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WASH. B. WILLIAISIS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. A furniture Price list that challenges competition. We will quote these prices for 2 days ‘Tuesday —Monday and y—ond we ventnre the assertion that no other furniture house im_the city will dere to meet them for equal grade furniture: Oak and Cherry Tabourettes.. 75Ce Cherry. Birch and Maple Par- 85c. lor Tables... $2.25 $2.25 Sieg By Damask Parlor Satter. DUS. pee ‘Solid Oak Chamber $13.50 $4.85 $1.00 $3.75 $5.00 $1.50 $6.75 Damask Roman Chcirs. Damask Corner Chairs Damask Divans... Gdrawer Oak Chiffonier. Solid Oak Dining Chair. White Enamel Iron Beds. All-bair Mattress Woven Wire Springs... Oak Mall Racks.... Oak Sideboards. ........ aueve $9.85 Cordurette Couches... $4.00 ‘This is_ it cheap, slapped-together fur- niture. Fach plece is carefully made and elegantly finished is shown in latest up-to-dat Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. no27-God $2% LITTLE TAILOR: the —_— GRATIANA. Why shculd a man, whose blcod is warm within Sit like his grandsiro, cut like alabaster? We'll ft him with good St. Swinthin. They'll sit upon bis body, 23 tho’ they're Paris t clothes, aye, were he een er. A full dress snit we'd freely recommend. recompense is slight Indewd for those we vend. Our Overcoats, Twenty. Our Trousers, Five. Our Business Suits, Fifteen Fifty. Our Full Dress Suits, Thirty. Order of us and you will be in style. : Money back if dissatisfied. Gar- ments kept in repair one year free of charge. Write for samples and self- measurement guide. Open evenings till 9 o'clock. Six Little Tailors, 941 Pa. Ave. N.W. netem. wi SS 797 “CRESCENTS"—$75, $50, $40. <<< ___ ‘CRESCENTS’ jd—13,000 MORE, re sold in '06—and 26,000 MORE even this matehless record. Join the pop- ular trigade—and ride a nt." here. A CHAINLESS $75 “‘Cresceat”’ + * among them. Wash. Branch, s.e. cor. 9th and H sts. n.w. JONES, Jr., Mgr. 0027-284 1897 Is the over 83,000 "97 than were sold in "9. 1898 will break C7 Samples of “9S models will, soon be Western Wheel Works, e. raat. J ust as fast as the gunners of Washington find how low-priced our good Fire- arms are offered them—that quick we'll gain their trade. Hiring, $5 a month. : 2Walford’s Sporting Goods House, 77 and also gog Penn. Ave. = "rTM | Fine Guns, $10 up. FoR MEN BEST IN_THE WORLD No. 1305 Penna. Ave. N.W. Prsves C= MAKES WELL, ¥ THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1897-14 PAGES. year’s warranty. colors almost. rigid wheel in the market. “Crawford”--the equal of the best wheel made. A PERFECT BICYCLE, THE *98 MODEL ‘CRAWFOR The splendid record of last year’s Crawfords placed this famous wheel second to none in the minds of the public—though the price was only about half that of the other good ones. Now the 1898 Model is out—for ladies and gentlemen—and our showroom is hourly filled with critical Cae eiter ) and admiring wheelmen. You are invited to call and pass “upon this grand $50 wheel, whose makers stand behind it with a full The ’98 model is charming in outline, superbly finished and the most It has tapering handle bars—new patent pedals—new ball-bearing brake, and a host of other improvements. All Crawford Manufacturing Co., E. P. Van Mater, Mlgr., O20” Ninth. Roe god . 23 o- 14 D Ty mi ETE {NORE A Pn LM Li eee ce Mace AMONG THEWHISTERS Cincinnati’s Team Badly “Beaten by Philadelphia. PLAYING FOR THE ANDREWS TROPHY Current Notes of the Local Clubs. DISASTROUS EXPERIMENTS The eighth match for the A. W. L. trophy was played Saturday night at Phila- deiphia. Cincinnati, the challenger, was promptly on hand, C. Collins, M. 