Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1900, Page 8

iS) THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH SERIOUS CHARGES 2 -—— The HousaPublic Building Committee Considering Grave Accusations, THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECT'S OFFICE Bad Workmanship and Designing in the Post Office Building. A LONG BILL OF COMPLAINTS The bad workmanship and the bad plan- of the Washington post office butld- » often subjects of public discussion have n made the text of a for- House and Senate ile buildings and grounds, ment Charles contractor for the ting in the Post which avers a long list the manner in which by office is organ- et the the: he complainant was relate to matters mtly large to The charges he attention House commit- nounced their receipt and ad time to he intende d that they will the full committee i to a subcommittee icy bear most serious- y of the public building ewn claims for dam- before the Court of on in his right as a mecrned In the “ts forth his charges as fol- Public Money Wasted. t by reason of the conditions exist- the i nstructing public United States, meth va of arbi- al officers from the cering of the Navy Captain John W. the United = from the Ugation of the a verdict in every material peiitioner was ility for the for the im- As a result spent of the pub- 182 (more or less) roper rubber packing, nditure was a waste of directly from yervising archi- dimen- wrong size in the work. Your complied with the plans was released from ail by expended S (more or rming part of the the said build » outside - openings to the nse of about of these buildi the Tooms at » without venula ff. said pent by the Post Office ider the building habit- Bad Boiler Work. ned contract called for plans and specitic ribed certain brick r petitioner in- them in brick ance with the pla: wing to the fau! tings they cracked and & « » when fire w: were wrongfully No the aime! by him, pon him by ¢ terms of his and that the © supervising without any y thelr faulty f tt will be Department v further avers his belief w set in brick work and limb of these thout them, and that bellers on the rollers clbows are Mable to be any tim the almost certain men who of necessity work + the boilers. were placed In the building, in ac- nee with the specifications and under f the supervising architeet ner materisls for filling be- various floors of the buliding. «lx were improper and def: claimed that they were noi Dy re; j fom the part supervising rod the inefficiency and incom. ' vis office, they, were put in place Serterteeeeteateeteeeceetentaetectectateetenteetee tiered $1 gloves. Ladies’ Kid and Suede Gloves, in black at for.. price. New corsets. New arrivals in Ladies’ Corsets md_all the leading —of suc are the regu- we we shall “Thom . e in them by Lady. styles—short and long. Ou ch famed makes as “ ) “KR. & G. son's’ and “American All colors and all a BA RE BB Ba Be a GO LDENBER 31 || 922-24-26-28 7th St., 2, 1900-16 PAGES. Seoorpedooooooeses GS Running through to 704-6 K Street, “THE DEPENDABLE STORE.” Fine Quality Fast Bi Faney S:riped some with condenn-pi ruffles on bottom. different styles. W $1.25, for... hb $1.25 skirts. fle—and others with three small =—— i antiosionaotaotiote toll aotioteotiotigtotestetigtialstgtehp usual prices. Tomorrow we lift the curtain upon the most stupendous ee eee a a | Toilet requisites.} lack and |i] Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder, 12+ atoen as i] s a oes . | a Ray Rum Choice of 10 demic die 8c. | one < purchase of suits, skirts and waists ever known! Immense quantities of ladies’ finest made outer-garments have come to sale tomorrow morning at prices that will seem the most important sale this store has ever kno’ biggest and most extraordinary event of the kind it has woman can resist the values offered. incredibly low—that are positively without precede: wi. ever been our good fortune to inaugurate. For never has such Nor are the values exaggerated one whit. “The Dependable Store” —a maker’s surplus and samples—and they go on nt in the annals of retail selling. The sterling qualities—the superior styles and astonishingly low prices join forces to make it the And it cannot fail to prove the most successful—for no an opportunity beea offered to secure garments so superior as these at one-half to one-third You may be skeptical at first—but inspection will bear us out that every statement is true. In a word, it is skirts , worth u = The sta inspection will bear us out. They consist of finest Ca a a ea a ee a a ae as trimmed in Every little cheapest skit —while the They should Ladies’ stylish dress Pp = Q tement may seem exaggerated—but Black Silk and Wool Blister Crepon Skirts, and finest imported Cheviot Skirts. The latter are the most elaborate manner, with satin bow knots, and others are made up of