Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1898, Page 9

THE -EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1898-24 PAGES, ——— WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Furniture, Carpets, Upholsteries. eading departments of our ged establishment are brimful est and most desirable P of the world’s best have benght shrewdly and ve secured qualities at prices the retailing especially advyan- that is dainty and durable th both nial and useful furniture, carpets of fdestrable make and in the newest and erns, and alse upholsterles and and elegant qualities, as excellent and less costly are shown here this season in vast nee. And as for prices, we are sel- nderquoted anywhere. st pat eri-s in rich sin the stuffs abnne dem $4 Rocker, $2.50. This ons Bow th item will give you an inkling of prices run in our furniture depart- verything in stock. d. indeed, en in oak re for $4. Wash. B. Williams, 7thé& no4-6o4 For Sportsmen and Athletes e everything in them—that’s for outdoor sports, indoor an for fishing, &¢ mms for as little as $8, and from hundreds. S$ Sporting wanla Avenue, that ru Waliord On Py Goods Store, 577 : Tappan’s--headq’r’s : for any one wanting :a Ist-ciass Gun or : anything good in : Athletic supplies. . . . . . . . . . . ‘Goods. Ww. COME IN AND ASK FOR THE atest Prices on Eclipse Bicycle. Fourteenth and H Streets. oc8-1ote PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. (Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R., Balti more & Potomac R. R.] NewCab& Omnibus Service A complete service of Victorias, Coupes (Four Wheelers), and Om- nibuses will be inaugurated at the SIXTH STREET STATION of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Baltimore and Potomac Railroad), on November 1, 1898. These vehicles may be engaged at the cab stand at the Sixth Street Sta- tion at very reasonable rates. telepl to call at s in Washington Sixth Street Station will be promptly filled. Orders by one hotels or resic to carry persons to the Teleph “i441 J. B. HUTCHINSON, 3 ne call woop, es Sees = i Lovers of Fine China Gen will find at our establisbment tbe largest and most complete exbibit of cboice articles in Porcelain and Crystal to be found any= Glass whete. Fifth Avenue and 3th St., Rew York. ACTION, Clean printing. simplicity, permanent and accurate alignment and durability are a few features of the selT-s&w2m QUICK INGTON WRITER No. Equal to any $100 tachine on the market. yon recetpt Dteed or money al SENT FREE ON 1 S60. WLLUSTRATED CATALOGUE APPLICAT! WILLIAMS MFG. THE ©O., LTD. PLATTS! 2 eS WASHINGTON OFFICE, 726 - WW. _BOSO- tu, thdes- 15-2 Use / Use Woodbury’s 9 "J Woodbury’s Facial Soap. Facial Cream. th, tar from L-known ge and has we first-class De condition. er will « ome ¢t road f have been gh lumns of or te: as Convalescent. Geo. C. Crooks of Company K, Ist Regi- Volunteers, re- hwest, who has YOU ARE IRRITABLE Your nerves need food. Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate ake no Substitute. LATE SPORTING NEWS! Great Interest in the Foot Ball Game at Cambridge. STRENGTHENING THE BOSTON NINE Schedule of Contests for the A. W. L. Trophy. THE BENNING MEETING The first of what are known as the great foot ball games of the season will be played at Cambridge, Mass., this afternoon be- tween the Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania elevens. Elaborate prepara- ticns have been made to care for the crowd John H. Out Captain Pennsylvania Foot Ball Team. which will ficck to Soldiers’ Field, and it ts estimated that at least 25,000 people will be present, if the day is fair, to watch the struggle. Not in do ce 1893 has the crimson succeeded ning the Quakers, and as Harvard is said to possess an unusually strong team < year the most desperate efforts will to send the Philadelphians back ed team. The results since 1898 fol- Pennsyly ois On form experts de to be about even, but the betting is in vor of Pennsylvania, at_odds of 10 to nd in some instanc ng match on the ween Prince- The next most interesti gridiron today will be that be ton and West Poir which will be of cot siderable moment. This will be Princeton's match before her supreme struggle Benjamin H. Dibblee, Captain Harvard Foot Ball next Saturday, and as n points by the Cadets la rts are eager to compare score that Princeton