Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1900, Page 14

‘ THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900-16 PAGES. GUMPTION. properly cheated.” economy and who can now INE does not have gumption till one has been Persons of gumption are using Ivory Soap, women who have trusted themselves too near the precipice of false appreciate the true econo- my in a soap made of pure vegetable oils and other high-class ingredients, but made in such quantity as to bring the price within the reach of the very poorest family. Indeed it is the very poor who most need it, for they can least afford the extravagance of common soap. COPYRIGHT Nene RY THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. CINCINNATH MP1 AR@ HS SS GLASS MESSENGER |the SERVICE 1S SUPPLIED BY TH® Postal Telegraph-Cable Company At its thirty local offices or through messenger call system. and Messenger Rate Cards. eee reese eeeees OF EV irs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G St. Fidccceccccscssecuses W EAI )RDERE ALL DRUGGISTS. £ CLEAN HOUSE the b = THOMPSON'S es at i} | ompson,* armacist, 703 15th St. Witch H = DISTILLED, & azel, FER CENT ALCOHOL, idc. Per Pint. 60c. Per Gallon. ge for bottles and delivery, lan MW TEMG JOGN W. JENNINGS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, 1142 CONNECTIEUT AVENUE ” KAFRIKO The now accepted Remedy for La Grippe, Severe Colds, Wasting Fevers and all Nervous Affections. Indorsed by Physicians and Hospitals everywhere. Trial Size, 10cts. at Drug Stores. mb26-tf.20 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR. We are also selling a lot of All Long Huma: Bair Switches af great burgaina = “0 Switebes reduced to $1.50. $5.00 Switches reduced to $2.50. $5.00 Switches reduced to $5.00. Gray and White Hair reduced in same proportion. Pime. Siccardi, 11 11th st., next to Palais Royal, Private rooms for hairdressing, shampooing and ecing. Ja20-16t _ THE PLACE ~ Where you can get what "f your wants ai PHOTOGRAPHIC. Free Developing Rooms. SHEETZ & BISHOP, Telephone 2143. (ep25-14tf) 614 12th nw. For the Kidneys and Liver Use BLACKISTONE WATER —unfailing as a diuretic and mild laxative. § gals., $1.00—12 14-gal. bots., $1.50. N. W. BURCHELL, 1325 F St. Extra An Nurses. Used in Js the only one of this kt The wea of 2 Ei the microbes that eat aw: Vitality of the balr Its it 4 { Dandruff Beginning, Baldness the End. ‘The majority. of people never think of treating the hair until it begins to fall out or they notice here end there a bald spot. for one which contain el! other hair-dest: Inmediately they rush alled “HAL RESTORERS” er Lead, Sulphur, Silver or some sing drug. There is a temporary but at what a cost. What they need is hing to strengthen and stimulate the hair les and not weaken or enfreble them with als, etc. They require a clean, scientific veg- © compound, and Dr. Bell’s Hair Food and Dandruff Cure of the now on the market. TMENT is first to BELL'S TI and destroy the @ thorou! then to scalp In healthy condition, so «d small Surface vessels will 1 every follicle. (The Hair Oint- < of the hair and is a and promoting the growth become bald in a minut: theless sur ‘TH en is AND idle former first sppears S HAI FOOD r of future will stir up » While at the sa nif from disease oF of nourishment to the pmes dry and falls ont. DR. BELL Kk of nouristinent by forcing thes Mood vessels to perform thelr I d thus restores the sealp to its condision. And there is no penalty fterward, as the Hale Food is & apeund. clein and made up of pure ats. We recommena™ the use of ap with the Huir Food, as the Is a very good antiseptic im the treatment of all scalp diseases. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Dr. Beli’s Hair Food and Dandruff Cure CURES. Full treatment, 60 cents. MANUFACTURED BY THE BELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, WASHINGTON, D. G 1 first-class dealers, 1ith and G. L, 301 Pa. ave. se. and Pa. ave. OYA DONN YRES, 7 ‘HE, 314 7th s HECHT & Co., 515 7th st. S. KANN & SONS, Sth and Market space. apT-s,tuSth-sm-100 Our Famous Suit Case a you te one. tor geo ae in Russet Sole Leat BECKER, rebrtri 1328 F Street. I With red, Itching skin—chafing—or heat—pawder the Fttle one with ALOUM POWDER. “It's best for use. Cures all these skin troubles. the skin clear, soft and smooth. bP y heeps: a in and gerfumed. Ive. can—$ for 25e. “Larger cans, CF At Druggists—and_here. Evans’ Drug Store, Wholesale & Retail, 924 F STREET. my5-16d 2a 20 20 24 40 aa a CARRY ® i > Suit 4 4 UIT Cases are coming more and more 4 ‘ 4 4 4 ES Buys a Handsome Sole-leather Case here Worth more. ‘KS of EVERY SORT. Case. inte use for both ladies and gentlemen. TO TRU LUTZ & CO., 497 PA. AVE. 4 myz-20a be we we we we