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14 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900-44 PAGES, SHEER BRUTE FORCE British Generals Seem to Know No Other Tactics. CRITICISMS OF AN OFFICER Declares the Wounded Were Left to Suffer and Die. -——- OF ONE FIGHT STORY of the Ascoclated Press. LONDON, March 31—The officer with Gen. Buller who so scathingly described the Gisaster at Spfon Kop in Today continues his remarkable series with a denunciation Correspond as bitter as ever fell upon ja gen- eral. This week his article is confined to a general review of the strategy or rather y which preceded the relief and he includes a terribie inst a useless sacrtiice of the gallantry exciied so whose Irish brigade, much admiration in England. “The .”” writes this officer, “has found his way home at last. With his stick he felt his way along the wails and cliffs, tapping, tapping, tapping, as he moved on, turning at the corners, and feel- ing along till at last his stick, missing the wall, slipped into his own doorway. True, indeed, he had a few misfortunes, and was badly wounded by some lampposts, flaming with light. but which to him: poor soul, were all dark. He had been lost for many Gays, and few had kept up hope that he would ever arrive: but now there is rejoi fog on all sid: the moral one: east—will be salved with the healing ointment of public appiause. Relief for Ladysmith. “Yes, Ladysmith has been reHeved at last. We have been blundering along the ne of hills that form that northern bank of the Tugela for many months, attempting to pass it at all sorts of tmpossible places and suffering heavy loss each time. That 4s an accurate desc f the ten weeks’ campaign on the Tu No one knew the ground or took the trouble to learn it. As an example of this sublime indifference, Gen. Buller was not aware that Hlangwani mountain, which commanded the crossing of the Tugela, was on the southern side of the river till he had failed in three different attempts. Yet he lived for weeks within three or four miles of the hill, and at the battle of Colenso his right flank extended beyond ft. As to strategy, there was none, good nor bad. The troops were | along, and when o hill or an in- trenchment appeared in front they were or- dered to take it. Sometimes they failed, sometimes they succeeded; often, when they jed, after terrible loss, the pos to be useless, and was aban- ‘his fs the blind folly in whieh we been engaged. and which, more gh good luck than good management, has eventually succeeded. But had not Lord Roberts’ vietory d y a great of the Boers for th of their untry it would never hav Ladysmith would hav d, the Boers had n to occupy such a long de sition, a one by on strong places fell into sur hands. Buller Orders an Attack. aught Dubdlins » attack d again to- was most nd half the reserve he Dublins. er half ne Irish brigade recrossed nd began uttack. coming severe cre re from the It ts at ‘h terrible t from their pc lopes; they merely acied as r being entirely cu t m entries to ff. Any ness to send ral hill, while and the ntrate id But as he method adopted for its n Worse. General Hart neighboring hill with a ler: he was completely ich with the attack, and could a rest was necessary or when be pressed. the of- y necea- There the ‘ad- and then t it appeared not to him that ‘ding rapidly bugle rang out hi tones. in perempto: Artillery Shelled the Trenches. ‘Our a y meanwhile was shelling the trench at the top of the hill and k down the € S$ fire from that ction, so the advance line got to within a hun- is of wh: seemed to them to be + top, and waited for a mo der cover of the ste n the general’: Ivance,* nt to take men ¢ tw hed complete. one er rise, whic nstituted the As the men ed over the to full up in k secession thi ich their Mausers wer "Th their le to describe. f men, confident and “That grea erect reat wave nearing the in a moment. Th . and th M that remain- ef poor. human be- struggling on the ground in agony gain pe not knowing r doing, and fell, plerc s with » ballets. the muré He with the bservation: the Movement of arm or leg. wi was the di of 4 Wounded man or the in mpt of one of the lucky to get better cover behind a ¥ # shower of bullets, who lay arc yniy hope of life. Fearful. icipate the official return, killed and wounded have Uy stated. but I fear they are I know that out of a hundred charged with the bers men wh two companies sixty fe nd that any escaped was due only to the unevenness of the c certain spots, which partis a nea me the critical moment portions of the line The the Inniskillings was stated to Well over 400 out of Soo mustered that but I believe this to be an ex- aegeratl two companies were left be hind, bout vanced to the at- tack and bly 400 took part in the are left ubout 5 o' te men | haddled to: y fell, covered by Boer move or even to look groans nd cries of the terrible to listen to: some some murmured for w. moved by pit sound man would try to get his wounded neighbor to the rear, but he was shot instantly. What Was felt during those terrible hours I will not attempt to describe. “The hill could not possibly have been taken tll Pieter’s Hill. on the right rear, came Into our possession and till the en- emmy had been driven from the kloof and hill on the left. Moreover, if it had been taken it could not have been held, for the unfortu sound, 1s they to summit was swept by cross fire and enfil- ade. In fact, the Irish briigade was only saved from annihilation or capture by the extraordinary steadiness of the soldiers and because the enemy's guns and a great part of the fire had already been withdrawn. Nor would the position have given us any great tactical advantages. The Boers would still have held the mountains from Grob- ler's kloof and Onderbrook to. Pieter’s Hill, and their lines would have remained un- broken. Saddest Part of the Story. “I come now to the saddest part of the stor: The poor wounded men who had been struck down in that gallant charge remained where they fell not only all Fri- day night, but during all the blazing heat of Saturday, and even Saturday night passed without relief. Not a drop of water in their feverish mouths, no food nor help, but a tropical sun beatfng on thelr heads, Oh, the intolerable agonies that were en- dured. If one heard that such a thing hap- pened in England or Ireland to a horse or a dog one would shiver with pity, but here hundreds of gallant Irishmen, ‘who had fought as no other troops have fought in this war, were left on the battlefield to endure a horrible death. Most of tem, of course, died. One of them, a very sentor officer, whose name, out of pity, I shall not Mention, suffered so terribly that he begged those near him to put him out of pain. He died during the day, for no help came. “I will not attempt to apportion the blame —if blame there may be. General Hart was present till Saturday,-and it seems to me that a flag of truce should have been dis- patched asking for leave to bring in the wounded. The Boers have never yet re- fused such a demand, and- have, indeed, been singularly kind and considerate in ali such cases. There may have been un: Swerable reasons against it, but, anyway, no attempt was made and-an- explanation ought to be demanded. On Sunday an ar- mistice was asked fot -and obtained, but the necessity was now more to bury the dead than to tender aid to the wounded.” —2--+___ PROPOSED CITY OF LINCOLN. Bil Introduced Providing for Retro- cession of Part of Alexandria County. Mr. Morgan has introduced in the House, by request, a bill (H. R. 10552) to pro for restoring to national jurisdiction a r of that portion of the original District of Columbia. which lies south of the Potomac river; for founding a tity to be called the City of Lincoln; and for establishing an in- stitution of learning to be known as V = ington and Lincoin Memorial University. The bill authorizes the acceptance of the cession of a portion of Alexandria county Va., to be known hereafter as Lincoln county, D. C. The Secretary of the In- terfor shall appoint five persons of well- known integrity and of sound business judgment to be land commissioners, to be known as the “land. commission of the county of Lincoln, in the District of Co- Tumbia.”