Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avex, Cor. 11th Sh, by "he Heng Aa Son 8S. H. —————— Few York Offce. 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in,the eity by carriers, on their own @-count, at 10 cents ber week. o- 44 certs per mont. Coples at the cotinter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—SO cents ber month, Saturday Qintunle Sheet Star, $1 per year, with $3.08. foreign postage added, (Entered at the Post’ Office at Washington, D. C., as sevond-cht ¢ mail matter.) * TF All mail subscriptions must be patil in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part 2. Che ELvening Star. Pages 13-24. t a WASHINGTON. , D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. If you want to buy, sell or exchange © anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. Mon: v $10 Refrigerator, 7" And on credit. 1 | ||| This is our femous “Ma: 1 Outfitted Selid Oak Refrig: HH in the world. Large Ce ss Nl high, 28-inch and cha: 4 ||| filed. “Equal to any $10 and $12 $7-75 Refrigerators in the city. Monday = ail | d on Credit, tool), | ===ahd on Uredi OOS |j ij : Hi e have been established on the corner of 7th ih and H streets tor ten years. Built up a big } business without advertising. Want a bigger i business, so shall hereafter advertise regular To see how large a first crowd we can draw we shall make, the following special offers for one day—Mon- day only: We sell Furniture of every best sort on the easi- est of easy payments—a little down and a little week- H ly or monthly. $6 Carriage $2.50 Rockers, |i $ l “19 fi and on credit. holstered Shellacked and on credit. [ics patent ‘ker, redded arms. | } ea $3-75 carved top, stout ant P. J. Nee, 7th & H sts., The Easy-Going, Straightforward Credit House. and on credit. Just the one day, Monday, we will seli a |] lot of Fine Cotton-warp and Jointl-ss terns (full 40-yd. pieces), per roll for ‘These Mattings sell at other stores at 25 and 30c. yurd—$10 or $12 per roll. THE RIGHT WAY! Two ways of giving credit! Some dealers look upon your |||lji request with suspicion. We give you credit freely and cheerfully —as your right! i fi WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. General Upward Tendency—Products Plentifal. The local wholesale produce market still exhibits a tendency generally upward, al- though about all products are fairly pienti- ful. Butter ts lower, but firm at the prevail- ing prices. The quality, while improving, is hardly good enough to store. Without the supply materially increases prices will ad- vance. Old cheese is firm, while new stock is weak. Eggs are a fraction lower and not so firm. There is a limited supply of poul- try, and an active market prev a ape y of potatoes, and the same bles. Meats are also advancing. __ Butter—Creamery Elgin extras, 17 cents @ pound; choice, 167 firsts, 16; seconds, 5; other grades, 15 to 1 Wi Neeso_—New York state, full creamlarge, 11 cents a pound; flats, 11; ponys, 12. Eges—Nearby, fresh, 10ig to 11 cents a dozen; western, 10; southern, 10. Poultry—Chickens: Winter chicks, live, 11 to 12 cents; spring, large, live, per Ib. 20; medium, live, per Ib., 1 . Old fowls: Live, per Ib., 9% cents; roosters, live, per Ib., 5. Ducks: Live, large, per Ib., old, Scents. Geese: Live, per Ib., 7 cents. Vegetables — Asparagus, ‘extra, doz. bunches, $121.50; prime, doz. bunches, 50a 75; cucumbers, per box, $1a1.75; cauliflower, per crate, Sad; kale, per bbl., 25; peas, per bu. basket, 30a75; celery, fancy per doz., 40a50; medium, per doz., 15a25; common, per doz., lal5; squash, per box, ai! spinach, per bbl, S0a$l; beans, per bo: 7a$l; lettuce, per bbl., 40a75; Mich. seed rose, per bu., $1.10; potatoes, fancy, Fer bbl., $4a4.50; choice, per bbl. Va., bu., Wa$l; culls, per bu., 30; sweet po- tatoes, faney, per bbl., $3a3.50; No. 1, $2a 2.56, culls, $1a1.50; yams and haymons, bbl. a. 25; tomatoes, per crate, Fla., $1.75a 20), egg plant, per 4;-bbl. box, $2.50a3.i beets, per 100 bunches, $2a3; cabbage, new, per bbL, 75a$i; onions, Bermuda, per crate, &; yellow, per bbl., $1.75a2.50; turnips, per bbl, 50; beans, white, N. Y. mediums, $1.40a 1.50, N. ¥ » $1.40; marrow, $1.70a1.75; Virginia, white, 90a$1; white mixed, 80; col- ored, @); black-eyed peas, per bu., 90a$1; lima beans, per Ib., 3a. Dried fruits—Evaporated apples, choice, 9a10; apples, sliced, fancy, 4; sliced, bright, SaS%%; quarters, bright, 3; peaches, choice, 6a fair to good, 5a6; halves, unpeeled, 2a3; quarters, unpeeled. bape evaporated, Sal; evaporated, unpeeled, 6a7; cherries, pitted, dry, crop ‘96, Yal0; sugared and wet, 6a7; blackberries, per Ib., 344; whortleber- ries, per Ib., 6; raspberries, dry, all. Green fruits and nuts—Apples, fancy, ta- ble, bbL, $8a4; choice, per bbl., $2.50; or- anges, Florida, brights, per box, $2.75a4.50; Tussets, per box, $2.75a4; navels, per box, $2a3, seedling, per box, $1.00a2.25; straw- berries, per qt., 4a8; pineapples, 8a18. Live stock—Cattle, extra, per cwt., $4a5; butcher, per cwt., $3.50a4; common, per ewt., $2.50a3; rough, per cwt., $1.50a2; hogs, fair, per cwt., gross, $3.50a3.75; ordinary, per cwt., net, $3.25a3.35; sheep, per cwt., %3.