Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1898, Page 9

WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, Etc., 7th and D Sts. $40 Parlor Suites, $25.|: Never bought anything like = grade of suite before to sell at $25, bly never will “Gat It int identi -ally the same suite that has sold by every house in Washing- toa the past season at $40—and was a splendid seller that price. w we offer you a few of these <—upholsiered im beautiful satin and fin- Ished in mabogany—3 handsome —swell-look- ing pieces — at the unheard-of price of... We have also a few beautiful 3- Damask Parlor Suites have heretofore § 1 8 sold at ee which will go A few 6-ft. solid oak extension ta- bles, at $2.75. “Wash. B. Williams, 7th & D A few ee of those Massive Solid te-glass — mir- mb29-60d soe Chamber $ 1 2.50 c We repair broken Cameras no ae Tae te Oe tro! “ work" or a broken lens_or. in fact. if there's anything wrong with it—we'll 8x it up in a way to suit and at a price that'll satisfy you. see EF All the up-to-date things in Pho- Fees e tonraphie Seis we >, Pa. Ave. “Walford’s,” 1 alford’s,” 909 and 477 MOVE THURSDAY. Will move Thursd: Come take the balance of the stock at “next-to-a-gift” prices! $1 to $2 Underwear at a! $1.50 and $2 Silk Handkerchief: Be. Neckwear. 6 pairs Black or Tan Hose. 6 White Linen Handkerchie! Teel, Sen “$40 SAVED A Practical Business-Like ‘Typewriter at a reasonable price, $60. WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 2 Quick, Clean Printing and A¢ typewriter with all the a So — vantages of the eld ma- chines and none of their defects. Guaranteed equ:l in every particular to eny $100 machine er money a after ten days" trial BEND FOR FREE WLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE WILLIAMS MFG. CO., LTD., BOX 3, PLATTSBURG, N. ¥. ‘Ladies Sleep With the new Combs in their heads and declare they are 80 comfortable. A singie Hair Ornament creates many teccming Colf- fures withoct Halrpins. See the latest ‘28 demonstra- tions at PARISIAN PATENT CO. EMPORIUM, 935 F STREET N.W. mh28-2 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN aoe Bair Switches at Great Bar 09 Switches reduced (= $650." 00 Switches reduced to Time. Siccardi, Ti1 Jith st., next to P2iais Royal. Private rooms for hairdressing, shumpooing and @eing. wel3-16,tf All the Electric Power you want ali the time. You pay only for what you use. Drop postal or rep: U.S. Electric Lighting Co., “phone us and our sentative will ¢ SUITS CLEANED. Send us your last spring suit and will clean it to kok every whit as neat and stylish as when you Dbeught it. Expert dyeing. Wagon colla E. E. WHEATLEY, ee AN DYER AND SCOURER, no23-1yr. 14 Mattings. With every year we become determined not to handle cheap grades of Mattings. We can siand right back of every piece our entire stock and gu tee that it will wear sat- isfactorily. We're willing that others should sell you cheaper qualiti if you want them— but no house in the city—cash or credit-—-can duplicate our patterns at lower prices than we offer. Take what you want and ! pay for it weekly or monthly. & We make, line and lay the © Mattings and Carpets free—no * charge for the waste in match- « ing figures. Grogan’s : 3Mammoth Credit age reese 7TH 8T._N.W., % mu2s-754 - H and I ats. . SKK KKK KK KKK KK = more KK KK VC KC KKK KKK KC VV KKK LS SAKA RANTES ALLA SAS ee ea ee ee 2 PINK PILLS FOR t PALE PEOPLE. ALL DRUGGISTS. welé-todth,te $ ; See the window display of Turquoise Trimmed Hats—to- day and tomorrow. We make a showing of Trim- med Hats of Turquoise—one of the most popular colors this sea- son. $ TRIMMED. (ae ose oe HATS. *med Hate. And as an instance of economical pricing, our exhibit of Imported models at $10—$12 and $15—are of a sort you'll not find duplicated elsewhere short of $25 —$20 and $15. Our lower priced Hats at $1.98—$2.48— $3.98—are the equal in every way as re- gards style and quality of the hats ehown elsewhere at prices at least a third to a half higher. By all ineans—pay this DE- PARTMENT A VISIT. Flowers. Handsome bunch+s Roses, Buds and Foliage.5c. Clover, Poppies, Apple Blossoms, Rose Fol- jage, and Ress with foliage. Violets, Carnations. BUNCH. oe Handsome bunches Violets ural, 6 deren borches. . § $ § $ § ; x ; Iflacs, with foliage, white ond natural. Bunch ... Violets, Rose Foliage, Violet Fol clusters, with fcliage........ 