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twjj-- a, 'r a ? $- SB EVEKIKO TpiES, WASHINGTON,: MONDAY, OCTOBER ,24899. All Honor to Dewey! He is as great and broad minded as the country he represents. New York gave him a great reception Friday and Saturday, but Washington will give him heartier welcome and do him greater honor "We will inaugurate on adoring BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING- WE WILL MAKE TO YOUR MEASURE A BLACK Dewey eciais 100 CHOICE SUITINGS, PLAIN AND FANCY. 15 QUALITIES. MADE TO MEASURE Trouserings from THE STANDARD TAILORS, (BOTH- STORES) Qor. 11th and F Sis. 337 Pa. Avenue. ' $ " A FAKOUS CAHD SHAR? DEAD. The Pas.ins: of I.ou Hoaclc AVlio Swindled the Prince, of Wales. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 2. When Lou Houck. the noted card sharp, dropped dead in Durango, N. M., a few days ago, there passed from the earth one. of the smooth est crooks in the country. He originated three-card xnonte and the shell game, and was known as the man who had swindled the Prince of Wales at cards. While years have passed since Houck was in this city, his wife has been living quietly in one of the mat fashionable parts of Columbus, and on Friday received a telegram that gave the news of her hus band's death. She started at once to New Mexico to claim the body and accompany it to Connersville, Ind., where it "will be burled. . houck's life story reads like a novel. He was born in the little Ohio city of San dusky nearly fifty years ago and bpent most of his boyhood days there. At an early age he learned the fascinating art of gambling, and found that he had the abil ity to manipulate the pasteboards to suit himself. He became a professional gam bler, and was well known all over the country not only as a man of exceptional ability in his profession, but also as a man who so thoroughly understood the art of deception that he was able to fleece the same victim several times over. His only term of imprisonment was in 1883 when he was caught in Texas by De tective John T. Norris. Houck had fleeced g. traveling man named Paul Lohnian on a Hocking Valley train near Delaare. In lhe quarrel which followed Houck dre a re volver. The gun was discharged and Lon man was killed. Houck fled the country, but was located in Los Angeles, Cal. Mor ris, who was a detective for the Hocking Valley Company, was placed on his trail, and he had followed Houck as far West as Deming, viherc some of Houck't confed erates wens laying for the detective. Norris is an expert telegraph operator. While iu the telegraph office at Deming he learned that one of these confederates had sent a telegram to Houck. There was no doubt it was a message o warning. Morris used his knowledge of telegraphy to good advantage. He aaloaished the op erator by placing a silver dollar between his teeth and telegraphing. This put them on good terms at once. Xorrifc saw the message hinging on the wall but could not read it. He gained permission to en ter the office to talk to a "brother" opera tor. There was a mirror on the wall, so that ho could watch every movement of the operator. When he was not lookine Morris secured the message which read: "Doc Davis," this was Houck" alia' "Los Angeles. Look out for Ohio." Morris changed the address to Las . gas and in consequence Houck iiver cot the mess-age. Morris, having thiough tins telegram definitely located Houck, at once telegraphed the police to arrest him. This was done, and then began the celebrated chase across the continent. At Oakland, Cal., quite a crowd gatnered around the car in which Morris was bringing Houck as a prisoner back to Ohio. Morris made them an address and told them that if they made an attempt to rescue Houck he would Kill the prisoner instantly, as he would hardly dare to return to Ohio without him. The gang weakened and Morris got away all right. At Ogden, Utah, Houck's friends in force boarded the train, presumably to rescue Houck. Morris gave out the word that he was going down to Salt Lake City for a day. The car as started In the light direction, but as soon as it was out side the city limits it was uncoupled and taken on Ea6t, while the gang, unconscious of the trick that had been played, rode on to Salt Lake City- At Cheyenne, Houck's friends walked in on the sheriff and had everything fixed, court and all, to get legal possession of Houck. Two men were to swear that the prisoner was not Houck