Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1898, Page 9

On Sale Wednesday at Burt’s. 7 pairs Men's 6.00 Calf Congress, French few w 4. 10%, 11; B airs Men's 600 French Calf Lace, Frevch toe, siugle scle; sizes, A 64. 7, Ts i. AL 2.06 Men's 6.00 Double Sole Lace, French toes; A 6%, 7%: B 5, 5%, 6. 2 pairs Men's 6.00 Cork Sole Lace: B 5, Sta: C 3g. At 2.90. S pairs Men's Cork Sele Lace: B 8, 9; € 8, 9, 914; D 6, 844: EE 9% At 4 pairs Men's 4.00 Pat. Leather medium point toe; D7: € 9%. At 3. 6 pairs Men's 6.00 Pat. Leather Lace, point toe; B 5; € 9%: D 5, 9, ty, 10. At 2.9. 2 vs Eremel Lace; D 5%, 8% At 2.90, rs Men's 4.00 Par. Leather Lace, bulldeg toe; A 7, 8, 9, 9%: B 6, 6%. ay 7, Sy, 914, 10; D 6, 6%, 9, 9. At 3.25. 11 pairs Men's 3. DS % At 1.96 pairs Mer’s Lace 2. Wa: 4,6: 6 3, 4, 6 pairs L Bi.3: 48, 16 pairs Ladies Ba, DB, Hy At 10 pairs Ladies BY. At 3.65. 3%. 6; D 3, 6. t 2.90. 46 pairs Ladies’ 6.90 Hand-ma A 4 to 69; B 2ty to 6%; € 2% to 7, 20 pairs Ladi 6B 2, BY, 4% © 2%, 3, 31%, 2%, 8. 344, 4. By: 4.494. At 2.65, » Russian Lace, medium toe; B 5%, 6, 8% 9. 91; bulldog toe; A 7. D 514, 6, 3.50 and 4.00 Handmade Button, pat. leather tip; AA 41%, : D 2%, 3, 4% 4.00 Hand-made Dull Kid Lace and Button; ) Hand-made Button. pat 5.08 Calf Lace, bulldog t C 5, 9, Ot; 14, 8, 8%, 9. 9%, 10, 1014 744, 814; E 6, 7a, Bie At 2.90. A3, At 2.65. a6: C 4; D 4% ‘ leather tip: AA 3, 314, 4; A 3, 5; 5.00 Calf Lace and Button; AA 4; A 3%; B 3, 3!g: C 2%, 3, 34, A 6; C 4%, 5, 5%, 6; D 4, 4%, 5, pairs Ladies’ 4.60 Box Calf Lace, medium toe; A 5%, 6; B 3, 413. 5%: C 4, 414, Kid Button, heavy sole, pat. tip, bulldog tec; no 643; D 8, 3%, 4, 5, Sig, 6. At 8.85. ‘S| 6.00 Hand-made Box Calf Lace, heavy sole, bulldog toe: A 5, 514, 434, 514, 6; D 3%, 4, 5, Bly. At 3.85. 34 pairs Ladies’ 4.00 Hand-made Kid Button, medium toe, plain tip, heavy sole; 3, B¥g, 4, 414, 54, 64; C 3, 3ha, 4, 5. 544. 6: D 2%, 3, 40 pairs Ladies’ 4.00 Hand-made Kid Button, low heel, common sense toe, very good for misses” use; AA Loe, 13 4s, alre Ladies’ 5.00 Pat 3%. 7; D4. At 2.85. Bg; A 214, 8; B 1, 143, 2; C1, 114, 2; D4, 1g, 2 8. Leather Button; AA 4%, 5, 5%; A 4; BS, 6, 6%, at 30 5 pairs Ladies’ 4.00 Pat. Leather Button; A 515; B4, € 8, 4. At 2.35. - Burt’s, 1411 F St. Arthur Burt. SOLD MILK On a Marriage License, Did This Chi- cago Man. From the Chicago Times-Herald. It cost Ludwig Elfmann a good penny Saturday night when his sons found it out. Etfmann had a longing to get into busi- ress, and he thought a milk depot would be just the thing. He has a store at 1560 Milwaukee avenue. and he decided that a supply of lacteal fluid fresh every day could be rd into prot He discov+red that those who obey the laws are required to take t a license to sell milk. He = himself on the fact that he nevar ‘ks a municipal duty, and before he would consent to measure out a pint to a he wanted to have a license : on the wall. He went down town morning. procured a license, re- turned hom put it a frame and pro- ded to supply the neighbors who came into his store with pitchers and palls with claimed was th: purest milk that from a cow. mani has two sons old enough to vote. came home from work in the evening, nen fun commenced. The sons wert ina rage. They had been reading the evening paper-, and they saw something that astonished them. They asked thelr father If {t wasn't rather a late day for him to take out a license to marry their mother, and other questions of similar kind that seemed ridiculous to Ludwig. He dem=nded an explanation. They point- ed to the license on the wall above the miik can. The t ation becam? clear. Elf- Mann had been selling milk on a marriage He had got into the wrung office, ar tead of a milk license he had se- cured a permit to wed the wife he had married many years ago. When in the co building Elfmann inquired for a without ying the kind he ed. He wa d to Marriage Li- Clerk Salmonson, who put him sual Une of questioning. He 2dwig Elfmann and his maiden name of nd her age as man supposed this was a preliminary to engaging in s. When the matter had he sons they decided it -ation to celebrate their again, inasmuch at the original this wassail out feast. venue w ——— ‘The Sentinel Filed From the Owls. From the Harredsburg (Ky.) 1 A few da oppened rat ‘S ago several ex-confederates, meet an Office Row ing Colonel Sears’ “Why published in the Courier- nday. ‘This led to various lk, and ex-County Attorney told this one: He sald that of Murfreesboro a detachment