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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRII 22° 1900-14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. 5.00 REWARD FOR ARREST AND CONVIC- an of the party whe poissned my dog at my on April $5.00 for any information. JOHN ‘926 Tth s.w. mm MSH. ALT WILL HOLD A ting THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, April 24, at Wenn’s Hall ire We have « south Philadelp let old worn Sitver W If not superior. to at very snuble charges. e and see us or drop stal and we will ‘THERE 1202 D st ap24-tu.th.s, Resui = t by Results Prove ,2%" .c"yistanie! 3 q The booklets and Printing Bae See oe cte print ad and kept. Want s me LE REPAIR SHOP, S14 Lith st. & aphophone! pwn in FRE See x TONES & CO. SI: NINTH ST. NAW. aptt-ed writer Construction YD its bes! x SHAT’ TYP! warrrie a re ATTAN.” “ms ance MANH JOUN © PARKER Speaking cf Roofs! ENTIL SI hi Largest force of skilled roof p rs and { repairers in elty. AM werk gu: ub wake ssopped free, ARLINGTON FIRE | District of, Columbia hooks f EF. MeC. JONES. Secret Tire THE y's Music I PNEUMN' re. 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O., 1413 G st. a.w. Hours from @ to S. Exaisination free. fe6-78t* WITH NUMBER THREE Third Installment of Rudyard Kip- ling’s Graphic Story. THE SISTER SUPREME IN COMMAND All Wounded Send Assurances Home Not to Worry. NO SOUND? OF COMPLAINT (Copyright, 1900, by Rudyard Kipling.) Theoretically, six hundred miles of reil sheuld be bad for wounded men. Practi- cally it does them all the good in the world. In the first place, henorably out of it. sun and the dust, weary marching plug-plug of the noulder. they are cleanly and Not for weeks the the foul water, and the the booted sleep, and the rifle butt against their Many of them will be permanently lost. The ship will take them to England; they will find their billets waiting, and they will return to live before the faces of their fathers. Moreover these are they who have come out of a winning fight. Cronje’s end is certain. They left the guns pounding the t of his laager by the Modder. not as was that terrible journey after Magersfontein, when doctors and si ers had to sit up with weeping men—men 1 been killed “In heaps of a sudden nd damned in h by their gen- n who d to explain their fa ly and hopeless’ ff will remember that long as they live. better business. They are going off to sleep, like tired children already—thirty-one officers and sixty Will be different people tomor- but brake down the wall » doctors look at the sisters and nod n load; no one will be lost, and nd car for once need not do duty 4 Mortuary umber twe olid to eat. Number twenty-seven won't get it. He is shot through his stomach, and it Is a miracle that he is not under the Modder dirt. H and brandy. “Please, sister, about the alleyw somethin: there's a colonel hopplin’ him off. Mere dare not ides, he has to cut here. lors: herd colonels like one sound leg. “But y down, order. er, I feel quite fit.” onel. He will ho A fractured Vic lar bone, b i ne nigh: der and col- child with e of au- sua dente rian (sho y the look of 1) and 4 rm have dodged the ¢ thority for a few minute nd, diabolo (but I knew Australians Mked tea), are drinking tea in the staff carriage. A Child of Nineteen. The child is nineteen. He has one month’s He doe t appreciate a Pr’s awing comparisons between him and a ir-old middy, carted off the as his first engage- ing potted meat out of began. Then he rifle on the trig- inued through ly ban. bullet nit hi: oke up and ich is now little. if you let it hang down sister, and s i the . while argues im} ning th ot his ‘ name, but ab- nts it for shooting now. Oh, there are and ter whirls h Vie! n turns pa own. = out later from other ment most plucky child an hloroform when they dre ed him. His hand is horribly cut up, and his rifle in the rack is smashed across the stock. The nickel-nosed bullet has sunk # quarter of an inch into the steel trigger guard. It would be unfair to steal that rifte. Th teen. Now the covers are drawn on the lamps, the