Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, -1898~12- PAGES” —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL ALodge Ne 4, POA A. ML, will be held THURS- DAY. August 4, at 3 o'clock p.m. sharp, to at- tend ‘the funeral of cur late brother, Frank W. Cross. Members of sister ey invited. Dark of ty order of the W. I. eee ee re MCCATHRAN, Secretary LEWIN S. MeDONAL HAMILTON have formed a copart- wholesale dealers in cord wood, thn- oT ANDER nership ber, &c.. under the arm name of McDONALD & TON, Se: At FS" ABOUT 1T—WH SIMPLY ‘FIT. YOU PERPECTLY—or accept no ~ pay. J. FRED. ‘Tailors, 604 13th st. EF. “0. On te cams ter, is now with us.aua-4d DD. the PLIES FOR ¢ amous Jon Strawberries with nat- ing else in this Une. FORM. THING FOR > AND LIBRARY STATIONERY LINE. LOWEST PRICES. sul-l4d WITH 4 ‘TIVE WOR 506 10TH ST. aul-Tat We’re making flag poles foreverybody. Polesofany size. 8 ft. to 150 ft. 50c. to $500. fae pay you to buy at the THOS. W. 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Thunder storms or rain have occurred sm the Missouri and lower Mississippi ys to the Atlantic coast, except in a4, where it has been fair. temp2rature has risen in the lower lake region and fallen slightly in the iower Missouri valley. z ° ‘Thunder storms and cooler weather may be expected in the lower lake regioa, the Hey and micdle Atlantic states, aring Thursday. In New England thun- der storms may be expected tonight and Thursda! jole- Thursday night. Gener- ally fair weather will prevail in the gulf states, except shower: on the Atlantic coast of Florida The following heavy precipitation, in inches, was reported during the past twen- ty-four hours: Tampa, 2.26; Springfield, IIL, 1.20; Kansas City, 1.76; Dubuque, 2.44; “Am- arillo, 1.62; Columbus, Ga., 1.82; Texarkana, Ark., 1.92 Havana Weather. HAVANA, August 3, 8 a.m—Barometer, 29.98; temperature, 80; winds east and light; weather clear. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 85; condi- tion, 7; recelving reservoir, temperature, 88; condition at north connection, 9; condi- n at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, condition effluent gate house, influent gate house, 36 36. Tide Table. rw tide, 2:49 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. 9:08 p.m. 33 m. Today—Sun rise p.m. Moon ri Tomorrow The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8: tinguishing begun at 4:12 a.m. ing is ex- ight- tine p. Th begun one hour before the m. August 3. we our hours, beginnir a.m., , 29.96. 30.0 Assistant Howell of the Treasuty. Howell has made tatement in regard to \e the last fiscal year: The receints, including Pacific railroad Items, were $405,321,235; expenditures, f cluding Pacific railroad items, $443,56 ving a deficit of $38,047,237. If we exclude the receipts from Pacific railroads, amounting to $64, on this account of $4, zt count would stand as follows: Re- ceipts, $340.570,111; expenditures 3 19, 214, le ng a deficit of $U8, 9,103. “This large deficit is part by the extraordi: the treasury to carry on the war. A con- serv estimate of the war expenditures during the months of March, April, 0. If we deduct this the $96,249,108 the ).103. In other word: Id not have exceeded this amount on a ace basis. At the end of the first seven hs of the fiscal year th )1,823. Deduct from this $ accounted for in ary demands upon and June is $56,( frem 249,103 the st five months of the fiscal receipts exceeded our expenditures on ma 2 milliens of dollars.” + 0 A New York Appointment. George H. Pettit of Brooklyn has been ap- pointed by the President United States at- torney for the eastern district of New York. COMMUNICATION OF NAVAL were the readings of the ‘™mometer at the weather bureau for the the readings of the ther bureau for the 30.01; 12 Seeretary 223, ond the May deficit would be the deficit deficit was find that the deficit has been reduced It thus appears that dur- = the last five months of the year our a to express it in another way, the tariff law of 1897 produced during the last five ths of the fiseal year a revenue which exceeded our ordinary expenditures by over AN INSPIRING SIGHT Graphic Description of Santiago’s Surrender. RAISING OF THE STARS. AND STRIPES District Men Played an Important Part in the Ceremonies. PRAISE FOR COLORED TROOPS From a Staff Correspondent. IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO, Sunday, July 17, 1898. Castilian pride was lowered and Old Glory was raised over the governor’s palace in Santiago at