of Morgan's command was guarding a mountain pass a few mile: from Bradyville, Tenn. A portion of the valley leading to the pass was densely wooded and swampy. The marshy ground abounded in bullfrogs of huge propor- tions, and the trees afforded myriads of owls of immense size a roosting place. Among the soldiers was a stripling from near Stanford, by the name of Spreeler. It was a gloomy, wild and windy night that Spreeler was cailed upon to do guard duty. Along about 1 o'clock, when the sky was of a leaden hue and the wind sigued fitfully through the trees, an owl on a nearby limb hooted: “Who—who—who are you? “John Speeler.” exclaimed the sentinel, trembling in his boots. Just at that moment a bullfrog in deep bass tones, seemed to say: jur—sur-surround him!” "Il be darned if you do,” exclaimed Spreeler, as he fired his musket, and broke for camp, which had been thrown into the wildest confusion by the alarm, it being thought that the enemy was attacking the outposts. When the true state of at- fairs was understood, the others made life a burden for John until the battle of Mur- freesboro, when the Lincoln county strip- ling was promoted for conspicuous bravery. He was afterward assigned to Bragg's army, and died like a hero at the “battle above the clouds,” whYe in the forefront of the charge and trying to spike an enemy's {| cannon. —-—— + 0+ -____ He Got His Wooden Leg Back. From Auswers. The manager of a shop in Lewes stood in the doorway the other day when a man with a wooden leg and a crutch came along and said: ‘I want you to do me a favor. I want to leave my leg with you for a few minutes j and go round to the next street and work @ house for half a crown. I've an idea the folks are very sympathetic. If 1 go with one leg I'm sure of it.” “Very well,” sald the shopkeeper; “just leave your leg here and I'll take care of it. The wooden substitute was unstrapped and handed over, and the cripple used the crutch to help himself down the alley. Five minutes later he rang the door beli of a house in the next street, to have it opened by the man he had just seen. “Wh-wha-what!” he gasped. “Very sympathetic family lives here,” quietly replied the other. “You seem to have met with a sad loss, and I'm anxious to help you. Here is a wooden leg which may fit you.” The leg was handed over. The man sat down on the steps and strapped it on, and as he got up and stumped through the gaie, he said to himself: “I've heard of coincidences ever since I was a youngster, but this is the first one that ever hit me with both feet at once!” <= Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. } You Cosmo Butter Milk Soap. oy ¥ ¢\ Best Household Ammonia. See i L. & B. Toilet Paper... 3c. roll. } L. & B. Infants’ Powder...... . Sc Genuine Farina Cologne (squirt top) Lavender Smelling Salt Glycerine. pure... {Violette Cold Cream, per jar. . 9c. Chamois Skins. ..........-cecceeee 10c. Tetlow's Swansdown Face Powder 1 Qc. Naplec’s Tooth Powder.. _We make a special introduction through our low prices to familiarize you with this department. If our prices will attract vou, see what we offer. | Toilet Articles for Everybody. i ‘ : know about Butter Milk Soap. plenty of imitations, but the kind we handle is the Genuine fomorrow, 17¢. a box; 3 cakes in a box. We would suggest that you cut this list out and take advantage of the cut prices for TOMORROW ONLY. LANSBURGH & BRO., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. Lansburgh & Bro. There are Tetlow's Gossamer Face Powder... 14C. Cooper's Frosteen,for chapped hands L4C. 15c. 15c. 15c. 17c. . 19¢. 19. doz. Calder's Dentifrice Barnard’s Celebrated Cream. Colgate’s Vioris Soap. Rubifoam. Roger & Gallet Riz Powder. Almond Meal (violet) Bay Rum, with Glycerine... é All our Se. Soaps....... ..48¢. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1898—14 PAGES. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Interest Centers in Meeting of the City Goun- cil Tonight. lencent Light Plant and Affairs of Gas Office to Be Consider- ed—General News. Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King street, Bell Telephone, No. 1v6, ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 8, 1808. At the last regular meeting of the city council there was quite s great deal of dis- cussion of the electric lights question, and especially as to the putting in of an in- candescent light plant. The whole sub- ject was deferred uatil tonight, at which ume, it was then hoped, the mattcr would be disposed of favorabl Owing to the fact that the tangle in the office of clerk of the gas will come up to- night and the probability that it will take considerable time to dispose of it, it is thougit that the incandescent light ques- tion will have to be held over until the, next regular meeting, the fourth Tuesday in February. The candidates for clerk of the gas are putting the finishing touches on their can- vass, though there will be considerable wire-pulling between this and tonight. It is hard to forecast the result, aithough Messrs. L.. L. Monroe, deputy revenue col- lector, and John H. Strider, councilman from the second ward, are thought to be the leading candidates. It is now stated that Mr. R. T. Cook, the ex-clerk, will not be a candidate for the position, and this decision has greatly pleased many of his best friends, who want to see him successfully out of the unfor- tunate predicament in which he was placed. A. L. I. Meeting. The weekly meeting and drill of the Alexandria Light Infantry was held at the armory last night, with a large attendance. The company was put through the manual of arms and foot movements by Capt. Bryan, after which the committee on by laws for the new gymnasium made 2 par- tial report. Only members of the company are have access tu the gymnasium. Bosineres Men's League. There was a regular meeting of the Busi- ness Men's League last night, but the at- tendance was small. Several matters of a routine nature were discussed. No definite action was taken In regard to the insurance lability bill, Trouble Over Brick. Henry Johnson, a colored well digger, was before Mayor Simpson in the police court this morning, charged with stealing a lot of brick from Mr. C. R. Van Alsten. It appears that Johnson was digging a well back of Mr. Van Alsten’s, and when the well was completed the pile 6f£ brick had disappeared. Inasmuch as Mr. Van Alsten had offered to sell Johnson the k the mayor decided to make him pay the bill and then dismiss him, Held for Stealing Coal. Yesterday efternoon a special officer from Alexandria county arrested two colored men, Moses Rowe and Lambert Gregory, charged with stealing coal from the bin of the Soutnern Railway Company at Alexan- dria Junction. The men appeared before Mayor Simpson this morning and were held to await trial before the county authorities at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Funeral of William Warder. The funeral of William W. Warder, who died at the residence of his uncle, on Alfred str yesterday, after a short illness, will take place tomorrow afternoon and will be attended by the members of the Junior Or- der American Mechanics, of which the de- ceased was an active member. General and Personal Notes. Lieut. Col. R. G. Baughman of Richmond, inspeetor of the Uniform Rank, Knights of to ythias, will visit this city tonight and inspect Rathbome Company. The officers recently elected will be installed. The Alesandria Insurance Company met yesterday, but adjourned without transact- ing any business until Wednesday, the 16th. The telegraph poles for the Western Unioh’s news office on King street, are being erected. It is expected that the of- fice will be removed about the middle of the month, Mr. and Mrs. Geo, B. Cochran have gone to Charlottesville to spend a week with their daughter, Mrs. Lewis. Dr. M. W. O'Brien has returned from New York, where he has been for several weeks. ———— XECUTION OF COL. Gen, Lee's Reports Sent to the House of Representatives. The President has transmitted to the House the reports from Consul General Lee relative to the execution of Colonel Ruiz, Which the House called for by resolution. ‘These reports consist of two dispatches to the State Department from General Lee. ‘The first, under date of December 21, gives a narrative account of the circumstance ing the execution, as already detail The Star. After detailing the death of eneral Lee says: “In accordance with a request made to mo by the Russian consul and other friends of Colonel Ruiz, with the knowledge. consent and approval of General Bianco, | made the attempt to save the life of the Spanish officer by sending to him Mr. Ernesto Tosca r sentative here, with the follow- RUIZ. 5 “HABANA, December 16, 1807. Nestor Aranguren, dy dear 1 am informed that a Spanish of- ficer ‘named Col. Joaquin Ruiz ts your prisoner. 