im-® ported French Broadcloths, trimmed with satin band flounces, all with tunic overskirts, and some are beautifully applique trimmed. cluded are real Scotch Heather Plaids, with taf- feta band flounces. fering is tailored with the most painstaking care. In- Every garment in the of- detail of style is present. The very rt is worth not a penny less than $8 rest are regularly sold up to $12.00. create a sensation at $3.98. i to $20.00- go for Exactly 20 of effects. newest and most you may well consi Finest taffeta silk dress skirts--worth up ta Tunic Overskirts, with silk fringe trimming and accordeon pleated bottoms; others are fine ap- pliqued in cut-out and embroidered applique They are sold subject to slight im- perfections in either workmanship or material—but to such a slight extent as can only be noticed by the closest scrutiay---and which can be readily reme- died. They are all made of the very finest quality taffeta _silks—and are made up in the most elegant styles, being the swellest creations of Fashion’s are positively worth up to twenty dollars. At $6.98 fering ever known. Dodo them. Consisting of finest taffe- beautiful garments. The values ider it the most unprecedented of- suits, worth up O = =p 5 ments — inchi Cheviot Serge all occasions. in the latest Et style. There’ worth under $ values. $6.98 superior quality rustling taffeta others are lined vith Roman silk. They are cut far superior to the ordinary suits. tailors had their making in hand, and they plainly show their thorough workmanship and inimitable Ladies’ tailor-made to $15, it] This lot contains a large assortment of fine gar- ding fashionable Suits. Homespun and The former are in black, brown, blue and gray—and the latter are in black and navy blue, staple colors, that can be worn upon Some of the jackets are lined with ilks, and the ton and fly-front styles. They are Clever man- not a single garment among them t0.00—while many are good $15 secures the choice. 2 big sh Ladies’ Fine Quality Kidsk fords and Shoes — in’ all th ck amd tan sell re Ox. oe values. A complete line of Ladies’ Fine Grade Kid- skin Shoes, im lace and button styles and latest shapes, including pug and new | round ‘toes. Values which ave | actually worth up to $2.50 and 1 37 seams and patent splendid wearers and de terns, worth Se.. for... 35¢. & = — = = = eo i boys’ clothi + Saturday savings on boys’ clothing. eri: Y Sor fo bundred Boys’ Fine All-wool Suits, A special lot of Boys’ Long Pants Suits, con- . ahd ve ke $ facischin Gen praia casey ( bivsccciecuts calli) ceaiine cee snes eee fancy ‘cher- = - a Snel in a splendid assortment of | jots, both single and dou! After this | ¥ $3.50 and $4—and ¢! $1 08 garments, worth up to $10—for. ° e improper and | ¥ ffered Saturday at . - e | with forty or $ . | i to the faults shall lot_of Boys’ | supervising |Z qi unl NS habe with taped | Boye! Lanndered Percale Shirts, in x fall as- sortwent of new ‘The kind value for 39¢ spring putterns. rs advertise as —here at..... g 29c. Fo a a a a a a a a aw sper times, and on account of one sath of ¢ ve reasons, the concrete was worthless for the intended, and that it was necessary to terial removed from all of the floors of the building and replace it with other material, at a cost of not less than $16,000, as your petitioner verily believes. * The Leaky Roof. “The architect caused to be constructed over the building a large and expensive skylight or roof. That skylight is now. and always has been, defective and dangerous to the Jife and Imbs of those working un- der it. By reason of its faulty design or construction many aggregating in cost many hundred lars, have al- ready been made. Parts of the fronwork the skylight have within six weeks p failen a distance of neerly two hundi feet Into the post offiee working re where several hundred people are usually ved, to the imminent danger of the d limbs of the employes. The Post Office Department is now engaged In a gen- ‘a] repairing of the skylight, at an ex- as your petitioner verily believes, of y hundreds of dollars. ‘our petitioner further avers his belief that the skylight was accepted and paid for by the architect's office over the protest of some of the inspectors, employed to super- vise its construction, and in spite of the recommendations made by these officers that changes ought to be made in it. Your petitioner also avers his bellef that the architect has allowed the skylight to re- main a menace to life and limb for several years while having knowledge of the de- nd unsafe construction, and that itect has now concealed in the files office reports condemning said con- struction from those whose duty it was to inspect the work, and that in dereliction of his duty and in violation of his oath of office he has fafled to act on these reports, to the great danger of the public and the great