moon today. The Spanish buy gies had sung truce several days ago. The ceremony today was merely th2 outcome of the negotiations regarding the manner of capitulation. These negotiations had heen carried on by Gens. Wheeler and Lawton and Lieut. Miley on our part and a hke cemmission of officers from the Spanish side. There had been numerous hitches over questions of more or less importance, and now and again it was given out that lure of the whole schem2 was imminent. At these reports the men along our lines braced themselves for another fight, and became impatient that thes2 quibbles skould be seriously entertained. “Give them another dose of American shot and they will be easier to deal with,” was th2 senti- ment one heard expressed on all sides. Carrying Out the Program. But today all these questions have been settled, and nothing remains but to carry cut the program. 2 It is a bright, beautiful day, just enough clouds floating over to modify the glare of the tropical sun. Scon after reveille there are evidences of activity along our lines, indicating that something unusual is in the wind. Tae of- s and men all wear an air of cager, expec Soon we begin to see columns of Spanish troops coming from the direction of the city and taking place alung our front at a ‘listance of about 200 yards. A beautiful target they make, and no doubt prove a temptation to many of our boys. But they are protected by the white flag, which all civilized nations are proud to re- spect. alry organi- ef Spain, and commanded by Co. Geronimo Alonzo, a veteran 9% ma paigns. They make a precty picture wiih | their clean uniforms of light cotton mate- rial with narrow blue and white stripes run- ning through it and showing up at a dis- tance lik> a light gray, in a hb: dark green foliage and rank vegstatioa. Out to our left we see a regiment cf infan- try move out from our line in the direction of Santiago, and learn that 11 is t In- fantry, detailed to go into the city and at noon to receive the arms ef the S ds and raise the flag of the United States over the governor's palace. The Whole Line on Parade. About 11:30 a.m. our whole line turns out on parade just in rear of the trenches which had been the fighting Itne of a few days ego. From our point we can see this long biue line extending away for two or three miles to the right end left and form- ing in its entirety a crescent-shaped curve, the apex of which is nearest to the city. In the center of this line is General Wheeler's civision of cavalry. The 9th and 10th cavalry, colored troops, form a picturesque break in the line, though many of our troopers have become so bronzed by the weather one can scarcely distinguish the color of the Caucasian from the Afri- can at a distance. Out on the right are the District troops aligned along the trench which bears the distinguished honor of being nearest to thcse of the enemy in the immediate front. On the right cf each regiment is its band ready to strike up the national air. An Imposing Scene. Promptly at 12 o'clock, boom! gues a field gun from Capron’s battery on the ex- treme right of the line, the beginning of a national salute of twenty-one guns. Simultaneously a dozen or more bands strike up Key's immortal ode to Old Glory, ard the men uncover in honor. It is an in- spiring scene and a most affecting occa- sicn. I see grizzled captains wipe tears frem their eyes as they see the stars and stripes flutter out from the dome of the gcvernor general's palace over yonder in the city. The thought occurs to me how ineffably weak and feeble are all attempts at representation of this the real culmination of war and victory. The last ncte of the national air dies away, and tren from way over on our right bursts fcrth the Geep bass cheering of the boys in blue and the wave of exultant sound gces on along the line till it dies away al- mest like an echo on our extreme left. The Vietors and Vanquished. But what of these men out in our front who stand up, bravely enough now that peace is here, and see and hear ail this exultation? They the vanquished, we the victors, stand face to face. I cannot heip wondering how it would feel to chunge places. Whatever their thoughts or feel- ings, they simply stend at attention and make no sign. Our troops now break ranks and return to their tents, leave their guns and begin io drift back by twos and threes to see more of this great event in their lives. The Spaniards, who for a few mo- ments after this finai ceremonia! attending their