1 write to say that the said officer is a personal nd of mine and has shown me kindness and iy since my arrival in Habana. I therefore you a% a special favor to me to release Ruiz and to allow him to return to this cap- ‘The bearer of this uote, Mr. Ernesto Tosa, Col, ital is my persoual representative and 1 commend him to you. Tam, ete, (Signed) FITZHUGH LEE. “I regret to say,” continues General Lee, “that my representative did not reach the insurgent camp in time to deliver said note before Colonel Ruiz's execution, which had taken place on the day of Ruiz’s arrival.” On December 40 General Lee wrote as tollows: “Referring to my previous dispatch I desire to say further that the note to Aranguren contained therein was not de- livered, because when my representative reached his camp this insurgent chief was temporarily absent therefrom, but the next ranking officer, then in command, gave to Mr. Tosca the following statement: = “CAMP OF CU Details of the death of Lieut. Go aquin Ruiz: This gentleman came to these fields dressed in the uniform of a Spanish military officer, and before the Cuban forces made to Col, Nestor Aran- guren propositions of autonomy for Cuba. ‘Col. Aranguren, respecting the orders of our army, made Ruiz ‘prisoner and he was executed luter, after a court-martial had been held, and in the name of the law of organization of our army. And that it may be known, I furnish this informa. tion to Mr. Ernesto Tosca, who came. commis- sioned by the American consul at Habana. “<P. ¥. L.) (Country and Liberty), Cuba, December 18, 1897. (Signed) MAJOR ALFREDO LIMA.” It now appears that Colonel Ruiz visited the insurgent camp in his private or un- official capacity, and that, with the excep- tion of one or two of the authorities of the palace, and possibly a few others, no one knew of his erra? }, or departure. It would seem, therefore, chat he went into the in- surgent camp in an unofficial or private character, and not under a flag of truce, or cther official protection in war, a procedure always hazardous io the life of any one who attempts it. —————_--e+_____ To Locate on Rosebud Land. The delegations of Lower Brule and Rose- bud Indians from South Dakota, which have been in the city for ten days, ‘have about reached an agreement whereby 450 of the former tribe will locate on ‘the res- ervation of the latter. The proposition meets with the approval of the Indian of- fice. A sufficient amount of acres of the Lower Brule ,reservation will be sold with which to purchase the nec land from the Rosebuds on which to locate the Lower Brules, and the two will be merged. RELIEF OF THE POOR. The Work Retarded by Lack of Sup- >/ Piles. The work of relieving the wants of the suffering still cohtiniés, and the officers of the charity orgahizations say that there is still much to be done Jn this line. They sdy that the amounts so far contributed are far below what they, haye been hitherto, and not by any means sufficient to carry on the work. There are not as many responses as there should be, it Is stated. The Evening Star J$ in receipt of the fol- lowing letter: p “I want to thafik the Associated Charities for the prompt aid thorough way that they relieved a case of sad distress last Satur- day, the 5th instant. “It came to my notice late Friday night that there was a case needing assistance on the outskirts of West Washington, and Saturday morning I called at the house and found that a woman had given birth to a child the day before, without medical at- tention, and not having even a fire in the room. I immediately notified the physician to the poor for that district,«and then tele- phoned to the Associated Charities, inform- ing them of the circumstances that the family were in. When [I arrived home I found that the Associated Charities had de- livered to the address that I had given them in the morning, within two hours, a load of provisions, fuel and edibles, and a trained nurse had also called to render her professional services gratis. The good wo- man truly proved to be an angel of mercy. If the above is a mere instance of the prompt and efficient way that the Associat- ed Charities carry on their good work, Mr. Wight did the proper thing in turning over the fund to them to dispense among the needy poor.” The following cash contributions have been received by the central relief commit- tee: Previously acknowledged. Nellie G. Sartoris Mrs. Alfred 8. Gillett Mrs. Isabella K. Brownso: Widow .. = 00, Mrs. William E. Chandler 010 James H. Hopkins A. A. Hoehling. jr No name 10.00 5.00 Total Be eewias hie cce cere $1,883.50 Additional contributions have been re- ceived by the Associated Charities, as fol- lows Norris Peters Co. H. A. Willard Mrs, S. B. Leet Wm. Harkness : Miss Edith C. Clark. Mrs. C. B. French. Rey. Teunis 3. Hamlin J. B, Henderson. Bernard R. Green. A. B. Hagner. Total ... + $170.00 oo CLASS REUNION, of ‘85 From Washington High School. The class of ’85 of the Washington High Schoo! held its twelfth annual reunion last night at the residence of one of its mem- bers, Miss Maud Stalnaker. Thirty-one as- sembled around the banquet table. They were: Mr. J. Ormand Wilson, guest of the class; Mr. P. M. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Woodward, Miss Hattie Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. W. Spencer Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Collamer, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pollard, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. McNamee, Miss Louise Ga- leski, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stockett, Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wilspn, Mr. and Mrs. Siggers, Mr. and Mrs. Johh F. Daish, Miss Potter, Miss Stalnaker, Mr. “And Mrs. Vernon E. Hodges, Dr. and ‘Mrs.’Pyle and Miss Hattle Cushing. be The president, Mr. Hodges, acted as toast- Graduates master. The class was addressed by Mr. Wilson, former ,supgrintendent of public schools. A class history was read by Mr. Pollard and letters were read from sever- al out-of-town members of the class. Toasts were responded to as follows: “Our Alma Mater,” Miss Cushing: “Rem- iniscences,”” Mr. Daish; “Our Doctors,’ Dr. Woodward, and? “Qur Lawyers, Mr. Brown. i . The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, P.M Brown; first ¥ president, George E. Fleming; second Vice president, Miss Sta maker, secretary, Miss Galeski: treasurer, Mr. Daish; historian, Mr. Pollard. ee ACCUSED OF FORGERY. Thomas Clark Arrested in Detroit on Charge Filed Here. ‘Thomas H. R. Clark, a young colored man wanted here on charges of forgery and false pretenses, was arrested In Detroit, Mich., yesterday afternoon upon a telegram sent there by Inspector Mattingly. Clark, who is a highly educated man and speaks several languages, was arrested in this city in 1895, and was released on bond. Before his case was calied for trial he left the city, and the bond was forfeited. Mrs. Emelta B. Matthews, who lives at No. 1920 1th street northwest, made com- plaint that he had forged her name to a note upon which he had realized $100 at the Capital City Savings Bank. Later, it was charged, he forged her name to a check on the Washington Loan and Trust Company for $10. Since his departure from the city the authorities have male several efforts to procure his apprehension, but it was not until this week that Inspector Mattingly succeeded in locating him. Yesterday at- ternoon, about 4 o'clock, he sent a telegrain to the Detrott officers asking for the arrest of Clark. and three hours laier a telegram announcing his capture was received. > Called to Philadelphia. Mr. Russell Young, 'ibrarian of Congress, and his brother, Representative James Ran- kin Young, called to Philadelphia Monday by reason of the critical illness of eldest sister, Mrs. Jno. Blakely. Mrs. Blakely 1s the wife of the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Star and mother of Lieut. George Blakely of the 25th Artillery, now on duty at the West Point Military Academy, and of Ensign Jno. R. Y. Blake- ly of the navy. ee Without Authority. ‘The United States Electric Lighting Company has beea informed that the Dis- trict Commissioners are without legal au- thority to permit the company to make an overhead cornection from pole in alley in Square 245 to premises 1217 Vermont ave- nue. Ean Rees Missionary Committee Appointed. Mr. E J. Morton, president of the Sunday School Union for the District of Columbia, has annousced the Sunday school mission- ary committee for the District as follow: Mr. R. D. Ruffin, cHairman; Miss M. R. Bowen, Mrs. Jul . Layton, Miss _H. Beason, Mr. L. A, Cornish, Miss M. L. M Dowell and Mr. #. Ry Russell. a Editor Hongce White's View. Horace White, the editor of the New York Evening Post, ina letter to the secretary of the monetary, commission, has this to say of the commission's report recommend- ing a plan for a revision of the currency laws. heartily approve the report of the monetary commission, While I might pre- fer slight. changes, here and there, the gen- eral principles advanced by the report are, in my judgment, cornect and their enact- ment necessary Yo the