Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1900, Page 12

2 1 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1900-16 PAGES, meeeteeeeeeeneennenoneneceeee ecco King’s Palace <a re Bo% space lt is really ‘‘second nature” fer you to buy millinery at King’s Palace. —With the very mention of the word “millinery” is associated the ne of this old tried and true store, which has for so many years been “headquarters” for Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Hats and requisites for the trimming of them. . And the patronage of these great stores has doubled itself this season—is far bevond our expectations. All this proves our leader- ship, which comes from selling the most stylish millinery for less than others and from our offer to trim all hats free of cost, more—no, not as much—as for trinming and the bare un- eetetets Seoteedneteteetoatoetneterhontoateatenderdenhenteetenten z at the same time charging you no others ask you for the necessari trimmed shape. Extraordinary sale of flowers —the offering of thousands of artificial flowers, embracing every wanted sort—the very highest grades—in all the fashionable colors, embracing roses, foliage, blo s, chrysanthemums, fruits of all kinds, bluettes and large and small flowers of every sort which are being used for prettying hats, including silk mull rosettes— such as are actually sold at 50c. to 1Sc¢ = ° $1, for $5, $6, $7 & $8 trimmed hats, $3.75. A most remarkable sale of Ladies’ all the newest sh Speotetetntetetnintedtntndetedptalntrntetnptntnarntetedneteletndonesatntededy sSeadonters fees = = = = = = = efeeter aaerteetondontersessontontentoetoetecte obeatenteetees Trimmed Hats, embracing les and the most stylish shapes—in an assort- Seefeeten oe = ment embracing, perhaps, 300 sorts and an never-ending variety— 2 hats which are sold elsewhere tor no less than $5 and up to $8— % for $3.75. = 75c. and 87c. untrimmed | Child’s 50c. untrimmed z ¢ hats and turbans, son cuntiZtSs 25¢. : = 00 irene Untrim: Hats of plain = = 46c. oie ; = = ee of ny e | ht : Sand fancy brates — q | 75c. & $1 imported Leg- herns, 59c. immense lot of Ladies’. Misce” and © = & : All hats trimmed free! $ B 2 S + Cume for these suits atoncel vou intend to take advantage of the purchase. You have % never knowr of such suit selling as we have been doing here during $ the past two weeks. It is really unparalleled, it is because we nave the bargains. We have set the town a-talking with these two - lots. & $10, $12 and $15 55-98 $15, $26 and $2. $q-50 = jis = = = = suits - = = = 3 Su ff Cheviot s Vv jans, Broud- & Homespuns, ert and other ex- Tabries, In Mack and all the lead- f mt reefer Hned with and seme tkirts made with the new ke. Many of these able-bri Hy . y-iron: q ts—with Po with Kskirts, ‘Most of these sults seams, ta sili. And they go at hiid’s jackets, $1. 7 Y | New ; sell $3.00, will be put on sale LDS each, 2 9 Department Stores, King S Palace 812-814 7th St. 715 Market Space. z Mi at tom seatendenteeteeserienlententneteotenlontessoetentententeeteots ° Sa ae a ee a aS a ao a a a aeaendonseeedonrenosoeconeseasenceetearonsoeseaonetenteateetoatoes The Popular Store. The Safest Place to Purchase. 3 ‘ lo Hdl ad nS poy , 4 Can have their wants attended to at this store tomorrow. Our spring stock of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and Furnishings is now in its completeness. Everything to tisfy—stvle, quality and price. Well give vou all the advantages of our CREDIT SYST Men’s Furnishings for Saturday. Men's pearl, shades ity of Men's Half blue and red. wo! feed Hose. in Hats. Derbys and worth $2, quality Men’ Shirts. stiff bose ‘3 French Percale a large variety st colors; sep- 79. derw Men's Faney pink Summer Un- amt blue, tn- 3 to get them at the low price of.. 3 » quality Men's Imported Madras ‘. glige Shirts: full m: yerfect Htting; + ranted fast ¢ Separate it 89c. rs liuk cuffs with each shirt. Special Me quality hints n Madras perfect fitting; nM fi atest in stripes an sizes; separate cuffs with shirt cee rtf oe ids; a “AQe, Men's ( plain others actually rters. in silk elastic—fancy and sume with Brighton and 12izc, cord fastenings; wth 25e. Special. ! = - 5 - Boys’ and Children’s Clothing. Brownte Suits, made of black, blue Boys’ Three-piece Knee eric vests. double-breasted, in blue and Dlack cheviets and Scotch plaids and ebecks; well made and lined; to 16; well Pants Suite: $1.98 checks, Doubl and fam id xray fete ae mere oP $3.48 Boys’ Straw Hats, tm the latest 3c hundred Gliineds Double- breasted Suits, in good quality blue and brown cheviots; ages 7 to 15; lined with Greatest Sale of Manufacturer’s Samples of Sults_they erns—in worsteds, well made; sizes are eviots: Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits. a from a prominent N. t racks and will We bought 5660 We've placed *e manufacture 50c. on the «rifice them at the following prices: Rac dollar, S12 AND RACKS NUMBI rontain Lad NUMBERS 5 AND 6 contain Ladi Tatior-made Suits, § new Perfect all the et sot ad fx stgles beautifully tal- je jackets Hoed with | i skirts hacks alt-wool weaves of fmport ome are plain effect ot sesteoter sfengongenongongontonzonsonrondoates seston seston ter egergongmesmesmgnesessesseasensoerserg with new that sold at 15. $18 and $20. Choice for $10.49 uel Friedlander & Co., Sam : 416---Seventh Street---416. ‘ Rees Stes Bennett SUBDEN DEATH. . Lillard of Rockville y evening at the Baltimore, b: echt of Washington. Was performed in the presen were mar- home of the by Rev. James The ceremony nce of a smail Mrs. Katherine Bailey Passes Aw & number atives anc ma s April 19, 1900. Tor the tae ile Se ente Selendis atherine Baile wife of Dr. Thos. | per followed the ceremony. etter ts ee died suddenly about 3 o'clock | the newly married couple took the train for at her home, about three {trp south. They will make thelr hare ct Rockville. this place. probably from heart | “Mr William HL Herbert of Tray ; 7 avilal A few minutes before her death | county, yesterday morning as eee awakened her husband, to whom she | Sult of rgieal operation, aged sixty f not feeling well, and while | Years. His wife and three grown children him. in search of something to re- expired. She is survived by two small children. De- Katherine Lyd- of this vicinity. She was forty-two The funeral wi'l take place at wek Sacurday ning from St. Mary's Catholic Church in this town. es Edith R. Neal of Baltimore and Mr. Boule, daughter the late William E. Penn, : were quietly married his evening at the home of the bride - 8. R. White of the Baptist Church. Only a few relatives and intimate friends witnessed the her husband and ceased was formerly Mi dan —-—. If you want work read the Want columns of The Star. AFFAIRS IN DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE OF CITY TO MEET THIS EVENING. in to Be Authorized to Choose Delegates to State Conven- tion—General News. Evening Star Bureau, No. 71 King St., Bell Telephone No. 106, ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20, 1900, ‘The democratic city committee will meet this evening and determine upon a time for holding ward meetings for the election of delegates to the state convention, which convenes in Norfo!k May 2. Owing to the short interval before the convention it is likely a date early next week will be se- lected. The proposed state constitutional convention will doubtless receive attention, and {ft is probable that delegates wil! be instructed on the matter of making the question a party Issue. But little interest was shown until recent- ly in the matter in this immediate section. It was entirely ignored at the Alexandria county democratic convention, which met ten days ago. Of, late, however, the move- ment has gathered decided strength, and no doubt will command attention at the ward and Gistrict meetings t to be neld before the Norfolk convention. In general it appears that officcholders are opposing the plan. In Fairfax county the district meetings will be held the 26th instant. In addition to the state convention delegates, representa- tives will then be chosen to the congression- al convention, which meets in Alexandria July 18, to nominate a candidate for Con- gress. At the meeting tonight the committee will make arrangements for a meeting or primary to eect delegates to the July con- vention. Criminal Cases Tried. At the corporation court yesterday