surrender, stood apparently irresolute as to what was to come next. They sce our men coming out to the trenches, and they take heart and start out cautiousiy and with some hesitaticn in our direction. A group of officers, more confideat than the enlisted men, come up to our lines. They salute as they reach the trencaes, and our officers return it most cordially. Still closer they come, and the senior officer present mounts the earthwork at the trench and extends his hand to a cavalry officer near him, who grasps it warmly, while doth raise their hats. More officers gather on either side of the trench, whicn is the pick- et Ine, and there are more aandshakings and salutes. Presently some of their orderl: running up the slope from the Sp: po- sition, carrying bottles in their hands. It is wine and rum, and the Spaniards graw the corks and hand the bottles across the line to the American officers. They drink to each others’ health, the botties passing back and forth across the trenches. Our officers have little to offer in the way of refreshment in return, except their ‘can- teens of water, which form a host necee- sary adjunct to the hot Spanish rum, !f one wants to keep actual flame trom shootin, out of his throat. Exchanging Food for Drink. The enlisted men on either side take their cue from thelr superiors and draw closer together. They soon begin to manifest the commercial instinct which always follows most actively the track of war. Our boys soon learn that the thing most desired by their erstwhile enemies is food. The Span- ish find out coincidently that the thing “APENTA,” ‘ Water. "ats remedial ection remuiea Guimpeeny however long it may be taken.”—The Meaieai ground ef stage core NTS wry KAS : 1 NEARING THE END 8 aoaoaooCCoCyoooooooOoOu0unanqqqqmsgmmm eo most wanted by the Ameri ans is drink. Exchanges are quickly effected. Hardtack and “sow belly’ are passed over the trench and rum is handed back in return. There seems to be no definite idea of valve at- tached to these transactions. I see one man get a quart boftle of rum for a hand- ful of hardtack, while another and appar- ently more conscientious American throws in a big can of pork and beans for a bottle drink. As they begin to get warmed the rum our men become more gen- erous, and soon begin to throw hardtack over to the hungry soldiers across the way, indifferent whether they get anything in re- turn or not. Finally some one throws a whole box of crackers over among the Spaniards, and the grand scramble for the cherished food excites the liveliest humor among our boys. 1 heard only one word which savored of cherished resentment, and that was spoken haif in jest, I think. Soon after the Spaniards began coming up to our line one of our soldiers shouted “Re- member the Maine.’” But two or three of his comrades hustled him aside and ‘up- braided him for saying such a thing at such a time. It would be impossible to imagine an instance of greater forbearance on the part of victors for the feelings of the men they had met in a fair fight and had con- quered. It seemed as if the spirit of Grant at Appomattox inspired the American army et Santiago de Cuba. Among the newspaper men and our offi- cers present there were several who could speak pretty good Spanish, and with their @id a general conversation was carried on with the officers of the surrendered Span- ish. They said they were heartily gled the affair was over. They had fought against great odds in the matter of the lack of food and supplics generally. They had had nothing but rice cakes for nearly a month, and were weak and hungry. They were in deadly fear of a massacre by the Cubans, and heartily appreciated the protecting arm of a magnanimous though victorious foe. They told us the Cubans had cut the throats of their wounded at El Caney a‘ter the fight of July 1. I tried to verify this statement from our officers, but they had heard nothing and seen nothing of it, though they had charged right on to Sar Juan hill, and paid little attention to any- thing but the enemy in front. A Remfniscence of Appomattox. Almost the first man I meet when I go out on the line to see the surrender is Capt. P. P. Powell of the 10th United States Cavalry. He is an ex-confederate soldier, from Loudoun county, Va. As we stand and watch the Spaniards preparing to for- mally surrender Capt. Powell grows remin- iseent. “Just to think,” he remarks, “thirty-three years ago I was at Appomat- tox, occupying the same position to the old flag that those fellows