Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1900, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900-14 PAGES. McKnew’s. “Strictly reliable qualities.” Store closes at 6 p.m. opens at 8 a.m., Suits, ‘You hare the same range of Suits to se- lect from here as by the largest and swellest New York establtsh- ments. ‘The line be- gins at $14.50 for a very nobby sult, and goes up in stages to $112 for the finest suit that one would desire. All the ultra-smart Sncluded, Swell are shown easy styles are and many exclusive designs shown which are not exhib- Sted els We ntee as perfect tailor. are here. as the Superb line of Spring Waists. of the Bandra ove sha a welle all ful Eve: won't show at night » Electric Fink Silk Waist, Lig! Ast floor. Wm. Hi. McKnew,933 Paav New Family Sewing Machine, $ g*> With beantiful oak woodwork and all latest at- ‘tachments. Warranted Ten Years. Equal to any $60 machine. At Oppenheimer’s, 514 9th St. N.W. repaired, $1. apl1-28a Machine Great Reduction in Hair Goods. Hairdresatng. 5! Bleaching a spect ty. Imperial Hair Regenerator for re- storing gray hair. Natural color, $1.25. S. HELLER’S, fe2208 _129 SEVENTH ST. N.W. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Bargain Room for Pianos and Organs. We have established @ bargain reom for Pianos and Organs on our 3d floor, in which we shall place Instruments which to be weld at a great sacrifice. If a see on ipstrument in our bargaifi you will know ft is to be sold ind JE ill pas for these: Waters Organ. .............$12.50 Irmler Sq. Piano eoee ee S25 s menthl Hallett & Davis Sq. Piano. .....$45 : $3 monthly. $500 Weber Upright Piano... .$225 as monthly. F. G. Smith, 1335 Pa. Ave. > ALVAR oe The following letter was sent by Albert Alvarez, the distinguished tenor of the Grau Opera Co., to the Weber Co. of New York. It was mailed just before he sailed for rope, where he went to fulfill an en- gagement with the Grand Opera of Paris. lows: The letter, in full, is as fol- NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 1900. dur- with the gentlemen, and express ALVAREZ, Grand Opera, Paris. SANDERS & STAYMAN, E clusive Washington and Balti- more Represeniatives, 1327 F Street Northwest. FERCY S FOSTER, Manager. ja the Muste Line."* ised 18 ; House In the City. ANNA. AVE. - Gra i Grand Pianos z R Acce ing Terms. ps tr vie aud packed. JOHN F. ELLIS & CO., HICKERING PLANO RooMS, NA. AVE Te Stieff Piano : . Veats. 58 It Is acknowledged by the musical {ng 00. superior. He as hav- Its tone ts full, rich and lasti Styles and cabinet work not excelled. SOLD AT FACTORY PRICES, Old Piunos taken to trade. Our terms are easy, STIEFF PIANO FACTORY BRANCH, 821 LITH ST. N.w. J. C. CONLIFF, Manager. “KNABE’S find just what you want tm a GRAND, 5 SQUARE PIANO, or ORGAN, at sur. prisingiy low figures and reasonable terms. PIANOS FOR RENT. TUNING AND MOVING. Wm. Knabe & Co., 1209 Pa. Ave. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. G. mb14-28.tf You will UPRIG i=] JeT-2itt The Steinway Piano is pre-eminently the standard of the world. New ano siightly — § uprights and grands, tn all ‘woods, a! Droop’s Music House, G5-1stl 925 Penowivania Avenue % nS © |Hoeke’s. ‘Two Important Things now are Baby Carriages and Go-Carts and Refrig- erators. If you're contemplating the purchase of either we make the simple request that you'll let us show you what we con- sider the best line of both in Washington. & = Wisconsin Peerless Refrig- & erators are our special make, 5 for which we have control = here. Positively the best on = the market. x All the latest novelties in = Baby Carriages and Go-Carts. ® You can depend upon it = our prices are right. HOEKE, Home's Fittings. Pa. Ave. and 8th St. 1t Bed PRR AROS LARA Smoot, Coffer & TicCalley, 1216 F Street. “Phone 725. Fashion’s Fancies in ROBES, $15 to $50. We have just received a new line of Black and White Lace Net and Taffeta Robes, which represent fashion’s latest de- crees. There’s a great demand for these robes—they’re popu- lar. We shall quote attractively low prices for them. .