Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1898, Page 7

WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. $4 CHAI For TO OPEN THE SEASON The Brooklyn Handicap to Bo Run Saturday. ORNAMENT REGARDED WITH FAVOR | Washington Lost Another Game at Cleveland. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES ——<——— The big race of the spring, the Brooklyn Handicap, will be run Saturday at Grave- send, L. L, on the track of the Brooklyn Jockey Club. The Brooklyn Handicap this spring promises to bring to the post one of the biggest fields that ever ran for the great fixture. Of the lot engaged in the $10,000 stakes, twenty-four are now on the ground fit and ready to run, and of these fifteen that may be considered as among the probable starters have performed in public this spring. That Ben Brush would be a starter has not seemed probable for at least three weeks. His recent retire- ment to his Castleton stud farm in Ken- tucky left Headley & Norion’s great colt We place on sale tomorrow 10 dcaen of these @legant expeusive looking Massive Solid Onk and Mobegany-finish Cane Box Seat Chairs, with the Deactiful tent French legs. Without saying more than that they are the regular $4 chairs (can’t be bought for less answberes. We will leave it to w you come in tomorrow if they ire ae ‘the best chair vatues ever offered ID $2 Wasbington at - dedeccecseccecgecscces Only 10 dezen of them, and they ought to all go fo a few be urs. Wash. B. Williams, 7th & D my24-Cod sees | Ornament, with 127 pounds, in as top SSS SSSE CECH EA EO COLES ‘*| weight and favorite in the future betting. . | Orrament, turned over to James Rowe by . I he largest and | bis former owner and trainer, C. T. Pat- ° ¢| ictson, is now at Sheepshead ‘Bay. taking ° 2 Ste *}| a ssecial preparation for the andicap. : lowest priced nos Ouaamenti/suur ins thal merci betieesie ee : o $] shipped east, and was reiurned a = s but nis early races did not show the crac ‘ Sporting Goods $] at his best, and he will have to improve 3 Te de fonnd within the District of Columbia! $ eae be a prominent faetor in Satur- See eee ecg mnie tenis | the ether Morac Eee) lost atsoar $ ing guods Ime—we'll guarantee to meet—ses, ¢ | certain siarters in the Brooklyn and that @ end do better by you. Thinking of Photog- ¢/ have won this season are. Rogers & Rose's ¢ repby? All you need can be secured here ¢/ Tijlo, in at 118; J. Storey Curtis’ Royal Soe $| Stag, in at 110; Bromley & Co.'s Semper = + 5 peo 2 | 28° in at 106; M. F. Dwyer’s Previous, in | at 104; C. F. Dwyer’s Sly Fox, in at 92, and W. Cheriton’s Our Johnny, in at 88. Horses that have run and been beaten, but that seem iikely to be starters for ‘Walford’s’ Sos . . . 9 Saturday’s big race, are Ben Halladay, 121 115, winner of the Brooklyn last year; Ty- eee ject your straw bat from the hundreds of | phoon If, 114; Merry Prince, 105; Hand- *¢ styl-s aml sbapes that constitute our su-| hall, 160; Great Bend, 9%, and Sensational, So perk showing. Beery youted and popular | 90 “Others that have not run this spring, Se bee GeO Re a but that probably will go to the post S os Wee tle Denil pte cen “7: | urday. are Lehman, 114: Don de Oro, 11: Ladies’ “Kuox" Sailors in rough and | Loki, 169; Ogden, 109; Isidor, ‘106; Lou © smooth straws. Bramble, 104, and Traverser, 98. ° — B. Stinemetz & Today's Schedule and Weather. H. Son, | Washington at Cleveland—clouay. 1237 PENNA. AVE. my25-20d Baltimore at Chicago—cloudy. Brooklyn at Cincinnati—fair. Boston at St. Louis—clear. New York at Louisville—hazy. Philadelphia at Pittsburg—cioudy. Book Your Order for a ton of good clean WHITE ASH —at one: COAL wh price is down to potas Pen ve Lo full eek $ -99 Record of the Clubs. and prompt, factory delivery. Clubs. We “ebute™ oal in free. Re- Cincinnati member the pi Wm. J. Zeh, 708 1 ith st. may25-l4d five Wasking?o GRAPHOPHONES VERY WILD PITCHING. sold on easy pay- ments. Records, $5 | Evans, the New Twirler, Gave Seven per doz.Send postal; Passes to First. salesman will call. Manager Brown of the Washington club R. G. ATMIES, at Cleveland yesterday introduced Mr. Roy 303 7th St.N.W. | Evans, the latest Senatorial twirler, to It 2d Floor. league company. The bringing out of Mr. Evans was an eminent success for the other side, as the home team scored four runs while their guests were unsuccessfully en- deavoring to score