after- noon several criminal cases which have been on the docket for a long time were disposed of. John Dogan, colored, indicted for the larceny of 19 from the person of Lee Wright, was found guilty and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. A nolle pros. was entered in another case against Dozan—that of burglarizing the store of Norton Entwisle. A nolle_ pros. _ also eniered in the case of “Piggy” Wiliams, colored, charged with complicity in the Ansley robbery. The jury in the caso of Alexander B. Rowe, indicted for horse steallng, failed to agree and the case was continued. Late in the afternoon the trial of James and Richard L. Clark, indicted, re- for circulating counterfeit commenced. At the outset one of the men pleaded guilty, and before the trial of the other had proceeded he entered the same plea. The mini- ulty of two years each in the ‘Y was imposed. neral Matters, The annual meeting of the stockholders of the nston Monotype Machine Com- t the Hotel Fleischmann, s city, yesterday afternoon. The fol- lowing directors were elected for the en- suing year: J. Maury Dove. B. F. Cole, W. H. Hoeke, George Hamilton, Tal- y M. Laffan, J. C. Maben and William E. Strong New York. The Thomas J. Fisher Company has been artered in the corporation court for the purp nducting an insurance nd real estate in Washington. E. J. Stellwa shington 1s. president, and the vek of the company is put at § The Epi High School base ball team will play a game with the Druid Athletic Club of Baltimore on the high school grounds tomorrow afternoon at 4 ‘s arranged for convenience in carry- rall number of postage stamps, uthorized by the Post Office De- partment, have been placed on sale at the local office: Rey, E. A. Warfield, the new pas: the Methodist Protestant Church, will as- sume formal charge of his pastorate Sun- day and preach both morning and evening. evening. Sa HAGERSTOWN NEWS GRIST. Coal Rising in Price — Color Line Drawn at Carlisle. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 19, 1900. Great interest is ing manifested here the miners’ strike fn the George's Creek region by Hagerstown coal dea ‘S. seme of whom have only a limited supply of coal on hand. While a famine is not ned, there muy be a scarcity of coal if the strike is prolonged. Nearly all the dealers here laid in large stocks in March before the advance in freight rates and the consequent advance in the prices of soft coal. The schedule fixed upon by local dealers some days ago puts the price of run at $3.50 a ton, rise of 65 cents ull. over Lykens -val- nut, hard ¢ er, is now only 4K a ton, the price on the previous card. The boatmen on the Che io ‘ feeling the effects ike » as no coal is being loaded rland for shipment, except gas coal from the Fairmont region, which has diverted from the railrdads to the dis coming forward quite freely and will continue to do so, thus preventing th nal from becoming entirely idle, or line has been drawn i high school of our neighbors at and has already given aniness in the rs twenty The white pup and wo- ermined that not participate s exercises and have so expressed themsely the hoard of con- The board decided that colored the must be admitted to the cl hot they will abolish the custom of exercises. The white pupils decided to hoid no class exercises ‘hich colored pupils would be allowed ticipat he will of the late Rev astle, which has shows the He bequeathed ¢ Abr: Isaac Shank been admitted to amount to ch of his three ham Shank, Miss Rhoda farm apiece ng placed on the ate Is boven $75,000. ‘hildren, re also designate: The prohibitionist called shington county to assemble at a y, May 22, to elect delegates to a state convention to be held in Baltimore. Col. John C. Wagner, editor and pub- Usher of the Shippensburg News, died yi terday of pneumonia and heart trouble, ter a brief illness, aged sixty-two years. He was a member of the G. A. R., having served during the war of the rebellion with the 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry. A wife and four daughters survive him. —— KILLED BY CIGARETTES. John Dorsey Calinx for One of the Weeds While Dying. A special to the New York World from Hagerstown, Md., yesterday