Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1898, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1898-16 PAGES. SELLING has taught us is the reason why you find here only the suits you like. We have no “mistakes” .o palm off on you. No mat- ter how the pri rou will find the suit back of it en- tirely reliable in style, quality and fit. Among our leaders: ve Handsem und Ss whie Bi x and ee ae es $11.00 reefer, silk-lined jack The mest popular Tine 1 ‘hess iach, Niky Sn Mined Cucaot alts, with a * akir $13.50 Green and late Coats & Capes. el nol a saving of r lars, for this everywhere else for $18.00. rly eight dol- Sideboard sells Credit whenever it s no more here; a convenience to you to take time in paying, do « Lansburgh Furniture Co 1226 F N.W. 1226 F St eee Extracts . eee F viz, 196 see 13th and Pa. Ave. Great Reduction in Hair. merly | $5.00. formerly $10.50. Hate ir Never faile. S. HELLER’S, 720 Seventh St. N.W. se2-20rr Regenerator tant (lanl White Ash, $3.99. fo yourself, wii. J. ZEH, 717 Lith Street N.W. Bol2-20d “American wines for American people." Brandy, ene 75¢. a qt. for mince without a peer. Tends a rich and de Hefous flavor. tral for ¢6s. livery Quick di TO-KALON WINE CO., 614 14TH ST. gone wol2-204 to avoid the! mistakes in selections of styles and qualities which are common to younger houses. That low | i — ARMY ORDNANCE Report of Gen. Flagler, Chief of the Bureau. _ this selling of $3.50shoes _ For 52.85 ery SUGGESTIONS AS TO COAST DEFENSES os Experiments as to the Value of Smokeless Powder. SMALL ARMS DISCUSSED —_-_ + — Gen. D. W. Flagler, chief of the bureau of ordnance, has made his annual report to the Secretary of War. It shows that there was expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, $7,348,795, and that there still remains of the appropriations made for the ordnance bureau $19,793,359. This large sum is derived from the appro- priations for the fiscal year which were made for war purposes, amounting to $21,- 504, 502. Regarding the equipment of volunteers, the general thinks it would be as well to have the government equig, them instead of their bringing their state arms into ser- vice, saying that it could be done as quick- ly owing to the condition of the arms of State troops. Praise for Work at Arsenals. He speaks in terms of praise of the man- ner in which work has been performed at arsenals and ordnance factories in the rush that was made in putting the country on a footing for war with Spain. As to the equipment of an army he says: “So long as the principal dependence in this country in time of war is a large vol- unteer force, newly levied, it is impracti- cable to keep on hand large supplies of valry, urtillery and horse he di Philadelphia Iutely e4 being MONEY- SAVING Te Branly, favortog pies, is Ask cen- PRICES at : equipments, as these in the course of a few years will not only deteriorate, but will have to be materially modified to keep pace with im- The major part of such ma- vantage of the ° i 9 resources of Rock Isia nd the ICWix Or S and the numerous p yle of producing it, be supplied as troops cun be raise mus- FOR the servi ared for s er, be on " : h carriages lass Groceries, quired for jages can- vers until Meats, Wines, Liquors, &e. | ix E ating the UALITY is our first consider- th a supply of ation, and vet we sell these should be a high-class qualities lower than | y new arm ane | condition so as they can be obtained elsewhere in; this city. Our meats are received Coast Detveases. iresh every day, i the choic- to coast defense, the general est cuts. = is expecially invited to the ex- : the lust few months in ttempt- t and note the saving: and note S ing t ie quickly a coast defen It Ue. | is ©4 to he impracticable, and we Will always be forced in any emergency to ‘ rely upon what has been provided in time California Pranes, 1s of peace. “T think it upon en sit heen adoy st air to state, though not in the mplaint, that this has heen Congress each year for the sed yb. buckets F m is very simple. A plan ed for providing a complete a= defense. the departme on economi ent manner in the present y With the present t this work and the tie carried effic un me to com- 1 an ing esti ought to he itted exch year for 1 of the work as th» facilities it luction will permit. It rests with SS to nine h much of the ork can be provided for 7 Sistently with the resou red coast ot ens Small Arms Discussed. Flagler does not the Springfield rife a q liber mag rmy, but Ss that it is 1 op many mer‘t has heretofore been cor discussion of small ar "Fresh Meats, cussi f ng the war. The machinery for the manutacti of small arm ammunition was. non: ‘ best, yet the department 1 out 10.000,- 9 rounds for the w r years past, 1C or Ss report states, the appropriations