loss of the public money of the United States. The Windows. “The architect called for in his specifica- tions and caused to be installed in said building several hundred windows of a cer- in patented construction. Those windews re and are defective in design and con- Since the building was occupied all, or nearly of them have been nailed up with er stripping, not only destroying en- x struction. by the post office authoritie: all, the patenied construction for which the government paid large extra sums of money, but as a direct cost of much addi- al money. Many of these windows are tuffed with rags and Blotting paper, in vor to keep out the cold air, and are now the cause of much complaint and even sickness among the employes of the department occupying the building, re- Iting in an interference with the public vice and a loss of the public money. Your petitioner avers hts belief that the srvising architect had knowledge of the defective design and construction of the windows, and that he personally, in com” pany with his chief executive officer, visited the building and inspected, accepted and pai for the said windows, in spite of the protests and over the recommendations of his assistants in charge of the work. Your petitioner also believes that there are now vealed in the files of said architect's office the reports of said assistants con- demning the windows, and that those re- ports are of a date previous to the acce] Race and payment by the supervising archi tect for the window construction. “Your petitioner further avers that he be- = that consideration is now being given the methods of repairing the defective = by the Post Office Department, bat these repairs, if and when made, constittke another waste of several thousands af dollars of the public money. ‘The Granite Scandal. “Your petitioner hereby further expresses his belief that the architect received a pro- . posal for the construction of the said build- = of ‘rock face’ granite for the sum of about $837,000; that at the same time he re- ceived an alternate proposal for the con- struction of the building of ‘cut face’ granite in the sum $925,000,, more or le: that the difference in the amount between the two classes of work was about $88,000; that a contract was let for the bullding of ‘rock face’ stone for about the sum of $837,000, 2s abo that at a later date the said archi- tect’s office made a change in sald contract at a time when about one-quarter of said ‘rock face’ work was done, and that they d into an additional contract for ‘ut face’ stone for an additional sum of which additional contract only in- 1 about throe-quariers of the amount of stone cutting originally proposed to be done by the same contractor for about the sum of $58,000. “It is your petitioner's betief that there Was no material increase in the price of la- bor on the stone cutting, and that there were no other unsual public conditions to of the work within the space of a few months, and that such action on the part of the supervising architect's office was, and is, against the public interests, and a waste of not less than $161,786 of the public money, all of which Is due to the ineffi- ciency, incompetency, or something far worse, which exists in the organization of the public building bureau. Your petition- er further avers that there now is connect- ed with said organization one or mpre of the people who signed and approved the letter of acceptance authorizing said waste of the public money of the United Siates. As Bad Elsewhere. “By reason of divers and sundry other errors and blunders on the post office building and on other public buildings throughout the United States, which errors, ete., are too numerous for your petitioner to set forth herein, the supervising archi- tect’s office, through its inefficlency’ and incompetency, is wasting and causing to” be wasted other large sums of the public money, to the detriment and damage of your petitioner and his fellow citizens, and your petitioner hereby most respectfully prays for a hearing on this subject by your committee at such an early date as shall sult them to appoint, and he prays also for the introduction and passage by the Con- gress of the United States of a resolution for the appointment of a committee to in- vestigate the records an@gedoings of the said supervising architect's office of the United States Treasury Department in re- lation to its expenditure of the public on the public buildings of the States, and in relation to all the other doings of that organization which may be brought before said committee.” —— FROM NATURAL , CAUSES. Death of Stephen Young, Said to Be 10S Years Old. Stephen Young, colored, died at his home on South Capitol street yesterday morning without having been attended by a phy- sician. His death was reported to the coroner yesterday afternoon by