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THE EVENING STAR: FRIDA SPECIAL NOTICES. IAL NOTICE—THE COPARTNERSHIP HERE- tofore existing between Chas. W. and Tillotson E. Brown under the firm name of Brown Brothers is this day dissolved by matual consent, Mr. Til- lotson E. Brown retiring from the firm." The business will be hereafter conducted under the old firm name as Brown Bros. by Chas. W. Brown as sole. proprietor, all debts against the late firm being’ assumed ‘by Chas. W. Brown, and he will eive all claims due to the late firm. ee CHAS. W. BROWN. Aug. 13, 1897. TILLOTSON E. BROWN. ‘Thanking my friends for their past patronage the late firm of Brown Bres., T request th the sam: ande: anls TILL ALL PERSONS HAVING ¢ oon and Mareball “Hal requested to forward the saime, without ither of the undersigned. JAMES 8. Mt pany ary delay, t Vv 00 ENOCH L. WHITE, Pacifle building, ceeivers, IPT OF $150, TERERS. rer profits and @ advartace of h 1 S. W_ SMITH, Ist aud Ind. 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Schneider's Son. 2 ‘hneider, k Progressing on Western High School—Kepairs to Bridge Pier. The Stewards’ Aid Association of Mt. Zion M. E. Church was billed for an ex- cursion yesterday to Glymont on the steamer Kent. More than 400 excursionists were at the Congress street wharf pre- pared to go, but the steamer failed to ap- pear until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when nearly all had returned to their homes. The people were considerably indignant over the action of the boat people, who laime:i to have had some trouble with the South Washington toughs. No blame is at- i to the committee in charge of the on, but the steamboat and its man- t were severely condemned. work on the Western High School is srought forward to completion as The brick and stone y, and arrangements ‘% ma in the hot air ap- paratus. The contract calls for the com- pletion of the building by January 1, but it is hardly expected that it will be finish- ed by that date. When completed the building will be the most modern of all the school buildings in the city, and the equal of any in the country. The large force of men employed on the repairs to the Aqueduct bridge pier have directed their efforts toward fixing up the coffer dam and work, which was feund to be in a rather bad state. To pre- vent the leakage a number of bags of ma- terial have been deposited around the edges of the dam. An attempt was made a short time ego to pump the water from the in- terior of the place. After about a foot of ad been pumped out it was found itional facilities would be required. ‘The work of tearing down the pier will not be commenced until the dam ts clear of water. Contractor Gilbert has a quantity of stone on hand ready to be used when the work of building commences. To prevent the crowds of people from ob- serving the work from the* floor of the an a ed on both sides of the bridge, exteniing for some distance on either side of the ends of the coffer dam. —— Water Registrar's Report. ‘The annual report of the water registrar was submitted to the Commissioners today. It shows that 51,525 inspections were made Fourteen leaks were during the year. found and as many warrants issued, which resulted in fines to the amount of $14. ing the year,203 water meters were set. ‘The to tal receipts ment during the year were $313,438.83, Dur- of the water depart-| Yi, “AUGUST 13, 1897-12 PAGES. DEFEATED BY DANIEL His Opposition Killed Plan to Elect Senators at Primaries. SAYS THE PROPOSITION WAS CRUDE Andrew Jackson Montague Nomi- nated for Attorney General. CONVENTION AFTERMATH Special From a Staff Correspondent. ROANOKE, Va., August 13.—The great democratic convention, which has been in session here for the past two days, ad- journed at 9:45 o'clock last night, amid the wildest enthusiasm over the defeat of that plenk in the platform which indorsed the plan to elect United States senators from the state of Virginia by primary elections instead of by the state legislature. The vote on the adoption of this plank stood 609 for, 850 against. For some little tme after the vote was announced it was impossible for any one to get the floor, so great was the excitement. And again was demonstrated the fact that it is next to im- possible for the Virginia democracy to adopt any resolution opposed by the senior senator from Virginia, John W. Daniel. ‘This question of trying the primary plan had been discussed quietly throughout the day, and the action at night brought forth @ political skirmish seldom seen in bodies of this nature. The debate was opened by Ccngressman William A. Jones, and he, in a most able manner, advocated the adop- tion of the resolution of which he is, in fact, the father. Mr. Jones said that it could be plainly seen that the sentiment of the people at large, throughout the state of Virginia, is in favor of trying the new plan. He