and he was to be released. Morris received the tip in ad vance, and several miles outside of Chey enne a special engine met him, and took his car at cannouball speed through Chey enne ahead of the regular train. Houck was finally landed in the Ohio peniten tiary to serve sixteen years. He was pardoned from the peniten tiary after serving seven years. After his release he disappeared from the country, and was not heard from for several years, when he returned and announced to his friends that he had been viewing the Bights abroad. He showed credentials from three aristocratic clubs in thre? leading European cities, entitling him to all the privileges of a member. During his residence abroad he had beaten the Prince of Wales at baccarat; he had skinned royal dukes out of their pocket money in ways peculiarly his own; he had relieved more members of the Eng lish smith-racy of wealth than any high way robber since the days of Turpin. And at all limes he moved in the best of so civfv. He produced papers to show that vhil he w.i-. in London he was feted and dined by some of the best people of Eng land. A fo weeks ago he left for Mexico, where te was to remain during the win ter, ostensibly as an agent for an Ameri can manufacturer. He got as far as Du CASTORIA ForlnfanisandChldren. Tkf KM YNHiYBAiwajfs Bought NDAYmdTUESDAY. these two days of good will and rejoicing the greatest Event of the Season. ROUGH ENGLISH CHEVIOT SUIT, THROUGHOUT, POR. This Suit cannot be duplicated in the city for Ics than $25.00. It is de cidcdlv the best offer of the merchant tailoring season. " xluc. ANOTHER .SPJSCIAL IS A BLACK ENGLISH CHEVIOT COA3J,AfNP VEST, SILK LINED THROUGHOUT, FOR . You will pay more for the rrady-nudc article than we are asking you for these beautifully tailored Garments. 4 to $S. Top Coats from 12.50 i'&Wi$''Pttttirt$$$ rango, and while walking along the street he was seized with an at.ack of heart feailure. Death came to him before medi cal assistance could be summoned. A GBEAT DEPAE.TMENT STORE Ilecht & Co.'k Pull Opening: SurpnHcj4 All I'nst Efforts. The fifty departments in the immense building occupied by Hccht & Co. never presented a more Inviting appearance than they did this morning when they were thrown open for the inspection of a criti cal public The firm had been to great ex pense in preparing for this fall opening because of the ambition always exhibited by them to be as fcr In the lead of the mer cantile procession as money, exquisite taste, energy and a thorough knowledge of the wants of the public permit. Their motto is "Follow me," and not "I'll follow you." The great department store has 300 em ployes on the payroll, and It Is not to be wondered at that with such an army to call on, the store Is beautifully decorated. The prevailing color of the decorations Is gold, the bright hue being softened by I strings of evergreen. A most beautiful ef fect Is produced by this decoration in the millinery department wh':h abounds in mirrors with massive frames and cases of glass and hard finished wood. In this department may be found the most exquisite designs in imported and domestic hats. These gems caught the ad miration of the throngs of ladies the in stant the department was entered. The stjles are nearly all strikingly Fiench, many having been brought direct from the best millinery houses in Paris, and thou sands having been copitd in this country from these models. Of course, the copies, although equally bewitching, sell for a much lower price than ths ongina s, and at this store there is no attempt at de ception. The imported hats are classified and placed in beautiful cases by them selves, and the domestic hats occupy other but nearby quarters. It would be vain to attempt to describe the artistic manner in which whole mink skins, Persian wools, delightful Birds of Paradise and other and more brilliantly plumaged birds are blend ed together in a harmony of co or and taste to complete these Parisian gems in ladies' hats. They must be seen to be ap preciated, and the large corps of sales ladles in attendance are so delighted with liie exhibits that they take genuine pleas--ie in showing them. The cloak department this fall Is worthy the firm, and in It may be refund all pat terns of golf capes, designs of the new Mewmarket. and other cloaks. In the dress department an elaborate stock is on exhlh'tlon, which, among other, things, Includes tailor-made habit-back suits