$15 to $50. Feather Boas. nh sesthee soem in white, black “utts airs Spectal at. 913-75 to $20 Stylish Suits A splendid Ine of this season's most beautiful effects in Ladies’ Tailor-made Suite. "AIL the “nest spring’ shales ston and Bolero effects c Priced from $10 to $50 jaunty Jackets. Choice of two lines of desir- able Spring Jackets at $10. Black Cheviot Jackets, Mned with good quality new tly front; and ‘Tan lined, thy fror Jaunts Eton Jackets, in fan and black, plain ‘and 1. Prices start Charming s tucked and ap- qued With the new stylish fare col- S, at moderate prices. Silk Petticoats * SHk Petticoats, in the new- 2$7.50 >. & McCALLEY, 1216 F St. it HAVE “NEWMAN'S PATENT” CORK STEEL PROTECTOR. Over 106 different styles. Can fit any shape. To wear them ss to learn how they fit, No Corset in the world contains better value. Ask your dealer, or write I. NEWMAN & SONS, 441 B'way, N.Y. Cutalegues free on application, mbi4-w,f,1,26t,se24-m,w,£,26t [t’s @ Paint ie SEH ope oe for paint jobs. We scl aint, any color, with brush, rts Angostura Bitters excites the digestive organs In or- J. WALKER, The use of Dr. appetite and der. Apparently Repealed by the Proposed New District Code. ive Jenkins of Wisconsin, whe ge of the w District code, now pending in the . has received a letter from Mr. Arthur S. Browne of this city, who says: ing over the proposed new code trict of Columbia, the bill for which is in your charge, several gentlemen, members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in this city, have noted that it ap- Parently repeals the Maryland vestry act of 1 under which the said church is governed in the District of Columbia, and » the acts of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia amendatory there- The Episcopal Church in the District 1 has no desire whatever to have wed, but, on the contrary, of the very highest value I have no doubt that it intention of the framers of the or of the House committee, to repeal It is thought by several gentlemen of our chureh that the repeal chapter of the proposed code should contain an additional ption to those already recited, to the that the code does not repeal the laws referred to.” —_——_+ «+ ___ Gone to New York. Secretary Root and General Corbin left here this afternoon for New York to attend the opening of the Cuban Orphan Society fair at the Metropolitan Opera House this evening. They expect to return to Wash- ington by the midnight train. To Cure a Co One Dey Take Laxative 3romo Quinine Tablemw. All refund the money if it fails to cure, E. W. Grove’s siguature ia ou each bos.” Ze. COMMITMENTS TO ASYLUM QUESTION OF REPEALING ACT RE- LATING TO INSANE PERSONS. Comment Upon Letter of Dr. Richard- son by Attorney Duval—Con- stitutional Phase. Dr. Richardson, superintendent of St. Eli- zabeth’s Insane Asylum, recently addressed the Secretary of the Interior a letter upon a suggested favorable recommendation by the Commissioners of the District of the pro- posed amendment to the act regulating commitments to the asylum. The letter was referred to the Commissioners, and by them to their attorney, who had advised the repeal of the act of January 31, 1809, and the re-enactment of the prior procedure of trial by jury on the subjeet. Today the Commissioners received from their attor- ney a letter, in which he states that the question of the constitutionality of the present law, which fails to provide for the determination by a jury of the mental con- dition of a person sought to be committed to an insane asylum, is liable to be raised at any time by one of the numerous persons now proceeded against at the rate of six per week, or by habeas corpus by some one already committed under existing law. Referring to Dr. Richardson's communi- cation, Which was published in The Star at the time, the Comm * legal adviser says the doctor ably “usses the subject from the standpoint of the physician and administrator of the hospital for the insane. Dr. Richardson suggested that “when the objection to the present law and the pro- posed amendment is analyzed it will be seen that this amounts simply to the statement that these are more expensive, and that the proceedings may not be constitutional.” He also suggested that to repeal the present law and to re-enact the old method of jury trial