stated further that it was not the intention of the platform to put this plan in action until after the election of Maj. Jobn W. Daniel to succeed himself as the senior senator from Virginia. “This is not a new question,” said Mr. Jones, “‘and the people, for the past ten years, have wanted to try the scheme, and I want to add, with emphasis, that the plan of electing United States senators by pepular vote has as its chief advocate William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, and | from what we know of him he is not apt to be mistaken.” Mr. Jones’ remarks were received with round after round of applause, and it could be seen that he had made a great impres- sion on his hearers. Daniel in Opposition. Senator Daniel opened the question for those opposing the adoption of this partic- ular plank, and with his usual eloquence speke for more than an hour. It could be easily seen before Senator Daniel had spoken five minutes that, as usual, he had carried his hearers with him. In the course of his remarks the senator teok the usual liberty of indulging in quiet personalitig for which he was very promptly, and might be said eff Congressman J firing of questions between Daniel and Jones created the wildest excitement, but all ended in apparent good feeling. The convention being a thing of the past, it stively, called down by For awhile the cros the representative of The Star was able to secure exclusively interviews with the Prominent movers in the primary plan of | elec! Senator Daniel, in answer to a question as to just how he stands in re- Sard to the matter, said: “I do not commit n.yself for or against the proposition to nominate United States | senators by a state primary election, nor will T commit myseif until T have fully and sedately considered the subject, with the light of such plans as have been adopted elsewhere before me. I do commit myself against the particu- lar proposition submitted to the convention at Roanoke seriously imperfect, re- stricting the choice of the party to the two Dersons who may get ihe higkest vetes on the first ballot, 4s a plan which may force the party to select a man who, without such arrangeme: will never be able to command more votes than those supplied by one or the other of the two most popu- lous districts in the siate, or even less.” ‘The principal reason, it is said, for Sen- ator Daniel’s cpposing the adoption of the plank is that with true Virginia chivalry he desires to defend his colleague, the junior senator from Virginia, Thomas Mar- tin, who, it is alleged, is not the choice of the people, but of the ring, and this plank is proposed so as to avoid a repetition of the scenes caused by the election of Sen- ater Martin. State Senator Flood’s Views. In response to a request for his views on the subject, State Senator H. A. Flood said: “The plan proposed is subject to so many and such serious objections that it is a fortunate thing for the peace of the demo- cratic party in this state that it was de- feated. It proposed to pay the expense of the primary, which would have been very large. There are 1,500 precincts in the state, and the cost of the primary would be ut least $ to%™ precinct, and if there are to be two of them before the choice is made the cost would be $15,000 or more. This money must be raised by the democratic committee or put up by the candidates for the senatorship. The committee has no assured source of revenue, and if the can- didates are to pay this sum for the privilege of running for United States senator it will either exclude men of small means or be a great hardship upon them. “The plan proposed was crude in the extreme, and it is not believed that the people of Virginia are ready for the prin- ciple it embodies in any event. “It was sprung on this convention with- out the slightest demand for it by the peo- ple, and got the support {t did because the opponents of the scheme were not prepared for it and its friends were. Walton Moore Favors the Plan. R. Walton Moore of Fairfax county, who was Congressman Jones’ colleague and first lieutenant in the fight, said that the strength of the suggestion that candidates for the United States Senate shall be nom- inated in a popular way, instead of by a legislative caucus, was shown by the gen- eral support given it by the Virginia press, by the fact that it carried in the resolu. tions committee, and by the further fact that it was defeated in the convention by a bare majority and only after the’ most strenuous exertions of both Senator Daniel and Senator Martin. Mr. Moore added that the friends of the proposition simply contended for the prin- ciple of popular nomination without being wedded to a primary election. While the report was under discussion by the com- mittee he asked Senator Daniel whether he would agree to a substitute, providing for nominations by a ‘state :onvention, such as the Nebraska