Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenus, Oor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Ne Company, BH. RAUFFMANN Pres't ——— New York Offce, —— 3 te ie ts in et bp caritcs, on thelr Own account, at 10 cent Reenter Soe each "Sy allanprbers tn the cont Taited States or postage Dp! cents per menth. Saturday Qrirtuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, as second-cla. 3 mail matter.) {7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on applicat: “S-SHOES SHINED FREE—939 Pa. ay. geror Open Late Friday Night! Open Half Day New Year's! Slippers For New Year's Receptions, Reduced from $3 ” $1.98. ,A most opportune reduction. New Year's offering to have reduced our the As lady na D198 The satins are in black, white and all evening shades. The Patent Leathers bave the new toe. 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O., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. | If you want to buy, sefl or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many pcople as read any other paper. WE NEED HAWAII Ss Toteresting Letter Addressed to Sen- ator John T, Morgan. RESULT OF A LONG EXPERIENCE Value of the Islands‘in a Com- mercial and Military Sense. OPPORTUNITY > A GOLDEN Col. Charles T. Eagan, assistant commis- sary general of subsistence of the United States army, has written a letier to Sena- tor Morgan upon the subject of the anneaa- tion of Hawaii, which will be read with in- terest. Colonel Eagan has been a resident of the Pacific coast for twenty-five years and claims to be thoroughly familiar with Hawaiian trade and its vast importance to country, which, he says, he has seen the life blood of San Mrancisco duzing the recent years of depression, giving em- ployment to a fleet of sailing ships ant steamers, all flying the American flag; em- ploying our wharves, laborers, teamsters, mechanics, foundries, mills and sugar re- fineries, in addition to the purchase from our merchants of about $5,000,000 annually ndise, much of which 1s produced the Miss Colonel Eagan con’ “So importa Paci‘ic coast tha ate, a petition from th ‘O representing is trade to the e now, in the Sen- » people of San F e $500,000,000; nd in this connection, it may be truthfully suid that if put to a vote the people of the Fa- cific coast, uside from the few centrolied or directed by the sugar trust and its part- ners and agents, would vote overwhelming- ly for annexation. The importance of this ues in the fact that they are familiar with this subject and know the value from ail standpoints and also know the gra anger that lies in failure to annex tne Hawailan isiands now. The Beet Sugar Interest. “It is contended by self-constituted advo- cates of the beet sugar industry that an- n of the Hawaiian Islands will in- rfere with the profitable production of beet sugar in this country and to support this contention they have resorted to the statement, formally proclaimed, that labor- in the Haw werk for $3 per month and board. As you know from per- senal examination that this is unqualitiedly false I will not go into facts and figur Oisprove it. The fact is, though not erally known, that no matter how much beet sugar we may eventually produce in this country we still must have cane sugar nd far more than the amount that can, or ever will be produced in the United States Any candy manufacturer will verify this But, in any case, there is no danger what- ever to the beet sugar grower of the United ‘tates. Who shall say, seriously, that we can produce in the next twenty years enough beet sugar to fill the requirements ef this country which are at present more 4,08) tons. Colonel Sellers alone : ‘ather such a proposition. By the time we begin to produce beet sugar ap- proximating our present requirements the inerease of our population will require far more than the comparatively small output of Hawaiian cane sugar, and it mus: stated here that the maximum Hawaiian production has been reached, for all th lands of the islands suitable for sugar are already under cultivation. Opportunities for White Men. “It has been asserted by those interested in preventing the annexation of these islands that Hawaii is not a place for white labor. This contention seems verified be- cause at present there is little white labor there, but nelther was there any white labor in the hot valleys of California be- fore it became a part of this country, and it was alleged that white labor could not ever be used there. These valleys are now full of white labor. We all~know white lubor does not emigrate from the United States, but, as in other cases, when we acquire the territory and once plant our flag there, Americans will