occupy today. And, don't you know, they remind mé a little of what our boys looked like, though they are much better dressed then we were. { got a bullet from the side of Old Glory duri:g that war, but this time I was sending bullets the other way.” Captain Powell's company was in the thick of the fighting all the way from Bai- quiri to the front line before Santiago. Praise for the Colored Tropos. Just here I wish to say one word for the colored troops, of which the 10th Cavalry is a part. They have borne a gallant and noble part throughout this campaign. From their white comrades in arms I hear only words of praise for the part they took in the hot fighting of July 1 and 2. Wherever the fight was hottest there they seemed to get by natural attraction, and the result was never in doubt when they went in. But there is another phase of the valor of the colored soldier of which I have personal knowledge. The fever broke out at Siboney and men were being carried up to the camp in the hills by the score, and it look- ed like the army was going to be swept away by the dread scourge. The supply of nurses was wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the situation. Men were fleeing for their lives from the disease, and the transports going north were crowded with terror-stricken men. The 24th Infan- try had been ordered to Siboney from the front to do police duty. There was a call for nurses. The officers of the <4th called their men up and explained the situation and asked for volunteers. This was not facing death on the battlefield, where valor would be recognized, but an invitation to meet the grim destroyer in that quiet way which is even more trying to men’s nerve. But there was no hesitation on the part of the colored soldiers. As one man they stepped to the front to face this new and insidious danger as they had faced the danger of the battlefield. It can be said again of him that the colored soldier has fought nobly. None in all the ranks is there entitled to a place of more conspicu- ous honor on this. occasion of victory than he. The District Boys. The boys of the District regiment took a prominent part in the ceremonies. As their band played the national air Col, Harrtes brought the regiment to a present arms, and after the hurrahing they sang 6 couple of stanzas of ‘‘My Country, 'Tis of Thee.” As I saw Spaniards who came up to our lines te surrender teday and noted their manly bearing and then remembered ail that had been said of them I could not help repeating to myself that fine old poetical | apothegm which goes, I think: “In men whom men account as ill I find so much of goodnes: still; In men whom men acgount.divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw the line between the two, where God has not.” D..I. MERCIER. HAVE LEFT THE TRENCHES. District Troops Haye | Settled Down Into Camp Life. From a Staff Correspondent. IN CAMP NEAR SANTIAGO, July 20, "98. The District troops have left the trenches and are now encamped an a high knoll about two miles north of the city. They bave received a good part of their com- missary and quartermaster supplies and are In very comfortable shape as compared with their condition of a week ago. Considering the exposure and privation to which the men have been subjected, the health of the regiment is simply remark- able. There were only seven men to re- spond to sick call this morning, and five of them were discharged as well. Lieut. C. Fred Cook, who has had a se- vere attack of typhcid fever, and Private Pcor cf Company K were sent to Siboney this morning to go aboard the hospital ship Relief for treatment. Lieut. Cook is con- valescing rapidly. There have been three or four casualties in the regiment due to accidents, but none of them serious. Private William Lowe of Company G was hit in the jaw by a bullet from a cartridge which exploded in a camp fire before which he was standing. The bullet only made a flesh wound and Lowe picked it out with his fingers. Private Clark, also of Company G, shot kimself through the toe while in ‘the trenches. The wound is not serious and he will not lose that member. Private Miller of B Com- pany was leaning his left arm on the muz- zle of his gun, when it went off and the bullet went through the fleshy part of his forearm. His wound is not serious and ‘s healing nicely, Some Changes Made. The following changes have been made among the commissioned officers of the regiment: Lieutenant Sayer has been trans- ferred from Company F to Company