convention, which neminated Mr. Bryan, and the senator's reply indicated that he would oppose at this time anything of the kind. Mr. Moore says that the fight which so nearly resulted in a victory in the hegin- ning will be kept up, and that the advo- cates of the proposition have not the faint- est doubt it will result successfully. Montague for Attorney General As predicted in The Star of yesterday afternoon, Andrew Jackson Montague of Danville was chosen as the representative of the Virginia democracy as attorney gen- eral cn the ticket nominated by the conven- tion. From the first it cculd be seen that Mr. Montague’s chances were above the average, and while the third ballot was being counted friends of Mr. F. R. Lassiter, his strongest opponent, moved that the nemination be made by acclamation, which was done with great spplause. The entire day was taken up in the nomination of the attorney general und the discussion on that portion of the plat- form which called for the election of United States Senators by primaries. The Platform Adopted. The platform, as adopted by the conven- ticn, is as follows: “We reaffirm the platform of the national democratic convention adopted at Chicago ard on which William J. Bryan was nomi- nated for the presidency of the United States, and we extend our congratulations to our noble champion on the able and hich he the brilliant manner {nw discharged ‘Thé fact: that he re- candidate-for trust reposed in him. celved more vctes than any THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. ; Wile Sh EXVLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. V3 oe fy Z\ Solid lines are 1so- Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of eqval temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘Low’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. FAIR WEATHER. Farther Promises for Tonight and ‘Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, fair topight and Saturday; warmer; variable winds, becoming southerly. Weather conditions and general forecast: The high pressure area has moved from the Mississippi valley to the middle At- lantic states, increasing in magnitude. The pressure remains high off the southern Florida and north Pacitic coasts. A trough of low pressure extends trom New Mexico te Manitoba. Showers have occurred in this trough. The temperature has risen on the middle slope and in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys; it has fallen on the middle and northern plateau, and has remained sta- tionary elsewhere. Fair weather may be expected in the At- lantic and gulf states and the lower lake region. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 77; condi- ton, 9. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at north connection, 4; condi- tion at south connection, 22. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate nouse, 30. Up-River Water. Neither river at Harper's Ferry was clear’ this morning, but the Potomac was not so muddy as the Shenandoah. The City Light Gas lamps all lighted by 8:05 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:21 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. i Are lamps ‘Nghted at 7:50 p.m.; extin- Suished at 4:36 a.m. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 2:33 a.m, and 2:44 p.m.; high tide, 8:27 a.m. and p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:21 a.m. and p.m.; high tide, 9:12 a.m. and 9:31 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, sun sets, 6:57. Moon rises, 5 p.m. today. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5: ‘Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: August 12-4 p.m., 8 p.m, night, 72. August 184 a.m., 62; 8 a.m., 67; 12 m., 76, and 2 p.m., 79. Maximum, $4, at 5 p.m., August 12; min- imum, 60, at 6/a.m., August 13. 74; mid- the presidency and more than any c: date of eny party, saving alone his suc cessful opponent, is evidence that the dem- ocratic principles are stil! dear to the vast mess of the American people, and that democracy is living in hope of an early and complete triumph. “We especially indorse the national dem ocratic party on four great issues which are before the people of this country, viz., the tariff, the income tax, che regulating of trusts and the currency. ‘ariff duties should be levied for revenue purposes and only for so much revenue as may be need- ed ‘for an economic administration of the gevernment, the great surplus in the treas- vry in its nature being a us2less absorption of the public wealth and a constant tempta- ton to extravegance. “We denounce the tariff bill recently Passed by the republican Congress as dic- tated by trusts and monopolies, and im the interest of classes that live on the favorit- | ism of the government and not on the fair and just earn an income tax s of industry. We favor for the support of the fed- eral government, that industry may be the less