Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1898, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898-14 PAGES. Seinen cotn detention tnlnleliniolntrtrhellolet tol tonne n ot tentnle terion All the one, two and three of a kind—including the cheapest we carry and the best—in the novelties and the plain styles—are offered for your choice tomorrow at just HALF PRICE. $2.60 ones for $1.00. Lot 11598—Gray and Brown Check Cheviot $3.0) ones for $1.50. Short Pants Suits, with Double-Breasted » for $ jacket and Italian ining. i Half Price Boys’ Short Pants Suits. 3 for Sizes: Zs to 4 years. Regu- for Jar price, $5. y. ; po Inventory price... $3.48 3, for $4. 10.00 ones for $% . 2 . Lot 1620—Genuine Fine Scofch Cheviot Brown and Red Mixed Afi-wool Short Pants Suits, novelty check — effect, be-Breasted Blouse Suits; Ital- with double-breasted jackets and Lot Chevie fan lining and pouts with double seat and Italian lining. S zes 7 to 16. *. Sizes $ to 15. Reg- Regular price, $ tls price, g250 = $1 50 Ran ree ce $6.48 Inventory price. Lot 16%5—Brownle Suits of Blue Mixed 1 Cheviot, with red vest and inlaid trimmed ‘with Black Soutache braid; 3 Jarge ‘pearl buttons. Sizes 3 tonholes. $1 15 Regular price,$4. Se nee een : $1 98 | Inventory price... $2.48 Inventery price. . Lot 1174-Light Brown and Green Check Lot 2850—Brown Check Cheviot Brownlie All-wool Cheviot Suits, with Double-Breast- Sat collar trimmed ith wide braid; ; double seat and knees in pants. soutache braid on vest; silk 16 years, Regular bow. 3 to 8 years. Regular price, $4.50. price $4.75. ae 2 08 Inventory price... 2.98 Inventory price... lo Lot 10 Novelty Brown Cheviot Short dhe Pants Sui guaranteed all 1; ma Lot 2878—Brown Novelty Cheviot Brownle with Double-Breasted Jackets; patch piece Saits, with plain. brown’ inlaid collar and and extra bettons. Sizes 7 vest, trimmed with gold soutache braid. to 16 years. Regular price, Sizes 3 to 8 years. Regular "Inventory price... $4 .23 Tees price... $4 23 ; Half Price on All Boys’ Reefer Suits, Including both Black and fancy effects. You know what a sensible and serviceable style it is. Every youngster from 3 to 8 years looks well in them—and ours are specially choice patterns and values. Make your own selection, cutting the regular price in half. | $4.00 ones—$2 00. Young Men’s Long Pants Suits. These reductions are nothing short of remarkable—but we carry the only stock of Boys’ Long Pants Suits to be found in town, and, of course, that gives us some clearing out to do before inventory. Mized Cheviot Single‘reasten Lang Pants | -Mided Chrtiot Suita al Soot. sebuah coc Suits: pants cut small in leg: coats lined Ferfect fitting. Sizes 14 to 19. Regu. tees rece oe Sizes 14 to 19 years. | Inventory price... $4.9 every way, making, style and fit. Sizes 14 to 19 years. Regular “Teen: price... $6.68 Lot 5873Single-treasted Sack Tan Check Cheviot Suits, serge lined and ta: Lot 1690—Single breasted Sek Brown Cheek Cheviot Saits, ore of the nobbiest be es 0 om; strici and best values of tne season; strictly all pepe eet: ae Wee Sizes 14 19 years. Sizes 14 to 19 years. Reg- Regular price, $7 4, iS | ular price, $10. Inventory price... $ AY) | Inventory price Boys’ Reefers. Let of Bine Chinchilla Refers, r e322 long. big collar, ulst. dl with double-stitebed edegs. }f sears. Regular price, fancy lining: attr | From 4\te 13's Regu- ee Inventory price $2.50 Jar $2. vah 2 oe aaa Lot 6429-Gray Cheviot _U Taventory price... HMSO — .tes.ae-grr grea, igen, big na pvelty Lot S341—Gray and Brown jot Reefers: Hned with wool, inserted ve vet collar and pearl buttons. Sizes 3 to With stron . price, $5. 5 Sree Inventery price Chey- lined | S years, Regular. price, | srieegre $2.50 Inventory price... $3.50 Boys’ Overcoats. Lined with itallan doth, velvet’ cole | Poke; elect collars” cot tn RIB: satin Z aa lar price, $10. < Inv ces Les Inventory price... $6.50 ’ Boys Ulsters. Jot Overcoats, cut fasblonable length Lot 6229—Gras Frieze Ulster, cut very with Italian’ cloth; finished with s Fe years. Regular price, $2 | Inventory price... $3.48 All the small lots of Men’s Derbys and Fedoras, in this season’s blocks and in Black and leading shades. Regular prices have been Inventory price.......... All the small lots of Children’s Plain and Fancy and Feathered ular styles. Regular prices have been $1.50, $1.48, $1.25, 98c. and 75¢. Your choice. 