Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1898, Page 11

_ QUESTION AT ISSUE Conflict Between Health Office and Freedmen’s Hospital. RIGHT 10 SIGN DEATH CERTIFICATES Correspondence Between Commis- sioners and Interior Department. POINTS INVOLVED —_>———_ LEGAL Death certificates and burial permits are the subject of correspondence at present between the surgeon-in-chtef of Freedmen’s Hospital, the acting secretary of the in- terior, the Commissioners. trict will doubtless be called ups pese of the matter final It seems that death certificat at the health office and Ausiin M. Curtis, who succeede s at Freedmen’s Hospital, have not and burial permits have been e ground that Dr. Curtis is a registered physician in the District. in receipt of a let- . Thomas Ryan, acting secre- rior, inclosing a letter of department from Dr. declares that as sur- of Freedmen’s Hospital he health office and the District The attorney for the Dis- to dia geon-in-ch has exercised that authority by signing the death certificates of persons deceased in that institution. The first gsslstant sur- geon, he says, had signed them prior to t J1, but in his absence Dr. Curtis i his prerogative. re ““I was told over th from the health off " he cc hat death certifica med by me would not be hon- cred by the h office, claiming that 1 could not practi ine in the District of Columbia untii I pass a medical ination ang had qualified for registration. to ah act to regulate the prac- icine and surgery in the District approved June 3, 1896, under section 12 of said act, as surgeon-in-chief of a government hospital, I conclude I have the rigat to treat ail patients and sign death certificates in this institution. Today (August alth officer absolutely ré- fused to honor a death certificate, delaying sneral and requiring the remains to be nd a certificate issued by the sople that I have no of death. My to sign certifi on is very embarrassing. I cannot d: pose of the dead. It is therefore very urgent that my position be defined at once. Dr. Woodward's Letter. Dr. Curtis inclosed to the Secretary of the Interior a copy of al from Dr. Wood- ward, the District health officer, in which he informs the hospital surgeon that he bas directed that no more bod- ies Be removed from the institution by order of the health office except upon the presentation there of such death Certificate as is requii y law. The au- which has heretofore been given of f the e same lett issuing transfer permits in ith department is re- in M. Curtis of Illinois was com- rgeon-in-chief of Freedmen’s ylum March 8, 1898, upon the civil service commis- an examination under the to determine his T have, there- ions be given of that body Ss as a physician tion Makes a Statement. The Commissioners referred to Dr. W following ter: “The request that the health officer be directed to honor all death certificates - M. Curtis as surgeon-in- 8 Hospital is based upon ter irom the surgeon-in-chief claiming crogative’ the right to sign death and entering complaint because department has declined to recognize certificates. ertainly during the past four years and, best of my knowledge, during the past twenty-four years, it has been cus- tomary to issue burial permits only upon certificates issued by physicians reg- istered at the health department, as re- wired by law, or by the coroner. Until recently, however, this practice had not been sustained by any statutory require- hor even by any express regulation the matter edward, who yesterday wrote the atement in regard to the ma‘- men! of the board of health nor of its Successor, the health department; but on January 1808, by the vassage of an act for the reg. ulation of cemeteries and dead bodies the disposal of in the District of Columbia, it rmits for the removal, inter- to be issued upon the pre- of a proper death certificate, a physician registered at the artment of said District, who has e deceased during his or her , Or by the corone: © health department was thereby of whatever discretion, if any, ved which it might otherwise have had. Upon the re, presentation of death certificates signed by Dr. A. M. Curtis, a physician rod at the hegith department, refore, refused. Point Not Disputed. “While the fact that Dr. Curtis is not stered is, I believe, not questioned, he yeems to claim the right to sign death vertificates as a prerogative of his office. I im unable to discover any foundation Wratsoever for such a claim, and cannot, therefore, discuss its merits further than te say that, in my judgment, no such pre- tive exists or ever has existed. “£ regret that Dr. Curtis has brought into vase the question as to his rights District, under the act to regulate of medicine, to license physi- approved June 3, t upon the face that Dr. Curtt: but even that hj wiclate of ite act that the register at the to be determined, it that he should under ft. This a hat act not only no rights under it, <4 tor the