G; Lieutenant Chisholm, from Company G to be adjutant of the Ist Battalion; Lieuten- ant Walker, from Company I to Company C; Lieutenant Crist, trom Company C€ to Company I; Lieut. Mock, from adjutant of the ist Battalion to Company F, and recommended for promotion to captain, vice Simonson, resigned, He will command the company when he receives his commission. Second Lieutenant Louis F. Bolsseau has been recommended for promotion to first lieutenant, and First Sergeant Sheridan Ferree has been recommended for promo- tion to second leutenant. Just now all interest among both officers and men turns on the next move of the regiment. The officers, as a rule, are anx- ious to go on the Porto Rican expedition, Colonel Harries being particularly anxious to have the regiment go out in the cam- paign against that island. The men, as a rule, I think, would bé glad to get back home. Not that they are afraid of the fighting, but they realize from experience that there ts only about one day's fighting to thirty days of hard marthing, hard work and exposure to a trépical sun, with much hard work thrown "ffi, buljding roads and digging trenches. : A Splendid Record. The regiment has tHade 4 splendid record in all that it has béén called upon to do. ‘The men have seen plenty“of hard service, though they nave ngt hag as much fight- ing to do as they desired. 5 - During the ticklish days of July 10, 1 and 12, when they wbre in the trenches bé- {cre the enemy, I never saw more quiet de- termination on the part of,men to do their duty than was apparentiamong the Dis- trict men. Without shelter or sufficient fcod, in the rain and“iud of the trenches, their clothes wet for days at a time, they never murmured, \but kept cleaning their guns for the general engagement they ex- pected momentarily would be ordered. . For several days it was worth a man’s life to stand up outside the trenches on the firing line, and the sound-of Mauser bul- lets whistling over them had come to be regarded as quite the natural and usual thing. They djd their duty quietly, prompt- ly, and have won for themselves the un- stinted praise from all the troops with whom they have come in contact. Now that it is all-over, the only ‘regret cne hears expressed is that they did not have the opportunity to participate in one gen- eral engagement. ‘The men have settled dewn to the regular routine of camp hfe again and pass. theircleisure time wonder- Porto Rico. There are no end of rumors promising each of these movements. My own experience had already cony: | me that the quiet, gentlemanly soliier al- | way: de the best fighting material, on campaign has further strengthened that view. The rough, swaggering swash- | buckler from the slums finds more fault, is | harder to manage in every way, and is harder to hold under fire than the man who has pride and self-respect. This was fully illustrated in the case of a regiment which was largely recruited from the Bowery in New York, and which, when it went into | action on July 1, made a most miserable and cowardly flunk. The troops in rear charged over them.and left them glued to the ground in the rear. These men, as they came through the states, terrorized the people along the railroads and siole everything that was portable within 100 yards of the railroad track. Makeshifts in Camp. It is most amusing to see some of the makeshifts in camp. The table of the head- quarters mess of the District regiment con- sists of a long narrow board, upon which the frugal fare is spread. Dr. Pyles, who sits on my right, kindly shares his tea- spoon with me to stir our coffee, and the only eating utensil we each possess is a pocket knife. Col. Harries is regarded with some envy as being the possessor of a knife end fork. Chaplain Dudley has an apology for a combination knife and fork, which works very poorly and frequently cuts his fingers when his aim is to saw through a Piece of fat bacon rind. Our drinking cups are made from empty tomato cans, and in Some cases care must be used to prevent the sharp, jagged edges from cutting one’s lips. Tin plates made of the tops of un- soldered cans are regarded as something of { @ luxury. This will all be improved, how- ever, when the remainder of the supplies come up from Siboney, if they ever do. Though the regiment is within two miles of Santiago there are strict orders against gcing into the city on account of ihe fever. ‘The newspaper correspondents are the only ones allowed this desirable priviiege, as they are supposed to be