6 bunches Reses, in all the new colers, burnt orange, cocque de roche, yellow, piak, cerise and jack, white and colors, = -19¢. bunch Ribbons, 23c. Handsome Checks, Piuids, Roman Stripe, Bayaderes, Taffeta, Moire, Double-face Satins and Gauze Ribbons, in all the new- est shader and effects. Worth 49¢. to = Be, i Py j : : ; ; : ‘ Waists. We have gathered together all the Waista in the houre in odd lots and styles. We do Pot Intend to continue the selling in Black, Stripe and Check Taffeta effects. Those that were $5, $6 and $7.50 you have your $2, 98 choice of for te te Oe PEPE PEO OE MERE EME SS FEE PE OEE COEUR EMEMEMEDE THE BON MARCHE---“Your apes Seeeects SEVENTH STREET. Some Special Happenings That Every Wohian Hasan Interest-In. The Suits, Ski Ladies’ Suits, in fine cloth—tucked skirts, fly-front reefer, lined with taffeta silk, inlaid velvet collar; col- ors, gray, brown, green, navy, $10 army biue. Worth $15.00. Fine Clay Diagonal Fly-front Reefer Suits, taffeta silk-lined pocket, strap seams......... ‘ $7.00 Worth $15.00. Ladies’ Suits of fine covert cloth—fiy-front reefer jack- ets, taffeta silk lined from collar to hem of skirt. $12. 50 Worth $20.00. 314=316 Seventh. ue BON MARCH rts and Wraps Are now located in the annex—and the pleasure of selecting your purchase is enhanced by the clear, light surroundings. This week the special prices we will quate should gain this section of the store your very special attention. : Skirts. ‘You assursdly shocld look at our line of ‘Trimmed Taffeta Skirts, with ruffles and yel- yet trimmings, and also our display of Bay- adere Stripe and Tucked Skirts. $5.00 Tucked Cheviot Skirts $6.00 Tucked Brilliantine Skirts. $8.98 Tucked Cheviot Skirt $12.50 Tucked Satin Skirt $18.00 Ruffled Satin Skirt $10.00 Brocaded Satin Skirts. $8.00 Brocaded Gros Grain $8.50 Silk-lined Cheviot Skirt $7.50 Pompadour Sicilian Skirts. $5.00 Cheviot Serge Skirts. $4.00 Brillfantine Skirts. $3.00 Novelty Cloth Skirts. 314-316 9 Seventh. oe Seer Se aie ate — Pa eee srt Pac, T5Ce 48-inch Black Silk Losen and Russian Net, re “oe a dresses. Sage price, = Maleios “Net. ta aN west shades, fc muninery: 27" tnches Le Reailtr 1 Qc. Oc. doz. 1 lot of Colored ine fo all the newest aay Regula: wice, 25c. =e — 7c. ea. zy lot of Fancy Black Silk and Mohair = ming, in the ects. D2. Reguiar price, 30c.to Be. c. y d. 1 lot Colored Silk Eat in all ue new = Regular price, mt. 0c yd i ae Tot of Jet ‘2 sux ond Garnitures, Sab heise ce ng BCs COs 1 lot of Fancy Pearl Battons. Regular price 48e, donne. OC. AOZ. 1 lot of Jet, Regular prices, each and Steel Buckles. ws: 23C. ea. Pearl '35c. and “Mousseline 2a Sole, colors, 4% inches Wide, Regular price, 5 Special, Age. yd. 1 ot, of ‘Embroideries in “ate and Swiss, 1 to 3 Inches wide. | Usually se 3c. yd. Sa bert Silk aud in black for 5c. and Ze. a 1 Jot of Embroideries, an, Bages and Inser- tions, 1 4 inches in Swiss and Cambrie. “hegutae and l0c. yard.. 5c. yd. 1 lot, of Embroideries, in Edges and Inser- tions, 2 to 6 inches wide, in Swiss, Nalnsook Se. and oe: — wien TD, yd. "8 19c. yd. 1 lot ae Valeocieiscs Lach ene tach wile. Regular price, 50c dozen yards. Shirred Liberty Silk, 22 inches wide, for hat and dress trimming, in all the new shades— burnt orange, turquoise, bellotrope, cerise, Dlack R and whit gular price, 7. Oe, yd. Special yard. g A. Lisner A Soeseeeoendendendentenseeteetedteege pete instead of $15, for $1 1. 