Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1898, Page 11

& THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1898-12 PAGES. | 11 Folding Umbrellas. Can be packed in 14-inch hand satchel. E27 The representative of entee will be here tomorrow to dem- onstrate its capabi ties. ith st. entrance. Patais Royal the pat- Dainty Fingers. The manicure can make dainty fingers. 7 And Factal Massage is now. con- sidered a necessity for young and old. Expert bere. Balcony Parlor...........Palais Royal wemnant Day Here “Is Thursday, THE PALAIS ROYAL. OMORROW is to be a day of many splendid bargains. One rea- son is because the awful weather of yesterday kept you indoors and gave us a chance for a thorough store cleaning. a remnants were found, to be offered tomorrow at prices that will make a very busy Thursdays For Home. 7A chip on one of the 100 pieces comprising a ‘Dinner Set means a price reduction. A piece or so missing means dol- _ Jars off. Basement. $il for a 100-piece Carls- bad China Dinner and Tea Set....$3.50 for a $4.50 English China Tea Set of 56 pleces, with floral and gold dec- $5 for a $7.50 Tol- t Set of 12 pieces, including large slop Jar. $2.98 2 398 ase - Heating Stove...+ S0e for 98e Bread Raisers, with cover. 45 for an S5e Galvan- ized Iron Oil Can, 5 gallons... More or less shop worn. Second Floor, B2c ts Hemmed Sheets, 90 inches....34¢ for 49 Sheets, 81x90....45e for Ge Hemstitched Sheets....Al slightly soiled. 35c¢ for odd lot 5c size pair Colored Blankets, 10-4 and extra weight. ...$2.25 $3.25 Plush Lap Robes, inuseed by window display. Fourth Floor. Oc 8h, oF choice of rem- nants containing short Jengths of Muslin, Lace, Cre- tonne and Denim. Some worth je yard. 19¢ * for Tapestry Squat 24x24 inches. Some are worth $7 a yard. Rare opportunity to secure covering for cushions, chairs, ete. Wraps, Suits. (Third floor.) for choice of 43 $4.25 Gen sates, Separ ate Skirts and Wraps. Early visitors tomorrow will secure $12 garments for $4.25. $6.98 2" * $22.50 Electric ~ Seal Collarette, dam- aged....$11.78 for a $16 Cape with silk braid and cut fet trimming; Thibet fur on front and storm collar....$45 for a $75 Velvet Cape, tight-fitting back and braid trimming; mar- ten fur all around and on storm collar and shoulder epaulets... $4.98 for an $18.75 Seal and Mouffloa Muff. $3.29 se Misses’ $3 to Cloth Coats, in sizes 6 to 12 years... .98¢ for $2.68 Boucle Cloth Coats, 1 to 4 years....49¢ for $1.45 Collar and Muff Sets of White Lamb and. Black Angora. $4.69 a) for last four of these Ladies’ $7.98 ‘Eider- down Bath Robes, wth sili frogs. cord and tassels... .Only $2 60 for these last $3.98 Robes of French-like flannel. Sizes 32 to 40. e for $1 Flannelette Wrap- 55c¢ pers....$1.39 for $2.25 ppers. Odds and ends, but 32 to 42 im one style or another, for these $1.75 and $1.93 Wool Flannel with laundered linea 7Ge for the $1.25 Cloth with nen collar for these last four weaters—Importsd th $5. $2.94 % $3.98 and $4.98 Silk Waists, Last of the Black Taffeta Roman Stripe and Plaid Sik Waists. Each with laundered linen col- Jar... $5.98. $6.98 and $10.98 for Imported Silk Waists that sold up to $15. $1.59 Waists, collar each for last seven $3.49 Sirona stripe Silix rts, with umbrella flounce of ed ruftie, Sade for the $1.75 Rustieine Skirts, with taffeta alk rutiies. Dress Goods. (Second floor.) 25c x4 for remnants of the 3%¢ and Soe Sultings in pl mixt re the Black Wool Jacqnards. A few dress lengths and ph Sufficient for waists. Dc yt for $1.25 quality More Silk Velour in pink, blue, yellow and Nile, Ze yard for Bie. ewam... Be Wool Henrietta tn yellow, gray and blue. (Continued above.) Palais Royal, «us G@ & 11th. | Trimmiags. (First floor.) QW5c r88 for B5e to S8e Dou- bie face Satin Ribbons in white, cream and pink only --.-And 25¢ yard for $1 to $2.50 Band Trimmings of span- gles and beads, in evening and street effects. Be *8t4 for Se and 6e Cam- brie and Swiss Embroid- erles, 1% to 3 inehes....5¢ yard for 7 to 10¢ Embroidertes. More or less sofled, but hon- est embroideries that will look as good as new after repeated washing. Sc et cholce of Wings, Feathers and Ornaments worth 25¢ to 50c. Look for these on second floor. 8c Pair for Dress Shields that are manufacturers’ odds and ends. In the lot are best Nainsook and Stockinette Shields—in sizes 2 to 4—worth 12e to 18¢ pair. 19¢ for odds and ends of Scissors and Pocket Knives, worth up to 50c each. ‘These on counter near G st. door. Books. (First floor.) 