Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. —_—_$___ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penzszlvania Avzia3, 1ith 3%, by The ivenrag Star Ne 1 Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Yew York Offce, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Star Is served to ety ty carriers, on their own aco: bacribers 12 the per week. om 44 certs per mont: ter 2 cents each. By mail—answhe ates or Canada—pestage prepald—S0 cents Qeintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with cm ywstage added. $3.60. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., | Agsecend-cla. s mail matter) ‘All mail sabe: must he pal in advance. | Rates of advertising made knowa on application. Ty Shae meet WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, srars CAFITGL OF KENTUCKY. The state capitol of Kentucky at Frankfort is located in a small park in which and about the capitol are situated the state office buildings. Mr. Charles Finley, sec- retary of state, who furnishes the description, says of it: “It is impossible to show more than the immediate front of the building in one photograph, as it is flanked on the east and west sides by office buildings. The building shown contains the house and senate chambers, state library, supreme Court room, office of the clerk court of ap- peals and consultation room of judges of that court. It is more attractive from the antiquarian’s standpoint, than for the purity of its style of architecture, commo- diousness or convenience. The citizens of the state hope that some day a legisla- ture will be elected which will look less to the preservation of a rusty heirloom. and more to modern requirements, and will remove the present structure and build a sightly capitol on its site. of Frankfort. The photograph is from Mr. J. L. Waggener, an amateur FIRES IN COAL BUNKERS. WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. The Special Board Wants $5,000 to/ More Satisfactory Feeling—Generally Conduct Experiments. Secretary Long has just received the re- port of the special beard composed of Lieut. i} T. D. Griffin, Passed Asssistant Engineer |one, and while receipts were somewhat W. M. McFarland and Chemist Jas. West- essen, which was charged with an investi- gation of the cause and means of prevent- ing spontaneous fires in coal bunkers of the warships. The board being without funds, ‘was unable to make any pr: ical experi- ments d was obliged to rely iargely upon a study of the existing reports on the sub- ject. The most encouraging fact phere se fires are not nearly so fre- Tucnt as is genctaily supposed. "The board asks” for an allotment ef yuo to defray the expenses of experim ss with struc- tures built a bunkers. Meanwhile it is recommended that coal be not stored ¥ wet, if possible to avoid doing so; that care should be exercised to that there should be no oid crushi jarg. all coal on ship- large accum’ board; éiuded from the bunkers; have been at least a month ground before being taken 2 under no conditions should s haust pipes be allowed the latter should not be within twen of a boiler. It is clearly established that good coal Is more economical as well as less subject to spontaneous combustion than what appears to be cheaper coal. RAILROADS RUNNING RISKS. that oil and waste be rigidly ex- that coal should above the ard; that Cars Without Safety Appliances Be- ing Used. Requests are now being made by some of the railroads that were not represented at the hearing granted by the interstate com- merce commission in this city last month, for an extension of time in’ which to equip their roads with the safety appliances re- quired by the act of Congress March 2, \se3. All those roads that petitioned were given two years. The other roads are in a bad way, as they are liable to a heavy fine for every trip cars are run that have not the safety appliances. There are very few that have completely met the requirement of the law, and many are going on without even asking for an extension. oe ALLEGED PENSION FRAUDS. Ss. Advices Received of the Arrest of ‘Two M A special dispatch to the commissioner cf pensions conveys the information of the conviction at Denver, Col., of Louis C. Withaup, a subagent of a local pension attorney, on a charge of accepting an il- legal pension fee. This case is interesting from the many successful fghts the agent made against the government officia The pension office has received informa- tion of the arrest of A. C. Woodruff, a pen- sion attorney at Evansville, Ind., on a of forgery. The arrest was made fs by jal agent of the pension office sent out