't. Watts, H. Van Ness, William Letcher, represent- ing the visitors, the regular team of the Philadelphia club meeting them.» The Philadelphia's again displayed their ability to put up brilliant whist, and the play up to the 23d board was entirely one-sided, when an intuitive play of one of the Cin- cinnati team gained five tricks on board 24, holding ace and four others of a sult; ace was played second hand on the trick. Both teams played the same long suit con- ventional game, with little variation. The final score was: Philadelphia, 332; Cincin- nati, 17. The next match takes place at Philadel- phia Saturday, and Philadelphia will face the Buffalo team. The Chicago duplicate is next in line, and the Philadelphias would not have a walkover if they had decided to put in an appearance. They, as well as the Hyde Park and the strong Chicago team, have abandoned the trip east and will wait until the trophy goes west, which will be in January. Women Whisters. The first challenge match of the season for the woman's trophies, donated by Mrs. Andrews, was played at the residence of the donor, 1119 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Wednesday last, Mrs. Williams’ team being challenger. The play was very fine and the divergence of the score waa not so great as in the men’s contests. There was not a gain of over two tricks on any board, and only five showed that many, indicating close scrutiny of the cards and that both teams played the same system. The final score was: Mrs. Newbold’s team (holders), 12; Mrs. Williams’ (challengers), 9. The next match will be played Wednesday. The Cranfords will soon be called on to play for these trophies, and have adopted a course that will greatly strengthen them. ‘The leading members include Mrs. Hawley, ‘Mrs. McCrea, Mrs. Earle, Mrs. Leach, Madam and Miss de Sibour, Mrs. Nicolls, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Saxton, Miss King, Miss Quakenbush, Miss Daly, Miss Ravenburg. The last four are conservative lorig-suit players, who are close readers of the cards, and will give the Cranfords a chance to play against the kind of game they con- stantly meet in matches. It is a lack cf knowledge how to play the cards to. the best advantage against a system that they thoroughly understand, but are not brought into contact enough to keep them up to the fine points in their adversaries’ game, that handicaps the Cranfords. Individually every player on the Cranford team is @ brilliant whist player, but one cannot sys- temize the short-suit game. In the Local Clabs. Wednesday night the ©. A. C. had a prac- tice match of fours, and the game brought out some fine points, enabling one member of the team to familiarize himself with the style of play of his partner in a match. The C. Bi C. also had some fine order of whist during the week. Britton, though not as cften at the club as formerly, is back in his old form, and ts playing good whist. The veterans Fogg and McComb met a Waterloo the other night, as well as Quackenbush and Low. The other boys seemed to have Ieurned their style f play, and are outfooting them in the race for tricks. . ‘The Saturday night handicap tournament was well attended and the play was very interesting. The score was as follows: North and South—Average, 12+—Prince and McComb, 136; Pechin and H: ary, 135; Kerr and Mattingly, 131; Wirt and Cole, 128; Costen and Young, 127; Selden and Novh, 125: Hocke and Johnson, 122. East and West—Average, 143—Hills and Ulke, 149; Cooper and Myers, 148; Barrick and Quackenbush, 148; Jones and Mayse, 145; Clark_and Williard, 143; Lewis and Pelouze, 137; Spaulding and Duncan, 137. Mr. C. F. Lindsay is the happy possessor of prize No. 3 of the Philadelphia Press, and is delving in whist lore preparatory to solving all difficult whist problems. The play at Carroll Institute has at- tracted new recruits, and promises to be quite a source of pleasure to a large num- ber of players. - ‘The New Englanders will send a delega- tion to Philadelphia the third Saturday (8th) of December to battle for the aux- iHary tlant of play t E is brought inte contact with the conventional The score of the compass match at Bal- timore Friday ‘ight was: ee North and South—Lewis and Dr. Lewis, 170; Walls and A. H, McCay, 170; Duvall. and Smith, 168; H. K. McCay and Steele, 167; Tyson and Levering, 156; average, 166.2. East and West—Ladd and G. B. Howard, 166; Hinckley and J. 8. Howard, 162; J. Tyson and Burt, 158; McDowell and Gaither; 155; Dr. Smith and Jackson, 153; average, 158.8. In his anxiety to have his father catch the 11:30 train one of the visitors, at trick ten, remarked to a Baltimore player who was in doubt as to his next lead: “‘It is im- material what you play, as I will take the rest of the