Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1897, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1897-12 PAGES. CARE OF THE CAPITOL|THEIR FATAL CURIOSITY The Functions of the Police and the | Results in the Capture of Whole Droves of Guides. ° Monkeys. Strictness of the Regulations—Evils | A Curious Industry That is Followed ‘That Have Been Abated—Obnoxious m the Isthmus of Panama— Persons Rho are Kept Ont. Supplying the Market. “Nearly all the monkeys which one sees in the United States come from Gorgona, a little village which is situated a short dis- tance from the Panama railroad,” said a New York dealer in monkeys to a writer for The Star. ‘The inhabitants of this dis- trict are mostly native negroes, for no white man could exist in such a trying climate without drinking plenty of whisky and almost constantly taking quinine. The ‘The strictness with which the police 1 ulations of the Capitol are enforced now calls attention to the great change that been brought about at the Capitol during the past few years. The interest attached te this great buileing renders !t more than a mere meeting place for the national leg- islature. It is the chi traction at Wash- ington to all visitors. Nobody ever visits Washingten as a tourist without spending aime - building, and the | Whole region is marshy and covered with ease ae ce isa ean te tive bodies in| extremely profuse tropical tegetation. At qooion fs scarcely the ‘chief attraction. | Might there arises a thick vapor, laden While comparatively few persons are in| With fever, which hangs over the woods like a cloud. “This region of wood is the paradise of the monkeys. They travel in troops around ate from oor the galleries of the House and Sei day te day, the corridors and ante- the rotun: and the statuary hall are nearly th yond = Soa ee ce escead Avs pretty well filed with peop'e. About | the woods and are generally y eye eo tios make 4 goed living by show- | ld monkeys. Only a few months ago I els ‘L’ “Exery picture, every | had occasion to vistt this ‘monkey town ing Beople around. ey axteuted,” every | and was compelled to spend a night ina fcluma and almost every stone and plece of | Shanty belonging to an old negro. In the early morning, as we sat at breakfast. the creatures came around the veranda in a most curiously human way. The mothers brought their families, and while waiting for scraps of food that the old darkey was accustomed to throw to them during meals they went on with the toflet of the nursery internal decoration is Even the echoes that Ited ceilings seem to of curiosity and en- ter in the Object of interest. vibrate from the va be endless soure tertainment. ms The result is that the public lose sight of the fact that the Capitol is primarily a } th e business building, and that work is being} With the most ludicrous gravity and done there which it Is not always conve- | ™ethed. One by one the youngsters had nient to have interrupted. Certain privacy | t© Come up to be ‘dressed,’ and it was very that lias to be s in parts lof the | fenny to see how they tried to shirk what Salling’ (dust < hours. excites | ¥a8 their equivalent for the tub, towel and more. or less resentment, but. Congress | S°ap. which our own children do thelr best to ade. Zach one, as its turn came, whimpered, lay down and ‘made itself heavy,’ as chil- dren say, so that the mother had to drag it toward her by a leg or an arm. “As soon as the process of scratching and combing was over the little ones skipped off with an agility that was amazing, but r quite quickly enough to escape the box on the ear which the parent generally administered as a finishing touch. “And what a pathos there was, too, about the mothers “brought their young ones up to within a few feet would be much slower in its work than it is if the visiting public were allowed to not for the, rigid ulztions the build- Moreover. if it were ot servance of police re fre would be neither a safe nor a reputable thousand persous are in the nearly every day: there is a vas of corriders, running in many with sharp A considerable army lint nderground foundations, and might occur there ting ngles and secluded might be along plosion even without b ing ard in the occupied ions of the tn of our table for food. ‘The very tiny ones, fee ontt ee cde of crumitnc | the babies in arms, were held out to us Teoms heaven knows w ht be going the beggar woman of our own spe- on. It is only of comparatively recent olas out her starving child. The Years that gambling has been broken up | Youngest were pushed to the front. Mis- in the Cspitol building. behavior was promptly suppressed by the It was lirgely on account of the amount | elders, who sat sedately in the back row, of nd other disreputavle things | and but seldom anything. Our ges- at were going on In the building, though | tures were understood by them with a pie : nothing ef it, that the po hing intellizence. If the knives and Hice force reorganized years | forks were laid down there was at once a @ge and a rigid police patrol instituted rement of subsidence in the assembly; w umbling houses were strictly p expectations of those sunk within them hi in the ei iugton and y knew the meal was ending. As soon strict laws were y Congress tu de- | aS we made a sign of rising the congre- stroy them, 7 es for big stakes | gation broke up, the mothers came to the were being pl front, and all our gu valked quickly of Congress, not down the turf and into the had a right to be in the bullding and nods. In a few they had so always the Te poker completely vanished that it was difficult ties, but serions same money to believe (hat thousands of monkeys were was in them. = Within a few yards Frequently ¢.ronses of an extraordinary Catching Them Alive. er eceu nm mi rooms. “How are monkeys caught? sorts of ¢ rs haunted the build- ers were liable to be taken in cl, when the people receive the in- pretending eficial guides. } formation that the ‘traveling monkey 3 Ww mas i sure of being ) troops’ are near the village they om insult. At time iteeemed anf 7. woods in crowds. to. chase building might ich would be