says: “Give me my cigarette,” were the last words ut- tered by John Dorsey before he expired here today from paralysis of the heart, brought on by excessive clgarette smoking. He was in the habit of smoking from eight to ten packs daily, and today, while stand- ing in the street conversing with a friend, suddenly threw up his hands and fell in a heipless state to the pavement. He died a few minutes later while asking persons who were Standing near by to hand him the cigarette that had fallen from his mouth when he was stricken. He was twenty-seven years old. 5 — ee Seat on 'Change 841,500, The New York World of today says: J. Fletcher Shera of Townsend & Shera, bank- ers and brokers, No. 6 Wall street, has bought for $41,500 from Daniel Manning the atter’s seat on the stock exchange. ‘This is the highest price ever paid for a seat on the exchange, and It is said Mr. Manning, who has been a member for oniy one year, realized a handsome sum on the seat. ALEXANDRIA | f= ==-and thése values, which are only money to by 75 suits, $12.50. “Samples” of garments such as are being sold at $20 and $25 —embracing the prettiest of Venetians, homespuns, broadcloths, pebble cheviots and cheviot serges, in black and colors. They are in all styles—fly-front, reefer, “Eton” and_ tight-fitting —all the tirely silk lined. $1 -98 for homespun skirts. Several shades of the new grays—with new pleat backs—full flare—will cost $4 else~ where. A most extraordinary value at $1.98, $6-98 for black broadcloth skirts. Superfine black broadeloth skirts, artisti- cally appliqued With Plack taffeta, back and. front: S.. M. binding n lining. They are just from our own work rooms. $12.50 under crdinary conditions. Here now $6.98. skirts have new box-pleat backs; - with the handsomest taffeta or satin; and some of these suits are en- the jackets of all are silk lined and They are all the very highest grade of ladies’ suits, being thor- oughly and most carefully tailored. We guarantee as perfect a fit as though made to your measure, and when alterations are needed they are done by expert men tailors. $12.50 for thé choice. $4)-89 for cheviot 2 serge skirts. Blue and black cheviot serge skirte—with the new pleat backs—well lined and bound— which sell usually at $4.50. $ -98 for taffeta 1 2 silk skirts. The handsomest skirt you can buy—a fine ality of taffeta silk—trimmed with fringe and Tined bound with very best ma- terials; a skirt which sells at $16 elsewhere. white, black and every styl duchesse waists. with the new silk ties with fringe. made. Silk waists to go at $4.98, embracing the very newest and handsomest ready-to-wear garments to be had. The lot embraces waists of the finest quality of taffeta silk, in h shade, There are in the lot as many as two dozen dis- tinct styles, embracing the new and fashionable hemstitched waists and tucked waists; with the new high collars; the new cuff; many and handsome white satin 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 thing, and we can safely say that no equal offering has ever been $4.98 instead of $8. $10 and $12. advantage to buy your spring hat || Untrimmed hats. an immense lot ntrimmed hats assortment cs which are ( el for ense lot of misses’ and chile | © dren's untrimmed bats, in all desi jrable colors a of rough, fane as Mack and whit politun apd chip st ought to sell for ‘These are great millinery attractions, and they certainly should bring sou here tomorrow. bargains are in the offerings of pattern hats and imported produc- tions being offered at special prices, which are much reduced. will not take two minutes for you to be convinced that it is to your The greatest It here. choice of hundreds Jal flowers as natu- mbracing sprays Mineb, as. ts; flowers about town, well as folloge Which you'll find selling ce of sprays of ant nem The sort which sell at 6Y for cholee of dozens and dozens of ladies’ trim- io med hats, all of them the most’ stylish crea- tions possible to produce, and nowe of which are worth less then $5. Beautiful trimmed hats. for the choice of a e lot of the most trhnmed hats | $4.48 which will cost yon $8 elsewhere. as much as you want because you may and arrange to pay the bill little