and tunic suits. Mearby Is th ir department, for which a special effort i selection has been made by the firm. Set-. iiiink. and electric coats, capes, boas, and wraps, besides oher furs, may be found here in abundance. Hecht & Co. this fall have also provided an extensive variety of separate skirts in silk, cloth, and plaids, etc. and silk waists for evening wear. A large line of black and taffetas is also carried. The juvenile department has a r.peclal line of suits that are exceedingly attract ive. Thev are of the novelty style and have silk "vests. The infants' department contains an enormous stock of all that can positively be required for an infant, and the goods are suitable for all pocketbooks. At the entrance to this department a prottv feature is a sleeping wax child on a downy brass bedstead. The effect is charming. The upholstery department is replete with desirable aricles. a feature being a displav of elegant parlor and piano lamps, lighted for effect by electricity. The men's clothing department shows an enlarged stock of the latest designs In fall and winter wear. Here may be purchased, readv made suits ranging from the cheap est "grade to elegant full dress apparel. Connected with this department ia one in which clothing is made to order. The muslin and underwear display Is very large and absolutely complete, and so, too. Is the exhibition of wrappers. A special feature that has been introduc ed by Hccht & Co. is the music depart ment. Piano and all kinds of music may be obtained here, and in purchasing music a customer may have it played by a pian ist engaged solely for this purpose. Hecht & Co. have been established in this city a little less than four years, and they say that their extraordinary success has" been due entirely to the quality of their goods and the easy credit system offered by them which may be availed of by all customers. "Will t.ny Oat Oyster lied. MILLVTLLE, N. J., Oct. 2. Assistant Engineer E. D. Thompson, of the War De partment, with several Philadelphia en gineers and the State Oyster Commission, will go in the Delaware Bay and Maurice River cove today to look over 2,000 oyster ground claims. They will endeavor to .plan the grounds In a square so as to cause no trouble among the oystermen. Bears the Signature of &&&. frfrs ,v SILK LINED REGULAR upward. SCOTSMAN SURVIVORS TALK. MnrylnmlerH Tell f the Horrible SufTerliiKTs on the "Wrecked Iloal. MEW YORK, Oct. 2. Three passengers from the Dominion Line steamer Scotsman, which went ashore in Belle Isle Straits, coast of Mewfoundland, arrived in this city today. According to them the ill-treatment of the passengers by the crew and the suf fering from privation were fully as bad as reported, and not half of the story has yet been told. They say It is likely that some died on the Island who did not get a chance to corns away when the steamer Montfort stopped to take off the surviving passengers. The persons who reached Mew York are V. F. Smith and his sister, Mi3s Edna Smith, of Hagerstown, lid., and Duncan Sinclair, manager of the Coalbrookedale Company, of Shropshire. England. Thev are at the St. Denis Hotel, with only such baggage as they had purchased in Quebec. While the captain and his assistants were working like Trojans, the passengers sav, many of the crew broke into the state rooms and filled their pockets with what ever valuables they could find. "On getting ashore." sold Mr. Sinrlnir Mr. Smith concurring, "we needed hlnn. kets to keep us from dying of cold, but we found that the crew had got hold of most of these and they declined to give them up I saw one of the crew take a blanket awnv from a woman with a little child. The pas sengers got hut little food, while the crew literally gorged themselves. All that night while the passengers were trying to sleep on the rocks, some of them without a single blanket, actually dying of privation, the crew made merry with drink and cigars. "Women cried for food and nearly starved, while they saw the crew helping themselves. There was plenty of food to go around if It had been properly doled out. The captain, while anxious to treat pas ssngers well, was powerless. The crew ran riot and we were all at their mercy We could not realize there were such beasts in human form. "On Saturday Mr. Smith and I started out with a party of twelve for the light house, sixteen or eighteen miles through the mossy, boggy ground. One old woman tank down with