nation ta reputation for is EG cure wameriees Their plan is very simple. They procure in which a hole is cut, just a cocoanut, is ne building in the country | jarge enough to admit a monk=y's paw. r order and prop “The nut is next hollowed out, and a big Ly Sure re glaeathe lump of sugar is placed in it. A long piece Mp clined (cc the Cassese las ef string is then fastened securely to the jo remain in it unless it is’ made nut, and it fs placed in the road or path of r that required ¢ c the approaching monkeys. It is known xaxe 1e is employed by ry inquisitive animals. Fovernment to During the hours that | As soon a canes loneannie cooante the building is open police are so in the g1 hurry to examine it thor- ed Grit there is ne eorrider er comer of | oughly curious sight to see how the interior of the building that quickly they will climb from the trees, of chem does overlook ¢ chattering the while, to take a good view » one is permitted to 1 of the concern. Buide except the men wh s not take them long to discover pont a inner part contains a plece of One of the boldest and greediest paw into the nut to get the sugar tightly as he can. But he cannot draw it r, which sugar. icks te pe his fist cut of the he holds fast to, cost what it may. The negroes now pull the string until nut and nonkey arrive in the vicinity of their am- le. In the meantime the other mion- it exe unle: for his ac ing in the build- all suspicious or sracters found fn the build- ing a ediately escorted to the out- eto aes ese te Paes wonder what is the matter with their side and notified not to return. A certain hurry’ tos cee: wheres he (3 Mee hola nd are | being pulled to with his paw in the cocoa- have been ther | Mut. the crowd around him chattering and Le ith Keep pie ‘on | eSticulating to their hearts’ content. mer hatitues who es Now the great moment come. The flirtations in the corridors and galleries | negroes hav HRcr erate and they wait in t lax recepti¢ spread it out over the unsuspecting mon- heen no . one after an- | Keys, and before are aware of it they 4 2 ar in the building. | gre prisoners, are sold to the em- The Cay still not free from lobb: yes of th 1 railroad, and reach Ets but the > by = = mec Bower kel 7 = North American market through com- stitution. and it woul: difficult to te erchil dealers” where to draw the line between tne le pels 5 ee the distinguished v or, an Ricaaene: Wonuk atest t A ROMANCE OF THE WIR ner state ing to men of ottice urting for Hix Friend, He Won the Operator for Himself. Detrolt Free Press, From t The s luck In matrimony as in every- thing else, «dan old Detroiter, who in his early was a telegraph operator. “For nearly thirty years my wife and I have lived happily together. We have had our little domestic squalls like other peo- ple, but I can say that we have sailed on smooth waters with fair winds.” Years since the Geor- She used to be a telegraph operator, too. ip peaches in any TT went to substitute for a friend of mine Year after [en the line to give him a brief vacation. wirg larger and | He told me that he had been carrying on a Bia is <t | firtation with a woman operator with the Uni Dela- | whom he was very favorably impressed. alifernia follow in | She only knew him by his office call, and year the Georgia | He requested that I carry on the incipient aes a ri ourtship so that he could take it up on m round figures tO | his return. The girl would be none the his only one-third | wiser and his sult would be that. much further along. Being young and romantic, I consented as a matter of course. “From the first message 1 concluded that wooing had reached a very in| ting +, and entered right into the spirit of affair t being troubled by any of my friend's embarrassment, for he was in love, 1 talked to her like a bold and ardent ain. She evidently liked this, and I was a the verge of eng: my friend when 1 received word from hint t he had met te at home; that he was going into = store, and that I must close up ph courtship as gently as 1 first T was mad eno h to hunt him sepise oe thrash him. Then T suddenly 4 ee ek: }that I was mightily pleased. § = : Die caly knew him by the office call, and now - ; i : : a was mine. Just as soon a3 there ; prvi : | ng T proposed, and back sof Saree An acces Ive never told her, but, “hy ragaeein| Ge me and you, she’s worth a’ cartload = Ww ‘ < = see = ; ; - r A Novel Shy-Serupping Kite. be - Cen, \eeee ind of kit em fata h of Lian fe ‘ jt SOLN é « ‘sen | all the Fs rs ‘ ¥ er 1 combinath ee " Malny kites naa is and 1 square feet ¢ It leaves =e | says he ut and make > | to him wi > touching warr ence ates oO start | the sas fae bs er eool ut of four pounds in the rs i says he has a kite f « whieh he flew Let riment w! or fown town point to sce It will carry a weight of twenty It is sixty inches high and me: our inches from tip to up ot o+—___ little what {t fs that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. It matter: oO run Instead of heading, ts stro: Busy Bees. From Lloyd's London Weekly. Bees, according to a statistician, must, in order to collect a pound of clover honey, deprive 62,000 clover blossoms of their nec- tar. To do this the 62,000 flowers must be visited by an aggregate of 3,750,000 bees, or, in other words, to col'ect his pound of honey one bees must make 3,750,000 trips from and to the_hive. As bees are knowa to fly for miles in quest of suitable flelds of operation it is clear that a single- ounce of honey represents millions of miles of travel. See career If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. —_— AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Today. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w.—Chancery sale of dwellings Nos. 502-504 7th st. s.e., cn Monday, July 19, at 4:90 o'clock p.m. Chas. A. Douglass and Joseph I. Weller, trustees. Thomas Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n,w.—- ‘Trustee's sale of Improved property in Anacostia, D. C., on Monday, July 19, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. ©. T. Yoder, trustee. Duncanson Bros., Aucts., 9th and D sts. n.w.