tricks.” The Baltimore player ordered the cards of the visitor laid face upward on the ta- ble, and called the ace and king of spades to be played on his two winning clubs. This is according to whist rules, but is not in keeping with that high courtesy that has won for Baltimore players throughout the whist world the reputation of being the truest sportsmen who ever faced an adversary. It kept the guests from making the highest score, but they tied the highest pair and defeated several of Baltimore's brilliant pairs playing North and South. Trying to Catch an Honor. ‘The following hand shows the disaster that, at times, is likely to follow the efforts to capture aa honor turned: East dealt and turned J. of Hearts. South to lead. North. East. South. _ West. Wells. Walls. Swearingen. Hampton 2c 8 ic KCx bs Qs. ASx 7S 6Hx AC 9C 10 Dp KDx 4D 9D Trick 1. ecard, as he wishes the lead to appear ir- South opens with an interior regular, inviting partner to lead trumps through the honor turned, when he gets in the lead. North gets the lead at trick 3, but refuses to lead trumps, as he places the queen of clubs with East, notwithstanding Kast has already played’ the ace and thinks his trumps can be used to better advantage. Trick 6. North concludes to get rid of the losing spade. Trick 7. South tries to win with the ten of hearts, instead of stopping the double layover with king of hearts. Trick 11. South plays worse than at trick 1, if possible, refusing to trump. Not a Supporting Card. “A Lover of Whist” sends the following and asks for an opfnion: “Smith and Brown are partners. Smith holds: Diamonds—10, 9 (trumps); hearts— king, 8, 6, 4; spades—jack, 10, 9, 4, 3; clubs —10, 9. It is Smith's lead, and he leads the 9 of clubs. Second hand puts up the queen and Brown takes it with the ace. Brown having four small clubs, sizes Smith up as leading fourth best, and having the other two suits well guarded, leads trump from three. The lead proves disastrous, as the clubs are found at last in second hand's hand. At the ‘post mortem’ Smith claimed he had led a supporting card, while Brown claimed he had led a false card, the 10 of clubs being the proper lead. Please decide which was right.” 5 With one exception (9 of diamonds), Smith made the worst opening possible. It {8 not a supporting card, hardly an interior lead, but a typical “middle of the road.” It even deceives partntr, as it is not the highest he has in the suit. The conven- tional lead is the 4 of spades or the 4 of hearts. The “common sense” lead is jack of spades, the best card at head of a se- quence, in the “short suit’ game, the 10 of clubs. Brown's claim that the card led was false in its intention is right. Another case of disaster from leading a false card occurred recently in a local game. A certain player, with five winning cards of an established suit, with only one trump out. He supposed it was with sec- ond hand, and thought it would be a clear gain of a trick to give second hand the im- Pression that the master card of the suit was with his partner. He led the second best, hoping, if his partner had the remain- ing trump, he would allow it to pass. Imagine the shock when his partner played the trump. -He had no winning card=in his hand, and five tricks were lost, as the first player had no re-entry.to bring in the re- mainder of his suit. BATTING AND BOWLING. Pre-entation of Prizes to Members of the Cricket Club. The members of the Washington Cricket Club met at Hotel Johnson Saturday night for the purpose of presenting the prizes wen for the season of 1897. These prizes were a handsome cricket bat, for the best batting average, and a cricket ball for the best bowling average. The successful ones were Capt. A. F. B. Portman and H. V. Lake. The president of the club, Gen. Cecil Clay, in a witty speech, presented the bat, which bore the inscription, on a silver Plate: “Presented to Arthur F. B. Portman by the Washington Cricket Club for the best batting average for 1897."" In accepting the gift, Capt. Portman made some good hits, which, although not like those which won for him the bat, were dust as effective. The winner of the ball Was unavoidably absent. A vote of thanks was accorded thoze hav- ing In charge the affairs of the e: Mr..8. C. Mather responded. The secretary, Cherrington, pointed out the de- of still further improving the Mr. A. W. sirability LCI SSNS REGIE SEN EE ag PTAC aS Pe) Te ad Sa ae ENE a tc aaa a A I a a ce time on the eastern tracks. For fifteen years Mr. H. J. Baliwin has sent a string of horses across the continent, but this year he has not made the usual stake en- tries for future events. It is the intention of Mr. Baldwin to maintain a small string on the California circuit, but he will hereafter sell his year- lings at public auction every year. Won by Maj. Denny. The regular.