one. The Spiders se- cured but six safeties off the Washington man, while his people got four more. But Evans was wild, his seven bases on balls playing a most important part in the run- getting of the other side. But the home club played an errorless game, the Vistitors, on the other hand, making. misplays at times when they were of the greatest as- sistance to their opponents. For six in- rongs not a run was scored, the Cleveland ciub making meantime but three hits. But in the next inning, after two men were out, heitz made his customary error on an easy chance, Burkett, the buisinan, going to second on his wild throw. McKean foi- lowed with a safe hit, Burkett coming in. Wrigley fumbled Childs’ grounder, Wallace walked, and Mcnean and Childs scored on Biake's single to left. In the following in- ning, with two men again gone, another run went to the Spiders. Wilson's long fly to center was not quite reached by Ander- son, Burkett hit to center and bases on balls forced in Wilson. The Senators were most unfortunate in their hitting, several fine chances to score being spoiled by the remarkably fine field- ing of their opponents. In the first inning Gettman hit past first, but Selbach’s line drive was taken by Wallace, who quicay threw to first, catching the Russian. Doyle singled to center, but slipping in attempting to make third on Anderson's safety to cen- ter he was caught off the base. In the sixth Anderson hit to left center for two bases when two were out, Farrell walked, but Wagner fiew out to center. In the next inning Reitz led off with a two-bagger to right, but was thrown out at third on an attempt to make that bag on Wrigley’s out at first. Hits in the eighth and ninth were of no avail, as they came when their fel- lows were unable to follow suit. Ander- son’s work in center was of the gilt-edged character, several of his catches being most difficult. Cleveland. BICYCLE RACES. PARK BICYCLE CLUB BOARD TRACK, Conduit Road, MAY 28 and 30. Admission. + 25e., Be., my19-10tt Te. HN i. WoopBrky, d for illustrated book. Has Captured a Prize! Itisa BLUE SERGE, Guaranteed for One Year as to Color and Wearing Qualities. Suits rf these goods —#@ $15.50». will be our Specialty this Season. WRITE FOR SAMPLES. Open evenings till 9 o’clock. Six Little Tailors 941 Pa. Ave. N. W. wmy23m,.w.f-85 DOPE VPP OPE OPPS EPO? Black and Dark Tan Glace OXFORD TIES, $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Gur store ts full of the most beautiful seasonabie guods Totals....4 6 “Batted for Evi ninth. Left om bases—Cleveland, 11; First base on balis—Of Wilsou, Struck out—By Wilson, % Evi 1 bits—Anderson and Reitz. olen Lases—Wrigley, Double plays—Wallace and Tebeau; Wilson, Te- beau and Wallace; McKean, Childs ‘aud Tebeau. Hit by pitcher—By Wilson, 1; by Evans, 1. Time ws. Umpires—Suyder and Curry. St. Louis, 12; Boston, 10. The champions bit the dust at St. Louis, the Browns getting seventérn hits off Wil- iis and Lewis. Sudhoff ani Taylor were also hit hard. Decker was overcome by the heat while at the bat in the first inning. Score: ‘St. Louis. 2.H.0.4.E., Dowd, ef.-. 1 Hclmes, rf H a. Beston. — R.H.O.A.E. | Hamilton,ef, 11° 1 6) Tencey, Wb.. 2 ross, Clements, Hall, ss. Crooks, 2b. Sudhott, Taylor, p. Soom munennis CoowneuiH ne Meemennworne Sowmucuncce commute mien coowners Crenmenccce Decker, 1b. Totals... . “Batted for Lewi & s ESI & . Ha:ley, Cross, Stahi (3). Bergen: Sacrifice nite. Hit by | pitcher—Harloy, eascrtment of these Passed bal omen al an pong hah ‘Willits, 5; by Lewis, 1. than those of any! else for the same poe Ses quality of Shoe. ‘cod. Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. N. W. Established 1833. my10-3m-28 oe: At Cincinnati the leaders in the league race were beaten by the Brooklyns, the lads playing rather stupidly. Ralph Miller of Cincinnati, the pitcher of the visitors, was presented by friends with a diamond stud. Score: Cireinnat!. R.H.O.A.E. OLB. Holliday, cf 112 ee we) Smith, If... 1 1 23100 We have stretched a point just to favor vie, those who bave not yet experienced the 3 anes luxury of cooking by gas. We carry m su- i ese stock of Gas Cooking Stoves and Gas 1 iiss ges. and if you want to learn more about = é 23-3 them drop us 2 postal card and we will send | ° @ man up with catalogue, ete., and will even 1 send along a few sample stoves and ranges as or Inspection. Gas