37 : C. Let 1434--Black jnchilla Reefers, it Lots 4379 and 4409—Black and Blue Ker- Fs jar. Sizes 6 to 16 $5 Sizes 14 to 19 ycars. Regu. Lots 4352 and 4553—Blue and P. ; warm | stitched edges: velvet collar. “Sizes 14 7H ’ ’ Men’s and Boys’ Hats. $1.75, $2 and $2.25. 1 (| 5 ° Tam O'Shanter Hats, being what are left of our best and most pop- Inventory price... ctceccas SOCCER LILLIES Argument! Facts! Merchandise! Arguments are the production of an advertiser's brain. The Store furnis tes the facts. Often they are at variance. Here both are produced by the store—they go hand in hand. You never read a- statement over the name of Saks and Company, no matter of how small moment, that has not passed under our closest scrutiny. We have set the day--February 21--as Inventory Day in all our stores--that we may complete the record of our fiscal year by March Ist. Beginning Tomorrow sacrifices of merchandise of the highest grade will be made in every depart- ment : Until That Day. Ladies’ and Misses’ Wraps, Waists and Skirts. The approach of stock-taking and the coming of a new manager are the two forces that impel us to make such terrific reductions. The wrecking goes on in double earn est tomorrow. Girls’ Reefers-- Lot of Brown and Blue Mixed Cheviot Reefers. shield front, pointed collars; box plait and plain bac izes 4 to 12 years. Regular price, $3.75. 1 Inventory price......... Lot of Scotch Novelty Cheviot Reefers, in Brown and Rel effects, trimmed with Yraid and broadcloth; cape collar, Sizes 4 10 years, Regular price, "$5.50, Inventory price... . $1 98 Lot of Green Mixed’and Plain Cloth Reef- “x: handsomely trimmed with braid; big yea Sizes 4 to gular price, $6 and $6.75. Inventory price... $2.48 ‘yy Reefers, made up in ex- elabo trimmed with novelty braid.’ Sizes 4 to 12 years. Regu- lar prices, $11, $12 und : Teeciteny: price... $4.98 Lot of Plain Red, Brown and Green Im- Ported Melton Reefers, trimmed with brald and fancy buttons. ‘Elegant and. exclu- sive. Sizes 8 to 12 years. Regular price, $18. Inventory price... $8.75 Ladies’ Dress Skirts-- Two lots of Ladies. Dress Skirts, Bro- caded Satin and*/India Silk; patterns you will Uke; correct, hag and bound with, velvet. $4.99 ones§ || 98 $6.99 ones— $2.98 Ladies’ Sik Waists-- ‘Two lots of India and China Silk Waists, in dots, figure and flower effects; with white linen collars. $5 ones......0... $1.98 $5.50 and $6 ones— $2.38 Ladies’ Jackets-- Lot of Brown, Blue and Black Cheviot Jackets, tallor made, with double-stitched Seams, Regular price, $5 and $e. Inventory price... $1 50 Tot of Mixed Bannockburn Cheviot Jack- ets, with shield front, cut high; double- stitched seams, coat back; satin lined. Regular price, $9. $4.48 Inventory price. Tot of Imported Model Jackets, some the Blouse effect, others strictly mannish cut; short jaunty jackets all of them; plain and high collars. Regular price, $18, : Inventory price. $9.98 Saks and Company, \ ** Saks’ Corner.’’ Senbetestntentetocatotoatetoietostedeeedioeststentetoeeatoctesdetenectontntecinteeedec HALF buys it now. Those that were $7.50 are now $3.75. Those that were $20 are now $10. Can't be anything but nobby, stylish Suits—of dependable qual ities—for they're our own make—and we don't make any other but Of course, there is an immense variety. You are almost sure to find something to fit you. But if you shouldn’t—here are some larger lots that offer big buying possibilities: reliable grade: Tot — — wntaway Walking Suit: } one of the merely apie ene: | cul short in akin: ‘bin’ potet na | snappy effect in’ Scateh chev. Regular price, "3, Inventory price... $8.75 Lot 203 Light Brewn Mixed Cheviot Single-breasted Sack & with indistinet plaid; a amail pattern; and an honest pitwool “weave. Regular’ price, Inventory PIIGCE Sa ssace $5 Lot, 1571—Rrown and Black Check Cher- fot Suits, all wool and made in single- brearted “sack style; lined with Italian cloth; guaraniced. Regular ete price... $6.25 Men’s