burdened and that we all may bear its*proper share of the general public burden, and, if necessary, we favor a con- stitutional amendment that such taxcs may be levied. The power of taxation and the power of regulating the interests of for- eign commerce furnish to a federal Con- gress the means of restraining the great trusts that break up small industries and aggrandize themselves by illicit combina- tions, and we favor the exercise of such powers to their full extent to the end that these monopolies may be curbed.” Mr. Willard’s Favorable Impression. Mr. J. E. Willard, who had as his guests the delegation from Fairfax county, left with his party on the 10:45 train. Mr. Wil- lard, a3 usual, has made a good impression on the democrats of his state. He was one of the warmest advocates of Mr. A. J. Montague, the nominee for attorney gen- eral, and it is believed that the nomination was brougnt about largely through Mr. Willard’s efforts. R. Walton Moore of Fairfax is another prominent Virginia politician who has been highly spoken of, and it would be no great surprise should he be chosen by the state legislature to succeed Senator ‘thomas Martin. F. B. SS It matters little what it is that you want whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. —_o __ AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA, Desperate Attempt to Rob a Woman by Three Unknown Men. Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King st., Bell telephone No. 106. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 18, 1897. Excitement reigned supreme in a house of ill-fame, No. 310 North Lee street, last night, when a bold attempt was made by three strangers to hold up and rob Rosie Moore, the proprietress. From what can be learned of the affair, it appears that last Tuesday night three young men, whose names are as yet unknown, called at the Moore house and spent half an hour or more. During their visit they admired the diamonds worn by Rosie Moore. On leav- ing they promised to return later in the week, and they did so last night, for about 9 o'clock, when the door bell rang, upon going to the door Rosie found her three friends of short acquaintance. She invited them into the parlor, and, with one of the inmates, Bertie Gibbons, attempted to en- tertain them. A Vicious Attack. The Moore woman, who 1s apparently well off in this world’s goods, was bedecked in many diamonds—rings on her hands, rings in her ears and a handsome brooch at her throat. The young men called for three bottles of soda and in paying for it pitched the money on the waiter in such a manner that it dropped to the floor, caus- ing Rosie Moore to stoop dewn in order to pick it up. As she was stooping, two of the men jumped on her and made every effort to unloose the rings in her ears, while one of them knocked her in the head with the butt end of a revolver. In the ineantime the screams of Bertle Gibbons aroused the other inmates of the house, who rushed out to the street, yelling mur- der and calling for help. This action sear- ed off the would-be thieves, two of them leaving by the back window and the third through the front door. The police were at once notified, and every effort was made to trace the men, but so far without success. Searching for the A: lant. » Rosie Moore remained unconscious for some time, from the effect of the blow in the head. She has an ugly gash on the top of her head, which had to be stitched up. Phe police are making diligent search to- day, and believe that they are on the right track, and will before night have the mis- creants behind the bars. SOSPOPLOS LEG IOS HOD OO CHES OSS Beauty is your Duty. ‘To be beautiful is one of the duties which 1s a pleasure. Beauty im all its features does not Me within our certrol, but the very crown of beauty, beautiful hatr, may be obtained by all who use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. da GROUNDS FOR A NEW TRIAL Statement of Counsel for Minnie de Forrest Before Judge Mills, Allegation That Verdict Was? Con- trary to Law and. Evidence— Other Charges Mude. raat Attorney Fulton of Fylton & Edwards, counsel for Minnie L. de Forrest, who was last week convicted by a jury before Judge Mills of keeping a disorderly house, today asked Judge Mills to set asidg the verdict and to grant his client anew trial upon the following grounds: 3 Because the verdict was cofftrary to the evidence, also to the burden of proof; be- cause, upon all the evidence and upon the entire case, the jury should have returned a verdict of not guilty; because the verdict Was contrary to the lawfbecause of preju- dice against the defendant, partly on oc- count of the fact that she conducts a vapor bath and massage establishment, and part- ly on account of the publication of false statements. The counsel also alleged errors on the part of the presiding justice during said trial in allowing Sergeant Moore to state, in