would be to take a long step back- ward. Information Often Unattainable. Very properly, says the attorney, Dr. Richardson seeks to secure information which will be of assistance in the treat- ment of the insane, doubtless a yery de- sirable object, but in a very large percent- age of indigent insane cases, some having homicidal tendencies, committed at the in- stance and for the protection of the public, this information, the attorney believes, Is simply unattainable. In most cases, he states, they are waifs who have drifted into this jurisdiction, and no one knows their antecedent history or whence they came. The objections to the present law, the attorney points out, are three-fold: Its cumbrousness, its expensiveness and its un- constitutionality. In the latter connection he quotes at length the opinion of the Court in General Term in the case of in re Bry- ant, 3 Mack., 493, in which the court, the then appellate tribunal of the District said, among other things: There must be a regu- lar adjudication of the question by due process of law, without which even the chancellor cannot act, and due process of Jaw in establishing the Insanity of a person has long been declared to be by inquiry through a jury. It would be impossible, therefore, that we should recognize un- sworn statements of two physicians to bey due process of law. This deprivation of the Mberty of a citizen upon the ground of cy is a matter of very grave import- because it may easily happen that for fraudulent purposes, perhaps with a view to deprive a person owning property of his control of it, a perfectly sane man might be sent to an asylum by his relations, upon a certificate of two physicians, ilegally confined there for years.’ We hold, therefore, first, that these sections of the Revised Statutes do not contemplate com- pulsory seclusion fn this institution without due pr s of law * * © and, secondly, we hold that the whole matter of the care ot insane persons fs regulated by the act of Ma tnd of 1785, which includes this pro- ceeding of an inquiry by jury.’ Opinion Indorsed. “I belleve,” states the attorney, “the opinion of the court in that case is concur- red in, without exception, by the members of the present Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and at least three of them have eo expressed themselves. © ¢ © I fear we would find ourselves in a most embarr: ing condition if the act of Con- should be declared unconstitutional, superintendent of the Government for the Insane would be unable to make a return ju: ifying the detention of any of the persons who have been com- mitted under its provisions. The ques of its cons tutionality is Hable to be rai at any time.” ————_ MARCH EXPORTATIONS. Larger Than Those of Any Corres- ponding Month in Our History. March exportations are Jarger than those of any corresponding month In our history and double the average for the month of March during the decade ending with 1896. The total exports of the month, as shown by the figures just reported by the treas- ury bureau of statistics, are $134, against $14,559,689 in March of last 4,185 in March, 1896, and $66 March, 1803. Thus the exportations of March, 1900, are more than double those of March, 1808, and 25 per cent greater than those of March of last year and, as already Stated, ure larger than those of any pre- ceding March in our history. Indeed the reports of the bureau of statistics show but one month (December, 1808), in the history of the export trade of the United States in which the total exportation was as large us that of March, 1900, the month of December usually being the heaviest ex- port month of the year. Not only are the March, 1900, exports the he st In the history of our foreign com- merce, but the total for the nine months ending with M is also greater than that of any ¢ onding nine months in the history. o: The total ex- nding with 20558, against orrespomtding months of in the corresponding in the cor- having thus years and increased over year, $f months of 1807 responding month: @oubled in fifteen 33 per cent sinc The steady Increase in exportations is the more remarkable in view of the fact that exports of agricultural