exhaustion, and Mr. Smith remained with her all night. Others of the party went on and arrived at the lighthouse about midnight, after a twelve-hour tramp "The lighthouse keeper sent up 150 rock ets before the Eteamer Montfort, after five weary days, finally stopped and took 250 of us off." JAMES HARLAN" DYING. i ne i.aMi survivor of I,iiicoli:n Cabi net IloiioleHHly 111. MOUMT PLEASANT, Iowa, Oct. 2 rorraer senator James Harlan, the pole survivor of Lincoln's Cabinet, is lying at the point of death at his home In this place. He is suffering from asthma and kidney troubles, and his death is looked for at any time. His daughter. Mrs. Rob ert T. Lincoln, who is' in Monmouth Beach, -N. j.. nas Been summoned to his bvls!de. Mr. Harlan Is the last of the old school politicians of Iowa, and was the idol of the Republican party for a long time. He has several times of late, however, been an unsuccessful candidate for Senator and governor. Development In V.'est Virginia. WHEELING, W. Va., Oct. 2. The devel opment of Barbour county Is typical of that going on all over the State. Within a few weeks $200,000 has been devoted to the purchase of coal lands In Barbour,, contracts have been let for the erection of over 100 new houses at Heatherly, branch railroads are projected, and new enter prises of various sorts are under way. The same good news of enterprise and activity comes from other portions of the State, notably Logan county, where the timber boom is unprecedented. MnrrluKe Licciitiex Issued. Marriag2 licenses were Issued today to Leary E. Floyd and Nora Higglnbottom, both of Nelson county, Va,; James Tenny son and Annie Howard, Nathaniel Wells and Kittle Fuller, Joslah Langley and Sa rah F. Waugh, Thomas M. Boucher and Mary M. Hoy, John W. Musson and Blanche L. Clagetl, Benjamin Richardson and Fannie A. Burrell, Garfield, D. C; Herbert H. Henley, Richmond, Va,, and Nettie B. Ogg, Staunton, Va.; Joseph H. Robinson and Laura M. Blunt, both of Baltimore: William Hunt and Carrie Bay lor, Joseph Miles and Anna Chase, Stan hope Llbby, Henrico county, Va., and Ma belle C. Robinson, Lancaster county, Va.; Robert M. Ryce and Maggie M. Burroughs, William D. Morse, Minneapolis, Minn., and Grace E. Taylor, William H. Crook and Clara Robey Priddy, Rudolph Forster and Emma Maria Gaisberg, Richard WT. Walter and Olivia V. Durnell, Thomas Henry Wil liams and Margaret Ellis. Ordained a. Minister. G. Freeland Peter was ordained to the ministry in the Episcopal Church yester day, the ceremony taking place in St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral, Bishop Satterlee of ficiating. Rev. Mr. Peter has for some time been a lay reader In Christ's Church, under the tutelage of Rev. A. R. "Stuart, D. D. $18 -ISIS illS COAL AND IRON FALLS OFf A Heavy Decline in the Opening Wall Street Deals. The Market Influenced by Depres mIoiim in London Owing, to the Ap proucliine CrlRlK in the South Af rlenn Sittintion Grnnccm Receive Kuir Support Not Much Animation. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. The'stock market opened at material declines from the clos ing figures of Thursday, But8 Without any appearance of undue extltenfent in the trading. The market derfved Its initial tone altogether from London wjhere prices were sharply depressed by reason of the crisis reached In the South African situ ation. Consols showed aP'decIlne of over 1 point from Thursday's "figures, and the losses in that quarter also extended to fully 1 point and over. The dealings in the local.-market at the opening of business was- not very ani mated, but a fair distribution' of interest was apparent. The mo3t.iuronounce:l break wa3 In Tennessee Coal and Iron, In which the first transaction was made 7 points below the final sale' on Thursday, but the stock almost immediately recov ered 5 points of this loss.. A fair degree of support was evident in St.. Paul, and in the other granger thares, and, Indeed, af ter the openfng session the whole market nowed a. tendency to recover. Attention seemed to be almost who.lv taken up with the warlike situation abroad, and aside from that there were no developments oyer the holidays of any particular account bearing upon the stock market. New Ttorlc ?iock Market. Corrected dally by W. B. HIbbs & Co.. memDers or tue 1419 F Street. New York Exchange, OpeD. Hljrb. Low. .':1B iS I'll American Cotton Oil.... 43 a. S. Who 50 A. P. Wire tifd sr.