2c for Mr. John L. Stoddard’s “‘Napoleon,”” with seven- teen reproductions of famous Paintings....7¢ for 50c copy- right novels, more or less shop- worn. 14¢ fr Rough and smooth Linen Stationery, in Packages containing 60 sheets of paper and 60 envelopes. 25¢ the regular price, Neckwear. (First floor.) Z5c yard for those Evening Spangled Mousselaine, Bands and Edges of ete. And only 25¢ yd. for the 50c to $1 Evening Ruchings....50c for last of the 8c and 98e Pompa- dour Ruches. Qc ft, Ladies’ Linen Collars and Cuffs....And 9¢ for Boys’ 25¢ and 89 Sailor Col- lars, more or less sotled. 15c¢ tt, Mews 25¢ to aie Silk Searfs....Only 35¢ each or $1 for three 50c to 75e Scarfs, in puffs, knots and four- in-hands. Handkerchiefs. (First floor.) 19¢ 1 the 25 to a5¢ Hand- sign of handling. kerchiefs that show any full of them here tomorrow. A little table Fans. (First floor.) 15c for Fats worth up to $1. Plain and spangled. Greatly price lowered because more or less shopworn. Gloves. (First floor.) SOc Milt for $1 Quality Kid Gloves, with 4 buttons. Black, with white stitching, nearly all colors and white. And all sizes for early morning visitors. $1 QQ for Suede Kid Mons. : quetaires, in pearl only. 16-button length are worth $2.75 pair; 12-buttons are $2.25 value. Choice for $1.29. Umbrellas. (Pirst floor.) $1 03 for odds apd ends of = the Palais Royal's famous $1.49 and $1.’ Site Gloria Umbrellas. Men's and ladies’. All tight rolling, on steel sticks, with expensive- looking handles....And den’t forget the “demonstration of the Folding Umbrella,” near 1th st. entrance. Mackintoshes. $1 .69 for the Ladies’ $2.48 Cloth - finish ——gar- ments, with latest style mili- tary cape. Mostly long lengths, but easily tured up and hem- med if necessary. Art Goods. (Second floor.) 98c for sample pieces of Renaissance and Batten- berg Squares, guaranteed worth $2 each....Omly 29¢ for doz. skeins Wash Embroidery Silks, guaranteed 45e quality. And nearly all of the wanted colors The following Hosiery. (First floor.) 15¢ Pit, for broken lots La- dies’ 19¢ and 25¢ Fast Black Hose—Only 9¢ for Chil- dren's, in sizes 6 tg 9. 9c Pair for Men's 12%e Ger- man Balbriggan Half Hose. Underwear. (First floor.) 12%4c for Small Children's 25e Merino Vesta and Pants. 89c for Ladies’ $1.50 and $1.75 All-wool “‘Oneita” Combination Suits is much less than the wholesale price. SOc fr chotce of bunched lots among which are $1 Lamb's Wool Vests and Pants and a few more expensive Union Suits and Tights. 3c 1 Ladies’ Te Ribbed Oneita Combination Suits and Plain Merino Vests and Pants; Boys’ Fleeced Garments. 19¢ %F Ladies’ ana chil. dren's broken lots 25c {and 35c Vests and Pants. Some are fleece lined. Ribbed Skirts. (Third fleor:) AO 1° last of the 89¢ War- ranted All-wool Knit Skirts....79e for the $1.15 qual- ity....$1.19 for the $1.35 Silk- finished Skirts. ...$1.35 for the $1.68 Silk and Wool Skirts, Muslin Garments «Tbird floor.) 19c for broken lots, mostly Corset Covers. Note the quality of cambric and embroid- ery trimming. Admire the tiny stitches and general superiority of finish, Adc 12 broken lots of 50c, 8c and 75e garments. Gowns and Skirts of cambric and muslin; Daintily Embroider- ed and Lace-trimmed Corset Cov- ers, Chemises and Drawers are here. 67c Some few $1.25 and many $1 garments on this table—broken lots—repre- senting the quickest selling styles of gowns, skirts, draw- ers, coraet covers and chemises. 84c —sme of the garments on this table were $2.25, none were less than $1.25. Freneh Empire Gowns and Cor- set Covers; new style Umbrella Skirts and Drawers are in the lot. Corsets. (Third floor.) 44c for $1 Corsets, and 66c for $1.50 styles, ‘“‘Sec- onds.""—An oll spot or a missed stitch makes ‘‘seconds” of these Supertor Corsets. Men’s Garments. (First floor.) 9c pair for broken lots of 12% to Ge Half Hose. All sizes for tomorrow's early pur- chasers. 25c 10t_the well-known 50e Warm Shirts and Draw- ers. Not af sizes in each style, but in the combination. AQ, f0F chotce of a combina- tion lot containing $1 Red Flannel, $1 White Wool, We Fleece-lined Merino, 75 White and Natural Merino Shirts and Drawers. Mostly large sizes, but all sizes in one style or another. 69ce Lor lots that include $1 Gray Wool and $1.50 White Wool Shirts and Drawers ----89¢ for $1.50 and $2 Red Flannel and Camel's Hair Gar- ments. Sie Sees Wool Shirts and Drawers. for the $3.25 “Har- $1.50 derfold” Shirts and Drawers, made of light-weight wool, but double throughout; like one garment over another -Only 50e for the $1 Abdom- Bands. tal t Combina- $1.98 tr, Site—suire ana Drawers combined....