Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1897, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1897—24 a GES. Serietetntntntntnttntntninteiietepete 8-728-A. ¥. R. onderful List of Bargains! RECEIV: at. in apparent good od, (content delivered at the regular freight stat: to all the CONDITIONS UPON THE BACK OF THIS RECEIPT, to the said conditions, upon payment of freight and advanced n of the Company at destination, if the Property is destined to @ point beyond these lines, then at the point of junction Pennsylvania Railroad Company. weg... NEW YORK, on. IN ORDER to avoid DETENTION of, Draymen SHIPPERS are requested IF AN “ORDER” Co! BILL OF LADING Charges Advanced, §. FOR THIS RECE! 'D, AREGULAR EXCHANGE to FILL IN this SHIPPING RECEIPT and INVOICE attached. Car No... FOR CONDITIONS SEE OTH! Shipping receipt for four carloads of Peckham Furniture stock. stock. lotoiointntetetat ioe AND OTHERS ARE BEING ADDED DAILY. MANY PIECES OF OUR OWN STOCK WERE PLACED IN TE The above shipping receipt is for one lot of 4 carloads of the Peckham Furniture Co.’s 1E SALE our own--cutting the with the other goods. White and Brass Beds, Springs and Mattresses. Sideboards. $75 Large, Fine Quartered Oak Sideboard, finely polished and $5.50 Whise Enamel and Erecs hand carved, 2 large shaped Tepeclal Wore ere $2.99 rench beveled plate mirrors, auality, _ $2.00 $43.75- Hair-top Mattresses go for: : $3.00 eee Ge $8 White and Brass Bed.. . $5.00 ‘$15.50 $3 Wire Spring...... . $2.00 $16.50 $22.00 Mattress .. Scots . $3.00 $39.80 ‘These items will be sold complete only. ‘That ts, a bed, spring and mattress together. i\Chiffoniers. $40.00 peek + $58.00 Walnut Finish, ee Oak Fintsh a a a a a ta a ae a a a a ak eae A ee ie ee es oe ae ae Be aa $ Odd Dining Room tam = Chairs below whole- nk, = sale cost. oak + Chamber Suites. Oat Bireh Mahogany Mahogany Oak Maple, Make Mahogany Finish. Maple é < Bireh Odd Dressers. pleces onk F S 0 i Oe ¢ Brass Bedsteads. Enameled Enameled Evameled ¢ Enameled ¢ Couches. Cordurey Couch. Velvet Couch. Perey ys Soedeadoesontoedontontees Mahogany Fivish Folding Bed. Oak Finish Oak Mantel Bed Antique Mantel Mant Antique T Mahogany Finish Bed, with mirror. 125 yds. eral Good MK) yds. wool Ingrain. 375 yds. Brussels, 5c. yard te rd. lengths and’ We end today one of the greatest week’s selling in our history. We start Monday to break that record. We are making sacrifices that stand unparalleled in the history of trade. ardent bargain seeker agrees with us on that point. The completeness of the stock in this sale is a point unusual. Whatever was lacking in the Peckham stock we’ve made up for from price 30 to 50 per cent to make them on a par vy, Bed! od Upright Drapery _ (Dept. (Tapestry Couch Covers Worth. 1, fringed all around $7.00 3, $5.00 1, fringed all arot $5.00 1, fripged all are $4.50 7, ti $4.50 Ss tly faded, at. ‘BUe. Carpet Dept 0 Ingrain Carpets. Quality In- Be. and $1.90 ,. remuaots of ‘Tapestry off above prices. Body Brussels. American and En- glish Body B Body Brussels. Sale Worth. Price. els, $1.50 and $1.25 5c. + $1.15 and $1.00 Se. (Short lengths and remnants, 10c. yard off above prices.) Even the most */Tapestry Brussels Additions and cor- rections in the lists forthe sec= ond week of this great sale. Lote otletolotrtetreroiee ire: Sontente og Soahoatentenostenser tonto Sorters a a i As et es a es i ae te ee he te te se te Carpet Remnants Pee ae rugs, in lengths from. Lengths . Body Brussels Lengths . 75c. Axminster and Wilton Lengths . $1 & $1.25 Bordered Carpets. An endless variety of desirable Bordered Carpets, ranging from 10 to 60 yards of car- §9c.. Sorseaseesentonteteoecedertioiceieniens, pbotie lon teodiotioteodig lp leoteotinty sersees So Moquette, Velvet, Body Brussels a Tapestry Brusseis Carpets. Measure your’? Toom and we will give you a bargain in one’g of these carpets to fit it. Other Specials. $ 85c. SOc. -15C. If you wish we-will hold Carpets: ordered over till October 1st—on sSetaestorsestedsooton os Best Smith Axminsters......... Moquette (inaesssoucdsedaes Best Velvet Carpets... Oa a a a te ete a ae te a ae a Storage, 22d and M. a te ee te a ee a a ee a a a tees a Those who have _ Returned to Town —should not overlook the importance of having their watches examined, for which we make no charge. Galt & Bro., ‘ Painless Extracting, 50c. we mortals be! With abject cow- arlice we shrink from a dentist's chair, fearing we know not what, and suffer pain a hundred times worse. ‘The extraction of teeth by a compe- tent dentist is not painful. Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1309 F St. N. W. g JEWELLERS, SILVERSMITHS & STATIONERS, | \_Se2tf —~— fi 1107 PENNA. AVENUE. is — = = a ? |! Great Reduction = In Hair. Switches $2.50, formerly $5.00. Switches, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.60. Gray Switches. $4.50, formerly $0.00. First-class attcndants in Hairdressing, Shampoving, ete. Imperial Hair Rezenerator for restoring gray hair. Never fails. Try our “Curlette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. Corns and Bunions Kemoved withqat Prov. 5. 4 IT’S NOTA | BIT PLEASANT | To wash your-dog or cat ois very day. That won't § : Z shea kill fleas. Thomp- | Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures son’s Insect Powder does— every time.- Won't harm Drunkenness. It can be given WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE pets. 0c, I5c., 25¢. and [FOF THE PATIENT in coffee, toa or a-ticles of 4) w. Ss. THOMPSON Mos. Swnsittie't Bite Gata Pace Hl W. S. THO) Suse s u.w.: H. A. JOHNSTON, Son KOTE ave. W i PHARMACIST, 703 15th St. | mee or Groceries, Candies, Bakery, Coffee . —Every economical house- keeper in town knows it’s to her best advantage to see Reeves. —Conducting these 5 branches in one means a lesser : ex- pense and results. in lower prices to our —wWatch for patrons. the daily specials. —}S. A. Reeves, (Reeves, Poole & Co.) The very thought of one makes you thirsty, doesn’t it? We've Want a Sherry st eae Cobbler? adams af, eect pre at. bot.—3 for $1. Delivered at this price. Fo Kalon Wine & ‘an O14 4 ST-PHONE 998. Include Our Store In Your Evening Stroll. It’s worth & few squares out of your 3 Soda way to enjoy, a glass of our deliciou: i One fruit favors fre all made of pure fruit Juices. Our am is frozen here. Our Soda Is made of pure spring water. Our hu; fountain is alwass well filled with tee. Aad 707 favoritefavor is verved “to the Queen's Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. Al: & Daggett. DO NOT SUFFER FROM SICK HEADACHE A moment longer, It ts not ny. Carter's tle Liver will cure you. 3. pill.” Siail price.” Sma dose. Raia ow Helle HOW MANY PEOPLE CONTRACT DISEASES oa Lge eraogg when they cenit oot al adding a ~ Reon if.aains % foe fl DE Sheers Peas An Unmentionable Situation. 3 and Proce Oe ta ee, Suatectione mise: (| rom the Boston Herald, _ > John R. McLean's democratic newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, doesn’t mention 04-564 Mr. Chapman, the democratic candidate te dete of oe Mr. Chapman loesn’t mention » Mel as - MARLBOROUGH PARLORS, 1110 G ST. N.W.— | date for United States senator. the cool. Complexion requtres attention after summer out- ness between them appears fo be about A 7 special ren, but ¥ ly to make much dif- eel heaeenter Seta Ce enane - turaive -piter election. THE ANACOSTIA BRIDGE! Subject of Animated Discussion by Congress The Structure Regarded as Safe for Travel—Association Chooses Of- ficers for Ensutng Year. The annual meeting of the Congress Heights Citizens’ Association was held last evening, and the aitendance was the larg- est in the history of the organization. t was anticipated that something would be said at the meeting in regard to Capt. Beach’s report to Engineer Commissioner Black on the Navy Yard bridge, which was published exclusively in The Star of last evening, and there was no disappointment on that score. It_will be recalled, as heretofore stated in The Star, that by direction of the Com- missioners the bridge tr st been thor- oughly re] r permission tracks of a pattern s the Engi- neer Commissioner were laid upon the structure for the running of the electric cars, - Previous to the hour for the meeting to open the members of the association g.uth- ered in little groups in the vicinity and slis cussed the engineer's report. Immediately after the called to order and the nec business was transacted, President A. Randle made a brief addres said he, my feelings “the members in the matter they wil new president for the ensuing y The President Re-Ele This proposition was opposed by several gentleman at once, one of whom nomi- nated Mr. Randle for re-election, and the nomination was indorsed by acclamatio! The announcement by the temporary ch: man that President Randle had been chosen to be his own successor for another 3 s received with many manifestations approval, and amidst much applause. Mr. Randle again took the chair. a short speech of acceptance the ent asked for nominations for ihe nd the following were chosen Vit 0. A. EB} When the result of the election was de- | clared, a member jumped to his feet proceeded to criticise the D: sioners for the course al taken by them in the b: dent Randle, upon disco the remarks, promptly de. menide out of order, and for the remainder of the session the Speeches were of a more mod- erate tone. A number of instances were related which went to show that there has been scarcely a day for years, and even when almost every one w: d the bridge re- gerded the structure as ur. that hea’ jer londs than will be ‘ad upon electric car have not been