issue of license to prac- fice pedicine in the District of Columbia vy a board of medical supervisors, and for tration of partment. such licenses at the urtis claims no license, but seeks to establish his rights to practice medicine of in t District Columbia under the S act, because it ex- tion of the law com- urgeons of the United States and marine hospital service; he established course of rea- uch cases, the fact that Con- expressly exempted certain em- of the United States pochione ls the operations of the provisions of act, leads indisputably to the conclu- sions that employes of the United States generally are subject to its requirements. otherwise no such exception would have been necessary. I am not familiar with the rules of the civil fervice commission and of the Interior Department bearing Upon the case, but the declarations of Con- gress are so piuin that such regulations could hardly alter them rs etre nag or modify their in- The Issue Summarized. Upon summing up the entire matter tt Mé€ans to resolve itself into the following: “The surgeon-in-chief of Freedmen’s Hos- pital !s not registered at the health de- partment as required by section eleven of the act of June 8, 1896. There is, there- fere, no authority for the recognition of death certificates issued by him, but, on the contrary, under section six of the act of January 25, 1808, they cannot be re- ceived as a basis for the fssue of burial permits. “If the surgeon-in-chief of Freedmen’s Hospital undertakes to determine the na- ture of the ailments from which those brought to that institution are suffering, and to treat such ailments—that is, if he fe en in the practice of medicine— registered at the health department as re- quired by the act of June 3, 1896, he is do- ing so in violation of the provisions of that act, and death certificates issued by him should be very properly vised by the coro- ner. tients is intrusted to other physicians, known as the attending staff, as is the case in other institutions, the death cer- tificates cannot in any case be properly is- sued by the surgeon-in-chief, but must be issued by the physician having had charge of the particular case.” Dr. Woodward corcludes that the recog- nition of death certificates issued by Dr. Curtis would be In violation of the law as the matter now stands, and recommends that the Secretary of the Interior be so informed. Attorney Thomas will probably be asked for an opinion in the case before further action is taken. THEIR NEW COMMANDER Reception to Gen. Dyrenforth by the Union Veterans’ Union. Big Attendance Expected at the Na- tional Rifles Armory This Evening. A campfire and reception to welcome the newly elected commander-in-chief of the Union Veterans’ Union, General Robert G. Dyrenforth, will be held at the National Rifles Armory this evening. It is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of. old soldiers that has ever taken place in this ty, and the chairman of the committee of arrangements, Mr. Samuél R. Stratton, has worked hard to perfect all the plans. A large number of special invitations have been sent out to prominent people, and amcng those wh are expected to be pres- ent are Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis, Commissioner of Pensions Evans, the three civil service commissioners, Assi: retary of the Navy Allen, Assistant Sec- retary of War Meiklejohn, Assistant Sec- retary of Agriculture Brigham, Commis- sary General Egan, Quartermaster General Luddington, Admirals Norton and Mat- thews, Colonel Heywood, commandant ma- i rps, Archbishop Ireland and Colonel Ainsworth. The department commander of Depart- ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., will attend, acompanied by his staff, as will also the Union Veteran Legion in a body. A committee of the umlon called upon President McKinley yesterday and extend- ed to him a specially prepared invitation to attend the reception. The President and General Dyrenforth were members of the same regiment during the clyil war, and the chief executive assured the committee that he would be present, unless something unforeseen intervened to prevent. He will be accompanied by Adjutant General Cor- din. : The list of speakers who will make brief addresses has not yet been definitely de- ciGed upon, but there will be a dozen or more, among whom will be several of those already mentiored. Congressman Living- ston of Georgia will also be present and represent the Confederate Veterans. A sec- tion of the Marine Band will be in attend- ance, and there will be several musical numbers on the program. The members of the Union Veteran Union will rendezvous this evening at the corner of 7th and F streets, and from there pro- ceed, under command of Colonel John Mid- dleton, to the residence of General Dyren- forth, ani, accompanied by the Henderson Drum Corps, will escort the guests of the evening to the reception hall. All old sol- diers are