prosperity of all classes. I conside¥ thf report most timely in a political sengé algo, because the coun- try cannct standstiff! Either the right thing or the wrong ‘thing will be done. Stagnation would be suicide for the party in power, even if stagnation were possible, but it Is impossible. From the close of the war until the present time the currency question has been the uppermost one in politics. We have been moving one way or the other all the time—never standing’ still. To stop now would be to rest in a fool’ paradise. The @nemy wiil not allow it. I consider the commission's plan for bank re- form exceedingly hopeful.” * oe Feinting Office Deficiency. The Secretary of the Treasury has sub- mitted to Congress an estimated deficiency of the government printing office of $300,000, MR. F. A. SULLIVAN OF cuicaco, IIL, + writes, that he bas used - Bull's “@ great remedy aud a good friend.” THE EIGHT-HOUR BILL Views of District Commissioner Black of a Pending Measure. ms the Law, if Enforced, Will Be Detrimental to Public Interests. Should House bill 7389, “limiting the hours of daily service of laborers, work- men and mechanics employed upon the public works of or work done for the United States, or any territory, or the District of Columbia,” become a law, it would, in the opinion of Capt. Black, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, put a stop practically to all work done by the District. The bill, which has been favorably re- ported to the House by the committee on labor, limits and restricts the time of ser- vice of all such laborers, workmen and mechanics, whether the work be done by contract or otherwise, to eight hours in any one calendar day. It also provides that it shall be unlawful for any person whatsoever, whether officer of the general. territorial or District governments, or any contractor or subcontractor, to’ require or permit more than eight hours of labor by any ef such workmen on any one cal- endar day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood or danger to life or property. The Stipulation. It is further provided by the bill that each and every contract to which the United States, any territory or the Dis- trict is a party, and every contract made for or on behalf of the United States, or any territory, or the District, which may involve the employment of laborers, work- men or mechanics on any public work, shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, workman or mechanic in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor doing or contracting to do any part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall be re- quired or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day. The contracts shall include a penalty, for each violation of the stipulation directed by the act, of $10 for each workman, laborer or mechanic for each and every day in which he shall labor more than eight hours, and the person whose duty it shall be to see the stipulation complied with shall report to the proper officer all violations, the amounts of the penalties to be withheld by such officer or person whose duty it is to pay the moneys due under the contract. No one is allowed to remit or rebate any penalty, unless the penalty was imposed by reason of error. A violation of the bill is made a mis- demeanor, the person guilty thereof being mi subject to a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment. Deninl of Rights. Speaking of the proposed law to a Star reporter, Capt. Black said that while he is in sympathy with the eight-hour law, he believes that every man who desires to work more than elght hours a day should have that privilege. say to a man,” remarked Capt. Black, “that he shall not work more hours When he has the opportunity to do so, and desires to do so, is un-American and tyranny of the worse kind. The effect of this bill, should it become a law, would be to stop all work done by or for the Dis- trict. We could purchase no materials, not even lumber, for we would have to be certain that the men who cut down the trees, for Mstance, did not work more than eight hours a day in felling them. Then, too, our contractors and subcontractors would have to follow the material they use through the various stages of its man- ufacture and production, so as to be cer- tain that they are not violating and will not violate the law.” The bill has not yet been sent Commissioners for a report. ————n DETAILED FOR DIFFICULT WORK. to the The © st Survey Vessels Gedney and atterson