-menthly. handicap golf match was held at the Chevy Chase links Saturday, the first‘ prize going to Major Denny, with ‘Di. Cothpton and Mr. Earle tied for’second placd,, Plgy throughout the match was good. Major»Denny won by a score of 91, with Dr. Compton and Mr. Earle tied at 03. The third of the twelve Saturday competitions will be played Sat- urday next. pe ; Richmond Club*Chdnges Hands. A special from Richmond, Va., says that the Richmond Traction €ompany has suc- ceeded in purchasing! a’ coittoliing interest in the Richmond Atlantsc. League team. The stock was secuf€d by Mr. Donati sell- ing his eighty shares. to. Mr. John Skelton Williams, president of the Traction Com- pany. It has been decided by the new owners to engage Mr.i@¥. B. Bradley as generat manager of the’ team, and the work of sighing *pla: id preparing for next year’s games ea Mies forward without interruptions, ger Jake Wélls will certainly continue in charge of the players. « The Orioles’ Winning Streak. A special from San Ffancisco says that the Relfance ‘and Baltimore teams crossed bats at” Recreation Park yesterday, the Baltimores winning by a score of 16 to 3. The Reliance club got ten. safe hits off Corbett. Milwa: held the Orioles down to eight hits, but ‘sent many to first on balls. The Baltimores defeated the All-Ameri- cans Saturday by 6 to 1. Foot Ball Notes. The C. A. €.’s of Takoma have organized and would like to arrange games with teams averaging 120 peunds or under. Ad- dress A. B. Adams, Takoma, D. C. The H Streets of the-Northwest defeated the K Streets in foot, ball, 16 to 0. ‘The defeated team refused ‘to give their names. e H Streets lined up as follows: Dren- nan, center; Morse, quarter back (one touchdown); Hunter, left half back; Byram, full back; Jammes, ‘right end; Holson, right half back (two touchdowns); Hub- bard, left guard; Bileask! 2 eatiose easki, right snare, ——— DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES, ° Army Officers and Enlisted Men Hon- orably Mentioned. ‘The following named officers and enlisted men are honorably mentioned in orders to the army as having distinguished them- selves in service under the circumstances mentioned: Maj. Louis M. Maus, surgeon, for spe- cially meritorious service on the Belle Fourche river, N. D., November 5, 1877, in that, while serving with a small detach- ment suddenly surrounded by an cver- whelming force of hostile Sioux Indians, eat in onan the party trom \s lous positi y = cretion Position by his tact and dis. rivate Reese A. McCown, Battery L, 4th Artillery, and Private Ellis Kritser, Battery D, 3a Artillery (now out of ser- vice), for meritorious and courageous con- duct in the attempt, at the risk of their lives, to save a civilian from drowning in the Mississippi river, near Jackson bar- racks, New Orleans, in February, 1896. For specially meritorious services in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the wrecked steamer Point Loma at the mouth of the Columbia river, near Fort Canby, Wash., in February, 1806, Private Joseph C. Saxton, Battery M, Sth Artillery (now out of service); Private Charles Swope, Company D, Ist Infantry (then private,: Battery M, 5th Artillery); Private Louis Klapprott, Battery Sth Artillery (ow out of service), and Capt, Selden A. Day, Sth Artillery, for z bravery in di- recting the operatio: of the men of his de- tachment. Hughes, Troop H, First Sergt. George’ ®, Sth Cavalry, for. sabrit flous conduct in "in January last, Pye a at Sturgis, § at imminent risk to” ft, 0 Pair of runaway hor Rite mi Sergt. Harry N. Di jon, Troop C, Ist conduct