will Ya ill play the Chicago ociation team New Haven er games to be played today are Williams, at Buffalo. Lafayette, at Bethlehem. Trinity, at Middletown. Boston University, at Provi- > vs. Franklin and Marshall, at Dartmouth, at Amherst. Hamilton, at Clinton. on Vs. sle Indians, at Carlisle, kin. WHIST LEAGUE TROPHY MA‘ HES. of Dates for the Winter's Contests. The following is the schedule of for the matches for the American ue trophy: Pennsylvania Whist Club. —The Whist Club of New York. ov. 19 Knickerbocker Whist Club of ew York. 26—-Capital Bicycle Club of Washing- Schedule dates Whist 3—Buffalo Whist Club. 10—-Philadelphia Whist Club. Albany Chess and Whist Club. 24—Walbrook Whist Club of Balti- $i—lonie Club of Troy. Baltimore Whist Club. 14—Narragansett Whist nee. 1—Bostor Club of Duplicate Whist Club. Jan. 23—Park Club of Plainfield, N. J. The club that is now on the list for to- night is the Pennsylvania Whist Club, which is liable to default. The Capital Bi- cycle Club of this city is scheduled for November 26, and may default. In case they do, the Walbrook and Baltimore teams will advance in date two weeks BENNING FALL MEETING. Every Stable Engaged—Splendid Rac- ing Assured. gates of the Benning race course thrown open next Saturday after- The will be neon by the Washington Jockey Club for # meeting of thirteen di The track was never in better condition, being e and fast, and the owners of the nearly one hundred horses which have already ar- rived are loud in their praise of it.. Stable room is a ady at a premium, every stall and about every represented at Lee been assigned, training wil meeting. Indeed, ving bl in be the Superintendent yelled by lack of stable room track to disappoint any of iithough many that failed to se- accommodations at the Benning track number owners will stable at the old Ivy City cow . A featu the coming mecting will be the placing of the races over the jump: which are particularly pleasing to District ce-goers, midway in the daily prograin, stead of last on the card, as has hereto- fore bs the rule. An unusually select field of jumping horses are expected, and the « s over the jumps will be made un- usu: interesting and exciting. Another feature of the meting will be a long-c tance race. This race, which will be run on Thanksgiving day, is a revi of the Washington cup, and the distance will be two and a quarter miles. The Washiag- ton cup race in the days of the old Ivy City course was one of the most ‘famous events of the racing calendar, and T' Drake Carter, Miss Woodford, Parole other great horses contended for the s The giving of particularly gratifying to local rac who are delighted with the determination of the club to revive such events. Among the stables which have arrived at the track are those of J. J. McCafferty, with twenty horses; Frank Beard, with fourteen: W. P. Burch, with fifteen! L. Littlefield, jr.. with five; Nichols & rs. with five ponies; and among those who have engaged stable room are W. C. Daly, G. B. Morris; P. S. P. Rav- dolph. J. W. Colt, M. Hogan, Tom Barrett, : Gaynor, W. Oliv James McLaughun, F: Sam Hildreth, nk Reagan, Wm. febpeeepe, furnish the home. Hebei rei ebb bbb bbb bd teh Buying on Credit Teac You to Save . : Money. - It gets you in the habit of laying aside a certain sum every week or pay day, and it’s a mighty good habit to get into. If you are waiting to get married until you have a furnished home to bring the bride to, go right ahead and You can save enough by keeping house to soon pay for the furniture. more to buy that way, because we don’t add one penny on to the price for the accommodation, and our prices chal- lenge any you can find anywhere—and beat them, too. House & Herrmann, Liberal H omefurnishers, 901-903 Seventh Street, Corner of 1 (EYE) Street. tee fl es = iew Don’t think it costs EEEELELEEEEELELEEELEEELEEEEEL ELE EEE EEE EE EEE ELE LEE EEE EE EE Bp ¢ = : " : i : i : + = i : < i : He. | Karrick, W. C. Hayes, the Messrs. Morris, E. H. Hanran, Tom McGee, R. L. Stephen- scn, J. Hynes, Joe Howell and many oth- el he officials of the meeting will be: Pre- siding judge, Clarence McDowell; stewaré 8. S. Howland, Samuel C. Ross and Je Brown; clerk of the scales, H. G. Crick- ore: handicapper, W. S. Vosburg. and starter. Mars Cassidy. Mr. Cassidy is a local man, who will