Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898-16 PAGES. ; LR tnt DP eet eolt S while this stock-reducing sale is the others. er priced ones—and we're sacrificing them like this. steds in the prev: montagnacs in the overcoats. Buy them on the easy-paying plan if you like—and arrange the yourself. Every honest person has that privilege accorded him. ness—a way that has many imitators. We've divided the suits and overcoats up into two lots—the medium It’s You don’t have to pay a single penny for Hecht’s credit system. $11, $12 & $14 suits & overcoats, $7.90. $16, $18 & $22 suits & overcoats, $10.90. Suits and overcoats for most half the regular first-of-the-season prices—that’s all you'll have to pay in progress. It’s our way of getting the stock down to normal—we're satisfied to take cost until we do it. That the opportunity is a great one we've no need to tell. Think a moment what you are offered—the finest ready-to-wear garments money can buy—Hecht-made, and that means all that’s best in tailoring—at but a trifle more than half usual prices. "Yisn’t like buying old, “made for a sale” clothing. We haven't any to sell—we'll leave that for priced garments and the high- A splendid variety of styles and nobby effects to select from—stylish cheviots, cassimeres and wor- iling fashion of plaids, checks and fancy mixtures in the suits and kerseys, beavers and periods of payment to please Hecht’s own way of doing busi- And ve these fine, ¢ lusive garments for so little. Choice of $10, | Choice of coats $12 and $15 coats, which sold up to $9, $5.00. $3.75, x tan covert, black and consisting of those handsome black Per- = tentcle coats—one and | sian lamb cloth jackets—with half satin twa U-silk lined and | «thers mang lined with | Huing—high storm collers—newest fronts satin some high | ul ceat backs garments which are very sterm collars a ~~ of the ecllars are | cheap at $6, $8 and $9. Your choice for _ | sm of intatd very cheap at which were ¥ Snow go for Unparalleled wrap values. own time is given you to pay for them. No wrap house in town offers the equal of Choice of $18, $20 and $22 coats, $8.98. immense — lot—consisting most fashionable garments—the choicest creations of this noted manufacturer. Coats of tan whipcord, tan — covert, plain kersey—-in black, blue or brown; some with plain velvet collars—some With inlaid velyet collars—all silk or satin lined—some trimmed with straps of samc— some fancy stitched—$5.98 instead of $18 to $22. An of the A wonderful cut in capes. % $8.98 capes, $3.49. | $12.98 capes, $5.98. Ks Peres | $18.98 capes, $7.98. pes—silk lined 9. The choice of those ‘h Saltz’s seal = plush capes, with fronts and collars trim- pe 5 7 med with Thibet and Hned with rhadame $15 capes, $3.98. The choice of any best silk seal plush sold for $8.98 for $2 short Saltzs which and the choice of the 30-inch ones of \ | silk same—which sold up to $i5.05—go for $5.98 and §7.98, zespectively. ine astrakhan sulin oiaee y stra in 29 ae ee | $25 capes, $15. <= fur and those braid? cheviot capes—which All the fine « tri: seal capes —which sold = sold ap to $15—for $3.98. | for $25—go for $15 Bs = #93 . e = $6.50 silk waists, $3.49. $7 skirts, $3.98. > se bleck taffeta waists, ' = les, which ie $0.50 aa | ‘A lot of black crepon, cheviot, serge and = = Es | raised novelty skirts—which sold up to $7— -| $ 9c. for feit hats Beer se fur botle ladies and chi i | $80 and in all colors—and some 5 Zoos bien as $1 Spat awy ant : ; 1 9 skirts, $4.98. $3 skirts, $1.29. | $ »$ pO BRE RS fide ts A lot of the very handsomest brocaded silk eteen bound-§5 | skirts—the large scroll figures whic are so stylish—to go for $4.98. ‘ Between the hours of 9 and I1 tomorrow morning and 3 and 5 tomorrow evening we shall offer a lot of ladies’ plaid wool waists—made with yoke back—detachable white linen collars—splendid fitting gar- ment—which are being sold all over for $1.25—for 49 cents. Not more than one to a buyer. $1.50 & $2 wrappers, 69c. ‘The choice will be given you of a lot of the finest flannelette—the best fleece-lined aval da lot of elderdown wrappers— some plain and some with ruffles and bratd trimming—all with separate waist lining— full skirts and Watteau backs—none which erer before sold for less than $1.50, and many sold for $2—the best made wrappers ever pat on the market. Your cholee while the lot lasts—and it won't last long— for 69c. $4.50 to $6 reefers, $2.98. | Viaid-tined rs, finished with tons, i 3 to & tine verombe eb to 1¢— collar with ke ‘They're all double-breasted j styles, and there are but one | and of a sort, but they"re fine all-wool suits, | atest patterns and dito d plaid li any pert of the season h fine.y made reefers been offered little money, smd the enterprise of Cs in offering them will, we eciated. S instead of $4.50 two in the n trust, » $6. up to $7, for $1.75 & $2 derbies & alpines, 95c. | dai and the We make ent in the hats. Lot of men's derbies and alpines in the newest whieh have been $1.75 ul: ~ dewr to 9 cents—to reduce AM the men's wi for 2c. tor your r caps which you se holce. one table—which sold for 30e. on and 7: Choice of blue or black cheriots or fancy cassimere long pants suits, 2 lots suits and lot of pants sacrificed. |.