$2.25 for will be here for tomorrow's wise | the $3 Suits, and $2.98 for the early visitors, (Continued above.) $4 Sults—the best “‘Oncita”’ garments. - THE FIRST CHOICE. SELECT A DESIGN - Over Rock Creek. GEORGE §. MORISON'S PLAN CHOSEN Commissioners Formally Refer the Matter to Congress. ee TEXT OF THEIR LETTER eee The act of March 3, 1897, making appro- priation for the expenses for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and for other purposes, contained the following provision: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to secure designs, by competition, for a bridge or via- duct across Rock creek on the line of the extension of Connecticut avenue, and the sum of $2,000 is appropriated therefor.” Under this authority a survey of the site of the proposed structure was made and a plan and profile prepared, showing in de- tail the physical features of the ground and the streets, avenues, roads and struc- tures in its vicinity, as well as the general elevation of the profile of the rock under- lying the axis of the proposed bridge, as determined by borings and test pits sunk for this purpose. Copies of these maps and profiles were furnished as exhibits to a cir- cular letter addressed by the District Com- missioners to three prominent bridge en- gineers, Messrs. Geo. 8. Morison, 35 Wall street, New York city; L. L. Buck, 46 21st street, New York city, and W. H. Breit- haupt, 35 Nassau street, New York city. In response to this letter, each of the gentlemen named agreed to participate in the competition, and there were received five separate designs of distinct kinds, each fully detailed and all exhibiting great ability and care in their preparation. The Submitted Estimates. In order to compare these designs prop- erly and to arrange them in their order of suitability, as provided in the letter of instruction to competitors, a review of their submitted estimates of cost was pre- pared, the result of which will appear in the following estimates as modified for comparative purposes: Exhibit B—Sheet No. 1, masonry, $1,089,- 000 in granite, $903,000 in sandstone, $675,- 000 in concrete; sheet No. 10, modification of same, $774,065 in granite, $652,450 in sandstone, $500,630 in concrete. Exhibit C—Sheet No. 9, melan, $859,200 in granite, $725,192 in concrete; sheet No. 1, steel, $574,765.in granite. Exhibit D—Sheet A (design 1) melan and steel, $599,000 in sandstone, $503,728 In cdn- crete; sheet A (design 2), steel $437,748 in sandstone. ‘The judgment of the Commissioners was unanimous in fixing the order of merit and suitability as follows, the competitors being rated on the basis of the best de- sign submitted by each: First, design of George S. Morison, marked “Exhibit B;’" second, desi 2, of L. L. Buck, marked “Exhibit C;” third, design 1, of W. H. Breithaupt, marked “Exhibit General Review of Design. “ In accordance with this decision, the fol- lowing general review of the design pre- ferred by the Commissioners was today submitted to Congress: “This design contemplates a masonry viaduct of full centered arches of a total length between abutments of 1,341 feet. The arches are nine in number, five of which have spans of 150 feet and four have spans of 32 feet. The piers between the arches are each 20 feet. thick except in two cases where an 82-foot arch adjoins a 150-foot arch, at which places the thickness of the piers is increased to 37 feet. These last are true abutment piers, the remaining piers being designed simply as intermediate supporting piers. The piers ‘and abutments rest upon foundations carried to the solid rock, which it 1s proposed to prepare prop- erly by stepping off and leveling up, for the loads to be brought upon it. “A conspicuous and characteristic fea- ture of the design is the construction of a series of subordinate arches piercing the spandrel walls of the principal arches and resting upon them and on their haunches. This substitution for the usual full cpan- drel facing has a very pleasing effect of lightness and is of material advantage economically. Above these main and span- drel arches is a leveling bed of concrete, on which is placed a uniform depth of about three feet of gravel supporting an agphalt roadway pavement of the stand- ard type laid in this city; within the body of this gravel provision can be made, as in an ordinary street, for subway construc- ticn as may be desired, such as electric subways, gas and water mains, &c. Sidewalks on Brackets. “The masonry 4rch construction just: de- scribed has a width transversed