ww! ; Another Ten Strike A $30 Suit To-Order, $15. M. P. Fitzsimmons, 910F, my7-24d —cornered a lot of fabrics that ordinart!; gO into Suits cost. ing from $25 to $30. We can make them up for you for §15. Not too many—be quick! exon BuomDReMERMRER Wear mera eUMMNRCRTI NN Great Reduction in Hair Goods. Switches ..... -$2.50—formerly $5.00 Switches | 7$6.00—tormerly $10.50 Gray Switebes., ~$3.00—formerly $5.00 Halrdreasing, Sbapodlog, ete, Hele Dee Bleaching a specialty,’ Halr Dyeing and Imperial Hair Regenerator for re- storing gray hair Natural color, $1.25. S. HELLER’s, fe2.200 120 SEVENTH ST._N.W. HEITMULLER’S Uptown AF Galleries, — 1307 14th et. ap23-26t-4 Paintings, Prints, Curios, JUDGE LOCHREN'S OPINION = DELIVERED IN —CASE OF PORTO RICAN ORITZ. — His Trial by Court-Martial Was Legal, GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM Americans Are Lenders of Money in European Cities, as Constitution’ Extends to Igjands. TRUST COMPANIES AS BANKERS Judge Lochren flea wnzthe United States circuit court in St. Paul yesterday his de- cision on the application’ of Rafael Oritz, a Porto Rican, to be,released from the Min- nesota state prison. Oritz was convicted by a military tribu- nal in Porto Rico for the murder of a United States soldier, and condemned to die. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The application for release was based on the claim that the military authorities had no jurisdiction over Oritz; that peace had been declared, and that he should have had a civil trial. Judge Lochren refused the application in an oral decision Thursday last, and today filed an exhaustive opinion thereon. The decision states: Andrew Carnegie Says the People Want McKinley Again. MISS GOULD LEASES A VILLA st Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 7, 1900. The various published statements about London haying borrowed gold from Paris for the settlement in, London this week, and for the payment of the British war loan instaliment, and that the shipments from here to Paris were to make good these loans, ete., are generally laughed at here 6 “Our general government was founded as being contrary to the known conditions. | J Ci, Suuctal, €overnment was founded American capital in large amounts, It 15 | repelled against the arbitrary power As- d, is being lent in Europe at present, especially in Berlin. In one case a million serted by Great Britain to govern her out- lying colonies at the will of her parlia- ment. They established : h ernment dollars was lent through a well-known this gov 7 sipedpaples ss ,| Upon the asserted theory that all just Vienna conservative foreign banking house | Hho" JN, Beserted theory that ail Just on first-class German municipal bonds at | sent of the governed. 6 per cent, with an allowance to provide | described by President Lincoln in lan- for adverse conditions of the exchange | &U: not yet forgotien, ‘a government of the people, by the people They founded, as ae | ple.’ It will be, indeed, marvelous if these loans have been made |i, made to appear that these men who in dollars, that is, the money has been bor-| then founded our national government, so here on German securities, deposited } constructed it that it is capable of ruling with unlimited 1 power, a sub; people who hav neither guarantee: protect them nor any voice in the govern- ment. This is foreign absolutism—the werst form of tyranny. Constitution Superior to Congress. “If the Constitution does not extend Porto Rico and our other new acqu tions of territory, Congress has the un- trammeled absolute pow to establish subject governments or make laws such territories; it has the power to ¢: lish dependent monarcl or satray e religions, and even here in the ordinary way, or else on se- curities placed in escrow in Berlin. The money thus borrowed has been remitted from here in the usual way by means of ex- change, which accounts in part for the un- usual strength of the sterling exchange market. Loans made here in that way have to be repaid here, of cow in the ame way as any other loan fs paid in this 10 re repaid in Germany, that provision has been made for an advance condition of the exchange market besides the 6 per cent interest in the loan. From all of which, a broker said, it appears that this country holds at present a very commanding posi- tion in the exchange markets of the world loans to that the last clause of th amendment prevents the e there of slavery is obviously lame and im- by reason of her commerce. Petent, for It” the Constitution does not 1 = fe extend to those parts of the domain ot pes Couece Domand fers Gol dt: the United States, nor limit Cqngress in “Im considering this gold movement,” he | its powers of legislation over them, by . “one must not forget the war in the | what process will this single clause of an amendment of that instrument detach it- Transvaal, which, of necessity, creates an Zi self from the skin of the parchment and additional need England, al- of gold by alone fasten itself upon these new. terri- though thus far England has apparently | tories? If it be considered that s contrived to get along very well, and has | clause of the thirtcenth amendment a very a ei r propria vigore’ extends to these new not made any very strong bid for some of | Bee aia Toric ces ee Gare our surplus gold, and of which we have an abundant suppl: The tax imp respecting them, every clause of that in- strument for the like reason is equally po- don tea during the war tent. To say that a clause in the Con- with Spain, while coffee. its companion | stitution does not extend to a territory. commodity, was lenored, Is condemned by | hut does limit the power of Congress in the trade, the heads of which are located | jegisiating for the territory, is to draw a here. Robert F. Russell of Russell & Co., | qistinction too fine to be przctical. who is a director of the Tea Association, |° “The argument much repeated, that if declares that the preponderance of opinion fational’ governiient of the. United among the tea merchants of the entire| States has not the power to deal with country, as well as the local trade, is that > new territories untrammeled by the the tax of 10 cents per pound should be re- itution is less than that pealed. He s: ‘The tax was put on a sed by pr governments of a war tax; now the war is over, and th vilized world is admitted. It proves people think it should be repealed. The | nothing. The national government of the tax stands 70 per cent ad valorem, and the | United States is one of very limited pow- poor man who buys his at 15 cents per | © In respect to its own people, in its pound is required to p: the same s and, generally, xcept in h man who pays $1 per pound. S power to deal with foreign was put on at the last moment. tions and concerning matters expressly been inconsistent from the beginning.” ecmmitted to {t by the Constitution, its Wholesele grocers have withdrawn their | powers are much less than that po: sel ‘gies from t 1g coffee. b: th: other governm: and put double force into No one will di: Not Greater Than Its Creator. “The national government of the United States was created and its powers and jurisdiction granted and limited by the fed- New siness for Trust panies. So much interest has been centered in the operations of the banks recently that trust companies seem to have escaped attention. eral Constitution, Its powers ean only be That they are importa actors ij e 7 nes puporrent factors in) the |iiicreased by, amendment of that «ddtras money situation at this time is evident from | ICT the statements of officials, who claim t “The power of the general government rash increase of trust | to a quire additional territory rests upon en larger in proportion to | its constitutio: power to make war, during th two or three | which may result in conquest, and its like an th h gains of the banks of | power to make treaties, which may bring ing House Association. territory by cession. ‘The power to govern Trust companies have figured cons; s wies results from the uously as of money during th Pp new states and to make all * S, and coming into dire ne ulations respecting the petition with the bankers, have, to or other property belonging to the extent, influenced the loan mon t ates. now ail. It is an interesting fact that 1use authorizes Congress to legis- the ts of trust companies expand pect to a territory In local as well more ly during perio sy mone 1 matters, before its admission to than the ¢ of banks. This is due | Statehood into the Union. chiefly to the greater inducements off ‘The novel doctrine that the power of by the former institutions in the way of in- | Congress to govern territory ceded to the te rates. Un = may be confessed by a for- he truth is,” says the president of a] eign s gn, by and through the terms large Wall street trust company, “that | of a treaty of cession, and that the general When people find that they are unable to| government can exercise pow; thus loan their money on the street 1 granted by a foreign sovereign independent tory rates the: ly dep, of and in disregard of the Constitution until ol or more S, Congress, mayhap in the future enactment see fit to exte Constitution over the terr'tory, is con to the ho! of the Supreme Court of the United ly a fair in- relieved of all ‘ ‘0 the effec: the general government 18 Carnegie on the Political Situation, | fo he,efect that Lee can eatin Andrew Carnegie, who has gone abroad | and e: @ no power not granted with his wife and daughter for his yearly Pree os culidaw of G ‘ Pav s ry implication. is clear that the ae ce months among the lochs of ‘al government cannot legislate rouse and, had something to say on the po-| territory where the Constitution. from litical situation before the “all-ashore” bell | which its ¢ power is derived does not sounded. “As the cards lie now,” said he, “the show that the people are going to intrust the republican party with another lease of power. I admire the wisdom of the people in this matter. Naturally I am with Sena- tor Hoar from beginning to end in his ideas as to the Philippines. We are finding out that ft is true that you may suppress $,000,- 000 of people for a time, but you cannot extend. The over a territory ment can ha respecting it titution must be in force before the general govern- rity to legislate d eign sovereign can in- 1 government with any legis- lative power. Effect of the Act of Cession. imerous decisions are cited in support of his opinion, and he continues: hold them down all the’ thos ou cant “It must be held that upon the cession by place an army of 7044) on the doorcily at | Spain to the United States of the Island of these S,0,000. We shall have to keep them | Porto Rico, that Island became a part of there as a permanent army, too. Summer Plans of Golfers. Golfers who are arranging their plans for the summer season are somewhat puzzled at the delay in issuing the annual schedule of open and Invitation tournaments. _ Here- tofore the secretary of the Metropolitan Golf Association has undert. ken the work, but this year no word ha: been re ved from the secretary's ‘offi and as the sea- son {ts already well advanced pla. 's here- abouts are becoming anxious. A partial list of the events is already known, so that the dominion of the United States, as much so as is Arizona or Mir and that the Constitution of the United States, ex pro- pria vigore, at once extended over t land, and that_this extension of the ¢ stitution gave Congress, whose every yio must come from that instrument, the 4 thority to legislate in respect to that { as a part of the United States territory “It follows that all the provision of the Constitution in respect to personal and property rights, including the right to trial by jury in criminal prosecution, became at once, when the cession was completed, a part of the supreme law of the land. The character of an effense and the nature of it punishment would be determined by the law in force where and when the act was there will be no uncertainty for the next | committed, and laws of that character re- few weeks at least. main in force after the ¢ pnuntil An important event is the annual Metro- | changed; but the manner of trial must de- politan champlonship, the date of which is | pend on the law in force when the trial 1s known, May 2% to 26, inclusive, at the Na: en though the establishment and or- sau Country Club at Glencove. After the fon of courts must be awaited be- Nassau affair comes the annual open tour- the trial can be had. nament of the Baltusrol Golf Club on Ma The decision states that military law be- 81 to June 2, Inclusive. The Connecticut | Ing the sole authority the acts of a military State League has fixed on June 6, 7, 8 and g| Court were entirely legal, and the petition as the dates of its second annual champion- | fF @ writ of habeas corpus was denied. ship. =o The Oakland Golf Club has announced its STANDARD OIL PIERS BURN. open tournament for June 14, 15 and 16, and this will be another important fixture on the local calendar. From then until the Shinnecock hills meeting on July 24 nothing is scheduled except the annual amateur championship of the United States, which will occur at Garden City in Fourth of July week. ™M Gould Leases a Villa. Miss Helen Gould has leased a villa at Newport. And so it appears that this lady, so philanthropic, so patriotic, will not be found this summer at her splendid rest- dence, Lyndhurst, near Tarrytown-on-the- Hudson. It may be that she is weary of the rather secluded life she has led and has determined to enter the so-called “Newport set’ and to take part in the gayetles of the summer capital. And it must be remember- ed that Miss Gould's brother Frank lives with her and is now of age. It has never pleased Miss Gould to move in ultrafashion- able society, which surely would welcome her, just as its leaders, Mrs. Astor, Mrs Fish and the rest, have opened their arms to her charming sister-in-law, Mrs. George J. Gould. Miss Gould has innumerable friends and admirers, but they are not found In the lst of those who lead society and who seem to live only for society. ————— For Target Practice. By direction of the