-a American Mi sri r. Un American I'obitcco 118 Atetiibon i0,' Atchison pfd Klvi Baltimore A- Ohio W)i Iiruuulyn Rapid Transit fl3"' Central Pacific...'.. -JIU Chc&apeuKu A: Ohio Sh C.C. C. A: St, I. ,v, C. U. ACJ J29 t'nicntroOus J0!l .W. I t0' jy. if ir. is,", 110 'a 'A) a W Ml J 5X?,' 68 !3s?; I-J3T, na nr,4 4) :u tii' a; 4'J f .- ?' if' 21)'. liSV. to 0!l H,i!i WIH 107,-i U3t isi-1 us,1, js:3 m.4 Ji2 in in iiy !'. 14". it y i".' 4 J 41 S Uk w?; . ir, iiv, 1:3 1J l.'l-t 121 h Mi ."-" jl. .,lh 78. Tb '.7 '.ti ill)".' iia-t lis A'jj- ' Xlth U-i-i XirMt 17 ',7V 70', ',t ma lvu h& Ha-, i07jj jfM i0" 1U7 i'ih 4u'2, ,3& 13 H S3?, 337$ 3b.'f ..iX m ia), jju ih 1U4 JW MXi'4 ISU il?i UIU 01 .11 . 744 ',1,S Vo', 73", VMt, U0. iO).'k 1MI? 21 21 LU-4 -.(K 37.n o7,s ?; y",t ... ii. ist.p V..H. l.A: 1' Lhi. A: Croat W'csL'n Con. Tobacco Con. 'a'obucco pi d Delaware a: Iluusou l'CUClUlMcttl reuerai steel urd Oenenit Electric ijiiiiuibLc-ntr.it l.oui lle ut.MlSUVillO.. Metropolitan Trajtlou.. jiUiihaUuii Licvuted.... -i.issoun Pacific -M.. h. &x. i.ia e -'urooyiuiitml New i on: centrdj -Northern Pucinc. .Nuru.L'iu l'acincpr'u rLiin.itaiiro.td ihiia. . itcudimr ..uuuiL-rii x'uciuc couuitrrn huliwuy bjuiurn ii.tiiwuv uiu... lLllll. LAJtU it llUll umou i'acuiu 1XU ll fi iJ- MJa m to. UJ,5 lit,-- i(J. -.3 iiS i .25a lt'i iu; '..","j 7s?4 Us union i uulnc pro ',5j L. s. l.emitur iiu 7y Western Uiiiou Tel fia Eex-div., 2 1-2 per cent. bth The situation in the Transvaal was tem porarily the ruling factor in the stock mar ket this morning, Indications were very strong from the opening of the market that hostilities would begin at any moment and almost certainly before the end of the day. It could not be expected that prices uould advance under these circumstances, especi ally when the other ma'tero Influencing the market'werc none of them'fti any better shape apparently than they'.'v, ere'last week. The opening was at material declines all over the list, but especially in the Inter nationally listed stocks lUe St. Paul, the Pacifies and Louisville andr Xashville, In which there has been declines on Friday and Saturday of last week,' while the New York market was closed. The first hour or two of the day showed a continuance of the weakness of the list and there was not much promise that there would be a rally during the day. For the nionien' and tem porarily people that insist on speculating on small margins would much better take the short side ot the Internationally lists' securities in particular. The outlook Is not by any means a dismal one. The outbreak of war will probably be followed by a quick decline in prices and It is I quite probable that the now prices reached i on this tumble will bo the bottom level for the decline. The war has been discounted heavily and the bears will undoubtedly commence to cover as soon as hoatllitiea begin. Aside from the foreign situation, it can not be said that the conditions are dis couraging in any way except perhaps to people who have been speculating on n-ir-row margins. The banks are likely to call in more loans this week to better., their re serve, and it seems probable that during the early part of the week at least money Is likely to remain tight. Later, however, the favorable items In the outlook will be gin to exert themselves. The October In terest and dividend disbursementr cue im mense, the flow of gold from Ki'rope hns begun and will continue without doubt If thia country needs the gold, the ship ments of money to the interior are over, generally speaking, and finally it cannot be doubted that the visitors to New York last week and this will have spent laige sums of money that will go toward helping the New York banks. So much for the money situation, which Is by far the most important general Influence on the stock market from the bear point of view. It is of course needless to state that the gen eral prosperity of the country is growing continually, and that It is now greater than ever before In many directions. The volume of business as proven directly and absolutely by the Increase of exports and Imports, by the clearing house figures, and by railway and Industrial earnings, has increased Immensely, and prices in every direction are higher. Tho grangers were among the veak3t of the standard railway Issues this morn ing, largely on account of the fact that they are oealt In on the London exchange, and have been hammered during the past threo days there. St. Paul openod "ox" 2 1-2 per cent, and early in the day went even lower than the dividend deduction railed for. Before noon It was selling at j2 1-2. Atchison preferred sold below C2, j and the others of the list were off In pro- portion. Thore was some good buying at these prices. It musrt not be forgotten tha for every seller of stock at these prices there is alco a buyer, and there are few who will doubt that the Investment pur chasers at this levol are the one3 that will profit by the transaction. The sellers are the belated lougs, who bought with insuffi cent margins during the past weeks and months. Louisville went as low as 7G and a frac tion, which is the lowest price in recent weeks, or since the big advance of the stock to above 80. Louisville has"he'd up stubbornly while the remainder' of tho market has been tumbling, and lit eems probable that important holders may be letting go stock now which may. mean a decided tumblo in price. ,if ,) , fr Tennessee Coal and Iron -opened off 0 full points at the first quotation and went to 109 in the first few minutes of the day. It rallied 3 or 4 points then but seemed not particularly strong. If tho market is to be weak this week It Is not Inhe least Impossible that this manipulated stock may have a bad tumble. The. record of the entire stock market for tie i$st nine months of the calendar yearsushows Tenn essee Coal and Iron to be Iti. the lead in its" advance, something like SO' pdlnts, and Uneeda Right from the oven as fresh as to day's bread and just as wholesome. Daintily served in a dainty package the like of which you never saw before. Dust proof, moisture proof, odor proof. A lunch done up in tempting style for just ve Never sold Ask the Grocer. despite all that can be said, and justly, of the fine prospects of this company it can not be doubted that a large part of this advance has been the result of manipula tion. Manifestly if the manipulators, any of them, should at any time desire to re alize proHt8 there would be a fine chance for a tumble in the stock. The gross earnings of fifty-three rail ways for the third week of September show gains In every case with four exceptions. Tho total increase In earnings for the pe riod was, $1,051,407, or 15.7 psr cent. The gross earnings, of the Northern Pa cific for the third week of September show an increase of $16,300. The increase in gross from July 1, was ?S42,CD2. ' Wn.tlilttKton "Sii-eU nxelinnste. Sales U. S. 3s. coupon: $2,C0010S 1-S; "West End National Bank: 2?illC3-4; Washington Loan and Trust: 5(5165; Ar lington Fire Insurance: 20161; Chesapeake and Pctomac Telephone: 2Jff.7G 1-2, 20ffi 7G; Mergenthaler Linotype: l(tT20S, 58 2071-2, 100207 5-8. Notice The Exchange will adjourn Tuesday, October 3, 1S90. COVL'KXMENr BONDS. Bid. UF-rslKH O J 110,' US4'sl'07 QJ llli' rarsit laa vwi 7S4'sCl!C5 VJ?j Asked lllii II - 1LH' J'SVl'WUOF 1UH US3'3H1KM0F 1G7K 10S L'soYUlWrtUOF 10Ji DlSTItlCT OF COLUMBIA UOXD3. h'sIWi "Si-scar fundln?" gold... 107 T'slGOl "Water .stock" currency. i07 ".'oK-tti "Water stock" currency Funding currency 3.tS.Vs lie?; AiislOsU.1 'c Potomac .Vs UISCFXT.ANEOUS BOKD3. MetllHo's K5 1-T .MetRRCcrt Indebtedness A... 116 Merit 11 Cert Indebtedness li... 110 Columbia KKirs, 101-1 JiOX Columbia 11 It 2d inort 5's '....'lis Citi ic Suburban H H Wash Gas Co, ser A. 6's. IPa'-'iJT.. n Wash Gas Co. ter ll.ii'j, lWI-1-).. 11 L" S EIoc Light Beb Imp. 1J-J7.... 110,'.' I M'lec UL'lit, Cert liidcbt U3?4 Chesi- Pot Tel. l&o-KUl Am .-ec'y : Trust 6'&. 1X6 10J Wash MurKet Co litt-V, 1M-1D11. ST.OU) retired amiuallv mf Wasll .Market Co, Imp o"s, 1312-'-'; 11 Wash .Market Co, e.t 0"S. lOli-M H8,V Masonic Hall Ass'n Vs C 1'Mi 108 Amer Graphophone Uebi's. itw Anucottui A: Potomac 5"s Iu" NATIONAL. BANK STOCKS Bank of Washington ""GO Metropolitan 4M Lentnil 171) Farmers A: Mechanics' 210 Second - l.iti Um.ens' 1S5 Columbia IKiK Capital "2 West End. 110 Trauers llSi Lincoln 115 KSJ 131 ",' Ill's' 220 120 IS- 121 SAKi: DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANIES. National Safo Deposit & Trust.. 