* This commission shall proceed to acquire all the land in the new county, by purcht or through proceedings of expropriatio} the right of eminent domain, to be vest forever in the United States, t for the city of Lincoln’ and for Washington and Lincoln Memorial University Bonds of the United Statés shall be fs in a sum sufficient to the project. ‘The President sh of five direct ington and Lincc apart and re ued wy the expenses of hen appoint a board he Trust of Wash- The board shall set forever a tract of land, the proceeds placed in of the United cd_a commis- |, and sion to be mission of the of the Se the Interior, the Seerstary Agricu the rintendent of the coast detic survey hief of engin army, th ct superintende the Garde graphic Society, the cle of American Artists, the trust of Washington ny : ens of the This commission shall prepare a plan of city to he locs 1 in Lincoln county, to be City of LincoIn. krown as th pers 3 e chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State, the Attorn sneral, the commis- ner of education, secretary of the Smithsonian Insiitu the astre feal naval observa h logical surve tik n of Congress, the director of the N al Almanac, the chief of the steam engineering of the 1p man of the Nati of one hundred, tienal Ac: the Ame: mnent of tional Edu: rclation and twi one other citizens of the United States en: nent for ripe scholarsaip. This commissior hall prepare a plan for th 2 and Lincoln Memorial Universi The bill was referred to the District com- mittee. ut ee BIG FIRMS TO COMBINE. Report of Coalition Retween Carnegie and the Cramps. Sew York World of today sa: gotiations are in progress for a com- bination of the gigantic new CaPnegie Com- pany and the Cramp ship-building eoncern. If the conference now golng on in Atiantic City results in ‘a’ satisfactory arffangement the coalition between these two. great in- rests will soon be anounced. Charles M. Schwab and Henry C. Frick have been respectively at the Brighton and Traymore hotels, in Atlante City, for sev- eral days. It was announced that they a seaside for their health. Mr. Schwab is president of the Carnegie Steel Compan: “Wil m and Samuel Cramp of the Wil- Ham Cramp & Sons’ Ship and Engine Build- ing Com iy of Philadelphi are at the Traymore Hotel. These-four representative men ha’ had frequent meetings. “They have not progressed beyond the point of denying that their talks ha anything to do witha steel and shipbuilding trust. “It is well known to New York steeT men that ever since the Carnegte-Frick differ- ences have been settled the newly formed company has been looking for an offensive and defensive alliance with “Some great shipbuilding concern. The new Carnegie company. with {ts $16),000,000 capital, ady stands at the head. of, the steel-mak- of the great shipbuilding far from seventy yeurs of York steel men say that the re not averse to an arrangement which will permit them» to give up -the ar- dueus labor of managing their gigantic ship yard." . is —+e+—____ INDEP! 2 OF THE EXECUTIVE. Subject of Ex-President Cleveland's Lecture at Princeton, N.J.° ~ Ex-President Cleveland delivered the first of his two addresses at Princeton University last evening. He annouti¢ed as his theme “The Independence of the Ex- ecutive,” saying that he proposed to com- ment upon the office of President of the United States, and upon some incidents of a public nature made familiar to him by the incumbency of that offtce. “In the scheme of our national govern- meni,” said Mr. Cleveland, “the President is pre-eminently the people's officer. The laws passed by Congress are inert and vain without executive impulser’and the federal courts pass upon the right of the citizen only when their ald is occasional- ly invoked; but under the constitutional that the President ‘shall take citizen is constantly within the pro- and restraint gf the executive Furthermore, it is only in the se- ion of the President. that the. body of American people can by any possi- together and directly in the of their national government. the bility act equipment To the wisdom of the men who com the cony on we are indebted for the creation of an executive department, lim- ited against any possible danger of usur- pation of tyranny, but, at the same time, strong and independent within its lMmita- tiens.” Mr. Cleveland then reviewed. the debate in the first session of Congress in 1789, over the power of the President under the Constitution to remove an officer ap- pointed by him by @nd With the advice of the Senate. The outcome of this debate was a legislative construction of the Con- stitution to the effect that the President had the power of removal without the Participation or interference of the Sen- ate, But the question was again raised in 1886, in a sharp contention between the Senate and the President. In order to make clear the nature of this controversy, which he expects to discuss in detall in the second lecture, Mr. Cleveland described the tenure of office act, passed in 186 for the express purpose of preventing r: movals from office by President Johnson, and compared it with the tenure of office legislation, passed in 1869, during Presi- dent Grant's administration. I fully appreciate the fact,” said Mr. Cleveland in closing, ‘that partisanship follows party organization, that it is apt to be unduly developed in all parties, and that it often hampers the best aspirations and purposes of public life, but I hope I have reached a condition when I can re- call such adverse partisanship as may have entered into past conflicts and per- Plexities without misleading irritation or ees on such an occasion as this.” ——__+ e+____ NEED OF SAILORS. Difficulties Experienced in Manning the New Battle Ships. The difficulty in securing a sufficient num- ber of sailors to man the new battle ships and other naval craft which are being turned out by our shipbuilders has led to the renewal in some quarters of the sugges- ton that some of the larger vessels of Ad- miral Watson's squadron be withdrawn from the Philippines to make up the com- plements of the new ships at home. It {s stated at the Navy Department, however, that no action in that direction has been determined upon, and in view of the ex- pected arrival on the Asiatic station within a fortnight of Admirals Remey and Kempff, and the ensuing division of the naval force on the station into two