promptly show that they can and will labor in Hawalti, wkere the temperature is much lower and not so enervating as in the hot valleys of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin above referred to. “Already many young men have gone from California to Hawaii in anticipation of annexation, to make it their home; to build up the coffee and other promising industries. On this point I beg to quote here from the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the ablest newspapers in America. In the issue of December 15, 1897, it sa: ‘The attempt to make it appear that Ha-| waii is not a suitable place for white la- bor rests on the assumption that nothing can be raised there but sugar cane. This overlooks the enormous possibilities of cof- fee, bananas and pineapples, and the onen- ings for skilled labor in every trade. There is as much or more coffee acreage on the breezy upiand and mountain sides of Ha- waii as there is sugar land on the plains, and it is full of invitation to the white man of small means. Today the wages of white labor are higher in Hawali than they are on the coast, but are nothing to what they would be if the islands should fill_up with a productive white popula- tion engaged in raising products which al- ways bring large returns.’ For Men of Small Means. “Hawaii presents peculiarly favorabie in- ducements to men of families and small means; precisely such as constitute the mainstay of a country in peace and war, and a class we are all most anxious to en- courage and increase. The first, or maiden crop of the coffee tree in Hawaii, is one pound to the tree; the second bearing is fully two pounds to @ tree. The tree be- gins bearing when three and a half vears old. A man of family and small means can do all his own work, and forty acces of coffee can be easily cared for by him- self and family, the pruning and picking being the easiest kind of labor. The Ha- waiian coffee is unequaled for excellence, and commands from 2 to 3 cents per pound more than the finest grade of Costa Rica or Guatemala coffee in the market of San Francisco. Hawaiian coffee is selling there now at from 18 to 20 cents per pound, and the regret on all sides is that there is so little of it. It is so superior that it needs no blending or mixing with any other coffee, and, in the language of a sen- ator of the United States who recently vis- ited the coffee plantations of Hawaii, my sons among them, ‘it is so good that the cooks carnot spoil it.’ “Believing that President McKinley's course in recommending the annexation of these islends was, and is, wise, patriotic ard in strict accord with his high office; that his intentions and views are state: manlike and far-seeing to a most pre- eminent degree, and in the true interest of the constantly growing needs and require- ments of this whole country, I felt and ‘still feel, as do so many others, that the Cergress of the United States will wisely and patriotically second his efforts to se- cure to us this paradise of the Pacific, and plant our flag there, never again to be pulled down while one American lives, Other Nations Want Hawail. “The commercial side of the proposition is by no means the most important. It is mere folly to assume that other nations do not want Hawaii. Their unconcealed NAVAL ACADEMY BUILDINGS 4n the Last Stages of Decay and Should Be Replaced. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Details the Need of New Structures to Main- tain Efficiency of the Service. According to Assistant Secretary Roose- velt, the United States Naval Academy is in a deplorable condition, so far as the buildings are concerned. He describes the sitvation as follows: “The Government Naval School at An- napolis, which has done such literally in- valuable service in turning out naval offi- cers of as high a type as have ever been, in the navy of any naticn, has had to work under difficulties in the way of material which have steadily grown, until the time has come when scmething must be done in the way of a remedy. The school was founded under Secretary Bancroft, and it is a monument to his memory such as few men are privileged to leave; but he was obliged to begin it practically on his own responsibility, and with hardly even the grudging assent of the authorities. Since then it has grown little by little, in an al- most haphazard way, and the buildings of ich it was composed were not con- ucted in accord:nce with any general plan; and the only note of harmony among them is in their condition of utter decay end of unsuitableness for the purposes for which they are used. If they were merely unsuitable, if it were merely desirable thai eplaced by others, built