%#a4; lambs, spring, choice, cwt., $626.50; medium, $55.50; common, $4: calves, rrime, per cwt., $6.50a7T; common, per ewt., 3%5.a6; grass, per cwt., $3.5at.0; cows, prime, each, $25a35; common, each, $10al5; old and dry, $6a8. ee Officers of Academy of Forty. At the busiress session of the Academy of Forty, Thursday evening, the following officers were elected: Magister, Miss Mary H. Williams; vice magister, Miss Belle C. Saunders; scribe, Mrs. Kuth G. D. Havens; cerrespondent, Miss Belle C. Morris; re- pesitor, Miss Emma M. Gillett; board of censors, Mrs. Emfly M. Chisolm, Miss Flora Raymond, Miss Katherine Raymond; auditors, Miss Helen R. Holmes and Miss Belle C. Morris. ‘The topic of conversation was “Arbi- tration or War.” Each express- e@ herself in favor of arbitration, on gen- eral principles, but each approved, un- equivocally, of the present war. Miss Holmes was the director for the evening, and her- remarks were logical and patriotic, and were received with applause. Miss Margaret Huddleson was appointed director for the June ses- atc 2 ‘Mrs. Dewcy of lowa was the guest of the evening. MINOR BRINGS SUIT. Application for Trustee of Estate of Georbe Bauer. Emelia S. Bauer of Baltimore, Md, a minor child of the late Henry F. Bauer, who was the son of George Bauer, deceas- ed, today field a bill‘in equity, through her next friend, George Buchheimer, praying for the appointment of a trustee to take charge of the estate, real and personal, of the said George Bauer, deceased. The de- fendants are Sophia and Elsie Bauer. The father of the complainant, Henry F. Bauer, first married Emma E. Liphard, her mother, they being divorced at Balti- more, Md., January 24, 1885. Her father's second wife was Emma M. Ballbach, by whom he had one child, the said Elsie Bauer. The complainant's grandfather, said George Bauer, left real estate of the aggregate value of $41,332, and a personal estate worth about half that sum, the complain- ant believes. Her grandmother, Sophia Bauer, she states, is seventy-three years of age, unfamiliar with business affairs, partially blind and, the complainant be- lieves, not competent to attend to the man- agement of the estate which the said George Bauer gave his wife for life, with remainder to his son, the said Henry F. Bauer. In default of the appointment of a trustee to take charge of the estate, the complain- ant prays that her grandmother be com- manded to file in court an inventory of the personal estate, with an account of its past and present state, and that she be required to give a bond for its continuance and pres- ervation. She is represented by Attorn John H. Hazelton. y: = —-—— Mother Goose Festival. The Mother Goose carnival given some time ago at the Columbia Theater by the pupils of Miss Minnie E. Hawke, and which attracted general attention at that time, because of its many excellent feat- ures, was reproduced by special request at that playhouse yesterday afternoon, this time under the auspices of the Vir- ginia Memorial Guild. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the Chil- dren’s Hospital for the purpose of furnish- ing a memorial cot for the baby ward. The carnival was presented in its entirety and with the same amount of success that characterized the former production. Those who took part were: Misses Majorie Keefe, Beulah Boernstine, Mabel Owen, Gladys Strong, Rita Baer, Maude Simp- son, Nellie Lynch, Jennie Williams, Clara Smoot, Mary Smoot, Julia Doyle, Keane, Helen Durnin, Lillian Menaugh, Leona Dietz, Edna Kingsman, Madeline Burnes, Rita Keane, Winnefred Mildred Brown, Louise Camaller, Edna Corson, Masters Frank Leltzell, Al- bert Avey, Eddie Haller, Malcum Avey, Lawrence Nicolai, Willie Keane. ae ©. A. C’s “Kidw Piente.” In view of the immense success of the picnic given by the Columbia Athtetic Club last year to their “coming athletes” (the small boys), it will be repeated on the first Saturday of next month (June 4) at Glen Echo, Last year there were about forty of the Httle fellows on bicycles, with two large coach loads following them. The Mt. Pleasant Field Band on bicycles head- ed the procession. The club yells and songs of the boys created considerable excitement on the streets over which the procession passed from the club house to Glen Echo. The coming picnic promises to greatly ex- ceed the last one in numbers, and the boys willl, no doubt, embrace the 0 ity of orated bicycles’ ete The Me Pease Field Band will be with them, : eae borates For Pay