in at- rigk to himself, to Cavairy, for merite tempting, at immine stop a runaway horse attached to a w: and preventing whati might have been’ se. rious injury and oY, loss of life, in Chicago, Ill, in May frst. ¢° Corporal 21st Infantry, paving at = < of his Me, rowning in Lake plain, near Plattsburg barracks, New York, in July ie Fingid, Gompany D, 21st Private Lyman Infantry, for cou: cénduct { at the Fisk of his life a. civilian Togs drowning in Lake Champlain, near Piatts- In compliance with a law. passed by the last legislature of Wisconsin, Secretary of State Casson has had forwarded to him at Madison, the state capital, by all the county the official lists volunteer THE S. S. WORKERS Program Complete for Gathering of Delegates This Evening, DISTRICT ASSOCIATION CONVENTION Abstracts From the Annual Reports of the Officers. HOUSE -TO- HOUSE CANVASS — The final arrangements for the gath- ering of Sunday school representatives to- night at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church were made Saturday evening at a meeting of the executive committee of the Sunday School Association. This as- scciation represents the 154 Sunday schools of the white evangelical churches in the District. The committee meeting was held at the residence of the secretary, Mr. Je- rome F. Johnsoa, with the president of the association, Mr. P. H. Bristow, in the chair. Others present were Messrs. L. D. Alden, C. H. Carrjagton, J. H. Lichliter, Weston Flint, A. M. McBath, John B. Sle- man, L. W. Glazecrook, Jas. L. Ewin, J. A. Scott and Wm. Redin Woodward. Reports were made by Mr. Alden as chairman of the convention committee on credentials and by Mr. Ewin as chairman of the press committee, in both of which the publication of the list d¥ delegates in Ssturday’s Star was referred to with ap- preciation. Mr. Ewin also reported for the subcom- mittee on river excursions, which was the nucleus of the joint excursion committee formed here the past year for the purpose of securing, if possible, “a suitable ex- cursion steamer and an accessible excur- sion place free from the sale ‘of intoxicat- ing drinks.” The reports were accepted and will come before the convention. The program for this evening’s session of the conventicn is as follows: Service of song, male chorus, Percy 8. Foster, director; reading of Scriptures and prayer, Rev. George A. Duncan, Ph. D.; hymn; 8 o'clock, words of greeting, Mr. John B. Wight; 8:10, annual address of president, Pierson H. Bristow; 8:20, annual report of secretary and field worker, Je- rome F. Johnson, to be followed by a solo by Miss Bertha Bristow; 8:30, adaress, “The Book of Books,” Bishop Y. Sai terlee; appointment of committees closing prayer and benediction, Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D. D. President Bristow’s Report. President Bristow, in his annual address, will enter into the question of the work of the year only in a general way. He will not give statistics, leaving that to the field worker and secretary. His address will treat mainly of the work as a whole. At- tention will be called to the fact that the union of the District stands as a state or- ganization in its relation to the interna- tional convention. The address will urge the importance of a greater interest on the part of individual schools toward the international work through the District union. It will say that at present the union is giving bnt $100 per year orless than an average of $1 per school. This amount ought to be greater, and might be, if all the schools should co- operate with the union. The attention of the convention will also be called by him in an official way to the recent death of Mr. Wm. Reynolds of Illinois, the field superintendent of the international work; also the effort which will be made, or is be- ing made, throughout the country to raise a memorial of $12,000, the interest of which is to go to Mrs. Reynolds during her life and the principal to revert to the conven- tion at her death. The needs of the work in the District will be set forth and plans urged to meet them. The address will, in fact, be an appeal to the Sunday school workers of the District for enlarged work. The Field Work. Asked for some of