$3 Suits, $1.39. | $7 Suits, $3.98. | 12'4c. S00 fairs ef boys’ | —the regular 25e. which sold 8. ) worthful pants, 25c. knee pants, good, well-made cheviot knee pants values—go for this day at 12%c. pair— whieh ts an absurdly low price, covsidering that they are good, Seteidetesteatesteatosteteatetestetentestetesteteseetetoatertenteneatoesteteateteatetoaesterietoigcteegteeetesoidsontentrsgeste trator erinsntesotaetospeoddeo rer ED Rh cc Bi AAPA ll i A SALI i Et INSEE OO it SC EEA EC ESE OES htt A th De i A ie Ole LES BLESS NR GG EOS NER ONE SS PS Any scarf 25c. ‘The unlimited choice of any four-in-hand, imperial, puff, bow or teck in stock—no matier what it sold for—will be given you tomorrow for 25e. Lot of men’s fancy madras bosom laun- dered shirts—which have been $1—go for 45 cents. TELEGRAPHING TO KLONDIKE. The Lines Were Lnid There Thirty Years Ago. From the London Mail. When one considers the great primal fact tbat Klondike is not in American territory, one can understand why certain Americans are doing their best to discredit this mighty gold-bearing district in the eyes of the world. But while the discussion is go- ing on the Canadian government has lost cresting Facts Found by American Missionary Associati From the Springgetd Republican. Rev. George H. e were 100,475 Chine: They are found in every | no time in considering the project of tele- m. The largest number, | Taphic communication with Klondike. how namely, 72.472, is in California, | This inquiry brings out a strange fact— than one-third of this r | strange In that everybody seems to have ° namely, San Francisco. A con- | forgotten all about it—that there was once servative estimate of Chinese in certain of | + telegraph line to Klondike and far be- yond. Mr. C. R. Hosmer, the indefatigable ities gi manager of the C. P. R. telegraph system, the following results: divided into the “Jen and | does well to call it a romance. reemasons’’ and “High- | Long ago—in 1863-4—there was no cable tter class are commo! between Europe and America. Our trans- » bound together by cert: in the carrying out of which they yp even at murder. They, with the | masons,” are not on good terms with | Jen and Lee” factions. The last cen- | 2,648 as the number of Chinese w York and Brooklyn, yet there ar i to be at the present time nearly Ivouo im the two c: Philadelphia re- mM, but it is th ding quar- somet like 5,000, who come parts of Pennsylvania and New There are about 80 in Boston Atlantic news—even during the exciting epi- sodes of the civil war—was always about @ ortnight old. The attempt to make a cable nection had ended disastrously—and in this junction of affairs was organized a gi- gantic enterprise, looking to the connection of the United States with Europe via Klon- dike and Bering sea! Most electricians ana telegraphic experts had made up their minds that forty miles—which was the dis- tance across | longest a submarine cable could be success- | fully, worked. A company was formed, and what was known in those days as Russian Extension ent off at a premium of 60 per cent. > the line between New Westminster and the Yukon river was surveyed, found to be practicable, and traversed completely the present Klondike region. The line ‘Was expected to be finished in for all e are but three or | in Philadelphia and the he United States are | province of Canton. | ably due to the st district open to princips the an trade. The cecupation | year Seneprd : on | 1867. Even the tariff for messages was we Lee ean ecto cies fixed at £ ($25) per message. The receipts es, market gardening, paper | were estimated to yield about $9,000,000 per annum. The line was actually constructed from New Westminster along the present route of the Canadian Pacitie railway, to the! ? families as servants. 0 make way into Amer- One of and 5 is Very few have found New York invented and patented a laundry | Asheroft, where it was continued north stove which he manufactures in his own | toward Bering sea to Fort Stager, three or foundry. Five young Chinamen have been | four hundred miles beyond Quesnelle. This line is at this present moment In operation in a portion of the Cariboo country. Then, in the midst of the whole business, after three years of hard work, came like a thunderclap the news that the Atlantic ca- ble was a success. Three million dollars had been expended; yet the next day Rus- sian Extension stock was not worth the printer's ink on its surface. Some day—who knows?