of Volunteers. See ee ee ea er TTR A TT SE ET EEE LT ETT EAT ETE SLE EEE SATEEN EI SETAE 1 ERPS, REAL ESTATE GOSSIP What One Broker Thinks of the Build- ing of Apartment Houses, BUSINESS PROPERTY AT AUCTION Proposed Improvement of the Pike Road to Rockville. ae EW BUILDINGS es SOME Mr. B. H. Warner, real estate broker, in conversation recently with a Star re- porter, said that apartment houses were becoming very mueh more popular than they ever had been before in Washingicn because of the numerous improvements that were being made in construction ad the additional accommodaticns provided. Mr. Warner said that during his visits to Europe he had noticed in many of the cities that the popular siyle.of living wz in apartment houses. At first this ems almost unaccountable, in view of the large amount of land easily accessible that could readily be improved, and of his former perience in America in renting separate houses to families. “There were then no flats or apartments in this city,” he said, “and no immedia prospects of any. Several years zgo a start was made, and they have been ste: ily growing in. favor ever since. Apartme! houses have a number of advantages ov private houses, among them being the ea with which parties can lock their doors and abseit themselves from their habita- tions for a day, a month or a year, and the fact that it costs comparatively less to live in such style than in private house It costs less to furnish a flat than a private house. Why Some Prefer Flats. “I know there are many people who dep- recate the growth of the flat system of liv- ing and pronounce it detrimental to the interests of the city, but I do not agree with them. I think quite a large addition will be made to our population by people who will come here for the winter, and who prefer to take low-priced flats and pay the rent for a whole year rather than go to the expense and responsibility of se- entire house. As a rule, people re to live in flats want to have them weil located and convenient of access. ‘Many changes have taken place in the itions of real estate during the past A large number of property holders have suftered a loss in rentals, but there is no use of fighting against the changes which must necessarily result from the introduction of systems of rapid transit. It is not due to the growth of apartment houses that so large a number of habita- tions have been vacant for the last two years. A great amount of building has been done, and in much better style than formerly, and tenants have in many cases moved farther out to get cheaper rents and better accommodations, and old houses have been idle; landlords have been com- pelled to bring them up to a standard of excellence and convenience that would com- pete with modern structures. As a Result of the War. “I predict a very large growth for Wash- ington within the next few years, not only for the reason that the city, its houses, apartments and population are much more more attractive than ever before, but as a result of the war. The civil wat made Washington what it is, and now, although this, our present difficulty with Spain, may be of short duration, many people will be brought to the national capital as the re- sult of the collision and the complications and conditions created by it. Nearly everybody has felt the necessity for retrenching during the past several years, as incomes have shrunken as the re- sult of hard times. The best we can’ do is to give the apartment house a fair show. Several recent purchases by investors have demonstrated the fact that this class of property is expected to pay as well as any investment in Washington.” Sewers in the Suburbs. The Commissioners of the District re- cently began work cn the projected sewer in Cleveland Park, which will be prose- cuted to a full and complete system for the Park. It will extend from the Tenley- town road, which is the western extremity of the Park, to the Connecticut avenue line, and from the latter, by a large nvain, to interest the Zoological extension of the city sewerage system. Business Property at Auction. The two-story brick building on the south side of New York avenue between Mth and 15th streets northwest, numbered 1410-1412, was offered at public sale Thursday by Mr. C. C. Duncanson, auctioneer. The highest bid received was $25,000, and then the prop- erty was withdrawn. It hes a frontage of 28 feet 5% inches by an average depth of 4 feet, and contains 2,600 square feet. The Rockville Pike. It is expected fn a short time active work will be begun in transforming the old Rockville pike from the District line to the county seat of Montgomery county, Mary- land, into a modern macadamized road, A few days ago the county commissioners, under whose supervision the money to be derived from the issue of $25,000 in bonds authorized at