products are onty about the same as the of the correspond- ing months of last year, the notable in- crease of more than $100,000,000 in the nine months in question being largely in man- ufactures. In the eight months ending with February (the details for March not yet being completed) the exports of agricul- tural products were practically the same as those of the corresponding eight months of preceding year, while those of manufac- showed an increase of $61,000,005, figures of the March exportat it apparent that the total exports of the fiscal yi 1900 will exceed those of any preceding year in our’ history, since for the nine months of the fiscal year for which the figures are now at hand the total exports are greater than those of the corre months of any preceding year. It seems probable that the total exports of the year will reach $1,200,000,000 and that manufac- tures will supply fully $400,000,000 of this vast sum, Imports also show a marked increase over last year, the principal increase being in manufacturers’ materials, which in the eight months ending with February were $60,000,000 greater than in the corresponding months of the preceding year, while man- ufactured articles for use in the mechanic arts also showed an increase of over $20,- 000,000. Lieut. Galleher’s Remains. The War Department is informed that the remains of First Lieutenant John D. Gal- leher, 40th Volunteer Infantry, who died February 21 of wounds received in an en- ture shipped from San Francisco to Louisville, Ky. They are consigned to Gen. John B. Castleman, who will have charge of the funeral arrangements. Fatal Accident in OM1 Pipe Trench. High pressure and a plece of alleged de- fective pipe in the mains of the Chicago Pipe Line Company at a point four miles southeast of Logansport, Ind., were the cause of a terrific explosion yesterday, in which Michael Ellison, jr., was instantly killed and five other men received injuries from which it is doubtful if some will re. cover, gagement at Libmaman, Luzon, have been’ — = ° 6 i =) Eastman’s Cameras. | Brownle Filth Catieras, that can be | loaded in broad daytight.....- 98c. | Ao 6 ( IK “ *Soasessonsoasontonsesseteeseocesseeseazeesesseote Soe to us as models is at an end. You ma Poottiteceeeesee nines eeeennnnnnnnnnneoeeennnna mraanernneeneeenees PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AND 7TH ST. & $35 French Hats, $10.50. These namber about ten—and they are genuine and original French Hats. Their utility the “good of them” now for $10.50. y have . | \ i ° Bicycle Tires. 56 Single-tube Tires, some Hartfords, & Wright's and some Kangaroo as perfect armund the valve connection as thes might be. The regular prices range from $2 to Seach! Special for these... ZOCe ! | 1 o | Business.” Despite the cool weather our Easter || sales were far ahead of | previous years, Our “high-grade gar- ments at fair prices’ || are winning new cus- { tomersevery day—why i] | pay other clothiers a | third more? | We make our cloth- eetente Seton the more importance attaches to ete s In the me colors of the se: Sf Rrown, Sage ¢ stor, Light Gray, Darl Tan. Bel Mode, Sef Blue. 4 * price... 46-inch Black of 18 different Sper Sefeeg renadines, in an . including new plat ribbon « ‘ yard—and hun ee % Rarely Such Offerings in Dress This is the busy season—both in Dress $1 Vigereaux Suitings - on Goods and Sil these specials. 69e. A YARD, O8c. assortment Goods and Silks. —and bargains are common. Therefore ali Special means limitcd prices unlimited quantities. 69c. Taffeta Silk - thread of it 1s pure silk, too—of that de- | ing in our own factory || | —and the sewing and || | trimmings receive as i | much attention as the | fit and fabrics. 