Separate-Pants. Lot ‘of $00 pairs of Fancy En glizh Worsteds, in faxhi Prices, $5, $6 and $7. Men’s Suits Half Price. Every lot, where there are less than four Suits left, has been put into this division—and what the regular price has been—ONE- ; mips eaee eee $3:75 | | | Inventory price. ... All lots one, two and three pairs of Men’s Pants—which means more’n a hundred—ranging in price from $3 to $7—are offered at $1.50 to $3.50. Men’s Overcoats. HALF PRICE— 3—Blue Keracy Ovrecouts, all-wool and fast color, made with velvet collar, double-stitched "seams; Italian body lin- ing and satin sleeve lnings. Regular price, $10. Inventory price... $6.50 Lot 7775 —Tan Irish plaid back; skeleton ma taping and yoke of satin; cut foil back: covert length; strap seams. Uinings. Regular price, 12.50 . ‘Inventory price... $8.75 Lote 3244 and 3345—Black ported Frieze Overcoat, farhlonable Jength, full back; silk velvet collar and SILK-LINED all through. One of the best values ave ever pra duced.Regular price, $25 Inventory price. $ 1 6.50 Men’s Furnishings. Everything that is too small to reckon in—or too large to be . here at this time of the season— falls into the Inventory Sale. Whatever the reduction, they are our sterling qualities. Underwear-- Lat of broken size Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers, Derby Ribbed in ‘Drawers only—and Wool Fleceed Shirts. They are niga a 50c Las ey . Vool Camel's ‘Tan Rib- iris and Drawers. Reg- Sc. ze Overcoats, with and Brown La- Lot of broken sizes Natural Hair Ribbed Merino and Blue bed Balbriggan ular price, 50c.— Inventors price... Suspenders-= Lot of 35 dozen Suspenders, fancy effects, with patent off and drawers Regular 35c. value, mises, 25c. irs of English Web Inventory price... . SAKS’ “LITTLE TROOPER"—for the Boys. Solid leather Lace Shoes, warranted ae quality than is sold elsewhere for Inventory price......$1.00 3 bellows pockets; i Satin sleeve | Specials in Shoes. Both the Men and Boys are winners b ythis before-inventory effort to reduce the stock to the lowest possible point. Broken lots of Men’s Black, Calf, Russet, Patent and Enamel Leather, Kangaroo and Cordovan—both lace and congress—latest lasts. Regular prices have been from $2.50 to $6. Take your choice. $ 1 07 | Neckwear-= A Black and Brown Mixed reaxted Sack Suits; cut end made ac well as any sult can be: deep French facings and Italian cloth lining Warranted ft and wear, REARS pe o. $5 50 Lote 3261, 3262, 2263—Three lote ef gen- uine English Cheviota that were w: clusively for us| We bave made in equally a8 exclusive a manner; some are silk lined, cthers fine Welt scams; perfect fitting; Single-Breast- ed Sacks, Regular price, Sirpcatory! price. $ 1 2.50 Two large 1 Une Stripe in the 0 for $2.50, % Inventory price.... is of Neat Hair- Lots 2223 and 2224—Trown and Rine Eng: lish Kersers, cat Double-breasted, atid lined with fancy wool, silk across shoulders and in sleeves; velvet collar and ce germs. egular Inventory price. $12.50 Lot 3395—Genuine Irish Frieze Double- breasted Overcoats, with lap seams and silk lined all through, quilted to waist, wilk vel vet collars. “Best of materials; best of making—best of every- thing. Regular price, Tien price.. $22 Bs) Lot 7524—Black Cheviot Overcoats, Sing breasted, cut medium length, with de stitched seama aad Italian dining: velvet collar. Regular price, 5 $5 Inventory price.. Fancy Bosom Shirts-:. Shirts, with white Unt. POLAR LE LOL ODOR LELOLLODD Lore OLDE ele bene ooo ted Lot of Fine Madras and Percale all-over or fancy bosoms, with white be cuffs to match. Our special $1. Shirts soetet All our 79c., $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Fancy Sifk Scarfs—all shapes and all patterns. Pick ’em out. 39c. 148. Invento Gloves-- Lot of Dogskin Gloves, in all the lead ing shades, ovtseam made. Regular © : 3c. " Inventory price. eS SoadeatentoehonCencedtontonsonsensossodioes onto ontoasoesens: oe Peed eeteteetnts Lot of Boys’ Black Satin Calf Lace Shoen, comfortable and stylish; sizes 12 to 54. Regular $1.75 value. - $1.39 Inventory price... 