be remembered for hi starting Alexander nd and other tracks, and is regarded as a most capable man. The official timer will be W. H. Bar- retto. The executive committee of the club is composed of the following well-known men: John A. Baker, A. C. Barney. F. H. M. Birckhead, Woodbury Blair. Jess Brown, F. I. Burgher, H. Rozier Dulany C. T. Havenner, Ben. Hellen, 8. S. How- land. Henry May, Fred. B. McGuire, Sam- uel Ross, Guy F,. Whiting and W. C. Eustis. ; * There will be not less than five races each day, the first race to be called at Special trains will run direct to the track from the 6th street station at 1 and returning immediately after the last race. Special efforts will be made by the club to the comfort and convenience of la- and the ladies’ club house will be | in, thus protecting the occupants ne weather. insure dies, SASING. SIGNING Boston and Brooklyn Looking Out for Next Year. Manager Selee of the Bostons has drafted Outtielder Frisbee of Kats City and Pitcher Street of Dayton. Mr. Selee says that the league battle will be hotter than ever next season, and he intends to have the best there is. He says he is surprised that some club did not draft Frisbee before. William Traffley, who managed the Des Moines club, had Frisbee in his club and told Mr. Selee that in his opinion Frisbee would make one of the greatest bail play- ers im America, and that he (Selee) would make the biggest mistake in his life if he the Gid not sign player. Frisbee is but twenty-three y of age. t was secured because he t eligible left-handed piteher that v ailable. The addition of these two & the number of men on the lis on club up to uwenty. There av on the roll—Nichol Hick- was the’ Stre m« of the now se Os n piteners Lewis, Willis, Klobedanz, Pittenger, man and Street i Then there are three utility ford, Smith and Frisbee, and three rl ers,’ Bergen, Yeager and Bransfield. | It would not be surprising if another fast were added to the team if the right ecured. catch an can be its The Brooklyn club has withdrawn iim on the following players: Pitchers Morse of Ottewa and Gray of Buffalo; Shortstop Cockman and Pitcher Fertsch of Reading. This leaves twenty-five players under the control of the Brooklyn club tor the selection of its ' The a follows: Catchers, Crishan; pitc! Miller, McKenna, eli, Hopper and Dowd; infielders Kelly, Daly, Magoon, Cassidy euttielders, Gritmn, Jones, Sheckard Anderson; also McCarthy. rim, : Kennedy, Dunn, Yeager, ston, McFarland, How- Lachnance, d Kiester; and EMILE BOURLIER DEAD. Well-Known Sporting Man Passes Away at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 5.—Emile Bourlier, widely known throughout the United States in theatrical and sporting circles, died suddenly at his home in this city last night. For many years he was ane of the lessees and managers of the Temple Theater in this city. At the time ef his death he was the principal owner of the Louisville Jockey Club, and until last year was largely interested in the Latonia race track and was a large stockholder in the Oakley track. ns Defeats MePartland. “The referee decides that Joseph Gans wins the fight on points.” This announcement was made last night at the Lenox Athletic Club, New York, and was received with deafening cheers from a crowd of two thousand five hun- dred men, who through half the fight of twenty-five rounds were silent as the tomb at every point made by the Baltimore col- ored lightweight against William L. ("Kid") MePartland, the pride of New York and the bearer of thousands of dollars in wagers at odds of 100 to SO in his favor. ave appoint- sician to the poor at the rate of $30 a month, to serve during the absence of Dr. Battle. (.P.Putnam’s Sons NEW YORK LONDON Beg to remind their patrons that their Stationery Department— | having maintained an unrivalled | position for over a quarter of a | century for the quality and finish ; of its work—continues to excel in ALL BRANCHES,OF THE ENGRAVER’S ART Work done in their own factory (the | well-known Knickerbocker Press)where expert workmen, improved machinery, and the personal supervision of every detail, combine to produce results that . are unsurpassed, yet at prices lower than those of other specialty houses, SPECIAL FEATURES WEDDING INVITATIONS: CUTTING OF MONOGRAMS HERALDIC DESIGNS, AND STAMPING OF FINE