the police. Young’s age was given as one hundred and eight, although it fs believed his years had not exceeded the century mark. The old man lived near the extreme end of Buzzard’s Point for a number of years. Owing to his advanced age he has been growing weaker during recent months, but he did not feel sick enough this week to call in a doctor. Coroner Carr examined the body today, and gave a certificate of death from natural causes. —_-_— Minor Lawson, Harry Busbank and Wil- liam Jenifer were today convicted in the Police Court of disorderly conduct, and each was fined $10, with the alternative of thirty days in the workhouse, by Judge Scott account for the great increase in the price ! i Ladies’ stylish skirts, worth u for = = Venetian and etc.—and also p to $7.50, This third lot contains some values just as remarkable as the others—and will create just as much of a stir. such desirable colors as New Blue, Tan, Gray, elaborately trimmed with applique and taffeta silk bands; besides imported wide wale Gray |} Homespun Camel's Hair Skirts, All-wool Plaid Skirts, in every fashionable color combination i and Plain Black and Blue Cheviot Skirts. Every |] garment in the lot is of the most desirable sort— thoroughly well tailored and carefully finished. None are worth under five dollars, while the majority are worth up to $7.50. Choice is offered at $2.68. dress Included are Fine All-wool French: Broadcloth Skirts, in Navy Blue and Black Cheviots Finest man-tai suits, worth for = = values ever known The suits are made and Vicunas. The the correct Box tifully trimmed. while others have Black, every shade Word painting cannot do them justice. themselves to adequately appreciate the exclusive stylishne: man-tailored elegance that marks worth $18, $20 and $25—and choic up to $25, In this offering is included the most remarkable consisting of Finest Broadcloths, Venetians, Coverts most exclusive styles—Jackets t tight-fitting, double-breasted and reefer styles—with Seme have entire fronts of taffeta, are applique trimmed in taffeta—and others are richly braided. Still more are trimmed with bands of self material, in Jackets are lined in plain and taffeta silks. B 38 3008 in the annals of retail selling. of the finest imported materials, lp oeetntetotetetetetetetedetetettetetetetett the and Bolero, season's are vre newest Eton pleat. They are most beau- taffeta band trimmings. Skirts the latest tailor-made style. des that’s fashionable is represented. You must see the suits and every line. They are positively € is offered for $9.98. Taffeta and fancy silk waists, worth as h $8.00, for Here are styles for spiin; myriad of exg hemstitched an besides others and tucking—a: The taffeta si! Laven Othe quoise, Black plaids fetas and evening w majority are worth up to Silk Waists, made up from superior taffeta and fancy silks, in the newest and most effective strip-stitched. and more with fancy cording. ks are in every fashionable shade, including Cerise, and stripes. and a few corded white taf- The cheape $8.00. Choice igh as Q some two hundred Fine Quality ig wear. Choice is offered of a uisite styles, including the lovely id newest all-over tucked effects, with combination hemstitching nd some trimmed with bands Red, Royal, Cadet, Tur- der, etc—as well as plenty of rs are of fancy silks, in attractive t is well worth $5.98, and the goes for $3.98. Our wrapper bu already great fame for undersellin ‘The first lot consists of tine quality Sateens ‘choose from—in POLO LOLOL LLL LOLOL LLL PENSION FRAUDS DISCUSSED Statistics to Show Violations of Law Among Veterans. Commander Shaw's Recent Statements Refated by a Correspondent Who Offers Counter Facts. To the Editor of The Bvening Star: In a recent issue of your paper Com- mander Shaw of the G. A. R. discusses the charge that the pension rolls have on them the names of many fraudulent pensioners, and he furnishes a vomparative table of figures to show that less fraud is found in the administration of the pension laws than in the administration of the Internal reve- nue and postal laws and customs laws. Here is his statement: “Internal revenue laws—Convictions, 4,021; acquittals, 825; nolle prossed, 1,608. “Post office laws—Convictions, 770; acquit- tals, 92; nolle prossed, 244. “Customs laws—Convictions, 136; tals, 21; nolle prossed, 59. * “Pension laws—Convictions, tals, 17; nolle prossed, 88. “The cases still pending July 1, 1899, were 4,889 for violation of Mternal revenue laws, 155 post office, 112 customs and 196 pen- sions. It will not take long*to show that Com- mander Shaw is indebted to his fancy for his facts. The last annual report of the commissioner of pensions (1890, pages 73) shows that there were during the yean 20 indictments by the federal courts on ac- count of pension frauds and 327 criminal cases pending on account of violation