Secretary of War, the present allowance of small-arms ammunt- tion for target practice will be increased one-third during the present calendar year. had, e€ Blaze at Constable Hook Causes $500,- 000 Lo: Fire last night destroyed a large section of the docks an@ sheds of the New Jersey Storage Company, connected with the Standard Oil Company's Constable Hook works, causing a propetty loss of $500,000. There is some suspicion that the fire was started by strikers; who for the past week have caused trouble at the oil works and at the Oxford copper works, which adjoin. The fire started in one of the sheds on the pier, and, owing to the oll-soaked condition of the shed, the dock and everything else in the neighborhood, the flames spread rapidly. The oil tank ship Adelphia was lying along- side one of the piers, and before she could be hauled out took fire. Tugs tried to get her off and beach her on Staten Island shore, but the hawsers caught fire, and she went adrift in the Kills. Three oil barges which lay alongside the docks tock fire and were destroyed. Officials of the Standard Of1 Company are of the opinion that the fire started on one of the pile drivers. They say it would have been impossible for the strikers to set the fire, as they could not pass through the yards to the dock. : ——_+o+—____ Carl Gensen, who attempted suicide in Minneapolis Saturday, {s dead. He proved to be the brother of a German admiral. He perm y of a good family and was well edu- cal THE WAR IN LONDON What People Think of the Situation in South Africa, FEAST DAYS ON THE CONTINENT Bitter Famine and Social Gayety in Far-Off India. AMERICAN ARTISTS ABROAD ge Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONDON, April 11, 1900. Events have been for some time past moving so fast in favor of the British in South Africa that the latest news from Bloemfontein has come as a great shock to people here. It appears that at the affair at Redders- berg a British force of over 500 was sur- rounded by nearly seven times their num- ber. That a Boer army of this magnitude should have been able to get so far south without the British commander or any of his officers hearing of it is remarkable. The Boers are very active in the neighboc- hood of Wepener, and it is even said that the British have withdrawn from Roux- ville, which {s only twenty miles from the Orange river. They seem practically mas- ters of the country between the railway and Basutoland, and there are also rumors of their activity to the west of the line. What the entire strength of the Boer force south of Bloemfontein is it is impos- sible to but it is clear that they are going to assail Lord Roberts’ communica- tions. Their object is probably to compel the evacuation of Bloemfontei y cannot be strong enough to break for an: length of time Lord Roberts’ line of com- munication with the Orange river. The position is certainly not without anxiety. The Boers, however, are playing a rather bold and dangerous game. An immense British force is in the rear. It is tempora- rily hampered from the want of horses, but this disadvantage is being constantly les- sened. Ten thousand horses will arrive this week in South Africa, and from the remount establishment at Cape Town hor: are being sent daily to the front. May Be Caught in a Trap. In spite of the mobility and activity of the Boers thefe is great risk that the re- treat may be cut off, and it may be true, as stated in a telegram from Bloemfontein, that their movement in the south is In the nature of a raid. The long inactivity in > tal is perplexing every one. It is over five weeks now since Ladysmith was relieved, and we do not hear yet of any important movement on the part of Buller’s army. It may be that, like Lord Roberts, he is waiting for more horses. I believe that President Kruger fs in- tensely anxious that the Transvaal should not become the scene of warlike operations. Whether he fears that a British invasion of the Transvaal would affect the spirit and temper of the burghers I do not know, but in any case he is striving with all his en- ergy to prevent it. There is, however, ably ginother reason. If the British e once in force acr the Vaal it would difficult to prevent Johannesburg from The possession reef” city has been an im- mense advantage to the Transvaal govern- ment. They have been able to keep sev- eral of the mines working, and to provide themselves monthly with a handsome sum for the expenses of the war. Were the: to lose Johannesburg this source of sup) would cease and their power be materiaily crippled. The Parix Carnival. On my recent journey abroad church feasts and fasts seemed to keep even pace with me, meet me everywhere and keep me company. I arrived in Paris on