invited to participate in the es- cort. Captain H. L. Street, the past commander of the Union Veterans’ Union, who was commissioned by the President a captain and commissary of subsistence, has been ordered to report to General Fitzhugh Lee for duty on his staff at Jacksonville, Fla. Captain Street will be present at the recep- tion tonight. ee HELD ON TO THE MEDICINES. How Col. Kennan Looked Out for the 5th Ohio Infantry. Col. C. L. Kennan, commanding the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, whose regiment is now at Fernandina, was a caller at the White House today. In conversation with a Star reporter he gave an interesting ac- count of the condition of the troops in the south, “There is an immense amount of sickness among the men and limited medical sup- plies,” he said. ‘For six weeks my regi- ment would have been without the sim- plest medical supplies if I had not held on te those the state of Ohio furnished. When the regimental hospitals were abolished I refused to give up my medicines. That saved the life of many an Ohio boy, for the condition of the less fortunate men in this respect was terrible. “Our boys were in the division hospital, but we furnished them medicine from our own stores and detailed men to nurse them. We had seventy-five volunteers from our regiment on duty with the sick all the time. A foraging party of thirty men scoured the country every day for milk and eggs fer the fever patients, and the surplus milk was distributed among the other sick. This is all that saved us from a high death rate. “The night I came away six fever- stricken men of the 157th Indiana were loaded on a sleeper to go home. They were in charge of three well men, who knew nothing at all about nursing or trea:- ing them. One man died in the night and enother must have died the next day. “It was simply murder to send those men away in that condition. A noble Georgia laéy on the train, Mrs. W. W. Gordon of Savannah, wife of Gen. Gordon of the 7th Army Corps, was touched by the pitlable condition of the men, and worked with them ali night. She had the dead boy's body put off at Savannah, where an wu! dertaker met it, and she also took the brother of the deceased to her own home in Savannah. She bathed and handled those sick men without any thought for herself, saying she had been through five epidemics.” _ —______+> 0 +______ ACCUSED OF BURGLARY, Samuel Smith, Aryésica Today, Will AES <2 that Charge. Samgel SAith is the name of a young <oldreé man who was arrested this morn- tg by Detectives Muller and Baur on a charge of burglary. It is charged that he robbed the lodging house of Valentine Lent. at No. 122 Maryland avenue south- west, last night. A silver watch and chain and a large silk handkerchief were among the articles taken. Smith was endeavor- ing to dispose of the articles when the offi- cers arrested him. boarding hovse and rented a room. He said he was from Norfolk, and the keeper of the house accommodated him. This morning when Mr. Lent got out of bed he learned that several rooms in the house had been opened during the night, and from one of them the articles men‘foned had been taken. He made compiaint to the police, and soon afterward the detec- tives made the arrest. The prisoner protested his innocence when arrested, and claimed that he had bought the articles in Norfolk. The offi- cers also found on the prisoner a card case, containing receipts, tickets and_ other papers. This belongs to John E. Hite, a department messenger, who has a room in the Corcoran building. Mr. Hite does not know how the case got out of his posses- sion, Smith said the case was given to him by his uncle about six months ago. Beyond the statement that he lives In Norfolk the detectives have learned nothing of the prisoner's identity. EN ere A Ribs Broken. ° Edward Freer, colored, aged twenty-eight years, living at the corner of 14th and E streets northeast, had two of the ribs on his right side broken today by a horse fall- ing vpon him. The accident occurred in the Smithsonian grounds. Freer was taken to the Emergency Hospital. es Sudden Iiness. Waiter Ward, eged seventeen years, was suddenly taken ill this afternoon at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street northwest, and was removed to the Emergency Hospital. The attending phy- siclans do not regard his condition as seri- without having been licensed, and having | ous. If, however, the treatment of pa-, The prisoner called last night at Lent’s” THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1898-12 PAGES. THE INJURIES FATAL Dr. Powell Bradley Dies From Ef- fects ofa Fall. ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT HOTEL JOBNSON The Victim a Member of Promi- nent Virginia Family. HIS FRIENDS NOTIFIED ——_.