detail, what one Claudie Clark, the com: plaining witness in the case, had told him in the abserce of the defendant, and upon which the information against the defend- ant was made. Also in refusing to allow the defendant to produce evidence as to certain subsequent admissions of the said Claudie Clark, contradictary of the state- ments made to the police offiexrs, and be- cause of other errors upon the part.of the court, to which exceptions were duly taken, and because of errors on the part of the judge in refusing certain of the prayers Presented by the defendant, and in. his a ou e jury, t v were also taken, st oe Mr. Fulton review. sented at the trial a concluded Prosecuti did not desire to reply. ed the evidence pre- t length, and when he or Mullowney said he make any remarks in Compliments to Counsel. Judge Mills said there was nothing that he wished to say except to compliment the counsel for the defense for his able management of his client's case and to overrule the motion for a new trial. Mr. Fulton at once moved for an arrest of judgment and to set aside the verdict and to dismiss the case, on the ground “that the offense charged is a common law offense, and that there are no common law offenses against the laws of the United States, and because the court which tried the case was and is without jurisdiction in_ the case.” Mr. Fulton addressed the court at con: siderable length in support of his last mo- tion, and Mr. Mullowney replied briefly, claiming that the Police Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia was empowered specially by Congress to deal with and punish all common law offenses. Judge Mills overruled this motion like- wise, and Mr. Fulton gave notice that he would take an appeal. He also requested that the court would state in the record, as he had said orally, that the decision was based on the law of Congress passed in 1801, which continued the law then in force in Maryland and Virginia and in the District of Columbia, and Judge Mills said he would do so. Mr. Fulton then claimed that there was no regulation at that time, either in Mary- | land or Virginia, on the subject of bawdy houses, and Mr. Mullowney replied that fisrerwas a law, but it had no penalty at- Mr. Fulton then stated that he had ex- hausted his efforts so far as the Unitea States branch of the Polipe Court is con- cerned, and asked Judge. Millacto deal as leniently as he could with his:client, and if possible suspend sentence, tbecause of the character of the testimony upon which she was convicted; that-ft was the first time she had.ever been broughd into court to answer a charge; that,ghe bears a good name, is a poor weman’and pot able to pay a heavy fine, and tht het health is not good and she has a sick child in Vir- ginia who she desires to wisit at once. Judge Imposes Sentezce. Judge Mills assured Mr;' Fulton that he, had no derire to be harsh with the pris- oner, but in view of the, fact that it was not likely, considering tke notice counsel had given of intention teiapy that she would have to pay the péhalty for a con- siderable pericd, he coulg; not..gonsent to Suspend sentence, as asked. He did not, however, feel that it was his duty to be especially severe. The case was, he said, the first of the kind heard'in this court, and presented some unusual features, and he would therefore impose«a fine of $100, or, in default of payment, ’ imprisonment in jail for ninety days. Mrs. De Forrest, after a conference be- | tween Judge Miils, ‘. Fulton, filed the released from custody. Mr. Multowny and Mr. ‘borid and was || ———___ i Steamer Kent Released om Bond. The steamboat- Kent, plying the waters of the Potomac river, recently libeled in ‘ the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lvmbix* by ‘a ‘number of ‘employes, who | sovght to recover wages claimed to be due, | has been released by’ Judge McComas upon thé ‘owners, the People’s. Excursion Com- pany, furnishing a suitable ~The: owners: will demu” —- edie uf to the Bpe, Aa been set for argument August 22° CS THE CIVIL SERVICE Some Ideas About It by Gen. venor, A SPEECH NEVER DELIVERED His Views as to a System of Ex- amination. PLEA FOR PARTY WORKERS The latest issue of the Congressional Record contains a fifty-two column attack upon the civil service law, from the pen of Representative Grosvenor. It is enti- tled the “speech” of Gen. Grosvenor, but it is one of those congressional “speeches” that was never spoken. Just before Congress adjourned last month Gen. Grosvenor arose in his seat in the House, while the conference report on the deficiency appropriation bill was under consideration, and calmly announced his desire to deliver a few remarks upon civil service. This announcement created consternation in the House. It was a hot day, the end of the session was in sight and men were anxious to get home. The bare thought of Gen. Grosvenor, the