night watches are set and we take our last turn down the corridor. A thunder storm chases Number Three southward, the lightning spl'ls all over the Veldt and the sun-warped roofs leak. Thirty or forty or fifty thousand men are lying tentless im this downpour, but it must be flooding out Cronje in the bed of the Modder. child is asleep. He looks about thir- The Luxury of a Sheet. Our children are here as!eep—deeply and beautifully asleep—all except one man, whose eyes shine like the eyes of a pre- pared moth. - “What is the matter?” aven't slept in th the she ince the “he picks up of November. It's too comfortable to sleep. Oh, Lord, it comfortable to sleep. Oh, Lord, it is com- fortable.” He squirms luxuriously in his bunk. Through the long night when we stop all voices are lowered. Footsteps halt before d voices whisper. day ew South Wales Lan- cers, sir, “No, not. Have we any Ox- fords? s ant: but nobedy fs com- ing to - up this train. Ye full; but thi the tenth time are in bed All thi: tors are not e all doing well. “there are no @ in tense i it an easy night. on their feet or fan- pneumon e from 11 to 6, they had their reward in the cle. : ning, when every runn bankful and the waste 3 hall get big dams © them) spilled away profli- n, hildren were hungry—mutinou: ¥ Officers fancied this and fancied that; milkmen wanted to know why they Were not full dieters, and full dieters sent verbal messages by’ orderlies asking for more—much more. “You won't get any breakfast till they're all fed.” said to me an orderly with a pyra- mid of porridge basins. You'd better fill up on Osborne biscuits. You see, ‘arf of ‘em ‘aven’t the use of their ‘ands. So they stoked them—“the ‘arf that ‘adn't the use of their ‘ands"—and they redressed their bandages, and they washed their lit- tle faces and combed their lttie hair, and then the cry went up for tobacco. Some of the men had changed, past recog- nition during the night. The lines of pain, the tense, drawn expre: ons were gone. They had rested, thefr bellies were full, they were smoking. Axsuring Those at Home. You must remember that a wounded man fs not a sick man. He 1s generally in su- Torpedo Boat No. 33. ‘Torpedo boat No. 33, the Thornton, now being constructed by the Wm R. Trigg Cempany at Richmond, Va., will be launched about the middle of May. The vessel was named in honor of the late Captain James S. Thornton of the navy, who was executive officer of the original Kearsarge when she destroyed the rebel privateer Alabama off the coast of Cher- bourg during the war of the rebellion. At the suggestion of the widow of that officer, Secretary Long has selected Miss Mary Thornton Davis of Worcester, Mass., grand- niece of the naval hero, to christen the ves- sel when she makes her first dip into the water. —_—__+ + _____ Consuls Recognized. The following consular officers have been recognized by the President: Jose Lopez, vice consul of Vanezuela, at San Juan, Por- to Rico; Jose Ignacio Diaz Barcenas. con- sul of Venezuela, at Philadelphia; Carlos Alberto Lacayo, consul general of Nicaru- gue ,at San Francisco, SUPPLANT COFFEE. BELIEF OF A RAYMOND LaDy. Mrs. J. T. Bartlett, Raymond, N. H., saya: “I suspected that coffee was the cause of my persist ent dyspepsia and terrible feeling of weakness and faintness at the heart. It was hand to give up coffee, but when I got some Postum Food Coffee and learned how to make it properly 2 quickly obtained relief from the old troubles, The unpleas- ant sensation of faintness at the heart has entirely gone. “When I first tried Postum I fatled to notice the injunction fo boll tt fifteen minutes, and so let It belt just a few minutes, as I would coffee. 1 was disappointed in the flavor, and did not try it again until told by a friend that this was one of the absolute essentials. 