— Trustees’ sale of dwelling No. 606 10th st. s.e., on Monday, July 19, at 6 o'clock p.m. Oharles F. Benjamin and Wm. H. Duncanson, trustees. ©. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st.—Chancery sale of dwellings Nos. 310, 312 and 314 C st. ne. and three unimproved lots on Mass. ave. between 8d and 4th sts. n.e., on Monday, July 19, at 5 o'clock p.m. Earnest L. Schmidt, trustee. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. —Hxecutor's sale of real estate on Colfax st. bet. Sth and 6th, Sumner and Morris sts. n.w., on Mon- day, July 19, at 4:80 o'clock p.m. Milton M. Hol- land, executor. ‘Trusteen’ sale of lot on 18th st. bet. Pa. aud Ga. aves. 8.c., on Monday, July 19, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Jobn W. Pilling and Irving Williamson, trus- tees. ‘Tomorrow. Thomas Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n.w.— ‘Trustee's sele of dwellings No. 115-117 and 119 E st. ne., on Tuesday, July 20, ut 4:30 o'clock p.m. Rudolph Claughton, trustee. AUCTION - SALES. FUTURE DAYS. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & GO., AUCTIONEERS. EXECUTOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE ON COL- FAX STREET BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH, SUMNER AND MORRIS STREETS NOWTH WEST, HOWARD UNIVERSITY SUBDIVISION. On MONDAY, ‘THE NID NTH DAY OF JOLY, 1807, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK FM.,’ in front of the premises, the undersig executor of the estate of the late Ann will sell, at public auctio one Jot 8, block 8, Howard University subdivision of farm of the late Jobn A. Suilth, being 25x150 feet to a 15-foot public all Provens-nte thereon, ‘consisting vo-story. tind vesemént frame house, 7 rooms, hall, halt well of Water and one one-story frume building of two rooms. Terms of sale to be made known at the time of sale. A deposit of $200 to be made at the time of the sale, ‘Terms to be complied with within 10 from di otherwise the undersigned, or, reserves the “right to resell the property risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after * notice of such sale In some newspaper pub- dip the elty of Washington, District of Co- ia. All conveywicing to be ut the cost of the purchaser. MILTON M. HOLL. Executor, Jy8-eod5t 609 D st. nw. CF THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED, ON AC. count of the rain, until THURSDAY, ‘TWENTY. OND JURY, “1807, AT. UE-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK F IN M. HOLLAND, Executor, No. G09 D st. nw, DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS, nd by virtue of at th day of July, A. in Liber No. 1 records of the Di request of the party tees will sell, at premises, at HAL ON THURSD A’ JULY, AD, dat of the la and att! ersigned trus. public a PAST FO THE TWEN i nf an prem| te in th Distriet ki nin! one hundred a ni), in Win, ison's subdivision dred and fifty-t f lots In square nu as per plat ree records of the office of id District, the same being im a two-story and basement brick dwelling ise, No. 1823 1Nth st. nw. e-third cash, and the balance eiirs, for which the notes of the purchaser, must be given, Wearing interest from lay of wale at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable serl-annually, and seenred by deed of trust ‘on the property sold. or all cash, at the purchaser's option. A deposit of $100 will be required at time of sale. AN conveyancing, acknowledging, and re- cording at purchaser's cost. If terms of sale days f y Of wale t to rese property Iting purchaser JOHN TAYLOR ARMS, Tr HB. WHITE, Trustc [TON & CO., Auctioneers, SALE € VALUARLE. SITUATED ON U SLT AND RATCLIFFE, § TRUSTEE ved of trust to us, re- 2. at follo 209 et seq. one corded in Liber > land records of the District. of Columb of the We WIT Sell at public anction in front of the pre fkes on FRIDAY, the THIRTIETH, DAY of JULY A.D. IS07, at HA rHREE ¢ OCLOCK T at the request of the party ured thereby, the following described real estate, lots numbered thirt thirty-six (36) and thir Yochran an hers’ ed two hem per plat re four @4), thirty-five on (37) in George vision of Kenure the records otfce of the Eurveyor of “the Distriet of Columbia. ‘This property will be sold subject. te deed of trust securing the pay- ment of nd interest on same, dated De ber 19, A.D. 1 recorded December 22, in Liber 1: Terms of sale: AM cash over and shove deed of trust securing the ext onthe same, A ot the tine of sa nt the p plied wi ‘or the propert of the defantting pure CHARLES H. BAUMAN, ‘Trustee. Admin le of Household Effects, within our anetion Rooms, 612 Est. nw. on WEDNE DAY, JULY TWENTY-FIRST, 1897, COMMENC- ING AT TEN O'CLOCK AM. Pablor and Red Room Furniture, Walnut Folding Bed (mirror front), ionier, Ouk Bed Room Furniture, Din’ and Chairs, Rockers, Halr and | Husk kery ‘and Glass Ware, Ca-pets, Admini “AUCTIONEEI LE HAY-WINT 140K COLUMISEA STREET NORTHWEST. . duly recorded the Tand re SALE ¢ rORY AND DWE NEAL DOUBLE K REEL, virtue IN! Distr will sell, in premises, on the ‘THIR. of JULY, 7, at FIVE . the ‘foliowt 1 land and mn, Dis. of lot subllv in fu Hook contal follow wna, viz for th the west Redrer fifty-seven t, und north sof w uw the Line of south fe inches ten 0 fod east al alley twenty G2) feet; the t six thi inches te the plac er with. all @@@ stoxular, the fn sements, Fights, privileges and appur: us of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, Notes 16 he given, bearing 6 per annum Saterest, pasatle sentan mveya Pon the or atl wing, ete. at 200 required at T with fn fitter 1K par- in some SOUTHMU? BARK BRAINARD H. WARN iy17-1&as WALTER 1. WILL Two Three-Story Press Brick Front Dwellings, with stone trimmings, at auction. Nos. &13and 815 4th Street Northeast. INESDAY, JULY TWENTY-FIRST, AT HALE-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. we shall’ sell, in front of the premises, sublots 69 and 70, in BOS, 14.86 feet front by 100 feet deep to alley, Improved by two three-story press-brick front dweliings, stone trimmings, all” modern improve: ments. é ‘Terms made known at time of sale, Sy15-dicds, WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts, | fy-dte