9 | 7 ON CASE McK mew’s, ONE PENSION CASE “933 Penn. Ave. = A True Story of a Widow’s Apparent Fric y 28th, 1898. Fraud. QD, $10! ove or any war-tme ROMANcEs $7, $8, $ COATS, Army Officer's Pretended Marriage $ to a Southern Girl. Now 5 <=, ° QUEER COMPLICATIONS But a sample illustration of how Se we have sacrificed our entire mag-| some twenty years ago the pension case nificent stock of Women’s High-| of a widow Jones was discovered to have class Coats and Capes. been backed up by a fraudulent certificate - = . | of marriage, and the grand jury of the Again tomorrow we offer entire | pistrict, finding a true bill, the widow stock of Children’s and Misses’ Jack- | left her place in the treasury and the city. ets and Gretchens at exactly half | Ths case fully appears in the following . . > story: their marked prices. Now $1 up. During the early part of the late war, No blacks, but a good assortment | there was located on the roadside, a few of the Tans and Grays, in that line miles from one of the pretty towns of West . : : Virginia, a prosperous blacksmith, whose of $1.50 Suede Gloves we are run- ning at 78c. pair. family, a wife and several children, in- cluded several quite handsome girls, just ~ ages ;_| entering womanhood. It was not long be- _ Grand money-saving opportuni Pat Greet aee troops arrived in the neigh- ties in Underwear. borhood, and then some troops were raised dium-weight Fleece Ribbed Vests | in that section. For the latter there were e been reduced to 19¢. Childrea’s and Misses’ Vests-aud Pants, sizes 16 to 52 have beem reduced te’ Ide. a few officers taken from the northern reg- Wm.H.licKnew,933 Pa.Av. jas-6od = z See = ss iments, and one of them, while his regi- ment was encamped near the blacksmith’s, engaged board with the family. This offi- cer was a widower, with one child ke had left in the care of his mother, and although the youngest of the girls was little more than fourteen years old, they were soon strongly attached to each other. Tre family, however, looking on it as a mere pastime on their part, which would soon be ended by the young officer going to the front, inter- posed no objection to the child accom- panying him in walks and on short car- riage rides in the vicinity. A Quiet Wedding. On one pleasant afternoon about the lat- ter part of May, 1861, they set out for a longer drive than the family expected, and when night came there were conjectures that they may have missed their way, or perhaps have fallen into some trap and been captured by the enemy, for at that time there was no telling who were or who were foes in that section. The fol- The Turquoise Mines in Persia. From Harper's Weekly The disciples of Omar Khayyam think of Nishapur as justifying its existence be- caus? of its association with their poet. The old locality has more practical value to the Persian jewelers as being the source Of the best turquoises obtained in the coun- is, in fact, a “turquoise The mine or cave is excavated in and is made productive by most primitive and oriental methods—cheap la- bor, rude appliances and on a system of farmiing out its privileges that would make an American industrial stare. The sides of the cavern ar: streaked with the beautiful but treacherous stone, and the output of the mine varies from the worthless and changeable mineral! to turquoises of supe- rior grade and permanent color. Th: stones are carried in the rough, and in coarse bags, to the town of Meshed—a bet- ter market than Nishapur—and are there sold. The en>my of the Nishapur turquoise, as of the stone elsewhere got, is the fading to green or the white speck that may sud- denly appear presently to overspread the blue coloring as the stone's rottenness and deadness advance. The Persian, however, : does not disdain the gr2en turquoise, and, |and father ve been better satis- set in a tin or brass or better mounting, | fied had one the elder girls been his few countrymen are without one, choice, The uation was accepted by all con- cerned as one of the fortunes of war, and the young bride was in her old home Mrs. Lieutenant Jones, a boarder, and for about a@ month the husband continued to board at the house, when, the regiment being or- dered away, his short married life in Vir- ginia came to an end. In this brief