1 have since observed the rule and am entirely eatistied with the drink. It is simply perfect. I belleve it to be the beverage of the future, and that it is destined to supplant coffee everywhere. “One of cur business men here has been improved in bealth by the use of It. No one could wish to return to coffee drinking after properly testing your delightful and healthful Postum Food Coffee."" Made at the pure food factories of the Postum Cereal Co., Lid., Battle Creek, Mich. THE CONGRESSIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. , perb physical condition. He has been off all Mquors for some months, and so responds readily to stimulants. His blood !s clean, and he breathes the best of air. Give him hiif_a chance and he wi!l clamber up again hand over fis ‘Then, all animal needs satisfied, some of them wanted end word home, and that Was a full morning's job. + The usual form ran: “Dear Mother—Just a few lines to tell you I was hit at Paardeberg on February 18, when we fought Cronje. I was hit in such-and-such a place, but please do not worry about me, as Iam coming on all right. It was a bit hard in the carts, but I am lying in bed in the train here, and we are all going down to the hospital, and I am quite comfor and I shall be all right in a few wecks, so please do not wor- ry use I am all right and that she should not worry It, be sure—launche n of the fight (L saw berg covering she had busine: bulk, the wor ge of love Remember, it was and T know, but the heavily Is who hav sta, Blacksmith ifficed. not the army that you tmy of the people, vists, family foik inesses over thi . gardeners, club port «J small_shopke were among th: repres nd thelr physique was alm as admirable as their spirit. A Composite Picture. One man only of all that train broke down—and small blame to him. He was a badly shotten “lunger,”” and there seemed no way to make him easy, sitting or lying He got out his home photos—the little tin- &i tzpe one carries in the Inside pocket—and the cruel home sickness atop of the pain | teck him and broke him for a minute or two. T think he had come out of som well ordered ¢ountry house, for he retur to the manner of lodge porter in his talk. There were quiet men, deeply concerned for the peobable loss of a working t miidly—ch, so mildly!—ric men, who egered about ing from bunk to bunk: there funny men, worth their weight In silver to the ward; there were angry men brooding over that last shot which stretched them and meditating revenge; the were just men. admitting that their enemy up in a tree had sighted more quickly t “but my section got bim with s, and he came down Hke a pheasant, there were silent men, breathing quickly, counting euch turn of the wi dcubting Thomases who needed particular information about Wynberg Hospital. 1 heard a good deal of all sorts, but I did not hear one word of complaint. Not a Whimper Heard. it fs in the base hospital. From at least 1,000 wounded met at Rondebosch and Wynberg under fairly intimate circum- Stances, orderlies out of earshot id the talk running free, I did not gather one whimper. A badly hit man—fracture , and there were or stomach—is, of course, glad he is going home—till the mer comes round. Then he is not so sed. slight wounded man tak i the ward to witness that so soon as he is mended wild horses won't from his famil —lying like a o his dc ‘p him a tor with intent to rejoin. The their own esprit de corps, they are proud to be able to s: e all going bac But our and Our little come to know its home. A little letter writing; a small “smoker between two cool windows where wounded colonels and subalterns met in pajamas and talked over good men killed, the idle rifles clicked in the rack bel another ravenous meal or two (‘Which ‘will you yi sir? Steak or ri ? Oh, both. been dreaming of steaks since Jacobs- ); another and an easier night, and then the thrice biessed firs of Wynberg, the waiting hooded ambulances, a good goad and Number One and Two Hospitals just round the corner. Once more the business of the stretchers, the tally of fractures and perforations, the whispered cautions and the louder words of good cheer. it is not in the official bond, but Number Three's staff, a little worn with night watching, dusty and heavy eyed, will see the boys up to their beds. They know every one of the cases now, and a word or two in season will be profitable. In an hour Number Three stands empty and stripped. Blankets, sheets and bedding must be renewed; a hundred things go to the wash, and they swish and swill the floors. ‘Tomorrow night its work begins again. —__>+—_ _.. Marriage Licensen. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White — Samuel Fleishman and Sadie Smith; Norman V. Joy and Ruth M. Har- bin; Ernest M. Paddock and Margaret V Bateman; Francis Dye and Celia B. Mayse; Thomas K. Saunders and Ella Lambdin: Franklin 8. Specht and Florence G. Nis- wanner; Ernest M. Seaman and Jessie A. Ferguson; Ernest R. Anderson and Carrie E. Pullman; John W. Taylor and Jenevieve Hixson; Fred Scherer and May Martin. Colored—Edward Gardner and Anna Tur- ner; William Jones and Hattie Johnson; Welford C. Newman and Melvina Brook: William H. Stewart and Eliza Bowie: Na- than Crawford and Mary Clark; Frederick D. Lewis and Ethel E. Forrest; Richard Manns and Georgianna Pearson; George Neal and Lecie Charity. —<—_e_— Local Pensio Pensiuns were issued today to the foillow- ing residents of the District of Columb! Benjamin J. Simonds, $6; minors of Geo. J. Johnson, $12; Anton Lehmann, increase, ben $12; James N. Craig, $6; Fillie Kee, boys wanted rest umber Three hurried them ta world on wheeis had hardly if When we were half-way before all INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ACCO! OUNTRY RE, DEATHS. EXCURSION FINANCIAL, FOR, POR FoR FOR FOR ror RENT (08 RENT (1 L 2 NOTH LOCAL MENTIO LOSE MANIC PIANO: OTC AND ORGA? TAC RIVER BOATS. SIONAL, WANTED (Situations) WEATHER INDICATIONS, Falr Tonight and Wednesday; Light to Fresh Northerly Winds. Forecast till 8 p.m, Wednesday.—For the District of Columbia, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersev. Delaware, Maryland and Vir- ginta, fafr tonight and Wednesday; light + to fresh northerly winds. Weather conditions <nd general forecast. —The weather is fair this morning in the flood districts of the southern states, and there are no present indications of further heavy rains in that section: The freshets in the smaller streams of the middle gulf stat vill, therefore, begin to subside after toda: : The weather conditions in the eastern part of the country are controlled by an area. of high barometer, which covers the lake regions. This high area has prevented the eastwi advance of a urbance which the western and southwestern and will e: continucd fine weather the middle Atlantic and New England ates and the Ohio valley during the next six hours. Fair wether is also in- ‘ated for the southern and southwestern at Along the middle Atlantic and New Eng- land coast the wi will be fresh from northeast. On the south Atlantic coast the winds will be mostly fresh from the north- following heavy precipitation (in has been reported during the past twenty-four hours: Atlznta, 1.48. Records for Twenty-Four Hours, The following wer the readings of the thermometer and barometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours begin- ning at 2 p.m, yester Thermometer: Apri 12 midn 50, —4 p.m., 74; 8 p.m., Auril 24—# a.m., 5S; 8 a.m., 6 noon, 73; 2 p.m., 74. Maximum, 75, at 5 p.m., April 23; mini- 88. April 24-4 a.m., noon, 29.92; 2 p.m., 20.00. Tide Table. y—Low tide, 9:55 a.m. and 10:21 p.m.; high tide, 2:10 a.m. and 3:41 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:57 a.m. and 11:18 p.m.; high tide, 4:15 alm and)4:45 p.m. ‘The Sun ang Moon. _ Today—Sun rises, 5:10 a.m,; sun sets, 6:47 p.m. Moon rises at 2:39 a.m, tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5c0S am. The City Lights. Gas Jamps all lighted by 7:24 p.m.: extin- guishing begun at 4:17 a.m. The lighting 1s begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at, 7:09 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:52 Work of Detective Corps. The activity of the deteetive corps and the members of the police force in general is shown in the report of the department for the quarter ended “Marth 31. During the three months preceding property valued at $21,380 was reported to have been stolen, lest or mislaid. The