of the pension Jaws. ‘In one city in the south the same report slows that of 129 selected cases investigated 100 were found to be wholly without foundation, and only one case was found li which the papers were honestly executed.. On page 74 of the same report we find that, upon inquiry into the status of 6,500 pensioners in New York city and vicinity, the names of 435 persons who had died or ¢emarried were still carried on the rolls, ai presumably ‘parties not en- Utled were drawing their pensions. Sixty- three widows, Were dropped from the rolls for adulterous Taine re (violation act of August 7, 1882), thirty-three widows were dropped for non-dependence and twen- ty-seven were found to be drawing pen- sions after remarriage, and sixty-nine cases were submitted for criminal prosecu- tion. If that is nat a record of fraud and scme more facts. In Pension commissioner, page 74) there were made by pension ex- aminers 4,764 criminal reports. Though the number of criminal reports made each year since is not stated in the reports of the commissioner of pensions, it is safe to say that during no year have they been icss than four nd. The Crime Record. There were in 1892 147 criminal prosecu- tions and 230 cases for criminal examina- tion. In 1898 145 persons were indicted. In 1894 there’ were 464 indictments for-vio- lation of pension penal laws, and, as stated, 4,764 criminal cases reported. In 1895 there were 598 indictments and 507 cases submit- ted by the pension bureau for criminal Prosecution (see commissi acquit- 109; acquit- great number are one-of-a-kind styles—so you ¢ again—for suclr-values are possible only once in a great while. Wrappers worth up to $2.50) black and colors—French Sateens, trimmed with braid and ruttes—Perca with fosertion and lace, which have deepest wide flonnees—fine Summer La made with rufies and trimmed with Val. laces and ed med with deep flounces, ruffles and braid. Also several 2-piece Suits, ist, which sell at $2.25 and $2.50, as you know. There's the widest ‘possible assortmen: ‘of stylex to I colors, both light and dark, and every size from 32 to 46. They ure all made in the best possible man- ner. ‘The values sell regularly at $1.50, $2 and 0—and choice is offered at. : oe : Wrapper selling that puts all c yer has secured surpassing values in high-grac g. They com; trimmed with satt y ribbon, real wns, beautifully ings—and Batistes, elaborately trim- AISe Seheteentntentntngneeeeitetie deed eetetetetetentete tenable etedetetetattte tee In the second lot have been Included all the der $1.50—and the values are just as remarkable You are given the choice staple colors as navy bine, garnet and black grou trimmed with ruftes ed yokes, Every wrapper is in Separate waist Ining—and ot workmanship. The skirts ar fall cut and perfect fitting. dollar wrappers—offered for. + Mttle details th good ai There are all pending in the law division of You can follow the reports of the pension commissioners back fer twenty years, as 1 have done, and find the pension rolls hon- eycombed with fraud. I do not say ‘it in prejudice to the honest soldier, for whom | have the profoundest respect and admira- tion. I say it to let the demagogue in and out of Congress know to what base uses he has brought, through political legislation and administration, the rolls that contain the names of thousands of splendid and heroic men. Paying political debts with pensions and granting pensions solely upon political influence, as well as lax pension legislation, have made the pension rolls the scoff and scandal of the passersby. But it might be said that the nation dur- ing the thirty-five years since the war has Brown‘less mindful of the deeds of -the old soldier and more carping and critical in the allowance of pensions, hence the greater showing and cry of fraud. The contrary is true. Everybody knows that every year since the war the pension laws have become more and more liberal, and the interpreta- tion of them has grown more liberal, until now every man, woman and child with a shadow of right to a pension can get on the rolls, and thousands of frauds can walk with them through the same open door, and thousands of these frauds are soldiers themselves. ‘Army Frauds. In this army there were thousands of scoundrels. Such meng were afraid to apply for pensions during the first ten years after the war, because they knew their comrades’ memories would be fatal to their claims. They waited till time’s blur had “effaced their records and then they poured in their claims by the thousands, until, as Grover Cleveland said: “Every community has its well-known fraudufent pensioners.” Away back in 1870, when Carl Schurz was Secretary of the Interor and Bentley was commission- er of pensions, both honorable _ so'diers and the soldiers’ friends. I find Mr. Bent- ley writing to Secretary