123 Waati Loan 4c Trust JiK'V Amer security & Trust 1!.'7 WaihSaio Deposit to 137 IbS 70 INSURANCE STOCKS. Firemen Franklin Metiopolitan Corcoran Potomac Arlington German American. National Union.... Columbia Uiggs People's Lincoln Commercial GO 47 78 CO ICQ 210 12 US Mi 07 ll i W IU"i 15 TITLE INSURANCE STOCKS. Heal Estate Title 85 Columbia Title 5 U ashington Title District Title , 2 RAILROAD STOCKS. Capita' Traction 13,Y City i. Suburban 3a ituorgotown Jc TeuiuiUytown 15 GAS AND ELECTRIC LICHT STOCKS. Washington Gas t GcorgotowuGas L t hiL-ctnc Light 13.) TELEPHONE STOCKS. Chosapoake & Potomac 75"s I'emiaylvanU 40 MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. at yicrc nth&ler Linotype 207S Laiut ni .Vonotype 17k' American Grupaonhone 13 i07?i 17?, ia.'. Amo'-icaii Grapbunone. pfd I'nouuiAtio Gun Carriage Wohiitfio:i Market !uriolK & Wailiirgton .Lincoln Hall Es-Dlvidoud. 13". .25 13 115 Chicago Grata auii ProTialon Market Corrected dally by W. B. Hlbb3 & Co.. members of the Naw York Exchange. 1410 F Stret. ET Y ... g SggggA Wheat. Open. High. Low. 2:15 D-c 737J-4 -V-i 73.V 743-7, 51ay ''0? 7& "U.V ",73 Corn. . Dec, Ml '.'-."X) 30S' 9S 30V-.V May 3 31JS' 0,V 3LV Dec 3 23' 2T,'-3 r3, j,. May - 2X WAT tVA rouK. Oct M2 SJZi 8.12 8.20 Jan "-80 'J.S5 U.SO J. Laud. Oct 5.45 50 5.45 5.47 Jan 51- 5.IJ7 5.CJ 5.G7 Oct 5-0 5.10 3.05 5.10 Jan -5.-10 6.15 5.10 u.li New Yorlc Cotton Jtlnrket. Opon. High. Low. 2:15 December 7.00 7.14 6.PI 7.03 Jnnuury 7.U1 7.10 u.98 7.13 .March 7.07 0.25. 7.0 7.i0 May 7.15 7.XJ 7.12 7.27 Oct O.Si 0.U1 15.83 O.til A French Crnlser Off Hampton. NORFOLK, Va., Oct. . A French cruiser passed 'In Cape Henry at 7:30 o'clock this morning, bound for Newport News. Her signals could not be made out by the observers, and until she arrives It cannot bo learned what the ship is or what she comes for; but it is conjectured that she is in need of repairs or coal. It has been moro than live years since a foreign warship came into Hampton Roads. Iynclied for Barn Burning:. WINTON, N. C, Oct. 2. Masked men broke Into the jail here last night and lynched Robert Vaughan, colored, for barn burning. Vatighan was committed several weeks ago by a justice of the peace on cir cumstantial evidence. The act is greatly deplored. Vaughan was hanged and shot. m ISCUlt Cents in bulk. Avoid imitations. m:. T01OIY ATKINS' PABENTS. ComnicntK of the 1'enxunts Upon the Service oT Their Soldier Sons. (From the Spectator.), , . The soldier sons are a continual source of pride and comfort, "We nlver has to lay awake nights thinkin' o' they, 'ceptlng when they're flghtin'. Now, ther's Fred, him that works at home, L dwun't niver knaw what time o' night 'e'll come home. 'E's ter'bld fond o' drink, an' when araan's llko that, 'e med be up to any mishtiff. I dwun't ha no rest till I years 'un open the door an come up to bed; wi' they in the army 'tis different. I knaws they has food to yet, clo'es to wear, an a bed til sleep In; they're boun' to be in, barracks' by sich a time, an' as I dwun't knaw what they're doln', I can't fret about um 'tis a sad pity as Fied didn't take arter his brothers." Of war itself the parents have the most hazy and confused notions. Here is the account of a tkirmith in the late frontier campaign based on a letter from one who took part in the action: "They i went out to fight, did our folks, one ! raarnin', an' the enemies was all In front of 'um. Then they gets a-shootin', the one side at t'other side, an' the major colonel, or whativer 'e calls hisoelf, wur 'ounded our major colonel I manes, fur they black 'uns dwun't ha' sich thincs. I reckon: an' ' tJie men kad to car'n away, so arter that ' a"coore no natl to Klve out figatln', an' through his 'elraa an' another betwixt the spine o' his back an' the pack as 'e ear's on't, but a wurn't hurled nothink. Rquaily ignorant are thej, as a rule, of the cause of the war. "Some o they nig gers killed some o' our folks, so I've a'jeard h'wever, an' we be gwice to kill some o' they to punish 'um." Or: "The girt peoples, kings an' sich, gets a-rjuar'lin', an' 'cause they can't agree, they sets the poor so'jers to fight it out. What I sez is them as mekrs the quar'l did ought to be'r the blunt on't, not put it on them as had to nought to doin' wi't. If these year high folk had to march all day, wi' p'raps on'y a bit o bread to yet. to goo a'shootin an' a-killln', wi mebbe a bullet or a baggonette inside 'um a-foor 'twur done, they'd think twice about gwino to war, I'll waru't." The peasants are ready enough to take up arms for what they consider an ade quate cause. They kindled to a white heat of Indignation over the Emperor WH.ia-n's historic telegram to Mr. Krugcr. So nigh did feeling run that German songs were rigorously tabooed at all the village enter tainments, and triumph of principle over