+__ Dr. Powell M. Bradley of Gainesville, Prince William county, Virginia, died at the Emergency Hospital at 4 o'clock this morning from injuries recelved seven hours earlier by falling into the cellar of the Ho- tel Johnson, 1%th and E streets northwest. Dr. Bradley has been a guest at the hotel since June 30, and was believed to be en- tirely familiar with the arrangement of the house. Last night about 9:30 o'clock he passed out through the bar, evidently bound for the gentlemen’s wash room at the back of it. This wash room is really a passage- way supplied with wash basins on one side. Just beyond these is a small door opening inward and leading by a steep ladder-like flight of steps to the cellar where the wines and liquors of the hotel are stored. Dr, Bradley entered the wash room in question and evidently walked through the door, as asfew minutes later he was found lying in the cellar unconscious. He had fallen head first and struck upon a beer box at the foot of the stairs. It was at. first believed he was merely stunned, as a slight cut on his chin was the only injury noticeable. The Ambulance Summoned. Policeman Lyda, however, who heard of the affair, summoned the Emergency Hos- pital ambulance, and the injured man was conveyed to that institution, where it re- quired only a brief examination to show that his hurts were fatal. There was a compound fracture of the skull, extending from its base upward tor several inches, with rediated fractures ex- tending outward. The brain had been crushed in and a clot formed from the hemorrhage. The operation of trephining was performed, but Dr. Bradley did not re- cover consciousness, dying at the hour stated. Dr. Bradley was about thirty years of and belonged to the well-known Vir- nia family of that name, which has prominent and influential branches in near- by Maryland. He was a man of means, and among his possessions was the Mead- ow farm, a famous Prince William estate. He was formerly United States customs in- Spector at Panama. His relatives were no- tified last night of the accident, and this morning of the death. Coroner's Certificate. Acting Coroner Glazebrook gave a cer- tificate of accidental death, and the body was removed to Barker's undertaking es- tablishment to await the coming of the dead man’s relatives. a ARRIVES IN GOOD CONDITION, ay Reflecting Glass for Use Ameriean University. A large reflecting glass, made for the American University by the venerable Methodist minister, Rey. John Peate, ar- rived here yesterday from Greenville, Pa., where it was made. It was removed by Littlefield, Alvord & Co. to the building recently completed on the grounds of the university on the Loughboro’ road. When the box was opened the glass was found to be uninjured. Rev. Mr. Peate, who was_ present when the glass reached the university building, opened the box, and was, of course, much pleased to find that the work upon which he had spent so many months of toil was in good condition. The glass is five inches and a fraction thick and has a diameter of sixty-one inches and a fraction. It is the intention of Mr. Peate to make an examination of it to see if the surface has been affected by the changes in temperature which it has passed through. The box and its contents weigh 1,600 pounds, and four horses were needed’ to haul tt from the Pennsylvania freight sta~ tion to the university building. of the ——+ RECEIVER FOR BRENTANO'S. Action Taken to Effect a Business Settlement. A temporary receiver was appointed yes- terday in New York for Brentano's, dealers in books and stationery in this city, as well as in New York, Chicago and Paris. This action was taken by the court in a sult brought by Simon Brentano against his partners, August and Arthur Brentano of the partnership, for a dissolution. The pur- pose of the receivership is to enable the firm to adjust its affairs with its creditors. It is claimed that the firm is solvent, and the business will be continued as usual. It is expected that a plan of reorganization will be presented to the creditors in a few days. The liabilities are placed at $150,000 and the assets at $250,000. Mr. W. R. Rose is the receiver. The house, which is one of the oldest in that line of business, was founded in 1852 by August Brentano, an uncle of the pres- ent proprietors, who purchased the busi- ness in 1887. ae HORSES ENTERED. Reces Arranged for the Rockville Fair. The following is a list of horses entered for the several races at the agricultural fair at Rockville: ‘Hurdle, six furlongs and repeat—Bedford, E. M. Utterback, Watson, Va.; McFonso, Frank R. Keys, Linden; Dare Devil, F. W. Page, Forest Glen. 2.50 class, trotting—Pamllco, Jr., G. W- Mason, Washington, D. C.; Selsby Maid, B. F. McCauly, Washington, D. C.; Diok, Smithson & Lansdale, Washington, D. C.; Electrique, C. W. Fields, Rockville; Mata- pan, J. F. Walters, Rockville; Harry Or- loft, E. C. Magruder, Brightseat, Md.; Mary Belle or Lee Wilkes, A. E. Donald, Balti- more; Bertha Baron, E. D. Pendleton, Bal- timore; May Blossom, 8. H. Kelty, Balti- more; Angela, J. G. Larrimore, Millersville, Md.; Hytield, J. A. Henderson, Rockville, 