—this Russo- American via Klondike cable scheme may be revived. In view of the commercial growth of China and Japan (to say nothing of eastern Russia), why should it not be now? put inio the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia. where they are learning the machinist’s t The general opinion is that they make good citizens, rarely figur- ing in the police courts, though they are sometimes arrested for playing “fan-tan,” said to be similar to “poker.” Sometimes, also, they are arrested for smuggling opium or their own countrymen across the border. There are very few Chinese children in the public schools. Philadelphia reports five, St. Louis none, New York about half- jozen. The latest statistics show that re are in America 201 schools and insti- ns for uplifting these Mongolians, 11 ominations being represented in this work, if*which the Baptists lead with 69, Presbyterians, 58; Congregationalists, 47. There are 29 undenominational enterprise: In Greater New York there are 37 school: Boston has 10 schools and missions. The total number of Chinese reached by these various mission enterprises is 7,324. Those who have become Christians give very gen- erously toward the support of mission work ier their countrymen, both in this country and in China. “Ninety-three members of mission schools in St. Louis contributed last year $260 to the support of Christian insti- —_—+e-+__ Stoves for Soldiers’ Pockets. From the London Times. When Lord Dundonald was in Kashmir some years ago he noticed that the peas- antry kept themselves warm by means of small vessels which contained burning charcoal. The expedition to Gilghit was in progress at the time, and numbers of the carriers employed were of cold in the mountain pesses. It then occurred to Lord Dundonald that if some safe and tutions. portable means of burning slow combustion LDIN fuel had been available their lives might “Want” acs. in The Star pay because they a have been saved, and, further, that such time Lring answers. means could not but be useful in of Shontelle ited etentiletettnititedetntnttedetetettetitedetateie the strait—represented the | reSosbosdetoesooeiosdeeedoazondeeietooetontoniocesesobateadeteatosoesoatoeetonioatndioatnifeeetoesontodeSedtndfodtndiodeoigetnssoedenniet Sri eet aaeeaeeteeteatentene + war in all countries and climates. therefore, He, experimented until he produced little warmer which is called the “In- stra,” its interior being “instratified” with incombustible arrangement strata of substances, = five In this it is possible to burn powdered charcoal fuel in a safe, portable and cleanly manner. that the Indian frontier at this was just the place for the lordship next brought the Lord Wolseley, trial, office, which has forwarded & offered by the inventor, te the peditionary force, stra” apiece. One tin would one hours’ warmth. Thinking moment “Instra,” his matter before who thought it worth a and communicated with the Indian “Instras,”” to the Tirah ex- Accompanying each “In- are eight tins holding seven refills afford about twenty- If this trial should prove a success, Lord Dundonald holds that @ general will, by using the “Instra,” be able to send away a force from camp, and be comparatively indifferent whether the blankets arrive or not. Men, too, will be ; able to march every night and still keep warm. In appearance the apparatus unlike an old-fashioned ‘mutt neers ‘These, however, hot water. derived their warmth from -The fuel slips into the middle, and is kept in position by a cone which screws On to the top. The partitions which make its resting place are of wire, and the outside of the radiator is perforated with small holes, so that the heat easily es- capes. with a veniently enough into a coat pocket. —-o+—____ Henry Astor, the Butcher. From the Detroit Journal The whole thing is quite light, and small tin of refills would Teac cone One hundred years ago the original Henry Astor was held in much higher esteem than his younger brother, John Jacob. Old Henry’s butcher shop was on the Bowery, ard he lived over the shop. That thorough- fare was then the southern terminus of the great Boston roed, and all the cattle brought to New York were driven down that road to the Bowery, and there the butchers used to vate sale, Henry day he went out a road, met a herd bought the pick of the controlled the market. Duy at auction and pri- among the others. One few miles on the Boston of cattle coming in, and lot. After that he In those old days Astor, the