statistician, who juggles with figures as the man in the cir- cus does with balls and keeps dozens fly- ing at once, ‘tackling the civil service ques- tion, caused a profuse perspiration to break out upon the House and a look of despair. and hopelessness came upon every face. Had Leave to Print. Therefore, when Gen. Grosvenor intimat- ed that he would be content with “leave to print,” the permission was accorded with alacrity and cheerfulness, not to say thankfulness, while a sigh of relief went up from the whole House. The general waited until President Mc Kinley acted upon civil service matters He waited confidently, smilingly, expectan of executive action which would lower the civil service bars. When the reverse ec- curred and the President virtually adced another rail to the fence, it is Ss a great shock to Gen. Grosvenor. It was hinted that “the blow almost killed father.”” Gen. Grosvenor's contribution to the cur- rent literature of the Record harks back upon the civil service trail to the days of George Washington. He follows it close down through later years, and with much hue and cry in the Cleveland administra- tion, but loses the scent entirely as soon as he strikes President McKinley's tracks. He is strangely silent then. His Idea of Civil Service. Gen. Grosvenor states his idea of the true civil service in the outset as follo “I would have established in e partment of this gcvernment a s: examination so that when a man came and presented himself and asked for an ap- pointment, if an appointment was con- ferred upon him, before he should take his place, or office or position, he should be ex- amined by an examination so rigid as to bar the possibility cf an inefficient appoint- ment, but the examination should not be competitive with somebody else, for the very suggestion is the foundation stone upon which the whcie failure of this ma- chinery has been erected. It should be fit- ness for the flace to which he aspires. “Now, let us see what has happened. The man has come there, come to the ap- pointing power, which need be somebody. Who shall it be? Who better than the rep- resentative from his own congressional dis- trict? There should be furnished to the ap- pointing power, as I have already said, an absolute assurance of good character, good habits, good morals, Ss, good tendencies in the estimation of somebody entitled to respect and confidence. He should be a friend of the current adminis- tration. Then let him be subjected to the test which I have already mentioned, not whether he is superior to anybody else in the details of his examination, but whether, with his proof of gocd character and good morals, he shows adaptation and peculiar fitness for the business to which he is to be detailed. Matter of Recommendation. “Tt may not be that the congressman has judged rightly as to the future examina- tion of the young man, but, upon the mere statement of the congressman, he holds the right to an examination to fill a va- cancy that has been created by the opera- tion of law, and he takes his position to be examined—to be examined in the branches of education which he is to pursue in the future; and if he is admitted, he is told and he understands, it comes to him, that no congressional interference can benefit him, no wealth of parentage, no distinction of lineage shall benefit him. “Thus would I administer the civil service of the government. Let the young man. come upon the nomination of some suitable authority. Let him be nominated with the understanding that he is a man of sound- ness of health, soundness of mind, sound- ness of morals, and a desirable young man for the place; and then let him under- stand that the future of his term is to be a struggle for excellence, and that if he does not meet the full requirements of his place he will go home, and that his de- parture will be upon the notification of his removal. I scorn a condition that says that a young man or an old man shall not be removed from a public position under the government only upon charges and a trial.” A Plea for Party Workers. General Grosvenor makes an eloquent plea for the rewarding of the men who bear the heat and bu-den of the day. He says: “The young men of my district have toil- ed by day and by night to build up, strengtben and perpetuate the principles cf the republican party, and incidentally they have conferrred political favor upon me. It is no degradation for me to ask them to work in our political cause. It does not lower my gense of personal dignity to rally the young men and the old men of my dis- trict in support of the principles of the party to which I belong, and I have not reached the crowning idea of self-aggran- dizement where I look with contempt upon the men who are my constituents; and I am willing and anxious to aid them in sharing in the blessings and emoluments of the administration of my government. “The