taken a and one member said that he kne! instance when a walnut log, said to weird fifteen tons, the weight of the wagon and being ied, was hauled the bridge without the least damage nflicted upon the structure. President Randle made a few remarks, with a view to having the members unde: stand that rapid transit between Congress Heights and the city would soon be an a complished fact, and in conclusion said “I feel very much like a man who once het another he conld throw him across a river. After depositing his wager, he took a firm hold and threw the fellow in the er over his head. When the pcor fe! low came out of the water and claimed the wager he was informed the oth low not through trying to ge across, and would continue throwing him until he got him across. “I can readily understand that the enor- mous loads the cars of the Capital Railway Company have been hauling for some time past have caused the Commissioners scme apprekension, but when I today ex- piained to them that I would run only one car over the bridge at a time they said such a course would be entirely satisfac- tory to them. An Engineer's Views. A skilled engineer from Boston, who yes- terday made a critical examination of the Lridge, said: “I have read the report of Capt. Beach on the condition of the Navy Yard bridge, and I am at a loss to understand how he arrived at some of his conclusions, “In the first place, the structure is built upon thirteen large granite plers, upoa each of which is an immense iron sill, and this is surmounted by iron girders running frem pier to pier, while on top of this ts a large eigh -pound-per-yard grooved girder rail. This makes the track so strong that if the balance of the bridge were to fall to pieces the tracks would remain. “I do not doubt that the language used in July, 1892, in reference to the bridge, as quoted in’ Capt. Beach's report, was ap- plicable to the structure in its condition as it then existed. “The quotation referred to is: Its condition is as satisfactory as its nature will permit, but it is safe only un- der slow travel, and the substructure is poor.’ It should’ be borne in mind that all this has been changed, and I am contident that an examination by any competent, un- prejudiced person will convinee him ‘that the bridge is as able to bear the weight of a heavily loaded motor car, or even several cars, as is any bridge used for similar pur- in the District of Columbia or else- Present Advantages. A prominent citizen of Anacostia who has driven across the bridge at least once daily for the past twenty years said: “It Mr. Randle had not done anything else for the citizens of Anacostia, they are indebted to him for furnishing them comfortable and pleasurable trevel between the south and north sides of the Anacostia river. For the first time in the twenty years riding ever the structure has become a positive pleasure, ard drivers of carriages no longer dread to approach the bridge in either direction. Mr. Henry Johnson, secretary of the Ana- costia Citizens’ Asscciation, was unable ‘o attend the meeting, but said to a Star reporter: <I regard the bridge since it has been repaired as a marked and decided improve- ment in the matter of railway traffic. As to the security of the structure, the vibra- tion is so insignificant since the new and improved rails were laid upon it as to be almost imperceptible.” —_.+ — SATISFACTION IN NEW ENGLAND. Feeling Regarding the Improved In- dustrinl Conditions. Col. Brigham, assistent secretary of agri- culture, has returned from a trip to New England. He reports that the people of that section generally express themselves as pleased with the change that has taken place in industrial condftions. While the farmers are especially delighted on account of the enhanced value of their products, there is no disposition on the part of others to grumble because they have to pay more to the farmers, as they realize that their markets will improve as the condition of the agricultural interests im- Drove. Col. Brigham still holds to the opinion that the aggregate value of the crop of the entire country will be almost, if not quite, half a billion of dollars in excess of that of last year, and says that suck a tur in the affairs of the farming community must produce improved conditions trrough- out the country. —_—__++2--_—_ Through Line. Through Trains. No transfers. No street cars. No ferries. Pennsylvania railroad. Delaware bridge route. Great excursion next Saturday and Sunday, $2.—Advt. © The Call of the Woods. — Frederic Inlard ip Scribner's. I do not know how other men would feel on the top of that mountain, looking over into the depths of the Labrador wilderness; but to me that day all its voices sang a siren’s song, and the myriad faces of the hills and lakes smiled a glad welcome. People are accustomed to think of that vast and far-off wild as a death-like, for- bidding place. It is not so. In winter, cold and severe, no doubt; in summer it is God's own land of beauty. But we could. not tarry, and in a few_days we left the fish in peace and returned down the river to Mingan. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Rumor That John B, Baird Was Victim of Foul Play. meement ef Charch Services for Tomorrow — Potomac Cl Regatta—General News. ° The remains of John B. Baird, who was drowned in the canal at seven locks, as stated in The Star, will be sent to At’ Ga nta, some time today for interment. A of the deceased, who was under the ion that the unfortunate man had met with fou! play, notified the police yes- terday of his suspicions. Several people had been heard to say that they were going “to do” him at the first opportunity, it was stated, and the opinion was expressed that An examination disclosed that there were no marks of vioience on the bedy, and every i tion pointed to the fact that death ceidental, and the investigation was B. Baird, broth- arrived in the city Jast evening and provided for conveying the re- mains to Georgia for interment. Church Services, The beautiful service of the forty hours’ devotion will commence tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at Trinity Catholic Church with a solemn high mass. Monday morn- fxg at 8 o'clock a mass of peace will be celebrated, and the devotions will close Tuesday morning. Rev. Stanley Billheimer, pastor of the West Washington Lutheran Church, who has been spending a vacation at his oid home near Gettysburg, Pa., has returned to his re: nd will conduct the services tomerrow. Morning and evening services will be held, with the Sunday school serv- ices at 9:30’ in the morning. The regular weekly meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society will take place at 7 o'clock in the evening. R Ch rles B. Ramsdell of the North yterian Church will occupy the pt d deliver the sermon at the morning terian Church, th . Alexander, stil! | cation. Rev. JW. Beall will conduct the services 1 deliver the sermons in the morning and i the West Washington M. E. Mission South. in the chapel on 33d street between Q and R street Potomac Boat Club Affairs. At the last merting of the Potomac Boat Club Messrs. Jeseph H. Bradley, secretary of the Potomac Fire Irsurance Company, and Douglass Simms were elected members of the board of governcrs to fill vacancies Mr. Bradley was made vice president and Mr. Simms first Heutenant to finish out the present terms. There were seven new members elected. It was decided to hold the apnual club regatta this season Satur- day, September 18. In view of the results of the recent club races, the coming gutta will urdoubtedly witness some ex- ceedingly close events. New Hall for Odd Fellows. Ground for the erection of the new Odd Fellows’ Hall has been broken, and the work on the structure will be pushed. The contract for the erection has been awarded to Braxton & Bond, upon plans which were drawn up by the architect, Calvin T. S. Brent. ‘The strvcture will cost $10,000. Mr. Alfred Pope will be the superintendent of construction. Wher completed the building will be used as the home for all of the colored secret societies in this sec- ticn, and will be a decided improvement over the present building on 28th street now used for the purpose. Thomas Page Dead. Thomes Page, an cld and much respected colored resident of this section, died yes- terday, after a short illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church, Union Light Lodge, No. 1965, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, of which the 4 will have c! and attend e i pelng: ceased wes a member, of the arrangements, funeral in a body. the a FOUND GOLD. THINK THE Specimens of Iron Pyrites, Unica and Tale Sent to the Mint. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 3, 1897. The gold excitement developed by the Klondike discoveries has brought down upon the mint officials in this city the duty of assaying heaps of “fools’ gold” sent to the coin factory for assay from all parts of the country by deluded people, who are convinced that they have “struck it rich.” Hardly a day passes in which four or five people do not call upon the assayers to test material for them, and samples of suppesed gold and silver quartz and sand come inte the mint by mail and ex- press as well. At the assayer’s office it Was stated that the inpouring of samples was so heavy as to indicate that the coun- try had gone “gold mad.” The supposed finds of good fortune come in all sorts of packages and embrace many 's of glistening rock. They turn ir 's or “feols’ gold;” mica, common sand or crystal sprinkled The imagined precious metals are of accompanied by sanguine