Cooking Stoves as low us 3 enc! 4-burner Gas Ranges as low as $10. é as ApplianceCo.,' 11 bane Bit-Wtelnfalde: Troe dase nate asus eee THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 1898-14 PAGES. ley;’ Griffin and Shindle; Hallman and Tucker; McPhee, and . Firat base on balls—Of Miller, 4; cff Dwyer, 3. Strack uut—By Miller, 1. Time—i.s5. Umpires—O"Day and Me- GOVERNMENT: ‘TITLE Land in the City Possesai — Pittsburg, 4; Philodelphia, 3. It was a close game at Pittsburg, but the Pirates managed to squeeze in one more run than their guests, the Phillies, Dono- van's two-bageer in the fourth bringing in three runs. Orth and Killeen pitc! Score: i i - A um = —+—__o_ 2b oak i ; $ H Probable Action to Be. Taken by pire Senate Cominittes. wer, e.. 1 e200 ads! ee Shope : * RECORDS INCOMPLETE woe Ee For a number of years Congress has been called upon at every session to grant quit By Kilien. 3; by Orth, 2." Passed balls Sehrtver, | Claims to people who have found the title = amare Time—1.53. Umpirs—Emslie and An-| to their property in this ‘¢ity incumbered by what has been termed a “clond of rec- Baltimore, 135; Chicago, 13. ord.” It was a hitting contest at Chicago, the Orioles getting two more hits than their opponents, and as many more runs, Each tcam used two twirlers. Hughes and Nops pitched for Bultifmore and Griffith and Gil- roy for the home team. . Score: their property to the government in con- sideration of the latter laying out and im- proving the streets, which was never done except in part, the government proceeded to sell its portion of the land. In those Chicago. RH.0.4-E., Baltimore. R.H.0.4.E. | days of lax methods in the keeping“of pub- Everitt, 1b. 2 3°9 1 6] MeGraw, 3b. 2 3 3 4 0/ lic land records it happened that after a Med 22 8 hectic Tas 2 2 $28] thme this land had been-transferred from 2 1 0 0/Kelley, if...0 2 2 0 9] one citizen to another, and hundreds of 2: ee 2% 2 3 3 | people came into possession of it, believing lai 3 8 4 0 o| they had clear titles. As the business of Dp hee 3 3 4 9 0} title examining improved many flaws in ti- aes seks 7338 3 01 tes were discovered. It was found that in Chance, c... 1100 over a thousand cases there was nc record Tota 31 Totals....15 19°25 11 0 “Dahlen cut, hit by batted ball; Lange out for interference. Chicago. Baltimore. to show that the government hed ever parted with the lots it had received from the original property owners. Some time ago Senatcr McMillan, chair- man of the committee on the District of Cclumbia, determined to see if some method could not be adopted by which tjtles in the District could be cleared up, and in order to do this, he has secured from the 70080000 3-2 148420100 Earned runs—Chicago, 5; Baltimore, 4. Left on bares—Chicago, 7; Baltimore, 11. Two-base hits— Kelley, Bowerman, Hughes. " Three-base hit—Kel- ‘y.| Stolen bases—Mertes (2), McGraw, Everitt. Deuble plays <Gridith, Denahu and Everitt; Jen-| War Department a list of lots in this city poaee os eGann. Struck out—By Kilroy, ori the title to which was placed in the gov- ‘ops, 2. Firs! Passed balls—Bowerman, Donahue. base on balls—Off Griffith, 5 ops, 1. | Wild pltekes—Hugh ball—Mertes, Donahue, Umpires—Lynch and Connolly. ernment, there being mo record in that of- fice to show that the United States ever parted with such titles. This property is tcday owned by the government so far as the records of the War Department show. This property aggregates an enormous amount of land, comprising 1,176 lots scat- tered over ail purts cf the city of Wash- ington, each lot having a frontage of fifty feet. The list of property which may be claimed by the United States government, according to these records, follows: The List of Lots. New York, 6; Louisville, 1. it was a walkover for the New Yorks at Louisville, they batting Cunningham sav- agely. Meekin, on the other hand, allowed the Coloneis. but six hits. Grady was put off the field for abusing the umpire. Score: New Xork, RHQ.AF, RILO.AE. e Lot numbers, No. roschommn tm oooe 0) Clings 1/ Smith, 2b. Vit wonmocene: eoeccoccs! eer rere olesow Nl pacman sce -| 1 to 20, inclusive. 1 to 11, inclusive. 