each week or month. modation and our system the most liberal charge system in = Lot of children’s tan «being heel lace shoes; wizes Sly to such as sel fea te a OC. sizes 1114 Lot of misses’ tan ch us sell Oc, "tan and black spring Dc, and black $1.29 Lot of youths’ and boys sief and iussta 13% to 5%; which sell a for... You can’t afford to buy footwear elsewhere ordinarily, and you certainly cannot afford to buy it else- where when we offer you values like we tell of here below. Satisfac- tion with every sale—that much guaranteed. Lot of ladies’ tan and black vici kid and patent leather oxfords. with light or heavy soles and in six styles of toes: S] 30 the $2 quality, for... and tan viel kid lace in calf lace shoes, instead Lot of men's Mac sand tan Ru: four styles of toe: $3 pair. to go for. nen's strictly hand-sewed tan Kussia and morrow at e Sale of music. A large lot of sheet music, containing the most popular songs and compositions of the hour—which music stores sell for 25¢.—for...20-5-- + «QC. embracing the following: Song. We a : fe priser T learned at mother's knee, Jets, u're ‘the only one, When Fniarry Miss Dinah Lee. $1.50 muslin skirts, 98c. 100 ladies’ muslin and cambric skirts; with t ace OF embenidery; wih tiningunes the wame as ell usually for $1.50; tomorrow, 98e. Child’s $3 dresses, $1.98. Little givls’ beaut!fully“thade and Swiss emitoidery trimmed white, dresses, whieh sell usually for $3—fer $1.98 tomorrow. Sale of shirt waists at 98c. Hundreds of ladies’ white India linon and colored percale lawn and gingham shirt waists, in as many as twenty-five styles, embracing the new hemstitched effects, waists trimmed with em- broidery and handsomely tucked —the identical styles shown you elsewhere for $1.50 and $1.75 are to go on sale on the third floor tomorrow at 98 cents. Sale ladies’ hose. The fdentical ladies’ fast Mack hose, in arop-stitch or plain and fancy — striped; which sell for 19¢. pair everywhere; to go tomorrow for two palts for Children’s heavy ribbed fast black full seamless hose; equal in every way to the Dest 25c. hose; to be had for 15e. tomorrow. Child’s caps, 25c. Handsome Swiss or mull caps, daintily trimmed In varions styles—to go ‘tomorrow at 25e. the world a guarante ey back.” s . eat are caren ewrefat | ° “Hecht’s Greater Stores,” “Hecht’s Greater Stores,” _suncanay —— = ( 513-515 Seventh Street. 513-515 Seventh Street. a =| | In shopping tomorrow do not skip this a small part of those here awaiting you. You won’t need much have the amount of your purchase You’ ll find such a privilege a splendid accom- S10 top coats and suits. | The same grades of top coats and suits | we have marked $10 others are selling at $12.50 —which means a saving of a fourth and the privilege of picking from the greatest assort- ment in top coats of Oxford black cheviots as well as tan coverts—and in suits of fane plain black and blue chevic the same as befor of sati Folly, indeed, to pay an exclusive tailor so much for clothing to order. We make clothes to measure—show you as many patterns as any tailor and ask you a third le: Store! | “charged” | mixtures and cheviots and cassimeres and |} sand the like. Just || every garment is sold with action, which means “mon- Charged” if desired. A grand Opportunity tomorrow to buy your entlemen—for we shall put on sale edoras and new golf hats, in pearl, with silk bands and bindings; the very newest blocks, and $2 hats wherever you go—for $1.29. new Spring hat, several hundred men’s derbies, brown, maple and Be: semer ; Sale of men's 75c. shirts, 49c, One thousand men’s soft and stiff-bosom bracing the n | | Men's $2 derbies & fedoras, $1.29, | | i ewest patterns for 1900; with detached or attached col- i lars; actual 75¢. values—for 49c. tomorrow. percale shirts, em- |} Men’s $1.50 madras shirts, 98c, ii Two thousand men’s shirts, silk fronts; the handsomest patterr tical shirts sold elsewhere for $1.5) o—for 9&c. madras, and madras shirts with possible to conceive; the iden- Men’s regular 39c. neckwear, 25c. We muster an enormous lot of men’s ne row in one lot, embracing four-in-hands, tecks, imperials ; the usual values offered at 39c.