letters, in which the writers confidently express the belief that they will soon be rolling in wealth, Ranged together on a table today stand many of the more deceptive samples that have recently come in, the “common herd” finds ving previously been consigned to the te baske Among the specimens that have lately come in are: A shoe polish box filled with iron pyrites from Tennes- see; a cigar box from Bucks county, Pa., filled with slippery, shiny tale, such as, in its powdered state, is used for sprinkling the Inside of damp sioes; a salt bag from western New York, half full of iron pyrites; an ornamented small box from New Jersey with especially brilliant rock, which is only iron pyrites; a match box that came without the name of the sender, loaded with western Pennsylvania mica; a box such as brass fasteners are kept in for desk use, brought send sprinkled with mica irom Montgomery county in this state; two-pound piece of limestone from Lak ville, Va., had a smattering of crystals and a small vial full of common sand found its way from Arkansas. Most of the finders of the supposed traas- ure are country peopl Some say that they found it while “digging a well” or “moving a hous and one old lady de- clared that the lightning had shattered a tree in front of her house and had laid bare the gold. The assayers say that only in about one case out of a hundred is genuine gold found among the samples sent in from new lo- calities. Colonel O. C. B. ell, former super- intendent of the mint, seid toGay that gold has been discovered in every state in the Union. Philadelphia itself, he says, has a gocd deal of gold in its soil. The un- derlying clay and red sand were tested abcut forty years ago, but while gold was found by A: rs Eckfeldt and Dabois, it was not in paying quantities, and only 40 or 50 per cent of it could be gotten out of the ground under the old methods of re- fining. tale, rock. es $2.00 to Atlantic City and Reeura, B. and 0. 8 p.m. Saturday; 6 a.m. Sunday; good to return until Mond -Advt. dhiget Divorce Judge Cox today granted Annie L. Zim- merman a divorce from Wiiliam Zimmer- man, giving her permission to resume her maiden name of Denneson. The parities were married in Georgetown July 1, 1880, and Mrs. Zimmerman charged her husband with intoxication, crvelty and infidelity. ‘The judge also granted Nettle Berkley a divorce from George T. Berkley. The par- ties were married here March 20, 18%). ‘The papers in the case were withheld fro: publication. — : $1.00 Baltimore and Return vin and 0. For all trains Sunday, September 5.— Advertisement. Sacra ae “Want” ads. In The Star pay because they bring auswers. ”" ROAD TO KLONDIKE Will Run From the Alaskan Goast Into the The Project of Robert M. Fryecr—Ade vantages of the Plan Over Surface Lines, Many schemes for rapid transit from the coast te the Klondike are coming to the surface in the commotion over the Alaska gold finds. Balloons, cable railways through the pass and other methods of transportation have been proposed. The latest addition to the list is an elc- vated railway, with electricity for the mo- live power. It is the invention of Mr. R. M. Fryer, who started his project for use in Honduras, but since the discovery of gold in the Klondike region he has sougut to interest capitalists in the construction of a railroad, on the cantilever princi; an coast to the interior. ithstanding the difficult topographi- cal features of the coast in the vicinity of Jureau and the great obstacles te be sur- mounted tn order to establish quick and safe communi tion between the head- waters of the Yukon and the port of Dyea, Mt fs claimed that experts who have « amined the Fryer designs rt that it will be possible with his system to build @ road over the Chilcoot Pass, and to a: complish this within thirty days after t material is landed on the coast Method of Co raction. The method of construction is said to be simple. Po! such as are used for Stringing telegraph wires, are pla in pairs, with their tops broaght iner and with their base ling on the earth or rock fifty feet apart. of these pol run to and support the outside the supporting and the truc htcles to be tra ported being swung below the tracks. third rail under the ti the middle furntsues the electric which is transmitted to the motors also covered by Mr F The cost of constraction of this Kin] of railroad, even in country as reugh as that of the coast range in Alaska, it is claimed, will not be more tha $12,000 a mile, and in view of the all of the m which can be Through th ‘rods of varying lengths nected with the tops ure A running through current, motors by r’s patents, yin parts necessary to build as it can be transported. Attainable Speed. By using the cable system for the us- pension of the track spans fully a mile can be covered at one