1 to 9, inclusive. | +] All of, equal to 4 lots. fat Earned runs- ‘Three-hase First bese on balls—Of Cunni kin, 3. Struck out—Ity Meck Sunith and W: Hartm in, Wild pitches—Meekin, 2. ville, 6; New York. 9. Cushman and Heydler: OUT-OF-TOWN COMMENTS. Double pi Gettig and Joyee. Left on hases—Louis- ‘Thne—2 hours. Umpires-- Chicago Paragraphs ‘on the Wash- ington Club and Players. Wagner made a great catch of a foul fly from Ryan’s bat in the first inning. The third baseman got the ball fust off the fence in front of the north bleachers. “Midway” Wrigley gave an awful exhibi- tion of ground and lofty tumbling yester- day. He made five errors. Two of them, however, were on hard chances. Selbach has made five two-basers during the last four games. Four of them were easy flies that were lost in the sun, the oth- er a line fly which Ryan really ought to haye captured. Ryan and Anderson made two of the best plays of the game. Ryan picked a ball off the fence and Anderson fell full tength in catching a fly, but still held on to the ball. Wagner and Brown tried to persuade Manager Burns into a trade of Thornton Amole, but departed unsuccessful. Wagner aiso wants Barry McCormick,.but will, of course, not get him. With the score of 8 to 2 and one out Tom Erown put Farrell in to bat in place of Swaim in the ninth inning. It seemed a joke to try to win such a game from Grif- fith, but farrell hit the first ball pitched for a single. Donovan has more speed than he can ad- just, and more than McGuire can nanaie. He had the darkness to help him. The New England man could kill off all the hu- man targets who work for 5-cent cigar syndicates. : In the fifth John Doyle, associate captain- manager of the Senators, made a rush as though to clean up Jim McGuire, Ryan, Mercer and Connolly. His incendiary con- versation failed to reach the crowd. Mer- cer looked tired and wanted to get out of the game after the littie conversation. “The games in the championship schedule that have been played thus far furnish but @ weak gauge by which to estimate the strong and weak points of the dozen Llubs in this league,” says President Jim Hart of the Chicago club, “Washington, to my mind, has a first division team, but she now stands absolutely last in the race. Of course, Cincinnati has a long string of vic- tories piled up, but you mustn’t overlook the fact that Ewing's team is as strong and fit as it will be when the season is at its zenith. This, of course, is due to the gruel- ling campaign of spring training of the Reds at San Antonio, Texas, last March, that brought the team down as tine and fit as a fiddle.” PARK BICYCLE CLUB RACES. inclusive. 8; incl Ane Hens wawuk ntalning feet... Pern OprrnespeNbe FSB Bee. SAOREALHHAS NOAM Ranma nE NORAD ne ere Ee rage by int] 161 Third Meeting of the Senson to Be also 1150 to part of the city, which Held Saturday. 1170, inclusive. mite etd eile eines ‘The third race meet of the season will be ing 14. ote. each, equal to 822 lots, of which 161 Icts are public property. Total” .. et Prebable Senate Committee Action. The Senate committe on the District of Columbia will shortly take up the question of how to clear up these titles. The com- mittee will probably consider the propriety of having the United States government claim and take possession of the 1,176 lots of fifty feet frontage each, and on which there are now built probably 1,500 or 1,800 houses, all owned by individuals, who think they are secure in their homes here. Doubtless the imperfect conditioa of the records in the Wer Department will be urged as a reason why the government will have to deal with this question on an equitable rather than a ..\ , basis. For many years these records were in such con- fusion that they were utterly unfit for ref- erence. Some years agd‘thé department began straightening the records out. The records were largely in :the,form of sep- arate papers, free aceess,being allowed to them by attorneys, who ‘haified them so held Saturday afterncon by the Park Bi- cycle Club, at its track on the Conduit read. The races will start at 3:30 o'clock sharp, and be run through without loss of time. There are five events in all on the program, including two novel races. One is @ pursuit race for triplets for three miles. The crews of the different triplets are not yet announced, but the race ought to prove an interesting affair. Since Counselman defeated Smith, and Wren defeated Fister, in twenty-five-mile metch races, there has been a good deal of speculation as to the best man of the two. To settle this difference a match race will be