immune and have to go in the city to file their sturt. The Spanish Prisoners. Just across a pretty valley in front of the District camp is the celebrated San Juan hill, where our troops displayed so much gallantry in its capture from the Spanish, and in th2 next valley beyond are encamp- ed about 15,0) Spanish prisoners of war. Decidedly cordial relations have sprung up between these prisoners and the American soldiers. They meet in groups and discuss incidents of th2 late fighting around Santi- ago and exchange such articles as each may desire of the other. The Spaniards profess a high regard for the valor of the Ameri- cans, and our boys certainly entertain more respect for them than they do for the Cu- bans. In fact, the conditions which pre- vailed in the beginning seem to have be- come exactly reversed. In the start the 1 Cuban was almost theosized and the Spaniard cont2mned. Now it is hard to find anybody who has a good word to say for the men whose liberties we are fighting for. Indeed, some of the officers of high rank frankly express the opinion that trouble with the Cubans is sure to follow the de- parture of the Spanish from Cuba. A wide diversity of sentiment exists among the officers and men of the army as to the country itself, As a rule, the senti- ment is one of antipathy. “Anybody is wel- come to all my interest in Cuba,” is the re- mark most frequently heard, often coupled with anathemas on the climat2, country and people. Others, however, look further ahead than the discomforts of a campaign made in the rainy season under all the at- tending disadvantages. Th2y point out the wonderful fertility of the soil, with its at- tendant rank vegetation, forced by the heavy rainfall, and the singularly fine cli- mate for a tropical country. So far as com- fort goes the heat here is no mor2 oppres- sive than it is in the latitude of Washing- ton during the seme season. ‘The nights are delightfully cool, and during most of the day there is a fine bre2ze blowing. All sorts of tropical fruits grow in the greatest profusion here, and to this is largely due the fact that so many of the poor Cubans have survived this war. The Spanish would no doubt have been glad to starve them to death or into submission, but a generous nature made that impos- sible. : | this Our Fighting Qualities, Some funny remarks are made by the Spaniards regarding the fighting qualities of our soldiers. An officer in conversation with an American officer said: “We have a new name for you Americans now.” “Is that so, what do you call us now? I know you used to call us pigs,” the American said. “s ““We call you the American devils now, for the way you fight,” the Spaniard re- plied. He went on to say that their troops were eqmpletely dumfounded at the way our ing whether it is to-be garrison duty here | men fought. It terrorized their men to see on the island, to go to the states, or to |our men charge in the fact of a fire =. csi that the Spanish thought nothing could live ‘funder. The officers could not keep their men in the trenches against any such } methods as that. Refagees Returned. Since the surrender the refugees who fled from Santiago during the bombard- ment have been returning from the places where they sought refuge. For days the road alorg our frent has been full of these unfortunates, dragging themselves back to their homes. They are a most pitiful lot, and their distress ts calculated to make one forever opposed to war, no matter what the Provocation might be. It seems that war's rigors must ever fall on the weak and un- offending, no matter how it may be waged. It is distressing to see old men and old women toiling painfully along in the hot sun. And with them younger women with babes in arms and little children all trying to get back to their homes and safety once again. The general health of our army out in the field is reported to be improving since the collapse following the immediate cessa- tion of hestilitiés. As long as there was the excitement of battle, actual or prospect- ive, to brace the men up they seemed to be proof against hardships and exposure. When that incentive was removed there was a letting down and a great deal of sickness reported for a few days. Now, however, with more comfort, an improve- ment has set in the other direction. D. IL. MERCIER. —+___ LATE ARMY ORDERS. Majer William Williams, commissary of sutsistence, has been assigned to duty as commissary of subsistence on the steamer City of Chester. Major H. G. Osgood, commissary