from Washington to work up the case, und, if possible, secure the conviction or the m: $+ —__ To Pay for Damages of War. The bill to pay the Book Publishing Com- pany of the Methodist Episcopal Church South $288,000 for damages sustained by that corporation during the war, after en- countering an obstinate filibuster which staved off a vote on two previous private as piloted to its passage in the terday by Mr. Cooper of Texas, who was in charge of the measure. The friends of the measure proved themselves in an overwhelming majority, and the op- position, finding it could hold out no longer, reluctantly yielded. The vote on the bill was 188-67. ——_____- e+ ___—_ The Recent Oklahoma Tragedy. The Attorney Generel has sent to the Senate the correspondence which has ac- cumulated in his office bearing upon the killing of Mrs. Laird in Oklahoma terri- tory, by Seminole Indians, and the subse- quent burning by whites of two Seminoles supposed to have committed the crime. ee eS Night Sexsion on Pensions. Last night was the first night session of this Congress devoted to pension legisla- tion. No disposition to contest the bills presented for consideration developed and the entire calendar of twenty-nine bills was cleared before the hour of adjournment— 10:30-—arrived. ee Verdict for Plaintiff. A jury in Criminal Court No. 2, holding a ion for the transaction of civil busi- ness, yesterday awarded Lemuel O. Fletcher damages in the sum of $1,500, in a suit in- stituted by him to recover $15,000 from the Metropolitan Railway Company. Mr. Fletcher claimed that a mail wagon driven by him was struck by one of the cars of the company, April 4, 1896, while on 4% street between Maine and Missouri avenues. As a result of the collision, Mr. Fletcher maintained, he was thrown to the pavement and painfully injured. He was represented in court by Attorneys Hamilton and Colbert. a A Notary Public. Me. Ebenezer Southall of the office of the controller of the currency, and residing at E street northeast, has been appointed Fg public for the District of ‘olum- | and’ $35; common, ' each, Unchanged Prices. The wholesale produce market during the present week has been a fairly satisfactory imited, all arrivais of desirable products met quick sales. quoted, although there is some expectancy of higher prices, the supply being limited and under grades attive. Cheese shows no change, but eggs are lower and more plen- Uful. Poultry is firm and live stock meets ready sale. Game remains practically un- changed, birds of all kinds wili be outlaw- ed February 1. Other products are about as last reported, the market being a gen- erally firm ene. Butter—Creamery, Elgin extras, 21 cents @ pound; choice, 20 cents; firsts, 19 cents: seconds, 18 cents; bakers’ choice stock, 15 cents; other grades, from 10 to 18 cenis. Cheese—New York state, full cream, large, 11 cents; flats, 11 cents; ponies, 12 cents. Lexs—Nearby fresh, 17 to 18 cents a dozen; western, 16 cents, and southern, 15 to 16 cents. i Poultry — Turkeys — Choice, drawn, 11 ; undrawn, large, 9 cents; live, toms, . hens, 9 cents; live, small, 7 c-kens—Drawn, 8 to 9 cents; live, S$ to ) cents; winter chicks, live, "8 to 9 cents; spring, large, live, 8 to 9 cents; ca- pons, large, 20 to cents. Old fowls— Drawn, 6 to 8 cents; _undrawn, 6 to 8 cents; live, € to 7 cents; roosters, live, 4 cents. Ducks—Dressed, 9 to 10 cents; live, large. old, 7 to 8 cents. Geese—Live, 6 cents; dressed, 7 to 8 cents. Game—Bear, saddl, 10 to 12 cents; pheas- unis, 25 to 40 cents; rabbits, per doz., 60 cents to $1; quail, $1 to $1.50; wild turkers, 7 to 10 cents; woodcocks, ach, 20 to 25 cents. Vegetables.—Cucumbers, per box, $2 to $3.50; cauliflower, per crate, $3 to $4: celery, medium, per doz., to 25c.;_ common, per doz., lc. to 15c.; beans, per box, $2 to -50; lettuce, per bbl., $3 to $4; per basket, t potatoes, New York, per bush., -; Maryland and Virginia, bush: -; culls, per bush., 26e. to We. sweet potatoes, fancy, per bbl, $3; No, 1, $2 to $2.50; culls, $1 mons, Dbi., 5 crate, Florid to $1.50; yams and hay- $1. 