Mardi Gras and found the carnival fun fast and furious. On the ay from the station to the hotel my cab blocked at every turn and was obliged in some instances to make a circuit around ain thoroughfares of which the joyous crowds had taken possession. We were obliged to cross the Boulevard des Italiens, and as we were edging our way along at a walking pace T became at once a target for showers of well-aimed confetti. “Pout! Houp la, m’sieu!"’ and a handful of the brightly- colored paper discs flung into my face at one open window and the mischievous face of a girl peered In to see how “M'sieu liked it. Bif! and another handful came in at the opposit dow amid screams of laughter. It was great fun, and there was nothing to do but submit’ and latigh too until the crowd broke away and the cab passed beyond the zone of fire. Some of that confetti lasted me many days. I found it down my ne the pockets of my clothes, in my > and everywhere. A Confetti Battle. That night as I sat at an outside table at the Cafe de la Paix to have coffee the boulevard and Opera Square were packed with struggling thousands of men, women and children dressed in fantastic costumes and all armea with immense bags of con- fetti. The road 'S were filled with the stuff even off with the curbstones. That corner seemed the aim of every merry- maker in Paris. Foreigners joined in the fun, too. An American family sat in front of me and the young girl of the group, a pretty girl of about twenty, was especially singled out for attack, which e bore in good part, returning fire when she could. All the trees were festooned with long rlb- bons of paper which are thrown in boom- The next morning, except for : of these fes Paris was swept n and the Mardi Gras was over for be passing into their hands. of the jays later in Brussels I came in for an aftermath of carnival frolic. It seems that they keep it up longer there and have the business all over again on the following Sunday A Roman Festival. I arrived in Rome on a saint's day (it's hard to avoid such days in the “Eternal City") and found all Rome en fete. It was the festival of San Giuseppe. Everybody whose name is Joseph received flowers or presents from his friends, and dozens of people were carrying bouquets and wreaths through the streets. It is not the custom in Italy to celebrate birthday anniversaries, but name days and all Josephs, past and present, are honored on that saint's day. In a butcher's shop I saw on one wall a picture of St. Joseph surrounded by a wreath of olive branches, on the opposite wall a portrait of Garibaldi, whose name was also Giuseppe, treated in the same manner, while on the other sides the pic- tures of Verdi and the present speaker of the Italian chamber of deputies, also Josephs, were entwined with flowers. At various street corners vendors of bigne, a sort of hollow doughnut, were frying their savory wares at portab!e furnaces and sell- ing them as hot cakes proverbially sell. It Is hard at first to see what bignes have to do with the saint's festival, but later in the day a Roman lady on whom I called explained the custom to me. She offered bignes and Marsala wine, and said I must, when in Rome, do as the Romans do, and they always eat bignes and drink Marsala on St. Joseph’s day. While I did honor to the custom she told me that, like many sim- ilar customs in Rome, it had come down from pagan days. It was a part of pagan ritual to make food offerings and pour out lcbations of wine to certain deities. Just as the carnival is a relic of the ancient Saturnalla, so other rites of heathen Rome were adopted by the church to make the conversion from paganism to Christianity the easier for the masses. Hundreds of cus- toms formerly belonging to the pantheists have now this Christian dress and figure in their festivals. At night the streets were filled with shril! cries of the bigne sellers, who invariably dress in white. It was a picturesque sight, the little flaming fur- naces surrounded by gaily dressed crowds eating and laughing and enjoying them- selves in a manner of which a colder-blood- ed citizen of north Europe knows nothing. The Famine in India. While thousands are dying daily of plague and famine in India, festivities and jollities among the English there hold sway as if no tragedy was taking place. According to a statement received by the lord mayor from the secretary of state for India, the tracts affected by the present famine contain a population of 85,000,000, of whom perhaps 62,000,000 may be severely }only his Big Ovens and Little Ovens yield the same result when Washburn-Crosby Co.’s Gold Medal Flour is used—alway light, rich cakes; bread ; ys satisfying, nutritious uniformly delicate pastry. Bakers know its value from daily experience—from the time the flour goes into the bin until it is handed Out a finished food to the smiling customer, Washburn-Crosby’s Gold Medal Flour is the favorite of housewives, because it is easily work: yields a superior quality of baking, and a greater quantity than other. an made Gold Medal flour i of the finest spring wheat, so milled that the j Furniture. There's guaranteed qualities here—on prices. Chairs, etc. no notes—no interest. —hbetter get it waste to pay for. and Ice Boxes all sizes. 