run between Wrenn and Counselman. The distance will be for ten miles, and each man will have multicycle pacing. The race will rot only settle the controversy, but will also establish another record for the new track, it being the first time a race of that distance has been run. The events and prizes are follows: First race, one-mile novice; prize, gold medal, valued at $15. Second race, one mile prizes, first, $25 diamond; watch; third, $10 cuff buttons. Third race, two-thirds mile handicap; Prizes, first, $25 watch; second, $15 scarf pin; third, $10 watch fob; % cuff buttons. Fourth race, three-mile pursuit, triplets; Prizes, $10 value to each man of winning crew. Fifth race, ten-mile match event, between Lee Counselman, Century Cycle Club, and Bayard T. Wrenn, Levant Wheelmen; prize, this city the governmenr'dwned when the 5 city was laid out, nearly 4h years . ago, and to indicate tots, rding Appeals for Clearance. records, have their in the Unit so BF, States, although owned o by in- dividuals all that raps he eee ye aie a “hi to resolution honor Paps to enable me to fur- ty sq Chatiod $a Bin Ita ion, OF SQUARBR AND Log When the city was laid out and the original land owners had given a portion of George W. Terrell; L. E. loke, 1 Alonzo Greenfield. i ah E — The examination of these records been finished and a full abstract there- of made so far as they relate to said lots, by which it appears that there are upward of a hundred squares originaliy containing ibiic lots, the sale of some of which lots, Ei whole or in part, ts not shown by such records, and in addition thereto above twen- jaares which remain undivided and of which there is no record of any sale. Records to Be Searched. “To complete the work thus begun it is Row necessary to search the land records in the cffice of the recorder of deeds and also some court records both in Washing- ton and Annapolis,-with reference to the public lotseembraced in the squares above mentioned. This, with the examination of tax assessments, etc., will require severa! months. “Until the searches and examinations ad- verted to have all been completed, and ‘t is precisely ascertained what lots are ‘claimed by private individuals the title to which is in the United States,” it will not be ble to furnish a list of such lots, as called for by the said resolution; nor can I, in the absence of definite information cont the claims of such individuals, tg ere es ris @ proper method for the disposal of e lots.” This matter will be taken up by the Dis- trict committee shortly, and that commit- tee will probably recommend the appoint- ment of a commission to consider the whole question réiating to this vast property and recommend an equitable disposition of all auch cases. ———_-+e-—_____ CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. Favorable Action Taken on Army Nominations. In the Scnate, in executive session, yesterday afternocn, there was some dis- eussion.of the character of men who should be chosen to command the immune regiments. t Senator Money expressed doubt as to whether it would be possible to raise regi- ments of men who had had yeilow fever in case officers for such organizations were taken from the northern states and were men who had not been subjected to this disease. There were two roll calls in the execu- tive session, one of them being upon the confirmation of N. S. Walpole of Colorado, to be agent of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, and the other upon the confir- mation of James J. Power of Pennsylvania, to be receiver of public moneys at Perry, Okla. There were adverse reports against ‘both on the ground of non-residence, but both were confirmed by considerable ma- Jerities. These nominations were confirmed: : Military. Colonels in the volunteer army—Cap- tains Patrick Henry Ray and James 8. Pettitt; First Lieutenants Herbert H. Sar- gent, Charles S. Riche, Mesers. Laurence D. Tyson of Tenzessee, and Duncan N. Hood of Louisiana, * Adjutant general's department—Lieut. Col. Theodore Schwan, assistant adjutant general, with the rank of colonel; Major William Harding Carter, assistant adju- tant general, with the rank of Meutenant colonel. Commissaries of subsistence with the rank of major—William M. Abernethy of Misscuri, and Capt. Davia B. Wilson; First Lieut. H. J. Gallagher, and H. Clay Muilikin of Maryland. To be