reports show that $20,- 219 worth of the preperty was recovered, leaving a balance of $1,161 ——— Suit Against B. and 0. Company. Suit at law to recover Gamages in the sum of $20,000 was instituted today by Will- am F. Ellis, through Attorn2y Charles S. Wilson, against the Baltimore and Qhio Railroad Company. It is alleged that while en route from Bay Ridge to this city on a train of the defendant July 2, 1809, the plaintiff was thrown to the ground and se- verely injured. —— ee Samuel Marshall and Aaron Robinson for- feited $1 collateral each in the Police Court teday for cruelty to animals. it was al- Jeged that their teams were overloaded. SAVING THE HEATHEN Work of Foreign Missions Discussed at Ecumenical Conference, THREE MEETINGS HELD TODAY Twoof Them Were Under Auspices ~ of Women Delegates. SUBJECT OF CHARITY NEW YORK, April 24.—There was a no- ticeable increase in attendance’ when the ecumenical conference began its session to- day with simultaneous meetings in Carnegie Hall and three churches. Evangelistic work was the subject discussed at Carnegie Hall, while at the Central Presbyterian Church, Calvary Baptist Church and the Madison Avenue Reformed Church sectional meet- ings were held on woman's work. The devotional service at Carnegie Hall was opened by the Rev. Dr. A. B. Leonard, the corresponding secretary of the Mission- ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Leonard was followed by the Rev. J. W. Butler of Mexico, who offered a short prayer, as did Bishop E. R. Hendrix of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The prayers were interspersed with hymns and remarks from the delegates. Services at Carnegie Hall. At 10 o'clock the regular morning service of the conference at Carnegie Hall was be- gun by Bishop E. G. Andrews of New York, who made a brief address. Bishop J. M. Thoburn of India then delivered an address on the subject of the “Character and Im- portance of Evangelistic Work and the conditions for Success.” There followed a symposium on evangelistic work, in which the Rev. Dr. W. F. Oldham of Malaiia spoke on “The Manner and Form of Pre- senting the Gospel to Non-Christian Peo- ples So Far as to Persuade and Win.” N. L. Gordon, M.D., D.D., who has for many years been conducting evangelistic work in Japan, whose subject was “The Best Methods of Personal Dealing With the Unconverted and Inquirers;” the Rev. Dr. Henry B. Richards and the Rev. Dr. J. Taylor Hamilton, who spoke on “The General Pervasive Influence of Christian- i Mollowing thése Addresses iere “was discussion of the different topics by the delegates. Woman's Meeting at Calvary. The morning session at Calvary Baptist Church w: devoted to a woman's meet- ing, the general topic under discussion be- ing evangelistic work. The subjects were: “How to Present the Christian Truth to Women and Children,” “The Work of Na- tive Christians, General Evangelistic Work on Behalf of Women."" The speakers were Miss Jennie Duncan of Indiana, Mi: Alice E, Delton of Japan and Miss E. Bas kerville of India. At the Central Presbyterian Church an- other meeting of women in the interest of educational work was being held. The topics ‘Kindergartens,’ : “Higher Edu of Bible Mrs. tion for Women, Training Women.” Among the speake Irene Barnes of London, M burn of India, Miss F. of China, Mrs. T. M. MeNair of pan and Mrs. J. W. Francis of Indianapolis. The Matter of Giving. At the Madison Avenue Reformed Church a meeting was heid, at which the general topic under discussion was “Giving.” The topic was divided under these heads: “Giv- ing, One of the Foundation Stones of Mis sionary Work;” “The Doctrine of Giving, ‘The Relation of Money to Salvation,” icures,” “Hearts and Influ- ‘Time and Talents,” ‘Missions and View Point of and systematic and Pro- Business Method portionate er and Gift. Among those who spoke were Mrs. J. H. Knowles of New York, Mrs. F. C. Hayes of Minnesota, Mrs. A. L. Frisbie of Des B. M. Campbell of Chicage Anna Schaefer of Toledo, Mrs. E. M. Mr Spreng of Cleveland, M. A. Huntington Mu- ler of Evanston, I1.; Mrs. W. F. Windgate