1 A little investigating ee etealohetealetel atoll eel lees ddC. ues offered in a long time.” eondoniens and natural—others' price, toc. a yard. 36-inch yard guai and Blue. Good value 4 19e. a yard. better—taffeta in effect and color of 5c. a yard, our price is. Gray—full 22 inches wide and full 39c. value. Pe a tea ae ae a Hg “Repeat Sunday’s Lining Items,” The lining buyer says, “they are the biggest val- ‘36-inch Bombay and Cotton Canvas, In Black, White Oar prlee. ns AAC. Moire Perealine, in Black and all colors—every inteed—instead of 12¢., our price Is. Satin Antique, a soft, silk-Mke lining of motre effects, and in such colors as Mode, Pink, Lavender, Turquoise, Red, Our price. Giltter Silk, than which of the #ilk substitutes none Is Including Black—instead 36-Inch Mercerized Silk-finished Italian Cloth, Black and full assortment of colors, Worth 35 Genuine Imported French Malr Cloth, in Black and 4c. 10c. 18c. in Fast Kcanly erry sine tained Soran ae =|) will send you here for || False ini nna ee ee eee A YARD, = your spring suit and |) 22 Inch Memetitched ‘Tateta $| | top coat. i inna" DOO F1| at 10, $12.50 ana | prices are $1.50 and $1, Tomorrow. . -. =| | $15 weshow a hundred So eure aad eT ee 7q 5 Cc. : | styles that are as fash- wire at $i a yard. ‘Tomorrow en oe oes 5 2 = | ionableand good fitting 3 | as the average tailor -Dressmaking Notions. $||| Can tura out—and the 9-yard pieces Fancy Silk-stitched Bone Casing...........0.0 wee OC. 5 SavAGe as nearly half. Inside Waist Belts, all colors. 7 \\ | Fareka and Mutual Hooks and E 3c. : JSSEMAN ROS | Covered Dress Stays, dozen. . oe & a All-silk Seam Binding, plece.. yo = \ COR. 7e AN White and Black Cotton Tape, all widths... for 3c. $ ————————— == Warranted Steel Selsscrs 2c. ¥ Strictly one price. Ready-shaped Collar Forms. . s Se = B Pl 200-yard Spool Cotton, soft finish and glazed: dozen spools for. 2OC- ee est ates, Feather-stitched Brald, white and colors; new patterns; pier ¢ Brush Skirt Facing, all colors—yard. 5c: = % a Z Storkinette and Pure Rubber Dress Shield + Zo ea 28 58 og 36-inch strip Pure Shell Bone... .17e. § oO — 4-yard pleces Silk-covered Bonnet Wire. 5c. soe 25e. 28c. ‘Tracing Wheels Machine Oil, 4-07. bottles Our price. Machine Needles. .... Assorted Belt Pins, paper. $8 is all we ask for the best plates and all necessary extracting, and we guarantee satisfaction. SH Sf of Seseege ef eons W2ge. and Ie. grades of pen; smooth, even and p ing and 32 inches wide. Special pric fos we sooty er and Fine India 10 White and Colored Wash Goods. : 2 Apart from the immensely larger variety shown here than elsewhere, the valites and the two strong arguments that must have weight with you. “Get a sample or two for comparison. IC. ISe. Fancy Corded Organdy, Lawn, Dim Chee of all widths. Dental U. S. Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. Over Frane & Sons. prices are y and 11%. ed Lawn, with cords and stripes Deledendondendersetetintontontontontontongergertente oetoeteet ee ere 2 E. O. PIGEON, D. D. S. $ $ aple-42_ 3 de of Imported Piques, in all the widths Regular 10c, Quality’ Plque, in the medinm sah cS ee = ayo = that happen to be the most popalar. taule Sen Res é a © . 4 é z 18e. India Law 40 Inches wide and sheer 3 Qe. Mercerized India Madras, in stripes, dots and fine, identieal with the Lawns 4 Soo and figures; very sheer and fine and 15 shown elsewhere at 18c. a y & | “I NAVE USED YOUR VALUABLE CASCARETS z ky. eee gee Cc. % | ant and 0 efeet then & stiky. ve for som 2 ¢ owe . z yo " ° - be without ther he family ¢ 200. and 25e. ms des oe Se ey to + een OW "A, MARK. 3 tany, X. Ke dat these prices but confine % tor velting spect! at oo "15c. = canoy é ——o = =5) (o— = —0 CATHARTIC Se | = $ Embroidered India Red Seal Zephyrs | Embroidered | . 4 And New England Dimtties, famous * z + Linens weavings, fn new colorings and design aie Mousselines. ae | ¢ + For Waists—just enough for a Walst in Dig varlety of patterns. Others: eve lines, int Tagerdee ink ene ‘. + each patterns fine India Linen, wash alli where sell them for lve. a yard. We Autaingulle: Ney Dine cea z rR embroidercd dots, iu wide range of col- offer 10,000 yards at— Regular price, B0c. a yard. $ 3 for the : $1.10 tu ,0, 6c. a yar | 9c. a yard. S| riemant, ran Never Sicken. Weak + a = — “ ‘§ See = Steeten 15 Raby rattan be Carriages, hickory’ se and upholstered In cretotine Carriage. provi with parasol. $5.50, Special price. se... ee. Ec 18 Bab reed or rattan body; Hght r tt cover. asols with $12.50, rw! List. special price. « aoe ef ef so “ strongly butlt. List price, able foot Special price. a niet { bral ; rubber tins and patent foot List pric $7.50. Special price. a — Stee seegeefeegeefondoatearentoeteeteceeteeteets Seg dioetontegeets different patterns, with y Carriages, almost all of different design, with running gear, that, . ts patent foot brake; upholstered tn ‘or Bedford Cond; par- 10 Go-Carts, linge and roomy, with steel, whi to-Carts, some statlonary and some reclining patterns, eee Cart coll ‘bodys, unmalatered. in Bedford GON oe you save however, i,_adjust- $2.39 - ice Saks and Company. reSeegeeeodeareateeteeseetedoegeedeateay Seseetesfecfeoateetete in ice Refrigerator, pattern 403, size holds 36 Ibs. ice... .. 