butch sometimes to lend money to Astor, the hot rier, but after a while he this. So one day, got tired of doin; when John Jacob wont to Henry for $100, Henry said to.John Jacob: “I will not lend you any more money— not even $10v, one conditiot for money agai but I will give you $500 on that you never come to me in John Jacob took the $500 and with it went west on a pelt buying expedition. He enough money from the sale of the then gathered to save the necessi breaking his agreement with the bute, There made furs of er. may be records somewhere show- ing what became of the butcher: the writer has never seen sees ea bas been often printed that the two brothers were never frizndly after t! transact above described. But this cannot be true, Columbia else the Astor now living in county, Mich., would not have been Herry. It may be said in ul three or four years ago it was that un- believed by many that the present Hen: descended from the butcher. at pee wee A. W. Carter of Greenville, Tenn., killed his-wife and child with an ax, and then fatally shot himself. . TF a = AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Construction of New Biles Over Bock | Greek Under Discusion, | =a running through to 704-706 K st. onze clearance sale of capes and coats. Reduced prices that make the greatest values in ladies’ and girls’ wraps ever offered by anybody. instances ignored. We have begun the work of clearing in the wrap department in earnest. We have taken the shortest road—far the quickest method of unloading the racks as much as possible before stock-taking, the first of February. The values that are offered mean loss, loss, loss all the way through for us, but we face it manfully, realizing the necessity of an almost complete clearance in less than a month. Do not overlook the fact that every garment is of the highest grade—made by the country’s lead- ing makers—made especially for us and “dependable” in every sense of the word. It is easy enough to buy “bargain wraps” to sell for little or nothing. It is another thi.g to do as we have done—to slaughter the balance of the regular stock unmercifully. ¥, 924, 926, 928 7th, runuing through to 704-706 K st. ‘The Ste Dependable Store. i> Permit for New Telephowe Wires on cre Aqueduct Bridge#Read Estate Sales — Briefs mf The matter of bridging, Hock Creek is something that is of particular interest to the residents of this section, and the recent talk on the matter has-reylyed discussion of the need of additional bridges. At pres- ent six modern bridges span Rock creek— one at K'street, the aqueduct at Penn- sylvania avenue, the M street bridge, one at P street, another at Massachusetts avenue, and the sixth cng, used by the U street electric line. The talk of building a new bridge at Connecticut avenue, the plans for which have been submitted, rep- Profits forfeited and cost in many resents an expenditure of cousiderably over Half-silk-lined black boucle Your choice of any jacket in our stock. in | Those very fine black taffeta silk waists— ee Jackets that sold for $4 reduced the best shades of tan, mode. Russian ereen, | in the a $500,000, the lowest bid for a granite struc- Sa ae — $1 50 navy or black—every atsle. Included among | which w' sold huudvede fee $5. ture, the highest bid being ever $1,000,000. The District Coremissioriers have also in- vited proposals for the widening of the P street bridge, which is used by the Metro- politan Railroad Company. Then, again, which are top coats, shield effect and Kus- sian blow go for .. wrappers, 98c. Most of them are lined in taffeta or duchesse. Any coat ock, many of which 25 and 27-inch black coney fur capes, full sweep— $8 and $9—re- $3. o8 : ° es. and went in a burry the to. are enough wrappers from the the subject is under consideration for the Sees as pared on wale the widening of the Pennsylvania avenue aque- Ca ps eas $2.75 Finest electric seat capes, 39 in. Tong: Hist of the week for anottiee day's welt duct bridge, so as to permit the crossing 130 in. sweep, genuine ten lar and fa wane hab oe—ter ee of the ears of the Capital Traction Com- eae. edge — $1 iz 5.50 Ladies’ fine kersey tight-fitting jackets, sizes 32, 34 and 36 only braided, others genuine marten fur tri pany, saving the short turn cn 26th street, mu come tomorrow as now made, before crossing the M street of finely made may have 3; some are nicely bridge. This change is approved by a great beside’. cothers fecomine serie Children’s coats in 4 and G-year sizes, in mauy residents of this section of the city. Sold up to $10. : $3.75 Socter ietyien) isin er iempine => whe ont praia rg my A now bridge across the creek at Q street Se et oe E tet a is advocatgd. The narrow width: of the P : footie ee reoeeet