50 to $3. Butter remains at last | bunches, $2 to $4; cabbage, onions, yellow, per bbl., $5 c. to per bush., 7 per 100, $2 to $4; i ; to $2.50; yellow, ; turnips, per bbl, 75e. to $1; beans, white, New Yor! ae $1.20 to $1.25; New York pea, $1.15 to $1.2 marrow, $1.20 to $1.30; Virginia, white, 90c to $1; white, mixed, 80c.; colored, ” Gc black-eyed peas, per bush., 65c. to 75e., lima beans, per Ib., 3c. to 4c. Dried fruits.Evaporated apples, choice, 4c. to 6e.; apples, sliced, fancy, 3%c, to 4 sliced, bright, 3c. to 3¥2c.; quarters, bright, : peaches, choice, 6c. to 7e.; fair to good, 5e. to Ge.; hatves, unpeeled, 2c. to 3c.; quar- ters, unpeeled, 2c. to ic; evaporated, Se. to W evaporated, " unpeeled, 6c. to cherries, pitted, dry, crop °93,. de. sugared’ and wet, 6c. per Ib., 3%c.; whortleberr! ier conic nd dry, 10c. to Me. reen fruits and nuts—Apples, f: - ble, bbl., $3 to $4; choice, per Dbl. $345 $a; windfalls, per bbl. $1 and $1.25; pears, Lu ; walnuts, per 100 ‘Ibs., z ents Oranges—Florida, brights, $4; russets, per box per box, $ and $2.50. stock—Cattle, extra, per cwt., $4 and butcher, per ewt., $3.50 and $4: com- ber cwt., $2.50. and $3; rough, per fair, per twt., gross,’ $3.50 ordinary, per ewt., net, $3.25 and ep. per cwt., $$ and $3.30; lambs, oice, per cwt., $5 and $5.50; medi and $5; common, $8 and. $3.00, calves, prime, per ewt., $0.50 and $7; com. Ton, per ewt,, $5.50 and -grass, per ewt., $3 and $3.50; cows, prime, each, $25 $10 and $15; old per box, $3 and $8 and § navels, + Seedlings, per box, and dry, $6 and $8. Dressed stock and cured meats—Calves, full dressed, 7 and 8 cents; hams, country, sugar cured, 9 and 10 cents; lard, country, Lright and clean, 5 cents. Dressed hogs—Hogs, dressed, large and neat, 4% cents; small and neat, 4 cents; rough, 3 cents. yaa ge ae Jewish Women to Entertain. Monday evening next, in Concordia Club Hall, corner of 6th and E streets northwest, the section of the Council of Jewish Wo- men in this city will give a public meeting. An attractive “musical program will be provided, and a lecture delivered by Rev. Dr. Henry. Berkowitz. of. Philadelphia, Pa. The doctor is well known as chancellor of the Jewish Chautauqua, of which there is a “circle” in this city, numbering thirty- five members, who are following the first year’s course. The subject on which Dr. Berkowitz will speak is “The Jew’s Gift to Humanity.” Coroner Carr was called upon yesterday afternoon to investigate the circumstances involving the finding of the dead body of an infant in the morning. Policeman Godwin of the second precinct discovered the te- mains on a vacant lot near 3d and P Streets northwest. The body, which is about 18 inches long, had been placed in a srape basket and thrown on the lot to de-. Officer Godwin ca: panda ‘= ‘Tried the body to the coroner’s investigation. ing ut a smoker, had*at @ down-town ho- tel. The affair was unusually enjoyable, and acded, no doubt, greatly to the popu- larity of Capt. Hoeford’s command. The rumor has been revived that steps are to be taken t6 organize, in connection. with the National Rifles, a company to REAL ESTATE GOSSIP ASuburban Investment That Yielded enter the Natiomml Guard, under- Standing now a re Bist — ces a Handsome Profit. ‘ralles, an} = Battalion, has ts beeu sasseeted the captain’of the pro- ° zeqeral member of Comagmy i bet | AMERICAN URIVERSITY BUILDINGS talion,.are- more than ordinarily interested in the movement.. Speculation: is rife pg to ithe site of the next camp of the District National Guard. It is. practically @ certainty that an en- compment: will be hel during the month ef July, and it ts equally as certain that the camp wilt not be at Fort Washington, as heretofore. Fort Myer has been sug- gested, but the suggestion is not regarded with anything~that.even distantly re- sembles favor. The desire is to find a Spot sufficiently distant from the city and inaccessible to @ degree that will not permit of the attendance of large num- bers of visitors. THE NATIONAL GUARD Transfer of Property to Center Mar- ket Armory is Completed. DRILLS AND MEETINGS SUSPENDED Troops, Armed and- Equipped, Marched Front Old Quarters. Current Rumors in Regard to New Hotel Structures. who are interested in genuine deavor to do each season. PERIOD OF INACTIVITY Of course you can count —————— SOME NEW HOUSES Matters relating to the District of Co- lumbia National Guard, so far as active military duties are concerned, are practi- cally at a standstill, and of necessity must continue so for several weeks to come. With th2 exception of the 1st -Battalion, ist Separate Battalicn, Company C, 2d Bat- talion, and Troop A, drills, rifle practice and meetings have been suspended throughout the brigade. This state of af- fairs is due to the changing of quarters from the building at 446 L stre2t to the Progress is being made in the develop- ment of the enterprise of the American University. One building has been prac- fically completed, and funds are being col- lected for the erection of others. It is be- Heved that duriag the coming season ar- Trangements will be so far perfected that it will be possible to begin the construc- tion of a second building some time next fall. Preliminary designs. for two buildings are now prepared, one for the structure to doubt. The fact that there are popularity. Ladies’ Coats. 