mere pleasure! a German band was com pelled to beat an unprofitable and Inhar monious retreat. "We'vu nothen agia their mooslc, that be good anuff, but we vun't ha' nothen to doln" wi" they Ger mans" print, alas! cannot repzoluce the accent of scorn "so belli' as they are. they'd best take theirselves som'ers el3e." Ills Teutonic Majesty was universally reprobated, more particularly by the mothers o tho community. "To think o" him dareln to do sich a thing: l wunners as 'e wurn't frowtened o' what his gran" mother 'ud say to 'un; arra one 'ud a-thought as 'e'd a-showed her moor ree spect, she an old lady and the Queen! But," at this point the speaker's voice waxd confident- "She gin '1m suramat. you may depend upon't; she let him know her ralndt; she's not one to stan' no non sense from a young chap like him. Did 'ee see the letter as she. wrote 'uc; 'twar In the paper?" The epistle here a'luded to may possibly be that which appeared in "Punch," and was copied Into the locs.1 journal. "Ah. she just about let 'un have It; 'e didn't fancy hlsself quite as much arter readln' that, I'll war'nt!" One and all in the village were eager to fight; one and all were absolutely secure of victory, expending much compassion on "to'ther side as didn't ought to ha' actel sa si ly." One patriot, in the excess of his zeal, was for smashing the Boers with the Flying Squadron, by which arrangement more force could be brought to bear upon the Germans and their destruction made more complete. On its being pointed out to him "that, unhappily for the success ot this otherwise admirably conceived plan, the Transvaal possessed no seaboard, his coun tenance fell and he pondered for some min utes. Then brightening: "But I've a j card as them girt guns in our ships can hit arra thing a wunnerful way aft"; mebbe they'd kill sonic o' 'um Boers fellers arter all, an' if so ba as 'um didn't, why, isn't ther' a bit o' Germany anywheres about as they could get at?" The Soudan campaign was followed with interest, and some of the more intelligent among tho villagers could tell you that the "commiser. t irrangements were. 'riot all they shouhl have been, and that theJ"'hig nition o' the powder wa3 orful' bad."' But It Is exceedingly doubtful whether they knew of what they were talking: Tauif, find ing is an occupation peculiarly restful to the British mind bucolic or .othcrvi'ss and long words exercise much fascination over those who do not quite understand their meaning. The Fashoda affair created no oxcitemeut except among such ardent spirits aa. In deferenco to maternal entreat ies, had elected to enter the volunteer force lustead of the line. -These were over Joyed at the prospect of a conflict with France, and hoped that now at last they would have a chance of striking a blow and showing what they could do "in the "so'Jerin' business." The rest of the peo ple were apathetic: what was Fashoda to them? The murder of a handful of British, or oven of one, an insult to the Queen, were worthier causes of strife in their eyes than the acquisition of "a bit of land over ther", sotn'cra in furrin' parts, as 'udn't be a mos sel o' good to we." Besides the lovo and loyalty which move the people gladly to give their sons to up hold their sovereign's honor, they feel that she has a right to demand service of her soldiers. Does she not pay them all out fof her own purse? "Taint to be wunnr'd at as she meks we pay fur our dog3 wnn she has to kip all they; dear, dear, what a sight o' money it must cost her, to he sure, to feed sich a number, an, dress 'um in them flno do'es!" "I've on'y one son." said a village mother to the writer, "an' at one time 'e thought about goln' In the army: 'e nlver went, an' I am glad on't, seeln as 'e's my on'y one,i."but I 'udn't a stopped him. by sa much as a word, fur 'tis a noble thing to fight for the Queen." "Your Credit Ic Good." Only one price to a There is no raising prices here, when you intimate that you wish to buy on credit. All our goods are marked in plain figures. They are fhe lowest figures you will find on goods of such quality as we sell. AVe are glad to open an ac count with you whenever you wish, and you can take your own time in settling. VCe have a splendid up holstery department which is also run on the easy payment plan. Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F Street N. W. IIAmCS AXD TRUST C03IPAXIES. 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