2. Refrigerator, pattern 404, size holds 45 Ibs. ice...... Refrigerator, pattern y Ice Chest, pattern 470, 5.98 holds 35 Ibs. ice. CUR STERLING REM) Baby Carriages and Refrigerators = rll € a gx 5 A\@ Sold and guaranteed by all drag. A vy arr ag \ ‘ NO-TO-BA xists to CURE T ot ang We have gi our name because we guarantee =~ - patent foot” brake them aud ti rihey are made Go to Siccardi’s and ‘ atest: hye’ the pres- FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR. ervation he We are also selling a lot of All Lo Bat They are constructed with i i r- Hair Switches at great bargains. —— coal and Hued with riineral ‘ool, and « fitted with z Switches reduced to brass locks, hinges and drip cups. You save in first cost 5.00 Switches reduced to 1.50. EB 00. using the Saks Refrigerator or [ee Chest. 24X17X39; +--+ $5.39 27X17X43; - $8.98 Water 60 Switches reduced to Gray aud White Hair reduced in same proportion, Mme. Siccardi, 711 11th st., next to Palais Royal. Private rooms for hairdressing, shampooing and $9.50 with Cooler, size 28x19x43; holds 47 Ibs. Cover the Floors for 455, : $12.98 Size 24x24x18; se eees $2.98 promptly. 0) S ia ds “ as. E. Hodgkin, 43" 1-15, OM CCl hh EN Qh [VSS eedhcecedeteeetet Serato GEN. GOMEZ IN SANTIAGO. Angers the Whites by Recognis- be & ing the Black Party. A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba yester- day says: The reception tendered to Gen. Maximo Gomez to day on his way to Santo Domingo caused great extitement, owing to the efforts of the white and black parties to obtain the first recognition. The black party, represented by the Cubano Libre, which continues occasional publication in detiance of the orders ‘of the authorities, who had directed its suppression, sent a tug to meet the steamer, Maria Herrera at quarantine, and succeeded in Inducing Gen. Gomez to accompany them. Meanwhile, another tug, carrying the civil governor, Gen. Castillo. the mayor and other officials representing the dominant white party, was entirely ignored by Gomez. The black party,'"higtily elated, took the guest to the landing, Where an immense crowd gathered onthe frail private whart of a local boat club. This collapsed and many Weré thrown in the water, one man one, ormuial party declined to recognize Gen. Gomez in consequence of his recogni- tion of the black party) and th®e is con- ent. SV an Os procession Passed through the city without either civil governor or mayor, rioting was narrowly Prevented by the vigorous action of the police under Ameri- can officers. This afternoon all the clubs gave recep- tions to Gen. Gomez, but the white party refused to attend any of them. —___+-e+____ American Woman Hurt in Parts. An American lady was overturned by a cyclist yesterday noon at the corner of the Rue Pierre Charron and the Avenue @’Alma, and so badly shaken as only to be able to pronounce her name, which she gave as Pierce, and to indicate her nation- ality. The lady, who {s of middle age and well dressed, les insensible at the Beaujon HospiteL CLAIMS TO BE CHINA’S EMPEROR. Prisoner Arrested at Wuchang Makes a Curious Statement. The steamer Rio Jun Maru, which arrived at Victoria, B. C., Saturday from the orient, brings a strange story of a Chinaman who was arrested at Wuchang. After lying in jail and being beaten he proclaimed himself to be the emperor. He claimed he had escaped from the palace, where he had been imprisoned by the empress dowager, and had since been traveiing incognito. He possesses documents bearing the seal of the court of Pekin identifying him as the em- beror. A party of British