valy Street bridge renders its use dangerous for and “black half sath Tined— @ og ee Misses’ coats of any sort—that scld up to equal whieh c, driving, especially when an electric car is crossing at the same-time. A bridge free from any railroad track,*the citizens say, is necessary for safety. Last of Union Mectings. Rev. W. C. Alexander, -D. D., pastor of the West Street Presbyterian Church, de- livered a lecture last evening at the church values- for $4.98 Genuine astrakhan fur capes, lined in_du- chesse, 30 in. long, soft curly 7.75 kind—reduced fronr $15 to. . Saltz's sill. seal plush capes, rich Jet and brad, fur edge. 27 in. lon; reduced frem $10 t $8—consisting of all our two-toned boucle, fine ¢ benvers— pire”? novelties, erts. kersevs and waits $3.98 | _ Sale of waists. Silk waists & skirts cut f wi quali Just as we bave cut the wraps we have 1 slashed the prices of the pretty, dainty h reduced from $9 to. S et stashed the (peices ot idhe pretty, “aalaty, va coir aud true cuts pngatne sullect (Ol enorme s Miiasicna gant rae Ss made Js conaklerable.. For tustam —at a = é families and schools. The occasion was one affet} Hudion Bay clectrie seal fur capes. Handsome black brocaded | India | silk peat eae y 2] ul bear collar an 4 ine with bornd } jess th: $1 rou of the regularly scheduled s2rvices of the eS bat | {for dene than $a ou 4Q¢. union meetings during the week of prayer, ae 2 ag ye : | may have t and there was a large audience to listen to the discourse. The closing meeting of the series will be held thif evening at the same church, Rev. Dr. J. B. Stitt of Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church presiding. New Wires on Aqueduct Bridge. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company has a force of linemen employed in placing additional wires across the Aque- duct bridge. A permit was issued by the Commissioners authorizing the company to Ladies’ $4, $5 and $6 shoes for $1.98. Ladies’ $3 shoes for $1.69. Ladies’ $1.50 and $2 shoes for 98c. ae Sat oa be ana vk bo ant When we bought the first lot of “sample” shoes we were given the option on a second lot. Tm- enty tion: ones, no! 0 strun: ., eee oo , ey aveieaoutgto She carried across | the mediately after we were assured of the success of thc ret uc ve wired” oe ane one and Jao they = bridge in cables, which are below the level i i ii y shoes are identically the same styles.as 4 BER eltnc tHe DEsthe beltines aWithetne ras have arrived. This lot is really larger than the other, and the s y _ ‘ those which went so quickly. leather and making, and, there being but one. or two pairs of a sort, you must nece: in a hurry. We will not dwell on the extreme cheapness of the prices of these shoes, preferring that you see them and form your own opinion. They are spread out on separate tables for your easy seeing and choosing—pick them out. Your size is here in dozens of styles, and, just think of it—you save half to two-thirds your money and get the highest grade of shoes that are made. As they are “samples” they are naturally the very acme of perfection in sarily come for them oe troduction of the new wires the company will have some:hing like forty different wires crossing the structure, The permit also carries with it the erection of new poles at both ends of the bridge. Overcome by Gas. John Frizzel, an employe of the Potomac Electric Light Company, was at work in one of the conduit subways;near 22d street and Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday, re- Se peontoesentontonsertonte Wi z pairing some wires, when he was almost Lot one Lot two _ Lot three 3 overcome by gases. He -was rescued by Consists of the highest grades of ladies’ Consists of ladies’ fine quality walking and Consists of ladies’ fine shoes, in both button & fellow-laborers, and, aftér dome work, re- Peanmaron, sbordenme call -aiten ecaleena dress shoes—with extension or light soles—in and lace styles—and with tipped and plain vived. es on “Harvard.” ““Itegent,”” cadet and. the lace and button styles—made on King: toes—in a pleasing variety of the newest Real Estate Sales. other new styles of toes. indidly we have ee Spr ae fitting, soft and « e hast Valter 1 the same shoes in stock as are ips of eoay, pei hee John J. Shugrue hi 1d to Walter ‘T. Ge ee ee 98 sHovar viet kid and niet & OD fortalie—and every pelt. war c. ‘eaver, the nor! forty féet of lot , in to be found in this lot selling ° = | faction—walch are worth $1.50 ween ane nen Toray eee oe Spee ec pe ore ||| ade square 1246. The pric@ is given at for $4, $5 and $6--and you fg === | far $3 shoes—for.. —= nS Saks cs Eo cresveesonee the choice of the entire lot for 31,600. The property istlecated about mid- way of thé square on 34th ‘#reet between O and P streets, east side. 7 Johanna Talbot has “bought of Fanny Louis the.west hatf of Jot 211, of square 1229, at an tnamed, ciitsidration.