the interesting facts that will appear in his annual report as field worker and secretary, Mr. Johnson stated that one year ago the white Protest- ant evangelical schools numbered 150 and bave increased to 154, with a toal enroll- ment of 33,222, a gain of 1,125. The num- ber uniting with the churches from these schools the past year was 1,052. The greatest increase in enrollment re- ported is from the Presbyterians, with a total of 492. The Episcupa! is lead in the number of schools, with the Meth- odists coming second, with A very interesting feature of Mr. John- son’s report will be the growth of the home department in connection with the schools. Two years ago there were but two home departments in operation in the District; they now number 24, with a to- tal enrollment off 1,465. Result of the Canvass. In regard to the recent house-to-house visitation, made under the auspices of the union, Mr. Johnson said his report will in- clude the results uf the canvass, summariz- ed so far as figures can give them, as fol- lows: Total persons visited, 165,432; total persons between three and. twenty-one years of age not in Sunday school, 19,865; total persons not church members who express a church preference, 29,205; total persons not in Sunday school who express a willingness to join, 7,888; number of fam- illes and individuals found without Bibles, 3,965; total number invitetions given, 36,512. ‘The general statement concerning the movement will be: “At the convention one year ago the ex- ecutive committee of the Sunday School As- sociation was directed to organize and carry out a house-to-house canvass of the entire District. To carry out this work a board consisting of fifteen members and representing eight different denominations Was selected, and the date finally fixed upon was October 16. I shall tell the story of the canvass in the fewest words, because many of you shared in the work, and also because. at a later session there will be other reports which will give us a closer view and more of the details. “The District of Columbia was divided into 114 districts, each with a chairman to organize and superintend the canvass. A large majority of these chairmen were Sunday school superintendents. I think 1 express the opinion of the board that, though the plan of organization was sim- ple, It wauld not be changed if another fanyass. were to be made at some future ie, Experience as a Teacher. “Each member of the board of fifteen had the charge of and the supervision over 4 certain number of these 114 districts, and after the canvass looked after, or is look- ing after, the distribution of the informa- tion intended for the churches. We have learned that experience is a great teacher. While it was not a new or experimental mode of Christian work, so far as many cities and states were concerned, but seem- ingly thoroughly practical, yet it was a new thing for Washington. “The early date, October 16, did not al- low sufficient time after their return to the city jad banish vacations for some of vassers to beco! miliar with the matter they wore ae, sees Again, we found that two days, say Friday and Saturday, would have . a part of the churches, But in the main the have’ been encouraging. A great amount of has been se- ner, Miss Lizzie Wagner. Zion’s Lutheran, P. M.—Rey. A. Homrig- haus, pastor; Dr. G.. W. Graham, Mrs. Katie Herold, Miss Aggie Sauter, Miss Frances Wolf. Langdon—Rev. Thomas J. Clark, pastor; Mr. Henry Newman, superintendent; Mrs. J. J. Baker, Mrs. George Knupper, Mr. E. P. Sherman. Tenleytown—Rev. A. E. Spielman, Mr. A. E. Shoemaker, Mrs. Andrew Burga. Mr. H. C. Riley, Mrs. A. E. Shoemaker, Miss An- nie Wendell. Presbyterian Sunday Schools. Berwyn Cnapel—Mrs. H. P. Viles, super- intendent; Mrs. George Bewley, Miss Ida Joyner, Mrs. Ourand. Peck Memorial—Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, pastor; Mr. Henry B. F. McFarland, super- intcncent; Miss Childs, Miss Eugenia Cuth- bert, Mr. H. M. LeDuc, Miss Parker, Mrs. W. C. Pollock, Miss Elbertine Robinson, Mr. Leo. S. Shoenthal, Mrs. Josephine Simpson, Miss Tyler, Miss Wilber. . Protestant Episcopal. Epiphany, A. M.—Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, superintendent; Mirs Maria Bailey, Mr. James R. Eterson, Miss K. Evans, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Mcchlin, Miss Pendleton. The Brethren Sunday Schools. First—Rev. William M. Lyon, pastor; Mr. R. I. Garber, superintendent; Miss Vienna Detwiler, Mrs. Agnes E. Stod¢ard, Mr. G. F. Tabler. ‘The school designated in Saturday’s Star as Roseland Mission, Methodist Episcopal, skculd have been Resedale Mission. St. Alban’s, Tenleytowr—Rev. G. C. Bra- tenahl, Mrs. G. C. Bratenahl, Mrs. R. 8. Chew, Mrs. C. R. Peyton. > —__ ARMY AND NAVY NEWS. Defenses Staten dito Be ied Fort Newton. By direction of the President, the two batteries of ten-inch guns on Staten Island near Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., now desig- rated as the Clifton and Ravenna batter- ies, together with any adjacent defenses yet to be built, will hereafter be known and designated as Fort Newon, in honor of the late Gen. John N-wton, chief of engineers, U. S. A., whv for many years was in direct charge of the works in New York harber. Assistant Engineer S. E. Moses has been detached from the Monterey and, ordered rome with two months’ leave. Assistant Naval Constructor S. F. Smith has been ordered to the League Island navy yard. Sevond Lieut. Frederick B. Shaw, 5th In- faniry, is granted a three months’ leave of absence, on acccunt of disability. The following transfers are made in the 14th Infantry: First Lieut. Henry C. Ca- bell, from Company C to Company I; First Lieut. William 8S. Biddle, jr., from Com- pany I to Company C; First Lieut. Samuel Seay, jr., from Company D to Company K; First Lieut. Henry G. Learnard, from Company K to Company D. First Lieut. Edward T. Winston, 19th In- fantry, now at Fort Brandy, Mich., has been ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for medicai treatment. Chief Engineer W. W. Dungan has been €etachead from Cramps’ navy yard and will be retired. Paymaster J. Foster has been detached from the Vicksburg and erdered to the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard. Assistant Paymaster R. C. Schenck has been ordered to the Vicksburg. The gunboat Concord has arrived at San Francisco from Sitka, Alaska, and will be fitted out for service on the Chinese sta- tion. The gunboat Yorktown, which has just returned to San Francisco from a two years’ cruise in Asiatic waters, will be put cut of commission on the 10th proximo. Captain Frederick Rodgers has been or- dered to duty as president of the board of inspection and survey in place of Commo- dore Dewey, who has been ordered to re- lieve Commodore McNair of command of the Asiatic station. Commander John McGowan, formerly as- sistant chief of the bureau of navigation, and now in command of the training sta- ticn at Newport, is at the Ebbitt House for a few days. The United States ship Adams, now a training ship, has sailed from Magdalena Bay, Cal., with a number of apprentices aboard for Hilo, Hawaii. Secretary Long, has ordered the monitor Puritan to be detached from the North At- lantie squadron and sent to New York. There most of the ship’s company will be transferred to other vessels, where they are badly needed.- Captain Harrington, with perhaps three of his officers and a few sailors, will be left aboard the Puritan. The stores will not be dist@rbed, but other- wise the monitor will be practically out of commission. She is to be overhauled and supplied with new boilers. he cruiser Cincir nati arrived at Monte- video yesterday. The cruiser Raleigh has Bailed from Beyruth for Syria. The gun- beat Wheeling is at Mare Island. The cruiser Marblehead and the torpedo boat Foote are at Annapolis. The Wilmington hag sailed from Wilmington for Annapolis. The gunboat Anrapolis is at Tompkins- ville, N. Y., preparirg for a cruise in the West Indies. The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant Kenzie W. Walker, 9th Cav- alry, is extended four months on account of sickness. The assignments of officers to regiments are: First Lieut. Ross L. Bush, to the 25th Infantry; Additional Second Lieut. Edward A. Roche, 2st Infantry, to 15th Infantry, Company B. s Capt. Norton Strong, assistant surgeon, is granted a three months’ leave. Passed Assistant Surgeon