in ac- ice with a general scheme to turn the Annapolis Academy into what it should be as a training school for the nation’s na- val officers, it might be advisable to wait hefore seeking to reconstruct them. But it is not possible to wait, because the build- ings are not merely unsuitable, but are for » most part in the last stages of decay. you know, we have just been obliged to tear down one of the main buildings be- catse its condition was so dangerous as not only to forbid any one going inside of it, but to jeopardize the buildings round about. At the present moment, in conse- quence, the students are reciting in attics and spare rooms in various out of the way places, while the paymaster has formally rotified the department that he cannot be responsible for the stores when there is no place in which they can properly be kept; end we have asked Congress for an emer- gency sum of $5,000 with which to build a tcmporary shed until some permanent Luitding can be provided. The building which has thus been torn down is merely the worst an.ong several, of which the rest are nearly as Vad. The walls are kept in pesition only by being propped up from without, this being especially true of the armory and boat house, the two buildings in which the cadets are to receive the training upon the essential points of the profession for which t are to be fitted. _ no proper facility in the way of a or for the torpedo boats and training ship, on which the cadets should. get their first taste of real work, which is to be the business of their lives, Pressing Necessities. “I deem it therefore of the utm im- portance that Congress should be asked, not only to relieve the immediate and pr ing necessities of the academy, but to lieve them in such a manner as to prepare the way fos a general scheme of rebuilding the academy on a coherent and well- thought-out plan. It would take a number of years to rebuild the academy on this plan, and although it would be to th ad- vantage of the service, and in the e: also economically advantageous to rebuild it in three o t, if necessary, dou- ble or treble this time could be taken, and the expenses thus distributed over so long a term that after the first year it would bs but slight. When this plan nas at last been carried out, therefore, the Naval Academy wlil be a coherent whole of which each part will be perfect both in itself and in relation to the other parts. We shall then have a Naval Academy not extrava- gantly built, made primarily for use and not show, and yet one in which the nation can take the heartiest pride because it will in every way be a fit training school for such a naval service as ours. “The immediate and pressing needs are an armory, a boathouse and a power house, together with the grading thus made neces- sary, the rebuilding of the officers’ quar- ters, rendered necessary by putting the armory where it should be, and the dredg- ing and building of a sea wall so as to pro- vide for the basin in which the training ship and torpedo boats should lie. Appropriations Desired. “Therefore, what we need at once is an appropriation as follows: First, $50,000 to construct the line of sea wall on the river side, and for dredging. and filling in as necessary. The use of the material dredg- ed to fill in wil! provide the necessary ex- tension of the parade ground. The basin which will be made by this dredging is needed for reasons set forth above. We hope eventually to have not only a train- ing ship, but also torpedo boats, launches and the like; but we should first have a suitable basin in which they can lie, “A new armory and boat house are in- dispensible; $500,000 apiece should be ap- ed ‘for these. The present armory and boat house are condemned, and may tumble down at any time. They could be replaced for a slightly less sum than $300,- 000 apiece, but in that case the buildings would be merely makeshifts, whereas for this sum they can be made to last perma- nently. Each should be built as it ought to be in case the general scheme is carried out, so tha: each will be a part of this gen- eral scheme; but even should it not be car- ried out for many years the armory and boat house are indispensible and will have to be built anyhow, and they can best be put up in acccrdance with the accompany- ing plan. It is in these two buildings that the cadets are drilled in the special and dis- tinetive duties of their profession, and it is in the highest degree unwise not to provide at once for their erection in suitable form.” “In order te place the armory where it should_be placed, four blocks of houses for officers’ quarters will have to be removed from where they are and placed