4 Black Cheviot Coats, made with Eng- Ish fly front, double stitched seams and half lined with silk. The reg- $4.00 ular price has been $9. Now... 4 Navy Blue and Black Kersey Coats, made box : —— TEN PER CEST LENDERS. 2 PEE Commissioners Hefuse to Aid Them in Collecting Excessive Interest. While. the District Commissioners will permit no employe of; the District to evade the payment of his just debts, they will give no assistance whatever to those per- sons who loan money at unlawful rates of Center Market armory. Interests. In other ‘Words, the “'ten per-lb4 inown as ‘the College of Languages; oi ae Pog — ‘The past week has been devoted exclu- | Centers,” as they are commonly known, | which has been designed by W. M. Poin- TE eEne nnd. black talfers sively to tho transfer of property, and such | eed not apply to te: District Commission- | dexter, architect, and a design for another Been $12. Nowe Pt progress has been made that the L street a 5 to be known as the College of Government, building is now entirely vacated. The prop- | 4 member of the ‘police force was re-| hag been prepared by Henry Ives Cobb, Repay See Ew ele erty first transferred down town was the | Cently tried on @ chagge of gebt. He was! architect. ‘The latter has also jade a pic. Telvet collar; lined alll throngh with tents and camp equipage. This has be2n | found guilty, but @ommtssioner Wight, | ture showing the proposed buildings as SS > a stored away in the loft over the B street | Who has charge of the police department, NOW. DOo they are to be arranged on the grounds, and the designs of the two buildings, as well as the plan. of grounds, are being ex- hibited_to those interested in this enter-. prise. Bishop Hurst, who has been the soul of this enterprise from the beginning, feels encouraged over the outlook and the interest which is being manifested in the: Proposed university by those who are able to give assistance. * in examining the papers in the case, the findings having come to him for his in- spection and report, discovered that the policeman had in Apri; 1886, borrowed $40, for which he wag egpected to pay $41 a month as interest, Up to the first of last November he had paid $72 in interest, just $82 more than the principal. Such being the case, Mr. Wight will recommend to the board of Commissioners that they re- fuse to compel the officer pay the amount wing of the Center market. Headquarters and the quarters of the g2neral staff were established early in the week in very pleas- ant rooms in the Ames building, 1410-12 G street. The office of the adjutant genzral is on the first floor of the building, front- ing on G street. This room has several large windows, and directly inside the en- trance is an iron railing, which will be th> means of affording the adjutant general some degree of privacy. Directly in the 4 Brown, Green and Navy Blue Melton Coats, made with fly front, fastening high at neck; trimmed elaborately with an throggh * wi fae ii tne eae oe ware whet $12.00 Ladies’ Capes, 2 Seal Pinsh Capes, Purchase of Suburban Property. 1, made 22 inches long, of the claim, for whioh the money lender : handsomely. trimmed as Daal commie notte of the adjutant general, | hag obtained a Sudgment. There is, ef| Independent of the advantage to the city collar, lined with satin: tritimes ‘arsed junicating wi is the office o: nda-" hol ts collar and the quartermaster general, wherein are lo- coaree no coune Frere nece mnenas: | Pele noe 1 the jeeteblishiment of suchen, down front ‘with marten far. The regniar price has been $12. NOW. tion will be adopted by! the board. Mr. Wight takég the ground that the claim is an outragedug One, as well j institution here, the owners of property | & and the residents in the general locality |’ cated the h2adquarters clerks. The tele- phone is in this room. In the rear of the quartermaster general's office is a store | for which the offver Inc moreiy Havre | Where the university 1s to be located feel aot ee a eee eee eth soon ral taainery, the saddles of the | if" indeed, he ts legally lable. Mr Wight| that the sucess of this enterprise’ will taffeta silk: high ‘collar. ‘These Hie ant citicers and property of | aico’ wishes It” umdcksteed that he fill| have a good effect upon property values. Capes are | cat, 24° inches. lang, The the adjutant general Ie fram the mol evec. | Hever recommend t&e paysnent by a mem-| While Connecticut avenue extended