3 class,’ pacing—William ‘C., Charles AWetés, Annapolis; Ida C., H. Copperthite, Washington, D. Happy Nick, Calvin Steele, Norfolk, Va.; Nominee, Wm. A. Brown, Washington, D. C. Open-to-all run, six furlongs and repeat— Emily Ferrell, W. H. Tunstell, Baltimore; Joe, W. H. Lyle, Belair, Md.; Guila, J. A’ Murphy, Tenleytown, D. C.; Longshanks, EH, B. Prescott & Co., Norbeck, Md.; Bird of Freedom, John Cartles, Highlandtown, N. C.; Avon, Thos. C. Keys, Gurrett Park; Hill Side, W. W. Wade, Granite, Md.: Mrs. Reeves, John P. Sellman, Comus; Boston, T, A. Hickman, Martinsburg, Md.; Orange, Bill Owen, Leesburg, Va. 2.20 class, trotting—Little Tobe, A. Merri- field, Baltimore; Claudon, Colin Steele, Nor- folk, Va.; Happy Etta, F. R. Harding, An- napolis; Maggie Carroll, Tom Cannon, Reidsville, N. C. County, trotting—Bessie Gould, W. H. Rabbitt, Rockville; Electrique, C. W. Fields, Rockville; Matapan, J. F. Walters, Rockville; Kinster, C. C. Waters, German- town; Hayfield, I. A. Henderson, Rockville. Gould, W. H. Hurdle mile dash—Emily Ferrell, W. Tvrstell, Baltimore; Bedford, BH. M. Utter- w. L. back, Watson, Va.; Mc¥Fonso, Frank R. -Dare Devil, F. W. Page, ‘Kensie, G. C. Craven, Pusey, Rich- Larrim J. G. Larrimore, Millersville; Pat, R..C. Bedford, Washington; King, Jos. W. Smith, Charlottesville, 'a.; Bertha Baron or Annie Russell, E. D. Pendleton, Baltimore; May Blossom, D. H. Kelty, Bal- timore: Dick, Lansdale &, Smithson, Wash- ington. Montgomery county ,running—Longshanks, >; Avot E. B. Prescott & Co., Norbeck; Thomas C. Keys, Garrett Park; Dare Devil, F. W. Page, Forest Glen; Mrs. Reeves, J. P. Sellman,,,Comus; Boston, Thomas A. Hickman, Martinsburg. Open to all, running—Warr Maid, W. H. Tenstell, Baltimore; Countess, W. H. Lyle, Bel Air; Susie Hawze, John Casties, High- landtown; Jay Hawker, Phil. I. Sheridan, atuxent; Avon, Thomas-C. Keys, Garrett Park; Hill Side, W, W. Wade, ‘Granite; Mrs. Reeves, J. P. Sellmari) Comus; Boston, Thomas A. Hickman, Martinsburg; Orange, Bill Owens, Leesburg, Va- PRESENT AND TO COME A Goose-Bone Weather Prophet Foretells a Hard Winter. Zero Weather Indicated by Infallible Natural Forecasters—Some of It Would Be Weicome Now. “Well,” said a red-faced man, who was Swabbing his neck with a big silk hand- kerchief today, “we kin git some consyla- shun outen th’ fack thet this tarnashun hot weather kain’t las’ mo’n a month an’ a ha‘f longer. I wouldn't be s’prised, tho’, ef some people didn't kick about thet, too. “T ain't much on eddycation,” he contin- ued, ‘an’ I reckin I rasps my list’ners int’- lecks sometimes ‘ith my langwidge, but I’ve done made er study o’ this weather bizness along o’ th’ bress bones 0’ geese, birds an’ shells o’ dry-land tarrypin, an’ T kin fell yer that this yere hot weather we hev done bin a-havin’, an’ air havin’ now, an’ air mightily apt ter hev till Oktoby fo’ teag¢h, I rechin, _gin't 80 ou cold thet’s goin’ ter. foller. goose bone ‘ith mo’ mottles on it than them I see las’ week, an’ ez fur tarrypin shells, why, they’s twict as thick as they ever wuz. Them signs means zery weather fum before Chris’mas ter Whitsuntide, er they don’t mean nothin’.” Then the man put his handkerchief in his pocket and gave an upward hitch to his linen coat collar that indicated he was already feeling the effects of his dire prophecy, <a Pe -porsts Should Come Now. If a lump of that “zery weather” would drop into this neighborhood at the present time it would get such a welcome that every citizen would have to hustle even more than he has already made up his mind to in order to make that to the District regi- ment equal it. The population has been panting and pal- pitating and perspiring ever since June, with very brief periods of relief, and the protracted heat has weakened ' constitu- tions almost to a point of prostration. The clouds this morning were very grate- fully received and put a pall over a sun that promised earlier to be searing. Slight Change for,the Better. By 11 o'clock the sun temporarily became too strong for the clouds’ and began to dis- sipate them with zealous superiority. As the sun came out a slight{breeze sprang up, but it was scarcely*‘strong enough to aid much in the evaporgtidhi of perspira- tion, although now and,;then a stronger zephyrs would come that felt’ really cool. ‘The sweltering population hung hopefully on to the belief that the weather bureau morning promise of “cooler this afternoon” would be carried out, apdas the sun ap- proached the meridian the dndicatians, to others bestdes those in cfront of electric fans or riding on swift-going electric cars, were that it would. Therbreeze seemed to have suddenly secured a freight -of sure- enough ozone and lungs>thut hadn't been fully distended for a wrek/made ‘breasts push out like bellows. Doe The breeze contihued to-get ‘stronger after people had gone to lunch;'and out in the west the