9 as in the illustra- tion. It's a fine “AlL-wool € jet Serge Suit, Lined throughout with silk. Black lined with Wack silk; and Yele blue lined with red silt The French style jacket and skirt afe capti- vatingly attractive. The man-tailor is evident in every detail. $9.98 tomorrow for choice of English Serge and Scotch Chev- iot Suits, with the latest modi- fied blouse and fly-front jackets. The new cut skirt with plaited back. The braid trimming on each being different—an “exclu- sive” style is assured you. Spe- cial sizes to order free of extra charge. $16.9: tomorrow for Venetian Cloth Costumes a la Paguin. Black. seseegessesseesoasony oeegeegessenseetoatoneengeasensencertorgecgesnapoatonondoegeageadoatontengesengentoatoasonsonensensengentoatontonsongeagegenteesoatoatontongergengeeseegeesoesoaconfengergeeesnetpelence et Sedontoatesteatosteatnateatorgonteetortentonteatoesentontostenterseetes ters 69c. E768e for $1 to $1.50 Empire Gowns, Umbrella Drawers and Skirts, with dainty laces, embroidery and rib- bons. in per cent. : : : 2 : 3 ; 3 press, tomorrow morning. Wool Fabrics. yard for €Se end i ic arriving late from Eurvpe, when most merebants are fully sup- plied. . > 75¢ F --Second floor 7On first floor table will be Poppies, Bineta and all the usual 2e Flowers, at se Ic. Sasosoesseneeseenssevenscsnessesovessossaeneososesosessoseneiasonicnssessann cokest floor room adjoining elevator. Three New Bargains Dress Goods Department. An investment that saves ‘us and you at least 20 All new goods, to arrive per Adams Ex- The Silks. yard for 27-inch Black Palais Royal G PRIL showers are making the trees green. A few days of sun- shine and they will be beautiful in their full spring costume. Will the sun’s bright rays find you with winter scarred gar- ments—and regrets of Palais Royal bargain opportunities lost? For instance:—Hats like these at $3.98 for choice. 25c for 50c Ventilating Corsets (for tomorrow only.) ND loo‘: for the Cambric and Cotton Undergarments in first All broken 1 brought down here from third floor. Ready for you tomorrow morning. Bargains that should bring you, even through the rain. 49c. D7 Mostly Te 39c. 7 The Palais Garments. Some were 68¢, some were §5e Gowns, set Covers, Chem- Skirts, Corset Cov- ises and Drawers. ers and Drawers. Cambric and mus- Reliable, — regular Mn. Best of 50c stock. garments. Barg. 12}c Dotted Swi: at 19¢. cee yard for Sie quality Taf- for Crystal Glass Water ‘tor Hemmea Linen Huck Scitings in Bayadere 68e feta sins — the tntest | SOC Pitcher and Metal ‘Tray. 12c ‘Towle, . 18x26 inebes. novelties, covert cloths, illu- English checks, in four sizes, te os Ma ae | & minated whipconis, granite suit- from smallest to those of block- 14c pts and 30 tapers. DBc, te better than the usual ings, mixed chet fancy Uke proportions. White with '2e ‘Towels. And they checks und plaids, silk and weol navy, royal, ciel, brown, violet $3.4: for~ China Dinner measure’ 25x50 inches. fancies. Ail the very latest | and block. bar en a <= AJ CFA for Ginch Heavy spring styles and colors—at 46¢ sense »Meaebed Table Linen, Instead of GSc and T5e, becanse worth Se... Figured India Silk, worth | pans, etc. All on basement | ZOC $1 at the credit stores. floor. Second Ate, G& 1 ith. | Sys Soeseeseseeees Palais Roval Store News. Three Great Floors. Fourth floor for 10c Figured Silkaline at 6c yard; Basement. for Enameled Steel Cof- feg and Tea Pots, Sauce- Stes Sedetegy and iith Streets. eveedededinedettetedetteted ee Ht $4.50 for $5 Silk Waists (tomorréw’ only). efongeetoos EF Choice of entire, stock of new Walsts— % the best possible at $5. Ghecks and stripes in ¥ colors, plain taffeta silk’ in black—all with & correct blouse front and yoke back, Inundered % linen collar, ete. $ 2 * % $4,50for $5 Dress Skirtsz 54 (tomortow only). Er 13g GF Correctly new gut. and tailor finish. Of mobairs, cheviots and. serges, in black and . cologs. As much might; be written of trashy | garments. See these—try on. .! $4.50 for $5 Cloth Wraps? (tomorrow only). Sedetetetetetet Sods grays, navy and Yale blues. Fly-front Jacket, C7 Jaunty Spring Jackets of Hight welght fin-back skirt. Lined from neckbund to skirt cheviot, black and colors: tailor finish, satin z hem with black or colored taffeta silk. Man- lining. And Capes of ladies’ cloth, tucked in tallored, guaranteed the equal of $40 to-order Dayadere effect, lined with taffeta silk. Black ¥% gcwns. and colors. 