government surveyors; engaged on the work of defining the Bur- mese boundary, had a collision with a large body of Chinese laborers, who some time ago waylaid and murdered Consul Lytton, Maj. Kyttle and Mr. Sutherland of the former boundary survey party. This time the Chinese were completely routed, eighty being killed and many injured. Official advices have been received at Pekin of a severe engagement between the impertal Chinese troops and a large body of the “boxers'’’ secret society. The battle, which was indecisive, occurred at Yen Chin, in Pechili province. About 4,000 men were engaged the forces being equally divided. The casualties were very heavy. Ordered by Commissioners. The District Commissioners today issued orders as follows: W. 8. Sheets, recently timekeeper in the sewer ‘division, has been assigned to duty as inspector In the engineer department at $3.50 per day. That vitrified block pavement in alley in square 954 be relaid to conform to the ‘) change of grade of Delaware avenue, at an estimated cost of $250, chargeable to the ap- Propriation for improvement and repairs, southwest section, 1900, —_.__ Chief Clerk Schofield Returns. Chief Clerk Schofield of the War Depart- ment resumed his official duties this morn- ing after a week's absence on account of sickness, PASSED BY THE SENATE. zi FU Q Private Pension and Other Bilis Acted Upon, After The Star's report long life. ts. Be sur Don't be fooled by substit ten for five’ c e to of the proceedings Ten sam) es. of the Senate was closed Saturday after- | {hound testimoniale will be mall Sipane Chem noon Mr. Stewart (Nev.) offered an amend- y. 10 Spruce St., ‘ork, ment to the Alaska bill in the form of a substitute for an amendment already adopted, relative to the granting of permits to dredge the waters below low tide along the Alaskan coast for gold. He supported the amendment in an extended speech, Without making further progress with the measure it was laid aside, and the Sen- ate, by a special order, dévoted forty-five minutes to the consideration of private pen- sion bills. Eighty-three bills were passed. ‘The Senate then passed the following bills: For a public building at Great Falls, Mont., appropriating $200,000, To amend the charter of the East Wash- ington Heights Traction Company. Giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction of the claim of J. 8. Underhill for compensa- tion on the monitor Monocacy. Fixing the number of appraisers at Phil- adelphia and Boston at one, with a salary of $4,000, instead of two each at $3,000, and to provide an American register to the steamer Serene: owned in Washington. The Senate went into executive session at 4:12 and adjourned at 1. a Accepted Personal Bonds. Bertha Blackwell and Lucy Fox, colored, were charged in the Police Court today with keeping disorderly houses. They were re- Ported by the police of the second precinct. The women promised that they would move out of the precinct and endeavor to keep better order in their houses. At the sug- gestion of Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny Judge Kimball took the personal bonds of the women. om m if ¥ hurt, and be instantiy After leaving our affice is treated, nail treated apl4-100 VEWICLES. HARNESS. Be sure and see our fine display of Vehicles and Harness. Largest of stock, lowest of prices, Jas. K. Probey, 1230 32d St. N. W. Open 7:30 to 6:30; every Thursday evening until 9 o'clock. apt-dm,14 ELT FOR ROOFs. => Roofs covered with our Roofing Felt are made per- fectly rain-proof. Best and cheapest roofing. 2-ply Felt, $1.25 rol; 3-ply, $1.50. J. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH 8T. Branch Store at 1305 N. J. Ave. "Phone 741. apls-12d Develop Your Own Plates. "Our Dark Rooms are at your disposal. CAMERAS, KODAKS, In infinite variety. SHEETZ & BISHOP, Telephone 2143. (apl4-14,tf) 614 12th st. mw, ———— = a It pays to read the want columns of The uations Star. Hundreds of sit are filled through them. —_+__ To Construct City Buildings. ‘The Senate committee on territories -has agreed to report favorably the bill author- izing cities in the territories to issue bonds for the construction of municipal buildings.