic character. The soil is a rich brown clay, and the climate suitable for growing all the ordinary of such crops a latitude. There seems an almost ‘in- exhaustible supply of timber, and white pine, as well as spruce, being found in abundance, while big game is also plen- tiful, though should the hossereerdentorgeote es ibbbhh hha DADE DD AEE ED DEEDS DED SEED DEES DSSS DSSS SESS ERASE ESSE ESSE ER SEEDS SSE S DEE SDE AD DAR SEAR SSAA SRS G7 Daring July and August we close at 5 o'clock—Saturdays at 1 P.M. Special attractions in Muslin Underwear and Corsets for Monday PERRY’S. Was ever a season so full of opportunities as this on dollar reaches beyond a hundred cents’ worth of value—for the store is under the spell of the reduction knife. clearing, you know we have told you—and we are doing it thoroughly and bravely. the need. wear that can be produced. Ladies’ Gowns. Ze. Muslin Gowns, mede with square yoke of fine tucks; cambric ruffle down front and around neck and sleeves— Now 50c, 89c. Muslin Gowns, made with em- pire neck, and finished with insertion and embroidery— Now 69c. $1.15 Cambric Night Gowns, made with V neck of insertion and embroid- ery; three broad pleats in back, sleeves finished with embroidery and tud Now 89c. $1.25 Cambric Night Gowns, made in Empire style, with two rows of fine embi across front; callar, front ‘avd sleeves trimmed with ruffle of em- broidery— Now $1.00. . Ladies’ Drawers. 39c. Muslin Drawers, made with deep bem and cluster of four tucks- Now 25¢. a pair. 49c. Muslin Drawers, made with deep bem and cluster of nine tucks above— Now 29¢. a pair. 50c. Muslin Drawers, with wide legs, trimmed with ruffe of embroidery and cluster of tucks above— Now 39c. a pair. 792. Cambric Drawers, made with medium wide legs, finished with inser- tion and ruffie of ‘fine lace; cluster of tucks above. Now 59c. a pair. Big values Corsets. Satisfaction depends not on what you pay—but upon the kind of a Corset you get. We think we have about all the best brands. They are not all the proper kind for you to wear. But among them you are sure to find the style’ best adapted Perhaps you may want a word of suggestion or advice? Ask any of our assistants—they are to your requirements. competent to prescribe. You should have a’ pair of Summer Corsets. You have no idea how cool they are. The prices are as light as the weight. We can give you a good, reliable Summer Corset, with elther long or medium waist—for 50c. a pair. C. B. Summer Corsets, made of double Brussels Net, with long or short waist $1 a pair. ‘Thomson's Glove-fitting Summer Cor- sets, with long, medium and short for $1 a pair. Be DAE ws to eee $1 a pair. P. D. Summer Corsets, with long $1.75 a pair. And in the regular weight Corsets, no matter what your need is, we can supply it in the most reliable makes. We Each message that we publish brings you tidings of big savings among the seasonable lines. —and you know the hand that is doing the cutting. You have the utmost confidence in both—that makes your buying easy. More Muslin Under= wear Bargains. How do you like the idea of a Muslin Underwear Sale in season? A departure from custom—but a big advantage to you. Now you are buying and saving just when you have We have the reputation of having the best made Under- For all the prices are nowhere near the values mark this lot is fully up to the quality standard for which we are famous. ton should avail herself of this privilege—and stock up. PERRY’S, _ “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” ==AT== A We are You know the qualities Every lady in Washing- Ladies’ Corset Covers. Special value in Muslin Corset Cov- Co, made with both high and square neck— Now 12]4c. Special value in Cambric Corset Covers, made with square necks; neck and sleeves trimmed with pretty em- broidery_edze— Now 25¢. 5G. Cambric Corset Covers, made arm rimmed with wide embroidery. Of ‘these we have’ not every ize— Now 39c. Special value $n Cambric Corset Cov- tt Beck with neat_edge— _Now 50c. Ladies’ Skirts. $1 Muslins Skirts, made in umbrella style, trimmed with ruftle of embroid- ery Now 89c. $1.39 Muslin § “made with 4 flouace of #1 + lawn and finished with ruffie of embroidery— Now $1.00. $1.50 Extra Fine Muslin Skirts, made with deep flounce of lawn, and fintsbed with rugle of embroiders— Now $1.25. $2 Cambric Skirts, made with decp flounce of linen lawn, with ruffle of cholce lace— Now $1.89. in the best! make a specialty—not of car- tying a large promiscuous stock—but a select stock of brands that have earned the right to your confidence. We have every length of waist and every desirable size. R. & G. Corset $1 and $1.50 a pais ©. B. Corsets, in all sizes—T5e. $1.50 and $1.75 a pair. ee ‘Thomson's Glove-fitting Corsets, in all sizes—$1, $1.50, $175 and $2 ‘6 W. C. ©. Corsets, in $1.50 ana ‘$3.60 a pate“ SBee-$1, ‘Warner's Corsets, in $1.25 and $1.50 a pair. all sizes—$i, 3 Ff A i £ Li i ace f # : | i i i i i i BE E i il i r ti & <3 :