where they should ultimately be whenever the new scheme is carried out. This would cost some $60,000, ~ “Furthermore, we need a first-class pow- er house. The present buildings are make- shifts and will have to be replaced. When replaced the work should be done thor- oughly and in permanent form. This will cost $100,000. “Finally, - $90,000 will be needed for grad- ing, the electric lignt wiring, removing old buildings, etc., as rendered necessary in carrying out the above work. “If this program ts adopted it will permit of continuing the orderly conduct of the academic routire. The buildings which can best be spared will be removed first, and those which are to occupy the vacant sites will be erected, precedence being given to the erection of such indispensible struc- tures as the armory, boat house and power house. In these three cases the present buildings are unsafe and have been con- demned. We cannot continue to use them very much longer. They must be replaced. When replaced, the work should certainly be done in permanent form and in such FOR CARRYING THE MAILS Tncreasing the Efficiency of the Post Office Department. Three Recent Important Inventions by Officials Which Will Shortly Be Used in the Service. Three important’ inventions, designed to promote the cfficiency of the Post Office Department in the matter of carrying the mails, have just been made public. The most important is a railway mail pouch, provided with a mouth or opening so con- structed as to be instantaneously closed. The pouches now in use are all equipped with rather intricate devices for locking and closing. One side of the bag is made a little longer than the other and provided with metallic faced sléts which engage staples on the other side. Through these staples a strap is passed, the end being locked to the last one. Considerable time was lost in locking this bag, and in the railway mail service, where every sec- ond counts, it is absolutely necessary to equip the service; with devices calculated to save time. The new bag, which is the invention of Superintendent Severe, Inspector McMur- ray and Chief Graham, is an ingenious de- vice, simple in comstruction and easy and certain in action. ; After the pouch) is formed it is laid flat and the sides of the mouth folded over, forming a triangular head. A portion of the peak of this head is cut off, leaving a single gusset on the side. On the front and back of this a portion is cut off, and to it stitched a section of leather, running cross- wise, five and a half inches deep, the length according to the width of the bag. In the center of these two sections of leather is cut a slot crosswise, extending through the material, the slots being rein- forced by brass grommets. On the side extending across the mouth of the bag is attached a section of leather or flap, four inches and a half deep and the length of the side of the mouth of the bag. Near each end of these two section flaps is cut a slot or hole, running lengthwise and re- inforced by brass grommets, so arranged as to be in line with the slots in the sec- tion of the leather on the front and back. On the back of the mouth of the pouch is a leather flap fastened by rivets and burrs of sufficient width to fold over the mouth of the pouch when closed. On the end of this flap is a staple or keeper, long enough to extend through all:the slots, which are in line and come together when the mouth of the bag is closed. To this staple the lock which ures the bag is attached. The advantages claimed for this bag are an increase of the mouth area and quick- ness in closing and securing the same. New Kind of Saddle Bag. Another invention is’ a new kind of sad- dle bag for carrying the mail, designed by Superintendent Severe. The present bag is made entirely of ieather, and beside being very expensive is very perishable, the sweat from the horses back éasily destroy- ing it. The new bag combines durability with cheapness, the cost belpg very ma- terially less than that of the present bag. ‘This new bag is mdde of a combination of extra heavy canvas and leather, pads of the latter being stitched to the canvas where it comes in contact with the horse. Two wearing services are thus provided, one of leather and the other of canvas. A third invention is the conceit of Mr. Fernangez, a resident of Washington, and consists simply of squarirg the bottom of a mail bag, whereby mail matter, especially publications, may be more compactly bag- ged. These inventions are all the property of the United States and will shortly be used in connection with the service. ——____ + e+ —_____ THE RUSH TO THE YUKON. Likely to Surpass That to California and South