for i 9 equipments of infantr eavalry, tlillery Y 1 horse have been harc'y sufficient to meet the consumption of y army Oth und a. Ave. and although there were batidings, there : Was hot machinery with wiich ‘o manufac. oe eee ture these supplies. It was not possible to “~~~ | ill requisitions for the voluntesr troop 4 Thade, : ( are given of what was done te \ | Taple increase fey S$ ss of visitors urday. Glad te see you {| the war b Alon = re eelate gt art in Jawe ¢ | fact that € ress has nev pp onal tea =e » have you cali either as sights: \ agg Perey : shave you calb elther a3 Sie! \| what w sked for of pow md = , ceo Cun {| tiles, and in conseque the suppiy = ure me 5 \ | besinning of the war was inad: qua ll ng like them in +] he gives some instances « ‘ a. Magnificent line of imported {| py the a cue fa n Paes Pores a Glasses for ‘gifts. 4 <i A m™ rood the deri- \| ciency. The following statera cre E Bec: cpser S actor E. Desi Victor E. Desio & Co., ( Smokeless Powder. \ Sue Gerome Desio }| “Fer several years this department has \/ eae ss 2 t been exp: enting on smokeless powders | 1107 F St. N.W. }| for seacoast guns, and had completed the hae (| determination of the specifications and re- ae a ———_ } auirements for the smokeless powders for Auction prices out done} |" al the ist guns and mortars, Seme of the powder manufacturers that Absurdly had been engaged in the production of these OVveS Priced experimental powders had small plants for thelr production. It was impossible, how- pr, to produce the powders fas and all enough to stoves you'd want to Special sale of Exg Stoves, 3 sizes nee in their use was ne for worth almost double? apting them to all the requirements of thoroughly first class, load. the service. All the companies, however, the wrong Syside of the st.. 912 Pa. av were ready at once ture of the requirements were simpler, they could expand their plant for this produc- tion more rapidly, and for a time this de- partment, therefore, devoted all its ener- ake up the manu- and as the [s Baum’ nols 16 Supplies for ae to procur of the Thanks ivin arbon powde $ pos- 1 fle g. the m changed to “good es." RAISE It should be stated, however, that smoke- CITRON, ete., foc Mince it | le powder only was ma ctured for of pare SPI field and siege artiller ‘act that the Cooking stat BRANDY and | geld and siege artille s to be employed Ey Mail and rders filled promptly. | Was not determined until about the time that war was declared, and there were no funds available for these guns be or procuring ammunition pre that time. ‘The prepa- ration of smokeless powder ammunition for these guns commenced at once, Dut was necessary to issue immediately the ammu- nition on hand for the batteries that were sent to the front, and as this was all char- coal powder ammunition, ft accounts for the fact that only this black or charcoal powder ammunition was generally used in actual service against The furnishing of siege B. Cor. 18 v, Wheeler, crak. IF YOU SUFFER From Hypermetropia or oversight come to us for the proper Glasses. "PHONE 437, and field guns and Our Glasses will relieve the eye] ammunition for the war encountered the 5 ae “| same difficulties as in other branches of strain and blurred vision. the ordnance equipment, yet the bureau furnished such guns for the Manila and Perto Rican expeditions. not used at Santiag siege guns twenty. coast defenses at the beginning of the Seacoast Armament. General Flagler says: “The war has furnished no opportunity for determining by experience the effect of our modern seacoast armament against modern battle ships. The reports of the ex- perience gained, however, tend to confirm the opinion that the fire from ships can- not silence the fire or serfously cripple the armament of our modern batteries; that the ships could not withstand the fire of our modern batteries, and that, therefore, the The artillery was to any extent. Of wo were taken for nes Ros OPTICIANS, 1311 F Street. nol4-28d Go to Siccardi’s FO BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR, $5.00 Switches reduced to $2.50, successfully. Whether the ships can $5.00 Switches reduced to $e00. run by the batteries without too great risk has not been shown. This will depend on the skill and rapidity with which the guns are served, provided the ships are not stopped by the mines.” TU 11th st. ne: ST Pe ECE Private roams S60 halastontne aeeoreh, If you want work read the want columns tor’ Aas Mtsreenine., samposing: Spt eee of The Star, Gray and White Hair reduced in same proportion. Mme. Siccardi, PLANS PERFECTED District Volunteers. ‘Will Receive Their Medals Wednesday. PRESENTED BY PRESIBENT M’KINLEY a Sd Escort Selected of Two Hundred Well-Known Citizens. - PROGRAM PREPARED SS All the plans for the preser medals of honor to the members of the District regiment have been completed. The ceremony will take place Wednesday next at 4 o'clock p. m. Half an hour previous the regiment in uniform, but without arms, will assem! t Sth and L streets in such formatio: Col. Harries may direct. The regiment will be escorted from the rendezvous into Convention Hall by a com- mittee, of which President John B. Wight of the board of District Commissioners is chairman and Commissioners Ross and Beach vice chairmen. Well-Known Citizens. , The membership of this body, which is to be known as “the committee to present the regiment,” will comprise the following ation of the t Arnold, T. F. Alvey, Byron 3. 