S. S. White has been detached from the Concord and or- dered to the Wheeling. MAY MARRY MANY WIVES. But the Polygam Tied Sim A dispatch from Chicago says: According to a strict literal interpretation of the mar- riage law of Illinois a man may marry two wives simultaneously. The discovery of this point was brought about by a dispatch from Alabama saying that such a marriage would not be contrary to law in that state. Levy Mayer, an attorney of this city, says that in the Illinois law bigamy does not exist unless there has been a former valid marriage. By common law it was not punishable to marry a second time dur- ing the life of the matrimonial partner, and therefore the offense must be looked for in the statute. Under that statute a contemporaneous marriage of two hus- bands or two wives is not a crime. Not even “Bishop on Polygamy” contains anything to cover such a case, and the plain words of the criminal code of Illinois —‘a former husband or wife”—stand in the way of any punishment for the offense un- der discussion. Mr. Mayer says that of course any application of this reading of the law was entireiy mythical, but he and his associates admitted that if two women or two men got g minister to perform such a ceremony they would be committing no punishable offense. SS SS COUNT ESTERHAZY ANGRY: censed at Serious Charges Publish- ed in Paris Figaro. A dispatch from Paris yesterday says: SoS Sge a ak cco oe, Sets such a publication would be Mertz’s Bulletin today con® tains 4 price cuts that'll fit an im- portant need of most every one in town. Who'd pay full prices when specials like these show such savings? Terraline ...... 63c. Warner’s Kidney & Liver Cure..... Listerine ...... 69c. COO COCO eee eeeeeeeeees ported tooth brushes 25c. (The kind that bold the bristles.) We sell Allegretti’s famous Chocolates and Bon Bons. DANDRUFF Causes loss of hair. Cooper's Ma Success ccmoves and cures dendruff. SOc. bottle. eoeeoeoes . : PS . . . . . ° ° ° ° ° . . ° ° . PS ° . . ° ° ° . ° . . MERTZ’S Pharmacy, lith and F. tescee eee cee POC LPS ISPOHE TED OLEH ODEOOD Rudolph, West & 1004 F ‘st. and 522 10th, —There are still some of the Razors here stamped with the $ old firm name—J. H. Chesley 3 & Co. To have things in keep- 3 ing with the new firm all such 2 stock will be closed out at any cost. e taken hold of the Razors ck noth- perfection--although = WE guarantee them without restriction. ont at us suggest them as presenta, if they are to be sold at For the 815 $2.00 Razor ey best grade of st:el returna if not satisfactory. A few of the best sizes stil left For the Razors that sold as bich ax ®8. Th» popula~ C lym ba bant-the very best Rezor in the world tewpercd by electricity — guaran- teed un onditionally. Handsome cases go with them, $2. and i $2.25 The Very Best ?Weather DDOLLPDRVO SD OOOH OS OOD OD OH POPPI PEPE POOP OEP LOOYG PEPPER OEPT EES PEDO TS OF 9ODOOOD 99 O 994 6 FFF 0SCCOS OOD ¢Strip, AC. ad 9 > —Notice we say “very best.” We 2 handle nothing that has any chance of being complained of. We so 4 the same quality goods fer lige. it ‘aASON, We alone quote the t Tow price of 1% come this season e Made of good felt that will not up and tear off. Better see + us about weather stripping. ¢The Columbia Pneumatic Door $ 75 2Sprigg & Check, Closes doors and catches them 4 Without slamming. Adjustable to > € 8 POCCO OTF GE FL DFC O OOOO OFT O TTPO OS HOHE ED TIH IO OOD heavy or tight doors. Made of gilt HEAT. Thoxe Handsome Japanned Grates HO OSOBE VOY Rudolph, West & Co. Successors to J. H. Chesley & Co., 1004 F St. & 522 10th. Bt it PODOFPSSEOOOPEEO PESOS OOOOOD POPPED PDOO oe Bargain Sale. hester’s Pennyragal Pills. ott’s Emulsion. . on. Kolb Pharmacy, not-3m_ 438 7TH ST., COR. E N.W. ‘ 4 ‘Cut in Halfil , tains so many good po at such a low) ‘ price. Gre Coke a trial! > 40 bu. Uncrushed Coke. $2.90 { 40 bu. Crushed Coke... $3.70 ; 4 Washington Gaslight Co.) 413 Tenth St N.W,, Or at the following places: Enxst Station, 12th and M sts. s.e. ‘West Station, 26th and G sts. u.w. Gas Appliance Ex., 1424 N. ¥. ave. DoBs-284 Swe rarer wv we we we we ww Jno. B. Espey’s Steelcarvers,$1 pr. Mode by one of the best makers in all Bob merit. Fully guaran ‘request.