the last session of the legis- lature is to be expended, made an inspec- tion of the proposed route of the new r Since then they have instructed an engineer to make a survey, which is now being done. It is understood the county commissioners intend to give out the work by contract, and tt is probable that operations will be begun at both ends of the road. By the terms of the law, which gives permission tor the issue of bonds for the purpose of providing the necessary funds, the grades on the road cannot be more than 6 per cent. It is understood to be the intention to make a roadbed about 20 feet wide and have the entire road sume forty feet in width. The length of the new road will be about nine miles, and it is believed that its completion will be an advantage not only to those who now have to use the road, but to property owners all through that region. It is thought that when the means of com- munication with the city are improved more attention will be paid to market gardening and to supplying the markets of this city with vegetables and small fruits, Some New Buildings. From plans made by B, Frank Meyers improvements and changes are to be made in the building on 13th street near E street occupied by the Franklin’ steam laundry, F. V. Killian, owner. There is to be an addition and a story is to be added to the height of the building, which will make it five stories. The front will be built of plate glass Ee 5 They are to be two stories in height, 17x31, and press brick will be used’in the fronts. A three-story house is to be built at 1721 2ist street by P. A..Ames. The dimen- sicns will be 24x12 feet, and brick will be vsed in the construction, and there be a mansard roof. Elizabeth Collins will build a two-story house at 464 E street southwest. -It will be 17x38 feet, and the front will be built of pressed brick. SS ART AND ARTISTS. The awerd of medals which is made at the Corcoran Art School just previous to the annual exhibition of work done in each school year will oceur on Wednesday, May 25, and the fifteen students who will com- pete have alrcady entered their drawings. The number of contestaats is larger this year than it has ever been, and they are 30 evenly matched: that the task of the judges wiil be more than usuaily aifficalt. The choice of % jury composed entirely of women is 2 decided innovatioa, but when such distinguished: artists as Miss Cecilia Beaux, Miss Res.na Emmett Sherwood and Mrs. Rhoda Holmés Nichols serve on a committee of award theze can be no doubt about its efficiency. The members of the Jury will meet at the schvol cn Wednesday snorning to select the <Irawings worthy of the gold and bronze meda!s and the hon- orable mentions, and will leave their de- cision in a sealed envelope. The pupils of she school ard the others who hold cards cf invitetion will able in the lecture hall on the same afternooa, and Ute seaied envelope containing the awards will be opened in the presence of the trusic.s. In order to avoid all -suspicion of partiality on the part of the jury none of the draw- ings will be signed, but will, in accordance with the usual custom, be designated by different letters. After the award the ex- hildtion of work done.in the ether depart- ments of the school will pe on view for t enefit of the invited guests, but the will not be open to the general public until the morning of the Cay fol- iowing. The rooms of the school will be to all visitors on ‘Chursday and Fri- day from 9:30 a.m. to G p.m. and on Sat- ure until noon. The display, which will include drawings from life and from the antique, water colcrs, portraits and still- life studies in oil, and a tary number of miscellaneous sketches, promises to be well worth a visit of inspection. 4 z * * Sig. Gaetano Trentaneve left on Thurs- day for Marquette, Mich., io be present at the unveiling of his memorial for the Peter White public library, and he will probably remain there for about a month. He will spend the remainder of the summer in Florence, where he has a permanent studio, and he expects to stop in Washington for afew days before going abroad. Two of, the recent works that have-come from the seulptor’s hand are the stromg portrait-bust of Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, charge d’af- faires of the Cuban republic, and the strik- ing likeness of William Jenaings Bryan, which was modeled during Mr. Bryan's last visit to the city. In the vigorous modeling of the features and 4m the-animation and lifelike expression of the face the latter bust is considered ome of the best things that Sig. Trentanove has: done. The last hours which the sculptor spgnt in his studio here were employed im puttimg the finishing touches upon his Most recent production, a bust of General Fit th Lee, dressed in the uniform of a major Beneral.” Sig. Tren tanove has