to the axis of the bridge of but two feet greater than the proposed asphalt roadway, and the design contemplates the carrying of the proposed sidewalks each ten feet wide, on brackets projecting at intervals of about 17 feet, and secured to the ma- sonry, and by connections entirely across the bridge to the opposite brackets, in a most substantial manner with ample pro- visions for stability. These brackets pro- ject about nine feet and are to be made of cast iron and prepared so as to simulate the mesonry to which they are attached. From the points of view from which alone they are visible, or indeed from a close in. spection, they will appear as masonry, and their proposed use is a. provision of great economic value. “Upon them will rest a suitable con- struction of structural steel, supporting a flag or granolithic foot walk and a railing, See That Stamp! It is the Government Internal Revenue Stamp over the Cork and Cap- * pule of every bottle of 0 WHI 7A Certifying to the Age and-Purity of the Whisky. - NOTE.—It is the Government's “ ALL DEALERS SELL IT with proper lamps and newel posts, all of 4 design:to comport with the structure. A modification: of the above described con- struction is proposed by the author, and seems to offer large economy in quantitics and cost without the sacrifice of proper qualities of ‘appearance or stability. “The masoury of the design, as described heretofore, had a width of fifty-two feet, beyond which the sidewalks were located ‘on brackets. The modification consists. in the removal of the ‘ventral twenty feet of this fifty-two feet of width, leaving two viaducts of masonry each sixteen feet wide, similar and ‘parallel. The twenty- foot space between them at the roadway level is designed to be spanned by a floor system. of structural steel and concrete, resting on the two masonry viaducts and supporting the asphalt roadway. This Propositicn, while novel, would seem to be strictly justifiable. It would reduce the cost materially without diminishing the strength or stability. As to the architect- ural ethics involved, it would seem to be quite as admissible as the method almost universal in buildings, of having a steel floor system with masonry supports. “A modification of this suggestion, which would be ifdicated by “correct architectur:l tasta, would be to increase still further the open space between the two. parallel viaducts without lessoning their width of sixteen feet, which would result in dimin- ishing the length of the projection of the sidewalk brackets, even reducing them to the proportions of a cornice. Such a change would not affect the cost substan- tially. Reasons for the Selection, “In the selection of the most suitable from among the submitted designs, the judgment :of the Commissioners was that the masonry type was altogether the best, provided it could be secured at a cost not prohibitive. The principal considerations leading to this decision were that the pro- posed bridge, being so conspicuously lo- cated on a fine residence avenue, and in full view of a large area, within witich was the National Zoological Park, should be of a monumental character, and the masonry type, above all others, fulfilled this condi- tion as well as that ‘of suitability. “The history of metallic viaducts is one of -continual. outlay. for maintenance and repair, with a frequent ending by the re- placement of the structure by one of Masonry. The advantage of economy of first cost in a metallic structure is thus largely offset by the necessary annual outlay for its proper preservation, and where the costs of. amasonry and a metal- lic viaduct can be brought within the same class of figures, as in this case, the de- cision in favor of. the more substantial construction is easily justified. “A metallic structure progressively de- terlorates with age; @ masonry one, espe- cially a concrete one, progressively im- proves. “The design of viaduct recommended ‘s specified as a masQnry. one, and it follows that the cost of its construction can be made to range through wide limits, ac- cording to the class of masonry selected and used. The most ‘expensive kind is, of course, first-class granite ashlar, but is belléyed. to be practically beyond ¢ eration by reason-of its excessive cost in comparison with other substantially equiva- Jent material. It Would,’ of course, be ab- solutely the best, iut, tlie additional quality Securéd would be §urchased at too high a \Price,; 28; eomperison:.of the: estimates will show..." ~ ' BL ag anadt ptost | Comparison as