~ “The rroperty is located at,thé southeast corner of 34th and O streets, ie His Share of Entate. + Joseph Clirk, Ttitian fut dater;¢ to leave town In a'few ‘Agy¢ fora, trip to Genoa, Italy, where-he, Soest, re share of an estate, the amount coming to him being about $8,750. The father of Mr. Clark was.a fruit dealer in ftaly, some years ago the father, mother, sister and two brothers were drowned in the Mediter- ranean sea. ‘This was when Mr. Clark was only six years of age, he with a small sister being the only survivors of the fam- ily. He was placed in an asylum, and later adopted by a wealthy Italian, with whom he lived for some years, and at whose death he inherits the sum mentioned above. Brief Mention. The members of St. Ann's Aid Society have arranged to give an entertainment and dunce Monday evening, January 17, Tenleytown, for the benefit of St. Ann's Church. Policeman John Maher reported for duty this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the ninth precinct as a mounted officer. A slaughter of boys’ reefers. Tomorrow we shall make one of the most decisive cuts in boys’ reefers ever known. The slaugh- ter will be among the finer garments and store closing tomorrow night will end the loss selling —fc By loss selling it is. We've made two lots, and in each instance the saving is $2, $2.50, $3 and $4. T here isn’t an exclusive clothing store in town showing a larger line of boys reefers—so you can_ feel as- sured that it is the largest stock—the largest variety that is offered you. ‘The choice of the balance of the finest reefers in the honse— | m ‘of blue imported chinchillas of large and smail knot, eee inside’ ‘collars, velvet or storm collars—all-wool cheesed cassimeres or Italian cloth linine—also English kersey or melton. reefers—handsomely made and trimmed—have large white pearl but- te ‘also the finest quality blue or two-toned astrakhan reefers, with’ pure wool Italian cloth lining—Hercules braid or cloth bound— this lot sold for $6.50, $7.00 and $8.00 $3.98. SDedesestetesteteadentoedesteceaenteadegeegetoeeatenoaeteseatesteteeetoresdectentetesteterestectertetenes The choice of any reefer in the house which sold for $5.00, deep braided collar cloth ree with silk veautifully braided and all sizes in this let from 3 $2.98. a aa ree! are trinamed— the Soegetoontoeeesoncetente este Aoetestentoetontentoateeteotentontectedteetontontoatoote Ree SUIT FOR INSURANCE. ARMY AND NAVY. GRANT TO METHODIST MISSIONARY. Whereabouts of the Warships and General Notes. Bishop Hartzell Secures 6,000 im African M from D. a | Bishop Hartzell of the Methe Chureh is being received with the greatest Acres Henor American Legion of Named as Defendant. ‘The Supreme Council of the American Le- gion of Honor was named as defendant in a suit at law instituted today by Mary E. The thet Telegram received at the Navy Depart- state ment show that the cruiser Raleigh arrived at Aden Wednesday on her way to China; —_ Gelabert and James H. Gelabert, who seek | that the battleship Iowa has sailed from | Cordiality on his tour of Africa. He has GEN. LEE’S BIRTHDAY to recover damages in the sum of $3,000 be- | New York for Hampton Roads on her way | been offered concessions in land and other er ae re cause of the alleged refusal of the council | io Key West: that the cruiser Adams ar- | Valuable properties for missionary pu poses. One donation includes 6,000 acres un- der the British flag in a mountainous and healthy region. The bishop iseon hi miles further north on t which point he wi @red miles to loc plan is to make this tion from which to e rived at Honolulu December 22, and sailed thence for San Francisco yesterday; that the monitor Monadnock has arrived at Mare Island, and that the gunboat Annapo- lis sailed from Barbadoes yesterday far Martinique. Chief Engineer G. Cowie has been de- to pay a benefit certificate claimed to have been issued by it, insuring the life of Nellie Potter in the sum of $3,000. The plaintiff, Mary E. Gelabert, was a sister of the Nellie Potter mentioned, who is deceased. It is set forth in the declaration that last June the Supreme Council of the Legion, in Confederate Veterans Will Celebrate It by Giving a Banquet. Col. Robert I. Fleming, recently elected president of the Confederate Veterans’ As- sociation of Washington, was installed last night. At the meeting which followed the matter of celebrating Gen. Lee’s birthday was discussed, and it was decided that it} consideration of a certain application, | tached from the Puritan and ordered to the | ward to the equatorial lake regions shall be with