per- fod he had sent to his relatives, living in New Jersey not far from New York city, for his daughter by his first wife—a girl of six or seven years—and she had been brought on by a fellow afficer and received in the charge of the child wife. When the regiment was ordered away both wife and child were in tears, little dreaming that they would never see him again, and they were in hopes that he would soon return, crowned with laurels and promotion. Wounded in Battle. In the course of a few days, however, hews came that the regiment had partici- rated in a battle, not far away,and, though the Enion arms victorious, his name ap- peared us one of the wounded. This was supplemented by the reception of a letter irom an officer, in which he confirmed the intelligence she had received, spoke of his slim chance of recovery from a saber wound in the breast, and for the husband giving directions as to his daughter, con- fiding her to her care. Such was the con- dition of that section at the time that ii was deemed unsafe for her to attempt to reach him, and a few days later she re- ceived a letter from an officer of the regi- ment describing his death at a farm house id burizl near the battlefield. ‘The war continued and the family home was sometimes surrounded by Union: troops and at others by the confederates, and often was in danger between the lines of the contending forces. Of such surround- ings the family soon tired and moved into town. The *two other girls followed the example of the younger, and the fortunes of war brought each a husband, one in the person of a Mississippi soldier and the other a New York soldier, wearing the chevrons: of a sergeant, and, singular as {t may seem, the blacksmith’s sons-in-law were ail named Jones. In the little town the young widow of the lieutenant with the stepdaughter dependent on her lived on among the excitement of the times, eking out an existence by her needle. Late in the fall of 1865 a member of Con- gress, who had served in the West Virgin- ia regiment with Lieutenant Jones, stepped off a train for a few minutes and it went on without him. Recalling the days of ’61 haying some ours to wait, he visited some of the scenes of his military life, and in the course of his walk by inquiry found the widow of his old companion in the army. She reluctantly told of her circum- tances, which were apparent to the observ- er, and he promised to‘secure her a posi- tion if she would come to Washington. This she knew would enable her to better her condition, and she saw that she woud have an opportunity to send the daughter to school. The offer hgh | gi accepted, and when, a few days she received through the postmaster an official envelope containing an appointment to a modest position in the Treasury it took but a few hours to prepare for the journcy and take the train ‘for Washington. In a few Gays she wus at work, the daughter was in school and they had a comfortable in the neighbor! cation was filed by her for a pension, as the widow of Lieut. Jones, and it Was allowed. ‘with her pay at the treasury, enabled ‘This, them to live very comfortably, and in a short brightest of our public school girls, and during vacations they were enabled occa- sionally to visit West Virginia, and she corresponded with her father’s relatives at the north. The daughter grew to be a most beautiful young lady, and, doubtless, in a year or two, would have had a large circle of Washington admirers had she not settled down in the mountains of West Virginia as a farmer's wife. On one of her visits to “the largest of all states were it flattened out,” at a Fourth of July picnic, she met her destiny. She had attended many rustic picnics in that. section, and as for beaux, had it all her own. way over the local belles, for besides her beauty she possessed all the graces of the rustic girl with the accomplishments of a city lady. Her capture at this picnic was a middle-aged and steady farmer, liv- ing in that section, reputed to be the owner of countless acres of land and the pros- pective nabob of that section. He had, like many others, seen service on the confed- erate side, and had returned home with the