men, Mr. Speaker, who in 1896 marched thousands and thousands of miles to hear the words of encouragement and instruction from the President, as he stood upon the steps of his home in Canton, are entitled to have something to say about the government of the United States with- out being subjected to trritation and dis- tress and trouble in trying to secure ad- mission to these departments. They worked for the country and they worked for the candidates, and I protest when I find that when they apply for admission to participa- tion, upon equal terms, in the administra- tion of the government, a door of a bureau is slammed in their faces and they are told that they are good enough to vote and march and carry banners and. transparen- cies, but they are not good enough to hold office under the government unkss they can compete in scientific literary knowledge with the students of colleges with wealta, and whose friends my friends and your friends cannot successfully meet.” Camp Meeting Congress Heights. Probably one of the most enthusiastic camp meetings ever held near Washington is going on at Congress Heights. There are thousands in attendance nightly and the old oak grove, which is lighted up with electric lights, sounded and resounded with | The public office of the United States marshal at the city hall presents a decid- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, CITY ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTEY BOARD.. FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. For FoR FOR FoR FOR For FOR For FOR FOR Ss. FOR SALE (Lots) FOR SALE (Miscellancous), HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS . 4 4 4 4 4 4 ee OFFICIAL NOTICES. PEKSONAL. .... PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS SPECIAL) TABLE LOARD.. UNDERTAKERS rED (eip) (Houses) D LOCALS The condition of Rey. John E. Evans, a local preacher of the itimore confer- ence of the M. E. Church, who was knock- ed down by an electric car on the 9th street linc last Saturday, is still quite serious, It will probably be at least a week before he will be able to leave his recm, Seven dangerous holes and five broken pavements were reported to the street de- partment by the police today. Ninety arrests were made by the police yesterday. The board walk on Vermillion street, be- tween the Blair and Piney Branch roa is out of order. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. Lieut. Gessford has informed the water department of a break in the water main in front of 1318 V street. Car No. 30 on the Chevy Chase road col- lided with one of the Merchants’ Parcel Delivery Company’s wagons near 14th and U streets yesterday afternoon. Both car and wagon were slightly damaged. Telegraph Lineman W. V. MeCutt, thirty years old, met with a serious accident while at work near Wyoming avenue and 19th street yesterday afternoon by falling from a telegraph pole. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital. Number 4 engine company was called out five minutes after 12 o'clock this morning for fire in rear of the Miner Institute, cor- ner of Maryland avenue and 4% street southwest. The damage amounted to only a few do! 5 1 pocket the usual commissions and brokers’ charges. Plenty of me to loan at 6 per | cent. Part payments arceoted $1,000 loaned on each tha $2.50 each Ewitable Co-operative Building Association 1003 F St. Thomas Somerville John Jey Edson it President Secretary cent to loan at 4 per tis, Stocks, Bouds, sted Neeriities L. 0. DE LASUMUTT, 1421 G STN ete., investments in Stocks and Bonds--they reap \bigprofits. Direct wiresto stock exchange. Lowcom- missions--satisfactory ser- | vice. C. T. HAVENNER, - Member Washit wa Stock Fxcha Me oa ee Atlantic Bldg. 4 hone 8 a2. Bargains in Storage Rooms. Two special offers, embodying the bargain ea. NUMLER ONE—One holding 4 to Toads Price, $4. NUMBER TWO—One ccom, large enough to a quimost S leads "of © turniture—apecial "larcus Notes, 637 La. Ave. 4-216 416 st. room, capable of ee of furniture—spectal THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST— A home at Cleveland Park. s18 The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1893. Capital: OneMillionDollars auld T. J. HODGEN & CO., Brokers & Dealers, A leaky fire plug, corner of a0th ana x | Stocks, Cotton, Grain and streets, has been reported by the police. George R. Dent, colored, fell from a kiln at Ford’s brick yard yesterday afternoon and was injured about the head and body. He was taken to Providence Hospital. Lieut. Teeple has notified the water de- partment of a leak ip the water main near Nailor’s alley and K street. Josephine O'Neill, colored, forty-five years old, was on the street near 20th and L streets northwest last night suffering from a broken blood vessel in her leg. She was unable to walk, and the police remov- ed her to her home, No. 1141 23d street, in the patrol wagon. The pump at Sth