in co, 15. NOW. 10.00 e wdjutant general is from the main ves- | her of the police af firerdepartmonta, on ae er : tibule of the building, while there is a sep- arate entrance to the quartermast:r gen- eral’s office from the main hallway of the building. The front window and the en- trance doorway have been appropriately letter2d in gold leaf. The office of the commanding general, in his civic capacity, ts in the board of trade rooms on the second floor of the Ames building. Directly above the board of trade rooms, on the third floor of the build- ing, ar3 the querters of the general staff. These consist of two large rooms, which may be thrown into one. The walls are newly papered, the floors stained, and everything is bright and attractive. garded as the western limit of this sec- tion, the recent large sale of land there 4s looked upon as a promising indication. As was stated at the time in The Star, Thomas J. Fisher & Co., the agents of Mr. Francis G. Newlands, gold to Mr. H. P. Waggaman of this city, who represents a New York capitalist, sixty. acres of. ground lying on each side of Connecticut avenue extended, a portion of which ad- joins Cleveland Park on the north.. The price paid was $4,500 an acre for the twenty-five acres to the west of Connecti- cut avenue and $4,000 per acre for the thirty-five aores lying on the east side of |, Connecticut ayenue, indeed, of any othet@gpastment of the Dis. trict government, ofany-@ke claim. ‘There- fore, he desires al¥ @ are engaged in Icaning money at Umlpw®l rates to know that they will receive ne assistance from him, and that they"Wifi Make loans to ein- ployes of the Distriét-gowernment at their own risk. In this connectiott Mr. Wight called at- tention to section’ 716 “ef “he ‘Revised Statutes relating te the Digtrict, wherein it ts provided that If amy pereon or cor- poration” within the District of Coftmbia shall directly or: ‘ ly take or re- ceive any greater'‘amouymt-of interest (0 per cent pér annum) ;j Umbrellas. It does our reputation good to have you buy such Umbrellas as are in these lots at these prices. ‘They are not “all handle,” but there is sound reliable quality in the frames and coverings.” - ig provided ior 26.inch Union Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, In Heavy Marching Order. by law, upon any ¢o: Ane ‘agcoemont fF Advance ip Valves, with. wteel rods and natural $i 50 The formal’ transfer of the troops dawn | Whatever, it shallibe Mamful for the :er-| - The sale aggregated $252,500, and, includ- Dresden and megrning hawdles ot tewn occurred Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The several organizations marched from L street to the'Center mar- ket in heavy maréhing order, depositing their National Guard property {i the in- closur2 over the 9th street wing of the market, that will hereafter be the drill hall of the guard. ‘The 2d Battalion, the Ambulance Corps, the Engineer Battalion and the Band and Drum Corps moved Wednesday evening, whil> the 4th and 5th Battalions bid farewell to the old armory ‘Thursday evening. Until the quarters for the several orgati- izations in the Center market building are in readiness it will, as stated, be almost impossible to proceed with military duties, although it 1s understood several of the companies will endeavor to keep moving. The Market Company has promised to x- ert itself to hav2 everything in readiness at the very earliest possible date. large force of workmen is now engaged making the necessary alterations and {mprove- ments. When the troops are finally established in the new home and everything in shape, the expectation is that the anticipated new and flourishing era of the District of Co- lumbia National Guard’ will make its pres- ence felt. Second Battalion Possibilities. The vacancy in the position of major of the 2d Battalion will continue to be an in- teresting topic of conversation until it is filled. A dozen individuals have been sug- gested for the place, but no conclusion in ing the -price ‘paid Bor the: Kengia’ tract, 26-inch Black Union Taffeta r “@the. Umbrellas, mounted on Prince of Wales’ handles. FE np aed ‘Dwbrellas, 28-inch Gloria Umbrellas, with Steel rods...,.. 