WRITING PAPERS *4* Correspondence Invited STATIONERY DEPARTMENT ~ 27 & 29 West 23d St., New York | $1 | to THAT CONAWAY LETTER The Gentleman Says He Has Never Re- ceived It Nor the Railroad Ticket. Fish Commissioner Bowers Has Dis- covered That Other Letters Went Astray—Investigation Going On. In the morning edition of a local paper published Thursday vas a startling story, embellished with fac simile cuts, relating how United States Fish Commissioner Bowers had sent a railroad ticket, good over the Baltimore and Ohio line, for a round-trip passage to Piedmont, W. Va., to John B. Conaway, an employe in the Washington navy yard, who resides at No. 501 L street somtQeast, for the purpose of allowing Mr.°ConaWay to go to Piedmont and exercise his privilege as a citizen of West Virginia, and a republican by voting for Representative Dayton. Stress was laid upon the alleged fact that the letter was Inclosed in “an official envelope of the United States fish commics‘on, wnich can only be used, withpu& being stamped, on official business, and that the stamp that should have beer «ved in this instance had not been aa on the envelope. A fac simile reproduc f the envelope in ques- tion was printed Jn'order to establish thts allegation. Mr. Conaway] Never Received It. Mr. Conaway, tg whom the letter was ad- dressed, visited #tsit Commissioner Bowers today and informed him that he had never ived the letter addressed to him or ‘ailroad ticket imtiosed in it, and de- sired to know wht had become of it. The commissioner at cence instituted inquiry, and Satisfactory proof jwas obtained from his, private ‘stenégrapher /that the letter with the railrpad ticket inclosed had been mailed to Mr. Conaway- and that a two- cent stamp iad been“affixed to the en- ally required, affidavits to proffered if required. oner Bowers immediately noti- the prover ‘post office authorities of facts, and an investigation was at instituted to. discov: letter how the Lit nto the contents got jon of the newspaper in question. The commis- sic then discovered that at least two letters containing railroad tick- ets to West Virginia points and sent to employes in the navy yard to enable them to go to their legal homes to vote had failed to reach the persons to whom they were mailed, and the post office authorities were also notified of these cases. What Mr. Bowers In conversation with a Star reporter to- day Mr. Bowers discussed the matter. “Mr. Conaway is a young man employed in the navy yard at a small salary, and the expense of purchasing a ticket to Pied- mont, where he votes, and return would have been_a burden to him,” said Com- missioner Bowers. “4 bought and paid for his ticket there and sent it to him. The assertion that the official envelope was used without a stamp being affixed 1s pre- Posterous, and my private stenographer will make affidavit that such stamps were affix- ed to that letter and others of a private character and similar import, and contain- ing railroad tickets, which I sent, as I had a perfect right to do, to West Virginia vot- ers unable to bear the expense themselves, Yes, I have recelyed information that two other similar letters have failed to reach the men to whom they were addressed. 1 reckon the post office authorities will as- certain how Mr. Conaway’s letter and ticket got into the possession of the indl- viduals who have thrust so much prom{- nence upon me in the last day or two.’ +e FRIENDSHIP IN SESSION. ys. The Recent cYarly Meeting of Society in Baltimore. The annual gathering of the Unitarian Branch of Friends which occurred in Balti- more during the past week was one of the jJargest and most notable for some years. Friends Serena Barnard of New York, Joel and Mary Berton of New Jersey, Sarah T. Linville and Mary Travilla of Philadelphia and John J. Cornell and Martha 8. Town- send of Baltimore were among the minis- ters present. William W. Birdsall, president of Swarth- more College, made an address, Wednes- day, when the subject of establishing a school, upon a lot adjacent to the meeting house on Park ay. nue, Was discussed. The Jot was given to the Bultimore meeting by several Friends igtisvR and it is now val- ued at $9,000, ‘TI posed building, de- signed to accommédat! kindergarten, prim- ary and academte} dapartments, will cost about twenty th saya dollars.’ ‘This sum has been nearly faiset’-by a bequest to the meeting for eduektional purposes by vol- untary subscriptions and by securing the | consent of both branches (men and women) ; to expending in tMs manner $6,000 of what is known as the edueational fund. The in- terest on the remainder of this sum, about 000, will in futuge b@spent upon Friends’ schools and to aid schoiars outside of Bal- timore. The women’s pinch bt the yearly meet- ing has a large an acttve press committee, upon: “the purification of the press, which made a leggtpy report, showing their efforts in if rection during the past year, They &taté ‘that their object is arouse an individual watchfuiness in every home which shall exclude any and all publications not fit to be placed in the hands of a boy or girl. It is understood that. Mary Travilla will attend the Friends’ meeting on I street Sun- day. She is a granddaughter of Elizabeth Newport of Philadelphia, a famous minister some thirty years ago, and she is said to inherit in no small degree the eloquence of her grandmother. —_.+--— Racing, on the flat and over the jumps, Benning race course Nov. 12 to 26.—Advt. pani al WiLAS Husband Wants Divorce. Joseph Cooper, through Attorney Foun- tain Peyton, today instituted suit for di- vorce against Hester Cooper. The com- plainant alleges desertion and improper conduct on the part of his wife. than 411 pairs. Real Irish Point. Value... $3.25 $5.00 $7.00 $10.00 Per pair $2.29 $3.50 $4.98 $6.98 Great Sale of H Commencing [Monday HE Palais Royal “buyers” of the three Housefurnishing depart- ments have been all this week planning a great sale for Mon- * day. Bargains have been secured that will appeal to those who best understand the science of home management. H. B. Claflin & Co., New York, —have been induced to dispose of their small lots of Lace Curtains at prices that will make Monday the bargain day of the year. The lots only comprise from 2 to 6 pairs of a kind, but they aggregate no less Brussels Lace Effects. Value.. $1.50 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 Per pair 89c¢ $1.29 $1.98 $2.48 ousefu Tapestry Goods. With all the beauty of design and coloring that make old tapes- tries famous. $2.75 par $5. $l OS for Table Covers that are a harmony = in colors, delighting the artistic eye. 2 yards square, $2.75 value, at only $1.98. for Portieres made to retail at enly $3.50 pair for those worth And they look worth very much more. ee eeee Draperies, etc. 36-inch Figured Silkoline in newly beautiful effects, 12}¢ qual- ity, at only ge yard. TSC Praise tate, Stor dows 18e quality Tumboured Musi for 36-Inch-wide value. Dotted % MWe instead of 50e vard for 27-inch Grenadine Lace, in Brussels effect. 10c 3 much for choice. Lot 10 50c. Choice of nearly 100 Cups and Saucers, works. of art from the leading potteries of the world. 75e to $1.50 values at only 50c for choice. eeeeee $4.87 200 lamps, Nearly representing the latest effects of the season. A new Banquet Lamp illustrated. is You'll MOLL RAM EM MARMARA to $7.50 at the art 3 stores for many these lamps. Choice here for $4.87. Lot 3 $5.69 English Porcelain Dinner Sets, decorations ar- tistle in designs and colors. ‘Tens of thousands of these sets have retailed at $7.50 all over the United States. Lot 9 98c. sees . aiotieete ee Sterling Silver Sugar Spoons, Olive Forks and Picks, Bon-bon Spoons, Cream Ladles, Berry and Ice Cream Spoons, Sardine Forks, $1.50 articles for only 98. Every piece stamped and guaranteed “Sterling Silver, 925-1000 fine.”” seeeee Lot 16 Miscellaneous lot—Choice of Spice Cabinets, vith 9 drawers. rattan. ...China sizes....10¢ to 2 be charged from $6.00 | of = = « " | Lot 14 $1.49 | Art Jardinieres of various colors, gold stip- pled. Each with pedestal. Complete they are worth ). The lot being small the distribu. tion will be rapid. Hurry, please. Lot 5 $9.87 of = One nearly one hundred Din- ner Sets, bought and to be sold at 20 per cent less than current prices, The set, illustrat ed, of 120 pieces, richly decorated | and gold traced, | is $14 value. Lot 32- 3c. Ohoice of nearly 1,000 China Pieces, among | which are beautifully’ decorated Cream Pitchers and Bowls. 