street and Grant ave- nue is out of orde: Se A BRILLIANT ARRAY. Special Features of Tomorrow's : Twenty-Four Page Star. ‘Tomorrow there will be published another Provisions, Rooms 10 and 11, Core tuild ced aos and, 1; Corcoran Wwuilding, cor. 15th &F Silsby & Company, INCORPORATED, BANKERS AND EROKERS, Office, G13 15th st. n.w., National Metrepolitan Bank Building. Correspondents Robert Lindblom & Co, Teleplone 505. his CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F st. Glover building. Correspondents vf Messrs. Moore Broadwa; Bankers and Dealers in ¢ posits, Exc Railioad Schley, 80 ernment Bonds, Loans. and all’ secarities York. Philadelphia, riecks and Be listed on the exchanges of Ne of those midsummer Saturday Stars which | Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. have been such a solace to stay-at-homes and such a welcome visitor to Washington- ians abroad. It will be a twenty-four-page issue, and will contain many special ar- ticles on a diversity of timely topics. A number of them will be appropriately and profusely iliustrated. A glance at the fol- lowing partial list will give an idea of the character of tomorrow's Star: WITHIN EASY REACH (lustrated). A morning visit to the big life-saving sta- tion at Virginia Beach. TO PLAY THE RACES (Illustrated). The motley crowd at St. Asaph and every- day scenes about the big pool room. TWO AMERICANS (illustrated). The conclusion of Bret Harte’s charming story typical of life in Paris. OLD-TIME FASHION (illustrated). bought or The desire for variety revives. Grecian | HADDAWAY draperies, Marie Antoinette fichus and Victorian bodices. THE LUST FOR GOLD (Illustrated). The mad rush for the Ballarat mines, where fortunes were made in a day. AT A GARDEN PARTY (illustrated). Some stylish costumes recently on view at Newport described by The Star's cor- respondent. TO GUARD MILLIONS (illustrated). Four revenue cutters detailed to ‘convoy the Portland laden with Klondike gold. “SHREWSBURY” (illustrated). Another installment of Stanley J. Wey- man’s fascinating Story of the seven- teenth century: REINDEER IN ALASKA (illustrated). They might make it much easier to reach | #0" New Yor the Klondike gold fields. IT SAVED HIS LIFE (illustrated). Some lively western railroads described by Cy. War- man. CLOSE OF THE WAR (illustrated). Lee's surrender does not mark the exact date. The battle of Palmetto Ranch. SETTLING DISPUTES. Sailors in the navy are ever ready with their fists, and games of chance anaes | played under the very eyes of the officers. ‘THE GOSSIP OF LONDON. An Intezesting letter about people and ~ affairs in England from a special cor- respondent of The Star. TO KIDNAP GRANT. A plot aimed at the great Union leader | F. B. A. special ponds at investment sec W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENEULG, THALMANN & ©O., 1c8-16d Ne ric, Union Savings Bank Offers to workingmen and suall depositors every ad- vantage in reason toward opening and maintats bank account. 1222 F 4018-104 Life Insurance Policies en as collateral on loans. T 308 F st. a w., or Box 503, City P. Jezy-te Money at 5 Per Cent to Loan On real estate fa District of Columbia. No de- lay in closing lorns. ap2i-tf HEISKELL & McL@RAN, 1008 F st. streets—Wm. C. Jasper et ux. Melius, lot 1 square 561; $10, I street southeast between 2d and 34 streets—Louis Melius et ux. to Wm. C. and Grace R. Jasper, lot 36, square 767; #10. Massachusetts avenue southeast between 12th and 1ith streets—-Mary A. Power to Robert B. Bare, lot 24, square 1013; $10. 15th street northwest between F and G streets—Wm. O. N. Scott to Alice E. Gar- ey part original lots 5 and 6, square 224; 10, to Louis 5 15th street northwest between F and G streets—Alice E. Garnett to Wm. 0. N. Scott, part original lot 6, square 224; $10. ——— Hotel Arriy: Raleigh._W.eAckerman and J, C. Emer- E. L. Babcock, Ohio; F. L. Emery, Boston, Mass.; M. Stratton, New- ark, N. J.; E. F. Watson, Richmond, Va. R. Falvy, New Orleans, La.; F. Willtam- incidents connected with | Son, Dayton, Ohio. Ebbitt.—J. L. Dexter, Detroit, Mich.; #. F. Kelly, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. 8. FF. Roberts, Pittsourg, Pa.; H. B. Atha, New- ark, N. J. National.—O. L. Parmenter, Racine, Wis. D. 0. Davis and wife, Richmond, Va.; G. Burdick and wife, Macon, Ga; H. 8. Roop, Baltimore. Md.; G. W. Haytord, Minneapolis, Minn. Hamilton.—S. A. Simons and wife and Miss Simons. Charleston, 8. C.; C. J. Gra- ham, Richwood, Ohio. Riggs.—R. C. Russell, Chicago, Il.; A. G. Morse, New York; W. E. English, in- dianapolis, Ind.; H. H. Smita and J. G, Harris, Columbus, Ohio. Wellington.—H. Cincinnati, Onio; ‘Cross, H. Fisher, Baltimore, Md.; T. Vernon w. and wife, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Willard’s.—G. Sitv J. Donnell, York; 0. B,J Oxford.—E. A. Catterill, New York; A. J. Hoyle, te. Va; G. B. Normandie.—H. R. Todd and wife and W.