time, while trestle and bridge building over small « will not be required. It is also Claim that through the pneumatic pressure in producing the connection between the motor and the feed rail alm speed can be obtained, and gra s st as 45 per cent are easily <u ntabl The surface of the road being in the air will never be blockaded by snowdrifts. Mr. Fryer will be remembered as having had an office in this city at one time and as the moving spirit in a scheme launche at Alexandria, Va., sever: which was to revolutionize The Arrow steamehip was 1 unlimited trave uilt upon thi lines of the inventor, Mr. Fryer, but her performances did not come up t aims of the prospectus. It is claim Mr. er, however, ti better luck will at- tend his efforts in his invention this time. —_——__-e-—___. PIGEONS USED AS MESSENG! is. the History of Our Navy. A message by carrier pigeon was received from Admiral Sicard on the flagship New York of the North Atiantic squadron at the Norfolk navy yard yesterday morn- ing. A copy was :mmediately tele- graphed to Acting Secretary Roosevelt at the Navy Department. The message was as follows: “Sept. 3, 6:30 a.m. Position, 30 egrees east-northeast Cape Charles ligh ship, distant sixty-five miles. The squadron consisting of the New York, Brooklyn, Iowa, Massachusetts, Indiana, Texas and Maine is apyroaching the southern drill ground and will probably anchor about 8 o'clock. Will dispatch anchorage later. Puritan is in sight.” ‘This is said at the Navy Department to be the first instance in our naval history of the suece=sful use of carrier pigeons as a means of communication between na\al vessels afloat and the shore stations. It is the re- sult of several months’ hard work on the part of the equipment bureau, which has in the case of the squadron collected aboard the ships pigeons from various Atiantic ports, so that the commanders might be prepared to dispatch messages to any de- sired naval station. The result is highly gratifying to the department officials, indi- cating, as it does, the possibility of deve oping a most valuable means of communi- cation with our off-shore fects. Acting Secretary Roosevelt has received the following telegram from Commodore Farquhar, commandant of*the Norfolk navy yard: “Following message by pigeon just re- ceived: Ship New York, 9:50 a.m., Sep- tember 4, fifty miles from Norfolk. The squadron is at anchor in southern drill grounds. Weather too boisterous for either target practice or evotutions. Will prob- ably remain at anchorage until Tuesday or Wednesday. Wind E. N. E.” Am Innovation a — All-Rafl Route to Atlantic City Via Pennsylvania railroad only. The only way to reach Aulantic City without change of cars is via Pennsylvania railroad. Great excursion Saturday and Sunday.—Advt. —— ee CITY POST OFFICE. Arrangements Made for Labor Day Service. : The city post office has made the follow- ing arrangements for Labor day, Septem- ber 6, 1897: The following divisions of the main office will be closed to the public: Money order division, registry division. A delivery by carriers from main office will be made at 7:30 a.m. Carriers’ win- @ow will be open for delivery of mail to clerks in the departments from ¥ to 10:30 a.m., and for the general public from 6 to 7 p.m. Collections will be made at 12:30 and 9:30 am. and 5 p.m. Deliveries at stations at 7:30 a.m. Collections tations at 12 and 8 am. and 5 p.m. County collections, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and 9:30 p.m., station F. The following stations will be open to the public for the transaction of business? Station A—6 to 12 m.; 5 to 7 p.m. Station B—G to 12 m.; 5 to 7 p.m. Station C—7 to 10 a.m. Station D—4 to 12 m.; 5 to 7 p.m. Station F—6 to m.; 5 to 7 p.m. ——— Dead in Bed, Wiliam Johnson, colored, aged fourteen years, was found dead in bed at No. 1104 C street southeast this morning about 7 o'clock. Johnson had been ill with lung trouble for a long time, and several weeks ago was sent to the Freedmen’s Hospital for treatment. He was discharged from the institution August 31, at.which time he appeared to be much better. From the hospital he went to his former home, No. 1104 C street southeast, where this merning he was found dead, as stated. —_— Promotion From the Ranks. The following-named enlisted men, hav- ing successfully passed the departmental preliminary examining boards, have been ordered to report in person to the com- manding officer Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to apptar for competitive examination for Promotion before-the board of officers ap- pointed to meet there for that purpose: Corporal Harry K. Kingsbury, Troop F, ist Cavairy; Sergeant Major Robert Mc- Cleave, a Infantry; Sergeant Warren If you want snything, try an ad. in Star. if anybody has what you wish, will get an auswer.