praise of his comrades as one of the most daring, dashing cavalrymen of the south- ern army. While the girl well knew that her father had fallen while fighting on the Union side, perhaps with the very -man who then was her admirer, she could not reject his attentions, and finally came to the conclusion that it was far better “‘to be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave.” As for the old inan, he was her slave from the instant he was intro- duced to her, and ere her visit in that sec- tion was ended the time had been set for the wedding—and it was not far distant either. It needed but a short time for preparations, and before the year was ended the marriage took place in Washing- ton. Complications Arise. Gne of the first duties the girl had to perform, after she had changed her name, was to inform her friends of the fact, and in writing to her paternal grandmother she told her as snuchas she knew of her husband's history, not forgetting his ex- perience in the Gonffderate service. This was enovgh for’ the old lady. That the child of eo brave a Union officer as her son should marry.a rebel was horrible, and, then, too, he may haye been the very man who had thrust*his ‘saber into her son's breast, perchance had killed him. This letter had thé effect to cause an estrangement. and ie few years after, the grahdmother’s condition in life having changed, she put.in a,claim for a pension, on account of the sdh’s service. This re- sulted in a re-examination of the original case, and it was not;long before the min- ister whose name was attached to the certificate filed by the widovs was found, and he pronounced it'a forgery. ie case was ihereapon sent to the district attor- ney, and ina ime an indictment was found by the jury. In some way her friends cases cig of it, a“ = evening of the e @ return of the ent witnessed departure from city. In her behalf, it is nothing but jestice to state that some of her Wash- ington is that she ent innocent of intentional fraud, there was a preterded ceremony, the cei tificate was accent CLAIMS FOR CANDIDATES G. A. 8, Comrades Contesting Over the Choice of a Commander. The Huntoon-Doolittle Combination Declared to Be Unbeatable and the Hendricks Men Equally Sure. The clection of the commander of the De- partment of the Potomac, G. A. R., which is to take place at the encampment next Week, continues to interest comrades of the various posts, and electioneering by the adherents of the candidates is growing mere animated every day. There was a conference held last night by the support- ers of Assistant Adjutant General Arthur, Messrs. Huntoon and Doolittle, who, as well known, have entered into a combina- ton by which the candidate receiving the largest vote on the first ballot will receive the complete strength of the combination on the second. The result of the confer- ence was that renewed confidence was fel: in the success of the combination. It was declared very positively that the Note for Mr. Huntoon and Mr. Doolittle on the first ballot would substantially exceed together the vote cast for Mr. Hendricks, and that the second ballot would result in the choice of Mr. Huntoon, whose support- ers outnumber those of Mr. Doolittle in the combination. The Hendricks men will hold a conference tonight. Several of them to- day denied the claims of the Huntoon- Doolittle combination and expressed them- selves as certain that their man would be elected on the first ballot. Delegates to the Encampment. The full Ust of delegates elected from the twenty posts in the District to repre- sent them'in the Department of the Poto- mac. are as follows: Post 1—S. J. Black, commander; G. H. French, T. #. Sheppard, R. B. Schwick- ardi, A, S Taber, J. A. Allen, N. Ferree, Post 2—G. W. Callahan, commander; L. F. Randolph, A. Hart, W. H. Doolittle, @. H. Slaybaugh, W. H. Myers, N. N. McCul- lough, J. P. Lothrop, G. M. Husted, T. C. Tipton, J. B. Carter, W. H. Partridge, G. W. McElfresh, E. C. Stevens, P. W. Cole- man,,H. V. Coltoa, Post 3—G. W. Hazer, commander; J. Bres- gee fo tee a Bao & Bogia, fe yw! 4 irgess, W. Be Moore, J. Maddsen, ‘2. Jomuson 3. E: loore, J. ¢ jo) 5 Thornton, B. F. Chase, et