53 - z ORRECT Corsets are absolutely necessary. Demonstrations of the world’s leading makers here 53 in connection with the “International Corset Convention.” Are you wearing the Corset best $ “Races” : adapted to your figure? Learn—here, tomorrow. Learn of the faultless “Fasso” and other % | ” Ty, rT ~ ~ “3 ’, 1 “leaders” of 1898—the famous Royal Worcester, W. B., Redfern, H. and S., the C. B., Warner’s, the R. 3 i and G and the newly best “American Lady.” $ rs ots are to be = a 3 = = $ 25c. : T7 Last of those z 50c Short Skirts | ce with cubroidery | ruffle ard tucks | above. A few Cor- set Covers and Chemises. 25¢ for chotce. | peeeereen Serderdeededeatondecdeodeoedenteniegetetectennensentete ains for Home on iss at gc yard; dge WwW indow Shades Sein Floor. ‘The New Torpedo Beat. Instructions have been sent to Commo- dore J. A. Howell, on duty on board the cruiser San Francisco, directing him to de- tail an officer to command the torpedo boat pence from a German firm. Secretary Long hus decided to name this boat the Somers, in honor-of a naval officer bear- ing that neme. It is expected that the ers will start at once for New York. autnorities have finally decided to di- ee rect ‘the veesel te: peomes nedee Bee oan steam, and she ma may. aecoreneny the: San Francisco and New Orleans. —_____e.____ “Want” ads. in The Star because they bring answers. ead VIEW OF AN “EXPERT (Continued from Third Pag>.) ! that she (the Maine) should be in th2 bay, and they would blow her up anyhow. Diver Reddy’s Story. Seaman Morton Reddy, one of the divers, said he had been down to the dynamo room of the Maine. He found nothing left there except some plates and beams. He could not even tell that there had been a dyna- mo there, everything entirely gone. He had felt his way down in the mud as far as he could go from the outside and had walked into the ship from the outside. He found one bottom plate far down in the mud. This plate was bent in-and up, the middle of th> plate being bent in and: the upper part, where it is fastened to another plate, being thrown out-board. He could not tell where this plate was because he could not see. As h> walked along forward from aft on the outside there was nothing left for thirty feet. “Everything is gone underneath there,” id. “You can walk from the bottom ‘right Into the ship.” Powelson’s Sketches. Ensign Powelson was recalled, and ex- plained how he got the data for his sketches, which played such an important part in the work of the court. He suid he sent divers down at various points along the line of the keel as it lay broken and twisted on the harbor bed. Then he got in a boat and’ loc the points on the keel a lead line. On the wreck he estab- lished stations at the, mainmast, the port crane, the si stack and so forth, and from these bases he would get the bearing by angles of his lead line, as it rested on the keel and other points of the wreckage under water. Thus he was able to plat a map of the wreck, both above and below vater, that was mathematically correct. By comparing this with the original plans of the vessel it was possible to tell just how much and in what direction any part of the Maine had been distorted by the ex- jon, without relying on under-water es- ates by the divers. , after diagraming the wreck, was convinced that the bottom was thrown up and not out. He described the reports made to him by the divers, which were afterward directly testified to before the board. “On March 5,” he said, “I sent Olsen down the piece of keel, the