1c to 1% valu only 3 choice. | Lot 12 = = $2.98 bles, ailed Brass usnally ry offered at $3.50, as a spe the kind sometimes ial bargain. at 3. Lot 6 59c. White Stone China Totlet Sets, each cons! ing of 5 pieces. $1 value for 59¢....Also a lot of decorated sets. 12 pieces. $8 value for $4.69. = «= = | | | | seeeee if | i From Hamburger & Co., New York. HESE famous importers look on odd dozens and half dozens as “more bother than they are worth.” The Palais Royal “buyer” has gathered up these odd lots and asks this said:— y quickest selling, and therefore most desirable goods.” To be offered as bought—in lots, at so Distribution to commence Monday morning, basement floor. Furniture. Maker's samples of $5 to $7.50 Rockers, rare bargains for Mon- day’s early visitors. Choice for $3.50. $3.50 for the usual $ Gold Leat Chairs cOM' upholstered in satin damask silk velour. Only ®8e for $1.50 8 ens, three panels. $1.98 « $2.25 for Ba r attractive Bamboo Tables rtered oak top and «i hoe Book Cases worth wi They are last of Lot 3 Imported China Clock, cases in I fects. Fitted with best of Ameri guaranteed one year. As useful as has silver-toned alarm Lot 7= = = = = 59c. of these—The to are the average values. Late visitors on Mon day will pl remem: ber this warning of this evening. Lot 22- Various kinds and traced with out the best—but Ie. Lot 13 f Dish sete Bs $2. for ea Sets, consisting Bs of Carlsbad China Teapot, Cream, Su + gosto and Saucer, Bach Tray. stipy traced in gold Chocolate Set, consisting of Pot, six Oups, six Ssheers and Tray. $3.50 for $5 sets, Lot 8 .000 yards Table Olleloth, 50 patterns, 15 value at 10 Also 300 large size ‘Foot Tubs, painted. value at Ie each....Also 1 ”) Wooden Spoons at Se each. as ts A a ea te te ea SOMA OOO OELAEEESE NES be ‘California Blankets, $3.50 quality = 150 pairs of the Genuine California Blankets, 11-4 size, 54 pounds weight. the first lot out of the many cases now filling the “receiving room.” Blanket bargains can promised here Monday that will create town talk. Among the Comfortables are the following :—88c for those with pure cotton filling and silk-like covering. $1.25 for the usual $1.98 kind—filled with lofty cotton, covered with best silkoline. $2.98. This is Sheets, 81x99 ess than And these or. gennine Lockwood he. 39 cents Is 10 cents the sheeting alone. for gcrnine Marseilles Bed Spreads-- the bargain of a Mfetime. They are 98c $3.50 value Palais Royal, 5c ter thew 10e Honeycomb Towels, 20x49 Inches. Only 200 dozen of them. They'll he gone before closing time Monday. 63C “ari for the usual Te Table Linen, 68 nebis wide. Nine beautiful designs in this fine satin d: mask. A. Lisner, POSS AQ 2rd for the usual 59¢ Silver Bleached German Table Damask, 72 inches wide Every thread werranted pure linen, $A.ZS5 instend of $1.49 dozen for the 22- inch Napkins to match. ‘The above quoted linens the two best bargains of G and 1ith Sts. ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS. Assignees of Charles Baum Appeal to the Court. The assignees of Charles Baum, the well- known 7th street merchant, this afternoon applied to the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia for instructions and a determination of certain legal questions re- lating to the settlement of the business. The application is in the form of a bill in equity, in which Mr. Baum is named as defendant and the assignees, Messrs. Myer Cohen and Henry Strasburger, as complainants. The sum of $900 is due for rent-of the store occupied by Mr. Baum, at 416 7th street, it is explained by the assignees, and they think it should be paid, so that the occu- pancy of the premises may be continued until the stock 1s disposed of. : ; The assignees state that suit in equity was instituted against Mr. Baum the 31st ultimo by Eugene Benjamin of New York, asking the court to decree certain deeds on record and certain shares of stock to be mortgaged, securing the payment of certain debts: that Mr. Baum made no denial of the allegation and the court ordered a sale of the property. Information has reached the assignees, they say, that $500 interest is due on lot 3, square 431; that all general taxes on the realty of Mr. Baum is pay- able during the present month and that the rents and profits arising from the property uld be collected. sane asylgnees go on to say that the pro- visions $f the assignment émbrace the householli effects of Mr. Baum, but that part of the same are claimed by Mr. Baum’s wife as