—and offer them at kwear together tomor- | English squares and 25¢c. | Greater va‘ues in boys’ clothing are impossible | —and this is because no other store in this or any other ci bought equal grades for as little offer clothing for as little as we when everybody who has boys broadside of bargains, 1 made heretofore. © as we have paid, hence they ¢ ask. And for this special occasion, is buying for them, we offer th which really ity has mnot | excels any offering we have ever 0 o ———— ’ ¢ ’ ° } Boys’ waists Boys’ waists —of Merrimac pereales—in the new Jaundered percale waists, in the patterns—-pleated back and front— atest patterns—the very best made well-made. gar- 121 ists — which cll at | | mente — same as il tat price tomor- 41. Q) j sell at 25e.—for.- + aCe row = Cc. ° ° ° = o= ° © o |i Blouses | Pants | —of heavy percales—in an assortment | —cf all-wool cheyiots and cassi- | | of patterns — wide sailor collars — | mere » made with double ‘seats | with double ruffle on and knees for etrength— | front and aroun collar— 29¢ etrongly sewn w ar 39¢ | instead of Se.—for. ° is greatest—special at ° | ° ° — oe \| $1.98 ‘or $2.98 suits. Plaid patterns, check patterns and striped ; in all-wool cheviots and 1 as the staple b Reefer styles, vesth the $3.98 for $5.00 suits. price includes is fine in dressy suits Youths’ suits. $4.98 of youths’ check and plaid casst- s—absolutely all wool—and in most desirable patterns. We pride ourselves on this line, because we've had them made just like the men’s suit xame—with : zs proper width of trousers. ve been par- ticular, because we know the young men like stylish suits, and we want their good will, Infants’ sacques, 39c. 200 little tots’ hand-crecheted sacques, in all colors, which, as you know, are really worth double—for 38. $1 corsets, 89c. ‘Tomorrow we shall let you haye the fol- lowing well-known makes of corset} well the world over at a dollar, fo ; “W. B.7 "RR. & G." and “C. B.\"" in long, short und medium waists—all the new Hech t & Company, 513-515 Seventh Street. i $2.49 for $4.00 suits. All-wool cbeviots and «: e! breasted suits and “novelt, description, including: y er and sail for $7.50 suits. Boys" very nobby vestte short pants suits— fancy silk vest. coat and pants—made th very best all-wool materinis finished perfection—sizes 3 to 10—suits which you canpet * elsewhere for ‘ss than i $7.50—of | 9 . i Youths’ suits. $7.50 | —for the most stylish Mack suits for mans men; for the handsomest patterns in and check cassimeres and cheviots. are the finest suits that are made up; Lave all the points of fashion which men's suits have—have all the finish, all the perfect Workmanship. Other clothiers get $10 for them. Twey'll ft small men. id These Ladies’ vests, 1214. Lot of ladies’ ritbed vests; with s and armholes in with tape: the actual Falues selling everywhere for i here to- Morrow, because we bought this lot muc! under price, for 12.0. Me" — Dollar kid gloves, 68c. Tomorrow we shall sell Indies’ kid gloves; in black and all the new spring shades: with the newest stitching: the kind which every store sells at a dollar; for Osc. ft CADET BARRACKS AT AN POLIS. Mr. Cannon Puts # Condition on the : Appropriation. ‘The House spent practically the entire day yesterday debating @ proposition in the naval bill, designed to turn over to the navy the survey and chart- ing of the waters of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The bill ‘carried an ap- propriation of $100,000 for this purpose. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, led the fight against it, argu- ing that such surveying of these waters as should be made should be performed by the coast and geodetic survey, which, he said, could do the work cheaper and better. In the end the House sustained his view, adopting an amendment Offered by him to appropriate only the regular $10,000 for ocean surveys. The chairman of the committee of the whole, Mr. Payne, overruled the point of order against the appropriation for the new Naval Academy, but an amendment offered by Mr. Cannon was adopted, providing that before the money appropriated by the bill for the academy be expended, plans for the whole improvement, the ccst not to exceed $6,000,000, be submitted