2 W. E. Annin, Frank V. Bennett, William S. Fronson, Colonel T. A. Bing- ham, Major J. W. Bayne, M. D., James E. Bell, Howard Brooks, Charles H. Boynton, W. B. Bryan, J. W. Babson, Samuel Bi A. A. Birney, Henry L. Biscoe, J. Wesley Bovee, M. D., Alexander Britton, Chapin Brown, T. Janney Brown, Aldis B. Browne, Scott C. Bone, Edward Chamberlin, Robert astleberg; William A. H. Chureh, Dorsey Claggett, C. C. Coombs, 'R. G. Callum, Re HH. N. Couden, Walter C. Clephane, Arthur Copeland, Samuel G. Cornwell, John B. Cotton, W. V. Cox, Joseph H. nford, Jcseph Crawford, O. T. Crosby, W. E. Cur- tis, E. G. I H. E. Davis, E. S. D: hower, William Domer, John H. Doyle, Rev. George W. Dudley, Harrison Ding- man, Colonel William Dickson, H. H. Dar- y. R. Deeble, Carl Decker, George s John Joy Edson, Wm. Edwin Forrest, C. A. Fleetwood, A. Fenning, Major Thomas Gale, W William alliher, J. Holdsworth erdon, John R. Galloway Fred C. Gieseking, Edward Gray M. Green, James F. Hood, Dr. Walter Har- an, Dr. George Henderson, John Ho- gan, V Hutchins, Colonel Charles Hey- wood, Edwin B. Hay, Frederick L. Harr S. B. Hege, Robert Ha J. Whit Her! Arthur Hendricks, J. G. Hill, Mrs. J. Whit Herron, Theodore A. Harding, TI Ss. Hendrick, Christian Heurich, William B. Hibbs, William H. Hoeke, William Hol- mead, Clement Howard, Frank Hume, William A. Hungerford, Frank H. Hos- ford, L. W. Habercom, Bernard T. Janne Richard Johnson, J. Harrison Johnson, Dr. H. L. E. Johnson, Richard ohn J. E. Jc Edwin C. Jones, Jame Kemp, Hugh , Captain L. W. V. Kennon, William Rudolph Kauffmann, ward 4 er, J. Blake Kendall, Richard Kingsman, M. D., Btair Lee, Lambie, John B. Larner, Ralph W. M. Larner, E. W. Lightner, Ale lowney, Harry C. McLean, Jacob C. M. Marean, W. H. Moses, J. Nol J. oR. Marshall, Alexander McKenzie, Capt. John Miller, Samuel Maddox, Col Henry May, William H. McKnew, Henry B. F. Macfarland, G. Lloyd Magruder, M. Moore, McGill, D., John H. Magruder, Alien W. Maller BPM Thom: P. Morgan, A. - Moses, N. O. Messenger, C. W. Metzgar, F. P. Madigan, August Noack, Theo. W. Capt. Allison: Nailor, jr., Francis 3 debn L. Newbold, ‘Gwin H. N s Charles » Needham;. Charles By. Nesbit, Clarence F, Norment, Arthur O'Neill, Owen Owen, James Petty, James L. Pugh, jamin Parkhu’ . W. B. Powell, Parker, John @. Parker, My- . Charles B. Purvis, M. D., yle, J. N. Pearson, W. T. ngs, W. H. Raple Roche, Frank F, As Reeside, I sam Roberts, Samuel Ross, Cuno H. Rudolph, H.W d, . Saunders, Henry Shan- non, J. Henry Small, W John H. 8 muel A. Shafer, » Saks, awin J. Stellwagen, George N. ler, F. P. B. Sands, William H dohn W. Schaef: “hn uel S. Shedd, H G. Sloa mmon Thomas W. Smith, Spe ous ewart, Stone, G. zell, Colin J. Stofer, Schrader, Maur n, William Matthew Trimble, Smith Thomp- , William S. Thompson, Rufus . Corcoran Thom, Edward H. , Frank H. Thomas, Charles G. Thorn, Ward Thoron, Frank A. Vanderlip, William P. Van Wickle, S. H. Walker, Robert H. Willett, G. H. B. White, Harry Willian, R. J. W W. A. Wimsatt, B. Dr. W. C. Woodward, H. H. L. West, Lous D. Wine, on. John M » William I. Weller, Samuel Wheatle Wh James W. Whelpley, Osear W. White, Joseph E. Wile rd, H. K. Willard, Edward M. Will Siphonzo Youngs. Program for the Occasion. After the regiment has entered the hall and occupied the seats in front of the plat- form which will be vrved for it, the following program will be 2 out: Mus America,” band and choir. Presentation of the regiment to the Pr dent of the Unt ates by Vice Chair- man Reach of the committee to present the regiment. Presentation of medals by Mr. H. L. West, chairman of medal committee, to President John B. Wight of the board of Commis- sloner: Presentation of medals by Mr. Wight to the President of the United States. Presentation of the medals by the Presi- dent individually to the officers of the iment, who will line up in front of the p form to receive them, and brief response by Col. orge H. Harries. Presentation of the medals by the Presi- dent to the captains of the se: composing the regiment. The captains of the companies will after- ward distribute the medals to the members of their organizations. eral compa- Seating Arrangements. The several committees ,which have co- operated in the receptiomoto and relief of the regiment, and the relatives and friends of the members of the fegiment, all of whom will be provided with tickets, will er the hall through: the left north door, upon the presentation of their tickets, after 8 o'clock p.m. ' The public will be permitted to occupy all the unreserved space in the hall, en- tering through the left Nerth door.’ The ting capacity of the hal is limited, and when the hall is filled the doors will be closed. The band and choir will occupy the center of the gallery. ! Other Detatis. The members of the committee to pre- sent the regiment wilk as far as possible, be attired in black suits:! The chairmen of the several subcommittees of the com- mittee on arrangements will obtain tickets for the members of their respective sub- committees, in accordance with their origi- nal lists, from Mr. E. J. Stellwagen, chairman of the committee on tickets. The captains of the several companies Will obtain two tickets each for the members of their re- spective commands, from Mr. Stellwagen. Prof. W. B. Powell and Mr. Edward B. Hay will arrange the program and music. Mr. J. H. Gordon, chairman of the committee on order, assisted by Mr. T. Percy Myers, will have charge of the seat- ing arrangements. Mr. J. E. Jones will look after the seating of the members of the band and choir in the gallery. Mr. W. H. Moses, chairman of the committee on decorations, has consented to properly decorate the platform. Mr. J. Henry Small, chairman of the committee on flowers, will see that the platform 1s suitably provided with plants. Mr. William Dickson will nore the citizens’ committee to the plat- rm. WATCHES more free. FREE. This week--with every cash purchase of $10 or =we will give one of these ‘“‘ Yankee’? watches They are perfect timekeepers -- guaranteed by the makers for a year. m -cash purchase of $10 or these “‘ Yankee”? watches free. timekeepers -- guaranteed by the makers for a year. WATCHES FREE. This week--with every ore=-we will give one of They are perfect 1,000 Suits at $10, 1,000 Overcoats at $i 9 Worth Si5 and $16.50. NLL NM OG é in t wit good and $16.50 values. meltons and friezes. sing effects. than the week. alterations. Last month we went to the mills from which we bought our cloth earlier he season and bought up all their short ends. : They were working on summer goods, and mighty glad to get rid of their few remaining winter weights at any price. Having plenty of spare time at our factory h our regular winter steck--we made them up in our characteristic fashion--and now spread before you the fruits of our forethought. It’s right in the heart of the season- we offer you garments at $10 that you’ll read just when The overcoats are plaid-back coverts, and blue-black and br The suits are cheviots, cassimeres, tweeds, homespuns and worsteds, in le and double breasted sacks, plain blues and blacks as well as Sale will last as long as the goods hold out--whi Stouts and slims as well as regular sizes--and no charge for reasonable being practically through you need them most ly recognize as $15 and own kerseys, fancy ch will hardly be longer Fedoras for $1 for $3, $2.50 and $2 Hats. After ten weeks of the busiest hat selling we have ever known, we offer ou the choice of all $3--$2.50--and $2 broken lines of men’s Derbys and $1.00, Some of every fashionable color and shape among them--regular goods, right out of our regular stock. RISEMAN eleatealeeteeteel Duke Almodovar's Note Regarding Scope of Peace Commission. Correspondence Preceding the Sign. ing of the Peace Protocol—Secre- tary Day's Terse Statement. Following is the text of the note of Duke Almodovar de Rio, upon which Spain in- sists that her sovereignty in the Philip- pines was not left as a subject for discus- sion by the ce commission. The date of the note is August 7 Mr. Secretary of State: The bassador at Washington, whose good enabled the Spanish address a message to the President of the United State y cable your excellency’s reply to this document. In examining the arguments used preamble to the specification of th upon which peace may be restored b Spain and the Ur ates it behoovi the Spanish government to deduct from the order of events that the severance of diplo- atic relations with the United States had no other purpose than to decline the ceptance of an ultimatum which Spain could only consider n attempt against her rightful sovere over Cuba. Spain did not dec war; she met it he- cause it was the only means of defending her rights in the Greater Antilles. Thus did the queen and the United States see fit to transform and enlarge the purely loca! question of Cuba. From