AUCTION , BALES. —_—“_aerimxoon, ——— SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY, By virtue of of the the District of Columbia, paimed 1897, In equity cause 1 wherein Charles We xibvey is plaiutit’ and. Williams 3. Hinwosd et al. are defendants, the undersigned trustees will offer for sul frout of the leat public auction, in piemises, on MONDAY, JULY NINETEENTH, iso7, AT FIVE O'CLOCK, PM., the following described part of lot two (2), in square nine hun- dred and fifty-two (962), teginning for the same at the southwest corner of said square and running ‘thence north along the Ine of 9th, street cast,forty- seven feet; thence ent parallel with M street sont ‘one hungred and eight feet; thence south parallel With Oth street east, forty-seven feet; thence Wert flong the line of Mstreet xouth, one hundred and eight feet to the place of beginning, improved by houses numbered 1102 9th stzeet southeast and $80 'M street southeast. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money cash, and the remainder in two equal installments In ope and two years from day of sale, with in- terest at the rate of 6 per cont per annum, piyable semf-annuglly until pad, to be represented by notes of the purchaser, secured upon the property, or all cash, at the purchaser's option. o cae dred dollars to be deposited at time of sile, Terms to be complied with within ten days from Gay of kale, otherwise the trustees will resell at tik ‘and cost of defaulting purchaser. ‘All con veyancing and recording at cont of purchaser. 8 HERBERT GIESY, e 509 7th at. u.w., ANDREW B. DUVALL, 472 La. ave. n.w.. ‘Trustees, DUNCANSON BROS.. Aucts. iy2&s, tu, th&ds ©. G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneers, 1407 G at. n.w. CHANCERY ALE OF RESIDENCE AND BUSI- NESS PROPERTY, BEING HOUSES NOS. 3819, B12 AND 814 C STREET NORTHEAST, AND THREE UNIMPROVED LOTS ON MASSACHU- SETTS | AVENUE BETWEEN THIRD A} FOURTH STREETS NORTHEAST. Under and by authority of a decree of the Su- reme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in quity Cause No. 17921, Docket 41, whersin Mary Elizabeth Watson is the complainant, and Clara A. Lantel and others are defendants, the undersigned trn-tee will sell at public auction, in front of. the premixes, on MONDAY. THE NINETEENTH D. F JULY, 1807, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., all th certain pleces ot parcels of and, with the Improve- ments thereon, situated in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, described at and being lots numbered twenty-two '(22), twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24) twenty-five (25), twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) in Ernest L. Schmidt's tru e's subdivision of original lot three in juare numbered seven hundred and elghty-two (ra. a8 sold subdivision ig duly recorded th book 22, at page 2, of the records of the surveyor's office for fall District Sald sublots 24, 28, 23 are improved by comfortable dwellings. known as Nos. 310, 312 and 214 © street theast. Said sublote 25, 26 and 27 are the corresponding lots on Massachusetts avenue and are unimproved, THESE. LOTS WILL BE OFFERED AND SOLD SEPARATELY. ‘Terms of sal> preeribed by the decree. One-thint of the rpatciiese money {n cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two years from the day of sale, the deferred payments to be secured by deed o1 trust upon the property sold and to bear Interest from the day of sale at the rate of six per cent per annum, parable semi-annually, or all eas he option of the purchasers or purchaser. Ti to be complied with within ten days or the property, may be resold, at the risk and cost of defaulting purchasers, aw purchaser, after five days’ notice. A posit of $100 will be required on each lot at the tlne of sale. All conveyancing to be at the cost of purchasers or purchaser. ERNEST L. SCHMIDT, Trustee, Fendal! Law Building, 4% and D st! n.w. Jy6-d&ds é ABLE LOT ON THIR- EN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHEAST. of n deed of trust, duly recorded in 1757, follo 208 et seq., of the land rec- istrict of Columbia and at the re- ‘of the party thereby secured, we will sell ublic auction, In front of the premises, —« VAY. SULY NIN TH, 1897, at HAI FOUR O'CLOCK PM, ‘the following di ribed real estate In the city of Washington, Dix- trlet of Columbia* Lot 23 in the subdivision of lois in square 1045, as per plat recorded in Book 15, Page 69, of the records of the surveyor's office of said District. ‘Terms: One-fourth cash, of which a deposit of $4) must be made at the time of sale, and the Halance in three equal instalments in one, two and three years from day of sale, for which’ notes SALE OF V. THENTH STREET of th: purchaser, bearing interest from day of sale (payable quarterly) and secured by deed of trust on the property sold, will be taken, or all cash, at the option of the ‘purchaser, — All’ convey- ancing and recording at purvt st. If t ave not complied with in ten days from sale th trustees reserve the right to resell the property a the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser 0 purchasers after eight days’ advertisement in ‘Th Evening Star newspaper. JOHN W. PIL IRVING WILL spyBievRded 2 ea Trustees. TERY SALB OF VALUABLE IMPROVED ESTATE@ BEING NOS. 502-504 7TH SOUTHEAST, By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbla, passed on the 2d day of July, 1807, in equity cane No. 18,202, wherein William E. Wallace, by Charles F. Walsh, his next friend, 1s complainant, and Edward J. Accardi and others are defendants, the undersigned trustees will at public auction in front of the premises on MONDAY, JULY THE NINETEENTH, 1897, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM., the following 1 estate: All that parcel of tind sitaate and ‘and distinguished as and being part of numbered eleven (11) of Venahle's sub- division of part of square numbered nine hundred and three (903), beginning for the same thirty-three (88) fect four €4) inches from the northwest corner of said square, and running thence south with 7th street cast thirty-three (83) fect four (4) inches, thence