Schurz that our pension system “is an open door to the treasury for the perpetration of fraud.” In the same paper he says that the honest soldier is often defeated in his claim by the death or imperfect recollection of wit- nesses, while the fraudulent claimant can under our pension system easily prove his case. Commissioner Bentley says in his re- port, page 6, that the “pursuit of medical Inquiries in pension cases is little better than a farce.” And yet the same system is still followed. He found that the local ex- amining surgeons were the tools of the sodiers who clamored for more pensions. ny doctors in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, isconsin and New Jersey have ‘told me that they might as well close up their of- fices and leave town as to refuse to sign any of the affidavits that the soldiers bring to them. I have heard many a doc- tor say: “I will sign anything for an old soldier.” In 1879 there were 242,755 pensioners on the rolls. In 1899 there were 991,519 pensioners on the rolls. In 1879 there were found in 500 cases of pensioners previously dropped from the rolls that witnesses had committed perjury, and 94 had com- ‘mitted forgery, and that 386 officers antl 248 comrades had made perjured affidavits. The same report of a republican pension com- missioner, who was also an honorable sol- dier, shows that of the affidavits filed in 500 cases 70 per cent,“ or 3,064 out of 4,397, were red. As the rol has in- creased four-fold since 1879, then of the 43,186 pensioners dropped from the roils last year there were at least 2,000 fraudu- lent, if not criminal, cases, in which were filed (using the same proportion of affidu- vits to cases as appeared in 1879) false af- fidavits of 1,544 officers, 992 comrades, 9,800 civillans, a total of 12,336 cases of perjury and 368 cases of forgery. The Proposed Court of Appeals. Now a word about the preposed court of pension appeals to supplant the present that bureau. | board | ; 1899. of pension Shaw of the G. A. R. heartily in favor of it. I do not believe it. The proposition is not new one, and if the President favered it he would long ago have recommended it. The commissioner of pen- sions does not favor such a court, and h- has the President's absolute confidence and respect. Such a court would be the wors calamity that ever befell the appellant in a pension claim. The present board of pen- sion appeals deci cases in one appeals cor we judges could decide in thre The present board decided 1.012 cases last month, and until recently it took the Circuit Court of the District of Colum- bla more than two years to dispose of 70 cases. and this, too, with six judges at the disposal of the court. The present board consists of experienced examiners in. the jon bureau,- who have shown especi:t! nd capacity in the adjudication of peals. “Commander claims. They are protected by the civil ser- vice laws. and have no partisan bias in de- eiding ca: They have a thorough knowl- edge of pension laws. rulings and decisions, the fruits of years of study and experience, In the place of these men Commander Shaw of the G. A. R. would have a court of pen- which court, if precedents are ‘ould consist of active or broken- down politicians, men who as administra- tions changed would jook at pension cases not through their eyes, but through their likes or prejudices. Before this court would come the 18,4 attorneys who practice be- fore the pension bureau. No man can limit or predict the length of arguments in a single case. And then after a pension case has been argued, first in chambers, then in open court, in severalty and in banque, and the counsel for the appellant had concluded an argument, the learned judges would re- tre and in due time a lengthy decision would be promulgated. During the hear- ing on a case many claimants and at- torneys would want to introduce oral testi- mony, and often the court, to enlighten it- self, would call for oral testimony. If they got along as fast ax the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia used io go about 350 cases a year would be decided, and it would take just 50% years to decide the 20.02 cases that were appealed in 1808 and , CRANDAL MACKEY. Army Orders. Capt. Grin B. Mitcham, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to make not to ex- ceed two visits monthly during March, April and May to the works of E. I. Du Pont, de Nemours & Co., at Wilmington, Del., to the works of the Lafin & Rand Powder Company at Pompton Lakes, N. J. and to the works of Lewis Nixon at South Amboy, N. J., on official business relative to the manufacture of smokeless powder. The assignment of Maj. Oliver E, Wood, commissary of subsistence, U. 8. V., as chief commissary of the division of Cuba has been confirmed. Major W&od will also assume the duties of purchasing commis- sary at