817-819=821-823 1] See rteoteoterterteot oooh ANA LLLP NEEL EEEEEESESESSS Sa a eS When Shriners Come You'll Need Extra no need of paying cash for it, for you can buy credit—at the lowest bargain s. Probably you will need a Bed Room Suite—Mattress and Springs—possibly a new Sideboard — Extension Table, No matter what the need is, we can fill it you can take your time paying the bill—weekly or monthly— If you haven't bought the Matting yet here—where every yard is tacked down free of cost—and where there is no We sell the very best grades of Cotton Warp and Jointless Mattings. More than a thousand rolls to select from. Baby Carriages and Go-Carts at all prices. Carriages, elegantly upholstered and fitted with rubber tires and all the newest improvements—$12 and $15. G ROGAN’S Credit House, Between H and I sts. Seether heen tentetete ieee olen otieototonietnsitioesnsihee ech Boden tease gluten and germ of the grain are retained, givin, the bread a fruitlike or almond flavor unknown to improperly milled flour. Be sure to try a bo YUCO, the New Wheat Food, WASHBURN-CROSBY CO., Minneapolis, Minn. setetetadedetnaepeniniededeteteeae and CREDIT © A mammoth stock of Jeautiful Reed Refrigerators Mammoth 7th Street N. W. affected. At the end of March the number of people In receipt of relief was 3,454,000 In British provinces, and 1, ) in native states—a total of 4,879,000. Six-sevenths ot these were employed on relief works, and one-seventh, by reason of age, etc., are gratuitously relieved. It is expected’ that the severity of the famine pressure will not abate until the end of June. Contrast this statement with the follow- ing letter just received by a friend of mine from a lady in Bomba: Gayety in Bombay. “Bombay has been en fete for some weeks seeing off the old govcrnor and welcoming the new. Lady Northcote is a Canadian and very charming in manner. We went to a reception, thefr first. They stood in the middle on a dais and bowed to us as our names were called out, and we passed by. She is always well turned out and ha: lovely jewels. They say Lord Mount Ste- phen gave her £20,000 a year. She was adopted daughter. I wish you could have been at some of the farewell parties to the Sandhursts. One vied with another at going one better, and thelr lovely houses, illuminated with thousands of Hghts, colored, the ground’s flower beds and all decked out with these pretty lights was like fairy land. I could hardly give you in writing a fafr description. In one house In the court yard a fountain threw up water very high and in the water col- ored balls revolved; they were simply beau- ful, the decorations. Last Monday the judges’ wives and our chief justice's wife gave a ball at the ladies’ Gymkhana. The place is most beautifully si ted, over- looking Back bay, and lends itself well to beauty. Everything was Al. Supper was laid for 17% at a time, and first-class it was. Everything was superb and we thor- oughly enjoyed ourselves. “This time Bombay is as sick as it can be; we only lost 2,837 last week; nearly as bad as war or worse. It goes up over WW every week. “Smallpox, measles and plague are the offenders, and I believe cholera 1s now en route to join the happy band. I do hope soon we will get out of the mire, for it casts a certain amount of sadness. Show Sunday. Last Sunday was “show Sunday” among the artists, most of whom “received” at their studios. The two American academi- cians, E. A. Abbey and B. 8. Sargent, are in evidence, as usual. The former is on the committee of selection and the hanging committee. Mr. Abbey's historical groups, “The Penance of the Duchess of Glouces- ter,” scenes drawn from the plays 0! “Henry the Bighth” and Henry the Sixt respectively, will attract much attention. Mr. Sargent’s work is also noticeable, and his portrait of the lord chief justice is no exception to the rule. Mr. Orchardson’s pictorial group of the royal family—the queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the little Prince Edward—wiil certainly be one of the most interesting things in the academy. The scene is one of the corridors of Windsor Castle,.and the whole incident s0 natural and homelike that it at once appeals to the heart. Mr. Briton