been very sugcessful in portray- ing the strong features of his sitter, and has caught his resolute, self-contained ex- pression in a satisfactory manner. This bust has been sent to Florence to be cast in bronze, and when the sculptor returns to Washington in November it will be exhibited at Fischer's gallery, together with the two works previously mentioned. * * * Mr. George Gibbs is in his element in the depiction of naval scenes, and the present activity in that direction furnishes him with innumerable subjects. At present he is occupied with a series of drawings illus- trating the life of the naval cadets, a sub- ject to which he brings @ personal and in- timate knowledge. Among the drawings is one executed in gouache, showing the ca- dets up in the yards furling the sails in good old-fashioned styig. In another in- teresting illustration the cadets are at gun practice and are preparing to fire one of these powerful engines of war. * x * At the Art Students’ League the regular season’s work will come to a close with the end of next week, but from June 1 to Sep- tember 30 there will be summer classes in several departments of ‘study. The circu- lars which have been printed for distribu- tion announce ciasses In five branches of work, and while the life classes will, of course, be discontinued, there will be as much variety as usual in the courses of study open to the pupils’ choice. Those who have planned the summer classes have made an effort to seleet such branches of study as would interest the teachers and pupils of the public schools, and it is thought that the special rates offered will act: as an extra in@acement to those who are at liberty during the warm months. Miss Bertha Perrie and Miss Mary Ellen Sigsbee will have chatge of the morning antique class, and the students in the morn- ing painting class will be under the instruc- tion of Miss Aline Solomons. Mr. Emery L, Williams of New York will have charge of the antique and indoor painting classes in the afternoon, and from 4 to 7 p.m. will have a class in outdoor sketching. The composition class which is to be held every two weeks will be in hig hands, and he will aiso give instructions In;{llustration. Tech- nical instruction in this branch of art from a practical illustrator will doubtless prove very valuable to those who are interested in that work. The scholarship in the de- signing class of the’ Art League will be awarded next week by @ jury, which will meet on Tur afte! to judge the work done di the! on. S @2 Mr. Emery L. wait = who came to the city a week or so agi § mow temporarily installed in Mr. Mosst bizon building, and éx1 the city all summer;* of book illustrations for a Philadelphia pub- Ushing firm. The drawings, which he al- ready has under way, are fer a new edition of Victor Hugo’s masterpicms, “Les Misera- bles,” and he expects to make nearly a Score of illustrations for this volume. One of the drawings deplets the four grisettes walt! in _the ibarda, and the ne of Banting taewbae the artist hee on a series | ~ S | CTI | fos | 4 ‘sa | | “y= “A | | $3.50 $9.00. | $20 eee | el sia | | pets OU. . Here's | | . 8. tifal S-stone | | For this little $6.50. Impossible to $1 ee ee | veauty — two | | Instead of $16 | qupiicate this | | Really a fine | Diamond Hoop gome $25 Ting, | | nds und |, Diamind Cuith | for this Hand | Solitaire else. | Diamond Clue diamonds and | i Ring, wi or and- a ‘ub. diamonds and | colored cen. | Colored co meet | where short of | tes, ‘Pearls and BIAS WOreD iaed precken | | ter stone, | tone. | some Sotttatre. | $20. Diamonds. less than $40. | $50, stoncs. | our having the needed Diamond Selling Extraordinary !—Immense Clearance Sale of Diamonds and other prec- |! ious stones! An event without Precedent—a sale without profit—a time of vital and intense _ |!!! interest to every jewelry. buyer in this section of the United States! Prior to the departure of a member of the firm to Europe t hibit we have determined to hold a sweeping Cicarauce Bale, Thi room to show the new goods. Bene. Kedeciions 1anging from 30 to 45 per cent will be made. make ‘We expect no profi Cor. 7th and D Sts. N. W. These Diamond offers represent but a hint of the hundreds of like values obtainable at this Sale. And furthermore—behind every transaction you have the guarantee of a Washing- | ton firm with a reputation of nearly a quarter of century for fair dealing. Elegant Clus- | $50. The cut purcbases . ‘This sale will be one it from this does for our fall ex- i that will insure sale; we want 7p is | $25 | | ter iting. con | Bot do justice to sisting of 12 | Instead of $18, | For this mag- | nis qcarat gol. | For this dainty 8. fine. selected | the regular sell: | nificent 2- carat Stine imaeen Giawonds, | pot | Ing price for this | Sotttaire Diamond | telre Ring. Must | $7°R 