and approved by the Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Cannon moved an amendment to limit the total cost of the proposed improve- ments at Annapolis (including the money already expended and appropriated in this bit) to $6.000,000. Mr. Mudd (Md.) reserved a point of order against the amendment. Mr. Cannon said he had been informed that the architect's plans for the improve- ment complete involved a total expenditure of $12,000,000. The cadet barracks, which were to house 245 boys, were to cost $2,- 500,000. ‘This was beyond all reason, he said, and he modified his amendment to also provide for the reduction of limit of cost of the cadet barracks from $2,500,000 to $1,000,000. Mr. Mudd defended the proposed improve- ments at Annapolis. The navy was to grow. There would be more cadets at the academy, and it was proper that the insti- tution should be worthy of the great ser- vice into which the young men were to graduate. Mr. Hill (Conn.) supported the amendment and assailed the extravagance of the com- mittee. Mr. Dayton (W.Va.) defended the commit- tee. He said the House was responsible for the great expenditure proposed at Annapo- lis. Congress had embarked upon the pro- ject, and if it was to be carried out the appropriation in the bill must stand. The committee had not approved of the origi- nal project. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Dayton said the architect, if he received 5 per cent of the cost of the buildin: would receive between $700,000 and $800,000. After considerable debate Mr, Cannon of- fered a substitute for his 0} 1 amend- ment to appropriate $250,009 for the cadet barracks, providing that before any of the money was expended plans should be sub- mitted and approved by the Secretary of the Navy which would keep the cost of the whole improvement within $6,000,000, includ- ing the $1,200,000 already appropriated and the sum carried by the bill. The substitute Was agreed to, 76 to 44. Mr. Mudd gave notice that he would de- mand a separate vote on the amendment in the House. Without completing the bill the committee arose. Mr. Fitzgerald (Mass.) offered, in open House, a resolution to appropriate $50,000 for a monument in Washingion to the *em- battled farmers” who resisicd the British at Concord, in the first battle of the revo- lution, 125 years oO, yesterday. It was referred, and, at 5 p-m., the House ad- journed. SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. Papers to Be Returned for Distriba- tion. ‘The papers in the examination lately held in the public schools here by direction of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia will be returned to the principals of the several high schools next week for Gistribution to the schoiars. Parents of the scholars wiil then be able to examine these papers. Each of these examination papers is numbered and these numbers and the rating secured appear in the second part of the report made by the committee to the Senate. MANY PERSONS LEAVING DAW Deputy Consul jams Reports Coldest Winter on Record. Deputy Consul Adams reporis to the State Department from Dawson City, under date of February 28, that no less than 700 per- sons Jeft Dawson for Cape Nome during the winter, and thousands more are ready to leave for Cape Nome. The winter was the coldest on record at Dawson, ranging from 17 to 59 degree: ow zero. The gold output for this season Is estimated at @ puble that of a year ago, or from 20,000.6 $25,009,000, due to improved method mining. The character of the put) ings going up in the burnt districts shows doubt in the mines of the property owners as to conditions after the exodus takes place to Nome next summer, most of them be! Ss wae substantial, Greai finds of copper are reported from the Tanana disirici, northeast of Prince Williamtown, huge masses of nearly pure copper from hundreds to thousands of pounds of weight being scattered over the country at avcessible points. ——__—__+- + ______ Parcel Post Trenty Signed. The Postmaster General has signed a par- cels post treaty with New Zealand, wh: will go into effect July 1 next. It is simi- lar to the parcels post treaties negotiated with a number of other governments.