28-inch Pure Silk Umbrel- las. Son or ‘his oavite gue mas 0 oF ye corporation pay’ le same, to sus for! which comprises somé forty-five aéres;th and recover all tht Sntevemt: paid upap ‘ony Peas ancaabueaae "8 ‘ona Py t such contract or ‘merge nent fae pers} oe oF money An about 2 e tatives, or fie’ | $400;000. Money ia now being spent in Ii ing.out this land into building sites and pening roads. = Price paid for the tract purchased from Mr. Newlands repre- sents a handgome advance over what he paid, for:thia property when he purchased it in 1809 =" He then gave a little over $1,000 per acre for the land which he naw seils for $4,800 Fund $4,000 per acre. If the same apprecia- tlon.in-value applies to the 700 odd acres lying on both side’: of Connecticut avenue extended ‘to. the" District line, which Mr. Newlands bought seven years ‘ago, the en- tire investment wil! prove to be as profita- Die as it was extensive. me Improvements in the County. The tendency on the part of the residents of the city to -establish homes in the suburbs furnishes no doubt a strong rea- son ‘for this investment. The suburban movement is confined not only to this se¢c- tion of the suburbs, but throughout the entire range of country adjacent to the city and“for many miles from the business center. Reference has heen made to the erection of houses in University Park, in the vicinity of Tenleytown, at Chevy Chase |‘ and in other parts of this immediate lo- cality. In -Cleveland Park, adjoining this property: above referred to, seven houses are in course of construction. A hand some stone lodge is.to be located on the]. soft or his persofiel corporation paying thé same, to sue for ahd recover aj! the’ intérest: paid upon.eny, such contract or agreement from thecper- son or his ‘personal répregentatives, .or from ‘the corporation ‘recei such. un- lawful interest, but the suit “to: recover. Back such ‘interest: sha be brought within one year after such uhjawful interest shall have been paid or’takén. i $2.25 ..89c, $3.00 Sta ae 92.50 Blankets. LLING OFF. Clesing out some lots, and letting them -go at very low prices. Don’t gauge the worth by what they are marked now. ben Sse Nowe. tt TS $2.25 Wrapper Blankets, that have $2.60 been $o—-NOW. 114 Afl-wool Btankets—vow $4.50 Figures for the Sig Months Ending Decem>der B1 Last, Figures of immigration to 1e United States for the first Half of the present fiscal year show that khe tendency is still toward a decreasing yolume. During ‘the six months ended December 31 the total ar- rivals numbered 99,175 as against 107,608 for the corresponding six months of 1806. The number coming @irect to the United States for the last sig months was 94,022, and the number ¢oniing through Canada, 153. Of the totAl ‘himber 47,732 were ales and 46,290 females, about the aver- age figures in the proportion of sex. The Italians e¢éntinue to furnish the largest number immigrants, 20,646 hay- ing arrived during the period reported. Russia is next with; 12,823, and Ireland third with 10,362. “Theefigures on Irish im- plished 1840. ‘ that direction has yet been reached by the | migration are curidug, in that: they show a eet side of pope ae AS pallinay Epa oe $ commanding general. The probabilities are | larger number of | les than of males. | between Newark and Milwaukee streets. eB Sedat edbdededednte needing that Capt. Charles 8. Domer of Company | The total number 6f h femaies to arrive'| Designs for a fine house have just been LE eSntets oS © would be granted authority to insert gold | ¥@8 6,911 and males ‘8,451. No other coun- | ¢Cmplzted, .which is to be erected by the Make a Note of These for Monday-- PERRY’S. Monday will be a very attractive day for those of you es’ Jackets and Ladies’ Skirts and Capes. As is usual at this time, we are making some dcep inroads upon the regular prices. Cutting rather than carry. fingers; but it will only be a question of being fitted, and not of fashion or value, for on both those scores there can be no - PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. =AT= Teductions on Ladies’ and Mis: Clearing out, as we en- the pieces of each lot on your such limited quantities speaks oA Se Ladies’ Skirts. 2 Fancy Plaid Skirts, cut in the newest style, lined al through with percaline. ils been 2 Fancy Mixed Cheviot Skicts, ned all through with lar price style, ha been $7. Children’s Coats. 6 Green and Fancy Mixed Cheviot Caate, made with box plait fromt and tight back; new sleeves with turn-back cnffs. ir price has been £5. 2 00 5 Rrown, Green and Fancy Mixed Cloth & made with reefer fronts and cape trimmed with braid. ‘The reg- peice has =o $3.50 2 Red Roucle Cloth Conta. 5 Red and Fancy Mixed Cloth Conte. made with reefer fronts. fastening high ai neck; targe collar trimmed with Her. Cales braid, ‘The vesular price $4.50 has been $8. 