squadrons, it is not contemplated that any change will be made. The Navy Department officials realize that for the purposes for which the navy is now employed in the Philippines smail, light- draft gunboats are more valuable than big battle ships and monitors, with their nu- Merous crews. Still conditions in the east are so unsettled as to make a withdrawal of any portion of the large United States force doubtful at this time, in view of possibility of wholesale demands for pro- tection of American interests from points on the mainland of Asia. It is believed that # consideration of possibilities In this direc- tion has influenced the Navy Department in the disposition of the ships in the east, though it is also possible that Admiral Watson himself has seen fit to give the Necessary orders without instructions from Washington. However that may be, it ha been s0 arranged that an American war- ship will be at hand for some time to come at no less than three points on the main- jand, which will serve as stations of refuge in case they are needed. Thus, at Hong Kong there are now t els, and these are relieved from tlme to time’ by others needing repairs. At Foochow, opposite Formosa, and about half way up the coast of Chin: the Yorktown ill spend some Ume in dry dock. The Castine is under- going repairs further north at Shangha}, and the Wheeling is lying in the mouth of the river at Taku, as sentinel for the northern provinces. ————+-e+___ NATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB. Annual Meeting to Be Held in This City. The National Sctence Club, composed of rept entatives from vartous organizations throughout the country, will hold a busi- ne meeting tomorrow morning, beginning at 9 o'dock, at the Columbian University, the opening of the sixth annual session. The program of the first day includes: Report of general secretary; report of treasurer; report of auxiliary, Waverly, N. ¥ Mary Elmer, president; report of au Chicago, Ill, Miss Elizabeth C. ahmann, president; report of auxiliary, Milwaukee, Wis., Mrs. Cora P. Ferry, sec retary; report of Mrs, Elizabeth G. B chairman section of mo: H. Greatewald, sec srolosry: report of Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt, airman section entomolo report of Miss Cora H. Clarke, chairman section of marine algae; report of Mrs. Sara G. Farwe chairman section of child study. At 1 ‘m. will begin the reading of papers, preceded by an address of the iient, Mrs. W. A, Kellerman, subj Evolution of Sci lism." Other topics will be: of Chicago, by Mr: Whiting, tnd ‘ Frank M ro-Lepidoptera, Kirkwood, Mo.; W. Jackson, read by M Mabelle will be made ck the delegates will be brought to a close exercises) begin with a Meeting at 9 o'clock at the uni- = reading of papers will embrac ture Study as Related to Agriculture, Louise Miller, Detroit, Mich. ullivant Chap- Morrill Smith, Brooklyn: it Loma, gobius Californiens nmann, Bloomington, ot Homely Creature: M. Salazar, Las V tilization of Pollen,’ Benton, Washington, D. C.; “Nature Stud: in Public Schools, Study of Plant Life. Annie Atwater, Waverl: N.Y. nee Culture 2 bott, Washington, “Home Eco- nomics in the Publi Mrs. Eliza G. Ott, Waverly, Mississippi County M. Goodrich, Os “The Light of History on the Philippine Question,” Mrs. Florence Floyd Merriam, Waverly, “Tyranny and Mrs. FL M. Mary M. Harel Explorations in Mrs. Marjorie pr sented by Mrs, ys ‘Training in Speech of Deaf Children Before They Are of School Age,” Miss Mary S. Garrett. At 2 p.m. a meeting will be held at the Ebbitt House. and at 7 p.m. a visit will be paid to the United States naval observa- tory. —_+_—_ Miscellaneous Resolutions. Representative Levy of New York has in- troduced a resolution which, after reciting the statements that thirty officers and men of the army in the Philippines have com- mitted suicide, and that more than 400 are now confined in Insane asylums, and that serious charges have been made against officials In the transport, commissary and quartermaster’s services, calls upon the Secretary of War for information and au- thorizes the Speaker to appoint an investi- gating committee, if the House thinks nec- essary. Representative Naphen of Massachusetts has Introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to s0- called volunteer aids attached to the army in the Philippines. In the House, Representative Levy of New York has offered a resolution request- ing the President to direct the commission- er general of the Paris exposition to render a detailed account of his expenditures amounting to $2)1,985 accounted for by him under the head of ‘miscellaneous expendi-.| tures," and also to direct the commissioner general not to interfere with American ex- hibitors who desire to exhibit on Sunday. —————_e____ Amending Agricultural Bill. In the House yesterday afternoon, after some remarks on political topics by Messrs. Small (N.C.), Gaines (Tenn.), Miers (Ind. Stokes (S.C.), Haugen (Iowa), Robinson (ind.) and Spalding (N.D.), general debate was closed and the agricultural appropria- tion bill was read for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment offered by Mr. Wilson (Idaho) was adopted to provide for the in- vestigation of the best method of extermi- nating the coddling moth, which destroys fruits on the Pacific coast. Another amend- ment, urged by Mr. Stephens (Texas), was adopted to investigate the best method of exterminating the prairie dog. Mr. Latimer ( moved to increase the appropriation for farmers’ bulletins from $85,000 to $105,000. This amendment created @ lively discussion. Without disposing of it, the House at 5 o'clock adjourned. Moved by the Solicitor General. Solicitor General Richards has submitted in the Supreme Court a motion to dismiss the writ of error from the decision of the circuit court of aj is for the second cir- cuit in the case of ex-Capt. Oberlin M. Car- se Mr.. A. J. Rose filed a brief in opposi- ie HORRORS OF THIRST Awful Suffering of British Soldiers on the Firing Line DEPICTED BY A CORRESPONDENT Tommy Atkins Could Only Lie Still and Endure. TO RISE MEANT DEATH ——————>—_—_ Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, Mareh 31.—Everybody remem- bers the famous picture of “Thirst,” which portrays the gaunt, half-starved lion in the midst of the desert, lapping up the few re- maining drops of moisture from an im- poverished pool. A correspondent in the Morning Post tells us that though the British soldier “has thirsted in the thirstiest corners of the globe, he admits the veldt to be a fresh experience. Aden, India, Egypt, the Sou- dan! But here {s something, not hotter, not drier, not dustier, but less endurabie for some reason. It is the army and South At- rica together, no doubt, which is the cause, for men who have lived in Kimberley, Jo- hannesburg, Bloemfontein and Natal are only now, while campaigning, acquiring the experience. The army, with its incessant tramping and the ceaseless fog of dust that hangs about its camps; and to that must be added the compulsory life in the sun—the sun at its hottest and driest hours—the ab- sence of shade, the parching suction of the sand, which is bed, chair and table. “It will be quite curious to live without a water bottle slung about one’s shoulder. One can scarcely remember the day when water was not regarded with reverence and jealous envy when it could be made to run clear, continuous and unvalued by a turn of the finger. Here, where one knows by tired limbs the weight of what one drinks, the thought of water flowing through pipes seems a dream of paradise. And such water! Water through which one could see, which left no mud at the bottom of the mug and did not stain what it was spilt on. One remembers that in England they ana- lyze that kind of water. Why, the water wo drink here is often too thick even to filter. One cannot pump it through a Berkfelt candle, a “At Ramolam there was a big pond—what was left of micisture in the dam. One bathed in it only under the most pressing compulsion of cleanliness. The water was » but the mud was black and nk to the knees if one tried to walk, and eo sat gently, half in mud and half in brown syrup, and thanked God for water. One rose from it with the green leeches hanging about on body Ike bits of seaweed, and with a sprinkling of le: known insects. “Horses looked askance at that pool, but n drank of it greedily, and drank of it, where alone they could reach it, where the horses’ hoofs had churned it Into a blackish green Hquor, thick Vignette From the Battlefield. Here 1s a vignette from the field of bat- tle: “Twenty yards to the left a man is lying pressed flat against the ground. He is very much the ground color, and the occastonal whirls over him have aided the disguise. There are little tufts of withered scrub which help to hide him, though but a few Inches high. The sun has been blazing his back and the sand about him for se hours, and the veldt wavers confusedly the glare of the heat. A pale blue lake of mirage hes formed about the furthest ope and left them like dark islands jn ne “The man on the eft feels gingerly for the tin bottle which lies under his left ¢l- bow, his finge: r its felt cover- Ing, and gives it ; ke. ‘The shake is repeated, and he begins to draw the bottle slowly under him, keeping his body rigidly stiff.” The job is a long one, “¢ the bottle strap catches in hi ts, and he dare not move When he has it at last bene: gins to turn over, as slow! all else. He to free it au him he be- y as he has done lifts his foot a few inches to elf, and the next in Js a spit of dust from the sand beside him not more than an arm's length away. Ho keeps his eyes on the mark the bullet has made, and remains for some moments as it It had turned him ta stone. Then, with a more laburtous patience, he resumes his movement until at last he is on his back and has the botue abave him, Tt holds only- a few hot drops, but he thought he hed drained even them an hour ago, and his tongue fs like a piece of fur in his mouth. He got with a rush to the place he occuples about 8 o'clock in the morning, when @ sudden crac rom the river tn front of him laid the whole ne on Its face, where it has remained, with geastor.al wrigghing forward, ever ‘since. He is on the right ef his company, and alone, for the mam next him, after chaffing at the Boer ishooting for half an hour, began suddenly to whimper, and has been still ever since. “He failed himself to take the bullets humorously, but he grew used to them, till one came between his face and the ground and struck his belt buckle. Then he cursed them and was afraid, till he lost all other feelings in the awful sense of thirst. Knows Action Continues, “He knows the action fs still going on, for he can hear the steady pounding of a battery from the hill behind him, and sud- denly scurries of rifle fire beyond the river to the left. He knows, too, from those hateful spits of dust that the Boer is still behind the bushes in front of him, but the Boer is always behind something, and he is Ured of trying to shoot and being shot at by a man whom he never sees. Besides, it he lifts his rifle the dust begins to jump again, and the rifie barrel is scalding hot, the varnish 1s sizzling on the stock as though it stood before a fire, and to touch it seems to quicken his unbearable thiret. “He tries to guess at the hour as the sun goes over and falls on his left side. He writes words in the sand with his finger and rubs them out; bewSiders an ant, which runs with its bundle of food in front of him; does anything he can to keep from thinking of the maddening drouth within him. What he really thinks of, God knows. ‘T lay there blarsting them Boers so long as I can remember,’ said one who had lost consciousness after eight hours of that Kind of fighting. and his attitude was probably characteristic. But cursing is not cool work, and dries a man already drouthy, while still the crackle of fire comes from the river and death stands before a drink. At last. while there are still some three hours of daylight, the patter of rifles along the dongas on the further bank grows more and more hurried, till it runs into a con- tinuous roll. A last determined, disastrous attempt {s being made to push back the enemy's right. The Seaforths, Cornwalls and Canadians, mixed together, are clam- bering, leaping, blundering forward across the deep intricate channels of the donga beds. “But the man on the other side of the river only knows of what is going forward by the swell and spread of the fire. Five minutes and it has sunk again to the snap, snap of solitary rifles. What has happened? Whose are the bodies in those pits of death? Where is the enemy and where the friend? He has not the least idea. If things have gone well there will be fresh orders probably; but no orders come. Twelve Hours Under Fire. “At 6 o'clock he has been twelve hours under fire; his last meal was a biscuit, fif- teen hours back, when he had fallen in at 8 o'clock in the morning, after marching all the day before. But he is aware neither of weariness nor of hunger in the fever of his thirst. The flesh of his face, stained walnut brown by the sun, has a dry, twist- ed look like the parched stem of a scrub, though all the moisture had been wrung from it. One grows t know that look -out here. His fingers mever leave his water bottle, nor his eyes the green fringe of bush along the -tiver Another hour and the guns about him éease firing, and a new fight seems to be beginning far away on the right. The sun i going down, and he can see nothingsto the left of him but a hot gold glare of dum. “Then out of #f @ man leaps, and makes a dash forwar@etoward the river: There is a sharp ring ef anlerder to stop him, and almost with it the quick stammer of a doz- en shots, and the man swings around and “pitches forwardion Bis back. The battle grows louder om the right, a howitzer bat- tery has come imto action, brownish puffs of lyddite are bursting along the kopje. But the man lging ‘im the scrub pays no unt there heed to it. His arms are spread out flat, his fingers dug into the sand. He is pulling himself slowly forward, his eyes glaring ahead through the scrub. When a bullet strikes near him he stops a moment, but goes on again. So in half an hour he covers about fifty yards. He can see the cool hollow of the river, but there is only brown grass along its banks, and his one chance Hes in a dash. He is on ail fours for a spring; but he gets no further. A rifle has been following the faint trail of dust above him, and he sinks down lump with a bullet through the head. —>+>——_ Vacancies in Lieutenant’s Grade. There ere 115 vacancies in the grade of second lieutenants in the army. There are at least 68 vacancies in the infantry arm, 14 in the artillery and 27 in the cavalry. There are a few more in each arm depend- ing upon the examination for promotions, and, as aleardy stated, there are about 115 vacancies at the present time. In filling these the War Department will be guided by the usual rule of providing first for this year’ graduates of the Military Academy. The non-commissioned officers who pass the customary examination will then be ap- pointed and the remaining vacant places will be reserved for civilians. ———___+e~. AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Today. ‘Thomas J. Owen, Auct., 913 F st. n.w.—Sale of property corner 9th and I sts. n.w., on Tuesday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m. Tomorrow. Thomas J. Owen, Auct., 913 F st. n.w.—Sale of lot on 12th st. Let. Mass. ave. and M st. n.w., op Wednesday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m. Jemes W. Rateliffe, Auct., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. Trustees’ sale of Nos. 637, 639, 641 M4. ave. n.c., on Wednesday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m. Philip Wolker, William B. Ambrose and Arthur A. Birney, trustees. AUCTION SALES. ‘THIS AFTERNOON. THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. Very valuable business and residence corner property to be sold at auction— Situate northwest corner of 9th and I sts. n.w. On TUESDAY, APRIL TENTH, 1900, AT HALF- PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., I will, at the request of all parties toterested, sell at public auction, in front of the premises, part of lot one (1) in square 873, eliuate at southerst corner of sald lot and square, frouting 18 feet on 9th st. by a depth of 45 feet on I st.; improved by a three-story frame store and dwelling, ‘This is very desirable prop: erty, aud should “commend the “attention of in- vestors, ‘Terms will be fully stated at sale. A deposit of $250 required at time of sale. Conveyancing, re- cording and revenue stamps at purchaser's cost. ap2-d&ds_ THOS. J. OWEN, Auctioneer. THIS EVENING. H. K. Fulton’s Auction Sale of Unredeemed Pledges. John Doyle Carmody, Auctioneer. ill sell at public auetion, at the store of H. , 81S {TH ST. N.AV., commencing on . APRIL ‘TH, "3900, AT ‘TEN O'CLOCK A.M., all t 5} Pledges in his store on’ which is due one year's Interest or i nsisting of DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS SEL PN FINE MOUNTINGS, IN BVERY D, SILVER, GOLD- VATCHES, Plain old Chains, Tockets and Medais, Sinds, Cuff Buttons, Cul Searf an Lace Pins, Ear- Bracelets, Old’ Coins, Spectacles, Eyegiagses, Ttevolvers, i aK Has, Canes, usical and Mee! Instruments, roy us articles. Sale to continue and evenings until all lots are sold. g H. K. FULTON, Pawnbroker, JOHN DOYLE CARMODY, Auctioneer. ap3-7t Gun! Plated § Silver and Field and Gpei ods, ¥ Dress and ot mornings AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DA\s. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER. Trustees’ Sale of 3 Brick Houses, Nos. 637-639-641 Maryland Ave. Northeast. paice PARCEL TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY. iF virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, tn Equity Cause No. 40418, we, the und trustees, will offer for WapNeSbay Tie SEEGER Say Oe eae % ay DA A.D. 1900, “AT HALF-PAST FOUR 0°CLOC! P.M. the following described real estate, sltuate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: All of lot eight (S) and the west 22 feet by depth of lot ulne (9), In square eight bundred and sixty-four (S64), together with all the im- provements, rights, et: Terms: One-third cash, balance in one (1) and two (2) years, with interest from the day of sale at © per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. $200 deposit on each bouse required at time of ssie, Terms of sale to be complied with in fifteen days from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the night to resell the property at the risk and cost cf the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resale In’ some Newspaper published iz Washington, D. conveyacing. stamps, etc. at purchaser's PHILIP WALKER, Trastee, Stewart bidg.. 6th and D sts. WILLIAM FE. AMBROSE, Trus 456 La. ave. n. ARTHUR A. BIRNEY, Trustee, Mertz bidg., 11th aud F sts. mhS1-d&ds THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. We Very valuable and desira- ble building lot near As- cension Church, fronting 23 feet.on 12th St. be- tween Mass. Ave. and [i St. N. W., by a depth of 110 teet to 10-foot ailey, to be sold at auction. By order of the American Savings Bavk, J. will nell at public. anction..iu front of the premises, on NESDAY. APRIL ELEVENTH, 1900, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. jot 10, in square 282. This is a very desirabie lot and a beautiful location for a handsome residence. ‘Terms of ewie: One-fourth cash, Ualance in one, two and three years, with interest at 5 per cent ber annum, payable semi-anvually, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or ali cash, at the purchaser's option. A deposit of $200 quired at time of sale. Conveyancing, recording and revenue stamps at purchaser's cost. THOS. J. OWPN, Auctioneer. By order of the American Savings Bank. apt-déeds — FUTURE DAYS. CHANCERY SALB'BY AUCTION OF 16 ADJOIN- ING UNIMPROVED LOTS AT SOUTHWEST GGBNER OF 22D AND N STREETS NORTH- 26,545 SQUARE PEEP OF GROUND. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court. passed in the cause of Levi Woodbury ys. George R. Sheriff et al., No. 18931 in equity, we will offer for sale at public auction in frout of the premises, on TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-FOURTH APRIL, 1900, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P eral lots of ground and prenitses, situate and lying in the city of Washington, District of Columbia kuown as and being the sixteen lots numbered oi Fecutively from 29 to 44. inclusive, in Walter D. Davidge's subdivision of square 50, having a total frontage of 234 feet, more or less, on the west side of 224 street west, and 109 feet, more or leas. on the suuth side of N street north; with the appur- tenances thereto belonging. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be pad in cash on the day of sale or within Sf teen dave thereafter, and the residue in two equal DPasments in one and two sears, bearing interest from the dey of sale at the rate of six per centum ber annum, payable semi-annually. sented ty the purchaser's promissory notes, or all cash. al the option of the purchaser. Terms to be complied with within fifteen days from the day of ssa d all conveyancing, recording and revenue 8 At Purchuser's cost. $100 depusit on ac. ce of exch bid. JOSEPH J. DARLINGTON, 430 Sth st. baw. JAMES S$. EDWARDS, 500 Bth st. nw. ‘Trustees. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioneers. aplu-d&ds tw be repre- FUTURE DAYS. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEEI EXPCUTORS' SALE, TO CLOSE AN ESTAT ae eee STORY BRICK RESID T. 1407 G ST. By Virtue of the authority vested in us ag execn- tora, we will sell at public aucth premises, on MONDAY, THE SI APRI vay square Aepth of 71 feet G inches, und improvements, con- sisting of three-story brick residence O21 19th st., adjoining the comer of G +t., containing 11 rooms, plumbing, hot-water heating and every convenience. Terms easy and made known at time of sale. $150 required at th PAIK ENSHAW, STUS P. CRENSHAW, Exec! Two DER eeaaas ‘TWO-STORY DWELLINGS, 1804 AND_ 1S OXti Steet NORTHWEST. “A GOOD OF PORTUNITY TO BUY A SMALL HOME. ‘The undersigned will, on TUESDAY, THE SI ENTEENTA DAY OF' APIUL, 1900, AT TAT PAST FOUR O'OLOCK P.M.. in front of the premises, offer for sale at public auction house 1820 Sixth street northwest, with the lot on which it is situated, it being part of lot 40, in square 441, and {mmediately thereafter will offer for sale hone 1804 and the lot on which it is situated, being a part of lot 51, in sald square 441. rms of sule: Oné-third of purchase money in cash, of whicn $160 wil be required as a deposit at tiine of sale, on each house; halance of purchase money to be pald in two equal installments in one and two sears ufter date, with interest, or all at option of purchaser. Saale MERANK T. BROWNING, apl0-d&ds 422 Firth st. now, JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER. TRUSTEE’S SALE OF THREE VACANT LOTS IN BRIGHTWOOD PARK, By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated No- vember 3, 1892, and duly recorded in Liber No. 1745, folio 204 et seq., of the lund records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the arty secured thereby, the undersigned, surviving rustee, will sell, at public auction, om the prem- ises, on TUESDAY, THE TE: Ht DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1000, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M the following described land and premises, situated In the couvty of Washington, District of Columbia, and designated as and being lots numbered three (3), twelve (12) and thirteen (23), in block numbered twenty-four (24), in Bright. a Park, x8 per plat recorded tn Book County page 100, of the records of the surveyors office of the District of Columbia. ‘Terms of sal . or one-third cash and the bal- ance in one aud two years. A deposit of one bun- dred ($100.00) dollars on each lot will be required of the purchaser at the time of sale. AN) con- veyaneing, recording, reveuue stamps and notarial fees at the cost of the purchneer. ‘Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen days from date of sale, otherwise the trustee reserves the rigbt to resell aid erty at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. WM. W. HERRON, mb30d&ds Surviving Trustee. ES THE AROVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1900, at the same hour and place, ‘M. W.! HERRON apl0-d&ds Surviving Truste THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. PEREMPTORY SALE OF TWO-STORY DWELLING, NO. 212 G ST. S.W. ON THURSDAY, APIUL TWELFTH, 1900, AT HALP-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., T will, at the FRAMB nest the ov.ner, sell. e auction, in pt of the the t front on @ st. of lot 14 ins DS of 122 feet toa 30-foot paved ailey, with ihe improvements thereon. ‘Terms: One-tuird cash, balance in one year, with Interest, secured by deed of trust o: f sold, or all cash, at the purchaser's option porit of $100 required at time of sale. Conveyane- Tne, recording und revenue amps at purchase! cost. THUS. J. OWEN, Auctioneer. apT-bt DUNCANSON BRO: RS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF THREE THREESTORY BRICK DWELLINGS, NOS. 633, 635 AND 637 FOURTH STREET NORTHEAST, WASHING- ‘TON, D.C. By virtue of three decds of trust, each dated March 20, A.D. 1896, and recorded, respectively, In Liber No. 2103, at folios 886 et seq., 391 et seq. and 396 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the, holder of the notes secured thereby. we shall, ublic auc- tion, on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 1900, AT FIVE P.M., eell the “following parcels of land, situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Lots numbered twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty- nine, in John C. Davidson et a! subdivision of Jots ‘in square eight hundred end ten. as recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District afore- eaid in Liber 18, folio 14, together with the im- Each parcel to be sold separate- ly; one-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, balance in two payments of equal amounts, to be represented by notes, be: interest at 6% mi-annually, a de- per annum, payable sei and secured upon the sold, or all cash, at purchaser's option. $100 deposit at time of tale on each parcel ‘sold. All conveyancing and revenue stam} St purchaser's a to be complied with in sale. peste api GEORGE E. EMMONS, EUGENE CARUSI, ap7-s.tu,th ‘Trustees. THOS. DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE. By virtue of power contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Francis W. Baker to the under- trustees, bearing date the 24th day of May, 1690, recorded in Liber 2415, folic 163 et seq., the undersigned will sell, before said premises, lot “BY tn Jones’ subdivision, square 342, on the SEV- ENTHENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1900, AT THE HOUR OF -HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. ‘Terms of saie: Cash. Purchaser to pay for reve- ‘gue stamps nd all = ae apb-déds SOBN A SAUL _ JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIC ~ TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, NO. 1104 9TH STREET N. W By wirtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of Ne. 2060 he uodersened Weatted! Gf a ote sale. by public auction, in front of the premiser, RIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRI 1900, AT HA! -D. PAST FOUR O°CLOCK P.M., the following described reul estate, situa Mn the elty of Washington, in the District of Co- lumbfa, to wit: Part of’ original lot numbered ope (i), An quar’ numbered three hundred and sixty-nibe (369), together with ull the improve- ments, rights, ete. Terms: One-third cash, the balance in one and two years, with interest from the day of sale at six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, secured by deed of trast on the property sold, oF all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $200, required upon acceptance of id. If the terms of sale are not complied with in fifteen days from the day of sale the tmstee reserves the right to resell the property at the risk and erst of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resale in some newspaper published in Wasbington, D.C. All conveyancing, stamps, etc., at the purchaser's cost. JULIUS A. MAEDEL, Trustee, apl0-d&ds Columbian Law building. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. " SALB OF A VALUABLE THREE- STORY BRICK DWELLING, WITH SIDE Lot, BHING PREM): . 40) MAPLE AVE., LE DROIT PARK. By virtue of a certain deed of + dated April 27, 1894, and duly recorded in Liter No. 1922, folio 166 et seq.. one of the laud records of the Distriet of Columbia, and at the request of the partles secured thereby, we will sell. at public auction, in front of the premises, on TUESDAY, APRIL SEY- ENTEENTH, 1900, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, the following described lend and mises ituate und lying fn the county of Washington, rict of Cu- Tumbia, namely: Part lot numbered twelve (12). tn block bumbered four (4), in A. L. Barber & Com- pany’s subdivision of certain tracts of land, now Known a3 “Le Dratt Park: ax per plat recoded tn Liber Governor Shepherd, folio 15, of the records of the Office of the surveyor of the District of Co- lumbia, and contained within the following metes aod bounds, namely: Heginning at the southwest corner of said lot, and running thence east on Maple avenus fifty (50) feet to the southeast cor. x of suid Jot; thence north one hundred (luv) feet; thence West fifty GO) fect, and thence south one bundred (100) feet to the place of beginning, to- gether with improvements, consisting of a three- Story brick “dwelling,-with fine side lot. ‘Terms: Que-third cash, balance in one and two years, With Interest at 6% per annum, payable seinl-annually, and secured by deed of trust on the property, or all cush, at the purchaser’s option. A Auposit of $250 will be required at time’ of ‘sale. A cOnVEYADGRE, recording, ievenue stamps, no- terial fees, etc., af purchaser's cost. If terms of sale are not complied with in ten days from the day of Bale, ihe trustees: reserve the right to re- advertise and resell the property at the risk and cust of the defuulting: purchaser, after due notice published in some Washingt a AAS. ©. GLO" PRANK “‘T, RAWLINGS, ‘Trustees. JAMES W. RAT TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED LOTS IN “WHITEHAVEN,” NEAR THE CON. DUIT ROAD. By virtue of a certain deed of st, dated April 20, 1891, und recorded in Liber 1615,’ at folio 196 ef seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia. and at the request of the holder of the Rote secured thereby, the undersigned, trustecs, will sell, at public au in front of the prem: H DAY OF APIIL, 1909, FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the ises, on ‘the SIXTEE: COMMENCING AT following described pieces or parcels of real estate, in the: counts of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Lots one (1), two (2), three (3). sitdate feur (4), tive (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (Sy. twelve (12), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), fifteen 5), sixteen (IU), seventeen (17), eighteen (1S), nineteen (19), twenty (20) ard twenty-one (21), Io block 8, in the subdivision made by Jacob P. Clark vend Edward B. Cottrell, trustees, of lot three (3) and part of lot two (2), in “Whitehaven,” for the Palisades of the -Potomac Lend linprovement Com- pay, said subdivision recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia in Book County No. 7, pxge 93. ‘Terms of sels: One-third of purchase money in ces, balance in two equal installments, in one and two years, after date of sele. with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi- annually, until paid, secured by deed of trust on the property or ait-eash, at the option of the yurchaser or purchasers. A deposit of $100 on each jot will be required at the time of sale. All con- Fevancing, recording. and revenue stamps to be at purchaser's cost. ‘Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen days from the day of sale, or the trustees will resell at the risk and cost of the defaulting purcbaser or purchusers, after five days’ previous advertisement of such resale in some newspaper of general circulation printed and plished in the city of Washington, District of olumbia. ~~ WILLIAM W. AYRES, Trustee, WILLIAM BE! LEWIS. Trustee. ‘Hutchins building. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF HOUSES NOS. 1416, 1420 . AND 1432 CORCORAN STREET N.W., EACH ‘THRED STORIES. NINE ROOMS, BATHS AND ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. By virtue of certain-deeds of trust, recorded in Liber No. 2347, at folio 359; Liber 2280, folio 140, and Liber 2391, folio 28 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, we shall sell, in front of the ramlece: on TUESDAY, THE SEVEN- ToENTH AY OF APRIL, A.D! 1900, AT SIX O'CLOCK PA. lots thirty-eight’ (38), forty-four (44) and forty-six 146);all in equare two hundred and eight (208), together with the improvements Terms of sale: Qne-thinl cash, balance in one and two years, with- interest at ‘six per cent per annum, payable sem!-annually. $100 on each house and lot required at time of sale, and the allowed ten days from date of sale to complete the or % Durchase OF PUFSNAPFARLES F. BENJAMIN VILLIAM H. DUNCANSO! - mb28-d&ds THOMAS DOWLING & 00, AUCTIONEERS TRUSTEES’ SALE OF HOUSE A¥D PREMISES, KNOWN AS Ni 1719 3. - oe BIGHT STREET Ry virtue of a certain decree of the Supreme Aa of Sep Rion of Columbia, parsed on the 2 tot A.D. 1898, In a cause wherein Helen Dougiass and Lewis aes. giminis- trators. are complainants, and William Miles et al, are defendant, Own as ulty Ceuse No. 1MON0. the unders: trustees. will, on MONDAY, THE TWENTY-THIND Day OF Abul A. Ine, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. in front of the premises, sell, at public anetien, sl! chat cer- tain plece or reel of land. situate in the city of Washington, District of Col bt being part of lot numbered four (4), Im equare num be four bendred and nineteen ( }, as said part of lot is more particularly deseribed in said de- cree, together with the improvements thereett. con- sisting of a two-story brick dwelling, known as No 1718 street northwest Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash. balance in equal installments. at one and two years from the day of sxle, secured by the promissory notes of the purchaser. bearing — interest. and a deed of trust en the property sold, or all cash, at purchaser's eption. Sele {> be closed within fifteen days from day of sale, other- Wise the trustees reserve the right to resell at and risk of defaulting purchaser. A deposit $100 required at time of sale. Gomveyancing and revenue stamps at pi sere cost BENJAMIN FP. LERGHTON, Trustee, wMce 416 Sth etreet now. INO. RIDOUT, Trast apl0-d&ds Office Sd D atreet now. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUGTIONEER. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF HOUS® AND PREMISES es KNOWN = NO. 1322 B 8T. NE iy virtue of a decree of the Sapreme Court of the District of Columbia. pamed om the Ith day of November, A.D. 1849, in a crose wherein Helen Douglase ‘and Lewis H. Dengiam, adinors.. are complainants, and BL Fleteber et al. are de- fer s, known as Equity Cause Ko. 19.979, the undersigned trustees will, en THURSDAY. THE NUNETEENTH DAY OF “APRIL, 4.D. Iso, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, tn frout of the Premises, sell at public auetion All that certain jece or parcel of land, situate im the city of Washington, District of Gulumbla, known ag avd being lot numbered twentr-tre G8). in WB. ‘Todd's eubdivimion of lots in square mnmbered ten hundred and thirty-three (108%), as sail subdivision is recorded in the office of the surverer of the Dis- trict of Columbia, In Book W. F., page 151, to gether with the improvements theresa, consis! i of a 2-story dwelling house, Kuewm as number 1 B street ne. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase mou shall be peid in cash; balamee im eqnai inetall- ments at one and two Sears fram the day of ral secured by the promissory motes ef the purchaser. Dearing legal interest, and a @eed of trust on the roperty gold, or all’ cash, at purekaser's option. fe to be closed within fifteen days from the aay of sale, otherwise ‘he trustees reserve the right to Tesell At the cost and risk of defamiting pu: A deposit of $100 required at time ef sale. ¢ Yerancing, revenue stamps and reeed@ing at pot chaser's cost. BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTON, ‘Truster, Office. 