a banquet January 19. The | agreed to insure the life of Nellie Potter in| Indiana; Chief Engineer J. L. Hannum, | northwestward to Angola on the wes executive committee will have charge. The | the sum mentioned, and to pay that amount | from the Indiana to the Minneapolis; Chief | Coast, from which a chain of Methodist missions are alr ward. The bish: Claret Not French. From Notes and Queries. “It is curious, by the way, that the word ‘claret,’ as applicable to red wine, is un- known in France, having, indeed, no terser equivalent than the generic vin de Bor- deaux, and its origin is by no means cer- tain. It has been supposed to be deriy: from the word clair; but the obvious objec- Uon is that it is anything but transparent, an adjective which would be much more fitly associated with sauterne or cham- pagne. Here it may be incidentally re- marked that in England ‘grave’ is always assumed to be white wine, and even Littre's Dictionary gives—'Grave, a white wine from the environs of Grave, in the Bordeaux country.” This, like the well-known defini- tion of ‘crab,’ is a curious combination of blunders. In the first place, the vin de grave is as often red as white; indeed, one of the four premiers crus of claret, viz., the Haut Brion, is a ‘grave.’ Secondly, there ig. no such village as Grave in the Gironde. Grave (more often written graves) is a spe- clal sort of sandy gravel, and the vineyards which produce the wine known by that name extend along the left bank of the Garonne from just below Bordeaux to something like twenty miles southward.” Skeat derives “claret” from “clear,” the original meaning being clarified wine, in Old French claret, clairet; the word is ob- dy being pushed ecast- VY. A. Windsor, from the Min- pera 's Wife accompanies him. neapolis to the New York navy yard; Chief Engineer J. R. Edwards to the Puritan; Passed Assistant Paymaster P. V. Mohun to the Washington navy yard. The leave of absence granted Mayor Louis Brechemin, surgeon, is extended two months. Captain Sidney E. Stuart of the ordnance department has been ordered to the Frank- ford arsenal, Pennsylvania, for the inspec- tion of smokeless powder. The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant John W. Barker, 3d Infantry, is extended one month. Add'tional Second Lieutenant Frank Ferguson, 3d Artillery, is promoted to sec- ond lieutenant, Ist Artillery, Light Battery K. following committees were elected: Executive—John T. Callaghan, Albert G. Holland, John ee ETI William D. Peachey and John W. Fite. Membership and reception—H. L. Biscoe, West Steiver, F. W. Hungerford, E. W. Anderson and F. W. Buckey. Relief—John H. Walsh, J. P. Horbach, W. P. Young, Dr. J. L. Suddarth and Page Coupen. The clection of the members of the em- ployment committee was deferred. SS System to Be Investignted . The District Commissioners are about to institute an investigation by electrical ex- perts of their own selection of the Brown underground electric system of rapid transit in operation on the Capital Rail- way Company's line along ith and N streets southeast. The permit of ninety days granted by the Commissioners for the f the road by the Brown system en, and wht it is claimed by the road that it is a success the Commis- stoners intend to see for themselves wheth- er it is or not, as they- Pin the case of the condensed air motor#‘on ‘the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home r: a to Mary E. Gelabert within ninety days after the receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the insured. All the fees, as- sessments and premiums demanded and re- quired by the terms of the certificate of insurance were paid during the lifetime of the insured, it is stated, but the plaintift has not the original application, or a copy of the policy, for the reason that the coun- cil has retained the same. ‘The understanding was, it is declared, that the insurance should commence and be binding on the council from the time of re- ceipt of the admission fees and premiums, June 11, 1897. It was further agreed, as set forth, that the council should make and deliver to the plaintiff within a reasonable time its policy of insurance. Nellie Potter died July 22, 1807, it ts ex- plained, and although proof of the death was received by the council August 14, and demand was made by the plaintiff ninety days thereafter, the council, it is claimed, has refused to pay the amount sald to be ane seems from the statements contained in the declaration that the council on the 28th day of July, 1897, did insure the life of one Nellie Potter, but it is said the latter died July 24. The suit is based, it seems, on the alleged agreement that the insur- ance should commence June 11. Messrs. E. V. Brookline