Rivjere is sending a picture of St. George attended by the captive Sabra after her delivery by the death of the dragon. Mr. A. S. Cope has in his studio the full- length portrait of Lord Kitchener of Khar- toum receiving dispatches in his tent and in the uniform in which he conducted ths Soudan campaign, painted for the Chai- ham mess. Mr. G. H. Boughton was a good deal complimented on one of his paint- ings. The subject is simple enough. A girl passing through a country church- yard as the light wanes and evening comes on pauses a moment and listens to the vil- lage choir inside singing the vesper hymn. L. H. MOORE. ————————— Nominations Confirmed. The Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed the following nominations: Smith McPher- son of Iowa, to be district judge for the southern district of Iowa; Thomas T. Pren- tis of Massachusetts, now consul at Rouen, to be consul at Batavia, Java; S. V. Alex- gnder, to be postmaster at Elizabethton, ‘enn, GRAND ARMY ION BILL. PE It Was Passed by the House Without a Dissenting Vote. The House spent the afternoon yesterday considering the new pension bill. Mr. Glenn (N. Y.) supported the bill, urg- ing the utmost liberality in dealing with old soldiers. Mr. Norton (Ohio) said he would yote for the bill, but he objected to its being term- ed the Grand Army bill. The rank and file of the old army, he said, would never be satisfied with it. But for the present it was the most that could be obtaine Mr. Talbert (S. C.) said he would support the bill if there was coupled with it a pro- vision inhibiting the further passage of private pension bills. Mr. Curtis (Kan.) sald the bill did not go far enough. After some further remarks in favor of the bill by Messrs. Miers (Ind.), Driggs (N. Y.), Ryan (Pa.), Denny (Md.), Rhea (Ky.), Gibson (Tenn.), Lentz (Ohio), Calderhead (Kan.) and Gardner (Mich.); Mr. Sulloway (N. H.), chairman of the in- valid pensions committee, closed the de- bate. He declared that the bill was the Grand Army bill, without changing the dotting of an “i” or the crossing of a “t.”” He read from the testimony of the G. A. R. officials before his committee, in which they said they would be entirely satisfied if the bill became a law. The Dill was passed without a dissenting vote. A bill was passed authorizing the estab+ lishment on the coast of North Carolina of a station to investigate problems connected with marine fisheries interests of the mid die and south Atlantic states, at a cost not to exceed $12,500. Bills were passed to authorize the inter nal revenue commissioner to redeem ine ternal revenue stamps improperly and un= necessarily canceled; to authorize the re- pair of the roads to the national cemetery at Newbern, N. C.; to establish a light- house and fog signal at Slip Point, Clallam bay, Wash.; to authorize the commissioner of the general land office to sell Choctaw orphan Indian lands in Mississippi and exe- cute the act of June 28, 1898; to construct a dam across the St. Joseph river, Mich.; to grant right of way across government lands for pipe line to Flagstaff, Ariz., and to regulate the collection and disburse- ments of rents of the Seneca nation, New York. At 4:20 p.m. the House adjourned. —_—_——__ +2 To Prevent Railway Accidents. Commercial Agent R. T. Greener, af Viadivostock, writes to the State Depart- ment concerning a ‘device recently invented in Russia for the prevention of railway ac- ciGents. The essential feature of the in- vention is an fron tube of usual construc- tion, connected with the general s; m of brakes, and placed in front of the whe's. At the least irregularity in the mov; of the train, this tube, in consequenc: certain cuts made in it at intervals, breaks, thus producing an immediate stoppage of locomotive and train. Experiments have been conducted by having the sleepers and then the rails displaced, and in both cases the stoppage was effected immediately without Injury to the train, and without outside assistance. The invention is re= garded as of the greatest importance to Russia, particularly, where railroad disas- ters are of such common occurrence. Ac- cording to official statistics, the number of fatal railway disasters in Russia in 1896 Was 6,107. —_____+ 0 +______. Dr. 8. B. Tabb Missi: Dr. 8S. B. Tabb, in charge of the marine hospital service at Savannah, Ga., has been missing since last Tueaday, and no trace of him can be discovered. He abandoned hig office without giving notic> tc his superiors or his friends. Temporary arrangements have been made for the care of his patients in_the hospite’. Dr. Tabb was about thirty years old, and a native of Virginia. His friends express’ the fear that he has made away with him. self. His accounts are straight.