to. Cost. “The use of the same class of masonry 'n @ cheaper class’of stone, such as sand- stone, results in a substantial reduction of the estimates by about one-sixth from the cost of granite. The result would be desir- able in every way, were it not that the use of high-class concrete would permit'a much greater possible economy without sacrificing the proper qualities to be in- sisted on in the design. “The suggestion of brick masonry has been duly considered, but it is not appar- ent that it offers the advantages of con- crete, while its cost would be somewhat greater. Its use, in part, in connection with ashlar, would appear to be the limit of its applicability and irito the fully con- sideration of the concrete type it need not enter. “Concrete of a high grade“ is properly making for itself an increasingly large field of application as materiat of con- struction. - It is believed that its prepara- tion and use was never better understood than at present, and that the materials for its proper preparation were never more available. It can, be substituted, with proper care, for almost any other class of masonry with safety and with agreeable results as to the appearance of.the com- pieted work. “It can be made to simulate, if desired, the highest class. of finished stone work, or it can be prepared as a monolithic type, which shall possess the simple dignity of massiveness. “It is the pronounced characteristic of the design of Mr.iMorison’ that it lends itself, far beyond all the others submitted, to the advantageous use of this material. This is accounted “for by the, relatively small amounts of masonty proposed in the other designs, so that a decrease in. the cost of the masonry in the latter struc- tures would make a relatively small de- crease in the total cost. ‘ Conerete Type Advined. “The use of the concrete type,is advised primarily as an eeonomical construction, but without intended implicatfon that it is a cheap device or with any reservation as to {ts structural sufficiency. “It is known that in its coastruction the best intelligence must be enlisted and the most careful supervision of the work ex- ercise@, but these are requirements that can be met and are anticipated and al- lowed fof. ‘A proper subject of remark in con- nection with the proposed new- structure is the existing Woodley Lane bridge. This bridge was constructed under peculiar cir- cumstances at an elevation which was recognized as justifiable only because Mmited funds prevented its being placed higher. As it now stands it is too low for travel that will the valley and too high for a crossiq& of the creek for travel in the valley. It’ Will,be practically sup- planted for the former class by the new structure and its».eontinued existence in its present positiin ‘would be a serious detriment to the’#pptarance of the new bridge. It is rec ded that it be re- moved and rebuiltjat @ lower level and at a point to be selected further up the stream within the limits°pf the Zoological Park. The cost of this; wor¥ would not exceed ,000. “Attention is invijéd,jo the fact that the entire site of the aera bridge, an area of about 275,000 square feet, is at this date the property of ‘theeDistrict of Columbia, with the exceptioti $f ‘about 35,000 square feet of land, coi of certain lots in block. 25, Kaloranih Heights. Condemna- tion proceedings jn, rejation to these are now pending. I¢ Reducifon‘of Cost. “We recommend that the concrete design of Mr. Morison be used in the construction of this bridge, it appropriation therefor be authorized. We believe it should prefer- ably be used on ‘the general plan as origi- nally submitted, but should considerations of economy indicate the necessity of the cordance with sound business principles, The small sum that the present appropria- tion allowed to be assigned to the com- petitors barely covered the necessafy ac- tual outlay in each case, Appropriation Asked For. “It is further recommended that an ap- propriation be authorized to inaugurate the’ above work.’ A natural and proper limit for the first stages of operations would be the construction of the abutments, founda- tions and piers up to about the beginning of the arch masonry. This work can be contracted for properly as a unit, is of sim- ple classification and is quite sharply dis- tinguished from the remainder of the work. To follow this course the amount necessary to begin the construction is $285,- 000, and it is recommended tha! ich sum be appropriated for this purpose. ee CUBAN MAJOR ANDRE (Continued from First Page.) - KING’S PALACE REBUILDING SALE. Tremendous Cuts in Ladies’ Cloaks. We have GOT to clear out our Cloak Department com- pletely, and no consideration of loss shall deter us. We have made cuts in the prices that have brought them down to far below the manufacturers’ cost—far below the cost of the cloth alone! $4, $5. and $6 Am Jackets, $1.98, ificent lot of Kersey, Beaver and Bou- cle Cloth Jackets, the most fashionable styles on the market— number of Misses’ and Children’s ‘in and strap seams—some satin lined ——all the fashionable colors are among them. included . . $1.98 A $8, $10, $12, $15 and $20 Jackets, $4.48, A grand collection of all silk plain and rough cloths, including sian Blouses. Every fashionable dets, Reds, Blues, Greens, Blacks—strap seams— perfect in cut and tailoring. ..................06 $15, $20, $25 and lined garments, in the stylish Rus- color is here. Ca- $4.48 $30 Jackets, $5.75. The most superb lot of Jackets that was ever congregated in one store—lined with plain or fan- x silks—strap seams—patch pockets — silk stitch. he newest effects in Kersey, Broadcloth and rough cloths. Never was such a bargain offered before... . $5.75 Thousands of bargains in every department during our Re- building Sale. As cverything will be sold out as speedi possible, you had best come early so as not to be disappointed. §12-814 Seventh St. cho vitio, me anuncian la presencia de Ruiz. al 108 y despues de largo rato en que estu- vimos bablando de distintas cosas no relacionadas con Ia politica, medijo. El objeto y enpeno de celebrar esta-entievista con Vd. no es simplemente el haber tenido el gusto de yerfe si no que bab- Jando dias pasados cno el Gufal Blanco le proprse con la amistad que nos lignba desde tiempos mejores no dudsria despues de ventujosas proposiciones para V. tales con una amplia xu- tonomia como era la ya concedida-al pais y ademas dinero y empleos para V. y sus familiares de- pondria’ las armas pues no sera el primero. Me cito al andigno traidor Cuervo el cual acepto estas Proposiciones. Figurate mi sorpresa al ver lo Felatado: pues no me figure que hombre caballero Yiqle talento fuese capaz de cometer semejante pifia. Estas manifestaciones fueron repetidas ante el Fte Ornel de Sanidao Ddr Felix Giralt y Capitan Prefecto Jose Hernandes por haberme yo indicado que eran personas de mi confianza y aprovechados dichos snrs como testigos ordene la formacion del consejo de guerra contra el y sus accoMmpanante ‘que Jo eran dos buenos practicos del enemigo ¥ que hacian las mismas proposiciones x mis su- bordinados. Fueron condenados a muerte y ejecu- tados-en el acto. De este mado creo haber cum- plido con un deber de patriotismo y conclencis, cumpliendo en primer termino ton una disposicion de nuestro Gabierno que poco mas o menos dice: Nos Fado aquel que viniere a nos con proposiciones de Par no basadas en la Yndependencia, seta pasado pr las armas. DD vin Comision el Consul Americano, Gral Lee le dire tuve el grandisimo disgusto de no ver ow que la compoutan para baberies informado sobre el particular y al m! tlempo por haber trope- zado con quien no estaba enterado de los, sucedido eli Jog honores qt . erate “NESTON DE ARANGUREN, (Translation.) The Rais Incident. CUBAN CAMPS, January 13, 1898. The 2d of last month I received a letter from Senor Ruiz, quite improper, for cer- tain, in which he asked me for an inter- view, which I conceded, not knowing that the said Senor Ruiz was an adjutant gen- eral of Gen. Blanco and that he would come with propositions unworthy of a gentleman, advising him that as intimate and ‘friendly as we were, he could pass to see me when he liked. The day and the place of the interview having been fixed, I went to it and with surprise saw that those who came to the point selected wera military persons. As 1 am familiar with the infamies and accustomed to the Span- ish government, I supposed an ambuscade planned by it, on which account I decided to withdraw. I received the following day a card from Senor Ruiz, in which he stated to me that he had gone to the appointment without result and in which he asked ao finality. I returned word, fixing day and place, it always being my belief that the said interview would have no official char- acter. Distrustful by .the event of the anterior, on the 13th day of December, I Placed a pair of my trusted men in the point agreed upon and I waited a short distance from the place. A little distance from my station in said spot they an- nounced to me the presence of Ruiz. We saluted each other and after a