this fact your excellency draws the conclusion that the question at stake is no lenger only the one which relates to the territory of Cuba, but also that the losses of American lives and fortunes incident to the war should in some manner be gom- pensated. As to the first condition relating to the future of Cuba, the two governments reach similar conclusions in regard to the natural inability of {ts people to establish an inde- pendent government; be it by reason of ir adequate development, as we believe, or on account of the present distracted and pros- trate condition of the island, as your e: cellency states, the fact remains that Cuba needs guidance. The American people are willing to assume the responsibility of gt ing this guidance by substituting them- selves for the Spanish nation, whose right to keep the island is indisputable. To this intimation we have nothing to oppose. The necessity of withdrawing from the terr!- tory of Caba being imperative, the nation assuming Spain’s place must, as long as this territory shall not have fully reached the conditions required to take rank among other sovereign powers, provide for rules which will insure order and protect against all risks the Spanish residents, as well as the Cuban natives stil loyal to the mother country. In the name of the nation the Spanish government hereby relinquishes all claim, sovereignty over or title to Cuba, and en- gages to the immediate evacuation of the istand, subject to the approval of the cortes —a reserve which we likewise make with regard to the other proffered terms—just as these terms will have to be ultimately approved by the Senate of the United States. The United States reauire as an indemnity for or equivalent to the sacrifices they have borne during this short war the cession of Porto Rico and other islands now under the sovergignty of Spain in the West Indies, and also the cession of islands in the La- drones to be selected by the federai gov- ernment. This demand strips us of the very last memory of a glorious task, and expels us at once from the prosperous island of Portc Rico and from the western hemisphere, which became peopled and civilized through the proud deeds of our ancestors. It might French am- offic government 1S a terms Ba0s. F) Shier lededleleeteeteeeeeeeeated some other ce for the injuri tained by the Uni tates. Howe inflexibility of the demand obliges us to cede, and we shal cede, the Island of Porto Rico and other islands belonging to th crown of Spain in the West Indies, together with one of the islands of the archipelago of the Ladrone to be selected by ‘the American g' vernment. The terms relating to the Philippines em to our understanding quite indefinite. On the one hand, the ground on which the United States believe themselves entitled to occupy the bay, harbor and city of Ma- ila, pending the conclusion of the treaty pace, cannot be that of conquest, since, of the blockade maintained on sea the American fleet, and in spite of the siege established on iand by a native, sup- ported and provided for by an American admiral, Manila still holds its own, and the Spanish standard still waves over the city. On the other hand, the whole archi- pelago of the Philippines is In the power and under the sovereignty of Spain. ‘Therefore the government of Spain thinks that the temporary occupation of Manila should constitute a guarantee. It is as- serted that the treaty of peace shall de- termine the control, disposition and govern- ment of the Philippines, but as the inten- tions of the federal government, by pression, remain veiled, the Spanish ernment must, therefore, declare while accepting the third condition, that they do not, a priori, renounce the sovereignty of Spain over the archipelago, leaving it to the negotiators to agree as to such re- forms as the conditions of these posse sions and the level of the culture of the natives may render desirable. The gov- ernment of her majesty accepts the third condition, with the above mentioned decla- rations. | Such are the statements and observations which the Spanish government has the to submit in reply to your excel- Ss communication. They accept the proffered terms, subject to the approval of the cortes of the kingdom, as required by their constitutional duty. ‘The agreement between the two govern- ments implies the immediate suspension of hostilities and the designation of commis- sioners for the purpose of settling the de- tails of a treaty of peace and of signing it under the terms above indicated. I avail myself of this occasion to offer to your excellency assurances of my highest consideration. Following is Secretary Day’s response, through M. Cambon, under date of August 10, and which Spain declares embodied ac- quiescence to her reservation of Philip- pine