vertical keel, to make further explorations in the region of the 10-inch | magazine. We went down to whe keel became horizontal at frame 23, wa aft about twenty-five feet, and ‘climbed over a lot of wreckage, consisting of plates ! and bulkheads standing upright. The up- nds of these plates were ragged, and Trawled over them to what he thought rt of a boiler. ‘ but he thought it was 2 | boiler. A litle after this he walked out to | port, clear of the ship into the mud. He was’ at this time forward of the break of the ship at frame 41. Returning about ten ‘feet in he found wreckage. He examined s plate, and found it curved, as if it 2 a part of the ship. It pointed to- the starvoard bow, but it was so ¢ could not distinguish the color. All the edges of the plating were rough. The | definite compartment seemed to be about two and one-haif or three feet wide. Forward from ~ point he found a six-inch t It was and was sent up. It proved to be a full tank. He found a lot of broken tanks, split up on the seams, and in one tank at the cover which has holes in it. He found a jot of mud, which was brought up, and which looked like disgolved powder. There was any quantity of similar mud in the same place. The mud around the tanks was black; that of the harbor is gray. Cornell Saw the Explosion. Officer George Cornell of the City hington testified that he was on the deck 8f that steamer when the Maine*was biown up and was looking at the Maine. He | said he heard a rumbling sound and saw the Maine raise up forward. After that the explosion occurred and “the stuff was flying in the air in all directions.” She = immediately at the forward end. He said there was an interval of six- teen rumbliug noise and the explosion. he saw the explosion it came from amid- ships and there was not much flame. He said the Maine was lifted nearly out of the water. He feit the steamer on which he stcod shuking at the time the explosion took place. Also Seen by Stevens. Capt. Frank Stevens of the City of Washington testified he was standing amidships of his ship, where he could look toward the Maine, when she was blown up. He heard a dull muffled explosion and commotion as though it. was under the water, followed instantly by a terrific ex- plosion, lighting up the sky. with a dull red glare and filling the air with flying missiles. which fell all around him. He felt a trembling of his ship at the last of the explosions on the Maine. There was or seventeen seconds between the When a decided interval between the first roise and the explosion. He was not Maine standing where he could see the Lift. Commander Forsyth. James M. Forsyth, commander U. 8S. navy at the Key West station, testified that on the 17th of February he had the anthracite coal pile at Key West thor- oughly examined for “infernals.” He could not give | ness, on being recalled stated that h- had been driving the day before and found a big Square hole that looked something like a big shell or compartment. He thought it might have been a boiler blown in. Said he examined it and it looked to be a place measuring inside ten feet wide and of the same fength. The top cf the boiler looked to be in good condition. He found also, dur- ing his examination, three 10-inch shells at the place where he first went down. Coal was found after going through the square bole in one of th> coal bunkers. The next day he was ordered Cown and found three 10-inch shells lying flat down. He also found a 16-inch powder tank, which was sent up. On going up he found 9 heavy piece of plating belonging to the transverse armor. It was about six inches thick. When he first landed on the 10-inch shells, they were found lying side by side with their noses teward the starboard, and he found the 6-inch shells close to the 10- inch. The powder tank he sent up*showed that the top and bottom were gone. The rest of it was in good condition, but empty. What He Found March 1. Rundquist