of Chicago, Mrs. E. C, Armstrong of Cen- ter Valley, Ind., and Mrs. J. H. Randall of St. Paul, Minn. —_+++>—__. Real Estate Transfers. Bellevue—Walter Parsley et ux. to John J. Maher, lot 61; $1,600. First and Carroll streets southeast—Sam- uel Cross et al., trustees, to Robert M. La Follette, lot M, square 732; $3,500. Eighth street northeast between F and G streets—Sarah M. Baxter et al. to Ella M. Brooke, lot 45, square 891; $680. Twelfth and D streets southwest—Isabella W. Ashford to Seymour W. Tulloch, lots N and O, square 207; $6,000. Fifteenth street southeast between C and D streets—Clarence F. Norment et ux. et al. to Herbert J. Robinson, original lot 10, square 1070; $10 (stamps, $1). Vermont and Florida avenues northwest— Susan C. Jack to Florence V. Creamer, lots 44 and 45, square 358; $10 (stamps, $4.50). Le Droit Park—Charles C. Glover et al., trustees, to Clare G. Addison, part lot 12, block 4; $4,700. P street northwest between 4th and 5th streets—Diller_B. Groff to Mary E. Clark, lot G, square S11; $3,080. Bloomingdale—John M. Henderson et ux to Herman E. Gasch, lots 7 and 8, block 2; $10 (stamps, $5). O street northwest between North Capitol and Ist streets—Geo. P. Chase to Wm. H. Moore, lot square 616; $10 (stamps, $1). Corcoran street northwest between 1ith and 15th streets—Chas. F. Benjamin et al., trustees, to John Cook, trustee, lots 33, 44, 4G, square 208; $12,150. —_+>_—_. THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Hagner. Boswell agt. Boswell; leave to amend bill granted. Bankruptcy Court—Justice Hagner. In re Chas. T. and Geo. P. Carter; adju- dication and reference to E. S. McCalmont. In re B. F. Craycroft; discharge ordered. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Barnard. Thompson agt. Shelley; pro confesso 2gainst defendant, Wm. C. Shelley. Wheat- ley agt. McCullough; order appointing guardian ad litem. Hassler agt. Hassler: order of re-reference to Jacob H. Lichliter, examiner. Fraser et al. agt. Capital Trust Company; order grantingy writ of assist- ance. Kyle agt. Kyle; testimony before Percy E, Budlong, examiner, ordered taken. Hollidge agt. Moriarty; decree dismissing Dill with costs. Winfield agt. Lincoln Fire Insurance Company; rule to show cause, re- turnable April 27. Hoover agt. Hoover; or- der appointing commission. Denison ‘agt. Denison; order for appearance of absent de- fendant. Court of Appeals—Present, the Chief Jus- tice, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice Shepard. - wito-Hitz agt. Jenks et al.; passed until ay. 966—Campbell agt. Dexter; argument com- menced by Mr. L. A. Bailey for appellart, continued by Mr. Chas. W. Needham for appellee and concluded by Mr. J. J. Dar- lington for appellant. Circuit Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bingham. Jackson agt. Emmons et al.; judgment reversed and judgment for costs of appeal. Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank agt. Dugan et al.; judgment by default. Mosheuvel agt. District of Columbia: on trial. Blanchard agt. Gurley et al.; judg- ment on verdict. Criminal Court No. 1—Justice Clabaugh. ~ United States agt. William Sauer, mur- der; on tial. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Cole. United States agt. Dudley A. Richardson, larceny; verdict, not guilty. United States agt. John Butler, larceny from the «person; verdict, guilty. “United States agt. Albert Kent, second offense petit larceny; defend- ant withdraws plea of not guilty and pleads guilty; sentence, West Virginia peniten- tlary for three years. United States agt. Robert Pendleton, Frank Turner, Henry Ware, James Gray, Joseph Mack, Howard Berry and Lemuel Simms, rape; on trial. Probate Court—Justice Cole. Estate of Edward M. Gadsden; will dated April 18, 1891, filed. Estate of John M. Smith; renunciation of Emily C. Smith filed. Estate _ FINANCIAL. They Guessed It. ‘The fond parents of a promising youth, anxious to ascertain what the future bad in «tore for him, tested him by leaving a Silver Dollar, a bottle of Whisky and a Bible on a table in his ‘room. If he takes ‘the whisky, said bis father, he will be a saloon keeper; if'he takes the he will be © fivancter, aud if he takes the Rible he will be a minister. They concealed themselves and watched him: He feted the Dollar, drank the Whisky and locked up the Bible. "Mein Got in Himmel,* said bis father, He Took It All He will be a lawyer.” Possibly the oid man correct. but we think that he would never “first-class lawys Decause HE DIDN'T T. THE TABLE. However, “that's another story," as Rudyard Kipling says, and has nothing to do with gar facilities for handling orders for Stocks, Grain, Provisions or Cotton, for Oash or on a Margin. Doc: tors, Lawyers, Ministers, Saloon Keepers apd Fi- hanclers all agree that it is seldom equaled and never excelled. We have a correspondent in every city where we advertise; try him, or send for our HOWARD, CROSBY & CO, G2 WALL ST. W YORK. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. L_D. FOWLER & CO., 1421 F ST. wai be at FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE Auierican Security and Trust Ploving and Shipping f oO 4 Valuable and Fragile Articles, such as China, Statuary, Pianos, Objects of Art, Bric-a-Brac, Paintings, Books, Furniture, Household Goods, etc., etc., by expert, responsible and cour- teous packers and handlers. Let us estimate. STORAGE Dept., Am. Security and Trust Co. 1140 15th. NATIONAL Sar IT, SAVINGS AND TRUST MPANY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, held April a dividend of 114 per cent was declared, Payable May 1, to stockholders of record on clas- transfer books at 4 p.m. April 25, 190, rated under the D. lie a plan which pay for 5W cents; $10.00 f no chance or f:aud. agents wanted. apziste-7 \ Money Loaned| | on Furniture —o 609 F st, now. —Pianos and other bousehoid g00ds without removal from your possession. No delay or pub- licity. Any amount from $10 up, at lowest rates of interest. Security Loan Co., tere Warder ‘Bidz. ap2o-14tt Cor. oth & F. COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPAN Of the District of Columbia. Office, 1419 G st. now. Rooks for the transfer of stock of this company Will be closed from April 25 to May 1, 1900, both days inclusive. LEM TOWERS, Jr., Secretary. apls-5t Room Deposit Money = With anne be opened with $1. Interest at the of OFFICERS: President, B. F. Saul; Vice Presi- dent, Anthony Gaegler; “Treasurer, Francis Miller; Secretary, Ferdinand Schmidt. : HOME SAVINGS BANK, Seventh and L Sts. ap2l-20d PRIVATE ROOMS, $1 to $5 ronth. The most accessible and complete storace house in the city—bullding contains 300 CLEAN, DRY, WELI-VENTILATED rooms— each under lock and key. Let us show them to Padded Vans and Experienced [en for Moving. Goods packed and shipped to all parts of the wor erchants’ Parcel Delivery Company, 4 929-931 D St *Phone 659. = 49-50. & F - Storage. Owing to the enormous quantity of Furniture stored with me in my buildings 627-639 La. ave., 1 found it necessa=y to lease the large ware rooms 33 La ave.. and am now prepared to store your Furniture st uy usual low rates. You can pay storage and hauling charges at your convenience. S A postal or "phone message will bring my wagons to your door. Pliarcus Notes, "Phone 1574 (ap13-1m,25) __ 6383-37-39 La. ave. = of Walter R. Davies; summons returned not to be found. Estate of Laura Benet; proof of publication filed. In re Francis H. Barbarin et al., minors; order appointing Elizabeth H. Barbarin guardien; bond, $8,- 000. Estate of Annie L. Disney; order on co-administrator to show cause returnable April 30. Estate of Jolin E. Wright; will admitted to probate and letters testamen- tary granted to Alice M. Wright; bond, $500. “Estate of Ellen Rush; petition for probate of will filed. Estate of George W. Hoover; waiver of next of kin filed. Es- tate of Sarah E. Chandler; will admitted to probate and letter3 testamentary grant- ed to Geo. V. Chandler, bond, $9,000. Estate of Kate H. Taylor; summons returned not to be found. In re Nellic Spandan (minor): account passed. Estate of Geo. W. Hoover: petition for probate of will filed. Estate of Louis Dorr: order of sale.’ Estate of Alice E. Edmonston; will partly proved. ——_. Price of Shoes in Prussia. ‘Consul Warner at Leipzig informs the State Department that on account of a recent adancement in the price of leather the price of boots and shoes has been in- creased 5 per cent among the manufactur- ers of Welssenfels, Prussia. rman natn you. (nnn ON mre nm iano maa Ge FINANCIAL. BE STRONG MINDED = Se fave @ portion of your salary—and to deposit your Savings with us, Amounts of from $1 up are taken to open an account. We pay interest upon deposits. Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. Op23-15d Have Your Will Prepared BY THE Union Trust & Storage OF THE company 1400 F et. nw. Wills drawn naming the company executor oF trustee kept safely and without charge. EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN JAMES G. PAYNE. . es - President -First Vice Prenigent 24 Vice President, At- torney & Trust Officer - Treasurer Secretary CLEVELAND PARK see homes that will please and Investments Te that will pay. Member Washington Stock Exchange, 1405 F Street. Specialist in Local Securities. ap4-260* APIS ASENRARTENM 2A CARLEY, ROSENCARTEN &GO Bankers cné Brokers, 20 EROAD ST.. NEW YORK. Bonds, Stocks, Cotton, Grain, Provisions, Special fast wire paotath WASHINGTON OFFICE: e fes-lott MAEE A: 7 NW. Realty Appraisal and Agency Co. (acorporated), 610 13th St. N. W. Makes appraisels for rantees the tate loans. Restate will bring the amount er buys the prop ’ tugs. in es Tor ye is Pars ¢ ns have for sale and GUAMAN4 & BRO! S shen LOANS 0 commission if we have client's money to fit, and no dictation es rifire ins, © US on any 1B ATE MATTER. 88 We CAD Serve FOU, 44 and 5%. R.W.Walker& Son MONEY . TO LOAN. 444 and 5% ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE. RATE OF INTEREST REGULATED BY CHAR- ACTER OF SECURITY. R. O. Holtzman, mbs-litt lta and F sts a.m PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION. $2,005,685.10 $111,400.44 HAS MONEY ‘0 LOAN. No charge to toe borrower for examination of title. No charge for rppraisement. No charge for recording. No -ommiss‘ons Loans Absclutely Free of Expense. Settlement of Lalf shares or whoie shares at any time and saving the interest on the shares settled. But'ding loaas sade und interest charged only on tie smoun® needed as you go along, and not om the whole loar, until you have drawn !t all. There a@vuntager muke the loans of the Per petual the ch.apest in the city. ©. C. DUNCANSON, President, JOHN COOK, Secretary, Office. 506 11th st. 4630-3618 The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, CORNER :5TH ST. AND NEW YORK avB. Capital:One Million Dollars Renta Bates ioe’ reraiar-proot ‘Vaults. ra inesde Bi ‘an! Acts 28 Administrator, Execator, Trustee, &e oc! ESTABLISHED iss. Lewis Johnson & Co., BANKERS, 1315 F Street, Sun Building, Members New York and Washing- ton Stock Exchange. Mopey loaned <n securities Usted in New York, Boston, Philadelpisa, Baltimore and Washington, Poreiga exchange. ‘Cable transfers, Letters of credit. Governmrnt bends bought and sold. dents of MOORE & SCHLEY, oc25-20tt NEW YORK. GURLEY & JOHNSON, BANKERS AND BROKERS, 1335 F ST., Members New York Stock Exchange. New York Correspondents, Van Emburgh & Atterbury STOCKS, BONDS & LOCAL Securities bougbt and solé—Cash or Margin. feT-16tf ‘Telephone. 890 and 490. W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & CO., 408-168 New York. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK 5 OF WASHINGTON, D. @. Capital, $500,009. EXCHANGE ON = ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE AND GERMANT. Letters of Credit AVAILABLE IN ALL FOREIGN PARTS, BANK COLLECTIONS. . ORDERS FOR INVESTMENTS. 27-82 WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST BLDG. Bankers and Financial Agents. Investments. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND BILLS OF CHANGE 02 Bees. & On, Lenton, a able in all part: of the ny ony td Ke and Shangha! Bank {tin Tobotntns cad everywhere tn the fat east Moves ee Lh Heiskell & -McLeran, ect5-8tt 2008 F st. ow,