to Go to Alaska. The urgent deficiency bill, which recently passed Congress, naving contained ah ap- Propriation of $100,000 for the survey of the Yukon river and the vicinity of its mouth, the Gedney and the Patterson have been detailed to perform this service. The Gedney is now being fitted out at Oakland, Cal. She will be commanded by Lieut. J. M. Helm, U. 8. N., who is one of the most capable officers attached to the coast and geodetic survey, and who has been selected for this difficult work on account of his ex- perience and well-known reputation. The Patterson will be commanded by Lieutenant Commander Charles T. Forse, U. S. N.. who relieves Lieutenant Com: mander E. K. Moore, U. S. N., who has been in command of the Patterson for the past three years. Owing to the many shoals and total lack of aids to navigation on the Alaskan coast and to absence of definite’ knowledge of the Yukon, the cruise of the Gedney and the Patterson in the vicinity of the Yukon delta and into the river will be extremely arduous. The main work will be to find a better channel through the delta into the river. Of the naval eificers recentiy detailed for duty with the coast and geodetic survey, Lieut. E. Simpson has been assigned to the Endeavor; Lieut. R. Wells, jr., and Ensign H. Sypher to the McArthur; Ensign George B. Bradshaw and Ensign C. F. Preston to the Gedney; Ensign A. B. Hoff to the Ea- gre. a HOW THE INDIANS DIED. Story of the Burning of the Seminoles in Okinhoma. The Attorney General has sent to the Senate a letter written by Assistant United States Attorney McMechan giving the re- sults of his investigation into the recent burning of two Seminole Indians in Okia- homa by a mob. He says that the senti- ment in the neighborhood of the crime is all with the mob, and he was informed that it would not be well for him or any other person to go into that locality if it was known that the object was to locate the conspirators. Mr. McMechan’s letter tells in the main an old story, but he gives some new details. McGisy was, he says, the first of the Indians to move a muscle after the torch was applied, and he did not move until the flesh was beginning to drop from his limbs and the fire was beginning to touch his ears. ‘He then gave a loud whoop and bent over as far as the chain would allow him, and, sucking tn the leaping flames, sank down and expired without showing any more signs of pain. Not so with Palmer Sampson; he did not move un- til after McGisy had inhaled the flames. Then he commenced to kick with both feet, throwing burning pieces of wood twenty- five or fifty feet away. It was with diffi- culty that they succeeded in getting him burned.” Mr. McMechan says that a Baptist min- ister named Hiram Holt prayed for the two Indians before their execution, and that as he knelt in prayer he held a rifle in his hand. ae An Organization Committee. The following members of the organiza- tion committee of the democratic congres- sional committee have been appointed by Senator White, chairman: Representatives Ferdinand D. Brucker of Michigan, Robert N. Bodine of Missouri, Amos J. Cummings of New York, R. L. Henry of Texas, Wil- liam H. King of Utah and James Hamilton Lewis of Wushington. The committee meets this evening to discuss plans for the campaign. = Seized a Sleeping Deer. From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. Ks Carl Sharrow of Baraboo had an exciting experience yesterday afternoon. While passing through the woods on the bluff GUARANTE merit in our sale. Spring once. Ladies’ $2 Stylish The latest shapes of Whi and Blue Satin and Kid Sand Patent Caif and Best Black ¥ Pink alse Closing-Out Pric Ladies’ $5 grade Box Calf Hand-sewed Welt Laced, lined with soft. bleached French calf—double flexible leather and invisible cork soles. Closing Price...... $2.37 From 2.000 pairs last Friday they've dwindled down to 1,200 patra at this writing—The famous $2 “TRIPLI WEAR™ Boys’ and Youths’ SI Closing-Out Price. 3 and Child's Stout Kid, solid sole, shapely Laced and Button Shoes, excellent $1 qualities. Closing Price. 