clouds began to grow more indica- tive of rain. Everybody was thankful for the relief, and: if the change, slight as it 1s, will keep up for a few days the weather bureau people are liable to get a vote of thanks, —_+—__. ADDS TO HIS HOLDINGS. Prof. Gates Purchases Sever: Adjoining His Home. Professor Elmer Gates, who has a hand- some home at Chevy Chase, located just nosth of the circle and opposite the resi- dence of Representative Newlands, has con- siderably enlarged the grounds about the house by the purchase recently of addi- tonal lots. His holdings now comprise the entiré block. In addition to his residence he has a large building on the place which is used for laboratory purposes in his scien- tifle work. Within the past few months he has added to the laboratory building. It is his intention to use the additional ground which he has just purchased for a garden, and he may find it necessary to build an- other addition to the laboratory building. As indicating something of the current prices for land fn that locality, it is stated that Mr. Gates paid twenty-two cents a foot for one of the lots, the aggregate price being $1,600. The same lot was purchased several years ago for $1,200. eee ENFORCING HIRD LAW. Lots Markets Without Usual Supply of Game in Consequence. “Maj. Sylvester has certainly done a great deal for the protection of birds,” remarked Mr. Walter Mor2land, the well-known deal- ér in game, to a Star reporter this morn- ing. “This is the first time for many years, at this season, that I have known the mar- ket dealers to be without a good supply of reed birds. This condition of affairs is due entirely to the efforts of Maj. Sylvester to enforce the bird law.” Mr, Moreland said he hed notified all his giinners that he would receive no birds un- til the opening of the season, and he thought the other dzalers had fea, he same. So far as he knew, there had beéh g reel birds offered as yet, which is some- what unusual. Some snipe have been killsd in the vicinity of Gunston and shipped eré, he Sald, but he sent word to the gun- ners that he could not handle them, and notified them of the provisions of th> law against having them in possessic Pe Florida gunners, who are ae ently not aware of the provisions ie the law here, he said, have shipped a few hoxes of plover to Washington. In @onelusion, he said there seemed to be no disposition on the part of any of the dealfrsito violate the law this seas oY Taek Marriage Li Marriage licenses havé*™1 follows: Se White—Henry P. Grodig.,and Annie L. Hopkins, Orange countys¥#s; Charles W. Fernsner, Four Locks, Mid.joand Margaret €. Angle, Franklin counfy,“Pa.; Theobold Coleman and Kathleen Bjake Watkins, nto, Ont. t ‘and Sadie A. lored—Robert C, ae ee, Robert H. Holt aifd Serena Hen- éen issued as eee a Gladstone's Literat¥ fiarnings. From the Bookman, senecld Mr. Gladstone's contributions: were for many years greatly coveted by English and American editors. The way to gain his consent was to suggest to him @ subject on which his mind was busy. For his papers : seeeee : . Ps . ° . ° . . . : . : . . . 2 . munity, : pittance. . . The . . 2 . . . . . . ry . . . a. . . z . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . 4 Youths’ Long Pants Suits; sizes 14 to 19 years; good patterns. Blue > and Black Cheviots among them. Worth from $5 to $10. . PIOUS NOW Glee oar ase ene at os er cee eee one Re oee pS 2 Odd Coats and Odd Coats and Vests go at any price. ° , About 200 pairs of odd Working Pants go at.......... $l 1 5 : ‘About 300 odd Vests of various materials go ai.......++ 25¢. 4 About 75 Bicycle Suits—worth fro: : About 100 pairs odd Bic: vele Trousers— . timate journey will be PS . . . . PS . . PS PS ° . . . lines. At $1.75 At $2.50 . . . PS . . . PS . . . . . . . . . . ° + . . . . PY . . . ° ° ° ° ° . . . . . . . > Worth from $1.50 to $5—go at Positively everything sold for cash—and no alterations made. _., We believe that these offerings are sufficiently extraordinary to clear this stock within a few days, but should any still be here when we are ready to move, its ul- sizes from 3 to 15 years. With August almost gone, with moving days almost in sight, with the avowed -purpose that nothing here shall enter the new store, we are stimulated to a move the import of which should bear weight with every male member of the Washington com- man, youth or boy, interested in the purchase of good clothing for a mere Entire Stock of Men’s Suits is Divided Into Four Lots, AS FOLLOWS: Suits worth $8 and $9 goat = = $3.00 ; t ee ol _Suits worth $10 and $12 goat - $4.00 = - Z : Suits worth $13.50 to $15 go at - $5 00 - Suits that sold up to $20 go at $6, $6.50, $7, $7.50—according to size of lots. The above garments are principally broken lots, in fall and winter All good, neat, desirable patterns. Sizes 33 to 46. We have marked prices on Overcoats and Bicycle Reefers so ridiculously low that were the thermometer