commissaries of subsistence, with the rank of captain—Messrs. James Ed- ward Calhoun and Frederick W. Hyde of New York; William H. Anderson of Green- ville, Ohio; George B. McCullom of Pulas- ki, Tenn.; Don A. Dodge, Minnesota, and R. P. Howell, Iowa. To be engincer officers, with the rank of major—Captains William D. Beach, Geot H. Sands, William A. Shunk and Charies Lincoln Woodbury, Vermont. First regiment of volunteer engineers to be colonel—Kugene Griffin of New York. To be first Heutenants—Algernon Sartoris of the District of Columbia, Fitzhugh Lee, ir., of Richmond, Va.; Carios Carbonel of Troy, N. ¥., Karl Fisher Hansen of New York. To be chief surgeons with the rank of major—George Cook, New Hampshire; Wil- Nam H. Daly, Pennsylvania; Clayton Park- hill, Colorado; James M. Jenne, Vermont: Herbert W. Cardwell, Oregon; James H. Hyssell, Ohio; Leonard B. Almy, Connec- ticut; Charles B. Nancrede, Michigan; Thomas Earle Evans, Alabama; Jefferson D. Griffith, Missouri; R. Emmett Griffin, Nebraska; Edward Boeckmann, Minnesota: ; Thomas C. Gimball, Hoyt of Minnesot: Elon Obed Huntington of Minnesota, as- sistant surgeon in the navy. The Signal Corps: To be major—Captain Richard E. Thompson. To be captain—Benjamin F. Montgom- ery, Virginia. To be first lieutenants—Messrs, Philip J. Perkins, California; William W. Chance, Illinois; Albert C.’Thompson, jr., Michi- gan. To be second lieutenants—Messrs. Wil- liam O. Bailey and Francis Creighton. To be assistant adjutants general with the rank of major—First Lieutenant Harry ©. Hale, Captains Louis A. Craig, William A. Charles H. Heyl, Indiana, and H. F. son and H. Kyd Douglas, Maryland. To be additional paymasters—William B. Schofield, California; Moses Ransom Doy- on, Wisconsin; W. J. Cowden, West Vir- ginia. To be assistant quartermaster with the zank of major—Noble H. Creager of Mary- ind. To be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain—First Lieutenant George 8. Cartwright. Civil Appointments. Surveyor customs —Elijah W. Adkins, Knoxville, Tenn.; John B. Hanna of Mary- land, Baltimore, Md. = Collector customs—Meyer Hahn, Pamlico, N. C.; Clarence G. Smithers, Cherrystone, Va.; William B. Todd, Georgetown, D. C.; Christopher D. Jones for the district uf Beaufort, N. C.; William F. Stone, the dis- trict of Baltimore, Md; Charles T. Stanton, the cistrict of Stonington, Conn.; George P. Waldorf to be collector of internal rey- enue for the tenth district of Ohio; James Whitehead to be register of the land office at Broken Bow, Neb. James J. Power, Pennsylvania, receiver of public moneys at Perry, Oklahoma ter- ritory. Nimrod 8. Walpole, Colorado, agent for the Indians of the Pueblo and Jicarilla agency in New Mexico. Postmasters: New York—Henry Oster- held, Yonkers; Edward Reed, Glens Falis; Graham _H. Wheeler, Hammondsport. Ohio—D. C. Bailey, West Liberty; Isaac N. Zearing, Bellefontaine; Joseph M. Mil- burn, Xenia; H. H. Young, Ada; Ira Craw- ford, Dayton; Robert F. Dent, New Com- erstown; A. J. Eminger, Miamisburg; W. S. Fornshell, Camden; James B. Fisher, Marion; Robert 8. Fulton, Germantown; A. L. Jones, Greenville; 8S. E. Loffer, Degraff; Robert V. Jores, Sidney; Charles A. Leh- rer, Sandusky; C. A. McKim, Cclina; Rob- ert M. Rownd, Columbus; Harry Kk Taylor, Orrville; Maryneal Hutches Smith, Urbana. Massachusetts—Joseph A. West, Province- town. Hampshire—George Hitchcock, New H. Hanover; Luther H. Morrill, Tliton. New Jersey—Abram W. Boss, Fieming- ton. $ Ss ogee Carolina—Frank Nichols, Green- le. North Carolina—John H. Huward, Wel- don; Samuel H. Dick, Wilson. Georgia—David B. Rigdon, Statesboro; C. E. Head, Tallapoosa. Nebraska—John H. Tower, Sutton. _ ‘isconsin—H. G. Kress, Manitowoc; Ez- West Virginia—James P. Fitch, Morgan- tcwn. “e Michigan—E. C. Reld, Allegan; Lawson Becker, Fenton; Burton F. Browne, Beach. Maine— Edward Brown, Thomaston: omas G. Herbert, Richmond; Frank Purinton, Fairfield. is Stewart, Luling; F. M. B Deger, Velasco, Carrie E. Bureka; i C. Siuss, Tuscola; John D, rn i iz R i i i a 7 | SPH ECSE Another great sale in our Tomorrow == see the dee The prices BUT EVERY CHILD’S over. *1.98 2.98 *3.98 find $3.98. SOCOOOGO OOOO GOSS GO GOOHSOSHOOHSH OOOO OOO GS OGOQOONE & hildren’s Department. Friday -- and Saturday will pest price-cutting on children’s suits in the clothing history of Washington. named below are for our entire