69c. Those popular Double Extension Ed, Laced Shoes, with Enj sevcral different shapes Closing-Out Price....... Men's $4 “Sold Comfort,” plain browd toe, wide tread, double soled black Viel Kid and French Calf Laced and Gaiters. Closing Price...... $2.65 Perhaps Never Again ry Will you be able to buy Shoes As Low. © There will always be low-priced Shoes — doubt whether you'll ever be able to buy RELIABL ED SHOES as low in pric selling them for during this great “MIDWINT be CLOSING-OUT SALE” of ours \ There would not be such great crowds as are found day after day at our stores and additional price sacrifices hasten the disposal of our Winter Shoes. rl Kid Plain or Beaded Sandals, with leather or wood heels. Boys’ “‘Triple-Wear’’ $2 Shoes. Sizes 12 Men’s $3.50 Winter Tan Shoes. but we pag} is as we're* we tig jee oR is ian) Rea if there was not true a Shoes are already arriving 4 are being made to , Come at Evening Slippers. S137 | to $2.50 Cart r @, Button dress or Walking Boots, 8 sty Closing Price ~ OLAV 8’ and Youths’ §1.50 Calf, solid oak leat BS, HEELS and Counters. Closing Price..... ..89c. S215 Men's $1.50 Satin Calf .. $1.19 and Gaiters, round, square or plain wide toes. Closing Price. . 12c. 25c. Ladies’ Good Black Cloth Infants" Ladies’. Misses’ and fp | Leather Sole Child's Pure Gru Robbe Overgntiers, all sizes. {er Tip Button. Overshoes. Sei { Sz) $54 9 230 and 932 T:b st., oY RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, (wes ne ed aaa eas a a eta so z Instead of 49c. tomorrow for Chocolate Creams— Chocolate — Caramels — ¢Tomorrow-Candy Day! Chocolate Pralines—Choc- olate Nonpereils—Choco- 4 late Geneses Drops, &e., &c., and, in fact, all flavors. These candies are as fresh and wholesome as candies can be made. Setengegegeesents Soatenrentea Sentootententensengensongenseogensengengentensoateafeasoatnesneteaseaterseasneteeteeseatonsensnesedsossecsessongonoatontedindsmdimesmesed sed orcoraenandanandeniitoreatennipofonseatententinveeveoieete patrons. We look for no profit yourselves! Here are the facts to prove it Think of 12%yc. Fast Black-back Figured Silesia selling for Qe. 9c. 4-yard pieces Black Velveteen Bir Is all we ask for the Telegram 8c. yd.kui Facing. (Main Floor—ne: viewed. Complimentary p: third saving to you. $1 25% GLOVES, 59c Clearing out broken assortments Glaces and English Dogsxin Walkin; Gloves. We've “bunched ~ together Bates, in all sizes, ‘and tn Tas, EO ed and Brown—abd marked them Cc. Sound reasons for buying ; linings & findings-here To begin with—this is no “dry goods” store—we've established and stocked these departments solely as an accommodation to our actual cost! No store in town can truthfully claim as much! Remember, we practically place you in the position, as regards prices in Linings and Findings, as if you were actual storekeepers Liberty Dress Facing—brush edge—sells now for. 12}c. Linen-BacK Canvas, per yard Every pupil attending High School wants a copy of IDYLS OF THE KI» 25c. Handsomely illustrated, servireably bound—well printed and a bargain at this price, 2e.! at “Your Store.”’ Se a a te a a ae a a ae a a ee se aa from them. Content only to clear Sele tet eboney teietetiet 2 Ts all we ask for best quality IC. Dressmakers’ rie — mold usually at 4c. Ic Instead of 1c, for Cross-barred 5. For Gray Percelives that were ° “Leno.” Really splendid quality. Cc. considered unusually low yp: “a at Se. and 12e. 24c For 18-inch Imported French BER that everything else in ¢ Hatreloth. Never retailed for R this department ts just as nderfully less than 3c. = | low priced #8 the above. A. M. & W. Waterproof Dress Facing—here at...... 6c. the yard! --..5¢. a yard. 10c, the piece. nding as low a lengths of ine 79c. to $1.25 Shirt Waists Are Now 25c. ar Entrance.) n the upper floor we’re showing the new Spring Shirt Waists —as handsome an aggregation of styles as you've ever rices all this week—that means a HERE ARE NOTIONS. Good Quality Sewi the dozen spools—or 3-74. pleces Silk-stitched Bo castag—Sitered now at. im 3c. For St. Valentine day observers--we have pretty tokens in abundance. SUPPLIES FOR CARD PARTIES—Tally Cards, Self- Scoring Cards, Euchre and Playing Cards—at prices guar- anteed less than you'll pay elsewhere. GeRonoedengergecgengedy Think of getting exactly the Paper pattern you want and saving 15c. by it! All our New Idea Paper Pattern at roc. du- plicates any 25c. patterns known. Your Store, ve ae BON TIA RCH E, 314-16 7th St. 09900000802 00008089098OOS9O9OSSSEDODOS ODDS DOSOODOOOOED ‘The Kaiser Going to the Holy From the Pall Mall Gazette. A rumor to the effect that the Hohenzol- lern had been ordered to the Mediterran- ee on the occasion of the German emperor's visit to that country. The troops will dis- embark at Beyroot and march to Jerusa- Jem. The authorities at Beyroot and Da- mascus are stated to have received the that in q rH Hi ! 4 5 g 9 il iy Hl i “| if : it uy Fs ; ‘i