sovereignty from discussion in the peace conference Your Excellency: Although it is your un- derstanding that the note of the Duke of Almodovar which you left with the Presi- dent on yesterday afternoon is intended to convey an acceptance by the Spanish gov- ernment of the terms set forth in my note of the 30th ultimo as a basis upon which the President would appoint commissioners to negotiate and conclude with commissioners on the part of Spain a treaty of peace, I understand that we concur in the opinion that the duke’s note, doubtless owing to the various transformations which it has undergone in the course of its circuitous transmission by telegraph and in cipher, is not, in the form in which it has reached the President, entirely explicit. Under the circumstances, it is thought that the most direct and certain way of avoiding misunderstanding is to embody in a protocol, to be signed by us as the rep- resentatives respectively of the United States and of Spain, the terms on which the negotiations for peace are to be under- taken. 1 therefore inclose herewith a draft cf such a protocol, in which you will find that I have embodied the precise terms tendered to Spain in my note of the 30th ultimo, to- gether with appropriate stipulations for the appointing of commissioners to arrange the details of the immediate evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico and other islands under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, as well as for the appointment of commission- ers to treat of peace. Accept, your excellency, the renewed as- surances of my highest consideration, . WILLIAM R. DAY. The Americans hold that Spain saw that Perhaps have been possible to compensate ‘ Philippine sovereignty was involved in the basis of id down by the United States, a ttempted reservation of August 7 is evidence thereof. The suspen- . T hostilitles was deferred because of fact. A protocol in precise terms was because of ths fact, and M Camboen cabled Madrid on the same day of Day's response that the federal government bh ecided to state precisely in the pr n which peace must be when the United 8 rded Spain as having made unqualified compact to leave Philippine sovereignty to a commission by the protocol that hostilities were signing spended. It was not desig by the nited States to prejudge Spain's rights, but to have them determined under the | protocol by the peace conference. Added to all the deductions from these communi- cations the conversations at Washington throughout the original pe stiations left no room for Spain's re ntative to doubt that the United States expected un- der the protecol to have the right to cor sider Spain s Philippine sovereignty if they cared to exercise it, ——+-e+—____ OF OTHER DAys. > ne RELICS Workmen Disclose an Old Wooden Water Main, Workmen who were excavating south side of Pennsylvania avenue of the new city post office building day, for the purpose of lowering the ele hight condults that supply the south s\ of the avenue with light, made necessary by the change of grade of that portion of the street directly in front of the building, came across a relic of former days, This was the old wooden water main, laid in th south side of the avenue, according to the best recollection on the subject, about the year 1862. The logs forming the main were from eight to ten feet long, joined at the ends by a short iron barrel-shaped pipe driven into each log to prevent leal the joints. When exposed the logs were found to be in an excellent state of preservation, al- though the wood, even at the very outside of the log, was completely water-souked. This added, of course, greatly to the weight of the wood, and it required several able-' bodied laborers to lift one when disengaged from its resting place in the earth. These reminders of bygone days excited consider- able comment from those who noticed them, and served to illust the great ad- vance that has been made in the matter of municipal engineering since the mentioned. in the ee, It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. ———.___ Jamen H. Contelo Dead. James H. Costelo died yesterday morn- ing at his residence, 609 Q street north- west. Pneumonia was the cause of death. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence. —__—.— Officers Re-Elected. At the regular meeting of the board of directors of the German Orphan Asylum, held at the asylum ofi Good Hope road, Sunday, the following officers were re- elected by acclamation: Jacob Jose, presi- dent; Fred Imhof, vice president; John F. Schneider, treasurer, Edward W. Koch, secretary. aammanss909 90009 ” oy Fitting TRUSSES. The most important a bout Trusses is that they uld fit. An expert is here who FITS TRUSSES, MaRS 9 EY mE NI, | MERTZ’S, 11th & F Sts Lf