and C. L, Trevitt are the at- torneys for the plaintiffs. ‘Capt. James C. Ayres of the ordnance de- partment has been ordered to visit the works of the Pond Machine Tool Company, Plainfield, N. J., for the inspection of di appearing gun carriages and also to visit the West Point foundry, Cold Spring, N. Y., for the inspection of the 1-Inch Howell counterpoise gun carriage. iv The gunboat Vicksburg has arrived at Newport. The gunboat Wilmington arrived at St. Thomas this morning on her way to Brazil. ; Lieutenant G. H. Peters has been ordered to the naval intelligence office and Assist- ant Gunner C. H. Sheldon has had his, un- expired leave revoked and he is ordered to Daughters of (Amerie: At the meeting of Liberty Council, No. —_>—_—_ ATTACHMENT LAWS. 6 D rs of Am wing the Washington navy yard. 2 aughters of Amerita," the followi coon or sane seek peol see in trance, gilthough, ztrangely Sacer cs eputy Green- | Rate Under Which Subsequent Credi- | Lieutenant James 8. Parker, 4th Cavalry, 3 country. well: Junior past co:metior, Charles» H. Scorers atine tc ei oon eae eet ee Consuls Recognized. ‘The President has recognized the follow- ing foreign consular officers: James Haugh- ton, British vice consul gt Newport News, Va.; Henry Edye, Danish vice consul at Newport News; Robert Manson, British Miller; assistant junior past councilor, A. M. Krauss; councilor, M. C. Grifith; as- sistant councilor, W. jf .Rarr; recording secretary, Belle Parr; assistant recording secretary, Lobertha ‘Diljérd; warden, Eleanor Scott; conductor, Buellah Disbro; financial secretary, Eniypa Collins; treas- urer, J. M. Annadale; irisidé sentinel, Mary From the New York Tribune. Whether it costs more to dress a grown daughter or a son is a question that many a rueful pater familias would find it diffi. cult to answer. As a rule, women are credited with being more extravagant in their apparel than men, and certainly in An interesting case has just been con- cluded in Circuit Court No. 1, Judge Cole presiding, involving the attachment laws In December, 1896, Elias Livingston, and obtained an attachment 3 t ; Seabright; outside sentinel, W. 8. Abrams; | seainst their stores on the ground that the | vice consul at Darien, Ga.; G. Taylor, Bel- | Ponmer sete niate it aero — trustees, C; H- Miller and A. M: Kraus; | debtors were disposing of thelr property | gian vice consul at Portland, Ore. seed ad tes Meg Dp pny representatives to Stat ancil, C. I jul at Los Angeles, Miller, F. R. Griffith apd A. M. Krauss. net, Belgian vice consi with intent to defraud their creditors. Solo- i ; mon having obtained judgment on his Sp eB nati, and Joaquin Torroja, Spanish | w man is not much more ex- Knights Have New Leaders. ie = Ee SSnsui at Philadelphia, for the district in- | pensive than to be a well-dressed woman, Excelslor Lodge, No. 14, K. of P., Tues- | fsney ements, intervened in. Solomon’s fand. the District of Columbia, etc. The pte aad y bbe dad evening installed the-following named | case, clalming that no grands for the at- sr succeeds Dr. for all ordinary occupat and 5 ottioct) fp. Serve, he: ene ee c. Cc. Sechtnonr exterea. aed proceedings were transferred to important. duties in Cuba in Se ee ee or ees nit ae ward ;V. €., C. D, Bushby; prel- | collusive. connection autonomous govern- polo, yachting and, of course, ae w. x wileing: ae of ie We ay. The case was first tried in January last | ment. Mayellng, each requiring 0. aisterest ent sult, Lelbin; M. of F., J. A. Weigle; M. of E., mon, 3 Si SE PSA eT SEES S J ree, thate Uae eapen H. J. Gascon; M. at A, C. T, Whitter: | moms or app for error committed In Want Paint Onesies pppetatel. the way of laces and ribbons and furs, and G., J. Schoenthall; O. G.,.J. Hayward. the trial. second trial has just ended, | Cadet appointments at the Military Aead- | tno; ‘mysterious and costly confection, con- retirmg C. C., Wm. B. Johnson, was the jury finding in Solomon's favor again. | emy have been announced as follows: sisting apparently of nothing that in- ented with =’ P..G's Jewel by:H.G- C.'J.| Guder the law ax sottied by the case. 2] “Louis F. Sidon, New Orleans, La.; Fred L.| trinsicaly valuable, called a, bonnet, that B. Conner, in behalf of;; in some | subsequent creditor can attachment F. | the male animai is not obliged to incur, but —sS sorting to an equity proceeding, baron nea tne my weggipne nd tity; when it comes boots, Sent to Jail. beon formerty the practice. Leon Tobriner | Gullbean, Breaux Bridge, La. with Henry shoes, gaitera, hunting crops, golf clubs, Eujah Johnson, , was ‘john “Ridout and C. W. Maupin ; a. oat to jail for six months by Judge represented the intervening creditors. for committing an indecent assault on —— some- a: