Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1900, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900-14 PAGES. Loose Covers There’s the reason we would impress upon you for your com- ing here for the loose furniture covers. Not alone the quality of fabric and workmanship—not alone the promptness with which we carry out the’order—but the way the work is done. The slip covers vou would have us make for you will be made to fit. ‘ Shall we have your order for the perfect-fitting covers? A z card to us and we will measure. cS Bamboo Corner Chairs. Here are three dozen handsome Bamboo Corner Chairs—strongly amd well made, and an excellent piece for warm weather use. Worth a place in any home, and worth dou- ble what we have priced them— $1.04. Bamboo Window Seats, $3.30. Bamboo Corner Chairs, $1.40. We clean and renew the lace curtains properly. PEEEEEEREEEEEEPEE Storage Warehouse, 22d and M Sts. BE EE EE ERE ETAT EEE EEE EEE EEE f E: i “Hecht’s Greater Stores,” | 513-515 Seventh Street. | Silk waist sale on today. g of high-grade, exclusive waists, ave seen selling in our at $8, $10 and $12, for $4.98 braces waists of the finest quality of taffeta silk in 1 every stylish shade, as well as of handsome white There are in the lot as many as two dozen dis- 1) white a uchesse. satin ‘ tinet styles, embracing the new and fashionable hemstitched waists and tucked waists: with the new high collars; the new cuff; many |} ith the new silk tics with fringe. . Because these are the very highest grade of silk waists—the best || made garments to be had—and because their counterparts may be seen selling in other large stores for $8, $10 and $12, and even || more; the offering of them at $4.98 is really a most extraordinary || ning, and can safely say that no equal offering has even been z i | Not one store in ten having the good fortune to get these || || waists for so little would sell them so early in the season for $4.98, but would put them in regular stock at regular prices. Do you not admire the progressiveness of this store for offering them for so i little? You will agree with us when you see them. $4.98 instead of $8, $10 and $12. $12.50 instead of $20 & $25 | for ladies’ “sample” suits. | When a maker finishes his season, he sells his sample garments | from which he took orders for what he can get for them. That is we come to get this lot of ladies’ suits, about 150 in number, to for St Ei hese are the highest-grade ready-to-wear suits - are absolutely perfect—not soiled or begrimed. ¢ the prettiest of homespuns, Venetians, broadcloths, pebble || viots and cheviot serges in biack and colors. They are in all —fiv-front, reefer, “E and tight fitting; all the skirts have , box pleat backs ts of all are silk lined and with || handsomest taffeta or satin; and some of these suits are entirely k lined. Immense bargains at $12.50. to be had. They em- 50c instead of 89c. for all-wool henrietta.| ° Ht For handsome spring and summer dresses, noth- | i n cool henriettas. 15 pieces of yard and one-quarter | wide all-wool henriettas in such shades as castor, cardinal, pearl, | cream, garnet. old rose, new blue and black, to go on sale tomor- row at 59c. yard instead of 89c. | t yard for “taffetalines.” 37%4c. for all-silk 20-inch “taffetalines,” in violet, ise, old rose, gray, national, cardinal heavy quality and rich lustrous finish; advertised y as taffeta silks. | light blue, and b! by m Purchases ‘‘charged’’ when desired. | Hecht & Company, 513-515 Seventh Street. WE CLEAN © It to} WHY GO HUMPING ARO WITH A LAME BACK When you can get instant rellef in a 10c. box of Ix PILLS \ 10 CENTS. POSITIVELY GUARAN’ ‘The best Kidney preparation on earth, and a I CENT BOX contains nearly as much as = sell for 50 cents. All druggiate, "UCP &8 others sell FLIES |At 15e. Ps }per gal. Tin Cape, ete. E. B. Warren & Co., a sant pactrnems xp wuousatens, | A Blood Tonic. That's what EVANS’ FERRI PEPTO MAN. GAN tonic for the bload—to drive out Se ea tonle, Lor the Blood—to drive ‘out ~und make the bl e rich and red. Only 4 * nalt pints ae eae 7 If your system is “all run an ft up with OUR EMULSION of God Tver one It es flesh and bh in ideal food and for thin people. 50c. pint bottle, ony Wool ns’ Drug Store, Wms Sweaters oro 4 4 F STREET. saeibe: Wer = g Striped Jerseys! // / we're selling (dC, $5] 00 an D F St. i (or Gas) Tar, Onts Nt, Japan Black Creosote | Disinfectant Oi, | Slog fo are coming, : ne superior Rereneny Best Window Screen to orders SL All kinds of stock Sereens trom 5¢, UP Josiah R. Bailey, 820 7th. BAILEY $1 SAW-WARRANTED. now. Fine $2 Sax- apl4-16d Speetal sale of $1.00 Glasses. All Rintlesy $2 und §3 Glasses for $1.00. Solid Gold Glass $8.00. for 3 days only C. Auerbach, 7 & H. Gold-BNled Hook, Cord Domestic Sewing Machines. Tel. 772. pep aplétt a aa ma apli-28:*-10 ALONG THE RIVER’ FRONT|Spring-Time Delusions (3 SCHOONER SAID TO HAVE CASE OF SMALLPOX ABOARD. Spring Work at Fish Station Under Way—Revenue Cutter Re- be turns From Cruise. —_+—_ The schooner Earl Biscoe, Capt. Gas- kins, with a case of smallpox on board, is reported to be coming up the river on her way to this city from Nomini, and the har- bor police boat Vigilant is down the river looking for her with Dr. Walsh of the health office aboard. According to the re- ports which have reached Harbormaster Sutton the Biscoe had been lying in Nomi- ni creek and one of the crew was taken Ill with the disease. He was sent ashore, but the people fn that neighborhood became frightened and compelled the captain to take him on the vessel again. The boat then started for this city and the facts were brought to Commodore Sutton’s attention, who notified the health office. The thorough overhauling of woodwork and machinery which the steamer Kent has received since she was purchased by Capt. E, S. Randall from the Baltimore and At- lantic Railway Company of Baltimore last fall puts her in fine order for freight and excursion work. She has just come from under the hands of the carpenters and ma- chinists and will this week take the place of the steamer Harry Randa!l upon the route to Chapel Point, Colonial Beach, Nomini and river points. The Randall will in a few days leave for Baltimore to have her boiler retubed and have considerable work done on her iron hull. She will be off her route for about two weeks. Fish Station to Open. The United States fish commission will open the station at Bryan's Point, near Fort Washington, this week, and the work of taking spawn will be begun at once and continued until the end of the fishing sea- son. Superintendent Herron has had a force of hands at the station for several weeks arranging the preliminary work. ‘The steam launch Lovie Randall has been chartered by the commission and was taken in charge this morning. She and the launch Blue Wing will be the steamers of the Bry- an’s Point station this summer. The schooner Sidonia Curley, Capt. Cur- which arrived here from Norfolk with rgo of 326,000 bundles of shingles for andria and 151.500 bundles for Thos. has finished dis- red today for ley Ale: R. Riley & Co. of this city, charging her cargo and cle Norfolk under charter to reload lumber to this port. Capt. Curley hopes to be back in port again with another cargo in about two weeks. The Curley was the on! schooner of any size in port, and her cl leave ance ing v The big s the harbor bare of large sucker dredge Potomac, which has been working on the imy ment above the Long bridge, libeled, in the suit of J. B. Ma others, — for ppl furnished, amounting to $2,751 lying at the charge of the United S ing a settlement of the claims. During her enforced Idleness those in © her are giving her pumping machinery ough overhauling, and ft is understood that when the repairs are completed and the suit settled she will be taken to Bos- ton for work there. Revenue Cutter Back at Wharf. The United States revenue cutter Win- dom is in port from a cruise around Ches apeake bay and Potomac river. She is now lying at the Kennebec wharf of the Amer lean Ice Company, and will remain in port for several days. Since Saturday about 400.000 herring and 5,000 shad have arrived at the fish wharf. Herring were selling this morning at from $1.50 to $2 per thousand; roe shad brought from $12 to $15 per hundred, while bucks brought $6 to $&. Since Saturday about ysters have reached port in_ the mith, Fannie Shepherd, Roy Oliver, p and E. P. Evans. i time In a number of years sturgeon have been caught off Alexand in shad nets. Three were caught in one drift a few days ago by an Alexandria fish- erman, ete., The dredge is now vde Line wharf, in ates marshal, pend- 1,600 bush Goes Into Commission. The War Department steam launch Plea anton went into commission yesterday, tak- ing a number of army officials to Fort Washington on an inspection tour. The tug Jos, O. Carter underwent her annual inspection at the American Ice Company's wharf Saturday last. At the last meeting ef Washington Har- bor resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Capt. John H. Cooper, United States steamboat inspector for this district, who died tn Baltimore last weck, were od Tho United States lighthouse terder Jes amine, Capt. Wyatt, is in port with sup- plies for the rebuilding of the lighthouse at Jones’ Point, below Alcxandria, This station has long needed an overhauling, and the lighthouse authorities have now a force of carpenters and builders at work upon it putting it in thorough order. It is expect- ed It will take ten days cr two weeks to complete the work. The Norfolk and Washington line steamer Washington is in the dry dock at Newport pi News, having a number of bent plates In her stern straightened out. bent The plates were mer falling against the t Old Point in a heavy blow some ago. M. Goskins, keeper of bar light, on the Maryland side of the river, te Colonial been trans- ed to Laural Point ght in North Caro- Cobb Point ‘apt. James Geoghegan, who last summer was in command of the Weems’ line steam- er Sue, between this potnt and Baltimore, is now in command of the Baltimore ice bout Latrobe, which is used by the Bal- timore authorities to give the poor children of that city, outings during the summer months, —_.+___ ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY. Cemetery Association Blects Officers— General and Personal. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., April 15, 1900, At the annual meeting of the Ladics’ Union Cemetery Association of this town the following officers were chosen for one year: President, Mrs. Rebecca T. Viers; vice president, Mrs. James B. Henderson; secretary and treasurer, Miss Emma B. Holland; assistant secretary, Mrs. W. W. Welsh; chaplain, Mrs. M. A. C. Nelson. ‘The association will observe Memorial day with fitting exercises at the Rockville ceme- tery, and committees of arrangements will soon be appointed. Rev. Dr. Smeede, for a number of years past rector of the Episcopal Church at Linden, this county, has resigned and has removed to Washington. It 1s understood that Dr. Smeede, who 1s quite feeble, will no longer engage in active ministerial work. Mr. Andrew Baughman, an aged citizen of this county, died recently at his home near Hunting Hill, aged elghty-eight years, He fs survived by four sons. Misses Mary Brewer and Effie Barnesley, both of this vicinity, have been awarded scholarships in the Rockville Academy. Mrs. Irene V. A. Viett of this town has pruchased from Mr. Spencer C. Jones a house and lot, known as the Ansley proper- ty, on the main street of Rockvill2, for $1,400, Miss Lottfe Hawkins and Mr. Clinton K. Stanley, both of Damascus district, this county, were recently married at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. Mr. Marsh of the Methodist Church. The pretty weather of today caused a large number of persons to patronize the Washington and Rockville electric railway, In the afternoon the streets of Rockville were lively with peopl> who made the trip out from Washington. Mr. George A. Cushman, a native of this county, but for many years a resident of Ohio, dled here last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. A. Braddock, whom he had been visiting. He was nindty-two years old, and death was caused by gen- eral debility, due to his advanced age. De- ceased was the father of Mrs. Bishop W. Perkins of Washington. ———>—-— John C. Miller and Henry Copperthite forfeited $5 collateral each in the Police Court this morning on a charge of fast driving. Policeman Easley complained that they violated the law on the Conduit road yesterday. ee nn eens eee FACT vs. CONJECTURE. A FEW VALUABLE HINTS TO THOSE WHO ARE QUICK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TIMELY SUGGESTIONS. Just now the advertising space of the average newspaper {fs filled with advertisements of spring- time medicines, blood purifiers, ete. When it 1s understood as a sclentitie truth that the kidneys, liver and lungs are the only blood purifiers of the human bédy, much @fsappointment and money will be saved. Dizziness, palpitation, languid feelings, headache, backache, ete., are caused by the system being polsoned by” uric acid which the kidneys, through overwork or weakness, do not elimtnate. The troubles mentioned are but symptoms. The cause es deeper. Put the kidneys and liver in Working order with that vegetable specific, War- ner’s Safe Cure, and the symptoms and attendant troubles will disappear. With the system in first- class condition ané the great organs of life doing the work nature intended them to do, most dis- eases are thrown off. It is the weakened, debili- tated, poisoned bedy which falls an easy prey to chills, fevers, pn nia, consumption, Rright’s disease and death. No man or woman can afford to be laid up with a severe illness, It is the part ef wisdom to keep well. Miss Florence Buffum, Secretary of the Ishwara Theosophical Society, of Minneapolis, understands this perfectly, and under date of January 24th last, writes: ‘I have found Warner's Safe Cure ef high value. It greatly as- sists a worn-out system to perform its duties, and whenever any of my friends become languld or pale and full of pains, I advise them to try War- ner's Safe Cure, feeling assured that they will be satisfied with the result Miss Buffum's ex- perience can be yours. Will you bot also enjoy it? The Entire Menu for Your Dinner Party 3 I xan easily be selected from our big dis- IT of play of Sea Pood, Fish, Meats, Game, Poul- SI try, Vegetables and Fraits, Nothing in se: Dif Son ts missing. And perbaps we can sug- gest some substantials and delicacies that Fou didn't know were rea he freshest pric y for the table. and choleest only, Lowest Sus: INE SPRING LAMBS received daily. Cottage Market, 818 14th St. aplG-m,w,f,20 Chas. R. Edwonston, We desire to call your attention to a New “open stock” pattern in dinner ware —of Austrian china, which is the same decoration to be found in the celebrated English “Cauldron” china. The pattern consists of a border de- sin of quisitely prett, As many y buy on full sets for $18.50. mare In need of it, see this very ebina, Chas. R. Edmonston, Chisa, @ and Housefurnishings, 1205 la. Avenue. apli-m.w,f NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE—CARPENTER SHOP-. bing by experienced and reliable men. JOHN PiuiteR Builder, 1920 N st. now. Branc ch office, 1000 Cinn. uve,” fe1-781°-4 : Sessesseesegondorcordonsontont N these needs to find appreciation with every e of their With all the most up-to- charcoal sheathing and mineral wool filled, with ood points. sorcercorborgordorcondordorgorcorgorgorgorestessentertentet Se PI oy BG waste pt ot brass trimmings. 5 is 36 inches high. Special 3 Se ete ee ee aOR Regular 2 Bollers—ton xtra Heavy: row Tin Ham 19c. with 2 double cial Sc. = 49¢. % “Fire Queen” th as Stove burners 39 t 5 O11 or Gas Stove Ovens—worth offered tomorrow for.........+ Sredensenteegorgente BS 4 Rest quality Covered Gas Tubing, with } patent ende—alt miceseper foot, only see Ac. = mane = 1-burner “Queen” cation fr ty 15c. $ ar’ Ol Stove 2 burners, with = Bigsineh wicks—worth 79e--for only-. OOC, Extra large size and Viteher—worth Every home’s supplies need replenishing now that spring has come. We've provided for every .want—in a way that cannot fail Economy demands a prompt response to the offerings told of beloy “Ranns” Hardwood Refrigerators, that have gained Widespread popularity becati many Running through to 704-6 K Street, “THE DEPENDABLE STORE.” Seeder eeteteteteetned atest ete Mateo bbe chanted neha GOLDENBERG’S 922-24-26-28 7th St., pring housecleaning brings to the front. housekeeper. : Nees of best quality B-quart-size worth 3! te Iron Tea F Squart ¢ Iron Dish P: worth 5 Iron Tea Ket- -size Granite Iron Foot Tubs— 1 size Round Willow Hampers, worth $1, for only... China G-plece Decorated Sets, worth $1.69, = $1.20 | r bottom and oe 29. : 33C. ize Granite ers, worth tell of our erento lesety lode tettels Qeienete “8 SI by 90 “Anchor” rand Sheets, hand-torn and $ troned. Know: the brand amd the regul - is Here to: 50¢ morrow at 4 ° eet “of costs. yard—th Some domestic items that | supremacy. a Here are three timely spe-3 cial values in : Mattings. ina Mattings: clome- fevtive patterns and the newest 17c. ful carpet « the grude under 40 oli of + which you will 1 slse. attings, ont of the hands: amd colorings shown, Spec 50c. to 75c. shades, 2lc. A special opportunity that should send every housekeeper here tn a tomorrow, BO dozen genuine Yule and Oil Opaque Shades, w fae lace fringe trim Monnted on strong, perfect-acting apring rollers—and in a full colors. Regular values from all the fixt md t0 for only comple Save the pennies. Amertean Pins, le. paper. , ules Fe Kirby, Beant & Co. Ha be, = = Ribbon “specials.” Bisiey peeps eee ons, In a My 2c. bd | E_ 68e.—for one day at. ] Xumbe pee od en LI ere on | ee x be in ponnias demand in « “Tpit line of | AlL-silk Tat Sf colors; both ight and medium “ t th draw. ° for evening wear. rm the comme” QA, ae ASC. & : a + : Our bi illi : 3 ur biggest millinery season. é 5 With the passing of Easter we piled up the biggest millinery business of our career. Greatly en- = + larged facilities were necessary to turn out every order in time for Easter wear. That record has shown = & us the possibilities of the future—and we shall begin the week with renewed ctivity. Fresh additions ¥ = have been made to the display of Trimmed Hats—and every effort will be made by our milliners to ac- $ *& complish whatever your good taste dictates. 4 = We shall continue to trim ali hats free 3 Ss as before—and every one ssured the most thorough attention and painstaking care, which cannot *S 3 fail to accomplish the best results. + Setetetetetette Seleteteteteeeeeininetntetetetetntetes z Sasfeefeefoefoedostentontest Sendndntntatedetetedetecetntetetedeeted: dendongengogestoctonten aseete onlodteesostonte Seeondeetontontpetertententont the preference. Our prices are is noticeable in many ways. lower prices than you can find anywhere else. careful in the selection of patterns and carry a than other establishments, our vast business causing the manufacturers to give us ST deteteeiecinintnioionteteteint The Commanding Superiority of Our Stoek pronouncedly low, of payment to suit our customers without with the surety of right treatment and conscientious considera Greater quantity, better quality, It is a fact, too, any additional cost. more variety and that we are more greater number of exclusive designs and yet we are always willing to arrange terms You can come here tion. . Straw Mattings. We have for years made tt a point to keep the largest selection %f Mattings In town, and as a consequen sn these goods has grown to enormous proportions. When we say that this year's stock is better and bigger than ever, you will know what to expect. Bear in mind that we keep uo last year's goods, Every yard fy fresh and of thoroughly rellable quality. The patterns are new and many of them ex- ceedingly pretty. You will search In yaln to find lower prices. Seseoteetententeatensorte toeeatentreseeseete iets i ss a ss Fancy Matting, per yard. A better grade, per yard. A heavy China, per yard. and so on up to 0c. per yard. % We import our own Mattings and can save you from 10 per cent to 15 per cent on every purchase. hestentedtettortensenionloroteoriorlotiontont Extension Tables in great variety. We will sell you a fine oak table with heavy legs for $7.50, and will sell you a solid ouk 6-foot Extension Table for... $4.25 Refri gerators and Ice Chests. ine we carry Is the best made. Thor- oughly selected ash lumber fs used, finished in antique. Locks and hinges are solid bronze. Galvanized Iron shelves used throughout, with ebarcoal “sheathing,” which forms the best in- sulation known, Automatic, air-tight locks. Extra heavy lds, which cannot w: Self- closing, automatic drip cup, easily cleanable. Swinging baseboard. Everything about them is thorough, and what long experience has taught to be the best for the purpese, We also carry a line of soft wood Ice Chests and Refrigera- The tors, which we consider are not equaled by any made. Prices range up from se... Seas 5 $3.50 a Solld Oak Sideboard—with heavy plate mir- ror, high double-door cabinet, 2 ood drawers, 42 Inches wide, 6 feet 7 inches high, and $10 @ regular beauty, for. ee Handsome Large-sized Conch, spring edge all around; button tufted; excellent quality of cover, and a big bargain for $5.00. Reed and Rattan Furniture. A full and complete line of Re Couches, ete., ete. Chairs, dle, elab- e3, and low priced and popular sell- We offer a fine Rattan Rocker for and show Reed Rockers as low, We carry high: Big line of Gas Ranges, all sizes, gas stoves, from the single burner hot plate to the big Gas Range; large enough for a boarding house. We guarantee the goods and know the prices are right. No coal, no ashes, no dust, but cleanliness and comfort for those who use a gus range In hot westher. Be sure and see our line before you buy. J ee | Selid Oak Chamber Set, neatly carved bead- board and glass frame—bevel plate mirror, and 4-drawer dresser; a handsome $20 Suite, for only. $15 Baby Carriages and Go-Carts. The largest and best assortment in this cft We have the best patterns from three of the most prominent manufacturers, We carry all styles and all grades, an@ if you are contem- plating the purchase of a carriage or cart for | baby, don't fail to inspect our offerings, an = excellent carriage, tastily upholstered, for $4.25. A good, se ble Go-Cart for. seer 92075 Tiandsome 5-plece Mahogany-finished Parlor Suite, thoroughly well made and upbolstered, covered In a pretty design of American damask; ts a regular $22 Suite, for.... DIZ Elegant Gondola Couch, 29 Inches wide, 6 ft. 8 in. long, covered in handsome velours; has 5 rows tufting, and is fringed to the floor, 4 genuine bargain sessententontoshontondestetent $ SendeeonSecennseneatendezoedetooeatonontetontete eeeteaectesteteatecgatengetnedeteaeteateeeeteeectesteceatectetecfeteetente SeSeeteetesteetecetentectecteteetectecteteategy House & Herrmann, Cor. I (Eye) St., 901-903 7th St. Seaton egeateatenzeneeatearenteedseetoateneesengerseateatenetendeeeedearoatentengeeseateat THE SOLDIER VOTE. U, Commander-in- ef. General Robert St. George Dyrenforth, cammander-in-chief of the Union Veterans’ Union, has issued a circular addressed “To all living Union veterans of the war of the rebellion,” urging them to organize and act together in the cofing presidential cam- paign. The circular is as follows: Comrades, organize! Organize at once for your protection.and for your rights. This is just the time, and if you do not improve it now youwill have only your- selves to blame when you are hereafter ig- nored, The veteran of the war of the re- belllion—the man who offered his life, who gave up home and happiness, sacrificed the opportunities of youth, foreited the equip- ment for the futuré"in the education and experience whi¢h must be obtained in early years, if at all, and faced, unflinchingly, the Inconcelvable Mardships and dangers and occasional disasters of war, that the Union should be preserved, and prevented the destruction of our beloved country— must no longer be treated with neglect. Having to petition again and again must stop. You have rights. Insist upon them! How? By organizing yourselves into a brotherhood for mutual protection, taking in your sons and grandsons, and acting po- litically, as a unit, irrespective of mere par- tisan politics, only for those who act for ou. "ot you will do this, you are a tremendous powér. You have but to reflect a mo- ment to realize that you will be a political, force that cannot be overlooked and one that our friends will be glad to recognize. Just look here: The pension bureau esti- mates that there are still 1,082,418 soldiers of the war of the rebellion alive, excluding deserters. To these add thelr sons and grandsons, as well, the sons and grandsons of over a million comrades who rest at Ar- lington and in cemeteries all over the world. Now, such a force as this, properly organized, or even one-half of ‘this force, Circular by U. Ne cannot only change the political complexion of any Congress, but can determine any presidential contest. = The Grand Army of the Republic, one of the grandest organizations that ever ex- isted, was organized to educate and per- petuate the patriotism of the nation, but the Grand Army is non-political, as it should be. The Union Veterans’ Union is organized to do political work In the in- terests of the veteran. We are Grand Army men for the Grand Army purpose, and Union Veterans’ Union men for that and something more. The Union Veterans’ Union ts organized to unite the veterans into a power to com- mand respect for their rights. It is for the veterans to say whether they will avail themselves of this opportunity or not. Act at once, boys! In union there ts strength. Full explanation of how to or- ganize and all necessary literature can be had for the mere asking, by applying to any division commander of the Union Vete- rans’ Union, or to the commander-in-chief at Washington, D. C. All veterans of the war of the rebellion— soldiers, sailors and marines—should join heartily, as members of the U. V. U., in its efforts to ward off dangers, resist wrongs and assist in securing their rights to all the veterans and to the widows and or- phans of their dead comrades. The voice of the united veterans of 1861 to 1865 will be a Voice so loud that everything that in justice and equity is due to the veteran, his widow and orphans, must be granted. We are tired of being treated as a back number! Organize, boys! Organize! Let us have a command of the old fighters in every county of every state, certainly of every northern state of the Union which you preserved, to do political fighting, now, for your rights. In our country no man is of any tmport- anee, unless he has political significance, and no body of men has any influence, un- less it has political power. Our only hope, then, for the full obtainment of our rights and for their maintenance Is by exhibition of strength in the matter of elections, “The soldier yote” must have DELEGATES CHOSEN. Republican Primaries in Prince George's County—Other News, Special Correspondence of The Byening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 16, 1900. , The republican voters of Prince George's county assembled Saturday in the various @istricts for the purpose of electing five del- egates from each to a republican county convention to be held at Upper Mariboro’ Monday. The primaries in Bladensburg and this district went off quietly and were free from contest. Voting in the new Hyattsville district was conducted for the first time. The delegation from Bladensburg was J. A. Blundon, Geo. M. McFarland, 8. Plum- mer, R. E. Stubbs and Henry Smith. The delegates from the new district are: M. V. Tierney, Roger Bellis, F. A. Holden, Thos. Lancaster and Henry Randall, ‘The Bladensburg delegation was chosen by acclamation. Ballots were used in Hy- attsvllle. A meeting of the Vansville Farmers’ Club was held at the home of Mr. J. D. Cassard, near Muirkirk, last Saturday evening. The newly elected president, Mr. S. W. Beail, presided, with Dr. Jos. R. Owens acting as secretary. The members’ of the club pres- ent were Luther Brashears, J. D. Cassard, Lloyd Dorsey, Chas. H. Stanley, J. A. Blun- don, John Snowden, A. J. Bennett and W. H. Muilikin. Among the guests were: Mr. Chas. E. Coffin and Dr. H. B. McDonnell, state chemist. Miss Sarah Jones was hos- tess, assisted by the Misses Mary Kemberly of Fortress Monroe and Carrie il of Reading, Pa.. The new ro law for Prince George's county, providing for that district rong commissioners and thrée trustees In each district, was discussed, and the genera] sentiment prevailed that the law would do away with political interference in the man- agement of the r Various matters of interest were discussed, ‘Two cottages wére destroyed by fire early : = Saturday morning at Lakeland, a small vile lage about two miles north of this town. It is said the fire was of an Incendiary origin. The first house was discovered to be on fire about 1 o'clock in the morning, and several of the first to arrive upon the scene deciare that the inside portion was only on fire. qd that the house was unoccupied at the While citizens who had responded to thé call were using their best efforts to subdue the flames their attention was attracte another cottage, about three hundred y away. In a Short space of time this hous: was also enveloped in flames, and was soo! Se ee Like the first, Jt was unoceus pied ent efforts are bei; a cover the firebugs. eg oe Mr. E. A. Suit, one of the highly esteemed citizens of this vicinity, died Sunday morning, after a short flneng of preumonia, at his home in this villag& Mr. Suit was ‘born in Bladensbu: seventya seven years ago, and has spent ‘hic entirg life in that village and the vicinity, ———.__ Severely Hurt. George M. Bock, a gardener, who owns @ farm near Oxon Hill, Prince George's count ty, Md., met with quite a severe accident a couple of days since on his place. He was attending to the sawing of some lumber 4 his saw mill, when in some manner a ste of timber was caught by the revolving saw and hurled in his direction. It struck him on one side, knocking him down. One of his arms was slightly injured and he sus- tained many briuses. Mr. Bock is able to be about now, oldest and most = A Veteran’s Story,