P. Pierce, wt Post }_W. H. Liverpool, commander; D. Pinn, F. Fowler, R. Harridy, J. Brooks, J. P. Quander. Post 10—S. W. Bunyea, F. A. Lowe, C. Parker, M. V. B, Wilson, G. W. Mockabie, H. H. Bunyea. Post 11—J. R. Hayes, commander; A. N. Thompson, W. H. Hoover, J. W. Bradbury, T. M. Sullivan, J. H. Howlett. Post 12—H. L. Johnson, W. H. Henning, H. M. Gillman. Post 13—J. E. Snow, commander; M. H. Peck, A. Gertman. Post 14—T. Hansman, T. D. Yeager, P. O. Lawrence. Post 15—P. B. Entrekin, commander; P. Faulkrer, W. H. Honn, J. W. Stone. Pcst 17—J. Moore, commander; E. Burns, A. Campbell, P. Ford, N. Hough, C. A Rubins. Post 19—A. B. Grenwell, commander; R. E. Duvall, C. M. Robinson. Post 20—H. W. Burns, commander; W. W._Chambe: M. A. Dillon, E. J. Sweet, L. Wilson, F. Benjamin. The privilege of voting is also held by Past Commanders Hawkes, Corson, Ding- man, Gibson, Burdette, Brooks, Lincoln, Odell, Urell, Faunce, Andersen, McElroy, Sprague, Richardson, Burke, Pipes, Dins- more and Bickford. In addition to the delegates and past ccmmanders, there are about twenty com- rades holding elective or appointive offices at headquarters who are also entitled to votes in the election of officers. Claims of Both Sides. It is claimed by the Huntoon-Doolittle people that they will have upward of Linety votes on the first ballot and that either of the candidates they are support- ing will receive considerably over a hun- dred on the second ballot, when either Mr. Hendricks or Mr. Doolittle will be alone balloted for. ‘The claim is also made by some of the G. A. R. men, although it cannot be traced to any certain basis, that several of the Doolittle men in the combi.ation will not vote for Mr. Hun- toon on the second ballot if he gets more votes than Mr. Doolittle on the first vote and that some of the Huntoon men will fail to vote for Mr. Dvolittle in case he gets the majority vote at first. All these claims and counterclaims, of course, add interest and animation to the contest, which will undoubtedly grow until the result is reached. = From the Detroit Free Press. GIVES SEAT TO ALDRICH. ds im the Fourth Alabama District. An vnusually severe arraignment of leged election frauds is made in the re- port filed by House committee on elections No. 1, in the case of Wm. F. Aldrich against Thos. S. Plowman, from the fourth district of Alabama. Mr. Plowman is the sitting member, but the committee submits a recount of the voie, giving Aldrich, re- publican and populist candidate, the seat After criticising the Alabama election law as putting the honest vote at the mercy ot dishonest markers, the report says: When it is known that the condition for such a state of facts exists, it is not strange that illiterate voters ould = re- main away from the polis, in the hope that they would at least not furnish ammuni- tion for their political opponents. But this made little difference to the democratic managers in Dallas county. They voted the illiterate colored men, present o> ab- | sent. The machinery was simple and ef- fective. Fortunately it has been discovered and the details of its operations laid bare. Fraud is everywhere; not lurking or se- cret, but bold and insolent. It {s chiefly of five kinds. 1. fraudulently padding the poli list with names of persons not registered; som times of fictitious persons, and sometime of persons who did not live in the pre- ci t. 2. By padding the poll list with names of persons on the registration list wao did not vote. 3. By imposing on illiterate voters. 4. By the old-fashioned method of false- ly recording votes. 5. By refusing to hold any election ot all in certain strong republican precinc.s. After going into much detail on the al- leged frauds, the committee say they have revised the vote on the most conservative lines, giving Aldrich a plurality of 512. whereas the election of Plowman was claimed by 2,967 plurality. —_————_-+-e-——. Betrayed by “There was one time in my housekeeping career,” said the lady who had had ex- perience, “‘when I thovght there was no vse 6f locking doors, for thieves would I went up immediately to see. No one was there, but every drawer in the room was ee coh aoe aL ee