long space, in which we were talking of distinct mat- ters not related to politics, he said to me: “Phe object and earnest desire of -holding this interview with you is not simply my having wished to see you, but having spoken days past with Gen. Blanco, he Siggested relying on the friendship that bound us from better times, he did not doubt that after advantageous propositions for you such as an ample autonomy iike that already conceded to the country, and, besides, money and employment for you and your intimate friends, you could lay down arms, since you will not be the first one.” He cited to me the unworthy traitor Cuervo, who accepted these propositions. Figure to yourself my surprise on seeing that which is related, for I did not conceive to myself that a man, a gentleman and of talent, would be capable of committing such a fault. These manifestations were repeated be- fore the colonel of health (sanitary officer), Dr. Feliz Giralt and Captain Prefect Jose Hernandez, through my having indicated that they were persons in my confidence, and, taking advantage of these men as witnesses, I ordered the formation of a court-martial against him and his com- Ppanions, who were two skilled guides of the enemy, and who had made the same propo- sitions to my subordinates. They were con- demned to death and executed at once. By this method I believe to have fulfilled a debt of patriotism and of conscience, complying in the premises with a disposi- tion of our government, which, more or less, says: ‘“Decreed that whoever shall come to us with ‘propositions of peace not based on independence shall be executed.” Regarding the commission from the American consul, Gen. Lee, I will say to you I was extremely sorry not to see those who composed it, in order to have informed them upon the facts, and at the same time through having been detained with one who Was not informed of the event and did not receive them with proper honors. NESTON DE ARANGUREN. Ruis’s Attempt to Bribe. ‘The last clause, in which Aranguren re- grets that the representative of the Ameri- can consulate was not received in the in- surgent camp with proper honors, is not im- portant. I have not sought to make a lit- erary document by turning it into smooth English. The translation is a literal one. ‘The most interesting paragraph in the let- ter is the one tn which Aranguren says Ruiz made a direct offer of money and em- ployment for himself and his immediate followers if they would accept autonomy and lay down their arms. This what has been understood—that went with all the propositions of autonomy made to the insurgents. However, one phase of the subject has not heretofore been touched upon. Aranguren and Ruiz had been friends before the insurrection be- to use Arangiren’s 14 friendshi; a8 an instrument for causing the insur- SS ee ee may gents to bell impression that the insurgents were really weakening and feared that the new policy would destroy their hopes of keeping up the war. The palace persistently circulated this story. It was published in the United Stetes_on the authority of Secretary Gen- eral Congosto. In Spain a popular sub- scription was proposed for a monument to Ruiz and Aranguren as martyrs to peace. The report was kept afloat until Arangu- ren’s activity in harassing the Spanish troops in Havana province discredited it. He 1s still keeping the troops busy. CHARLES M. PEPPER. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Movement for Modern Highway— Trinity Church Services—Briefs. The restdents of Montgomery county, es- pecially those of Rockville and vicinity, are agitating the question of having a modern bighway constructed between that place znd Georgetown. The movement has as- sumed definite fornt, and the idea is to se- cure control of the majority of the stock ef the Rockville and Georgetown Turnpike Company. The old pike running direct from Georgetown to Rockville is unused part of the way, the new road known as the Bethesda road, commencing at Bethes- da and running to Montrose, being the one [ mainly used for traffic. Both roads are said to be in a miserable condition. It is un- derstood the majority of the stock of the turnpike company on the Bethesda pike is now held by the Georgetown and Tenley- town Electric railroad, which has in view the extension of the line to Rockville. Rev. Father Wallace made the introduc- tory remarks and recited the rosary at the Trinity Church mission last night. The sermon of the evening was delivered by Rev. Father Himmel, who held the strict attention of the