Africa. Mr. A. E. Smith, United States consul at Victoria, B. C., has made a ort to the State Department on the Klondike gold country, in the course of which he says: “All the advices that reach here indicate that the rush in 1849 to California, and later, Lo South Africa, will be eclipsed by the rush of gold seekers headed for the Yukon in the early. months of 1898. The | crowd is coming not only from this con- tinent, but from the old world and the antipodes. The desire is to get the Cana- dian government to open an all-Canadian route to the gold fields and to enact such tariff laws as will make it to the interest of miners to purchase their outfits in Can- ada. The transportation companies have, by purchase or lease, secured ocean steam- ers suflicient to make daily lines between this port and St. Michaels, Dyea, Skaguay, Fort Wrangell, &c. 2 : “The Klondike stratum runs in the di- rection of Alaska, and mines there are paying as well as those in Canada. The miners in Alaska make their own laws. There is no tax upon them, and no ques- tions of nationality are asked any more than in the Klondike région. The tem- perature in winter goes to 70 degrees below zero, but the air is still and dry, and is really no harder to endure than 35 degrees below in Montana,” = he FILING THEIR APPLICATIONS. Inventors Who, Have Obtained Fore- ign Patents. Inventors who have obtained foreign pat- ents are taking advantage of the last few days of the time before the new law goes into effect to file their applications for patents in the Unfted States patent office, and every steamer from the other side ar- riving brings a number of applications. According to the record-kept by Acting Commissioner Greéley, there were 375 ap- plications received “Tuesday, the largest number ever filed fn one day. At the present time the Jaw relating to the filing of applications for United States patents after forelgn patents have been issued permits the filing of the applications at any time during thé life of the foreign patent, the office s 'S recognizing the foreign patent as an anticipation of any device for which application is made in this country covering the same idea, When, however, the United States patent issued here, instead of running the seventeen years that is us it only exists during the life of. the foreign patent, which is granted for fourteen years. For instance, suppose a patent issues in Great Britain, and two years later an- American patent is applied for and grdnged. The United States patent lives only for twelve years, that be- ing the unexpired“term of the foreign pat- ent. The new law, jwhich the foreign in- ventors are seeking to anticipate by filing their applications.in this country before it goes into operation, stipulates that no ap- plication for United States patent will be received, after seven months have elapsed from the issuance of the foreign patent. To offset the disadvantages this rule might entail the new syer¥, generously gives as a United shape as ultimately to fit in with the gen-| the foreign pat: . eral scheme presented by Capt. Cooper. ~ Lose the full Hfe of a regular Uni “While Ree not pecesacy oe definitely ‘ates patent and protects it: for. seventeen to adopt general scheme, yet very.| years. ~ rey : es ps urgertly recommend that it be so adopted| It is camected tit: Foam OF. by the department and that every effort | tions will be pean ith be made to induce Congress in its wisdom = Accepts. to consider it as the scheme which would carefully over it with ANNUAL REUNION The Banquet of the Union Soldiers’ Alliance Last Night. LARGE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS Some Excellent Speeches in Re- sponse to Toasts. THE NEW OFFICERS —_+——_. The Union Soldiers’ Alliance held its an- nual banquet at the Ebbitt House last night. The members and guests began to assemble about 8 o'clock and by the time the line of march was taken up the at- tendance numbered nearly a hundred. A century is the limit of membership of this organization, but many are unavoidably absent, though their plates are gen- erally filled by guests of those who attend. Before proceeding to the dining room the company enjoyed themselves pleasantly in the red parlor, where a bowl of punch stimulated them for the active work to come. Among old soldiers there is no lack of stories of camp and army life and some excellent tales were told of “battles, sieges, fortunes,” they had passed. At 9 o’clock the command “fall in” was given by the proctor, E. H. Klemroth, and the members and their guests in ranks of two marched to the dining room, where they were greet- ed by some excellent music by Schroeder's orchestra, and seated themselves at three long tables arranged in the form of the letter U. At the main table sat the retiring presi- dent, Dr. A. J. Huntoon, and the president for the current year, John J. Harrower, and several of the more prominent guests, among whom were Commissioner of Pen- sions Evans, Representative D. P. Leib- hardt of Indiana, H. A. Castle, the Post Office Departmen auditor for the War Departmen Morris, auditor for the Navy Depa |. M. Ewing, deputy auditor for the Navy Department; Messrs. W. H. Hills, T. J. Shannon, F. H Thomas and W. B. Easton. After the discussion of an excellent menu the recently elected offic were installed. These were as follow: Harrower; fi son; second vice pr third vice president, Wm. Howard Gibson; secretary, John L. Heupel (twentieth re- election); assistant secretary, John R. Col- lette (eighth re-election); treasurer, Samuel C. Lovejoy (eighteenth re-election); proc- tor, Edgar H. Klemroth (ninth re-election). The Speech-Making. President Harrower then assumed the duties of toast master, after making an extremely happy speech of thanks for his selection to preside over the organization. His introductions of the speakers were pleasant and graceful, and the remarks were generally above the average post- prandial talk. The regular toasts were as follows: “Our comrade, the President of the United States,” responded to by N. M. Brooks; “The merican Volunteers,” by Geo. P. Davies; “Two million young pa- triots,”” by James H. Bradford; * the republic,” by S. S. Burdet: comrade: drank in silence, and “The Fruits of our service and sacrifices,” by Chas. King. Other speakers were Comumis- sioner Evans, Auditors Brown, Morris and Castle, and Deputy Auditor Ewing, all of whom were in full accord with the spirit of the occasion in their remarks. Mr. Geo. H. Lillibridge sang “The Mountaineer” so well that an encore was emphatically de- manded, in response to which he gave his own composition, “Day Break at Appomat- tox,” with stirring effect. During the even- ing a group picture of the alliance was pre- sented by Wm. A. Johnston, chairman of the committee appointed to arrange for it. The entire reunion was voted one of the most enjoyable in the history of the alliance, List of Members. The members of the alliance, most of whom were present, are as follows: Wm. P. Seville (Prest., 1879), Ist Del. Inf.; Sam- uel C, Lovejoy, 1st Me. Cav.; John L, Heu- pel, 46th N. Y. Inf.; Newton M. Brooks (Prest., ’87), 12th N. J. Inf.; Harrison Ding- man (Prest., ’81-82), 14th N. Y. In M. Edgar, llth Mo. Cav @rest., '91), Ist U. S. Col. H. Art.; Chas. C. Royce (Prest., 1885), U. S. N.; John Gilmore, Ist W. Va. Cav.; James Coleman, Ist D. of C. Inf; Abraham Hart (Prest., 1890), 73d Penn. Inf.; Zach. E. Thomas, ith Mo. Cav.; Edgar H. Klemroth, 6t Penn. Cay.; Rob’t 8. Lytle, U. wm Howard is, 14th Inf.; Frank B. Miller, 91st Penn. Inf.; Henry B. Bennett, 7th Mass. Inf.; Benjamin Engel, 24 U. ; Frank T. Howe (Prest., ’’ 2 » Inf.; Wm. B. Morgan, 149th Penn. Stephen M. Barrows, hh Me. Inf.; William Blasland, Ist Mass. Cav.; Wm. Gibson (Prest., "88), Purnell Legion, Md. Inf.: Charles D. A. Loeffler, 5th U. S. C: John G. Macgregor, Sth Minn. Inf. E. Coon, 23d Y. Inf.; Martin Hoyberger, 2d _U. S. Art.; Wm. G. Moore, National Rifles, D, of C.; Charles King, U. S. A.; Delavan W. Harrington, 44th N. Y. Inf.: Robert H. Morton, 133d Ohio Inj Geo. A. Bartlett (Prest., ’89), Ist M H. Art.: Samuel S. Burdett (Prest., '86), Ist Iowa Cav.; Thomas M. Steep, 8th Penn. Re- serves; Almyne H. G. Richardson, 114th Penn, Inf.; Augustus S. Worthington, 9sth Ohio Inf.; S. Willard Saxton, U. S. ols. George H. French, 12th Mass. Inf.; Lewis K. Brown, Purnell Legion, Md. Inf.: Orange S. Firmin, 7th Conn. Inf.; Bernard T. Janney (Prest., '93), 197th Pa. Inf.; Geo. U. Rose, U. S. A.; Wm. Howard Gib- son, 7th Pa. Reserves; Wm. J. Johnston, 44th N. Y. Inf.; Frank A. Butts, 47th N. Y. Inf.; Frank H. Sprague, Ist R. I. Cav.; Charles Lowell, 7th Me. Inf.; Edward R. Campbell, 11th Vt. Inf.; Chas. E. Hartung, Bist N. J. Albert W. 7 ¥. Inf.; John Cameron, 3d Pa. Cav.; Adolph Berger, 1st La. Cav.; James L. Davenport, 40th Wis. Inf.; Samuel A. Lewis, 1st R. I. Cav.; Elnathan Meade, 44th N. Y. Sohn S. Stodder (Prest., '96), Alva S. Taber, 19th U. S. Inf.; Collette, 7th Ky. Inf.; Henry A» Robbins @rest., 94), U. S. A.; John M. Young, 31st N. J. Inf.; Levi P. Wright, 1st Mass. H. Art.; Albion B. Jameson, 6th Pa. Reserves; James B. Carter, 83d N. Y. Inf.; Frank P. Gross, 9th U. 8. Cav.; Joseph O. Manson, ith Tenn. M’t’d Inf.; Octavius L. Pruden, lith N. J. Inf.; Geo..H. Lillebridge, 14th Conn. Inf.; Andrew J. Huntoon (Prest., '07) 12th N. H. Inf.; John J. Harrower, 2a Conn. H. Art.; George E. Corson, 17th U. lvert F. Brooks, 13th Mass. Inf.; Fred. Brackett, 6th Me. Inf.; Sam’l C. Mills, U. 8. Army; August Donath, 224 Mass. Ini Wm. H. Doolittle, 14ist Penn. Int.; Wm: Irving, 38th Ohio Inf.; Henry Casey, Ist U. 8. Cav.; La Fayette Knapp, 1llth N. Y. Inf.; Howard L. Prince, 20th Me. Inf.; Jas. H. Bradford, 12th Conn. Inf.; Joseph W. Kirkley, Ist Md. Inf.; Wm. H. Partridge, @ith N. Y¥. Inf.; John McElroy, 16th Til. Cav.; James D. Brady, 63d N. Y. In‘ 8. i) Sedeteededetetete Thinkof it. $@)-97 . For Made-to-order Suits of Fine Plaid, Check and Mixed Cheviots—Single or Dcuble-breasted styles. Sedeeedenehcrttnencrannteenntetga We venture to say that, if you are not acquainted with the wonderfully rare and great values that our extra sales always un- furl, you'll be astonished at the excellence of these suits for so little money. Come down and glance at our window display of the cloths--they’Il give you a slight idea of the large ar- ray of effects and weaves --order one and you'll find from the splendid manner they will be tai- lored that you’ve struck the biggest valuesin “taj- lordom.” It is always this way with us. Mertz and Mertz, “New Era’’ Tailors, 906 F St. N.W. Sededetetedededeteteteceteceedececedegy due to the efforts of the following commit- tee of arrangements: Bernard T. Janney, chairman; Jameson, John McElroy, Henry Casey, L: man F. Cushing, James B. Carter, Lewis K. En An Englewood (N. J.) Miss Emma Marshall is extremely pretty and nineteen years old. She is vivacious, fond of attention and simply adores danc- i and every one regards her as a most proper ing. Wm. H. Doolittle, Albion B. Brown, Saml. C. Lovejoy. ——_*-- GIRL FINED FOR KISSING. Blewood, N. J., Her $10 for Offense. atch says: She is studying telegraphy, aid respectable young woman. Nevertheless, she was fined $10 for dis- orderly conduct by the recorder Christmas eve. If the recorder’s law is good every pretty girl is in danger, Marshall wes disorderly in that she openly permitted young men to make love to her. An envicus maiden, said to be a relative of Mayer-elect Van Wyck of New York, saw Miss Marshall kiss a young man, and A warrant charging her with disorderly conduct was issued. Miss Van Wyck gave -her testimony with made a complaint. unrelenting severity. When she left the witness stand Miss Marshall's lawyer said the charge was so culous that he would not put in a de- His pretty client, confident of ac- quittal, smiled while the recorder summed up.the case—smiled until his last words ri fense. Jersey is a nice place, I must sa: Miss Van Wyck walked out of court tri- ‘Ten dollars fine.” exclaimed the fair cep aed Well, What!” n dollars fine for being kiss: umphantly. The case will be appealed. ———— KILLED ON HIS WEDDING DAY. Georgin Girl Robbed of Her Pro: A special to the Philadelphia Times from Dix The bride was waiting, came not. senger pective Husband at the Altar. ‘on, Ga., says: way to the house. A strange coincidence is being mentioned. Two years ago Clarke Westbrook and M Gussie DeCannon were engaged to be mar- ried. On the wedding day the bride-elect died. Now it is the groom-elect. The assistant secretary of the navy, to whom was referred the subject of the mer- its of fire-proofed wood for use in the con- struction of warships, the material is adapted for the construc- tion of bulkheads, and should be so used, but which are not so much exposed to destruc- ion by fire, and where the wood loses its virtue of resisting fire through the absorp- ———__+ e+ —__ Merits of Fireproof Wood. that it is not suitable for use in decks, tion of moisture. Justice Assessed law for Miss but the groom The smiling guests wondered and whispered. Everything was ready at the home of Jamer Martin for the wedding of his daughter Ada and Clarke Westbrook, both prominent young people. hour had been set for the ceremony, and after it the bride and groom were to leave on an extended tour. The guests were in a state of suspense and anxiety when a mes- dashed up to the house and an- nounced that the bridegroom was dead. He had been killed in a runaway while on the An early has reported that es A STACE BEAUTY. REDUCED IN FLESH AND MADE WELL AND MORE COMELY bY DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND 8ALT—READ WHAT MISS SADIE STEPERNS SAYS OF THIS TREATMENT DON'T RE FAT AND SICK IN HOT WEATHER. “Walpole, Mass., Jno. 21, 1897. Messrs. Lot & Co. Gentlemen: During the past month I have been taking Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt for reduction in weight, also for shortness of breath, and find that they have done all that Is Qdvertised. 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