stock--not a few lots or a WITHOUT RESERVE. Think of it--choice of thousands and thou- sands of suits at prices fess them today at wholesale. We are badly overstocked losing a few thousand dollars to buys any $3 suit. Hundreds of dif- ferent styles to select from, includ- ing blouse, “Brownie” and Reefer Suits for the youngsters. Remember every $3 suit is now $1.98. buys any $4 suit. Black Serges—handsome Plaids Tweeds and Worsteds—all made in the finest manner—and perfect fitting. Remember every $4 Suit is‘now $2.98. buys any $5 Suit. You can hardly mark $s. iots—French Worsteds—the finest Clay Serges—all made by our best tailors and trimmed and finished fn the very best possible way. During this sale every style in the house marked $5 will be These prices sound ‘“fakey’” and impossi- bie--yeu can’t understand how any house can legitimately cut prices so deeply so early in the season. But keep in mind the house making this offer--remember our forty years’ record. EISEMAN BROS., Corner 7th & E Streets N.W. NO BRANCH STORE IN WASHINGTON. 3 D4 ee bought-up stock-- SUIT IN OUR STORE, than we can buy =-and prefer carrying them Plain Blue and Scotch and Mixtures — Nobby anything finer than what we Genuine Imported Chev- SSSSSES SSSSSHSSSES SSSHOSHSOOS AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Annual Elocution Contest—Promoter of Policy—Other Notes. The annual elocution contest of the stu- dents of Georgetown University will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock in the G: ton Memorial Hall. Heretofore the time of commer-cing the contest has been 8 o'clock, but this year it will be half an hour earlier. Another departure from the usual custom is the abolishment of the printed invita- tions, and the extersion of a general invi- tation to the friends of the students and the university to attend the exercises. There are in all twelve students to vets each class having three speakers inthe contert, ‘The class of ‘0S will be Fep- resented by F. B. McArerny. E. J. Brady and A. J. Devereaux: the class of ‘99 by 'L. 3. Cullen, T. J. O'Neill and R. G. Caw- thorn; class of 1900 by McAleer, Moore and | Mulligen; class of ’01 by A. E. Murphy, ©. J. Smith and E. capital subjects on © program will be varied. Ree Father Barrett, 8.J., of Woodstock College, Maryland: Rev. Father Quill, 8.J., of Leyola College, Baltimore, and Rev. Father Docley, S.J., will act as judges, re- | serving their decision. The winner of the contest will not be known to the students until the day of the annual commencement when the handsome gold medal, given a nrize, will be awarded. iret Mann, colored, aged forty-six, and Nelson Brown, colored, aged forty-five, were arrested yesterday by Policemaa Wheeler and locked up on a charge of pro- moting policy. On the first named $1.26 in money was found, and enough evidence was thought to be at hand to convict him of the charge. Brown had only $1.01 in small change, but very little incriminating evidence of the game was found on him, and he was held as a suspicious character. Beth of the prisoners, the police think, have been running for Rosslyn firms for some time. Mann today pleaded guilty of promoting policy, and Judge Kimball sent him to jail for two months. Richard Wells, colored, aged twenty-five, a newsboy, was arrested by Policeman Con- nors on a charge of larceny, but in the Po- lice Court yesterday he was released on his personal bonds. He was charged with stealing a pair of overalls, valued at 75 cents, from Barney Levi. The police in- formed the court that Levi frequently sold things, offering to exchange them if unsat- isiactory, and when such goods were re- turned ho generally refused to refund the morey, ard insisted on the customer tak- ing an ‘erior article. This happened to be true in Wells’ case, and to get even he took the ove Robert Smith, a Georgetown boy, and a sor of Mr. Robert Emmet Smith of 3007 P street, a well-known Grand Army man, has sailed from San Francisco, Cal., for the Philippine Islands as‘ a member of Company G, 1st Oregon Volunteers. In a a letter to his father he says: “As since the birth of our republic we were never whipped, so shall it be now—no backwanl steps, no defeat. If I never return, remem- ter me as one who went out in the dis- charge of his duty and met with an acci- dent.” a ee SUIT AGAINST GAS COMPANY. Commissioners to Prosecute One for Alleged Inferior Nlumination. The District Commissioners are just now considering the question of prosecuting a sult which thy instituted recently before Justice cf the Peace O'Neill against the Washington Gas Light Company, for an alleged failure on the part of the company to maintain the standerd illuminating power of street lamps. The prosecution of the suit will depend upon th2 ability of the company to convince the Commissioners that power was shown by the company’s testing sta- tions to be what is required by law, an il- company yesterday when an ad- ment was had until the same och It is under- stood the ited to the Com- © THE SEPTEMBER RACES. Montgomery County Agricultural So ciety Adopts a Schedule. Special Correspondence of The Proving Star. ROCKVILLE, May 24, 1898. The board of directors of the Agricuitur- al Society helld a meeting here “Saturday to teke preliminary steps for the annual fair this fall. The race committee report- ed the engagement of Mr. Henry W. Bur- ress of Princess Anne, Md, as starter and fresiding judge of the races. Mr. Bur- Tess was highly recommended by the people of Frederick, Hagerstown, Tren- ton, N. J., and other places as a prompt starter, who will not allow any drag in the racing program. Some repairs were ordered to be made on the dwelling house on the fair grounds and the grounds com- mittee wi directed to secure bids for Painting © large building stely erected. A revision of the premium iist was made and the following Program of races was adopted: Tuesday, August 30.—Trotting, open to herses four years old in Montgomery county purse, $100, Wednesday, Au: ting, purse, $150; 2:20 class, $300; trot or pace, open to thr and under, best two in three, hurdle race, six furiongs and repeat, purs' 75; ofen to all, running race, six furiong: and repeat, purse, $100, af thursday, September 1.—2-0 class, trot- ting, purse, $400: trotting race, open to horses owned in Mcntgomery county since two years old, purse, §200; 2:30 class, trot- ting, purse, $400; hurdle race, mile dash, purse, $100, : 2-27 and under, owned since June 1, 1898; gust 31.—2:50 class, trot- purse, $100 ; photograph Friday, September 2.—2:27 class, trottin, Durse, $250; 2:40 class, trotting, purse, §200: running race fur horses owned in Mont. Somery county since June 1, 1898, one lap and repeat, purse, $75; running race open to all, two laps and repeat, purse, $100. All harness races will be under the rules of the National Trotting Association, of which the society is.a member. Running Traces will be under the rules of the jockey club. Harness purses divided, 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Running purses divided, 80. 30 and 10 per cent. All entries close on TTuesday, August 24, at 11 p.m. Among charges made in list of pre- miums were the following: Best six-horse team, $18; seccnd, $9; best four-horse team, $12; second, $6. In works of art a premium of $2 for best and $1 for second best will be awarded in the following classes: Land- Scape, portrait, figure, still life and decora- tive painting in oil; same classes in water color, panel, India ink, =harcoal and cray- on drawing; landscape, portrait and fancy to be exposed and finished by an amateur. Mr. Leonard Weer was chosen chief — and W. Frank Gaither chief of police. ——_— Official Orders Issued. The following orders have been made by the District Commissioners: That certificates of indebtedness be is- sted as follows: Against the Belt Railway Company for $10, in favor of the audi- tor of the District of Columbia, for work dcne in repairing pavements adjacent to tracks of said ecmpany at Ist and F streets northwest; against the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company for $33.35, In favor of the auditor of the Dis- trict of Columbia, for work done in repair- ing pavement adjecent to the tracks of _— company at 4th and C streets north- east. That the well at the northwest corner of 10th street and South Carolina avenue southeast be filled. That the public hydrants at southwest corner of Delaware and C streets northwest, be That G. A. Dessez, now in charge of the construction of the Peabody school be transferred Homes for Soldiers’ Children. ~ Rev. H. M. Whartén, D. D., of Baltimore, the founder and h2ad of two large orphan- ages, one at Charlotte, N. C., for colored and the other at Luray, Va., for white