Havana, Cuba. First Lieut. Kenneth Morton, ordnance department, has been ordered from Frank- ford arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.. to Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., on official business rela- tive to the inspection of six-inch guns. The following transfers have been made in the Ist Artillery: First Lieut. Thomas W- Winston, from Battery I to Battery G; First Lieut. -William Chamberlaine, from Battery G to Battery 1. Colonel James W. Scully, assistant quar- termaster general, U. 3. A., has’been or- dered from New Orleans, La., to Bezumont and Galveston, Texas, on business rejative to the quartermaster’s department Lieutenant Colonel John V. Furey, deputy quartermaster general. (. S. A., has been ordered from Philadelphia, Pa., to this city for consultation on offictal business with the quartermaster general of the army. First Lieutenant Jere B. Clayton, assist- == = ompetition to rout. e Wrappers—and they go on sale tomorrow to add new luster to our prise a makers’ overproduction and samples—and every- 1 garment is of the highest grade. an readily see the nece ity for prompt choosing. It is an opportunity that cannot be equaled Wrappers worth $1.00. ¢ best quality Print Wrappers ders, and some have fanc in the most careful manner—with nd wide—and every garment Is sizes. = the President ts | A : : : : > § : : 3 z Wrappers worth an- a in the first lot in such Seme are braid- ands. iat show thorough DYE ‘The regular deetestoston So ant surgeon, has been relieved from further duty at Fort Mason, Cal., and ordered to Vancouver barracks, Washington. Acting Assistant surgeons Porter V. Bal- lou at Louisville, Ky.; Frederick D. Branch Bs George W. Ely, Pitts- Samuel Friedman, New York and George H. R. Gosman, ¥. city, Brooklyn, N. Y., have been ordered to Sun Francisco, Cal.. for assignment to duty. Major Edward E. Dravo, commissary of subsistence, U.S. A., has been assigned to duty as chief commissary of the Depart- ment of the Pacific, and eighth army corps, relieving Major Oskaloosa M. Smith, com: iissary of subsistence Colonel Wirt Davis, 3d Cavalry, has been ordered to report to the commanding eral of the Department of the East in due time for assignment to duty with recruits at Fort Slocum, N. ¥., taking passage on the transport Sumner for duty in the Phil- ippines, First Lieutenant Charl Infantry, < W. Castle, 16th has been relieved from duty as aide-de-camp on the siaff of Major General Brooke, and is ordered to report at Fort in time for assignment to tuits to be sent from that post on the transport Sumner to the Philippines Capt. Louis Oestheim, ist Artillery. now at San Francisco, Cal, has been ordered to Fort Scriven. Georgia, to join his battery Capt. Frederic H. Pomro: missary of subsistence, U. ordered from New York city to's co. Cal., for temporary duty, upon t completion of which he will proceed to Ma- nila, P. I., for duty. First Lieut. Adrian S. Fleming, 6th Artil- lery, has been transferred from Battery D to Battery I of that regiment. and has been ordered to proceed to San Francisco, Cal for assignment to duty. Capt. Wm. Stephenson, assistant surgeon, has been detailed as a member of the ex atining board convened at the Army build- ing, New York city, releving Major Ezra Woodruff, surgeon. —_—__s« Naval Orders. ss Lieut C. H. Hayes has been detached from duty on the Pensacola and ordered to duty on the Asiatic station. Naval Cadet G. C. Sweet, to duty as watch and division officer of the Philadet- phia. Assistant Surgeon D. H. Morgan has been erdered home from duty on the Asiatic sta- tion, to await further orders, Passed Assistant. Surgeon W. F. Arnold has been detached from the Pensacola navy yard and ordered to the Norfolk Hospiial Norfolk navy yard, for treatment. Acting Carpenter F. J. Simmonds | has } been detached from the Franklin and or- dered to the navy yard, Portsmouth, 5 for duty in the departtnent of construction and repair. Acting Carpenter W. H. Squires, to duty at the Crescent ship yard, Elizabethport, NJ. : Commander George Cowie has been or- Gered to temporary duty on the Pensacola and then to Manila. " Lievt. P. N. Olmstead from duty at Port- land, Oregon, to the Philadelphia. The orders of Chief Boatswain William Anderson from the New York navy yard to command the Triton, bave been revoked, and Boaiswain A. F. Bengon, commanding [the Sioux at Norfolk, has been ordered to command the Triton at the Washington ravy yard. ! . Suit to Recover 5.000. Hearing was begun today before Justice Bradley apd a jury in @treu!t Court No. 2 of the sult at law to recover damages In the sum of $5,000 instituied by Minnie Washington against the C. J. McCuffin Company. M4 is alleged that the plaintift, eleven years of age, sustained injury the 27th of December, 1807, by falling through an vpening in from of 42; 10ch strew.