went down again March , on the port side and found the berth deck sloping aft to starboard. There was coal several feet deep just forward of the crane; none of it had been blown out of the ship on that side. He also found a 10-inch tank and powder bags, which he tent up. He also found a bunch of wires “about fifty of them in a bunch.” In the afternoon he went down in the same place and followed the armor plate and found the break where the armor plate ended. Here he found a long string of heavy wir? fifteen feet long. Asked as to the condition of the backing of the armor he replied: “The end was all twisted and torn, and ragged edges and then they all looked and poirted inboard. I also examined the upper part of the back- ing and found the inside corner gone.” “Then there was no plate of the ship under the armor plate?” “This was just at the first break of the armor belt and there was no plate left urderneath. There was nothing of the ship's side left.” Continuing, he described hew he found tanks all pressed in, tanks and pieces of tanks all around and black mud. He found 10-inch tanks. The next day Rund- quist went down on the starboard side and found a break “a good way forward.” “This break,” he said, “was vertical and with ragged edges.” The corner of the lower edge of the ram plate, he said, was nearly doubled over and bent outward. I got the same plate and found lots of backing extending out five or six. feet. This backing was all pointed outboard.” Sigmond Rothschild. Sigmond Rothchild, one of the passengers on the City of Washington, was an eye- witness to the explosion. In company with his friend, Louis Wertheimer, he was abcard the City of Washington on the night of February 15 as she sailed into Havana harbor. He was on the stern of the Washington, which was astern and on the port side of the Maine. The vessels were about 100 yards apart. Rothchild suid he was naturally interested in the Maine and had taken a position where they could get a good look at her. Just as he had taken ais eyes off her +o mcve his chair there was the sound like a cannon shot in the darkness. He immed! ately looked toward the Maine. He saw the forward end of the v el rise, he thought, a couple of feet out of the wate: An insiant later came a second distine explosion. ‘This seemed to burst from the interior of el forward in a dull flame and the Ss instantly fill with flying debris. The vessel lurched back in the water after the force of the first detonation that had lifted her bow and quickly began to sink fcrwari. In less than a minute her bow had disappeared. The wreck took fire and burned for two hours. There were single reports that Kept up through all that time «=s the fixed ammunition was reached by the flames, but these were not t fused with the two big explos' had “destroyed the Maine. Th doubt either about the separation of these two first explosic an interval of two seconds et least separating them. The much dis ed section of cemen. that fell on the deck of the Washington was two inches thick and weighed thirty pounds. The engineer of the Washington took it to Mexico. Pieces ef iron stove in some of the Washington’s boats and de- layed the work of rescue. Other wreckage was hurled clear over the Washington. The boats of the Spanish war ship Al- phenso XII, he said, were prompt to go to the rescue and were aided by the search lights. Private Wm. Anthony, Marine Corps. Private William Anthony of the United States Marine Corps, whose calmness at the time of the explosion in reporting to Captain Sigsbee has become the theme of admiration througheut the world, testi- fied that he had the first watch from 8 to 12 o'clock on the night of the exploston. Trere was ¢rill that day and it was not recessary to epen the magazines. In response to questions Private Anthony tcid his story. “I was standing on the main deck just outside the door on the starboard side. I first noticed a trembling and buckling of the decks ard then this prolonged roar— not a short report, but a prolonged roar. The awi ss were spread and where the wing awning and the quarterdeck awn- ing should join there was a space of at least eighteen inches. I looked out and et of flame, and then n the captain.’ any perceptible “Did you notice ship at the first shock? list to “At the first shcck the ship in that is, the quarter deck where Sstantly— I was For Household Preparations This pharmacy stonds as a leader. ‘Woe handle all the standard goods—and sell under the market! |Matabele Insect Powder, 10c., 20c., 40c. —The greatest exterminator of all the household pests, roaches, bed bugs, Mies, fleas, moths, ete. This is the season when they begin to theive. Better declare war with Matabele early. Mertz’s | Modern Pharmacy, 11th and F Sts. 1h29-60d i = | enkay ence forward and to port “Just like that (irdicating). It apparently broke in the middle like that (indicating) and st reed forward and then cauled over to Dore Witness said the upshoot of flame he saw was well forward. “It must have been forward of the super- Structure. I could see the debris going up with it. I don’t know what it was, but I Saw firebrands going up.” “Was it on the port or starboard side?” to port than it “It looked more starboard. It looked whole ship. It wa illumined the whole ment, ing: pia you see any water with it?” ‘I did not notice that sir. I started in the rin at once This closed the brave marine’s testimon Chaplain Chidwick. Chaplain John P. Chidwick of the Maine was in his room on board the night of the occurrence. He said: I heard a loud report, and everything at cence became dark. The lights went out and there was a crashing sound of things falling. I rushed on deck and got to the captain's poop, where I saw the captain giving his orders. After trying to cheer up the men, who were crying out in the water for help, I was ordered by Lieuten- ant Jungen to go into a boat, which I did. He rowed around the ship and picked up one man. Then, at the orders of the cap- tain, we pulled for the City of Washing- ten. Aakel ow Many shocks he felt, witness said he remembered only one. —+ & —_-____ COLORED SCHOOLS. The President Axked to Make an Ine vestigation, Mr. Will M. Cook today filed with the President a letter complaining of alleged abuses in connection with the colored schosls of the District. The letter stated that the colored people have time after it did to covered the glare that rT the mo- for the awn- like an immi heavy as much as I could see time complained of abuses, irregularities and outrages in their schools, and that these matters have been ignored by the Commissioners. The President is asked to set on foot an investig: plaints. jon of the com- ——— Funeral of Mrs. Orton. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Russell Ortoa,= widow of Jason R. Orten, who died Tuesday last at the home of her daugh- t Mrs. C. O. Fuller, in Brooklyn, N. Y., took place Thursday from the home of her son, Mr. Charles G. Orton. Mrs. Orton was a daughter of the late Giles Russell and was born in Winsted, Conn., in 1814. She was a woman of considerable literary ability and was a warm personal friend of the late Henry Ward Beecher. aa Sea Pickpockets Acti Complaints received at police headquar- ters last night showed that there were pickpockets at work in the crowd at the Capitol yesterday. These complaints did not surprise the police, because the crowd was dense in several parts of the building about noon. It was a surprise to the police that only three complaints were received. One of them came from George A.-Tower of Baltimore. He came over because of his interest in the Cuban situation, and before he got ready to return home he 90k, which con- tak Dr. Witham street northwest and who lives 2t No. 2 victims. T former the latter lost . The s als case of pocket king on the street cars, the victim losing » and two checks for small