east sixty-four (64) feet one (1) inch, thence horth thirty-three (83) feet four (4) Inches, and thence west sixty-four feet (G4) one (1) tnch fo the place of beginning, together with all the improve- ments thereon, ‘Terma of sale: As prescribed by sald decree, to be one-third of the purchase money to be patd in cash, the balance in one and two years, tn equal fostallments, for which the note of the purchaser or purchasers shall be taken, bearing Interest fom the date of sale, and sec deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash at the option of the purchaser or purchasers. A it of $100 requir- don each parcel upon a of bid. ‘Terms trustees reserve. the cost of the defaulting advertisement in ‘The yaucing and date of ral right to resell at the risk purchaser, after five days’ Evening. ‘Star. newspaper. recording at pm * JOSEPH I. WELL 60: RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., ‘Auctfoneers. G & CO., AUCTS., 612 Ss. DOWLING TRUSTEE’S SALE OF IMPROVED. PROPERTY IN ANACOSTIA, D. Ry virtue of a deed of trust, dated November 14, corded November 20, 1806, in) Liber of the land records of the Dis- mila, and at the rei 1 will sell a uest of the party ublie auction, in yerty, on MONDAY, THE NINE: OF JULY, 1897, “AT HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK the following deserlbed property: Lots 580 and) GE, as platted and Jnid down on the plat or map of Anacostia, D. C., the same being premises No. 411 Harrison street, to- ether with the adjoining lot, exch lot froutinig 2 Kot hy a depth of 130 fe ‘This aie will be so 1 subject to an existing at at 6 per cent per trust of §1,000, with Inte over and annum. ‘Terms: All above maid trust CASH. A deposit of $50 required at time of sule. “Terms to be complied with in ten days from date of sale. C. T. YODER, Trustee, Sy7-d&ds 615 E st. n.w. CHANC BEL FEE BY 120 RAME, is virtue of a dec District of Columbia, passed tn equity causes 168) und 17624, olidited, we will at publ auction, on premises, on SATCRDAY, TH. MIRTY. Y OF JULY, 1897, AT FOUR O'CLOCK ving descrilmd real estate int to wit: The east 5 feot lot 93, all of lot 94 and the west 10 feet of lot square S7, Georgetown, now known as square of Washington, ‘and deseribed more. par- as follo Beginning for th eof O street at the Gist the FIRST 1) PML, the 1257, elt the larly north sh feet westerly from the Inte lire of 30th street, and along said O street 90 feet, ti northerly p with 30th wy with O sir with 30th st t 120 feet, th easterly ural 140) feet, and thence southerly pit 120 feet to thesplice of contatning 10,800 square more or less, Terms of silo the pur in ensh, bn two cqual Instultinent in on spect at 6 per on the property so the pureh A at the thn mvesanedng at purchase complied Ww: th rexell at the risk pind covt of the default- purchaser. % CREED M. FULTON Equity Bl ‘Trustee, Fst. n, Rooms $4 and “ROBERT I. TERKE TRACY Sy9,12,14,16,19,21, L. AUCTION SALE VAL OF VALLEY STRE By virtue of a power given tbe by: the William Johnson, of record in the ottic register ef wills of the Distrlet of Colui the undersigned will sell, at pulilic fon, in. front of the promises, INESDAY, JULY 'PWEN- PM. nd nnd premise. west side of Valle Ham Johnson dled whlei ts move cel of I on th sid and situate, sire tzent ul suid Willem Jol the and possessed, hb ly deseribed fp «deed from Thomas 1 1 Novent ad recorded sinong the lard triet of € in Liber N. G. + No. 56, follos 276 and 27 is property has a frontage on | Valley street of about forty GO) feet and ts of an average depth of about one hundred and sev- euty-seven (177) feet, and 1s improved by a six room 2-story freine dwelling, betng No. 1648 Valley sticet, Georgetown, D.C. Cash. The purchaser will be re- a deposit of $100 at the time of sele, {Il be required to comply fully with the terths of srle within ten days from the day of sile, otherwise the right 1s reserved to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting p ckarer after five days’ public notice. Conveyancing to be at the cost of the purchaser. GEORGE W. FIELD, Executor of William Johnson. AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. ON TUESDAY, JULY TWENTIETH, 18097, AT Ta Re ew) eet eS, Sie HOUSEHOLD EEFBOTS. ALSO LOT, OF DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. ite THOS. J. OWEN, Auctioneer. 0. G. SLOAN & 00., AUCTS., 1407 G 8ST. EXECUTORS’ SALE OF EIGHTEEN SHARES OF THE STOCK “OF THE NATIONAL HOTEL COMPANY OF WASHINGTON, D. C. By virtue of the authority vested in us, as cx- ecutors of the estate of the Inte George H. Cal- vert, we will sell, public auction, within the sales rooms of C. G. Sloan & Co.. 1407 G st. n.w., Washington, =D. C., on TUESDAY, TWENTIETH, 1897, AT ONE O'CLOCK P.M, EIGHTEEN SHARES OF THE STOCK OF "THE NATIONAL HOTEL COMPANY OF WASHING- TON, D. C.; PAR VALUE, $500 PER SHARE. Further information can be had of the auc tloneers or the undersigned. CHARLES B, | CALVERT, BERNARD CARTER, Jy9-eodkds Executo. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., AUCTS., 612 1 N.W. TRUSTEE’S SALB OF IMPROVED PROPERTY, NOs 115, 117 AND 119 E STREET NORTH: By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in equity cause No. 18,173, wherein Charies M. et al. are com: nants, and William H. Cooper ct al. are de- nts, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale in front of the premises, at iblic auction, begin- ning on TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF LY, 1807, AT "HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK <M. that certain land and promises situate, Iving and ‘being in. the city of Washington, Distitet of Columbia, and distinguished as part of original lot 2 in square 722; beginuing for the same on the line of “E"’ street at a point distant 36 feet west of the northeast corner of sald lot, and running thence east, along said street, 86 feet to the north- east corner of said lot; thence south 52 and 62-100 feet; thence northwesterly In a straight Hne to a point intersecting a line drawn at right angles to ‘E” street, distant 44 nnd 9-100 fort south from the beginning: thence north on waid line 44 and 