her separate estate, while part is claimed by other persons. It will be diffi- cult under the circumstances, the assignees TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gate refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. genwoe has L. B. Q. on each tablet. state, to administer the several trists, ex- cept as may be directed by the court. It is further set forth that under the deed of assignment Mr. Baum reserved legal exen.ption, while under a decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia a question has arisen whether a merchant is entitled to exemptions of $200 worth of stock and $2 worth of fixtures. Therefore, the assignees say, they are in dcubt whether or not they should set aside the sums mentioned to Mr. Baum. The court is asked to give directions to the assignees as to the manner they should proceed. In compliance with the petition of the as signees, Judge Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, this afternoon signed an order on the sub- ject, in which the assignees are directed to file within three days a bond in the sum of $50,000. They are authorized to employ the necessary help and assistance and to incur the necessary expenses for the sale and disposition to the best advantage of the stock in trade and other assets of Baum. They are further authorized to pu the rent overdue on premises No. 416 7th street out of the first moneys coming into their hands, and to collect the rents ac- cruing from the various pieces of real estate assigned to them by Mr. Baum. The latter has consented to the decree of the court. —_>—_—. First Landing in Porto Rico. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I noticed an erroneous statement in last night’s Star, under the heading of “Trophy from Porto Rico.” The first marines to land were not from the gunboat Gloucester, but from the battle ship Massachusetts. While the Gloucester was entering the har- bor and bombarding th: town of Guanica, a steam launch put off from the Massachu- setts, having in tow four surfboats filled with marines, and made for the entrance of the harbor. They were followed almost immediately by the transport Lampasas, having on board the Ist Provisional Engi. neer Battalion, composed of Company H, District of Volumbia Volunteers, and Com- pany A, ist Illinois, and the transport Nueces, having on be Artillery, regular arm in the harbor just as the marines were landing, and almost at th> same moment beats were lowered from both transports filled with troops. The boys in both boats rowed splendidly, but our boys having ha three weeks hard drill in handling the big pontoons of our bridge, beat the regulars to shore by about fifty fe-t. Private Stuhman and Sergeant Campbell of our company, who were in the bow of the first boat, made a jump for the beach, but Stuhman was a rd Battery B, Sth We dropped anchor | little im advance, and was the first man of the army on Porto Rican soil, and Sergeant Campbell s2cond. As Stuhman stepped on shore he grabbed a handful of sand, and throwing it in the air, shouted: “Hurrah for America.” Capt. Looker then formed the company as quickly as possible, and took the first skirmish line through the town of Guanica. Our boys went into this skirmish as if they were v>terans, instead of volunteers from every walk of life. The marines did get the flag that floated in Guanica, but Capt. Looker has in his pos- session the first flag seen in Porto Rico. It was hauled down from th: flag pole on the lighthouse at the entrance of the harbor. This flag was seen by the fleet an hour be- fore the town of Guanica could be seen. We built the foundation of th» first Ameri- can fort in Porto Rico, viz., Fort Capron, and on August 18 a sergeant, with a squad of thirty men from our company, raised the first flag on the fort. In an article in The Star of August 2, written by an officer on Gen. Miles’ staff, he gave the credit of the landing to Company H, District of Co- lumbia Volunt+ers. where it justly belongs. Sergt. O. W. HYDE, Co. H, D. C. V. November 5, 1898, MARY PEOPLE CARWOT DRINK . Tt spoils their sleep, You can cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes Ike the best coffee. For nervous i chien Grain-0 ie the perfect Griok.= J grains. Gei « package from your grocer today, ry it im plac> of coffee. 1c. and 25c. ec