2, Diamon thle say ‘Opab C er- Mamond " Sas we full of in d ex- price, §25—a rare bar- Saat ec ane Ring. A seldom- | be seen to be ap- | Diamonds are fine | quisite color emt. gain. diamonds. | | to-be-seen offer. preciated. selected stones. rounded) jamonds. der Shepherd, which he modeled some time ago, and which has been on view mcre than once in Washington. * * During the winter Mr. Henry Floyd occu- pied himself almost exclusively with por- traiture, and several of the studies which his brush has produced are still in his stu- dio. One of these canvases bears a beauti- ful head painted with simplicity and re- finement, and the artist's bolder style of working is well exemplified in an- other study, a portrait of himself, painted with a strong effect & light . It is an admirable - Lae handling ness, and has the breadth of which Mr. Floyd displays when working la at his best.. He has now upon his easel large half-length portrait, which is interest- ing in its arrangement, and, though aia more than laid in, is very promising. ir. Floyd will probably leave town about the middle of June and may go abroad for the summer. 3 small canvas by George Morland, snianite now on view at Fischer's, one anes the artistic qualities for which his —— is prized, and they are present in a — which is much less prosaic than t one which he usually chose. There is a beautl- ful translucent quality of color in this work that can only be described by the word “juicy,” in studio parlance. In this canes Morland shows himself to be a master 0! touch, as well as of color, and this simple but pleasing rustic subject reveals the best points in his art. —>— AQUEDUCT BRIDGE REPAIRS. Contract With the Philadelphia Com- pany Annulled. The establishment of Camp Alger near Falls Church, Va., has subjected the Aque- duct Dridge, crossing the Potomac, to an vnusual strain. It also caused a contro- versy between Col. Allen, the engineer of- ficer in charge of the government works in this vicinity, and the Heuston Construc- tion Company of Philadelpkia, which com- pany had the contract for the reconstruc- tion of pier No. 4 of the Aqueduct bridge. This controversy has finally resulted in the annulment of the conffact with the Philadelphia compary and a total suspen- sion of the work of repairing the bridge. Col. Allen has been authorized to take the necessary steps to make the bridge safe and secure for travel. Arrangements will be made fcr a resumption of work for the reconstruction of the defective pier after the war is over. The Houston com- pany proposed to de this work for $30,000. They were, however, much behind in their work and are said to be very well satjs- fied with the termination ef the contract, which bade fair to be a losing one for them. —_—_———_o+—__. ‘To Command the Newark. ‘The naval strategic board has lost one of its most active and valuable members in the person of‘Capt. Barker. He left Wash- irgton today for Hampton Roads to take command of the fine protected cruiser, Newark, which has just been extensively repaired at the Norfolk navy yard It is expected that the Newark will join Samp- son’s squadron in the West Indies as soon as she can get there. Another loss to the department occurred today when Ljeut! Gibbon left to serve on the Newark. eae icer has displayed the great gneray es for the services of the navy the various naval militia organiza- tions of the states, and as an incident to that work he was obliged to put forth his best efforts to secure the formation of organizations where ditional battalions in the states that al- ready possessed a navel militia. —————~—__ A Woman War Correspondent. to the reading public in ‘91 through being sent by the Chicago Herald to Pine Ridge. the settlement of the Indian General she Cathclic University. The rector of the Catholic University has been in New England during the past week. Last Sunday he preached the ser- mon at the laying of the corner stone of the new Church of St. Patrick at Whit- ensville, Mass. On Wednesday he assisted at Worcester, Mass., at the funeral of one of his old parishoners of the Churea of the red Heart, and Thursday morning re- sumed his duties at the university. The regular annual commencement cere- monies will occur this year at the univer- sity, and, as usual, will take place in the 2ssembly room in Caldwell Hall. The de- grees will be conferred by Cardinal Gtb- bons, the chancellor of the university. There will be, in all, about forty graduates, representing all the departments of the university, twelve of the degrees béing the lcentlate of theology. Students from each department will make short responses to the principal address on the occasion. Examinations in the law department commenced Thursday and will continue for about two weeks. ‘Those for the degree of licentiate in theology are about