9-100 feet to said “E” street, and the place of beginning; being part of lots 15’ and 16 of Helen M. Roller's subdivision of sald lot 2, as nal division 1s recorded In the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, in Book H. D. C., page 13; the same being improved by three houses, num- Dered and known, respectively, as premises 115, 117 and 119 “E"" st. ne., subject to the Incum: brances set forth in paragraph seventh of com- plainunt’s bill. Said property may be offered re a whole, or otherwise; If sold separately, premises: 1ip will be offered for sale at 4:30 pin, and thereafter Nos. 117 and 149, in above order. This property will be sold subject to a trust of $1,000 ‘on eneh of anid premises. ‘Terms of sale: The purchaser or purchasers wall assume said incumbrances, and shall pay the bal- ance of the purchase money in cash. A deposit ef $250 will be required at time of sale ff sald prop- erty is offered ax a whole; and, If offered separate- ly, a deposit of $100 will be required at the time of sale of each of said premises. If terms of sul ere not complied with within ten days from day of sale, the right fs reserved to resell th trty at the risk and cost of d Costs of conveyancing and recot purchaser. RODOLPHE CLAUGHTON, Trustee, Sy8-dte 844 D st. nw. FUTURE DAYS. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. ASSIGNEES’ SALE OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF HARD- WARE, ETC, CONTAINED IN THE STORE OF L. H. SCHNEIDER’S SONS, _ 1010 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTHWEST. Under and by virtue of a general aseignment, we Will offer for sale, at public auction, on MONDAY TH INETRENTH DAY OF JL A.D). 1897, AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M., on the premises, the entire stock of Builders’ Hardware, &c., in’ store No. 1010 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, lately ider's Sons ‘and Merchandise her with the fe, If so sold, the a¥ first and_secon floor of No, 1012 for a term of not less than two n years, at a month $100 per month for the second 5 remainder of ti term is dest If a sufficient sum in the op fon of the assignees is not bid for the stock wh So offered in bulk, the stock will be sold in lots and parcels and ‘separate pleces to the highest bidder. ‘This busiress stand } fifty years, and tt pecially Invited to the si ‘The ‘store will be open for inspection from 10 a.m. til, noon and from 1 to 5 p.in. daily, to date of sale. All cash. A deposit, if sold in 8 been In existence nearly tion of the trade Is es- ‘Terms of sale: balk, of $5600 will be iequired at time of sale, and if the terms of sole are not complied with in 10 days from day of sale the assigneos tight to resell at the risk and cost of purchaser, after five days’ in sone Hewxpaper publixhed a 2 1420 New JAMES W. GREER, Assignee, Jy8-d&dbs ‘340 Indiana ave. CF THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL, THURSDAY, TWENTY-NINTH JULY, 1897, AT TEN O'CLOCK AMC, on the premises. "© GBORGE H. PLANT, Jr. Assignee, 1429 New York ave. JAMES W. GREER, Assicnee, Syl0-d&dte 340 Indiana ave. ©. G. SLOAN & CO. AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G st nw. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUARLE IMPRov! MEAL ESTATE, No, $16 L. STREED SOU virtue of a certain decd of t 1894, which has been duly re in Liber et wey. one of t |. and at the undersigt front H- quest of the will offer for sale a WED: & y NES 0 north line thence south 25 feet 7 4 said square: thence w. h 30 fe perpendicularly to the north ne of si Inche i north tin and place of begiuning, together with the ny ments, consisting of two-story brick dwelling, > S16 L'street southeast. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be pald tn cash and the balance in two eqtial Installments, In one and two y with interest at 6 per cent per annum, le semi-annually, from the day of sale, sec deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the purchaser's option. A deposit. of $100 will be required at th tlne of sale. All conveyanclug will be at the chasers cost. Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen days from the day of sale, the trustees reserve the right to resell t at the risk and cost of th JAN PLIN thence north: easterl; a square 25 feet and ¥ TRUSTEES’ SAI S BY Liter No. 1716, follo 18 ¢ sea, one of the land records of the District of Columbla, and at the we, the on ext of the party secured. thereby dersigned, will offer for sal auction, inf f the pe a TWENTY-SEVENTH OF JULY, "A 1sv7, AT HALF-PAST FOU! the following described real estate, situate tn the District of Columbia, to wit pleces or parcels of Tand aud distinguished us and being twenty-seven (27) and twenty in ity of Wastin All those isex, ki ton und tain awn and aber in E Hill's subdivision of lots quare nurnber elxty- ight (GS), as per plat recorded in Liber 11, folie of the records Of the office of the surveyor for the District’ of Columbia, ether with the im- s. One-third of the purchase money to be the resid in 1 and 2 rs, with annum, pay- od of trast . att che option of A deposit of $100 required at the with fn 15 the trustees resell at the risk and’ cost of defaulting pur- chaser, after 5 days’ previous advertisement. in some hewspaper published tn Washington, D. ©. All conveyanelng, &e., at the cost of the pur- chaser. L. PITNEY, McCLELLAND, ‘Trust WALTER B. WILLIAMS & ©0., AUCTIONEERS. VALUARLE IMPROV PROPERTY FOR SALE AT PUBL BEING THE DV = HOt 10 QUINCY STREET, WES Under and by virtue of a deed of trust, dat August 1, 1803, andre Liber folly 77, of the land rl lumbia,” the underst THE D. 1897, that lot of ground situate in th Ington, in sald District. design: of Pugene Carusi and Wi subdivision of Lote N (10) feet of lot county of W ed as lot No. 63 iam J. Miller, trustees, 22, 25 and the enst ten first-ment oft District 0 Liber County 9, folio 47, provesuents, cousistin: pressed-brick dwellin n. pantry, Ject to a prio ‘of $2,500. ‘Terms of sale: portions In six and twelv to give his promissory not Columbia, together with th ofa two-story ba containing six roo Is property will by of