4 Fancy Mixed Cloth Goats, made with box front and tight back: cpaulettes of plain cloth, edged with $5.00 $5.50 12-4 All-wool Blanket 12-4 All-wool Blankets | Notions. Model Skirt Yokes, in Black, White and Drab—were 25c. 15c. Now eves . Font ~~ aad Watgrproof Dress Facing—6e. a yd. Imitation Shell Hair Pins—10c. a doz. ashilk Bone Casing, 9 yards to the-plece— Mourning Pins, 80 in a box—3c, Sovran Pina, best’ make-Se. a paper. Stationery. Some things in the Sta- tionery Tine that we keep, but that maybe you do not know of. - Everything that belongs on the writing table is here. Fancy Paperteries, for children—10c, and 28c. a box. Initial Geals, any letter—i5c. each, Sealing Wax, four sticks in a box—t5c. and 19¢. : Crushed Vellam Paper, “Azurine and Helictrope tints—18c. a pound. Envelopes to match—Se. a package, company controlling the property and has’ — been taken by ex-Governor Jackson of. Maryland, who will occupy it as soon as it is finished. The exterior walls will be built? of stone and frame, with a frontage of sixty-four feet on Newark street near Con- necticut avenue. It will contair twelve rcoms. The District authorities are about to build-a sewer into the park connecting with the main at the north end of the Zoological Park, which will extend the system from the Tenleytown road on the west to Connecticut avenue on the east. Becomes Ita Own Landlord. Although the Scientific American, pub- lished by Munn & Co., has had a branch office in this city for forty years or more. it has always been a tenant. Now, how- ever, it has become its own landlord by the purchase of the building 625 F street. This building has been recently enlarged, re- modeled, fitted with hot water heat, elec- tric lights, iron stairways, tiled floor and all the modern facilities of an office build- ing suited to the uses of this paper. The work of remodeling has been in prog- ress for the past three months under the direction of Mr. Edward W. Byrn, for many years identified with Munn & Co. The office home is now completed and is occupied by the new owners. In chang- ing the old building for the new uses Mr. Byrn had to meet several difficult prob- lems of construction, which, however, -he solved, and the remodeled building is not only commodious and convenient, but it is tubstantial. - F Street Property. Ellerson & Wemple, real estate agents, are having the building 1329 F street re- constructed. An entire new front {s to be put in and a large back buliding ext: ny to the alley is to be erected. The bi rd is to be fitted up for business purposes and tenants have been secured for the principal try shows such att émcess of females over males. Germany Shaws a slight surplus of females, the figures fer that country being 4,829 women and pop en: ‘There’is apparently but little falling off in immigration from, Turkey ‘and Asia, 3,221 having arrived during the last six months, as compared witlt 3,498 for the correspond- ing -period, whenethe Armenfan atrocities were at their height'and many Armenians came to this country’ Cuba futnished 928‘¢mmigrants as against 1,212 for the santé period-of the year be- fore. : One of the reasong‘assigned for light tm- migration during thé past few years was the busiriess depfyssion through which the country passed, But ifs now apparent to treasury officials “that- some other cause, operated on the ‘volume of immigration. The Secretary of-the- Treasury, in his a1 nual report, thought’ the cause was the en- couragement given ‘#mmigrants by such countries as the ‘Argetftine Republic, whtch offers inducements fn the way of bounties and land grants..' development of the Argentine Republic “ag a wheat producing country is said to »bé due to the immi- leaves in his shoulder straps if he cared for them. Capt. Domer is the proper man for the place for half a dozen reasons, and par- ticularly because of his knowledge and ex- perience in matters military. With Capt. Domer in command the 2d Battalion would rank second to none in the brigade, and but little doubt exists that he would ac- cept the promotion were !t not for his con. nection with his company. The under- standing is that the members of Company C would not consent to part with Capt. Domer under any circumstances, and, therefore, it seems, other possibilities must be considered. Among those who have lately been sug- gested for the majority of the 2d Battalion is First Lieut. Luther H. Reichelderfer, at present inspector of rifle practice of the 5th Battalion. The knowing ones are of the opinion that the chances of Lieut. Reichel- derfer being elevated to the command of the battalion are very promising indeed. He is an officer who is respected by au and is held in high regard by the commanding gencral. Lieut. Reichelderfer has had a thorough military training, several years ago commanding