416 Bth et. nw. W. MOSBY WILLZAMS, Trost Bre Office, 1421 F st nw. CHANCER VALUABLE PROPERTY IMPROVED AND UNIMFROVED, ON Fins? STREET SOUTHESST BETWEEN D AND B Under und by virtue of ® decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed the > day of March, A. D. 1900, in equity canse No, 20,727, wherein 3 y EB. Atkinson et al. are come plainants and Pb B. Over ct al. are defende unts, We, the undersigned trustees, will sell, at ublic auction, in fount of the premises, on WED. AESDAY, APRUL EIGHTEMATH, &.D. 1900, AT FI CLOCK PM. all thore pieces or parcels of lend situate in the city of Wassiagton, in the Diss trict of Columbia, and known and distinguished a& and being the uorth ten feet of lot mmbered and the sonth thirty-two feet, being the south halt of lot mimbered nine, in square Bombered scren hundred snd thirty-four, the north twerty-rwo feet of the whole being improved by a substantial two. pence k dwelling nase, known as No. 424 Ist Sireet sc. The y ty will be sold either in two parcels or asa whole ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the to be paid In cash, and the residue rehase money im equal tnecall- ments in one and two years from the day or sale, with interest thereon at 6 per cent per anoam until pald; the d te be represen’ the purchaser or pu st vpon the peoperty sold, oF of the purehaser or par- mit of $200 will be required for the 1 and $100 for the untmproved, or time of gale. All con~ d recerding to be at " purckasers. If terms with in 15 days from day ve the right to resell the i risk of the detaniting pur The above properiy ti I incumtrances, and t C. CALLAGHAN, Trastee. 458 Louisiana avenue, CHARLES F. WILSON, ‘Truster, 456 Louisiana ave WALTER B. WILLIAMS & ©0., Auctioncer d&ds JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONE TRUSTE! 208 SALE OF HOUSE. STARLE AT AVALON HitiGHTS By virtue of a deed of trust recorded tn No. 2346, folin 110 et seq. ewe ef the land rec- ords of the Distriet of Columbia, and at the re- gneet In writing of the smsuctation secured the we the undersigued toustoos will sell at pi AND Lor Liber ction, fi gtont of the. premises, AY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY RIL, 1800, AT HALF-PAST FOUR OvCLocK . the following deseribed estat in the county of Waxbiveten, Dietrict Mia, to wit: AM of lot numbered wip block numbered six (G). of Avaiou Heights, as per plat thereof recorded in county subdivision book 7. page 78, of the surveyor'a office of the District of Columbia, togeiber “with the Improvements, ways, casements, rights, privileges sod appur- tenatices to the save belenging or in any wise appertaining. Terns of sale: One-thind of the purchase my in cash and the balance In two equal pa in one and two years, to. be secured by trust on the property wold, or all cash, at the option of the purcheser. 4 deposit of $100 re- quired at time of sale. All comveyancing, reve- nue stamps and recording st purchaser's cost. The terms cf sale to be complied with within fifteen days from day of sale, or trustees reserve the right to resell at rie and cost of defaulting pnr- chuser, after five days” previous advertisemem of such resale. E. J. BOND, JAS. EK PADGETT, Trustees. W. RATCIIPFE, AUCTIONEER. BL a A COMFORTABLE at TUATED « Ow WEST OF THE AQUEDUCT BRID By virtue of a deed of trust, dat October 8, 1527, follo 27 et seq.. we, the ‘undersigned Uusters. at the written request of the party secured. will offer for sale, at public auction, In front of the premises, on THURSDAY, APRIL TWELFTH, lie), AT HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. taining 5.815% equar + aud more particularly described by Meivs and Voumds im seid deed of trust Terms eas: $100.00 on aece, plied with wit stamps, &e., at pur 1890, recorded in Lil , AUCTIONEERS, 1407 6 ST. s OF SIX BRICK HOUSES, NUMBERED 26, 3S, 20, 32, 34 AND 36 NTH STREET NORTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, recorded in Liber 2461, follo 5X ct teq., of the land records for the District of Columbta, apd at the request of the parties secured Viershs. tte, undersigned, trustees, will offer, at public ancts front of ‘the prem: ives, on THURSDAY, THE TWRLETH DAY OF APRIL, 1900, s¢ HALI-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the folic of Wasbingto All of or! nz real estate, situate in the city . DP C., to wit: nd part of original lot 18, 5, being improved by six two-stor lings, Nos. 25, 28. 30, 32,34 and 86 18th street northe: aser. balance im one and two date of sale at 6 per by dved of trust on prop- at the option of purchaser. Youse required at the time of 3 ° mot complied with in ten days from day the trustecs reserve the right io resell the property, at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. after five days’ adver- tisement of such resale. Ail conveyancing, stamps, &e., at purchaser's cost HYLAND. mb3i-dts DUNGANSON “TRUSTEE: OS. ww. By virtue ox a deed of trust, duly recorded among the land records of the District of Columbia io Liber 139) follo 364 et seq., I will, at the request of the bolder of the umtes recured’ thereby, tell at public auction, in front of the premises, gibning at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. ON MONDaY, THE SIXTBENTH DAY OB. APRIL, 1900, the fol” loniug described property sittate ‘in the city of Washington, forwerly known te Georgetown, all tase certain pieces or parce!s of land, to ‘wit: Lats one hundred and cighty-three (183),” one hun- Gred und eighty-four (134), one hum@red aué cighty- five (1S5), one hundred nd eighty-six (1S0)" uae Lundred and eighty- rep (187). ene hundred and eighty-elzht (18S), ope huntred and eighty-nine (189), ove bunéred and oinety 1180), one bimdred and ninety-one (191i, one Pundred aud ninety-two C42), one hundred and ninety-three (193), one hu dred ‘aud uinety-four 194), one huadred and ninety- five (195), one hundred and mimety-six (1¥6) and one hundred and nincty-soven (7). of Martha Parsons and Hettle Anse Key's sabdivisien of orizinal lots one hundred and seventy-five (175), and cast weven- teen and one balf (17%) feet of’ original lot one Lerdred end seventy-four (74). in square eighty four (84). as recorded in tue affiec of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, in Book A. RS. Georgetown, D. C.. page 180. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, and the balance tm one, two and threc yur, represented by notes of the purchaser, bearing 5 per cent interest, payable semi-annarily, and secured by a deed of trust y told, or all cash, at the option of a deposit of fifty dollars required sale on each Jot sold. All conveyancing, recording and tevenne stamps at the cost of the rehaver. Tern of scle to be complied with with- ten days from day of sale, otherwise the trus- tee reserves the right to reseli the property at the risk and cost of the defonlting purebaser, after at least five days’ advertisement of such ia seine newspaper published in the city of Washing. ton, D.C. JOHN E. BEALL, JOBN F. LARNER, ‘Trustee. Attorney for bolder of notes, aps-d&de