trust to secure the payment One-third cash, balance in equal months, ser for ments, bearing Interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, to be secured by deed of trust upon the property sold, or all at purchaser's option. Conveyancing at purchaser's cost; $250 down when sold. EUGE Syl7-d&de AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. THOMAS BOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 612 E st. aw. TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, BEING NO. 727 4TH STREET SOUTU- EAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, dated 22d day of June, 1896, and duly recorded in Liber 2141. fotlo e EERS, 1407 G ST, ARLE IMPROVED NAS NUMBER 133 HL decree of the Mubia, paxed on July 12, cqulty ceuse No. sagt. the ‘undersigned asin 34 et set., one of the land records of the District | Wil sell, at public auction, tn font prem of Columbia, and vy direction of the party holding | %. on FRIDAY, the THIRTIEN DAY ot Sna the security, the undersigned trustees will sell, at | E887. at the boar of PIV M.. the fol” public auction, on WEDNESDAY, JULY TWENTY: | lowing deserited land and pre ituated tn the city of Washington, trict of Colund and eeepmatal ne and being lot No. 2 of CHARDSS T. UNLMANN'S: sulxlivision of lots in seuare 71a, in the city of Woshington, ‘in said District, net aIGHTH 1s9i. at POUR O'CLOCK PM, in front of fe premises, Lot 15, in square 7 together with the Imprvemnents, "as above stated, eabject to a prior deed of trust. ‘un Terms of ale: Cash. A deposit of $100 required | Proved by a two-story brick dwell ow At thine of sale. Sule to be clowd in ten dave, | Metiser No. 135 M1 street northeast =” MH otherwise the property will be resold at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. All conveyancing at cost of purchaser, sale, as prescribed by said One third of the purchase mone ‘tyes mae wale nce in one abd {Wo venms after sate," with tutes «deferred pay tmenin tobe secu bye gin of trust npon the ao option of ih A. K. SIMPSON, Penna. ave. 8.0. ALLENDER, he Hy, Aliespen, | » fequired at the time of sale. Terie Z 4 al ’ — | sale to be complied with withi ' a CHANCERY OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED | of sale, othermiee pivedeg, grind REAL ESTATE, SITUATE AT "THE SOUTIL | resell At the Tek ieag MUNiCes Teserve the right to Aud cost WEST CORNER OF NAN) chaser, after five days” adv of the defaulting par- SOUTHWEST WASHING’ ertisement of such re UNION STREETS, . D.C. sole I same newspaper ‘julilieh re By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the | D.C. All toa. See at te Soman. District of Columbia, passed in the cause of Fran- | purchaser, “MME: ete, at the coat of the cea M. Miller et al. vs. Will i No. 16487 in Equity, we will off front of the prem TWENTY. ITH DAY OF JULY, A. D. AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, those certain lots or par: cels of lands situate and lying in the city of Wash- 1807, =| Sete Trustees, ington, District of Columbia, known as parts of DUNCANSON original lots twenty (20) and’ twenty-one (20), and subdivision lots eighty (80), eighty-one (SI) and eighty-two (&2), In square 508; said lote having a frontage on N street of about sixty-five fect cleven inches, and a frontage on Union street of about one hundred and thirty-four feet five inches; the said land will first be offered for sale as a whole. Terms of sale, as prescribed by the decree: One- third of the purchase money to be pald in cash, BROS, Al HES) SALE OF VALUABLE ; TWENTY-EIGHT SPREE ar ENTE SEVENTH STRERT Ky virtue of a decree of the Supreme he Distetet of Coluintta, pened oo Suly 2 aeete ‘ause No. 1458 undersigned teon ‘Will sell at publie wacky ‘i F auction, in frout of the and the residue in two equal installments xt one pective pretilers, bere Mee and two years from day of sale, for which the notes USDAY. THE TWENTY NINTH Day oe of the purcbaser must be given, with Interest, payable semi-annually, at the rate of 6 per centuta per annum until paid, and wecured by decd of st on the property sold, or all cash, at the pur. 1807, COMMENCING AT SIX OCT ELM. the fillowing descuibed lunds and pacamens ed in the city of W 7 ~ luabia, “as the wame appeee usenet ne appear upon the wer's option. A depoalt of $250 will te required | lind records of sald Dette: : at time of sale. All conveyancing, acknowledel: All Grst offer for euler tanneries, Said t and recording at purchaser's cost. If the terms o sale are not complied with in ten dayr from day of sale the trustees reserve the right to reacll at the cost and risk of defaulting purchaser, after five days’ noice in some newspaper published in Washington, D.C. FRANK T. BROWNING, Trastea, 416 Sth at. n. SAM’L MADD , Trustes DUNCANSON BROS., A\ THOMAS DOWLING & O¢ at Jot 26, In square lot 33, "in anid sq after the south i of wdiately thereafter ti rez immed and ti sald 8 in said south ty of lot 3 thereafter lot 35, ¥ thereafter sout 1217; ate squares fotore known as squares 45 i spectively, upon the grand plan of the Inte rergctown, in said Distrie us Of Mile, aK prescribed ty “third of the purchase if elt noney to be paid fi 2 the balance nd two ye EB = aw. ! interest, a 1 ies a afte TRUSTEES’ SALE OF SIX AND 20-100 ACRES a DS 2 good and sufficient deed of trust” upen ADJOINING IVY CIT . IMPROVED BY premises weld, or all « t tte option Laser or “pur quired at the t A FRAME DW By virtue of three cert August 21, 1805, respectively 1¥32, at’ fotlo 292 et et seq. and Liber 2080 ‘TBUILDIN eds of trust, 1895, and ly reconed in 1 Liber 1994, at folio at follo 31 et seq, hasers. Al depowgt of sale on ene ed with wit sale. otherwise 1 Tight to pesell at the risk ing purchaser or spectively, of the land reconds of the District of | Yettisement of su spat and at th tof the onvesaneinig, we will sell, Purchasers, on FRIDA 17 District of Part of Youngst Es four oat the “Gum Tre th seventy-five and three-quarters east one hundred and thirteen (118) north forty-three and one-quarter czreem, east cleven hundred and twenty-six Mnks;" thence north siaty-three and. three quarters ees, Wext theusand and