the regiment of Higa School Cadets, with the rank of colonel. In the National Guard he has held commis- sion as captain of Company B, 2d Battal- ion, and also as adjutant of the 3d bat- talion, while for some months he was act- ing inspector of rifle practice of that bat- talion. When Gen. Ordway reorganized the brigade last April he considered Lieut. Reichelderfer too valuable an officer to part with, and therefore retained him on the supernumerary list. On assuming com- mand of the brigade Gen. Harries, at the earliest opportunity, arranged matters so that Lieut. Reichelderfer could be assigned active duty. In every way Lieut. Reichel- derfer is.an officer of sterling worth, and as major of the 2d Battalion he would, it fs beHeved, prove as popular and as capabli ashe did in filling the other positions mén- tioneda > , one or two projects are being be ,) and it is sald that a poe dicate has an option on a piece of prop- #5 on Farragut square and also has a design of a hotel building which it is pro- posed to. erect on this site. It will be & handsome improvement. For a Market Building. ‘The owners of the building at the corner of 224 and Q streets, known as the Riding ‘Academy, are considering a proposition to change that Eullding into a market house. Some Improvements. Two. brick houses are :o be erected at 644-46 11th street southeast by J. C. Wid- man. New fronts and a new back building will be erected to the dweliings 302-04 E street northwest by William R. Ward. A row of seven residences are to be erect- ed at 22d and Decatur streets by John H. Walters. They are to be two stories in height, seventeen by thirty-one feet, and thevtronts will be built of buff brick. Two houses are to be erected at 327-20 D street southwest. They are to be two stories in height, fourteen by thirty feet, and the fronts will be built of press brick. A two-story frame house is to be erect- ed at Brightwood Park by Eva W. Hum- maw. ‘@f Hurope: The in- , ft #s-seen, have de- ‘The restrictive le@tslatian of 1891 and 1893 was-also the cause #f re@mcing the number of immigrants. ‘Phe bil now. before Con- Jaw, will also ‘GEN. maces: GPPosED. = Disapproves the #raw#fer of Govern- or’s Island@@ Mew York. Gen. Miles, with fhe istdorsement of the Secretary of War, fis ghade a report to Congress. strongly Wsappitoving the: bill to transfer Governér' Isla@md to New York city as a public pad. , Gén. Miles says the government ha# @tcupied the island for over one hundreit afd millions of dol- lars have been ‘mm it for forts, sea walls and other. pithilc ‘works. - “The isl- and,” he says, “is of great nationca im- portance and should under no ‘To Regain Lost Ground. The election held by the members of Company B, 2d Battalion, last Tuesday evening, that resulted in the selection of the former company commander, Edgar A. Shilling, to succeed himself, was a fore- conclusion. gone Capt. Shilling was chosen ity. 3 USpedo Sout Tay ae Mhittst Sad orpedo May be able, under of fogs or smoke, to p the lower approaching spring season. However that | AN OLD CROW'S TREASURE TROVE, When Discovered He Removed the Whole Collection, From Scribner’: One day, while watching, I saw a crow crossing the Don valley with something white in his beak.” He flew to the mouth of the Rosedale brock, then took a short flight to the Beaver Elm. There he drop- ped the white object, and, looking about, Bave me a chance to recognize my cid friend Silverspot. After a minute he picked up the white thing—a shell—and walked over past the spring, and here, among the docks and the skunk-cabbages, he unearthed a pile of shells and other white, shiny thirgs. H2 spread them out in the sun, turned them over, lifted them one by one in his beak, dropped them, nestied on them as though they were eggs, toyed with them and gloated over them like a miser. This was his hobby, his weakness. He could not hav a why he enjoyed them, can explain why including the new one, with earth and leaves, and flew off. I went at once to the spot and examined the hoard; there was about @ hatful in all, chiefly waite pebbles, clam shells and some bits of tin, but there was also the handie of a china cup, which must have been the gefa of the coilection. That was the last time I saw them. Silver. spot knew that J had found his treasures, and he removed them at once; where I never knew. complished young lady, whose studies have been peculiarly successful. Of her fitness | to be a pleading lawyer, much less of her ability for all office business, no doubt is ad- pe mone ng Egan pretexts ve been brought Chau- -vin's admission to the of an advocate.