cum- pleted. The candidates for the iatter hon- or will defend their theses in ubout two weeks for two hours each. The last issue of the bulletin for this year has just made its appearance. The regular year book is «bout ready for distribution. The university has recently received be- quests of four hundred and two thousand doliars, under the wills of Dean Mangan of Peoria, Ill, and Miss Mary Quincy of Beston, Mass. Mr. Horatio S. Greenough, also of Bos- ton, Mass., has recently donated to the university an oil painting by Catlin, which has been hung in the ethnoiogical museum. Howard University. The C. E. meeting this evening will be a memorial service in memory of George H. Harris of the class of ‘97, college. The eu- Icgies will be delivered by Mr. Beckham, who will be followed by Mr. Brister, repre- senting the Alpha Phi Literary Society. The music for the occasion will be rendered by the Endeavor Quartet. ‘Th2 last meeting of the C. E. Society was a temperance meeting, with “Our Bodies God's Temples” as the subject. Mr. Mc- Guire was the leader and a special program Was rendered. The Alpha Phi Society will give a banquet next Thursday night. The commencement exercises of the mu- sical department took place Wednesday : night at the university, the occasior being ths sixth anniversary of the inauguration of this institution. ‘The law department will hold its exercises at the First Congre- gational Church, 10th and G streets, May 30, and May 31 and June 1 the preparatory and college students will receive their degrees. The theological department com- mencement will occur next Friday night. The Young Ladies’ Improvement Club gave a social last Saturday evening in lu NIVER SITY NOT ES Miner Hall for the PES PERRET association. Prof. Ewell and his wife will give a re- ception to the graduating class of the theo- logical department next Thursday evening. also invited on this occa- The alumni are sion. The alumni the city. ‘he annual bulletin of the Theological Society has just been issued. It consists of a six-column pamphlet, and concludes with an invitation to all young men contem- plating entering the ministry to examine Howard's facilities for preparation for this profession, : Georgetown University. The commencement of the law school will be Monday, June 6, and on the evening fol- lowing the results of the examinations will be announced. Examinations at tne college commenced last Monday and will continue until June 18 All the classes will undergo these ex- aminations and a large number of subjects will be taken up. The public elocution contest will take place next Wednesday in Gaston Hall at the college. The speakers will be Mulligan, McAleer and Moore, 1%); Murphy, Smith and E. Byrne, 1901; L. Cullen, O'Neill and Cawthorne, 1899, and Devereaux, Mciner- ney and Brady, 1898, The post-graduates and seniors were ex- amined at the law school last Saturday im corporations. Monday the seniors and jun!- ors stood an examination in bills and notes, Evidence the subject on Thursday for the sentors. Practice will be the subject this evening and on Monday the last ex- amination of the term will occur, when we juniors will be examined on criminal law and domestic relations. ——__. Award of Prizes. There was a meeting of the congregation in the basement hall of St. Augustine Church last Sunday and prizes were di tributed to the four persons who won them by the sale of tickets for t aster sociable. Mrs. Anna Carter received first prize, Mr. Joseph Harris, second; Mise Nellie Trueman, third; and Mrs. Leila Tudy, fourth. A permanent organization was then formed to make preparations for a lawn party. Mr. R. F. Cooke was elect- ed chairman and Miss Bertha Carter sec- retary. Another meeting will be held to- morrow to complete the arrangements, > Church Benefit. A strawberry festival, for the benefit of the M.E. Church at Congress Heights, was held last evening and the evening before, in Wilson Park. There was a large atten! ance, and the receipts were very grati- fying. The feature of last evening's pro- gram was a cinemetographic exhibition, comprising a large number of pictures of the crack vessels of the American na’ The ladies in charge were Mrs. Rawlings, Mrs. J. W. Simpson, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Chew, Mrs. Gillon, Mrs. Havenner, Mrs. White and Misses Emma Anderson and Bertie Dennison. ——— opportunity to own a small expense. Only 2 left of the Ladies’ $100 Ee *80| Bicycles, which. to close we will sell for. ~Easy ter for the 1898 ‘Kea Besides selling you the strongest, easiest run- “ning and best wheel of the season at $50, we also offer you easy terms if you desire it, The 1898 “Keating” is the only wheel equipped with the famous double . Toller “noiseless” chain. Come—get our terns! 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