twenty-one (1,021) links to Kendall Gre . ray,” JULY TWENTY. st a re twelve. hnndred and sevents four: il at the ‘request of the ‘wmer tn Teed ae it [remises, th foot front on! Valley st. of le do. Wf I depth thereof. amt alt Now. 90, and 4 of HA divisn part of Cliche Arthur st. by a depth ot i nproved by a S a deposit of required at tin 7. AML cony mn aser. Terms: reperty with ss, ofherwise t eee sell at the risk and cost of +t subject defaulting p ". mo “l i 3 ut RD H. PATRO, Trustee, Sin ok : mtuited at Jy12-d&ds ee Se tS = pied tit Conveyancing at cost haser. alae THOS. J. OWEN, Auctio oF VALTARLE IV “RATOLIPE CO, ALCTIONDPES. ae ee ASSIGNEEF’S SALE OF THE EN- “aede? TIRE STOCK OF HARD- 40 tn Lhe mit} WARE, HARNESS, ETC. pate BON Tae es | OF THE PATE HARDWARE A.D. 189 O'CLOCK P.M. the follow AND HARNESS COMPANY, id and premises, situate nthe city of Washington,"in the District of Columbia, and desis: TE TREET NW. hated ax and betng all of lots n a tent f nexion- (17), nineteen 9) and in WH of the Dis Dobierts"s ‘sulstivtston tn es aale, nt public jundred end forty-two a per plat In Liber Ty stv 10, follo 2. of the sufrerots AL TEN wehowte of the District aforesaid; together with. th tire stock of Hard provements, consisting of three two-story and mete. hn tere mient brick’ dwelling 1 street Cemaiected Mardy \ Company of sale: One-third of the purchase Phe entire stor : sae gale “One-third of the purdinee edhe eutire stark will the offered in tutk. Snstallments, pa i Wagen. The purchaser interest at 6 per centam per owner of the building a le annually, from day of wal s thereof, If a enftic is not bid t bulk, th separate The st upon the prope of the purchasi will be t sum, in the opinion of the a EO, from day of xa the right to resell ‘th the risk and cost of any purchaser in default. MAHLON ASHFORD, ALDIS B. BROWNE, ‘Trustes 1107 G st. in bulk, a ae of sale, and 4 owith in th aawigner reserves. the and cost af defaulting wh esate ia £ $500 will fx sof sale WED . N= Inrr Te 4 REET NORTHWES’ SINESS PRC TSIVE, R & 60. AvCTH AND A HALF AND Cost. mw. of n decree of the Supreme Court of ee ‘ passed on the Sth day oi ov lamblia. qrssed on the Mh day of ANI on a | PRONE Ly ray and others oednase 4] oN m 7 “ TGNOL Of the equity dockets id court, ENT SMALL, COTTAGE lersigned will offer fo ™ POD TOSIX Roars NI : mi by ays > ate es es on the ‘ AD ane Lock Pe Man of John whine “against ity No, 1 » Distriet of Ce irtue of a certain nd duly ree INE, at situate int zinal lots sixtes mn oUS), in r Xo, rds of the est of the yu the undersi: third of the pure and the balance JULY, Aland and 4 nises, eusements, rights, wave belonging, situste an ring Interest at the Washington, Dstelet_ of rate centam yum, payable sent é * and secured by first deed of trust upen | Serture and Fite for wt Fall cash, at the purchasers | at as Janted at the five hundred dollars will be tne to the dwelling house. which was nccapied purchaser at the time of sale. All Levi Sherif, deceased, at the time of bis dh ancing, recording and notarial at cost | running then mg the west Tne of Of purebaser. Terms of sale to be complied with | soutl 1! within Afteen days from day of sale, otherwise the AS pe trustees reserve the right to resell the p road toa stone: t the risk an ulting purchaner, * Such previous publlc advertiseient as. the * deem necessary. = WM, G. Jor ., Trustee, 344° st! naw. rOnY SIX. we ded KNOW s thet ime 2S in Liber WS. folie 2042 st, of a certain deed of trust, dated the Liber 1617, folio 114, respectively, siateenth (6th) day of Mareb, AD. cf the order of above re. orded among the land 4p Is of th if Hivided Columbia, In Liber Noo 1885, folio 421 et seq. . ptrppone aentheekqucke: oh hae oe # plat or karvey showing the din sof th thereby, we WIHT offer at pitd several par » tid sutath- the picmises, ON THURSDAY patil ed by the NINTH DAY OF JULY, AD mer prt n O'CLOCK ‘ustees, as gi several parcels of fand and Lerein referred Will be first of dus a whole, with t ation that the Mdders upe on, District of « iy deseribed ast ropmreel of land a ven and distinguts! and thirty Spovitie. prop or separate Is will entitied ‘tot + amounts the parcels in the than t rty as a Whol properties, with the unless ALL Separate pai and the balance to be pald in gen spectively in $5 athe + closed in tiftern days fro 9 regnined, or $1,000 If the ened pure reap f Washington, D.C. Converanci r cee Sate Se the cost of th st xs P mstecs, sreerve the Lot WINE, <ilesinoaie— CLARENCE B. RUTEEM, | Trustees. aepligg ratios yecioe ry Safle = SIC st nw.) fu Washington. 1. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 9123 F THBOE 4 FRANK J. DIEUDONNE, ‘Trast: ‘AND UNIME’ . KNOWN = Ohio Bank building. AS Lots > GRAN ESS = ——— hoab. IN TOWN. RICE oe UTTON & CO. AUCTIONEERS. COLUMBIA, 82 FEED ON 85 FEPT. In compliance with power contained In the TA FRONTAGE OF ane T RVAD BY A D VALUARLE TWosrorY CORNER CK DWELL- PT SOUTHEAST. BASE NO. 155 AND ING, of Isaac Shoemaker, M eof a dated February county, Maryland, and by virtie of a shige rE 319 et the ‘ourt of the District of seq, Of the laud ree tof Co- passed in Equity € Iurihta, we will slat” pnilic i G. Greenwell premises, on SATU TWENT beth Hs ¥ OF AT HALE. dersigned, pablic aa nd 12S, in AY, JOLY TW tof th AT HALE-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK or parcel of real estat the improve Rot te from the #2.500 » day of February, A.D, All the purchase money above prior incumbrance in cash. A deponit Ibe required at the time of sale. end cnclig ut purchaser's cost, with the recll after three days’ notice in The cuing Star ut the risk and coat of the default- purchaser, if terns are oot complied with ays. ‘fT M. LOCKE, Trustee, equal installir terest from the da trust on the property sold, or all cash, “at th option of the purchaser. A deposit of "$200 re quired at time of sale. Conveyancing and_recozd- ing at purchaser's cost. Terms of sale to be com piled with in ten days from day of sale, or th roperty will be resold at risk and cost of default- fog purchaser. ALBERT B. SHOEMAKER. Trustee, my27-dhds 817-319 4% st. nw. 4yi3-deds