of sub- sistance, has been relieved from duty on the staff of Major General Wade, and or- dered to duty as purchasing and depot commissary at Santiago de Cuba. The following named officers have re- signed: Lieutenant T. R. Mask, Carolina Infantry; Lieutenant G. W. i land, Ist Vermont Infant Licuten: Henry McFarlin, ist Florida Infantr, Major Lewis Duncan, Velunteer Engineers. Leave of absence for one month on ac- count of sickness has been granted Ist Lieutenant C. Fred Cook, 1st District of Columbia Volunteer Infantr; Major Thomas Wilhelm, has been as: Ist United Stat 2ist Infantry, gned to duty at Atlanta, G Lieutenant Colonel R. P. Strong, sign: ecrps, has been ordered to Tampa, F chief signal officer of the 4th Army Corps. Lieutenant Colonel G. R. Cecil, assistant adjutant general, has been duty with the 4th Army Corps mauga. Captain P. E. Trippe, 10th Cavalr: been relieved from duty at the Ouachil 3aptist College, Arkadelphia, Ark. ered to join Lis regiment in the sin Florida: am Beredict, commiss: ence, has been ordered to duty Dunn Loring, Va Lieutenant F. S. Armstrong, to join the oth Cavalry in Florida. Major John McClelland, ordnance depart- ment, to Chickamauga. A. A. Surgeon J. F. Chmclicek and Surgeon G. A. Fex, to Tampa. A. A. Surgeons Julius Ullman, Thaddeus Walker, H. E. Gettier and C. I. Werten- baker, to Chickamauga AJA. A. A. Surgeon I. W. Brewer, to Falls Church, Va. Major J. W. Dawes, paymaster, to Co- Ohio, to pay the 10th Ohio In- haplain G. W. Prioleau, 9th Cavalry, to join his regiment in Florida. Major H. H. Benham, ordnance depart- ment, to Porto Rico. Major F. H. Edmunds, ordnance depart- ment, to Jacksonville. Major James Canby, paymaster, to duty as chief paymaster of the department of the Colorado. An army retiring board has been ap- pointed to meet at Camp Alger, Va., for the examination of Captain William P. Gccdwin, 14th Infantry, and such other officers as may be ordered before it. The detail for the board is as follows: Briga- dier General G. W. Davis, Lieutenant Colo- nel A. C. Girard, surgeon; Lieutenant Colo- nel W. P. Duvall, ordnance department; Major F. S. Strong, assistant adjutant gen- eral; Major J. L. Phillips, surgeon, and Captain D. D. Devore, assistant adjutant general, recorder. es Receivers Appointed. Justice Cole today appointed Messrs. E. B. Hay and C. H. Armes receivers for the General Construction Company, Thomas Girvan and William M. Ducker being the general officers. The application, which has been pending for about two weeks, was made by Mr. Nathaniel McKay, who en- tered with the defendants into contracts with the government to furnish a number of portable hospitals of the Ducker patent. Mr. McKay was to furnish the money for carrying on the work and was to receive one-third of the resultant profits. The parties of the firm have had a misunder- Standing. Under the order of the court the receivers have fuil power and authority to proseci to a close the business arrangements isting between the complainant and Ge- fendants in the completion of orders or con- tracts with the departments of the govern- ment in the name of the General Con- struction Company. ——— Lawn Fete Tonight. There will be a ratriotic lawn fete this evening on the grcunds of the old Briggs mansion, to be given under auspices of the Sons of Veterans, L. A. Society, of Wm. B. Cushing Camp, for the benefit of families of United States soldiers and sail- The R. E. Bew Orchestra will fur- the music, ard a bright coterie of young ladies will do all in their power to render the occasion especially ¢njoyabl In case of rainy or inclement weather the fete will be postpor-ed until the next fine evening. Souvenirs in shape of some fa- vorite hero’s fac simile will be given, and the receipts go for general relief. a INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, AUCTION SALES. AMUSEMENTS. ‘age 12 BUSINESS CHANCES. Page 4 CHIROPODISTS Puge 5 cry ITEMS. Page 12 COMMISSIONERS OF 5 COUNTRY B0ARD. ‘4 DEATHS... 3 EDUCATIONAL. 5 EXCURSIONS. az FINANCIAL. Page FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE FOR EXCHANGE FOR RENT (Plats)... FOR RENT (Uouses). FOR KENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT (Piancs). VOR RENT (itcoms) FOR RENT (Stables). FOR RENT (Stores)... FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots)... FOR SALE (Miscellaneous)... HORSES AND VEHICLES. LADIES’ GOODS... LEGAL NOTICES... LOCAL MENTION. LOST AND FOUND... MEDICAL... MEN'S GOODS... ui itttitt = 8 OCEAN TRAVEL OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND OLGANS. PROPOSALS RATLROADS ROOMS AND BOARD. SPELIAL NOTICES. STORAGE...... SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESCRTS. UNDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help). WANTED (Housea). agi -Page tty AURA TRAE OR RT eB Reed ede ees eenenne Hi Cee 6 5 ry ‘ 4 4 Y The knack of saving money. It's all in recognizing that small sums are the most useful allies of a savi account. Here $1 or more starts account—once yoa make the start yor find the knack of saving comes easy. Union Savings Bank, On F St., No. 1222. “Bankru ptcy BLANKS. Sample set of 69 for $5. Law Reporter Co., aul-Im-14 518 5th now Seer oe 20eeee 2american Security $& Trust Co., 1405 GN.W.. 3 CAPITAL. b4 SURPLUS. ; Foreign Exchange, Letters of Credit. £ Brown Rrothers & Co. Letters of Credit @ AN u ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE, iesued for the use of Travelers, ‘| i EG. 2) available MINIMUM CHARGES. -Walker &Son 1006 F_N.W. CUCSIVOVITE in all parts of the world. OFFICERS. Cc. 3. : -.. President A. T. BRITTON. ice President J. W. WAELPLEY . “Treasurer JAMES F. HOOD. Secretary WM. A. McK ‘Trust Officer WARD THO: z Auditor H. S. REESIDE ssistant Treasarer C. 8. DOMER. +-Assistant Secretary American Security and Trust Co. iy27- ot t NO DELAY. R. Sy2 BANKERS, 1315 F St., Sun Building,, Dealers in all government and investment se- curities. New war loan 3s bought and sold. Sy25-tt LIFE INSURANCE POLIT DISTRIBUTION policies, enduwmeuts and = bought for im vestment. WM. RK. HODGES, my 1312 F et. nw. \ ashington ; Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE COR. 9TH AND F STS PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Loans in any amount nade on approved real estate or collateral, at reasonable rates. Interest paid upon depgsits on monthly bal- ances subject to check. i This company ects as executor, adminis- trator, trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and in ell other fiduciary Boxes for rent in burglar and fire-proof vaults for safe deposit aud storage of val wable | es. ceseeg.+ + President - Vice President 2d Vice President JOHN L. WEAVER. Jy 13-w, thd The National Safe Deposit, ; Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. 5 CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Capital One Million Dollars, Sy6-tf MONEY TO LOAN Being the Washington representatives of four of the largest Savings Banks of Baltimore, Md., to- gether with our private clientage, we are prepared to entertaia loans on city real estate at a minimum cost to the borrower. Wescott, Wilcox & Heiston, mbé-50 1907 Penn. ave. B.w. W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, » Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & O0., de6-164 New York. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D.C. Issues Letters of Credit for Travelers, Available in All Parts of the World. Sell Foreign Exchange. Make Cabie Transfers. Charles C. Glover, President. Thomas Hyde, Vice President, James M. Johnston, 2d V. Pres’. Arthur T. Brice, Cashier. Wm. J. Flather, Ass’t Cashier. apz7-22tt MONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS FRCM $1,000 UPWARD, AT LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST. REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0, HOLTZMAN. Jal-tt COR. 10TH AND F STS. N.W. Toney at 5 Per Cent toLoan On real estate in District of Columbia. No delay ‘losing loans. etd HEISKELL & McLERAN. 1008 F st. = CONDENSED LOCALS. Yesterday afiernoon about 6 o'clock the @ead body of an infant was found on a lot near 11th and Marshall streets. was taken to the eighth precinct station, where it was viewed by Acting Coroner Glaze- brook. Henry Manuel, colorec, a resident of South Washi:gtcn, fell from a ladder yes- terday afternoon about 4 o'clock at Ste- vens’ drug store, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street, and was painfully injured. The first precinct p-trol wagon Was summoned, and the injured man was tsken to the Emergency Hospital. William Wright, living at No. 110 @ street southwert, while at work on the Hahn building, corner of 7th and K streets, yesterday afternoon, fell from scaffold end injured his leg. The first precinct pa- trol wagon was called and he was taken home. Sarvel Rich, who lives at No, 516 7th street northeast, cut his head on a stone while diving in the water at the bathing | beach yesterday afternoon. Mis injury was @ressed by the physicians at the Emere gency Hospital.