vast audience during his remarks. This evening the sermon will be on death. Mrs. Francis Ann Scheele, the widow of the late Frederick Scheele, died Monday evening -at her residence, 3255 O street. The deceased was in her rifty-eighth year. She leaves several children, nearly all grown, to mourn her death. The funeral ‘will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 o’clock from her late residence. A solemn mass of requiem for the repose of the soul of the deceased will be read at ¥ o'clock at Trinity Church. The lunch and dinner of the ladies of the Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church, which was held at the Masonic Temple on 32d Street, closed today. Quite a large sum was cleared, which will be devoted toward paying for the cost of the improvements to the new church. The sewer trap at the northeast corner of 28th and M streets is reported to be in a dangerous condition. A very dangerous hole, which needs im- mediate attention, is reported in the Ridge road, just north of the Lightfoot property. Judge J. W. Scothorn of Guthrie, Okla. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward kenton, at their residence, 1513 33d street. ——__ WILL BE ADMITTED FREE, SuppHes for the Miners Taken Into Canada by the Government. The War Department has been in further correspondence with Canadian officials ut Ottawa with the gratifying result that the Canadian government has consented to ad- mit free of restrictions all supplies brought into the Klondike region by the United States government relief expeditions. The frée admission of supplies is strictly limited to the government ‘expeditions, but there is no inhfbition ‘upon the saie of the food supplies taken in to such of the miners as can pay for them. “The War Department's advices from’ Nor- Way até that'the® steamship Manitoban, ‘which has been “chartered to carry the reindecr to New York, lies stormbound at Trondjelm. oe Venesuelan. Commission’s Accounts. Responding to a-Senate resolution, the President “sent to the Senate a statement by the Secretary. of State in regard to the report of the Venezuelan boundary com- mission, and also a statement by the audi- tor for the State Department concerning the accounts of the commission. The auditor states that no accounts have been > We Make Photos When Weather is Bad °° * —Jnst as successfully as when the sun is * * * shining bright and clear. Our modern m * * * ods of Photography make this possible, *** G7 Call or write for engagements. W. H. 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He also says the supply of copics of the report printed by the commission has been practically exhausted. The re- port will be reprinted for the use of the Senate. ——————2-____ NO TIDINGS YET. Whereabouts of Ernest Beck ® Mystery. No tidings of the whereabouts of the missing baker, Ernest Beck, have yet been received. The reward offered by members of the missing man’s family has not yet caused any additional effort to be made in the case. Yesterday afternoon’the police boat made another trip up the James Creck canal, but without success. Beck was a member of the Knights of Labor and had a number of labor papers in his pocket when he left home. Harbormaster Sutton, who has supcrintended the searches made in the canal, is of the opinion that the missing man was drowned, either in the canal or river. Speakigg of the work of dragging the canal, the harbormaster stat- ed to a Star reporter that the work is ex- tremely unpleasant and difficult because of the soft bottom of the stream. The place, he said, is certainly a death tran, ard a person” who happens to fall in the filthiy place is almest #ure to be drowned. He recalled the recovery of several bodies during past years which were found in a standing position. The unfortunates had either fallen in foot first or had become mired in an effort to move about in the sluggish stream. It was stated today that Beck had been seen on the street as late as 4 o'clock on the morning after his dis- appearance, and the police think it likely that he fell in the giver instead of in the canal, te Thomas Long, a Philadelphia real estate agent, hes been missing since January 12. 0 During all-the sleeping hours the head is enveloped in-a thoroughly disinfected, pure and curative air (tar, iodine, car- By All-Night Inhalation THE PILLOW INHALER Cures While You Sleep. Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Grip, Throat and Lung Troubles. 0 ? bolic and other healing properties). 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