registered 100 de= grees we believe you would not hesitate to your Overcoat need and save greatly. to the New York auction rooms. Nothing Will Be Carried to the New Store. _ Bear in mind, no unworthy goods are pressed for sale with a sort of despair ing vigor. It is simply an offering of the good, reliable Parker, Bridget Clothing at a price we are determined shall move it in a jiffy. Owing to the extraordinary greatness of these offerings we feel safe in saying that the number of buyers will be unusually large—thus early coming is advised. Parker, Bridget & Co., Straightforward Clothiers, 315 7th St. SOPHO OOS o Too eee eee eee ee eee eeeeeeeEEsE EEE EE SOOO ESSE OOS O EEE OROSOOS Ceo eererccoseseseseesemoreoees ARKER, BRIDGET & CO. Our Final Clearance Sale. m $3.50 to $8—go at. $2.00 | 11 Perec cceccces nanaaneoet i AA RAR ALAA AAA A AAs ene AA AAD — weights. buy. Anticipate $2.00 < b] ‘ < < ‘ 4 75¢. AAP AAARDRABAAAAMEAAAAASYAA AA BHAA RA A Boys’ and Children’s Clothing Suffer the Same Sacrifice, READ—Mothers of boys from 3 to 16 years of age are surely interested in what fol- lows. We divide the entire stock into three lots—this way At O8c¢ you may pick from about 150 Boys’ Short Pants Suits sizes from 3 to 16 ° years. These are odds and ends from our regular $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 we offer the choice of our regular $3.00, $3.50 and $4.50 lines, in all ; These garments are in a choice line of me- dium and dark patterns, and are just suited for the coming school days. we offer without reserve the balance of our $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Suits, in sizes from 4 to 15 years. These represent our best lines. All of the above Suits are strictly all wool, in neat and nobby designs. The major part of them are in dark and medium patterns, suitable for fall wear. PRADA ARAB ARAM, AT CAPE MAY. Height of Season Reached and Many Guests There. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAPE MAY, N. J., August 21, 1898. The height of the Cape May summer sea- son has been reached and the crowds still linger at the shore, filling up to overflowing all the smaller houses and supplying the larger houses with a comfortable crowd of guests. Among the visitors here are a great many from Washington and from nearby points in Maryland and Virginia. The week has been a successful one from a social point of view and there have been continuous lists of dances, dinner parties, euchre and whist contests and other amusements incident to indoor life. Most of these have taken place in the evening, but there has been occasionally a morning dance or a german at the larger hotels. The outdoor sports consisted last week, Principally, of golf, boating, sailing and fishing. Miss Mary Hickox of Washington is pass- ing the month of August at the United States. Mr. John Hall of Washington has joined Philadelphia friends at the Stockton for ingefinite sojourn. ae aE, Among Washington guests at the Cape House, Cape May Point, is Dr. W. W. Al- leger. a Mrs. Lewis Bellrose, Miss Bellrosc and Lewis Bellrose, jr., are among the Wash- ington residents who are staying at the Shoreham. Dr. and Mrs. A. Lloyd Magruder have joined the Washington colony at the Stock- on Hotel, where they will remain unul September. Harry Williams of Washington is among the latest arrivals at Congress Hall. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bivins of Washing- ton have apartments at Congress Hail for an per So - u ipaciaite f dro “Andrade, a nephew of Signor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister at Washington, is staying at the Chalfonte Hotel here. ones» - 4 H. ff of Washington is a guest at the aSeite. Se ee Among late arrivals at the Brexton are Mrs, W. A. Edwards, Mrs. U. Kirkpatricl Se Kirkpatrick an Mrs. 3. Bt Henton. mong guests ai rown, iiljla frot Washingten who have arrived Wis Sob are Miss J. W. McCloskey, Miss E. K. Mc- Closkey and Miss Anna McCloskey. Col. and Mrs. T. R. Marshall of Washing- ten are guests at Congress Hall. Col. Mar- shall has been ying the sounds while here and takes out with him a of. guests on the yacht which he hires. Mrs. Haines, wife of Bri General Peter C. Haines, now at Porto Rico, is so- journing at the Marine Villa. Miss McClure of Washington took part in the german recently given ai the Stockton. Mr. E. Berliner of Washington has joined his family, who have, been staying at the ‘Windsor all summer. he Baltimore Inn. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fenderson of Wash- ington are enjoying three weeks at Cape as guests at the cottage of friends _ Charles Bittenger has joined the Wash- ington colony at the Lafayette. Mrs. James D. Dowling is a late arrival, from Washington, at the Baltimore Inn. Mrs. Jesse Robinson is a guest of cottage friends here. Mrs. Russell Phillips of Alexandria, Va., is a guest at the cottage of Dr. and Mrs. Phillips. Rev. J. M. Jerge of the Catholic Univer- ef n Washingten is a guest at Congress all. T. A. Riley of Washington is among late arrivals et Congress Hall. Another Washingtonian at the same house is RK. W. Greene. Mrs. L. K. Thomas of Washington has joined friends at the Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Downey and Miss Mary Down2y of Washington are guests at the Stockton. Se ST ALONG THE CLIFFS, The Rustic Pleasures Which Are Now Delighting Society Folks. Srectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. NBWPORT, August 23, 1898. The season is at its height, and the weather leaves ttle to desire. Old Sol is showing his face, and a fresh ocean breeze figkes walking, driving, sailing or dancing @ delight. Ws Se Saturday the Count of Turin’s cup will be played for. It is quite the handsomest tro- phy the Golf Club has ever possessed. As the winner’s name will be engraved upon It a sharp contest for the honor is expected. A very merry affair was the luncheon given by Mrs. John Clinton Gray at Goose- berry Island on Tuesday, as was also the costume dinner given by Miss Eustis Thurs- day. th show in September promises to the most brillant Affairs Newport nas é¥er held? All i boxes Are sold, and the demand for seats is unprecedented. At least half a dozen classes will be assigned tO Ponies. er: Miss G¥ay, davghter of Judge Jo) ton Gi@y; Miss Marion Fish, dat et of $e. Stuyvesant Fish, and Miss ‘an, latighter of Mrs. Bitaha Byep, are re- cent debutantes greatly The Casino hop Friday was a great suc- cess, many of the cottagers coming in late alter of 50 functions. We noticed Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrews, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, Mr. and Mrs. Chanler, Dr, and Mrs. Austin Flint, Miss Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Miss Bancroft, Messrs. Lloyd Warren, Willing Spencer, W. Stackpole second, J. B. Eustis, Potter Palmer, jr. A. R. Conkling, L. R. Gerry, Reginald Vanderbilt, H. Clewes, jr., and Mrs. Fred Grant and Ulysses Grand third are visiting Mrs. Potter Palmer. i called upon for social functions ere Newi port's season closes, a donkey having ali ready been a prominent figure at a cotillion, The guests at Miss Clapp's costume din< ner the same evening will afterward repal{ to Mrs. Fish’s barn dane alpen FARMER: INSTITUTE. First Day of Meeting at Maryland Agricultural College. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Mé., August 25, 1898. The first day's session of the State Farms ers’ Institute was held at the Maryland Agricultural College yesterday, beginning at 2 o'clock p.m. Prominent farmers, reps resenting every county in Maryland, werg in attendance. The trains brought lare§ Gelegations from distant points, whila those in adjoining counties—Howard, Monte gomery and Anne Arundel—came in ve- hicles, and there were at least six hundred visitors present when the time arrived for calling the meeting to order. The spacious lawn in front of the college was crowded when Mr. Charles H. Stanleyy in the absence of ex-Gov. Brown, called the meeting to order and welcomed the Guests a the part of the state. President t. W. Silvester of the college and Directo: 0S addressed the meeting, after whicli @ temporary adjournment was ordere!, and an inspection of the college premises took place. y Many of the visitors expressed surprisa at the magnitude of the college work and the equipment for carrying it on. The de- partment of Prof. H. W. Gwinner was first visite@ and the other departments fol- lowed in order. After the inspection the guests were ine vited to the dining hall of the college building, where supper was served. Tho instisa-- will continu are sane [days the prosram emeractstad being? “Purpose of Experimental Byatt m,”” Direc> tor H. J. Patterson; adgréss by Jai wil- son, Seeretary of Agriculture! “Rarmer id the State,” Prof. R. H; . vice sent Guaspiaiu <a ‘Cultivation of the Soil,” Prof. W. 1. i ‘aliaferro; “Fruit Industry of Maryland,* Prof. J. 8. Robinson; “Inside Working of fee Department of Agriculture, Washing- yn, George William Hill. At 8 o'clock in the evening a musica! en- tertainment will be given by Wilna Band. oe Charged With Violating Law. John Dorsey, who is in charge of repairs for the Western Union Telegraph Com{ pany, was today arraigned before Judge Taylor on the charge of stringing wires without a permit from the District Com- missioners. Mr. Mason N. Richardson rer resented the District and Messrs. B. 8, Minor and Philip Walker the defense. Dor- Sey was fined $10. It was claimed that the telegraph com~- pany received a to put up @ pole at the corner of unsylvania avenue and 14th street northwest, and that 's office at the corner of ge fe come pany testified that what the District is Speetors supposed were additional wires Sarees Seeinreteas of pres ments, for defense motion f ane oink Domb wae relonaee on ts ——___ tar’ “tt anybody has what you wish, The ‘get an answer. —